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O 0 o o 0 o o o o o o O o &I)e iUrcldn Enterprise, Oregon Oity, Oregon D. M. McKENNEY, Editor o John Myers, Financial Agent. 1 .. . , ".--. r - , i i f i Saturday : : January 22, 1870, Democratic State Convention. Ty nrfue of the action of the Democratic &tate Convention, which was held at Portland on Thursday, March 10th, 1S03, end of the Democratic State Cegtral Cemrmtlce, which was held at the same place, on January 8th. ISIg, the Democratic State Convention will RE HELD AT ALBANY, Oil IVeeluestliiy Marcli 23i)lS70, At ten o'clock A. M. of said day, for the pur posa of nominating Govehxoh, Member of Congress, Seckktauy of State, Tkeasuker, State Printer, Jcdge of Second District, Jt-DGE Of Third District, and JtDGE cf Fifth District, te be supported at the nest June election. Ry order of said Committee, representa tion to said Convention was based on the vote cast for Democratic Congressman' at the last election, givi to each County one Delegate for every seventy-five Democratic To'es east, and one Delegate for every frac tion of thirty citrht and over, but allowing each County aFTeast one Delegate therein ; Which rule of apportionment will give to the several Counties the following number of Delegates, to wit & Uentong) Raker q Clackamas. s Clatsop i j 1 Columbia 2 Douglas o Grant q Jackson . . . j . Josephine 2 Lane n Linn 17 Marion 14. Multnomah '. q rdk ; Tillamook sumaiuia 7 .Union 7 Washington 0 4 Wasco g Yamhill q Total... 153 The time for holding the County Conven tions to elect Delegates to the State Demo cratic Convention, was left by the Committee to the several County Committees, whose duty it will be to provide therefor. The Committee would respectfully urga prompt action on the part of the Democracy f the several counties. L. F. GEOVEIt, Ckaiiman. V. Trevitt. Secretary. - ' . Cops . Curry. . . 90 l Democratic Central Committee Clackainas County. cf The Democratic Central Committee of Clackamas county is requested meet at the Court House in Oregon City .Ton Tues day, the 25th day cf January, at 10 o'clock a. m. of said day, for the purpose of decid ing upon the time and manner of balding a county convention, and for (he transac tion of any other business that may prop erly come before it. The Committee is composed as follows : J. C. TRULLINCER, J. S. M. VAX CLE YE, . JOHN MYERS. A full attendance is requested.' JOHN MYERS, Chairman. Chtay Lulsor. pagans, and that their competition will be ruinous to white laborers, but tells us that " it is impracticable to turn back the tide of Chinese immigration while foreigners from other shores are welcomed, and im possible to niake the yellow-haired gen tlemen (the Chinese) raise thvir price to a lerel with, that demanded by the sons of Erin."7 The argument of this is, if the Chinese will not raise their price.3 to a level with the Irish, the Irish and other white laborers must brina; their prices down to a level with tte Chinese, in order that the wealthy nabobs of the land may have cheap labor, and the Republican party may have material out of which to manufacture voters for the " loyal eav.se." Disgusting end reprehensible as it may be, this is the Radical doctrine and object in regard to tbe Chinese. Did the labor ing white population of the United States uniformly vote the Republican ticket, the Radical leaders -would not be such warm champions of the Chinese. Again, we are told that " to impose re striciiue measures upon this swarm of pagan, immigration would be wholly at variance with the very spirit of our insti tutions, as well as with our past profes sions and uniform practices." Quarry " our past professions and uniform practices" back to 1SG8 only, the time when the Republican party, by means of its treaty with the ICmperorQof China, opened wide the gates, and offered the Chinese immigrants inducements equal to those enjoyed by the citizens and subjects of the most favored, nations, and thisstate ment is correct. Rut apply thb assertion to a period before that lime to a period when the Democratic party had control ol this Go crnment, d it is false. At the time Democracy andDright prevailed in this country, there was no coaxing of Chinamen, by treaties or otherwise, to come here and compete with the white and respectable laborers of the couatry in order that the wealthy might have chep labor. There was no distinction tl made in favor of the rich and against the less fortunat??dmt more honest laboring classes. These distinctions belong to the present days of bonded aristocracy and loyal imperialism. Rut. after insulting the sons of Erin by drawing invidious comparisons between them and the Chinese, the Press oilers a further insult to their judgments by tell ing them that an influx of this cheap labor may not be so damaging to them aftel' all. That " our more ambitious Caucasian la borers may then become employers, bosses, overseers, ec; and, instead of John displacing Patrick, Patrick will lord it over John." The Press is not alone in this style of argument. All leading Re publican journals use the same sophisms as anodyfies for the laboring whites, whom that party is crushing in the same manner that the boa constrictor crushes its prey. Every one knows that there is no truth in such statements. Or, if evry one does not, these persons who formerly worked in the woolen manufactory of this city, but whose places are now Glled by China men, because Chinese labor is Cheaper, know it know thai they have not been Qevated to the positions of bosses to lord it over-' the Chinese, by whom they nave been displaced. A lew rears more 1 of Republican rule will completely dis place the white laborers,and install China men in their placed) O How any white laborer Qf common sense can vote with the party ibafHs con tinually endeavoring to pull him down to a lerjl with the Chinese pagansQis more than we can understand. Another Pioneer Gone. The word pioneer haandia entitled to a potent influence, and when any pioneer of a country passes away, the community in which he lived must necessarily feel that it has sustained a great loss, if he was a good man. CaP Jhn II. Couch of Portland, one of the early pioneers of Oregon, has passed from time to eternity, and when such a pioneer as he vas has passed away, the community at large has . - 1 :-"rarfilil! Iosr. The fol- sustainea an 1 -!' - lowing short biographical sketch of the deceased is taken from the Oregon iiauta of last Thursday. o Captain John II. Couch, of whom it can be said that all the ten thousand people of Portland are his friends, lies dead in his house. He was taken sick with ty phoid pneumonia, on Tuesday, January 11, at noon, and yesterday morning he was no more, me nags on snips, anu river steamers, and public uuuuings throughout the city were flying at half- mastat an early hour yesterday, and con veyed to an anxious community the sad news that an old and most respected citizen had gone from among them. aptain Couch was born in Newbury- port, Massachusetts, on the 21st of Feb ruary, 1S11, and was in his fifty-ninth yeaf)at the time of his death. He chose the profession of a seamen, and had risen to the responsible position of master of a vessel, at an early age. In the summer of 1810 he arrived in the Columbia river in command of the brig STATE JACKSONVILLE. From Democratic News, J?n. S. JJrs. Bennett's Tit3 child, which we mentioned last week as having been lost in Josephine county, wa found dead on the third day after being missed, six miles from home, in a dense foresf The nights were freezing cold, and in its exhausted condition, the child was easily chilled to death. Its face was covered with bruises, received by striking agaiqst trees, while wandering about in the dark. O The citizens of Jacksonville contributed $100 for the relief of Mrs. ITlrich, a widow woman with five children four of them sick with the scarlet fever. A panther was killed a day or two since near Logtown, which measured over six feet from tip to tip. It is said that the Chinese bought the meat at 12i cents per pound. Francisco, to-day. The Dr. will go Last by rail on hW arrival in California, and we have incidentally learned, will - be in terested with some capitalists in a line of ships, to run from New York direct to Portland. Also, that he will take several specin&ns cf Oregon produce to Eastern cities. O Mlt.dekku II.vXfiEn. The following dis patch cone over the O. S. N. C..'s line from Umatilla, yesterday, and is kindly furnished us by the operator : Umatitxa, Jan. 17. 1870. To Pkkss : Woods, who murdered Duffy at Lewisfon, last 1th of July, was hanged by some unknown parties. ot?tb evening of the 12. Cause sentence com muted to imprisonment for life. Stiix they Go. We are called upon to note the depaiture of another pioneer citizen of Portland, A. D. Fich, Esq. He left on the steamship Ajax, for a perma nent residence ig the Eastern States. Mr. Fitch came here at an early day. and en gaged in mercantile business, and ren dered great assistance in rearing the city, from its infancy to its present wealth and magnificence, frequently elected and ap pointed to responsible and important po sitions in the city antPcounty. At Umatilla. Tuesday, the thermometer went down 21 degrees below freezing point, and at the Dalles neuHy the same. 1 he river was uUl of ice. From the Oregonian. We doubt if there are many who are aware oftlie great increase of the Oregon wool shipments of 1809 as compared with 18GS. We find in a San Francisco state ment of the woobcrops of the two years, tat in 1SGS, Oregon sent to tTiat port 42L-1G0 ibs. In 18G:), the receipts from Oregon amounted to 1,039.100 lbs., or considerable more than double the re ceipts of the previous year. Judge Olney and Mr. D. P. Thompson of Oregon, arOin Washington urging the passage of a bill appropriating 500.000 acres of land to the State of Oregon to be applied to the improvement of the Wil lamette river. We are at a loss to know where available lands can be located f but. nevertheless, the grant, if gifen. will I be very acceptable and can be applied to me promotion 01 a greai piaie miei esi. o 0 Under the head of personal, the Wash ington correspondent of the Eugene Jour nal, mentions the following named Ore goniaTS at the East, Dec. 27ht : " Messrs. D. P. Thompson, Mehlrum, Olney, Ear hart, Shurtlefl" and Gore of Oregon, are here ; Stearns, Hand and Gaston, have gone north, and Dowell is in Virginia. Mr. Thompson received a check on the Treas- amouating to Maryland, which vesselCfcad been fitted out at Newburyport, by Mr. dishing, father of Hon. Caleb dishing. She was stowed with an assorted cargo and had on board some coopers with their tools and a supply of materials for making casks. The object of tb. voyage was to trade and put up salmon for a return cargo. As the Hudson's Bay Company controlled Oregon th;n, and were ieal- ous of American enterprise, the venture was not a v$ry great success, and the brig was taken to the Sandwich Islands and sold, captain uoucn going Home as a passenger in another vessel. In 1842 he returned to the Columbia River in an- Ci. ... 1...?-. n . .1 ji. . rt . oiner ung. caweu me iaienaiuus, auer an Indian Chief of the lower river. She was owned by the same parties as the Maryland. And had on board an assorted cargo which was discharged at some point EUGENE CITY. Guard, cJanuary 13th. 0 Messrs. Boren and Keith, who were Sureties on the bail bond of Charley Starr for his appearance at the next term of the Circuit Oinirt for Douglas county, hating concluded that Charley was a " bad egg," gave him up to the authorities, and have asked a release from their borrd. Wm. Thompson went to Portland after him. and passed through here on his way to Roje- biyg with the gay bird. The exeat babv killing score which our town had last week, has turned out to be a sell. The bones found were salmon ribs, and the missing babe is being cared for in the family of one of our 0est and most respected citizen.) The local oOhe Journal might fill as much space with a contradiction as he did with the announce ment. xV correspondent of the Oregon State Journal says: o Messrs Thompson and Ol ney 1 ave prepared a bill granting 50,000 acres of land tothe State of Oregon, to be applied to the improvement of the Will amette river, will probably b3 introduced iu the Sen .'.e oon ifter the lul id yso O 0 Joke 011 nn Editor. John Chinaman is advancing eastward with steady step. The projectors of the Cape Cod Canal propose to have Chinese laborers do the digging, and next Spriug n large new factory at Manchester is to be started with the same sort of labor. Other new enterprises will naturally fol- low the example. Persons employing a arge number of unskilled laborers will, of course, seek the cheapest market ; and, as it is impracticable to turn back tf lide of Chinese immigration w hile foreigners from other shores are welcomed, and im possible to make the yellow-haired gen tlemen raise their price to a evW with that demanded by the sons of Erin, we must prepare to sec the Celestials gradu ally work their way into employment all over tbe countrv. VA grave question arises here concert my uu- nguis 01 our laboring people and the injury to result to them from such ruinous competition : and it miirht be deemed just to impose restrictive measures npon this swarm of pagan immigration were not such a policy wholly at variant with the very spirit of our institution, ns well as with our past professions and uni form practices. But, after all, the compe tition may not prove so damaging as niight at first thought be supposed. An influx of cheap labor must greatly s'.imu-" lata the founding of new industries and more extensive enterprises. More rail roads will be built, more canals will be dug, more new lu; ms will be opened in ikts wilds of the Wosi and South ; a host o( new manufacturing establishments will spring up, Oar more ambitious Caucasian laborrrs may then become employers. Imaaes, overseers, ete. ; and, instead of John displacing Patrick, Patrick will lord it over John. The above is from Forney' Press, n leading Radical paper. In the above ar ticle there is an uncalled for ,&nd unjust 0 insiuuaticui against the industrious and Hberty loving Irish, who have left their own beloved Emerald Isle, and immi ' grated to America in order that they might make a respectable living for them selves and famll'ie. and at the eame time enjoy liberty of conscience. It will be Temembered, too, that this insinuation is made against a people who form a very important portion of tbe population of the L nited States. A few days since a number of China men went through Oregon City on the cars. The weather being chilly, and " John" riding on an open car, naturally crovtchintdown on his haunches, his pro truding knees suggested the thought, to a wag of Oregon City, of a sell" on some body. So otf posted Cihe wag to the edi tor 06 the Enterprise anu toia mm tnat a lot of what boatmen (and everybody else) call 'knees' " had bwn carried up on tbe carsr. Of course this led the editor aforesaid to, infer that Ben. Ilolladay was going to build a boat on the upper Wil lamette. This is the way the story of Ilolladay s boat building on the upper nver started, lue joKer lorgot to ten the editor that ojiO Chinaman was attach ed to every two " knees. The foregoing is found in the local col inn of the Daiiy Oregonian of last Thurs day. The item referred to was a little joke, but noCjrot off at our expense. e arc sorry, however, that we published it, for Iie reason that we are averse to in llictlng pain wherever it can be reason ably avoided. We know that the Rad icals are very tender and careful of their proteges the Chinese and very sensi tive in regard to any disparaging remarks made about them : and we might have known that some oversensitive champion of the Celestials would construe the joke into another dirty Democratic " fling" at these new members of the Republican party. For the relief of the local of the Oregonian we will say that there was not a Chinamen on the traiu) to which we re ferred, and therefore, the Knees of Chinese were not the subject of the joke. The train, however, contained quite a number of ichite mo iind these men were the owners of the knees mentioned, two to each man. And now being as- siu'fd thafrrfhe joke was about the knees of white men, and not about th knees of Chinamen, " feci satisfied that the local editor of the Oi c.onian.Qtnd all others who felt r.ggrieved thai such jokes should The rrcss admit. V. , rmt 1 ! . . .-!!! 1 s"-u-i aijuuu vmnese Knt,"-3 u uuve their troubles removed for the present, at least. We assure them that we Intended no " fling" at their Chined friends. on the Willamette and taken to Oregon Lity. wnere aptnin L-oucn opened a store and remained fur several years Afterwards his house was carried away by a flood. He afterwards, in 1817, re turned to the East via the Sandwich Islands and China, and made a third voy age to the Columbia via San Francisco, in 1819 ; QlLs time in the bark Madonna. from New York. G. II. Flanders was first mate ot tue .uauonna. fcne brought as passengers Horn tan rrancisco lienj. Stark, Charles McKay. W. II. Bennett and W. S. Ogden, and arrived at Portland in August, (185. Her cargo was discharged at Portland, and Captain Couch opeued a stoi'e in a log htv.se ncarlj opposite the present business place of Allen & Levris,' in the lower end of town. Merchandise commanded extravagant prices in those' days, and persons who were so disposed could reap unconscionable profits. Capt. Couch, however, steadily refused to spec ulate on the necessities of the population. As on example, amongst the cargo of this vessel was a large supply of salcratus in papers. This article was selling in San Francisco at the time for five dollars a pound, and Captain Couch was offered $2 50 per pound for all that he had in a lump. This offer he refused, and instruct ed his clerk to retail the article at seventy- fiv6 cents a pound, and to be careful that it did not fall into the hands Cof middle men who might demand exorbitant sums for it. Under this rule, the papers of sil eratus were dealt out to consumers at a 1 r - i? F r 1 it - j. : . . 1 . . . reuuciiou 01 o- i.o oil ine niico uiai miglit nave been had tor the asking, lhe reason for this eon:se was that it was not considered fair play by' the bluff, honest sea captain, to take advantage of tin necessities of his fellow citizens. This anecdote illustrates the character of the man, and it is no wonder that he had no enemies in the world. From this date Captain Couch resided continuously iu Portland, having taken up a land claim, a portion of which now con stitutes Couch's Addition to this city. He remained strong and heartyand grew' in thergood-wishes of his fellow settlers, for he always divided with the needy what ProvidcTicejenabled him to possess. Each new arrival added to the list of his friends, and now, when he is dead, the whole pop ulation of this metropolitan city will mcurn asgunit, ns the infant town would have done had he not been spared to witness its growth. o Before Multnotnah county was set off, andCjyhile yet the jurisdiction of Washing ton county extended to the Willamette at this point, Captain Couch was several times elected one of the Commissioners. He was Treasurer ofthe Provisional Gov ernment, over which Governor Abernethy presided, and after the United States ex tended its jurisdiction over Oregon, he was appointed to several offices of trust. being U. S. Inspector of Hulls, from the creation of that office here until his death. Under the State he was rilot Commissioner and Port Warden, from the time the offices were created unfTl bis death. He was a Mason in high standing, having joined tbe Order many years ago. and steadily risn In the esteem of his brothers. Ceptain Couch leaves a wife and four daughters (three married), and fifteeir CORVALLIS. Mercury. Jan. 12. A large cougar W45 killed by M. W. impson, alias '-Ahi," the hunter, recent ly, while hunting near Elk City, Yaqtiina Bay, which measured eight feet in length. - Ahi," after firing nine shots (six of which took effect) came out of the fight unhurt, with dog slightly used up. ALBANY. Register, January 15th. The fifty thousand dollars required of this city, by Ben. Ilolladay, to insure the building of the Oregon Central Railroad (East Side) through the city of Albany, has been subsreibed 25,000 in land and nearly $20,000 in money. The new hotel building just completed by Mcsssrs. Ilcuck & Myer, on corner of Washington and First streets, in this city, has been taken and will be opened for the reception of guests about the first of Feb ruary next. CJ O Telegraphic Clippings. . The Georgia AlTairs. Atlanta. Jan. 12. Assembly raembersliave been Sew Advertisements. ury last week for surveying $15,983 S3. 7 CfsroM IIocsk Rkport. The following, statistics are compiled from the bq5ks ol the Collector of the port of Astoria for the vjL'ar 18(19 : Number of American vessels entered. 329; tonnage 120 1 13. American vessels cleared. 31 1; tonnage 222.N31.0 Number of foreign vessels entered. 3 : O SALEM. From the Daily Statesman. O 0 Mr. Patton h is another of the stores in the lower part of his brick almost com- O pletel. It is being fitted up in fine style, suitable for a milliner's shop. Mi s.Moxley is expected from San Francisco, and will open business immediately. In pursuance of an ordinance passed by the city council of Salem, J. M. Curley has been declared a common drunkard. and all persons are forbidden to give, sell, or in any manner furnish him with an wine, spirituous, or malt liquors. The lnilame'tFarracr says lion. J. S. Smith has introduced a bill into Congress throwing open the Umatilla Reservation to settlement. From the Daily Press. Jan. 20. Dkamatic SfjirooL. A Dramatic School has been opened in Read's Theatre that numbers ten persons. Mr.Q). W. Jones of this place is manager. tonnage 1,191.0 Foreign vessels cleared 3 ; tonnage l.FJL There were registered in the district dauing the year. 3 steamers, with a ton nage of 1,0 G5 ; and 2 sail vessels, tonnage 805. Thewhole number of vessels enrolled wis 52 ; 3' steamers with 8.784 tons, and 13 sailers with a tonnage of 883. Licenses issued, to steam vessels 1. tons 20; to sailing vessels 15. tons 139. Fourteen vessels were built in the dis trict during the year, embracing a tonnage of GUI. Tiie number of American vessels en gaged iu foreign trade, including the above, entering 51. with a tonnage of 18 sworn in. and the Legisiuurerwill organ ize to morrow. It is believed that the Democrats and Conservatives will have a majority in both Houses.' Great excite ment prevails in lhe city, which n crowd eDwith visitors. The geueraCbpinion is thai any citizen having held office of any kind during the rebellion cannot take the oath, but if he never held otlice. State or National, before the' rebellion, he can le gally take the oath, no matter what his conduct was during the rebcliion. AnotUer Xiiticnul Bank Roblietl. O RtVr.AXD. Jan. 12. The Castleton NationarBank was broken open Monday night last and $G,400 taken. Tennessee Constit n( ion:tl Convention. Nashville. Jan. 12. In the Constitutional Convention to-day. among the propositions offered was one restricting the right of s-uffrage to white persons, and one prohibiting the Legisla ture from authorizing the luter-niarrmge i of whites and blacks. Statement as to liie Georgia Trowljle. Hon. J. II. Caldwell. Chairman of the Southern division of the National Repub lican Committee, has written a letter to the Hon. J. A. Bingham, giving an ac count of the causes of the difficulty of or ganizing the Georgia Legislature. He says the question of dividing the Repub lican party, (is not political and does not involve the rights of any claSs of persons as such, but it does involve the conscience of all men who work tor the interests of State against a corrupt faction, composed of a fewndividuals seeking to intrench themselves in a position which will enable them to deplete the treasjry, and ruin the credit of the State. He pronounces At torney General Farrow's opiujpn as pro cured at the iniQince of Gov. Bullock, without right or authority. . and says it was rerti uistrated against by the leading Republican memUers. The appointment by the Governor of one of his employees on the road, (Harris.) to organize the House, was a gross and arbitrary step,aud a violation of the act of Congress. Tiie Kiitiiit ation Question. O Washington. Jan. 15. A special sajsthe ratification of the 15th Amendment by Ohio, the subject of much eonirraf 11'ation among the Lepu.) licans ; to all objections of the Democrat that it iiQiiiegal, they simply reply', Vf j New York can repeal one way, UI110 can offset by her repeal in another way ; that the case virtually elands as it did before R-w York attempted the repeal of her latiBcation. O IJcalU of Gov. Duilice. Omaha specials say Gov. Durkee. of Utahj, died yeslerday of pneumonia. TUe Twiggs' Swore! Case. Nkw Yokk. Jan. 14.' The case of Rowena Florence vs. Jen. Buihu-, for the recovery of the Twiggs Swoniocame up in the Superior Court to day on a motion to at'aeh the defendant for noncompliance with (The order join ing him to stand examination its a party before trial. The defence demurred that the case was bt;loie the United States Courts. The plaintiff's motion was grant ed, and the defendant ordered to show cause why he should not be attached for contempt. 0 Assassinations in Alabama. LoursYii.i.i:. Ivy.. Jan. 11. A few nights ago at Leighton, Ala bama, a band of masked men rode to the "REWARD, We will pay Fifty Dollars in gold coin to any person who will furnish legal proof of the person or persons who s-tole or sunk our boats in the Willamette river, on the evening of the 14th inst. LEONARD DILLER, CAL. BARCLAY. M. BALL. January 0th, 1S70. 11: .'w J)TSSOLUT)X. The co-partnership heretofore existing between Jacob Wortman and Thomas It. Fields, under the firm name of Wortman Jk Fields, was mutually di.-solved on the 1st day of November, ls"n9. All persons know ing themselves indebted to said firm are rc- quested to come forward and make immedi ate payment, or, their accounts will pass into the hands of aropcr officer for collection. The former will be fouud at the Postotltce the latter at the old stand. Please come farward, gentlemen, as our business must be segjed up. JACOB WORTMAN, TIIOS. FIELDS. January IStli, 2870. ll:3v D & TILT Established ...1859. o Deposits received and Accountskept sub ject to Check or Dratt. c INTEREST allowed on TIME Deposits of TRUST FUXI, in sums of ONE DOLLAR And UPWAliDS, from Date of Deposit. Moncv Loaned on Approved Security. Bonds, Stocks and other valuables received on deposit for safe keeping. COLLECT ONS MADE, and PROCEEDS promptly remitted. Investments inQreal estate and other prop erty made for parties. () AiTonts for the transaction of all kinds ofS FINANCIAL and TRUST BUSINESS. SIGHT AND TELEGRAPHIC EXCHANGE On San Francisco and the Atlantic Stales, FOR SALE. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES BOUGHT and sold. o Sio.tf u iltDUiJ C. UUUiii CLARKE, HEADERS Wholesale and Rttiil Dealers in. r-csplc soasl Fancy 038; cleared 51. tonnage 11 999. Accident. Mrs. Simons who lives in North .Salem, received yesterday a severe though not serious injury on her head. She threw a handful of wood on the flooO under where a fiat iron was hanging on the wall. The jar caused the iron to fall and in its descent struck her on the hx-ad, cutting to the skull. The wound was dressed by Dr. Peyton and the patient is doing well. A New Hampshire contemporary thinks that the next Massachusetts LsgKjaJure will be composed of men of the etamp ot r.n?ign ctuDoms, wno was m favor of the that the Chinese are -viamc ixw. out opposed to its execution. I livtd O grauJ-children, all residents of Portland, and mourr.ers at h?3 grave. Thi;s, full of years and honors, a good citizen descends into the tomb, regretted by the entire couiesj.nUy in whichre McMINNViLLR Tacific Blade, January. 18th. The Pacific Blade of the 18th says : The people of the west-side counties will re joice to learn that me.rl,of reliability and means are subscribing liberally for the bonds lately issued to raise fuuds to com plete and equip the first twenty miles of the road on this side of the river. When such men as W. S. Ladd, C. M. Carter. S. 1 1 T" 1 . . . j 1 1 .1 u. neeu. J. t. .vinswortu ana otner re sponsible names are connected with an enterprise, and invest their money in it, we have no fears as to the final result. Let every encouragement and all the aid consistent with their mean?? b? given by those interested in the completion of the road, and the west-side counties O 7 From this reporf it would appear that in vessels engaged in foreign trade, 3.0G1 more tons cleared than entered. From the Commercial. We learn that J. Q. ThorntorQan old citizen of6ur State, and long a practicing attorney at Albany, contemplates settling permanently in this city for the practice of his profession. Also Theodore Bur- miester, formerly of La Grande, proposes on his return to the city, to open a law office. From the Call. John W. Sutton, of this city, has Jeceiv- 1 . .11 door ami called out Granville Pillow, and Robert pillow, nephews of General Pil low, and hot and killed both. Theafsas sais escaped, leaving no c'(e. Aiioliier Increase of DtetlmvV Salary. Nkw Yokk, Jan. 11. Plymouth Church voted, last nightPto Increase the salary of Henry Ward Boech er to $20,000. lii the course of the dis cussion among thQIeading members the idea was thrown ojjt that this increase was made in consideration ol ieecner s advancing years and circumstances; that it is his inten ion. before long, to retire from t'le pulpit ; although he hopes next year that the salaj would be fixed at 25,00'). 0 DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, LADIES' AND, GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS, iCv. t'C. ct' e. Cor. First and 1 ) "(st ington sts., 10.3m) Portland, Oregon. Q.OOD NEW O - O few months r.go was on exhibition in this city. This valuable little instrument as Meeting of lie Itejmbliean State Cen tial Committee. The Republican State Cental Com mittee n et in Portland on the fjth inst. he cQmmiite fixed irjWnQThursday, the 7th day of A.pril. us the time, and city of Portland the place for holding the next Republican State Convention, and orecommended Oat the Republican County Conventions be held on the2Gth ofQIarch. The basis of representation was fixed as follows : One delegate for each 00 votes ed a natent for his Dynanometer, which ack cast for the Republican candidate for Con gress in 18G8. and an additional delegate for each traction of 35 or over, and one its name indicates is intended to mersurOi delegate at large for each coufity. r"-1- p Mr. A. J. Apperson, of Clackamas, was soon enjoy a new era ot prosperity. b PORTLAND. From the Daily Herald? will On Saturday afternoon, the little daughter of a Mr. Tracy, residing in the northern portion Qf the city, fell into a cauldron of boiling water, which, was left standing upon thiOback porch, scalding herself so badly that she died in great agony a few hours afterwards. C. II. Miller. Esq., County Judge of Grant County is spending the winter in Ibis city, he hopes to return to his post in early spring. From the Pacific Christian Advc(3te. To make your hair grow thick, apply Hall's Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer, the greatest discovery of the age. THE DALLES. Mountaineer, Jan. 18. Sunday night we had the coldest weather thus far this winter. Thermometer 15 nb ovG zero. -y o A letter from our Chief, dated at Wash ington City, December 22d, looks very doubtful about his being spliced, as re ported iour previous issue, copied from the S. F. Alia. Must be some -other (un) fortunate hombre of the same cognomen. eiecteu treasurer ol tue oommuiee to re ceive and pay out such fluids as may be raised for the dtribuiicn of campaign document?) and newspapers. And pro vision was made to secure fundsrfdr such purpose. Advertisements. Our old friend Capt. John II. Couch is6 11w TiIKi' D lr.-Ota salary oi o.v live extravagunuy, lying seriously ill at his residence on North Fourth street, between G and II, with acute pneumonia. We are sorry to say that the Captain U dangerously ill. and may notsuryive5 the attack. Ida F. Taylor. The bark Ida F. Tay lor, Capt. Anderson, cleared from New York for Portland direct, Dec. 31, so we learn from McCracken, Merrill & Co. Fou the East. Dr. A. M. Lor3rea, Vice President of the Oregon Immigration Aid Society, leaves on theslcamer Q for San a year Conc:re.smen visit Europe, build palaces, become mil lionaries, count their lands by the thousand acres and their bonds by the ten thou sands. C- W- POPE & CO.,0 Q PEALKKS iN' STOVES, TIN PLATE, SHEET TRON.T5RA ZIKHS ( OPl'EK. LEAD I'll'E. IKON pipe and fittings, rubber HOSE. FOJTCE AND LIFT PUMPS, ZlNO, COPPER, BRASS AND IRON WIRE. C Also a scnerju assoitwent of House Fur nishing Goods. MANUFACTURERS OF Tin, GoppQrr and Sheet Bron Ware. fj) the FARMERS, BUTCHERS andGTANNERS. D. fVIETZCER & bo. Portland, Oregoncorner Front and Salmon Streets, opposite the old Court House, are buying all the TAILS AXD MAXES OF HOUSES, THE TAIL OF CO WS, AXI) ALL THE HAIR OF HOGS, And are paying a LIBERAL Piico. (I0.t SINGER,, llaskstahlhid FOR TUE JIAXUFACTOLY OF SASH, BLINDS ArJD OOGRS, ANDjj MOULDINGS OF ALL SIZES. 2THe will alsoriJo TURNING, of every d-jtci iption to order, "With Ueatness and Dispatch ! o ALL WOlgv WAHiRA'TED. Shop on tha River, back of Aokermnn lo.lyj Store, Oregon City, Oregon. r0 TEACHERS. i)Public Exanrnation of persons de siring CERTIFICATES to TEACH in Clack amas County, will be held at the City Semi-narj- of this City, on SatardiOj, January 2dti, 1870, Commencing at llo'clock a. m. S F. POPE, County Supt. Oregon City, Jan. 12th, Is70. 10.'2t Persons of course there are some exagp- -J'rcss. O An a unreconstructed Easte?n itemizcr i O ROOFING AND JORI1ING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION DONE TO ORDER, AND AT LOW PRICES. o o o Also atPOPE S SIOVE STORE you will had HARDWARE AND BASKETS, WOODEN WARtt) AND TINWARE, LANTERNS, LA M PSA N D OIL, L U C 1 N E A N U NIGHT LAMPS. ALSO PERAMBULATORS. V s I CatiTl' Testify to the Wonderful cures of Di:. J. Y. AlUKItAY'S Balsam for the Liver and Blood. NATURE'S OWN REMEDY. One of the Celebratrd I'lujsiciana of Portland, not'. he it cured cf the. Lung and Liver com plaint, and that he owes life to Dr.Iur rays Lung and Liver Balsam. Head what he says : Poktlaxd. Mflft 21, lSfiO. I have tried Dr. J. W. Murray's Lnng and Liver Balsaui. I used it in my fam ily with the best of success. J was sick for some months, and used every remedy. I called several physicians, but thev did me no pood. 1 exhausted every remedy known to the medical profession, and receivodno ben efit. This Lung and Liver BaLam cured me, and I do not he.-itate to recommend it to the public and my trieuds, as a good, and safe rem dv. Those who know me, as many do. (fin this Statj. know that I would not recom mend them to use a thing that hus no merit, because I am opposed to quack remedies. (i. AV. BROWN. M. D. tfn, For sale at BELL S PARKER S, atvl f t a.l Drug Stores on the Pacific Coast. 94f -o- The President will not receive any calls 1 n S:l ti! :l ! Vl iQr will Iuj ntliw l-ioTi.-! retary to bring him any letters or tele- ; TRICES TO SUIT THE TIME3 All of the above articles are for sale at ! grams on that holy day. He prefers to go f i : . r a i. . i , "II- i UiUtuj; 101 uout, or luuuy uii;iaru3. q iLlyJ c. w. popi: & co. Oi eou City, Oregon Sunday School and Gift Books! I7ROM THE AMERICAN TRACT SOCIE . ty and Various other Publishing Houses? For sale by the subscriber, on Jefiersoa st. between 2d and 3d, Portland, Oregon. G. H. AT KIN SON, Secretary v and Treas. Oregon Tract Society. " O o