1 o G o 0 O O o Q D She tUcckhrtCuScrpricr. C agon City, Oregon , P. G. JREUXSD, EDITOH FUGFRIETOR. Saturday : : January 16, 1869 ; The Wenat is again " up and doing." The California Pacific Railroad now open to Sacramento and to .Callstoa, from Yailejo." 1 ; ' " mil mm. (- " -If it , is .only !.' conscience that .. makes cowards of ns all." The Urald should be at fearless as Ctesar. y- A letter from il Observer''', and r one from Occasional are uuavoida" We delayed. - Hamlin and Morrill of Maine,are "'fighting" for the Senatorial seat of that State. : . Capt. Cahalan has been re elected to the command of the Enj met Guard, of Portland. The Grand Konde Sentinel hears that a $10,000 nup:Set has been found on Shasta creek. Chas. Sprenger, one of the pro prietors of the Pacific Hotel in Al bany, died last week of consumption. George Hall, aii old gentleman formerly of Canton, Illinois, died' of Asthma in this city on Thursday last. He bad no relatives. J. II. Slater has bought a farm sir miles from La Grande, and will devote himself hereafter to agricul tural pursuits. The Evening Commercial is " pitching" info two heavy men Judge Stronsj and Ireland. We can stand it. How is it with you, Judge? Terrific rain storms have de Ptroyed much valuable property and many lives, in Pennsylvania and ad jacent States in the East. All the boats on the Wallamet river, below the falls, are scarcely nbl to carry the freight to Portland, as it accurnnlates on the portage, aud in the warehouses of this city. We learn that Beach & Mon teith, of Buena Vista, are erecting a s:iw mill in place of the one they lost by fire recently and that by spring they will be actively engaged again in lumbering. T. VI. Brooks, Civil Engineer on the Oregon Central and Puget Sound and Columbia River Railroad? ana uoiumoift Jtiver naiiroaas, isi''J'11! iao. mu ium;.;i soon expected to return to Portland ! r""S nd pmpl7 having about completed the survey to ot words to ex Oly mpia. Prof. Yost, of Portland has ta- ! the Oregon City Brass Band to ! ken the Oregon C.ty Brass Band to teach,, and'1 in' addition desires a few j 7npte for Piano instruction. The days" set apart for his visits to this city are Mondays and Tuesdays of each week. The address of Rev. G. II. Atkinson, delivered before the New York Chamber of Commerce, of which our correspondent " Hoosier'' speaks, is before us, in pamphlet iorm. Thanks to some gentleman of New York City. Comments re served; Thte Editor of an illustrious nheet' being' asked by the getter-up of its illustriou3-loeali whether the lat- ter's jocose statement' oPa- certain piece of news was infra dig; replied: You should know, you are- ilwsys in for a dig, at somebody." Herald please comment. The Herald, in its grotesque gambols endeavoring to place itself above suspicion with respect to cer tain matter?, reminds us of the Mile M;m, born on th last day of the year, who always felicitated himself on his narrow escape" from not being, born nt all. " Be jab)bers,', 'says-he, " and if it had been the next da, what would have become of me V Mr. B. K. Leverish, of Center ville, has invented a gang plowfwhicb the mnnnfacturer, Mr. L II.' Calkins, informs-us is-tho most simple, effect ive ajid cheap of any made. The people of CentreviHo are raising sub scriptions of money to clear out Dairy rreek, so as to make it navigable for the steamer Onward. W e have heard lrom persons coming to this city, that the report is current elsewhere that a case or two of small-pox has occurred re cently in this city. It is entirely a iaitake. If the disease should break ut here and it is probable it nay Mayor Barclay will be attentive ta. tUa matter of preventing its ppread. -Since tbe first settlement of the country there lias rarely been a mild er wiutar- than, the present. Thus i'.ir there- h'aa been -no colder weather i hau to produdft a-white frot and ice ' about the thiekaess-or-a pane or win dow glass; while many- of the days have been warm enough to dispense with firt-s even in sitting rooms. Grass has grown all winter thus far. The rainfall has beeu unusually light nnd the rivers,-now low; hayi at no titn reached more -than a go d boat- -The Walla - Walla Statesman savs that of all '"bilks" the man who bilks a newspaper is the tsieane&t. -J?21. Gi!oan os;' preparing to build a three story brick adjoining Carter's fine block in Portland. Messrs. Patterson- & Semple have decide d that three Democratic papers iti Portland would not prove pi.olitable. Hence will not begin it. .... John S. White, Esq., formerly ' of Portland, was married to Mrs. Ruth Hnssoy, at Walla Walla on the Cth. ' " - The new banking house of Messrs. Ladd & Tilton, Portland, is described by the city journals.' It is as fine a structure as ,any on this coast, Persons visiting Olympia should stop at the .Pacific Hotel. We are informed that Mr. Hill Harmon,' the hnSt, is a whole sooled, er.terDrising citizen. . General Grant does not favor the maintaining of large squadrons at foreign stations that are not import ant, and especially where American interests can be protected with two or three ships as well as a dozen. One of the latest engineering projects is to connect the upper Ohio' with the Gulf of Mexico by a short route. The principal link in the line would be a canal thirty miles long between the Coosa and Tennessee rivers. A large number of bills have been recently introduced iato Con gress among them one by Ashley, providing a temporary government for Alaska ; also in relation to the elec tion of a Delegate from that Terri tory. Preferred to the Committee on Territories. The material formerly used in publishing the Blue Mountain Times has been shipped to Walla Walla, and is to be used there in publishing a new paper of Republican proclivi ties, to be called the Weekly Union. II. M- Judson, editor. Geo. Francis Train begins to consider his imprisonment a serious joke. It was an easy matter to get into this bad English box, but lie finds it very hard to get out. Mean while he has given up all hopes of Congress and the White House. He is said to sutler 1'ur the want of a Turkish bath. A writer in Harper's Magazine, recently speaking of the editorials of a certain journal, not the Oregon Herald but it might have been, said: " They are apparently written under the stimulus of a reward of a gold medal for the person who shall com mence the farthest away from his llllll.mt fnl... L. longest time in greatest express ti is ideas; The first earthquake of which if n 1 T I' . liave riorum, was JeH m tne year L,tO at San Gabriel, which was so frequently disturbed that it was called " Earth- quake Valley" el valle de los 1cm. blores by the Eranciscan friars, who nevertheless established a mis sion there, and built one of the finest churches on the coast. It was never thrown down or even seriously in jured, and San Gabriel is now less affected by earthquakes than many other parts of the State. According to all we are able to learn S. P. Whitman, (whom some of our cotemporories are advertising as a fit man to be trusted with letral business in Washington City,) is a dead beat. His advertisement was formerly in this paper. Any person having business before the General Land Office at Washington, can with safety trust BHtton & Gray, No. 476 seventh street. We were per sonally acquainted with Mr. Gray some years ago, and know him to be an' honoroble gentleman. Make a note of this. The Salem (Mass.) Gazette says that in a neighboring town shoes r.re made up in one of the worst forms of shoddy,, in the shape of inner soling made of straw and leather chips. The leather pr2sents a very plausible appearance to conrmon observation, and would, perhaps, wear tolerably well in dry walking. But on wear ins through the thin outer sole, ex posing the inner to tj.e moisture of the wet ground, the sham stuiT will soften to pulp and come to pieces, rendering the shoe utterly useless. The shoes thus made are intended for the Western market. They ean not fail to destroy the reputatiau of their manufacturers.- There is no nonsense about Grant. He is grandly practical.' Both before and citice Ins election to the Presidency he was oQVred ova tfons, but he has steadily refused to accept them.' lie is not much on show; but is" heavy on substance. The more they know of 'him, the bet ter do the people like him. Even Democrats begin to praise htm, and after having voted all they could against him, now talk of voting all they can for him lie has captured them as be did Lee at Appocuattox and like Capt. Scott's coon, they say "You needn't fire, .General ; we'll come ilowu." And they are com iiij' ! - A " pRir.-vre" - Letter One of tne leading juemocrats ct Uregou, now mVash i ngt on Ci ty w e w i U not say jlhatjitWas the Roy. Joseph writirrg to a Demedrat of this eity, makes use of the following lan guages respecting the action of 'the -press of -that-party, -in commenting upon the work of the last Legisla ture.' He bays V ou should earnestly implore - the Herald and , in fact all Democratic papers in Oregon, to cease the dis cussion of this question. No good can come out of it and untold damage will inevitably follow its further discussion.- . . ; )- n;.: .-,.' -; f The Democrat to whom the above"! , , , ' "' : '..! una mucn more was aauresseu, tnatne deemed it unadvisable lo- allow us to print,) lives in Oregon City, and he is a gentleman the like of -hicIk there are but feW. in that party. r He is ; as thoroughly disgusted with the coarse the. Democratic majority, pursued in the Legislature, as was Senator Hus ton, or Mr. Waymire of Polk county, both Democrats, : who are ; not afraid to place ; the responsibility where it rests.: Upon the -rebels, of that body. , . : s Tkkathext ok SifALL-Pox Dr. W. Eield, of Wilmington, Delaware, says; "Having much experience in the cure of scarlet fever - and small pox, of the most malignant type, 1 would thank you, for the sake of hu manity, to publish a recipe, which if carefully and faithfully carried out will cure forty-five out of fifty cases, without calling on a physician": Scarlet Fever. For adults, give one tablespoonful of brewer's yeast in th rce taolespoonfuls of sweetened water, three times a day, and if the throat is much - swollen, gargle with the yeast, at;d apply to the throat as a poultice, mixed with .Indian meal. Use plenty of catnip tea .to keep the eruption out on the skin a few days. Small Pox. Use the above doses of yeast three times a day, end take mi!k diet throughout the entire dis- ease. JN early every case can be cured ! until the services of a first class civil engi without le;ivfn,r a ,,,!.- i neer has been procured, one who has h.td The Walla Walla Statesman. speaking ef the gang plows such as are made by Mr. J. W. Lewis of this city, s-.ivs ," With this plow one nan can do more woik than two men with the ,.,i;.,,. ... ii -, i .i oulmarj talking plow and the some amount of team, and hence on any ordinary farm the whole cost of the implement can be saved in a single , ii i I, - .eason. Among all the labor-saving m.'ichiues we have examined, desigtied lor the use if the larm. we know c none that for simplicity, case of working, and genera! adaptation to tho purpose intended, excel the " Fft-il Ciang Plow," iuui as such we com mend it to the attention of ettr far mer readers." . Tiio AicMinviile' Courier s jast leader is just three columns in ientrth, devoted to the Democratic Garden, and the new Gardener, Co!. Jas C. Dow. Dow will probably tell 31r. Johnson as Uenri-s lloehefort once told a publisher : " riibiish plenty of j-mall itcm, cntrejhts, separated by cuii.idcruble spaces. Tiie pubho does Lot thank ym for giving it uiore ' copy' than it demands.'7 That is the easiest way to get Out of it Dow. On Monday next, in rooms ad joining the Lincoln" Bakery, on Main street iti this city, Alp. J. 1 Nevv tran wi.'l open a first class restaurant, where m?a!s can be obtained at all hoars. The want of some such es tabiishnu-tit as this has long been felt by visitors to our city, and we hope that Mr. N. will meet with good patronage. JNEWSrATER D I HECTOR V. G. P liowell & Co., the New York Ad vertising Agents, have issued a com plete American Newspaper Directo ry. It is a compilation much need ed, since nothing of the kind having any claims to completeness hn ever been published. Messrs. Howell & Co., have spared m pains or expense ! to make this work complete. We ; ,,.,i,,.v..,,-i .!..,. - i... ,j .,. ; i octavo volume of about ,00 pages, j bound in dark cloth, and sold for Five Dollars per copy. As the pnb- i Ushers are Advertising Agents, their j issuing a work containing so much in- j formation, usually jealously guarded I by those in that business, shows that 1 tbev arP onnfLloot nf tboir hi!;o, : be of service to advertisers, or ihev wiuld not so readily place in their hands the means of enabling every one to communicate direct with pub lisheis if thev so desire. Horace Greeley purposes to write, during the year- an ele mentary woik on Political economy, wherein the. policy of Protection to llorne Industry will lie explained and vindicated. ' "ThTsVork will first be given to t!ie publio throngh suo cessive issues of the New York Trib-u.:ic-, and will appear in all its editions Di'v, $10: , semi wlcklv, . 81 : weekly, ,2 j'er atiiiu'tn. We . lave received from the pnb lisher?, .the Star -S" 'imvahd Jiannrr ' ixarjiej, uanner iur vu.uua.tj. ni.ir turt, uu-uoui .. i enters upon its seventh volume, and i i ' -t , . ... ' is etiiartrea ana improved, .giving .j - - - - near! y double lhe foi raer nmount of 1 . There? certainly cannot be anything like matter. It is a sheet of lOJco!urifiis ! Miece.-s.sful competition .with this Company, nird 8 pages, illustntted.'ond is really ! a? Co,nri.v usin- t! river and mak i . . , " ; lag a trans-shipment at these 1 alls. The the cheapest -paper iu the coutitry. Rrcat aiiI-eren(!e ihut thero ,vill lje .in Its : pubbslers present, gratH, to j the expense of boats taking their freight every subscriber, a splendid, tngrar- 'i at Riiy point oath- upper Wallamet river iti"-, and the price of all is onlv 75 1 .-. . .,, . - - 1 cents, bpeeirnci.s wi.l hs sent' free j by acl'ire-sig, Stir Sj angled 2?jK- ; :er-t ilinsthib', X. II. -: lKCt.AH." Of Wallamet Fall, Canal and ...Xrfk Coiapauy, ofClackawas Coun. t y, Oregon. 1 The"- Wallamet Falls Canal and Lock Company has been incorporated and organized, for tie purpose of con structing, at the Falls of the Wallamet, a Canal and Locks, for the purpose of facil itating uud cheapening the transportation of freight and passengers up and aown tin.' ailamt-t rher. The work proposed to h? accomplIhed by the organization oY this Company is one which has occupied" the thoughts, and at tracted the "attentic-TE; of persons feeling an interest in the growth jtnd development of the Wallamet valley, as much perhaps, as iny contemplated improvement within the- Wi dei d of the State. ametl alls form the onlv imnas- sable barrier to the free navigation of the a1.- at 411 reason of the year, from-its vsoyrca to . .its Junction with .the Columbia-river :' and.' with the final com. pletion of the improvements proposed by ..this Cimipany.-there wijh be an open high way',' from" the head-waters of the Wallamet river to the Pacific Ocean; a distance of two hundred and fifty miles, running through and drainlng'what is universally conceded to In? the' richest ;and most pro-, duet ive . valley of any upon the Pacific coast, if not in-the United States, of its ex tendi J - ,l; ;!, '' - .- j ,Xhe proposed improvement is one not local indts character. It will be beneficial alike to-town and country to the east side, as well as the west side, "of the river, and which every "county in the Wallamet yidley has a. cpmmon interest in seeing successfully carried out. With the ac knowledged capabilities of the soil ef this valley, and the. extensive body of arable land there is in it, front which is annually harvested the never failing crops, lias pre determined the question that the gieat business of this valley always be that of the agriculturist, and attendantpnrsuits, which leaves but one question for ..the set tler to solve, to insure wealth and a com petency for all. and that is : Cheap and expeditious modes of getting the products of the soil to market, tvery cent saved on a bushel of wtieat, either in cost of transportation or by the prevention of waste in handling, goes directly to the pocket of the producer. therefore, every enterprise proposing to increase the laeil itiws, and improve the manner of transpor ting the produce of this valley, is deserv ing of careful attention, and should meet with encouragement from every citizen of the State of Oregon who feels an inter est in accelerating the advancement of the State to that great and proud position in the sisterhood of Slates which the gifts of nature, so luviddy and bounteously he stowed upon her, entitles her to occupy. This Company propose to proceed in the erection of these works in a manner that will justify the confidence of all, in their permanence, durability and safety. Noth ing material win lie done on uiese works ! experience hi constructing like worLs in nmtlar localities, under whose personal i runervisiuu and -hisinjction. these locks i will be constructed. l hat this improvement can t:e maaj m lie manner itiescribeil bv the Act of the Legislative Assembly of Oregon graiit- j ing to it the State aid, and at the same I thl,c' b,! a AU(l Vf inve.-dme.it i lor capital, there seems no good reason to ,.oubtJ without indulging iu imaginative j liigUs, or the lauguage of mere theoretic j speculation there is certainly good reason j !d (.bservant minds to believe that tins l'acdtc coast is now commencing upon au ,.ra rapia aud permanent ineveasV la j nonnlation. and con.-eouentlv in material f l wraith anil iinnrovt'iiii'iiLs of uil kiad.- ; U'itLin a tew short months the Great l'a i eilie Raih'fiatl v.'ill be coinoletud. It is re- ; j-'orii.'d, upon what should, be censi!erel : i jood authority, that as sot.u as this jrreat work is linlshed. there, will be liiinie.li.i'.ely i so: ni work, ou a branch railroa;! to tin Cnluinbia river, some fiflei'ii !liou.-aiul men. I 'l'hat such iinmease enierprisi'S must esseu I tiaiiv ehuuu'o the. coinli'.iou of a Hairs in th;.-; "State for the better, as well as in Cal- ifornia. and hasten to Orerjon the one . jrreat dcshLratuii -popuUliou none can I doubt. Tin; amount of carrying business that I will Ix: done upon the Wallamet river in j future, must of eouiobe somewhat, a mat- ter of speculation, dependiiii: on various 1 eoiitin;;enees. and cannot now be estima ; ted with any thing like certainty. Rut. that this river wi'd al ways be the great highway for the transportation cf the ro : ducts and supidies of a large portion of j Wostoru Oregon, has been fixed by nature, ! arid cannot be changed. The extent and capabilities of Western Oregon for future ('evelopnietit and of which the Wallamet valley forms tho main feature, is a subject upon which we do. not propose to enlarge in this pamphlet. The subjoined concise description of this part of the State, taken from a recent report of the Commissioner of the General Land Of fice, will convey to persons whose atten tion 1ms never been called to the subject, a verygood idea of its natural features and extent: Western Oregon, that portion of tho State first settled, and containing the great preponderance of its present population, is two hundred and seventy-five miles in length, with an average width' of one hun dred and ten miles, being nearly one-third of the whole Stat?, and contains about thirti -one thousand square miles, or nearly twenty million acres, all of which is valua ble for Agriculture, for Grazing, or for timber-growing, excepting the crests of the highest mountains. It is more than four times as large as Massachusetts, near ly three times as large as Maryland, and is greater in extent than the united areas of .Maryland. New Jersey, Massachusetts, ana Rhode Island. ' That everything in the nature of mate rial progress and developments in the State is now in its infancy, is a well attested fact known to all, and yet, the carrying trade of the present day upon the Wal- ifvue.-b ijni. olivine iuui cousiuei auou ll regular and rapid increaso during the past low years, fully justifies the erection of theseworks at" the present time, by this 'EJf undcr tbc vantages enjoyed .mb. Samtel-L. Stevens, who has kept the books of different Companies passing lifMght at these Falls for several years Pst. and who is therefore in possession fo I positive knowledge ot the exact amount. , says' thai in the year 1?G: there was ! passed fourteen thousand tons. In the i year 1 sfk forty thousand tons: and while I we have no figures to show the amount for j the seasons of 1M7 8 and 18G8 9. we ! have estimates lrom persons acquainted ! with the business, which are probably very 'i near correct, who place the amount lor ' 1 St.7 8 at fifty thousand tons, and for lSeS -!) at sixty thousand tons, and in the Hast named season, in-addition to the ! freight, it is estimated that at least twenty thousand passengers will be passed. - These facts, within themselves, show a j rapid and healthy increase in business on j the river, notwithstanding the general high ; rates of freight, now charged, j I'.y the terms of the Act granting the Sta'e aid to thi Company, the Company is untie .riM.'d to .charge 7o cents per ton for i passing freight for the first ten years, and j twenty cents per passenger. There has yet been no thorough or exact estimate ; made of the probable cost of the improve-' mentsi proposal bv this Companv. but no 1 . tliat, has as vet been madeby anv person tor tiie Coninanv. place t tie co -t above ihe amount of th capital stock of j thuComnanv three hundred thousand dol l,r,a ti:'ii,v'?.nt -lae -a.me ;HirtT,V-jr,r lts i port oi aeuverv. on tuner me v. auamei tf tie. cUubia rivers., in -.comparison viili any Coinpany' which has to. make aud till'. Lt t k. I Lb Falls. 1 COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY, rTtroocTTY nv r.&T.TFOPNTA.. wTiU the sadlTTonar cost "6T "extra boats", warehouses, handling, etc., etc., precludes all possibility of serious competition, for anv lengtn or ume. ... . $be ave?agSprfc of freight on the riv: er, excepting when there has been opposi tion, (which 6ppositioal as heretofore, has been so uncertain and irregular that ship pers Qould not depend upon; itwiti any certainty.) has beeu as follows : ! ' From rbftlafd toTSaleni.'. . $tiO) ' Corvallis. . . ... . . v r - If arrisburg . .00 .12;00 ti !. . " Lue-ene titv l0t- - S3 - . iMncn. From,. Eugene to Portland. - Ilarrisbnrg " ' Corvallis - " . Salem .. , , $14 00 10 00 7 00 4 50 Froni points on the Yamhill river to roitland, from $5 00 to $7 00; ' ''' --" ' a dVe sapiose it is not a low , estimate to say, "tli at wTieu boats can pass through these Falls, and the one craft "be able to make the found ti'ipjfreigbts Can be carried at one third the a-ates above specitiedj or evne les3 than that, and this cheapening of the prices lor carrying freight on the Wal lamet fiver will then, be permanent, and not spasmodic as heretofore. . It is a fact generally known to. the people of Oregon, that for the' lust ten years or .more, since the carrying trade of this river has become aa object? worthy ot attention, that it has been iubre or less under the control of some private company or incorporation, which bas erected improvements upon but one side or the -other of the Falls,, which improvements have of course been under the control of the Company owning them, and have been exclusively managed by such Company or incorporation lor the promotion of their own private interest, and in some instances for the exclusive use of the boats owned by that particular Company which at the time ownyd or controlled the portage, and the obstruction to navigation caused by these Falls as they naturally exist, being so extensive as to necessitate a land carriage of all freight for nearly a mile in extent, with numer ous re-handling and trans-shipments. makes the passing of freight around these Falls, by any Company not possessing large capital and acting in concert with some Company owning boats above, a matter of impossibility. The natural effect of this state f things has been to give to the Company owning or controlling these improvements, an almost exclusive monopoly of the carry ing trade of the river, the "baneful effects of which most shippers on the "Wallamet and its tributaries, the Yamhill and Sun Ham, have at different times experienced. But the day that this Company open the Canal and Locks proposed to be con structed by them for the passage of boats through these Falls, that day ends forever anything like a monopoly in tin: carrying trade of these rivers. The bill granting the State aid to this Company provides- that boats or water crafts of any description, shall be passed through the Canal and Locks in the order of their arrival at either terminus of the Canal. This leatnre alone in this bill s-hould commend the enterprise to the support of every shipper and producer in this valley. Boats, and water crafts of all kin Is, are now plenty in the Wallamet river, and are constantly increasing, and whenever a boat, belonging to whom it may, can start 'Vera Portland or Astoria and lake its caigo of merchandise to any point on the upper Wallamet, and return with its load of jiroduce, without any detention except such as are commonly incident to all steamboat navigation on rivers, and paying no tolls except such as are established bv lav, and air coual to a II. a new era in the carrying trade of the liver will be commenced. . When this river is thus opened to free and fair competition from its source to its continence w ith the Columbia, the produ- cers of tins valley can then, and not. till then, depend upon getting their products : to market at a.i times, ami at, r.vuig rules. I Xo steamboat mom.'iiolv can th . n smtnort. its host id' ofiieials and nominal employees, and boast of making its one hundred and fifty or two hundred and liitv thousand doilars m one and consumer." n. oil the producers tins V; Annex, .(i (,) th" pamphlet will be found the Articles of Incorporation of this Com pany ; the Act of Congress of September 1, lfc.Il, donating lands to the Stales for the purpose of Internal Improvements ; and the Act of the Legislative Assembly of the Slate of Oregon, setting apart to this Company one hundred and fifty thousand dollars of the proceeds of the sale of lands granted to the State bv the said Act of September 4. lsfl.and the five pur centum of the net proceeds of the sale of the public lands of the United States, lying within this State. By the report of Hon. I. It. Moohes, Sec retary of the Hoard of Commissioners having charge of the lands granted bv the Act of Congress of September 1841. it, appears that the whole amount of said lands, (500.000 acres), has Keen Felected by the State of Oregon, of which selection 2'3:).876 28-100 acres have already been approved by tho Secretary of the Inte rior. 2H0.G(1 35 100 acres'of this land is situated in what was formerly a portion of the Oregon City Land Dislrict. and is principally located in Union and Baker Counties, a large amount of which land is now occupied by actual settlers, and will be entered and paid for as soon as the proper officer is appointed on behalf of the State, to receive the money. In a letter written by Hon."). Ciiapi.ix. Rec eiver ot the Land Office at La Grande, in Union County, to one of the Directors of this Company, it is stated that at least forty thousand dollars would be paid over immediately, in that District, if there was luiy officer authorized to receive the same. In addition to the above, from statemen's received from the Land Offices in this State, it appears that there is now due this State from the United States 19,821 dollars, arising from the five per centum ot net proceeds of lands lying within this Stat, sold by the United' States. There has been no appropriations made by this State out of this land fund previous to making the one to this company, and none since except one of 1.1.000 dollars. And there eanb o no reasonable doubt of the sufficiency of the funds from which the grant to this company is to be paid, or that the faith of the State of Ore gon pledged to this Company will be kept inviolate.- The capital stock of this Company has all been subscribed, and partly paid up, and tho Company fully organised by the election of Directors .md other officers a list of whom will herewith appear. The object of this publication is to call the at tention of the public generallyto the ob ject sought to be carried out by this Com pany, .and to invito the co-operation of those who desire its consummation. This work will be commenced as early in the spring as the season will permit,"and will be completed, if possible, next summer and fall. As (his work progresses it is probable that bonds will be issued by the Company, and an " opportunity given to those who may desire to invest in this im provement. The permanent place of busi ness cf this Company 'As established by its articles of incorporation at Linn City, Clackamas county. State of Oregon, where au office will be opened by the Company wnen ine acure operations on these work ire commenced. For the present Hip ! regular place of meeting of lhe Directors i of this Company is at thcoffice of S. Iluelat j "n Oregon City, where a draft of the works proposed to be erected by the Company cau oo seen, ami ivnere communications J relative to the business of the Companv Bv order of the Diif-rfoi-s. ..;.-.... S. II UEL AT, Secretary. Arlirlen of inrorporalion, entered in. ty ST. Iliiun, AV. Ja nuliinitn and Samuel Stipliftn, ofClacka nias County, Oregon. , : . j FntsT The name cf this corporation S shall be lhe Wallamet Falls Canal and ' I Cnnmnnv." The duration of the time to be oeroetuaL i Secomk The enterprise for which the corporation is formed is to locate and con struct a-ca'naPand" suitabte locks" at the ifallsof the Wallamet river, on the west side ot said talis. So as to pass boats from the lower ts the uppes? Wallamet river, and from the upper to the lower Wadamet river, s as to ensdre the speedy transit of freight amf passengers up ! aud down said Wal lametriver. Tmnn The principal office or place of business shall be at Linn Citv. Clackamas county, Oregon. .- - Fot itTii The capital stock of said cor- poration shall be three hundred thousand dollars. " " " '"' i r Fifth Th amount of each share shall . be one thousand dollars. Sixth The canaf'ahd locks shall be built commencing at a woint on the west side of the Wallamet river opposite the town of Canemah and terminate opposite the toWn of Oregon City, all m Clackamas county, Oregon - '- l. a?.' ; -' ...... . s X. IIAUX.,V - . ..--i U . , . . ' ; .; e. w. b aug iimax, ; . Vii ' S. L. STKVFXS. Witnesses: vu ' ' ' . F. O, MoCO WN, D. T." BEALS. ... ....),., .-.Statu .ok Okkgok, County of Clackamas, j Be it remembered that oil this 14th day of September, 1865. before me, the tin dor signed Notary l'ublic for said county, per sonally came X- liaun. F. W. Baughmanf and S. LVStwens. by me known to be the persons described in and who sigtied the foregoing articles of incorporation, and in due form of law acknowledged that they executed the same for the purposes therein specified. - - . In witness whereof, I have hereunto sub scribed my name and affixed my Notarial Seal the day and year last above written. seal. F. O. JlcCOWN, Notary Public in and for Oregon. Extracts from Acts cf Congrrss. The following are extracts from the Acts of Congress from which the moneys (set apart by the Legislative Assembly of tins State in aid of this improvement,) are de rived : Fii:st An Act entitled "An Act to ap propriate the proceeds of the sales of the I'uulic Lands, and to grant Pre-emption Flight.'' Approved. September 4, 1811. Section 8. And be if further enacted. That there shall be granted to each State speci fied in the first-section of this act live hun dred thousand acres of land for purposes of internal improvement : Provided, that to each of the said States which has al ready received grants for said purposes, there is hereby granted no more than a quantity of land which shall, together with the amount such State has already re ceived as aforesaid, make five hundred thousand acres, the. selections in all of the said Stales, to be made within their limits respectively in such manner as the Legis lature thereof shall direct ; and located in parcels conformably, to sectional divisions ! and subdivisions, of riot le-s th.'-n three hundred and twenty acres in anyone loca- tion. on any public land except sucii s is ! or may be reserved from sale by anv law ! of Congress or proclamation of the l'resi- dent ol the United Stales, which said 1 ; j tions may be made at. any time after tlie j 1-nds of the United States in said States ! respectively, shall have been surveyed vc ; cording to existing laws. And there shall be and hereby is. granted to each new j State that shall be heieat'ter admitted into i the Union, upon such admission, so much land us. including such quantity, as may j have beeH granted to such State before its ! admission, and while under a Territorial I Government, for uurposcs of internal im- ' provement as aforesaid as shall make five ' hundred thousand acres of land, to bo se- i "lee ted and located us aforesaid, j Section V. And be it firHtcr ciwted. ! That the lands herein granted to the States above named shall not be disposed of at a price less than one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, until MMicrwise authorized by a law of the United States; and tlo nett proceeds of tho sales of said lands shall be faithfully applied to objects of in ternal improvement within the States aibre- ; said, respe. lv. name! v Roads, rail- ways, bridges, canals ami improvement of : wafer-courses. and draining of swamps : : and such roads, railways, canals, bridges land water-eo'iros, when made or im- proved shall be free for the transportation i of the United States mail, and munitions of j war. and for the pa-.-age of their troops, i without the payment of any toll whatever. I Secoxp An Act providing for the ad- mission of Orecron into the Union: 1-it'h that tiv? per centum ot the net proceeds ol sab s of all public lands lying within said State which shall be sold by Congress utter the admission of said State into the Union, after deducting all the ex penses incident to the same, s-hall be paid to sail State, for the purpose of making public roads and internal improvements, as the Legislature shall direct. The act of the Legislative Assembly di recting the appropriation in aid of this en terprise, is substantially the same as we have heretofore published. Section 7 reads as follows : Section 7. The said Canal and Lock Company shall be required to expend the sum of one hundred thousand dollars be fore the 1st day of January. 1670, and the w hole, work completed cm or before the first, day of January, 171 : or if the above conditions are not complied with, the above mentioned sums-of money sdiall not be paid, and an" other rights given the Company by the State, under this act. shall be declared forfeited. Weekly Commercial lleview. Enterprise Office, ) Oregon City, Jan. 15, IStiS. f A San Francisco dispatch of the 14th says flour was unchanged in New Y'ork. Wheat was quoted at Us 8d(3,ns led in Liverpool. Heavy receipts of flour from Oregon had de pressed the California market, and these brands were selling at $5 ) bbl ; San Fran cisco superfine, ?L7.1al.?7 ; wheat, $1.7, per hundred for shipping, to $1.80 for choice. Oats were quotable hi j to &.2f for Or egon, and 2. 20 for California, with a small lot at highest figures. A citizen of this county recently received returns of sale of a lot of Oil boxes fruit, through McCr-ako.n, Merrill & Co., at favor able figures better than he expected net ting about r,$ cents per box. -A Fplendid show sale apply at this office. : case for Saddler-. J. JI. Schrarn, of this City, is now manufacturing the best Saddlery and IIarnes in the Stale. lie will have at least 50 sets of all grades, from fine to com-; mon, linistied and ready for sale next month, and moie than that number of Saddles. He is bound to make a trade. with any man who wishes to buy of him. He uses both Oregon and California leather in his establishment, and Jiis work hears amoht excellent reputation abroad. We hope that citizens of our own county will think of this, when they want any articles in his line. Courage. Courage of the hiffliest- ordcr is the Product of lhe conscience and tne wi"- lt; is not t'ie karJihood which comes from ignorance of the situation, or '.rom slo",a inensiiiiity. it looks upon the ;'et Y f "In the dangers as - , , ,. , r " nsnei loeKco they resolved that prices must be reduced in proportion to the times. They have suc ceeded, and are now considered really the ! best'men in Portland to deat with. . EC.AU persons who keep Howe & Stevens' Family iMe Colors for sale can be reuea on lor fair dealing, for thcJ reason t!ia; ,hty ' Cf,fit' the retail-r twenty-five re'.ts Wr uozen niorc than other kinds of Dves in the- : "1;ll'Kt'l wlll,e i retails them all at the same I I'"e - ioiqwntIy he makes r rts., jdoz-j vu-iuuic, cv.iiu-au luicnoi' aritcie. MARRIED. At f'fio rsidpnee of the srroom. bv the Rev J. V. Sellwoodon. tbcJitb iusX. Mr. SAM-; UEL RAMSDON to Misa CATHEItlMu FEX WICK, both of, Oregon City.' j Of small-pok, Jan. llth, at the residence: of her uncle lii Chckitat Co., AV. T., opposite Dalles Citv, Oregon, Catherine.etdest daugh ter of A. C. It- and E. Shaw, of Oakland, Cab, foimerlyof l'ortland, Oregonr aged'2l veurs and 6 months. Sew Advertisements. - notice. v ; ;. . !' The person who exchanged hats' wtl me at Oood Templars' Hall will please make tl.u Avr.hanaro (THflit tfl TUft fit OVCH. '" t f . "... . v U1X DEMENT.' : - - ... : -l T " There will 'be' meeting of the stock holders of the Odd Fellows' Hall Association or Oregon Citv held on Thursday, January 2lst, 4(it', t 7 o'clock, p. v. tortbepnrpose of electing Directors, Ac Tlie meetmgwill be held over T. Charmati's store. ' "T- lir order of Incorporators. -''- i - J. AL BACON, Sec'y.l HATS! HATS! HATS! OF EVERY STTLE . . In Large Quantities can It ' Found AT .''""" J. C- MEUSSDORFFEB. & BRO.'S S. JV. corner of Morrison and Front strtets, Portland, Oregon. o Also Caps of erery style, and Roys' and (iirls' Hats in large varieties. Give us a call and examine. . , GEO. P. ROWEIX & CO.'S AMERICAN - Newspaper Directory, CONTAINING ACCURATE LISTS OF ALL THE NEWS PAPERS and PERIODICALS PUB LISHED intiik UNITED STATES and TERRITORIES, and the DOMIN ION of CANADA, and RRITIS11 COLONIES OF NORTH AMERICA ; TOGETHER WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE TOWNS AND CITIES IN WniCII THEY AliE PUBLISHED. JVir YORK : GEO. P. KOWKLL & CO., Prr.i.isHERS and Nbspapeu Advertising ""- AORNTS, 40 Park itoiv. lo9. -. A II AXDSOME OCTAVO VOLUME 300 l'AGES BOUND IX CLOTH. OF PRICE FIVE DOLLAR. A work of great value to Advertisers, Pub lishers and others, who desire informa tion in relation to the Newspapers.' aud I'eriodieuls of North A m erica. THE EDITION WILL BE LIMITED, AND PERSONS DESIRING COPIES WILL DO WELL TO SEND THE! R OR DERS IMMEDIATELY TO GEO. P. ROWELL A O., PUBLISH Kits & ADVERTISING AGENTS 1 O X :i i lv It o w, Nr.w Yoi:k. JOHN WILSON, Dealer in Dry Goods and Clothing, . . . j ' Front Street (In Whites New Block,) PORTLAND Or.EGOX, TS NOW OPENING A NEW AND EXTKN- X sive slock Goods in the above line, nd COMPRISING The Latest Styles ! OF Plain and Changeable Dress Silks; Silk and Wool Poplins; All Wool Poplins and Tartan Plaids; and a large variety of other Dress Goods. ALSO, Gents' and Boys' Custom-mads CLOTHING! and Lad.es' and Gents' Under Wear and Furnishing Goods, which buyers crc invited to call and inspect. o.) JOHX WIL.SO.V. HOMEMADE FURNITURE! r;"":'v:'-i.'..fc ft . WO R T H E I M E R , Manufacturer of and Dealer in Furniture, OUEGO CITY, ! rpAKFS THIS METHOD OF INFORMING X the public that lie has now on hand a laage invoice of ' ' & SQUATvE AND EXTENSION TABLES JJUKEAUS. ' BED-STEADS. w - - -J LOUNCtES. DESKS " ' ' : l STANDS, CHAIRS, And Various other Qualities of Rich and Medium Furniture Forming a complete and desirable assort ment, which merits lhe attention of buyers. Ke EI A-NUF ACTURES FURNITURE - . ! --: ". '-' . i i Using good materials, and emplorino- thl very best nuhaaica i thf f-'-late. lience he can w arrant his goods to be as represented and . he is prepared to hH all oxderii wiui pretiptness. j . -:. : i -si Li : s - i ,1 ,i He would call the attention of the'public to his salesroom, as contar,tig the most eoinplfcte assortment H desiralli. norxi in tlie htate. . " - - - , ' 31. WXIRTIIEIMER; ''- i 'ii- . . Waia street, Oregon City. " ' r TIL'L IIEAD.S PRINTED.- - j - At tlie Enterprise Office AUCTION AN JD COMMISSION I A". 15. Ilieliiiilson, ! I AUCTIONEER! Corner of Front and Oak streets, Portland i AUCTION SALES Of Real Estate. Groceries, General Merck - dise and Horses, Every Wednesday and Saturday t ArBr RicnARDsoxI Auctioned AT PRIVATE SALE. English refined' I'ar and Rwndle Iron English Sqoare and Octagon Cast steel ; Horse shoes, Files, Rasps, saws - ..-1 Screwsj Fry-pans, sheet iron, II. G. Iron ; ' also :' ' A.large assortment f Groceries and Liquori. A. B. JTicjiakdon',. Auctioneer-. --' ' ... - ' 4 Jj ew Advertisements, r- 3 MAGAZINES FOE. Arthur g Home JSIa'gazine, $2 a year. (Mce a Months'. .'. Sit year. This is a new Magazine,embracing the racir popular features of the Atlantic and jrinj Age. ..Tht C-kiLdrm'i li'ur. . .$1 25 a year. 3-AIl or these magazines $4. A Speciuiea of eii her, 15 cents. Address. , , ' : -T. tS. Arthur & Hons." Philadelphia. Ia, G-ooaspeeas ten with one pen of Ink. No Blotting. one dozen assorted samples sent for 25 cts.Agcnts make 10 a day. Address GooQspeed 4 Co., 37 Park Row, N. Y. City. hr7r PER WEEK, H 'ammud. BU8ine if I J djw, Circulars free. Aridres !- y.f'-.i J.S. Hays. Gi tat Falls, N JL I REDDiNG'S RUSSIA SAlVf, U'otn.J, Scrf,tla. Mdnh CrtlVU A I,!lrel-T '''Citable lffrOVi ointment. Been in use tif- every storekeeper in California and Oregon. REDDING &. CO., Boston, Mass. 7 T f ( Pi MAD-St"A. JLX J J JlJ mji so important. St ud two .stamps for sealed 72 pago on the O vhole subject. Dr. Whittier, confidential physician, HIT St. Charles st., t. hmiij, Jlo.. s ta litis pre-eminently above all other' in his specialty. No matter who failed, ytate your case. Patients treated by wail l errrv State. Pacific Agency of the American Clock Co., We inv'te the attention of the trade tntbe establishment of a branch of our New Yuri; House in Saa Frandsco. We are sole -geuu of thf E. JV. Welch Manufacturing Co., Selh Thomas Clock Co., JSeiP Haven Ciork Co , and Scth Thomas' Suns it- C&. - We have lately received a full line of Clock Degulators.Caleiidiiis. Mantle Clocks in limine and Marble, and Clock Materials, which we o.t at very low rates to'tiie tradi'. On ipjiii cation, dealers will be provided with catalogue and Price lists of ail our roods'. - A MEEIC. i X VI. O CK COM PA . Y, :U) S.i.'jsome St., San Frautiacix. H.MOLINEUX. Ag..t. Geo. H. PARKER. Trfir1nH Agrvt- ' " TO THE TRADE.. The San Francisco rercus-ioti MaUh iHk pany arc now delivering to the Trade a SfiV'r" i:ior Ihand ft Family and Saloon Matlie.".tnt Premium awarded by the M -ehanies'Iuttitute for these best California matches. . ... it-iP Send your order for t lie S. F. Prm sion Matches, to any of the Wholesale Oroceru or Tohacco dealers, or to our office, 406 Front street. San Francisco. HI ink Hooka , Paper and Stationery, Playing Cards, etc., at Reduced Prices.. jft W Parties wanting to purchase Stationery would uo well to tx inline, our large slok. Our gocds are of the be.-t quality, ,-nd price low. JOH.X G. HODGE Co., Z-'.i und 3tl jSansome St.. Itrni tor. Sacramento. San FrnnciT". J7I)UCatioxal: A public examination of tt'acherslesiri'ij Ceititi-u.t- t Tratii in Ulacknmax coun ty, will be held at (he OieO'i City Semin ry. on Jan. wUth, beginning at loo'cloetr a. m. ''-0 " S. D. POPE. County Superintendent. JPARR & BROTHER. BUTCHERS &: MEAT VENDERS. &rB Thankful lor past favors of the public respectfully ask a continuance of the Maine. We shall deliver to our patrons all the bet qualities of Beef, Mutton, Pork, Poultry etc., us usual twice a week, on Tuesdays and Saturdays ! JJXTERPRISE JARKET! THE PLACE TO GET YOl'li MOSEY S WORTH. Straight & Hunsaker Proprietors, fi-3Keep constantly on hand an assortment of Corned and fresh Meats. Iird, llutter, Kffgs, Fruits and Vegetables. JPACIFIC MAIlTT tosiiii!sliii Oo.?- STKAMSIIII'S FOU New -York, Japan & China, AVill be dispatched as follows' : ' . O Leave wharf corner of First and lirannan streets, at 11 o'clock a, si. of the following dates, for I'aiiamn. connecting via. I'a'tiania Ii. II: w ith one of the company's splendid steamers lrom Aspinwall Tor Nev Vol k, . on Tlie Gth, 14-tU, 'Z'iil nml 0OII1, - O F E A C H M 0 N T HI Steamers leaving ManFrancisco on the 1 4th and 30th touch at Manzauillo. All touch at Acapnlco. Departure of thetOth connects with English steamer andAustralia. iK-part-ure of the ltli is expected to connect with the French Trans-Atlantic Co.'s steamer for 8t, Xazai re, and English steamer for South' America. Through tickets can be obtained. Departure of ltb is expected to eonuect with Eutilisb steamer for Southampton. South ' America, and P. K 11; Co.'s steamer fr Cen tral America, Through tickets can be had. iT Passengers berthed through. !!:):: gae checked through, loo lbs. allowed ta ' each adult. ' An experienced surges4 oe ' uuhtu. aieaicme and attenctaBce trecv . . . ti,.,. ,i.i ,. .. , .. A .ivrt; Hcamns will' positively fan . O Clock.' I'asRtMK'Or nr rnnnvilrtt tft llllVC their barga;e on board before ten o'clock. Z-?f Tli rough tickets to Lw erpool by the Canard, Innifuiand National seamsliip line' can be obtained at the .P, M-. Co.'s 3Tliee in SanFiancisco, wLcre niav.also be obtained orders fur passage f rom Liverpool or South-. ajr)t(in, to San Francisco, either vi -New Vork or St. Thomas i desired an amoi.mt of JtlO or .) will beadrunced with'th' above ordofsv Holders of 'orders will bo re quired to identify themselves to the Agents' in England: ' r FofmercloiTdise and freight for New York and way pot ts, apply to Wells, Fargo 4 Co. . No Freight' received after p. m. of the dav piie to depiu-turei ' - i ! Fr piassase-and all other inlormaf'ion. -, plj at the P. M S.S; Co.'s ofjice, corner of Sacramento nnfMeidesdui tf sts . ;5.HVKR ELDKIDCi; Agent. e harinn 4hi.TdaT sold t M. Wortheim er our entire stock-of iiivniturc, tools and merchandLseall parties owing the under-' sjgned, will calf immediately for settlement,.; as 'aff Xutst.Timi accounts at tfie end' of 8" daj-gwill be- placed in legal hufcda for collec tion. 'All parlies having any clainis againstf the undersigned will hand them in iihniedi- al?'.v..to "prtheimer for payment, as af tjr j0 days nou-witl be allowed. j -i -"..' " ' f rt-v' t irc-iiKTirif '-. . Oregon City, Dec. SCtU-lSiii. 1 9.4 G