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Y. 310 H E LAM), ATTORNEY-AT-L AW; - OiCCUON' cirvj OUKCOX. OPFIi'KIali StAt, oppusitM the .S. 1 1 17 i; la A Ti ATTORN Y-AT-LAW: 0.iE3J.N Ci T, - - 03EG0M. t7"KFIcr: 'h r:nnT.'s brick, Main st. " . fiaiarHT- :t f. JOHNSOfl &:WJcCOWM ; ATTORNEYS AND fOlAnLORS AT-L AW. .Oregon Citff Oregon. "Will practice in all the Courts of the 8tal". Special attention given to casvs in lb V. . Iiml Offlc at (.-regon City. 5aprlS7J-tf. ? Lj. T. 13 A 11 I f ATTORN E Y-AT-LAW, , ORhVOX CITY, : , : OREGON. OKKICE Over Pone's Tin Store. Main treet. 4:iinar73-tr. Dr.S.PAfiKER, LAT?: OK lURTLAMI), OFFERS HIS sjrrices as Phvsieiaia and Surireon to .. ill. people of CI ickamas.coiyity, who may tit any time le In need " a physician. He . has oiK-ned an ortice at .Vard & Harding's lru; store wh" he can be found at all times of tho day when not enp:ay:d in pro fessional calls. R-.-sid'-nce, Main Street, - nxt il'r Vnit one above IX. Caufiald's store. October it, 17 1. tf JOHN 31. JJACOX, . IMPORTER AyPHEAI.ER fif, . In Books, Stationery, I'- ri'um- ry, etc., etc. i fli-ty Oregon City Orejfoi. t3T At Charm an A Warner's old stand ately occupied by S. Af l'-man. Main st. OREGON CITU3REWERV. H AVl.Mi .VL KIHAS- JjtI jTSj . ,:n 11 l.J.l ea me aixive nrew- rr wishes to inform the public that he is ; now prepared to manufact ure a No. 1 qual ity or ; J. A GBR BBHR, - M pool as can be obtained anywhere in lh state. Orders sone tea ami prom pi ly - nilnl. 'I OYSTER SALOON JR. E S T A XJR, A ZSX T ! ; LOUIS SAALProprietor. MMn street, - ' - Orffon City. ; 0TSIEH WILT. RE SERVED FROM .Vf.?nd -Jfrthls date during the Winter Sison. The best qualities of ' 'TBEXCH and AMERICAN CANULES. Icq for sal- in quanMtitjs to autt. i Ri:nixtA i)i:c;uiiti i.oih;-- xo. U. 1. o. ). Y Meets oAthe jrisfafya ..beul a.-i-l Fourth jjes- .-J ' ci.i - r "iiijiv?s each m"th, A Rcpresfntalkc and Champion or Amer. itu j i t lasie: Pms7ec.'it., o. VjhE;gUth year. 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COOKE, Win leave OREGON CITY for PORTLAND every day Except Sunday, at 7H o'clock, -. m. K-'turning, will leave I'ort land for Oregon City at 2M o'clock, P. M. tr. ALICP, Will leave OREGON CITY for CORVALT.TS every Monday and Thursday of each week. Str.DAYTON, . ill leave OREGON' CITY for MoMINN li 'JjAi' AYfrrTE nd I'aYTOX, and nt.r?in w'.'11- every Mondav. Wed-rh,M?nn?d.?da-Vof achweek. leaves with 8 .:?,ocfe. A- m., and connect with the train at Canemah at 9, a. m. Stv. ALBANY, evcrv w t E and aH intermediate points leaves OREuovnTVf all intermeulate rSIJ Cr ALBANY and erv week e Plnts betweon twice ev- regonCityjbruary i 4i"' Agent' CALL AND SETTLE. fully requested to eall I?,c, ar" "ereet counts to the ll of Vanunr viV- th,ei' all my accounts closed mk' 1 desire the New Year, and those ? ng of seU-es indebted will conferl th"m me by making early pavrneT VOr on janl5if i ' J " N ORRIS. notice; MM WIFE. MARTHA J. STFWit' havinc left my bed and Vd out fust cause or provocation, all nereis are hereby notified not to harbor w t n? her on ray account, as I shall nav J?Z debts of her contracting from and aftiS thtsdat?. . R. E. STEWART Dec. 30, ISTl-lw. AKL n;fift-OTHiN ri ViU Ha! A.LEVYS OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, Tlie Snuff-colored Suit. I scarcely know how it happened, but a timber must have fell and struck me on the head. The first thing that I realized after it was that I was straight and still on something hard, and when I tried to move myself and speak, I found it impossible to do so. I concluded that I must be in some very dark, tight place, for I could not see; in fact I soon learned that, though per fectly concious. I could do nothing but hear. A door opened and foot steps approached; but I felt a cloth taken from my face, and a voice which I recognized as that of Mr. J ones, the father of my wife that was to be said: "lie hasn't changed much," and his companion, whose voice I knew to be the village undertaker, Hop kins by name, said lightly: "Better looking dead than alive. How does Jerusha feel about it ? Take on much ?" "Oh, no, she had her eyes on an other fellow anyhow, and a better match, too, except the money part. Though I had nothing against Ben, only he didn't know much, and was about the homeliest man I ever knew. Such a mouth; why it really seemed as though he was going to swallow knife, plate and all, when he opened it 2t tanner, said the cheerful voice of , , Honkins "he'Jl never open his mouth again," and then he proceeded to measure for my coffin for it seemed that I was dead, or they thought I was, which was all the same to the greedy pocket of the undertaker. J had heard of undertakers who always whistled when they got a measure, but I never believed it before. But that man actually whistled a subdued dancing-tune while he measured me, and it seemed to me that three or four -icicles were rolling down-my back to tho music of his tune. His duty done, they covered my face again and left me to my own reflections, which were not particu larly comforting, although I had often heard it remarked that medita tion was good for the soul, and this was the best chance I had ever had for trying it. An hour must have passed when the door again opened, and two per sons came whispering along to where I lay, and the voice of my promised wife fell upon my ear. "I dread to look upon him, Bob; he was so mortal homely, alive, he must be frightful dead." I ground my teeth in imagination, as I remembered how often she had gone into raptures, or pretended to, over my noble brow ami expressive mouth, and how she had often de clared that if I were taken away from her she would surely pine away and die. One of them raised the cloth, and I knew they were looking at me. Bob was her second cousin, and I knew he was that "other fellow," her father had mentioned. "Seems to me you don't feci very bad about his dving, 'Rusha, remark ed Bob. "Well, to tell the truth," said my dear betrothed, "I don't care much about it. If he had lived I should have married him, because he was rich and father wanted me to; but I was getting about sick of my bargain for I knew I should always be asham ed of him, he looked so much like a baboon." "But you loved him," remarked Bob. "Xo I didn't! Mv affections were wasted long ago on one who never returned my love;" and my fast-fading idol sighed heavily. They had covered my face by this time, and were standing a few steps fromjwhere I la-. "About how long ago 'Rusha? asked Bob. "A year or such a matter," with another deep sigh, which ended in a fit of sneezing. "About the time I went away?" in terrogated tho cautious Bob, cough ing a little. "Well, yes, some'res near," assent ed my dear affianced. "Now, Jerusha, you dont mean to insinuate that I " "I don't mean to insinuate any thing, Bod Smith!"' and the angelic sweetness of her voice was same what sharpened. "Now see here, 'Rusha, I've loved you ever since you Ave re knee-high to a gopher, but I thought when you came home that you was sweet on that other chap; but I swan I believe you liked me all the time!" "Oh, Bob!" said my was-to-be, in a gushing sort of way. "Mine own 'Rusha!" remarked Bob. Then I heard a subdued rush, ac companied by violent lip-explosions. I tried to kick, or grate my teeth, or do something to relieve my outraged feelings, but not a kick nor a grate could I raise. It was an awful fix to be in, but I had to stand it, or lay it, so I laid still and let 'em alone until they got tired of it, and then they went out, and I was again left to my own nleasant reflections. Nicrht came, and so did a lot of voting fellows with their girls, to sit up with me; and they had a jolly time.of it. although it was against my principles to enjoy it on so sol emn an occasion. It seemed an age until morning, but it came at last and they went away. I heard them say I was to bo buried that day at 2 o'clock, and I was beginning to feel decidedly shaky when jerusha and her mother came into the room and began arrangiug for the funeral. "'Rusha," said her mother, "here's that snuff-colored suit of poor Ben's; of course he will never have any more use for clothes, so just put them awav among vour carpet-rags; they'll make a splendid stripe." - -v thai particular feUit of clothes was just the neatest one I ever owned, arm-holes, collars, waist bands, buttons, all just the thing, and my blood boiled to hear them talk so coolly of using them for stripes in a rag carpet. They kept on talking as they swept, dusted and cleaned up the room. ' Bob says he will take the Martin farm to work this year," sum Jeru sha, cheerfully, "and as soon as we are married we shall go to house keeping in that little cottage Close to the road. Now I must get my car pet done, as soon as possible, for 1 want it in that nice little front room. These duds of Ben's will mase out enough rags, I guess. His folks live so far away they will never in quire about his clothes. iow, if it wasn't for the looks of it, we could ask old mother Smith about coloring yellow; she is sure to be here, to day." I was getting very mad now, in deed. I felt that the crisis was near, and that I should either die or ex plode, if they did not let my snuff colored suit alone. Jerusha picked them up I knew it, for I heard the buckles and buttons jingle and made for the door. I tried to shake my list and 3rell at her, but all in vain. I laid there, outwardly as quiet as a lamb, inwardly boiling with wrath. It was too much; the deepest trance could not have held out against tho loss of that suit. With a powerful effort I sprang up and screamed. Jerusha dropped my clothes and her mother the duster, and both fled from the room, and the house, never stopping until they reached Dr. Brown's across the street. With difficulty I managed to get my clothes'. I had just got them fairly on. when Mrs. Jones and her daugh- ter, followed oy a numerous com women and children, cautiously . into the pany of metl, came peering room. 1 sat on my poaru anu look ed at them. Such a scared-looking crowd was enough to amuse u2 owl, so I laughed; I knew it was unbe coming, but I couldn't have helped it if they had chucked me into my coffin which the undertaker was just then carrying past the window and buried me the next minute. I laughed until I jarred the chair out from under one end of the board, and down I went with a crash. Then tho doctor ventured into the room, saying, rither dubiously: "So you are not dead yet, Bon ?" "Well, no, not exactly," I replied; "sorry to disappoint my friends about the funeral, however." "Yes," he said rather absently, "bad, rather that is ahem!" 'Fooled out of that snuff-colored stripe!" I thought, as I looked at Jerusha. "Go and speak with him," said her father, "He's got the stamps, and you had better marry him after all." They had began to gather around me and congratulate me on my es cape. I noticed that they cried a great deal more now than they did when I was dead. Jerusha came and hung around my neck, sniveling desperately. I gave her a not over gentle push and told her to wait next time until I .vas safely buried before she set her heart on my old clothes. "O, I'm so glad!" she said sweetly, not appearing to notice what I said about the clothes, "that you are not dead, Benny, dear. My heart seem ed all withered and broken to see 3-ou lying all cold and white. I wept bitterly over your pale face, my be loved." "Yes," I replied, "I heard you and Bob taking on t terribly. It was a lucky die for me." "Could you hear?" she gasped. "I rather think I could some," I replied. She looked toward tho door, but it was crowded full, so she made a dive for the open window and went through it like a deer. She shut herself up in tho smoke-h6u.se, and would not come out until I had left tho house. Bob woulc. not fulfill his promise of marriage with his cousin because she tried to make up with me again; so she is living a life of single bless edness. While I am writing, my wife is cutting up my snuff-colored clothes to make a stripe in a new carpet for our front room. A "Republican" Form of Got eminent. Some modern politicians appear to think, remarks tho Philadelphia In quirer, that when the Constitution says that "the United States shall guarantee to every Stato in this Un ion a republican form of govern ment," it means a government by the Republican party. Sucli is evi dently the idea of Marshal Packard, of New Orleans, who informed the Congressional Investigating Commit tee, the other day, that he "did not believe a Republican State Govern ment could maintain itself in this or any other Southern State without the aid and protection of the United States troops." It is a very obvious remark that a government which can only be maintained by military force is scarcely "republican" even in "form," in the sense contemplated by the Constitution, and most people will be disposed to sav that a gov ernment which can only be thus maintained ought not to be maintain ed at all. Not Adversity. "Ah. Sam. so l.nA Uaah in T-rf-mt a lioro TTrtTl 9" "Yes, Jim, yes. w eu, wen, cneer up, man; aaversuy tries us, buu j slmvrs nn our best finalities." "Ah. but adversity didn't try me; it was j an aid vagabond of a judge, and he ; showed up my worst qualities. When was the greatest freak of ! When Mary had a litt'e nature? lamb. COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFOPJJIA, FEBRUARY 12, 1675. Confronted by History. From the San Francisco Examiner. . Lee surrendered April 9th, 1865. President Lincoln lost not a moment in commencing the work of recon struction, saying: We have con quered them with arms; we will now conquer them with magnanimity." His assassination, six days after the surrender, was the greatest calamity that could have befallen the country. The Radicals said: "God has re moved him because his heart was softened toward rebels.". They were exasperated at President Johnson for adhering to Lincoln's policy, and. at the convening of Congress in the following December, seats were re fused the Representatives of recon structed States which, after having "abolished slavery forever, declared secession null and void, and repudi ated the rebel debt" had been rec ognized by the President, and whose Representatives were willing and ready to take the "test oath." Two States Louisiana and Tennessee were virtually restored under Lin coln's Administration; and on the ISth of December, President John son informed Congress that eight of the late insurrectionary States had reorganized their State Governments, and were yielding obedience to the laws and government of the United States." With this message was a confirmatory report of the General of the Army Grant. The condemnation of the Lincoln Johnson policy by Congress, the appointment of the Reconstruction Committee, and the evident deter mination to repudiate the acts of the Predecessor caused Seward and Johnson to hasten the execution of a design to nationalize the Union par ty, in anticipation of the reorganiza tion of the Democratic party on a national basis. It involved general amnesty, the rehabilitation of the "eleven States," and affiliation with the white men of the South in oppo sition to oppression, and to the doc trine of Universal Suffrage. With Grant's co-operation, no dif ficulty was apprehended concerning the former but the latter was deemed impossible, so long as advocates of universal suffrage were recognized as leaders in the party, or exponents of the principles of a considerable part thereof. Grant willingly co-operated; and Senator Doolittle, it will bo remem bered, ostensibly assumed lea dership in organizing the National party, which culminated in the Phil adeljihia Convention. Excepting Doolittle, few, if any, knew or sus pected the complicity of the Presi dent, Seward, or Grant, with the movement. A trap was set for the advocates of universal suffrage in Congress, to isolate them from the National Union party, and the Administration. Grant was sent South, on a tour of inspection, with orders to report to theP resident, which he did, Decem ber 17, 1SG3. He reported the Freed me'n's Bureau corrupt, and advised the abolistion of all its sub-agencies, and that the duties thereof should be assigned to small garrisons of white troops, conveniently stationed, so that, at the same time, they might guard against outbreaks by the ne groes, growing out of their sudden transition from slavery to freedom; that the leading men in the South had accepted the situation in good faith, and were anxious to retnrn to their duties under the Constitution and laws of the United States; and he recommended the rehabilitation of the Southern States. In short, his report was a full justification of the Lincoln-Johnson policy, and furnish ed the frame for the platform of the National Union party. The President kept this report in his pocket. Accompanying his Mes sage to Congress, December ISth, he sent another report from Grant, made " after a tour of inspection through the South," and which re ferred exclusively to the subject matter of said Message. In other words, Grant made two reports, one for the President to use when it might best serve the interests of the National Union party, and one for immediate use. On the 14th of February, 18CG, the President vetoed the Freedmen's Bureau Bill. To Congress it was a " clap of thunder in a clear sky." It caused much excitement in Wash ington, but none elseichere. The more conservative of the party members, asked, " Why were we not consult ed?" The extremes cried out from their seats in Congress, "He is a traitor!" Seward went to New l'ork and made a speech in defence of the veto. His services were instantly forgotten, and he, too, assailed. This was the springing of the trap, and part of the programme. Had the President published Grant's report at that time, the National Union partv would have lived; but it was ill-advisedly withheld for another purpose. However, the Democratic vote,- with the votes of eight Con servatives, sustained the veto. On the 27th of March, the Civil Rights Bill was vetoed. Meantime, the Radicals had made such headway against the Administration, four Conservatives were from its support, and the bill was passed. Grant's report was still withheld from the public the President and Seward relied upon it to administer the coup de arace to the expected re port of the Reconstruction Commit tee, and to rally the people to the support of the Administration. But the committee's report was not pre sented until the latter part of June, or the early part of July. When it was in print, Grant's report was pub- lished. which not onlv eave it lh hed, which not only gave it the falsehood, but showed that the Pres- ldents policy was based upon-? f irant s views, as lieneral of thA A r-.. erai ot tne Ar- f . fact that Sew-i t,rith Grant's; my. ana exposea tne jrvl and flip Prpsii Iftnf co-operation, were the prime movers in promoting the organization of the National Union party. But, alas! the trap set for the few, caught the many. The document was terrible. There were but few members of the so-called Union party in Congress, who had not severed themselves so completely from the Administration, that it was vain for them to expect position in the National party, and what;c-uld they do? .. '- 1 Caucus after caucus was held, be fore they could contrive a way out of the dilemma; but, finally a general course was agreed upon. First, the Report of the Reconstruction Com mittee should be verified; second, the white men of the South, on whom the National Union party depended for its existence, should "be disfran chised, and the suffrage be conferred upon the negroes with whom they would affiliate in nationalizing a Rad ical party. Thus, before the sun rose thrice and set again, a majority of the so called Union party in Congress, who had been (as Avere their constituents) opposed to universal suffrage, es poused that doctrine as a dogma of their political faith, and proclaimed it to be a "great necessity ! To discredit Grant's report, and verify that of their own committee it was not enough to compile and publish, at public expense, an octavo volume containing eight hundred pages of one-sided testimony which said committee had collected; but it was necessary that some great outrage should be committed by the South ern people, as evidence of their dis loyalty. Poor Lonisiana was selected by the Reconstruction Committee, as the target-field, and, through the direct agency of said Committee, an attempt was made to revivify and re assemble the Constitutional Conven tion of 18G4, that had been functus officio for more than two years, for the avowed object of disfranchising "rebels," and conferring suffrage up on negroes a revolutionary proceed ing which they knew would cause bloodshed. The negroes were made wild by the exhortations of the scoudrel Dos tie and others, and they marched through the streets, Bhouting, yell ing, and brandishing such weapons as they could obtain. Mayor Monroe waited upon thoDistrict commander, General 13aird, and informed him of the revolutionary proceeding. He requested that sufficient troops might be sent into the city to preserve the peace; that he intended to arrest the ringleaders by civil process, etc., etc., and that, without troops, it would be impossible to preserve the peace. General Sheridan, commander of the department, was away, and Baird telegraphed to the Secretary of War (Stanton) for instruction. Stanton suppressed the dispatch until after the riot, as President Johnson in formed Congress. Sheridan was back in New Orleans two days after, and telegraphed to General Grant that the leaders were revolutionary men, and that he had made up his mind to arrest them as such, had he been there. These extracts from history are sufficient to impress those who read them, with the unexampled turpitude of both Grant and Sheridan, incit ing the New Orleans riot of 18GG, in defence of their recent attempts to subvert the civil law in Louisiana. What can Oregon Exhibit I Department 1, in the coming exhi bition, consists of materials in their un wrought condition minerals, veg etable and animal; and group ten of this department will be devoted ex clusively to minerals, ores, building stone, metals and metallurgical pro ductions, including miscellaneous and systematic collections of miner als, iron and eteel, copper, tin, lead, &c, &c, viewed as materials. It seems almost like a waste of time to call the attention of our peo ple to the importance of improving so favorable an opportunity of ad vertising to the world in a tangible form the immense undeveloped wealth and mineral resources of our State. Doubtless many will say, "O, we can't make any show com pared to California, and it's all fool ishness to try." Grant that in the display of gold and silver we cannot compete with California, is this any good reason why we should neglect to make known to the rest of the world by exhibition that we have the precious metals in quartz, placer and sand-beach " diggings" in almost all parts of the State. The ignorance existing in the older States relative to the mineral resources of Oregon is well illustrated by an item we saw. in an Eastern paper a year or two ago, giving the wonderful informa tion that "lead had recently been discovered in Oregon, and as that State had no auriferous districts within its territory tlm discovery is one in which our people were greatly i interested. This is but a single instance in multitudes of cases that might be quoted that would go to show the want of some reliable plan by which to make our State known to older countries. While a single county in this State has produced its millions of gold, Oregon, for lack of making herself known, has, and will still continue to have, as a general rule, her gold and silver productions cred ited to California, unless our people take pains to make our resources known to the outside world. In the display of precious metals, what would erive a State more noto- ! riety than a fine gold brick from our 1 beach diggings, with specimens 01 ' sand from which" it w sand from which" it was taken, ana f a statement (which can be easily au- thenticated) that gom exisseuiu uU heoeh Rands, ana m u uuuw Deacn sanas, anu m places in. paying quantities from our southexn Wndry to '.the moutlx of NO.- 16. the Columbia river. What could be more creditable or a better adver tisement to our State than speci mens of quarts and free gold from Jackson, Josephine and Douglas counties, with a statement of the ex tent of territory these mines cover; and also similar specimens and state ments from our eastern counties, as "well as quartz containing beautiful thread gold from the Santiam mines. An exhibition of this kind, although not expected to overshadow the dis play from California, would place our State in its true light and induce foreign capital to be invested in de veloping onr mineral resources that now lay untouched and unproduc tive for want of means and skilled labor. Add to our gold and silver exhibit specimens of native bronze and cop per, from Josephine; lead from San tiam; marble, lime and brown sand stone for building purposes, from Douglas; coal from Coos; iron from Oswego, and asplialtum from Grant and Wasco; Xnd we doubt much if California or any other State would make a better display or would re ceive greater benefits from their dis play, than would be derived to the people of Oregon. I might here add that the mineral and geological cabinet of Prof. Con don, which for wealth of scientific geological history, and rare speci mens, no other State has ever pro duced within its own bounds, would not only be a credit to our own State but a grand acquisition to geological science and an honor to our whole nation. The Centennial Exhibition is sure to transpire in 1876. 1st importance is attracting the attention of tho thinking part of the community in other States, as well as the entire civilized world. Shall our State be represented there in its native mate rial wealth? OUR FISnEItlES. Group 17, department 1, in the Centennial Exhidition, is devoted to fish and aqnatic life and fish pro ducts, comprising fish for food, fresh and preserved, oysters, shells, coral, sea-weed, whalebone, &c. In some of the articles in this group, we believe Oregon can and should surpass any other part of the world. It is true our Tisnenes can not be fully advertised by a practi cal exhibition of their products without systematized effort and a small expenditure of money; but what would this be in comparison to the benefits that would accrue to those who are engaged in this branch of industry, by practically exhibiting to the world the superior quality of their wares. Our bays, inlets and rivers teem with salmon of the finest quality for hundreds of miles along our entire coast, and although our export the present season will amount to be tween fifteen and twenty million pounds, we venture the assertion that nine-tenths of all that is con sumed in the Eastern States is sold by the retail dealers as "the beauti ful canned salmon from California." While in Chicago, in the spring of 1873, we accepted an invitation to a private dinner, where, among other delicacies, the guests were treated to some "beautiful spiced salmon from California," and when we informed our hostess it was from one of onr extensive fisheries in Oregon, she, as well as others, expressed great sur prise to learn that the canning busi ness was carried on in that distant country, where the awful Modocs were so dangerous. But if our fish eries are credited to our sister State, and our mining, mechanical, grazing and agricultural resources develop slow, or remain unproductive for want of skilled labor and capital to adopt the course pursued by other new States, and give a practical dem onstration to the outside world that we have the material here in abun dance to see our State increase in wealth and population, and prosper ity greet us on every hand. The extent and importance of the fisher ies of Oregon,- when' fully developed and systematically worked, are scare ly comprehended by our own people, and this branch of industry at no distant day will become one of our staple exports and return millions annually to our State. Then let us place before other States and countries at the coming exhibition specimens of our salmon as well as our mountain trout can ned, spiced, dried and pickled in the most approved style, and in the best possible state of preservation. And let this be accompanied with a full sized salmon and the largest trout that can be obtained, preserved in alcohol, and exhibited in glass cases. An exhibit of this description could be prepared and sent forward with trifling cost, and at the close of the fair would sell , for more than enough to reimburse the doner for all his oains. A condensed state ment of quality, quantity, manner of procuring and preparing, with the capacity of the State for producing and supplying the material should accompany all articles intended for exhibition. These reports will be compiled and bound and form the basis for com puting the productive capacity of the whole United States. A. J. Dtjftjk, Commissioner for Oregon. Mrs. Jessie Benton Fremont, the handsome and accomplished wife of General Fremont, and a daughter of Thomas Benton, has begun a series of sketches of distinguished persons she has known for the New York Ledger. Her list of notables thus far includes Chief Justice Marshall, Taney and Chase; Presidents Pierco and Van Buren; Charles Summer and others, all of whom she gossips . about wi the Utmost grace iglor... . , . ' ana. xju- G G Q O O o o G O O O O O O o o O G O