V 1 ' . s r i Ti ni O 1 UJJ O ' j,--,. Ci"" 'yr'--'' "" ' Hjaa!MMasMMsMss.MWss " 1 1- - " w-ZZT, :HfVr, : 4 City n v -O O O I O o ljc iUccliln (enterprise. PIBLISHSD ETEKT S4TCT.DAT MOUSING By D. C. IRELAND, I'FFlCE- South cast corner of Fifth and Main streets, in tne Dimum iaiu. . the Court House, Oregon City, Oregon. Terms of Subscription. One copr, one year in advance. . " " " il delayed. . . Term of Alvertisln i. uO o Transient advertisements per square (VI lines or kssnrst mbwrxiou KnVeaeh subseuuent iusertion.. ?2 50 1 00 Business Cards one square per annum payable quarterly 1 One column per annum i- ou On. half column Co One quarter " " :::yj 4'" Legal advertising at the established rates. Sook and Job Printing ! rruiE BSTEKPniSE OFFICE J. w o i xtipplied with every requisite for doing a superior style of work. and is constant ly accumulating new ami beautiful stylos f material, and is prepared for every variety of . nooK and Jon ?KINT X. TV GJ ! AT SATISFACTOKY PIUCKS. O pS The Public are invited to call and cximino both our specimens and facilities for doing work. 7'?: OFESSIOXAL CARDS L?.dd & Tilt on, BANKERS, Fokti.axi, Okkgo.v. Will give promjit attention to collections, O nd other business appertaining to Banking. Sipht and Telegraphic Exchange t)a .Sin Francisco and the Atlantic States for Bale. Government SSecuri'ies bought and, hi. '-lt" L. C. Fuller, DKOKEK, Pays the Highest Price fcr Gold Dust I.fid Tenders and Government securities iun At and sold. No. 13 I'ront st.. Cj ;j" I'ortiand, Oregon. Dr. F. Barclay, Itl. R. C Lt (Formerly Surgeon to the Hon. 11. B. Co.) OFFICE: At frsLl-nn, M.iia Street (.V.) Oregon City. rhytician, Surgeon and Accoucheur. tHTlCK Corner of Washington and Front trOeta, l'arriih's Hiock, l'urtland, Oregon. itF.SlDEXCE Wahhington street, between Kourtli and t'li'l'n stiietn. ,'V-J.ly J. WELCH, WKXTIST. fcit'mMttu Locaiti at Oregon Cil',; Or?g$n. O " Robins with Dr. Saffaran?, en Main street. . C. iOftxsOTf. r. O. M cor,-;--. Xc-t.-try J 'nolle. JOHNSON & KcCOWH, OtlKtJOX CITr, OREGON. ly Will attend to all business entrusted 1. our care in any of the Courts of the St.ite, e.ilUot mouey, negotiate loans, ee!l real s t te, etc. Ll'articular attention given to contested Iud eases. 1 .V 1 DALY & S T EV E W S , GESJlKAL AG FX IS, Ofrici Removod to No. H;4 Front street, Portland, Oregon. Opposite McCormick's Book-Stoie. W'ILL GIVE SPECIAL ATTENTION VV tu the Collecting and adjustment of accounts, bills and uotes; Negotiating Inland bills; etl'octing loans; selliug and leasing Or' estate; house renting, and to the gen eral agency business in all its branches. (S. L. DALT. WARD S. STEVKNS. Sot-iry Public. J. B, UP xMTn ArrouMtir and Covnsci.or-at-Law, Oregon Cy, Oregon. 3J O.TSce over the store of Pope A Co. Main street. f4i.tf D. M. McKEN?IEY, Attorney and Counsellor at Lara fILL ATTEND PROMPTLY TO ALL 1 y business entrusted to his care. Orrtcs One door north of Pell & Parker's Pru.' store. Oregon City, Oregon. :5:ly JAMES DI. RIO0BE, Juslixe of the 1'euce t- City Recorder. O.Tice In the Court House nnd City Council lloom, Oregon Ciiy. Will atte.id to the acknowledgment of icnn, ami all inner Unties appertainim to theutlice of Justice of the Peace. vny A. B. BKLL. B. A. PARKEtt. BELL &. PARKER. g D UVGG18TS, Am DEALERS IX o Chemicals, Patent Medicines, Paints, Perfumery, Oils, Varnishes, And every article kept in a Drug Store. oJ.) Main- Street, Oceuox Citt. J. B. MITCUKLL. J. s. DOLrn. A. SUITS. Mitchell, Dolph & Smith, Attorneys and Counsellors ut Late, Solicitors in Chancery, and Proc W tors in Admiralty O ZW OT.ee o-er the old PostOflice, Front treet, Pothiud. Oregon. A. C. CIBSS. r w pai'.risii. Xttxry Puhlic and Com. iflktdt. G.IB3 & PARRISH, Attorneys and Counselors at Law, PORTLAND, OREGON. OFFICE On Alder street, in Carter's ew Urick Block. - u3 0. P. MASON, Attokxet and Counselor at Law, 102 Front st., Portland, Oregon. VlTIbL ATTEND TOBUSIN ESS IN ANY fir f l, ln the Sut or Washin-ton b!-J """y- Iucludir.g business under" the B USINE S CAR DS. William Brought on, CONTRA CTOR and BUILDER, Alain vtrttt, Oregon, City. Will attend to nil work in his line, eon sistinjj in part of Carpenter and Joiner work framing, building, etc Jobbing promntlv attended to. J 0 II If K. SCHicAM, Slanufacturcr and Dealer in SADDLES, HARNESS, etc. lC. Main street, between Third and Fourth, Oregon Chtj. TnE attention of" partiesdesiring anything in my line, is directed to mj-'ntock, be fore making purchases elsewhere. (Jy) JOHN II..SCI1RAM. CLASS GHEENMAN, GZ&JZi,. Cit5' Drayman, OREGOX CIT1 All orders for the delivery of merchandise, or packairts and freight oi whatevt descrip tion, to. any part of the city, will be executed promptly ami wttUcare. lrt.6r V7. F. HIGHFIELD, Established since 1 S4'.. at the old stand, MaI.V tTKBKT, OltEGON' ClTT. An assortment of Watches. Jevr 'jjg elrv, and Seth Thomas' tT'-ight v Clocks, all of which are warranted to he as represented. 'Repairing done on short notice, and tnankl'id for past furoi. (,Ci7 I. GRADOX. CH.UXCr HALL. GRADOW & Co., ll.i.MT.lCTtT.ERj O? Wagons & Cars-iageSj 2ul and 2uU Front st., Fortland, Oregon. OCT" JVagons of every ricscriptio rri'ide to order. General 'Jobbing done with neatness and li?pit-:h. Orders frcm the country promjitly atieii'lrd to. DAVID SEIITH, Successor to SMITH d- If A US II ALL, Black Smith aud IVagnn Maker . Corner of Main and Third streets, Oregon City Oregon. Eiacksmitliing in all itsbranehes. Wairon making raid repiiirJiijj. All work warranted t give dalisfacliyn. (c.rJ Removed I Removed ! The i!J and well known Ik JLtO.V.YA STL'S, Proprietor, I'OIvTLAND OKEGON. J FAS NOT DISCONTINUED WORK! XjL but has beer, removed to Second street, i-.iol'.veen Al-'Jer and Morrison streets, v heie business will be conducted on as large a stale s in ve.-.rs i,i.: it. 2: IT BE ITT ON E ILL IN, Oregon Cl.y, Oregon. Oitlce iu Chai man's Brick Block, up (; :t!j I. S. ROSENBAUM & Co., No. -13 Front St., Portland Oregon. WOOLS"-ALE tlSAI ns IX Tularco, Cigars, Snug, Stationery, Yankee Notions, and I'oys. Orders promptly attended to. J. C. VKSS. THOS. LBART. Fashion Eilliard Saloon Mtiu street, between Second and Third, Oregon City. MANET & IEARY Proprietors. IHE above long established and popular 1 Saloon is yt a favorite resort, and as only the choicest brands of .Wines, Liquors and Ciirais are dispensed to customers a share of the public patVoiiage is solicited. N. 1. Families supplied with the choicest Liquors, English Ale and Porter, i ti bottles, on the mo--t reasonable terms. SHADES S A L0 0N. IVtst Side Main Street, Mwetn Sacnd and Third, Oregon. City. GE0EGE A. HAAS - - - - Proprietor. The proprietor begs leave to inform his friends and the piblic generally that the above named popular saloon is open for their accommodation, with a new and well assort ed supply of the finest brands of wines, liquors and cigars. 52 ISAAC parr. joun fae::. FAEIt & BROTHER, Butchers and Meat Venders. Thankful for the favors of the community in the past, wish to say that they will con tinue to deliver to their patrons, from the wagon, as visual-, On Tutxlayt and Saturday of eir7i iccei ail the be t qualities of Beet, Mutton, and Pork, any other . lass of meats in the Market. ,:tf "OIIEGOS CITY. KEEP CONSTANTLY OX HAND FOR SALE : BRA N AND CHICKEN FEED ! 27" Parties wanting feed must furnish their sacks. CO.t. A. J. SIOM'.OE. W. A. K. 1IELI.EN. lyiONROE a 1IELLEN, Dealers i California, Vermont, and Ilali n Jltrbles, Obelisks, Monu- vients, Head and Fool stones, Salem Oregon. Mantles and Furniture Marble furnished to order. fr.-J.tf RANCH FOR SALE. SITUATED BETWEEN THE CLACK amas and the 0IIE30N CITY TOWN PLAT ! In the vicinity of the place of T. J. Iluusakcr. Tf Will be sold cheap for cash. Apply to LEVY & FECIHIEIMER. SO.tf Maiu street, Oregon Citv. L. ZIGLER & SON, jgg COOPE11 S, Oregon City, Oregon. rTUIE UNDERSIGNED ARE NOW PRE- 1 pared to make all manner of ware in the line of cooperage, from a well-bucket to a hogshead, of both bilge and straight work, on short notice, and at reasonable rates. Call and examine samples of our work, as it is its own recommendation. f .m) L. 2!GLR & SO OISEGO AD MiLAXETTAJI. From the Cascades' frozen gorej, Leaping like a child at play, Winding, widening through the valley, Bri-ht Willamette glide uwjy. Onward ever Lovely i iver. Softly call ng to the sea; Time that scars us, Maims and mars us, Leaves no track or trench on thee. Spring's green witchery is weaving Braid and border for thy side; Grace forever haunts thy journey, Beauty dimples ou thy tide. Through the purple gates of morning Jiow thy roseate tipples dance; Golden, then, when Day departing, On thy waters trails his lance. Waltzing, flashing, Tinkling, plashing. Limpid, volatile and fre Alway hurried To be buried In th bitter moon-mad sea. Jn thy crystal deeps, iuverted ?5 wings a picture of ti' sky ; Like those wavering hopes of Aiden Dimly in our dreams that lie; Clouded often, drowned in turmoil, Fainiaud lovely far awav, Wreathing sunshine ou the morrow, Breathing fragrance 'round to-day. Love would wander Here and ponder Hither Poetry would dream ; Life's old questions, Kad suggestions, "Whence and whither?" throng tuv stream. On the roaring wastes of ocean Soon thy scattered waves shall toss; 'Mid the surge's rythmic thunder JShall thy silver tutigues be lost. Oh ! thy glimmering rush of gladness Mocks this turbid life of mine, Bacing to the wild Forever Down the sloping paths of time! Onward ever, Lovely river, Icoftly calling to the sea ; Time that scars us Maims and mars us, Leaves ro track or trench on thee. An Odd Cae There is a story in Once a Week which illustrates t!m dd reu!ts winch sometimes nttend he practice of binding over privu'e persons to prosecute criminals. A Iltissian captain having been robbed in Chenpside, London, was bound over to prosecute thi supposed thief. But his shin was ready for sen, and by terms ot tho charter-party, he was bound to Sail tne next day. lie was CTered the alternative of enterittg in. to a reccmiiz ncu for 100, or being detained in prison, and preferred to t'O to prison ; for then the owners of the vessel would know that he was not to blame. O.i the other hand the friends of the prisoner, alleging his innocence, went before a judge at chambers, and procured his libera 'ion on bail. At the terminal ion of the I4days, the sittings at the Central Criminal Court were held. The ac cused, forfeiting Ins bail, did not ap pear : whereupon, without explana tion, the Russian wv.n discharged, al ter having suffered 14 days imprison tneut. Sunday Rrligeon. iMeii write over their store door, " Business is Buisness," and over the church door. ' Religion is religion, 'ar:d theys y to religion, "Never come inhere,' and to business, " Never go in there." Let us have no secular things in the pulpit, " they say : " we get enough of them through the week ri New York. Here we want repose and sed atives-, and healing balm. We want to sing hymns, hear about Heaven and Calvary : in short, we want the pure Gospel, without any worldly in :erin;.ture." And so they desire to spend a pious, qui et Sabbath, full of pleasant imaginings atid peaceful re flections ; but wh-n the day is gone all is laid aside. They will take by the throat the first debtor whom they meet, and exclaim, " Pay me what hotiowest. It is Monday . God's law is not. allowed to go into the week. If a merchant spies it in his own store he throws it over the counter If the clerk sees it in the bank, be kicks it out of the door. If it is f iund in the street tha rctdtitude pur sue it, pelting it with stones, as if it were a wolf escaped from a menarr- rie, and shouting, "Back with von. You have got out ot Sunday. Beechrr. . Brick Pomeroy's advertisment for a confederate flag, to hang in his sane turn, does not meet with universal favor among his Southern friends. The Petersburg Index snubs him in the following manner: We doubt the propriety of sending the flag to a man who didn't p;o to it; we havn't much respect for this after-the-battle fervor. J. Marion More, was shot, a row at Silver City on the 1st. in Advices from Camp Il imey say that Mrs. Denoille is still alive. Indian agents are suppressing reports of outrages perpetrated on the overland route. Ak your neighber to subscribe for tte -E-jTrEBrPiEs. CITY, OISEGOiVy VOTE OS UEtO.Vil'Itl"CTIi).. It will be seen fiom the fallowing- table that the nrjirrgute number of votes cast on the question of calling Conventions to furai Constitutions for the rebel States exceed the total viite cast tit the exciting Presidential cl-'Cion of 1G0 in the fame States; and this, too, notwithstanding the rebel leaders used every tflort to prevent the whites from voting every where except in Virginia, where they did there befit to beat the call, but failed by 48,000 rotes of succced'msr: Convention. Aggregate ?or Against, in ISOu. For irgmia . 107,342 n,V2.i7 North Carolina.. a-i.V'.'O 33,11 A 2.U81 SK,5!30 t.... Ilv3t;.' -I4.S17 00,3r,7 u,.7o 69,"Vi 64,053 South Carolina.. Cit.ouO Georgia Florida. . . . Alabama . . Louisiana.. Texas ..l"i;,2-:3 4,lv:7 .. 1 4,.0 2-:3 .. f..'3 .. 7.0S3 4,(.-0j . .Election Feb. 10 . . 67,7:JS 0,L'T7 ., 2?, 676 13,553 Mississippi Arkansas. . Totals.. .531,02 130.SC2 604,231 Virginia proper, West Virginia being deducted. fUnder the old system no general election was held. It will be seen that the affirmative vote of Louisiana is one third larger than the total vote of 1SG0, while in the other States the affirmative is ab"ut as large as the total vote in I860, except in Aikansas; but when the negative vote is added, the total cast on the Convention question is far larger than the whole vote of 18G0. In Virginia it is 5G,00() lar ger; in North Carolina, 3(1,000 larger; in Louisiana, 30,000. South Caro lina did not vote in 1SG0; but if she had, the number of while elector. cou'd not have exceeded 45,000, while 71,000 have now voted, and that, too, in spite, of the most despe rate tfforts f the rebels to keep the people from attending the polls. These figures show that a decided m-.ijoiity of the people of the disor ganized States have. tnkiO part in Hie elections calling Conventions, and (hVirc to have the reconstruction laws of Cotigreis carried out. The Undkkuuound Railroad. As a scqm 1 to the article of last week entitle ? the Last Fugitive Slave Case, wo give the following from the Idaho Statesman: Yes, thank God! The last fugi tive slave case 1 How swiftly the recollection of secret arrests of ne "roes in the north, and sometimes rs rapes and recapture, and suits for damages asrain.-t Northern men for harboring runaway .-1 ires; how swift ly the recollection of these art passint from our memories. Tli-y are among the things that were. They are now no more repeated, ami to our eountiys' glory be it said those scenes will be t'O mote repeated fori ver. Yes, the last fugitive sduve case! How the words his 1 ke vipers through the teeth. Broad-brimmed platUrrs with donSled-f?. d U. S mar-.-halls hunt no moreover the fields and through the lanes of any State, iiorrausmk the houses of abolition ists for human chattels to arrest bk a criminal before the law, and when iu possession to drive buek to fu rvi tude like a beast of burden. Then is no more ' underground railrontV Its stations are ulmudosKd, its tuntu Is filled up. and its engine-, and cars all out of repair. Few living men, indeed, can tell where its course ran, or where was once a single depot. They are long since out of use. The last trembling fugitive has passed safe. Iv over its bin or if curried back to slavery, is long since fuke. Fine Points of a Democrat. When Democrats used to buy and sell human chattels, male or female, from the t-lavc pens of the south, certain good points were necessary in order that the negro bought should bring a good priew. The following are nine fine poiu.s in a good Demo crat: 1st. lie is one who denies the au thority of the people. 2 J." He is one who would di -.franchise a large proportion of his fellow creatures. 31. He is one who would exercise over them an irresponsible ty rra y 4: h. He is one who denies the rigut of the majority to make the laws. f:h He is one who asserts tne right of an autocrat to administer, make and alter laws at his w ill and Itleusu re. Gth. lie is one who makes color, and not character, the standard of citizenship. r.h. lie is one who believes th ballot to be a piece of personal property, veudibla to the highest bidder. 8th. He is one who extenuates an attempted revolution of government bv the minority. " 9ih. He is one who is so mnch in favor of free discussion that he would like to cut out the tongues cf all who d.tfer from him. and are in favor a practical extension of humau rights to all upon an i qual Basis. The schooner J. C. Champion Capt. Quick, ran from Tillamook to Astoria on the 30th ult, iu nine hours. , Rumor savs that Jacob Kimm E-q., of Portland, hs pmchased the propeller, Geo. S. Wright. ' ' SATURDAY, APRIL Ctniral Grunt ttnU tlie Prtiiu. iiiul Sutieasion. Under this caption the New York Herald of February 12 has a leader That journal has long been noted for its ability to see and proclaim the winning side. It cares but little which whip-, but it has a great de fire to run with the successful party. Its opinion ot the coming Presiden tial campaign is therefore not with' out significance. Here is the leader referred to: " Time flies. The contest for the Presidential succession comes on apace: but who is the coming man? Prom the drift of recent events, and the inevitable gravitation of the dominant Union war sentiment of the country, we believe that the child is christened and that his name is U. S. Grant. On the great issue in the Republican camp (the reconstruction policy of Congress) he has crossed the Rubicon; he is with the Radicals, and that settles the question. Mr. Chase as an aspirant for the Chicago nomination ccasea to be a dangerous competitor, and will doubtless cease to push his claims. General Grant, I we dare say, wil.' be proclaimed the Republican candidate by acclama tion, and from all the facts bear ing upon the contest there is no probability of his defeat. In the powerful element embracing the sur viving ten or eleven hundred thous and Union soldiers of the war, Grant, as the great chieftain who directed their movements from the Potomac to the Rio Grande, and who finally compressed them from an area of eight hundred thousand square miles into the rebel surrender at Appo mattox Court House Grant, we say, will have an array of voters at his back that will be simply irresistable. What, then, are his qualifications for the White Home? we may very properly inquire. lie is not a states man of the comprehensive views of Ilnnry Clay; he is not the man, hit or niis-, who will 'take the rcspousi- bili'y,' like General Jackson; he is not a philosopher, nor an expounder of the constitution, cf the cMUmr o! Webster; he is not a politician of tin cunning school of the Albany R-gen-cv; ho is not in finance up to the mark of FeSSndetl or even ' Oid Tliad. Stevens;' he is but a schoolboy in tlie arts of political engineering compared wi'.h Ctiasr; he could, in tlie strategy and tactics, the quirks and quibbles of tlie law, Le bottled no by Ben Butler, and he cannot be tiin to make an off-hand political peeeh or complimentary address with 'Andy Johnson.' Indeed, we iave the positive assurance of a Cop- lerhead contetnf orary to the (-fleet that General Grant has no turn of mind and has had no schooling ii; the charms of literature; that he is iuca pable of appreciating the beauties of Lore Derby' translation of Homer, r LongfeiloW'i rendering of Dante's Inferno.' But with all these deficiencies, and notwithstanding the facts that he was i wood seller iu St. Louis, nnd slill ater a tanner in Galena, there is some excellent stuff in this quiet lit- le man Grant for the W lute Hons?, lis fund of practical common sense mil cool s.igacity supply the place if gi'iiius a "d lie has a pr.ieti-al theo ry of the Union, the Con-tit ulion nd the laws equal to the lushest or- ler of statesmanship. Wifiout the rashness of ' Old Hickory,' he has all his firmness in adhering to his settled onvictions. A practical advocate of retrei chment and reform, he is no political vissionary Miming nt impos sibilities, and no believer in Quixotic xperiments. lie is, witha1, an amia ble man, disposed to try the healing appliances of pattenceatid ouicdiation over sectional troubles, rather than the sharp Puritanical remedies of hot iron, caustic and amputation. Never having been broiled upon the gridiron f either political party, he has no personal revenges, like J ickson, to ettle, and no claims, I ke Buchanan, of a gang of twenty years' followers to meet. Finally, in his brief ad ministration of the War Department General Grant has shown that the mind equal to the most effective com lunations of a million of men in the field is competent to shape the policy of half adozen men in the Cabinet We believe that no opposition can didate can be brought forth compe tent to defeat General Grant. It is useless to suggest, even to the sach ems of Tammany Hall, the claims and saving virtues of Andrew John son. They like his office", but this man is not their man. He is. per haps, as little thought of as the E n peror of China by the Democratic managers as their man for the succes sion. General Sherman will hardly consent to run against Grant ; -md. moreover, the Western Copperheads ire dead against Sherman, smd thev do not like Hancock, and they will have Pendleton. General Grant as Mir next 'resident, 't en, may :.o con sidered a foregone conclusion." 25, DUEA3IS- The fallowing are medical signs of dreams, as published iu the medical work: Lively dreams are, in general, a sign of nervous action. Soft dreams a sign of slight irritation of the brain; often, in nervous fever, announcing the approach of a favorable crisis. Frightful dreams are a sign of deter mination of blood to the head. Dreams about blood and red objects are signs of inflammatory conditions. Dreams about rain and water are of ten signs of deceased mucous mem branes and dropsy. Dreams of dis torted forms are frequently a sign of abdominal obstructions and disorders of the liver. Dreams in which the patient sees any part of the body es pecially suffering, indicate disease in that part. Dreams about death of ten precede apoplexy, which is con nected with determination of blood to the head. The nightmare, with great sensitiveness, is a sign of de termination of blood to the chest. "To these," says Baron von Fenchtersicben, " we may add that dreams of dogs, after the bite of a mad dog, often precede the appear ance of hydrophobia, but may be only the consequences of excited imagina tion.7' Dr. Forbes W inslow quotes sev eral cases in which dreams are said to have been prognostics. " Arnaud de Yilleneuve dreamt one night that a black cat bit him on the wide. The next day an athrax appeared on the part bitten. A patient of Galen's dreamed that one of his liml.9 was changed into stone. Some days after this, the limb was pnrah zed. Roger d'Oxteyn, Knight cf the Company of Douglas, went to sleep in good health; towards the mid-lie of the night, he saw in his dream a man Infected with the plague, q ute naked, who attacked him with fury, thre him on tlie ground, after a desperate struggle, and. holding him between his open thighs, vomited the plague into his mouth. Three days after, he was seized with a plauge, nnd died. Hippocrates remarks that dreams in wtucn one sees black s.iectres is a bad omen." The Cookks This i the history of the pecnnioiis family of Cooke, of which Jay is he great and jdiininir light : Tnera were s-'x children in the family, two of whom died : the rest live, and are married and ntiluei f. Pitt Cooke, the oldest, has partial ch irge of the New Yotk house of Jay Cookc&Oo. ; Henry D. Cooke, the youngest, has entire control of one in Washington, and Jay himself opera tes in Philadelphia. Sarah E. Cooke, the only daughter, is married to a wealthy speculator, Win . G . Moor head, who lives right roya'ly in the City of Brotherly Love. Elentherts Cooke, the father of thi3 happy fam i!y, died about three years ago, at the green old age of TG , retaining his wonted energy to the last. Mrs. Cooke, who is a little over 70, still lives in the old family mansion in the employment of all her faculties, and on ample particpant in the bounty of her sons. An Ex-Califoknia.v. The San Francisco Times says: The British Colonist, owned by a man whose original name of Smith was changed to Amoor de Cosmos by a California Legislature, comes down on Mr. .Mizner's British Columbia resolution as nt only wrong but impertinent, concluding in the following style: We areonlv now beginning to un derstand the value and wealth of our possessions on the Pacific, and it would be well for the Americans to understand at once and for ever that there is not, and never will be, as things look with them just now. enough of money in the Federal Treasury to buy the ' locality' they slander and abuse so much and yet so much covet. Considering that there is hardly anybody left in British Columbia but the officials and those who are too poor to get away, that the Treasury is hopelessly bankrupt, and the w hole country going to destruction as fast as possible, this is brave talk. If British Columbia remains under its present Government for a few years longer, we will be able to send an agent up there with a few bales of blaukets and buy il of the Indians. Passengers are arriving in S.m Francisco from New Y01 k at the fo!. lowing rates ot f ire, in greenba.k-: First cabin outside state-rooms, 125; in-ide, $100; second cabin, $80; steer age, 40. Deduct 25 per cent, from these figures to reduce them to gold rates, and it is cheaper tlun ever bu' for, and less tbau half wbit is was a 1 few vc-ars 3go. . , ,v ; : ium- jui,ai. - TUE OKEX CEXTIUL 11. K. Brcakinrr Ground! A Great Day for Oregonians. Last week we promised full par ticulars or the greatest event in the history of our Young State, which took pi. ice at Eat Portland on the 16th hist, being no less than tho for mal commencement of the Oregon Central Railroad, w hich is to connect our commerce and our agriculture, making for us one of the very best States in the Union. The day was auspicious, bright, sunshine, and the spirit of the crowds who assembled to witness the ceremony harmonized with the weather. A meeting of tho Directors had been called fjr the loth, and the fol lowing officers were chosen: I. R. Moores.-President : A; M . Loryca Vice-President; E.X.Cooke, Treasurer; S. A. Clarke. Secretary. Executive Com mittee: Messrs. Parish. Loryea. Pattern Ellsworth. Lovejoy. I i nance Committee: Messrs Cooke. J. il. Moores. Henderson. Committee of ways and . Means : Messrs. Boyd, DotilLit and Wassertaaa. At the appointed hour on the morn ing of the ceremony the procession formed according to programme as follows: Grand Marshal and Aids. Fouiteenth Infantry Brass iiand. ... fjust division. ... Cupt. p. S. Mills-Marshal. ' ; Washington Guard.' Fenian Guard. Mayor and Common Council of the City of Portland. . Mayor and Common Council of Oregon City. Members of she Press. Chaplain of the Day. Orator of the Day. President and Directors of the O. C. It. It. Co. Chief Engineer and Corps O. C. K. It. Co-. SECOND DIVISTOSV Chief Engineer Portland Fire Department Marshal. Assistant Engineers Portland Fire Depart ment. . Aurora I5 ass I5and. Willamette Engine C. No. 1. Multnomah Engine Co. No. 2. Columbian Engine No. Co. 3. Protection Engine Co. No. -4. Vigilance Llook mid Ladder Co. No. 1.. ; TUIliD division. Marshal. Citizens ir. Carriage. Citizens on Uorseouck C'lUzvu oa foot. After matching through the city, the procession crossed theriv r, firm ing or. the east bank and marching to the spot Kclecled for the coin ni -.icetne it of x ic se- The 1 Ulcers of the eomp n . , the members of Com mon Council, the orator of the oa, and others, Wi re called to the stand ainiod l he plaudits of the multitude. Rev. Mr. Wail, r, of S.d.m. opened the exercises by offering up a fef vent prayer; when Hon J; II. M. tele 11 advanced to ihe front of the speakt r staml, and on behalf of Saniuei M. Smith, Eq , of the firm of Smith & Davis, pieseuted the President of the road with a shovel, made from Oregon mateiiai, hy O.vgon me chanics, bearing a plate f Oregon silver, with an appropriate inscription Tlie address of Mr. Mitchell was an able one, and we observed many moist eyes amongst the audience whin allusions were made to the early day s in Oregon, and the ob stacles that had been met and sur mounted by the pioneers of those days. Mr. Mitchell said: The blade of this essentially home pro duction, this substantial shovel, beaten out a.s it is from the virgin ore taken from the proSilic mines of Oswego the Pittsburg of Oregon where lies imbedded this val uable metal in inexhaustible quantities and of most fabulous richness, is a true repre sentative of this important class of our mineral wealth. The h.mdle, made from an Oiegon maple, represents that material interest which includes all the vast re sources of trade and commerce that can and must eventually spring from the most m tgniiieeiit forests with which our Stale abounds. The beautiful silver plate that adorns the handle, and which bears upon its tace the inscription of the donor, was carved out of the precious metal taken from the mouniains of Sautiam within this State, and it serves to remind i-.s that our mineral resources are not confined to the baser metals, but that here iu Oregon, us well as elsewhere upon flic golden shores of the Pacific, the honest miner finds a i full recompense for his hours of patient toil. J he hanule. a so. you will observe has been seasoned with oil manufactured from an Oregon mill, from the "raw mate rial grown upon an Oregon farm, by an Oregon farmer, while the workmanship and' mechanism displayed in its construc tion are but a just tribute to the mechani cal skill, and the commendable iudiistry of the people of our State. And. Mr. President, in acting upon this occasion as the medium through whom this representative of the material rcsoiuces of our Slate is conveyed to you, and Id the corporation which you represent, as a tribute of respect and confidence frcm one of the citizens of Oregon, for the indomit able energy and perseverance which have enabled you to , enter this day upon the prac.ical work of the great enterprise r which you were incorporated, it may not be 'inappropriate for me to refer "very briefly to the cause of our assembling to gether at this time. The occasion of our presence here to day, is one of profound interest to the people of Oregon. We are here for the purpose of celebrating the commencement of a new era hi the history of her people. For the purpose of wit nessing the laying of one of the great cor ner stones of that weabh. prosperi'y. in fluence, ti. iiizatioii and empire, that "shall soon characterize our S ate as a bright particular star in the great fimily of States, for the purpose of inaugurating a work which, under your losterucr care, and management and the well known energy and business and ruuncial abd'.ty of the Contractors represented here to dav in part i by such men a Flint. Peabo Iy &, Co., of I Uoston and -California, call ng to their aid as they ha.e.froin among the Civil Ji'igi- niH-r Corps of Hie racitio c ast, an l.jn 1 fact of the mUon p.ouiises fair to ' move .directly acl rapidly on tfc. saccessftiLcoja- Kfjjss! pletion. And a work, which, w hen corn' pleted. will be the great life artery of our young and noble Suite, and along which, impelled by ihe irresistabie and energising power of steam, will bound and rebound the great vitalizing currents of popula tion, wealth, trade, internal commerce, and all that tends to m ike up and work nut a g o; ions d.-stiriy for the worthy pioneers of our adopted S ate. We are here to celebrate the inaugura tion iu Oregon of that system ot internal public improvements, which in the East ern Western and Middle Stales, has brought the vast multitude of these ex tensive regions into a close communion of trade interest and sympathy, and which ha bound them together as with bands of fire and ligaments of steel, end to which, more than to any other system of internal improvements, are the United Slates to day indebted for their unparallelled growth in material wealth, prosperity and powW. And therefore it 13 not strange tLat an event such as this should call from their homes, their firesides, their farms, their work shops, their offices, their parlors and their sitting rooms, this vast concourse of people who have come hither to approve by their presence and to witness the com mencement of a.work that must Ml so deeply and so materially upon the future, welfare not only ' of Oregon as a State. -but also npoa the individual interests of her people. And it- is an occasion upon which the hardy pioneers, especially those who first braved the dangers but a lew years ago, of these Western wilds, . 'who first reared the standard of civilization", along the picturesque banks of our beau- ' tiful and far-aimed . Willamette, and plant ed the first seeds of our present greatness and future glory, as a people, can rejoicw . with exceed. i great joy as they look back over the Conuiets and trials of the past, una now n:iu uu culminating m a new era of prosperity and greatness that must in evitably, and at m distant dav. make Oregon as a State ' what her agricultural.., mineral and manufacturing resources, a welt as the characteristic iMierjry and rjo-a-' livinaiicvr.c.-ts of her people justly jttiile her to second to none West of the Rockr This, to some, may seenCjn extravagant" prediction ; but it is one. the truthfulness of which, will be demonstrated during the ' lives of many of those I now add rem. The sound of iheshov.vl'' of to-day, wh ch is caused by the first breaking of groi n t by -te Ore'joa Cadrai ilailr&ttd Comply," is but the legitimate echo of ten thousand similar sounds that are to-day reverberat ing along the eastern base ot the liockr Mountain: and alonar the eastern and west ern slopes, and amid the Alpine caverns of the Sierras, and which shall continue to wake up the 6 ti lines cf those solitudes, until from Portland. Maine, to i'ortiand, : Oregon, shall be one unbroken line of rail way, and along which shall move io ona continuous phalanx the population and wealth of this mighty continent: but not only of jLis continent, but of the contin ents of the .world, and the islands of the s-ii. The Great Union Patifie whiebbia -r.-iw gradually but, surely threading its way across our land like a huge serpent . with a tongue- of fire mocking at every" opposition, when completed, a.s soon it--w.li be. and of which the road this dav be gun is but a. legitimate extension, wi'll bi -the great iuicinul highway of nations, along which shall pour iu our uninterrupt ed current the trade of Europe, Asia nnd America, a.s it. purfsej 0,-1 like a switt-wing-ed messenger, according to (Le laws of its, bein- to , circum travel the civilized na tions of men. And who i; there. I inquire, fn tin vast au lience, representing nsi; d iesevei v de partment ot indus'ry and Ma.de. aflt-r eon tt'uiplatinsr the past his.jiry of our conn-', tr-, the unmistakable, and truly juophe'iC signs of the present, can ivm iai lUjiedui- -O'ls either a-- to the speedy completion of O the work this day Commenced, or the in fi.ience and power which when completed it wili have no. 111 the prosperity of this, people in developing .-.iir resources and building np our State to something like hi M ue character and legitim i e proportions! O The revo-ii'ions wrought by the age of .t-iiin i'.ju tne 1 "resist 1 o le iviii ami en e.gizing power of the American people are so really fabulous in their appearance that were ibey not stamped hi indelible and enduring eharac ers upon the pages of American history, and in still more com prehensive language of imperishable truth upon the very face, the 'wide savannahs, the rugged mountains and the verdant hiils of oilr favored land, their history would be treated as a (b'e emenating from the brain r.j" a visionary. In 17.54 when Dr. Franklin projected a p! n for the union of the colonies, he proposed t(Td city of Philadelphia as tfve metropolis, giving as a reason that it was simated about half way between the two extremes, and. as he said, could be conveniently reached even from Po tsmouth. New Hampshire in eighteen days. uQl r. chdd of the future risen up from the gray mis's of coming time and said to Dr. Franklin yea. and iwe generations shall not pas away until Portsmouth and Philadelphia shall be within a tew hours ride, the reve lation would hu e been regarded even by that great philosopher and statesman, as one never to be fu'tilled. Even he who never told a falsehood, would have been di.-believed. Jf on the 3;Uh day of Novem ber. A. D. 17s. 2, when England conceded American Independence, the Father of our Country, the immortal Washington, had been enabled to lift the veil of the future that then flung its darksome folds acrosa the coming grvatnessof our liepuLlieQud had been permitted to look down the great bro id avenues of coining time, and gifted with the speech of prophecy, had turned to Adams and Jefferson and Hamilton and Randolph and others of his great compa triots and said to them : 1 .e coming slow ly but surely on away down yonder in the dim distance upon the broad plain of fu turity Thirty live .millions of peopla from all over the vast continent. They arc coming up. and from all nations bem-aiu the bhiuiug sua they are bearing in their hands great w hite banners, upon vhich are inscribed L'Jerty and .,r(wj;". and they are coming nearer and nearer, and very soon they , will lake the place of the three millions who now posses this land, .and, -the eight hundred thousand square miles of territory which now com prise our possessions. I see expanding. ou. ine norui.soiuu. ana west, into a migiity area of over three millions of i-qiiaro miles bounded by conterminous oceaqg) bearing upon its face everywhere the un mistakable impress of , civilization, of greatness, of power ; and yet all this, fabulous as it might then have appeared, has come to pass in the brief period of three quarters of a century. And who can comprehend the progress that is to suc ceed 1 will) a country doubling its popu lation every twenty five years, and inesti mably rich in all that can tend to wealth the mind becomes disturbed and the imagination lost in contemplating thC)'u t iregreaims of our country. Twenty five years ago the place wbero I uow lie those beautiful cities which loom ! up to our view oa the eastern and western j banks of th pencetid Willamelie-1'orf-j land proper and East Portland with their 1 leeiuing thousands of busy population, ! their happy lumies and jovial lieai ts. their ! school houses, their academies, the'.r col ! leges, their temples of justice, their weal h. ! their tride. their commerce, he r inflner.cw 1 and .'thm'r power., was a. barren witdeniesi, I m i:!thU-ss swamn a dbmrd 1 tude. i threaded alone by the trail 0 the rc man.. 3 O r O O O o 0 o G j "-tin ur mm r - 1 mr