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! V l)c"rcgou '5Vrju0. J I. W. I AUSUS, SOITOS MB fSOnilSToa. iJ' OBxaow CITY I SATURDAY, NOVliMI'.l'll 24, JfiSfl. ' ' AfonU for tie Areas. k J. R. Mclkii, Lafayette. C. A. Rkeo, (b'aiWi, . Mohoan Rl'DJLP". Sublimity. Wm. Baalow, ilulalla. II. C. Ravmomo, breW fjxir. ' , IK. Davis, Iiloomiuytn. J'kank W. HunwN, C'urvalllt. , Ao IlARKr, 7m FifiVy. , Kolomo Allkn, .rlmi'ry. ' J. E. Lm, , ' Jou.t McKlNMEV, Calnpooia. ; Rev. Wilson Dlai, y'e V. ' L. A. Rici, Jadtonvilte. II. Harris, Cincinnati. , JUDOB SflELLIMG, IVifl, CV. Jno. B. Tuns, WW 6'. . , U..A. N. J'uelm, Galnbunjjll. . , , , law Concerning Wcwipapon. , U If aubwribra oiilrr llwi diMuuliuunO' f of their pap"ra, Ilia publialier may continue lo muJ th'in unfit aU arrtarugrt an paid. ' 1 tT If tuhnonbtr. ni-clecl or re'n. to lake IhHr papi. ra from Ike pa ellii-e, or other (il.iw, to which Dif T are emit, Uiej are lirM mputuiule until liny Mltle all arieurncr, nlioulil there he any. f BT If aulnwiilwni iinoii hi olh-r p ace., wllli- 'Aut Informing the p ib!lher, anH Ihe Hm r It arnt 10 the fiirrm r diriHitlon, thry are hi M rMieiwilile. 11 ILT It i. out aulDcieni fur a imtmae'er, when t paper ia not titki'U out of h:a olfi':, lo return ene with "nut taken out" wr 'ilea on Ihe ma'L'in. but he mint write a I'Unr lo the pulilinher, rivm.j the name and peet-oflice, and lutiMj th.it tln pnr ia not lakeu from the nflije. Uiherwae the piet- niaeitr ia nmu rrlxinnoie. : TO OVH PATROKH. ' W Late dunning, Os you all know, but w bate to be cluuntj, worn yut. The fuct In, we fire now owing nen'ly two thousand dollars, which mutt bt jiaiJ. 1'ba amount dueui by one iubcriber will go but a little ( wayi toward, liqtiiilaiing to Inrge a di bit ulut if wo bad every dollar thai ii due u. be tween this and thu first of April, weithould be able to moot our creditors, and look them in tlte face unabashed. ,, We look to our aubscrihon to help ui out of the difficulty. We hiar of mnny who have boon ready to pay it. loug ago, but have neglected it until they havo probably forgotten thut they owo m. Time, are now getting bottor, money is more plenty than it b.n been, and there are few who can-1 . uolrante the pittnuco they owe us. Thoto who can convoniontly 'do to will plume remit the amount dint in, by mail. If any t of our ngcnU bavp nmnry on linnd they will confer a lasting favor by forwarding it .01 Soon a. possible. ' . nil -Mi.' The Vairodvtr lsdlati. Afuln. ' ' ,L During a vlaitlo Viipctniver, last Mon .day, wecoover'ed with atvurnl gi'iittouiin jn rctrenca to tho history of the wliolo ui ut ter connected with the fli"htof the Indiana. ' and their treatment by Judgo Strung, of wbicli, by tlio anllinrity of Mr. MoCarver, . we .poke lust work. For llo pttrpooo , of , giving our rvfttier a, correct ttat'tiu:nt of lbo mnttor, and of lining jiKic to all con ' cerhed, we shall give the siati-itient oa fur . nislicd U by ivvirul genllemrn whom wo con.idur lo be reliable, ' , : Judge Strong, in company with Dr. New ell, will) totne thiriy men, found tho Indian aom aixttoti mile, from Ft, Vaneouvit, forted and well prepared for defence. The Indium Bent out a delegation to confer with ritrong, among whom was their . chii f Um " a tuts. Tbo InilidM agreed lo loturn, in it ,' kliort time, instead of otTuring "to figlii fiini,'' ua we .tnted last week. Dutli parlies greed to firo olTlhuirj!un as a token of fiiundnbip between them, The Indians went back to their rump, and tired ."tne acvei.ty .hole which wtro respunded to by .. nboirl tifly sliols from the whites. f0 ' niiiilite. nfler, mu three shots were heard 1 itt another direction, liieli Strong supposed ' wore fired by some Indian sootil w Im hup pelted to bo out. Ho (Strong) ininiediale ly started two or three ex pressmen for Van couver, to inform the people that the Indians wcr friendly, and would oon be in. Tho cxprutsmen it seems started back upon a j ditlorent trail from tho oun by whieh they - went out. They bad proceeded but a short ' distance, when, itt possiug over the ground where the random thoL 1,1 been beard, f they found a borso standing in the trail, and an Indian dead on tho ground. Who he was they know not, and noticed nothing farther than that he bad been shot in the head. They first thought of siiig 0tt, lilt Upon a inoineni's reflection, th.-y thought it best to carry back the report to S rong's camp. Soon after they reached l!ie camp, soma Indians cam in and charged thai somo of Strong's uien bad shot Um-a tti's, their cliicf. Strong assured tliein that none uf his men wero out wheu the report of guns were beard iu that direction, ud su gested the idea, that as he wo shot in the lat.tl a to. h, n,arthe ear, Um-a-tut.'! revolver ought have aocidenily gone off, in juwptrg his Low ovr a log vt hivh lay in , the path, thus cnumps his deain. Una or the Indian, .aid that could Dot be, a. bo was hot in several places. Strong " bB .aii.MiUt.tl.Ulu.lmn boJ In shooting I'm . luU, a. do.. of ibe nd.au. Lad .cen l.i... since Strong ..formed tl.H., that hi. nun bad found . dead Indian Tb.f.ctlh.lWt.in..Mn .-.. - - Ibmr chief, d mi M ... place, lo the Wy. .at,.4 tU Judge .h.t lie,... h.vek.M b.mth.m,Ue.r n-i... T...C...L iimiuI (n return uftar . i .: i.!.. i. .1 t ipe or lour i mv iiiiik, wnilu um-i v ' , . ' , (end to the funeral oUcouii. Strong bud, previous to this', furnished ihein with pro visions to enuble them to return, as they had agreed. Judgo Strong finally agreed to leave them, to bury and bewail their chief, end return alone. On last Suttduy tho In dians I'fit word to Vancouver that they were coming. On Monday morning a small parly of whites waa sent out to escort them in, aud they wero expected back Monday uight. We left ot Tuesday morning at eiht o'clock, but left without bearing any thin further from the Indian.. There are vaiioua conjectures, as to the rtaton why tho Indians killed their chief. Some sup pose that t'm s-tuta had started back lo Ft. Vancouver, and some of hi. tribe being dissatisfied with him for taking them away from the Fort, waylaid and shot him. Some suppose that ho was killed for having put to death prominent man in hi. tribe aotuo muiitbssii.ee; merely out of revenge. Others again are at a loss to give any satis factory reason, unless it be that ho was kit led for having made a treaty, agreeing to return. As to the barn that was burnt, Uma tuts expressed great surprise when Strang charged him with having tired it, and said he knew nothing of ft, but admitted that some of his young men might have burnt it in consequence of having bad hearts. We have been thus particular in relating thu circumstance, in detail, as they were related to us by Judge McFadden and one or two others, in order to set the matter right before the community. If there is any misiuke in the matter it is owing to tho treachery of our memory, to which we en trusted the whole story for somo three days before we committed it to paper. Wc found thut there was a great diversity of opinion at Vancouver as to the policy ot tho whole transaction. Some think that Judgo Strong ought to have brought the Indians back, nolcnt rolen ; others think it would have beeu n foolish sacrifice of human life to have engaged the ludiung, at a fearful odds, when they were satisfied that the Indians wvro friendly, and would return, in due liino." ' Iu justice to Judge McFadden wo will sta'c, that he seemed to take a very cool, dispassionate view of the whole matter, and expressed no opinion criminating anybody. JHT Gen. Wool, who, in thc language of Reverdy Johnson, came home from f ! it'.. ' I II . . . . .uosicu - covcreo hii over witu glory, is now ut Vancouver, wailing to hear from Miij. Rains, b"foro lie lays lis plans for pros' editing the war. ' He s:tys that if lit, need.- I ho volunteer forces he will call for them, and, he soems to think that no difficulty will bo experienced in getting tho regulars and voluuti era to act together. The Gen. is in line health and spirits, and is Confident that ho can coon bring 'the Indians to tortus, lien. Wool is noted for his kindness itntl indulgence, to .thoao under his command, while tit the same time his will is but to be known, in order to be obeyed. Ho hits al ready acquired a military fame co-extonsive with the Union, and his reputation as a sol dier and gentleman, we aro confident will not be lessened by his visit to our shores. Wheal llnyer. Mr. Lurry canto up on the last steamer from California for the purpose of buying a larye quantity of wheat and flour. Ho in forms us that he shall probably purchase soma twenty thousaud bushels of wheat be fore ho returns, lio says that tho yield of tho wheat crop last year iu California was hardly half n average one, and of an indif ferent quality at that. Mr. Curry informs us thai quite h heavy flour trade has been opened between San Francisco and Austra lia, aud Iwo large ships (one of them of four thousand tons burden) have lately cleared !rom Ntn rraucisco fr the Crimea, carry ing out wheal and flour. When all of our wheatcau be cashed at a doilar, ami when L'ucle Sam sends iu the cash lo pay the expends of this Imliau war, then there will bo tho beginning of another golden age in Oregon, but like the one io ISttf it will bo short lived utiles, our farmers devote niore'aiU'iitiou to agriculture than they bate this fall. I'L ... me man who baa in a large crop of noamow, may notcipevt to work next harvest for nothing. Xjr Judge S, Wft VllBCuU,r his force on M Monday mo, nit,. .for tl... I'allcs. j,, nut'iciu iLo Tuulu aud fuilintp ofour fl um),t , ' M cbMiublo" m po.ibl..-we ought to fa . That i. to twy. we ought , crcum. , d j() , j,. (f d of wU.V(ir . jWe hm ,,, ,,,,, r,mark , a ort of , .e to wnfJ of uo uUjut lbo com. , ft n y yf thc h 'J,,. . So.no of our ' atiliHcriliura fivquHiily coniplnin tliut t !- ... , . i i .. i f to C(it thi'ir mjr r-yiilr1y. and the fmlt is generally laid m the post master Now in paa.ing through the country wo have learned that many of tlii nii.iakcs are not chargeable to your post masters, bui to some of vour own nnierbbors. Your nii'hbor A, 13, or C, who is too stingy lo take the paper himself, calls at the office for youj paper, inif nding to get tho first reading of it, and then send it over to you. Tho I'. M. thinking till is right hands him your paper, and thinks nothing more about it. Your good neighbor carries it home, reads it, throws it down; his children snatch it up, tear it, carry it off, probably demolish it, and nothing mora ia ever thought of the matter. The post master, when called upon "thinlti he gave Ihe paper to somebody lo carry to you," but is not able of course to say positively. Yoi leave in an ill humor of course, laying all the blame ou the post master. Knowing these things often occnr we mention it, in defense of sucD of our post masters as we believe endeavor to do their duty, (of which we have quite a uumber in mind.) We don't want those postmasters who have heretofore' been in tho habit of stealing newspapers for wrapping paper, to take any encouragement from the forego ing, however, but hope they will repent of their sins as soon as possible. Literature. It has been thought thut tho world would neve more be blessed with such classical writers as Livy, Homer, Josephus, and Vir gil, but we are delighted at seeing evidences that the spirit of some one of these wor thies which has been long wandering thro' dry places, seeking rest, has at length taken possession of the "mortal coil" of a Port land editor. If any person wishes to see nil tho beauties of style, the simplicity of expression, thc artlessness of ''naked truth,'.' Ac , ttc, that were so happily blended in the writings of Josephus, let him read an editorial in the Standard of last Thursday, under the head of "Our Position," which is nn inimitable imitnttition of tho style of that famous Jewish historian. , The article is a gem of history, embracing the rise, pro. gross, and downfall of Dorrism in Rhode Island, in relating which the editor inform. us in, tho language of Jineas, (rendered) Et quorum pars magna fui. fhe occasion which has brought forth this item of history seems to be the leader of. the lut Corvallis Statesman, in whieh the editor of the Standard was not mtidp a proper 'pars " in the transaction. The necessity which prompted it is partly couch ed in the following: ' Infunilnm Bmh-lns jnbx-e re novare dolorem :' I'.ho leilins ut opra el la'nenra'.iil ri'jrmmi Kriierint Pupuli, quaeque ipso miierrinia vidi, Et quorum part magna Jui. The Concert. itot. JNkwkli.8 Musical Concert last Wednesday night was witnessed by crowded house. We make no sort of pre tensions to musical tasie ourself, and aro wholly incapable of deciding upon the merits of such performances. Tho per formance of many of ihe pieces was receiv ed by tremendous applause, and other dem onstrations of delight. The people seem highly delighted with the entertainments of ihe evening, and feel amply repaid for their tune m)d expenses. We think such performances exert an elevating and chast. ening influence upon the morals of commu nity in general, aud of tho young iu partic ular. All of their associations are of the purest and most angelic character. We saw nothing to mar tho happiness of mo occasion, excepting the disturbance caused by a few ill-mannered boys who sat ucnr us. If w have uo ear for music we have Blast for order, and ihat of a very keen perception Music that "will tame 'a savage" ought to tune a rude boy, but as it fails to do so, we would recommend to sup ply what the music lacks bv the panacea "tiicu i-r. v-olomon discovered in a hickoi ory, The MUaurr. The California left Vancouver hi,t Tues. 'lay morning for San Francisco viH Steila- coom, where she discharges a largo amount 01 government store., arms aud auimuniti.in besides landing xonie fifty soldiers, wl10 came up on her last trip fr the Oregon ami N aslnngton .service. The California brought up from Calif .rnia 40S0 musket,, b-sides a number of rifles. The steamer Columbia is expected tomorrow XT The Telegraph pole, tn. 1. L r ju.rouvn io i-orvallia. workmen,,, ,aw extendi.,? Ihe wire, fro,,, r,is ci,v ,(1 t Lafow :te. Ysui'outer. Altbout-b w- havo now been iu Oregon a7 over seven years, we never saw Vancouver till last Monday. Wo pronounce ltd' ciuou y ihe most lovely and lomaniic spot we have seen in the Wr.t. The water of the Columbia is' so deep that .hips of fiT'oen hundred tons burthen can lie at anchor within a few fed of the shore. Tho bank, immediately oil the river ore probably twenty feet high. Ascending this you hind upon tho first bench, which i a level prairie stretching some two mile up the river, and extending back lo the north about olio fourth of a milo. This is held by tho Hudson Ray Company, on which stands their fort, the (Jovernor's house and o'lior improvements. Leaving this bench, you begin the ascent of the second one. which gradually rises to tho north, for something less lhan half a mile, until you coma to the skirt of tir limber which envi rons it to the north. This second bench is reserved by the government and is occupied til by buildings suited to the conveiiiui.ee of the army. '1 hits trucl of pruine stretches u the Columbia somo two miles. The soil is rich, and is now covered with a carpet of beautiful ureen having much the appinranc of an English velvet lawn in May. The proud Columbia stretches nwny to the east for some five or six miles, and equally as far to tho West in almost a straight line. Looking east immediately along the line of the River, Ml. Hood at the distance of over forty miles looms up in aw ful grandeur, piercinga the clouds with its everlasting frosts, and telling of the mighty convulsions which fi''es since have shaken this western world. A person just landing at Vancouver from the States would not suppose thc mountain to be more than ten miles distant. Its bight has been variously estimated by scientific travelers. The calcu lations range from fourteen to nineteen thousand feet. We have never been able to make it quite fifteen thousand feet. dipt. Cram, of the Topographical Engineers, iu formed us that ho intended to apply to Congress for n sirall appropriation to enable him to make such accurate explorations and measurements as to ennbln him to solve a problem which has never yet been solved, namely, the bight of perpetual snow on the Pacific coast. Vancouver is certainly a lovely spot, and we thought, as we reluctantly bid it adieu, that W'e should be willing to live and din there if we had a small field we could call our own.' . The soldier who has the soul of poetry in his composition, (and there are some there who have.) must thank his stars for being permitted to bivouac on a plain which the Goddess of Nature has surround ed wiih as many charms ns the one where tha "Sacred Nine" rested their weary wings, in their tirsi tiiIH I'om i'ariuissus. Map of Oregon, an Yastaluela. J W. Trutch, F.sq. has shown us a map of Oregon and Washing'on which he has been engaged in sketching during the. sum mer pat, and which hu has now sent lo the Mast for engraving. . From a hasty glance we think it a full and accurate map of Ore' g"n and Washington Territories west of the Cascades. All the principal towns, the ranges, mid spurs of mountains, the streams of a'l sizes, and even the post offices, togeth er with the sections, townships and bound ariesof tho counties are plainly and nc citrntely marked. Tho maps will bo for sale in this country in from four to six months, when wo think every man iu Ore gon and Washington Territories will buy one or two of them. Mr. Trutch desnrves credit for the undertaking ; be has worked hard over the map, and we have no doubt but his labors will be rewarded. We shall patronize him at all events. , Mistake. We stated three weeks ago on the au thority of tho Express mi s.-engcr of Wells, Fargo it Co., ;liat a duel had been fought in San r rancisco just before the steamer left between Austin Ii. Smith and 11. U. Truett, in which thc former was killed at the first fire. We ham from tho Sau Francisco IlKRALD that the parlies used revolvers, and the filth shot took effect in . Smith's right thigh, passing through without breaking the bone. The wound is not dangerous. . 1 . To Cot respondents. As we have been absent a part of this week we have not been able to look over Mr. Wain's letter as we expected. We will try to attend to it next week.' "I'resbuieros" is crowded out this week. 'Squibob, Oh," is excepted, j "Peter Simple" shall ie heard on ac count of his lender aire. We have not been able to road the i on calls poetry yet. We Muck in tho third line, where we run against either "Hells," or -Hills," hard to tell which, and as them is such a difference betwwo the two places I I.... - ... ..... , ..,n, n miMaae m me printer might s siblv mar ilu lu.univ !..' .. .. . pn- , ,u(, (ui iry, we nave laid ii by for s more critical examination. Th. Fahion reach, d Portland yesterday at i,oek,P.M. Nm new. trein the Dsllea. -1 r, . 1 ; v. '- rieasc to read the advertisement of fiuil trees, by Uv. NiiH J"hnon, in its proper column. - Wo are not acquainted wilh the Li.uUoffruit which Mr. Johnson's nursery contains, but JU''gii from " '' have no doubt but that they are of thechoi cest varieties, as wo know lie would huio o others. Tho following extract fioin a private letter, which w'e received from him not long since, limy serve to give a little in eight into this matter : 'I have upwards of eighty rutlrtiea of apple wine of which will ripen early In July, and others In each succeed inf month till Peceiiiber, , and still others thai wdl korp freh and sound Ihe yenrrouud. 'I hove trees raiwd fromated planted io Ftby, 18i2,and jrnurdiu Murch, 1853, wh en nieai.ttre U a lnch in circumference l the ground, and the proai-nt year bore thirty apples each. Tlte are of the Golden Russet Variety, which grows much larger lhan Ihe name apple hi the Htatet. ;le the Urtll hts llue.tt The Standard deserves credit for having taken courngB ftoin the free expression of public sentiment, and come down upon the "petirionera" we rcfl rred to lately, iu ft plain, positive, and unequivocal manner. If you were as sound uud 1 decided upon all othor qti' stions, we should be glad to know that you were the "Standard of Ore gon Democracy. " We seen great di-po siiion amoiitf tho Democracy generally to drop the Corvallis Statesman, and sub-ti-lute iho Simiilaid as their Organ. Many of them are now slopping the former, and taking lite lutter, for two reasons. . One is, they consider thu Standard by far the bet ter paper, and tho other is it comes cheaper. Laying blackguard aside, the Standard is curtaiuly edited with the most ability. ' Apology. The P. M. nt Portland informs us that our mail three weeks ie.'o failed to make the trip on the west side of the Willamette, in proper time. W sent it to Portland by private hands, ''pood men and true," but they overslept themselves on Monday mni n ing, and failed to get The Argi'S into the olhct! before tho mail left. We regret ex ceetlingly tli failure, but will use every ex ertion to get It off betimes hereafter. We have worked neatly nil night hi-vcii! times in order lo iM our papers oft' and last week, as we were too i.tlo for the boat, w carried our mail lo rorii.iiei on loot, rntin-r I I . . a i ' . than to have it miss. : Wc hat e been 'found ered" ever since, 1 ' l'vnui tue South We have no mots, i xcpliir.' some ru mors which luck confi maiioit. There is a (lying report that another bat tle has been fought on Grave Cru-k, mid some thirty w bites killed. The Indians are said to have left fur par's unknown. CT MamiBolh Cabbing. Mr. Jacob Ki.ser has laid a cubbago on lur floor, weighing twenty -three pounds, and ryensuriiijj around ihe solid head four f, et srx inches. If tiny man in Orci-oti, Wa-h-.v t , ' luglon.tirCulitornia.cau beat ihut.jusl pss aljng your name, with you r cabbage. It iuu4.uii i uvui ii e snail consider tins licng turnislii'd by Jacob Kiser us the Kin, Kubbajje. itar Be 8UftMn--reftiI,tfie"nrJvt'rJscment of M. W. Witherell i Co., in another column, nnd then be sure to give him a call We believe he is going to carry on business ubbut right. ..!.,..! i Corvallis, Nov. ID, IB5"). Editor of the AryusSm : This to in form you thai wo feel ourselves disgraced by having the miserable t-heet that is week ly issued at this place called iho Corvallis Statesman, ns you are in the habit of doing. V'e feel deeply mortified nt having tho or gan of "licensed prostitutes," and tho vehi cle of falsehood and every abominable and unclean thing, go forth 'to the world christ enod with the name of our moral and re spectable ciry. We hope you will make the correction, aiid still let it bo the Oregon Statesman. There is certainly a sufficient burden of disgrucefor the whole- Territory to bear, without saddling all on 10 our poor city. Let the essence of it spread over the Territory, for our sake, and don't confine it to Corvallis unless you have adopted the Allies tuoihj of warfare before Sebasiopol, anc are trying to stink us out 1 Tho smudge is already intolerable. MANY CITIZENS. We certainly meant no disrespect to our esteem d friends and brethren at Corvallis, by what we have done We bad thought of nil the difficuliicsstiLwsted bv tho fiC. going leltcr,but thought ourCorraUi friendg m.gnt oe willing .to become martyrs for the good of thc territory at large. Ve didn't want mo wnoie lcrmory contaminated, ,0 e thought it brat to confine the miasm. i rl. immediate neighborhood where il is genera-ted- If it gets too thick, we bona th. ,1 ' , will flee the place like rr,,l ..1.1 1 . take trip to the country for fresh nir. This might be done 00 Saturrlay when the "stink rot" exploits. tW Hisry frort for three nights past )ou M B vMi lw yu mJ jj.,, ju,,,, wm ftt four years rid bring u, j humped d-Hwi. what would you rilir itmt ceB I U..W I rr.e.n.y no. .r- ...... my mis Du stippoM you cut. geleuch a ens totwenly.fifeoet. tare, aud can Sell hhn any Jear after tho fan, furtwohundnd dolluni, and still hu Is affording yM "nU aud conifutt" sll the lime, and growing better iiiatead of wuf. I would you not elj II s first rat investment t . Uo you say such, Is liiipoaaiblet Well, I'll ti-H you what U possible. You can far twenty-live dnlluii purchase one hundred gruffer apple trees, and with the same lubor and paliu jot would bel"W on a good cult, in yoa ni,y' gather fonu IIiviii live uusiiei oi apples In ifjj ut h a -I double that amount j in IbSD you n,ay iM'herone lu.ndrd buslieU; iitnl should 111 prica of nppVe by thut timo coma dowu to two dulUa per bushel, (of whieh theie if no probability.) f0ll w ill iu four years from this dale realize your tw. Inndied dollars, and your farm be worth five bus. dred per c tili inure Ihuti if it had no orchard You lieed hum no fears that svlcs are going te U . to plenty la O.egou ins few years that they will be ' worth nothing. It i pretty oertuinthat Culifwuis ' cunuut produr-e good apples, and alts will kffurdi nmiket fur'lhis ailicle in nil tiinu to come, to aty ' noth ngof Ausirulia, and the thouiund Islands 4 ' the great i'acific. . . .' ' ' And tin n thin, again of the co.nforta and lujur lo be rculiii'd from a good orchard ! At one era. son of ihe year it l adorned wilh all the beauty ni perfutue of n flower gurden. In our lutigaunimer d.iys how refreshing the shade ! ' And in auliJms it Is still u p'Jradiie, where the brat feelings of eat hearts may be drawn out to flint who haa"gitui ns every tree that is good fur food." 11 ' 1 ' ') Now as the price of trees hi grrufly rednced Sink, eau bo had fir truth', let no farmer, who has as acre of ground cnclo-d, ntid can span a calf, oi i few bushed of grain, lei another j ear pass wilbout settuig out an orihard. ' ' 1 A Fashes. ! ' 'M i.t Correspondence of the A re; us, l)ALLts, Nov. 18, 1853.1 Friend AJums I have but a few minutes left for writing I shall give your) short letter this time. Col. Ncsmitli reached hero lo-dny, having imulo n long inarch from tho Dalles into the Yakima couulrv, aud from thence towards the mountain pas. leading into the Ptiget Sound couutry, . thence back to tho Yakiinn Mission, and so back to the Dalles, taking thu C'lickittat Riv- . cr iu his circuit, without' finding any Indi. una worthy of note. Tho horcs belonging to iho cominaiid were dreadfully jaded and cut down up .n their return," owing to the hard riding, the deep snows they had tocii eounli r, and ill" couscqtiunt scarcity of feed. Many of ilk in :iru ''wake tia halo ykte." ....:,'.' During thai expetliiioii your Chu;kam.is boys had an opporiuui'y to fry their pluck. In tlie lii'lit on the Yakima ti.er, which you ( will see reported in Maj. Rains dispatch to ti'ov.- Mason, the Clacknuins and Marion Were i lio two companies which Col.' Net- ' milh sent forward to ford tho river and dii pi iM the ludien. Thc boys moved jirompt ly, and dnshed into iho roai ing Yakima, with tho ciil'm-dasni of so. many mud caps S. xp ding lo fight, lint tho cowardly Indians ' W'oliMll t ! .11', .JIIV IWUIV IU IIJU Mill.-, nid have not been heard from since. The vol- ' ..ni.il r,,.,. I.l I. ...I, ... .1... t.:n. untccis were uiialile to ptirsuu them as ihcir horses were too much jaded. ,0n the same day of this skirmish, ilm Washington com- , pany had by soma numns becoino detached from the niaiti body of the army, nnd plung ing about through the hills fell in with somo two or three hnrdrr d Indians. They blitz- ' ed away nt each other for some five or six hours, with little effect, save the k'illing'of a few Indians, nnd taking a few cattle froin them. Two of tho Washington volunteers were severe ly wounded, but I havo forgot- ten tlie-unnies. :.,,:.,,:,.. u. Hero wo eut out a few lines containing pretty much the sanio iu formation that is given iu XIaj. Rains' dispatch which will bo found 011 our outside Eu. . ' Here Col. Nestnith took sonic. 250 men ' and went out towards iho pass I spok'o of before, but found ' neither Capt, Maloney uor the Indians. After wallowing around for somo' thrco days throti;h tho suow. and finding nd destroying a fuW caches of dried berries, roots, nnd salmon 'skins, nnd killing a few mares and cnis which were found, he returned to the cnmji near tho Yakima mis- sion.' I foreot to sn tl,n tli totally abandoned. The priest,-"Father randozy" had left, having probably sought refuge among his brethren. lie left a let ter lying on the table tellintr us that tho inuiaus would fight until liko the Jews ar Jerusalem they sacrificed i their wives and little ones. The boys found a good many. ' vegilHble. which they sy jelished adtnira-. bly. The "holy pontifical robes." of the. -priwt, by tho dazxlo nnd gaudy glitter f which he awej tho jaiivea inU suhjectioBn were found Qt the mission. The hoys took thera in charge, IU1 pmtinsf thera on nat-a-. ded up and down through the eornp, maki . ' ing a great deal of Fport, much to Iho an,' noynnee of some of the Irish regulars, who. thought it a sad desecration of 'Mu!y ihings.' After a ooancil of w ar, the offioers conce ded to return to tho Dalles Instead of going lo WbIU Walla, as they had intended- ' U was Dot possible (or them ' to stay nt the. mission without supplies, neithe? was it ex-, pedient ; as they were fully saiisfied that lha mjn body of Indians had left for some (lis- ' tant j oint, an 1 the few strapgbrs ther had V