XHEOR EGON AKGUS,
Bf D. W. CIUIQ.
Bifjr A of ' fniihad at
MTUM DMr, Fjtf 0 Mlf rr mmm. Is
" . . i.W aabaeriasrs 7 re 0eiars
.Ms t4 '" '
JTn 't DM"!"' " ' No l"fip-
tiani rtrtividfor Itu parted.
u. .,r diaeantinued until all vranragei
riftid, !'" ' thanptianaf ''
' For tka Argus.
Wreck of tb Xortheraer.
Fat ami free P'1 "'" K
Aw.bt.l.ip. ah! n lo be
t briu frii(tint scattered wjio,
Htrrwo o'er Ihc,, ' ,ht' uf 1 "
But where nr. those we loved sr. well f
' The belil aurgaa '"""' m"r '
KwrP"0 ll'"'1"'1'' '101'0
heard the Mows' enlien mar j
Ami mournful evlint fill llie air,
The wail t friowlo in deep He.pair.
Iwif n0 ,,rif"'
Baillinff i,n ""nli w"v f"r '
Anl ih nk of those who d eil to aavrl
Eanh could ""' Kiv" " ",T"
Well Diijlil Ihe bravest alirmk siihast,
Nor irmirtngeill llie ls.lly blaal;
Bui there ws oue frnil female form,
A help!"" victim f the storm j
vTssedestli f g, lile 10 ""i
The hero dusliti one tear away
u H life la not my own," he ir ed,
Bgl tell my ,u'r Arthur died
Poinf hie duly." Ho wua gone.
Though winile and waves Mured mailly on j
Vhelnied 'nes'h the anijry ocean wate,
With not a hand to belli or euve,
Brave Famca, the hero, found hia grave I
Oaioua Cm, Jan, 23. I SCO i. d. l.
Far the Argut.
Dream of Youth.
I have 1 picture, passing fnir,
Lung yeure ngo alio gave it me,
A blue-eyed grl, with aofl brown hair,
Oue I b.id fondly Imped would bo
My " fireniJe siifiel," amillie my vara,
And draw, by her own puriiy.
My erring heart, now tempest driven,
lu piths of peace, to Love 'a own heaven.
Aba for me ! that viiin'e put,
My hrart ia withered in diapnir J
The dream woa tar too bright to hurt,
My love proved fiilav n well aa fair.
A ilnpwrt. k'd marnipr, nulcnat
Krm all lhat uiukea life worth care,
I wear her pivlurs on my bienst,
Where the, aim! may never real.
OaaooaCur, Feb. 2, I8C0 c.
I'ur Ilia Argut.
Home One l.eve.
0, fur etmir one to love in th'a cold world nf anrrow!
Some truihrul toniiuiiiion lobr cliien, loi'heer;
One faithful heart, fn tn which we in ly bormw
A kiud word lo lighten lile'a Uurdm hi-re!
0, for one to love ! the heart di oopa foramen )
lu life-like exixtence limat weary and diet
If ao kindred sHiil its pnuioiia awaken,
And giro tone Ivnginga u luving reply.
TThen the cold worlj shall frown and cure bi-inr
m Kadncwi,
What treasure can yield, whut joy enn impiirt f
Whit boiin o.ui earth g.vv lo br.n j luck our glad
nfM, L'ke life' aweet nsylum, one fond, faithful hearlT
0ooCiTV, Feb. 12, 1800. 'Jinmk."
Te Uatny-Mstil Prayer Meeltng.
Tho mcrtinrr was liclil nt I ho usuul hour.
In the usual pl.icc Tku nit'etiiiir, us tin
preacher expected, wits not crovrdrd.
Looking nround, lie suw that lirothcr A.
was not there. This brother had not given
directions about an early supper, nttd in
consequence stayed nt home.
Bro. D. was not there. lie hnd befn
bosy throujrlt the duy, mid must needs rond
the newspaper, which ho hud not found time
to read while from homo.
Bro. C. was not there. He was a littlo
tired in the ankles, nnd the thought came
over liim that the dump nir and wet walk
ing wouhl not improve his ankles. .
Bro. D. was not there. lie would have
Icen there had there been any chance of his
nuking a turn in trade, or of his coming
into possession of a three, dollar bill. As
fc was, the preacher hardly expected to see
bim; yet
Sister 0. whs there, nnd lior little girl.
She is a widow, nnd has hard work to get
long, but has a hope of mi inheritance and
better lot in tlie world to come.
SisVr JI. was there ttlso. She got some
one to stay with thedjildren, and ulic and
ier husband reached Vhe Jiou.se of prnycr.
Bro. I, was there also. lie is always
there. He believes in a consistent Chris
tian life. He does not get on to the moun
tain in the morning, and Rhout at the top
of hij voice, "Glory!" and then, before
noon, sink down to the bottom of the vnl
Hjt. and disappear from sight.
And there were severnl others there nil
Mjourners and pilgrims, seeking a 'betttf
"country, even a heavenly one. Some old
time melodies were sung
"There ia a land of pure oVrjIit,"
W hy do we mourn departing frk-nda,"
"On Jor.ian'a atoimy bauka I stand," ic.
Some tears were shed, and some brit f re
inarks made among them art exhortation
"J the preacher. "There are no ruiny
Jiigntsin heaven, dear brethren and sisters,"
Mid he. " The clouds never come tip to
darken the snn the glorious Sun of Right
wtwoess. The damp vapors never ascend
"ijh as the dome ot the New Jerusalem,
ihere are no thin congregations, no staying
t home to plot schemes or cast accounts.
ine the music swells from untired and
Miringjips, forever and ever. Blessed
fundi iyrn sl"pgling through this wil
derness, Ikn, often my i'?nrt E0( P. and
longs to be at home! Yet, iiCt my will,
!oBt the Lord's lia Anna I am tt-illiniT tO
)or and suffer, if, at last, I shall be per
mitted to sit down with Abraham, and
Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of
leaven." .
Then another hymn was sung,
" Jerusalem, my happy home,"
another prayer was offered, and then
,? '"t'e group crossed the threshold of the
areh, and weut home. Dear reader,
were yon tt tne prayer meeting on the last
iy Thcrsday night, or did von stay at
flie tO enjoy yourself?
.19 The great work of M.Thiers, the
History of the Consulate and Empire,"
lich has come to an apparent stand-still
the List two yeans i soon to be finished
y th appearance, at sliort Intervals, of the
Jor concluding Tolnmea onounced now
10 in press.
, The continuation of Baron Macao
7 1 DiitfJ of England cannot be looked
rwith
any certainty at present, tlioogh
aaid he ha (wo additional volumes
-A Weekly Newspaper, devoted to tlio Interests of tho laboring CIilwh, flud advocating tlo
Vol. V.
laroaoUieaele.
Ed. A rocs: Tho liicoiisintencir that I
see practiced every day by men professing
lo be temperance men, force mo to the
conclusion that there are very few reully
temperance men among us. There is an
old proverb which says "actions speak
louder than words." Now, if we ore to
Judgo men by their actions (and I know no
other way), is not my conclusion a Just one?
There are plenty of men in our land, from
the common cvery-day laborer up to the
Rev. and e litor, who profess to be temper
ance men, nnd, so fur as their actions cor
respond with their words in regard to this
matter, I take them to lie such. But, alas
for the cause of temprrnuce, when It calls
for volunteers, how few there are who
uiurch beneath its banner!
We have some men in our midst who
talk, lecture, nnd preach temperance, nnd
even advocate it through the columns of
their own pnpers, who will the next hour
after so doing (shame on them for it!) walk
up to the biillot-box, and unblushiiigly cast
their vote for some man who is so degraded
as to nntko a whisky-tub of hitnselt. Now
for men who Imve set themselves up as
teachers, as ministers of God's holy word,
men who proeu to attempt to disseminate
truth through the land, and improve the
morals of the peopleI guy for men thus
to act, is wicked, absurd, und foolish. If
one professes to be a tempi ranee nyin; let
every act of his life bo a proof of the as
sertion. Let )i in not only be temperate
as fur as drinking intoxicuting liquors is
concerned, but let him be temperate in till
things. (Anil, by the way, I will suggest
that it would not be a bad thing for some
of our pol.ticul aspirants, such as Delusion,
Uncle Jo, and some others, to be a little
temperate in telling falsehoods, if in nothing
more.)
Now, Mr. Editor, the fact In lite case
is this; if all were really temperance men
who profess so to be, a prohibitory liquor i
aw would be passed ut the next session of
tho Legislature. My sincere hope is that
the time will soon come when those profess
ing to be friends of the temperance cause
will come with their united strength, and
equipped with truth, and with unwavering
fidelity to the glorious cause, nnd then vic
tory is ours. Excelsior.
Teuperance Him., Jan. 26, 1SG0.
Salmon.
Ed. Anci-s: In England, Scotland, and
Canada, salmon ore canght by angling with
nrtificiul flies iu the rivers they frequent af
ter leaving tho sen. I would be obliged to
yon, or some of your numerous renders, to
inform me through tho Argns why the
salmon in Oregon .aro not or can not be
caught likewise. By so doing you would
much oblige some subscribers.
. Respectfully, Rorert Thompson.
Silverton, Jim. 20. 18G0.
Why o t.htlitrrn ttlel
The answer, theologically, would be be
cause they are the offspring of Adam.
But here is an answer, scientifically, which
many mothers would do well to meditate
upon. The reason why children die, says
Hall's Journul of Health, is because they
are not taken euro of. From tho dnv of
birth they are stuffed with food, choked !
with physic, sloshed with water, suffocated
in hot rooms, steamed in bedclothes. So
much for indoor. When permitted to
breathe a breath of pnre nir oncea-week in
summer, and once or twice during the cold
months, only the nose is permitted to peer
into daylight. A little later they arc sent
out with no clothes nt all on the parts of
the body which most need protection. Bare
legs, bare arms, bare necks, girted middles,
with an inverted umbrella to collect the air,
and chill the other parts of the body. A stout,
strong man goes out in e, cold day with
gloves and overcoat, woollen stockings,
and thick double-soled boots, with cork
between, and rubbers over. Tlie same day,
a child of three years old, an infant in uVsh,
and blood, and bone, and constitution, goes
out with shoes as thin as paper, cotton
socks, lesrs uncovered to the knees, ncc
k
bare; an exposure which would d sable the
norse, kill the mother outright, and make
the father an invalid for weeks. And why?
To harden them to a mode of dress which
they are never expected to practice; to ac
custom them to expo-ure which, a dozen
years later, wotdd be considered downright
foolery. To rear children thus for the
slanghter-pen and then lay it to the Lord,
is too bod. We don't think the Almighty
had any hand in it. And to draw comfort
from the presumption that He has any
agency in the death of the child, is a pre
sumption and profanation.
A friend in Polk connty sends us
the following, which he would like to ace
in the Argus:
A Mi or Low Tier A man who
speaks slanderously of his own women, his
kmswomen, and neighhor women, ana ,ftoniilinr recollection cr a little Grr-' ,,.;,., oal(. fof children ahould be sea-, there. These men were wontin? rom-wom-in
and that woman " Hn 'lren ; .. . . . . t . for forfT - ,0iwr. .udiMb U Mdwu.ewu, boon In each &.T. At b. reqacat, thoj
SbollVho S I
OREOOX CITY, OREGON, FEB It U AltY 25, 1C0.
UltMkstdl.
Ucn'RC BY DAVARO TAYLOR,
Mr. Buyard Taylor not long since Ice-
lured lfuil..r....,i;
. .. v-.,..-v-r
...-mule, w ior, on mo wio ami
i,iiiirncicr 01 Alexander on Humboldt, iplausej, whoso picture, the Heart or the
He said that as the aloe flowered but once Andes, was pulutcd In the hope that Hum
in a hundred years, so the world's greatness . boldt might some day see it. IIo was aim
came forth In rare years. Such a year wss'ple-hcarttd, honest, and Republican.
1709, which produced Cuvitr, Walter Scott, When Mi buhr vilified Arago to the King
Wellington, Napoleon, and Humboldt. . of Prussia, who was inclined to agree with
Humboldt's Infancy and childhood were him, Humboldt said, "And yet this mon
tinder the most favorable circumstances, and ster is the dearest friend I have lu France."
his teacher, George Foster, was the t runs- When Schiller received his patent of nobil-
lator of Robinson Crusoe, that fiction more
ri al than nny reality. He taught the boy
Humboldt botany in his walks with hi, o'
that he hud mastered the Linna-nn Sytem '
at 12 years of age. This led him to other
studies, as he found that each was a part of i
nil. IIo studied nearly all tho sciences
with persons eminent in those sciences.
Well prepared iu all, bo at lust sold his put-
rimony and set out on his survey of the
world, with speclol reference to the trotiicul
reasons. iin Donpiunj lie projected sev
eral journeys; the first which he nccom
plislied was iu 1109, from Spain to the
Spanish possessions in South America. He
hud an absolute hunger fur knowledge; he
was a scientific detector, and once only wns
he so affected by anything sublime or mag-j ime lendeU my allowance to four hours
nificent that he forgot his scientific observa- ttl,J lmlr-" Laughter and appluuse.J
tions. He seldom referred to himsrir iu his! J,r- T"ylor a vcl7 mu1 8tri,tk nt tlie
works; the only gratificiitn which the!0,,Jt'(:liv Ulun"er in wllit'n 110 'rok8 of ,,i8
lecturer had ever heard him express nt any j l,0,lJr- 1Ih u,n,1 il 1,10 aubject ol scientific
honor paid to him. whs at the ncetition ollmmntion ,IJ nt lust calculated the ratio
a paper from Humboldt county, Cul.fornin,
called 'The Humboldt News.' But his
pictures of scenery wero incomparable.
Mr. Taylor gnve some instances of his pow
er in that respect. This Erst journey, he
said, consumed twenty yeurs of his life and
nearly all his patrimony. IIo hnd project
ed a journey into Central Asia and Thibet,
and it was tho regret of his life that he
was not ablo to accomplish it. His Inter
journey into Russia was undertaken when
sixty yeurs old.
It was difficult to say in what Humboldt
was great, because it wus difficult to say in
what he wns not great. IIo was as gen
eral us Aristotle and Bacon. The labors
of his life were but colossal fragments of a
plan too vast for any single mind to com
plete. His dream was not merely of the
general survey of the earth, but of tho dis
covery of those eternal luws which gov
erned its creation, and which regulated its
existence. IIo intended a journey of dis
covery into Central Asia and Thibet, nnd
when the observations of that journey had
been reduced to scientific results, a search
for the secrets of Africa. Then, from the
hight of his vast experience overlooking ev
ery realm of physical knowledge, ho would
strive to comprehend the laws of that Di
vine Wisdom from which i!;c order of Crea
tion moved. When Kepler discovered his
great laws, he exclaimed, in n burst of reli
gions emotion, "0, Almighty God, I think
thy thoughts after thee!" Of this sort was
the religious aspiration of Humboldt. And
yet he had been accused of.impiety, called
an " assassin of souls," and it hod been said
that his world wits a world without a God.
Because there was nothing in botany which
sllPPortcd infu,,t bflPtism. no cvidt,iee r
heaven in the pnlccozoic rocks, nnd only tin
perfect hints of purgatory in the nnture of
the chemical gases, they denounced all sci
ence as atheistic. Laughter. Humboldt
rarely attended Divine service, nnd he pos
sessed nn unbounded scorn for much thut is
called religion. His religious nature was
perhaps too deep to find expression by such
methods. His was an exceptional nature,
beyond the needs of the mass of mankind.
Mr. Taylor said that when he first visited'
Humboldt, the latter showed him a cha
meleon, and, after pointing out his singular
eyes, snid: "One peculiarity of this crea
ture is his powef Of looking two ways at
the same time. He can lift one eye to
heaven, while the other remains fixed 10 the
earth. There are many clergymen who
have the same faculty." Laughter and
applause.
Humboldt's mind was almost a phenom
enon, in that he possessed both the investi
gating nnd generalizing faculties. He was
not bewildered by details. Lady Morgan
said of his mind: " It reminds me of the
trunk of an elephant; it can snnp an oak
or pick np a pin." Mncaulay himself, who,
it wns said, could repeat the whole of Par
adise Lost, mnst yield to Humboldt in mem
ory. A friend of Mr. Taylor's, who was
engaged in a work on Palestine, called on
him to discuss some point relating to the
topography of Jerusalem. Astonished at
bis fanrlinrity with the streets and houses
of the Holy City, he asked, "How long;
is it Since vonr Excellency was in Jerusa-;
lemf Humboldt answer-d, "I have never'
been there, but sixty years ago I intended
iroing. and prepared mvself." On Mr.
T,Trtr-g ft interview with him, he evinced (
- -n nh he bad not ,,n fcr My
Durke, Pitt, Jt-flTirmn, and Mirnbean; and
the fon ats of the Orinoco were before lilin
In his dreams. Ilia descriptions of tropical
.t.. i:-1.. J
,. ... ."'"6-
lanuscnpe painter, reiicricK i niircn laji-
ity, Humboldt said, "Well, it will amuse
children." In the summer he lived with
the King, in the winter in the house of his
servant. The stars and crosses which were
aliowered Hon him by kings and emperors,
wt're r"ulJ m-gketed and covered with dust
ftw I'"1 tlt'"111- At first sacrificing every'
thing to his love for knowledge, honors such
1,0 statesman ever won were laid at bis
Jvvt - His personal appearance harmonized
, wilu h' cuanu'ter. His portrait, taken at
forty, when his hair was perfectly white,
was but slightly different from that taken
tit bS. During a largo portion of hia life
he slept but three hours and a half, "Now,"
he udded, speaking to Mr. Taylor, "I am
so old that 1 need a great deal of rest, and
of decay so accurately, that lie was able to
foretell the period of his death. His mus
cular strength wns slight. Whcu a ma
chine for testing muscular strength wus
tested by the iiiciiiIhts of the French Acad
emy, he was the weakest among them all.
But lie hail what was better great capaci
ty of labor and endurance. He once said
to him (Mr. Taylor), with a smilo, "Trav
eling ulways increases tho vitality of a
traveler, if it does not kill him at tho outset."
Mr. Taylor concluded with a glowing
pulogium on Humboldt. He suid that the
Universo uow perpetuated his glory. The
p ilnis of the Tropics, borne ot his funeral,
would keep his memory forever green.
River, vales, mountains, nnd glaciers of
Arctic ice rejoiced to bear his name.
Cliimboruzo re-echoed it, and among the
asteroids a planet Alexandra was chanting
triumphantly in the chorus of the stars.
CotvlUe Newt.
An intelligent gcntlemun, writing from
Colvillc, under (late of January 20th, says:
" Tho snow is about two feet deep from
hero to Rock creek, and from there to
Snnke river, 10 or 12 inches.
" Everybody will leave hero for the new
mines, in about two months. The miners
are doing nothing on account of snow and
cold weather, but all feel confident of ma
king money when the spring opens. The
Indians were all quiet.
" I have taken somo pains to inform my
self about tho prospects at tho new mines
by the men of dipt. Archer's command,
now here. Without a dissenting voico,
they all agree that plenty of gold will be
taken out next summer."
Under dato January 21st, the same cor
respondent writes: " The 6now is disap
pearing quite fast under the influence of a
warm ruin. The only two rcmuiuing white
men on the Pen d'Orcillo got down in safe
ty; so the Indians now have possession of
the country.
The melting snow cheers up the many
' outsiders' that are awaiting patiently to
emigrate to the Siinilkaincen. If it should
wind up with a snow storm not an un
likely occurrence in this latitude I think
it would dampen their ardor for a trip."
Mountaineer.
A Hard-hearted Schoolmaster A
German magazine recently unnounccd the
death of a schoolmaster in Suabia, who,
for fifty -one, years, had superintended a
large institution with old-fashioned severity.
From nn average, inferred by means of
recorded observations, oue of the ushers
had calculated that, in the course of bis
exertions, he had given 911,500 canings,
121,000 floggings, 209,000 custodes,
120,000 tips with the ruler, 10,200
boxes on the ear, nnd 25,100 tasks by heart.
It was further calculated that be had made
700 boys stand on peas, 6,000 kneel on the
sharp edge of wood, 5,000 wear the fool's
cup, and 1,100 hold the rod. How vast
(exclaims tlie journalist) the quantity of
human misery inflicted by a single per
verse educator!
rgf The New York papers chronicle the
death of a young man who lost his life by
skating till he was tired, and then sitting
down on the ice to rest. The cold struck
to his vitals, and he contracted a disease
which speedily terminated his existence.
tsr At a meeting of the New
Tork
Horticultural Society, on Monday evening,
the President exhiditeU some sweet peas,
which were taken from the breast of an
Egyptain mummy, and are about three
thousand years old.
p h uj T;in(1 ire proper
sido of Truth in every ihsuo.-
No. 40
The nn.eea aa lb Qatsaek
Mr. W. II. Ikrron, no Intelligent gentle-
"". wl'T from the rich gold lU.ia of
1,10 IRMieraiiy kiiowu as tanal)
,ivcr, to whom we addressed a series of
qmntioui, Imi kindly supplied ui with the
following details, of hitereat at this time.
concerning the country to the north wurd:
Dutitncn The diggings discovered on
the QuiniH (Canal) are lu a northern direc
tion Ironi tl forks of the Okinngan river,
and soma SSU tniUs distant, i hat is:
MUt.
To forks of Thompson's river 350
To Fort Alexander 150
To Qiiesncl Diggings 30
Total 5.10
Traili There aro two routes or trails
from the forks of the Okiuagaii as far as
Fort Kamloopa. One by way of Okiuairau
Lake, and up that Lake to K am loops.
1 lie oilier along the hunilkaincen as far as
Red Kurtli lork and Ilocher de la liiche.
to Fort Kamliojis. Our iuformnnt pro-
run tins lust route, regarding It aa niucb
the best fur travel. The trail is plain, and
it has been hubitually used by the Hudson
Bay Company, who have several corralt
at points on it.
Fort Kamluopi lo Fort Alexandria
The trail between these two points is due
north in its course, nnd is well marked.
No streams of size obstruct the route; grass
and water are abundant by tho way side.
Distance, 150 miles.
Fort Artander lo Qudncl Minn.
This purt of the route, ut present, ia bad,
but as the country traversed is comparative
ly level, a good road can be made with a
small expenditure of time nnd money. The
distance, as before mentioned, is 30 miles.
Around Fort Alexander, as is known, good
paying diggings have beru found. Ou the
Qursnel (Canal) mining commences at tho
mouth, but as yet the richest deposits have
been discovered on the east and south forks.
The gold is very conoc; tho bunks have
proved very rich and extensive, as fur as
our informant has l e u. Rich dry dig
gings have ulso been discovered.
Grin rul i'hararttr of Trail. On the
route indicated above, there aro no difficul
ties in the way of a good trail. Tho trail
is uew at preseut, but the country trav
ersed is comparatively level and there are
lurge tracts of hind by tho way suitable for
agricultural purposes.
Wngon lioaJ Wagons can go as far
as Okanngan Lake at present; lint bcyoud,
to Bonnpttrte river, abovo Katnloops, it
would be difficult for wagons. Our infor
mant believes, however, a good wagon
road could he muke ut very little expense.
And from Bonaparte river to Fort Alex
ander, ho thinks, " wugous would find very
little, if any difficulty."
Intermediate Digging!. Versota wlio
hnvo prospected along the route from the
Siniilkiiinecn have told Mr. Baron that gold
abounds iu nil the small streams; be, too, is
of tlie same opinion from the appearance of
the country, and feels assured that miners
will find a " profitable Geld of labor" btfore
tin y reach Fort Alexander, if desired.
When lo Start. Puck trains may sufily
leave the Dalhs early iu March, in ordinary
seasons. Mr. Hnrron proposes to do so
with n train. The journey should be made
from tho Dalles to Questicl (Canal) in 30
days. Anderson's hand-book and map will
be found to supply ndiublo information
about tho country, etc.
Vullts to the Simlknmren.)Sr. Barron
recommends that pnek-trnius should furry
the Columbia at tho Dulles, tuko tho road
to the Vakimn and to the Priest Rapids,
there to cross tho cust bunk of the Colum
bia river, nnd to recross to the west at tho
mouth of tho Okinngan; or, to follow up the
trail up the west bank of tho Columbia
from Priest Rapids, ns tho voyngeur may
prefer. Gen. Palmer wo believe passed
to the east bank of the river nt Priest
Rapids, when ho went to Fort Alexander
with his train; but we have reason to bo
lieve that puckers would find it to tl.clr
ndvantngo to remain on the east bnnk, nnd
by some littlo work nt ono or two points,
so improve the trail as to make it a good
oue. In 1850 and 1858, large military
pnektrnins passed over this trail, without
material difficulty.
General Information. Mr. Barron says
there are nq, streams between tho forks of
Okinagnn and Quesnel river, with the ex
ception of Thompson's river, that cannot
be easily forded with pack animals. Ho re
gards 300 pounds as a fuir freight for each
animal, and he declares without hesitation,
that hy the route via the Queenel district
can be more comfortably reached ond more
economically supplied than hy any other yet
used or develnp' d. The mines on the Ques
nel he assures us ere " very rich;" while to
his cerlain knowledge, " richer placers" ex
ist in the Tranquille river, lietween Kam
loops and Alexander, and where the single
miner can muke seven dollars per day, at
least.
On Lake Okinagnn the Jesuit Fathers
have established a mission, and there is
quite a settlement there of "freemen," form
er employees of the Hudson Bay Company.
Gold, it is said, is also to )e found in that
neighborhood in paying quantities.
By Ike Victoria and Lilooel route lo the
Qurtnel. The charge Inst season for trans
portation of freight was 30 cents per pound
from Lilooet. What the charge is from
Victoria to Lilooet, we are not informed.
We are assured, however, that freight can
fie thrown into the Quran I from the Dalles,
at present at a rate considerably under 30
Cents per pound; and once pack-trains are
established on the route a material reduc
tion we feel certain can le made, as freight
can then bo taken from Priest Rapids, to
which noint. as is known, steamboats will
make weekly trips,
ek r triDS. when me iraae ue-
niands it.
The Similkamte IKnniQ.tU. Bar
ron found a number of men working on the
Slmllkameen, who had prepared lo wli.ter
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JUD PUINT1NO.
Tns raorairroa or tub AIiCt'8 ia surrY
to inform the pulillo that lit lite just received a
large flock of JOH TVl'Ii and oilier new print
ing nmn r ill, nJ will bo in the si ecily receipt of
sUilitiims suitrd to all tho trqtiiienienta of this le
cslily. II AN OIIII.IX, I'OhTKI'H, M.ANKH,
CAUPS, ClllCl'LAltS, PAMl'llLET-WOKK
DI uther kinds, duuo lo order, on short nolle.
madtf several prospects, Cndinir not loai
than eight cents to the pan. He believe,
that better diggings than onv yet discover
ed on (he Similkamccn, will he developed
higher up that strontu for at least sixty
miles us the country which he traversed.
on the upper part fo tho river, gave every
indication of being a rich gold country.
.Mountaineer.
Ur. Mewtrd't Dsetrtae.
It is a little more than a year since the
Hon. Wru. II. Seward uttered his abla
speech at Rochester, which, of all speeches
ever delivered, has been made the text for
the greatest amount of misrepresentation
against the Republican party. Mr. Sow-
ard, on that occasion, simply laid down the
doctrine that either Free or Slave labor
waa ultimately to prevail throughout thli
land; that a conflict woa taking place be
tween the two systems, one or the other of
which was to drive the other out. While
he declared this, be was Tory careful to de
clare that this was not to be done by direct
interference of the Federal Government.
While trusting that free labor might be-
como universal, he took occasion to say that
he did " not expect that it would be to oth-
trwiie than through lh action or tiis set-
f.hai, States, eo operating with the Federal
Government, and All acting in tlrict m-
formity uith their retpective Conatilutioni
The speech In which this doctrino wai
advanced, was called a " bloody manifesto,'
a " treasonable" proposition, and was oth
erwise stigmatized as dangerous to the pub
lic welfare. Jefferson Davis, not long ago,
said if a man should be elected President of
the United States, who entertained this
doctrino, he would be for dissolving th
Inion; and the Washington Constitution,
th organ of th President of the United
States, copies the speech of Mr. Davis, and
offers no dissent whatever. But how far
do tho Rochester sentiments of Mr. Seward
differ from those of Mr. Webster f
Mr. Everett, in his eulogium on Web
ster, at the inauguration of the Webster
statue, said of Mr. Webster, that " he not
only confidently anticipated that the newly
acquired and newly-arganized Territories of
tho Uaion would grow np into Freo State,
but, in common with all, or nearly all, th
statesmen of the last generation, ns be-
IEVEO THAT FREE LABOR WOULD Ul.TIVATELT
PREVAIL TIinOUCriOUT THE COUNTnV. U
thought he saw that in the operation of th
same causes which have produced this re
sult in tho Middle and Eastern States, it
was visibly taking place In the States north
of tho cotton-growing region; and ho in
clined to tho opinion that there, also, under
tho influence or physical and economical
causes, free labor would be eventually found
most productive, and would therefore be
ultimately established." While the mat
tor, so far as the States aro concerned, ia
beyond the power of the General Govern
ment, " it depends," as Mr. Everett inter-
rets the sentitnents.of Mr. Webster, " as
far as tho States are concerned, on thtir
independent legislation."
This sounds so much like the Rochester
doctrino, which In fact wns nothing now,
says tho Salem (Mass.) Register, that a
renewed expression of horror might be r x
peeled front the dishonest politicians and
presses, against either Mr. Webster or hii
renowned eulogist, were it not for the fact
that nothing could bo mado against, but
much for, tho Republican party, by such
n course.
Swearers. An exchnngo says that a
man uses profane language to fill up space
in conversation, for which he has no thoughts.
If this bo correct, we incline to the opinion
that somo persons, not a thousand mile
distant, think but little. To such we offer
the following additional remarks from th
same paper:
" Educated men seldom swear, becansa
they have enough to say without profanity.
As a general rale, the less a man has to
say, the more ho swears. To endeavor to
elevate a small idea into a great one by
the emphasis of an oath, excites the con
tempt of sensible men. To be foul-mouthed
is quite as disgusting as to have foul hand
and face, or to be clothed in foul linen.
To use profane language is voluntarily to
renounce any high social position, and to
take rank with the low and Y"lgar rabble."
Emtorui, Training. Instead of send
ing young men to college to prepare for
an editor's life, better send them to a box
ing school. If there is the real snap in
them, it will come ont after trial, while tho
art of self-defense is indispensable. A man
is not fit for an editor unless he can, without
weapon and without help, "clean out" aa
large a crowd as cso get in his sanctum.
The trnth should never be spared, and the
editor should understand bow, and feel
willing, to give "satisfaction" to all de
manding it. Milwaukee News.
tS" A Democrat who owns a lead min
at Shnllsburg, Wis., waa a candidate fax the,
Legislature. On election day b hired
Gfty-thrce Republicana to work ta his mine-,
after he got them all 140 feet below the
surface, the ladder was drawn np to bar
some rounds pat in it, and be neglecV
ed to retorn it till tbe polls wero closed,
wh)cb resulted in hia ejection bjr ifty-two
nd all those of h:S ne
bio, tbfok b i co caa