o o o o O 0 G O s O 0 r i o 0 o o o o o 0 O CM gljc lUcckTn "(iFnfcfpnsc. Oregon City, Oregon : p C. I:Ik1-IN!'. KOiTOli XSli J'K ruiKTon. ; s turday, E33 saber 21, 1867. Much adieu about nothing the jurtig cyoun Indies. - QAsk your neighbor' to subscribe Tor the E.s-TtiiPiasF:. Th e N a 1 1 0 n a f U n io n No m i n a t ' Qjng Committee vri!I meet at Chicjgo in M .v next. The postoffice forwards baggage Qnd passenaer.-?, as well as letters, in Switzerland. Wells," Fargo & Co. do that in this country. -The message of Green Clay Smith, Acting Governor ' of Montana, says hat Hughes, the ' deserting Captain, nor his Company, have been retaken. Congress will be memorialized lo IfpiiJate the debt. . ; - Vitiated air tends to promote l?op. A small per -con tnge of car Lunic acid in the air is couducire to jWp oxygen gives relaxation to the. iiiii.clfs, and sleep is proportionally relaxed by It. At no time, since have 1 eal estate transactions been so active ia Chicago, and, to. seilers, so profit able, as now. A large proportion of sasare for immediate improvement, by parlies who pay cash for sites, auu have casli for building. Dr. J. Welch, Dentist has re moved his office from Charman's building to the rooms in the rear of Dr. Saflarrans' Drug Store, where he may be found at all times, and those who want first class work in Dentis try will do well to give him a call. Dr. Hall writes from Repulse ay on the 2 Uh of August last that he would winter .there for the third winter and in April next start for King Williams Laud. Capt. Kil mer, of the whaleship which brings this letter, says he thinks Dr. Hall "will be successful. lie has eight in h:s party including two Esquimaux. The chairman of a lecture As sociation wrote to the agent of Mr. "Dickens, to obtain information in re pard to his reading, and obtained the fallowing information. " lie propos es to civc cfie hundred readings in this coy n try, commencing about De cember 1st. Terms, 82,000 per ' veiling, he o pay nil expenses." This information comes direct from Mr. Dolby Mr. Dickens' agent. There can he no mistake about the "kind of jnerican,; "notes'' Dickens is .after orchis present visit to our coun try. , The report of the territorial Au ditor for Montana shows the follow ing statistics of that favored region : Number of acres of land under culti vation, 100,31'; valued at 301,5 IS; 822 town lot s, valued at $8-7,019 ; capital emn'oved in merchandise. t ml ' 1 $1,102,574; money and credits $520, A02 ; valuation of horses, $171,317; mui 'S and asses, 221,433 ; oxen. 8549,79 1; cows and calves, &25o,072; sli-ep, $15,43:) ; swine, 48,331 ; docks, watches, etc., $42,950 ; all other property not enumerated, $758, '03; making a total of $G.30S,1 18. -The outstanding indebtedness, No vember 10, 1801, was &52,G38 25; ;issued to November 1st, 1867, &3S,-. '13 -2; making a totat of $110,780 47. The amount of warrants can t.lled November 1st, 18G7, $53,231 37; leaving the indebtedness of the -Territory' on that day $57 555 10. . o "- . Harper & Brothers are publish ing a fine Pictorial history of the late "nbellion in America. The follow-. fng mode and terms of publication appear on the prospectus before us : The entire work will be comprised in from Thirty to Tittyfive Num bers, and will contain fully One Jhousanl Illustrations. The Illuss v-v.v.ivj ... V-VijiTiOW J 1 jL 7I ii cilia vi individuals w ho bore a prominent part in the war ; of Maps and Plans of Campa:gns and Patties ; and of Views and Scene?, taken from Pho tographs or Sketches made upon the "'t. A considerable portion of these Illustrations arc of the full s:z )f the folio gage, which was adopted in order to atlord space for these large Illustrations. eThe Illustrations iive been produced nt a cost of fully Oi? Hundred Thousand Dol lars. The Numbers from No. 17 , published June 1 w ill Lc issued on the 1st flitd 15th of each successive month. The price of each Number is Thirty Cents. Numbers 1 to 10, formi.ig Part First of the History, containing raore thin Five Hundred Illustrations, elegantly bound in cloth, o with Hcvt'led Edges, will be famished for Six Dollars. The Bound Vol ume of Part 1, or a'iy Number from he commencement, will be sent bv Mail or Express to any part of the United within 3000 miles of .New To,, postage, or freight -raid V.y tiu-.PwWUUers, upon receipt of .Her, iW. Dealer, a W"'" ii'g Agtus. ' u -avass. The annual election of officers for Multnomah Lodge No. 1, A. F. & A. M. will t;.ke place this eveuingr xVll members should be present, ' ;. We have' received the report "of the 7'h annua! State Fairj containing the list of Premiums Awarded, .ad-, drosses, essays, etc. Taken as a whole it is n valuable pamphlet, es pecially for the farmers. -The' Campaign - of Gen. Crook -j last summer, according to a special correspondent of the Bulletin was quite a success. This correspondent says that the Jacksonville dispatch regarding the fight as a failure, was a hoax. In answering the letter of a frieud the other evening it occurred to us to say that what Oregon most needed to fetch her out right was more liberal capitalists; more bone and siusw; less petty jealousies. The two former would pretty soon relieve us of the latter. Let them come. Mr. J. C. Trullinger, of Oswego, has received a patent for his turbine wheel, and the Willamette Iron Works at Portland, have purchased the right to raake and sell the same for Oregon, and a considerable of the adjacent Territory. We congratulate Mr. Trullinger upon his success. The members of the Union State Central Committee are requested to meet at Portland on Wednesday the 15th of January, 18G8, For the pur pose of fixing the time and place of holding the next Union State Cons veution, and transacting such other business us may come before the Committee. In counties where va cancies exist, the County Committees are requested to fill the same by ap pointment. - We are informed that freights in New York, for this coast, are very firm.. .This is owing principally to the demand for room for grain and petroleum to Europe, and the in creasing demand for cotton vessels at southern ports. Therefore owners ars disinclined to send their vessels off on long voyages w hile there is a good business nearby. The Boise Statesman gives some account of the operations of mining companies in Idaho. The whole of them, taken as a class, have been gross swindling machines. As to their attempts at mining, they have never made any that was worthy of the name. The writer holds that the ledges are good, and says that it is not the fault of the mines that the companies are ruined, but of the worthless agents sent to do the work. We were a long time finding out that Dr. S. B. Faruham was a per fect bilk. Mr. Heath, one of the agents of the New York Mutual Life Insu- ranee Co., who has lately established an office in Portland, on the corner I of Front anJ gtark strcets np . called upon us recently. This Com pany is now represented in Oregon and adjacent Territories, by Messrs. Butler & Heath. It is purely a mu tual company, the policy holders be ing the stockholders, thereby receiv ing all the benefit of dividends anions themselves. All persons insuring now will participate in the dividend of February 1st 18GS, thereby en abling them to reduce their second payment. Trade has fallen off greatly on the Columbia River, and )et the O S. N. Company spare nothing to ac commodate. On Friday morning last we took a survey of that prince ly palace the JVilson G. Hunt, be fore she left for the Cascades. We found Capt. John Wolf, one of the most deservedly popular commanders on the whole coast, at the helm, found our friend N. 15. Ingalls in the purser's office, and Dan. Foster Esq., whose home for years has been on board the Hunt, dispensing comfort to t!'e inner man. Thcs-3 pleasant sarroimdins all reminded us of tlr; good old days of Boise, ect., but the number of passengers and amount of f eight on board, cpoke of a change. The National Cosvestiox. The call of the Committee fixes the 20th of Muy, says the Grryonian, as the time for holding the National Re publican Union Convention. It seems probabl therefore, .hat the Republicans wiil take the lead in the Presidential campaign. Neither the time nor rlace of holding the Demo ocratic Convention has yet been an nounced. We shall know who our national candidates are about two weeks before the election in this State next June, and we anticipate that the near approach of the Presidential election will put a good deal of ad ditional vigor into the State canvass. C. B. B. C At a meeting of the Clackamas B. B. C, held on Thurs day evening last, W. C. Johnson, ami D. P. Thompson, were elected as delegates to attend the State Conven tion at Portland on the 2 1st of Feb- juiry. B. Kiilia and S. D. Pope were j It is said that all the good look -selected as alternates. The clject f , injr women in Salt Lake Valley mar this State Convention is to elect del- j ry Yoong. This fact may ncconnt egates to att.md a' National Conven- j f.-.r the utih.ipptccss in married Ufa t on tf Base Ball Pluyprs j there. 1Ua t. ?r.;.r' ,,; ltallroart flutter. : t Oregon Citv, Dec. 12th 1867. Editor Enterprise.; ' J When I merely sought to con vince certain farmers of this valley that they were ia the way of w asting some of . their hare- afned .'a ing?, the press generally persisted in rep resenting that I endeavored to dis courage railroad enterprise of any character whatever in Oregon.' The tenor of the articles relating to rail ; roads which have appeared in , the Portland papers this wetk has prompted me to the desire of putting myself squarely right on the record. These newspapers in suggesting the construction of a Willamette Valley Road with Eastern capital, and the connection of Oregon and Washing ton with the Union Pacific Railroad by the passes of the Columbia River and its tributaries, have struck the key note of the song that will ye1 sing this region into a state of growth and permanent prosperity unparallel ed in the history of our country ex cepting always the city of San Fran cisco. I have made myself by per sonal observation very familiar with the progress,ind prospective ul.J ty of the Central Pacific Railroad. 1 came from the present eastern terminus of that road, here, fully convinced that as a portion of a trans continental road, fulfilling the expectations of the people at large who have contributed so liberally to its support it was a failure. That as surely as water in a free s'ate assumes a level surface the great Atlantic and Pacific high way would eventually settle down into the Columbia Valley; reaching the Pacific Ocean through Puget Sound, by way of Vancouver or Monticello. The Willamette Valley is ripe for a local road; but thero is only one way of accomplishing it. Let the people, securey fjr the build' n and safely for themselves, pledge their wealth in payment of interest for a stated number of vears, and the money to build it can be readily ob tained. MUD SILL. The Alabamians are trying to pass a law to free some of their white citizens who have contracted mar riages with free DCgrocs. While the Alabamians are about it, they had better nass a law to frp snms of their black citizens, who have con tracted marriages with the whites. TM 111.1 .1.11 1 xne ijiaciis nave aouuuess . ueen im posed upon, and whi'e the whites aro repudiating their contracts, they should allow tho blacks the same privilege. The press of California are " scor nig'' Supt. Hoblitzell, of the State Reform School, fjr cruelty to the inmates. We think vigorous meas ures may be ncccessary, if they have such boys in that institution as some we have in Oregon who ought to be in like " Schools," and if tbe Super intendent finds it nsccessary to al most skin them alive, probably they, and the community, would be better after it if the press of the State would mind its own legitimate busi ness, and not be found encouraging the boys m meanness. Railroad Accident. A fearful accident occurred on the Cleveland and Lake Shore Railroad on tbe 19th. The express train was behind time, and running at a high rate of speed From some cause unknown the two rear cars were thrown trora the track w:th great violence. The rear car went over the embankment fifty feet, and was set on fire. Of fifty pas sengers only two escaped alive. The rest were crushed and burned to death. A mass of blackened and charred remains only was left. Southern- Affairs. Gen. Han cock has ordered an election in Texas, for and against a convention, to con ver.e February 10th, and continue four days. Each ballot presented by a negro voter is to be marked col ored. No soldiers will be allowed in the vicinity of the polls unless rcg istered as voters. Gen. Prim having fiiled in his last Spanish insurrection, is now- charged with cowardice and treach cry ; and the investigation has proved that the gallant General escaped from the city in the guise of a ser vant, carrying luggage. Col. Forney has heard Spnrgeon preach, and writes that he had rather be Charles II. Spnrgeon, surrounded with the love of the rescued souls of the working people of his parish, than the lord bi-hop of a thousand Churches of England. The half-yearly examination of the pupils attending the City Semi nary will take place on Tuesday, fhe 24th inst Commencing at 9 x sr. AH interested on the cause of eduea tion are cordially invited to attend. Th e -Flood r.v W asiiin qtojj- v Tf.r ritokv. It appears from accounts re ceived from "abroad that tho rains have been very disastrous upon some of ouriWashington Territory neigh bora. Monticello, which stood upon ,the, bank of the Cowlitz river, has been almost entirely swept away and, its people forced to take shelter upon higher ground, and ' it is fortunatPl that no lives were lost." It is stated that the water was the highest there ever known lor twenty years. Free- port, which is about two mile3 above Monticello, appears to have been more fortunate, but did not entirely escape. Lewis river, arose to an un precedented height,' and has cut a new channel some ten miles' belt ir the present one, and it is thought the channel may be permanently changed. From all accounts the rains ran t have been much heavier over in Washington than here. Improved Turbine Water-Wheel. Mr. J. C Trullinger, of Oswego, has received notice that npon his ap plication, a patent has been ordered to issue for his ' Improved Turbine Water-wheel," which, it is said by competent engineers, will eclipse all the wheels now in use, for power and economy. A small one is now in use at Oswego, from the operation of which, this judgment is made np. We are informed that Mr. Trullinger has concluded a contract with the Willamette Iron Works to go to con siderable extent into the manufacture of the wheels. We have no precise information as to the probable co.-t of these wheels as compared with other favorite patents ; but from rep resentations, we are led to bilieve that they will be much less expensive. Oreyonian. One of those strange phenomena which are observed occasionally in nature, says the Stockton Indrpend ent, was noticed Thursday night aboard tbe Julia. In coming up the Bay, in deep and apparently still water, the vessel commenced rocking to and fro, bringing her gunwale nearly under the surface. So violent and so undulating was the motion for a minute or so, that passengers could hardly keep on their feet. The T ularc, a short distance astern, ob served the motion of the Julia, and the consternation on board, but ex perienced nothing unusual herself. The occurrence is of so extraordinary nature, and so unaccountable, thu' unless some plausible explanation could be given, one might almost doubt the evidence of the senses o! those who violate strange freak o! the waters. Is the veritable sea-sers pent a deoizn of the inland Califor nia waters, or was this a subterranean earthquake? Silveuton. This thriving village in Marion county is keeping pace with more preteutious places in the matter of public spirit. It claims one of the best schools in the State, numbering over one hundred j upih under the charge of Prof. Hunt. 'I he school building cost about 5,000 dol lars. The hotel is kept by Mr. Phil lip Bowers, and is a re it nnd com fortable place. The merchants are all doing a good business, and upon the whole Silvertou is a model" vil lage. Hard Aground. We learn that the steamer Enterprise ran aground a few miles below Eugene Cit, ''dur ing the high water, and was left high and dry by the receding flood. It is thought doubtful if she wili b3 able to get off till the water rises again. Moi.alla Bridge. We learn that the apron at the sonth end of the Molalla bridge was washed away dur ing the high water last week, and that the road is in a very bad condi tion. We beg to direct the attention of the supervisor to this fact. A calf kept winter and summer in thrifty growth, at two years old will make as much more beef than one neglectfully kept at twice-? that age. The profit will all be found on the two-year-old, and the loss on the four-year-old ; yet the owner of the latter has pursued his system, if sys tern it can be called, with the idea he was saving money. Keep the thrifty animal two years longer in nn. .wim. uj , iuu someining very handsome in the way of beef will be the result while the starveling can never pay the expense of its rearing and feeding. B Mrs. Ada Iloyt is giving spirit ual seances nt Sacramento. Di Todd was nt Grass Valley lately. Bryant, the Clairvoyant physician, has arrived, aud located at. Chester field, Mass. The Christmas Trek. We are requested to announce that the Christ mas Tree at tne Methodist Church, will be on Tuesday evening t ext, which will be Christmas Eve. In the Democratic caucus, held nt Sacramento, on the 10;h inst. E igene Casserly was nominated for United States Senator, bv a votr ( f 44 to 25. Insurance--Mr. F. Cliarman is ! flgent for the Mutual Lite Insurance 1 Company fur this city. Tht Maiihallan Life Insurniife Com. pany ol aew 1 oi k. The following from the New York Insur. ance Monitor, we publish with pleasure. It is a true statement as to the rise and progress t of a most deserving Life Insurance Company!) saj s the .san l rancisco Spirit vj , the 1 imes.' John Landers, a most estimable young gen tleman, is the General Agent of the company on this coast. He is now on a visit to Ore gon. Through his careful attention to busi--S9, perfect reliability and good manage ment, the prospect of this branch of tbe .Manhattan has been more than equal in pro portion to- that elsewhere. The officers of the Manhattan were fortunate in their se lection of Mr. Landers as their Agent, for there is no man more respected and esteem ed than he : The general Interest excited by the surpri sing progress of thi& institution, lias recent ly been greatly increased, and impoitant and numerous as hare been the successes achiev cd in this metropolis, it is now confidently believed that none have proven more useful, complete, and solid, than that one by the Manhattan Life Irsiirunce company. This beneficent organization is indeed an honor to Few York, and our citizens have substan tial reasons to be proud of it. Its career, characterized by the mo.-1 judicious, enlight ed, and economical ' management, has been triumphant throughout, and the general fa vor it has secured is the fruit, not of promis es and pretension, but of work actually, carefully and thoroughly performed. All persons concerned in Life Insurance have watched its progress with jreat inter est. Last year it actually increased its pro portions about one-third, and augmented its assets by neatly a million dollars. On the first of June last it had issued in total 20,211 policies, ar.d of these, had 11, 204 in force, and had insured to the amount of 5S,01f,723 .Such figures cs these, which arc caicuz the best signs of lie times, prove that the old Manhattan Life si ill occupies the foremost position, and when it is added that on the first ot July, IbOi, it exlnbitej a gam for t lie j last six months in number of policies in force of 2,1 S7, an increase in assets of 2,.'4-, of risks of $8,20,793, an advance beyond the receipts of the first six months of ls6t that exceeds them by !S2,'.50 that its reserved accumulations now amount to about Four Millions that it receives an annual income of about Two Millions, and that its dividend due to policy holders in 1Si57, sums up Two Hundred and Forty Thousand dollars, it will be seen that, as n-spetts actual progression, substantial prosperity and profitableness to the insured, it yields to no other Life Com pany in the United States. The plan of the Manhattan Life is a close approximation to peifection. It embraces all the essential stability of the Stock, and all the advantage.! of the Mutual systems. Its stockholders are personally liable in the event ot the imuairuient of the company's capital, and its uirectors are not only pecu niarily interested in its success, but are all men of extensive experience and acknowl edged ability. The advantages it pro'I'ers to policy holders ate unusually Itberul, includ ing a division of the profits among them, fair representation, elective power, and eli gibility to otlice the ten annual payment life policy, and every rariety of endowment policy non-forfeitable on each anrcaal pre mium paid the ordinary life policy, after the payment of three annual premiums, ex changeable on surrender for a paid up policy for the ascertained value of the former the incontestability of every policy after, five .ears, on the ground of error or mis-stat : ment annual" dividends on every policy in force for four years a cash premium system which allows a credit equal to the entire pre mm m paid and many other excellent fea tures, skilfully adapted to the wants of soci ety and admirably calculated to render the burden of insuring exceedingly light and easy to sustain. They afford extraordinary facilities to all for insuring a large amount at the outset, and enable every insurant, by ineans of indulgent credits, large bonuses, the largest ever given, and handsome annual dividends to sustain the policy without loss or inccaveuier.ee to the liual consummation of its purposes. Although the onward course of the Man hatton Life has been steadily accelerating till its advance has become rapid beyond precedent.there is no company more remark able for the perfect sccuiitv cf its invest ments, and the Mi'it-tucss of the economy maintained by its management. In these respects it serves for a model to all other corporate societies. The care and discrimi nation exercised o:i the pat t of its oflicers, airents, and examiners, are demonstrated by the :e narkahte exemption from mortality ex perienced by those to whom it issued policies last year. It is the practice of the company by throwing the fullest light of science upon every question and detail, to attain to the greatest possible exactitude, and in making its valuations and dividends, the calculations are verified, in cases of doubt, by the em ployment of the best actuarial skill the country affords. An institution of this kind is therefore as reliable and stable as the na tion itself. The ellicicncy with which it is conducted, the ur.?xampled Iowness of its ratio of ex pendtture to income, aud its surpassing growth and prosperity, reflect more honor nptn its President, H. Stokes, Vice President C. Y. Wernple, and Secretary, J- L. llalsey. than any formal eulogy or decoration could bestow, liie result ot their labors is before the public, aud Speak in deeds Still louder than iu words. None can lrainsHy it. These gentlemen are ollicers of long and thorough experience . ....: i.,. 1 i. iii uieir caning, anu me great prooicms in Lite Insurance which they hare practically solved, and the established integrity of their lives, entitle them and their company to our utmost confidence and encouragement. Membership in tbe Manhattan Life is con stantly multiplying itself, and the company ilnas its oest advocates among its own policy nouiers wno nare experienced its own bless ings. The millions it has paid to thousands ot widows and orphans and to the insured to the living and to those who are here no more are its most eloquent testimonials to public favor. The benedictions of the dying and ot the surviving, many of whom owe to the fait..ful discharge ot its trusts their prescut comfoit affluence, position, educa tion, or perhaps even personal worth and character, justify all we have said in praise of the institution, and render it the dutv of every one who is acquainted with its merits to urge the uninsured to avail, themselves, without an hour's delay, of its numerous and inestimable advantages. C. P. Ferry Agent7 Portland, Oregon. OIK AGEXTS. L. P. FlSllKR & Co., Rooms 20 and 21 New Merchants' Exchange, Sacramento street, ate our only authorized Agents iu San Francisco. DALY A STEVENS, cor. Front and Morri son streets, (up stairs,) are our authorized Agents in Portland. B. C. LEWIS, Esq., will continue to act for us as General Traveling Agent. MAKUIED At the residence" of the bride s parents, by Rev. J. Moukland. on Tuesday, the 10th inst, Mr. Tiioms R KiLi i.v, and Miss Millie A. Adair, ail of t-lackainas countv. BOOKS AND TOYS. Pacific ision SAIVTA cjlaus. ii -Y-", UIAI THERE HAS "A1T' ATT t'TI rrt-r. " "'ceiveil a fine assortment ot I oys and Ghnstmag Presents, which will be cosed out this season, at low rates at A. LEVY'S, ' o ir At tbe T'-graph office, o.U n "iryuil vuy. Holiday FreSemST AND OTHER GOODS, Can be had at low Prices at Sellings. At. the Old Stand. ryb roswxcB yourself of the Jr .uf.ue aWe stement and to show jo that there is no humbusr about it call and take your ehoice of good and cheat) goods. Respectfully, &c., K L SELUNo! J. A. MacDWALD " Green Street O.wego, Oregon. J st Master and Dealer in G K N E UAL MERCHANDISE, liJCfcrlrs, Mint. an'J M'junt: Suootixg Match. On the day before Christmas Mr. W. W. Quinn, of Canemah, will put up about fifty of the fattest Tur keys ever raised ia Oregon, to be shot at in regular shooting match style, on tbe bluff, between that place and this city. This is a fine chance for parties to get a good Turkey for a Christmas dinner. - Come at Last. The winter rains have come at last, and tbe good people of Oregon and foreign sojourners are to be seen beading their steps to the corner of Front and Morrison streets.PorllaDd where Barman Bros, are prepared to supply everybody with Suits; Furnishing Goods. Ac-, Ac., to suit the climate, at prices to suit. The President's Message This import ant document reviews many serions ques tions now pcmling in our country, advising a reduction of torxwr on a number of arti cles, and even not omitting to proclaim to the citizens of Oregon that Kohn & FUbx-1 No. 91 Front street. Portland, under all circumstances have proven themselves worthy of the largest share of custom by selling the very best and latest styles of clothing and gent's furnishing goods, also dry goods, lower than any other house in the State. Edccatioxai- The want of a good pri vate school for boys and girls between the ages of eight and fifteen years has, doubt less, been felt by many anxious and intel ligent parents in Oregon City and its vicinage. It is confidently hoped that this want may now be effectively met. B. CouxKi.ir.-i, A. M , begs respectfully to an nounce his intention of opening a Select Private School on improved educational methods in the building commonly known as the Baptist College where will be pre pared for the reception of pupils, on the first Monday m Januaryne.it. 8.tf Bcchtel's Photograph Gallerv is the only establishment in Oregon that is thoroughly prepared to do all the different styles of work in the art. Photographs from card to life size. Tho new Cabinet Cards, tc, &c. Small pictures enlarged (retouched iu India ink painted in water colors or oil, by Mrs. S. J. Itumsey.) All negatives taken in this callery will be carefully preserved, that additional copies may be had. Mr. B. has now on hand a very large collection of negatives, the names of which are recorded alphabetically in a book for that purpose, which may be seen in the reception room. Dr. Hostetter's Stomach Bit ters. The operation of this palatable rem edy upon ttic stomach, liver and excretory organs is singularly soothing and conserva tive. It regulates, recruits, and purifies them. Dyspepsia in all its forms yields to its control ana invigorating properties, and it is recommended to mothers, enfeebled by the cares and duties of maternity, as the safest and best remedy they can "probablv use. In all the crisis of female life it wiil be found eminently useful, and elderly persons will derive much more benefit from it than from ordinary stimulants. Sold by the drug gists and dealers everywhere. llOlKiE, CALfcF & CO., Agents, 35:tf Portland, Oregon. New Advertisements. J. WELCH, SKSSSfea DENTIST. Per, taut, xthj Located at Oregon City, Oregon. Rooms with Dr. Saffarans, on Main street. CHIUSTMAS J3 AJLZ, ! WEDNESDAY, December 25th, AT THE COURT HOUSE. liECErnoN committee : T. T. BARCLAY, S. S. BAILEY. IIOXORAKV COMMITTEE : A. J. APPFRSO.V, C O T. WILLIAMS, Col. W. L. WHITE, . ACKKUM AN, F. CUAUMAN, WM. P. BUUNS. Canenot7i. Gbo. A. SUEPPABD, Cai-t. Geo JEROME. Kl.OOIt MANAOEKS : A. J. MARSHALL, E. B. FE LOWS, Capt. Geo. A. PEASE. MUSIC HY TIIK OREGON" CITV BRASS AND STRING BAND. tT Tickets $3 00. North American S. S. Co. OPPOSITION IjIE ! Via PANAMA. rWlIIE NORTH AMERICAN STEAM JL ship company will dispatch their Splendid new steamer NEVADA, SOOOTons J. R. Kelly Commander. FOR PANAMA! From Mission st. Wbarf, San Francisco, on SATCRDAV, JANUARY Ath, 18fi3, Connecting via Panama Railroad at Aspinicall, With the new and elegant steamship NEBRASKA, 3,000 Tons For N E W O Ii JC. One hundred lbs. Baggage free. An experienced Surgeon on board. Med icines and Attendance free. The NEVADA h the fastest steamship afloat, and the Compa ny intend making the trip through to New i irK in n aays ; The J,w Tuilor will sail Jan iiair 1 .rif h via .Nicaragua. For further information applv to I- W. KAYAIOXD, Agent. V W .cor Batterv and Pine sts. un stairs. Dl':td San Kranoiscn Dissolution Notice. rpr?E Co FATRXERSIIIP IIERfcTOFORE JL existing between the uudcrsigned, in the meat business, under the tiim name of Farr fc Graham, was mutually dissolved on the 14th day of December A. I). 17. The business will be continued by Farr & Brother, as usual. All due the late firm must be paid by Jan uary 1st ISOs, either party receipting lor the same. ISSAC FARR J K. GRAHAM. Oregon Citt, December 16th, 167. t St. ISAAC FARR. JOUS I'ABB. FARR & BROTHER, Butchers and Meat Venders. Thankful for the favors of (he community in the past, wish to y that they will con" tiuue to deliver to their patrons, from the wagon, as usual, Oit Tuesday and Saturday of each iccel all th best qualities of Heet, Mutton, nnd Pork, or any other class of meats in tbe market. " - .,.t TRAVEL AXI TRANSPORTATION. WELLS, FARGO & Cos Fast JFreisrltt Iine. WINTER A Ii R A N G XI ENT ! FROM AND AFTER DECEMBER 10th until further notice, our rates for fast freight will be as follows : Portland to Silver City 40 cents per lb. Idaho City 37 " Boise Citv 23 " " La Grande ...IS " Union 19 " " ,., Baktr.. ..20 " WELLS, FARGO A CO. Portland, Dec. loth, 1867 8.tf REGULAR LINE ! Puget Scrand & Columbia River TJ.S.MAIL and STAGE LINE Sfonticrflo, Olympia, and Steilacoom. Regularity, Certainty and Dispatch ! ClONNECTING WITH the STEAMERS ) on Columbia: ritw and Puget Sound, for Portland and Victor. T-f Ofiices at Monticellov Olvmpia and Steilacoom. GRAINGER & "DAVIS, S.tf Proprietors. PEOPLE'S Transportation Company. NOTICE. WIXTEK. AIUIAXGEMEINT. I7rtt).M AND AFTER THIS DATE, UNTIL . further notice, THE STEAMER WILL LEAVE THE COMPANY'S DOCK, Portland, every da' (Sundays excepted), FOR OREGON CITY, At 6h o'clock, A. M., Connecting with the steamers RELIANCE and FANNIE PATT0N, OS Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, OT KACH WEEK, FOR SALEM, ALBANY & C0RVALLIS, and with (he steamer ENTERPRISE, On Wedirsday of each iceek, for HARRISBURG and EUGENE CITY. and with the steamer On Monday, "Wednesday and Eriday. of each iveek, for Dayton, La fayet'e and McMmnville. November 12th, IS'JT. A. A. M( CULLY. rrztidtM r. t. Co. Oregon Steam XavigaUon C O JSL I3 A. 1ST Y ! NOTICE, EEDTJCTION OF FARE. A1 RllANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN PER- f'ected bv the Oregon M nin Xavi- pillion Company and the PiontfrSlagf Coin patty, wherebv nassenfjers can pur chase THROUGH TICKETS Horn Portland to the diif.-rcnt points in Idaho at the follow ing rates : From Portland to Eoise Ciir $.I 50 " " " Id iho Cl-V (il 50 " " Silver Ci'ly CI 50 rassenpers can lay over at Umatilla by giving notice to the Ageat of the "Pioneer Stage Company' Tielcet oll only- at Company's Cflicc in Portland. The rates of passage on the river until further notice will be as follows : From Portland to lilies $fi 25 " " " Umatilla 15 00 " Wallula 1G 00 From Dalles to Umatilla 10 00 " " Wallula 11 00 " Umatilla " Wallula 2 50 THE BOATS OF THE 0. S. N. CO. For the Dalles WILL LEAVE PORTLAND DAILY, (Sundavs excepted,) AT 5 O'CLOCK, A. M. Boat on the Upper Columbia. LEAVE CELILO ON Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, Umatilla Wallula. ItETl'RXIVG The floats will 1-ave Wallula every Monday, and Wedncsdav, and Friday mornings, touching at Umatilla and arrive at Dalles same day. On na ftr Mondny. Sept. 23t, 1SST, irm THE STEAMER i2 JULIA Will leave Portland for Monticello EVERT Mondiy'i Wednesday, and Friday, At G O clotk, A. The STAOE leaves immediately on the arrival of the boat, and reaches Olympia the next evening. KKTCKNINU. The float will leave Mon ticello every Tuesday, Thursday and Satnr dav, (on arrival of tbe Stage from Oivmpia) atl o'clock P. M. Portland, July 16th l$f7. S:tf J. C. A INS WORTH, President O. S. N. Co. ASTORIA ROUTE! THE U. S. MAIL STEAMER aiJOH N H-COUCH Snow Master. Will leave Portland for Astoria and inter mediate landings, on Monday and Friday of each week, at ? o'clock a. m. Returni'ncr. will leave Astoria on Tuesday and Saturday at 6 a. M. J. C. AIXSWORTIT, President O. S. N. Co. CANEMAH STORE! JAMES M0RFITT & CO., "T7OULD INFORM THE PUBLIC ES V ? pecially of Canemah, that they have established a Store at that place, where they will keep ou hand a well assorted stock of Merchandise and Groceries. which will be sold at reasonable rates, for tbo purpose of establishing permanently jci a necessity at Canemah. 1 ry us. C. P. FERRY, (Late Ferry & Faster, No. 108 Fr-at alrt, Portland. Agent X'i'1 British aud Mercantile Insurance Company. And Manhattan Lifts Insurance Co G OVERNM ENT SECUR ITIES. STOCKS T" Bonds, and Real Estate bought and bold OU CoiiiUHiilOH :1 1 Corner ef Front and Oak Vr..,.,. n m, pn!eCiJ AUCTION SALES Of Real Estrtr, Groceries, GencS w dise and Horse," 1MercW Every Wcdnelay and 'Sa(urd , -""t uetionee,, AT PT?I V a tp o . . oaLE English- refined Bar and Handle t English Square and Octagon Cf Horse shoes, File,, Rasp., ,"i"f i Screws, Fry-pans, sheet iron k'r t A large assortment ef Gmerieg nd Li j A. B. rK.'AnrSLnv. ...... ' 1 " "cuonef . OREGON LEAtSrTV The Best on the Coast, Tlios. Armstrong Manufacturer of ALL KINDS OF LEATHER' Milwackie. Oregon-. "UNDERSIGNED WISHES TO IS. DEALERS . AND MANUFACTURE That he is nretvarprl in farly, s F -r - ' ".o.. t'JOfl 41V durable on artwle cf Leather s can be ms- ou iuu i acme ixjasi,. at Ulis following rat- Harness Leather, per lb- 23 toSrtc.r. Extra heavy, for Concord S3 k Skirting, per pound Ti to .V - Belting, in the side s" " Cut, per square foot, f on Side, upper, " r, to -jo c,,., Grain Leather " " lStv Light Buft, or Grain for Wo men's work l!tort Calfskins, per doz t:Hi. taH Kin " " , ." Bridle, per side So'to i Collar, per side 1 0- t n Lace Leatlier, per side itXMo it 1 do not think that Harn. I,.... should necessarily be made in Santa Crm " order to stand the test of our climate- ' " Nor do I think that Ileltin?. iu or,J to bear the strain of Oregon Machinm mi be Bcade in the Atlantic States. '' ALL I ASK IS A Fair 0ism0; And I will prove, to the safisfacfira of t'. concerned, that Oregon Leather is the b-: on the Coast. ( orders will meu-t with promts;, tentica. Address ; ' THOMAS ARMSTRONG. 3.ly) Mihraukie, Or ii, I JA COB WOUTMAX. hioma? x. r.r.-A Wortman & Fields, Xext Door lo the Pott Ofi.t, Oregon City, Oregon. DEALERS IX Fsiiiiily Groceries i Provisions o f oil JCindn f "Wines and Liquors ! O Confectionery, Spiers! Canned Fruits and jhiU'. o And all the Favorite Brands of Flour and Sugar' Kg- The highest market prices J for country produce. RUBBER CLOTHING COMPANf! im ?Ioit;;oifry strtrt, San Francisco Califcnii Wholesale Dealers and Manufacturers of all kinds India liubber fioods Rubber Clolhi" All kinds and styles I Druggist and Fancy Goods, Stationery, Combs, Balls and Toy!!, Pipes and Canes, Blankets, Piano Coven, Lap Rl', , Air and Water Gh- Rubberneck Tics! For Ladies and Gentlemen: Door Mats, Wagon tyring, d: Shaft Curry Combs, and lone W Bucke's and Pads, Gloves and Xqhn Tuilet Glasses, Card Baskets t! Latest styles of Rubber Jewelry! By eTery stcat icr. JOSEPH ?AsEl1' , Sole Agent for tbe 1'aciiicO" S2 Lake street. Chicago. .,t 347 Broadway, ew iujb.. Oregon city BEEWEBl testes. rrtfffrr, Hav.ng purchase ! the D(, wislips to Inform thf. puolic iitrof j ttr a No 1 qu As eood as can be obtained anywhere State. Orders solicited and P"1'- Oregon City, December 23t.i,J, . . -- V. A. A. J. uJui. ' MONROE & WEJ.LEW, , Dealers in CaKfoxi l"l0ttl Italian Matflcs, Obehk$, nunts, Head and Fvotfonth Cat vr '" v. . - - - . -it. ) r : 1 1 " Joannes anu """tr r--'. .. . j f .ra yiarwe wr. to order. DAVID SMITH, Ftlnrl- Smith and Corner of Main Oregon City . . . . andjaree Blacksmithing.in all its '. makinz and repmnng wor .. p? to "iTe jatiEfact.'on. VI "1