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"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