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OFT uPnN SUCH soPFTsTRY.


The house Of widow who lives near
Monroe, Benton county, was visited by
five boys a few nights since, and after
tying an old man who lived there, these
young monsters subjected the woman
TO fearful outrage. Commenting upon
this matter with its usual disgusting
detail, the Bee thus excuses the male
factors, who, by the way, have rot been
arrested for their revolving crime:
Poor whisky got away with them. The boys
were not so much To blame. Tor the whole.
neighborhood have for years been talking
against the way that Garliuehouse and the
woman have been living, frequently saving
in presence or their boys that ey ought 10 b..
tarred and leatherel, or rode on Co rail. or
driven out of the country. Aner hearing ail
this, the boys Thought they We're doing Cod's
service IN doing as they did.
Encouraged by such damuable soph-
istry, is small wonder that boys should
consider themselves privileged to COM
NIT the most revolving deeds. Because
they are boys they are mot 50 much to
blame" for being Influenced by vile
neighhoThood gossip aud viler whisky
to commit the vilest Of crimes. Any
sort OF villainy may be excused in the
same reprehensible way, and If in ex-
tenuation Of such deeds. the gossip Of a
neighborhood may be plead, what may
not the influence Of a paper that is scat
tered broadcast over the land in def
ance Of the statute prohibiting the trans
mission OF obscene matter through the
mails accomplish in the same lawless
direction ? Imagine the feeling Of self
satisfaction with which these offenders
would read the above paragraph uuac-
cOmpanied 10y comments calculated to
show their misdeeds in their true light.
such ofienses against deceucy, moral
ity, aud humanity should never be
given in detail as news, and, we may
add, never are in journals OF respecta-
bility, and should be spoken Of as to-
tally without excuse, palliation, or ex-
teuuation, under any and all cireum-
stances. y reform school, with a strict
disciplinarian at the head, is the proper
place for such "hoodlums," instead Of
the free range Of a county with "poor
whisky" as a stimulus to dark misdeeds,
and apologists at their back who are ready
to brand them-already villains-as i'd
lots as well, by assuring the public that
the "boys thought they were doing Gods
service in doing as they did,
Out upon such sophistry, and teach
boys instead that they are personally
f responsible first, for drinking whisky,
and afterward for any viilainy perpe-
trated; that their sex is no cloak for
crime, and that the community expects
them to conduct themselves Alright be-
cause they are boys, aud not uureason-
I ing animals.
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pected us, but everybody professed to be
glad, even TO the ''pore husband"
whom our convict sister had mentally
burdeued with imaginary "keraydles"
and "wash-tubs." What a blessing
that the "pore" gentleman isn't sensi-
ble of his misery.
y week is spent among the loved
ones, and again we are on the wing, or
wave, our destination Corvallis, our
steamer the "Occident," Captain Bell,
commander. All day and all night we
patiently pillow the waters of the wild
Willamette, enlivening the waking
hours by conversation, reading, writing,
and Sightseeing And when, at last,
we reach Corvallis in the bright glow Of
the vernal morning, aud sally forth,
unheralded, 10 cross the sleeping town
in search of the home Of our good
friends, the Cheuoweths, we call at the
Gazette Office, where the future State
printer of Oregon has his forces at work
With the dawn of the day. A little
merry chat and We continue our stroll,
and are soon exchanging greetings with
Mrs. ChenOweth and discussing her
savory breakfast with hearty relish.
Corvallis, which, prior to railroad
times, was ahead of Albany, has lately
been outstripped in the race with its
more fortunate neighbor, and has eonse-
quently settled down into a rural viii
lage-like state Of quaint and curious
quietude. But her good people are
genial and obliging as Of yore, and her
railroad prospects are by no means
hopeless. Sufficient funds to build and
equip the Yaquina road have been sub
scribed, and graders are very soon to be
set to work. And. then the town will
arouse from its lethargy, and its people
will prosper as Of old.
Our meetings are being held in the
I City Hall, a recent improvement, and
are largely attended. At this writing
/ Saturday we are not prepared to say
how long we shall remain here, or what
shall be the next move on the checker
| board Of our wanderings. a. J. d.
May 4, 1873.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-05-10
FOREIGN NEWS.

The Cars predictions are entirely
in favor Of peace.
\ report is current in Vienna that a
famine prevails in Eastern Russia.
The Russian government is said to
owe one company for victualing the
army 2O,OOO.OOO roubIss.
The British government has ordered
million pounds weight Of lint and
other appliances for the wounded.
It seems there is a general impression
that Prince GOrtschakofF will not be
able to resume the chancellorship.
Twelve hundred Martini Henry rifles
have been ordered shipped to Malta i'm
mediately, probably for the Indian con-
tingent
The political situation is unchanged,
aud the course Of the negotiations be-
tween st. Petersburg and London con-
tinues uneventful.
Parliament reopened on the 9th. In
the House Of Commons notice was given
Of the various questions regarding the
employment of Indian troops.
Ten Russian naval officers are to come
to this country, and, with the assist
ance of two American gentlemen, they
are to designate fifty fast ships to be
purchased and fitted out as privateers
in the event Of war with England.
1t is understood Russia has proposed
a new military convention by which
she will he empowered to construct
camps at Plojesti and Foksehani, en-
gaging in return to remove her head
quarters and other establishments con-
nected with the troops from Bucharest.
Roumania has refused assent.
The coming week will be busy one
at the English arsenals and dock-yards,
and ship-owners who hitherto have
been privileged to berth their vessels in
proximity to the admiralty moorings
opposite the victualing yard at Dept
ford have received notice to remove
them to-day, and sll room available is
to be reserved for the transports.
\ dispatch from Syria says that sad
news from Kharport, Turkish Armenia,
reports the plundering Of ninety-One
Armenian villages in the district Of
Chemecho by Dersin Koords. The OF
toman authorities are unable to afford
protection. Although the district is
greatly impoverished, double taxes are
demanded. In Ingieghi, which lies be-
tween Kharport and Erzeroum, the /
dearth threatens soon to become
famine.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-05-10
FROM TILLAMOOK.

Miss Anna Fearnside, formerly a
type-sticker in this Office, but who has
for the past year been accumulating ex-
perieuces as a country schoolmarm"
in Tillamook county, returned last
week, and will shortly resume her place
at the case. She reports the road across
the mountains in good condition. 4
number Of immigrants have already
crossed the mountains this spring, and
found pleasant locations in that retired
nook. Tillamookers are expecting
large immigration this year, and well
come additions to the population Of
their somewhat isolated region with
genuine hospitality. Those who have
resided there a few years are comforta-
bly, situated, and are well content with
their retired and peaceful abidiug-place.
"shut in from all the world without
Through the rainy months Of winter,
they yet manage TO enjoy numerous
pleasures and pastimes Of the old-fash-
Toned sort; watch eagerly for the weekly
mail across the mountains, and wait pa
tiently for the SHOWS 10 melt, so that
travel over them can be resumed.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-05-10
PROBATE OONFIsOATIoN. "


Mrs. J. W. Stow, whose work on
probate Confscation" was published
in San Francisco and circulated to some
extent on the Pacific Coast, has been in
New England during the past year can
vassing for and distributing the work
named. She has devoted her time,
means, and ability almost exclusively
TO the exposition Of terrible injustice
which women suffer under the laws reg
ulating the disposition of property after
the death of husbands, and furnishes
the following as specimen Of what a
husband can do by way Of devisement
to-day in the Old Bay state:
Iappoint -. of Boston. Mass, who shall be
exempt nom furnishing sureiies on hl, oliiciai
bonds, executor OF this, my last viii and iesia-
ment, and also give, devise, and bequeath TO
him all the real and personal estate OF or 10
which shall die seized, possessed or enillied'
In trust, nevertheless. 10 manage and take care
OF said real estate, with power 10 lease the
same and To collect the rents and profits accru-
ing therefrom; and to take care OF, manage
and invest said personal estate and any per
sonal property that may arise from any sale Of
real estate, as hereinafter provided and collect
the income thereof; and Of the net income OF
all said real and personal property remaining
after payment OF all proper charges aud e1-
penses, 10 pay over onc-thini % my wife, once
"a quarter, her receipt 20 Doe full discharge
therefor, during her natural life, and afier the
death OF my vile, 10 pay the whole net Income
90 my children, ETC., etc.
Says Mrs. Stow: "This frightful in-
strument, this moribund grasp upon a
living soul, writhing in hopeless, help
less torment, reminds me Of the tomb
Of Rousseau. Thrust forth from thai
eharuel-hoUse is sinewy arm aud hand
clutching a blazing brand. Thrust out
Of this other mans grave is the heshless
arm Of the law, with its skeleton fingers
elutching his will, blazing, queuchless
brand, burning into the heart OF noble
woman, consuming with its corroding
flame the dew Of peace and happiness,
and the gGrnered wealth OF wifehood,
motherhood, and womanhood. Oh,
masculine Massachusetts, There is no
cloak thick enough to hide the rank in
justice of a law which permits a hus-
band aud father to make such an iron
clad will as the one from which l have
quoted above ~
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-05-10
RECENT EVENTS.

There are now $50 cases in the small
pox hospitals Of London.
Eighty thousand persons visited the
Paris Exposition on Sunday.
A general lockout of cotton spinners
and manufacturers in Manchester is
probable.
The President has appointed Stephen
B. Packard, Of Louisiana, Consul at
Liverpool.
A fire at Bradford, Pennsylvania, on
the afternoon of the 9Th, destroyed a
hundred thousand dollars worth oi prop
erty.
The government has received no OIL
eial information whatever concerning
the reports of the prospective Fenian in
vasion of Canada.
The syndicate has subscribed for an
additional five millions Of 4 per cent.
bonds, making twenty-five millions
taken OF the fifty million contract.
A pi'l authorizing the distribution to
pub,tc libraries Of one copy of every
document published for distribution by
Congress has been reported by the
House committee on education.
The funeral Of John Callingham, shot
on Wellington Bridge the night Of the
Orange concert, took place on the 9Th,
at Montreal. About 10000 members OF
the Irish national societies took part.
The President has formally accepted
the last completed section of thirty-four
miles Of the California and Oregon Rail-
road ending at Redding, aud a patent
for the land grant will soon be issued.
Dispatches from all over the country
say that the transit Of Mercury, on the
eth, was observed generally with satis-
factory results, confirming previous OBJ
for the motion of perihelion
Of Mercury.
The House committee on education
and labor have agreed upon the bill
making it a misdemeanor for the master
1f a vessel to take more than fifteen
Chinese passengers, male or female, to
the United States after January 1, 1879.
The World says: "At the annual bus
mess meeting of Plymouth Church, held
on the 5th, Il was understood the name
Of Mrs. Tilton would be dropped from
the roll of the church. Whether she
aud made a statement or not,
is not known"
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-05-10
A NOBLE WORK.

The annual meeting Of the "Christiau
Union" was held at the Unitarian
Church on Wednesday evening of last
week. Many subjects Of interest were
discussed. The attention Of the Union
was called to that benevolent institution
Of Portland in which a home for worthy
women, strangers or otherwise, is pro-
vided gratuitously If the necessity ex-
lists, but preferably by payment of small
boarding rates. 1t was reported that
forty places have been found for women
in various employments during the past
two months. What the institution
most needs is not money, but the SYM
pathy and encouragement, socially and
in other ways, Of those whose interest
will help TO elevate and define the char
acter Of the philanthropy. y "women's
home" is form Of Christian work dis
tinct from any other, and with a dis
tinctiye mission-one in which human
ity and humauizing elements, rather
than charity, are uppermost.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-05-10
NOTES OF VICTORY.


We have before made mention i'm
these columns OF the victory in the Cal
ifornia legislature secured mainly by
the timely presence and persuasive elo-
quence Of Mrs. Foltz and the good judy
ment Of Mrs. Sarah l.. Knox, which en-
abled her to know just when the effort
should be made for the passage Of the
bill enabling women to practice law in
the courts Of that State. \ member Of
the late legislature, in writing to the
Woman's Journal OF the triumph, says :
never knew before how much pluc.S and
energy there was In a woman-how they could
urge their claims, plead for the privilege Of
asing the battle OF life; for such our friend
Mrs Foitz did, gently and eloquently. have
seen men fan down here this winter and felt
'orry for them, but to- day when a few OF them
i1moied / enjoyed 10. But 60 was a close
shave; only two majority iu "a full house 7
have found Mrs. F. "a well-inforIned ladv-cer-
iainiy far above the average woman-and for
her sake hope the governor viii discard the
usual prejudice and sign the bin.
This we all proudly remember Gov
ernor Irwin did, securing for him
self thereby the gratitude not only Of
the women Of his own State, but that Of
the workers in the woman movement
throughout the nation.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-05-10
4 sORROWPUL MEETING

There arrived at Roseburg from Ports
mouth, Ohio, few days since the aged
mother Of one William Skeltou, who is
confined in Jail in the former place,
awaiting his trial for murder. The
Rdmdedier tells us that the prisoner
was taken from the Jail to the court
house to see his mother, and that the
interview was extremely affecting
Sympathy eau scarcely reach such a
case as this, and even gentle pity must
stand abashed before such sorrow, not
daring to profier her assistance in the
attempt to assuage it. What imagina-
tion is vivid enough to conceive, or
what pen strong enough to portray a
woe where an aged mother meets a
wayward son after perhaps years OF sep
aration, with an awful gulf Of crime be-
tween, and the dread shadow of the gal
lows or the State prison hanging darkly
over them In recording such sorrow,
" The historian, though divine, might weep
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-05-10
INDUSTRIAL EQUALITY. &"

The eighth annual convention Of the
American Labor Reform League" COM
meuced in New York City on Monday.
+. II. Haywood, President, made the
opening address, saying that the league
seeks liberty to assert the natural rights
Of all people to do their best at their
own risk, and to repeal all laws recog-
niziug property, and to abolish all mo-
uopolies which give property special ad-
vantages against labor. From the mass
Of what may perhaps truthfully be
called Utopiau nonsense set forth as
"views" by this branch Of reformers, we
Gull the following resolution which
smacks so strongly Of truth and justice
as to be worthy place in reform liter
ature.
Resolved. That the National and Working
mems parties, like their older brethren in sin.
the Republicans and Democrats. by sustaining
usurpation, enslave. defraud and despoil wom-
an THAI, demanding FOR her equal pay for
equal work with man, We seek industrial equity
10 erase sex lines, as well as race and color
lines from labor reform.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-05-10
A SHOW OF GALLAETRY.

Miss Gertrude Jackson is Deputy City
Clerk Of New Albany, Indiana, and her
tax-book is said to be one Of the best
ever made in that city. The mass Of
figures, names, and descriptions are not
only thoroughly correct, but beautifully
executed. Being unmarried, it would
be somewhat out Of place to remind her
that a woman should attend TO her chill
dren, and the opinion is fast gaining
ground that to bestow unsought advice
so far as 20 tell a woman she fought to
get married. savors greatly Of imner-
Thence. Hence, deprived Of their usual
weapons Of ollense and defense, sphere
shriekers i'm that State cover their dis
comfiture by a show Of gallantry in
glibly reeiting facts and giving figures
which speak for themselves. When
women have fully demonstrated that
they not only can, but viii, employ
their own talents as seemeth unto
them best and wisest, those who have
opposed imagined "ezpediency' to COM
mon sense viii be the first 10 declare
their belief in equal lights-prefacing
every declaration Of such belief with
the words, II diCays thought So"
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-05-10

y woman who has educated two ger
erations Of voters, yet is herself disfran-
chised, has recently closed her 10th
term Of school at Nassar, Michigan.
She began teaching in 1870, and has
followed it as a profession for nearly
fifty years. What a volume Of realities
a faithfully transcribed record Of her
life aud labors would make, and how
impossible to estimate in any degree
the results of her la5ors! Perseverance,
tact, skill, patience, endurance, what a
fund Of each has she brought to bear
upon LIES great battlefield!
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-05-10
WASHINGTON SOCIETY.


1t is said that the extremes Of youth
and age never met ia Washington So
ciety more beautifully than during the
past winter in the little circle OF "cabi-
net ladies'" The first Of these is repre-
sented by Miss Agatha Shurz, slender.
delicate, and girlish, who takes her lost
mothers place as Secretary Shurz's
lady. The last by Mrs. Thompson, who
has arrived at the period Of caps and
white lace tabs for the hair, and has an
air Of dignified grandmotherilness pecu-
liarly winning. The toilets Of the cabi-
net ladies at Mrs Hayes last reception
are thus spoken Of by a Washington
correspondent: Mrs. Hayes appeared
in her brightest crimson silk and velvet;
Mrs. Evarts in half-mournIng; Mrs.
Sherman in black velvet aud lemon
silk; Mrs. McCreary in dark aud pale
blue silk; Mrs. Thompson in black with
white laces; Mrs. Key in peach-blossom
brocade, and Miss Shurz 10 black velvet
and white silk" How these ladies' eau
bear with becoming grace four years
worry about toilets for Pres
iiential reception and levee passes our
comprehension.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-05-10

Nothing is easier than fault-fnding
No talent, no self-denial, no brains, no
character are required to set up in the
grumbling business. To clearly appre-
ciate this, one has only to watch one OF
these chronic grumblers as he fumes
aud frets over the set Of his shirt that
his wife has tried in vain to make to
his liking. The bosom is too wide or
too short; the sleeves are too long or
too narrow the band too large or too
high, and the garment is pulled this
way and that, and the man who can
work 50 effectively on no capital does
not indulge even in a grunt Of satisfac-
tion as he finds the garment a perfect
fit at last. Magnanimous persons have
no desire to grumble, and busy persons
no time for it.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-05-10
PARTIALITY TO WIDOWS.

Mrs. William Barbour, of Lawrence,
Massachusetts,, contests the will Of her
late husband who leaves an estate Of
SlOO,O 600, with a provision that she may
have the income Of $1,000 while she re-
mains widow. He leaves an income
Of 5000 to five women in case they be-
come widows, 81 500 to another widow,
and $500 to an aunt too old to marry.
Whether this might be construed into
partiality to widows, or hostility to mat
rimony, we are at loss 70 determine,
aud are puzzled to know why he did
not place his wife in the evidently en-
viable catalogue Of widowhood years
ago by committing suicide. This wait
ing for the slow process of nature to aid
in carrying out a cherished scheme is
contemplate in one who offers a pre-
MUM to at least five women if they
will hasten the departure Of their liege
lords to other. if not miIder, regions.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-05-10

d. II. Siesr.S, formerly editor and
proprietor Of the Land Register, has
disposed Of his interest in that Journal
10 G. P. Doris, who will Heuceiortb
have control Of the same. Nj s'earns
will devote his entire time to the q ,ver-
tising business, and in furnishing e, T..
ent outsides" TO the interior press O.,
this State and Washington Territory.
He is energetic, painstaking, aud tire
less in business, aud deserves success.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-05-10

ns- The National Gold Medal was awarded
to Bradley * RuIofson for the best Photographs
in the United states, and the Vienna Medal
for the best in the world. 429 Montgomery
street, san Francisco.
Those accretions upon the scalp which are
termed dandruT are promptly removed by
GLESN's sULPHUR SOAP, which, by opening
the pores, promotes the natural moisture or
the hair
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-05-10

Thursday, April IS, in the Senate, the
bills introduced by Senator Mitchell on
the 25th Of last October, to change the
name Of the steamer George W. Elder"
to Columbia" and "City of Chester"
TO Portland" were reported favorably
without amendment by Senator Couk-
ling from the committee on commerce.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-05-10

"An amusing paper for boys and
girls, free from dullness and from sensa-
tional, vicious trash" is what the
american Young Folks, a paper pub
lished at Topeka, Kansas, claims to be.
Looking over the pages Of the May num-
Der we find the claim well subsiantiatsd.
Price, fifty cents for one year. Address
]. X. Hudson, Topeka, Kansas.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-05-10

Hon. T. F. Campbell has withdrawn
from the contest for Congressional hon
ors in this State, and the Greenback
marty is thus left without a camel for
the sacrifice. The gentleman explains
by stating that the health Of his wife is
in such state as 10 prohibit bis max
ing the campaign.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-05-10

Mrs. Duniway began a series of inter
esting lectures last evening at the City
Hall, which our citizens should turn out
en- Didsse 10 hear. Her address last even
lng-subject, "Mouey, was as original
as II was peculiar. Mrs. Duniway never
says anything the public is listening
for, and this is one great reason Of her
success. This friday evening she will
deliver her famous centennial address
upon constitutional Liberty" The
Corvallis brass band will lend its valu-
able aid To enliven the meeting. Every
body is invited.-COrUallis Gazette.
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NOTICE

Correspondents, In order TO insure prompt
attention 20 their communications, should adj
dress all letters containing remittances or mat
ter for publication 20 the NEW NoETHwEsT.
letters intended for Mrs Duniway OF Mrs. Co
burn should be addressed 10 them personally,
Without reference 70 the paper.