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Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-12-21
THE M TAINE STEAL.

Press Opinions Or the Infamous
scheme.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-05-01
THE VETO MESSAGE.

The message which accompanied the
army bill on its return to the House OF
REPRESENTATIVES contains a clear and
comprehensive review of constitutional
points and past legislative action sought
to he subverted by this mighty effort
of Southern partisanship. 1t shows
moreover, that President Hayes is not
the putty man the majority in Congress
evidently supposed him to be. nor get
the pollrcon who would be the first to
lower the dignity Of Presidential posi-
tion or circamseribe Presidential pre-
rOgative. lie closes this message with
these words:
The various departments Of the Government
and army and navy are established by the
Constitution, or Oy laws passed in pursuance
thereof Their duties are clearly defined and
their support IL carefully provided for by law.
The money required for this purpose has been
collected from the people and is now in the
treasury, ready 10 be- paid out a. soon as apprO-
priution bills are passed. Whether appropria-
tions are made or not, the collection or taxes
will 90 on. The new doctrine, II maintained,
will result in the consolidation Of an unex-
pected aud despouc power In the House Of
Representatives 4 bare majority OF the House
will become The Government The Executive
will no longer be what the trainers OF the Con-
stltution intended. To say that "a majority OF
either or both Houses Of Congress may insist
upon the approvaIof a bill under the penalty
OF stopping all operations OF the Government
for want OF the necessary supplies, is 10 deny
the Executive that share OF legislative power
which is plainly conferred by the second sec
tion Of the seventh article OF the Constitution.
II strikes from the Constitution the qualified
negative OF the President. Believing that this
bill is a dangerous violation OF the spirit and
meaning Of the Constitution, I am compelled
10 return It 10 the House In which It originated
without Riy approval.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-05-01
DESPOTIsN IN A STRAIT.

The present condition Of things in
Russia aptly illustrates the workings of
despotic governmental sway. Under
guise Of protective measures, the empire,
and especially the city St. Petersburg, is
under military rule the most arbitrary.
Whole families are arrested upon the
slightest suspicion Of disloyalty to the
Gar, and their acquaintances visited in
their homes and borne Off to keep them
company In prisons, upon the most friv-
olous grounds. Lodging-house keepers
are arrested for not reporting arrivals
within twenty-four hours; officers are
superseded when lacking in sufficient
enthusiasm in carrying out the new
order Of things; few pedestrians or car
riages venture upon the streets, and pOr-
ters armed with stout sticks guard
every door. Covered prison vans pass
along with police officer mounted be-
side the driver, and General Gourka
drives about escorted by COssacks, crack
ing their whips. The Inhabitants, ut
terly helpless, look on, or shudderiugly
await their turn, not knowing who will
be next considered dangerous to the
State and deprived Of liberty, with a
probable Siberian journey as an ac-
compartment. Four thousand seven
hundred political prisoners were re-
moved 10 one night from Fort Petro-
paulonski to eastern prisons. Rights,
inestimable to freemen and formidable
only to tyrants," are trampled beneath
the mailed heel of despotism, and If this
thing continues, the Russian armies of
occupation will shortly have TO be with
drawn from foreign soil to hold in check
political prisoners, who bid fair to out
number them. Uneasy lies the head"
OF Alexander, Emperor Of all the Rus
SLAMS, at this juncture, though entrances
to his palace are doubly guarded while
he sleeps. His subjects are paying for
his disquiet by dose Of "rule" admin
istered with an unspariug hand at the
point Of the bayonet, or by imprlson-
ment or hopeless exile.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-05-01
sALUTATORY.

The NEW NORTHWEST is to-day and
will be hereafter issued by the Duniway
Publishing Company. The present man-
agement will change none Of the distin-
gushing characteristics Of the journal
but will endeavor to add some new fea-
lures OF interest in short time, among
them being a resume of social events
and theatrical, musical and literary re-
views. We shall strive to deserve the
good will Of the community by giving
our support to all advanced ideas. We
shall advocate, with unabated vigor,
Woman Suffrage, believing implicitly
in its absolute right We shall give
careful and respectful consideration to
all doctrines tending TO elevate or i'm
prove the condition of any class or
either sex. We ask only that this jour
nal shall receive support commensurate
with the fearlessness and candor with
which it upholds morality, honesty and
purity in public and in private. II We
fail to DO our duty, the public's right is
10 withdraw its support, and force the
journal to suspend; and we hope they
will do it If we prove derelict.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-05-01
ACQUAINTANCE WITH LAW.

a series Of drawing-roOm meetings
has been inaugurated in London to dis
cuss laws affecting women. These
meetings are designed to encourage
among women the study Of the laws of
their country, and thus enable them to
acquire that knowledge which every
citizen is by law assumed to possess,
aud the absence Of which leads to many
practical difficulties in the conduct OF
business, and to give them a wider and
more intelligent interest in the legisla-
tion Of the country aud in matters af-
fecting the welfare OF the community.
II class with such objects should be
formed in our public schools, there
would not be so many ignorant voters
thrown upon the community in the
next decade as have been in the past.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-05-01
LETTER FROM YAOUINA.

To THE EDITOR or THE NEw NORTHWEST:
A strong effort is being made by the
people Of Oregon to have the harbor of
refuge located at Cape Foul weather.
This appears from the surveys to be TIE
best aud most available point on the
Pacific Coast to build brea kwater, and
Congress will doubtless locate it here,
unless swayed and influenced by money
or other motives contrary TO the best
good Of the whole country. It is really
discouraging to think that Congress can
be influenced by money, but such, no
doubt, is often the case What a great
blessing il would be il our officials in
Congress were true and honest like
their foTefathers were then our cuun-
try would be happy and prosperous.
But it is a fact that the American DeO-
pie are growing more luxurious, licen-
tious and corrupt every day, and are
laying the foundation for their decline
and ruin. But I am DEPRESSING, and
must return to the subject People are
fiocking to Taquiua, taking up land and
preparing for the great prosperity that
will dawn upon this country should the
harbOr be established here.
II our railroad and break water fail, il
will be through the manipulations Of
spectators, and not for the lack Of good
natural locations for their construction.
A general interest IS being awakened
among the people throughout the State
in regard to this great enterprise, and
no effort should be left untried to secure
it. According to the estimates, it will
take something over S500,OOO to build
the 6reakwater at FOulweather, where
as, at other points mentioned on the
coast, it will require from three to nine
millions Of dollars-a sum quite impos-
sible to secure under the present great
financial pressure. Besides, il will only
take a few years to construct a safe
harbOr at FOulweather, while at Port
Oxford aud other points spoken of it will
take from fifteen TO twenty years to
build one, and not have a very good and
safe one either. We hope that Congress
will waive all personal and local cOnsid-
eratiOns, and locate this harbor on the
Pacific Coast where it will do the great
est good to the greatest number. The
merits Of Foulweather as place for the
harbo- have been so thoroughly and
carefully shown up by the press Of the
State that il seems needless to say any
thing more. Hoping that decision
will be rendered upon true merit alone,
we submit our case to the impartial
judgment Of those who have the matter
in hand. ZFNO.
Yaquina Bay, April 10, 1879.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-05-01
FOREIGN NEWS.

An insurrection has broken out in
Macedonia.
Servians are makiug a desperate fight
against Albanian invaders.
Queen Victoria and Princess Beatrice
are jOurneying hOmeward.
Another flood is recorded in Hungary
by the overflow Of the river Drave.
The earthquake in Persia on March
22d destroyed p villages aud killed 922
persons.
The demolition Of the Qualifications Of
Shumla are 10 be completed by the 81
of August.
A German man-of-war has been or
dered to Valparaiso to protect the inter
ests Of German subjects there.
4 fire-damp explosion in the Agraphe
coal pit in Belgium on the 18th ult. re-
suited in the death of l4T miners.
The utmost alarm still prevails in
Russia aud most stringent military rule
obtains throughout the principal cities
OF the empire.
Garibaldl enthusiastically cougratu-
lates the Italian people on the fOrma-
tion Of a democratic league for the at
tainment Of universal suffrage.
AhC NhGulF % ultn anniversary y Vi tue
wedding Of the Emperor and Empress
of Austria was enthusiastically cele-
brated at Vienna on the 27th ult.
Russia proposes to retain one division
Of troops in Eastern 'Roumelia until
November. The evacuation elsewhere
will be completed by the 81 Of August
a st. Petersburg dispatch says that
two regiments of foot guards and brigade
artillery have lost so many officers by
arrest that they have been compelled TO
draw officers from other regiments.
The Pope will shortly publish a docu-
ment inviting all European Govern.
ments TO unite in purging society Of
evils which at present beset it and Join
10 an endeavor to stamp out Socialism.
Sixteen professors in different Russian
universities have resigned. Houses are
searched at night and every occupant
whose passport is found irregular is ar
rested. The Russian ambassador at
ConstantiDOple has asked permission TO
open all letters leaving for Russia.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-05-01
"BLIEoR NORTON"

Some seventeen or eighteen years ago,
while we were living ona farm in Yam
hill, it was our good fortune to attend
an exceedingly entertaining school ex-
hibition in the town Of McAlinnville,
where a remarkably bright and clever
girl bore of the honors Of the evening in
the famous courting scene Of "Widow
Bedott." "Who is she ?" was whispered
from one ear to another through the
crowded ranks of spectators; and it
was not until the close of a most enjoy
able evening that the uuiaitiated knew
that the impetuous reject Of ''Hezekiah"
had been personated by Miss Mary
Shane. Some time after we learned OF
the young lady's marriage with Mt.
William Smith. Then, for a number OF
years we lost sight Of her, except at long
intervals, when we would find her sur
rounded by her growing children and
engaged in performing household duties.
Yet we never saw her that we were not
surprised at her ready culture and evil
dent depth Of thought. Last summer
we met her at the Woman Suffrage con
ventiOn at Astoria and asked her tc
write story for the NEW NORTHWEST
She promised to try, and the result o.
her endesvors is before ne, the initia
chapters of which will appear next, in
stead Of this week, as was advertised
We bespeak for Mrs. Smiths "Elino
Norton" a cordial reception at tn,
hands Of our many readers.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-05-01
WOMEN POSTMAsFBRs.

Official Information from the Post
Office Department at Washington states
that there are four thousand lady post
masters in the United States, aud that
the number is rapidly increasing. We
have noted the appointment OF several
women to this position in our own State
and Washington Territory during the
past year. These positions better fit
the physical capacity Of women than Of
men, while their mental capacity is
equally fitted for the discharge Of the
duties pertaining thereto. 1t is certain
that women keep the more orderly and
quiet offices the deuizens Of village
whose post Office is presided over by a
self-possessed aud dignified woman go
there to get their daily installment from
Uncle Sans mail-bags, take il and go
their way, while the village post Office
presided over by q man is usually the
rendezvous for idlers, who eOngregate
about the stove in winter or lounge un-
der the awning in summer, 10 smoke,
whittle, chew, gossip aud make unman-
nerly remarks concerning the women
who call for mail. All are called post
masters In the records Of the Depart
ment; hence, it is not possible to state
the exact number Of women so en-
ployed in Government service, but the
official information referred to above
states that there are not less than the
number given.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-05-01
THE MAY CONVENTION.

TIE annual Convention Of the Ma
tional Woman Suffrage Association will
convene in St Louis on the 9Th, slh and
9th Of May. Arrangements have been
made to render this gathering the most
interesting one Of long and brilliant
series. The National Citizen, edited by
Matilda Joslyn Gage, the organ Of this
branch Of working sufiragists, sends out
this rallying cry, which We would fain
answer in person if the great Northwest
aud the great Middle West were not so
widely remote:
All ye women from the Great West The
Northwest aud south, gather ye together at
81 Louis on May eth, Sth and 9ih, there TO lis
ten 70 the grandest speakers of your own sex.
This convention has been called al a point
convenient for your presence, called there To-
accommodate you. Go to ST. Louis, where YOU
can see Elizabeth Cady Stanton, that noble
woman 10 whom the first Woman Suffrage
Convention is due, and hear the wise and gra-
cious words that VIII TALL from her lips. Go
and see susan b. Anthony, who for so many
years has been in the very thickest OF the
struggle, battling down prejudices, and making
way for her sister women's feet, and who i'm
so doing has enshrined her name in your he.. #
0f hearts. Co 20 ST. Louis and see BeIva A.
lockwood, the modern sampson, who has
pulled down the strongholds OF the United
states Supreme Court. Go and see and hear
Ellen J. Foster, one OF your own Western
women, who Is a power IN temperance, and
who is also "a successful lawyer; and Elizabeth
Boynion Harbert, another Western woman,
successful worker and speaker; and Rev.
olympia Brown, who belongs 10 the East and
the West alike, and who is spicy and strong.
Go and see Mrs. Collins, Mrs. Saxon and Mrs.
Meruweather from the South, and listen 10
what that portion Of the country has to say.
You will also see and hear sara Andrews
Spencer, whose home was once among you
and who has done grand work for women; and
there. too, is Phebe Cousins, with her title OF
/ LID, who lives in 81. Louis, and who will
help do the hospitalities Of the occasion and
make bright, effective speeches; also in 81
I Louis is Virgin L. Minor, in whose case the
famous XIV. Amendment decision against
women was rendered; every one Will desire q
meet her Lille Devereux Blake, OF New York
a brilliant woman, descendant Of Jonathan
! Edwards, will amuse and convince az the sam,
moment We shall also be there ourseIf. gIas
I 20 look in all your fices, and glad 10 tax,
Western and Southwestern and Southern dele
gates by the hand. We shall have a gran,
/ convention; everything points that way; an,
a new feature is that one day is TO be devote,
/ % speaking % women alone. such rare op
portunify as this convention, % see to hear
and 10 learn, occurs but once IN a lifetime.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-05-01
GIVE HEED.

The woman's era, 90 much Of it as has
dawned, is the direct result of the SYM
pathetic and persistent labOrs Of active
Woman Sufiragists. Miss Anthony
says truly: Every woman who now
owns the half dollar she earns at the
wash-tub, every woman who gets better
wages as teacher than her mother got
before her, has that ownership, has
those better wages because Of the work
Of Woman Sufiragists, and she justly
owes debt to that cause for her better
chances in the race Of life" And, max
ing an appeal for the National Citizen,
she adds words that can be well applied
to the paper that has, amid so many
discouragements, upheld the banner of
equal rights upon the farthest verge of
the nations occident for the past eight
years, saying: "Every woman who
wants better wages for work, every
mother who wishes to own her child,
every wife who desires an equal right to
her home, every woman everywhere
who wants better laws, better anything,
should help sustain our paper, help sus-
tain those who are working for her en-
franchisement." Let borrowers Of the
NEWNORTHwEsT give heed.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-05-01
RECENT EVENTS.

Twenty eight blooded horses sold at
Nashville, Tenn, on the 2Sth, aggregat-
ing Sl3,S5O
Subscription to the four per cent. re-
funding certificates on the 29th amount
ed 10 S7S7 400.
Gray, the assailant and would be as
sassin Of Edwin Booth, is in Jail under
$50, 600 bonds in Chicago.
The Phpnixville, Pennsylvania, iron
works have III the last few weeks turned
out l0, 100000 pounds OF finished iron.
Moses and his Indians are hOmeward
bound, having passed through Omaha
on the 2Sth, eIi route for san Francisco.
Floods are reported in Texas, damag-
ing railroads, warehouses, etc, greatly.
At Houston the water rose eighteen feet
in three hours.
Mayor Bryant, Of San Francisco, has
asked for a special police force not to ex-
ceed fifteen hundred for service on cleo
ton day, the 9TH inst.
Bishop Ames, Of the NJ T. Church,
died at Baltimore on the 2Sth uit. He
was somewhat advanced IN lie aud
greatly revered by his brethren.
The House Committee on Agriculture
will report a bill making it misde-
meanor to transport cattle affected with
pleurO-pneumOuia or other contagious
diseases.
Senator Grover introduced bill in
Congress on the l7th, appropriating
100000 for the construction of a Gus
tom-hOuse aud bonded warehouse in
Portland.
Another polygamy trial is in progress
at Salt Lake. The case is that of one,
Miles, who undertook to marry three
women at one time last November one
Of whom escaped and caused his arrest.
The army appropriation bill passed
the Senate on the 25th without any
amendment-yeas fOrty-one, nays thirty,
a strict party vote. II was Immediately
signed and conveyed TO the President,
VINO subsequently returned it without
his signature.
Stephen d. Richards was hanged at
Omaha on the 26th ult. The execution
was rendered public by the tearing down
OF the enclosure around the scafiold by
an infuriated mob. The criminal was
but twenty-fOur years of age, but had
murdered, at different times, woman,
three children aud two men.
A mass meeting to procure all for the
colored refugees leaving the Sonth, was
held at New York on the 23d. a cOlOred
man who had been to Washington seek
ing governmental aid reported that
Frederick Douglas had received him
cOldly, the President had evaded the
question, and that COnkling had received
him cordially aud given him encourage
ment
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-05-01

The only sensible way to make the
" Chinese go" has been introduced, as
might be expected, by the women. The
application was made in the town Of
Dallas, and was in this wise A widow
having arrived in that place, bringing
with her no dowry but physical vigor
and industry, two ladies circulated a
subscription paper aud secured suffi-
cient funds to furnish plainly a small
house, and Installed her therein. The
next step was to induce number Of
families to transfer their washing from
the local Chinese laundry 20 her, thus
giving her employment whereby to
live. This is really more in the way OF
practical results than all the macs meet
iugs, torchlight professions and fiery
declamations Of windy orators have
achieved.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-05-01

It has been said that "tne blood is the source
Of life" It is as truly the source or disease and
death. No life, that is 10 say, no healthy tissue
can be generated from impure blood; no organ
of the body can normally perform its functions
when supplied with impure blood. The duid
that should carry life and health to every part
carries only weakness and disease Blood is
the source of life only when 10 is pure. If it
has become diseased, fl must be cleansed by
proper medication, else every Pulsation OF the
human heart sends a wave OF disease through
the system. To cleanse the blood of all impur-
tiles, use DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov-
cry and Pleasant Purgative Pellets, the most
efectual Alternative, tonic, and cathartic RENE
dies yet discovered. They are especially eff
cient in scr0fulous diseases
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-05-01

rights Of married women are
being recognized. Sensible women no
longer hazard their reputation by sneer-
ing against their own enfranchisement.
To hold aloft the banner Of Liberty
wherever the NEW NORTHWEST has
gone has been our mission aud is our
mission still. Five years ago we were
fortunate enough 10 secure the editorial
services Of Mrs. c. A. Coburn, whose
writings have become household words
in every intelligent Pacific home. And
our catalogue would be incomplete with
out mentioning as last, but by no means
least in the work, the constant, un-
swerving devotion 10 the papers inter
ests Of Mr.. b. c. Duniway, who, though
engaged in other business, has never
failed TO render efficient aid IN the pros
ecution of our labors. He, like the
Others above mentioned, has given Us
no permission to use his name in this
connection, but, like them, he can't help
it once the fact is out
We are ready now to take a new de-
parture, but not TO furl the banner Of
human rights. With this issue, after
eight years of public effort, as sole pro-
prietor, we admit as co-partners in our
work, our major sons, Willis ). and
Hubert r., who will hereafter carry on
the publishing department in all its
phases, leaving Us more untrammeled
than heretofore for field duty. What
will the next eight years bring forth :?
We shall see.
Apro.rr G,or-r nr-,-r,t-.N-
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-05-01
or for Thousand Tongues to sing

The praises which are daily received of that
popular article now known as HALE's HONEY
or HoREHoUND AND TAR It is now becoming
known among the people as "a positive fact
that this article has performed more cures OF
coughs, colds, influenza, hoarseuess, difficult
breathing, and all affections of the throat,
bronchial tubes, and lungs leading TO con-
sumption, than amy other article ever brought
before the public. All we ask is "a little more
time for the people TO test the article, then 10
tell their friends of its effects, and then we are
satisfied that 30 VIII be the family physician
for any or all the above complaints, and oc-
cupy prominent position in every household.
sold by an druggists and at Crittenton's Cen
trail Medicine Warehouse, sixth avenue,
New Yor5 City, at 50 cents and 81 per bottle.
Great saving by buying large size.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-05-01
Yaquina Bay, April 10, 1873.

Croakers and fault-finders, those who
believe the world is getting constantly
worse, and who groan audibly over the
manifold sins of humanity, might find
a solution of the maddening maze Of
things they so greatly deplore by re-
membering the Russian proverb which
says: Everything is bitter to him who
has gall in his mouth"
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-05-01

The Boston Herald says THE Gov
ernor Of Maine has commuted the SEN
tence Of Foss, who was recently sent to
the State Prison as an accomplice in
procuring an abortion upon and the con-
sequent death Of a young girl. 1t was
cruel case aud the guilt Of Foss was
clear, but he was not comfortable in
prison, and the Governor could not bear
to see him suffer"