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' cuaeion of affiUbjeatt of tufHcient lntereat to the
. people 6f tills Territory.- It will particularly atrive
lo advance tlie iateteata of all American freemen,
" 7 Unlit it becomea apparent that their object la "tha
t-kto. tke rOvernmeut into their own hauda, aa
body, or, aa a Churcli tf liavitig our law inuaiu.
ad offio-aldiag at their diaporaU
a aa rill ver be a leading feature of
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' Hh aaefui,Uesary and aaeial Inatruetioa, a atrict
. regard f th and merality wiU be observed.
Agriculture, "aa ahall bertadvauce the intereata
. of Oreironiafla: tvill be a feature ae-er nerlected.
. Thaoir 'and youth of our land, ahall aver reJ
oarvo, -lino renueauo nspwn, yu uiv
all tha awiatyica wa can render in advancing their
neeful and morol education, and to instill into their
mindi the true Ameuqatt prinoiplea of our glorioua
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'couutriea.
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- ci?r COUNCIL.
: ':. . MonJay, Febriwry 5, 1835
T- Council nliet rurauant to regulation.
Preaent J." N.; Prt-ncot Mayor, A. 11,
-StfJl. Rucorder.: Ta.. Jobnson, Jifmea
O'Neill, A. B. Pprcripor, Con rfcilmcn Ab
sent, W. W. -liuck, A. IS. Wait, CoudciI-
ini n ; Sop llueluf-, Marshal,
-Thc fftiinutM of 4h-- I'rcvious mcetip
were read anJ accepted.,
Tbo committee upon streets tc- reques-
trJ Dcrmis$iufl td defer their report upon
the accounts of IV If. Hatch, supervisor of
roads, until their next regular meeting.
' Granted. " -
'.The committre ton iho accounta'of S,
W. Mom, for aervicwa aa supervisor of roads
far lM,(aid nrc't amounting to 63,) re
- iorted asainst pavinff them. On motion
the report was acerpfed and the committee
r -discharired. Ou furthur motion the ac-
-counts of S. W. Moss were disallowed
. The committee to form a fire depart
ment submitted the following ordinance,
which, on motion, was passed :
Ohdinance 16th Sec 1. Be it or
Jained and establinhed by the city Council
of Oregon-City, That all fire engines, hose,
hook and ladder, and other fire companies,
liavintr or.anized' arid adopted a constitu
tion, and having petitioned the common
Council for that purpose, ahall be furnished
- with engines, or.other .fire apparatus, and
bouses (or receivinir the same, by the city,
t 1 1 ..,1 V. nnnc n r. tlltt f U 17.
t r and common council. -'
) Sec." 2. - K'bnll require at, least twenty
" persSns not undef eighteen Tears of age, to
. comnoae a comrjanv. all-of which must have
4 signed the constitution previotoi to tbeifpe
iiinn' anrl ihrv ahull forward with said oe-
: itition a copy of their constitution, ttgetaer
with the name of their- orhcers," and men,
. tnd the ' Nation In which they locate.
' B ft Tkn -Imll 1a an elnr.lion an
" iriually to take place on the first Monday in
March, fo?one Chief Engineer and Assist-
- .- f.irnau. mrl plnrtinn to be called DV
ithe Mayor, by giving a timelr fioticeln Ihe
itiewspapersof the city, and held at such
I lace as ho may designate ; the polls to be
ept open from 1 o'clock, p. M. until 4 P. .,
under the inspection of the judges, each
from a different company, to be appointed
Oy Aiayor II Uiery are less iuii iureu
. . . . . i . I . 1 . X 1 1.
companiea urHiiiMju, bUQ.iu9vvia w w
Appointed from those wai are orgamiea.
- No tverson ahall be entitled to vote at said
(twenty days prorttarefoffave been jnem
irara of the fire department .
Sec.' 4; The persftn having the high
est rramber of votes for Chief.Engineer shall
tte declared elected. For Assistant -ngin
ccr. the person having the highesUumrre tTZZ?ZZL
of votes ihall be declared elected. : ' ;
See. 6.- The returns of th election for
Chief Engineer and Assistant' Engineer
" " "shall be made foTthe common council! who
shall examine the same, declare the result
i,.to tho Mayoa, hor shall give tha- persons
' Elected their certificate of office. 1-
8e r f). , Whenever the Chief, engineer
; shall be'absejt from the city, or be prevent
ed from'atteodrsg lo tha duties of his office
- the Assiswifii Eogineer shall perform the
luties and possess- an the righU and pw
. ... -crs of, tho Chief eigineet during uch- ab-
.senee or disability. ;
'- Sec. 7. - AVIieitcvcr any vacancy occurs
"r 01tG(JJN .UITY. U-VK-rUXx -1J--U-11VJi, OAM.vauix, -.rj--ivu.-xv xi, io. . - ' - - --- - W
OREGON
! a
in tne office of Chief engineer or Assistant,
the Mayor shall call an election to fill such
vacancy, in the same manner ju Jierem be
fore provided."
; Set 8. The iCbief engineer Tallin all
cases of fire, have . the sole and absolute
command over all the engineers and other
persons connected with the fire department
It shall be the duty of the Chief engineer to
direct the other engineers, to take proper
measures to arrange the several fire engine
in the most advantageous manner, and to
cause them to bo duly worked for the effect
ual extinguishment of fires. It shall be the
dutvof the Chief engineer to examine, at
least quarterly in eacn year, into ine conui-.
tion and number or. tn. nre engines, aaa
other fire apparatus, and fire engine houses,
and report the same to the Common coun
cil quarterly in each"year-and it shall also
be his .duty, when' anot tne nre engines,
hose carts, trucks and hooks and ladders, or
other fire apparatus, shall require to be re
paired, to report the same forthwith to the
common Council, and under their direction
to superintend the repairf.her.eof. - - - -"Sec.
9. The. Chief engineer 'shall, be
fore entering upon the discharge of bis du
ties, take and subscribe an path, or affirma
tion before the Mayor, well and faithfully
perform uch duties.
sec. 1U. It suail oe iae uuiy oi auuu
and eVpry Jicorilpany in going- to on re
turning from any hre or alarm oi nre, or re
movioz their apparatus from their respect
ive places of deposit to obey the orders of
tne uniei or omer-engiueer. ;
Bee lit- Id Ce any Foreman or As
sistant Foreman, or . any other r oreman
having charge of any fire co... pany, shall
disobey or refuse to obey any order or direc-
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tion given oy me niei or oiuer, engineer,
hevhall for such ofTence, be tried hy a board
of delegates composed of two members from
each companyr and if convicted, b, at their
option suspended or expelledJronuthe fire
department, subject to the approval of Jhe
Mayor - - .
Sec, '12. Each and . eyerycoipany
shall keep or cause to be kept, their appara
tus in good order and condition,' so that it
shall be ready for service, at any moment;
and the Secretary of eaca company snail re
port to the Chief engineer,' or the person ac
ting -as such, once, quarterly, Ihe condition
of the company with a list of member..
"Bee." 13. no nre enmne, noon, ana
ladder, or hose cartj during any fire In this
city, or report of fire.at any. time, under
anv pretense whatever, shall be taken or re
moved out of its house, unless tho Fore
man or one of the assistant Foremans, or .at
least one of the firemen to which the same 1
sh-11 belone, shall be present and consent
thereto, under the penalty bf ten dollars for
every such onence, to be forfeited ancr paia
by, nd recovered from any and every ht
' jn aiding and assisting in, or consenting to
tTi'eviolatiou of any of the provisiot'i of this
section. ' 1
Sec. 14. It shall be the duty of the
Secretary rf eat h fire and hook and ladder
company, to turnisu tne juages oi eieciiou
at least one day previous to an election lor
Chief and Assistant engineers, a certified
list of the members of their respective com
panies, and none others shall bo entitled to
vote at said eUction. r
Sec 15. It shall be the duty of the
Chief engineer by and with the advice and
consent of the Mayor, should any emergen
cy occur during a conflagration which in
their opinion requires the removal ot any
buildincror buildings, rr any combustible
materials to cause such removal to be made.
Sec 16. If any person or persons, du.
ring a conflagration, be called upon by the
May or Marshal of the city, Fire Wardens
or engineer of the fire department, or any of
nia ftMisianis, lo niu aim asoisi. m sAuuguiou
ing the fire, dr in the removal of goods en
dangered by the fire, and shall fail or refuse
to allord such assistance, any ot tne omcers
above nkmed may arrest the person so re
fusing, 'and on conviction before the Mayor,
shall be fined not less than three dollars, nor
more than ten dollars.
Sec. 17. Nothing in the proceeding
section of this title shall be construed to ap
ply to physicians whilst engaged - in their
professional duties, or persons disabled by
sickness or physical inability.
Sec. 18. 1 his ordinance shall take ef
fect and be in force from and after this date.
Tassed Feb, 6th 1855.
- J. N. PRESCOTT, Mayor.
Attest A. H. Stbe-e, Recorder.
On, motion the petition of EL Milwain
and others to be organized as a fire compa
ny was accepted, upon condition that they
furnish a constitution that shall be accepted
by the Council at. its next meeting, until
which time they shall" hav? charge of the
fire engine and apparatus. . r
On motion, the Mayor was authorized to
draw Ian order upon the city Treasurer for
sixteerfdollars. of the entrine fund, in favor
ireignsnpoa -ng.ue. - -y-
, Major of Oregon pity,
A. H. Steele," Recorder.
--A beautiful plan fcr making life short
is as follows: .
4-1. - Eat hot bread at .very meal.- -
2. Eat very fast . ' ;;
3. Lie in" bed every morning till the sun
is two hours hirrh.
If the case should prove stubborn, take a
Lot whrakypunch three times a gay.
rTher are 263 men smployed in
shipbuilding in Chelsea, Mass.
CITY. OREGON TERRITORY, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1855.
: : i
FUNNY.
RATHER STRONG.
" Ziba, my son, why i"it that you are so
often dropping your bread and butter,' and it
always the buttered side down I
I don't know. It hadn't oughter, Sad it,
ma! The. strong side ought to bo pp,"
hadn't it t and this yere is the strongest
butter I ever seed '
Ilush up 1 its some of your aunt's churn
ing. . . "
Did she churn it ! The great lazy thing 1
. What 1 your aunt lazy 1 --
No, mammy, this yere butter 1, To make
that poor old woman, churn it when, it
strong enough to churn itself!
Be still, Ziba I it only needs - working,
over. '
Well ma, if Ts you, when I did it, I'd
put in lots o moiasses i r.
l ou gooa-ror-notning i ire aw greai
deal worse in the most aristocratic , Mew-
York boarding houses. -- -
Well, people o rank ought to eat u,
Why people o' rank,!. - : -
Cause its rank but'er.
You varmint you I what makes you talk
so smart!
Cause the butter's token the skm off my
tongue, mother?-- -
Ziba, don't lie I 1 can't throw away tne
butter.'Zlt dohH signify:."';, . '
. I tell vou what I d do with it motner. i a
keep it to draw blisters with. - You ought
to see the flies keel over and die, as soon as
thev touch it 1
.IIere, Ziba, take' twenty-Jjyelcents and
get a pound of fresh, butter. 1
; ASKINODIRECTIONS.-l
- ''Can vou direct me to the Hotel !' in
nnirhrl a rrentlemanVith a aarpet ba. of a
burh HibernianstanjJlngnjAe
the railroad station. . ....
:Taitb.r'was't.'tcply;Wmnihatlsm
do thrft sarQfi. You see you jist go upthis
strate till you come toThaddy 0'J4Hi5an'a
ihnn -Then ' '
- 'But I don't know where Thaddy0'Mul-
llgan's shop,. as you call it, is,' '-.', V-
'O faith, why didn't I think Of that!
Wm, then, your Honor musi Kaepe on uu
ye get to the apple Roman's stand on the
corner of the brick church it is, and kape
that on the right, and go on till y get to
the siimrof .Ihe biz watch, and mid you
don't fall down the celler thereaway, theh
you kape'oa little f.her till you come to-
' . . f. All i
a big tree, ana aiier inai you wra w uw
right or left, but by thai bones of St. rat
rick, I don't know which." L
The traveler turned in despair to a long
lank Jonathan, who was,standing whittling,
close by, and made the same inquiry of him.
May-be you are going to put up there V
Yes, I intend to. -
Did you come from far off!'
Yes, from Philadelphia,' was the im
patient reply. . 'But can you tell me where,
'Got any more baggage V saidr4mer
turble Yankee. ; f
Mo, this is. all,' said the traveler, con
vinced that the only way.toget the direc
tion was to submit to the questioning.
'Going to stay long !' v "
,'Could't say,' was the replv, in rather a
crusty manner. 'But I'm in a hurry, and
would like,to be directed k -
Wait a minuter, I reckon you're a mar
ried matt' ain't you !'
74No,.I am not, and now I won't answer
anv thinrf moro till Vou have answered.'
Well, Squire,' said the Yankee coolly, j
"I'd like to oblege you, bnt the truth is, 1
have never been in the city before myself.'
In less than a minute, a carpet bag with
a man attached, was soen hurrying away
from that vicinity. He didn't find asking
directions of any particular, advantage. -
Backbiter. What is the meaning of
a backbiter ! said a reverend gentleman
during an examination at a parochial school.
This was a puzzle. It went down the class
till it came to a simple little urchin, who
saidv "Pr'aps it be a flea."
Paterson. the comedian, lent a brother
actor two shillings, and, when he made a
demand for the sum the debtor, turning
peevishly from him said : "Hang it, I'll
pay you off to-day, in some shape or other."
l'aterson cooa numoreaiy repnea, -i
shall be much obliged to you, Tom, to,let
it be as like two shillings as you can."
i
rCoNUNDRUM. Why is a six-foot wo
man with a baby like a certain outside gar
ment!. Because she is a tal-ma.
A man, writing from the West, Says
that he is altered so since he left that his
oldest creditors would not know him. '
The City Fathers of Bridgeport, Conn,
recently took possession of a new room for
p.. . j it..
tneir meeuna.auu uuuu umuu . i
theayTryntlyjoggeillha membrs
uPn tobacco .uc110" lM olTaru
reporU bin as saying i "Moreover, uer.
was a supply of spittons, and it was hoped
tnat the members" would endeavor to spit
straighten consideration of the floor Jixtns
An honest Dutch farmer of the Mo
hawk was asked his opinionas towhich
denomination of Christians were in the right
way to hevrton.
Vel, den," said he,. "ven ve- ride our
wheat to Albany, some say dis Is de pest ;
but it don't make much difference which
rnrl va take, for ven ve sret dare, dey never
ir na vir.li vav ve come and it is none of
their pusinrss 'our uhtat is flood P
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r .
Bal -headed Husband. "Just take a
magnifying gls$a, duckey, and just see if
Athene's any yo-ngOt-irs' a sprouting. I've '
just hnished the seventh bottle of the res
torative, and worn out three Hair brushes
rubbing it in." . ,
WirE-KJod-riess gracious; Nicodemus;,
there aint no more hair on your head than
there is on our old copper tea-kettle." .
Srop ERFi-"That s a bad fifty cent
- - . . i l i
piece, sir ; I can r, taKe it ; is s oniy leau,
silvered over." - -
Costomer." Well, now, admitting such
to be the fact, I should say that the inge
nuity displayed In the deception might in
duce you to accept it Admire, sir, the de
votion of thertist to the divine idea oi
Liberty. Liberty the idol pf as alll He,
having wfought her effigy in; tumble lead,
in" order to render it worthier of that glorv
ous impre9sian,'resoris to the harmless ex
pedient of silvering it over I ' rd shall we
harshly repudiate his work i O, no, air !
yta 11 take it, I know you Hill.
"Sally Zander safe ?"- said Mrs-Par
tington, as her eyes fell upon an advertise
ment "Do tell me.-Is-aac, who this Sally
Mander is, and hat she's beertdoing, that
they've got got her safe P ?l-don't know
what sheVbeen a doine," said Ike, "but I
guess she's sisterio Jerry." "Jerr, who,
Isaac F1 "Why, Jerry Mander," said ?ke."
-.WhyVb-Thanksgiving Day, did every
one svmpathiee with Russia.! Ans.Be-
cause all were anxious for a piece of Tur-.
key. - - --.-- -. ,
A clercrvman who had been accused of
pfeachincr Jon sermons, excvlsed bimselton
the ground that tho church was .a large
oneLi -.-
Dr. Franklin, talkintr of a friend of his
who had been a Manchester dealersaid,
"that he never sold a piece of tape narrower
tan his own mind. ,r' .
--The following curidus'sentence is said
to have been taken from -aL'tolunte of ser
mons jublished during the reign of James
I," of England : - : -rzjz:;
"This dial shows thatwe must die dill
yet' notwithstanding, all houses are tnrhed
into ale bouses, our cares into cates, our
paradise into pair oldice matrimony into
metiter of. mony and marriage into merry
age, divines Into dry vine; it was not so in
the days of JVoah ah, nor
iTwo printers in the Plymouth ' Rock
office" taking impressions On the forms of
that p.iper,-tried it on the-hearts of two
young damsels. After several setting vp
they suceeded in such tair proofs oi me
matter, that the minister of the place wasJ
called in worked off the whole .four forms
in two folio editions, leaving them locked up
for life. Now let them "circulate the documents"-.:
' "' ' ; -' ' . . ,
An editor in announcing that he had
seen a Bloomer, says, 'She looked remark
ably well as far as, he Could see. Thb im
pudence of the editorial " fraternity is past
comprehension l -
- H is chiefly young ladies of narrow un
derstanding 'who wear shoes too small for
them. . - jj r
An Irishman's description of making
a cannon: "Take a long hole and pour
brass around it." , ' -
S, How extraordinary it is that the Czar
should be in want of money after all the
checks he has received.
The pressure of the times is calculated
to be powerful enough lo send a Vessel
acrw teAUftnticinjMajJ -
'iJh&t Father Mathew has gone to Ma
deridf foT his health, need awaken no anxiety
about his temperance principles.
One of the tricks of trade in the present
age, is soling shees with ceder shingles, ve
neering the wood, with a piece ( of poor
sheep-skin. j J
- ' - FOMBTIKS. :;
Tha 19th aenturi aems pekularll markt with
impruvmanta Jpnnrli, and thtfU 'no- noing hwot
impruvmen- and diakiiveris ma yet mark thia aen
turi. Thar sr yet larj feldt open for them. . Hwil
grat and important improvmenta and diakuvaris ar
being made in mekanilu, ic; ther ti wuri ohnoat
bat uot entirli overkwkt that deiervt theatanchnn
ov the reformer kwit as much as the mekanikl:
Ther has bin and is nou being made aa atempt tu
irnprnv ourorthografi.or the apeling ov our wurdx.
It ii aparent ta ani thinking noraon that our old
manor ov apeling is fur behind tha Tim, and that
s rratlmprBvment mit (might) be made, and much
tim.aa.vd. iB-'luniing to epal" a ' k kU--Wber
iltherapurecmhu kan ','lura to apel" mthatW
wa ahort ov 3 or A yen or even tent Fo. (few.)
And yet if we had a aientifik alfabet, 1 venture tu
m thaf "lurning to epal' wad be no mor v a taak
- Uha,
Orning numeraaaua m Mie awnnnn mo w
moet perfekt awtam OV Araoia ngura w hi
komon yua. j , , ' '
WilametRhrer, b. 15th 1853. Fowd.
' ' i '
".L J QUARRELLING. .
If anything In the vJorld will make .a man feel
badly, except pinching hie flngeia m the eraek of a
door, it ia. a quarrel. No man fails to think leaa of
himaelf after, than ha did before; it degradea him
in the eyes of olhera, and what ' worae, Ionda to
blant ma aensibiliuea and Inereaaea hia irritability.
Tha truth ia, that tha mora peaoeaably and .quietly
wa get on, the better for our neighbors. In nine
eaaesont of ten the better cowrae leita man oheata
you, to quit dealing wit him; if ha iaaboaive, qo.it
hia company; V ha alanderayom, take care to Uva
. W,m .WnJvra. ' Let auch neraona alone; for
there ia nothing better than thia way of dealing
with those who injure us. nuwn.
HOW TO WIN FAME. ,
Nothing is impossible. Strike out a new
path--court honor, fame, glory, wealth.
All shall be yours.lf you will- But with
the will there must be energy, courage, fore
sight, prudence. - The heart must be steeled
eiiher to bear the shafts ot en-vyr to near
unmoved the sigh of the widow and father
lesai In many cases the sweet jdys of home
must "be forirone. and the wife eonsidered
an appendage, worth the' money she saves ;
the cblMren as" only so many incentives to
ay up the gold tnai perisnes in e vs'"g
Ask you for fame ! Nothing is easier
obtained. ".Turn your hat inside out, wear
a shoe on one foot and a boot on the oi her ;
make yourself known by your oddities get
"posted up" about town ; yon are a mark
ed man-r-the propriety of the public ; you
are famous, do what you will. ,s . -
-Ask. you for wealth I - Begin your search
early.' "Sleep on your pallet of straw toil
.... J ,i f ll I 1 h
mi alter xwr. miuniEuv uour -rio yu
a crust eat no dinner never allow your
self the, luxury of "a warm supper. Tie
yourself toa penny, and be the bond slave
of a dollar.
Deny yourself the pleasure of a book-
consider a newspaper a nuisance forget
that you have, a soul ; turn adeaf ear todis
tri--rne foV.benevoIence when you get
fich ; then you may sit down with the pious
reflection tat your .deed? are.one:tr-foii
good roeq, have you ever demanded more
(ban your anpi" .. , -.
What if vour brother perisnes m oesiuu
tion and misery artt nou tny proincrs
r! What if tharpoor debtor died in
a prison-house was not his debt a lawful
An A I Was vour demand more than the
atrictest iustice mieht warrant ! - -
1 hen vou can takeyour eiiueu oioie,
, ' MJ.J TVL1-
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fiim overit emDellisnea paeesrana lei iw
clearf beautiful prin V-Tejoicethe sight of
Ihinereyes,-J3ut, wuni h, unuiiumngi,
they should rest upou.'.ihe..following pas-
- "Tou has sent widows away.empty;nd
tho arms of theitaerlesa.have been broken.
Therefore, snares are round about thee, and
sudden fear troiibleth thee' ' -
Never think toget away from the justice'
Pf tha sentence ; Hedira thyself wit-
golden thorps as thou wilt, snares are round
about" thee', and sudden fear troiibleth thee.
--?!"-" Tro RELIGION BEAUTIFUL.
Although 1 In the 'child,' the," maiden,
the wife, the mother; religion shines with a
Rnlr. heniomant beautV of ita OWD, which
nothing of .earth can map. Never yet was
the female character perfect without the
steady .faith of piety. Beauty, intellect,
wealth 1 thev are IiJce pit-falls, dark in tfae
hrio-hteat dav. unless the divine liht, a
less religion throw her soft beams around
them, to purify and exalt, making twice
glorious that which seemed ail loveliness
before. . . 7$V ' ; r , , .
Religion is very beautiful in health or
sickness, in wealth cjr poverty. W e never
enter the sick chamber of the good, but soft
music seems to float on the air, and the bur
den of their song is: "Lo 1 peace is here."
. Could we look into thousands of families
to-day when discontent fights sullenly with
life, we should hna tne cniei cause oi un.
happiness, want of lieugion in womvn.
And in felcn's cells in palaces of crime
misery, destitution, ignorance we should
behold in all its most terrible deformity, the
the fruit of irreligion in woman.'" .r
Ob, religion I benignant majesty, high on
thv throne thou' sittest, clorious and ex
alted.' Not above the clouds, for earth
come never between thee and trulyjiiour
souls not beneath the clouds, for above
these is heaven, opening through a broad
vista of exceeding beauty.
Its gates are the -splendor of jasper and
precious stones, white with a dewy light
that neither flashes nor bUzea, but steadily
proceedeth from the throne of God. Its
towers bathed in refulgent glory ten times
the brightness of ten thousand suns, yet soft,
undazzling to the eye. 1 ; r
And there religion points. Art thou
weary ! it wispers, "rest up there there
for ever Art thou sorrowing, joy." Aft
thou weighed down with unmerited igno
miny ; "kings and priests in that holy home."
Art thou poor ! "the very street before thy
mansion shall be gold." Art thou friend
less! "the angels shall be thy companions,
and God thy Friend and Fathet,"
Is religion beautiful ! We hnswerk all
is desolation and deformity where religion
is not. , f " ' "
MORAL OF THE BABY SHOW.
We, at our cattle shows, give, prizes to the
men who produces the best food for the
people's eating. The Americans give prize
for the mouths best adaptedlo eat the food
wtich is so bountifully prepared for them
on this vast continents The two- nations
typify' their-differences in this manner.
Uur great aesire is u onu auijiio ww
our population. The Americana are only
desirous of a large population to consume
their food. London Times. ' ' '
TPeople of nervous temperament, Or what
is usually called fine sensibility, in their
joys and sorrows are ever in extremes. . In
adversity, ineir ueprceenut r
they have tot fortitude to sustain it with
constancy and composure in prosperity,
their elation .rises too high, because they
have not moderation to temper it. with re
fleotion and forethought.
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myitis not so painful for an honest ma
want money as it is to owe it;;. .
A few davs since a New York editor,
and a General withal by inference an oracle
on all military affairs did all he could to
scare the friends of Russia by contrasting,
as he made it out, the dismal, desperate con
dition of the Russians with the brilliant one
of (he-allies, recursive ott:rtaio.
quest of bastopol in January nexs. . n air
this there iaone slight miitaker- loot is
on the wrona lea. and truth, is on the other-
side, which I ventura to set aright by the
prediction that Sebastopol, H not retatnea
in statu quo, vill be no taptive in the Ia-r
unry ensuing, but the captor by the 18th
of December at the latest. ; m ! "'; ' -
5T"Rve members of the Canadian par
liament are natives of the United States. V-
0rA CTeat falline off in building opera
tions, is noticed in New York.'," i . ,.;,
fcrSalt is extensively found In the south
ern districts of the Bute of California
Mark Antonv. when depressed, and at
fa low ebb ot fortune, cried but, that he had
lost all ' except what,.he had given away. -
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' Aeonvictln tbo Ohio State prison, a
vim muacular (nan. chopped off three of hia
fingers to -void work-r , J'H'
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Bayard Taylor, the great traveler, says
tKt ha nn-fo Mexico for the -beauty of -
its scenery, Germany for its society, CaUfoj
nia fot iu climate, and the U. S. for its gov .
ernment.' , ;-i . : -'" . ,
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r (ttrGen. .Tom Thumb has taken up hie.
residence with' Mr Barnuin,' at Iranistan,
Connecticut .
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0Cf"It. is fetredjfhat the U. S. sloop of
war Decatur has been iost, pear JUo Janeiro.
"OOBy-thtt. recent losJ of the ship New
Era, some 260 persona perished. - -l-'J. "p
0".A lazy.fellow up northspells 'Kv '
nessee 10 ic; t "
T . . .- ' i : ). . r.-- --Ifi
t j(grSherry cobblers are. now called "li
quified corMners. 1
v The young lady In Paris, who lately j---made
her fortieth ascent in . a balloon, has
certainly a taste for circulating in the upper
. . - ..... . ... . - ... r ,
.circles. . ... s;SfeK K-r h;jwu-.
ftrThe Qubec and Richmond Railroad ,
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was opened for traffic on the 30th -It ' j;:
rrjRNITTJRE 1 1 JFURXnTURE 1 tl
To Suit the Peopi"aid7 Tlmei.
r'- ' '' " ' a' '-:'"
MAY b found ia great variety at J. B. Gar
riaoa'a, at the old ataad formerly known as
"Th Tvs" ViimriM IIoTai," where ha keep on
haad, aDd ia constantly roan ulac luring and import
ing the fallowing deairabla articles : ' ' -f
Centra, Card, Etenaion, Dlnisg aad BraaUM -f -Tables..
... ; , ; . .
'Ladiea: Work, Teik-l, and Kitehan TaWee. '
Wash and Light Stan-a Sofaa, Trio and Parteri (
Tables. A larfe and general assortment at Look
ing GlaMea, Miftra., CatUge Helta, aavaral va
rieuea, Cans ancl Mahogany Racking Chain a Is '
every variety ef fancy and cejnniea chairs, Stoola,
Cola, Linen Dryers, what-nots, fcc.
Lounges, for the declining. - - V- r-
OsmlorU, for tha comfortless. . r
Cradlee, Settees aud Cribs for tha Yeaaff Amer
ica. .. , . - ' -
Busiiieas and Office Detka. Settcsa, Ottomans,
Foot and Music Staola. .. .-
' Buiaus and Dressing Cases In great variety.
Jivery variety af Baosleads, with new improvat
menu, one of which would throw a whale comma
aitv ef bed-bags into eoovulsioti. at first eight ' '
The undersigned will always be found at hiaaa-
tablabnient, and every dVecriptioa af ware in hia
Hoe will; ha maaufactured promptly to order.
Housekeepers and ethers would d wej caU aad.
examiue before purchasing elsewhere. All work
of his own make will be warranted, and mM at as- -tremely
bioh rates, to correspond with tha ogaw
timen; excepting a fine assortment af Sofaa, jurt
received, which will be said for cost and raawirr
All kinds of Produce token in Exchange !
. The undertaking business will be PrompUy aU
Unded to, as I have a fine hearse and keep aa as
sortment af Caftu- coaataally aa hand. " -
I would respectfully tender my services ta th
citixensof Washington and Claekamaa, and will
respond ta all calls iu either county for th nomlnr
sum of tea dollara for hearse and my owa aera-MM
J. B. GARRISON,
Cor. Second and Alder 8
Sign of tha High
: K. B Bedsteads UP, but pricee
PerUand. Sept 31, I854-31y.
DOWN!
CRA;' 110GERS & CO..
CALIFORNIA AND OREGON"-
Cetig at Skastm itk ADAMS e Ca
well known and unritmlUi Pacific JLtUktif ami .
Emrapaan Jlxprsaa. .. ' -.' "J-J
gfi R A. CO. would moat respectfully inform
y tha publio, that they hava made arrange,
mesu la farwerd a Weekly -spreas, ta sad Irma
tha following places, in charge of aur regular jnea-
sea gars v ; ' : -I-
ranrciMi arriosi.. . . n; -re;,
Yreka, Jacksonville, Allho Waayanfilla,
r-taburgh, Pitt Jliver,
Trinity River, Soatt'a Bar, -Klamath ..JRrm,..
Raua River, Dead wood Creek, Green bom Creek,
CoTtenwmd Creak, Baatvilla, Bailer Diggiafe,
Cananville, Salem, Soott River, Scott V alley,
Sahne- River, Indian Creek, Humbug Creek,
Hungry Creek, Cherry Creek, Hannah, Cres
cent City. Wincheater, FaruW. and Oregon Ci-,
' Ws sell ar Jtb7f or pnaeipal oAci-, '
SIGHT DRAFTS - S
on Aos a Cs ia tha AUaaUa SUlea am Ea -
CHECKS AT PAR
OU Adama it, Ca'a Offices, thraughaot tha Slates.
DEPOSITS Reetivtd, special ar etaen a.
TUhighaatprtea paid fee
GOLD DUST. . r;
Tiaasurea, "Saluabla Packagse, LetUrs, te,
forwarded by aur regular ir-m-itgera with tha ut
most despatch. . - , ' .
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