The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-07-24
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
PHnNIX. July ls, ls79.

DEAR READERs or THE NEW NORTHWEST:
The last jottings We remember of
ehronicling for your perusal come back 4
to US at this writing accompanied by a
vision Of eggs and effigies. Taking up
the thread of the narrative where we
that evening dropped it, we begin again
the pleasant task Of descriptive corre- |
spondenee, an occupation rendered all
the more enjoyable because Of the exeit- /
ing facts We have in store for your Pc
rusal
Sunday morning, the 18th inst,
dawned brightly, and discovered quiet
atmosphere and equally quiet street in
Jacksonville, the latter disigured by
the remains Of the picture Of George
Washington in wOman's garb, which
had been burned in front of Mrs. Vim
ing's hotel the night before as a feeble
effigy Of our humble self
AT nine o'clock one Of friend Ply
males buggies came for us, and a span
of spirited horses, held well in hand by
Master Willie Plymale, carried US over
the beautiful country to Manzanita,
eight miles distant from the scene of
the riot, and here we met a splendid au-
dience in the pleasant church among
the spreading oaks, and for over two
hours the good people listened with the
deepest interest to the gospel of human
liberty.
In this neighborhood there are some
of the handsomest aud thriftiest farms
we have ever seen, even in this pre-
eminently beautiful country. The fam
lilies Of General Ross, Mr.. Risley, Mr..
Constant and Mrs. Merriman are among
the wealthiest landowners whose ac-
quaiutance we have made, their elegant
farms being well stocked, containing
many acres Of well-tilled soil, and large
and exceedingly thrifty orchards.
After bountiful dinner and an hours
rest at good Mrs. Merriman's, Mr. James
Curry aud family, accompanied by
Hon. Sam Colver, drove by in a car
riage and took US over to "Stickey"-
another euphonious title-to the beauti-
fully located farm OF the former gentle
man, where we tarried for the night,
Uncle sam departing for Phoenix on
horseback to arouse the people there, as
= we had done at Manzanita, by giving an
account OF the mob in Jacksonville, and
reading the letter in the NEW NORTH
E WEST that had fired the heart of the edi-
I tor OF the Sentinel until he had gone
stark crazy. In our simplicity of soul
we had imagined that he would take
. our innocent satire on his lack oi
''brains" as a capital joke, but the Sc
e quel proved that we had hit him harder
: than he could bear. Before we had mad,
him crazy by joke, We had not dreamed
that he was witless enough to be braineC
= by lady's pencil but the deed is done
0 and we're awful sorry! CThis is said t
! let our irate brother down easy. w,
e don't mean a word Of it, only as a joke.
o The pretext that we have ''slaudere,
u Judge Prim's family" is just as false a
= everything else he has tried to say abOu
Il our uttered sentiments since our work il
= Jackson county began. We only exon
u Grated and vindcated an injured WON
a an, though it doubtless caused her un
u told agony for the moment; but be
agony il intensified a thousand fold b,
u the thugs of Jacksonville, who, in seek
u ing to justify her husband in a dee,
. which il is the sheerest nonsense to sa,
u had been forgotten, continually irritat
d the wound that otherwise would hea
y without further pain. We did but al
J. act Of justice, and were it to do owe
Ie again, we would do no less. But Il doe
J. go awful hard with mans rights whe
II the time comes for its long abuse {
'i usurped absolute power to receive il
J. death blow. Indeed, it is kickin
J. around awfuIly in its agonies, but il
le die is cast.
u On Monday evening, after we ha
ie spent a quiet day 10 the happy home {
Mrs. Curry, at Stickey, we all went j
their carriage over to Phoenix, wher,
As after rousing meeting (of which a,
ie count is given in the Ashland Tiding
- and noticed elsewhere in the columns
IL the Peoples Paper, we spent the nigl
ie in the home Of the Colvers, who,
Z hearts are as big as their house, al
eu that's saying a good deal for both houi
NC and hearts.
III On Tuesday, accompanied by "Unc
u SAM" the indomitable and irrepressib
~ champion of liberty, whom all knav,
&C are afraid of, we went on to Ashlan
Gu our way leading through fertile vale
ne Of yet more radiant loveliness than al
II we had seen hitherto. The landscape
NC that are in many places wild to inten
''e ruggedness, now soften into billowy u
dulations; and, as we approach vel
nc near the beautiful city of peace, Il
ss- verdant vale nRrrows into a cove-lil
TIE "cuddy," and on the hills and at the
'ie feet the little city nestles, like a broO
ing dove in her content and lOveline'
., Flower gardens and fruit trees, han
=. some homes and sloping lawns abouu
- and clear, trickling water cours
- through pebbled bitches, with a merr
ripping melody, suggestive Of continu
h;s human happiness.
a. The mans rights element Of Jackso
49,. willie had sent out prominent emissar
he to forestall our mission, and so t
- Methodist Church, which had be
.-or.g,od for tho faofurna was uOt or