OREGON STATESMAN.
TUESDAY. NOVEMBER S3, 1858.
Sea. Harya Orr.
Ia car correspondence front the Dalle
IU to band tba ordtr of Geo. Harney,
epealng to wttlenteat tba country east of
tba Cascades, frcm which settlers hate here
tofort beea restrained by order of Gen. Wool.
TTt consMer thia order of Gen. Harney a
Wist and politic one, and ona which will
greatly conduce to the ultimate benefit or
the eoantry. By the restrictive policy here
tofore pursued, a large extent of valuable
laad has beea withheld from settlement,
and has consequently been lying utterly use
lass and valueless. It is true that the In-
. diea title to these lands has never been ex
tinguished; and that was probably the occa
sion of Ge Wool's order, prohibiting their
occupation by oor eititens. Dot it is equal
ly true that at the date of the passage of
the Donation Law, and for some years there
after, tha Indian title to the lands west of
the Cascades remained unextinguished, al-
though government surveys had been, made,
and the greater portion of the lands had
eta claimed and occupied by actual settler.
Aad it is highly probable, that had the set
tlement of the country been delayed until
treaties had been made with the Indian,
and their consent legally obtained to the oc
cupation of their lands by the white, onr
now smiling and fertile valleys would have
retnaiaed to this day a howling wilderness.
The truth is that Indian treaties, and the
acknowledgment of the Indian title to any
portion of the soil, are downright, unmiti
gated humbugs. They are calculated to give
tha Indians too great an idea of their own
Importance, and, in fact, their effect is to
raise the degraded and bestial savage, at
least ia their own estimation, to a political
quality with the whites. Before they were
to instructed by agents of the 'government,
tha idea of property in the soil never occur
red to the Indians; and the coocesaion to
them of their title to it, and the purchase
of that title by treaties, have been produc
tive of more Indian difficulties than all other
causes combined. Justice and humanity in.
deed require that some care should be extend
ed by oar government ever the Indians.whn
la the very nature of things, are compelled
to give waj to the "manifest destiny" of a
superior race; bat that care should be exer
cised authoritatively, and as a matter of
coarse, as it has heretofore been don by the
Hudson Bay Company, from whom our gov
ornasent might learn some useful lessons in
Indiaa diplomacy. The policy of the Cotn-
. puny has been to treat the Indians as ii.fe
riors, and to make them fully seusible of
their inferiority, but at the same time to
preserve strict faith with them to scrupu
lously perform every promise made Item,
and to exact strict observance of contract
upon the part of the Indians. The wisdom
of this policy is apparent in the difference
of manner in which an Indian approaches a
"King George's man" aud a "Boston." To
the former he is all respect and submission;
but towards the latter be bears himself as
a equal.
The opening of the country east of the
Cascades to settlement will have a good ef
fect. As the frontier of the whites is ex
tended, the area of the savage will be cir
cumscribed, and their facilities for hostile
operations proportionately limited. Had
oar citizens been encouraged to settle there
jears ago, oar border wars might to some
extent have been prevented. It only now
remains for Congress to provide for the sar
Try of the lands in question. This thing
has, for some cause or other, been too long
neglected. A portion of the lands em
braced within the limits of Wasco county
was opened for settlement some years ago.
by the Donation Laws, but there has never
jet been a government survey east of the
Cascades, tor any appropriation for oue, al
though such an appropriation has been rec
em mended by the Surveyor General of tliit-
Territory, aad the recommendation seconded
by the Commissioner of the General Land
Office. A doubtless many persons will
vail themselves of the permission to make
farther settlements in that country, it will
be seen that to delay necessary government
surveys, will only result in future difScultii
of boundary between the settler, and con
sequent trouble and annoyance to the De
partment.
Furthermore, no right can be acquired
by the settler, under the preemption laws.
until the land is surveyed. Appropriation!
aad provisions for thia purpose ought not
longer to be delayed.
Pbsttt MrcH or a Farce. The official
returns of the TJmpqua special election, sent
to the Secretary's office, show the total vote
cast ia tha County to have been seven! Ol
these. Dr. Cole, the republican candidate,
received six. The democrats, believing Van
Riper entitled to the scat, took no part in
the electioo ; and it seems the republicans
did aot take very muck fart. Under the cir
cumstances, we reckon Dr. Cole will hardly
set ap a claim to the scat, but will leave
Mr. Taa Riper, his successful competitor iu
Jane, to take it. At that time the certifi
cate waa wrongfully given to Dr. C. U
resigned, a new election was ordered, where
upon he again became a candidate, with the'
result above recorded.
an. -
Appointment. It is reported that Gen
Lane has had Col. Berryman Jennings -
pointed Register of the land-office at Ore
gon City, in place of Gov. Curry, declined
who was appointed in place of Dr. R. Wil
cox, resigned. Col. J.' appointment create
a vacancy in the State and Territorial leg is
latures, of both of which bodies be is a mem
ber, from Clackamas.
A "Wistcs Campaign. Toe Advocate says
Gen. Harney has determined not to prose
cute a winter campaign against the Iudians
aortb. He is certainly yet undetermined
a to the matter of sending a force iuto the
Colville country. That question we under
stand will be determined ia a few day.
Cv Anlhrr HtchwtaMd.-
In The Ortgonian of the 13th Inst, ap
pears an article entitled , "The Statesman
and Coenr d'Alene," in which somebody
we know not who either moved by friend
ship for "Coeur d'Alene," or desirous of
making a display of his literary talent, ha
espoused the cause of the late luminous cor
respondent of the Orrgonian, and comes to
his rescue with all the ardor and impetuosi
ty which characterize a brevet second lieu
tenant going into action for the first time,
and ambitious of favorable mention in the
despatches. Who the individual.!, w say
we uo not Know; lor, although the article has appeared tu that sheet over the slgna
appears aa the leading editorial in the Ore- tan of "Coenr d'Alene." That was err
u k k t :-ui i-.s.i... lalhly "the unkindest cut of all." We ridi
IV, V. " 7 . : -JT: "
wo, a..ungnisn me euusions oi tne editor
of that sheet. The educational advantages
of the writer have perhaps not been limited
"
to "three months' schoollne-i for. thonirh
bis style is far from polished, and his sen
o i f
tences are rather loosely, and often rudely,
constructed, yet, ou the whole, hia produc
tion i vastly snperior to the turgid drip
pings of Dryer's pen. We wish it, howev
er, distinctly understood, that we would by
no mean, even very remotely, intimate that
the writer of the article in question t a I
brevet second lieutenant, or indeed an officer
of the army at all, much less any particular
OQcer or individual. (We might as well,
to avoid misconstruction, remark en pare-
Ihttr, that by the last clause of the last sen
tence, we do not mean to insinuate that the
writer in question is "nobody in particular.")
It would no doubt be very right and proper
for any military friend of Coeur d'Alene
(provided he ha any) to defend him against
any attacks which might be made upon him
through the public prints, if he is absent, as
the writer says he is, or if he is not come
tent to delend himself; but, in the absence
of anv accurate information noon this point,
a mnst refrain fr..m tl.. ....;.. of .
, . . . . ', I
ucum.e ..,nn.n, wu.ii. wnU,u ue i.ao.c
perversion and misconstruction. Whatever
reply, therefore, we may make to the article.
may be appropriated to himself by the uu
nown individual who is eutillcd to the
credit of its authorship.
Our youthful friend (for we are charita
ble enough to attribute bis indiscretion to
ia youth) quotes a paragraph front our
Dalles correspondence, and endeavors to
make a point on it, bv showing that I lie sen
titnents expressed iu that correspondence
iffertd from those. contained in the articles
on the "End of the War," and on "CiH-ur
d'Alene." Here, however, the young man
misapprehends us, though, no doubt, nuiu
tentionally. The probability is that he has
not carcfullv perused thoe articles of which
he complains. If he will just take the trott
ble.to look them no, and to peruse tlu-n
with care, he will Gnd that he has altogetli
er mistaken their purport. We have al
ways scrupulously accorded to Col. Wright
due credit for what he has accomplished
zainst the northern Indians. Wo have
spoken of biin as a brave and honorable offi
cer, and we have applauded hia gallantry.
diplaved in this Indian war. We did ob
jtct, however, to the attempt of "Coeur
d'Alene" to magnify a series of really icig
nificant occurrences into heroic exploits; and
we freely criticised the bombastic fanfaro
mdts in which lie celebrated the events of
the campaign. Our criticisms were candid,
and, we believe, just "nothing extenuating.
nor setting down anght in malice." That
they were well deserved will be conceded by
every vusiblt officer of Col. Wright' com
mand. We chane to hear that Colonel
Wright wa mnch annoyed and incensed by
the letters of "Coeur d'Alene;" and that
one of his brother officer ampe-led the little
eutenant to correct a certain statement in
one of his letter, wherein he took to him
self the credit which wa due to another.
This was the sort of "special commendation
hich Coenr d'Alene lias received, not only
from Col. Wright, but from his companions
it arm. And Gen. Clarke, too, was com
pel led to issoe a special order, to put an im
mediate stop to the "Coeur d'Alene" rorre
pondence, which was bringing reproach
upon the service.
The yonng gentleman who has undertaken
to defend 'Coeur d'Alene " ava that tie
Statesman baa poured forth a "vitriolic ef
fusion npn Lieut. Mullan, U. S. A., now
assumed to be the writer of the 'Coeur d'
Alene' letter." The assumption i the gen
tleman' own. We have never intimated
that Lieut. Mullan was the author of those
letter, and we have only once mentioned his
name in connection with them, as an individ
ual who seemed to be a special object of
"Coenr d'Alene'" admiration. Now, bow.
ever, we have the direct avowal of the wri
ter iu the Oregonian, that Lieut. Millan
the individual who has bad the bad taste to
parade himself and his service, in a vulgar
ly ostentatious manner, throngh the columns
of a disreputable newspaper. Aside from
the fact that the Lieut was fruilty of a vio
latino of a special order, which expressly
forbid officer from blowing the trumpet of
their own fame, decency should havo re
strained him from this painful exhibition of
mingled egotifm and toadyism. A crown
of laurel, even when merited, aits with an
ill grace upon hi brow, who ostentatiously
places it there with his own bands. True
merit is never found flaunting itself before
the public gaze, and crying ont to the pass
ers-by, "Here I am! behold, aud. admire'"
An intelligent and discriminating public wil
always look with distrust and suspicion tlpon
the individual who boasts ot his own bruve
ry; and especially oue who makes iuvidiou
distinctions between himself and hi followe
in arms. The indelicacy and impropriety ol
a soldier celebrating the glory and reuowu
of bis own achievements i apparent to ev
erybody. Caesar, it is true, wrote his own
Commentaries; but then Caesar was, from
bis superior scholarly accomplisbmeuis, aud
from the circumstances of the times in which
he lived, the very man of all others to nar
rate the history of the event in which be
wa himself the most prominent actor; aud
tbe modest simplicity and candor f hia uar-
retire are the admiration of the present day
He didn't go Into extaciet of self-gralnta-
ttnn arln he Ilia altl of hi aturdv tendons.
I.. imA ...hl..l . .Ictoi-T near th. fierce
.rib. ..nPih it. .t.t-1 tl...
fact, and left his meed of commendulioii to
be awarded by his countrymen. To modem
oldier, emulous of Caspar's fame as a his
torian, we would commend also bis modesty
and impartial truthfulness.
Lieut. M ullau must feel particularly grate
ful to the friend who, through the column
of the Ortgonian, points him out as the per
Uetretor of all the turgid nonsense which
euled only hi. bombastic and exaggerated
, ft-,,,,,,,,. bnt his Wend and quasi defender
ha deprived him of tie poor helter afford-
ed by hi mom Ht plume, and expocd bhn,
at. a. ft a
to tiiesiiaiiaoi weiineaerveu rimcuie
We were charitable enough to withhold
from the public lit real name. If we
were possessed of it: but hi friend
ha, with "no authority from us," acknowl
edged the nmhorsliip ol the letters, aud in
so doiiikr ha plead guilty, ill the name ol
Lieut. Mullan, to all the charge we have
preferred against ' Coeur d Alene.
We trust that now this fruitless contro
versy will end. A the writer of the "Coeur
I'Aleiie" letters i said to have left the Ter
ritory, and as his contribution to the Vght
literature of our country have ceased, we
cau have no object iu taking any further a
lice of Inui, unless, a ha been previously
tuttinatetlf he should be tit opposition can
didate for the Presidency in IS 00, and alio'd
claim election, like (Jens. Harrison, Taylor
and bcott, on the ground of hia military
lame auu achievement: in which case we
shall certainly feel liouud to oppose him.
Agonist Lieut. Mulltin, a au tifucer of the
army, we have no complaint to make. We
preotitne that he is "wise in council and brave
in action. e did not essay to cuuv
Ins military character, lint rather his merit
a a luloiiaii, or rut her (to be strictly mc
curate) a writer of romouct.
conclusion, wo nave oniy io say IIIAI
e deny the charge of attempting to throw
rilicule nptitl the o,H-ratioils ol Col. WrMhlV
eHitipaiu, or to pluck a tingle lutitil Itom
the brow of uuy ollicer or soldier engaged in
it. I tie task of rendering the campaign ri
diculous was -i formed by the offii-er whu
crrestioiuled with tne Urtgoniaa ami the S.
t. Herald, nnd the credit or diM-redit of thai
act propei ly belongs to liini. e would ad-
tiMi Inui, and all other vouu; heroes, here-
iter iu suck iu tne tools oi tneir traiie, un
less their literary efforts are of such a char
acter as to bear criticism.
AsaeMMcnt of Oregeu Ten Iter jr.
lr)5fl. 1ST.7.
Benton l.T!fJ.104 1.3'.H.(10
Clackamas I.U47,lr0 l,3jtf,4JII
L'iatsop lo.:t77
CuluiubU liMl.r4v Sfll.nlC
Curry M.3U4 Jl.Wli
1'o.w ll.r0 05.P5I
1 Kiuglas 1 ,:t7 7 A'-M !W
Jackson I,V7m.4u1 'JoS.I'SlI
Josephiue ;il;l.-2 (1856) 11:1,767
Lne 2.K40.4I4 1 .548.044
Linn i. ..te.t;a.4tt X.14'2.710
Marion .;too,iio 8.-j".r.,;oj
Multnomah 5J7.H4 S,04V-I
ivik i.an.oiij 8,w7,n)-
Tillamook 4.1. K4 "i.'JLHI
t'mpqua Mij.S.xt 411. 100
Washington l,tHl,Ji 845.010
Wasco 47-2.1:10 eiUMO
Vauibill I,4n3.'235 10u,c(0
Total. ......22,:il.ll3
13.4tU.272
We are indebted to B. F. Bonhatn. lwi..
Territorial Auditor, for the above statistics,
We think there is no other country in the
world w here the assessment roll furnishes so
poor an index of the property thereof, as it
doe in Oregon. As a general rule, proper
ty here i assessed far below its true value,
while the valuation i frequently very une
qual, and anything but uniform. For in
stance, Yamhill and Columbia return a le
amount of property in 1S5S than they did
in 1857. Every body kuows that there is
more wealth in those counties now than
rar aro; this ia
Yamhill than of Columbia. The valuation
of Marion county ought to be from half a
million to a mill. on of dollar higher than
it is. The real estate of the country is, a
a rule, valued at an extremely low figure.
If property in Oregon was assessed us near
it real value a it commonly is in the old
States, our valuation would show a total of
not less than fotty or fifty millions.
A Bootless Mission. It i said one ol
the enterprising projector of the interest
ing "expedition to Ght the emigrant," ol
1854, has gone to the States with the ex-
inflation of being able, with the aid of pur
chaser of that "acrip," to get a clause al
lowing that claim tacked upon the bill pro
viding for the Miyineiit of the claims arising
out oi tneiitu.au war in iboo u. w
s . 1 sFWnr Jt
trust no member of the Oregon delegation
will suffer our war debt to be saddled with
I the villainy and ieculation connected with
that '54 expedition. Wo don't think the
war debt had better undertake to carry
dtid ueighls ! esp ciully at the cxjiense ol
honesty and uprightness, and for the bene
fit of fieculators or pc;u!utor. At the
oaiuo time, we would rcmatk that there are
some honest claims growing out of that "ex
J pedition o fight the emigrants," which were
I contracted by m noo n t parties, ami whtcit
itiglit to bo paid. Wa ure sorry llu-y an
so unfortunate in their follows, and are
ready to do tho utmost in our power to re
lieve Ibcm from the odium of the asociu-
lion, and further their payment.
Our Courts. An act of the last session
of Congress, published iu the last isue ol
the Statesman, relative to courts in the sev
eral Territories of the United States, pro
vides that courts may bo In Id in the several
counties of u Territory, as provided by the
Territorial law, provided thai the expenses
of said court shall be paid by theTcrritoiy
or the Counties in which they are held, and
-hall in no case be churgeuble to the U. S.
Aud provided furihcr.thut no causes shall be
determined wherein the U. S. i a party.
Those causes can only be tried iu oue place
in the district. Some action in this behalf
will probably be taken by the Legislative
Assembly soon to meet. They cau provide
for scssiou of grand juries, and tbe holding
of courts in all the couuties, making said
counties chargeable with theexpeuse thereof.
A communication baa been received
from Mr. Dr. Weed, but too lata for inser
tion in this issue. It will appear next week.
Tha Sleaaasaiw CalwaaMa.
f 4 .......... u.t ti.. ,.t.nnr which nub. I
It appears that the rumor wmcn we puo-
lished last week, in regard to the loss of the
steamship Columbia, was Incorrect, though
not without foundation. The report wa
brought to this place oy a person iroiu ai
bany, who bad gathered it from the conver
sation of a German, who had been a passen
ger ' opon the Columbia; and the broken
English in which the story of the accident
wa related, conpled with the fact that the
narrator was little versed in nanticul affairs,
will account for the error Into which our in
formant was led. From several persons.
Dassena-era bv the Columbia, who hare
ainea'aritved in thia lilace overland from I
MiuCe anivea III lUI piece, ovenana, irom
Untpqua, we learn the following particulars:
The Coa si Wa arrived off the mouth of
Utnpqua River on Monday morning, the 8th
iaut. The sea was quite calm, although
there was tome swell ou the bar. In cros
intr the bar. the steamer bore too far to
the northward, aud struck upon the north
spit, where she "bumped" several times rath-
verely, and at one time remained sta-
tionary for ttfleen or twenty minutes, during
which time several seas broke over her,
I
pouring dOWU llie companion -Ways ami
hatch way, flooding the cubilt With Water,
and considerably dainagitig the bulwark ol
the vese . One ea, more violent than the
. .... ... I
omerF, Ktiocaeu uown tne man at tue wucei,
aid dashed the wheel itself to piece. Al
this time some thirty tons of freight were
thrown overboard to lighteu the steamer,
which at lost got ovir the spit into the t ir
er, after being nearly half an hour upon the
bar. Besides the breaking of the wheel, and
the injury to the bulwatks, uo visible duiti
age was don to the vessel. The mails Were
slightly wet, but not greatly injured; unit
the passenger suffered no ill-consequence
beyond a slight scare,
It was stated by the pilot that the "clinu
nrl across the bar had changed." Person
on shore however declared that the channel
had not rhatnred. but that the steamer wa-
out of her proper course.
A I last dale fro:u Uiiiwpis, which were
to the erutiinsrof the 1 4 tit inst., the Culum
bit had not left the river. Passenger wl
l ieu left her.after retiiaiiiing with hera weik, j
tiite that il wa uncertain when she wouhi
HO to sea. Tliey had done repairing, but were
engaged in Miuiiding for tbe channel. Tli
officer stated that she would eooti sail for
I'orllnitil; but onr Informant considered it
doubtful when she would go out, and doubt
ful win tin r when the did po, she would con
tinue to Portland, or return to Stu Francis
co. i"o endeavor nail oeeti maue to lorwaici
the mails by land.
Freighters to the Utnpqua ware charged
ten icr cent., average, ou their good. A
good share of the freight thronu overboard
belonged to "Uncle Sum."
The ColimHu had a passenger list ol
about two hundred, including a considera
ble number of soldiers.
P. S. S!arrfty Ete., Nov. 20; Mr.
Gladwell, Columbia river pilot, ha j tt ar
rived here, overland, with the Columbia's
letter mail, lie left her on the loth, and
thinks she probably went to sea on Thurs
day last. She wa going to Portland. Mr
G. says the ship i not injured.
naT In another column we publish a sec
ond letter from Judge Williams in reply to
a second from Geu. Adair. The second let
ter of the latter geutletuau was les labored
than his former onr, and consequently uot
quite o much of the swell Uteruru stamp.
It wa mainly manifest luierepresentu'.iju,
based upon disingenuous quibbling uiou the
word "law," eutirely uubecotniiig the stilted
"Ashland gale" "standard of morals."
Geu. Adair is unmistakably ambitious of the
notoriety of public controversy. In the par
ticular of thi dcaire he is uot execdvd by
the Abby Kelly, Lucretia Molt, William
Lloyd Garrison, Lucy Stone and red.
Douglas order of individual.
It is an iutcretitig H.ctacle to ee an
idle peusioner upon the bounty of the D.-m
ocratic party, coinplaiuiug of act of lalior
performed by those who have wotked, with
a will, and with effect; enwrapping Intusell
in mock diguitv, and talking about "prefer-
mg a quiet evening with hi wife and fami
ly" to the noiee of a democratic meeting!
In the matter vf a ratification meeting at
the cuurt bouse iu this place, the jud,je catch
c l.iia pronouncing a spctcli excellent,
which ho now aver he did not hear I
"Ah me! what perils do environ
Tbo uiau whoiuedd.es with hut iron."
FhEsti Butt icr. We are indebted to a
ladv reader in Lane County for a stu lid can,
f liberal dimensions, tilhd with the choices!
freoh butter. Sho luodotly usks that alieoe
. a
"nut thanked in the Statesman, a it is Hot
scut to let other know it, and knowing thot
die will be otherwise abuudaully thanked II
it is us source as it usually i about Salem."
Aud how scarce it u considered to bo in
lliese imi ts, may lie inlentd from the Inti
mation thai "people about BJlelU proouuij
don't hku good butter, viMiers hcie nevei
uuviiig becu any iu the place." We wilt
titckct our fair friend s reflection ujmjii Sa
letn bulier, iu consideration of the lact lliul
it U mot righteously deserved; and we hope
to bo forgiven for disregarding her wbdies,
in taking this mode of acknowledging her
ueueiou and welcome present,-of which we
cau uy nothing mote couiplimeutary inuu
that it is iu every respect worthy ol the lair
aud generous donor. .
luiimvKuc.T3 About Iowk. We some
week biuco made a note ot the fuel that a
good tnuiiy residences, among which were u
number of uuite Collf ones, liaU ueeu creel
cd In this place the past season. Au bus
uess bouses have becu put up, but Mr. Jo..
fiolmau is now laying the fouudatiou fori
iwo lire-proof brick stores, which will be put
up early next seasou. We (cam, also, that
the Messrs,. Moores will erect a fire-prool
block the coming summer, aud that the
Messrs. Smith will also build three brick
stores. Tuese wtu aiaae six siwrva v mis
.lau fa bo built here next seasou. Oue wr
two others are also talked of, we hear.
Kates mt Heading: Urn. S,
It is a singular coincidence in literature mat
u.u.ju ...a u,ton s
cgctouedia of Hit and Humor," were not raited bg
one ana tne aame per eon. I hat s so.
In tha uow almanac tor Itf00.lt it predict
ed that when a good MeAdaniised road W connot
ed from this const, a a starling point, to the dif
ferent islands of the t'aeine. ocean, tin eoamry
will cease to be the terminus of tba "war t em
pire" which is represented as constantly wending
its way to the westward, iu wagons drawn by
oven.
. ..Rimrnlartv constituted, indeed, must be
tba minds of those obfuscated individual who
persist in tha belief of that once poptilnr fallacy,
that Mount 1Ik-I was formerly "a bole " '
ground." A tradition, 1 am aware, in extant, going
to prove, with much sophistry, tne tierctoioro nun
terrestrial existence ol that venerable pile, but it
worn I go dose.
B,Jer I'I'ny, coiiimenlina- freely therein ou the
MI. c,fHrwclcr of tU great Napoleon, makes
Socrates, tne younger, in a now
mihtarr character ot tlio great fiapuieun, iiihkcs i
use of this expression: ' Grim visajred war nas
been tha cause of numerous bullies
. .
now prw
found the tkouebts iutercbaiiKed by treat minds.
Aproos of war, and "important military opera
tions," and the "holding of military commander
in somniferous thrall," by some son of a som
nambulist, 1 cannot lorocar quoting inoso gum
cant lines of Mr. Emerson Kalph Waldo:
"If the Indian slayer thinks that he slays.
Or the lted slayer thinks that he is slain,
Thrr kunw finite well the subtle wavs
Ul niart-Q, ana write, aou tneu marcn
. . .. . -t. i i
sgiun
if you don't see blood now. jnst look at my
w, you stop throwi np "later." now t
I hla lrnr.1 4tt.r, Is fl..riv.il fYtim tlltt lireek root
fdumm, which gives it a alight MiU si in accent,
'" onlmgraphy being entirely a matter of taste.
quiring mind is the study of statistics
In review. I
"ea, u,.q,.mu. . , ,.m ..n,.,.....
pained to observe the gross inaccuracies which I
nedautic and reckless Individuals would fitmcrain i
down the throat of au unsuspecting public. 1 I
should like to be informed why it is that an esti-1
mued aggregate is always given in roitmi num.
"shrimps" were devoim-d by auum pt rsuti. name I
not givun. Why not mi in r say oysters auu I
t.MhU shrimps were swallowed by two men audi
bov, and rite the names nf the partteef The latter
reading, would impart to the statement a greater
air oi truth ami accuracy, ami, cuuseuueutiy.
would be more di-serrine of universal I e i.-f.
..A learned man tells us that "o tiuinsann
millions of bttr an annuallu euutnmrd.'' How vngue
aud uusntiatnctorv tins is to uiieaihirst lor statis
tical tacts, nnles. itnleeil, he is rrlrelieil oy or
IU beer. 1 he cuutvuiplnitve uitud is Irft in it.oi'it
m heihcr this tiiitneuse nnmhrrofheer was consumed
bv tirr. or water. If bv the latter, then the truth
of history is vindicated, iu this particular, for we
read that thousands ul our tallow creatures annu
ally Cud a watery bier. " "
Tradition. In the lad ol the Columbia
r-
river not far above the Cascades are numer
ous trunks of trees rising above the waur,
and having the appearance of having Le.n
there for ajjeii. In places they ure so tl.i k.
mil of such uniform hijjlit n o nemb e
idle driven for n wliutf. These slund U
right, and are firinly planted iu the ground.
Some of them we are told are petrified. It
is certain that these tree had their growth
iimiii ill jr land. One conjee' tire i that a
land id.de, centuries io, perlnip. precipita
ted them into l!ie water; that is not iiuprob
able, though the adjacent mountains now
present few, if any evidences of Fnch slide.
The Indian tradition is that at the Casai s
once there was n natural bri.ljre, or that
the chain of mountains was unbroken there,
and the waters of the Columbia passed un
ler them through n tunnel; that mounts St.
Helens and Iluinier got to quarreling nnd
broke down this bridje, fiilii g up the chan
nel, and ciusin the water to rise above.
thus submerging the flat upon which the
trees stood, and which now constitutes the
lied of the river. It is not itniios ble that
the Columbia may have passed through n
natural tunnel some day at th Cascades.
And there are certainly indications lltere
if there once havinj; been heavy laud
slides.
rAtvrcL Accident, asd Sirgical Orcn
tiox. One dav lust week a young man
named Carl Terry, living in the Forks of the I
Santiam, near the town of Scio, wai thrown
from a horse, aud kicked ou the head while
he lay ujkiii the ground, causing n compound
fracture of the cranium. As he did not at
first seem to experience more than a tempo
rary inconvenience from the injury, liis
friends did not upcct the extent of it, and
consequently were not alarmed. Ou the
fifth day artcr the accident, he became de
lirious, and soon fell into a comatose cotidi
lion. Dr. Shaw, uf this place, wa sent for.
and ujwiii examination of the wound, found
that a piece of the fractured skull bad been
driven in upon the brain, causing coinprv-
ion. Dr. Shaw then, with the assistance of
Dr. Ballard, removed a piece of the fknll,
including the broken portion, about one inch
and a half iu letiirth ami one inch in width.
covering the cavity with a plate of silver,
which will protect the bruin, should the pa
tient recover. His recovery is, however.
considered very doubtful, on account of tin-
accuniuliitio-i upon hi brainofextravasiit.il
IiI.mhI, il'iring it compression, which w I
very likely result in infl tmmtition.
Soitii Uuroia Goo Mixes From ou-
cnricsMiidciits al Rust-burg, mi l from con
' versa t ions w-iih persons who reside iu the
a. .-...-
vicinity m tne mines upon u inuuiarv
the South Umpqua, we learn Hint the rich-
loess and extent of the mines exceed thu an
ttcipatiotis of the most sanguine. There are
I -aid to bo now about two hundred iiersotn
I engaged in milling tin re, and nearly all ol
i In ui doing exceedingly well.
Mr. Deck, of Ibis place, tdmwed us the
other tiny a sample of the gold from thcsi-
mines, which he hud obtained from sum-
liulf breeds recently from the South Umj
It is very coarse, and much resembles,
qua
in oppeutance and qualiiy, the aold from
Humbug diggings, in Siskiyou Co., Cat.
Large nuggets of several ounce in weight,
ure frequently taken nt.
McCormick's At man ac for 1859. Wi
have received from the' publisher a copy ol
this valuable homo production, which hns
now been publhditd for live successive years.
It contains, in addition to the calculations-.
Jfce., proper lo such a publication, several
pages of valuable aud interesting statistics.
Published and for sale by S. J. McCormick,
Front St., Portland, Oregon. .
13. 1'he fall has Utus far and we have
got ,ieary t the end of it been unusually
mild iu Oregon. The rainy seasou bos not
commenced yet (Thursday); we are particu
lar as to time, for, by the day of (Miblicaliuu,
the windows of heaven may be opened, aud
the water pouring dowu in torrents.
P. S. Fridaj ntoruiug. Windows and
door both have been opened.
0m. Ilarnr'a Order Opening ! Upper Cean-
trjr I miMHb
Dalle, Nov. 15, 1858.
Editor 3 fATEsttAM Below I send y
true copy nf an important order nf Gen.
Harney. It lias not been seen y the citi
zen here, but iu purport i very generally
understood, nnd the act ia warm'y applaud
ed. Tiie sentiment i quite prevalent in thi
county that there has been a disitinn t
keep settlers out of that country, not n
inncli on account of the Indiun, a for the
lietiefit of a few favorites:
1 1 rad Qi'AiTTKus, Department ofOrf.'jw,
nm r VAMi-ouvea, w. r., Oct. 31, ) .
tStntral Orders, No. :l As it appears that citi
seus are prevented from local ins; near some of the
military posts In thU Dfimrtumnt ; the Oeiieral
Cnniiiaiiilin directs. Hint liereiifter every ent-our
ngeinent will le given them to do so. provided no
i,,friiiBement is made Upon either the Military or
iniriiigti!ent is maue "pi
ludtau Reservations of lbs conatr.
r.
By order of General Harney,
A. rLK.MAniu.n,
Captaiu'V'l lragoins,
A. Aas't Adj. UeaX
Newspaper JJills. We have been send
ing a few bill to attorney for collection,
and once in a while we get mi amusing re
sponse from them. Below we publish a
couple, omitting the name of parties:
, Sept. 23, 1858.
mtEXD lU'sn A lew weeks sine, you
sent some accounts to me for i-ollecti-m, to
wit: One on , for $5;
. t20. and . 5. I Imv
tu.,. somewhat iietrliirMit iu m l nnu-lfibriiitr
iejr rerri,t ,lBfe t ,.t,.c,e(j ,
....
mem jet
is the li Oldest cae in the
county to get money out of.
ia
.ucnelier, ami not inticli liettcr. I have not
, ,xc,.i l il.e i.uli.it. 1 know
ii.i . I will, liowevr, itmke m
effort to collect the suid accounts, but they
are very uouutiiil cises
Very respectfully, yours.
. Xv. 3. 1858.
A. Bran, Sir: Kucl-eJ I for war. I to yon
thu sum of $'20, collected from
Collecting in this country is the
m.'iiii Iiiisiihks l hat 1 cm nmiifiuc anions
honorable nnd lespcvlaMu culling. Yer
ft-w ure willing to puy, nnd many that ar
well able ure the worst customers; anil it I
by home sit I mistake in the. arrangement id
in- Alunglttv that any such men eterobtai
ci edit ere for a new-p:icr.
oiir. respectfully.
The Oi.de Time. Mr. Kdmnnd Quincy, at
the Lledliani trre-p aii ine, en re a eraphie ai-c..u:i
nf the old time custom of appointing ti.hingoien
in the churches, to be a terror to delinquent, n lio
were consigned tn irf-uitence and tribulation on
the pulpit stnirs. 1 be lulling man, a a tmilge
hisnmce carried a long stall, un one en.l ot tin
was a fox's tail, and on the oilier. fonuiJa'il
knob, and it was his nroviiu-e. when anv of th
coite-reg-atiim iudnlped in joninolenee whit-h the;
Old sometimes, then, ihoneu sueti faults are not
known in our day. to walk stealihily alon? tu
where the slumberer was sit'iug, and, if a ftsmale,
tickle her nose with the fox s tail, and if a male
give him a pretrr smnrt bat on the head wi:h ih
knob nf his uftirial baton. The method was very
efficacious in r.-toriig the sleepers to I heir propn
ety. o such severity is now needed, tne pro
gress of the limes having extracted poppies troin
i ha sermon and removed the oeces.y for tubing
meu. lioslon .Nafrml.
That Time is not so very "Olden." Willi
in our tiny "litliingmeii" -have la?en cbosi-
t:i New Knohmd. We have a very dNlim t
reeoili etioii of the election of such offn-vrs
hi "town meeting," and of beinjf very sav
ugeiy tool, tit ai oy litem in meet hi lor
utiilientio to the wssi, but we never fell
the "'mt on the head," or saw the "long
Staff," or "fox's tail."
ffcjv On our out-ide will be found an ar
ticle from the San Francisco Jler-tJ, headed
"Curious ease of Insanity," which will bc
iiitcrestiug to Oregon reader. We are uu
acquainted with the partita nuuicd, and are
unable to sny whether or not they belong iu
uViiUiii County.
P. S. Since the above was written, we
have seen a cilixcii of Corvalli.-, who tills
us that the ersous uatned are resident of
Benton Co., and thai they are generally cor-
telly repi evented in the article from the
Ilerall.
Inebriate Asvuu. Tbe corner stone of
an asylum for inebriate was recently laid al
Uitigliampton, Broome comity. New York.
We would recommend Auiory liol brook to
lake lefuge iu the nearest institution of this
kind, until he gets the mark of his former
debaucheries eradicated Iroiu bis whiskey-
bloated countenance. If he h-is for to go, a
keeiier had better bo sent with hiio, or he
will be pretty likely to "fall by the way;'
esM-ci.tlly if free whiskey is dispensed any
where ou the road.
a. Charles R. Train, of Masachu-etts,
who was ouce appointed judge for Oregon,
i.i placo of judge I'ratt, by President Fdl
more, ha been nominated for Congress, by
the blacks of his district, over ex Governor
Bout well. He will be elect, d. lie nevn
came to O.'cgon, refusing to accept the ap
pointment.
Turown OvKKiioAKD. Wo learn from the
sluU'iucuU of Hiriiij wln c-imo piis.eiigcj
ou the tcttiiisliip Columbia lo Uuiq'U, Dial
tiie iron tor budding a jail at Eugene Cily,
which was on board lliet-tcamcr, was thrown
'verhourd on the Umpqua bar, with other
freight, in order to lighten the vessel.
SlaS" Mr. A. J. Com, iou of J-il.u Cain
late Agent, Indian Agent for Washington
Territory, has bt'ii assigned to duty in the
Coast Ii.-tritt, which include all the Iu
.linns between the mouth of Coliioilia rivei
and Cape Flattery. Him office will be lo
eatetl at Grey's llarlmr or S ioalwatcr Bay.
Ilackuey, who lul iuuniier shot Mc
Cy, deputy lieriff of Multnomah County,
while nttetnptin to arrest liitti lius.pi.-t
been convicted of assault with intent to kil',
mid .-enleiiced to Gve years confluemeiil iu
the ieniteiitiary.
Curry Co. Since our census tablo of last
week was published, the return for ibis
jycar have been received from Curry Co. It
shows a total iKMicltttion of 19o: voters.
142; whole number of males, ITS; females.
22.
1QU The St. Louis (M .) Repuhltcan, sn
I iiifltteiiliul democratic aud administration
paper, supports Senator Doiiglas, in bis con
test in Illinois.
The racifie Mail Sleamshtj Compa
ny, it is suid, own thirteen ocean steameis.
How many of these are sale sea veaseis, is
not stated.
lja- Win. B. Astor the New York mil
liouaire. paid taxes ihi year to the amount
of over eighty thousand aoiura. , ms per
I sooal propertj tax alone was f ao.ogo.
Wltllaan m Adair. .
tniTni Kt A S DA UD Sir; I wish to trouble you
:.l - i:..i- f tl.iliiiiiU! Tit ween H.-lieral
Adsir and myself. I pointed out In tny other com-
.at t 1 I IkAa Ik I at rtisla
mnnication what 1 ctiariiaojy ". " "- " "
crates tha charRca. and makes another proof of tha
adage that "there are none so blind a th.jae
will i..,t see." He says that because I called tho
-1 .1 ... hut liKlpud III pirri:iiiiK.
act of August N'h. 11 orfraniiing Oregon. I cr
ritnry.a law. that thereftire I endorsed and J "J
f ivor of the Wilmot Frovhm. 'I hi profound
logic, if it proves anything nt all. proves that eve
ryone who speaks of our Orgame Act a. a law for
feits his position as a democrat. I rep.-at vrbat I
have already staled, that I reared to what Web
ster. Folk and IJufiglas said and .lnl io rt.e ac
,,f tha pioneers in tregoa and to the pro. -dings
in Congress, to show that the common i,n Jrstat.d-
or of people was that Slavery cou.u . ...
t. naTirallr exist In this f,ui r a d any man
i.-.-i. .i.'- .knit t.arnernDh and puts any
her construction upon it is t.jo stupid .o iiudr
nd plain language, or too di-hoiie.t to aeknowl.
lee w hat he knows to be he truth. Another
" 1 .1.. ll,Xn.nr. ,f
statement is that l "exnnineu ...
I7t7 In bar t slavery in urr-gin.anu
he d.-feetion of Sonih Carolina aim IM """
stead v adln-rence of Massaciiiisrj
Oen. Adair Barbies and misquotes y lai
ige,and then misinterprets bis
. i.- i.i... . I. --.. I dn! savtnac
mc
guage,
tati
It
fmigress.-f the Confederation in I7J7, , votel
lanimwtsly to exclude slavery from tha Aorth
MfTerritory, Nit 1 expressly state in thesama
unam
west'Territory
pa
racraph that I cited this turt snnpiy io
nt in the jiidgtn.fnt ol these wen slavery woul-I
that
be a disadvantage to that lerritorr. i
uootlinr reaw why tbey aw.uio ve
that way. Thea tlwre were iw constitutional
nuestious tnvtflved no seetionnl agitation all
v . . c . i t m ...1 . t and
was eoiicoru an.i peace., n.,,.... .
Massachnsetts voted togetaer si .. -
Isaid that doubtless at this ovty comn v.iw..
w.mld emidi inn that vote, but I did not nounee"
the one arid applaud the oih-'r as JeO. Adair
states. There is not a particle of Irnrh in tbe as
sertion. Wish what cnd.r and fairness, task,
can the language of a paragraph be totally perver
ted, and made to bear a meaning wmcn ,--graph
Itself expressly disclaimsf Gen. Adair ad
mits that my position iu the first plnce was that
tho General Government had. no right in any-
war to interfere with slavery, except to carry vvi
ihe'fogi-ive slave clause of the eoiisiitn-ioii, and;
turn undertakes to evade an t distort it inthis-
war. "Kverv Kepublieati." hus.iys. '-.n ti(isy
of Or.-gron, admitting the validity ot tii t lr.Jinfrer
hii.1 Wilmot proviso. ill sir an mat .nwpo -
Itauis alleges." That is to sav : aoum me risi
Congress to l-gislate,and thu Ijepubiii-aus will say
that Congress hns no right to legislate. I da not
know w hat this twaddle means. Again he says s .
"The republican party, if 1 have rot misappret
h.-n.l -d ih.-ir .'.-jtt..riii. a Imiis the cuirstitn.iwnal
and l.-gnl vali'lii v of thj fngiiive slave law in the
States and for the S.at.-s w hrr slavery exists."
I put it iijiim reeiard that iha Collecior at Alria,
wlm se.'s bons-lf upastbe pink of Dmoeraiic per
fecliuii. is au iguurant of iho mlitical history of
the country as nut to know thai tbe Hepublit-ana
d-iiy the validity of the fugitive slave law. I it
possible thtt he never b.-arJof lb ir personal lib
erty bills their jndieial decisions iheir Jerry .
rescnes the removal of Lairing, and th.-ir reis-taue.-
to Ihj e tu ion of this U-v with riot and
bliHil-hedf This iguortnee miy a.-eoiiat f.r his
ac:ing wiib the Republicans at thu last election.
Gen. Adair charged me with u-ing against tha
iicroduciion of slavery into Or.-gou, "every arga
mem that ever fell from the lips r iens of the op
ponents of tha ins it n ion." and I cad public at
tention to the f.et that tbe onl v evidence be. a.l Joe
ces in support tif th.it ebargj is the luilnwing q-jw-tatioti:
"Uoes not this system inevitably l.-pet
lUs seiitiment that the man or woman n ho Lire
out to do firm or house work is put upon a loveL -with
negroes?" Taken from its proper eotwiee
tiuli as it is by Gen. Adair, and this interrogatory
means no. king: bnt iu the parngrapb where is
stauds, it implies that laboring p -vpie wonld be.
more uiioilliug lo hire out to d farm and kousa
work with negro slaves lhan wiih white persons
as co-laborers and associates: and so this sweeping
allcg:ion, w bk-h was intended to cover n with
ihe iulauiy of Garrison, dwindle down tn this
''lame and impotent conclusion." Uei. Adair af
fects great as.oiiiliineiit because 1 Mid that he
had heard me iu the most public manner declare
my hostility to lb j Wilmot proviso and knew that
1 was opposed lo if. He rep-ls Ihe itlea ot "onr
assocKtiotis, speaks ol Ins "othcml seclusion.
the "bold devlaration, " Ac . and prettv sirotiglr
in.iui.ties that be nver was brought to the ha nii-
ia iuii of any pariienhtr aequtiitianc with me-.
Stteh a disclaimer on his part 1 presume nut quite
unnecessary, as few peop e would be apt ra mink,
that a nian' boru between the gne of Ashland
and the Hermitage,' conid be at ail familiar w th
one of my humble birth and pretentions. 1 will
state however, thatht the Democratic convention.-
iu 1S-.7. I made a speech in whieb I dts -ussed tba
Republican pisiform thew lately adopted at Alba- (
n r, Linn county." When I was through, Uenetal
Adair was called for. and caute forward from the .
crowd, and commenced by compnmentiiig what
be was plea-ted to rail "thu very exeeil.-nt speech -s
of Utt Chief Justice." I bare only to say that -Gen.
Adair then hra.-H me speak and denonnee the
Wilmot proviso, or be undertook to pronounce a
speech ece,l .-lit. when le knew nohing about it.
.oi nuiy am i misrepresented in mis euriiroTersT,
bnt emphtirally reminded uf the -"iuibecilities"-
ot" my i.itelle. t. Gen. Adair here becuntes colossal.
He "gc;tsthe s;art of I be mnjestic world." "Siag
aia and the mammoth cavearenwhere. Strange '
that a mau of such Webstertan mind should have "
the heart to jeer at the niisfortmies of a fellow '.
man! I cry for mercy at the hands of '-intellectual
liuliah." aud beg lo remind him that though it
is excellent to have a giant s strength, it w tyran- .
nous lo nse it like a giant-" GeH. Adair says
I hat when 1 spoke at Clatsop in the late canvass.
he prefercd a qmet evening with his wife and
children" to hearing roe. To be sure be did.. .
Gen. Adair can hold year afteryear tha best office
in Oregon, and Iit at th exp ms j of tht JJemo-
cratic prty. but when tbero i.s any work to ba
done, he puts on his "gate Oigmty, ana preters a
quint evening, Jtc, He seems to think my speed .
wfisin bad taste: 1 think otherwise,and our tastra
clearly differ. I think it is in very lad taste for
Ii-Di.craiic administration to keep in efik-e a man
who i too good in his own estimation to do any
thing for the party that supports him, and who -cannot
even condescend on the day of the election
to go to the polls amfTote the Uetnocratir ticket.
I w ill not pursue the subject further at -.his time,
and beg pardon for tliis tax up your coimoos
but as Uin. Adair has audertakcin .t; ttis late day
to make a little Cuuroinbe ou; of tbe nijryer
q-testton" at uir expense, I wish to see him ful'y .
satistied wi;b bis experiment.
- - GfcO H. WILLIAMS.
Stages from Salt L.kk tilths Dalles.
A lino of foiir-hre K-t coacln are to be run' .
from Salt Lake, or some point on Iho Piacerville .
route west from Salt Lake, to ih D.tHea in Ore-
gou. to connect wiih the s-age on the line be- .
1 ween. St. Joseplt aud Placerviile. The Sacral
int-nta lire, say": .
'We know t.ot how much was allowed for this
service, or whether thia side mtrte wiH te rira
weekly or semi-monthly, bnt seeing that the Salt
Lake or great Central route is natmii-y expected
lo meet the demands of more than two. thirds ot
the people of California, but also to ntp!y tba
peop.e of Oregon and Washington with an ttver
lanj mail, it is twit fair to expect the national. "
liovrr.imont tn place it ou ait eqjua.it with tba
aa st favored of routj."
i'h-re i no quus.ioa about the right of the peo
ple of thi nor h to h ive tha very best mtil fac-i.:-tw-s
that can be afforded by the overland routes
and they owj it to tkinwl v- to set to work earl,
and secure all the benefits desired; and it i'ala
. he duty of the press throughout the State to nrra
t lid matter upon tha aiteuJou of Congress. & .
t'raucisca Times.
We have heard nothing of th a&fvo. and
are inclined to the opinion that the iutelK
e.iee is rather ahea 1 f llie fact.
' etgrGeo. P. Johnston, wiio kiUe.1 Fer
guson iu a duel, has left hi pjer. In re
tiring, he says: :
A eogeal reason now exists, if there were noo
other, for this course. Having been recently i in
volved iu a mast unfortunate tUdiculty, njy acaoa
has provoked the malignity aud arou-cd the prej
udices ol many fc- might :herwise cuntribote
t the support ot' litis journal. In taking leave
of my brethren of tfcs Press, after my brief ac
quaintance with them, I know no language mora
appropriate than the words of Byrou:
"Here's a tear for those lv love me.
And a smile for those who hate,
' And whatever sky's above me, -Here's
a heart for every fste."
Arkaxsas Pouticiass. Ia Pike county;
Ark., a few days siuce, apolitical meeting came
off, at which the candidate for the Legislature a
Dr. Laua aiaoti tbem add.-essed the people.
Upon the Doctor descending from the platform,
after a briiliaut speech; he as arrested for a mur
der counnitted iu North Caroliua two or three
years ago, aud put iu irons, to be Conveyed to tha
i$tate f rot 11 which bo bad tied. The Doctor waa
very reluctant, aod appealed to this, "cooatitq- -.
ants," but it wouldn't do. Ssaiiaat
: 1