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0S1 ,U y wmw Urmvl wt ' Ainvrlias Vnu shiiol Utitt on Ur(ot I '1 (.Vii. i. l)c rcgou CUgitG. tV. L. Adams, Editor. OREGON1 CXTV: SATURDAY, JANTAKV 4, 1 SO. The DcniiiatU of the Uonr. Tlic following article was lately publish ed in tin- Orogoniun. Wc know nothing of the writer, ncitlicr ilo wo wish to have his n;iiiu The article is accompanied wiih mi editorial assurance that " it was written by a distinguished llepuhlieaii re siding in the Southern part of this State." " Nkxt Jink Ki.kctips. Kditor of the Ornjviitiu: It was with pleasure 1 read mi article published in the MYrWy (bryo mi.m of November !2:d, on the subject of " next June hlcetio.i." One of the patn otic presses of the State has nt length re cognized a movement which 1ms long been discussed and extensively resolved upon by the people. Though the Argus attempts to put down the movement recommended by your correspondent, with a sneer nt the writer, whom it pretends is unworthy ot notice. because " not a. star of the first magnitude, I think it endangers the litllu intliieiiec it vet exercises as a public journal by puttin itself in opposition to what every patriot must recognize as just in principle mm cor reel in 1 rai t ce. All questions at kue between political parties not setthd bv the late rrcsuleutin election, have been postponed or with drawn from the political arena bv the inex orable lOjjic of events. The discussion of it tariff has been postponed for perhaps a centurv. 1 lie status ol slavery has been appealed from ballots to bullets, and nil those minor antagonisms that gave zest to late political contests, have no more rele vancc to the present great issue, than the justice of the li reck invasion of Troy, or nay other event of the reunite i.-t. I In tiovcrnment, bv its constituted authorities, having divided to wage it, even the origin of the present civil war lias cea. il to lie a tit subject of iiui i rv, and its abstract jus tice or injustice would form no part of the coasidt rations of a curt in the trial of a case Oi' treason. Whether the (juvcrn- ii.ent entered upon this war of its own cho.ee, or the war was forced upon it, is in the unalterable, past; the war exits us th qu""tioti of the present, mid the question of ' in xt June election, ant or ail l!ie the tior.s that follow it until we have compter r.i a peace, is simi.lv " are voil fur tlie (loveninieut, or against it?' and it is to lie hoped the mii era of mercenary sheets, and the mtriuucs oi small pnl.tu'iuus on the one s Me, an i tho cij-n ntt.u.ks of traitors on the teller, will equally fail in their att- mpU to invoke the prejudices of the p.it, or d.s tract the alti'iiti'iii of the people from the present, in order to suUrnc their venial or treusonuble purposes. One oy thk IVon.r.." Tint all niav understand why this t'nniit has been tnaJe at us, we w. 11 state a few fiets. A few weeks ago, while we wcrei.i I'ortl.ind, an article was puUslnd in the Oregon'an, signed by a , n commending a disorganization of the llepubliean party throughout the State, and the immediate. organization of a new party, to he com posed of L'nio.'i men and to Le mnriJiallcd as a grand Union party, preparatory to a Union convention to nominate a Union State tick jt next Hiring. The article met with our unqualified disapprobation, as it did with that of i-very Union man wo talked with ubout it in 1'ortland,- except the editor of the Orogoniun. He neither approved nor disapproved of the plan pro pOM'd by tho article, but assured us that he bad advised with one member of the Re publican Slate Committee, who thought it " might he well enough to publish it." Our objections to the orticlo were not con tained in any opposition to a Union ticket on our part, for wo have Lien for a union with the real loyalists all the while, but wc decidedly opposed tic pUn of g'-ttiiig up a Union ticket in this State. While we Imd no doubt the editor of the Orcgoi.inn published the article with the best of inten tion", believing, as lie said, that it was written by a llepubliean in the south, wr believed, and so did Others, that it had beeu concocted in a democratic printing ofJic, and that the Ofponiuii had been imposed upon as to its authorship. 1 5c I cviug, as wc did, that the plan for cfl-i t ing a union in Oregon, proposed by the ar ticle, was injudicious and calculated to inv iwril the fafetj of the very cause it pro fit sod lo wish to promote, wo felt it our duty to indicant immediately our dinip proval of it, which wo did by stating in the Argus our belief as to its inuhor-hip and our opinion ns to the magnitude of the limiiiuiy. Our offense, with "One of the I'eople," consists in not falling in with what we think is an uiiwirc and unsafe plan for getting up u Linon ticket recommended by nn iiiioiiyinous scribbler, but favoring what we eontid. r a wise, judicious, and wfu one for securing a Pood tii k t and uniting all real Union men in its support. Tills plain rtal'.ini'iit of fuels placm this writer in rather an awkward position, in sitting astride of his lever of " Inexorable logic," trying t up;i (l0 Ur;r af l tho U. S. Iiank (in wliiel, he steins to think wo are locked up ns cashier), shouting all the tiino " traitors" behind ! "umall pol iticians" before 1 " mercenary sheet'' ev erywhere! We reci'Mi the tcinita(ion to aliarjien our pen jut Iit-ro to puncture tho hide of this writer for his own good, JUl j as the best of men are liable nt times, when blinded by ambition, to make egregious blunders and forget the rules of courtesy and good breeding, and as wo wouldn't willingly wound the feelings of any good Union man, we pass him over to his own reflections, with tho suggestion that we haven't yet reached the position where we leol conscious that " the little influence wo yet possess" can be strengthened by giving our articles to the public over un anony mous signature. The attack made upon ns in his illy considered article would be deci ded by any sensible and honest tribunal under heaven ns totally unprovoked and unwarrantable, but it has produced no feel ing on our part toward tho writer or pub lisher. Neither of them has ever received anything at our hands (that we are aware of) but that kindness und courtesy which the rules wc have adopted for our govern ment exact from us toward our friends per sonal ami political, Plant your poisoned arrows in our breast, you who will, but, for heaven's sake, don't murder the cause ot constitutional liberty don't destroy the Union in trying to save it. Wo are all " Union men" and all "Union savers," let us tell the story but many of us differ as to what constitutes a ' Union man" ami as to the best method of " saving tho Union.-' We don't recollect tho day since wc en gaged in advocating sound and honest svstem of political economy but that the present infernal rebellion was all the time loomiug up in tho distance. It was con stantly held up us a scare-crow to deter honest men from voting ns their cotischnois and judgment told them was right. We were loudlv called on to vote for Jo Lane to " safe' tho Union," year after year.- I IV dulnl think list m'c'o.I. Wo were told he was a m ill who loved every inch of the Union, better than he loved "his own soul. We Ileal him up as in league with Southern traitors as the same rotten, lilack hearted scoundrel he has shown him- self to lie. His old friends now say we were right. Wo were nl-o called on lo vote for John Whitak.-r to "save the Un- ion." We didn't think the Union would be entirely sale in Irs hands. We were call. J a " know-nothing pirate" for our contiitiiacy. John Wh taker is now "sav- ing the I n:o:i tlirouu len MarK, wim drinks the health of Ib'tiuregard and Ibi- vis, and ucs the vilest lang ig1' in speak tig of the American ll.i,'. We wire called on to vote for the 0: gou '.oast tation and for slavery, ti) " save the Union." We didn't chose to do eith. r. When the iletnivratic nartv nsstraeil the slump of a bird, with i . J j Lane as the head, Icoinpton us the bo.ly, and (J rover and K.-lly as the two i wings," we were cilletl on to support the ' on'y by becoiniiig r.iuiil. ir with the pul-a-" nation il" wing to " save ili" Union." ! lions of the great 1 1 ul.ir In art that a Until Kelly and fi rover stumped the State, I .talesman can i xp. et to ..ueeeed. I iU ling Lane and swallowing the L'C iu.p-j We have not written thus lengthily for ton villainy n a plalf irui. In all their j the purpose nf d, dating a future policy. speiih'S tley cxhiiiitid the disgusting i Wo have fit it our duty to warn our spul ieh: of two land-lubbirs at sen, who, j friends of the dangers attendant upon lis lo cure sea ii km , swallowed the sann- j (et, ing to w hut we consult r illy digi stcd piece of raw pork attached to a string, by t eounsi . We have .,0t the least doubt but which it was drawn f.-oin the stomach cd that the frit nds nf the Union everywhere each till it producd vmnilinj. d' rover i would a-nc with ti. il tiny uii hrstood the g'.t up and swulliinci the iii?gut:ng innr J aspect of affairs here ns well ns we do el, when O'Meiira drew it forth ami made ; We have now probably said all we shall ponr Killy swallow it after Lin). We were ( have to say on this snl ju.-t. If o ir Union told we must keep muni wle n the j friends lliink dilfiTently from us, (l ev must 'hards' wint tbroitgh the operation, j proci i d in tl.i ir own w uy. A good ticket but stamp and applaud viohntly when the 1 !mll rnvive our cordial support, nationals Worried it down, just to "s.ivel U'-'" li arlu-lw wa intrmlrj iir lnt wirli' tho Union" and " beat Uu-h." We in- , i-l: lifl (o (he opinion ii.al il t-illicr piirlv i was di serving nf more credit Ur diit eat- ', ing, it was tin: ' hard.,' and notlho.c 'soft' creatures who to'k it second handed. For this, wc were held up to ridieul; by " one o! the patriotic presses ol the Slate," as a nn ret nary ana small politician who had been " bribed by Uush with $1000.' In l.nirming that all who cull themselves Union un ii ni.; no', so, we Mute what no body denies, poor Curry and Whitaker claim to bo Union men, but their plau of saving the Union is to ht Jeff Ilavis alone ht him rule, the country instead of Lin coln. Tie re nre some professed Union men who nre in favor of buying a peace with a compromise. Others are " as good Union iiii-ii as anybody," yet whine n great deal about " Lincoln's war." Others, l.ke inuny w ho Mipportcd the "Union demo cratic, ticket'' in Ciihforiiia, and advised everybody to vote for John C'uiinri-.s to fore, the Union, were for the war as a ne cessnry means of maintaining the integrity of (he (jovcrmnciit, now that we had got into the war, yet they wire careful in all their harangues to charge upon the K ub icm parly the responsibility of inaugural ing th'j war. Some of the Connm organs di vi-iidi d lower in li'iiping foul cpiihels nioti Ihe " b'ui k ret ubhea ," in n tailing vile I'filufnmifs nnd falsehoods ubout us, nnd in charging home upon those who vol id for Lincolu the responsibility of this pro slavery rebellion, than even tho Mc Colm'.! organs of treason tln inn Ives. Yet in the face of all this, tin; Coiu.ess orgnnn, the political thitiiblc tiggers, broken down political hni k t, and one corrupt llepubliean kl.r.tl, advised all Union men to support Con ii( is to sure the Union und prevent the sceeiisionh.ts from carrying California. publicans and Union Jji tnocriil wero so disgusted with tho infiiiiioiM tactics of thi'to polilicul jugglera that thy i let led Stan ford nml the whole llepubliean ticket by rousing majorities. Xow we Imvu un ob jections to supporting a Union ticket made up portly of mi ii who arc commonly known s Union Dcuiocrali, Hut wo must iniist that they be men who hav.: a ehurnclor for integrity and are heart nod soul for the Union, ofhYo or no office. Wo would most even richer than were ine i..uiiior.n.. ........ cordially extend the hand of fellowship to : in 1S4S, and we believe more extensive -all such' Union Democrats us Holt, Pick- A large proportion of cur population of all iuson, Cochrane, and many others whom kinds will go to them in the spring. The we might mention. They are nil Union prospect, of making a raise of from one to men without any if or amis- there isn't a ten thousand dollars the coining summer, rotten spot on either of them. Hut if we ; w ill induce many of our fanners to go and go into u general Union convention in j dig gold to pay their debts and make Oroiron. what assurances have wc that the j another start, in preference to woikmg right stripe of Union IVmocrals will be nominated for places nirreed on? Some think there is no danger, but we think that while it might nil be well, there is imminent dauber of having a divided convention, or a ticket made up in part of men whom many of us could not support. Suppose, for instance, that the secession or peace party should nominate a set of candidates, who go over the State whining about " Lincoln's war," and charging that tho ' black republicans' were tho cause of the war. Now, imagine to yourself a can- vass in which, after tho secessionists had delivered themselves, one or two of the Union candidates should strike the same L .... ,,,! ,,.i,;i ii,,,i i,. u,ir no. hi. leive . '' , ., , , ,. , . i been averted bv defeating Lincoln, or bv 'l I . I .l' compromise, und proceed to denounce the .,. , ... ., i black republicans with its much gusto us some of tho Coumss stumpers did in Cali- tornia. Would any man (eel like voting for him? We should prefer to vote for an outspoken secessionist, ir we were compelled to vote for either. We don't wish to see the disgusting spectacle or swallowing the same d.rtv morsel by (i rover and Kdlv " ' gone through with again. It is tho bare possibility that unsound men may be forced j upon us, 'that we are opposed to a union convention. Wu are willing lo have a i Union ticket, and to call it by that mime. : If our IVinocratic Irieiids cannot trust a ! llepublicin convention to select prom-r ! candidates ifter cousuliiiig with thein (the I V'Uiocrats i, let them call a convention tit the ' same lime and place,' and let the two ! conventions agree upon u tick. t. Such it j course will be wise and safe, while any nth- er in:iv involve ns in inextricable lUlicultics, if not in ruin. It is a course that no man ! can offer a valid objection to-and it will, ( we believe, answar the purposes of all ex ei j.t sin li as may have aiivaily agreeil upon ! a tick' t in advance nf a tin oi. convention. j We nre opposed to ail the m-!u nn s i .f w ire ( working, il.irlc l.iiit rn caucuses, nml liecep- . t on in shaping poht.eal plitloruit. A i slraightforward, honest, open, and manly course' is always piefirred by the voting musses, who wish to have every in.in who I s. mm s to hud inpoltiis slunv his hand The m s W..U in ue cnnsimni, aii'i a is i . i i . i , w",'"""''1"'"" """" m" ' l atiTiish tm R I .' f a Ihe I orv.i ns dis l'ii.on has a r ' I eorrespondetit in southern Oregon who thinks tin- (iovi-rn- nient w ill not issue w ar debt bonds till they i w ith ridiculing the nliloruuinie prnpm lions ascertain who are P-Ih Ii in Oregon. Uli- "f his neighbor of the Oregoniali, w ho hap ion men in i-d have no fears of losing any- ' " llS be well fi .1 supporting the Slurs thing by tin; (Joveritiui nt which they aid '""I Stripes, w hile he ia shru king for I la in supporting. Their war bond' nml hind ; houny, has got to bo badly "caved in.'' patents w ill nil tonnt in duo time. Tin y H s personal appearance i rtiT'dy satisfies ought lo be willing to wu.t a little, if need 1 him, for when, at the end of the w..r, be, while the sjt.is and hirelings of Jiff w !-! will probably ne up all the rope to Davis are being spollnl. Union men will hung ihe Well fed leaders of the rebellion, have to siiff-r greater inconveniences than the half started understrappers can nil be this In fore this infernal rebellion is crushed, ! swung up wi'h a ball or two til twine, while the ullies of rebels will probably .. . , , , ,, t'enkthat a refusal on the purl of the j l-arn from Mr. A. S Ooviriimeiit to put money in (1.,-ir s. ouu- ( ""''nch, that on Chnstiuns morning three iln-lly piM-ki ts is one ol tluir " light af- j men were drowned ut Uriggs' perry on Ihctioiis." j .South Uinpipiu, namely, John Uriggs, John Wants us Ohpt:. The Portland .17- I'oriune, and John O'Lnughlin. The fer vrtliirr has been looking into the piesi-j ry boat swamped in the middl" of the riv dent's Message, nml assures us tint t it af- cr, and oflhc five men on board, out! saved forded him "indifferent satisfaction." It himself l.y swimming and another by hang is disgu t-d with the message because Mr. i '"(? ' the rope by which the boat was la Lincoln didn't recoui'iieiid tho appointment i ken across, until he was rescued. Neither of Ministers lo " Dahomey, Congo, and I "' ''"! ''odies had been recovered, whei r the Hottentots." We have no dotiht tliu ' iiifuriiiiinl IcfL. O Loughlin has a brother poor in a ii of the Adii-rtlm-r of rebellion ' ""' Preach Prairie, Michael, who for would mortgage his " haa l patch" or his ""'r'y temled tlm perry at this place. Ar soul for one of those appointments. It's ' rangemenlH were mniltt wilh Mr.' Ynciim, an iionor, however, In; can never reach, so long as wu ham an Adininislratioii (hut j has any regard for the morals of the poor Hottentots. ! Th.it P..HT " It ihe Statesman will ? sc rei y oeaiinMoinnieruii yeiieet tl.c-r- "tin, ui i in; MHllli lit I IHH WHI'M II, Kiln I II ' candor to a. know,,g the constitutional j Hi liiiSTitey ei;eslii rsj Mmnl a f,iir ehum e of currying the tinln." Purlurn Adrrr- tiirr. That ' lii.know lodgment' which yon take to be ' candid,' wiinii'l thrown out un a bait for ynu to bite at, but for equally stupid i. . . , ... ' politicians on the opposite side of the fence ! from you. j IIs-ovmZm,, i,.,. .M,. ,;,ti , ,. lav hunt llml lit 1 1,.. l.!i.i....i I io iii'imi no.ii umI m mm u, iiiti.i,.i,iy;Mj; ,,n , enminu i aiiiiii' r,iii.ii-i.1fg.,iil,)i t,J il.x nun,,. t,,j i ' ""'''"" I'.sr -o,, ''iiur.iiiiv. il.. ,r ,,r .i, a.-...!.: 1 HnUmn rmigUl firn rrnm lfivn.,i. l.i i, ,.,,,,11. CtT It now soctns to be a well settled fact that the new mines are as rich and their farms with the certainly of having no help to save their grain next Inn vest j One man can save no great a ml of grain alone, besides seeing to other mat ters on the farm. II ho could save live hundred bushels over and above what he needs lor his own seed and bread (which few could do), it would only amount- to $.'00 at one dollar a bushel, a sum that will induce but few men to stay at home when their neighbors are making fortunes by a few weeks' work in the mines. I've- ; sides there is very lit I lo winter w heat sown, comparatively none in large sections or the country. To depend upon a spring crop is mi uncertain and poor dependence. Wheat huvcrs in California have lately i i, I, .r,, nt, i.il in from ew Yoik to ' the North applauded him lor it just ns long t'eeii lilegniphcti lo iroin ,mw j oik id.' ii j ' if.m nil vhlommiU of uTilill 1'' isl Tim ! Its tlll'V WITH drawing SullllU S flOIII the stop all sicpmenis ot grain i.asi. t no ( . t ,.,.;...i r nil ll... W.slirn l.ile urn ' o eminent - but W hell tlll'V Were kit ked grammes ol an mo u isiirn ruaus are i overflowing with grain for which there is : out or ollice, they concluded Ja.ksou was ! ht.le demand. Prices rule so low there a fool, and that Jeff Kavts . right in any . that the new market opened by our mines, , 'g lli.il " the t ...on cannot be oc.uo.itcl will soon be supplied from the Mast r.t a ; "llr '"' ''''""I" T"' r,l,,!s w'1 ! figure, that wo cannot compote with so about dmrm'tr,, the Uuon "with : h-ng as the minis keep up the pr.ee f l.lootl." m..!. in l.yu.rf lo accomplish their labor. We are not arguing tho propriety i l""'sl' ",'1"'ll",i nlr,'"'l.v : . i ; ii.i :.. t M .. or impropriety of our farmers going to the mines. o are only slating what worn- , lieve to be facts. We have never fell Ike ! advising any body to stay away from these ; new mines, whatev. r items may have up- ; penred in this paper to the contrary, not- ! withstanding. We give no advice what- ever. W halevcr we und others inny say, the decree lias already gone lorth, that much of our farming population w ill go nu.l , dig their own gold, insteatl of w ailing the ; "low process of raising it by selling produce ! at an uncertain figure to California mi- : ners working Oregon mines. Oar opinion is (hut our Oregon miners w ill prme next i.it , i..... .. .... i.. ... mo iiuii tiiei me n"b inoiu us iiu ns 1 n sot:u (hoilgtil they Were There was Tin: S. ir mi. .it Asroiu i. an exhibition in the pul.l.e school ut Asto ria last wci k. This school is unih r the iiiaiiagemeut of Mr. Ilearilnilf and his wife, who have hid good su s.s in tluir effurts to inslruet the youth of Astoria We have attendiil no similar t X'-reiso in Oregon w here the pi rforiu ir.ces were more credit a- i ,iV ,i( (t.lK.li fs (im) S(.,1IM ,mll u, The eonipositions were more than ordinary, as a whole, while snu.e ol t lit in eiiiu'iil nn originality of thought und an i h gaut'e of diet. on that bespeak for their aulhort an hononbh; d stinction its w riters in the fu lure. The young gentlemen, allhougli not ..hining as I. rdl.mtly in tlie field of hti ra- tore or ncipntting ihemsi ltcs u ill. quite the grace and elegance in dialogue, ns (he young ladies, nevertlu less did well - Mime of lliein ndmirnbly well. Astoria may will be proud of her public school -ami the ct.clis of the Village ih si rve great credit for their fixed purpose to niuke it of the best schools in the State. tiip The poor in. in of the n Ind organ at Portland hnving been put on short al lowance, till he is almost as thin as a Ibliikuuiite after the pea season is over, has got to think that a well fed, fleshy person is hardly respi etuble. He amuses himself ""' lUt! iiiterineiit ol O Loughbi. s body If found Ihe others having friends in that "''otion. . .. " " " Diiiii.ri.TV sr tiik Sii.it. Ukhkvation. We hnrii from tlm ,Slulr,min, that u ;,rty of ln.r.,,n was set lo arrest two t f I , , wl,0wcrc -'"'l"vr... to excite the Indians to insurrection, but ll.vy escaped neioru tho (lelnehii.eiit nrnved. (iuus ilraw n rroin V t. Hoskms by former agents to protect whiles on the reservation, are all in tlm hands of tho Indians. J here are reports of arum and cartridges I II III' llll HUM III .ssiifl.tiuliii, lIj i.. it.... I.... ll.. ' """'-"n III III'IIIOII 1.II which belong at 't. HieliiiN. (,. , beenme frighleiied on seeing troops coming ;'' ,''1' V"iliill t Moskins, and iliMtlnscI ""' ,l"'1 tluil lie lint) 1000 cni'lridies. which ' I r- t were delivered up to dipt, Kmiili, now In coininiiiid of tlm latter port. Tlnwi fuels were derived r.o.n .... ...nployei, at 17 011 rcscrvulimi. ii"ii.' j il , '"" ."" jni-knon' I'.rmrnt. A rebel correspondent of tho Portland Ailrnlixer is " agin I .incolu's war, ka.o this Union can't be cemented together w ith blood." This is the substance of the whine of every all)' of Jeff Pavis in the North. That these mm are all hypocrites und liars, is proved by the fact that they have all hitherto endorsed Jackson's thrrat oned course against tho South Carolina rebels of lSllj. When Jackson had fin ished his proclamation, he sent the conclu sion of it to I'M ward Livingston, with the following nolo: " 1i .u Sin: I submit the above as the conclusion of the pioclainiilion for your amendment and revision, l't it receive your best (light of eloipieneo, to striko lo the heart mid speak to the leehngs ol my deluded countrymen of South Carolina. The Union must bo preserved without blood, if this be possible; but it must bo preserved, nt till hn'ui'ls and at a v chick. A muimv Jackson. Hoc. (. ISltJ, 1 1 o'clock r, u. Mnw.uu Lt iNiisi'o.v Jackson was determined lo preserve tho Union "nt any price," even if every rebel in South Cai'oliua had to be slain, and those who are now acting as rebel spivs in cuougi. .,.,..,. ...on.. , ...is-oin,, , co- nessee, nun ixcihuoj. . y me rm r.oo; murdfr of .,, ir..,e.i, .,.. r,,7- lrfu, lo nuike a pool that would ILmt a frigate. If the bloody of these scoundrels cannot " cement the Union," il .mm i xpiute their damning ciiuu s. Niw Yi.ir's l.iv. Our New Year in lies pint of I In world, eiiine in with more than tisinil sinisliiiii', liivoriiig those who fell thspos, d to pay the ciMotnury gratula lory calls. Il was not iiliserved in any public iiianner in Oregon City, mid might m,L. iH.,. ,;,, fr .' f n. (i;,) V( 'cur's liuys by any one of but n slight U p .. ... . , llll " inKle te.ll ney. Our Curmr paid ) his coiupliu.i t. Is w ill. an inlilre-s nnd ac. knowledges favors reeeivnl. The midlist is copied in our weikly is-iie, nn I it rather a creililalile produi tioii, bv nn i ccasionul contiibutor Look iig buck ou r ihe mighty event' which liu ve so crowtbd on em Ii (.tint's Im Is during the year hieli hut jii-t pa-l tin Te i' great reason fur th itikliilln st llml lir NuluMI 1M, ,, , lin, riltn , . , an einergeiiey more ti rr.ble than has fulleu on any mo h ru 1'iopie. W e cat. Ml sat, Th ink (iod we h.iie a (iiiti rniiu nl ,m although war is a ti rr.lde trmle, h t it be ' Well followed, in defi nee nf r ghl. out pr n ' ciph t, und though for the pniil Ihe tul j be a fearful one, its nil unite i ff i tt will lie ; most salutary The n'd hv. oldie ubout ih s I.. it .g Lincoln's nnr, nnd thai despnlic invu-ioii, of the p'ople'n r.ghlt hid stuun d hii adiuinisirat , is fully und. rtnoi, nml utterly fads in itsnbint of nuking capital : lor iinib.t.oiis ih uiiiogues w ho w nul, m- k to build tin ihm-Iii s on the ruin of tlie ti..v- i eminent. In regard In steps hereafter to be taken, we have tho lltiuo't reason for J believing that ill llm future pros, ciil.oii of 1 Ihe wnr, or in il filial sellleiuelit of the ; vcM'd questions growing out of il, Lincolu ! will iipprove himselt n conservative, no le. j than n patriot. May uiinther .V w Year ! see our people nt pi uee and nil In m ath the I shadow of 1 1 hi II il'. P.u.iiT A inn r, P ut -The brainh's whelp who has hud charge of lite Porllaml Syinpalhizer, dropped his old watch words Jiff Davis, and the rights of Ihe South! as sooii ns he iTincludi d that Jeff was played out, and ,,it l,e only piissilde li rniii.alioi. of long eoiili.itieil war, would be tluit traitors would i-xpalrintu llii-iii-selvis, or run a si rious ri.k of being hung as a just reward of their perfidy. Wilh Ihe Usual ngilily of a political juggler, pour CuiryofTs coal and on agn.u other oiilo out, ami now the poor thing bellows jtrarr! ifiirr.' with the eaineslneis of four, Inspired wilh the knowledge, that il is his very last trump, and ir the peoplo are not gulled h,. to supporting some soil or a hatched un jicmr juirtij ticket, next June, his sport l out, nun no can snut up shop. Minks The trail to tin' mines appears lo bo open nt latest ml vices, tlm express men still milking trips to Salmon Hirer, nnd Oro Pino. Pour or five feet of snow at Salmon, and still rhepcroii the trail Number td miner Increasing, though of course lit I In can bo Hone mining. The Tmifi of Tuesday, says the Weather im proved in tho mines about Dec. (J, ho the miners were iiblii to wmk for u week, and tiny took out a hirgu amount of .hl. The Wiser claim still paying well, but the liiiilges lend apparently running out. Iliisii.esH dull .a Oro Pmo Mr. J. D. Clemens of thin Cii reived ii teller lust we. k from u ,Mr. iv, re Lynch loiiiicriy or tins place, now in tho upper country, from which wu mnkn thu follow ing extract. "A genihinnn of my nequiiintiiiico in the Salmon ItiviT milieu, washed out 'JO pounds nml !t ounces in one day." This is the largest yield wo liuvo yet heard of lull I. AiTitontiAn:. The Portland Advalmrr mini is heavy on hoiuiMundo correspou donee. He lias u happy family m select ing nppropriulo signatures. It Isn't lonir siuen lis published tt rebel commimli.'iition over tho signature of " Dam as" I, u mnv gives us mm over "A Jux," Mandlng, Jim Lane nu.de a upoeel, to' 10 ,.. Nov. 1th, in which In, i,H,k "rl ground lately take,, by J(,m (Vi late democratic member or cWmm New o.k. W u Bivo m,riiu,, uf L ? speech: ' (leulleiuen, I k1m.I1 Hot eoi , , . that In some resg.eets 1 .liffer ftom S eoumeei s ,n eoniiuanil us to the ,,,' ' n';iiucti.ig the war and the ,,; n'1' "1 d lo "log this wrete, to a speedy, durable and hunniulil., ... ' shivery- Iheeaiwi i.r ul) 1 i iT.rt.Mf tl Piiutlora's box from which l,av Kkll , our uatioiial troubles. My Ciful j, i ,1,,,'rr,, and tU far, f I ' '"'" J " ""'rry ri ,;,. , : n . ' : " "'.' V. brttettn ik. i,,...r 1.1 : .-..-. i. .. . " nyiirr unit neither imltihiiri it ., . j ,t n : .. ' : 'u'n dust Applause. do Hot ' make w.tr upon slavery, hut u ' , . n nd In tho in. 'untune h t kIuvcis oiiJ ' lake euro of thimsilves. An uli,,,,.,.,7. uioro cruel mid irescripiivu than (.v"r J I""' 'coiirged I cursed a ,mn 1( . ' or ilcm, has iniiugurnleil t,,' W)r has inanguiateil it for shivery; g, jf '"" are required to protect, di h ii.i or ( ' way help slavery, then we are rimiml I co oper.ile with the ei.eiuv, to .rl)((.(., , . ihre.ul 1 hhn. Can we rrm , Willi tins Inn lii. roiis foe, and nt il,. . Iiiiip coiiip.er lln ... und etu.sli ,rlll jy lesser eohiiiuliciions are reeomil,., ii ihink of liarinoiii.ing thin. Wur is at lust it terrible nmt J all the country through w tin It V,,H marched, the mails nr slnp) vmA are tli.eonli d, churches art iir',.tl j,,,,, hospiliiN. and general di inurslitition pr-. viol Protract tics wur, ion .l,,,,!.,, inor.il a ud nittterial, will mailt tlie tm-k of i.rinies. Jiisliee, humanity ami mrrry w ipiire that the eoi.ll.;l bf mtlnl , hjj,!, us possible. Astonishing as it may seem tojoa, du-rs of ludiiiua, t it is n f,u r'p-a'ti r!lr ili ii.uiikI rnti-il Ihul a lu-arn r bluw iidni out lo I lit.' realm ot Sccc'sin in l0 (I,!,,,.!, ing or fl eeing of u 'hue than in ttic killm; of ii sou ill nr. us .ir frvm ikt ww r.oio'i ii Aiiv itn t ki t a eii in m-ml 0fc ('ii- Ai at Ihf !,irr in' ft rotirtltil ui , :r,,tt,r f'lliimiti - the uvund fnt irb l time ii mi linilihH UiIih, I rnulil linnp loi .ird inorn thuii a IIiousni.iI v.i.m who b'l-riatiim ami cm ri'-msf tnughl Ihem Ibis fu t If, llun, l.j tllut. ing I he 'tine In fill mln the UnU nf t h" in ii. r. n nd find I lie t i t ) ' I ih.ii uf tv, we n "nd IiIinhIsIhiI nuil ulrikii ilrtlh. ih -ul. ii b!ii upon tin- front i if l.r i'W. I. on. line :ml i-ii ll coiis.ih r.iliim uf iii.,o) rupi n- ll.i I ol cy should be nii..rj lit t . 1 1. men, ti i V Ing.e leneln-t me lu m i - a i . 1 1 1 -1 il Und ti ii 1 in.ike ar npuu tit slim- pi i sum ut the iii.i mi. f lt the piirpose if Im- (ion nn ui ul lo rro-li the r In l nil I lo kei p l!i. ir "luti I fnm si onp' d ng, I o iiriiiii ii rhtii.M It- vnt iiilo the In Id Tne mil iiiii p fore nuk-lil Ir c.iHi il li e Tri-iisoii cliihuig itrmr, mi shinil'l lelllil). .1 With nlT. Ii.ili.' r:i.iti The other s'linilil unite nhoul li n la kt in II. e r. ar ii 1 1 1 1 be call' d I lie SI.IHU r 'I or -iii' .trmy; il sl.i'iiiil be 1 1. ul in n iltf.iniie minor ol lri le lei I, fur m Ii it llir nirop. Hi st of spinl hIiIi Ii is hiul in llif le ntil o' turn bv si i Vi hp i il eg. il m- hohliPf, 'iivi .trailing, I it the n n-lirn smile) i rnp in'oru rv pl.o e of iiuibu-h titul fire ilji llie lin u who Mi re guile ling tip Slid ft turniiig the fug tile properly II ii lie illeif lilll tie for Ihe M. i li t T r ttiir.il' A rm v t" nliirn lln- fin - ll.e liol in.fU pure - the la art nf m.ine of llif l i"l linrii igs for whom tiny. eh' p lurnia't in tin,'. Tin le'ore. file lln ii. llif ilrfci.i ilea' r, hut i n nlT. Iis.ie Wnijinu Ii iirranu'' nn i.l, li"V I I I it nuij to , B't l e li nt if shllrtV It In be pp-ti rrl i lU ri ii r uf u'l nrinv w Inch inoin mlh frfit viRie i i. I lo rii-.li tins liiige riMlii'S I' InV ouli:oii, Ihe i eohd iit'ny fh'Sild l II i.iiiiirn us at I In- lirt prii-rimit I"J will cos) the (J in 1 1 miii ul t ii lim.it' sb as i nislciiL' the rebi llnui. Voim " !.;il' Mi!") A soon at ihe South lircam contirrrd thnl the liiiliiiliil7..ilioil ol jlairij i"' po-s.ble, il erinl " liiu with ll" P"'"" h t shin iy bit lit i ii-t lii 'ir!" -lJ here I n.li u.iily li'si Vi rale llisllf ImU i. i ompi Ih d In mid a note lo tiirlt ni"',f' mil eh. mis, he break' hit mmnl I"'1 Ihe li.-l.l. Long i-onliiiiieil up'lnM ) lilt f Wc nre informed that on Nt 1,MI eiei.iiig it Union Hull was giirn ' hou f.Mr. J.trob Kiindle, HprinC W b r Setlh nient, in this CnanlJ. A'""' eleven iM'hiek in tho rviliing, ll dunce was gointf on merrily, 'ljrn' "' cctiiiiiists nriiiid with knives inil p"1"1'' came in, th signing lo break the pf'J T a row. Allhougli uninvited, and not jw" iilaily welcome, they wi n- ii'rinittrd toj in the dunce, until in a short lime ll7 gnu to raise ii ilisliirbancf, when lli I"0' boys Inrni-d to nuil gave I hem a ihorwwk dressing. It is said Mr. Ksmlle rninr hilly ili'tingnhhe.l himself, cluing g1 ,1' cent ion w ilh n poker mnde from i g"" r-l, loch hnd il.tiii. good senire r " Union i.austi before. It npirr H"1.1" si'ieshers hnd allcinpted to git "P parly nn the sain.i night, but llio pal'1"1" Iniliisfoi'Tlu. Union 1'orever, K" "'fJ presence and bright couiitennin'''" 10 I' L'.ii. nteiprise. After Ui l'lun hud triumphed the ihnu ii os renewed, if nothing had luippelii ll. OT Mr. H. Wi..,io.s lint Ui'l "l","m,i'' i.liliKtln.ii. f,.f n In.liM uf linn S'M nm ninn i. f Mm lipl ri"iii" Iff (ifi'isns hmiii ri'iiiiiil',l"rll"l'j,J, . . . .i. m i I li.'lil. sw " HlliiwIl'ilullll'IIK HI ill i". " Mil' 1U...H Win ti.-r.lfiir. l-'reil. rli""' ,, Iter, J-.ne. Haul, W.T. WmkM Hr hir. lr, J. II. fiiiiliell. Hi-H' '"""jii Mr. Ihle, fr lliir kunl tfintm" Nnw Venm' )nv. MARK X 11 5 ' Hi.,.. y'-Jiy llnv. M m. Hl,-rl-, ''''V'MI nf Ih.. hoiliC. fitll.er, ll' tif ',''''1 ' , i .... OK t nly, Krv.J.I,. IWIUiHrof '''"'''io. Hiol M-. Mnrllm Itsn-mn, iIhukIiI"' ' ',lrr lli-ii'li.rwiii. " " DXBDJ .. . 4 iiiiii In ihii rliv. Mi.ii.liiy sf'iu'uf. ''"' j ,Mi .luitfliii.r f Mr. UnifiM' Is I, ,pr.it f-iur . nnd nn .- Vest', n'l1" . . - . ' 'i i". 'ii'iiw. c prrninic, for " a .nekiiss," for ,1,0k, rilii'i "l ip iciui