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OPHELIA.
OurngrnTlng rapreionu (lie fonll Ophell.
(from Uuinlet), aftar her mind became hopolpuly
Cocilo fttrni grtflf fbrtlie madneu of hor low
death of hor fKtber. Rhs wnndored Hbout,
al tier own loal will, bmleekod with fnntutt
finery, oliKriUui inMolio of old bnllatU, and od
day cllmblnt a willow thnt ituod on a margin (
a brook, to hang a gurlmid on It fltr ronohlng
bough, Uioilmidor limb broko and ih wu prt
climted Into (he itream.
" Her olollici spread wido,
And mormnld like, awhile tlioy horo her up,
Which time, the olmnted natchoa of old luuev,
An one lunapnblo of her own dlHtrpnti,
Or like n creature native and Indu'd
- Unto that element hut long It ootild not be,
vTi1l thnt her garment,, heavy wllli Ihelr drink
1'u 1 I'd the poor wretch from lior muloillouu luy
Tointuldyduiitli,"
OPIiKUA.
CINNAliAR IN SOUTH KRN OKKGON,
THE UNKOUSD K1CII I.EIlrtR.
For monlhi pimt, word linn been coming fmra
portions of Hotitht-rn Oregini of the oceanlonal
Iliullng of leilKenor iuIiioh of olnnahar tho red
iiilphnret of nicrenry.or (Uk'kHllvnr, Al J'ct,
IhoHO dlRcovertes huvo been iniula iniwlly )
Ihmglns coiuity.nnd InllieHouthorn portion ofrt
Only one or two "tlnda" Imvo been reported ta
JavkMou county, and nelllierof them ofnnieh
oount, apparently, lint tliero Is In thnt county
omowhuro a vein or mine, yet to ho ulrtick, from
which wiu taken, yean ago, the rlehent pteen of
olnunbur ever found on tlita whole I'nelflo Const,
up to that time, far at known, not except I m
any from Hie amniiH inlnea nt Now Almnden, Or
the mora rtcontly dleeovorod mine of New Idrl.
Jtut where ihli letlge or mine li, however, la tb
particular mid very Important question to b
aolvud. I am sure of this, though that It la not
ahovo Iweniy-Jlvo mltea from what uied to b
known na Jewetl'a Perry, on Koguo HWer, on th
Slag rt'tmiuni-'kHonville to Hoaebtirg, nfteaa
yean agoiJlfpnrnrrp jwiwdia
WHAT I KNUW ABOUT IT.
la July, IWU, while on a abort visit In Ban Frna
elaeo, from J nek sou vl lie, I received through
Wella, Fargo A Co. Express, a puck age coulaia
Ing a piece of olnnabar of about three pound
weight, with the rciueal that 1 would have M
assayed. 1 look U to Juslti, Humor A Co,, lb
beat aasaylng flnu of that dny there, and ou call
ing for the assay at Ihe appointed time, Mr.
Justh, Willi whom I wua well umpinlnUid, tlrl
wished mo to lull him where Ihe ore wnsfounj,
niul whatever elav I could Imparl In rulutlou lo ti.
He then bunded tnc the assay uerll tlcate. It guve
nltove T0,nnd 1 am pretty aura It hum a f niello
Iukh than 74 per oeut, of o,uieksllver but (ta 1 de
pend solely on my recollection na lo tho exnat
itasny, 1 cannot any absolutely llml I have alutatt
1 he percentage corral ly, At any rate, Mr. JnsLk,
who was an Hungarian of much mining expert
once In hliown country ,aml hiul been In the uxHiiy
lug bus I nowi for yours In Han Fniuelsoo, told we
thnt It was the richest clnnnlinr he Imd ever sueo
much richer than any over broiiKht from New
Almudcn. Hut hud no lufprinallon of coiiie
tjuunco at thul lime to Impart, becnuso the or
hud ootno Into the Hnehslti of the friend wti
had forwitrded 11 from Jackson county lor nsstty
auvorol days alter my departure fur Bun Kraa
. clsoo, Justhmadeliberulolluraofmoneytoopam
and Work tbu iiiiuo If It prospected agreeably to
hla eipcctalloiui, and also aald he would send
expert to look at IL Aa a mailer of course, 1
could give him no encouragement, but prom last"
to lot him know by letler after my return nu4
upon an tnvosilgatlonof lh oondlllon of thing
the location of th mine, Its ownership, via.
A QURMT AFT Eft IHFOHMATIOIf.
1 got buck to Jacksonville curly lit August, aud
waa nol long In pushing the linorlatil luiulrl.
It seems my friend hud lallen In with ou uf Us
Jcwctt bntlben who owned tho llogu Itlvtr
ferry; that eueh waa vary sangulitti In the beltar
that untold nnd Incalculable mineral wealth II
hidden In the hills and burs arid river bedaoftk
country all about) and that both wer ready fe
Join In a.achem lo prospect for, discover, de
velop, and secure acme of thta vast wealth, li
wua a year of gold quart excitement, because t
two noloi wry rich dlscovertes-lb lilcka mra
oo Jackson Creek, a mil or o from town, aiut
the lah mine on Gold lllll, len mile north, noar
Itugu Ittver. Hut where did that apeelmen af
cinnabar come from T-thal waalhe all-auMirblng
question. My friend did not know; Jewettooulat
no Ull. All l hat he could tell about It waa aa
lollowai Two years before, It waa given to hlat
by an Indian of th Itogue Hlver tribe, who had
(ought under Ibelr great elder, "Old John,"
against the U. ft, troops under CapU A. J. Hmltk,
(now a Urigadler Uaneral) and Col. John Ho'
Oregon volunteers. JeweU bad bean kind to
bim, and allowed blm to live about hla plaot at