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. .TIN i. ' '-J f-.r. -.i.. , 7 . " K"ni..- J nrnTbi-t it;fc.Ti t ,-.-7iJ M1t! V-.1 SBf u i ; hi HUv ! i For the Oregon Spectator. MwcstteHf If , V. Too much titaabt bo said in order to orouso our miadi to a sensibility of tho importanco of close sAtoMknto the physical education of (ho riataf jMMiuioa. When we look over tho lift of talented invalids, with minds and voioea ts vafttMd for each other, wo aro led to say, Why is thu sot Is it tho design of Him who hath wrought our curious frames, that they should so toon bo lost to ourselves and to we weriit I feci as if it wero our owa K. We are all provided with tal. ants, each in Wa own order. Somo are en. (lowed with ono foully and somo with an. other. All arte not to be preachers of tho gSs pel, all are riot to be day-laborers, nor arc all who have good literary qualifications to be teach, rrs of youth. We havo natural endowments given us. These wo aro in duty bound to know and improve. It is our privilege to March out for ourselves, as wo arrive at the Vears of discretioa, our natural talents, and if not directed in a proper channel by our parents, it U odr duty to mako all proper ef forts, .aot inconsistent with filial obligations, to improve them to the utmost. Parents should be watchfUl at the earliest dawn of the intellectual faculties, and should so di rect the moral, mental, and physical train ing that the most good may result both to their children and to society at large. You aro not at all allowed to dictate to your son that he shall be a lawyer, or a merchant, or a mecbaaic. Like the wise prince, you should prepare him for poverty's vale, as well as for the lap of luxury. You should teach him to provide with his own hands the necessaries of life, and should Providcnco smile on his efforts, and pour into his lap abundance of wealth, he may bo the more able to sustain any losses which the reverses of fortune may cast Upon him. Educate him if you arc able, not mentally, but mentally and physically combined irur tho axe with the ninchhw necessities of want ; you give to him what gold cannot procure health as well as Happiness. Jjci his menim iruuuug bo governed by his physical abilities, and not put forth the precocious intellect to the dcte rioratkm of the bodily powers. Should your child jho an eagerness to learn, let him be led gently forward and rather be lightly tax--d. How often is vour free, go-ahead liorso or ox broken down by being allowed to e. pend his strength as ho pleases, and you ac Dentally, but mentally and phvsically viUed tor tlic puiii-iimeni u suun umes iaed. Learn him the luxurv of hold-1 swindling ; ami it report be correct, one 10 plow, shoving the plane, using tho .these men has even provnl.il himself with vith dexterity, and you place him above agent at Washington City, in onirr to i or ox oroicen aown uy uciug miuwm w w .'"("'"' i ,..-,-. pend his strength as ho pleases, and vou nc I -should lie comply with the injunctions or m knowledge that it is not wiso to push him, and law in recording his town pint. I am led at the samo time you urge the vigorous in-' this statement of fucts for that this plan tellect of your son or daughter. You risk swindling is that novel and at tho same tn not the life of a brute, but you hurry to do- struction the invaluable life of your child. The animal parts must be equally strengthened with thejntellectual, or you place your child be. fore the world a splendid monument of yourfol. ". Allow me to urge upon you a strict watch fulness over tho playtime of your child, and restrain, not the romping girl, or the boisterous boy, but lead, guide, and direct him into that which pleased you in early life, and at the same time gave you a relish for your hooks ins trad ofa&gist. C. W. S. For tho Oregon Spectator. T the IrasalgraatA of 1I7. Felloio Countrymen Permit me, while I re joice in the anticipation of so large and im portant addition to our infant community nml settlement in this territory as that which will bo afforded by your safo arrival amongst us, to make a few remarks with, regard to our situation and social capacity which I think may be taken kindly by you as coming from ono who has many friends and acqunintun ccs amongst your number. No doubt ninny of yon may have encountered hardships nml privations in effecting your journey beyond your worst anticipations with such I can "most heartily sympathise ; and in landing in this country, tho first object of many of you will be to settle a land claim, whigh may be Vour future home, and in doing this in Oro ion, you will do well to proceed with can lion, taking sufficient timo to cxamino and satisfy yourselves with tho right of tho dif fereat owinwof tho various portions of conn. try for pre-eminence in advantageous loca tion, quality of soil, and other natural ad vairiges pertaining thereto, boTorn you de termiM your section of location, in the pro cess of which you will find tho samo divpo. mtioti for speculation in land claims that you may liaVa found nt an earlier period in somo of thoswricrritory of the Mississippi vnlloy; and herei in order to protect yourselves against impositions that may bo practised up on you by venders of such property, I would refer you to tho regulations of our tempor ary government. Tho provisions of our con stitution, touching land claims, nro plain and simple, allowing citizens, and that under n few special provisions, to hold claims. Such provisions are, howover, frequently evuded by persons who pretend to bo left in the shape of agents for individuals probably unknown to Oregon as citizens, or even travelers thro its valley or forest. Those of you having your attention turn ed towards locations in villages and tho ac quisition of town property, will bo met hv the vendor of town ami village lots, with uil the usual form of acquirements in favor of their respective eligible positions, ami in their transactions, nbovo all others, you may per. haps be the worst imposed upon. So far, the usual practice of proprietors of town sites in Oregon, has been to tako a few stakes, ami, with compass in hand, lav oil' as may lots as will answer for present ptiriHwcs mako n" memorandum or plats ol the same, wlucli they keep closely under thu thumb, when not safely dopos.'cd under lock ami key, they offer these lo.s (or sale as town lots, and ob tain corresponding prices avoiding at the same timo to make tlie certificate, di eds and acknowledgments, together uith the public record as prescribed by the luv, adopted and now in force in tho territory, with re. gard to town sites and town property, by which they retain in themselves alone the right alone of possession t all the streets, at leys, wharfs and landings. This is the case, at least, with all the principal town sites in Oregon, and although much t be wondered at. these proprietor-. hae succeeded in sales to a considerable v.tent, and even to the building of some considerable towns, yet still . nst-nnc the ncnaltv of the law ma le and tiro. I vided for the punishment ol such games oi 01 an m- portuuc congress lor an act pro-rontirming his title to tho soil upon which his town is situated. Thus, ufter having disposed of a great number of lots, at extravagant prices, and a village of several hundred inhabitants has grown up by the industry and enterprise of its citizens, lie still seeks to obtain the fee simple to all the streets, alleys, and whatever else, by the law ol the land, would vest in tne corporate authorities, and be public property, should he complv with the injunctions of said I am led to of time unsusDcctinc character that it mav bo readily overlooked by strangers, until their funds may have been transferred to the proprietors' coffers, when too late they may discover that their lots arc hemmed in on every side by his private property, to travel over which in ob. taining free access to such lots, would place you with him constructively in the position of an eternal vassal. A moment's reflection will unfold to you the inconvenience, both public and private, that may result from such a courso of conduct by proprietors of town sites, particularly where they havo the right of possession now, and the fee simple in pros poet. S. S. WHITE. For the Oregon Spectator. Tuai-atv Plains, Sept. 21, '47.- Mr. Editor According to previous notice, a respeclablo number of the citizens of this county met on Saturday, tho eleventh inst., at the Methodist meeting house, to considor tho practico of claim jumping, and passed the following resolutions: Resolved, That wo consider tho practico of jumping claims utterly subversive of the truo principles of social harmoni and hap. plunss. Retained, That wo holievo tho laws of Ore. gon fully sufficient to protect overy individu al in tho right of his claim; if, after tho laws are tried and found insufficient, that wc re commend tho next legislaturo to pass a law which may bo fully sufficient to sustain him in his claim. Resolved, That wo will, by our voices and acts, sustain tho execution of tho existing laws in relation to claims. Resolved, That tho chairman and sccro tary sign the proceedings of tho meeting, and that thu editor of the Spectator bo requested them an insertion in his columns. DAVID T. LENOX, Chr'mn. IIemrv Sewi:!.!., Seen tary. Tin; Stomach. I firmly beliovo that al most every malady of thu human frumo is, cither high-ways or by.wuys, connected with thu stomach. Tho woes of ovory other member aro founded on your belly timber ; and I must own I never sen a fashionable physician mysteriously consulting tho pulsu of his patient, but I feel a desire to exclaim Wliy not tell tho poor gentleman at once, 'Sir, you havo eaten too much ; you've drunk too much; ami you have not taken exorcise enough !' Tho human framo was not crea ted imperfect. It is wu ourselves who have, mado it so. There" exists no donkey in ere. ation so overloaded as our stomachs. lluli. bits from the Brunnens. ir' corresK)iulent of the Westfield Nevvjf Letter says that a minority of the Hev. Dr. s church in Springfield having request ed him to ask a dismission, ho entered his pulpit thu following Sunday, and taking his text, " will not leave thrr nor forsake thee," gave them just such a lecture as they spe cially needed. to givo ITIalt CoiilrucM to lt. fMIHE undesigned, rperinl agent for tho pont -office M. department of llio I'nilnl State for Oregon ter ritory, will reccivu umlril propaxalii for carrying thn mail from Anton., to Iregon City ami luck again, ami nl Mich other intermediate ofl'iem an hal he nlabiuli ed Aim. for carrying the mail from Orogon City tullw iiiniilh uf Mary' river ami Uvek again, ami at auch oth er intermediate office u nhall bo etablihcd. AIo, for currying the mail from Oregon City via Fort Vancou ver and Fort NcxtiaIly,to llm inuulhof Admiral!) inlet ami back again, and at nucli other intermediate office a iliall he rrtuhlifthcd. IVrMiii wihiiig to propow for carrying the mail on any of the aforrmiid route, am informed that the amount f pay will lo the entire yield of the rropec tiw ullii en on the route, over and above the coinmu- on ol the wtmiMVn repectively. An Oregon City will Ik- Mtuatn on more than one route, n tilt iuon of the proceed of that oificu will lie mad In I wren the dif ferent contractor coming to that office In proportion to the number of trip performed. The crwn prniwang to i arry tho mail will therefore eiprew Definitely the number of tnix he will carry the mail per month for the t'ninpeiwation above offered, and the contract made will t- continued for four years from date, unlei" ooii. cr annulled by the department. .Sealed proposal will bo received until the firrt Mon day in October next, for carrying the mail on the route uforciid, and may be depowted with V. . TVanlt, Ki., of Oregon City. C. UII.L1AM, Siecial agent pout-office department of the United State for Oregon territory. ( Iregnn City, .September. !), 18-17. 17ld Farm to be Ixsl. THE nubscnber will, for the eiunuiig year. fiiYaV let 70 or ell acre of hi farm, ntuato on the iMF"i Clackamin n er, two mile from Oregon City, v, Inch land u ready for needing. Tho undernigneil would inform the public that he in tend to engage in the manufacture of FANNl.N'12 Ml I, US, and by tho lint day of October next, will have come for fate, and by thn next ham-xl will be enabled to iiipply any demand for the article that may urn F. C. CASON. Sept. 11, l?-47.-17tf FOR SALE At tliu llrlck Hton;, Orf'Kon City. KENTUCKY JEANS; CaiiibrooiiMiiirtripc; brown und bleached Cotton; Hoimet ilkv, Sewing Silk; Suspenders; overcoat, iippVnder undcoat Iluttoiu; Men's and Hoy Hat and ilk and i-otton Cluzed Cap; Ladie Ilonnebi; double au!f untie I'lane Iron; Iirace and IlilU; ChiaieU; Gouge; (C'ompat v Caqwnter'a I'mceni; Rule: AugrScreiv; Ilrad-; Tack; Sparable; J)oorItcKc 4lwik und Hinge; Strap Hinge; brrfm and iron llutt; brajai und inm Cliei-l and Till cka; Holt: Sjioketliave; Humineoj Hoe; Hand Axe; Iron Square; CoopewAdze; File; Mill Saw; Iluck Saw; Vice; Iidle; Strainer; 'I'm Tlute; Shoo I'tinclim; Mincing Knive; Jack Kmve.i; Steel l'ens; Itaxor; Shaving Koap; Clue; Sum) I'ajK-r; wood pocket Comb; Cheat Hundle; Cloak i'iiis; Trace and Log Chain; Cant mid Cir man Steel; Cant I'low; Sud-irou; ton lloxe; Linseed Oil; Saddle; Jlridlc; Saddlo Hug; fnn.ni glet; (iirtlui; bran and wood Clock. Agu-t4, iai7. It tf NOTICK. Tin: ni;m.'KIIIi:hn ofrr for ain ..,, reannable lenn, at their 8 Ton, lit Oregon Cil) , the following article, vli : , DRY GOODS. N Silk, jMoiwelalne da Inline, Caihmere, Caflnnef ihVKcoake, HaUatinea, Mualllii, Iwn, hroHil un.l bleached Cotton, Cambrlca, Tartan ami net wihiI Shawl, Canton Flannel, Mir and inuar cUlon llie , white anil colored,' cotton and nlk, Hundkercliie!-, Mohair MitU, cotton and lace Cap, lace Edging and Insertion, Caawmcre, Dm Skin Oainbrouna, ice. Groceries. Melaimsi, Sugar, Collec, Nutmeg, ground Teppr and Uinger, whale and ajierm Oil, Nail, l.c ,c. Crockd'ry Wiirv. )ilie, llateh, Cup and Saucer, China Tea Sell., Ilimln, Mug, 1'itcheia, plain and cut glad Tiunbler, Cuttor, Salt, i.c. Farniture. Iliirenu. HeiUtead, Chair, Writing I)ek, ladic' Work-boic, 1xiking (ilavae, ic. IIAIIDUAKi:. Plane, Itule. hand and back Saw, Had Iron, i-i.,... a, ..,.,. 'I'm-, ei.nn. iLJu n.;l ki.. lim l, ,Mm n, a .-V - M-M anniv, ..., ',-.. -, cariK-nter' ComptuM-, Itaior, Hnd Vice, File., I I'ockel and I'en Kuitr, Tablo Kuivea and Fork. ! SciMMir, t'aillock. client and door l-ocka, (Jlmltl. iiKMirted Ilrad, lira Nad, IVrcutaion Cap. Sauen I'ain, llelhiw, ,meauring Tape, Axea, llalchtt. Siki) Shave, Steelyard, Shovel and Tonga, YVm. I Screw, Iirace and Hitu, IronSpiHim, Powder Flatko, i Shut Kelt, Shear, Hand Hell, c. I Tin Wnrtr. Sit and four ipinrt Coffee I'ota, four quart I'ail. Strainer", Cur, Crater, Scoop, Culle'tder. Wuli ' llamn. Skimmer, Milk Pn, Dipper, Tunnel, L'un 1 illo Mould, Tea Caddie, Nun-n Laill, HnUuina Tea 1'uui, L.K. BooU amd 8hetf. Iridic peg and ewed Uoota, Kid run round, chil dren' ieg llooU. bri)'' kip llrogau ', lnen' llurk ikxiui, men i.i iwwi-t . NMMJrli.. Men' arid Iny'a Heaver Hat, Clock, Cooking Stove and funnel, Soap, Window Ola, Dutch Oven, .(-. im'iS)Tnw of Coral at .'orllnnd. , KILHOKN, LAW TON, &. Co Oregon (My, March 'J7. I KIT " fill Hv.w Ari-itHKmt'Ht. fVIHE undeniigned will furmch the brt acrommo- JL dation in hi power, to both Man and llorv. and will rhargr nothing' at all, a he will expect read my in all cae. Ilorx Houghl and Hold a uual I N. II. 1110 of (Iret'on Scrip wanted in exchange for llore,orpomeiiluf outatanding aeeomil. 3. W MOS.s I Willamette Fall, Nov. 26, IMS. ' ' tfcitl i I Land for Nal. 'rTnilH underwgned, agent for fhilip Foster, oiTeri ' M. loraale all that portion of kadakaaU at Oreen I roiut, within niiti'mile of Oregon CHy. recrnlly ow-u- ed by Fter A- Dement town lata, Sec. For further I information enquire of j . A. LAWItENCE I.OVEJOY. Oregon City. September 3, 1I7-.'UH: Fer Male, A FEW No. 1, Saddle llorwa, at Mom' Liver;. Stable, comer of Main and Third Crosa atrect Oregon City, ,ug. I 'J, 18-17. I jtf N. II. I will pavei"! fiiinl for 1,000 bit-hel mer- I chuntabte Oat, delivetetl at my -table. s. W. ,MIIS. NOTICE i hereby given, that letter of admin! trution have been grunted by thu probate judge of Tuulatv county, to the undeniigned, on the etutn of V. W. DuvvHon, deceased, late of raid county. All pcrxon" indebted to aid entute, are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned ; and ull ur Kiiii having claim agaiait aaid ettato, are retueated to prevent the amo Icgully authenticated within the timu jirckcribed by law. MA.KY E. DAWHON, Adm'rx. of the cttute of V. W. Duwxon. Tualaty I'laip, Aug. 9, 1847. .'It 15 OTCAUTIONI, THE public nro hereby cautioned ugalrut receiv ing the following notra, which have all l-reli paid by tho undorigned, and uro therefore coiuidered canroibd: Ono for $318 08, drawn aUni '.lie 17th of Muy, 18-IU ; one for QM'J 63, dated December 1, 1843 ; uIho, oiiu (luted Augu.st 8, IR-fi, for 85. I alm forbid A. F. Wullcr, Ceo. Abernvthy, John McLuughlin, and ull other (entM from trading for, renting or improving Iota No. Si and 7, in block 1, nittl cited in Oregon City, u Raid property belong to mo. H. II. L. MEEK. Oregon City, September 3, iet7-3tlC FiusK W vim. William M. miih Ward k Smith, CO.tl.TIIiMIO.X JIKKCIIA.tTS, r- r.tf San I'k.m(isco, CaI.iioh.ma. Oh !'! Oh Vhj i:vcrybeJ). T II E' iTrvlerkigued huving entered into copartner lup a (ckaui'u) City, would inform then friend and llie pollic generally, that they will carry on tho HUACKSMITlllNC IlUSINSS in all it. vuriou braiiehet, a fyltow: All kind of wrought Mill work, mid Awiiiny tttcnailn. Ironing new nml n luiirmg old Waginw, Cart, Dearbow, 6lc. Edgo Tool of every kind made and repaired, aim cut terl llouring Auger, Hell, Onn Work, Spurn of every de ecriptiou und many other thingtoulediouto iiieutiou; on u reasonable temuor a litth' cheapcrlhau any oth er hop in Oregon. NOItUISS ic CU'lTINti. ClackMiia.iCitv.JnJv '. 1HI7. 14 tf HILL FOR plVORCE. Eliza E. lUigcr., comji'l v. A' ITLICATION will Iki made by complainant l the Clackama Circuit Court, on tho llrt day of the October Term thereof, to lie held on tho 11 Monday in October 18-17, uu ietilion filed, for n decreu to dissolve the bund of matrimony contracted between naid complainant and defendant. TliU i thereforo to notify mild dufendant, In agent t attor ney, thut if the aid jtctition ii not aruwuredir ilemeil on or liefore Uie calling of the aaid cuue a'tnald term, the aid ielitiuii will be tukeu u confeed und u de creo rendered accordingly, A. LAWRENCE LOVEJOY, Solicitor for Comjilaiiiant. Aug. :, 1P47. 14 4t The Oregon NMi;tiiter. TERHic-Fivo dollar In advance; if not paid until Tho cxiirutloii of Ihren inonllt, aix dollar, und if not Hiid ut tho expiration of aix mouth, tho director re aervo thn right to 'jK.uutinue. If puid in ca-li, $t por annum. ID Advorttwnienta iwerted nt one dollar and fifty cent per wpiaro of Uxteen Hue or le, for ll fit hwertion, und wventy-fivo cenU for etch wequnt Imiertlon. A lilwrul deduction to yearly ndvertiaer. ID-All kind of JOH WORK haaiuwiiely wecu ted itttlu aliortcrt uotlconayment la advuno. " M -Irw