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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON STATESMAN ia rmi.nniivtii mimiAt nnaaiao.. Tilt Oregon Prlotlag aad PabUauiaf Canpany, I' 110 1' KIETOKH. orflolll Paper f th Btata. , TEKMS-I'or jr.:l,n(l Six months. '.uO. 'WPin Aani art nricmln no. lVl 'frntlur wlf mill In l.itt mly althnrrnrrntl tiitw: ItntstlUaili-ii l.'.y m Home liy in." m mm run mi- jmii jlijijira, tr nulM 111 lh ptcmi.wU poSUiaoAer. "ABE MXCOIN'8 WAR It (s wry common to hear the copperhead declaiming against "Abe Liiionlu'ii Wiir," and oliiirging t lint Lincoln brought mi llie war liy the uttcmpt tiiciii'ttM' Snuth Cnrulina. Tim fol-' lowing it chronological record of the wur aa begun under Buchanan, furnished bp (he Con federate Almanac at 18G2, published ut Nash ville by ihe Smitlii-rn Methodist Bonk Con cern : Deo. 20, 1800. Sudden evacuation of Fort Moultrie liy Mnjur Anderson, United 8lutea Army. lie spikes the guns, burns the gun cur riiige, and rt'treiitt to Fort 8u niter, which lie Occupies. Deo. 27. Cupturo of Fort Moultrie nod Castle Piuclliicy by the Smith Curoliua troop Captuiu Coiile eurrvndera the rcveuuu cutter Aiken. Jim. 3, 1801, Cupturo' of Fort Pulaski by the Savannah troops. , Jan. 3. The arscnul at Mu'tit Vernon, Va., with 211,000 stand of arms, soiled by the Ala (mma troop. Jan. 4. Fort Morgan, in Mobile Bay, taken by the Alabama troop. Jan. 9. The steamship Star nf tlio Went fired into ami driven olf by the South Cnrolinu butteriei on Morris Ulnnd, Failure of the at-, tempt to reinforce Fort Sumter. Jan. 9. Mississippi seceded; Tutu nf the Convention, 84 to 30. Jan. 10. Forta Jackson, St. Phillipa and Pike, near New Oilcans, captured by thcLuuis iuua trnopa. Jan. 11. Alabama seceded, vote of Conven tion. Gl in 39. Jan. 13 Capture of Pensncola Navy Yard and Forta Barranca and Muliea. Mnj. Chase shortly afterward takes couiiuand, and the siege of Fort Pickcna coinnicncea. J mi. 13. Surrenderor Buton Bouge arsenal to Louisiana troops. J mi. 19. Georgia seceded; vote of Conven tion, 203 to 87. Jan. 20.-Lonisiuna needed ; vote of Cod veiilion, 113 to 19. Jan. 31 New Orleans Mint and Custom House taken. Feb. 1. Texas seceded; voto of Coriven tion,' I(i8 to 7 submitted m ft vote of the pen ule. Feb. 23 : Ihe Act took effect March 2. Fib. 2. Seizure of Little Kocli arsenal by Arkansas troops. Feb. 4. Surrender of the revenue cutter Cass to the Alabama authorities. Feb. 7. Suuihern Cuugreaa met at Mont gomery, Alu. Feb. 8. Provisional Constitution adopted. Feb. 9. Jelferaon Davis, of Mississippi, and Alexander 11. Stephens, of Georgia, elected President and Vice President. Feb. 16. Gen. Twiggs Iransfera public property in Texaa to the Slate authorities. Col. Wait, U. 8. A., aurrendera San Antonio to Col. ben. MoCulloch and hia Texaa rangers. Feb. 18. Inauguration, of President Davis at Montgomery, Alabama. Feb. 27. The Peace Congrera adjourned at Washington, having accomplished nothing. March 2. The reveiiue cotter Dudge seized by the Texaa authorities. Tub Iuaiiq Elaction. The Boise Hews (Copperhead) acknowledge that a large num ber of illegal votes were cast at the lute elec tion there. It says : "That a largo number of immigrants who bad out resided in the Territory tho length of timo required by statute voted, is no doubt true, but they were advised that it waa right rtriJ thuniBelvea uot so much to blame." Kf Air ..... . .. .i. r j are creuiiiiy iniuriueu mui. nuou.euo vi those same imuiigrauta who voted at Boise and lSunnock inmivdiatrly started for Oregon, and are the very individuals for whose bentfit the learned "opinion" of Oran'Uier Wait teat de vised. The honest volera of Oregon will take good care that they don't repeat the swindle, whether they aro " advised it ia right " or not. They voted once in Missouri, and once in Idaho, this year. That ia aufficient. They must now wait nut il ihey have resided six month in this State before they vote again. A Teacher op Demooracy. Ouo "Judge May of Idaho" delighted the Gruvediggera on Saturday night with a leaauu on democracy, "unchangeable" and the "same everywhere." This "Judge May of Idaho" ia the same who in the lute canvurs of Idaho made a speeeh as serting and proving, to hia own satisfaction at least, that "any State hai a constitutional right to secede." Demucraey ia Ihe sail e ev erywhere, verily. Gen. Jackson came near banging that kind of democracy, once. Origin ok thb Chicago Pi.ATroitM. The Iter. Uobert J. Breckinridge suys that, lie knows Ihe Chicago platform waa dictated to English and American enemies of the United Stuu-s, by rebels at liichiunnd, and in turn, by them to delegates to the Chicago Convention, at the Cliflou House, Cuiiudu, and was adopted at Chicago while large numbers of the dele urlc knew perfectly its hie.ory. Without I i word of it history .evrrybody knows it ia a rebel document. Kkbel Help Needed. The Richmond Examiner uf a recetil date had the following i "The peace parly at the North needs help Iroin us. to enable them lo net rid of the urea- cut regime aud the war. The only rational and rllevtual aid we can render them will he carrying lire ami aword iuto ttk-ir eitiea and faruia. If any oue know a a more judiciuua method of aatisling the peace parly for the pending Presidential enmpaign, let him di vulge il." Failing such help from the rebels, (he oop- pert are talking uf trying the lame expedicuL Explained. The X. Y. Herald, which now supports McClellau, peudiug the accept ance, raid: "Nothing can explain such a platform ex cept the hypothraia that it waa dictated by Jeff Davis tu llie peace ueniooraia, aim tuas wee peace men foisted it upon llie luioagu conteu tiiin, aa the price of their endorsement of Gen eral McClellau' nomination." A Bold Leader. W lieu old Gen. Heint Itlmau waa being examined beforo the Con gressional Committee, he testified aa follows : Q. Where was Gen. MiX'lellao duriug the fight H Williaui.Uurg! A. lie remaiued at bis camp near York tnwn. Q. How far waa that from Ihe field of bat tle ? A. About ten or twelve miles. Another Letter. Senator Nesmith ha written, another letter, iu which be expresses iha oninion that Abraham Lincoln will be - i i elected easily. Though we have made a care- ful soruliny of all the copperhead papera, we fml to find the letter published. Whal'i lb matter? Douglas and Lanb. Capt. Shipley, of Dooglas county, has been commissioned to raise a company in that and Lane counties. ; So lays tba Eogene Journal. cr A masked hall lately took place In Port - land a near feature iu the dancing liuc in lie VOL. 14-NO. 37. IIIIKK J I STICK TAXKV. The following sketch presents the principal eveuta in the lifu of Chief Justice Tanev. whose death was telegraphed last week i linger Urtinke Taney was horn in Culvert county, Miiryland, March 17. 1777. Commencing Ihe study nf the luw in 1790, he was admitted in 1799 Ui the Maryland bar, began to practice in his native county, from which he was elected a delegate to Ihe Gen eral Assembly. In 1810 he was elected a State Senator, and rpnn retiring from that oflioe in 1822, removed to Baltimore, where lie has ev er rince resided. In 1827 he waa appointed Attorney General of Maryland, and in the sum mer of 1831 he waa appointed by President Jackson Attorney General of the United Stales. Upou the dismissal of Oiiune from the oilice of the Secretary uf the Treasury, September 23. 1833, uu account of his relusal to remove the Government deposits frmn the United Slate llniik, Taney was appointed to succeed hiin.and immediately issued the neoessury orders for the removal of Ihe deposits to the local banks se lected by him aa agent uf the Government. The Senate which bad an ami-Administration majority, rejected his Humiliation in June, 1834, by a vote of .8 lo 18. In 1835 he waa nominated by President Jauksoti as an Assoc!- 'ate Justice of tho Supreme Court, but tile Sen ate, lielug (till opposed to the President, post poned the subject indefinitely on the last day uf the term, which was erjmvelent to a rejec tion. Upon Ihe death of Chief Justice Mar shall he was appointed by Jackson aa his suc cessor, and in March, 1830, the Senate con firmed the nomination, Ho took his seat upon the Supreme Bench in January, 1837, aud held the ollioo until his death. tP"A lady who baa managed to return from what waa ouo the wealthiest and most pros perous part uf Alataiiiu, makes this statement concerning the condition und spirit uf Ihe Southern people ; "The desolation of the Southern State beg gars description. De litulion and poverty have taken the place of opulence and prosper ity, fllon unit were worth hundreds ot thoo sands are reduced to utter poverty. As for the luxuries of life, formerly so abundant in the South, tli re are none. Those formerly the wealthiest have nothing to snxtuin life but what the country affords, und not enough of that, for by impressmeut it is taken from Iheiu lor tho army. J heir garments, even their shoes, Ihe families have to mnko themselves; ley spin, wenve and dye their cotton and homespun clothes rich and poor. Tea, coffee and sugar are not to ho had ; milk and water arc the only beverages ; Indian corn is their principal lood. The families are broken up nd ruined. You seldom meet with a male inhabitant, and if you do, he is either infirm or a cripple. A large portion of the male popu- aliou aro killed in bollle, many more crippled for lifetime ; many pal riot io Union men died of a broken heart. What remain are in Ihe army or in the employment of the Government. nevertheless press gangs cross the country in all directions in search uf men for tho army. Ah Ilea of social hie are completely dissolved. Wo courts ol justice or equity are held justice is meted out b the military. Universities, colleges, and schools are all suspended. The country in many places resembles a wilder uess. Wherever tho armies inarch, there ev erything ia ruined l he crops destroyed, fences liurueil, trees cut duwn, unmestio animals Kill ed. robbed or taken for the army. Hut what ever the Southern people may suffer, they bear it Willi heroism and resignation : they have lit lie hope ol success, Under Ihe impending Uungresstonnl ami rresiduutial measures, they deem it impossible lo surrender at discretion, and are resigned to utter destruction. Interfering with the Election. Got. yuiour, like a thiinble-riirgiug trickster, as he is, has issued a lerrilio "bull" against "mil itary interference" in the election, as though anybody contemplated anything of the kind unless copperhead lliuirgcry should make it necessary. The only interference any Union man wnnta ia the kind which Sheridan, Grant and Sher man have been practicing. They have inter fered somewhat witli copperhead prospects, anil aro likely lo do so some more. Train's Platform. Geo. Francis Train. the irrepressible, publirhes the following aa bis idea of the Copperhead platform : THE IlELMONT PLATFORM. Ktsolted, That, to ph-use Ihe Belmont can didate for President, we have war. Rttohtd, Thai, to please the Belmont can didate for Vive President, we have peace. Ileiolted, That lo please nil the lug anil all llie lllllo Belmonlites expecting office, the Bel mont wur go oil li I the Belmont peuce ia signed. EF" The electiou passed olf in Salem yes lerday a p aceably as aov Presidential om test we ever witucsscd. There was fery little parlisun talk that waa not mixed with much good bninor. all persona seeming to concede that the entile t bad virtually ended, aud that the voting wna merely pulling Ihe verdiot into form for publio expression. There were two or three oasi-a iu Ihe afternoon of whisky on the brain, which were cured in the nsnal way by the knock-i'owu and drag-out argument. In a fen days Ihe wonted good humor of Salem will probably be fully restored. Kkckuitino. We notice by tho Oregnnian that enlistments in Portland are lively, and that Capt. Powell ia likely to fill up bia com pany quite promptly. The neceesary papers have not been yet placed io the hands nf recruiting officers in Ihe upper river district. We i.olice Ihat Lieut. Lafollrt ii making preparations for a lively canvaaa ol bia district, several apeakera being announced for publio lueeting at several places. ELKCTI0.V JiKW 8. Marion Co. East Salem, 31 Union major ity; Salem, 137; North Salem. 8; Jefferson, SO; SilverUtu, G7; Sublimity, 08 1 Ahiqna. 21; La Bisb. 50; Howell Prairie. 27. Total, aa far aa heard from. A22. Northern and Champoeg preciucta wil increase llie majority to Dear COO. Linn. By h-ller from Jamr Elkin. we learn that Allmuy precinct gi'ee Lincoln 48 majority, out of 400 votes. Lebanon precinct gives Lincoln 47 majority. The result in the county will be close. Multnomah is rejirted. aa far aa beard from, lo have given over 400 Union majority. Columbia, reported 10 Union majority. Clackamas, reported 1 88 Union majority. Polk, aa far aa heard from, GO Union ma jority. C'oHVALLia, 32 Union majority. Eloesi City, 38 copperhead majority. ItosEnTRO. 44 copperhead majority. jACKaoa County, aa far a beard from, 100 copperhead majority. Later returns in telegraphic column. VT Wilbur F. Saodera is the Uolon nomi nee for Delegate lo Congre) from lh Terri tory ai Montana. SALEM. I.KTTEK FROM AST0UIA. Astoria, Nov. 3, 1 804. Ed. Statesman t I hare to report "all quid in this department," except the hustle usually attendant upon the arrival home of our mem ber of ihe Legislature, the close of the A'loria school, and Ihe active canvass already inaugu rated In behalf of enlistments, since the arrival ol Lieiitriinnt Gale, who will soon open a re cruiting office with a good prospeot nf securing a fair rharo of names in this district. Tho Statu bounty of a) I50 wisely ordered by nor late patriotic Legislature has put a mora Inviting face upon the whole enlistment question, and liu pay lor serving Uncle Sam Sid a month, and $300 Federi l, with l')0 Stale bounty thrown in, with rations, clothing, medicines, ami everything else needful found aggregates a haiidsuine little sum, which canses many ft woodelu pper and day-laborer to think seriously of exchanging hi nx or spude for a musket. u aro uoing ait we can to encourage emist ments, and I hope the new regiment culled for by the Governor will be made nn in a Very short time. We have had but a verr small accession to our population from tho newly-arrived train nf Immigrants, though perhaps no part ol uregon Jiresenis a more inviting field for laborer, armers, and mechanics, than the region bor dering on the ocean and the bay aud river in Ihe vicinity of the mouth of the Columbia river. literals a vast area of tnnliereil laud, with some considerable lido land, in this vicinity, yet unoeonpied. The tide land is prairie, cov ered with n dense growth of marsh grasa. which makes good hay and affords fine pastur ago for cattle the year round. The soil Is in exhatistihly fertile, nnil will some day be pro tected from the influx of the high tides by dykes, und bo covered with English red-top grass, turning off four or five Ions of hay to tho acre, and making tile laud worth $200 or more per acre. This tide-land liny can be saved for $10 or $12 a ton, y-t the Government officers at Cape Hancock huve been paying for hay shipped down llie Columbia this fall $135 per Ion, und $90 for oat straw. Our timbered lands are all remarkably rich, much richer than the limbered lands of the Willamette valley. It costs a good ileal nf labor to cut away the un derhrush, loll Ihe timber, hum it up, and open a clearing, But once done, mid it pays; for the land is lemarkulily productive. Vegeta bles and fruit do exceedingly well with but lit tle cultivation, whiln the hill-tops, and sleep declivities even, will beat the world fir grass. Our proximity to the ocean causes frequent summer showers, so that durirg the dry season, when the Willamette meadows ure parched ami dry, our pasture are covered with peren nial green. Our winter are never as cold as yours during the "cold snap" of '61-2, Il waa seventeen degrees warmer here than in Port land. Astoria is constantly improving, and bids fair to become a place of considerable im portance. There is room for many mure set tlers iu this vicinity. We can make room im mediately for several hundred families. We want an immigration of moral, industrious, so ber, loyal people. Of copperheads, whisky bloats, and piziaiinctoiu slime, we have enough already. Our salubrious climate, pure air, and excellent water are so conducive to health that sickness is seldom kuow.i. TUB ASTORIA SCHOOL, tinder Iho management uf R. K. Warren aud Mrs. Belle W. Cooke, closed its late term by a publio examination last week. The school numbered about eighty scholars. It is a free school, kept up by n tax, and has been during llie hist summer an honor to the place. The examination waa aa thorough and searching aa any I ever witnessed. There were no parrot like recitals of selected lessons, upon which tho scholars had been preiiously drilled. The ex amination was such aa lo thoroughly test each scholar'a proficiency. It might be awarding teacher aud scholars ten much praise lo say that their performances duriug Ihe chwing day a of the school excelled any similar performance 1 ever before witnessed, but justice demands the admission that 1 hare never a.e.i them i-x-oelled in any institution whatever. Mr. War ren and Mrs. Cimku have bulb left us. The cominuiiiiy generally deplore their loss. Il ia uot often we get aa rood teachers. Besides heme "pt 111 leach, Iheir moral characters were pood, which cannot be said if all who have taught school in Attoria. THE SANITARY SOCIETY is still in active operation here. The Union ladies meet every Wednesday afternoon in a nice room furnished free of charge by Captain Hustler. Making garments, kiiilling socks, milieus, Ace Acu., engages the time of Ihe af ternoon visitors. The ladiea tako each a haa- ket lull of bread, cakea, pies, meats, and other nice eatables wild them, with w hich to load the table which Is always spread for sapper aUiut dark. Ten ia made at lluiilingtou'a hotel, and brought over smoking hot. In the evening the gentlemen gather in. liringing their conirilm- tions of money, ami have a Mailable time till a late tnair of llio night. The ailicles being made ore lo ho ami some lime about t'hrisl mas, 1 believe. By the way. I believe that Clatsop county did better at the Stale Sanitary Pair than any other comity, according In pop ulation. I believe we are now doing much l-t ter llian hiir oilier community of rmial num. hers. Is it liocnuse we ale more pulnotio. have more money, or have the best-looking Indies nn nil county couimiilee ' Perhaps it is owing to all cl these causes, with other, too. OUR FORTS are now nearly completed. The one at Cape tiaucncK has been ready lor the guns Tor ev eral mouths. The 15 inch euii was hauled ud to the fort some weeks since, and by this tiiuo it is probably mounted. The works at Cape Hancock will mount tier nit two guns ouo I j-incli gun, throwing a 47-mum solid allot, and Ihe real ranging duwu lo a six Inch bore. run aievens, on mint Aoams, is nearly com pleted. It will mount forty-two guns one 15 inch pivot gun, aud the rest of lea auto. Them two furls will mount sixty-four guns, whilo Ihe tort on ccarliiirnugh a 1'oint, mi the north bank of Ihe Columbia, opposite Kurt Stevens, will probably mount eouuKh to make an asirenato ol otfr a hundred guns rather a formidable defense for a river which np to this lima baa bad no defense whatever, i-xoepl the revenue cutter Jo Lane, which for six or seven year was employed in Kilting iiuck aul calcliiof fish, at a cost lo the Government of some eighteen or twenty thousand dollars per annum I he work on Pcarhurnugh a 1'oint are not ret begun, and will net le before spiing. The Ooif mnieiii una nought a section ol laud there at a cost of $'000 for fortilication pirpuae. Cupt. Klliot baa left fur San Francisco, and will not return Una winter, il be ever doea. il haa had Ihe wholo care ami management of the works at the mouth of tho Columbia, and has done bia duly lo ihe satisfaction of all loyal and honest men. He ia a man thoroughly qualified for hia post iu Ihe engineer depart ment, a hard worker, anil one id Ilia most eco nomical Government uthcera I ever knew, lis) haa eoonomiied Willi llie money placed in hia nanus, as if it nail Ueen hia own. Ho Is re siH'cled by every good man who knrwa him. and bia example, aa a financier might Well lie imitated by other disbursing olboera. Mr. Chapman. Capt. Elliott'a principal uvereeer, la another nooest, etlicicnt, and ecnuoiuical man He baa saved in every possible way. bavin even booth! pigs In consume) the (dial uf the kitchen, out ol which he haa made a largi quantity ol the Itnesl pork I nave even iu Oregon. These bogs are alaoghlered when needed, lo teed Ihe laborer an the tort, hit, Chapman ia. i believe, the only good loan I ever saw who ia ouiversally popular. THE Cl'ITOM HOUSE RECEIPTS ibow that the bosiuesa cf this district ia Hill on the increase. The receipt at ihe Coatoiu House since tli begiuutng of lit current bacal OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMUIlll 14,1864. year are aa ullowa: duty. r-i.17B.94; August, $url,i;.V, September. $5,294.02; October. $12,- 4.70. In this connection, i miuht aay that II. H. Lnse, Esq., baa been appointed aa aid the revenue at Cooa Bay, Oregon, at a sala of $1,000 per annum. HEADS TO TUB NORTH, I will close this letter by giving ronr eight thousand weekly renders a euggestion that may be of use Iu somu of them. For Ihe last two years I have been nnnhle to deep well duriug uch ul the time, on account ol nervousness nring the night. About a month ago my wife Id me 'he hud turned the Ilea it or our bet to e north, in accordance with a suggestion the nd read, made by some old philosopher nr aitor, who declared that, to "gel in harmony lib nature," and facilitate the flow of elec tricity through tho system, people innsl sleep nil their heads toward the magnetic pole. I aughed at the idea, but ounsented to llie ar rangement. The result hs been, I have slept like a log every, night since. Somu soy they have cured the nervous hsadacbe by it. It may do other no good, but it will do theiu no arm to try it. 1 heru certainly may be a uch tooii philosophy in it as there is iu the working of a forked peach limb over a vein ol wuler thirty leet under grnnud. This was once accounted for by a auienlitlo correspondent in imo of llie Patent Ofliue reports, mi the princi ple of electrical attraction. i Be Ibis us il may, my wife is such a thorough convert to the magnetic-pole theory that she has turned all her beds so as lo head north. If this be really a genuine discovery, what a world nf misery it HI save the nervous and hugely ! Well, It tukea thu wurld a good w lnlo In learn how to ivu, nut how eay, alter we once ktinur now. n the mean lime, twist your beds aromiil to io north, and H you derive any lieneht Irom you may say you owe something tu the Statesman's corresponded from CLATSOP. IKLKGUAP11IC NEWS. Rvsdsl Plspatrlie t the On gen Btatet-m.n. 8t. Louis. Nov. 4 A private dispatch om Siirinufield, Mo , 28th. says, a bard fight took pi ice at Neosho between our forces and 1'rloe s llie latter were well whipped. Uur troops held the town, and ihe r hoi were run nmg tuwiird Arkansas. Date ut the light was not given. ' .ew YoiiK, Nov. 5. The Times special snvs Solicitor Whiting state that on the 1st October there had been received under tli ust call over 123,000 volunteers. He had been informed by creditable authority that the last draft would furnish all thu men needed in this war. The Tribune's special says Lt. Col. Murphy of the 17lh X. Y. Heavy Artillery, testified that a large number of soldiers' affidavits and powers ol attorney purporting tu have been sworn to before him, and bearing Ins nnme. were forgeriea. He make llie seventh officer whuse name baa been lurged in Col. North Ihoe. Buffalo, Nov. S Evidence through the Canadians of intended raid on Buffalo, 1,0011 men had gradually airived during week, and intention waa lo fire the city by means of Greek r ire, then murder and pillage ; Ihe authori ties a little tiai quick for them ; tiler say they II burn lliilliuo yet. The Herald givea the particulars of a recent piratical depredation on coast. Cupt. Drmkwater, uf the shin Shooting Star. ays the Chickainauga carried the Stars and Stripes until within gunshot, when she hoisted the rebel ling. 1 he Shooting Stnr, Soulless and Emma Hall wero burned, und the crews placed on hoard he Abraham LOiionio, winch wa bonded lor 18.000, and sent lo New York. All prisoners were compelled to sign a pnrole nut to serve on land or water aguiust Confed erate Stales, until regularly exchange d. Lieut. W ilkinson, oomiuumler ol the Uhlek miiiig:,, is an old ollicer of the navy, a native of Virginia, resigned at Iho commencement ol lobl, and was appointed Lieutenant in rebel navy. Lieut. Ward, commanding the Uluslee is an old officer of the navy, appointed from Ohio, and went over to the rebels in IcMil. He has been serving in the rebel fleet on the James river. The Chickamangnj and Olustee were built and armed at Wilmington ; several more ves sels of Ihe same character are reported to be alloat ; our gunboats ure in pursuit. Ihe United States Consul at Liverpool writes to Ihe government he Ins reliable infor mation that an English screw steamer ia seek ing clearance from Loudon liar liomhuy, wi h itiautily of coal and hfiy seven enlisted men for Semmes. Tho lUns, me a aud officers ta ken out on the Laurel will pmlmhly be trans ferred lo the Sea King uf l.WMJ Ions burden. Very strong and last Buffalo, Nov. 5 Letter received imm a friendly Canadian near Niugarn. gives the par tiualars uf a designed raid mu Bolfaln, which failed, be says, through the promptness of our authorities. Two confederate officers named .Mack and Deiin e, bad charge of llie alfair. and all their arrangements were completed. Ihey bad 1,1-00 men in Buffalo, who hail been coming for Weeka previous, aad were scallen-d about Ihe etly in ilillerent lamrdiiig places. At a signal, these men, by means of Oreek lire, would lire the cily iu various plains ; then proceed lo the Work of murder aud pillage. Though Ihe plot failed, il k not abandoned ; Ihey awear l hey will yet dcslrny Buffalo. Cant Allonal, ol Ihe I'Jlli .New York regi on ut was arrested hero and sent to Washing ton, day before yesterday, Iwiug implicated tu the aohlier voting Irauds. 1 ho llutlulo hiiireis of this, mornleg edito rially stutes that Irauds in Iho aoldiers' voles huve bceu discovered in this lily. ' 1IUFFALO, INuv. a it Is reliably ascertained that the propeller Georgia haa bieu purchased by Ihe confederates at Toronto, aud ia being sireiigthed and armed soon-where on Ihe Can ada shore, for the purtu so ol inking steamers and for piratical expeditious on Ibis coast. WashinotoN, o. a Admiral i'orler re ports ihe capture uf the hhukade runner Lady Sterling, on Ihe 28th. She had on board USD bales ol cotton ; she is now at Beauforl, with engine disabled I her engine are 300-horse poweT; she la reported a ..eliij a lost Vessel ; uamo worth fioo.uou, New Yoke, Nov. 6 The Herald's Aimy of the Potomac dispatch says (lie regular rainy weather appears to have eel hi beloru liicb- rauud and releraburg, causing a temporary cessation of acute iiiieralion, There M no relaxation uf Vigilance ill the necessary military wurk. Affairs along llie line remain in about the same satisfactory position in which Ihey were left at the conclusion ol Urani a reoonmaaaauce October 27th. Grrgg ha been brevetU-d Major General, dating Irom the engagement at Reams' Station Anrust 2lith. The Times' Atlanta dispatch aay Atlanta lias been oomnlctely Isolated aeVi ral week. At one time it waa feared our provisions were giving out no danger is appreheudrd from that source uow. Forage for animal wa want- d Mine week ago, hut forages into the aorrvuudiug country have supplied ill Immediate waul. Latest dispatches from Sherman atala the road i clear i railroad communication la re established. New ionic. Nor. O It ta oDicially an oouoced to day that Geo. Butler ia tu com mand the Drpartiui Dt ol tho Eaal ; over ten thousaud troopa arrived her in Ihe past two dava. and will report to Butler The authorities possess Information of a plan for a not on election day, wbicli was luliy ma lured. Larg bomber of Swlbetaria who bar been n the city for aevural months, will be in town for that purpose. Nashville, INnv. 8 A rebel force attemp ted In cross the Tennessee, at Ihe mouth of Itluew aler on tlio 3d, hut wero repulsed with ciaisideriil loss. Three regiments of rebel cavulrv are repor ted between Decatur aud Courlaud, Furred, with a cavalry forco ia reported near Jolinsouville. Nkw York, Nor. 0 The Herald's cor respondent from Nashville suys it appears that' Sherman has sent the 4th corps to Decatur to operate against Hood, while with Ihe remain- inf live corns, lie has moved In Atlanta, und Is probably about to inaiignrtito nn iifffiii'ive campaign from Hint point, ignoring the exist ence of Hood, or leaving him lo prom-cute hia campaign into Tennessee, at hi leisure. Suspension Hriuoe, Nor, 0 bvoitemeni exists uu Ihe American side ill regard lo Ihe anticipated raid ; citizens aro arming, goods and valuable are being removed ; a special train with troops is expected here to night. liUKFAU), Any, 0 llie billowing extract is from a letter received by the Editor of the Lxpress from Danville, U. W fcnv. 3: 'Look out tor a raid on isotiaiio imm in- ronto and Hamilton on Iho 8th ; the adranoe guard i at Fort Erie and Suspension Bridge, or will be on Monday, the 7th. The bead uuartersof the armr is at Toronto; some lead ing Canadians direct the movement ; raiders are not all Southerners. The writer nsm-rts that most of Ihein are northern iiemiKirala; the letter ia signud by John B. Hull. y. Quebec, Oct. 22. The outline nf the New Federal Cunstilutiuii wil probably be aa fol lows r The Governor-General of the Confederation w ill be appointed by the Crown and be advised by a Cabinet under Ihe British l'arlimeiitary lorin uf Uoverumeiit. The members uf the Upper House are to be elected for five years, the ratio of representation to bo adjusted every ten years. A Lieutenant-Uoveruor ol each Province is to bo nppointud by tile Governor- Gvu -ml of Ihe Confederation under the advice of Ihe Federal Cabinet. The Constitution of local legislatures are lo he determined by the existing Parliaments without regard lo in iforiu Ity. llie Financial Ministers uf different Provinces nre enguged in pre pa ing financial statements lor euch piovmce. San Francisco, Nov. 9 The following returns indicate, us near as can lie at present Hscer;uined, the iiiaioritiea in the different counties : Alpine county, as far as is beard from, 288 Union, B7 dem ; Alameda oounty, Union ma about 700; Amador county, 4 precincts give Union mai. 153; Butte couiitv, I) preciucta, Union iiiaj. 347; Calaveras, Union mnj, about 5011; El Dorado. Union maj.- about 1.000; Los Angelos, vote chute, probably sinull Union mnj., which would be a large Union gain; Mono, Union mnj. about 230 ; Monterey, two precinct, Union maj. Ill; Napa, priucipel precint in thu county gives Union iniij. uf KM); Nevada county. Union maj. probably 1.000; Placer county. Union maj. about 000; Sau Jouquiu, Union u a), uboiir 400; Santa Clara, Union majority, 700; Santa Cruz comity. Union mnj 4.')fl ; Sacramento, Union majority probably 2.200 gain of (100 ; Siskiyou, prob ubly democratic mnj. SO to 75 ; Solano, Union mnj. probably 350; Tehama, Union mnj. 80 lo 100 ; Tulare probably di-m. maj. 25 to 50 ; Trinity, II precincts give Union maj. I'JO. with lilteen precincts lo bear from; Sierra county, five principal precincts give a Union inj. 208 ; Eleven precincts in Yuba comity, including Maryaville. give Union maj. 401. The morning papers claim a Union majority in the Slate of from 20.000 to 25.000. Union majority in tins city (Sau Frnncisoo) will nut quite reach 5,000 Nevada. Storey county givea 1,000 Union iniiiorily. , It is estimated the Slalo will give a Union mnjority of 2.000. , This young State was claimed as certain for Mae by Ihe copperheads. The Eastern Line is still nut of order. The steamer Brother Jonathan sailed this morning. Jacksonville. Nnv. 9-3 p.m. Full ro turns received here show democratic majority in Ibis county of eighty-eight. lb ujF.nu n. Nov. 03 p.m. Union ninlor- ily in this county 75. Kcliiru shuw a demo cratic gum over the Jane election. Euoenk City, Nov. 93, l m Itetnrn received here allow a democrat majority in Ihe county of leu. CoiiVAl.i.is. Nov. 93 p m Benton coun ty gives u deiuocratio majority of six. Albany. Nov. U 3 v M. Linn county re turns lmw a deiuocratio majority of forty-live in llie couitry. Looking IT. The Slate Agricultural Society ha. now iu its Ireaioirjr $'j,0l0,l.'iroin, w hich may Ui reduced nerhnix H'.'IH) for nay lit of prom! ii nn tint rut enlled for. It haa proja-rty on baud worth near $ilMXu, and owes nuiliing except llif ineiilleil f..r premium.. Thefiiiaoeial eihilnl will be pnbli.loKl with tint premium list, opeuiiiK aud annual addresses, li.t uf officers, itc. uow iu the hand of ha printer. tV Some miscreant lore down Ihe American flag iu front of the McClelluii Club room at Portland (be evening before the election. An investigation Is said lo have developed llie fact that a McClellau man did it in hope of mak ing capital. Considerable excitement pre vailed about Ihe affair. Leavino the Sinkinu Ship A meeting of Ihe Ninth Ward Union Club wa held at Ihe Ifinoon Scluail House, last evening, at which Peler Donahue joined Ihe club, and cou tribuled '-.tU to Ha luud. . It la said Unit ex Governor Downey, who is a brother in law o! Mr. Donahue has also eomo out for Lincoln ami written a letter lo that effict lo a gentle man of this city. A. t . Hull el in 'H)th mil. IV Being told by one of the delegntea al Chicago that slavery originated with God, who - ., - . . i. i . .... ,:. ,i . ..it, ii WOUhl proieui ll, .i eilinurin irjnit-u I --t.rii. lei aa h ave it wiiu ijoo ; we nave repealed inu fugitive alave law, and when a slave runs away I am for h-ltiog I im go uniilGoi! catube hiiu." r7Thft Comanche ia announced tu Ii launched at San Francisco next Sunday. Ticket for positions to wilues Ihe launching are sold al $ I each. ITT Sixty five men were detailed for a spo- oial police force at Portland nn election day Salem kept the peace without any police. Killed. A man named Keulien Ilighbar ger waa alust and killed by Christopher White, at Walla Walla, a few daya since. tT Simeon Alliy. a workman employed in a wood turning abop it Portland, had one uf bia hands torn off, un Tuesday, by getting it in planing machine nliile running. IT Aa wa expected, the Vyaultinger finds fault with Gen. Sheridan' operation in the Shenandoah Valley. Completed. The Intelligencer ny Hie Itogao Biver and John Day Wagon Hoad now completed. rrMisa Liale Leater. of th Pacific Month (v, i announced to git dramatic and other popular reautnga, iiiruugn vrrgoo. IT A. J. Keener, or Lane county, wa thrown from a wagon lust week and bad shoulder dislocated. (7 A Baptist church waa organised al Idaho City on lb 31st ultimo, Kev. II. ll.niiitoii pastor. WHOLE NO. 713. GRANT. As Muses .(mxl upoa Ihe flamlntr lull, with all th iwiiie irallierixi at ins rtn, Waiiinu in Mum's valley there to nioel The awful hearer of Jehovah's will i 8o, Ohant, tloia taiuUt. aiuidt llie trunipsU-ahrlll, Ana the wild, tl.ry Huron that nasn ami Deal la iron ttouirler aiid in letulun nleol, Topiuosl of all, and most XioMd to ill. ' ,i i O, slutid than tti iii, ureal leader of our rare, Hope or our liilara, till Hie I lino, uraw lilunil, A uu iuui a.lies ilroiM war's dviaa brand ; Then, let us see tliee, with benignant Kraee, DeM-etid ihv liljrht. Ood'. iflurv aa thy face, Aim ine law tames sale will in tny nana : . -flsnrtrtH. Baker. KASTKBN NKWS. Bw'im1 Dii stelies to the OrSKun Slatesmaa. Chicago, Not, 7. Tho Journal snya yea- 'leiday telegrams were received announcing the coming nf a largo number of bushwhacker Col. Sweet, cummaiiding Camp Douglas, war communicated with, nod orders were linine 1 dintely issued for arresting the dcaperadwa on , their arrival. Tlio lact leaked out. and the ' faithful found means to apprise their friends 1 ami Ihe bushwhacker, left llie train at Ihe citt . limits and scattered In the city In various di i. reolloni. The military and police are run '.' slanlly scouring th city, and have succeeded iu picking np hundreds of them. . ' I A propeller, having nn hoard nearly nn hun-1 dreil suspicions character, arrived Ibis morn ing from Canada.- Th military and police are after them, and all will he captured. Col. sweet has l r some time been aware ol the existence of a rebel plot to release the pris oners In Camp Douglas, and burn the city. , Hia detectives have been at work with success, though the evidence obtained la l iinfticleiit to wnrrant Ihe arrest of the conspirators, and it waa deemed necessary to strike at onoe inch as were unquestionably treasonable. Sweet has proof of the plan of the rebel conspirator to release the rebel prisoner and burn the city. Camp Douglas was tn have been attacked on two sides to-morrow night, the prisoner re leased, and the city pillaged mid burnt. The police made a raid early llii mo niog nn the Donelson House, Canal Street, ami captured fo.ty bushwhacker who had been trucked there, al! armed to the teeth. A mounted pa trul nf fire hundred men has been orgauited by the citizen, for the protection ' of tho oily, which will be mi duly all night. There is enough military force here to prevent an outbreak. 1 '' - ' - Hancock, agent of Ihe New York line of propellers received a d'upatcli to-day ataliug that the Canadian etenmrr Georgian fitted as a pirate, ia on Lake Huron. New York, Nov, 7. The Cnmmercial's Washington dispatch ayi California officials express fears that the secession refugee! in Mexico will endeavor to expel the American Minister from Sonera and excite a tumult be tween the two countries. 1 The Kiclimond Enquirer of the 3d announce Iho capture of Plymouth, N. C by our gun boat, after three hour fighting. Tlio forts be ing passed, all llie guns were dismantled aud the rebel, evacuated under a severe Are. The express train from Dunkirk, New York. lis morning, was thrown dowu an embank incut 40 feet by ihe displacement of a sw itch. he engineer was ecriuuslr hurt, also 40 pas- ugers injured. Under Ihe debris could be seen a number nl bodies wnicll nave nut yet ieen recovered. Headquarters Army Potomac Nor. 6 A lively lime uccurre-l between the picket on th tell nl our lines nn the uight oi the 4tli, result ing in llie lus uf men an each side. Yesterday there was a good deal of artillery firing near llie Jerusalem plank road, without oss to ns. Lust night the nlo(ets in tho lam vicinity opened hre shortly after dark, and kept It U arplr all night. Al 10 o'clock, a.m.. the rebel attempted tn advance their picket lino to recover the gruund taken lust week, lint failed. i A citizen of Hichmoiiil arrived within our ines vesterday morning tn escape conscription, le lefts a story of want and destitution In lilch- mood; rioters operating in th streets; high rices of necessaries of hie. elo. ho say the rebels iu front of Petersburg are mining under our works. Little fuilh is placed iu the alaure report. . Washington. ov. 7 it la eaitmnteu thai nring Ihe last week fifty thousand persons lo't Here io vote ai me rrcsiuomiui eieuuon. A letter received from an nffioer command ing one of our vessels in the trans Mississippi siiiailrim. dated Chattanooga, Nov. 1st. says: Aly bonl had iwo uru.hea with maul s lorces and repulsed linn both times, ue naa now gone below the shoals i a largo portion of lit army haa arrived in Florence, for th.- invasion of Mhhll'aiid Eastern Tennessee. II is ul is represented a. tyrannical iu llie ex- reme; Lis men lived lor two nays on corn and water only, with Iho addition of some pumpkins stolen by the way ; he suffers by Ihe desertion of I hose people, who say he Intends moving soulliunid, but is prevented by threats hut Ins soldiers w HI desert II he dnlu I give hem lite promised harvest iu East Tennessee. He will llkrly be liagged. Sherman is pursuing, lieu. Uross I flunking and Gen. Thomas is ahead. Newt YoiiK, Nov. 4 ll.e Jie- special say Terry was convicted and sentenced to Ihe Slate Prison for life. While on trial he made a formal confession nud is irbw disxeil tn be more communicative. He says be bad been for some lime before his arrest sick ' f lh bn siness ami was only wailing lo receive Ihe reply to letters addressed by bun l reler tagger and other prominent deiuocratio poli'iciaus of New York, which would prove no ir complicity lie v ond per adventure, when he intended lo nut luirly and make a oompiele exiawe ol llie whole thing. That if the arrest of himself and con finement ban been iMwliHnied another week, he would have been able lo have fixed Ihe guilt of Hie whole Iransaollou from lis Inception where iroperly belongs. Phis morning Capt. Javnea nf (lie 7lh U- S. Infuulrv airived here from the front, having in charge Lieut. Col. Murphy, of ihe 27lh New York artillery, who it is stated ia implicated in election fraud, be figoiug blanks. Murphy was am-sted by order ol Ihe Secretary of v ar and was lakeu lo lh Old Capitol prison to await investigation. ClIICAOO. Nov. 4 A .Nashville letter listed Nov. 2d snvs i lliaida army la uow on the North side lif the Tennessee. It i ea imaled bis lorcv is 3-VOOO men all armed. (11 piece of artillery, mostly 6 and Vi pounder, lle.ef fecled a crowing of ihe river at Cyprus ureek. 201 miles below Florence. Ala., which point was belter suited than any along the river for Ihe pnrHise. Aa yd there aro no development of bis situation, al least nothing thai will throw light iihiii IIimmI a movement. Uu has no sup plies save aucb aa be collects in Ihe oounlry as he proceeds. The letter adds I bat auipl pre naraiions are beinj made lo receive hiiu, aud he will he overwhelmed helore be knows it. A correspondent soys t 1 have been in Ihe wake of Iho deliverer, aa Prioe'a advance waa called, aud cau l Bud an In.tance where private properly was respeo ted; ago and ex Were disregarded, women were ravished, negro.' murdered, and white men were lorn from Iheir home and forced to lake Ihe rebel canse. In luaoy instances boys of foorteen reara were conscripted. 1 Chicago, Nor. 4 A Chattanooga letter dated the 30th, (ays i Th 4th corps la Juat leaving for H unteville. Miuu. Tbouiaa' aorpa i It) th neighborboiMl of Nashville, aud th 14lb. 17th aud 23d corps ar ou tli move. Postal. Order have been issaed to all lh large oust olliov lo discontinue lb renting i f imxrs. Carrier are to Im provided for. An other regulation baa been mad ikied dnv praae with letiur way-bill. IIOOK ANI JOB PRINTIfttt Of eve.Jf ls.BrlpllonNT.Tt,T nl ritOMm.Tsx.soU RATKK OS AIIVKH'NHtNO: 1 l.Sl ailsertliemeiits, H llll per i',n.r, aril lassrtloa $t ,011 .flli uln,-tit.S ln.rlinn. Ljf.lsnil.lUrnlul.lverllMment.mailbtprepald Insure ln..rllnn. A.lioli.lslrji tt.rfl' notler., and .11 .!vrt!KnHfit. r.tMlot ta ll., ratfttv nf .lecen.i-il pir..n., mual h. ure.ld, enlcM or J.r.l j.ulill.l.e.1 l.jr l!t count; ju-!??, una guaranteed to be l p.1.1 hjr hint. Aiv.rtliliiK lilll. nnt psld within nne ?.ar froth the Ihh wl.n aontrutwl . w II 1 1, l nor.....l t wenly.-Ave per ee&l. Ml r.rt.ymll. nysl..fft.tltlirrwftfr. ELECTION NEWS. " Multnomah County South Portland, Union mnj. 329; North Portland, copperhead maj. 28; Union majority in the city, 301; East Portland, Lincoln's maj. 42 ; Willamette pre-, cinct, Lincoln's mnj. 50 ; Sauvie't Island, Mc Clellan's inaj. 10 1 Liucolu'i majority in the county, 457 , . ; , t . Columbia Thia county i claimed to bate), given Lincoln IS majority. This show a, Union gain of 27 over hut June. ., Clackamas Oregon Cily. Lincoln's major:, ity, 3D; Canemah, Lincoln's majority, 44; Linn City, Line In' majority. 20 Mllwaokie, Union majority, 54. ; Wasco Dalle precinot i reported to ha" gone 20 for McClellau. ,;..,, Linn Album' precinct. 48 Union majority k Lebanon, 4!) ; Orleans, 39. Against the r majorities for McClellau ; in Forks of the Sun-, tinm, 113 1 Brownsville, 24; Harriiburgi 30j Peoria, 4 ; Center. 9; Kef' Mills, 3 8yra-( cuse, 24 ; two other small precinct, estimated, 4. - McClellau' majority In county about e7. . Polk r-, Official Brldgepo.t, Lincoln. 32., McClellau, & Luckiinute, Lincoln 22, lo-( Clellun SI Lane, Lincoln 24, McClellao 30; Mimiuoulb, Lincoln 74, MoClrllan 03; Eola,( Lincoln 05. McCkdlan S3 ; Douglas, Lincolu 40; McClellau 18; Jackson, Lincolo3S, MeCb l Ian 39 1 Salt Luke, Lincoln 18, McClellaa 17 ; Bethel, Lincoln 02, McClcllan 10) Dalla',, Lincoln 88, McClcllun 07. , Total, Lincoln, 472, McClullan 392. . ; J,,,,.' ,j Lane MoClellan'a mnjority, 14. , , Marion Union majority, 607; Champoeg In hear from. . Total rote thua far, 1819. , Tub Bomdahdmhnt or Charleston. Ws have learned through deserters who recently came iuto our linea that lb city it auflerb f to a very considerable and serious extent tuilef our present Imiiibardiiient. The 100-pi and rides have now attained the proper range, and throw sheila two blocks heyond Calhoan at reel, In lite huaiuee part of tho eitg. The range in! llie 30-ponnder wna n4 quite great enough lo, reach far beyond lh burned district," and Ihe present 100 pounders were substituted, nud with marked success. Their rang i gn.ntcr; and the effect produoed by llie explosion of .their shell 1 immeasurably greater. The have already destroyed a number nf building, and are. rapidly demolishing others iu the neigh borhood, making it a decidedly undeelrulil plaoe for a iiiiet-loving man to Irunaaot basit lies. iu. . , The rebels have twenly-fiv hundred men at work nn Ihe defense! of the city, repairing and strengthening old work and constructing near ones. They arc preparing for the day of trial thoroughly and a. well aa they may. . , Thu firing on Fort Sumter ia maintained only when evideucea re apparent ol repair being made up positions prepared Iu remount Iho guns, when onr heavy rifle open and the Work la demolished. ; Beyond lllis occasional firing and the regular shelling of the oily affair remain in about thu tame old position. ., ' , . , ThiLaws to br Emporckd. Th nier ohunta, ineohauioa and business men of. Ssa Francisco, with the exception of W. T. ('oil man aud other members and lolluwer at ih Itr.Miin Rangers, have come forward and or ganized Iheinsalvea in a volanteer police, a lorce purely civil in its oharaoter, and intended merely lo net aa an Immediate and powerful auxiliary to the regular police force of the city, Iu ease of an emergency arising wherein tbn assistance of oitixena shall be reonired to aid in sustaining the law and quelling tumult lu-y. ond the control of the constituted authority ncling through the regular channel. Tho members aro unarmed, bat are arranged in companies, each under the command nf a cup. tain, and the arrangement are aouh. thai iu a - single hour four filths of the whole force ran h- armed and placed at the disposal of the Police Comiiiisskiucrs, ready for duty. - Th urgauiinlinn already number eome three thousand men, and Ihe work of preparation will gn on until all necessity for inch prepara tions ia passed. Mac. Union, i DKTRnviNa Crops On Thursday, Sep tember 2!.h. Geiierul Custar'a anj Merrill' divisions were sent up tho Shenandoah rail to destroy, according tn the following order I ' IliAlKjuARTKRft, etc. . , Do all the damaira vou can lo Ihe railroad and crop; Carry olf stock of all description, ami negroea, mi aa to prevent farther planting. if Ihe war is to last another year, let the Sbcu- miuIohI, Vulli.r iMflkiia. linrr,n arista. U. O. URAtlT. Il it further given nut that General Gran) lias ordered the above to bo to completely car ried nnt that a crow flying over lite valley wil) have lo curry it own ral ion. . fiSN. SlIKUIDAN' I'lialTIOM AkOTIIKR Cni'PKitiiKAO Lib. The letter following should have appeared iu our column Miw limu ago. An accident delayed it, however, and we now publish il, le a a matter of pub lie interval, lliuu aa an act of Justice to the in dividual concerned. ' ' ' - '' Su.r.Tsi Aobkcv. Oct. 20, 18A4. 1 En Ktatkhmam t I are Ihe following la the 1 ran of lh I7tb lust.; "An oflicial iu llie Indian department, a res lil. nl of tliis place ami a stockholder in the free-nigger organ up alrevl, a deionerat wilb Klieri.lau when lb General wa at Fort Yaw hill, but now a Liucoluite, baa or bad a teller from General Sheridan upbraiding him wild deserting hi principle, and adding that he, Sheridan, waa doing what he could in the army bnl be bad not changed hia opiulun of lh do testable principle and ruinun policy of Una administration. He I a aohlier and a demo crat, and couldn't help being a true Unioa Rum aud patriot ; bene he ha duwn en aholitioalaia. Lincoln, and Ihe wholo Iraitorom crew." ' Now, a the abovo wa iulendvd to mislead and deceive, and a I aid III person to whom be refers. I lake tbla opportunity tn aay that the whole thing ia a fahriealioo and a lit. In Ihe first place. I have never received a letter fium Gen. Sheridau of a political character. ll ia true that I have received private letUM from him concerning hi property in Oregon, of which I am bia agent, and also giving mt a history uf hia expurieuoe in lh war, but to air knowledge be baa never nientiuued Ihe naaie of Lincolu or hi administration. While H i tiae that Ueii. Sheridan waa a Urvvkiurldgn democrat in 1800, il ia rnaally tme Ihat after the eh-eliou of Abraham Lincoln he become one of the warmest supporters of bia adiainis tialion. And w hen the South commenced their rebellion be aaid he waa iu favor of giving them a good whipping; and from the manner iu which be baa be. u giving it to Early reoeully. I guvs be ba not changed hi mind. 1 have uu doubt but that llie editor of the Anna and iu eluckhulder feel greatly an noyed at lb manlier iu which the gallant HuU Sheridan haa been using their friend lately in lh Shenandoah valley. I wonder If ihey wuuldn't lib to have him change hi optaiea aa well a hi bese of operation. In conclusion, I would bk to know bo Hat rdihsr of Ihe Arena get hold of any private Liter., ll I I roe lhat my desk al bom Ihat contain ibem hcd. 'l hat may ac count lor It. ' 1 1 : ; fr Who ha (ur tHUiblwr. a bad wile, baa purgatory Oregon. - 1