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o o 4 o r 1 o o o TOii. 1. OREGON CITY, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 26,i82TO. NOw20c WEEKLY ENTERPRISE .The Weekly Enterprise. X?' A DEMOCRATIC PAPER, FOB THE , Business Man, the Farmer 1Ki the FAMILY CIRCLE. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY , . AT TOE OTFICE Corner of Fifth and Main streets Oregon City, Oregon. - & O TERMS of SUBSCRIPTION: Singic Copy one year, in advance, $3 00 ,V TERMS of ADVERTISING: ,Triii?it advertisements, inclmling-arl . -legal notices, J s. of 12 lines, 1 .$ 2 oO For each subsequent insertion .... 1 00 One Column, one year $120 00 (Half " " garter " " 40 ifuainess Card, lQwjnare one year 12 Remittance to be made iff, the rink o Subscriber, and at the expense of Agents. ,'sJJOOh' AND JOB PRINTING. r The Ernrfjrise office n supplied witl. beau tifuI.a-Ft'ro veil styles of type, and riioo ftM-rcTnTK 1 RELICS, which will enable the l'ropnctjr to do Job Piinting at all times - Neat, Quick and Cheap ! ft'S" Work solicited. j AU Jiusiif.sK tfansiwtUins lipoma Specie ba.fi.-. JOHN MYElt&fEtiianciul Agent. O Ji U SIX ESS L 1 III) S. -- JJ W.ROSS, M.XD., Physician and Surge on, 1 fJCfjFTOdice on Main street, oppostt Mason Ac Ha'.l, Oregon Citv. l:;tf JJ SAFFARRANS, Physician and Surgeon, J-Office at bis Dm- .Store, near Tost Otlhe, Oregon City,. Oregon. 13ti J. WELCH, Permanently Located at Oregon City, Oregon ROOMS Xh Dr. Snfiarrans, on Main st. TV AT II. W ATKINS, M. D , SURGEON. Poutlaxo. Ohkoc n. OFFICE 0. Front street Residence cor ner of M.tin and Seventh streets. 'v. - ALBERTH. KALIENBERG, Cliemist and Druggist, No. 73 FIRST STREET, Bt. btark and Wtt.Jii nqton . Portland: o EEC, on. JT2 Physicians l'leGrriptionsCCarefiilly prepared, at reJuced Trices. A complete assortment of Patent Medicines, I'erlumer ies, Toilet Articles, F.mcy S'-aps, etc., on hand and for sale at lowest pr ces. nOtf 'O E. A. i'AKKEU. O BELL & PARKER. I RUG GISTS, AXD PE VI.KR5 IX Cieifucals, Patent Medicines, Paints, Perfumery, Oils, Varnishes, And every artWle kept in a Drug Store. Main Street, Oregon City. yi. F. HIGHFIELD, Established since 1840, at the old stand, Main Street, Oregon, City, Oregon. An Assortment of Watche.-, Jew elry, ami Seth Thomas' weight Clocks, all of which are warranted to be a represented. Itepainngs done on snort notice, iind thankful for past favors. "Live and Let Live." ;TTIELDS & STRICKLER, .i - DEALERS IX PROVISIONS, GROCERIES, I COUNTRY PRODUCE, Ac, 4 -i?At the nil stand of YVortman & Fields Dregon Cit , Oregon. 13tf I "Barn urn Saloon." DI PEXSERS OF Choice Wines, Liquors & Cigars. Main st Oregon City. " Call, and Rotert letter will show you through the establishment. l!tf " Barnum Restaurant." O TON DkLOUEY, Pkomiietou OF THIS ESTARUSllMEXT, Main st., Oregon City, Knows bow to .-serve bis customers ' . . ti:. l fn,.r. u Willi IIVIC' S, I i!i i cci, a jkju ioj ui iuii't or a SQUARE MEAL. lstf TEAV YORK MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMP'NY WILLIAM E. HOWELL,. 0f Oregon City Manufacturing Company,) ,13.5m AGENT. CLARK GREENMAH", City Drayman, I All orders for the delivery of merchnn- die or packages and freight of whatever des t criptton, to any part of the city, will be exc . j cuteJ proaiptV and with care. Q o egg MOTHER. fFrom the Boone County vMo.) Journal. Oh! magical name, was there ever another So dear to the heart as the loved name of Mother : Was there ever another to comfort, to cheer, Tis the soul's dearest gift of all others most dear. 'Tis the staff of the young, and the guide of the youth , It? precepts are ever accompanied by truth ; It clings around us all in sorrow and dread, It lives iu the heart wheu all else is dead. What a thrill of new joy this nane brings '" to me, Wl erever I wander, where e're I may be ; Of all earthly treasures I know there's no other. Can make the heart throb like the loved name of Mother. Oh! faithful memory ever doth trace. The angelic features of a fond mother's lace ; The soul lighted eyes, they haunt me with love, From their place in the skies, from their bright home above. She basgone from me now but her soul rests with God. The Casket alone sleeps beneath the green sod ; Above with the pure and sinless she waits. The loved-ones who enter the white pear ly gales. 'IIattie." STATISTICS OF OREGON. BY A. J. DUFUR. 1 XO. 10. JACKSON COUNTY. This comity, like Douglas, situ ated in an extensive basin of un surpassed fertility and loveliness, seems to have been supplied by nature with all tlio.se inherent ele ments that tend to render a com munity independent of other local ities, and capable of supplying a dense agricultural, manufacturing and mining. population with all the luxuries of independence, content ment and wealth. Bounded on the north by the Rogue river moun tains, which separate it from Doug las and Grant, east by Grant county on the lino of the 120th parallel of west longitude, south by the Siskiyou mountains, on the 42d parallel of north latitude, dividing it from California, and west bv the Coast Range moun tains and Josephine county. This county would seem to the casual observer or stranger to be an al most isolated location, cut off from communication with the outer world. But the energetic miner, the industrious farmer, and the hardy pioneer wore not to be intimidated by any trivial obstacles in the way of opening a communication with a valley where nature has lavished her wealth with so liberal a hand. Bridges have been constructed, passes surveyed and roads graded through all of the different ranges of mountains with wjiieh this love ly valley is surrounded ; and Jack son county is now provided with good roads and means of commu nication with Portland on the north and Sacramento on the south, by a daily line of stages -and mail coaches running between these two places. The enterprising citizens of this county have also opened a wagon road by which the immi grant from the plains can come by the way of Humboldt, Goose Lake and Klamath Lake route from the east. Pack trails and wagon roads have also been opened westward, through the Coast Range moun tains to Port Orford and other points along the Pacific coast. This county has an assessable property valuation of nearly one and a haf million dollars, covers an area of about 9,000,000 acres of land, and has a population of be tween 5,000 and 6,000. The min eral resources of this county are too celebrated throughout all parts of the country to require an' lengthy description in this place. The im mense quantities of gold taken trom the placer diggings annually for the last eight-ears, with the nu merous quartz'lodcs of inexhaust ible wealth, give unmistakable proof of the capacity of her gold mines, and rciuler it a county of im portance not only, to the State of Oregon, but also worthy of high consideration in the financial cir cles of the whole United States. These irold mines annually furnish profitable employment to a great number of men, yielding handsome dividends on the amount of capital invested and the number of men empuneu. Aew discoveries of gold are annually being made in this count-, and" with the knowl edge that iron, coal, silver, lead and copper also exist here, it is but fair to infer that mining in this locality is but just in its infancy. Valuable mineral springs also exist in this county, from some of which a su perior article of salt has been man ufactured for a, number of years, and is now taking precedence in many of the markets of Southern Oregon and Northern California. These springs are capable of yield ing an almost unlimited supply of salt, if properly developed and worked to their full capacity. Timber of all kinds known to Oregon, and of the finest quality for fuel, fencing, building, and gen eral lumbering purposes,, is con veniently distributed through all sections of the county, with water power and mill sites of sufficient capacity to drive the machinery for the milling and manufacturing purposes of an entire State. The face of the country in this county is diversified with lofty mountains and extended ranges of hills, from whose summits may be seen extensive valleys, through which Rogue River and its numer ous tributaries, like silver threads, seem interwoven in a maze of wild, enchanting loveliness. These val leys, as they roll back from the centre in gentle, undulating swells, or break into abrupt elevations, ex tending their long lines in either direction toward lofty mountain ranges in the distance, covered with immense forests, form a basin apparently encircled with moun tains, and known as the Rogue River Valley. The general geological charac ter of the county bears strong in dications of volcanic action, sco riaceous and trapean masses occur ring in many places in the eastern part. Still there 4s often found in this valley a sort of conglomerate siheious composition, which often contains shells and other indica tions of sedimentary formation. At the intersection of the Coast Range mountains by Rogue river, sand stone prevails, and the strata remains uninterrupted, except at long intervals. The soil along the crooks and river bottoms and thro' the valley is very fertile, being an alluvial deposit of sediment, de composed earth and vegetable mold. These valleys, when cul tivated, produce all kinds of cere als in perfection ; also, roots, veg etables, Indian corn, tobacco, and all the varieties of fruit known to the climate of Oregon. The plateau, or more elevated portions, have a moderately rich soil, whose chief component parts are silica and a brownish grav mixture of decomposed vegetable, clay and sand loam. These lands, where cultivated, have proven very pro ductive, and are nowhere excelled for their capacity to raise wheat. This entire valley seems particu larly adapted to stock-raisings its hills, prairies and valleys affording an almost unlimited supply of pas turage, where stock of all kinds fatten and thrive with but little care, seldom requiring extra feed, and in those instances not more than two or three months in the vear. The climate, similar to that ml ' of the same altitude in other por tions of the State, is mild, even and temperate, but not so humid as in the Willamette valley, the extremes of cold seldom falling be low zero or that of heat rising to one hundred degrees above. The water is pure, soft and abun dant, being supplied by springs, brooks and rivulets from the moun tains, while the numerous cascades along Rogue river and its tribu taries furnish motive power in abundance for every variety of ma chinery. In regard to the health of this county, there can be but one con clusion formed. A locality with pure running w ater, and the facil ities for enjoying a climate in sum mer fanned by a gentle sea breeze, or by altitude to inhale the brac ing air of perpetual snow, must im part strength and vigor to the in valid and insure to the man of health a hale old age. The facil ities for marketing are confined principally to the various mining camps in this portion of Oregon and Northern California, where fruit vegetables, flour, bacon, beef, butter and cheese find a ready market at remunerative prices. Liberal provisions for schools and religious instruction hav e been made the generous hearted and industrious "miner being generally ready to contribute to the estab lishment of good society as lib erally as any other class of men within the State. Flouring mills, lumber mills and all kinds of me chanical industry are established and carried on in the various set tlements in this valley. Also, stores, well supplied with agricul tural implements, miners' and me chanics' tools, and with a general assortment of merchandise, where the immigrant or new settlers can obtain supplies ol all kinds at reasonable rates. The price of farming land is from five to ten dollars per acre, and there are now about ,15,000 acres under cultivation. Good govern ment land for grazing or agricul tural purposes can be obtained in many portions of the county. - A woolen mill is now in success ful operation at Ashland, making up the products of the flock into articles for bedding and clothing, suitable to the wants of the com munity. The water-power at Ash land is splendid. There are at this place a flouring mill, machine shop, marble factory, a woolen mill, and two lumbering mills. The char acter of the goods manufactured here does credit to our manufactur ing establishments. The marble is of excellent quality, and is found near by. Jacksonville, the county seat, is a flourishing town, with good pub lic and private schools, a number of churches belong to the various religious denominations, mechanic shops, stores, hotels, a postoflice, fine private residences, and all the different business establishments, sufficient to render the town pleas ant and prosperous. There is a number of other thriring towns in this valley, with stores, posteftices, and other business operations. Among them are Ashland, Wil low Springs, Applcgate, Grant's Pass, Pock Point ami Phoenix. The creeks and rivers abound with fish, among which are the salmon, chub, sucker, and moun tain trout. Bear, elk, antelope, doer, and many kinds of small game are found in this locality; also a great variety of wild birds and water fowls, peculiar to the west ern slope of the Rocky mountains. DATEjTwORTH REMEMBERING. 1180 Glass windows first used for light. 1230 Chimneys first put in houses. 1252 Lead pipes for carrying water. 1290 Tallow candles for light. 1288 Spectacles invented, by an Italian. 1303 Paper first made from linen. 1341 Woolen cloth first made in England. 1410 Art of painting in oil. 1440 Art of printing from mov able types. 1477 Watches first made in Germany. 1450 Variations in the compass first noticed. 1453 Pins first used in America. 1290 Telescope invented by Porta and Jan sen. 1641 Tea first brought to Eu rope from China. 1603 Theater erected in Eng land by Shakspeare. ? 1603 Thermometer invented by Sanctorius. 1619 Circulation of blood dis covered by Harvey. 1625 Bricks first made of any required size. 1626 Printing in colors invent ed. 1629 Newspapers first estab lished. 1630 Shoe buckles first made. 1636 Wine made from grapes in England. 1639: Pendulum clocks invented 1641 Coffee brought to Eng land. 1641 Sugar cane cultivated in the West Indies. 1646 Air guns invented. 1640 Steam engine invented. 1650 Bread firstmade without yeast. 1650 Cotton first planted in the United States. 1763 Fire engine first invented. 1767 Steam engine improved by Watt. 1785 Stereotyping invented in Scotland. 1788 Animal magnetism dis covered by Mesmer. Ix the Way. A mother who was preparing some flour to mix into bread left it for a few mo ments, when little Mary with childish curiosity to sec what it was took hold of the dish, which fell to the floor spilling the con tents. The mother struck the child a severe blow, saying with anger, that she was always in the way! Two weeks after, little Mary sickened and died. On her death-bed, wdiile delirious, she asked her mother if there would be room for her among the angels. " I was always in yonr way,mother, vou had no room for me ?" The broken-hearted mother then felt that no sacrifice could have been too great could she have saved ber child. - I. COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY, Romantic Episode. During thc. storm 'f yesterday there occurred in th'n city, one of those episodes in human life, the circumstances and , particulars of which' make it appear more like a stage production than a living re ality the meeting of two sisters after long years of separation one of them for a few years past a res ident of one pf our most fashion able thorougfares, and the wife of a successful and respectable busi ness hian ; the other unmarried, and .forsomcears past a play thing j,fpr 4he freaks of fortune. The meeting tookplace on the pavement, in front of a well known dry goods establishment, and was witnessed by a number of passers by, who, seeing the lady in silks, satins and furs, in commune with one whose bonnet was old and tat tered, -whose shawl was faded, whose dress "was travel-soiled, and whose shoes illy protected her tired feet from the snow that lay beneath them, paused to; observe the (to them) strange spectacle. The facts, as hastily gleaned from the porter and an imtimate friend of the family, are as fol lows: Years ago, the wife of whom we speak lived with her parents in the in the State of New York, where she was courted and won, but in opposition to the will of her par ents, by the man who is now her husband. For a time the marriage was delayed, in hope that her par ents would finally give their con sent, but the hope was vain. An elopement was planned and suc cessfully: carried out, and from that day forward no tidings of her par ents, brother or sister, were ever had by the eloping daughter. The couple came West, and by judicious and careful management, industry and econiny, a nice com petence was accumulated, and a few years ago this city was select ed as their future and permanent home. After the elopement came the war, and the two brothers respond ing to their country's call, went forth4o return t.o their homes no more. They fell "in the battle of Pittsburg Landing. Sickness came to their father, mother and only child a daughter and with sick ness and disease, other misfortunes that oat up the substance and estate of the parents, and, with a hope to recover, in some measure, their lost competence, they joined a colony that was organizing for settlement on some of the tributa ries of the Republican river iu Kansas. The fate of that colony is well known to those who are familiar with the numerous Indian massacres on the western bodcrs within the last two years. The aged father and mother -were among those who were murdtred, and the daughter, was lefl without home or shelter, or the knowledge of the existence of a relation west of her birth place, and to her friends there she determined to appeal for a home. Letter after letter was written, but no reply ever came to greet her expectant yearning, and after months of waiting, she de termined to attempt the journey and make her way back to the place where she was born. With this intention she gatheredtogcth er her scanty wardrobe,v3nd, in company with a returning family, started on her long journey. Their means were scanty, and by the time they had reached the State line in Kansas city, they were pcnnilness. The family with whom she was stopping concluded to stop there, but the girl decided to prosecute her journey to a termi nation. Out of money and desti tute, she frankly made known her condition and the circumstances attending her checkered life to Col. Sam Lowe, of the State Line House, and that gentleman, with his Well known chivalry and lib eral 'hearted ness, provided her with. part of the funds to defray her passage to St. Louis, and saw that the lack of the balance should not prevent her from reaching this city. On Sunday afternoon last, she took the evening express, and on Monday morning found herself here, without a single dollar, and no clothes but those she wore. Monday she spent in seeking em ployment, but her garb was a poor recommendation, and she was turned away from every door at which she applied for the means of earning a subsistence. Where she rested on Monday night is not known to us, but yesterday morn ing she wandered out in the storm and snow, with, as may be sup posed a heavy heart, and a cold and, suffering body as well. In her incandenngs she chanced to 3 . f - pause in front of the palace of fashion already indicated, and as she paused she sobted and wept, and who similarly situated would not ? While weeping and sobbing, a lady emerging from the store, happened to see her tear-stained face and hear her sobs, and perhaps some old memory was awakened, and though her car riage was, in waiting, she turned aside and engage the wanderer in conversation. Question followed question, the answers were frank and candid, and in a few minutes the gaily attired and fashionable woman recognized in the weeping girl the youngest of her parents' once happy household, and not withstanding the wondering gaze of the spectators gathered around them, she clasped her in a long, fond embrace, and freely mingled her tears with those of her sister. The denouement may be easily imagined. The carriage was called and the two sisters entered, and again clasped each other in sisterly affection, were driven away to a home of comfort and affluence. This was as singular as happy, and so long as she wills it, a home and life of joy and contentment is open to the one who has snffered so long and endured such trials. St. Trout's Republican Oct. 20. Love at Eighty-three. From the Milwaukee Wi.-consin, Feb. 3. Last fall a well-known citizen of La Crosse county, a venerable but hale and hearty old gentleman, 83 years of age, met with a most ro mantic incident while on an eastern trip. By some "accident the train was delayed, and the old gentle man, Justin Jacobs, Esq., went to a residence nearby. Judge of the old man's surprise to find that the lady of the house was one whom he knew in early life. Indeed, when both were young, in their eastern home, they had loved each other; but the fates, as the fates will oftentimes do such cruel work, seperatcd them. What more nat ural than they should talk over the olden time and revive the af fectionate scenes of early life, and what more natural than that there should spring from this revival the old love kindled anew, and that it should burn into a bright flame? Such was the case. Then again the' plighted their troth and the 'squire came home a happy man, and thanking Providence for the railroad accident. We learn from the La Crosse Republican that in a few days 'Squire Jacobs loaves his home to go east, that his happiness may be made complete. Senator Ranncy and Postmaster Lotteridge, of La Crosse, were appointed a commit tee to ask the old gentleman " At what period in life does nuptial fe licity become extinguished?" and as the joke is too good to keep, we must give the old veteran's an swer: "Boys, you must ask some man older than I am ;" whereupon the committee adjourned sine die. The good old 'squire is a hale and vigorous old man, who walks his four miles daily to the West Sa lem post office for his " mail mat ter." He is a great reader. A few years ago while holding court as a justice of the peace, he summarily settled a sadly snarled quarrel be tween two litigants, the conflicting testimony of whose witnesses "bad ly mixed " the court and audience, about a spotted calf that was the cause of litigation and strife. 'Squire Jacobs, with a look of un utterable disgust for all concerned decided thus: "I dismiss the suit, and jay costs myself, if the parties will cry quits." Amid rip-roarous applause, no one appealed from the decision of the court. A gentle Quaker had two horses, a very good and a very poor one. When seen riding the latter it turned out that his better half had taken the good one. " What !" said a sneering bachelor, "how comes it that you let your, wife ride the better v horse " The" only reply was: "Friend, when thee get's married, thee'll know." A correspondent of the Church Union is looking carefully into Bible chronology to ascertain whether Methuselah was drowned by the flood or whether he died in his bed. The question is some what mixed, but he expresses a hope that he died a natural death, " for it would have been awful to live so long and be drowned after all." . Improve the man and his style vill take care of itself. A-desirable domestic bird a duckdf a wife. Hiram R. Revels, t Most people have heard that for the first3 time in the history of the United States," a colored Senator has been returned to the halls of Washington, and they have ? con sequently wondered who and What manner of man is ..Senator Hiram R. Revels. Every one does not know that lie is a Leavenworth man. and that while here he was a minister of such scandalous pro clivities that his own brethren and flock turned upon him and forced him to seek other fieldsand pas tures new. The outlines ofo) his history we propose tot giv-an a brief space as possible. ." Mr. Hiram R. Revels was born in the State og, Is orth Carolina, and we first hear of him 'in St. Louis, where he succeeded his brother in the charge of a church, and where he became involved in a desperate church riot, wherein he himself was knocked down by a G bottle, and in consequence of which about fifty arrests were made. For this he was dismissed from .the church, and took to school teaching for a living. In 1864 he was again admitted into the church, and cametoLeav worth in 1865. In this-ity he speedily became, as pastor of the M. E. Church, in volved in a dispute with the elder in regard to some alleged misap appropriation of the funds of the church. It was at this time that Mr. John Morris, the barber who now resides on Deleware Street, and who is a man of much talent, published a pamphlet entitled " A Humbug," in which he., made specific allegations that Revels had plundered the church of the sum of $1,150, and bringing forward proof of the same. For this Revels, in the month of June, 1867, brought an action against Morris for libel, which he lost, the jury being convinced of the truth of the allegation. This was noticed at length in the Commercial of the 23d of June, and the-substance of it is contained n the following para graph cut from our edition to that date : " i timi"cu mat, ine iioei consisted in charging Revels with having appropriated funds of the church. A large number of wit 4 ' ., i .0 in;n.n ic?iiueu, auu p;ipt"J account books, and other documents were offered in evidence. The case was very ably conducted by th prose cution and defense, and after able and lengthy arguments to the jury was submitted to them. The jury retired, and after being out six minutes, returned a verdict of nof guilty, thus sustaining the charges as made by the author of " A Humbug," a little-book, the merits of which, it seenr, consisted in its being true." Revels being thus acknowledged as guilty by his own people left Leavenworth in the fall of 1867, and removed to Louisville, Ken tucky, where, in consequence of a pamphlet published in this place by John Morris, calling attention to his misdeeds, he removed in the fall of 1868 to Natchoz, Missis sippi. It must ha veQ been some where about this time that we hear of him at Memphis, but how long he remained there we know not. While in that city, however, assisted in the character of cxhort er at the hanging of a man named Moody, who was executed for murdering a Captain Perry. In this, however, he only anticipated Henry Wrard Beecher, Mrs. Stowe and other remarkable radicals, who have a sanctimonious relish for the horrible, and his instincts in this lespect can hardly be deemed perverted but efeem to flow in the legitimate channel. The last we hear of the Rev. Mi;. Revels is from Mississippi, of which. State he is now elected Senator to which high office he appears to have been elevated undercpeculiar circumstances. He obtained , no vote at the first ballot was after wards selected as a compromise betw:een Messrs. Mygatt and Flor- noy ; and he was principally chosen in order to catch the African vote, which in the State of Mississippi has an immense ma jority. We shall watch the future of this interesting Senator with the same percision with which we havo recorded his past career. Leaven icorth (A.) Commercial, Daniel Webster informed awon-r-awed "circle" in New York, de the other evening, througn a me dium," that his chief regret in dy ing was that he had not the oprpor-f tunity to revise his Dictionary, Twenty-five members of the United States' Senate are natives of New England.' Q O 0 0 I 0 0 o CD c 0 si i i 0) r i'(