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r dition, nnd soon betook herself to a " lower deep." And this wus the end of the ram Manassas. The captain of the Yttrium, while lying nt the quarantine, perceived n large rebel steamer approaching, apparently with the intention of running her down. It will he remembered that the Varnnn had incurred the deadly hatred of the rebels by Inr bravo exploits while passing the forts. Six rebel gunboats had been sunk by her accurate firing, but now she herself was to become the victim of rebel prowess. On came the Webster with l.er iron prow, and stmek the Vuruua nearly amidships, crush ing in her aside. Retiring a short distance to acquire greater velocity, the Webster repeated the blow. Although in a sinking condition, the Yiirnna determined not to y "old unavenged. Her cannon und howit y. r were discharged with such accuracy tint the Webster was set on fire and driv en to the bank of the river. The wounded on the Yaruna were saved, but the dead could not be. Soon she sunk to the bot tom, but the national ensign (loatcJ at her masthead as she went dow n. The rebel steamer named atter the Gov ernor of Louisiana, Thomas 0. Moore, while in a disabled condition, attempted to retire up the river. The Oneida started in pursuit, but on coming up with her sin was found to be on tire, and before the (l imes could be got under she lay a help less wreck upon the Mississippi. About eleven o'clock on the morning of the :24th a portion of the tleet started for New Orleans. The houses on the banks of the river for some distances wire cover ed with white tl.igs. All was excitement mill contusion among the people. At t.'iree o'clock the expedition arrived oil' Point a la Haehe, nnd at eight o'clock reached a point eighteen miles in-low New Orleans, where it was determined to anchor. Marly (;; the morning of the I'oth the order was na.le to weigh anchor, niul soon the tleet was s'.eami'ig in tY.' direction ef the devot ed city. About eleven o'clock the I'll ahn.tto butt-Tics, one on each side of the river, were discovered. The s'gmil to prepare for bat tie was then made, and everything put in readiness. Our gunners stood nt their posts determined to finish up the business in the uio-t approved style. Soon the bat teries commenced firing. In a briiftime the reply was made. Hat within a quarter !' an hour after the op ning of the ball the l! ur ship cam'1 within fifty yards of the bat tery, mounting ten guns, and poured a broul-ide into it with terrible effect. Another was all that was iicuUd. The battery eeustd tiring and its garrison " ev.ieu ited." The othe r butt ry was serv.., 1 iu l.ke maimer. It mounted about eight guns, and contained several iidantry and artillery companies. F. very where along, the ba.ks of the river from this point to New Orleans ships and cotton in tlauies, (ired by the exisp rated rj'-.e's, were visible I Mutation the most ruthless and extensive every wh -re followed their retreating foott- ps. The property of the ardent and the Ii;k warm rebels met the sain.? fate. No distinction was mad-1 Tne follow, rs of D.ivis and th? followers of C'ritteiid.n had tiie;r proper'y im.'ulitcd upon a common altar. In truth, coiiti-c i tlua by Congress would have wrought no sue!) terrible j idgment upri a misled a:id deceived people. As the Hags'.';) nr.'lve.l r.T NY.v Or-l'j:i-, the rebel ram M'--i--"j.pi cam llo it iug down the river, with the iamc Ichli.g lor sides and a-cvnoi.ig from her ! ck The rebels, finding tii.it she coi.M not b" s ived from bei'ig cap'ur- d otherwise tli.iri by d s'roying her, set l.er on fire. With the Mibs-ipiei.t events attending the capture of tin rebel strmrghr.M our realcrs are familiar, an! it is t.'i re fore not necessary to ngahi record them. The pas sags of Forts Jack-on nnd St. Philip, mid the naval i-iigig- in- lit connected wltii the achievement, is the gr. adst naval achieve ment in the annals of the world. The bat tle of Trafalgar almost sinks to inVgnTi csucc coii'ptr-.J with tits. U::!!.!..vxT Exploit or m. Y.u:tx... Prom th" r-por'.s of t ho pis-age of the Ml"'s.-ippi river forts by Commodore Par-r-ignt's i-ipiadrou, it cpH.'..r.i that the Mys tic built gunboat Yaruna bore the brant of th prigaicm-"nit with the rebel (i The following account of the brilliant liitloii is from a letter written by Captain Hogg', her con.uiaiidcr, to his wife: We started at 2 o'clock a. v , nnd re ceived the first f.r? at 3: ), ju-t as the moon was rising. My vessel was terribly bruised, hut we returned the fire with in terest. On pas-ing the forts I found mr H-If the leading ship, and surrounded bv'u squadron of rebel steamers, who annoyed iii'j much by their lire; so that I steered as :Io-c to them as po sibe, giving to each a broad-ado ns we passed; driving one on shore, am! leaving four oth' rs in flumes. During th Ii time the firing of iruns, whi-tling of shot und hiir-.ting of shell was terrible; the smcke d-rise. As this cleared -IT. fin ling more r tenners alien 1, I stopped to In k fr the rest of the squadron. The ship was leaking badly; but thus far none wore h ut. A -t' Tti, I snw the Oneida on- g.-gei wiin ii relt'-l steamer. In; lutl'T shortly after fame up the rivr, when I wi g i-ge I him, but found my shot of no avail, lis be was iron-clud about the bow. He tried to run me down, and I to avoid him nnd reach bis vulnerable pari. Duriir' the-i" movements ,o raked me, killing three mid wounding seven, nnd attempted to boar I; but we p-pul-ed 'lin Driving ngiiinit he battered me s'-virelv but in these i fforts ( xpo-ed his vulnerable side, end I Ml'.'eeed' d ill pi ilit.' ig a couple of' ben I'l-lib'S into hilll that crippled his ( ll- -. lues imd set him on fire. Ne then drop- p i nil', I in he moved slowly up theriv- . e an I p'i--cd inn, I gave him another und 1 1 ,:rg hrud-ulc. I now found my Mrp on fire from his II-, nnd it was with gn-nt difficulty that it ". is put out. Ju-t then niio'htr iron 1 1 ,- .-.iMiiner bore down mid hi ruck heavily 'ci my port (piarier, nnd backed off for a . c ei l 1,1'C.v. 'J'his second blow crushed in my hid,'-, but lit tho same instant I gnvo bim ii full complement of shot mid shell thut drove him on shore nnd in flames. l-'inding mys .If in n sinking condition I run my bow into the bank niul landed my wounded, still keeping up my firo on my first opponent, who at In t hauled down his Hag. My last gun wns fired us the ti cks went under water. No lime to save uuylhitig; the officers und crew i-niuping with tho clothing they had on their bucks. Wc were tukcu off by bents from the squadron which hud now come up, the crews cheering ns the Yiirunu went down with her Hag Hying; victorious in defeat, and covered with glory. 1 think we have done well. Eleven Steamers destroyed by the squadron. The old rum, Manassas, sunk by the Mississippi. This has been a gallant light no less than one hundred and seventy guns playing on us. The forts are cut oil troni succor, and must soon surrender. The way to New Orleans is open, and the city is probably ours at this moment for the licet immedi ately passed up the river. The Commo dore, as a post of honor, dispatched me in my only remaining boat, with a picked crew from theVaruim's men, to curry dis patches to General Cutler. Having been in the boat for twenty-six hours, after such u day's previous work, you may imagine 1 am somewhat exhausted. What my next position in ay be 1 do not know perhaps to go home. for another ship. He has got it. Or possibly to become naval aid to Major General liutler. How Audit tiik Comix? An Eastern paper thus philosophizes on this subject: As there is a fair prospect the war will be over by midsummer, the cotton supply question begins to bo much discussed in commercial circles. While this important product has been proved by the war to have no regal powers, it is still in great fa vor the world over, and hundreds of mill ions ol money are ready to be poured into the South iu exchange for this tloeulent Ii- bcr as soon as commercial relations can be re-established. Now, what is the prospect? Will the cotton be sold or destroyed.' How much may we reasonably expect to find available m the South, and what will be the probable course of prices? Assuming that the crop of last year, not yet uuikctid, was 4,000,000 bales (it has Ineu est. mated ut 4.700,000 bales it is not possible that more than oOO.OOO bah s can have run the blockade, or have been wasted and destroyed by the Union and rebel armies. As yet cur nrtiiirj have l-.U'i iv siiirttd t lie cotton regions uotne was destroyed on the South Carolina coast, but more was seized by the Union troops or transported into the interior by the reb- els. A few hundred baits may have been destroyed iu Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee, and a few thousand in the neigh borhood of New Orleans; but the vast bulk of the crop is still lying tmgiimed and mi bu! ! on plantations and in out of-the-wav , pi ices. No m dter if the whole South is the '- ui u o.uci pauisui war w.i:eu suouui continue even until Autumn, the stock of cotton eventually available for commerce cannot be reduced below o, 000,000 bales. In the meantime another crop is growing, no', a- large ns that of la.st year, fr obvi ous r -asoii-, but still not more than one-i th'rd less. It is indeed safe to assume that there will be O.OOO.POi) bales of American cotton which will come upon the markets of the world between in .t July and the following April. The planters mu-t sell and submit to lower prices than have been known for V' lis-, ur the immen-e neeumu- i hit. o:i o. ii..- two years wnl m a iu ci.mpe- tliijn an ex.- -Ive product Irmu all the otlr j er cotton reg-ons of the earth. lait i:g lor graiite-1 that the war wul be over i.y -in lsiimmer, we may a--umc: 1. Il.at a. least six in. 1, ,on bales of American cotton will be available for the commerce of the world before the following ' i"i'r'"Z- i 'J'niig to the Aiiiericiiii war, an nun u il y large cotton product may be e.r- j p.ctcd from India, Egypt, We-t Afr'ca, ' liivzil, ati.1 the other cotton-growing re- -1,hS J I i ..... . . . . . ' '-onse.pienee i:mt a cotton g:ut . v,;.i s;i,.,-,,d t,.j cotton famine, and iinn-ii- ahy . i.v pne s the high rates which have hitherto prevailed. What Has lUrs Phovkij. The war is now ;-o near a clo-.e that it is safe- nnd inv be profitable to point out some of th.. h s- 1 sons it ha, taught the American neonle 1 Among them ore the following: j It h..s proved that the United Slates have more military resources, nnd can put into the field greater armies than any im- tion on earth. It has proved that in a life mid death strii-de a slaveholdin- U no noiteh f,.r ! free labor rommunity. j It has proved thai the United State! I Governui'-iit has no friends among the Gov-j ernment,- of Murone. and furthermore thai. 1 It nee Is none. j It has proved that in a crisis demand-! ing M.iri.omiiiaiid nnd prudi nee, such ns 1 the Irct.t i. (bur, n nation of fru.-iuen can act as wisely us the wisest monarch. It his proved that Yankee iriventivfiifs mid m . e-him'eal skill is ns remarkable iu war as iu peace. It has proved that an earnest devotion to the arts of peace does not di-ipnilify u nation for great mllilury achievements. It has proved that we were wise iu not having built a great wooden navy. Ni.-.v Oiiuuxs.o,, th.. 1 8th of Anril I"l'i.', the " Confederate" Congress gravely deehiml N,.w ()i h.nns should be a " .,orl of entiy." And the National lle.-t imme- u nieiy v.ciii to work and inudu it so conformity with the Act. ' iu A ma-s convention ol tho friends of the Admi.-tration nnd those favorable to emancipation of tho slaves of Missouri, un der tin; plun Mibmitted to Congress by the President, is culled to meet nt ,JefferWii City, June 10. Three iron clad gunboats nre In conrso of construction ot St. Louis, bv Mesn-s Urown, MeCord fi .Sanger. Thev nru In co.t altogether 1.10,000, nnd two of the hulls on tho stocks ut Cairo ure nearlv rnrn. plct'.d. ' If ny ninn nUi-inil t liu ilnwii llm .Vmrvlenn VU.n, shunt htm tin ihr vt 1 11 Cm. Ihx. Stl)crcgonSirguG. W. L. Adams, OREGON CITY : Editor. SATURDAY, .IPNK 28, 1801 lriit-tllr of I He IV r lifts. The Semite Commit too on tho Conduct of the War has been examining; witnesses ree-ardiiiL' I lie treatment of mi r Willed niul wounded soldiers by tho rebels. Tho facts disclosed are of n most revolting character Pr. J. M. Homiston, surgeon of a New York regiment, testified that when ho was j captured at Pull Pun, he asked permission to remain on the field to attend to wound- ed men, some ol whom were nerisliiinr for want of water, but he was brutally refused. Ho niul Ins companions were innrched off to Manassas, where they were kept stand ing in the streets, surrounded by a threat ening, boisterous, ami brutal crowd. The ! rebels offered them neither water nor food, but rudely thrust them into an old building, i where they were left to sleep on tho bare lloor without covering. It was by hard , begging that they succeeded, faint und ex- I hau-ted, alter twenty-four hours' fasting, in getting a bit of cold bacon. When at last they were permitted to go to the relief of . our wounded, the rebel surgeon would not uliow them to perlorin operations on our , wounded, but entrusted tho work to boy- assistants who knew nothing more about surgical operations than apothecary clerks. I lie wounded among tho rebels were all attended to by experienced surgeons, while the young novices were lelt to butcher up our brave men us though thev had been dogs. Indeed no really civilized people would ever treat wounded dogs the wav our men were treated by these rebel sur geons, some of whom swore thev " wished they could cut the d d hearts out of the iiukees as i-asilv us thev could cut off their legs.'' Vc have no room for pub lishing the numerous instances of cowardly una uciMisii atrocities iieriielrateil on our soldiers, which were brought to light bv these unimpeachable witnesses und.-r oath. We give u few instances to show the spirit of the .secessionists. Dr. Homiston lugged lor the privilege of amputating the leg of Corporal l'res- cott, n brave officer of a N. V. regiment, as he was in a dangerous condition and must die unless sin eilily nt tended to. The rebel surgeon promised him the privilege. Dr. lloiniston heard a rebel suv that thev niiu upiraung ou a laiiKees leg ui stairs. I non .iin.' nn l. f..m..l tW !..... boy surgeons had taken off I'rcscott's If" The Dr. says" The assistants were pull ing on the lle.sh nt each side, trying to get tlap enough to cover the bone. Tin-y had sawed off the bone without having any of the lb h to form the flaps .o torer it ; und with all the force they could use they could not g-t Hap enough to cover the bone They were then oldiged to 6aw off about av, inch more of the hone, nnd en-u then when they came to put in the stitches, they could not oppro.ximale tho edges within I ss than an inch and a half of cueh other- ol courr, Hi suuii an tlicro wa.s any swell . mg, the. stitches tore out, und tho bone stuck through again. Dr. Swnlni tried nf- terwurds to remedr it bv iierforiiiin nn- other oii ration, but rrtscott had become so debilitated that lie did not siiriire." The same surgeon testified that after tho Utl!u "f llm '"""7 of oup wounded w,'r8 lfcfl 011 lllC fl,'ld. I'cJ - the ruins and burning sun, till their wounds were alive with larvae deposited there hj the Hies. Those who were brought in were laid upon the floor us thickly as thpy could witn i,aU mod, no covering, ond " WaUr Tl, 'l" refus-.d to give them w""'r- J'r- "o'iston cutigl.t what ht- lle ,l""Jr ,mi1 '7 Mlt'"' '-'"I'l "Jer the ;i,n'S to t'uU'1' 1,10 rai". a,", t,ie t'"'";'''1 l,ie ,H -''- l'"u of night ho Ml '"y - r trf u II v round nmoiitf the """H'le'l to buthe their parched lips, with ""l ".Mj"lary ll,,t '" thw r,K"- Iuri(f "'" "i"l't H'mul f"r WH,lt of proper Ireiitm. nt. These facts were all corroho rated by Dr. Hwulm, another Union sur geon, und by numbers of other Federal prisoner?. Our soldiers were frequently shot down by sentries, in Iticliinoiul, for looking out of their prison windows, und one was shot down while wulking pust the window by a sentinel outside. This senti nel wus promoted for tho net. Numbers ol our wounded wero bayoneted by rebels while lying on the buttle-ficM. Dr. Swuhn says ho saw many of our dead soldiers en tirely nuked on tho field ten days after the hattlc, mid secession women walking round uinoiig them, gloating over the sight. Gen. Rickets, who wus wounded, was sought out at Mui.asMis by his wife, who, on her way to him, wac treated with every indignity I. il... i. ..I.:... ..... ii i ,ii in a room full of wounded, by the si.lo of Iit husband, on the hare floor, without n bed, for two weeks ' Gov. Sprague, of Rhode Island, who communiled a regiment in tl,u mu0 f Hull Run, afterwards went on tho buttle- field in search of the bodies of dead friend, 7 io i;niiiiiy, onu coinpeiieu to hleep 1 , , I I and gave tho coiunutteo the mult of Lj, labors in getting information in regard to tho barbarous treatment of our honored dead. Many of them were stripped entire ly naked, and then put iu trenches with their faces downward. Sonio were after ward pried out of their graves with rails, their clothing taken and their limbs cut oft" and boiled to get the bones. Pruni sticks had been inudo ol " Yankee shin-bones " Others sawed up these bones in sections for linger rings. Two or three rebel soldiers had carried oil' as trophies portions of " Yankee ukulls," which they called drink ing cups, and one of the Louisiana soldiers had one which ho " intended to drink wine out of ut his wedding." Put enough. We turn nway from the disgusting sight presented by the full his tory of pro-slavery barbarities, rendered all the more revolting from the fact that the VM nmJ ils ,,mro1' of " treason has nil the time been guided iu its treatment ol a fallen foo by those prompt ings of humanity that arc always operative in tho breasts of christianized mid brave men. The acts of rebel atrocity ulready well authenticated bear off tho palm from tho gory hands of the bloodiest. Cuir.nurhe, mid eclipse in cold blooded torture ami fiendish lerocity the most revolting acts of tho degraded Sepoy. The news of these infernal outrages sends a thrill of horror through tho palpitating heart of civiliza tion everywhere and sheds a new light across tho oceans upon the operative cai sk of this rebellion, w hich (or more than fifty years has been steeling tho slave trailer's heart, blunting his moral perceptions, and slowly leading him on along u pathway baptized in human blood, strewn with skulls and shackles, antl lined with mile stones telling the autocrats of rebeldom of the yet intervening distance, between the ...i i .i r cainii oi tiemocracv snu ine grave i Auurican liberty. The fruits of this dia bolical system, which makes a savage of n Poiiisianau Xounvc, mid U l;grcs.s of a she secessionist ll. uichniond, is seen iu tar clT Oregon in the vote that was luttly polled for the rebel candidates for State offices Does any man .suppose that the onlniges perpetrated upon the dead ami living sol- .. ... ,, I, ' r I- diersat Manassas, or the violations of I m ion women who wire taken prisoners nt William-burg, Vn , by .Magruder and his offieel'S, has ever caused pain to a s'ligle secessionist? Would the longest cat.ilo.'ui of tho blackest crimes by these deil-in-spired Ti Im Is in deffdom nfford n wi-i'nii ist half the anguish t lint the escape of oik poor, laci-rated, and bleeding runaway nig ger would? livery man who knows them as we do, says no. Weil, wh it is tin reason I of tin What is it that has so uuiddeiied and bedeviled Southern rebels us In make fiends of them, mid so debased mid beeft ' , 1 1 . , . . , , , ol noble impulses tin ir sniipath:.- is lure, ' ' ' iihl syii.pal.iy for rebels and rebel conduct, that fin Is vent in a constant abuse of the lioverniuent in -,lnr 11 s-rkes at the ri b, II, on? Could anything but what Wt.-b y cdli "the sum of all villainies," have so debased the secession portion of the American people, who claim not only to be civilized but de cidedly enlightened? What is most ns touisbiiig to the world is that pioo, " moth ers in Israel" and "preachers of tin- gope" down in rebeldom, nod Midi sympathizers ns Cornwall and tlio South-downs here, seem to have caught the spirit of tie; Jon isianii sepoys and are bapti.ing the spawn of treason " iu the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost." 1 1 strikes us that uftir this rebellion is fully s tiled up, in all its mighty couseipii'iices, that the world will he looking ufti r some kind of n religion which, if closely lived up to, wouldn't make a meaner innn of such ns John A. .Murrel, to say the least. If wo aro to contribute ""J11"" f"r missionary support hereafter, only let us bo assured that the " crangh.' t" hold to a creed that wouldn't make mean er Indians of the Cutnauchcs by their be ing " converted." and we arc content. Timt Vt M K Dk.uoi iu. v Cal l iM what IT Mk.a.xt. We took tho ntilieeessa- ry trouble to read iu a lute exchange, the first complete published copy which has come to our hand of the Dixie Democracy Cull Issued nt Washington, of which .; cesh candidates before the late election at- templed to make a handle in this Slate, vainly trying to grind out their own per sonal advancement, by its aid. We should be tempted to give extracts, but thut the thing is o completely pluyed out, mid he- sides, the policy indicated or recommended was no religiously adhered to by most ol the Dixie democrats iu the laic campaign, und received so ill by the people, thut wu should gain no thanks by reproducing tlio stain stuff of which our renders have ul ready hud more than enough. Of the mimes appended to this still-born political nrruiig.'iiieiit, Clement I,. Vullandigliaiu and Geo. K. Shcil will suffice, und will lead liny one who knows their niitecedeiits to imagine what style of document such men M ''?. l m" "Ut U 11,0 l",r'"'u'! of corriiling hem mid then) a little r deinoerutiu slock which might still hold parly above connlry, mid who refused to lay nsido politics lit tho bidding of patriot- Is in nnd join tho great Union Party lor the ""I'l"'"" 'f rebellion. The Sucruine.ito L"m" of Ju" 17 "f "", nMnw '':,'NS!"1' jonrtniln nro proltiKU in their pruiso of tho document. It meets their views, nod suils their purposes ex- nelly, livery rebel in Dixie, who can ob- 11 ,:' l'y' Wl" l"'rM"(; lllu ,,'Mr'-M wiHi tt'lJ J'?, inrillV'l III IMtllMHIJl. b tll uy i 1 ill VIM Cabin. I, Ua ar;me.,l for the secession OI'l'lCIAP PMTUKNS Cuniif, (arnmr. AVeii ir r f Clil'NTII'.S. O -8 Vllkllilltlll . 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"HI :it;:rj iii.i'.i ;ii..u u;si of the Southern States from tho " tyranny ot lii 1 ani'ii lii I . in eniinelil IIS iilllliols profess rUrrinu reverence lor the " Const.. tntion," and utillinchirg devotion to " lib ertv." it loin the exordium to IliT- per oration, there is not one word of i - ondeni nation bestowed upon the wanton, wicked upon the wanton, wicked "v and murderous uiovemeiil of Davis. I obb. , j pliriieiihir cxcmll,, . " l'lovd. Toombs. Vanecv, lireekinridge, r :i ' "'"'Jf tlio Uml nnd' other good IMnoer.i.V ol the Va ,. i manui-r of ciul wmfi-(!. , til digl-.iun stamp, for the abolishmeiit of tin) j 111,1,111 ' "ig1 umljiht to lool Consliliiliou and the division of Ihu I'nioii j the rebels and yet iir-gno that It w III - not one word. The gr.-at army of brave j wmng to take their properly i " men who are laboring, amid the perils of; ,m,lrml . J war, to reslore the supremacy of the l'edi ral niithorilv, are not honored with the slightest expression of sympathy. The per secuted loyalists of Ihu South are utterly ignored The extraordinary measures the (loverniliellt has been compi Med to adopt to mippress traitors in the loyal Slates, rid itself of spies mid slreiigthen ils hands for ihu crushing out of its malignant and bar- barons foes, are singled out for dcnuneiii- lion. I Ine noiilil suppose, nller muling tins iloi-iimeiil, liinl Ii'i-iisoii sliou he eon- siili-n-il highly constilitliiMial ami einineiillT ..i: ,i I i'i... ii l l.. I i 1 iisuiiiiuii unit nit- nolo' it Him ui'.s. j-i ir i rons of I'lisiileiils is the niit iiieech-ss, nibilrarv nnd inliiiiH.us of Ivranls that the only "liberty" worth preserving is the ! hl'i llv In :ohile oaths, betray, murder, hang, iiiiprisoii, plunder mi I ib -! rnv. mid 1 that a (ioM-noiient should iiluiiiilon nil ef I "'"I " "'' '"' " prev-rte ! ti'' b!'' ol the iiatioii, In i-au ' l e struggle ' . , , . , , ., ! .- i ""i iiii'i'iimiiri Mot Moii. . th s ), inoi-racy? II the f..tir f. tub i j.i-1 nr. nin (bis liorriblo hightmarc 1 Ii en slime or for Ihis ad.lres ei 1 uons ol nil' miiti d r-1 ulol i n l. II. I., i.ii el m iking that word ll sli lu ll ill the linstr,l of nil ho',oiu:il,li! and patriotic l it..eiis, tin y could tint have devised a Inure fiU.i.g expedient Hill He are grulili. d o haw inaiiv ii-'iirancis tluit the true I'muii Dein oeriits r pu lnite umi trample iimli r loot this f.u t, nii-i fnlin nation l i-lrlirnUns Hi' t nnrlh. At a nn i ling of the I'iti.-tis of Oregon j Civ ai. 1 .eimty, w hi n of W.W. thick wai ! chairman nnd A 1 1 Steele nerri'tiiry, held ' -'' 1 f"r l"irl' e.-uMih r- i , ii,., i.. i ., ,.i . ...i. i ,i . . .i . " ' - i, ,nf i.i i . i. .i i in - i in-1 mil . . v .- i i n ' AMt:othil .1 liii rr rei re im i,h.Ii..m ,f , ,,,., tl,.it u eoiuinilt, e of fit., be up j poind d t ) Arrungi' for firing the usual vilalcs I nnd r i ; ng !:e bells for I he d.iv ; i ' l-'ol' publ.c rxercsm, runs, sting nf (he r.-ol iig nf ll delice, l'r.'Vi r, 1 D. i duration of iiie.i n tin, I oiiu or two brn f o.n- lion ; 1! And to confi r und ro operate the l oin s ol lie? pl o e in im v llm with llll V lliav have lulopled for the ei lel,r..l imi ( In motion the chuirmaii nppoinlnl the follow :ng ii. nn- d ns said rouiiii l!i e ; A Hiirinr, W. (' John-on, Jus. (iam bic, d.is. A. Ilingmiiii, .1. D Mill. r. On motion, the im i t. i ii . 1 j 1 1 1 1-1 1 1 1 1 . A. II Sri n r. Sec'y. -jr Mr. Warner informs ns that mi or ntnr will be on hand for the I'ourlh. Sckm: on mi: Srm ,t.--T.) Union men passing with a load of wood, the fore purl ol which whs fresh, clean, sphl woo l, nnd the back part of burnt dim k looking chunks which manifested n disposition to secede, ill passing si cesh comer llll the Mac I. chunks shppi-d off ilicoutineiitly. Old secesl, Hiiu.lmgby. will, owisewnc of the heud, thinking lo crack u ji ke, put in " Thut's u Union slide, uin't il?" Vmmt -" Yes, but only tht. Southern portion you can seq by (he cotiiplexioii." li.xit sece.sh, medilatingly. , j i ., , . ,. ".llll I blVIS IS 111 USUI PIOUS Hi) I calls on nil tho Southern saints to pray God for his blessing on all rebel arms. Pious Jeff, like Pius Uncus, it seems has n God, but like the God of the prophets of ., I f i - i limd wo fear he is either "asleep or go..,, a journey." J.iko his worshiper Jeff, he will probably be enrelul iu lt.. p mil of tho way ol tlio " Yankee gunboats " Rnuw. On lust Saturday, Col. Stein berg, r and staff, with Gen. Alvord, Mu jors Winston, Francis, I.ugenbeel and oth ers visited Ciiinp Clarkmnus, nt which liuio tho officers of lhe Southern Raltaliou were I'xaiiiiiinl mid passed, und n general review of lhe Iroops took place. The whole affair is represented as having passed off hand soinely. Scat ok GoiuiMn-sr The voto for seal Ol Uoveriiuieiit stands as follows Kit I'd", -l-ilil; Iliigeno City, ii, Portlund, nHli; Corv.illis, lOL'U. Several l.iiudred votes fiealteiing. The contest will eventu ally bo between Salem um :Keno City, those two points being hlK,est on tho list' Niw .Mii.i.. .Mr. Harvey, wo under hlmid, Is about lo eoinineneo ihu construc tion of nuollier mill, I.. stand south of mid near .Smith's Foundry-1 bo (WJ by .f ; feet, and four stories high-considerably larger limn the one washed nway lust win-t-r. ' IrJT Cnpt. Thompson is making lino progress with lhe work on the rnilr iml from Cm enmh OP THE STATE EldltJTlON - Miy. Titimum. I'li,,!.,. b: ti 114 ,9 7. ur H '.Nil 'Jill I lilt 4M I US I'.'li Vl'.l '.".'0 i:.'.' jii jii-.1 :i.m V.'i.'i j ii V7U ' 8. X 8 I 5 P. S :iiiii :4 (iti.i li.i'j :iiiH 1.7 1110 ill i .tin j:. i i .' u in Jo III 7 'j:ui !I7 in:, n:is f HII H Vli'j 'JOS 101 4H ll'itl III? li.'i.S VII 4;i;i' V'J VIII iiiii vis i u US 7 jr. i VII mi Hi Mil I'.lil '.'Ii'.' VI 7 i:il 'JV jiio :un vis u v:m :ui7 :i lis II Ii'.1-.' :i:ii ii.i 4u:i in.' y im ii..n s-jii 1.17 i;;ts j;. sl.'IS v:iu t).. mil liar '-'01 178 I- 10 :iii.i ii V'JJ IIH 111.'. r. llll 43 JtIS V.'i II Iu; ,'.:i ?I7 4.1 41 JH i;.s 11 1 10 M , , S 44H 3 -IT l " 10 2 J , lit) ' n'J'J 34 a.iin i.'.r.'7 ;i:itiii lino; ;iut Ml 7kc m I ""' I" inu i iiii i, iiiiuiv I'lllyi'im n, I uu f, "n "'"I , lllc, ... - '' .' """"" - 1 k'"u -""0 ioiiiii - 1 the rebi lliou as the iiriiiiost.l i...n . 1"" '"nil i-,,n . bill, especially m wo ron'i.l ,, n , bill, especially when u i- ;,i ., The AiioKm ., , , ) '-'Hiiiun. ''hW..-..., Ii. a rriticUm .... ' ' f riticum on mi article m th :,dti,i,ri, wrr( liuikes the following st'iisibl,, rnnnrli,. ""' The ulesifu of the coiihcn!im. ', 1 property of ihu rebel hitihin tin e iu CmigrrM. involves tho wu ' ""' belhi r any penally "hull he r.vat-trt) their crimen. It iit idlu folly . 1 dunging tliein, if proinisiiiuiii, i,i A tin ill ol their csliit,.., re delrulij ' , lie whining over Ihu coiim-i lUt nrei l Ikrif latnilirn f huuiiiiiit v will n(,i i,fn,,;i ,i ... I.. .... ' . ... 1 iiiiiii nun ui potenv, !tlll lesn Htt tw I (hen iiiiprisiiiiiueiit.'nr their niiii , ' ' losi l.ilxrt V and life j than properly, and il tln-re ii not ij,0. i nounh in the liovi riiliirnt to ii-irir t lenders of the n to Hum of i,lir .hj - i hnttl,M. iinthuig r iiiaius but nil iiiiUrloi. iihiik mmi.My ; '1 h, iim s W hethi r a fuly) rU,. - , ' , , " " inninry I'll! II o.riiil. -s game fr pi,,r, ii hot lo be ... ith d ill mi itiililiuitu future, Ut hrrt mm now, iietme the priM iilin-sli,ii(M'i'0B. gi. M t, rniiiiut. ., i-nd ii; on tin. fuf t,( ""f"' "1 f Ha-propeity of tMRe ,1- hnl per. st in iliiiMiiig, nroiii.iiij.iiul ending to bloody grave. Ihow uliuranbc dope,) into Mippml eg their mad ami wick ed attempt to ourlhruw tho ,iirrl tni bist (ioti rmuenl oniarth. fisij-rric sits the ixuiupic of a fal-o ilniii-nrr no- I. tely din i x.eet llmt (he I'lrsiilrnt il iml follow it Congri vs i, ,.o (rmlrrto ! take property, tonhl it not, in Imt, bo D contrail-lit' if the publir ill, u ri' pr.-sid iliiinicli its b gi.bit.ro npriiinu ("'", f"i' the IV, el- nt to Uke lifi? 1 llu ui (ill of I rrt ll !.. Miv. Irt. sd Dim I lime just nigiinl tliem- rollul copy of the lloiiii-stead Ael, wliith ill be a law jo soon io the i gimlurn of the 1'resideiit of the Si'lMb, lu tUl of II. e President of the I'lllleil Slllll n, irt lb 'lulled Tho long M niggle fur InJ for the I .lllldll'M is ul lust COIIMIIIIIIIatld. I Ten yi iirs ago the k'lh ol thii ntonth, the lirsl Honiisli iid bill pnsv-il the III.; I mid it has been nleiidily pressed iikiii lU 1 ut ti nt ioit of Congnss ever inee. lut (iieinls nro more indi lited lor nueerin lo Ik unwavering support given it I.y tlicTriUno 1 1 in it lo might else Tim lull pus.ti-d Is a couipleta Home- sleuil Act. The following is irnojuii of Hs jiroi itioiis; .1 tin' lauds owned by tbr Oorernmrrt nre open to si tth ineiit oiuh r il in iiiantl- lies not exceeding 1 lil) acres to rack r- holl Any person who is a cili.en of tho Uol- tc'' States, or has ilcclunil iiitcntioo to I M"'1'' ,m jenrs ih'iI or tli head of a lauiily, or hni w rvd III tht mili tary or naval service of the country during (his llebi Ihon, can u.i.ku (ho entry oa y ineiit of Ini dollars, und the fee of lb Keg sliTiiiid Keceinrof the l.uiid Ollict That is till Ihu settler has to pu at inf tune. lhe nd takes iffect ho 1st of Janutry ,i ., I ,. next, mid reipnres a residence anil cIU- tion of livo years to perfect llio title. i Any person can enter, under llii "" ,v,lit'1' " l'"',"'',l,l,li"n r,,i,1"' I'T'T !, "''!?'" $7i m ; all its pledges to Ihu I'eoph'. hl y ullf(,w .UyH ago was etaiacntly just, 1 1 may seem lo (ho country lo uior "lowly, but no Congress before it h, the sumo tune, iiccouiplished to much, for tho future greulness and glory of lh public. Tim National Capital Frio forovof Slavery forever prohibited in all 'l'rr'' tories, Tho Public Domain set apart ami con secrated in Freii Homes and Freo Men. Tim Pacilic Railroad authori.t'd. Tim Policy of gradual eiiiaueipalie'i la nugiiruteil; beslihi war inensuii'J, Your truly, ti.A.Onow. Movkmi:nt is tiik Ksr.-Tli 11 ford J'tut a Douglas democratic organ, In its issue of May (I, says tho Union aw"' incut bids fair to heroine irresistible llirougb out the w hole country. Ohio, Coiuicclicut and Rhode Island havo already giro ' their nilhrrence. In Malno, town MU couiity iioiniuiilioiis aro helajr nimlo wdn out regard to tho old parties. 1" lndi," a circular is being signed In vast numbcri, calling for u Union Convention on the l of Jinn. The Mmplro Stuto ha tsk-'" luitlatoiy ste ihiongh Its i-e.resuUtl". and tho people ond press nro m ln.lo.-siii(t it. In Peui.HylvBiiln, ,l" been Issued for ll.o Slalo NoralinUn Con ventioii ol (he People's patty (llm tt the Union or,Jiiiii.iili"il l lial ti,lC'