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SisUrs,' at the distance of fire or six tuiles from tlieni, there U a circular swajr, wmcn, from 1U appearance, would afford a very amooth, 1ml route for either a rail or wag ed road. And from tha luromit to the lertl pUto oa tbt tait la only a gentle de atent for about ten mllea, which might be taken straight down to the plain, or at any angle to the right or left, at might be do aired, over flat, open pine ridges. Should thii locution for a railroad be at practicable as the one Unit mcutioned, which crosses the summit of the mountain some fiftr, sixty, or seventy miles south of this, I should consider tins a more eligible route; yet I am not at all decided which of these pastes tlirougn tne mountain is me preferable one. TIimc fiats and reflections are intended to call public attention to the subject. And it is hoped that subsequent explorations will make clear and sutinfuctory that which, from the nature of the case, as yet stands only In the potential mood. But why need I or any one else suggest, or write, or talk, or propose a nrobublo lo cation, for the Pacific Railroad 7 Has not the dominant party already declined this road f as they reftwed, when called on, to make it a purt of their national policy. The party has thus virtually vetoed the Pacific Kaiiroad In advance. But 01 the sweet, thrilling, and animating mnsic of that thunder" from the Kwrti It buoys me op, and points with joyful hope to I860, Hence I'll talk on. We saw some hikes on the new emigrant road lost summsr, on and near the summit of the mountain, and a most beautiful and inviting portion of country for farming and stock-raising ull of which will constitute tne theme of another communication anon. J. McDniDE. Dec. 11, 1858. ljc (Drrgou SVvgu0. TV. L. adau, I unon D ruorrtiK.oi. . OXLECtOZY CITY; SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, 1859. ty Alixamdm Dissiko, of New Hampton, Kw York, la oar ru:hrized agent iu l lie Slutee. lath WllUCnnlll Better iMVwwl Perhaps the opening of a new year is as proper a time as any to offer a few sugges tions npon a matter which has often pre sented itself to the minds of thinking peo ple. The true philuutbropist and reformer, who has a constant eye to the public good, who has labored much and desires to labor more to better the coudition of his fejlows, is apt occasionally to pause at a favorable stand-point aud look back over the field of bis past lubors, to gather duta by which to reirulato his future operatious. How far the great moral armory of argument, drawn from the realms of truth, has been effectual in elevating human churactcr aud in produ- cing a positive moral progress of the race that renders man more benevolent and just in his domestic, social, and political rela tions, and consequently more hnppy within himself, is certainly a very interesting ques tion, if It is one on which men differ as widely perhaps as on most others. To make a correct estimate of the ratio of what we may denominate human progress as de veloped in the history of by-gone centuries, or even to fix an exact proportion between the present aggregate of morul character and that of any preceding year, would be as impossible as to arrive at perfection in most other fields of human research. The morul . like the natural world Is cut up into a great many fields. Each school of reformers, with each sect of religionists, is operating npon human character in its own field, in its own way, and with various success. In most of these fields, und perhaps all of them, while thero are many golden grains of godlike truth, there is here and there a spot set apart to the cultivation of the tares of error; whilo In others what is cherished as real progress Is in fuct retrogression.- The purely sectarian, or partisan leader Judges of public character from tlio results of his own limited experiments iu operating upon the public heart by a certuin avenue, lie measures Hie world by a rule that bus been graduated with a sole view of meas uring the peculiar angles of his owu limited sphere, aud is as poorly adopted to measur ing human progress in the aggregate and fixing npon the tummum of moral results produced by his neighboring liusbaudmen, as the Irishman's gun, which was bent at right angles 1 to shoot around the corners,' would bo to the common purposes of hunt ing. Ileuce the philanthropist who is freest from sectarian bias and party trammcjs, and who as a cosmopolitan actor enjoys a wider range of vision, while he may be outdoue in real positive influence by the monomaniac philanthropist who concen trates all his powers to a particular point, he is at least better able, from a stand-point that overlooks the whole field, to form a correct estimate of the combiued results of reformatory effort upon the human race. Our opinion that tho world is growing let. ttr rather than worse, is in accordance with that of all such reformers. A continued effort to improve the race by the oft-repeated use of the same moral appliances, shows that such reformers are either led on by something foreign to the prospect of faeces, or else that observation of the past has created large expectations for the fu ture. It is not necessary to our present pur pose to examine the statistics to show that och crimes as murder, theft, and prostitu tion hove not kept pace with the increase of population, r that the age has gone by when war was eoMiderod a public bles sing instead of a national calamity when the ambition and revenge that maddened the. brain of the banian butcher Achillea was mistakes (bran inspiration of the gods; tt that other ago at rWipons snperstition when tortures were substituted-for argU' menu when not only free speech but free conscience was crushed under the iron heels of kingcraft and priestcraft, and the deluded multitudes that piled the faggota around Servetua and danced at the autodnft of Cranmer and Ridley, considered themselves as the especial favorite of heaven and the most disinterested of human benefactors. Neither need we institute. comparson be tween the public sentiment of onr own time and that which during the reign of William and Mary induced Parliament to pass an act encouraging the manufacture of whisky, and which tolerated as' not only respectable but devout the grocer who bung out a painted shingle at every corner in London, luviting the passerby to be ' drunk for a peony, arid dead drunk for two pence, with straw to lie on for nothing.' It Is perhaps also immaterial to our position to institute a comparison between the public sentiment of onr present New England and that of the New England of Revolutionary times, when human sacrifices were offered upon the Moloch of bigotry, the African slave trade was cherished as in harmony with the genius of Christianity, and the clergy sacrificed nothing of commanding clerical influence by furnishing distilled spirits to their parishioners, by using it freely them selves, and occasionally staggering into the gutter from being filled with rather more ' spirit' than was consistent with a proper control of the center of gravity. New England, however, initiated the first step toward reform ever made on the continent, and she has been reforming ever since. We drop this branch of the subject just here, by making the perhaps irrelevant sug gestion thnt New Englaud is destined to furnish the model for the stupendous social and political framework of this whole con tincut. It always has been, is, and will continue to be the fulcrum on which rests the great moral lever that is to turn and overturn society throughout the western hemisphere. It is the great beehive of the most finished specimens of the Anglo-Sax on race the concentration or focal center of the spirit of enterprise, the scat of rigid scholasticism, and the cradle of human lib erty. Its political institutions, ridiculed as they are by the short-sighted demagogue, are more in harmony with the spirit of the political organism brought forth by the throe of the Revolution, than those of any other equal area of the Union. We leave the developments of history to substantial e the truth of our position, as they surely will. If in the truism that ' knowledge is pow er' we may substitute virtui for ' power,' the fact of a real, positive, rapid progress of the race toward the goal of morel ex cellcnce within even the last half century would be conceded by most without an ar gument. The researches of plulosophers of various schools have within that period developed many startling truths. Gather ing strength from the discoveries of the past, the human intellect is still plying its telescope in search of new landmarks and new treasures in the unfathomable and Ira measurablo ocean of scientific research. Amazing as the magnitude of the discor- cries of the last half century are, may we not yet expect whole continents to be locat ed with as much precision as have already been mapped out a few islands and reefs ? That previous discoveries have all been duly mapped, and that the world is now in possession of all tho. truth that has ever been educed by investigation, and is still grasping for more with increased strength for acquiring and enlarged capacities for receiving, we verily believe. The truths of science which have been discovered in the lust century havo wrought greater changes In social and political institutions than have taken place iu any given number of pre ceding centuries, and wc may be on the eve of tho discovery of somo hitherto undiscov ered continent of natural truth that will work greater changes In human society in a single year than have been produced by the combined influences of telegraphs and priuting-prcsses up to the present time. We may be on the very eve of political revolutions evoked by the discovery of more effectual means of making truth op erative revolutions when a ' nation shall be born in a day.' But is the world, with all its rapid pro gressions in knowledge, really progressing in goodness ? Is man, as an educated, re fined, and cultivated creature, more benev olent, more just to his fellows, more sensi tive to duties due to bis God, his country, and his fumily, and consequently more hap py within himself, than he is as a barba rian f Were we to change the form of our query to, Is ieoma.t as an intelligent, refiu ed, and cultivated being,' more amiable, compauionable, and lovely, and hence a fuller embodiment of all the essential ele ments of goodness ? we shonld probably have one universal affirmative response. This being conceded, it naturally follows that the sentiment in man which appreciates exalted excellence in woman, and assigns to her a corresponding position in enlightened society, argues a similar advancement np the plane or virtue on his own part. Take the veriest misanthrope himself who is con stantly brooding over the darker shades of the picture of human society, and who im agines that all social and political motions are retrograde, and lay before bim a map of the world, asking him to designate the very spot where be would feel most secure in the enjoyment of natural rights and expect from legal securities the largest and rullest liberty compatible with the public good, and bis Ingw will, in spit of preooaeeired notions, as iufallibly point to a district marked as enlightened, as the needle points to the magnetic pole. Tbt elevating nature of philosophical light or truth In the abstract, disconnected If possible from revealed truth, is abundantly shown by Instituting a comparison in onr midst between the intelligent and profoundly Ignorant as to what even natural right are based on. The more profoundly igno rant and debased yon find a man, the more will he be apt to be infused with the doc trine of demagogues that natural and social rights are both the same, and that both may be entirely withheld from a man or meas ured out in proportions demanded by such rules as the contingencies of language, color, or caste. In plain English, we mean, In order to be uuderstoood by all, that the nearer a man approxhnatet in education, manners, and facial qualititi to an Ethio pian himirlf, thmort will As exhibit nit unadulterated hatred of a nigger! We haven't brought in tho ' nigger for any ' po litical' purpose, as wo are not writing a political article, but we have instituted a comparison in order to make a point, and thut is, that from the fact that the most sacred regard for the natural right of man' life, liberty, and the pursuit of hap piness' as fornded in the law of heaven, and not based npon contingencies, is al ways strongest nnder the immediate shade of institutions of learning, and weakest in the immediate vicinity of the haunts of ig norance and vice, the double corollary nat urally follows that a nation's moral im provement is sure to keep pace with its intellectual progress, and hence, that as the world is rapidly advancing in intelligence it must of course be growing better. It was said by some writer that 'confidence in man is as beautiful as confidence in God.1 We shall not define the extent of our confi dence in roan, at man, in his ' natural stale' (that of a barbarian), but close by express ing the conviction that we tread upon the toes of none of the founders of the various schools of casuistry when we avow a very strong confidence in the omnipotent power of truth in shaping man's character, and that truth and falsehood being placed equi distant to his right and his left, the natural impulse of his heart leads bim to instinct ively lay hold of what he knows to be truth The man who Moves a lie' better than the truth, doesn't do it from natural impulses, bnt from a system of training in a school of carnal philosophy that strikes its first blow at the smallest remaining reflection of the image tf the Deity upon man's heart, and then teaches him to bow alongside of the pirate at whatever goddess offers the largest argument to his acquisitiveness. Such a man belongs to the ' paying school of philosophy, and has some bell-born dem agogue for his tutor, decked out in daz zling regalia, and wearing a broad philac tery inscribed probably with ' Latter Day Saint' or ' Democrat.' The worshipers at snch shrines are fast being ' converted to a reverence for a more exalted divinity, and nre being educated into a regard for right instead of an exclusive selfishness, The conclusion that we have reached is, that the race Is progressing, and that the efforts of tho past justify the philanthropist in making a new resolve for an increased effort in rightly shaping public sentiment during the whole coming year. To wish all our readers governed by such noble im pulses, and acting on snch high resolves, is to wish them a very large share of happi ness during the year of eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, Teachers' Convention. A number of teachers from diffcrest parts of the Territo ry, held a preliminary convention in Port land last Tuesday, and made quite an sus picions beginning. 'Bro. Mattoon,' who was there, suggested 'whether the time hadn't fully come to start a Teachers Jour nal.' The convention thought not, and some of the members winked at each other with a knowing grin, that seemed to say that Bro. M. had already had, enough expe rience in ' the nature of publication.' Washington. The Legislature of the Territory of Washington elected the fol lowing officers E. S. Dyer, Speaker; L. D. Durgin, Chief Cleak; Schaefner, Assistant Clerk; J. L. Mitchell, Serg't-at-Arms; and Levi Shelton Door-Keeper. Czapkay's organ says they " were all elect ed as democrats." Mitchell, the only one we know, is just such a 'democrat' as we are. Reward. It is said that Washington Williams, who broke jail in this city some time since, and fled to California, was seen a few days since in Salem and Silverton on his way back, and such is the ground of be lief that he is now lurking in this vicinity that Judge Caufield and Moss have offered a reward of $200 for his apprehension. The Sheriff of this county and his employ ees are, however, made exceptions in the in vitation to take the culprit. Perhaps. The Standard say that the establishment of Smith & Davis in Portland is the place to buy drugs. That may be the place for the Standard to bny, bat then how bappena it that the people are all run ning to Dr. Weatherford's drug store ? Carrier's Cart. The Carrier returns his sincere thanks to the following benevolent persons for Christmas presents: Ex-Gov. Abernethy. John Dement, Rev. Mr. Ratledge, Judge Ueufield, Fred. Cnarmaa, Win. F. Burnt, Andrew Post, Browa A Wolf, Dusenber rr, and Mrs. Whithxk. May their cup of happiuess overflow an the year. . Vk BrOOKS. Fr the Argue mMmW an Ma. Ma. Editor: Your paper of hut week contains an article by one assuming the ap propriate title of 'Squib,' In which he make an unmannerly attack upon several Individual. I have no disposition to waste either time or paper in a reply. We might have supposed, from the numerous quota tion given, that the youth was conversant with the Scripture, bad we not learned that thii same ' Squib ran all over town trying to ascertain the whereabout of those very passages quoted. By way, however, of pricking the bubble of bis self conceit, we have copied the following fable, with it moral, which we hope be will ' read and Inwardly digest':" An ass (bund by chance the skin of a lion and clothed him self In it Thus disguised be weut into the forests and spread terror and consternatiou everywhere; all the animals fled before him. At last he met his master, whom he wished to frighten also, but the master perceiving the long ears on the side of the animal's head, said, ' Master ass, although you may be clothed as a lion, your ears betray you, and show that you are really but an an.' Moral The fool has always a weak side which exposes him and renders him ridic ulous.' J. E. H Canexah. Dec. 28, 1858 Mr. Editor: I notice an article in the Argus of Inst Saturday signed ' Squib,' in which some redoubtable hero of a chicken- feather has walked luto an editor, a divine, and a pedagogue, in a style well worthy of a critic that has just hatched out and has to lean np against a broken egg-shell to cackle. Whether most to admire your char ity in giving him space, or his impudence in stvlmtr the Anns a " pigmy trumpet; am at a loss to determiue. I would sug gest however that the next time he writes for the public, instead of signing himself "Squib," be take the mora appropriate name of " i imi." Must Close. Verily, the war between Squib," J. E. H.,' and 'Fiale' waxeth somewhat warm in the ' heat of youthful blood.' Painful as will be our announce ment, we think there has been enough said on a small subject. If these authors thluk otherwise, verily the way is open. Let tbcm contribute of their substance to ' start a new paper.' Let the name thereof be ' The Bio H inter,' and let It be conduct ed undf r the name and style of ' Squib, Fiz zle, & Co.' as proprietors and editors, Such a paper hath long been much needed in the Territory, and will unquestionably receive a liberal support from such as chcr Ish great contempt for 'pigmy trumpets,' and desire a ' good family paper for six and a fourth cents a year. None are just now better able to meet this pressing want than ' Squib,' ' Fizzle,' and Co. Obligations. We are nnder obliga tions to W. C. Johnson, Esq., for the mes sage of Gov. Mason, of Washington Ter ritory. The document is a plain, sensible, straight-forward statement of facts and suggestions, and leaves political abstractions to those who have more leisure. We are also much obliged to J. L. Sfout, Esq., for a very striking picture of a " Mod ern Democrat," wnich was procured at S, J. McCormick's book store. It is a picture of a man with three faces, lie sits astride of a fence, holding a chained fugitive in one hand, as executing the fugitive slave law, and with the other is reaching a purse to a runaway slave, just about to take passage on the nnder ground railroad. In his right breast pocket is the Maine Law, and in his left a bottle of whisky. He has, for a motto, " All things to all men," while un derneath is printed in plain capitals, " A Modern Democrat." It is a truthful pic ture, and we shall have it framed. Gov. Curry passed through this city twice this week. He looks remarka bly well since bis ' lying in' with ' message,' and we hope he will yet live long enough to repent of his locofocoism that is to say, we hope he will lire to see the Republicans in power. New Firm. It will be seen by an ad vertisement that Bacon and La Forest are about opening a new store. The man who sells more goods than Bacon does, will have to combine all the qualities of activity, suavity, accommodation, and faithfulness, well developed. At the anniversary of St. John, the Evan gelist, held in this city last Monday by Mult nomah Lodge No. 1, A. Uolbrook, Esq., delivered an address upon secret societies, which we hear spoken approvingly of, by some who heard it. McMinville, Nov. 29tb., 1858. Ed. or Argtjs : Dear Sir : Although I have been a citizen of this county for ten years, I have never believed thejjeople bad fallen into that low estate the annual assem blages at Salem would, have the public believe. A few days since I was at an Ad ministration sale, where a few bottles of " old rye" were brought out. and a public invitation was given to walk up and take a born, l do not think that naif a dozen out of 150 or 200 partook of the ' creature.' Now doesn't that speak something for the virtue and intelligence of Yamhill ? Yours respectfully, I. M.J. It does speak much for Yamhill, and we hope that friend Diebl, who has been around and organized a flourishing division of the Sons of over 80 members at McMinville, and over 60 at Lafayette, ha succeeded in converting the ' half dozen' spoken of. In that case, Yamhill is now pretty 'sound' on the temperance branch of the ' goose.' To Correspondents. The communica tion of Dr. McBride, Wilson Blain, B. Crosby, T. W. Davenport, and ' Ipse Mem will appear soon. W"Thc Elk has changed her trips. She now run to Salem on Mondays and Fridays, and to Lafayette every Wednee- Illinois. The result In Illinois show that the 'Big Giant' I really the victor, although the Little Giant' la elected to the U.S. Senate. The Bute has gone decid edly Republican for the first time. With a fair apportionment, Lincoln would have bad a majority Of 10 on Joint ballot In the Legislature. The Chicago Press and Trib. una says that in the Republican districts there I only one representative to each 19,685, and one Senator to 58,900 Inhab itants, while in Egypt, the democratic strong-hold, they have one representative to 15,615, and one Senator to 41,100, in habitants. These figure make Douglas' prospects In Illinois for 1860 look rather gloomy. Consistent. H. F. W. Mewes, a for eirrner. and one of the most, notorious of hind pirates, thieves and marauders, who was bung In San Francisco, Dec. 10th., made a full confession of the crimes be had committed during somo ten years of active villainy. We have no room for much of bis confession, but in reading it over we cannot forbear to give the result of a tangle day's work at Columbia on election day in 1850 bis acts were all so contutent. Here it is. " I voted State and county ticket on the Democratic side, swore in mj vote, (perjur Ing myself) robbed a cabin, stole a fine winter coat, a pair of boots, four white shirts, two flannels, two undershirts, two pair of drawers, three pairs of stockings, two towels, pocket handkerchiefs, and an accordeon, then treated the crowd In a sa loon several times." Gov. Welle. The San Francisco Bulletin, in an article on Gov. Welter's particular penchaut forpurdoning convic ted thieves and murderer in California says: 'The (Trent abus of .h p.rloninf pow by John B. Wellor, Governor ut CuUoruLi, render it absolutely necessary that ilie people should jg ilul the acrity " some innaure being taken t the next Lesielettire to abute and regulate hie intnlaraul conduct. Wbeievei goad qualities I lie man may noe, lib undisguised vympmhy for (be mnet aotoriou r'.lluins outweighs them all, and hiuaurnej for him the infamous cognomen of Ju dicial Murderer " V Depositee Removed. The Standard says that a hundred bushels of apples were stolen from the ware-house of Stowbridge & Co., in Portland last Sunday night ; and that Dr. Caplcs fell down stairs, Christina breaking his arm. Oin Trip. We shall probably spend most of tho coming six weeks visiting our friends on nnrent business, and those who ' never read editorial' will probably have a rare time of it in feasting on other matter, We want every man'wbo owes us anything to lay by the dimes against our arrival. New York. Gerr't Smith, the Aboli tion candidate for Governor, got 5,033 votes. The Republican gain since 1856 is 85,514. far Argu. A Fire! Anget. " Youth longeth for a liiudred spirit" on To be llie .ieuret, dearest friend till death. Aa pulieni punrt-arckcre search throughout The realms of apace, to Und aoroo wandering tb Their a.-: infoniia lhe.it of, but no remote Thai searching long in ruin to Bi lie place, Or Inick Iu might)' voyage round the auu ; Though nearer worldi Hill ti-eniWe in their coats From sympathy with iar-d'nrtiiul friend, Mourning alone, close by the .wful void That eepnr.ite the universe beyond I Or aeold mariner who nailed through eras Unknown before, look'ng wilb long ug eye Fur some fair land where perfume-ludi n winde Linger 'midst flowen and fruit, which cluster thick Throughout the year; where gentle breexeskiai The Pur white orange buds, and s'p their breath Of odorous sweets, thert Inrn lo clasp the fruit, Mure prceions far its bidden joy to bless the taste. Those who eager sough, for sister worlds ' Linked by attraction's tie to ourx, nnd to The eun, a Rommon parent ; those wbe aoogbi For lauds mora blest of heaven thuu onr bleak shores Bath are like the souls who sail the sea Of human life alone, through discontent And gloom, looking with longing glance for on Fair star, the star of lot and beauty, which Shall shine fur them slone ( some isle of bliss, Where orange buds of lov eternal bloom, And shed sweet perfume round the path of 'ife. But few astronomers e'er find the star they seek, that on amidst the shining throng Not found before ; and mariners find storms And coral reefs, End sands, which wreck full oft The unwary oues who neek for heppy lands. Hut when the weary w.itcher fimla the world lie anight, and bids it wear his name, Or when the lonely rovers on the deep find pleasant innds they longed tor, three Are rare exceptions : such are like the man Who seeks aud fiuds fireside angel in hi hum. Stvdi.xt." Salem, Dee, 6, 1858. The Elcction Frsvod in Blah's Dirratcr. The te- tinwuy in ihe con ts'ti (lection cm iu th St. Iwis district of Mtowurt w now heme heird before Judge II. A. Clover. Wi;u ses nnoer oath testify to large uuoiben of rules Cult in lb several wnnls aw preciucf bj non-residents, by nnnata rallied per on uou iihikm". Other voted inori than once i and npon llie poll-book there are hun dred.- of Minen or prnon who do not und never did read in lb oily. Wilnes, who wai severely erom-qnedioned by Dtfrat, the snceessful candid ate, refuted to answer a question a lo whom n roted for. Barret repented the question several times, and, getting ne answer, add at Inst in a pat, " xoa are not oslumed, nra yon, or in way ran roted lor Congressman f " Yes. sir. I am. Barret put oa an nir of triumph, bnt Blitir was not quit satisfied, and asked th man ajuin for whom be roted. llie answer wa " 1 roted for Jlarret.-' A general laugh earned, and Barret acklowledgrd himaelfsold. A Hiaoie Act. A Finger fir Lifi.Tt Keokuk J sums! of tne 23d relate th' inoident: At th lincola meeting in Cartbag, III., yes- tarday, Captain Appier of this place via thr with hi field-pisee firing a salute, which he bad beta employed by th Reps oilcans to do. Th powder be ng bud. in th eour of th firing tb gaa want oBTpranutarcly. J me Lynch was at tb mauls, ramming th catrdge, woen n ignitM. laptaia AnoUr. wb was at in rent, finding a arwnalar diseharj nas inevitable, called, ' Gal away, Jim I holding oa to lb rent till th fir burnt hie finger osTan to th first Joint, and antil Lyneb bad esoap. d th raag of lb ramrod. It i aeldom, w ehronieliaf ua incident of lb kind, that w find men pesaearng tb warr and bri fort it ad that Captaia A. disptoyod oa this eooasioa to aav bis friend from aa aatimalv death. Both war eoa- aidembly barat by powder, bat neither daogMoasly Burt," ttr Mr. Rarry 's method for taming horses has bees asMMsfnlly tried by mm of bi pant a a ball beknrnf I th Iuk of Portland. Tb anl- aml, a raluabl bat riotous Aiderney, was a vrrr lo hie keeper, bat be ass oecambed lo lb of Mr. who laaaetand aa him a aVsrt bum Beaad.aftrwr4aiAUnpark, the ball in th nd bworairiff tracSabJ ad do. eil a a child. MT A Bf drlaksr mm la KL Ju.w dee and apscled manner, Hi VM . V' '.!' 'T '.Uw' 11 9U " E rf hi dally thought and cMv.netloe. WbsVik. WibMi I'altca AM was rclndd Im absd uah 7Z te, but Um sicMMisnt U ratd wat . Wtobk dtbilitai! frsm. MtafUalmuT ell .p. On. day, la partlar, k. was Zm, ilent, and abssrbsd, and ry. W U aoartaiaf. Onr fear wst vrriasd. OaTfcEj was fuoad lifeioaa at hi dak, a Whikraa. -esmmiaumnatufa krltar addrasjrd w yv, J at lb Time A quart pot was by bi --i- -which b bad drained vry dm, and letTTLl h was evident he bad dipped hi. taT Int.lh. Inland. W. seat for ieii!S and opened hi lasid. II ws s lump deZ? Mi stomach, Ilk bi he, was eovtrsd wiuTsZ' bunclea Hi brain was found panianlarir 31 and spongy, his blood alugg sh. hi heart Z ' to fat and whs a OoroMr t larv sat a '. ' rrdil was, - Uied from drinking too nhW ' Eng. Iarr. tsFTttt Nesbflll Gaietl sars list a fca ysars ago a nsgr living near Cymhlsn. Kv wl uvea or murder. Hooa after lb netro ,Z ainea ny a wmi man named Morr sea. Asm a year sgo Morrison was killed by hi hrukJIT. law. named Whalanf and Wbal. WmZtt ,t killed recently by a man named Phillip. Thb WssMisoTcn MonvMUrr.Tb Tntnma of tb Washington monumsnt, w Want.iDanosTsiir -ay thsy will go oa wilb th atonement new & l hey ea get th muney. h has keen eanUd's. -17i feet already. np y Pbe Moon bar a strong partiality far aJ hair, and, It U n!d, envy th Ksioos wba tVr hear them culled th red-haired aatioa. Tb Moorish nnd Arab womea often at red drs asi i bind np their hair with red tups. Near Sulrm, on th Ivta Drc, of pat rid sw' throat, OuaLts Lsnodon, only sen of Joseph and' Iwbella W. Cooke, aged three jiiui, foar meatk. " aud fiv day. - Akp la Jens i Ob ! bow wt ; To b for such a (lumber mm" Th mother, In writing Ih nd news, saysf "Oh! I need not tell re how hard 'a wastsaj' my dear by chk lodsath bates my eyes and hav n power to . lint he is mreal as gun i thai land where there is 'so mar fnik. . nor sorrow, nor crying, neilbsrahall there btssy" more fin. Oh ! b!enied prnm'ie. A bright tad happy Christmas and New Year's far ay Soy, be ' a and, Ion, desolate on fur us." If It w'll afford any consolailoa t oar dear s : reared friends, (and w know It will), w samr litem thai from th try heart they bar r warsv at condolence nnd sympathy la tbL their aa . -trying affliction. LIST OF LETTKIW remaining in the Post' Offic at Oregon Cily, tt T, Ceo. , im. . Almond Laths O lleneoa Alfred A rani Editor Oregon. Hathaway Ueorg Ingram James Jewell sVbtattaa . . Lawlsr W B Ie Thomas , Malbew 6mnl i ' ' Msblsr P. MmreGnea MumyJimr Miller has Muffins A PullardOc. Proriat Charles retrain Jarph Paekwood VV H ' Robinson John (color!) Beimun Lymua Fmith Sam C Templa Ikoww L'ber Frederick Van Winkle Ceo, W WUKamsJubaB J. FLEMING, P.M. Brook Henry B Ik-srdsley O Byrom Edward beati Charles W Bolda Cluirlc Bratty W II Cotton riobert Cleaver Benjamin ' Cary Franblin 8 f Coalman Stephen Cnva Alfred bny Mrs Mahala Day Kplirlam II Davia Thoma Douthora James II Eckler George Glveen Cba KnghVh Saraoel Fryar T Grier Robert Graham Alexander II bier J B a. u roMT. j. a. una. LA FOREST & BACON, General Dealers in Dry Goods, LASZES' FANCY GOODS, . Grocery, Crewkerr, Giant ware, BOOTS, SHOES, ., ' Ai tic M itund La Fernt French She, OREGON CITY. .. NEWJPI R M: JVew Attraction! :i. a. u nmtsT. . . aseo. LA FOREST ft BAC01T WOULD Inform lb eilheneof Oregon City and riciuily that they bur entered lata copartnership, nnd 'attend keeping a general rspply of treryiaiug i th QHaOraaao, Dry-Goods, Grocery, Crockery, nd Fancy line, and will be happy to nee iheiroid friends call p them, and will promia t all time lo U Uaat good a chap a any other house in town, t motto being - . , ,i Small Profits and Quick Return. W would also say lo Ihe (th boo and nw of th land,), we l"" ina everything yon may require- i lb fr Crer, CMkivg, Dru 0mU, B-u aa Una, lc, which w. offer l such pnee a . aatiafactory to you. Wn l wa our good for your produce, and will giv ye much for it as Ih market afford. Com ant vf s. Do nol forget tho place, but look forlaenfa of La Fertit aeii, nnd tba com ia f W would my I lb av Ladies (God Bless Yoa!) ; Wh. ya wish a snperior articl f dm r fancy articl, de not fail t ll T"L..'"T dr, Bsc, wbr yoa will always find J "f will rec.iv their graUful thanks br yoal w rocsge. Young Men, (Future Hope of Oregon,) here is ih plac la supply yrsr wiu 'J rior articl f clothing in which I ' Get JUarriedi and, after yon are nT OTV0Vk OUTFIT FOR HOUSEXtKntW COME ANDSEEUSt Com a aad all, both 7. " , And at if re th Irnth bar II is lb pte I epand V -. Andg.tgH.Mnirflr-' Oregon Cil), Jan. I, l&H. ... .. r-i Cat BT crrr ui " - .ii wfY.h.y.iw''.fIX ti,a T""T ,J ufc a at acripti. can be ebui ;ro L- lying in atidcotmlr. "m Z?lZ iml of u . and to" r. . aa U day until all a e- j-h TsaweiN. had Wf W dolfaun par acta, oa J 2," Z a.iui JTw third M b Pnl is two 1 ehr will a required t VlT approved -MtJ nwf f Jaa. 1,1351 Jf5