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n lie o)wja tatrmau. MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST IS, 1864. . . . roR rrr.stnr.NT ABRAHAM LINCOLN, of Illinois. FOR V1C' PIU81IJIKT, ANDREW JOHNSON, of Tennessee! Ban Franolaoo Agenoy. L. P. Fishis, 029 Wash ington itreet. 8n VraucUcu, Csl., If the snlliarliird agent for the Btatmhax, and will transact all buslntii for our of- Acs at tlmt place. ' Ths Statesman has a Larger Circulation than any other Paper in th Btats, and ii the Beit ' Medium for Advertisers, Their Laws and Roiolutlonssrs published In the Jkatesman by Authority. HEWS OK TUB WEEK. i The late alarms aliont rebel invaiiion of Ma ryland and raiding In Western Vitgiuia, have Ceased. Tlieir recent inurements in the neigh borhood nf the Potomao wirc made only as feinta to cover the harvesting operations of Early'. He has moved np the Shenandoah with all his heavily loaded trains, and the vari ous rebel forces lately near ths Potomao uro following as a rear gnard. Gon. Sheridan is pursuing, and on the 10th was skirmishing with them near Winchester. There is scare, ly a reasonable hope that Early will he prevented from getting away with his booty, though there is but little donht that Sheridan's vigorous pur suit trill force him entirely out of the valley. Sheridan's appointment to the command of the Middle Department of Virginia litis restored entire oonDdeiice iu tho security of Maryland and Pennsylvania. ' Gen. Averill has achieved another of his brilliant cavalry affairs lu Western Virginia. The combined forces of MuCansland and Bradley Johnson on tlf 4th inst. attacked the fortiBed position of Col. Stephenson at New Creek, and were gallantly repulsed. Falling .back toward Moorfield, county town of Hardy county, McCausland and Johnson, it seems, were joined by the forces of Gilman and Mo Neil. On the 7th Averill fell upon them by one of his sudden and swooping movements and ut terly routed the whole force, capturing a large numbers of prisoners, all their artillery and con siderable quantities of stores and equipments. The whole rebel force was utterly broken np . and scattered. Thus euded the rebel hope nf scourging western Virgiuia. The news from Mobile is highly gratifying. Tho rebel papers publish telegrams ntinuuu ciug tho blowing up and evacuation of Fort Powell, the pur render of Fort Gaines, by Col. Anderson, with 600 men and provisions for six months; tho passage of Fort Morgan, by four teen federal ships, and three iron-clnds) and the destruction or surrender of three rebel ves sels. In the engagement, Admiral Buuhanun (rebel) lost a leg. The capture of Mobile, or what is equivalent, of the forts defending the harbor, may be looked for with considerable certainty, within a few days. The report npon the authority or an army correspondent from City Point, that 30,000 of Grant's army were about returning to tbo Po tomao is not oonBrmed and the reticenoe of the telegraph leaves as In ignorance of Grant's pro ceedings and designs. Grant himself has vis ited Washington and Cabinet ooonoils disens sing important questions of state policy, have been hold. ' ' Very few items of news bat e reaohed us from Sherman's army. Rebel papers of the 3d inst. report that Atlanta had been shelled for half n hour and that a federal movement on the left of the rebel position had been initiated. There are reports that Lohgstrcet hits been sent to take command of the rebel army of Georgia, and again, that he is iu command in Northern Virginia. ' The latest sensation in relation to raiding is that Col. Adam Johnson is at MnrganBeld (not Morgunttiile ) Kentucky, with one thonsaud men, threatening a raid into Indiana by way of Mt. Vernon. Gen. Carrington Is promptly taking steps to prevent the threatened move ment by picketing tho whole lino of the north ern bauk of tho Ohio, lie has made a requisi tion oo Governor Mortou for troops to aid in repelling the invasion should one he made. The details of the exploeiou of amuuitiou on beard a transport at City Point, reveal a terri ble disaster. Great unuibers wore killed and wounded ami much damage done to property. The explosion is supposed to hnvo been the ro suit of accident. The dispatch of to-day ( Saturday ) reports from City Point that considerable firing was going on in front on the 10th, but no pnrtiunlara are given. ' SllIPIMNTS TO OKEOON.-awTh 5. F. Bul letin of August 5th, says that the amount nf freight offering for shipment to Oregon is far beyond the capacity of (lie vessels iu the trade to oarry. ' Drays aro compelled to wait their tarn from twelve to twenty hours, in order to get their loads ou board, and the last steamer left a large amount of freight which she was unable to take on board. Oregon ought to have line of steamers to run to Astoria or Port land direct, which under the ownership of Ore gon merchants and capitalists, would not com pel us always to defer our business to the inter est of California. ' - ? By the way, if the mines of Idaho and Ore gon are tho lingo humbug which California newspapers would have their renders believe, where does this vast amount of freight go tot But a small part of it is consumed by the agri cultural popolalinn of western Oregon. By far the larger part goes up the Columbia River to the mining regions. Mathematical. Professor Andrews has beeu instructing a number of our citiiens and practical busiuess men in his origiual and con cise mathematical oourso. In the short space of about twenty minutes he teaches methods of calculation in interest, percentage, aud mul tiplication, which any ordinary mind can com prehend and retaiu with ease, and which ren der most all practloal busitiese calculations easy and short The object of the system Is not to solve difficult problems, bat to render mercan tile and business operations short, simple and certain. It is at once original and practical, and, 'we think, could be easily and profitably applied by persons engaged to the legal pro fresiou or mercantile pursuits. District School.- Mr. D. C. Tearsoa ha been engaged to teach the District School In this place, to commence in about three weeks. He is a teacher of experience, hating taught several years 1b Columbus Ohio, with good sac msi. Ha oomes with many recommendation from reliable roarers, and we trost will be s supported and aesisted by oar citiiens, that he may bring tbi fobool op to ilodtrtf wattbf or it. r&ttmiei. TUB IMl'OKTATIO.XS I.M0 I'OLK. I We have said that tho Democratic party was cognizant of the attempt to curry the clecliou iu Polk county by importation of voters, and ought to bo held responsible for it. While it is admitted that democrats wore guilty of the Hand, it Is at the sumo time denied that tbo democratic party was concerned iu it or Justly accountable for it. Let us refer to some of the facts. Some three weeks before tho election an in dividual who is known in Polk as a zealous copperhead politician, went to Portland, for the purpose ot Hiring men to go to that county to vote. He succeeded iu picking up a lot of the low creatures who hang around the wharves, the whisky mills and gambling shops of that town, and they were taken to several of the precinols of Polk In wagons, their passage paid, and they quartered upon several of the promi- uent copperheads in diQercnt precincts. Sim ilar Importations were made at tho same lime from this and other counties. Their arrival, and the purpose for which they cane whs well known to every voter in the county, was talked about in every stump speech made in the can vas, and they were as well k'uown at every meeting and in every crowd where they ap peared, to bo non-residents brought there to vote, as if they had every one of them had a distinguishing brand upon the forehead. It was freely charged by the Union candidates in the canvas that they had been brought for that purpose, and not denied by the opposing candi dates, but the latter frequently averred that the Union party bad made like importations. The Union speakers denied this, saying, here are the men you have brought, we point them out; but we defy you to ihow one on our side. The copperheads could not do it anywlrere, although they always alleged that at the next precinct there were some to be shown. At Bridgeport they said they were nt Liickiamiite. At Luck- iamtite, they would bo found at Monmouth. At Monmouth, they promised to find them at Eola, and so on, but like an ignis fatuus these Union importations were chased up from place to place, all over the county, but never found. The Union candidates repeatedly proposed to the copperheads to make a mutual agreement, that if either were elected and it could bo shown by fair proof that Imported votes had given the successful ones their majority, they should refuse to servo, and permit the people to hate another and n fair choice. This fair pnj..isal was of course rejeoted they would none of it on the oontrary if they oonld derive any benefit from the fraud they were deter mined to do so. Theso candidates were the representatives of tho democrutio party, they were cognizant of the fraud, and they were unx ious to reap the advantage of it. Does not this fact alone prove that the party was responsible for the infamy I Again, these men were quartered in part upon the candidates themselves, they ussooi atcd with them, consulted with them, and were often seen In their company. Four of them hoarded at tho house of Green 13, Savery du ring the whole lime ( fifteen or sixteen dnys) they were In tne county. Savery was a candi date on tho democratic ticket, and a very active copperhead partizan. Seven more of them boarded at Sam. Guffs who is also a very zeal copperhead. After they had voted, they left the polls ( at Eola ) In Sam. GofTs wagon, with Mr, Waller, the democratic candidate for Hen tor, a fellow passenger, ami went toward Dal las. He know f as did everybody else ) thut jUiey jverp '.'Imported," and for what purpose. Hut It was not "Democrats ot folk County aloue who were engaged in this business. The letter of Wm. II. Wutkinds which has been published iu our advertising columns, shows conclusively that he at least was a party In the transaction, while it also implicates lieu. Hoy den, who is one of the "democratic" candidates for Presidential elector, and Sain. Golf and obi Whitley. The settling np of tho business purl of the nefarious transaction seems to proilnce some little "difference" among the members of this generally harmnninn political family, and may yet briug to light somo very Interesting developments. Wo re-print the letter without taking any liberties with the orthography. Hero It is. Swim Aug 3d I SKI Messrs uqjj nnilitf 4- tlwien Oiiu Mr Itilev complains that th mouov he imtd out to hamlcs at (!nlfs lias bin charged to him I Mil Mr Itlloy if he would Hike one or two hands to Ootf 1 1 1 it yon would mw that Ihoy thure got pay he savs he paid out 4t to two men that was at (lolls Whitley told tne tie had paid Golf 4'$ to pay sum meu at hi' limine now this mouev should he niiid un tu Itilv in some way and it mniit Ih I slionld lliiuk it tviw time lliia thing whs seihl un if Ii ever is a going to he if I have pot to jwy it alt I would like hi no tt 1 have att rra,ry paid out tlHb' 100 00 nod I lliiuk that in a nutf fur me to pay if vutt dont wunt tins noiiu uil over the country you hatf better eellu it it up f r I have paid out the last sent I am a going to The original of this letter in the handwriting of Watkinds. is in our possession. The writer was cautious enough to not put his signature at tho bottom of iu but Hilcy, to whom it was delivered, and in whose presence it was writ ten and sealed, makes aludavit that it was handed to him by Watkinds, and that he gave it to Ben liuydcu, who, after roudin.' it, re quested Riley to give it to Whitley, poor fel low I IIo had already paid out $180. and that was "the last sent" hu would pay, and yet hi confreres w ouldn't come out, and prevent thi thing from being "none all over the country .'" The Arena has exhibited a good deal of vir tuous indignation over these infamous frauds. It has labored hard with adroit insinuations and stout assertions, to fix some of them on Union moil. Its pure soul revolts at the "disgusting details," and yet somo of the chief aiders iu these importations are owners and contrail rs of that paper. Watkinds is one of the prinoi pal stockholders ; Harden ia a director, and we believe Whitley aud Goff, also, are both part owners in the oouoem. Terribly iimo cent that sheet is, of any complicity with the importations ! It assumes to be th? organ of the "Democratic" party. Is it not more prop erly the organ of the 'Vote Importers" ? The half has not yet been told about this matter. We have very good reason to believe that suudry eminent members of the copper head party, in Marion county, iu Multnomah county, and lu Benton couuty. contributed money to the fund which was expended in pay ing the expenses of Ibis colpnimllou. Other members of the corporation which owns the Arena, we have good reason to believe, became parties to the transaction, both by paying mo ney and by sending meu iota the comity. Whether all the truth will over come out tu th public we do not know. It certainly will not if tho copperhead leaders oan conceal it.' Bat what w bare here stated as facts the pub- lia may rely upon as literally true. We have shown that the democratic candi dates In Polk were oogulzant of aud auxinus to profit by the fraud, I bat they associated with tod boarded the persons Imparted, that every voter of th party tu the county was knowing tb tlit irinrtcUon, that thif candidal fer wi v, r i - a elector was a party to it, that "democrats" in other counties were pnr.ies to it. that a director and some of the stockholders of the corporation which owns tho Arena the only "democrutio" paper In this part of tho State were parties to It. We have shown all these things, wo Buy, and if they do not make tho democratic party responsible for the transaction, we ask what could 1 They cannot escape the infamy. The democratic jjarty attempted by foul fraud to overwhelm the honest voters of Polk County. They were foiled iu tlieir design, tlieir schemes frustrated, and no, with depleted purses, and humiliated by defeat, we leave them to the gnawings of conscience at the recollection of their own baseness. "DEMOCRATS." Tbo "democratic party" of the present day is divided Into three classes "peace," "war," and "radical." Tho three classes differ from each other in somo respects, mid are alike in many. Each has its favorite candidate for the Presidency ; but efforts ure being made by some of their leading organs to bring about a couliiiou. The peace party favor Vallandig- bain; the war pari v, McClellan; and the rad icals, Fremont. The New York Daily News defines its positiou as follows : "VV'e have received the following communication 1 Rkadiko, Pa. May 10, 1864. To Hi Editor nf the A'eio York Neat 1 'The Pence men of this vicinity tvuut to know If the Daily Nevis will support a War Democrat for the Presidency. Pci DmtjCKjr.' We are surprised that a Peace Democrat should hava anked such a question. Me surely cannot us fa miliar with the columns of the Daily Sent: We have attempted to render our position upon tlmt point as plain nod unequivocal as possible. The Kami will sup port for the Presidency none but a thorough and un mistakable Peace man. We have reason to hope tlmt, view of the rupidlv increasing strength of the Peace element, the democmcy will noniiuule a enndi dute npon the Peace platform. Slionld they not do so the News will be identified with no candidate for the Presidency. We have stated 111 a recent ai-ncie that we know no distinction between a War Democrat and the most rubid, reckless aud incorrigible aboiitioaist." It hopes a pence man will be nominated, but if such is not the case, it "will be identified with no ciindidute, " thus covertly assisting Fremont. The Brooklyn N. Y. Eagle, War democrat, speaks in this wise : "It limy be said that nothing stands in the way of a niivn or the fremnnt anil democratic pomes, ex cent the fear of the latter to anile with Fremont in his warfare against the institution of slavery. We care nothing fur sluvery. We leave it where the Con stitution leuves it whero the Constitution found it. Next the New Nation, the New York Fre mont organ, chimes in as follows ; "There is so little dilfei-enoe botweeu this (the radi cal do nocrutic partv) aud the democratic party, that it would be easy to adopt a common ticket, which would sweep every thhjg before it. Huchusujp would be of interest to lite democratic party, it it wowa Dot reuiuin tonr years louger lu the background. If these are not direct offers of marriage, they certainly sound very coquettish. Dut the worst is yet to come. Wendell Phillips speaks. How docs the followiug sound from the Great Mogul of American Abolitionism ? In a letter to the New York Independent, he said : "You dread a union between Cleveland and the dem oci-ats. I should welcome it. Unless some union takes place amoug the opponents of the Administration, 1 iiuvu nine expeciiiiiuii uiai me iiurin win iiiiuny euc ceed, except on a basis worse than defeat." But decidedly tiie richest thing Phillips gets off, and that which looks the most like u direct olT-r of coalition, is tbo manner in which he abuses the Administration for delivering t.) the Spanish authorities the slave trader. Argucllei. The circumstances of the case wero about as follows : Arguelles, as Spanish governor of Colon, seized over a thousand slaves, whom some Cu ban planter had purchased from a slaver, and instead of restoring them to freedom, as the rules of his government require, re-sold them into slairxivpocketed the procccdiu-juid flew to New York, where tie was arrested by the Marshal and delivered to the Spanish authori ties. The hilterest copperhead could not desire anything more to his liking than the followiug extract from the same letter t The next merit of Cleveland is its protest airainst the fuel growing despotiiim of an Alminint ration which uuvur snows vigor except uguinsi single niuiviaiims, and in the quiet streets of New York and lloslou, hut is imbecile and submissive in Tcnuesnee aud New Or leans. If, iu the profound peace of New Vurk,aud without necessity. Ihe President imurps all the power of Congress and the Judiciary tu in Ihe Arguelles case or wholly suppresses the Senate bv sending his tuul, Frank P. Hlair.to cuinmaud un army, without the sliaduw of a commission, it is time to ask where we are. If these things are done in the green tree, what may we expect iu the dry 1 Kversiuce IHtil I have dune what I could 10 point out Ihe dangerous tenden cy of this use uf despotic power. Its necessary use Is alarming! Ihe moment it outgoes the strict limits ol that uccepiiiiy, it should arouse the most vigilant at tention and rebuke." The Cleveland platform contains a resolution ou the same point which advocates tho doctrine of making our country "an asylum" for all kinds or refugoes from other natio' s slave traders and pirates not excepted. Now what oan be the moaning of such sentiments, pro pounded by men who have long been noted as the peeal ar friends of tho down-troddcu Afri can 1 They can mean no more or less than di reel offers of "aid and comfort" to that parly which has not blushed tu aoknon ledge itself in autual sympathy with armed rebellion. The fact is, (he sayings aud doings of all these "democrats," peace, war, and radical, mean simply this i they are in favor of any means. men or measures thut mil defeat Hie nominees of . the Baltimore Convention. If they can ac complish this by nulling on the "PnthKiider," or the "great exile," they will do it. If they Were convinoed that Fred Douglaa was the strongest man in tlieir party, (and far bo it from us to say that lie is not the must respecta ble,), there is scarcely a howling war, peace, or radical copperhead in the land that would not vote lor him. We know there are copper hcade in Oregou who will deny this; but it is simply because they are behind the times. They du not know the positions occupied by their apostles iu the Eol. We hope the ex tracts quoted above will lead litem to read the papers CAMYOH ClTt Koad. The Mountaineer publi.-hei a letter from Citpt. Ulney. in com mand nf the company sent out from Dalles, in which Ihe belief is expressed by the Cupt. that the Indians 410 longer infest the region around Canyon City in any considerable numbers. It is thought they have removed with their fam ilies and slock, to the Goose Lake country. Omission. lu the proceedings of tho Teach er's Institute, no notice is taken of the dis course on anatomy and physiology, delivered by Dr. J. R. Hamilton, of this place. We were not present, hut heard it highly spoken of. Sanitary. We understand the ladies of Portland and Salem Intend tu go ahead with the Sanitary Fair, to be held at Ihe time of the Agricultural Fair. A circular, setting forth their plan, Is wen to be issued. KtTUttsu. Richard A. Darker, who was wounded In the fight with Indians, near the Warm Springs some months ago, has returned to Salein. He is slowly recovering from his severe hound. CVThe Ma-nnio Fraternity nf Sacramento have raised f iti.utai lor the purchase or a new Hall, and Committee has been appointed . . . , . . l w mail tue Pr.. -J THK I'RKKS OK CAUl'OKNl l ASH OKKlsOX. Wo have been nfteii some'wha! vexed and a , good deal amused at Ihe nits put on by our co- tempnrnries of California, and feebly aped by Ihe press nf Nevada. Newspaper editors of bolh those States seem to have mine to Ihe mu tually satisfactory agreement to ignore nil ex cellence in newspaperdoin mirth of the Siski you line, while the California knights of the quill and scissors affect the nt plus ultra of grave dignity aud high moral tone, as com pared with afl their neighbors. The press of London or New York Is not half as metropoli tan as thut of San Fruncisoo, while the fashions set by tho latter are followed at n distance (as little respectful as the Jostling one gets upon Montgomery street on n high carnival day of mining-stock swindles) by all the greater and lesser lights of the Interior. Sacramento af fects contempt for the country-bred manners Marysville ; Marysville turns up its nose at Stockton, and Stockton sneers at the more ru ral towns, while all in chorus lift up their voices and roll their eyes in horror at the shocking bad taste of Oregon newspapers. One would think, from their affectation of the higher attri butes of Journalism, that very little worth hav ing had been left to the rest of the world when California mounted the tripod editorial. This assumption often rises to the extreme of tho ridiculous, and about us often sinks lielnw the reach of contempt ; as, when a scurrilous urti- ole, copied (with much seeming gusto) by one from another of these self-exalted sheets, pre ceded by editorial condemnation under the bead, " Almost as Bad as Oregon" is ao compauicd perhaps in the same column by such high-toned editorial matter ns the following : In the first number of his useless sheet, "Indi go" Webb of the Bohemian t'uiurawa assailed the Having been mad?, the butt of insup portable ridicule, tho helpless fellow is constrain ed to tap the dirty resurvolr of a drunken vnga bond and potty-larceny thief named Win. J. Buggs now employed iu tho Nevada Gazette. Beggs is well known in this city as a common bummer ami gutter-dredging sot. Last summer, as we are told by the Eagle, and as its for ourtrhes, ho was publicly beaten 111 oonora jur oreuiiwg open and robbing a gentleman's trunk. The Bohemian Webb has at length got down to his congenial associations ; but we are somewhat amazed at his want of prudence iu making the descent so ah rtibt and precipitous. We expressed the opinion that be was a humbug and a dirty fellow an ob scene fowl tricked out iu gaudy plumage. Wo aro now convinced ot that fact, liuding him in the act of borrowing swill from a besotted loafer. The abore quotation is from the S V. Flag. The Gazette comes buck at the Flag iu such language as the following 1 McCartby.of the Flng,nyn ho cannot come down to a professional level with Bo?gs and the editor of the Gazette. Poor fellow ! how we pily him. He has become so low in the estimation of all honorable men, by his assoeiatioos with the dirty dog and filthy scavenger who does np the dirty work for bis libellous and blackguard sheet, that 110 man having any regard for decency will no tice him. As for us, we have no dipltion to eullivato any acquaintance ir friendship with him. A man who will deliberately murder his fellow-crcnturo in cold blood, by shooting him in tho back, is not deserving tho frh mlsltip of any man. It would bo a disagreeable condescension for us to treat such a wretch with civility. As for McDonald, he is so low iu the scale of humanity bo much of a brute that he I entire ly unworthy of notice. A more contemptible, dirty, lying, beastly, filthy puppy never existed upon earth aud claimed lu be a num. He is n low bred scavenger a miserable hireling tool nf a cowardly murderer, and should be scouted by every decent man in the land. Is it a fact that Calvin B. McDonald was once arrested for stealing a horse, and only escaped the penitentiary by running away t We only in quire for information, that's all. We4inight, almost any day, fill our paper with quotations from those two and other pa pers of California, as bad as the above, und could easily find a column per day of mutter so c-russiy foul that, thnnld wa reprodiu- i'( we slionld expect our puper to be spurned from every house in Oregon where it now enters. The two from which we have taken extraots, are not by any means exceptions ; and yet hardly a week elapses but we sou in some of them, virtuously indignant allusions to the li centiousness of tho Oregon press! If such specimens as we have instanced are high-toned, we do not wish to be toned any higher, but prefer to remain among the common herd of papers that can be taken into a family circle without outraging the most ordiua y ideas of decency. Thi constaut habit of abusing the Oregon press is entirely without Justification. There was never a time w hen tho papers of Oregon as a whole, would not have compared credita bly with any of the Pacific const. For the last five years, certainly, our papers have been as free of grossness and inexcusable personalities as the average of papers in the United States or elsewhere. There have been, nod now ure, exceptions, for which (lie press in the aggre gate is not responsible, but they are as few us can bo fouud any v, here. We hope to see the California press reform either its owu licentiousness or ils habit of re- referring constantly nud without discrimination, to the bad character of the Oregon press. Pluck the beam nut of thine own eye, and then thou slialtsco more clearly to eradicate the infinitesimal dust from ours. Daily.- We have received tho Daily States man, which has been issued since theiillth inst. It is a neat paper, well filled with good Union reading matter, end does credit to its enterpris ing publishers. The heavy cost of printing a daily is known to bat few outside uf a priming office. The Union men of Salein ought to sup port this paper liberally so might Union men elsewhere who want a daily Union paper con ducted with spirit and aluiry one which is not the organ nf any faction or clique, hut which anus tu deal impartially aud Justly with all sec tions and oonllictiug interests a paper which has nerve enough to unmask villains in it owu party, and honor enough to do Justise to men who are misrepresented or lied about by fanat ical demagogue who aspire to positions ihey would reach by stirring up a popular prejudice against Iheir betters. The grace with which the Statesman bowed to the app.ir lit will of the people as expressed at Ihe A'lnny Conven tion, and its hearty and ungrudging siippml ol the whole ticket to the close of the uiiiimis. h.ue rlioited Ihe applause of all sound U Ml men. The w ekly Statesman has now prolmblj three time a many tub ribers as any other pajier in the Slate, and it course entitle it to au in creased patronage. Astoria Marine Uaietlc. Motm Guns run California. The hark A One, from Philadelphia, with guns and nru nauce stores, proceeded to Mare Island yes terday to discharge her cargo. This makes the tilth or sixth vessel that has arrived with guns for this ooast in the last three months. Uncle Sam is gradually providing for our de fensive wants. He is a uuble old gentleman, notwithstanding the villannus Copperheads aud traitors profess not lo see it. Flag. a7The victory of the Keuraarge has cre ated a petty panio iu England. Indeed, the Cfltilagiuu ha even reached the House uf Com mons. A "Right llonorablo Member" (Sir John Jay) excitedly arose on the night nf the 22d ult. to inquire ot "the Government" il they had heard the uews of the disaster ; und whether, iu view uf it, they would continue to build ships which o-inld uenhcr tight nor sanu I The Marysville Appeal says t The Cumber laud Presbyterians, m Ueneral Assembly, have pninouucvd "the holding of human being In involuntary servitude, contrary lo th principle of car holy religion," "RISI.VU AS THK (OlNritY Sl.NliS." Matthew Cury, addressing tho Federalists iu "thu hist war with Greut Ilrilaiu, said : " Your put ty rises 'as your country Biulis. I t sinks' as your country pses." Whether truo or false when sunken, these words aro indisputably true of the copperhead party of to-day. The temperature uf the ut mospliere has not more effect upon the ther nioiuetei, thun have the circumstances of the present civil war upon the copperhead element of the country. When disasters overtake the Union armies, and the cause of our country is depressed by adverse fortune, then this elu rucnt lifts its venomous head, aud wriggles into view as a snnke crawl: out of the damp grass into the genial sunshine. Hut when victory perches upon our banners, then tt sneuliingly gli les into sninu dark and hidden recess to await another freak of good fortune fur the re bellion. . That there should bo such a party iu the loyal States, is perhaps the greatest calamity nf the war. If the G( vernmcnt should ever foil ' iu its struggle with the re cllion, it will be chiefly attributable to tho encouragement and ! assistance given lo the enemies of tho country by Ihe copperheads of the Union Stntes. No sane man una doubt that if all the people of the non-seceding States had stood shoulder to shoulder fur the Union, this war, whioh has swelled into such colossal proportions, would have been of comparatively little consequence. No one can estimate how much material aid aud comfort tho rebels have received from tlieir ytltpiithieiiig friends in the loynl States, but enough is known to show that it has been im mense. Everywhere there have been spies and Informers who have conveyed to the lead ers of the rebellion all the information of value to them which these disgnised em inies could obtain. Assurances have ulso been given to the rebels that if the war was protracted that if ihey would hold out until the burdens nud afflictions of the war begun to be severely felt in the Northern Stales a diversion could then i) mado iu tlieir favor. Kui.wing that the people of the loyal Stntes were divided, the rebels have struggled on, hoping to see that division culminate in un open rupture hoping nnd expecting to see tho lurid Humes nf civil war spread over New England and the Middle States, and far into the North-West. These hopes and expectations have been derived from the existence of the copperhead party in the country. The greatest ground for apprehen sion nt this time is iu the existence of this party. It is without principle, nud is us much distinguished for its iiiouisistcucy as its want of patriotism. It can give shapes to Proteus and colors to tlrevcliamclcou. When necessary for success, it hypocritically chimera lor the war, but when expedient it shows iu bold relief its traitorous proclivities. It sings hi saunas ol praise tu Viillnndighitni und glorilies Fremont, but under all its names nud pretensions it is " fatally bent on mischief," Its heart pulsates with the rebellion. The shouts of triumph I10111 those who are rending the nation in pieces, give it Joy. It is the shadow of this most giant crime in thu world's history. It only ' rises ns its country sinks." SALEH AX 9 DES CIll'TES WAUOX KOAD. We have learned a Tew iiihliiiotml facts iu reference to this road from Geo. II. Jones 1111 1 J. H. Moores. The route has been located no farther than Quarljsville, The whole distance from Salein to that point is filly-live miles. It is thirty-five miles to where the road strike; the mountain at King's Prairie. King's Prairie is nearly due cast from Salein. From tlmt point the proposed route bears south east for ten miles; thence, nearly sooth, four miles; thence, south-east three miles; thence, east two and a half miles to Quartzville. This is by far the shortest aud most practicable route yet discov ered to that region. Tho gentlemen named above spent two weeks iu looking ovor tho ground, and tin doubt became thoroughly ac quainted witli the proposed route. They are so well satisfied with the practicability of the scheme that ihey declare themselves willing to nuderlake the Job uf building the road ns far as Quartiville for the sum or $1-000. Books have been opened by tue company and a considera ble amount nf stock taken. The capital stock nf tile company is $40,000. and the shares one hundred dollars each. It is proposed to levy at present an assessment of ten per cent, on nil the stock subscribed which w ill raise a sum suf ficient to complete the road to Quartzville. Beyond there, ns we stated, no survey has been made, but those acquainted ttith tho mountains say that there ere 110 great dillicultic iu the way of making n good wagon road. lroin these lacts It Will lie seen tllttt lira trifling outlay we can not only create a good thoroughfare to our mining region, but furnish ourselves at the same time nith the means nf direct ooiiiiniiniciilioii with Ihe country east nf the mountains. 1-or the means of common travel we would not then be left entirely lo the tender mercies of Ihe "sharks" 011 the Willam ette und Columbia rivers. We have been fur nished with the facts in reference to this mat tor that we might give them lo ihe public, lo gether with such suggestions as we saw fit to make. . We believe our citizens will ponder I heiii and act as their interest plainly requires Emigrants. Some five or six emigrant wagons, Irotn the States, hnve miiveil iu this vn.ley williiu the past two or three w eeks. One wneon came 111 on Friday lust which cam.- first to East Bannock. Iheuceviu Boise to this place. The most of the emigrant this year have gone tu lleav, r I lead nud California. Had llio Mul len road been passable, a goodly portion id those who hove settled in the Denver Head country would hate crossed to this side tif the mountain Walla Wilta Statesman. t's'" P. P. Palnnr, sq., has been nppolntei nu "Aid to the KeVenue. ' at lh inoinh uf II Hin qnit-E P. Drew never having entered np -11 thu ilti'icsnf the office. In V, Inch he was appoint, -tt 'nst l-'elirn-iry Th vibny is $l,HNl per annum. Mr. ralmer is said to be a sound Union man and au estimable ciliien Marine Gazette, Til a Ship Yard Business nppears active at Ihe ship yard in East Po timid, and the signs in dicate a re-action iu some portions of our river trade by the comming Fall. A new sloop wns launched a few days since, and C'npt. TornbuU's new steamer is gelling well on the ways for rapid Completion. (Myosins. Kixitksai Misfs. Our old friend, Mountain Jackson, ha just returned from the Kootenai min-s. His report is favorable. Ha says the whole eountry shows gold, although not every where in paving qnamities The gold is coarse and of very tine quality. The roads to the mines aro good. .Voaaaiimr. No Mork Playing with cSi'Pr.niiEADs. Oen. McDowell says ihe arrest of the rapper head C. L. Weller is not to be construed us in tended lo coerce or restrain voter from exer eisiug Iheir fullest privilege, but tu let traitors j Know that mi nruieil organisation, other than I properly authorized, will be tolerated for an iu- laut ou tbis const. Chicaqo, July 29. The statements in the St. Louis Democrat concerning the conspiracy, are passed ou very volnmons evidi nee taken during several months past by Hie Provost Marshal General of th Mirroifi Department. Tt) COUKKSI'ONIIKXTS. We have a few further suggestions to malio to those who desiro to. son their production in our column. News items from any. part of our Hlatc or the adjoining Territories nronljvnysVeeptablo, also coiniiiunicalions on topics of general interest. But theso must not be too long II111 is me greatest fault of nearly ovory coiniminicntioii wo have roceive,d within tho last few weeks, We often receive productions of considerable merit that never appear in our paper for this reason. If we open 011s of tlu-'se and find it covers from throe to ten pages of foolscap we ro very apt lo lay it ou the shelf, and that even without reading unless it is written in a very legible hand. No communication for a paper the size of ours should cover moro than from two to four pages of common letter paper, unless written on a subject containing dotails of Interest and importance. Aud those should never bo devoted to neighbor hood quarrels or subjects that can merely interest a few persons. It would bo well also for most correspondents to let questions of national politics alone. Wo have a long list of able exchanges from which we can clip numerous articles of that nature. Correspondents should prune their pro ductions of evury thing that Will not interest the community at large, and when what they send us fails to appear they should fool that it is not because wo love thorn less, hut bocauso we love our several thousand readers moro. We now have on file articles from different per sons, many ot thorn well written, wnicn, 1: we should admit them all, would fill several of our weekly issues, and lenvo no i.oin for either edi torials or advertisements. Our friends will tin- stand from thi that it will be necessary for them to mnke thoir communications short if they do sire their insertion. We have every facility for printing pamphlets, but cannot insert material enough to fill a large pamphlet in each issuo of our paper. Remember, gentlemen, from one to four pages Pacific Wool in the Eastern Markets. Walter Brown's "Monthly Wool Circular" for July, reports Bales of large amounts of California wools In New York at advanced prices, Un washed fleeces, graded, brought from 45 to HI! cts. Pulled wool, washed, sold for 110 to 50 cts, accord ing to quality. The Tariff has had Its legiliumto effect in increasing the prices of domestie as well well as foreign wools, nnd wo also find that our occidental fleeces are beginning to hnve tlieir proper appreciation among the Eustern manufac turers. The circular referred to says of the clips of this coaBt that they havo been iu very good re quest, and are sought after by an increasing num ber of manufacturers, many parties having this sea' son given them a trial for the first time. They are deservedly popular, and found to be profitable ns substitute for ordinary fleece and pulled wools,and for mixing. They have excellent felting proper- tics, und the spring shearings, ns well 11.1 the full, of long stiplc,areexcellcnt spinning wools. Perseus of experience, who have handled Oregon and Cal ifornia wools, say that thoy have never been prop erly appreciated in Eastern markets, because the Ii rut shipments thither were from the iuferiorSpan isb or Mexican sheep, and the bad name belong ing to them has attached to all tho wools of this const. There is 110 doubt that sheep do produce a better quality of wool iu our climate than the same breeds do in other States. The only way to ensure a proper appreciation of our clips is to ship them iu sufficient quantities to attract notice. Every thousand pounds added to the production of the State will add also to the value of the whole export. There is no danger of overstocking the mai'Koi. After Indians. Wo have seen a private lot- tor from Camp Oibbs, dated Aug. 4th, from which wo learn that Capt. Small with 20 men from his Company, loft that place on the morning of tho 4th on scouting survico. Capt. Drake nud Lieut, Wnymiro with ii men wore to leave next day for a 15 days tramp to the cast and south. Capt. Currey had gone to Camp Alvord, ISO miles south east of Camp Gibbs, intending to scour the conn try thereabouts The design of Capt. Drake's expedition is to intercept any body of Indian which may nttempt to escjipo to Cnpt. Currey' rear. Lieut. Noblo with il) men wns to go into the country, on the west, about the 7th. The troops are cortaiuly not idle, aud we hope to have the pleasure before long of recording a thorough thrashing of the Indians. From Dlt. Bellows. Uev. H. W: Bellows ritews to Mr.IIolbrook under duto Sun Francisco July 30, acknowledging the receipt of$334 50coi and $1,223, currency, from various parts of Ore gon, and announces his intended visit to our State as follows : If I were not exoectinetn be in Orecon soon. should take pleasure in writing to these parties. my porsonal grateful acknowledgement. I how hope to see msuy of them face to face, and I ro serve my thanks for that interview. A nt present advised, I propose to leave hero August 15th by land, and to go straight through to Oregon, stop ping a tew uoors nt togene city, Albany and Sa lem on my way to Portland. I m ust be brief every where; as I can spend only 10 days in all, nnd I wish to go up 1I10 Columbia aud touch also at points in Washington Territory. Yours, HENRY W. BELLOWS, Pres't. Emigrants. Some wagons withoruigrnnt fam ilies from San Jose, California, were iq town this morning. Their animals were as poor ns if they had crossed the plains. We loarn that they in tond to settle in Polk counly. It is said tbnt 150 wagons aro on this side of Red Bluff, containing familicr who are taking refuge from the drought of California in the damps of web-foot. Many of them formerly lived iu Oregon, but were not sat isfied. They think lifter trial that California is not Paradise quite. Tbauedieh. Wo lenrn from the Oregnnian that Mr. Inglander, a respected citizen of Walla Walla, was shot in his own house on last Monday, Aogost Nth, by a man named Porter. The causes that produced the difficulty are not stated. Mr. Inglander was a prntiiioet Mason, and his remains were brought to Portland to lie buried with the honors nf the order. On Ihe day following the death of Mr. Inglander a restaurant keeper wns shot kjr a discharged cook, and it was thought would dio. CiliVAi.nic. An ill-mannerly boor living in Linn county recently refused to allow two respect able ladies to pass with tlieir carriage through his pasture, compelling tbeua to go several miles out of their way, to lay down several fences aud travel a good parr of the night before reaching home. This "gentleman" is known in his neigh, bnrhood as a first-class cliiv. ....A society auxiliary lo the National Chris tian Commission has been organised at Portland. The ofheers are Ruv. G. H. Atkinson. President! Rev. O. 8. Frainbes, Secretary i W. 8. Ladd, Treasurers J. N. Dolpb, J. R. Weeks, D. Rut ledge, P. S. Caffrey, 8. Cornelius and H. W. Cor bett were chosen a permanent committee. Tne New Secretary. It appears that the Secretaryship uf the Treasury wa first offered to Gov. Tod of Ohio, who declined, whereupou Mr. Fesscndcn wa appointed. It is said that Gov. Tod would hava been very unsatisfactory to a majority of the Senators, and that his nomination would probably have been rejected. AuitliTLTl RAL Mr. D. C. Pearson, living onl me larra ot l. . uiinert, near Salem, has furn ished us with a mesa of peas of the early May qnnlity, produced from seed that was raised this season. The original crip was planted in Febru ary and the second crop, planted in June,' cam to niaturby lu about GO days. a "YaojI'Ixa It a v. Tho steamer which left Port land some time since in charge of Capt. Boliau for Yaquiua Day, has arrived iu safety, and is now reaily lo acoooiniodaie those who desire a trip to th ssasid. An Aii'iMTioN Si'i;i:i:u A well kum,' Copperhead in this community, bn, for cm, veiiience, li e will call (.' , attend our Founk of July exercises at I.jvo Ouk Park, A U1 days since he was in conversation wiili n j,,!,, man, wbu was not present at the uhovo celeliru. thin, when tho following diulnguti occurred: "How did you like the oration?" "Which one 1" Inquired C . 'Why. HaiHlmv's, of cnurce. I was n aware thut there wits inoru tlittu otio otntiou," wit ns Ihe reply. "U, yes the '0, yes thero was; the editor of the Mcreun mado a long speech, and the d il fool l,iul read the wbolo of it." "Arc yon sure J I hadn't heard of nny 0lb. speaker than liarslow. "What was th. object of tlit) editor's remarks 1" "O, 1 didn't pay much uttcntion ; but u made a lo g abolition speech something u,(ltt all men being born free nnd equal, and luck like nonsense." The fellow mistook the Declaration of I,l pendeiioe, which pruhnhly he had never lieu r J before, for un uholitiou speech. Actual frl ctt aud he was in sober earnest, too. San Joie Mercury. A Wiioi.b Family in tub Servicr. 1 whole family In ltull'uln, N.Y., named Mhoim has been in the war. In 1861 William She enlistud in tho 21st regimint. He was killed nt Antielam. A liltlu Inter, John, annthp brother, joined dipt. Faxon's coiiinnnr of th cXith regiment. He served thu two years' term and came home out unscathed. Edward Sim, a boy of 18, went as a drummer In the 044 and hits been through ninny battles. Although In 11 (intercut regiment and corps, ho managed to react) Georgo as Ihe latter lay on the field stricken with his death wound, and thus the younger of these brave boys closed his brother eyes lor tlieir last sleep. Not Bad. In the cars, lately, bctniwn Baltimore and Washington, a discussion snraitr up ns to the propriety of nilowiug negroes to vole. On9 of the Coniierhend nnrtiohmm. thinking to make out a plain case bv the m. gumenlum ad hominem, said to his Republican antagonist : "What would you think if. at tho next election,, you weru to go lo the poll) and east a vote for Georgo B. MoClolInu, nud a big, black nigger were to oouie un nlonirsidn of you and cast one for Abe Lincolu ?" Tho lit,. ....I. I! 11 .. . .1 , ,. , piiiniuun reuecu'o a utile aim replied i "Well, I d think tho nigger hnd a d d sight more sense than I hnd." Vf That veteran democrat, Daniel S. Dick- ins in a receut speech, said that in the war of 1812. Mr. Madison made ten mistakes where Abraham Lincoln lias nmde, one, yet the dein- ncratic party sustained the Executive then, unu Hindu then inrtuues ns a party by tlieir patriotic course. ,...The National Tenchera'Associathm nt CM. cngo, August 5th, (ith and 7th, 113, wns attended by 1,5011 teaehors &IH) males and 1,000 females. Save the Paeilio Mlntes, Delaware and Now Jar. sey, ovory loyal Slate was ably represented. Mistake We published last Wednesday that Gov. Gilibs had pardoned Wm. Quigley. who wns sentenced to the Penitentiary for re ceiving gold dust, knowing it to lie stolen. We now learn thut the Governor had intended to pardou him, but on reflection concluded to postpone tho matter. Dkownkd. The Jacksonville Intelligencer says that on the 5th inst., a little child, about eighteen mouths old, daughter of John Howell, was drowned in Anderson Creek. MARRIED. At Oxford, Ohio July 4, by Kev. J. P. E. Kiimler, Mr. Joseph A. Strowbridge, of l'orlhind, Oreiioii.to Mis Mary H. Uodmnn, of Oxford, Ohio. . . At Ihe house of John Vanbuskirk, in V Co., by Kev. Geo. ('. fliiinillor, Mr. Harvey Jok jlk county, nud Miss Josephine Y'uubiuikirk, 0. '. - July ill. Hi the residence of the bride's. 4 1 Wlllllo Hills bv Wllrt-PIl C.runKtnn .1 P Me - T Thomas and .M iss Henrietta j. Osborne. ' ' In Portland, by liev. P. Ii. Hyland, on the ult. M Charles I. Oinhatn of this city, aud Mis Harali -v Brooks, of Washington, U C. In Dalles. Jul v '-!8lli,bv Itecorder Lnring, Mr. Jus. Alger and Miss Emma A. Lodge, all of Duties. lu .Jacksonville, Woili ult,, bv U. H. Hayden, Esq., Mr. Frederick Louis and Miss l-'nlnces Young. .Inly ai, by W. Wmt, Mr. J II. P. Keeter and Mis llerriol E. Dennis, both of Umatilla Cilv. DIED. Ang. 5th, Minnie Irene, Youngest child of Isaac T. nnd Hornet E. Day, aged i years and 5 months. Cal ifornia papers pteaso copy. In Pnrtluiid. Aug. IU, Mittthew Gardner, infant son of 8 N. and liliiabcth Arrigoni, aged t years, 4 mos., and lf days. In Porl'land, Aug. 12, Emma Augnstu, daughter of Louisa and Henry Weinhard, iigedl year, 4 mouths, und l'J dttva. In this llty, July El, infant on of M. H. Diunalck Sewing Klurliiiic for Sale. ANY one wishing to buy a "Howo Sewing Ma chine" can do, ut the MalcMma Olbre. Prist sixty dollars. . a4w Notice IS hereby given that a meeting of the Stockholders the t hildien s Aid Society of Oregon will be held iu Salem on the 'Jtk day of September, 18G4. iiltd iXolice. Orrici Gkssis Roam Isdiah Aoickct, ) August 1(1, ( SEALEO proposals will be received nt this Olhce, until 4 o'rhatk, P.M., Sept. , lSti-l, for thrashing 100 ncres of Wheat, wore or les. belonging u the Indians, nud 100 bushels of oats. Payment to bemad iu Legal Tender Notes. ' ' AMOS HARVEY, d'.'?o-ltd U. S. indiim Agent. A Card. DR. HAMILTON takes this method to inform lb friends of Homeopathy that circumstances have so changed that he will not now leave for the Atlaatie States, as conlempliitsd by him i but will remain per maiieutly in Salem. jusr.ru watt. idwaiid o. noLTrn. WATT & BOLTER, p ... at.... i csyfcj 1 Near Clark & llolinnn's Tannery, Salem. n AVISO received NEW .VI ACHIfVFKY Irom the East, we are uow prepared to make nnd tar nish to order, , UOURH, SASH onl B LISPS. iOUR, ant WIS HOW FRAMES. - MULDISUS OF ALL KtSDS. Inside and outside finish i and in fart everything .NECESSARY TO KI.NISil A HOUSE. Also keep on hand, sml turn to order, HI' BS), Sl t K VIIKKN, WHIPPI.R T KKI. l, an1 U ALL' SIT tv HU, NEW XI. M, oto.,&o. irmiNixuitE. ' We nre now inukiiur, and keep roioUntly on hand, at WATTSS FCItNITUltE WARE-ROOM, twe doors north of Haas' Jewel rv shop. Harems, Tablet, l.i)lhtiluntlt, Iled.tandt, L'inir; tie . ,ye. j All of which we will sell CHEAP KOK CASH. Salem, Aug. 8, lHlil. 3in-'t Salem DMrirt School. THIS School trill be opened on Monday, th Zt day of August, lust. D. C. Pearson bus been employed a Principal of the School ; he i a man uf Inrge'expertaiicM nud, tl ink, will undoubtedly jive good satislactiou. l' ron-ige solicited. I VTerms $ per quarter. Hie public luuds will nav about one half of th tuition. 'f. N. TERRY, . JNO. H.MiniREJ, SwM Directors. Wuntcd. K(( llt'SHI-XS pnra. fresh TIMOTHY REED, 0J ) for which the ig it market pries will paid. KNAPP, BIRKILL CO. Portland, August V, ItM. 3m24 THE BANK OP CALIFORNIA. Comer of Washington and Datlery Sis., SAN Fb'ANCISCO. THIS RAXK IS OPEN FOIt THE TRAXSAC. ltion of a tlcncral llanklrg b twines. Willreceir deposits, attend to ths Colled! hi of Paper, and draw Exchange by TELKGRAl'H, of otherwise, on Sew York, London, Dublin, ace., ate., on th moat favora ble term.' Wit. C. RALSTON, Cashier. D O. MlU.S, PresidenL Sun Francisco, July a, 1864. 4w23