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vV J. OREGON STATESMAN TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1858. Ohu Wtmm wirn On or first pg we pmblith tot detail f tht baniag of taat latest holocaust apoa Mamaoa'i ankoly shrine the steamer Ass tria as related bj Mr. Chas. Brew, eae of her reeeaad passengers. Seldom bare we pern sed a recital m harrowinjr. or a fall of nnmttigated horror. Ia rain do we look for any circumstance to alleviate the picture of the terrible catastrophe. All is heart sick eaiag aad horrible. Whea the ill-fated Cen tral Aaieriea went dowa, bearing with her to watery grave foar haadred and aiaeteea namaa beings, tne tidiaga of the sad disaster . drew tears of grief from n!knj eyes ; but then half the bitterness of the woe waa taken way by admiration for the lofty heroism of tbe lost, who, ia the sublimity of their high courage, triumphed erer the terrors of death itself. There were none of those sad exhibi tions of cowardice aad eellshness which are wrung from weak humility by theeombiaed laflaencea of terror and despair. Each 'of the brara hearts apoa the Central America knew that his doom waa sealed his heart numbered; but net a aaaa flinched from his post. -. They looked calmly upon their com ing rate, and they met it like heroes. Aad when at last the doomed ship went dowa, to rise no more, no wail of despair ascended through the night; but from the wave tossed forms, straggling wearily on through the darkness, clear and distinct, above the roar ing of the waves and tbe howling of the storm, arose a spontaaeoas shout of hope and cheer, proclaiming, even in the moment of dissolution, the triumph of brave humani' if orer death. Ia vain shall we look for a parallel to tbe sublimity of that scene, where the war of the elements, the tumult of the angry wares, aad even the presence of Death, are overshadowed and thrown in the background by the moral grandear of high human courage. Bat in the ease of the Aastria, the pic- tare is all gloomy, aad dark, and terrible, as the eatastopbe waa sadden aad fearful. Whea, tbe appalling cry or Bre" raag throngh the startled ship, aad the deroariug flames were teen borstiog eat throngh every opening, and seizing upon every portion of the vessel; whe-x the officers aad crew were panic stricken, aad the boats, jasefficieat at best, were swamped and lost, there was nothing but terror aad despair, nalighted by siogle ray of hope, for the group that cowered apoa the quarter deck. There was bo escape from the feartal doom; there was barely a choice ia the manner of it. They might avoid the torture of the flames, by leaping into the embrace of a death less pain ful, but not less certain, in the wares below. Aad so they perished; aot as men aad women should die, bat paralyzed by fear, or wild with despair, like sheep when their fold is on fire. A small number were sared as if by a miracle; many of them having experieaced all the agonies of a terrible death. And the owners of tbe Aastria, upon the receipt of the awful tidings, did they grieve for the unfortunate lost, or offer any succor to tbe aafferiag sarvirors, or take measures to pre vent the possibility of a similar disaster to any of their steamers? Did they do any or all of these things: Ko. But with the air of persons who eongratalate tbemselres apoa having done a wise aad prodeat thing, tbey walked iato the office of the anderwri ten, aad . saceived their iasaranee money, aad gave themselves no farther trouble about the matter, unless, it might be, to order the building of soother steamer, with all the de fects and all the superfluities of tbe baraed one. There is a terrible lesson conveyed in these marine disasters, which follow each other with such alarming rapidity; aad it Js itraage indeed, that tack appalling ca lamities as tbe foaaderieg of tbe Central America aad the buraieg of the Aastria create no more than a tea days aeasatioa. Both of these disasters, and many lesser cues which are constantly occurring, may be directly attributed to the avarice aad recklessness of hip-owners. Those who "go down to tbe sea in ships' in these days, are entirely at tbe mercy of the elements. They "take their lives ia their bands" the moment they place their feet on board of one of oar ocean steamers. These vessels are bailt aad run with a view to making money; aad while, to that end, a certain degree of comfort, aad convenience and ap parent safety is necessary in order to secure the patronage of the sea-going public, it is a serious truth, that not one in ten of Amer ican oceaa steamers is altogether seawor thy. The pumps of the Aastria, (although tbey would have been useless in this case) as appears from the cooes rr eat testimony of the surviving passengers, were aot in work ing order; tbe boats were insnfficieat in number and capacity; aad, to crown all, tbe officers and crew were utterly inefficient, and ignorant of their duties as teamen. Captain Heydtmann, commander of the Aastria, who should bare set an example of eoolaess aad presence of miad upon tbe first appearance of danger, and who should have maintained subordination aad discipline at all hazards, was tbe lint to set the ex ample of indecision . aad cowardice. Tbe first officer of tbe vessel is also charged with cowardice, in deserting the Austria upon tbe first opportunity, and refusing to return to ber with succor whea the means were ia bis power. To similar defects ia ber ap pointmeaU may be attributed tbe leas of the Central America; although the officers and crew of that vessel, to their honor be it said, behaved like heroes ia tbe boor oi peril. And to similar defects ia their ar rangements or appointments, or to the ignorance and inefficiency of their officers, zaay bo attributed tbe loss bf almost every ocean steamer which Las furnished a para graph under the bead of "Marina Disas ters," since steamers first went to sea. It is true that occasional accidents will befall sea-foiog steamers, which no of prudence, or foresight, or experience eonld possibly avert; bat sack instances are rare indeed. In nine cases oat of ten, the faalt of an accident lies at the door of the owners of the vessel. We have, for in stance, seme eight or ten steamers, which ply, some of them regularly, others occa sionally, upon this northern coast, from San Francisco to Paget Soand, and intermedi ate ports. Of these some two or three, per haps, are in an ordinary state of sea wor thiness; that is, they Would barely pass a moderately critical inspection, and receive a certificate of sea-worthiness. The balance of them are old rotten hulks, some of which have been condemned and re-cbristened again and again, within the last eight or tea Years, nntil It would Do almost Impossi ble to trace them back to their originnl names aad owners. The policy of their present owners is to keep them running as lone; as their rotten planks aad decayed tim bers will uoid togetner, and as long- as per sons will be found willing to entrust their lives and property to these floating coffins. Every now nnd then we are called to record the wreck of one of these steamers, with tbe loss of mora or less of valuable life and property; aad the oaly wonder to ns is that tbese disasters do not occur more frequent ly. Only a few days ago the old Fremont, which has been utterly enseawortby for years, and which is said to be nnmanagea- ble la a heavy sea-war. came near beinr wrecked at tbe entrance to Humboldt liar, Sbe first struck upon the sand spit on one side of the entrance; a portion of her car go was thrown over board to lighten ber; and when sbe waa got off she drifted npon the sand-spit on tbe other side of tbe en trance. and again struck. Tbe passengers and crew left her in tbe boats,and made tueir way into tbe bay; but tbey were not allowed to get rid of tbe old tub so easily. A wave lifted her from the spit, and floated her into the bay; and we suppose that as long as sbe will float her owners will send ber to sea. patting in jeopardy life and property, for tbe sake or gain. supposing any of tbe old hoiks now run ning upon this coast were to be wrecked in tbe storms of the coming winter, could such a disaster be regarded in any other light than as a natural consequence or tbe reck lessness and enpidity of their owners? Yet bow many voices would be raised in con demnation of the avaricious wickedness which thus speculates in human life; or how many of the public newspapers would more man mention tbe Tact or tbe shipwreck. The law provides a severe punishment for the man who, through carelessness, causes tbe destruction of human life upon land : but for the wealthy companies or individu als wno tnrougb sbeer avarice wantonly peril life every day npon the sea, there is no restraint, and though the victims of their enpidity may be numbered by scores and buodreds, there is no punishment for them. borne tune daring last spnnir, and soon after the Central America disaster, an in spection was made of the steam-vessels which sail from the port of San Francisco: aad oat of the whole number but two or or three were pronounced safe sea-going vessels. All the others were declared by tbe Iaspector to be unsea worthy and unsafe: yet ia a fsw days afterwards one of these unsafe vessels was despatched to l'anama aitn a large number of passengers. A meeting was called of the citizens of Sao t rancisco; indignant resolutions were drawn up and passed ; tbe matter was discussed for a few days in the daily newspapers of ban i rancisco, and then the subject was allowed quietly to drop. Tbe rickety old bulks went to sea as osual, and people con tinued to risk their lives and property upon them without question or a word of protest. There is but one way in which this can be remedied; and that is by statutory en actment. Let Congress pass stringent laws, making it a penal offence to send to sea an nnseawortby vessel; and in cases where loss of life results from the carelessness of ship owners, let tbe punishment be tbe same as for manslaughter. For we hold that crime is crime, whether committed npon land or Ia no ether way can the aw fa I waste of life aad property upon tbe high seas be restrained; for the experience of years has proved that it is Utterly idle and vain to rely npon the humanity of ship-owners for protection against the perils by fire aad ,by water which beset those who, for pleasure or profit, are tempted to take passage in one of oar modern ocean steamers. The Ekglish Bill. It will be recollected that the "English Bill" provided that ia case the people of Kaasas rejected tbe proposi tioa for admissioo, the State should not be admitted asm til it had population, equal to the Congressional ratio. But, since its re jection, English, who is running io Indiana for re-election, bas stated that he will vote for the admission of Kansas, if she applies a proper form, with a less population. All the other democratic candidates in that State have done the same. The same is the case ia Ohio, and ia Pennsylvania, with two exceptions. In the latter State two of the candidates declare they will oppose her ad mission unless she has the requisite popula tion. Kansas cannot now regularly form a new constitution ia time to get to Congress tbe next session. Tbe only show she bas to "bleed" in this Congress, is over the "Leav enworth' constitution. If application is not made with that, we anticipate that Oregon ill be admitted during tbe coming session. What coarse the Kansas agitators will take, nobody ess tell. 4 Several or tbe states have been aoutittted with less population than Oregon bas; and Florida still bas less. Or Cocxsxl Tbe Oregonian, called by the Times the Niggtronian, because, we pre sume, a certain free negro is reported to have a heavy interest in tbe concern, comes to the rescue bf Gen. Adair, and adminis ters to him a grateful lollipop. Whenever a democrat gets weak in the knees, or apos- tacises, it is amusing to witness the alacrity with which the colored press embraces bitn, and the eagerness with which black repub lican arms are extended to him. We no tice that Gen. Adair now sends his letters directly to the black republican press, omit ting the roundabout way of corresponding with them, via the Sentinel. We feel like congratulating him npon his new organs, champions and alliances. Mrs. Lesdernier, who. in '51 gave Sbakesperian readings in Oregon, is read ing to good houses in the States. sjty Dred Scott, the hero of the decis ion bearing bis name, died recently ia St. Louis, Mo of consumption. . Farrr. We are indebted to Mr. Towner Savage for some very fine specimens of fruit CeasaUsstanav Matt an Uw OrsgwitM . Some two months since Judge Mott, a spe cial Commissioner of the Indian Department at Washington, arrived in this Territory, and entered noon the duties of bis office. Ue was required by his instructions to invest! gate and report npon certain claims against the Indian Department in Oregon and Wash ington Territories; to inquire into the nature and propriety of certain treaties, made with the northern tribes of Indians, by Gov. Ste vena nnd Gen. Palmer, in 1855; aod finally, to inquire into the management of the affairs of this superintendency. The issue of the Oregonian immediately following his arrival, contained the following paragraph, in refe rence to Commissioner Mott and his mission iHDlSSDEPARTMENTlsVESTiaATIOX.- Judge Mott, special agent Appointed by the present dem ocratic administration to proceed to Ore iron and Washington territories, to investigate, examine into, and report the facts in relation to the Indian department of these territories, the expenditure of th annronriations of moncr. how made, to whom, and for what, arrired on the steamer of the 7th, and proceeded to that modern Sodom called Salem We hare no know ledire of litin or his mission, except to infer that in view of the magnitude of the vast amount of fraud, swindling, and corrup tion practised by the Indian department ia tbese territories. Judge Mott has been sent out to parity or trftifeKwa. The sequel will tell which ; at this time w nave aotning runner to say. This DsracrsDh. it will be seen, contains a a r a direct charge against the Indian Superin tendency here, of "fraud, swindling, and corruption." It bad been prececded and followed by similar charges, all more or less pointed, and accompanied by intimations that tbe editor of tbe Orrgonian was in possess ion of certain facts which would substanti ate their correctness. Of course, Commis sioner Mott was obliged, from the nature of his instructions, to investigate these charges; and accordingly, when in 'Portland a short time since, he addressed a letter to the editor of the Oregonian, couched in cour teous terms, asking for any information he might possess in relation to the charges he had preferred. The followingjs a true copy of the letter of Judge Mott: Metropolis Hotel, Pobtlaxd.Orecos, 1 October 7tb. ISM. i T. J. DnVER, Esq. Dear Sir: The Sec'y of the Interior bas commissioned me to make certain enquiries concerning the management of Indian affairs within the 'territories of Washington and Oregon, and as I haTe seen ene or two articles in roar p aper. "the Ureponian, indicating a Know- eoee ol oraciai corruption or nuacouuuet on tne part of the Superintendent of Indian Atluirs or his subordinates within tins emperinienaency, i nave to request tbat you win lurntsu me wnn a veri fied statement of the facts concerning any corrup tion or misconduct on the part of said officers, which mar hare come within Tour knowledge. and place me in communication with any person or persons wno may oe cognizant or me aame. liy an early compliance you win ouuge. err resioctiuiy, C. II. MOTT. i Commissioner. To this letter, courteous and respectful, in its tone and language, Mr. Dryer vouchsafed no reply, for the very good aud sufficient reason tbat be had none to make. lie knew that the charges he bad preferred against the Indian Superintendency were entirely false, and without even the shadow of a founda tion; aad this he admitted by his silence when questioned in regard to them. No other construction can be placed upon his neglect to comply with the reasonable request of Judge Mott, or even to acknowledge tbe receipt of his letter; for any one who is at all acquainted with Dryer knows, that he would not have hesitated for a moment to famish any information which would crim inate the officers of the Superintendency, bad it been in his power to do so. But an offi cial demand npon bin for such information was just what he had not anticipated; and even his native effrontery failed to relieve him from tbe painful embarrassment into which he was temporarily cast. In the last issue of the Oregonian, how ever, Dryer makes an attempt, through his usaal aids of falsehood and prevarication to get out of difficulty in which he finds himself. He pretends to have mislaid the letter of Judge Mott, and to quote from memory its substance and language, as follows: Sir: "The undersigned baring been appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, a Commissioner to esanune into the disbursements or the Indian Department of Oregon and Washington territories, and baring seen in the Uregnmtam articles renec npon tbat deportment, you will furnish me with a verified statement of facts and place me in com munication with persons who may be cognisant of any malfeasance of official duties iu that depart ment. The reader will observe that tho princi pal and material point of difference be tween the original letter and .Dryer's pre tended quotation of it from memory, is in the toue and style. The courteous and gentlemanly tone of Judge Mott's letter would not suit the purpose of tbe editor of the Ortgonian, and so, doubtless with tho original before him all the time, he prepares "from memory," he says, a version of it, rode and abrupt in tone, and vulgar ia style, and then proceeds to reply to it in the same style. This is one' of the many "dirty tricks" Dryer says he is obliged to resort to in the prosecution of bis "dirty business." Conscious of bis inability to reply to Judge Mott's letter, in a manner creditable to himself, he most needs distort it into a shape suitable to bis purpose, aud then make reply to his own distortion, which he does with all the bombast and swagger which peculiarly characterize T. J. Dryer, editor of the Oregonizn. At the same time he declares that if "Commissioner Mott is authorized by law, required by his in structions, or snstained by precedent, to summon ns before him. we will moot willing ly attend and apswer such interrogatories as he may pat to as." As a specimen of Dryer's inimitable style. which we never remember to have seen ap proached, except by a victim in the worst stage of mania a pot, we subjoin the fol lowing closing paragraph of hia article ia reply to his bogus version of Judge Mott's letter (be did not dare to reply to the genu ine letter): . If Commissioner Mott bas been led to suddoso from seeing articles ia the Oregonian, that we hare soma information in relation to the Indian depart ment, which be desires, be must seek it (if he ex pects to obtain it,) in another way. Commis sioner Mott is not our master or guardian, nei ther is ha the censor of the Oregonian. Whaterer we hare, or may hereafter publish, we and none other are responsible for. Information, or facta known to ns, relating to the Indian or any other department of Oregon, will be giren or withheld at our own volition. Therefore, wa decline- to famish C. H. Mott, Commissioner, any statement whatever, ia tbe manner required, bat shall be prepared to aid "Commissioner Mott" in his tn-, testigations whenever we think the public good demands our assistance. We presume that after this no one will be found so credulous as to believe any statement that may occur in the columns of the Ortgtman. So utterly besotted has its editor become, and so shameless in his perversions of the truth, that any state meuts that may fall from his lips or his pen are considered nnworlhy of credence by any one who knows him. tga- Tbe paper addressed to Win. H Tandervert, Sublimity, comes back marked "not taken out." Mr. Vandervert owes $5,00. We commend the subjoined "Law of newspapers," settled by the courts, to the attention of some subscribers: 1. Subscribers who do not five express notice to the contrary, are considered as wishing to continue their subscription. 1. If subscribers order papers discontinued, Publishers may continue to send them till all charges are paid. 3. If sntwc ribers neglect or refuse to take their papers from the ofllcr or place to which they are sent, they are held responsible until tbey settle their bill and give no tice to discontinue them. 4. Ifsuharriber move to other places without informing the Publisher, and the paer is scut to tbe former direc tion, they sre hi!J responsible. 5. The courts have derided that refuslngto take a pa per or periodical from ttieomee, or removing aid leav ing it uncased for. Is prima racte evidence or lutcutiona fraud. A Risbteocs Decision. Tbe trial of II. W. Bowjer for the shooting of Jas. Mc Dowell.Sr., at Fincastle, Va., has resulted in tbe acqaittal of the prisoner. Tbe shoot ing was not deuied; but it was proved tbat McDowell, who was a man advanced in years, had seduced an insane daughter of the prisoner, had induced her to leave her home, famished her with money, and had quarter ed her iu bonnes of ill fame iu Richmond and Baltimore. The decision of the judges was hailed with an outburst of applause from the spectators in tbe court room. Doth of the parties were wealthy and prominent men McDowell being President of the Fincastle bauk. Ssail Tace. The Cortes left San Fran Cisco after the arrival of the mail of Oct. 5th, bringing papers of that date. Bat, one week after her arrival at Portland, the mail steamer was not there, and we have not heard that it is vet (Saturday) there. If tbe Cortes had brought the Oregon mail, oar people would have had it at least one week earlier, and how much more, we can t say. Ibis will hardly do. It the mail com pany can t do better than tins, tbey bad better give.up the contract to those who can. ueceivmg the mail in Oregon from tiro to three iretks after its receipt at San Francisco, iso i quite the thing for this ace. as It wiil be recollected that some time since we mentioned that one of the la borers npon the Canyon military road stab bed a fellow laborer, so that be diet I a few dajs afterwards. The survivor was last week sentenced to eight years' conGnement in the penitentiary by Judge Deady. It was in proof tbat the person stabbed was sfflcted with a disease which would hare caused his death ultimately, bad lie not been stabbed. We suppose the jury thought death might possibly hare ensued from tbe ditiase. O- A correspondent writes us that he has paid his subscription to one of the Port land black republican papers, and ordered it stopped; that it still continues to come to his adJrrsn, although he invariably refuses to take it from the post-office, lie wishes to kuow how to get rid of the uuisance. We would advise him to try "Costar's Ver min exterminator." it mat tiou i auate the nuisance, we don't know what will. riicHLT Impobtast M. Larez, a French chemist, announces tbat "if a tooth is mac erated in a saturated solution of sugar, it is so much altered in the chemical compo sition that it becomes gelatiuous, and its enamel opaque, spongy, and easily broken." Uur friends wbo have been in the habit of macerating their .teeth in a "saturated solu tion of sugar," are earnestly begged imme diately to desist. A Ccriocs Fact. Tho products of the farm and dairy, shipped from this portion of Oregon, are frequently sold at Portland at lower figures limn they command in the Sa lem market. Wheat is taken from this re gion and around at Oregon or Linn City, and the "feed" returned here by boat, at a less price, including freight, than it can be obtained for iu this vicinity. Fatal Sickness. We are informed by a citizen of Corrallis that the erysipelas, or putrid-sore-tbroat, or black-tongne, is very prevalent in that vicinity, and that twelve or fifteen deaths have receutly resulted from it mostly children. Oar inform ant says it is very malig-nant, and most frequently proves fatal. We trust it will not become epidemical. Opened ,to Seitlemext. The late order of Gen. Harney practically opens the upper country to settlement, and we presume such will be the resnlt flowing from it. We think the action of Gen. Harney in the premises correct, and we know it will meet tho hearty concurrence of the main body of the citfzens. Well Merited. It gives us great pleas ure to add our endorsement of the just ap preciation and excellent taste and judgment of the editor of the Times, manifested in tho paragraph below: The idea of snuff and comfortable quarters al ways soggosto Vancouver to our serioua consider ation, and upon tho subject of hospitality and general courtesies and kind treatment, Capt. Is ualls lists "A. No. 1." ' rERspxAU Gen. Lauo was in Indiana at last dates, whero he had been spending some weeks. Messrs. Smith and G rover were last heard from at San Francisco en rouU for the States. Fcr. The editor of the Times returns thanks to "Bob Metcalfe," for "a magnificent Sea-otter skin." We had rather not see anything of that kind about the Statesman sanctum! nja We are under obligations to Wells, Fargo & Co., .for papers .by tbe steamer Cortes. Also, to E. L. Bradley, of Oregon City, for Slates' papers. fS Roswell II. Lamson of Oregon", son of Senator Lamson, of Yamhill, has been admitted to tbe naval school as acting mid shipman. KB-Thomas O. Larkin, an old Califor nia pioneer, known to many old Oregonians, is dead. ffotes of Reading;, Ho. 1. (Another distinguished "gentleman of erudition" having "broke loose" has kindly promised to furnish us with "Notes" of his reading, which we rather suspect will be a Icetfe ahead of any cotemporaneons "Notes," of similar character.) "This is a great and a growing country," was originally, and perhaps truthfully, re marked by some individual who very proba bly deemed himself competent to express an opiuion npon tbat subject. By greatness is meant immensity, and by growing to ex pand to swell out to vegetate. Ergo, this couutry is likely at no distant day, to become a huge vegetnble,; perhaps a cab bage, or, happy thought, an enormous beet, and then, forsooth, "we'll beat the world!'' .". .. '.Philosophers of past generations were wont to decry the innovations.soL-ial and otherwise, which they alleged were fast gaining on them. The manner in which a Philosopher of the olden time, Pythagoras or Daniel Lambert, I forget which, but you can take rour choice) whoso nelher gar ments were exposed to the vulgar gaze, was pursued by a gentleman of pngulistic at tuiiumcts, the following saying, as shouted by the couimou herd, and which has since passed into a proverb, will serve to illus trate: "Go it.shirt tax), he is gn'ning on yon." 1 he origin of the above aohorism is thus made clear to those ladies and gentlemen of the preseut day not possessed of "Erudi tion." ..... .In John Randolph's life of Gener- al Taylor, r. 2. p. 193, the following graphic passage occurs: "In the slumbers of mid night a poor sailor boy luy." How affect ing the truth, which is thus forced upon us, that the sailor boy referred , to was in indi gent circumstances and perhaps disabled for lite. In dwelling upon this theme what a train of reflections are engendered. "In the slumbers of midnight a poor tailor bdj lay," (mcthinks I hear someone say 1-o-u-d- er," but its no use.) This youth, per chance, was once the hope, the joy, the light, the life of a doting mother's heart, and the pest, doubtless, of the neighborhood. Ou a certain occasion, being requested sum marily by his fond "paricut" to briiig in some chips, which were necessary in the prepara tion of his frugal repast, lie absquatulated in high dudgeon, sml went down to the sea in ships. Ungrateful boy. Madam DtSiarl in her correspon dence with VuUaire upon the subject of wo man's rights, is disposed to culojrise the character of Miss Lucy Stone, Horace Greely nnd Mr. Swedenborgen. Whether or not Voltaire fully acquiesced in their view does not appear. That he did or did not is considered almost certain, and in the ab sence of further proof, must be satisfactory to the worlJ. ' "Inscrutable are the decrees of fate," snid the Able Fonletttl-e to Oliver Cromwell, on the occasion of the 21st anni versary of his eldest daughter's birthday. To which Oliver responded " lu btir whereat the venerable Abbe shed tears. This huppened in the reign of Pisisihatus, about three weeks before the Christian I'ra. Modern snvan are of opinion that to the above simple occurrence may be attributed the great passion for gambling which pos sessed the people in the early days of the settlement of California by the whites, aud also tbe long rainy srnons m this country. Okegom C'i i v, Xor. 7, 1353. Mr. ElMTOR: Upon recently reading nn ac count of ilia return of Iter. I. S. Kalloch to 1! js- ton, and the crowds which swarmed to hear him E reach, greater than the spacious house could old, 1 was led to reflect npon the fame, uotoriesr. and positive advantage which crime and abase ment conferred unon its votaries. Before Mr. Kal loch was indicted, and almost convicted of adul tery, and the most bhaineful falsehood and hypo crisy, lie was a minister ol the gospel, preaching in liostou. He then preached just as ably and well as now.doubtle, yet he did not acquire any particular note, aud did not obtain unusual audi ences, lie tben at least as much deferred them as now. Other clerpvnien, of the same denomina tion, are now preaching in liostou, wbo are more noted for talent and piety thr.n is Mr. Kalloch, and Who have aiwttys dealt justly and walked up rialitly, yet they preach to sparsely tenanted pews, while no church wiil hold the thousands who throng to bear Mr. Kalloch. ijo much has a nar row escape from conviction of an infamous crime done for him. This is a singular feature of human nature. There seems to be a marked weakness in it which leans to deformity and crime, forsaking the good and virtuous, because they have never stepped aside from the path of moralirr and riehteousuess. A bounty is held out to infamy, while virtue and sobriety are discouraged. We have a remarkable instance in Oregon. Aniory Holbrook, who has wallowed for years in the lowest depths of drunkenness, his brain crazed with dulirium tremens, and his person covered with revolting witnesses of his debauchment, is, presto change, lecturing on temperance! Had he al ways bceu a temperate and moral citizen, ne would hardlr have erer been selected as a public teacher of.temperattce and morality, and probably would never nave volunteered his services as one. Or, if bo had, his reputation would scarcely have been invested with sufficient interest to have given him hearers. But, having voluntarily given him self no to drunkenness and debasement, of the lowest and vilest character, until a hospitable druukard's grave yawned at his very feet; having tor years acted, to tbe extreme limit, tne besotted and coarse unfeeling brule, he, all at once, with the nnenaced evidences of inebriety still npon nis countenance, emerges a bright and shining star in the world of temperance and morals ; and claims distinction and attention which would not be ac corded to him who had never fallen, and whose life gave promise that he uvnld not fall. Tbese things furnish food for serious reflection for the sober and staid citizen, and such as have the care of the young. The brazen effrontery of this ex-staggering car buncle, in parading himself before the public, be fore his experiment of "reform" has been long enough tried to bleach from his visage tho hideous sign of tho common drunkard, is only equalled by his baseness in holding up as a warning the sad fate of one to whoso lips he himrelf pressed the inebriate-cup; one who but for his baneful per suasion and example, ninny believe might this day have been among us, an example of sobriety and worth. It" fa will persist in obtrudinir himself upon the public, let him do it as a dreadful warn ing, holding up the shattered wreck of his whisky pickled frame, as a shuddering example of the fruits of abandoned rice. It is in this true char acter that he can most surely excite what he elec tioneers for, tho morbid sympathy of those who have a tender weakness for "reformed vice and crime, but no ear of trust or countenance for the erer upright who need no reform. MOKAL.ll I. As Odious Fashion. We observe by some of our Atluntic exchanges, that tne ladies, iu many localities, have adopted an odious fashion of clipping their hair short. In the good old days of "Moses and the prophets" the chief glory of a wouian was in ber bair; but now, it seems, the dear crea tures wear it, some cut short, others com pletely shingled. The excuse offered for this shameful mutilation is, that it is "more convenient.". Dentistry. See card of Dr. N. R. Bell. We are informed that Dr. B., recently arriv ed from the States, has come here to make a permanent location, aud that be' brings ample recommendations of bis professional experience and skill. Dentist. See card of Dr. Pollock. "We understand he is recently from California, and that be comes to Salem with the purpose bf permanent location. Finished. We this week conclude the publishing of the laws of last session of con gress. ' ' ':..,' Postscript; Wreck of tbe Steamer Colombia t JTo tilVM Lost. Halls Saved, bat Westell. Just as we go to press we receive news of the loss of the Icamship Columbia, at the mouth of Umpqua River, on Tuesday night last. The report, which was brought to this placo by a citizen of Albany, who learned the particulars from one of the Columbia's passengers, is to the effect that the steamer drifted ashore in a dead calm, her ma chinery being in some manner disabled. - The passengers and crew were all saved and the mails were got to shore, with no other dam age than n partial wetting. It was not known whether the cargo would be entirely sared or not. The steamer was leaking badly, and the proba bility is she wonld not be got off. The southern mail will probably bring ns full particulars of the disaster. Population ot Oregon. 34 si 2 H 4 rO-r 2. o S 5 c a 2, 2 3 JLs 2 &9 T a 3 a -,3 COl'NTIM.. Benton, 'Si Clackamas, 53.. ...... Coos, '13 Curry. '57 Columbia .... .... Clatsop, '59 Douglas, '57 Jackson, t 53.. . Josephine ........... Lane, 58 : .... Linn, 57 Marion, 55 . Multnomah, 53 1'olk, 56 Tillamook, 53 Umpqua, '53 Wasco, Washington, '57 Yamhill, '5S . 6151377:I10 2479 921 195 1343 am 143; 175; 41, 223 391 400 413 2105 1500 1100 4395 6009 7413 254 338! 53 145! 244 174i 5931212 893; 1402531 18G4 1500.13:15-74 14934057 335G 9-7 1793 I30O. 3093 ?ft 1240. 1402: 3242 34 561 44i loo 315, 59U( 372; 963 I ! 600 616 1313 1073 2371 716 1561. 12G-3 2333 42362 Estimated. t Not been returned to the Secretary's Office; but the above is the number of inhabitants, stated in round numbers, returned by the Assessor this year. Above are the census returns of Oregon, taken from the rolls in the Secretary's Office, returned by the assessors of the several coon ties, who are required by law to take tbe census. Three comities, it will be seen, are estimated, but the estimate is based upon the vote cast Inst June, and is pretty near correct. The figures from the other coun ties are efficial, except Jackson, which is substantially so, as the number 6tated was given ns by the Sheriff of tlie county, as the return of the present year. Tbe figures after the county indicate the year in which the census was taken. It will be noticed that in several of the comities it was taken in 1857, aud in two in 1S5G, and one in 1855. But the increase since that time has not been large. Allowing increase in those six counties, and adding persons overlooked by assessors, to the abore figures, and tbe ag gregatewill be found to be very near the present white population of Oregon. Statistical According to the Assess or's report, the .population of Multnomah county is 3092, classified as follows: Legal roters... . 927 Males over twenty-one years not voters 163 Males under twenty-one, aud over ten 267 Males under ten ..... 430 Females over eighteen year . . 576 Femnles under eighteen and over tea 216 Females nnder teu .. . . 503 Total population 3,093 The census of Lane county are as fal lows: Lefr 4 vo?ers... Miles linger twentv-one not voters... 1,140 16 5'iO SS5 Males between ten and twenty-one Males nnder ten .- Fema'ss over eighteen years of a je.... Females between ten and eighteen.... Females under ten." 771 353 740 Total population . 4,395 The assessed valne of taxable property in Lane cbnoty, for the present year, as shown by the assessment roll, is $3,246, 413. Chiltrest Bcrxeo. A short time since the littla daughter of Mr. J. O'Donald.of this place, about erght mouths olJ, doring the ab sence of the mother from the room, crawled to the fire place, and fell backwards upon the heated hearth, where it hay some time. The back of its head and neck were badly burn ed by the hot hearth.aud the top of tbe head was roasted by the fire. Its cries brought assistance, but not nntil it was most severe ly burned; but it is thought the injuries will not produce death. The Olympia Pionrtr says that an infant daughter of Mr. Jas. Guerin, of that place, aged 2 years, was so badly burned, recently, as to cause ber death on tbe succeeding day. It gives the particulars as follows: The mother, some time previous, had sent a little son on nn errand, and becoming alarmed at his delay, went out in search of him, leaving tho little girl alone in the house. She had not been absent but a tew minutes when the child ran into the street with its clothes all on fire. In this condi tion she was first discovered by Mr. Jas. Holman, who extinguished, the flames. From the waist down she was shockingly burned one of her thighs being completely charred. Settled. Mr. J. L. Parish, for four'years Indian Agent in Oregon, ha3 jost received notice of the adjustment of his accounts at tbe treasury department. He owed the Government, according to that finding, ninety-two cents, which sum he potlached, and took a final receipt. Mr. P. says the find in" of that sunt was a mistake; bat reckon ing it .not one, it is certainly quite compli mentary to him as a disbursing officer. Wearying is Well Doing. Capt. Pope, who was endeavoring to obtain water on the Llano Estacado on the ronto of the Overland Mail, by means of Artesian wells, has abandoned Iris machinery, and rejoined the army. We presume he considered the operation a great bore. Kansas Gold Mines. The gold diggings near Pike's Peak, in Western Kansas, are exciting considerable, attention in the eas tern States. Thef probability is that there ia a small quantity of gold in .Kansas, but not enough to justify .the excitement it bas created. Jewelry, &c. Robbins,. Portland, dealer in watches, jewelry, &c, advertises a heavy stock of' the various articles in bis line. See appropriate columns. DIED, In this place, on the 7th inst., C Assies Rectok, aged 11 yesra, eon of Mr. Wm. II . Kector. In this place, on the till inst., an irfant daughter of Thomas it. Thompson, aged three weeks, and named Lilly May.' At Wuumouth, Polk county, Sept. 13d, 1855, Mrs. Bctba Versa Muucir.wifeot Air. Luke Mulky, aged 4S Near Corvallis, Benta Co.. lath olt., Louisa, eldest daughter cf A. M. end D. Witham , aged li years. Kear Daytan, Oregon, on the 22d iUt-, lies. Eachd.. wife of Lewis Johnson. At the residence of James Howard, Linn Co., Hctsoic D., the youngest child of Benjamin and Sarah Ana &h len.of the flux, aged 19 montiis. MARRIED, On Sunday, the 7th Inst. at the residence of Wm. P. Pagh.nearhaleul.by Kev. Obediah Wckinson, Mr. Si las tl. Puob and Miss Sarah J. Hose. Also, Mr. Jo-ski-h Nohthcit and Miss Ahamda A. Peon; all of Marion Co.- . At Winchester, O.T.. Oct. 21ft, by Rev. Mr. York. Mr. Alfred Sloci-m and Miss Catbeblns, eldest daugh ter of Col. Wm. J. Martin. ... In Tillamook comity, on the the 13th ult., by J.Ah derman, tjtq., Mr. W. S. Vacoh and Miss H. Tbase. In Clackamas, by Eev. J. Ocrrii-b, Mr. Jobs P.Mat toos to Miss Maktha HiaiSBOTaiM. In the Porks ol Sautism, Oct. 24, by Rev. Joab Pow ell, Mr. A. M. Smith, to Mrs. SaaH Tease. Kear Eugene City, 30th ult., l.y Kev. R. Kobe, Mr, Jons W. Howe, of Jackson county, and Miss MAKOArr L. Oolk. In Yamhill ronnty, August 20th. byR. M.McTeer, J. P., Mr. Jamks A. Roblsson and Miss Mabv Asa Beaku, all of Linn Co. Iu Portland , 4th inst., by Rev. Mr.Macken. Mr. T Bon is J. Bilges and MUs Mabt A. P. Coklct, all of Portland. Near Port Steilaeootn, Sept. by Iter. George U. Berry, Mr. Villia M. Soekjian, late of California, to Mrs LovisiA Owes, of Pierce Co., W. T. In tbe Porks Santiam, Linn Co.. Linn Co., Nov. 1, b Manin W. Hester, J. P., Mr. A. J. Cxssek and Misa LroiA T. Hamilton. On the 11th Nov., in the Forts Santiam, by Martin W. Hester, Mr. Jakes Onto ax, or Vreka, CaL.to Misa Catherine Bkknnek, of Linn Co. Special notices. The Graerenfeerg Pile Rtmtdf. Warranted a certain cure for this painful remedy With the Ointment there sre very few cases whit a I cannot be radically and permanently cared. A sorg I leal operation fur Piles and Piatala shoald never be 1 retorted ta, unless this Ointment has been thorough ly tried. It never fails. GRAEFEXBERG EYE LOTIOTf, For diseases of tbe eye this Lotion bas no equal. It la a speedy and positive cure for inflammation of tbe eyes, weakness, dimness and failing of sight. It will always be beneficial in acnte inflammation of tbeeves,and sis as a wasn on mnained snriaccs. Tbe tirafenlierg Medicines are for sale by all drag" J gists and A pottiecanes tbrougnoot tlie country. Ageuta fur California and Oregon: REU1XUTOJ & CO., Wholesale Drnggists, 107 Clay street, ittf San Francisco. Mexican Haitang Liniment. Intrinsic virtue alone conld ensure the success which this article bas attained for rheumatism, salt rbeum, burns, bruibes, stiff joints, or galds, sprain, pole evil, and swellings npon borses, it has no eqoal for Man or Beest. No person will be without it who has once tested iU Value. "And with reference to tbe gen rat estimation of the Mastang Liniment, I can cheerfully say that no article ever performed so many cores in our neighborhood at this. L. W. Smith, Ridgefield. Conn." S. Leitch. Eq.. Hyde Park, Vt. write, -that the horse wm considered worthless, (his cae was spav in.) bat since the free use cf the Mastang Liniment I have Bold hira for $150. Yonr Liniment ta doing won ders uj here' Such testimony is reaching ns every day. The bslf is not told. Every family should have it. Beware of nutations. Tbe gennine Mastang is sold . by ail respectable dealers thruznoot the world. BA RXES 4 PARK, Proprietors, JT. T. SMITH 4 DAVIS, agents far Oregon, Front street, Portland. 2m3t ' BTf Let no false delicacy prevent the invalid from seekinjr medical relief the card of lr. L. J. Czapksv, to be funad in another column indicates where to' ob tain a reliable and competent .byician. It is seldom that we are called 'upon to bear testimony in favor of the skill of a physician, b-at a sense of duty as well aa justice demands that we should nut pass Dr. Czapkay ' by, without something more than a mere mention. Un like the erester portion of those who thrist themselves and their nostrum before the public, whose practices) are empirical. Dr. Czapkay is a geutleman of rare med ical and scientific attainments, having helJ the position of chief surieoa of t;ie liberating army during the late H'-ingariaa revolution, and is posaesea of all tbe requi site experiences and skill for tae successful! practice of ' his profession. It is to the care aid advice of such physician we would command all suffering from the eflectaof sexual or private disease, feelm? assured that " iu all such complaints, whether arising from infection, indiscretion, self-abuse, or loss of virility, be can guar antee, from his extensive practice, a speedy and per mmeut cure. To those s iEferia? from the effects of physical and mental debility, we would aay let oom m an sense take the place of false modesty, aad seek sach advice as will save ytm from an untimely grave aad lead yoa back again to pristine health, consult Dr. Ciapfcay, whom we cheerfully endorse as a skillful and tried puysician. capable of coping with and success fully eradicating those self-inSicted miseries, the evila of empirical practice and a'l diseases of a private na ture. Dr. Cz liikir's rooms are on Sacramento, onno. site the PociJc Mail Steamship OS:e. San Francisco. DR.L.J.CzArKAT'eSurgicaland Medical Iostitcteis . so extensively known in this Territory that any notice. . of it, or of him. might seem sunerttiious. Yet fearinr tbat there are those who heretofore having no need of medical aid. have nejlected to ascertain the proper " sources of relief ia cases of misfortunes- To those w ' beg leave to direct attention to Ir. L. J. Czapkav, who certainly a Physician of great skill and wraderftl suece-w in his profession. The Pr hn rWiTf il -r-i-m- ' attention to the treatment of chronic and private dis- eases, and stands unrivalled in his management of : them. To th-we who need scch assistance we cheerfullr recommend Or. L. J. Czapkay ; it wonld be well at all events t? consult him, as he makes no charge for con sultation. and much god might resnlt from it. The Dr guarantees a core in all cases or asks no comoensatkn. S See Dr. L. J.CzaDkav'sad7ertisemeBt!iin simDim o! umn of this niner. 3m33 THE OLD SHOP Established Sept. 1838. 6. COLLIER ROBBINS . Again returns his thanks to his numerous friends and patrons for their very liberal patronage dar ing bis six years residence in Oregon, aad would cake this occasion to remark that as bis braisees has rapidly increased, be has employed Mr. A. T. w i lmjj , wbo is well cnowti to be one of the beaS watchmakers in Oregon. In the JEWELRY DEPAET1E5T, Mr. GEORGE F. EOGER3, formerly of Boston, Masa bas been employed, and be will take pleasure in con vincing the Oregon public that he is sklUfal ia hia workmanship. Holiday Presents. I will be in receipt of a large assortment of NEW JEWELRY AXD FASCY GOODS. Svait&ble for Holiday present, and they will be opesr for inspection about tbe 1st of December. The ladies) are particularly invited to call and examine them. . STRAXGERS in Oregon, wishintr to have tbe cor rect time are invited to call at G.COLLIER ROBBLVS' old established watch and Jewelry store, where tho cor reel time can oe ooiaioeo. Portland. Nov. 10, lsiS. 2m3S A XT one wbo professes to understand all trades Xl' or sciences, assumes to impose an absurdity upon the public. On the same principle, any on I medicine which professes to cure all diseases is nn I worthy of tbe slightest confidence, mad should at I once be denounced as a quack nostrum. The GRrEXBERG FAMILY MEDICIXE8 do not assume to core all diseases with one remedy. Tbey nave eleven ainerent medicines, each adapted to its peculiar disease, and time has r-ruved beyond m question the efficacy and certainty of these pre par-, rations. Their list comprises tbe following midicines; Grsefenbers Vegetable Pills. Marshall's Uterine Ca- tholicon. Grrfeuberg Sarsaparilla. Grsefenberg File Remedy. Grssfenberg Dysentery Syrup. Green Moon- -tain Ointment. Gne;snberg Children's Panacea. Gnef- -enberg Consumptive's Balm. Grefenberg Eye Lotion.. lireienbersr rcver Ague Ketnedy. tmerenberg tleana. Bitters. Gra:caoerz uaunal of Healtb. For sale by all druggists through ut the State. I general Agents, REDIXG rOX CO.. Wholesale Druggists, San Francisco. Oct 56, 1S5S. 36tf Dr. It. 3u if ell, Surgeon Dentist. . "VFFTCE in W. C. Griswold's brick building aw, , Refers to L. F- Cartee Snrveror General's Offie ua,u( v A.v. IOiK). Strayed, ."IsOMthe subscriber, in Sale.n.onorabout -L the first of May last, an American horse, roan color, 154 hands high, blaze face, two or three white feet. 5 rears old 1 ist spring, branded but the brand not recollected. Tbe delivery of the horse the undersigned, or anr information in regard to him will be liberally reward. cdby HAY WARD 4 LIGHT FOOT. -B suiem, jmov. isos. 2m36paid Notice. I WILL sell at public auction, on Saturday, the 11th, day of December, 158. on a credit of twelve, montbs. in the town of Subhmitv. O. T- purchaser ' giving bond with approved security, a certain parcel of LAM) 1 PIVE ACKE LOTS. ia tots or lana r O.VK FOURTH TO ONE HALF MILE OF SUBLIMI TY CuLLEGK. D. S. STAYTOX. . Nor. 13. 1358. . 3m36paid niuAintisn Notice. . u kMinfiM vraiiror ItftvMn JL undersigned in keepingtue Bennett House, mSalenj, IS to. is day uissoivea uy mutual . "T , . . . . The business will be continued at the old stand, by Mr StoweU I.HARRISON, Mr.fatowell. . Vf.D.STOWELU . Xov.9.1858.- 3wpaid a LL persons are hereby nnwaea ooi purcnasw. a Ll , pctafua suv asr-" -v ci'K A nnbir nf PhiliiDS K L&vin. fndors by Edward Evana, Samuel uureii a jonauiaa rew John, due the first of September as ,sid noje taj, , JL -M- uutc va ciw w - , " T"- " - , - a-sial! 0 UCW ICsKSs. am i -r X