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o 0 o o o o o S 0 II) c tUrekin Enterprise. J? s- 5 ft'ife . V (r l vr Oregon City, Oregon, C. C. IllCL-LS'l), EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. Satutday Nov. 28, 1868. The advocates of Republican in--st.itulions are gaining ground in Mad rid. Bismarck makes no secret of his design to leave the Federal party and join tho Liberals. . -Adispatch states that Roths child and Baring will take a large portion of the next Spanish loan. Bilk Pomeroy is giving the s V- t XWorld particular fits, and thc j Yamhill Courier is " teaching'' the Oregon Herald the new principles of I Democracy. ' Classes will be formed in other S'ates. The Idaho Statesman is sur prised that the Democrats of . Idaho ;ind Washington Territories were content to let Oregon give Seymour only 109 majority, when they might have, made it. 2,000 jnst as well. It does look a little singular. Official returns of the election in Oiegorjhavo . been received from IS counties, leaving four Baker, Cocs, Curry and Union, to hear from. The estimated majorities in these last named counties, added to the reported majorities, would give Seymour t'ue State by a vote of l'-'G, These figures may be reduced. A? meeting of leading citizens and business men was held in Chica go on Wednesday evening to take measures in reference to the opening of trade with China and the eastern countries and over the Pacific coast. The indications are that Chicago mer chants would be prompt in opening trade withhe Oriental Empire. The jury in the case of E. G. oRandall, Postmaster at Portland, ac cused of purloining gold dust from a registered letter, failed to agree, and werw discharged by the U. S. Circuit Court, on , Thanksgiving morning. Witnesses were examined from parts as distant as Sacramento on the south, aiid Cay me, Umatilla county, on the cast. That mostimportant intcr-oeeanic , ... . , umlertaK.ng, the Danen Guial, after f o many years cf talk, seems likely lo have a hearing. Our Government, it is understood, is prepared to un- ilertake a final survey of the Isthmus, with referu.ee to a determination of the best route for the canal, and to O negotiate with the Republic of Col ombia Jor its consent to the under taking, and its concurrence in the proposed arrangements connected with the interprise. This they do with the pledge that the cnnal com pany will be ready to furnish 8100,- 000,000, as the money is required in order to complete the work on the canal. Thirteen men who had been sol diers in the regular army, and who bad been out ,of service bat a few weeks not half long enough to have gained a residence in the State voted in Portland on the 3d inst. The date of the expiration of their terms of enlistment was proved by document ary evidence and sent to the Grand Jury, but that honorable body re fused to indict. The Orcgonian says, of Grand Juries : " When an insti tution established for the purposes of justice becomes a nuisance as well as a humbug; when it becomes a protec, tor instead of a prosecutor of crime it is high time to abate it." A great deal is being said about some places on Puget Sound going to il knock the socks ofT' Portland, but we assure our readers that Port" Iind will never grov less. To all who are beginning, we say, buy a lot, get it of the homestead association if you can, and set your stakes. Port land has been going down tvtr since 'we knew the place in the eyes of some but no city on earth presents u clearer record of advancement steady, healthy, sound and reliable. Y e believe that an immense business is destined to be done on Puget Sound. This conclusion is irresistible, but the advancement here will be in proportion to it. Oregon City, we contend, is destined to be the Lowell of the coast. , When demagogues talk about the bloated bondholders," we just want their hearers to think of a little army of -17,24 I hard-working people, ' T s?.1,:1'725 nre wom'. 'ho hare each shh invested ia the securities thus reek essly assailed,- at Williams Lprjrbauk, X. Mind( these arg the ngures taken from the books of uat ; one single, institution, avid no more, lhe returns of ail tb W.l-s in th.rst.,t ii. . a J . , " ..... 'S Sl-il.000.DOO hel.l'Y. n ' , ihe ivhn nnn Ar u .u-V' ;"AV 0 1)0,000 or ncnily one-third of' the Tvliole amount, is invested m United fitates bonds. The total number of depositors , is oou, of whom :07,000 have their accounts in s. iv. sis banks locaiea in that eitv. If' nil these " bloated bondholders" with their Sl00eacb, should vote, says lniiiiunjt overthrow the vn,.we' fancy that the party of 7 " : mm us a i.ue repudiation, partial or total, open or ! t, , rePsentative American. : uiiguise-d, .would not s'and much ! tl L "? ndud?d, b? exP- rhance of success: and, as it is, We i wLhl1, -U,fl Cor1,aI VrWC,phs' ... . .'. I.i ... i w "ch are fist lufluenfinnr ih imtinn. icei eertaui it is uoomu vj n.u jjiio- THE FIIESIOENT1AI, VOTE. In the following table we give the list of States carried for Grant and Colfax. It- will be observed that the total r.umber of votes cast for the Republican candidates is 192, or 44 more than 14S, the number necessary to a choice : & talcs. Flirt oral Ii'imblica n Vote. JMujrrriUi. California 5 3,000 Connecticut fi 3,500 Florida 3 Illinois lt 60,000 Indiana 13 13,000 I Iowa 8 i 30.000 i Kansas 3 lo.OOO Maine ' 7 SO .000 I Massachusetts.. 12 7.r,000 i Michigan 8 XMQ Minnesota 4 10,000 Nevada 3 2,500 New Hampshire . . ... ... 5 8,000 Nebraska - 3 5,000 Missouri .11 20,000 ! Wisconsin 8 22,000 West Virginia 5 8.000 Rhode Island 4 6,100 South Carolina 0 7,000 Tennessee 10 50.000 Vermont , 5 32,000 Ohio 21 4-5.(100 ! Pennsylvania 2 30,000 i Total No. Electoral Votes for Grant and Colfax. .192 ctor3 chosen by the Legislature. The following States we concede to I r. , .... .:.!. ni V III ? J L. -. . Kentucky . Man land. . New Jersey , 11 New York. . ........ 7 Delaware. . . 7 " OKEGOV ..33 .. 3 .. 3 Total G4 ' rr!, rii,,-;, ctt, ,i I The follow mg States are closed as j doubtful, although our latest ad vices j give the Democrats the benefit of the doubt : Georgia. . . Alabama . . 0 North Carolina. .. . 0 8 Arkansas 5 Total 31 Virginia, Mississippi and Texas be ing as yet unreconstructed State, have no vote this year, but adding the 31 doubtful votes to the 04 conceded, Seymour and IJlair would yet be in need of 54 to make a " respectable showing.'' No candid, disinterested man of either political party can deny that the people breathe more freely, and that a sense of security pervades the whole nation in consequence of Gen eral Grant's election. His words, " Let us have peace," are felt by all to be not merely the expression of the desire of him who uttered them, but a brief enunciation of the first and greatest of the results naturally and necessarily flowing from the success of the IUpublican party. We doubt whether there is a single intelligent man of business, even in the Demo cratic party, says the Washington Chronicle, who does not in his heart believe that, however the result mav clash with his political predilections, !l is unmistakably a gain to him in its bearing upon his business prosperity. j Xhis may seem nke an cxtravasant J assumption, yet we confident! y appeal ! to the inner consciousness of the j class of 'men referred to, to bear us out in it. The success of tb e Democratic ! party, even had it not brought with it immediate civil war, as threatened by Blair, must necessarily have been the beginning of conflict and agita tion, to which no end could be dis cerned by the shrewdest reader of the future. Its first and most conspicu ous ?.mi was not to settle anything. I but to unsettle everything, and to ' undo ail the work of the last three years ; nay, we might rather say, of the last eight years. There is no use in disguising the fact. On Friday of last week Mr. Bur lingame ar.d associate Ministers of the Chinese Embassy, were presented to the Queen at Windsor Castle by Lord Stanley. Burlingame briefly addressed Iler Majesty in the name of the Emperor of China, and con tinued by expressing a desire that the health and happiness of the Queen and the people over whom she pre sided, would be long and lasting, lie also referred, in appropriate terms, to Sir Frederick Bruce, and spoke in the highest terms of the val uable cooperation rendered him by English representatives. In thecourse of his address he made a graceful aN lusion to the well known friendship of Iler Majesty for the United Slates. Mr. Burlingame then presented his letters of credence from the Emperor of China. It is rather an extensive document, beautifully encased in yel low satin. Iler Majesty was evi dently pleased, and received the docu ment. In addressing Burlingame, she said she was glad to welcome the first Chinese Embassy to Great Britain. She was pleased to greet Mr. Burlingame and the mission, ex pressing a belief that it was a step in the right direction. Mr. Burlingame then introduced his associate ministers and secretaries to the Queen. The interview was marked by the utmost cordiality. A magnificent lunch wTas served while the company were seated. Lord Stanley touk occasion to express him self as y perfect accordance with Burlingame's sentiments relative to China. It was true, he said, a cer tain degree of opposition, originating in ignorance of the great object of the Chinese mission, coupled with a desire to adhere to the old traditional coercive policv, met Mr. Burlingame on his arrival in England, but this I u atj an passe had ail passed away. Burlingame, ! l)J a dignified course, and feeling the I grandeur and importance of the great nnaca to mm, naa conaucieu , 'Q -S.Uch a ,maDner as to ?5S' favorable impression for China, but for the United States. Acting as the i n"- , ?J U'e mPeror ot ! ' aiS"'eu bearing and pro. j t the world, end have changed foes AGRIClLTrBAL COLLEGE. In our issue of November 14th we referred to the action of the Legislature upon the matter of desig nating the Corvallis College as 'an Agricultural Institute, within the meaning of the act of Congress donat ing lands to Oregon for such pur pose. Those remarks called out the following letter from one of our agri cultural readers: Salem, Marios Co.. Oregon', ) . ,-- ( Nov. IS, 130S. J Friend Irklaxd :' For the first time in two months I have just had a good fireside perusal of the En terprise, and I percieve that yon still preserve your interest in matters pertain ing to the welfare of the farmers of Ore gon. For you truly observe, when refer ring to the act of the Legislature in locat ing the Agricultural College at Corvallis. that This is a very important matter'' and express the t; hope to be better in formed with respect to the measure." For the purpose of assisting you in this last respect , the following facts are at your service. You are entirely right, when yon say Messrs. Pufur, Pout-hit and Minto have given the subject " attention," and might have added, nearly the entire membership of the State Agricultural So ciety, for at its last annual meeting a reso lution was unanimously adopted, earnest- ly but rcspectlully, asking tne early action j of the Legislature upon the subject. In order to prevent the matter becoming a ' political bone (of contention, its friends deemed best that the' petition of the So j ciety upon that and other subjects should be introduced by the Honorable Mr. Davis, f Multnomah county. It was so iutro- duccd.and.cn motion of Mr. Minto wa3 re!(Trcd to 'a sr,ecial committee of three. who reported in favor of attaching the State Agricultural College temporarily to the Wallamet University as had been re commended by a bill to that effect, intro duced by Hon. J. G. Flook. of Douglas county, as chairman of Special Committee ou School Lands. The bill passed to the second reading without a visible sign of what was to be its final fate, when, on mo tion of the Hon. C. ,B. Bellinger, a man who had no more right in the body than any other raai, who had never been elected, the words " Wallamet University" were stricken out, and the words Corvallis Col lege inserted instead by a strict party vote, accompanied by manifestations of great delight ou the part of some of the Demo crats. This is why it happened to' be located at Corvrtllis, and you, Mr. Ireland, if you are informed as to the character of the Cor vaUis College, will be as well able as I to say whether that is the beat that could be done with it in order to insure its working out the greatest possible amount of good to the farmers of Oregon. I am doubtful, however, whether all the -Democrats of Oregon believe it Is -the best disposition of the matter that could have been made. Indeed. I am in some doubt whether there will be anything more done ; for-it seems to me that the same Legislature which could afford to pay very small boys three dollars per diem for nominally acting as pages (and some of the members were in favor of doubling their wages) might wisely have given a little more induce ment than five collars per diem to the committee appointed to locate the College lands. Going out to locate 90,000 acres of hmd is no childs play. But we " shall see what we shall see." OBSERVER. The writer of the above letter i3 a mr.n of good sound sense, and one of the sterling farmers of our State. 1 1 is view of the subject does not seem to be very prepossessing, and we are in clined to think that the action of the " Wise Men " assembled in Salem, upon this, as upon some other impor tant measures, was decidedly farcical. The farmers of Oregon, as a class, are reading men, and the least of them see the necessity of Oregon availing herself of this grant of lands. We had expected better things to come of this munificence by Congress to our young State. The Agricultu ral Colleges of those States where there are such in operation, are the model places of learning in our land. The oldest College of the kind in successful operation in the West is that at Lansing, Michigan. It is filled with students to the utmost capacity of its buildings, over 300 ap plicants being rejected this college year. Additional buildings are urg ently demanded. The Illinois Indus trial University, at Campaign, has opened with fine prospects, notwith standing unwise efforts to destroy confidence in the management. The WisconsinUniversly has a department of Agricultural, with an able Profes sor, a farm, etc. Cornell University, at Ithaca, N. Y., opened last mouth, and is reported as having 400 stu dents. The Massachusetts Agricul tural College is doing well. That in Pennsylvania, always uufortunate, seems to have failed for the present. The Iowa Agricultural College at Ames, opened last month. It has a fine building, as an illustration in our office shows. This college receives pupils without distinction of sex While the young men learn farming, the young women will learn to garden, to cook and keep house. Thsic tvi says : " This collfge is founded partly cn the proceeds of the national grant of lands, and the State has determined the grant shall be impartially em ployed. It is a sound principle for an American State to recognize so emphatically that there shall be no distinction between the sexes in re spect to the enjoyment of public edu cational advantages. With practical instruction for all alike, the problem of employment for a large class" of women would be well solved. Equal training for the uses of this workaday world would give equal readiness to meet in a courageous spirit all its dif ficulties. And while the best traits of true womanhood would not be im paired, the general character of the people would eventually be elevated. It has been stated that the Univer sity of California is to be conducted on this broad principle, at least to this extent that if young women ap ply with the proper qualification, tkej7 will not be rejected." If the measure for Oregon is to fail it is only another on account of politics. We trust that farmers will some dav waken up to a realizing ense of their pciccr in the land, and j demand pledges from their represent- j atbes that d;re hut be broken. RAILROAD ITE31S, r. The Western Pacific Itailroad is again under way ; and the Vallejo road is about completed into Sacra mento. , The West Side Oregon Central have a GO feet depth of cut now fin ished which people tell us is too nar at the top, to last long. The citizens of Albany have commenced to do something toward securing the Railroad at that placo. A committee of conference with the Company have been appointed. The citizens of Portland have circulated a petition to Congress which should be generally signed, praying that an act be passed allow ing the East Side Oregon Central to build a bridge across the Wallamet, at Portland. We stated last week that the steamer Echo was fire days making the round trip from here to Albany and back, bringing a .cargo of 75 tons. A train of ten freight cars would do the business every ten hours for a liSe time. The. Commercial says the fare is as follows between Boise City and Portland: first class fare, 50 ; and second class, S35. The second class consists in this a deck passage from j Portland to Umatilla, and the second choice of seats in the coach from Uma tilla to Boise City. Kansas boasts of six hundred miles of railway, and of being only four years in making them, exceed ing Minnesota, which became a State in 1857. They have had border ruf fians four years, a drought one year, rebel raids and massacres three years, and triumphed over all. .The State is growing at the rate of 100,000 new settlers each year. The West Side Oregon Central have just completed a piece of trestle work S00 feet long and 85 feet high, across Marquam's canyon, out of Portland. On this trestle work, if we are correctly informed, there is a curve which will render it absolutely unsafe for a down trainv heavily load ed. The road bed is completed to Slaven's Pass. The summit of the mountain, we presume. The cost of traveling overland by railroad and stage from San Fran cisco to Chicago is $259 23 in cur rency, and $28-1 20 to New York. Eleven days are consumed in the trip, and meals are usually a dollar in coin each. The fare from Sac ramento to Salt Lake is $125 in coin, and to Austin $45. From Virginia to Austin the fare is $30, and Austin to White Pine, the new Silverado, is $'20. There are about 050 miles of stage travel in going overland. FaJsrner cars on the Union l- - r T I . . 1 l . ' Point, of Salt Lfke. On this side, the Central Pacific has cars running to Argenta, ten miles beyond Reese River, and the track is laid say fif teen miles further, leaving the Cen tral Company 240 miles to reach Salt Lake. According to this statement, there are but 421 miles of the conti nental railroad stiil lo be constructed. The whole will be completed about the middle 'of April. Yfr .Tnhn ATrLlrmn tirnn lias . . . , r r. , 0 just returned from a Government Sur- veying expedition in the Lost River region, mention of which is made clsewhvre, is of the- opinion that the Humboldt Branch of the Union Pa cific R. R. will come into the Walla met by the way of Lost River, or Spragnc s, no real obstacle being in the way at either place, thence up the west side of Klamath Marsh to the head of the Des Chutes, and so on across the Cascade mountaips by way fo the middle fork of the Wallamet, north of Diamond Peak. nn , , e r, . 7 The local of the Commercial has been to Salem. lie says " Great interest is being developed by the agitation of the railroad question among land owners. Everybody is trying to purchase a tract of land ly ing adjoining the road. The price of such lands has advanced to nearly double what they formerly command ed. Those whose farms are cleft by the iron horse, consider themselves in ' big luck.' The grading south ward from Salem, up the Mill Creek bottom, has been completed about seven miles, and the work is being pushed with a vim." When at Ore gon City he was of the opinion that " the idea, prevailing in many minds, that the cars will be on the track and in successful operation in a few months, is all a myth." To haul 40 bushels of corn 50 miles on a wagon would cost at least $12 for a team, driver and expenses. A railroad would transport it for $4 at most. Allowing an average of 40 bushels per acre, the crop would be worth $3 more per acre, or 8 per cent, on the $100. As the relative advantage is about the same for other crops, it is clear that a Railroad pass ing through a town would add $100 an acre to the value of the farms. A town ten miles square contains 04, 000 acres. An increase of $100 per acre is equal to $3,400,000, or enough to build 200 miles of Railroad, even if it cost $32,000 per mile. But 200 miles of railroad would extend through twenty towns ten miles square, and cost but $5 per acre if taxed upon the land. These figures ore given merely as an illustration. If the farmers had taxed themselves to build all the railroads in tke country, and given them away to any compa nies that would stock and run them, th-s Dresent increased value of thtdr , lands would have well repaid the out- iay, 1 aciUC J"roau now ruil "'ff'i'iy to tliC river IH.iU. th(; old gairison, look Byron, a point less than 200 miles j iMg down the river, wiil recognize in east of Salt Lake. The road is com- the p'cture a most faithful delineation i.leted within 175 milt s of the Noitli of the scene. The coloring is high. OKK(JO.. --Maj. Keiuhart is in business at Canyon City. Mr. W. II. Audrus has taken the Western Exchange. The Odd Fellows of Canyon City intend to have a ball on Christ mas eve." Mfljor Johnson, who is merchan dising .at Elk City, Vaqaina Bay, is an " old print." Charles Sutton has been sent to Salem from Pulk county for five years, for burglary at Independence. The Grand Rondo valley people are sanguine of soon having a rail road. The '" Prairie-diggings quartz company of Canyon City will soon have a mill in operation upon their ledge. t Joseph Bertrand, for the killing of A. Mier at Portland, was sen tenced to Salem for a term of ten years. Geo. W. Ballard has been sen tenced to the Pcnetentiory for five years," for the killing of an Indian in Benton county. The Odd Fellows of Portland contemplate building a temple next season, iney nave purcnasca a corner of Alder aud First streets Frank ljoudon and his pniner, delivered 800.000 pounds of grain at Fort Harney from Dalles City, insid of five wetks this season, by pack ttaius. J. B. Underwood and wife start ed for the Atlantic States last Tues day, with the intention of being ab sent all winter. They will visit in Indiana. During the night of a recert storm in Linn county a large tree fell across the house of John Ambler, of Waterloo, but through a mark of Providence none of the family were injured badly. The Portland papers are giving the status of jurors in the jury-room of the U S. Circuit Court. This is something new, we opine. In our younger days we were taught to be lieve that the jury, in criminal cases at h ast, had no right to make known outside of the jury-room what trans pired inside. Mr. W. T. Shanahan returned fromS m Francisco by last steamer with a sph-ndid assortment of pictures, musical instruments, and other arti" cles in his line, which are now opened i and o'i exhibition at his Art Gallery, j Portland. Among other things j worthy of particular note is a picture ! an oil painting of the old garrison ' and the river at the Cascades. Those W!i o have sto o 1 on the north bank of approaching almost the brilliancy cf the chromo pictures, but it is not at all too bright J as the faces of the crags a; d mountain sides on the right are lit up by a clear afternoon sun. The picture is elegantly framed in carved and gilt work, five by eight feet in size. The La Grande Sentinel bid " Matt. Rice and his lady" an affec tionate farewell two weeks ago to- dav. It advises Matt, to "put a . aovprnor Won(1, ' H for. ward the bill to the boys," up there The less enlightened Missourians may not understand this language of "put- tin0" a head ' on a man. In other worus, it means assault and battery, assassination, or whatever amuse ments you like in this line, and that ' is modern kn k!ux Democracy. Old j Chapman said in the Oregon Legis- j l.ature that the tree was growing ! upon which Governor Woods would j be hanged, etc., but we gue'ss not. j Don't think the roll will be called under Bunker Hill Monument. The T. r ... . Democracy of Oregon felt pretty , fl,lsl and ,,el j ft r(lU han( froin June j to November but their spirits hav mg sorter wilted, think they'll haul in a tridi, and not be so brash. AVcclily Commercial Review. E.vTEKrmsK Office, ) Oregon City, Nov. 27, 1SCS. Referring to the grain markets of Cali fornia, the Sacramento Bee says : ; drain is not going up. Tt was higher in July than now. The ships waiting to bo laden with it cannot be accommodated at the prices offeied.as farmersc tnt afford to sell, ar.d prefer to hold on for better prices. In' the spring, when this year's crop wiil be into market at current rates, whatever they may be, it will be difficult and perhaps impossible, to procure vessels to transport it abroad." California is now sending vegetables to Japan. Considering that China is now but 25 days from San Francisco, where the Mongolians have well become accus tomed to American habits of diet, we may shortly expect a large demand for our sur plus crops in that direction. One of the flouring mills of this State, at lea-t, has been sending a common brand of flour to China for several months aud it meets with ready sale. Advices to the 5th, from Hong Kong, quote flour ruling at $G$C 20 f bbl. On the 14th ult., at Shanghai, the mar ket was irregular, but demand for Ameri can products, was increasing. On the IStb. at Sydney, Australia, flour w:ts quoted at 5 10s ($20(2;- $22 50) f bbl. Wheat, in the same mar ket, was quoted at GsMTsCd ($1 C3$l S'i) F cental. There is evidently some mistake about this report. The extremes either way are perhaps incorrect. Flour is seldom so steep, and wheat rarely so low, in that colony : Besides, the range is a commercial impossibility. Our latest dates from San Francisco quote flour in free supply at $5 C2(g.-5 75. Little ot any brand is selling above ' Oats si 90?V.S2. for On -ou; 1C0 -I -" f'ali- O A C 1 fun at SI t7. BOOK NOTICES. Since last we attempted to - notice the periodicals which regularly appear upon our table, our time has beeri so much en gaged that we could not possibly do them justice. The Overland Monthly, however, always claims our first acknowledgments. because it is a home production, wrought upon this coast, and devoted to those in terests especially which we delight in. A. Roman & Co., 417 and 419 Montgomery street, San Francisco, are tho publishers. This periodical reached its fitth number in November. It is universally well received. As an evidence, read what a few ot our exchanges say of it : Among its contents are " A cruse on a slaver," " Wheat in California," Our Heathen Temples." and ".Restaurant life in San Francisco," ejther of which is worth more, than the price of the number. Sen tinel. - This splendid magazine for November is as usual filled with interesting reading matter, and all original. Unionist. This popular magazine is justly taking -4 rank with first class magazines ot tne uay. It is published the first of every month at $ 1, coin, per annum. Gazelle. The Overland Monthly is" an excellent magazine, and it becomes every friend of a home literature to patronize it. &ic Jiecuru. This most excellent periodical comes promptly to hand and not only keeps up its well earned reputation as u California casket of literary jewels, but on each ap pearance it adds to its lustre by some ad ditions of new jewels. Well may we be proud of the Overland Monthly as a Cali fornia magazine truly wiyiwd, reflecting as it ahvav lias done the highest credit upon the editor, the contributors, and the p ubl is In; rs. lil. a rn i er. The next book which claims our no tice is Putnam's Monlhh a magazine of literature, science, art. and national inter ests, which is furnished by Bancroft & Co., of San Francisco. The table of contents in this magazine, is alwavsofthe richest quality, and one scarce can estimate the 'ood it pioducus upon society. Lhe Atlantic Jlonlldu is publisiiaprin Boston, by Tickuor & Fields. - It4R now in its 22d volume. Is now, and has al ways been, an abljr conducted periodical. It takes hold of the energies of the nation, and occasionally advises sensibly upon the ways and means lor the more rapid development of the material interests of the country. A recent article upon the finances of the United States is well worth the price of the book for one whole year to men who are not lead by public opin ion, but who seek knowledge in order that they may load in the sentiment of the community by which they are surrounded. Hours at Home has always been es teemed by us a popular monthly. Chas. Scribner & Co., 654 Broadway, N. Y., are the publishers. We have quite recently given the publishers as high 'compliment tor their efforts in its behalf as we could, with words at our command. An illustrated magazine for boys and girls is published by Ticknor & Fields, Boston, underline of Our Yvuny Foils. The gratitude of the little folks for this book monthly is alone worth the price 2U cents a copy. If every father would do with two U-ss cigars monthly and fur nish his children wiih this book a year, he would never notice his deprivation, but could not help feeling the good effects upon his family. , Rev. J. W. Seliwood," of this city, will shortly solicit subscriptions in this com- rmmiiy to the Spirit of Missions, published j by the Board cf Missions of the Episcopal j Church, and the Freedmen's Commissiun. i at the New York Bible 1 louse. The twelve j espies, for one year, wiil make a very in- j sU active volume. The publishers of Our SehoolJay Vis- , ifor are giving a finely executed steel-plate j engraving of Gen. Grant and his family,! together with the magazine o,ie year, for 1.50. The magazine is well worth the price, and the picture cannot be had any where for less than S'2.0 ), so say our ad vices. Address J. W. Baughaday & Co., 421 Walnut street, Philadelphia. McGill & Witherow, Washington. D. C, have our thanks for a copy of a work just issued by them treating upon railroads in general, but the Portland and Hum boldt, road in particular, for which $13, O'X).00U is asked hi aid from the Govern ment. The Printer's Circular for September, issued by It. S. Meuamin, Philadelphia, and the Typographic Messenger, issued by James Connor & Sons. New York, as well also as Braces' Sons Book of Specimens issued in supplement, are before us. They are all useful to the art, and men outside of a printing office can find new beauty" in perusing their pages. WLitlock's Horticultural Recorder for September, and the American Agriculturist for October, are upon onr table. IIow any farmer can get along, and raise even eggs for market, without the last named monthly, is a mystery to all who have tried the plan of taking the paper. The Arriculturist was established in lt'42, and is the most successful journal of its kind in America. The proceedings of the fourth annual session of the Grand Lodge I. O. G. T., have been handsomely printed by A. G. Walling, of Portland, a copy of which is here acknowledged. The .session was held at Albany, beginning on the 1st aud clos ing on the 4th. The proceedings were harmonious, and the good results of the order every where were manifested by the different reports, as we find them "pub lished. - Know thyself" was the motto of a wise man. The best way to peruse char acter is to apply to. Samuel R. Wells, 389 Broadway, N. Y.. who lias just issued the Illustrated Annual of Phrenology and Physiognomy for 1SC9 in which we find very much more that is interesting than we can here mention. The Phreuoiogical Journal and Lfc Illustrated were edited by S. It. Wells the last time we recollect seeing a copy of either. We have the -Lmua'.for which Mr. Wells has our thanks. --- . ?f"The Oakland Transcript and Amer- I eean Unionist have mooted the question of putting a Pacific coast man in the Cabinet. We shall trust Gen. Grant in the selection of his own advisers and Cabinet Officers, but must be permitted to say : that when we nominated Hon. Geo. II. Williams as Vice-President with Colfax at the head, we felt that he was the man for that place now if wo could avert the calamity of a copperhead being his successor in the Senate, and deemed it prudent fo say a word upon the subject, we should urge him a3 the most suitable person on thi3 coast to fill a Cabinet office. There is no improvement in our home markets. The first vessel direct for New I l ork, has about completed her cargo, al- most wholly of breadstuff's, and will have quick dispatch. We look with interest upon the successful inauguration of this line, and recommend that farmers be the shippers of their own products, rather thau follow longer in the old stvle of send ing wholly through San Francisco hands. .-SCTbe Albany leaves this morning for up- river, having repaired damages "sus tained by a collision of the Success, on the last trip, at Methena's bar. vrTh proprietors of th Kniomr;.n Market will accept our thauks for the pi es cut of a plate of choice Luuev. Baot.y Soaked. Mr. John W. Meldrnm, who recently returned from a surveying expedition in the Lost river region, tells of an Indian difficulty as follows: The party were not at any time molested by the Indians, but some of .them were fear ful of an attack, and on one occasion, when the curtains of night had veiled the surrounding hills, and the party were re clining upon their couches, (a few blank ets spread upon the ground.) one of the party whose imagination had been wrought upon somewhat, perhaps, by the conver sation in the evening, heard something crawling in the grass near his bed, and supposing it to be Indians, raised the alarm. Instantly the party were upon their feet and rallied around the excited youth, who, warning them not to " bunch up, " ana ins nguting propensities oecom ing ungovernable, raised his revolver and deliberately (?) fired at what a minute search, afterward made, revealed to be a terrible toad. The remaiader of the party, in consideration of a promised treat to the cigars, are not at liberty to reveal the name of the person who shot at the toad. tSr S. J. McCormick, of the Franklin Book Store, Portland, Iras a large stock for the fall trade. Book dealers are re quested to inspect Mc's stock MARRIED. At the residence of Mr. James Clia-e,in this citv, on the 2'id int.. bv Rev. J. V. Ski.lwo'op, Mr.AliTMLT.F. MILLER, late (.( Milwankie, and Miss JENNIE li. STE PHENSON of Oregon City. At the residence of MY. W. N. Carnalwn, on the l"th, by Rer. L. 1). Cuoss, Mr. J. li. JIO;ELL, and Miss REBECCA M. CARNA tJAN,a!lof Clackamas count)'. At the rc-idence of Mr. Robert Gammill, y J. M. Bacon", K-q., on the 2'2d inst.. Mr. M l-.S ES MANN and Miss EMMA POTTER ail Oregon City Rt. Rev. Bishop F.N. Blnnchet. in Port land on th 23d. LEVI ANDERSON, Esq., and Miss BED WIG EMILlE STAUL. DIED. In Oregon City. Novrmber 2")th, lsT.S, of acnte'Jaryngitis, Mrs. ANNIE E. LASS WELL daughter of Csahles and Sauah E. Pope aged 22 years, 10 months and IS days. 7n this city on the 22d inst., ZOE MAY, daughter of A.S.aml Mary Jane lirailey, aged ten lLouths and one day. At Ashland, on the 7th, of diptheria . JOHN son of WAV, and A. Keutnor, aged 20 months Near Butte Creek, on the 12th, Mary Jaxe Lin vi li. e, aged 2 years. jVew Advertisements. Siiceetsor- to JOHN FT.FMIXC, 3fa sonic Building, Main Street, IMPORTER AND DEALER IN S 6ZU 22TSL ia ILL KEEP CONSTANTLY on HANI) a large and well selected stoek of Books Stationery, and Drugs, comprising in part Standard and Miscellaneous Boohs, Medical, Mining, and. Scientific Hooks, Theological and licli'j ious Books, Juvenile and Toy Books, Sabbath and Bay School Books, IN GREAT VARIETY. j Blank Books in Every Slide, Pass Books, Memorandum Books, and Time Books, Drawing, Trac ing and Tissue J'apcr, Tort folios, and PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUMS, Arnolds', Maynard f Koyes,1 and David's Inks, Mucilage, Sheet Music, Music Paper, and JVote Books. All of Which he will Sell at the Lowest Prices. A General Yaiiely of Drugs aiid Patent Medicines, Constantly on hand, for sale.. Air School Teachers, and parents of Sehol sirs will find it to their advantage to inspect my stock and prices, before purchasing else where. t$- Rooks Imported to Order. Orders res pectfully solicited and prompily filled Xr3 Agent for the California Time, an! Eastern periodicals, and papers. JOHN M.RACON. HOUSE, SIGHT, AND Steamboat Painting Graining, Gilding, China Glossing, Imitations Of all kinds Wood sua! M:upI1c ! FTfcutrd a.t irell as can be doi on, thfi 1'acifc Coa"t. Fxamine our work and Judge for yoursdvus. fi-'g'Evcry order attended to with care aud expedition. C. K. MUKRA Y, West Door Ralstons Brick, Main St., Oiegon City. 1857 (ESTABLISHED 1857 No. 90 First Street, Portland, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Garden, Grass and Flower Seeds! All Seeds from this establishment Are Warranted Fresh and Genuine, Foreign and Domestic Diied Fruits And Vegetables. Foreign and Domestic Green Fruit- and Vegetables. Vegetables and Fruit Packed with care for shipment. JXUTS Pea Ntits, Brazil Nats, Wal Nuts, Filberts and Almonds. (lROCFRIFS selected stock of Choice Groceries, bought expressly Eor Famihf Use. All ff which is offered for Cash'at cash prices. Orders solicited. JOHN O'CONNOR. . No. OO First street, Portland Oregon. i VI . LP J OB PKIXTI.VC4 NK.YTLY KXKC'VT- tdatthe ENTLRl'KISt OFFICE. AC CriONAXD COMMISSION A. II. IliciaardsoiB AUCTIONEER! ' Corner of Front and Oak streets, Portland AUCTION SALES Of Real Estate, Groceries, Gent-mi Merck dise and Horses, ' Every Wednesday and Saturday t A. B. RiCHARDsox, Auctioneer. AT PRIVATE SALE. English refined liar and IH-.ndl, I,, . English Square ami Octagon Cast stcci Horse shoes, Files, Kasns. saws ' Screws, Fry-pans, sheet iron, 11. Q. iron . a i.so : O - . ""UUfinon A. Li. lucHARDsox, Auctioneer, M ISC ELL AX EOU& JfAMlLY DYE COLORS. Patented Oco1cr lr.:?. PERFECT FAST COLORS. o Black, Dark Green, Black Silk, Bight Green, Dark Blue, Magenta, Bight Blue, tfiize French Blue, Maroon, Claret Brown, Oravse, Dark Brown, Pink, LighV Brown, Purple Yelloir, Light Pawn Drab, Puirn Drab, Violet, Light Drah, Solfcrino, Dark Drab, Slate Snuff Brown, Royal Purple, Cherry, Salmon, Crimson, Scarlet, dr. FOR DYKIXO SILK, Woolen and Mixed o'd., Shawls, Dresses, Ribb'ins, Gloves, Ryur.et. lUu FeaUiers, Children's Clothing, and all kimli of Wearing apparel," A Saving cf Eighty per Cent, o tri, For 2 cents you can color as many goods as woidd otherwise cost live limes tut sum. Various shades can be produced hni the same dye. The process is simple, and anv one can use the dye with perfect siicces--. 6i Directions in English French aud Ger man, outside of each package. HOWE - STEVKSS, 306 Broadway, Boston. FOR SAUK BY Smith Davis, Wholesale Druggist?, Portland, Orecon. Brit 4- Parker, Oregon City. HOME MADE Levy & Fechheimer, Manufacturers of ar.d Dealers in Furniture, OR KG OX CITY, TAKE THIS METHOD OF INFORMING the public that they have now on La:.'i a laage invoice of SQUARE AND EXTENSION TADU-3. BUB FA US. BED-STEADS. LOUNGES. DESK??. STANDS, CHAIRS, o And Various other Qualities cf Rich - and Medium Purnilurc ' Forming a complete and desirable a-evS meut, winch merits the attention of bi'.ye:.-. We MANUFACTURE FUENIT17HE Using good materials, and emptoriiis tk very best mechanics in the Stale. l:i'iii.-e can. warrant our goods lobe as n-pitsctitri, and we are prepared to till allordeis ti.'i' promptness. We call the attention of the puMie to our saiesrroin, us containing the complete assortment of dtsira'-'tt ijomls in t;e State. LEW FKCmilil.MF.K, Main street. Orei.'iu City. French fledscal Office o Dr. Jl'LIAX PFRBAVl.T, Doctor of Medicine of the, Pacidtjf Paris, Graduate of the Univer sity Quecifs College, and Phiisician of the St. John Bap l isle Society of San Francisco. Dr. Pi-ruai lt has the pleasure to inform patients a'ld others seeking- confidenii il medical advice, that he can be consulted at his office, Armory Halt Building, N--nlicat corner Montgomery and Sacramento street. San Francisco. Rooms No. 9, 1 11, f.r.it door, up stairs, enirauce either on Mont gomery or Sacramento streets. I Mi. Pkurai lt's studies hare been aimo-t exclusively devoted to the cure of lhe va .; otis forms of Nervous and Physical Dcbi!.y. the results of injurious habits aeij i r- d i ' youth, which usually terminate in impotence and sterility, and permanently induce a!! ' 'f concomitants of old Hge. Where a secret in firmity exists, involving the happiness of life and that of otheis, leuseu urnl not ably dictate, ihe necessity of its removal, f." it is a fact that premature decline ot tin.' vigor of manhood, matrimonial unhappy" s- . compulsory single life, etc., have their.i'iirce in causes, the germ of which is planted 11 earl- life, and the bitter iruit tasted lutia' tcrwards ; patients, laboring under this com plaint, will complain of one or mortw.d t'ltt following symptoms: Nocturnal emissions, pains ni the hack and head, weakness l! m-mory and sight, discharge from the Ir tha on going to stool, or making water, the intellectual faculties are weakened, lo-sof memory ensues, ideas are clouded, and there is a disinclination to attend to business, r.r even to reading, writing.or society of friend; etc. The patient will probably complain !'! dizziness, vertigo, and that the sight ' heariug arc weakened, and sleep turrbed by dreams, m.-'anoholy, taglm)-'. palpitations, coughs ant" slow fever ; wlm some have external rheumatic puns, and numbness of the body. Some of the mest common symptoms are pimples in the Lee. aud aching in different parts of the Loo.y Patients i-uffei inx from this disease sh'Hila apply immediately to Dr. I'Kiirari.T, cither in persons or by fetter, and he will guaran tee a cure of seminal weakness in six t0 eight weeks. Patients suffering from venerial disea'os in any stage, Goiiorrlnea Gleet, Stictnn. Bubo Ulcers, Cutaneous eruptions, etc.. wiij be treated successfully. Alt Syphillinc an ' Mecurial Taints entirely removed from t'.o system. . Dr. Periui-lt's diplomas are in his oila' where patients can fee for themselves, t.r thev at e under the cu e ot a regula ly educa.-' practitioner. The best references gnea J required. Patient? suffering under chronic .' can crll and examine for themselves. invite investigation; claim not to 1 evervthincr, nor to cure everybody, ha- do claim that in all case taken under t'- " iiKiit, wc tidlill our promises. eyv" larlv request those who have tried this buis ed doctor, and that advertised physician. worn out and discouraged, to call "Pn 1 5' Low charges and quick cure. . . Ladies Fullering from anv comph'im- n " dental to their sex, can consult the "uclui with the assurance of relief. KEXALK MO.NTHLT rll-I-S; Du. Pl.uu.U LT is the onlv agent ja I ai. 1 -niaforDK. Riot's Female luonthly p' ." 'lheir immense sale has cmj"'--""-" . reputat ation as a female remedy, "3IT''"V ed and far in advance of every ouhm - suppressions and irregularities, anu -obstructions in h-.nn'.es. On the -eif S3 these pills will be soil by mad or tM to any part of the world, secure from any part osity or damage. .... .. .1'. lottAA Cnll be cnre& home by addressing a letter to vr . . coruer "of Sacramento and Mon.goni .. rooms tt, 10 and 11, or box !'73, i - v.' c5 Francisco, stating the case as -,. possible, general habits of Umu-, ...;u; lion, etc. rersons ai a . Uiaiu.".v ""- .., ri.