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Ar s-y T to1- -:, - a x; 5b o o o o o o 4) o o 0 o 0 o O O O 0 o o O o 3 J r rT sE !jc tOccklij (Enterprise. Oregon Oit Oregon 15. C. IRELAND, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. Saturday May 15, 1869. THE ISLAND OF CUBA. The question concerning the posses sion of the inland of Cuba is again being -agitated in political circles. And while theories are under discussion by wiser heads, more practical men and adventur ers are eluding the vigilance of the po lice, and passing over to the island to take part in I lie revolution now in pro gress there, with what ulterior designs it is easy 4o conceive. Cuba is situated so temptingly near our borders, that ever wince the idea of the acquisition of ter ritory began to be realized we have looked upon it with a covetous eye. In the days of slavery the fiiends of that in stitution sought to secure it. that they might extend the area of slavery and thus acquire additional power in Con gress, to counterbalance the increasing power of the free States. New motives now exist, almost directly the reverse of those which formerly prevailed. We wi.-h to see the curse of slavery which has . so long hung like an incubus upon it, wept away, and its future interests iden tified with the interests of the Great Re public of the west. And the question arisC3 what is Cuba, and what advantages doc3 it possess which render its acquisition worthy of consideration ? Cuba is the largest of the West India Islands, embracing an area of nearly ."0,000 square miles, about as large as the State of New York with a population of nearly a million and a half. The nearest point of land is within one hundred and fifty miles of the coast of Florida. It is situated just within the torrid zone, and the temperature thrffngh out the year is very even. The difference between the hottest and coldest months is only about 21 deg, at Havana, and 14 leg. iu the interior. The thermometer Feldom rises above 00 deg. and there is no record of snow having fallen but once, nud that was in 1S5G, the coldest time ever experienced. Most of the fruits and grains common to tropical regions grow in great abundance. Maize, tobacco, rice, page, pulse, yuca, sweet potato, coffee, of the best quality, etc., while her annual exports of sugar, range from seven to eight hundred millions of pounds. It is said thai in proportion to her population Ler exports exceed those of any other country on the globe. This is whal she has been able to accomplish under a des potic rule, or what is perhaps worse, un der the most degrading form of slavery, it is difficult to tell what might be done under a well-regulated system of free la bor,, and with her population doubled. We have not space to enumerate all the advantages she possesses in the way of in-t.-vnal improvements, Ja-ciiilies for culti vating the soil. tc., suffice it to say that these are not surpassed by the southern portions of our own land. These things have all been accomplished under the disadvantages of a slave system, and a government weak at home, and without respect abroad. Columbus landed upon this island during his first voyage, and took possession iu the name of their Most Catholic Majesties. Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, and it has never passed out 1rom under the dominion of the Spanish government. Most of her other posses sions on the Western Continent have slipped from her grasp, but she has ever kept a tenacious hold of Cuba, When the United States came into possession of Florida, in 1S21. the government at Washington began to 'take an interest in this island. Biu no definite propositions were made regarding its purchase, until IS 18. when President Polk authorized the American Minister at Madrid to make an o;IVr for it of $100,000,000. The offer was peremptorily rejected. Further attention was called to the subject of annexation in IS J', when Lopez, adefeated revolutionist, bought shelter in this country. Here he carried on his revolutionary schemes. After one or two failures, he succeeded in eluding the vigilance of the government. and with 500 recruits sailed from New Orleans in August 1851. He effected a landing in the island but was soon de feated, taken prisoner and perished. There was a manifest sympathy on the part of the southern people with this project of Lopez which came near bringing us into difficulty with ?pain. But happily specks of war disappeared. In I So 4, Buchanan. in Cuba, which may be regarded as a Consequence thereof, has again turned the thoughts of the people towards the ques tion of annexation. The old motives for desiring Cuba are no longer in force. We seek possession of the island for new and higher reasons In the honest judgment of humanity Spain should forfeit all claims, and allow it to become an independent government, and then of its own free will to drift under the protection of our flag. If unwilling to do this it should accept a reasonable compensation that it may be come ours by the right of purchase. The reasons why Cuba should belong to us can be summed up in a few words. First, To secure the abolition of slavery. It is time that this monstrous curse had disappeared from the surface of the earth. Second, Its situation is such that it can be more easily governed by us, than by any other people. It is a part of the American Continent, and should no lon ger be under the control of European monarchs. Third, It should be brought into sub jection to a strong government.one that can secure the reign of law and order, a gov ernment which from the very nature of its constitution must feel a deeper interest in the welfare of subject peoples, than in the amount of income to be secured. Fourth, It should be ours, that in time of war " neutral' governments need not send out pirates from her ports to prey upon our commerce. Fifth. It is the garden from whence we receive large quantities of the most valu able products for consumption, we ought to be the gardeners. Sixth, It should be brought under the influence of a nation which shall secure for it a higher form of civilization and in fuse into the various branches of its ac tivity American enterprise and. energy. Let us secure it by fair and honorable means if we can. if not await patiently the developments of the future. GOLD FINING-SING UL A R EUR ORS. The Philadelphia Ledger, in al luding to that portion of President Grant's inaugural which speaks jf the golden-grained hills of the West, falls into some singular er rors, the most prominent of which, being the following: It says, " When- it cotfs 100 cents to find and wash oat a dollar's worth of (old, the business should be aban doned as xuiprolitahleP The fallacy of this assertion is readily shown by the Philadelphia Press. Without regard vast results attending the produc tion of gold, we will present a very simple table, keeping in mind the fact that it has " cost a dollar :" The production in California since ms is . 1.100,000,000 Cost of production sume period 1,10COh0,00 THE LAST HOURS. " A Washington correspondent of the Ik raid thus alludes to an event quite interesting ; A measure of paramount interest to the people of Oregon was pass ed at the closing hours of the ses sion. T allude to the act to amend an act entitled t' an act granting lands to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Central Pacific Kailroad in California to Portland, Oregon," i T 1 n - toff TM . i o for the i iipprovea u v to e , mil was reuoneu un iauM.iuiv - A dispatch from Promontory Point on -May 10th at noon says that the last rail is laid, the last spike is driven the Pacific Rail road is completed. The point of junction is ten hundred and eighty six miles' west of the Missouri, and six hundred and ninety miles east of Sacramento. The tie was made of California Laurel, highly pol ished and engraved. The spike was made of gold, presented by David Hcwes, of San Francisco, inscribed as follows on the head : "The last spike." On one side: "The Pacific Railroad; ground bro- the Committee on Public Land ot ,f . ' ' l .lOlt : , .. . , , r st -l The dispatches recently stated that a bill had been introduced in Congress conferring upon individu als all the privileges and immuni ties of corporations. We presume that the provisions are the same as those or the measure of like name introduced and urged at the last session of the Ohio ' Legislature. The title, probably, is sufficient to iindicate what the terms of the bill n tne main muse oe. unuer its, provisions, an individual or linn, on crivin"" notice publicly of intention to do, may invest a triven a- Total loss in the operation 0,000,000,000 So much has been invested, and so much has been taken out, and the investment has thus been paid back in about twenty years, or a little longer than it requires to double any investment at a legal rate of interest. So much for the simple figures in the transaction ; let us look at the collateral results ! attending it. If we take California as an ex ample, we must compare it as it is now, with what it was in 1848. Accepting the theory that it has cost a dollar to get a dollar, we find besides paying the investment back, that there is a profit on the outlay of an immense number of mills, an enormous aggregate ot ; machinery, apparatus, and tools, besides vastly increasing the good will value of the territory. The profits to labor must also be considered. It was estimated bv Commissioner King that soon after the discovery of gold in Cal ifornia, fifty-five thousand miners were at. work in that State, and the number engaged in mining has not varied much since. It must be remembered that their labor iras paid for out of the or i (final outlaw. The result to labor is as follows : Number of workmen employed o.j.GOO Number of davs' work done by same for one year of 200 d:ws 11,000,000 Number days' work done in 20 year--. . . 220,000,000 Amount paid for labor, from fri to $10 per iiicm. savs an average oi per u;eiu $500,000,000. Thus, at an ordinarily fair com putation, labor lias absorbed moie than half of the original capital. Other industries in California mount in a business in which capi- I jiave i,een developed, and reore tal stock shall alone represent the L01lt indirectly a further profit' on extent of liability for losses. A tus mUch-abused expenditure of regular statement of sales and pro-1 money. Fifty-live thousand men fits will, undoubtedly, be required. mve bcon fe(i clothed, and housed the Senate twice ; once just betore the close of the session ending the 4th of March, and once during this session. It is but fair to say that its final passage by both houses is due to the indefatigable exertions and indomitable energy of the Hon. J. II. Mitchell and S. F. Chadwick, Esq., who have had the matter in charge, and, who have surmounted obstacles that ap peared at times impossible to over come. When the matter was up for consideration in the Senate, last week, the opposition came principally from Corbett, who read a lengthy paragraph of over one hour and a half's duration and which rather confused than en lightened the Senate, and did more to aid in the passage of the East Side Railroad bill as passed than if he had got up and appear ed as its champion and advocate. The morning hour expiring, Wil liams moved that his colleague be allowed tjme to finish his disserta tion, intimating that he did not in tend to allow the measure to be defeated, or to fail to obtain a vote on it, by tho tactics of this collea gue. This raised the anger of Corbett, who, in a personal ex planation, said he did not want to be characterized as a tactician ; his object was to do his duty to his friends and constituents. To which Williams rejoined, that lie had no objection to the Senator enlightening the Senate, but hi dissertation was entirely foreign to the subject matter, and he might Jn the last fifteen years as well read some of Gulliver's number of t he finest stock side, this sentiment. "Mav God . 7 continue the unity of our country as this railroad unites the two great oceans of the world." The other sides bear the names of the Directors and officers of the Compa ny. The spike is fac simile in size and shape of the ordinaay six inch spike, to the point of which was attached in the casting a nug get of about the same length as the spike itself, which is designed to be broken off at the time of the completion ceremony by the Presi dent of the road, to be used prob- nblv in the manufacture of mementoes of the occasion for the officers of the corporation. The value of spike and nugget is 8414. The Union Pacific Express Com pany furnished the hammer which drove the last spike. It was made of solid silver. The price of fine carriage horses has readied an unparallelled high figure in the Atlantic cities. In view of this, a gentleman well versed in such matters, and lately returned from New York, says that among the earliest uses of the Pa cific Railroad will be the transpor tation of horses from Oregon to Eastern markets. That the horse has wonderfully appreciated in Oregon, owing to various causes, particularly to the absence of those extremes of heat and cold which prevail in the Atlantic States, is now a well .attested fact. a large -Amor- Soys OF T EMPKR ANC K. Oil the evening of the 6th inst., W. R. Dunbar, Deputy G. W. P., for Oregon, organized a Division of the Sons of Temperance, at Sub limity, Marion county, called the Evening Star Division, No. 5. The following are the officers for the present term : W. II. Smith, W. P.; Angeline Leigh, W. A.; Nathan Leigh, R. S.; M. I. Smith, A. R. S.; Lucy E. Smith, F. S.; J. M. Greenstreet, Chap.; W. II. llobson, C; E. T. Perkins, A. C; Elijah Leigh. Jr., I. S.; and John II. Coy, PTW. P. This Division starts " with 1 2 members. Oreg (jonian. . Climatic Contrast. Last week we had accounts of a heavy storm which prevailed over several of the Atlantic States, and the dis patches this morning speak of a destructive hail storm in the Mis sissippi valley which greatly dam aged the fruit and vegetable crops. While all this was going on the Pacific slope was sitting almost in the lap of summer. In Oregon, far North of Pennsylvania or Illi nois, we have for a long time had warm, bright, and beautiful weath er, and while Pennsylvania was lying under her mantle of snow, and Illinois under a pelting rain of hail, we were seeking out the cool est breeze. Who would live in Pennsylvania or Illinois? Who, in view of the climatic contrast, would not live in Oregon ? Ore con ian. AUCTION AND COMMISSION A. 15. Iliclasii'dsoii, AUCTIONEER! Corner of Front and Ouk streets, Pertkci!. AUCTION SALES Of Real Estate, Groceries, General Merchan dise and Horses, Every Wednesday and Saturday t A. B. Richardson, Auctioneer. AT PRIVATE SALE. English refined liar and Bundle Iron ; English Square and Octagon Cast steel ; Horse shoes, Files,. Rasps, saws ; Screws, Fiy-paus, sheet iron, K. G Iren j also : A large assortment of Groceries and Liquors. A. B. Richardson, Auctioneer. W. A. ALDRICH. J. C. MERRILL. JOHN M CRAKEjJ M'CRAKEN, MERRILLS. CO, SHIPPING, COMMISSION AND Forwarding Merchants, AGENTS OF THE CALIFORNIA, Hawaiian and Oiegon Packet Lines. Importers of San Quentin and Carmen Island Salt, Sandwich Island Sugars, Collee, Rice, and Pulu. Agents for Provost's & Co.'s Preserved Fruits, Vegetables, Pickles and Vinegar. Dealers "in Hour, Grair. , Bacon, Lard 4 Fruit. Lime, Cement and Plaster. Will attend to the Purchase, Sale or Ship ment of Merchandise or Produce in New York, San Francisco, Honolulu, or Portland ALDiilCll, MEI1KILL & CO., Nos 20-1 and 20 California Street, San Francisco. MCEAKEN, MERRILL & CO., lj North Front S'.reet, Portland. MISCELLANEOUS. Sixteen Years in Oregon. S. J. M'GRMICK o It is prohable thati f such hill be comes a law, its advantaaes as in suring against utter bankruptcy, where the business man advertis ing under protection has a margin of nronertv. will induce thous- Travels, or several chapters from the book of Genesis to the Senate, and they would be as pertinent as Senator Corbett ?s remarks. This was the climacteric, and shortly the bill was passed, extending the time for iiling the assent of the Oregon Central Iiailroad Company with the Secretary of the Interior for twelve months; this unques tionably iiivcs all the franchises to the East Side Iiailroad. The bill -1.1:. T as passea the senate was nas.-eu for nearly a quarter ot a century, while the impetus with their ne cessities gave to other pursuits has i tle House about i o'clock a. in., of made California one of the most : Saturday; one of the last acts of important of the grain-producing . Congress. It was returned to the States, but its present condition j Senate, the amendment approved, iean and English has been im ported, and of their increase none have been sent out of the State. Oregon contains thousands of the most beautiful horses in the United States ; and the sending of them for sale on the Atlantic side is as natural as the shipment of wool and grain, the production of which commenced on a comparatively small scale less than twenty years ago. Hew Advertisements. THE OREGON THE WS ands to place their jmneipal enter-! ani importance is too well known ri1uj fmally signed at 11 Dri sos m eorDOrauon lorm. juie statistics of profit and loss m trade and manufacture which will thus be brought to general notice will be of the most interesting charact er; the reports will tend greatly to equalize business and prevent rash adventures in departments of commerce that are crowded with investments and operators. With such a law on the statute book, the same person may with impunity risk his capital in a large, number of industries without necessarily in curring more than a small fraction of the expense now required for in corporation. It may be objected that the ben efits of the proposed law will, in all pobability, only inure to the rich. The probabilities appear to us to be in precisely the opposite direc tion. It Avill give the man of mod erate means opportunity and incen tive for embarking in business op erations that he would not other wise dare to inaugurate. And it the guards in the law are proper and" 'just, the creditor will have a more certain promise of repay ment than he now holds against the mere firm or single proprietor. It will not encourage speculation so much as it will foster enterprise. o eiocK a. .1 1 1 r , t TFT m. oy the speaker or the iiouse and President pro ten:, of the Sen ate, and approved by the Presi- to need lurther comment Without the discovery of gold we should have no San Francisco. The Pacific Railway would thus have been unnecessary, and it would not have been built during 'fiMai adjournment ... t r ji i . . " this feneration, riere again u e again tne calumniators of Mr. Grant's sug gestion are at fault. Five thou sand laborers are now at work laying the tracks of the Pacific. Railways, besides an army of su perintendents, clerks, etc. Cars are being built, locomotives con structed, and all the paraphernalia of a vast railroad are being com pleted. Besides this, cities are springing up along the road, houses and factories are being built, in- ! volviiv the labor of may thousand more, and all because California was a gold-producing country, and because dollar icas spent to eet a dollar bock. Think, too, of the future; of the numberless mouths that are yet to be fed, and of the great machinery of trade, which it will yet set in motion to still fur ther'advance the cause of civiliza tion ; and then, perhaps, this outlay of capital may not seem so "un profitable1'' as our friend of the j ledger suggests. dent at a quarter to 12 o'clock, just a quarter of an hour before the The faithful custoaians ot its passage, Aiessrs. Mitchell and Chadwick, watching all the movements with a vigilance and pertinacity which cost them much trouble and anxiety, also a nig it's rest. It is now a fait ac corn pi i. Ax A Kit Y.ST FOR DEBT AND WlIAT Came of It. Some time in April, 1S68, Jas. Openheimer and others commenced action in the County Court of this county against J. L. Toby, of Vancouver, to recover $350, alleged to be due them, and got out a writ of arrest him on the ground that Dr. Tolbv was a Refreshing- to Democrats. A prominent Virginia Democrat having been charged with chang ing his political views, writes a letter confessing the charge, ex pressing the reason for the change, and declaring himself utterly op posed to the conservative rebel State ticket. Among other things he said. I have changed because events have changed, and our Government has changed. A mighty revolu tion has swept over our political and social systems; and are the people of Virginia to remain stu pid blind to the new line of depart ure? Have they to follow longer the lead and cling longer to the lallen lortunes of tho .Northern -- The Xew York Press Club at its monthly meeting, on Saturday last sent greeting to the journ alists on the Pacific coast their hearty congratulations on the completion of the continental rail way which leaves us no longer an tipodes, but makes us next door neighbors. It begins a new era in American history. May American journalism grow like the country, in dignity and ripeness and in influence. A Tribune special says Gov ernment has received a late report from General Davis, commanding Alaska. He gives further reports regarding the burning of an Indian vilkvc, but the main fact is denied and he makes no allusion to any ir regularities among the officers. The authorities have no official in formation concerning the alleged disgraceful conduct of certain of ficers stationed there. A list of sixty-two army officers ; Democracy, who have failed to af ailcd to perform t he duties of ! fora them "any relief, and who are det Indian Agents and Supevindents, I powerless to 'extend relief to them- will be published shortly. This j selves? I shall do no such thing; ortter will virtually remove neau ana those who are seduced long er by the jack-o-lantern lights of those shipwrecked manners who all the Indian officers now in place, except a few Quakers lately appoint On Saturday last in the Xew York City Common Pleas Court before Judge Daley, Francis Wa land recovered a verdict for 089 with interest against John Living ston, the lawyer who was the ad ministrator of the deceased hus band of plaintiff and fraud en tl 3- de frauded her. Judge Dale' ad ministerded a severe rebuke and pronounced Livingston a disgrace to his race, countiy and profession. A Xew York dispatch of Sat urday says: Several passengers arrived this morning, eight days from San Fran cisco. Thejr sa' much work must still be done to put the road in good order. 73 FIRST St., PORTLAND Bet. Stark and Washington. o LORVEA & KALLF.NBERO, Dealers in DRUGS, mEDICIBJES, Chemicals, Pancy find Toilet Articles, F'nie Wives, Brandies, and Whisk'-cs.. For Medicinal Purposes. Brushes and Perfumeiies, Of the Latest Styles and Finest Qualities. Cooking Extracts, Essential Oils, Herbs, etc., etc., And an Assortment of all Popular iPalent Medicines. Fx cry thing Kept in a First Class Drug Store WILL DE SCL.O At Greatly Reduced Prices ! AS Soothing Syrup 25 Cents. Ci 1 r a te Mag nesia 25 Cen ts . Brown s Bronchial Troches 25 Cents. And Other Articles in Proportion. Pioneer Bookseller and Publisher Of this State, desires to inform all his old customers (and as many new ones rruy not be acquainted with the fact) that tie still continues to operate at the FRANKLIN BOOK STORE, 105 Front Street, Portland, (EXACTLY OPPOSITE mount hood) Where he is prepared to furnish SCHOOL BOOKS, STATIONER V, SHEET MUSIC, JXSTRUCTIOX BOOKS for all kinds of Musical Instruments. CHUItCil tlC 1JOOJCS, BASS, VIOL, GUITAR and VIOLIN STKIMJS. BLANK BOOKS, TOYS, MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS, CHEAP PUBLICATLOXS, .NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES, GLU15ES, PRESSES, PENS, Photographic Albums, And every other article in the above line. MiSE YOUR MONIES PLEASANT AND n If 1 HOW CAN WE DO IT? GO TO Slianalian & Co.'s O- -k- JLi JLj UL Y One door south from the corner of First acd Morrison streets, near the Yrestern, Portland, Oregon. And luy a leie of tho-e Lovely Fie turcS) vhirh icill furnish your Movms Complete. ALSO OFFER Medical and Surgical Aid FItEE OF CHARGE : O Physician's Prescriptions Carefully Compounded, under .the Special Supervision of Two Nassau street Printers, Alfonzo Bell and AVm. Jones, are .Mason and Souk, ministers of the U. S. at London, Paris and Madrid, mot in con-icn-nec on the .subject of Cuba at Ostend and Aix la Chapollo, and drew tip the famous Ostend manifesto. This document fH-t forth the proposition that Cuba ought 10 belong to the United States. The vea- eons for this "ought.'7 were very appa-; rout to the freedom-loving portion cf the poplo. and met with but little Liver north 'f Mason and Dixon's line. The snivel came up again in the Senate of 1S5S-9. :;.$d an attempt was made to place S.30, 00,000, in the hands of the Treddeat for its purchase. Put the proposition was withdrawn and the matter dropped. The uar for the time, silenaod ail seriou3 dis cussion of the question. I3ut the .crisis through which the government of .Spain is now passing ertd'tbe revohitioc excited cd. Among those removed is tiie are dreaminor and sneeulatino- man Keist in office by reject- j about the defunct resolutions and ion of the Quaker nominee. This j platforms of the nast. are simnlv , i . C - "1 " I . . 1 A I 7 I ' 7 non-resident 01 the Mate, r ailing , order is in accordance with the j gambling awav what little remains ! under arrest for print in o- spurious vv r"" ." .1 , 1 uuui.ip "- j num tne neons oi war, 01 tne i iiavtien Jsotes. lhey have at nient engravings," either from scar-! which authorizes the President to ; homestead of their rrood old moth-! rend v sent So onn u-nrth nrW wij, ua.-n.-ui ui vuit; vuai i ueuui oincei ui iur aiuiv ij )vi-jcr commoiiwea Itl) , and dancino- at the Dr. was sent to jail and there j form the duties of Agents, on the jier funeral. They shall dance" bv K-pi. uir o er a iiionui. u pun m , nam?. none of my music, nor will I dance l:3.1y Dr. A. II. KALLEXBEKG. release he commenced suit against the parties who had caused his ar-j It is rumored that important in fest for false imprisonment, in formation has been received at the District Court at Vancouver. Washington concernimr the move- by theirs. re- Forney and party have turned from their Southern trip The ease was decided lastSatur- j mcnts of English clipper capital-1 They went as far as Florida, and The New York Hercdd comes out in favor of placing the tele- grapu in crnment. the hands of the Gov- -The East India Telegraph Co. of which Gov. Curt in is President, day by the jury giving the Doctor j ist, to'oftsorthc influence of the j they represent the industrial pros- will soon build a telegraph between -$5,000 damages J F. -Caples, assis- j Pacific Railroad upon the lines of ; pects much improved, negroes Canton and Shanghai, ted by some of the Vancouver ! trade from Asia. An influential i working better than before and , . I Z. Thaver, Fredrich :and Lancaster the defense. Oregon sum. is, and design j The crops look well and the people ' jfUm :Tl,lonS VY mcel" with the ad in connect-! are anxious for tmmiorration. 31il-1 tev en hattery. ted by some of the Vancouver j trade from Asia. An influential working better than before and bar, conducted the prosecution; j London company has the right ot , the whites seem more industrious way across Honduras .constructing; a railroa ion with imes ol English steamers i lions of acres ot land are for sale. It has been decided that .deal- J on both the Atlantic and Pacific, Great inducements .are offered to ers in liquors, who sell .quantities j by which it is kept 'd to compete ; capitalists. Oregon and the West of five gallons ;ad upwards -must I with .our Pacific railroad hi -carry- j must wake iro. "The -South is our 400,000 lbs of WOOL ! ! WANTED BY TUB OREGON CITY WOOLEN MILLS. OREGON CITY, ORF.GOX O Who have just re-opened the Mill after a thorough refuting, and are now turning out some of the finest, and best qualities ci good.- manufactured on the Pacific coast, consisting of all kinds Cctssimeres, Doeskins, Ticeeds, Hard Times, and all kinds Flannels y IJkmccts and Yarn, Which the Company are now offering at IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IX MUSICAL INSTRUMEXTS, FIXE EAGRA VFYGS, . PICTURE FRAMES And MOLDINGS. rpiIE FINEST AND LARGEST STOCK X of Engravings, Crotnos, Plain and col ored Lithographs, etc., ever before clk-rcd in this market, just recei.-ed aud for sale at GREATLY REIiTJeED PRICES! also: Views of Columbia River Scenery. Constantly on hand. New CAISPETO'GS VELVETS, BRUSSELS, THRE E - PLY, OIL - CLOTHS, WINDOW-SHADES, PAPER -HANGINGS, LACE- CURTAINS, &c, & -Tt is said that Little Mac, kis greatly reduced prices. npw; pay the wholesale.aud retail tax. American ears are becoming quite popular 011 English road?. iitr heavy eevmmodities. Rothschild kit a ton of deeds ! and stock certificates. -competitor. Twelve per cent of English , criminals are under sixteen. It takes 50,000 a day to pav for the pork packed in Cincinnati. m It costs $1 con to cowhide an ed itor in Wisconsin. We invite all merchants to give us a call at the .Mill, or at the agencies of L. White & Co., Portland; or Breyman Bros.. Salem; or Brow a Bros. & Co.. San Francisco. Any desired styles of goods made to ci der, on short notice. Ii. JACOI3, Mar. jimic Asrent j 27) U. C. M'fg" Company. George Peabody's benefactions ' Titkmx' hi vvw " nmrmf t .,r aaa i I LftllL1's liLAJsKb, ot every descrip amount to J t!ca; lor 2alc al thc LvTLnria,E ccc We Would Call the attention of pi ties fitting up houses, or being need of anything in our line To our Stocky which is ONE OF THE COMTLETF.ST On the Fsiciiic Coast! -o- . 1 Ow Goods being specially selected the Factories in Englxud and the Eastern States, we car. sdl AT THE LOWEST SaialTrainciseo Prices. WALTER CUOS., Aide an 1 Wu.bitcton, Porthiu- COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY, C C c V