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Oregon City, Oregon ,
D. ill McKENNEY, Etixoa.
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JoiinT Myers, Iistaxcial Agent.
, Saturday : : January 1, 1870.
Mtetingof the Dcmociatic State Cen
tral Committee.
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, The DemocratiCentral Committee of the
Jtate of Oregon, is hereby requested to meet
at the City of Portland, in said State, on
SA TURD A Y, the $th day of JANUARY,
next, at 2 o'clock p. m. of said day, for the
purpose of appointing thp time and manner
f holding; a Democratic State Convention,
preparatory to next June election, and to
transact such other business as may properly
come before, said committee.
j Hukl Committee is composed as follows :
Karnes."
Counties.
. . .lyltnomah
. . . .Clackamas
. .Washington
. . . .. .Yamhill
Linn
Benton
Tolk
Lane
. Douglass
. .Jackson
. . . .Josephine
. . . .Columbia
...... .Clatsop
Tillamook
Umatilla
Baker
Wasco
J. C. IIawthouxe. ..
A. F. Hedue3
W.S. Scoggi.v
A. S. Newet . . .
George R. Helm. . .
J. C. AVEBT
Benjamin IIaypex . .
John White akek. . .
Lafayette Lane...
T. II- B. Shipley
David Randall .V". .
. George Knox, ,
-John Adair
Da. Davis
Samuel Johnson. . .
James il. Shinn
. Victob Tkevitt
E.' S. McComas
Isaac Hare
D. J. Lowe'
Jones
L. F. G rover
. .Union
. .Grant
Coos
. .Curry
.Marion
' A general attendance is urged upim the
members of the Committee.
L. F.GROVER, Chairman.
' THE OREGt CESTKAL II. R.
On Thursday last we went to the "front,"
or terrain U3 of the first 20 piiles oftbe
Oregon Central Railroad, oV" the Sfain
which bore the Commissioners appointed
to inspect the .work ; Gov. Woods ; Presi
dent I. R- Moores; Mr. llolladay ; Mr.
Semple. of the iMrald ; Capt. Crandall, of
the Oregonian, and-a. host of friends. The
xufi was made from Oregon City up and
"back fa shorter time than it took to dis
cuss the collation, champagne, ctcthcre
provided, wherewith to make merry this
interesting occasion. After returning to
Oregon City, and a short detention here
to exchange salutations,' etc., the cars
moved on, and we traveled by rail to
Portland. At present writing; for want
of time, we arc obliged to forego any de
tailed description of the road, etc., but of
these things will speak in future. O
ANNEXATION LKAGl'E.
" The New York Sun, of recent date, says
an annexation league has recently been
formed in that city with the avowed pur
pose of procuring by persuasion or force
the annexation to the United States of all
the countries and provinces of North
America, and all the islands along the
coast. Their motto is that tiie national
safety of the United States demands the
acquisition of all of orth America and
the West India Islands. Prominent citi
zens are members of the league, The oSi-
ceis are the following well known men :
Col. Geo. Gibbons, President ; Gen. A. T.
Gurney, Vice President ; Gen. Geo. A
Cole, Secretary ; Gen. Jas. E. Kerr, Finan
cial Secretary; Gen. Jas. B. Colt, Treas
urer. The organization is preparing an
expedition for active participation in hos
tilities going on in the Red River country
pgainst representatives of the Canadian
Government. The expedition is to consist
of 1,500 men, of whom S00 have been en
rolled. Twenty-five judges have been
hired familiar with the Red River country,
who will conduct the troops from the last
railroad station across tL border line.
Fifteen hundred Spencer rifles have been
stored awayeady for use. Ammunition
aud other supplies are also at hand, and
no further great expense is anticipated.
A prominent railroad man is a member
of the League, and has promised the
troops free transit to withm 200 miles of
the border line. From this point to the
place of operations the filibustorsGwill
make, their way by forced marches. They
will depart from New York in squads of
JOO to 200, as quietly aa possible, to avoid
detection or delay. The first squad will
start before the 15th of January, and per
haps as early as the first of that month
The last detachment is expected to leive
JSew lork colore the bctrinmncr of Feb
ruary. Four bodies, numbering 250 men
have started for tho Red River country
already Irom the four pities Chicago
Asunaio, r'eiroii ami cst.iouis, and have
probably crossed the border line alrcadv
but no pews has yet been received froo
them.
Coxi-ege Made Editors. The N, Y
Pemocrat. in speaking of General Lee's
College to fit young men for editors, truth
tilt w euro
The printing office is the place to edu
cate editors Upward fronithe street
news boys the ink smeared apprentice
the steady working journey men the care
ful reporter the ready and rapid writer
who, with the pen, photographs eveuts
the close observer, quick to catch ideas
and hold them in their defense the men
who have graduated in printing offices
whose diploma Is a battered and corner
worn printers rule these are the men ami
the diplomas,"
, , ; I 3?
Tlie aiixetl Scliool Question In Wash-
Ins ton.
The Washington correspondent ofjhe
Baltimore Gazette, in hi3 letter of the 23lh,
says :
The question of forcing negro children
into the white schools of this city, referred
to yesterday, has been decide as predict
ed. The Franklin school house now con
tains a negro pupil, and is deprived of the
services of its very best teacher, whore
signed on being informed by the School
Superintendent that Mayor Bowen bad
confirmed the order for its admission. The
manner in which the question was treated
by Bowen, Corporation Attorney Cook,
Yashon, the negro trustee, Who gave the
order for the child's admission, and Rich
ards, exhibits an insolent disregard of
public sentiment here which will not be
borne by the people. In the first place,
the bulkDof the negro population do not
desire mixed schools. In the second place,
the white taxpayers of Washington are
compelled to submit to equal taxation for
the education of the colored children ; and
in the third place, Congress has, by law,
established a public school system for
negro children, separate in every respect
from the white schools, and wWi separate
trustees to manage them. Congress has
never,by any enactment regulating schools
here, evinced a disposition to establish
such schools as common to both blacks
and whites. It is Bowen and his vaga
bondCity Council, backed up by a few
visionary itinerants from other parts of
the country, who have hatched out this
mischief without a shadow of legal war
ranO The whole thing is a practical illus
tration of the mischievous and revolution
ary principles upon which Radicalism is
based, and which, by an inscrutable decree
of the Almighty, finds full opportunity for
practical application in unhappy Wash-
UPS
ton. The result of this state of affairs
is easily foretold. A firebrand has been
introduced into our excellent public school
system w hich in a very brief space will
destroy forever its usefulness 5 and if
something far more serious and fatal does
not yet come of it. the forbearance of the
white population here maybe thanked.
The Sub-Board of-the first school dis
tricts composed of Mr. Yashon (negro)
Judson S. Trown and Mr.Newtou. (white.)
Newton is an ex-Episcopal preacher, and
theQrivate Secretary of Mayor Bowen.
He is a native of Massachusetts, and, it is
believed, holds a voting residence in that
State. Judson S. Brown is also a Northern
man and a strong Radical, but is utterly
opposed to mixing white and negro pupils
in the schools. TheQSub-Board held a
meeting this afternoon to arrange for sub
mitting the legal point held to be involved
in the case todr. Bowen's Corporation
Attorney, Wm.OA. Cook. The fact is,
there is no legal question involved. rThe
section held by Bowen as applicable to
the point has no reference to'school mat
ters, but reads as follows:
" That the word icJnle, wherever it oc
curs in the laws relating to the District of
Columbia, or in the charter or ordinances
of the cities of Washington and George
town, and operates as a limitation on the
right of any elector of such District, or of
Uher of the cities, to hold any office or to
be selected and to serve as a. juror, be and
be same h hereby, repealed , and it shall
be unlawful for any person or officer to
enforce or attempt to enforce such limita
tion after the passage of this act."
It will be seen by the above that there
s no earthly pretext for this outrageous
proceeding, except the "cussedness,J that
ctuates Bowen and his negro abettors.
Miss Noyes, the teacher in whose school
the negro child has been placed, visited
owen to-day, with her guardian, and
protested against the proceeding. She
was treated in a most insulting mannefjby
im, and at once tendered her resignation
a3 a teacuer. uowen intorraed her that
he was determinedQto force thi3 question T
of mixed schools on the people, if it re
sulted in the utter destruction and over
throw of the school system of the city.
He also said that Mr. Trustee Brown
should get his walking papers at once, un-
ess he acquiesced in this matter. Brown
is a man of great nerve and a good deal of
principle, and will resist this Infamous in
fraction of justice as loBg as permitted to
hold his place. The people of Washing!
ton are very much excited over the mat
ter, and Icrad murpnirs are uttered, which
Bowen will do well to heed. I hear on
all hands of a proposed indignationQmeet-
ing, but trust, for the sake of the honor of
our .city, thatrfhe good sense of theCpeople
wj.il be displayed in the lorm ol withdraw
ng their children from the public schools
ather than by any action which might be
considered to their detriment before
Congress.
Mokmok Reparation-. The New York
Times say the Mormons, anticipatingleg-
dation by Congress-tbis winter adverse
to polygamy, are organizing a camp of fif
1 A
teen thousand soldiers near Salt Lake
City, to resist the execution of any such
legislation, and that the attention of the
War Department has been brought to this
camp. X nc limes argues that this is the
reason of the latV movement and concen-
tration of txpops. The Mormon practice
ot polygamy has got to give way by some
means or other within a few years.
Whether the continental railway will hare
that influence in disposing of it peace
fully by depriving the sygtern of the iso
lation which nourished it in its cradle and
has grown it to its present strength, as
some suppose, or whether the railway is
simply the avenue by which the govern
ment can bring forcto bear to destroy it
by violence, a few years must deterarine:
but it must go dwn, and the men who
shall attempt to sustain it by force against
the government must take the punishment
their rebellion will earn fo them. Mor
ton theology never will make nolvrarov
anything but a crime in America, which
the America people will pt down with
the strong hand whenever thev became
thoroughly convinced that it will not suc
cumb to the progress of peaceful events.
GOSSIP
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For the Enterprise. q Q
The Gossip family, unfortunately, are
not an obscure family. Their number is
legion ; or, to state the same in more fa
miliar language, they are a numerous
family of grandfathers and grandmothers,
uncles, aunts, brothers, sisters, nephews,
nieces, cousins, first, second. Jtc, up to the
nine hundred and ninety-ninth variety.
The Gossip family are found in alLparts
of the world except in the Sahara desert,
anirthere the- air is so hot and dry that
they could not work their tongues, even
if some of them were to tukQ up their
abode in that trackless waste. They infeet
all our cities, but are most obtrusive in
small villages. MrspGossip, or Mrs.
Grundy (it makes no difference an to the
name) is a representative of the Gossip
family. We shall therefore deal with her
at thepresent. Mrs. Gossip usually ap
pears in society as a very knowing one.
If you have boiled eggs for breakfast she
will be sure to know it ; no matter how
fsue iouna it out, sne uas iouiiu it out, nev
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ertheless, and before noon a host of the
Gossips know it. If you should1 do any
thing for the public good, Mrs. Gossip will
be sure to misstate the fact, so in a short
time it would be impossible to tell (the
truth from the false.
A man once said, so the story runs, that
he threw up something as black as a croHvl
whicji Mrs. Gossip in a lew days so per
verted that in telling another of the Gos
sips she said he threw up three hla ck croics.
This is as near as any of its family can
come to telling the truth. Mrs. Gossip is
also much given to visitingj bat it is nearly
always in a certain class. She is often
seen on Ihestreet gazing at this thing and
that thing, making a mountain out of a
mole hill, scaring up foul and loathsome
birds where only canaries sing. Hardly
a day passes that shedoes not visit somep
of her pei friends to gather up the news
and to circulate a slanderous story about
some of her neighbors.
q She is a notorious gaddei-Cabout ; her
two keen, eagle eyes, can see more than
Argus could with his hundred eyesO In
this respect she is a wonderful woman
yea, a wonderful woman. She is an object
orpity. Oh! it is a pitiful sight to see a
Woman, who was created for noble aspira
tions, who wa.g created to be a blessing to
society, and not a curse, thus living in the
cold fogs of falsehood and deceit.
Mrs.
Gossip has a peculiar way of asking im
(
pertinent questions. She
MrsPstoaks. Now Mrs.
once called on
r
fctoaiv3 was a
quiet, loving wife, and could not bear the
Gossip family. After the uaual saluta
tions, Mrs. Gossip begins her questionings,
and never ceases until she, knows more
about Mrs. Stoaks affairs than she knows
herself. Then bidding Mrs. Stoaks ':good
by,'' she hurries around among her pet
friends, and in her excitement she states'
no fact correctly. This prying into a
neighbor's affairs is the meanest and most
contemptible of all the vices that the Gos
sip family areCaddicted to. If the good
people whom she plies With questions
were not forbearing and polito' they would
show her'the dror and assist her out. Let
me tell you, Mrs. Gossip, that society is
sometimes compelled to admit you into
their families, but they have no love for
yon ; they despise and detest you. This
13 the plain) fact; and yoji ought to know
it. The foster child of the Gossips is
Slander. Without Gossip tbere"would be
jo slander. The Gossipers seldom if ever
think Qf this. It does seem as if they had
their tongues hung in the middle and
worked them at both ends ; such I have
heard to be the case, but 1 have such a
mortal dread of these destroyers cf the
public peace and social tranquility, tftat I
have never ventured near enough to as-
certmu.oBut this 13 a matter worthy of
serious attention. It -isorth your while
to know whether you belong to this family
or not. I know that to many weak minded
persons it is easy to fall into this sin, and
they may never think they are Ooss'ps. A
truly noble minded woman will never al
low herself to talk scandal. Oh ! how
much bitterness and unkind feelings how
many heart-aches and misunderstandings
are caused by this one thing. How many
bright sunny skies have been obscured oy
clouds, and the path of life that was run
ning along by vinejcovered bowers, glid
ing peacefully by dancing rivulets, whose
borderwcre fringed by aromatic flowers,
and the air full of the carols of birds.
singing the songs of joy,and hope, and con
fidence, has been changed to a cold, dis
mal Svay over rugged rocks and dark
mountains, by the false reports of an idle
gpssiper.
No gossiping woman is a truthful woman;
it is impossible for her to be so ; the ways
of truth and falsehood are far separated
from each other. Oh ! that some good
angel would point out to the Gossips the
evil of slander. The worst feature about
it all is, that it is often done under the
guise of friendship. Mrs. Gossip will often
auime thCQguisc of a saint, speaking in
sanctimonious words " snrootber than oil,
and yet (tbey be very swords." She
steals the livery of heaven to serve the
Sevil in." Gossipers are the disturbers of
peace, the agitatofi of family quarrels, the
malicious enemies of good society. This
evil speaking is done in many ways by
untruthful statements by exaggerations
by telling the trttth, but in such a way as
to convey a wrong impression byCknow
ing nods and winks, and sly whisperings,
and
Some deal scandal ont
"Wit tr' look askance, pointing their rvietinO
These are the rank (tares in every field ol
grain ;
O
These are the nettles stinging unaware.
The briars which wound and trip unfeeed-
ing feet,
The hfoxious vines growing in every grove;
Their toueCis deadlyy and their passing
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Fkoftxdi"3
weeny on the
Amendment
Fifteenth
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From the New York Herald.
To the Editor ofhe Herald
In the Jleratd of to-day issue isjtaken
with me on ray remark that theFiflcenth
Amendment " goes beyond the negro" and
gives to Congressjtherpower to absorb the
;whole subject of suffrage. Now Jet us see
how far wrong I am in the- design of the
proposed amendment. It is as follows:
Akt. XV. The right of the citizens of
the United States to vote shall not be de
nied or abridged by the; United States or
by any State, on account of race,
color or previous condition of servitude.
CongreSsi shall have the power to en
force this article by appropriate legisla
tion. (
After nrohibitinor the' denial of the right
to vote on account of color, race or previ
ous condition of servitude, the authority
is conferred on Congress to enforce the
article?by ' appropriate legislation' Sup
pose Congress should deem it " appropri
ate" to do this by appointing directly, or
through its agents, inspectors for every
election poll in the United CStates to de
cide on the qualifications of electors and
to receive and count the votes cast. Would
not this be absorbing inCongress the sub
ject of suffrage ? If Congress may so ap
point the judges of elections, may it not
appoint them all of the deepest dyed rad
ical stripe, and import them from one
Slate to conduct the elections in another
State?
What tribunal is to decide the
meaning and limit of appropriate'legis'a
tion? Why. Congress itself, On the first
instance, at least. And if the power should
be resisted in any State, we would see
repetition of the scenes of 18C4, when our
Democratic strongholds, especially in the
citv of New York, were filled with arinedQ
soldiery and parks of artillery, to overawe
the people, under the command pfysuch
conservative warriorso as Major General
Benjamin F. Butler.
Such constitutional amendments do not
mean reconstruction they mean revo
lution. Jp
Itiiay hq said that the assumption by
Congress under this amen Iment to enforce
iW operation by exercising sifpervisory
control over the elections vould be a
Stretch of autLority. When did a radical
Congress hesitate to stretch or strain au
thority or override restrictions for the ac
complishment of apolitical object or to
aggrandize power ?
It would have been a very different
matter if Congress had simply defined the
rights of citizens without regard to color.
race, or p rev loirs condition, and stopped
there. Then the right of the colored man
wouldyhave stood in the same cat
;ory
with those of the white man
and could
have been exercised and enforced in like
manner, leavingQthe regulation and con
trol of elections yvhere they were placed
by the framers of the constitution in the
several States lorctluur protection and
preservation against destructive centrali
zation. Many measures of Congressional usur
pation have been tolerated by the peijple
as "war measures" dtiriiif m-rind.-; of iin-
of- -
inincntperil. such as the assumption of
the power to issue paper currency when
the authority is expressly limited to mak
ing coin, the taking away from the States
the control of the militia under the nam
of volunteers, and the suspension) of the
habeas.-corpus in peaceful districts. These
instances were direct invasions of the con
stitution. But this amendment strikes at
the vital existence of the States, and is a
subversiorfiff the essential principles up
on w hich our government was founded. I
would be glad to believe that you are
right in your view of the scope of the
amendment ; but the language employed
is meant, for all its value is of too broad
import. I know that Republican politi
cians claim for it all that I allege, and do
not hesitate to boast of tluQ measure.
which will be adopted under its antbority
to hold the control of the general acsniinis
traliou'in spite.of anv democratic majority.
V PETER B. SWEENY.
O
CoMruTixa Ixterest. The Chicago Jour
nal gives a new rule for computing inter
est, and says it is so simple, and so true,
that every banker, broker, merchant, or
Clerk, s-hoodd post it up for reference. Ry
no other mathematical process can the de-
sired information be obtained in 50 few
figures :
Six per Ceid. lultiply any given num
ber of dollars by' the number of days of
interest desired, soparatecthe righi hand
fierure an-1 divide by six ; the result is the
true interest on such number of days at
six per cent. q
E'xjht per Cent? Multiply any given
amount by the number of days upon wjiich
it is desired to ascertain the interestand
divide bjr forty-five, and the result will be-,
the interest of such for the time required
at eight per cent.
Ten per Cent. Multiply the same as
above and divide by thirty-six. and the
result will show the rate of interest -at ten
per cent. O
One IIcxmied Years Ago. An adver
tisement, cut from a paper published more
than one hundred years ao, shows how
Philadelphians got to New York at that
time. It was in these words :
Philadelphia- (-Stage Wagon and New
YorlvStage Roat performs their Stages
twice a Week. John Butler, with his
wagon, cets out on Mondayscfrom his
House, at the sign of the Death of the Fox.
in Strawberry aUcvQand drives the same
day to Trenton Ferry, when Francis HoH
man meets him, and proceeds on Tuesday
to Brunswick, and the passengers and
goods being shifted into the wagon of
Isaac Fitzrandolph, hetakes them t the
New Blazing Star, to Jacob Fitzrandolph's,
the same day. where Rubin I-itzrando'ph,
with a boat well suited, will receive lbem,
and take them toDNew Y'ork that night
John Iiutlerreturning to Philadelphia on
Tuesday with passengers' andgoods)de-livered-4o
him by Francis Holman. &c,
will carry his passengers and gqJJds with
the same expedition as above, to New
York. U
March 8, 175D. -
Multnomah county has sent two more
boarders to the Qtate hotel near Salem..
John Leonard, the, confidence man, gets
twQ years for larceny ; Ah Wan, the mur
derer of tho " Crossroads getrlSmontns
for manslaughter.
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TelegraphiB Clippings.
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The Texas If lection.
Washington, Dec. 2JJ.
A telegram from Governor lse. da
ted Austin, Texas. saysQ Davis for Gov
ernor i four hundred ahead, exclusive of
the ocoun,e3 9 Milan and Novarro,
which it is allowed would elect Hamilton.
Novarro did not vote on the days of the
election, as its registration was not com
pled. In Milan, the election was dis
turbed, and. therefore. (Byt eomrleted.
Gen. Reynolds has ordered elections in
those cr. unties, but has referred the ques
tion, of counting votes to the President,
who as vet. has received no communica-
tion from Keynoms on me sunject. q
Death of K. 21. Stanton.
O "Chtcaoo. Dec.24.
Private dispatches from Washington sav
iEdwirrM. Stanton died this morning.QNo
particulars are given.
q Snftitlc.
YaO.ejo. Cal.. Dec. 2G.
A man named Win. Edwards, residing
near this place, committed suicide to-day
byD shooting himself in the head. It is
supposed that 1 was laboring under a
temporary attack of insanity. O
Earthquake in aicvada
VincixiA City. Nev.. Dec. 20
O
O A very severe shock of earthquake was
felt at 5:58 this evening. It was ajnnch
heavier shock than the one we had here
last June. Yibrations north and south,
lasted ten seconds. Fire walls were all
thrown dcwnpbells rung, most all the
pendulum clocks hanging on east and
west walls were slopped. The shock
was felt severely in lower levels of all
mines. ODogs commenced howlingand
horses snorted with fright. Six minutes
lifter this shock another occurred, much
lighter. Two minutes after a third shock
was -lt, a little) heavier than the second.
At Dayton the shock was very severe. At
the telegraph office a lamp was thrown
down, setting the oflie&,on fire, waich was
extinguished with great difficulty before
doing much (damage. At iViisuu ana
White Pine the shock was not felt.
Reno. Dec. 56.
Tho Pnfifie Express, bound Westolcft
here at 10-2rpVm.. htiy minutes w e. e
' . , . 1 I
tained on road between nere aw u aus
WAV n. on cftimt of earthquakes and
the track, caused
by "the earthquake this evening. Engine
8I121UIV uamaireu.
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The earthquake caused the water in the
nerOphir shaffito Increase ve.-y rapidly
up to yesterday morning. 1b. pump is
working well, and the w fetor i hi'mS re
duced. Rol)l)ty on the Plain?.
Cheyenne. Dec. 2C.
O
Last night two men stopped) the Den
ver stage, 1:j miles irom here containing
the driver and two passengers, all un
armf d. The robbers, after ftri iff several
shots, took the stase team and mail and3
drove off, leaving the passengers to walk
to Cheyenne. Sixty cavalrymen have
gone in pursuit to-day. . q O
Virginia llfconstruetcil 15th Amend.
3
in cut.
Washington-. Dec. 28
Sumner introduced a bill to) carry
out the reconstruction acts in the State of Q
Virginia, and to secure equality before ue
law. He gave notice he would move as
a substitute to the bill reported by the
committee. The bill alleges various ir
regularities and delects in the organiza
tion of the present legislature, and de
clares the existing State government pro
visional only. It directs' the military
commander of the first division to assem
ble within 30 days the present legislature,
excluding allwho tan:iot take the test
oath ; provides that upon the ratification
of the Fifteenth Amendment the State
may be admitted to representation in Con
gress upon the fundamental condition
that the constitution of Virginia shall
never be permitted fo deprive, any
citizen of equal rights in every Respect
with all others.
Tlic IiojcclQfn- . Woiid'a Fair at St.
Louis. CJ
Sr. Louts. Dec. 2S.
I lie meeting last night 01 the com
mittee appoint to Consider the project
of holding a world's rair here in lb 1
after discussing several plans, appointed
a committee to draft articles of incorpora
tion ot the World s rair Association. , Tin
a Capital stock of 81.000,01)0, to beVub
mitted to a mass meeting to be called
hercQJanuary 3d.
CIiinc.se t(g' t!ic Soul lierji Stales."
Nearly f00 Chinese0 from California ar-rivcd-Jjere
last night, and will immediate
ly proceed to Texas, to work on rail
roads. Defaulting IerifYli Virginia.
q Richmond, Dec. 27.
It has transpired that a number of
Sheriffs, appointed by General Canby un
derlie reconstruction act, are defaulters
to the State in stuns varying from $.".flk)
to $20,000, which they have collected but
are unable to pay into the Treasury.
Perpetrators oftlie DiawbacJi Frauds
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U alct-M. :tn i t iM-sst s.
The Tunes says' all the conspicuous per
sons implicated in the drawback frauds
have been taken as government witnesses.
The latest addition to the number. is Sam.
LOMatehford.
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" RoT.n niT Fkew.b." The Ialles Moun
taineer commenting nponjpie defiense by
Rev. Henry Ward Beecherof the late A.
D. Richardson, murdered by McFarland,
whose wife Richardson married on his
death ed, says : 0 O O
The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher's defense
of the late Mr. Richardson is a ropdelpf
all the virtues. The moral plulosophy-of"
the)shepherd of Plymouth Church flock is
seasonedtoo highly with the sweatmeats
of the new schools of moral reform to be
wholesome. We fear that the "free and
e
m
too
th
will be badly burned) belore he is done
with them.
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A ri.ucKT Pl-busher. Joe Allison, ed
iloSnd) publisher of the Western Star,
Steilacoom, W. T., thvis. apostrophises : ,
" borne, ,no
doubt are of the opinion that
thing of the past,' but gen
the otar is a
tlemen don"t Hatter yourselves, or hug the
delicious delusion to your so(Tls. for we
intend to continue the publication of our
paper as long as we can stand at the case.
and hit a " shooting stick,"' even forced
to let the inner man luxuriate-upori cuthis,
-and publish on hs.lf-sheet note-paper.
Whoever talks like unto the foregoing
knows no such word asQail. &ntercial.
The Jurv in the Burmester-Morford case
returned verdict of not guilty.
The masquerade and fancy dress ball
given at the residency of Dr. J. II. Hatch,
in Portland recently, was a decidedly 11
nc
asy'' expounder of the Ten Command- psiraUe subst;tut:on may one day Le accom-
euts anu me oorn on on me ,1 u.? . , c . . -t - ,h t t,
many nonsriii the tire, and wi-,hiui ri; . - .
pse relatinrr to women's ri-hts his fingers table tomu uuuanj u.iacing mem.
affair.
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CONGRATULATORY.
It has been, stated in another place (hat
the commissioners appointed toinspect
the first twenty mileYof the Oregon Cen
tral Railroad, passed over the road on last
Thursday, in the discharge, of their duty.
Accompanying the Commission were some
excursionists, invited by Mr. llolladay.
On tb downward t'jfip of the train, theex
curs":onist)held an limpromptu meeting,
and on motion, W.'S. Ladd, Eq., was
called to the chair- and Henry Failing,
Esq.. was chosen secretary. Whereupon
the following resolutions were adopted, by
tho following named persons, bcingj all
present:
Whereas. At the invitation of Ben. llol
laday, contractor for the construction of
the Oregon Central Railroad, we have1 this
day passed over the first section, thereof,
of twenty miles, on the train cotzveyisgN
the 'Commissioners appointed by the
Presidentof the United States to examine
and report on the same, and being desir
ous of giving expression to our opinion in
regard to the maimer of its construction,
therefore
Resolved. That we congratulate the peo
ple of Oregon on the smjcessful comple
tion and equipment of the first section of
the Oregon Central Railroad in such a
thorough and substantial manner, as justly
entitles it to be classed with the first-class
railroatS of the country.
Resolved, That Ben. llolladay, con
tractor, is justly entitled to the highest
regards of the people of Oregon, for the
bold and decisive manner in which, under
the most adverse circumstances, he has in
augurated the 'great system of railroads in
Oregon, by thus successfully completing
aniDequipping the first twenty miles of
the Oregon Central Railroad
Henrv Failing. W. S. Ladd. C. P. Cran
dall. Dr. J. C. "Hawthorne. D.C McKercher,
h. Johns. Maj. GenOG. W. Crook, U. S. A..
H.C.Leonards Samuel M. Smith. II. D.
Green. MedoWm Crawford, G. Tibbetts.
J. II. Foster, J. II. Moores. J. II. Douthitt.
Gen. R. Saxton. U. S. A.. F. T. Dod-e. A.
ULIl. It. JJUAU.MI, V; - - -- m.'j--.y
M Ij0rvea- Chester N. Terry. D. U Mc-
M. Lorvea. Chester N. Terry. D. 'M Mc
lev. U. S. A.. Gov. Geo.L. Woods. D. Pow
ell. J. II. Mitchell, Jas. B. Stephens, Eu
gene Semple, James OVMeara.
Mr D. M. C. Gault, late of the Unionist.
is canvassingjSaleni for the Dalit Press.
IPIt is stated that when rant qualified as
an executor of Gen. Rawlni's will, he didn't
know that he had to give a boiTdJIt is
fearful to contemplate the amount of infor
mation that head contains.
It requites one hundred ounces of qui
nine a week to combat with the shakes in
Frankfort. Indiana.
Mississippi papers say that it takes a ne-
l r JlilJ ni'iii -.vut ' J 1 vui liiiiiuiL.i 1 j j 1 j
sleep after he takes his seat in the box.
- ("3 -O- ej
The Southern Indiana Penitentiary pris
oners pa:,s the time in making counterfeit
nickels.
A Michigan paper wants to know, "Will
the coming woman be a man V probably
not, but she will be as near a man as she
can without datnagogMo man.
To do the thing properly in New York
at a wedding, the bride must have eight
bridesmauls, and a hundred dollar poodle
besides the one
she
marries.
-A-(Now Orleans widosvr decd the
grave of his wife on the jour des morts
with a chignon, false teeth, and other rel
ics of the departed.
Iicliious Services.
St. Pauls ("Episcopal) Church, th? Rev. J hn
W. Sellwood, lector. Services on Sunday
at InJ a.m. and 7 p.m. Sunday School
and Bible class at 2 p. m.
lsCCongrcgational Church. . o. .Seats Free.
Morning Services, 10 4.
Sabbath Schr.ol, 12 o'clock M.
E veiling rvices 7 o'clock.
-Rkv. E. Gkhry, Actii'g Pastor
l'UAYEK MEETINGS.
Sunday evening,..
Tuesday evening,.,
5 o'clock
... .7 o'clock.
. .Seats Free.
10.30,
.7 o'clock.
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M. E. Church,
Morning Services,. . .
Evening Services,. . .
SilCUL MKKTINOS.
Class Meeting folwirig Moining Services.
Prayer Meeting Thursday evenin? 7 o'clock.
Sabbath School at 2 o'clock P. M.
. rev. C. W. Todd, Pastor.
Tjie HnrAX Hair. Many per
snns abuse this delicate and beautiful oP !
nament, by burning it with edcoTuylic
?ra.siesand plastering it with ; grease, w hich
has no affinity for the skin-and is not ab
sorbed. Burnett' 'sCC'ocoaine. a compound
of Cocoa-nut Oil, etc., is unrivalled as a
dressing for the hair. is readily absorbed,
and is peculiarly adapted to its various
conditions, preventing its falliug off and
promoting its healthy growth.
A)IIorsEnoLn Elixir Adapted 10 au
ClIiatT:s. It would be a ppy thing for
the world if alt-tbe excitants at present used
in the practice of medicine, could be swt-pt
cut of existence, and HOSTETTFJl'S STOM
ACH BITTERS substituted in their place.
In California, it setm-r-possible that this de-
and that the connaence ot the people in its
sanitary and saving properties, increases
with every passing year. " Figures that
cannot lie," show this to be the fact. No
medicinal preparatWn enjoys the like popu
larity among all clashes aud conditions, in
every section ot the State. As an appetizer,
a general iuvigcrant, a remedy for indiges
tion, a cure for intermittent and remittent
levers, agtntle cathartic, a specific for flatu
lency and sour stoanrph, a gentle diuretic, a
nervine, a blood depurent, a specific for sick
headache, a mild anodyne, andDabove all, as
a PROTECTION' AttAINST EPIDEMICS, it 13 UU-
questionably the standard medicixe of the
whole Pacific-territory. In the towns nd
Acities it is literally a noiSEHOLn staple.
Methcrs believe in it. They fmd a
1
sent help m time of trouble," a safe and
pleasant remedy for the various ailments to
which their sex is exclusivelysubjct. Men
bjlieve in it.becanssJt refre.es and invig
orates the body and-ahe mind, and to.ies
both without excising either.
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" PAIN KILLER.
No article ever attained' to such unbounded
popularity. Salem Obstrcer. s
An article of great merit and virtue. C'tnn
Nonpareil.
We cm bear testimony to the efficacy of
the Fain Killer. We have seen its iuaic
effects in soothing the severest pain, and
know it to be a goud article Cncinnuti
Di.prtc'i.
A speedy care for pain no fismi'y should
be withtut it. Montreal Transcript.
Nothing has yet surpassed thj Fain Killer,
which is the most valut-ble family medicine
now in use. Ttnn. .Organ.
It has real merit ; as a meant of removing
pain, no medicine has acquired a reputation
equal to Perry Davis' rain Killer. Newport
(A't.) Daily Kt ics. ,
It is reallv a valuable medicine it is used
by many Physicians. Boston Traveler.
;
CST If yon wisli the very Lest
Cabinet Photographs, I.vou must call o:v
UliADLEY A KULOFSON, 43'J Moutgomerj
street, San Francisco.
MARRIED
At the house of Arthur Warner, on the
eveojng of December 24th, 1800, by Rev. E.
Gerry Mr. TIIEOI'ORE L. RIGGS, of S.v
lem, and Miss SARAH LA VERY WARNER,
of Oregon City.
At the residence of the Bride's father, De
cember 2Gth, 18f$, by Rev. E. G.Soyer, Mr.
B. F. LIXX, and Miss S. C. NOVER, all of
Clackamas County, Oregon.
Aew Advertisements.
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Canemah Lumbering Co".,
""VJOTICE. All persons knowing tiiem
JVeives indebted to the Canemah Lum
bering Company, are requested to settle im
inediatel', ly C nh or note.
P. PAQUET, Managing Agent,
nS.U
Canemah Lumbering Co.
..v
greet- Importation
FRO NEW YORK. 0
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IIE UNDERSIGNED ARE AGE5T3 Lr
and in constaut receipt of
FULL SUPPLIES OF
McMl-rray's OYSTERS Fresh and spiced ;
4 " Fiesh Peaches and Tomatoes;
KEMr, Day & Co.'s CASE GOODS, of all
kinds
Gross & Co.'s CHEMICAL Olive S.ap ; c
" " CANDLER, warranted sup
rior to any in market:
Win's low's Marine Packing Co. and Saco
GREEN CORN; "
Kin-osford OSWEGO STARCII, of every
variety f)
Waterbckv CLOCKS ; of every st lc ;
CEMENT and PLASTER;
Calcined and Land ;
For Fa!c1.0V TO THE TRADE, by
M'CRAKEN, MERRILL & CO.,
nS.2m Hi North FrontSlreet, Portland.
ALBERT H. KALLEKBEEG,
Oaezsaist and Druggist,
No. 70 FIRST STREET,
Pet. StarhQ(uul JVa hinjlon,
PORTLAND, OREGfjy.
fTB Psiciaes' Prescriptions Carefully
prepared, at re Inced Prices. A complete
assortment of Patent Medicines, Perlumer-
(Xies, Toilet Articles, rancy Snaps, etcg 011
IIUIIU illlil IU( ill I JIICM I'iiLCS.
D'jtt
Savings I
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF PORTLAND.
Savitigs Department !
This Bank has established, in connection
with its general Banking busiuessa savings
department, and will allow interest on coiir
depot-its, made in accSVdance with the condi
tions adopted by this Bank.
In establish'ng a iSavinjrs Department, thi;
Banking Associ 'titSs has in view the benefit,
to accrue to a class of per sons bavin? small
suns to loan, by providing a sal'elace of
deposit, ample security, and fair rate of in
terest, as w 11 as to ajrgrcgat and bring into
use idle capital. For the safety of deposits
in this Bank, are pledged its entire capital
and resources, and also the personal liability
of its Directors and Stockholders, as provid
ed by Section 12 of the National Currency
Act, approved jure .i. I8t4, a greater secu
rity than lhat given by ordinary Savings
Banks. Printed copies of the conditions up
on which deposits are received, may be had
upohpplication to the Board.
HEN RY FAILING .President
JAMES STEEL .Cashier
DIRECTORS:
1 1 ES KT Fa I lino, IIknkt W. Cordett,
L. II. YValefikld, James Steel,
Vv. J. VanScii irvyER. nUf
- C. II. 11 visits,
PLUaIEIXG, (?AS & STElSy
Fitting Establishment,
IVo. 110 Firtit Slrcct.
Portland
JEST REC EIVED, per
S Schooner
ADELINE ELWOOD,
From the celebrated Factory of
i Messrs. llumsey V Co., Scjieuectedy,
jew l orit,
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TUMrS OF ENTlfTELY NEW PAT
TERNS, in Desiirn Style,Finish, and
economy, SUPERIOR TO ANVotlorcd
i IN THIS MARKET, Comprising:
CISTERN PUMPS, q
All sizes for lead or iron pipe";
PITCHER PU.MPS '
All sizes " "
BASE AND SIDE FORCE PUMP.?, .
AU sizes for lead or iron pirr
ENGINE WELL PUMPS,
5
) i or deep wells ;
nsJ YARD WELL PUMPS, I r
AMALGAM BELLS, for Stoambc .
Factories, Churches, etc. t ''
POINTS, for Drive wells ;
Hotels, nublic buildillfs. nnd nrirnf T-ci.
, - - . i .
Sciences heated with the latest improvements
in sieam or uoi air apparatus,
I invite citizens generally to call ad ex
amine my stock, which has bero selected
with great care, and especial atteation given
to- the wants of this market.
V,. II. MYERS.
HO Front street, Poitland, Oregon
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