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OREGON CITY, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1868.
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EI)c iUcckln (Enterprise.
rCBLISHUD XTSBT SATCBDAT HORNING
(,By D. O. IRELAND,
vCTflCE: South cast corner pf Fiftaand
Maix streets, in the building lately known
the Court House, Oregon City Oregon.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
Dr. F. Barclay M. R. C. L,
(Formerly Burgeon to the Hon. II. B. Co.)
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OFFICE: It Resid-ncr,
Vain Street (J Oregon City.
Dr. CHARLES BLACH,
Physician, Surgeon and Accouche it?-.
OFFICE Corner of Washington and Front
streets, Purrish's Block, Portland, Oregon.
JlESlDENCE Washington street, between
Fourth and Fifth, streets. 22.1y
" 0. P. MASON,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
102 Front st., Portland, Oregon.
WILL ATTEND TO BUSINESS IN ANY
Court in the State or Washington
Territory. Including business under the
"Bankrupt Law. 37:ly
D. 1YI. WcKENNEY,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law.
WILLATTEND PROMPTLY TO ALL
business entrusted to his care.
Qrric One door north of Bell k Parker's
lHnjr store, Oregon City, Oregon. 3:ly
: J. WELCH,
DENTIST.
PrmaneUly LatcaUl at Oregon, Ciltft Orrjon,
Rooms with Dr. Sairarans, on Main street.
C.CilBBS. C. W. PARRISH,
2fotary Public and Gum. of Dls.
GIBBS & PARRISH,
Attorneys and Counselors at. Laic,
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PORTLAND, OREGON.
OFFICE On Alder
Kew Brick Block.
street, in Carter's
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w. e. joixsox
r. o. m cows.
JTotary Public.
JOHNSON & BIcCOWtt,
ORtiGQX CITY, OREGON.
-t7 Will attend to all business entrusted
. our care in any of the Courts of the State,
t-illect money, negotiate loans, sell real es
tate, etc.
fVtfPartieular attention giren to contested
lttnd cases. 1 yl
J. . MITCHELL. J. X. DOLPH. A. SMiTH.
Mitchell, Dolph & Smith,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Late,
Solicitors in Chancery, and Proc
tors in Admiralty.
. I-?-Office o-er the old PostOOice, Front
Street, Portland, Oregon.
benton"k ill in,
JLiA.'mVTK'JKJW.jl
trcf ofl Cltjr, OigoiH
Offico in Charman's Brick Block, up
stairs. (50: tO
e-JAMES Til. MOORE,
Justice of the Peace t- City Recorder.
Office In the Court House and City
Council Iloom, Oregon City.
Will attend to the acknowledgment of
ieedi, and all other duties appertaining to
theotliceof Justice of the Peuce; 2:ly
J. B. uTtToN
Attorney and CoUxselok-At-LaW-,
Oregon City, Oregon.
XW Office OTcr the store of Pope' & C;
llaiu street. (4.tf
C. A. DOLPH,
Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law,
OL3f Office 106 Front street, Portland, Ore
gon. (43.im
C. P. FERRY,
(Late Ferry A Foster,
JBKB. LZ JfffiS.L"WrO lE. m
No. 103 Front street, Portland.
Agent North British and Mercantile
Insurance Company,
And Manhattan Life Iristffafcce Co
&OVERNMEST BEcunrriES, STOCKS
Bond, and tteal Estate bonght atid
sold on Commission f
1 mtm T-frilJT'Tif '-w 1 c
DAVID SMITH,
Svc&ssor to SMITH A AtAIiSHALtj
Jjlack-Smith and Wagon Malief,
Corner of Main and Third streetSj
Oregon City Oregon
Blacksmithing in all its branches. Wagon
makinir and repairing. All work warranted
t (ire satisfaction.
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CLARK GREENMAN,
City Drayman,
SS 0BEG0XCITY.
All orders for the delivery of merchandise,
or packages and freight of whatever descrip
tion, to any part of the city, will be executed
promptly and with care. 16.Sm
;W. F. HIGHFIELD,
Established since 1S49. at the old stand,
Maix Street, Oregon Citt.
An assortment of Watches, Jew
elry, and Seth Thomas' weight
Clocks, all of which are warranted
to be as represented,
Repairings done on short nctics,
and thankful for past faTors. (87
' I. S. ROSENBAUM fe Con
No. 45 Front 6., Portland Oregoo.
WHOLESALE STEALERS" W
Tobacco Cigars, Snuf, Stationery,
Yankee Motions, and Toy.
Orders promptly attended to. (i-tf
A MARRIAGE SOXG.
I eaw two clouds at morning,
Tinged by the rising sun ;
And in the dawn they iloated ofli
And mingled into one ;
I thought the morning cloud Wd3 biest,
It moved so sweetly to the west
I saw two summer currents
Flow smoothly to their meeting,
And join their course with silent force"
In peace each other greeting ;
Calm was their ColtrSe" thfrough banks of
greeh,
While dimpling eddies played between:
Such be your gentle motion,
Till life's last pulse shall beat j
Like summer's teatft and sumhier's stream,
Flow on in joy to meet
A calmer sea, whc'rS storms shall cease
A purer sky, where ail Is peace'.
LOVE IX A COTTAGES
the.y may talk of love in a cottage,
AHd bo rvers of trellised vine,
Of nature bewitchingly simple,
And milkmaids half divine.
They may talk of the pleasure of sleeping
Ih the shade of a Spreading tree,
And a walk in the fluids at morning
By the side of a footstep free
But give me a sly flirtation
By the light of r Chandelier,
With music to play in the pauses,
And nobody very near ;
Or a seat on a silken soaf,
With a glass of pure old wine,
And mamma too blind to discover
The small, white band in mine.
Your love in a cottage gets hungry,
Your vine is a nest for flies,
Your milkmaid shocks the graces,
And simplicity talks of pies,
You lie down to your shady slumber.
And wake with a bit in your eear ;
And your damsel that walks in the morn
ing. Is shod like a mountaineer.
The love is at home on a carpet.
And mightily like his ease,
And true love ha3 an eye for a dinner,
And starves beneath shady trees,
His wing is the fan of a lady,
His foot's an invisible thing,
And his arrow is tipped with a jewel,
And shot from a silver string.
A LOVE STOllY.
About twenty miles from New
York lives a rich man who has a 6ne
estate, and an interesting Family) of
which the eldest is a beautiful lady
her father's pride and bope Last
year, while his elegant mansion ttas
building, a young carpenter who had
just finished learning his trade, and
whose sole property consisted in a
pair of large hands, a Stout, good
heart and habits of industry and so
berness, came to work upon the
premises. Very naturally, the ybnng
knight of the broad ax soon fell in
love with the young lady, and not
strange to say, the young lady was
equally Well pleased with him. She
spent considerable time every day in
watching the progress of the work,
particularly that performed by the
young mechanic, and he found his
greatest incentive and joy in work-
ing under the watch of her loving
eyes1.
The secret, however, soon became
an open one, ahd finally was broken
to the young lady's father. lie
heard the sad news without appa
rent concern, but in a few minutes
set off for the Tillage where he made
diligent inquiry respecting the young
carpenter, who, he had learned, was
the Only Sdh dnd support of a poor
widow, but was afl intelligent, capa
ble, promising young" mhn. 'The fa
ther returned home, and calling his
daughter to the room, asked her fib
the matter stood between herself and
the young carpenter. It was a critN
cal moment to her, and fcr a moment
her fears triumphed over her feelings,
and she burst into tears". The tears
were followed by a confession of an
Attachment which had grown strong
er every day; eten with the fear that
she -xas doofned to a crnel disap
pointttfent fof tbs object of it was
nothing biit a poor mechanic'.- " tut
I love him with all my might, and
woald give my life for him," said the
htfoest girb
" Does he reeiprotate your affec
tion?" asfeed the father;
" That he does," replied the daugh
ter, " but he knows that you would
never consent to his paying his ad
dresses to me, and has been very re
served about it. lie talks' abbot
going away, because he cannot Tlve
here without seeing me, and thinks
you would be unwilling to have him
visit the house."
The father sent, for the young car
penterj who came to the room with
the greatest trepidation. He sus
pected What Was m the wind, and an
ticipating an immediate dismissal,
his heart rose in his throat when the
father sard to him: "l'oung man,
how is it that you; have dared to car
ry on a flirtation with my daughter,
without my consent?"
That is false sir, utterly false,
sir," the yonng man replied; "your
daughter came to the house where
we were at woik and I saw her and
loved her. I could not keep my eyes
from looking at her. She returned
my look and asked me questions.
Almost every day she has been to
the house; atid her doming has made
It a heaven td rhe slf. But I knew
1 was tt pbor mechanic, with a moths
er c'a rhy fiahdS, ahd that yon would
nut consent to thy offering her any
particular attention. So I have kept
away. I am going" off, sir, as soon
as the job is done, fdr I cannot live
without seeing risr, and t would not
do anything dishonorable; or that her
father would disapprove.''
The young man turned his fab to
ward the window, to hide a few stray
tears which came into his eyes. The
father looked steadily into Lis secre
tary, as if it contained something of
unusual interest After a not unwel
come slienedj he tlirned to the yonng
man and said: " You have acted hon
orably in this matter. You shall see
my daughter all you please. I hear
that yoa are a worthy, industrious
young man, and I prefer such a one
for a son to and dissolute snob. I
am sorry that your education has
been neglected. But it is not too
late to remedy that matter. I will
pay your wages regularly to your
mother, and send you to school for a
year or two. After you get a good
foundation laid, I will take you into
my business; and if you bear yourself
in a worthy manner, one ot these
days my daughter shall be your wife.
You may quit work at once."
Oar readers can imagine the scene
and joy that followed this speech of
a wise and kind father, faf better
than we can describe them. The
young man has just finished a year's
course at school where he haS made
wonderfut pfogresSi The father
seems to bo as proud of him as be
well can be; ahd he has found that
life ih his new mansion on the barks
of the Hudson witn an accomplished
daughter, who Cannot sufficiently ex
press her gratitude for his kindness,
and the occasienal visits of a noble
minded young man, who is working
his way up in the world, ia only the
sweet foretaste of eJysiua. If other
rich fathers would follow his example
there would be fewer elopments and
far less misery than at present, ahd
a great many happy hearts ahd hap
pier homes.
T!fs: SIrratt JvrV. A curfous
fact about the Surratt Jury has just
come to light, it is stated by one ot
them that frorii the first momeht they
were locked up' together between the
adjournment each day, they were di
vided in their sentiments about the
prisoner; bight faVbring him and four
condemning. "While the arrange
ments of the counsel for defense were
going on, these eight continually
sneered at Jadge Pierpbnt and At- j
torney Carrington In theif-roottis, afad
when they were locked up to find a
verdict, they balloted, the result be
ing eight votes for acquittal and four
for conviction. Each side tried to
convince the other but without suc
cess to either. Then one of the Ju
fors made three propositions, and
asked that a vote be taken bh them
separately. These were first, that
Lincoln was assassinated; second, that
the assassination was the result of a
ct'fispirscy; and third, that Surfatt
was in the conspiracy: Upon the
first fwo propositions the vote was
unanimous; but upon the latter the
eight favoring acquittal refused under
an? circtfm'sta'nces' to vofe. These
same men; however, tried to induce
the four to pledge their word that
riothing which took place in the Jury
roam should be divulged.
The following epitaph' on hus
basd and w lfe is found in a Parisian
cettetereyr "lam aniioisly expects
ino- vou a. t: 1&27." "Here 1 am
A J: 16G7."
What happiness it must be to
live in Germany; where, for thirty
years, sircs the railway system was
established, not bns person has been
killed by a' railroad disaster.
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A French wit says that the gib
bet is a ppecies of flattery to the fri
man face. Three or totit persons
are hong; from timfi to time; tot the
purpose of making the rest believe
that they are virtnous:
"The most quiet place f know,
said Zekiel. "is Woodviire, in Mis
sissippi ; there's no quarreling or
rowdyism, nor fighting in the streets,
If a gentlemen insults another he's
quietly shot down, and that's the last
of it."
.Wom chihuahua.
Prof. Goldrick late of Carson has
been " out of the Union." He lately
"brought up" at EI Paso, in the
State of Chihuahua, where that state,
Texas, and New Mexico "join hands."
Hear what he says of it:
Here am I at last in the city of
El Paso, il Vertible stranger in a very
strange I ahd. Here am I at last in
the real land of gold diggings, (doub
loons,) where the memory of Maxi
milian is buHed with the bones of
some of h'13 Austrians and French,
far below the possibility of resurrec
tion! Here am I last out of sight
of the Old Flag, and ih a nation of
non-descripts who, for tli3 time be
ing, swear by President Jriatez and
the Mexican republic. Herb' am I
at last " beyond the lines" of either
federal, territorial, internal or infer
nal collectors! Away from the au
thority of "Old Andy with no
bailiff to bother, no taxes to pay, and
ho tariff to take jtway half this cor
ner of creation is d powerful place to
take comfort: with whisky for a
quarter per gallon, fine Havanas for
a song, and the costliest silks free of
duty! Away from the shams of civ
ilization, petty gossip, pew worship,
street show, surface virtue, and such,
and away from the wranglings for
office, elections, branch railroads,
bank failures, big strikes, reconstruc
tion, impeachment, and all those
" new processes" for perfecting the
progress of the mines aud the pa
triot sin of1 men, it is " bless beyond
measure'' to scroll through the streets
of this citv of orchards and oddities,
bull fights ahd big churches, sweet
gfapss and sweet potatotes, luscious
peaches. Away from the snows of
the norttiland, the strife for sbinplas
ters, and the shdddycrat's sneer. It
is genial though strange to see these
sons of the tropies take their case in
the shade, shoving pasteboard for a
pastime, atid funking a living doing
nothing. It is genial though strange
to see 'em ignorant of ice and its
uses managing to keep cool on
"wine straight," without bothering
about cobblers and straws! Nor is
it less gbnia! and strange to see their
women with wealth of arched eye
brows, dreamy eyes, pretty ivories,
and plump shoulders, waxing wan
ton in idleness and ennui, and flying
round q'uite as freely as their north
ern neighbors with whom corsets and
shonlder-gear are promenade style.
The poof play the part of aristocrcay?
and the worst wear the best coats of
dignity; dairies and demoiselles of
the grand monde and demi-monde
daily with the delight3 bf dissipa
tion This ciSmiito df Old Mexico 13 a
marvel bf mildness to the nerves of a
northerner. Though this country is
on the sariie parallel of Mississippi
and Alabama, tHe atmosphere is
milder than Mobile and more genial
than Cuba;
The first ciay bl November, the
trees ahd the fields are as lovely and
green as could be seen on the Hud
son in summer. The horticulturists
are harvesting their Second crop of
cabbages, onions, sweet potatoes,
turnips and truck. Yerdure is every
where ih vie in the leafy tree?, the
gfeen sward, and the garden. Vine
yards and orchards here contribute
munificently to the luxuries bf life.
These wines can't be beat in Cham
pagne, anc! they raise five hundred
gallons to the acre. These quinces
and pears are about as big as cannon
balls; And as for their aromatic
herbs known as onions, they must
fairly be weisnea cn one 01 jrair-
banKs scales.
Nobody neeas a coat in Chlhna-
hria, if ho chooses to go without it,
And even on Jsew Years day, the
first " callers' are battallions of flie!
Snow scarcely falls here in winter;
and, when it doeS; it is only to " al
lay the d2st" and afford a cosmetic
for trie face 01 cosmetic nature
Iter's, they have the balmiest breezes,
the deepest blue sKies, ana the flush
of summer flower Here, in the
Fall, the cool gardens are sought for,
where the birds sing as cheerily as
when life Was in its morn and the
rosy wings' of hope had first fluttered
in the sky. Havana has nothing
nicer than the climate of this region
where the Kio Grande respectively
bathes the three corners of New
and Old Mexico: and Texas. Here,
glowingly comes upon me the force
of those lines oescriDing now me sun
seta in Ctfbn,' v
"Jfot,' 3.fn norfcern climes,' obscurely
bright, ,;, ; , -'
tixki one unclouded bfaze of Hfirg" fight."
Popularize education and perpcttte
ate free gofetnrnent in Old Mexico
put progress on the top, and pat
priestcraft in the bottom, where it
belongs; and there's no place on this
planet more desirable to do business.
The thought strikes the traveler,1 aS
he turns to the northwest or north.'
east of him; "what immensity of
empire has Uncle Sam to take care
of." From Where the Rio Grande
bathes his his foot in the Gulf, np to
his head-waters in the snows of Colo
rado, is A considerable stretch by
itself, but to view all the way up to
Sitka in the af tics; and thence across
to the plhes of the Penobscot, is ari
area to mdk'e monarchies tremble f
El PdsO; though iwo centuries old,
is not a large town, for the country;
nor is it a quarter as lively as il wa
twenty years ago. .Its public square
is allowed to take Care of itself; and
decadence marks lines oh. even its
mamthbth Catholic Church. Most of
its merchants are Mexicans. The
American families and men of busi
ness residt; Oh the fcastern or Texan
side of the river, where there is a
very beaittiful burg called El Paso,
but formerly known as Franklin
town, Texas. In El Paso, Chiuha
hua, there is a United States Consul,
Mr. Edgerton; and in El Paso
(Franklin) Texas, there is a Mexican
consul. In Franklin . the custom
house, which takes care of the exports
and imports between the United
States and the repybjk; of Mexico,' is
in charge of Mr; W. W. Mills, col
lector for the port of El Pasd; and
chief protector of international, in -terbst3
all the way from Presidio del
Forte to Fort Yiiifp, via Mesilla,
Tucson and that whole bbtindary line
between Chihuahua, Sonora, and
Texas, New Mexico and Arizona.
The business of this custom house
averages fifty thousand dollars per
year. A corps of traveling inspec
tors and attaches are everywhere in
the saddle, to prevent smuggling and
contraband commerce between those
two nations thus separated only by a
trigonometrical line through their
mountains of silver and deserts of
sand. Brother Mills both does
credit to the custom house and the
country he represents. He treats
visitors to this far-off corner of Co
lumbia with all the accommodation
they could expect if they met him at
the isthmus of Suez. It is satisfac
tory to an American citizen travel
ing through Mexico, to have such a
man as Mr. Mills bearing tho banner
of sovereignty close at hand. I wish
to pnblicly praise him and his depu
ty, Captain Jbountain, for efficiency
and courtesy combined something
notso common now n-days as it Should
be with many government officials.
Here has been, for yeiifs past, the
harbor for fugitives from justice; ,tthd
vidians of every class; It is now
quiet a respectable Sdrt of place, ton
sideriug how cheaply it sells whisky,
and the freedom from restraint which,
as a " foreign country," it affords the
outlaw from Gitilizatiom
On the East side of the Grande;
in Franklin, I foiind a few of the
finest fellows that America or old Ire-
and f;onld tnrn out. The ". head and
front" of 'em is Henry Cunniffe, a
very popular merchant; He is the
proprietor of the famous Hart's flour
mills, a few miles np the nvcr, and
has a heart in him as large as an ox.
noiher is Judge Joab Ixoubton, of
the United States district court for
New Mexico, and a, man who stood
as firm to save his territory tb. the
Union as any man in New Mexico.
He's ii jolly old soul, and takes his
toddies liHe a Trojan. But he's one
of the old school of gentlemen and
lawyers, whom everybody respects
on the bench Or. at the bar. There,
also, is Judge Bacon, of the,. United
States district coilft for northwestern
Texas; Here, too, is W, Stein; who
runs the postoffice away down in this
corner of the Lone Star State. By
the way, what an empire in itself, is
this Texas J the only State that, un
aided and alope; achieved her early
independence! The finest store in
Franklin is kept by Messrs., Shutz &
Bro. In either of these ..two towns;
east or west of the river, you can buy
the best of everything in dry goods
or the general grocery line, very
cheap. The American goods have to
be hauled from San Antonio, . a dis
tance of six hundred miles jhrongh
the " Comanche country." There Is
a military post, Fort Bliss; within a
couple of miles of town, on the east
or Texan banks of the Grande ; and
indeed all the Texan boundary line
down the Grande to the Gulf is one
string of garrisons atid forts, for the
special benefit of border ruffians be
tween Teid and New and Old Mex
ico'. Here the desperadoes, in days
goffe by, did more destruction than
even the delicious climate cordd tiire.
It is talked of as a fact that the grave
yard on the Grande," near this neigh
borhood, Kadn't a tenant,' for ten
years aft a time, that died a natural
death., Had whiskey and the bbwie'
knile killed half of em, and bad Wo
men finished what there wss left.
TsMtEg. A woriran should never,
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uuuer any circumstances, lose ner
temper. Might as" Well tell a March
wind not to blow on a March day, or
the fain not tb come in April. It
dcea them good to ' ex'plode" occa
sionally; A woman tb be good for
anything, mu3t have as much spice
and fparkle in her as a bottle of
champagne; and if the cork comes
out once in a while, with a bang, why
that don't depreciate the valtte of the
goods;
Jyever coax a woman for her
heart, if you haven't any induce
ments for the fair bob to make it an
object of exchange fike for like, you
are simply fn th'e, wrpng pewf and
bad better get bat with all possible
haste.
A il.AIL.ROAD LETTEIl.
Hon. B. d Pengra writes to Hon.
B. F. Simpson from Washington on
the 30th of December last, from
which we cjuotei
I hatfe about determined since
getting here, and after consultation
with those1 most interested, to modify
the programme so as" td leave it an
open question in reference to whether
we will pass through the mountains
by the Middle Fork bf the Willam
ette and by way of Sprague's river
and Goose Lake valleys to the Hum
boldt river, or keeb on to Jackson
county from the upper Willamette
valley, and thence across the Cascade
mountains by some eligible bass to
Sprague's rivet. 1 think best tb do
this, and leave that portion of the
line to be determined upon by future
engineering and ownership of stock,
for the following reasons:
It give6 better satisfaction,' and
arouses a higher degree of energy in
Congress from certain sources.
It must certainly satisfy the South
ern portion of our State that there is
no disposition to leave their local in
terests out of sight, but opens the
way for free competition; and no out
side injurious influence will have to
be met here from that source.
It gives, or opens an opportunity,
for a provision in the bill, permitting
and inviting any company which may
now have an existence in the State,
to join with it as branches; or, by
being merged into It, become one
with it ifi interests of location and
construction, the siirhe as though they
had never begun any Separate Organ
ization. It will by this nieans con
cantrate all our efforts mainly upon
one line, so that we will be the bet
ter able to sustain ourselves; and
avoid a possibility Of failure.
To do this we will have to get up
an entire new organization here.
ooking to the Legislature of our own
State and the State of Nevada for
their consent to its operation, which
trust will not be hard to obtain. In
doing this we shall retain all the
names of the first corporators, and
be able to add to them many others
of our State whose names would add
strength, and connect with ns promi
nent men in California', Nevada, and
e; all of which will be directlv
beneficial to sticcess. With thii ac
complished, we may soon be con
nected by railroad line froni Portland
through the better portions oft.the
State with the Central Pacific Rail
road; at the .north bend of the hum-
boldt at a distance but little increas
ed, from the point, of connection,
atiove the distance from there to San
Francisco. When that is finished,
and the great Northern road to the
Sound is near completion'; lis it soofi
will be, we can continue the route of
ours to connect with it in Washing
ton Territory. , By this means we
shall at once develop every interest
of our State.
I have frequently heard the view
expressed that the establishment of
such lines of trade would seriously
and detrirrientally interfere) with the
water navigation trade now going on
along ihe coast and inland waters.
These views do not harmonize with
experience; and. I may Bafely say are
not correct. What is desired by ul
timate connection with Puget Sound
is facility fcr. direct intercourse and
commerce with the world. I mean
by this, intercourse by heavy lines
of clipper ships and ocean steamers,
which we are utterly destitute of and
must have to fully develop our res
sources. The facilities' Of commerce
which we now enjoy, are only a river
and cbstst trade," which bear the same
relation tb the other that the arm
does to the body.1 When the great
Northern railroad is completed, it at
once shortens the line of travel and
commerce from New York to China
and all Asia several hundred miles.
It will cross the continent admist
ceuters of inland commerce, and fa
cilities bf agricultare,' mining and
manufacturing, second to none of its
great competitors. Soon it wlil be
come a scene of busy life from end
to end. Its travel and trade will
meet and mingle with that oh the
Pacific ocean at a point where harbor
facilities are Cnequa!led bn the Amer
ican continent These resources for
such great development of wealth and
the advaficcnient of civilization,
should be locrtfed with a clearness of
perception and judgment as is fully
adequate to the magnitude of the en
terprise. And as they will add
greatly to the wealth," resources, life
and1 grandeur bf the nation, it should
help them to the needed extent of ita
power to bring them into life. When
the entire subject i3j viewed: as m
whole, what mind fit to encage in
commercial pursuits will for a mo
ment dream that our present existing
lines of river and coast trade would
be injured 1 ( Rather let as inquire
how many fold greater demands there
will be upon therii. Give us a con
nection by railway from tha Hum
boldt thrdugh the length of Oregon,
traversing her great fertile regions,
on to the Sonnd, and the future will
take care of itself. In this she only
asks, of Congress what in justice is
due her. Neither of the great lead
ing arteries touch her borders; With
it she is at. once ahd forever connect
ed with all the surrounding advan
teges necessary to the development
of her Immense resources of agricul
tural, mineral, manufacturing; horti
cultural and timbered wealth, which,
as a whole,' is second to no State in
the Union. The national revenue
resulting from the development of
these resources would soon return
the interest on the credit we ask her
to give us. If she refuses, the refu
sal will be a terrible, staggering blow1
to Oregon. And if we return, de
feated, what hopes do, you, and all
others of deserved influence in our
State; hold out for her future I Are
we again to meet, face to face; upon
the Joollog, without room td pass,
and not daring to tarn back; or fehall
we tear it away, and build a structure
that will give tis lifej
A Petrified Womas. It is sel
dom in this section of the country
that a petrified body is found, after
lying in the earth for several years,
yet such was the case last week in
this city A woman, wife of a black
smith who formerly lived on Broad.
way; ahd who died seme seventeen
years ago, wag interred in cna of the
burial grounds on the hill. Last
week her friends went te'ere far the
purpose cf removing the body. 0:i
opening the grave, the coffin crum
bled to peices and the body lay there
as whole as when deposited. The
skin was black and covered with a
substance similar to moss', and pre
sented a moldy appearance. On feel
ing the body it was found to be quite
hard, and a further examination de
veloped the fact that it was petrified.
The black surface was scraped off
the skin, when the latter presented a
beautiful white appearance like that
ot ctit marble. This is a truly re
markable circumstance and elicits
the Wonder of all who have Heard of
it. Our informant soys that a coffiu
in which a child of his was inclosed,
and which had been in the earth
twenty years, appeared as well as
the clay it wns placed in the ground.
-Albany Knickerbocker.
TilE Oldest Helic Of Humanity.
The oldest remnant of humanity
extant is the, skeleton cf one of the
earlier Pharohs, encased in its origi
nal bnrial robes, and wonderfully
perfect considering its age, which
was deposited 18 or 20 months ago
in the British museum; arid is justly
considered the most valuable of its
archaeological treasures. The lid of
the coffin which contained the royal
mummy, was inscribed with the name
of its occupant, Pharaoh Mykerimus,
who succeeded, the heir of the builder
of the great Pyramid about twenty,
two, centuries betore Christ. Only
think ol it the monarch whose
crumbling bones and leathery integ
uments are now exciting wonder of
numerous gazers in London, reigned
in Egypt before Abraham was born,
and only about two centuries or so
after Miz'raim,' the grandson of old
father Noah; and the first of the Pha
raohs bad been gathered to his faths
era.
. Cohing Down to Fine Tinsbs.
A writer who visited the factory Of
the American Watch Co.; describes
the machinery emyloyed in making
the line parts ot the watcn. ineir
nice minuteness fs incredible. It is
the crowning miracle of modern mech
anism,' The little scales in our na
tional rfiints will weigh 1-5,000 parts
of an ounce of gold ;' bnt these au
tomaton watch makers are greater
marvels. Here are instruments cut
ting thread invisible to the naked eye,
into screws, of which 300,000 weigh
only a pound! Here are exquisite
sapphire knives cutting metal lie shav
ing of which, 5,000 are required to
make one inch in thickness I . Here
are microscopic diamond drills, bor
ing into jewels, holes like a needle
point! Here are inventions for
measuring as wtjl machines which
determine the 1-10,000 part of an
inch, in pivot or jewel hole as easily
and a3 unerringly as the carpenter's
role measures one foot on a stick of
timber.
Safe. The young" lady who burs?
Into tears has been pat together
again, and is now weariBg- hoops to
prevent the recurrence 01 the acci
dent.
Otiose who suppori Riflnarn
contend, very plausibly, says the New
York Commercial Advertiser, that
all they desire b church
to have their rites.
triatters 13
Professor Blot advises butch',
ers to cut the meat more carefully,'
and thinks the marketing should be
done by the. feminine head bf the
family.
Absurd. Adam Smith says i
" The most absurd of all supposisions
is the supposition that every succe&I
sive generation of men has notm
equal right to the earth agd to all that
it possesses." w r
, 4 ttm (7)
, Couldn't Stand ths Sermon. -In
the " Life of Wilber force," is the
following entry in his diary: " Went
to hear Foster. Felt much devotion,"
and wondered ai a man who fell
asleep during the psalms. During
the sermon went tp sleep myself"
a 'Tl 7
A PiTr. An honest ame in the
town of Rome, standing besides the
corpse bf her deceased husband, be
wailing in piteous tones his untimely
departure; observed: " It's a pity he's
dead,, for Jiis teeth are as good aa
ever they were."
Popping the Question- AH la
dies know, by instinct, how the qnes
tion of questions should3 be asked '
so asked as to male it tell. But
very few inen know how to ask it
gracefully! Love-stricken youths of.
ten act sorrily on occasions of this
kind in fact; like the meresfSliib
bers; and the worst of it is, that those
of them who would make the best
husbands often spoil their chances by
floundering ridiculorisly at the criti
cal momehtl For this reason, saucy;
... i-ffj -.
world hardened fellows, who never
stammeri blush.br falter, not unfre
qently carry off the prize from' un
sophisticated excellence, the lady not;
discovering until too late that she
has mistaken brass for gold. Under
these circumstances, why will not
some gentle creature of a " certain
age," who; has nothing more to hope
or fear from man, undertake to
.1. . . - . ..r
teach the y oil tig idea how to shoot
dexterously at the matrimonial tar
get? It would be a profitable bust!
ness', pecuniarily, beyond a doubt;
. jail " .1 . mi '
ana men as pnuaninropic. 1 oere are
multitudes of young men who would
give much to be able to do the thing
witn eccac, and it certainly might be,
taught in less than six easy lessons."
UtflbN COUNTY CONVENTION;
' i ' ii 1 ,
The Union voters of Clackamas County
are requested to meet in the several. Pre
cincts to choose Delegates to' a Union
County Convention, to be hSlif 6ri O
Saturday the 7lh day of March
L n. 18GS, at the hour of 12 o'clock, A. ill
,1 t t
at the Court House in Oregon City, to
... ; . . i .1,.. -: ' '!
nominate Delegates to the State Conven
tion.CandiJatei fcr the Legislature, and
County Offices for said County, and to
transact snctr other business as may be
properly "brought before the Ccn-entiori;
It 13 rcectfully recofrnnericled that the
several Precinct m'eetings be ticici a'the
places' of voting in each Precinct, 6a
Saturday the 2th day of February
at i o'clock, P. M.
The several Precincts; are h titled to the
following number cf delegates to the Coun
ty Convention.
Oregon City ...;.....'.'. .': 17
ElilwafeV'v, .' .
Roch Creek. ........ . .' 3
T'OiirEgs..,
Spring-Water. ......
Beaver-Creek .......
Upper Jlolalla
Harding's.
Marquam's , ,
Lower Molalla
Union t
.. 2
.. 2
.. S
.. 2'0
.. 2'
..3
.. ?
.. a'
.. 2- "
.. 4
.. e
... l
'
Pleasant If ill
Tualatin
Oswego
CaDemab ;
Cascades
ARTHUR WARJfER,
Chairman County Committee.
Ane Dasis or represenTaition to the
State U nion Convention Was fixed bo as to
crflfor rtna tilArrAta f,n nirri. nnn 1..... J
Lmon votes cast at the last general elec
tion, and one delegate for every fraction-'
greater than fifty-the following being-the"
apportionment t
Delegate.
Baker county. .... .3
Benton . .5
Clackamas". . ....... 7'
Clatsop V
Peltyitef.
lintl county -.-. .lcr
Jfarion . ..14
Mnrrnorfaov. .... .12"
Poifch.
Tillamefok:. ...
tfmatiltarT
Union
"Washing!. .
Wasco........
Yamhill, q. .-.
6
1
8
ar
5
Coos -. ' . . :.l
Columbia! : 1
Douglass' 6
Grant 6
Jackson ...........6'
Josephine. ........ .2
Lane.l 6
Total 108
The Contention will be held at Salem, on'
,the 24th, instead of at Portias
C0TJHT?SY OF BANCROFT T.T&papy