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4 MVW( iH. war. itoffma-T, XTOTAllY PUBLIC, CONVEY ANOEK O A!I O V. S. Circuit Court Conimissioiicr For tlio District of Oregon. OFFI-K First Door Norlliof tltckman' Hanking House. Deeds and other InstnimfnU of writing csre fully prepared, mid acknowledgements taken. Applications for Homestead Entries, Pre emption Hlghts und l'rlvnto entry of lund pro curil. Jacksonville. August 4, lflfifi. SUTTON & HYDE, jl.C3 :!-asTSe ".. LYON'S KATIIAIRON, LYON'S KX'CT GINGKH, LYON'S ELBA POWDER, MAGNOLIA WATER. Jacksonville, Sept. 2P, 18CC tf AMERICAN EXCHANGE, Corner f Washington and Front Stroots, JWRTLAXI), OH KG OK. L. P. W."q"u IMBY, (ultk ruomiirroii uPTUK"Wi:sTnN lionet.,") H AVING TAKEN Tllf. AlIOVE HOUSE, unit entirely REFITTED A XI) REFCRX.W El) It, Is now prepirnl In riTu!vimiil accommo date his Mends nnd former patrons, and the general travelling public. Cor rafctv In Ibe event of lite, and thu ciimi'iilmicc of (tut-sls, n SEC'OXl) FASS.tdEUn" Iteeu opened lotho SI.EF.V1FG AVARTMEXS, which .ire commit tllolis mid i'hih-cIhI nrrnuitid fur thtMiccomiiniihi- tlonnf famllU-s. "W ARM and C30l) I KA 'J M-ISS niincncii 10 ine iniiisa. Tills lioiiau la liiritttil litiirir I III) Slcumliunt I.11111II11K limit mi)' otlicrlii Portland, THE I10TKL COACH nlll he in iillciiduiicu ut the sacral Landings I lo coiuey i;iieil 11111I their lmi.'Kup' In and from ihu 1, nn... i.'imu; rv (in.i!f:r tp, i, i,n. ' a larpc Firo-Froof Safo lor valuable. The l'ronrlelor will iinilerliike that notltfiiu shall lie left unJont lon.'inkr his huimu attract Ivo. nnd Kiiesls coinforliilile. ootSlf n. Dl'OAN. J. u. WAl.t- DUCAiM & WALL, FORWAKDMG AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, DEJx-lols. X3xxllcllx3Lfl;, Corner of Front ami F StroetH, CRESCENT CITY. J rnm:v wiiA, attend to tiu:ki:ci:iv-I 1 Iiik and forttftrdliiKiif nil (mini entrusted In their ruri ultli nriiiiililiii'n mill illalullrli. Tlicv . imu lltlrd up two Inrgu buildings for slorlng) goods, unit have mud" arrniigemvnls sn thai liieruhiiulH lining lnifliiviH through thilil will I : --.". ' 1 .. :. i-.- . -V lint suifer by nuy merclurges, or lusa iiuy just claim Inr gooils Intl. XAP Cmislgumi'iits snllclled. MerclinndUc , v(.rtlv.il nii.lii.iti.il In.. V.I lv '"1. .t- P. B. COFFIIS, HOUSE PAINTER, IS NOW IN POSSESION W TIIK IIN'TIRI. I X MOCK ill iiiiiii-iiiiisuiiu .tuns itiriiii-riy im- lunging tn Co'lello fc Collin. .Mr. Cost islt. it I hsvlnir withdrawn. 1. II. Collin will con iitiiiiin . ,tl- btisliii't, mid can hu fnnnd at his shop, Corner of C uml Tin lit Streets, prepared In do work In a wnrkumiilll.u manner ml at ri'ii.iiimlilii rntis. Jacksonville, Oct. 13, 1607. nellStf CHRISTMAS BALL! AT ROCK POIjSTT, DECEMBER 25th, 1867. THE UNDERSIGNED HEREBY ,NNOUN ces tut ho will give a publlo bull at Ills bouse, at ltock I'olnt, on Wednesday evening, Decowuer i.M.1, 1807. Great exertion will be ruudo to 'lvu entire satlsfacllon to his guests. All are cordially Invited to attend. L. J. WHITE, I'roprletor. Rock Point. Nov. 22d, 18(17. nov23-tw Xfotico. I EL DORADO, t'iir.Cul,.V0(ll.HU..TtiLlliili.lllr,0. j S. M. FARREN. ' i t-y.f m-f, -nt AL PERSONS INDEBTED TO US MUST Jen0 Mr AIex j,ittrla win waU upol, cu,tom pailtlvely iwy by tho llrst day of January .... mt. A settlement or uoto is not wiioi we want. Wo want tho money due us, and per- Mns)Vwlng us must positively pay up. GLENN, MUM & CO. Nqv. 22d, 1H67. nov23-2m B ILL-HEAD8 PRINTBD AT THE Sk.vjnei, QrricR at 812 per thousand. '00 ttyjmt VOL. XII. BUSIMJSS NOTICES. Peter Britt, Photographic Artist, JACKSOXVILLE, OREGOX. mbroty pos, Photograph s, Cartos do Vislto DOXK IX THE FIXEST STTLE OF ART. Pictures Kciluceil Oil EXI.ARGED TO LIFE SIZE. DR. A. B. OVEriBECK, Physician & Surgeon, JACKSOXVILLE, OREGOX. Office nt lils residence, In the Old Over beck Hospital, on Oregon Street. E.II. HEi:NMAN, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, OFFIOE-Cornor of California and Fifth Streets, Jacksonville, Ogn. Up will prnotlce In Jackson and adjacent cnmillci, and attend promptly lo profelnual .culls. leiiJll DR. A. B, OVEROEGICS -q a r"T"1"Trr "p) r " ,r Q -O-CA. JL J L Juii v Vi.U.O lu tho Ovcrbock Hospital, WARM, COLD A SHOWER DATHS, SUNDAYS AND VEDWESDAYS. v. r. i turn:, m. ., PHYSICIAN &SURGEON, OrFICE.-Near M E Church, Jackson ville. Oregon. Jiickruiivllle. I I.e. 'tUt. lhl.7. drc2Mf SI'KIJIAli NOI'lOKS. QUIOQ O V7IOO H UFELAND'S cKi.nnuTun STOMACH BITTERS! ,, ,. ,. tTli.t l'iiriiUrfili.lilw.ll ;. cinumit Tunic' 1 ''! U rr .lgri.li-Prliikt 'P i Uii.nru...r.l firselliietiirrly l.ut fcrntljr Illiti wrsllnn. nf tin. kUluy, Uiwils, luiiivk H'I ll.srl I T T for ! all whlU snj ml ill liijnvr, - I Uiuk nmi tinTtr lnr. ' NOBODY SHOULD BE WITHOUT IT l J. II. I'sucll. I'itvirlii(ir Ic.. TAVI.UIl & II1..MIKI.. 8l AESIlK, pirn. 413, CU) St. Kan t'rsnel-w. Warron Loaso No, 10, A. F. & A. M tmr 11 H...I lr -., ..,..lp,.llmi. V ""."": .'"" : . V-T"" "lu weuiiCMlay Lvunliigs or pnceii r lug thu lull nioun, lu JtcKsiiru.i.K, nli- i:oox. A. JIAItTIN, V. Jl. O. W. Savaok, Seo'y. Tliu Ilest Kemeily for Purifying tho lllnod, Btmiglhcnliig the Nvrvcs, Itotorlug thu Lost Appetite, Is FlliaU'S 1IAMI1UUG TKA. It Is tin) beat preservative agaluslnl moat any sli-lviu-ss. If ukiI timely. Composed ol herbs nnlv. II cuii li! liken ralelv to luluuts Full ill riTtluns In I.'nglMi, French, Sp.i..isu ami Gtr- iii n an. with ierv lmckaire. 111V IT! Forsulo at all tlio whnliulu and rttall drug stores and uns-erles, KMIIi FltKSE. Wholesalo Druggist, Sole Acent. -110 Cla slreot. JnyUyl 1111 Francisco. BOOT AND SHOE MAKERS. NOTICE. Having dUpoH-d of tmr Fac tory, we aie now prepared In give our whole attention to our Leather and Finding business. On hand, direct from France, Calf Kip, Domestic Leather, Iloot Legs, etc. John G. ID.IN-. I L. Faviik, I Jons Env, New York. 1'arls. Sau Francisco. . Address, HE1N .t IlItAY, Sua Francltco. -ill! Mattery Street Plows ! Plows ! Uy cases of ten cucli or set up. Harrison's Cultivators, Farm Mills (till kinds). Cider Mills, Hay Cutters, (all sizes) Funning Mills, (all slues) CORN SHELLKRS (double ani slnglo hand and hor.o power), Wagons. Carts, with n large nnd full assortment of nil kinds of AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, all which will busotd at greatly reduced prices at wholetulo or letall. J. D.ARTHUR .t SON. Corner of Da'ls and California Streets, octl2m3 .Van Frnnoltco. LIME! LIME! BUILDERS, AND OTHERS WHO DESIRE lime, will And a constant tupply, ot the bent quality, III quantities to suit, at my shop on Main slrcot, between Oregon and Third, op posite Muller & DienUno's store. In tnyab- STONE CUTTING -n AM) Stouc Musoh Work done on terms to suit the times. Orders from tho country will receive prompt attention. JOHN R. PKAOOOK. Jockeonville, April 26, 1867. ap27 JACKSONVILLE, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1S07. THE OREGON SENTINEL, ruiu.isiiKi) Every Sntunluy Morning by B. F. DOWELL, OFFICE, CORXER 0 A THIRD STREETS TKnSIH OF SUIVSCKIPTIOVl For One vcar. In advance. Four Dollars: Jf rmld within he first fix months of the vcar. hvo dolars: If not paid until the expiration of thJ year, six dollars. ; . '". '"". .. "'" ." . ' ' . ' or les). first Iiist tlon. Three Dollars : each stiWqnent Inscr 'Qllcnl ItlSCr- ion. one Dollar. lllnr. A illssount of ilfty percent n lollid'u who advertise liy the year. rcnirrs rmirni st rurrrni miM. will Ik mad -if tEl Ten. IS'olioily. If notiody's noticed you, you must he small ; If nobody's slighted you, jou must he tall ; If nntmdv's tinned to you, you must 1 low 5 IT nobod'ys. Kissed you, you're ugly, wo know. If nobody's envied you, you're n poor elf; Ifro'ody'sthttercdyou.yo'reflatlirnlyouriclfj lrmhndy'schealed you. you are n knave If nobody's hated you, you nre a slave. If nobody's called you a fool lo your face. Somebody's wlhd for your Inch In Its pjacn ; K nobody's railed you a tyrant or scold. Somebody thinks you of spiritless mould. If nobody kn us of your faults but a friend, Nobody will miss them nt the world's end : If nobndv cIIiibh to your purse UKo n fawn, Nohody'll run like a hound when Its gone. ir nobody's rilen his bread from your store, Nobody'll call you a miserly boro ; IT nobody's slandered yon here la our pen, Sign yourself "Nobody," quick as you cau. LETTER FROM B. F. DOWELL. U.vivi::wrrv oi' VnnitvtA, ) lth "Nov., 1807. " Tin: rsivi:niTV op viihiin'ia U Hitiiiitcil about twenty tuilcf vn of the liluc Ridge louutaiii, in Aider- marlt' coiintv. Twenty-five years ngo lit was two mill's west of Charlottsvillc, but now theio is n continued row or liousi from Clinrlottsviilu to this jilaee. Three railroad concentrate tit this point ; 0110 from Richmond and Wash- 'ingtoii; one from Mtnnion, ami tne other from Knoxvilie, lonuescc. .mod- and eleirant. Thev weio all built of brick. Tho architecture is a beautiful combination of the Doric and Corin thian. Tho lecture rooms and boanl ing houses are large enough to accom modate a thousand students; ami each prolesoor has n line dwelling house. The boanling and dwelling houses, in many respects, resemble tho dwelling of its illustrious President, Thomas Jeller-on. At the commencement ofi tho rebellion thoro wer.u about "00 tu dents, (and nearly all of them joined the army of the Confederacy), and the institution was closed for about four yearn; but now it is again in i pros perous condition. Upwards of i500 tii dents aio now found within theso class ie wnllc The Institution has been en dowed by tho State over since its organization, annually to the amount of filteeli thousand dollars, which ena bles tho trustees to get nblo and dis tinguished piofcssors. Young men iiceim, ui n.M..-.- w . ....v.t ' ;" noo.OOOiuthereguIurNiutlierii schools; mVo been made. In every other State Jcnerson, is four miles south west. I ho, ,0o,()00 pirti.dly undertho Kieclmen's lme wc0 vnr,0, uthw nillomllllclllH Iiisiitiition was founded by the State ,IIoauni, South, and 100,000 111 .North- i,,,., ,,t t0 .,, tj,,,,, in IfilO, and -Mr. .rell'eion became its eni ; schools 1 ,; first P.si.le,,t. The houses a,o large . , VH Fogress of t he he,, men .- .11.. ,1... L. .1 !. ..... .!.... 'I'l.,....,.t I tlock nore iroin an parts 01 1110 rjouinsno siiniiatiiy notwooii too coioron and West to finish their education. ' race and tho Indian. Tho Indian looks Tlieio are senarato law nnd medical ! 111,011 work as a disraco. The freed, j 1 s j 1 ' ' tion, secession and treason. Since tlio 1 lose of tho war these resolutions have been but little used ; and it is probable tho Institution may bo more prosper ous, 3fay its members increase, and may pcaeo and loyalty bo taught; and may thoy flourish more than disloyalty and tieasou overdid. TIIK CIJUI-VJIAN At'VOlATK ASH FltKIIIJ MEX. Tho Itirhmond Qhritthn Adoo cute, under tho holy garb of religion, descends from its high calling into tho filthy pool of politics, nnd abuses Pres ident Lincoln, . illifies the Republicans j nnd it reiterates tho oft repeated Dem ocratic lie, that General Howard of the Freedmau's Bureau had reported that since the emancipation ot tho ne groes in tho South, that this unhappy race has decreased in numbers to tho extent of a million nnd a quarter. On professors; and every branch of science men know it to be honorable, and tho have separate professors. In thu lawlroad to wealth and happirioss. Tlio department, tho Kentucky and Virgin- Indians have over been and btill nro in renolutions of 1708-0 ha vo always '6a vage, vicious and warlike. The been one of their text books, which I freedmeii aro by nature und practice has been a fruitful source of uulliflca-jkiud nnd aHycliouatc, and over during intitul .y tills false basis it draws tlio conclusion that tlio colored race is indolent, tin- tlirilty, Improvident; and that tlicy will rapidly disappear like Indians be- foru the supeiior white man. President Lincoln has paid the last debt of nature, and passed from time toetcrnitv. His political nor religious enemies can now tlo him no harm, lie is well known Noith, so his acts and cunracicr uccu no euiogy or ueieuw in our hands. General Howard and the fl,,,,,,,,, slj nvc nmi M,cf, rIso - hoods should not go uncontradicted. M'l.- t.T...., in.... t. ...,....: 1 !.., iHw.uuvuiit r-..- nv .viv..vt. m; 1C.XV8 ns to the decado of the colored J . . , ... . , . . race from a telegram. It so, I nsk him to iitiblish General Howard's letter, I ---..-.,, lll'lll II IIIV.II L VAIOIVV 1IIU IV.111,11 I1IU .lltJ. facts, which contradicts the basis and The richest preacher in tlio world, every argument of tho Advocate , says the litligioMt Jfenthl, is the pas againM the colored nice : ' tor of the Second Presbyterian church "Geneial Howard shows that thecol- ivs mai inucoi- t4 MM from ntnlion North 1 educated and ored race has im'reasini 16(10 to 1S(10; that theagitnli iironaiuil tho slaves to look forward to the day of bis deliverance from bond- "way lat year, nuil m 1,000 more, nge. uotwithstanding they have been Tno trar of max has been coin in slaveiy for 2I." years. i meneed by the whites alone. Just be- i , I 7 . ' . lore the last election in Virginia, two about ,:)00,000 bales being nearly,. , ,,. . , , .. , ,. ' two-thirdsol tho largest croj. over pro- j iMlelllKont colored blaeksmiths were duced; nnd that the grain crop is informed if they voted for John M. double anv ever beforu raii-ed in tho Hoots, a Radical, as a delegate to tho South. The labor has been chlelly convention, their places of business iXM-Vst."S ;","! ' "",""r'- T""-""' ,,""-' uilice of the lonner hlave-miners to r Imu, nnd the very next evening hire the Ireedinen tho turrjlilji .tuni, their shops weie burned to the ground, the overflow of tho iMisMhsimii. and Tlio tinreeonteneteil 11,1,1 nmf inhunmn tnitmges upon the Irceilmeii bv tho whites have all eonspired to dwrciM. the amount of the crop. , The fivediiien during this year have deposited in the saving bank's hh.ODO,- 000, which is all seemed by United States Honds, bearing interest at the lalln f.l kl. I.ni fulfil ll.lt tltllllllll "i" " - i". I.. 'I'lm m-fiiiitrl v n( iilimtil ni'rsoiiH ill ' .... . I. . LouMana, alone, is assessed nt nearly ' Tie nionor vol co otei iicrsons tn I 1 8,000,000, an ii'l still tliey have iieeu the benefit' of publico , deprived of hehuols which their taxes hae contri I...I...1 tn lll...ifMt ...... .wn..n...... T urn nm now -100.000 colorei I c III ilrcti being taught in the United States; emulation among the poor whites, where education hcrotoloio has Iieeu greatly neglectod in the South." The above facts are taken from (Jen oral Howard's letter, which has re- evimy oceu p.wi.M.cu , a.... wu ...k h.u 1 1 ll'l 1 I T I euiioroi uio .niwi'r yi'i K""" oiiginiiteil iluiiiig the last session ol tho men to read it caiefitlly belbie thoy j Legislature, and when the (ioienioi's compare the Negro to the Indian race, special message on the subject ol rail and assist that the former are indolent, l0'"l ,v'"1 '"''"'"tho House, it was , ., . ., 1 .1 . .1 , referred to a special committee of lle, unthrifty, improvident ; and that they B,0(nft,.r (wlli;ln,(H, ,, the subject, will nipldly disappear fiom tho South reported a joint, resolution designating like tho Indian before tho march ol civilization. I was raised and educated in tho South, but for thu last oighteou years my home has as been among freo labor, giant, as cxproiscil by the Incorpoia , and tho Indians of Oio-1 ters, was filed with tlio Secretary of versh.ee tho fall of 1800 I ' Iiitfilor, wliitih acceptance ,f the freo schools. gou ; and ov have lieen as I . . !,i ,iiii...i..-.j i..,.,...,,...... with tho Indian charaoter, as tho edi- ! tor of the Adewute is with tho freed- I men; and I boldly assent, without fear r c.i ...... 1:. ..:.... .1.... i,... of biicechi.liil contra.liotton, that there ! ! 1 rr tho lato war which gave them their freedmen, thoy wero obedient und 1 peaccaole; nmi to-nay tney aro more isssiceablo and labor harder than their former masters. 1101.11 and fili.VKit mjm:s Have been struck in various places in Virginia. In Roektnliain county there is an old tpiurtz vein which is now Wii, worked. W, ,M-ta. , J8 to $20 a ton. A Northern roin ' puny with uinplo capital liavo com. mouccd workin a silver initio in Pn cahontas county. I saw somo of tho I - . soocimens and a little of tho silver a - i. 1 1 -it' few days ago, It looks very rich. I ; am informed many Noithern miners ( aro now prospecting in Highland I county, nnd on Jackson's river thoy " ' T hnvo discovered an old Indian furnace, . nnd near this furnaco there is a cavo, from which large quantities of human I NO. -10 'bones have been found. Tlio miners wero in search of silver or gold when tliey first found the skeletons, Tlio Iowa election resulted ns fol lows: In the Senate, the Republicans have thirty-nine and the Democrats .eight. In the House, the Republicans liavo seventy-seven and the Demo crats seventeen, which gives tho Re. publicans ninety-ono in joint ballot. Niiioty-fic counties gave a Hcpuhli j can majority of !!7,n,VI, nnd still 1 the Demounts s.iv they have largo gains; and that the Democrat of Iowa ., ,,!. r. ..nil fl-t.l -...I .. !.... inmiv . ..it.n. ..111, 41111. itiu uiuw IIIJJ over an overwhelming defeat. They , , , . , , . ,,' 'are only trying to keep up thu spitits of their disheartened nnd ileinor.iliri'il - ... 111 iinv, -. 1. 111 111s own uaiuo ue counts $1,500,000; his father Is worth a.1,000,000, and his wife es,000,000. ... ! '. .. , . ' ,' at Troy, N. Y. In his own name ho '" H:l,ar.v " 1.000. ,,,,t lll vo ,l nU j)mwniU, Virginia aie organiing , , , , ,. ,. i ... ' ' 't'oat the new free-school constit... 'ii, which they expect tho couven- tlon will form nmi submit to the pen- ,,10 n Juniiarv ; but the Radicals aie c0lllllinl (lf w -.i,,.,,!,,,, f yXiAr ,.. t.t Itllt ifin 111 fi liiririt intiitii'if i " " " t"v Citien inanhood-sullVage, regardless ol race or color, lias been adopted hi Tennessee mid .Minnesota by large ma- joiittos, I hesn arc the only States in ... . , , , "M,v " """i'" "' """"" 'of the fraiichisu to our colored people We find tho following account ol I progress madu by thu Oregon Cential , Rallrad Company, in tho Ottyonianot 'the llth Inst.: m vimii iii ri O'l'lilhi f-iritnii'iiii cm tint ttn..Q nalli.il ,,, , Vaii.liill Railroad Comp.iny, was ..... ... .(.I...... . ....... ,..... .....v.. said company to receive the laud giant cil by Congress, and also h ported a bill granting tho company rcitniu aid in tho way of iuteiest 011 bonds. In .May Inst tho "acceptance" of the laud ri-niry oeoi 10 00 111111111-111111, nun hl,t.u.,j ,, tl(. nctitii' Secictary of the cninpaiiy how' and in what iiiiin- ner tho "acceptauco" of tho laud K''t must bo mado by n board of ill- rcctois. lie necessary hteps wero ,. n ,.,,. ,,.' , , ... 00,..,y'li assent as tlirccted, ami 011 I. Inly M, 1HU7, tho "acceiitaneo" of this company was duly filed by tho -' 1 iiiiMiniitni'i j nmi 11 i tiitj kiiw , '.' Secretary of tho Iutericr, and tho com pany ofliclally rerogni.eil as entitled to the laud gi anted by Congress, On Inly S'.'d, 1H07, the Secretary of the Intel lor it second lime uotllled tho com pany that its papers 1110 all duly filed, A' a; so, as matteis stand now, the Yamhill Company is legally entitled to thu laud, subject to tho conditions 0f tho grant. As soon as tho coinpa ny nan ascoriainoii mat us papers went I'h-d, and itH right to tho laud of. I fiwny '"i.cl, " preeeded to tlio woik of Mirvnyit und loration, prepara- 'lory to filing a map with the Secretary 0f tho Inteiior, of its actual survey, us. ' reouiiwl by tho laud jjraut. CauvaBs- '"K 'or subscriptioim to ho stock of fcZSSffig. olleil f,.0II1 , lhi ()ay of 0,!toj;gr i last until tho present, and is still being pusiicii. t. inel I'.nguluecr Lewis ami -.... lay arc now; In nm hill county, ,,e,,r . "V '" lc 'I0"1 '"rtlnnr l,y 8,irvey 'i"o, nut 1 himdied niilou of bavin-: run near oiiu I ,.tii..i.i .11. (WO ... l..l. IHUQ III iigfjur trial 1:...... 1.. ....... tniniug tho bc6t grpund, In tho way of cash and means to build tho road, ''' Winnanv has aliea.ly scoured over rt.n litini 1 ffkft tt liniientt1 Irtl lt wet 1 U'ttdi. .ton B(, Yamhill, and tho v?ork not closed, with confident expectations of doubling that amount in thca two counties alone, most ot tho subscribe agreeing to duplicate their subscrip tions when tho work commences. Canvassing has but recently com menced lu Polk county by Judgo Wbitsou and J. II. Smith, nnd a great deal ol interest Is nlready excited there. Tho company's engineers hnvo examined thrco passes through tho mountains west of Portland 1st, tho "Old Canyon:" 2d, the "Cornelius Pass;" ami 3d, within tho last ten dnys, the "Cornell Pass." The engi neers report tho Inst two ns practica ble. The Company claim, nnd arc ready to make good their claim, that n rail road to tho head of thu illamctto val ley, cnu bo constructed through cither of the Inst two passes, for less money, and then control tnort tnut untt travel, nnd bo a cheaper road operated, than upon nny other location named. This Comiiany honestly dcslro to mnko tlio best location of the road for Its own success, being assured by the capitalists who propose to nid them, that without n proper location of thu road, responsi ble contractors will not touch it, Thoy desire, to get out of Portland without expending anything for right of way, ami hopu to have thu hearty co-operation ot all our citizens. They have no expectation of building moro than twenty miles ol rond with home capi tal, but are assured that ability to do tha'. much Is tho surest means of so cut lug all tho money needed for tho en tire enterprise; but foreign capital will be secured ut tho first opportunity, 110 matter when or wheio presented. The Company tlo not contemplate, a greater cnterpslo than a vnllcy road, nor docs it ask for nny further Govern incut aid, but claims to be protected in what it has. Thu company hnvo had thu county surveyors along tho lino ex ploring the public lands likely to fall to thu Company, and find them of tar greater valuu than was supposed." NtnirrScK.vui.vA IIoaiuumi Houbk. A lady, whoso husband is In Califor nia, Calcutta, or Chicago, suddenly awakened fiom her sleep tho other morning, about two o'clock, and spring? lug from her bed, dashed nut of her room, at diihaldllt, serenming at tho top ofher voice, ".Murder I Help! Miir der ! .Man in my room I " etc,, etc. fu ller tho ciieuinslances this was quito natural, inasmuch as moro than 0110 mistake.,)! this kind had happened in thu house recently. Now, it appeared that 110 less than three husbands wero nbseut when they should have been theie, uml consequently thoro was mora or less wonder, mixed up with u spo eies of apprehension 011 tho pait of three wives, each 0110 womleiing whittle er it was her husband who had thus forgotten himself or thu room. "Oh, come up quickly," shouted tho tenilled female, holding on to thu out stilu door-knob. " Pvo got him in." " If it's my Josy," said another dis consolate, "I'll learn him butter. Confound these night suppers ; now he's, hi,')! at one of them and has mistaken tho room, und theio I've been nlouonll night." "Has ho got whiskers V" anxiously asked tho wife, uiiou rcachlmr tho lauding of the upper floor. " Ves, ma'am, gieat big biiiihy whis kers, laying right ahmg side of my check wueii I uwoko. Dear inu If my Alexander was here, lut'd learn him better, I will warrant you." " Joseph J Joseph I Josey I " shoutod the wlfu nt tint door. t No answer came; not even a grunt, incident to Inebriation. ".May bo ho has jumped out of tho window," suggested tho four or flvo females, all ut once, who had inndo it splendid group oi long whito lira, pcry. " Here help! Urlnga light bring a light!" shouted several of tho fe males. Presently a light was brought, and several of tho male boarders appeared, all armed to glvo tho thief or robber such a treatment ns ho had Justly earned for hlmsell. Tho door was opened, nnd In rushed tho valient squad, nnd sum enough tlio fellow was still in bed, with tho top of his head just peeping uboto tho sheet. "Como out of here, you scoundrel I" said 0110 of tho men, at the same grasp ing him by the hair. Tho tableau was stilLlngly interest ing mid graphic, Tho resolute boarder almost fell from tho Impetus ho had given himself ; for, instead of Jei king out a man, it was nothing moro than a " fii.zed cldguon," .which the lovely occunaut of the boil had forgotten to take, oft' when sho retired for the ulghl. It had beon detached in her sleep, und grazing her cheek, awakened her, Tlio alarm, qf1 course, was quite natuinl. Tho board ers had a hearty laugh, and all retired' lo happy driiam.J'iiladtlj)hia Prest, It is said Homier, of tho Now York f.cdyer, pays some of his verso makers by tho year, nnd not by tho yaid, a j' generally belioved. , 1. J jf 1 ', 1; $ ! M ft