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IS rUll MHM K It l.vr.KV MONIlAV MollMNU.
Tiio Oregon Printing and Publiihlng Company,
Pit 01' III ETO ItH.
OlBolal Paper of th. State.
TKItMS l'eryenr.tVI.OOi Six mouths. )'J,M,
'?TTiA oflr aeeieee. afl'Wn. Legal Ttntltr nttlet
will lit titl-'-H only ttlUulvunrrrnl Viilu.
llsinlltaniws limy l iim.lo liy mull lit I lie. rink uttlie pub-
lisle-, If iimlle.l In ihf iri-noiic of it instninstcr.
OllKG-OTV
IRON WORKS.
A. C. OIUIU. JU1IK NATION, 1. 1, 1I0IKIAN.
A. 0. GIBBS & CO.,
Mtimiinctiirers uf
Steam Engines, Eoilers,
AND ALL KINDS OF MILLS ;
Hoisililltf iMtK llllH'H, ,
llor,. Powers,
''-Capers una. Mowers,
, 4uiiiiz IlIillN,
AniiilKoiiiiXiiiK Pans,
end MEPADAl'OUM of the moat approved kind-,
COOKING RANGES,
IMJ3IP.S, t etc.
Pattern .llitlthitf, in nil its forms,
connected with tltla Establishment.
TLANH AND SPECIFICATIONS for Mills and
nil kinds of inucliiiiury furnished lo order, by an ex
perienced dmuu-htsiiuiu. . ,
A. C. .1I1IHS CI)..
Sucrnasora to E. 1j. Jouea e- Co.
Portland, Pco. 5, 1Ku4. 4 1 If
H.H. M'DONAt.D. J. C. SI'KNClilt.
r, II, Mcdonald & Co,,
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS,
NACKA ULN 'O.
It. II. McDonald & Co.,
Corner of Sansomc, Hiid Pino streets,
SAN I'UANClrJCO.
TIIK liicrenship; business of nnr establishment, to
Wither willi tlio wants of tlie Truile, have made
it ucuessiiry to establish H House ill the city of Sim
Francisco, whuro we will bu pleased to see an niiuiy
of nnr old friends and customers us eun make it coll
venleut to cull upon as. Wc shnll keep ut bulb pluces
u liii'Ke and well-selected stock of
Dings and Medicines, Paint' .,)us,
Surgical Instruments,
Dental Goods,
Fancii Articles,
Pu'r Medicines,
Herbs and Extracts,
Brewers' and Soda
Brushes and Combs,
Slock,
Shoulder Sf Body Braces, Corks, large variety,
Ladies' Bandages and Assayers' Material,
Supporters, Burning oils Sf fluids
Gum Elastic Stockings, Plaster Paris,
Trusses, Marble Dust,
Totfether with a larue and complete assortment of nil
(Joods kept in u well-supplied Vt hoicsulo uvuu More.
we respectfully aolicit those dcnlinu; in our line to
examine una price our mock neioi-e piirfflinsitiu cine
wiioio. u. a. Mcdonald.
DENTAL GOODS.
Dental Importing; IIohhc.
It. II. MiOO.4LD & CO.,
DRUCCISTS,
Corner of Pine nnd Suniome streets, San Francisco.
B. II. McDonald A, Co., Druggists,
SACUSM-NTO.
WE respectfully invite the nltenlion of tlie Denial
Protcssinu to our lurge und complete assortment
of Dental Goods,
DENTAL AND SUHGICAL 1NSTKU1IKNT8,
Teetb. Gold Foil, Forceps of all kinds, Dental Chairs,
Band and Foot Lathe. Brush Cotton and Coruuduui
Wheels, Pluggers, ticulers, Files.
ItoNCWOOd Dental Cases,
Vulcanite material, Vulcanizera, Vulcnnile Hiuw and
Impression Gntta Pcrcbii. A large variety of Yl.'L
CAMTE TEETH, Scrapers and l'mkoiv; together
itb a large and complete assortment of all articles
of the latest nnd most approved styles of Vulcanite
Work.
Deiilnl Bonk8
We keep constantly on hand a enpply of all the
most approved Wtanifaid Worka on Dentistry. Our
effort will be lo keep u large uud well-selected stock
of all Dental Muteriul, so that the Dentul Profentdon
may confidently rely upon having their orders filled
in the bent possible wanner.
octiMis it. ii. Mcdonald &. co.
Pacific Marble Company.
MONROE & JEFFRIES,
One Door Xorth of the Eureka Stable,
SALEM, OKEGOX,
Dealers in California, Vermont, mid
Italian Murliles .lloniimeiits,
Obelisks, nnd Tomb. Head,
, uud Fool Monet.
ALSO,
Furniture Jlnrlilc, or Every Kind, Fur
nlsht'd to Order.
MARBLE MANTLES executed after the latest
Eastern designs, with or without grates, to suit
purchasers.
Mr. Jetfries, formerly of the firm of Miller & Jef
fries, Albany, would say to his friends and patrons
that he will'still eiuleuvor to pleao those who limy fa
vor him with their putiouuge. Ail work us repro
Muted, or no churge
Salem, Nov. 'JH, lOI. XlmUpd
BENNETT HOUSE,
SALEM. OREGON.
RW, LOWRY, (formerly proprietor of tlie Mun
lion HottMi) hHi purcl'miwd the entire iuterrt
of the above Imtul, mid woiilii renneci fully inlur.M liin
friendu and the trrtvelini, tnhlic llmt he now ready
and prepurcd to aecuummddte all who may depire lo
give him n call.
The California Compnny'n Mnjrr-g arrive nnd depart
daily, froai Hub housu, for all parta wf Oregon and
Caltffrnia.
Balem, November 17, dtf '
$11 HUMOUS.
Alftrd Wilnon. pift. tk. Julin T. Kreman, deft. In
tbeConmy t'uurtof VatnbtU county. Slute of Or
egon. February term.
rjiO JOHX T. FKKEMAX, Peft : In the name of
X the State of Oregon, you are hereby summoned
and renin red to be and appear in the county court of
Yamhill comity, Oregon, on the first Mouday in Feb
ruary, lBoo, at ilie court-lioiise in Lafayeiie in wiid
connty, and unower the complaint of Alfred Wilson,
plain t'iiT, filed with the clerk of sutd cflnrt umiinM ynti,
and if rou fail to aumwer mid enmphtint, judginent for
want thereof will be taken avaitist you by twtid plain
titT for the lum of live hundred dollar, together with
cotts and dieburoeuienn of mi it.
ALFUKI) WILSON, Pltf
By order of the Court. 8.0. Adams,
Bee. 19, 1. (iw4i County Clerk.
Filial Srtilomrnt.
lu tbe Count t Cont of Yamhill county, Oregon, Jan.
Term, lttto. kMate of Jemima Cooper, dec d.
FT1HE executor of the hint will nnd tent a merit of Je
M. mima i'oope late of Yamhill county, Oregon.
deceased, uaving on ttiis M(iay oi January, niea
hia aMoent. nruvintr for final aettlement and diilribu-
tioa of the auid' estate, it in therefore ordered that
final aettlciaeut and distribution of the naid estate be
made at the court boiie in paid Yamhill eonntv, i
tbe 8th day of February, 18to. J. W. COW LA,
Jail. 3, ISu.-iw4j Co. Judge,
Final Sftloiiiiit
NOTICE is hereby (riven that I O. Thmnpsnn, ad
miflUtrator of tlie esute of J H. Parts. decea(ed,
of DooiHas countr, trein)0, has this dav tiled his ao
counts lor final settlement, and all persons iutererted
in amid estate are nereny uotineu that the first Hon
dav.theotli dnV of tebnmrv, lnt6. has been set
apart for the bearing of alt objections that may be
By order of the court. L. L WILLIAMS,
Jan. , IfkO. 4w45 County Clerk of wd Co,
Final Scttieiiieut
Estate of C. B. Hawley. dee'd. In the County Court
of Yamhill countv, Oreiron. Jan. 'M, lHiij.
"TOTlCE ia herebT gtveu that the administratrix of
XI the estate of C. II. Hawlny. dcceaml. luu, on thin
2d day of Jaamary, 1H5, tiled "her account for lite final
ettleiocot of the'wi'd t-fUte, It is, therefore, ortlereU
that the 8th dar of February, IHT, al tLa court houae
in said lamuitl countv, be set apart for the hnal set
ilemeut of the said ctImLc. J. . COWLS.
Jan. 9. JHw.--lw4j Co. Jode.
tiiumoiiH
State of Oregon, Coanly of Clackamas, a,
lice's Conn.
In Jut
rl OEOItnK COtHtAX: Vouare hereby notiiieH
that writ of attachment has been hsned airaiiist
yon, and rour property attw iied lo Katt-.fr liie deiituntl
of Christian Koop. ani'-uiitina: to f'-t..iii. with inter
rt frooi the &Hh of Feliruarr. 1-vl. Now nnleu vou
wintil appear before (leorve W. .lackm. a Justice ef I
the Peace in and tor saui ronoty. al hi. ndice, on the I
teveaUl dav of Krhruarv, IO, jodvmetit will be j
rendered sarainst you. and yoqr property sold to pay
the debt ol ol, with curia and accrniuff costs.
Dated Uss jM of ' weather, l"-4
U. P. McCUWIX,
D.C. 12, lSvt-UtvG Alt y (or Pluuuir.
VOL. 14-NO. 47.
l'roelumiition.
State or Oiieuon, Kxkcitivk 1):pahtment, )
tlaiiiiary 1'Jth, IHiiO. $
WIIKUKAS, I hnvn recivetra retiuioititin from
Major General Irwin Mclhiwell, commaiHling
tlio Department of tbe I'acilio, aeting iindm' the an
tlioritv of the War DtipHi-lmeuL, fur it rmriuient of
Cavalry for another term of yearn, by retaining in
whole or in part the Keghnentitl and Company nrirun
iuitinii of the preHent Oregon Keuiment of Cavalry,
to aid in the eutorcement of the lawn, to nippi-em in
Burreetiou, repel invasion. and to cltantiee hobiile Indi
uiih in this Military Iitriet.
Now, therelow, I, Addiwm C. Olhbn, flovm-norof
tlio Htate ot Oregon mid Cominander-in-Cliief of the
Militia thereof, do hereby call upon tlie citizen of
thin tStato to organize thciiiBulvoH into Coinpauiea suf
lli'ient to fill tlie foregoing re'pUHitioii,
In witueHH whereof, 1 havn hereunto not my hand
l.s.I and ritiifttd the Keal of the Stato of Oregon to
he aLlixed. Done at H;i h'm thin I'Jth ihty of Juuuaiy,
A. D. lHo'3, ADDISON C. (UHH8,
Governor of Oregon.
Attent : Samuel K. Ma,
tSecretary of Stale,
Plan of ICcruiliiyr.
The Regiment will return tha uume of the M Cav
airy Oregon Volunteeu, It will cotibint of twelve
CumpunieM Koveu Coinpiinifa of tlie old Kegiuieiit
will he recruited to the minimum utreugth reqitired.
Five new Coiiipaniei ronmiri lo he rniol. A Hueruit
ing Oliver foruaih new Company will bu appointed.
CiiiuiUKttiomi will be ihtmeil hy the (lovy'tW
rruiliiiK wllU'ei-B. conditioned thut they flmll Teeruit
their rerpecilvo Compauiori in the ditr't to which
thoy Hfeanind,aiuJ he ready to ba muritered into
the aervicH within a timu liuruaftur to ho named. All
the Olfiem'B lor tlio new CbmpuniuH and the Firt-t and
Second Lieuteminlft for t ho old ouch will be appointud
UK noon iih the CompunU-H are filled.
Ah hooii as it i pntbticatle, the Stato will be divided
Into diaUii-ta, according to the mimber of persona in
cucli li:ibie to d' military duty und to the number of
tmnpn heret-iinre furnishet!. When mich dMrict hat
liiriuxhcd its quota of men there will be no draft in the
Hume under this cull.
The Htate lum provided by law for the payment of a
bounty in 1 . j u lu State interest bearing bmaU, pava
Me in gold ti) each volunteer imiHtered into the Hervice
tor three years, in addition to tlie bounties authorized
to be paid by the United HtatPH,
Under A:t ol'Coiigre, tlioe who cul'mt for one year
are entitled ton bounty from Una liciierul (ioverntnetit
of one hundred doiI;trn , for two yearn, two hundred
d 'llarw, nnd for three jfurH, three hundretl dolliiiM.one
third of wliieh in payable at the time of muxter-in.
Neither drafted men nor miWtUnteM furnii-lied either
bi'liire or ut'ct'r the draft tire entitled to bounty.
The wusret of a Private aoldier are $Hi a month, he
HideK clotliing, etpiipineiitH, ration, mcdiciucx nnd
iiiediiMil iitteudauce, uud other ullowituces ftirui lied by
the United StitU'8.
The pay per mouth Is to Ut PericanN of Cavalry,
$21; Hi?rgeaiitK,$'0; ('orpi.mls( $1h ; Ituglcrri, $10
A com puny vun be mubtered in on reaching a minimum
of S"2 enlUted HHMi.
Ail (he hortCKfor the tnliitedmeii tcitt bt'furn 'uhcd
by the (iorernmrrt.
Appreciating highly the patriotic action of the peo
ple in responding to the previous cull fur an Infantry
Regiment, it in Imped that eqiml alacrity will bu exhib
ited iu raising a Reginient of Cavalry.
Oruuiiilioa of a I&t'giiiicnt
One Colonel, One Heg'IComniicKiiry,
One liieut.-CoIoncl, (an cxtr.i lieutenant,)
Three Mnjorrf, One Veterinary Hurgeun,
One Surgeon, One Sergeant Major,
Two Aririiataut Surgconti, One yiiiirtennusti.'f Herg't,
One IlegimeuUl Adjutant, One Commlssiiry Hergeaut,
(an extra lieutenant) Two Hospital Stewards,
Ono Heg'l yuarlenna.-tter. One Satluler Sergeant,
(an extra lieutenant) One Ciiiel Trumpeter.
Organization of a Cotnpaiiv
One Captain, Five Sergcantc,
One First Ijleutonant, Kight Corporalii,
One Second Lieutenant, Two Trumpeters,
One Firat Sergeant, Two I'arriesor IllauksniithB
One Quartermaster Herg't.Oue Snbilcr,
OneCiunmi-ssary Sergeant, One Wagoner.
The niiniuiuiu uuiuler of enlisted men required for ft
Company iss'2; the maximum number, lol.
Amcriraii and foreign
BOOK AND PERIODICAL DEPOT.
GEO. II. DKLL, Ilookwller and Stationer, fill
Montgomery street, curuer of Merchant etrect,
SAX FltAXCiSCO,
receives nut mcript ions for any Periodical published in
the I'uited Ktatca or Europe, among which are tho
following :
vn avvitm r-KB wf
ITurpoi's Monthlv $:i,;li Harper's Weekly $3.50
Oodey'uLudv'B Hook 3,;il Leslie's III Paper H,'A)
Atlantic Monthly 3.'0 N. Y. III. Xuwa
I,etdie'B Family Mag 3..rt Leclie'ri(ienntinl'ai)eri.'''tl
Knickerbocker Mag N.Y. StaatAZeitung y,ot)
Coin iiieutal Monthly 3,00 lll'd Louduii Nuwh,
Petursou'H Ijulu' Majr ',.0 with all SupplcmenU I3,U0
Arthur's Home Mag "2,50 I'll'tl lioudoii Xewaof
Merrv'a Museum l0 the World 13,00
The Little Pilgrim London Weekly
The Uov'nOwuMag 4:0 Times 10,0t)
Kvery iViv Mauine l.'Hl London Weekly Dhv
Le Hon Tn of Fanliion !, V) putcti 12.00
The World of Funhioii 5,;'i0 The London Index I'J.OIt
Kelectic Mngaxiuo r.')0 Hell' Life in London l'.',(H(
Hallou's Maui(7.ine 3,50 London Puurli ti,.rj(l
Oneea Week, monthly The Spectator 111,00
parts " 5.50 The Hatunhiv HoviewKI.W
London Art Journal lo.mi Public Opinion 11,00
Atlieiiieum 1 1 .00 The Loudon Mining
Cornhill Mitgazino
.".."') Journal
r..Vt Mt -rry roan's MuntMjr
tiU) L.lernry Cunipnuln
icuipiu uitr
Limlfn Society
(iHnlWiinH
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n.oo
4.INI UllSOl (itir Llll'Hl
l,.'ttl Wnwrty Mnmlue
!t,M) Now V.trk Lvitt;er
New V-irlc Mercury
? W N-w Yurk I.ii-kr
Uali'n Journal of lU-ftith
di'lini Liuicet
ltMltUttuiu-'a lictruipt'Cl,
.MvUioal,
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All the Year Hound, (fcu N. Y. IihientiioVtit
8.10
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UltlUT OI l,f(Tllt
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The IrLh A nitric an
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kiy AMa Cablomia
Weekly llullrtin
kly Aiiifiii'iin Flnir
4,00
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coimri'MUihiu uifU ana itfiniiiuii, 12 aos. ,hi
AtiitfiMlix Silc Snx S.ml
Mttell'i I.IvIhk Ago T.iMI Autltivt of Fan 8,00
lnk'v.Ntiuiii V.oi)
Ak'i'nry fnr tbe Art Unlnn nf Inhn. pittcrlptlont re-
rHvrnl for the Annual l'ittr)lullnn of Hatnttiin and other
Work of Art. Any Newspaper, MniraxiiK-, lUviMr, uroMier
Pt;rio l!raltt not im-iillnncl In lite ahuvi- liil, will Uc lunitntird
to orkr. Special iitention will be paid to Imimrlltiu booki
ttiat may be wanU'J anil cm mot oUicrwiie be obtainpfl. A
peneriU awtirliin-nt of Uuoka alwnyi 011 Laud, lucludlnjf nil
the new )i)ltcillnna. 4tiiii8
rrtitiou for S:ile of llrl Eslatr.
NOT1CK is licn-liy kivcii lo the lieirs at law of Ku
ward II. llt-llintr. luti of .Murion rountr. Or-
etfoti, nnd to all others inlerpsted, Ilint John II. )Mlin-
nvr (iruiirtlmn or tho minor heirs of said h. II. IMItti-
fter) has this day tiled u etiiiur in the I'robute Court
111 and for Marion countv, Oregon, firuyinirtin order of
said court to soil at ptihfic sale tho wcri Imlf of tlie do
nation laud claim of said dvi'cdent, bcinir the part set
apart lir the Snrvevor General as belotiitiuir to tbe
heirs al taw ot shil! K.H. Uelliuitcr. haid anuiicalion
will he heard and determined al the cotirl-uotiM- iu Sa
leui, on Tuesday the 7th day of rVhrunay. IHiij.
juna u. rt.bui.bs, in. Jiniite.
Jan. 0, IKlwi. 4w4.",pd
Probate Xoticr.
Kstate of Jas. Cosgrore, dee'd. Application for Dower
N'OTICE is herehy jfiven to all persons inlcmttrd
in said estate that Murv A. K. Coeunive. widow
oi said ilecetlelil, luis nils uav llleil lier H.-lition pray
ttiK an assiKlimeiit of dower in the real estate of which
her lute husband died seised, to wit, situate in Uarion
county, slate of Ort-iton, iu T. J B. K. 3 W., and
known as nnlilu-ation fy.'. rluini contulnuiff
3.11 acres of land, and that said application will he
heard and determined on Tuesday ihe 7th day of Feb
ruary, 18oj, at the court-house in Salem.
JOHX C. PEBItLES, Co. Mitt.
Tnn .9, 1BC3. w l.-.t.H
rinni scttifiiiont.
In County Court of Marion county, Oregon. Estate
of Julian Uiliau.
EMILE BIIIAN, administratrix of said estate, has
this dav tiled her accounts, praying for a Snui set
tlement. Notice is hereby mren to all pereons inter
ested iu said estate that said application will lie heard
and determined on Tuesday tlie 7th day of February,
lii, at Ihe court hoii-e in'Sal'-m.
JOUX C. PEEBLES, Co Judirc.
Jan. 9, la. 4wfcpd
rinal Ki'tlli'ini'iil.
Couuty Conn, Yamhill county, Oregon. Estate of
joiin ttyru.
TM1E final account of O. W. Lawsou. administrabir
of said estate, having- been lik-d, notice is triven
all concerned that on the Bin iIhv of February next,
at the conrl-boase in l-aiayetle.'said ninie will be
beard and determined. J. COWLS.
Jan. 4, ISm tnU Co. Ju.lj.-e.
Tobacco Wanufactory.
M'A.'TK1),
1 a nnn poi'mw op tobacco, k u .
V','"Vi livered in Halom Orem, two dours
north of the tureSa Uvery M:mie
AO tHSfc POTTKR.
Salem, Suv.2l.13tL m
SALEM.
She (Drcgw statesman.
(iiiiiotiHArnr uf orakt and leg.
Tho ciM'rt'Sinn(U'nou between Goneriil Leo
nnil Rcucirul Grant is now licinrii me, and I
hitvr lii'ca much struck hy tho Immlwrititig of
time two uliloal fieutirala tho war has hruulit
ftirwnrd on cither sitle. General Loo'i hand
nriling ii bold and rather still', li ia letters bit
ing lurgu, round and vary distinct. Ilo heara
heavily upon the pen probably a goose (jnill
and abbreviates ninny of bis words as if writ
ing were a labor to him. Tlio following is an
exact transcript of tho first sentence in his let
ter to General Grant!
"General: I have read your letter of the
1 8th lust., uocmnp'g copies of letters from
Judge Ould Cntinn'rof Exchange of l'ris'rs on
the part nf tho Conf ale Htates Ac the lloub'l
E. M. Stuntou Sec'y nf War Lt. Col. Mulford
Asst Conitn'r of Exo. of tlio U. States."
He does not, as yon perceive, punctuate
closely i and nowhere in his letter dues he wrile
oat tlio word "and," but invariably uses the
abbreviation "4c." And yot be pauses lung
enniigh to dot nil hit "i's" und cross all his
"t's." All bis letters uro drawn nearly up mid
down I lie paper; iu other words they are like
himself, round, full, bold and npwiight, inclin
ing neither to tlie right nor the left, and staud
iiiK firmly ou their base, us if they disduiued all
iimis, mice. They are so clear uud precise, so
round, and weighty, and distinct, that each let
ter reminds one uf a solid cannon ball, :tid
each word of u cluster of grnpeshot.
Geiierul Grunt's huudwritiiig.on the contrary,
though not so bold and distinct, nor the letters
so lurge nnd round and erect, is, nevertheless,
very legible nnd very striking. It is full of en
ergy and uctinii, and his letters ull incline to
the right, and follow one after another with a
little space between them as if they represented
an equal number of his brigades ou a rapid
mureli round Lee's right. Among cliinigraph
ers his band would be called a running liund.
The words occupy much spuco from left to
right, nnd slill they are very clour ami legible,
lie pays mure attention to punctuation than
General Lee. abbreviates less, and is equally
careful of his i's and t's. It may lie Ihe work
of imagination, yet ir reading his letter I can
not but picture the writer as u restless, nervous,
energetic mun, full of tiro and action, always
in milium, and always in a Lurry. savannah
llepublican.
Tub Uw Rivnit Campaiqn. Little by lit
tle, the people are finding out who planned the
expedilion up the lied River in March last,
and who is to bo blamed for its failure. At first,
tho whole blame was cast upon theshaulders of
Mnj. Gen. Hunks, who, like it trjto soldier, did
not seek to justify himself befure the public
but waited until the publication of official doc
uments could triumphantly vindicate him.
Meanwhile, fact after met has found its wnr
into print, and we now havo a curious article
ou tlie subject, in the United Service Magazine
nf the current month. The writer of this ar
ticle, which has a somi-nQicial charautet, is
rather disposed to find fuult with Gen. Banks,
yet says :
" Hut it is no less truo that Gon. Hanks did
not originate this campaign ; that his views
were opposed to it; thut lie wits neither di
rectly nor indirectly interested in ootton specu
lations or in trade of any kiuO ; that he shared
with his troops the fatigue, the exposure, the
privations of the campaign, and the dangers of
battle. Gen. Hunks is not a great Generul ;
but he is a man of great personal bravery , too
apt, Indeed, to run into needless exposuro.
Allll I It'" Slim that n-ilhi-e tfolJ flyr COtttllt,
which is worst than gold, cau corrupt linn.
lln thirst is not for money, but for power."
Then the writer goes on to make this impor
tant statement, ull the more important because
it is known to be true: " That the campaign
was planned in Washington it evident from
the co-operation in its execution of troops f in
three separate departments." It might liavo
been added that Gen. ilullcclc not only lanne I
the campaign, but that be directed it from his
office at Washington, And that in the opinion
of military men h is respotisilile for its failure.
Iu time this will be proved, nnd then will Gen.
Hunks be triumphantly vindicated.
"Stand ijv the 1'lao." No lesson has
been more severely taught, at diver- times, than
the woo that betides the political party that
even seems to be treacherous in times of wur.
The suspicion 'hat the once powerful Federal
putty was not sitiurely loyal in tlie w ur ol lal'-l.
Inn led that putty beyond all possibility of res
urrection. The opposition til' the Whig party
to tha Mexican wnr, inuVfen-ililu uud unpro
voked us thut wur was iu its inception, prepared
Ihe way for tbe downfall uf that party and its
final extinction. And now for a third time the
lesson lias lieeu repealed. Tile falsely so-onllcd
" Detnoerutiu " party, untaught by past ex
perience, bus just ventured upon tlie fatal ex
periment of crossing the wnr path uf its couu
try, only to be iininiiii.ited. Two years ago,
when pretending to lie advocates for a morn
active management of the war, they obtained
for the moment the confidence of the people,
and swept the great States of New Yolk. IVuu
sylrnuia, Obiu, Indiana and Illinois. Had liny
retained them now with their 107 Iceland
votes they would have had a majority of twenty
seven iu the eleo oral o dlege. Happily for tlie
country their seeming gurli of patriotism wus
torn off in time lo expose the lurking tlenion of
treurou within. I lie people, true to lueir na
tural instincts, rallied round the truo standard.
They refused to vote the war a failure. They
refused to sue for a humiliating peace. These
fire great .States which two years ago elected
fifty-eight " Democrats " to forty-one Kepobli
cans, have now chosen seventy-one liepubli
c his to twenty -six Deuiocruts, and elected tho
war electoral tioket by an aggregate majority
nf more than one hundred and fifty thousand !
Will nut politicians heed this lesson. Boston
Journal.
An'eouotb of IIknry Clay. Mr. Clay was
Speaker of the House of Representatives when
he was retnincd hy the Governor of Kentucky
to appear before the Supreme Court and main
tain the rights of that State) against the pre
tentions nf Virginia, in a long-contested suit
growing out nf v hat was termed the "Occupy
ing Laws." It was Irs first appearance befoie
the tribunal in Inst resort, and a largo concourse
of spectators was attracted by a uulural curi
osity to determine whether tlie orator ol tlie
West would bu aula to sustain nil UirIi reputa
tion upon this new and untried theater. When
be rote, it was with mine slight agitation of
manlier, but he soon recovered bu wonted com
posure, and held its audi tore in admiring at
tentiiin, while he pronounced a most beautiful
cnlogiura upon the character of the suns of
Kentucky. The judges sat in their black robes
of office, sedate and attentive. One of them,
Judge Washington, (a nephew of tho Patrr
Patnte.) was an inveterate snuff taker, and
availed himself of a momentary pause in the
argument to indulge himself with the titillating
reilorutire. Mr, Clay, observing this, instead
of proceeding, advanced gracefully to the bench
with his thumb ant) finger extended, and helped
himself from Judge Wa liuigtou'a box. Al
be applied Ihe pinch he observed, " I perceive
that yunr honor stieka to tbe Scutch," and im
mediately resuming hia stand, be proceeded In
bis argument without the least embarrassment.
So extraordinary a step over the usual barrier
which separates this Court and the barristers,
excited not a little astoniiliini lit an . admiration
among the spectators, aud it was afterward
aptly rematkid by Judge Story, iu relating
the circumslauce to a friend, that " lie did not
believe there was a Dnin In tbe Tinted States
who could have done that, but Henry C'lir.''
C7 It ii a cnrioui fart that Mr. Lincoln ii
the first citilen of the North upon whom the
honor of a re-election tn the Presidential vSIce
hai tvir been conferred.
OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 18G5.
11Y rJTKIJXItAlII.
Prom th Diily Orejoimsn 1
Cincinnati, Jan. 15 The Commercial's
Nashville dispatch suvi the Convention unan-
mously passed resolutions tleolannir slavery
forever abolished and prohibited through the
State ; also, a resolution annulling their deola
ration of State independence and tho military
enguo made with tlie Loiilcilerute States, and
nil laws and ordinances made in pursuance of
iliem
All officers appointed by tlio aoting Governor
since bis accession to office are confirmed. The
proceedings of the Convention are to ha sub
mitted to tlio people for ratification on the 22d
of February and on March 4lh the election is
to he held fur Go vet nor and members nf the
Legislature. Nearly three hundred delegates
participated in tlie final vote, and tho greatest
harmony and good feeling prevuiled through
out.
Nashville, Jun. 14. The Union Conven
tion in its session tn-dtiy nominated Win. G,
Hrownlnw for Governor by acclamation.
Cincinnati, Jun. jo. A Nashville tele
gram says : 1 he Convention passed by a near
ly unanimous vote a ('solution thut no person
shall bo considered eulilied to vote until be
lias taken a stringent oath declaring- himself
unreservedly in favor of the Union and all the
laws nnd proolumulinns issued by the Presi
dent since the war began.
New YnitK, Jan. 13. Tin Richmond pa
pers continue quarrelling over their leaders.
llicy think Jell Davis oonutiit reprehensible
and ulso inuke onslaughts on Kirhy Smith, who
is now discovered to possess ti.uro attractions
for great military genius than miy one else.
Hood s luilurcs in lennessee uro attributed
tn tlie disgust the people uf ihulStute have for
tlie uotiloileraoy. Mone but Let ami Juluisoo
oppeur lo be satisfactory.
The Richmond Dispatch cf tlio 12th says !
It wrt reported vesterday that Uluir, tho Yan
kee Pence Commissioner had srrived during
the day, and hud an interview with the Presi
dent nnd Secretary nf War. Ilo has not, yet,
wo urn assured, ruine to tho city, and it is evi
dent that the Secretary has sent him a pass to
visit Jitchtuonu.
In the rebel House of llc-nresenlatives ou
Wednesday, Miles,' of South Carolina, iutro-
1 need the following rosolutious, which were or
dered printed:
licsulved, 1 lint under the Constitution, Con
gress alone lias the right to declare wur, and
tha President by and with the consent of the
Senate to treat for peace.
Unsolved, I hat ull attempts to inuuo pencu
with the United Stutes by actiou or interven
tion of separate States composing the Confed
I'racy, are unauthorized by the Constitution
uud in contradiction of the law of the laud aud
therefore void.
The Richmond naners tmblish official rennrts
of the defense of Fort Fisher and the surround
ing works. The strength of tho garrison aud
the damage done by the bombardment are not
related.
Tho Sentinel states that discord between
Hutler and Porter was the cause of our fuilure.
One of the rebel prisoners says eight guns wore
disabled in Fort Fisher, and that the severe
shelling drovo tho men to the cascmates.where
they fully expected on assault aud could have
mailo little resistance.
The Richmond Dispatch says the freshet iu
tho James river commenced falling about four
o'clock yesterday afternoon. I it less than two
hours it hud subsided upward of fifteen inches
Further than a small break in the canal and
the filling up of first and second stories of sev
eral huildiiiirs in the lower part of the citv, we
have nut heard of any serious damage accru-
ii.-cirnni. Jt is reportetl thut the enemy
during the storm or ),,. T,r.rJ,.T, ndmouei
llieir picket lines ou the extreme right south of
I'eterelnirg.
Francis P. Blair, Sr., tho Yankee Peace
Commissioner, arrived iu this city on the night
of the 1 1th. He came into our lines at a point
iu limit ol fort Harrison liel I liy the city hut
tnlion. He was delayed several hours in our
lines waiting for permission to come to this
city, which was not procured till a lute hour of
tlie night, ninoe Ins arrival be has been Kept,
or has kept himself from the public eye. His
movements and whereabouts uru shrouded iu
mystery. He is believed to be at the Spols-
wooil House. He lias been met accidentally
by seveial of his old acquaintances, and their
meetings were characterized by the utmost
cordiality on both sides. He is said lo have
hud interviews with the chief executive ofli
oers.
The Richmond Whin says General Grant is
being reiulorced ou both the north and couth
sides ot tlie James river by negro troops.
Nkw Yiiiik, Jan. 14. The Norfolk Old
Dominion says: The expedition np Ihe Suvnti
null river destroyed ten miles of tlie South
Carolina and Columbus railroad. A company
ol Soutli Ctirolmu militia wns captured by 1-ob
ter near llardeevilie. They had been two
weeks iu Ihe service and did not like war. Tin
expeditious up the Savannah river are destroy
iug tho Charleston and Columbus railroad,
which is a part of Grant's project fur the coin
pleto isolation of Richmond.
Washisoton, Jan. 15. It appears from a
conversation with Mrs. Fnoto Hint she had n
passport to leave tho Confederacy, and started
Irom uiclituoiid three weeks tt 'o. I' note no
compamed her, but without such authority, but
for the purpose of iceing her safely over the
I'utoiunc. In the meantime, an order was is
sued to Ihe rebel Provost .Vurshul atlTeder
icksburg. bv Seddon, Ihe Secretary of War.for
his arrert. He wus accordingly trucked to
Dumfries, there captured and taken back to
Richmond.
New YoitK, Jun. 10. Tho 2'i'mcs' special
says: From an interview with Mrs. loolo it
appears that tlio rebel Congress is slavishly
subservient to Ouvis; that when bills uieit
with opposition, tho majority eointo secret sea
sioti and rush thetn through ; that the charac
ter of tlio war bos been ouanged by Davn.nud
is now carried on for bis own purposes; thut
unless it can be terminated to satisfy him and
his school of politicians, he will cSrry it on in
more bloody and barbarous manner than
ever, and that there u not the slightest pros
pect of Hluir meeting with success. Sho also
assert! that the great mass of the people waut
to come back into the Union under the Consti
tution, but are restrained by the military now
cr and as the freedom of the press iu this par
ticular is essentially goue, tbuir is no way for
them to express their views. It was for the
purpose ot serving tlieso people that ! mile en
deavored to reach Washington. Mrs. Koote
say i those who serve with Richmond Junta
lire as well as ever, and are supplied with the
luxuries at comparatively 1111811 cost, the gov
eminent paying the evneusei.
A Panama letter slates that the rebel pirates
Hrad-haw and Gary are rn the ooaat ol San
Salvador awaiting an opportunity to depredate
on American rbipp'ng
New Yoiik, Jan. 15. Letten from Georgi
Sewurd, Secretary and General Superintended
of tho Atlantic lelegrapb Company, to Cyru
W. Field, after alluding to absolute electrical
perfection nf the cable now being mniiiifiiciur
ed, slates Ihe summit completed tn December
Pith, nt 7JI mil -a. I he entile is now bein
manufactured at tile rate of tM miles a week
It will be finished by ihe first week in June
Two tanks are aboard the Great Eastern for
the siornire of the cable, and a third is rapidly
progrrasinir. There is no reason to doubt that
the cable will all be on board the ell. p ready for
sea, w nit every nwdianc" and in the best or
der. during the mouth of Jone. Seward has
uo doubt the cable will I successfully laid an
worked.
HiihTiin, Jan. 15 Edward Everett died
this morning at his residence on Summer street
in this citv of apoplexy, aged 70 years and 0
months.
Wahiiinoton, Jan. 15. The following an
nouncement has been furnished for general
publication t
Department of Stnte, Washington, Jan. 15.
The President directs the utidersigned lo
perioral the pninlul duty ot announcing to the
people of tho United States, that Edward Ev-
orett, distinguished not more by learning and
eloquence than by unsurpassed and disinterest
ed I bars of patriotism, at a period of pnliticnl
iitsoruer, departed tuts Jtlu nt lour o clock this
morning, The Bovcral departments uf the
government will cause appropriate houors to
ho rendered to the memory of tho deceased nt
home and abroad, wherever tho uutioiiul name
and authority ate known.
w. II. Seward.
Washington, Jan. 15. The Richmond
E-.quirer cf January Pith contains the fnlluw
ing from tho Mobiio Advertiser :
1 ho Yankees are alMiit 4,0110 strong are at
runklin Mills on Dog riror without transport-
nttnn. Their siinnlies nre received !iv tho wav
f Dog river. Owing lo formation of the ooun-
try their position is unassailable. Forces nre
in proper position tu stup any move they may
make.
In a skirmish the other day, throe Yankees
were killed and five ounturod. On Friday,
says tho Charleston Mercury, tho Yankees in
unknown froo , aui.i tn have crossed New
river, on the road to GruhumsviHe. Their
main body, however, is still in the neighborhood
of llardeevilie, As yet their olijeot is not de
veloped. -Wheeler is clo'ing watching their
movements.
New Yokk. Jan. Hi. The Herald's spe
cial says: Admiral Porter bus sent u commu
nication to tho Navy Department, in regard to
the naval part of the expedition delaying the
tn lack on Fort Fisher, and thus causing its
laiiure, lie snvs tho only work assigned the
navy was to shell the reb.l works; that it did
ellectually on tho 24th nnd 25th of Decern-
mr; Unit Uutlcr then decided that nn assault
by the military was not feasible, it would not
have been less so for the navy. Ho wus of the
opinion that the Fort could easily have been
taken by troops if uu effort hud been made
The Admiral says Hutler started tho expedi
tion hotoro the naval tleot was ready to co op
crate, and thus by exposing bis transports to
tho view of tho enemy, warned them of dan
ger. He also charges that the army portion of
the enteipnso wus got up In a very anmtlitnry
manner.
ling. -Gen. Williams has been appointed In
peclor Generul of the armies operating against
uicnmonu.
New Yohk, Jan. HI. Tho Tribune an
nounces the- release uf its correspondent, Rich
nrdson. who has been held by the rebeli over
IS IlllllltllS.
The Herald' i Washington correspondent
ays Uluir lias not yet returned to Washing
ton.
Gen'. Singleton probably roachud Richmond
on f rniay.
Headquarters Army of tho Potomac, Jan.
13. The utmost quiet still prevails along the
ities aud iu front of the army. Even picket
firing seems to have been given up.
St. Louis, Jim. 14. Governor Fletcher is
sued a proclamation to day declaring Missouri
a tree htate, In nccordanoe with Ihe emunotpa
tion ordinance passed by Ihe Stato Couveu
lion.
An expedition sent from Cape Girardeau to
Cherokee Day on, a few days since, killed li)
guerrillas and captured a number ot prisoners
un I liny horses.
New Iok, Jan. 14. The World s Wash
ngton special says it is probable tho President
will issue n siipleineutary proclamation, after
tlio lull ol Charleston, increasing the utlilibei
uud grade uf officers excluded from the mimes
ty act, after a certain date, informing Jeff Da
vis anil his anppnrtM that if they hold lung
iioiigh to compel the raising of nuulher nriiiy,
no amnesty whatever will be given, but il they
ay down their uruis they will be magnanim
ously treated.
I lie JIorniiiK Star from New Orleans of the
5th says: A number nf expeditious have been
scot out from Baton Rouge and oilier places
o chastise the guerrillas along the Mississip-
in river.
Tho United Stutes sloop of war Sun Jacinto
was wrecked on the 1st oil' Ihe Uuhutnu banks.
No lives lost. Most of tlie etores of the ves
sel were savt d.
New YoitK, Jan. HI. The World has iu-
formation from Mexico confirming previous
reports of the successes of the Republicans
over the Imperialists.
Iu several battles there was an uprising of
the people uud n fresh insurrection was increas
ing. It is said thut the papal nuiicto Arch
bishops arc about to leave the country ou ao-
count of Maximilian's manifesto concerning
tlie church properly.
Wahihsgtiin, Jun. 10. The rebel papers
contain tin official dispatch, dated Wilmington
the 14th. which stiys, about fifty Federal ves
sels uro In sight. They nre mostly opposite
the point of tlie form r landing.witb fair weath
er and a smoutii sea.
Halthskiiie, Jan. 10. Tho Richmond Ei-
amin'r of Thursday, the 12th, says : Upward
of fifty Yankee gunboats are ngniii visible oil'
Wilmington, und were yesterday said lo be
helling tho woods near Fisher.
I here is ulso a rumor that the lnnkeo mini
forces have commenced nil attack upon the
fort, but tho Wur Department has uu intelli
gence nf It.
Washington, Jnn. 10. Iho Republican
soys u private dispatch from City Point an
nounces that ISlair relumed Iroai Kiulimuiid
yesterday and left immediately for Washing
ton.
Nt:w Yohk, Jan 17. Tho Herald's special
Buys that Blair's solo business tn Richmond
wus lo recover a number of important private
papers, title deeds, etc, taken from his In use
when the rebels were near Washington. He
was very kindly received and had a frank and
full conversation with Davis and a number of
others, but they resulted in nolhimr definite
Ex-Gor. Jacobs, of Kentucky, who returned
with Hlair reports a strong pence feeling among
the citizens of Richmond and even among the
ouiueri ol uigher grade. He predicts the ces
sation of Inutilities within two mouths, nnd a
proposal for peace from the rebel government.
This is in contradiction of the Indications
shown in the fuel reported by an officer fiom
.Virtu Carolina, whu says tho rebel, have three
regiments of freed slaves lu tho held.
A speciol to tbe World mi lilair reported
lo the President thai be hud no official tues
sagu to communicate tu him from Ihe rebel
veriiinent. ho far as knowu, he found the
talk iu Richmond the lame as put forth iu tlie
papers of that city.
New Yohk. 10 The Tribune's Washing
ton letter says s The rebels have commenced
aiming the negroes, and it is certainly known
in Y ushiiigton that there uru black regiments
in Richmond.
A correspondent of the Philadelphia Press
says : Since the tint explosion in Dutch Gap
Canal, two more explosion, have occurred with
good results. At the Inst explosion, much of
the uu t was blown to the opposite side ol the
James river. The freshet in lie James ia rush
ing through the canal with great rapidity and
promises to accomplish the desired result. All
the bulkhead b it by tha explosion hai been
carried away.
Tho 7'iMfi' special says it is reported at
Headquarters of tho Army ot tin, I'olnmao.
that Lee has lent hit family out of Richmond,
and that nothing but peace ii talked of iu that
citv.
The Il'rald's correspondent in front of Rich
tnoiid aa s t Mai. Gen. Gibbons, lately coin
iitaudiiig the second division nf Iho second
corns, Inn succeeded Mnj. Gen. Old iu com
maud of the twenty-fourth cnrp. Gen. Ord
having been placed In command of Iho Army
of tho James.
The rebeli recently erected formidable worki
in front uf the twenty tilth corps. It ia laid
division ol Virginia Inn pa were recently order
td tooth, and positively rcfusod to Icavo their
WHOLE NO 723.
own Stute, and that they carrietl their point.
Washinoton, Jan. Io. Ihe House oon-
ciirr-"! in the Senato resolution terminating the
reciprocity treaty.
X ... , n m,. it,,...., i-l
tr;w iuiik, .tan. iu. i lie j tnies special
dispatch lays: The House Committee on Elec
tions, after a protracted session over tfle Louis
iana case, havo docidod not to admit the mem
bers, except those from Now Orleans.
New York, Jan. 17. Four alleged rebel
pirates and incendiaries havo been arrested by
the ollicers under Gen. Dix and Superintend
ent Kennedy. They wero under tbe leader
ship of Cnpt. Hell, and were captured on tho
.Nurllio'ti border. They will be tried by onurt
tnarlial at Fort Lafayette.
ST. Louis, Jun. 10 An nfuocr from Clif
ton, Wayne county, Tennessee, where ho loft
General Thomas on Ihe 14th, lays : No notive
operations wero expected for several days
envy rams having rendered the routli Impas
sable. It is believed that Hood's army is mov-
ng itiuthward from Corinth, Forrest's cavalry
Is covering tho retreat. Our army ia woll sup
plied.
Ihe Richmond Dispatch of the Mtli lays
Footo is still at Fredericksburg awaiting or
ders. '
Tlio ZM...IJL u. it,... fj. X. II. Il:u .
has gone with Beauregard to Moiitgouiery.Ala.,
to communicate with Hood.
Th Savannah Republican of tho 1 1 til pub
isbei a letter from prominent citizens, ituting
that as tho military commander cannot giro as
surances or pledges aileoting civn manors, in
the future. Congress will adjust tlieso when
Georgia is again represented there. Ho says
that Georgia is not out of tho Union and there-
lore total reconstruction appears uiapproprluto.
As Ion? as the neonlo remain armed aud or
ganized, the United Statci will pnrsno thorn
with urniies and deal with thorn according to
military law. Afterwards they will be dealt
with by the civil oonrts. He thinks tho same
course should be adopted as thut indicated by
Washington in the "whisky Insurrection,' nnd
in accordance with the principles laid down in
tlio case ol tho Burrows piracy. Ho quutca
from Wushing'on and Juckson in regard to tho
preservation ut the Union, and says our ar
mies nre simply fulfilling their commands.
l lie union must and shall lie preserved, cost
what it may. There is no other ulternative for
the peopb of Georgia than to conform to this
view nf tho case. Nu commissioners, or nega
tions, or conventions nro neccssnry. When
ever tho people of Georgia quit the rebellion
and elect members of Congress and Senators,
and these take their seats, tho Stato of Gear
gin will have resumed her functions in the Un
ion. Refugees concur in the statement that Sher
man will ruovo on Brauchville, South Carolina,
next.
Belkast, Mo Jan. 15. Two companies
of the State Guard arrived hero yosterduy aud
to-day proceeded to tho battery, and in view
of tlie reoent Canadian difficulties, it is under
stood thut Ihe coast and frontier uf Muiuo are
to be prepared for emergencies. Companies
have beuu scut to Custinu uud Muchias.
DANCKKS OF CIUtTMSTAXTI.il EVIDENCE.
The London Daily Telegraph publishes a
selection of letters representing a mass, it says,
it has received, alleging the possibility of Mid
ler's innocence, uud gives the following speci
men :
II. R. writes : " Sir : I recollect some yenrs
ago rending nn account af a trial for murder
-J which took place in the reign uf Queen Eliza
beth, nod the tollowiiig are the Inula as Dearly
as I can remember; A laboring mun wus futind
dead in a field, and close by him was a pitch-
lurk, winch was nlentibed as belonging to an
other laborer. The -proper-parties In those
days ilium diutcly waited upou tlie laborer and
asked him il ho had been in a certain Held on
a certain day. He said, No. They searched
his house uud found a pitchfork belonging to
the demi man, with some stains of blood upon
it.- Again they nuked him if ho hnd been iu
he field, and ho gave tlie Same answer. They
scan tied further, mid found some bloody clothes
under his bed. He was put upon bis trial.
i'ho case went tn tha jury ; they could not
ngreo; llry came into Court, and tho Judge
iok great pains to point out to them tho in-.
ilispiitublu fuels, which I have no tloubt ho
thought were sufficient to hang anybody, viz :
he hinting ol the prisoner e pitclilork Dy Iho
side of the dead mail, nnd ihe discovery of tho
lead man s ptlchtork in the prisoner s homo,
as well as the bloody clothes uuder the bed.
1 he evidence was sufficient lor eleven of tho
jurymen, but the twelllh stood nut, and, nftor
repeated attempts tn loroe the jory to au ad
verse decision, they wero dismissed became
they could not agree, nnd the man was acquit
ted iu spito of such circumstantial evidence,
apparently Ihe must conclusive. Sumo few
years after Ibis trial the Judge went to the sumo
oi reu it and dined with the obdurate juryman.
lie tuked linn huwitwas that be was so ob
stinate iu the case recited. The jury man re
plied that if the Judgo would not tell anybody
until alter Ins death he would explain tu him.
This was agreed to, und the juryman confessed
Hint he was Iho murderer. He said he found
the man stealing clover in his field ; a sen 111 o
ensued ; he stuck the murdered mail's fork into
him, aud left linn dying. Ho went ou further
to say thut tho accused was returning from bis
work nurrlss Iho same field, and seeing the poor
man iu a dying state, took htm np on Ins knee.
untied his handkerchief, and did all lie could
to euse and relieve him. While performing
such n kind net, a thought probably came across
this man's mind that if anybody should see him
they might think he was the murderer. So Im
ntly put the dying mun down und hurriedly
ft him, by mistake taking up the wron; pilch-
fork, and leaving his own behind. When the
man got home he appears to hato thought of
hia bloody clothes, which ho look off nnd hid
them as slated. Ho finally told the lie which
wuuld have been fntal had nut lite actual mur
derer taken a de.nl of trouble to get himself oil
the jury, and thereby tuiavoau innocent uiau's
life. Il yon will kiudly insert this, I will leave
it to your readers to solve the question as to
the Worth ut ciiuumstantiq,! ovidenea tbet licit
way they cau for themselves.
The Commercial Tolules Abroad
An eitruordinnry financial pauio is raging iu
Liverpool. Loudon, Leeds, Rio Janeiro, Aus
tria nnd Franco and it n a faot worth revert
ing tu, Ihut wherever the raiuilioutluis of Eng
lish trade or Southern iutrignei have extended,
this commercial crisil matters ruin. Tho North
American tayi that blockade mulling Is respon-
ible for these ooiiliuued luilures. Speculations
hav? caused many mure. Tho English capi
talists foolishly undertook to bear the burden
uf rebel finance, and they have drnwo In their
train France, Austria, Brazil, and, strangely
euough. Australia. It is Euglish mismanage
ment that bus produced the crash and ruin,
The failures in Rio. alone, reach 1 55.000,000.
On the other band, all the countries which
huve sympathized with thu United Slules Gov
ernment und people iu this war, itund uushuk-
en. Russia, Swollen, I'rusna, tuny nnn ine
miner powers uf Germany, find their finances
unaffected by the rude bloats iwecpiug ftutu
the British Islet. There ii a luiaoii iu this
which the reader will readily perceive.-
-Mi-
loitri Democrat.
Missouri and Illinois Returns of tho
Presidential election. Iron) 43 counties in Mis
souri, give Lincoln 13.H23 majority. His ma
jority in all the counties will probably reach
V.IMFHI. Tho L'uiou men have elected eight
out of nine numbers of Congress In Missouri.
The Tribune of Nor. 20th, sayi Lincoln's ma
jority io Illinois will overgo 30,000; aud that
Buiker, (Uuiou) is elected to Congress in the
I2ili District, over Morrison; which gives the
Union party ten out of the thirteen Congres
sional Districts, beiidei tlie member fur tlto
Btato at lag.
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ritOOBESH OF TDK telegraph.
Whilst we are engaged upon the groat en
terpriie of constructing a line of telegraph
Europe via Behrings Straits and the Amc
the Iiritillt ffovnmmnnt are nnahlnir their vraal
, " D r- '(, a,-"-, .
pro cot of connecting London and Calcutta
with the eleolrio wire, to a ipeedy oonoloiioo. "
1 elegrnphio communication hai existed for two -or
three yean botween London and Comtantl
nnplo, And about the same time ago a cable
was laid down tbrongh the Red Sea, between 1
Suez and Aden, a distance of 3000 miles, in- i
tunded to complete the link between Europe -and
India, but it subsequently failed. Recent
ly, bowovcr, a cuble hai been luooesifully sab- '
merged through the Persian Gulf, which, with
the exception of 100 miles of land lino, between
Diwanych, on tho Euprutes, and the Shut-el- -Arab,
the western termini of the Persian Gulf .
cable, completes the through tolegraphio com
munication, from tbe Thames to th Ganges,
The distance from Constantinople to Fao, at
the mouth of the Shat-el-Arab on the Persian .
Gulf, through which the line will pass wheu the
Moiitifio Arabs and the healthy season will ner.
mit iti lafe construction to Diwanyeh, ii 1570 '
miles, and passes through the following import
ant tuwm, Scutari, Angora, Yuzgat, givas, .
datUuTfrv
the submarine cable strstohet along the bottom
of the Persian Gulf for 1300 miles, and 900
miles farther carries il Across a portion of the
liriiiih-Indian empire to Bombay.
The eastern terminus of the Turkish line for
the receipt of messages iiat present at Bag
dad, and the only communication with Fao il
by way of the Tigris, by one British and two
Turkish steamers, which run regularly, occu
pying from five to six dayi in the passage up
tho river, and two and a half down.
Another ronto from England to India In con
nection with the Persiau Gulf cable, noises -through
Russia by way of Tiflis to Teheran,
thence to Ispahan and Shiraz, and joint the
cable at Bushiro. The wholo of this length '
will he completed in a few weeks.
As tho line running through tho MoutiSo
country, when onmpleted, can scarcely be de
pended upon, owing to the relations existing
between the tribes, who are very powerful and
warlike, tho Pasha of Bagdad, ugainst whom
they havo risen in rebellion, the British gov
ernment have contracted for the construc
tion of a line which effecting a considerable
detour, will avoid the disturbed district com
pletely. This wire is to pan from Bushire, on
Iho Persian Gulf, where the cable lands before .
starting 170 miles further, to Its terminus at
MiRt-el-Araii.vta tvazeroor, auiruz, niovignaui,
kormaahah, Ispahan, Kashar, Korra, leheran t
nnd Khanakeuu, to Bagdad, the distance be- ,
tween Bushire and Khanakecn boing about
1 100 miles.
The Indian telegraphs, whloh connect to
gether Calcutta, Bombay, Madras, Delhi, and
uu tue principal wwus iu luuto, nrv uuw au
vunced eastward as far as Rangoon ; and the
routes thence to China and to Australia, by
way uf Singapore, Java and Timor, are laid
to lie almost eutirely in comparatively shallow
waler, so fur as the submarine part ol the Hue
is concerned, und do not otherwiso offer any ,
difficulty which should prevent instantaneous
communication betweeu Loudon, Hong Kong, '
Melbourne and bidney.
When our Atlantio cable and the Runian ,
line are lucceiifully in operation. we shall havo
two separate routes to China and India to tho
lnttcr via London and Constantinople, and via
St. Petenbnrg and Teharan ; and to the form
er via the Runian Hue from Irkonlsk in Sibe
ria to I'okiu, and via the Persian Gulf cable
and India. Springfield Republican,
Visit of British'Offioers to Grnkral -
Grant's Ahmt. Two British officers, who
served with high distinction in the Crimean
war, one of them now commanding a regiment
at Quebec having lately returned from a visit
to our armies before Richmond, nave given
most satisfactory reports of their observations.
They speak of their visit to our armies as th
most instructive In their military experience.
The works of defonio and attack are regarded
as couilruction of tha highest science, and ar -equal
to any in the world. These officers were
astonished al the achivoments of such vast and
perfect military organizations by a people who,
four yenrs ago, knew nothing of war. Th
morale of the army, as ooinpared with that of
European armies, was a matter of admiration.
In l lime armies, when in tlie field, the camp
follower! are mora nnmerous than soldiers, and
drunkenness among th soldiort was an evil
which nn precaution can prevent. They re
marked that they saw nut a soldier under th
inlluenoe of liquor, or place where liquor
could be obtained. They conversed with th
privato soldiers and found them not like Euro
pean soldiers, more automatons, but intelligent
as to the policy and plant of tho war. They
were peculiarly impressed by the high tone ol
the officers whom they regarded as comparing
most favorably iu intelligence, culturo and
courteousuess of manners, with those of th
best European armies. New York Tribune,
JVub.SU,.
In Earnest. The Directors of tbe Oregon
Cenrlal Military Road Compnay evince a dis
position to put the road through with energy
aud dispatch. Tltev will have their land along
tlie first ten miles of the road in market at an
early duy, and will ooinmenoe aotive operations
nu Iho mad as soon as the weathor ii fairly set
tled iu thu spring. The additional $70,000 of
nock is being rapidly taken, which argues well
for Iho repulution of tlie enterprise, and show
a degree uf confidence in the ability of tlie of
ficers of tho road whioh they riohly deserve. -Under
Iho preseut management tbe road will
bo pushed to an early eomplctiou. Statt
Journal.
TS Tho Episcopal Con'ntis of Kansas,
writei Ihe Flag, mot September 14th, at At
chison, Bishop Lee. of Iowa, who presided,
earnestly recommended the eleotion of a Bish
op, ns it was not iu his power to all the service
they need. . The counsel was acceded to, al
most unauimnuily, aud after a good deal of de
liberation, both houses oame to an unanimous
eleotion of Rev. T. II. Vail, of Musoatine, Io
wa. This is the first instance of a clergyman
residing weit of the Miiaissippi biing oilmen
lliabop. Dr. Vail is a graduate of Trmty Col
lege, about fifty years oil age. has been a use
ful panor in Massachusetts, Rhode Island aud
t'liiineetient and bss been In tho wost on
year.
G A t.i.i so. A correspondent, writing from
Butler's headquarters, refers lo the General'
recent retaliatory measure of putting as many
Chivalry at hard work, as tbe Chivalry bad put
prisoners to work, and relates the following in
cident! "It was amusing to see oar negro
guards endeavoring to hurry on th work by
calling out to those uuiifartuuate Chlvs. when
ever tlie work lagged : 'Hurry np dar hurry
np, Lieutenant.' Go on dar go on Wid dat
ar sbohhle, Major.' 'Take op dat ar pick.Cap.
lain, and go to work liboly, or I'll blow you out
nb do ranks.' "
Tiik Next Conor. as. The returns of th
late Congressional elections are sufficiently
complete to predeterinib. Iho L'u'on majority
in the Congress nteeliug on tlie 4th of next
March. The Senate will consist of SI mem
bers, of which Vi will be Copperheads. Th
House Ii estimated to stand 143 L'uton and 41
Copperhead ensuring the passage by a two
third vote of the proposed amendment to tho
Ceuslitutioo abolishing slavery In all the States.
A Rebel Blacuiiter Pen. Three thou
sand oue hundred aud twenty Federal soldiers
died from starvation, neglect and cruelty lu th
rebel prison at Audersouville, Georgia, during
the oioulh of August lost. I destroying th
oouutry of suoh a people infficie ut chastisement
for their orneltuto our fcllotv citiicnl fifhtiof
fcrournbirtttT.