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i ; - w. r An.tws, UDITOR, RATUKDAY, OCTODEIt 1, 18S0. Edward SaUi for President. It If universally admitted that tbe oppo sition to tho present Administration litre numerical strength if it in cordially united mid thoroughly exerted luiTicicnt to elect the next ."resident. Tho ritul question then In, Who among the eminent statesmen tlmt lead tho grout party of conserratire Uepuulicauietn can nio.it surely concentrate lU energies and secure iU success f la our judgment, tho name which we hare placed at llie lnd or thm article is a complete and indisputable aiwwer to tliii question. We do nut pretend tlmt there it no other who tuny not he generally acceptable and secure mi election. lint from this distant stand- point, which male u look over tlie whole field aith lew of prejudice tlwn is felt by those who aw engaged in the discussion of the relative rfaiais gf candidate!, we think we can wo in our favorite, elements of rec ommendation not m generally iosemed by nny other of those who aro suggested. In character, most irreproachable, and en tirely above suspicion, with fifty years' experience in public affairs j unexceptiona ble in his ontcccdciiU and present position; luciuuieii wiiu noiio or the vexed questions Akaai Orta. From a budget of letters mak ing Inquiries about this country we publish the following for tbe purpose of giving such Information In answer to the nations of ourcoitestion dent M will he satisfactory to him and all others who Wish for information on tbe same suljcct. We published a similar letter scr era! months since, and although We Were accused all orer the country of underrating the adrautages of Oregon, the large edition of that paper was soon exhausted, and we have had numerous orders for copies which we could not furnish. We were aware our- self that in our former article wo were very moderate in our statements, but we think it much belter that immigrants into this coun try should find a conditiou of things better than they had exected from our represent ations, than to be grievously disappointed, as they always will be after having confided hi Delusion's high-sounding epistle published in tlie Peoria Union: Gaum, tit.. Auruat lit. 1819. Ma Atom fit Sir t As I hnn bveii troub led of lute Willi ivmpieiua of (ha Oregon fever, u nun other, are in llm eeclion of ins Country, I am not willing to be ' carried off" by It (III lam Miter potv a in regard la your eonnirv. I hare. lite many othera, been seeking for information on that Mihioct for H'veral year., but, owinr to the vn.iniei. iiirmijri. wnicn receive it, our i.ifur inallon ie of eeureo m.Kjcjf and unna!ii'iii,ira. Not being iiainfed with any prion in On gon from whom I could eipeel fu .j imMtl;.i ... ouiint of il, I hire written la two tn, ml,. ..r oi (0n;re who here both ernt copies of the Ore Ken Argue, and urrj me that by writing to run I could eel eiii'h infurinnlion u eoulJ ha rli..l nn. Ji'ow, what we wnnl to know, among othir ibiiigi too nunieroue to mention, le line : II. iw long dee il miiui mire nrotigni ouiliru or UnpONU or tr take lo make a trip over-land to Orriron i-Ie the "!i their supporters or opponent- conierva- ' ""d "?,f )oa. s'1 """T-M bat kind of .;., . .,, " ' produce cm be rnned, and howmuehi-I.timber i.vc, Sagacious, and thoroughly understand- plenty and goodf-le water ab.m.lout and off.iod ing in all their bciirili-fS nild interests the I f,,ttlil3r ly"or euiiUy na heaflliy it atr(ira .,, M . I ., , " Muled to ber-IIiira you strong sea breeiee IllUllcrs III IMMirt fiorfimthAnfitir.n u,. I.. I... i . . ............ 0 uc- viii fjrvpie evuie on me ecu wore r w net kind. ' wild and beep and nv viii pvvpiv m,-iii uu me eru enore I V licve Kntv-tRo JJates to bo the man moro of ""'What varieties of til,., i, ,,. il.. i. i i Ume fruiu f What rohur.ee, cattle, i man a iv miirp fn wimm nnnA hh i l . . than any other to whom good men are luoking ns the leader, about whom tho Ojijiosition may be gathered, cnibolidalcd, and led to victory. Ji.8 uomiuutioii would unite at once the old hue WIliM. tho Americans, llm Pro. fee world 7 Have vou got mill. Ilinnhing and reau ng inachinra, nl. nly f la lubor nleniv. and tt .1.1 II - bii.i i ii worm I nitre vou niunv Clllirc ira an, chivila 7 What are dry gooda and groeeriet worlhf unoi mnuooi winiora and auinmera du you have t What lime do vou enw wheat 7 Wh.it la bind wonh an acre t How many peoi lo will Ore. gon auorl f Of what politica aro jour people ? ....... 41B n wiiu uvyoim a mIoiiU seemce tho role of Miiaouri, Jlury Jaud, Tennessee, and perhaps other .South- DcmoeraLs, and the conservative wing of the 1 1 11 ii a v, ...... , in aim, nmirr vr.inoui UepnliluMHis, while tho radical wing could fH-Have you any limer.ono, iron ore. and not oltject Mhii,CKy:ially if with him 71,7ni' -..,,u i . . . . j. m ui i-iNioB nnre o uimnuwu ikiiuc man 01 lie masses " '-' yur land moetly prairie ortimbtred ( llkn liuiiba nf r..n-l......i,. t...i. ii i "ia ia your iirewut nonoluton r Wlmt tl, - ."".", mini jiecu ....i or (Irow of I'cnnsylvania, or others whom S Uf wo might name. He would beyond a ,"""",ou ,nd iroublewme ?-llave - i tuii uihki atrei DH'l HI IVill u.n... I jN'ow I will alon ankinir nueatinni n. I think of any mote to propound, and if you will give cm Stilt. Tho trreut HW ul.i.,1. l.. K."i iZr" quer.oa, winoii " ! (Million uowiijuai na uiey Happened k' come never had a I'roiidetit, save during the brief .nt0 "7 do '"""y bl'l "e a great 'pace of (Jen. Harrison's Ad..,iistrati. IZtlS:, would hail his nominution with iinnarulleleil tU,n ,,la' have come within our n-ach. I cnlhtisiasm. Kvcrv Xorthen. Slot,. .n,.i,i ".T. k ou.." ou ."-' J''"' J of rully to bin sviipurt With moro enenrv ovn 'Rralion laaetlinir wralwnrd. and huiirfn.l.n than wns manifested for Fremont and wn l"".'.1' T ,l'.eir e)"" 11,6 '"c:i'"' ,,,;,. . , rmol.'mW0 a the plaoo where they cxpicl before manv veara think there can be no doubt that tho two i:M,!ectfuliy Your,, W. Jo.ia. Wo proceed to answer the questions of our stranger correspondent In reeulur or. 1 ... . ..." ucr. n c imre lived in Oregon since 184S ' air if . I . 1 Mill nrtt TtniviiVitP ifntlM .li.l.l. - !... I,..ir .- ..l.nnnliorr M OreffOII irrailCS. CI- 1112 lirw-IHBKi'a, j....vi, , 1lVwa.uiT WU itiwiv tiseaaa hhii Hivntif r v I witivwf e" - - O at . , k. tta ..i:.fl..i .i i k F...l..rel..a I rrnnberr es exuosure to me weniucr. nCBUlUC IIO fTIII UTJ Mllinucu llnu UU IQSHV UvlUCIIHOi Pim .IWH-MIIVOI I . I f a1 tit. I . .L-. ii !,.... w , n lilie i n. All OT lilnni.H. wuuiwi i jevi vi viiuiijin, no iiujid, iiunevcr, vuai I ro iuuiiu vmj uu i i'i -- , Mr. Jones will not run offwitb the Idea thot Urrlei are limited to certain eectinm of the iroin fii io m f. - - ih. t.ml In nrnmn i. In.) lit. If. Valle. but irenerallr abundant In the moiin- Ko.Da.-Ouf roaas are goou lor a moun will hn n-rfiViIir aaf. i,B.rii, J.M i., -!,. ulna I Dnr crab-nntilfs aro not ns lurire as taiiious country. 1 here are natural gn laling that people generally get rcry well your baalenute in Illinois, but make a nico or passes h ading througli tbe Dim in annosi t.al.i A. id. i,.i. i...t-.i i.. i,e,-ieA v liaea nn mile went 1 1 everr i Ircction, so mat a rouroaa COUIU IH! Orciron soil. baulenut, which Is much larger than those built with little difficulty through the coun TiWiir.it, We liave fir. oak. ash. mniite. In the Western States, and very abundant, try In ulmont every direction. Ihe great- spruce, white cedur, yew, alder, balm ill We arc, however, cultivating most varieties cut difllculty at present is tlmt tho section Ullcad, laurel, hujtel, (sit inches In diaine- of nut-bcarnig trees, and tome of our wal- claiuiauu hare o leiiccu up tno country ter) and some other rarietlcs. Tho timber nut trees are bcuring now. Our tame is generally rcry abundant In plocee too fruit r the same osyou have iu the States much io, while in others the prairie aro so I east of tho ltocky Mountains. Wo hare largo that settlers In the middle have to many good nurseries, from which all the beet varieties can bo obtained, and very many of our farmers nre now blessed with hundreds of bushels, of fruit, wbilo others have thousands. Vmis or Stock, Ac, ing stock water, but we have seen few from $150 to 300 thot is, good work where wells aro resorted to In the absence horses. Indian ponies can be bought for of running brooks. There hre many good from $15 to $75. Cows are worth $30 springs on the bill sides, but w believe a generally work oxen from $125 to $140 a majority of our pcoplo use wolls. Good yoke sheep from $5 to $8, and bees $100 water Is generally obtained by digging from a swarm. Bees do well some swarms ten to thirty feet, but some have gone as hare thrown off from three to six new ago. deep as fifty feet, and then didn't get to swarms each this summer. Mails. We have a mail from the Stutcs water. In one or two localities, we have Mills, TiiKEsiiEita, Ac Wo haro saw every two weeks. noticed that tho well water had a disagree- ""d gnt mills convenient to most neighbor- I.vm.txs. The Indians are not numerous able mineral tusto, owing to the presence of hoods, while threshers and reapers aro quite excepting on tho frontier. We aro about sulphur and Iron In the basaltic rock, or of Vnty. They will cut your groin for one us much troubled with them iu the older impurities in the soap-stone. dollar an acre, and thresh it for the eleventh settled portions of the country as you arc Health. Whether tho country is "as bushel, or nino cents a bushel cash. iu Illinois. Ladob. We aro sorry to say lubor Is Steel Plows. We hare all tlie best Va scarco. Good hands on the farm get $30 rietics of Illinois steel plows imported here; a month, while female help is Iu good do besides, Mr. Lewis manufactures a nlow In . . A A . I manu ac $J a wccK. Chi rches a no Schools. We bnvo a haul rails from two to eight miles. Wateb.-TIio streams running down the mountains afford an abundance of clear, sweet witter, and render Oregon celebrated for its water power. Most farms have lir-1 that you have to pass around nearly every man's farm, over spurs of hills, traveling third further to get any whore than is nec essary, lliis will uo remedied, However, when the country becomes mora thickly settled. Is tii R Land mostly" Tihiieiieo or Thai me? We bclicvo that much tho lurgcr -Horses arc worth portion of the country is pruiric. Pkesext 1'ori'i.ATiov. Our present pop ulation all told would probably amount to forty-live thousand, General Intelligence. Our pcoplo nre generally more intelligent thuu the peo ple of the Western Stutes were ten years this city that we consider superior to tbo best Peoria plow. Xotr, Mr. Jones, wo bnvo answered all your inquiries, and answered them correctly. If you and your friends would live in a country blessed with a mild and healthful on the Pacific, feeling sure tlmt their great inicrcsi, tne .-National Kailroad, would bch icrcu anil niado successful under his care t . . ' nu-imi support nun. We have bad enougli of Democratic pledges: they are puffs ti.ipiy air; tney might (ill balloons, but inry win never bicld a Pacific Railwnr In behalf, then, of the people on this coast, undof tho welfuroof the wholo nation, we y give iu EmvAitu Dates as a candidate or llie I residency, and we will triumph glnr.oily over tho faction of Southern Sec- uonaiLsni which governs the Democracy, A.iiiunisiratiou of which eicry true Kepnblicnn will be proud healthy as it has been represented to be," will depend somewhat on the "representa tions" that have been made to Mr. Jones. If it has been "represented" to him thot people never take sick and die here, but naturally dry np with old age, it Isn't quite good ninny churches, embracing most of the as ncallhy as it is represented to be," for denominations. Tho M. E. Church South people dio hero ns elsewhere. Many have W ',ns missionaries hero all tho wov died hero from old chronic diseases brotiirht from Texas, Mine nfter the souls of the fae.n. t. ft r. . I I "Ui mo ivuanuc oiates, while cuildren negio-wuijiping jJcmocracy. but catc hintr rlinmrn n Li.,,1 mil i., i. ;r..n 1 ! 1 i If li e O .... v , ear aii evil Willi Ulll 1 1 Hi III I V Il'im3 have died from croup, putrid sore throat. I lattlo - else than dog-fish nnd eudireons. tl.n l..,.i,.n.i.n. r.., i... i..i,. '....I. I I l a I ..wi.iihiiiwii ivi aiio Jtiijuij V LUUIllIT and other complaints. Grown people some- Schools are becoming quite numerous, and where you can live easily and live well - - v .us .ever, inimmmauon of tlie "c p.aces are nourishing. 8IU if J0B Drc of h M brain-perlmps somo other diseases. In Dv Goons, Ac-Dry coods and irra. einin n,.h . . , :. ' .... sonie localities we have heard of the ague eerie, are worth about the same that they ought to love a good wife, just come along; m a mild form, but we believe that the are in Illinois. . . frnn .... bn ' ' tlm Hnrfnn. .1 7 Tr . ? , " liner una very nttlo rains too much or stops ruining too long, the doctors-though wo believe where a "Bmmcr. Iu some winters it is nnita L..ri .h.M .i. i... J .a.. ' regular physician "succeeds in hitroducinirP'e'suut much of the time, while in othera ti, t.ui...- ' . 7. .7 medicine, intoaneighborhooil.he.renerali; it eems as though it never would .Ti" " V. ' J'' has a nrettv cxteiv nrn,, n. " . J nnnrin ti.. r..t ,. v..... .. ' T ""u ,u"u" mnS caius.i lor a ,,.....Wiiniv aillT- I o- mi in, .III. dUlll'.H, II uicr- IlVin"", warus. jii tuts country the amount of sick- ? washed tho hair off of a iron.l .,, r ...... .1 t. ... . . . ... " i i.o ui-jieuua a goon ueui on llie amount of "r cows last winter, unci f it hadn't ,lr!l inctiicines used ftirIuyIor& Hakou, agenut,,;, city for Tracy ACo-aKxprl,;,;'"; us under obligations for rcjuattj N the way of lute papers, 0r Wheat. Itlsconndently i(l,rMl. Ilentoii county ha. a aTLr 70 wheat for salthl, yearTn 1 J J county in tho State. It IsbellevellM 7 I ha. surplus of 30,000 bushels Iv. , l;b b.... i .' ."OolU f iiko to Know now man i.j. .. thrushed In Benton this year vim thoso running niachiues tend ui lJ "J thrusbedr Union. WHtli IiAROE GltOWTH. Mr. Jrilm c, . ha. pluce.1 upon our table two nmm2. Ions, crown at bis furm n i. . ... I- i.n... n.i I. .. . lumen in iinuiii id incue. Ill (Mri'nir.. ...,i l.. -n... t. i.. . """"-"i UIII4 person ville Sentinel, the other is Just enough smaller f ' n toperceire thodiffcrcncc.WaciL j oennnei. The Mines It Is said that rerr u prosM?cts have been discovered at the Ui of Applegnto creek, which will t,..t?!, souiely ns soon as wuter is furnih,i A t Williumsburg there is a lack of tin Tho indications of tbo richucss ot iiM. gings are duily better devclojicd. Sentll On tho "I at AuC , by It.v. U. ItiTjiinS renk to Mm Klleu K. Noble, .11 ( B.T" On the Slat Aug, by R. M. MoTier. J P 2' Win. Iteevi-e to Miiej Joerphiiia TavnLi nnihill county. ' On the 4th ult .hy Klil.r Jolm 8t pp Mr r 'orkvramilh lo Mm. Alra. Mury Aali lt L on county. M (Jilninn 'W( On the 3 let Aug., at U'uM.i, Orepai, U t , I'llwain, Mr. (ieorgo E. JBau w S linnn, of Seat Fmucisea Alaii on the aamoday, by tlieanme, Mr fw. meager to )ln Kilty, nf liil0; Vallet On the 2 llh A ag.. hy Iter. J. D. Doon, M, j IL llenneu to .Miaa ItlioU W hite, all of JtPn the I llh Aiik., Mr. William Chance la Ilk arm j.Lollmoury, ill of tlunop county. From Salem. Ourcorrpsnnnilniit nvi Up JUSt as it did, WO Should havfi InnWoil for fi-nm S,.ln... ...!- .1.... c. ... n T ,. , , niiui.1 uuiu ui ociii. z I. out n: , . . I""" ' ie j'ut viu, sinuinr tosucii ns I letter cnuio to hand too Inte for tho whofp country wo hare just enough sea breeze to J see on the aquatic species in Illinois f it ,n fi,i . " Z? , . . . . . " I " " "I'M U IMIILO III iiisr ffllllinilB TIIIH room for the remainder next (LATE U.S. HOTEL,) OREGON CITY. BRIDGES $ MASS PROPRIBTOM. riims well-knowo ealabliihnviet hu a X jii been llirouKlily n-paueil and fr y.rviy niirm on will be puid toJl3 me acconimoilutiou of travelers and bnardrnw Aoexpeinio hue been Oj.aM lo make Hut hn, convenient unci plr.mnnt. ao tlmt trH...Ii. ,. ter will have uo olijei-iion to otonpiug u (, ( City on uoeoiint i,f . h.,.. I 1 UO lablO, portifiilorly, ahall be ntepi. Ibe ImeHt atyle, i,uj bo alwoya aupplifd aiik Lk. very beat llMt the mm ket nfturda. We invita Ihe patronage of tl pblic, Intend that no one ehall go away diaaaiuM. THE READING ROOM Hill bo forniahe.1 with Ibe luteal Djpera of the dit, October 1, 1W9. jj' reillW it I'nni n...l 1 . i . . .1 111 i. . ' . " . u '"l"sa"t umnS narvest hsu our summers aro generally dry, week. Wc give the concluding nort'nn time. Durinir some surnmr. i,a..... -J our ami if i,lmr,i ........ ,-..v 0 conciuuing portion, ' -v.., ..u vvj., omma uui iiuio aim Will 1II1U n - tt ... . ..,....-4llr twnungt ,)0stmastl,r 11118 1'""1'. "s hntidcd us a letter received 'jr bun from (leorge II. Aekhr, Ksq, of . v., conveying information of uiouioiviimg or Henry Pallet, or Pollet in IW rivnr, on the 4th of Scptcmlw. I ho drowning was occasioned by tho en) i.:g of a eauoe in which the deceased wns btlow Fori Hope, near Murysvilk The" ll wasanutiveofKnglami, e.nigru M o Illinois, from tlic.uc to Oregon, and lived some time near Oregon City. A Dkhocratic Know Notmino, Tlie lilaek Democrats of California, at th,.lr . cent eleetiou, ran an original Know Xoth "s CW, to bo even wilh their l-rethren hl 0r,,J'on " nominated Stout d'-rlis I,. Sroit.onoof the Loco.npton .io,n,,ees for Congress in California, was a Know .Nothing in 18.V5. ami l . ,. Wore Know Xothing Lodge ftt Jnme,. town, , tm, s,,lt(i ,)C " our cause is a mwi , j nunc llr r.h,,l"nc 1 will never ole for a foreign,r as long ,s I Ifv"l" nnd have hnd asgooil opjiortunitics for lear ning all about this country as most people. I.inutii or Time to Cross the Pi.aix We were six months, exactly, in driving nn ox-team from St. Joseph, Missouri, to the Willamette valley just about the t!mo it generally kcs a Pike County Missou- rmn to make tho trip. An cnenrctir. - ahead man, who wishes to make the triii pleasantly nnd have his team in good work ing order when he gets here, will lc.ivo the .Missouri river by the 20th of Anril. ami reiieh the Willnmelte valley by tho loll. f July, and perhaps sooner. Cattlo nml heep can make the trip in that time. Peo- io who travel in tins way lose little or nr. Ktll.'!; nml Li.. i:..i ..... I "'e or no sickness on the route, while the lazy, lntrtrinir Pike-ites .. ...IT . ... . O .u-.j aimer terribly, ami coino through the ""uumms.u ino rain, looking gaunt, lng. uiu, uiui lerriniy way-worn. Ul'AMTV fv T..- TI . m ' ii, iiiusoiioi Uregon genemlly excellent. It vnrir. hn...... iu different localities. Bottom lands, nlons ...mr ionises, nro trenera lr the l.i wo hare, while there is a dispute amon-r even our oldest settlers here, as to whether l" mm r rrairie regions are most productive. A Massachusetts man, who had never been in the Western States, but who came to Oregon by water, once told w that such land as we have on our moun- "I , ' ,0I" nml highest ridges would be con sidered excellent farming 111 till' ilnti'n l. .1 Ho said tlmt ours was the richest land he uiui KTcr seen. Kinds or Phopitf have a week or two in July or Au-rust with from drouth. scarcely a breath of nir, when it is terribly Time to Sow Wheat. Winter wheat if lint l"rt . . I !. ir . " " vu oim or two occasions oow" " ay or June, makes a very heavv niniintoil il. ft... -.1; . . . I l . . ...u lKUKV uujnceni; io our Harvest t,uI l"e next yenr. ir sown in September lilMll IH IVOt II llMnll. -P 1 . ... I : 1 . . 1 ' llulll , ulr . , .n,..1(, . .. ii iuiihcs a eoou crnn nit r v. i. m ! 1 . . . ' V " 1 DWT.ll IU I'L'U ..ui iuo i10 io sit on, nnd jumped down rv, it makes a tolernl.li. w. . . . "j-. in, vu .,.-r man wo got up. Tlmt is pretty ""scd th.rty-si.T bushels per acre on bottom "".ui, mt. uones, out no warmer weather """, sown in March. Spring wheat doe than you sometimes have iu Illinois. In well sown in April. -v.. .oea.ines wncro there nro gaps or Woirrn or LANn.-Lnnd can be bo.Hit , va .yuu.i.g uirougn tno Const range of nt nom two dollars to fifty dollars tin wcex: cast of a lareer - o uuiiiuo m uuy uonars tin acre mountains, the sea breeze commences blow- H owing to quality, location, and amount ing about two o'clock in the afternoon, and of improvement. From fiv tr. ,. ,uu. r.i ., :n . . . . : .. "la u" U,KT s,lns hard enough to Is probably a fair average. Tlicro is yet a raise a terrible dust, blow yonr hat off, and great amount of vacant lund in middle Ore- .; iih. jjh.iii so Hint It IS (Jlfficu t to rrn. COn. On t lfl east siitn nf , n i. illn t i ... . . w. .w vuaunuu Olin- UlO t. Some pcoplo I.ko tins, while others tains, which is subject to pre-emption think it injuivs their lungs, and have sold How Many Pen.-. .. w, tx.' o... . i I . , i " "am vnr.ut'.i Oil"- o.it nnd bought again in n more shclteml port ? It will nnnftrt n.t ;. ... ami r,n!r.t ln,lli r,.. . .. , . . . . . - . .June me 1 ' -1"0 imruesi winds we "''' population of nil tho States io in wreiroi. iimvut-or .7,. r Ii. TJ.,l -r . .v., uiiiuui lUUtiniains. it nas houses IiIaiv ,1m..,. !..!..!. I., -i ir . I .1 n ..... llUB, um.u,,, tcar Uj, uiea man urcat iintaiii, and we bclicvo is .. . ,7 u,e roots, onci arter jerking richer in resources, yet Great Britain sun- Stn,!"! S,ttm lllCm PrtS alUt twCnti,'t niiHions of iiill kLek ,!. .. Z" i U T Cn0Hg" to unnti, a number nearly cqnnl to the whole in" i Vr J Hurricanes do population of tho United States. I" : r" ..s 1,cn' bcsldes. i routic..-TheJoLane sectional ZJSII L 7 the last , . , . , " ""canoc-p'uonioriveprcscntat vo in Conorcse. bv casionalhot day that nearlr melt , Urt. .iJ . SS bj down in the h.r.M. R..M '.. - .. :r uul nc "Pe crc i"S to ber that the n t 1 I ZL """?'" x- . tho ticket, . ... o -v.w uui iook lor- li E SPAPERS, &C. Wo havn ward with assurance to a cool mVI,r. J werll. ,..',.'.,. , ""e cool flint. I,. ,......l " ' I"'? es,ues llie A --. v.., Bucii-u niswcarv limbs nn. Urecoti nn nt P..u..j i 0 .... . HH x uu u u. n n Press, at Eugene City, Republican tics. The Advocate, at Portland .Metliodist fcmi:KT lue ai'iloVEalKNTsa in ... bus taken the contract of grading Maiu St MwcenP.ni, and Sixth Slreels at Z a MUn ,fout- Workmen have already ommcnrcd operation.. Mr. A they h :;::rp,cMllloollorcoil ....v .i ,t r. I)ki.isihv' V....Z TT 1- f n Hfiusion writes to J;;- the first number of the Or iuesdny October. T "..M.OX ftSXTIXKI .1 1, late editor of the f; '""""''tiiHatJacksonviii; PoL,;1;rM"8 wch,ir 0f ,hC tiuUYj WO. U. ii. n The Co Doin. h,. i-.. . '' 1,1,4 C1J our fi-rd. " ',Poin,lJ " S. Marshal Lountr Con..n;.; . county ha're lZVt the State, one mill for mills for Coun( ''M and AVfl ttolinvn flint .It, v IIIUIl yng raised.,, the Western States '"l7u" hm- "lnS Perhaps gourds. We don't now recollect of ever swn eonrH, but we expect to get - rr. irom as many good bom -res w.iiiin . month, telling us that they I ""l'"yoi mem. The amount l ruuueeaepenui entirely upon the cultiva Hon that is on a given tract of land. With ;';p plowing, an,i proi)er cultirati0 Ww that wheat will average from thirty to Oftv bus hi t it.. . ' -v "i"..-u io me acre, com t....t. - i!Ten imnured bushels to e nave ra sed mn,. h;.nd,a.,hesofthe.w,weigl!t A reliable man just from Walla W.n V errr InM. ... .1. . Mv" , ua mai U6 saw t),- n o. . .. ..tiniing make several fruitle, to lift A fii.U i. ...... . jitb w In en w... ..(; to weigh two hundred round, r. siiinn tli.t ;n 1.. .. j'ic- ".11 uo nerect r ani .r... a -v ..MliHVrj Q der one or two heavy bed-spreads, anrldnm gloriously till morn, without rolling around unit m-nni;.. 1t . .1 . .. . in. iiigui as 11 in an oven yon do in Illinois, Mr. Jonea ' eight irgns. Tho 1 tho People's 1 in noli as land, is the organ. The Times, at pn. is tbe leading Jo Lnne organ. The -In Clatsop countv. at .... n, a '! r . ' '7 T 18 lor l"c "my, Jo i . . " "lonnuiins ane ana nicker sm Tim r:. . n which is settled. As a ni . . 1116 Lnion' at CT" "Tho Circuit Court lull t.rn in nnnotAsi. - iu crvnniiir here for somo days. .Messrs. Williams, of l..tl.....l tr . ' iu.iii.iiii, rweny, itoinrook, nnd John son, of Oregon City, and Ktlsav, of Corval hs, nre attorneys in attendance", in addition to tlie bar of Marion county. The only cases of nny special interest' were of the State m. l'leusnnt Howell, and State tt. Chandler Jennings. Howell is a man of largo nnd respectable connections, has a family, nnd is well known in this county. Ho wns indicted nnd tried at the si.ris" term for stealing $61 fPora uic hmm 0"f in iiici urotK in December hist, but the jury failed to agrco. This term he was con victed, a motion lor a new n.l .1 : , ""''I ...... na-owiit sentcnccfi to one year's im- prisonnient in the penitenlinry. A petition for his pardon is now beimr rlr,.,.Ui,i among the jurors, nttomics, nnd officers of .iiCLVIIIV. Illl.SOh COIIf Ill-tor 1 11. nn..cA I.. behalf of the State. Tho defence,' by .Tpra IV ill.o... -..j ci.'i ' r ... .... ,,,iUUJa u, u Mfii, n.B . A.nL and able. fa Chandler JennitiM was cnnvii-iort n tit-n inj;,.!.. r.-V. .. i'"" ivuiinun ,ur mrceny, ana sentenced to nine yenr in tho penitentiary. Judge - ...C1C nin,. no puinating cirenm stunccs, gave hin. the "long term," and the pcop o said amen. Jennings lives in your V TAYLOR & RALSTON, WHOLESALE f RETAIL DEALERS 111 General Merchandise, are now in receipt of NEW OOOBS aelcoleil with much can? in Sua Franeiint WE have jual received es Northerner nl Biolln r .Jomitlian, French, i,'uli.b, k AMERICAN PU1NTS, b'cache.1 aheeUiifg. ond long elollw, p.)a 1, ...-....,,. .,,,, victoria lawn, broei heenuga 4 .hjrimjra, hory .Hi,,,, deuiraa,,lnl. t nil all i(i a duck. 5 IRISH LIXEXS, ...ie.. uiimnNK, wmte damank, tible coven. Rav nan tuvela, ami erusli, H.SSSELS. while, yellow, reil. irrev. a. I. In. ..j i i . ' t ' fw... hiiu iwhi eo, p.ui.1 4 iifrured sutiiieia, jltlK, colleunl weol l.t.M.v.l,M,u..;r, ....... l. . . .. red, liluw, 4 grey. Ilotlcryf Incliea', minaea', ami childreira brown, alale, ut Uoots and Shoes: a liirtre lut gcnteTmo, me.liii.n, anj eoanebootr 4 ilioea, ledtca' mnd mi..' ir .1... . alippers. Uy Ixiota 4 ,10es Unm' fancy 1111J uha. ' Ha r atjlea Wuukcla while, d ic a r e : rocket knives, pruning and bud' Kuivea and forks, rlin .6 scissors kniv e3, 1 ne clique nro "nnllux" about the rcsnlt 8crei" strap Linges, door lock learned what they nre going to do about it. and shears, butts and nu tfnma 1 A r""""1 nana saws, tenon sawa. corarma saivs, bench planes, cbisek an- gers, auger Litts, axes, hatchets, :J 1 I. i 11 In " ! i .' I no w rtT. T ......... . V ' O" nf T c, 1 i 1 t'sh(-0,onist.nictoria, hammers, shovels, hoes, potato or tho lGthof Scntcmlipp - .i.- Lol. V '.i. x. i ' 1 ? -i. fiiiinn-i... ii , . . ' "v le muw, T-acKS, nnisning naus, IOIIOB lllfr tcm. wh f i m l, -ri I..L- , . ..i J!i ' .. O. "...., men ran v ue 0111 ercRt. tA flit, nn a n-...i.l,' n. some of our readers: "n:V T-' " !!if"! hors? JTcncrfll ininrf hnw. t ra 10 tr M . .1.. . ever, the const is "iron-lmuniP'-tUrZ. 2 " , " ' nonS""to negro- rang, of mountain, tend .11 Z Z 7" ZT. " thiSe"tiDcl ocean shore from north to south .,? h .7!. " .n: W" -.the valley, ver. Mr, attempta Mr.Jonesonthesuhjectofe,. t ZeZZJT:k .Ymhl" measure three . uate, rutabagas which lect in cia-umferei i .. iunn iroin Tula- to the baguln Tillamook." M'hcn we Mr. Jones that Wnilata "u 'aaoie that few men h crossed it except here ,nd there throng some natural pass or defile that mark. th. course of some stream. There are. how- irw, 80me ,mall raIIfySi ytrj rich auJ at tractire, on the western side of the Coat range, among which TillatnooW ia .n;.t . u. ,i . . ue me raosi noted. Oaks. Such game as deer, wild geese ducks, qu.il., partridge grouse, and pi! Seems, .lKiund generally, while in many lo- , "",r re 1"'"J- Klk can be found 1'T going to the mountains. Our streams all abound iu mountain trout, whil. .n,.i, strr atns as empty immediately into the sea re lull of the finest salmon. ri.. i nd oysters are found 0 the coast. There re also several kinds of fish, inch .. ... e , , mS. Ac, taken by fishermen on the coast. W.n iXD TlMS F abundance of wild berries, such as huckle beme. itrawlrr; i ... .. . wrries, thiuiblcbciTies. ti.L SnntK rri. cj... . . c.aiesraan, nt Salem, is de rotcd to anti-Lane Tt pn.nipo. In . . " . general, besides these, we have two Uii;. t. land, both sectional in politics IV.. . a m ..... orot-s n inter withoct Fsin ? xuey nave aone so most generally up to th's t'me, but our loss was so heavy last winter that we intend to put np a little feed hereafter. A lulnrcnn h. t. I OUfrnra. Ann. I.. .. Kobson, at Queenborough. At th Lt li P0"de' ''W. yeaat nowde. crew me ceremony 13 trims wn r.j .l. , anT " oJa, Miao. oiothu ni. . o " iucu. nit) rn nro nru.hi iui. . r ' . r . ftirucK. aim t iron rh, : ' . u. ' . '.. wwnea, broomi. dint braaoM. being onnased to. in Z. i': t0 ZZrum wooden -h tub,, and nk nomarriaSeliccnseh?i:?,:-l Amerigo 'vmiiWIU5ll LlWESTOXE. Coir T r i . ' ""iiraione, is found ,n abundance in some places, but of u "m 4nal7. it makes a dark col- ,wr,. S,r0nff- S'onecoalhos -..unu, nine mountains, and iron ore of the ht , . . c' " 'iu' j, a iouna in vast mucs. J.enJ h, h.it r... j ' -wu IVUUU rfl!t0rC0KBVALUS,The stcnmcr IWi tapt. Cochran, starts for Salem .ki ng.t J oVIock.and will go through to" Corralhs, if the water will .i. fe n,i;; . . "m uer : T 'S uirK'LUar,(,7FeIton,willbeon qnan- in wal. f- . . . . - 'uom "'W 5"' ,cet ""ck. yielding ninety per cent of lead aad silver. This beats ,Z ualena mines. 1 Kocs.-We have mountains of basaltic ro", Tery hard and Mart ,,so sone S""ite and a rood rl.i .r silica of sandstone, ea.ily worked anj Sew AdvertUemeiu, T- "ors.-itwill be seen by ..vU(, iuql .UHXsrS KrirfA. IL 1 har M..I. ..i... --"Mii: lu,8We" ""own establish- .uu purpose to teen it ... i.. . slim.M 1.. I.... r UOICI fiooDs.-Taylor& Ralston make "'or appearance in our columns this week ;j that should attract tho attention t osein want of Dry Goods, Groceries. Hardware, 4c, 4C. According statement, one can Dnmh . . " Hiwue, any thing in their establishment. Sl-BUMITT C0LLtGE.-Thr.in1,r...:- Marion county, is about to comm,nJw. ;l. . n.. . " urn. ie school is growing in in terest, and should be well .mnnnJi. .... . J ". .Cll UT IU for terms, 4c. PrflJYTS $ OILS: White lead, rail i.j v.. .j f. li chrome yellow, chrome ereen, barnt and ratrim. Si. ..'J . Dlacl1 P""". Vandyke brown, T.. Sienne and aaeorl! coored im,JIU( Boiled and Raw Linseed Oil, Polar oil, lard oil. fi.l. :i . i .. r-L:.. oil, Vc, &.Q. "u,w" "' I wi" reoeivinj by every aleamer tott na to our nreaent .n,..;. ..j pars, a iiona io our nreaent .n,..;. ..(. .j par. r.n .!.nd C,h,, wi" find il "ei advantap can tori exannii. ... i j . . k.. 1 alu k uue ana prioee neion - '"geuewnere. ?PPrm. AtT TAYLOR & RALSTOJf, rt Corner Main Fifth M Oregon City, October 1, 1859. Si See advertisenienl Sublimity College. rpHE WINTER TERM of thi. ache "I i-oCOmJ"!nc on MONDAY, OCTOBERS low, nd continne Iwenty-two wetka. ISrtnS. frnm f.v j ii t-M M eleven weeki. " ' q Student. wtcr ii any umef oat tima than hnir j W ; time, except by erjeciaJ .OTnmenl or roiditbla ciroumalancea. Tbia aebtwl ie du.Iv ll,. c.j..i. .it ke required to otwr. th. rule, of' propriety i n'lty. and annlv th.i. uW ludiea. - ord can bo obtained on reaaonahle tern e . ,. . . J. KE.VOYKR, Af OUhlim.lv f-.: .. - . ' n- J mnoq CO., UcU I, J TAMS, preaerved fruit., branded froite.etfc. u CHARM AN f McKIX.NEY1 ,lei (pa Mn: I Mli r fol : Ihe by, au I 'ell PT kit, iten day Irac Clai tgna (ttat Iowa Frai beinj beinj : lake t2 Pr, : w he co judj .Way 11 on fo CeaU, Itndfo faiyaa Ing dt aid C Tfamb Ml ha block : laabli taininf he ini; Ihereui conaiati buildio: .keaold lxecqti cite ea the pre iyof 1 . of ? 1 Lafai QAS,