0
o
o
o
o
o
0
o
o
o
o
(Life tocckln (Enterprise.
Oregon City, Oregon :
Saturday, December 29, 1856.
Public Enterprise. Enterprise is a
good thing if properly and wisely directed,
but it require some elements not always
taken into account to make it successful.
The bones of many a project that ruined
all parties engaged, and lost all the money
invested, lie scattered all over our young
State. To improve the navigation at
Clackamas rapids, and in factio scoop out
the bar of boulders that river has been de
positing at its mouth, our citizens made
years ago, at great expense, a wing wall
partly across the Willamette. It was a
bad failure and has been regretted ever
eince.- The fate of the first improvements
on the falls, made by ill advised project
ors, is a sad evidence of the waste of money
for want of that which money cannot al
ways buy proper calculation. Many
thousands were sunk at Portland in striv
ing to make a passable road to Tualatin
Plains. That failure has prevented the
xindertaking ever since, and that town has
settled down into utter imbecility of mov
ing out of town in the direction of a
pplendid agricultural region, and if it had
not been for-the stage company and fast
horse men, there would probably not now
be a decent road anvwhere else out of
Portland, and the one they have is only
gve miles long. Innumerable attempts at
navigation on the tippler river have all
been abortive until svtcm, experience)
and some good engineering was applied.
"Wo tn nnt ronnll 1he?e nnnlpasant rem)
iniscenses for any other purpose than to
turn people's thoughts into the practical
and sensible views that ought to be given
in all such undertakings. We seem likely
to become a corporationrjdden comma
nity. About every available foot
ground inthe countrv is likePy to
of
be
patched over with some "paper claim, ;? un
dertaking improvements or all possible
and impossible kinds. These people seem
to have studied Sam Patch's philQophy
quitffens thoroughly as the course of trade
and civil engineer-rig. The whole thin
cKoems to result fromca conceited apeing of
Eastern speculators and crazy projectors
"We think, however, if they do little goot
thev will be likelv to do that amount of
harm. ()
We heaiTof two new companies recently
formed to make raihvavs at the Cascades
and this city, where the two grandest im
provments in the country are already
subserving the demands of trade, com
merce, and navigation, in the most admir
able manner. Possibly genius and im
mense wealth mav substitute new and
better, and possibly the people may be
served cheaper with such competition.
These doubts we may safely leave to be
solved by those who put in their money.
We are no obstructionist, and would rather
pull ahead than backwards. The stock
we take in all real improvements is cheer
fttjly paid up in full, and we intend to en
joy our dividends in witnessing the on
ward andE)upward progress of our flour-
ishing voting State.
o
A Mysterious Lady. Much interest is
excited amofrg the curious by the recent
ivdven in Paris of a mysterious lady said
to be immensely rich, who has taken up
her quarters in the most beautiful hotel in
the Avenue de ITmperatrice, which she
has purchased for 2,000,000 of francs. Two
thousand pounds spent for furniture,
superb equipages and an abundance of
diamonds, sulliciedtly attest the large
means at the disposal of this remarkable
foiign personage, who is supposed to be
a princess from the Orient. All the chron
iclers are on the hunt for explanations as
to the object of the lady's visit to Paris, as
slie appears to be accompanied merely by
the domestics necessarv forthe service of
& .
such a large mansion as that she occupies
j)u the finest quarter of this French city.
. . '
I.v the W ixd. Richardson, in one his
tetters to tug. XWo'tmeisays that Kansas a
mosphere generates public gatherings and
a cravingbr oratory. There is no doubt
about it. In the old times every conceiv
able occurrence, from the reception of a
Governor to the- smashing of a whisky
saloon by a vigilance committee, endedin
a meeting and speeches, at which both
sides were always heard. John P. JIale
reported his first Free Soil conventionat-
tended by only tvp persons) as " a large
and respectable assembly," afterward ex
plaining that he was large and the other
man respectable I
'D
A Positive Fact. We endorse every word
of the following quotation,from the Vaq&u-xer-
-luster : ,s.
"It i. a very safe rule to adopt that vo one
ought tj V patronized, unless lie advertises.
The man who advertises is generally whole
souled and liberal and therefore well appre
ciated. Show us a real successful business
man and we will show vou a man, who be
lieves that advertisements have most mater
iallv aided him in his success."
i
The National Collegf Speaking of the
National College of Business at Portland,
the Vancouver Register says : "We are liv
ing in an age of great progress and to main
tain this status our youth must be carefully
trained in the higher institutions of learn
ins, where the mind of the student is imbued
with practical lessons embracing a knowl
dre of the particular branch of business he
desires to follow."
A Geeat Railroad. Twelve hundred
new freight cars and fifty new locomotives
are being added to the rolling stock of the
Cticaso and Northwestern railwav. This
road, on its different branches, will soon
run ISO passenger and baggage shears, 4,500
frieght cars, aud 210 jlocomotives. It has
now 1,020 miles of main track open. With
iu a vear it will be completed to the Mis
souri river and connect with the Pacific Rail
road. 0
High Tides. For three days, last week,
the tides at Olympia was the hignest ever
known, says the Tribune, submerging floors
of buildings, in the-lower part of town, and
deranging and floating away sidewalks and
loose timber and running a long way up
Main.Street,0 They were undoubtedly caused'
by heavy Southerly winds outside the
irait. "High tids also prevailed down the
Sound,
w ere n:
and thetreetp of Pet Townsend
:vtga.ted with beats.
Tle Constitutional Amendment.
The New York Herald, which earnestly
advocated the President's " policy" pre
vious to the late elections, now shows that
there i3 nothing m the Constitutional
Amendment which Johnson himself has
not, at one time or another, "recommended
as essential to the security of the nation."
This is literally true and we have beeiQ
curious to discover why the press which
advocated the President's cause, and even
Johnson himself, could not have found it
out sooner, and not kept the country in an
uproarious state for nearly a year, at least
since the day on which Johnson " took his-l
stand" when he made that " singular"
and " memorable" speech, when he was
so extremely gratified to know that so
arge a portion of his fellow citizens ap
proved the policy adopted, " and which I
ntend to carry out."
The President's efforts to carry out that
policy has cost the country very greatly,
and now his advocates see nothing in the
mciple measure of that policy bufcjjehas
himself recommended. The Herald savs :
"It is a compromise which the President
ought to have adopted in co-operation with
Congress,ano" which be ought now to adopt
at all events, because Ins conflict with Con
gress, if persisted iti, will be most emphatic
ally decided against him. It cannot be
otherwise. The inevitable resulOs as clear
to the searcher for the true situation ol things
as the light of the sun through the breaking
clouds, isot one of the Stale which voted
for I.inrriln nnH Jnhncnn nil toil r r ,-!-...
kins ouunuuiuuuiii uuicuument.
Notwithstanding the policy and the duty
oi the southern bfcates is clearly enough
defined, for them to see hat they should
ratify this amendment, they are still pass
ing Ordinances of secession" in many of
their legislatures, i. e., they virtually as
sent to staying out, rather than to pass the
amendment and come in. Whatsis the
actual objection to it ? It simply provides
that when in any State the right of suffrage
"is denied to anyf the male inhabitants
of sueh , Stae, being twenty-one years of
age and citizens of the United States," or
when this right is in " any way abridged
except for participation in rebellion or
other crime, the basis of representation
therein shall be reduced in the proportion
which the number of such male citizens
shall bear to the whole number of male
citizens above the age of twenty-omj years
in such State." In other words, if you
give all your males,
whites and blacks,
above the age of twenty-one years
the
right to vote, you shall count them all in
counting your people for Congress, but
neither they nor the families to which
they belong shall be counted if you deny
them the right to vote, whether because of
their particular color or because they do
not own a certain amount of property or
because they cannot read and write. An
abridgment of the suffrage on any of these
grounds entails a corresponding reduction
in counting the people for representation
in Congress.
The Memphis Argus ha3 prepared the
following table, exhibiting the effect, of ihe
' O 7-
:monament on representation m states
where suffrage is denied the negro :
Under the
Actual number Constitutional
of members. Amendment.
Alabama 7 4
Arkansas 2 1
Delaware 1 1
Florida 1 1
Georgia 7 4
Louisiana.. 4 2
Maryland .Q . 5 4
Mississippi rv
Missouri r . . 9 8
North Carolina 8
South Carolina 6
Tennessee .S
Texas. jp
v lrginia
O
Total.
7o 50
Universal suffrage andCuniversal repre
sentation, or limitedrsuffrage and partial
representation in proportion, just as each
State, from Maine to Texas, may for itself
elect, is the condition of this constitutional
amendment. The South may deem, it
pretty severe upon them, but it applies
more xr less to every Northern State, in
cluding New York which has a negro
property qualification (two hundred and
fifty dollars), and Massachusetts, where
they have a reading and writing oualifica-.
tion. All the States will have
to modify
their laws to universal suffrage under this
amendment or be cut down to a greater!
less extent in their numerations for Con-
o
There is no
other settlement for
the South.
Therefore the Southern States
ought toratify
this amendment, so that
thev may be all restored to both house:
Tn rh's wiv thev min-htt oni wnrp the
in ttim way tnej might at oncsecure the
balance of power in Congress, and they
will surely lose more than they can gain
by delaying the matter.
"Misplaced
Coxfidenxe." Under
.the
above head the Ilerall of last Tuesday says
that M. H. Abbott, holds his present posi-
tion as Editor of the Albany Democrat upon
the recommendation of Mr. Reriah Brown.
The atemeut is made in vindication of Mr.
Brown's recommendation of John Traverse,
a late partner of Abbott. The Herald adds :
"We may have done wrong in both instances,
but we certainly ha i personal interest or
motive to deceive anvaud did not dre:m
that we were to be held personally accounta
ble for the future conduct of Either of the
men. When Traverse returned here he rep
resented Abbott as the most unconscionable
liar and thief he ever attempted to do busi
ness with, and said he had to resort to sharp
practice to keep evem with him. Now Ab
bott says "Traverse is an unmitigated
scoundrel." They may both tell the truth
about each other for aught we know to the
contrary."
. .
Eastern Capital. The San Francisco
Bulletin, has information that several prom
inent i-siness firms of New York will send
representatives of their capital to the Pa
cific coat, soon, who will be the pioneer3 of
a marked movement of Eastern capital and
enterprise here." This is just what is
wanted, and there being much room for "im
provement" we Lope to chronicle their ad
vent as speedily as possible.
0
Heavy Sxow. A dispatch from Canyon
ville on the 24th, to the Oregonian, says
twenty feet of snow has fallen on Scott
Mountain during the last five days. It will
be impossible to tell when the line can- he
got up. They have not been able to cross
yet, and it was etill snowing this morning.
: r
School La:.ds. The State Board for the
sale of School lands under the requirements
of the law, constituting the Governor, Sec
retary of State and Treasurer, are preparing
a map of tbo? section? subject to sale.
Spirit of NortH Carolina.
The following extract from an address
delivered before the literary societies of
Davidson College, North Carolina, in the
summer of 1859, by William Eaton, Esq.,
of Warrenton-. illustrates a remark which
we have often had occasion to make, in
regard to the strong attachment of the
people of that State to the Union. Mr.
Eaton, an eminent lawyer, and a grand
son of Nathaniel Macon, is a representa
tive man of North Carolina; and his elo
quent appeal to the young men whom he
addressed embodied the predominant sen
timent of the people. But situated be
tween those two hotbeds of secession,
Virginia and South Carolina, the good old
North State was literally dragged into the
rebellion against the mature judgment and
cherished attachments of her citizens. And
as she was the last and most reluctant to
leave the protection of the national flag,
she will be among the earliest and most
sincere to seek foQ-econciliation and resH
to ration:
I repeat it, that we have too much of ill
will and bitterance in this country. At the
tribunal of an enlightened public opinion,
ancrwhat is of infinitely more importance, at
the bar of God. a heavy responsibility has
been incurred bv those who have kindled the
fires of this ceaseless discord and contention
We want peace ! What blessings toitow iu4
the train of peace ! flow charming is the
tranquility of the njaterial creation, when
no sound is heard more rough than the music
of the gentle gale, when the smooth surface
of the waters is scarcely ruffled by the
breeze, and each rill reflects from its trans
parent bosom the blue vault of the sky. The
serenity ottie social world after a season of
strife is, in the eye of reason, no less lovely
than nature s sweet repose, when the conflict
of the enraged elements has ceased, and the
rainbow beams brightly on the verge of the
cloud. How would it eladden the heait of
liic uaiuut li A.1UU auu iiuiciiiai iccuua
should return to the American people; if a
spirit of forbearance and conciliation should
again prevail within our borders, and a lofty
and generous nationality whict shall eni-
fTirnr ivithin tli snhr of its fiff Votinn
every toot ot this wiue-spreaa ana glorious
republic, feurely we have a country winch
we ought to admire and to love, and of which
we have just cause to be proud, however
deeply we may deplore the conduct of some
of its citizens. Every true patriot will feel
that there are ties, which bind his heart toci
the scenes around him, whether che looks
upon the granite hills of 2sew Hampshire, or
the lovely valley of the Potomac ; whether he
0;
stands upon the bi.nksot the rather or
Klnrwla fit" nn thf rmiriiTli nf thA hi;lll ti fill
Ohio : or where the sunbeams gild the blue3
cliffs of theCKocky Mountains; or where the
streams-tf tae racifc i oil down their sands
of trold." lie will feel that he is an Ameri
can in sentiment, whether he'stands beneath
the shade ot the Capitol of his country, or
listens to the swelling chorus of the sea-
waves that wash the extremities of her em
pire. Ana when he travels on tne aarh.
blue ocean, or treads upon the wnart oi tne
great maritime cities of the old world, and
looks upon the broad and beautiful sheet of
water before hi, where the canvass of every
civilized nation rustics in the breeze, his
bosom beats with a stronger emotion as his
eye rests upon the Stripes and Stars waving
from the mast-head of an American vessel.
On such an occasion the most bigoted sec
tional zealot could not baoish from his
breast the thrilling associations which
cluster around our common country. He
would not be willingif he could, to erase a
star from the bright folds of that banner
which floats so gallantly among the colors of
the different nations of the earth, or tear a
single plume from the wings of the Amepi
cau eagle.
Senator Corbett.
FUiq speaks thus of
-The
San
Francisco
Oregon's late
elected
Senator : "He succeeds the Hon
mith, whose term expires on
J. W. Nes-
the 4th of
larcu next, enjoying the personal ac
quaintance of the distinguished Senator
elect, we can speak of him as a gentleman of
great force of character, strict business
habits, aud a keen perception of men and
things. Of him it may be said, he is one of
the practical class who understand well how
to cut out and carry through measures that
tend to promote the interests of the people.
Long a resident of the Pacific Slope, he will
be in a position in Congress not only to rep
resent intelligent our sister State, but will
prove a powerful coadjutor to the Represen
tatives from the whole Pacific Coast. Warm
ly and and inflexibly identified with the Rad
ical party, the friends of freedom through
out the country may rest assured that in the
new Senator, they will have a man in the
4" National Councils whose voice will always
be heard speaking out dispassionately, yet
boldiy and fearlessly in behalf of human lib
erties 'and human rights. We congratulate
Senator Williams upon his good fortune of
having so able a colleague."
Fraud ix Paper. McCracken, Merrill &
Co.'s market Report for JJeccmber 6th, con
tains the following : "We have been re
quested by several wholesale grocers to state
that a great Iraud is being perpetrated in the
packiiig tnd putting tip of Eastern straw
wrapping paper, much that is now being
oifered, counting out but eighteen sheets to
the quire, while Californiacounts out twenty
sheets, whereas each ought to contain twenty -four
sheets." We have heard complaints
about the same matter here.
New Zealand. Notwithstanding a native
war which has considerably retarded the:
progress of the colony, New Zealand has, in
the short space of four years increased her
Copulation by t)U per cent., has more than
r-doubled the nu., ber 0f her sheep, and added
fifty-fold to her cattle. Her industry has de
veloped itself by trebling the amount of her
"fenced" acres, i. e., acres reclaimed from
the v litier ness. She has for every 10 shil
lings laid out with England in 1861 laid out
20 shillings in llo.p while in the space of
four years she has nearly trebled the value
of her exports.
o
Popl-iStiox ok Russia. The Russians
show that M. de la Palettie made a moder
ate calculation when he said that in less than
a century the population of Russia would be
iuu,wv,uw. in ioDa ii was t o,4oi,uu, in
the
present year it is 2,272,uu0. Should
this rate of increase continue it will only re
quire 16 years to briDg the population up to
t;.'e dreaded figure. q
Population. The population of the Uni
ted States, according to returns from the
census office, is increasing at the rate of a
million a year. The Western and North
western States are nearly absorbing this in
crease. The Shenandoah. The Confederate cru-
iser Shenandoah, which was surrendered to
the Federal authorities at Liverpool, at the
close of the war, and has since been lying at
that poiut,0has been sold by the Uuited
States Counsel to the Sultan of Zanzibar.
The Great Eastern. It is stated that the
Directors of the Great Eastern are puzzled
to know where to place the leviathan steam
ship to give her the thorough overhauling
she now requires.
Artists ix the Rockt Mocxtaixs. Bay
ard Taylor, writing from Denver, Colorado,
to the New York Tribune, mentions that
"Art has sent Ifice pioneers to the Rocky
Mountains for views, this Summer."
No 1 Ball. Willamette Engine Company
No. 1, will give a grand ball at Oro Fino
Hall, Portland, on New Year's Eve., on the
occasion cf receiving their cfw Hose Carriage.
OREGON.
Judge R. E. Stratton did at Eugene City
on the'eveuing of December Sth.
We are pleased to learn says the Ujuonist,
that the ladies have collected a fanf library
for the State Prison convicts, numbering near
one hundred volumes, which will be pre
sented on Christmas day.
The beggar Cook was in Portland on
Christmas day. The Statesman, which de
fended him against the attacks of the I n wn
ist, now says he is ahief-have stolen a
pair of boots and a4:oat, before leaving
Salem.
The Umatilla Press says that during the
E resent season of navigation on the Colum
ia, the O. S. N. Co. have broughOp. the
river two hundred thousand tons of freight,
twenty-five thousand tons of which were
landed at Wallula and one hundred and
seventy-five thousand at Umatilla.
The Jacksonville papers are- bragging
about the pretty women of that burg. The
Sentintl, speaking to the Yreka Union, says :
"We can discount you on neat little gaiter
boots, symetrically turned a underpinn
ing, andrjeverything that makes life worth a
cent." . O
Rather a stiff breeze walked over Salem,
on the night of the ISth, demolishing chim
neys, fences, frames of buildings et ceteri to
an alarming extent. The breeze cante from
the direction of Dixie and is prooahly one of
the disastrous results of Andrew Johnson's
policy in that quarter, says the Statesgmn.
The Mountaineer of the 21st, says that the
order countermanding the movement of the
Indian Scouts was rescinded, and the "noble
red men" left here yesterday under Mr. J
Darrairh to wasre a" war cf extermination
against theirhereditary enemies ; theSnakes.
We hope to be able to chronicle the success
of the expedition.
Speaking of the weather at the Dalles on
the 17th,the Mountaineer says if the Hon.
Caleb I.jon, of Lyon'sdale, were at this time
sojourning at the "Dalles he would undoubt
edly felicitate himself on the state of the
weather. Those "Italian days and Syrian
nights," of which he so gloriously orated, are
now very common in these parts. In a
word, the weather is glorious.
Mr. David Ogle has commenced to run a
weekly express between Umatilla and Susan
ville, and unless the weather is moro severe
this winter than formerly, will make his
regular trips leaving Umatilla . every Satur
day afternoon. He will deliver letters du
ring the-winter for seventv-five cents each.
His route will be by way of Camas Prairie
and crossing the north fork of John Day's
river. We quote from the Press.
The Cowlitz coal mine is located some
seven mnes irom tne town, ana aoont one
mile from the river. The tunnel is in 140
feet, 10 feet high and about the same width.
There is one miner and a laborer assisting in
prosecuting tne worn ; tney are now mto a
solid vein of coal six feet thick, with an in
clination of eight feet in one hundred. Near
the mine a familv have been using the coal
for cooking, and gi2 a very flattering opin
ion ot its caloric qualities, says the Jlerald.
The Sentinel savs two pair of buck horns
so securely and firmly locked together that
it seems impossible to separate them (With
out breaking, were found on Applegate whilej
attachea to tne neaas oi tneir owners, one
of which was quite dead and the other nearly
exhausted by being compelled to drag the
dead body of his vauquished foe wherever
he went. One pair has six prongs, and both
belonged to splendid bucks. Encounters be
tween bucks at this-season are frequent and
deadly
A correspondent of the Corvallis Gazette,
writing from Yaquinia Bay under date of
December 1st, says mat it nad been very
stormy there ; rain, hail and strong winds,
had been lor Sometime a terror to oystermen
The vessel ofMessrs. Dodge & Winant could
not cross the bar, and they will have to un
load their oysters for the second time. Kel
logg & Hileyer are in the oystering business,
and have seven or eight hundred bushels on
hand, and intend to ship as soon as they get
the amount up to l,w0 bushels. Ihey
dredge with the steamer Pioneer.
o
The Swan Island bar obstruction to the
navigation of the Willamette has nearly dis
appeared. The orisinal length of the bar
was fourteen hundred feet, of which only
four hundred leet at the tipper end now re
main. Where the dredger last worked, the
composition of the bar was loam and sand
and easily removed. Should the river fall
soon so as to permitUhe work to be resumed,
but a few weeks would elapse before Swan
Island bar would be amonsj the things that
were.
Articles of Incorporation of the Linn City
Railroad Company were sent to Salem on
Friday says the Oregonian, tobe filed in the
office of the Secretary of State. This com
pany contemplates the building of a portage
railroadiround the talis ot the illamette
on the Linn City side, to connect with lines
of steamers above and below. We have not
learned the names ofCrnore than one or two
of the corporators, nor whether there is any
intention of proceeding immediately with
an j portion of the general enterprise.
A strange and unaccountable explosion
took place in the drug store ofMessrs. Sav
age fc Sutton of Jacksonville recently, says
the Sentinel. Mr. Sutton was engaged in
filling and cleansing the coal oil lamps of
the establishment, as usual, when one that
had been just filled and put in its place, ex
ploded with a loud crash, bursting completely
into frasmems and even destroying the china
smoke cup hanging over the chinmey. Had
the lamp been lighted the explosion might
have been explained more easy ; but as it
was not, it seems difficult to account for it.
The "local' of the Oregonian, our worthy
brother C. P. Crandall, has turned biogra
pher. In that paper cf the 24th he gives'the
biography of Santa CUtus. Entirely origi
nal. We quote the closing sentence upon a
point which Crandall had no information :
"A creat many people hive wondered why
! Kris always persists in entering houses by
the chimin y. That is a matter about which
we have not the least bit of information, and
if anybody is still curious on that point or
doubtful about the correctness of this biog
raphical sketch, we r.dvise them to consult
him to-uigl.t at precisely twelve o'clock,
when he will visit this city in the usual
course of business unless detained by the
landing of the ocean steamer at St. Helen."
I rank Cooper of Salem, has several In
dian relicswhich he proposes to donate to
the Willamette University. They' were
found.on the farm of Mr. Porter, on Butte
Creek, and consist of several good sized
stones, with holes drilled through them, and
one, weighing some twenty-two pounds,
which is almost perfectly spherical. There
ts also among them a geological specimen of
peculiar cellular formation, and odorous with
sulphur; and some peices resembliug brick,
which were taken from a perpendicular col
umn, of the same material. This column
was traced downwards some six feet, and is
supposed to be in direct conimunic ation with
China, on the other side Mr. Cooper has
quite a large quantity of stoDe coal, taken
from a recently discovered lode on Butte
Creek. The coal appears to be good, aud
the mine is reported to be extensive.
Speaking of our railroad enterprise the
Chico Courant says : How important it is
that the Oregon Railroad should be com
menced at an early day, that the upper Sac
ramento Valley maj-" reap the benefits of
this railroad communication, and also that
the railroad may reap the benefit of the enor
mous trade of the Sacramento Valley, which
increases each year at the rate of "fifty per
cent. If the Oregon Railroad Company do.
not commence work upon the road, we 'pro
pose that the Northern California Railroad
Company take the matter in hand, get a bill
throuL'h the present session of Congress, and
commence work. There is no question but
what every rod of the ro id will pay as fast
as it. is built. The road ought to be comple
ted to Chico before another winter, and will
be if proper energy is manifested.
The Portland papers speak of a very large
hog raised by Mr. A. H. Johnson, of the Em
pire Market, of that city. The hog weighed
750 lbs., net, and but two years and a half
old when killed. This hog was presented to
Mr. Johnsou two and a half years ao by
Thos. Cross, of Salem. The stock is Breck
shire and Irish Grazier. Mr. Cross has ac
quired already the reputation of one of
Oregon's most enterprising and judicious
stock raiser?, and has at every State Fair
contributed largely to the stock on exhibi
O
tion. The Suite Journal- speaKs ot a pig,
killed recently by Mr. G. L. Atkeson of
Eugene City, which weighed 2S9 lbs , net, at
a little over eight months of age. The breed
is not given, liad & Wynian of Portland,
also butchered a hog, on the 24th, weighing
623 lbs. O
The Herald says Congress appropriated
S25.000 to clear the Willamette and Upper
Columbia of obstructions, and in pursuance
of the law Mr. Covington, a resident of Van
couver, was commissioned, at a salary of
S3 a day, to perform the job. During high
water he can do nothing," but the per diem
still goes on. Now Mr. C. is a good man,
ana n anyDoay is to receive tne aioresaia
sum we would as soon he should be the re
cipient of it as any person, but we can't see
thfr.sense of keeping any man in commission
and on pay, when nothing can be done.
Engineer Willamson has the expending of
tne monev, but ne cannot relieve JMr. Cov
ington from duty, and he must he paid his
money, according to contract. Nobody ls-to
blame but Congres, and it ought to be
ashamed of itself for maknig any such ar
rangement. It ought to have placed the
money and the charge of tne work in hands
that would have accomplished the ojoject
sought.
O
The Umatilla Prsessars that the announce
ment of the sale of a controlling "interest in
the O. S.N. Company's Stock when taken
into consideration with the circumstauces
that induced the purchase of the stock, and
the contemplated changes in the navigation
of the Columbia, is a matter of deep import
to the people of this portion of the State, and
in particular, Umatilla. We understand
that the steamship Oreaonian. was bought.
and the venture superintended and backed
by W. S. Ladd, of Portland, with the under-
ctonrlln t K i f ' on fa repeal ti rriro- tha
l i. J Ulllj kllUV I 11V. U VUV V-t-OOVl lAT.VAf IlIV
amount of purchase money due was to be
made up in whole or in part by Portland
merchants. When the Vessel arrived in San
Francisco, destined to be put on the "An
chor Line," as opposition to1 the California
Steam Navigation Company, in connection
with the Montana, Mr. Ladd applied ,to the
gentlemen representing the mercantile
wealth of Portland, for the fulfillment of
their pledges. They responded slowly, as
people often do after the object is supposed
to be attained, and after having given rea
sonable length of time in which to comply
with the alleged agreement, Mr. Ladd, to
relieve himself from the vast pecuniary re
sponsibility of running an ocean steamer all
alone, sold put the Oregofiian to the old
California Steam Navigation Company, or to
Mr. Hay ward, who is the largest owner
thereof, and still further invested Mr,. Hay
ward with a controlling interest in the stock
of the Oregon Steam Navigation Company.
These are the factsP Now, to the deductions :
The great and almost only reliance of the
California Steam Navigation Corilnany is in
the Idaho and Montana trade. That com
pany controls the carrying trade onfall the
navigable waters of California including the
Sacramento On which the merchandise des
tined 'or Idaho and Montana via the Chico
and Humbolt routes must pass. There is
water transportation from San Francisco to
Umatilla, which phice, is distant only from
the central mining regions of Idaho, two
hundred and sixty miles. The distance of
water communication via the Sacramento
river and the Chico route, is accomplished
in less than ne day, (we do not remember
the exact distance,) and as a naturafse
quence, the service and remuneration there
for, to the California Steam Navigation Com
pany, will be far less than via the Columbia,
where they will have over nine humlred
miles of good navigation. To secure th3
trade, and prevent the establishment of op
position lines to Sacramento, it will be nec
eessaryfor the California Steam Navigation
Company to reduce the freight from San
Francisco to Umatilla to a figure that, in
cluding the laud carriage of two hundred
and sixty miles, it will then be less than can
be a'forded on the Chico or Sacramento
route. This, we believe, is the intention,
and we can promise, that so far as the con
struction ot good roads and a reduction of
the prices of freight on the land route are
concerned, the people in this vicinity will
not be backward in performing their whole
duty. The Columbia river is destined to be
the channel through which the people of
Eastern Oregon and Washington Territory,
Idaho and Montana, are to receive their sup
plies, aud down which will be transported
the immense contribution of our mountains
to the metallic currency of the world. We
can with safety piedict that our people will,
nexr summer, see as lively tijlies as the most
ambitious could desire. ,
' f-
CLATSOP COUXTT.
A correspondent writing from' Clatsop
county, says it has been a matter of great
surprise that hitherto the great advantages
which exist in the locality between Clatsop
and Tillamook have been overlooked by set
tlers in fixing their homes. He says that in
no part of Oregon can the farmer find better
prospects than in portions of the country
above named. We quote from his letter :
The-first grand consideration is, the title
being perfect, no interminable lawsuits await
the honest settler, as is so common in Cali
fornia, and no doubt if all the facts arc made
apparent through your columns, many who
in that State are now unable to improve and
thoroughly work the land they chum, on ac
count of the uncertainty of their titles, may
be induced to abandon this uncertainty for
a certainty. The climate is healthy and
mild ; near to the ocean, but sheltered from
its inclemency ; all the benefits of the sea
bree7.es arejpnjoyed without its drawbacks.
The soil is rich, and abundant crops of wheat
and other cereals can be raised with as much
certainty as in any part of Oregon. Corn,
too, in most parts of that country, will yield
to a very profitable extent. Pasture of the
finest kind is spread all around. Fruits
and vegetables can beraised that cannot be
excelled. Among other objects worthy of
notice by traders are the large supplies of
oysters on the coast, and salmon in the rivers
and creeks. These two articles alone are de
serving ot great attention as a source of
profit. As to markets and facilities of get
ting to them, the conveniences are at hand.
Besides the settlements of Astoria, Clatsop
and Tillamook there are two forts oneon
either side of the Columbia:) There is a good
trail from Astoria through the district, and
Government is about to build a good road,
which will effectually open hind travel.
Schooners are constantly plying between the
places above mentioned and Portland. The
ocean and other steamers call at Astoria on
their regular trips. In the summer season,
Clatsop being a great resort for pleasure
and health-seeking citizens, creates a large
demand for supplies of the naturejwhich this
laud can so fully furnish. Altogether, no
part of Oregon at this time offers greater in
ducements to the industrious farmer and set
tler than does this region of country. Well
timbered in part, and luxuriant plains on
the other hand, leaves nothing to be desired
further. -
Weather at Boise. Our Boise corres
pondent writes as follows : "This is surely a
fast couutry. In the old States it takes a
long time to get up a respectable winter, and
generally it takes a much longer time to get
rid of it. But over here in the saire brush,
we have had excellent representations of all
the old hackney-coach seasons in a single
week. A few d lys of as delightlul weather
as ever graced a first-class Indian Sum
mer of the Eastern slope, were succeeded by
a munificent installment of the wet season,
during which time it poured with such ex
haustless violence, and shrouded the whole
country in such deathlike gloom, that it
seemed as though we were receiving a visit
from stray segments of the old deluge. But
Nature had no mind to put on weeds, and
one dismal night she gathered up the dark
garments of mourning, hid them carefully
away 111 her mountain fastnesses and clad
mountains and meadows 111 raiments of vir
gin white. Everybody on seeing three feet
of snow, and more coming, thought winter
had stolen upon us in earnest, and meant to
stay. But there is nothing easier than to be
deceived, aud even that venerable individual
"the oldest inhabitant" will have to guess
again before he hits the weather very cor
rectly. Dancixo Academy. Mr. C. Cardinall, of
the Portland Dancing Academy has a very
flourishing and numerous class. On the
Eve. of Christinas he gave a public Party at
the Academy, which is reported as being a
very pleasaDt one. Prof. C-, fully understand-;
the art.
Eastern Xcws.
The California, Oregon and Mexico
Steamship Company's steamer Oriilamme,
Capt. Francis Connor, arrived at Portland
on Thursday night at 10 o'clock, three
days from San Francisco. Messenger
West, of Wells, Fai-go & Cos Express, has
furnjshed us with files of latest date, from
which we ctill the following summary of
Eastern news, dating to the 20th at
Chicago :
Nebraska and Colorado have not yet been
admitted, but it is said certainly will be soon.
Washingtonpecial dispatches say that a
majority of Congress is in favor of an early
sale of the Government gold.
The South Carolina House of Representa
tives hevs indefinitely postponed a resolution
expressing sympathy with Jell' Davis.
The Herald says Ben Wood and a State
Senator, recently won of Hon. John Morris
sey one hundreliand forty thousand dollars
at faro.
By order of General Grant, the newly ap
pointed officers of the regiment to be raised
on the Pacific coast, sailed for San Francisco
on the 21st,
Senator Wade is speaking in a very threat
ening and unbecoming manner. He ' says
that if the legislatures of the ex-rebel States
did not adopt the constitutional amendments
within a reasonable time, the principles of
the amendments will be forced in the South
by arms.
Mr. Sprague introduced a joint resolution
instructing theSecretary of the Navy to di
rect the naval officers at Panama and Aspin
wa!l to aid in the survey of a new route to
the Pacific, through the Isthmus of Danen,
whenever practicable witkovt expense to the
Government.
MexicanQiews ( badly mixed, as usual.
Max is still unsettled." The New York
HeracFs special says the department at
Washington has received no official informa
tion of the intention of General Sherman
and Minister Campbell t3 return to New
Orleans, nor of their having done so, as re
ported; heretofore.
In the henate on me ivun a bill was intro
duced making a grant of lands in Oregon to
aid in constructing a railroad) and tele
graph from Portland to Astoria. The bill
was ordered printed. Another bill enabling
a similar grant for the road from Astoria to
Salem was also ordered printed. A resolu
tion was adopted Yo inquire into the regula
tions and restrictions of the immigration of
the Chinese. q
There is trouble in Missouri between the
militia and bushwhakers. In Richmond,
Kay county, citizens have been killed, aud
printing otfices mobbed. A delegation Of
Conservatives and returned rebel soldiers,
offered their assistance in extermination of
desperadoes. Warrants for the arrestQof
Col. Montgomery have been issued at St.
Louis, under the Civil Rights Bill.
The Georgia LeLiislatureadjournedfinally.
The President in his closing address, urged
41II to obey the laws and the Constitution,
T)ut he saiil (that human forbearance had lim
its which, would turn if trodden upon. The
Speaker of the House bade the country hope,
that fanaticism would soon exhaust itself,
aud Constitutional principles yet prevail.
These remarks were received with applause
in both Houses, and the sentiment appears
decidedly favorable for a Territorial Govern
ment rather than to the acceptance "of the
Constitutional amendments. O
o
All Endorsement.
Astoria, Dec. 18, 18GG.
Ed. Enterprise : Ad reader of your ex
cellent paper, not a thousand miles distant
from this town, desires to call attention to
an article on the first page of the Enter
prise of the loth inst. on the education
and government of children, "by a lady
reader."' It is one of the best articles
ever written on that subject as far as it
goes, and it is quite long enough for a
newspaper article. My wife says no woman
who has-jdiildren of herwn, and has had
the trial of taking care of them, ever wrote
the article. She says none but old maids
can write so well on that subject. I don't
exactly agree with her in that opinion ;
but I will say that if every family, parents,
(and children of sufficient age), in Oregon
could read the Article, tico or three times
over, it would be worth thousands of dol-
irs to than, and much more to Oregon
aud the world. Trulv yours.
For the Children.
Worth Attending. On last Monday and
Tuesday evenings Mr. Wormer exhibited bis
" Stereoscop!icon" at Moss' Hall in this city.
The views are photographic, from the ancient
collossal ruins ot Egypt, to the Falls of the
Willamette. They are shown upon canvass
by the id of magic light, to the size of about
twenty square feet. The beauties of the fa
mous Vosemite, and other places of interest
throughout the Pacific coast, are the best
we have ever seen. Mr. W. will exhibit at
Dayton, Lafayette. McMinnville. Dallas. Sa
lem, Albany, Corvallis, Eugene, and other
places, and on his return will again exhibit
at the Court House in this city.
Floods in" California. Frightful floods
are reported in the Sacramento Valley, de
stroying stock and other property in an un
precedented manner. Red Bluff, Tehama,
Chico, Colusa, are the principal sunerers.
At J'etaluma, San Katael, Jlealdsburg. Santa
Rosa, Napa, Sonoma, Suisun, and other
places, terrible effects have been felt.
Jupiter used many means to
gain the
favor of those he loved, but Kohn & Fishel,
Portland, sell clothing and gents' furnishing
goods very cheap .thereby gaining the favor
of the public.
Facts lUx.ut Vt'ooi.Wool was largely
used by the Romans. An instance is cited
where a single Patrician bequeathed by will
2'o,000 sheep. The finest quality of woolen
clothing, in modern times, however, is sold
by Barman Bros., river side of I ront. street,
Portland, Oregon, between Arriguni's and
the Lincoln House. The San Francisco str.
of this week brought a full stock for any or
dinary store, to replenish the shelves of
Barman Bros. These are facts.
Perry uuvis' V it-tai)ic a-i.iii Killer.
As an internal remedy has no equal. In
cases of Cholera, Summer complaint, Dys
pepsia, Dysentery, Asthma, it cures in one
V,- nt-ivw,' i n ft rn nl 1 1- und Viilt"-"n ri
111,111, lIlll IV . ..... .J " "
with it freely. It is the best liniment in
America. Its aetion is like magic, when ex
ternally applied to bad sores, burns, scalds'
and sprains. lor the sick headache and
toothache, don't fail to try it. In short, it 13
a Pain Kdler
Perry Davis' Pain Killer. This medi
cine has become an article af commerce, a
thing no medicine ever became before. Pain
Killer is as much an item in every bale of
goods sent to country merchants, as tea
,1- rr.i. 1 1
coiioe, or sugar. ius speaKs volumes in
its favor. Glens falls Messenger.
iiiarnagit unt vci.uacy, an essay of
Warning and instruction for loung Men3
Also, Diseases and Abuses which prostrate
the vital powers, with sure means of relief.
Sent free ol charge in sesled letter envelopes
Address: D J. SK1LLIN HOUGHTON.
31) Howard Association, Philadelphia, Pa.
Tlic Ucst Remedy fur Purifying tlie
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 !
tor sale at all the wholesale and retail
drug stores and groceries. (31
EMIL FRESE. Wholesale Drucsist.
!3ol Agnt, J .10 Cluy street, San Fran-nsc?.
I"lnltiomali Lodge No. 1, A,
F. & A. M. Holds its regular
1?
communications on the first and third Sat
urdays of each month, at half past six r. m.
Brethren iu good standing are invited to
Uattend. By order of W. M.
Oregon City, Nov. bth, 18G6. S:ly
Oregon Lodge No. 3, I. O.
of O.F. Meets every Wednes
day evening at 7 o'clock, in the
Masonic Hall. Members of the order are in
vited to attend. By order N. G. ' S:ly
VillametteQL.odge No. 151. O. G. T.
Meets every Saturday evening, at the room.
corner of Main and Washington streets, at 7
o'clock. Visiting members are invited tc
attend.
By order of "W. C. T.
St. Paul's Episcopal Clxurcli, the Rev.
J. W. Sellwood, pastor. Services on Sun
day at 10 1-2 a. m. and 7 p. m. Sunday
school at 2 p. m.
Congregational Church.- Morning,
services at 10 1-2 a. m. Evening services at
7 p. m. P. S. Knight, Pastor.
M. K. Church. Morning services at
10 1-2 a. m. Evening services at 7 p. m. I.
D. Driver, Pastor.
icw Advertisements.
THE CAXE3I1H SIDE-WAL-Iv.
-jyOTICE "IS HERE1JY GIVEX, THAT
L Sealed proposals will be received by th
subscribers until Saturday the 5th day of
January 1807, for the construction of a plank
walk from the intersection Sf the breakwater
with the railroad, by Smith's Foundry, up
to the old storehouse iu Canetnah, now oc
cupied by Morfitt & Co. The wlk to be of
sound two inch lumber, thirty-two inches
wide, and laid down in a substantial manner,
on cross ties, four by four inches squarg,
and spiked to the railroad cross ties. The
walk to be laid down in the center of. the
railroad until it reaches a point near the old
Foundry in Canemah, where it is to cross the
road to the left, and follow the line of the
lots on the left hand side of Front street, in '
Canemah, to the upper ? termini, opposite
Morfitt' s store. Parties who bid to turnish
all materials required, and the work to be
completed iu two weeks from the sealing of
the contract. JOSEI'll D LOCEY,
JOHN R. COBURN,
JACOB WORTMAN,
10:1 wj Committee.
OREGON CITY "
BREWERY !
HENRY II U TIB EL,
Having purchased the above Brewery,,
wishes to inform the public that he is now
prepared to manufacture a No. 1 quality of
LAGER BEER!
As good as can be obtained anywhere in the
State. Orders solicited and promptly tilled.
Oregon City, December 2Sth, 1856. 10tf
THE NATIONAL COLLEGE
OF;
BISIXESS AXD COMMERCE!
Corner of ALDER and FRONT street.
PORTLAND OR EG OX.
SUPERIOR ADVANTAGES!
THIS COLLKGE RANKS FIRST ON THE
Coast, and offers advantages for acquir
ing a Practical Business Education, superior
to any other school.
The Course of Instruction
Is conducted on the plan of the best Com-
mercial Colleges in Em ope and the Atlantic
States, combiuingt
Theory and Practice,
By means of Banks and Business offices, thus
familiarizing the Student with all the dif
ferent kinds of Business in the shortest
possible time, and least expense.
The Business Course
Embraces Book-keeping,by sisgle and double
entry, renmanship, Commercial Calcula
tions, Co-respondence, Commercial Law,
Actual Business, Lectures on Accounts,.
Business Customs, Mercantile Ethics, &c.
Terms :
Scholarships, embracing fhe whole Busi
ness Course, Kegular and Special Lec
tures, time unlimited, with privilege of
reviewing at any future day $50.
Students enter anv time. There are no va
cations. For further particulars address
the President, or call at the College.
M. K. LAUDENSLAGER. President.
II. M. DeFRANCF, Secretary. &Sm
1866. 1867.
FAIR WARNING.
AS THE NEW YEAR IS APPROACII
ing it is a fittinjr time to settle accounts.
xd those owing me Book Accounts
are earnestly requested to make im
mediate payment, a6l need money,
and cannot do business without
it. All who settle by the first of
January next, may save them
selves trouble, as I propose
to open a new set of books
at that time and do business
ON THE READY PAY SYSTEM !
P. S. Any person havincrapvof mv feed
sacks, are hereby notified to return the same .
immediately. WM. BARLOW.
Oregon City, December oth, 1S66. f (7:4w.
0 ' 1 " " "
Notice to James Crim.
HENRY SNYDER having entered at this
office, as a pre-emption right, the south
e 1st quarter of sec. 19 town S, south range 1
east, which eutrv is in conflict with your pre-
i"iHiuu nuug 01 iiuiy alii, ioov, anu our ae
cision allowing said" entry havine been af
firmed by the Commissi&ner of Uie General
Land office under date of October 27th, 1866,
you are hereby notified that you will be al-
lowea thirty days trom this date to appeal
from said decision, if you desire to do so.
L.and Office, Oregon Citv, Dec. 27th, 1S66.
OWEN WADE, Register.
:4wJ
HENRY WARREN, Receiver.
CAN E' M A H STORES
JAMES MORFITT & CO.,
w
OULD INFORM THE PUBLIC Es
pecially of Canemah, .that they have
established a Store at that place, where they
will keep on hand a well assorted stock of
Merchandise and Groceries.
which will be sold at reasonable rates, for the
purpose of establishing permanently such &
necessity at Canetnah. lryus. U-'j
PONY SALOON.
Main street, Oregon City, adjoining the brick:
Store of S. Ackerman.
JAMES MANX, Proprietor.
This popular saloon is always supplied
with the very best quality of Wines ana
Liquors, Ale, Porter, Beer and Cider, OgaM
and Tobacco. Gie mc a call
7:lrl JAMES MA-
a-,
o