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THE OREGON STATESMAN
ii r u i t. inn r r icvrnr mow bay mornino,
The Oregon Printing and Publishing Company,
PKOF KIKTO US.
Otttolal Pftptr of th Bttta.
TI-'.IiMH-l'or.vnjir.l.Oll Bix montlin, ,IM),
JtfT" Tk tUw ( print in win. l.tujal Tcndinr nottn
will b ttikfitt only at thrtr oumnt valu.
HfMitlitnncm iimy Iw nmrtt by mall nt Hie rink of Die puh-
1 dlior, If mulled tu the prono itf poitmaiitir.
A.J. 1IUTLUH,
JUL PIONEER HATTER, 1
72 KUONT STKRKT, PORTLAND.
HAS constantly on hand n COMPLETE ASSORT.
mut of Wentlemeii's Hutu mill Cups, of tho LAT.
KST mill MOST Al'PIKIVKI) styles, miiilulm In
part of the Oiess Moleskin, Press Cushnnre, low
crown Cnssimores of hII colore, "Vionnia," or Peruvi
an Hut, Son llaU, In ull shapes, colors, variety, Kiul
price. IV Orders from Urn country promptly' IMod
Gentlemen visiting Portlimil, from llie Interior, If not
In immediate want, of it hut, wlio will leave with na
their measure, will lui giinruutcud a comfortable lit,
when u hut Is needed by them.
The IimilKSTUAHll PRICE paid for nil kind, of
fl1- , A. ,f. HUTLF.K,
Jf Pioneer Hittler, 7!f Kront struct.
BENJ. STIIANG,
nKALn in
PARLOR AND COOK STOVES
"OF UVUHV PATTERN,
Keeps constantly on hiinil, und Manufactures
to order,
Tin, Sheet Iron, and Copper Ware,
On reasonable terms.
METAL ROOPInTJ, and JOBBING of all kinds,
promptly attended to.
Shop on Commercial street, Salura, Oregon, 3 doom
North of Hlrsch & Co. KMtf
HEATH & CO.'S NEW STORE,
Second Door In GUIS WOLD'S New Block,
SALEM, OREGON.
JUST OPENING an KrVTsltK IXFW STOCK
of Ooods, the LAUD KST ever lirouiflit to thin mar
ket, most of which, 1IAVINO BEEN PUUCHASICD
IN NEW YORK AND BOSTON, ((renter induce
ments are offered to the purchaser than ever before
thin Hide of San Francisco.
The stock consists of Pry Goods. Clothing, Fancy
Goods, a large stock of Iron and Hardware, Paints
and Oils, Groceries, Crockery, Ago.
We cull the attention of bnyers from Denton, Polk,
Linn, Yamhill and Marion counties
arrCome to Salem, it will Pny.-S
We are always ready to show goods.
We sell exclusively for cash or barter, and can there
fore sell cheap, and cordially invite the public to call
and oxninino for themselves. 40tf
Farmers and Shippers, Attention
SALEM WAREHOUSE.
rpHK nndersiirned, having completed their NEW
1 WAREHOUSE, are now prepared to receive alt
kind nf freight, on storage or for shipment. Our fa
cilities," lor storing grain, fruit, etc., are unexcelled on
the river. Warehouse is situated ABOVE HIGH
WA 1 ER MARK, on the bank of the river. Farm
ers, haul your grain and fruit while the roads are good
Hud place them'with free necese to market at any time
ALEXANDER & MOHfiAN.
Salem, Oct. 5, 1863. Iv35
WIGHTMAN & HARDIE,
SUCCESSORS TO
FltANK BAKER,
U and 418 Clay Street,
SAN FRANCISCO)
Importers and Doalers in
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
DRY GOODS,
Carpets, Oil Cloths, Mattings,
IJPIIOLSTEKY GOODS,
AND
' PAPER' HANGINGS.
For Sale in Quantities to Suit
Oct 15
3m7
Lafayette Academy.
LAFAYETTE, IAMMLL COl'STT, OBKliOX
HEV. E. CARTWRKIHT, Principal, and Prof, of
Mathematics and Natural Science.
ItEV. W. P. NICHOLS, Prof, and Acting Teacher of
Higher Mutbematics and Ancient Languages.
xi'sr.s.
Languages, qnarterly $!
Higher English 7 00 to 8(H)
Common English....' 5 "0 to fi Wt
Primarv nemrtment 4 00 to 5 00
Vocal Musio, free of charge. Board in town at rea
sonable rates.
Cl,mlnr tar 1SU3-K
Year divided into four terms, each containing 12
weeks. First term begins Sept. 7th i half term, Oct
l!Hh. Second term begins Nov. 30ih i vacation during
Imlidnvs; half term. Jan. ISth. IStil.
Kxa'inination und exhibition at the closo of Sd term.
Lafayette, Acg. 'Jd, IW). l"mv.i
INSURANCE.
marine, T"iri' mid Ltlo !
rpiIE nndorslgned are Agents in this Btate for the
J. following Companies:
MAHINE.
CALIFORNIA MUTUAL MARINE.
FIBB.
" HARTFORD IIAUTFOKD, CONN.
PHOENIX " "
CHARTER OAK ....... J
OOOlVliUE.'.'.'.'.'.'".'.'."'. . NEW YORK.
METROPOLITAN "
MAOARA
HOME "
PARK -
AUCTK! "
PHOENIX "
WASHINGTON "
LIFE.
POITITART.F. LIFE NEW YORK.
CONNECTICUL MUTUAL, HARTFORD, Conn,
There are uo older, safer or more reliuble compa
nies in the world than those nbove named.
We will insure at I lie same laics that ran be effected
through fun Francisco agents, and the California
Stale Stump Tax is thus avoided.
We call the intention of thenmin unity, particularly
rnurried, to the advantages or Ute Insurance.
tf Call and get a pamphlet
Juitf RICHARDS it McCRAKEN.
Notice
T4 herehv eiven to all nersons whom It mT concern
1 that Mers. Oaton A Curl are my suthoriied agents
for the transaction ot my Business ounng my mm
Blem,Oen..0it.M,PM. M
Final Settlement.
a,... r Ofmhw Cmintv of Yamhill.
ON this 7th day of March. lil. comes David Smith
administrator of tt.e estate of John O. Northrop
j ..i ..j ni.. hi. netition for a ttnal settlement l
:j ' .... i. i. ih.nrnm nrderl that Friday, the
h dav of April, IS61, Ihi set apart for the hearing ol
said petition and the final settlement of said estate, at
the court house, in Ufnvelte, In the county and State
aforesaid, at wmcn time ami pi an yemum
eeled iu said estate are nounett lo PP'"-
By order of J. W . CO W LS,
8. C. Adams, Clerk.-lw3 Co. Judge.
WQQL CA11DLQ.
Th LARGEST. BEST, and the FINEST
Cnrdlnir Muchlno
IN THE STATE. In the town of Jefferson, on the
Santiem river, Marion coantr.
Deing tbaukful for past patronage and farora. we
would respectfully inform our old customers aud all
who may favor ns with their natmnage that we will
he rcsdv to commence carding by the !Hh nf May .and
-,,' there is wool enough in, we will commeure
mnninr day and night in order y keep as , near np
w th tne earning r'" j n
rnbiic as much as we possibly can. aud we wil use
,.ur nlinnel endeavors in give genrai u.i.."u
. , X mrf iutcnlion to do the we can for all onr
i!'ji.ns. but wool must be wabed clean and freed
. mnA !! h.m irmwn wo.il shuald be left out,
oll sticks and oareedirt .liould I- picked out
(Ine sound of clean grease wilt he reqnirea kit every
eight pounds of wool. All rersona from a long dis-
Uure will bavelt.eir ronsio .. -.. .........
iuaiblr. at our old piices. O.ir terms will be invaria
bly cash or iu souiv.leut fc
Jefftrsoo. Manb 14, M. w3
Tf AT AD CAP"! A good assortment
I 1
of fashionable eivl. for sele bv
,f sHUHtltainaiuni.
VOL.14-NO.fi.
To the Citizens of Salem.
Liimluir, JLuthM, l'H-Uots.
'T'lIH undersigned begs leave to Inform the chitons
o . S"'1'"1 h ' ro-pimhiised the CLIPPER
SAW MILL and PLANING MACHINE situated on
the Oregon City road, J miles north of Halem, where
he will ho banny to furnish his old customers wilh the
bust quality of Yellow, White, or Red Fir Liimhor,
Laths, or Pickets, on ahurt'nollce and reasonable
terms.
FOUR YOKE OF GOOD WORK
ILL, wanted Immediately.
E. D. TOWL.
January ISth, 1864,
4lllf
Odd Fellows' Rural Cemetery)
SALEM, ORKUON,
rpiIOSE who have relatives or friends Interred in
J. this Cemetery are requested lo furnish to either
of the undersigned as soon as practicable the follow,
lug information, vis i Name, ago, sex, color, niuriied
or siuglo. placo of birth, of whut family, number of
days ill; died when, where, and cause i buried, when
and by whom. Tlio object of the foregoing iunuirlus
is for the purpose ol registration In a book already
proenred for that purpose.
I. It. M00HE8.)
. 0. N. TKKKY, ..Trustees.
R. E. MAY, )
Halem, January 14, 1RIH. 45tf
ii mm mm machines.
THE SINOEit STANDARD MACHINES for mail
uliu'turtii imriiows, ar of greater apved, ami mi
potior tu ull utlier machines fur like mwt. Tlie bh pe
rl or, correct, simple urn. ('uruble menhnnlcfil pHuci
pleu of thane mueliiiiMB .place tiiftn beyond competition.
All tne ffre.it munnfacUiries of tlio Unitetl Suites und
Enro(e are supplied with thorn.
The Mingor Letter A "Transverao Hhuttle"
iuu.ily MhcIiiuo
With recent Improvnmrntt fer Hemming, PelU
in If, Binding fyc.f
In tlio moht perfect und roliublo fumily inacliitie vet of
feredt They are certain of oorruct action, nt all rates
of aimed, upou ull kinds of materia), and with ull kiuds
of tfircud.
The mechanlrim is entirely within view, and nnder
the cont rol of the operator, who thereby can avoid the
Snrptexities and annoy aius so comniun with Sewing
Iiitdiines having their tnnchaniitm bidden from view,
under pretence of simplicity'ol'cniiHtrm'iioii.
tlT Plain printed instructions accompany each ma
chine, from which any one can readily understand
their nm.
I'tT Pamphlet, Price List, and specimens of work
mailed free to any add rem.
ftTt A ve,ry grent reduction has been lately made in
the prices of the Singer Sewing Machine, thus ena
bling purchaser to get a Hint-class machine at the
same niton of inferior or nec-ond-clawi machines.
THE KINGK11 MANUKACTUIUNO CO.
(Hnccessor to I. M. .Singer & Co.)
139 Montgomery street, San Kriim'isco. .
3m48 WM. UKODICHK'K, AuenL
LOCAL GENTS WANTFD.
CITY BOOT AND SHOD STOICS.
JOHN W.GILBERT
ukalku in
BOOTS, SHOES, SHOE FINDINGS,
EATHElt. and everv Article tuttinllr fonnd in a
J well-reiiulaicd shoe store, lias JUST'RECICIVEl)
lui KB nssortment of Uenta' t nil, Kip und MinuiK
xiuj nnys lull, Kip and Heavy Hoots: uiuics
isses' und Childrens' Oniters und Shoes, all uf the
P. EST niannfncture and of the LATEST stvles.
Itoots und Shoes made to order, ot the best material.
and iruiimnteed to uive satisfaction.
I xr Kemoniiier, unit the uitv Hoot and bhoo Mtorc
tue only plate where you can tuy IIKiVM.Kl
Dress Hoots.
6m4'i
5fDR. Tj. S. SKIFF
Ollice In tlolmun's HiUk fiitildin((. ' Residence, near
comer of First and Center streets.
N- T) None but linished operations performed. I
13. desiie the patronage of such persons as wish
operations purtormed in the most perfect manner.
naieui, ueo. aa, len,'.
in uno MB mi,
THE Columbia River lioud. leading
from Portland. isavailable for the
ravel of STOCK through to Dalles CHv
ljaoorers are cuiiHiniuijr eiigayuu hi iiuproviug me
7orst parts of the road.
A UIIDU t r.uiii V!i LIUU uivtit ano ouo on
umly River.
itnirv oi ioiii
Each Horse, Mule or Jack fal cents
Mai 50 "
11 Heudof Cuttle over one yearnld.. 50 11
' " bheep 10 "
Tickets sold at the Perries. NO EXTRA CITARGE
OR KERRYINO. A ticket nt the above prices is
the oniv cnurge on tne itoaa inline uy me t oimmny.
JOEL PALMKI!, President.
Columbia liiver Roud Company.
J.J. IIurrmtR, Sec'y. JOHN K. MILLER,
JOEL PAMhii,
A. C. OIUIIS,
March 2, lRfil. llf Directors.
Owyliet' Saloon.
rpHK above Saloon situated next door above
L Moody's Hall, Dalles, has been enlarged, relitted
and relnrnisned, ana win uo conuuneu on tne eiyie oi
first class saloon, t ree concert every nivtit.
GKEIt & McCONNELL.
Dalles, fell. W, WM. 51tf
JACOB COKSKK. MANUKL O. CIIKSCR. JOHN A. COXSKK
JACOB CONSER & SONS,
'roduce & Commission Merchants
Second Street, Dalles, Oregon.
fTMIE rerr best brands of Hour, feed of nil kinds,
1 and every description of Produce constantly iu
store and sold at the lowest rules.
FAMILY GHOCKKIKS.
A choice assortment of familv groceries, including
the best selection of Teas. Coffees, Sugars, Ate, select-
ed exprcsslv for family use.
Consignments received, and a general Mtoruge, ror-
warding and Commission Ilusliiess promptly attended
We will also pay the highest CASH market price for
all kinds of country produce auch as Wheal, Oais.
Means. Boiler, Eggs, Cheese, Dried (roils, o., at the
Jenersou Mills, Marion to. Oregon.
JAI Ull L.IIAM.K SUAS,
Second street, Dalles, and
4f.if JcHVrsoii, Marion Co., Oregou.
TIMOLEON.
THIS well known horse will stand, the ensu-ffV-,
ing season, coinmsiicing April 1st and end-Clx
iug July 1st, at my farm, one mile northwest ot Ism
pico, ai uie loiiuwuiK ii.w ..- .
Mngle service '
tty the season 15 00
Iii.iiraiice 25 00
Persons parting with an in.nred mare before she is
known to be with fosl, will be held responsible for
the insurance money. Mures from adi.lance will be
pastured tree or charge. All care tiixen io prevent ac
cidents, but I will not be responsiine lor any.
Timnleon will be hunted to lo mares.
PiDioKKK. Timuleon was sired nyTimoleon, he
bv Sir Archr, he by Diouiedo. Timoleon's dam was
sired by Medoe, which leaves him in possession of as
much rood blood ss anv horse in the Stale. Tim. .Icon
is a beautiful dark bay, free from white,l hands high.
JOHN WILES.
Tampico, Benton County.
MUiUmtiuUiu
fOL'I.D announce to the Ladies or Salem and Tt
II einitv that lliev have taken rooms in KEN
YON'S huilding.oue door west of the Munsion House,
where they intend lo carry on
Millinrry md Dreu Making.
Their stork, recently selected In San Francisco, con-
lists, in part, of llunnets, Hats, Ribbons, Flowers, Ac.
From haig experience ill business, both in lloston
and San Francisco, Mrs. W. feels asenred thai she ean
give satisfaction to all, and wonld respcctlully solicit
snare ot me rmoiic paironage.
Snlem, aiurrn IS, low. Jni.
Final Settlement.
State of Oregon, County of folk. In the matter of
'the estate of Joseph E. Davidson.
vV this ith dav of March, a. D. IH64, comes Ira V
J M. Untler. ailministrator twiih the wiil snneae.ll
of the estate of Joseph K. Davidson, deceased ami
files ais pennon tor a nnal eetuemeni oi sain esiaie
It is therefore orderadttisi the M day ef Mnr, a. d.
Mot. be set apart for Ihe hearing of said petition, and
the final settlement of said estate, si the court honse
in Dallas, in the county and Htate aforesaid, at which
time and ptace all persons Interested in said estate are
notified to appear, iiv omer oi
titan, c. ai.iTin, to. jnoge.
W. V. Whitsos, Clerk. 4w
HOWE'S SEWING MA( lllK.
THE NEW" STYLE
' Howe's Family Sewing machine,
11 ILL seam, sltlch, gather, hem. fell, htnd.nni
V run.bmid.andinfact PKUKOKM THE WIMM
ran(e tiK family sewinu h ns tw
Tbrea.ls. making the I.Ot at MTITt H. There are
different slsea.
PrlrM from trffiO lo N5.
tV It received the HIGHEST Premium at the In
.World s-Kair at l.ond. d, sod has been M iu tier
ntanr, Frunce'aiid'Lugland'fnr'ti.urteen years, with
Derfect salislactloS). be4 for a hut of mnert"" .
FREELAi-D BROS :
Albany, Agenti for Oregon
K..r sale at N O. Pi rrlih a Co l, Salem, and
Free land Bros. Albany. omlo
SALEM,
I (Oregon f tattswan.
FLl.NKEriSM UKbTKKD.
A corrospoinluiit of tUe Yrckn Journal trav
eling through Oregon to Idaho, thus speaks of
an inoidniit on his tray :
In another part of this letter I said the p-
iticul hoei were not io olcarly drawn in Ort-
on nt in California. I also noticed another
act i that I found fully as many itraight Inr-
ward Unionists front the ilavcholiling htutes a
om the free etutoi, and vice verta. lint to
my story. On board the stonmer that plies
between Salem and Canemeh, I saw two re-
apeotuble looking Individnala approach each
other both, leutumgly, itad pasoed the men
tan ol me they looa entered upou an ani
mated ooDvurantioD, front which I toon learned
that they were fanners, residing in adjoining
oonntiea in the upper end of the valley.. At
the conversation wore on, ouo of the parties.
with true Yankee Ititiumtivenoss, asked the
other from what part of the country he hailed,
at the tame time remarking that he was from
the State of New Hampshire. The party ad
dressed replied that he ontue from North Car
olina. Whereupon our Northern Copperhead,
ithsthat obtenuiontnett ohuraoterialio of a
Northern doughface, commenced oomtfisera-
ting him upon the unhappy and desolate con
dition of hit country, ami wound tin by do-
nunolng Lincoln ana ins Ationtion inreitugt.
Yet," replied the old patriot, "I content timt
my oouutry it in a uitiublo condition, but 1
have tlio consolation of knowing that her one-
nnet are in a far wane oonuitiou, and that tins
oruel war must toon terminate in an honorable
uce." Doughface, thinking his game teenro,
-iiin coinmonoed abusing the Government,
luting npou ruinout taiatiou, negro equality,
divided North and united South, aud conclu
ded by taring that he hoped Horatiu Seymour
would be next President. The tpirit of the
pld patriot wat now fully aroused, and looking
the copperhead full in the face, he answered,
Sir, the Government ol tlie United states is
my friend, and itt enemiet are my enemiet. I
wat hum and raited in a slave State I I wat
taught that ilaverv was a divine institution ;
the most of my relatives are slaveholders ; but
what did that profit met It brought me nei
ther land nnr niggers. The Government hat
been my friend. It gave ine tlx hundred aud
forty acres ol the best luuu iu uregon, protec
ted mo from Indian outrages. If nut rich, I
ave iicomrcd a competency, sucb as I never
could have dune among my ilaveholtlitig friends
of North Carolina; und 1, sir, am proud to
Hand by my friends. I go for Old Abe." If
this win not sound philosophy, then I huvo nover.
learned what those wordt comprehend. 1
FACT0BI SPIDEUS.
Lighting my candle before retiriug to rost
one night, I witnessed a umrvelont scene upon
tlie top ol tlio flowerpot. When 1 first placed
the very tiny spiders upon the lump of olny .
ey very quickly disappeared, most ot tliein
taking possession of liiygalo't uett. Duriug
tho day a few watchert and patrols were 'o lie
teen; but when the caudle was lit at' lit.
om thirty to forty of the spiders were .een
busily engaged in weaving a tent, dome awn
ing or canopy, from tho rim of the flower pot
and over tlitlumu of cluy. The pinnacle of
the dome was the broken wing of a daddy loug-
-CI which I had put upon the top of the clay.
fancying Ihe spiders would eat it. Toe weav
ers were divided into parties of warpcrt and
woofer and wcro under the superintendence
of overseers. On receiving a hint or touch
from the uplifted fore leg of an overseer, a
ooler rnu twiltly tlown lrom tlie pinnacle,
hiring threads from hit spiunerctt, and last-
eniug them to the rim of the flower pot, aud
then running quickly up again. 1 no moment
the woofer reached the top, a warper wat start
ed off from the opposite side of the pinnacle
which he laid down by traveliug over the cir-,
cuit of a comparatively long crescent, or seg
ment oi a circle, wnicu nino descended tlown as
fur us the outer edge of ihe flower pot Thir
ty or forty tiny spiders, with white bodies and
fawn hued legs, busy weaving on factory or
co-operative principles a dome nf the finest
silk, made up a tceuo never to lio forgotten.
It revealed what it called " instinct ' iu a new
and startling form, for the faculty of co opera
lion under overseers, woofers and warpers, is,
ns fur as I can learn, a new fact in spider hfo.
The projecting ends of grass roots and the like
were tkilllclly used the canopy about all round
away from the day. 'lint fabric wot teeu,
besides other persons, by two members of the
Brighton aud Sussex Natural History Society.
It wus ao fine that ihu unassisted eve looking
straight upon it could not see it, but when view ed
at fnvorablu nnglea both warp and woof
were clearly discernible, aud ou Ten close in-
pection, I discovered a very few little holes.
Ouo of the Brighton naturalists who saw it
says it resembled iu ill shapo a "skull-cap ;"
aud tho other naturalist, although fresh fioin
the marvels of the International Exhibition,
elarrd it to be the most singular etructuro be
cvuraaw. Une (lay l put. Ily upon the out
side of the woo to ascertain What the functions
tho spiders which I hare called watchers
and patrols really were ; for there wero three
or four inside under the piun icle, and as many
nntsido, wandering about all day. Tho iustunt
put the fly upon the tent, ouo of the patrols
swiftly ran close np to it, aud then, seeiug the
fly was relatively a lings animal, ran away
again. jiff Ihe Year Round.
New Usfi of Photoobaphy. We have
newt from l'ari of- a remarkable extension of
the use of photography. Strange as it may
now enter a photographic stnilin, constructed
with reference to the new process, bu therein
photographed in a few seconds, and, on calling
the next day or the day after, instead of the
usual photographio print of one's face or fig
ure, an exnot fne liinilo in the shape of a stat
uette in modelling clay it produoeu by the ope
rator. The invention is French, and it has been
patented in England, and in all the continental
Kates. The process appears to be simple, a
nieohaiiicalapplicationatipplcmeutiiii. the chem
ical results iu the first iustauoe. Th. titter it
placed in the eeoter of a circular chamber lit
irotu above ; around the walls of tins chamber
are placed ,at equal distnuces, twenty-four lenses
by meant of which be is photographed in every
possible view. By a mechanical contrivance
of extreme ingenuity three images nf tlio sitter
are traoed aud moulded upon tho elay. A
thort sitting it required, and under the handt
nf an experienced sculptor, a most faithful
likeness it secured, and, it is added, ao agree
able work of art. The statuettes already pro
duced are about a foot in length, but it it as
serted that life six atatuet ean be produced
with the same facility.' Any number of copies
of a particular statuette may be made by the
eruinnry process ui casting.
t7A gentleman called ou Mr. Liucoln a
few days sgo, and in a conversation about tlio
Presidential prospects, remarked that a num
ber nf men in the present Congress seemed to
be aspirants for the Chief Magistracy. Abra
ham, smilingly, replied : "l es, because I was
ttrnck by lightning once In my life, they think
their chances are good too."
ClTJadge Nelson, of the United Slates Cir
cuit Court of Minnesota, hat decided that cili
sent of Statet in rebellion are to be considered
st enemies and are not entitled to sua in that
Court. The decision was nude in case of
Israel '. Nash nf Malein, North Carolina, com
plainant against Lyman Duttou and others, of
St. I'au'., citizens of Minnesota. The counsel
for the defendants insisted that upon the alle
gation id cititenship on Ihe part of the com
plainsiit. he'appVared to be a public enemy.,
not entitled to sue in the Court,' anil the lull
must necessarily be dismissed. ' TU Judge', as
above indicati-il, sustained Ihe position.
AX&r :
OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 11, 1804.
, CALIl'UBMA DISPATCHES.
neaTjr Knlns.
San Francisco, April 2.
The Overland telegraph it working to-day,
but no report came through. The heaviest
raint of the season have fallen past two days
thioughnut the State, with a good quantity of
mow In tho mountains, improving the prospect
both of Agrioultur. and mining interests. The
weather continues cloady aud threatening.
Money Mutters,
The steamer Golden Age took to-day $10,
529 03 treasure, and 503 passtngert.
Ilankcra rates lirnt. Currency bill 50 to
to 55 ; coin, S to 6 ; legal tender, 63 to 63.
- New York telegram, quote gold yesterday
1C3 to 164. , :
Gum for Ilirbor For'tincallons.
Star ot tbo Uuron brings fifteen-inch Coliiin
tiiads lor the harbor foftihoationn, and a splen
did tteam fire engine for California Engine
Company. '
Seizure of Muskets.
Tho Custom House aothoritica to-day seized
3,000 Springfield muskota on board the J, L.
Stephens for Mazatltn. They may lint be
confiscated, but held for instructions from the
War Department. . !,:;.,.,
Escapade of Prisoners-Arrivals.
Eighty-six prisoners esoaped from San Quiu
tin this morning ; all recaptured, 4 killed und
6 wounded. 4 '
Arrived Star of the Union, 121 dayt from
New York, and Topgallant 124 days from
New York.
Lroal Tender Notes and their Con
stitutionality. Some weeks since the Dis
trict Court in Philadelphia bad before it two
cases, iu which the constitutionality uf the Act
of Congress of February 25, 1802, making
uuueu statet notet a legal tender, wat in
volved. In One of the cases tho party had
offered legal tender notes in payment of a
mortgage, and the money wat refused and the
party cited into Court. Judges Hare and Stroud
delivered the majority opiniun of the Court, af
firming that- the tender of tbo United Statet
notes wat legal, inasmuch as Congress, under
tne constitution, giving power to regulate com
merou, had the authority tn pass the Aot of
February 25, IBM. judge btrond, iu bis opin
ion, held that even the authority grunted iu the
Constitution to "deolare war" curried with it
all the incidents of inch a grant of power, and
as money was one of the most Important ele
ments ni itrenglh, the tiovurument mutt Have
the authority to declare what ahull past as le
gal tender. The debates in the Convention
which Iratned tho Cnuititution wero referred
to in support of the views eutcrtaiued by the
majority ol the Uourt, i : i '
W. M. TflACKEttAT.
AS ACnOSTIO.'
' When morbid fancies hannt the soil '
Made fearful by their black army,
The spell that can their power conioil
Hides its weird magic in the scroll
And matchless pen of Thackeray.
Crown we Ihe monarohs of the mind
Kings, though they often lack array : '
Each nature's flower the brow may b'ind, '
- Homnntic, roguish, mournful, kind,
aim the rich chuploti all entwined
! Yield a tit wreath for Thncksray,' t. It. a.
Things Founded in Kkasos. The idea
of Superiority felt by a man in a big steamboat
over another in a little steamboat. -
i The contempt a man who is going the whole
route in a stage feels for one who gets in to ride
only a few milet.
1 no dislike a person experiences against a
stranger who wears hit bat rather to please
himself than nny body else.
lbs pride ol a gettlemaii in the boxes at a
theatre over one in tkeTdt.
1 lie credit you awtrd to a shopkeeper when
ho assures yon, on his "honor," such an article
cost himjio much. '
1 he belief of anything because it hat been
in the newspapers.
Thr National Debt. Tho Now York
Timet publishes the following tabular statement
of tho National Debt on tho 29th of January,
loo4i
Fundable and Fundable on Gold Intrre.il.
Popular Loan $l!ix.'J4:i,7r8
Loan I) per cent. 1SHI liS.SVi.S.'iO
7.M porcenta, fundable l;M,5:ti;,4.'0
Lrfxiiia o per cents, iwunu. it.-rj.t.atit
Loans J per cent, lbtf 74 au.ll.ll.-I.W
Loan 1801, Oregon l.Ulli.lWO
Total gold bearing (7oli,717,6UI
Temporary Loam and V. S, Currency.
One year certilkatea
..$liiloU,OIIO
ucpo.iis-0 H;r ceuk
Greenbacks 3 per cents
5U,!M7,7ia
Wl.'.lll.Oii
18,l.').'..'illl
95.700
Greenbacks in circulation ....
Fractional currency
Custom Notes not presented..
Total temK)ranr
4111,663,608
Grand total of all t.
.,1,440,071,607
'Inclusive of notes ou hand.
The outstanding rrouisilintis upon the Treat-
nry which wero iu suspense, or unpaid, on the
2I)t h nf January amnoiiteJ to only $22,261,183.
Another Notable Aumihhion. Auother
remarkable admission appears from an old cop
perhead authority. The New York Erjirest
tayt t
All feel that slavery lias gone by the board.
Politically, it wat dead before the war bo
gun. Physically, it it dead now, and ought
not, for one moment, enter into any discussion
relating to the war, any more than anything
else that it dead beyond all hope of resurrec
tion. The Border State men all tee this.
Slaveholders in the Cotton States are also be
ginning to see and acknowledge the troth.
Nnbody needs to ho convinced that both the
political and physical power of slavery it
over in Uie United Stales, We need on argu
ment from Gantt to assure at of this fact, nor
of the folly of the South in making the slavery
question a pretext for the war. War from the
verr start was more of sn abolitionist than an
army of Garrisons aud l'hilliptcs and Gerritt
Smiths,
From an Inuionant Mexican. The fol
lowing appears in the Virginia tVaioa, and it
good enough to be a veritable letter i
CmrtAn rm ViaoimA,
tl vient det de Marzo, '64.
Senor Editor : Jush heard, have I, mnr es.
timada Senor, dat el Emperador Maximilian,
he ionst anooint have dooe, dat viejo old car-
r.io G d d n Gwiu. a big nobleman Dunne.
Muy very bad, Senor, earrajo ! d u. Uie
Gwin. de steamboat Paoitio Mail ileal big di
nero muohitimo. earrajo, plata d n teef. aud
no have Paoitio Railroad kill pass el Congretso
de Ins Estados Unities, tjarrnjn! UranUi
aenio rascal. G d d n. .Vaximilian, el
F.moerador, mocho muy, very big d n fil
V.. Senor Editor, must tell me I tay earrajo.
De ole grizzle Lime Point swinxle. Gulielino
. - . . - I J : 1 I..-J
ae Uwlii, Dave Dim, ei uicno, nommauo gran
jonza El Duqm de Punta Cat tixa I Car.
rajo G d d u. Good bye.
Yo Q. b s. m.. F. VALVARDE.
Only Man Can Smile! "Nothiug on earth
can smile but man !" tayt Mr. Breeder. And
the Hartford Timet replies: "Henry Ward
you're right. Nothin' nothin' nn earth oan
smile lint man. Flowers have coin, hut they
can't crook the elbow they can't untie that's
wbat't the matter. Birds, alto, can't come iu
neither, loo. Thev have beaks, but no beak
ers. What do they know about 'the bubbles
that aw tin on the 'beaker's brim V What do
they care alxiut. julept f, ' Nut straw. Their
I't'ily'idea of a cocktail it a bunch of feathers,
'No, a 'smile it 'the prerogative of man' ol
man wilh su pence iu hit lueccliei or, al
least, Ihree."
fill
ODDS AND ENDS.
. .Men do not steal now-a-duvs thev vie
ulale. Or, if that is too strung a word, thev
put an i to it i they tpiculalit Men aro not
now employing all tho skill of their minds tu
oe uumonest they are AanticiefiBg-.
...If Mine of our rerv oonservntiva men
bad been present at the orcation, tboy wnahl
have said i "Good God ! wlmt it to become of
chaos?" ; ...
, .. Harry Webster, nrineinal chief of the
Onondaga tribe of Indians, died at Onondaga
attie, recently, or consumption, aged 75
yeart. Wobtter served In the war of 1812.
... .The Mission Woolen Mills, San Fran
cisoo, are now manufacturing largely of blan
kets, tltinuels, broadcloths, tweeds and shawls.
The capacity of the mills it now equal to a
pruuuui oi isuw.uw, out under tbo new nr
rangemotit they hopo to mauufaoture $1,000,.
uw they intending to manufacture this year
o oon itu, v ... .
,ouu,uuu pounat oi wool. Jlpvtul,
. . . .The number of rebel nrisnners of war
now in our hands is upward of 46,000 about
wiittiMiuiiuiicu u uiuers, aim ine rest non
commissioned officers and oulisted men.:
... .At San Francison, a few days ago, John
A. Crabtrce. father of Little Lotta, was con-
victea In the county court of assault with doad
Jy weapon on John H. Bums, of Mngtilro't
Crabtrce it an old Oregoniati j
lived iu Liun county. , ......
formerly
A down east editor toys that modesty it a
quality that highly adorns a woman, but ruins
a mau. -y -
The man everybody liket it generally a fool.
The man nobody likes is generully a kunve
The man who has friendt who would die for
him, aud foes who would love tu see him boiled
alivo, it usually a mau of totiio worth and
force.
They boast of enow-drifts forty feet high oat
In Wisconsin.
Tho only chauoo for tome men's hats ever
to oontniu anything valuable it to past them
around for pennies. .
The liiohniond Whig is growing facetious
iu its desperation. It thinks dentists should
be exempted from conscription, and says if
they must go, there oan be but one explana
tion of such legislation " Legislators may
ooiilenil that, it the supply of food is to be
short, tho fewer teeth we have tho better."
Maonificent Contribution from 'an
Englishman to thr Sanitary Commission.
Georgu Elliott, of Loudon, has presented to
the Sanitary Fair, through Cyrns V. Field,
one thousand torn of oottl, to be delivered free
of expense on board of any vessel which may
be chartered to bring it to thit country. Field
hat chartered a vetsel for the purpoee, und hat
direotcd that the coal be sold to the highest
niuucr on ue arrival in nut city, and the pro
ceeds thereof handed over to the Treasurer of
the Metropolitan Fiiir. JV. Y. Commercial,
LETT Kit FROM DOUGLAS COUNTY.
' Hosemtrq, March 31, 1804,
Ed. Statesman : The confederate demon.
racy of Douglas comity met in convention at
thit place to day, and nominated tho following
ticket : For Stute Senators, Clmrlee Drain, It.
M. Gunner; Itepretentatives, E. Stephent,
B.' J. Grubbt, K.J. Browning; Anditor, L.
G. London ; Sheriff". J. E. P. Withers ; '1 reat.
urer, Fred. D. ltobinton ; Assessor. Snmuel
Adamt ; Sup't of Sohooli, Dr. S. Hamilton ;
Co. Commissioners, II. Piiikston, S. C. Moore;
Cormier, J. 6. Clark. Tho county wat ahout
two-mini! represented, ana the convention was
made up of the most out-spoken Jeff Davis
men in tne country, and the tloket is pretty
much of tho same tort.
TIIK 81KGE OF CIIABl.KSTOX.
A letter from Charleston harbor tu the Bal
timore American, Feb. 13, saysi
We have a oonstant and steady stream of
ucsuners uoiuing in, varying in number from
four to leu daily. The mnioritv of them are
from North Carolina, but almost every State
is aiso represeuieu. a fortnight ago a rebel
LiieuicnaiH iron) ueorgia cume In. Day be
foro yesterday Beauregard's barge urew do.
sorted in a body and oiime over to Admiral
Duhlgren. Their news is very interesting tu
the fleet. It seems that the rebels have eight
torpedo bouts like the David that attacked the
Ironsides. 1 hese boats are all ready and ex
pect lo come down nightly. They experience
great dttlicnlly iu getting crews for them, nl
though there are plenty of officers who volun
leer lor the duty
sii.,1 .nriiio a mir, i ley lay, came out
V .i , , . . S, ' '.""""""K w
ton V ahHKli. lint sliu ,,tU ufhu,, .. l... 1
.... .. , .. ...... ,..,..., ,,, ,,,
and drowned all hands. She wat raised Ihe
succeeding night and towed in again. This
uiuuci uie third timo that she bus sntik and
drowned all hands. Eight vessels (blockade
runners) are expected soon by the rebels, one
of them nnined the St. Petersburg, loaded
witu a viuuanie cargo oi gum and ammuni
tion. 1 bo number of vessels outside the bar
bus been doubled, the iron oladt all move up
ut uight, and one patrols the shore channel.
The Monitors have beeu rendered unapproach
able by tenders, netting and torpedoes.
There have beeu lately two large fires In
Charleston causod by our shells. Deserters
tay the city it now divided into two districts,
vu ; "Iu range" aud "out of range," and that
no oilier expression it used. I on hear con
stantly tuch remarks us "Where aro yon go
ing r- "ven, i ve got to go iliiwn In rniigu,"
or, "I'm going op out of range now.'' bur
glaries occur every uight in ruugo, at the in-
uauituuts uo not stay mere to protect tlielr
goods. One nf the guns in Wsgner niched a
piece out ol M. Andrew s steepls lust (Sunday.
It must have oreated a sensation, as they were
holding worship there. ' - '
A correspondent of the Newark Dmfv Jour
nal, writing on board the United States burk
Ethan Allun, off Charleston, Feb. 13, toys t
Duriug the evening of the 6th inst.. seven
deserters, belonging to the Confederate Navy,
lauded at Jit. Gregg. 1 hejr were from the
lurge three-masted vessel lying behind Castle
I'ltickney, wbioh is being iron-plated, but It
used at present for a receiving ship.
I hey say onr thcllt are cruauug tad uavoo
in the city. Nine persons were killed a few
nights siuoe, aud a large number wounded.
including meu, women and children, and
twelve bouse, burned to the ground. W.
could plaiuly seo the fire from our thin, and it
It neediest to Disguise tlie loot that 1'arrott
shells aro not entirely harmless. Th. smould
ering rains of the city speak for themselves
that Charleston will soon lie a mast of ruins.
NKWSi'AI-KltS AND PATRIOTISM. Take th
whole country together, or our own Sutte as a
saumle of it. inquire from township to town
ship, from neighborhood to neighborhood, aud
this geuorul proposition holds good, that two
third I of thou uio takt their flitici from
regularly reading one or more niutpaperi vote
on Ihi right tide, white thou mo pic up tchut
little they knou of public ajfairi la bar-ruumt
and other kindred haunU of tentuali'v vote Uie
other way. Scrutinise closely almost any
township which is pretty equally divided iu
polities, and you will perceive the same gene-
ral truth that two-thirds of the voter, who'
regularly take and read a newspaper Tola with
the Unionist, while two-thirds uf th. hiuse-
bolderi wherein no paper it taken give their
voles to III. 'ham Uemooracy. The Young
men who are esteemed, studious, widil in
formed, riluiiaive and ha itunl rendri., are
iiminlv on the right side; while iho. who
rend little or nulhlng, and the little mainly in
grog shops, are Usually copperheads. A, Y.
Tnhune. " :
WHOLE NO.
TKOTTKD OUT. 1 ,.
Polk Co., April 4, 1804.
En. Statesman: Last Saturday the 'great'
copperhead party of thit county drew itself into
a belligerent coil, at Dallas, mid, after thor
oughly poking up Die den, simiiiorcil down to
an organization. G. B. Savory and H. N. V.
Holmes were elected "President." ' Hen's fu
gleman mid a Mr. Stevens (the man who invt
"Jeff Davis it a more loyal man than Abra
ham Lincoln") were chosen secretaries. After
picking up delegates, tome of whom did not
rotideln the precinct! they were requested to
repretent, everything began to wigglG. The
"president" toon announced that "tlie Rev. II.
M. Waller wat a-nominalej for ontinty senator
for Polk county." He is a minister of the gos
pel, of fair ministerial abilities, aud has re
peatedly declared that ho would not accept a
nomination under any circumstances, hut, ow
ing to the proscnt great tribulation of his
friends Hon and his fuglomau-1 think he will
allow hiiimalf to be "run in o the ground" this
time. The next dive brought op, for repre
sentative, one half nf the "president" II. N.
V. Holmes who has, apparently, awallowed
several dictionariet in hit time, but, unfortu
nately, got them in up aide down. I wonder if
Yauihili will run Shuck this year! Isaao BalL
a mau little known in the county, and, most
likely, always will be received the other nom
ination for representative. The convention in
structed for "Beo" to run against tJucle Dick
Henderson for Congrett I i Ha! Iin! Im! The
other half nf the president" was annonnoed
ns a "oaudidute for atsiilunt county judge,
nolmthtlanding the men." Ben and hit fugle
man spoke their old "pieces," after- which the
"president" announced the motion to bet "that
the proceediugi of thit convention be publish
ed iu all the democratic papers of the State
ifthere are any democratic papers in the Mate."
The question was decided Iu the affirmative,
and the convention adjourned. : "
Yonra for the war, CAMPAIGN.
P. S. Oilier nominations : For Clerk, Out
house; Sheriff, D. Gibson ; Treasurer, James
Smith ; Assessor, J. H. Lewis ; School Sup't,
-George L. Russell j Surveyor, William Hall ;
Co. Com., T. H. Luoas, G. B. Savery.. Del
egates, Ben Huyden, II. N. V. Holmes, B. F.
liurcli, 0. II. Smith, and Outhouse.
' A Nuuoetfbom an 0u Minr. We dig
out of the report of the Congreiiiuual oommit
teo on the conduct of the war, tho following
telegrnnhio correspondence between General
McC'lellnn and the President.'- It occurred
tome time after the battle of Antietam, and a
few days before MoClellan'a removal; and for
the rest explmni Itself : i , ,
Huauquabtkks Army of Potomac
Ootober 23. 18(52.
The following it nn extract from the report
of Col. Robert Williuini, 1st Massachusetts
Cavalry, late nf .Regular United States Dra
goons, now commanding a detaohment of oav-
airy on duty with Gen. Newton's division at
Cherry Runt ' '
"I nave in camp 07 horsei belonging to of
ficers und men. , Of these, 123 ar. positively
mid absolutely uuable to leave the oainp from
thiffbllowing causes, vizi tore toifgue, grease,
und consequent lameness, aud tore backs.
t or example, the nth United (States Cavalry
hat now iu camp 70 horsei; of these, 53 are
worthiest, (rum the above causes; bat of 139
horses, the remainder, 1 do not believe 50 oan
trot eight milet. The Other portion oi my
command, now abtent ou picket duty, has
horses which are nbnnt in the tamo oonditioo,,
as no selection, unless absolutely necessary,
hut beeu made. The number of tore-baok
horses is exceedingly small. Th. diseases are
principally grease and sore tongue. The hones
which aro still totind are absolutely broken
dowu from fatigue and want of Hesli. I will
also remark that the moo in my command are
uiucii in want ui olotlmig."
G. B. MoCLELLAN, ,
Mnj.-Geh. Commanding.
To which the President replied as follows:
' ' '"' War Department, ' " 1
Washington, D. C, October 25. 1863.
I liavo just read your dispatch about tore
tongue and latigued horsei. , Will you pardon
mo for asking what the hortet of your army
have dona since the battle of Antietam that
fatigues anything f ' A. LINCOLN.'
Maj. Gen. MoClollan. ''-'
South kiin Abolitionism. Gen. Gantt of
Arkansas, a distinguished citizen and at one
time a rebel officer, whose late address to tbo
people of that State will be remembered, hat
delivered a tigiiilioant tpeeoh at Cincinnati, In
which lie planet slavery nt the root nf the whole
difficulty. "Yon would think," said he, "If you
visited ns in Arkuusos, that Ilia seat of Aboli
tionism bad beeu transferred from ew Eu-
.,. t0 Arkansas. Our people have a right-
God knows-to be sick of slavery, and they are
. . - . . . ...
tick of it ; 0 1 so tick. ' They cau point to deso
lated homes, devastated fields, forsaken fire
sides, and smoking villages, as a monument nf
slavery. 1 hey turu from It with loathing in
describable. But while we who aro so niuch
interested pray for the deliverance from thit
ourse, there is a sneaking party Iu tho North
who would lores in in Beep tint enrse with lis."
Constitutional Rkporm in Russia. The
tpeeoh with Which the Emperor Alexander
opened last year Ihe Diet of Fiiilund, led to
the expectation that constitutional reforms fur
other parts of the Russian Empire wero in
course nf preparation. This is the fact. All
Imperial nknse has beon published for the or-
guuiztition of tho provincial mid district re ore.
sentatinns of Russia, with the exception of tho
western and Halite provinces, Archangel, As
tracAM, aud liessarabin, Tbo reign of consti
tutional monarchy it fairly manguritted iu Hus
tia now. The rights of the people will still be
small compared with some oilier countries, but
still it is a long step ol reform, nud, coming
from Ihu largest of European nations, it will
have a marked influence on the dustiuy of
Lurnpi
1 A Hint to Jtrif Davis. Gen. Grant np
pears to have been acting from the beginning
of his first campaign npou a fixed principle
to take away from tho rebels whatever they de
clare themselves least able to spare. In Jan
uary, 1W2, it was romorcd that the rebel cap.
ital would presently be removed to Nashville
Hen. Grant determined to be beforehand with
Davis, moved upon the works ef Fort Donel-
iiii), and, after very unhandsomely capturing
the garrison, with Gen. Bnekner, took possess
ion of Nashville.' Next, Davis annonnoed to
all the world that the fate of the Confederacy
depended upon the fate of Vioksburr. Here
upon, Grant moved down and captured that
tilnoe. East Tennessee was next declared to
is absolutely heoeesary to the safely of the
rebel cuuae. The outtrlng Grant no sooner
heard this than he sent Sherman tn Knnxvllle
In rfeiv. off l.nl,..ln..l .n,t l.i.-,e.l dm..
j n . froln Chattanooga, ft Is now Da-
vis't turn will he kindly mention, fnother
ttuint the possession of which it necessary tn
in nesce of mind and to the snores of his
plot against the Union? Gen. Grant waits.
iY Y. keening i'osf.
IV The old Minister of Dublin, X. II. had
fallen into 'the mistake nf preaching works
mainly, aud wat inspected of unsoundness,
! committee uf the church Vailed upon biia.with
iheir crevaiiori: "W. bav. had works, Mr,
Snrasue. until tbo church il alarmed i 'and we
have called upoo you to express to yog the
grief and the fear of the brethren." Th. pat-
lor heard them patiently through, and blandly
replied. " Gentlemen uf the uoiumittee, put
t ourselves entirely at teat, and let the brethren
beoomforuu, 1 do assure )uu that there are
out good works enough In the town of Dublin
In damn a tingle soul." Munihlj Religious
Magnunt. .......
BOOK ANI JOB VIUVI IX.
Of lsiy dNSt1pllonN(ATLY sndP!tOHITl.t exocuttd
DA'PL'tl II, .tlV,'lfTlUIWn i I 1
Mipni snveni.emi.iii., eo pa. .tiu.rD, urn insertion I'
ft OU esch uhriiient tn.prtlnn.
IieitAl nnd sit transient advertisements muni tie prepaid to
Insure Insertion.
Adniini.tratur,' notices, snd sit a.lvertlssinsnliretsllngto
thesststenr ilcnssssU person., must be prrislit, nnh-m or
Jureil published by lh county Judge, And gwsmetH1 to be
V paid Uy lilts, .j. .
A lvertlsliiK tillts not pstd within one yrsr from the time
witHH iuintp.i-t.wl. will ha I ri,r..il t.wnl v.Av.ti.r ..,. ..nh
yssr payment iBniigtciitctllti-T.sft.r.
THE RRItEIi ARMT IX VIRGINIA fiTATI
HKNTS BY AX OUDERLI OF (iKNtBAli
-' LF.K'B. - - ..:::::.:;'!.
Washinotok, February 25. One of Gen.
Lee't orderlies, private Taylor, of the Fourth
Virginia Cavalry, came into- oar linet yestor-..
day, and arrived here to-day. He has been
in the rebel army about fifteen months, and
tho lost thre. momlii hat been on doty at
Goueral Lee'i hcadqiiarten.nt orderly to Gen.
Lee, whose Winter quarters are upon the road
front Ornngs Court Hout. to Vaudiertville,-'
nliotjt two miles from tlie former place, Gen.
Lee Uvea In a tent without any floor to It, bar
ing reftiaed to have one put iu, at others were
having done. Ue keept very much to himself,
never drinks or swears, and it very popular,
with the army, who have Implicit reliance in ,
the old man. General J. B. Stuart has his
headquarters nboot two miles from Lee's
headquarters, and on the road to Robinson's
river. Hit camp it on the side of tho moun
tain, in the woods. Hit force Is rodaoed by
casualties, desertion, by lost nf horses, and by"
going horn, to recruit, until they have scarcely
enough men to do oamn duty with. Job.
Stuart is very gay, drinks bad whisky, anil,,
givet a great many parties, at which he enter
tains a great many friendt from the army anil
from tho surrounding conntry . "
Taylor is a young man. and has rrlaliva. tav
Ohio. His chances for knowing the strength,
and condition of the, army were good, and ni
story Is credited by the War Department, and ,
he has been given transportation faVt-Jcin"Mt!j
He tayt there are not now left in the vicinity
of Orange Court Home, In Lee't entire com-,
maud, over 25,000 men, if there sr. that
many; that titer last month Lee haa been giv
ing Inrlougha liberally to all who would re-en- .
list, to go home to reorolt; that from thirty tu
fifty daya are given them. . . .
, General Lee tell, bit officers that the Yan-i
kces will be filling np their armies in March'1
and he mint be ready for them. He lays he ,
will have sixty thoutaud men by that tinie.anoT,
can hold doable that number in oheck; : When
wo made onr Inst movement across the RapU
dan, while Butler threatened Kichtiioud, they
were apprised of our movement when It com-,
nieuoed by citisent coming in ; and when onr
troops crossed the river and surprised -their.
pickets, General Leo was engaged in sending ,
men to Richmond by rail, and told General ;.
Ewell that thit move nn hit front was only a::
feint. .-. - , s
They have hot twrt corps now, nnder Gen-'
orals A. P. Hill and Ewell. The Liter it full,
but the former haa been depleted to aid Long- J
atreet, whose corpt it still absent, . Their .
horsei have tnffered severely from the want of -forage,
many thousands having died, and hun,, .
dreda of men are without shoes and ehilhlug In -keep
them warm. Over two hundred men ',
have been shot during the Winter for deser-,
tlnn. ' They were captured trying to get over
to our lines aud at home, not being willing to .
return to the army. H. says two thinga, geu-' '
erully of some account, hare ceased to have ,
any value in the rebel army they are paper
money and life. , Private aoldten have loos;
ceased tn use money to buy anything. Sutler.' ,
are no more, and anything wanted il either"
obtained as a gift or stolen, generally the lat-i
ter. ' Many relused to lake their pay when of-'.
fared to them, alleging that It is worthless, it
taking nearly, three -months' Wf to buy one
dollar iu gold. The soldiers' families all over
th. South bar. long been objects ef ehsrity.t
und been forced to beg or steal to keep life Iu
their wasted frames, and thii is tending more
than anything else to demoralize their army,
and may retard the return of those home
furlough, Cor. Phil. Enquirer. " 1 .-
tT?" "Let ns try and convince th wavering,
brace op thn firm, and above all, let no Dem
ocrat hesitate to ttaud boldly iu support of hisr
principles, his party, and his party organs.
We want no vasoillation nor hesitation, but
straight-out, straight-forward adherence to
esoh other, for In this way, and in thit way .
only, can we havo power for nrotsotkia and
eveutnal strength lo bring back tho govern
ment of onr fathers." Napa Echo, (Copper.)
Government nf vour fathers, forsooth f You
remind one of th. uhap who killed his father
and mother, and then asked the court to deal
mercifully with him, as ha was a poor orphao.
Hacrainento I3ee-. j ..,
Hioii Dresses. We are thankful for at
least one of dame fashion's freaks i she haa
turned her haok opon low-oeoked dresses, and 1
rather iuiiitt that collar-bones and ihouldor
bladet shall be covered. It It certainly a great '
improvement not only -because the study of
anatomy in privato parlora it not desirable, and '
that mutt American damteli are apt to run to
bono at tome tall flowers do lo seed t and be
cause spiusters of uncertain age, fearful of he
ing outdone by their nlecei, presented tuoli
vast expanse of yellow neck and shoulder to
the view at evening parties at were calculated
to alarm nervous people very seriously ; but
because, tinoo custom obliges ut lo wear gar
ment!, there oan certainly be no reason why
we should leave the most delioato portion of
onr frame without protection. - Plump thonl
dvri aud arms ar. pretty. But to (let ut whis
per) are plump legs. The toother who should
fail to provide her daughter with stockings
would be considered a oruel wretch, yet a year
ago the might neglect to cover her cheat and
arms with impunity. W. Irust thit itate of
tiling! it over. Wo hopo that the wisdom
which oauiet every prudonl parent lo protect
the pretty shoulders of her bttlo girls with com
fortable woolen sacks or capes will be appre
ciated; that seme will conquer vauiln and
that in a little while It will be as absurd lo tee
a woman in a low-necked drest at it would to-
day to tee a limn in a low-necked coal.1
17 J. G. Whittier, the poet, says that while
William Lloyd Gnrrisou was in prison in Bal
more iu 18 JO, Henry Clay wrote from Lexing
ton, Ky., to a friend in Baltimore, directing
him to pay the fin and costs, aud liberate
Garrison. This fact has not bean publicly
kuowu until very recently. . '
tT After the dreadful repulse at Freder
icksburg, Presideut Linoolu it reported to have
laid, "If there it a man out of hell thattutfor.
more than I do, I pity him." In those dark
days, his heavy ryes and weary air told how
our rovenet wore anon him, and yet there was
a never-failing fuud of patience and bottom,,
that toaieliiuet rose to the surface in tame
droll, quaint laving or ttory, that forced a
laugh cvtn from himself.
XT An old toper hot that ho crxild, when
blindfolded, tell each of several kiudt of
liqiion. When brandy, whisky, gill and ether
drinks were presented' to htrtn he pronounced
correctly, what they were. - At length a glass
of pore water was given him t hv tasted hV
paused, tasted it agnisi and again, considered, .
aud shook bis bead. - - At last said ha i "fits. I
tlemen. 1 give it up j. I ,am sot need I. that '
kiud of liqunt."'i i s - i . " i ai-s (in,, ,
Postage- to Canada. The Postmaster
General has issued tho followiug order I
"It it hereby ordered that tn future th. In
lemutioonl charge upon all hitters between
Canada and any part of the United Sttift
shall be IT cent the tingle rate of half
ounce and under, prepayment optional, without
regard to difference of dlstuuoe or route of con-'
vej anve." . Pottage lo Canada bat hitheno '
beeu loctill perlalfounoe. , , .
nrsir Robert Cotton happening lo call at'
bis tailor's, discovered that a man held I. h
band the identical Magna Ckarta. wilh all iu a
seals and appendages, which he Wat just guing
tu cut Into measures for bis MTtomrrs. Tbe
baronet redmed this valuable cnriotlty at r
prim of old parchment, aad thus tvewerwl '
what wat tup posed tit have been Irretrievable-
st. It Is new preferred In Mm British Mo- '
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