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Oregon City, Oregon ,
D. C. IRELAND, EDITOR AND l'BCPRIETOK.
Saturday
August 22, 1858.
National Union Ticket.
FOR. PRESIDENT,
Gen. ULYSSES S. GRANT
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
SOHUYLEE COLFAX.
for Presidential Electors,
A. B. MEACII AM, of Union county.
Dr. XV. BOWLBY,of Washington.
O. JACOBS, of Jackson.
Reports of crops from every di
rection are cheering.
Ten million dollars, of northern
capital, is now employed in develop
ing the resources of South Carolina.
A company have taken a port
Able saw mill into the cedars back of
.Rainier.
The Washington Territory pa
pers are ogood op the immigration
subject aud their lands are good for
the subjects of immigration.
The Fenians are still disturbing
the Johnny Bulls in Ireland. The
tenantry refuse to have notices served
upon them and resist with spirit.
o
ma wnoie 01 jucxico is m a
state of rebellion. Vera Cruz is left
without force to repel n attack
The rebels are men of influence this
time aud mean business.
The Idaho election passed off
harmoniously on the 10th. Returns
are yet meagre, but the probabilities
are that Judge Shafer, Democrat,
wa3 chosen delegate to Congress.
Tho revolution in Ilayti still
continues. Salnave is growing more
and more popular daily, and the wife
of Soluque lately declared in his fa
vor. In Jamaica troubles had bro
ken out at Nassau.
Hon. Taddeus Stevens died in
Washington city on the 11th. His
death has been looked for, and yet it
occasioned some surprise, as he bad
seetned to be improving lately. A
snore time ueiore nis aeaui. speaii
ing of political affairs, he Raid "the
great uational questions now are the
reconstruction, finances, and a rail
wy system."
The Jennie Alice has at length
reached Portlaud, 87 days from Hong
Kong. She is the largest vessel that
gver came up the Walamet. Iler
celestials are in better condition than
was expected. They are mostly of a
class known as " returned miners,"
having been to this coast before.
The ves?el will load with spars and
lumber on Iuget Sound, for France.
On the-lth instant a serious
encounter took place two miles from
Constantinople, between the Creek
residents and te Turks, in conse
quence of the violation of a grave.
The Sultan called out Prince Mere
datos troops to suppress the riot, and
they fired upon the Greeks, killing
and wofinding a large number. Many
of the latter fled to the residences of
the foreign consuls for refuge. The
trouble was finally suppressed.
The weather for harvesting this
year in Oregon has been no better
than usual. The crops are all se
cured "in splendid shape. In this
region ground is fit to plow io April.
Grain can be sown in June, before
harvest, and pastured in the full.
Harvesting is generally finished by
the 20th of August. Vegetables
may then bog secured, and tools put
away for a rainy day. Now take
things easy until spring again. Where
is there a better country than Web
foot 1
-The Evening Commercial is now
Editor of the American Unionist, it
would seem from the leader in the
latter journal of August 19tb, from
which we quote:
We want to see the east side rail
road built: we want to see both
railroads built, but we don't want to
see any fustian. We would rather
not see three or fonr hundred China
men hired just now in order to create
an impression on the ensuing Legisla
ture. We prefer to see the Chinese
hired, if hired at all (and we are op
posed to their being hired at all) to
build the railroad right along, rod
after rod, aDd ("o i't spr nd your mon
ey in spots so far apart as Oregon
City, French Prairie, and Corvallis.
Another item. We woald rather
rot hear of the threats coming from
the rast feide railroad, threatening to
" bust the west side company out in the
next Legislature!'
You don't want any fustian; and
yet the whole of your order of
doing business in this matter is of
the bombastic style. Chinamen are
employed because a sufficient num
ber of white men cannot be had. You
know nothing whatever of what you
are S3y ing vvheu you frpeuk of spend
ing money in spot.;" no place on the
line has bt-en skipped at any time;
,the work is continuous and is being
done as fast as possible by all "the
assistance that can be obtained. The
assertion you make is a whole
gale slander, calculated to create
jtrmpathy in favor of blackmailers.
GASTON' AND THE LAND GRANT.
Believing that it is ever the duty of a
public journal to favor every legitimate
effort that is made to originate or advance
any enterprise that tends to build up our
State, and develop its resources, we have
always opened our columns to articles rel
ative to the two railroad companies now
operating in Oregon. But, while this is
so. we do not by any means believe it to
be the least duty of the journalist, at all
times, to warn the people against the
machinations of unscrupulous persons, and )
to place them on tbeir guard that they
may not be deceived and ensnared by men
whose only capital in trade is misrepre
sentation, and falsehood. Hence, believ
ing as we must with the evidence wc have
before us, that J. Gaston of the West Side
railroad scheme, so far from making an
honest effort to advance the interests of
the enterprise with which (most unfortu
nately for the people of the West Side) he
is coanccted, by fair and honest represen
tations of the facts, is endeavoring from
time to time to mislead the people by
statements most grossly false in their char
acter, and which have a direct tendency
to mislead an unsuspecting public, we feel
it our duty to expose him. in order that
the people may know the character of the
man with whom they are dealing, and
thus avoid his toils. And as It, would be
impossible in one article to expose fully
all the secret arrangements and transac
tions of this man. in his connection with
the West Side Company, we will confine
ourselves to a few statements of faefs
which tend to show the manner of his op
perations while professing to be the guard
ian of the people's interests.
In the first place he, without the means
of paying for ten shares of stock, sub
scribed for lico million rice hundred thou
sand dollars of the stock in the West Side
road. Tim subscription, too. if we are
not misinformed, was made after he had
entered into a secret agreement with five
others which provided for the disposition
of this stock : That it should be held by
them as non-assessable stock ; that they
(those six persons) should always hold iis
offices in the corporation ; that such secret
agreement should be kept forever secret
from the public. But whether this sub
scription of the $2,500,000 of stock was
made in pursuance of this fraudulent
agreement, or upon tho sole responsibility
ofMr.Gaston.it matters but little, as in
either event it is clearly evident that it
was a gross attempt to appropriate to
himself and a few others whatever rights
and functions may belong to that corpora
tion. After making this false subscription
he goes before an unsuspecting and honest
people and sells them stock, and compels
them to pay their money. While Mr. Gas
ton's stock remains unassessable, he sports
the title of President of the Company on
bis five or ten dollars a day paid by lion
est farmers ; and when a stockholders'
meeting is called, he, without ever having
paid a solitary cent, can, with his ' two
million five hundred thousand dollars"7 of
stock in his pocket, out vole the whole of
them, and thus pepetuate power in him
self and swindle the people
But ' another item." Gaston is repre
senting to his constituents on the west side
of the river, ihat the land grar.t made by
Congress in July, 1SGG, belongs to that
company. And if this be true, then Gas
ton. by owning one half the stock, owns
one half the land grant; with the means
of controlling the other half. Now what
are the facts ? The West Side Company,
if ever duly incorporated, of which
there are the gravest doubts was not in
existence until the 23d day of November,
18G6. The act of Congress making the
grant provided that the lands should inure
to the benefit of some company incorpor
ated under the laws of Oregon, such com
pany to be designated by the legislature
of the State. How was it possible, there
fore, for the legislature which adjourned
in October, 1SGG, (several weeks before
the West Company was incorporated.)
to designate mat company as tno one
which should take the grant, when it was
not in being ? But not only so to fur
ther show the disposition of this man to
falsify and deceive, in relation to this mat
ter, we beg leave to call attention to the
following article in the Portland Evening
Commercial of July 31st, which was un
doubtedly written or dictated by Gaston,
and in which he make3 certain extracts
from a letter addressed to him by lion.
O. II. Browning, Secretary of the Interior,
for the purpose, evidently, of informing
the people that the land grant belonged
to the West Side Company, in ti.e opinion
of that officer. Now we happen to have a
certified copy of the letter referred Io. and
we herewith present the article from the
Commercial, and also that letter la full.
Iiead them :
THE It. K. LAND GRANT,
From tlie Evening Commercial.
Some question has been raised by interest
ed parties whether the O.C II. It. Co. on the
west side, would receive the lands granted
by Congress? We think the matter has now
been settled beyond all dispute. The west
side company tiled its papers more than a
3'ear ago, accepting the grant, and was rec
ognized by the Secretary ot the Interior. So
other company tiled any papers, and the time
limited to file pipers has long since expired,
Make a note of this. Editoh Knteupkisk.)
and has not been extended. At the special
instance and request of the west-side compa
ny Congress exteded the time for construc
tion ot the road, but for nothing else. Aud
new, since the tima has been so extended,
lion. O. II. Prownirg, Secretary of the In
terior, under date of the 5th day of July,
has addressed a letter to Mr. Gaston, Presi
dent of the west side company, in which let
ter the Secietarv states positively, that
' The grant of lands to aid in the construc
tion of the Oregon Central Railroad, was
was made by the act approved July 25, 18t3
(14 Stat. 23'j), and it provides for the con
struction ot a ltailroad and Telegraph line
from some point on the Central Pacitic U.K.
in California, to Portland in Oregon. Under
the authority of this act, and in pursuance
of the laws of Oregon, the Oregon Central
ltailroad Company, (of which J. Graston esq.,
is President) are authorized to construct that
portion of said Railroad and telegraph line
within the State of Oregon, beginning at the
city of 1'ortland in Oregon, and running
thence southerly through the Willamette,
Umpqna and Kogue river valleys to the sou
thern boundary of Oregon, where the same
shall connect with that portion of said rail
road and telegraph line in California, to be
coustiucted by the " California and Oregon
ltailroad Company" (of which Alpheus lull
esq., is President.)"
The Secretary of the Interior goes on at
great length to "furnish Mr. Gaston with in
structions and "forms" showing the compa
ny how thev must select and locate their
langs and withdraw ttiem from private entry
rvi - j- . . I ........
The Secretarv also direct the tiling of maps
of surveys, and aliO a map of the general
line ot the road, which have already been
6ent forward. The Secretary considers the
west side company entitled to the land, and
the papers now tiled constitutes a contract
between the United States and the company
which the gorerument could not repeal, set
aside, or in any way evade, so long as the
company complies with its part; and we
have no idea that the legislature of Oregon
will ever attempt to unsettle or io in any
way (juestioD the matter.
SECRETART EltOWSIXOTO S! It. GASTON.
Department of the Interior, ?
"Washington, D. C, J ul.v S, 1863. ,
J. Gatton, tfi., 1'itst O C. R. R. Co.,
Portland, Oregon :
Sir-l have received your letter of the -J."th
May lust, and the accompanying map, stated
to De the survey and location of the first
miles of the Oregon Central Railroad. Said
map is not verified a required by t e regit
lations of this Department, and it is accord
ingly herewith return.!!
It'is also noticed that for about half the
distance mentioned, the line laid down on the
map runs nearly due west before striking a
"southerly" direction. Evidence must be
procured to satisfactorily account for this
variation from the course marked out, in me
jaw - Forms for verification of .-uch maps
will be found in General Land Office circular
No. 15, approved January 1S'J7. I inclose
a copy tor vour lntormauou anu guiuuuw.
Maps of the survey and definite location
of the road, should be verified according to
forms No. 1 and o. a. to be tounu on pages
10 and 14, and a certificate of the Governor
of the State of Oregon, attested by the Sec
retary of State, under the greut seal, should
also be attached, showing that the location
has been made in conformity with the laws
of the Statp. in wirsucmc of the Act of Con
gress ! Form No. C, on page 15, can be
changed so as to contorai to the existing state
of facts.
The crant of lands to aid in the construc
tion of the Oregon Central ltailroad was
made by the Act approved J uly 2a, lSbo (1
Stat. 2;!9), and it piovidcs for the construc
tion of a railroad and telegrapli line from
some point oa the Central Pacitic Railroad
of California, to Portland in Oregon. Under
the authority of tuis act. and iu pursuance
of the laic3 of Oregon, the Oregon Central
Railroad Company arc authorized to con
struct that portion of said railroad and tele
graph Hue within the Mate ot uregon, be
ginning at the citv of Portland, in Oregon,
and running thence souther!.) through the
ulamt tie, Uinpqua, and Kogue river val
leys to the southern boundary of Oregon,
where the same shall connect with the part
atoresaid to be maae by the first named com
pany, etc.
ihe portiou of Railroad and telegraph line
in California, is to be connected bv the Cali
fornia and Oregon Railroad Company, and
iu order to know at what point the two roads
are to connect, in conformity with the law
maps designating the route of each of the
roads are required to be tiled in this Depart
ment. You arc requested to transmit such a
man of the route of the O. C. It. R. at the
earliest practicable moment. Alpheus Bull,
esq., President of iheC. & O. R. R. Co., has
likewise been requested to forward a map
snort-ing the route ot the road up to the tier
them bouudarv tf the State of California.
Under date of 12lh October last you stated
that "as soon as printed" you would forward
to this department a copy of the laws of the
ftta'eot Uregon under which your company
was incorporated. Not having received the
said copy, I have to request that one, duly
certified, may be forwarded as soon as possi
ble. Please acknowledge the receipt of this
erv uespecttuuv, etc.
- " O. 11UROWMXG,
ecretury.
It will be seen therefore, in the first
place that the extract made is a garbled
one; that it is not a true extract; and in
the second place it will be seen that so
far from its being the opinion of the Sec
retary of the Interior that the west side
company are entitled to the land grant.
that in the very letter referred to, that of
ficer raises the objection that the route of
the road is not in that direction required
by the act of Congres in order to entitle it
to the land grant. That grant was made
for a road beginning at the city of Port
land and running thence southerly through
the Willamette, Umpqua, and Rogue Riv
er Valleys:'' and the Secretarv, in that
portioa of his letter to Mr. Gaston
(which Gaston saw proper to keep from
the public.) very properly observes, after
raising several objections to the map of
their road, such as its not being properly
verified and certified to be correct-by the
Governor, etc.: " that for about half (he
distance mentioned, (which 3s about thirty
miles after leaving Portland) ihe line laid
doicn on the map. runs nearly due west be
fore striking a southerly direction'7 and
then follows a clincher in these words:
Evidence musl be produced to satisfactorily
account for 'his variation from th course
marked out by the Zaic."
It requires but little more evidence than
the above to show the infention of Gaston
to deceive the people in regard to this
matter; but if more were required to show
his general disposal to deceive not only
the people but the officers r.f the la?: it
is to be found in the following extract of
this same letter from Secretary Browning.
" Under date of 12th of October last."
says the Secretary, ' you stated that as
soon as printed you would forward to this
department a copy of the laws of the State
of Oregon under which your companv
was incotporated; not having received the
said copy. I hnvfe to request that one, du
ly certified may be forwarded as soon as
possible."
Can anything exceed in brazen impu
dence and fool-hardy misrepresentation,
ft,:.. 1. . r ' i , 1
in, a oiairairm Ul vjiustou. UlclUB ill UCIOUCF
lbOi , that he would send a copy of the
law under which his company was incorpo
rated? Does not Gaston, and every oth
er man in Oregon, know that at the time
he wrote that letter to Secretary Brown
ing, the law under which the west side
company was incorporated, had been in
print nearly hco years?
But yet Gaston would send it when
printed, and he has "ever yt setit it, and is
now required by the Secretary to send it.
in order (hat it may be determined, doubt
less, w hether the company is incorporated
in accordance with the law.
We would hail with joy the construction
of a railroad on the West Side but such
gross misrepresentations aud deceit will
never build one.
Judge Caufield of this city has shown
us two sprigs of the real Shamrock, direct
from Ireland, County Antrim, received in
Oregon City just 31 days from the date of
its starting; that is to say: the letter in
which these sprigs and other specimens of
the flowery kind from Ireland's soil was
received, was mailed July loth, and was
taken out of the Post Office here on the
ICth of August. This is indeed a fast age.
AYhen the iron horse places us but one
month from Ireland, who can fail to real
ize the worth of railroads.
We received a call, a few days ago.
says the Olympia Standard, from R.Jacob,
President of the Oregon City Woolen Fac
tory, from whom we learn that Oregon
City enterprise is faking that solid growth
which betokens permanent stability. The
Factory is certainly one of the best build
ings for the use to which it is assigned, on
the coast, being over one hundred feet in
length, built of brick, with solid stone
foundation. The building is guarded from
fire by immense force pumps, worked
by water power, and hose extending to
every part. The arrangements for heat
ing are equally complete. Mr Jacob ex
hibited to us some samples of the fabrics
produced, which surprised ns both in
quality and variety doeskin, cassimere,
tweeds, pilot cloth, hardtimes, and some
forty varieties of flannel and these con
stitute but a part of the assortment kept
on hand, to which they are constanllv
adding new patterns. We are pleased to
learn that Mr. J. received several lare
orders from our merchants.
aassGsssessassEss
OGEGO.Y.
B. F. Dowell has probably
reached home by this time.
S. Sherlock & Co., of Portland,
want a harness maker.
The Albany Democrat has com
pleted its third volume.
Benton cc Foard have establish
ed a large sack factory iu Portland.
Mr. Monastes has sold his inter
est in the Portland foundry to Messrs.
Gould ing oo Bacon.
The State Journal decidedly
good paper. The Eugene folks
ought to be proud of it.
Capt. Iliggins offers his house
and lot for sale in Portland. It is
desirable property.
A company has incorporated to
mine, coal at Coos Bay. Capital
$250,000.
The salaries of the Jacksonville
and Dalles postmasters have been
reduced.
Dr. Loryea and party left Phil
adelphia on the 8th, as the Oregoian
informs us. -.f
It is said that a celestial has the
small pox in Portland. lie it so or
not, the. disease cannot spread, ns h
is safely watched by the authorities
We are rejoiced to hear ihat
Eph. Day, former purser of the Wil
son G. Hunt, has realiz:u handsome
ly from hii placer claims on Granite
Cre k.
e
-The Times leads us to infer that
Grand Ronde valley is about moving
in the matter of an Immigration
Committee. Invite the world there,
Jcd., you have lat.d enough for all
w ho will come.
The Unionist says Stickney's
circus piaye I to a thin house in Sa
lem was indecent, etc. Stickney
spoke well if Salem, when here. Dii
lie employ the C.-pital Brass Cand ?
or fail to stand treat ? What's the
fuss about.
The Xapa Valley R. R. is now
completed to Calistoga. The first
train weit up on the 15th. Two
years ago this month we passed over
the ronte in a coach with 14 other
passengers, drawn by six horses, and
saw nothing hut dust by the way.
It was awful.
- Collector Hinman says that the
Chinese on board the Jennie Alice
had no contagious disease. The
Herald says the Captain could not
prevent them from eating the cargo ;
as the rats ate the freight, and the
Chinese ate the rats. Thai's one o!
Sample's jukes.
The new banking house of Ladd
& Tilton. at Portland, will be the
finest finished building on the coast
will cost about SGO.uOO. The bald;
at Salem will be of similar appear
ance. Mr. John Nestor, firchitecl
for all the best buildings in Oregon,
planned thtse.
We are gratified to learn that
Mr. II. L. Piltock contemplates the
erf cl ion of a block of brick for the
Cregnnian establishment, on the cor,
ner of Staik and Front streets, I'm?,
land. Wonder what he will do with
it when Beriah's 1 8 months predic
tion is realized? Wonder if the
" eminently financial" would help
him out in such an event ?
A gentleman from Russian river,
California, has been traveling in Ore
gon, purchasing blooded sheep to
take home with him. lie purchased
4G head of Cotswolds in Yamhill
I OOUfltV
The Herald gives his r-ame
a John Mathews, E-q., and adds :
Oregon is the best country in the
United States for ruisinir blooded
stock, as is proven by our California
neighbors being compelled to resort
to our farmers for reinfuicemei.t.-! of
healthy animals.
There is a mystery about the
reported robbery of Wells, Fargo ec
Co.'s Express at Pelican Station, in
the B.'ue Mountains. Ii is said that
the proceeding was detailed before
hand, and that a business man in
Portland received n letter informing
him that such an event would take
place. This was long since Ail
Fools' Day," arni now a corrpspond
'nt of the Bine Mountain Times be
lieves no robbery occurred, and that
it can he so proven. Then, what is
the matter ?
The city of Salem refused to
vote aid to the O. C. R. R. Co., (East
Side.) Capital fur the Wet Sider-s
was attemped to be made out of that
fact. 'I he council i.ow publish the
following resolution, showing whv
such aid was not rendered :
u Resolved, That ihe vote of llrs
body, declining to pbdg fhe aid of
the city to ihe Oregon Central Rail
road Company by payment of inter
est on the Company's bonds, was not
actuated by any distrust or opposi
tion to the enterprise, but by our be
lief that such action would be tiueon
stitutional and void; but we consider
it to be the duty and interest of the
citizens of Salem to aid suh an en
terprise with material assistance, as
it must rapidly develop the resourcr s
of Oregon, and increase the wealth
aud population of our city.''
New York has had Presidential
candidates at five of the elections
during the past CO years, and in only
one instance ha the candidate been
elected Mr. Van Buren, in 133G.
De Witt Clinton hnd 60 electoral
votes in 18l,Tlufus King 34 in 1817,
Van Buren 60 in ltf4l, and none in
1949.
official.
Laws of the United States,
TA3S2D AT THS SECOND SESSION OF
TII4J i'.'TB CON3HE53.
No. So. An Act making appropriations
WLrrr, econ tVionUw
vear endin" June thirtieth, eighteen huu-
. i :t:...r i..-t ii.it tiir tiia rwnm i
,!.! nn.l i-tv-eirllt.
i vt,--irllt
Be it enacted h the &.tte and Rouse of Eep
rtientHites if the United States of America
i i OiiMress iixtemhled.
That the following sum, or so much there
of as tnav be necessary, be, aud the same is
herebv, appropriated, out of any money in
the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for
the put pose of carrying out the reconstruc
tion laws in the third military dis rict for
the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eigh
teen hundred and sitv-eight. viz: To pro
vide for the expenses of" carrying into effect
the " Act to provide for the more efficient
government of the rebel states," for the
third military district, the sum of eightv
seven thousand seven hnudred and one dol
lars and tiny-five cents.
SCHUYLER COLFAX,
Stealer of the House of Representatives.
1. F. WADE,
President ot the Senate pro tempore.
Endorsed "bv the Piesidcut, '"Received
May lyth, 13CS."
NOTB ET TUB DEPARTMENT OF STATE. The
foregoing act having been presented to the
President of the United States for his ap
proval, and not naviug been returned by hvni
to the house of Congress in which it origi
nated within the time prescribed by the
Constitution of the United Mates, has Lecon.e
a law without his approval.
No. So. An Act declaring Saint George,
Boothbay, Bucksport. Yinalhaven. and Nos th
Haven, in the State of Maine, and San An
tonio, in the State of Texas, ports of del i very.
Be it enacted ti the Senate and Jouse. of A' p-rtsentatlvi-i
of the United States tf Auenca
if), Co-itftnn axuetn'ed.
That Saint it'o:ge and Boothb'iy, in the
State of Maine, in t'ne collection districts of
Waldoboro' ami V isousett, respectively,
and San Antonio, Texas in the collection
district of Saluria, and Buckspoits and Vm-
aihaven and North Haven, m the State of
Maine, in this districts of Ca.-tino and Bel
fast, respectively, be. and the same aie here
by, declared ports of delivery: i'l-ocidtd.
That nothing in tins act contained shall oc
casion additional expeuse to the feoveiumeut
of the United States.
Approved. Juno o, 1SC3.
,
REPVBIiU'.W PLATFORM
ADOPT IZn BY TUU NATIONAL VNION CONVENTION
AT CHICAGO.
Resolved. 1st. That we congratulate tie
country on the assured success of the Re
construction Policy of Congress as evi
denced by the. adoption in a majority of
Slates lately in rebellion, of Constitutions
securing equal, civil and political rights to
all, and we regard it as the duty ;f the
government to sustain these Constitutions,
and prevent tho people of such States
from being remitted to a state of anarch v
or military rule.
2d. The guarantee by Congress of
equal suffrage; to ail loyal men in the
South, was demanded by every considera
tion of public s.tfety. graiiiudt; and justice;
and must I o maintained ; while t'.ie ques
tion of suffrage iu all loyal States proper
ly belongs to the people of those States.
'.id. We denounce all forms of repudi
ation as a natural crime, and national -honor
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.
fib. It is due to the labor of tho nation
that taxation should be equalized and re
duced as rapidly as the national faith will
permit.
.,th Iho national de.,t, contracted as it
had been for preservation of tho Union
for all time to come, should be extended
over a lair period, arid it is our dr.tv to
reduce the rate of interest thereon when-
ever it can honestly be done.
Gth. That the best policy to diminish I
h t!,.. l.t nnli.'v in l t nit
our burden of debt is so to improve our
credit that capitalists will seek to lend
money at lower rates ol interest than we
now pay and must continue to pay so long
as repudiation, partial or total, open or
covert, is threatened or suspected.
7th. The Government of tho United
States should be administered with the
strictest economy. The corruptions which
have beer so shamefully nursed and fos
tered by Andrew Johnson, call loudly lor
radical reform.
fi'n. Vu profoundly deplore tho un
ihr.e'.y and tragic death of Abraham Lin
coln, and regr-t 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 office
to induce other officers to violate ihe laws,
has employed his Executive power to t en-
der insecure the lives, property, peace and
liberty of citizens, has Itbused the pardon-
mg power, has denounced the National
Legislature as unconstitutional, has per
sistently and habitually resisted by every
means in his power, every attempt at the
reconstruction of the States lately in rebel
lion, has; perverted public patronage into
an engine for whole.-ale corruption, has
justly been impeached for high crimes and
misdemeanors, and has been pronounced
guilty thereof by the votes of '" Senators.
9th. The doctrine of Great Ifritian and
oilier 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 bv the law of nations ami at
war with our national honor and inde
pendence. Naturalized citizens are en
titled to be protected in all their rights ( f
citizenship as though they were native
oorn. i,o citizen 01 itie Lmteu states or 1
naturalized must be liable to arrest or im
prisonment by any foreign power for acts
done or words spoken i:i this country and
if so arrested ami imprisoned, it is the
duty of the Government to interfere, in his
behalf.
1 Jili- Of all who were faithful in the
trials of the late war. there were none
more faithful for special honor than brave
soldiers and seamen who endured hard
ships of camp and cruize and imperiled
their lives in ihe service of their cuntry.
The bounties and pensions appropriated
by law for these brave defenders of the
Union, are obligations never to be forgot
ten. The widows and orphans of the gal
lant dote! fire wards of the people, a sacred
legacy bc.-jiiealhed to the United 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 ail nations, that it should be fostered by
a liberal and just policy.
12th. This Convention declares iis sym
pathy with all oppressed people Tho are
struggling for their rights.
The following additional resolutions
were offered and adopted :
J.'esolved, TLat the adjournment of this
Convention shall not work dissolution of
fhe s?.me, but it '--1i rein in n't organized,
subject to be called together at any time
or place ihat the Republican Executive
Committee shall designate.
Resolved, We highly commend in a
spirit of magnanimity and forgiveness the
men who have scrve'd the rebellion and
who are now frankly and honestly co-ope
rating with us in restoring peace to the
country and in tho reconstruction of
Southern States on the basis ol' impartial
justice and equal rights, and are received
back into the communion of" loyal people,
and that we nre 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 ratiy
be consistent with the safety of loyal peo
ple. Resolved. That we recognize the great
principles laid down in tho Declaration of
Independence, ns the true foundation of
Democratic government, and we hail with
gladness every effort towards making (hose
principles the living reality on every inch
of American soil.
BILL HEADS PRINTED.
At the EaterpriM 051c.
33S12I
THE SEW MAP OF OKEGOS.
Speaking of Kappleye's new map of Or
egon, the Unionist says:
It is compiled from the latest and best au
thorities, and is the most accurate yet pub
lished. It is four feet bv six in size, and
will be printed in colors in the finest style of
on the best quality
lu n'i-maic iui m.
of paper and mounted on canvas and roll-
CIO. -in niiuoiv. ., ....
copy-
rate map of this coast, will of course, sub
scribe.
Gen. Geo. Crook say3 of it.
Portland, Or.F.oon, May 20th, 1SC3.
II. XV. Rapi-leye Beau Sir: 1 take pleas
nre in stating that I regard your map of" Or
egon as the most accuiate of any that I have
seen published, and in fact the only one that
gives anything like a correct ideaot Eastern
Oregon and its surrounding.
I um, sir, very respectfullv, vour obedient
servant, GEOlitJE' CROOK,
Bvt. Maj. Gen. U. S. A.
lion. D. r. Thompson recommends it as
follows:
Oar.coN Citv June l."th 1?GS.
Mr. II. W. Rapim.kye Dear Sir : have
carefully examined y;ur Map of Oregon, and
have no hesitancy iu stating that 1 believe
it to be the most correct map that I have
seen; particularly of the portion of Oregon
East of the Cascade Range. 1 have been
engaged in Surveying in that region of
country for seven years, and believe that por
tion of vour map which embraces the coun
try from the Cascade Mountains East, lor
oiie handled miles, to be entirelv correct.
B. P. THOMPSON.
17. S. Jj-pi. turccy.
The State Journal says : .
It. is tha finest map of the country we have
yet seen. In case a sufficient number of
subscribers are obtained to warrant its pub
lication the map will be delivered iu a short
time. Mr. Itappleye is entitled to great
eredit for perfecting such a work, and we
hope he will receive ample remuneration
t..r it.
Adve rtisements.
rMKE NOTICE.
All persons are cautioned against, trusting
r. y son Edward, as I will pay no debts con
tracted bv him. C. A. CHASE.
Clackamas River, Aug. 2 1 . 1 sr, (4-t.-H
G-aiig Plows!
As tic age in which we live demands
progress in Fanning Irnplemeits as
well as n all other b inches of i ml us
try, ice have determined to enter c.rtcn
siveli -upon the manufacture oj the
celebrated
PleiS Gkisss' Plow I
JJetcr knmcn in Oregon as th' IV OL
G A MO T PLOW. Th is Flo w com .
lines all the desirahle points of a per"
ftct implement, being simple, in con
st ruction, cheap, durable, and of Vghl
draft. The oln P miliums which were i
awarded io Gang Plows at the great
Implement trial at Mat loon, F-epd. 4.
lSf:6. ly the Salute Agricultural Zoci
clj of Iliir.o's. wcieawaraed lathis
rime. The following is extract
from the Repair t of 'the Commissioner
of Agriculture, jor the year IS Jo, and
j may be found on pigs 21b of thai re-
j vori .
' -
j
I "T'1C Gang Plow muds by J. C. Pfeil,
Aronzvdie, Cass county Illinois, is received
lii-iie iaL. ill toe wcsi. .i.. iu-
i crcdude stories are tald of its excellence
j and efficiency in plowing the prairie lields
; of Illinois and other States.
" The depth of the furrow is regulated by
tl: era nk-axle. which is so orri.nyed that
the ploughs can be driven deep or shallow,
at the pleasure of the driver, when the. I-enm j
is moving, by means of the lever. We id so ;
manufacture sulkey plows for small boys, or j
inlit m persons, who arc unable la manage a
team of three or four horses. Lewis i Woi- j
gamot, makcisj This gang or sulkey plow, j
will cut a te.rrow from 'J to 10 inches deep.
"The committee who tested the draught
of this plow with a dynamometer state, that
it ran lighter by 1-10 pounds, than other plows
when running at the sum depth, and held
by the plowman while on foot."
53" With this Piou one man can do
more work than two men can do with
melting Pows, and the same amount
of team. Hence, it will he seen that
j ,7 nwre than pay fur itself in one
o , , ,.,.. ,
SCaSOn V'J-
Cg7 ad ii tion to the alove. John
iV.' Lewis will also manufacture the
Web-Foot Walking Plow!
AND T1IK
WEE-F00T GANG PLOW!
Roth patterns of his own invention.
I for which patent: have been applied
for, and which have stood the Lest tests
n ceiving fi titrring teilimmi ial-t when
ever seen or tried, by practical men.
Kow, the Farmers of Oregon
arf invited to give the Oregon City
Manufactory a trial. Do not purch
ase a Plow of any description until
you hare examined our malcc and
prices, as tee are determined to sell at
less than importer's rates, giv you a
more durable article, and a gvaranhe
warranting our wot !;.
LEWIS Sr. WOLGAIvlOT,
ORKGOS CITY.
PAINTING. PAINTING.
mrim: czie x3lj s&s jsikz
Sign and Steamboat
Graining,
0 1 l.i i 11 g,
China. Glossing,
Imitation or all kinds
Executed as well as can be done en the
Pacific Coast.
XT Examine our work and judge for your
selves. Every order attended to with
cure and expedition.
C. 1'. MURRAY,
,n n WestdoorIialston's brick, Jiain st.,
Oregon Citv.
OREGON CITY
B EE WEE Y!
(gg IIESRY IlUMBELij
Having purchased the above P.rewerv.
wisoes to inform the public that be is now
prepared to manufacture a No. 1 quality of
LAGER BEER!
As good as can be obtained anywhere in the
State. Orders solicited and promptly tilled
Orrgon City, December 2Stb, lS. lDtf
New Advertisement.
NERVOUS AFFECTIONS.
TlIF. SHAPES OF THE CLOUDS ANDTI1E
trees do not differ more widely than the
forms of nervous disease. Sometimes both
the mind and body are affected, sometimes
the body only, and often the complaint is
confined to a single member. In one class
of cases the motive nerves alone are disor
dered, as in St. Vitus' Dance; in another
class the nerves of sensation only are attack
ed, as in neuralgia, tic douloureaux, tooth
ache, earache, etc. Pain is, in fact, the im
mediate consequence of a disturbed condi
tion of thn nervous system ; for only thro'
the delicate fibers cf which it is composed
can pain be experienced. Tremors hysteria
and most ot the unpleasant feeiiugs usually
included under the head of nervousness,
arise from the weakness of these sensitive
threads which pervade every part of the an
imal structure, and have their source in the
focntain head of all senstion, the brain.
The tonic action of Hosteller's Bitters is of
vast service in cases of this kind. Nervous
headache, ordinary faceacbe, neuralgic pain
and everj variety of spasmodic torture, arc
quickly alleviate 1 b; the use of the prepa
ration which at once braces and tranquilizer
the nerves. Persons of a lymphatic temper
ament and feeble organization, are especial
ly subject to these complaints, and tdiouid
take tho Hitters daily as an invigorant. La
dies will derive great benef t from them in
all the peculiar mental aud physical disturb
ances to which, as a sex, they are subject.
Asafir'.ida, vaierain, and the other nervines,
usually presenbed for these affections, at
best merely alleviate them for t'ne time being
but the Bitters are a permanent invigorant,
and their value as a remedy for every phase
of nervousness is bejoud all estimate.
CoXSTITXTIONAL WEAKNESS
It is a great tiling to have a sound and
vigorous constitution. There is nothing
that money can buy, comparable in value to
this best gift of nature. Tho difference be
tween the individual who has it, and the un
fortunate ho has it not, is just the difference
between the man who goes into battle cloth
ed in defensive armor, and one who Las
nothing to oppose the sword and bullet but
his naked breast. "The pestilence that
walketli in darkness, the sickness that des
troyeth sit noonday," while it lays low the
man of feeble stamina, is often conqueied
by the native strength of what is called an
"iron constitution.''
Heaven, however, has not endowed even a
moiety of msnkind with this inestimable
blessing, and therefore it behooves those
who have it not to resort to those most effi
cient means of constitutional invieration
which science: can supply. There is good
warrant for asserting that Ilostetter's Bit
ters arc admirably adapted to promote this
end. Other tonics have their drawbacks.
Thee
.-nt rated extract of poisonous veg-
ctable substances, wnich within the last few
years have been introduced into the practice
of medicine as invigorant., are all extreme
dangerous. Prussic acid and strychnine,
though often given as strengthening medi
cines, are not giife even iu tho diminutive
doses; and quinine disastrously effects the
nerves and the bones. Rut in Ilostetter's
Pitter there is positively nothing that is not
healthful and wholesome. They contain no
ingredient which by any process could be
converted into an active poison, and vet as
a constitutional stimulant are infinitely pref
erable to any of the sulphates and acetate's
which have been recently added to tha 7:1a-
:i 1. 1 meaica.
The Government Cocxtetsmgn.
The counterfeiting of Ilostetter's Stomach
Bitters is now & somewhat more serums as
well r.s difficult business than it was a few
years ago, each bottle of ti e genuine article
being authenticated by the ot'iiciat endorse
ment of the United States Revenue Depai t
mcnt 111 the form of a stamp engraved 011
steel, to counterfeit which is a felonv. See,
therefore, that this Government Counter
sign, as well as the engraved label and note
of hand of the proprietors, is attached to
the battle. The label is embellished with a
snpeib representation of S. George on horse
back, in the act of shearing the Dragon, and
undurneath is a shield or escutcheon, bear
ing a warning inscription, which countor
feiters are advised to read before they en
counter the penalty which it sets forth. Be
low this again is Hostetter & Smi h's note
of hand, the signature to which it would be
rather a serious business to forge. If the
public will look to these verifications of the
genuineness of the article before they
purchase, they cannot be deceived.
The proprietary label and Government
stamp are both executed on steel in the
most elaborate style of bank-note engraving
and are probably the most expensive speci
men of graphic art ever attached to any
medical preparation.
PREPARED AND SOLD BY
Hostetter & Smith
PITTSBURG, Pa.
For sale by all Druggists, Grocers,
and shopkeepers throughout the worlJ.
Hosteller, Smith - Co.,
Wholesale Druggists, San Francisco,
Agents for Pacific Coast.
(Sm41)
Sew Advertisements.
AUCTIONEER! ?
Corner of Front and Onk streets, Portland.
AUCTION SALES
Of Real Estate. Groceries, General ilerchan
dise and Horses,
Every Wednesday and Saturday
AT PRIVATE SALE.
English refined Bar and Bundle Iron
English Square and Octagon Cast steel
Horse shoes. Files, Rasps, saws ; '
Screws, Fry-pans, sheet iron, R.G. Iron
e also : '
A large assortment of Groceries and Liquors.
A. Ii. Richardson, Auctioneer!
TANTED
The proprietor of the B.VTeapmss wishes
to trade for a gentle, yonnir milch cow
Is7
joncE.
All cersons indebted to the iim!prt;. i
by book account or otherwise, are herebv
notilkd to make immediate payment. Ac
counts d ie and unpaid will be placed, in thu
hands oi a proper oiiicer for coik-elioa wiih
in thiity days. I Jnust have my pay.
August 2o, 1303. I. SEL'LI.SG,
Oregon city, Oregon.
gETILE YOUR BILLS!
Messrs Levy L Fechheimer, Mam utrcp
Oregon city, ate desirous of closing their
business, and request ail persons havrn
claims against them to present the same fur
payment by the 1st day ot October,
Those indebted will please take notice
that they must come forward and settle the
same, immediately.
L'LVY & FFXilliriMEIt.
D
15SOLUTION.
The
'he co-pai tnersi.ip heretofore existing
L'C-n James L Daly and Ward S S'e
bet wet
veils, under and bv the firm name of l);ty
& Stevens, is dissolved, bv mutual conjoin,
to take effect from and after the Sd dav c f
August, ISuS. The business will hereafter
earned on by the undersigned James L l),,h-(
who is alone authorized to collect oiitstaci!
iug debts. JAMES L. DALY.
WARD S.STliVOS.
Signed in presence cf O. F. lie-!.
Portland Or;gon, August 10, is
rpO RENT!
One of the most desirable places in Ore
gon Citv, consisting of a House. suitable for
a large family or a public boarding hous?
together with an Orchard, b ir; one or tw
good cows, etc., is now offered fur rout oa
veiv favorable terms.
iP1;!y to
XV. J. CALDWELL, .
Oregon City, Orrgnn
J0T1CE.
J' no
nd?
thsr.ks for past favor
S !-
ccivr-;'., i have newly opened a urmty
in W. F. Ii igolleld's block, froniing
gon lloiiso, Main street, and solicit :
of your patronage-, by otferir. g many i
le4s than Portland retail prices.
Will exchange for butter, egg, l.r.rr
ctc, etc. S. E. S l'
e Or-"-fh:xri
i ikk-s
. 2o .r
Nil.
jtioncE.
The Oregon City Seminary grads sciioo1,
will open on Siomlay, August '.'it's, i-j fui?
Departments. All children within the d;s
triet, from fonr up to twenty year-, of pgr,
will be- admitted free to all brai.chcs cf edu
cation, classics included.
Pupils whose par.r.-.ts or gnardisn
reside outside the district. v--i':l be charus.f
as usual the entrance fee and extra siiniir?,
according to provisions of the citv chnrta.
FOUli:s 1A Hi "LAY.
Sup't i f n:v Scbo.
s
rt r; n t.- f.i c; t t.-
iJv virtue r.
.n e-scenlicn ruv! order cf
saf?, issued out -f the ciscr.it e-.-m-t of tins
State of Oregon for the couut.ecf ('hickman
and to me directed, in favor of J. It. Riley
r.nd sgatdst James L. Lev.-, for tbe saw i ;
$'l7 , and interests mid costs, in a decree
of foreclosure of a mr.rtui'ge on real r-i.-U;
I have, t-r.s -2tn nay ot August. . r.. j -SH.-.
levied 0:1 the following d. scrk-.-d !.-.!;!. ;,.--ciliod
iu said decree said order ;.-f sale s f.!-
; j
ows : to-wit Being a niece of land siltiaf
in Clackamas ceuti'v. State of Oregon, ar.il
being part of the claim known am! d.-s'n;;'-ed
cm the surveys and plats of the fi-.i'.'-!
Stalef as number i:i townshin iVee ':
south of range t--vo (i) east of the Willamette
meridian, liegir.ning nt a point tl.trty-tlireo
chains and six'y Jinks east.ai.d twelve elr-tir
Ri7l five links south, from the south v. c;t
corner cf th noith west quatter of ft-e'.loii
five !,0, in township three, (Sj south rang;
two ii) east of the Willamette mciidian,
ther.ce running north thirtT-nine nihility
west five chains and fifty links, thence
thirty-five chains and seventy links, thencf
south thirty minutes, east five chtdns aaf
tifty links, thence east thirty-five chains s.ni
seventy links, to the place of bc-itinning,
containing 10 mid m'-IoO ncies, more or lev,
with ail ti.e appurtenances, aedoa
S-tturdav the li.VA day of Septn.
11 e rr
a. o. 1 S'M, at the hour of 1-t o'clock a. m. -f
n-.iu day, in front of flu; Com t House door
in Oregon City, in said Clackamas count;.. I
will sell the' same to the biub-st bidder
theicfor. JOHN MYEiiS. She-riff
August -20, 1S33--M 4) Clackamas Co,
QUM.MOXS.
;nn for the countv of Clackamas 3
Maty Prosser plain till'. r. Henry Prosssr
o-ie:idant.
ui! in equity lor a d-ivorce.
Y7 Js'ii'-y Proper .-. , '
In the name of the Suite of Oregon : Yea
nre hereby reqnirt-d to appear and ;us"iT
the complaint niod against yo-.i in ihe cfcee
entitled action, within ten days fiom the
of the service of tins summons upon you, if
served within this county ; or if served 1:1
any other county of this Stale, then within
twenty ci.ij-s from the date of the service of
this summons upon you ; aud if you fail sj
to answ er on the first day of the .next term
of said court, sifter this summons shall have
been published in the Oiteoox Citv Entkr
rniSB for six successive weeks, for war',
thereof the plain iff will take judgment a
gaitist you dissolving the bans of matrimo
ny now existing between yon and plaintiff,
and for alimony and the other relief pnord
for in her said complaint, r.nd for her custa
and disbursements in this suit
P. M. McKEXNEY,
August 1.", ISiis 44.it) Atty tor pl'if-
l) M I N J ST ii A T O il' S S ALE
Notice is herebv given, that in pursu
ance of an order of the county court cf
Clackamas comity, State of Oregon, nia
at. the August term. 1 SOS. in the" matter t
the ett ytc C;f n..'urI t Moore deceased. I
proceed to sell to the highest bidder fr
rush, in gold or sdver coin, ;t the Cc-
House door in Oregon ci'y, in said tour.lr,o3
Saturday the 19A day cf September,
a. n. ISC-?, at 2 o'clock p.m. "of s.dd day,
the right, title ar.d interest of sutid estate .n
and to portions of all of the laud lyi"? "
section 3', town 2 south of range 1, ct'?
theWillamette meridian of Oregon, in l-lC-''
amas county, being pntt of what is knon.'
as the "Linn city ciaim". Said land vJ
sold in lot tn suit tmrcbasers. I)i script'1'
r,P l, o.,.v, ,J. t -r.r,-, r.r. 4 lift (l.lV of Salt.
One-half of the pm chase money toberf
down on the dav of sale, and the reman:
oa confirmation of sale bv t.ie county com-GEOIUH-:
A. PEASE.
Administrator ie honli noi cf said esta
August 17, liC3-4.-l.-t)
PETITION FOR SALE.
In the County Court of the State of Ore
gon for the county of Clackamas, ra
ISt'.S. Josiati Lettle, guardian of
Crow, heir of George Crow deceased, i,;lV
hied a petition praying for an order am.
cense to sell the interest of said ward, m y
donation land claim of said Oeorge I ro
ceased, situated m the county ot b'kica
and State of O-egon, said interest bem,
serenth part of said land cliui", to
expenses of support ai:d 'maintains
said ward. It is therefore oidere.i d
. .1... -ii ;tf.rrst('d Ul sia
tate arc notified to appear before t e
Court in and for said ccuiuty. 0:1 Non"-.
The seventh day of P',
A.n. I860, at 10 o'clock a. v., h w", b,
,f anv there be, why an order sl.o ild i
giantau to said guardian to sell the 1
of said ward in said land claim,
V. T. JlATLOClv CouDtr-ud
Ciackamns Co., uri;j
Oregon Cifv. July 7th. 18'!$. f,
J. F. .McCoy, Af'y o-w--
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