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0pf aw 17 It I? ? nnPGfi rel, and at for ly-five dollars when delivered at the REfrUfll IMftfr Plikfrfr m.;eg Tbe 5JETf and olher vesselSf tbe formcr wltll GEa L. Ccrry, Editor and Proprietor. her cargo but partly discharged, were lying in the har- OREGON CITY, SATURDAY AUGUST 19, 188. bor of San Francisco, having been deserted by their crews, vvno nau run on 10 inu iuhiw. nu u nuwi Butter atnd Eggs. There is a demand existing here edge of the reported state of affairs, it will be extreme- for those articles. A good quantity of tbe former uould ly difficult to get vessels to go there, and the scarcity of command 18 cents per pound, readily ; eggs say 20 els. provisions may increase to a famine before circumslan- per dozen. We don't know that merchants would pay ces will admit a sufficient supply to be received, these prices, but the people will. YVe cannot, therefore, considering all things, per- ceive any real advantage to the laborer, for the present rices of Wheat. Yesterday wheat was selling at least in gctung employment in that country. here, with a good demand, at 60 and 65 cents cash per bushel. The Company's store pays 80 cents per bushel TIIE CAT IFORNIA "FEVER." in currency or goods. Another concern is offering 80 g rf f lhcFrlRalc Constance, which els., half cash and half goods. 1 he article does not .... ... .... . . . oi!r come in very briskly at thole rales. Flour is selling at b!?W news of the cor id.tion of things in Califor- two dollars and fiftv cents per 100 lbs., cash. n,a' and "lei the cat out of Ihe hag in reference to tbe object of the Schr. Honolulu in coming here so secretly. Assessable PnopEn.TY.-Tbe whole amount of asses- we Jiavc had a perlect "fever" of excitement about tho sable properly in this country for 1847, is returned at gold harvest of California. The injunction of secrecy 126,563 dollars for '48, at 15i,636 dollars. The terri- having been removed by the timely arrival of the Fri- torial tax for '47 due from this county amounts to 390 gate, the officers of the Honolulu have divulged all dollars and 41 cents for the present year, it is502dol- that they know and have heard in regard lo the gold lars and 59 cents. mines and gold seeking in that country. This has in- creased the furor, and men with fixed eyes and open From the Dalles. Dr. Saffarons arrived on yester- mou(hs arc swallowing, with voracious appetites, the day from the Dalles bringing with him a fine young wildesi fictions-putting their faith in stories that Uirow native as captive, which he consigned to the custody of t.n . , . . IKo Gen. Palmer, of the Commissary Department. He is Baron Munchausen'' in the shade. In short the tied lo a post in the General's yard where he amuses "necromancer" gold has bewitched almost every body liltlechildren and big,vvilh his bear like conduct. The lately- Nothing else is talked of nothing else, appa- Doclor brings no news. rently, is thought of. "That chap that found the five )und lump was a lucky fellow, was nl lie l nose Marine. Tbe Honolulu sailed yesterday with a load rascally Mormons, to think that they should have taken of i revisions and passengers for California. When we away so many uagon loads of tbe precious stuff be st :led that this vessel came here in ballast, we were forc tbe gencral discovery-and then onlv for a moment in error. She brought some goods and considerable to conceive that their homeward trail should be literally gold dust. The Anita and Henry, from California are M . , anxiously expected. The ship Parramalta, from Eng- . ... . , ,, . . , land via. Islands, with a large cargo of goods consigned crevices of the wagon beds." Why, ,t ,s past all hu to D.McLoughlin, Esq., is daily looked for. raan endurance to stand it. "Hurrah for California !" We're off immediately, if not sooner just consider Another Horse Boat Messrs. Pugh and Ford, of our fortune made, provided we don't starve to death Champoeg co., design to build a horse-boat to run on in getting it. the upper Willamette, between Ibis City and Salem. There are great times down there, certainly. It is We are informed that Mr. Rector, who is an ingenious told that shirts and olher articles are selling for their and excellent mechanic, has contracted for its construe- lveight in gold we would like to sell our big bake lion. Such a craft is very much needed and will un- ovcn jn u,c same way. All this and much more has d ubtedly do a profitable business. effected our citizens lo such a degree that a great many cvn,f, n.," k r y r i r ot them arc making preparations to go there almost al Expulsion op Pilot. The Governor and Board of .r u ,i, , n . . . any sacrifice. We wish them everv success. May all Commissioners on P.lols and Pilotage, met on Saturday of lhcm make fortunes an(1 return safely lo Oregon to last lo investigate the charges preferred against S. 0. invest them. The Honolulu goes out crowded with Eeeve, the Bar Pilot, for taking and secreting goods passengers, and a company arc getting ready to go by frum the wreck of the Vancouver. The charges were land, to starl in the course of a week or ten days. substantiated and the said Reeve was thereupon ex- We learn that this " El dorado" was discovered in polled from his situation as pilot, and his commission, Junc last that its existence was not generally known as such revoked unl1 after two men 1,3(1 realized some thirty thousand We understand that Mr. Thos.Hawks is acting as pi- oa5. cach from U', Somo-Say ",e M?rmon? " .,,;., ;.,itm nm hn u ,i ci,oii Mm.lnb.,. A , first discoverers, who were weaned from it by tbe in- o ' Inrmqlinn fhif cimilnr minnc linn nrnn innnrl in Inn vi. be vacancy. cinily oflbeir own seltlemenls near the Great Salt Lake. Laborers and California. It is said that there is a As soon as the information became general, nearly tbe ireat demand for laborers in California-tbat they arc vv,,olc population, says report, rushed to tho mines.- receiving from eight to ten dollars per day ; doubtless, Everything vvas sacrificed for gold-lbe crops vyere but how much does it cost to live there?" What's the SIS.S t At iwrMi - u it i r. r branches of labor were left unattended, and business price of board? Will there be any ba lance left from was conse(Ucnlly SUspcndcd-GoLD without labor- wages after tbe board bill is paid? Mighty lillle, we hQ fiUhy iucre" rather than tho happy fruits,of in- reckon. Provisions of all kinds were scarce, and in dustry. indeed we think our sister California, with aU great demand when the Honolulu left. Flour vvas her treasure, is in an unenviable "fix." Her people, rolling at San Francisco at twenty-five dollars per bar- "gold mad," deserting the tried path of rewarding in-