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o City i o Vol. 1. OREGON CITY, OREGON, SATUKDAY, MAI 26, 1867. Vo. 31. 1 J n JI JDj iEll'Jir JiiLkjJilJo 4 if o 5 o o o o O O O o O o o o vtljc lUrckin (enterprise TCBLISEIED EVERT SATURDAY MORXIXG "By D. C. IRELAND, O FFICE : South east corner of Fifth and Main" streets, in the building lately known as the Court House, Oregon City, Oregon. Term of Subscription. o One copy, one year in advance. 00 w 4 A il delayed 4 00 Terms of Advertising. transient advertisement?, one square .(12 lines or less) first insertion ...2 50 For each subsequent insertion 1 00 Business Cards one square per annum payable quarterly 12 00 One column per annum H0 00 One half column " -. 50 00 One quarter4' " ............ SO 00 Leal advertising at the established rates. 6C i A. M. Holds its regular Mi ;.aHrMu nn the first and third Sat urdays of each month, at half past six p. m. .Brethren in good .standing are invited to attend. Bv order of W. M. Oregon City, Xov. feth, 1SCC. n:20 4-ryi i ofO.I Meets every Wednes day evening at 7 o clock, in the r tToll f ATi-i1ifr'4 of the order are in (-iuitiuuiv - ; , " . . . . T.. AT n-OO vited to attend. By order N. G "Willamette Lodge So. 151. O. G. T. Meets every Saturday evening, at the rooms S E corner of Main and fifth streets, at 7 1-2 o'clock. Visiting members are invited to attend. w By order of 1 30 I W. 0. T. LM5 O si W. C. JOHNSON. F. O. M COWN. Notary Public. o JOHNSON & McCOWN, OREGON CITY, OREGON. -jjf" Will attend to all business entrusted tour care in aov of the Courts of the State, o,,llect money, negotiate loans, sell real es tate, etc. , "Particular attention given io cuuicsieu j and cases. l.vl D. m. McKENNEY , Attorney and Counsellor at Law. WILL ATTEND PROMPTLY TO ALL business entrusted to his care. Office One door north of Bell & Parker's trug store, Oregon City, Oregon. 3:ly S. HUELA ATTORNEY AT LAW, Oregon City, Oregon. Office overCharman & Brother. 8:tf Dr. F. Barclay, M. R. C h.y Formerlv Surgeon to the non. II. B. Co.) G " OFFICE: At Residence, ' Main Street (52) Oregon City. Br. H. Saffarrans, I'll YSlUlJiN ana o vixfjayJN Q OFFICE In J. Fleming's Book Store. Ma hi ft net, Oregon, City. (52 J. WELCH, DEIVTIST. Permanently Located at Oregon City, Oregon. Booms over Charmau &. Bro.'s store. Main street. (12.1y M. E100BE, Juslfte of the Peace d- City Recorder. Office In the Court House and City Council Room, Oregon City. Will attend to the acknowledgment of -Jeeds, Qmd all other duties appertaining to theollice of Justice of the Peace. i!:ly " John Fleming,- DEALER iu BOOKS and STATIONERY. Thankfufor the patronage heretofore re reived, respectfully solicits a. contiuuance of the favors of a generous public. His store is between Jacobs' and Acker man's briefcs, on the west side of Main street. Oregon City, October 27th, 'tjH. (tf Q, William Brought on, CONTRACTOR and BUILDER, Main street, Oregon City. Will attend to all work in his line, con justing in part of Carpenter and Joiner work framing, buildiag, etc Jobbing promptly attended"to. ' (p2 axvvinsttvrn w. ir. Marshall. SMITHoEi MARSHALL, Black-Smiths and Roller Makers. Corner of Main and Third streets, Oregon City ........ Oregon. j OBlacksmithing in all its branches. Boiler making and repairing. All work warranted to give satisfaction. (;2 JOHN SCHEAM Manufacturer and Dealer in SADDLES, HARNESS, c-c, etc., Miiio street, between Third and Fourth, . Oregon City,' THE attention of parties desiring anything in my line, is directed to my stock, be fore making purchases elsewhere. (ly) - JOllNSCHRAM. q A. LEVY Main Street, gt the Telegraph Office, Oregon City Oregon. Dealer in Kester's Ready-made Clothing, Cigars, Tobacco, Pipes, Stationery, Cutlery, Willow and Wooden Ware, Yankee Notions, Jr'aney and staple Groceiies, Candies, Xuts, Toys, etc. . BARLOW H01JSE, Main Streft, one door north of the Woolen Factory, Oregon City . Oregon. Win. Barlow, Pioprietor. The proprietor, thankful for the continued patronage he has received, would inform the public that he will continue Ins efforts to pi east his guests. O CLIFF HOUSE. r Main Street, 5 - l-ti. -''il f - . Nearly Opposite Woejlen Factory. W. L. WIlltE, T. W. RIIOADES, .Proprietors. i Oregon " City. Oregon. We invite the citizens of Oregon City, and the traveling public, to give us a share of their patronage. Meals can be had at all hours, to please the irost fastidious. 15 IaalpesIal Mills, OREGO.V CITY. KEEP CONSTANTLY' OX HAND FOR SALE : BR AX AND CHICKEN FEED! CT Parties vranting feed must furnish their sacks. lS.Sm O II EGOX CITY Manufacture, and have constantly on hand, a very Su2erior Article of Straw Wrapping Paper. Orders will receive prompt attention. 22.1yJ J. D. MILLER, Secretary. PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY ! IT IS ONLY NECESSARY TO" LET THE public be informed that JOHN HELM, Artist, lias removed to the Photographic Rooms on Main street, lately occupied by Morrison C. A they, where he is prepared to execute bet ter work than ever. For Children's Pictures the best hours are between 9 and 12 o'clock a. m. 23. ly CPwEGON CITY BEE WEE Y! 'EIEKRY UUnBEL, 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 25th, 180-3. 10tf 18GG. JOHX MTEKS. JLUUV IT. C. MYEKte. J. MYERS & BROTHER, 05acsip"Cs!& Store I UiuUr the Cuurt House, in Oregon. City. Dealers in Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes. Clothing, Groceries, Hardware, etc., etc., Which they propose to sell as cheap as any House in Oregon. Oregon City,' October 23, 1SGC. 2:ly CLARK GREENMAN, v,ny Jtray in ilia, a ir SS- OREGON CITY. All orders for the delivery of merchandise, or packages and freight ot whatever descrip tion, to any part of the city, will be executed promptly and with care. lP.Om PONY SALOON. Main street, Oregon City, Vdjoiuing the Brick Store of S. Ackerman. JAMES DIAXX, Propr. This popular saloon is always supplied with the very best quality of Wines and Liquors, Ale, Porter, Beer and Cider, Cigars and Tobacco. Give me a call. 7:lyJ JAMES MANN. Fashion Billiard Saloon, Main street, between Second and Third, Oregon City. J. C. Blann, Proprietor. ryMIE above long established and popular Saloon is yet a favorite resort, and as only the choicest brands ol Wines, Liquors and Cigars arc dispensed to customers a share of the public patronage is solicited, (ly) J. C. MANN. SHADES SALOON. West Side Jfaln Street, beiwaen Second and Third, Oregon City. GE0EGE A. KAAS Proprietor. The proprietor begs leave to inform his friends and the public generally that the above named popular saloon is open for their accommodation, with a new and well assort ed supply of the linest brands of wines, liquors and cigars. ' 52 IN MOSS' BUILDING, Main Street. Oregon City. The undersigned will keep on hand all the varieties of fresh and cured meats : Poultry, Vegetables, Corned Beef and Pork, Bacon, Hams, Lard, Tallow, $c A liberal share of patronage is solicited, as I expect to keep as good "an assortment, and of as good quality.as the country affords, which will be delivered to purchasers at any reasonable distance in tho citv. KlYi B. MAYER. THE BEST SELECTION And largest assortment of Ladies' Gents', Misses'. Boys' and Childrens' BOOTS and SHOES. Can be had at the PHILADELPHIA ROOT AXD SHOE STORE, o. 112 Front street, Portland, opposite Walter Pro. Carpet store, where new goods of the latest styles are re ceived by every steamer, direct from the east, enabling "us to sell cheaper than an' ottier store inths city. KAST & CAIIALIN. 14.) 112 Front street, Portland. Trie Best remedy for purifying the Blood, Strengthening tho Nerves, Restonog 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 infants. Full directions in French, Spanish, and Ger man, with every package. TRY IT ! For sale at all the wuolesale and retail drug stores and groceries. (31 EMIL FRESE, Wholesale Druggist, Sole Agent, 410 Clav street, San Francisco. Signs, Smiles, and Sketches. nereis the whole poem on a great theme, which may be taken as an example of poetic brevity : THE WAVES. Waves, do ye talk as ye dance on the sea? Fain would I what learn your words may be ; I've heard ye murmur, and whisper, and ror, I've heard ye sigh as ye swept the shore. THE BREAKER. Over the rocks I come foaming in, Mocking the winds with my ceaseless din ; I shout to the storm come blow, come blow. And I'll wash in the bones from the wrecks below. THE BILLOW. I bear the ship on my heaving breast, And the sea-weeds float as I lift my crest ; I say to the sailor boys cheer, lads, cheer, The breezes are fair, and your port is near. THE SWELL. Slowly I roll o'er the ocean's face, The albatross makes me her resting place ; I sweep in silence over the main, Grandly I rise, hut to sink again. : THE RIPPLE. Gaily I dance in the merry moonlight, And the mackerel shine midst my wavelets bright ; I murmur my music to every boat, And I lull the fishers to sleep as they float CHORCS OF WAVES. We blanch the hue of the pilot's cheeks, When our angry roar from a lee-shore speaks; We cheer with a smile the maiden's brow, As we sigh to the sands with our whispers low. . We thunder against the dark cliffs side, And the nautilus floats on our gentle tide ; Like passions that play in the human breast, To-day we revel, to-morrow we rest. A Curious Anecdote M. Feyrnet gives the readers of the Paris Temps a curious anecdote in regard to Day & Martin's blacking, which has been advertised throughout the world, and even on the Egyptian Pyramids : One afternoon, Day, then a poor work man, was drinking hi3 mug of half-and-half in a London ale-house, when a poor and ragged individual entered, and ad dressing himself to those present, said, " Who will give me'a pint of ale for a good recipe for blacking V " I will," said Day, and he ordered the pint of ale for the new comer. " Now let us have it," said he, and his new friend gave him the desired docu ment. " Good !" said Day ; " now I will give you another nint," which the unknown drank and then took his leave. The next morning Day sought one of his friends, a commercial traveler named Martin, and showed him the recipe. They made a quantity of the blacking, and filled all the oldbottles they could obtain with the mixture. This done, a friend of the partners went to all the grocers and blacking merchants of London, and addressed to each one the question. " Have you Day & Martin's blacking?" And all the shopkeepers naturally enough answered ' Xo." The next day another friend went the rounds, and to each merchant he pro pounded the question that his predecessor had done, and in each case he received the same answer. The next day another friend went to each merchant, but this time the question was, " Would you like to buy some Day & Martin's blacking ?" And all the merchants answered, " Willingly." And the fortune of the house of Day & Martin was made. They adopted for their labels a picture of a cat enraged at seeing his image reflected in the polished surface of a boot, as in a mir ror, and this label has become world famous. It only remains to be said that Day, on the occasion of his daughter's marriage, was enabled to give her as a wedding gift, the nice little sum of two hiiEdred thousand dollars, which was a good deal in those days. Jlcixs of Bluebeard's Castle. A tour ist writes from France : " There are cer tain localities in the vicinity of Nantes which are well worth a visit. For instance. I imagine not a few of our little folks in America would like to have joined me in an excursion I took the other day to the ruins of Bluebeard's castle that rery identical castle where, the story-book tells us, the murdered wives hung in a line in the mysterious chamber ? The orginal of Bluebeard, it seems, was one ferocious old Chevalier Daval, who was. in truth, an atrocious old bigamist, and lived in this castle so long ago that hardly anything except tradition in regard to him yet re mained. The excursion is a delightful one, and you may reach the ruins either by a road which conducts tffrough a charming rolling landscape, or by the pretty little River Erdre, which winds ro mantically northward from the centre of the town. Just outside the primitive vil lage of Jardiniere, immediately upon the sloping bank of the stream, you encounter some crumbling walls, so thickly covered with moss, ivy and brush, that you can hardly discover them, and in the midst of a pretty wood and this is all that still exists of Bluebeard's castle. They under take to place you on the very spot where the murdered wives were transfixed ; for tradition takes strong hold of the ignorant, superstitious minds of those French peas ants, and I doubt not that the old woman who shows the ruins lor a few cents thor oughly believes in the story from begin ning to end. 7 The State Fair of Wisconsin is to be held at 3Iadison this year. Panics lortjr Tears Ago The country is told to look out for a terrible financial crisis in 1867, because the figure "7" has always brought disas ter upon this people j and the believers in the mysterious influence of that numeral, point to '37, '47, and '57, as proofs of the power that particular ; sign exercises over destinv. We find, however, as far back as 1817, no panic in that year, though there were the results of contraction and ex pansion which attend paper money bank ing. From an inspection of the files of the United States Gazette and the Phila delphia Gazette from 1S21 to 1831. the financial expansions and contractions were about as follows : 1821 Business dnll in the beginning of the year. The effects of an expansion,' apparently commenced in the spring, be gan to be felt in June or July, and by October the spirit of speculation is toler ably active. 1822 A reaction commences in May,, the effects of which are felt through the rest of the year. 1823 The bank of the United States re ceives the notes of all its branches, and begins to extend its operations. 1824 The banks increased their issues, and the spirit of speculation is 'excited. 1825 The consequences of the great reaction of 1818-19, are not over in the interior, but on the seaboard the effects of the expansion begun in 1823 and con tinued through 1824, are felt in the rise of property and general briskness of business. In July and August of this year, a violent reaction commences. 182t The effects of the reaction are felt through the greater part of the year. 1827 Money plenty ; the United States commenced iuing branch drafts for small amounts. 1828 Sudden and alarming scarcity of money in May, and again in September. 1829 Money scarce until July ; it after ward becomes plenty. 1830 Money plenty. 1831 Money plenty until October 5 then a reaction begins. 1832 Money scarce. Toward the close of the year the pressure abates in the com mercial cities, but it has not apparently diminished in other parts of the country. The panics of 1837 are well remembered. We find no parallel to them in any period in the history of the country before that time. These panics were the results of an inflation of currency, or rather of a ple thora of paper money, which induced speculation of all kinds, but mainly that of land. Corner lots were the rage. It was about this period that the moms nud ticaidis, or silkworm fever, broke out. The mulberry tree rose in price as rapidly as did tulips during the tulip mania, in Hol land, two hundred years ago. This mul berry tree speculation ran very ' high in 1837, and thousands went into the plant of them and were ruined. Paper money banking was the basis of all these bushes. The West and the South went largely into the banking business at that period, and the price of real estate in the West rose enormously. The wild cat. banking sys tem of the State of Michigan was the great financial farce of that period. State Com missioners traveled from one bank to an other to examine the specie on hand ; as in those days there were no railways, their stages were slow, and the gentlemen not at all inclined to hurry. The consequence was, that as soon a3 the boxes of specie had done duty at one bank, and while the gentlemanly officials, who had certified to the soundness of institution Xo. 1, were taking their dinners, a smart pair of horses attached to a wagon, in the rear of the bank, received the said boxes and made good time over the road to institution Xo. 2, where the specie was again on show," in lime for the State officials, who as duly certified to the soundness of Xo. 2. These ten boxes of specie represented all the wild-cat banks of Michigan, and the farce wa's kept up until millions of paper was made to flood the West, when they all collapsed. The passage of the Bankrupt Act of 1841 produced a great reaction in 1842-43, but we had no money panic or commercial revulsion of very grave char acter until 1817. The crisis of 1857 was a serious one, yet the wiping out of the $400,000,000 of debts,, by the passage of the Bankrupt law, was productive of more wide-spread disaster, for it was taken ad vantage of to the extent perhaps of a hun dred millions, by dishonest men, who transferred, temporarily, their property, and j&ade oath that they were not worth a dollar, and their creditors were swindled. An immense amount of this kind of fraud was perpetrated. The passage ?f !e Bankrupt Act of 1SG7, it is thought by some, will be quite likely to hasten the now looked for crash ; but we do not see in the past any special ill luck in that particular figure 7. That old Whig pet, the United States Bank, was supposed to have been an especial bless ing to the country in 1827 ; matters went smooth then. We find, in 1817, there was a little derangement in finance by the cur tailment of the circulation of the United States Bank, together with' that of the country banks. An old witer on finance, in 1817, uses language which might well be used to-day : " As banks are the creatures of govern ment, all the evils they produce must be ascribed to the government. It is to afford opportunities tor speculations to them selves, their personal friends and political partisans, that our law givers establish banks. It was throusrh the attempt to carry on the war (1812 to 1815) by means of bank notes and bank credits that the suspension of specie payments was pro duced. It was through the connivance of the Government that the 'suspension of specie payment was so long continued. It was through the issue of treasury notes that the amount of bank notes in circula tion was immediately increased. It was that a large amount of public stock might be absorbed that a bank was instituted with a capital of thirty-live millions (the U. S. bonds) when there was not room for a credit bank with a capital of thirty-live thousand." Here was language used half a century ago three years after the close of the war of 1812, which would exactly suit our case to-day. History does indeed repeat itself. We find a surplus of bank paper in 1821 and 1822, and at the same time commer cial disasters. The Nile's Register men tions the failures of forty-two Boston mer chants in thirty days, and the causes were apparently the same that exist with us to day, shocks in trade, vacillations in busi ness produced by sudden changes in values. Certain kinds of cotton and woolen goods are mentioned as having fallen 5!) per cent, in a few weeks. Bills on London which in Februan-, 1822, were quoted at 111-112, fell in the course of a few" months to 10 108. This unsettled state of things continued up to 1825, when in the fall of that year it culminated in wide- , spread commercial disaster to the country, j and in consequence of the wild specula tions in American mines and American cottons, carried ruin into England. The close of the year 1825 was said to be the most unfortunate period England had ever experienced, commercially. So much for panics of forty years ago. We appear to have learned nothing from past experi ence, and are rushing into another finan cial and commercial calamity with all the speed possible. - .. Ax Omission. Concerning the policy of the Democrats in the coming election in California, the Express says : Democrats of California arc not entering the opening canvass to battle for things past and gone, but mean to take up the live issues of the day and hour, and fight for white man's supremacy over negro and mongrel inferiority for a white man's government for their children for prin ciple for national honor for national greatness ami prosperity. The Express forgot to add " and for the spoils which has been the grand co hesive principle" of the party too long to be abandoned even after six years of defeat and hungry longing. The Demo cratic journals are trying to drag the labor question into California politics. Most journals of the State deprecate this course, and advance the opinion that this question has nothing to do with politics and is chiefly availed of by demagogues for their own purposes. Some of the Union papers have broken ground in favor of a resolu tion looking to the amendment of t he State Constitution so as to permit impartial suf frage. Those journals that have spoken f on the subject approve the amendments submitted by the last .Legislature. " A Nation Exvuxged. After fiftvyears of wrangling, misrule and rebellion. Fo-J land has ceased to exist, i ne very name has been blotted out. and ,vill never again appear upon the revised maps of Europe. If its internal economy, and social and po litical characteristics 'had been better un derstood in this country, there would have been much less of sympathy, and far less of romance and fine spun sentiment, wher ever her name was mentioned. Poland for half -a century has been a continental nuisance." The above is the commencement of an editorial in the Bulletin, w hich called out a u set of resolutions," at a meeting of Polish exiles, of which the following are samples: That the editorial article referred to is a gross misrepresentation. of facts, and a shameful perversion of the truths of history. That we, exiles, share with our brethren at home the fullest faith tht the Romanoffs can neither '-dub'' nor expunge" our nation out of existence, and that, though ever so terribly tried, the same national lire which burned in a Sobieski before Yienna, and blazed along the line of the American army with a Kosciuzko and Pu laski, will yet show the Polish honor un stained, the Polish flag still flying. The. St. Patrick Rioters. The Xew York Grand Jury have found indictments against six of the marshals of the St. Pat rick procession. Two of the parties are charged with malicious assault, with in tent to kill ; one of them, Bernard Clark, who used his sword so fiercely, having three indictments against him of this na ture. The newspapers are now calling for atfexemplary punishment of the cul prits who shall be proven guilty, and they are making this call in a tone that indi cates to the judicial authorities that they are expected, as iu the case of the jury, to do their duty, and their whole duty, in h nromStfoe" Tho vmhlie will not be sat- U1V til iv. J ' - ' -. 5th sintr Atipimcl Connolly method 1?UV U l im j .... - - - of administering justice in this matter. Self-Dependexce. Many an unwise parent works hard, and lives sparingly all his life for the purpose of leaving enough to give his children a start in the world, as it is called. Setting a young man afloat with money left him by his relatives, is like tving a bladder under the arms of one who cannot swim ; ten chances to one he will lose his bladders and go down to the bottom. Teach him to swim, aiid he will not need the bladders. . Give your .child a good education. Sec to it that his mor als are pure, his mind cultivated, and his whole nature made subservient to the laws which govern man. and yon will have giv en what will be of more value than the wealth of tin? Indies. You ha e given him a start which no misfortune can deprive him of. The earlier you teach him - to de pend upon bis own resources and the blessing of God, the better. Both Prodigals. A young wife re monstrated with her husband, a dissipated spendthrift, on his conduct. " My love," said he, " I'm only like the prodigal son ; I shall reform by and by." "And I will be like he prodigal son, too," she replied, " for 1 will arise and go to my father," and accordingly off she went. A Clieclt upon Home Woolen ItJunu--'fact tires Erom the Alia California. In the past eighteen years the California market has been the receptacle of tons upon tons of machinery and manufactured goods of every quality and description. The sale of the, vast quantity of merchan dise imported has enriched thousands of manufacturers abroad, and its distribution has given an impetus to trade here, while the equivalent in. exchange for it has drained the State of millions of its native born wealth, from which no future benefit can be derived. The constant increase in our midst of -new manufacturing enter prises, and the general disposition shown to patronize the production of articles fab ricated from raw material drawn on this coast, are matters of ordinary notoriety, and latterly have given assurance to the hope that within a reasonably brief period of time the State, would become, almost wholly independent of other States or countries for the supply of certain classes of manufactured goods, into which the sta ple articles of home growth might largely enter. If the prosperity of a people depends on their ability to retain a large proportion of the natural wealth of their country within its boundaries, the duty devolves upon them to encourage the production of such commodities as they require, and for which there is a constant drain of treasure to procure abroad. It is a matter of seri ous moment that the realization of the rising hopes in regard to at least one im portant branch of domestic manufacture, woolen goods, will, in consequence of a combination of unexpected events, be de ferred perhaps for years. Mention was made in the Bulletin several days ago of the discharge of a large number of hands employed in the Mission AVoolen Mills, for reasons which it was then sunnosed would be of only temporary duration. But we regret to learn that rivalry and com petition in trade, the inducements to pur chase held out by depressed markets in other places, and the existence of disturb ing influences which militate against the system of labor required for success in this line ot business, will, in all probability, operate as a check and drawback for "a long time to come. One half the number of sets of machinery heretofore in opera tion in those mills will not be used in fu ture, thereby reducing the quantity of raw wool consumed from 200.000 to 300.000 pounds to half that quantity ; and the same contraction will take place in the Pioneer Woolen Mills. In fact, all alike will suffer from the unexpected closing of the natu ral market for their fabrics. The moving cause' for this disastrous state of affairs originated in the Eastern States. At the beginning of the war, all the New England Mills which could sub stitute machinery for manufacturing wool en instead of cotton goods, did so. While the war lasted the demand kept down the supply ; but the latter did not dimnish with the close of the war. because it was ex pected that the Southern States, entirely destitute of such manufactures, would be come large purchasers. Unfortunately, all are aware how fallacious such expecta tion lias proved. The consequence was that four times as many mills as were needed have been continued iu operation, produc ing four times the quantity of goods re quired. The country is completely over stocked with them, and immense quanti ties have been thrown upon the market by parties determined to realize. A glutted market in which goods must be disposed of at rates ruinous to the manufacturer al ways attracts speculators, as well as legit imate traders, and representatives of San Francisco circles have availed themselves of the favorable opportunity to reap gold en gains. We understand that, within a few months, several millions in gold ami the proceeds of not a few shipments of wheat and flour from this port have been expended in Eastern markets for precise ly those descriptions of woolen goods which are manufactured in our own mills. We have heard that the amount expended in such purchases approaches S7.000.000. There have been quite recently several sales of woolen goods, manufactured and otherwise, where the amount disposed of in a single sale has reached between $200, 000 and 6300.000. The immediate result of these operations is that there is, in the opinion of those best qualified to form one, enough woolen manufactures of all de scriptions, here and in transitu, to supply this market for a space of three years to come, and to be sold for less than they can be produced here. The fact is now patent to those most concerned by it, that we have no means of counteracting the re sults of cheap labor in the Eastern States. This business of wDolen manufacture re quires a large capital, careful nursing and intelligent management ; it is subject to continual fluctuations in the prices of the raw material and the manufactured goods, and requires a heavy outlay for chemicals, amounting to 'thousands of dollars. In the Mission Mills, for instance, as much as S30.000 were required to keep up the per manent stock in the dying department, and from fourteen to fifteen thousand dol lars were paid weekly for wages. With -all these drawbacks, to w hich may be add- .... 1 mi ed the necessity lor purcnasing wool wnen it is offered, not as the Eastern manufac turers do. buying from day to day. as they, please, the prudence of Mr. Donald Mc Lennan and his associates, iu curtailing the operations of their mills, is commendable. We are assured that all the mills would be obliged to cease operations altogether, but for The low price of Chinese labor ; and vet there are found persons, wno are ac plovers can maintain iiieiHenfN 111 uum ne4 and contribute so much towards the development of other pursuits, by provid ing a readv market at home for the com modities ihev produce. If all the mills had continued in full operation they would have taken probably two-thirds of the en- ii. 1 ; 1 : tiro wool clip of this year. nai quanary ,iMnWmwit are reductions in the price of wool and throwing out of employ ment of a number of workmgmen. e Both mav be traced partially to the insane c amor raised bv prejudiced, ignorant par- who have blindly disturbed the equil ibrium fhat must always be maintained be tween capital and labor. quainted with the subject, who do not Hes itate to exclaim against the employment of that kind of labor by which alone its em- they may require tiuium.-. .; inv ert by circumstance arising from the facts -1 1 1 r 1 1 . - .t.-ifnri I no immeuuiie i-uh--m.v.v. Tlie Labor Question From the Boise StatesVurY.. " r Eight hour labor strikes arc becoming' common in the large eastern cities, but they have yet been unsuccessful in every 1 case. Employees refuse to consent to th5 -reduction from ten to eight hours for a -day's work. The subject is attracting some attention from State legislatures, but it has much the appearance ofteing from , political consideration rather than a desire to subserve the public good. .Legisla tures are liable to become very reforma tory when votes are depending. We strongly suspect that to be the moving , power in the discussion and passage of resolutions on this subject. The bran, bread school of philosophers who claim g that earth should still be Eden, and man have little to do but pluck spontaneous fruit' and eat, filling up the balance of his time practicing the water cure and study ing physiology, are fiioroughly in earnest and seriously think that eight hours should be a day's work. Tlie principle is no doubt good enough, and the practice too, for all such as can afford it. If any rian?s circumstances are such as that he ean make a living or enough more to satisfy q his desire for enlarging his wordly posses sions by working only eight hours a day, there is no good reason why he should not govern himself accordingly. But this en forcing the eight hour system bv law ha3 the appearance of being premature just now. It does not meet with that cordial) support from all classes of people that the ten hour system did some years &Sq Jt would be very fine if people were com pelled to labor only so much as necessary if there were an equal division of labor among all classes of persons. But that millennial dar is a long distant yet. Th world owes too many war debts, and gov ernments are too extravagant and waste ful, for the people to retire upon the per formance of a mere nominal day'3 work. The majority of men in business work much more than eight hours a day : some from choice, but many more from necessity. Farmers, as a class, put in near sixteen q hour's labor than eight ; andhese artisans, mechanics, and operatives, who are now clamoring for the eight hour system would, if they could all go into their various branches of business on their own account, be found in a short time toiling more than twelve hours a day, it thev did not use up the better xart of Sunday in the bargain. It matters not whether they did this from the pure love of gain or from necessity, they would do it, and the world generally doe3 it. When the war debts are all paid and fighting shall be diminished : when armies and navies do not have to be sup ported and recruited ; when civil govern ment shall be administered with sensible regard to economy, and when extrava- q gance and intemperance do not eat out the substance of the people, then theyocan begin to live with less labor. . Tlie Valley Railroad -ho O We learn from a gentleman direct from the Willamette valley, sayl the Koseburg Ensign, that Mr. Elliott, who a n9w years ago made a preliminary survey from Sac ramento to Portland, recently returned from the East in company with a Mr. Brooks, for the purpose of making ar rangements for the immediate construction of a Railroad. He claims to represent an abundance of Eastern capital, and to havo a power of attorney from a Railroad con tractor by the name of Cc$ke; and that the persons for whom he is acting have on o hands, in Xew York, a supply of Railroad iron and rolling stock, which they design ed for Government use during the war, and arc now seeking a market for. On the arrival of Elliott and BrOoksat Salem, articles of incorporation were filed by Geo. L. Woods, J. H. Moores, S. Ellsworth, E. X. Cooke, Isaac 11. Moores and Jos. Smith. Capital stock, 57,000.000. Shares, $100. The officers are. Geo. L. Woods, Presi dent ; I. R. Moores, Yice President : J. II. O Moores, Treasurer ; J. A. Clark. Secretary, Messrs. Smith, Cooke, Ellsworth, Cheno weth and Mitchell Directors, under tho title of Oregon Central Railroad Co. A contract has been made ith the said Cooke, through Mr. Elliott acting under his power of attorney, for building 150 miles of the road to commence at Port land ; thence to Oregon City French Prairie, Salem, Albany,Qjorvallis, through Eugene City. The price per mile is $35, 000, including rolling stock. The road is to be built in sections of twenty-five miles each, and as fast as a section is completed the company will give Cooke a mortgage on the road to secure bonds given for its construction ; wuicn uonas araw interest at seven $ eent. per annum. The work is to be commenced immediately, amL-)to bo completed within four years. The bond; to be paid in six years. We further un derstand that the stock is to be offered to the people of Oregon. With that amount constructed, it must then shortly reach this valley and hendv to California. We view this Railroad enterprise as the proposed financial salvation of this part of the country. It will become the nu cleus of va"t fortunes, not only of tho projectors, but also of merchants,' and others who invest in stocks, or who even locate permanently on the line. While it will add largely to the worth of real estate, it will no less enhance the value of all kind3 of transportable property ; the cur rent of wealth, which will flow into these valleys through this avenue, will in a few years lead us to quite forget that we ever had dull times in fertile Oregon. When the bell of the Locomotive ehall awaken echoes from these quiet hills, which now reverberate only the sound of the tinkling bells of grazing herds, or the axe and rifle of the pioneer, then will we. I indeed, be a happy people. Energy and. O the consequent thrift and prosperity will infuse new life into every avocation, and bard times will come again no more.v - O o o