FRlD.lt EVEtt.XG, MAT 18, 1860.
. Henry A. Wigi Is permitted to go to any
pvt of the United Sta'es he may choose.
Railway communication between Charles
ton and Augusta. Ga.f is now open for the
first time since tbe close of the war. .
It is probable that almost tbe entire sugar
crop of Louisiana bad been destroyed by tbe
overflow. ' '
Winter weather in the vicinity of Macki
nac Straits n-rer was known to bo more se
vere than during the present year.
Tuts Columbia river at this point is rapidly
rising, and profflUes to give Main street a
ducking should it continue a week longer.
Tui Los Angeles oil refinery lately refined
a quantity of crude oil taken from the Pico
Spring, Sin Fernanda.
Tin Grand Lodge of Odd Kellowg will ad
journ to-night, and the members will return
to their respective homes to-morrow.
Tui difficulties of tbe New Almaden quick
silver mines having been settled, tbe company
will soon resume work.
A Pioti Indian lately entered tbe office of
the Virginia City Union, and bought a copy of
that paper. .
Thiri was but a single death in Sacramento
last week, and that, a youog child under
three years old.
Wi are nnder obligations to tbe messengers
of Wells, Fargo & Co. for favors during tbe
wnek.
Tbs New York Iftwt beads an article " A
little story with a little moral." Tbe same
paper Is la the babit of telling big stories
with no morals.
A French company has formally signified
their acceptance of the chartor of the Vir
ginia Canal Company, as awarded by the
Legislatures of Virginia and West Virginia.
O.SB-FonrtTH of the persons just appointed
to take charge of the twcnty-foui postofiices
rc-opouei iu North Caroliba and Virginia are
women.
Tub New York Newt democrat is still
imploring, arguing for and demanding a pro
clamation of general amnesty from President
Johnson to tbe Southern people.
TBI Santa Cruz (dl.,) Sentinel says tbe
weather was so hot in that vicinity a few days
bjo, that the thermometer of the Powder Mills
marked 101, Rather warm for making gun
powder. "
It is thought tbat the Democrats in tbe
event of failing to nominate President John
son, for re-election, and not liking Grant or
Cutler, will take up and put forward for the
position, General Amnesty
Psniisvlvani- is the only State, thus far,
which has actually assumed tbe care of the
children of her dead soldiers, and two thous
' and of these are now in schools in that State.
The cost per pupil is about $150 per annum
exclusive of clothes.
An agricultural reporter says the people 'of
the Cardinal, Georgia, Alabama and Missis
ippl are planting all tbe cotton tbey can, bu
labor ii scarce, and tbe fieedmen are emigrn
tins: to tbe Southwest. Corn and wheat are
promising.
, Gkiat damage was done to railroads and
ctber kinds of property in Wisconsin, by tbe
freshet which recently occurred there. No
lives have been reported lost. At La Crosse
the water was so high that trains oould uot
get into the city.-
3 From recent scientific investigations in Eu
rope it has been shown mdst Conclusive tbat
in localities where impure water has been
drank by the inhabitants , the cooler has
principally rajed, proving impure water to
be one of tbe tbief causes of cholera.
Thi Maryirille Exprtu consents to enter
into full political communion with tbe sup
porters of President Jobnson out-side of the'
Democratic party. It says, " we clasp tbeir
bands In palitical fellowship." It then goes
on urging tbe President to cut off without
hesitation tbe heads of all appointees wbo
are opposed to him and place Administration
soldiers on guard everywhere: "'Adminis
tration soldiers "on guard are not as odious
to Democrats of tbe Ezpren school as former
ly. We recollect when they were denounced
as tbe " minions of a tyraut " by tbe same pa
per, and yet, a chief virtue which is claimed
for Jobnson by them is, that he is following
out the policy of that same " tyrant," Abra
ham Lincoln,
Tui opposing candidates for Governor,
Judge Woods and Col. Kelly, addressed a
large audience of ladies and gentlemen at
Cbapin's Ilall this afternoon, on the political
issues of tbe day. We were uuablo to be
present during tbe opening speech of Judge
Woods, and therefore cauuot give a synopsis
of it. Col. Kelly was still speaking when we
went to press. . Tbe Colonel made one remark
which we think will come borne to his ticket:
be said " he was opposed te those meu who
are rebels at bearl, but shout Union for
policy." Tula hits tbe Democratic candi
dates for Congress and Secretary of State a
heavy blow.
A Short lime since during tbe performance
at Music Hall, Virginia City, a woman wbo
occupied one of the boxes fell out and drop
ped about ten or twelve feet to tbe lower floor
Itapoears the bad risen from her chair, and.
in the act of resoating herself she missed tbe
chair and tnmlied head firet out of tbe box.
She recovered herself. (
.Gov. Hamilton, of Texan, declines to be a
candidate for the office he now 611-t by mill
tary appointment. Ills main reason is that
be is poor and without a borne, and cannot
affordjto spare four years of his life in official
duties, while his family are in urgent need
of his labor.
Tug Pennsylvania Legislature has passed
an act disfranchising all belonging in tbat
S'ate who deserted from tbe army or navy
during tbe late war, and for the punishment
ol inspectors who, knowing them to be deserter-,
allow their names to go upon the
voting lists. .
Tub Charleston Courier reporis that three
thousand two hundred frecdinen have emi
grated from North Carolina during the last
three months to M issachusefs, Conncctict t,
and 'lie other New England States, on con
tracts to woik t $2U per month, and that
more will fo low.
AUCTION AND COMMISSION
HOUSE!
No. 100 MAIN STREET, DALLES.
TnB UNDERSIOSKD THANKFUL FOR PAST
Favors, respect Till ly Informs 1 lie citizens of th
Cnllra, and the public generally, that lie continue, t
sell at v
PUBLIC AUCTION
OR PRIVATE BALK,
Real Estate,
General merchandise, .
Gioceilcs,
llorHCN,
Mules.
Furniture,
fetockM, &c. &c.
REGULAR BALK DAYS, ".
Tuesdays and Saturdays.
Cash Advances made on' Consignments,
And PROMPT RETURN m de or soles.'
Out door and Special Bales attended to in any part ot
the city.
JOHN "WILLIAMS, Auctioneer.
Union colored people doing bus ness on
the Mississippi, engaged in raising cotton for
market, Complairi that they cannot travel on
tbe river except as freight, and as they el
ect to furnish freight (cotton) in considor
ble quantities for transportation, tbey will
be under tbe necessity of bestowing tbeir
patronage in that line, upon steamboat com
panies that will not insist upon treating both
them aud tbeir cotton alike as freight. They
should bobsled up together. -
LostobStolkn. A large aadience assem
bled in Boston, recently, to hear Henry Ward
Beeuher deliver his lecture on "The Ministry
of the Beautiful." Bat Mr. B.. on beinir In
troduced, was compelled to confers that the
expected lecture bad 'been lost or stolen he
could not tell which. If It bad been stolen.
be would be sorry for the tbiel It' he were com
polled to read it. Tbe lecture on " Tbe Com-
monwealtu " substituted for tbe one tbat tbe
audience to bear.
., . Turns is not a man in the North who de
fires to postpone reunion for a single day, af
ter being convinced that the rcadmissioD of
(l'aU. the late Rebel S'atee il safe la respect to
ptrsonal and e.liosal security. All the talk
' about keeping them out until after be Prcsl
dc,ata.l election il stuff."
PpniNO. Now Is the time to purify your blood, null's
Saraspurlllii, Yellow Dock aud Iodide of Potass Is decided
ly the best thing lu use for that purpose. Sold by drug
gists everywhere.
Religious Notice.
Catiiouo CliWRcn Horning service: Mas., at 10J
o'clock. Evening servlco: Vespers and Benediction, at
V( '.'clock. Sunday School at 2 o'clock, p. m.
uXIdtr FATHER L. DIELEMAN, Pastor.
Columbia Lodge, No. 6, I. O. O. F
Meets every Friday evening at T o'clock, lu Gates
Ilall, corner of Second and Court 8treets. Brothers in
good standing are iuvlted to attend. By order. N.G.
Wasco Lodge, No. 15, A. F. A. M.
Holds Its staled Communications on the Flirt and
Third Mondays of etch month, at their hall. In
Dull os City. Brethren lu good standing are Invited to
attend. By order of the W. M.
Beth L. Pops, Sec'y.
J . J TJ K E H,
Main Street, Dalles, V
WnOUSALI iXD tTAlL DEALER I
CIGARS. TOBACCO, SNUPF.
PIPES, &o.
ALWAYS IN 8T0RI THI BEST BRANDS OF
Cigars, Tobacco, Matches, &c
PLAYING CAHDS.
POCK KT CUTLERY,
PORT MONIES.
COMBS and BRUSHES, o' all kinds,
PERFUMERY, ot every description, .
CU1NA ORNAMENTS.
TOYS. DOLLS, etc.
FISH HOOKS and FISI1TNQ TACKLE,
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS,
FANCY GOODS. Ac.
AIM Powder.Bhot, Lead, Powder Flasks. Baskets, aud
many other articles too numerous to mention.
y Interior dealers supplied with Cigars, Tobacco. etc.
at less than Portlaud prices, with freight added, oc-t
Ti
W to transact my
themselves indebted to me, will
Notice to Democrats.
MR. OILMAN having declined the nomination as
Candidate of the Democratic party for County
Commissioner, we do horeby nominate JOHN WIL
LIAMS iu his stead. w. t. niswuujnn,
llwl Ch n Dem. Co. committee.
AOT1CC.
rUB UNDER3IGNEB HAVING BOUGHT the
Schooner Ptruvtranct and half the schooner Ka
id. (miii Toronto Uuin, all debt, against the above
named Bouts must be presented to we b- the 20th day
of May. ASA BTRONG.
Dalles, May il. is'. uuuu-w.
Htrttld copy, 2 weeks, and send bill to tills office.
Tin heavy rains in tbe South and West
have so raised tbe Mississippi tbat tbe most
valuable sugar ond coiton plantations of
Louisiana nre either flooded or in Imminent
danger of being so. An extensive erevaw
had formed at Baton Rouge, and others be
low ana above nre hourly looked for.
After (our years of litigation, the final
decree of distribution was made by Judge
Cadwalder In Philadelphia recently, of the
proceeds of sale of tbe steamship Bermuda
and cargo. ' Tbe whole amount realized was
$401,440 2G, to bo divided among the officers
and crew of the U. S. steamor Mercedita, at
the time Of the capture about one hundred
ana uny in tu,
Judge White, an old and prominent citizen
of Gunterville, Ala., is setting before the
people the terrible state of affairs in that
county, and soliciting aid fsr the starving
people. .Three cases of actual starvation
have already occurred, and hundreds must
perish if relief is not speedily offered.
In Tennossee, forty-threo newspapers are
now published, With tbe prospect of bavin
the numberjnereased to fifty In a few months
Eighteen of tbe number are dailies an
twenty-five weeklies. Nashville supports
seven ana Memphis nino dailies. ,
Wi are Informed tbat Mr. Baton) whom we
stated a few days since as being under arrest
at Umatilla, for shooting Williams, the horse
thief, was not arrested, but is now In Umatill
as proiecutlog witness .against Williams for
the theft.
NOTICE.
TjniNO MY ABSENCE Ma. W. LORD la authorised
to transact my business. Any persons knowing
PI
Dalles, May 10, 1800 mylOwl
olouu call upon him.
It. 11. WOOD.
SELLING OFF AT COST!
J.GOETZ&CO.-
STONE BUILDING, WASHINGTON STREET, DALLHS,
Oner their well-selected stock of
TOBACCO,
8EGAR8,
PIPES,
YANKEE NOTIONS,
AND
STATIONERY,
AT
SAN FRANCISCO COST.
mrHtf
lKOF. MURRAY'S
MAGIC OIL,
For Sale by GATES I CHAPIN.
ALSO, AGENTS FOB DR. DUNCAN'S
Whooping Cough Specific.
FRED. LIEBE,
GROCERY, PROVISION,
AND
FltUlT STORE,
Washington 8trcot, opposite Fronch A Oilman's, Dalles.
lias on nana a large ana wcn-assorieu iwck oi .
GROCERIES & PROVISIONS,
Fresh Kuttor & Efjjjs,
Received .lallr. A laree lot of CHICKENS always on
hand. FRUITS of all kinds. FRESH VEGETABLES
every morning. All articles warranted.
Give Me a Call, Everybody
PniOESt LOW.
au!8:tf f. I.TRBE.
J. F. KELLOGG, DENTIST,
Main St.( DaJles), Oregon.
A PTE". NEARLY SIXTEEN YKAlls
- Practice in Ills nroreron. woma
rcHpectrnlly Inform the citizens of the
HaMm mnA tl, txitilln aenerallr. that h-
has leased tho Dental Offlco lately occnplid by J. W
GURLEV, Dentist, where he can ho found prepared to at
tend to those requiring his professional servicos. .
limes Hours From 8 o'clock, A. M., to n u ; ana irom
o'clock, p. M. to 5 p . K. , ni.m
J. 13. DICKEBSON,
Dealer In all kinds of .
GROCERIES & GRAIN,
AT THE
T,owest Cash liates
ALSO,
JOSLYN & CURTIS' BUTTER
' On hand, and received Fresh every Week.
Come One, Come All, an Give mo a Call
AT C0N8EK k B A TITER'S OLD 8TND. I
GATES &, CHAPIIST
WHOLESALE RETAIL'
DEtFGGISTS,
STONE BUILDING, WASHINGTON STREET,
DALLES, OREGON.
Importers and Jobbers of
PATENT MEDICINES,
CHEMICALS ft FANCY GOODS,
SODA, CORKS A ACIDS,
, OILS, ALCOHOL,
rUKE WINES k LIQUORS,"
PAINTS, GLASS t B11USIIE8.
PHYSICIANS' rBESCBIPTIOXS
Accurately compennded. . ,
PHOTOGRAPHIC EMPORIUM.
A full and comnlete assortment all articles In Uia.
Photographic Line, at a SMALL ADVANCE ON SAN
FRANCISCO PRICKS. ..
aa-McrcltKiiti will please get our prices heron order
ing below. '
11. 1.. cllArin, tpuoiin uAifin.
Dalits, ' Sacramento, Cat.
, SUPERIOR CALIFORNIA
ItA-NCII BUTTER!
A Few Packrujes Cuolco, In quantities to suit, at - :
aaotf - BALDWIN BROS.
LAST chance:
WE WOULD CALL THE ATTENTION OF TITH
public to the tact that we are closing out at'
lock of -
OLOTHING '
DRY GOODS, &C, &,C,
At Greatly Reduced Rates,
Ana oiler uarca ns Wllicn cannot iaii to aatisiy aaynuay
wanting articles in our Hue. ,
irairWariiiiig' !
-B7'E INTKN'D CLOSING OUR BUSINESS HERE by
t the K1RST OF JUNE next, ami we take this op
portunity of once more callinx upon those iud4ted t
us to call and settle. We will not, if we can help it,
place any of our accounts In the kamla of legal clleo
tors; but If obllseil to do so, v e shall have recourse tm
that when this notice expires.
29tjt M. BROWN k BRO.
DALLES & KOCKLAKD
Landing Foot ofFnlon Street.
FTHB PROPRIETORS ARE NOW PREPARED W1TU
JL STAUNCH AND ROOMY BOATS, to cress
Travelers, Horses & Stock, ,
In Faft and ciped'ttoo." manner, and it ReAeemil
nates, . .