0 .... o o O o 0 0 o o o O 0 O o o o o 0O o o o 0 o 0 I)c lUccfcln tihitcvpvbc. Oregon City, Oregon : IX. C. IKK LAM), eihtoh AKD rnonuKTon. Saturday, June 15th, 1867. Vic Xic. Our Good Templar friends at Iilwaulie w ill have a fine pic nic to-day. Star of IIofK. This is the name of a new . nf'Tomnlnr. lsitfdv instituted . VfJL A LU . . . J - . - " atMontieello. M. O'Connor W. C. T., Miss Elvira Huntington W. V. T. Departed. The Umatilla and other email streams are are falling slowly, indi cating that the snow on the Blue Moun tains is about gone, says the " Columbia,'' Tress. Sea Waij.. The Board of harbor com missioners in 3aa Francisco have adver tised for sealed proposals for the construc tion of three sections of the proposed sea wall upon the water front of San Francisco. Pkehs. Col. Dow wishes the Press of Oregon to understand that the Colombia Tress is not the Umatilla, Press, but the Umatilla Press is the Columbia Press, which Press is the Press which would Press the Press to Press a different construction. Hail!! Columbia! "Lemiii. This latest excitement' has not yet been fully developed. A corres pondent of the World says that Leesburg is half a mile long one big street with :good houses on each side but the snow and slush anake it ugly to get around. Everything in the line of buying or selling is done on the trust system, or, as they call it. here, "jawbone.7- There are lots of men hard up for grub, who have no money. but are in great hope of making their piles this year. The Raiujoad. This week we give an other article from an interior paper upon the subject of a railroad in Oregon. We think the advice of the Unionist pretty near to the point That people keep their money and their lamls, until evidence ap pears that they will not bo fleeced. We 3igpe no man in thi3 county will subscribe Qme cent, or a. foot of land, unless condi tioned so that they are secure from loss jfi&t to say a gross s.vindle. That's all we "know about it. We don't like Sam Clarke ne?vhit better than we do Gaston. In :ur estimation Oregon would bo none the "worse off were they both to leave the State. Improving the Thames. The work of deepening the channel of the Thames river, Ct., has been commenced, and will be completed in five months. The appro priation of $82,000 recently voted by Con gress is deemed amply -sufficient for tire purpose. The Norwich and Worcester liailroad has proposed to dump the mud taken from the river upon the flats on the East side, filling them in from the channel :t the ; shore near the line of their Aliyn Point "branch, and to build a wharf 1,500 feet long, if a license is granted them by ithe city of Norwich. This made land -would furnish an immense area for manu facturing and commercial purposes. Sentenced. It is a remarkable fact that "but few printers are ever to be found within the walls of a penitentiary. Oc 1 n casionauy one gets to Congress, or in a legislative body, and we notice that Mr. W. 11. Newell, editor of the Walla Walla statesman, has been sentenced to serve a term in the Washington Territory council. He has our sympathies. Newell isn't, really, a bad man like all persons he has his faults, but yet there is something in his character redeeming. We hope he may survive his time, and in the end again bo of service 1o his readers. He closes after the campaign with a good lecture upon the evils of seekincc office. Thinks that editors, especially, should avoid it. Not Right. A few days since the Ore- rjonian insinuatea mat mere must oe a screw loose somewhere, else this broad und productive Willamette Valley would not allow the importation of common beans from California to a very great ex tent. . The Unionist demurs to, the hint of. the Oregonian, and attempts to throw dis credit upon the statement, and to bring in question the soundness of the advice given 0 in the paragraph. We think the Ore.gonkm did right, in alluding to the subject, and that the Unionist exhibits very bad taste, 4ind a lack of good judgment, by not en dorsing the paragraph, and giving it to its readers with a few wholesome words of advice. It is certainly no credit to Oregon farmers if we are compelled to purchase California beans. We would, in all pleas antness, admonish our Salem brother not to pick up such small things. The whole life of the Salem and Portland Union journals, has been more or les3 perpetual wrangling and altercation it can never result in good to either of them. The End oe Maximiliax. The report of e shooting of Maximilian has not been, contradicted, and is possibly true. It is hard on any occasion, to say aught against a person at his grave, and we have no de sire to treat Maximilian's memory other than respectfully. It was not him in per son bnt his purposes, that called forth the anathemas which have been heaped upon him since 1SG5, and his last action cer tainly is not without some palliation. In formation obtained from reliable sources show that his object in remaining in Mexico Avas simply to secure for his ad herents such terms in the dissolution of the Empire as would permit them to live in tranquility henceforth, or, failing in that, to share their fate, lie could not be prevailed upon to abandon those men who stood by him throughout his brief and tur bulent reign, and now if it be true that he kas shared their fate peace be to his ashes. Juarez has certainly triumphed, but if we are to judge the future of Mexico by the past, we cannot yet write him as a patriot with any such as Tell, Cromwell, ov Wash ington Mexico w.ll yet remain turbulent, until this Government assumes the pro tectorate de facto. Got Inside. The betters on lion. Alvin Flanders have won ! He came up to the judgesstand oil tJie-horue stretch,, nicely and " was several lengths ahead of the Orphan in the end. If Clark took the ad vice of a friend, lie has a home over there on the Sound yet. That is if he hasn't went nnd put a mortgage on it, to beat that Walla Walla man. Portijlxd Politics. We are free to confess that we never did know a very great deal about politics in Portland. " The thing" generally goes alone there ; and the contest for city officers on Monday next will result in about the old way the " successful' candidates will be elected, no matter by whom they have been chosen in the primaries. , : Portlaxd CrsTOM IIocse. Work has been commenced on the new Custom House at Portland, Me., from designs fur nished by the supervising architect of the Treasury Department. The new edifice will be of granite, C8 by 130 feet, and the exterior will be of a classical and imposing style of architecture. The entire building will be made fire-proof, all the floors being composed of brick and iron. Levee. Col. Hodges, the very efficient Quartermaster of this Deport, says the Vancouver Pegister has caused the driving of piles along the banks of the Colum bia, on the Military Reserve, to prevent the washing away of the banks. The same will be capped and planked a3 soon as the water recedes, and abundantly secure the safety of the banks against inroads by the high water and besides add to ehe appearance of the city front. Big Bend. An extract from a private letter, dated Colville, May 20th, and pub lished in the Mountaineer, states that the steamer '49 had made two trips to La Porte, the highest navigable point on the Columbia, with far more favorable results than was anticipated, lieports from the Big Bend mines are encouraging to a few. It is said 250 miners are at work there. making from $5 to $50 per day perhaps 200 of them make the first mentioned sum, and perhaps they don't. We will wait for those Caraboo strikes, hopefully. More Territory. According to the Alia the captain of the barque Washington, lately on a cruise from the Sandwich Isl ands to the northern coast, discovered a new island in about 40 30' north, longi tude 151 west, or about 1,500 miles west from Cape Mendocino. He did not land and take possession of the island, but re port says the Federal authorities have tel egraphed the fact to Washington, and asked for instruction as to sending a Na tional vessel in search of the reported dis covery. Doixg Well. Bro. T. Bramhall, of Port land, who seems to have been crowded out to the borders as it were, in the work of the Good Templars in Oregon, has done well so far in the eastern part of the State. A flourishing lodge was instituted at Dixie Creek, Grant county or John Day's mines, to be better known on the 25th, and women were found to fill all the chairs assigned them. Mr. Wm. Moflltt was elect ed W. C. T.; and Miss Carrie Bellinger W. V. T.: Mrs. Eliza Newton W. Tv. II. S.; and Mrs. Junkin W. L. II. S. A lodge was also instituted at Canyon City. The Salisbury Prisox. It is stated that a crop of cotton will be grown this year upon the prison-grounds of Salisbury, North Carolina. The long, waving lines of greenery, as they rise in all their beauty, hiding that soil made hideous to the mem ory of man by the crime and cruelty per petrated within its limits, and the suffer ing and death which raised it to such "sad eminence" among the prisonholds of earth, will become a physical type of the work of regeneration commencing in the polit litical and social world of the South. As the beneficent seasons, in their turn, shower their kindly influences upon that scene, the snowy cotton bursting into view wm wave like the winte wanu or peace over the blood-stained furrows that mark one of the saddest memorials of a desper ate conflict. Big Cle ax-up. To judge from a letter signed " Marion," in the Idaho World, the Boise mines are not yet worked ou t. The writer says Granite Creek is a lively min ing camp at this time. Almost all the claims are worked night and day, and, to use a miner's phrase, some of our miners are taking it out " big' Messrs. Paul, Flinn &, Co. cleaned up yesterday, after a two weeks" run, and had one hundred and thirty-seven pounds of amalgam, which retorted the handsome sum of ticenty-five thousand five hundred and fifly-iico dollars. Major Flynn took out the largest nugget of pure gold that has ever been found in this camp. It weighed four and a half pounds, and is worth $850. The Major thinks that he has now struck the mother lead of this camp. Colored Cuildrex ix Portland. The application of negro children to the schooLs of Portland was refused by the directors, Messrs. Josiah Failing and W. S. Ladd, and the said Ladd and Failing were served with an order to appear before Judge E. D. Shattuck and show cause why they should not receive the said " Americans of African descent." The case was to have come up on last Monday. The Her ald, iu remarks upon the subject says : "If we had the right to dictate in the matter, we would preserve the distinctions of na ture by separating the diverse races in all our social aud political relations. But we are an advocate and defender of the law, whether we like it or not We insist that every human being, without regard to race, color or condition, shall have the benefits aud protection of the laws of the land. Every thing adverse to law is law less, and tends to anarchy and disregard of all civil rights. The people have de cided, through their regularly constituted authorities, that equality before the law, without distinction of race or color, shall be the rule. We repudiate the idea, but we must obey the law or are no good citizen. OUECO.V j Consignments of wool and flour from Walla Y alia, reach Portland ?tow freqnent ; ly by the bpats of the O. S. Company. . The departure of the Oregon and Mexico Steamer for Sitka has been indefinitely post poned. ,. :i ' The Corvallis 'GazetU thinks the people of , Yaquina have both milk and honey by this time. A swarm , of bees passed that way lately. A little girlasred about seven years, living in Portland,-was brutally outraged one day last week by a Chinaman, who Was in the employ of her father as cook. A gang of counterfeiters have been broken into at Portland. Dorville Brown, a Mrs. Morse, and a Doc. Hope were me cniw leaders of it, although many are implicated. The bricks for the .basement of the new school house in the first ward, Portland, are being hauled on the ground, and work will commence soon. Six of the heavy freight wagons, construct ed in this city for the Government, sa'S the Herald, were returned on Wednesday last, with a message that the Government would receive none but substantial work. To wind up the disasters of yesterday says the Oreaonian. of Monday, a buggy driven by a Miss L. B. Jerker was run into by another driveu by a fast female, on Front street and one of the buggies capsized. The first two letters of that captivating dam sell's name stands for lager ler, we presume. The Record is informed that the Salem Flouring Mill has received during the last three weeks about 32,000 bushels of wheat, of which amount about 0,000 bushels were purchased from Hon. Wm. Greenwood and sons, of Howell Prairie, in this county. On Saturday last Hon. E. D. Shattuck while engaged ou his farm near Portland met with an accident, which resulted in a severe contusion on the right leg. It was supposed that one or perhaps both, bones were broken. lie was be unable to hold the regular term of Court beginning last Mon day. . - The President of the McAdamized Road Company has commenced suit against the city of Portland for damages sustained in the washing out of that portion of the road at the crossing of the penitentiary ravine. The city should commences suit against the person who filled the culvert. There must have been lots of fun on the McAdamized road out of Portland, last Sun day. The Oregonian gave a chapter of ac cidents about " as long as your arm" ou Monday morning. The extent of the inju ries either to persons or property could not be ascertained Sunday evening, as several of the persons had not been brought in, and the wrecks of carriages were strung all aloug the road. A shooting affray occurred at Sauselaw, Lane county, lately, iu which Wm. DeLa Mater shot a Mr. Barlow, inflicting a danger ous wound. Another blood'' encounter is also reported near Itoseburg. General dis satisfaction seems to exist among all classes of reasonable men, to think that such violent outrages ot law should be so slightlj pun ished. The Sunday School excursion from Malem on the fifth was decidedly successful, only that the "Albany refugee" took umbrage at the enjoyments of a few colored people. Milt, is afraid he will be equal to a negro some day he need have no tears, however. Any man who can make such tree use of the language of the Thugs, as he does through the Democrat, will fail to ever command the respect of even a Chinaman. A lot of Chinamen living in the old Trav ailiot house, in Portland have been raising a fine lot ot vegetables in the yard adjoining. The river has risen so high as to threateu inundation. . The gardeners determined to get the advantage of the elements, raised a flooring about four feet from the ground, and upon this they have transplanted the entire garden. This novel arranaemeut does not appear to hinder the growth of the vegetables. The Oregonian says, we heard it com- plai lon lained in a jocular vein on one occasion not S since, that a hre in l'ortland had no fair chance at all against our firemen, and we considered that complaint a very palpa ble compliment to the Department. We have tried several times to get to the scene of an alarm in advance of the engines, but we uever succeeded ; and we have now set tled upon the conclusion that, to get ahead ot them, we must start before the lire begius. Air. Ed. Hendrics, of Applegate, informs the iSeiitin-el that there have been rich dig gings struck on the left hand fork of Jack ass Creek, some distance higher up than had been worked heretofore. Mr. 11. says about twenty claims have been staked off, and that the yield is large, and for the most part coarse gold. There is being more energy displayed in prospecting this year, than tor some time past, and as a result, new and rich diggings are being struck almost every week. Uur hills and gulches are full of gold, and labor aud perseverance will un earth the treasure. The best mine in any camp is thus alluded to by a correspondent of the Advocate: Ob serve, ifyou please, a certain class of men who follow the miner into a new country heretofore inhabited only by wild animals and as wild but more savage Indians. The first of their "prospecting" is for a garden, spot or arable land enough for a small farm. By the time the miner has " worked out his claim" and lost his "dust at faro" or "seven up," the horticulturist or agriculturist has money enough to satisfy him for a " home stake," goes'to his wite'and little ones ; buys himself a farm and settles down independ ently and happy ; or else from the nleasant surroundings which his own industry has produced, he is well content to bring his lit tle tolks to the already "well feathered nest." there to assist in and contribute to the pros perity and growth of a new country aud the uuimmg up ot its tree institutions. The Sentinel says : The disposition of some of our citizens to settle on and improve the surveyed Government land in the neighbor hood of Klamath Lake has been somewhat dampened by the discovery that the most eligible and valuable tract has probably been taken by the State. Had the land been un surveyed, the settlers might have acquired title from the State by having their claims embraced in State locations ; but under ex isting circumstances, it seems they must wait until the laud is offered in the market to the highest bidder. It seems poor policy on the part of the State to delay the sale and settlement of this section of country for an indefinite period, In five or ten years the land may, perhaps, bring a higher price, but that cousideratios js of small moment in comparison with the importance of it$ occu pation and improvement, We need popu lntiou have plenty ot vacant land and it is the duty.of the State Government to en- courage immigration, bv offering every fa cility for the occupation of the public domain, rather than obstiuct it by playing the part of a land monopolist. A Strike. On Tuesday last we took steamer for Portland, where wo tarried over night, and returned next day bring ing with us a type setter who. upon ar riving here took his stick in hand and after setting up one article again sat the implement down, and soon left the office, since which time Ave have not seen him. We understand, however, be returned to l'ortland by the afternoon boat. He is the same who, on a certain occasion, for the generous impulses which actuated him to ship some elegant statooary from New York to Oregon received the credit of be ing " our young virtuoso." He is known all throughout Oregon, for the part he has assumed in literature, and every citizen of Portland will recognize him as a jolly, jovial fellow notwithstanding his strike here. For further particulars in quire of S. B. Parrish. Marriage ix High Lire. It is so sel dom that an opportunity is afforded an Oregon reporter to attend a marriage of princely dignitaries that we regret not hay ing been present ou last Sabbath to wit ness the nuptial ceremonies of JUss Xan- ntc ItCHjicronan ami Mr htirash, at the vil lage of their people near the confluence of the Clackamas and the Willamette TKL-KOIIAPIIIC NEWS. ' We take the following telegraphic ...news from dispatches to the Oregon mil A f Chief Justice Chase has ordered the summoning of grand and petit jurors fur the Circuit Court without distinction of color, p The California State Republican Con vention met at Sacramento on the 13th. The wise ones say, Bid well will be Governor aud lligby Congressman. The cable has transmitted a long ac count of the coronation of the Emperor and Empress" of Austria, as King and Queen of Hungary at Pesth, on the 8th. The trial of Surratt has commenced. Surratt appeared with a very pale and careworn look, but during conversa tion with his counsel laughed. What he saw to laugh at isn't reported. Sherman will probably abandon the ex pedition to the heart of the Indian coun try and concentrate his troops to protect the stages and railroad, deeming that more important. The Judiciary Committee did not take all the evidence offered as to the com plicity of President Johnson in the assas sination of Lincoln, on the ground that the resolutions did not authorize an inves tigation into that charge. A brother of Senator Cole of California, killed a man named Iliscock at Albany. N. Y., on the 4th. Iliscock was chairman of the Judiciary Committee of the House during the last session of the N. Y. Legis lature, aud Cole had always regarded him as his best friend, but in an evil hour he brought shame and dishonor upon Cole's innocent wife and children. The cable has a long account of an attempted assassination of the Czar. The assassin fired two shots. The second bar rel exploded, wounding his hand. The first ball penetrated the head of a horse ridden by the imperial groom. The as sassin says he came from Belgium with the intention of killing the Czar, and declares he has no accomplice. Governor Orr. The speech made be fore the Charleston Board of Trade by this distinguished fire-eater recently, is at hand by mail. We copy a single para graph. In the course of his remarks he said, in denunciation of the Democratic Party: The act of Congress, recently passed, has assumed that this country is a con quered territory, a conquered people, and consequently that that body has a right to dictate terms. The power exists in that body to dictato those terms, it is secure ior the next two years, and when they place themselves squarely and broadly upon that platform, I for one do not propose to gO to mc supreme Court, Oranywiiere else, for the purpose of disputing that power ; but in good faith I will accept the terms, humiliating as they may be, and openly, fairly and squarely urge their adoption before our people. 1 know there is an apprehension wide spread in the North and West that, after the reconstruction of the Southern States, we shall fall into the arms of our old allies and associates, the old Democratic parly. I say to you, gen tlemen, however, that I would give no such pledges. We have accounts to settle with that party, gentlemen, before I, at least, will consent to affiliate with it. Many of you well remember that when the war first commenced great hope3 and expecta tions were held out by our Iriends in the North and West, that there would be no war, and that if it commenced it would be north of Mason & Dixon's line, aud not in the South. You know, sir, (turning to Gen. Sickles) that faith was pledged, and I will now state that if that faith had been properly carried out there is no proba bility that any State but South Carolina would have seceded from the Federal Union. Again, during the pendency of the constitutional amcndment.every North ern newspaper, and almost every Democrat in the country, urged upon the South to reject its provisions. It was rejected. Only a few weeks elapsed, and vet we find that on the passage of this Sherman bill, our Democratic friends, acting in con junction with old Thad. Stevens, were in strumental in incorporating, on that bill its most odious features. It went back to the Senate, was finally adopted, and every one of the Democratic newspapers all over the North, as far as I am informed, have come out and urged the Southern people to accept the bill. I say lo you, there fore, that in my judgment it is time for us to seek new friends and a new alliance. Good, and very Trve. The Red Bluff Independent thinks that the expenditure of $7,000,000 by the general government for the purchase of Russia might have been better appropriated to aid in pcople ing the Pacific States already acquired. This is a very good idea, and one which we hope may have its weight in future. Taking that view of the case we can see that Uncle Sam has more land now than can well be managed. The Inde pendent says : What we want is population, and a working population at that. We want neither professional men nor capitalists until we get more primary producers. Let us see what a million of dollars would accomplish in that respect. It costs, on the computation of the best steamboat men, about eighty dollars per head to transport second-cabin passengers from New York to San Francisco, including the transit of the Isthmus by railroad. Take $400,000 to defray the expenses of unmar ried men and we would gain five thous and single men, mechanics artisans, at once. The other $600,000, appropriated to bring ing -out married men and their wives, to till land and engage in pursuits like dairying, would give us three thousand seven hundred and fifty married couples to settle in the valleys, and plant the vine and fig tree on every hill. This would be a total gain of 12,500 people to the population ot the l'acifie State let them distribute themselves as they would. Seven millions ot dollaio, thus appropriated and expended by the gener al government lor the development of California. Oregon, Washington, Idaho aim Arizona, woiuu nave auueu to ine population of the Pacific just 61.250 men and zb.ioO women, making a grand to tal of 87,500 souls. Of course, with the great advantages possessed by California over her sister States, added to the fact that San Francisco would be the first point of disembarkation, our State could not fail to secure at least two thirds of these people as permanent resi- uents. ltn such figures as these before us, -we cannot help thinking that the ex- penmture ot seven millions of dollar for Sewa-.d's ' b:g thing on ice," was a la- meuiaoie waste ot money that nii-ht mneoeen otherwise used advantageously I ? IT y-l- i i-i T . . . . , i . witww.i.(;. young man engaged on the steamer Union, whil attemntinor tn ilranr o l.,,,,T-,.i. r.c , -i o -.ivr, a- uuuvi ui water on Wednesday last, at the Company's basin n una ciiy, ieu into the stream and woul m .Culunua. as no Otie Wltnr.n.l 1, falling and he coubT nnt natelv for him Mr. John Kelly hearing a splashing m(ho water, discovered The young man just rescued him. us he -was sinking-. nnd American' Ikox Interests. In connec tion with an artielc upon this subject on the Enterprise of last Saturday.- ? we publish the following tables, presented at a recent meeting of the American Iron and Steel Association giving a complete statement of the iron manufactured in this country during the past year : Pig iron of all kind?.- Rails, new and re rolled Iron advanced beyond blooms, 'slabs and loops, but not beyond bars. . . Bars and rods made from iron orr which a duty of A3 has been paid Blooms, slabs and loops Band, hoop and sheet (all sizes). . . . Plate iron (all sizes) Rivets, nuts, washers and bolts TOXS. 9S9,f)o6 1S4,51 23,073 14,51(5 142,829 57,771 29,2-Sl Cut nails and spikes 1119,858 usuugs ior unuges ana oilier per manent structures. . 53,309 Castings exceeding 10 lbs in weight 91ti,643 Stoves and hollow ware 82,tf05 Iron advanced beyond blooms, slabs, etc., the duty to which it was liable ' in the forms of blooms, slabs, etc., not having been paid 18,855 Wrought railroad chairs, etc , 17,203 Of the 939,956 tons of pig made, there wero produced in TONS. TOXS. Massachusetts .11,126 Pennsylvania 197,584 Uluo New York. . . New Jersey. Maryland Michigan. . . Connecticut , Missouri 118.498 Kentucky 17': 90,5f5 29,768 27,080 15,823 14,208 14,046 Vermont Wisconsin Tennessee . . . . Wes'- Virginia. Virginia 3.643 2,389 1,177 757 474 Of the "339.761 tsns of rails, there were produced in TONS. ! TOXS. .11,003 9,238 . 5,023 . 3,448 . 3.279 . 3,213 Penn New York. , Illinois.. . . Mass , Ohio Indiana . . . 180,854 Michigan ,.. 54,415 Kentocky . . . 47,046 . . 29,575 .. 26,117 . . 15,920- New Jersey. . Tennessee. . Maryland .... West Virginia Drowned. The saddening intelligence reached this city yesterday says the Ore gonian of Tuesday, by steamer from Mon ticello, that Henry Abernethy, son of A. L. Abernethy, of Oak Point, was drown ed in the Columbia river opposite Oak Point, last Saturday afternoon. He was sailing in a small boat, having w ith him a couple of young ladies. The boat was car rying too much sail for safety, with a stiff breeze, aud all three were sitting on the windward side to keep her in trim. Running rapidly around a point, the boat suddenly reached the sheltered lee of the land, when the sail flapped up loosely, and in an instant the boat went over, precipitating all three backward into the water. 1 Ienry immediately caught both the young ladies to save them, and succeeded iu keeping them from sinking till some men in a fishing boat, which was near, reached them. At that instant, all three seemed to be clinging together, one of the Z'MlZ entirely under the water. .Vs the fisherman caught hold of the girls, young Abernethy cleared himself from their grasp, and struck out in a con fused manner for the shore. The girls were rescued and then the boat started after Abernethy. Just as the boat came up to mm, he same ana was seen no more. The river was dragged, but up to yesterday, the body had not been re covered, iouug Abernethy was well known in this city, and a large circle of acquaintances and associates sincere ly mourn his ultimately death. Slavish Partisanship. Some of the Union organs of California, says the JJul leiia, deprecate independent criticism of public officers and candidates, who are stvled the leaders of the party. One of these journals says it is difficult to separate corrupt public officers from the party to which they belong, and that they cannot be attacked without weakening the organ ization. This is a very narrow and slavish view. While it is true that mere abuse of public men is reprehensible, it is certainly the right and duty of every public journal to criticise all officials and candidates whose conduct seems to invite criticism. These men are only representatives of the people whom they serve or wish to serve, and have no prescriptive immunity or su perior sanctity. 1 iiey do not compose tue parly which puts them forward, tor that consists of the great body of the voters acting in obedience to a common political sentiment, and will exist so long as that cohesive sentiment endures or so long as any common public purpose binds it to geiher, no matter what leaders' rise or fall. Parties are made by principles, not men. One of the principles of the Union party is devotion to public interests, and it would be false to this if it forbid honest criticism of the actions of individuals. Mint Kefixixo to he Ahomsiied. The combined monopoly known as the Sau Francisco Befinincr Works, want to get the entire control of the business of re- lininsr irold and silver bullion on this coast. The Mint under its present Supor intendency, which unites business man agement with the independence of a public institution, its high character and reputation, with miners and traders is a formidable rival. To abolish it as a re finery is, of course, a most important consideration to the San Francisco mon opoly. But from what the public know of monopolies it is also an important consideration to the public. It is a ques tion which interests every business man whether the prices for the refining of bullion shall be fixed by law, or by the caprice of private capitalists. Xkw Ei. Doit.voo. An Indian has an nounced his willingness to show the "Bos ton man' where gold can be found in abundance in the Blue .Mountains, about one hundred and fifty miles from Umatilla. We don't go much on Indian prospecting, but should be willing to try it on. A party, we understand, will test the truth of the red man's statement. His reports are fabulous, and the rock which he pro duced is said by those who have seen it, to be very rich. Where he obtained it is not so certain. Wo shall learn, more of this soon. We take the above from the Columbia not he the same Press of the Sth. Is sh cash who was to show the Bostons'- of White Bluffs a rich lead lately ? A Respite. We believe tlmf. right thinking man iu the Territory will rejoice that the election is over, and that we are to have a truce to politics for the next two years. It harf been our fortune to take part in quite a number of political campaigns, but we fail to recall a single one characterized by such bitterness alid i..h. oi cnarity as marked the canvass in it 111 xerrnorv. Walla Salesman. Walla House Ste.vuxg. We learn that D. Jesse had a valuable horse stolen a few nights since. No traces have been ob tained of the robber. W. W. Statesman. Liai aoes Jesse want to obtain the traces for, anyhow ? why not at after the horse ? once go Homeward Bocxd. An exchange savs " The freed men of the South are still mak ing Liberiaward. Three hundred negro passengers left Charleston, the other day, for that destination."' God speed them all on their way, and out of the move mav much come. Cori'ER. It is stated that a very ric! copper mine lias been discovered about tweuty miles from St. Helen, ou the. Terri "Weekly Commercial Itevicw. Extekpkise Office,- Oregon City, J one 14th,- 1S67. f la a general way, here'' at home, we have to note dull business, but prices have undergone very few changes. The manu factories of this city are still in operation, but the making of woolen goods is lighter, however, a large stock on hand enables the agents to keep up with all orders promptly It may not lie out of place to say that the prices for woolen fabrics in this city are yet below the point reached by importations. We were not fully ap prised of this fact until last Tuesday we had supposed, indeed had been informed that prices for O. C. woolen goods were 20 per ct. above prices current for Eastern fabrics, but this proves to have been in correct. . A New York dispatch says business is very dull, but cheering reports from the agricultural districts touching the crops, inspire the trading classes with a more hopeful feeling. The transfer of currency from the National Banks to the sub-Treasury, through the funding operations of the government, causes rather a close money market, 7 ct. being the micimum rate for loans. At a meeting of the directors of the Bank of California, held on Monday last, the usual monthly dividend of 1 cent, was declared, payable on and after to-day. In wheat the market is lower, occasioned by a depression in New York to a point which is unprofitable to import. Pacific coast wheat which had been shipped to Liverpool, and thence to New York, was again returned to Liverpool. The latest reports from San Francisco quote wheat as follows : Milling $2 6o ; good to choice $1 7O0$1 85 r 100 lbs., and very dull. Freights from eastern ports to Califor nia are dull and lower. About the 10th of May a guano vessel from Nevassa was to leave Philadelphia for San Francisco, under charter of a party of colonists, but nothing further concerning the scheme, or its origin.is stated. In New York freights are : by weight 4a c-l 5- measurement 2030 cts. B foot. The iron market is depressed. Scotch pig and cut nails materially lower. Hail- road iron is quoted at $12 which must be an error, as indicated by the following ruling rates in the Philadelphia iron mark ets on May 1st : " Pig metal attracts more attention, and prices are steadily maintain ed. Sales of 2,400- tons No. 1 Anthracite at $40,$41 ; No. 2 at $3&$39, and Forge at $37. There is a firm feeling in the market, and a good demand for Rail road and bar iron." The Boot and Shoe trade of Lynn, Mass., was never before so prosperous. The internal revenue tax on manufactures there for Mareh were thousands in excess of previous returns. FLOUR Imperial and Standard brands $5 50 bbl., in i sacks ; Country brands $4 00. WHEAT Limited demand at 65c bu. OATS 3001 0c. CORN MEAL $2 503 cwt, FEED Ground $25 -fcj ton ; Middlings $2O0$25 ; Bran $12. FRUIT Green Apples t?bx 75,$1 25; Dried Apples ) lb c-01Oc; Dried Peaches 20c; Plums 20c. CURED MEAT Bacon V lb 13c011c; Hams "f) lb 13015c; Shoulders 70c'c. LARD In kegs 124c; tins 15c. EGGS lGc doz. BUTTER Ordinary to prime lb 25 035c POULTRY Chickens 3 doz $4 50; tame Ducks 75c. pair ; tame Geese $2 50 VI pair; Turkeys $2 500 $3 1 pair. GAME-Grouse- 50c-. f pair, or $3 ft do..; Pheasants. 40e. pair, or $2 ) do.. VEGETABLES Potatoes f? bu. 500 50c; Onions 100 lbs $10$1 50.; Bvans V 100 lbs S3 50, SI. HIDES Salted lb 4105c; dry 9010. Nor Dead. Mr. Thomas Waterbury, re ported dead a few weeks since, having committed suicide as Mad. Rumor had it, called upon us, himself in person, yester day. He takes no exception to the report, but says, that when he seen it he thought, and thought, why he had commuted such; an act. We are happy to state that the report was erroneous. Steripcopticox. We recommend this entertainment to our Iriends up the valley. Mr. Warwick's lecture is worth the admis sion price, to say nothing of the sennade. Married. On the arrival of the steamer, June 12th, by Rev. (. II. Atkinson, at his residence, Mr. Allen Rhodes, of Oregon City, to Miss Mary J. Wicks, late of Itockville, Connec ticut. SPECIAL NOTICES. The Mint. There seems to he some doubt in regard to the establishment of a Branch Miut in this city, pays the Her ald, but theae is no doubt that Barmau Bros. have established two first class Clothing and Furnishing stores in the State, one at the corner of Front and Morrison streets. Portland, and oue in Salem. Copppeu and Tin. The people of Salem are jubilant over the discovery of an extensive and entirely new Copper, Tin ware, and Stove Store, on Commercial street, owned by Mr. David Cole, late of Portland, where they also find a very accommodating gentleman to deal with. Call and see him, and you will be sure to patronize him. Perry Davis' Vegetable Pain Killer, is the universal remedy for internal and external complaints. At this period there are but few of the human rac unac quainted with the merits of the Pain Killer. Sold everywhere. Going ! Going! Gone ! It is not alone gents fine clothing, white shirts, un derwear, etc., that Kuhn & Fishel, Xo. 91 Front street are selling so low, but it is also in dry goods, and goods for ladies wear, that they have made such a raid in the price. Ladies wishing to purchase anything in the dry goods line, should be certain to call on Kohiiit Fishel, No. Id Front street, Portland who are willing to let them judge that their prices are mucu lower than those of other nouses. Ccustv Agricultukai. Society In pursuance of a rcsolvtbn passed at the last meeting of the Clackamas County Ag ricullu -al Society, authorizing a meeting at the call of the. President, dl persons inter ested in the matter are hereby notified that there will be a meeting of the said society at the Court House in Oregon City, on Sat urday, June '22d, 1867, at which a general at tendance is invited. c-i - , C. K.-.ltEATTV, President. D. C. Ireland, Secretary. Iaigatlgu o o 1ST O TICK. STJMMEK, ARRANGMENTS 1 REDUCTION OF FREIGHTS K AND CHANGE OF SCHEDTJLEt " IROM AND AFTER DATE, UNTIL FUR ? " J tber notice, the boats' of the O S : Company will run under the following " ' SC II15DULE! The steamer CASCADE tclU leavt ?: Portland daily, Sundays excepted f- al 5 o'clock, A. M., connecting with I the steamer IDAHO for the balks Boats- on the Upper (thhonhia will t leave Celilo for Wallula on Tucs- 1 day, Thursday and Saturday. I T The Thursday boat will connect It Wallnla with boat for Lewiston. i $?" Passengers for Umatilla and WalluU -should leave Fbi'ttaml on Monday, -WetJnes- day and Friday, and for LeWiston on the Wednesday's boat. t RETURNING: The boats will !eavt 5 Wall u la on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mortfngs, touching at f Umatilla, and arrive aeDalles the .same day. Rwkirtion of" Frciglits- Fronvand after date, until further notice, ! freights from ' Portland to Lewiston. 0 perlon. i " " flour. O SO " I From Portland to Wallnla 35 " I Down freights, from Walltiland Umatilla to Dalles and Portland, as follows : ? On Wheat, flour, Oats, Barley and Corn 10 per ton Wool (prperbj baled) 1 cent per liT ': Hides 37 1-2 cts each ! . from LewijSton 50 cents each. 1 NOTE 1,500 lbs. of (Juts constitute a ton. 1,700 lis. of Parley constitute am. o J. C. AIYSVfcbRTII, President S. A. 0. st, lS'u. 3:tf l'ortland, May 1 BI0NTICELL0 ROUTE. THE STEAM EB xi kscx iii: OULSON'. Master. CARRVISG THE UNITED STjATES MAIL I Will leave Portland forMonticefIo evert Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, at 7 o'clock a. m., via Lewis river.. J. C. AINSAVORTTI, President O S. y.jo. ASTORIA ROUTE. THE U. S. MAIL STEAMER Safe JUniN n . OVJUtJrl Sxow. Master, Will leave l'ortland for Astoria and hitr mediate landings, on Monday and' Friday of each week, at S o'clock a. m. Heturinnc,. will leave Astoria on Tuesday and Saturday at G a. m. J. C. AIXSWORTH, President O. S. A. f. PEOPLE'S Transportation Company. o SEW ARRAXGE3IE.M. 0 Until further notice THE STEAMER ALEUT, Will leave Portland daily ni 7 o'clock A.M. from the Gompany'sQock.toojf A street, for Oregon City, conneQing with the stst-uiier r RELIANCE, On. Monday and Thursday of eafi ' week for Salem, Albany r Cerwllu, , and intermediate points, o ANT WITH THE STEAMER uNioir, On Monday, JVcdnescTay aid Friday, of each week, for Lafayette and in tennediate joints. Dae notice will be given f lip Comnanv dla- ' - v r patch a boat on other days than above; Returning the Str. ALERT will IcnTe Ogo City for Portland at 1 o'clock P. M. A. A. McCULLYi President P. T. '' RALF.M. March 1st. 1SGT. ( 'f Sixteen Years in Oregon. s. J. M 'COR mick, f the Pioneer Bookseller and Publisher : ' Of this State, desires to infqgtn H his olj customers fand as manv new ones a mJ , uot be acquainted witti the fact) that tes'1'1 i continues to operate at the I FRANKLIN BOOK STORE. ' 105 Front Street, Portland, I (EXACTLY OF-POSITK MOCXT hood) Where he is prepared to furnish SCHOOL LOOKS, STATIONER1' SHEET MUSIC 7WT7? rV"7'7Y) A' T.nf)h" for all kinl" I Musical Instruments. CHI7UCH MUSIC HOOKS, PASS, VIOL, GUITAR and MOLM ST KINGS. r i r ureson steam Ljey--' --nr nn ii i BLANK BOOKS, TOYS, . MISCELLANEOUS HOOKS, U CHEAP PUBLICATION, NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES, GLOUKS , CJ PRESf-, Photograph) Albu,tS And5very other article in the boK i i .:-:,v i tory sale ot the Columbia, i o o o o C0URTSSY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY, T TT TITrrnn -r rryr s-.-r-. .