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
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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