etljc rcgon SVrgu
Editor.
OKJOOir CITTl
SATURDAY, APRIL . 1H0I.
Mtiili'i laaasarak
The inaugural address of President Lin
coin, which wt publish today, though bod'
ly mutilated by lie transmission over tlx
wires, hi document that can ho easily
comprehended. There ha novcr yet been
similar )ier published that so tmnj
people hart read with such Intense intercut.
Mr. Lincoln, elLlionh elected ujton a plat
form embracing tho sumo old principles
that were cherished by tho founders of the
Governmenta platform which pledged
him, If elected, to revive In hii admlnistra
tion tho same broad, national, humane, and
beneficent polic tliut made tho ndmlnistra
tlomof Washington, Jefferson, and Jack
aon memorable waa nevertheless looked
opo by hundrcdi and thousands of bit
political opK)nenU among tho musses, as
the representative of a new, untried, and
sectional theory of government. 15y this
class of persons, who had becomo bewil
dered by the fulso charges of tho enemies
of Republicanism, and tho deulula of it
frieiids, until they wcro In doubt us to what
wo really Intended, tho Inaugural wan mix
ioualy looked for to aettla tha wholo matter
authoritatively. The present attempted
rupture of the Union, which swamped
Buchanan's imbecile administration, shrank
ft few hitherto " great statesmen " into the
dwarfish dimensions of cringing, pettifog'
King pigmies, and buMed tho wisdom of
Congress to fix upon tho best solution of
the difficulties, bad produced an iutenso
aniltty among patriots, and even traitors,
to know how tho new administration would
treat the crisis. All these classes have
now a chance to interpret tho Inaugural
for themselves.
Although its meaning is as plain ns lan
guage can make It, wo learn by our East
ern news that, like the Constitution, tho
llihlo, and the Republican plutforra, tho
Iuuugural Is construed differently by differ
ent sections. In our judgmcut, it meet
the crisis just as It should, leaving out of
sight for tho present such party issues as
Union men may divide on, .Mr. Lincoln,
after perhaps well enough denying tho
charges hitherto inndo against tho party
that elected him, by traitors in the South,
mid their lying scavenger allies in the
North, proceeds to quote tho platform
upon which ho went Into power as express
ly affirming tho very opposite of what his
opponents Imvo persistently charged was
the real design of Republicans in reference
to Southern institutions. While recognis
ing the constitutionality of a fugitive slavo
law, ho asks, as no Northern tloughfuco
would have dnrcd to ask, whether civiliza
tion and humanity do not demand " nil the
safeguards" incorporated in tho law iiccps
sary to prcvont the kidnnppiug ol free citi
zens of tho North. Ho also very pert!
ncntly asks, as no Northern doughfuco ever
has dared ask, whether Northern white
men are not to bo protected In their prop
erty 'and lives in tho Southern States by
enforcing that cluuso In tho Constitution
which guaranties tho citizens of each State
" all tho privileges and immunities of citi
zona in the several States."
Ills proposed method of treating tho
present rebellion, will recciro the npprovul
of every Union man North and South.
llo refuses to rocognizo tho authority of
any Stato to secede, but prononnccs all
their " resolves and ordinances to that effect
?oid," and characterizes their " nets of vio
lence against tho authority of tho United
States" ns " insurrectionary and revolution.
ary." Ho views tho Union as ' unbroken,'
aud declares that " to the extent of my
ability, shall take care, as the t'omti
tut ion itself expressly enjoins, that the lair
of the Union bo faitiikl'M.v exectteo in
ai.i. the States." Ho wishes them to re
gard this as no ' menace,' but simply " a
declared purposo of tho Union, that it will
only defend and maintain the Constitution
itself." This power, vested in him by tho
Constitution, ho assures us, ho has " an
oath recorded in Heaven" to ' use,' and
that it " will be used to noi.n, omrv, and
tosrsss tiik rnopKRTV aso places ukloko-
1NU TO TIIK UOVERNURST, AND TO COLLECT
i.N mt ibi lauueuralloa.
oii-n rulers." nud havo "practically res!n- Moxnos. Docrnixr. A Washlmlou New Discovkbv. Mr. J alterson, ouu
f mi ii i'U ml In
ed their Government into the hands of that letter titer Informs the X. V. Herald thut of tho editors of the Oquawkft (III.) Hpcc-1 (0 1(.rj t ,
tribunal," whenever they admit that " the facts have come to light showing contlu- Utor, who la milling at riko'il'cak, write greot dUta'nre. Ho delivered It with much
Government, uK)iivlUl'uestloni affecting lively that the English and French govern- o the Spectator that a person is said to ,.ffl.ct( 8II( wal loudly applauded in tho in-
the wholo people, is to be irrevocably fixed uients are about to esUblish protectorate have made an Important discovery, by j urvals. .,, ,.. m.,in
by tho decisions of the Supreme Court," over Mexico aud crhapa Central America which be got $20,07 In gold from panful On y "JI'jJ,0 ySJJ VrS,
which are only " binding In any case upon If this be so, the move has been suggested of the ' tailings' of a quart mill, hlch by j J!n rinp ,rnted at the Spring'
the parties to a suit as to the object of the l,v tho disunion movements South. Knar- the common mctnou or crmming uau saven ... joliri..i ofiji ith Interlineations
suit," oud of course "entitled to every re- land oud France will never allow filibuster- only f 200 from a cord. .Mr. 1 . says inui
sjtect and consideration In parallel case," lug pirates from the Cotton Kingdom to men lu whom he has all confidence say they
butwlllchltlsK)Mible"wayerrw1,,' plant the rattlesnake enslirn on foot of know that he extracted fifty-seven cents
" t ma rrniipnniv sii'iici trii. iviiihiiim
from .jmnful or tailings that was su.,K)eUlti8 f )eTimal nl tny, in order
to have boon dcirived of every particle of I j0 m;glt vo eurly notice of any
Out Tow s.-Tlie editor of
luruur has lately been niuklu
III
and which may yet " overruled and
never become a preeedenl for other eases,"
This was tho doctrine held by Jefferson
sud Madisen, aud Is so obviously correct
that it will be endorsed by every man who
foreign territory, Invaded for slavery-extension
purposes. If the South accedes per
manently, the cotton confederacy will be
left to enforco the " Monroe doctrine" In
reference to territory down South, while
I - u.!il. .1.ti.tliii,ii..iila
muiie in accorumico mm ,- mhh-i
after the first draft.
General Scott was not In tho procession,
as was generally believed, but renmiued at
has good common sense. Tho ojjosite of I the North will annex Canada aud insist on
it, in Jefferson's time, was tho essence of extending the same to the North Tola.
" black cockade federalism," but among the
disuiiionists of our day it is styled " the
JJcmocratic touchstone."
Mr. Lincoln is eminently sctuiblo when
ho assures the rebel Slates thut, uuliko a
married couple who can break olf scratch
ing each other'! faces, and pulling hair, by
" being divorced and going out of the rcs-
cuce and beyond the reach of each other,"
tho resjicctive sections of the t nion cannot
be put asunder, but they must always live
in the Imiuediute prescuco of each other,
and that the samo great question of " in
tercourse" between tho two sections will
still remain to bo settled a question In
surmountable as between aliens and enemies
Tho nigger confederacy would cut a
pretty figure annexlug Mexico in the face
of an Anglo-French fleet. It would be
liko trying to west Cuba from Spain by
sending Cornwall there in a Chinook conoc.
No Cokbciom. The convicts ia the AL
abama penitentiary Lave all petitioned the
Governor for a dischargo since that State
has left tho Union. Thry seem to think
that their being put in tho enitcntiary is
the result of " enforcing the laws," which
of course Is ' coercion'; a doctrine not tol
erated in the Cottoo Kingdom. The Gov
ernor refuses to pardon the rascals who
wish to ' secede,' but for tho life of him
Clin iiiu viiiiiiiio .Al.lt . .
I eniinnt mt rnunn ilinip nriyntnont An.
but comparatively cosy as between friends ,t. .!... ' i
i i n t (turning m tuu uuuiriuo ui tfu Dane anu
IITIIl UIIULT lll BUIIIU UVIVI lllllvuk.
The Inaugural throughout is as calm
and conciliatory In langnngo as Seward's
sjiecch itself, enough so to satisfy any
" pcaco man," while at tho samo tinio it
meets all tho responsibilities of tho mighty
occa-sion, with firmness, clearness, and
honesty worthy of the man, and worthy of WTiie Albany Democrat, which can
the great Union masses which ho now rep-1 discover no difference between the singing
resents, and whose servant ulono ho is.
other traitors who hold that the "enforce
ment of the laws" is . " coercion," and
should not be resorted to, no horse-thief to poy, on his next nppcarnnca in towo.
tailings, and it Is believed that ho adds ley
and quicksilver whilo boiling. Will tome
of our miners try it?
Riorxa o Sihkwalks. We ero glad
to see the ordinance enforced relative to
riding on the sidewalks. On Saturday
last young man from tho country, by the
name of Leo. Kirk, was taken up before
Mr. Hurford, Recorder, and fined five dol
lars for violation of this ordinance, no
was very abusive, but the Recorder was
forbearing, and added neither costs nor
lino for his contoniptoous behavior. Af
terwards he rode up and dowc tho street
with stono in his band, threatening the
Recorder, and daring him out, using tho
most profane languago at tho time. The
offender rodo on the side-walk again
for some distance, but observing Marshal
Love approaching, he cleared the outskirts
of the town lcforo he could be arrested.
Kirk will have a little bill of fine and costs
can ever bo Justly punished. Tho creed of
this school of politicians is identical with
that of land pirates.
rSi.iKiiiNO. A Washington correspon
dent of tho N. V. Herald says travelers
who aro arriving in Washington City from
tours through tho Cotton States, giro
frightful pictures of tho exasjieratcd state
of tho public mind. Tho correspondent says:
"So inflamed Is tho Southern mind
ngninst the Yankees that thero is no hojie
for reconciliation until some of the bud
and bitter blood hns been let out.''
Wo have seen several letters written by
Northern men w ho had been mobbed at
tho South nud narrowly escajicd with their
lives all Ikmocrats. Wo onco heard of
man who esciqied the maw of a pursuing
of Jenny Llnd and tho braying of a jack
ass, has recently published two or three
stickfulls of rapid political rant from ono
Drain, a Democratic squirt that happened
to be In the lust legislature, and thinks
Drain's article is a wonderful production,
so iuijiortant that the Democrat expects
it will " bo noticed by the entire opjiosi-
tion press." Drain's articles, liko tho
gold. Tho plau is secret, but Mr. I'at- duturbouee of the eaco and Issuo tho no-
terson save it Is known that ho boils the ccssury orders, rwnimcis iuneu irom m
... I - . . .A All it. A (fill fj
regular iroiimf nui.iri w mv i v.
prominent buildings, with previously ar
ranged signals to communicate with differ
ent stations, in enso of an outbreak.
Four butteries of artillery wcro drawn
up in front of tho City Hall ull day, with
men standing ready, nt a moment's notice,
to repair to any scene of action.
Durlnirthe delivery of tho inaugural,
while at Willard's oiui In tho iroccssion,
Mr. Lincoln maintained n raininess and
dignity which was evidently not studied
for tho occasion, but was so natural and
D-raccful as to elicit csiicciul remark.
He was escorted to tho President's house
by the Senato Committee, and passing
along the avenue, was surrounded by tho
President's mounted guard a fine local
company of horsemen.
There were but few peoilc nt tiro Kxec-
ntive mansion on tho President s arrival.
The Committee remained o few moments,
and then Uft tho President in retirement
with his family. Up to tho time of h aving
lor tho ball ho remained nuiet : anil tno
White House to-night presented its usual
dignified appearance to the ontsido behol
der that it has on similar occasions du
ring tho memory of " tho oldest Inhabi
tant." Tho procession was delayed on account
of Mr. Iiuchnnnn's absence. He remained
at the Capitol signing bills tilt 10 minutes to
12 o'clock. It is understood that many
foreign Ministers, who listened to tho Inau
gural of Mr. Lincoln, aro much plensed,
and expressed themselves to the effect that
after all we have a Government.
In taking tho nnth, Mr. Lincoln placed
his hand on tho Rililc, and the usual form,
put by the venerable Chief Justice, was re
peated by him in a firm and derided tone.
At the conclusion, he bowed rcvcrcnlly
and kissed (ho book.
HIUWIIJ (J
Ihu river, and In tho last nun,!... ?
pnjHT thus seiiks of our city:
Oregon City is the oldest to, i
Statu, h In,; a hi.lor of At
It was the seat of gover,,,tllt
was a provisional government Z iT"
wards for time when t ' '
was onr.ii.lzed under the Oresuie i
It hns lost some of Its charaeterlni t,
possibly its pollution, by the i r r
tho government olTices to Soltm li'.'..'
still n pleasant ami iiniortant 1
firnt I'rolestont thurcl. erecte, i A
Is Mill standing hero fl-ttiljjj
seen from tho river, is on old strL
much Inter, st. Dr, Mclaughlin ? "
which will ever beconnectl ...l''T'',"s
rrofOre),on,swllt hig Jshj"
cityj oud hisgruvo and that ofL JJ"
ore seen ntor Ihu entrance of th a. J1"'
Oregon City, though t
pnpulution ns sho shnuld do from tP
n-- ------ 'iiiwii, vim mrmllt l
evidences of the tasto and cnenrv rfi , f
zens iu tlx. Im.irnr.m I,?' w
stroel.-which is ui.doubtcdlv the
can bo found in Oregon. There liT
iiii Miiiimna hi 1119
SMI.
general snaMf.
nucc of tho towu, whiif, coufd lJttJ,'
oilier towns to great adtrMi, JV'
Ho certainly was drunk during his perfor
mance on Saturdar,
Died. A. E. Wilson, Esq., for many
yean a resident of Oregon City, died on
Friday, March 20, at the residence of Mr.
Uirncy, at Cotiilamet, W. T. His disease
was consumption, which had been gradual
ly wasting his lifo away for a number of
years. .Mr. Wilson was unmarried. Jic
was about 40 years of age, and was high
ly respected by those- who knew him. His
remains were brought to this city for in
terment, and on Sunday were buried by
the Masonic Fraternity, of which body he
was member. Quite ft number of Mn-
cditorials of most Democratic editors,
would attract mora ' notice,' if, instead of sons from Portland camo up on tho K.
being published in a newspaper, they were I press Sunday to attend the funeral. De-
chalked on a board with a pieco of char
coal, and packed round the country by an
ludiun.
That Oath. Every disunion Senator,
iiniitlipp liv ilrnniiimr a lniski't. nintjiiiiinrr n
i itr i.i r every traitor in Congress, together with
dead goose. o projioso instend of .,. , - , .
' bleeding' the disunion devils (which prob
ubly means 'coercion'), to try to satisfy
their appetites by first 1 compromising' in
flinging to them two or three hundred such
slinks ns edit the Lnuo organs here. When
ever they roast one of theso Abolition
dough-faces oil the gridiron of slave-breeding
indignation, wo seldom think it a mat
ter of sufficient Importance to bo niado a
nolo of. No Northern whito man is fool
enough now to place- himself in tho power
fore proceeding to tho grave, an appropri
ate address was made hi the Masonic Hall
by Dishop Scott.
The Mines. The reports from the Nex
Pcrco mines npcar to bo very encourag
ing, aud stato that from $5 to $10 per day
to tho hand arc taken out. We have
letter from Walla Wolln, dated March 24,
which mentions the arrival there of a man,
with $800 in dust, who is tho only one
who has returned from there this winter
with any reliable accounts. The weather
"in the Constitution." The next thing they there was very cold, and tho Iudinns were
will find In tho Constitution will be er- peaceable. Some of our citizens left town
jonj. e shall soon expect to find Jo tms week for tho mines, and we hear
Lnuo Democrats, when arraigned for per- of large numbers making preparations
rioya nuu mo resi oi mo lories con
nected with liuchannn's Administration,
having Bwoni to siiiiort the Couslitution,
stands before tho world as a cold-blooded,
perjured villain. They try to crawl out of
it by saying that disunion is a ' Constitu
tional remedy." They have found treason
of men who commit robbery, murder, and H'"7, 1'0 S,Cnli"5' nmin' rT lI,ro"S,,out tho country for tho samo trip.
treason, In broad daylight, and glory in It,
after having taken a solemn oath to sup
port tho Constitution.
JST Mr. Coon, tho founder of tho Ex
press and originator of the Chronicle, has
left tho editorial department of the latter
paper. Tho F. F. V.s of Oregon and
Washington will of courso hereafter feel an
"aching void" in tho paunch where once
they stowed away pure Democratic litera
ture. Coon's writing abilities were of a
high order. His proso abounded in soft
scntimentidism and lender sentiment. His
lucubrations on the 1 crisis' were touching.
No man could rend them without feeling
ns though something hud touched him,
leaving him iu doubt ns to whether a 'blue
boltlu' was buzzing iu his car, or a spider
was getting up aud sitting down on the
inside of ono ol his socks. Coon's ' noetrv'
: ii.nt A i ... ... i .t
'" ... vuui.ui, (lumsu uivse j n v.n ,,, , ...
4L. n L..II...I. "'V" " !"-
vimim, na im'l UIV Ull lvlUUll.CU OV 1110 I i 1 . ...
.' . ' ' 1 (imst and mairicmn. enve two entertain
f '.tiiot;i.ti;nn i " - o-
VVUOU.UUUII. I J !.: il.f I. ..nil..
, i im-iiis iu iuia eiij mis nccK, 10 mil nooses,
A Sick. There nro a few gaps in tho I notwithstanding tho inclemency of the
lulls iu this nud Umpqua valleys, through weather. Tho nndienco wcro highly do
which the sea breezes blow very hard in I lighted at the exhibition of bis powers of
tho after part of the day during the sum
mer. A mnn who lives in ono of these
"sucks," writes to tho Farmer that his
i . .i.i ....
appie-irees, wmcu wouldn't stnnd up
straight hy nny staking he could give them,
were kept nil right by cutting " all the
limits on tho ojiposito sido of tho wind
short off." Ho suggests that his " brother
farmers" try it. It may do well enough
for such orchurds as are located in a ' suck,'
but if all our farmers servo their orchards
so, they will find that they hnvo located
themselves in a ' suck.'
Goou MOVE. Tho Leirislalnrn nt Wis.
was ahead of his proso-iudescnbablc.- cousin last winter, upon hearing of Toombs'
Tho inspiration that produced it, never treason, altered the name of Toombs conn-
moves on tnni cuss 01 -poets' but at ono ly j lhat State to one more .Dm,tln of
09 -
period of life. Tho " full lido" always oc
curs just about the time the down betins to
cover the chin.
ftoT Jo Lane's lackeys here say that he
patriotism. It was a sensible act, and we
hojto tho first thing our Legislature does
after its next meeting, will be to change
tho name of Lane county. Tho name is a
will return to Oregon in April. Jo Lane foul ulot on tbo moP f """ State, and if
dctixj on imports." Thero will bo no "co
ercion" of States by invasion, no withhold
ing the mails, " unless repelled," no forcing
obnoxious omciuls upon nny of tho States,
... i I, .. . if. i i
nuu - no oiooisnni or vwunce, I'Ni.kss it
ns rORCKD ii-os- tiik natioxai. aitiioiuty.
lie tells the rebels, " in your hands, and
not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil
ntr. The Government will not assail
YOtr. Yon can have no confict witiioit
rkixo roiRSKi.vts tiik Acnnr.ssons." lie
trusts that after taking time coolly to con
sider the wholo matter, they will conclude
not to become tho "aggressors" if so,
there will of courso be a " jtcaceful solution
of the national troubles." Unlike his in
judicious predecessor, who fomented rebell
ion by slandering the North, he denies
that " any right written in the Constitution
has been denied" the South, and challenges
tha world to " offer a single instance in
trhick plainly vrittrn provision of the
Constitution has ever been denied."
With ft dash of the pen, he effectually
demolishes tho wholo superstructure of
partisan authority that sectionalism and
centralism have been trying to build upon
tho Supremo Court, by informing m that
the "people trill hare eea:cd to be their j a trap.
M'uiuised tho services of himself and sons
to South Carolina. Ho cither intends to
basely betray tho Nigger Confederacy, as
ho betrayed white men here, or else he is
coming back for the rest of his sons. It
is said that ono of them (Ilibben) is now
'standing' iu Charleston. Lnno intends,
we suppose, to divide the rest of his ' sons'
among tho secession States. As Charles
ton has had tho first choice, wo hope Mis
sissippi, which has furnished tho 1 Presi
dent,' will bo allowed the next pick. The
nigger kingdom would need no other dip
ping In Styx to mako it invulnerable, than
placing Joseph nt tho head of its mob, post
ing Ilibben at Charleston, and 'standing'
Slutcr in " Natchez under the Hill."
" No Party" rAKTT. We notice that
a good many editors of tho Coon and
Slater school of polities, aro calling npon
the people to abjure all party lines. Their
sympathies are with South Caroliua, and
therefore they can go for nothing like a
great Union party; but since the Novem
ber election, they have something more
than a vague idea that they are without
any party hence their great desire to see
every body else in the same fix. They
have all no doubt been attentively study
ing the fable of the fox that lost hu tail iu
we mm any eincney in a name, every
man, woman, aud child iu Lane county
would have the itch. We are not sure but
the patriotic citizens of that county would
oe willing to have tho Governor call an
extra session at their expense for this very
purpose.
T. tt v.
uiiMin Mis j iK. v c nave looked in
vain for Mr. Stout's name among either
me yeas or nays on tho final passage of
tne 1 acme Railroad bill ia the House
When the vote was taken on sustaining
the New Mexico slave code, that tolerated
tho flogging of whito mon and women who
worked for hire, it seems that Stout was in
his seat and voted for the flogging ordi
nance, but when the Pacific Railroad bill
was put upon its final passage, it seems
Stout wasn't on hand. Is it possible that
Josejih made him "go out and stand," in
order to pacify South Carolina?
Tus Inaigiral. This document reach
ed us on Friday last just as we were going
iu press, un Saturday evening we pub-
i me in an extra, tnmtW with
the latest aews by the Pacific-whicb will
be found on the first page.
TuAstxs.-We are under obligations to
Tracy A Co , for late papers by the Pa
cific
ventriloquism and his feats of magic, in
both of which ho appears to be unrivaled.
At the close of tho performance, a party
of young ladies aud gentlemen niado up
a dance, and continued the festivities until
after midnight.
Almost a Fire. Oh Thursdny night,
between 10 and 11 o'clock, an alarm of
fire was caused by a pipe burning out in
Milwam's Tin Store. Tho rain, however,
prevented tho cinders which lighted on
tno roof from igniting the shingles. Tho
fire was discovered by Mr. Curley, the city
watchman, in time to have measures taken
for protecting the inside of tho buiMinj
Jo Lane, in his treasonable speech
in tho U. S. Senate, instead of saying thut
the Government in enforcing 'tho laws in
South Carolina, would have "to walk
over bis dead body," should have said that
the Government woold have to walk under
it as the traitor's legs will probably be
about eight feet from the ground.
W All persons now concede that Jo
Lane is politically dead. The only ques
tion now is, will ho go down to bis grave
onwept, nnhonored, and nnhung?
aT Delinquent Tax-payers of this
couuty will find a communication addressed
to them by Mr. Thomas, the Sheriff, in
another column.
Vwvthrr V'.trrm ttrmt.
In the A'irginia Convention, the majori
ty report of tho Committee on Federal
Relations does not recommend secession,
but recognizes the right of any Slate to
withdraw from the Union lor just cause.
It demands a fair proportion of tho Terri
tories, and equal protection therein; advi
ses amendments to tho Constitution, and,
failing in securing the right of her sister
States, declares that Virginia will nssninc
her sovereign power, throw herself on her
reserved rights, nud rpposo by force tho
Federal Government, lor nny purpose. It
mukes a pacific policy toward the seceding
States an indispensable, condition, and re
commends n liorder States Convention nt
Frankfort, Kentucky, in May next.
On tho 8th of March, tliu Massachusetts
Personal Liberty bill passed to engross
ment by n decisive vote. It modifies and
explains the present law, making writs of
hulieus corpus rcturnnblu only to the Su
preme Court, uud prorides that tho juo
ceedings and evidence shall be governed
by the common law.
Iho Overland Mud contractors have
determined to rnn a Pony three times n
week niter July next. They also (impose
to run coaches on the Central route, in 1(1
days, nud carry passengers.
the Dehiwuro Leirisluturo finullv ad
journed on tho 9th; huving voted down an
extra session on the stnto of tho Union.
In tho Sonthern Congress, on Suturduv.
(tho 9th of March, )the Army bill missed
as reported, and 50,000 men will soon bo
iu readiness to take the field.
jtopulutlou of tho .lnee Is about 600 "r
advantages fur education are food, u
healthy tositioii undeniable; sad Z,'I ?
is situulcd near the center of thecal. ,t
son both sides of tho riverrS
rmitly some two hundred fi..i. .?
fur from being an unpleasant city
On I ho oj.jtosito sido of the tha b U .
City one of thoso town sites of iv !
much was said and written some tea xhh
ngo. There a few pleasant retioVsai
tho site but tho cxtcctotimis of l?,
growth hnvo long since ceased
Oregon City, is tho Cilyof,i,Flllu
There ore nt these falls, three larKi.
in estubhshments, known as
Mills." " Oregon City Mills" and iJJ
City Mills," and In connection witbowrf
them, on extensive saw mill. Ti,e j,h J
water is said to bo tweiity-six ft ft,"
is water power here, now nnoccnninj t2
easily used, siiflicient for all the tmriZ
of mniiuruciories Tor Oregon and Csliforuk
for a hundred years to come. The tint.
tngeiof this water power, must in tiM
build up a lurgo city at tho Kli.
ond Rochester. v
Judd, of III., is appointed Minister, nt
Berlin.
F. W. Scwnrd is Assistant Secretary of
OllllV.
SnitiTKn Lkttkr-TIio nwiffnedsriB.
tired Army nud Navy officers who kin
left the service and pay of U. S. Goren.
ment, have been more than made up by lU
nomination of n butch of officers rrcenlf;
by the Senate. Some of tho former olt
cers have made themselves ronspieuoi br
writing nptcnls to other Southern mtsli
quit tho service. In answer to one of
these traitorous appeals, Commander W. D.
Porter, of tho United States ship St
Mary's stationed nt Panama, has vriltn
a spirited nnd patriotic letter to J. If.
Hamilton, Into Lieutenant iu the Jsry.
Com. Porter, who is a native of I,ooisiM,
says:
" Yon, s!r, have culled upon your brolh
crs, not only to becomo traitors le their
country, but to betray their commatA
This infamous appeal would, in ordinirr
times, be (rent, d with tho contempt it de
serves. Rut I firl it a duty I owo to my
self and brother officers with whom I in
associated to reply nud slate that all under
my command are true nud loyid to the stars
and stripes and to tho Constitution. Sir
duty isjilain before me. The constitntioiu'l
government of tho United States liss -trusted
me with the command of this hesati
fulship, nud before I will permit sny dlhcr
(lag to fly nt her peak than the Han and
stripes, 1 will fire a pislol in her nsjrizin
and blow her up. This is my snsrtr t
Joor infamous fetter."
& The Senate bill for tha payment of
the Oregon nnd Washington War Debt
passed the House with an amendment or
dering the accounts to be paid in accord
ance with the Third Auditor's report,
which cuts down the whole amount about
$3,000,000, and pars some claimants onlv
about ten cents on tbo dollar, whilo others
are paid in full. The bill in its present
shape gives some $2,650,000, and will be
concurred in by the Senate. The repre
sentatives of the claimants now here con
sider it best to accept what is offered, and
come back again in the future for the bal
ance due them.
Railroad. The railroad on the Ormn
side at the Cascades, lacks only about 400
yards of fall completion to connect with
the upper and lower steamboat landinirs.
a onus iu men are now cmplovcd inon k
Times. ' 1
A Thief. In the efass
in 1858, was n bright-eyed, durk-complex-ionod
youth from the South. Jnwvln
knives, nnd at lust, sums of monev unac
countably disappeared. Tho losers finally
constituted themselves into a volunteer dn.
tective force, bnited a trap with $35, and
cimght the thief, and in his trunk found
the missing property. They let him off
In pity, but ordered him to clear off
nt once. He went instantly to the
President, got a certificate of honor
able dischorgo nnd vanished. That littlo
thief is now a Senator in Congress, advo
cating and justifying nnd threatening the
robbery or forts, and tho stealing of the
military cutlery and hardware general
ly of iho Federal Government, without
any more color or shadow of pretext than
ue nau ior nis like operations on i s fie nw.
siuaents just thirty-three years ngo. A
third of a century has not made, and can
never mnKe, any change in such an original
uuiu rubtui.
This statement is made by Dr. Bucon4
i
who was cognizant of tho facts at tho time.
That little thief is Judtih 1 Benjamin,
late senator in Congress from Louisiana.
Coercio.v Properly Defined The
question or coercion" is in dinger of be
ing slightly misunderstood. We are quite
positive that, so far from any coercion hav-
oecu useu oy government against nny
portion of the South, that section has thus
far been allowed its own way in everything,
but if the Government of the Uuitcd States
has not been " coerced" by the South, we
are mistaken in the definition of tho word.
The Union has been " coerced" until it has
no longer a hca habitation and a name.
That" the whole sum and substance of this
coercion business. S. F. Mirror.
RiMARKAnLi Cask of IlTPRornonu.
A private letter from Ottawa, Illinois,
dated in February lost, to a gcntlemon in
San Andreas, states that the wife of Mr.
Eli Strawn, of La Salle co.. was recently
attacked with and died in a fit of hydropho
bia. The remarkable circumstance in this
case is, that the bite which caused the dis
ease was received thirty years ago, and in
nil the intermediate time no symptoms U
the fatal poison disturbed her system
The Couwr.v Amendment to the Co
8TITITI0.V Was adopted in the House lif
the constitutional majority, two thirds, k
week before the adjournment, nud it passed
the Senate on llic last day of its session
by a vote of 2i to 12, exactly two Ikink
The amendment is as follows:
Ue it enacted by the Senate and titutt
of Rejtrestntatives of the United SMttof
America in Congress assembled, (I
thirds erf both Houses concurring,) Tlwt
tho following nrticlcs bo proposed to lbe
Legislatures of the several States M u
amendment to the Constitution of tlx
United States, which, when ratified by
three fourths of said Legislatures, ilmll be
valid, to all intentsand purposes, as jtartef
said Constitution, viz:
Article XII. No amendment to tbii
Constitution, having for its object sny
interference within tho States with the rehv
tiou between their citizens and those des
cribed in section second of the first article
of tho Constitution as " all other persoM,"
shall originate with any State that does
not recognize that relation within lis own
limits, or shall be valid without the assent
of every one of the States composing th
Union.
No amendment shall bo made to the Con
stitution which will nnthorize or giw '
Congress the power to abolish or interfere,
within any State, with the domestic insti
tutions thereof, including that of psrwfj
held to labor or service by the laws of 9
State.
W The editor of the Cincinnati Ef
rrr (Democrat) was evidently struck wit
Old Abe's phiz. He says: "We cooM
not help thinking that there was an cxpre
ion npon that dark countenance which
spoke too plaiuly of a predetermined course,
no matter bo it for good or evil."
From Euro r. European dates to
the HA February. The capture of Osf
is confirmed. Eleven thousand prisoners,
seven hundred cannon and muskets were
taken.
The King of Naples was in Rome,
will shortly leave.
Jndge John Robertson, commission
from A'irginia to the Southern States, o
ruturned to Richmond. He says w
sion has been successful so fr as iDdecWo
the Southern States not to initiate
measures, lj.it they will never content Wi
rr construction.