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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
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contains about ;S,e-S'-S;-e ph
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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
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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
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! 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
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C'eii: oi; l'u.yxc;s Ti;a:x.
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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.
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