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. bllicc-Good's Building, Main st. Edito . rial Kooin m hrst story. P'i:lOrsTln Aau icill In fumiiM til tin JWliirs per Annum w Six Mitlh Sr Three Dullius. .y iv iuJt;rijiliiis teemed for leu than 3u A'e pnpr ilircontiiiiird until till arrearages trtpmn, unlets at Ihe opltmnj Ihe puuliilicr. ADVKIITI.SINO IIATKM. lOue (ujuurd (12 lines or less) 0110 iusrrliuii, " . " iwu uuertuilu, 9-l.iNI. " " three insortliin, tuch .uuscnucnt insertion, ifi 1 .110. Ijlialoliuble deiluciiuim Ui lliM) wlm advert!.' by the yi ur. Job Printing. Tim frohuutor or Tim A HOI'S i. turn In inform tha public llint lie bus just received a llarire Stock of JMJ TV I'll, o ml oilier new pr lit jlrvr rnnU-nnlf and will he in llio (ee.ly reec it ul udditions suited to nil Hie nqinicmru:. of th In inlilV. HANDBILLS, l'OSI'KltS, liLANKS IcAUIW, flKCt'LAIW, PAMl'IILKT-WOKK land oilier ku.d, done to order, on short not.ee. Fur the Argui, The Ul.g Molucr to Uer I'.nlltl. I .inr suggested hi the Death of Mrs. Eliza M 1. Sloop on, little one ! I must leuv llioe, my mn, For life iU lout cfl'irl is mukiii Thou'll ne'er know tiie bli ( r a mother' fond kls, Iu Ihu liuura of thy future awaking. Tiny tell hip, my dtar, Tliut the world in mint tlrcnr For a motherless babe u it weakness, H it u dear Cod uf Love I thy l ather above, And I'll trust iu Hi niricy with meekness. 1 hud hoped to cares thee, And with my love bless tlioe, Till thou coul 1st ret ui n my ull'cction ; To wutch the bright III irmiig Of reason's lirsi dawning. And give llieo a mother's directum, i . To guide thee in youth To low viituo "I'd truili, That ull who should know thee might love ihr And to point (lirae deureje 'i'ou home iu I ho ekies, And a Cod who is ever above llioe. " Dot my in ssio:. is ended, And death is attended "Willi many misgivings for you ; Though taught by another, Think oft of thy mother , ' Cud bless thee, my dati ng, i.dicii ! YluLA. IIaim, Dkli., Deo. 32, 1SS5. liucle Tout", l.uliia. The .ale of 'Undo Tom's Ui.b.ih' ie Ihe uioa niirvelloua l.lorury phono. i.enuu Uiui llio woi.d i,us witnessed ll cuiue uut it' u sort ui ii-u::.iu:i .n Hi .National Era,' u Washington paper. The t!cu.h of L'nolo Toiu was the f J .-(. pailiua pa jl .-ho I, lecU llm first Ihul wu. written. K ami ureil iu llio summer ol Jbjl, uu J exci.ed so much uilcii lion, thut .Mrs. Stoivc added a bo 'i mi n if und in u- tile to her end, by cu;u;i i- in; unil p.iiiliug fiuin eck to week t.'iettlory ;;s we ihivv huv ll, miltl it was oonohulod iu .Maroh Itf jj. ll w hm.i ulh I reprinted ut ljutluu in I'.v.i volu u , u urui wllioll we have not been ll in hn 'Innil. u. Iminrli U llio eud of Mov. 1S5'.', IjJ.iDo cui- bail boon Ja in Ameivu. Ihelirsl I.'.ikI.m e.i'i o:i u iuuUhed ill May, ISj'J, mid wjs iiui luiy. lot ihe .uropeun Uiipulanty oi a picture o. m gro li e vua doublod. Hut in the l'j.h'W.n.' Soii. ni-.tir, I Iu London publislierB furnilie.! Iu uue Imu.-i 1U.UIIU copies per day for uhout four we.ks, uud h id to iiuiloy 1UU0 iieraous m pr. iiuruiir copiea to aiipp.y the iroiioi ul demand. 'W'o cannot follow it beyond lS.'S, but ul that tune more lhaiia million of copiea had u.mi mii in England; prubably ton lini.8 im many an have beeu "old of uuy other work, oxoopl the D.ble and 'prayer-book. In Fmuko 'Uncle 'lo.n' still covem the shop windows ol the Uoulevards, uud one pub lisher ulone, Kiisluco Uurb.i, has sent out live dif ferent editiuns in diO'erent lornn. Bofure ih- end of ltj."2il had beeu trunslaied into ll.il au.rSpau th, Danish, Swedish, Uuich, F.ein h, Oermuii, IV iliah, and Magyar. Thot e are two d.lloreiit Dutch translations, and twelve difl'.ront Gcrmuii ones, imdlhe Italian Ir.tnslatiou enjoys the honor ol the l'ouc'u proiiibilioo. It has beeu dramatised ill twenty ditlcrcnt forms, and uottd iu every cnp lul in-Europe, und iu the free States of America." Xdmburg Reticle. Tuc bnlt HI roam. It is leiieved by many that the waters of llio ulf Stream are nothing more or le e than the watars of Uie river Amazon. Th great lather of waters -is bedded more than 100U miles .mined niely undor the equator, and all its tr.butary slieaniH, for many iheuwtud miles, ave constantly pouring their liol water ti te tli.s m'ghty ren rvoir of wuter. As these waters are gathered under the burning sun of theeqiiater, Uicy are extremely wurm; far more so than the waters of the Atlantic uud-r the equa. tor. The great body of heated water shoots out into the Atlantic more than a huudrtd in.l.s, n the face of the eternal trudo winds. The Ainaiou is sixty m les wide j ufier being bedded in its irresistablo course; it curves off to the loft, and scuds off before tho strong trade winds till out of their reach. Driven along with great force, it takes its course round the reat bay fonnod between the two continents of North and South America. Dashini, alotiw Ihe Northern coast of ,-ooin America, ami ,ss...g . ... " ; Wei India Islands, it leuves the shore oi t.tiba and froceeJ.' along the shores of Florida, Ihe eapos ..f . Virginia, ajd the South coast cf North America, Wpassing along the shorea of Newfoundland, ends it. miwoo a.nang the icebergs wmcri . o.u oui ,fth V. il..nn. Cut 08 IhoOtlll Slreum. and it would not be many years before the North imiiu tvtjuiu uv um . r port of New Vork would cease to be the cculre of j Atlantic would be tilled Willi icooer-s, sun ...r . t Before the course of ihe Gulf Stream woeknown, ahips from Europe t New York, iu winter. ud 10 .lU first to Charleston, S. C then coast .t down to the Hudson. The voyage used 10 occupy them from six to eight monilia. The Nantucket fisher inen were the first to discover the course of the Gulf Stream, and while English captains were liking six mouth, lo reach New York, they used to make run sometimes in one inouih. waning uorlh of this stream 10 winter gel llieir and and rigging froion K that it 1. aearee y DOSSlh tn m'.. ,.. liHrilVflV. UT rUnS-UE wiv . . I11.BU " '. - 0 u Stream they thaw out, lor tne water is nt h knew, by thir, and iU intense deep Uu color. It U provided... re rvo:r of heat by, tJ-Great-Covernorof Wor ds, to .ce,m,p..h h raul jwrpon Ji if tie lufiueuceof tbjfStream THE OKKMM AMI'S, rfalimico Kvtav avrctuxr moii.mnu, BY WILLIAM L. ADAMS. . I All. VMS, I'.illlor uii l IMniui'tor.' vol. x. ouaaow which rt'lid r the C iluute of Riitain mi (.'"Inul. l ere it d vei lod In break iikmi the Rnasis of Mpmu .iiiy.llie Island nf llnluiii wou d soon beeome u b ruk, ruld and uilio-o tubln reuiou, Willi a cliiiiut. as oolil uud n wimer as luiio a l.ubradur i aud Krm iv. uld i e u e lo I e iniii' il tin- Euiorald Irle, fuh h, r iel in wail I he covi red Willi sno.r dwiiiff eii'ln n o lh in the your, iule;id of creon heibat'e. ll ail, e im fii in gco.off c I evi Innees, thut the Unit 'trrv ii.al . no er oil, did not break UKn the liore ol llrruni. and It was lio n us cold as Ice hind. I'punruch liarmouusol nulure'snperaliuns, direnteil uy nil All-Wise t rtiilor.du mi null I ua lionl deiieud. Sritnt He American. ToacHors' uolallon. The n liouined ''Teuchirs' AioiiotionH mot rVt ihe M. K. C'hiireh, Halem, at 2 o'elock r. Doo I'J, lfi.'i.'i. President betux absent, Ihe lion. L. W. l'helpi wai duly elected cuuirman pro tem. The following persons came forward and pre sented llieir nanu s, wishing to become members of the Association, ond on motion received: ' Messrs. O. Jacobs. Warren Ouiuon, O. Diukin sou, l)r Jli.d-on. und Mr. B llurko. In ihuevi-iiiiig Cliiof JiiHiioo Williams d liverej a uiot-l iiit rest ui; uildrens on education, before Ihe Awic ..lion, in ' whloh a Vote of thanks till u til inoiisly p -d. The A-viix- uiio.i pjMi.d tl.e lullowiuj reiolu lions : ; Jl'xo'retl, I. Ti tin o' it ion tho Lig'sluttire of ihe T 1 1 to of Hivnnin pr ivide ttuyi und ui mi f pruciicnlile, l'r,i MiHi.i.eii fund nr com mon sc'iool purposes. ,.n I not leuve it lotlio unci'r luinlier oi a speeial lnu:i ill us ll is now left by tho piteul Et-hoiil l.iw. It'-okrii. 2, That Wo pel linn that lionoriib'e built lo m n.or uli.e ihe Connsi of flie United M . ies io ikiss u aw pi nu t lug the Ter itoiy of t)ng"ii lo U'teri the funds upprjiriatid fnrl'iiivel' ity pin pn.-e. lo ihe orpine of eou.mon schools. Htm.xtd, J. Tnul we pel lion thai honorable body to make .rovi-ion fur the tale of Ihe sehuol lands iu Ihe Terr lory of On gun, so that llioy cun h iiM'd for ed.tcut cn.il purpo.i s. . flesj.'toi, 3. That we res 'iit a ccpy of the above, with our roip, cts to ihe President of the Council, mi I Spoul'.er ol ihe Ilniise of ftepresenta lives of ihe Torraery of Oregon, soliciting them to I ii y tho above before thote honorable bodies, and use ilk ir ii.flt.ei.co lo have our petitions griiutcj. Th. ful'owing wus often d by Mr. DioMiisun : In iMniii.'li us llinc is gieut d liVrence of op nion as .. now man v ritiui. s a scnoiar can pursue tome io.icl.oif il, ii. Inn- ihul to or tluet.' ure t imiili a lior.-. ih I fiu- or six ure none too many, there- font A'e m'reil. That v. hil ihis .'mho uiion is avaro hat every n-j c! er inn t b ll filial judge, us to how many ttiul.'e-' in y particular M'lmhir can at i e - uiiii' li i.e M.cc i-s:id!y parfiie, v.e Ihiuk that tin- -it ject hit-. i-i.i-i'ived loo lililo alien ion, und thai s me ii uchit dc cM itl loo iniiiy studies upon ihi'in, n hal no oiio m su 'jci'S.lully muslertd. Th oi m i.illeo on Ihe.: es report us follows: -Ore on Scho.,1 Uu W. 1. l'uhh. .Moral S. ie.ieii T. II Pcur.i". B 0 e willioni note oi ciiiimeiit David Leslie. - ( 'o'hiiihii Sc'.i 'i-. 1) liaUy. In e '.x.ii il I'h lo i.phy N S. MeAllister. K Iu ion- uud ir.-pon. ib .inc u; icliool diicc.ors i Jl. .Sunn. Inipor uiKo o Uii neial diiVuMiin of kuowlvdge among ihe masns V. I', West. 1'rnper n'nve. iinienl o i-iholnts W. I'oitor. Muiiuiil labor liis,iliitiuns T. It. llarriton. Fine Arts C. A. U.ed. Teachers' Atisociation : How boftorganiied lo be efficient A.C'oi.dit. l.tipiirninoe of natural philosophy 0. Jac bs. L 'gio Jes.-e Slump. Orthocmph, Mrs. V. F. West. Female Education Mrs. P. Uoyl. .'or:l! fjiialifications of Teachers Mrs. Judkim? ti'overmneiii iu School Mrs. O.T.Colbert. Duties of Pureuts lo Teachers Mm Wm. OJtll. Phonetics W. Crnnson. l'reiiih lungiiagL Dr. Hudson. The connect nn oflii-h ilis'.ituliulis willl coxmou schools 0. Dickinson. Heading : Its inipoi laiicc M. B. Durke. Theiiiipirlanco uud utility of Teachers' Asso- c anon J 1j. t ollim. Teachers' Institutes Silas Newconib. Rhetoric D. Huihorn. Teucliin, a profisiou Prof. Iloyt. Muse Prof. Newell. . Matliematios S. Ellsworth, Ep The coirrmiltee uu stundard books to be used in schools, report. Adjourned Ui m et at Co: v..llis, August 20th, IBjC, at 2 o'clock, r. a. From the South. Fort I.ku.nd. Jaokson Co., O.T., . ' Deee.i.ber 4. ll, 1155. Friend AiumsS.s ihe mail goes uortli this m..r,,iieT I haven to 1,1 vnu l.uow what fine lime ,he lldian, having oal sou.h. I tend you a ,nB ",u " 0 -p' of ihe 7a!i.'e Rock benliuel, fiom winch yon CM jollier Ihe pun cn'ars of the progress of the wjf ( o (e a:)ll tsv-iiibc-r. Nothing has been , .,, llk lh. wi . be soon. It apnoa.-. there was u.e im-man.igi mem in trying ! ' . . I to cross the riv. r. Al. the voiun ters that I have i af(, k the uli.lir r , attach much i b'ame to the head officers, and ihiuk the affair I wa. mana'ed very b.ul.y. At all ev. ills, it has ' caused their defeat, and all ihe volunteers have been ordered out. Copt. Smith, of Fori Lane, I c.mo down her. last Thur-day, sr.d went endow ! lo the Nfcadows, with hi. company of mounted ! Thev seat all iher horse, bsick, and , ,l.,.,bi red over the b e hill just io time to return w ih the rest of them. What the next move will i .i.hopili it senemllv t W M nn"" ' ' . . . ... 1. . . T tumaxa tn 11 11 win ou t mi y. d ih,t . na; ,4 hiv. broke out i. r pairi La.pqua t- 8 8 buron.' oae bout?. A a. hl enpg oernl toot , VMV.'.Uf. V..Ktt Kiiuuut of cntara ioul,ro( Ktnn UnW nnuvlil of t',rU. in) Ktr. Hiring.'' cztit, 02tatoiiTi3aaxTOB.v, Saturday, janvaky o, ies. place ono "b'tou" wounded, 8 or II Indians killed. The next thing we shall hear, will be n( Ihe unlive,' uppeariiiiceoul lion-on the road again; for tbe are just oouceiied euoiigli lo think that if five b mdit d men dare not uilack Ihein, limy have got just as good a Uun ss Ihry waul. Quito a uunilier of the volume, rs are sick, and I believe it is the intention of M.ij Murlin to erect a hospital at this p ace. No m i:l iroin the north to. day, as usual. 1 think Saoi is gelling quite tio i.oinicul, not to afford us a ma I but once iu (wo weeks, especially iu country like this. We had quite a young snow slor.ii here en Sat u.diiy uight ntow tell lo the depth uf four inches in the va ley. Il rains here incessantly, only hold ing up long enough lo snow a little. The troops must have suffered a great deal, as the weulher is umisually cold for Oregon, and ruin uud snow, short of rations, and liiou tenat trios too numerous In mention. Tills, I believe, is the reason of their being ordered out Many of the poor fellows llott-j have como out to day look like Ihe breaking up of a hard winter. 1 have just heard that Ihe trooj ure all to be here to-day. There's not more Ihuu a day's rat.ons here from some cuue they appear lo come out very slow. The mail is elosng so am I. (Jo d bte. CIKAVE CKKEK. I'neloslug Extraneous Matter, Ac., la a Ncwsimoer, I'anniUlet, er Macailne. W , l.-iii'JJ IVolll the 0-illl tlllelit lllatillis T;li-l icu lltts b'-f'll su tuniliiiili, tlml He lire Hiiliieeil 10 call mblic ullflitiiui lo the ful lowing pruvisiotis uf law Ujum the stilij. fl : The 'tilth aectitili uf the. Hut uf March 3, 1825, (j'eclareBtliBt "if nny pi-r-ou shall en close or cuiicral a Irtter or other thlny in Di'wspaier, pnniplilet, or inaazu).', or in any pacliiioo uf newspapers, pamphlets, or liiinziu s, wliicli Ii'' shall li.uo ih liti nd intuiiii)' po t ollifc, or :o any son forili.it pin pose, thai tho aatiie may b eHrrii'd hy post floe of li tter ptistaof, he nhull jurfeil the -mm nJin dollars J'unvrry surh nffmut, nnJ tlio letti r, urwspaper, packaj;', or oth er lliiuj;, shall liot be delivi-red to tin- per soli to whom it is iliroc'ed until the Hiliolint of siiif.de loltt'r posta;;e is paid for e tch arli etc of which the pack tgc it coinjwxrd ;" mid t lie third section of the act of Au,'. IM, 152, expressly declairs iliat wlieiv suidi ex traneous matter is 'Vii'.losi'd in or with" a 'newspaper, periodical, inaoazini,1 orolln:' priutvd paper or matter, such printo l niat WtuhiiU be subject lo Ittkr postage. We further learn that, in viola ion butli of the loiter and spirit nf these laws, printed slips mid circulars are firquciilly atitvlicd or pa-tud iu with th" h '.ly nf perio'iicaN and iiinjra.inos, with which they have no legiti iiinle coiilii ctioii, )M o'tler to innkti them pass n a ii'.nt or ii sit oii of tlicsiitne ; and that lliis evasion of the law will not lie t do ratel liv the Deparimciit. All kucIi matter which iW not lonn, and 'iw not iiileiided and or pinnlly printed to firm, a regular pail of tin contemn of any jfivtMi number uf n periodical or inajiazinu ami it.s cover, will, under the decision of llio Depiirtinciii, ie cnimiderel as extraneous matter, and subject tho whole copy lo which it is thus attached, or with which it i-i that incorporated, to lettir postage. Wash. Union. For the Argus. Partylsnit Uitrau Countv, O. T., Deo. 5, 18a5. I am aware that most of those who write for publication represent llieir sentiments in such a manner as to pleuije the strongest party, but such persons write for populuiily, which course it quite politic. Still I shall refuse to bs guidi d by any suoh motives, and content myself with expressing my humble convictions; by the pursuing uf which course, if of no advuimige lo me, will I trust (e suit in no ilisndvuntuLje to others. Laboring under the ubivo convictions 1 com mence the subject of my composition by wani ng the public of the fact that no one need tell inn af ter this epoch in the hi.itoty ol' Oregon that party ism is a necessary evil; or necessary for the hap- pinessand well beinirof a government. Pari) ism is u natural consequence, as nulural as it is for men to commit errors, und to vary from Jhe proper c lUrse. 1 horoloro the liability ut men to divide into parties does not prove that such malic ous dif ferences are beueficiul. It is inure than likely thai partyism isun unavoidable evil, which w- arecoin pcll.d ly our 1 resent fallen cond.tiou lo bear and wrestle will). That being the case, tho more it is suppressed, and the less it is aggravated, so much tenuis the evil, aud so much evil hate we avoided. Cut why I thus speak ill of parlyism I have not yet etp ained; but I trust I shall not be compelled to refer to ancient hisiojy and relate a?iitl the down. ull of kiiigdoais mid empires; Ihu clash of sceptr s and sa.red miters, which made the world blush with crimes cf b ool HT I can find ill our own country and affair! sufficient explanation. Iu the fit st place, it wil. appear plain that party, ism makes brutes of men, as elm, of wolves und packs of hounls, and weakens a givernm.nl hy cau-ing factions. This appears evident from cii cuinstanres transpiriug nmong au.l around us. American citizens have been m irdered upon our I t..i.l A I... frontiers; iiini,uai,,iui;,..,i.i..i.,-.i-i., . , , I '.-II. the dozen ; and ilns being thecal. 11 is ihe duly "f every man in mis couu.ry u, u.u .c.p.ierce in the pun shmcut of ihe murderers-, all J 11. avt.eg. ing liiedea.l, of their fJ:o l.iei At fiisllhi. appeared to be the only feel.ng and tl.e only thought ; all appeared .0 be well, u l became necessary for ihe people u. uu le, and r..rofric r. u. be chosen. Then we see tha n-.muer rt)... raise hm awful he.d, and hear him shake h . d - cordant rattle Hear ll.o-e partisans coaipiaiiiing of the officer, m d ff rent deparimenu, 01. a cuut ....... ' f tlir nxr V to wbicll 111 V Be lull. Keiiiocmu - r-- - .mi 11 jour cuiuraciur uotue 111- hijis r-gu i - oniplammg of .lie Kso. Noll, ng- ... c fee and , dlJ (l Iilke t, .icU lhey forgel I fiWMJ,;frin bsdclll, or th Le carfied Ibein l u.o t u 1 sod IheT -co.iiury, jo llieir xeal for Ihe psriy. Those in power buro utf w ih reKiitim nt exelled by old prejudice, feting llieir s:reii.lli, and 1,'lory ing in eteiy opportuni'y of lui:nt'ii the opptailr clan, oppress wiihoul pity ,how ug IhensHilies lo be u iihrr t'rnerom liruds nor potiiiK foes. Su.-I. eonduoi on Ihe pan of one files ihe other with in. dignu.iou and reiilineiit. The parly lints excile -feel as though lo see their boaaliin oppresvirs pul down by any means what ver, ihey would lb-ink kind I'rovideuee f r bis mfiuile me t ies. Suoh u the siliiulion'of alfdrs, and suih ihe pwt r of pari) prejndiee at th prfent lime, iu this tin miual. ! Is n I that a por.io.i of our people would have to bum Ie h, niselve. al. 1101 lo hum liuiinn lo joiu In avenging ihe lecenl murder. And a laige puln.i uf the ie..ple who, uud r such c'iiuisiauces, re muiii iimc I ve al home, .ay, "llii. is a Democratic war let them f!k'hl it out." And such i. the strange and almost unnatural ilTecl of parly halrtd, thai I ftartouie among 11 would secretly rejoice lu hear of the defeat of our cilin lis who have vol untcertd iu deleiise uf 'he country. Now if the Iiuiiuiis hail beeu so choice In their v dims, and so liglitmus iu llieir crime of inurder as only to have killed old party shiner., aud all of them sworn D. mocrun, then w.m'd il sound willl the exeuse of pailyism somen hat passable lu hear U h gs aud Know Nothings .ay, "ih s i. a demo cratic war, let them liuhl I mil"; but as il is, be ing that women and children, who were nevt reon deuiiitd by panyism, huve been murdered, iiiinat urally carelex to hear people express themselves iu th. manner; but tin. only shows Ihe bi nding ef fect of the beforcuieiiliout d monster. Let me a-k, as a final question, if these clamor ing, this luck or uu'iyut I he inert Lisle of uu inva sion, pccins to iiidicalelhat p.irlv ism 1. tending to slrengiheii ih s r.ptihlio? If any one is dispwed toau.-wt'l in die afflunmivr, let him do hi with the voice of u pnrtiuu. But peiinil me loruy, ill my last woids, thai when Irinh uud knowledge finally liiuinph, it will uipeur tlml ihu wisest ami host man ihul eer l.ved u-us tieilhei' a partisan not' a p rale. J. A, A. "Those who lovescell ry, 0 ,1111,1 but be del alii- ed by visiltui! Ihal poriioii ol Jack-unit- ile sitmlid on the t'liiliieuceo, an evoiii.ig the vdley shows, the besulilul plain eulerspersetl w III grmes and dolt d Willi scattered timber soil furthel oil the iiiouuluins foriiiing Ihe eastern rim of Ihe great valley of uu evening ul this season of Ihe )v.-ir, the clouds hang ing n ihe lioriwm over the summit nf the lolls, tho sun o ut this iiioment reflecting its golden ray... Willi oc as onul shades 111 the hack ground, rormed by indentation iu the mountainr" 1V0. If anybody can bent the foregoing, which Wff'ip from hii editorial dtC'iption of Jack sonville in llm Table Rock Sentinel, be possesses descriplivc jiovtvis, that i' pre sume neither Stevens nor Bavard Taylor would tiller of them claiin. We doli't now recollect lo havu over Been any lliing ejuitu i-qiml to it, cxceplinv; an occasional passage in the wiitinoR of Confucius, und 11 few pur.'ioinplis in which "I3ro. I't-nrnu" minks out his "ornuiid.-," on temperance. WUcre Is the Vault 1 . No.tii Be.nb, Deo, 17,1655. Mr. AiIuimSir: I wish lo muke soine inqui ry relative lo the mail rou:e, contracior, Ac, from Oregon tNly to Sulein. The reusou I muko the enquiry is this: during the great Colville excite in. nt we, tho unfoiliiulcs who lake Till Annus and Oregonian, could gel our puteis only once in two weeks, but us soou a. this exchrmciit wu. over we gut then regularly euch week, mid so on until the present excitement of the Indiuu war. Uut lo and behuld, Ihe iairie old gumo is played 011 us again. Anw, sir, y ml are accuu'd of having a po ciiliur art in looking through the earth, or in ulher words, ua. cumtux underground railway.; und il' you ure so clear-sighted in thai, please look through or pet p around the curtain uud po ut out the individual, so that we can ull lake a look at him There is certainly a default iu the lion arrival of our weekly papers, nut not knowing, I can not .ay where the f.itl.t is. Iu the present excituble .tale uf affairs every good and irue-heuiled Aniciicuii cltucu should lake a deep interest ; thereloir, we would l.kt! very much to get our papers w eekly. The uffi.'e of my uld.es. is just forty-five miles geographically from Oregon City, and fifiy-sevon from Porliuiid. Indeed it looks Very slrangu that subscribers living forty-live miles dMuul fioni the place where the pup r is published can't gel il of. teller than once in two wei ks. The fauli is cer tainly somewhere 011 the route from Portland lo Sa lem, boeuuse Ihe contractor fiom Salem to Pleus uut Hill makes his trip regularly lo my cerla 11 knowledge. You will please excuse the liberty 1 lake iu addressing you this little item ; I think 1' au iudispeiisuhle duty from some of your subscri bers ihirt fore I lake the privilege. Ever yoursin all such oases. O. II. B Wo tvotilJ most clieu' fully help you out uf younlilliculty friend li., and unswei .ifi'y (juestioii you propounded, if we were uble. ; but with all our insight into "under ground" operations there arc soni" subl'-rrn iifHii things we ur- iiiiabi" 10 understand. The ollifials uf 1 h 'on, have a happy l'ieilty nf rtii..tii.f l!i"tr bii-tii' x so t'n into "th g'uuu I" lli.il e iiiii liini a liirl oilix I; puzzled to mid i .t-' I exactly what lh"t me at. U.r mu.i l-iMt f.til tliiim tin "Oil die exci'euieiil" I ft lieie re u ,rly ettiiy vtti k. to our ci lain know ifd J', ll was put up in l ie S.tl.011 bt j an I iv. presume reau.li- i Salt-m oti the same 'lay il le't he'e. .. , , ,. .. , i h HHi.mr rittv ( Vlt Hollar a ar. WO. 38. S.iiiliiuii City- If llieormrr, the fault w in the Sal fin 1'. M. If llio la'tor, tho fault , n- i, w Itr i bunt lit m ClIJT I . M. ' 0 Ctillld wm in the Siintin better e.cuio tho blunder if the failure was only tin occutiuital one, but thut il should fad every two wceki i. inexplicable upon any other ground tlinn 111 in't ititn il one. U llio lime of lliir fiiilurn, are you aure t'lnt the Tint a nd Standard reached your otlicfl weekly I A lo the fu 1 1 ret ihi. winter, you ere ; ro'mbly nware thut lliey are freiiueut evtry elit e, uud i vi n t' ('01 Tallin Statrtnan i c-tiiipluiniiii; thai ill sub-enbers nt the ' I'tiint" fail lot'i'i their paper. V hope ton will look into thia matter mid enquire pH'tictilutly e to the nriivalof thoPoriluud pHH'rs, v. hen our mail fails. We have no idea thut either the P. M. nt this city, or at Sale in would do any thing to prevent the circu'atiou of our paper. Il may become nee fury occa-ional!y to "lay otcr" both letters and papers, to muke room for Jo l.anu's 'd. in vrntio" plunder, we allu led to on a former occasion, Mr. Hay, ihu contractor, informs us, that he had uho'it iifucti hundred pounds of this plun- lor iu one mail this winter, lie thought, from tho wei; ht and appearance of the mall biyit was a ett f "wiYf irons." ' OCT From a communication to the Scnli nel,,y Dr. Anil irttse, Indian Aent, u6 find the whole nuinbcrof the ho tile bunds in l.tione Itivt r is set down its follows. What n iltt't 147 wurrio s are liicliit g up! ineu. women, bay. girls, tola' Srotana, b.t 4i 10 11 lUtf UU 18 10 77 3 0 8 IS G 3 57 31 11 IS 64 30 io' 14 76 14 8 9 . 40 33 17 17 97 801 97 - 78 533 I (liill.ee Creek, V.3 I K'o-n Jhn (of Le. I- luntl t'reek.) 4 (inve 4 'leeks, 84 ' Jnk !l,nleeieek.).6 . Uid John (Apple- gale.j 18 iR.II . 14 Ceor.e &, Limpy (Uinppi.,) S3 Cow creek, not enumerated 147 tJT Hit correspoudrnta, in writing on th tem nt raace quest 011, teem to have ffol entirely ahead of I11111, and now and ihen on, like Iter Mr. II nes, nuke a centre shot, or tcoild make onrif "Uro. Pearne" didn't jog ho elbow a little just us he was "drliwuii a bead. ' 1 lie nexl time "Uro. roarne" cuts 11 tiariieruph out ofymir communication, be oaiisu uf its be.ug n 1 Utile too steep," just send it along to ut, f 1 lend limes ; you shall be heard 111 Tit 11 A no us We take ihi. slrango article from the editorial columns of The Aatic, of Ihe 15th in.t. lu regard to it, we have only tosuy that we hive some consideration for our correspondent ami are but too happy to have them make ''renter shoH." Iu ihe case put by Tun Annus, the implied as sertion that we cut a paragraph from one of our Ciirr.spnudchl's articles, because it was "lob steep,' is simiilvalte false in tola, Another reason en tirely, than that, induced the editorial excision. Wo once heard of a mail "duwu east," who be came rich by minding hi. owu business. There ure some we wot of, who would profit by following that evuu p'o Adrocate. In "implying that the reason you cut "lit the pnrrigrnph was found in the fact that it was 11 lillle "too steep," wo only gave the r 'nsoii iriven us by our informant. Wo f. ol very much pained indeed that we have niisinkeli I lie Reason" mid win 11 you make the correction wu shall be most happy lo do tho saino. Will you, "Bro Pcurne," jivr us thenie "reason that induced Ihe erci ion," so that no may be able to muke the tornclion by laying it bef-.re our readers? tIT The memorial piiiyiup; Congress lo stay Ihe Siiperiiitcndeut.of Indian affairs from local ino certain Indians iu the Willniii- dtlo valley, passed thn House by till) follow ing vote : Yeas, Messrs. Boise, Rticltihghnln, Brown of Linn, Uu 1 bank, Coatd, Callander, (Jutes, llutson, Jackson, Moores, Olliccr, Risley, Itobinson, Smith of Jackson, Shuck. Straiglit, Waymire, and Dclaron Smith 23. Nays, Mr, Johnson 1. Absent or not voting, Messrs Briggs, Bark well, Mc Alexander, Tlchetioi' 4. Excused, Mr. Drown uf Multnomah 1. A. Hoaest t'onfeshloa. Tha following is an extract from a speith delivered hy N. lluber, a few day ago, in the Council in discussing a proposition to amend the lax law Wo well remember wh'ut no opposition was got up hy 11 few nm-.'tigiies iu Yamhill, to the course lakeli ii v il.e-f.'otiuty Couiinissionerf C'ttrt for re ting the rounly fiom its heavy debt I'-tiiio.is w. re circuliitcd by certain clinruc- ! r-- reipies'.ing Me-ars. Wulling, Dawson, uid II an, (wo believe) who composed the - .iirt, to resign We pronounced the ac- :ioti of the coimnissioners wise, And whole some at tl.e limp, and the best thing that Ctiidd be done, in the long run to redeem the credit of the county, which was then nearly bankrupt. Eves Mr. Uutxr, now co, and m Liiowledibs, thai i' was Vo7 economy." Vamliill Cuunty tiiaje jrieru ihun live IhouiMiiii ilollur clear money, 1 ihi notion nf the Wud. Other count! Mould do will to iniltalo Yumllill io this rc.pecl. "Iliey had had a heavy debt 'n Ytmliill county their orders were north Ml cent on I he dorter, when loocouide! it, and if an Ihiug t s done for lb euunly 11)11 per villi advance hid to be paid. Tin y dad a pUs r w he support etsM Ibein Btl dollars p r inoulli A year ego they laid In aw lax. and Raid off that d. 01. Their order w.r now as irood a cash, and the couuly could gel wmk d He fur rash price their pauH-r uor co"' !u" d'Ur' V T'. as before and la. year they found il necessary lu levy bot lour mills tai for rounty purposes, and next tear heth iuchl it would be but Intra. The eouHiy h id ileen a d it. txpensee aud ltnd it .axe by making a heavy levy al first aud that w.i teal economy." tAT The f.-llowing is an extract from private letter from ludy in Marion couu "dy the way, we got up a eoiiundrum whioh I thought you aould like to put among your''adttr tisemeul..'' Il baa the ni.ril of truth. , " Why doe not ih editor ef th StnttsmeM beenie a barrel of .oft soap? Aus. UcatM the. i too much lit (lye) (or the grease la hi. eou.poa.l.un. . . . CormpoBieaee et Tk Art.. - Dalles, Dec. 27, 1 85 J. Friend Adams We are baring bit ef New England climate just now. Tlio wind boa been iu the north for several days, an J appears "decidedly cool" as it come, whist ling through the white canyons, kissing thai sides of tho tall glaciers far to tho north of the Columbia at it passt s. J havu no idt u that the weather is as cold ns in Michtjj.in, as 'some assert, but tho contrast between what wo now have, and what we had a few days ago, makes it seem worse than a lhvr moulder would probably indicate). Col. Kelly is now here, ou his way home to Oregon City. He intend to rot urn to tilt- scut of war after a few weeks' iibselme. Ile declined running for Colonel cf the Regiment, and -Ciipt. Cuinol:ii, uf Wash ington county, whs consequently cli-ckJ, lie brought ilowji the bodies of Capt, Hull nett and Lieut. Burrows, uli-o cigliteett woutitlcd voljintei-rs. Kelly liims'clt' might be reckoned among tho wounded on bis ar rival here, for although tho Indians fuiled to get his "sculp," the frost camo near enough to it to get one of hi ears. lie will not leave the Dalles to go below until the wounded volunteers are able to go too. The time of course will depend upon the weather. Ho reports the "boys ho left bo- bind him" till in good spirits, and thankful for small favors from thu Coinniiisary's do' partmeiit in ihe way of Hour, collie, hugar, and a .latiety of oilier In Ua comfort, of which ihey uro just new huh. They are determined however to try tho Indiana a pull on S iiJio river, if they do have lo . light on beef. They will always have plen ty of this ns long as they keep nt'thin range of the Indian catlle, The Indians have thousands upon thousands of hones ulid cattle. I am informed by some of tho re turned volunteers who went in pursuit of them in their flight to Snalto Ulvur, after the last day's battle ou tho 10th iusl., that from tho appearance of the ground over which the Indians had traveled, (hey must havu driven not lois than ten thousand heuJ of cuttle mid horses along iviih them upon their retreat. Col, Cornelius is very popu lar with tho volunteers as an Indian lighter He is said to bo tcake quash. " Tho wounded volunteers who have boen brought in ue nil doing well, excepting Cnpt. Lmv'ihi, of Linn county. Ii is feared by his physician that it will be necessary Iti amputate his leg. ou will recollect thut he was sho iu the left leg beluw the knee. Tho wound was an ugly one ul fust, and his removal to the Dalles has not helped the matter any. Gov. b'teietis is on his way to this 1hco, und will soon bf horu. Ho reports th wholo Ncz IV icn nation f.iui.dly to a man. They yet speak in terms of grout respect for their old missionaries, mid inquire after them with great apparent solicitude. Mr. V. informs me that several of my letters mi-carried, and you non.-r got them. I write this ill great lil ite, 11 lid Selid it by a, friend who will deliver it to you immedi ately on his arrival, l'ti'spectfiillyi You's, M. Constitutio.i or me JLIarth. A writer 111 th Scientific American, after examining all the various theories concerti ng the structure uf Ihu earth, en dorses ihe conclusion that the world is one man or globe of mixed metals, of which th. mere cru4 ha I e oii.e rui'rd, or of earthy form ; the outer Hud, il were, preventing any rapid combination tak ing pluve with the metallic surface, five or six niihe below the face of the dry land. Krnptloni from vDlcunoe., he thinks, are produced by thcata ret ting down to the metallic suifuce Ihruuol. toioe In sure in Ihe earth', mist ; decomposition of the water then Use. phtce ; lira, llame and steam causing en eruption. Pr.cxL.AsiTiEs or Uiwvsa. Iti a cnrleu fact iu at ience that glaas re. sis the action of all acid. etoept the tluoric i it lose, nothing in Wright by uk' or ae; it is more capable than all other sub stances ol receiving the highest drgne of polish ; if melted several limes over and properly cooled i. the furnace, il receive a pol h which almost rieils Ihe d au.oi.tl in br.hiaury. It is capable ef leceUr ing the richest col' .in pro lured front gold or ether m la lie coloring, and will rrlain tl.e original bril liancy of hue lor age. .Medals, loo, iiubwid d in !, can bemsde lonlaiu for ever thrir ordinal purity and appaurauc. lo