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Oun LEoTURERS AT 7M2 WEST.—Just as we o to press lotters and papers arrive with intering nocounts of Mrs. Stanton snd Miss Anthony. They are both in clovorfields of calls, and their lectures cmid not be more successful in awakening public interest. Miss Anthony has had another public discussion, and appears to bave again won the day. Asif she could do anything clse! It was at Mendota, Illimois, and the Bulietin from there, says Miss Anthony's lecture drew out s large and critical audience—and we congratulate the "Woman Suffragists"of Mendots on the evident intorest that is taken in the movement in this city. Miss Anthony, as a lecturer, did not manifest the fire and vim that was export ed by the audience, many of whom snticipsted a soo1ding harangue made up of sharp invective snd sosthing denunciations of the "tyrant man." On the contrary, her effort was clear, cool, logical and dispass ionate.

Mr. Wilcox, the opponent, took issue on the proposition that the ballot protected wages; he asserted that capital governed labor irrespective of franchise, and argued at some length but the audience did not relish his logic and interrupted him (as is said) with much hiss-terical demonstration. Miss Anthony came to his rescue and the debate terminated quietly, Miss Anthony bearing off the honors.

CaALrons.—The San Francisco Pioneer is excellent at reporting progress, and has a good deal to do in that line, simoe the state Convention there last January. No state, Massachusetts and New York excepted, seems so well suppited with lecturers and speakers for Woman Suffrage, and nons are more earnestly at work than they, and none could, or need work to belter purpose. And there is one woman, a Mrs. Fields , who has undertaken the other side, but so far as appears, without any disastrous result to the cause. A letter in the Pioncer of the 26th March describes one of her meetings on this wise

The eveuing was besutiful. The fall-orbed moon. sonding forth ber briant ray, made the mit o as light as, and far more romantically beautiful than the dsy. The court-house was brillisntly lighted; mumerous extrs seats had been procured for the occss ion, and all the surroondings argued s success unprecedented in Woodiand. At an early hour, the omnibus trom Capital Hotel oonveyed Mrs. Fields and Mr. Johnson, her traveling companion, to the court-house, and st s late hour conveyed them back again. They were he only persone (oxoept the jauitor) whe wsted the lectre room Aat night. Mrs. Fielde had lectured here one week be fore, but the people being dull of apprebension. fafled to appreciate her talent, or disapproved of the cause in which she is engaged.

WhEnE 1 JuNo ?—A writer in the Sants Barbara Press asks where are Juno (who used to write wo well in your paper) and her sister Susan B? The editors of Tx REvoLTION have askod the same question about Juno. And the brave school teachers who so distinguished thempelves im woman's cause at the Sants Bar bars celebration last fourth of July, where are they? Readers of Tus REvoLumIoN know the whereabouts of Susan B.," but where are Juno and the High School teachers?

AMUSINOLY INCONT The hvening Mail of 1ast. Friday said MrPillsbury hes received Mr. Tilton's Olve Branch. tooking towsrd the nin e iferent factions of the womsn cause. snd m an smusingly i consistont sroin, gors inte" him in TH REvoL o foltow Truth and justion, mot consistency, were the intomded virtue of the artiole in question. Will the Mail impesch it on that ground

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TaE Wyoming South Pass News furmiches the following sketch of the first Woman Jussioe of the Pence ever appointed in the westorn hemisphere

Mrs. Esther Morris was boin August sth, 1812, in the town of Spencer, Tiogs county, New York. Sbe is one of the descendants of the esrly pioneers of Americs ber ancestors, on both sides. sharing in the strugmie for Americen Independence. Her fatber. Daniel MeQuiges in politics, belonged t the achool of Jeferson Her mother, Chariots Hobart, believed im the doctrime of guardian spirits, as taught by Swodembors. Esther was one of eleven children, and st the age of twelve years. became an orpban. At that ume the sphere of labor was umited for both man and woman. The men cleared the land and cultivated the sofl. the women prepsred the food and manufactured the cloth for the tamily; taflors went from bouse to bouse, to cut the garments for the men, snd the women mads them. 1In ume, a commerce sprang up, the principal export bems pine lumber. in which business ber brothers ongased, while she st the same time bought goods and manufscturd mem for women in the village of Owego, on the Susquebsnns river, at the bome of ber grand parents. In 1840 she bocame acquainted with Mr. Artemss Sck. then redent engineer on the New York and Erie Rafirosd, between Elmirs and Binghampton, and was married io December, 1841. Mr. Siack died in sbout eighteen months, leaving her one son, and s tract of land on the Iino Central Railroad, where be bad been engaged as a civil engineer in the spring of 1843. She moved to Chicago and remained untd spring. when sbe went to Peru, La Salle County. In the winter of 1845 she was married to Mr. Jobn Morris, who was engaged in the mercantile business. She contioued in business unt he became the mother of a pair of twins. sfter which she built s homs in which she resided for mxteen years caring for her fam ily, and belping and encouraging the reforms of the day, unts ciroumstances made it neces sary for a change. In the sprimg of 1868, ber busband and eldest son came to Somth Pass, and in 1869 she fol lowed them, and is wow living with ber husbend and three sons. In ber labors she bas been the equal of man, and bas felt the imjustice of her position, and the unequsl opportunities of women; snd while she advooates the elevation of woman, she does mot wish the downal of man. Sbe says we must be as froe and intelligent a men in order to be their companmions. Sbe belleves

That woman's cause is man's they rise or sink Together, dwarfed or godbke, bond or free - - - - If she be small. slight matured, miserable, How should men grow And would sid to Clesr away the parasitic forms That seem to keep her up bot drag her aown— And lesve ber space to burgeon out of all Within her——

Tax Riows SPrwrr.—When the people of the south cherish towards the colored populstion once their siaves, the spirit of Gov. Aleorn of Missispp. a spoken in his Inaugural Addre. reconstruction will be easy and there will be no more “military pecessity there peither The following i a specimen

The frst duty of s wise and psterns! government is to protect the wesk againet the trong From me. i avu y. t co or p reason to 1908 for s profound snuisty for the resiinion of ther mew rights1n the e of o have soparsted them from me as the wronged irom the wronr y ore me o the gusraiansbip of their meow and precious hopes in trontuine whose vory mention irs my morve wi emotion In response to that wouohing relanes. the most profound snnty with which nt my ofe Governo o te t i man the q. etore the t equs, not in desd inttes, but in living fact

Miss ALcor. utho o Lite Women, O Fashioned Gil, and other works, sailed lat Se. trday from Boston or Brest. ocompenied y her artist sister, Miss . May Aleott

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COMMENCEMENT OF THE WONENS MEDICAL COLLEGE.

Taz annusl commenooment exercines of the Women's Modies! College of the New Yor Infirmary was beld last Saturday evening, in the ball of the Young Men's Christisn Associstion. Samuel Willotts, Eeq., Prosident of the Bosrd of Directors, presided ower the exercien, which were opened with prayer by Rev. Dr Bepworth. The degree of "Doctor of Medicine was then conferred on Miss Ehzs B. Phelps. of lowa, and certificates of having passed through the mecessary oourse of studses were swarded t. the following named voung indiel. who win be gradusted in June mext Celestis A Lomng. of Massechusetts Lanrs Morgen, of New York Emms C. Ward, of New Jersey Ellen E. Mitchell, of fennsylvama.

After a few remarks by President Willetts, the class were sddressed i6 very bappy and encouraging manner by Mass Emily Bisckwell, M. D.. one of the Professors of the institution. Sbhe reminded them that they ectered on the duties of ther profession with the sympathies of the public in their vor. but tht they must not in consequence lessen thew labors and investigaons after sbsolute truth mm medical science. Dr. McCready, one of the Board of Examaners. aunounced to the andi enoe that the gradustes dsplayed on examinstion, more praction knowledge of the theory of medisine than generally observable among male students who are ersduated at medioal colleges. This announcement was recerved with lond spplause.

Sbort addresses were then made by Rev. Dr. Heopworth and by Dr. Hayes, of Arctic Ooon fame, sfuer which the waledictory was delivered by Miss Laurs Morgan. of the graduating cles. with which the exercises were closed. The night was fesrfully stormy and disagroesble but that dd mot prevent s large sttondance on the exercises of the interesting ocoasion.

ConsmNT oF TH2 GovERNED.—A poor woman was arrested in this city last week. by an internal revenue officer and dragged to court. andbeld in $9,000 ba—AD trict- Attorney Purdy ssking to have the ba incrensed to $5,000 as the offence. in bis opinion, was very serious one. The prsoner. it is toid. wa poorly cld. p be suffering from consumption. The deputy mershall who arrested the woman. stated thet she only bad a few cigars in the bouse, and thev were in an old band-box. and that she and be family of small chuldren were hving in poverty The prisoner was subsequently slowed togo on promise that she would sppess before the Comminsioner when wanted Waes Bunke Hill the result of auy such tantion without representstionas that"

Tas Pracn Conrmanon.—At mesting of the Executive Commitiee of the Nations! Wo. man Suffge Assooiion. the Womnn Mr. Wilon. of New York Mrs Josephine S. Goifing, o Washing ton (with Mrs. Abby Hoppe Gibbons. bes sub utote) w P Py. wer represont the Ansoition e A Hotel Conf erence

Wonss DavossOos Bln. M. nd Mrs Amolis A Jomo heve opene e nd very extonive Drug Store Cir Obiongo.