A POOR MAN'S THOUGHTS.
If ye are one of Fortune's slaves,
As many slaves there be,
"VN ho worship nought beneath the sun
Bui rank and pedigree
Pass on! my thought's unfit for those,
With intellect so mean,
Who think beneath the cottier's roof
No sunny joy is seen.
But, should ye be of gentle blood,
And love all human-kind,
In reading o'er a po r man's thoughts,
Sonn pleasun you may find.
Enchanting music breathes to please
.Mi . wheresoe'er I rove:
The S'Amgimr trees, and humming bees,
Spf k harmony and love
The stn amh t, o' r its pebbly way,
Hums many a pleasant air,
And countless birds, to glad my ear,
Are singing everywhere.
The storm-lash d sea, with boisterous glee,
a 5 vss to m ' is given,
Wh-n lightnings gham and thunders seem
To rive the dome of heaven.
Though I am poor, I'm still content,
Whilst health upon me smiles
I'm richer far than Prince or King,
Or Lord of many Isles.
I bivathe the richness of the air,
And, like it's course, I'm free
My thoughts as heaven exalted are,
And boundless as the sea.
While poor men dare to think and speak,
They also dare to do
Whene'er their country needs their aid,
She'll find their hearts are true.
For If lis the King might yield his crown,
The Lord his wide domain :
What think ye of a poor man's thoughts?
Perhaps we'll meet again.
A Crooked Subject. A Matamoras correspondent
of an Indiana paper, in giving a description of the Hio
Grande riv r.say s
Imagine four of the crookedest things in the world,
then imagine four more twice as crooked, and then
fancy to yours If a large river three limes as crooked
as all Ihi'se put log' tlur, and you have a faint idea of
the crooked disposition of this almighty crooked river.
There is no drift in il, from the fact that it is so crooked
that limber can't find its way far enough down lo lodge
two slicks tog lb r but few snakes, because it is not
straight enough to swim in, and the fish are all in the
whirlpools in the bends, because they can't find their
way out. Birds frequi nlly attempt lo fly across the
river and light on the same side they start from, being
dtc. ived by the different crooks! Indeed, you may be
d.TPivtd when vou think you see across il, and some
of 11), h'hoys say il is so darned twisting there isn't but
one side lo il.
The Puilolosopher's Stone. The eccentric but brill
iant John Randolph once rose suddenly up in his seat
in Ine House of Representatives, and screamed out at
the top of his shrill voice
"Air. Spaki r: 1 have discovered the Philosopher's
stone. It is nay as you go!"
John Randolph dropped many rich gems from his
mouth, but never a richer one than this.
"What a deuced sarcastic fellow that Mr. X. is," ob
served John lo a friend, Ibe other day. "Why?"
" VVhy, I called on him Ihe other da in a very promis
cuous and friendly manner, and lie kicked me down
stairs!"
The N. Y. Herald says that Ihe man who cut the first
tree in the wilds of Ohio is still al ve. His name is
Dauiel Gush well. He resides on a J arm in Oneida co.,
state of New York.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
fWoTICE is hereby given that the subscriber has
L been duly appointed administr lor with the will
annexed of Joel Willeox, late of Clackamas county,
dee .ised, and has taken upon himself that trust as
the law directs. All persons having demands against
said ?hle are required to exhibit them in one year
fro-n Ihe 1st day of Mav, a. d. 1848, and all persons
inilfbl'Mi will make payment as the law directs.
July 30, '43.-181111. Wm. B. CHATFIELD.
W,W ;OODS A GUN.
fV received per Brig Eveline, and for sale, in ad
dit on lo their former stock, at Couch and Crosby's,
Oreogn City and Portland :
Blue and fancy prints. French silks. Bro.and white
drill. 3-1 and -i bro. cotton. Irish linnens. Gents'
and ladies' hose. Silk, grass, linnen, and cott. hdkfs.
Coll. and welch flannel.
Shirts, gloves, buttons, suspenders, thread, tape,
pins, needles, plates, dishes, tea setts, cups and sau
cers, iron pots, enamelled fry pans, lea kettles, tobacco,
axes, medicines, coffee, tea, sugar, molasses, syrup,
bl'k pepper, vinegar, paint oil, turpentine, pilch, nailn,
glass, shaving and bro. soap, locks, files, buckles, etc.,
etc., etc. l is.
NEW STORE.
FOR sale at the New Store on Main St., Ihe cargo of
Brig Eveline consisting of a large and extensive
assoi tment of
Dry Goods, Hardware, Crockery, Groceries,
Agricultural Implements, Bonis and Shoes,
Stoves, Fire-arms, Paints, Iron, and
Ready-made clothing.
The above articles are o( superior quality, and will
be sold low by (3s.) H. CLARK.
COIVfTiNTED
THE MAIN STREET HOUSE.
The Largest axd .most commodious Pudlic House ix
Oregon,
IS still kept bv the undersigned, where the public
are entertained free of charge, as the proprietor
alwas takes pay in hand. Thanky for past favors
suit yourself lis lo the future bul if you choose lo call
you mav rest assured I will do all I can lo render j ur
stay agreeable. MOSS.
N. H. I will rent the above described property for
three years il I can find a suitable tenant. MOSS.
Oregon City, April 7. 1
KILBORN, LAWTON, and CO.,
General Commission Merchants,
And Dealers in Oregon Produce.
fk GENERAL assortment of merchandize constantly
im on hand.
N'oyes Smith has retired, as a partner, from the con
cern, and the business will be continued as heretofore.
C. L. ROSS,
"S. V. STORE," COR. WASHINGTON AND MONTGOMERY STS.,
SAX FRANCISCO, UPPER CALIFORNIA.
Refer to Kiluoun, Lawion and Co., Oregon Cify,
Geo. Arernethy, do.
San Francisco, April 1, '48. Is.
P. G. STEWART,
Clock and Watch Maker.
LL orders executed with neatness and despactb -on
reasonable terms. Oregon City.
Dr. CARPENTER,
OFFICE IN OREGON CITY.
Will be pleased to attend lo all professional calls.
June 19, '8. 12i.