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SfjctoteHin ''(Enterprise.
Oregon City, Oregon,
D. C. IBEHXD, EDITOR XSI PROPRIETOR.
Saturday
April 24, 1869.
POP ULA TIOX OF OREO OX.
Taking the census report for 1860 we
End Oregon accredited with a population
of 52,160, being 31,451 males, and 20.709
females. In 1&65 we had 65,090, and tak
ing the popular vote of the State at the
Presidential election we now have per
haps 60,000 bona fide inhabitants.
There is many a county in the Eastern
States; like Pennsylvania. Ohio or Indiana:
which baa nearly as many inhabitants as
this entire State. Connecticut, with but
eight counties returned a population of
400,147 ; Delaware, with three counties
returned 112,216 inhabitants; Maryland
returned 067,019 ; Maine C28.2G9 ; New
Jersey with seven counties has a credit of
C72.935 ; and Rhode Island with five
counties has 174,620. And yet, with this
meagre population, we assert, without
fear of successful contradiction, that there
is not a State in all this Union that has
made more rapid advancement in the arts
and sciences than Oregon.
On pages 194 and 195 of the census re
port for 1860, we are told that the per
centage of the increase in the true value
of real estate and personal property in
ten years from 1S50 to I860, in Ore
gon was 471 J. No other State in the
Union (excepting California, which was
839 per cent.; Iowa 942 per cent.; Texas
592 per cent.; and Wisconsin 550 per
cent.;) equaled the ratio of Oregon. We
have not. it is true as the Oregonian re
marks, traveled much in this State except
ing a trip or two to Salem, but with a
knowledge of the facts as they exist with
regard to the public lands of Oregon, and
the general resources of the State, we
.know that the meagre population here,
have, as yet, had but "very little to do j
with the immense tracts of land ;
the Oregonian to the contrary notwith
standing. And whilst the Oregonian is
free to admit that our greatest want is
population, and urges plans upon the
people by which emigration may be at
tracted hither, it seems to us to be poor
in tne practice of its own precepts, to state
in the very next breath that there is no
land in this part of Oregon worth occupy
ing : " except a little nook or narrow
strip here and there in some mountain
gorge." We say that there are yet mil
lions of acres here, unoccupied, which are
capable of gladdening the hearts of a mil
lion or more enterprising, restless spirits,
who are crowding the over-populous
marts of the other hemisphere, aad of our
-own lana on the Atlantic sea-board.
Emigration is what every one at all ac
quainted with the resources of Oregon
says we most need the Oregonian says
o ; but we must not allow obstacles to be
placed in the way of this vital necessity,
if we do we allow the supremest want of
the State to be defeated. California
Homestead Associations have thrown a
great obstacle in the way of the coming
cntfgration for that State, by gobbling
up, to use a homely phrase, the most val
liable tracts, and this will drive hundreds
to Oregon let them come. Wo want a
million.
The New Postal Stamps. The Post
office Department has its stamps ready.
They are engarved by the American
Bank Note Company, and are in the very
highest style of art. The symbols from
the stamps are in keeping with the spirit
of the age and the peculiar character ot
our institutions. The one cent stamp has
the head of Franklin ; the color is Roman
ochre. The two cent denominations are
light bronze, and have the post horse and
rider ; while the three cent stamps, which
are of imperial ultramarine, have a loco
motive heading to the right. The six
cent Ktamps are of the same color as the
three cent denominations, and bear the
iead of Washington. Those of ten cents
are orange color and bear a shield on
which rests an eagle with outstretched
wings. The twelve cent denominations
are in milori green, with a representation
of an ocean steamship. The fifteen cent
tlenominationa represent the landing of
Columbus. The picture is in Prussian
blue, and the scroll and ornamental work
is in pale India red. The twenty-four
cent, stamps have an admirably executed
representation or the Declaration of Inde
pendence, the picture being in purple
like, while the scroll and ornamental
work, is of light milori green. The thirty
cents have and eagle facing to the left,
with outspread wings, resting on a shield,
with flags grouped on either side. Above
the eagle are thirteen stars, arranged in a
pemi-circle. The eagle and shield are in
carmine, while the flags are blue. The
ninety cent stamp bears the head of Lin
coln irrau oval. The potrait is in black,
while the surrounding ornamental scroll
work is carmine. All the designs men
tioned 'above are surrounded by hand
some ornamental scroll work. Tha thirty
cent stamp is the most beautiful of the
lot, for it blends in one group all the na
tional emblems and also the national
colors, the red, white and blue.
The North Pacific Transportation
Company have reduced the prices on
freight to San Francisco for the benefit of
Oregon- farmers. Thus it will be seen
that as Mr, llolladay becomes acquainted
with the wants of Oregonians he adjusts
matters to suit their purpose. We pre
dict that notwithstanding the general
howls ot affected, disinterested opposition
t him. by. those who have had ample op
jiortunity to do justice by Oregon, but
have failed Mn llolladay will be a very
popular man amongst our citizens, when
O the people become better acquainted with
ilia. '
CIVIL SERVICE IX THE U. S.
A bill was introduced into the Thirty-
ninth and Fortieth'Congress by the Hon.
Thomas A. Jenckes of E. I., which in its
leading features cannot fail to meet the
approval of all honest citizens. The pur
pose of the bill is to regulate the civil
service of the U. S., and should it ever
become a law, it would produce a greater
revolution, in the administration of affairs
at Washington, than was ever produced
by any other single measure. The bill
was carefully studied and wisely planned,
and was evidently offered with a sincere
purpose on the part of Mr. Jenckes, to im
prove the condition of things in the dif
ferent departments, and not with ulterior
political designs. The main principle of
the bill, is that of competitive examina
tion for all offices of responsibility and
trust, within the gift of the heads of de
partments. Postmasters and such offi
cers as are required by law to be appoint
ed by the President by and; with the ad
vice and consent of the Senate." are not
included. A board of three Commission
ers appointed by the President and Sen
ate, shall constitute a committee of exam
ination, to hold office during five years,
with appropriate salaries. It shall be the
duty of this board to prescribe qualifica
tions lor each branch and grade of the
civil service, and in the examination of
candidates reference is to be had to their
special fitness in respect to age, health,
character, knowledge, and ability for the
branches of service into which they seek
to enter. This board mint also prescribe
rules as to times and places of examina
tions, and the -mode of conducting the
same. There are other regulations, in re
spect to the filling of vacancies, &c. These
examinations are open to all citizens of
the United States. In those branches of
the civil service where the duties can be
performed by females, they are allowed
to compote with males in the examina
tions. It may be said, thai such a measure
is too wise and honest, ever to become a
law. It may be so, but it certainly ar
gues bad for the moral atmosphere of our
National Congress. Besides, if the asser
tion be true, it presents the strongestplea
for the necessity of such a measure. The
knowledge of the fact that such a bill has
been introduced, and that there are those
who are striving to secure its passage,
should be kept before the minds of the
people. We have no doubt that when its
provisions are thoroughly understood, and
the necessity of such a measure is lelt, all
honest citizens will co-operate with their
representatives in urging it through Con
gress. If its passage cannot be secured
by any other means, let it be made a po
litical test. Let the man who refuses to
sanction it by word or deed, be discarded
at once. There is valid reason to dis
trust his motives in seeking office. This
is a measure for the good of the people,
and for the purpose of disarming mere
partizan politicians. If any man doubts
the propriety of a change, let him go to
Washington, and attempt to transact any
private business with the government,
through the clerks of Departments, un
aided by the names of well-known Con
gressman. He will soon learn that they
thoroughly understand one principle, and
that is how not to do a thing. During
the short period that Gen. Grant filled the
office of Secretary of War. he gave some
marked illustrations of the best manner
of ' cutting red-tape." Let us hope that
under his administration there will be a
complete renovation. There are many
evils which would be remedied, by such a
regulation as that for which this measure
provides. As things now are. there is a
wonderful sense of irresponsibility, on the
part of those filling the places of clerks.
They have only to render account to their
superiors, and these to the heads, of de
partments, and there is an end. Each man
in government employ in any capacity,
should be made to feel that he is directly
or indirectly responsible to every citizen
of which that government is composed,
and that his tenure of office depends upon
the fidelity with which he discharges the
duties of his office, and not upon the fear
or favor of any individual under whom
he acts. As things now are, very little,
if anything is known, oftentimes, concern
ing the qualifications of appointees. They
secure places through the intervention of
personal friends or to please constituents,
and the consequence is, as those who are
thoroughly acquainted will testify, that
there are larger numbers of incompetent
men iu the various departments. not
only in an intellectual sense, but in a
moral sense. It is sometimes a cause of
remark that men will accept such small
salaries as are attached to the lower
grades of clerk-ships, but the truth is in a
majority of cases, these places are filled
by men. who out side of government em
ploy, could earn little or nothing in (fit-nations,
where mental culture is required.
Under the system proposed by Congress
man Jenckes. each man is brought to the
test, and allowed to fill such a place, and
such only as he is qualified to fill with
honor to himself, and credit to the gov
ernment. Then let us away with incom
petent persons, and seek trustworthy men
to fill their places. Let rules be applied
to the civil service, similar to these ap
plied to the military and naval services.
It is stated upon good authority that with
the civil service rendered efficient ten
competent clerks could discharge the du
ties of a hundred incompetent ones. The
measure then becomes one of economy.
Millions of dollars, might thus be saved to
the government. It is a fact that this na
tion is almost the only civilized nation,
where the qualifications of candidates are
not in gome way tested. In some cases it
is true, those nations are just emerging
from the darkness. England in her Foi
eign service, requires strict competitive
examinations. In France the first Napo
leon gave emphasis to the rule requiring
the most competent persons for offices of
trust. In Germany, the States of Wnrtcm
burg and Prussia have advanced farthest
in their systems of examination. What
we need is the establishment of some
measure which shall free this nation, fit
pestilent brood of office-seekers, and thus i
end than the civil service bi!l introduced
by the Hon. Thomas A. JcncVes ct Rhode ,
Isi2-d- " 1
renuer service under government an ! bis advertisements, which will appear to-; trust will be heartv nnd nnmnn ' I i i . X V x
honorable employment, engaged in by morrow. th groat advantage of the note V" De "eartV and comensu- worked without the aid of bat-
honest and worthy men. whom the gov- system; as i these cases, it they fcad been , T , e imciertaklng- et ! teries. The Aurora display Avas
rnTfound S we' W of ',ght Tnr a "r paid the LegisLature may give material the grandest seen for years.
ana io.i mi. Ana we know of no measure; the same amount of cash premuia;. thp aid and encouragement bv timelv
better calculated to secure th a iWrM ...,, . u i r,..flir,i hut n . w,uaoullU11 "V umiij, .
OREGON.
Thomas B. Rickey has been appoint
ed Postmaster at Salem.
The Ensign states that a Portland
horse dealer left Canyonville on the 17th
with 44 head of splendid horses for the
California market.
The Tualatin River Transportation
and Manufacturing Company will elect
officers, adopt a constitution and by-laws,
and transact other business, at Portland
on May 6th.
A singularity about the supply of
water for Kelley's mill, East of Portland,
says the Advocate, is that it is much less in
the rainy season than in the summer. Mr.
Kelly explains this by the fact that the
springs supplying the water have their
source on the north-west slope of Mount
Hood.
J. C. Avery. J. F. Miller and J. II.
Douthit, Commissioners appointed by the
last Legislature to select and locate 90.
000 acres of land set apart by Congress
tor the benefit of a State Agricultural Col
lege, will start on their mission about the
20th of next month. They will visit first
the Goose Lake country, and then Crook
ed River and Ochoco Valley.
The citizens of the Dalles, never
weary of well doing, are now moving in
the matter of a road to the new settlement
in the Ochoco Valley. They deserve as
much success as Sacramento, I hey have,
been more liberal and public spirited, in
proportion to their means than Sacramento, j
In parts of Oregon there are large j
bodies of good land yet vacant; and even
in the older settled portions, lands are
still comparatively cheap and easy of ob
tainment. Our people should be pre
pared to meet and welcome the tide of
population which shall soon cover the
whole western slope and flow into out
State, giving us new life and prosperity.
Oregonian, April. 15th.
Johnson of the Courier has written a
book. The Unionist gives it the follow
ing notice: "It is a funny book; it is a
racy book; it is a Democratic book. It is
not a .catechism, nor is it an almanac,
neither can it properly be called a Greek
lexicon. But Jasper hns written a book.
Intellectually, it is shallow; grammatical
ly, it is an outrage; and typographically,
it is a monstrosity."
The Register says that runaway
couples from Oregon, still continue to get
married at Vancouver. Some astute law
character has devised means to evade suc
cessfully the stringent provisions of the
law concerning the marriage of minors.
Among the marriages in the last paper,
we notice that of Mr. S. W. Eddy and Miss
M. E. Hall, of Milwaukie.
A company consisting of non. J. F.
Gazley, John Fullerton and five others
left Canyouville on the 16th, with a view
of ascertaining the practicability of mak
ing a road to Fort Klamath. A road from
the Umpqua to that point would be of
great value to the farmers and stock rais
ers of Douglas county.
Ever since the murder of Amos Quito
at Milwaukie last summer, the press of
Oregon have been brutally imposing upon
one another. Hay was eaten up by an ass at
Vancouver ; A. Hair was murdered by an
insane barber at La Grande ; and a skele
ton (cat) supposed to have belonged to a
human being has been found upon the
roof of the Mountaineer office. Dalles City.
Such sells may do for April fools but they
are generally disgusting to readers who
pay for papers that they may receive in
telligence through them.
Golden Division. No. 4. Sons of Tem
perance of Oregon, was instituted on the
evening of the 14th inst., with nineteen
charter members, and is located in French
Prairie in Marion county. J. W. Shrum.
P. W. P., of Liberty. No. 1. assisted in the
organization of the Division. The follow
ing are the officers.. Rev. G. W. Dimmick,
W. P.; Hattie Farnsworth. W. A.; J. B.
Dimmick, R. S.; L.J.King, A. R.15.: L.
S. Thomas. F.S.; Jane Boyuton. T.; James
Farnswurth, Chaplain, A. J. Boynton,
Con.: Emma Farnsworth. A. C; Hamlin
Morrisson. I. S.; N. M. Sewall, O. S.: and
Jackson Hubbard. P. W. P.
The Walla Walla Union, a thorough
and the first Republican paper issued at
Walla Walla, has reached this office. The
initial number is neatly printed, and evi
eentlv is ably edited, although the name
of the proprietor does not appear.
We set nunter & Co., Hinsdale. N.
II.. down as bilks. Do not trust them to
fill any orders for books, etc. We be
lieve them to be swindlers.
At the Plowing Match to take place
near Albany, to-day, Mr. J. W. Lewis of
this city will appear with his best plows.
Harper's Magazine for Oct. 1853, has
the following:
From Oregon we have news to the 23d
of July. The emigration of the season
was arriving much earlier than usual. A
new and important bay has been discov
ered about ten miles north of the mouth
r F Pnn nilli t- i v- n r - nn1 n d xr v ( 1 . m rw 1 f nf
coal, which, burns freely, and emits no j
disagreeable odor, has been found in its
immediate vicinity. Preparations were
making to work the coal-mines recently
discovered near St. Helen. J. M. Gar
rison, Indian agent, had left Salm on an
official expedition to all the tribes be
tween the head-waters of ttu Willamette
ana rorc ioise. xns oujt-ci iu uquuc i
reliable information conbernine that .part
of the Territory. The small-pox was rag
ing fearfully among the Indian tribes ut
Spaulding's Mission.
Mr. Ferry, General Agent for the
Manhattan Life Insurance Company,
called in upon us last evening, says the
Unionist of Saturday last. He is here for
the purpose of paying to th widow of J.
G. Martin, lately deceased, the amount
due her on the life policy of her husband,
amounting to S4.ti2S. Mr. Ferry goes
fi-im hr to Aibanv to rav the same
itn h IHntp nf Wv Afnnlr I
These two gentlemen by a singular coin- j
cidence .insured their lives at about the ,
CMTTIta I MUM IIII 1 III- 5,Lllin auiij LI11L. Ullll lUtll 1
diedatnearly the same time. ' The pro-1
H 2 Manbtan
of the oldest and moat prudently mn-
aged com9ni2 in tlic Uuitcd Sutss,
imura paid m eacn case was omj joih,; i-miuuu givtii it uy
cash, ins uenerai Asreni eis mrm in luercuanis oi tlio rstnto whnh .i... xi, i,
COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY,
TIMTVF.RSTTY OF P. T.thytrmt a
WASHIXOTOX LETTERS.
There have been recently many ;
interesting letters published in Or-1 the exclusive benefits of private in-o-on
uanerL from several of which j terfests; for, while individuals would
we have corned. In the Herald
of Saturday appeared a letter from
Hon. J. II. jU it ch ell, from which
we extract as follows:
A lively interest in the success
of .the Oregon Central Railroad,
and to the future prosperity of Ore
gon, is manifested by all old Ore
gonians on this side of the conti
nent, and I am much indebted for
whatever success has attended in
my effortshere in behalf of the
road and company I have the hon
or to represent, to the following
gentlemen : II. S. Jacobs, Esq.,
A. M. Starr, Capt. J. M. Keeler,
General Barnum, and others, all
old Oregonians, who understand
our elements of greatness, as well
as our urgent necessities as a State,
and who are all active friends of
our enterprise, "The Oregon Cen
tral Railroad."
Mr. Mitchell transmitted a
letter from Mr. II. S. Jacobs, for
merly of Portland, which contains
many valuable suggestions some
of which we extract:
As I travel through the States
on this side of the continent and
witness the movement, the extent
of diversified yet co-operative in
terests, the wide-spread, deep seat
ed thnlt, and ponder the existing
causes of all this ceaseless prog
ress and wide-reaching prosperity,
I can but recall the natural advan
tages of Oregon; I can but re
member the peculiar fertility of
her valleys, the largeness and va
riety of her dormant and mineral
resources, her matchless store of
ship and other timber, the value
of her prolific fisheries, the im
mense scope of her admirable pas
ture lands, and her superb water
power. Xowhere else, indeed,
have I seen so bounteous a meas
ure of the elements of general
prosperity for a large community
as those with which Oregon has
been endowed; elements, how
ever, which for the most vart are
as vet substantially latent, while
regions far less richly endowed by
providence have surpassed her in
developement during the same pe
riod. But with all these advanta
ges, there have been and are yet
coupled manj'- disadvantages hap
pily, however, of a transient, ex
trinsic character namelv: The
remoteness of the State from the
great centers of business and popu
lation; the difficulties of access that
thus far have impeded the current
of emigration in her direction, and
the circumscribed, inadequate na
ture of the market ope-n, as yet,
m. , r i .iito farming, mining, or a machine
1 he advantages are (jrod-given and i , .,c" , , . , ,
indefeasible; the disadvantages are
transitory, and may be overcome.
Mr. Jacobs then goes on to show
the advantages to be derived from
having Railroad connection, in
the matter of attracting to our
State the emigration now setting
Pacific Coast-wards, concluding as
follows:
I need not expatiate upon the un
common favorableness of the pro
posed line of location of this road.
This must be appreciated by all
concerned. You all know, and
are proud and hopeful of the xt reme
fertility of the Willamette, Ump
qua, and Rogue river valleys, and
the enormous mineral resources,
as yet undeveloped, which this
railway would speedily make pro
ductive to the material profit of
the whole community. And yet
I fear, nevertheless, it may not be
generally felt what this railroad,
through the very heart of Oregon,
would be for the enrichment of ev
every interest iu the State; or what is
lost, and continues to be lost, so
long as it shall remain unbuilt.
Unless, indeed this road shall be
costrnucted with all possible ener
gy, and in timely, season, the emi
gration now so strongly attracted
toward the Pacific coast, will be
mainly absorbed in California :
whereas, were it ready to meet the
tide, there would be . no difficulty
m drawing on a large and most
valuable portion to settle among
you; for there is strongly marked
interest felt on this coast, in re
gard to Oregon: a disposition to
1 v.;fi, f.. . Z : l
look thither for a new, Wide thea
ter ot business operations and
settlements. This has been recent
ly stimulated materially by speci
mens brought to Xew York, and
widely exhibited by Dr. Loryea, of
the flour, wheat, oats, leather, and
other Oregon staples, which attract
ed a good deal of attention by
their excellence.
The writer refers to the Mercer
Pioneer line of vessels between
cvr 1 Oi"K and Portland, and savs:
The sg of the vent "of
1 m
urse mainly c
lepend upon
the
ZZT enftm?nts'Ch will
Sest themselves m due season.
This may be done in strict conso-
nance with good precedents and
the view of those who are wisely
hostile , to. special legislation for
be greatly profited by the enter
prise, its success must redound to
the interests of the whole commu
nity.
Heroic Act. Eugene Shelby,
a lad of sixteen years, prevented
a disastrous lire in Portland one
evening recently, which is thus
recounted by the Herald:
The fire was occasioned bv the
falling of a kerosene lamp. To
Eugene great credit is . due for his
ready presence of mind and heroic
conduct in extinguishing the flames
for had he been less active the chan
ces are the whole block of buildinirs
would have been destroyed.
When he found no other means
could be used he pulled olf his coat
andb y dextrous use of it succeeded
in a few minutes in subduing the
flames, which had enveloped the
back end of the store, burning
books, the top of a table, and char
ring the walls within three feet of
a large quantity of coal oil, which,
had it caught could not possibly
have been extinguished short of a
disastrous conflagration. Perhaps
not one in a hundred .would have
thought of using his coat lor such
a purpose, but this boy acted witli
such coolness and effectivness as to
quell the flames before the fire en
gines reached the spot. He de
serves to be handsomely rewarded.
The Young Men's Christian
Association of Chicago has started
an employment bureau, which re
ports great success in finding
clerks for situations, having a large
and lengthening list on its books,
but finds some difficulty in obtain
ing situations for its clerks. It
would be a point of practical Chris
tianity, which we suggest to the
Association, to convince these
young men that they should get to
some much better occupation, than
clerking, at which they will be in
all probability underpaid and over
worked all their brief lives. The
business is now overstocked it is
one that since the diffusion of com
mon school education needs no
very special preparation. Every
smart school-boy is prepared to
begin as a clerk, and consequently
the supply for this kind of labor
will always be in excess of the de
mand. It is merely a false and
squeamish notion that clerking is
more respectable than other work,
that drives young men to beg for
clerical situations at starvation
prices. Let the hungry and wait
ing youth in charge ot the Chicago
Young Men's Christian Association
be affectionately advised to take
snop, wiinoiu loss oi time, or tei
them come to Oregon and make a
beginning
facturcrs.
as producers or manu-
As long as you live, seek to learn;
do not presume that old age will
bring wisdom.
"We nevei see a tear in the eye,"
savs a celebrated writer, "but we
are reminded of a warm heart."
The poor man's purse may be
empty, but he has as much gold
in the sunset, and silver in the
moon as anybody.
Toil and trial are grim school
masters, but a flush of hope can
make them beautiful, even as a
sunbeam the rude mountain front.
Oft what seems a mere trifle, a
mere nothing by itself in some nice
situation, turns the scale of. fate,
and rules the most important ac
tions. Write your name by kindness,
love and mercy, on the names of
the people you come in contact
with year by year, and you will nev
er be forgotten.
Each ant in an ant-hill knows
his companions. Mr. Drawin sev
eral times carried ants from one
hill to another, inhabited, apparent
ly, by tens of thousands of ants;
but the strangers were invariably
detected and killed. Thinking
that there might be family odor by
which they were recognized, he
put some ants from a very large
nest into a bottle strongly perfum
ed with asafoetita, and restored
them after twenty four hours. At
first, they were threatened bv their
companions, but
soon recognized.
and allowed to pass
A Lady whose horror of to
bacco amounts almost to disease,
took a seat by the side of a man
in a railroad car the other day,
and nervously asked him: "Do you
chew tobacco sir?" "No, ma'am,"
replied the astonished man; "but
I guess I can get you chaw, if you
are sufferin' for'it."
On the evening
of the loth
there were strong
electrical cur-
rents in various parts of the East,
Sylvester Pennoyer Esq., has
purchased entire, the Orcgo?i Her
ald printing ectablishmc-nt.
3It is nothing more than the
truth, if people teil you that though Kohn
Fishel are not sel.'ingoff at cost, they never
theless do sell at lower rates than any other
house in Oregon. Their stock of Clothing
cannot be surpassed. It is undoubtedly
the h'nest, i eatest and most fa-hi nubie in
the iState. Every person would do well to
call on Xhn & Fishel, No. 91 Front street,
before purchas ng elsewhere.
C3P3Ir. Michael Keese of San
Francisco and Mr. B. Goldsmith of Portland,
the best judges of Cigars and Tobacco on
the coast, bought thfir supplies the other
day of A. Levy, because they said it was the
only place where they could find the genu
ine leaf.
tprAsk your neighbor to sub
scribe for the ExTEnrnisE.
Sew Advertisements.
INDIA RUBBER BALLS, of all sizes
At LEW'S
s
YRUPS. CANDY, and POP CORN.
Fresh eveiy day at LEWS
AFHESII SUPPLY OF FIGS, AND THE
Celebrated tig paste. At LEYY'S
RANGES AND LEMONS,
J At LEVY'S
Clackamas Base Ball Club.
A T THE FIRST MEETING ofC. B. B. C,
j. held this St-a.-on, tlie following preamble
aud resolution was adopted :
Whereas, This Club tii.ds itself without
grounds upon which to practice, and many
of its ac ive members are to be absent, there
fore ; Resolved, That the Clackamas Club
will not receive any challenges to play match
games the ensuing season.
Secretary C. T. B. C.
QOSMOTOLITAN HOTEL.
Formerly Arrigvni s,
PORTLAND, Oregon.
ZtSP" The undersigned respectful iy an
nounce that having putcha&ed this widely
known and weU kept hotel, they are now
prepared to oifer superior accommodations
to the traveling public at greatly reduced
prices. This hotel is located nearest the
bte.niboat landings.
The hotel coach will be in attendance to
convey passengers to aud from the house
free of chargp.
W. R. SEWALL, J. B. SPHF.NGEU,
Proprietors.
A Gocd Book for Agents.
RESOURCES OF
The Pacific Slope!
A Statistical and Descriptive Summary of
the Mines and Minerals, Climate, Topog
raphy, Agriculture, Manufactures, aud
Commerce of the Pacific States,
and Territories ; including
Lower Oiliforii in, Mexico, Alaska,
and BrilisU Columbia I
BY HON. J. ROSS BROWXB,
Complete in One Large
Cctavo VQliune of 874 vp-, Pri-ce $4.
3 This is the Cheapest "Work ever offer
ed in this ir.atktt to Sub?cr?pt on Agents,
nnd it is compart with useful information,
Invaluable to Merchants, Farmers, Mechanics
etc., and is ot detp interest to all classes.
Published bv
H.'ll. KAXCItOFT 4 Co.,
24.5v Sax Francisco, Cal.
JOTICK.
Is hert'bv srivpn to all whom it mnv rnncpn
that A. A. McCu ly Pres't ot the l T. Co.,
has pr-serited a petition to the City Councii
of Oregon City, asking for the vac ation of
that portion ot water street and the Alleys
lying between the P. T. Co.'s Basin, and tlx;
present Ferry Landing,- for the" purpose of
building Locks. The hearing pt a d petit. on
is set tor the first Monday in June, lSiiih
Uy order of the Council. Oregon City,
April 20th, 16C1.
2i:4tJ J. M. RACON, Recorder.
o
IIDINAJSCE No. 80.
Beit Ordained and eFtabh'.tfipd. J,u thp n;ti
Council of Oregon City, Oregon.
That the City Seminary bo, and is hereby,
constituted and invested with the privilege
of conferring imd granting Diplomas, or
Graduating Cards, under the following pro
visions :
Skctiox I The City Seminary shall" be
conducted under the Grade System.
Section II. Whenever the number of pu
pi's iu attendance shall exceed One Hundred,
there shall be three Departments. When
One Hundred and Fifty there shall ba four ;
and when Two Hundred there shall be five
Departments.
Section JIL The Departments of the Citv
Seminary, as at present divided, shall be
styled the Primary, Preparatory, Academic,
and Cla-sical.
Section 4.. The Grading of the School
and all examinations tor preferment, shall be
under the charge of the Principal, who shall
teach the Classical Department.
No person sh ill be eligible to be Principal
who has not obtained a Degree from some
University, or established In-titution of
Learning. He shall he suhjtvt to examina
tion by the City School Superintendent, in
all the branches mentioned in Sectioa live ot
this Ordinance.
Section Y. Any Student who has attend
cd the City Seminary f.-r two year- or nv-re,
and who has nbtumed fn.m the Principal Xo.
1 certificates of qualification in ,-t 'east Ten
of the undermentioned branches ofstud,
and pas-ed satisfactory examinat ons in not
less ihan live others, shad be entitled to re
ceive a Diploma, or Graduating Card from
said Seminary.
English Branches.
1, Reading and Orthography;
2, Penmanship;
3, Geogr phy ;
4, English Grammar;
5, Rhetor c ;
6, Hi -awry of United States ;
7, Ancient lli.-tory ;
8, Modern do
9, Book Keeping, Sinzle ertry ;
10, Book Keeping, D ub!e eutry.
Languages.
1, French ; 3, Greek.
2, Lain ;
Mathematics.
1, Arithmetic; 4. Geometry;
2, Mensuration ; 5. Trigonometrv ;
3, Algebra; C, Survey in and
. Navigation.
Sciences.
1, Natural Science ;
2, Uotany;
3, Natural Philosophv ;
4, Z'o:o y ;
5, Geology ;
6, Minerology ;
7, Anatomy, 'Physiology and Hrgene:
8, Chemi-try ;
9, Astronomy ;
10, Logic.
Sect. on T The Diploma shall be signed
by the Piincipal ; the Teacher of the Aca
demic Dcpa. tment ; The City School Super
ln'enn'er.t; The Mayor, and attestcl bv the
City Recorder, with the Seal of the City Cor
poration affixed.
Section Vil.-The cost of sail Card shall
be paid by the applicant.
Sect.on VIII.- TLe City Recorder sh: II
keep a record of all pupils w o obtain si-iJ
Cards.
Passed the City Council April 20, 1RC9.
4.. . FORBES IJAECLAY, Major.
Attest : J. II. BACON, Citv Recorder.
A. H.lSielijarclsQii
AUCTIONEER!
Corner of Front and Oak streets, Portland
A U CT IONS A LES
Of Real Estate, Groceries, General Merchan
dise and Horses,
Every Wednesday and Saturday t
A. B. Richardson, Auctioneer,
AT PRIVATE SALE.
English refined Par and Bundle Iron ;
English Square and Octagon Cast steel
Horse shoes, Files, Iiasps, saws; '
Screws, Fiy-pans, sheet iron, It. G. Irea ;
also : '
A large assortment of Groceries and Liquors
A. B. Richardson, Auctioneer.
MISCELLANEOUS.
F
Oil SALE.
A Dwelling- House and 8 lots,
In a desirable location in Oregon City, at
a bargain. Time will be eriven for a part of
the purchase money. TITLE PERFECT.
J&ST" Inquire of
JAMES M. MOORE. Oregon City.
-AT-
THE STORE OF S D. FRANCIS,
FARMERS WILL FIND A READY AND
PERMANENT MARKET, ANl WILL
RECEIVE THE BEST PDICES
CURRENT FOR ALL KINDS
OF PRODUCE.
S. 1. F KA IVCIS,
WILL KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND
A SUPPLY OF FLOUR, SUGAR, TEA,
COFFEE, AND SYRUPS OP THE
I5ET BR ANDS, AND A GOOD
ASSORTMENT OF GROCERIES, PROVIS
IONS AND 'STATIONERY, ALL OF
W H I C II WILL BE SOLD
AT LOW PROFITS.
o
Call mid examine for yourself lef on
Purchasing elsewhere
ITOTTO Do vr.lo ethers as you would that
others shruld do untoi'ou.
Oregon City, March 2S, 1SC9. 22.tr
WALTE
Kcw CAltPJETIjVGS'
VELVETS ,
EETJSSEIS,
THREE-PLY,
OIL - CLOTHS,.
WINDOW-SHADES,
PAPER-HANGINGS,
LACE-CURTAINS, &c, &c.
We Would Call the attention of pur
tics Jilting vp houses, or being in'
need of anything in our line
To our Stock, which is
OXB OF THE COMPLETEST
On tlie IPsictfic Costs! I
Ow Goods being specially selected at
the Factories in Jtfnglund and the
Eastern Stales, we can sell
AT THE LOWEST
Ssiir JPi'ioteisco Trices.
1VALTER BRO.,
No. 89 Front street, between Alder
und Washington, Portland, Oregonl
33.)
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP
COMPANY'S STEAMaUlPS FOR.
Mew York, Japan & China,
Will be dispatched as follows :
o
Leave wbarf corner of First and Brannan
streets at 1 1 o'clock a. m. of the following
dates, for Panama, connecting via. Panama
It. It. with one of-the company's splendid
steamers from Aspinwall for New Yorlc; on
Hit- lOtH, 17(li !i 30t!x or cath month'
tJbat lias SO days, ncl on the 10th
IStli und 3Jth of ai li mouth
that has 31 days.
IV hen, the IQth, 15th and TA'th full on Sunday
ivill leave on Saturday preceding : ichen
the 17th fallx on Sunday tcill leave
on the JHondatj foloicing.
Steamer leaving J-'an Francisco on the K'th
touches at Manzanillo; all touch at Acapulco
Departures of the 17th or 18th are expect
ed to covyiect with the French Trans-Atlantic
Co.'s steamer for St. Nazaire, and Enp
I'sh steamer for South America. Through
tickets can be obtained.
S i "GAMERS FOIl APRIL, ISrtO.
The fulluiciny Steamships will be dispatdud
on dates a given beloro : . ,.
April l'.ith Constitution, Captain W. il.
Hudson, connecting with Alaska, Capt. Gray.
April 1 7th Golden Citij, Capt. Lapidc.
connecting with Henry Chauncey, Captain
Connor.
April 30th Montana, Capt. E. S. Farns
worlh, connecting wvh Arizona ,G&pt. Maury.
Passengers berthed through, and boirjjajie
checked ih rough.. One hunched pounds al
lowed eacli adult.
An experenced Surgeon on board. Medi
cine and attendance free.
These steamers will positively sail at 11
o'c ock. Passengers are requested to have
their baggage on board before 10 o'clock.
4?3f Through tickets to Liverpool, bv th
IN. MAN and NATIONAL Steamship Lines,
can bc obtained at P. M. S. S. Co.'s office
in SauFrancisco, where may also be obtained
orders for passage from Liverpool or South
ampton to Sau'Francisco, either via New
York or St. Thomas if desired an amount
of 10 or .20 will he advanced with the
above orders. Holders of orders will be re
quired to identify themselves to the Agent
in England.
For'merchandiss and freight for New " ork
and way ports, Company's form of Rill Lad
ing only used.
No Freight received after 2 r. it. of the
day prior to departure.
3-1 he steamship JAPAN. Capt: Free
man, will be dispatched n Thursday May
fith, at 12 o'clock noon, from tlie wharf cor
ner of First, and Iirannan streets, for Yoko
hama aid Hongkong, connecting at Yoko
hama w th the str Aetv i ork to- Mianguai.
For passage and ail other inf
lv at the P. M. S.S: Co.'s of
formation, ap-
3ce, corner ct
acramento and Leidesdoi 3' sts."
OLIVER ELD1UD0E, -Agent