Image provided by: Oregon City Public Library; Oregon City, OR
About The Oregon Argus. (Oregon City [Or.]) 1855-1863 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 15, 1855)
l)c (Drcgou Clrgu " " w, u. tut; mniii ti raoraino. OSUBOOXw CITS' I SATURDAY, ShJTI.MUKU 15, IMS Agent for the Argui. J. It. Meltuil.K, hifayttte. C. A. llKKD, ,SVr. Mohm Rudolph, Sublimity. Vm. IUblow, MulaWl, , II. 0. Raymond, WW (Irovf. J la. IlAVIK, lUij'jmili'liw. Fbank VV, Uitovvx, Curmllii. Amok IhHVBY, 7ui IVry. Solomon Ali.kn, Wry. J. K. Lvf B, 1. Joill MtKlNMKY, CulanKiia. IlKV. WlLWiS JitAI.V, Union Point, L. A. Rim, Jifktmville. II. JlAnRls, Ciiiriiimili. JvtxiK S.NELLI.VO, IVcln, (7. jm ik i'rkktu, H'; (. ;. R. A. N. 1'iiKLPa, UnMiiinj,lU. Law Concerning Wcwspapcri. 17" If sllWr.lien order tliu discontinuance of tiieir papra, Ih publisher muy continue to kiiJ Ihein until all arrrarairi ait win. if It u:riljniiirfl'':lor refuse lotuke I In ir papers from th wt ofli. , or other pt.ice, to which they are seal, they ar hell respwsn.le until they settle nil arrntMip Ji Iioii.'iI mors be any. iT It sulm-ribem remove to other places, will. out ilifoniiiuz Ilia li.iu'ielier, ami the paint la ariil lo Ilia former direitioi., tliey aia held rcaiwiicilile, IT ll " sufficient (of a p.luater, when a paper la n it lakcu out of Ins ollice, lo return one w.lb "not biki u out" wrilleu on Ilia iii'iii, but lit mint wrila a Isiter to ilia publisher, giving ilia nama and piMt-offiia, and I;iMij; lli.it the paper ia not taken from Ilia ofli.. O.J.orwise Iho (i-t-miutar la In I J renusibl. mnttl Joekey C.U lUeea.n Horn of tbo 1'ortlui.d jinjiprs advertise tli at the nice are to come oil" on the race coursonear llcinbree'a, in Yamhill county, on tlio 10th of the present niontlt. Wo noticed in parsing near tlie ground not lung ainco tliat sevend buudrod dollars Lave been expended tjr wny of "drugging tlio truck, " and fencing it in wiih lumber. W must acknowledge tlutt our thoughts and r-.flc tiom upon tie occasion would havo been of a much moro pleasant character, if wo had witnessed the fiuiu of a like cxpeudiluro in the shape of a neut, piiinlcd school house, with a uico, picketed j. lay-ground for the children of the neighborhood. All thin might lmvo Win done, wo presume, with the fundi already expended upon this "race courso," beside Laving money rnotigh to employ o good teacher for it yeur or two. Hut when we (;iko into account tho thous audi of dollars that v. ill probably bo worse than thrown awny upon the ground for Ibo next few years, (if unfortunately it should continuoso long,) wo tnuy well wish that tho citizens of Yamhill Cotiniy had antici pated this expenditure, and turned, it in a proper direction by ren.ing tlio wall of a college upon tho same ground, and endow ing a suitable professorship, all of which could have been done- with less cost to the county thau will bo itilVicted upon itscitizens by tho present un J. tlakinjP, and which would have slrd a benign and hallowed in fluence over tho families and neighborhoods within its vicinity, rather than tg have jiroduceil tlio witliuung anil blighting vlieet upon tho moral of the citizen, which this unfortunate investment is suro to result in Va have long beon familiar with tho ef fects aud-iulliieiice of horse-racing in many States of tlm I niou, cousepiently we speak dogmatically upon matters which wo ap proach, from a full coinictiou of our duty as apublic journalist, deeply interested in the morul and social well being of society, and with a desiio to benefit our friends, instead of wounding tho feelings of a sinylu ono of our "brothre n after tho flesh.1 aro far from nIVirmin? that all thoso wliofieiHent race-courses, ami who choose to be distinguished by the gonlle and inno out title of "sporUmcu," are men who po e bluuted H'tvoptions of the uioral benu tiea that grace refined society. Jut that thoro is, either fiom the greater potency of brawling, clamorous vice, or from tho influ ence of an overwhelming majority, a deci dedly immoral atmosphere surrounding tlieso haunts of at least a savage kind of pleasure, we think no man, who is at nil ac quainted with this system of "gaming," can deny. It would Uke too lotif ait article for our paper, to enter upon any thing like even a bird's-eye view of the blighting, withering, damning iutlumice upon tho morals of the youth of any county, that is SUre lo be ex rtcd by such an entubliahment withiu its tordert. It is with an evil institution like this, as with a good institution ; the power of mathematical computation is intitiitolv too weak to me,,uro through all the rami fications of society, through all time, dowu through generations unUirn, the, fn mag Jiitudu of iU iutluonce. Kternitv alone will fully develolie them, and the ureal dav of fi.,,.1 :n , . . 1 lll0 Ul,0K, We havo beeu to J that 1 1.1 V,.,., ,;n I Jw.k.vi'1.1". . lockev Club Was a ivon l:.r .-..ri..r .... K...K. ' l . . , ' . tare U. wmU-r h "charter."' .Now, as poor t optniona wo hate the ,.,.1 charac- l.r of som, of our U-islatom iu Oregon,,, .re slow to b. liev. ,h:ll , Lk J lowin,Ual,ofvir,u,wtohav.t,,r, ... ,. ....,1 .lutive halls, majority of V M " 3 - null a tublic mntic. I IIU II VIS V wm rww I W hate never H'n the law, if such an one .i,U, and if it doe. exist, we would like to sc-e the nam' s of the men who void for it. If the rlrait of Oregon legislators are ev er called for to grace the (idlcry of tho "Or. egou archives," the spot diVgtmlcd for Uuit men, instead of exhibiting their likei.awiei, ought, like that of the "lhgi of Venice," to be niinply painted black. We wonder if there is a fuiher in Yamhill who would ih to hove asou who wusjust ripening into manhood, stamped, as to his plastic mind, with such influences as are op erative upon a rnee course, in tho drunken brawls, the profaiio language, the charge of tricko'y and dUhouesty ofi:u bundled by the competitors, the di'gmtirig, swaggering, bullung, menacing conduct of drunken loufirs, of bawdy, bniiiihus soailocks, lull, nn!linir. and L'ren, with a t'ltif of huge spurs rattling at their heels, red sashes lied around their middle, with the fenthers of vultures or the tail" of sipiirrels fastened to broad gaudy ribbons around their huts, uud e'ptipiifd out with all tho oilier little rt eel eras that complete the picture, und draw the well d-.fined outlines of full-blooded "greaa- er," in short, of the fag end, rag end, and eilrtmtnv, of the unvcashtd of nil creation, who just as naturally pour in upon such places s vulture gather nrouud tho decay ing carcass. Is there a parent, we ask, in Yamhill, or in nil Oregon, who would be willing to have Lis son rec ite any part of his moral training under such corrupt influ ences! And is there any man who lives within ten miles of that "race-courso" who does not consider that his real cstnto has de preciated in value at least ten per cent, by the "institution" f And have we, who are the sufferers, no redrevs for such impositions I Is the doc trinocf libertinism, advocated by the Cor vallis organ, in tho establishment of grog shops, race courses, and Louses of, debauch ery, in our midst, finally to triumph under tho solemn sanction of law Aro inch law makers still to be chosen by the fie qilelitersof these establishments, ndded to tho vote of those who "iniike long prayers in tho market places and synagogue," and of clerical wolves in sheep's clothing, who sell their votes and souls for a "stipend," and join in with tho rubbio in crying hosiiunn to rum and ruin, mid excuse their conduct by such paltry subterfuges ns, "We would. pre fer to support virtue to loathesomn vice, if virtue was notadvocated by Kiiowiiothings"! Shall all iheso establishments be put in full blast by the sanction of law and inisgui- led public opinion, mid not a single press in Oregon, for fear of losing a little pntroiinge, or from a morbid sympathy for them dare come to the rescuo ! And is our own dear Yamhill, one of the loveliest spots in not only Oregon but upon the globo, to be come the very amphitheatre in which is to bo enacted tlm tragedy in which grim Vice is to bury its ruthless steel into tho vitals of expiring Virtue, nnd. then enthrono itself as monarch of Oregon, ami that within five miles of (Hen Avocn, the little quiet valley where our humble cottage is awaiting our return from tho bustlo und tumult of a dreadfully disjointed world ! Forbid it, Heaven I Forbid it, ye citizens of the county, by frowning upon it, and passing it as you would shun n den of vipers ! 'But," says a friend just nt our elbow, "you .ire rather too fast in condemning ihe 'institution' as only evil, nnd not giving it credit for the good it des; are you not un.iit- Him uiu practice ot norso racing tends materially to tho improvement of our slock of horses I " No, friend, wo aro not ateart of any such (Am,'. The kind of horses that are iu do maud by gamblers is not the kind in demand among farmers, and unless wo make a gen eral uusinesa of horse-racing instead of: jivmiy, it i, m particularly necessary to freed rnnmnii na.s. Hut just as long as we are a farmiixj community wo noed horses suitable for carrying on our agricultural business. Olio of your lean, lank, spindle, shanked ponies, that might sell in "Jockey town" for a thousand dollars from the fact that he could get over a "quarter" a little faster than any other horse in the couutry, would be worth to ono of our draymen or farmers about as much as a tall, slender soft hatided, nioustached, white-skinned' white-livered city soaplock would be worth to a man who wanted a well due. or inl. lono ut mauliug rails. Agritultural fair, are tho only organization that wo haveev er had any knowledge of that encouraged! the breeding 0f rf(ly useful and beautiful u,.nals,couSOlu,1,v ,Lfs) are iBtintioM which farmers oU);ht to encourage, -p,Yial. 1 I"'" """go, special. 1 "7 " from the immoral inllu- .!.( . L I.i ' ..viiu me racecourse, and as' titer J.. . . ..i.si surroumitlio race-course. mi ' J KVUIFlu" 'el, apparent, aai a Charman A- Warner have mir countenancing racing i, M sbcer , Orange county chX of L Y rl it would be to attemp, Tbe chcX wT a b" Mr 1 Z fmt English cattle by cwW th.m -.l 1 name is no ! , , ' " - ruL that are all hi," " I " n" r;' " - But eveu'. for th, uU of SX argument, that uore-rac.ng ,,... the stock of horses, we cannot eo that there is much gained by the operation, when for the sake of improving hortei wo deyrnerute mm. We Lav shown, however, that uch is not the case with running horse. We think it is easy io show, however, that it La a degenerating iuflucuco upon the youth who follow it, aud if you will how us any particular neighborhood or locality whore the youth have been raised under uch in fluence a cluster around a nice track, we will engago to show you a community of men who have paid but little attention to intellectual culture,' and who, iusteud of having beeu much improved by tbeir rais ing, aro degenerated scrubs of the genuine, scurvy, greaser ort. The avlae f Siolig Armed. ''Our friena" Adaina mint bo on the lookout for anch Vila impostors na Willis and give lliem a uriekbat ia return for their attempt at impoaition. 7W. Wo should undoubtedly do o, fiicud Waterman, if, like our brother Editor at Portland, we nlway kept a handy " brick in our hat.'' A hllrart Tbrotiblaf with AUth. "It ia a nmtler of regret that public journals shoiiM give currency to every idle rumor in their hot liuile to give an item of urwa. Aa an illustra tion, the Statesman, Argus, and Standard have re. nil ly publislird tlie reported massacre oi J"u emigrant at Devil Oata. " It would be well if newspaper ed'lors would adout more cautinn before tlie v publish the many idle Hailing rumors which must cuiue many limits to throb with anguish. "Orrgouian. The Oreponinn is slightly mistuken as to what we published. Tho number of emi grants we reported to have been massacred lacked a good deal of 300. It fell short nineteen nt least. We stated upon the au thority of Wiggius that the wholo number in the train wasaoW 300, and that uineteen of those escaped, leaving upon the ground about 381, as tho Oregoninn might have as certained by tlxyulc of simple subtraction. ''It is a matter of regret ili.it public journals in their hot hastu" to find fault cannot learn to state facts correctly, especially when they pretend to qnoto from a paper immediately before their eyes. We aro free lo acknowl edge that wo committed an error in bring too credulous iu regard to the statement of Wiggins, which tlie Time nnd Oregoninn failed to fall into, (and for which they seem to claim a great d''id of credit as shrewd con ductors of pubic journals,) simply because somebody in Portland happened to know that our informant was an impostor, and told them to. Although our publication may have caused tho heart of the Orego nian to "throb with anguish," wo presume that it didn't "throb" quite as bad as that of one of his subscribers at Chanipoeg, who told us a few weeks ago, that he had lost fifty eiyht dollars in hard cash, in conse- queuco of tho Oregoninn' having told liim just beforo harvest that flour had risen to seven dollars per hundred in San Francisco, when in fact it was only selling at three dol lai i and a half. Wo thank tho Oregoninn for its kind re buke, however, nnd will endeavor to profit by it, provided that ho will remember for tho future that "thoso who live in glass houses should nt throw bricks. From tbe I'.alvllle nines. Mr. C. E. Sweitzer, of Cnneiiiah, has in formed us that ho received n letter this week from George Peaso, who, in company with three others, have taken a claim at the mouth of tho Pen d'Oreille river, which states that they were making from $3 to 5 per day. Mr. Tease says that if thoy nau quicksilver tliey could make a great deal more. One of the party a few days before had picked up a piece of gold that weighed a qunrter of an ounco. Thev ex pect to remain there all winter. The letter is dated the 10th of August, tho same da; as Mr. Goodrich's letter, which we publish ed hist week, and corrobointes what bo then wrote. Three Thousand Headers of the Argus. What! you dout mean to say that Thb A rgus has three thousand subscribers? Oh, no not nt all. All we meant to snv was that it ought to have that number, as there are fully three thousand pcoplo w ho are in the habit of reading it regularly, al though many of them are not subscribers, and acif) of thein w0 are informed are in the habit of stealing it out of some of our post office. Wo Lavo not, probably, quite an Hint uutnoer ot regular subscribers. but if our subscription increases as fast for a time which we havo fixed, as it has for the last three months we shall have that lium ber, if not more. One thing wo meant to say was, that as our paper has about 3000 readers it offers great inducements as an ad vertising medium. Ws t'.heese. Some of our Oregon farmers are be-in - . . . 6 u e;.in nl,18 10 't'rr' he art of makiiijr cheese We i ... e "'"''' "r O initiation. Wells, Fargo ii Co., and J. W. Sullivan, were on Land oon after the atcamer touch odber wharf at Portland, with their usual favor. If Sullivan should happen to de mise, and Well, Fargo k Co. should "go the way" of Aduni & Co. it would throw a dork cloud over our horizon, at least, and we should make a great deul more fuss about it than we did about the death of "Czar Nicholas, Eq." TweThoBsaid Hollar for Watermelon. Charman fc Warner inform us, that their Louse alone ha paid one farmer near Lore, the um of five hundred dollars for water melon during this season. From this duta, we may safely state, that fmbrucing the amounts paid out by all the other houses in this city, we must have paid out over the sum of two thousand dollars for melons, during tho last six weeks. Tuankn. Mr. Samuel Simmous, of "Monticello Farm," Howell Prairio, Marion county, last week scut us a lot of fine apples which were raised in his orchard, but as he either did not send the name of the varieties, or the Editor has forgotten to leave the names with us, wo can say nothing more about them at present than that the fruit wn most excellent of its kind. How about that marriage ? We received the cake, but no names of the parties, ic. A Lofty Tumble. A littlo "Injun," nbout eighteen months old, pitched over from tho blufTback of tho Main Street House yesterday morning, and full to tho bottom, a distance of 75 feet, striking upon its forehead. No bones were fractured, however, and it is thought the child will recover. Religious Xollce. We are requested lo say that Elders J.E. Murphy, John Powell, and Alex. V. McCar ty will hold a two-day's meeting at Wm Harlow's, on Molalln, beginning on Satur day preceding the third Lord's Pay in Oc tober. JtST We received this week a present of some very tine peaches from the Rev. Mr. Atkinson, for which ho will please accept our thanks. They arc seedlings, of the free-stone kind, and very large, one of them measuring ten inches in circumference. They were grown in the garden of Mr. A. Burglary. A man, whose name wo have not learned, broke into a warehouse at Canemah on Tuesday night last, about 11 o'clock, with tho intention of taking something that didn't belong to him, but unfortunately for him self ho was. discovered a little too soon Ho had a hearing before Esquiro Johnson, aud was committed for trial. An accom plice was observed to jump out of tho witi dow at the time of their surprise, who made good Lis escape. S3T "Your paper did not come," says tbe postmaster to the subscriber. Here he has the advantage of the paper ; for if that could speak it would sny, "Here I am squeezed to death behind this box, under this barrel, in this hole." A Man Drowned. Vi'c learn that the body of some unknown man apparently about thirty, was found in the river nt Caufield's Wharf, yesterday afternoon. He had on black pants, woollen shirt, and a pair of moccasins. He had jet black curly whiskers. His face was very much swollen, bloody, nnd black. It is probably the body of some one who went over tho falls. The Fourth of July In London. Mr. George Peabody, the wealthy Amer ican banker in London, gave a dinner, as is his custom, on the glorious Fomth, nt which were present some 180 Americans, among whom were Ex-President Fillmore, aud several of America's most distinguished men. There were also present several Eng. lish gentlemen of distinction, who seetmd equally earnest in honoring the occasion At one eud of the hall stood the bust of AsillNCTON, with those of Queen Victoria on the right and Prince Albert on the left. Over these blended gracefully the fl i?s of Great Britain and the Uuit.-d States. Speeches were made by the venerabl. .Ioaii.li niiii,.. T- r r. . f r. . -..,.i,ui uoion, rir tmerson Tennent, of Euglatid, Mr. Fillmore, and other. Mr. Quiney was the principal or- nf.ir rtn Ihn a.......:.... it- . . vn.k-.iuu. ms speech is too long for The Aaors, however, but we take pleasure in presenting to our reader the following eloquent concluding paragraph : "the very extent of our 1" i no elements ot its security. Questions . O, that agitate one s-c'ion have i,.n......... in another; and the great developments of j ..., " eiipi i oe win, lor all practical pur poses, brn.g fi;,n Francisco as near to Wash ington ns lUton was to Philadelphia at the era of the revelation. The truth is, n.en talk ol d's-ului o:i : hut I lmvo t-.i i llir llrst .ie man w ho really desire ! NiouM I meet with such an one, I woul.l ' pie-M-ribe a very ph aant remedy, one 1 1 . -w.-u n.y.ii merely tor im- p ensure 1 "'f, rather than or, o, "pu "P o .1. (iW) I -uld .end L toT.J!7-k-iravel otcr h,s own country, where he should ' eeUetLe 7 to : ..in,n liniisa officer, a policeman, or a soldier, and feel that he . citizen of all. I would make h.m share be whole-souled hospitality of tho South, tho profuse liberality of the West, and the more f the North. I would have him understand what a country be belongs to, nnd then I would send him to kurP not to draw comparisons between different form of government, but simply to look nt hi own country from a distance. I ohu soen the Amcricau flag a it Honied over our ocean-like lukc or streamed up our in terminable rivers, and thought that the tar- spnngled banner wu on ornamental piece of buiitintr, but was as unconscious of it in- fln..nna na I lid llir ha breathed. Rut on a foroign shore it speak a powerful lungtiage. It remind him lie belong to a republic, where nil being equal, each La an individu al interest iu the rights of all, nnd tells him that the least infringement of his political or personal rights will warm I he hearts and nerve the arms of million of freomen, who will uot ask whether ho comes from the North or the South, the Fast or the West, but only whether he is an American citizen. Tho dillerence of longitude renders it certain that our friends in America are even now in the height of their fesiivites. To the ear of my imagination, A sound rises from the banks of her rivers, from the margin of her lakes, from the shores of her oceans, from the prairie of the West, nnd fojm tho sa vannahs of tho South, from iho gold fields of Cul.f.unia it is echoed from tho high hill of the S ititee from the peaks of the A!!, jjli.nii s f.oin the chll of Hi.' Uockv iiiMiiiriiiiK fium the highlands of the Hud- son from the white hill of New llam: -h r, fom the creen mountains of cr- m. .nt it is, .Mr. Chairman, tho voice of m llioim of our fellow-citizens on tho other side of the Atlantic, uniting with tlio few who are assembled here in duinir honor to ihe sentiment which you liavo proposed "The Day we Celebrate." Mr. Quiney sat down amidst loud and continued cheering. for Ihe Argus. Educational. Ma-Editor Dear Sir: The ireat Interest you feel iu the cause of eduction will render accepta ble a few h'ntsupon tlie subject Few persons give due attention to this paramount subject. A proper appreciation of the importance of a well-org-in'd efli -ient Educational System, is not g. ncra! ; nor i tho utility of a judiciously-organized Teacher's As- 6o hition, us a means of promoting a general diffii sion of elemental knowledge, duly estimated. One of the ch ef obstructions that educators encounter in d!seh:irglng their professional duties, is a want of home pn paration fur school rccituti. iis. To reme dy this evil iu our public schools, a law by our Leg islature emjKiwering our lioards of EJucatiou to rcquiio school-going children to study at home, at least one hour better two ero leaving for school, is requisite. Such a law is now iu force in some of our more advanced states. The youths ofOhioare rapidly progressing under its eifcetivo influence. Parents wish to sec their children making proficien cy in their etudies, hence let them approve means utiul to the securing of lire end. Owing to the great impressibility of the juvenile mind it requires comparative silence for its development, such aa it can not enjoy in our present, defective school-hous es, where tlie noise from exercises and recitations ia so considerable. Let it not be contended that legialatng oa here proposed would bo unjust, since it is less so tliau compelling persons to contribute to the Bupport of schools from whteh they derive no direct benefit; nor would it be more compulsory than is the law relutive to witnesses. Little else than sciolism caa be reasonably expected from our present, defective, inadequate means. Let a rem edy, for this epidemic, bo provided and prescribed. Our contemplated "Tcacher'a Association" should prove, what medical men- would term Endeixit. 1-ellow-Teaehers, let us prepare for wise delibera tions nt our approaching convention j let tlio glory that we shall there acquire be that of Patres Con scripti! Let us dive deep into error's gulf aud I' bling P drowned honor by the locks" deeply implanting its impulses into the very heart of iho body politic, annihilating the strong holds of igno rance and superstition, establishing upon their ba ses structures that shall conduce to the amelioration of our race. Tea, let us go there sensible of the responsibility of our position as nublio instructor. and, therefore, prepared to benefit the public. it may not be amss to present a few of the up- propnute questions for our conventional action. eirst. TTnor ch-.i.l-l .I,- 4 .. t . . , ulo invocation be orrnin ih .1 mai us wuote beueffia may be realized? Second, hat should be the extent of its iuria. diction, and what its true official character? mi juiiaun-uon oi me icacner over his pup'l, cease at his d amissal, or not until he ar rives at home? Are not County Associations, as ouxilaries. ea- sentiul to a proper maintenance of the Territorial? Is it not time to begin aeitaline the exnedienov of establishing a Manual Labor Institution? I have been apprised that a certain Mimn.,. .t not lon8 ,i,lce advertised, by postin? upon their i" n""1 Uou" "A teacher wanted ; but none, e.,, wioy D,ing to the cburch. n.ed an- I . ... ' I i V , as no o:ne r wnl be employed." Now I am a . .ena l0, an.t an advocate of, rational, practical t hnatmnny. b it am s multaneouslv no avbiri.,, rrmc,plt n , 6houU our mott) u .g monU.ty of rclig.,,,, a ,.ot Motarian ta should be .nculcated in our sehoola. Such wtrav agaut eiaetions of modern priest:, w.ll serve to depreciate the true character of w holesome Chi is Uan ty, and to materially weaken its claim, upon our favorable consideration. Little worse did Ko inan'nin u.-hn tUA..t.. i . . ,UU) n aemanaed of some of our us ...m a pro rata division of the public But I ma. M J i . - , ...m euueaiors may be, for ...ru.euee.aiviueu into three eU. v . old fogiea, or tho- who . .m ft ' ' ,. ; .' "r,,Ka DU-progr.wit-ea. 2d, nearly every mode ton cluaa. 3.1. I vw. , ur inoac wbo emn nr iK. A... i even-. or system. This m..k 3.1, Independent eiclusionist :-or V who ciain. to be ginai to depend upon teaching but oae tiling at time, and that thor. oughly, l oaaiiilially a good one, and should b generally observed. Blend thi, with modern Im provemt at and we shall havo the pleasure of wit. Leasing satisfactory uocii. Our school hoc) Oh ! "i they tomt I" Tit raU and mice they harbor-psl'" 1 D0 u0 ;,"Pli,, to eounl u,em. Arithmetic Algebra-Euclid, are wholly inade quate, after properly drilling my ytu.g soldiers atudenl I command, a you nay uppo, and groat i the slaughter-great the hurrying to aa4 fro of long and short laiU,lf fortuualely they are permitlisl to ecnp our oft npealed sanguinary charge. Scarcely have we cleared the field oftke daadand woundeJ, ere a formidable reinforcermnl apjwarson our left flank and another charge b come uiuvuMable, hence the order "Charge buy, charge!" and another bloody aflVay I pain fully la-held ! O Ihe calamity ot war, of such war as we have lo encounter ! L . Far ih Argul, Dr. F . Cooper. Ma. Editos : I we by the paper of California! that Dr. E. 8. Cooper, late proprietor of tl.a "Fo ria Eye and Orthopffdio Infirmary, haa located la Sun Francisco, and d.aigu making ll hi perm, nent home. I learn also, from the same source, that he hasestublishedai. "Institution for Ihe Blind and Lame," in that place, ou the same plan as that of his former one. Dr. Cooper's history, from the beginning up la the present period, must ever be on of interest, and his success is a fine commentary upon Ih re suit of an uuivuvering pursuit in view of a definite object. Many of the'prcsent resideuU of the Pa cific court will re.ucuiber with what calm determi nation he pursued hie anatomical investigations io Proria, Illinois ; while mobs, criiuioal prosecutions, iudignaliou meeting, and money all wer combin ed to defeat hia purpose j and although a friendless stranger, without wealth, and of retiring or eve sly and timid maimer little calculated lo excite fear of retiswnce on the pirl of I.i oppose! at first he, by his talents, and an iuvinciblo determina tion, gained lor himself an enviable reputation ia Illinois. I think some of the citizens of Oregon who war accustomed to availing themselves of hi skill aa a aurgcod though living at a g'eat distuuee from his residence in Illinois will be pleased to hear of his proximity to their preseut home. The following notice of hi visit to the place of of bis childhood, in 1804, and likewise of hi de ' parture from Illinois, 1 had iu th Hamilton (Ohio) Telegraph: "We If urn that I)r. E. S. Cooper, of Peoria III., passed through Hamilton a few day since, on h wuy to visit the place of his uat.v.ty, near Somer. ville, in this county. "Tlm Doctor appears to be reaping early the re wards of industry, which exemplr.ira the triumphs of a determined will over every obstucle of early -life, llialustury should be regarded esec.'ally in teresting lohidividuals of this region, since fil'teea) years ago, as we are informed, he travelled this country on faot, though a email boy, uft'ering hia services lo the dillereut physicians he met, aud not objecting to the most menial duties, if by tl.ul course he could be enabled to prosecute the study of med icine, without, however, being successful in the applications, Circumstnucea uppcur to be now changed ; and it is to b: hoped that he may be lib eral iu bestowing that a d upon enterprising boy which would huvo beeu so very ciatifvinir to him self. " "The following complimentary notice of hi de parture from hia home iu Illiuois, wo find in th 1'eoria News : 'We leurn lltat our townsman and distinguished young surgeon, Dr. E. S. Cooper, starts this mor u'lieon a lour to Europe, preuamtorv to eeltlimr in Suu Francisco, which he haa decided to make hi permanent borne. We know of no one iu hia pro fession more worthy than Dr. Cooper of the high repututiou he has established for aurgicul skill du ring his residence among us. For the last two years hia Infirmary and Orthopaedy have been ciunucu win. patients irom various part of that and udjoining Stales, and the tonslant increase of ll.eir number, is the best evidence of th Dr'i nie ces in his treatment of them. 'We congratulate our friends ofOregon and Cal ifornia npoa Ihe project of receiving a surgeon of such abilities j for when we say that hi untiring energy, ni.d fixed determination to bo second to none iu his profession, together with hi exclusive devotion lo the attainment of a single object are th oerluin preludes to future greatness, if be live, we only give utterance to the private opiuion of nearly every thinking man in the community) for however little his retirinc manners aud muiv.ii.1 hl.ii. calculated to secure feelings of personal interests in . h:s favor, such concentration of effort, and unceas ing industry, always have been, and always will b attended with abundant success. He has our best wishes for his prosperity and happiness.' " There are many persons here afllicted with nar- tiai blindness, aud mauy other diseases of th eye-, who would do well to pay him a visil. To my own personal knowlcdgo he has operated upon more than a dozen persons, of both sexes, for strabismus, or cross-eyes, and has given entire satisfaction in every instunce ; and in near two hundred opera tions ofthis kind he has been sosuccessful, that iu some instances it would be difficult to discern any irregularity, after the operation was performed. In this regard, and. indeed in cases where amputation is necessary, I cheerfully recommend him to the people of Oregon as a skillful operator. Sept. 3, 18:5. . p.j.?t From Mcarogn. The Panama Star of the 9th August, con tains the following : The British Mail Steamer Clyde arrived at Asjiinwall from Greytown on the 6th. mst., bringing dates to the 3rd. By this, vessel one of Col. Kinney's party Mr West -came down passenger. We learn that the Colonel and his pa, ty are in fine spirits, and had been joined by considerable rein torcemenls: thev are n.aA ..: ii , if vj'vim.v ins umtrv well .loosed persons, paying in c.Vh for everything they receive, nnd in every re "pect conducting themselves in the most or derly manner, by which course thev have luua iar gamed the good will of thcpeoi.to of Greytown. It is said that Col. Kinney intends moving into the interior soon, m. conter with the government authorities of Nicaragua, and probably to offor them bis services in case a war should break out be. twecn that country and Costa Rica, which is at present anticipated. Ve are told that .u,onc' "ouc'rates visiting tho lathn by the next steamer from Greytown if pos s.ble with what object we do not kno VV e Lave been favored with a recent num. IS h JurVlMi Stand, ard brought by the steamer. The weather was favorable for salt making, and the pro,, Pct good for aa abundant supply P
