!
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