Blackwell Family Lucy Stone Subject File Biographical Papers (general) The New-York Times, Friday, January 29, 1858. The Grievances of Lucy Stone. LUCY STONE has recently been making herself more than usually conspicuous by refusing to pay her taxes, and having her goods sold out in due course. Some people are in a great rage with her, because, being married, she continues to assert her independence of her husband by refusing to obey the law; others because, being a woman, she ventures to make capital in a way which custom allows men alone to make sure of, and others because her friends are said to buy in the goods, and the whole affair is consequently a sham. About the good or bad taste of the lady's proceedings we have nothing to say, as questions of this sort are generally passed upon by the ladies themselves, and they allow of no appeal. Whether a woman does well or ill in submitting her household goods to the auctioneer's hammer, either for the sake of principle, or any other sake, women themselves will always decide, whatever be the abstract right or wrong of the matter. But there can be no question that LUCY STONE'S proceedings present the fact very clearly, that the principle of universal suffrage has never yet been acknowledged either in this country or any other, and that, Democratic as we are in apportioning the franchise, we act upon the very principle of capacity. By shutting out women and children, and negroes, we acknowledge that there is a line which ought to be drawn somewhere, on one side of which stand the electors and on the other the non-electors. Pure and unmitigated universal suffrage would imply the enjoyment of the franchise by every soul who obeyed the laws and contributed a quota, however small, to the revenue. But no such concession, strange to say, in spite of all the declamation the world has heard upon the subject of popular rights, has ever yet been made by any community. The most democratic of democracies has always reserved to itself the right of deciding where the line of capacity shall be drawn. In England, the line is one of money. Here it is a line of age and sex, and it would be hard to say which is the more arbitrary. There it is the pride of property which is flattered, and here the pride of sex. Both utterly fail in effecting the object for which they are designed-the exclusion of the incompetent. There are hundreds of thousands of ten-pound householders in the dominions of Her Britannic Majesty in whose hands the franchise resembles a jewel in a hog's snout; and there are hundreds of thousands of men, who are neither freeholders nor householders, who are wise and honest enough to rule, not to speak of voting. The line which separates the two classes is clearly not laid down by reason. But are there not amongst us hundreds of thousands of excellent citizens who don't happen to be either men, or twenty-one years of age, who profess all the requisites for taking part in popular elections, and are open to none of the ordinary objections? We don't allow women to vote, because we say they are too much under the influence of their feelings and of their relatives. The argument of susceptibility to extraneous influences is precisely the one which the opponents of an extension of the suffrage in England use with most assiduity against the admission of poor householders to the rights of citizenship. Is it not just as forcible in their mouths as in ours? Are the hordes whom FERNANDO and BEN WOOD led to the polls last December less open to the charge of moral weaknesses than hundreds or thousands of women in this City who practice, from year to year, all the virtues of gentlewomanhood and yet never vote? We have long ceased in this country to base our apportionment of the franchise upon a regard to consequences or results. No one now ventures to oppose universal suffrage, because it will lead to certain evils or abuses. We have formally declared, over and over, that all must have the franchise, not because the best from of Government is thus secured, but because justice is thus done-not because it is most expedient, but because it was right. Why then do we lay down a rule in dealing with the political rights of our wives and sisters which we have long repudiated as regards ourselves? Women would be influenced by their passions or prejudices-but so are the "lion-hearted Democrats" of Tammany Hall, and the rowdy Americans of Baltimore. Do the mass of our men vote after calm deliberation, and the profoundest study of political science? The great mass of women would not vote at all; the great mass of the most intelligent men in the City don't vote either. Moreover, we venture to assert that in the lowest ranks of society, amongst the hewers of wood and drawers of water, the women are those who display more of the virtues of good citizens, forethought, temperance, industry, and self-restraint. We do not wish to be understood by these remarks as being in favor of permitting women to vote. We make them mainly to show that, in spite of our boasted devotion to general political principles, and our professed readiness to follow them to their final results, in practice we really do no such thing, Our Government, like that of every other country, is based upon considerations of expediency. We go farther, perhaps, in obedience to general principles than any other country; we try experiments more readily and more rashly; but we do not risk everything upon a theory. We reach a point at last where general principles give place to practical results and to considerations of expediency. 58. lector's hammer at her residence on Friday afternoon last, in obedience to the following notice, which had been conspicuously posted at the railroad depot: "SALE FOR TAX. - Notice is hereby given that, by virtue of a warrant ishued by A.H. Freeman, esq., J.P., to make the tax assessed against Lucy Stone, in the township of Orange, in the County of Essex, the subscriber, one of the constables of said county, will, on Friday the 22d day of January instant, at two o'clock in the afternoon of that day, at the house of Lucy Stone, sell at public vendue, to the highest bidder for cash, the following goods, to wit: Two tables, four chairs, one stand and two pictures, to make the said tax and costs. E.A. KYNES, Constable. 'Orange, Jan. 18, 1858." The sale took place on the front piazza. The first article offered was a market table, worth about $12, which was started at $6 and knocked down at $7.50. The next articles were two steel-plate likenesses, one of Gerrit Smith and the other of Gov. S.P. Chase, which were sold together for $3. From these sales a sufficient sum was realized, and a small balance was paid to Lucy. She told the constable that the same operation would have to be performed every year until the law was repealed, as she would never voluntarily pay taxes for the support of institutions that she had no voice in governing. The officer of the law replied that he would let some one else have the job hereafter, as it was not a pleasant duty for him to perform. It is said that Lucy intends to address the people of Orange upon this subject at a public meeting soon to be held.Jan. 16, 1858 Orange, (NJ) Journal Local Matters. Taxation without Representation. Mrs. Lucy Stone, a resident of this place, and owner of real estate here, was assessed the usual per centage on her property, and the Township Collector, Abraham Mandeville, Esq., in due course of time, forwarded Mrs. Stone her tax bill. This, Mrs. S. received, and before the time had expired for the receipt of taxes, returned it to the Collector, accompanied by the letter which we publish below. The law of New Jersey requires in cases of delinquents, that, if tax-moneys shall not be paid within a limited period, a list of such delinquents shall be delivered by the collector to a Justice of the Peace, whose duty it shall be, within five days thereafter, "to make out and deliver to the constable or constables a warrant or warrants, requiring him of them to levy the tax so in arrear, with costs, by distress and sale of the goods and chattels of the delinquent, giving at least four days' notice of such sale, and, if sufficient goods and chattels of the delinquent cannot be found, the constable shall take his or her body, if to be found in the county, and deliver the same to the sheriff of such county or his jailer, to be kept in close and safe custody until payment be made of the said tax, with costs." The following is Mrs. Stone's letter: Orange, N.J., Dec. 18, 1857. MR. MANDEVILLE, SIR: - Enclosed I return my tax bill, without paying it. My reason for doing so, is, that women suffer taxation, and yet have no representation, which is not only unjust to one half of the adult population, but is contrary to our theory of government. For years, some women have been paying their taxes, under protest, but still taxes are imposed, and representation is not granted. The only course now left us, is to refuse to pay the tax. We know well, what the immediate result of this refusal must be. But we believe that when the attention of men is called to the wide difference between their theory of government and its practice, in this particular, that they cannot fail to see the mistake they now make, by imposing taxes on women, while they refuse them the right of suffrage, and that, the sense of justice which is in all good men, will lead them to correct it. Then we shall cheerfully pay our taxes; - not till then. Respectfully, LUCY STONE. Lucy Stone and the Collector. Sale of Gerrit Smith and Gov. Chase for Taxes, About 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, Constable Kyer, of Orange, N.J., proceeded to the residence of Lucy Stone, to sell property for taxes in accordance with the following notice, which was posted up at the railroad station: "SALE FOR TAX. - Notice is hereby given that, by virtue of a warrant ishued by A.H. Freeman, Esq., J.P., to make the tax assessed against Lucy Stone, in the township of Orange, in the county of Essex, the subscriber, one of the constables of said county, will on Friday, the twenty-second day of January, instant, at two o'clock in the afternoon of that day, at the house of Lucy Stone, sell at public vendue, to the highest bidder for cash, the following goods to wit; Two tables, four chairs, one stand and two pictures to make the said tax and costs. E.A. KYNES, Constable. "ORANGE, January 18, 1858." The sale took place on the front piazza. The first article offered was a marble table, worth about $12, which was started at $6 and knocked down at $7.50. The next articles were two steel-plate likenesses, one of Gerrit Smith and the other of Gov. S.P. Chase, which were sold together for $3. From these sales a sufficient sum was realized, and a small balance was paid to Lucy. She told the Constable that "next year, and the year following, and every year, until the law has changed, the same thing would have to be done." He replied that he would let somebody else have the job, as it was not a pleasant duty for him to perform. He then carried back into the house the articles of furniture which had not been sold, and seemed glad to get away, after vindicating the majesty of the law in so satisfactory a manner. The public of Orange, we learn, we will soon hear from Mrs. Lucy Stone, on this subject, at a meeting she intends to call. --Mrs. Lucy Stone Blackwell of Orange, recently refused to pay her taxes upon the old Revolutionary principle of "No taxation without representation." The Collector has levied upon her property, by laying an attachment upon some articles of household furniture, which will be sold in a few days. Mrs. B, is is said, intends calling a public meeting at an early day, in order to express her views to the residents of Orange on this and other subjects connected with the Woman's Rights movement.--Newark Adv. Lucy Stone's Bogus Sale. To the Editors of the Evening Post: It does not appear that Lucy Stone is much of a martyr after all. The reports which have been published imply, without saying it, that her property was largely sacrificed to pay her taxes, in consequence of her conscientious refusal, as a woman, practically to comply with the doctrine of "taxation without representation." Now, the truth, if I am not misinformed, is, that all that was valuable in the sale--all that she wished to keep--was bought in by the fair owner's friends, so that she was able to get rid of her unavailable truck without paying the expense of an auctioneer, besides having her name heralded all through the papers as a martyr to the great cause of woman's rights--no small object for a professed lecturer. But, to a conscientious person not seeking notoriety, would it not be better to let the property be sacrificed, or else to pay the tax directly? What say you, Mr. Editor? Quiz. N. Y. PERSONAL. Taxation Without Representation--Lucy Stone's Battle with the Tax-Collector--Her Manifesto. (From the Orange (N.J.) Journal, January 16.) Mrs. Lucy Stone, a resident of this place, and owner of real estate her, was assessed the usual percentage on her property, and the Township Collector, Abraham Mandeville, Esq., in due course of time, forwarded Mrs. Stone her tax bill. This, Mrs. S. received, and before the time had expired for the receipt of taxes, returned it to the Collector, accompanied by the letter which we publish below. The law of New Jersey requires, in cases of delinquents, that, if tax-moneys shall not be paid within a limited period, a list of such delinquents shall be delivered by the collector to a justice of the peace, whose duty it shall be, within five days thereafter, "to make out and deliver to the constable or constables a warrant or warrants, requiring him or them to levy the tax so in arrear, with costs, by distress and sale of the goods and chattels of the delinquent, giving at least four days' notice of such sale, and, if sufficient goods and chattels of the delinquent cannot be found, the constable shall take his or her body, if to be found in the county, and deliver the same to the sheriff of such country or his jailer, to be kept in close and safe custody until payment be made of the said tax, with costs." The following is Mrs. Stone's letter: "Orange, N.J., December 18, 1857. "Mr. Mandeville--Sir: Enclosed I return my tax bill, without paying. "My reason for doing so is that women suffer taxation, and yet have no representation, which is not only unjust to one half of the adult population, but is contrary to our theory of government. "For years some women have been paying their taxes under protest, but still taxes are imposed, and representation is not granted. "The only course now left us, is to refuse to pay the tax. We know well what the immediate results of this refusal must be. "But we believe that when the attention of men is called to the wide difference between their theory of government and its practice, in this particular, that they cannot fail to see the mistake they now make, by imposing taxes on women, while they refuse them the right of suffrage, and that the sense of justice which is in all good men, will lead them to correct it. Then we shall cheerfully pay our taxes; not till then. "Respectfully, Lucy Stone."Lucy Stone 1859 From The New Hampshire Patriot Concord, N.H. November 30, 1859 Poetry. The Hen Convention SUGGESTED BY READING THE TRIBUNE [The following lines are from the pen of Miss C. A. S. of Haverhill, and were originally published in the N.Y. Courier and Enquirer.] "Come Hens, and come Biddies, attend to the call, Come Shanghais, and Cochins, we wish for you all, For redress of our wrongs, we will cackle 'o-night, And see if this cackling will set the world right." This notice so strange, was posted around, Each hen flapped her wings, and rejoiced at the sound, So that long before night, in the farm-yard were seen, More biddies than often you'll find there- I ween. But where's Chantieleer in this concourse so vast? The time for the gathering is now almost past. You look but in vain, if you seek for him here, His duties now lie in a different sphere. In a snug little coop, not far from the yard, O'er twelve little chickens, he's kept to keep guard. He strives with his might--the dull awkward thing-- To gather the fledglings under his wing. Look into the barn--if you ask for the rest-- And lo! upon each little home of a nest, Tall feathers, and red crested comb there appear! You need not seek farther for poor Chantieleer. And now in the yard a clamor began, And nearer a hay-cart each small biped ran, When up on the top of the hay, fresh and new, A black feathered Biddy, with dignity flew. Her plumage of sable, her neck-gear of white, Her "reverend" air, as she soared in her flight, Announced to the strangers standing about "A minister" Biddy--without any doubt. And now from that station so lofty to see, Arose a [?ai?t] "crow"--(if crow it could be,) So weak was the sound--so unlike to the clear And trumpet-like notes of old Chantieleer. The hens flapped their wings, in a burst of applause, And the speaker encouraged, now spoke of her cause; She was seeking for justice, equality, power-- And she set forth her claims for at least half an hour. Next followed a hen whose feathers were clipped, As if in their earliest growth they'd been nipped; "Her flight was impeded," she said, "by long feathers; They injured her health as she walked in bad weather." Like the Biddy before her, she spoke of her right To crow on the fence, and also to "fight;" No shadow of justice, she made it appear, Gave this honor solus, to lord Chantieleer. With a badge in her claws, the next orator came, A lancet and pill-box at once told her name. From henceforth the hens could be blistered and [b?ed]; No disorder was fatal except "loss of head." All topics of justice, equality, laws, Of temperance, property, and the good cause Of Biddy's own "rights," so just and so true, Were discussed as only such Biddies could do. With a cackle of rage at those poor foolish things Who would still keep the chickens beneath their own wings, Who cared no to crow, since they knew 'twas in vain To equal the cock's shrill echoing strain. This assembly prepared to their roots to withdraw, When up on the stand, with a pen in his claw, Flew a "Rooster," bowing with wonderful grace, As every Biddy removed to give place. Ah, now comes a champion for poor Chantieleer; He'll not tamely submit to his new destined sphere. Fair Biddies take heed, lest his anger should burn; To you chickens and coops make haste to return. But no such words fell from this recreant lord, He came not to reprove--he rose to applaud; He rejoiced that the hens had at last found their place, In a sphere so becoming the true Biddy race. He would give to each hen a part in the strife Chantieleer had so long withheld from his wife; She should vote and harangue, forsake home and its rest. Meanwhile he would take his place on the nest. Such crowing and cackling now fell on the ear, At this generous [p?edge] of the false Chantieleer, Such cheers, and such clamor no mortal e'er heard, Where "rights" were discussed by man-woman, or bird. With "Harmony, kindness, and perfect good will, The assembly adjourned"--the farm-yard was still. The moon rose as usual--stars shone as of yore, And the whole course of nature rolled on as before.July THE PLAIN DEALER Plain Dealer Job Office. GRAY, BEARDSLEY, SPEAR & CO., Having made large additions of new and elegant material, are now prepared to receive all orders for the printing of BOOKS, BILL HEADS, BUSINESS CARDS, PAMPHLETS, POSTERS, BANK CHECKS, CATALOGUES, FANCY SHOW BILLS, BLANKS, CIRCULARS, SHOW CARDS, BILLS OF LADING, MANIFESTS, PRICES CURRENT, LABELS, and every description of Letter Press Printing. BLANK BOOKS made to order and ruled to pattern. BOOK BINDING executed in the neatest manner. Our office now contains the best, handsomest and most varied assortment of type of any establishment in the city, and it is our intention never to be second best. Mr. SPEAR sustains the reputation of being one of the best practical Printers in the west, and he will give his personal attention to the business. We now have two steam presses and two more are being built, which will soon be set up. With new and elegant materials, excellent workmen, and facilities for turning off work rapidly, and cheaply, we confidently solicit the attention of the public. NATIONAL WOMAN'S RIGHTS CONVENTION. AFTERNOON SESSION--FIRST DAY. The Convention again convened at two o'clock. After the reading of the minutes of the morning session, the resolutions, as reported by the Business Committee, were read to the Convention by Miss LUCY STONE. Miss STONE is somewhat celebrated for an extraordinary enthusiasm in the cause of her sex, and for certain eccentricities of speech and thought as well as of outward attire. We are inclined to believe her "swashing and martial outside" has its "counterfeit presentment" within. She is as independent in mind as in dress. She is as ready to throw off the restrains society seems to have placed on Woman's mind, as she is to cast aside what she considers an absurd fashion in dress. Without endorsing the eliminated petticoats, we cannot but admire Miss STONE'S "stern old Saxon pluck"--her total independent of the tyranical laws of the God, Fashion. Her dress is : First, a black velvet coat, with collar fastened in front with buttons; next, a skirt of silk reaching to her knees; then she "wears the breeches," of black silk, with gaiters. Her hair is combed back of the ears, and is brushed a la "soap lock" behind. Her face is not beautiful, but there is mind in it--it is prepossessing, pleasant, earnest. Miss STONE must be set down as a lady of no common abilities, and of uncommon energy in the pursuit of a cherished idea. The following are the resolutions: 1. Resolved, That by Human Rights we mean Natural Rights in contradistinction to conventional usages, and because woman is a human being she therefore has Human Rights. 2. Resolved, That because woman is a human being and man is no more, she has by virtue of her constitutional nature, equal rights with man, and that state of society must necessarily be wrong, which does not in its usages and institutions afford equal opportunities for the enjoyment and protection of those Rights. 3. Resolved, That it is the coolest assumption for man to claim the prerogative of determining the sphere of woman; and that he is adding insult to injury, when he denounces her as unwomanly, and condemns her as "unsexing herself" if she ventures to pass over the limit he assumes to fix. 4. Resolved, That the Common Law by giving to the husband the custody of his wife's person does virtually place her on a level with criminals, lunatics and fools, since these are the only cases of adult persons over whom the law makers have thought it necessary to place keepers. 5. Resolved, That if it be true, in the language of John C. Calhoun, "that he who digs the money out of the soil has a right to it against the Universe," then the law which gives to the husband the power to use and control his wife's earnings, makes robbery, and is as mean as it is unjust. 6. Resolved, That woman will soonest free herself from the legal disabilities she now suffers by securing the right to the elective franchise, thus becoming herself a law maker, and that to this end we will petition our respective State Legislatures to call conventions, to amend their constitutions so that the right to the franchise shall not be limited by the word "male." 7. Resolved, That there is neither justice nor sound policy in the present arrangements of society, restraining women to so comparatively narrow a range of employments; excluding them from those which are most lucrative; and even in those to which they are admitted awarding them a compensation less generally one-half or two-thirds than is paid to men for an equal amount of service rendered. 8. Resolved, That although the question of intellectual strength and attainments of woman has nothing to do with the settlement of their rights, yet in reply to the oft repeated enquiry, "Have women by nature the same force of intellect with men?" we will say, this enquiry never can be answered till women shall have such training as shall give their physical and intellectual powers as full opportunities for development by being as heavily taxed and all their resources as fully called forth as are those of men. Mr. BLACKWELL, of Ohio, addressed the convention. Upon a remark suggested by a member that woman should have the preference in speaking--that men should keep quiet, he replied that he owed no apology to this convention for addressing them--he was the son of a woman, and the brother of a woman! He made the 6th resolution the text of his remarks, but after getting under way, was not contented to be restrained by its narrow limits. He launched out into a full discussion of all the prominent reforms of the day, and not a few of the isms. He was excessively radical--more so probably than the occasion demanded. Some idea of his address may be gathered from a single remark : He spoke of the principle of mental and spiritual progression, and said it was his belief that the time would come, when, in the march of progress, his (Mr. BLACKWELL'S,) mind and spirit would be infinitely greater and better than our present idea of God' Mr. BLACKWELL spoke too long. He forgot it was a Woman's Convention. The Convention adjourned to 7 o'clock. Dec. 1859 Is She Married or Not? To the Editor of the New-York Times : I see in your paper this morning a notice of a sale of property belonging to "LUCY STONE." Is there not some mistake about this? Has not the noted celebrity, LUCY STONE that was, ceased to be? Did you not notify the public that some intrepid individual had ventured to enter the holy bonds of matrimony with her, and did not that act require her to bear his name? Have they ever been divorced, and is she thus furnished with a reason for resuming her maiden name? Has she otherwise any right to ignore the name of the man to whom she was regally married? Will her children not take their father's name? Who is her husband, that he should tamely submit that his wife should come before the public as though she were not a wife? And where is the modesty and reverence of this wife, who thus seeks to exhibit an independence of which she voluntarily deprived herself by entering the married relation? PROPRIETY. (over) Missouri In the foregoing we have attempted nothing but the most general sketch of a lecture, which was full of eloquence and and beauty, and abounded in home thrusts and happy hits that brought out peals of applause. The general feeling was that of admiration; the universal impression that Lucy Stone is a gifted orator and a very talented woman. Among the fifteen hundred or two thousand persons who were present, were representatives of every class and occupation in St. Louis, except perhaps divines. If there were any clergymen there, we did not happen to see them. We saw lawyers, doctors, editors, engineers, merchants, brokers, bankers, mechanics, men of all professions, and men of no profession in particular. The proportion in attendance of men to women was about four or five to one. This perhaps is not matter for regret as the truths told by the lecturer were such as it was very fit for men to hear, from the lips of such a woman. To their credit and to that of St. Louis be it spoken, the lecturer was heard most respectfully throughout. Our people disdained to follow in the rowdy foot-paths which were recommended to us from New York, where it seems such a lecturer as Lucy Stone cannot speak without being mobbed. To-night Miss Stone lectures on the political and legal disabilities of women. It will be well worth hearing by both men and women. To quiet the apprehensions of the "Upper Ten," we assure them "[po?] honor," it is really not vulgar to listen t Miss Stone.Editorial Feb. 1, 1858 MIDDLETOWN, N. Y., FEBRUARY [?] From The Orange (N. J.) Journal. TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION. Mrs. Lucy Stone, a resident of this place, and owner of real estate here, was assessed the usual percentage on her property, and the Township Collector, Abraham Mandeville, in due course of time, forwarded Mrs. Stone her tax-bill. this Mrs. S. received, and before the time had expired for the receipt of taxes, returned it to the Collector, accompanied by the letter which we publish below. The law of New Jersey requires, in cases of delinquents, that, if tax-moneys shall not be paid within a limited period, a list of such delinquents shall be delivered by the Collector to a Justice of the Peace, "to make out and deliver to the Constable or Constables a warrant or warrants, requiring him or them to levy a tax so in arrear, with costs, by distress and sale of the goods and chattels of the delinquent, giving at least four days notice of such sale, and if no sufficient goods and chattels of the delinquent cannot be found, the Constable shall take his or her body, if to be found in the county, and deliver the same to the Sheriff of such county, of his Jailor, to be kept in close and safe custody until payment be made of the said tax, with costs." The following is Mrs. Stone's letter: "ORANGE, N. J., Dec. 18, 1857. "Mr. MANDEVILLE--Sir : Inclosed I return my tax-bill without paying it. "My reason for doing so is that women suffer taxation and yet have no representation, which is not only unjust to one-half of the adult population, but is contrary to our theory of government. "For years some women have been paying their taxes under protest, but still taxes are imposed, and representation is not granted. "The only course now left us is to refuse to pay the tax. We know well what the immediate results of this refusal must be. "But we believe that when the attention of men is called to the wide difference between their theory of government and its practice, in this particular. that they cannot fail to see the mistake they now make, by imposing taxes on women, while they refuse them the right of suffrage, and that the sense of justice which is in all good men, will lead them to correct it. Then we shall cheerfully pay our taxes; not till then. "Respectfully, LUCY STONE." 1858 [?] On Thursday, in the Woman's Rights Convention, LUCY STONE moved that a collection be taken up in aid of the cause, which was earned. Mr. ADDISON, of the Commercial, was dispatched to the gallery for this purpose. A number of "nice young men" there congregated refused to give anything unless Miss STONE came in person to receive it. ADDISON, believing this to be only a ruse to get rid of contributing, was not to be "bluffed off" so easily, and promptly stated the circumstance to the Convention. Miss S. did not wait for a second invition, so tripping upstairs in a trice she presented herself, hat in hand, to the young bucks in question, who came down handsomely with the rhino. Good for LUCY! "THE WOMAN'S-RIGHTS ALMANAC FOR 1858. Containing Facts, Statistics, Arguments, Records of Progress, and Proof of the need of it." Price 6 cts. A package of these Almanacs has been left on sale at the Journal book Store, by Mrs. LUCY STONE, now a resident of Orange. The Almanac covers the whole ground of the Woman's-Rights movement, and embraces "The History of Woman in three Pictures;" "Results of the Woman's-Rights Agitation," (from a speech by Lucy Stone); Report of the Select Committee of the Ohio Senate, on giving the rights of suffrage to females;" Statistics in reference to the employment of males and females in factories and schools and the wages respectively paid, &c. &c. Those unacquainted with the principles and aims of the Woman's-Rights theory, can be pretty thoroughly posted up in the matter by a perusal of this cheap almanac. [?] DAILY GAZETTE. [O?ice]--Gazette Building, Northeast corner of Fourth and Vine Sts. SATURDAY, JANUARY 30. [?] City Subscribers, 15 cents per week, payable to Carriers. Orders left at the office, corner of Fourth and Vine, will be promptly attended to. Lucy Stone's Bogus Sale. To the editors of the Evening Post: It does no appear that Lucy Stone is much of a martyr after all. The reports which have been published imply, without saying it, that her property was largely sacrificed to pay her taxes, in consequence of her conscientious refusal, as a woman, practically to comply with the doctrine of "taxation without representation." Now, the truth, if I am not misinformed, is, that all that was valuable in the sale-- all that she wished to keep--was bought in by the fair owner's friends, so that she was able to get rid of her unavailable truck without paying the expense of an auctioneer, besides having her name heralded all through the papers as a martyr to the great cause of woman's right--no small object for a professed lecturer. But, to a conscientious person not seeking notoriety, would it not be better to let the property be sacrificed, or else to pay the tax directly? What say you, Mr. Editor? QUIZ. The studied efforts of Mrs. Lucy to gain notoriety by this and other unwomanly transactions, prove most conclusively that the humbugs of the age are not confined to the male sex. This last piece of transparent impudence may possibly open the way for the entrance of this and other strong-minded individuals into the regions of obscurity whenever they may possibly find their way to an appropriate and becoming position in domestic life. [?] Local Matters. Jan 2 1858 Lucy Stone, who is still an advocate of Woman's Rights, although she has taken a husband, is a resident of Orange, where she holds property in her own name. Recently the Township Assessor notified her that her property had been assessed, and transmitted the tax bill made out against her. The veteran advocate of an enlargement of woman's sphere at once informed the Collector that she did not recognize the right to tax her property--she being denied all those privileges and rights of citizenship which are allowed to the sterner sex, and protested against the payment of amount assessed. This was perfectly consistent with her doctrine, but the Collector had hardly expected a collision with the fair lady, and he has consequently been puzzled how to proceed. The matter, however, will come to a focus some time--when we shall duly announce the result.--Newark Mercury. Lucy Stone refuses to pay her taxes at Orange, N. Y., on the old revolutionary principle of "no taxation without representation," and the collector is about to levy on her goods. DAILY GAZETTE. Office--Gazette Building, Northeast corner of Fourth and Vine Sts. FRIDAY, JANUARY 29. LUCY STONE--IS SHE DIVORCED?-- The recent manifesto signed "Lucy Stone," has given rise to the questions, "What has become of her husband, Mr. Blackwell?" or, "Is it a condition of her marriage that she is to retain her maiden name, and if so, what name will the children bear?" Pertinent. Liberator, Dec. 11, 1859 Representative Women. THIS magnificent group includes the Portraits of LUCRETIA MOTT, MARIA WESTON CHAPMAN, ABBY KELLEY FOSTER, LYDIA MARIA CHILD, HARRIET BEECHER STOWE, LUCY STONE, ANTOINETTE L. BROWN, Copies of which will be sent to any part of the United States by mail, free of postage, and in a safe manner, at the reduced price of one dollar. A few copies of the above Heads separate from the group can be furnished at 25 cents each, and in square gilt frames at 75 cents. An arrangement has been made by which a copy each of the Heralds and Champions, and of Ernestine L. Rose, can accompany the Representative Women at the low price of $4 for one set. Agents supplied on the most liberal terms. WM. C. NELL, 21 Cornhill, October 23.Representative Women. This magnificent group includes the Portraits of Lucretia Mott, Maria Weston Chapman, Abby Kelley Foster, Lydia Maria Child, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Lucy Stone, Antoinette L. Brown, Copies of which will be sent to any part of the United States by mail, free of postage, and in a safe manner, at the redu[c]ed price of one dollar. A few copies of the above Heads separate from the group can be furnished at 25 cents each, and in square gilt frames at 75 cents. An arrangement has been made by which a copy each of the Heralds and Champions, and Ernestine L. Rose, can accompany the Representative Women at the low price of $4 for one set. Agents supplied on the most liberal terms. Wm. C. Nell, 21 Cornhill October 23. Lib. Ad. Nov 20 1857 Representative Women. This magnificent group includes the Portraits of Lucretia Mott, Maria Weston Chapman, Abby Kelley Foster, Lydia Maria Child, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Lucy Stone, Antoinette L. Brown, Copies of which will be sent to any part of the United States by mail, free of postage, and in a safe manner, at the redu[c]ed price of one dollar. A few copies of the above Heads separate from the group can be furnished at 25 cents each, and in square gilt frames at 75 cents. An arrangement has been made by which a copy each of the Heralds and Champions, and Ernestine L. Rose, can accompany the Representative Women at the low price of $4 for one set. Agents supplied on the most liberal terms. Wm. C. Nell, 21 Cornhill October 23. p. 200 Dec 11 1857 Liberator Dec. 11, 1857 Woman's rights almanac Orange, N. J., Nov. 27, 1857 Dear Mr. Garrison: The New York Tribune thus notices the Woman's Rights Almanac: -- The Woman's Rights Almanac for 1858 has been issued by Z. Baker & Co., Worcester, Mass. and may be had at the Anti-Slavery Office, No. 138 Nassau street, in this city. It is a compend of facts, statutes, decisions and arguments bearing on the legal status of Woman, the laws governing her legal rights and obligations as a wife, the recompense of her industry, her protection against marital abuse, &c. &c. We would ask those who are accustomed to laugh at the 'strong-minded' to read this little compend, if we were not well aware that they carefully abstain from doing any thing of the sort. We will, therefore, ask earnest thinkers, and those who believe that woman, even though married, should have some rights, to pro- cure a supply of these almanacs, and, whenever a smart thing is uttered or attempted to the prejudice of the Woman's movement, just put one in the hand of the utterer, and ask him to be so good as to read it. He will generally refuse or neglect to do it thorough- ly, but he will be apt to keep quiet on the subject thereafter.' When this notice was given the Tribune, a large demand was immediately made for the Almanac at the Anti-Slavery Office, and as it deserves a place in every family, allow me to say to the readers of The Liberator, that it is for sale by R. F. Wallcut, at 21 Cornhill, Boston; price, six cents. For two three cent stamps and one cent stamp for postage, it can be sent to any part of the Union. It is sold at fifty cents per dozen; and in these 'hard times,' young women, out of employment, may turn an honest pen- ny by ordering a supply, and selling to the families in their town, and what is more, may give informa- tion, by this means, to those who would not otherwise get it, and who only stand aloof from the Woman's movement, because they do not know what it claims. I was rejoiced to see that the last Westminster Re- view, in the article on 'Female Dress,' gives cordial approval of the objects of the Dress Reform Associa- tion in this country. Very respectfully, Lucy Stone Woman's rights almanac Orange, N. J., Nov. 27, 1857 Dear Mr. Garrison: The New York Tribune thus notices the Woman's Rights Almanac: -- The Woman's Rights Almanac for 1858 has been issued by Z. Baker & Co., Worcester, Mass. and may be had at the Anti-Slavery Office, No. 138 Nassau street, in this city. It is a compend of facts, statutes, decisions and arguments bearing on the legal status of Woman, the laws governing her legal rights and obligations as a wife, the recompense of her industry, her protection against marital abuse, &c. &c. We would ask those who are accustomed to laugh at the 'strong-minded' to read this little compend, if we were not well aware that they carefully abstain from Dec 11 1857 p 200Boston, Aug. 16, 1858 Circular of "Fraternity of the Twenty-Eighth Congregational Society" proposing a course of lectures with the following speakers: Rev. Theodore Parker, Wendell Phillips, Geo. Wm. Curtis, John P. Hale, Lucy Stone, Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Bayard Taylor, Rev. E. H. Chapin, D. D.