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G o o 3TI)c toetkh) nitxyxst. , -i : 1 "" . Oregon City. Oregon , . O. IRELAXD, EDITOR AND PROritlETOR. Saturday Sec. 5, 1868. The Erie Railroad thing in New York. suit is a bi? - The Oregon Herald is using its " influence" to abuse Frank Blair the defeated candidate of the Demo cracy for Vice President. The new rebellion in Mexico promises to be lively this winter. iSscobedo says he Is not able to put down the revolution. The funeral of the rioters shot rfhe occasion of a Fenian demon strationin London, took place on Sunday. Great crowds were in the streets and the procession had fully -eight thousand. . The -younger members of the democratic party of New York, are preparing to organize upon the basis -of the Tammany party, ruling out from the leadership old fossils like I Jeriah Brown who are not alive to present issues. , II. Hives Pollard, of the Lost Cause, has come to grief, and died in his boots, on the streets of Richmond, Va., last Monday. Shot by a man named Grant, for slander of the lat ter family. The sixth anniversary of St. An- drew's Day was appropriately ob served in, Portland on the 30th, by a numoer of the Scotch residents of that city. Several prominent citizens oi Uregon Uity were invited. On Sunday morning last a land slide of 40 acres took place at West brook, Maine. One hundred hands nre thrown out of employment by the suspensi&n of the Cumberland Taper mills at Westbrook. The loss "by the slide is stated at a hundred Thousand dollars. The i Democracy have for months told lis they were in favor of internal improvements. Now they revert to their time-honored opposition to snch measures, and the Oregon Her ah calls the Government subsidies to the Pacific and other railroad "the most gigantic swindles of this, or any other -age. The Irench government con efimues me prosecution or tne press wvith unrelenting severity. The edi tfors of five journals were summoned to appear before the civil tribuna yesterday to answer charges for pro moting a subscription for the Bon dine monument. . The stage robbers have all been sentenced to terms of labor in the Penitentiary, varying from two to ten years each. The U. S. authorities will probably contract with an ad joining State for their keeping, as the Oregon laws do not admit convicts under laws of Congress, to our State Penitentiary. The Oregontan is " pitching in" -to the Nezmeth wing of the Re publican party, in Oregon. This is right there is a large number of politicians who never do a visible (thing for party benefit until success has crowned the efforts of the people when suddenly they become very officious, and go after the spoils vo. .laciously. We shall not be fastidi ous about these things, but hope to see justice done by men who are qual jged to fill responsible places, and who are deserving of them. In the map laid before Congress by the Bureau of Statistics, a line of xute is laid down for steamships from San Francisco to Honolulu, thence to to the Ffjee Islands, to the south ward of New Caledonia, and on to Sidney. The time on the voyage is set down at twenty-eight and a half days. This would beat all other .routes in point of time, and the ad vantages to commerce would be diffi cult to over-estimate. Forty-eight cities, being all the -administrative centres in Spain, ad here to the Junta and monarchical principles. Seven cities denounce the rlfrr n j ,i. - rrtfvc v u , . !r u . .v. UIU ueCn n!ten tnr liMmhor r,' representatives from - I 1 1 1 n on1 1 . - "wj ii.ico mav Ihc array wiil lw appear. Ptomnt f .!. new tax about to vu.p,, ,tuuJ iub be levied The o Junta has removed the Rishrm rf Huesca and the Bishop of Urge! who -are accused of having Jarlidt demonstration. aided in tne Snncot Cr-v rf "V V i uuu vva, vt iors, once of Ohio, has 'written a letter, in which he defeaaa toft carpet-bagger. " Ev- ervwMra.", IS aunset, " time has , developed tlw truth that the people m of America are Joconjotive. We came from abroad, all of as. voi SSSSJZrZSZ K."f'.T I : mi . u.TO.---;r ;rr 4.4 nocf nontnrv nnd whiMi ; suu.wu per nuiium, is u '""mo in the world's annals. International law, which is said to be the world's coiiscience, ought to conform to this next frondition. New codes ere re quired." JtST BECAUSE. It is decidedly amusing to one in a healthy state of mind to read the causes of the defeat of Democracy through their leading organs. Here are a few of the reasons One says : assigned. " The action of the New York Convention paved the way for defeat, and had wiser counsels prevailed there, all the subsequent disasters might have been avoided. To take the Convention to New York the great focus of political corruption in the first place, was a mistake, and all that followed was only a series of blunders." So new York is the "great focus of political corruption." That is sat isfactory. But we do not agree that all that followed were blunders. Agiin : " The platform embodying the fi nancial views of Pendleton, who had innoculated the people with the idea that the Government indebtedness should be paid in the currency of the country, was strangely inconsistent with the nomination of a candidate for the first place on the ticket who had just proclaimed himself in favor of paying the bondholders in gold." This strange inconsistency was ar dently advocated by Democrats, how ever. Farther: 14 The financial question was the great lever on which the Democracy expected to carry the election, but when they went into the canvass with greenback platform and a bond holder candidate, the inconsistency was too great to deceive anybody, and as a consequence the people were indifferent as to the result.7 Tluy "expected" to carry the Southern Confederacy, but they did not. Iheir inconsistency was more apparent when fighting witn bullets under Stars and Bars was left off for fizhtinsr with ballots, under the old Flag. But another excuse is that " The Democratic party is a party of principle, and whenever principles are abandoned for mere expediency, defeat is sure to follow. lrue, tne uemocratic party was once considered a " party of princi ples," but that was when three-fifths of the present Republican party were styled Democrats. Once more: me douoie dealing oi the iew York Convention, lost to the party the hearty sympathy of the mass of the people, and in return for their loss nothing was gained. The bond holders, from the necessity of their position, were in full sympathy with the radicals, and contributed largely from their means to elect the radica ticket." Yes, you are right, the bondholders did contribute to elect the radica ticket, and the bondholders wil continue to do so when, as we are told by the N. Y. Sun, and others that the bondholders are from the rank and file of the yeomanry of this laud. James Buchanan was not Bond-holder, nor is Jeff Davis. Comment is unnecessary. Listen to another apology, but at the same time an admission, winch, under no other circumstances, would have been made : " The radical party has now been in power for the full term of eight years, and all history shows that the long possession of power inevitably leads to corruption.' It was the boast of Copperhead orators, during the canvass, that De mocracy had wielded the administra tion for more than a quarter of a century. If it be true that " long continued possession of power inevi tably leads to corruption' what, a deep-dyed and utterly corrupt party must the Democracy be, upon its own confession. The Atlantic cable is supposed to have broken near Newfoundland. During a riot at Bear River City, Dakota, the office of the frontier In dex was destroyed. The Index was hugely Democratic, but this riot was not occasioned by political disputes. In Richmond, Va., 5,000 peti tions in bankruptcy had been filed up to October 1st. and 2,000 in Norfolk. Nearly all the petitioners in Oregon have been Democrats. Yet the "per jured scoundrels" at Washington passed the act. Wells, Fargo Ac Co. have opened offices at Forest Grove, Ilillsboro, Lafavetie. McMinnville. Butteville and Dayton. They will dispatch an mnrnrnf. carrvimr treasure, freight o o aud packages. tw Minnrrp..q in th nolitical com I O I ... - TTSf Kfofnc ConntA Hua,lluu ut LUO " ncu mi-to -"- will amount to a virtual extinction of the Northern Democracy m that body. The only Democrats from Northern States who will sit in that body after the 4th of March will be one from each of the States of Ohio, Minnesota. California and New Jersev. A party who is intimatclv ao i luanted with Georrre B. McClilIan. - wruingwa tr end. tcc tW T Jf la 1 ""J H h.as en appointed mil . ' " Stephens Halt o I i. . . r "-" """civ, re- ui'r oi itie si oon onn w cviupiete it. So he hn 7:1 .1 i'"SiUUU an keeping school ut ne iemocrats of California. II ";,5I C" UP li:s Permanent residence l liO'-'OKt'll RAILROAD PROGRESS. The railroad' era has fairly com menced in Oregon ; no one can doubt it who inspects the enterprises now in progress. The east side road Is ncN ually graded for a distance of seventy miles. In this distance the short in tervals of unfinished work are not in cluded. There remains -about one thousand feet between Oregon City and Canemah to be completed, and two or three short points near Rock Island. With these exceptions the grading is finished nearly to the San tiam river. Owing to the rains this part of the work has been discon tinued for the winter; bul work will be carried on with vigor in the com pany's mills and shops. A large saw mill has be'a put in operation two miles ePGt of Milwaukee, which will run during the winter cutting ties for the road. The mill is every way complete and substantial, and is ex pected to cut ties sufficient for half a mile of road per day. It is estab- ished in an excellent body of timber, and is doinj; good work. Another mill is being erected about one and a half miles distant from the one now in operation, which will be employed exclusively in cutting timber for bridges and trestle work. It will be so constructed a3 to saw timber one hundred feet in length, when such timber is required. As fast as sawn, the timber will be framed aud nut together, and as the track is laid it will be carried to the places for which it is designated. It is intended to prepare at this mill all the timber needed for the road as far as the head of the Wallamet valley. A consider able force of men are at work in ihe car shops near Fast Portland ; and at all these places the work will be continued without interruption. Near one hundred and fifty men will be kept employed during the winter. It is the intention to have the road ready for the rails by the time the iron begins to reach here in June next. After the rains cease next spring the grading force will be again organized and this part of the work prosecuted as fast as the iron "can be furnished for the track. Ihe enter prise seems to be in a favorable con dition, and we expect to go to Salem by rail next year, and possibly to Eugene. Oregonian. The California Butte Record, half inquiringly publishes the follow ing : " Not precisely understanding the operations of rival railroad companies in Oregon, it is somewhat difficult to judge exactly what may be done with regard to the Oregon and California Railroad. The Oregon Legislature have recently voted the subsidy of lands and bonds to what is termed the East Side Railroad Company. This, wc had supposed, meant a line of rail-, road from Portland, Oregon, to On tcrville. in Nevada, to connect with the Central Pacific Railroad, in ac cordance with a bill introduced into the last Congress; but we are informed by gentlemen conversant with the question that the East Side Company, of Salem, means the California .and Oregon Company and a railroad up the Sacramento valley. We are fur ther informed, from an equally credi ble source, that the representatives of the California portion of tho road propose to build one hundred and fifty miles of the California and Ore gon line within the next two years. We con only hope that this may prove correct, and that the railroad era for Northern California is indeed so close at hand." Youfinformation, not your suppo sition, is perfectly correct. You nny state further that 150 miles of the East Side Oregon, Central will be complete and equipped within seven months from this date, and that Ore gon is almost certain to accomplish as much in the way of Railroads within the next two years as in California. The reason of this is, that we have California capital and enterprise as sociated with our interests, now, to a large extent,and others are seeking to invest. Of the llumboldt arrange ment, the Record says: "We believe the Central Pacific Railroad Company own the lana grants a' d franchises of the Califor nia and Oregon Kailroad. And we have been informed that Stanford, the President of the Central Pacific Railroad Company, declares it to be his purpose, as soon as tne overland road is completed, to commence and push forward with the utmost vigor the California and Uregon road, lhis should be the case. But we arc in terested not merely in having the road built at an early day, but still more in the question of its location. We cannot ignore the existence ot a project to divert the road from the line of the Elliott survey, after reach ing the upper end of the Sacramento valley, aud carrying it thence up through the Pitt River valley and . out to Uoose Lake, to connect there with a projected road from Oregon across to the Humboldt. This scheme should be watched closely and defeat" ed iff)ossiblc. If it should be adopted we will be left without railroad com munication for an indefinite period to come.' The O. C.R. R. Co. are build in"1 a new steam saw mill in this cotintv. about one mile from the one V m put into operation about four weeks since. The work of gettins out ties and timber at these mills will progress at a rapid rate all winter. The white men employed at this camp have been discharged" as the days are too short and weather too uncertain to keep the force employed. Young ladies at .Saratoga take daily lessons in the " Grecian Bend." Y'ouug men at the same place prac tice the American Bender. A Naples dispatch of the 2-1.1, eays that no fears are now felt for the safety of the adjacent villages. Letter from Rev. G. II. Atkinson. Wkstfield, N. Y.. Nov. ISth, 1SC8. Et. EvrEnnu.SE : . While waiting at the depot for the train to Buffalo I cut a few slips from the Pittsburg Commercial of the 13tb, which I enclose to you. The follow ing facts about Belgium and England impressed my mind with great force : " Belgium is in urgent need of schoolmasters. Seventy per cent, of the inhabitants of Roulers possess no schooling whatever. . The schools of Belgium are still in the hands of the priests. In the majority of the dis tricts, the proportion of uneducated people varies from 31 to 43 per cent. Not one artisan in ten can read and write. . England and Wales contain a mil lion of paupers. The persons regis tered as belonging to the dangerous or criminal classes are 112,404. Of these the known thieves and depre dators are 22,880 ; prostitutes, 25,- 6rJ ; suspected persons, 28,378 ; vagrants, 32,558. Of these various classes, 15,109 are under sixteen years old. The poor law of England is said to be a failure. It does not remedy the evil. On the contrary, it has created instead of preventing pauperism. It has encouraged improvidence, early marriages, and increases population. It has diminished parental response bility. No country in Europe has the same burdens of pauperism and crime. If it be true that 70 per cent, of the people of Belgium need to be sup plied with school facilities, what a wretched degree of ignorance must prevail. If England and Wales con tain a million of paupers and if their poor laws fail to reach the masses, what distress must be suffered there, and what a comment it is upon their government ! It is pleasant to know that we have room for all the poor of the world if they will work. And they are coming. The new era is to be an era of immigration to our shores from the east and from the west. Our broad land is to be filled with a busy population. We shall welcome all, and be able to give all employment at a fair rate of wages, and educate all. We are now working as a nation for mankind, and honor. The day of caste and of tyranny ha3 passed, and we trust forever. Its dregs may linger in a few hearts, but they will not control the public sentiment. It is a pleasing fact that Mormon dom feels the pressure of civilization, and that Brigham Young has a new revelation, which forbids 'polygamy. lie prepares for change, and it will come. He and his subalterns have gathered multitudes from the poorer classes of Europe, and their industry in rearing a State iu the desert, for which we shall soou repay them with schools, churches, etc., is grand. Yours, A. Hon. J. II. D. Henderson of Eugene City, Messrs. Anderson Cox, Joseph C. Painter, and C. Moore, of Walla Walla county, W. T., Mr. A. S. Cross, agent of the Manhattan Insurance Company, Mr. S. P. Drake, late of Pitsburgh, Pa., aud several other gentlemen of Oregon, and late arrivals from the East, have called upon us this week. The relations of Oregon with the'; Atlantic seaboard seem to be approaching a very close connection. Mr. Drake is a railroad engineer, and has been employed in the business of railroading for sev enteen years. He has passed over the line of both roads now being constructed iu Oregon, and assures us upon his word as a man, that there is not a line of grading in the country that has ever been, done better than Holladay Ss . Co., are doing. He does not speak so well of the West side and says that in Lis estimation the Portland trestle woik will condemned before it is used. be A new method of beating rail road cars was tried on the Connecti cut River Railway tho other day. The invention is thus described by the New Haven Journal : " A bonnet is placed on the top of the car at each end, to catch the wind while the car i3 in motion, and the air rushes down a pipe in the cor ner inside, close to a stove which is made with a hot-air jacket, and at tached to the chamber formed by the heater and jacket surronnding it. On the floor of the car stands a clos ed box partly filled with water. The air, whether filled with dust or not, which enters the bonnet, rushes dN rectly into this water box, where it is thoroughly washed, and passing into the heater, is forced iu an abso iutely pure state into pipes that run near the floor, the whole length of the car, on each side and under the seats. At proper intervals theso pipes are perforated with small holes, through which the heated and purifi ed air escapes." The apparatus is easily governed and not liable to get put of order, is light, and. rather ornamental. On Tuesday last, for the first time since the construction of the new steam saw mill of Estes A: Stira- son, Portland, we visited that institu tion. It is a finely finished establish ment. From the boom to the lumber yard, including the plainer, lath-saws, box saws,, engines and boiler, every thing about the premises moves along in perfect order. To stand in the basement, during the operation of the ?!iafrs and pulleys, one is apt to re mind himself of a violent hurricane in the forest, aiij vet there is but little noise. OREGON. The Oregon Iron Company at Oswego, have been for some time waiting for water sufficient for power to again begin operations. We pre sume they have it now. Mr. B. G. Whitehouse, late of Arrigoni's, is now clerk for the Port land Gas Light Company. He also retains the acencv of the Overland Stage Company, at Portland. The Portland Homestead Asso ciation i3 a decided success. The officers are from among the most re liable business men of Portland, which explains the fact that the whole stock of the association has been taken, and that 12 shares were bid for on Satur day night. Mr. Fred Muller, well-known in Oregon as the original Paxaratta, has originated another new idea at Port land which promises to become as I famous in course of time, as his coffee. This new project of his is no less than that of putting np pig's feet- sonse, for table use. It is the best appetizer we ever nsed, and comes in most appropriately for luncheon. Call upon Fred, or order a can of his production. It is nice. In climate and soil, in its gen eral adaptability to the purposes of agriculture, no portion of the North American continent surpasses Ore gon. On the Pacific coast, co-equal with California, it is the extreme limit whither the " star of empire takes its way." Yet superior to California as a land where the farmer may flour ish scarcely a year but what he will have a bountiful supply of rain to moisten, and ample sunshine to ma ture and garner his crops a soil. that will repay many fold for its culture. After expending several thous ands in brick stores, warehouses, and wharf, for the benefit of Portland, we are glad to observe that our friend Walter Moflitt had a few thousands left to put into a residence for him self. Mr. Moffitt has been a very careful observer of the situation of real estate in Portland, and having made good investments, we feel it pleasant to congratulate him that his investments have never failed to make him good. Property that is now worth from $50,000 to $G0,000 in Chicago, was but a few years ago offered to Mr. Moflitt for $400. You'll never catch him twice in thai way. The hardy, toil-worn laborers of Europe and our own country, seekinsr a home where God will be stow upon them, as a recompense for the weary past, the blessings they, of all men, are best entitled, can find no such home as they would in sparsely settled Oregon. Here, with little labor, their table will be supplied with abundance ; and with the strength they exhaust in one day in Europe, they nngiit enjoy tne lux uries of life for a month and with a few years of such labor as that thro' which they are necessitated to pass in the old countries, they would become independent, and free from all want The Wallamet Iron Works, at Portland, one of the places visited by us this week on our tour, is now one of the institutions of the State. We were very glad to see Messrs Nation, Halleck, and others so well employed. They keep from 35 to 40 men at work during the dull season. Just now they are turning out machinery of a h;gh order, and it is a fact worthy of special mention that a "Shipley Water Wheel'' of Oregon iuventiou, and Clackamas county at that was being east and finished for California, where it will be used on a head of 75 feet. This we con sider a high compliment to the worth of Oregon inventions, as well as man ufactures. The bed plate (weighing 4500 lbs.) of a boring mill for the works, was hardly cold from the flasks when we saw it. This is a fine piece of casting, and the machine itself is one of great invention ; it is calculated to swing 12 feet. The Company are manufacturing heavily of castings for gang plows.- We ob served that Messrs Lewis and Wol gamot, of this city, had a large order in to be filled. A large fountain, near the St. Mary's Academy, at Portland, will henceforth attract great attention. By invitation of a friend, on Wed nesday last we visited the site and were astonished to witness the per fection with which the Portland Water Company are putting in their new reservoir. The one we refer to is not only useful but it will be a de cided ornament to that part of the city. We did not take the dimen sions of the masonry, but Mr. Green informed us that it had been calcu lated to contain 750,000 gallons of water. By this statement the reader can form some idea of its dimensions. The east side is " faced" up to the average height of a one story-building, and the reservoir covers 100 feet square. The masonry has been done under the direction of Mr. Richard son, and is of ihe very best kind of cut stone, "pointed." Upon this wall will be a cut stone ornamental fount, and the whole surmounted by a tasty iron fence. In the centro of the reservoir is an iron column 42 feet from the base.with a fountain. In addition to this another graDd reser-. voir is being constructed farther back, to hold 1.000,000 gallons of water. The pipes are laid so that Blach creek and Carruther's creek will lead to these reservoirs. But in case of a lack of supply from such sources, a steam pump is being put-up on the margin of the Wallamet, at the foot of Lincoln sireet, which will force water into reservoirs at a rapid rate, through pipes of ten inches in circum ference. Portland may boast of her water worksor that she has citizens who so liberally expend their means to supply the city with wholesome water. LETTEB FROM PHILIP RITZ, Pugrt Sound- it import a tit advaiitiies and promising future rtziewea, me urtnern Pacific Railroad. Wai.la Walla, October 16, 1SCS. According to promise, I will send you a few lines, having just returned from Puget Sound and the East. I fear that this short letter may not be interesting, as there has been so much said and written abont that country lately that I do not think of much now that might interest your read ers. However, there is one item that I have never seen fully carried out. I allude to the immense lumber trade that is springing up on our seaboard, and particularly on Puget Sound. It surprises every one on his first visit to the Sound that such an important business should have grown up so rapidly and yet so quietly. 1 was not prepared to find mills there actu ally cutting over 250,000 feet of lumber in twenty four hours, and yet such is the fact. There are four teen mills running on that inland sea, most of them night and day, with a capacity of from 20,000 to 250,000 feet per twenty four hours, and an aggregate of over 950,000 feet of sawed lumber every day, besides a large amount of spars and piles , and yet the lumber trade is increasing so rapidly that the mills are not able to supply the demand, and parties are now nreDarincr to nut up more and larerer mills. Besides this vast lumber trade, giving employment to a large number of ships which carry it to all parts of the world, snip building is becoming an important business on Pug Sound. There are at this time twelve vessels ranging from one hundred and fifty to six hundred tons burthen, in course of construction at the dif ferent ports on the Sound. Three of this number are steamers. The tim ber there makes lumber that is admi- rably.adapted to ship building. When this fact is generally known, and that the lumber can be had so low, ship building will become an important item in fact, in a few years we may expect to see the great ship yards of New York and the Eastern cities transferred to the waters of Puget Sound. This is every year becoming more apparent, as the forests disap pear on our Eastern seaboard gradu ally, and lumber, rents and food are advancing. Ship builders will seek a point where all these can be had to gether, aud at reasonable rate3. At this time ships can be built on Puget Sound, and sent aronnd the Horn in ballast, cheaper than they can be built in New Y'oik. Then when the great coal beds that are known to exist air along the Sound are opened, and manufactures are started in earnest, and I believe from what 1 nave seen that tuere is enough of coal there to keep up the fires of commerce fur ages, and when the North Pacific Railroad has established the great trans continental artery through which the great wealth of the commerce of the world will flow, and on these waters will the great exchange of the wealth of nations take place, then we may ex pect to see cities rise as if by magic, and outstrip iu their growth anything that the world has yet seen. A large portion of the land around the Sound appears to be not of the best quality, and only fit for growth of timber, bat when we come to look back to the early settlement of our Western States, now teeming in their immense wealth and millions of in habitants ; that at one time they were considered scarcely inhabitable, and that it was the opinion of many persons that the conutry never would become civil'zed, we can conclude that even this wild looking country may yet become the abode of civiliz ation and wealth. In illustratiou of this I might rem irk that it is a mats ter cf record in the War Depart ment, that at the close of the war of 1812, four CommisMoners were sent out by the Government to select land for agricultural purposes, in the al most unexplored Indian territory of the far West. One was seut to Ark ansas, one to juissouri, one to Illi nois and one to Michigan. They all returned and reported that there could be some land suitable for agricultural purposes found in each of the Terri tories, excepting Michigan. That Commissioner reported that country to be too cold, wet and uninviting to ever be settled by white men. And yet we find the State of Michigan at this time fifty-six years afterward checkered iu every direction by rail roads, and producing from 12,000,000 to 18,000,000 bushels of wheat per annum, besides all its other wealth of productions. And in Iowa as late as 1S-1G and 1847, hundreds of families would strrt out in the spring to look at and settle in the country, and in the fall many ot them would return again discouraged from sickness and othr causes saying that the country was not fit to live in and never would be settled up. And yet Iowa at this time contains over a million of in habitants, and is one of the most flourishing of the young States. These waters assume a still further importance -when it is remembered that it is the only safe harbor on the Pacffic north of San Francisco. And when it is recollected that San Fran, cisco is liable at any time to be shak en to the ground by an earthquake, as shown by the last shock, capitalists are reminded that it is not a very safe place in which to make permanent investments ; and that these waters extend farther east than any salt water on the Pacific coast belonging to the United States ; and that they lie directly on the line of the great wealth and commerce of the world ; and that the distance from Puget Sound to New York is 525 miles less than from San Francisco to the same place ; to Chicago 542 less ; to Bos ton 542 less; and even to Baltimore it is 400 miles Jess in distance than from San Francisco ; and the well established fact that the mountains are much lower, the snow much less, and the country much better calcu li utcd to sustain a dense population than on any other route across the continent, all i point with unerring certainty to a great and early luture for Puget sound. Respectfully, . l'HILIl K1TZ. A revolution is i being inaugur ated in wells, by the patent drive pump, selling at Portland by Charles II. Myers, of the gas-fitting establish ment advertised in this paper. A few days ago Mr. Troupe, of the steamer Fanmie Troupe, sank one of these wells literally dug a well with it, in one day, say 80 feet, at an ex- pense ot cents per iooc. J.ue wen is simply an iron pipe, driven into the earth until it strikes water. By the process of using it, a vacuum is then formed at the base, and a never failing fountain is the result. Icw Advertisements. ; HOME MANUFACTURE. J, E. PAT TON, Successor to IUGGINS d COMPANY, 'o. 8 Front Street, Portland, Oregon, Is now manufacturing a superior article of Chemical, Olive. Pale and Brown Family Soap which he will sell at Fan Francisco prices. This soup is warranted. Orearoii Seed Store ! R. E. CHATFIELD, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Garden and Field Seeds of all Kinds. PRODUCE ASD COMMISSION. First street, Portland Oregon, Near the Western Hotel. Dr. J, H. HATCH, Late Mack 4" Hatch, DENTIST, The patronage of those desiring Firat Clusx C'j rat en, is respectfully solicited. Satisfaction iu all cases truaranteed. N.l. JS'itroux Oxyde administered for the rainless Extraction ot 1 ecth. OrciCK Corner of Washington and Fron streets, Portland. Entrance on Washington street. piGS' FEET. FRED. MULLER, SS Offers to the citizens of Oregon 5,000 Pounds Souced Pigs' Feet, (put up ly him self) in lots to suit. Applv at No. 23 Wash ington street, between First and Second, Portland. Country trade supplied in any desired quantity. A liberal discount to the trade. B. L. STONE, FINE AND CHRONOMETERS Adjusted aud Repaired iu the best Manner, and Warranted. No. Ill Front st., Portland. J. F. Jones dc Co., STEAM COFFEE, AND SPICE And FAMILY GROCERY STORE, Corner Second and Main Streets, Portland, Oregon. trer Ar? prepared to supp'.y thevr customers with the Purest and freshest COFFEE and SPICES I'OH FAMILY USK ( round Cottee is always be.-t when FRESTf , and the public are invited to try our articles instead of purchasing old and stale importation Particular Attention Given to the Wholesale Trade 3 Orders from . dealers throughout the city and county respect fully solicited, and they will receive immediate attention. J. F..10XES & Co. Portland, Oregon. Holiday Goods ! JACKS0X, SAXDERSOX & Co., Succe'ors to Haymird, Colt man it Co. I3IIOHTK X And Wholesale and retail dealers in CROCKERY, GLASS, ClIINA PlateclVare! Wood and Willow-Ware, and House Furnishing Goods ! FANCY GOODS, Fine CUT GLASS WAKE, CHINA TEA SETS, DLNNER SETS, E'c, FOIl THE HOLIDAYS. Trade supplied on liberal terms San Francisco prices aud freight. JACKSON, SANDERSON k Co. O. S. N. Co.'s Building, SO Front st., 45.4nil Portland, Oregon. MAKE YOUR IIOJIJES AND HOW CAN WE DO IT? GO TO Shanahan & Co.'s mums Aim ahi GALLERY ! One door south from the corner of First and Morrison streets, near thp Western, J 'or t land, Oregon. And buy a fexo of those Lovely Pic tures, which will furnish your Rooms Complete. IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IK M US 1 CA L INSTR U ME NTS, FINE ENGRA VINGS, PICTURE FRAMES And MOLDINGS. rTMIE FINEST AND LARGEST STOCK 1 of Engravings, Cromos, Plain and col ored Lithtx'rupbs, etc., ever before oli'ered in this market, just received and for sale at GREATLY REDUCED PRICES ! also : Vieics of Columbia, River Scenery Coyituiuly cu huud. AUCTION AND COMMISSION A. 15. Richardson, t AUCTIONEER! ' Corner of Front and Oak streets, Portland; AUCTION SALES Of Real Estate. Groceries, General Merckani dise and Horses, Every Wednesday and Saturday A. B. Richardson, Auctioneer. AT PPvIVATE SALE. English refined lJar and liandle I English Square and Octagon Cast steel Horse shoes, Files, Hasps, saws ' Screws, Fry-pans, sheet iron, It. G. Iron - also : A large assortment of Groceries andl.iquori. OREGON CITY BUSINESS. -g WILLAMETTE iV XJ JLX ILlS IS, Y . The following Varieties of Choice Fruit Trees. Shrubbery & Plants, Vro now Ready for Shipment to Order o Cherries, Prunes, Plums, Pears, and Uerrics, Voolilllc's Black Cap Raspberry, Wilson's, the Agriculturist, and the Triumph dxi Gave Strawberry. AS' Our trees have the best reputation of any in the State. Send for Circular. djt. (i. W. A 1.1.1. NU & Co. O-vsvego, ui.icKaiaas uounty, Oregori. Orders left with JJeriow &, Fuller, Agents itt Oregon City, will receive prompt atteution. HOME MADE FURNITURE! Levy Sc Fechiieimer, Manufacturers of and Dealers in Furniture, OREGON CITY, rpAKE THIS METHOD OF INFORMING JL the pNfclic that tbey have notr ttn hand a laagc invoice of SQUARE AND EXTENSION TABLES, BUREAUS. bed-steads. Lounges, deks. stands, chairs, And Various other Qualities of Rich and Medium Furniture I Forming a complete and desirable assort ment, which merits the atteution of buvers.- We MANTJFACTXTRE FURNITURE Using good materials, and employing the' very best mechanics in the State", hence ve can warrant our jrotids' to be as represented, afid we are prepared to fill ell orders with promptness. We call the attention of the public to our salesrrom, as containing the must complete assortment of dus'uulte gads in the State. LEVY & FECIIHEIMKR. Ma'iu street, Oregon City.- r to JOHN FlJlMlXU; Building, Main SlrCci, Masonic IMPORTER AND DEALER IN Tiii - etc, TT1LB KEEP CONSTANTLY ox H ANI) a larce and well selected t-tock of Itooki Stationery, and Drugs, comprising ia part Standard and Miscellaneous Book& Medical, Mining, and Scientific Books, Theological and Relig ious Books, Juvenile and Toy Boohs, Sabbath and Day School Books, IN GREAT VARIETY. Blank Books in Every Style, J 'ass Books, Memorandum Boohs, and Time Books, Drawing, 7ac ing and Tissue Paper, Portfolios, and PHOTO GRAPHIC ALBUMS, Arnolds', Maynard t0 Noyes,' and David's Inks, Mucilage, Sheet . Music, Music Paper, and Note Books. All of Which he will Sell at tlie Lowest Prices. A General Variety of Drugs and Patent Medicines, Constantly on hand, for sale. ' e' School Teachers, and parents of Schol ars will find it to their, advantage to inspect my stock and prices, before purchasing else where. 6W Rooks Tmpoi&d to Ordcfi Orders res pectfully solicited and promptly filled. K Agent for the California Tinas, aj)4 Eastern periodicals, and papers. JOHN M.BACON. Iniiitiii, Painting: HOUSE, Steamboat Painting Graining, Gilding, China Glossing, Imitations Of all kin Wood sunt Marble! Exrciritd as , vuU can done on V Examine our work andJ'J- Coaxt ij'urt:lvss -Every order attended to with c?re and expedition. . C, E. MVL'. Wt Door I-Mon -J Main st., Oregon J. WELCH, DKNT1ST. PcnnancntlyLoeaUlat Oregon City ' R OOMS WithPnSanarra fvr.i'i Jon at th o-muiasL viw o