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BOYHOOD. The dreams' of early youth, 'How beautiful they are how full of joy When fancy looks like truth, And life shows not a taint of sin's alloy. When every heart appears The temple of high thought and noble deed When our most bitter tears Fall o'er some melancholy page we read. The summer morn's fresh hours Her thousand woodland songs her glorious hues; Oh! life's so full of flowers, The difficulty then is where to choose! The wonderful blue sky Its cloudy palaces its gorgeous fanes The rainbow tints which lie Like distant golden seas near purple plains, These never shine again, As once tliey shone upon our raptured gaze: 'I he clouds which may remain Paint oiukh isions than in those sweet days! In hours thus pure sublime Dreams we Mould make realities: life seems So changed in after-time, That we would wish realities were dreams. Col. Fremont. The Washington correspondent of Hie Picayune writes as follows : Col. Fremont will be in a short time munificently rewarded for bis exploits in California. Though the court martial have dismissed him from the service, be will go out as chief commissioner to 'distribute some 700,000 dollars among the various claimants who aided and assisted him in the conquest of California. The cream of the matter is, that the majority of these claims date from the time in which Rrevet Captain Fremont, of the Topographical Engineers, helped the Californians to make themselves independent of Mex ico, previous to the period that the war between Mex ico and the United Slates was known in California. Some of the claimants have claims for helping after wards to pull down the flag of "independanco" and substituting for it the flag of the United States. Col. Fremont will in a few months be Hie most important as well as the most powerful man in Cali fornia. All this is truly romantic and would do for a novel of Eugene Sue, if that extraordinary genius was not at the moment better employed in chron icling the heroism of his countrymen. News item?. At the conclusion of the war the U. S. troops in Mexico numbered 40,000, 2o,000 of them were in the valley of the capital, cither in or imme diately around the city of Mexico. A steamer of i,500 tons launched in New York, bad made the passage to New Orleans in 7 diiys and 10 hours. Some petty engagements had taken placo in Mexico, after the declaration of peace, between lite authori ties and the "discontents." A monument is le be erected to the memory of the .late Silas Wright. A very large and destructive fire took place in Balti more, April 29: sixty houses were consumed. The 'Sandwich Islands News', among other interest ing items of intelligence, says that tweuly-tbrec Slates of the Union were in Electric communication with eachother, day or night and messages to and from the most distant, could be forwarded in less time than would be required to walk round an acre lot. OREGON INSTITUTE. rr,llE Fall Term of this Institution will commence M. on the 1st Wednesday in September. The school is under tho superintendence of the Rev. Cl'sjiing Lku.s, A. M.,and consists of two departments. The Primary department is taught by Mrs. Eells, and includes, Spelling, Reading, and the Elementary parts of Arithmetic and Geography. The price of tuition is 2 dollars per quarter of 1 1 weeks. The other department is taught by the Principal himself, and includes Reading, Writing, Grammar, Geography, Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry, and thesev ( rul braurhi s ol'l'hilosophy, w ilh such Classical studies as may be di s rid. 'i i e price of tuition in this depart ment for Heading Writing Grammar, Geography and Arilhmalic, is '. dollars lor the higher branches, 4 dol lars.. Arrangements are made to furnish the most approved books. For Spellers, "Webster's Elemt n larv" is used, and vill be sold at cost. Other books will be furnished to each scholar as may be needed, for the use of which a small per centage will be charged on the tuition bills. A boarding department will be kepi in the Insti tute buildings by A.uuo h. Pinny, Lmj., exclusive ly for the school. 1 he highest price lur board, is o"ue dollar and lift cm Us. Studt nts are exptcted to furnish their own bedding. It is confidently dt lieved that, under the present able Principal, the mental and moral interests of the students will he carefully provided tor, so that patents and guard ians ol yotilh'inay commit them to his care with Ihe utmost confidence. Ry order of the Hoard, WILLIAM RORERTS, Chair'n. Salem, August -2), JiSlS NEW GOODS AGAIN JUST received per Riig Eveline, and for sale, in ad dition to their former slock, at Couch and Cnosin's, OreognLily and Portland; Rlue and" fancy prints. French silks. Rro.and white drill, .l-'i and 4-4 bio. cotton. Irish linnens. Gents and ladies" hose. Silk,- grass, linnen, and coll. hdkl's' Coll. and welch llanm 1. Shirts, gloves, buttons, suspenders, thread, tape, pins, needles, plates, dislus, lea sells, cups and sau cers, iron pols. enamelled fry pans, lea kettles, tobacco, axes, medicines, coll'eo, lea, sugar, molasses, syrup, bl'k pepper, vinegar, paint oil, turpentine, pilch, nails, glass, shaving and bro. soap, locks, files, buckles, etc., etc., etc. 148- CONTINUED. THE MAIN STREET HOUSE. Tims Laugi.st ami most commodious Puulic House in Oiiegon, B S still kept by the undersigned, where the public m are entertained free of ciiahgk, as the proprietor alvvajs lakes pay in hand. Tiianky for past favors suit yourself as to the future but if you choose to call you may rest assured I will do all I can to render your stay agreeable. MOSS. N. li. I will rent the above described property for three years i( I can find a suitable tenant. MOSS. Oregon City, April 7. 1