OREGON STATESMAN. TUESDAY. DECEMBER 8. 18i8. We rtgret. to ten that . old disturbing qaettioo spun ap la the .egWatore. It aa been promotive of more excitement, mora ill feeling, more crimination and re crisiBatloo, and mora enmity than all other questions, which hare agitated the public mind, i The people have become very tired of it, aad they rejoiced when the constito Cisal coaTention, as they thought, pot the matter to rest, antil seen time as It should be Inally located, under the provisions of tie Constitution. It was the desire of the whole country, that it should rest until that time, aad it was the reasonable expectation and confident opinion of the country that it would. The question has not since been ag itated by the people; thtg hare not raised tsa questioa ia the can rasa for members of ti legislature, and bo member of the pre sent body, to oar knowledge, aaaounced to the electors that he favored the reopening Of that "old sore," at this sessioa; aad had ay candidate to declared himself, we ap prehend there, ia sot a county ia the Territory fa which the aet would have found approval. The movement, nominally headed by Dryer, waa aaasked for aad unloeked for by the vo ters. ; It ia both factions, aad anderbauded; factious, beyond denial, aad underhanded, be cause undertaken without avowal before the people, aad with the knowledge that the country did not and does not regard the qaastion as beiag before it at this time. They acquiesced in the settlement made by the convention, and more than willingly forced to let it rat ootil tbey could establish the location for twenty years. And that it waa to be established for that leegth of time, beyond the power of the legislature to dis turb it, was a matter of hearty congratula tion an the part of the people. .. Bat, faction could not let it rest; it is a datarbing element with which it delights to deal, for the mere purpose of disturbance aad excitement. And, factioo, when it has commenced the work, is of course aided by other considerations, as varied as those who entertain them. Some, perhaps, hare per aaaded themselves that their constituents are aa faver of removal, or at least iudifferent to a reopening of the subject, who could trace this opinion, not to what they have learned from their constituencies, but to other aad extras cons causes. If this or that event had or had not happened, if this or that man, or this or that locality bad done ar omitted to do, this or that thing, or if something else had or had not happen ed, it is not anlikely that such members might have formed different opiuions of the views of those tbey immediately represent. log the real reasons for their belief or ac tion. And acts lb as based, not unfrequent Jj prove unfortunate, and ill-advised, as re spects both their real, or pretended fouuda Xioo. The people, ia accepting the constitution, have uttered their desire to be relieved from vexatious agitation respecting the temporary aeat of government and they are far from wishing its submission in June next, or at aay time, until it is submitted under the constitution, once for all, and to some pur pose. They want neither the trouble or ex peaae of an election to relocate the tempo rary seat of government. . Of all the meth ods of disturbing it, we believe a submiasioa to the popular vote to be the most obnox ious to the electors. If faction, spite, hope of party advantage, or personal consequence, ova of discord and strife; if any or all of these vill remove the temporary, and merely nominal capital, let them do it by direct ac tion, and they will offend the people and the eointry less, than by requiring a popular ntn For one, we are most thoroughly naiuea ted with this seat of government tarmoil, stirred ap, of late years, most generally .by the enemies of the Democracy, for the par pose of creating distrusts and divisions. Aad, we shall heartily rejoice when able to chronicle its settlement for twenty years. Whtrt it shall be settled, we care little, if the interests of the State shall have been duly regarded. " The university, and the various asylums and institutions which the State must some day have, are required by the constitution Co be located with the capitol, and, alto gether, they will require a goodly number of acres for sites; these, the State cannot af ford to purchase at very extravagant rates, if at ail; indeed, for some years to come, the construction of the capitol ' will be a heavy burden. There are numerous paper towns ia Oregon, and sites where not even paper towns have been located, quite as eli gible for real town-sites, as are any f the rival candidates for the capital; there are some of them ia which the State can obtain a donation of 160, or 320 acres of land upon which to erect a capitol, university, and the other buildings of the Stste; and from the proceeds of sale of lots ia which, a fund suf ficient to construct a capitol could be realis ed. Michigan built ber state-bouse ia that way, receiving a donation of 160 acres of lead twenty miles from the river, ia the very wilderness. The public buildings called about them a town, and the State, dividing its surplus lands into town-lots, sold them or a faad ample for the erection of a capi tol. Other States, we understand, hare in whole or in part, done this. Is soch a coarse mot practicable ia Oregon? If it is, let us adopt it. When the seat of government cpmes to Jbe permanently established, the interests of the State should be consulted, anil nsvf Uai attthitiiln miA intf.ut t . ajoae. V a donation of a half section of land caa be obtained at a poiut eligible for town-site, we arafor accepting it, locating there the aeat of gorcrumcnt, and thus pro viding a fend with which to construct our public buildings, . Will some tateffiawa Michigan mm. acquainted wVtk the tacts sad particulars, aomtiaicata them to a? A Maul Cttla a aa a Happy Mew Year I" We wish yoa, dear readers, one and all, a merry Christines and "a kxppy New Year, and many joyous retsrns cl the season, " . Before your eyes shall have fallen upon these col am ns, Christmas, with Its merry meetings and its merry greetings,' will have come and departed ; the Yule-log will have blazed, and burned, and died out, and turned to ashes, upon many a hearth: households I long sundered will have been reunited; pa rents and children, brothers and sisters, driv en by the pressure of circumstances, or ne cessity, widely apart, will have met once more around the hearthstone of the "old bouse at home," to exchange the greeting; of affection, perhaps for the last time; the hearts of the children will have been rejoic ed by the accustomed visit of the good "Christ-Kindlein," who from his capacion stores has filled their little stockings with toys and sweetmeats; the old heart burnings and disputes of yore will have keen extinguished and forgotten amid the hilari ous mirth and jollity which distinguishes this, notwithstanding the storms and gloom of winter by which it ts surrounded, as the gladdest, merriest season of all the year. : "A merry Christmas 1" How joyously it was shouted from hundreds of happy throats! How merrily it fell from the lips of old and young, upon the morning of the day "where in onr Savior's birth was celebrated," bear ing everywhere the glad tidings of "Peace on earth, good will towards men." Let ns hope that all have passed a "merry Christ mas," and that, as Items said about the Iatt ball at the 'nothing of an unpleas ant character occurred to mar the general good feeling which prevailed upon the joyful occasion." Before we ugain have an opportunity of holding converse with our readers, through the medium of the types, we shall hare en tered upon another revolution don't start, reader we don't mean one of those horrid French affairs, composed of blood and liber ty, and all that sort of thing, but a sober, steady-going revolution of the earth around its solar center. Ia short, if the almanac speaks the truth and we take it for grant ed that it doe, except when it puffs patent medicines, or attempts to prognosticate the weather Saturday next, being the first of January, 1859, will be "Sew Year's day; as our friend the pedagogue explains it, the earth on that day will have arrived at the termination of the yearly pilgrimage upon which she set out on the first day of Janua ry of the present year, and will have taken a fresh start, hoping, by diligence and perse verance, to again accomplish her circuit within the time prescribed by the astrono mers. It is customary on these occasions, as it is upon the setting out of less import ant expeditions, such as, for instance, the sailing of a vessel cpon an important voyage, the starting of the overland-mail upon its journey, or the trial trip of a new forty horse power steamboat to have a sort of general jollification, by way of giving eclat to the affair; at which time those very accommo dating individuals who have assumed the control and direction of things terrestrial who, in their own opinion, are entitled to all the credit of the management of affairs in our little world take occasion to compli ment themselves very highly upon the suc cessful issue of the last trip, and to drink btm voyage to the one just commenced. And so we, though only a passenger, yet feeling a deep iuterest in the result, pour a hearty libation to the New Year. New Yeafs day, aside from its impor tance as being the day upon which the good ship The World annually sets sail, according to announcement in all the almanacs, is also distinguished by the initiation of numerous individual enterprises, on a smaller scale. It is the custom with many persons, whose previous efforts have, not been of a character to excite a great degree of admiration, to take a fair start with the world on the first day of January, trasting in the strength of certain good resolutions to bring them out ahead ia the end of the race. Many of them (we grieve to say it) only add a few more bricks to that infernal pavement, which is said to be constructed of good intentions; while others persevere unto the end, in due time receiving the reward which always at tends virtuous endeavor. May you, reader, belong to the latter class. And may each successive New Year be to yoa indeed a Ilappy Xew Year. at- Some years ago we referred to the necessity of a law requiring steamboats oa the upper Willamette to carry anchors, to be used ia case of aecident near the falls. Since that time, one boat Has been ' carried over the falls, drowning- several persons; fortunately, but few were on it. Another has narrowly escaped a like fate. Sooner or later we expect the public will be shocked by intelligence that some steamer, has been carried over the falls, and that scores of hu man lives have been' lost. Every boat on this upper river ought to carry heavy an chors, all ready for use, and there ought to be a statute requiring thenvto do so, under appropriate penalties. - If our legislature ean spare time from the interminable seat-of-government questiop, when it re-asscm-bles, will it enact some statute upon this subject? The boats run almost upon the falls, and if any accident there happens to their machinery, or a "tiller rope" breaks, a plunge over the falls, with the destruction of all on board, is inevitable. . BfV. Rev. I. L. Driver writes to the Ad vocate that the Iodian, Dick Johnson, recent ly murdered ia Umpqua, "attended meeting and has been a professor of religion for many years." We are iaformed that the person accused of being the ringleader in the massacre, is a professor of religion, and. a prominent member of bis church TJuited Brethren. KB. It is rumored that Capt. Felix Scott, of Lane Co, has been killed by the Pitt River Indians. B3uWe indebted to Roberts fc Co. for newspaj pcrta rors. Vert Dbtkrish. Dryer's buffoonery in the Ilonse is constantly ornamented with $Jalaprtfiims9.n& Partington, while his pro nunciation would draw a smile from either of those old dames. When be gets aboard about three pints of 'Whikky, be invariably launches out upon tho sea of poetry. Hi stock of lore in that field is limited, aud of ten repeated, insomuch, that the boys in the lobby have it as pat as ks has, with his in numerable blunders, -r"' i rf I't ftvorite figures is "Syren song,1- v. 1 "miu- ccs "Syrian song." Ilis drunken . .Son of himself on Monday nij;ht, in the House, was the subject of general remark. B&" Tbe-iiegislative Assembly adjourned Tuesday evening until the 3d of January. The Couucil Iia3 transacted all the busiucss that has thus far been brought before it, we believe, thongh but few bills have been in troduced into that body. In the House, the usual number of bills and memorials have been introduced, but little business has been transacted. The agitation of the seat-of-governmeut question has blocked everything else there. It was taken up out of its or der, quarrelled over duriug the usual sit tings, through night sessions, and ouce from 2 o'clock to 10 P. M., without recess. Afples oh thk Other. Side. In the K. Y. and Bosten markets, choice fall apples have this year been worth from $1 15 to 2'00 per barrel, while poorer sorts com manded $1 50. , The best winter apples brought $3 50. In most of the transac tions the dealers puid tho farmers freni $1, 75 to $1 87 per barrel. In Oregon, apples hare been worth from f 6 00 to $10 per bushel. Mr. Wesley Shan non, of this county, . Las this season sold from his orchard about $6,000 worth of ap ples. Gen. Liovejoy, of Clackamas, has re alized that, gr a larger som, for his crop. The last issue of the Oregonian contains an editorial correspondence from Salem, in which the charge of incapacity is made against Mr. Pyle, clerk of the House. The charge is wilfully and mali ciously false, and it comes with a very bad grace fro'n such an ignoramus as Dryer. Mr. Pyle is an efficient and competent clerk, and discharges his duties faithfully and promptly. No one will ever question Dryer's capacity for bad whiskey who has seen him drink. Mr. Walter Forward, of this county, has been appointed U. S. Marshal for Ore gon, in place of John McCraken, resigned. A good appointment. He is county survey or of Marion, competent for the post, a wor thy citizen, aud a sound democrat. He is a nephew of Walter Forward, of Pennsylva nia, and also of Jeremiah S. Black, the present Attorney General, to whom he prob ably owes his appointment. Masonic Instai.lattox. At a rejnilar com munication of Salem Lodge Xo. 4, A. F & A. JI, held on Friday evening last, Dec. 24tb, the following officers were elected for the en suing Masonic year: A. M. Belt, W. M; F. S. Hoyt, S. W; J. Donaldson, J. W; J. M. Shepherd, Sec; R. M. May, Treas.; H. Gordon, Tyler. Recalled. We learn that orders were received by the last mail from the War De partment, recalling Gen. Harney from Ore gon to the Departmeut of the West, and that he will proceed across the plains by a northern overland route, as soon as spring is sufficiently opened. f'rniin Sore Throat. This epidemic pre vail in several portions of Oregon, and gen erally with fatal fleets. Under onr obitua ry head will be found an announcement of five deaths occurring from it, in one family, A mournful record. r Our Aduissiox. Our letters by this mail speak confidently of the early admission of Oregon at the present session ; some of them also confirm the opinion we last week ex pressed, concerning the cause of the failure of the bill in the House last session. We have letters from Mr. Grover. lie had gone to Maine, to visit ' the old folks at home," after an absence of eight years, but wonld be in Washington before the commencement of the session of Con gress. HSU John Owen has been appointed sub Indian Agent to the Caynse Indians, in place of Wm. Craig, removed. Wesley B. Gosnell has been appointed sub-agent for Paget Sound, in place of Bolon, killed by the Indians. Cgs. Col. Farrar, of Portland, who went to the Atlantic States, last spring, returned to Oregon on a late steamer. We are in clined to think his rumored resignation, pub lished in the San Francisco Herald, is "gam mon." Thanks. Gov. Stevens, of Washington Territory, hue our thanks for a copy of the U. S. Official Register, 1857, and for other valuable documents. ft. Hon. A. M. Berry, member of the Council for Jackson and Josephine, arrived here on Wednesday. The Douglas, Ump qua, Coos and Curry member is still absent. Mr. James Allen, of Dallas, Polk Co., has lost three children recently from the effects of putrid-sore-throat. Mr. Bristow, Senator from Lane Co , who has been dangerously ill, is recovering, and is now out of danger. KB- There baa yet becu no movement in the Assembly towards a revision of our li cense laws. A look at Cross' market Christmas morning, wonld havo done a hungry man good. " PilMtcr Wanted. A good journeymen printer can find em ployment at the Statesman office immediately. An editor in Iowa has become so hollow from depending upon the printing business alone for bread, that lie proposes to sell himself fur stovepipe at three cents a foot. Blotter from Hon. Dalasoai Smith. Washisctos, D. C, Nov. 18, 1858. Fribn-u Bush: Mr. Grover and myself arrived in New York on tho 12th, and I reached Washington on the 15th inst. Mr. G. has goue to New England to visit his friends. Ten duys btfore reaching Panama I wns confined to my bed with fever. On arriving nt Panama I wns too ill to proceed to New York, I therefore remained nt Panama two weeks ; and for ten days I was unable to leave my bed for about a week my life was despaired of I was brought very near death's door. My good friend Grover re mained with me, cxteuding every possible attention, and affording me every aid in his power. I am under a thousand obligations to him. " I Itft Aspinwal! for New York" on the 3d inst, in a very feeble state of health, but thanks to kind friends, good physicians, nurses and an all-good Providence my former good health is again quite restored I had intended to visit the Western States before the meeting of Congress, but in cou sequeuce of detention on the way and the fact that Gen. Lane telegraphed to me, ou my arrival iu New York, that the interests of onr State required my preseuce here, 1 concluded to postpone my visit to the West until after the adjournment of Congress in March. I perceive that a part of the newspaper press of Oregou are opposing our admission as a State, and for obvious reasons ; aud an other portiou are predicting our defeat." The Oregou papers seem determined to mix our application up with "Kansas." And yet here nobody really expects Kansas to trouble Congress thia winter; and here nobody doubts the admission of Oregon. do not, and predict that Oregon will be a State within the Union by the time this -letter reaches yon! I have conversed freely with member of Congress, editor?, newspaper reporters, nnd many others, since I arrived iu New York, in regard to our adtninsiou, aud I have yet to meet the first man who is opposed to our speedy admissiou! Erery body here speaks of Oregou as a Slate, ns mnch so as though she was already iu the Union. It is reserved for a portiou of the California press aud a quasi California press in Oregon, to oppose our admissiou. In nei ther case ia public opinion represented. Three-fourths of the people of Oregou have declared, in the most deliberate manner, that they want a State government; aud the people of California waut Oregou iu the Uo iou, and for the most obvious reasons ; aud whilst the two Senators and the two Repre sentatives from that State are divided upon other questions, all four are zealously advo cating the admission of Oregon. Neither the President or any member of his Cabiuet will oppose our admissiou. The Committee ou Territories in the House will report the Senate bill for our admission back to the House at an early day in the scssiou, with a recouiiueudatiou that it pass aud it trill pass, or I Bin greatly deceived. But, euough of this; time will tell. It is impossible to tell whether our war debt win be paid this wiuter or not. The Secretary of War iu his annual report, will renew his recommendation in favor of our claims aud urge upon Congress the justice of our demands; and the propriety of payment. The chief obstacle in our way is an empty Treasury. But, if we are admitted, it is probable that we will get a Pacific Senator on the appropriate committee, aud as we can then be heard, 'both in the Senate and House, we may indulge hope of sRicess. 1 Gnd an excellent feeling existing generally towards Oregon, excej t amongst a compar atively few inouomauiai-s of tho Greely stripe -on the sulject of negroes and ludiaus. lien. Laue is cou fined to his room with indisposition. He is afflicted with neuralgia iu the head. Ue sufler much aud cannot bear excitement. His physiciaus iuterdict exciting topics. It is probable that the General will be up again soon. lie is ou the mend. The indications now are that there will be a very large emigration to Oregon and Washington- Territories in the spring. So mote it be. - By the papers this morning, I perceive that Waller Forward, of Marion connty, has been appointed Uuited States Marshal for Oregon, iu place of John McCraken, re signed. Yesterday I dined with our good friend Gov. St'vens. He is a gentleman of great industry, of much influence here and a warm friend of Oregon. The people of Washing' tn Territory, in my judgment, have mani fested much wisdom in sendiog the ex Gov ernor here; and if their wisdom abidelh they will keep him here.. I have written the foregoing in great haste, and must conclude, as the Pacific mail is ju it closing. - I desire to say to my correspondents in Oregon, through the medium of the States man, that 1 have neither time or" strength to answer their letters by this mail, but that tbey shall bear from me in due lime. Both Administration men and Douglas men here nre hoping and looking for a re conciliation this winter. Senator Seward's late stump speech will do the Democratic party an inGnite amount of good; as will, also, a very different kind of a speech by Senator IJatunrood, of South Carolina. The weather, ever since I landed in New York, hns been nearly as cold as our sever est winter weather iu Oregon. , I really be lieve that Oregon has the best and most healthy climate of any portion of the conti nent. There is no better country on earth than Oregon. Kind salutations to my friends. Respectfully nnd truly yours, -DELAZON SMITH. tip A correspondent says : "I hare just received tho Times.containinfj a let ter from Gt'li. Lnne. in which ho in res the reason why Orcpon wan not admitted, at tho last session' of ConprcM. llio ucnerai says; -wnencver i urged our friends of the committee on Territories, to whom tho bill for our admissiou had been re ferred, to report it, 1 was mat with tho reply, 'yon have no Ptato Orpaniznlion.' " Thia seems yery strange to me. The bill for our admission was referred to the committee on Territories on tho 0th of Juno. They of eonrse had the State Constitu tion bffore thpm. That constitution provided for tho election of State Officers, and a perfect State organization on tho first Monday in June. Hon. La up, and vary likely "our friends" on the com mittee Uuew that candidates had been nominated and that an exciting contest w as pending over the election. Onr election for State Officers, took place a day or two after the bill for our admission was referred to the committee on Territories, and when "our friends" on tho committee objected that there was no Stnto organization, they made an objection which they and Gen. Lane certainly knew was false, If we have many such "friends'' ia Congress, it will be well for the people of Or egon to pray save us from "our friends.'' j-The St. Louis Republican was .fifty years old on Monday Inst. We hope it has got its growth, for it is the largest daily pa per in the Uuited States, and we have beard it is the most profitable. C A facetious boy asked one of bis play mt. v a hardware dealer was like a boot maker? 1 The latter, somewhat puzzled, miii it nn "Wlir." said the other, "be- cause the one sold tho nails and the other nailed the soles. Ia(et SCnlrs Kews. " The steamer Columbia arrived at Port laud ou the 23d inst., bringing dates from San Francisco to Dec. 16th, from New York to Nov. 20th, nnd from New Orleans to Nov. 2Cth. From onr exchauges we gath er the following summary of news : Ca!irorila. A lot of Oregon npplcs, 654 boxes in all, sold in San Francisco, Dec. Uth, at from 17 to SM cts. per pound, averaging rl'.i to tt6 cents. A choice lot of 150 boxes winter apples sold for 2d cents. The coldest weather ever experienced in Cali fornia has been within the present month. Snow full in some of the mountain towns to the depth of two feet, and several of the small streams were frozen over. A man named Miller was frozen to death near Stockton on the night of the 4tb llec A druggist named O'Dowd, in San Francisce, gave a young man named Bradley a dose of poi son by mistake, which produced death in a few hours. O'Dowd, upon learning the fact, swallow ed a quantity of prussic acid and was found dead in his room. A party of farmers and ranchmen on King's river, Fresno county, recently corralled ItiO head of Indians, and removed them to the reser vation. Tho Indians had been stealing and kill ingcattle. . . The tules on the San Joaqnin river, some miles below Stockton, have been on fire for several days past. The high winds of Thursday aud Friday drove the flames over a vast extent, and the scene is decribed as magnificent. There ia now over half a million of dollars in the State Treasury. A considerabe portion of this amount will be required to pay the conpons on the funded debt of the Slate, due on the first of January. . Gen. M. G. Vallejo, it is said, has obtained over 6.CUO gallons of wine from his vineyard, this sea sou. He has also extended it, and anticipates raising nearly 50,000 gallons next year. Atlantic tat. A dispntcu dated St. Louis, Nov. 17th, an nounces the arrival of Senator Broderick in that city, lie left Salt Lake City Oct. 1st, and en countered a great deal of snow and severely cold weather on the mountains. By the upsetting of the stage, some distance west of Kansas City. Mr. Broderick had a rib broken, and was otherwise severely bruised. He also had a foot frozen While passing through the mountains. The friends of Senator Douglas had a grand celebration in Chicago on the 17th Nov., in honor of the result of the recent State election. Beside the citizens, there were present large numbers of visitors from ditiercnt parts ot the state, the whole number iu attendance being estimated at from eight to ten thousand. There was a grand torchlijrht precession a mile and a-half long. Many buildings along tho line of march were splendidly illuminated. At the Tremont House, which was handsomely decorated. Mr. Douglas was called ont by his friends, and responded in a short speech, conerratnlatiue the Democracy on their victory. The official plurality for Miller, tne uepuoucan candidate lor etaro xreasurcr, is 3073 votes. The total vote of Daugherty, the Administration candidate for the same office, is only 50-21. The Xrte Vork Titnrs announces that the gov ernment have determined toorder General Harney from the Oregou department to the department of the West. As the war has euded, his presence is deemed no longer necessary in Oregon. It will be nrged on the Secretary of War to order General Harney, when he returns, to come with a force of six or seven htiudred men, or with whatever force may be ordered, by a overland northern route. It is said such a force, starting in Mar, would have no difficulty, as settlements and posts where supplies could be obtained extend ou both side ot lue mountains to within a tew cunoTea miles o each other. Besides, it would have an excel lent effect upon tho numerous tribes of Indlaus along onr north west frontier, and facilitate the ocn:ug of that region. The TitHes correspondent says, that the Depart ment has no idea of withdrawing all the troops from Oregon. On the other band, the new divi sion styled the Department of Oregon, will be continued, and as 1 said;' under the command of Colonel right, who has so successfully con ducted the Oregon War to a close. Governor Stevens is pressing on the War De partmeut the necessity of retaimog a large mili tary force on the Facffic, In order to maintain the advantages recently gained over the Indians. The lust Legislature of Minnesota, which was Democratic, passed aa act that its auccessor should not assemble in two years, ualess called to gether by Governor Sibley. The returns make it very evident that the Legislature is republican, which reuders it exceedingly probable that Gov ernor Sibley will never call it together at all; so that the terms of the members elect will come and go w ith no chance whatever on their part to perform any duties. Judge Kckles, having in charge Henrietta Pol lidore, who was rescued from the Mormons on a writ of habtas corpus, at the request of the British Government, has arrived at St. Louis. This girl was abducted from Gloucester, England, four years ago. The President has tendered the appointment of Governor of Kansas to ex-Governor Medary, of Ohio. Col. Medary telegraphs that he will accept the Governorship. Major Ben McCnlloch, who so satisfactorily discharged the duties of a Peace Commissioner to the Mormons last suiumor, starts for Arizona, Su Government busiuess, within a few days, proba bly to select locations for new military posts de signed to be established in that region. A dispatch from $t. Louis, dated Not. So, says that a battle was fought betweeu the Crow and Snake Indians, near the South Pass, on the 2tfth IK-tober, in which tea of the Crow Indians were killed, Hon. Thiimas L. Harris, recently elected to Congress from the Sixth District in Illinois, is dead. Senor Antonio ' Jose de Yrissarri, one of the Ministers from tho Kepnblic of Nicaragua to the Government of the Lnited btates, has sued tne proprietors of the New York TJwMfor libel, laying the damages to his character at $5,000. The Bermuda papers contain full particulars of the ravnges committed by the late storm on lue islnnd, including many interesting incidents. The arrival of the United States frigate Sabine for repairs afforded direct evideuce of the fury, of the gale at sea. Lieut. McCann, U..S. N., master of the Sabine, furnishes a narative of the rise nnd progress of the cyclone in which the Sabine was caught, with re ports of the sunerings endured Dy some otner ves sels. The Sabine excited the admiration pf the island ers, and ber presence in their wateis caused an animated canvass of the actual relations existing between our Government and the President of Paraguay. We find in the New York papers various specu lations as to the contents of the President's mes sage aud Secretaries' reports. We give the fol lowing: It is understood that tho President will in his message recommend Congress to provide for the construction of a railroad througltout the Territories, to connect California with the Atlantic States, leaving it to the States on either side to make the connection entirely across the continent. The practicability of the El Paso route having been demonstrated by the successful operations of the Overland Mail Company, Texas has already provided for a road to El Paso, and will do more if necessary. California would doubtless make provisions to connect at its Southern limits. Such views, and others considered as pertinent, will doubt loss be submitted in tho President's message. The President has no preference of route beyond what facta demonstrate as the one most practica ble. . - The President will take stronsr erooiid in his message ou tho Nicr.rngua question, and the rati- ticatiou or the Cnss-l nssarri treaty, anu no com binations of European Powers will be allowed to prejudice the interests of the nation who must use theso isthmus routes in its domestic trade a hundred-fold moro than all the rest of tho world to got her. Tbo opinion of those inhe confidence of the Administration, is that the President will recom mend the adoption of tho tariff of 1846. He is de cidedly opposed to patting a duty upon tea and cotibo. Secretary Cohb is said to bo against any aug mentation of tho tariff, but will havo to yield or quit his post. A Washington dispatch in the JV. Y, Times, states that " Secretary Floyd is rapidly regaining his health, and is now busily employed at his pri vate residence preparing his annual report. 1 his report, I understand, is longer than usual, but proposes no radical change iu the present organi sation of tho Army. Utah matters will be treat ed of at length, and a full explanation given tho country why the Mormon war, which was only a threatened war, cost so much money. The Quartermaster-General's report alone shows an expen diture of nearly five millions of dollars in that expedition. The entire expenditure by the Quar termaster's Department for the fiscal year was $9,41 l,ii76 33, and the estimates for the year end ing June 30th, lc$0, aro as follows : For Quartermaster's expenses.... $6,912,000 For clothing and camp equipage - -1,120,800 For contingencies in the Army 85,000 Total. .i.. $8,066,800 Tho estimates of expenditures in the Navy Department for the next fiscal year, for the Navv nroner. amounts to thirteen millions, million less than those of the current year. So that no large increase of force in any quarter caa be contemplated at present. ' " 1 , The leading feature in the report from the Indi an Bureau, it is understood, will be a recommen dation that the present "Reservation svstem be abolished, so far as it applies to California. This should have been done in regard to all onr terri tory long since. The Indian should be allotted his section or quarter section of land and then taught to cultivate it. Should he prefer to chase, then let him live by the chase if he can. Expe rience would soon teach him the melancbolly fact that the buffalo is fast disappearing, and that ne cessity would drive him to the plow for the means of sustaining life. The time has arrived for this chango. The Reservation policy will soon by cut off by the spread of the white race, and it would be statesmanlike to induce the Indiana to adopt a policy as a matter of choice which will soon lie forced upon them by stern necessity. . Knrope. . On the ISth October, the Sultan, accompanied by his Minister of Marine, honored the American frigate Wabash with a visit. His Majesty was received with all the honors due to royalty, a sa lute of twenty-one guns being fired, and the Min ister of the United States and Commodore La valette received his Imperial Majesty. A dreadful catastrophe had taken place at Brad ford, England. A large quantity of arsenic ap pears to have been mixed with lozenges, and sold at a retailer's shop. All who partook of them were attacked with terrific pains, and several died before the cause was discovered. More than sixty persons were still suffering from the effects of the poison, and no fewer than thirteen have al ready died. Dr. Whitehonse bad written and published an other letter in reply to the Directors of the Com pany, in regard to the Atlantic Telegraph Cable, in which he reiterates his eonviction that the de fects in the cable may be repaired araj the cable made available for the transmission of dispatches. The London Times, in an editorial on the wretch ed condition of Mexico, says, there is no reason that England should oppose the ambitions designs of the Government at Washington. It considers that the establishment of any government of law and order in Mexico would be a gain, and ridi cules the threatened Spanish expedition as a farce, and says that every gan fired on Mexican terri tory is fired to the ultimate profit of the Anglo Saxon race of the northern territory. The London Times, of November 4th, says: A heavy loss to the underwriters at Loyd's was made known yesterday by the receipt of a tele graphic dispatch from Bremen, announcing the destruction by fire of the Hudson steamer, which took place Tuesday night in the port of Bremer haven.f The Hudson was a first class iron paddle steam vessel of 2500 ton register, belonging to the Bremen and New York line of mail packets, having made but two or threo trips. A nice little quarrel has arised bctwen France and Russia, such as in the good olden time might have led to an inmmediate war, and in regard to whirl! the newspapers have observed a discreet ,siwnee. It appears that, early in last Jane, a strong Rnasian police force, backed by two hun dred Cossacks, invaded the dwellings of sixty three French tradesmen, settled in Sebastopol, arrested and conveyed them on board of a Rus sian vessel, (the Balaklava.) which transported them to Odessa, where they were left without re sources, and many of them plunged into the deepest state of distress. A month before that occurrence, the Cossacks had seized four French workmen, and marched them on foot, like felons, to Simferopol. The reason of this expulsion of so many respectable persons, and the groands on which Russia could justify such a violation of in ternational law, as well as the laws of humanity, exposing the property of unoffending French sub jects to plunder and confiscation, no one can tell. The Russian Government is bent on observing an absolute silence, and impervious to all remon strance. Stkpatht for ths Ixdiaxs. A number of our prominent citizens met at Cooper In stitute last evening, to express their sympa thy for the North American .Indians. Rev. Richard Reed, Rev. William S. Hall, John J3ee0B, E-q., and Dr. Gould spoke in de fense of the Indians. The meeting would hate been Fpiritless and tame had not one Capt. Mv Fellow, of Salem, Oregon, jump ed up and disputed with the sympathisers. lie entered into a detailed history of the more recent campaigns among the Oregon Indiau, in some of whici he had taken part as volunteer, and after citing numerous in stances of the perEdionsness of the Indian tribes, stated it as his deliberate opinion that the labor of the missionaries among them had not been productive of any good results whatever. 2Cot a solitary person had been converted. Tbey are all drnnken vagabond?. Laughter. These remarks were- not relished by the other speakers. aud a discussion followed. Finally the res olutions offered by the sympathizers were passed and the meeting adjourned. 2V. ' 11 J. imes. Mr. Fellows was Erst lieutenant of Capt. Bennett's co., of this county, in the war of 1S55, and after the death of that officer suc ceeded to the command of the company.' Frank Cole has the thanks of the at taches "of the Statesman office for 'his re membranco on Christmas.. A CARD. A. Brsn, Esi Sir I thank yoa exceedingly for the flattering notice yoa gave my Concert, in ymr last paper. May I request of ynu.'to have the goodness ia your nest issue, to tender my sincere thauks to those gentlemen, whi interested themselves ia my favor, as also to the ladies and gentlemen who encouraged me, Dy ineir presence, oa Tuesday evening. - 1 remain. Sir, your ham Me Servant, Salem, Pee. 2:1. l5S. SOPHIA E. bROY. MAURIKD, On the 23rJ inst., by Rev. A- V. JfeCarty, Mr. B. F. uoxHAx ura aiiss iiildksb jl.', Qiuguier ot Junn Ba ker, all of Salem. Iu Oregon City, on tHe 14tf int., by Kev. D. Rnt ledee, Mr. Jauks W. Cha.sk and Miss Sakaii A. Stk- venson. Oa Nov. ISth. by H C. Hill, Mr. C. F. Phar. of sioomiogton, I'vik county, ana aitss haxkah m. Usa bo, of the same vieinitv- On the 2d iast by K. C. Hill, Mr. W. J. CaorcB of Tampico, Benton county and Miss Columbia Xbapp, . i 1 1 :.. Ia Kugene City, Nov. 27thby R. H. Parsons. J. P., Mr. John C. Wells and Miss Martha Ann Wells. On the liith inst., by Stephen Staats J. l, at the res idence of the bride's father, Mr- Samtel H. Tetfikrow aud Miss Hkkmitta H. Griffith, both of Polk Co. Ia Portland, on the lttii inst., by Wm. Beck, J. P., Mr. Jakes Stfart and Catuakjnb Dalton, both of Nuunninan Co. In Oiympia. on the 30th ult, Mr. Wm. G. Dcxur and Miss carrt ( wit. hnt&nr Mtvmnis. D1EO, Of putrid sore throat, near Albany in Linn County wro(iia, wi i Attn ui vitivMc, nui rLLKX, aged 3 yenrsand3 months; also, on the 6th of Nov., Joasar Kmrline, a Red It years and 11 months: also, on the Jth Hit.. Sarah Jasr. aged 14 years and 11 months; also, on the 24th ult., Francis Jkfficrsox .aged 4 years and II months; and also, en the (0th nlt tvnn Jackson, ajred 7 years and 6 months, all children of . li q.k ft a w Thus, death intruded upon the home of this happy family, and in so sh?rt a space of tirse snatched from its peaceful abode, fivk interesting and lovely mera oers. Although the most timely precaution was taken in securing medical attention, yet, the combined knowl edge of physicians, no human skill, nor affection and watchful care, could arrest the anwelwme epidemic in its fatal progress. The family have indeed suffered an irreparable I w one which has come fuH ladened with sorrow. In their unfortunate bereavement they have the heartfelt regards and sympathy of a large cir cle of frieuds. Com. by H.J At lower Molalla, Clackamas Co., on the 2sth ult., Rvklinb O., danghter of Albert and Hannah Fish, aged 2 years, 8 months and a days. At Phcenix, Jackson connty, on the 2d inst., Mr. H. C. CauacH, aged about 27 years, formerly of Granville, On the 7th inst. of pntrid sore threat, Clbmestis. naughter of Robert and Rhoda Henderson, of Yam h ill, aged 10 years. , -' Dissolution of Copartnership. THK partnership heretofore existing betweea the undersigned doing business nnder the Dame and etyle of A. ROSSI A CO., at the Willamette Iron Works, in Oregon City, is this day dissolved by mntnal con sent. A.HOSSI, . P. BART1.ES, " D.SMITH. Oregon City, Dee. 20, 1858. B. HURLEY. THE Willlamatte Iron Works and Foundry will hereafter be continued by the undersigned, under the name and style olKUsai cu. A Kussl. K. HURLEY. Oregon City, Pee. 20. 1S53. ' swt3 Notice. John Hughes or any one else, a note given to said John Hughes of Polk county, dated Oct. 13. 1868. and cal ling for nine hundred dollars in cattle, signed bv I nl :m . ' . . - - wvhwmmu v niuw(Nli BUU IBnBIIS LAO a aa security, aa eaia note u without consideration, and will not be paid when due. JONATHAN BENT LEY. Dec. 20, 18o3. . SwtSpaid Special Mltci. CtratefcMbers; Manaiel orileaJtk. tianilsnmelr minted volume of three hundred pa ses containing concise and extremely plain descrip tions of all BULDer of diseases, their symptoms and tn.tmnt:- Kverv family should have one. Price only TWESTT-riVB cents. It will be sent, pott paid, to any post office ia CaUfornia or ureguu, on iuc reccip v Address tfKPi kotos v t The Oraefenberg Medicines are for sale by Dr. E. B. F,t,,n at the Naoa City Urag store, ana ail uraggbu and Apothecaries throughout the country. General Agents for California and Oregon REDLNUTON CO. Wholesale Drngglsta, wii No. 107 clayStreet. ' --- Joka TioMu Jmcott s ' 5 f trill tnm m'methine to his advantage by alressinw a letter to Washington Butte, Liua Co., O. T Box ia ana paying 81, for tms nonce- r t!!JIEff KEMEDVIII GREATEST CURE IN THE WOULD FOR PAIN,s .,' r . i!.,TH ii KLECTR1C OIL! A ler- fectly innocent, soothing and gently stimulating medi cine. It was discovered by Prof. Cha. De Grata, while travelling in Sooth America lately being brought oat by argent solicitations and has can! nMir. rn-e of Rheumatism . Deafness, Goat, Neuralgia , Kninal and Bronchial complaints. Tic lloioreox. Head ache, Cramps. Croup. Piles, Sprains add bruiees. Cut and Wounds, swelled uianas, onu ju.au, cwre luimi, Tooth and Earache, Juros, Sore Goon of Teethibg In fants, etc., tnaa au auu wucr It will be seen this great remedy does not claim tt enre everything, but only a certain class of complaint. Tula Oil acta on ine sysieui wn ciecinuiij, u i.i nnr vegetable nrcDaratiun: not the f.liebeS danger froniaoolTiiiaKoutwardiyorinwardly: it at once gvc a permanent cure, in most cases, (ma tea to twenty minutes. . . The best physiologists of Earope have discovered that all organic derangement in the Animal System is the e fleet of an obstruction of the Pfaysico-Electrie Fluid in the orjan diseased. A skillful application of this Oil in immediate motion the nrrve-fluid, and the cure is at once accomplished. It is an external and internal Remedr- It stimalates all kinds from the body, and redact all swellings, in an incredible short time, as all know who have used PROF. CHAS DE OKA 2H &'" EL.C.V iRIU OIL." , V Pain is the premonitor of deatn; relieve tne pain ana you check the disease. Prof, De Uralh s JClectric Oil la the marvel ot the aee- Cares Rheumatism often in a day; cores - eiiralria. Toothache, two minutes; cures Headache, fifteen uiin- utes; cores Earache, Stiff neck, Ague, one night; cores Piles, swelled Glands, ten days; cares t elons, tfrukea Breasts. Salt Kneum. two to six aas. Kept by lue principal 1ruiririsxg- PARK WHITE. Sale Agents for the Pacific Coast 132 Washinpton street, opposite the market, San, Fran cisco, w. K. sxith Co., Agents, Salem. Surra It Davis, Agents, Portland. 3m4l . x a. WItr' Balun or Wild t htrrr. The best remedy ever known for Coughs, Colds, Asthma. -Croup. Brunt hitis, Influenza, Bleeding of the longs. Difficult Breathing, Pain or Weakness of the Breast or Side, First stages of Consumption. Ac, In short this Balsam is pecaliarly adapted to every Disease of the Longs and Lirer. " Wild Cherry has long been known to possess impor tant medicinal properties. This fact is familiar to every matron in our land, and physicians often prescribe it ill different forms for a variety of complaints. Tar, also, has been-eqoailv noted for its virtues, and some physicians, wuose fame is laminar to the wnole coon trv. hare cone so far as to declare that even Consump tion could be cored by that alone. In other hands. Sgain, it was nearly valueie, owing, no doubt, to their ignorance in preparing and administering it a diffi culty entire 'y obviated by patient experience and 1 long experiment. lue extraordinary meaicai powers possessea nv- these two substances are now. for the first time, com- -bined and embodied in Da. Wistiu's Balssji or Wilb Cbebxt. By a nice chemical process, every thing deleterious or sseless is rejected, so that what remains is the most extraordinary and truly efficacious remedy for all kinds of Pulmonary and Liver Diseases ever known to man. . B Camocs as there ar J many counterfeits, look " , well at the signatore before purchasing. Take none . unless it has the name of " Henry Wistar, M. 1)., Phi' ladelphia."1 and " Saafoxd A Park.9 engraved on the outside wrapper. AU others are bafe imitations- - PARK & WHITE are the only Agents, to whom all orders should be addressed. - - 132 Washington street, San Francisco. W. K. Sxith k Co.. Agents, Salem, smith & Davis, Agents, Portland. 3mtl a3" World xamans. to a certainty . is Dr. J. HOS TETTERS CELEBRATED STOMACH BITTERS. : for the cure ot Dyspepsia, Fever and Ague, Flatulence, .i -. . ; " J ' t . - r l r 114. - arise from a morbid condition of those fanctkins. oa the stomach, upon the proper action of which the beatih so much dejtends. Those who desire to be prepared, not only for the Dyspepsia, bat for one half the ills that humanity is heir to. shonld provide themselves wita that excellent compound known a? Dr. J, Hostel ler's Celebrated Stomach Bitters. These-" Bitters " I poft-d entirely of vese aide sntetaaces. prepared with. the greatest care- If yoa want to be entirely retreshed both physically and mentally, go aad procure this . ' valuable tonic For sale by drstgists and dealers gen- eraliy. PARK k WHITE, Agents, 133 Washington street, San Francisco TV. K- Smith i Co.. Agents, Si lent. Smith H ' Davis, Agenda, Portland. 3a41 Mct!!Wrr'i AII-H-rin Otntnaeat, or WORLDS B.1H t. combines m fwh a a eminent de- i" i i il all the bMlin?. eirrativ- flnothinv . i.. " ing qualities, that it almost immediately extracts pain. and heals the wound without a scar. When applied to any swelling, sore, chilblain, poisoa. born, skin erap- a rkm, itch. Ac its effects are magical. HcAliMter 4 Oictment s truly a Family Medicine, which cannot bo well dispensed with. i Sold by Druggists generally. It is put ap in a aeat. smtll package, and bears tho name of J AS. MCALLISTER, M.. D. uiiKnima uj .imr run- nol i. u ,r, PARK WHITE. Agent. ' 132 Washington street. San Fransciseo. W. K- Smith A Co., Agents, Salem. Smith A Davis, Agents, Portland. Srall ST Let bo false delicacy prevent the invalid from seeking medical relief the card of Dr. L. J. Czapkay, " to be found in anatber column, indicates where to oo- . tain a reliable aad competent physician. It is seldom " that we are called npon to bear testimony in favor of the skill of a physician, but a sense of duty as well as ' justice demands that we should aot pass Dr. Ciapkay by, without something more than a mere mention. Un like the greater portion of those who thrust themselves and their nostrums before the public, whose practice are empirical , Dr. Czapkay is a aent!emn of rare med ical and scientific attainments, having held the position of chief surgeon of the liberaticg army during the lata ' Hungarian revolution, and is possessed of all the requi site experiences and skill for tae successful! practice of His profession. It is to the care and advice of soch a ' physician we would command all suffering from tho effects of sexnal or private disease.feeling assured that in all such complaints, whether arising from infection -indiscretion, self-abuse, or loss of virility, he can gaar anteo. from his extensive practice, a speedy and per manent cure. -To those suffering from the effects of physical and mental debility, we wonld aav let com mon sense take the place of false modesty, and seek " such advice as will save yon from an untimely grave and lead you back again to pristine health, eonsnlt Dr. Cxapkay, whom we cheerfully endorse as a skillful aad tried physician, capable of coping with and success-" fully eradicating those self-inflicted miseries, the evils of empirical practice and all diseases of a private na ture. Ir. Czapkay's rooms are on Sacramento, oupo site the Pacitio Mail Steamship Office, Sarf Francisco. Utilns Mastiiig Unlauat. - Tntriireii. virtnjt ftlnn. .1 ... . .1 . ,. . - --- , uic uc success wnicnr thu article has attuned for rheumatism, aaltrheon. , , uu joints, or gaids, sprain, pole evil, ad swellings upon horses, it has no equal for Man or . t ... ir wuuwi i. woo nas onco tested its value. "And with reference to the- gen ral estimation of the Mustang Liniment, I can cheerta!) tfllt RA..1. . , . ' j iilh7 tr-i pcx-tut-iire. w many cures ia onr neighborhood as this. L. W. Smith, Ridgefieid ' Conn.7' S. LsrrCH. Esq.. Hyde Park, Vt. writes, -thai, the horse was considered worthless, (his case was spav in,) but since the free use cf the Mustang Liniment I ItAv mM i; r. ii i jl. - ; ........ . . mming won ders art here." bach testimony is reaching as every day. The half Is not told. Every faraitr should have'' J it- Beware of imitations. The genuine Maston is sold A by all respectable dnlers thronsrhont the world ' BAR.VliS.Jt PARK- Portland: ' - ""s"n' '"Wa tenJI.y known in this Territory that any notice of it. or of him micrht j- . - ; - 3uF,uvu3. m. eh i eating1 that there are those who heretofore bavin no Bed 0 medical Aid. hftv ntrrlwA.A A - wurces of relief in eases of misfortunes. To those w " beg leave to direct attention to Dr. L. J. CzUDkawlJ. . . .- r v,i grcaa, stuuint WORderfnl snceesa in his i profession- The Dr. has devoted I much . eases, and stands unrivalled in his tHTn Ta thM whn moail ak . - l events to eonsnlt him 'ma -.'""V V inlUtian.and mneh nu k. "1 ,c ll'.r f"-1 guarantees care in all cases or asks no omimLo eol CA U T I O N T- O PUR CHASERS OF : . PtTTaW A TTr T n V- M r' HAS come to the knowledge of the andersian " that various parties are putuni whiskey im JT irti- ' We caution dealers in the interior against purchasing any of these imitations for the genuine imported articles. The genuine S U R JE IT A ir H I S JTJ? y is imported in barrels aad half barrels, and the ages are branded on one head. -EUREKA WHISKEY itta . WM. NEWELL & CO,' with a copyright attached and cn the other heed. "J. T-D. - to, ana Ta aay one who has purchased tha Genuine Eurrk K aiatra this caution is unnecessary , aa they cannot bo deceived by Imitations. WM. XEW ELL CO.. ", . .. Sole Agents, 103 Battery L SlcUw,Sentl5a858. J aWThe Genuine Enrtka Whiskey is for sale hy al - i the nrinciuol Liquor Houses in San FrancHa-n. Smin ' ' ... ... T V I s 1 1