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Newspaper Page Texty j - Cljc lUcckin (Enterprise. Oregon City, Oregon : Saturday, December 22, 1866. ,; The Cuicb Route." A late number of the Cbvrant says there is a half ton of paper mail at Chico, waiting for sacks, to be transported to Idaho Cify. and accuses the Idaho Postmasters with failing to re turn the sacks to the Chico office, as di rected to do. Ah, Mr. Courant, it was a bad egg, when you let that cat out. You should have kept mum about it The Avalanche and Statesman both deny the charge, and say there are no stray bags at Boise or Silver. How can it be t&en ; ex cept that the missing property is on the road? That was a " -fry-monthly" line, we believe but according to the Idaho World of November 21th, the stages had ceased running : But " the line will re- sume traveling at the earliest practicable day next spring." We can bring you some of oldrllalleck's men, now (lit of service, who give rather positive informa tion that the "traveling" has never been 'practicable" in the past. Keep on brother, perfiips you will be able to find those bags sometime when Idaho can get her mail " at the earliest practicable day." Was there ever such a consummate hum- buz as Chico. before? and greater asses Colville. The Walla Walla Statesman learns that the; contractors for carrying the Colville mail decline carrying it after January 1st, 1SG7. Reason assigned in adequacy ot compensation 54,UUU per annum. This will deprive a large num- bf of people of a necess; estimates, which are published" in the Statesman, the wheat cp of Colville val ley for the last season at 150,000 bhels ; . oats, 100,000 bushels. They had also large crops of potatoes, onions and cabbages of all 'kinds were ruling low. Provisions The millers wheal. pay $1.25 per bushel for Ps.sia and ArsaA. The relations be tween Prussia and Austria have, in spite of the conclusion of peace, remained of the most unfriendly nature. Recently, when a difficulty arose(l)etween the Prus sian Government and the House of Depu ties on account of a loan of sixty millions proposed by the former, Count Bismark very distinctly intimated that the disposi tions of the Austrian Government might Soon bring on another war. The official anqemi-olncial press ot rrussia nas ever eince spoken of the relations of the two ocourts in the same manner. Tus New Overland Mail. The mail o from Portland eastward isnow carried by IIolla,day?s overland stages, on the Columl bia river and Omaha route. Under these new arrangements, tfie Post Office at Wal- lula has been made a distributing office. The only other distributing offices on the coast are those ot bait Lake, Sacramento ai: ,d SatFraucisco. Short Sighted. The Tribune says that the histSry of our country, for the last six rears, is a record of successive Democratic ions steadily falsified by events, fulfilled .its Since the 17 pro-Slavery party own prophecy by inaugurating the Rebel lion, it has never failed-to anticipate and forsee exactly what dkrnot come to pass. Dexied. The Register denies the rumor that Fort Vancouver is to be abandoned, and turned over to the Catholic Mission. " Ihe R:ght Rev. Bishop ot the Diocese knows nothing about it, and neither is it contemplated by the military authorities to interfere with the post one way or the other." . 7 A Scotch Factory ir America. The Uvftalo Express says that a wealthy British wblen manufacturer is removing his es tablishment from Scotland to that city, lie propose to establish the manufacture of woolen goods upon on (Extensive scale, 0 making a balmorals. sje(qialty of plaid goods and Severe Storms. Over 100 vessels of Various descriptions have been wrecked disabled byCJecent storms on th coast of the Atlantic and at least 500 people whH werj, irthem have found a wa'.ery grave. Even in these days of marine skill and of powerful vessels, the elements sometimes gain-the mastery. New Road. A bridge 220 feet in length is about finished over the Washougal river, in Clark count Washington Territory. The improvement was much needed. When it is completed, but Onmll expen- - diture is required to make a good wagon road from Vancouver to the(Dascades. e NewspafSr Matters. The Jacksoville (Si Reporter will hereafter be known as the Southern Orego7i Press, under the same management however. qT1 Walla Walla Statesman has terminated its fifth volume. Under the management of Wm. II. Newell it is a flourishing sheet. Fatlcre ix Owyhee. The Boise States man of DccemberSth. gives an account of the failure of the Cosmos Mining Company. of Owyhee. Suits to the amount of nearly $100,000 have been instituted against the company. DECXixEDOwing to the nature of his public duties, and some considerations of a private business character, the Oregonian t-tates that;Go-ernor Woodg will not visit the East, as it wits stated he would. Q Illuminating Gas. Mr. Henry D. Green, of Portland, has obtained a patent for the manufacture of illuminating gas from the combination of paw-dust with naptha, pe troleum, or other mineral oils. I)Ei4?fiAT in W. T. In order to be "up tb' time" with the 40th Congress, Washing ton Territory must elect a Delegate in January r February. Indicted. Page. Watson and Murphy, the Boise geld dust operators, have been indicted. 0 Lowell, Lawrence and Orcgoii City. Somehow common usage has of late be gan to familiarize the name of this city with those of Lowell and Bawrence, man ufacturing cities upon the Merrimac river, in Massachusetts. "We believe that it is conceded that nature has done more for Oregon Citythan was done for Lowell, and as to Lawrence that city stands ex clusively built by man's industry. The power which drives the looms and jacks at Lawrence was obtained by the erection of a dam across thetreain. The Merrimac is not a navigable river, and its wat r is far inferior to that of the Willamette for lufacturing purposes. So much we are assured of, ia the superiority of the location of Oregon Citv. Let us inquire into the future prospectiof our town, by comparison to Lowell ajid Lawrence. In point of fall, Ave have about the same we believe, that is obtained at Lowell, and in addition to this have more ample room, without the necessity of carrying water back from the river for miles, before sites f jr the erection) of suitable works can be obtained. We are on the edge of one the finest wool growing regions in the worlds oundless ia extent and within twcl e miles of a seaport, from, whence we can ship our manufactured articles, i and receive the raw material for cotton fabrics, direct from the Islands of the Pa- fic or the lower coast. Lowell and Law rence have not any greater facilities than these. But it is not)only in this respect, that this region excels. The created re sources of Clackamas county are unsur passed in the world. We have timber, building-rock, iron, etc., ruuder our feet. and all about us, and' but lor the occur rence of the civil war, with its excitements and peril most undoubtedly these phys ical resources would, nave been far ad vanced by this time. Yet, when Ave con sider that ve live in a fast age, when the desideratum seems to be how to accom- P1 tho greatest results in the least givenQ time, and when we realize what has been going on in Oregon foifour years past, notwithstanding the war which the coun try has passed through, and the great debt ibsorbing tjie most extraordinary taxation, we find our hopes quickened apace, and confidently look ahead. On Tuesday last a gentleman of out acquaintance in Port land, and Avhose father assisted to lay the foundation for the first factory in Lowell, paid our sanctum a long anS cheerful visit. He was familiar with most things about Lowell, and like most men, looked upon this fair city as full of promise. He remarked that this must be like Loicell and so it must, is the expression of all. He seemed to think that people East could have no just conception of the advantages offered here for the investment of money 6u a large scale, in manufacturing pursuits For the sake of thepermanent good repute of these advantages, we have workedand will continue to work, to give the mos Satisfactory evidence to Eastern capital ists of the trgth of our assertions that we have more wealth in Oregon undeveloped than they can promote by lavish expendi tures in the tardy interests which they are now generally carrying on. Nobodyj here doubts the wonderful richness of Oregon, but through innumerable speculative com panies who have deceived and swindled Eastern capitalists by their wild cat quartz operations, our industrial prospects have been set back at least tea years. The ,; Boot Incorporation" a&out the yegr 182(5-30 erected the first factory in Lowell, Af... 1 rvi it -i -uushuciniseiLa. men me locality was a mere swamp. The town was divided by the Merrimac river, and took its incorpo atiou as a city from Chelmsford and Tetfks bury. Two years after the " Boot" Fac tory, the " Merrimac" was erected, the year following the " Appleton" and "Hamilton" factories were built Then came the " Lawrence," built by Amos A. Lawrence of Boston, who subsequently founded the city of Lawrence. From this time Lowell continued to flourish, until lis present rank was obtained. In the year 1853 it was proposed to incorporate the " ciry of Lawrence, but as the required number of population was not then there, it requiring 12,000, the project failed. Now the city-numbers between 35,000 and 40.000 inhabitants. The celebrated " Pa cific Mills" are located at Lawrence, which give employment to more than 3,000 op eratives. The owners of stock in these factories are content with realizing much smaller dividends than the factories upon this coast yield to their owners. Money being more abundant, and consequently cheaper, even with labor relatively higher than it is here in Oregon, they get but about i to G per cent, per annum on their investment, while here it is quite com mon that dividends equal 21 to 25 per cent, upon the capital fctock of manufac turing corporations. UJ - Ship-Blilbixg ox I'uget SocxD. A wri ter from Steilacoom, W. T., in the Vancou ver Register of last Saturday, says that for theQuisiness of ship-building Steilacoom offers very superior facilities ; having a spacious harbor, no sea, no rock's, bold shores, and lumber delivered at the low price of eight dollars per thousand feet. Vessels can be built here at less than $25 pe ton : of course, exclusive of rigging. Surely, with these advantages, Steilacoom flight to do something in the way of ship building, and would do much with the aid of a l(ttle capital. lie states further, on authority" a mill proprietor, that lumber to build vessels Still be furnished at the mill at So per thousand ; the mill proprie tor taking interests in the vessels built to the amount of the lumber, bills. To a builder of limited means this is certainly a good chance, and with the present lim ited tonnage of thelast, it certainly ought to be a great inducement. IuForrrED Stock. It is generally grati fying to note the importation of blooded Ustock in Oregon, but the importation of uie jacxass wno nas recently mounted the tripod in the Democrat office at Albany, was a useless experiment Ilia brain, i m 't suited to his polish. OltEGOS. The Pacific on Friday last took away from Portland $i 56,000 in treasure. " Mr. Al. Zeiber of Portland, has entered upon his duties as U. S. Marsha!. The Sentin-el of December 15th learns that there was twenty inches of snow at Fort Klamath. a recent trip to San Francisco, from Crescent City, the Pel Norte took 400 tons of copper ore from mines in the southern part ot the State. Last j-ear at this time the Columbia river was closed by ice, above the Willamette. This year there lias been but one snow squall reported along the line. A scow load of sawed shingles arrived from St. Johns on Thursday last says the Herald and were landed on Couch's wharf to await the return of the Montana, wis n they will be shipped to San Francisco. The Oreaonian of Saturday says the weather at Canyon City is open, line and dry, the roads were never better, and mining is going on, with about the average lack of the summer season. Indian troubles are no less frequent than formerly, east of the mountains, and the troops are being stationed in safe quarters, apparently for the winter. Why the late changes are made, no one not posted can say. Portland has paid during the year lSGil, m salaries, expenses of city Government, and improvements of various kindsoupou Public Property, the sum of 34,syi,71, ex clusive of the Willamette rivr improve ments, which are not yet definitely footed up. The estimated expenses for the year 18(57 is 40,500. Multnomah county, thou0.,tbe first county in the State as to 'property, and third in population, is the fourteenth iurcspect to cattle. There are thirteen cdunties that have, each, more horses; ten that have, each, more hogs ; fifteen that have more mules aud eleven that have more sheep. Rich gold deposits have been found lately at Randolph, near tho mouth of the Co quille river, and about forty miles north of the famous cold beach. They were discov ered in an old beach formation three hundred feet above high water and are paying fifty dollars per day to thevhand ! It is said that the valuable farming coun try across the Columbia river from Umatilla, on theCYakima is being rapidly settled by enterprising and well-to-do farmers. Gov. rickenng nas appointed commissioners io organized new county, and they will per- fcom the duty assigned them at an early aay. Tiip nnint to be selected as the couuty seat is about torty miles irom umanna. It is tinned that Grand Roude Vailey produced this last season over a million bushels of grain. In Povder River Valley, the tanners have raised "over seven hundred bushels. If the crops increase in the same proportion another season, the question as to form what point Montana and Idaho shail draw their supplies of flour and grain will be definitely settled. The Oregorna says that some of the prom inent citizens ot Portland have organized a comnany and incorporated under the laws of theState. for the purpose of building- a rail . r - - road on the O resrou side of the Columbia river portage at the Cascades. Directors are elected and a surveyor sent to locate the road, etc. The original incorporators are Messrs. W. W. Chapman, J. Br Price, T. J. Carter and J. II. Mitchell. The Oregonian- has been shown by Mr. W. P. Watson who has recently been through the Umpqua valley, some specimens of broom corn and tobacco which grew near Wilbur. The broom corn for length of straw is quite equal to the finest crops of California, being over twTfeet long and very straight and tough. Mr. W. saw crops of sorghum there which was very large. The tobacco, is of large leaf, fine, bright color, and is very little coarser hi texture"thau the West Virginia and Kentucky leaf. The Herald learns that the Eagle Creek Quartz district, in Baker county, lias made a decided impression on all "parties who have visited them. We predict, lrom the best information we get, that this camp will be the main field of iuvestments and specu lation the coming season. From a private letter we learn that 600 feet of the Shriver copper has been bonded to California opera tors for the sum of SO,O0t.. ." feet of the same ledge was sold in this city a few days ago for :3,000. The company owning the greater part of the " Gem of the Mountain" gold bearing lcdgerhave refused to accept of 25 pef foot for their Gem ledge. Di ring the last term of Court in Umatilla count, says the Jces, two individuals were convicted, one for selling whisk' to the In dians, and the other fur stealing horses. The man who endangered the lives of the whole enmnmnitv. men. women and children, by scllinir whisky to the savacre. was fined the paltry sum of thirty dollars, while the pop" devil" who simply stole a cayuse was sen tenced to a year in the penitentiary. We would not for a moment question the mo tives of Judge Wilson, in imposing so slight a fine as thirty dollars for the offence above stated, but we cannot but regret the injurious effect which it will have upon that class of men, who are so lost to humanity and de cency as to engage in that nefarious traffic. The prisoner could afford to pay such a fine every month in theryear, and then make enough from the Indians to insure him a good profit. Let such men be fined to the extent of the law. So say we. The crime is one that it Is veryiard to convict upon generally, and when a plain case is made let the vagabond suffer. The Willamette and LTp-er Columbia are to be surveyed, under the Superintendence of R. Covington, Esq., an old citizen of Vancouver, who returned from Washington City recently, having been appointed to that position by the Secretary of War under a recent act of Congress, appropriating some thirty thousand dollars for that purpose. The "work will probably be delayed unitil (Dnext spring, as Capt. Williamson, the chnS engineer officer ot this Military Division and to whom Mr. Covington reported for duty. vpcpIvpH nn nri h instrnf tinn PnnocHi V"-". iZ: w . lag the cnaracter ana extent or trie survr to be made, but has written to the Depp rnent for information. Then again it is n known, what was meant by Congress when the appropriation was made for the " Upper Columbia." Some contend that3t means the Columbia immediately above the Dalles, while others believe it to be the main fork of the river above its junction with Snake river. The Engineer Bureau will-set COLUMBIA COCXTV, We find in the Sacramento Union of the 1st, theCfollowiug history of St. Helen, its location, and other matters in Columbia count-, which reads very much like the writings of Mrs. F. F. Victor. It bears date St. Helen, Oregon, November 17th, 1SC6 : Did anybody in California, except the Postmasters, ever hear of such a place as St. Helen? It is just possible that some pioneer may have a lingering recollection of the spot and may know sotnethiVgf its his tory for it has a history. Tn when Captain Wyeth brought a trapping party across the Rocky Mountains and sent the brig May Puere around the Horn with a cargo of goods, intending to compete with the Hudson's Bay Company and establish a salmon fishery, he selected this identical spot for a future town site, and it obtained the name of Wyeth s Rock. The Captain subsequently built a fort for the protection of his fishery on Wappatoo Island, a short distance above, and ended at last by selling out to his courteous and powerful friends of the Hudson's Bay Company, who sent him about his business in the friendliest manner conceivable, and the Captain and his rock were forgotten. Fifteen or twenty years passed, when some other man of less note, seeing the eligibility of the spot, took pos session of it as a land-claim and eventually laid it out in a town. In those days Portland was nowhere and somebody was cutting away the forest on its undiscovered site. No bod dreamed of seeing theoocean steamers up the Willamette they stopped at St. Heleii. The Pacific Mail Steamship Com pany built a large wharf and storehouse, finally, and thousands of tons of anthracite coal was kept here for supplying their ships. Mills and stores of goods were brought here, and business in St. Helen was lively. In the meantime a town had started where Portland new s-tands, some of whose leading i i mi i law LnjuKXaaiiiiijiww Jg men, having faith in this point, tried to ob tain property here, but the proprietor of bt. Helen (first called Casenau) seeing visions of untold magnificence before his eyes, refused to sell his lots for any prices within their ability to purchase, by which folly he not onlv defeated his own hopes but created a rivalry in Portland, which with continued mismanagement on his part and the usual accidents ultimately rendered him unsuccess ful and Portland, "twelve miles up a tribu tary of the Columbia, is the seaport town of Oregon, instead of some point on the main river. Fires swept away the milling prop erty and the Pacific Mail Steamship Com pany's wharf and warehouses, dumping their coal in the river, where it still li.;s, an im ported coal bed, metamorphic, like the rock the town stands on. The business of St. Helen, under these circumstances, ran down, the best of its active citizens left in disgust, titles became mixed, mortgages covered half the town, aud at this date the Portlanders nnlv know of this nlace as the county seat of a very backward county, and a good local ity for trout, fishing, aeer nunung, iLc. juti them not think of'St. Helen as so entirely rural ; she is not dead but sleepeth. Within thelast year certain parties have taken hold of the place to right the titles, lift the mort gages and put it on its feet again. To-day the sound of the hammer and saw resounds on Jill sides ; old buildings, long disused, are being fitted up, and new ones erected. Lots havebeen sold for the site of a large lumber mill and sash and door factory ; also, for a ship yard, docks, and other improvements along the water front. A flouring mill will( probably be put in operation next summer. All this"suddenly developed energy has been the perfectly spontaneous result of -he peo ple's faith iii the excellence of the point when rid of its old incumbrances. -s for the loca tion of the place, it is in every respect ahead of Portland for a commercial town. The Portlanders confess that; jit the safiie time they believe in the might of their accumu lated capital to control the commercial inter ests of the State. Time o'dy will decide that matter time and railroads. It is scarcely probable that the California and Or egon Railroad will; stop at any point south of the Columbia river. A moment's study of the map shows the fallacy of that idea. There is, besides more good farming land in thPimmediate vicinity of St. Helen than of Portland or any other town onQhe Columbia river. In the first place, the Willamette Vallev. or the Plains, are as near to one place as the other, while Sauvie's Island ( Wapira'too), a rich agricultural region of over twenty miles in length by from three to six m width, is just at the door of St. Helen. Immediately onnosite are the mouths of the Cathlanootlp. or Lewis, rind Lak tivprs.Cl Both these streams have rich valleys, now quite thickly settled. At the foot of Sauvie's Island, where the Lower Willamette (Col ombia slough) debouches into tho Columbia, is a bay setting back among rich bottom lands for a distance of about seven miles. While there is so much alluvial land in the immediate vicinity of the town, the town it self is set upon a ledge of basaltic rock, cov ered with only soil enough to support some picturesque groves of hi s and a beautiful green sod. The surface is broken by the gradual rise in terraces of the ground as it recedes from the river. Mount !St. Helen stands clearly and squarely in front of us, while Hood is off to the right, and does not seem so near as at Portland. Opposite to us is the bottom land of the Columbia, covered, except where therearc farms, with a beauti fulgrowth of oak, cottonwood.ash and maple, this timber forming a belt between the river and the rich grass lands, above which rise the noble hills that everywhere skirt the valley of the Columbia. It is asserted by residents here tlWt the mountains opposite and up Lewis river aboumlPin gold and cop per ; but being very rough and difficult to prospect, no mines have vet been discovered. On the Oregon side, and directly back of St. Helen, are coal and iron minesof an ascer tained great value. In fact, ltis no longer a question as to the value of the coal, iron and salt of this county; add to these, line tracts of fir and cedar close to the river, and oak of excellent quality convenient forlboat ing, and you have the chief advantages of St. Helen except its harbor, which is rareiy blocked with ice, the water from the Lower Willamette being warn:, and the channel forty feet in depth. This I believe to be a fair inventory of the merits of Wvcth's Rock, otherwise St. Helen ; though doubtless the old residents could enumerate a great many more. If the Postmasters are the only per sons' who heretofore knew of this favored spot, it is to be hoped that this letter will inform a great number of people. I doTiot know what better advertisement it could have, unless Mark Twain should conclude to spend a summer in this region writing up its peculiarities, while he made us acquaint ed with some of his own. One of the'ehief topics of conversation here, after the election returns, is an effort which is being made in 1 ortland to procure the assistance of the General Govei;riinent in closing up the Low er Willamette "against navigation ! Twenty miles or more of deep water navigation to be cut off, and the country on eijher side to be desolated in order that'thc town of Portland may flourish, and may be able by the help of all this added volume of water, to keep open the steamship channel, which the "dredger' finds a difficulty in doing 1 Port land has two Senators (ja Congress who may succeed in hoodwinkingCongress to that ex tent; however, I am inclined to doubt it, not knowing of the man, out of Portland, who seriously entertains the notion that even Congress has the right to take away twenty miles ot navigable water from the country to which ,jt belongs. The summer, which has been delightful and lon-g drawn out for Ore gon, has finally fled, leaving us rain and mist, green trees amLfresh grass, and vividly emerald mosses Wr consolation. The leaves of deciduous trees are gaver than poppies, scarlet and gold, and lovely russets. The river, broad and dimpled with wind and wave, flows by in solemn majesty. Alto gether, my surroundings at this place are more productive!' reflection than action ; therefore, for the present, adios. UMATILLA COCXTV. 14. V e received the first number of the CF) Lumbui Press, published at Umatilla, too late v11 leprini uie following selections last wees to reprint the following vj, f -j. om it, upon tne ireneral nrosneritv of things in that county : The Press say"that a party of men have been at work during the summer and fallen the Columbia, about ten miles below Umatilla, making from six to twelve dollars per day to the man. For miles above and below us on the Columbia, one may make from five to ten dollars per day, winch, isf'ar better than twice that sum mauy hundreds of miles .from cultivation, m t he heart of the mountains. The diggings on the Umatilla have made a fair return to the prospectors Persons passing up and down the Columbia and uiWcquainted with the interior of Umatilla county are led to fornx an opinion that it is situated in a God-forsaken, barren portion of the earth, with no resources except commercial; while the contrary is the case. Twelve miles from thi river, one beholds as tine a farming country as lies between the Cascades and Rock Mountains. When that country is fully settled, Umatilla will occupy no inferior position as a grain and produce market vVe have taken some pains to get at the number and kind of business, houses in Umatilla, and we enumerate the following: Miscellaneous and Variety stores, g Groce ries and provisions (5, General Merchandise 2, Stoves and tinware 1, Hardware 1, Wines and liquors Tobacco and cigars S, Clothing stores Drug stores 4, Saddlers 2, Jewellers, 21 Brewery, 2 Livery Stables, 2 IlayCorrals, f Bakery, 3 lloteU, 1 Restau rants.O 4 Forwarding 6iM Commission Houses, 2 Tailor Shops, 2 Barber Shops, 13 Saloons, 1 School 11 Physicians, 5 Lawyers, 3 Blacksmiths, 2 Wagon shops. Transportation by wagous or pack trains always in readiness. Thirteen S'aloous and one bakery that 's Demoatic Birch creek valley is rapidly settling up with a hardy and enterprising people. Its dairies are already becoming noted for the excel lence! ttieir productions. They are also(P preparing to establish a permanent school at the forks of the Creek, and we know of no place more favorable for the farmers or stock raisers to locate than Birch Creek, . . .The J'rens speaks favorably of the proposition to divide the State; it says : "If permitted tj our own way to develop our resources, our wealth and prosperity would increase in ten fold proportion, and for all articles of foreign growth or manufacture, our patronage of W estern Oregon would increase in the same propoi tiva." " CD TELEGRAPHIC SEWS. We take the following telegraphic news from dispatches to the Morning Oregonian. Dates lo December 13. The Georgia Legislature passed a stay law over the Governor's veto. Richardson, Spence & Co.'s Liverpool cir cular of Nov. 13, quotes white California wheat 14s a 14s tid per 100 lbs. The defeated bill for extending the opera tions of the stay law in the Virginia Legis lature has been reconsidered. Both houses of the North Carolina Legis lature rejected Howard's amendment to the Constitution. The recent seizure of a Jarge number of distilleries has had the effect of closing nearly ever establishment in New York city. Gen. Sheridan sent a dispatch boat io bring Minister Campbell, Gen. Sherman and their attendants to New Orleans, where they arrived on the 13th. . The ship Ocean Eagle, from Baltimore for San Franciseo, was compelled to put into Rio on the 31st of October in. distress. .She had three feet ot water in her hold. She encouutered very heavy weather in latitude 43 The school law passed both houses of the Georgia Legislature. The Senate passed a bill taxing foreign corporations two per cent, on gross amount of income, and national banks one half per cent. The bankrupt bill was lost. New York papers say that Great Britain is increasing her demands for grain. The amount of a quarter of a million of bushels was shipped during the past two days. The whole stock of all kinds of grain in the New York market will not probably exceed twelve milliou of bushels. Kale of Kalesdale, formerly of Idaho, was robbed of 40,Oo0 on Wednesday, in a train from New York, while on his way to Wash ington. The money stolen belonged to the Government, which Mr. Lyon was conveying to Washington, where he'was going to set tle his accounts with the Indian Bureau, as Superinteudant of Indian Affairs for Idaho having been superceded by Governor Bal lard. CA correspondent from Cork writes that the feeling of uneasiness is considerably in creased by measures resorted to by the conn try traders, people, and comfortable farmers, to get mto their possession all the money they can scrape together, which they are turning into gold and secreting. .Shop keepers decline renewing their stock of goods, aud excuse the payments cT out standing accounts, while they draw from the banks the balances in their favor. The farmers are also drawing their money from the banks, and requiring gold payments for their produce. There are none more un happy than the Catholic Clergy. They say the people now avoid their instructions, al though they usually attend mass, they with draw from their other duties, aud the non observance of the requirements of the church is not confined to t!:e male population. The steamship C'vla arrived at New York on the 1 5th, with Liverpool dates to Decem ber 1st. Two gunboats left iSheerness for Ireland with large quantities of arms and ammuuition. A London telegram to the Dublin jtremanx Journal says Stephens is hou'ir expected in London, and detectives were on the alert for him. A Paris letter gives a rumor that he had arrived there, having passed through Loudon. There was some demand for rebel bonds in London on November 30th, and prices improved to 6 at 6 1-2 La France speaks in the follow ing terms: The great question of the mo ment is American affairs. The arrival of the next uackej) is looked for with intense anxiety. Till then the public mind will be influenced bv any secondary indications tending to throw light upon the real state of things. For instance, it has been remarked within a ew days that American faivds are lower at London, Frankh'ri and New York. The conclusion is that the relations between France and the United States must be very delicate. It is also rumored that the Juarez loan is quoted lower in Loudon. A rupture between Greece and Turkey is imminent. Money and American securities are vm changed. The settlement rriSie by Consul Morse, ia London, with Frazier, Trenholm it Co., the disavowal of which by the United States was mentioned in a recent dispatch, purported the settlement of all claims of the United States-) against that firm, involving many thousands of pouuds sterling. It appears that proceedings iW chancery were Leing vigorously prosecuted by the Consul in Liverpool. Mr. Dudley had succeeded in forcing Frazier, Trenholm .t Co., into a po sition where they were compelled to make a full disclosure, on oath, of all dealings of the firm with the Confederate Government in cluding all transactions with the rebel Secre tary of the Treasury Mr- Trenholm, together with a full exhibition of all their books and papers. To avoid disagreeable disclosures, Frazier, Trenholm & Co., sought and effected a settlement which was clandestinely made through Mr. Consul Morse, and one Mont gomery Gibbs, reputed to be an agent of the Treasu-y Department, tirhose agreement provides for dismissing all claims in Eng land and the United States and merely re- i-quires that Frazier, Trenholm & Co., shall state now, under oath, what Confederate property they have had in th?ir possession. That they shall dispose of the same, and af ter paying themselves 1 150,000, which, with out any statement of account as greeed upon as the indebtedness of the Coifederate Government to them, they shall pay5 the re maining balance to the United States. This settlement was made by Mr. Morse under the color of geuera! authority from the Treasury Department for the Confederate property in England, but it has been promptly rejected by the United States Government on the ground that it is re linquishing everything to Frazier, Trenholm $: Co., and was in fact utterly without au thority on the part of the Consul at London, whose instructions did not apply to these proceedings, which were under the sole con trol of the Consul at Liverpool. He made the pretended settlement behind the back of Mr. Consul Dudley, and without the knowl edge of Miiiister Adams, without whose sanction nonaction was valid. The disap proval of the agreement having gone to England by telegraph, due legal proceedings will bo renewed and pressed with vigor, until every dollar of Confederate property in the hands of thechief financial ageuts of the rebellion shall be secured. CONGRESSIONAL. The District suffrage bill passed the Senate on the 13th. Ayes, 32 nays, 13. The House Committee" on Elections has agreed to report a bill establishing one day for all Congressional elections. In the Senate a joint resolution to allow steamboats to carry friction matches with out storing in fire proof safes was passed. ine concurrent resolution- tor a recess from December 20th to January 3d, which passed the House by 103 to 54, will meet with serious opposition in the Senate. Four petitions have been presented to Congress for the impeachment of the Presi dent, all from the W.tjst, bearing in the ag gregate about 2"0 names. - The Po.it' Washington special dispatch says Washington people manifest no excite ment over the suffrage debate. The lead ing evening papers have come out in favor of impartial suffrage. Iu the House, Bidwell of California offered a resolution instructing the Post oiiice Com mittee to inquire into the expediency of re establishing the Southern ' Overland Mail route from San Francisco, via Los Angeles to Memphis Tennessee. Adopted. q Howe, of Wisconsin, offered a resolution instructing the Committee on Public Lands to report on the expediency ot printing the iepoit of the Commissioner of the "Land Office for the year ending June, 1SG6, in dif ferent foreign languages for distribution at Qhe(Pjnris exhibition. in the Senate a bill was mtrouced for the relief of W. L. Adams. Gill!. ctrr nf A ttnfi'n (D Oregon, on aeeount of funds stnl on inSlu r Francisco last February. Also a bill pro viding that notice of the ratification of the Constitutional amendment be sent to the President of the Senate and Speaker of the Ilduse of Representatives instead of the Secretary of State. The Secretary of War reports the cost of Indian expeditions as follows: The Quarter master's Department in IS 04 expended $9,11C,000; the Subsistence Department the same year expended S15.50u.ono; th i..,. I Department, f'yX''?, The fymternjastcr 3 Department in 1865 expended $19,250,000 ; the Commissary Department $3,500,000; the Pay Department, $1,110,000. Stevens of Pennsylvania, introduced a bill to re-establish civil government in North Carolina, to enable it to resume its former relations as one of the Constitutional States of the American Union." Referred to Com mittee on Territories. It provides for holJ insr a convention of two hundred delegates atRaleirh. on the 20th of May. 1867. to 1 frame a constitution to be submitted to Con gress for approval or rejection, and that all citizens who can read or write, or own 200 worth of prooerty, may vote for delegation ; the United States Marshal to appoint judges of the electiou and the delegates to take an oath that since the 4th of March, 1866, they would willingly have complied with the requirements of the President's proclama tion of the Sth of December, lSt3, had a safe opportunity been afforded. 'Secretary McCulloch's new tariff bill is in print, with" .the rates of the House bill passed last July, and the proposed new rales in parallel columns. At a glance it is seen that the new measure for the most part re-enacts the existing tariff act, and the respect in which it differs is that it favors the impor ters more than the home products. The Ways and Means Committee appear to be about equally divided on the subject of the contraction of the currency, aud the proba bility is that the commitiee will adhere to the present rate of monthly contraction. Mr. McCulloch's plan for a more rapid contrac tion will hardly be reported in favor of, as the temper of the House is such that were the matter to come up in that shape, a strong attempt will be made to withhold the power to withdraw even four millions a month. The opposition of the House to the contrac tion is quite marked. The deficiency bill being under considera tion in the House, Mr. Washburn of Illinois, moved to strike out a paragraph appropriat ing lt,40 for deficiency for work done or being don by corporations of Washington City" in front of aud across Government property. He said he was not disposed to vote money to this- city. The pharugraph was struck out by a vote of56to41. Mr. Scofield of Pennsylvania, moved to strike out a paragraph appropriating 25,000 for the State Department aud requested infor mation about it. He had heard it said it was to induce Surratt to come to this coun try and receive his pardon, as thre was no pardoning agency established in Europe, j Laughter. Mr. Stevens of Pennsylvania, said that he had himself been disposed to recommend that item to the appropriation committee. He had before requested-, Se ward, who is a young man Laughter, to call upon him and give him the accessary in struction, and Seward had doue so. He would say to the gentleman that they had not talkel about anything except bCusi ness, and Seward had assured him that the appropriation was necessary and proper. It comprised various matters. The Govern ment had large suits pending in Europe, principally in England and Fiance, to re cover property which had helonged to .the Confederate Government and these siVrts were very expensive. The aggregate amount involved'was over (Js20,000,mm, aud a very large proportion of that would be recovered. The expenses of tracing Surratt all over Europe were large, and the State Depart ment would have to pay the additional ex penses ot the vessel that was conveying Surratt to that country. Then tho State Department had to bear the expenses of the reception of Queen Emma in this country and of her return to Honolulu. It also had to pay the expenses of the recent expedition to Mexico. Scofield, of Pennsylvania, ex pressed himself satisfied with the explani tion. He did not know but that some part of the appropriation might have been in tended to pay the expenses of the Prcsi dent's party while swinging round the circle. Stevens of Pennsylvania, assured him that no part of the appropriation would be applied to that purpose, although he understood there were some ( unpaid bills in connection with that trip'. Scofield, of Pennsylvania, then withdrew his motion and the committee rose. The House passed the bill. One of its items is 40,000 for facilitat ing telegraphic communication between the Atlantic and Pacific. Twenty -seven families of Polish exiles left New York, recently, for Richmond, having bought "..500 acres of land in Spottsylvania County, Virginia, on which they intend to settle. They are to pay five dollars an acre for theland in six years. Bicatli of Promise To prevent the frequency of breach of promise cases, a bill should be introduced m Congress, enacting that a promise of marriage must be given in wri.ing, and attested by two witnesses, that the would be bvidygroom has bought a fine suit of clothes of Kohn &. Fisehel, Portland, who .re acknowledged to sell cheaper than any dther house in the Qate. Solomon' Siiyiugs. There is a certain class of rcasoners of restricted vision who believe that the statement of Solomog," that there is nothing new under thesun," is as o true to-day as when it was penned by the great law-giver and sage of Israel. But the q contrary is shown by an inspection of Barman Bros stock of very superior clothing which they are selling as cheap as any house in Oregon, if not cheaper. Remember that tne location of Barman Bros, store is on the riverside of Front street, Portland, between the Lincoln House and Arriguui's. Willamette Lodge Xo. 151. O. G. T. Meets every Saturday evening, at the rooms corner of Mam aud Washington streets, at 7 o'clock. Visiting- members are invited to attend. By order of O W. C. T. St J. w Pa. ill's Episcopal Church, the Rev. Sellwood, pastor. Services on Suu- day at 10 1-2 . m. and 7 r. sr. Sunday scnooi at 2 r. sr. Congregational Church.-Morning services at 10 1-2 a. m. Evening service at 7 p. si. P. S. Knight, Pastor. 31. K. Chnnh.- 10 1-2 a. m. Evening D. Driver, Pastor. -Morning services services at 7 p. m. at I. o o. Oregon Lodge o. 3, I. -ffiZ O.V. -Meets every Wcdnes day evening at 7 o'clock, iWtheQ) r.. , : if i . ni . j I DiiiouHiu ii u.i i. ..uemoers oi ine orueare in vited to attend. By order N. G. S:ly FT)B. Fellows, R. iUult iiomali Lodge -Wo. 1, A, F. & A. Jl. Holds its regular PJ communications on the first and third Sat urdays of each month, at half past six p. si. Brethren in good standing arc- invited to attend. By) order of w. M Oregon City, Nov. 6th, 1SC. 3:ly The ilfst Itemed y tor Purifying the Blood, Strengthening the Nerves, Restoring the Lost Appetite, is FRESE'S HAMBURG TEA. It is the best preservative against al most any sickness, if used timely. Composed of herbs only it can be given safely to infants. Full directions in French, Spanish, and Ger man, with every package. TRY IT ! For sale at all the wholesale and retail drug stores and groceries. (31 EMIL FRESE, Wholesale Druggist," Sole Agent, 410 Clay street, San Francisco. Jlarriuge and Celibacy, an essay of Warning and Instruction for Young Men. Also, Diseases and Abuses which prostrate the vital powers, with sure means of relief. Sent free of charge in sealed letter envelopes Address: D J. SKILLIN HOUGHTON. 1), Howard Association. FhitecHrhn, Pa. Xcw Advertisements. Notice to James Crim. HENRY SNYDER having entered at this office, as a pre-emption right, the south east quarter of sec. 19 town S, south range 1 east, which entry is in' conflict with your pre 'emption filing of July ilth, 185y, and our de cision allowing said entry having been af firmed by the Commissioner of the General .Land office under date of October 27th, 16Gt,. you are hereby notified that jou will be al lowed thirty days from this date to appeal from said dec'.sioD, if you desire to do so. Land Office, Oregon City, Dec. 27th, 1S66. OWEN WADE, Register. 9:4wJ HENRY WARREN, Receiver. S. HIT EL AT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, .Oregon City, Oregon. Office over Charman & Brother. ;tf EXTENSIVE AUCTION SALE! rpHE ENTIRE FURNITURE. AND H0 JL tel fixtures of the Willamette" House, m Oregon City, will be sold at Public Auction On Saturday, December 224, 186&1 Sale to commence at 10 o'clock A. M. This sale will include a fine lot of beds and, bedding, nearly new. A large lot of kitchsu, furniture-nnd household goods. Also: one of Buck's splendid No. 10 Cooking Stoves,, with perfect Steam Tanks attached! Two. very excellent Milch Cows, and a large lot ofr earthen ware, tin ware, etc., to numerous to, mention. Terms,: Payment in U. S. gold or silver coin, upon delivery of goods. J. S. McDONALD. 8:2t W. P. 15 URNS, Auctioneer. g! THE NATIONAL COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND COMMIlCE l Corner of ALDER and FRONT streets, PORTLAND OREGON. SUPERIOR ADVANTAGES! rjMIIS COLLEGE RANKS FIRST ON THE, I Coast, and offers advantages for acquir ing a Practical Business Education, superior tetany other school. Thte Course of Instruction Is conducted on the plan of the best Com mercial Colleges in Europe and the Atlantic States, combining Theory and Practice, I3y means of Banks and Business offices, thus famiharizingthe Student with all the dif ferent kinds of Business in the shortest possible time, and least expense. Tne Business Course Embraces Book-keeping,by single and double entry, I'enmanship, Commercial Calcula tion Correspondence, Commercial Law, Actual Business, Lectures on Accounts, Busjccss Customs, Mercantile Ethics, 3tc. Terms : Scholarships, embracing the whole Busi ness Course, Regular and Special Lec tures, time unlimited, with privilege of reviewing at any future day. ."7". $30 Students enter any time. There are no va cations. For further particulars address the President, or call at the College. M. K. LAUD1JNSLAGER, President. H. M. DeFRANCE, Secretary. 8:3m PE(TpLlrS Transportation Company. WI.VTEU AHIIAXGEMEVT. Until further notice o THE STEAMER ALERT to. Will leave Portland daily at 7 o'clock A. M ' for Oregon City, connecting with the STEAMER RELIANCE, On Monday tuid Thursday of each week for Corvallis. WITH THE Str. FANNIE P ATT ON, On Tuesday and Friday of each iceck or Coriallis. witu o THE STEAMER ACTIVE, On Wednesday of each week, for JlarrisburyLancastrr and Eugene. AXD "WITH THE STEAMER UNION, On Monday, Wednesday and Friday, of each week, for Dayton and La Fayette. Returning the Str. ALERT will leave Oregon City for Portland at 1 o'clock P. M. A. A. 31 c CULLY. President P. T. Ox. SALEM, December lS6t. (l;tf 10,000 SOLDIERS WASTED: IMMEDIATELY! tio n for Bonntv TO MAKE APPLICA due them under Act of Congress, JulyUSth, 1S66, and now about to be adjusted. xo Secure an Early Return, Those entitled should make application to me at once, as the claims " filed within tho period of six months from Oct. 1, 1SG6, will receive the first attention, and none other shall be paid or considered until all theso are satisfied." All Soldiers who entered the service for two or three j-ears, or the war, and have re ceived only 50 or 100 are eutitlcd to another similar amount. On or about the 25th'day of December, I will dispatch a Special Agent to Washing ton, D. C, to secure the earliest possible payment of these claims. Pensions, Prize Money, Bounties Patents. Pay for Vouchers, Scrip, Back Pay, Lost Horses and other Claims will be collected promptly by applying at Oregon Herald office, or addressing ALBERT M.. SNYDER, Government Claim Agent, Portland, Orcgotu Information given by mail gratuitously. December 12, i860. , (&3m E HAVE JUST PRINTEDIN good form, with clear type, upon the best quality of paper, a full set of Justice' Court blanks," which will be sold as low as the samo can be procured elsewhere iu th State. D. C IRELAND. o o 0 o O.. o