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o o o o o o G o o G 0 O o 0 O 0 o o o G 0 0 O SlieiDcekhi Enterprise. Grsgon City, Oregon , fi. C. IRELAND, EDITOR AND I'KOPRIETOIU Saturday July 24, 1855. Chicago now claims to bo na eastern city, as it ts only 000 miles to the Atlantic coast, wune u is llM) to the Pacific. Stifzel k Upton, are offering to sell much valuable land in Washington and JUiiaoman counties. Some of the new officers for tbe In dian Department arrived by the Muses lay Lor on Monday. Anna Dickinson says tbat she ex pects to vote within five years, and that within ten years she will be a member of Congress. A New York organ firm is filling an order for an instrument to go to Yokoha ma. It will be the first organ ever heard in Japan. Capt. Adams of the Vancouver Regis ter has not yet heard of the " Orphan Boy's" four or five hours private snooze, on the lth of July, at Olympia. It was an exclusive" affair. All business of Wells, Fargo & Co., upon this coast, is now transacted with the New York City office direct and re turns are made regularly on the 8th, ICth and 2-lth of each month. Before the completion of the over land railroad the Government paid $7,100 a year pur mile for transportation of the mails. The price now paid is $100 a mile per annum. Any person giving information of the whereabouts of Ceorge Tollikoffer will confer a favor upon his anxious father who has not heard of his son for twelve years. Address Kev. George Retting. Dubuque, Iowa. Travel in Oregon at present time is illustrated by the instance that it costs SI 50 for a man to go from Portland to Vancouver by team, (besides the cost of team.) and only one dollar to go by steamer and not be bothered by a team. or horse. O The Fifteenth Amendment is certain of ratification without the vote of either California or Oregon. Thirty-seven States now compose this Union three-fourths of these : twenty-eight wnl have ratified bv the time Congress meets in December next. In San Francisco the highest income returned last year wa3 that of Alvina Hay ward, $103,000 ; the highest this year i that of Clans Spreckles, $113,833. A greater number of men have returned in comes of $10,000 and over than last year. The number of incomes over $2,000 ha3 also enlarged. Mr. llayward is chief owner of the Oregon Steam Navigation Company. The constant finding of dead bodies in the decks of New4 York astonishes many people as well as the police them selves. One of the city papers says that the Fast river is truly a river of myster ies. It has an unpleasant habit of casting up dead bodies at intervals, and many of these bodies present evident signs of hav ing beui unpleasantly dealt with before being n-igned to the river. An army officer is the latest victim found in these deadly waters. No people are more as- tonished at such things than the police. Chinese laborers, fresh from the Pa cific, have already made their appearance in New Orleans, probably the forerun ners of thousands of their race, wdio will iiock to the. sugar and rice fields of the Pelican State, byway of the railroad and the river. John Chinaman, wiih his frugal and industrious habits, will be a welcome assistant to the planters in that section. One load of coolies was imported thither from Havana, two years since, and are still workiug upon a sugar plantation in ;c Lafourche, but the custom-Louse officials dipped the enterprise, and stopped the further importation. But how can it be stopped this time? Capt. Ainsworth, of Portland, has an order for 40,000 celesti als to gs South. Wool Something Wrong. The last ftearaer brought up from San Francisco a considerable quantity of wool for the "Woolen mills at Salcn, and the Wright has just brought a lot from the Sound for the Oregon City mills. While this is go ing on, our Wallamet valley wool growers are hauling or shipping by steamboat large quantities of wool to this city and shipping it to San Francisco. There is something wrong in all this, says the Ore gonian. There is no good reason why wool should be shipped both ways, and there is no good policy in it. If Oregon is rais ing any kind of wool which cannot .be useu ncre Millie at the same time our .mills demand a sort not grown in Oregon, it would certainly seem to be policy of the wool-growers to stop growing the kind not wanted and to begin at once to grow the kind that is wanted, and thus save to the State the cost of shipment. e apprehend, however, that while tbe above is true to some extent, the evil for it is an evu 15 partly attributable to the iact that growers ia this State have held iieir wool above the market price and thus compelled manufacturers to "o out of the State for material. There exists a exposition in the interior to suspect the mills, and merchant dealers ia wool, and the makers of market quotations, of be- nig mi ni league togemer, to cheat them. We have no doubt that many growers, un der such an impression, have sent their wool to California and have sold it for much less, after paying freight on it, than they could have got for it at home. And we have no doubt either that the mills h ive bought Oregon wool in San Francis co and shipped it back here for less mon ey than Wii-s asked by the grower. These facts are against Oregon, as regards not only our business sagacity but. our materi al mre-.ts. Such-a state of thia-s 0'M h-j i a t cdUu Jr corrects'!. CIVIL. JiEIlVICK XtKFOIl'I. The first practical move in the direc tion of civil service reform has been mado by the Commissioner of Patents at Wash ington. Taere were three vacancies in the grade of Assistant Examiners of Patents: and., a a matter of coarse, a host of appli cants presented themselves. The Commis sioner announced that her would have a competitive examination, whereupon the majority of the applicants retired in despair, seventeen only remaining to stand the test. These were subjected to a rigid examination, both oral and written, and the three who made the most satisfac tory answers were selected to fill the po sitions. This experiment was so successful that the Commissioner resolved to go far ther. There was a large body of clerks in his office, and a still larger body of appli cants for appointments outside. He insti tuted examinations, and made all go through them, filling the appointments from those who proved themselves capa ble, without regard to their former stand ing. The result is that he has secured a force of capable and efficient men prob ably the most efficient and capable of any Government Department. Of course the politicians have been offended; they have found, to their deep disgust, that a man cannot obtain a position in the Patent Of fice, unless he proves his ability to per form the duties required of him. We can it . r T- - see no reason, says me Dan Francisco Times, of the 17th, why the example set by the Commissioner of Patents should not be followed in all other Departments. No special law is needed to carry such a schem into operation. It is true that the head of the Department must undertake it upon his own responsibility, and that his work may be undone by his superiors. But there is no danger that those superiors will interfere so long as the pvJjlic service is improved by the change, and the results of such experiments will afford data for Congress to act upon when Jenck's bill comes up again, as it surely will. The enmity and determined opposition of the politicians will of course be aroused by :-o healthy a reform as this, but when the peo ple see that it saves their money and at the same time secures efficiency and capa bility in the public service, they will no doubt express a determination to - put it through.'' The Commissioner of Patents deserves the thanks of the country for the stand he has made in this matter, and we hope to see his example followed before long. . UNI'GIiTL'NATK KLAIU. General Frank Blair reminds us of the Irishman in the story, who was so addict ed to bulls that he was forced to warn his hearers You must take me by my maiting, and not by what I say."-1 Before the country has had time to forget his celebrated apostrophe to the Fenians. h is out with another sensational speech. At a recent dinner at Long Branch, where the company was largely composed of officers of the army and navy who fought under the Stars and Stripes during the rebellion, he undertook to eulogize Stone wall Jackson and the Confederate army, until he was called to order by Admiral Farragut. General Blair now says that he only intended to compliment his broth er soldiers by showing them what valiant men they had subdued. For an ingenious attempt at extrication from an awkward position, says the Times, that excuse will rank next to the device of the lawyer v, ho. coming into Court without any clear idea as to which side ho was on. made an elo quent speech in behalf of his client's ad versary, and, on finding out his mly.uke, coolly continued: This, gcutlei.ie.i of the jury, is the position that will be taken by the counsel lor the defense ; I wiil now proceed to show you its fallacy , ' and at once set to work to pull to pieces the ar gument he had built up so deftly. Gen eral Blair has an unfortunate knack of speech which bothers his friends and as sists his enemies. It may be that ho real ly meant no more thiii, lie now says he meant, but the trouble is that he fur -jot to explain his meaning until after he Lad maCe his speech. Henceforth he should either engage an interpreter, or forego public speaking. "White Pine. Mr. Charlie "Williams has permitted us to copy the subjoined para graphs from a letter to him, dated Hamil ton, White Pine county Nevada, June. 12. 1869. The author Mr W. "W. Bancroft was the original owner of " our carpet sack:" The country 13 not " played out" and is not a bilk." there are 220 stamps in the district running night and day, and turning out from $75,000 to $90000 in silver bars every twenty-four hours, thou sinds of tons of rock are laying on the dump piles waiting for mills to crush it. They are taking out ore enough now to keep 1,000, stamps running. Mills are coming in every few days and by this time next year there wiil be from l.bOO to 2,000 stamps here and there is plenty of jore here, worth from $200 to $1,500. per Iol1. to keep them going. Times -will be good this fall and will stay good foryers tO COIlC They have a new gold (quartz) excite ment aboiit GO miles north of Elko (ISO north of th.'s place) They say it is very rich end I sa.v a piece of rock weighing two pound thre.8 ounces that an assayer here paid $50 Ov.1 for yesterday. There is a big rush there fr om here, and from the towns on the raiVC'ud." Hon. II. A. Rollins, K ta Commissioner of Internal Revenue, is uiw acting as President of the National LilS" Insurance Company of the United States oF America, at the Company's Branch 6ce ia Philadelphia, during the temporar,"1' ab sence in Europe of the President, C. Cia?k, ilp Mr. Rollins has been an ac tive member of the Board of Directors of this Company since its organization, and ia giving to its interest the benefit of his personal co-operation, and the advantages ot his enlarged experience and extensive acquaintance, we confidently look for a renewed impetus to be given to the al ready unprecedented progress of this fjreat National Institution, the jizxw Hover: Munosrt. The enormity end barbarity of a crime perpetrated in Polk county upon an or phan girl name;! Jennie Boyce, who was found nude and dead in an out-house upon the premises of a man maned A. N. Cochrane, near IV. Has, lately, is almost without a parakl in the annals of villainy. It reports be true there is more need of vigilance Committees ihaa coroners ia Polk county. The Polk county Times partially exposes the matter, and shows that the Editor has been refused access to the evidence in the case, and that he was not able to obtain a copy of the verdict. Wo claim that the Editor, or any other citizen, has the right; to u copy both cf the evidence in such eases an 1 the ver dict -and we trust, fiiend Stewart, that you will get it, and thai you will publish it. In order to show with what docility the officers in Polk county have acted in this matter we quote two paragraphs from the Times : After a tedious process of investigation covering three weeks this affair is still in a very unsatisfactory- condition. As we stated bist week, the evidence elicited by the Coroner's Jury was found sufficient to warrant the arrest of three of the sus pected parlies : A. N. Cochran (at whose house deceased lived), and Mr. and Mrs. Fender, the mother and step-father of the murdered girl. The former waived an ex amination and was committed to the charge of the SherhT. in default of $2,000 bail. Last Monday Mrs. Fender wns ar raigned on the charge of manslaughter (we believe): but by some strange sort of legal jugglery the testimony adduced in the Coroner's Inquest was ruled out of Court, and yet in suite of this ruling, oral testimony covering the point in dis pute was . subsequently admitted. She was. however bound over in the sum of $l.O0O, and is now at large. On Tuesday Mr. Fender was arraigned on the srn; charge : but at the instance of tbe Prose cuting Attorney, ict.-t dichurgnl. and is now at liberty : although everybody knows that he swore falsely, and that he was privy to the fact that an abortion was to be attempted on the girl deceased. The people of the county feel that the honor and the safety of their families, as well as the integrity or our ehil system is at stake. The editor of this paper was in total ignorance, until Ike examination was nearly through wit!!, of the enormity and barbarity of the crium committed. " Ids we learned from parties who had examin ed the testimony taken down at the Coro ner's inquest. We have not been allow ed to examine it ouvielf, neither have we been furnished with a copy of the verdict, though it is the first time in our experience that the public have been, deprived of their right to know the proceedings of puch bodies. Put- we eharlitddy suppose our authorities know what they are about, although for the life of us we can't m-o it. This we do know, a great crime ha? been commuted, and all at whom legal suspi cion points her fi;-.ger .-h.mhi bo promptly arraigned, and. if to .-ubst;-ve jurdiee, bound over to rpp- ar ! . : . v the Grand Jury. This, to the best of our knowledge has roi been c'- : end U.e public will not re.--!; j--;u:.-':-.-d until it done : else those who at jiVi-.-'-a i re he'd had better at once be set ar hbe: tv. .Sue a tardy justice is a reproach to the commu nity. Dallas, ia IS c : i avol, ike lit- ! C o tie town. The ishac-; o :' contains about ;S,e-S'-S;-e ph the neighborhood of C.i) s; bou-'s e Lmbs of S: - s-. or in : v.' O physicians, about one hundred dwelling houses, one moot market, :: I. -.a 1, -. restaurant and bakery-, cue grocery i:See. live stores lor general no. .chandisv, one drug ' : two seo;.iS d harness shops, one rod -Sove sb.rn. one so h and doer i'acrory. one i : on---, one gri-'-i mill, one c.iolnef .- ;.oo, two Wu-ron shv.-;,s. throe .-:: .:'.;.'--. one boor. ;;;;; :d iScuiy, coo ) hon.-i.-onlM- eso pr O'.'.Iog b-s oiler .-.a: Ion. St. Co el: V ! COS. ;. ':'. ers. one pooPcr 0:dS:O Usd Ooo .pa , m.e n -c -'so. let Is. .7 i.O The r h: ; of Junius Bi-jSus ihsoili the great tragcsilaa, were re'moved on Thursseiy morning. Juas; 22, from I;al:i- ' mors: Cemetery, where they were br.rk'd j ?:U i i:e years ago. and were rein! erred in J G roe?! sKm rio i ' . .: Si Sr o .' '. Tim j hiio r.ooecso.i .. of ilo".-.!i h.-.;.; al.-o n -ci re- moved i n..l will be placed over his grave. it is ps.oo--- -d to. bring S.e dead chiidron. ! buried in Hartford coiiiuy. ami. wiiii the ! remains d' J "ohn Vdilkes V,;S. f!ace tlmni sine by side in Greenmount. Tim mem bers of the family would be present, and the body ot Wilkes Jh;otii was to be burl ed hi the iailer part of Jane. The Ns'W Dominion Parliament at Ot tawa was prorogued on June 22, by Gov ernor Young, who complimented the members on the progress made in uniting British North America in a confederation. The Northwestern Territory had been ac quired, and Newfoundland would soon come in. Negotiations had been opened for the acceptance of Prince Fd ward's Island to the Union, and reasonable con cessions had been made to satisfy the people of No v.t Scotia. Although the revenue imposed on imports had not equalled expectations, yet economy ren dered fresh taxation unnecessary. Mrs. Cady Stanton puts it thus: "When the highest offices in the Govern ment are bought in Wall street, it is mere chance who will be our rulers ? Whither is a nation tending when brains count for less than bullion, and clowns make laws for queens S"' In a duel between two negroes at Memphis the other day, both the combat ants were shot in the back, and the entire colored population are wondering " how de debbil deumiggets done shot darselfs dat way'' A certain fop, who was arguing with a bluff clergyman on the immortality of the soul, asked him: Now where do you think I shall go'after death V ' " Wherever your tailor goes," was the calm reply. Cnrran was once asked by one of his brother judges : "Do you see anything ridiculous in this wig "Nothing but the head," was the reply. A school girl, under an examination in Psalms, on being asked, " What is the pestilence that walketh ia darkness?' re plu?d: "Bed-bugs, sir."" Pc JToses Tavlor is now owned by the North -ni Paehlc Transportation Cora naay. She seado her first trip to Oregon, arriving p.rtUiif vn 'Mcud iy bi-i at 1 o'clock a. i , JjX&'v :i'.)Ti: P'tOji ti. vi.v. rrcm the Portland Oregon Herald. Following this is some interesting coi re: por.dcuee bet'.veen Dr. Loryeaand Geo. Francis Train. This is the last note from the sreiitleaien we have treated so kindly, and in it he promises (what he could not avoid) to let the people of the world know something of this beautiful and won derful country. To receive such emphat ic praise for our State from one who has seen all the districts in the world and sailed under every sky, -merely corobo raios what we have been telling Oregonl ans for the last two years, that is. that our valley is the grandest and most beau tiful; the richest and most desirable on tiiis planet. All we want strangers to do. is to look at the Willamette and there can be no doubt of their verdict. Now Oregonians put your shoulders to the wheel and let us make this thing move. Fast Portlaxd, July 1-1, 1SG9. Drr Trc.ux : You have aroused our peo ple and they are buckling on their armor and going into the fray with California. You have stepped on our corns and in eon sequence s change is coming o'er- the spirit ol' uur drcains. Now, Trwin, 'ere von leave the " Webfoot country," I would like to obtain from you, the impressions it has produced on the tab lets of your mind in that wonderful brain of yours. What you maybe pleased to com municate' shall be entre no ; so give the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truih, so help you God, ami the Great Amer ican people wiio you are working lor. Truly and sincerely yours, A. M. LoitYii.v. Okkoox City, Jui.t Itf, lSfii. Peak Du. LoitrsA : Of course- i wiil only live minutes, but of fours t tliev are you;?. We like those who like us, that is all there is ia life. Oregon likes me, 1 like Oregon. Portland gaveine a warm welcome club,-, steamboats, stages, railroads, pri vate residences, opened wide their doors. Called a charlatan ia San Francisco, f re-plio-i by damaging their real estate ; tailed a griod follow m Oregon, I reply in kind. California has absorbed you. Ore "-on was a sponge squeezed in San Francisco. Your tiour. thacor, salmon, fruit, individuality, h:s all been absorbed. I shall make yosir State known fv.r and wide. Newspapers are obliged to abuse me or praise me, as a mat ter of coarse. Fire-;!Oof against abuse, praise, avriee, vine ami women, the world may hi.-,.s ,r cheer, -'tis all the same to me. What Oregon wants is advertising. For instance, joa spend ri.ceo oa the Fourth of July and aohody hears of the grand celebra tion o.;i or the 'Slate. You should have paid v'ip ) for associated press, dispatch, and advertise-it to the world. Then had short hand reporeers taking down oration and railroad speeches and bent oft 10, on;) papers ftr and wide. Already 1 have advertised Oregon more in thirty days than you have in twenty years and the bail commences to roil. Yoti have a great future He ward is right. Pel'.e-e our national century we shall i; ive three iaiiroads joining Atlantic with Pat she and the Oregon wilderness wiil soon -hi:-' m a' the rose. S ip with your wooj'-.i feCorit s, paper-vnilh', iron foundries; en y.-jt n your la. I roads, cast, wen, north ; .1 ,- : e;;P;e your connection wish i". ; i'.eioe iVorn Fm.itdla to Indian C.v.'-c as you are twenty -one rears old u i-c!. urge Veiir w e't mir.-.e a-. San Prunei-co. Y ' oso o u depot, ;io.o: of live :m n .-trike ;;i I raiici.-o, like the Chicago e.eui.in l now vl-tisfig li'eir, why uuii't vou tcle- .so i oo ; .. r; to-oo toe !io-p::aiir;es :: So.to, toys;;.-:, eiob ;::. city, piddiig ;t; ii, -chest rio.i iSr our committee; ,.':, ye f.'.i, -i:::d immediate! v too, vou out a:,.! U:,f a t eotss hotel ; make, a joint ipo.y. ; bo;;l tm- ( stzens i i ..mse uays i:i Omaha. Forgot and for i'.c i, -.mis ;i,Mi y.-ork for Oregon, the . : s oVe. et'OS ! t i.e gtvat o r!hwet. '. Int. Veil Ssuiid send Wat- 1 h tines to im !: ei's or Frank i. -SoS ii'ol . So 01 piisilshes! out ofyoor city hmds ; with a. picime of Poitlami, Oie gon Cuy fels. Side;::, etc., etc. Also have jo:i;er;d.yce:;.i ree -i. nob a roe, p'vpuratery t o a '. e-.losncal survey. Say ;P1 kinds oi .h.uu:it ibsies t-t tiiose who have generous ly mie n i;:e by the S.u and f-ii them lo l.ui ;.s.sooi into 'he I'nioii on Chine.se cm- c:' ' i 0, a l: ; sr. .;., i s; ok . i uii ui e ;uy j ; ooi.d acd 1 am yours, sin c . i C'eii: oi; l'u.yxc;s Ti;a:x. . v . We shall hike pleasure in showing to cur carpenter friend:; Nesfer's Patent Weather boa, d i'ook and cmnl-oSied Carpenter's 'fool if they win caii at this office. It is decided ly the boat foul that can be owned by a me chanic. eis-c:;:rT:ox. It is made of Mahogany or Pose Wood, covered on Puree sides with smooth brass plate, and can neither split, shrink or warp. it is li; inches lon-r, 1 inch thick, and from 1 to inches wide. The back, front and one side --are covered with smooth brass platj ; the sides a:,d back are perfectly straight. The middle portion of the front lor about seven inches is aisc straigur, and parallel to tue back. It js terminated at either end by the perpendicular wads of two shoulders. In the centre of this side is set a spirit level. Ou the back of the implement is a scale or rule, graduated into inches and their fract ions ; a Slide (.uage, maybe moved back and forth along this graduated plate, in the s'ot, by a screw turned by a thumb knob. Tins forms an accurate rule, and a very con venient spacing guage for laying out work. One side lias a long groove iu the brass plate in which a knob slides. This knob car ries a pointed spring blade, which is held in place by a thumb knob, and is used to mark across the board when the fool is used ot weather boarding. The convenience and advantages of this Combined tool must be ap parent to every carpenter, for by its use one fourth o the time at weather-boarding is saved. It dispenses with the use of separate tools on tb3 staffing, where they are always au an noyance to the workmen. It supplies a de ficiency long felt in expediting the labor at weather-boarding. It will be found a time saving and money-making invention to all carpenters. It is 'the invention of a Practi cal Architect and Uuitdtr, who has labored for years to complete it, and he now invites his leliow "cmps to give his invention an impartial trial, and see if it does not in every respect meet their requirements. ADVANTAGES. Among the many advantages claimed for this implement we may enumerate the fol lowing : First it is the cheapest combination ever ottered to the tradesman. It combines .six tools in one, and is sold at retail, at ." each id it saves its cost in one week, while the tool will last a life time; 3d it can be used for ad purposes, where either of its parts could be separately, raaking a light, cheap and convenient kit for the Journeyman"- 4th it is perfectly reliable in all its parts',"' and performs its work better than can bo done oy the old process. It is light ornamental and durable, and takes up less room iu the chest than the ordinary hammer. As a rule, it will meet tho wants of every mechanic, as by its use the dimensions of bod ies can readily be ascertained. Its figures and lines are plain and distinct, and as ac curate a measure of one foot as any rule in the market. As a Gauge, it can be used on the bencn and staging, and can be et in stantly to anv- number of inches required iiisiaa-uwiiu urass, ana cannot readiK- j wear out. As a level, it surpasses any tool Oi its fciDu in the market. Iu face bein covered una cmoota brass plate, perfectly .truths and pa railed With the back, it cam not split, shrink, warp or get out of true. The level-drop is so ingeniously protected that it is not liable to get displaced or brok en. It can be used on a straTglit-edce steel square, or independent of either, and 'of its accuracy there can be no doubt. As a plumb, it will be found reliabii when used in connection with a right-angle or square. The utility of this instrument for obtaining horizontals an-l perpendiculars will retdii v be seen by reference to it. It occupies less; than one-eighth of the space of the ordinary levels, and surpasses them iu chtanaess and durability. As a weather board Hook, it is net equal ed or approached by anv tool ever used or invented. It is the Ne Plus Ultra of the carpenter , It combines in itself all the tools used ' at wealher-b jatding, save a saw and a hummer, and is so arranged that either of its parts can' be used advantageously without inconveni ence from either of the others. It is iiubs pensablet to the carpenter, fur by the use of this comb. nation c tie-fourth more work can be accomplished It marks the board, guages the lap and lev els the work as quick as the hand can be moved three times. It has received the unqualified recommen dation of ail mechanics who have seen it for this purpose. It can be run in the belt or pocket and when so carried the workman has a kit light, convenient, all-scffif-itnt and ever by his s7de.' lie is not obliged to hunt up and pick up half a dozen different tools to apply each piece he puts on. The advantages of this tool must be appar ent to every carpenter. It is sold at the ex tremely low price of Fellow-Carpenters compute the time lost every hour, and multiply by 10 working hours in each day aud by (J the number of days in a week, and see if the time lost by the old process in one week would not pur chase one of those valuable instruments? It cannot add to the merits of the invention to say more than that it has received the un qualified iwommtndatioa of all Mechanics who have used it. J. II. Barrett of Portland has them for sale. Salem flour has advanced to So. 75 in San Francisco. "Wheat ranges from $1 50 to $1 65 per 100 lbs in San Francisco. Oregon oats SI 70 to $1 SO. The Statesman says that quite a busi ness is springing up between Walla Walla and Chicago. California is to have a Japanese colo ny, and the members will bring bamboo, mulberry trees, wax plants and tea seeds. so as to establish a miniature Japan on our shores. Mr. T. Patterson, business manager of the Oregon- JT'irahi establishment re turned from California on the steamer of Monday, with a full new dress for that paper. . 3V. & . There is a report that tbe Pennsylva nia Central Railroad proposes a perpetual lease of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago road, on the basis of 10 per cent on a capital oftwenty million three hund red thousand dollars. Gen. Stephen Coffin speaks highly to us of the route east, and vice versa, from Perl land via Dalles Citv. lie savs that j for genuine, hospitable, travel and accom ; niod.itions ol" all sorts, the Haley Pioiieer Line ot coaches can't be beaten. Tohn If. Snrratt has irone inlo the ', produce and general commission business j in Puhimore. The rebel sympathizing i j,uiers of Maryland. In referring to the loot, ask fbr a large share vt cti.-tom. on 'account of t!ii' jicrseeuti'.in to v, hich he 1 has been snbioeted for the 1 :ist. three ve;irs. etc. Amongst the passengers by Moses Tjfnr were several familiar faces. We met II. C. Coupon, lute Counly Clerk at Portland, who- now hails from San Fran-ei.-eo. and A. M. Starr, who now hails from New York City. Both are looking as though Time were dealing fairly by them. -i-v -.- -r A gent'eman writing from Dalles City to a friend, in Salem says : 1 presume that bi fore this lime you have heard Tiain lect ure, said while I speak of i.im T must say that of all tbe notables w hich hare visited Oregon this summer, he has betm the only man among the lot that could or wo'ihl see Oregon is it is. The Committee of Way s and Means did not .see beyond the bows of th.e O. S. X. Co.'s, boat-;, nor ahead of the vow-eatdier-s on their locomotive.-. The reas on facts were not sought after. The servil ance established by ttie Company over the Commit ree of Congressmen have determin ed the people of this pert of the State not to permit another act of the kind referred to. WiiKN" to Maiikv. The longer a woman remains single, the more apprehensive will she be of entering info the tate of wed lock. At seventeen or eighteen, a girl will plunge into it ; often without itar ; at twentv, she will bedn to think: at twen ty-four, weigh and discriminate; at twenty eight, will be afraid of venturing ; at thirty-, wiil turn about, and look down the hill she ascended, and sometimes rejoice, ami sometimes repent that she has attained that summit. i. rii:3ioiii:v.ii. "' Land of the golden vine ; Land of the lordly Rhino Weep distant land.-' II. Wasscrman, Esq., an old pioneer of Portland is no more under the living. After having sojourned many years on this coast, he visited his " Faterland7 but either for reasons none but himself or his family can account for, or for the at tractions the Pacific slope offers to those who lived here before, Mr. Wasserman returned to Portland last year after sev eral years absence in Europe. He imme- uiaieiy emoarKea in business again, but soon withdrew from it for the purpose of recruiting bis shattered health in San Francisco. Change of climate, medical skill and assiduous care, however, were alike powerless to arrest the progress of desease, and the decrees of inscrutable destiny called him to that " bourne from whence no traveller returns." Remembering the words of Solomon that we praise the dead more than the living," it is not our intention to follow this maxim, but lo his praise may it be remembered, that personal aggrandize ment was not the ruling motive of his life. lie contended it is true earnestly lor accumulating wealth, i. e. money, but he has done so by his own exertions and not at the expense of others. Resolute and energetic in act he could accomplish a large amount of labor with the sincerity of his good will, written on his face, an'l seldom failed to win the affections of his follow men. Peace to his slumbers. " Thou'rt happy now, for thou hast past The cold, dark journey of the grave, And in th land of light at last Ila.it joined the good, the fair the brave." Secretary Boutwell reports that the National debt has been reduced since March 1st (four months) by no less than thirty-i millions four hundred and sixty thousand four hundred and seventy-nine dollars, or at the rate of more than one hundred millions per annum. Of course we cannot expect to keep tip this ratio, as Mr. Boutwell reports that a very large portion of his recent receipts are from miscellaneous sources probably sale of vessels aud other discarded enginery of war ; but this is a most gratifying exhibit, and justifies the most hopeful anticipations. We are working off a lee shore gallantly, with a good pilot at the helm. JSAKItlF.D. June hOth. Ibd'd. at the residence of the brides father, by J. II. Onos, J. p.. Lrcaav M. Daviosox. of Chickainas county, and IMiss Ci.aua LixKxe-oojj, of Yamhill, conn- j iy, ciregou. At the residence of J. C. Davidson, near Oswego, by Jamks A. Smith J. P., 0n the 10th instant Mr. Uknuv Ganz and Miss Isola Daviosox, all of Clackamas county. THE OREGON DISPENSARY. 73 FIRST St., POKTLAXI) Pet. Stark and Washington. LGRYEA & KALLkNBEBG 5 Dealers in DRUGS, BIEBICINHS Chemicals, Fancy and Toilet Articles, Fine Wines. Brandies, and Whiskies, For Jfedicinal Purposes. Brushes ami Ferfisiiiciles, Of the Latest Styles and Finest Qualities. Cooking; Extracts, Essential Oils, Herbs, etc., etc., And an Assortment of ail Popular -o N Every thing' Kepi in a First Qldss Drug Store will kk sor,o At Greatly Reduced Prices I Soothing S.ynv i." Cents. Citrate Jdnne-sia Cent.-t. J row ii1 is Bronchia I Troches 'li) Cents. And Other Articles in Proportion. ALSO OFFER - ESccical and Surgical Aid o Pints ic ia n, 's Pr en crip lion s Ca reft: I bj Coin'ijoan'led , -under the Special Suj'ervtiicOi, of Fhlv Si:ai.ki Pi:oisA!.s -Will J,e received, by "Win. P.yrlow at his resio . ;.v in (.rc:-'on City, l'.r Hie !-. .-t ion of a. ii'.j.li'Mt..' of the lower siory of 'he O.'M PeP.ov.-s J ... nw, b;Ss'. in-;-, f-ari f ;:p":i:-.Jte ! "! ere-te-I on tlie "ot ( f we.n the ;-"-'on ( 'a y Vomioi Mills (uvl s P.a.rloy's; iv.-i'J.ciice. Tiie buihlhi r to l.e , m; ih'o.1 on sioti.- tVnnvluf i'-.n S :h level ot the uie watk. Hei- !o i'e 'eo!;f-.i on j V (J nesihnt Jtdit t;sf SG0. at I r.Vh-M'k p. in. Ihe lowe-t tosp(.n-io1o bH.ler wiil bo awar.io i the i t-ntroc- hut tiie pr;viie:.e is r" ojrvctl t reject any or ail b;:l.;. "7:lt " AV.M. ItARL AV. F. S. 0STH2I1, liirojnmt axd i.k.vlku j.v Segars, Tobacco. Pipes, Stationer', CUTLERY, YANKEE NOTIONS, &c. N'o. 83, corner of Front and Washing ton streets, fire proof brick store, called the Old Corner, opposite American Exchange, Portland, Oregon. 37 :Sm Sixteen Years ia Greson. S, J. lAI'GCRSCK TUP mm Pioneer Bookseller and Publisher Of this State, desires to inform all his old customers (and as many new ones as may not be acquainted witn the fact) that he still continues to operate at the FRAHKLIN BOOK STORE, 105 Front Street, Fortland, (exactly opposite mount hood) Where he is prepared to furnish SCHOOL BOOK'S, STATIONERY, SHEET MUSIC, IXSTRUCTIOX BOOKS for all kinds of Musical Instruments. CIH Kt'H MUSIC BOOKS, BASS, VIOL, GUITAR and VIOLIX STRINGS. BLANK BOOKS. TOYS, MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS. CHEAP PUBLICATIONS, NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES, GLOBES. PRESSES, PENS, Photographic Albums. Aud every other article iu the above hue. UTIONAND COMMISSI A.M. KiiftMdsoii' AUCTIONEER ; 5 Corner of Front and Oak streets, P6,.-6 AUCTION SALTS Of Peal Ectai'N Groceries, General V- ,-i;. ,er,,l ilV., J'er-"iv Every Wednesday and Saturday A. 13. TiicHAKDso, Auctior"e AT PRIVATE SALE. English refined Par and Bundle Iron; Mnglish Square and Octacon Cast steel Screws, Fry-pans, sheet iron, K. G. Irivf f A large assortment cf Groceries aim I.i. A. B. rticiiARBsox, Auction.! y . A. ALUKICU. J. C. MERRILL. JOllX MAS M'CRAKEN, MEBRILL& C( li SHIPPING, COMMISSION AND Forwarding; Merchants. AGENTS OF T II E C A LI FORM I Hawaiian and Oie;on Packet Lin...''' Importers of San Quentiu and (Jarn Island Salt, Sandwich Island Sugars, Cofi Rice, and I'ulu. Agents for Provost's k Co.'s PrescnJ Fruits. Veiretables. Picklrs and Vim, is in Hour, Grain, Paeon, Lspj J Fruit, Lime, Cement and Plaster. U iII attend to the Purchase, Sale or S' meni 01 ..viercnanui.se or J'rouuee in ' iuia, o.iii x i iim iw, iio.iuuuu, or 1 OIWt ALDUIOH, M Eli KILL & CO. Norf o-i and 0'3 California Street, San Francis, M'CIIAKEN, MERRILL & CO., 1". North Front Street, Portland OS fi L A D 1JHOTH ERST" PORTLAND AUCTION ST0SE, 97 First si., Portland, uVe.ct Poor to Post Ofa 3" Importers and Jobbers of Staple a Fancy Dry Goods. Grain bags. Burlaps, fur ishing Goods. t!5 We pay the highest ca-. price for Wnol, Furs, and Hides. ISAAC FARR, SVv. .sxor to FAR II Jill OTHERS, BUTCJIEII AXD .MEAT VEND fill. &!T Thankful for past favors of the puK; respectfully asks a continuance of the z He shail deliver to his patrons all the i.c Oiiaiiiies of Stall Feed Reef, a'fio Mutts: Pork, Poultry etc., as usual twice a wi ek, Tuesdays and Sa turdays ! pi-IL PLOW Challenge Motel I have a Pfeil Gang Plow, and iclici Ing them lo be the Lest Gang iu the Unite. States. I challenge all who may wish I compete for trial, to meet -on Td oJd State .Fair Grounds. Near Mr. Pincar.sonV.iu Clackamas conn! on Wednesday the first day of Septenibt ' L-u:. at 1 o'clock P. 31. rirEtitniuee Fee S3 00 and the Plnr -' awar'.h'd the premium, by three selete- Judges, to take the pur?e. S. F. STONE, Oregon Ci- .JOBINSON'iS Celebrated Magic Soap Powders ! ! Prepared in 0, 12, and i lh. Boxes, 11 E A I) Y FOR W. I SIIIXG ' o f This i cheaper than Common Soap. ! f removes Paint, Tar, Pitch and dirt of ere- 4 description ; and which has given such pe ri .d satisfaction, hy proving that your wa! lug can he done with one-half tne titnr labor of the old mode. Thus labor saved -money made ; as wash-hoards, n achine a: . hard tubbing to wear out clot hs, is tTi!;rs." dispensed widi, and the washing for a (',.,zi f p.-rsuii can he dene in two hours. Tim-:'.. cost of your wa-hi.ig being three-fourths !m than Ly any other process, as you ue 8.. ; other soap. i These j'repared Powders or Soap haven only proved themselves superior tor wad.;!,; I any and all kinds of goois.Jutroved aft. : I one yeai's isc not to injure in the slights ? degree any fabric of the iinest texture ; ar.' ! tiix) the iin-.-st arlide for the hands, u ' ' ' make s them set-- and white, as well as your j clothes. It aio keeps ymir hasula ir-n i chapping when exposed to the air. f We defy the world to produce its superi'" I for washing any and ail kinds of pcoJ- Our object is to save your time, excuc, t hard labor, and eupeciupy the woman wL-j has (o wash. s We take pleasure in announcing a few of f the many ladies' names bv their cons?ni- who have u.-ed our Prepared .Maic Su.:p Powders, from six meatus to one year: 1'oi;t;..',n!-. sai.km. Mrs. c. S. s-Uvers, , " A.C. Gibbs, Mrs. Sis W. Brown, f ' I r. Waikitis, " Dr. McCurdv, : W. ii. Bennett, " J. P. Moored, " II. W. Davis, .Maj. Berry, t " It. Wil.;(..x, ; Deianey, t " .). iCnott, " (riaves, ' " Ludii. Union 11 t-t- i "UK STATU T l.AHOB. Aniiti: ihs. ,io.s. Watt: Lafagdley A Ii Jinrbank ; Dpnu Messrs James h , den ; Forest ('trove Messr.-C'ombes k Buxton C'lr-vallix Messrs B Heirs & Kizer; AlfcnV- ; Mrs. J. B. Springer. Mrs. Irwin JhjIMitn Burger ; Lcbawm. Mrs. Ralston ; JvfFtrron Mrs' Walters ; Oraon City Just introduced, f for sale hy merchants generally. Manufactory, Pine st., bet. Prout an! First. Portland, Oregon. li;::mi 'fi. ROBINSON & CO. WA L L A ET IRON WORKS COMPANY! Iron Founders, STEASV3 EfyCIAJE And Boiler Builders ! Xortli Front and E sts., Portland, Oregon. THESE WORKS ARE LOCATED OX the bank of the river, one block north of Couch's Wharf, and have facilities for turn ing out machinery promptly and eflicientb. We have secured the services of Mr. John Nation, as Director of the Works, whose ex perience on this coast for fifteen years give him a thorough knowledge of the various kinds of machinery required for inininjan milling purposes. We a'-e prepared to exe cute orders for all classes of machinery aud boiler works, such as MINING AND STEAMBOAT MACHINERY. FLOCKING MILLS ! SAW MILLS ! QUARTZ MILLS ! ! MINING FUMFS ! &C, SC, Man t fart ure and Re voir Machinery of ad Una. J RON SHUTTER WORK at Sa I 'rn neinco coat a n d Jf i.jht. J J 'h eeler tft Kan -dall's Pal-tut Grinder and Amabjamd. Dunharya and. Steve' Sdf Adjutinr Patent I'hion, Packing, tithir applied to oil or Kteam cylinders. Quarts Stampers, Shoe and. dies, if 'the he-it hard iron,. w KDDINTJ. AT HOME, AND Vis ing cards, neatly printed it Uiw office. s O