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Orsgon City, Gregwi
Friday
Dsd. 23, 1870,
- Merry Christmas.
Before another.- ia-jur of llm paper shall
reach our uviny readers we will have
ase'l. the merry-making season of Christ
mas. We take the present occasion, then,
to wish you one and all a merry Christ
mis. May bright sunshine and trae glad
Bess of heart find place in many a family
circle, as Us numerous branches are gath
ered round the old hearthstone to do jus
tice to roast turkey and plum pudding.
Slay it indeed be a merry season to both
vld and young, when both givers and re
ceivers fehail be made happy in each
other's hippiness. and taste of the sweet
ness oi true reciprocal Lvo. May it be a
day that shall lead our thoughts from the
gifts of earthly .-.affection and love and the
pleasures of time, to the Gift of infinite
lore and the true and unending pleasures
of eternity.
The obsorvamec of Christmas as a re
ligions festival in commemoration of the
Saviour's birth has been maintained in
1he Churcti" from the earliest days of
Christianity. At first it was a movable
festival, and celebrated by the eastern
Churches in the months of April and May.
In the 4th century a diligent investigation
was made concerning the day of Christ's
nativity, and the result was an agreement
between the Churches of the East and the
"West on the 2.th of December. Frcm
that time to the present this has been the
day observed by all part? of Christendom
In commemoration of the Saviour's birth.
Whether this be really the day on which
Christ was born or not, is a matter of lit
tle consequence. Christians observe it
with religions services, not because it is
the real day on - which Christ was born,
but as a day in commemoration of that
t vent. The celebrations peculiar to the
4th of July, when it comes on Sunday, are
held on the 3d or the 5th of that month.
There is nothing detracted from their sig
nificant meaning because of this change
of time. The same holds cood with re
gard to Christians in their observance of!
the. 23th ot December, be it the real day
on which Christ was born or not. It is
not the d'ty but the event they comma mo
rate. There are many strange customs
there with this season. During the
middle ages it was celebrated by the gay,
fantastic spectacle of dramatic mysteries
performed by personages in crotesque
masks and singular costumes. The scen
ery usually represented an infant in a
cradle, surrounded by tie Virgin Mary
and St. Joseph, by bulls' Leads, cherubs,
eastern magic and ma nil's Id ornaments.
The custom of singing c:itic!es at Christ
mas, called carols, which recalled the
gongs of the shepherd? at the birth of
Christ, dates from the time when the com
mon people ceased to understand Latin.
This custom isstill kept up in the Anglican
Churches.
In England, Christmas has always been
at once a religious, domestic, and merry
making festival, equally for every rank
and age. The revels used to begin on
Christmas Eve and continued often till
Candlemas (Feb. 2d), every day being a
holiday till the twelfth night, (Jan. Gth).
The larder was filled with capons, hens,
t urkeys. geese, ducks, beef, mutton, pork.
pi, puddings, nuts, plums, sugar, and
honey. The tenants were entertained at
the hall ; and the lord of the manor and
li is family encouraged every art condu
cive to mirth.
The common custom of decking the
houses and churches at Chris! in .-is with
evergreens i-j derived from the ancient
dniid practices. The holly, ivy, rosemary
bays, laurel and mistletoe, furnished the
- favorite trimmings, which were not re
moved till Candlemas. Holly and ivy
stilt remain in England, the most eslem
cd Christmas evergreens though, at the
two Universities, Cambridge and Oxford,
the windows of the college chapels are
decked with laurel. Ia this country such
evergreens are used In the decorating o!
' churches as can be most conveniently had.
Cedar is more generally used than anyoth
er. This custom of decorating churches at
Ibis season we look upon as a most beauti
ful and significant custom. Decorations
have always been used on festive and jov
ous occasions as a mark of rejoicing, and
what occasion is more so than that of the
nativity of the world's Redeemer? It is.
further, emblematic of a great and im
portant truth the unending property oi
Gospel blessings. As the cedar, the plr.e
(illd the box are evergreen, so are the
ruths of the Gospel evergreen in the be
liever',; soul, and the salvation it pro-
l.ais ufifaiding and eternal.
In puritan New England the observance
pf Christmas was forbidden on penalty of
fine or imprisonment. They would suffer
0 no one to keep it whether as a d iy of re-
O,. , . ., . nri-...
ligjoiis ousei uiicil.-, i u jjunu.ij m ics
live occasion, and these who did observe
it were actually fined or imprisoned. Rut
office that day a great change has taken
jrtace. Then there wero no Christmas
trees, no festivities, no reassembling of
the family circle, 110 holiday, nothing
whatever to mark the season. Cut now
nearly all religious bodies &buw some re
gard to it. Many of them hold religious
services upon Ch list in as day. Christmas
trees are common among all the various
denominations, and as a festive season
- . ... . . .
line-become universal throughout our land.
It is eush a beautiful and instructive
season to the true Christian that nothing
hut prejudice could ever keep him from
its sacred observance." We Bope- to see
the time when the secular character that
now bo strongly attaches to the day. and
by which its high ami lioly meaning 0
grossly perverted, shall disappear and all
who love and adore the God made flesh
shall with one heart and voice fill every
cotsecrated temple with the loud angelic
song of "God to Glory in the highest, and
oa earth peace, good will toward men."'
The Gregcrdan on the liampajo.
The Oregonian says that we stated a false
hood when we said that the official een
'sus had not. been taken before the leg
islature met. We now sey that that
paper states a falsehood when it says
that they were completed before the 12th
day of September. It states that a certi
Tied copy of the census was sent to the
Secretary of State "funr necks before the
adjournment."' , Very Good. Is "four
weeks before the adjournment,'" before
',he Legislature met? Isot much, and
consequently we were correct when we
said that the taking of the census was
not completed until after that body met.
Dut we can see no reason why the. Qrajo
vlcn and other Radical papers should be
so sorely exercised over this question. It
will make but little difference to them in
the next Legislature what the representa
tions are, as they will not be able to carry
more than three counties in the State,
and their increase of representatives in
these counties would not give thorn any
great addition. The Orcjanlm and other
Radical papers, taking their cue from the
Independent'" sheet at Portland, have
professed a great deal of hypocritical
sympathy for the counties cast of the Cas
cades and those South of the Callapooia
mountains, yet these are the very coun
ties, with the exception of Douglas, which
they desire to cut down from their pres
ent representation, and the gains will be
made in Washington. Muitnomak and
Marion. Had the new apportionment
been made, the Demrcrahs. would have
g lined as many members in other coun
ties as the Radicals would in these, and
consequently the change would not have
been material. While the Orc-jouinn is
making so much fuss about the apportion
ment, would it not do well to examine
when the new Apportionment was made
after the census of 13 GO ? Was thai done
the same year? or was it put off until
lSG-i? four years after the census was
taken. The Oivvojuu". advises its party
to ,nake iss own aiTorlionment and elect
memocrs m accoruance mere wi in. v ery
well. What will th.it avail yon? The
next Legislature will be Democratic, and
they will decide for themselves how
many members each .county shall have,
and they will also take care thai the Rad
icals don't get any more than they are
entitled to. When these Radical mana
gers are hopelessly in the minority, they
always counsel revolutionary measures
for the purpose of gaining power, but in
this case, their counsel wiil not avail them
anything. They have had their lime in
Oregon, and they had better submit to
their fate cheerfully.
The Message-
"We gave our readers last week the an
rrrml message of President Grant. It is
not worthy of any length fy comments,
and as our readers have had the docu
ment iii full, we will not trouble them
with a review of it. The mala feature of
the message is the annexation of the
island of San Domingo, which the Presi
dent attempted to lobby through the
Senate last winter, and for which he has
received unenviable comments from the
press. It is a little job i:i which he ha-,
been charged of having a very strong in
terest, and consequently pleads mos!
piteonsly for the Senate to take the nec
essary steps for i s purchase. He recom
mends the purchase of the Alabama
claims which are claimed to be due from
England to citizens of the United States
from such citizens, and . this once done,
they will sleep the s'eep that knows no
waking, as the eastern ship-owners wiii
be satisfied and the President and his
rarty will never domind a settlement
from the Riinsh Government. It is ?- de
vise by which the capitalists of the north
fin get four times as much as they
actually lost out of the people of the Uni
ted States, and not from the parties h
were the cause of the de.me.gos .sustained,
lie congratulates the country for having
enjoyed a j-car of prorperify. ThU i.
certainly not due to the management of
his administration. He also, ia the same
paragraph, while he seems to be reveren
tially inclined, lei la a wilful falsehood,
lie states that in some cases intimidation
was used at elections which -changed the
result. No one has been more guilty of
intimidation than the Executive, as for
instance the sending of troops to Xew
ork and of ner "Northern States, and to
this day the bayonet is used by the ad
ministration i;i all the .Southern States to
prevent a true expression by the people.
We have neither space nor inclination to
review this document, and. will submit it
to the candid judgment of our readers.
No rutnr. of Lr. The Htrahl says that
it learns from a private letter thai Gov.
Grover expresses a willingness to give
as much of his mear.s as any other m: n
in Ills circumstances, towards making np
the $100,000 demanded by Ren. Ilolladay.
as a condition for the construction of the
first twenty miles of railroad on the 'West
Side. While we regard it a an extortion,
yet every man who has an interest in the
prosperity of our State should contribute
towards the improvement of the counfrr.
Albany wa3 assessed as a condition that
it 'the road was to go to that place $."0.O00
..j -. - - -? i ,
and her citizens raised the amonnf. Pert-
! and is hett?r able to give $250,030 than
j Albanr "was to give ihe 050,000 and her
j nropertv owners should not hesitate in
raising the amount. Gov. Grover ha? M
a favored the interests of the people.
and we are not surprised at thts o.Ter
lo a'.l in till.-; nailer
Federal Outrage in Alabama-
The fourth article of the Constitution
of the United States declares in section
four, says the PairhA :
The United States shall guarantee to
every State in the Union a republican
form of government, and shall protect
each of them from invasion, and, on ap
plication of the Legislature, or of the
Mxecutive. (when the Legislature cannot
be convened.) against domestic violence.
This is the supreme law of the land,
which no act of Congress can contravene,
and which the President is sworn to ob
serve, and, when necessary, to enforce
with all the power at his command.
An election for State officers and mem
bers of Congress was recently held in
Alabama. As the politcal organization"
of the Stale was entirety in the hands of
the Radicals, the judges of election, regis
ters, and other etiieers were appointed ex
clusively in that interest by the Governor,
as a means of continuing his own power.
Superadded to these partisan expedients,
the President ordered a detachment of
Federal troops to the State, in the hope of
intimidating a people already oppressed by
Execntive interference, and robbed by a
corrupt combination of alien adventurers,
having no other aim than pelf and plun
der. Ia spite of this con-piracy and vio
lence, the people calmly and peaceably
asserted their rights at the polls, and re
jected the Radical candidates by decided
majorities. The revolutionary proceed
ings by which. Smith, the defeated candi
date for Governor, and Irs memlaciuos
tools in the Legislature, attempted to
break up the joint convention and to pre
vent a count of votes, by which his de
feat would have been formally declared
even In the house of his friends, have al
ready been exposed in our columns. In
commenting upon them on Monday we
said, " They have been adopted in or
der to provoke difaeulty, and thus furnish
a pretext for the intervention of the Pres
ident and his military mymidons."
The ink with which this prediction was
written was, hardl' dry before it was liter
ally verified, as related in our dispatches
from Montgomery yesterday ni'irnin;.
And here we confess to some difficulty in
finding language sufficiently moderate to
denounce the outrage, not only open the
free State of Alabama, but upon the peo-
. pie of the whole Union, whose, eonvdtti-
tlonal rights have been 11 -.grant ly neglec
ted in the act of usurpation of wliieh the
Executive is guilty, and for which he de
serves the sternest punishment, as he
must receive tho most unrpiaiiiled repro
bation. The Capitol at Montgomery was soiled
by Federal troops, acting under orders
from Washington, to uphold u.-ui pers i:i
office who had boon defeated in a fair
election! The whole authority of this
great Government, so far as it eor.M be
exercised by the Executive, w.-.s exerted
there in support of a shameless fraud and
violent resistance to law, which even the
respectable partisans of lho.se who plotted
the iniquity h ive been prompt to lepuui
afe for its lu.'amy.
Such is the spectacle presented to the
civilized world by the Chief Magistrate
of a nation which boasts of a writ ten
Constitution 'and of a Government of lib
erty regulated by le.w. What ' a sham
and moeiioiy are they, if such enormities
may be perpetr.uod wiih impunity i
There is not a despot, in Europe, eail him
C.ar. Emperor, riullan, or King,- who
would dare defy the law as the President
has dor.;. And. if attempted, revoluiie.n
would Ise the first inevitable result, and
the her-.d of the otlender the second.
This rash experiment upon public for
bearance In is, a serio!'..- import beyond tin
immediate present. It foreshadow usur
pation upon a grander scab, which to be
crushed needs to h confronted now wish
true American manhood. The President
and his party occupy the same relation to
wards the country that Smith does, towards
the people of A'.a'oam i. They" know their
doom is written, and they have alroadv
resolved to hold on to office by force or
fraud, cost- what it may. The sootier the
public mind realizes this d mger. the bet
ter will it be prepared to trample down a
treasonable c mspirary. The attempt is to
educate v.p to the practice of nreaod inter
vention by the Executive, so-lhat when he
shall have been turned back again to hi
native i:;s;g:ii;ica! ion by popular eo:. deto
nation, (lie regular army may be massed
to play the part which the corrupted sol
diers of France :!. .v!en Louis Xpo!eon.
with perjury to the c msdtudoa blaziair
upon Ids brow, struck'down liberty on the
memorable second of December. If ihe
army can aid in the atrocities that have
just been committed at Montgomery, why
should it hesitate to repeat them on a
grander seal'.:, under order.-', from the same
Commander-in-Chief' at Washington ?
We are no alarmists, b it those repeated
wrongs have become of the grave.-t con
corn. Tlieyshe.ke all confidence in our
institutions. They threaten ihe most se
rious perils to public anC private liberty.
It is time they were met and punished.
They must -and they will be ended. Wo
appeal to the inte!!ignco of the cotmtry
to furnish the remedy. To passion we
will answer with pat rioti.-m ; to violence
with reason, as long as reason will be
lisried'to vith respect.
Public meetings-have been held i;i the
interest of Revenue Reform, and wo ap
prove them highly ; but what is any ma
tori il question, however large, compare:!
with the magnitude of the great principles
of constitutional iibetty involved in this
crime upon Alabama? Destroy those
principles, and what becomes of Revenue
Refpmi. property, iudu-try. wealth, and
society ? Let meetings of the people be
held over toe free States of the North, as
they are yet called, to denounce these
usurpation5, ami to let the usurpers un
derstand that we still know our rights, and,
knowing, dare maintain them.
Wish Mew It is a remarkable fact fhat
the Salem Medical Faculty has come to
the unanimous conclusion that small-pox
exists in Salem. They now declare if to
be this disease. What a set of wise men
these Physicians must lie. They were
fold that it was the ftnall-pox bv Dr.
Hawthorne, Int October, but they then
denied it. and not until last week did
this wise body of men come to the con-
c-"si "at ntaer paysicians knew mote
, than they did.
Execctite ArroiNiNTS. We are un
der obligations to Hon. H. IL Gllfrcy,
Assistant Secretary of State, -for the fol
lowing appointments made by the Gov
ernor : A. Noltner, Notary Public.
Oregon City, Clackamas county ; Hector
Campbell, " Notary Public. Clackamas
county : John G. McCoy, Notary Public,
Meadowviile. Umatilla county ; R. II.
Casket. Notary Public, Walla Precinct.
Umatilla county; Hugh McArthur, Wes
ton. Urnr. ilia county ; G. W. Lador., Pen
dleton. Unu.ti!ia county ; Joseph Sfurde
vatt. Aha Precinct ; David Trim. Com
missioner of Deeds, Phdadelphia, Penn
sylvania ; Board of Pilot Commissioners
for the Umpqtia River and Par : Edward
L reen. A. Boone rnd S. F. McRoberts.
Also Geo. V.". Murray, as Notary Public
fcr Muifnomah county. Gov. Curry has
been appointed by the Swamp Land
Commissioners to select Swamp and over
flowed lands for that portion -of Oregon
north of Lane CDunty and west of the
Cascades ; lion. James F. Amis has been
appointed for Lane county : Hon. Jesse
IJarUer for Douglas, Coos. Curry and
Josephine counties ; J. N. T. Milter for
Jackson cottntv : Col. N. 11. Gates for
Wasco county : Judge G'. Vf. Bai'.ev for
Umatilla couViy ; Dr. McCoy for Clrant
county ; Hon". A. C. Craig for Union
county, and M. H. Abbot for Baker
county! The Hoard of Commissioners
for sale of School and University lands
have ordered that all persons who have
applied for School lands can now send
in mono- for the saute and procure titles
from the" Board. Small-pox is decreasing,
-and the weather cold and clear.
Telegraphic Clippings.
Was Tiling ten ?cv.-3.
WAsnixtrrox. Dec. Bh Attorney Gen
eral Ackerman. in a lengthy deei.-iou in
re ai d tit tho Union' Pacific Railroad.
says the Government may retain the en
tire amount of compensation for services
rendered to U by the Company, and ap
ply tho same to the interest paid by the
United States, unless such interest' shall
have been repaid by the Company, and
in that event, one-half of the compensa
tion for such services may be reserved
and applied to tho principle of the bonds.
Ni:w Yo;:;c. Dec. ID. A Trihanes Wash
ington -special sas that there are strong
reasons for believing th it an amicable
settlement of ihe Alabama claim q iesti oil
was soon to Uo oh'ered. It is believed
that Sehenck. soon after his arrival in
Ivajdan 1. Vvill resume tie negotiations
now suspended, whi ;'i will carry on in a
friendly spirit, and it is believed that it
will be met. with a corresponding spirit
on the part of England. The following
is believed to In; the points upon which
n"go'.i.i:io:is will be made : The United
States, as a basis of settlement, will re
quire, first, that Euglaod shall pay the
owners for ships and property destroyed'
by the ASabima. wi h interest on the
same from date of destruction. Second,
tint England shall rotmburse the United
States Government for a'l expenses i:i
ourivd by the Utd'i-d Slates iu eou-o-
acnee oi' the A'.ebj.m i and other cruis
ers, iiifo. mat t.tigtanu s.iau ma.ie pun
He a recognition of true principles of
n-'U'.ral'ty on the basis of setilem.mi.
There -is goad authority for s'atittg that
Sehenck is c:;to'c;cd to dem.itvl iri'hmg
more than a prompt and etptiittb'.o do
m i-n l . n t an extortionate demand, lie
is not lo threaten mm intercourse or h.r
eibie aiii'.ex'iti- n of Canada, nor ;s la. to
Pemand from i-higl nd it: it- she ae';l dis
hotoirabiy towards she
eo-i'e-.-io.i that no or
Uni'ed States --a
m l n itiou would
male unless conquered and reduced to
extremisto'.
Waso;:-..; fox. Pec. 1 1 . In the Hen-e :.
number d Southern members spoke in
favor of a general amnesty.
Mr. Saigetit introduced a bill fo forfeit
to the United State.- lands granted to tin
Biaeerville and Saerane-nto Valley Bail
road Cemp-oiy. to ai 1 in the coos'.ruetion
ot a r.dlioad trom Folsom to i'iacei vilie.
l'a-sed.
Mr. Si Pes sent to the clerk's !es k and
had read, a telegram from Samuel .'. Ran
dall, aittiotmcing tho election of a Demo
cratic State Senal r from Pennsylvania
by a majority of ."!').
Mr. Sera-nek took leave of Li:-, colleagues
of Ihe Ways and aicnns-CommiMco 3' ester
day, and his name will be sent to the
Senate (o-d ay, and ho will be confirmed
sit r tie-.
?r. l!o"i"r. of Massr. e't uset's. will not
act as Chairman o! the. Ways and Means
Committee tor the balance uf the t-essioii.
tl'r.f Scher.ck.
The following nominations were sen! to
the Senate today : Sehenck. of Ohio.
E ivov- Bxtraro-.iinary and Minister Pleni
potentiary to Great fhitian ; J. C. Ch m-etiis-
of Ohio, Secretary of Washington
Torritorv.
Nkw Yo:ik, Dee. 20. The New York
TilUnnr. to-morrow: will have the follow
ing: The fullest powers are to be con
ferred upon Gen. Sehenck to cmdiKH a
final settlement of all questions now pen
ding between the United Stales and Eng
land. Puir.ADr.T.p.ii.v, Dec. 20. Tn Use State
election f'-r Cor.gres. men and members
of the Legislature, r. turns are meager
and unsatisfactory, but it is believed that
the Democrats will carry the elicti on.
Cincinnati. Dec. 21. A formal notice
is served on Canspb- 11 by Schenck's
friends, that ids light to a seat in Con
gress will be contested.
Y:c;s::t:;;:;, Dec. 21. The steamer Nick
Wall, fiom S. Louis, for Yicksburg. with
12") deck and 11 cabin passenger., was
snagged on Sunday night. Seventeen
dead bodies have been recovered. More
tire supposed to be lost.
lauiioi'iiA.'; vt'Ait xev.'s.
A'ims.ui.T.KS, Dec. 17. Delay ia the
bombardment of Paris is caused partly by
a (ptarrel between Gen. IFumental and
Von Doom The latter wDlied to use the
army horses to bring up the guns, while
the former insisted that it was impossible
to spare them. Von Poon finally yielded,
end 4.0:';) horses are now coming from
Germany to draw the siege guns from the
railway terminus. The condition of the
roads is fearf il. Food is very scarce in
the German camps, and some troops have
gone without meat food for three days.
Pammtarx. Dec. 17. The Prussians did
not attack Gen. Chaucey yesierday. as was
expected. The forces under Cbaneov have
recievt d heavy reitiforcemen's It is un
derstood now ihH the four Generals com
manding the main divisions of the Army
of the Loire, viz : Chaucey. Ponrbaki.
Jauris and Jauris Ibriey have concerted
plans for a simultaneous advance, all
having been largely reinforced. The
Germans are retreating all along the val
ley of the Loire.
The Prencn Government has dismissed
; General Sol from s--rvice. The charge
against him was that he h.as'ily abandoned
Tour.-leaving behind guns and other ma
terial of war, though n enemy had ap
J pcared near the city. The Govern-no. itm
accordance with the law which condemns
to death generals who too hastily surren
der their posts, has ordered, by decree. an
ino-iiry into the capitulation of Strasburg
and Metz. As regards Gen. Uhlrich, this
proceeding is a mere matter of form, but
in Dazine's ense, the iuvestigaiion will be
a serious affair.
The Prussians now appear fo be concen
trating near Yoetot. to attack Havre. The
latterlilace has :-"0 cannon ami a strong
raVrison. and will be defended o the last
" News from Paris up to the l.'hh is that
fresh meat, eggs and poultry art; gone, but
the supply of horses meat will last for two
months lontrcr ; bread, wine and cheese,
four months ; salt meat and stilt fish, two
months. Trochu has tr.ken possession of
all fo al and wines, and the population is
now supplied by the military JJonuuissia
rat. the same as soldiers.
The reverses at Orleans have not -disturbed
the equanimity of Pa i hi dines. His
army did good service in defeating the
force of the besiegers. Every Pe.ri-dan is
armed, and the city can hold out' three
months longer, without great .suffering.
The mortality is large, but not enough to
create alarm" There is no epidemic and
no deaths from starvation or want.
"'ki:s.v:i.i.::s. Dec. PL German account
of recent sorties evade tho truth. Parrot
was entirely successful, as far as he went.
He held the pernnsnhi of St.. M.inr aga nst
the German attempts to recover it. and re
turned voluntarily, after ascertaining the
failure of Palladine-a. Pucrat is confident
that he could have proie through tho line
of insurgents if Palladines had been suc
cessful. The Gorman leaders are ur.easy
011 account of their line being weakened,
and fear the sucoes-5 of a massed sortie.
The demand, for ihe bombardment of Paris
is great. Three Councils of War have
been hold. Moltke. fears the formation of
a large army in the south, it being further
away, and there being more difficulty in
reaching if. he is unwilling to allow Fre'd
erick Charles to go too tar f rom Paris. Pis
maivk is pressing energetic i!!v apolitical
m jvemenf to destroy the Republican Gov
ernment. Pence is absolutely necessary,
and he is ready to make a coalition with
tie Emperor or any representative who is
willing and able to make terms.
Lti.i.K, Dec. P. It is rumored that, an
other sortie has been made from Paris,
which accounts for the rapid withd.iaw.ii
of German troops from this region. It is
said that the French came out from behind
their fortifications iti immense force, and
have already completely invested Versatile.-.
Fighting is now goisiir on in the
direction of Aib'erl nod Abb.-Cille.
C.vui.sm'!:;:. Dec. 17. The H.iden Chr tu
bers have ratified the Federal Treat;,-looking
io Ihe annex ition of that State to the
North German Confederation.
Torus. Dec. PL An engagement, bo
tween the main body of Gen. Chauocey's
army and the Pru -shins occurred near
!!!o:s yes'orday. Tito Prussi.im were re
pulsed. The rese.lt is vet undecided.
LoNsmx. Dec. 17. The ?tiuiict in an
editorial yesterday on 'rant's Message
and the relations between the Uni ed
Sia'es and Great Prita n. urges that the
(eio.--lio!;s at issue beiween the two conn
tries should' be-left ton Court of A rb it ra
ti m. ami that said Court should &i: perma
nent !y.
Yii'txwv. Pec. IP. A conference respect
ing meditation was held by the representa
tives of oen'ra! powers, at the Foreign
Olrlee, 01: Tuesday h:--t. All amb essadots
were pre.-enf. The letsis proposed is as
folln,vs: Neutrals to acquiesce to the an
nexation of Lnx-em-burg ; to acknowledge
W 14 Ham ti e Emperor of Germane : France
to pay ; 1 .2t)t Oda.'i.m francs ; raze the two
front ser fortresses; cede tho Distriet of
Alsioe to. tli'i'tisa!!)-. acknowledge the Ger
m in Emperor. Count .Mosbourg said tha'
Franc would. pa' m-ro money rather than
cede a mile of territory.
.'::w Yoitx. Dee. 20. Tho JlirahJ's P.rtis
sels cor: c.-pendent telegraphs this moru-
j ing that the bombardment of Paris is de
, cl tred to !e impossible. It is net humatiity
t .which resraiiis the Prus-slaus. but simply
the i:opos::i!iiii!' for them lo succeed, as
ihey have neither the number nor the eal't
bre of guns noee-sary. Thev hove 0:1 J v off)
j guns, mainly 2i-pounder ;. The Fierce
i works whic h command batteries can de
' strov them tho moment thev ooen -ire.
Paris has t wo months" supply of food.
WII,I,IA-VE rAVIDSOIT,
Oftjee. . So.
PORTLAND.
C-l I-Vont Sstreet,
OltKtlON
REAL ESTATE DEALER.
Cpcoial Collector of Claims.
A feeo amauT.t of C 17 V and EAbT TCIfT-
hAN I) Pros .ofv (or t-'ah.
A Is , IMPIfO'VFf! KAIiMS.end valuub'e mi-
m tivat. d I.A.NfiS, locate. 1 in all paits v.
the Stte
1 Inv. -stmen's in REAL ESTATE and other
J'ivPiliJTV made fm eiu-re. posiduiits.
(.' L A 1 vi S of all fe-ci not ions prjiupth" col-
!e--ted. "
IbH SK-t arid STOIJES leased.
Ait kiu ls or F naecaw and (Jcneral Agf-nev
bu-iie.'ss. transact eij.
Parti, s Iiaving FARM PHOl'ERTA' f:r sale
wiil pi- a-e tnrri-h eescr:pt 'ous of tl. :imc
to the Ai.LENTS OF Til! S OFFICE, in
ea.di of the principal Cl'i 11.8 at.ci XOWMS
of th.is STATE.
Jutv it:lf
1 iC teli Zlt t.'Jlill Al!lia,l.
Tiestei'et'.s Caiitond a Alma-iae nr 1-.7I.
for (list; ibatjon, e ., throughout Cab! a
aia, Oregon, tied other Slates ami Territo
r'es ot the Paeifk slojie, will I e joiblished
ab'tut the first, of .January, and all who wish
to u'iderstuid the true phi!osphy of health
should read arid p -odor the vain :b!; sugges
tions it eoiita ns. In addition to ms admir
able medical treatise oti the causes, pre "en
lion and cure of a gteat v.oiety of tiisea-es,
it enibt-aen a large amount of iiifoniiation
interesting to the ireichoaf, tlio tm ch. n e,
the miner, t'ae fanner, the pt.u.i r at:d ttie
p!-..t soonal man; re.ni t: e e;;ie:d it ocs have
been made fcr such meridians utel fatitudes
as arc ma.-t suitable for ; correct and com
prehensive Cauxd::!!.
The nature, uses, an 1 oxtre.nrdinaTy jsnli
tai.v eff -ets of II()TETTEU'.S 'JOMACII
1 JITTERS, the st .pie tonic and alterative
of more th in half the Chr .-1 i a a world, are
iti'dy set fifth iti its pa.-s. which are also
inti-rspersed with p'.cto;al iilestrati-ms. val
iiatde recipes for tl;e tiia.si-hold and farm,
humorous anecdotes. ' aud oilier instructive
and amusing re.iiiinj: matter, originsd a:ui
selected. Amoai? 'the Atimi ds to appear
with the opening ot the year, this will ho
one of the niostiisrf.il and viny In' ha'i fur
asking. Send for eode to the nesirest deal
er ia HOSTETTER'S STOMACH HlTThR.-s.
' ho HITTERS a:e sof.i in .-very city, town
and village, anil tire ex'e sively used
throu-rhout the etitire civil zed world.
Tie Five Debar Sewing Machine p.;r.
chased by me. .Tannarv. from U:e I-'f;rn-
ily dewing -Maeiene Company, se,
street. V-, has b"n in almost eonstfnt
u-e ever sin-e. It ins not been out of on)r
me. Has est netliin- for repairs, and 1
find it simple oho rc!iitl! in ope--!Tion. aifj
a , ways ready t sew. Tho fnendsof rn:'ne
who use tliem w th the new im roremnts
are very much j !eised. Tt:c on-; I have I
wi uid not parr with.
MltS. AX v. GUTiTRrilT,
4-"d WV.tCttth Street, New Ycrk.
lilliiomah Iftlge IVo. 1, A. F. nsi;!
A.
A. M .--Holds its regular cummunica
Vvrllliis "u i,.e rifsi aim i uira curur-
car's mouth, ;it 7 o'clo; k from
Use tJoth uf September to the 20th of
March, ami 7-$- o'clock from the 2e;h "of
March to the 2oth of September. Rreth
ren in good sUsndimr a-r? invited to attend.
Dec. -Jtt.l 870, J5y order of AV.il.
Ittfcctcii nt gnt- ijo:!ge fto. 1. . O. If
OJS Meet on the Second and Fourth
ty' TUESDAY EVLLa.
of each month, at 7 o'cWk, iirOdd Fellows
Hull. Members of the Degree ai e invited to
attend. I'y order of N. O.
Willamette L.adje 'o. 13 2. O. . 1
Meets every Saturday evening, at the roon't,
S.I'h corner of Mara and Flit h .streets, r.t 7 !
o'clock. Yi'sitine; members are invited tc
attend. Py order of V C. T.
KVEHY ONE IDS OWN POrToK.
A private instructor f.r man it d persens
or titosci about to lie man ic.!, both male and
female, in e vervt hi ng eoncei ni-iir the phys
iology iiud relati'-ns i f otu' f-esuul s-ysteti',
and the prod net ion ami p: event ion of off
sp'ing, inelu. .ing all ihe now discoveries
never before eiven in the Ih-ejlisli lancnage,
by WM. YOUXC, .M. D. This' is really' a val
u ible and interesting work. l. is written
in plain language tor toe general reader, aim
is diustrated with r.omerov.s cng.an ittgs.
All young married people, or tho-e coot' in
putting marriage, and having the least im
pediment to raarried life, should read this
book. It discloses secrets that cverv one
should be acquainted with ; still it is a bock
that must be loek-d uj stud not lis atjout
theheuse. It w 11 1 e sent to any raid: ess
on receipt of liny cents. Address: Da. WM.
YOUNG, No. 410 Spi uee sti ct-t above Fourth,
Philadelphia. N o v 4 : ''. m .
lew ToB,j.
MAQK a WELSH j
.... . M J a. jk. m m. i7ir
OFKIGE In Odd Follow.,' Temple, corner
of First and Alder Streets, i'ortiand.
Tiie patronage of (ho c desiring sun r'or
operat o-:s is in special reque.-t. Nitrous ox
ide for the painless extract hn of teeth.
;f"Art ficia! tee t.!i "better than the best,"
and at che tp as the c.'icjj.-exi.
Dec. :;:('
S3
rpIIK FIRST EDITION OF ONE IIU.V-
ilred ami litty t housa.nd copils of ieii'x
1 il (isS -s5 cl . ij J :i loji; :se ;t Sett:: it mi
I'';.aisii 5 si isle, is joibiishe-1 and ready to
send out loo pages, stud an engraving of
almost every desirable L'l over ate! Vegetable,
it is vlegati.iy printed on titie Jisitvti paper,
lile.strate l with thr-e ihindred tiite Vio.i
Engt av i:i s and Two beuntii al
COLORED PLATES,
The m. stb -atoi u! and the most, instructive
Fl.tai (laid ; published.' AGER.MAN EDt
riON i ui dished, in a. 1 other re.-piets similar
to the fhielish. ...
He t free to a'l nsj" custoniers of 1?7).- as
.i;q;d v as possible. without a; p'a-ation. Send
to ah oti.crs who order them for Tr.N CENT.0,
wioch is not huif the cost. Address
v.". ir,
dec-2:bitl Roeh' sler, N. Y.
Administrator's Notice,
TWTOTIt'K IS fl Fit l-I'-i Y GIVEN THAT
J.." t!;o tiiiilei-sigited has b en tfuly avp-ote.t-ed
adasini.sliutor it th i e fate oi IF sow S.
Moore, deceased, ta'e of Olack ;m.:s ecu tv.
Orei.0''. A 1 p-rsot s h;iv ng (.l.iims aeairi.-t.
said e.-t.s'e ate ivfjniietl to pro-cut the sr.me
to me, at my oHiee at ' re -our I 'it y. tor pav-nif-nt,
within six months IVoia d::t . .Ail
per -ens indehod to ml e.-tale sue itapFoed
to in;iki iiroeeciite pavte.c: t to li e nmh r
sigued. .1 AM ES M . MOORE,
Adrniepstuitot of .-aid E t.ac
Dec. 2?,, 1 ' ',' .w f
THE
ALiEn:cii.rj toci: jguhhal,
A large Handsomely Ilhisf rated Monthly,
e:r.?ainiau t;e to -ft large D'-eble C-,h.mu
Page ,. tiiled witis .rr-i.'i! stu tter fi:en the
ihlf-t w l iters m the eursi'sy cos the various
snt'jeets connected with
FA UMiNtr,
S T '. i ' K - P I J F F P-1 N t r .
OOF-CROWING,
J).!KVIN'.;.
.FOEEi RY E FEl'TNfJ &c.
Round in handsono !y Ontod overs. It has a
VETERINARY DEPARTMENT
er.der the flsarge of or,.- of te.e abn st Pro-fe.-sers
in'.ti.e fe iu-d Staiis, who answers
ihtough the Jonned, . r of c'urc, nil (pUs
tions i-( latiiv.: to Sick, P joea or Pi-cased
Horses, Cattfe, She , Swi-e or Foo'trv.
i'hss make- it a very valuable work for re
ft-renc, and an alnot indi-peti-ible eo;n!an
ien to :d! bite . sted in .'7.- ( r-.'h:. Ti'.e
iow joic at which it is peh'ished (-?:."0 a
ea:,l brings it wi.hin the reach of a!!,' while
1.10
j?i;ni:;'id (io;rniichf.i o1-i'i-d to
jcis dud Pre nlt:i:i io
make it to the interest of everv Farmer niul
stock Rrtedtr to extend its circulation.
.Sr. tjd Star,, fur Sfi'intau Vi p.y, large
luuxiratcd Mnc BUI and Bre
rnhnn. JJxf.
f t. up a flub rod obtain one of the inanv
valuabie Frernie.nn ( red, eorsi-tin-r b'
Ol.e-t. r Wldt. Rerkvhire. Sua' Sk. iStncie
and Essex Fig-, Siiott-H.un, Ahhrnev.
Ayrslor.. and Dcvou ('a Acs. Southdown,
Coisw; 1.1 and Merino See cp,Oasi. mere Goats,'
f'ote-i; -d I'cultiv, Norway Osits. " Seei.'s'
Agri lii und Implements, Pianos, Watches'
Silverware, Hooks, ic. Specimen topics
sent free. Address
X. I ROY ER k CO., Puhhshers,
1'arkesbMrg, ' hester Co., Ra.
8.-1-0,00 0
.WORTH OF
BOOTS and SHOES
COMPRISING Ali THE LEAD IN tr
QaUfornla a Eastern
IvIAK UP A C T UIvU O.
Fcr Fall and Wlzizr
Are on hand and ho'nt constantiv replen
ished at the '
PIiilaclGlphla Ecot Store,
113 Front Street nn-.l J21 X'irst Street.
Qm$ EC A ST.
N". P.. T,pcPs and Gen fern r ns Bpcts are!
0:-;tr nnrle to measure.
Dee. V:tt
AT THE
Tliircl Street gw
Fo? FaH Trade.
ami musses toatbie-se e Fi! c ,7 "Vili,s
Kid-f..xed Falmorals V; ,, ' r r,,,d
" Roots Women and ( hum- a C;iif
wear, raen s Jioots, chihbon .e-'K'or
.boesaml UVPus-J ys
miV-OCGDS. , f (.rorv
nels, Yan,,Pe,iin Wool , ,' ,v , AsA'
Cloahings, IPaukets, W,(Q ?''r ( (Jb
Prcs geods, Stajite c,,ftr ,! , .?f c1"1
Trhnsimx.s. all ku ds of It Vm &M
skctn Sewing Silk, clc , etc. lELiUe
rr7ii:iii:;LrAP 1.. ' n
Genfscnd I.r.diJs' S kAb VV f'
1mm Umbie'ias, vd VYJT
cUiMreu's giniam st
forMennnd Roys' endcsl.i: ts S d
crs, m silk, m. ri.-.o ;ml sill w I r i l
am, woolen Soeks, eassintere n n l' pn
ove.;shts;,he-HTAir lanea 1 V hh
'''""sjpaptrcoit,-
Farmrrs will find our stock of CIUrEt
IL,cte,s,ted t thtir nts and h,
redi ced oer e;pe..ses matoh-.Iiv we -re r.i "
paied to tll for vn y ligJu viiuts.
Tliiitl Street, tsftwrni 37onISOn aild
T:it:tl!i!l, Pert la ini
Pott'imd.'Pec. 1, ls70:wt
SS47. . 1370.
Few Goods ! Few Goods !
11. CAI F5KLI)
BEGS LEA YE TO INFOI MT E ITBIIP
that he has refitted t!, old stand, cei-, r
Ma:n tsj d Seventh Sts., Oi egeP (,'itv, m Es
received 'n entire new tk-ek of goods con-
Sirttiig Of '
Dii v ' Co cds, o n c cj:i;ir.$,
CROCKERY, GLASS WAUi?,
U'VODESIVARE,
and a general nssc i f rncnt e f even thine in
our line. Thankful lor past favors, we'sf'li
soiici a :h;ereot the n lie patrie aec.
Country i reduee taken in exehane for
e.ood-;.
SEiiB TO HUoSELL & IEHY,
REAL ESTATE
AGENTS,o
PORTLAND,
Oil TO
QFZE&QH CITY,
FOR TH 2 GE5G0U
SEAL ESTATE GAZETTE
FltEB OF CI I A 11 GIL
s; pt. (i tf
LSON DEuOUST,
Of the BAT FN I'M KESTAUPaNT, Jlaiti
s:re f, CUEUON CITY,
Pegs to inform the public and his fionls
Ih it lie has leaseti the lower part of 'die
CLIFF KOU8E5
Which l;e lias pencil us n o
FIRST CLASS RESTAURANT
The table w'll at, all times be ?np; lied wit It
the Lc.-t the market aflot ihs.
Orders for snp ers and pi9i'-.s will" be
picnpdy attended to. q
Tidy 2:tf o
3D VGtCtM !
S3 Watch!
i.ria itas
Eureka lAiv-mlijmn Gold Co
eav;-; Aei-oiNTrn
I, v. nfer-oizis&T & c o., .rt --. ,
'I and 4-J Jhoadwa , Ni w Yen k. Scle Airc-r'
t".-r 'the V. S.
And have rnihoi icd then; ! o fc 11 tla-ir grr:.t
Ei i:i;k A i.v::!:: v.m Corn Whorm: fer dine
l liars, ::r,i! to warrsu.t et ch sua! o crvet'
to l"ep cone, t tnee for c-ne y:,r. II.so
W;!teb we gi;::r.- i;!( e to he ihe" f ' st "'.if
!:eapest tiroe keeper tint is now in is-- ''
any part of the .lobe. The wi ilsfin
double cafes, Ladies" and Cents' pifr t:-.i
ure bcautifiilly chased. The case-; arc tinnle
f the nictr.I iuav so wi.Ic Iy ktiov.n ia Kurep"
tis Alitiniuuni Ucld. It. lies the exuet c-fr
of Oohl, M-l.ieh it, thrift;. rrttiix y if will
stun 1 the tc-t of the troiice.-t acids; in can
can teli it from C:iU only I y v, ciul.t. ,! p
Alnminnin (fold hems: !-( Jiid.-Mr. lis
wo; ks are made bv machinery, mmc r.s tic
well-known American Widcli. lie Aleiri-
nnm is a cheap metal. I.ente wc can ;.!.' "
to sell the Watch for?', mi.i make a snndl
DIOtlt. Wo r,rl- Il o V,-:ifIi s :, it i V 1
small box and faid pt by mail to any part ft
the IJ. S. on receipt of -"!. ;"t ; fift c. i:ts 'i,r
packing and postage. Address all erdirs to
L. V. IJiiFOiiKT - t V.,
XovJS:3m 4" and -12 CrendwoV, N.
BILLIARDS!
Messrs. Fiseian & Collcsuler
The wclbknown Rdbr.rd Tab! Mam-fa,
tures. of New Yotk, liijvc stablwied at
Dii r.Iaiket St., San Francisco.
An extensive br anch o" their biipir.e??, wl
thev propose to keep constantly on hatnl V)'.
LAIMHIST and r,os complete'assortme-1
J21L.L.ZAKZ3 TAlilKS, COTIJS, Cl'KN
JITC, ON THIS COAST.
THE TA BLT-IS are of the latest ?fy
si.c recentlv adopted in the Kastcrn tae-
are inannbtr-tarcd in ths best possible n:
ner, and furnished wit'i I'll ELAN" S
I-1ST IMTIIOYLI) CUSHIONS.
The new ec.moesition Ridiard Had nr'
bv the Ilvatt Man n fact u rin? Co. of Aibaie.,
N. Y., the b st substitute for ivory- yH
covered. For sals on'y bv us. Price -''
per e.
All troods sold w'il be of th
nnd the prices fntlv as low
bc?t qr.r.Ii'.r
is any other
honso in the business. .
to
I n i i o s i isiun no; -. ", i.
visit our v.-r rooms and inspect o:r storK.
OK'). K. V UHLAN, 541 Market
X. V.. Th- nebr.o fr" no
titiert tt'-ii
ether nrtje en the f i"ifi" const
pore t!ir w
Nevf:5-J1
I right to sell l iielan s (.u-mer:-5.
O
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