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Carolina with the nrce .varies ur life Nnv Yoi;k, Nov. 22. Tito Mo-art Hull peinocrary nominati il Pcrnand.) Wood for Mayor l.tst evening The Peo ple's Pomocralie Puion parly nominated John Kerr, the brewer mul Pxeisc Com missioner. Tin1 Times' Washington correspondence says, advices received l y Iho ('ovrrnineiit from ('rent Pritain represent that, though Hindi soreness of feeling is evidently inani tested towards III:' Piiited States, the move ment in favor of strict neutrality was daily strcngthing. Advices from Franco indicate lliat tho fnliiiL; n the part of I hat tiovrrr.nuait to wards lis is cordial. Tin1 papers in I lie case of Urn. I'lvtnont Imvo ln-cn several days in t In hands of Maj. ,o, ,liit!;:i' Advocate of the Army, who to-day inaile his reports to M.ij tini MeClcllui. Accompanying tho report were charres substantially I lie same ns those prclcrrcd by I VI. HI air. W.vsihm.ios-, Nov. '21 Lord Lyons lias made no oH'cnsivc comments on the Mason und Slidcll affair. I'eporU to tlie prejudice of that Minister nre positively contradicted in diplomatic circles. Washington, Nov. "22. (.VI. Philip St. lleorgc Cooke lias been appointed l'.rign-dier-tieneral in iho regular army instead of volunteers. Tlio (lovirnmciit lias secured n large muil intended for the I'dicl (Viiimissioners, Mason mid Slidcll. It contains files of Southern papers, letters, despatches, drafts, etc. Holla, Mo., Nov: 21. Advices from the Southwest state that Price has aban doned his position at (.Vsville, ami is mov ing towards his old camp at Neosho. The rebel Legislature, in session rt Ne osho, passed an ordinance of secession, uni ted the Slate to the Southern Confederacy, and elected (.Jen. Pains one of the Senators to the Confederate Congress. ,lKKtri:.ON- City, Mo., Nov. 22. A train of 0 wagons and 200 men froai Se dalia, eM mile to Leavenworth was at tacked by .ICO rebels, and the train cap tured. The town of Warsaw is reported bund by rebels, to prevent its being used as win ter pnrters by our forces. Washisotox, Nov. 'JJ. Kentucky h furnished ('ovcrnniuU her full ipn!a of tin half million of nieti for national defense, and proposes to raise a? maty more for State service, until the rcbil army is ui!v- j n from her soil. Six thousand stand of Trench rilkd mus kets arrived vcstetdav. Richmond pacrj of Wednesday List, j contain the message of Ji.fl" P.ivis to th.' j rebel Congress. Ho .-ays the opt rations of the army are soon to b: p.iiii.n'.'y inter-1 nutted. J lie approaching winter has a! forded protection to the com try, ami s!ic eiorioas lustre upon its aa:is i!;ron -li trv-! ing vieis.iitudts and of more an one sivnh canipaiu'il. After seven months ol w;ir, the enemy have not only failed to e.'.tend their occupation on cur soil, but now State and TcrritoiV's Juve l. ei: a.M- d to our Coiifcikraey, while, i. sb:id of Va'r threatened march of in .hecked cn.a-: t, th'.'' have been dri'.e'i, at i.ioro than one jioint, to a.s.-iiii. the defui-'vc. Pp..!i n fair c'mpar:.-.oa bei.eciu the two l.iii.-c-rent.s a-i to men, military mr-.ni--, ui;d f icia cial conilitioii, the Cuiifcli-rato Si;iUs ar rf-hitively stronger ie)W than whn the ttnr'rle ron-.Ra ;,ecd. , , ,. ,, ,, i A dispatch to the N. . Ihr.ll .-.i.iL-.s 1 tb.-it tl.o i-.vr.P'i.... - :.i.-! :i f.w ,:.. j for ihe LorlT Potomac retian.d th!., 1 .. t.i. ..- i:. . i i,li;iniie nun ioimm.ii ji.-oilu.-i l.r- of anus wi re seized. A reb. I spy wa i.lso ! crresttd w ho had h ft Pie iliion I thu c! (!av before. Many vahialc letters and pnpu. were IoiiikI njion II- per. oi. ,,o expedi tion nl.-o ftied a lar;-c on.neilv of c ntr i- j ti'iinl i-rirro-firnnl:iien in kmiitmI i..(M....a 1 in Lower Mankind. 'J 'lev di-eovi ml n ' ehamn.l t Ii rrnjgh wleeh tlm reln l, r-'-'v d .Norttir-rn pnjH rs an otiier aanortan la I'jruiation. Ot.vev. PI.. Nov. 25 P. M l::i!v has adoiikd the 'tringriil rule of I'r.iiiee in I rr.f.nr,1 l i.tri:..l ...-,.1 I I.. .1 . ! I'j.iii-i ..j .iiuii..di -i :i.ii.n in t-j- redations on Anieriean rotiimeree. Ani. r lean eon ails nre kffphig a sharp I'ioI.thii for stet.'.sioii vcssdi la'e ly s. en lit Mal'.n Nkw VpiiK, Nov. 25. Tim sltr.m-h'p Ao7i Stiir has nrrivd herr; fro-n A-pin-w'ull, Lritiliig wimij I. S. troojis mul I 'ol Dueiiaiian and otiier ofiicer; honi Califvr iiin. So utws from Sumkr. lSAi.Tiur.Rr, Nov. 25 Tho Piehmond JJniiiirrr fays that Ihe Confederate Con grew has pnssvd a bill for the removal of .he Capital from Kiehmoi.d to Na .hvillc. The Congrisi will -oiju (i.-.-uiible tlure. Co;mi;,ia, Mo, Nov. 22 - Ti.c Klalm man, publidieij h' re, hrtfi inf'irimitinn from Nto-iho that Ihe rump of the li.-!at..r ol thi .State, after obtaining n ioriia bv ihe appointment of proxies, dci-tcl J'd.n J5. (.'link fonre rly a lie n.bi r of Coiigres, and 1,'inmet Mejionald r,f ,i,uUl J, jMcllenry, of Adrian County, James S iiurnes, of Ja'per County, and i;iri lo the rebel House. All ol tl.e e paitiis nro in Price' nrmy. N.w ioiiK, Nov. 2;:h. Aoj.itai.l l tout. ecoti was nrreMed for In-niii Col. Piiehalnill (one of tho ofi'iccr-i lately Miiuoneii on iriiH coasij nfipinn mr nis ro I'H'i', iiiid promised to d Ii v r him to tin iiulhoritii s at Washinglon, but tho r rpur-.st was not I'omplieil Willi. (Jtt'lNJ TIIIIOMS III') I'.VI'KCsJ OV 11:1 ,011.1. A Idler (ro.n Panama tmys, that ('win him tears when ho loiind himself nabbed. When ho went to his room, ho threw Lis papers overboard. Anion;,' them were wYirul maps. Wi ro they maps of Iho J'ueif.c coasl'j Tho C!iilain M'oposi.d lo K0 hack und reeover thc.,0 evidence;! of I. is treason. .Humner declined. JVuibly they would Imvo i.u.do mhiii di-dotiin s imt m very coii.forUblu to homo i-i(i.' nt of Oregon. JWr Steamer Vmif: tadtd y-ltnlny for Victoria, .'.o look from Portland 1000 Mck ol flour, 550 boxes apple,, .'.', this fi'h r find about 20 Ions u,..,oiIliI mtrihuinl, k fur Vielviiu - 'Jnw.: . i c i . mm 1 i l;' -'i-' i o i "ni i si 1 1 1 1 1 II rested in St. Mary s ConiOy. liny v.-tr?-lutmbcrs of nu n.-.-m intion' orgM.!;. d f(r J ":i :,,,,'!'- ;" pi ol.iibK never the purpo-c of eon-, eying ran ai.d nr.t.s to w.i-. wilii' ed in our vail hel'mv. the rebel gov truriiriit. A h.rgo iciai.ti; v I yi .,... ., I . ,. .,,.,i'il . f I .11 ivmj tnan nUi-innis in h nut ilown th uteili.in I l.vi'., Mmiil lim on tlif sit l'1 - Cm. Pir. I)c (Dregon Slrgus. IV. Ii. Attains, - Editor. OIVECON CITY: s ati" i: m a v, ii:ci:m p.i'ii n, isci Una GREAT FLOOD of 1861. IIS IT.OM'.l'Ssi AT OI'.KCON CITY. Puring tin1 nuinlli of November, tin: rain had boon falling iiluiod continu ously, und a vast amount of snow must have ni'tiiinulntod in llio moun tains. No snow , however, had fallen in the Willamette vallev, and the liv il III. t. - I VilOlilIll li'P I.I lV , . ,. ' ,! lubited no indication ol an unusual i , . , , , . , , i'ii.. Il mi. ilil I it ti lni.tii in it leeil Mini doubtless w ill Ik' again if the phenom enon ever occurs hereafler, that No vember's long and rather cold rain was succeeded during ihe closing days of the month by a warm, humid slate of the air rain falling' in copious showers almost without intermission. On Sunday, the river looked swollen and threatening', but, until still later, no serious apprehensions were enter tained. On .Monday morning, the steamer liival left this place for Port land, while the K. press came up on her usual trip, hut, liiidiug navigation dillieult and dangerous, they conclud cd to leave the trip half done, each boat stopping at the wrong end of her route. The Onward also started up the river on her usual trip. The Island Mill was kepi riiiiniier .Monday and through the night, Mr. John Chapnit'.n and his v ife being on the i-land unsuspicious of daneer. Put the crash of the falling bridge ju--t be fore d. iv light (in Tiie-day morning, destroying all egress to ihe main land, I'li'i-e I ihcni to a con: cioii;no:s uf im mediate danger, and they passed sev eral aiiNem lami's before help could be extended to ihcm and they could ho extricated from iheir perilous silu- . . : . l : , v i'.. . . I l ... mm : ... a, mil in -mus iroiii nt'iow. j ins wa j accomplished safely, and in l' I time, ' for the wal'-i- was t-i--inr rapidly, and by t!i" at.-niooii rii-hed down the 1 i !ia in ov r w hieh the hi id".e had slu ', in a way to prevent all approach. i This afieruooii ( Tile. -iy j a hu ge pari ; ol ih" breakwater at the wan-hoii-e ! oil ihe iiIiIhi ile side of the ief sllc I'lllli'ii d to ill-' llilllli'lls.' jire.-Mli-e nf water. :.iei at int' i vals '.'n at masses of limii. r; co:iipo-iii'' the rri'i-work , , , , , ';'' ": ! --w.-pt away by th'.' iiP liiv torrent. .p ,'l fearful : o; t of i I 'liieiilal inllsie. vvide! widely ililli !'i i!t limn Hie urdiiiary Ili'Ui leiln- of ill I'.i'l ; while III t.. : li"N W ;i - only i:i:!'e more i-II ! l y ill'' i'lare in' i'lare n; inn ii 's, aiol nirrviii" c 1 , i i .i .i i . , ll'.d.ls. vvb.eli w .Ih lb'' sho.ll-ol i"iii i"nii IVoni ihe v. ind'iw.. ofluai .e .- iinoinid- I by the vv.it' r, all conspired In rcn- ''''' ' ''' i"1''" o, !.i.'l pain-; till I Xei.e,,,,',... ,e .H Ha COW'I- d the l.igh.-t niaik of. Ian. '"-'!, and .i . . ,.i ,i , i is M il rapidly re-nig. .x lae as any- lliiie.' could b: mii, ihe mills were , Mill 'landing, but th" in aliale moii- sPt is sj creeping up im li hv inch, v.iii'lin:r its Mv lliicr folds round the pillar and fo.n.dalioi,'; of all the I ho...... in ii.;uMC , f,.,.l i 1 i.i" Ihe,,. as in tho m f lino, and w,.uu., -be I L '. . r liWOil-; iiviiic lulu i fiiiniiii.il I'l.eo.i- ..I- . , . I'll in. All night, as on the ni'd.l pre- ' '.I v,os,(op,e vv.io:.:,,., .swere.ieuig.i,,,,!,,,,,,,,,,,., ,Vq f;1(,n i.na.h'.l, hurried to plac n of .-nniy on cur place, as eapitalnds will .h siro lo 'da. lo escape even w ill, the sieriliee ; Uwiw hi whom iho title reels, before inved- id all ll.e.r good . , 1'h'i light nl' Wed . iiesday iiioriiiu'-', revealed u m'cii! nl'j ile olnlion l"ii'ible in ils extent, no , le'stliail ill ill eoUlpeess, Til'1 Oregon Cily, nnd Island Mills; the Wiilainelle Iron Work", foundry nnd Machiiif; ,'liop; nil th( Ureakwiilers ilesigneil lo proleet the mills and up per end of Oregon Cily exeepting one diorl piece are carried away, nnd over wla re they sp ,JllW mi ejis n foam ing fiificiil ngainsl which no building uiiprol.'i'lod by a Mili hi. nkwiiler us ti ili feiieiM'oiihl po-sibly iland. Low- rr 'lowii, (i iiiiiiiIic. ofdwi'llingM nnd I v.'iirehiii:i"i have di: tippejired, while others are In mldiicr on t i i foiiiida tioin. Linn Cily has only I .vo hon .es im-i tin; Warehouse tit the Works re-1 il ..mining. Tint Claeka.naM hollo... i ., r I , ,' 1 . 1 1 ' nlino! t iiilirely mibiiH'iged and iiinny ,. , , ,. .. ol the law' :a tin: luovcd from their , ... i . ,. I'lilii'l.iliou.i, but o in.ale y I here ih , , , litMc en n nl, and inn. I of the dwell I ings w ill still fiirni' h tdieller when th1 water nbales. We are almost enlire ly cut oil' from outside communica tion, ami no certain means of know ing how 'great tlie tied ruction has been al other point:: on the river. An innuendo amount ol ilnll lias pas'-Til ami apparently the debris o many houses but everything isgrouiu so line, and is hurried out of I'h'hl so (iiickly, that hut little can he known lor certain, (hi the Irai'inenls ol a I a rye barn, as appeared by llieiiiaiiti ty of grain, draw, Ac. sal a nunihei of chickens, hearing melancholy cvi deuce of devastation nU e. The Onward came down lo day having made a trip to Con a His, slop pin-!: above Pock Island, instead o eotniii"- helow. She reports a ureal amount of loss above; Chunipoeg al most onlirclv swept awav, Salem prin cipally under w'aler, Orleans washed awav; ami searcelv a warehouse or a woodpile left on the hanks of the river . ' . , , above. Ihe Onward rescued aooiit loiiv persons, wnovvi'ieiu iiaiurei- oi bi'injr swept away, some of them hav imr cliuilied t roes and others clauiber- iie.rto the hi'.'hest points thev eould reach, niueh in tlie style of oiil fa.- ioned pictures of tlie Antediluvian ca tastrophe. We were compelled lo vacate our 'Oiliee this afternoon, the water rising nearly two feet on the lloor. Main Nreot is navigable lor skills past our door dow ii as far as the Masonic Hall. Courthouse, churches, and all unoc- upied buildings turned into private 'oai'ding houses fur the nonce, or at least stored with furniture ami mer chandize. Thursday morning, hoc. ."th, (!ov. Aheruolhy's old brick store fell Le t night, a large timber striking Ihe up per side, and causing the building lo fall with a lurch up stream. Py this casualty, a large amount uf valuable properly is destroyed, among iho ivm, an invoice of musical instruments and books. P.ul, lhalil; (oiil, the waters have I io; tii n to aba!1, and we may hope that the hand of destruction v. ill he slaved. This eveninir a feat was ; -ueees: ful ly accomplished, which was never be fore atienipl''d, and we hope will imt soon be tried again. The steamer St. Clair, a small boat formerly on lue Vain Hill trade, run the l'.:l.. tiUe a l.ir:re iiiim'ier of people of (:,. .n ( 'ity , ( 'aic inah, and I. inn Cily vv. itch ed Iter de-cent w ilh intense interc-t, alld greeted herwilh cheers as: null as it became apparent that she was efely over. Put two he'll Were nu board diliiiiL' the pa'-sa-j'e, ('apt. Silas i!. Sinilli, and Alonii 'ieai-. !n; i- lieir. In aiiollu r column w ill be : c-n the report of the committee appointed nt a litiin'.s meeting to pn j.nri; a statement of hr s nt Oregon Ci'y by the freshet. This ha. In en severe, fulling on a great many people Itit with partieuhir severity on a few. We have had opportunity however to h aru li s soih which may he of great value to usi in imiking improvininits hereafler. The wa ter in this fi e. le t was ten or twelve fed higher, opiio.iilo Oregon ( itvdiiHii hi the o im-i oi .i.iii , .i.i, iiini uiiv i ii i wuie ii i a .' '. ' " -5. t.. I ... i ..r i... ' i ...x..v .. -. prow infills located iicrtalier slioiiiiTTie pre pared for still hightr water. Some partic ular points iiiav be much more easily gnaid . , ,, . f rr.,i...t ii,a,. " ol,.rs ,, ,irs(J w, irollil(T )0 u3 fur imj,roveinent f.r.,1. P.nak waters will be constructed on more Ktrh tlv philosophical principles, nnd will bo so pro portioned that they shall not be tried he y"'1'! ' cerlain stui.dard, nfter which the prcvurc of water will he-relieved hy an op. Prtnitity of eveapo for the surplus. Our macadamized street dood tho tctt of loh.avyfi.rre.it well, and douhtlfs, prevent- ! c1 --Klnictioii of .rOKTty which would otherwise have been greater. The iufs- n 1 lion of title to tho (tregon Cily Claim, in 1 - 1. . 1 , t , . 1, ' , , ''"7 lo ',0 r" 'hed to a more speedy ihcis- ing fnpital in lasting improvement:!. The lie Iriiclion of tho breakwater across at Pinii (,'ily, renders it more desirable ns I H'i't. nl liistrn 1. ...... en ttt II...I ..il...... I " 1 "s.tp., iiiiil liUllli llllll ill; done as soon as may be, on ono sido or the other in the way of building a new break water, digging a lauiid, or spanning the I' nils by a railroad. ki 1 kits: w tub i i.ooii r.i.enw iiiaiK. Prom tho StalfMiuin, wr haru that Hii rdl's saw mill, tho cider milt, Malhci.y'ii warehouse, nnd nil the lioinea on that first henell oflalid were Rwept nwiiy. At Jel-fi-rso'i mid Santiiini Cily no j;reat ilnmago was doi.o to liouses. At Albaiiy n few houses wero ihslroycd. Tho Hnnf uitn over- llowi ij the prairie Koutli ol Kiiox'h Pulle ami did con .iderablo damage. Tlm warehouse nl Independence, had in Ir''"00 of wl"'"'" U dili ""l H" ""' ""l i" idumiaiions, wet, 1:.... .....1 : .1... ....... on ; 1111. neiioil. IV lianni f t' I 10 W IC ll. ,7., .,, . .,, h""""-'"' I he saw mills at Albany pretty much . ,, , , ,,,, ,,,. in hi..;.. -u, ii.mi pui i m i rawioid s llom.li'f . ai I. : ... i 'fi i . .. mill injiirril Ihawnler rose round the i 1...... ...... . . Tui..iiwu.,e niiu wui a ijiianuiy oi wiuul The ini'ichants there, are said to have hot thirty thousand bu-hela. Orleans, opposilo Corvalli:!, i.i hinted to bo washed mviiy entirely. At Corvallis, six pcrsoim nro reported drowned, four of them children of Mr. Abel (ioorge, living on the island. The other two weii! men; mimes not ;ien. The level eoinilry in the forksof the Wil lamelte was Hooded, fences and stoi k mo.,1 ly destroyed; houses not generally washed away tau.i'iie Mi'illni:. pnli'oi: or nu: A ma s: As pi"'-vole i.f Ihe Citiens' Meeting of Oregon Cily, held ill Iho Con'O'eealional Church on the sever id dates hereinafter slated, the follow ing proceedings are prcpaired for publication: Mars having been expressed, by many, that in coiisciilenco of the great iiinounl of wheat and Hour bciii'' destroyed by the present Hood, there would not bo enough . , , :;, in t he conn ry in eiiiialo lo lis necessities, 3 ' and that Iho remainder nui. t necessarily conunaiul a high price, for Iho pnrposo of iiiloi'Tiialioii with reference to this (iicslion, in connection wilh oilier important cousid. (rations, a mccliiig as aforesaid was held pursuant to notice on the evening of Iho olli day of Peccmhcr, lSI'il. Hon. W. W. Pi ck was called to the ...... ' ,. . tary. .lames (nithne, .lr , resp, to the call of Iho meeting, slated that he had traveled through the country 1'ccciilly, lor the purpose of purchasing wheat, mid c ii i i . i .... ii . i- from personal know ledge he was well salis , ' , lied that there yet reniai.icd an ninple sup- ply for all the necessities of. the country.- - Otlurs tpoko in corroboration of Mr. (inth.-ie's .statement as to the supply or , , ,, ,r i, I , l .1 , wheat. Itvv. It. II. Alkuisoii stilled that ho had conversed with most of the m. r '( hauls during the day, and found no ilispo- silioii to inlvance on the price (if Hour Mr. Tho... Char. nan slated that Chari.ia.i, ,,. , ,, , , . , ,, . inner V ( o. had u coimi crab o ninount of Hour on hand iei.1 that they had con- i i.iii mi, I .1 l I I I'I'L'.ii'ii U.K .iii-:iii eerii. eliiiled to sell at $ I .10 pi r sack, and, that ail may be supplied, would not sell to tin v person or family more than one or two sacks at n time. I'or the purpose ol arriving at a correct a;:giegale of the lo ses sii-lninid in Oie gon City and vicinity by tin' Hood, u coin initlce was appointed to collect i.lati.tics tin reof and information of the age of the breakwater, and mills swept away, ami re poi t on Ihe evening of the 1th iiist. The meeting then udjourmd. Pursuant to adjournment, tlm meeting im t at the same place lor the purpose of receiving the report of said comniillce, but not being able to give a 'nil report, the time allowed no; s o ' ii.-e-id for t be dutv. they were giv i ii fai tin r lain'. The i ii t!on of the reconstruction of the bridge rero-s Abernelhy Creek and the branch below the CongrrgHiioual Church, was dUcii-scil, am 1 a committee f live appointed lo circulate petitions for signers praying the Cinmty Ciumuis' iom r lo have sa d bridges rdaiilt lit tie' ( pe.: e i f tin: county. I. P. Thump-on, V ( I lenient, Phillip I 'nster, II W. IMdy, and HI. Tail lo w, said com tu it Ice, The committee nppoinlul by the Pre. ident during recess o iavc-'ligat 1'ie In.e condition of those w ho have nisl iiiml c (eii.ive hfs by the prfsent food, und who may be sillier. ng for the ncci '-aiies. of life, reporied n.ai in.y vn re uiun.ie to nod solitary iiiMance of the kind, that all who l i..;.,. .1 I.... it.:.. .:. :..'i.. I i ii ru-iuiiKvt i-v in iin.i i u . h 1 1 j liar i .. , r , , ,. ,, ., sou. i Hung to la leu I, upon. I,e. d. II. n ' Atkinson A II. K. Ilinn and Mr J. I Loci y were a pointi. a staiiding le lii f (.'nmiuiltce, to whom application ln:iv be mad.! for aid by prr on. here tin. I el cwhere vdio me Mill'efi.ig the want of the iiiit.-.m. ries of life, being depriva d tlnr. of by the Hood. Adjourned lo meet at Ihe call of the chairman. Purniiint to the call ofthechuiiii.ini, the Citizens' meeting was held in Ihe Con gregational Church on the evening of tho I Ilh lust., when Iho comuiilteo to which WHS referred t hi. klibii i t of tin. nun, net i.f . '.i roii. i losses, the age of mills, breakwaters, Ac, , ' ' swept away. i. this vicnily, submitted the following report: AnnliiiKilf nf II, nusl.,;,,'. Ay thf ('ilr.ent uf Oirpnn i'.ilii mid Wimi l,r lutr ,,,;,,,, -j,,',,,,, fjit Hil'uiii to lire. iti l 'at Tlm l.i,, I'itv Wort- u.r,. i IH52 Ii, at u eoi.t of over one hundred thousand dollars, They were partially de stroyed by lire Inst rpiing, ami were since repaired for the lran.porii.lion of freight at n ro.t of about live thoii iaml dollars. The hiss of these wo. lis is not only a loi.s to the owners, but al .o lo the wholo upper valley of tho Wiilainelle, ns they were used to trim sport freight from tho boats on the upper to the lower' river. Without such works, freight mii:.t bo hauled ill wagons from Caiieinah lo Oregon Oily, a distiineo of n mile, nt a largo evpenso mul nceosHnrily foiisiihrablu iliuifigo lo the freight. I lie loss to Ihe owners. McssnlJ Polif, I 'tii tin in 1 mid James K. Kelly, is at lensi ? in nun, as the whole breakwater Is swept away. Tlm warehouse is hlamhiig, oiii, is no vaiuo iiniera im. ureal, water is rebuilt. J ho loss of these works Is wholly owing to Iho large nmru.it or ti,,,l,fr In their foii.lniet.oi, m the lanall amount of stone m:ed for fillip. The force of the enrre.it rouhl not have moved il, hut tho lower river raised to such , ight ns to almost limit .he work, when he e rre from abovo carried il, awi.y. In our imin ion, peruianeiil work thtil. would willislaiu higher water than this, with perfect nafcly, eau bo built nUess exnenni ami Inbonr than Ihosu thai have lieen dei,lroyei - I ho (Oregon (aly nulls, owm il by Danid 1, . , j, . Ifai vey aro n tolallo,,, I hey wn.i built in I'll, and nave i.evtl uii.da.ned any ma teiial loss from high water until the prea (.nt llnod. They wero protected lioin the high wilier in Iho upper river by n wooden breakwater, which was wholly imnh ipiate to lint pui pose, hut guvo way before the water reached Its lilyhctit ulugo, eiirryinjr the mills with It. This breakwater wan lniill of lir timber several veal's aj'ii, mid wart not filled with stone, but supported by wooden bnice.i, froiii iho limo that thu work mis buill, must have beeome rotten, mid v miiv when the force of thu water ciiino upon it. A perniinu'iit brenkwater can he built at u co .l of ii few thousand dollars which would tlfeeliuilly protect the point where Ihe mill.' .stood from ihiinugi' Ironi hi?; It wnlcr. There wero in tlm "ells al the limn they were swept away tKHHI Inf. li ds of w Ileal,' n I miii L IIOUO sack.i of Hour (a pin I ol w hieh has been recovered in it damag ed condition!, mid about (HI lotia of bum . shorls. Tim loss of the niillil nod con tents will b.i at t ;;.(), 0(H), The Island Mills on " Aheruelhv Is lund," weii) buill nt mi curly day, and en lirdy rebuilt in I sail 1, nro u total losS;- These mills ha ii had but lilllo protection , . ,n . . . ' , , , except from ii largo drift of timber which (U, u,t.n xx lo mTiiiiiiilnto iibove ln-m lur several years." Tim udvaulanes offered here lor making improve itu nru cxeellciit, as a good stone luciihwalcr woulil dl'eetiiallv proleet the mills from drift mid Hood. The rock with vv hieh lo construct n breakwater is convenient; and u bridge can he built from thu main laud lo Iho Is- laud lit n comparatively 'uiiuill expeiiso. I 'I'll. . u.ili'i .fiiti til ii.i 1 1 iii. i mnrii llmll ni I 1 n' "'.iv. " '.... .i... ....... feel deep w here the nulls stood during tlm A ,ir,,,U(1, ltljt ill the upper cud of tlm I, hind from the east side on the uiaiii land, extending about six hundred feel from tho liuiiii lulul to the cd:'f of the palls, would I ll'ecliiullv ' : , , . ' ... . , -, protect the whole loivi r pai I ol Hid Islaiitl 1S ,u, IS U,M.r ,liri r Oregon (My f,.m HKV, .;; H.mded, and would fur- nish water power lo mi iilmost uiiliinlled extciil, sceinti from danger. The lo.sof these mills, loc.elher with 2,0011 bushels ol , ... . 1 ,.t , . r wheat mul tt.uod sinks of Hour, ( part of .S ,H.ll( ro,.mrr,,, j dlinip d condition) is about $20,WHI. Tho Willane ( He Iron Works put up in Sj.S, nt u cost """''out $I2,0UII, owned by Moore nnd .Marshall, wire swept nwuv. A inul ol .. . , .,' , ., , the mm liuiiTv is being recovered from the vin ck ol thr building n hieh waseauicd to a point licnr A slot in. Their loss i vliiici- '' "ear S,tilHl. Tiie lollowiie' N a list nf Ihe other h' se.i ai m ar as c m be ikci i luim d: t 'barman, Warner ,x Co., ino.tly wlnal, Hour, and apph -i, ' !?T,IH)0 P'-ubei. Smith, liii.hliif nnd ilamuge to iiiachim ry, 2.H00 Allan, Mckad .y A. Co , damage to binhllie; , fi in i s, Ac , l,HH) lien A lief nil v, blak building, f.ve tin loili ons, Ac , "i.tlOO O. 0. Pr.it I, buildings, fences, Ac , tat l.iiiu Citv I, I. .''00 .1. P Pi ic. binl.hiies(l.iiinCily) 2,00ll P S Parllow, dwelhle.,', fence, ,c , 000 W. I! Pnillow, (Uelling and other hnililiiies d.umi'nd, I.OIMI A I'', lb.! e , budding, the ' Oregon II in r," 1,1110 I! M hi .on, ii ini pla'fonn, fences, Ac , .iOO W I" II ;;hlii Id, IniiiM.'. and leiieing, l,.'i(l(l ,1 M M.hiic, fuiinliiro (lani.Ciiy), 2"iii Tlio.v J.leksoll, " " " ".'ill 1 1 Stl aielit, ihimage lo house, feiiei s, 1 ,1100 '' . M '"' '""' ""'' " '. . l eu e damaged, Mill A I, l.nvejoy, fence", fin t, Ac , dam nu'n'., ' 1,000 S W ,b , I. nee..., b.iihli..,' Ac . Mnl llr.lif-h, (Ueliing I I, inn Cilv I, .' I'd .1 1 1 M Her, " " '" ;., Win Hay, " " " I . I! .Moore- e-.late, il'.velliii" i, " ,',(iO Cris Taylor, feiu iu und fruit tries ihlllnigul, I'.dO Will Abcimlhy, felieia;.', liliildllc"i, c.itlle, and she. p, 2, mm II. Priil;:'", d. imago (4 dwelling, feiii'i s, Ac , I no loo :;od liu) 200 500 200 ::no l.ooii 2.id 2..0 nr. Wilson. do do Mrs. Williams, do A . Holland. . do do do . . U. I.el.ehinult, lUlillii.g, Ac , ... , , ,, ... A t icon, dal.iage to the I ho kiiiuas ;,..,. I'. A. Colla.d, damage to dm lling, f.'lliTS, A l .1. nehnnl, (h) ilo (icn. I'i, In r, fruit ...id cider, Win. Whilloek, dwelling, fun-in, Ai l I. .Slephllls.lll, " W. C John ..hi, W. T. Malloek, " M. P. I'ol ...in, 50 51. 2..0 James S. ail h, woodhvelling, fem e, 1,000 J'he Kanakas, wood, dwilhiig.i, hay, fences, Ac., 1,000 "in. I 'aiiloi (f ,V (o, apples, build '"n"1! i'' i i'I.OOO Jaeoli l,o Inn I ( )i ;'oil 1 louse I. fin . il- , . ' lure, provisioiis, Ac ;.,,im. ,t 'V11XT( vvha.f, wore- hon e, Ac, Ihir' hi.v, ilainaje loot, frnee n.Ae. A . P Wail, " " " '. Ignition of Oregon Cily, lo.sof bridges, sidewalks, damage to ,ouo 500 100 1 100 streets, Ac, .... 1,000 Tola!, $ I (', l,7(.0 This fsliinale does not un hide the lots Sin laii.e.l in rtluovil.g e;oO(l,l, Ac. Tho to- tal don in properly lost, damaged, Ac, i. i ii'ionoijf linen ;f (0,1.1.11, Pi" pi elfully siibiiillled. I. P. TllOMIMOV, (!h'n of Coniinittee. The rcpdl t w as neceplfd ami adopted There being no further business for the evening, Iho meeling adjourned taibject to ii. ..,.ii ..t ii i...i V ' '". "I IHU I llllll I, III,,, .W. ih.M'i,.,., I. I'.. lll ltHiiui, JSec'y. V - - - tJ- Tho very latest news from Iho (tent of war, will bo found in our columns, It teems lo he the general impression In New Vwk, that th., drugl ay now ho run- ....... . , ,, ' ' ."'. ". ". , , V Ti ' , Vn'!'WK , ' rM ",,,t , V T T" " ,JT ' fV: UV,a r,"""V;l.n ""l""" Presiih iil'H yicasnge, but as wo aro about going to press fniinot fret, it In lypc, this .WT0K. fey Tlio leliuiil.K of Col. I'. vhl ii reiiell- ed S!iin .'i.aiif.iu.i ll.u. fai. n..,t u., i..i .... - "" ., ...... neiu fciinuii ehargu of by 1,1,1 frifi.dl. The .oiumitM horn On oii uh.o went pie.,f nl Latent horn tho BastT" I'OKT I'PLASIxTK, COL KEIttlMAX TO ?Bm,p MPCTlNd OP CONdj;,, t, , . S.1' '""'is, Nov. 2'i I lie 11 In I troops u on" tin, pi ''"I '"'''". Th., PdielH ininnir a 1 tiring to liichmmiil. " lU,' f' I tec. 2.- Congress met , y , orgai.iid, Without delay ' fu,lJ SM. X(, ,;, ;; Sr. J.ni:iS( l,.r j,. A new oik correspiu,lt 0r lu ,V publican say Hint ll.u klril , be colislih'li d lis liciu ly ovi.r- ' u" The Presi,lei.th..Hn soh',.,i ,, coi.Kei vnlivo Mihcy, ) r,,,,.,'0 siislnined by thu cmiro Cuhiud Mr. Sevviud was NereiuuKl lt ,,,,; mnl ...ado u short, sped, iu n,Ul -mi-Hi. l'''"Vl"rrm,ni,h,lllilllhal iu I, it ittitfit ll,e;, mm r,jui(f nlKrnil nn,: The President's .Message r , ed here to mi:ht, lu,, m.thi,,,; ( " way of indicnt.i.g a lui.Ko iri.ulir. ur J reeniiilion. ' " w The pliu.tcrs In Iho Smith ore wu', ,,; be ilestroyinff their coll,,, U, ,,r . , fidlingin.oll,,. hands .,f J I All hnn.hug A conspin.ey o I'nioii rarUl10( discovered ill New Ollr'uiis, causiiiff ..rm exe.leineiit.' Mimv arndN hadlM.,, Wasiiixi.tos, I ,,.. I J. Hrr,Vfn ndgn win una imisly i..M.l IV Ibirnell of Kentucky nml ;ci i Mivionri Imvo ii1.no hr,n expellul tm a House. ' Wn klilTe, or Kentii, ly, iiin,,. , I'nioii ffK'nh. rxphiiniiig tho cnoiy y loiruetl mnl other K rutin ky traitor , closed by MiyiiiK that by Ihe JJ.lli of p,. ceiubi r no rebel govern, m ill will U (UB11j mi I he soil of Kentucky, Ni vv V.uiK, I tec :;. Mr :,itt.rr,, who has been n prisoner at Clenl, don h, just ariived, ami n pot U h i L Iho fr( (, iho rebeli on Oiler ini.l I'hiliiix .ji, were miniated on the L'lli Nnv. m ,m blown up. The fieati'kt e. ilemrnt pretnilol it Chalhsloll owli.i; to tho l.in.lih. efuV I'eder.d fnrcis nt Port Pny.il, mi.) Ut. mg had In en held to eoiisnli r the Jitiyrif Iv nl burning or : in nndi ilng !io rily In I In I'liinn at my, The hiij. nnd :t Mayor of the city tteie , iietitlli ii. favor of mi. n nd. ring, but ihe l h. I (imi rino.i said it liiu-t be bui imi lo pn vi iil ill (all ing into Ihe hiilnls ul P. S. nnnv. Till' rdu ls slate tii . t r.'li.ienl.i ii njr idled nnd the Nm y S ard rutin lr ilrtMy ed (ieii Prie.'i; m i I for n infi.rn nirnlj A l. t lien. Tin. mas sent iiistrm linndn I i iu Miiii.ii.i, ut Pinutoit, in Into p ..-ion of nil the ern in. I lie Ulnml, iul ship the nil ion mnl lie otli, r rrnjH i, nt waul..! lur the nrmr to New Vetk, l U' miI.I for tlie (iiiwfiiiiii nl f I he l.S; the shins to be flnplnyul lo hk I'. crops. The e vpediliiiii to Si Ihlilia Inlet leek the eniiny'., winks without nHiluc a bl"i Tin' ll.igof the Cinti.l Slide is llyiig iner the Ii iiiliuv of the Mate nl (iiueji; I'l Piil.i l.i is I. .1.. li p.. -. . ,oii nf, ni. I lb iippnenhis in Savannah are veiiij Itti'i teppi d 'I he yri at ;'iiii'ioit I V pi diliull mnlif (i, llalleik is t . i '... I to Marl ilioili llic.Vj s, : pi in iilinul tu ii wei kv .'.Oil I'e.hral pi i ,i in i , vn re milf.M Pn hiieniil tu Tiee.iliiii-a, A I.i , !nd not As the piuplc in si I'er.d cii'liilies of M't in Virginia Inuc ilcelaml liu in-ihii I'J i nl, inc.r .oi Is will l.e i'in in lur lra.tr. It is "..id that the n In Is ( 1 5,ll(U) dmi in ,1.s ouri wire moving umhr IW, Pains, nnd . I .ri.l. Price mo ( IikIuII m ike Km. mis Ihe future field ol ojw-ial,w-leCiilloiu'li has had n ijiiurril with I'dCi", and gone to All aieas. (.'. a. .Inn Pane d hvere.l a cr. fit sntt : Pi v t-rv sj.eei li i,i Postoii, .Nov 30, low ill.lneie.il fiowd. The President holds that fnpt lVi!lrs did ri' hl Iii niing ,1anii nml Sh.hll, '"I that, he should l.avu siiul the olramtr ali. Thor'ic'y of tho Nmy, in h" fl' says thai the prompt and il ti-ivc melioo of ( upturn Wilkes minis I rrmint a emphatic approval of the Navy I -Jvr lie nt, and if a loo geiifr.ni.'i fnrUarnst was i.xhihilei! by him in imt raplnrinj I" yceiel whldi had Iho Ib hel Cotiiitiioion'"' on hoard, it may, In view 0MI i' cire iniistaiiifs ol hiif patriotic nioli"," 1'xcu.cd; hut it miist.l.y no mciin l P"f' milled lo roust, 1. .le a preculrnt bcrciw for the trcnlinciit of shuilar Me, Tho "Trent" i the iinme of thclW' vessel finin whidi Mason and SliiKH taken. Ofii,MeCnll Is movimr low anl l'j and (Tens Keeiiilh und purler in"1' Ing their Hues forward, while teVo nnd Prniiklin nr wnlrliim; the tv eenler, which is growing w inker tnrj ! Col KeiTignii, of Iho 12th X V If inei.f, lias been tried by court iwirlil 'j lleilson, foi.vieled, mid Ulilelieid l' J? shot. The order Is klglied J ll'4 ,frt' dent . Klrrii'tin i n meiiih.r of l''Pm Mr. l ily, M. V. now a prisoner it I' mond, him Kent word that he wiH lk m.'iit In Congress this srssfon, . Kcnorls rroin llichnioial my H' nro terribly excited rmt-erninir tlifl r nl (ipemlloiiH on' tho roait 'I ho SM" lrKi declare Ihry will go liemo ,,u ' A li'irinin fo lur fair. , ' n Y .1 -i 1' ...1 :.... rJ ti : V- 1 non 1110 reui wrii no hi. ii.". - . 1.. . .1... u U..1....A mi Ku uriWJ' I reuiiic, riecieiiiij m;i - . ordered tho rdiiiso of Culfinnn ItoiW" nml rx Senator Uwin from ronlliiciuci I't l.afayetli'. ' . t .1 Ut. tilt n Itrh.ht of Indiana il " Ingloii, nml Intends (0 lakn liw' nlor Powell ol Kentucky nlo rr'!rtU Hatiirdfly, nml II Is said will UU , A coiiiinlllen will Im i lioHen u " , . fo the rnuiliicl of sudi me'i, n'" I'TJ In nsoii Is fotniil ogainst them, ""' I'xpclleJ. Coso.ikss.onmi.-I.i the ll.'..;r, J ofTered 11 msoliilion Id llmincei i". as Col. Cori oriu. lunl hern rornil 011s i nll nl Pichmond, Mmn of "s should ho HH.Iiiifd In wiii'i-ir ii" " Warren. Pussid imai.tiiiousiy. ... ,ro Udell moved, that as loi. .1