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Ste (Pwgott ftatroman, OfflOlal P.p,r of th Blat. 0. P. CRANDALL, EDITOR. MONDAY MORNING, AUG. 17. 1863. Tlit Stateaman ll puliHihod weekly at ealera. Terms, 8 per year, atway. in ailr.nre. besal advertisements will baeharuari the Mlowln rate.: Twelve llnee, or less, one Insertion () IK) Kucti eulierquent Innertion 1 00 F7 Ths nhovt art prlou in tu4n. Ltgat Tends1 notts Kill tuJcsn only tit tAtir aurmnt vahts. Leral end oil tradeu-'it adrertlaemeula wait b. prepaid to Insure Insertion. ' ' -A'lraliil.trator.' notice., anil at' ailverlllcmenl. relating to the estate of deceased persona, muat ba prepaid, uulea. or .tared itibllehtil b the county Indg-n, and guaranteed to bo ba paid hy him. Arfv.rtleln bill! not paid within one year horn lb a time when contracted, will be Increaaed twenlj-Ove per cent, each year payment la serleoteri thereafter, geniluanoee may bo tuaite hy mall at Iho rllk ot the pule li.heri, If uiiilled In the pretence of a poetmaitcr. CRAHDALL cV WAITt, fnhlUhsrs. THE HEWS. The telegraph hai worked only two nr threo days since oar last issno. The dispatches ore ihort and contain almost nothing of Import- DO. Affair! at Charleston are In such condition at to inspire (lie greatest degree of confidence, In oor final successes. Tbe two great armies era si ill quiet and there Is no expectation of a battle innn. All quiet, to far at wu can hear, In the Southwest. The tendency to mutiny in North Carolina ! gaining strength; apparently with great rap idity. The Mississippi mid Tennessee troops havo also become dissatisfied and demand per mission to go homo. Though there Is almost a total suspension of hostilities at present the general aspect of af faire I cuoourogiiig. TUB (KMTBAl IDEA. Every great revolution has had its central Idea. This lias been especially trne in modern time). The ancient frequently made, war merely for conquest, for th avenging of imag inary wrongs or the aggrandisement of a favor ite hern. Tint In thi nge, nations seldom go to war wl'hont some great, leading principle at is sue, upon the settlement of which depend the perlltiaoily and duration of (he struggle. The Pnnlo war decided the question as to whether Borne or Carthage should rnlo the world, 'i'ho fnuious "thirty yean wur" was waged for the purpose nf deciding whether Oernmuy should be roled by the bigotry of Catholicism or free thinking Proteslautisin. The lust warn of Na poleon Bonaparte decided whether Europe should be governed by one man. The Crimean campaigns were prosecuted against the contin ued encroachments of power hy the Russian -Autocrat. Whilo these conflicts wero waging, there Were always sniue narrow-minded political big ots and false philanthropists, who failed, some times through ignorance and sometime through Wilfiillness, tu appreciate the main point lit is ue. '' The same duel of people afflict our coun try and dm lieu and couture the true issue be tween I he federal got eminent and the rebel lion. True patriot have had no dillioiilty in toeing til fit the conflict is between government and rebellion between order and anaroliy ( anion and disunion ; and the great question Willi them Is, "ahull this, the beat and freest government framed by human hands be saved or lost "f But, opposed to, and standing in the way of, t'tewci, are two classes of men whoso ryes and hearts have never becu fully open to this one great question. They have seen in the present war mulling lint n war for the liberty and against the liberty of the negro. The salva tion of the government has been to them a sec ondarjr consideration. They do nut manifest any honest uVsire to aee tho government pre served unless it can be saved with or without the '-peculiar institution"! one olusi desiring it to be saved, If it can he done without also saving slavery, and the other class taking the converse of that proposition. Tho position of all true and unconditional union men is, that "The federal Union must be preserved," and that, without regard to subor dinate institutions. If slavery survives the norm, let it lire ; if it onn flourish with the Union, let it flourish. But if, after tho rebels have violated and contemned the constitution by which they held their property, and refused to live peaceably In the Union which protected them, slavery shall ho found dead at Iho re sumption of peace, and In consequence of the natural course of war, no true patriot will mourn for it nr revero the Union less because slavery is among tho things that were. Tim rebt'le went to war to destroy the government ; that is their central idea, and they will not abandon it to save nr destroy slavery. Our central i lea and paramount motive should he to nreeerve the government and never turn aside, from that tu tinker Willi baser and secon dary questions. , NOT So. The Eugene Urvitw says, tho democrat who is fur the war Is "an nhoiiliouist' of the most radical, violent and destructive kind." ' Tbe Jacksonville Stntiml approves the sen titucnt, and says there are n.iw only two par tie, 'ahnlilioulatf and democrats," making tbe former synonymous with Union men mid the latter with traitor. . The falsity of tbe Xtriew is only equalled bf that of the Sentinel. It is not true that to be democrat It is necessary to oppose the . war any more than it Is, that to be a Union roan, it is necessary In he an abolitionist. Jer. tmt) desires tho war to stop that is equivalent to) disunion therefore, Jeremy is a ilisuiiiunisl, and a traitor. The Sentinel man, whoever he is. Is proud to he culled su "alndiliniiiat." The great representative of the " alHiliiiouisl of Aroerioa." is figuring in Kumpe fur disunion on eo'id'uloo of emancipation by the iniipen dsmt Confederacy. The representative man of the Stntimtl declares tu a reM commissioner that the "abolitionists nf America" are only fighting this war to free the negroes, and that tbe W'll not support it a moinrut longer v. hen that issue ceases, lie offer, on Itehalf of the "aholitloulfts," to withdraw all support of the war and make disunion a "died fact" at any moment when the rebels ray the word. If the ' Sentinel or any other man, fc4 proud of hi position as an "alxditlunial," we refer biro to Jeff Davis as a very tfliole ut servant In the work of destroying the Union. We don't sail in the boat with either Jeremy, or the "sboli liooists." It woo't do I they are both steering toward disunion. , NW TcLBORAPli. A new telegraph lint is U k) constructed from St. Louie to San Jna iioo. It It aaid that ths material, batterioa aod Instruments for the western end are al reody at San Kranoisoo. The eomolelioa of this independent line will be bailed with Joy by ill too newspaper era ft. The" was democrats of Indian were to hold ft Stat roant meeting at Indianapolis last BOiNK lUitKKNl'ONUK.UIi. Bannock City, Boise County AiiL'iist .1. IBffii. Ed. Statesman! Amid the moid current of whirling, eddying, engrossing excitements ger mane to a mining camp, wilh hiuli the stream of life is beset in this far away region, there are periods still when the mind will wander to oilier and distant localities, and ruminate on other scenes. It leaps from mount to mount from vala to vnla, under, plucking honeyed frulta and lowers, .1 visits noma to near me lira sine two, I lr In sweet converse pass tbe Joyous hours. 'Tie up before the sun. rimming afar, Ami in Its watches weuries every star. The deep rememberings of former years will often visit and Urry for awhile with the adven turer in the isolated mountain fastnesses and grassy dells of Iilahn, as else where all over the face or the broad earth. The irrepressible anxiety prevading tho mind of the American cllir.en wherever bis footsteps may roam, to hear, and learn, and know, and think over tho latest news from the theater of civil war and the National Capital, and the great cities, and the leading public men and journals throughout the entire country, is man liest acre hy the speedy traUieriiiir til the mul titude ut the express oflices upon the arrival of a messenger lieing made known, nnd the eager inquiry f, r tbe latest copies of newspapers Irom everywhere hundreds of copies ot winch go off "like hot cakes." Letters, even home letters from absent, fur- away wives, sweethearts, relatives, friends, arc, lell as an after consideration to lie obtained and read when t' e permits perhaps, when tbe luxury of n.-rusini them try onescll can ho en- joyed ; but the last news is something we can get and enjoy in common with the thronging hundreds around us. The glad tidings of tbe unconditional surrender of Vicksburg, to U. 8. Grant, and of Port Hudson In Gen. Hanks, opening once more Ihn navigation of the Father of Waters" from Itasca Like to Ihe Golf of Mexico, to the Northwestern States, was reoeircd here simultaneously wilh the news nf Meade's glorious victory or series of trinmphb over Lee north of the I'otomau, and has given rise to tbe confident belief, nay, mure, the al most certain conviction Unit the darkest hour for tbe cause of the Union has passed uwny forever, that the culminating point in tbe crisis of tliis gigantic rebellion has been reached and that we are over it, at last. In safely, and that tho .day-spring of peace may almost bo (lis itemed in Ilia not distant fill lire, over-arched by the brilliant hues of the rainbow of promise the harbinger ol tho dawning of a iintiouiil era for our beloved country, when abiding pence shall shed elTolgeiil rays nf light and dis seiiiinatn its countless blesniniis once more over, upon and around Ibis republic, once more a mil ion as in times gone by, one and insep arable." under the ); hu ions old nalional flag, wiili its ample folds floating over the sea and over (lie bind, "tvilliuut B single stripe erased or a single star obliterated." .May that God i f infinite wisdom, who holds the destinies of na tions in the hollow of his bund, speed Ihe hap py hour, when knowing no iiorib, no sooth, no east, no west, all section, nnd all people of a common country shall again iiiee' n country men, fiieuil, brethren ill I'ritteruiil harmony. I am not of those, however, w ho look for an i in in diute mid easy settlement of our national dillicoliies. Many obstacle nre yet to be sur mounted perhaps g'cat battles tube fought, many grave question lo be presented for satis factory soluton, and mutual ngr uenls im plied if not expressed on the pnrt of many peo ple, of hundred of llioiisnuds nf American citizens, before tins notion enn emerge from the temlile oaphsm nf I1I001I through which It bus been obliged, like other nation, to go, and as sumo its lormer proportions, ami strength, mid prestige among the nations of the earlh. Af ter battles with sword, will conic battles wilh the pen, bailies of diplomacy, Imtdes of intel lect, upon the public forum, tbiougli tho press and in private discussions, and morn important tbnn all others, the battle of the ballot box, which will determine and express definitely and decidedly the will ntid the wishes of the sovereign people. Hut a truce to such topics in a correspondence from Boise, and pardon a digression for ouoe upon a subject tiiat is so prominent in the mind of every American at such a time as this. A few days ago some forty wagons and a large number of emigrants direct from St. Louis, Mo., nrrired here, the Boise mines bar ing been their destination when starting: out. Several of tho number were Indies, some of whom nro young and unmarried, and good looking at that. It has created quite a sensa tion among some of the young bachelor miners I can assure you. They met with no dilliculiy from the Indians on tho way, and I am inform, ed report having had quite as pleasant a trip ns that overland is U'littlly found by emigrant. A ball took place in this city two or three night ago, which, in many respect, would have done hnnor to any place. The attendance was not extriordinarily large, but select quite so comprising none but tho most respectable among the elite of tho town. About twenty Indies and thirty gentlemen were present; Ihe iniisio was bewitching, the ladies, as they al ways are un snch occasion, most fascinating, the supper superb (the soup part), and all in attendance seemed tu enjoy ll,c pleasure of the passing hours very much. As some may be very inquisitive upon that score, it may be well to state that marriages tnke place here just as in other localities, every once ill a while, some limes twice In a while, and a very short while at that, there having been not les than three weddi' gs here within a single week. A con siderable number of markelaldo young ladles and widows remain on wedded - hut, judging f 1 om appearances, there is room for more. Although Sunday is Ihe miner's trading day in mining camps generally, and i, really, Ihe business day of the week among iiiercanlile men, saloon keepers, etc., church mailers are not altogether neglected, ns Iwn or three liiu eruut clergymen hale taken It upon themselves lo be about their Heavenly Master's business, ami look out for the soul of tho careless sin ner, so we have preaching regularly every Saldialh. which is attended by quite a number of people. 1 dou't hear of any contersimis as vet, but there is no telling whut the result may be. I hope no complaining victim of misplaced confidence in clergymen will be found lament ing any pecuniary trade or transaction wilh any ol these clerical men after their departure, or instances of a belruynl of unsusHi'tltig in. noceiicu may occur 111 connection with their la bor among ihe good people here. Not that I wish lovouver Ihe most distant' Intimation of a h'eiichaiit for either the mammon of unright coiMiies or lor Hie society ol Hie tlaugliler ol ... ..... . r,ve, unduly existing among gentlemen ol that profeiwion, for the direct contrary I well known to he Ihe C4i among them Individually aud collectively. Living here Is at' tolerably living rates ; hoard at hotel and restaurants cooling from 114 to tin per week t single meal, limn l toll 23. Fresh lHef is furnished at from 13 to S!S cents per pound i mutton, from 'JO 1,1 l!i c ot iter pound. Flour sell at from til lo 9H per luO Hiiiiids. Quite a van ity ol vege tables are sold in tbe market t radishes, peas, lettuce, green corn, potatoes, onion, beans, tVo. Miners and men who "bach," live for from I to $1 51) per day. Sugar is tbe high est article in the grocery, costing SU lo 73 cents per pound. Occasionally there are opportuni ties of buying nf transient dealers anil packer very cheap. 8rrnp. tire gallon keg, sold a day or two since, by some such men, at flJ per keg sugar, 43 cent per pound I shovels (mining) (I 5" each, and other articles in pro- r union. Trade has fallen olf Very consider ly within the last three weeks, not now aver aging Dioro than one ball the aggregate daily amouut of that three week ago. Much of the present stock of merchandise, mining Imple ment and staple groceries now in the market must be disposed of before additional iipihc to any large amouut can be profitably brought Hi. Mining ou Moore creek and Elk creek, upon the creek claims only will be carried on In this vicinity the entire seasnu to a considerable ex tent also on Grimes oreek above, below, aud near Cenlerville, and upon Gianite creek in lh vicinity of FlaeerviUe. With the excep tioa of these creek claims, numbering In all perhaps some 4(H) to 300 lu all in the county, uu oilier uiiaiii; 4 iinpojuuue will U uW, unless in Dear crc k (a Iri'tmary of the South Fork of Boise, 50 miles distant) district until next spring. Building goes on in this city with uiiuhiited activity. New structures, almost by the hundred, are going up in every direction, and the appearance uf streets changes every day. Improvements will not contlnno with this ra padity for any long period tins year prnliablv within the next six weeks will cease nearly nl- tngetlter until next year. Major 0"tieral Pal mer nl inmhill county has one of the 11 nest, largest nnd most substantial buildings ill the city two sturies in height ; the lower one oc cupied by Messrs. Jacobs, S. P. Chipman and Mcuarver ot UUrk, as store, and the upper story by professional gentlemen. There are a niimiier oi tornier residents of Salem and other parts of Marion county hero doing linsl ness; among whom are Dr. 8. R Uncles, who is practising his profession and doing very well I think Isaiah Oeer, formerly of Butleville, who is in the mercantile business; Jordan Crawford, a carpenter ; Poujade, who is keep ing a large restaurant, and others nut now cull ed to mind. Shuhrick Norris, of Portland, formerly enmity clerk of Multnomah county and nf tbe United States District Court for the District of Oregon, is acting clerk of tho pro bate court of Boise county, under Judge J. M. Murphy, Dolpli Hannah' deputy marshal fur Wasco county, in taking the census of 18(10, a term of w hich court has just been held hero and quite a large number of case", piitc of coiifitlcrahlu importance disposed ol. A ter.n of the district court it is expected will be held in September. ' Nunc of the judges appointed fur Idaho Territory have yet arrived that we know nf, and the Governor has nut, as yet, di vided the Territory into Judicial district. In Ihe event of the non-arrival of the judicial np pointees, Judge Wyche of Washington Terri tory it is expected will hold a term of court in the counties of Slrushiine, Ncz Perce. Idaho and Boise, in accordance wilh the law enact ed by tho Territorial Legislature of Washing ton last winter relative thereto. The commission of crime is no unusual oc currence here, men being killed every week in suine part of the country. Ceutreville thus fur hears the nncnviahle palm ol notoriety in such matters, the last instance of which transpired last week, resulting in one brother shooting another through tliu neck. The wounded man lingered in iiguny a few days, nnd died. The shooting was occasioned by a controversy about a mining claim Ihe two brothers jointly bad lumped from n third party. The name of the man who was killed I Have not neen nine to learn. The feeling of utter indifference with which such topics are discussed, and such acts viewed by the community at large, make it extremely doubtful whether even the form of a judicial examination of the matter will take place. .Most men seem scarcely to hestow a passing thought upon such nil afluir, particu larly if the parties concerned were strangers. Itublierics. toif, are becoming uf frequent' occur rence, scarcely a night passing without h. ariug nl some one lieing relieved ol whatever vulua hies mid treasure smile of the many thieves w ho infest tin- entire mining camp may find about him nr Ihe premises entered. No prosecutions ns yet of any suspected parties. Ilorsc steal iug is carried on to a considerable extent, and so far, very successfully, and highwaymen, dar ing and iiiimeruiis, are reported lo ba on the road, particularly along llorut river, collecting revenue from those who hare the w herewith, and dismissing those who don't, with a kick and n curse at their poverty. Unless Iheollicers of the law are a little mure vigilant and on the alert in Ihe discharge of their swum duty, it w ill he found necessary to administer a liltle more wholesome hemp, a la Lewisluu, to some of these during depredators, by the authority uf Jiidgu Lynch. Ihe indelatigahle b. N. Iraey. of Portland, (everybody knows Ned Tracy) bus again gone into the proprietorship of nn express hne.merg log with Shepherd line from hero to Walla Walla, and extending from there over the rest of creation. I nicy, n nn express line mes senger, like Itichelieu a a slatesmaii.knnw no soeli word lis fail, nnd we feel an assurance that, by Tracy A: t.'o.'s Express, at leost, we shall lioroaltor have a prompt, speedy, sale and regular mean of communication with the out. side world, as well a of fending treasure. It is understood to lie hi design to establish an assay ollice sis this city, a much needed nislilii linn here, nnd one that is bound to pay in this country. Hut one expn has reached here a yet from Salt. Lake City, and the messenger due here a fortnight since from there has, it is feared by many, met w ith foul play from tbe Indian on Ihe route. An express left here for Suit Lake a week ago, anil ns several thousand dollars have been invested a cnpital slock in the enterprise by Patterson ic Co., its estab lishment us a regular lino mil be done if prac ticable. Many complaints reach hero from tho new militnry post about desertion, which nro said to have In come alarmingly frequent, and that scarcely the skeleton o' compaoie remain It may prove to be a serious dilliculiy for offi cers to keep men in such a country, lint I hope Ihe soldier will have more regard for their du ty than that. The overhearing treatment and alleged uiisconiluct ol some ol the nthcers Is assigned as one reason the inadequacy of pay a another. Concerning the former, I know nothing, nod the latter reason is no better now than alien Ihe enlistment took place so far a taking greenback at par is concerned an evil that Congress may hereafter remedy, in the case of soldiers on this coast particularly. It ia safe to presume, in thi connection, that ns soon n a stilhcient population or miner and other citizen is deemed lo have settled in Ida ho to protect Ihe soldier from Indian out break and depredation, a larger force may be or lered by the commanding olhorr to take post in tin territory. In my next, 1 will en deavor to furnish tome inforiua ion of the ex lent and iivbues of Ihe quarli lode already discovered ill this part of tliu country, utid uf the l ayette aim south lloisu mining districts. YLBITA8. Al'POINTUKNTS IN TilR MlLITIA Tho fo. lowing are recent appointment in the Oregon Militia 1 Thomas J. ltenle, Colonel, 2d Itegment, 1st Brigade ( D. A. Leveus, Lieutenant Colonel, ditto. J. V. K. Wilt, Colonel, 3d Regimeut, 1st Brigade. Eli Stewart, Colonel. 2d Iiegimeiit 3d Brig adei A.J Cain. Major, ditto. Wm. Logan. Colonel, 1st Regiment, 3d Brig ade) L. W. Cue, Lieutenant Colonel, ditto; 0. S. Sarage, Major, ditto. V. It. Park. Colonel, 3d Regiment, 3d Brigade) Thomas J. Law, Major, ditto. I. R. Mooies.Colooel. 2d Regiment, 2d Bri ade ) Theodora Thompson, Major, ditto. Aid de-Camp lo Brigadier General Coffin : Richard Wiby, C. II. Hall aud Phillip Was serman, Adjutant. Ou the slatT of Brigadier General Ilumasnn: James A. Odell, Aoistant Adjutant General; A. II. Steele, Surgeon, with the rank of Major; C. R. Meigs aud Nathan Gluey, Aids-do- Camp. Ou Ihe stalT of Col. Beldem W. II. Hanchelt, Assistant Surgeon ) Wiu. II. Smith, Regiment al Adjutant i Geo. Marshall, Sergeant Major. Officer of Independent Company militia at Engeue City t A. 8. Patterson, Captain ; John II. MoClun, 1st Lieutenant; John L. Lucky, 2d Lieutenant. Wool Tbauk. lu relation lo the wool trade the New York Kieiiag Pott of July 3J says i The wool Irsd exhibits gratifying evidences of activity. Ws trust oar manufacturer will em brace the opportunities offered by the tailing off iu cnuon 10 ueieiop ine production ot liome made woolen fabric, and thus lo render as less tributary lo loreiga omintnoi and lesi depend ent ou their skilled labor. Tbe imports of wool Into New York from December Sill, lpXii, to MyS3, l.xty, w. 4!..'lt) hales, and for the month ending Jane '.., ltU. l.Vlhr.l bales, Ihe total bviug liUi? biles, or W,l U,W4 pouiid. lOKALIIf OK TUB RADICALS. Not long sinoe, M. F. Conway desired to be sent lo England as Iho representative of tho abolitionist of America, whereopon a convo cation of tho leader was had at Boston and subscription paid to defray tbe expenses uf Conway's mission. Upon the arrival of Con way in England he immediately opened a cor respondence wilh Mason, the representative of the Southern Confederal-, for the purpose of ascertaining whether the rebellious chief would consent to Join the ah'ditinnists of the North in procuring peace opi.n the basis of emancipa tion and disunion. He assured Mason that tho class of people whom ho represented held "iho bolanco of power" and were willing to cxerciso it at any time to stop tbe war by "withholding all kind of supplies," if the rebels would give sufficient pledges to emancipate their slaves, upon becoming independent. Mason, after drawing out the objects nf Conway's mission to England, refused Ihe offer to negotiate and contemptuously spurned further correspon dence mi the subject. Conway thought Mason nut very shrewd and that he had failed to ap prehend the full tenor of the offer and the au thority upon which It was made, Mason having signified his doubts as to whether Conway was delegated hy any competent authority to treat in the premises. Conway felt called upon to publish the fol lowing explanation of l.ii correspondence aud the position held by the abolitionists of Amer ica ! I wonder that Mr, Mason did not oe, what tho Amsrican will certainly see. that my iccond note to him admits that my authority extended only to the declaration that the aUoliiionist of Amer ica we.e sustaining this war simply and only in tin) interest of the emancipation of white and blacks from slavery, and that when that issue ecaied to he involved they would no lunger sus tain it They do indeed stand committed to an unwillingness tu prosecute this terrible war fur any les important aim than the complete wiping out of their country's crime and shame; but it has all along boon their position that they are, to quote Wendell Phillip, "willing to accept any iliing Cnioii or disunion, ou tho busi ol eman cipation'" Thi uttiludo of the abolition faction is, no cording to it authorized representative, exact ly what the conservative press has always rep resented it. There can be no doubt that Con way's statement of their purposes and aims, is correct, though even that faction must cmieider them ns injudiciously exposed. Neither can there be any doubt that Conway is-abetted and authorized hy a largo number of tho lead ing spirits of abolitionism, tu offer disunion, and independence to the rebels, nn tho basis of "anything fur emanciptinn." Yet, the radi cal paper are silent ns the grave over this de velopment of treason In their camp. The throats of the men who have never ceased to bawl "copperhead" at every critical notice, of their conduct, are hy far too dry to utter a note of condemnation ol this treasonable plot of the "abolitionists of America." Even the repub lican paper touch tbe matter charily and pass it with simply cnllin,; Conway a "fool" or "crazy." None of those fierce denunciations of treason when "copperheads" talk "disloyal ly." are hurled at Conway. There is no talk of arresting onwny or any nf those ho repre sents nnd who c attributed mcney to forward hi enterprise of disunion. When the administration begins to denl with these conspiring villains "the ahnlitiunists of America" ns the truitori that they are, we shall have a firmer confidence that there really is a desiie on its part lo preserve tho Union. Kuf.p Movino. During tho first days of July, the rebellion received some severe scotch ing. It lost two uf its strongest holds in the Mississippi vulley, soffered-a damaging defeat in East Tennessee loot ill most daring rnidster, north of the Ohio, and had its grand army hurled back from loyat soil, smarting under the Inline of its second complete defeat. It lost not less than GO.IKKJ soldier taken prisoner, und sank far in the confidence of its own supporters at home, nnd of its allies abroad. But (lie re bellion is not dead. There is very much lo do yet belore it collapses. The business uf Union men is to rejoice, ns they well may, at the great strides wo in ado in July toward tho end, hut ant to allow rejoicing to make us forget the stupendous labor ret to be performed. Let nil keep their wits and make no relaxation of Ihe efforts lo denl a death blow In tbe writhing mon ster. While it is wounded, but yet defiant, let the blows full as thick and fast a we have power to denl them. fr" The Frenoh at Vera Crux are carrying things w ith a high hand. A dispatch of tbe Kith July from that city say they are seizing everything English and American. There ore no men of war of either flag on that const. Na poleon evidently designs entering upon a hos tile policy toward the United States. Chahleston. The Richmond Examiner says the capture of Charleston will be the most disastrous blow nf the war, and will be fatal lo the rebellion. Tho Eiaminer may console it self with the reflection, that the fall of Charles ton is only a question of lime and that the "fa tal blow" is sure to fall. It is only whether it shall fall tin , August or in September nr next March. There will be no letting up of the North on that point. Sf.wakd'b Position. Secretary Seward made a speech at a meeting in Washington, held to rejoice over the victory at Vicksburg, iu w hich lie said : "He had chosen for his file leader Andrew Johnson, of Tennessee. irm for this Union tritk iurrry if it must be, and without lurfry if he could hart it so. (Tremendous cheering.) As Chows tub Ou Coca, an Cnows tiih Yoiinci One. The juvenile Henry organ at Salem, with characteristic malice and false hood, follows the paternal example set at Olvin pia, and charge Raynor's defeat upon those who tried to do Ihe most to secure his election. True, it does not blame Secretary Chase so dis tinctly as Henry did, heeaue the Collectorahip depend on the will of that officer, and it might not he afe, lor one who think the position "ihe best thing I ever dreamed of $3,000 a year and nothing to do," lo quarrel with his mater, rvea though the charge i as true against Mr. Chane a any ouet so he simply lollows Henry in lying far enough to give veut to his vanity and hat of those who hold hnu iu utter contempt. As to injuring or defeating the Uuioa party, we have only to say that no man in Oregon wilh the most earnest leal or the most ioleose efforts can begin to do so much to weaken and deetmy public confidence in the organisation as tiie otiiual editor ba done aud is doing, by his unprincipled and selfish course Id umg i for personal and family ends, and his pretence that any one else desire the defeat of tbe friends of the L'uiou, is utterly untrue, a bo very well knows, hut he is so enraged with everybody, ho has sens enough to see what homely bundle of conceit he i. and how entirely nn worthy and unsafe be always must be a a po litical leader, except so far as his own interests are concerned, that be onuily curse without cause and beoauso it is hi nature to do so. UrrgiMiiit, IT Thirty thooand burials have taken place In ths cemeteries aboot Richmond with in two years, and nearly all are from the hospitals. UT It is Iho special delight of two styles of fnnlionists to quote tho snving of Douglas they who spurned and icnlTed him while living make a parade of the dead patriot. One sort of factionist make nso of his language used before the war was ilmnght to be a probable contingency, to show that In his opinion war was disunion, inevitable, and therefore tb.nt dis anion without war was fur preferable. This construction of his language is a foul aspersion npon hi chnrooler, fur. if living, no man would havo advised and used more vigorous means to crush nut tho iiifi n.il -""virncy than Stephen A. Douglas. When the leiillion becamo a certainty, no man's voice was more emphatic in il condemnation, and no man was more do. cided as to tho necessity nf war, tbe most stu pendous war, for the purpose of putting it down and to preserve our republican form of govern ment. Another class of factionists are in the habit of picking tip isolated expressions of Mr. Donglas uttered when nil wn confusion and pan ic, to prove that, if living, he would have given his sanction to all the partisan policies of tho war ; thnt he, too, would hnve prescribed such iiictino as a test of loyally. This construc tion of bis language is another aspersion upon truth and his sagacity as a statesman. There can he no doubt that he would have given to tho government a henrty and unconditional support, and would have advised Ins political friends to lay aside, a lie did, all political views and prejudices which ns partisans they had before held. There can be no doubt that ho would have declined lo adept any other pnrtisan views, after having sacrificed his own upon tbe nltnr of country. He would not hove permitted a faction against whoso partisan views, his convictions wero clear and acute, to prescribe those views to him as a test of loyal ty. Ho would have submitted, ns every loyal man might, to the ooiistitolinnul enactments of all rightful authority, but while rendering such submission, ho would have spurned, as . any man mny, the imputation of treason, for doubt ing the gmid policy of some of such measures. We fiod in a republican newspaper recently, tho following language of Douglas, quoted against thnse of bis former adherents who re fuse to become partisan supporters of all the policies of the dominant party t Waniiinoton, April 15, 1861. To J. E. Courtney : Without having been con sulted or indorsing any particular measure, I am for my country, and against all asBailani. 8. A. DOUGLAS. Washington, April 17. To James L. Faucet, Esq. : I deprecate war but if it must come, I am wiih my country and for my country, under all circumstances and in every contingency. Individual policy must be subordinate to the public safety. 8. A. DOUGLAS. Here is Mr. Douglas' opinion, plainly enough expressed, that he could be for the country nnd against all assailants, without "indorsing any particular measure." It simply means that he felt himself a patriot without tho necessity of being also a politician. In the second quota tion ho declares that "individual policy must ho subordinate to the poldio safety." by which ho clearly renounced politics, and declared it tbe duty nf everybody else to do likewise. It would be a queer construction of that language to say that Douglas therein proposed to indorse the political policy of anybody or any party. It would not.liowever.be any distortion of it to say that Douglas proposed to sacrifice everything, personal and political, below the dignity nf Ihe government itself. Lnyul men everywhere are willing to do that much and whoever clings lo party tenets to tho injury of the Uniou cause may ho instly suspected of wearing only a second rate cloak of loyalty to cover the de formity of a venal heart. A Thankful Radical. The Key. Mr. Lacy said nt Union Hull, San Francisco, on Thanksgiving day, thai "he believed that God had permitted this rebellion in order to accom plish a great end." He thanked God, loo, that it bad continued to tbe present time : first, be cause it would Tettroy the ruinnns doctrine of Statu rights, and give as a grent consolidated nation ; second, because it proved to mankind the capability of aclf-gnvernnieut. He said. "in thi rebellion our soldiers were not fighting for onr country and onr honor they were fight ing for mankind." Hu repeated, " He had said that he thanked God that the rebellion had continued to tbe present time." " If it had stopped before, the canker which had struck its poisonous roots into the heart and extremities of tho nation, would never have been taken awny. It would have been like putting a piece of court plaster upon the top of it, expecting to cure the cancer. But the corner-stone of tbe Confederacy called forth the proclamation a proclamation which, ages hence, mankind will look nt nnd read with pleasure." It may he in accordance with the Reverend Lucy's religion to be thaukful for curses, hut we opiuo the gteat majority of christians would havo been more thankful had the peace and unity of the government never been disturbed. It is a bloody kind of religion ami charity which thanks God lor a rebellion which not on 'y hazards tbe perpetuity of a republican government, but calls, in the defense uf that government, for the sacrifice of tens of thou sands nf lives as valuable as that of the Rev Lacy's ; which desolate tent of thousands of homes, and seats Ihe black winged angel of death at almost every other hearthstone. The Rev. Lacy, in thanking Ged for this rebellion, is thaukful that the experiment of self govern ment has been rendered a doubtful one ; that a great and powerful government whose failure would roll back the tide of oivilixation six huu- drcd years, has been reduced to tbe chance of being rent into fragments ; that insurrection, carnage, blood aud desolation hare usurped that placet of peace, happiness and prosperity ; that wicked oonspiritors revel almost at will in snch orgies as would grace the infernal pre cincts that the arguments of kings and des pot against republican freedom, have been strengthened by a practical illustration ; aod all this to be compensated by the freedom and rquality of threo or four millions uf block men. We do not oare to profane the idea of phi lauthropy by soon a satnnic thankfulness. Let such men as the Rev. (!) Lacy have the honor, tbe sweet, religious satisfaction of thanking God for the inexpressible wickedness uf such a rebellion as this. Tim Tmt or Loyalty Gov. Clemens, of Nevada Territory, has iwued a test of loy. ally by which eitixt-ot within hit jurisdiction are expected to govern themelvet : Any person who i not willint to adoni ..,.1, and every act of the Adminiiration, including I the Emancipation Proclamation and the negro! gro reguneuts, 1 consider disloyal." That is also Billy-goaf t test, as far as It goes. The shipment lo Victoria of "a pint of beans, or a prclt of hian" is coutidrrrd duloy a! by the p tutsaut collector. lit UllltS Oh' WAIt Considerable feeling has been excited by an article in the Nalional Republican, a semi official organ of the Administration, in relation to a prospective war with i-ngianu. , .. dc is somewhat belligerent nnd defiant, and coming from this newspaper, it ha. elicited more general comtne.it than usual, because it i, supposed to reflect somewhat the view, of tho cabinet. The press of the racfio coast is considerably exercised about Ihe matter, though we I elieve. needlessly. Up lo thi time war with England ha. been sedulously avoided by Secretary Seward, and we do not believe any thing has occurred to change hi. views on that subject Neither is there any more likelihood of England's clmosing a rnpturo witli tho Unl i.l Sti.. in the nresent aspect of affairs on both continents, than at any previous period of the rebellion. There certainly can be nothing in the lnte victorie. of the Union armici to in tlnce her to slezo opon the present ns a favnra l.l UmA for warlike interference, unless she has determined to intervene in time to save the Confederacy from utter discomfiture a snppo tition at variance with her well known dispo itinn to espouse, if nny. the winning side. Tho addrcs of the Queen, proroguing Par liament, contains tho views of the British cab inet in relation to American affairs decidedly in favor nf maintaining neutrality. There is hardly room to believe that there is sufficient cause nf war between the two nations to induce cither to choose the disadvantages of armed hostility rather than the easier and cheaper mode of diplomacy for tho adjustment of ex isting differences. If. however, it is, or shall become, necessary for the preservation of na tional honor to have a bout with England, we do nut believe our people will shrink n moment from it, through fenr uf consequences. But at present, we do not believe there is any more danger of a hostile rupturo with England than there i. with China. Odds and Ends. The following fnnny advertisement of a runaway wife wa. recently posted in a town in northern New York i "My nam data Peter Koville, my wife nam dats Peter Koville too. He lev my house nnd no ax me, nny man that truss him on my nam dots loss for you." The Richmond Enquirer admits the Tact that tliu Mississippians in large nninoert were deserting the army uf Gen. Johnif on.and say. such a state of feeling is greatly to be Uoprecaiea. ami we regret especially io see it prevailing ia Mississippi, the home of the Pres ident. ....The Toronto Leader has received the news from Gettysburg, nnd "fears that there is every reason to believe thnt Generul Leo has experienced a repulse."' It rather looks that way. . . . Major General Anderson, of Fort Sum ter memory, is spending the season at Bridge port, Connecticut. His health is much im paired, and be is forbidden by his physician to spenk in public. Tho National Republican a Washing ton journal, supposed to have tome connection with the administration, publishes a belligerent nrticle menacing England and France, nnd in timating that the American eagle feels able to pick out tbe eye of the British liun nnd cot the comb or the Galbo cock. . . . Conway, the peace commissioner Europe, i undoubtedly iu full communion with Greeley, l'lnlip anil other sumner munition ists. The are tho "pence at any price" party and try In cover their designs by malignant abuse of L mon democrats. . . . .The centre of Gen. Meade's great army nt the battle of Gettyslinrir, was in the ceme tery belonging to the place. Every effort of tho rebels to hreak the centre was repelled with terribly slaughter. In one attack tbe rebel columns found themselves suddenly ex posed to nn enfilading or cross fire, from troth Ranks. Their only escape from certaiu death was by throwing down their arms, and rushing forward, shouting. " Wo surrender." Lee might well exclaim, "Hark from the tomb. doleful sound." ....Over sixty-nine thousand Irish immi grants have arrived at the port uf New Yurk within the la.'t six month.. ... .A cotemporay the other day said it was willing to stand or fall with the government. We have seen a drunken man who was willing to stniiu or inn wun an iron lamp post. ... .."Sam, why don't you talk to mussa and tell him to lay up treasures in heabeo ?" "What for 1 What dc use of lay in' treasures np dare where he neblier see 'em again, ch, trigger I" A .hell for rifles ho. been invented by Captain Norton, of the British army. It is charged with solid phosphorus. Projected from a cavalry pistol, it lotted us a deal board, and burned with a lierco name for some time. Tiik Turf Tbe great .erics of trolling matches between the horses Geo. M. Patchcn and Gen. Butler was concluded on the 1st of July. There were six matches for (5000 a side. The following recapitulation is from the New York Timet: Mile heals under saddle, 3 in 5. General Butler 1 Geo. M. Palchen 2 Time 2:2d; 2:21; 2:33 Two mile heats to warnn, 2 in 3. Patchen Butler ; , Time 4:50 ; 5:04. ...1 1 ...1 dist, Mile heals to wagons, 3 in 5. Patehen 1.2 2 I Butler 2 112 Time-2:279 ; 2:29 ) 2:32 ; 2:30; 2:32 Two mile heats in harness, 2 in 3. Patoheu Butler Time 4:58 ; 4:56 Mile heats, in harness, 3 in 5. Butler 2 I Patehen 1 2 Time 2:25) 2:27; 2:28; 2:28 Two-mile heats, under saddle, 2 in 3. Paluheu Butler Time 4:56 ; 5:01 ..1 -.2 Rokanck op War. The following bit of the romance of war is frnm a letter dated at Lake Providence, La. t "The First Kansas regiment, of which I have spoken Belore, is encamped uear-us. One of ine menmer oi mat regiment, a sergeant, died in the hospital two week ago. After death. hi. com nine urscoverea mat their companion, hy the sine oi whom they Uail marched and fought for almost two years, was a woman ! You may imagine their surprise at the discovery. I went to the hospital and saw the body after it wa prepared for the burial, and made some innui ries about her. She was rather more than the average sise for a woman, wilh rathei strongly marked feature, so that with the aid of a mail's aiure sue nau a masculine look. She enlisted iu the regiment after they went to Miouri.and coiuH-qurniiy tuey anew nothing of her early history. She probably served under an as sumed name. She wa in the battle of Sprint--field where General Lynn was killed, and has fought in a dozen of battles and skirmishes. The men all speak of her in terms of admira tion and respect. She was a brave as a lion ti it lo Daltle. and never flinched from auv dutv or hardship that Tell to her lot. She must have been very shrewd to have lived so lonr and preserved her secret so well I Po, .jrT ,u, was worthy of a better fate,. Wo, ku'tll. wbiJ gru-r, trouble or pertveotiuu iuduovd her tu em brace such lift V THE LATEST. BY 3TACE TIHISMIORNINC. .rtXIAI. lMWH to Tim statisjiak. Wamiinuton, Aug. 12. Col James, nf Mariposa, has been appointed Colicc'tur nf the port nf Han Francisco in plan,, of F. F. Low, resigned. Col. James leaves for Califurnin to-day. Sale, nf Five-Twenties during the lust two weeh. average over ei.non-OIH) per day. A private I iter reached here yesterday from a prominent officer at Winchester saying that i rebel lieutenant who deserted frntii Leo army ami came into nnr lines, says that great dissat isfaction exists among the North Carolina, Tennessee and Mississippi troop., particularly among tho former. The condition of affair, in North Carolina i. snch that tho Stnto threaten mutiny utiles the troops nro sent back home. Once there, thev say they will throw down their arm. and abandon the rebel cause, of which they are heartily sick, it is Willi great aim culty that officers can restrain expressions or dissatisfaction, which extend to .time of tho of n ml is locreasiiie among tho rank and file of troops from the south western 8tntes,who arirue that there i. nn further use of resistance, since Vicksburg and Fort Hudson had fallen and Iho national troops gaineu possession lotou Mississippi river. Too Jlississippinns aim leu nesseenns are also clamorous to go homo. The defeat at Gettysburg seems to have broken tho tpirit of Lee', army, and great apathy prevails aiming his officer, and men. Tho rebels are making desperate effnrts to organize nnotlier cavalry foree. and are impressing into the ser vice all the nurses m v irgimn. REW IORK, Aug. is. ti.a UmiWM Morris Islnnd correspondent nf the 7th report, our position stronger nnd safer than over. The confidence of our troops is un exampled. Although rebel, keep pouring lit shells from fort. Wagner and Sumter, and other- fortifications, tho protection of our troops is so complete thnt oorcusuolties are hardly worth mentioning. C3r" The Polish question still engnges the ot- tention of tho great powers of Europe. The part that France seeks to take in it may per haps restrain her from developing, too rapidly, her policy in relation to Mexico. Special Notices. 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