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Oregon City, Oregon :
V. C. IRELAND, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
Saturday, May 11th, 1867.
A AVoidto Farmers.
English farmers frequently get sixty to
eighty bushels of wheat to the acre. In
this countrv we think we arc doing verv
well when we get twenty-five or thirty.
d3ut is not our soil as good, naturally, as
that of Great Britain! Much of it is un
questionably better. Our lands are, be
sides, new and fresh, while English lands
have been tilled for centuries some of
them for more than a thousand years. In
stead of wearing out through age, they are
growing richer and richer through scien
tific cultivation, and their owners get out
of them two or three times as much as we
get out of ours, and without injuring them
in the least. This 'simple statement shows
what cultivation can accomplish. English
-agriculturists get large crops from their
sojl and leave itTicher than they found it,
simply because they return in the shape
of fertilizers more to the soil than they
take from it in the shape of crops. It is
all owing to skillful cultivation. It is
good husbandry. It is the application of
scientific principles to agricultural pur
suits. Nothing is wasted. The refuse of
yards becomes the cream of gardens the
tiones of animals the luxuriant food of fruit
trees, and a perpetual circulating medium,
Gas it were, is kept up between cause aud
effect, between sowing and harvesting,
which enriches everything that it comes in
contact with.
O Undoubtedly, in this country we culti
vate too much land, and we injure thereby
both it and ourselves. We keep drawing
from our soil its precious, food-producing,
life-giving elements, and we make no re
turns, or inadequate ones, to it, as com
pensation for our perpetual drafts upon
its treasures. Necessarily, it must in time
give out under such heavy drain. Even
when our lands are not yearly growing
poorer, they do not produce half what
they may be made to, as is sufficiently
demonstrated by the yield in England.
It is time the old drastic method of tak
ing away from the soil and giving uothing
were changed. We are at the dawn of a
new era, and might as well enter into its
spirit and reap its golden harvests.
The Mexicans, it is said, use plows of
the same kind that Cortez introduced more
than three hundred vears ago, and reso
Intel y refuse to adopt any innovations ;
and the time was when some of our bovs
used to put a stone into one end of the
bag, to balance the grist they were taking
to the mill on the back of the poor old
limping horse. We have got bravely over
that, and are considerably ahead of the
Mexicans in the matter of plows ; but how
far we are yet from the attainable in our
agricultural prosperity ! We can have
two bushels of wheat, or corn, or potatoes,
where we now get but one, and secure
them with less labor than we now spend
upon that one.
As an instance of the productiveness of
our soil, look at a crop of wheat raised in
this county last year by Mr. E. B. Lewel
ling, of Spring Water Precinct. One acre
and a quarter of his ground produced
ninety-one and a halfbrishels (measured) of
white winter wheat, the total weight of
which was 6,222 lbs., or sixty-eight pounds
to the bushel. Purchasers of both wheat
and flour, in the New York and Liverpool
markets, are already enquiring for Oregon
brands. An article which we clipped from
the New York shipping and commercial
list, of recent date, says it is a satisfaction
to know that Oregon can furnish them
with a choice article of the staff of life,
and flour from tuis little citv which
compares favorably with the best Atlantic
States samples on
"change.
We are not half awake to the immense
valce of labor-saving machinery. Not
half, or a fourth, or a tenth of our farmers
have availed themselves of the full power
of agricultural machines; and many of
them do not use them at all. They stick
to the antiquated methods of their fore
O fathers, act upon the Mexican principle ol
no new notions. Many of them are not
aware of the value and advantages of agri
cultural machinery, of the rapid strides it
has made within a comparatively few
years past in reducing the labor necessary
to produce crops. The brain of invention
has been busy at this work, and it has been
eminently successful, though the end is
ot yet. Almost every department of ag
ricultural labor is now done, or may be
done, by machinery, and done with a rap
idity that would astonish those who know
nothing about it. Plowing, sowing, plant
ing, and harvesting are done by machines,
and the amount of work which they can
perform is truly marvelous. Almost every
year there is some new invention made in
this direction whereby new advantages
are gained, labor and time economized
The fact ought to be thundered into the
t?ars of our fogy farmers that they can do
a dozen times the work that is now per
formed upon their lands with the same
number of hands now employed, by means
oflabor-sav ing machines, and do it better.
Let our agriculturists sell half of their
land, or more or less as the facts may
warrant, and buy machinery and make the
residue twice as valuable and twice as
productive as their w hole possessions now
are. It can be done, and again if the
dealers in these machines have their wits
about them, thev will take steps to bring
them to the notice of all our farmers, and
ie, , o u.e , ouce oi an u .i ... m. anu
the latter will make liaate to buy them and
io run them.
Dr. Livm;sToxK.-Since the paraeraph
tm the first page of this paper was printed
xve have received confirmation of the fact
that Dr. Livingstone is dead. The State
Tbinorhnnnf of V" -i a V- ! r rv4 r n Vnrp lAon oil
ficially notified of the same by Consul
Edward D. Ropes, under date of December
Sth at Zanzibar. Th event happad oa
th 25d of October.
JTIie SIcCall JlcOowell Case
Speaking of the late desision in the above
Case by Judge Deady, in the U. S. Court
for the District of Columbia, the Oregonian
says Judge Deady does not question the
constitutionality of the act of 1863 sus
pending the habeas corpus, nor of the
indemnifying act of May, 18UG. On the
contrary he proves them to be clearly
constitutional. In ordering the arrest of
McCall, Gen. McDowell acted on his own
responsibility and not under the orders of
a superior ; therefore, under the Judge's
construction of the law, he was liable
for his act. We quote :
To protect the liberty of the citizens,
and at the same time to take due care
for the public safety, i, in times of great,
commotion like those through which Ave
have lately passed, a matter of extreme
difficulty for persons who are entrusted
with the civil or military administration.
It is clear to everybody now that the
arrest of McCall in California, or of Mul
key in Oregon, for their fiendish express
ions of exultation on the occasion of the
assassination of President Li ico'n. was n t
indispensably necessary for the public
safety ; yet when those arrests were m.ide
this laet.;was not known. 1 ne peopie were
not aware, of the extent of the danger,
and in view of what had transpired it
was natural for them to take alarm when
men in all parts of the country were
heard shouting in exultation because the
head of the Government has been struck
down by the hand of an assassin. That
such persons should, in some instances
have been arrested, is not a matter of sur
prise. Candid men must allow that un
der all the circumstances of that period
of suspense, of doubt, of calamity, of sor-
row and of righteous anger, the author
ities showed singular leniency toward those
who were so fiendishly malignant and
obviously disloyal. But a Court c onnot
judicially, consider these things. U finds
that utterances like those which McCall
was proven to have made, however
gross they may be in themselves or
however offensive they may be to a
right thinking community, do not, as the
law now stands, constitute a crime ; there
fore the person using such language is
not liable to arrest or to legal punish
ment. That an officer who simply ar
rests such a person under such circum
stances, without doing him other injury.
ought to be protected against a subse
quent action for damages, most people
would think proper and just; but a
Court of law has not this option. Judge
Deady evidently feels the weight of con
siderations like the above, as lie remarks
in his closing paragraph : Congress may
relieve a meritorious officer against a
loss incured in the discharge; of his duty
to the public ; but in this tribunal, whose
only function is to administer the law.
the" defendant must be held liable for
the legal couequences of his act."'
A correspondent signing himself Amvj,
in the Bulletin of the 3'Jth says :
Having carefully read the decision of
Judge Deady in the above case, as publish
ed in vour paper. I cannot refrain from
expressing mv dissent ; not sim dy be
cause the decision practically gives " aid
and comfort" to the secessionists ; not
alone because as a soldier t do not
wish to see the faithful Union officers
mulcted in damages for acts that were
necessary to protect our homes from the
ravages of civil war ; but because the
decision is as unsound as it is morally
unjust. Had it not been for just such
arbitrary arrests of aiders and abettors
of the rebellion made by Union officers
all over the land, probably the courts
themselves could not to day be held ;
possibly even Judge Deady owes the
privilege he now exercises of promul
gating his remarkable decision to the very
act of Gen. McDowell, for' which he is
held to pay damages. T' cannot admit
that our jurisprudence is so weak in the
traditions and maxims of law that it can
find no justification for acts absolutely
necessary for the preservation of the
very existence ot the Courts ana tne
laws. That the conrts and the
citizens can profit by the act ; in fact
be saved thereby, and .the officers who
gave the necessary order be punished
-even the common law of sell-defence
would afford a justification. The learned
Judge in this case practically gave the
law to the defendant, and the damages
to the plaintiff 5 a division that is neither
just nor wise.
Need of a Biuxeit Mint. The follow
ing is a paragraph from a letter to Hon.
J. II. D. Henderson, written by Mr. O.
llumason, of the Dalles, in September
18()5.
You must be aware that to have a
Branch Mint in Oregon, instead of relying
on California, there would be one string
less by which we are playing "second
fiddle" to California. It would be far bet
ter for Oregon if all such connections that
bind us to California were severed. As it
is, Oregon has no identity as ale from Cali
fornia. Our Representatives in Congress
scarcely have any identity aside from Cal
ifornia: our sister State over tops and
o er-shadows us. Its shades obscure our
political, commercial, and our every in
terest. The Pacific Railroad is only talked
of to tern.'tnate in California, though we
have better and cheaper routes for its con
struction. The overland mail, (a thing of
much interest to us remote and frontier
settlers.) goes to California first and then
comes to (Oregon, when wo could reach it
more expeditiously and .cheaper by Salt
Lake ; but I will not pretend to enumerate
the many things wherein California ab
sorbs Oregon interests. Caliioruia is on
the wane, and the great mining interest is
fast being transferred to the section be
tween the Cascades and Rocky Mountains
in this State. Washington. Idaho, Montana,
and the British Possessions up the Co
lumbia. It is a long time since that letter was
written, and yet Oregon is without a
branch mint, notwithstanding the State
has taken giant strides in other branches
of its development.
MisTim McGinms. The London Anglo
American Times says McGinnis' nomina
tion by the President as Minister to Stock
holm will cost the Treasury about $20,000.
Bv the regulations of the State Depart-
S mer.t he can draw for his outfit and six
! month's pay in advance. lie has there
1 fore landed in Europe in good time for
j the Paris Exhibition, with a handsome sum
i in his pocket and liberty to go where he
j pleases, so long as the money lasts. He
i is also a martyr, So that McGinaLs does
j j so h mj ht &t be
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F1ST Nvno.vAi. Dank of Iivuo.-We
hav received the circular of the above
j institution, located at Poise City. Our
oId Oregonian friend CM. DuRell appears
I 1 1 fcttlCUt, C
W. Moore Secretary. The
bank has an authorized capital of $50d.
000, $100,000 of w hich is paid up. Such
J a banking. establUhuuTifc ha long been
OitEUO'J j
The people of Corvallis are talking
about a Fourth of July celebration at that
place.
The Sunday Schools of Corvallis will
have a Pic-nic to-day. The College s:u
dnts enjoyed one on May day.
Superintendent Huntington advertises
"or proposals until the 20 th inst, for 30.000
Es of flour to be delivered at Fort Klamath
before the 1st day of July next.
Capt. Barry advertises for proposals for
500 tons hay. 000.000 ibs oats or barley,
and 400 cords of wood, to be delivered at
Camp Watstm.
The Wool Growers of Linn county are
to meet t-lay for the purpose of de
ciding the price at which they will sell
their wool the present season.
The Albany Journal of the 4th says :
We are informed that next week a semi
weekly st ige will be put on the route be
tween" this place and llari i.-burg In
Albany nobody is idle, .and wages are
large in all employments.
Mr. Fudge of this place, says theCuson
Daily Appeal of the 24th uir., started on
Monday for Oregon to purcha-e a drove
of sheep to bring into this section ot the
Stale. To assist in driving ihem he took
with him thiee fine shepherd dogs.
The Hrald savs Mr. John Nestor of
For; land has invented a weatherboad
hook which astonishes all the mechanics
to whom he has shown it. It is a combi
nation of knife, level, guageand hook and
is so compact that it can not but be ap
preciated by mechanics throughout the
country Sometime during next month
it is the intention of the Willamette Iron
Company to enlarge -.heir premises in or
der to accommodate their increasing busi
ness. The Daily Oregonian of the past week,
furnishes us the following : Eleven per
sons received the rite of baptism on the
"Ah, in this city, at the hands of Rev. C. C.
St ration, pastor of the M. E. Church one
being immersed, five by sprinkling and five
by pouring Mr. W. S. Barker, former
ly of Salem, arrived here by the Montana
from Illinois, where he has been spending
the past winter. He say.s he got enough
of States' freezing and thawing in one
winter, and has concluded that, he prefers
Oregon, notwithstanding her "eternal
mists' . . . .By some means a statement got
into one of the up-country papers to the
effect that wool was commanding 23c ts
par pound. The effect of it was to cause
wool growers to be a little nervous, in ex
pectation of a rise. The fact is that, not
withstanding quotations, wool has not
lor a long time commanded over 20cts.
per pound, and that is all that any of our
dealers will pay now. The impression
that wool has risen considerably in the
eastern market is, also, a mistake. It is
simply firm at about the prices ruling be
fore the tariff went, into effect Knapp
Burrell fc Co., from a comparatively small
beginning, have grown to be the largest
importers of agricultural machines on the
North. Pacific Coast. They have always
had the reputation of selecting their slocks
with judgment, adapting their orders 1
the peculiar wants and condition of the
country. Their importations this year an
larger and more varied than ever before.
i he Advocate of the fth gives the follow
ing: The Portland Academy and Femah
r-emmary cioseu a prosperous vena on
Friday last. The next quarter will com
mence on Monday, the Kith. Those win
wisn to avail theiusetves ol tne benefits ot
a high school, second to none on the Pa
e'dic coast, should patronize this insiitu
tsou. . . .The city schools are doing a noble
work. 1 he Directors are preparing to
erect additional buildings in the north por
tion of the city. . . .A teacher who has hat
experience lias just arrived from ai
Francisco ; he comes to teach the schoo
X" . I,. ,1 ,1 1 - TT II
ior coioreu cniiureu. no comes wen re
commended, and. we trust, will be very
useful. . . The Commercial College, und
the supervision of Pres. Laudenslager, i-
progressing finely. It furnishes rare
cilities for acquiring accurate and elegan
ousiiiess. l aaiiiic.if i ;is . . . . I ne ooai ii o
directors has again employed Garlick to
teach the school m L ist Portland '1 he
Know ms Qiiaiiiteauon ami ins success a
a teacher ; and. in again choosing him
they have acted understanding! v. Mr. G.
as a teacher has few equals. . . .There are
some private schools " of which mention
would be mad:- if we had the information
. ... We a e likely to have abundance ol'
mineral coal in Oregon quite enough for
the entire eoas Extensive coal beds have
been found at Montic d.'o,S . lie eas B r.te
vile, and at Yaqulna. om ) of these
veins have been sufneientlv tested to sat
isfy alt that" they are extensive and the
coal of a g od quality. The mine on the
Cowli z wi.l soon be sufficiently opened
to In ni.-h coal for this city, and for the
ocean steamers. It will. too. at an early
day be sent down the coast to supply Cal
iiornia and the ocean s'eamers smith of
San Francisco. These mines are all sit
uated directly on navigable waters : so
that the coal may be. shipped at a trilling
expense, rendering it comparatively cheap.
The 3IoT,ifai mer of the 4th. has the to!
lowing: Seventy-one thousand pounds of
merchandise was sent last week from the
Dalles to John Day country in wagons.
....The O. S.N. Co.'s sf earners landed
last week at the Dalles. lOoi) head of ca' i ie.
701) sheep. f40 hogs and 1 2 1 horses and
mules The Woolen Mills at this place
will be built ot or.ee. Stockholders are
prompt in paying up assessments. W. P.
Abrams has been elected to go to the
East to obtain machinery Lt. J. A.
Waymire. U. S. A., with a detachment of
the 23d U. S. Infantry, arrived at Ft. Bo's
on the 2 1th ult.. en ron.'e to Camp Lyon.
He made the march from Un:a ilia in six-
tcen days We learn that Captain Barry
and Mr. West, his clerk, were out taking a
ride last Monday, when Mr. West was
thrown from his horse and had his shoul
der blade broken. Captain Barry, in go
ing to the resuce, was kicked by the same
horse on the wrist, and had it broken. At
jasi accounts mey were uomg as well as
ci'iild be expected. Lt. Western is still up
the -South Fork of John Day after the In
dians. . .We prospected a piece of quartz
taken fivmn the National lead on Elk creek
in Grant county, and found that it was
very rich with gold. It was taken out of
the shaft t wen tr-se veil feet below the sur
face. The gold is as fine as flour and is
not visible to the ye on the surface of
the rock. We believe this to be a very
rich quartz lead and hope that the com
pany lately formed in Gra.ut county, will
succeed with their enterprise From
Pen d'Oreille L;;ke we learn that the trav
el has fairly commenced. ri .'.'e Mary
Moody is making her regular trips. They
have received good reports from the new
mines on Vermillion creek. Ti;e pros
pects reported range from seven to twenty
seven cents to the pan. without getting io
the bed-rock. There is considerable "ex
citement among the miners relative to
these new diggings.
Pimok. For several days, a rumor was
current that the steamer Mary Mocjh,
plying upon Pen d'Oreille Lake, had met
with a terrible accident. The mail carrier
just in from the Lake, says the Walla
Walla Statesman of the od. sets this rumor
at rest, and says that the steamer met with
a slight accident to her machinery which
detained her but one day. The "steamer
has been repaired., and Ls now uaakin- her
regular trips.
We take the following telegraphic news
from dispatches to the Oregoiuan.
Dates o 'lay Sill.
Gustaf OTIara Taffee is recognized as
Vice-Consul of Sweden and Norway at
San Francisco.
Omar Pacha has arrived at Candia ami
is making vigorous preparations for pros
ecuting a campaign against the insurgents.
Mr. it. J. llentou goes to North Carolina
as agent of the Union Republican Con-fTr-Tmniil
Committee to spend a mouhi in
canvassing the State, speaking, organizing
clubs, etc. It- is the intention ot the Exe
cutive Committee to canvass every State.
Special dispatches received by calue.
o-lves advices from Bio Janeno. dated
April 8th.' that the Emperor of Brazil has
isued a decree for abolishment of slavery,
to take effect in twenty years. The chil
dren born alter tsth of April, ibiu , are
free. . ,
A monster reform demonstration took
place at Birmingham on April 22d. From
50.000 to 10J.JJ) persons participated.
Bright, in his speech, denounced the Gov
ernment Reform Bill as a fraud, tending
to restrict rather than to extend the fran
chise, and expresses regret that the bill
was not opposed on its second reading.
The commercial situation, says a New
York dispatch of the 4th. continues un
satisfactory. The only notable exception
is the buoyancy of breadstn.'fs. California,
wheat has been brought from Liverpool
iii considerable quantities and more is
coming. The standard brands of Ameri
can hour are also orlered freely at Liver
pool for this market. This reversal of the
usual current will probably continue until
he harvesting of the tall crop. Bum
ic j
cotton goous are lower aria uu-euieu. ;
Great auction sales of staple goods have !
been resumed at a heavy loss, the prices
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reaii.'.eu oemg ueiuw tiun-unwt oi pio-
ductiou. !
IxrKODi'croUY Adiuses.s. We are in re- !
CClpt Ot a eo;rr oi wo iu:iouiieiory au-
Iress on the commencement of the session.
ot
the Medical Department of the Wil-
amette Universit y at Salem, for the year
1157, delivered by Dr. Sharpies. The ad
dress is plain, and contains manv use
ful suggestions, not only to the profession
but to" the world. The Speaker clarities
k. iltitic -,f ci l'liv-up ian under four lnwls
as 10UOW3 : ist r o avert . preeniauie
death. 2d To prevent avoidable suffer
ing and injury; from .disvase. Lid To di-
misn a-i irremediable sulenng and injury.
th To reduce to its minimum the agony
of inevitable death. Your business here
to learn how to obtain these objects;
i
ours, so lar as we are able, to teacn you.
The question then arises, what means are
we aide to present to you for the reaching
of these ends'.' and how far have they
proved useful and reliable? Ho wave you
to know when and where lo use these ap
pliances? and with what degree of cer
tainty can you look for a definite result ?
in other words, is medicine a science or a
humbug ?
Wink Cci.tlu?:. Californians are alive
to their own interests in all cases. The
wine culture of that Slate is already far
famed.v-et this branch of industry has its
op posers. 11. II. I Ian croft & Co., San
Francisco . book-dealers, have sent us a
neat pamphlet of 5J pages, devoted to the
temperance view of wine culture. It is
prepared by Henry Gibons. M. D.. and
contains many palpable truths, one of
which is that .J. Ross ilrowne. in his report
to the Wine Grower's Convention of Cali
fornia, boasts of having convinced the
committee of Coim-ic-s of the propriety of
reducing the tax on na'iv
wines oy send- j
ng mem a liberal supply o
t t hi m vl i n- I
If an Editor." the. au'hor says,
dozen bottles of Angelica will answer."
Wr. A(X"-:rr Tun A mkx iMKXT.-r-Accord-?o
the Gazette lust week, Jacob Siitzcl is
- the popular aud cftick'nt'-Shcriffof Clack
amas county." We have heretofore thought
his name was Win. I'. Pnrns. Pro. Car
ter, where do you get your butter? we
know you would tuk" nothing stronger.
Enterprise.
It was no fault of the " butter," Ih-o.
Ireland it was only a slip of the pen
we inter.ded to wri'e Multnomah, but we
have nothing to
?o eiiher of the
retract it will
above named o
apply
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ct
a.
ug:ng tne names of tin
i.hrvi rt.''.v r ze'fe.
counties
to suit.
IlEi'ix oi-- Tk:;i:om. The labor strikes:,
all throughout the East, are causinsr terror
among the people. The New York cor
respondent of the Oregonian says : Every
body who can borrow or steal a revolver,
goes armed. No one feels safe after dark,
and many of tfie beftcv class of citizens
are consulting about forming Vigilance
Committees, as in 'Frise-o a few years ago.
Lp to yesterday we were receiving reports
of further dom mstratious in Chicago. We
trust that laboring men on this coast may
not he infected with the dreaded influ
ence. Qt'ixcY A. P hooks. Th
loarns that Quincy A. P rooks. Esq., has
been re-appointed Postal Agent for the
North Pacific coast, by the Senate. Mr.
Brooks' management meets .v it Ii universal
acclamation tin onghout the country. Dur
ing his term of office he has been the
means of throwing open to settlement
several fine districts, our mail facilities
are complete, and thanks are due to the
enterprising gentleman.
Thk Pt-ssiAN- Tr.KATY. The Tribunes
specialfays the official map completed for
the Department of State, at the Coast
Survey Office, gives Seward's purchase a
more attractive aspect. We are assured
w !!? iole course of the Knitchpek
anu its affluents lies through immense
forests of the choicest pine.
LrciiY Em;on. The State Journal's
Washington letter says that I J. sent the
name of John Kelly to the Senate, for con-
fil-m-Oir.n fit; TJrtrr?of, r.C it,,-. T . ,..,1, T .,.,.1
Office, by mistake
lie was readily con-
firmed, and will appoint a deputy in order
to keep the office out of Cop. hands.
PltOl'AfJATrXG P-eart,. A series of
ex-
pertinents are now being carried on by
the Madras Government for raising and
propagating flic pearl oyster. Tf is claim
ed that there is no more trouble in raising
the pearl than the common oyster.
Yuom Tiir: Red Si-vv. The ship Astarte
arrived at Victoria on Tuesday last P3."
days from Aden, in the Red Sea. She
ifl take from Burrard Inlet a cargo of
soars for the French Government to St.
Nazaire.
Joe. Hookk!:. General Joe Hooker is
still in bad health, and lias been grant
ed leave of absence for one year. He
Avill go abroad on the 1st of June.
.
Tiik Nr.w Crop. Reports from all part
of the country indicate that the wheat
crop -will be fiucst ever produced,
WiitCiOiD. -We regret to learn that the
splendid barkentine Man. U. Scranlon, of
the Oregon Packet Line, was wrecked on
Sunday last, in the vicinity of the spit
upon which her sister ship, the bark In
dustry, was lost two years ago. The fol
lowing account of the disaster is given bv
Purser Hoyt of the Astoria steamer, to the
Oregonian of Wednesday :
On Sunday morning she attempted to
cross the bar at the mouth of the Colum
bia, and while on the passage, the wind
failed her and she drifted helplessly on to
the spit near w here the ludasiry was
wrecked some years ago. She struck
about 10 o'clock. A. M.. the weather beiug
entirely calm. The captain's wife and an
other lady, a passenger, and all the crew,
numbering a total of fourteen persons,
were taken oil during the day and evening
ma surf boat, the last arrival from the ves
sel being at 8 o'clock. P. M. The Scran
ton had on board MO tons of merchandise
tor this city, being mostly agricultural j
goods to Knapp, Burred & Co.. and lime i
and salt to McCraken. Merrill & Co.
Among the goods to Knapp. Burrell it Co..
were .several threshers on the bark's deck.
The vessel was insured for only $1 0;)0.
On Monday evening when the Ukanagan
reached Astoria the Scranton was visible
and believed to be not broken, but during
Monday night the wind blew some, and on
Tuesday morning nothing could be seen
of her from Astoria.
Mr. II. K. Stevens writes to Knapp, Bur
rell it Co. from Cape Disappointment, the
following further particulars:
The bark had a pilot on board. Mr.
Munson, Light-keeper, on seeing the flag
at half mast on board the bark, immedi
ately, wnii n crew ot eiirht men in ihe liie-
boat, boarded the bark and took oil' Mrs.
Corno and Miss Brown the captain and
crew remaining on board with the hope of
saving the bark, and just before sundown,
last evening, the U. S. schooner Margaret,
G. W. Harris, commander, anchored off
the bark, in the channel, with the life-boat
in tow. and with eight men the life-boat
made three successful trips on board the
b tt k, taking off ali on board. Captain
Corno, with the life boat and a large crew,
have gone down this morning to save w hat
they can. A portion of your freight may
possibly be saved. Knowing you to
be the largest consignees, I thought I
would drop you a line giving yon the par
ti tilars. The bark cranton cost about
S23,t)iJ;), and only S 9,0 JO insured. Mon
day, 10 o'clock, A. M. The Scranton will
be a total wreck. The tide is ebbing and
flowing in her hold. So reports- comman
der Harris, who has just returned from the
wreck.
A Hint to Rivalists. The following
truthful paragraph is from a Dalles letter
to the Walla Walla Statesman:
Portland, claiming to be the emp.oriu.ai
of this northern country, ought to bestir
h.vrself. She certainly has men ut" means,
ami three fourths of the capital of the
Siate is controlled in that city. In addi
tion to this, she possesses great business
house.-; but. unfortunately for the whole
country, instead of drawing their supplies
of goods from the Eastern market, they
are content to play second liddle to San
Francisco. At a time when California
makes great ei.'brts to wrest u trade from
usidaho and .Mouianawhich is legimaiely
ours, it becomes our duly t look for some
measure which wii.' .have the tendency to
repulse our rival. The merchants of Fort
Ian 1 should at once inaugurate a system
of direct importation. T his would fail
like a thunderbolt on the people of Cali
fornia. Idaho merchants would find it
greatly to their advantage to procure their
stock ol" merchandise in our market ; the
O. S. X. Co. would regain ti'.'eir carrying
trade, and the towns on the C'u;nbia
would be equally benefitted. TlV time
i ha
approacuod wnen rivalry must cei.se
at home, as we are all iu duty bound to
co-operate for the purpose of fighting our
California rivals. We of Ihe Columbia
will gladly hail Portland as the emporium,
providing her citizen- eifect such arrange
ments as will relieve us from our present
dependence upon San Francisco.
TllK Sl'l-X-iKIO Contkact Law. The
; Washington correspondent of the State
l Journal says the Lane county tax suit has
not yet come up. He also states that the
I decision in tlu
Nevada case, which was
j mentioned some time ago, i no evidence
j that Lane county will gain the suit. The
purported decision, published in the Wash
ington papers, was not the opinion of the
court, as they represented it to be. but
was taken from a brief of one of the attor
neys in the case, and thereby misled some
of the oldest lawyers.
j Lcexiiai:iks. Qn Wednesday morning,
; by the chance presence of the Oregonian
j carrier. Oro Fino Hall, in Portland, was
j prevented frogi burning. It had been set
j on lire by an incendiary. About the same
j hour a frame building in the rear of the
Portland P.'stofiice was set on fire, but be
ing discovered was put out without dam
age. Our old friend, the. vigilant officer
Phil. Sounders, will Avork the
from a clue in his possession.
use
up.
VioiiKMK.v to Visit the Exhibition-.
The Communal Council of Brussels has
voted a sum of f;ve thousand francs, to as
sist workmen in visiting Par:.-;, during the
Exhibition. This example migtt bo fol
lowed, with advantage, by the Common
Council of other cities; but such a sum
would not go far in sending over to Paris
the workmen of New York or Boston.
Magnetic Switcu. The latest railroad
novelty is the automatic maimeim su-iteh
j with which the officer of the New York
i in) Y. tr , i , .
e". II;U en Kanroad are experiment-
j nig. it, is ko constructed that information
j is sent automatically each way from the
; switch to the next station, Avhether it is
open or shut ; and engineers, thus fore
warned, may avoid the risk of accidents
i by misplaced switches
Movjxd Uight. California is makint
a
; h
.fv moves in the rirrht diroeiinn in-f
iA , , "w"-
i viu i.a.-5tern exc lamros n it mnt nv,m:
X r i
O - " .hiwul .AniUll,
oi .uaicn. so tar as received, contain an
advertisement of lands for sale in Cali
fornia, and also the advertisement of the
opposition steamship line between New
lork and ,a:i Francisco.
Coai-
ilie exli.tusiion
of the British
- -r
coal fields proceeds at the
rate of nearly
one hundred million tons per annum, or
uve time 4 the present product of the
-American mines. On the other hand, th
e
'xt,nt of,th American coal-fields is more
nan tweive times that of the British.
tn
! Coix.The gold coin of tho United I
Si..f.,r. J , ,1 . . i
j - "" tuus lornied : Gold, ninety parts ;
j slIvt'r, two and a half: copper, seven and
j . .i ue silver com is thus composed
i B.uer, ninety parts ; copper, tvn.
i HIT rri
The Bkst remedv lor pur fvitiir the
Blood, Strengthening the Nerves, Restoring
the Lost Appetite, is FRESE'S HAMBURG
TEA. It is the best preservative against al
most any sickness, if used timely. Composed
of herbs' only it can be given safelv to intants.
Full directions in French, Spanish, and Ger
man, with eveiy package. TRY IT !
For sale at all the wuolesale aud retail
drug stores and groceries. (31
"EM IB FRESH, Wholesale Druggist,
Sole Agent, 410 Clay street, San Francisco.
Marriage aiil cltbacy, an essay of
Warning and Instruction for Young Men.
Also, Diseases and Abuses which prostrate
the vital. powers, with sure means of relict.
Sent free of charge iu sealed letter envelopes
Address: Dr., J. HKILLIX HOUGHTOX.
31) Howard Association, Philadelphia, Pa.
Free to Evekybodv.-A large G
Circulir, giving information oT the greatest
importance to the young of both sexes. It
toiii-lui ho'.v th. hrtmplv inav become beauti-
fuit the despised rejected, and the forsaken
loved. No voting lady or gentleman stiould
fail to send their address, and receive a copy
post-paid, bv return mail. Address 1 . O.
Drawer Tiov. X. Y. 0'nV'7
lim Advertisements.
1853.
Cliarmaii &
1867.
irother
STILL OX II AND!
After' fourteen years experi
ence in business in this city, under the
old motto that " A Nimble Sixpence is Bet
ter than a Slow Shilling," we propose to oiler
greater inducement than ever to our custom
ers to pay us cash for goods, as we are deter
mined to
SELL CHEAP FOU CASH!
Which is the only Remedy
For the Present cry of Hard Times.
We beg leave to inform our numerous cus
tomers that we have just received, direct
from San Francisco, a
Large and well Selected
STOCK OF-GOOIS
SUITABLE FOU THIS MARKET.
Consisting in part, of
T)ry Good, Clothing, Groceries,
Hardivare, Queensware, etc.,
also :
PAINTS! OILS! cc.
Together with a splendid assortment of
BOOTS AND SHOES!
Of every description, all of
The best quality, and latest styles. Alsor
HATS AlfD CAPS !
Of every description, for both
The Ladies' and Gen Is' Wear !
Gents' and Ladies' Furnishing Goods kept
constantly on luind, all of whicli Ave will sell
at the very lowest price tor cash. Country
produce taken in exchange for goods.
Particular attention I'sitl to orders- from
t tie country. Also: To consignments- of
goods, and prompt returns made iov the
j We return our thanks to our niraer-
! sit me
ous customers for their mist iati on ine.. ;uid
ask u con; irici. nice of ti e same, pledging ovtr
se'vs f) act limiesvlv with nil who favor us
win. their trade. CilARMAX & BUO.
TO V T X T M E I ) i C 1 X ES o f a 1 i k i n ds k e p t
JL for sale by CHARM AX & LliO.
TAPQEAM'S C EL EE U AT El HOME
JJJL made chairs.
consuui! isoii nana nv
CI I A EM AX & PRO
rp:uLLix(TEirs siEVisiuoR home
JL made wool-batting, for sale by
CHAJiMAX & PRO
TLOUR. PACOX. LAUD. A.XP DRIED
JL fruits, kept constantly on hvid by
CHAPMAN A J.HIO.
PAPER. WINDOW Cm tains
of all kinds, and paper shades.
Sold bv CHAPMAN A- PRO.
A
NEW AND FELL ASSORTMENT of
Nails, rope, e
c. inst received bv
CHAPMAN k PRO.
A FULL ASSORTMENT OF SASH.
Doors, and blinds, always on h-md
f or sale by CH APMAN v PRO.
rpuns. buckets, wash poTrds,
JL Keelers, seives, etc.. for sale by
CHAPMAN" t PRO.
A EE OF WHICH WE WILL SELL AT
I the lowest market value for CASH, or
such produce as our trade will justify-.
CHAPMAN A' PRO.
loOjOoo'r"51
CHAPMAN & PRO.
-A. IT GTION.
A.UCT
ox
turday, !Iayl8t!i,
riMIP REMAINDER OF MY STOCK OF
X Merchandise will be sold at Auction.
C For particulars see Descrijytive
Poster, containing a long list of the
ar ticles to be sold.
WM. BARLOW.
NOTICE.
IS HEREBY GIVEN" that the undersigned
was duly appointed Administrator f the
estate of Henry IJaker deceased, bv the Hon
Judae of the Comity Court of Clackamas
County, State of Oregon, at the Mav term of
said Court, A. I). ls7. All persons having
claims against said estate are required'to
present the same, with proper vouchers, to
the undersigned, at the office of Johnson &
McCown m Oregon City, Clackamas county,
State of Oregon, within six montVs from the
date of this notice. WM. S. YOUNG,
"''.ot Administrator.
Dated May 11th, 1SC7.
FIIOTIHiRAPIi GALLERY !
j TT I ONLY NECESSARY TO LET THE
j public be informed that
1
JOHN HELM, Artist,
Has removed to the Photo-rranhic Room nr.
Main street, lately occupied by Morrison (J.
Athcv, where he is prepared to execute bet
j ter work th in ever,
j For Children's Pictures the best hours are
1 between 9 and 12 o'clock a. m. 23.1y
.WCTIOXAAD COMMIT
. A. IS. ISicgim-clsoii
AUCTIONEER.!
Corner of 4'ront and Oak streets, Poru
AUCTION SALES
Of Real Estate, Groceries, General Merch
dise and Horses, a
Ever Wednesday and Setiurday
A. B. FiIciiardso.v, Auctioneer
AT PRIVATE SALE.
English refined Bar and Bundle lion
English Square and Octagon Cast steel
Horse shoes, Files, Rasps, saws ; '
Screws, Fry-pans, sheet iron, R.'g. Iron
also :
A large assortment of Groceries andLiqif0r
A. B. L'ichardsox, AuoLioi,(.Pr
Sew Advertisements.
Oregon Sieosn Aavigatioii
mi
4 B-fes. vv-f.v-i-
"gh -"Vrs - ar-" - jfc
COMP A. jNt" y '
2NTOT JCIi
SUMMER AHHANOMENTS,
EEDUCT; OK OF FREIGHTS;
AND CHANGE OF SCHEDULE r
IROM AXI) AFTER DATE, UXTILFlX
. ther notice, the boats of the (). s. .N
Company win runjumier (lie following
SCIIKDILE!
The steamer CASCADE will kavS
Portland daily, Sundays rxeepti-d
at 5 a" clock, A , JIT., ronectiny with
the steamer ID .1 HO jar ttg Dulles.
Boats on ihe Upper CohiQbia will
leave Celibt for WaUula on Tiies
.day. Thursday and Saturday.
3:-" The Thursday boat will connect at
Yvallnla witg)boat for Lewiston.
Z-f Passengers for Umatilla and WaUula
should leave Portland on Monday, Wednes
day and Friday, and for Lewiston on the
Wednesday's boat.
RE T URNIXG: The boats will leave
WallaliQjn Monday. Wednesday,
and Friday mornings, touching al
Lfmeitilla, and arrive at Doxies the
same
day.
Reduction of Kreisjlita.
From and aftePdate, until further notice,
freights from
Portland to Lewiston $)0 per to:r.
flour 30
From Portland to Waliula 35
Down freights, from Wullnlaand Urnatills
to Dalles and Port!ai0, as foliSvvs: 0
On Wheat flour, Oats, Barley-suid
Corn... 10 per ton.
Wool (properly baled) 1 cent per lb.
Hides 37 I -'2 cts e;: "a
" from Lewiston Co oenrto each.
O
XQTE,:oo lbs. of (jQjt.i constitute a ton.
1,700 i J 11a ih j count It ut a ton.
2 May
J' resident O. S. A'. Co.
t, 1S0, O 3:tf
Portlane
MONTICS&LCt ROUE.
THE STEAMER
KESOXJJE
OlILSO-1 .
.. 7 Master.
CARRYING Till. UNITED STATES MAIL .
O
Will leave- Portland for Montrceilo rven
Tuesday, Tharsnay a-id Saturday, at 7
o'clock a. M.;rw Lev is river.
O
C. AlXSWOWlf.
5:1 v
Pre. silent O. S. A".
Co.
ASTORIA ROUTE
THE U. 6.
MAIL STEAM-
OKA fsbA G O N
.Master.
Will leave Portland for jQdorta and intt-r-mediate
landings, on Monday and Friday ot
each wcelt? at 6 o'clock a. Returmtijr.
will leave Astoria on Tuesdaand Saturday
at j a. .
3:1 y
J. C. AISWORTH.
J' resident O. S. X Co.
County Assessor's Notice.
-TOTICE LS HEREBY GiVEX THAT ON
1 the -Joth day of May? I shall, -itli the
assistance f mv deputies, proceed to iissess
the count v of (Jjlackainas for State, ScVool,
and County purposes, and collect the l'o!i
Tiix for the year lsti7. All persons within
said county, liolding real or personal prop
erty, or acting as agents for such, wili be re-
quired to make mit a fail and correct list oi
his or her property, to besgiven in under
oath, when called for by tbeAssessor.
All real property to be described asfollowj
Number of Section, Range Township, if-
All city or town property by the Number
of Block, and Number of Lot."
Said statement must contain a full and
correct list of all personal property, house
hold furniture ta be included, from which
there will be exempt tlj) amount of thr
hundred dollars from tax.
Any person failing to comply with ibfs,
notice, will be liable to a tine of
C. O. BOTXT0X,
Assessor for Clackamas County.
May Oth, IStJT.
E. I).
KEI.LT.
O
J. G. riLSBtBY..
1
DEALERS IN
llfe Seasonable Fruit,
I VEGETABLES
6
ASD
CHOICE CASE GOODS!
TK SHALL ALSO J?AY PARTICULAR
VV attention to the country trade, ana
endeavor to al-vays have on hand thebe
quality of Butter, eggs, poultiy, etc.
By strict attention to business we hope
merit a share of the pub'.ic patronage.
KELLY & PlLSBUin.
29) Post-office buildiug, Oregon UO
J. Q
Flowers! Flowers!
PERSON'S IX WANT OF CHOICE Va
rieties of flowers, arc invited e exairin
our assortment before purchasing elsewhere.
. KELLY & PlLSliUUV
2Stf) Posto-fhee, Oregon buy-
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