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OllEGON STATESMAN TUESDAY. JUNE 8, 1858. t-This paper goes to press til tht time oi me opening oi me pons,' nttj Drire it is ready to bo mailed thf people will iave da termioed who shall be their oflietf. la another week we niay bo able to glio suG clent returns of the tlccllon to decide who are the successful candidates. IT the con tent should be cs close as soma persons iro- -agioe several weeks mutt elapse before the fate all the caudidates is kuowp, beeanise the. facilities o( tomniunkstioii tra not such as wiil enable ua to rjcejve. atlicr.Aofiklal "ye tarns 'on M- remotest counties... We T1I Iken Kpe 1m IT f,ir Ilia nriiioiidoa nf tliu democratic party have been sustained In the f contest, and to what extent the combined ' kendo of, time-serving, sore-headed, and " rcf ade selfish politicians,- with oil their . arts of baso trickery, craudalous and slan- dereus ; vituperation, have availed to dls- tract the pablic mind and enlist popular sup- port at the ballot box, That the uoparal 1 Icted fa'aeliooJi aad cunning schemes and . devices of tli opposition novo in many places succeeded In '-impairing the demo cratic strength will scarce! y admit of a doubt. ' Their efforts were incessant their .y-Ieas ami misrepresentations innumerable. No device was left untried no opportunity . loat 10 slab in the dark. Many uf the foul coming ta light others may never be dis covered. But whatever" tuny be the refu'.t, whether partial success or total defeat has r.ttended their furioas onslaught, their .f of exultation will be a brief one the hour of retribution is near at band. A reitctxn commerced before the election, and if t!ve dsy of Irhd could have been post" J cued a moat! , the whole opposition would Lave dwindled to a mere "Corporal's guard." Now tt:3 din of afflict bciiig passed calm rc3rttion will ensue, and the change will pro-cess more effectively than before the election. Treacherous friends leagued with foes may at any time injare'lhe democratic party, but they can rever destroy it. Oar j arty is this dry c. a pleader tiuir.ti.ee Gxcd pa a Erp.rer basin than ever before in. Oregon,- . - . ?rrl.-rl.-.i ov. r.-.zi:ri. t v Ai 1 ic: a. - Ariz-ma wiil not ba favored whti a Teni "Serial Covi!r.p.".i:t ly Congress. The TYr ilioi Cemtr.ittc? of the Senate appear to lu: unsr.tmom-Iy opposed to the ere atioi of fccU a gr.vcrntrieti!. - They Lave submitted an air.cn J.oent to the organio act efNtW "fcxLo, v.Lieh provides Tor a juJi ua! circuit to unhide the Gadsden purchase, and for a new cen.-us and np artL-iiirent ia the Tei riUrr, with a vicr to giving a fair si.d cqnl r presentation to the Territory. The cmtUt!uiei.t embraces the f-iliowing it lion: - . . - Sec. 4. .Ui le fu'lhtf tntckd. That wiuiuvcr ?fiiti ttrritory s!i:iilt c.i:tai.i suCS cient population to consiitult a otate tn r t, the na:kr required by tie then ratio f rrj rctntatii.n tcr a tnt mbtr of Cor.gres, to be aFccrtftiittatittd by a c. isus taken i;i pnrscai.es cf kn the Ki'laturc of said Territory f:ny protvid to caU a convention f .r the purpose of forming a cor.ft.tution o( Str.te gotemaio::t, Whic'.i constitution shall be BibnilUu ti tuo j oj!efvr ratiCjution or rejection, and if r.itilk-J by a majority or t-e laltotera in l.r:nits cf th prt. pos ed State,-tut not otherwise may be sent to Cyiifc'rciJ in the form cf aa aj.piictioa for r, J:i.isIon i:;ta t!ie Uiiton on an etjr.tl foot ing with other States, with such bouadarias as Congress shall prescribe. This section Ehail be, and ii bercby incorporated into and inauc a pait of the orcniiic law cf catU of the urritori' f the Uui.ed StJte?, ex cept t.c territory cf Utah, . Should lljs si-ctioa becoxe law U fore the nJnuifsion of Oregon we nisy nt enter the Union fjr r:fi Ikie A poj ligation suffi cient fcr a tntber f Ccap-is is at lUis t'nsa S3,5J s:.haLita:.ts. " We have or.iy about two-tUTr Js cf the r.an.bcr. Ai.d after 1S60 whea a i:tw ena-r.eratio:i tf pea pie wilt t.ke p!at;a r.cw npportioamcr.t wHl be caJe sn i probably raise the ratio cf reprtscntaiiou to 112.C0O or 115,003 to tba ivrfsca'aiire. TemS of tli.intr..! cf persons wou!i hro Ljch addod to our. pop u!kt;on within tlia last three yeais,.if there bid been uo I idiaa d iuoulties; but so lo;.j as the savsges are liotlle on the overland route to Orog-on, we uet-d lock. Tor uo ac cefsiou of population by emigration by land. Bat, as the application of Oregon for ad-mi.-sioa as a State was rnaoe before the Sen ate Committee's, proposed amendment was brcc!.t forward, i: is not probable that it w.li be made to apply ii our case. Beside, lb; sUtlvd a:.d n-aturtd ciiaracter of onr pc: uiatioa wiil, or onghj, to give it more vivi-rht than, twice the ruosber cf aa hisf teady aad Eoatiiij population broaht into a coun try I y csci;e:!.tr.f, sacculation, or mere thirst cf wealth. A PK03A2L2 ItcOHJACi. 'J.' (,Cal.) Argcs cf the 5th ult. coutaius in detail an aecouut cf a massacre by Iadians cf a ttuin costili:jg of 1" persons beside ths r-arrator Joe Wifflns who states that Cc-1. Don:phan, to well known ia the 2Jexica.i war, commatided the company. Tha wife and two children of Wiggir.r, he says, were among the slab: in fact, be aud two other tacu are ail known to have escaped villi tbi-ir iivei. According to his account, .they left St. Joseph about the middle of last Jaac, wintered at S.t Luke, r.nd left there the 15th of last March, getting along "well until they'reached Stony Point on the lliimboidt, where the masskcra is reported to Lave taker, place. Tho 8an Fiancisca HeraiJ publis'.ies the aecenst with the remarks that the Stock ton Republican pronounces the whole story tt least doubtful, and that it bus no confi dence in the fe'.low who told it." - t&g- Thomas Scott, a member of cur Territorial Council from VaraLiil and Olat- soj counties Las resigned Lis 6eat in that body. This will leave a vacancy 'in the Council, which might have been filkd at yesterday's election, if notice bad been glr en in doe time. ArtMlan WUa lo view of the general interest which has been manifested in regard to Artesian wells, it is a matter of furprise that no. successful attempt ha beet Lada to sink one in Or' rod.' The cant tf prtstical knowkige on the sibjectrobayy kips onr citiebs from tngring li the enterprtie. Ia a number of the States, water has been brought to the surface of the earth from great depths. . At Charleston, in Booth Carolina; New Or leans, and. Louisville,' Ky., the earth haa been exceedingly "bored." A well atthe last uamed city, is over 2,000 feet in depth. This is the deepest known well in tho world. Jjnt in Illinois, it ia said, water has been brought to the surface by boring, in. some instance!?, les tliau 100 feet. , n California, it appears those welU are common affair. In one county Snt Clara there are over 400 of an average depth of 1C0 feet some not oter 60 feet.10 or 12 exceeding 250 and a few reaching about 400 feet .They throw np jets fr'f.or five feet high with force suf ficient loprcvtnt stones of 2 lbs. weight from fnlliii(r down tho streams. Tipcs seven inches In diameter, are discharging a thous and gallons per minute. A fear has been expressed that the streams of water thus furnished will bo of short duration, bnt gen eral experience will not sustain such an opin ion. It Is true that lota! causes may pro duca the t ff . et cf abating the supply of wa ter, and especially where the earth is occa sionally convulsed by earthquakes.' ' Such is the case in the Tlciirtty of , San Francisco. A San Jose correspondent of the San Fran cisco Alto, in connection with a detail of soaie other interesting facts, states that "to earthquakes may be partly attributed the tailing clT in the supply t f water during the last year. The great number of wt!U sunk en Lave also contributed toward depleting the under supply, as Las also the long con tinned drouth cf the past three years. The deposits found in thase wells are significant of t! c outiqnily of the country. At a depth f two huiidifd feet, a gravelly cement is funJ, nfter which Is discovered a gray yel low sand ia which water is generally en countered. At this depth Las Io befn strnek, wood, coal, coral, bone, and in one well a piece cf deer's horn was brought tip at a distance of one hainlred and forty feet beiow the f-urfd.ee of the giounJ. A red wood tog was alio bored into at a depth of four hundred feet, and as far down id the bnwt ls of the earth hare been found the par tial remains cf ani.aals." A gentleman who recently visited Salem. an-1 a resident of tho above-named comity, stated that ho had aa Artesian wejl on his (reiuMcs which c-t about 5500 tho nbo'e t'o twouM net have i xeve.kd $300 Lad he net Sr.-t ue J pipe of an iufvrior qutlity, which ii o was ob-iigvd t lemoreaiiil i.iert a better article. Whib water is obtained by means cf such weiis ht d. pths ge.it rally from 100 to 150 feet, i.i California., and ia lilinnis, out of sig'it if aio.i.iiains, by boring l:is tlinn 100 feet, is it net reasonable to snppoe that like success mar ho bad in the Willamette Vul- tev,- Iviii!? between the Oast and Cascade ,-iHt?f-s of nioniitainsf Who wfil n;iko the Grl smvcs'ful atfesnjit to obtaii a supply oi wat-r bv m-.ans of r.n Artesian wt'.i? Piekett, the crazy philosopher has i.-ned lis proposals for the publication cf a journal tl f kaui hereto: ire attmptcsi, and ft ..; ' n i to "hernia tne u.gnt cna the mora of an other bominjr day." If the matter embodied ia tins new publication is lo heat any rcsem blasce to t'.iat cuihri:!ei in his g!owh:g pro pcttn, wo mail warn the tdi:cr tiiat he is p!ayh:g upon t!ie wrong cellar door; or, in i.ttcr wuul', that ' Lis' stylo mviu lo have h.rn baed cpon that tf tiic Japanese sage whom wc cmiiov for the expiess purpose ol editing our Tartar, Kanaka and Japanese departments. Ilcrc is a rample, wiih the reply suijoinc;l: AInch thall wi he," which In books will be' hereafter bound gilt-edged and tiiU- e-!asp d; s'mcc the great truths fr.oin llcaven rsc.ivcd, tnat I to a uaikaud kinful world tiiifjid, vtbicb fe-w else tell, fcUould ever thus, tvo.-Mes the heni t, in print be Uiarurcd." PicZtll. . .... iT'7' i' '"Eh-haow, e' kwa-kwa: blesstd U- tiie liu naiw.iiittuett; likewise be nlso him lessed that was invented the art of to wear is; John Sohn mofeo-malee scrib; iua Si Yaai, much fine writer am, of old Si-Yaui the son iu order of seven. Poko-prakec,-poo in the . Kanaka mcauinsr, of all the virints tlie essence such am I, Si-Yam! Adieus! Yo::r p-per pub'isiies, but from no more the thoughts celestial copy ef the thrice giited Si-Yam." The foregoin; article lias been copied from the Saa Francisln Golde: Kra. A corres pondent furnishes th! following 'comments: "Pickett wakc-ciose titlcnm hiashnnibng yaka wake tieka split rails bias wa-wa, halo dollar nu-cnUy Jeremy-Diddled Ore iroidans hiu yaka compra'tots cagna. O" Meara gon t:p Ilall I). D. Walton hired. Iliis clihoatu drvils." Sr&M Acianit mn Ue kcerclu-jr at Iha Jntnlor. - WjisiiiNCTov, A;ril 8, 1858. Soici months ago the clerical force in the Pension OiSco was ret! need, about thirty of the cirrks being disohargeif.and among them was Peter Bcsancoii. Besancon applied several times to be restored, bnt the head "f the Department diet not gratify him in thin particular. This morning he made anotlitr application, with no butter snoccss. On meeting the Secretary near to the door of his oCev, Bcsancoii indulged iri harsh cxpre-sicos in relation to those who had dis missed and disparaged him and was told by the Secretary lie would not bear bis officers denounced, and would hve no farther con versation with him on the subject. As the Secretary turned to enter his room Besancon struck him a blow on the back of the neck, whereon he tamed round, and, see ing Besancou drawing a pistol from beneath his vest, Le rushed upon Lim and clasped hi-n round the arms. Besaucon turned at the same moment and fell oa his' face be neath the weight cf the Secretary, hi3 left elbow striking the floor with, snch force as to throw the shoulder joint completely out of place. Other parties hastily approached and took the revolver out" cf Besaoeou's right band, when the Secretary released him. He was con veyed into an atijoiniug -room, where Dr. Riiett, : who ' happened to bo in the building, promptly restored the disloca ted shouioer joint to its place, when the Secretary caused him to- be conveyed to the Infinnary.Or Ti Arir. - . - CV By the Burprise, which arrived last Tt-jsday morning, wejceivsi Wvidi tloual ; .s of California pajK J which came to Portland by th steamer TvJ:iBe-V on Wed Isday taorninj. The mail steataer may l-ii arritj in tide to furnish is with lister t i vices toom the Statty, and the papers re ceived as above stated, furnish nothing la ter than news in our last issue. - Washington, Mom, April 19, 1858. Tho House Committee on Foreign Af fairs this morning directed Mr. Clingman, its Chairman, to report a resolution abro gating the Clayton Bui wcr Treat v, jcondmn iug both its Americana Well as 'British construction, , and authorizing th Presi dent to take immediate steps lor its abroga tion. ' : ,J . Tub Atlantic Cable. We ake the -following extracts from a letter written on board tho U. S. steam frigate Niagara, to the N. Y. News: ,. U. S. Fukute Niagara, ) ' rtvuot-TH, Eng., March 23, 1853. J. "The Agamemnon is now in dock, and has been taking in cable for Ore days past at tho rate of thirty miles per day, working twelve hours in twenty four.. Instead of putting it nil in one coil, as before, she has adopted our method, and will make six coils iu .her hold. . After the apparatus for lay ing has been placed on board, nnd all the cable, she will experiment off the haibor, to test the working thereof. Five hundred miles of cable, recently made at Greenwich, are now on board a vessel here, waiting to lie transferred to tho Niagara. We antici pate leaving here about the 10th June, with Diir old comrades, the Agamemnon and Leopard, and probably tho S isquthanna. It is intended that we shall keep company to mid ocean, there to splice the cable and separate the American ships to continue homeward to Trinity Bar, Newfoundland; the British ships to steer eastward to Va lentin Bay, Ireland. . - We End our old fi lends very glad to see us, and already iuvitaliuus to our officers have been received from the Royal Engin eers, marines and private citizens desiring to entertain us. , Everything bids fair for the futuro and our friends are all iu good spir'US. We will endeavor to supply you with information us we progress." NEITHALITV OP THE IsTHJIUS OF Pa.SAMA It is rumored that tlie New Urunadiau minister at Paris has signed a treaty with France, securiii''- the entire neutrality of Lht - c- j - i.ithiili'S of Tanaum, and that he lias also t-oiicludcd alike treaty with Uussin, through the Hussian Aibass?dor at the Court "of France. It is also said, that prior to t lu-n-cent change iu the English Miu.'stf r he had n-gitate-l a cjave it o:i with Ki land fr the rnme purpose, but if it is not i-Luted whether it has been actually signed or not. - SrocK. Going to California. The Ore gmt S ulinel n Vs that large numbers of cat tle are being driven from Oregon to Ca!if-r-iia this .'Spring. - Tin stock are . destined, generally, for tho Sacramento valley, or Southern Cal.foruia. It is estimated that nver twenty thousand cattle will be driven ficmi that Territory into California during the present seasou. YjiCCIXATIOX WITH A SfAO.tKTI7.ED NekOI-F. Fiofe-sor il-ica states that since 18 0, hn nirtdi of children have been thus vticvin ated with scarc-. ly any failures occurring.- the wint of the neeul.t is well saturated with the magnetic fiui-l before practiciinr the vaccination, which are then performed in the usual manner, a t-iugle magnetization serving for many vaccinations. It is quite1 surprising to ob-erve the rapidity with which the vflcc-i'iie . virus is absorbed, when the needle U thus prepared. indcn Llns (rat el Xties. v " A Idler from Lieut. Ives, dated 10th February, slrlcs that be had asceude-l above the Iduhove yilinr ej oil tha Colorado river cf t!-c West, and had not bi-eu moles ted by the Indians wiio have heretofore beeu troublesome. .' The enrveTs were progress-1 ing uutir. SfRRENDES OF BlLtT BoWLESS. The Mad isnn Messenger has reliable information that Billy Bowlegs "has surrendered his sword, and i now at Tampa with his whole party, waiting the consummation of arrangements now being made to be transferred to the West. I- is Eaid the old gentleman was in : shockingly ragged mid dirty condition when lie presented himelf at Tampa." It trouhl sectn that the Cow Boye didn't give Billy much lime to attend to his toil-t, B"5B A Miss Toilet proposes to forward to California a consignment of Gve thousand marriagenbic girls from the New England States. They are to be cois-!t:ned to the various dirisio.ns of the Sens t f Temperance, who ore to provide i or their wauts has bands iueln-leJ. ' '' Cavton'ax Island. The E-iglish Admi ral has discovered that Canton is situated on an Is!and one of the gu:i boats Las just made a passage around it. It is somewhat singular that this fact was never before known, and only goes to show how jealous these people ure of giving any information t.f the internal affairs or formatiou of the country. t2s. The Maine Legislature Lave cnacled a prohibitory liquor law by an overwhelming majority, which is to bf submitted to Un people at a (ipeciul election. The present license law, enacted at tho time the old Maine Law was overthrown. Is to be sub mitted along with it. The two lire thus to iro before the people at the same election, and the voters are to be called upon to ex press their choice by the ballot. " Those who prefer the present daw are to voto "License Law," and those who prefer tho new statute are to vole accordingly "For the Prohibito ry Law." As the people of Maine were tho first to try a liquor law, and as they nro known to have tried even during its operation a great deal of good and bad liquor, tney ourht to lie good judges as to what should bo done. No doubt their decision will bo looked for with some interest. LouUvrtlc Journal. Thirty-Four States. Tho Washington Union of the 8th inst. says: "The Snate yesterday passed the bill to admit the State of Minnesota into tho Un ion. That body has thus done its share, during tlie present session, towards the nd: mission of two uew States. A biil to admit Oregon has already been reported, and will come up next iu order. At the close of the present session of Congress, the Union will embrace thirly-four States.". The proposition of Senator Houston re cently submitted to the U. S. Senate, for the establishment of a protectorate by the U. S. States oyer Mexico and Central America.was to be called npoii thc20ib ult. From the Church to the Political Arena. The ex-Ilev; I. SKalloch, who is notorious as a disciple iu the .free love and anti-slavery school, if a caudidate for U. S. Senator, from Kansas, where ho has settled as a lawyer. '- ' ; Richmond, Ta., April, 8, 185S. A con tract was formerly eulered into on the 6th, by the "Ladies Association" for the par chase Of Monnt Vernon. ' .. A project for a rjjueral bankrupt law Is in . progress of preparation in both Houses of Congress, ana tha opinion that a law ot the kind will pass at tha present session is being current In the State. ' ' i X bill in reference to tho court of claims, now before the Honse of Representatives, provides for making the decisions of . that body Bual, unless an appeal is had to the supreme court ; or unless the court chooses n cases of equity to report the evidence to Congress. As at preseut constituted, the court of claims umiant really to nothing more than a commission to take testimony, and has no greater-authority than the com mittees of Congress which formerly perform ed the same labor, as its decisions, in all ca ses, must be reported to Congress for final adjudication. -, y Thb Lbviathak is Coming. We had an interview yesterday with a gentleman who came passenger in the India, at this port; and were happy to hear him contradict most emphatically the report published in our pa per of Tuesday, to the effect that the work on the Leviathan had about stopped; that but few men were at . work upon her: that there is no machinery in her yet, Ac. The gentleman informs us that just before he left England he visited the monster steam ship; that there are 1,150 men hard at work upon her; that her machinery is al ready in, and everything is being driven as fast as man can do it. The desire on the part of the overseers, to prevent all impedi ments to the work going on as rapidly as possible, is so great that "passes" to go on board of her are refused to visitors, lest they should incominods- the workmen; and onr informant was .enabled to get on board only by a personal acquaintance with Capt. Har rison, a lio' kindly took him over the ship. lie speaks of the fctate room, and other ar rangements for passengers, in the highest terms. She is being fitted tip in the most costly and desirable manner. - dipt; Harri son had strong Iiok-s of getting her ready for sea in July.- Tnis is good news, end we are rejoiced to be able to record it from so direct a source. Portland Me.) Advertiser. Mixkesuta. The following is a copy of tho lull which has passed the Senate for the admission of Minnesota into the Union: A bit for the admission cf the Slate of Jlin nesuta into the Union. Whereas, An act of Congress was pass ed February twenty six, eighteen hnudrcd and Guy se-ren, entitled. "An act to au thorize the people of the Territory of Min nesota to form a Constitution and State Government preparatory to their admission into the Union on an equal fooling with the original Slutes," and whereas, the pt-ople of said Territory did, ou the twenty ninth day of August, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, by tie!cgaU elected for that purpose, form ts- themselves a Constitution and State Gov- eriini.;'t, "!dch Is rt publican in form, and haibeen ratilieu ami adapted by t!w pctipltbto an tlectiou held on the iiMrtee-i:!.' day of October, eighteen hundred and fifty seven, lor t!iat puroose, therefore. Be it enacted by the Senile and foitte of litprstntntitei y the Lntleti !itlfi rf Amer ica Congress assembled, Tliut the State oi Minnesota shall be one, and is hereby de clared to b one, of tho United States of America, and it-i an tied into the Union on an vq'iul fooling with the original Stales in all respects whatever. Sec 2. And le ( fnrlhtr etithd. That said Slate shall be entitled to two rep re sfiitatives in Congress, until the next oppor lioiitiicuit'f representatives among thesevvral Slates. Sec, 3. Anl Le it farter ewctei. That from and after tha admission of the State of Miunes its, as hereinbefore provided, all ihe law of the United Stales which are not I'icniiy Inapplicable thall'hatd the "fame force and tff-ft within that Slate ns within r.thcr Slates of the Union; and the said State is hereby constituted a Judicial Dis trict of the United States 'within, which a district eonr, with the like powers and ju risjiction as the Disliict court of the Uni ted States for the District of Iowa, shall be ah!ihed; the Judge, Attorney, nnd Mar shal cf tlu United States for tlie District ..f 5Iiun3sota shall rtsiui within the suni;, an 1 shail be" entitled to the si ni compensa tion ns the Judge, Attorney and Marshal of the District of Iowa. " And in all cases or appeal or writ of er ror heretofore prosecuted and now pending in the Supreme Court of Minnesota Terri tory, the mandate of execution or order of fut ther proceedings shall be directed by the Supreme Conrt f the United States to the Di-trict Cuit cf the United Statts for tin District of Minnesota, or to the Supreme Court of the Statif-of Minnesota, n the na ture of such appeal or writ of error may require; and eac'.r of those C-mrts shall be the successor of tho Supreme Court of Min nesota Territoiy as to all such cases, with lull power to hear and determine the sume, cud to award mense or final process therein. Chaxgk'ofUmfwui. It has already been stated that the Secretary of War hai issued unorder changing tho uuifoim of the U. S. Army. The Washington Star, of the SOih ult., has the following in relation to the new uniform decided upon a full de scription of which is given iu the order of the Department: The tap now worn is Fuppiautcd by a felt hat, with brim three and a quarter inches wide, and crown six and a quarter inches high, bound with ri'obed silk br oliicers, and double stitched around the rim for meu. Tho trimming for general officers areas fol lows: Gold cord, with acorn shaped ends; the brim of the hut looped upon the rig'it ,-i Je, an J fastetied with an eaglo attached to the bide cf tlie hat; three black ostrich feathers on the Icffsit'e; a gold embroidered wreath in front, on -black velvet ground, en circling the letters U. S. iu silver, old En glish characters. For other classifications of officers, and for the privates, there are similar trimmings, varying slightly Tor each distinctive grade or class. The change also extends to the panta loons and coat, but iu respect to them it is confined to the trimimngs of the latter, ami ihe s; ripe of the former. Sibley's tent ib al so to substituted for that now iu use. Mr. Davis of Linu t3o., formerly en- jjagetl in blacksmithiug near Ketchum's, in that county, hud both legs, and one arm sawed off near Yreka recently. One leg was cut off in two places. His head and back were also injured. He was at work iu a sawmill, when the wind blowing his coat upon the circular saw, he was drawn in. He leaves four children in "Iowa, . ' ; i ' Mormon Nxws. -The Alta California of the 28 til nit. publishes an article from the Red Bluffs Beacon', stating that the Mor mons have evacuated Salt Lake City. It is said they took a route toward the Sooth, Wving only a few men to take care of the growing crops. . : i. . ' ; ; The venerable Stny vesant pear tree in New York planted in 1647, is again in bad. ?at wNk MwthM luSHm-TinOaini JMl Bight Hm Kill 11 and Tmu WranM. r A gentleman who has just returned to Portland from Vancouver writes ne under date of 29th ult., In reference to the engage ment with the northern Indiens, as follows: "Yot wilt notice in the Times two letters one from Lieut. Gregg, 1st Dragoons, to Dr. Barns, Burgeon at Ft. Vancouver con taining a somewhat detailed account of the affair. This you can rely on as the only correct account. The other letter is from Dr. Barnes to myself. As the Times of to day will reach you as soon as a copy of the letters from me, it will be in time for your issne of Tuesday. Below we eopy the letters from the Times: On the 6th inst., Col. Step toe with C, E and 11 companies 1st Dragoons, and twenty-Ore men of Oth Infantry, with two moun tain howitzers, left Fort Walla-Walla for Colville. The officers of the command were Col. Steptoe, Capt. Winder and Taylor, Lieuts. Wheeler, Fleming, Uaston, ami Gregg. After marching eight days we reached the Pelouse river, and were about passing into the Spokan country when we were informed by Indians that the Spokuns would resist our entrance into their coun try. The Spokans have always beeu re garded as friendly to the whites, and when we left Walla-Walla, no one thought of having an encounter with them, or any oth er Indians on the march. Ou 8unday morning, the 16th, on leaving camp, we were told that the Spokans had assembled and were ready to Gght us. Not believing this, our march was continued aa til about eleven o'clock when we found onr selves in the presence of six hundred war riors hi war costume. The command was halted for the purpose of having a talk, in which the Spukaus announced thai they had heard that we had gone ont for the purpose or whipping them out, and if that was the case, they were ready to fight us, and that we shuuld not cross the Spokan river. Tue Ind'ans Were W II mounted, principally arm ed with rifles, and were ' extended aloni; our flank at the distance of one hundred yards. After some talk, the Colonel told us that we would bare to fight, and we im mediately put ourselves into position to move to belter ground, determined that the Spukaus should lire the first gun." After uarchii g a mile we reached a sheet of wa ter it was decided to encamp and hold an other talk with tlie Indians.- Nothing re sulted from this except the most insulting demonstrations on their part. We dared not dismount, and were kept in the saddle three hours, until the setting of the sua dis persed the Indians. "On M'judiiy morning we left camp to re taru to ihe Pelouse, marching in the follow ing order, U company in ad ranee, C iu the centre, with the pack, and K in the rear. At 8 o'clock the Indians appeared iu great numbers about lite rear of tlie column, nnd jiiftas-the advance was crossing a small ntrcam lliey b-gan linng. . In ttventy intit ules ih filing became continuim. Seeing that we liiii-t light, and that tiie action must become gtliei-', 1 was ordered lo move forward uud oectij.J a bill that the In d:aus were making for and upon which tlu-y would huve a close firo' upon the !.;'! of the column. After a close race I gained tlie Idil in advance, on seeing which, the In iidiaus moved round and look possession ol one commanding tnat which I occupied, leaving a few meu to defend the Grst hill, and deploying my men, I charged the sec ond and drove them off. At tiiis time the action was general; the three companies, numbering in ail ulnt 110 men, were warmly engaged with (ire hundred Indians. The companies were 6ej aruted from each other uearly a thousand yards, and fought entirely by making short Charges At 11 o'clock 1 whs reinforced by the howitzers, ami the two companies be gan to move toward the position I held, the Indians pressing closely upon them. As E coiiipmiy was approaching, a large body of Indians got between it and my company, so that having it between two fires, they could wipe it out at once. Gut-ton steing this, moved quickly towards me, having the Indians iu. his front, and when near uough, and I (aw he was about to charge, I charg ed with II company. The result wa, that our companies met, having the Indians iu a right angle in which angle we left 12 dead Indians. After getting together, we kept up the fight for half an hour, and ugaiii started to reach water, moving half a mile under a constant and raking Gte, under which our comrades, Taylor and Gastou fell. We fi nally reached a "hill near the water, and oc cupied tho summit, and the Iudians having now completely surrounded it, wc dismount ed and picketed our horses close together on the center of the flat inclined summit, and posted our men around the crest, mak ing them lie flat on the ground, as the In dians were so close'aud so daring us to at tempt to charge the hill, but, although out numbering us eight to oue, they could uot succeed. ' Towards evening, our ammunition began to give out, and our men, suffering so much froiu thirst and fatigue, required oil of our attention to keep them op. To move from one point to another, we had to crawl oti our hands nod knees, amid the howling of the Indians, the groans of the dying, and the whistling of balls and arrows. We were kept in this position until eight o'clock, P. M., when, as night come on, it became ap parent that on the morrow we must 'go under," and that not one of us would escape. It was plain that nearly destitute of ammu nition, we were completely surrounded by six or eight hundred Indiums, and the most of these on points that we must pass to get away. Therefore, it was determined to run ihe gauntlet, so that, if possible, some might escape. Abandoning everything, we mount ed and left the hill at nine o'clock, and af ter a ride of ninety miles, mostly at a gal lop, and without a rest, we reached Snake river at Red Wolf crossing, the next even ing, and were met by onr friends, the Nez .Perce.- We had two officers, five men nnd three friendly Iuuiaii killed, and ten meu wounded; Sergeant Ball, of H Company, missing. The Sergeant distinguished him self very much-daring the action, aud we all hope lie will yet come in. Capt. Taylor was shot through the -neck, and Lieut. Gaston through the body; they both fell fighting gallantly. The companies, fought bravely, like trnc men. We brought our horses back in good condition,' except about thirty, which were shot during the fight. Tho Indians made no captures. Be fore the fight was near over, the Indians picked up nine of their dead; how many of ih.-m are Killed is not known, ont l can count fifteen; they acknowledge having forty wounded. ' It will take a thousand men to go into the Spokan country. ; Vancouvbr, W. T., May 27, 1858.", Zteaf.t Sir: rFrom letters received liere last night it is evident that Col. Steptoe did uot anticipate any hostility on the part of the Spokans. and relied upon their assistance in crossing the Spokan River; At the 'talk' with them on tnc lotn tney rerasca to as slst, or even allow him to cross; and, being without means or tnflclent force to do so In the face of such numbers, be was compell ed to fall back. The severity or the fight on the 17th, shows that bis estimate of their strength and Intentions was correct, end that to have attempted the passage, under such circumstances, would have ensured the destruction of the entire command. Capt. a. II. P. Taylor was a graduate at West Point of 1846, and Brevet Captain "for gallant and meritorious conduct in con flicts in New , Mexico." It ia but a few weeks since lie returned from the east with his wife and children, whoare now widow ed and orphaned by this sad affair. Lieot. William Gaston was a graduate of '50, aud an officer of great promise. . "Very respectfully yours, B. For the Statesman. Alder Springs, May 25, 1858. Fbind Bush The conspirators of the two disunion elements have united under the leaders of Hall and O'Meara on one side, Adams and Dryer on the other. Those opposite elements of principle, one from the hot beds of abolitionism, the other from the equally fatal extreme, to the constitution of pro-slaveryisin, with all their disunion prac ticcs, have to be met by the Democracy and conquered ere the Union of these States are dissolved. The brush cauens which conven ed ou Monday, the first day of Coni t, wiih ill its corrupt workings, was exposed by Mr. Elder iu bis speech on last Thursday, at McMinville. Elder stated that Dr. Mi Bride told him after the cauens ou Monday evening, that Lawson has agreed to vote for him if elected to the Senate of the State for Vi S. Senator. Dr. McBiide further slated the caucus was composed of fire Republicans nnd fire nationals, aud that they had ruled Mr. El der off for State Senator, and put on Law sou. Mr. F''Jer told the Dr. that be would not be ruled off by the corrupt caucus. LidWson and Mr. iVIcUnde denied the state inent of Mr. Elder, that Lawson had itlerii; fd himelf to vote for the Dr for United States Senator. Then Mr. Elder called on old man Cary, who stated to the people mat t-iawson loio mm on mesday, alter the caucus that he had pledged himself to vote Tor Vr. McBnde Tor United States Senator. The other statement wa that Dr. MeBridi and Mr. Daniels met Elder i:i the round, near his house, a Jew days before the brash caucus, and that Elder t!d them that he would abide by whatever they did. Elder denies tiie statement, and says he will stake his veracity against that of the Dr. and Mr. Daniels, with the people of this county. El ders' statement is universally believed bv tin tM-nple of this county. Lawson eot np after Mr. Carey told the people that Lawson told him that he had pledged himself to vote fur Dr. MeBride for 17. S. Senator, and said if elected he would vote for him, but be want e l L"jxan aud others to be induced to be iieve that they would be the favorites of the nationals for U. S. Senator, so they could all work together lo defent the Democratic party, (which ho termed the Salem cliqn.) Theu Dr. Mt-Cride got np and told the peo (le that he had received letters from vari as persons in the Territory, and that In had had grpat bones of being oue nf the S'liatcrs. Ila then told the people that he -anted them to fuse and vole with the na tionals; that three men last year made them fu-e, that tuns year they had ten, Eve na tionals. a?ij five republican, who composcii the bru-h Caucus. Lawson then told ihe people that two little boys cool. I whip one big boy, cnl that the nations s nnd republic-nits could defeat the democra cy. In my opinion it will be sucli a dt fe-ni il the two big boys the Tories and Enjli.-h jot by the one little boy in the Revolution, aitd wftcr the election hry will be mortified equally as bad as the Tories and English were, when they heard of the de'eat of lin ing boys, and that Cornwallis then had to humble himself and deliver . np Ins sword into the hands of the little boy Washington. This statement is true, - ion can publt.-li it if you see proper. F. B. MARTIN. Champoes, May 25, 1858. Dryer, King, O'Meara, Lelaud and sev- eral other kiiowuothing democrats are turn ing every broad stone or anything else, iu Portlnnd, that can hide a worm, tu order to get bait to catch or decoy the real Demo crat to bite at such a hook, or to walk into the trap of such miserable Democracy as was created nt Eugene. O! Kelly where is thy consistent specks? Oregouians be ware before it is too late. The isms and seisms, and all kinds of deceit are practiced to defeat and overthrow onr Oregon fab ric, and put in its stead a California debt of three millions of dollars; be sure yon are right and then go ahead; know men before you vote for them. It Hyour duty, as well as good policy to do so.' Now is the time for all good democrats to vtand in one body and receive the charge of the kiiowuothing, black republican, Eugene de mockery, thng- ary, in short, all the heresy of the day, and then with one voice, let ns send tucia to the fonr quarters of the Globe. Ur.n Oregonmx. Interesting to Widows. The Macon (Ga.) Telegraph thus refers to a decision tnado by the Supreme Court of Georgia, now in session in that city; A case of some interest to the ladies was decided on Friday morning last. Sav age, of Dougherty county, died, leaving m will which devised his property to his wife, bat, ui the event of her marriage, to go to ids children, thus cutting the wife off with out a shilling. Geo. Morgan, the counsel for the widow, argued the case with great abil ity, and contended that this provision iu the will, being in restraint of marriage, was con trary to the policy of our law, and illegal; bnt the court held that a man had a right to leave his property to his wife during her widowhood, aud cut her off if she married aud that the Savage will was legal. Exciting Scene. The ladies of Freder icksburg, Ohio, who had been indicted for a riot by the Grand Jury for abating the dog geries in that village, came into court ou Saturday last and entered into, bonds, with surety, in $100. each, for their appearances at the next term of court, ao large an ar ray of crinoline created quite an excitement am ng the habitues of the old courthouse, so that it was iinmediatly filled to suffoca tion. Tha bail was promptly given, and the ladies returned to their homes, we pre sume, with -new determination to war upon the tyraut alcohol. At the next term of court they will have their places for trial at the bar as criminals. WoosUr Republican. Spirttcausm in the U. S. Senate. The correspondent of the Philadelphia Inquirer writes: v "Hon. N. P. Tallmadge, formerly a mem ber of the United States Senate, in a letter defending modern Spiritualism from a recent attack upon it by Gen. Shields, intimates that a number of our present Senators are believers m the doctrine, and that the politi cal uistorv of 1860 will be greatly affected if not controlled by it. That the former assertion ia entirely true, I happen to know: bnt that the latter will prove so, I prefer to entertain some doubts. y Tta Caawl n4 DNOMitrr; As these valuable animals will nn Ij.be soon introduced into the Unitetates, ia considerable numbers, the experiments of Lieut. Beale proving their utility, and aa they will be ft Terj greftt acquisition, not only in crossing our deserts, but In moun tain traveling, and for pack trains, we be lieve a eorreet history of them will be in teresting to oar readers: Banner of Lib erty. These names camel and dromedary do not make iwo, distinct kinds, bqt are only given to a variety of the same animal, which has, however, subsisted from time Immemo rial. The principal, and perhaps the only sensible difference by which those two races' are distinguished, consists in this: that the camel has two bunches upon the buck, whereas the dromedary has but oue; the lat ter, also, is neither so large nor so strong as the camel. These two raees, however, pro dace with each other, a lid the mixed breed formed between, them is considered the beat, the most patient, aud the most indefatigable of all the kind. ' Of the two varieties, the dromedary is' by far the most tiutuerous. the camel being scarcely found except iu Turkey and the countries of the Levant; while the other i found spread over all the deserts bf Arabia, the southern parts of Alrica, Persia, Tarta ry, and a great part of the eastern Indies. Thus, tha one inhabits an immense tract of country, the other, in comparison, is coo-; fined to a province; the oue inhabits the sultry countries of the torid zone, the other delights in a warm, but not burning cli-' mate; neither, however, can snbsist or propf" agate in the variable diiuutes toward thO north ; they seem formed for those coan tries where shrubs ar plebty .,d water scarce; where tbty can travel along tho rimiy desert without being impeded by riv ers, and find faod at expected distances; such a country is Arabia, and this, of alt others, seen the moat adapted to the sap port and production bf this animal. The ettiuel ia the most temperate of all aniiua's.aud it can continue to travel several days without driukhig. In those vast des erts, where the earth is everywhere dry aud sandy, where there are neither birds nor beasts, neither insects nor vegetables, where nothing is to be seeu but tails, and sand, and heaps of stone, there the camel travels, posting forward, without .requiring either drink or pasture, and is six or Seven days without any sustenance whatever. Its feet are formed for traveling upon sand, and ut terly until for moist or niaishy places; the inhabitants, therefore, find a must useful as sistant ii: this animal, where no other could , ubit, aud by its means cross those deserts . with safety which would be impassable by' uny other method of conveyauce. An animal, thus formed for a sandy end desert region, cauuot be propagated in one of a different nature. But it is very differ ent in Arabia, and those countries where , ihe camel is turned to useful purpose. It U there considered a sac-red animal, without whose help the natives could never subsist, IraSc, nor travel; its milk makes part of their nourishment; they feed opou its flesh, particularly when young; they clothe them selves with its hair, which is said to moult regularly once a year: aud if they fear aa invading fuietny, their camels serve them ia tiigUt, and in a single day lb-y are kuowa to travel about a Luitdrtd in. Its. The camel is easily instru led in the meth ods of taking up and suj poi ting bis burden; their legs a few days alter they are produ ced, are beut under their beily; they are in t us manner loaded and taught to rise; iheir burden is every day thus increased, by insensible degrees, till the animal is capabia of supporting a weight adequate to its fuice; the same care is taken in making (hem patient of hunger and thirst; whiio other &:iiuiil le-eive their food at stated times, the cam-1 is rest rail e l for days to gether, and t ifse ii.tetrals of fauiiue are increased in pro o tiou as the annual seems capable cf sustaining them. By this meth od of education they lire fire or six days without either food or water, their stomach is formed most admirably by nature to fit them f r long abstinence; besides the four stomachs which all animals bare that chew the cud and the camel is of this number .t has a fifth stomach, which served as a reservoir, to hold a greater quantity of wa ter than the animal has immediate occasion for. It is of sufficient capacity to contain a large quantity of water, where the fluid remains without corrupting, or without be ing adulterated by the other aliments; when the camel finds itself pressed wilb thirst, it has an easy resource of quenching it; it throws up a quantity of this water, by a simple contraction of the muscles, iuto tho other stomachs, and this serves to macerate its drv and simple food; in this manner, as it drinks but seldom, it takes a large quauti-' ty at a time, and travelers, wheu strainled fur water, have been olten known to kilt i heir camels for that which tbey expected to find within them. Etch of these animals is so eeusibte of his strength, that when bis burden is too . . . I .,. a.i-l ........ I . ..-. ll'ilt 1113 CIU-II(I3 C-lIll UPUIJ . U13 WHJ, !t7 posture in which he was laden, refuses to rise till his burden be lessened or taken away.' In geueral, tne large camel is capa ble of carrying 100(1 pounds weigut, aud sometimes twelve hundred; the dromedary from six to seven hoadred. Iu these tra ding joorueys they travel but slowly, their stages are generally regulated, and tbey sel dom go above thirty, or, at mast above thirty-fire miles a day. Every evening, when they arrive at a stage, which is usual ly some spot of verdure, where water and shrubs are plenty, they are jwrimtted to feed at liberty; they are theu seeu to cat as nioch. iu aa hour as will supply them for twenty four. They seem to prefer the coarsest weeds to the softest pasture; the tbist'e,. the nettle,, the cassia, aud other prickly vegetables, are their, favorite food. But their drivers take care to supply them with' a paste composition, which serve as a more permanent nourishment. As these animals have often gone the same track, they are .-oiu tu uu incii oj picciseijr, ants vr pursue their way wheu their guides are ut- luplW llfrff W liwn III. . i- r w will ?. m . few miles of their baling place iu the event ing, they sagaciously scent it at a distance, aud, increase their speed, . aud are often- seen to trot with vavacily to the place. , The patieuce of this airioial is extraordi nary, aud it is probable that their saf ferinirs ore trrt-at- fur when it is loaded it sends forth most lamentable cries, but oev-' er offers to resist the tyraut. that oppresses it. At the slightest sign it bends its knees and lies upon its belly, suffering itself to be loaded iu this position. By this practice the burden is more easily laid upon it than if lifted op while standing. At another1 sign it rises with its load, and the driver getting on its back between the panniers, which, like hampers, are placed upon eacbr side, be encourages the camel to proceed with his voice and with- a sotig. Iu tbU manner the creature proceeds conteutedly lorward with a alow nueasy walk of about four miles an boor, and when it cornea to iu stopping place it lies down to be unload ed aa before. .. Mr. Boffon seems to consider tlie e&mei
