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
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