tnetit iMiituuiiin ttifl quurrel Willi Kotfioml in
Win hope if gctiin vluiiut which n.t
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ureri tmrni'ivrn ui. in nmjirj nm-nf j ----
ro w WHr wnn tin win. mir primi'"""
f they can. they cirt1n!y win. t
rnment will tho Iti wisdnm by nut attacking
Immediately after tlm concluiloo of peace, hut
it will become English statesmen (o ice that
the qoarrel ( out allowed lo hang over till it
nits Atncr can convenience aud npinrtuiiitjr.
k tittym ftate$man.
5
i
MONDAV MORNING. AI'KIL 3, 1863.
Thaitttttmaii IU a larger Circulation than any
otktr Japlr la tin State, and ti tht Beit
Malum (or Adrertiitri.
Tk V lav and Rttolnttoni are published In the
l.ateimanb; Authority.
Cl'SBBSCT. TAIAT10X, 4e.
Tb iuIiJhc. of curienoy and Ihxci appean
to be eeroilng our outempnrariet a guml di-al
' Jait now, until editorially and through their cor
respondence. We liiive written somewhat at
length upon tliie entiject from first to latt, and
always, at we snppntcd, without indistinctness
or equivocation. Yet we have nut escaped
" tnlsreprcientalinn on tho tnlijeot. ' Some timee
for want of knowledge on the part (if our crit
ics, and eoine timei. we think, fur t lie want of
something more desirable linnf-sty. Onr past
. ooune tuny be lirlifly slimmed up n fulluwt :
. The Statesman, from the first, advocated the
adoption of the national currency by the pen
! and the Stale Qoverninent, to be need a
, money fur all the purpoiea of trade and com
merce and revenue. In tliia we were not mo
esfiil. Tho people, controlled by the Inllii
- enoo of crtpltulisti and trader in Run Francisco
, And Portland, continued to exclude the na
tional currency from circulation except na an
artlole of commerce at brokers' rati . When
the Legislature n el, they were henet in various
ways upon the subject of currency for titles.
W admitted, and now admit, that the State
has the power to prescribe the kind of money
or oilier thing iu which taxes shall be paid,
whether coin as li n iw our rule fur Stuto and
, oounty taxes, paper money as is the rule in
other States, wheat, sheep or chickens, as lias
' been foind convenient in other countries, or
' labor which we receive for road-taxes. We
do not think that the act of Congresi In rela
tion to legal tender notes, in any wiy affects
or Interferon with the power of the Stnto in this
particular. The law is made for the govern
ment of individuals in their dealings with each
other, and not Htatof. Stilt wo agreed mid
ored that the Stale, as a matter of public pul
ley, and duly to the Union aud the Nation,
ought to collect and disburse its revenue In the
national currency, aud that lo exclude it from
1 this use and purpose, was in effect canting our
weight in tho scale against the government aud
in favor of its oppnneula.
When the Legislative Assembly met cur
rency had about lunched its lowest point, be
tween thirty and forty cents nn the dollar.
Many of those who were most clamorous for the
payment of taxes in currency ai par, were the
most obstinately opposed to increasing in cor
responding ratm the salaries of public officers
that bad beeu fixed upon a coin basis. Under
these circumstances, the Legislature did the
only thing which reniuiued fur it to do, and
provided for meeting the ohligati of the
State In coin by requiring the tuxes lo be so
.' said.
So one false step inadn others necessary.
By our action ns individuals and at a commun
ity, we first exclude the national currency from
circulation among us, exoept at an article of
. mrrohaiidise, and thus having depreciated it.
Wo were driven to make laws to protect our-
, pelves from the coneinences id the difference
thus created between gold and raper, and the
palpable absurdity of expecting the Statu to
use a onrrency different from that in which its
people do business. These nro our Specific
Contract law, aud Alio act for the oolleotion of
taxes in coin. The latter, as we have said, we
1 think within the power of a Stale, and per.
hapt tlm peculiar oiroiinitiincei under which it
was made, Justified It. lint the necessity ought
never t have existed, and would not if aa a
people, we had acted at we should have done
in the first instance.
The Spro do Conlraot it a further directjnd
pnblio blow against the nntioiiul currency. It
is the mistaken popular action oiystulixed In
' til form of a law. and is a legitimate sequence
of that first false step. Against this not the
Statesman protested (because of its uiicontti
tutiouslitj) w hen it was pending before the At'
eembly, but it tqneeied through and is upon
the statute book. At we said at the time, if
we believed Ibe pouter to past such a law waa
in the Legislative asreuilily, itt manifest just
ness, if currency waa In remain only an article
of trade, would hare impelled ut to favor its
. passage. Dut it it beyond our comprehension
how any man can ponocivo of a more direct
and palpable Duljilioath u of a law of Congress,
than this. It la manifest and apparent iu every
word aud purpose of it. It hcqn materially to
drprioiaie the national currency In Oregon, by
limiting iu eiroulalion and use, and so far from
bsueBtitig anr one, will be a snare and a broken
, reed to those who rely upua It In' the end.
. That the Supreme Couit of Ibe I'uilvd Stales
will alilmately declare it iuvalid aud uf no
force, we have not a doubt.
We have gone to far wrong upon this subject
that it It uow difficult lo get back, and the
longer wo defer our return, the giealer the dif-
. Acuity will he. W will ho compelled to get
back tome time, lo the point from which we
never should have departed the recognition
of the tamo curreucy which la used by all the
other State exoept California, at tlie baaia of
oat dealings. Capilaliata and money dealert
Hay liaet off thie result enough longer to do
t tllll fertliir Injury, hut the sooner wo get
back the better It will be for oe.
Tht only capital ae bar It the gold that it
t)ag in lb country, aud that goet out of it at
fait aa dag. A dollar in national currency is
worth as much in the Statet on the other tide
the mountain., for all 1D, ordinary p irpooea
of lift, at a dollar In aula here. W exulnd
t from oiroulatloo among at, ad kit Ul bed
111 of lU for tho advantag of a ne rioept
. tho few on thit a who boy for currency in
Kw York, aud tell to at for guld.
Unlet ail biaUrr it a lie, the people of Or
gon two reerr expeot la maintain their pltoa
la tho trade and (Minima of tht citiltud
world with only gold oln for money. N p.
- pi aav over maintained even a teoond-rat
" pltoe In trad and oommerc without lb aid
of paper mnf at a reprotentatir of Tale
and to Hum of tioheng. Iudred tb titut
to which nations have uned paper money is
usually the measure of their advancement in
civilization. The Sooth Sea scheme, the Mit-tia-ippi
bubble, and the Continental money
of our own country, are notable exceptions to
this, but they are exceptional abuses of a pub
lic good, which can and ought to he guarded
against. Paper money it tlm cheapest, and
under adequate authority and control, It the
beet money known to the civilized world. Tint
might be trifely affirmed from the fact that it it
to generally uted.
The idea ia common that it is the essence of
money that It should have some intrinsic value.
Thia la a radical error. In threw-fourths of the
civiliied world, tilver it recognized at money to
the exclusion of gold. Copper, paper and even
leather, are and have been aa much recognized
at money at gold and tilver. What it money
then 7 What constitute the particular quill-
ity which gives to any tulistiiitce lite power to
circulate aa money I It it the agreement ol
nations or of people generally, though not al
ways, manifested in the form of law lo recog
nize particular iuhlance w hen presented in
n oertain form, as money or the representative
of wealth. Public opinion (whether expre-sed
iu the form of law or not) nmltei it money hy
making it a repreientative of wealth, and a le
gal tender for a particular vultie. and this with
out reference to the Intrinsic value of the ar
ticle uied. How doea gold acquire the pecnlinr
value which tho penplo of America and West
ern Europe attach to it 7 Because one half
Ilia world require! it for currenoy, or in other
words, because it hits been to extensively
adopted aa money. Destroy that agreement
take away itt artificial character of money
nod what would follow I The value of gold
would full Immensely because the major pur
lieu of it is uow used for money. The gold
mines of the Pacific slope would lie abandoned,
and the miners engaged iu tome other occupa
tion, feeling certain that now gold was demnnt
tizcil, (if we may use a word not found in Web
ster,) iho world had more than enough of the
yellow dust. It would become too common
even for ornament. It it nut merely " at bar
baric loyt " that people cover their persons
Willi Koldeu ornaments, and loud their tablet
with yellow plate, but because it it condensed
wealth. It It this display of wealth which con
stitute! the principal chiirni of these ornaments
Demonetize gold, and it would not long rank
in value above other metals, because it it iu
trinsicnlly lest valuable nud useful. It is i s
adoption at money which gives it value, and
that is purely conventional and arbitrary.
Money hat not, then, necessarily any iutriusiu
vnltin. The euhstuiice i f which it is composed
may have, commercially tnenking, iimru or lets.
or uo intriiuio value. Hut ut minify, its value
depends, between different nations, upon con
vein ion or agreement, and aiming the people
of the some nation or government, upon agree
ment manifested in tlie form o( law.
In tho United Slates, the power to make
money and regulate its value ia vested in Con
gress, exclusively. This power it hut tulfi red
to rcniuiu dormant and be practically usurped
by the Stutut iu the creation of Slute Uauks,
until the terrible iieueetitiet of this war have
compelled Congress lo resume ill exercise iu
the creation of a nalionul money or currency.
It hut either to do (hit or rely upon the circu
latino furnished by the Slate Hanks institu
linns that were springing np and tumbling doivn
in every direction, ami whine Unlet would set
dorn circulate beyond the limits of the State
where issued. There ia not, never was. and
never will be, gold enough in the country to do
III ordinary business, let alone tho immense
liusiuvn and eiiJiiu,a created by thia war.
Of all the crude and Impracticable ideas that
have been suggested at a tuhstitnte for tlie na
tional currency, tliit one of the Government
borrowing (old to carry on ibis war is the most
absurd. If the Unverumeiil borrowed mo' ev
it mutt have borrowed such as there then Ma
in the country, and that was almost w holly
Stale bank paper. Inttead uf thia it acted
wisely in asserting its just and plain preroga
tive, by creating a National Currenoy to take
the pluce of tint one horse currency of the
Stale Banks.
The thing it done. The want, so long felt,
nf a nnlional carrenry that should be of equal
valne throughout the Union has been snlisfied,
The old system will never be revived. , In llir
future the money of the United Statet, whether
of gold, silver, copper, nickel or paper, will be
made and itt value prescribed by the National
Government, as the Constitution intended and
provided. lo the Atlnntic States where the
change wat only from provincial and wild eat
paper lo national notes, the (haugo wat hailed
Willi approval by the people and adopted at
once. On the I'aoifio const when-paper money
wat unknown, capitalists and importers, com
bined with certain anil national poliltoal influ
ence!, have prevented the recognition of the
national currency. Hut tins tlato of lliin.-s
cannot alwavs exiat. Were it not for I Ik- gold
inlnei nn our borders, tbere would be scarcely
a dollar in ibe uountiy except the national lor
renuv. When the yield of these mines de
creases, as it did in California, we will be glad
to get legal tender note, and welcome their ii
traduction among us. Iu the meantime we are
involving ourselves in endlest trouble and ecu
tradiutioii by attempting to ignore them.
TuE PeNITKiiTIAUV. Messrs. Moore and
Shaw who bar edrertieod for proposals to
erect a building lor the confinement of the pel
Herniary prisoners, design we understand, lo
put np Immediately a wooden building 77 by
30 feet uil tho ground. 13 feet high, with
cells, to he osed for holding the convicts while
thiy can he employed in making brick and
other material fur a larger and more permanent
building. The first building will be valuable
as a work shop. &o., alter the larger one it
completed. Ther are thirty fiveconvi It now
In th intlitutiun, of who n nhout thirty ar.
able-bodied Wurkmen. The labor uf these
men will tuablt tht Stale lo put up a budding
at small expense which will tupply it want for
many )rt to emue. The land purchased it
to situated that til Slat can within a rear
make arrangements lor the security and profit
able employ incut of itt criminals in a Very
economical wajr
Dt'RNiiso or tii Smithsonian iNimu
thin Tht ooantry hat sustained an irrepar
able Ion In til deatrnotiou of the buildings of
III Smithsonian luatitut, at Washington, u
the 24lh of January latt. The building bat
been mad the receptacle lor the eollecliont of
' science, art, aud travel, during the last ten or
ifleru year. Tlie lot nf tb building, tcisn
titio apparatus, io., oca., great at it it, cau b
replaced by an expenditure tf money, Bul
lbs paintings, the geological and miueralogical
peounsio. Ui rar auimala aud birda which
hat been gathered from all parti of the World,
th wianaaoripb) (of which ther wat a larg
and ralaabl entire turn) and many of Ibe
f noted volatile, at o forevtr.
Tilt: (jIU.KMMllv (tltsllUl.
A controversy has been fur some tune going
on in tlie Eugene State Journal between "It"
(Judge Kelsuy) and "Justice" (Jesse Apple
gate) upon the greenback question. Tile
Judge assumes tlie constitutionality of the U.
8. legal tender law, and then proceedt to ar
gue that greenbacks are a legal tender for nil
taxes and debta. Here ia what he tnya on the
general istue :
Countess liuvinu determined to exrc.e Its authority
to create a currency diSeraiit from Ihut heret'if'ire used
tor the pnii oe ot tiireirg the rebellion, the com
rnen hil w ,Hd, out-ide of this Koveruiucnt, )1W ,lo rilit
to ciiniilalii, nccoriliin to the luw'of mm, in. as almve
quoti-d i mid tlie citizens of lliis iruveiniiiatit, whether
In tlie Mites or Territories of the Unitid Ktali-s. or on
Imiiic1 nf the vessels of tlie United rttules, wherevsr
thev iiiiiv In. (the vessels hv lletii.nof lw twins Ter
ritories) ran e tlie leil tender notes in payment of
nil item. mil", equal to Kold or silver colli i.eiiiff, nniue
by tne same sovereign power ol equal v-ilue.
He nppliet tl principles to the legality of
a tender of currency for taxes in follows :
- A tax Is deltiied to he a drt. lly entering Into so
ciety every mcmtier and individual or sik-1) suelety.urn
siit,s, and ny imniicuuoii promisea m pijr ins propor
tionate pallor the amount noccNuir.y to Kovern and
protect sucn society, sua wneu mm uinoiuii ia uxeu oy
Litr mid assessed, it become a debt, (Kent's Coin, v d
I,.t:i4. Oregon Hep. 3.. nl.o.-ktnnc s Unin. vol. j
lad.) It is di liocd bv tlie U-Ki-dature "I New York to
lie a debt. (U.iyton on Kurmfjutc'a .Hi ) 11 in islxi ilo
Itucd to bit a deol by act or O'lgreiH, referred to piik'c
4.1 see. t , Ses-lou acts b. As to the rule uf Interpre
tation, see Vt heulon, i'Ai'l Ciuueli J'Ji-
Ties Suites Imve tlie concurrent power of taxation,
b it if tile national unJ State laws cunUitt, the htjle
laws in lit yield.
The Judgu then proceeds to knock the life
tint of the Specific Contract law iu tlie follow
ing vigorous way :
Every 111.111 Is morally li iimd to pay In wlntever hind
of
urrency or minx lie agrees, una 1 ittinK in moral
honesty he outfit to do it. A pecill: eontmi t debt is
none the less a debt tlnui any oilier paid In money jrcn
ernlly.iiiid the act ut' CnnKress not excepting speeillc
contract dents, they sleue tlm smne fate us other debts.
I'lie authorities are full on this point. A cuitraet does
not cuter into and become a pait of tho law, but the
law operates on the airrecme t. lie furnishes the rem
edy to coerce the iwyuient, (9 Whenton, ;u:i.) II the
remedy to eoliet t payment Iu coin in the Hlates, is iu
c-oiiiiei wiiu me law or ru'turesn wmcii muxes Rieeu
backs ttleunl tender, and the party otters to pay ttr
urecubHek, the State law, then, uiu-t yield. This is
owing to the supremacy ol the Coii-tiliiiiun and laws
of ij"iirii!s and th.it o theseverul btulns.
A man lias the leiulns well us the moral right to do
whatever the laws permit or provide lie may do and
lieoce thy charges iiiadu hy "Justice" coiiceiniug the
good people or Lute enmity swindling their public ser
vants is wholly gratuitous,
Mr, Applegute lakes diametrically opposite
views, mil only sustaining tho Specific Contract
law and Iho In making coin receivable for
luxes, but thinks the issuance uf greenback!
hat been tho "greateit strain upon the govern
ment, more endangered itt stability, than liny
thing that hut happened since the war begun."
Unlike Judge Kelsuy, who duet tint ullow
hit feilings to become uppureut iu the contro
versy, .Mr. Applegntu displays n lusa uf temper
whjch ia presumption of discomfiture in argu
ment, and pitches into Ibe lawyers of thia
Statu in the following very 'promiscuous"
manner :
l.w U a noble, elevating science. It teaches the
application or thedivioe ultnb.ite. ju-tice to the condi
tion und wants of humanity. Hu who ma-teis thi
seini:-e and acts him-iell a-cnrdinir to its teachings and
spplies its bo .ell. cut principles to oilier,., aa a leghda-t'-r,
Jad;e. ur advocate, deservedly occupies one ol the
Inuhe.-t places 111 the esteem of men. ikt theie Is mi-ntle-r
clas, 11 iiuiiiirous e!us among us. who call lllenl
elves luwjcrs! .Mere harp.-r and swuiillers. wlio
live hy liieir wits. They gullible Willi llic lights uf men.
Tuey tuis-nse the law to deleut its intent. Xliey labor
to turn the felon loue liy a lechuicnl.ty to hi, .eld the
i hiilmil I ram J 1 1 -1 piiiudiiiienl liy a slip of the pen.
They iiistnu t rogue Imw to 1 heut under cover "I law.
Iliey loiiieut iliscord- to cause law suits, and then tlceco.
both plaint. 11 nud deleiidaut. They su crowd Hie uvc
iiues to liie couiti. and have made law -u expeu-ove.
Hut theie arc few wnuga that uue man may seller ut
tlie Imnd.oi another, that I if had not bellrr bear with
patienee. than apply to 11 court (uiis-uained) or Justice
Inr a iciuedv. It those men are esieeiued lor their tub
e its so shoulil be II, e nun ii g Mm k lig, who nils uses
,01 iiine.senieiit t.. till his poekets with oilier men's mon
ey, the burglar lor his tiuiniphs over I lie skill ol the
loek-miih, the coiinterieiter lor ingenuity, the fnriier
lor hia peiiiuiuiship. Like the luwjcrs, all tlie-e live
oy tlii lr wils upon the lalsir of others. God classes
tliesi ti.getlier, to tltould men.
Ilnther rough nn the lawycrt we lake it, and
ne advise Mr. Applegalo to prepare fur the
emptying of the vials of their wrath upon hit
head. btU w-aiwli tin) Eugene Juurl
with interest for Judge Keleuy's rcplicutiun. '
The Wool Maiikkt. It ji perhaps tno
early to form any judgment of the prices w hich
wool will bring the next an miner Too many
circumstances the continuance and fortunes
ol the war the lluulonlious of tho currency
Iho amount of foreign production, nud the
(.-mill it inn of foreign markets, nil will have
bearing upon the subject. Our latest advicet
Irom New York are that beet Saxony and Mo-
rinu washed fletcet bring from )1 lo $I.10 per
pound ; common nud inferior washed lleecet
from titto lo $1 ; California pulled. 70o to IKlc ;
unwashed California fleece. 23o to 4tu for
common und loo lo u'5o lor fine. Ordinary
Oregon niml is nlmut eijinil to the best of Cnli
fomia washed, and therefore (U oelilt, creeu-
backt, may bo taken 111 tho value uf our wools
in New York nt latest advicet. Gold nt the
sumo dales was quitted at I!)3, and therefore
tlie gold price of our staple it about &) cents.
These prices, if muiutuiueil, will Instill' buyers
in paying fiom SiluSS cents per pound for
Oregon Wool for shipment East. Ttiero is now
enough of brisk competition in thu wool trade
lo insure to the producer tho lull value of his
clip, leas a moderate profit to the shipper.
TlUN.SPOKTATIllM ON TUB C't'l.l'MBIA
The Ortgonian says that the 0. S. X. Com
pany have purchased and subsidized nil the
steamboat in the I'orllund mill Astiiria trade,
with a view to monopolizing the transportation
upon thu lower Cnloinliia river. We also hear
Ibat they have bought up n ,e schooners,
scows. &o , upon the upper Columbia, nud il
thu last report he true the whole freight and
passage up that river next maimer must past
nil their liaalt, and at audi ratct at they may
see nt to exact. 1 heir monopoly uf l0 m,
,r. i. must u'oupieir. iiiiu win nuiieulit He ea-
uiiiiously profitable to them. It was said last
year that their gaiua were over '.:.0R).0lO.
tf so the vastly increased trade and Iravil uf
I8(1J will swell their ptollts to a figure which
we will not pretend to estimate.
Tim Illinois IIi.ack Laws The Legisla
ture id Illinois bat repealed the "liluck Law a
so called, which have excluded negroet and
niubitloet from the State nuceJ8j3, and made
it penal for any person within the borders if
the Stale to manumit slam. These laws were
Mi at proposed ill lt53 by John A. Lognu who
it now a llrlgadier General In commanil of a
corps 11ml, r Sherman, and again introduced iu
1853 In the Slate Legislature hy Andrew J.
Kutkeudall, now Union member of Cong rets
from,the Eighth" district of Illinois. Both
thcet individuals Wer old proslsvi-rr Demo
crats, but at they loved their country more than
they did tlavery, they hecme I'nioniatt and
aholitionlstt.
Tj :n,o l -8an, Fair who wai
Mskiyo county, Cal., 111 18o3ud I83U, tod
niisleriootlv disappeared with a large amount
of rouuty funds, hat turned np in the re lie 1
army, a Colonel in Morgan' command. Mis
dhsappearano caused great excitement at (he
lime, it bring gen.rally supposed that ho had
been murdered for his money.
IT ! Carpeoitt has Um pnwsot frvta Assisl
ant Bargeon to Surg,., xht Oregon lnlnlry. Ht
H weg kwwa 10 nasi of tb. p,, io , , tkt
Suit as a ucott cnMtut tad eonpsttal nhv nckn.
LKTTEK UtOU LIBIT. LAMSOM.
U S. Ktramkh GKTTysni'ini. I
Ukai kiiiit. N.C. Jm. 8. 1"0' S
Draii Fatiikii ami Mothkk ' '
Yon have probably learned thai nn expedi
tion lia been liltiug'oiit for tome time to lake
the enemy' furts nt the nmulh (tf the Cape
Fear River, nndcnpltiro Wilmlngimi.
The plan ot attack was lo have a large
steamer loaded with three hundred Ion of pout
der run close nnder Hie gnus of Furl Fisher,
and explode there. It was supposed by the
best ordnance and engineer officer! that the
terrible concussion of the explosion nf such a
mass of powder wotil I diartouiit the guns, and
Injure tho fort to a great extent, besides du
straying tho garrison.
Of course it wni a desperate thing to attempt
to run the ri I cnut iiiiing the powder under
the gillie nf n watchful enemy s for besides lite
danger or a premature explosion, any n pv
on the part of the rebelt to harm the vessel
would have neceasilaled an immediate deetruo
lion, anil a single shot or shell from the fort
would have ensured the same fate, Commander
Khiiid, Lieut. Preston and myself were selected
by the Admiral to lake tho' vessel in and ex
plode bet. which wc did tuccessliilly. and
through the merciful care of a kind Providence
without injury to ourselves or those who went
wi'h us; though, at the Admiral rays in hii re
port, but few in tlie fleet thought we could ct
cupe witli our lives.
Cnpt. Khiiid and Lieut. Preslnn oame down
in the powder vessel, the Louisiana, and it wui
expected slio would steam into the position se
lected for the explosion, but the Louisiana was
such an old rattle-trap that we found on trial
that she could neither steam nor steer suffi
ciently well to go in by herself, but would have
to lie towed in. 11 course una uiuuu me i n
lerurise more difficutlt, ns two vessel! were
more likely to he sren than one, and a shot in n
the powder ship or Into the machinery of the
other would have rnsured our destruction. The
Admiral sent fiy me, ami inid he wished me
to iniv tho r.nuisinna in to her iiesilioii, and
placed any vessel in the squadron nt my order
l .1 . I .A .1... V'..... .....I
lor ttiat purpose. 1 cnoao me nmnoMimu,
my old command, but shu not arriving in time.
I look Iho Wilderness, a small, fast steamer,
and made the necessary preparulli lis, all the
details uf which were left entirely tu me.
On the I8lh uf December, the army being
reatly. Hie fleet lailed from lieaiifurt, mid the
Lniiisiniia wai tu nave neen expmiicu unit
night, mid the atiack by tho licet and troops to
have commenced on the next morning. We
alar'eel in with the pu,wlcr vessel, but received
an order from the Admiral not to exph do her
that night, as there waa so much surf on the
beach that (ien. Butler feared hu cuuld not laud
his men.
Wc nccordinglr stood off slmru out of sight
of the fnrtt and iiucltured. The next day it
heavy gale of wind came on that blew for loin
days during which we hud thu greaieH dilli
unite to keep the Louisiana from h.-iug lost.
The licet generally rmle out the gale witnoni
any loss except that of n few anchors and
chains, and on I he 2:td we had good weather
riin. and that night started In with Hie putv-
der ship. Neither Caplain Itliind or .Mr.
I'restuu bad ever been on that part uf the const
beloie ; but front long experience there on tlie
blockade I nils w. II aiiiiiiuuted with the chan
nels leading into the fort, hoon after datk I
tarted III with tlie Wilderness, Having the
Luu'siiiiiit close astern in tow. dipt, libiod
aud Mr. Pieston weie on board I lie Louisiana
ready to light the fuses and etui t the machinery
hy which Hit- puivder waato beexp oiled. They
bad a siniill lioat with a long lino attached lo
the Wililci'iic. so that ne could haul them
along side quickly tiller I bey hud completed
their nrraiigeiueiits noil were ready lo tcuvc
the vessel ; and signals were agreed upon be
tween Cunt. Itliind and mi self to let him know
when tho Wilderness had got as close in as
she could. co. When within Ino miles of the
lortve slopped Inlet the iliiiknesi Increase.
and were just ready to start when a barque
lilockailo runner parsed Very near us I1011111I lit,
iiiiu 1 determined to lollow linn us uloti ly
pusriule, Ii 1II1 lur tear hu might give the alarm
and to avail myself of tlie healings of the
lights which I kuew the rebels would show on
the lortt In guide him over tlie bar. Without
these lighti it would hare been more dillicult
to have I011111I our way over the shoals and
close under thu forts, nud had it not l
lur mo aid I line providentially received we
might not have escuped us safely as wu did.
When we reached the bar the blockade runner
and ourselves took different directions he run
titng in fur the harbor and we steering directly
m lor llio tort. c wen- soon close into the
breakers, and the depth of water given by two
good b iiilsuien showed that we were running
up lat on tlie bench, The fort, with itt case
mates anil parapets, and its birlielle guns
limiting ilovvii directly on us, loomed up buhl
aud distinct, ami we knew that the guns were
nlnnys kepi manned at night ready for a shut
at any blockader that might get in tun near or
that might show an uncovered liht for even a
moment, .-mull objects were distinctly visible
on shore, hut some small clouds around the
horizon to seaward, und a light mist on the
nator made it mure dillicult for them to tee us.
We were swiftly running into the position se
lected for the explosion. The noise of the
who- Is was drowned in the roar of the turf,
but the momenta were anxious ones, as every
instant we expected a broadside frnui the fort
At last we reached onr position, and were as
near the lo t at we could go, when I gave the
signal to (.apt. liiiinn, ami lie cut the Hawser
by which we were liming bun, ami headed the
Lnuisiuiiiii direcilr lor the lurt. Finding I
had not room lo turn the Wilderness around
without danger of getting nslmre, I had an
anchor gently lowered w ith a spring on it, and
soon sprung the vessel's bead nlf shore, aud
prepuieil lo pull tupt. Klimd't hunt aloiigstde
uud receive him and Ins party on hoard.
Twelve long minutes pnssed, when he made
the signal Hint Hie clocks were started, the fu
let lighted, nud the Louisiana let nn fire, and
ihut be was ready to leave her. In almost less
lime than I cun write it, we pulled up his boat.
he jumped on nourii, I gave the order to on I
the s ring wu Were anchored by. and the
Wilderness dashed off nt the rate nf fourteen
unlet an hut. Just as Captain lihiuil wa
ready to leave Ibe Louisiana, the rebels ilit
entered ut ami challenged from the shore. We
expected a louiid I lieu, but Ibe rebels perhaps
I hung 111 we Were another blockade runner Irom
our being so very olose in and repeated lb
challenge, and w hile they were lining su w e out
nud were oil leaching a safe distance when
the explosion occurred. An immense column
ut fire si-emed to reach the sky. followed by
'enr mast 01 unlet tnnme, and a concussion
like that of a heavy earthquake the Wilder
ness Ireinliled, and all loose articles nn board
were shaken with considerable violence. At
lleaufort, intnty sit milel from the place ol
explosion, people were awakened, botisei were
shaken, and window t shattered. The cried
on the furl Was lint to great at was expected,
and the sand parapets weie not much injured
We learned Irom prisoners and deserters, how.
ever, that almost the entire garrison were kill
ed or disnhltd by the explosion, and a new
garrison bad tu be tent into the fort the u xl
morning. Thii su the greatest advantage
we derived from the affair, for the old garrituu
were well drilled nt th guns and knew the
raiiget nf Ibe different poinlt of approach,
while the new troops were unacquainted with
tho Damning ol the guns and did ns lee dam
age when we went into action next day.
The Admiral expressed himself well pleased
with our execution uf what he calls in hit re
port "the most perilous eulei prise perl apt ever
undertaken,
and has recommended t. a plain
I liiimd, Mr. Preston aud myielf for promotion.
"5
; but with that e have nothing lo do, our Dart
being lo lake lb vessel under the lortt and ex
plode her. I hav patted through many dao
grri during lb war. hut none to iiiniMueulatid
Uartul a Una Yet 0 consideration whatever
would have iu laced me to yield my place In
another. Captain ltlnnd wished uie to go
with hi 111, and I vuluuteered from a tenio of
duly as well as from a desire for honorable dis
liuclioo. Uesidet, Oregon has bat few in the
war auj they should alwavt u iu Irout.
' t
liottWEU. II. LAHMH.
1UK NhW SM.KfcT.UK WKTIIK TKKVM UV.
Our exchanges purtinlly cubghteii our igmi
rniicu of the new minister id finance, liugu,
McCullnirgh, whoiu iiiiininulion and conlirnm-
linn wat a iiittced by t legraph a short time
ago, and the iiidiciitiunt are that the appoint
ment it a gund una a business ina'ti for a bu
incei place. It ii not surprising that the gen
eral run uf ui American voters were not very
familiar with lln- past history uf inch a ninti ni
MuCullongh. He has nut attended conventions,
concocted platform, written political letters, or
made partisan haranguei to excited crowds
Fmin all we can learu he uppeiti! lo I e a piuo
lical financier, nno who him devoted hit life to
the study and management of money nnd mon
etary nffuire. For many yean he wai Presi
dent of the Stnto Hunk of Indiana and ill
brunches, and tincu tlie advent of the National
currency ho has been controller of the currency
department, and i- understood to have given
Hint assistance to tb lute Secretary iu thu
management uf that bureau. Lint year he
win offered, hut declined, the presidency of the
Fourth National Hank in the city uf New York.
Ilia name indicate! a Scotch origin a race
or people distinguished in modern, time above
all others for their aptitude and lucoeei in I lie
higher wnllia of commerce, linanoe and politi
cal ecoiioiny generally. The liatik of Eng
land ia the main spring of the financial trstimi
nnd circulation of Great Brituiu. A Scotch
nmii wai the originator of that project, and in
adoption win ui potent iu supporting the revo
lution of 1(138. the snccets of which perma
nently excluded the Stuurls from the throng uf
England, 111 our new system of National
finance has been in supporting onr government
iu putting down thu slaveholders' rebellion.
The very name of Iho new Secretary sounds
well in ooiiiiectioii with the treasury branch nf
the Government. The commercial and sta
tistical diclionariet rf the celebrated and nuw
venerable John Katueay McCullnugh nro fa
miliar to every tyro in those pursuits, and known
to thousands of others. A good tiuino ii a
tweet savor.
Since the adoption of the Constitution there
have beentwenlv-foiir Secretaries of tho Treas
ury preceding Mr. McCullnugh, who mukci the 1
twenty-liflh. Seven of them havo been from
the slave States, nud the reinniuder from Hie
Statet norlli of Mason's nud Dixon's line. The
north being engaged in commerce has generally
been represented in that Departuieu , Unlike
the corresponding position in tho British Cab
inet, the first Lord of the Treasury, our Secre
t iry Inn never been considered the premier or
prime minister of the Administration. Tlie
politician uf the Cabinet is usually the Secre
tnry of Stale. To Ibis rule. Alexunuer Ham
ilton, the first Secretary of the TreBaury. waa
nn exceptnn. He wai the premier ol Wash
ington'! Adiiiiiil-triilion, and the special cham
pion of it! policy, w liich in most instance! was
his own. The Secretory of State Jefferson
was a politician, but not the exponent or the
Administration,
For many rensoni wo are disposed to con
gratulate the country upon the appointment of
Hie now Secretary McCulloiigli. It looks ut if
it were made because of bit fitness for I lie
place, and not to please a political faction that
might not know the difference between three
per cent, consols nnd lire-twenty I10111I1.
To pick up a Sinai t. " tonguey " lawyer or
stump-speaker, because bo livet in a certain
Stute, or I, as procured tho endorsement of a
convention nf his fellows, and entrust to hit
innniigeinent the finances and revenue nf this
i;rcat country,- will never do. It it one thing
10 lie able iu milk a jury jf their I ears, or pump
the loud cheers from a sympathetic crowd, hut
quite anoilier to be a Statesman, n Financier,
and capable of conducting the affairs nf this
nation io that the people will not suffer from
the ignorance aud incompetence uf their rulera.
Politician! arc often utterly unfit for public po
sitions, requiring either official industry, spe
cial knowledge or much learning. Their vo
cation and mode of life is utteily inconsistent
with serious iipplicution, methodical business
or enlurged culture. With them, life is neces
sarily a long struggle to get place and get some
body else out not a training bow to deserve
it, rr successfully administer it when obtained.
We don't propose to do away with politicians,
nnd could not hope to if we would, particularly
in a country that is governed hy stump-speech-i
t (iu Congress and out of it), cniiveiitioni and
newspapers. "
What ne hope to tec it more attention to the
fitness for the place in the appointments iu the
administrative department of the Government.
Political iiillneiico is something that cannot he
nltogether uvei looked by our Government in
Hie distribution of offices, hut we think it has
been pressed loo far, and that the people are
beginning to see the necessity of selecting
their puhlio " help " more upon the rules thai
govern tht-111 in the employment of their pri
vate " help "capacity and integrity. A tyi
tern of appointment to public offices, parti
cularly administrative one, which should pro
ceed upon this rule, irrespeclii of changes in
the mere political policy of the Government,
would give Ibe country faithful public servant,
when looufleiiwe have mere political parti
ram. At a step in this direction we hull the
nomination ol .McCullnugh lo the Tri nsury
Bureau, aud we hope the good precedent ma)
become the rule rather than the exception.
Dallas, Ohkoon. March 15. 18C1.
En. SrATi.aMAN : lly rtrjuestuf J"hn Way
mire. E q . of line pUce, I send you fur publi
cation ihe following extract fnoii a letter re
ceived by him from Her. 0- M. Merry of Hub
limore Conference, formerly of Oregon. The
letter it dated Jan. 4lll, I8tij.
" The cleciiou it over. God it in elections
at d He it at work now. Hit purpose will
riii'ii Inst, unfnliliiig ttcry liuur. llf will tint
ulluH iniiu i.trnys I" attain nit runs. .Mi iw nlr
iilr stihillrr ami unjust, as ill I it 1 slavrlmlilins
srct-ssiunists. Tlit? iirt;'!! hat nn rights ihut I H-mlitur aa strictly fur llirrai,(f nit-ii, mJ
tliry I'.irr tn rrspi ct. l in y scpnrat hutlisml lur nu mis rlsu tu the a int of a criit.
and ife. parviil ami chilil, limilinr ami sislrr. The bslnocr, t'10. t lung sinur distributed
Thry wuulil sell tlirul in CM lilunil, to h I anuing thr umsl needy members nf Ihe Coin
carried smith liy master in human shape, Ur I pany usually those nlin hud rvceired nn pri
iuriiiylhi'V ainild whip I lie in unuiercirully anil j Tate luiunly at the lime nf enlistinj. I knoic
siitiieliiuri kill them. Die pnor urgru't criet lluse fuels.
hat heeu for ninny years (foinrj np tn UuJ. So fur from iwindlint; th men nut of their
la 111. I.. II. . I .11 'l .1 .K , ., " r. .
ii iu,m..i,rr. ,,ei-i . i ( uiaviipeiuii nn
me tui'jri'i mi smvrij in lougn-st anu nut. ny
ll.--M.i,Rilku,aaw..,Lu (I.., ,1... I. .1.1...
me (,iv-,au"Mi"r'v, laa, toe e,.,ruu-uei I a-, inula ns'HI'T Ul IllCIf Own Ulan H III tr
might las oinviiict-,1 and abandon, his crime. ! In-renfter lie pniil hr all ill snhsrriher to th
lint no; like the Jewtul old, Ihi-y thnt their ryrt Munou County uliiier' Bounty Fund though
nud Hopped their tars, and hardened llieir , the 'renter part is still unpaid.
hearts, and put additional burdens unuti the The rttinurt almte allii.li-il tn ar douhllrts
pour African. Uml theii at use, girded on Ills put atliNit bf parties ahu never ubicrilird a
sword and behold the result. The backbone cent, nr if they did subscribe, neter paid a
nf th tiu is broken and Abraham Lincoln it cent, and tn coTer their ineffable meanness
re elected lo finish th irmnsler. And he wtu, t they uow set Bp a howl ah at ill u!diert be
tin it. Ood has decided thai it shall h done, i uig i milled. The real twindler are those
and hy tin pmtnience has appoinied Abraham
Lincoln to du it It I God. aud I rejoice. The
Democrsts Mould nol do il therefore Mai look
away their tense that their political opponents
might triumph. I thought s... I fell so after
uie iiwua onieouou. i cnuiu not tunnorl
r,ti,,it f a.,.1.1 ..........
their plaibirin t I could not support McCWIan
because tl t pUtfurm upon which he professed
ta ttaiid did not karmoutie with God. I did
hat I could tor Abraham Lincoln." 0. It.
,
( ONNTITl TIO. A L AM KM I'M KNT.
C11 kuiiy Hill, Polk county, March 24.
En. S'I'A'IEkman : Was it intended in frnm
iiij; the Colislllulioii to submit iliiieiiilineiit to
Suites Ihut were not United Stales at the time
when Hie aineiidineiil! nro to lie sunuiini'ii f
Dualities the only answer is that, it was cer
tainly nut." If then I hi i" hy doea Hie
rditiir of tlie Statesman uy that There arc
thirty tit Statet. including lh rebulinn unci,
aud that it will take twenty-seven to ratify the
ameiidilieut." Are the rebellion Slate nt Ihi
time Slat, i nf the United Stntei I II o any
nruwe nt war with them! And il they are
not whv does thu editor include them a m eet-
smy to ratify thi' amendment ! I ' Solium
of .Mexico at inucll a otaie 01 mu e.
Statet Inr all practical purpose! n the Slate uf
Smith Carolina la at I Ii it lime! Tlie luet is
Smith Carolina ceased to hu a Slate of the
United Slates mure than four years ago, and
may never he n State of thu Union again not
that she will not be itiljected to th authority
i f tlie United States, for she i practically that
now, but her people may refuse to reinstate
her a u State nf the United States. In fact,
I think that she ought to bu singled out sepa
rate from all her sister, to he uiuiluiin example
nf. aud for over refuted the glorious privilege
of becoming a State of the Union, that she
may taste the gloriuut iweeti of her t cession
doctrine to tha full. But I am digreasiug. By
inviting these former State! of the Union Iu
amend the Constitution uf the United States
'which they have despised aud set at naught, we
put ourselves in I lie ridiculous attitude ol thirly
slx men who when nine of then) liuvo set all
law and order at defiance, Iho twenty-seven
tay come, now you nine, and help o make
laws to convict you Hint from henceforlh wc
may compel you lo respect the law.
It w ill do tin good to say that the Constitiilion
10 enioitis, for it no more enjoins that we shall
submit ii constitutional amendment to Statet
that are not States uf the Union limn It en
join! Hint we shall use the horns nf lliu mniiii
lor a compass, Would it not he at reasonable
to let G win uf Mexico exercise Iho elective
franchise in the State nf California, as that
these rebellion Slates should exercise the eleu
live franchise on the Constitution of thu United
States. It will not vary the matter on account
of Gwin't having taken the oath of n lie. imice
to .Maximilian, since lie was a citizen ol Cali
fornia. For tlie rebellious States have also taken
the oath ol allegiance In the Southern Couf.oj.
erncy since they tvero Slutci of the United
Slate.
But if yon announce the doctrine that Hie
leceded Stales have it right to vote on Ihi
amendment, you kindle tlie fires of Kuii-ns
among them and utter a premium lor the blood
of Ibe remnant of Union men that nre among
them, and till the cup of their present ruin tu
overflowing, mid hy internal ili-lraction pro
Irnct their return to Hie Union indefinitely, ami
tho vexed qiiestiun of slavery will remain un
settled for yenn. Until perhaps foreign puw
ert will conclude that we need a second Maxi
milian. Therefore the condition nf the South
ern people and Immunity both alike, require uf
us that we remove Irom among tliein a source
uf corruption that bat already worked their
ruin, nnd nue nlnch their wisest men bavo ul
way said was a cursu tu ilium, (as indeed it has
proved lo be) lint one which their own blind
and perverted view may not enable them to
dispose ol without help. .Not ihnt we would
do any injustice to the South, but that w e would
do lb in a permanent good.
We count then about twenty eight States
that peiliap would lie called upon to acton
this umetidinetit, including Teniu-t ce, Louis
iana, and perhaps Arkansas perhaps tint the
last, for this amendment it now submitted nud
Hie latter is not a State of Hie Union yet. Aud
if eight of these r jeut the amendment it will
all lie Knocked into pi at once, ami three have
ul emly done so, nnd live more hold the bal
ance of power. Now let four moro.ri ji'Ct the
amendment within a year, aud my woid fur it
the coppers wdl import enough into Oregon lo
carry Iter, und the amendment will be bet and
then thu mutter will rest nltugellu-r on Hie nu
lion of Hi- Southern people, lo reject or retain
slavery, milking the mutter of doubtful solution
at leust.
We therefore insist on calling the Legisla
lure nt once, that they may adopt this amend
ment nud thu add the crowning toindi lo their
nli-emly fair wreath, instead, of wearing a cruwn
uf shame aud ererlastiiiir cinite' lit.
Hut we presume Hint if there it three-futirthi
of Ihe now toy ul Statet that function this
amendment, that Congress will act upon the
custom ol all legislative bodies, which it to act
when there it a quorum to do business, and let
abseut members incur the responsibility if there
nn j. tinier nut ruie it win in ho three
fourth of the Statet that nre found nt their
post to constitute a quorum fur tin amend
ment, leaving the insane, sick, and irher mem
ber who nre off playing Ihe funl, in place ol
attending tu their own business, lo shoulder
the responsibility, i'or Ihe Southern seceded
States are either absent member, or nre nut
mi inhere at all it makes but little dill', rence
to ut which. We lay Ihut oil account of their
past and present action they are not entitled to
a voice on this question. U so, we tee no good
reason why Kuuiinkiu and hia c'unfederate
...:i -i , .... ..
ioes r mu mso ne consulted in the nuilter,
or the British provinces.
Iu regard lo paying the expenses by sub
scription, fur the i-x ru scssiuu, I suy yes hy all
means. The Cops are opposed to this aim ml
nient, nre opposed to the prosecution of this
war by the Oovernineut for the suppression of
the rebellion, therefore I nin averse to their
sharing in the honor. The Union men have tu
bear Ihe brunt, nud they nre i-nliib-d to the
glory of thi mighty triumph over despotism,
utiarchy aud contusion. 'm. Kllil.E.
LETTLIl (BOM (.'APT. I'K.IXO ILL.
Fiikt Ktkii.acoom. March 10, I3t;..
Ed. STATK8MAS . ' t
It ii known here that rumors are in clrcula
ion in , a lion county, that Ihe soldiers of my
Cmnpnny have been swindled (bv the officers)
out of their prirnte bounty. Having had no
part iu t lie receipt or Ui-lmrseiiient of that
bounty. I tuny he presumed to he a disinterested
witness as to Ihe f,;cti In the case. About $70(
were sunscriiieil in all, (not Including such
sums at were paid nt the lime directly Into the
band of volunteers.) in vari purl of the
county. Of that sum, about 3lK) nnlv wot
paid over to Lieut. Key nobis. The balance,
so far as I know, ren inns unpaid or' if paid,
lint not come to thu hands of any i rlicer of this
Company. Of the I.1K) paid to Heyuuldn
about f 1(10 nns expended, by express under
standing with parties, in payment of certain
own of recruiting, and bills contracted hr re.
cruilt i just $70 were expended III the purchase
H inn rsanes mr toe Company. I Ins expeti
diture was bv nnd with the advice nf m u emu
missioned officer, lor article Ihnt the soldiers
would have to subsonbe fir, inhi-rwise, and
a unnoted to the same
tlniiir a narinir tlio
liiniiitv Iu tin-in anil tlifti n-ei-ii inir ii tiirhi l,,.li
j ns suliscriitiun tu Ciniipnriy Komi. The Ciuii.
aii' liaMng then nn Luiiiiiaiiy Fund, thr null'
way lift Has tu luukr our. at as di.l. Thu .r.
, ouiiui , tue iiiuceri ui itus cutipauT have f ilea
aim lomieu lo many ol the men, in the aifirre-
I . r .1 .. ... o
aim were ton niccardlr. in th first instance.to !
subscribe to Ihe Inanity, nr tu introselr dishnn-
i est in tht second at la rvfoae. In nsi il 1 1,. ....,-
the toldien were gone awav ahere Ihey cuuld
mt ask the tuhscribirt fur ilu-ir iiiitiarills nu.
. ...I I...: v i . .
lance sulis. riiitiiuia 1 nu.l n ...,e-...l. ,i..
selve behind .neb a chare lo arert just df
nanciation.
I 1 would b clad if yon would make th abora
! ttnlement pul'iu over my lijnstnre.
T"rs.rtstt''ij, C f. Cf A5WI4,
i i t it a.
1 nHirt.ARini-flluKof Wfluaot Nre ('omiiniijr l
j tu lil ui ilif Ctiita l.tlirnry Mtitn on Ttiu mlny fvetih,,
April tl, NW, hi T uVlni k. A full iiM-n.liiliire In rr.Ut'itn.""
TO T A' A r thUS.
Pl'ltUr rtniriluiittoii nf li-rti'luTi will tit hrM m the
C-itii l-lliii.it' in If'ilUa, t'nlk county, On ti'tn, on tlie liit.K
A
iIhv nf Afirll, r mencliot nt HI oVl'irk a. m.
LMllr.1, April , J I. t OLUNH, Hrhnnl Snii't.
7'f' TIK I'UHUC. J
rIMI8 bur It "lint ml ry" w tem'keil on Culumbin rlrefriinr
I un Thut'idity ttVflilDK, Mhi'cIi HI, 18(10. IlitJ lll-fulffl vpi.
Hfl wua vlitll)lf to thu citUi'tii nf AituriK, mill dipt, PIhvuI.
mi ilil ft ml itxiitrleminl uitul on tliu tmr. ffuve in to undr.
Hit ml tlmL Jintlilliif oouM lie ilotiu to reucli III wruckvtl fvtt
tinlrM ly tiniie itt-Miiifr. Bliurily Hfirwnnl, tht iivitiiifr
Wriylil nve In IkIiI, nn t lnnltl nt tlm wiHtrf, whch t aa
iUi.'Ufif(i liy n tiuiiiiivr uf rltiitin to if ml lier to wreck
the C ijiiitln uf Hie Wright .meuilii to niiikL'tlie N(tfinrt fur
$I(H) which mii'iunt wu IniiAutly itiiticrlbt-tl by a pnrlion of
our rlllxviifl. Jihn Hlilvely, who IihiI Ion on tlie ImJuilrv.
witf iho lirHt io wge tlm t ii(llt)r of Ihe iteitiiuT, nn'l one of
tlw mil Mci-1 Wen In the fuml for tlmt purfioae, RlnnlnK (Hi imm
fur I'rii. WUWv Ihe utennirr wui nn Iwr way to tho wn-ck, lln
loop M. 11. Clinton ui'itrt-il, with mvcti of thu Rurvivon,
imi'iiiK tiiuii) n K fir, rntveiyi ion, mien tiir. Hhlvely
letii'tiutl Hint hu ion w Bit lavcl, Ii- ft; fined Ii) ptiy line renl uf
llm mitn hu J i itiUiTUieil, Hu li one of Ihe n iiiclml awn.
en of thu town of Aitorlit, ntnl wrll utile to (iy tlie mm n
Kil'ii-rlliH, mid ntt mini It. On Ihe return of the Wright, Hit
itiuitt-y wm uollrrulfil mid tin ink' it to ihe C)l u I II of tilt' tit-nil,
er mtil r. ce ipu'd for. 11. A. I HAW.
Axlorliii Murch K9, "0d. Owl
nY tht iiilmerilMrf. Ilrliiif H mlli'fl imrthcut frmn nullu,
folk v,a on tho tih Kenrimry, l05, un mrrel lllly,
yftin pml, ulxmt 14 ImuhU IiIkIi, with h utmll itur In the
fui'rhouti hihI n imitll wlilifi spot un UHf ilflti of thu nau, hoth
hltiil ft-ft irlilte, hihI liille whim the Ifft fore font. Hnlii
nnlitittl unmv n my pluce loim1 Mine In Dtutuiber Imt. ,.
praUtxJ by T. torn, J-P.jU C. 0. KKYT.
HY tho umleriimied, llvlnjf 4 mllei wi-it of I Orftmlv, Un
ion co., one n-tl nti'l white ox, with broken norm. Thii
u)t wnn pop led Jhii. 0, Ktwl wai ipprnlMti hy Hhln'-lmrt,
of U Qrmi.l,ntiO. C M. HAW'I'KLLK.
J. H IINDKHVVOOO,
ATTOU.1ET AT LAW,
F.UaRSE CITY, OREOVX.
Closing Out At Cost T
AS VF. INTK.VI) iiiiiliini.'lieliiiiiKeiu mr lliisiness,
we ill sell our entire Htock ot Dry dowels Ht
f 'OVr. Persona wishing ti purcliiise ut. the LokrU
Prices will du well to cull 'itul exiiuibtc our stock.
MMllll&CAimVKIUUT.
; Knlem, Oregon, Miireh 'A, Ititi-'i,
,Y. 5. We woubl bu pleuseil to tee our Old Custo
mers, especially those, who Imve unsettled accounts un
our books. ,
Please come forwni'd, Gentlemen, without further
Invitation. (.'i tf) 8 6c C,
Steam Boilers For Sale.
E HAVE TWO LA If OK Secondhand, Flue
Boilers, which we will sell low, If npplied fur
soull. WllibAMIilTK WtltlhK.N Jl ru CO.
J. H. Smitli, Aucnl.
Knlem. March !, 18fi.i. 5. It.
' ABf OUMK OF I'KKVKNTIVK IS WOUTU A
Gunn's New Family Physician,
Horns Book of Health.
FORM I NO A COMPLETE HOUSEHOLD OUIDK.
GIVING many Valuable S-Hnrettionn for nvoi.linff
Oirjmi"e luxl I'l'oltniiimsr Lilut with itli.in iliruu-
tioiiu in oiiMiB of t!uitrMiiii'.v. poiutiiiK ou'
niliHi UiiKWttKe the caiitkii, ttvinpttiiDH, treiitmiMit Hiiii
(jure ol uiw-'uue incident to nivn, wo men uml otulurett,
with Btmpk'st tini) hent riMncilicit.
BY Jlit IX V. UUXX, M.
Author of the old work known at " Ounn'i Domestic
Medicine."
EDITOKIAL OTICi;S.
" Drt. Gunk U fumotiD to ull woMUirn peopltt
if not hutemi lo nil Amoiicu, for hia cj'lebmtcd writ
ings, and the biwuvhs of tlie present work i the hst
ittriiiii'iiifl ot ito elm iMi-tor tliui chii be uruituced. The
uiylo of l lie hook i a very nuierior one, uoth ui to its
lyp'Uf'iiphicitl jippeiii'Hiiuo und binding. Daily On
goruant Fub. iiT th, ltil6
Dm. Gi'trt, Hnlltorof ihe old and denervedly popular
work culled Uiiiin'a DomvHtio Medicine," litu luleljr
piilltmd me reitultit of hi riper exiwrienve in the
" New Khmity IMiyHcuit,'' wLuh ia really wlmt it
nruieBsea to he, a "'Uiiie Dook of Heiillli.'1 It i h
V'olume of ovur l'M pauui, Hiid contu ns a vaat fund
of iulorHiution upoti Muiiinll and coimte uiilijei-'U.
If every liuiiily in iu Huitu had u ropv of ii, It would
extinguish ti vu-t duut of fiirtckery and save lliontmnda
of ilidlura 'now wtre than thrown away. --Oregon
titateitmati, March i'Jth, itluj.
We have no limit an cy In recomtuendinx
thia work as the iimul complete Family Mitdicul Guide
now pnhliniiud Albany Journal, March Zd, iHiia.
Mli. K. II. M. tXKLLAN lias beeu appointed Can
vucin Ageut for Marion county. He will endeavor
to give all person reaideul iu the county au opportun
ity of obtaining tliit reliable aud invaluable aubscrip
tiuii work. (
Parties Inleruoted will please retuember that thia
work ia only sold by ubitcriptiou, aud but one oppor
tunity will be presented for obtaining it. Kuch county
in. the H'utewill be thoroughly canvnened aa aoou a
practical.. M K TUAVEU. Portland,
w , Agent for Oregon.
HUMBOLD I"
rr tVILLstan't ilurlns the present awn. at the fan
7vt tlie uuilerslsneil, folk Co., at J5 TIIK St.tSIIN, lo
b paid In sold coin ur Itst-qulvMliuit. Msreslrotnaillslanca
will b iisilurcil Irve of clisrss tlurlag lliv brfrUInx season.
OoikI euro aill be-tski-n lo yrevrul acclilsnti, hut not ac
C'.uiilal,ls for si, jr. Pjrtln w.iliuiK to lirenl Ilielr mares (ill
plenso call st lliu farm, or ailUrtss lite by letter at Klna, Pollr
FEUHiltF.B.
llumbl,ll is a dark chestnut, vllh s alsr In hi. tnrh.A.
15 Iimii.Is i Inche. Iiliih, a xrenl shara or bone, sinew, and
mus'-le, aii.l in ooinplele ract -horse torm. He was foaled on
the loiti of Mnr, iK'7, on lite Israt ol li. J. Ilsskell, elk co.
Ul'u. Iluii.l.l..l was sih-U Ni I'.iultlc L i,hn,er; be b; Lap-
'"". fli.M urii ne oy ri.ttidioior, sou ne by Hie nolea
iuihiixk none ova uuu, ii,i Mas mu iirxliier lo tht dam ol
.-oiM. Sea tiull was sot by Imported aixuedltlon; he by
PrK'iso.: lie by Ihe Inateltlea, l,rae t'.-lin.. nr e..,.lun.l
dlslaii.e.i all compelilors; Sea Unit's ilam by Imported Boar-'
..,.,r,, yrnu.i ,aiD siairiiiess, by Imported
Slender; he by Hie noted liorse llerod.of Koslatid : his treat
trai.,1 ilaui by Lloyd s Iraeeler; Flasellalor's dam lloiiesty.
who waa a winner at all dlsianees from (is) yds up lo 4-mils
heals; lloneny was .'! by Imported l!speUUoo, who also sot
tho dam ol Medoc. Jloursly's dan was (ot hy Imported Met
Kinter. who sol ihe dam ot tlm American elip.e, old Lap
lander s dam Jlcdrolah; she hy the American Kollpae. fraud
dam. SI .nil of Hie forest, y Mirslial Uuroc; dam, Maid ol
Ihe IMks, hy Spread Kiiile; srand dam or Medoo. Vouna
Laidanderrilinuwasby slariiilon; her dam by St. Oeorae,
ol V.riiuila; NUriiUon wks by Vlrmnlnn; he by Sir Archie; he '
by luiJirll llloitmlr. Va.uOe L inlander's dam wasbJUrac
chus, and her dam by Black burn's Whip; and III hy Imported
hip, and (iracrhus by old Uracrlius, and he by the Viriola
UionieUe. Ili,nil..ir. ,Ui. J,i W alker, was sired by Coop
er s Loess (bred In Kentucky), and he by Sioekholdtr, oat
ol old Sir Archie's Ik-si colls; Uucas' dam by Powhatan, and
he l.y Sir Arch. (See Masi.'s Olu.1 Uook and farrier, lau
J1'" I llieae' time at in.le heals I:,'., t:4d, l:4ti.) Hum-
boldt's grand datu, Juno, bred lo Virginia, brou,-liL Ui Mis
souri ny t ol. Kcirea alKiui isil r ', w1 claimed by
ood auihllly lo be a a, It or oi l Ulomede; ami her dam by
Jnu Crack; aud tie by Imparled Medley. Juno lived lo Ilia
a-e ol oo years, and loaled Julia ft aUer In her illh year.
Juno was Ihe mother of i, rrral nice horsi-s In Mluourl. Ju
lia Wilker, lluoiboldi's mollier. lived to be years old. Thus
It wdl be s.en that Humbol-lt raits ba.k lo the best blood in
America, Ilk a lie lo many of Ihe moel Ulustrlooj horses of
Lutletid, and 1 think can claim ftiore nf the Uiointdo blood
h in any oilier horse 1 know of on the PaciUc; and Is claim. 4
oy men f tit turf to posits more slay lug ur euua aula
qjAlilks tluu any oilier blood. 6a4
Happiness or Misery;
THAT IS THE QUESTION.
THKI'RDI'RIETOItHiiK TIIK "PACIFIC MU
SKl tH'r1 ANATOMY AND SC1KXCK." Imv
tlete iiiinrtl, rvtritnliea. of sxrwitae, lo ieau FHGG
(for the Innrrrt of enlferinK liuinanitr) fo ir of ihtir
nuuii Intermtinir and iiistnntivs Llit.'TLREl, on
H AHItl.UJK, aunt i's diioiiutiiMimiinnsi Kervuua Du
liility. I'mnatur O.-clino uf Manhood, luiliitestion,
M'caktina ur Ilepmition, liss uf Biisriir and Viutl
Puwur, ihe icreul Awial Kvil, and I hose nmladiea thl
result fiiuu vimihrnl lollies, excess of maturity, or ig
ncirunca of I'lirautiurv aud Naiure's ls.
Thcae invnlimble Lt-tiina liv lasen tht neiina of
tnliirliteuiinir uml aHrinir lboi-i,ds. and will Ins f.T
warded KKEK on rwi.t uf Txauijr rlr Ceuu in
(oatHirt sraiiipo. by a,ldisinir ' rteN-i r Pacific Mu
i mu of Anatomy and Ikienco, pine Sireet, Sain Fmn- -cisro'"
v
Isrl'ti-r to I sen' tlirniiifh Wells. Kdrwri It Co.
1865.
J. D. ARTHUR &
AX FRANCISCO,
Comer of California and Davis Sts.
VOW OFFER FOB CALK, WHOLE8ALB OR
1 KbTAll
, a Ittrirt and tantd aaaortioeul of sll
I u r
i KlD,s Ol
AGRICULTURAL
IMPLEMENTS
Also, tin Celebrated 1)1110 HEAI'EK, (Mlltd l
Xew York or Seeniour t ituriptn), eombined
lltckiiM, with great imiiruveuieiila, harms a STEEL-
I'atier Bar. Can be disused from a Mown lo a Reap
er iu ta aunin tin witliin an lur h of tl round
r
! or
two feel Liuh. Ca.l I llaail .lb two or. Oior
'horses Will work on a iy ti'l hill, wlwre lionet ea
1 travel.
I . . . .... . .
I 1. r. TIIOL!A l i-rttieiai Maehinea inns cw
Uiis Coaai. which w twuiderTIIE BET PROOF
f their elTCRlOKITYoTST all other Machine
J. D. IRTIIIR ak SO.X,
4a (it Sol Agvat for lbs IVific Cout.