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D. C. IRELAND, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
Saturday :
July4tH, 1863.
National Union Ticket.
FOR PRESIDENT,
Gen. ULYSSES S G-KANT
FOR ViCtJ PRBSIDEJfT,
SCHUYLER COLFAX.
O For Presidential 121 ectors,
A. B. MEACHAM, of Cnion county.
Dr. W. BOWLBY, of Washington.
O. JACOBS, of Jackson.
The House concurred in a reso
lution to adjourn July 15lh.
Q
" The Alaska bill will probably
fail to pass, in the House.
- The losses by the Idaho fire
this year amount to $39,100.
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Th$ Ohio Statesman says " Pen
dleton or bolt 1" " Bolt and be
damned," says the New York Herald.
Rosseatos about to goato New
Oceans. Won't the rebs have a
good time then if Congress adjourns.
The Indians on the Northwest
Coast are becoming quite a trouble
to the Colonial authorities.
It seems that the Indian war
about Fort Ruport in British Colum
bia, is being backed by the II. B. Co.
Edwin Forrest has sued a rail
road in Kentncky for $2,000, the
value of his wardrobe lost by them.
The first peaches this season
were "on exhibition" at the Pacific
market, San Francisco, on the 24th.
James II. Lappeus has been
elected Marshal of the city of Port'.
land, by the Common Council.
O" '
Judge Boise has decided that
the title to Marion square, is vested
in the city of Salem.
The Bee predicts that California
will give Grant and Colfax 12 000
mjority. 1
The Democracy of Phelps coun
!.ty, Missouri, passed a resolution re
questing Nasby to discontinue the
writing of letters for the pipers.
The Pacific Union Express Com-
'pany has made arrangements for
sending packages and letters to the
'Atlantic side by the North American
company's steamers.
The first shipment of wheat,
"this yearns harvest, was sent from
Antioch, and received in San Fran
cisco on Wednesday, June 21th, by
the Stockton steamer.
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We have received the prospec
tus for a new evening daily to be
published at Portland by M. P. Bull,
Esq., late reporter for the Herald.
"Mr. Bull will call his journal the
Evening Commercial.
" Beriah cusses the Aurora colony
because it does not support the Dem
cratic ticket. Wonder if the next
legislature will not appoint the old
fossil a special smelling committee,
to look after that system of peonage
eaid by him to exist there.
The fine little steamer U. S.
Gran'i is now plying regularly about
Astoria. Her presence there will be
cheerful to the Clatsop county peo-
pie, and a great accommodation to
pleasure seekers.
Two weeks ago we gave the vote
of the State as near as it could be
collected, showing Smith's majority
to be 1,109. The official returns, to
the Secretary of State give a majori
ty of 1,199 for Smith. The vote
shows an increase of 93 Republican,
and 1,940 Democratic.
Show us a loyal Southerner who
is true to his state and his country,
and we will show you a man who
will not support Grant and Col
fax. X. Y. World.
Yes; and these same "loyal South
erners" were marshaled under John
ston and Lee, in opposition to Grant,
for four years. He got along very
well without their "support" then,
and would do it again. In fact, he
prefers to whip them. Their "sup
port" would be very damaging. If
f he World wants it for its candidates,
it Is welcome to it.
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The prospective candidate of
the Democratic parly, to be nomina
ted in New York to-day, Salmon P.
Chase, in a letter to the New York
tribune, gives his position which can
be briefly stated thus : That he is
in favor of paying the national debt
ih coin; that he is impatient at Sec
retary McCulloch's glow progress
towards specie payments; that he
does not think well of impeachment
that he is opposed to any continu
ance of military Governments in the
Sonth; and that ho favors universal
suffrage and universal amnesty.
nerc is presented a mixed variety
f opinions, not one of which it is uns
natural or dishonorable in Mr. Chase
to hold. The only concern that the
public has in , the whole matter is
that the Chief - Justice should hold
bJmself so cheap, or a Presidential
jicyjiination o dear, that he should
jnyo'.ye himself in newspaper contro
versies about his position, however
ppu Jab's thnt po-'lfon tr.xx be.
ISDKPiS-VDEE DAY.
Ninety two years ago to-day an
event occurred whfch marked on
epoch in the world's history. In
consequence of the oppression of the
mother country, the English colonies
in America thtn comparatively
weak and feeble determined to
throw off the yoke of the oppressor,
and " to assume, among the powers
of the earth, the separate and equal I
station to which the laws of nature,
and of nature's God entitled them."
Tremendous was the ordeal through
which the title deed of our liberties
was destined to pass. When the
Declaration of Independence was is
sued from the hands of Thomas Jef
ferson, who had "sworn upon the altar
of God eternal hostility against every
form of tyranny over the mind of
man, ''enunciating the precious gospel
of freedom in the new and astounding
doctrine that " all men are created
equal" it was made the subject of ac
ritnonious..animadversion by anti-res
volutionibts at home.and it drew upon
the heads of its authors and adherents,
the fury of the monarchists abroad,
against whose theory of government
it aimed a fatal blow. But against
the opposition at home it was trium
phantly vindicated by the burning
truths it ennuciated, and by the elo
quence of its supporters; but it re
mained to Washington' to lead it
safely through the baptism of blood
which was necessary to vindicate it
before the world, and to consecrate it
as the primitive palladium of our
liberties.
It laid the foundation for the first
great and successful experiment of
free government, and it is rearing its
advocates wherever it has been heard
and felt, nor will the period arrive
when it shall cease to bo heard and
felt, till the last tyrant shall be tum
bled from his throne. It is the sun
of the political universe it is the
focus of revolutionary light and heat,
from which have issued those kin
dred rays and impulses, which have
warmed, enlightened, and cgitated
the oppressed and down-trodden, in
almost every part of the earth.
By it the whole system of the an
cent regime is susperseded and ex
ploded; by it all power is declared in
herent in the people, and derived
from them by the rulers. It pro
claims the great truth that govern
ments are instituted among men for
the good of the people, and not for the
exclusive benefit of the favored few.
It distinctly recognizes the right of
all men to " life, liberty, and the pur
suit of happiness," and the whole of
this pure theory rests upon the fun
damental axiom of the native equali
ty of the human race.
For ninety-two years has car Na
tion existed, based upon this founda
tion stone, and each year has marked
its increasing prosperity. Our ter
ritory has spread out wider and wid
er; our population has increased more
than twelve fold; our wealth has in
creased in even greater ratio; and at
the present moment the nation which
was thus early fixed upon the extern
nal rock of universal freedom is the
greatest nation on earth.
If we but continue in the paths of
truth and justice may we not hope
that the tree of liberty which was
planted on the shores of the New
World by our pilgrim fathers, graft,
ed by Washington with the scion of
cultivated freedom, watered with the
blood of freedom's martyrs, enliven
ed by the genial sunshine of heaven,
and pruned by the sword of Grant,
Eha'I spread out wide and wider
till its shadow shall cover the whole
earth? When that political millen
nium "the hour for which stern pa
tience ne'er kept watch in vain" shall
come, which shall recognize in all its
proportions the fundamental axiom
of freedom that "all men are created
equal," and shall peal forth the glad
some sound that all men are free,
may there also be reason to rejoice
that all men are worthy of it.
Col. West, messenger of Wells,
i Fargo & Co.'s Express, on the San
Francisco route, ever miudful of our
wants, has so often placed us under
obligations to himself and the com
pany he represents, that we shall al
ways feel "The depth immense of
endless gratilnde." Col. we do not
wish you any bad luck but if you
were a eountnj printer, and we a mes
senger, we should pay you up with
interest.
The statue of Martin Luther
was inaugurated at Worms, on the
2Gth in presence of a vast concourse
of people frcm all parts of Europe
and America. The King of Prussia
and the Crown Prince witnessed the
scene. When the statue was unveil
ed, salutes of artillery were fired.
When the applause had subsided, a
hymn was sung by several thousand
voices with immense effect.
W hen in Idaho, in 1863, we
wrote columns for the Sacramento
Union, for which we never asked a
cent. Now, and every siuce the es
tablishment of the Enterprise, they
refuse us an exchange. We have
many and better exchanges, both
dally and weekly, but should like to
see what the Union amounts to as
well. '
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RAILROAD ISTELLIOESICE.
Work has been commenced on the
O. C. Ft. 11., east side, in Benton county.
One thousand cars for the Pacific
Railway, are to be built at Marshall,
Michigan. - ;
Joseph Gasloa" was re-elected Presi
dent of the west side road, on Saturday;
E. W. Hams Secretary; W. S. Ladd,
Treasurer.
Mr. 1L L. Kelly has left with ua the
time table, rates of fare, distances, etc., of
the U. P. 11. R.. accompanied with a pam
phlet containing interesting facta relative
to the great national enterprise. We shall
have occasion to refer to these in future.
The Herald of Tuesday says that it will
be necesaar for the west-side company to
show that it had a legal existence, prior
to the east side company, and that its
name had been fraudulently assumed by
the east side to the detriment and damage
of the west side, before an action at law
can be sustained.
Sunday's Herald informed us that
Hon. J. W. Xesmith declined to act as a
director for the west side road, and that
Mr J. F. Underwood, of Lane county, was
sworn in to fill the vacancy. Mr. Under
wood visited this city ou Friday evening
before, and gave U3 a call. While here
we had a '-talk" upon Railroad matters
and we suspect that Ben has been induced.
In the case of the P. T. Co., Judge
Boise lately ruled that a corporation had
a legal right to issue and sell stock at its
market value for the purpose of paying
its debts." This ruling applies directly al
so to the case of the O. C. R.R. Co. selling
stock at ten cents ou the dollar, and an
swers the assertions so industriously made
by the enemies of the company, that any
person so purchasing stock is still liable
for the remaining 90 cents on the dollar.
We particularly call attention to this fact.
B. F. Dowell writes from Washington
to the Seiitinel that the proposition to ex
tend the time for the completion of the
first 20 miles of the O. C. R.R., two years,
went through the Senate without a divi
sion. All the members appear to desire
the road at the earliest possible moment.
And no one appears to care who builds it.
From Eugene City there may be two roads
down the Willamette, and from the south
ern boundary of Oregon there can be two
roads down the Sacramento to San Fran
cisco. The more railroads the cheaper the
passage and cheaper the price of freights.
Telegrams reached Portland from Sa
lem on Saturday evening last stating in
effect, that Judge Boise had decided that
the East side company was not entitled
to the name of the "Oregon Central Rail
road." Further particulars came to hand
by the Record of Monday, from which we
learn quite a different story. On Satur
day Judge Boise refused the application for
leave to bring a suit in the name of the
State of Oregon, a gainst the O. C. It. R. Co.,
of Salem. The Record's account of the
case shows that Mr. Mitchell showed up in
a very effective manner the vexatious char
acter of the whole lot of actions at law and
suits in equity brought by the other corn-pan-
against this one. So frivolous and
vexatious are they that the courts in the
third and fourth districts have dissolved
them ignominiously, and we do not hesi
tate to predict that the one now existing
in this district will share the same fate
when its character becomes developed far
enough to enable the court to give it its
quietus.
Col. Warren, the able editor of the
California Farmer, has lately been on a
trip to the interior. While at Martinez
the people, he observed, were hesitating
as they do here now, about aiding a rail
road. Contra Costa county was asked to
loan the road $54,000 Col. Warren's ad
vice was as follows, and we commend his
words to the attentive perusal of our
Clackamas county readers :
The question to be decided by the peo
ple of the county is, will they aid this Rail
Road, by a loan ot the County Bonds,
to the amount of $3,000 per mile Bonds
given only when Road is finished. There
can be but one opinion among wise men.
what is for the best interest of that whole
county. Build that road through that
rich District, and property will rise in
value in that county, more than twenty
times the $1.5,000, in less than 12 months
after this road is open, yes. before the
road is finished half way. This Rail Road
will be as new life blood to that county,
and whoever shall vote against this great
beneficial enterprise, will, if he has any
property at stake, regret it forever after.
But we have full faith that the people of
that county will by more tbaa a tico thirds
vote set the steam cars at work at an early
day.
lion. J. II. Mitchell, in his statement
of the status of the Railroad suits, shows
plainly that the subsidy granted by the
last Legislature to aid the Oregon Central
R. R., was cleariy in violation of law, and
Judge Boise has declared it to be uncon
stitutional and void. We have a private
letter, over the signature of Joseph "Gas
ton, President of the West side Co., from
which we quote the following paragraph.
The letter was dated at Salem Sept. lGth
1867 :
" The Oregon Central R. R. Company
was duly incorporated about a year ago.
and at that time went before the last leg
islature and secured from the legislature
the grant of lands granted to the State for
Railroad purposes or rather, it was des
ignated, in pursuance of the act ot Con
gress granting the lands, as the company
to receive the land granted to the Oregon
end f the California and Oregon Rail
road enterprise. At the same time our
legislature guaranteed the interest for 20
years on a million dollars of our bonds,
(on certain conditions.) These grants of
course made our francM e worth some
thing so much so that blackmailers were
tempted to incorporate another company,
some six months ago. or some five months
after the incorporation of our compan-.
This wild cat concern observed the same
corporate name as the old (original) O. C.
R. It. Company, and have proceeded to let
a contract lor the construction of 150
miles of the road."
Gaston may continue his epistle now, and
say that" the old ( original) O.C. R. R,"
is about as much of a wild cat as the Mich
igan Rams Horn; farthnr that the 150
miles of road contracted for by those
blackmailers, will be constructed in spite
of the villainy of its opponents within the
time specified.
The Jacksonville Sentinel has hereto
fore given its support to the projected
scheme of connecting Portland with the
Central Pacific Railroad at Ilmnbolt.
The main reason has been in consideration
of the immense additional aid that, would
be given to the Oregon Central by a con
solidation with a company h?ving a gov
ernment subsidy of thirteen million of dol
lars. But there are others equally as
weighty and worthy of consideration.
WJkti it is considrred. that lying between
"3f -"a! rang to the vf of iru and
Uinpqua vallies, and the Blue mountains,
there is a territory equal in area to two
such States as Connecticut, or nine such
as Rhode Island, and capable of support
ing a population certainly equal to the
former, it is not surprising that a railroad
through it is looked on with favor. It is
idle to say that this region is not a valua
ble one.,r The altitude is much less than
that of nearly every State north of the
fortieth parellcl, east of the Rocky-mountains.
Its soil is richer than that of any of
the New England States, and the luxuries
of its wild grasses and clover leaves no
doubt that it only requires tilling to make
it the wheat field of the Pacific. Emigra
tion is crowding westward r.ipidlv, and it
Will be strange indeed if vallies 'like that
ofSprngue river, Chewacan and Link river
will not attract it. It seems as if Nature
intended the mining population of scorch
and barren Nevada and Idaho to draw
their supplies, flour, bacon and timber.
from this region ; and the time is approach
ing when they will do so. Aside from to
pographical reasons, the great importance
of this region of country and the certainty
of its early development and occupation,
are convincing and substantial arguments
why it should be traversed-by a branch of
the Pacific railroad. There is a larc-e area
of productive land in Northern California
that has not entered into this calculation,
that will be equally benefited by the con
struction of this road ; and this, together
with the fact that it will impel and neces
sitate the construction of a " road through
the Sacramento and Pitt river vallies. has
procured the friendly aid of the whole
California delegation. Its passage is only a
question of time, and it will be the very
first projected road to receive aid from the
Government.
A private letter from a distinguished
source in the upper part of this valley,
speaking with reference to the action of
the west side road company against the
east side says :
'We. of Benton county, feel a deep in
terest in what is called the east side road,
simply because it will put us in communi
cation with all the business centres of this
valley. We have no ill will toward the
west side. Indeed, ice teould aid ii. though
we could derive but litlle benefit from
it, as it would lead by a very circuitous
route to but one place ; namely. Portland.
Though it would beot great service to the
north side of our county, and perhaps por
tions of Polk, Yamhill and Washington
counties, yet even these advantages could
be attained at for less cost and distance
by the north side of Benton county run
ning in to Albany : Polk county to Salem:
etc.. . . .If Portland would build a road di
rect up the valley, instead of running west
by the difficult route she has undertaken,
we would feel more interest in her road.
But that is her business. Wo have invest
ed no money in it, and do not propose to
criticise her plann. It has all the time ap
peared to us that the west side company
was really more anxious to prevent the
east side from building a road than to
build one themselves ; and this idea has
been much strengthened by recent devel
opments along the line of the east side
company's operations, by circulating re
ports unfavorable to the builders, and
cautioning people not to assist nor coun
tenance the east side company in any way.
The most extraordinary efforts have been
made here at Corvallis, within the last
few days, by persons recently from Port
land, who were busv repeatinrr the old
exploded tales that were told by Gaston
months ago at Portland, and other places
where the east side company were operat
ing. Now that the work of the east side
company has commenced.here, those libel
lers are here in full for.ee not to build - a
road, by any means, but to prevent one
being built if they can. If they succeed
in stopping work upon the east Hide, than
their mission will be at an end. 1 do not
perceive that their action will have any
effect. Our people want a road : and they
want one that will put thorn in communi
cation with the cities of the valley, and 1
think this hounding on the tracks of men
who are honestly laboring to relieve this
upper pert of - wcb-footv from the diffi
culties they now labor under, only make
them friends in the end, and arouse a
more determined support for the road."
The above is brief ; but it sums up a
great deal of truth in regard to the un
reasonable opposition with which Messrs.
Elliott and others are being met. We
agree with the writer, and ask a careful
consideration of the subject, at the hands of
our readers.
TELEGIIAPIIIC SIUVS.
We take the following telegraphic news
from dispatches to the Orcjon'utn.
California wheat in Liverpool
has declined to 13s. 3d.
John C Breckenridge was at
Toronto on the 29th.
The bad state of things existing
in Texas has been referred to the
Senate Military Committee.
New York telegrams quote Cal
ifornia wheat at $2 2" a $2 70; flour,
$11 a $13; wool 18 to -35c.
The San Francisco wheat mar.
ket is firm at 2 10 a $2 30. Oats,
$2 20 a $2 40.
Ilole-in-the day, Chief of the
Minnesota Chippewas, was assassina
ted by three braves on the 30th of
June.
The Louisiana Senate is having
a high old time concerning the " test
oath." The resolution to ratify the
13th article of the Constitution was
next in order, July 1st.
Surrat's case is postponed till
September 21st, when he will be
tried for an attempt to abduct Lin
coin; the indictment for murder hav
ing been abandoned.
All congressional proceedings,
after March 4th. 1SG9. will be issued
from the Government printing office.
The cost will be thousands less than
the present Globs arrangement.
Seward is about concluding nn
agreement for the purchase of Gre?n
land fs ley mountain) from the Dii
nish Government. If congress does
not choke that fellow off he will bank
rupt the nation.
The revenue collection is being
restricted so that the work may be
done by each Collector for his own
district instead of the present sys
tem under which one or two collect
ors have been making returns all
over the country.
Florida has ratified the 13th and
14th amendments to the Constitution.
Her admission is opposed by the
Democrats, bnt Thomas Osborne
Senator elect, has Wn admitted to
his seat, by a vote of 33 to G Fes
senden, Doolittle & Co., voted " nay."
The English Uonse of Com
mons was occupied until after mid
night June 26th in debating the Irish
church question. Great interest, al
most approaching to frenizied excite
ment, was manifested throughout the
procfrnsng?.
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OREGOJV.
The incomes returned by the Port
landers, show handsomely for the business
of that city.
Messrs. McCraken. Merrill & Co. have
chartered the Alaska to sail for the Sand
wich Islands with a general cargo.
The firemen of Portland have a block
of land in Lone Fir Cemetry, which they
ure about to improve.
A merchant at Jacksonville has embel
lished the pannels of his counters with
landscape paintings, lie is an enterpri
sing dealer, no doubt.
The Wasco county Agricultural so
ciety will hold its annual fair this year be
giniug on the 17th and closing on the ll)th
of September.
Mr. A. Woodard manager of the Sa
lem Flouring Mills, called upon us on Wed
nesday when en route for Portland. The Sa
lem Mills, under the management of Mr.
Woodard, are now producing as fine an ar
ticle ot flour as any in the State.
A freight wagon ran off a bridge in
Union county on the 2 4th. Four mules of
the ten, in the team, were taken over with
the wagon, and badly bruised, but no
bones were broken. The bed of the wa
gon, and its load, was demolished. We
learn from the Times.
The Herald advises the establishment
of a ''health office"7 for Portland. A few
more such scenes on election days in the
metropolis, as were witnessed List month,
will call for "scientific and educated phy
sicians to look after the condition of the
precincts."
The Sentinel says that the machinery
for the Woolen Mill at Ashland has arriv
ed in San Francisco, and will be shipped
to Crescent City by the steamer of the fifth
of July. It will not be many months till
they hear the hum of the spindles up the
valley, and may their music never cease.
The fine packet Whistler is to be seen
at Portland. In October 1SGG she was
put up in New York for Portland Oregon,
direct." But direct trade was not
at that time, ripe enough to be gathered
Now, however, the Mercer line have suc
ceeded, and vessels are not only on the
way bat more are loading for Oregon.
The workingmen of Portland seem
to be the only class that take an interest
in contributing toward the purchase of a
'cork leg for Mr. Atkins, who lately lost a
limb. It is somewhat strange that wealth
is so careless of the wants of the unfortu
nate. The workmen at the Willamette
Iron Works, on Saturday evening were
paid off. and they made up a purse of 23
for Atkins.
The Bohemia quartz ledge, in Doug
las county, is paying largely. The White.
B ill, of Santiaru together with all the
bright prospects of that once promising
camp, have played out. Messrs. Salmon
Bros, of this city, left it to its fate but a
week or two since. The Record has a hope
that "the proprietors of that unfortunate
toll-road will not charge the owners of
unfortunate quartz mill for the privilege
of hauling their machinery back to civili
zation. The George S. Wright left Portland
for Sitka on the 2d. The Herald says the
trip to Sitka, at this season of the year,
will be a pleasant one. There is an in
land passage nearly aU the way, and is
almost like making a trip from here to As
toria and back, as far as the sea and weath
er are concerned. The voyage and back
will occupy about twenty days, and it
will give those who went a line opportu
nity to visit a part of our most North
Western Possessions. The distance of Tie
round trip is about sixteen hundred miles.
Speaking of the Branch Mint, the
JLjunlan'mT says : Our fondest hopes for
the future prosperity of our city, it ap
pears, are at last to be realized. As soon
as the bonds of Messrs. Iloague and French
are received at Washington City, we are
informed that the plan and specifications
for the building will be forwarded and
when received here the work will be com
menced. We sincerely hope that our cit
izens may not again be doomed to disap
pointment, but that they may soon sec
and handle some of the coin made at our
mint. If perseverence merits success,
surely the citizens of thissection of country
deserve it in this instance.'' That is so,
Brother Hand. What will be the price of
coin ?
IIOW CUICKET.S MAY HE DKSTJtOYED. -
The Olympia Transcript is informed that
the valley of the Yakima is just no region
at all for agriculture. Yakima is in
Washington Territory. It is a first class
country for grazing, says the Transcript
informant, and a man who is willing to
forsake all society and civilization, and
live with Ins stock for a few years, can,
with a small band of cattle soon get rich ;
but even that could be easily overdone, as
the country does not appear to be adapted
to heavy grazing. The best farming dis
tricts are almost entirely destroyed by
crickets, and have been for several years
ever since white men have tried to cul
tivate it. They come in such immense
numbers as to destroy all vegetation, and
in the latter part of the month of April,
the crickets were there by the millions.
Those who never saw anything of the kind
cannot possibly appreciate the situation,
and would not believe the truth if it were
told concerning the numbers and devasta
tion of crickets. This is a serious draw
back to that section of the country, no
doubt, but, we can assure the Transcript
and its informaut, that crickets : can be
fenced off from fields just as easily as cat
tle, by digging trenches, throwing the
embankment up on the inner side. After
the trench;s are well filled with crickets,
say twice or three times in a season, throw
in straw upon them and set fire to it. In
a few years the whole cricket family can
be destroyed by this method of treatment.
Goxe to iieu Rest. The friends of the
Peak Family vocalists and bell ringers,
will regret to learn of the death of Miss
Lizzette. which occurred at Cleveland on
tbe first of May, of typhoid fever. We
have known Lizzette since her first ap
appearance at South Bend, Indiana, about
the year 1S5G, when but a little child.
She was universally beloved by the troupe
and was one of its chief attractions. Her
letnains were taken to East Medway Mass.,
the residence of her parents for interment.
We shall celebrate this anniversary of
our National Independence, with the people
of this county in the vicinity of Judge Mat
lock's. Hon. I. W. Garrett will deliver an
oration there.
Coi'ntt Court Judge W. T. Matlock pre
sidingconvenes on Monday next at 9 o'clock
A. M. "
Citt Council. The regular meeting of
thn City Conreil will beheM en Mondav cr-
REPIBL1CA PL.ATFOIOI
ADOPTED BY THE NATIONAL UNION CONVENTION
AT CHICAGO.
Resolved, 1st. That we congratulate the
country on the assured success of the Re
construction Policy of Congress -as evi
denced by the adoption in a majority of
States lately in rebellion, of Constitutions
securing equal, civil and political rights to
all, and we regard it, as the duty of the
government to sustain these Constitutions,
and prevent the people of such States
from being remitted to a state of anarchy
or military rule.
2d. The guarantee by Congress of
equal suffrage to all loyal men in , the
South, was demanded by every considera
tion of public safety, gratitude and justice;
and must be maintained ; while the ques
tion of suffrage in all loyal States proper
ly belongs to the people of those States.
3d. We denounce all forms of repudi
ation as a natural crime, and national hon
or requires the payment of the public in
debtedness in the utmost good faith to our
creditors at home and abroad, not only
according to the letter, but spirit of the
laws under which it was contracted.
. 4th. It is due to the labor of the nation
that taxation should be equalized and re
duced as rapidly as the national faith will
permit.
5th The national debt, contracted as it
had been for preservation of the Union
for all time to come, should be extended
over a lair period, and it is our duty to
reduce the rate of interest thereon when
ever it can honestly be done.
(Jth. That the best policy to diminish
our burden of debt is so to improve our
credit that capitalists will seek to lend
money at lower rates of interest than we
now pa- and must continue to pay so long
as repudiation, partial or total, open or
covert, is threatened or suspected.
7th. The Government of the United
States should be administered with the
strictest economy. The corruptions which
have been so shamefully nursed and fos
tered by Andrew Johnson, call loudly for
radical reform.
8th. We profoundly deplore the un
timely and tragic death of Abraham Lin
coln, "and regret the succession of Andrew
Johnson to the Presidential chair, who has
acted treacherously to the people who
elected him and the cause he was pledged
to support, who has usurped high legisla
tive and judicial functions, has refused to
execute the laws, has used his high oSice
to induce other officers to violate the laws,
has employed his Executive power to ren
der insecure the lives, property, peace and
liberty of citizens, has abused the pardon
ing power, has denounced the National
Legislature as unconstitutional, has per
sistently and habiiually rtsisledrby every
means in his power, every attempt at the
reconstruction of the States lately in rebel
lion, hat perverted public patronage into
an engine for wholesale corruption, has
justly been impeached for high crimes and
misdemeanors, and has been pronounced
guilty thereof by the votes of 2 Senators.
9th. The doctrine ( Great Briiian and
other European powers that, because a
man is once a subject he is always so,
must be resisted at every hazard by the
United States as a relic of feudal times not
authorized by the law of nations and at
war with our national honor and inde
pendence. Naturalized citizens are en
titled to be protected in all their rights of
citizenship as though they were native
born. No citizen of ihe United. States or
naturalized must be liable to arrest or im
prisonment by any foreign power for acts
done or words spoken in this country and
if so arrested and imprisoned, it is the
dntv of the Government to interfere in his
behalf.
10th. Of iill who were faithful in the
trials of the late war. there were none
more faithful for special hoeor than brave
soldiers and seamen who endured hard
ships of 'camp and cruize and imperiled
their lives in the service of their country.
The bounties and pensions appropriated
by law for these brave defenders of the
Union, are obligations never to be forgot
ten. The widows mid orphans of the gal
lant dead are wards of the people, a sacred
legacy bequeathed to the Uuitud States for
protecting care.
11th. Foreign immigration in the past
has added so much to the wealth and in
creased resources of this nation, the asylum
of all nations, that it should be fostered by
a liberal and just policy.
12th. I h;s Convention declares its sym
pathy with all oppressed people vho are
struggling for their righis.
The following additional resolutions
were offert-d and adopted :
Resolved, Tl.at the adjournment of this
Convention shall not work dissolution of
the same, but it .-hall remain as organized,
subject to be called together at any time
or place that the Republican Executive
Committee shall designate.
JUsolued, We highly commend in a
spirit of magnanimity and forgiveness the
men who have served the rebellion and
who ave now frankly and honestly co-operating
with us in restoring peace to the
country and in the reconstruction of
Southern States on the basis of impartial
jus'ice and equal rights, and are received
back into the communion of loyal people,
and that we are in favor of the removal of
the disqualifications or restrictions imposed
on the late rebels in the same measure as
the spirit of disloyalty disappears, as may
be consistent with the safety of loyal peo
ple. Resolved. That we recognize the great
principles laid down in the Declaration of
Independence, as the true foundation of
Democratic government, and we hail with
gladness every effort towards making these
principles the living reality on every inch
of American soil.
A distillery is about lo be put into
operation at Eugene City. It is of no par
ticular benefit, that we can see. Six men
are its owners.
Vcclil- Coi'iiiiiicial Ilcvitw.
Enterprise Orncc, )
Oregon City, July 3d, ISfiS. f
FLOUR Imperial. Standard, Monitor,
and Harding's brands $5 50 $G 00
bbl.. outside brands $4 50(g;:54 75.
WHEAT Dull demand at 85(00 cts.
1 bushel.
OATS The demand is about equal to
the supplv. at 40c.
CORN" MEAL $2 50,S3 cwt.
FEED Ground $25 rg. ton : Middlings
$202.r ; Bran $12.
FRUIT Green Apples pbx5075 c;
Dried Apples lb ext.5c; Dried Peaches
none; Plums M)(aM2c.
CURED .MEAT Bacon 1 lb 0cllc;
Hams lb I2ic: Shoulders 5,7c.
LARD In kegs 9 c.; tins 10c.
EGGS Abundant at 15c. doz.
BUTTER Ordinary to prime lb 20
'25c.
POULTRY Chickens doz $2 50(3;
tame Ducks 75c. pair : tame Geese &2 50
ijr.v.u iv i rouse one. pair, or is.i fi
doz.: Pheasants, 40c. pair, or $2 doz.
VEGETABLES Potatoes bu. 10 cts
Onions f 100 lbs $2 00$3.; EeanslOO
lbs $5 $5 50.
HIDES Salted rl lb 4i5c; dry 910
WOOL 18c. "t1 Ih-
roinxAXD prices.
Flour Ranging from $5 50 to $6 00
barrel.
Wheat 75 to SO cents bushel.
Bacon Sides. 910c. ; hams, 13llc;
shoulders fi7c.
Lard In tins. 124c; Kegs. SfolOc.
Butter Fresh Oregon 25 to 37 cents.
Eggs 1G to 18c. "Jif doz.
Dried Fruits Apples. 5Gc: Peaches
10 12 Ac; Plums, 1522c.
Sugar-Mauds, 912; San Francisco
C. 13i14c.; Crushed, in bbls.. lCAc;
half bbls., Lc.
S-yri'P-?T.eaTy Golden, best liuds,
. ' I 111' . , . . -. -
I ' J ""VVV- 1- I'. "1.
"""i a-mhuu, in OOIS., do (fir 40c.
Coffee Java. 2Ric ; Costa Rica,
Rio. 19c: Kona. s r i .
19k.;
i'TH"'1' in ' bbls- $12 30: kits,
fco o0: Salmon, $o 50 per bbl. $3 00
per bbl.
Salt Liverpool, per ton, $37 50; Car
men Island $27: Bay. $25; Dairv $32 50.
Rice I'annXo. 1, Scnt: Chfna, No. U
THE SEW MAP OF OREGOU.
Speaking of Rappleye's new map of Or
egon, the Lr7iionist says:
It is compiled from the latest and best au
thorities, and is the most accurate yet pub
lished. It is four feet by six in size, and
will be printed in colors in the finest style of
copper-plate engraving, on the best quality
of paper, and mounted on canvass and roll
ers. All who see a copy and desire an accu
rate map of this coast, will of course, sub
Scribe. Gen. Geo. Crook says of it.
Poutland, Orkgoti, May 29th, 1363.
II. W. Kappletk Dear Sir: I takepleas
nre in stating that I regard vour map of Or
egon as the most accurate of auy that 1 have
seen published, and in fact the only one that
gives anything like a correct ideaot Eastern
Oregon and its surroundings."
I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient
servant, GEORGE CKOOK,
Bvt. Maj. Gen. U. S. A.
Hon. D. P. Thompson recommends it as-
follows:
Oregon City June 15th 1S03.
Mr. II. W. Rapfleye Dear Sir ; I have
carefully examined your Map of Oregon, and
have no hesitancy in stating that I beliere
it to be the most correct map that I have
seen ; particularly of the portion of Oregon
East of the Cascade Ilauge. I have been
engaged in Surveying in that region of
country for seven years, and believe that por
tion of your map which embraces the country-
from the Cascade Mountains East, lor
one hundred miles, to be entirely correct.
D. P. THOMPSON.
U. S. Dept. Survey.
The Slate Journal say s :
It is the finest ma-p of the country we have
yet seen. In case a sufficient nuhiber of
subscribers are obtained to warrant its pub
lication the map will be delivered in a short
time. Mr, liappleye is entitled to great
eredit for perfecting such a work, and we
hope be will receive ample remuneration
for it.
Sew
Advertisements.
Book and Job Printing !
rjrMIli EMEHPttlSE OFFICE
Is supplied with every requisite for doing
a superior style of work, and is constant
ly accumulating new and beautiful styles
of material, and i.- prepared for every
variety of
BOOK AND JOB
PRINTING!
AT SATISFACTORY TltlCKS.
jjt-f The Public are invited to call and
examine both our specimens and facilities
for duing work.
Officers Elect!
IK CLACKAMAS COUNTY",
pLEASE JJEMEMEMBER !
That Blanks of
every description for
your use can be ob
tained" at the Enter
prise office, to order,
jnst as neatly pristed
And asr Cheap !
as at any other estab
lishment in the State.
We will supply other
Counties at the same
rate.
THE GREETIHS.
1 Collection of G lees, Quartet ts, Cho
ruses, Part Songs, -r,.; By L. O.
Jfrnerson, author of ''The Jubilee"
Harp uf Judah, Golden Wreath,
Merry Chimes, etc.
Upwards of haif a million copies of Mr.
EincFson'a muse books have been ofd.a fast
proving a popularity which lias rewarded nc
ther author of tb smc clas ot books, anc"
which -cannot AmI to isjure fur iliis new vol
nine au immense sale. The contents of this
work' are, for Hie mo4 part. new. A large
nnniocr of valuable pieces have been con
tributed by Mr. I j, H. Southard, whose name
is a sutlicient" guarantee of the excellence.
Tlie marked features of the collection are:
Originality, i5rilii::ncv ami variety, and it
will be found, upon careful examination, that
there is no glee book before the public that
m every particular will prove so completely
satisfactory to musical societies, and conven
tions, conservatories, clubs and amateur sing
ers. Pice 1.3S ; 12 per doz., mailed post
paid. OLIVER D1TSOX & Co.,
Publishers, Boston
C- II. Oitson & Co., New York 6.tf
1868.
TEMPERANCE CELEBRATION.
ON THE ANNIVERSARY Ol THE
Ninety-Second Year of National Inde -pendence,
July 1th, ISC 8, will be held in
the vicinity of East Portland,
A GEaIyD BASKET PICNIC!
To which all the Lodges of Good Tem
plars in the City of Portland and'vicinity
are respectfully invited.
THE riiOCESSIOX
will form at the Lodge Room, East Port
land, at 10 o'clock, a. m. ; the right rest
ing opposite the Oregon Hotel, at the Per
ry landing, and counter-marching will
jtroceed to Crystal Spring on the grounds
of James Stephens. Esq.. where the fol
lowing exercises will be gone through
with :
Prayer, Rev. C. C. Stratton,
Reading Declaration of In dependence
by linn. J. iV. Dot ph.
Oration, by Hon. J. P. Capks,
Song Hail Columbia.
Addresses will be delivered by friends
of the cause, after which a general open
ing of the lunch baskets will le the next
order of business. On the conclusion of
which it is hoped that a general requisi
tion will be made upon the various
sources of amusements, which will be dis
tributed plentifully over the grounds.
A general and cordial invitation is ex
tended to all friends of the Temperance
Cause, the different Sabbath Schools of
Portland and adjacent towns, and to every
one who wishes to enjoy, in a temperate
and reasonable manner, the anniversary of
a great nation s oinuoav.
Marshall of the day, Mr. Z.D. BONES.
Assistant Marshall. Mr. C. C. CR1CII
18158
Oregon Fireworks Company
Labrafory, Past Portland, Office 105
Tront st., Portland Oregon.
THE SUBSCRIBERS, KNOWING THE
Want of harinf ail pstslilishinnnf in tlii
State, for the manufacture ot every descrip-
uon oi rirewoiks, have erected suitable
buildings in East Portland for the purpose
of manufacturing every variety of
FIRE-WOBKS!
Together tcith Large Portable Pieces
for exhibitions.
157 The manufactory wdl be under the
supervision of Mr. George Hughes, a practi
cal Pyrotechnist of twenty years' experience
and we guarantee all fircwoi ks manufactured
by us to" be superior to imported articles,
and at prices lower than heretofore. Full
descriptive catalogues and prices sent ou
application.
AMERICAN FLAGS I Silk, Cotton and
Buntinir, of all sizes. Address all orders to
S. I. M'COUMFCK,
lrjo Tront st., Portland, Oregon.
A. 15. IttcitatMlsor,
A TT n T I Pi NT V T r . 9
Corner of Front and Oak streets, p0rtUn
AUCTION SALES
Of Real Estate, Groceries( General JW
dise and Horses, lJlercIs.
Every Wednesday and Sktlurday t
A. B. Richardson-, Auctioneer.
AT PHI V ATP. Sitr
English refined R'ar and ISundle Iron-
Vnirlil-i miira nt .
Engfis
Horse
- -uiiuic iron"
ih Square and Octagon Cast steel
shoes, 1 ilea, Rasps, saws ; '
Screws, Fry-pans, sheet iron, R.'g. Iroa
A LSI) :
A large assortment of Groceries and LiQUo
M M Lfr-fl inrncA. ..... 1:
WILLAMETTE "
Stcajubosit Companr l.
UXTl't FURTHER SoTICK THE STEAM KR ' S
WEN AT. i
Capt. lioone '..V. .. .Master ".
Will make regular trips daily, leaving o'rt.
gon City, a.m., and Portland nt 4 p.
connecting with the steamer Ann, tW f
Vickers.-for ' I
dayton, Lafayette, Mcmixviuv i ;
ana intermeuiaie points on me lamhilp f
On Monday, Wednesday and Fridj i
AND rore "'I
FAIRFIFLD AND WHEATLAND,
(On the Upper Willamette,) I
On Saturday of each reii
N. HA UN, Preside '
OREGON
STEAM NAVIGATION CO.'S
NOTICE. I
Boats of thecompany will!MT, '
Portland as follows: f
FOR DALLES CITY: DAILY,
(Sundays excepted,") al 5 o'clock a. n
FOR UMATILLA AND WALLULA:
Mondays, Wednesdays and PriJaw
At 5 o'clock a. m. '
FOR LEWISTON :
Every Friday, at 5 o'clock; a. m.
ZT" Returning, leave Wnllula on Mondsr?
Wednesday & Friday, touching at Umutiliis
FOR ASTORIA :
Monday and Friday, at G o'clock a n.,
FOR MONTICELLO :
Daily, (Sundays excepted,) Mcndayj
Wednesday, and Friday, at C a n '
Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday,",
a I 7 o'clock a. m.
o
Roats for the tran5portation of j'oct
in readiness when business offers.
J. C. A INS WORTH.
President O. S. N. (Jorupanr, -Portland,
Orros
North American S. S. Co,,
OF EVERY MOUTH
OPPOSITION
To Mew York, via Panama'
Passengers Berthed Through Tl:
is not done by any other route!
rgnilE NORTH AMERICAN STKAV
.EL ship company will dispatch the fa;
new steamer
OR ECO N S AN,
3.000 tons, Joskwi Suttox Conimand,
From Mission street wharf, at 12 t'clock, M,
SATURDAY, JULY 4th, 18C3,
Connecting via. -Panama II. R. at A j in will ;
Wit if THE
Company's - splendid new steamship
G-TJIDINGSTAR
2,500 Tons For X-F W' YOU K. .
One hundred lbs. Baggage free.
An experienced Surgeon ore boctA.
Me J icinett and Attendance frt.
The Kebraskea icill sail July CO.'i
Steamers of this Company wdl hfrir"
touch a? Manzaiiillo each way. Freights aJ
passage atrednced rates. '
Passage tickets to and from Liverpool,;
Queenstowij, Hamburg, Rotterdam, An'.e'p
Copenhagen. Christiana and Gottenberjr, 1 -the
Liverpool and Great Western Ste.imv ?
Company's staunch1 and elegant Iron Mesni
ships, at unusually low rates.
Passage from iJreinen, Southampton
Havre, by fust class steamers of the Nur'.S .
German Lloyds, at reduced rates.
Z's For further information apply to
I. W. KAVMONI), Agrnt
N W cor. Pmc and Rattery sts., up-stair,
.tdl San Franci'co.-
PACIPIC MAIL
STKAMSHirS FOR
New York, Japan & China,,
Will -be dispatehed as follows
o . ,
Leave wharf corner of First and Rranru",
streets, at' 11 o'etoCoT a. ft. of the follow"t
dates, for Panama, connecting vi. 1'anami '
R. U: with one of the company's spleadiC
steamers from Aspinwall foT New York, on
Tile Oth, anil 30th,
O F E A C II M O X T HI
Steamers leaving Han Francisco on the Ct-
and ttwch at Manzanillo. All touch : -
Acapulco. Departure of the 6th conni
with English steamer for Australia. Depart- ,
ure of the 14th is expected to connect w.t' k 4
the French Trans-Atlantic Co.'s steamer for - ;
St. Nazaire, and English steamer for So"''
America. Through tickets can be obtained
Departure of Hth is expected to connrci
with English steamer for Sonthampton.fcoi. . ;
America, and P. R.R: Co.'s steamer for Cen
tral America. Through tickets can be had- ,
STEAMERS FOU Jl'.VK, 16. ;
The following steamships will bedisptc' y ,
ed on dates as given below: 4 '
June 13th Goli.es Citv, Capt. Lapidg,"' f ,
nccting with Ocean Qvekx, Capt. Rmtf- :
June 23d Goldex age, Capt. Farns,
with Rising Stab, Capt. Oonuer. ' ;
JcxESuth Sachamexto, Capt. larker, c
nectinr with Arizona. Capt. Maury. ' '.
-Passengers berthed through.
gace checked through. 100 lbs. llowwtj
each adult. An experienced surgeon
board. Medicine and attendance free- , ..
These steamers will positively sail ' t
o'clock. Passengers are requested to ii
hpfore ten o ci' ,
Cunard, Hunan aud National steamship i
can be obtained at the P. M. 5 - nti
SanFrancisco, where may also be oou
in anrmntisui, -nunc....... 1PSontn-
orders for passage from Liverpool or.-
1
a
ampton to San Francisco, eitner ' , :
York or St. Thomas it desired t, ,
of 10 or JEW mil i aaia,ul-c" brr -above
orders. Holders of orden ,
quired to identify themselves to me-s ,
'"For merchandise and freight for 'c
,nd wav ports, apply, to W t. C f
TT-The steamship ew 1 oi , dJ, ,
M. Fauntleroy, will be despatched .
July 8d, at U o'clock noon from y -
ner of First an
null in fiin neel
rsi ami ---- vvvi-
connect with the Great h
1 "'"""r r
for Hongkong, aud the Costa
Shanghai. information. T.
For passage and all other mt ?
ply at the P. M. Co. orl.ee, cor
Sacramci; to and Fidwdortf s ,
OLIVER LLPKH'-.L, s -
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