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I -J . - f I, aJ.L.iMMW.i.iWt.ff'!!.. . , - m T-m. frrii1"IMI ir I HI II 1 vv v i j t - : "'i ' X 31)c (Enterprise. OREGON CITY, TIURSDAY, MAY 21. 1S77. lieecher and the Chinese. We learr by the dispatches that IL Ward Beecher saj-s we are in danger of repeating toward the Chinese those er rors we were guilty of toward the African. "If," says Mr. Beecher, "this great and civilized people cannot endure the con tact and presence of the Mongolian race, it is right that they should los their religion, and their civilization, and their rannted Christianity." The shaker then j goes on in his undignified yet humor ous strain to suggest that we go into the business of swapping tbe heathen; that we send some of ours to China and supply their places with Chinese hea thens. And so he gees on, not seeming to comprehend that he is discussing a purely industrial question from a semi religious standpoint. The consequence is, his arguments do not touch the question. All he said has no more re lation to the Chinese question, as it presents itself to Oregouians, than it Las to the Russo-Turkish war. The question is not whether the christian religion can stand the contact with , heathenism, nor whether American civ ilization can bear close comparison with Asiatic civilization, but whether the American laborer can compete with the Chinese laborer without sinking from the condition to which our civil zation has raised him. All other aspect of the Chinese question are as nothing compared to this. ' When the Chinese come here as la borers to pitch the man without fam ily station or condition to support, against the American working man, with his ideas of rank in the classes of society, the advantage is with the indi vidual of the lower type of civilization. The Chinese laborer can work for less and live comfortably for less than the American laborer, simply because his civilization is lower. Necessity has com pelled him to cut loose from responsi bilities of all sorts and concentrate ail his faculties to the task of supporting himself. It follows that the American laborer caunot compete with the Chi nese without descending to their level. Mr. Beecher's argument is that it is tetter that Americans be reduced to the social level of the Chinese than that the latter should be prevented from landing On our shores. In this Mr. Beecher shows himself latheraman of theory than of practice. In theory all men are freo and equal in practice, individuals aro permitted te create inequalities as they can, and profit by them. The Chinese are not objected to on account of their morality, or rather lack of it. nor on account of their religion or want of it, but on purely industrial consid erations because Americans feel that it is better to ni antain the American standard of compensation for labor, and preserve our intelligent, aspiring and well educated workiug classes, than to lower the rates of labor to the Chinese standard, and thus make inevitable their methods of economy, accepting a civil ization iu which men are compelled to shirk responsibilities, and women live by the sale of their bodies. JJluc Glass. The blue glass maoia did the rent ridt part, but when it came to the conquer ing it seems to have cLanged its mind. It has had its day, and every one has had his joke at its expense. We learn from an exahange that for a time it was the principal article of import on ocean ships. Fuctories enlarged their work ing faculties to produce it. Builders had it inserted in the windows of their dwellings. Beams of paper and gallons of ink were dsed to extol its praises. Tha press spoke of its virtues from one end of the earth to the other. There were but few people in fact who did not believe it was going to become the great panacea, and it is exceeding un fortunate that their hopes should have been so suddenly disappointed. It has gone as clean ont of 6ight as the "Fryer process" or "Keelar ruortor." Those Oregon editors who had piec s of this glass put where it would throw its azure hue upon their massive brows while inditing editorials to revolution ize the world have lost faith in science and are now greater skeptics tlian the scientific men themselves. No more blue glass in Oregon, if you please, the clear white answers every purpose m this region. Silver. Silver coin may now be obtained in the East in even exchange for fractional notes or currency without any other trouble than sending currency in mul tiples of one thousand dollars to the U. S. Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer or National Banking Depository. As sil Ter is now at a discount of about 6ix per cent, on gold, and as Government proposes to redeem greenbacks in gold in a year and half, the more currency it works off for silver the better. Every silver dollar, worth in light fractional currency not more than 84 cents at the present price of silver, that the Govern ment can pay for a dollar in currency, lessens by so much the volume of paper to be redeemed in gold eighteen months hence. Northern Democrats are trying to convince each other that the Southern policy of the Administration will not cost them the loss of a vote. That is the reason, probably, why "Sunset" Cox, Hewitt, and other sbinirjg lights of the party visit the South, and beam and talk and talk and lem against an accomplished fratcraaliMtiop. J ' it The President's Policy. It would be hard to imagine anything more disheartening to the average poli tician than the present unhappy condi tion and disturbance of politics which render it so difficult for the aforesaid politician to trim his course. The cen tre and pivot of all political action is the President's policy; it is, in fact, the only feature of the political field which has any meaning, and yet it is absolutely impossible to tell what opinion a pru dent politician ought to hold who wants to stand well with his party. The Pres ident is warmly supported by the great majority of Republicans, but not more warmly than by the grsat majority of the Democrats. This circumstance ought to straighten the knees and stiffen the backs of the timid; but on tbe other hand there is a small and aggressive Minority, of the Standard stripe, who abuse the President as lustily as ever. A good Democrat may well be excused for wondering if that is not the true Democratic camp from which such able bodied and characteristie opposition conies; and if one be a Republican, why, there are Phillips and Chamberlain. Wade and Packard, Blaine and the Boston Methodists, who are disposed to look on the President's policy as "a league with death and a covenant with hell." This is a very distressing state of af fairs, and what renders it all the more distressing is that the unfeeling world refuses to sympathise with the patriots who are struggling about, wondering on which side of the field their party is. It is all in vain that the bravest among them attempt to emulate thit benighted Indian who, when asked if he was lost, struck his bosom and said: "No, wig wam lost; Indian here." Those among them who insist that the party has gone astray, and that they are still on the true path, are obliged to ask themselves what is the use of leading where nobody follows, and to explain how it happens that in sticking to the true path :hey are keeping step with the worst class of those w4um they regard as their worst enemies ? Wendell Phillips finds him self reinforced in his attacks on the President by the New York Sun; Pack ard cannot objugate more bitterly than the Portland Standard; and if these ex amples are types of the true party pol icy, then true Republicanism looks very much like true Democracy, or else true Democracy has got to be about the same thing as true Republicanism. This sounds very absurd, but it is no exaggeration of tbe true position of the opposition to the President's policy The Portland Standard, which opened out all the resources of its blackguard ism upon him as soon as he was nomin ated, continues its attacks with the hopeless imbecility c f a blue bottle fly buzzing against a pane of glass, and its vacuous immitators chirp iu feeble cho rus. Phillips culls his Cabinet the "slave hound" Cabinet; Chamberlain tells the Republicans of South Carolina (on tbe day before he opens his law office in New York) that the President abandons them; Packard, before step ping from the Governor's chair to the Collector's office, tells the Republicans of Louisiana that the President who owes his election to them has betrayed ed them. If it is worth while to at tempt to evolve some order out of this confusion of opposition, we may say that the Republicans who are op posing thb President are playiug into the hands of the fanatics of the Democ racy who swear by Noltuer and bis Stamford, for we may be very certain that the followers of tbe Standard are not going to render any service to that portion of the Republican party which is represented by Phillips, Blaine and Wade at the North, and by Packard and Chamberlain at tbe South. This view of the situation may aot give much consolation to the patriots who are looking for their party, but it does not matter very much. The great majority of the American people refuse to join in opposing the President's pol icy, because such opposition comes from blind and stupid fanaticism on one side, and on the other from fears which may never be realized, and also because they have too much sense either to oppose or approve a policy before they know definitely what the policy is. Thus far ttuy have only seen the spirit of it, and this they approve because it is a spirit of conciliation, of justice and of peace. The only departures from strict political precedent made by Hayes have been in calling into his Cabinet a representative Houtherner, and in refusing to exercise doubtful powers in deciding disputed elections in two States. In these in stances he has rinen above partisan con siderations, and w before censuring him very severely for this we ought to wait to see what consequences will follow. In refusing to interfere in Louisiana and South Carolina he has merely done his duty, and cannot be held responsi ble for the consequences; and in the other matter we believe that this coun try is strong enough to survive the un usual innovation of a Democratic Par. ! master in a Republican Administration. oo mat, as lar as the President's acts are concerned, it is a great deal easier to abase him than it is to make anv more valid objections to him. But it remains to bo seen whether he will have so much courage in refusing the Deni oeiaoy concessions, which it has no rijrht to ask, as he has been in grantine it favors which it had no reason to ex pect. Making concessions to the Dem ocracy is very much like playing with a healthy tiger, and we never knew the Democracy to get any powsr that it did not make bad use of. Bat ti.. time the Present onU i justly censurable if he had not refused to make any concessions to that univer- i sai uemaoa wnich went npfor peace and? hSw?nfol,ai10" J OD on" blame him for dome that arA it should turn out to be dangerous, why it will be time enough to abuse when he has done something to deserve it ' The "Mumps. We have a fellow-feeling for the edi tor who tries by all the seductive arts of "words and wit" to produce some thing worthy of other papers copying only to find he has been throwing pearls before swine; and sympathy for the poor devil who calls on other papers for their sentiment on a certain subject only to be snubbed; but for the writer. ho allows his desire to see his articles copied carry him so far as to imagine that papers that never heard of his little sheet are stealing his ideas, we have pothing but pity, such as is ex tended to persons of uasoand mind. We can readily imagine the outraged feelings of the poor fellow in the pit who cried out on the night of the first performance f a certain play, in which there was a storbi scene, "The author has stolen my thunder," but the state of tbe editor's mind, who labors under the hallucination that his in fee nudity has been robbed, is a sensation entirely unappreciable. Not many moons ago a certain paper had the sublime cheek, the audacity and conceit to publish the following: " - "Our doughty tar, Dick Thompson, has been interviewed by a New York Ile'-ald correspondent on the question of a new party, a movement foreshad owed in tLe Standard two months ago, and since taken up by the 1 lei aid as it? own idea." This could not have been intended by the editor for sarcasm on himself, for such imbecility would not be toler ated in the editorial columns of any re spectable paper. No, it must have been vanity, pure and undefiled. Why not accuse Homer of plagiarizing his "winged words" from the same source for that defunct epic master is just about as likely to have stolen his fire from the Portland atlas as the Herald ideas from a vacuity ? Really some thing ought to be done for a paper of such prodigious conceit. If there was any such things in ex istence as Tilden bonds we would be led to believe that the recent cock-and-bull dispatches about the silly quo warranto and about Sammy intending to oust R. B. Hayes from the Presi dential chair were sent for the purpose of "bnlling" the market; but as such worthless stock is not alloat the exact object in sending such sensational bosh across the wires is beyond our compre hension, unless the facetious operator wanted to create a little lame enthu siasm among the almost dead De mocracy. Letter from Alinota to the Walla Walla Watchman : From 20 to 40 teams unload at the warehouse here daily. Five hundred tons of produce were shipped here this spring, and there are now 200 tons awaiting shipment. The Almota Hotel is crowded, and a good man keeps it. Three firms are selling apricultural implements here. A prrist mill will soon be in operation, also a good ferryboat. Almota is the central point for all Palouse country, which is rapidly filling up, and is bound to be the main business point on Snake river. Robert Dale Onen, when asked the other day what he thought of President Hayes policy, said: "I have not been so well satisfied with the political out look since the death of Abraham Lin coln." Territorial News. Walla Walla county has a balance of $2,090 59 over all indebtedness. Five cases of small-pox are reported at Port Washington, Paget Hound. The fcaptain of the steamer Otter, running on the Sound, has received in structions to do more racing. Dr. Rufus Willard, of Olympia. has been appointed Superintendent of the Insane Aslum at Steilacoom. The Seattle and Victoria base ball clubs have a "set-to" at Victoria on the 27th. The railroad from Wallula to Walla Walla is chiefly owned by Dr. Baker, and is 31 miles long and narrow gauge. A new sawmill is being constructed at Port Ludlow which will be one of the largest on the Sound. It will be run ning by the 1st of August. It is stated that Washington Terri tory will get 820,000 of the general ap propriation of the present year for sur veys of public lands. J. C. Potter, recently from Wiscon sin, is erect in cr a flouring mill on the Pataha, fourteen miles from Snake river, in the new wheat country. A young man named Foster shot and killed Mr. P. Hawley, a highly respect ed citizen of Walla Walla, last Sunday. Foster was arrested and placed in jail. He is said to have been out of his head for some time. San Juan Island has a population of 550, and about 100 land owners. There are two schools. At the lime kilns about 70 barrels of lime are produced daily, employing 15 or 20 men and run ning at an expenso of $1,200 a month. Capt. D. B. Finch, the sole owner of the middle fall at Tnmwater and the pipe factory located thereon, has sold that 'valuable property to parties in San Francisco. This sale also includes the mater works, with all its appur tenances, etc. According to the Lewiston Teller j there is a larcro body of first-class farm ing land awaiting settlement bring on I Potlatch creek, to the northeast of Lew- j istoo. In that locolitv there is said to j be room for 1,000 farms of 160 acres j each, all fine land. It is situated be tween the north line of Nes Perces res ervation and Palouse river. The Virtue Mining Companf. of Ba ker City. Oregon, has filed a petition in the TJuited States Court, District of California, to be declared bankrupt. Liabilities, 888.105 17; asseis. 27,200. On the 13th the Umatilla Indians had their grand salmon feast at the residence of Sig. We-nap-STioot. Until this feast is held, no Umatilla Indian will eat sal mon under anv consideration. COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA. Telegraphic News. Eastern. New York, May 21. Leander A. Be vin, just returned from California, gives the Sun an alarming account of the ag ricultural distress there, characterizing San Joaquin valley as the great wheat producing section of the State. He an ticipates nine tenths of it will be ruined this year, and it is almost certain hun dreds will starve unless sustained by chavity. Hi; attributes the good crops in Napa valley to irrigation, and says instead of shipping grain this year Cal ifornia will not raitse more than a home supply, and traiu loads of people will be leaving California with what little they are able to escape with. New Yokk, May 22. The Graphic has a dispatch from Washington to the effect that the postponement of the ex tra fession of Congress was due to the discovery of a conspiracy on the part of Congressmen of both parties, headed by David Dudley Field, to introduce a resolution declaring Samuel J. Tilden the honest President elect and'inviting him to take his place in the White House. Baltimore, May 22. The Methodist Protestant Convention considered the subject of a uniform Methodist hymnal. Pastors were recommended to organize Sunday schools, and notified that the neglect to do so would be cause of re moval. An amendment restricting all persons from admission to membership unless baptized was lost. PRoviDENCE,May 22. The National Baptist anniversaries commenced tliis morning. The American Baptist Mis sionary Uuion Treasurer's report shows a deficit for the year of 7,223, making a total balance against the Union of 47,362. Entire receipts, $238,777. Chester, Pa., May 22. Tnis morn ing the Saratoga, a large iron steam ship, which was to be launched at Roach's shipyards, started from its blocking sooner than was expected, killing and wounding many. Six dead bodies have been removed. About forty men were under the Saratoga when she wrent off. An order was given for them to come out, but was not heard. Thenames of tbe killed, as far as known, are Edward Fowlsey, John Nelson. Chas. Wright and Ed ward Burke. The wounded are George Woof,' mortally; Barney Cannon and Walter Parkinson seriously. It is thought some of the workmen were killed and dragged into ti e water by the hip. The bodies of the dead are horribly mangled, one being literally cut in halves, others with their legs and arms torn off. The shipyard is thronged with friends and relatives of the victims. Ioreiirit. New Yokk, May 21. A special dis patch from Constantinople via Paris, says the members of the Turkish Cham ber of Deputies are quarreling, and that government troubles are feared. Vienna, May 21. It is rumored hero that negotiations are peudiDg for an alliance between Germany, Austria and England. Sr. PETEKSiii'itG , May 21. Grand Duko Michael telegraphs from TitJis that along the entire coast from Cape Adeler to Point Chentichyr, the Turk ish men-of war are bombarding and burning undefended and peaceable set tlements, and aro landing Cancassian emigrants at various points who seek to excite rebellion. London, May 21. The Porte has re plied harshly to Greece's strong repre sentations relative to the recent release of Turkish brigands from prison aud their entry into Greece. EitZKKofM, May 21. Within the last twenty-four hours rumors of peace, which, however, are not traceable to any source. have been circulating among Kiissian officers. London. May 21. An Odessa 'elter in the I'olitUche (.'orrespumlence says: Since the f ill of Sookgoom Gaje a panic reigns, not only at Odessa, but nil along the Blaek Sea. All confidence in the shore batteries and torpedoes lia been lost. The Governor of Odessa endeav ored to calm the public miud by issuing proclamations. London, May 22. An Odessa letter states tiiat the military commander of the south coast has taken imasuresto defend O.lessa agaicst a roup d'ni'iiu by concentrating their force of three brig ad a of infantry, eight columns of Cos sacks and six squadrons of light cavalry, the thirteenth corps to be employed in the defense c.f tho coast line from Ot ohakoff to Eekerinanti. According to signals of the coast guard Odessa seems less threatened thau Otchkoff, and gre.it care lias been bestowed of late on this fortress, which, with the works of Kinbnrn, protects the entrance to the bay and mouths of the Dnieper and consequently Nicolieff, the only ship building place thereabouts since the destruction of Sebastopol. For some days Turkish vessels have been cruising there, seemingly with troops on b aril. Great stores of provisions and ammuni tion are accumulating at Nicolieff, and in the event of the Turks rendering the Otchakoff torpedoes harmless, not only these stores and the ship-building yard, but also Khergon and other great towns on the Dneiper basin would le open to them. A Turkish squadron consisting of two monitors, three iron-clad frigates, several smaller vessels and a whole flo tilla of barks supposed to have volun teers on board, are cruising in the waters of Sebastopol aud Eupatoria. It is re ported this flet will not le satisfied with bombarding places on the coast, but take means to incite an insurrec tionary movement in Crimea. It can not be denied that a spirit is beginning to show itself in tho population not cal culated to inspire much confidence. The south coast of the Crimea is now almost entirely occupied by Moham medans. lioumania proclaimed her independ ence and declared against Turkey ou the 20th. It is rumored that the railroad is to be extended from Albany to Corvallis. Joseph Hoyt, of Salem, died last week of dropsy of the heart. Deceased was for a number of years superintendent of the Willamette woolen mills. 7The National (Jold Medal was awarded o Rradley A Kulofson for the best Photographs in the Uirfted States, and the Vienna Meda for the best in the world. 429 Montgomery Street. San Francisco. Housewives, Attention. For 75 cents I will s.-nd you a receint for making a superior article of honey, at a cost of 8 cents per pound, unexcelled for table use. Also for 75 cents a receipt for making a better quality of soap, at a cost of one and a ha f cents per pound for soft, and three cents per pound for hard. Either the soap or honey can be made within fifteen minutes bv a child The saving made by a household in oneyear's time Is incalculable. Hoth receipts for $1 and and a threecent postage stamp. Address J K Robinson, 77, Market st., Kan Francisco, Cal ' A Wonder-Working- itemed y. No remedial agent has ever been ofifcrad to the sick and debilitated rt all comparable to Hostettcr's Stomach Hitters, in case of remit tent and intermittent fevers, constipation, nervous ailments, rheumatism, and disorders involving constitutional weakness or physical d'cay. It literally "works wonders." The lo tanic infircdiPtits which its si irituons basis holds in solution, not like a charm upon the I brain, liver, bnwels and ntrvows system. men- is riotninr lit- its coziiiosition that is noi naiuurioiiH. n contain some of the most potent, tonics of the ve. table kingdom and the Juices ot the bet aoeric-nt and anti-bilious roots and herbs, combined will ; perfectly pure stimulating element. The liitters are peculiarly adapted to those engaged in ex hausting or' unhealthy occupation, as ly its us5 strength is sustained and tho abilitv of the system to resist atmospheric and other influences prejudicial to health largely in creased. Armed to the Teetli, Is a very common expression, hut we think that armed to embellish nnd preserve them to a richoM age is decidedly moreappropriate. This can be done by keeping yourself supplied with a bottle of that splendid dentifrice, Kra grant flOZODONT. which wilt beautify the teeth and preserve them from-the ravagps of decay. SOZODOXT contains noacidor gritty substances which injure the enam-er, but is composed of rare and antiseptic heris, which have a beneficial effect on the whole economy of the mouth. Sold by druggists. One More Vnf.irtunate. Almost everyday the pax-rs chronicle the suicide of some jioor unfortunate whose mind has been enfeebled by dysuicpsia, over whose earthly horison a heavy gioom was gathered from the untold and untenable agonies of this crui complaint. Dyspepsia is one of the most depressing diseases Rfflictir humanity. It is cosmoiiolitan in its nature no country is exempt troni Its visitations, no tamilv free from its attacks. There is a balm in :ierd ; it comes in theshap"of the Peruvian Sykup. For years it lias been scattering its blessings abroad. There is, probably, no dis -ase vhich experience hns so limply nvil remediable by the Peruvian Syrcp as Iysp"psia. The most inveterate forms of this dis"nse have been completely cured by this metlk'me, as ampin testimony of manv of our first citizens prove. .Sold by all druggists. Remember This. Now is the ti:ie of vear for Pneumonia f.ung Kever. 'oughs. Colds, and fatal results of predisposition to 'onsiim:-t ion and oth'T i nroat. aim i.un; imwis". KosriiEK S Her man Sykup has been iwd in this neighljor hood for t he p:ist t wo or thret years wit bout a single failure to cur". If you have not used this methcin yojirvlf, goto your I 'rug- gist, ward k Hani -.g and ask him of Us wonderful success among his customers. I nree closes will r"'lje-V" me worst case, n yon have no faith in anv medicincjust. huv a Sam-pi- Bottle of ItOSCIIEE'S (iERMAS SYKUP for io cents and iry it. negniar size tottie ?.- cents. Don't neglect a cough to save 75 cent Is Tour L.ife Worth lOCenlg. Sickness urevnils everywhere, and every body complains of some disease during th-ir life. When sick, the object is to get well; now to say plainlv that, no -rson in this v orld that, is suT-ring with Dvspepsi-i, I.iver Complaint and its etr-ets. such as Indiges tion, Costiveness. Sick Headache, Sour Stom ach, Heart Burn, palpitation of the Heart, 1 lepr -ss -d Spirits, Biliousness, etc., can take 'iiiEEN's August Flower without getting re lief and cure. If you doubt this, go to Ward Sk Harding and get a Sample Bottl for 10 cents and try it. Regular siz-j 7 cfnts. Two doses will relieve you. From X. Hummer. M. IJ. , Auburn, X. H. "Although avers" to countenancing patent medicines, I cheerfully make an exception of your very excellent lung prepantion fR. Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cjikkry. This preparation I have used in my practice for more than ton years past, and have a'wavs found it to lie of mor; eir-ctual service than anything within my knowledge. I recom mend it with the greatest confidence to those su bject to coughs and pulmonary coin plaints." Sold by all druggists. If You visit Portland and wish to buy a fine suit of clothes at a low pricy, call at Ac kerman Eros., corner First and Washing ton streets. A CARD. To a'l who ar suffering from t lie errors and indiscretion of youth, nervous weakness, early decay, loss of manhood, &c, t will send a r-cipe that will cure you, FI.'KK- OK "H.U i K. This great remedy was discovered by a missionary in South America. Send a s"lf-addres-i"d enveo'x to the Kkv. T.Joskpii I.VMAX, Sttttion I). Mli!" Joinr, SVrw York. novl7-ly. iii;i. At Walla Walla. April 27th, 1S77, Frank Bane Welch, ag.-d 15 years. At Colfax, W.T., Ma.vSh.lS77, of diphtheria, Constance Margaret, d-iughr of F. I, and Mary M. Connoll, aged 17 months. In t r gon City, at thr? age of GO years, Capt. W. F. Kippen. yj:v to-da v. Johnson, Md'own & Mamur, AU'y. Guardisn's Tvctice. In the County Court of the State of Oregon for the mini y of lackamas. In t he matter of t iie -s?at; ot Il-'nry Brant i- gaiM.an Insane person. OW ON THIS BAV C.MF. TIIR ;r.H- dian of th above named II-M-rv Br.iri'i- gam and filed a x-tiion, duly verified, i ray ing for a license to s II the hereinafter de scribed leal estate belonging to s:iid estate, and it appearing to the satisfaction of th" Court, from th" petition, that it i ir-cssriv to sell the said real estate in order to pay claims, charges arid expenses against said estate and to maintain said ward. It border ed, adjudged and decreed by th" Court that th" next of kin and all persons interested in the above entitled estat" appear b "for" tins Court at the Court Hons" in Oregon City, County of Clackamas, State of Oregon, on Monday, t he 25th day of .Ian nary, IN77, at the hour of ten o'clock of said day and show cause, if an v exist, whv a lieens" should not. lie granted tosdl the following described real estate, to-wit : A part of h-iml Claim No. 4H in T. 2S., H.2K., being the donation claim of Wm. anil M. A. S. I.. Holrns, bounded as fol lows to-wit : Beginning 450 feet. S. of the sj K. corner of a block of land situated on said claim ovvned by J. It. Ralston, nuitilxr"(l 13 according to plat of blocks surveyed by B. F. Cartee; t henc west along t he S." line 'of said last mentioned tract of land l,3H feet ; th"nee north along the Territorial road leading from Or-gon City to Molalla 2 T-l' feet to the place of beginning; containii g Fi ncrs. Also the following tracts of land of said do nation claim, to-wit : Beginning nt a post 30 feet. s. of t lie S. K. corner of said block of land numbered 13; running thence along th" south lin" of said block l:?!H feet; thence soiit h 4,0 feet. ; t h"nce east 13'H) feet: th"ncf north 13(H) feet to the place of beginning; con taining 13 acres mor" or less. It is further ord"r"d that a cony of this ord"r shall be served on Henry Brantigam personalis-, and that, a copy lie published for three weeks successively in the Oregon City Ester prise, a newspaper cirrnlat ing in th" eountv of t lackamas. '. W. KAXKAI.I,, Attest ; County Judge. W. If. H. FOTTTS, County Clerk. Oregon City, May .', IS77-:$t. PATRONIZE HOME INDUSTRY! GEOIIGE FUCHS, DEALER IX Cigars, Tobacco, Pipes, Etc, AT Caufield's Old Stand. XHAVE NOW READY FOR SAT,F. A FINE lot of Havana and Seed Cigars, of my own manufacture, by the wholesale or retail, at prices to suit, th? times. I will guarantee a first class article, as good as cun be found in the city, manufactured by white labor. Give me a call and judge for vourwlf. iEO. FUCHS. Oregon City, May 17, 1877-tf. LAW OFFICE. TAM BACK IN MY OLD OFFICE, OVER Mr. Charman'8 store, ready to uttervd to business. h. HUELAT. LAND FOR SALE. I have a number of land claims for sa?e in different tinrts of tit rnn n ,- - . which will be sold at a sacrifice, the owners being urgent to s"ll. A c aim of 410 acres, well improved, will be sold for what the improvements cost. 470 acres of timber land within 3 miles of Oregon City. i 120 acres of prairie land on Molalla. Persons desirous of investing in land in Clackamas county will do well to calf on the undersigned. S. HUELAT, Oregon City, May 17, 1ST7-Im. Sheriff's Sale. BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE OF FORE closure and writ of execution issued out ol the Circuit Court of the State or Oregon for the CoimCy of Clackamas, made and entered of record on tbe 30th day cf September A. I). 1S75,. and to me directed as Sherlir, under the seal of said Court, on the 1st day of .May A. D, 1S77,. in favor of The Oregon Iron Coipaiiyr plaintiff,- and against The Tualatin River Navigation and Manufacturing Company, Ii. B. Curry, Heury Uans, E. A. ' Hawley and C. H. Dodd, defendants, lor the sum ot" Twen ty -two Thousand Seven Hundred and- Tbirty nine tii 1U0 Dollars, in United States gold coin, with interest at the rate of one c-r eent. per month Irom the ."JOth day of Sep.eirrbep A,-IX. 1S75, and costs of suit and the lurthor sum of Five Hundred Dollars iiv gold coin; then the judgment of E. A. Haw.ey and C. H Iknld ami against sntd Tuji alin River Navigation and Manulacturin Company for Three Hun dred aad lhirty-ii've 3D-100 Dollars, with in terest trom the 4th day of March A. D. 174, aad the further sum. of Seventeen 2lM00clol ars costs ; the judgment of R-B. Curry and against The Ttia atin River Navigation and Manu facturing Company for the sum of Seventy six SVIUO dobars in gold coin, with interest Jit twelve per cent, a year irom t lie 15th day of October A. IX 1S51; the iudgnient of Henry Hat s and against The Tualatin River Navi gation and MamUact uring. Company for the sum of Forty-seven -UlO doflars in gold coin, w it ii interest t hereon Irom the 30sb, day of October A. I). 1S71. Now therefore I have on ti is the rfth da-y or May A. D. 17. levied upon the- lollowiug. de scribed real estate to-wit -. First, the corporate lranchis- C s,aid 1 ua atin. River Navigat 'on and Manufacturing Company to be acorora t ion ; Second, t he canal of said corporation, The Tualatin River Navigation and Manu facturing Company, between the Tua.atin River and Sucker Iike. in said county ot Clackamas, with its appurtenances; Third, all and singular the following described iots tracts or parcel of bind, tein-ments. anu hereditaments with their appurtenances, all sit uat.'d in the county of . Uclcaieas, in the State of Oregon, more pari.icu.arly known and described, as follows. namely : First, com mencing at the socth-eust corner of the origi nal .and ciaim of A. A. Durham and adjoin ing the original iand claim of F. A. Co.Jard, and running thence northerly parallel witu the Wil amette River sixty rods intersect in tlv? public road between the land then or loriner.y of J. C. 'I ra-linger and the land fr-iii'-rly belonging, to the Episcopal Church and subsequently -to" J. C. Trailing r; thenee west eighty rods to a point intersecting: h." county road; thenee north sixty feet to a joint inter secting land formerly belonging to Thomas F. Scott and land loruier y belonging to the Episcopal Church ; t Ivnce west t vo hundred a nd twenty rods ; thence south sixty rods to the sout h-Nvest corner of th" said original land claim ot A. A. Durr am -, thence east three hundred and t wentx rods to the place of Im ginning. includSng one hundred and lwenty acr sol land more or ies, except ing th;-re-inuii tour acres-of land more or less and the water nghts and- other privileges and eas ments granted to Henry D. (ireen by Albert A. Durham and wife by deed dated the iith day ot 'January, H'if, which d"ed is recorded on pages. 53 and 5M of tiook "D""of ther-cords of de. ds lor flic county of Clackamas; ex cepting tin relrom also that other certain lt, tract or parcel of land aud easments. rights and privileges which on or about the tith day oi July, lhlici, were conveyed to the plaintitr mull r I he manner aud st y.e of t he Oregon Iron Company fy.J C.Tru. linger and wile, Thomas i. Todd, Daniel R -iman and Daniel Trullin ger. which deed is duly recorded" in the r.-eords ol deeds tor the county of Clackamas in book "E"on poge los ; exx-c-pting also therelrom a ot of ground wh ch on theOtii d.i-y of Marrh, ISti'.l, John C Trulliiiger and wile conveyed to Jovph Neefeert, which deed is r.'rorded in the records of deeds for t he counry of Claekamas in booli ti" page It ; excel tin? also there from lots 1,2. S, 4, 5, , 7. K and 9 in block "B" as laid out and designated u pon the mapsind plats of t he town ! Oswego; second, a-d the easments, rights and privileges- K-sc-rwd So the grantors or excepted out oi the said con veyance to the said Henry It. (Jreen in the del-el to him made by A. A. Durban and wife of the 2tth day of January, l,sJ, hereinbefore described, and also t he easments, rights and privileges reserved to the grantors in the deed 0t h day of July, lKi, to the Oregon iron Com pany, under the name arid style of the Oregon Iron Company, which deed is recorded 4n book, E" of said records on page 40S, aud also a written deed by the said John C. 'i'rutiinger and wife of lots'S and 9 in b ock'T." in the Urxn of Os wego to 1. H. Calkin; third, commencing at. a meander pott on the lelt bank ol the Willa mette l:iver in line between sec-tions 2 and 11. townsnip 2 south, range 1 cast ; thence west 21.50 v-hains along section line to a stake; thence s 10- w 31 chains to stake In fence line; t hence s SOS e 18.75 chains to a stake at low water mark of the Wili-tmctte River-, thence meandering the said river n 11 e K.''-5 chains . Wll 30 e I2.WI chains; n 'JJ w -!0 chains and n -S)3 e 12.21) chains to the plaue of be ginning, containing sixty-seven acres more or less, being, the same land conveyed loThomas F.Scott, by A. A. Durham ami wil" October 25th, 1S.V;" Fourth, I wgi oritur at a stake at Jt l:v south-west corner of tri" tract of land just above described and running thence s 10- w 2.50 chains ; then easterly so as to rn't one rod sout h of t lie school house to the Willa mette lliver at low water mark ; thenee north wit h the meanders of the river 1.75 chains lo the south-east corner of t h" said last above deseiibed tract ; thence with the sout h line of said tract west tothe place of beginning ; con taining lour acres more or less, reserving and except ing out of said tract and pa re- is ol land herein beiore described lot s or parcels namely : Ixts 1. ?, 3, 4, 7, S, 13 and 14 in block one ; lois 5, (i, 7, !), 10, 1" and lti iu block thr -e ; lots 1,2, 3,4,5, 12 13 and 14 in block four; all ot block live; lots A and B in block twenty-nine, and lots 3 and 4 in block eight ; all in : he town plat of Oswego and so numbered and desig nated on the maps thereof; also res-rving and except ing all of t lie above described lands which on or prior to the 2!Hh day of July, i,S7.' became or were t he lands of the Oregon Iron Company ; also except ing and reserving all of block on"; lots I, 2, Hand 4 in block two; lots 5, ti, 7 and 8 in block three, and lots and 7 in block lour ; all in said town of Oswego ; andon Monday, the llh clay of.rmic A. Ii. 1S77, at 11 o'clock A. M. of said day at t he Cotirt I louse door in Oregon it v, c 'lac-kamas coun ty, Oregon, I will sell all the above d -scribed r 'al proiw-rty of the Tualatin River Naviga tion and Manufacturing Com pa ny at j ubiie auction to the highest bidder for cash to me in hand paid in I'. S. gold coin, hrst to satisfy I he costs, accruing costs and s-'cond t he judg ments iu the order in which they are named in th" alMive not ic", to-w it ; First, the judg ment in favor of t lie Oregon Iron Company, and interest ; second.Hlie judgment in favor of Hawley, 1 kxld Co., costs and interest . third, the Judgment of R. B. Curry, costs and inter est ; fourt h, t he judgment i:i lavor of Henry lians, interest and costs; filth, attornevs leeis as per the decree appears. J. T. ABBEKSON, Sheriff of Clackamas county, Oregon. Oregon City, May SHli, iS77 myl7 5t. Sheriffs Sale. Y VIRTUE OF A DECK E OF FORE 3 elostireand wrif of execution isu-'d out. of the circuit Court of t he st ate of Or gon fort he county of Clackamas, made and enl-r -il of record on the 23d day of April, A. D. 1S77, and to me directed us sheriff under t he sea I of said ; Court on the 3oth day ol April, 1S77, in lavor! of the Or 'gon Iron Company, plaintitr, and ' against Joseph Kellogg, Este la K" logg, W. ; F. Highfied and John Catlin, assignee of Joseph Kellogg, bankrupt, defendants, lor the j sum of Filteen Hundred and Fitly Dollars U. S. gold coin, with lawlul iujer st t h--r,-on troni the -iAA day of April, ls7., also costs and dis burseni"nts in this suit. Now therefore I have on this the 4th day of ! Ma v, A. D 1877, levied unoii the lollowiug Ji- ! scribed real estate, to-wit: "Described as iol- ; lo is, namely, situate in the county of t lack- amas and state ot Oregon, more particularly known nnd d-scrib- d as lollops, namely, the soulh ballot the smrt h-west quarter of section 17, and the- north half of the north-.est quarter of s"ction 2i, in township 2 south of range 1 east of the Wl.lamet te Meridian ; and on Monday, June lSlli, 1S77, at 1 o'clock r. M. of said day, at l he Court House door in Oregon ity, Clackamas coun ty. Oregon, I will sell all the right, title and interest of the above named d fendants to the above described lauds to satisfy the alove named jndgments, interest, costs and accruing costs, at public auction to the high est, bidder tor United States gold coin to me in hand paid. J. T. AIT'ERSON. Sheritr of Clackamas County, Oregon. Oregon City, May 5, 177 ;inyl7-ot. NOTICE. U. S. Land Offick, Orfxsox City, I Oregon. May 10, 1877. ( COMPI,AINT HAVING BEEN ENTERED j at this office by August Schellberg against Geo. Hukwied for abandoning his homestead entry, No.2015,dated January 8, lS7ti, upon the west X of the S. E. H section 6, township 9 so-t h, range - cast, in Marion county. Oregon, with a vi.w to the cancellation of said entry: the said parties are hereby summoned to at pear at this Oflle on the l!h day of June, 1877, at 10 o'clock A. M., to resond and fur nish testimony concerning said allegod aban doment. OWEN VDE, Itegiiter. myl7-4t. T. It. HARRISON. Jteeeiver. SAW MILL. TH. JONES HAS GOT HIS SAW JIIIJ. in running order on Cedar Creek, 12 mils from Oregon City, and is prepared to furnish CEDAR LUMBER, Of any kind, undressed, to all who may favor him with a call. , Address, J. H. Jones, Uinfio's Point, Clacka mas County, Oregon. April 12, 1877-m. i 1 ,000,000 Bottles OI THE c EftTAUR L INfMENTS. have been sold the last year, and not one complaint has reached us that they have not done all that is claimed for them. Indeed. scientific skill cannot go beyond the rrsult reached in Oese wonderful preparations. Added to Carbolic, Arnica, Mentha, Seneca -Oil rfnd Witch-Hazel, are other ingredients, which makes-a lamiiy liniment that defies rivalry KheiMrvatte aud bed-ricklen crip-pies have by it been enabled to throw away their crutche and many who lor years been afflicted with Neuralgia, Sciatica, Caked Breast, Weak Backs, ac., have l on rid permanent relief. Mr. JosiaU Wfestlake, of Marysville, Ohio,, ; writes; ! "For years my rheumatism has been so bad Shat I have been unable to stir from tbe bouw. I have tried eve ry remedy 1 eoold hear of. Finally I learned of the Centaur Liniment. The first three b4t)es enabled me to walk without my crutches. I am" mendinp rapidly. J think your l.iuiment simply marvel." This Liniment cares Bums and Scalds with- nut a soar, extracts the poison Irom bites and stings. ures Chiliblaii'S and Krostcd-reet, and is very efficacious- for Ear-ache, Tooth ache, Itch and cutaiifous. eruption.. Tlier Centaur Lininrent, Trllow Wrap per, is intended for the tonh fibres, cord and muscles of hofSK mules and animal. j READ READ.' ' Rev. (!po. Y. Ferris, Manorftirr, Sehohari county, N. Y.,s.'f: M v hors was hrrrre for n year with a frt- loefe wrench. Ah remedies utterly failed to cure, and I considered him worthless, until f commenced to ns! Centaur Liniment, which rapidly eurc-n him. I heartily recommend it." It makes very dttb difference he her t !)? case bt "w rvneh," sprain, spavin or l.im-n"w of any kind, the c-ffet-ts are the same. The great powr of the Liniment is,however,shown in Boll-evil, Biz-he ml, sweeny, S; avin, Ring--bone, Oalis a-nd Scratches. This I iniment is ' wort h millions ol dolhirs yearly to th stock ; grower. Li very-men. Farmers, and t host hav- ing valuable aniinals-to-eare for: We warrant ; its c jr.'Cts and reier to any Farrier who has- ever used it. Labratory of J. B. Rose 4k Co., 4G Dey St., N ejv Yokk. c HILDRELM. o A complete smrsitute-forCa.-sf'OiI, without its unpleasant taste or recoil in the throat The result of 20 years'pf actiee by It. Samuel Iit dies, of Masfnich w-rrs. Pitchers! Hsltirut is paririrrularly recommen ded Iorc-biidr-n. It rt- stroy worms, assimi lates the food, and allows mitural sleep. Very c-fSencioas in t roapind for children Teething. For Colds, Fevrishness, Disorders of the Bow els, and Stomach Complaints, nothing is so eff-etive. It is as pleasant to take as lioney cvst fUjut 35-cts.,and can be had of any druggist. This ison" of many testimonials : "Corn-wall, Lebanon , P-.i., March 17. Dettr Strr I have used your Castori a in my practice tor some time. I take great pleasure in r cttinmerulTM'i ti tn Cfif prc fvnun, as a safe, reliable and agr -eahle medicine. It is partie--ularly ruUtjtted lo children where fbe repugnant taste of Castor Oil renders it so difficult to ad minister. E. A. ENDERS, M. D." Mothers who try Castori a will find they can sleep nights, and their bahis will l healthy J. B. Rose fc Co., New York. J. W. FRAZE3 & CO. f. I AVE ENOAOED- IN THE CATCH OF 1 Salmon at tlv Willammette Falls anci solicit casil orders from- Iaiers-, at reasonable rates. We wi'.l keep for the city tmde, when we can get them. S-.,lt Water F!h Smelt, Poultry,. Ur ioli Trout and Gams when iu season. encash paid for l"bui:ry. Markct on (ithSI., 3yer' Itbyck. Oregon City. March l,lS77-lm OS S0 BTAXT TO WHOM IT E!AY CONCERN BKIXtt DKSlUOrs OF adoptixs a new rule of bus4nt-s, I w ould request thos indebted to me to com and Pay Up Immediately, And save incon vrnienee and expense, as I have determined to collect what is due me. I have reduced the prices on Goods greatly,, and can assure all that I can give 3 area ins to Cash Buyer?, Come and see for v-ou.-own sat isfact ioi . A . L K V Y "011 John MilKr," formrrly of Href on fitr. J. V. fiiiLLER & SON, Dealkiw IX STOVES &. RANGES, JAPANSED WARE AND HOUSE FU3 MSSHINS COOLS. PORTLAT4D, 93 FRONT ST- y Jobbing of all kinds prompllv attended to. " . Ic-bl IS77-tf. CAXCEU CAN BE CURED. Cancer has from time immemorial been f grejit scourge to t he human race and is now becoming the greater. Kor many years it ha been held by the medical rob-ssion, and gen era ly believed by the ieo; le, that Cancer is incurable; that once its roots take hold upon a victim, there is no chance for a sufferer to escape a ling- ring and terribledeath ; a death siirround"d by all t hat is disgust ing and hr- rime. not oniy to I tie siitr r -r, but to hi triends. Happily this fell d st rover need no .onger Ik lean d. Iir. II. T. Bond, of Phila delphia, a well known hysician, of large cx-p- rienee, has for four years devoted himself tothf special study and treatment of Cancer, and the result ol his e xperience is his dis covi ry f r t he radical cure of Cancer, without the ,lsf. ot jtM,.r kniie caustic or plasters, and without pain The majority of persons arc greatly deceived in regard to the first s-in'toins and a pear ance ot this most ureaded disease, considering it i aintul Irom the commencement. This Is a sad mistake, carrying thousands to an un timely grave. In most cases then' is little or no pain until the disease is far advanced. Tlie only s m toms for many months, and even for years, are occasic n'ally astinginc. darting, stabbing, shooting, smarting, itch ing, burning, crawling or creeping sensation, and some cases not anv or these. If a malady is growing worse instead of better, it is conclusive evidence )t is of a malignant character, and demands imme diate attention. If you have a branny scaly, warty appearance, with an occasional break ing out of these upon the face, lip or nose, or any other portion of the skin, attended with any of the above svmptoms, oi a sensation of a fly b'-ing on it, or a hair tickling it, is cer tain evidence it is Cancer, and there should Ik no delay in using Ir. Bond's treatment. Iife is too valuable to be tampered with. J 'r. IVmd's treatment consists of an "Anti dote" that is applied locally : this at once ar rests the growt b of the anccr. and by chemi cal action neutralizes lis ma lien ity, render ing it harmless and changing it to a simple sore, which nature, assisted by constitutional remedies, soon heals (when the skin is un broken, ar.d t lie Cancer is a hard tumor, the Antidote docs not make an open sore, but re moves it by absorption! In connection with the Antidote is used the Specific, taken in ternally. This tones irp the general health, strengthens the patient, purifies the blood, and eliminates the poison from the system . Ir. Bond's Antidote contains neither caustic nor poison, and can be applied to the most delicate fissnes of the body without Injury and therefore is the only remedy that can be used in Internal i ancer, such as cancer of the stomach, cancer of th womb, etc. Ir. Bond' remedfes, with full directions for successful treatment will be sent to any part of tb world. Pamphlets and full parrienlars free. Address, DR. H. T. BONT, 839 North Broad St., Philadelphia, Pa, April 13, l77-ly.