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a o o EIjc iUcclchj Enterprise. ""Gregon City, Oregon : J, C. IUKF.ANH. EIHTOK ANU rjlOi'.-KTOH. Saturday, July 13th, 1357. FOR FRE-IDENT, H$n. SCHUYLER COLITAX, OF INii.MXA. . FOR VICE PRESIDENT, Hon. GEGEGE K. WILLIAMS, OK Oil 1.00.'". Subject to tho Nomination of the National Republic! Convention i:i !'',. (ioNETO JSllei". The Scuttle. G-'c-trYte has grown tired of hard tinies, and has gone Qto sleep. Its editor has returned to tb-aJiw business. Ax o.MS. Mr. li. Ji. Haines, Siiperintciident of the Telegraph line has made bis heme fit O'ymoia, hav, lug pure a residence there. Tttx Focrtii in' Euii"'PE. Accord ing t'9 cable dispatches the Amen- cans in Europe generally observed Juh' 4'b in Appropriate etyle. The Stonewall, The Jspaness Comniistjiyners have purchascl the gjim Stonewall, atil $300,000 on it, and promise the rfcftiaiuuer in August. COMMISSIONERS IN i i A NIC UVriCT. Each Congressional District is en til led 9o one Comiiiissioiif-r in IJjbk dnptcy uader the late law of Couc trts: Benkvolent Society. The net proceed-' derived from the Concert of the Portland Philharmonic Society was $1V2. The funds were raided for benevolent purposes, and the So ciety recommend the formation of a Benevolent Association to take charge of the funds. Portland is in nerd bf years. such, iSsdlr, and has been for o Agju;:i:o. It is said the Recon struction Committee have agreed on a bill to be submitted to Congress last Wednesday Each member of the Committee had a bill of his own, frorrPall of which the one referred to was formed. Prooks, Democrat, be ii g nlPofid. CIStoticai;lk Fact. A Washington dicpatchc)f the Ttii savs : The nucs- sption of .'construction is cali'm out ' the opinions of the leading men South. Some favor rapid reconstruction and timers oppose it. It is a noticeable fact that ail soldiers and politicians lake opposite skies. The former generaliyQavoring a prompt comoli auce with the laws. 0 A n o i 1 1 ;; it . A no the r not a b 1 e d o a t h mentioned. That ui'Juda Wayne 'i the Supreme Court, whose funeral m-9s attended at Washington on the th, by many distinguished persons. Judge W?vne was from Georgia. " o He was appointed to the Supreme LSk-h by President Jackson on the t)th (f January 183-j, vice Wm. Johnson deceased, r.r.d vas confirmed ly the' Senate on the same day. J I is decease leaves no vacancy . as bv the Jaw of Congress oi" July 2- 1, lSGu. it is provided tjiat vacancies upon the bech, by death, resignation or oth crwise, the oCice shall be deemed abv-l:s!icd, until the number of Jus tices, including the Chief Justice-, shall be reduced to seven s4x asso ciates and one chief. The rumber now remaining, is eight. Daiio Arutcfe. Some days since says the San Francisco W. T. Coleman & Co., received an order from New Yotk fcr two hun dred half-larr?ls of dried apricots; and this order comes in beginning of the season,-fore the green fruit is ' ) in New York markets. It can be I filled here, and with superior fruit, j c trust that more attention will be I rod? tn il r v in tr T t n t "n.l t! if crmm i of the money may be returned to the ! -State thayms been paid out fcr fruit j in part years. We can not only i send to New Yoikn dried anricots. i Jjut dried pluu.s, also. Ship Bi'ilding. We learn that Ir. John Bruce, of Astoria, left for 'Sun Francisco on Wednesday, having contracted with A. F. Graham & Co. 41 Clay street, for the construction jit Coos Uiy, a schooner of 2o0 o? measurement, with 120 f4et keel 2') feet beam.ard 11 feet hold. That part f Oregoiois already noted for its coal, and is becoming quite popu lar as a point at which ship building may bo extensively carried on. A Laikentine with a-ap.acity for carry ing 500,000 feet of lumber, is now on the stocks at Coos Bay, and on the 20th u It., Mr. John Hewlett It-ft San Francisfb with workmen to be gin the construction of a propeller at i he same place, of 600 tons, for M. Pushbacker, also of San Francisco. Our informantCfctates that ail of the above might as well have been built on the Columbia, were the people- of this sectiop disposed to be as liberal toward tlie enterprising owners, as thev of Coos Buv. Mr. Bruce has ; left is these waters many fine models of his fckill, among which we may mention tlc steamer John II. Couch, the propeller U. S. Grant, and the schooner Alfred (&oshj, showir.g at-te-tab!y that such craft can be Laitt ,ieie as well as claw here. ! A Dnuctrutic om!::ct Ila'ght, the Democratic nominee for Governor, in California has not as good a war record as some people were disposed to give him credit for. lie spoke at a Democratic meeting in San Francisco October 29th, 1$G4, and the Alia cf next day reported him as " eulogizing General McC'el Ian ia general terms, and avoided every specification.'' Having ex hausted that topic ho turned to abuse Mr. Lincoln. He said ' V. henever a politician was called hon est, it was good reason to believe lie would steal ii' he gt a chance. It was to he ob served that ti:t present President was calk'd Uone.-t Alio." The speaker called Stan. on an 4 infamous knave, a 4 great liar.' j-.nd a ditty dog :' to G'en. McDowell I.o applied terms of abuse. Having ex hausted his pe; soiled remarks, he read a paragraph in the A '.'. to the effect that the rebels have gained ground lately in Arkansas, and he a.sk'd how long it would requ.ro to bring the South into the Union i at tint rate V Mr. 11. tight said, under the polTey o!' emancipation and confiscation the rebellion never could be suppressed."' The JJc.nocratic Press, Beriah Brown, of October Cd, 1SG4, in its repoit of the speech referred to, makes Ilaight uso this language: When a man has honest' prefixed to his nuiiM'. it is generally supposed that he will .steal, (.'ouiiess and Lincoln are two such men. The speaker drew a parallel o. twt ea the; wo worthy gentlemen named, and raid th.it for lil teen years they had been devoted to congenial pursuits Coane.s.H in California and Lincoln in the Sucker State.' Ho bitterly inveighed ag-tinst the tt-maialy assault which Con-ie-ss h-?.d mad.- recently at Piatt's Hall ii; on men who were his superiors in all tliat was manly and noble. Spokeof Lin coln's honesty.' quoted Senator Wade and Representative Henry Winter Davis on the subject, wherein those two high priest in the Abolition Church charged him with ouVned which, if true, would setel l;i;n to the penitentiary. He quitted Senator Hale on the same subject. Men are known by the company they keep. Lincoln is surrounded by such creatures as Stanton, whom he could not more fit tingly allude to than in the words winch Itenton once used to an oppenent. 'He is a great liar ami a dirty dog." He would not particularize, all the scoundrels in V.'ashington. lor only ten days remained before the election, and he would not be able to get through. In contrast with the vulgar jester Lincoln, take the gallant soldier AieC2o!ia!i.'' Ilaighls frier.ds, fearhg that defeat awaited him on account of this action in troiiblesoma times, called him out in S'.iti Francisco on Wednesday eve ning last, at which time he took it all back or at least denied that he had ever said what the Press reported of him. His denial will scarcely be credited, although the telegraph was made use of to give it a wide spread and speedy hearing-, thus compelling the Onjdiilan to publish it, as readi ly and as greedily as the most damag ing Democratic sheet in the country. Ilaight is very evidently a fit nomb nee of that party, and notwithstond ing the general impression that he was placed there to catch Union votes it was a grand mistake. Does not Tally. Sam. Clarke did r.ot 1 ke to soil the columns of the llecord by .stating that 44 V: rtaia white men were waked no at the In -Han quarters near OregonCity when Agent Harvey arrested the women, at (he c.ir'j h-ji.'.r f ttcj a. ;;.;"' l'et tie did manage to ring it in on last Tuesday. The story does not tally with Harvey's letter to the Su perintendent, though. In the same column ho says : I mad a raid on them Indians Tues day mor-ii'.ig. and captured twenty-th ree that belonged to my Agency ; but so many people gathered around while we were getting their l'l:s that two of them escap ed, unnoticed at the time." Now, the people of this city, we are perfectly free to admit, are rather too sleepy to trat'ner around in that manner, ' at-the early hour of 2 a. m 5) Which rsPioirr? Chas. I. Dana of New Yoik, telegraphed to J. W. Raymond o San Francisco, on the 9th, that the steamer Pisinj Star is (ptarantined on account of yellow fe ver at Aspinwa.ll and Panama. The Pisinj Star took passengers who left this coast by the Golden Ape on the lUthof June. On the day following the above Allan Me Lane studs a dispatch that " the Pisiny Svr arrived on the 4th, all well." Now who told tlie truth, is the qucs tion. Mexican Events. In the Senate of the United States on the 10th, resolutions were adopted, asking for information concerning tlie recent events in Mexico. The dispatch says; " It is generally believed that if the truth was fully communicated it would have a beneficial effect in correcting tlie childish seutimentalism exhibited ou tlie subject of the just punishment of one who will be re garded as the most arrant felon of the present day.'' Doubtf t'L. The f jil wing sentence from the Salem pecord of last Tues day needs confirmation : The aeciiuat Sunerintendent ol Indian Affairs s- to say that the article in the :e of last week, characterizing our ! Atront Ilarvev's attempt to re- claim Indians at Oregon City, quite sur prises him." Too Bad. The Poor House cf Ingham county, Michigan, located near Mason, was entirely consumed by fire at an early hour on May 27th, and six of the unfortunate inmates perished in the flam??. The origin of the fire was undoubtedly accidental. Pnoi'csALS fok Pki.sting. Mr. J. E. Hurford of this city, will receive ' proposals until the 17th inst., for ! the printing for the Grand Lodge of ! F. and A. M. cf Oregon for one year fioai the 1st inst. OXiEOON" A battery of nine gua3 is to be located oa Scarborough Poiut. It is said the barque Jane A. Falkinhurg will load with flour for Australia. A gentleman named Cook was killed by a falling tree on Coos river Jane 20th. Mr. L X. Cooke, of Salem, has raised mulberries this year probably among the first ever grown ia the State. M;u. Francis, paymaster U. S. Army, re ceived an injury on June 28th, by the upsetting of a stage near Claquato, V. T. Dr. Plnrnmer has formed a partnership with Dr. Lice in the practice of medicine i in ai-Yioarp. f i ne luacuter arm cu at tctoria on trie j 10th from Sitka, and will depart from ! thence to Portland to-dav. It is said Jay Cooke A Co. have pur chased the Oregon Itailroad. Hope they have. Hon. E. L. Applegate delivered a splen did oration at Salem on the ith. It is published, and is well worth preserving. The Zi'rc Yankee sailed with a full car go of produce. The Sua JlerrUt will load lumber at Oak Point. The Falkinburj is now discharging. Edward II. Hall is now making a voy age by steam around the world, from Now York. Having sent us his card we sup pose he wiil pay us a visit by the way. The margin on the Ha-ahl of last Satur day would make excellent proof-sheets. The paper was enlarged, with room for two columns ou each page. Mr. Sprenger. of Albany, is preparing to rebuild the Pacific Hotel, upon the site of the burned building. It will be larger and better than ever, says the Democrat. A Salem paper says it has been in formed by Mr. Jacob, agent of the factory here, that work wili probably be resumed next month. Mr. E. M. Burton has purchased the en tire interest of J. L. Parrish it Co.. Port land, and will continue business at the old stand. The mail from Jacksonville to Owyh.ee fizzled. Service never began, and the route was discontinued ; like some of our delinquent subscribers' names this week. The editor of the Gazette has been over to Yao'iina. Found the people there hos pitable, and the scenery grand and inter esting, etc. There are several companies engaged in mining at Yaqulna. and several hundred dollars worth of" dust' has been disposed of at Newport. Codfish of an excellent quality- are be ing taken at Yaquina Bay. An Indian went over the bar, in a canoe, a few days since, and in three or four hours returned with about twenty large codfish. In consequenc" of a change in business. Mr. E. G. Randall will sell liis entire stock, corner of First and Alder streets. Port land, at auction. Oscar Kilbuurn auc tioneer. The St. Helen saw mill has now a doable set of circular saws running, which cut is inches through, ami sixty-live feet long. They can plane, tongue, groove and bead lumber all at the same time. We learn that the San Francisco Mission Mill has withdrawn the order from its agency for the purchase of wool in this valley, for the present. Reason, the de pressed market for their goods. The Orf'jonian says : Liberal, generous offers are being received by the gentlemen composing the corporation of tlie Oregon Iron Works, from Oregon City, from par ties in East Portland, and other points. The man ?li;iscr. who was lately dis charged after a trial for burning Dorbiu'.s stable, we learn was arrested at Silvcrton, where he had robbed a man named John son of $17. He was pursued and the money found on him when taken. In consequence of failing health, ?!. Daly has been compelled to relinquish the duties of local editor of tlie Jterakf for a short time, and Mr. 17. E. 1 licks hits a.i sumed the duties and responsibilities of the position. School lands were sold at Lafayette on Tuesday to the amount of 7.2 (0 one tract of '2") acres sold for $11 per acre. At Hillsboro on Thursday the sales amounted to SOilO. Sales were held at Po r L' a u :l y est erd ay. Experienced miners are about to go on a prospecting tour in the mountains be tween the coast fork of the Willamette and the North Umpqua river. Some discov er es have heretofore been made on each of those streams. The State Meeting of tlie Christian Church of Oregon was held the latter part of last week at Monmouth. It was num erously attended, and about a do .en united with the church and were baptised in the Willamette river. The Sentinel says the boundary line be tween Oregon and California is a subject worthy of Congressional attention. That all along t:ie line there is a conflict ot ,n.iHdicrjon between Orecron and the State of Can'orma. Senator Williams, on I113 late trip east of the mountains, went, as far as La Grande, one object being to visit the Umatilla Reservation and take observations with regard to the removal of the Indians who now occupy it. Five soldiers of the war of 1812 J. C. Geer, Sr., Jas. Davidson, John Taylor, Hugh Thompson and Jesse Ward march ed in the procession on the Fourth, at Selem. Daniel Strang, also in the pro cession, was a soldier of the Blackhawk war. The Okannyan on the T)th. says the H'Vald. brought from Victor's coal bank, near Monticello, Do tons of coal, ten tons of which is for the O. S. N. Co., and the balance for the ocean steamers. The coal is reported to be of excellent quality. On Monday last, at about 10 o'clock, A. M., a most destructive tornado, accom panied with rain and hail, visited the town of Cowlitz, in Washington Territory, tear ing down fences, uprooting trees, and de stroying everything in its onward course. No lives were lost. Serious injuries wore inflicted upon the persons of Dr. Alexander and his daugh ter, on last Sunday, by ft runaway team, on the road from Santiain to Albany. They were overtaken by the frightened horses, and were injured as the team reared upon the carriage of the Doctor. The Ifo-ald says that two men, one an Italian, the other an Australian, made a voyage from San Francisco to Portland in a boat twenty-five feet long, decked over and sloop rigged. They were over twenty days making the trip, and at one time they were six hundred miles out at sua. Prof. Hopkinson of Astoria, has finally enlisted Messrs. Knapp. Uurreil t Co.. of Portland, to engage in manufacturing cement, from his bed of material in Pacific county. Vv". T. This cement is superior to the best quality of imported. The O. S. N. Company's works in Portland were laid with it." We are requested by Dr. Carpenter, Dean of the Faculty of' the Medical lst partment of Willamette University, to state that the physicians of Oregon a?e invited to attend the commencement ex ercises of the above named institution, on the 25lh inst.. with the view of organizing a State Medical Society. Rev. I. D. Driver of the M. E. Church, and Mr. Benj. Todd, the spiritualist, met in discussion on last Thursday evening at Salem. The conditions of the agreement were that two door keepers were to lie procured, one to receive admission fee for Mr. Driver, and the other to receive for Todd. Sulphur Springs, near Jacksonville, are described in the Sentinel as being in a magnificent region. The water is very strongly impregnated with sulphur yet very pleasant to drink. This property is not owned by any one yet. it being on Government land. To one with a .small enpital. who youH improve the placf. a fine opportunity is offered for miking I mtmey. as it could not fail of becoming a ! place of fashionable resort. A cotemporary savs severs! citizens of Salem have lately pur-chased carriages I made in Portland by Messrs. Cooper A: Co. Mr. Geo. II. Jones has a beautiful biurgv made by them, which Le chose In preterence to any of Eastern manufacture, after a careful examination of all those offered for sale in that city. A certain '-Lishe"says that he "wouldn't give a darn for a town that don't grow.'-' Tie lives at Lngt-ne. and his description of improvements going on there runs as fol lows : Why, you see. they cut the long houses in two. board up the middle cuts, and wheel them around frontinar the street. so that every man whose house is long enough, has got two, hy tuts t.me. and the citv has almost doubled in sh'.e this sum mer. - Other remains of ante-diluvian monsters have been found in Jackson county. This ii t::e third locality in Southern Oregon in which the bones of ,he mastodon have been foun I. some having been dug out at Sterlingvl'ie a few years since, in an ex cellent state of preservation, and these discoveries show that that would be an interesting and proiitable field for scien tific research. At a meeting of the stockholders of the Oregon Iron Works, held oa the 10th. it was unanimously resolved to rebuild the establishment. A committee consisting of David McUutiy, S. Coffin. A. Meyers. v.,. r. .1 1 r J r I ii 111. .uasLoid aim . ian- Jim, was a pointed to select a sue for the c-stablis meat. It is not probable the old site will be again adopted. The work wiil be corn- meneed as soon as the place is selected. The People's Transportation Company launched at Oregon City the first of 'lour lighters for the purposes of tlie upper Willamette river da. ing low water in the summer. They are to be 15 fret beam and 00 feet in length. ' By dividing the freight between two lighters and lashing one to each side of a steamer, no trouble is apprehended in crossing the ugly bars which impede navigation above. The Oroj-Di'.an says : We paid Buchtel's gallery a visit and were forcibly struck with the exlcn-ive facilities be has pro pared himself whh for the s.iceess'ul pro.-,-eeutioa of his business. Weave satisfied from the specimens we have seen, and his general appointments, that Mr. 1$. can give as life like pictures as can be accom plished with brush or camera. Mr. B. is preserving in his cabinet likenes-es of Oregon's public oflicers. both' State and national, also Mayors of Portland and many others, which in after times will be sought after as relies of the past, ye think Mr. li. is acting wisely. J. H. Mitchell. Esq.. has returned back from Salem and will lie in attendance at the present term of court. Mr. M., while absent, has been in attendance at the Marlon County Circuit Court, ami a!s. de livered twelve lectures on medical juris prudence to a chw of medical .--tu -l.'uts in the Willamette University, of which de partment he has been a professor since its organization. Besides all (his amount of labor lie prepared an.l delivered a FonrMi of July oration. Surely .'.ir. if. is industri ous and diligent, says the Jr--jo.ii.in. The A:h-;::a!e of last Saturday says: 'In the commercial city of Oregon we had no celebration. Neither ha 1 we any last year. Can it be possible that Independ ence day has lost i.s power in our heart. '.' Surely the .so?-.s and atrija and the glori ous Fourth are dear to the heart of every American patriot. Bat this habiruii neg lect of the regular and thae-honor'-d cele bration of ur national birth-div bodes no good. As lo-ig as the waters fiow and the grass grows we eight to observe, with ap propriate ceremonies, the annual return of (he day which is unspeakably dear t- the heart ol' every lover of civil ami relig ious freedom." The Ajar, left Portland on Tuesday eve ning with fe'J.'.no ) hi trea.-are, am! a large cargo of produce as follows : Ui,"7() quar ter 'sacks ol'liour. K7 bales of wool. 1 ..V.m hides. -Li.) half barrels of dried ',-. IP.) eases of hams, ! ": gunni s of b.o.Mti. -it) a sacks of wheat. V.7 barrel i of salm-m. I cases of furs. bales of furs. ;".: cases of lard. 1!) half barrels of r-:.ha..n. 1 ! r-.d! ; of leather. S e-isor; of wine. N i-.es of 1 i;:i. 1 barrels of wine. H boxes of egu-s. 17 b,;;;e.s of chel ries. -7 cases of merchandise. 7 bales of merchandise. 7 pack agon ol mer chandise, :i:j barrels of headings, IKtl bun dles of staves. Mr. Carte;- informs i?,o Orr-j-.nlxn that as soon as high water ,kall cease to lie, he ' and Mr. Il.tvdou will resume w :?!; oa. the new mill, located above their present i ii'i on the river. The Oregon ir-ia Works had to c instruct all th.-ir m ichia -ry. hut the burning of (ho Works piu a qui: tus on that arrangement. Mr. C. hd'onio'd it i that they should procure all the m cesonry machinery at home, arid not; send ie Sen Francisco or anywhere else, but would support home manufactures a disposition which we like to S 'e exhibited. There will lie attached to the mill a ti.b and pall factory, the peculiar macheiory for which is now on the way, via Cane Horn, for Portland. We regret to in loo many instance's, that Oregon produce often suffers in mar ket quotations in comparison with the same article from other places; but here is something which we are pleased to ob serve, and yet surprises us how it is. We quote from the commercial article of the S. F. Times, June 21st: '-Cross' sugar cured beef, '25 cts. "j:"' ll." Now, the suc cess of this gentleman in meats, and Clarke in butter, shows it only requires skill to place the leading staples of Oregon up to the highest j aying prices. We should seriously urge the next Legislature to es tablish a college for the education, of iho people in those branches, and appoint these gentlemen in leading professorships, gays the Albany Jovracl. Secretary May has lately received a splendid Geneva clock, of about 50 1 hours' speed, with which to regulate the State Department. It is spoken of by the apers as being just the thing. Jne foi- wing incident is related as having caused the determination to get such a check : At one lime during the last session of the State Legislature, the House adjourned at a certain hour for want of a quorum, ti e Democrats being in caucus, as :t proved. The accident caused tlie State a week's loss of time in accomplishing tlie Sena torial election, and so shortened the ses sion. It was caused by difference of time, and tho insinuation was made that the Secretary had changed the time to procure the result, while it was merely due to a defective clock. Mr. May therefore chose to purchase an irreproachable time-piece. The local of the J, ruh! gives the follow ing item of a visit to Oregon City. Speak ing of the P. T. Company's dry dock, he says: 44 We visited this useful and long needed improvement, and were kindly shown through the works by Mr. Love. It is located on the west side of tlie Com pany's basin and about 200 yards above the circle, or lower cud of the .same, and is one of the best constructed docks to be found anywhere. It is in the shape of a horse-shoe, with the mouth or opening to wards the basin. lis extreme length is 210 feet, and its greatest width U.f feci, with three gates, one on either .side, to le: off the water, ami a larger one at the en trance to flood Vaj dock. It is so v. ell planned that it can bo filled with water, a boat floated in. and the water d;av, :i of', leaving the boat high and dry, in fit toe a' minutes, which ail mast acknowledge is quick work. It seems strange to us'how the Company could possibly have manatred to gel along as it Las without this et-v dock for repairing its boats. As soon as the locks aiid dams are put in the river to enable boats to go around the falls, ail the different water craft in the Willamette and Columbia will visit Oregon City for the purpose of repairing." Unpopclau The eight hour law of Wisconsin took effect on the 4th, Workmen made no attempt to cn fore its provisions, or to charge the hours of Jabor. TLEOItAPIUC J'EAVS. We take the following telegraphic news from dispatches to the Vrefjunlxn. Vera Cruz surrendered ou the 27th. Santa Anna was shot on the morning of the 25th of June. At San Francisco on the Cth the ther mometer stood at 81v in the shade. The trial of Surratt was resumed on the 1st. Testimony unimportant. It is said the President has tendered the governorship of Walrussia to Benj. Stark formerly of Oregon. The Greek JJctdjet shows the receipts of the current year to be thirty million drachmas. Telegrams announce tlie Quaker Cify, with the Holy Land excursionisus, arrived at Gibraltar on the S'Jth all .veil. Judire E. Wayne, of the Supreme Court, died at Washington on the afternoon of the 5th of typhoid fever. Old Gov. Weller is reported at New Orlee.ris wall Fitlibuster on the brain. On to the Halls of the Montc.umas" is his watchword. A M-.m'erey letter says that previous to the execution of Maxmillan he was strip ped entirely naked. Escobedo presented him with a "shirt to cover his nakedness. The yellow fever prevails at Houston and Galveston. Texas al.-o cholera is re ported in Havana, Kingston. Jamaica, and in tlie South of Syria it rages very badly. The P. M. S. S. Co.'s steamship G,i,rado sailed on the 4th on her third trip to A.iia. Her cargo to Hong Kong was light, but she took 220,1101) in treasure for Japan. Sue also had 511 passengers. Montreal reports say all parties agree with unanimity and heartiness to the Con federation. No event ia the history of the country ever called forth such universal rejoiciog. The coaches on tlie Platte arrive regu larly undisturbed. The militia are rapid ly forming. Twenty-live hundred stand of arms and a full battery of twelve poun der arrive ! at Fort Beaton for use by the Montana miiltia. A Lewi-Ion. Maine, dispatch of the 1st says : The Washberne Homestead was burned to day. The three Washburne brothers hud tided up the house in fine style and were accustomed to make an annual prilgrime.ge to their birthplace. An Omaha dispatch says that several steamers on the upper .Missouri were at tacked and several persons wore killed. Six attacks are reported on the road west of Fort Harker. The white settlements n-. mv Saline, river were attacked and the settlers driven away. Two women were killed and two voting girls raade captive. Tiie Union Convention at Houston4 Texas, adeptod the principles of the Na tional Republican party, endorsed the equal ri-kts bill and the Constitutional measures of Congress, thanked Sheridan for displacing State odieiuls who were hesiile to reconstruction. The proceed ings were charaeferi.ud with moderation and dignity. Denver papers on the 20th, say Sher man telegraphed Hancock on the 25th: We mu.it clean on! all Indians between the Platte and the Arkansas rivers ; then proceed in force against hostile tribes be youad those rivers. We must not remain on the defensit e. but follow and attack on all possible occasions. ;" The . '-' Boston special says Senator Wilson is said, to favor Gen. Grant for the next Pre.,: 'scat, and believes that if the Southern States give half their votes for the Republican party, they will win the next e'eciion. li,. ftiau believes that the July session will uj nothing beyond pas sing an amendatory recoils. ruction act. Tic i7;.'K.v special says the majority of the Judiciary Committee state thai owing to the magnhudo of the impeaehmetmr case, tle-y .,v;-! ,v rt.ady to report this session. The minority wiil report in fa vor of ii.; mediate a,ui.:i, unless an ad join u incut can be ha 1 until October. The icte.-it accounts from Crete, of June t h. eoti'a'.ri !:o ei oilinn ttioti of the re- p.r;-d iciory f 'mar Pacha. sa 1 to bavo. occurred J title ltd. According to the j ia-st. advices, the Turks attacked the ; ( Greeks wbh their whole army June 1st. ; From the fact that the Turks maintain ob- j s'iu ite s:ie,i'-e in regard to the issue of the I bade, it is inferred that they were badly beano. J uly 1st was a gay day in Paris. Specials sav the d;spiav was most mairhiiiieent : ' seventeen tter,-;nnd persons was present droned in national costumes. The orches tra v.'.-s composed of twelve hundred mu sicians. '1 he Emperor distributed medals iu per.-on to only one. The Emperor shook hands with Hugh', the inventor of the pri iting telegraph. The C.ar awarded the gold medal for fine horses. Napoleon awarded the medal for tine houses. 'i'lft-e is proper authority for the state men that a report in favor of impeachimr the President is being 'prepared by four I member1, of the committee, Boutwell, ! Lawroaee. Williams and Thomas. Mr.: Wi's.m, She chairman, will probably re port a resolution censuring the President. The Democrats have not indicated their course of action. Probably no majority report will favor any conehiuoti. Greeley was. summoned to appear before the Judiciary committee, to testify in re lation to the bailing of Jeff. Davis. He aid he had no communication with anv meiuber of the government in relatioa to the mailer, except with Speed, in the spring of 1;-Jti. When he went to Richmond lie did so at the request of Shea, one of the counsel, an old personal friend, and had no knowledge of what the government wo: i id do. Wade and ('handler advised against it. believing it would have a bad edect on the Republican party. The New York York 'Jribime's special says: Indications point to a substantial accord of various opinions and the prob able passage of a bill remedying defects in tlie reconstruction act and placing be yond a question the power of military coinmnnders to remove civil officers. It is believed the bill can be agreed upon by a satisfactory majority of Congress, but yet will not be opposed by the President. " It is not the purpose of members favoring impeachment to push matters, but to ask for a special ses.-ion iu October. CONGRESSIONAL. The " July session" of Congress met on Wednesday the ;id. Thirty-four Senators answered to their names, "and 120 mem bers were present in the House. A Committee was appointed to wait on the President, when the" Senate adjourned to Friday. After some discussion in the Houae on the ad.nisdon of new members from Kentucky the House adjourned over the Fourth. On the 5tb. in the House, the Speaker announced as the Committee of Reconstruction. Stevens, Boutwell, Bing ham. Farnsworth. Hubbard, Nye, Beamati. Peine. Pike and Brooks. Farnsworth. from the Joint Committee, reported that the President had no com munication to make to Congress at the p resell4 time. Paine moved a suspension of the rules to introduce a joint resolution. tend4rin the thanks of Congress to Gen. Sheridan for the able and faithful performance of hu (luties as Commander of the District of Louisiana. The rules were suspended and me losoiuuon passed. Aves. 110 noes, ir1. Schenk offered a resolution referring to Mexico, and endorsing the execution of Maxiiittiiati. Wood denounced the act as barbarous, and the resolution as disgraceful. The House refused to suspend the rules and receive the resolution. Schenck offered a resolution of thanks to Petroleum V. Nasby and Attorney General Stanbcry as exponents of the President s policy. Pending tlie question on the resolution the House adjourned over to Monday. In the Senate, Ldwards introduced an explanatory reconstruction bill, which was ordered printed. It provides a reg ulation to ascertain whether an applicants fntuh d to registry under th law. The oath is not to be couciusi ve on such 'i-tes- tions : the evidence of witnesses is to be taken in regard to an applicant's qualifi cations. Anthony oTered the following: Jits ;ce:I, That the ba dness of this ses sion be to confined removing obstructions which have been or are likely to be placed in the way of a fair execution of tlie acts of reconstruction before adopted by Con gress, and that further legislation at this session on the subject of reconstruction or other subjects is not expedient. Sumner offered a substitute, that the Senate proceed with the public business requiring attention without undertaking to limit the action of Congress to any special subject. Sumner spoke at length and said the Indian difficulties required attention ; also, the treaties with Russia and South America : and he wanted the universal suffrage bill, to protect the freod men of Maryland and Kentucky, and to carry equal rights in all the States. Titian wanted to oiler a premium for Indian scalps and authorize the formation of volunteer force?1 on the frontier. Wilson considered such language unfit to boused in a christian country, and af ter further debate Sumner's substitute was adopted. Also an amendment including such legislation as may be necessary to preserve peace on the 'Western frontier. The resolution was adopted by a vote of 23 against 2. The Senate adjourned till Monday. MARRIED. At the residence of the bride's father in this county, on the l'th inst., bv Rev. A. K. Waller, Mr. AuotaTis C. Ki-n:-.v, of Multnomah county, and Miss Jane Welch, of Chickama.s county. Kew Adverilsciiient? CI 0 E. V. RfSSELL. . ICVI.TO.V. RUSSELL & DALTON, Attorneys and Counselors at Law, Solicitors in Chancery, and Ileal Us (ate Ay cats. Will practice in the Courts of the second, third ami founh Judicial Districts, uud in trie Supreme Court of Oregon. I -j? Special attention given to the collec tion of claims ututl points in the above nam ed districts. Oiliee in Parrish's brick building, Albany, Oregon. " (:;,". It otic o. Mv wife Ad.iline Howell T -irilEREAS : V V having left my bed and board with out just cause or provocation, this is there lore to wai n all persons against harboring or trusting her on my account, as I will pay no debts of" her contracting after lids date. STANFORD liOW ELL. July Sth, 1807. C-.a Oregon City. Notice. Q AMUEL LAMBMRSON vs. George Garble (-3 and James Curtv. ( foist vst for lots 4 and o, and N W quarter of SM quarter of section t t n u I w. To the fd.ejve named (tcorce Cariilc and James Carty ; Samuel i imber son having made application ;:t this oiii-e to enter tin; above described l met id' land, al ii g that and liling proof in support of such allegation You are hereby notified that you wiil be allowed thirty days trom this date to appear at this office and establish your ncht to said tract. Failing to do so the proof I hat yon have abandoned your claims wiil be taken as true, and the rmrv ot said Lambcrt-on al lowed. OWhX WADK, Re-ester, HKXUV WAKUKN, Receiver. Land Office, Oregon Citv Oregon, July lL'th, 1S07." w (CS.-tt TJ. S.Tas Lctice. ri-IIK AN JL ls07,co ANNUAL LIST FOR THE YEAR .consisting of special taxes ( license ; income taxes, and duties on carriages, watch es, and gold and silver pi.. te, has been placrtd in my bands for collection. 1 will be at the following places, to-wit : CoitVAi.i.is, Benton Co., July loth and 17th. Dallas, Polk Co., July -oth. Sai.i.m, Marion Co., July itd and -iad. Okkoon" Citv, Clackamas c., August "d. La ka ycTTi:, Yamhill co., August cth ami 7ih. Tex payers arc rcqoind to p.ev rt the County Si: -t, ami le.t.ss payment is noo!. within the specified time, coat and t enuities will be j'dded in the rummer prescribed bv law. and collection made bv di-tramt and a!e of property. R. C. U A W FO !; i ). Deputy Collector. S.deni, July 1st, lSt'7. " ;':-.:. SU3c!0:JS. TUB CIRCUIT CO CUT OF THE il t-taie ot Ore:'. ui lor the County oi'Cbe-!;- amas ss. Suit i n corn 1 y to .is-oi ve marriage contract. Manuel p 5 o cent To the Sophia J'leump.iin, plainti!', vs. lix J loiui'iuin, uelbiiilant. revenue stamp cancelled, above named defendant : Li the name e! Ine State ot Oregon you are hereby reouireu to appear and answer the compiah.'t tiled against on in the above entitled action, in the Court aforesaid, by- the first day of the n-xt term thereof, which will be begun and held mere than six weeks after the date of this summons. And if you fai! to answer tie complaint as aforesaid, the plaintiff id take Judgment against you for costs and dis bursements of Ibis action, and iqq.lv to the Court for the relief demanded in the com plaint on file, to-wit : A decree torever ois solv nig tlie bombs of mat! imonv now existing between you ana phiintilF, and also to have tlie children named in said complaint "iven into the custody of plain till". .JOtLVSON" & McCOWN, Attorneys tor Plaintiff. Oregon City, July lath, !-;:. (:;.J SHERIFFS SALE. EY VIRTUE OF AX EXECUTION duly issued out of the Circuit Couit of the State of Oregon. lor the County of Ciackamas, in favor of J. It. Price and against Joseph Magono and S. Wt Me.-s, for tiie sum of seven hundred and eight v seven dollars, and interest -at 3 per cenT per month from tie Sib day cf March, l-ri2. and seventy-tive and 14-I.)o" dollars, costs fsutt, and commanding me to sati.-fy sacj execu tion out of the property of said Joseph Ma gone, and for want of' personal property 1 have levied upon the following described real estate, to wit: All that part of the north half of claim No. ."7 described bv No tification No. s.-,:j, known as the M-iijone land claim, in Clackamas county, State of Oregon, and bounded as follows, to wit: On the .south by the line dividing the hus band's and wife's part of said claim, oa the west and north by Butte creek, and on the east by the. easterly line of said claim, bein ' in sections It, ir., -li and :) of Townshio 1 South Range 1 west of the Walhunette mer idian, and containing To acres more or less. I will sell nil the rigbt, title and interest of said Magonc in and to the same at public auction for cash in hand, on Saturday the lOlh day of Avynst, A.I). lS.tr, at the Court House door in Ore gon City, in said county mid State, at 1 o'clock i. m. of said d;y, for the ts, C)fst. W. Moss, he having pa'id said judgment us surety for Joseph Magotie. WM. P. BURNS, "? Sheriff of Ctacka mas Co. BSITT0N & GRAY, Attorneys a t L a w , No. S7i Seventh st., P. O. Box h)Zl, Washington Cirr, 1). C. O FECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN to LAND kj Business, before the. General Land Office and Interior Department, and generally to business before the Executive Departments ami Congress. Having had years of experience in the Gcneia! Land Oificc, and a long and succes ful practice in bind chums and controversies, we are enabled to otl'.-r valuable services be fore the U. S. Supreme C urt. Interior De partment., and General Laud Oliiee. We refer geueiaily to all L. S. Land Officers. " ::37.Cui DE. HUTELAHD'S CFLtBHATCD SWISS STOMACH BITTER 3, TRY IT TRY IT The best Purifier of the Blood ! A Pleasant Tonic ! A very Agreeable Drink ! Unsurpassed for acting surely bet gently on the secretions of the kid neys, bowels, stora'ach and liver! For sale at all wholesale and retail liquor drug, and grocery stores. ' XOllODY SHOULD EE WITHOUT IT! J. G. Fpicii, Proprietor. Tailoji A Ufnuei.. S0I2 Ageuf?, ' b' ivs Clay st., Sun Francisco. JUS CEL LA NEO US. 0EEG0N LEATHEE ! Tiis Best gi-j the Coast. TIios. Armstrong, Manufacturer of ALL KiNDS OF LEATHER ! MiLw.U'iuE, Orf.go.v. T HE UNDERSIGNED WISHES TO IN- form 1YEALEPS AND MANUFACTURERS That lie is prepared to furnish as cood and durable an article of Leather as can be made on the 3'acitie Coast, at the following rates: Harness Leather, per lb '$ to SO cents. Extra heavy, for Concord ... . S3 44 Skirting, per pound 23 to '.',1 " Belting," in the side :5o 44 44 Cut, per square foot, 1 usj Side, upper, 44 44 41 1 0 to 20 cents. Grain Leather 44 44 " IS to 22 44 Light Bufi, or Grain for Wo men s work Calf Skiiis, per doz Kip 44 " Bridle, per side 'Jollar, per siCe Lace Leather, per side. . , . . 1 5 to 20 , . ?3o on to ,4o 00 . 4e oo to t;o po . . o .")" to 4 00 . 1 00 to 2 5o . 2 UU to 4 i.iii Z-iT" I do not think that Harness Leather should necessarily be made in Santa Cruz, in order to stand the test of our climate ; Nor do I think that Belting, in order to bear the strain of Oregon Machinery, must be made in the Atlantic State. ALL I ASK IS A 1. zi i im C Ii :i ii o ! And I will prove, to the satisfaction of all concerned, that Oregon Leather is the bett on the Coast. ; All orders will meet with prompt at tention. Address : THOMAS ARMSTRO N G , 3ci.lv) Milwaukic, Oregon. FARMERS OF OREGON" ! LOOP' OUT POP TILE Webber BEAFER ! I THE CUE A PES T ! 210 ST DUPABLE AND LIGHTEST BILiFX REAPER IN" "HE UNITED STATES. rpiIE UNDEHSIGNLI) ARE NOW MAN JL ufaeuiririg. ami have joaced in market for the coning harvest, fifty of the above named Reapers, which they will cheap, and WARRANT TO GIVE He! tea Ssiiijlsiclioia Titan any Other Reaper ever BROUGHT TO TIIE PACIFIC COAST ' For sale by the oe-tU) Portland, Oregon II SIHSIIEIMEH & CO,, New York Manufacturers of EsII Ilett-J Patent AgralTe Grand Scab Pianofortes ! rjTin UNT'ERSIONEI) WOULD KES JL peesftidy annone.ce to his old patrons and the public gi-nendly, that he will keep cens'.ar,t'y on hand a good assortment of the above class Pianos, winch lie oilers whole sale and retail at New Yoik prices. AGENT FOR S"i ElNVAy ,C SONS Celebrated Pianofortes ! AND A.E THOMPSON'S Patent Sti.l and Voice Tkemelo Choral Oik; an. N. P.. Pianos aod Organs carefully tuned and repaired. 11. SINSIIEIMER, tchlv) 111 Front st. Portland, Oregon. Estat3 cf Thoiua3 Johnson, deceased. T-N THE COUNTY COURT OF CLACK A JL mas Couutv, State of Oregon. In the matter of the estate of Thomas Johnson, deceased. F. O. McCown, administrator of sa;d csb.te, having tiled his accounts for a tical siUiement in said County Court, it was ordered by the Court that Monday the ith day of August, 1SG7, be lixed as the day for a final settlement and determination of sai l accounts. Therefore, notice is hereby given to all parties interest ed in said matter, to appear en said day at the Court I Ions j in Otvg'on City, Clackamas Co tint v State of Oregon, end make their obiectmns to said ucconnts. it thev have any By order id' W. T. MATLOCK, ' County Juige of Clackamas Co., Oregon. Oregon City, July 1st, l-i-7. (:';7.:t Estate of Wm. Smith, deceased. In the county court of clacka mas Ceo.iutv, State of Oregon. Ju the matter of the estate of William Smith, de ceased Francis Smith, executrix of said estate, having iilcd her accounts far final set tlement in sanl Couiitv Court, it was ordered by the Court that Monday the 5th day cf Attyast, 1SGT, be fixed as the day for a final settlement and determination of said accounts. Therefore, notice is hereby given to all parties interest ed in said matter, to appear on said dav t tho Court House in Oregon City, Clackamas Comity. State of Oregon, and make their objections to said accounts being allowed, if they have an v. By order of w. T. MATLOCK, County .J uJ.gr- of Clackamas Co., Oregon. Oregon City, "July 1st, isC,7. rg.t Koties to Leonard- A. Cunvmins. Richard outui vs. lkoxaud a. CUMMINGS. Contest fur laud in T, 1 N. R. 10. Notice to Leonard A. Cumnungs, Richard Ough having applied at this oiliee to enter as a pre-emotion l ight, the lot 4 of section t;l, ine N. W. quarter of N. Wr. quarter of section g;, and the ik half of N. E. quarter of section H, in T- 1 N. R. 5 E., alleging that you have abandoned said land, am! li ling proof in support of such allegation ; ou are, therefore, hereby no ticed that you will be allowed until ihy'Soth U; y ot Juiv. l.Sf7. to am. ear at tl.i l!i !n.l es.abhsh your right to said tract of land, otherwise s:ud proof of abandonment will be taken -as true, and your entry thereof re ported for cuncilation." OWEN WADE, Rcgi-der. HENRY WARREN, Receiver. Land Office, Oregon City Oregon, June -A, 1S'-i'"- (S.'k4t A. G. IRADF0RD, HVS REMOVED THE BALANCE OF bis stock of Wines and Liquors, TO X. IO First Strut, Portland, Oregon. Directly m the reared his former place of business. Parties in want of Extra Fine Wines and Brandies, will do well to call. Empty Files and Barrels for Sale. 7.ti' AUCTIONEER! Corner of Front ancl Oak street,, ior,k AUCTION SALES Of Real Estate Grocer, Ge:,,ralM,. , dise and Horses, 'Urda Evcry WcdnezdayCdnd Saturday t A. b. I.icEuuDsojf. Auctioneer. AT PRIVATE SALE English reitned Bar and Bundle Iron English Square and Octagon Cast Med -Horse slices. Iocs, Kaspa, saws Screws, I'iy-par sheet iroa, p.u j A large assoitmentoi Groceries and Liquors A. B. Rjciiarpsox, Auctioned 'oiiEGOXfl'ITrLiy at. i ix Street, on eg ox cirr B A R L 0 WITFy HER (Successors to Wortiaaa & SUcardt) " Keep constantly cn hand CAKES! PIES! BilE,fDt And Craecrs of. all kinds ' Orders in this Line -vrill iaeet xtiti PROMPT ATTENTION I B A R L 0 "&F OIL E R Also keep on h-nd all kisds ofi'O 1'AMILY G POCr. Ml E8 -! : AND PRO VIS IONS ! STE A M BOAT STOIlESr And all Articles Ui.e4) for) Culinary Purposes I! BARLGWlT FULLEST Sell a hue assoi tmert- cd" LIQUORS AND TOBACCO ! By the Ca.se, of) at reTtai '. Attention is also directed tn tlie fact that nobody else sells ih'e FAMOUS GLEASCdN CllESr IN SKCTIT!0 Farmers and the public generally, are iQ vited to call at the City Bakery, whcio1 th truth vs-iil be made apparent that our stock it complete, aifd oer prices reasonable. A!! kious of produce t iken ia exchar.gr. f r goods. BAiiLOW LL'LLl.k. Oregon City, Jan. l'th, IsV,7. (L:!r G U EAT F E N I A N C3 o LOOK A If ECP El Notwithstanding there was a Rehe'iir.n over in Ireland the other dav, and the (int ers all became 1 t a u r a 1 i zedy' w d Geui-ste up set a "form" and knocked my adve: '.ibeaieit into 44 I't," nevertheless, E. D- KELLY Is on .and at the old Slan t, and has for sate the following articles, to wit: o Coffee, Japan Tea, Pried peru-hos, Tea, Black Tea, Linen twino, Golden syrup, Green Tea, Coii'ee yagir. Sugars, Chocolate, Lvdvi rii..d u. Salaiatos, Corn starch, (4rn sited do. racking salt, Oswego do. Ch inieu! s; .e. P.urv salt Candles, CafMuf d Tabic S.dt, t 'ookir-g soda Sal. -soda, ( J round coffee, Fancy toikui i. O Farttii, Sardoies, Mackerel, Codfish, N ilt-lol i'S, Plucking, ZoTTIe cur.-'TU Soda cracker.', BnKer da. 1 ."men rur. Flavoring t-i Ken-setie oil, Olive oil, ( doilies w'::., t 'r,:-.n l-;:'.::.', Gcti caps, 6 ShsoU-r balU feSjOf'ter " PUst'g ; e.vd'r SffTliag .hi. Valley li!!sk east" poi' Tr.,, Washing uj. -I'C. cn Mf -d, l .rooms. Lead, Lot, i-nutt. White Beans, Primes, J e e : et.s, ., :::t r:i:: j, Pads, Vinegar, Lio amis!), Obiese, Hominy, Borax, Dried apples, Raisins, blueing. Stove polish. Rice, Pear! barley, ago. Pie I'riiits, "A riling ink, Vanilla ext.. Talks, Wash boards, Wsish-t'.ihs, Satin gloss starch, Vernuu-.li, Can.- strawberries, Concentrated loo, Tultnt-fo, Candies, 5sxJr o Oysters, Lobsters. Tomatoes, Peachec, (J recti corn, Jellies, Catsup, ;r Cash (.'round spices, Engl, picked. Cinnamon, American da Cloves, Can n'd flails. (Singer, Cranb'y saace, q Mustard, Worcstr Vliut,. Pepper, French wast'd do sauce, Block iiiatc'uesr and one price to everybody. No goods misrepresented to effect sales. O 7. If ' E. D. Klil.l-Y. HIGHX, r IMPORTANT ! to o To all ici shiny HOUSE SHOEING, KLACK SMITniNG, JRONETC. 0 Jolin W. Lewis, Comer of :.t,t IXo.nd SECOXD streets, ' OREGON CITY, Takes this opportunity to inform h:s old customers, and the public in general, that he now q has on hand UNION PLOW! And ether patterns which he warrants iu every particular to give satisfaction. The Farming community are especially ioid earnestly invited to "call and see these im plements, before purchasing elsewhere. AH work in his line is done in the best possible manner, and at such prices as mutt suit all. In connection with the above de partment of business the undersigned is al prepared to manufacture ti - i y- i . .. V' ayons ana carriages of every O in point ot style and durability E Q, t' A 1 T O A X V I M I O It T E D' Having constantly on hand for sale a larc-J assortment of material, consisting ia TJ? WAGON TIMBER, n I POX, STEEL, BTCf The proprietor is Enabled to0iill all Or3ers Fur such Artick o;i rs Tho Most Faforafcle Terms. Z-T All work froui this establislnn-. and all material sold on order,' is warrant to be as represeuted. 1 T - T VW l.. i Oregon City. D. I.ISC.r,. ' -hJ Ms3;rei-s allstrl-i-t I j IN MOSS1 P UILPIXG, I Main Street. Oregon C'tW till , cured meats : Poultry, Vegetables, Corned Beef ami Pork, Q Bacon, Hans, lard, Tallow, A liberal share of patronage is s0'' as I expect to keep as good an assort n O and of as good quabtv.as the country atwr . which will be delivered to pnrchasttrs at . reasonable ui.stauoe in tho city. :ly' r Jux edatthe KNTKIUBIStJ "Xsk yonrneiglibor to subscribg for the ENTturKii-'. o O; c3 O O o o o