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gg UXLUJJI . ... LU. City 1111 f PI li It .v TOI """ ' ' ' - ' ui-urn Sljc lUcckln Enterprise. PCB. pHED ETEDT SATURDAY MORNING By D. C IRELAND, J.irc-lrr--!outh east corner of FiFTiiand ' S street in the building lately known JIaI.n sirct-i . nrpirnn f itv. Oreyon. as the Court uuo, , Terms of Subscription. opr. one year in advance. . . u U delayed Terms of Advertising. .$3 00 4 00 Transient advertisements, per square l- linesor less) tirst insertion . . o0 F,,reach subsequent insertion I 00 Lsiness Cards one square per unnum payable quarterly 12 00 One column per annum 12'J 00 One half column W00 One quarter". " 40' Leal advertising at the established rates. PROFESSIONAL CARDS L add & Tilt on, qBANKERS, Portland, Oregon. Will give prompt attention to collections, and other business appertaining to Bunking. Sight and Telegraphic Exchunge On ban Francisco and the Atlantic States for s;ile. sold. Government secunues uougiit tuui xi.tf L . C. Fuller, BUOKEll, Pays the Highest Price for Gold Dust Lecrl Tenders and flovernment securities bought and sold. No. Front st., n (' Portland, Oregon. . . Dr. F. Barclay, EI. H. C. L. (Formerly Surgeon to the Hon. II. B. Co.) OFFICE: J t I2e-Urw, Main Street (-- Oregon City. Dr. CHAELES ELACH, Tkyncian, Surgeon and Accoucheur. OFFICn Corner of Washington and Front streets, arrish's Block, Portland, Oregon. IlF.Sll!'NTE Washington street, between Fourth and Filth .streets. j -J2.lv DKNTfST. Permdnen'Jy Locate I at Oregon City, Oregon. Rooms wi$h Dr. Saffarans, on Main street. w. c. jouxsox. r. o. m cowv. dSota.ry J'tldlc. JOHNSON h IVIcCGWN, ; oui:;ox citv, oregok. Will attend to all business entrusted f ' our cajy in any of the Courts of the State, ,i e.nUvt inonev, negotiate loans, sell real es- t t , i t c. ' 1'articular attention given to contested ..3 I imJ eases. t .y 1 " a e 'oki'llTn, ISGL9 Oregon Cily. Oicjjoij. Office in Charman's Brick Block, up Stairs. (..": tf) J. B. U P T 0 21 , Attokxf.y and Couxselok-at-Law, Oregon Ci.'y, Oregon. l-if Oilice over the store of Pope it Co., Maiii street. I-Ul.tf D. III. EXcXSNNEY, Attorney and Counsellor at Laic rihL ATTEND PROMPTLY TO ALL 0t business entrusted to his care, Or FiCE One door north of eil & Parker's lru.' store, Oregon City, U,regon. ly ojAMESMriboa E, Justice of the Peace cC" City Recorder. O.lice In the Court House and Citv Council Room, Oregon City. Will attend to the acknowledgment of dee Is, and ail other duties appertaining to tjei:!ice of Justice of the Peace. L::ly A. It. BKLL. E. A. PA UK Eil, BELL & PARK SR. DBUGG18TS, AND DEALERS IV Chemicals, Patent Medicines, Paints, Perfumer g, Oils, Varnishes, Andverv article kept in a Drug Store. .) u Main- Street, Oregon Citv. II 3. U. MITCHELL. J. N. DULPH. A. SMITH. Mitchell, Eolpk & Smith, Attorneys and Counsellors at Laic, Solicit -irs in Chancery, and Proc tors in Admiralty. tV; 0ir.ee o-er the old Post' Office, Front Street, Portland. Oregon. A. C. GIBBS. X"try Puldic and Cm. i-f Lked. GIBBS & PAER1S1I, " Attorneys and Counselors at I -Lav PORTLAND, OREGON'. NS -r's C. w. r Mill KIT. o. p. masoij; Attornev and Counselor at Law, 102 Front St., Portland, Ore: ;on. VtriU, ATTEND TO BUSINESS IN ANY T . V " V'e u' or Wa '". inciudi AJausruiit Law. business under the o7:lv 11 lift on DALY & STEVENS. CrEXMiAZ AGEXTS '"Ce-Re W ? So- 104 Front street Vi W,tIittcS,SCIAI' TENTION ceounK bi!U an 1 n !ldJ"stment of account of bi d and leasing ,r, . - ,U('ue reutin aenrv tm . to tne ?. and to the geu- WAKD S. PTEVKXS. Xt.ir PuUic. teFerry?F0Sj' And Manhattan Li for on Common al Lslate and 3:lj BUSINESS CARDS. William Ercughtoii, CONTRA CTOR and BUILDER, Main street, Oregon City. ' Will attend to all work in his line, con sisting iu partcf Carpenter and Joiner work framing, building, etc Jobbing promptly attended to. (t"2 JOHN H. S CHE AM, Manufacturer and Dealer in SADDLES, HARNESS, Main street, between Third and Fourth, Oregon Ciig. TI1E attention of parties desiring anything in my line, is directed to my stock, be fore making purchases elsewhere. (ly) JOHN II. SCHItAM. CLARK GREEUHAN, City Drayman, SS& OREGON CITY. All orders for the delivery of merchandise, or packages and freight ot whateve" descrip- uon, io any pari oi me city, will De executed promptly ana with care. lf.6in W. F. HIGHFIELD, Established since 1S40. at the old stand, Main Street, Oregon Citv. An assortment ot Watches, Jew elry, and Seth Thomas' wfitrht Chicks, all of which are warranted to be as represented. hepninntfs done on short notice. $jand tnankful for past favors. (7 I. GEALOX. CUAt'NCY BALL. GRAD0N a Co., I AXl'F ACTUItEHS OF Wagons &, Carriages, 201 and 2uG Front St., Fortland, Oregon. (fCj IVagnns of every rleficrijjlion made to order. General Jabbing done loith heattexs and dispatch. Ordo s from the count' y promptly atiindi d to. DAVID SMITH, fes io SJJIT11 MARSHALL, Black Smith and IVoynn J faker, Corner of Main and Third streets, Oregon City Oregon. Blacksmi'hing in all its branches. Wagon making and repairing. All work warranted to give satisfaction. (S'J Removed ! Removed ! The (ild and well known P. MO.XXASTKS, Prrprkfcr, PORTLAND OREGON, HAS NOT DISCONTINUED WORK! but has been removed to Second stroet, between Alder and Morrison streets, where business will be conducted on as large a scale as in years mist. '':lv I. S. R0SSIVBAUM & Co., No. -15 .Front st., Portland Oreiion. WHOLESALE DEALERS IS Tobacco, Cigars, Snuff, Stationery, Yankee Notions, and Toys. Orders promptly attended to. i. C. MANX. TIIOS. LEAEV. Fashion Billiard Saloon Main street, beuveen Second and Third, Oregon Ctly. MANN & LEAB.Y Propiietors. flHK above long established and popular 1 Saloon is yet a favorite resort, and as only the choicest brands of Wines, Liquors and Ciirars are dispensed to customers a share of the public patronage is solicited. N. U. Families supplied with the choicest Liquors, English Ale and Porter, in bottles, ou the most reasonable terms. S II ADES SALOON. West Side Main Street, letir.-ei Second and Third, Ore gun City. GEORGE A. HAAS Proprietor. The proprietor begs leave to inform his friends and the public generally that the above named popular saloon is open for their accommodation, with a new and well assort ed supply of the tiuest brands of wines, liquors and cigars. 52 ISAAC FA Kit. JOHN FAUR. FARR & BROTHER, ditchers and Meat Venders. Thankful for the favors of the community in the past, w ish to say that they will con tinue to deliver to their patrons, from the wagon, as usual, On Tuesdays cud Saturdays rf tacit rcccl ail the best qualities of Beet, Mutton, and Pork, or any other class of meats in the "laiket. t:tf Ssaipciil Mills, "oilEGOX CITV. KEEP CONSTANTLY OX HAND FOR SALE : BRA N A ND CHICKEN FEED ! :gr Parties wanting feed must furnish their sacks. 3'J.t.' A. J. MOXitOE. A. K. M ELLEN. MONROE a MELLEN, Dealers in California. Vermont, and Italian Marbles, Obelisks, Monu ments, Head and Fool, stones, Salem Oregon. Mantles and Furniture Marble furnished to order. I ;J'2-tf RANCH FOR SALE. SITUATED BETWEEN THE CLACK amas and the OSE30N CITY FLAT ! In the vicinity of the place of T. J. Ounsaker. T" Will be sold cheap for cash. Apply to LEVY & FECHIIEIMER, ;9.tr Main street, Oregon City. WM. CORTUTT, Sau Francisco. D. MACI.EAY, Portland. Corbitt & Maclcay, Importers & Wholesale Grocers, 74 FKONT STREET, Portland Oregon. GOODS SOLD FOR CASH AT A SMALL advance upon SAX FKASCiSCO JOBBIXG PRICES ! C & M. "Would thank merchants visiting the city to price their stock before purchasing. 14.1y V. s si vouit MISSION. If you cannot on the ocean Sail among the swiftest fleet, Hocking on highest billows, Laughing at the storms you meet, Yon can stand among the sailors Anchored yet within the bay, You can lend a hand to help them As they launch their boats away. If yon are too weak to journey Up the mountains steep and high, You can stand within the valley While the multitude go by ; You can chant in happy measure As they slowly pass along Though they may forget the singer, They will not forget the song. If you have not gold or silver Ever ready to command, If you cannot toward the needy Reach an ever open hand, You cm visit the afflicted, O'er the erring you can weep, You can be a true disciple, Sitting at the Savior's feet. - If you cannot in the conflict Prove yourself a soldier true, If where smoke and fire are thickest There's no work for you to do, When the baltle field is silent, You can go with silent tread. You can bear away the wounded, You can cover up the dead. Do not, then, stand idly waiting For some greater work to do Fortune is a lazy goddess, She will never come to you ; Go and toil in any vineyard, Do not fear to do or care ; If you want a field of labor, You can find it anywhere. Appointments for tlie Campaign. Hon. DAVID LOGAN, and Hon. JOSEPH S. SMITH, the Union and Democratic can didates for Congress, will address the peo; le as follows. Speaking to commence each day at 1 o'clock r. r.: Jacksonville, Monday, April 2oth. Kerbyville, Wednesday, April 22d. Canyonville, Friday, April tMih. Hariisbur-r, l'uesd iv, April 2-Sth. Brownsville, Wednesday, April 2'Jth. Scio. Friday, May 1st. Silverton, Saturday, May 2d. Dallas, Mondav, May- 4th. Me.Miiinville, Tuesday, May ,"th. Ilillsboro Wednesday, May 6th. Reing sectkity for a fkIesd. I am the last man lo say, don't help your friend,'' if you honorably enn. If we have money, we rmnnge ii ill when we cannot help a ftienj at a pinch. But the plain fact i.s this, Pythias wants money. Can yon givt it, at whatever stint, to yourself, in justice to others'? If you can, and you value Pythias more than the money, give him the money, and there is an tnd t r it; but if you cannot give the inor.fv, don't sigh the bill. Do not become what in truth yo;i do become a knave and a liar if you guaran tee to do what you know you cannot do should the guarntee be enacted. lie is generous who gives, but he who lends raav be generous also; bui only on one condition, that he can tif ford to give what he can afford to lend; of the two, therefore, it is safer, friendlier, and cheaper, in the long run, to give than to lend. Give, and you may keep your friend if you lose your money; lend, and the chances are that you lose your friend, if ever you get back the money. Put if you do lend, let it be with the foil confidence that the loan is a gift, and count it a mong the rarpst favors of providence ifyou ever be repaid. Lend to Pyth ias on the understanding, "This is a loan, if you can ever repay mr I shall, however, make this provision against the chance of a quarrel be tween us, that if you cannot pay me, it stands as a gift." And when yon lend leu it be money, and not your name. Money you may get again, and, if not, you may contrive to do without it; name once lost, you can not get again, and if you can contrive to do without it, you had better never be born. Proposed Abolition of the Pres idency. The following is an extract from a novel memorial presented in the Senate February 17th by Sena tor Sumner, from citizens of riox" bury and Boston, Mass., asking for the abolition of the Presidency: The Presidency is a copy of royal tv. It is an essential unrepnblican institution; for it exalts an individual in a ruling power over all the ret of the population. It is a constantly menaeinsr, growing cause of danger to the Republic, whose eventnd ruin it must inevitably rceasior. If it dre not cause such ruin by direct violent subversion, it must effect the same throu"h corruption. Ju the opinion of the petitioners, the earliest possi ble abolishment of the Presidency i imperatively necessary l secure t'e ,1- .1 1 .( :,r. i;knr1i,I! Uepuniic it om me iss oi i i'"-""-1 through the ascendancy of the execu tive power. To avoid these dangers tbey sngest that Congress pre pose an amendment to the Constitution abolishing the Presidency and transs ferrinpr the executive functions to an Admin'str itive Commission or Congressional Ministry, to be chosen by Corgresa from their own body. OREGON CITY, OHEGON, National Manuracnt to Linroln. The State of New York has appro priated the sum of $10,000 to this monument fund, to be paid to the Treasurer of the Association, when evidence shall be furnished the Comp troller that the additional sum of $2411.000 has been contributed to the fund to be raised fur such purposes, and that the amount secured will be sufficient to build such monument: Twenty-four States will be required to raise the amou.if, according to this programme. The Washington Chron icle contains the following in relation to it: Clark Mills, the sculptor, has fur rushed the design of a Lincoln mor. uinent, to be erected in this city, at a cost of two or three hundred tr.o isand dollars. Circulars have been sent to parties throughout the country, fi om whom subscriptions were expected, and encouraging replies have been re ceived. This n.onument is designed to commemorate the signing of the Declaration of Emancipation. It is proposed that the pedestal be of granite, and the figures bronze. The whole structure to be sixty feet, sur mounted by thirty-five coilossal fig ures. Its construction triarguiar, the base of which sdmits threij gioups, presenting slavery. The lirst (to the r'ght) presents slavery in its most ab ject state, ns when Lroijoiit to tins eountry. Here we behold the nude, timid slave, deprived of all nhich tends to elate the heart with any spirit orpride or independence, galled by the yoke of slavery. Tl e second rep resents a less a'. ject stag l"li- i i r .1 l -l slave neie i-' raruy tiau, more en lightened, ar;d hence, realizing his bondage, s-artles with a love of free- dom. ine Hunt loeninai is i tie ran- omed slave, redeemed from bondage by the flood of liberty, who, having truck ell his shackles, holds them triumphantly aluft. The slave is pic tured gratefully bowing at her feet. I 'tween these groups are three lias relit is. I tie nrst reprtseruinj; tne or intron Fort Sumpter. The other two present the Senate and House amend ing the Constitution. The second tory, first .r np, represents the mem hers of the Cabinet in council, as otigh m consultation. ILitei is here pictured desponding; while beward points toward iurone. as 1 though explaining th importance o! he net. I he second group, the priu cipal lenders ' the Knmr cipatinn cause. I he third, the fdlof Iliih- tnond and Surrender of L 'e. Tii crowning tigure is the i resident iti file net of signing the Proclamation. t his feet are Liberty and Justicf; while behind sits Time, watching the hour glass, missioned, as it were, from Heaven. At the b ie of the' steps leading from the center structure aiv represented the leading coti.mander.- of the aniiv and navy. Tne Last Fco itive Slave Case. In November 1S3, the 22 J Wiscon sin regiment was encamped near Lex ington, Kentucky, where in a severe snow storm, one night, a small negro boy was brought to Colonel UtleyV tent, barefoot and with not clothino -nough, Colonel U. said " to wad a gun. borne days alter, the Colonel was waited upon by a portly old gent, who came in an elegant carriage and announced himself as Judge Robert son of the Kentucky Supreme Court. lie produced an order from General Colburn, commanding the brigade. permitting him to enter the lines and get a boy that he claimed. Colonel U. told him he did not allow negro hunters to ransack his camp; but if the boy was there, and voluntarily chose to go with the Judge, there would be no interference. The boy refused to go, asserting that he had been whip-, ped, and starved, and overwoiked, and then hired to an Irishman, who found him too small for his work. but swore to whip it out of him. Finally, he ran away into the woods, and lived on black walnuts until the snow came, when he sought protection among the soldiers. The Judge de elared he lied; but he told so straight a story that all who heard the con versation believed the boy. Colonel Utley finally told the J udge: 'T don't think you can get the boy. Ifyou think you can, there he is try it. I shall have nothing to do with it." There were a good many of the Twen ty-seeond boys standing about, and the Judge concluded not to try it The Judge was as good as his word, and has obtained a judgement against the Union officer in a Kentucky court, with vindictive damages assessed by a Kentucky jury, and now proposes to enforce the judgement in Wiscon sin. The Wisconsin people do not mean to let it be collected. A Little boy in Lowell was asked hnw inanv mills make a cent. "Ten, sir " was the prompt reply. Imme diatelv a bright-faced little girl held np her hand in token of dissent. " Well, mis3, whathava you to Fay?" " Please, sir, ten mills don't make a cent. Ta says all the mills iu town don't make a cent." SATURDAY, AFHII SOTES OX SCIEXCE. ELECTRICITY IX VACCCM. A new apparatus has been brought out in Paris by MM. Alvergniaf for demonstrating the fact that electricity will not pass through a perfect vac cum. The lube which serves for experiment contains two platinum wires, the free ends of w hich are sep arated by the space of about one eighth of an inch. A nearly abso late vaccura is first created by means of a mercuriid pnematic machine; then, after n half hour's action, the tube is heated to dull redness, and the exhausting porcess continued un til a point is reached when, in spite of, the slight distance between the platiua points, the electric spark ceases to pass. Thi3 experiment, which is but a confirmation of the observation first made by Gass'ot, bears in an important manner on the phenomena of the Aurora Borealis, proving that that electrical display can on'y take place within the limits of our atmosphere, and conversely that the atmosphere, although iu an extremely attenuated state, extends to an immense height. CACSE OF DEATH FROM SNAKE BITES. Prof. Ilalford of Melbourne Uni versity, investigating this subject, found the blood or the victim in all cases daik, very (laid, without any tendency to coagulation on exposure, and containing a large number of foreign cells, which, under the micro scope, were seen to contain nuclei, lie concluded that when the person is bitten, molecules of living germinal matter are thrown off, which speedily grown into cells and multiply with astonishing rapidity. This sudden increase takes place at the expense of the oxygen absorbed into the blood at each respiration; hence the gradual decrease and ultimate extinction of combustion and chemical change in the body, followed by coldness, drows:nes, insensibility, slow breath ing, and finally death. Prof. Ilalford claims to notice a strong comparison between the tll'icts resulting from -nake bites and cholera, and con siders the above explanation a prob b!e duo to the stu.lv of zvmotie diseases. POISONOl'S VISITING CARDS. The sale or manufacture in the citv of Munich of the much admired ryslafized or "mother f pearl"' visiting cards has been forbidden by aw. For a short time subsequent to i heir introduction into that city, these cards had great popularity, the lemand fir exceeding the supply, but falling under the notice of the medi cal director of the smitary depart tnent of Munch, he caused an investi. jation to be made concerning the omposition of the crystallized sur face, and consequent upon tne report if Professor Wittstein, to whom the . -i.t examination was committed, tne tabooing order was issued. The crystallizing material, the professor found on applying the necessary tests, is a soluble salt of lead, a poison the more dangerous, especially to childetr, from its pleasant sweet taste. CAREOLATE OF IODINE. The external use of iodine and its preparations, remedies whose ther apeutic cfneaey in certain cases can not be questioned has hitherto been exceedingly limited, indeed almost abandoned, on account of its leaving stain marks on the linen and on the kin. A very simple means of get ting rid of this drawback has lately been discovered by Dr. Percy Boul ton, which will be welcomed by all the medical profession. The remedy consists in adding to the iodine solu tioi a few drops of phenic or car bonic acid. The effect of this addi tion is not or. ly to render the solu tion perfectly colorless, so that it m y be employed with impunity, but the compound is rendered in trinsically a more efficacious agent than iodine alone. In sore throat, abscess in the ear, etc., th's prepara tion is said to be a sovereign remedy, causing all local sensibility to disap pear, and curing the patient much sooner than if either of the agents were employed separately. A NEW REAGENT. A new and highly sensitive chemi cal test for acids and alkalies his been prepared by Professor Dottger from the leaves of an ornamental plant, Colens Verschaffeit so called in honor of the Dutch horticulturist, Verscnaffclc The fully developed leaves are digested in alcohol, nnd slips of Swedish filter-paper soaked in the decoction take a beautiful red dish tint, which becomes green un der the ii.fluer.ee of an alkali or alka line earth. As this reagent is not affected by free carbonic acid, it may 18, 8S. be used in detecting carbonate of lime in water. If'a strip of this pa per moistened with water is held over a burner from which gas is issu ing, the greenish tinge appears, in consequence of the ammonia from which, perhaps, no gas is entirely free. i .ii I. . Tie Value of a Scrapuook. Every one who takes a newspaper which he in the least degree appre ciates, will often regret to see anv one number thrown aside for waste paper which contains some interest ing and important articles. A good way to preserve these is by the use of a scrap-book. One who has never been accustomed thus to preserve short articles, can hardly estimate the pleasure it affords to sit down and turn over the pleasant, familiar pages. Here a choice piece of poetry meets the eye, which you remember you were so glad to see in the paper, but which you would long since have lost had it not been for your scrap--book. There is a witty anecdote, it does you good to laugh over it, though for the twentieth time. Next is a valuable receipe you had almost forgotten, and you found just in time to save you much perplexity. There is a sweet little story, the memory of which has cheered and encouraged you many a time, when almost ready to despair under the pressure of life's cares and trials. Indeed, you can hardly take up a single paper without re-perusing it. Just glance over the sheet before you, and see how many items it contains that would be of service to you a hundred times in life. A choice thought is far more precious than a bit of glittering gold. Hoard with care the precious gems, and see at the end of the year what a rich treasure vou have accumulated. Marriages in Great Britain. The press has been furnished by the Registrar-General of Great Britain with fresh material for attacks upon the "disuse of marriage'' in the up per classes of that nation. Amonr the lower orders marriage at a pretty early age is the rule, while t lie un manned ones belong disproportion ately to the higher and the upper middle ranks. Of the women above the age of twenty in England and Wales, between 300, 000 and 400,001) must remain single, on account cf the actual excess of females over males. The number who are single is 1,537,000, nearly al between twenty and forty years of age. Fifty-eight per cent, cf Eng lish vomen are married, three per cent, are widows, and thirty nine per cttit. are spinsters two out of every five. These and other facts are col lected by a writer in a leading British Review, to show a sad state of things among the young, increase of luxury and self-indulgence among the men, and of extravagance and ' fastness'' imong the maidens, and he predicts grave consequences failing health and temper, idle lives, morbid cx travagance in pleasure seeking, de terioration of manners and social mor al, and many other evils significant of decay in a community. " I see," said a young lady, " that some printers advertise blank declarations for sale; I wi-h I could get one." " Why!'' asked the moth er. " Because, ma, Mr. G is too modest to ask me to marry him; and perhaps if I could fid a blank declaration with the question, he wou'd sign it." In full leaf. The early sycamore trees, Feb. 29th, says the Santa Cruz Sentinel, are almost in full foliage, havitv leaves larger than a man's hand. The almond trees are past bloom, and peaches are preparing to shoot, while the swelling bnds of the apple and pear indicate any ear ly Spring and an abundance of fruit. Now is the time to set out fruit and ornamental trees, vinesand shr ubbery There is in Yicksburg a veteran printer, eighty three years of age.who has worked at the "case" seventy years, without losing a day on ac count of sickness. lie is hale and hearty, and able to perform the duties cf his occupation. - Of the one hundred and fifty thousand teachers in the United States, over one hundred thousand are females. Wm. II. Rhodes, a literary and scientific gentleman, who writes un der the nan de plume of " Caxton," has a communication in a l ite issue of the San Francisco Times, in which he predicts in California a wet, cold spring; a summer scorched by siroc cos; a harvest blighted in the low l uids by smut, and burnt up by north winds od thg bills. CHEGO.V. The republican State Convention of Oregon has put in nomination the most popular man in the State, says the Olyrnpia Transcript lion. David Logan. Whenever there is a hard figiit in store no man is cqunl to Dave Logan. When the champions of the " tiin?shonored principles are in the flu id or on the stump, all ejes ore turned to Dave Logan to save lliem fiorn the serpents as were the eyes of the Israelites' turned to their leader to save them, from the ser pents of Egypt. Dave Logan was an Old Line Whig, assisted in forming the republican party in Oregon, accepted the repub lican nomination against Lansing Stout in 1S59, when defeat was cer tain when the democrats had 2,000 majority in the Slate; yet Dave made so effective a canvas that he reduced the majority to less than 000. It was the first canvas Oregon had ever known. Logan was again nominated in 18G0, in opposition to Geo. K. She'd, and made another live canvas, and although Sheil received the cer tificate of election, and filled the seat, yet Logan was fairly elected but did not contest the election, as some of his friends wished him to. Since that time Dave has attended to Ids legal profession, assisting in all political contests. There is no man in Ore gon who so richly deserves promo tion by the people as Dave Logan As a stump speaker he has no supe rior on the Pacific coast. As a con stitntional lawyer he will rank with the ablest. Asa man of sterling in tegrity D ive Logan stands irreproach able. No party dare impeach his word politically or privately. One great reason why Dave is so effective on the stump is because he is fair, square, and honest, and more, he nev er fails to detect his oppouents. as lie will on the present occasion, in their little mean attempts at trickery and fraud. He will make the atmosphere warm avound the ears of the preacher of " carving fork" notoriety, ere he has traveled the extent of the State. With Dave Logan in the House, and Geo. H. Williams in the Senate, Ore gon, according to population will be the most ably represented State in the Union. The old hard shell rebels of Oregon thought they were making a grand flank movement on the Metho dist church by nominating the only disloyal preacher in that organization. It is but too evident that Joe Smith (that name always reminds us t;f the great Mormon leader,) has been clinging to the loyal Methodists for a number of years in the hope that by their aid, in connection with the secession element he might get to Congress. In this he will be disap pointed. The Methodists are a loyal out-spoken, bold people on politics. Whatever their opponents may say of their religious tenets, none can de ny that they have always been on the side of their country, on the side of liberty, and on the side of human ity. But for Ids forlorn hope, Joe Smith would long since have been with the Southern wing of the Meth odist church, where he belongs. Capt. Biughman, late of the Alert, has retired from the wheel, and proposes, before It ng, to steer for the States where his father re sides. The Captain has long been in the employ of th - P. T. Cr ., and he retires with an enviable reputa tion both as an officer and a g?ntle man. Capt. Geo. A. Pease, one of the pioneer steamboat men of the upper Willamette, takes the com mand of the Alert, says the Cregoni- an. The Portland Philharmonic So ciety relieved a vast amount of dis tress at Portland during the last wins tcr. This organization is one of the very be;t in the world. The mem bers are all christian people, who be lieve iu eloing all the good they can. We cheer them ! The people east of the moans tains seem to posess considerable railroad fervor. A railroad from the Columbia river to Walla Walla will soon be in process of construc tion. The Oregon and California Stag es are now making time between Portland and Sacramento. The aver age will be six ar.d a half days this Summer. Oregon produces the finest wool on the coast. Buyers are alreadv looking out for the Spring clip. The wire for a telegraph to Dulles City reached Portland on Sun day. The Oregon Alaska prospectors will leave Port Townsend iu a schoon er fitted for the cruise. No. 26. THE ClXtCUS People wonder why it is that when the horse and rider are sweeping round the ring at full spped, and in clining at an angle which seems to threaten to send them both flving into the sawdust, the h rse doesn't fall inlo the ring altogether, and the man tumble when he is jumping on the horse's back. We shall try to tx plain the mystery. No doubt many, even of younger readers, know that there are two mechanical forces the centrifugal and the centripetal; the first being a tendency to fly from tha centre, the second a tendency to seek it. A horse galloping round the ring is forced to incline inward, and the greater its speed the greater must be the inclination, but whatever the Iat' ter may be, the horse could not main tain it for a moment if at rest. Were it to be brought to a sndden stand still it would at once fall inward. If it tried to gallop round the ring and to keep upright at the same time, its impetus would drive it outside the circle. But it is uphejd by an antag nism of the two forces, although when it is going round it is inclined many degrees beyond the centre of gravity. As concerns the man, no matter how high he may leap, he is sure to come down upon the animal's back, for the motion of the horse is communicated to the rider. If any of our readers have thought of starting an amateur circus, and want to teach a horse the common trick of picking up a handkerchief, let them proceed as follows: Spread eon the sawdust a white cloth containing a liberal supply of oats, lead the animal round the ring, and let h'rm take some of tK$ oats. This is lesson No. 1, its object being to fix in the horse's minda connec tion between the cloth and the oats. The march round the circle being once or twice repeated, he stops at the handkerchief as a matter of course. By dint of practice, ay in a couple of weeks, he will learn to stop as readily in a trot or gallop as in a walk. After a time, the handker chief must be doubled over and tied in a knot; the animal shakes it to get at the grain, but, not succeeding, lifts it from the ground, which is jut the thing wanted. When the horse has done this a few times, and Elds that though he can shake nothing out, he will receive a handful of oats as a reward, he may be trusted to per form in public. The hist step of all, the pursnad ing the horse to carry the handker chief to his owner, is easily done. Of his own accord he will hold the c'oh till it is taken from his month, nnd there will be little djjfieulty in coaxing him to walk a few pajs when he knows that he will get a handful of oats, or a carrot, for his obedience. If the animal be mettles some and high spirited a different course must be followed at starting. A smart hour's gallop round the ring twice a day, and an occasional short allowance of oats will soon bring to his senses. To teach a horse to fire a pistol, let the fire-arm be fixed to a post, and a piece of white cloth being attached to the trigger, the animal will seize it in his mouth and pull it, with the hope of a reward from his master. A horse may be taught to dance thus: Fasten the animal with two side reins between the posts sup porting the leaping-bar. Take a long whip and, as the music p'ays, gently touch him with it, using the jik,j k" ol the groom as you goon. The horse being tied to the posts can move neither backward nor foward, but will be induced to lift, Ids legs, and thereby gains the rudimentary movement of hi3 lesson. After a while the teacher must mount on his back, the horse being fastened by the side-reins. Just when he is to raise his leg, a gentle pull must be given to the rein at the proper side, to help the movement. In the course of time the reins must be loosened, and the horse, if tolerably ready, will soon learn to mark time, quick r slow, in answer merely to a slight jerk of the br idle. The rider must then dismount, aid coming before the horse, teach him to dance or keep time with a wave of hand, or by a pat on the foot which he is wanted to lift. A Remark " Applied." Daniel Webster in a discussion on the influ ence of the Press, spoke as follows: "Every parent whose son is away from home at school, shored supply him with a newspaper. I well re member what a marked difference there was between those of my schoolmates who had and tho-e who had not access to newspapers The first were always superior to th last in debate, oomposiuoa and general intelligence."