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. 4.. . O ,' i 0 0 o o ,, ,..: -' f- ,. m , ,r q ' '' o o o Cfc o o '4. o O o o n o o o AT O $f)c lUcckhj (Enterprise. KH- " "" ' ', i . Oregon City, Oregon : d Saturday, January; 19, 1867. .CP OUR PORTLAXD SUBSCRIBERS Will please ask for the Enterprise, if they laT nojiox. Mr. Randalpannot possibly rem embeg, every name, on a list so large as ours at that otiicc. O fJnE Portland Panic. The repoiieh sale of a controlling interest in the Oregon Steam Navigation Company to a California capitalist, Col. Ilayward, has given rise to much gossip throughout the State, and es pecially has it caused uneasiness among certain business men, and property hold ers in Portlands We have already pub lished -what the Portland correspondent of Gthe Bulletin had to say regarding the mat ter that the " controlling"' imprest had wit been disposed of. We have listened to the comments of many people upon the Bubjectnd read several newspaper arti cles devoted to explaining the case, but have been unable toput the stories to gether in a manner satisfactory to our un derstanding. From all that we are able to learn it is very doubtful whether any htock, worth mentioning, has been sold. We do not in the least attribute to the build ing of the steamship Oregonian the cause for the sale of such stock as may have been, or is to be, transferred. Cerin holders of the Slock, possibly feeling that they might be able to make a rtfore satisfactory investment of their money, wished to find n purchaser for their stock, and after stat ing the price at which the same could bt? obtained, placed it upon the market. Whether it was taken at the price asked is unknown to outsiders and we can't say that outsiders have any business to know. But supposing that the property teas taken by Col. Hay ward, is there anything in that to create a panic? While at Portland, few days since, we found a few men who appeared anxious to dispose of their real estate at ajjgout 50 f) cent, discount, in or der that they might leave the place. How the transaction, as reported, could affect anv man's interest in a manner to lead him to make such a foolish offer we are at u loffe to say. We should think if he were really in earnest he could easily findVgiir chaerifc When Col. llayward visited Or- rgon last summer he was very favorably impressed w4hx the country. He found the State in much better condition than he had ever imagined, and naturally desired to become interested in its growth and prosperity. This is no more than what might be supposed would result from a i knowledge of the resources of the State. It is exactly what all Oregonians have wished for, and we think that the nonsense of parties who fear the consequences will have an influence in keeping capital ists out of the State, if those capitalists Bhould get an impression that their motives are to be continually wrongly construed, and they considered in the light of putting obstacles in the way of prosperity rather than becoming instrumental in building up the commonwealth. Prof. Maril of YalcvCollo ge pronounces the fossils recently found at Cohoes, X Y., the bones of a female mastodon, of full 0 growth, though comparatively young, and Kays that the animal must have existed over 10.000 years ago. & - The papers of Northern Tex-speak of the immigrant trains constantly passing through the country toward the interior of Texas. They are said to e mostly Mis tissippians. 1 IS) ( Accounts from all parts of Iowa indi cate that settlers are flocking in faster than ever before. There isn, great scarcity of houses in all the cities and iowns, and farms are in demand. A Milwait&ic paper speaks of immense peat beds in the vicinity of that city.0 The peat is pronounced of a better cmality than fat used in England lor fuel where coal is abundant (1 0 A new island is forming in the Missouri riyr opposite St. JosepJaad two citizens have built a shanty on tfm order to secure the first claim to entry when the Govern ment places it in the niyuket. O Qne of the passes by which the Pacific Railroad is to cross the liocky Mountains is about 11,000 feet above the level of the sea. 0 A Frenchman in New Orleans proposes to light all the street lamps of the city bimultaneously by means of an electro magnetic battery, operated by clock work. : e The Madison (W is.) Lnion(telIs of a man who purchased a can of oysters in that city, a few days ago, in which he found a & genuine pearl valued at rpm $25 to SoO. A telegraph line, 30 miles long, is under the control of Oberlin College, for the use of the students who study that branch of science. Advices from Indianola, Texas, to 0t. U2d, sum up thetmount of cotton shipped to the 1st of September, at 9,000 bales, against 3o,000 bales in 1860. An enterprising freOlrnan, of Cherokee county, Ala., has this year made two bales of cotton, one of which Qveighing C8J pounds, he sold at 3Jc. per pouud. Many me, who were in the rebel ser vice during the rebellion have enlisted in the regular army. It is estimated that the corn crop of Pennsylvania for the past year will amount to 30.000,000 bushels. Q There is in England a charity known as the "Patriotic Fund," for the benefit of the families of soldiers who have fallen in battle. GXJuarantine regulations will bo imroodi &eH instituted at Pranco New Mall Routes. In an obscure pamphlet form of advert tisement, inviting proposals for carrying the United States Mail on routes in Oregon from June 1st, 1867, to June 30th. 1870, we find the following : lloute Xo. 15,129 From Oregon City, by Cuttingville, Glad Tidings, Silvertori, Sublimity, and Scio, to Lebanon : sixty four miles and lck, once a week. Leave Oregon City on Monday0at 7 a. m. ; arrive at Lebanon next day by 12 m. Leave Lebanon Tuesday at 1 p. m. ; arrive at Oregon City next day by 7 p. m. Proposals will be received, it is sfated, until February 15th, 1867. We doubt whether the matter can be arranged with such dispatch, but hope that some person, or persons, will be on hand to put in a bid and that Postmaster General Randall will see to it that the. Mail is started in time. Some one in this county should receive the contract. Do not let the opportunity fail for wanQ&f response here. The Govern - ment, to be sure, has a slow way of intro ducing the matter but we have given it publicly, gratuitously, for the benefit of the community, in the same way in which we advertise letters remaining in the Post (Blice. Proposals are lso invited for route No. 15.128, from Portland by Pinion School House, Philip Foster, oi? the Clackamas, and Cuttingville, to Silverton, sixty-four miles and back, once a week, -bidders to propose a schedule of depart ing and arrivals. Also from Centerville to Hillsboro, five miles and back, ohce a week. P. S. Since writing the above we have teen Postal Agent Brooks, at Portland. where he arrived (gn. Tuesday evening by the Orijlaifirne. On Monday he will start overland Salt Lake for the purpose of inspecting the mail routes, and postal mat ters generally in the Oregon District, with a view to making such improvements as mav be found to be needed. He Aviil go O . on from Salt Lake to Washington, arriving there, if poss'ible, in time; to be present at the mail let tings for this District on the 22d of February. His arrival here at the present time is particularly fortunate wish he had come opnerr) (He has succeeded in having all the routes advertised in the Oregonian, and will giye what attention he can to the raatfSr of getting the people to bid upon them, lie will make a special egbrt to get to Washington in time to interpose against the danger of failure of these letting, for want of bids. And if no proposals are re ceived at the day appointed for opening, he will endeavor to have the time extended to give time for proposals that maybe forwarded now, to reach "Washington. It was niaiuly through his efforts that the service between the Dalles and SaU Lake was obtained, he sending the bids by tele graph to Washington. He feelsQan inter est in having that branch of the service well performed therefore, and by traveling over the route will be able to see that such changes a3 will make the route valuable, are made. On this route Saf? Lake City is a distributing office and ought to divide the the overland matter, so as to send everything to its destination by the most expeditious route. As at present, the greater part of the matter marked for Ore gon is sent forward with the Sacramento mails, necessitating an additional 'travel of r over six hundred miles, and consuming, in summer about six days, and in winter about eleven days, greater time than would be required if the matter were snt from Salt Lake direct to the Dalles. All the matter for Idaho, Washington Territory o and all of Oregon North of the Callipooia Mountains, should be sent to the Dalles, for it would reach that place in just abtmt the time required to carry it to Sac ramento. Then agrainpiuattor for Portland would reach here from six to eleven days sooner than by the California route T1V matter will be corrected by Mr. Brooks, at once upon his arrival at Salt Lake City. lie will give his attention, also, to secur ing a better service on some of the shorter, and side routes of Eastern Oregon and of Idaho, where, at present, the schedules are not properly arranged. In regard to the news which had reached Oregon ia advance of Mr. Brooks' arrival that Postmaster General Randall has de termined to annul the contract with Mr. Corbtdl, for carrying the Lincoln and Portland daily mail, (to take effect on and after tb 30th of June nextpMr. Brookes of the opinion thafc3this may take place, Ibut that if so, a daily service will be con- 4-1 mi oil frnm Pnrttnnd tr emr TviinronA !5tv and lrom Lincoln to irega, and that be- tTL-Ori fllO-iO tlTil tViOvn trill Tlrt n r-tj3 weekly or semi-weekly mail. The movement of the people living along and near the Willamette, above this Ciiy, to have mail service given them, by steamer, from this Qityia Boon's Ferry Butteville, Chompoeg, to Dayton, at least once, or if possible, twice a week, Mr. Brooks regards in very favorable light. There has long been a great need of such serviecspfor the reason that the river be twQijn those points is, in most places, dis tant from the maiiyoutes up the valley, on either side, amd the points named have no direct and easy mmunication with post officesPon either of those routes. The people have to depend on getting, their mail matter by the boats, and, as it is the business of nobody in particular to make it up and forward it, and nobody is under any obligation to carry it, the matter some times oes, but oftenejj does not. For all practical purpose, those people are just about as destitute of mail facilities as though there was not a route between here Hand Salem. By law of Congress, all nav igable streams are post routes, and it will, therefore, only be necessary fotte peti tioners in this also to make application, through Tostal Ajjent Brotiks, to the head of the Department, for stich rnaiJ service as they demand, (gjid if the facts shown, warrant it. an order will be likelr)to issue tor its penormance. O o o 0 jEjiE Ikox okks. The "lop house" of the Oregon Iron vorks, at Ggwego, over the first smelting furnace on the roast, is-j now aoovtt ready to be e:icloe.L w O OREGON. 0 Buchanan & Co., are now running a week ly express from the Dalles to Canyon City. On the 13 th of January the snow oa the Umatilla was about three inches deep; noo enough to prevent the cattle from grazing. The last steamer brought up from San Francisco eight lame killers or rats tor the (gait Works near St. Helen, and also the ma terials for boring ai artesian well. The City Council of the Dalles hare pro vided that every person licensed to retail liquors in the city limits shall file a bond in in the sum of $500 to keep an orderly house. A protracted meeting is still in progress at the College in Corvaliis -Revs. Jaes Kelsev, J. B. Short, W. A. Finley and Dr. Cantebury are earnestly engaged in the work. Considerable interest is manifested. In anticipati6i qj'an increase of business during the coming season, tv3 the Umatilla Press, our merchants have more than doub led thi Dnrchascs of last year, and will b(f ready to supply the interior and mountain trade at as low rates as can be obtained at anv other point. The Umatdia Press says there are over -two hundred pack trains now on Buch-creek climate and the abundance ofiay, grass and in winter Quarters, me muuness oi me grain, makesCjt a paradise fur the animals which have pat in a hard summer's work. How many animals ure.Jth.erc m a train ; Bro. Dow V You are heavy on statistics. On Wednesday evening last, says the Jfoultttit,eer of Saturday, Marshal Keeler, while endeavoring to take a soldier to the jail, received a cut from a knife in the hands of his prisoner. The knife e ntered the left breast, and striking a rib glanced downward, inflicting a painful though not dangerous wound. The Columbia Press says the great valley oX) the Willamette has on either side an easily cultivated soil as ever the sun sjjone upon, aud from trie productions of the soil will Portland find sufficient nourishment to keep her always ia her present condition. We. too. must'patronize her farmers and her manufacturers. Her clothing, flannels ofA all descriptions, will always una a reauy sale wherever it is carried. 'ffie Oregonian learns that parties came up by the Oriflamme for the purpose of buying beet cattle or slaughtered meatsQfor the San Francisco market. This is one of the re sults of the kite flood wbiX:h destroyed larsre number of cattle, sheep and hogs, and de stroyed so considerable a part of the usual winter's feed that farme-s are not able to i Keep their remaining stock in marketable oiuer. McCraken, Merrill & Go's steam barrgi factory at Portland is now in successful Ope ration, and turning out some tine work. I is the intention of tbeyroprietois to manu facture out of spritee wood, tubs, etc. which is susceptible of a fine finish. Some very fine oak staves carved out, have been sent to San FrSnciSeo as a specimen of what can be done. The Jit raid says a man named Gibson en tered our city a short time since under the following circumstances ; A country wagou passed tnrough thsti eets loadvd with bacon so piled as to completely shelter the man Gibson from observation. This suspicious personage was placed in a private house in the city until the departure of the next steamer when he was disguised and placed on board. From these circumstances we conclude the man to have been au outlaw and a refugee from justice, and makes this notice in order that those interested may kuow the course he took. Within two years a thriving town number ing about 100 "houses, lias sprung up on the banks of t e Willamette in Polk county. This place Bijena Vista ig,well located for exporting grain and other produce. It has already three or four stores, u wagon factory, smith's shop, grist mill, good sawmill with forty horse-power engine attached, -also a drug store and a pottery, w&ieh promises to do a thriving business. A good hotel kept by William Kigs, is situated couycinently ciosi to the river. This gentleman is also at considerable expense in constructing a safe and convenient ferry across the river. This is an improvement much needed, nd can not fail to draw a lSrge frailiieto and through the place. W& quote from the Corvaliis Gazette. The Gazette of Corvaliis tells a story which will bear repeating: About noon on Wednes day last a man and woman each bearing a satchel, -entered our sanctum. The man said lie was a printer, was out of funds, and wanted a couple davs work. We had not t work to give him. lie then said they wanted T a . . i': l l . t. i . ! 1 .... to stay till the next dav, but had no monev to go to the tavern. We took them home with us gave them dinner and ten eved them our hospitalities till the morrow. About the middle of the afternoon he came into the oflice accompanied by Tlev. Mr. James to whom he had represented him self as a Protestant Episcopal Missionary, from Mexico, giving his address as ' (Rev. Dr. Ee;C. Rowland, Corresponding Editor of the (Jhrixtain Jit raid." We offered him copy, stick and rule. He came to the case, looked at it, and said "ohe would go and get his spectacles and return." We don't know whether he has found h:s "specs" or not we have not seen him since. Upon return ing home in the evening, we learned he came in' great haste and ordered his woni;fu to 44 get her tins s," and they left, without so much as saying good bye" heading in a southerly direction. He Is asm-ill French friau speaks poor English and the woman wis tall, poorly ch;d, "amf, withal, did lOt seem paiticularly "bright." He said she had cro.-sed the plains this season from Mis souri, aud that her people lived about 18 miles from Albany, lie said be was just from the British Colusfvbia that he spent a couple of weeks with Dr. Wvehe of Hidem, and several days with Uev. Jno. F. Damon of Albany, ami that the latter, and Mr. Abbott of ihs' Democrat, had recommended him to i?s. Furi her than this, deponent saith not, except that the whole affair seemed as myste rious as unceremonious. 9 V a ttifiii- s irv it ICt. i yf vtit r!'hf' f.ynross which left Fort Klamath on the morning of January 8th for Jacksonville, brings news of an earthquake which would do credit to South America. The report is by order of the Commander 'of the post, and is therefore authentic, it reads as fol lows : We have singular if not serious news to send by express just leaving: This morn ing at daylight, we were startled from sleep by the shock of an earthquake, immediately followed by a noise as of distant thunder ; but in a little while quiet reigned. Every one was conversing and laughing heartily at the singular phenomena ; but our counten ances soou underwent a serious change. It began to grow dark the whole heavens were full of a very black smoke o cloud ; the air had jx so'lphurous smell and ashes of a brown ish color fell as fast as I ever saw it snow. We had to u.?e candles in the mess room. The most of us went into breakfast, but had only got fairly into our seats when, horror ! the earthseQned rolling like waves upon i;e ocean. Fveryone was thrown to the li.u . and omy regaining their feet to be placed6) again in tne same position. With the rat tling of dishes, crashing of window glass cracking of timber of the buildings and the screams of the frightened boys, you could not imagine a more perfect cUjuos. Souk of us gained the door, and such a sight met our gaze! $he tall, majestic pines whichssur round the fort eerned lashiug themselves into fury, the wagons In front of the stables were eu gaged in pitched battles, horses and cattle"" lying crouched upon the ground and uttering the most pitiful moans, dogs howling, and the unearthly yells and cries of the Klamath Ind ans encamped near the f..!7' ? i,!nfi fCeae- e imagined crash of world. IhesSmls store was 1 S Ttl ti'0mvltsi"nen'0- TT, nnfninT l 1' f w,sU'c ?-! n , Z r 1 t? CiUO lms broken loose near the Klamath marsh, as a conttnu- - v mm "H-Lii in iij:iuer ami ous aaiK volume oi smoKe is seen ascend iinr iu that directioO There was about half an hour between itSe first aud second shocks. Thirst was only perceptible ; the -2d last ed, as near as can be judged, two or three minutes. Mr. Wfcitmore has just arrived from the Agency, and reports that Klamath lake has lowered about six feet and is st;ll falling Crooked creek, a stream between this place and the Aerci'rv plct:l v uv. 0 TKLEGgAFHlC ZVE1VS We take the following telegraphic news fro dispatches to the Morning Oregonian. G Dates to January 15tli. rrunboat SivaHaro, with John H. Sur io ard. is expected in ten days. The ran on" cThe Judiciary (.tnnuttee are engaged with the Impeachment investigation. It is said there will be twojeports from the Committee on the New Orleans riot. The tornev General has gtveu to Cou-p-rtss the names of pardoned rebels, add of those who endorsed their petitions. The Ilusso-9 merican Telegraph has worked a circnt of S'0 miles with a six-cup battery, the distance being the longest on the con tinent. . , C The constitutional amendment hM passed the houses of the New York aud Kansas Legislatures, and has been rejected by the Virginia Legislature. Ashley will be called before the Committee on the "Judiciary, to explain the charges pagainst toe i it'siui-ui, io.-.i in-w uaoio the resolution now umler cous.uerauon. Mr. Bidweil has introduced a resolution instructing the postal committee to inquire into the expediency of having mail service performed by steamer between San Francisco, Astoiii and'Portland, Oregon. Toe Legislatures of Kansas, Minnesota, Wisconsiifand New Jersey met on the ith. Kentucky has rejected the Constitutional Amendment. It seems that over l.ooo American ships have been transferred to the French flag wi:hm the last five years. The London Times is getting anxious about the Alula ma claims. G In Congress, on the tub, various resolu tions were "introduced, one of which looks to theegislation out of" all holders of import ant offices, another to the exemption of in comes, below i,ui from tax. The Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Nevada were iS.jjigurated on the bth. Ac cording to lawtlie balloting tor Senator came oif on Tue-9 iv, January 1,'th. Nve's chances in Nevada, were saitrio be nood. O A strong effort is about to be made to pro cure aid from Congfess to construct a Pacific Q-ailroad from 'a point at the Gulf of Mexico Ivy an an- line route only 12 miles Ions to lie Pacific ocean, by an association of capi talists organized in Connecticut. By the w:iy0f New Orleans we have a sin gular report from Mexico, that Maximilian a:!'i v'.i-t leuean have made a secret nndef3 standing by which Juarez is to be acting as President of Mexico by the middle of July. This yarn mayrequiie confirmation, and a good deal of it, beloreir is believed. The explanation now given of the sailing of the Fieneh ironCDad fleet for Mexico is, that it is for tho purpose et" convoying the transports back to Fanoe, Mexican priva teers being feared. Carlotta is not dead, it appears, as was once reported. The Cana dians appear to have ceased resistance, there being none left to resit. The London Times says that the British Minister at Washington has been instructed to ask l'jr an aibitra ment in the Alabama case. By the Lcen'rna Stir, which arrived at New York; on the loth, we ttave a repo t thut Cholera has appeared among the California-bound passenger-s, wi rlaid over on the Nicaragua Voute on account of a failure to connect with the steamer on this side. At iasc accounts, ti:e cnoiera was prevalent m the West India Islands, and mavvtve been Carried across, the re:6t mentions thefdeath of a considerable number of United Suites soldiers bound hither. Mosqocrahas resigned the presidency of Unijed States of Columbia, for the sutlicieut reufcpon that there is no money in the treasu ry. Some ill -i at u red people have said that Mosquiera would resign when there was no more money for him to " gobb'e up." Ife also sivs that the clergy are in rebellion, and that there is a geneuil disposition to inane way with them. The South A in eri ca fis hare a way of doing things which is peculiarly their own. q The Luropean news is not especially in teresting. The London Times, commenting on the proposed impeachment of Johnson (how stiange to be commenting heie on the Lon ia T&us of the loth !) says tlmt it is a new revolution, and is !eneraih' melancholy o . er our diili julries, in the old Titm.s-y fash' ion. The Greeks in the Mediterranean Is lands are restive under the Turkish rule, and trouble between Turkey and .Greece grows daily more imminent the former power being engaged ia forwarding troops to the Greek frontier. o The S nate received the President's veto of the District of Cokimbia Suffrage bill on Monday, the first day of their reassembling,, and forthwith pas.-ed the bdl, the President's veto to the cont raiy not withstanding, bv a vote of H'j to lu considerably more than the constitutional two thiPds majority. The House was equally prompt, having received the bill from the Senate yest.o d ; . , and, tak ing immediate actum, passed it by a vote of 1 -j to having a 9iozeii votes to spare. Mr. Jidmsou dot not ani-ear to have much infiueiice with this branch of thy Covci u- UK'llt. On the I'th in the House a bill was intro duced to pay the reward offered for the cap ture (if Jeff. Davis. Ufferied to committee on appropriations. Paine, of Wisconsin, in tromieed a rcsohitioti deciuriug it a ptiuciplo of the American Government to protect American interests, but if Congro.-s ws compelled to allow free trale ia agricultural products, it was but jn-t that the principle of free trade should also ajjply to, manufac turers lieferred to committee on Wavsand Means. Several remonstrances were pre sented against the renewal of Parkhurst's hpatent tor lmprovcneut m woolen manufac turing. s Mexican a flairs have received another shake-up. Ortega appears to have gained other accessions of strength beside that of Canaies, who declared for him, two other Liberal Generals, whose names are not ,i ven, having deserted Juarez. There are rurucrs that military events are against Juarez but th'V are only rumors. Ostega is out with a pronunciamento d-chirmg his right to the I're.-idency and calling uponthe people ot Mf-xico to rally to bin staiid.ud. Cortinas has been appointed Governor of Matamoras and assumes command there. Maximiuaa has called a Congress to decide whether the Emisirt: shall continue or nots The French fleet is to remain iu Mexican waters to col lect the customs, and a small contingent force will also stay, it is repof ted. Congress has liaally passed the bill to pro vide that, ui future, Congress shall com mence its first session o.whe 4th' of March, and that the practice shall ! commenced by the-t uh Congress. rhe Senate, with an e e to the main chance, as usual, provided that where any rfvo.tnb.er of the preo.'ding Con gress shall bo elected to the new one, h:: shall not be entitled to mileage. In the Senate, Edmunds of Vermont, wlip appears to have managed the bill, said that he did not understand that the measure was pressed by its supporters on account of any hostility to the President, but because it was deemed necessary to have a continuous session of the House soeas to have u Speaker, in case circumstances would require a Speaker to fill the vacancy which rnigat be occasioned in i'..' office of President. On the llth Wade called up in the Senate, fhe bill relating to the organic acts of Terri tories, and fifiered a substitute. Howard suggested seme efranges and the substitute was then adopted, with a division of thesub stitute in one short section which declares henceforth in 'any Territory now organized, or hereafter be organized, there shall be no denial of the elective franchise on account of race or tolor and a previous condition of slavery, and all Territorial laws in conflic tion with thi act are her,. by declared null and void. The bill was at once put on its passage without debate and carried by a vote ot 21 to 8. roster voted for it. and Messrs. Dixion and Uoolutle did not vote at all As I ...m ,( .,J ,, ..,,,.,.1 the House, where i: lav on the fable I a'f au I hour and was then tuUu up and under1 the operation of the p, evious question was passed I without debate by lot aves to SB noes The i h,ll was at one .virnPd. and in hm,t. .-..'in ii. i si K,i ....... .,,1 . y,. ... t two hours from (lie time of its introductioHi mUt, the Ssnata it had passed both Bouses and received "ib? signature of the Speaker and Vice President, aud was ready for the White House. It 13 not supposed that the President will veto it. The prospects for impeaching the Presi dent do not appear very brilliant. As is Tuntml in our disnathoa. ninny mpmbers Was dried corn I who voted for the reference of .Yshley's reso 1 Rations may have done so for the purpose of disposing of the issue thus forced upon them by parliamentary tactics. Remonstrances from various portions of the country are pouring in upon Congress, and the New York Press, without any exception, unless it be the U'arhl, which says nothing, comes out against the proposition. As" the De mocracy are leafng Johnson to his fate, the silence of the World has syme significance. Washington on the Dtli. and. asmi-ht be ex- ! Td i-- . ,,..i i .. pected, appeared in the role of an illustr ious '.i - .i ...-.I a , ! in.w i. i , aim w as greeieu wan great applause, we have ever before observed. There is no his strikers Cowan. Doolittle aud DlackP-I , , , , ,, . a r joining in the chorus. The President made ! demand d under tlie '"ence of steady a speech, or rather defined to make a ! receipts prices for every description of do speech, but rung one in, as Congressmen j rnestic produce have a downward tendency, sometimes smuggle a speech info a resolu- ' -.i -i i v i a- i. t;. k. ..- 'fe 1 . . v l Jr ; with possibly the single exception of poultry tion, ov onering a "sentiment, which for 1 ponderous clumsiness might vie with anv of : those iit the China Mair'Banquet. lie 'ex- pressea rnmse'i as being opposed to seces sion by States and proscriptiou bv Congress. it was the same oid thing. As his. part of the performance came off before the prolon gation of the festivities to a late hour, there is no doubt of his having been au Alderman, aud so and so forth. Ben-. Bcti.ee axd His Aitlk. The Xa Uon commenting upon the singular demon stration which greeted General Butler fit the Park, at New York, a lev,- days before the election, remarked that though his coolness was commendable in eating th apple thrown at him by an unfrieudly au dience, the taste of the act was question able inasmuch afdhe. fruit was probably taken by a dirty hand from a dirty pocket Unwiiling to rest under this imputation, the General addressed to the Xation the fol- i i lowing laconic note : 0 Q ' To the ;?:'( o- of the Xation : 0 "ljweu that anpte. uo vou ercr T 1.1. 1 Do eat apples or eggs without paring ? Fastidiously yours, "Bex.t. F. Bctixk. "Lowei.i., November 12th, 1SCG' The Duterence or Ti.mu Between Eruoi-js ami America. A scientific writer slates, that the difference of time between London and New York jg; four hours, fifty minutes, eighteen and ninety five hun dredths seconds. When it is twelve o'clock in New York, it is fifty-minutes and nearly nineteen seconds af tots four o'clock in Lou- don. lhe accuracy of this cavitation he proposes to test by observations themgh the Atlantic cable. The difference of time above stated was ascertained by three chro pometJc voyages between London and Cambridge, Mass., and the difference be tween Cambridge and New York was as certained by telegraph. In the latitude of Washington the difference of time for lon gitude is one second per 1,100 feet. o The Richmond Times thus cornDonts on the reported plan for annexing certain Mexican provinces to the Fniied States. 'Tf scveral.of the provinces of Mexico shall be sliced off from that effete empire and tacked on (d this, Uncje Sum's coat will be veritably one of as many colors as Josephs. We have already an awful spice of variety, both in territory and popula tion. We have thecJdue-nose-PIymouth-roek-coufish consumer in New England ; putrescent looking Dutch and Germans in the Middle and Western States ; white men and Christian people in the South ; Indians aud polygamous Mormons in the Terri tories, and Cegroes and muLtttoes every where." A Kkw E.N(H.AXi) C.VSTIN'tJ. A m:im- moth casting w; lately made at the Charleston. Mass., Nav Yard. It was & about one half of the ben of a planer, fhe whole machine destined to weigh about 105 tons. The section cast viil weigh v-nme tons when cleaned. c;j he iron was from the machinery of the eld United States steamer llrnml. Two months wore required to make the mold, forty-one tons of metal were used, and eight davs 'lapsed 1 this. Lin casting ever made in New England became cold. : q Letters have been received from tlie colony that sailed from Maine in August fo, a settlement at Jaffa ancient Joppf$ ia the Hoiy Land. They imd a good pass age of days ; landed October f. the Turkish Government favoring the project of allowing them to land their merchandise free of duty. The colony consists of 1.36 men. women ami children. They had car ried th.-ir church, school-house, saw-mill, store. vc, and have a charming site for their settlement. y.5 Our Government has taken steps to ar rest the Coolie trade. Capt. Xapoleon Collins, commanding the Sacramento, sailed a few davs since for China, carrying with him full instructions from the State Department to look into the Coolie trade, and after a thorough examination, report all the facts to his Government, with a view to early amelioration, if not entire suppression Qf this traffic. &c. Thc ladies of Wankegan, Illinois. search ing for a means of raising money to repair their cemetery, conceived fhe idea of hir ing the largest hall in town on the evening of election day, and making arrangements to receive telegraphic returns from all quarters. By charging a moderate en trance fee they thus realized quite a large sum. PaiLKO.VI) FOR SOCTHEKX CAT.IFOnXXY. A new scheme for a railroad through Southern California has been proposed. The plan is to connect Sacramento city with Fort Yuma, via Fort Miller, in Fresno county. The road will be about COO miles in length, and will pass directly through a large agricultural region. PittLADiCT.PiitA Mfxx. The coinage in the Philadelphia mint, for the month o September, amounted to 02.012 gold pieces the value of which was $2,025,3(0 78. Of silver pieces thci-cwere coined 54.152, the value of whi ch was $250,221 00. The cop per coinage was valued at $118,745. All Si'FX'cr.ATiON". The practice says the Round Table of bringing artistes across the Atlantic when in their tZceaJenec, and when the European field is presumably exhaust ed for tfcem. may be justified, as a commer cial speculation. The New Haven Colon v Historical So 0 ctety has been presented with the draft which was used in that city in 1SG3, and which frightened so many timid ones off fo Canada. It may be examined now without anv danger. m.iuis UK. out. 0 ExterpcisS Office, Oregon City, January IS, IS 67. J Trade throughout theentire valley is very quiet at this season of the year, generally, aud nothing being expected fronitheQiining regions by way of business, it is nrt) strange that tlie cantile classes report dml sale The markets of Portland are more quiet thari j - - m . . - Good, clean dressed chickens never il to find ready sales. And this leads us trPremark that even at present prices there iver)little margin for the producer's profit on sales ef fected in, the manger customary. The pro ducer cannot alize expenses by dealing in thejoiut capacity of jobber, and speculator, as well as producer, and our advice would be that they select a house through which to make their sales, and pack and ship their pro (djucts at stated intervals, receiving by return mail if need be, acunt of the transactions. The exports of the State for the past year, through Portland, exclusive of treasure, ag gregate in value $45-457. This is a grati fying increase, but now that the main de pendence rests with the export trade, it should be made to increase in greater pro portion annually, by well directed efforts. The condition of some of the fruit shipped to San Francisco recently must been bad as the Times reports sales at from 50 cen8 to $1 72 per box. The following prices were current for do- mestic produce in Portland yesterday : FLOUR Imperial and Standard brands $G 00 bbl., in sacks ; Country brands Soo-?;" oO. WHEAT Milliner. 70o7;75c. H bu. C OATS 3.c(&l'Jc. CORN MKAL $2 50 cwt. FELT) Ground 3o ton ; Middlings $13Vt-:U : Jii-an $1-'. FUC IT Green Apples ?bx 7oSl 25: Dried Apples $ lb 6010c; Dried Peaches 124c: I'liims 1-ie CURED M.VT Bacon lb i:k14c; II; nis -rt io is,i,xpc; rn iioulders LaVRD Iirkegs 12 c.: tins 15c. K( I GS :-t.-.-c ) doz. Til TTTER Ordinary to 1.1 rime lb 25 POULTRY-Chickens doz 4 506.). VEGETABLES Potatoes p bt03o 50c; Onhms 100 lbs $1$1 50.; Beans loinbs s:5 50 l. HIDES Safied li 4 '5c: drv 9010. Thk American' Co-rvnioiiT. Mr. An thony Trollope sent aGpaper to the Social GScience Congress of Great Britain on 'In ternational Copyright." America, he said had more readers than Tli gland and fewer authors, aud the obstgeie to a copyright treaty was not the piratical bookseller. but)! Congress. That bod v. he savs, fancies that stolen goods must be cheap, but, oddly enough, luev are not so. au can s.eai they are not so. All can alike, and, consequently, no pubJ&her can reckon on a large sajg. To cover himself, therefore, he charges a large price, and books sol I in Loudon at half a dollar of ten cost a dollar in America. The true in terest of the public is to enable some one puDUiher to appeal in saiety to tee uesire f)i of the multitude for cheapnQs, gnd this he cannot do unleshe can aicquir a j'eal prvjperty m copyright. 0 I&nxEY l'oit Im:each.msxt. A Washing- (btoa special of the llth says that Col. Forney has the foBowing in leading edi torial If the existing conflict is not ter miited by impeachment, it will end in war.'' Politicians seem to desire it but for God's sukiQ keep ceo! don't make a " fire oatojj" of yourself Forney, and " pre cipitate" another rebellion. Andrew John son deserves rxensure. most likely con demnation Ashley and oShenthint so. r but to imnoach a President would be to take a i:io.-.t vital, we may say fatal step, iun.au V, ,11. A.VKUl!!g fciiOU.U UC UOl.0 1 . - -V7-. .1 .1. 1 1 . -1 which will contribute unnecessarily to measures wliicli mast el i waV." Laegk Di;i'ot. Tlie largest railroad de pot in the world has recently been built atCleveland. Ohio. It is C03 feet in length by ISO in breadth, aud covers an area of m.re than two and a half aces. The building is one of considerable arch itectural beauty. The front is ornamented with marble busts of Lincoln, grant Sad other men of note. O IIcavy Commission' Business. The Chi cago IZrpml'can learn? that Mess Scott, Thompson. Tong. and other parties asso ciated in the construction of the Kansas branch of the Union Pacific Railroad, have paid George Francis Aram $50,000 of tfre $.'.30,T)9O due him as commissions ia earlier negotiations of thaPcnterprise? ment engineer who has arrived in Oregon recently, vil soon proceed with the plan for erecting an iron clad forlcation at Scarborough 1'oint. opposite Astoria. IVcst, Pivs,i.;-ni. While Geu. U. S. Grant is frequQitly talked off as the next President, tlie public should not forget to purchase their clothing, gents' furuishitrg goods, etc., ot Kohn & Fishel, Xo. Ill Front street, j ortiana. 0 31. ii. Cliur.'U.- Morning services at 10 1-2 a. it. Evening servicQ at 7 r. m. I. D. Driver, Pastor. St. P-iut's Kpi.5Ciu.l Cliurcla, the Rev. J. W. Sellwood, pastor. Services on Sun day at 10 1-2 a. 11. aud 7 r. m. Sunday school at 2 p. m. 0 Coiigrt'gatitmal t'litiil. Morning services at 10 1-2 a. m. Evening services at 7 p. m. 1. S. Knight, Pastor. Marrisigc ii1 i tl.litt-y, an essay of Warning and Instruction for Young Meu. 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. SKILL. X IIOUCIITOX, 1) Howard Association, Philadelphia, Pa. Tlie liesl Ilcui.-dy !,. P.n-ify fng tlie Blood, Strengthening the Nerves, Restoring ffie Lost Appetite, is 1- hj'.S'S HAMBURG TEA. It is the best preservative against al most any sickness, if usecT timely. Composed t ot herbs only it can be given safely to infants. Full directions in Frich, Spanish, and Ger man, with every package. TRY IT ! For sale at all the wnolesale aud retail drug stores and groceries. ' (d EMIL FJiiiSE. Wholesale Drno-,xist. Perry Davis' egetable Piiin Kilicr, As an internal remedy has no equal. In cases of Cholera, Summer complaint, Dys pepsia, Dysentery, Asthma, it cures in one night, by taking tt internally and bathing 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. For the sick headache and toothache, don't fail to try it. In short, it 19 a Pain Killer 7 Perry Davis Pain Ktlleh. This mecl- Line lliis ucuuiii'j an 111 iivn; ai lyinuifrcc, ( thing no medicine ever became before. Paie Killer is as much an item in every bale o. goods sent to country merchants,' as te coffee, or sugar. Tins speaks volumes ia its favor. Gfei tal's Messenger. IVew A d vcr Mseni cuts. New Stvles received by every steamer from our manufactories. 13. ly 0 0 - A Rare Opportunity Is Offered fyte Slock Men of Oregonrj THlfSTALLlON- COLT mOWNLOTV f H OFFERED F !U ALE ? IROWXL(nU-as uT years old in March y last, is sixteen hantis hig!, weighs lloo lbs., bT)wn in color with blackpoiuts, no marks, has proved himself'a good and sure foal jretter. His pedigree is as follows: Sire, Paul Jones ; (dam Jane Meivenzie ; 2d dam, Hi; ppy, by Tom Benton, by American Kclpse, t of Miller's Damsel, by imported Messen- out ger ; ot U;l, .urn, cy vataweii s iranoy, tie bv imported Ti anbv; 40. dam, by Vbd- r; Sd d;i, Ann, by Camweli s 1 imported Tianbv; 40. dam, ki''ccker ; r.th dam, bv Tclaujarhus. Jane McKen'ie, K4e dam oPlirowniow, re ceived the tir si premium for thorough. bred mares at the State Fair of Oregon in 1 Brownlow received three first premiums for colts of bis class the same year, and has been pronoued by COMPETENT judges the best roadster' sta'lio l ever raised on the Pacific coast. Ilisyle aad action is mag nificent. 0 lie may be seen for a short time at the Black Hawk Stable, Portland, Oregon, where any further info-mation may be learned by applying to G. Cook. O Tile dam of Brownlow is also offered for side COLBUIIN" BAIRELL. HY VII :TUE OF TWO EXFXl :ccctioxs I) iss isncd from the Circuit Court of the State of" (egon for the county of Clackamas, one in favor of George A. l'cfe, and against I). T. Joslin fuiythe sum of otifuWoo, and interests aud co; Pope, and against B. (J. Joslin for thOunk of 'i'4" SS-lou andmterest and costs, and for want of ers(yUi! property oat of which tc make the same, I have this day levied upon all the right, title and interest of said B. T. Joslin in and to the following tracts or par cels of land, to wit : Donation claim No. "47" iscetions ?A and 32. in(T. 3 S. R. 1 K., be ing the(K)ini chum of Wesley Joslin and wife, described in Notification " Jo23" on file m the land ollice in Oregon City, containing ti4h acres more or less. Also the following: Beginning at a point !7."-10o chains eas and 2ti idius)iorth of the south-west corner of section 'i, 'j, T. 3 S. R. 1 E., thence soutU 42. lo chains ; thence wet 3-".i'h chains ; thenct? north .07 chains; thence west 67 chains; thence Qiorth So"- east 2'j chains ; thence east 101.4S chains to the place eifbe giuning, containing 02 '. so acres, the same being the donation claim of L. A. Sealey and wi.'e, aud I will pioceed to sell all the riglit title and interest of said B-T. Joslin in and b? the sa:ne0it public auction to the highest biuder ttt the Comt House door in Oregon Cit, in said coumy and State, on So I-dot, the ith day of February A. 1). lsr7, at 1 o'clock p. Mofsaid dav, to. satisfv the above amuuiitsQnd cos-s, and ac cruing costs. Wm. P. BURNS, Sheriff of Chickanrin County, Oregon. Oregon City, Jan. lth, lsG7. 18:4w Atei;nlstrator's Kc-ti.ce. 0 VTOTlCEIS) HEREBY GIVEN THAT I have been duly appointed admin istrator of tlie estate of James Mc Laughlin deceased. All persons having eiahns .(gainst said estate are hereby notified to present the same to me witbue proper vouchers, Within Six Mouth from the Dale hereof, at my o'iice in Oregon City. And all persons indebteJ to said estate are re quested to make immediate payment to tho inueraigned. JAMES M. MOORE, 13:tw Administrator. Oregon City, Clackamas county, Oregon,. .Iauarv 1 1 til, 1 S-J7- c-r J. WSLCH, DEXTIST. O Permanently Located at Oregon City-, Oregon. Rooms over Charmau L Bras store. Main street. w (12.1y P -- AJiiiifc X ! MA IX ,TJ:EEiC)REGqX CJTY. FB All LOW & FULLER Successors to Wortman & Shegpard,) O Keep constantly on hand o CAKES! PIES! BREAD! 0 And Crackers of all kinds ! Orders in this Line will meet with PROMPT ATTENTION I 0 BARLOW & FULLER Also ke on hand all kinds of EAMILY GROCERIES ! AND PROVISION'S! 0 fc A M COAT STORES ! And all Articles uted for Culinarj Purposes ! o BLOW & FULLER Sell a fine assortment of LIQUORS AND TOBACCO! B' the Case, or at retail ! Attention is also directed to the fact that noLodyoel.se seLIs the FAMOUS GLEASON CHEESE ! IN SHORT ! ,r"2n!;-; ' .'1, fss, t - , -' 'o " J - - . 3 Farmers and the public generally arc inr vited to call at the City Bakery, where the truth will be made apparent that our stock ia complete, and our prices reasonable. All kinds of produce taken in exchange fo? t,(R BARLOW FULLER. Oregon City, Jau. ?tl0?(!7. (13:ljr i fiJ ) 3 9 (?) hole Agent, IP- Clav street. San Francisco. 0 O 0 o G 0 I o o 0 o 0 o o 0 O 0 o 0 o O 0 0 4..' '" ' 0 s