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JUDGE 11,1,1 AMS AND Till! IMIKTENDKD
riUlHK 01' TIIK "AKKNA."
The Urnron Arena nf hint neck liml ft nmlio
ions fling nt Judge William', under tho p'o
tended gulm uf preferring Ills election to the
U, S. Semite, over I'i'iinie, Gihhs, and " all
ethers." It denounce liim fur hie present po
sition lu polities, cull liim " it neiicgndo down
era!, a tiiau whom wo have many reasons fur
despising politically," but professes to prefer
k hiH election because ' he in ft man of demoointie
antecedents, and of demncriitio prejudice."
To .nil this damning fuint prnisu. it adds
th gratuitous and groundless assertion, that
Williams if elected will be likely to kick the
, Union ladder upon which he climbed to hie
high estate, from under him, and tuko refuge
In thornnks of Modern democracy; that the ro
atraint he la now under by reason of looking to
the Union party for their vntea will be removed
" and the contempt ho feels for it revived."
The damaging purpose of thia coimnendutinn
ia too apparent to deceive any one even the
readers of the Arena. The editor, and the
power behind tho throne, of that paper, know
full welt that t!j praise will aurely lie regarded
by the great body of the people mid Jiy the leg
islature, aa ovidenco of "eoinething rotten in
Denmark." "There ia a thing, Jit. Arena,
which thou hnst often heard of. und it ia known
to many iu our land by tho namo of pitch.
Thia pitch, ua ancient writers do report, doth
deiile." So, Arena, doth thy praise. If you
really desire Judge Williams' election ( which
everybody knows you do net ) change your tac
tion; .....
Bcslauher Pctirno and Gilihs with kind words
and abuse without stint tho other. Butifyoa
ardently desire the defeat of Williams, as we
know you do, it might be more honorable to
fight him with the recognized weapons of manly
warfare, rather than to "deiile" him with the
ionrvy " pitch " of your pretended friendship
and praise. Laudations of a truly loyal man
through your month are hut. the " kiss of Ju
das,", bestowed only to betray.
Lincoln's Ai:i:kptanch. Tlio following is
the reply of Mr, Lincoln to the delegation, from
the Ilultiinoie Convention, which formally no
tified him of his nomination: ,
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen ef tho Com
mittee I will neither conceal my gratification
nor restrain the expression of irty gratitude,
thnt the Union people through their convention,
in the continued effort to save and advance the
Nntiun, have deemed me not unworthy to re
main in my present position. I know no reason
to doubt that I shall accept the nomination ten
dered, and yet. perhaps, I should not declare
definitely before rending and considering what
ia called the platform. I will say nnw how
ever, that I approve the declaration in favor of
so amending the Constitution km to prohibit
slavery throughout the nation. When the peo
ple in revolt, with tho hundred days' explicit
' notice that they could within those days resume
"Vibeir allegiance without the overthrow of their
Institutions, und that they could not resume it
Afterwards, elected to stand out, such an itinend
K S.,nt tit ttm 'imntitnf inn n nmv nrnnnscd. ho-
Cv ... , , .
Jbuuie a fitting and necessary conclusion for the
iuooess of the Union cause. Such nlone can
meet and cover all cavils. I now perceive its
importance ami embrace it. In tho joint names
of Liberty aud Union, let us labor to give it le-,
gal form und practical clfeet.
Camkoiinia Stkajiship Companiks. Wo
stated a few days since that Mr. Vauderbilt
had sold liis steamship property nt and between
New York and Aspiuwull, ou the grent Califor
nia route, to a third party. This party we now
learn, have formed a corporation with u capital
ir $ 1,000,1)00, 40,000 shares, the sto,k of which
lias been placed on the stock exohnnge list of
dealings. It was called up this morning, and
sold at 110 to 111 to 112 per cent. Later in
the forenoon, 120 per cent, was bid on the
- street, The capital, it will be observed, is the
same as the Pacific side, with which the At
lantic, line connects- The contract ur under
standing of Mr. Vnnderhilt with the Pacific
Mail continues until March of next year. The
mutual interests of the new proprietary on the
Atlantio side and of the Pncih'o Mail will rim
together until that time, and, after careful in
quiry ou the subject, we sen no renson to an
ticipate a different i.rder of business lifter that
date. At the same lime we deem it proper to
mid that with so lunch money und such large
temptations to stock gambling on both sides,
there is no guarantee, eight or twelve months
in advance of what these great steamship cor
porntio' s may Jo or may not in conflict or com
petition with each other. The California busi
ness on both sides is, at present, enormously
nrufitnhle. aud while tile Pncitio corporation
has gone up to 300 per cent on $4,000,000 of
capital, it is witliiu the minus in prnuuniiiiy
that the new Atlantio corporation may grad
ually work np to 150 per cent on the saino
nmouut of capital. jVw York Time$, June
Kth.
fj?"Tbo Corydon (Ind.) Union reports the
queerest law case tr.at ever occnreii in that
Stale, we verily believe. It is now pending in
the Common Pleas Court of Harrison county,
and grew out or the Morgan raid. The follow
ing is the cause of action : Theru aro three
Il,.nriii7 mills in nod npar ('nrvdnll. When
John Morgan went through wild his guerillas
he levied a tnx of a thoiis mil dollars on each
mill. Applegnte was tho only mill owner iu
tuwu, the rest having left tho place for various
reasons. ll succeeded in getting tho levies
lowered to $300 each on two of the mills, and
3300 ou Mauck's. which is a kjnnrter nf a mile
nut of town. This amount ($2,100 in all)
Applogato paid, and received a safeguard (a
written il(icument)for the rlirec mills from Mor
eno's olScer appointed for the purpose. It is
to recover from Mane k this $300 that the suit
has been instituted.
t7"The Wathinpo Statesman says, tin ex.
press to run semi-weekly belweeii Walla Walla
and tho Kootenai mines, has been established.
The expressman brought down one specimen
weighing $78, and other ooei weighing from
$13 to $33 each.- He also had a lot of Just
weighing from five to fifty cents to the particle,
New mines bad been discovered about one hun
dred miles west of the Kootenai mines, in the
Bt. Mary'a basin. There was a great rash to
tho new place.
New mines have been discovered on Eagle
creek. 1125 miles from Wall Walla, trhich it is
supposed will pay well when there is water.
CP Henry A. Wise, once Governor of Vir
ginia, was in or mmsnd nf a rebel brigade da
ring our receut advance on Petersburg
Part of the works that he proposed, in his uin
al grandiloquent style, to hold forever, were
1 carried by negro troops. A portion of the
chivalry' took tn their heels, and the rest sox
rendered to tho darkeys, who magnanimously
'snared their lives. Old Wise himself was the
ifirst to skedaddles
BbNTOX ' County. Hy a late.cxhibit of the
finances of Benton ..County we lenrn that the
total arooont nf tax collects-d for the year end
ing July 6th. 1864. 1 $0,915.82. Amount in
reasnrr. nf- and and above all indebtedness.
$1,028,13. Good for Benton.
VOL.l4-NO.23.
IYKHH ON FKIiVlONT AMI MAltlTOSA.
Tliurluw Weed, through the columns of the
Albany Evening Journal, has been lately en
gaged, after his style, In ventilating tho depths
of New York politics. Iu doing this, and by
way nf punishing his uinru radical rivals in New
York, lie lakes occasion to speak of Fremont's
Mariposa mine. If what bo saya is true, the
extensive drnfts upon that famous piece of prop,
crly have so far exhausted it, us scarcely to
leave the General cash enough to afford a very
brilliant prospect, In view of paying the expen
ses nf his Presidential campaign. His exhausted
exchequer may therefore be properly commend
ed tn his supporters.' Mr. Weed remarks as
follows: '
" Mure than a year ngn, Mayor Opdyko and
others reminded Gen. Fremont that when a
candidate lor President in 1 830. he was weak
ened by pecuniary embarrassments ; and that
as his friends intended to run him again, it
would be wiso to put his affairs into a better
shape. The General assented giving Messrs.
Ontlyke, Morris Ketch u in bud I). D. Field, it
schedule of bis debts. , Thesu friends formed
themselves) into a Mariposa mining company,
mortgaging the mines for $1,500,000, with the
proceeds from which all the General's debts
were to bo paid, lint difficulties nrose, how
ever, which were adjusted hy payment by Gen.
Fremont of $2,400,000 in 'Mariposa stock, to
Messrs. Opdyko. Ketchuin and Ilocy, nud a
counsel fee of $200,000 to David Dudley Field,
Esq. And, said the confidential and real friend
of Gen. Fremont who gave me thia information,
" there were uHicr exactions and extortions du
ring the negotiations that would muku men
blush." Bo that in training Gen. Fremont lor
the presidential course, his grooms, received a
gratuity of $2,600,000. How pleasant it must
he for Messrs. Opdyko and Kotchum to see
their watered Mariposa stock going through
Wall and William street like "swill milk"
through n tenement block, or " Parker Vein "
in its balloon glory I
Opdyko, Ketchum and Field have all pub
lished curds iu which they admit tho taking of
the fees, but insist that they were all strictly
"professional." Libel suits have been com
menced by n part or ull of them against Weed.
Meantime tho public look ou and enjoy the fuu.
I KEBELS I.VIAUIOUNIA.
For some time past some of tho California
papers have been charging that certain robber
ies in that State were committed by the rebel
emissaries, nud that bunds of these, were organ
ized in different parts of the State. The Amer
ican Flog publishes tho following nn tho sub
ject, which it claims to have received from a
reliable source i
During the last days of May aud first nf June,
some forty armed secessionists hud a seciet ren
dezvous und effected un organization in a re
cess of Black Mountain, between Santa Crux
and Watsonville. Among those present were
Harp, udiug, Kent, Waid and Marshall, of the
Chapman pirates, llarpeuding was leader and
director of the gang. Tho
object of the organization was revolution, und
to seize the Federal forts, if possible; failing in
that, and discovering that loroe enough, could
not lie raised to control this State, lliey intend-
a to inarch overland to 1 exas, stealing uiiu
driving olf whatever stock they came across ou
the w uy. The parly were in possession of reg
ular commissions from the rcliej government,
brought overland by rebels w ho came to this
Stale for that purpose. While these things
were in progress, several of the gang, including
Pool und others, contrary to tlia nilvice of the
more cautious, begun depredations ou the high
way. At the present lime, impending and
tnoorth.ee others are iu tho remote interior
organizing Democratic Ciuhs, and recruit
ing fur the gang.
We are not iu favor of raising unnecessary
agitation or exciting useless fears in the com
munity, but we havu been on the eve of diffi
culty several times on this coast, and have seen
enough to convince ns that while we keep cool,
we should also be vigilant.
Will our friends of the Statesman mail ns
llieir paper regnlarly. Since the commence
ment of its publication as a dnilv, we only re
ceive it seini-occasionally. Mountaineer
Will mt friends of the Mountaineer mail ns
their paper regularly? When wo do receive it.
which is seldom, it ia so old that its "items" are
nf little use. Whose fault is it, yours or ours,
or the ninilsT Wo mail the Statesman regu
larly. Wonder if nn ox-cart express wouldn't
be n good institution between tiulcm and the
Dalles I Two cities that have such friendly
feelings for each other, ought to have some
menus of comninnicntion.
Oil Mill. Wu have been informed that
Joseph Watt contemplates the erection of un
oil mill, on Mill creek, in the eastern part of
our city, this season. Flax seed will then be in
demand, and if tho enterprise receives proper
attention and support, our community maybe
greatly benefited hy it. The nmonntof money
that goes out of our State every year for paint
oil is by no melius inconsiderable and every
enterprise that will tend to the development of
onr own resources should receive ruppurt and
enconrngement.
Bkuinu Time. Salem, one of the oldest and
most prosperous towns ia the State, is without
a fire engine. Before expending the Stale's
money in the erectum ol puhliu liuildmgs, the
town should be required to provide means for
the extinguishment ol hres. .louniuincirr.
Hit os again, William, you are right on that
question.
CjTTbe St. Louis Democrat, the ore an of
radical republicanism in the tar West, puts up
tho nnmcs of tho Baltimore nominees, aud
sat a of the platform that is "harmonizes honest
divisions iu the L'uion ranks, aud is the one on
which the entile Union-loving mass of our
countrymen stand together. 1 he t.erman
uepiiiilican papers at SI. Louis (till bold, out
against Lincoln nud accuse the Democrat with
having been bought up.
CP Oregon oats were sold in San Francisco
on the 2tith, ultimo, at $2,F0 per 100 lbs or $1
per bushel. Oregon wheat, $3.30 per 100 lbs
or 1.03 per bushel. Best California wheat
old at $3.52 per 100 lbs. Flour, $9.50 and
$10,."i0 per barrel. Potatoes, 3J and 4 cts per
pound.
Escape op Greathoi'sb. Among tb five
finsoner who recently escaped from Fort La
ayete, was Kidgely Grealbonse. A dispatch
was received from him on Monday, July 20th,
hy one of his San Francisco friends, ill which
be announces Ins safe urnval in (. annua.
Tho Flat asserts that the dinnteh referred
tu was sent to Beriab Brown, eiftTir of the
Democratic Press.
C?"Tho Polish insurrection is nearly eitin
cubbed. Some few cuerrilla bands are still
carrying on the struggle, "but" the country is
exhausted ; the gentry aud aristocracy sre ru
ined ; eighty-four thousand persons have been
transported to Siberia.
Coi'RT. The C'nonty Conrt of Marir.n conn
ty. Judge Peebles presiding. Is In session tli i
wei k. We anderstand there aro no casni of
any importance belure it.
SALEM,
TIIK I'RKJfCII-MKXItlN QUESTION.
The copperhead journals of this anil other
States have never lacked for pretenses upon
which to found the vituperation and abuse
which their sympathy with treason lias led
them tn hurl at tho present Administration.
Though ull thefrodiictions with which their
columns teem nro "conceived in sin and born
in iniquity," their authors, following the exam
ple uf "their father, the devil," bitvo heei)
cunning enough tn give these hypocritical rail
ings an air of eiucerity by Infusing into them
sentiments of patriotism (a thing they do not
possess nny moro than the devil does religiou),
by stealing aud misrepresenting the language
of grent and good men, and by pretending
veneration for doctrines und principles that
havu long been dear to the American people.
We remember the hnwl they raised when M.v:
aon and Slidell were captured, mid it waa
thought wo were about tu bo involved in ft war
with Eiiglatld. Tho horrora nf such a war
were pictured in their journals nnd dwelt upon
by their spouting politicians, and the Govern
ment was ubuscd with the lowest epithets for
tailing a step that was to bring upon our nation
this uuw calamity. , , , t, . ,
Tho bowl is now uf n different charauter.
They pretend a great veneration fur the Mon
roe Doctrine, and denounce the Government
for what they imagine to be a diaregnrd for its
principles in the notion on the French-Mexican
iiiestinn. They then abused the authorities
lor risking it war by capturing tho rebel com
missioners ; they now abuse' the in for avoiding
an immediate collision with France by simply
deferring definite action on a question of vast
importance - 1 hey suy that tbu lollowiug res
olution pasjed by Congress auiouuts to the
same as a declaration of war, aud that tho Ex
ecutive of the nation backed down front its
positions by failing to demand the immediate
withdrawal of tho French from Mexico;
" Itesotved, That the Congress of the United
States are unwilling, by silence, to leave the
nations uf the world under the impression that
they are indifferent spectators of the deplora
ble events now transpiring iu tho republic of
.Mexico; thereloru they tlnuK it lit to declare
that ii does not accord with tbu people of the
United Slutes to acknowledge a iiionurcbiuul
government erected on the ruins of a:iy repub
lican government in America, nnder the auspi
ces of uny European power." '
On the question thus stated, the New York
Times contains an nrticle from which we quote
iu lieu of further remark :
Our Executive had discharged its full duty
tn the French Government in apprising that
Government, in clear terms, that the American
peoplo aro unanimously opposed to the estab
lishment uf any rule in Mexico throuirh foreign
instrumentality. It is not called upon to de
clare wlten -or how that opposition will hereaf
ter manliest ilsell in practical action. I hat is
wisely iett tn Hie tutiire. 11 the French Gov
ei niueiit chooses, iu the lace of that plain state
ment uf American sentiment, to to un iu its
efforts to found a monarchy in Mexico, it docs
so nt its risk. 1 he shape winch that issue may
linully take, neither that Government nor onr
Government can now tell. It is In be hoped
that it will be determined w.thout it war bu
twceii ourselves nud onr old nlly. if possible
It does not now seem to us possible to do this,
und at the same time preserve tile throne now
set HI). But tbu Auiuricuu of the next few
years will lie just us competent to decide upon
tli j unprnpriatu policy as we ul this year, una
ue in a lar hotter position to carry it uut
effecti cly.
Our present liusiness Is tu put down the re
bellion which w struggling to destroy the Gov
ernment. 1 hat business ought to have our ex
clusive attention nud our utmost energy. Any
war winch a loreign nation limy lorce upon as
wu will accept und fight through, if need be, to
I ho hitler end. But no suuo man can doubt
thuUsuch a war would be a peculiar calamity
lu us iu our present situation, and thnt all hon
orable means should be used to avoid it. There
is nothing dishonorable in the adjournment of
the issue between ourselves nud France con
cerning Mexico. It is nothing more than any
man Ireely does who li;eis aiiotlier is tlomg linn
un injury, und yet takes his own time tu obtain
redress ill ccmi I, or otherwise. Every niau uf
conscious strength secures his rights at his owu
time. It Is always a sure murk of manhood to
control impulse, und bide one's time. Nations
may do the same tlimg ns honoruhly. It must
lie remembered that Secretary Sewurd did not
volunteer to the French Government an expla
nation of tho House Kesoluliou. llio Anil
Administration journals, with their usual regard
for troth, havu indeed miulo that assertion.
But the present publication proves that, like
man) other ul their statements, it is contrary
to tact. .Ur. Seward, in his u tter lo . u r. Uay-
tun, viaics lllill. ,o l..vjt-uii-j iiiun iu lanugo
of the French E l.bny iu Washington) lost no
...... .m- i , ... ....... :.. ..i. ........
time lu asking an elpiunatioil ol tins proceed
ing."' ill. Seward noticed tho subject be
cause be could not avoid it. If the opponents
nf the Administration are not satisfied with bis
manner uf noticing it, let them, avoiding nil
empty generalities, sprcily distinctly what alti
tude iln-y would have hud liim ussiime. If an
altitude of hostility and open war, let tbeni de
clare it. It will bu only one more issuo which
truu Uuiou men will gladly tako tu the polls
next November. "
Tub Fi'TfliE. In a lecture delivered In
Chicago recently, Grace Greenwood said : -
Back in these troublous times will our child
ren look with reverence and awe. The sous of
onr brave soldiers will date their patents of no
bility on grander battle fields I Into Agineourt
ur Bnnuockburu; such patents of uobility as no
royal herald's office has symbols tufbbicnlfy
glorious fur. Many a coat of arms in those
days will have one sleeve banging emptv. We
may picture to ourselves a group of noble young
lads, some ten years heiico, thus proudly ac
counting fur their urphmnge which the coun
try should see arc nut left desolate t Says one
" My fnther fell in beating bnck the invaders
nt Geltysbnrg." Says another "My father
fell at Lookout Mountniu, fighting almre the
clouds." Says a third "My lather aulfered
mnrtyrdnni in Libby prison." Saya aunt lit -
" My fnther went down in the CnniherlauJ.''
Yet auiilher " My father waa rocked into the
long sleep below the wave, iu the iron cradle
of the Monitor." And there will be hapless
lads, who will listen in monrnful envy- saying
lu their secret hearts " Alas! we have no part
or lot in these glunlyinga; our fathers were rob-els!"-nud
here and tberoayouth more unfor
tunate, uiiu will steal away from bis comrade,
and murmur iu bitterness of soul "Ah! God
help uie! ury lather was a Copperhead!"
CP See how they (erve seccsli brawlers In
Nevada :
Fur expressing a desire tn "kill every
Irishman in I',- Union army." and a wish to
cut A he Lincoln's throat," Frank Linn, an
Irishman, was recently arrested at Gold Hill,
aud sent tu Fort Churchill to cut wood and car
ry sand.
Anderson, the si-crth lawyer who was gob
bled ap by the Provost Marshal on the 4tli, in
this ciiy.'lor. be lolling treason, has been sent lo
Fort Churchill to pack snnd and diwipntn on
sow belly and beans. 'l'i much talk no belly
good, Julin. Enterprist.
CP The bill appropriating $100,000 for a
branch mint aud assay office at Dalles City,
passed Congra in the last hoors of the sion.
OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 1804.
I, KIT Kit FKOM TIIK RAMI All SIXES.
(jllAIITKVIl.tK, July 8.1, IHiJ,
En. Statesman '. Tim SanHam gold district Is
rapidly becoming the Miw of tho Wehfoot
tribes, whera, it' men dilifreitly seek, they will
find absolution of the sin which tho world counts
tho worst nearly unpardonable, poverty! and
where many nrs also scenting nfnr off in the
mountain creates, that wholeness of limb and.
wind which fast eating, much slooping, and little
airing have so little tendency to give tliniu iu the
plains below. That all should he disappointed is
improbable, nud that all slaiuM succeed is nioro
so. Uut tli cio are health tnd wealth in those
mountains for those who get up sufficiently early
and dust themselves with die proper degree of
energy. During an experieocn of several batches
of immigrations and an equal number of emigra
tions, my observations havu led mo to tho sags
conclusion that a hu'i;o pur cent, of those who ar
rive bore aro surprised that tho gold bearing
ledges aro not portable, and disgusted that vnlp-nr
spades and picks must bu used tu make them shell
oat. About ninu ol' every ton cumo ia with a sort
of vngtio idea that lodes and "squivitleuts'' lie
around promiscuously looss and the same nine iro
out, after a laborious search of two days, with the
dissatisliod conviction that tliu incorporated mo
nopolies have gobbled up the White Hull, the
Driggs, tho Calf, and r. half-dozen other frnod
things, and that they the nine, "havint no show
nohow." Tho nine depart, shaking (llgnratlrely)
the ilust from their soles. Tho one who stays and
pries into thiuc's is shortly overwhelmed withjhe
immensity of the lap out vt'twhich Mother Na
turoissnid to have spilled the Hani iam. mining
regloa. You can bot your best threadbare edi
torial outer garment that there is a big tiling here
witbin a circle of three miles, Quan.villo being
tbu "bub." Within that circumference, there are
not less than thirty discovered lodes that aro each
and severally positive, comparative or suncrla-
tive gold bearers, while south uf this district the Li
nni,i -;i- fl.i i...i- .... ...... r.. ... i !..
beyond the ken of mortal search as yet. Much
of this is presumptive, most especially that part
of it in relation to the existence of lode beyond
w here the lustful eyes uf man have yet explored,
and less especially as regards tho thirty lodes
which Dauio Fortune, during a prodigal frolic,
dumped down hero around t lit) QiiartY.villc hub.
"Dirt prospects" aro obtainable un almost every
lode yet discovered iu the Santiam District, while
"rock prospocts" are good wherever such tests
have been made, with very few exceptions. Now
discoveries ure sing uiudo almost daily. 1 can't
spe;,k so positively of tho "Happy Camp Dis
trict," because my head with all its lotric and per
suasive eloquence has nut yet prevailed on my
legs to essay the trip over there. Whenever tho
said refractory Icks conclude to go, 1 intend to
have my bend go aloag and then I'll try conclu
sions with Happy Camp. Meantime, that happy
land lies not only on the other side of Jordan but
also ou tho same rcla.ive side of a iiian-killiug
mountain, while your correspondent is happy
enough fur all practical purpuses, ou this side of
both.
lint to return to first principles I QunrtzviUe is
a Mecca aud the Sautinoi uiiues art rich, tnkiug
present indications and prospective calculations
for it. There is proof enough of that withont
any further words. Wo are to have a genuine
quarlc mill in here nud no mistake. -We Know it
because, by to-day's train, Mesas. Jones, Muorcs
and Cooper arrived aud assure us its a fact and
net at all a joke ; and they are out bunting a road
w hereon to haul it iu. Bully for Junes and Moorcs
and Cooper and the mill and the road and all con
cerned. Who-o-o-o-p-ce I
Quartzvillj is in the humor for n quart, mill.
The way has been somewhat prepared by u pion
eer rum-mill, (not, however, a very healthy ouo)
and wo are now waiting wiib outstretched arms
for any kind of a mill that will make a change.
If a quartz mill dun't do fur us, we ure done lor,
aud the quicker wu know it, the easier we wilt
all cuuie down. So, bully acain for the mill !
A wugou road to this Casuadiau region Ts yet
somewhat problematical as to lbs Uuiu ol comple
tion, tbouuh probably uut nt all so in any other
rusocct. It will bu a loiigh one and a "loud road
to travel," until a very largo sum uf money shall
be expended, unless a better route bo discovered
tnau either ot tho trails now traveled. At pres
cnt. there aro three trails, tho South Fork, Bib
yew's, and by King's 1'rairio and tho Meadows.
The South Fork trail is least mountainous, but
the must dauguiuus to auiuiais, ou account of bo
ing ill places very narrow and precipitous. The
Bilyew trail passes ovor three ur four pretty large
mouutaius, but ia not otherwise a bad one. The
nurthern routo by King's Prairie is said to pass
ovor uuo uf the highest elevations in sight of this
place, but snino prefer it to cither of tiie others.
I'lie pack trains all eome un I lie llilyew trail.
f arties desiring to visit this district trom Salem
cannot probably do butler than to tako tho Bil-
yew trail. They need not necessarily bring their
provisions from tho Valley, as small quantities
can bo procured here of tho Douuca boys or of
iicuucii, nt a cost not exceeding linu oi gunnig
It packed iu. They must, however, bring along
enough to last thuin during the journey in.
Once hero, those who expect to profit themselves
by y' mines, must expend not only muscle but
some tiiuo in mousing aronod over the mountains.
There are plenty ol claims not yet taken, and
great nuuibur that nre forfeited by non-eouipli
slice with the law, There are duzuu of people
who are holding several claims, by location, in the
saiuo district, while there is a strong doubt wheth
er they can hold morn than one. Many nf these
claims can be had by easy compromise, with claim
ants.
Tno White Bull lode, where the Cnion Co. is nt
work upon it, cuutinues tu present very favorable
prospects. The Salilinm Co. has nut sunk any
un iu eluims forsouiu lime, but work w ill soon bu
resumed. The Hrigga lude is rapidly improving,
becoming, at the present depth, uiuch wider, bet
ter defined, mid more easily worked. Tho Calf
lode fund. lies splendid prospects, both of dirt nud
rock, huveral Hue specimens ul rock containing
heavy gold have been taken out uf it. Throe
.Mexican minors, w ho have spent most of their
lives iu quartz mining, have examined Ihese lodes
aud pronounce them very fine in character.
1 am sorry to say the Kxpress is about ready to
go, so 1 am constrained lo express my regards mid
quit. . Yours, ou the rampage,
Emiiiu o S . WlNDI.r.R.
TO tyilBKsrOMIh.Mi.
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tions from our friends in all parts of the State,
containing Information of public interest. Facts
concerning the growing crops, progress of mill
ing operations, local enterprises nf all sorts any
thing in fact which will bo valuable to onr read
ers, will bo acceptable. But we cannot promise
to puUisk all communications sent. If we did so,
our paper would find room for nothing else, Many
communications reach ns too late for their infor
mation to be of any vale. Others contain items
which we wuuld gladly give lu the public, If they
were not crowded put by matter of more pressing
importance. Others again are in our judgment
indiscreet of impropor to appear in print. We
rtmi all, and cull from them such aa we think
bust to use. We hope none will be offended be
cause their letters do not appear lo full.
Communications must invariably bo acenm'
pauled by a known name as a gunrnuty ol their
truth. Wo often reject letters otherwise accept
able solely bocause the writers real namo is not
furnished.
Correspondents should also remember to write
only on one siite of llie paptr. If this Is not ob
served, the Editor must copy tlm letter befuro it
goes tu the printer, aud lim labor of doing this is
sometimes Ihs only reason why it fails to find a
place in our columns.
Will our friends bear these facts in mind t
....The celebrated Colonso, Bishop of Natal,
bas been dejiosed from his ecclesbtstical position
and "prohibited from the eicrcisn of any divine
office," fur tho publication of s-ntiincnU deeu.od
heretical.
AuitmiA. X. T., July 20. A parly of ladies
and gentlemen who leu neie al noou yesU-iday
in l.mr hnrsa WHiroil. met with a fearful aeni-
J dent abuut li miles from this city, it seems
i that they were about crowing a ravine, wln-u a
IwaliT snoot burst on the mountains and came
down upon them beforo they could get not nf
'the wny, sweeping mem licmre It. A ..Mrs.
J Medbiiry and a Mrs. Gleii,.witli.lliree childieu
were drnvued. Their bodies have been recur
! ered and brought to .the city. The geulluineo,
four in number, Were saved, bill loiiliy bruised
i The four burses wrre drowned and llio wagon
dsilud into atom.
llksntllTlO.N Of I UK ALABAMA.
The following account f tho destruction of
tbu pirate Alabama is from tho correspondent
of tbu London Tinus. It was gaiheied from
the officers of the English yacht Deerbound on
which S' mines and a part of bis crew escaped,
and from tho pirates themselves t
The Alabama left Cherbourg binhor about
ten o'clock on Sunday morning, nud llio Kenr-
sr.rge wits then several miles out lo seaward,
wHIi lief steam dp, roiiily tor action. " llio
French sbip-nf wnr Conrniine followed the Ala
bama ont of the liitrbur, rind stopped w hen the
vessels were a league off the const, her object
being tn see that there wna nn violation of the
law of nations hy any fight taking place within
the legal distance frum laud. Ouo of the offi.
cere of the Alabama names the hour nf 11:10
as the commencement of the action, nud 12:40
as the berinrl of its cessation making its dura1
inn an hour and a half; while the time observed
on board the Dcerhnnnd, which is must likely
to be accurate, that vessel being free from the
excitement nnd confusion necessarily existing
ntf hoard the' Alabama, limited the action, tn
nn hour, tho last shot being tired nt 12:10.
Tbu distance between tho two contending ves
sels when thA Alabama opened fire was esti
mated on board the Dec rhoitnd at uliunt a mile,
while the Akilmmn'a officer tells mo thnt she
wits n milo nnd n half awny from tho Kearsnrge
when aim broil the first shot, Me tlnsns it may
it is certain that the Alabama commenced the
tiring. "and as it is known that her guns were
pointed for ft rnngo nf two thousand ytirds, nnd
(lint the second shut she fired, in nliont half a
minute after the first, went right into llio Kenr-
sarge, that may be taken ns the real distance
between the two ships. The lirnig became
general from both the ships nt the distance ol ft
little under ft mile, and wits well sustained nn
both sides Lancaster's Impression being that
at no time during the action wi re'they less than
a quarter of n mile from each other. Seven
complete circles were made iu the period over
which the fight lasted. It was estimated on
board tho Deerbound that the Alabama fired in
all about one hundred and fifty rounds some
single guns nnd some In broadsides of three or
four; and tho ICenrsarge about one linndrod,
the majority of which were eleven. inch shells.
The Alabama's wero principally Blnkely pivot
guns. In the early part of the engagement
the relative bring was about three ol the Ala
bama to two of the Ivcnmirce, hut As it pro-
grossed (ho latter gained the advantage, having
apparently a much greater power ol steam.
Shu appeared to hate mi advantage ever tbu
Alabama of about three knots nil hour, and the
stenm was seen rushing out of her blow-pipe all
through the action, while tho Alabama seemed
tn have but very little ileum on, , At length the
Alabama's rudder was disabled by one ul her
opponent's heavy, shells, und they hoisted nil
sails; but it was soon reported tn Ciipt. Seinines
ir one nt lin olhccrs that his ship wna sinking.
Willi great bravery the guns wero kept purled
till the 111117.7.104 were actually nnder water, and
the lust shot from the doomed thlii was fired as
the was settling down. When her stem was
completely under water. Camnin Homines gave
orders for the men tn save themselves its best
they could, nnd every one jumped into the ecu
nud swam tn tho boats that hud put oil' tu their
rescno. Those nf them who were' wounded
were ordered by Captain Semnies to be placed
in the Alabama's boats and taken un board the
Kenrsnrgc, which w as, as far its possible, obey
cd. Cantaiii Senimes and tbnse above men
tioned, wero snved iu the Deerbnuiid's boalsj
aud when it was ascertained that the water nils
ck-ar of every one that hud life left, nud that
no mure' help could he rendered, thu yacht
steamed nwny for ('owes, nud thence to this
port. The Kenrsarge, it iv known, has been
for some lime iu hot pursuit of the Alabama,
which vessel Cnplniii WiusloW was determined
In follow everywhere till he overtook his enemy.
Very recentlv sbo chased and overtook nno of
the vessels of the Chinese expeditionary force
returning tn r.nglanu, and ran alongside with
her gnus pointed nud her crew nt nnurtera be
fore shu could be convinced uf her mistake, for
tlio expeditionary vessel was very much like
the celebrated confederate cruiser. The Kear-
surge was then described us likely tn prove an
overmtneh lor tho Alabama, having higher
steam power anil rate of spted, a crew "nearly
double" Hint under Captain Senimes, and. un
like her sister ship, the Tuscnroro, carrying ten
instead nf eight, very heavy ll inch shell gnus
the so called Cofumbiads of the Americnn
Navy. The Alabama, on the contrary, is si a
ted tn huvo luul only two heavy rilled guns and
six broadside yj poni'iler. Tho orew of the
Alabama comprised iu ull 150 when fluj left
Cherbourg. Of these, ten or twelve were kill
ed during the action and a number were known
to be drowned, (he difference between these
nnd tho number brought home on llie Deer
hound being, it is Imped, snved by thu boats of
tho Keaisurge or some 1' rencll pilot bonis in
the vicinity. The French wnr-vcssi I Cour-
onuu did not come out bet end three miles.
l lio surgeon uf tho Alabama waan English
man, nud ns not hi up lias been heard from him
since tin Went below lo dress the wounds ul
snmuiiflho sullerers, it is feared that bu went
down wiib the ship. When the men came on
board the Deerboinid thev bad nothing on hut
their shirts nnd drawers, having been stripped
tu light, nnd line ol the men, w lib a sailor s do
voledtiesj insisted nn seeing bis Captain
who was then lyiutf in Lancaster's cabin in a
Very exhausted slate, ns he hail been entrusted
by Captain Scimucs wiib the ship's papers, and
tu no one else would he give them up. The
men were nil very anxious about their cnptniii
and Were riioiccd to hud that he hint been suv
I. 1 her npiienreil tu he a set ol lirsl rule lei
lows, and tu net well together iu perfect linioli
nnder the most irvin clrcnmsluuces. The
Captain of the forecastle on hoard the Alabama,
a Norwegian, says that when bu waa in llie
water lit; Has hailed hy a boat Irom the Kenr
sarge : "Conic lure, old man, uud we'll save
you;" tn which he replied; "Never mind me, I
can keep up half an hollf vet; look nfter some
who are nearer drowning than. am lie
then made away for the Di-orbonnil, thanking
God that hu, was nmb-r Englih color. 'I'nr-
ing the notion the Deerhouinl kept nhont a
mile tn windward of the combatants and was
dialled tn witness the whole nf it. The Kenr
sage wits burning Newcastle coals, nnd the Al
ahaina Welsh coals, the difference in the smoke
(the north country coal yielding so much more)
enabling the movements uf each vessel tn In
distinctly (raced.
Tho Daily A'eiri' RoDlhaiiiplnn correspond
ent says :
Captain Senimes and chief oflicer Lee went
this nfteruoon tn Emanuel's the tailor iu llish
street, to make piirchsses. Tho Captain's
band wna bandaged, owing tn a wound lie re
ceived in action. '1 he shop wna crowded wilh
people, endeavoring Ui cutch a glimpse uf llie
cuiilcderuto commander. Emanuel lappel
sevctul buttles uf pott, aud treated their cus
tomer, his lieutenant nnd those who came to
sco them with great hospitality, dipt. Semuiea
anxiously asks what the people of England
thought nl llio Mouth; enirj slavery more existed
but lu naiuu, aud that the North nnd Mouth
would never bo united. In answer I" questions
Captain .Senimes said that he left ull the prop
erty be possessed, and npward uf sixty chro
nometers which ho had taken from captured
Federal merchantmen, iu Cherbourg, previous
lu going out to figbt the Kenrsarge. He says
he was completely di-ccived aa to strength and
armament ol the' Federal ship. What be re
collected of the Kcarsergp was, that she was an
ordinary sloop. of war. If bo bad known Hint
,she was nn iron clad and much more heavily
ariutd than the Alabama, lie would not have
foGgbt, as it was madness to do so. It appears
thai Hemnirs and t number nr Lis ouWrs and
in w craped from Hie Alabama Just ns she ana
going down, nud llmt -inesMtfi llie owner nf
Hie steam yacht Deerbound, was desired by lbs"
WIIOLKNO. GOO.
commander uf the koin surge tu sav as ninny
of tlio cflieers nnd crew nf the confederate ship
us possible. Captain Heiiiines was in the water
ha f nn hour, nm was neuiiv exnanaieti wuen
picked np. It appear be begged Lancaster In
getaway ns fust ns piesiblf. In prevent him
mid Hi se w in were with linn Irani uciiig taueti
prisoners, ami the lleerlioiinil neing u nisi
vnebt, was enabled to get out nf reach of the
Federal man-nf war. Lnncnsteisylescribi'a the
hilit as being a iiinguihcent sight.. Hu saw
holes right through the Ahibniuii, made by the
tremendous shot of the Krnrsurge."
A second letter trom tlio same correspondent,
saysi "When the battle was at an end the
Deerbound steamed over tu the ICoursarge. nnd
Lancaster was asked by tho officers of tho Fed
eral ship to try and pick up llie retires .of I bo
Alabama's crew and officers who were floating
mil swimming nlwut. , Ho lowered his yncllt
boats, and ouo nf them, ouimuatidoil hy n iiiun
mimed Adams, was steering bis boat into a
group uf a dozen struggling persons, w hen he
passed a drow ning man tit a short instance,
with nn officer's cap on. One of tbu men in
the boat oried out, 'That's Semnies.' and l ho
drowning ninu called nut, '1 am the oaptniu
eavo me; 1 ennnot lteep up any longer.' Ad
ams went, and drugged him into the boat.
Senimes then anid, ' For God's sake don't put
me on hoard tbu lienrstirgun hut put me nn
hoard your yacht.' Adams promised tu dii.su,
and laid Semnies down in the bottom of bis
limit and covered him wilh a still tocoiiccul him
from llio Kenrsarge's hnnrsv which Wer' evi
dently noxiously searching for liim.. When
Adams bud saved a boatload he took tlrb'n on
board the yacht, nnd Semitic was lit nnce
placed below. As soon ns nil that were seen In
the water wero picked up, Lancaster was anx
ious lu get itwny, and began tu stenm not, In sea.
He expected that Ho should nave been brought
to by a shot from the Kenrsarge, but she was
too disabled, it appears, tu go niter llio Deer
hound to overhaul her, nnd thus Reinmes es
caped being made a prisoner, dipt, tieuimes
dot lined an invitation to u public dinner at
Southampton. He is soul to have gone tn
I'm Id lu report to tho Coiileilei ate Commission-
r there.
. i i
TKUUIUl'lUC NKWS.I, :
Rpoclul Dispatches to the Oregon HtntMiinli. '
Discovery of it Ureal Conspiracy.!
Important Toxltlon (inlncd by Gen. Urantl
;' Fighting nt Petersburg. "
Kebcl Fort Blown Ip-IIeavj' Loss!, t
ti ni nt In Ten Miles of lllclt'iiond! ' 1
Sherninn Again on the Move-Hebel Killed
nt ttinitta ,'im. 1
bi'.' Ltil.is, July 28. The Demnrrn pub
ishea nil account nf a conspiracy to erect ft
North-Western Conledeniuy. The nrgniiizn
liuu engaged in the conspiracy is known us the
oiilci' of American Knights. The real object
embraces nil ell'ort to Ibwitit the Government
iu the conduct nf tho wnr t , tn overthrow the
Government. The prulession of purposes tire
dilb ri'iil iu dillorciit Siiilcs. It proclaims llie
wnr pulley in reiiusylvniiin. New York, New
Jersey, ut:tl oilier eastern States, while iu llie
West it Is for pence. The order is of South
ern origin, being erected mi tho ruins of the
knights ol thu Gulden Circle. Sterling I'riee
is to liu supreme cniiiiuanilvr, Vallandighatu
while iu lliclinioutl, wus uiude the supreme emu
nuinder of the Northern section, '1 he order ol
the consnirncy was entered into between liim
mid thu rebel authorities to divide the east and
west, nud thus aid the Southern ' rebellion.
Vullundighiiiu's time in Canada was principally
spent iu furthering llie scheme. He had aeon-
lureut n w ith some lending men north, snnn nfter
bid ut-rivni iioin (.tiimiin. nnd arranged llie es
lulilisbiiieiit uf lodges throughout tire loyal
Stutes. The names uf all those who visited
him ut thu Clifton House is known tn the Gov
ernment ; ninong thctn are the name uf V
It. Beed. 1'. K. Pendleton, 1'iigh. 1 nf Ohin,
Kibben, of St. Louis, ami Storey uud Merrick,
of Cbicugu, are published. The result uf the
conference is well known to the Government.
Abuut the 1st nf January Vallanibghnm issaed
nil address to llie lodges in the loyal Stutes, in
which he called upon the members to renew
their voices. He says thu time ia nppruuehing
tu test llieir sincerity, that tlio prosecution nl
thu wnr ia a viilutinn uf (lie rights uf the
Stall's, and that l'resident Lincoln is an usurp.
er. The meeting nf Grand Commanders were
In be held in dill'ereiit States; in New York
it was bcbl un the 2"d uf February, fur the
purpose of organizing nn onthreak on the HUH
uf March thu day 'fixed fur the ilrnft. No
definite plan was resolved upon. , Tlio names
of those conspirators nre also known. The
S.ino commander hnj a con vernal ion with tile
supremo commander nt Windsor. ' Canada
West, early in April, for general uniisiiltniiun.
Among those iu lienilaiice were MuMustcrs,
of New York, ('h is. L. Hunt, of St. Louis,
uud Lit Fayette Devlin, of Indiana. It wus
proposed nt this meeting that Ynlhtndigham
should represent his district nf Ohio in thn
Democratic National Convention, and pruclaiui
the doct lines uf llio order. ,
I'ierco pronounces the existing Administra
tion, und the government power, n usurpation,
which llio people had a right lo expel by force,
if nice wary, iu iuiiugiiriilion nf rebellion
North, iu winch he no supported hy the order.
Each grand commander was to hate an or i:ed
body guard at the Convention, for the defence
uf Yullnildighiim. Tills, it Was thought, would
procipitnlu thu peoplo into nn armed t'oulliet,
which would he a signal or the members of the
order to unite against the authorities, kill, ami
capture the naval nnil military oiiicers. seize all
the arsenals, arms. Mini pnnnc property ul nil
kinds, and prouounue the (joveriiuient over
thrown.
The reason for Vulliimlighniu's sudden re
turn lo Ohio was thnt bis views were, thai he
Wuuld huvo been defeated ns delegntii In Chi
cago, nud only by bis preseuoc could bis elec
tion be secured.
Tho numerical slreiiglb of the onler is said
tu be emisid'era!.!)- uiv mHMWO-'l.'iO.noo of.
whom are armed. Tho' order iu New Ymli are
called MuClvllan minute thou, und nun, her
Vl'iO.IMKI. Their grand cooimuiider U Chut. L.
Hunt, nephew of II. Lucas, who was bu many
years Belgian consul here. A long list ,d names
nf members of the order in dill'ereiit Ktntc, In
gelber with full iiifnnnittbiu regarding I he mine,
is ill the hands nf the aoihorines at Washing
ton, which will prubably be published.
Hi UMl'iiA lK'Simr.ii, July An import
ant inineiiiciit is in pi ogress from hero this
morning. While our troops wero crossing
James river un two pontoon bridges, the rebels
suddenly attacked llicnt. An engagement en
sued mid Die rclxd were diiveu buck. Our
troops received reinforcements, and attacked
the rebel works, carrying them nud rupturing
the guns. The rebels w ere finally driven from
their position far beyond. I he gun limit ren
dered valuable assistance, covering the laud
ing. A special to the !sa)s: Advices from
the Army uf thu I'uloiniic show Unit Grant has
ecuri-d a very imp rtnnt strutegio position
abovu Bermuda Hundred, which gives bun a
?;iM,d base uf supplies, only eleven miles from
(luhiiumd.
, An Army of Hie l'utmnao letter dated yes
terday, sat Ihu urrivul uf some troops In the
vicinity ul Heruiudit Hundred, a d y or two
ago, mil acted the ulteiinoii ui inir eiioiny, ami
caused them tu believe Hull an mini nee nn
llicbuiund, by nay of Malvern J tall, wits in
tended. A lorce consisting uf Kershaw's di
vision uf Longst reel's corps, aud Wilcox's di
vision of Hill's corps were immediately with
drawn I nun tho vicinity of I'eterslitirg, and
scnuluwu lo cheek lh luiivi me'il. To coun
teract this the -d cutps Was deUiupvd uud scut
ISOIKi XMt Ji: t'KIM l .
Ul t say diMcrlptlnn Unvri.Y sin) mtOMl'TI T sxtrali j (
IUTKS II K AbVKItl'll'INO :
lKsl siltertlssmenls, SH Ull per utimre, first tnscrUun; .
tt.lS! ullch ali'(iielit liiNe-rllon.
1,'JtOil anil nil transitu! ftUwrtlsdliiiilltimustbe prspsld to
himff liisi'rtiun.
Ailmlulslrulori' nut Ices, ftm! sl silv.rlln.meitti reining to
tliu eetiiti, ot dei:ensi:ii persons, mint L ji-tf,elil, unlnu or
Jeroil imMljaod liy Hi ouuntf u,lseiSH sutranleeit tu bt
V' inlJ Uy liitn.
AJvertleliis allls not anli! wllliln s esr from tlis tints
wuen uontFHnttxl, will In, l ncri-Mi-it twenty-tlve per cent, esr.h
yenrisymentl neylectefliti.'renflpr, '
across llie James, At 0 o'cloclt, on thu morn
ing of Hie 27th, our advance met tho enemy's
skirmishers- in an open field,- opposite Jnine
' Neck, with their battery In position. A long
linen! skirmishers wu thrown out, aud loou.
drove the rebels tn llieir breastworks, where
liny wore kept hotly engaged whil. a brigade
of the first division moved round on the loft of
the enemy's line, uud getting un their flankS
charged and drove them Irom their gt into -
the wnnds, capturing four gnus and a quantity
of sinutl arms.' The enemy fell hack mi their'
reserves, who occupied a strong work built two
' yours ago. Our truons followed, taking pusi-Jf
. lion on their front and flanks. Our loss is very ,,,
slight. Gen. Grunt nulu to tlm front in the
afternoon, viewed the enemy's position, ani
' seemed tu ho well pleased with tbu morning's
wurk.! ,; 1 ,i w .:. , i ;ui: .-i wn
; i i, , ,;-, - , ' . Bamimoiib, July 81. . ,u,
A dispatch from Ilia Army uf the FotninnQ
dated yesterday says : ,
The great event, long expected, namely, the'l
cxplusiun uf ihu inlno nnder the rebel fort im-;'-!
. mediately in front of the Oth Army Corps, came :1
oil' at hulf-pnit 8 thia morning. .Picket firing,,,
hud been kept un nil nigut, ami, in fnut, ns thu
match was applied to the mine, skirmisher' "
' wero still engaged on both sides, An Immense
i column uf dust was thrown un 300 feel into
the air the fort, which muunted 10 guns, wat'
rendered n mass nf ruins. Immediately after
the explosion, our artillery opened, with one
simultaneous, continuous rear. The Oth corps '
then charged thu rebel, driving them before
them to their second lino (if entrenchments,, ,
taking a number of prisoners, somo nf whims ,(
were ling out uf tho dirt bsdly bruised. Prls
niicrs stuto that only nhont A dozen remain of '
their regiment. At 10 o'clock we had enpturtttd
two uiliur earthwork.' ., ., ' 1 - iiwd
New Yohk, July UL Special, dated lioad,- ,()
quarters, says : As soon us the explosion of the
mine occurred, 120 gons immediately opened,1''1
while musketry played in a continuous; rirw
along the front ot llio 9th and part uf the 15tU o
corps. Prisoners sny they weio completely j
surprised, those iu front being most y asleep at
the timeV' One prisoner says they had been
busy mining under our works, nnd in two day 'I
more would l-nvu been ready to blow them up. i
Latkst. Head-quarters, !30th, P, M. He- ,ij
ports just iu, Grants late movement complete-'"
ly changes tho lisped ol affairs. By it, his
right is thrown nn thu north side of tho Jaines(,
within 10 miles uf Kicliinond, enabling biin tei h
throw bis entire, force noon cither side of tho j
river, within n very few hours, compelling the
enemy to cover Bichinond with a large lorce,
ns Well ns Petersburg. Wu havu tbu interior ' '
line, which compels' tlieiu to risk un engage- ,1
nient with advantage tn onr side. , t -,:.(
Morrill's biigade, cavalry, drove Hampton's j
I ronps from an important point un the Central "
Koad. This morning rebels reinforced Hamp
ton wilh thren brigades of Infantry and mado ,1
several ussuulls. Merrill fell hack lo where bis )
reserves were posted when belli sides delivered .
u destructive volley; our forces then charged'1
I he rebels, causing them to break and full back
iu confusion, leaving their dead au4 wounded :il
in uur bunds. At the same lim Gregg's divis-,,,
ion became engaged at another point Willi n.
The lU'httnir was vert' Severn.
Dimes' brigade was compelled to yield ground. iL'
losing one sun, but soon rallied, cheeked, and 'A
. linnlv diuvo the rebels back, .. , - -, i I
Rautz took possession ol Malvern tlilUbicb. A
was abandoned by the rebel tu piutcct "no uf
tho Kicliinond roads. ' During the engagement
the gnnbnat Mcndutn did good service. -
New Yohk, July 30. The Herald's Nash-,',)
villo special, of the 29tb,,sayst Shcnuau's.,
army was again in motion yesterday to accom
plish iinportnnt operation, looking tu an early
investment of Atlanta. ' The enemy attempted
lu thwart the mnvement. ; . i .l i .hi
It appears Bragg camo to Atlanta and a .,
council of war wu held for the purpose of ,
holding Atlanta at all hnimn.'s. Joe Johnson
replied that to do so would require a sacrifice tf T
thu whole army, lonhioh he would not consent r
therefore bo resigned.; ; Tho command waa
then tendered tu Hardee, who refused tn no- ,
uept. Hoi I wu then appointed, who said ho '
would defend thu city tn the last. Thu rebel
have very strong wuiks, and may keep usnt,,
buy a few days lunger. A letter frum a gen
ernl oflicer In front, describes the battle of the '
2,d us being the severest light over hnd in the "'
west. Wo hud already burled 2200 reliel,
nud there was 1000 more to bary. !I
, , , "i
Burning of CbntubenbarK by the Bebel. '
CiiAMiiKtisiitmo, July 31. On Saturday1 ('i
morning 500 rebels, under MoCauslniid, enter-;
ed Chauibersburg and demanded half a million .,
dollars from the ciiijeus. If mil complied with ',
; they threatened tu burn the town. The requi-, .
sit ion was in writing and signed by Gen. Early.
It is now an established laot that tlio driuausiiq
was a pretext tn cover llie pnrposo nf llio imv''r
rnuders, which was fixed before reaching the '
ton ii, to burn it without giving any lime tn re- "I
iiiiivu private property.. Scarcely time enoiigbr
wh given for the citixcns tn remove their fuin- !(
ilies. They fired llie town ill nearly fitly
nhtcf. Two ibirds of the city is ooiisumeil,
including nil the ptiblio building, storea and "
hotel. A large portion of the citizen are r-"':
duoeil .from comparative wealth tn poverty.
Tbu loss is nearly a million nf dollnra. - "'
lUititlHUl'im, July 31 The fact that the
lima valuable poriiou nf the merchandise hnd
been removed from Clinmberrburg added tu
thu rage and disappointment uf thu rebel ; anil
when thus inspired the order was given tu fire, .
tile Court I louse. A strong breete roiumuiii. !i
cnti-d llie Ii lines In she adjoining building. A ;-:
pnily nf soldiers aucked several drug anil eheui' '
leal stores, mude turpentine balls, nud throw
ing them iu nil direction, lei fire to vnriuus j
purls rf the city.
The flume oou communicated lit one gen. ,,
cntl coiillagraiiou and the scene loon became j
appalling; tho roaring Haines, the screams uf ,.
tlni women nud children, and the pitilul appeal ,
of the old nnd helpless for protection, formed u
nn indescribiiblu scene. 153 of the most vol-
liable and elegant niihhn nud private building "
Wi'ie d.Mlioyi J. Tin' rrlnl-1 remained long
enough t" sec the Haines get under proper head- '
way. lieu the alarin being glveu that Averill
ti n- So'iKMilifJ p W-riniidemlllLjorcxthey
b-n.
Another battle In Georgia.
Kasiivii.i;, July 30. Another battlu nc- '
enrji-d at Atlanta on the 2th. Onr lits Was '
los than turn, while llie rebel lo wn eslima-'
ted bv Gen. Howard lo be 5,000, W burled i
over 000 dead relieis ; Hie rest were icftuu. ...
buried. During the light uur luroc tvete C"V-
rred, while the enemy were exposed. The
rebel General Lower. Stewart and Lung were ('
severely wnuiuled. Kvervlhmg i progressing '
fiivoriibly. Hie army being in good condition '
ami spirit. 1
A Nk.w EsTKiU'MMi. " Oregon Mustard '
and Spico Mills" have been established and set
in operation iu onr midst, within a week paat. .
thus adding tu the increasing branches of ur
iudnstiinl pursuits, luuther enterprise.-. . . r
Mr. Hudson, the senior partner uf this new ...
establishment, ho for over twenty year been
engaged in the busbies of lliaiiutnotnriug spice '
. and mustard, nud (or ten year bas been in tho
trade iu San Frnnciscu, producing a very oi-le-
bruled nrliclo known a " lluil.nn' Golden
California Mustard." and we uuw welcome him
among us, seeing no reason why the greati-st "
success cannot be renlited in the broad field
atretched belure him, radiating from this point,
Ortfonian. j '
('A m.K.-Messrs. Johnson fc Cnlvln arrived
In this ulh y week before last with drove of
407 head of catllo which they drove np from
L'nipnua Valley. Oregoii. They intend tn iu-
ter them hero and have lliein ready for market
in Hie sprint - ir Strtesman.
IT'l h l'llt uf hie uee.l mi general ;
ctery was hntowu tuuminudcr.. J .- j