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OREGON CITY, OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1869.
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vn DEALERS IN
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Perfumery, Oils, Varnishes,
And every article kept in a Drug Store. Main
btreet, Oregon City.
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Main Street, Oregon City,
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IMFORTEa AND DEALER IN
Segars, Tobacco. Pipes, Stationery
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ton streets, fire proof brick store, called the
Old Corner, opposite American Exchange,
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MY LITTLE "WIFE.
The following exquisite love Btory is from the
J uly number of Blackwood. It is by a new poet,
David Wingate, a collier from his ninth year :
My little wife often round the church hill,
Sweet little, dear little, neat-footed Jaae,
"Walked slowly and lonely ; and thoughtful until
The afternoon bell chimed its call o'er the
plain ;
And nothing seemed sweeter
To me than to moet her
And tell her what weather 'twaa likely to be,
My heart the while glowing,
The selfish wish growing,
That all her affections were centered in me.
My life once 'tis strange, but 'tis true,
Sweet little, dear little, love-troubled Jane,
So deeply absorbed in her day-dreaming grew.
The chimed and ceased, though she heard not
Its strain ;
i And I walking near her,
May love ever cheer her
Who thinks all such wandering of sin void and
free,
Strove hard to persuade her
That He who made her
Had destined her hea.rt-love for no one but me.
My little wife well, perhaps this was wrong
Sweet little, dear little, warm-hearted Jane,
Sat on the hill-side till her shadow grew long,
Nor tired of the preacher that thus could de
tain. I argued so neatly,
And proved so completely,
That none but poor Andrew her husband could
be,
She smiled when I blessed her,
And blushed when I kissed her,
And owned that she loved and would wed none
but me.
AXCIENT KUIXS XX NEVADA.
A correspondent of the York
Tribune, in an account of the Mor
gan Exploring Expedition to south
eastern Nevada and Utah, says:
riuy nines irom necse luver
we found the country well timber
ed, and in some places the valleys
were susceptible of irrigation. A
ui uitjM, w men nicy jiuu liamuu
Cedar Canon. Snipe, plover and
quail were abundant, and our mess
table was well supplied with them.
At this point we bad adieu to civ
ilization. Timber trees entirely
disappeared, ami we entered then
large sandy valleys covered with
sage, stunted bush, and a variety
of sand-plants. One of these, the
mezquite, is a shrub belonging to
the family cf the mimosa. It re
sembles in appearance our locust
tree, is verv thorny, bears yellow
flowers and long pods which have
a pleasant sour taste. On October
15th, in the centre ot a large val
ley, we discovered some Indian
salt works, but there were no signs
of their having been lately used.
In the southern section ot the same
valley was a curious collection of
rocks, mouna s and pillars, cover
ing several acres in extent, and re
sembling the ruins of an ancient
citj
We saw some remnants of what
had once been arched with key
m fect and a numbcr
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of small stone pillars constructed
with a peculiar kind or red mortar
or cement, set upright about 20
feet apart, as if they had been used
to support an aqueduct for convey-
in- water Irom a large stream nan
a mile distant, into the outskirts of
the city. In some places the lines
of streets were made distinctly vis
ible by the great regularity ot the
Ktonps. These streets were now
covered with sand many feet deep
and seemed to run at right angles
to each other. Sonic of the stones
had evidently been cut into squares
with hard tools, although then-
forms had been nearly destroyed
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DV centuries oi urac. me
sion lorced upon our minus was
that the place had been once in
habited by human beings some
what advanced in civilization.
Many traders noticed the existence
of similar ruins in other sections
of the country between the Rocky
and Sierra JNevaaa ..Mountains.
They may probably be the sites of
once nourishing fields and habita
tions of the ancient Aztecs."
Profcsser Harden, who is prose
cuting a geological survey of New
Mexico, is pleased with the Span
ish girls. He says that their eyes
am brighter than diamonds, their
tor than the sound ot
rtlirmnlithe. and that they can
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make pumpkin pies almost, it not
finite as cood as the jscw jngianu
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porter says the prescntwet season
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has produced many curiosities in
vegetation. In one garden there
is a ood crop of black raspberries,
second crop, ripening on the husn
es. School Commissioner Rapp
has one wild crab-apple tree in
full blossom, and another with
yoiuic fruit on it, which blossomed
two weeks ago
THE PURSE OP GOLD.
Sarah Goodwin was the name of
a poor seamstress residing in a
large city. She was not wholly
friendless, but those whom she
knew, and who would have aided
in her struggles, were very poor,
and could not. So she, a widow,
with four boys, from the ages of
four to nine years, struggled
through Winter's cold and Sum
mer's heat, providing for her little
family with bread; and that was
all. Her boys were good children,
always in their home after night
fall, and giving their mother every
half-penny of t heir little earnings,
as often as they found work to do.
At last the mother fell sick, and
through a weary illness she had no
other attendance save the occasion
al help of a poor neighbor, and the
constant aid of her little boys. It
was touching to behold their kind
ways, and to hear, their gentle
words. Everybody said that they
would be blessed in coming years
for their thoughtful love.
3Iorning and night they read
together the Bible, and there they
found a Savior even Him who
had loved them, and given Himself
lor them, lhe widow was an
humble believer, and rejoiced in
hope that her sins were forgiven
her through the merits of Jesus
whom sue truly loved, ami
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in
whom was all her hope.
The widow recovered; but it was
now the middle of a bitter Winter,
and their little stock of fuel was
nearly gone. As soon as her
strength permitted, she walked
through the cold of a cheerless day
to the shop of her employer, and
told his manager her sad story.
But he said it was hard times; her
illness had made room for others as
badly oil" as herself, and they had
not one stitch of work to give her.
With a sinking heart, but praying,
to keep her courage up, the poor
woman toiled on from shop to
shop, until it became late; and
what with tears and the darkness,
she could hardly see her way
ionic.
"If Mr. Hart had himself been
there," she said to herself, bending
to the strong wind, and drawing
icr scanty shawl closer about her
brm, " I know he would have giv-
en me work."
As she whispered thus through
ler chattering teeth, a tall gentle
man passed by her, and as he did
so, something fell to the ground,
and lay upon the crusted snow.
Sarah paused: she had heard the
noise made by the little packet, and
a strange feeling led her to search
lor it. Oh joy ! it was a purse,
heavy, and lined to the brim; yel
low and shining lay the gold with
in as she carried it toward a lighted
window.
" My poor boys, they shall want
for food no more!" f-he cried; " this
i P-old. I think that God must
have put it in my way, for He saw
I was in despair."
Suddenly, like a flash of light
ning, the thought occurred to Sarah
that not one half-penny of the
treasure was honestly hers. But a
moment she lingered, pressing the
money with her numbed fingers,
the sorrowful tears chasing down
her thin cheeks; then, starting for
ward to find the owner of the
purse, she walked hurriedly up the
street, fearful that the temptation,
should she arrive at her poor room
and see her hungry children, might
prove too strong for her honesty.
Opposite a great hotel, as she
stood, thinking which way to take,
she saw the stranger enter, bhe
knew him by the long hair which
curled to his shoulders, and, timid
ly crossing the street, she made her
way into the hall, and there, be
wildered by the light, she knew
not what to say, till twice asked
by a servant Avhat she wanted.
Of course, she could do no more
than describe the stranger by his
tall stature and flowing hair. But
he had already gone out again; she
must call on the morrow, they said,
and ask for Mr. Ashcraft.
The next mornig, having eaten
nothing for she could not touch a
farthing of the money she was
admitted into the room where sat
the stranger. He arose as she en
tered, and gazed with a curious air
till she presented the purse. Then
he started with a please surprise,
laid down his paper, took the
o-old, and carefully counted it
over.
" It is
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aid,
" you
have not taken
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"Not one piece, sir," she cried
eagerly, trembling as she spoke.
" You seem poor," remarked the
stranger.
" I am poor," she replied.
" Got a family I suppose?"
"Four little boys, sir, I am
widow,"
u. Hump! so I suppose; that's the
old story."
" Ask Mr. Hart, the tailor," cried
the widow, stepping forward a lit
tle; " lie knows me well; he knows
that though I am poor I am hon
est,"
A bright spot burned on her
cheeks as she sppke, and she forced
back the tears.
" Now confess," said the stran
ger, rising, and walking to and fro
before the fire, " tell me, did you
not expect a large reward for
this?"
"I did think, perhaps " and
she turned with quivering lips to
the door.
" Stop, stop !" cried the stranger;
" you know j'ou w&uld never have
returned the purse had you not ex
pected to be well paid for it "
" Sir !" said the widow, her voice
rising beyond its usual tone, and
her thin form erect.
The stranger paused, holding the
purse in his hand ; then drawing
iorth a small
her.
com, onered it to
Foi' a moment she drew back
1 ut tl.e:i, remembering that her
poor boys were hungry at home,
and in bed because there was no
lire, she burst into tears as she took
it, saying, This will buy bread tor
my poor children," and hurrying
away, she buried the bitterness of
that morning in her own heart.
It was four o'clock on the same
day. Sarah Goodwin sat by a
scanty lire, busy in sewing patches
on the very poor clothes of her four
boys.
"Run to the door, Jimmy," she
said to the eldest, as a loud knock
was heard.
" Oh, mother!" the boy cried, re
turning, "a big bundle for us!
WhaUs it? What can it be?"
" Work for me, perhaps," said
the widow, untying the large pack
age, when suddenly there came to
light four suits of gray clothes
with four neat, black, shining caps
each exactly fitting to the heads
of the boy.?. Almost overcome
with wonder, the widow fell on her
knees, her eves fixed on the words,
"A present for the fatherless;"
while the boys, lavinor hold of
their suits of clothes, jumped about
the floor; shouting with glee.
"What's .in the pocket here?
what's in the pocket ?" cried Jim
my, thrusting his hands into that
place, when lo ! out came the very
purse the widow had returned that
morning, with five pieces of gold
still in it !
A scene of joyous confusion fol
lowed, and the voice of prayer as
cended from Sarah Goodwin's full
heart. Again and again she look
ed at the glittering treasure. It
seemed a fortune to her. How her
heart ran over with gratitude to
God and the stranger!
She could not rest till, throwing
on her bonnet, with cheeks glow
ing now with hope and happiness,
she ran back to the hotel to pour
forth her thanks.
A carriage stood at the door,
laden with trunks behind. The
driver mounted the seat as she
reached the steps, and, turning her
head, there within sat the stranger
She had not time to speak; but he
nodded his head as he saw her
with clasped hands standing there,
and a prayer on .her lips. Sarah
never saw the stranger again.
She took a little shop and stocked
it well, and put her bovs to school
To-day she is the owner of a re
spectable shop. Of her four boys,
two are ministers, one is a doctor,
and the other is a thriring trades
man. s
Nobody knows where the man
with the flowing hair has gone; but
it lie is living, and should ever
hear of Widow Goodwin, he will
have the joy of knowing the noble
results of bis generous deed to
wards the worthy woman and her
four boys. Christain Observer.
Foul Wateh axd Disease.
It has been long known to intelli
gent persons that foul water is one
of the agents for the diffusion of
disease; but even these will be as
tonished to be assured, as Sir Wil
liam Jenner positively assured the
last meeting of the British Medical
Association, at Leeds, that two of
the most fearful diseases, cholera
and typhoid fever, are mainly if
not entirely propagated by the
drinking of contaminated water.
No individual can take too much
care to keep their drinking water
free from impurity, and it is of the
highest importance that large com
munities should be supplied wTith
water uncontaminated by any re
fuse or sewerage At any rate
where this is not done, there ought
to be an end of the impertinence
of ascribing diseases to the "mys
a
terious dispensation of Provi-
' deuce."
THE SOLITARY GRAVE.
A correspondent of the Chicago
Tribune writing from the Wind
River Valley on the Plains, de
scribes a bivouac of the soldiers
stationed on that post, and relates
the following incident:
At .the further side of a meadow
stood a log hut, and near it stood
a solitary grave. Here, all alone,
had lived an old man named
Frenchy until last May, when the
Sioux murdered him. He was a
queer case, and came from Canada,
where he has a brother living
who is wealthy. Old Frenchy, as
he was called, kept no arms, and
did not believe the Indians would
harm him. The frontiersmen re-
monst rated with him and ari offi
cer passing one day with- troops,
not long before he was killed, of
fered to lend him a gun and some
ammunition, assuring him he
would be killed; but Frenchy de
clined, saying, "I have never done
them any harm, why should the
Indians wish to hurt me?" In the
East Frenchy would have been
called a Quaker but out here ev
erybody called him a crazy-headed
old fool. One day last May,
while he was planting potatoes, a
party of Sioux rushed down from
the hills upon him, and after shoot
ing him through the body, stuck a
pick through his temjles so the
point stuck in the ground, and so
left him, after stripping off his
clothes. Major
party of citizens
Baldwin, with a
from South Pass,
found him next day and buried
him.
His real name was La Cour, and
and he persistently claimed that
his father had served as a briga
dier general under Napoleon, and
that he had great relatives in
France. Old Frenchy's house
was a curious structure, and wor
thy of a sketch in Harper. Near
where he lived the timber was
very large, and as the poor old
man had no horses and no one to
help him he had to cut the thick
logs in short pieces so as to be able
to drag and lift them. With a
rope he had hauled some of these
Ios more than a mile, and it was
incredible to see what heavy ones
he had lifted on his house, and
how nicely he had joined the ends
together, it taking two and some
times three lengths to reach along
one side of the building. He had
made an old-fashioned shaving
horse, and with a rusty shaving
knife had hewn down poles and
made chairs, tables, and bunks.
Inside lie had an extra bed nicely
fitted up; and to sleep here and
partake of whatever he had to cat
in his cabin, all white men and
Indians were welcome. He never
refused to divide what he had
with whoever came, and was the
friend of all alike.
Savage, indeed, must have been
the nature, and hard the hearts, of
those who, in cold blood, could
murder such a poor old man. We
felt, as we looked at his lonely
grave that if we had his murderers
in our power they soon should pay
the forfeit of their crime; but some
frontiersmen seem to have already
settled poor Frenchy's case, for
on a log near the door of his cabin
is nailed an Indian scalp, and un
derneath, on a little bare place are
written three words in rude letters,
that notwithstanding the misspell
ing, have caused more than one
heart to feel glad of their justice.
They are: " Venjence for Frenchy."
Brigliam Young on Polygamy-.
Brigham YToung claims that po
lygamy is not peculiar to Mormon
ism. In a sermon recently he said
that Father Alraham' had many
wives, and he quoted many others
He said God had never forbidden
rolvramv. The Saviour never re
buked it, though surrounded uy if
It was a new invention to rule out
this' practice of the olden time.-
" But," said he, " we are not polyg
amists exactly." .tie has children
lv nuift wives.) "JJut we are
sealed for eternity, as it is revealed
to us." lie then spoke of the
dreary life that must be passed
through the untold and incompre
hensible period of eternity by those
wno nave congenial pIIi.o v-m
ed" to them. These sealed com
panions, beautiful angels in eterni
ty, will make us happy in the pres
ence of God. But Brigham didn't
explain the effect upon the women.
While a man has twenty wives or
angels to make him happy, the
poor women have only one-twentieth
part of a man each to attract
their attention.
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A wealthy fool in New York has
been presenting a Tammany act
ress with a two thousand five hun
dred dollar diamoud set.
AN INCOMPLETE EDUOATIOX.
From the San Francisco Occident.
Physical development and intel
lectual culture are not in themselves
a complete education. It is inva
riably admitted in this country,
and throughout the civilized world
that moral training is the import
ant part of education." But this is
too often practically ignored both
by parents and teachers, in view
of what they suppose as the more
brilliant results of intellectual cul
tivation; and the teacher whose
pupils are furthest advanced in in
tellectual development, is general
ly most commended. This is not
as it should be. Giants in mere
intellectual cultivation devoid of
moral culture, too often prove a
curse to society and the world, ra
ther than a blessing. The devel
opment of the physical and intel
lectual, without the salutary influ
ence of religious principles, is too
frequently a stimulus to, rather than
a preventive of crime. Institutions
of learning without moral culture,
are a practical failure ; and so long
as this continues, we need not ex
pect a scholastic education to be a
barrier against crime. Just so long
as the Bible is practically excluded
in the education of youth, and pri
zes awarded without reference to
moral rectitude, we shall have an
incomplete system of education.
The development of the physical
nature is most indubitably defec
tive. How few do we meet with
well developed bodies. Most per
sons entering into manhood or wo
manhood, in this age, are but great
babies in regard to their physical
levelopment. And why should
this be the case in this age of the
world s progress i We olten see
small children who should be enga
ged in those amusements best cal
culated to develop their physical
nature, set to master intellectual
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school-tasks of science, far beyond
the capacity even of minds of con
siderable culture, the results ot all
which will be, irom the verv na
ture of the case, permanent physi
cal infirmity and premature death.
The unnatural and unhealthful pos
ture in which many children are
required to sit during the long rou
tine of school exercises, day after
day, and week after week, is mos
injurious to a well developed phys
ical organization. He whose Intel
lect has been thoroughly develop
and whose moral nature has
been judiciously educated, may do
much trood while he lives in the
world ;"but it cannot be said o
him in truth, that his education is
complete.
In the development, of the intel
lect, also, we feel confident that
the system now in practice might
be reatly improved. lhe devel
opment of thought should be the
aim of all intellectual discipline.
Simply storing the mind with form
ulas and theories of the world's
great thinkers, whose gigantic in
tellects have spanned the heavens
in their immense sweep after knowl
edge, and plungtd deep into the
earth after her hidden treasures of
intellectual endowment unfolding
the laws which govern this planet
on which Ave live, not only in regard
to itself, but in reference to the uni:
verse of God falls far short of
what we understand by the term
education; for all formulas and
theories are but the symbols of the
mighty undertone of thought. To
develop thinkers, therefore, should
be the object of all teaching. Let
all instructors of youth impress up
on the minds of those committed
to their discipline, the importance
of continuous reflection. There is
still in our education too much of
the parrot sstem, which, perhaps,
nothing but time, whose magic
touch cures so many evils and also
solves so many problems, will ever
eradicate.
And that the moral and religious
culture of the youth of the pres
ent age, is incomplete, requires no
extended argument to prove. Ex
cept we hav.e given considerable
attention to the subject, we can
form no adepuate idea ot the igno
rance which prevails in Christian
countries, m reference to the doc
trines of the Bible, even among
persons of adult years. This should
not be the case in an enlightened
age, and in a Christian land. What
a momentous responsibility, there
fore, rests on instructors of youth,
whether as parents, guardians or
professional teachers ! lhat youth
may become educated in the high
est sense of the term, institutions
of learning should be regarded on
ly as co-workers with parents.
And just here we would remind pa
rents that they have something to
do in thi3 matter, if they woulcH
have their sons and daughters wel
trained physically, intellectually
and morally ; that they have some
thing to do in the education of their
children, if they would have them
qualified to fill honorable and iise-
ul positions m society in after life.
When we see so many children
whose moral training if any is
so limited, we tremble for their fu-
ure and for the future of society,
in this our western home. But we
are not discouraged, nor do we sit
down in despair. If Ave cannot
cure this error by one effort, in one
hour, we will do what we can, and
lope and toil on, for this is a work
of time, and patient labor. We be-
leve that when right principles are
early implanted, vice is checked
and crime prevented ; that sorrow
is very much diminished ; that pre
ventive is far better than cure. -
That system of education which
practically ignores correct moral
culture in the training of youth, is
certainly defective. But the exal-
atiou of the intellect above relig
ion and morality is the error of the
nineteenth century. We believe,
with a distinguished writer of our
times, that to neglect the moral
powers in education, is to educate
not quite half the man." If we
could awake a deeper interest in
this most important pail of educa
tion, which is so much neglected,
both in family discipline and scho
lastic education, we would ieel
doubly rewarded for any time wo
have spent in writing these lines.
Tlie Big N'wggct Wtlrome Stranger.
The "Welcome Stranger," says an Aus
tralian paper, was found by two men na
med John Deason and Richard Oates, on
Friday, 5th February, 18G9, near the
Black Reef, Bulldog Gully. Moliagul. a
short distance from Wajman's Reef, aud
only about one mile from the celebrated
Gypsy diggings. Deason and bis mate
had been working in the ground for sev
eral years past, and, as is well known, bad
got in digging parlance, so hard-up' as
to have been refused credit for a bag of
flour a. week or so ago, and we believe the-
very day before the discovery were re
minded by a tradesman that they were-
indebted to him a few shillings. Still they
persevered, until on the day named Dea.;
son, in working round the roots of a treer
at about two inches below the surface,
struck something hard with the picK, and
exclaimed. D n it, I wish it was a nug
get and had broken the pick !" On stoop
ing down to examine the obstacle he
found that the object of his dearest wishes
was lying at his fect and it seemed as if
the monster was so large a3 to be almost
immovable. It was, however, at length
released from its virgin soil and carefully
removed. The question then arose as to
what was to be done with it, and the first
intention was to convey it to Melbourne.
When the men got to Dunnally with their
prize they were advised to carry it to the
bank, and forthwith carried it to the Lon
don Chartered. The weight in the gross
was then found to be 210 pounds troy,
and preparations were at once made to
break the mass into pieces and smelt it
The appearance of the 'welcome stranger"1
in this pristine state was something won
derful, and it seemed impossible to realize
the fact that so large a mass of gold could
be collected in one lump. But so it was.
After no less than Gve hours hammering,
the monster was pounded up and smelted,
the result being 2268 ounces, 10 dwts. and
3 grains of solid gold, exclusive ot at
east one pound weight, which was given
by the delighted finders to their numerous
friends, who were each anxions to retain
a piece of the largest mass of gold the
world has yet seen. Over 9000 were ad
vanced on the nugger by the bank, the
al value awaiting the result oi the as
say.
Uniform Taxation. Radicals
claim that the present system of
taxation under the Internal Reve
nue laws is equal aud uniform, op
erating alike in all sections of the
country, and not favoring one at
the expense of the other, and yet
Radical Congress allows the
Yankee fisherman to have his salt
free of duty for packing his codfish.
and mackerel, while the western,
farmers and pork packers, who
pack beet and pork, have to pay a
duty of HQ per cent on that arti
cle. Still they say there is no ia
voritism or discrimination shown.
The Constitution of the United
States provides, in Sec. 8, Article
I,, that "lhe Congress shall- have
power to lay and collect taxes, du
ties, imposts and excises, to pay
the debts and provide for-thccomV.
mon defense and general welfare
of the United States." Levying, a.
tax on salt consumed in one. sec,-.
tion of the country, and, relieving
New England consumers of any
tax on it, is tjie Radical theory of
uniformity. "
p -
A gloomy octogenarian was com.
plaining to. Auber of the hard ne-.
cessity ot growing pia. . "
it is," replied the veteran cpmpp
ser "it seems to me the only means
. 1 of enjoying a long lite.