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About The Oregon statesman. (Oregon City, O.T. [Or.]) 1851-1866 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 25, 1865)
Z M ON DA yT) ; 6 K. I NO TVKC. 25, 1805. i.i' -. ThiRuttimtn halt Urgn ClronUtlon than any other Papar In the Stata, and it the laat M odium for AdTartlaara. Tha U I' Law and Eeiolutiom art pnbliihed In tha Itateimanby Authority BILK Or TUB MINERAL LANDS. Wo regret to ee that tha members of Con grew from tha Eaatvrn Statea nro continuing In roaka thomiulvea ridiciiluua by inggcstiiig legislation about tha minoral Inaili of the Pa oiflo Statua a matter of which thejr are en tirely ignorant. To poranna who know nothing af oar minea, or of the mineral lanJi, tare the information gained from romanoingletlcr-writ-era, or tha extravagant atoriea and itatementa of partial wlio go to New York to if II " feet," or mining olaima, inpported aa they generally are by rioh ipeciinoni, wbieh are funnd oooe only in a thoneand obnnoea, I he mineral landa, and tha minea of gold and eilrer of thil coun try, appear aa an orerflowlng and ineiliaattililo treaaury, from which to draw untold millions to boild Paoifio Railroada, pay the national debt, eta. We wiih that all inch miigaided enthuiiaatf could apend Jnrt one month with the pick and ihorel trying to find a paying mine, la any mining diatriot on the coaat. Their failure, aa fail they moat certainly would, would teach them oautlnn in e'limnting the taloo of theae landa, if it did nofconrinre them of the great riiki and unourtaintiei of the limi ne of gold and ailrer mining. We hare ipcnt oniiderable time In prnapecting for paying or at leaat promiiing minea on the public hind, aod although we are by mi meani a good miner, yet we think we do know tlint, of all the lund on the Pacific ooaat ooniidered mineral lund, not the one-thoueandth acre of it would be accept ed ai a free gift by any experienced miner, if be waa liable to pay taxea on it afterward. Leaving oat the Comitock Indo of Nevada, the Poor Man lode of Owyhee, and probably a dozen more paying lodo that we could name, and all tho mineral land oo the count will nut pay tho expenaea of inrveying it. If memhera of Congreaa want to kill ' the gooio that Inya tbe golden egg." juet paaa a law offering the publio land for mle to the hlghcit bidder, for eaab. That will do the buaineia cfleolunlly ; and then yon will never bear of the diioovery of any more Poor Man lodei, yielding aix and ten Ihouaand dollari per ton of rock in ailver, but you will hear of the discovery of a good many poor men. But if theae landa nro not old at auotion to tho higheat bidder, they will not ba aold at all. except auoh aa already oon tain minea of known value. Nobody would pay tbe coat of deed for any seolion of mountain land, if it waa not known to contain good minea. The iniiiernl landa of tha Paoifio are entirely wortbleei, except for tbe urea of metal which they may ponilily oontain. War Eagle moun tain, of Owyhee, now made famous by the Poor Man," " Morning Star," and other rich mines, would not produce gram or grain suffi cient to support a rabbit. Id fiat, the moun tains on which nearly all the rich mines nre lo cated are inhoipilable barrens. Tha mountains upon which the oopper minus of Del Norte Co., California, are located, ara entirely barren and completely covered with looeo rooks. So much for the land itself. Why is it that tbe sale of theso lands will de stroy tha further development of our minora resources! For tha benefit of Eaatern Con gressmen, ill droning gown and slippors. a bo never saw either a mine or miner in their lives, we will give the information. It is because the uncertainty of finding paying miueson the pub lio domain forbid that tbe miner should be com pelled to pcruhasp the land before " prospect ing " it. (" Prospeotiug " is not In Webster, but Is miner's word, and signifies exploration, searching, testing, etc, in order to discover a good mine.) Prospecting is invariably earried on by poor men that is, all the prospeotiug worthy of tbe name. They generally ourry all they have in thoir outfit, which ooiiiiala of picks, shovels, gold-pan, hand-mortar, blankets, cook ing atensils, aod some flour, I aoen aod boaue, 8oroetlmea they do not have even a paok-mule to asaiet them, hat pack tlioir outfit, from fifty to one hundred and thirty pounds to each man, long distance, over high mountains and the roughest country imaginable, on their own backs, in order to reach a diMtict of oovnlry whioh they duiire to prospect, When they would stop for a week's proapeotlng, they would have no more idea of section lines than they would of degrees of longitude eait from Con stantinople. They would probably have an idea that they were ou the north fork of somo stream they had orossed week before, aud subsequent explorations might show them that they were at least fifty miles from where they supposed they were. After all this toil to reach a new place to try their fortune, weeks of the hardest and most exhausting labor would, in ninety-nine limes out of a hundred, ba reward ed with failure t and then, with a fow pounds of floor, risking the r fio for meat, and runuing tbe guantlet of aavaga Indians, these hardy, braie miners would return to the settlements for another little outfit to try their ' luck " in another plaoo. Aud this is the way all out new miuiug district hava been discovered. This is the way ' Washoe " and " Owyhos " were discovered, and it is the only way that the development of tbe ruiuoral lauds oau pro ceed. When snob man dwonver a miue, (At $Kould havt Ui it should bo tktin as agaiuit every other man, and againat tha mouey of every other man. After so roooh hardship, danger and toil to find tha mine, they should not be eampelled to pay for it, aud much less to sub ject their Jast aud righteous claims to tho ein petilioo ol tbe oapilalist, in any manner. Neither can any graded price be fixed fur lands that do contain miues. It is fmlMMihle to estimate tbe value of a mine. Nothing is s Eooertain as "promising mine." It may bo prospectively worth millions to day, and to morrow worthless. " Gold Hill," in Jackson county, la good example. Such a prospect as that miu exhibited at Its disoovery would ell to day for a million dollars la New York, and yet that mioa did not yield inuoh more tbao ooa boudred thousand dollars not profits, There as no way to manage the mineral lands bat tho present way. Let the hardy miners have froo aod MresUieted liberty to find all tha mi dm they can, get all they can out of thorn, aud than tat the loiarles ahioh tho wealth 0 those rioh mines demand. We are as re that ear delegation la Congresa will prevent any sale or disposition of the min eral lea is In this sMontry. Ws append lbs fid k''j resolotioas, recently adopted by the C-' rula I,rglilnir. Ws are quit sure Inai L,i.Ulutj Wiiifll piJ a , i:..,;'..r memorial, if It had heard of Sbiri.ian's, proposed bill, Jmlgo l'yle's memorial nguin"1 taxation of tho mines shows the tiliment of our Lrgielutura to be opposed to any intcrfrr anoe with tho present nrrnngeinent i Wiikrkas, tho rrportcil irmwlliiK of Conim. it the iireM'iit hnhIuii Iiw tlinl a liill lm Iwen liiirudiicrd by tho lion. John MlierniHU, SiomUir from Ohio, provid ing for a mirvry-inl mle ol the uiliieml IhiuIn ol tho Um'nl Mutes, and Wiiskkah, noy change In the policy of tha r'nlcril Ouvei'iiiiu-iit )n rulntkin U lt iinuorit'l lunilii, whi reliy tin rlxht of the citl n to enter iixm llirin will be aUriiliicd, or the imtura of tliu li'imro hy whli'h li mi'K them cliiiiiitt.l, iniiHt remilt 1 1 Injury U. Iho (lov erntni'iit ltcll,n well n to the eitlseu i'IiibikmI In m peetinK for mid devi'liipiiiK lh mine" I while tho "mail nun derived from their mI will lw Inwiflli lent to defray the coatH of their MKrPKuliuii und null'. The diwovery of new milling dUtrlrts In remote relona, and the de velopment of VNlunhle minea In di'lrh touee nbaiid 01 ed, are the Iciliiinut fnou of the lilirral nolh y of the (loveriiment in inviUii all to aeek for Ita hidden treaa urea. Hhonld tliit ayftem he clmiigpd, aud n Tec Hhriple title paaa from tlie'liovernment li the individual, the rl&litof exnlnrution on earn apparare traet or parrel oMand will he cnnllneri to the owner of the fee aimple title, and will prove a death-hlow to enterprise arid dia covery. Land-i once aold will fall into the hand of capitaliata, and be placed la-yond the reaeh of Iho pio neer and proxpector, imlcaa he la nolo and wlllinn to purehaae the riidit to enter upon lliein ; and to tlioae familiar with the practienl htiMiieaa of mining, who know that for eueh valnalile diatriet there are at leaat twenty failnrea, aueh realrletlou niuat efipeur a poaitive ppdilbition. Therefore, lie It Krtnlvci, by the Aanembly, the Senate concurring, That our Heprcaontativea be reincled, and mirHetiat ora iuatrueted, to uaq all honorable meiuia t defeat any and all meaaiirea having for their ohjeet the aalo of the mineral landa of the United Htatea. State Piiintino. A committeo pf tho Leg Islntnre investigated the delay in the State printing, and made a report, tho mnlefial part of whioh may he found in the Legislative re ports in this paper. As stated by tlio Chairman of the Committee when he voted in tho House, it Is a compromise report. Some of tho Com mittee were In favor of a different report, and wore In fnvor of censuring the Printer. From all we can lenrn from tho investigation, wo do not think that Mr. Pittock is to blame, himeelf, His fault lias consisted In repining confidence in another, who bis abused that confidence. If tho committee could hare properly oensnrcd an nntsida party tho party to blnmo-tliey would then have done so. The report of the Committee does not do Mr. Piltock justice. It leaves unexplained that matter of the RIM) ex tra copies. It would have been better fur both tbe Printer and all others interested, to have given Mr. Pittock's explanation. The silence of the committee upon this point leaves room for suspicious presumptions. It is part of our political creed, that it is always better fur any party to censure its own members, if they deservo cemtiro In the least, than to permit tho opposition to find fuult Willi our neglect lodo so. California ani Oiiwion Kaimioad. Sumo two years nn companies were organized at Mnrrsville, California. mid Jacksonville. Or egon, to commence, tho construction of a rail road I mm tho former plnuo northward In Hie Columbia river. A bill for Iho authorization of this road paised Congress liiet February ; but tbe companies with whom tho scheme origina ted have yet taken no steps toward the con struution of the work. The grnnt by Congress consists of a strip of publio laud four hundred feet wide on which to locate tho road, together with each alternate section of publio lund not mineral hearing, in the extent ol ten sections, or six thousund four hundred acres per mile. Oreom'an. The bill referred to in the above extract was Introduced hy the Hon. C. Cole, recently elect ed United Slates Senator from California ; but it did nut booomo a law. It passed the House was formally reported Is tho Semite, but did not reach a vote, and died fur want of time. We presume that tho same, or a similar bill, will be introduced in Congress at the present session. Tun Senator Elect Fitou Califoiinia. The Legislature of California has done itself great credit in eleoting the Hon, Cornelius Cole to succeed MoDougall in the United States Senate. Mr. Colo is a very able man, although every modest, unassuming gentleman. Ho was doubtless the ohoic of tbe people and the un ambitious, ludustrious business men of the State, We had occasion to notice him favora bly in July Inst, and our notice was copied by all tha papers of that State, showing that thcro was a great desire to help Cole, when ho would not push his claims heforo tho public. While a member of the House in Congress, he pre pared for the House the California and Oregon Railroad bill, the China Steam Mail bill, a bill to organise a Government Dureail of Minea on the Pacific coast, and oilier billa of a similar, nature. He is undoubtedly In Iter informed on (iiostions affecting tho material interests of bis Stuto than any other of her representatives, and this is the kind of men we should send to Congress. WALL A WALLA ANNEXATION. In For It. O'Meara, or some other cop perhead, in tho last uiiinlier ol the Confederate organ at Albany, speaking of tha Walla Walla annexation scheme, says : " For one, we should certainly favor the measure, and hnpo it may he aeooinpliihed." loci tho Salem paper, whioh alio favors the measure, differ with you lately in "anything that it knows off" Ku gent Journal. " The (hrtfon Staltfrnan is very anxious to have Walla -Wulln annexed to Oregon. Of course, as ita conservative parlv ' would be considerably strengthened by tile arrange ment." Orrjrnniuft. The Committee on Federal Iiclaliniis recom mended tbe adoption of a memorial to our del egation in Congress to ask the ennctincnt of a law to so clmngo the boundaries of the Slate af Oregon as to include Walla Walla comity, which was within the boundaries or nor State at tho time the Constitution was adopted. The memorial was adopted, by a vote of Ayes .'Ml, all Uuion members ! noes 4, Copper heads. Home proretJin(S, ipecial letiiim. Who is in favor of it now I Taxinutiir Minks. Sometime Inst sum mer the Ortgonian broached tbe idra that th mines mast be taxed. The Slaletman opposed the matter at the lime, and has ever opposed it.. In view of the fact that an attempt might be made in Congress to tax the mines, Judge Pyle, tho able Senator from Union County, has introduced, and tha Legislature lias passed, a Joint Memorial In Congress against any tax opon mines more than was put upon gold bar two years ago. W are glad to hear that Sen ator Pyle haa brought the mailer up, and se cured the inammous voice of the Legislature against lb proposition to lax the mines.or oth erwise Interfere with the labor of "ye boneet miners." Bv. IIilini. A prlvats fetter from a strniltman la that neMlihrhanl cunltrnii the rrpnrtrd Mle of the 8k llalvns to o ait, ilr. Victor, who was Up at I he 8o liara mines a fee weeks ago, b the ageat la BMklni the pun ham sad he la reporUd to represent a company having a capital of three saillloa dollars, Capl. W. U PsJI aod . J Heaaly, vf Pan Franelera, and l'om dun Wabh. of New York, era reported to be tha pria clpal alnaklioJitrn of tbe eoeapany. A arts Hoe of alus4upa I Ue ColemWa, stopping at HI Helena, Is aarned ss part of la plsa to auks that Iowa a rival of Porlkuid. ' IT"Th Tribune say it suit III purpoM of "the Stat Uig'ots Democracy" to represent the rebellion as an episode in eor history, aud ili anpprwslon, wilb reference to III future, a of sm sum itwfwirlane thaa tha (itpprrarma ol a Dead KalitiH Kiut. DIVISION UK THE STATU. This will doublless be a question in tbu next canviiM It is to be generally discusaed. The proposition now stands ns follows: Give Ore gon all west of the Cascade mountains, and lying between California and British Columbia form a new Slate or Territory east of tlio Cas endes, nut of the territory which would he de tached by the Caicado lino from Oregnn and Washington. It will take lime to accomplish it, and by tho lima the machinery can be set at work, tlio people east of tlio mountains may bo ready and able for a State organization. We arc in favor of the division, and suggest to the people that the question is ono to be reasoned about with good feeling and common seme, and not one which should bo influenced hy pol itics or sectional prejudice. The interests of the two sections are diverse in many mutters, and require legislation suitable to their peculiar circumstances. It is fur tbe best interests of both sections that the question be met aud dis puted of as becomes men who desire to pro mote the interests of each other and III- gen eral welfare of all. On this subject, the Moun taineer has the following : In the case of the eastern and western sec tions of Virginia, tbe growth of bad leeling was traceable to the contrariety of interests, which no ingenuity of legislation could recon cile, aud t'o scheme of public improvements could modify. In Washington Territory, tbe eastern and western sections arc ns irrecon cilable as two cats tied by (he tails and thrown across a pole. The only reason why theso jealousies are nut more bitter in Oregon is be cause the eastern section is yet relatively too weak to make Itself as disagreeable as it would like to be; and may he there is spirit enough of that moderation in both sectinus which pa tiently waits tbe ripening of an issue without being anxious to help it on or keep it hack. In time, however, wo Hull I become very rerolu tiomiry on tills side of tbe iimuiitiiiiis. The name of Webfoot will be a distasteful one, and we shall deny all responsibility fur the " big red apples" of tbe Willamette Valley. Any thing which looks right to the western section will look exactly tho contrary to tbo eastern district, and although it may seem childish, such things nlwurs turn nut in this wny, It would seem, then, to be but tbe part of ordinary wisdom lor tho people ol until sections to begin to look into the matter and cunrass it thoroughly. All leeling or political prejudice should be laid aside, und reason invoked to de cide the time and manner ol effecting a separa tion of the sections. It is none too suou now to commence tlio investigation of the question. Tub Ohkat Tf-lkohaiuiic Fioiit. For nearly two years, tbo San Fruiioisoo flag has waged n relentless war upon tho liullelin aud the Alia, In order to bo let into tbe " Associ ated Press Association," so as to get telegraph news at the sumo time nnd on the snme terms as those papers. Finnlly tbe pluck nnd perse ranee of the Flag Intvo succeeded, and what is mora remarkable, the tables nro completely turned, Fnrmely tho Bulletin and Alia, got tbe dispatches and Iho Flag could not get them; now Iho I'lag gets them exclusively, nnd the liullelin and Alia cannot get them, unless they steal or copy them from Iho i'lag. How much soever wa mny diencrco with tbe irrepressible radicalism of the I'lag, wendmiro its pluck and perseverance under difficulties, and hope it limy now reap a reward for ita pa lient waiting and laborious working. Convf.hkiiins. The Uregonian thinks we have been " converted.'' That reminds us of tint experience of a good Methodist brother, who approached a plain-spoken Huiglilt r, not a thousand mile Iroin this place, and in nil tbo sincerity und goodness of his overflowing heart, asked the question. " Are you n Christian 1" To which the tbo plain man responded, " Do you take mo to be ad d heathen 7" Wo sin cerely wish the Uregonian editor could he con verted to some positive belief in politics. Ho had better ho a pagan than an infidel. Don't shimmer around in uncertainties, like a "Suck er" In an ague fit. Swenr by Andy Johnson without equivocation. Gii.i.f.ttk. The irrepressible P. W. Gil lotte everybody in Oregon knows him a whole-souled, generous fellow ono of " na ture's noblemen." We should be glad if nil our readers could have heard his speech on the Constitutional Amendment. While it wns not lengthy, it was among tbe best. His piind took np the key note of the discussion, and he sound ed it Willi fearful emphasis. His principal point that slavery has been a curse to Iho white man win carried home to hearts of all present. He limned its degrading pud demoralizing ef fects upon the master, converting him into a tyrant, and destroying and perverting his honor lid manhood. Oh. but didn't tho chivalry catch it. We think wo hear that "Ch i v alry " ringing iu Iho ears of those four Cop perheads yet. Tin; Mkxican QUK8TION. Late intelli gence from Washington slates that Louis Na poleon has become very anxious for hi; protego iu Mexico. He has gone so lor as to write a personal leiier to Secretary Seward begging the United Slates to recognize Maximilian's empire, liul he only applies to hear his doom. Seward refuses to have anything to do with the mushroom empire tells Napoleon that, the Mexican question will soon como to n head aud, worse than nil, appoints Geueial Logan Mmiter to tbo ltcpublio of Mexico, within strnctioiis to remain with President Juarez, of tlio Liberal cause. Tub Pkkhiiiixii Officers. Tho present Oregon legislative Assemb'y is favored with tlio ablest presiding officer we hnvo ever known in any Statu Legislature ; and even Speaker Colfax does not decide points of order or administer parliamentary law more readily or correctly than docs the Hon. J. II. Mitchell, of the Senate, or Col. I. K. Moorcs, of the House. Sut'TiiKKN Pacific It.ui.uoAi. Tho tel egraph inform ua that a bill haa been iulro duced Into Congress In incorporate aud give aid to "The Southern Pacifio Iiailroad Compa ny," tha object of which ia to build a railroad from Springfield. Missouri, to San Francisco, passing through New Mexico, Northern Texas, and Arizona. Hard to Pi.kahk The Oregonian com plains when we call it a " negro suffrage or gan '." and when we fail to call it Ikui, it com- plaius that wa da not pay it proper respect. Th fault it entirely with itself. Some day It advocates negro suffrage, and other days it oppose that doctrine. Calamitous. Speaking of the late flood. which baa deluged everything along Feather river, th Marysville Appeal says, " that while the people ol San Franoiseo are liable to be buried alive by earthquake, w in th interior are in danger of drowning by the aunual floods." Jicasva CoexTV Solves Mma. The Jackaoavllk) Stmttntl saya i Th dimmers of the silver trad sa Jai kana rreek lnenrp,trted this week, andrr th asm of the Orl.-lnal Feirplay tlotd and Hilm Mining Com. pv.v" t..rtvMlr J. lUiruait. T IVvliw, E. a'th eM I llewarrf (0.(,l!KS,SIO.n. In tlio House, Mr. Prioe, of Iowa, offered a resohiti which was refercd to tbo committee on reconstruction, that no Muto recently ill re bellion might to bo entitled to any representa tion until such Slate shall by its Legislature or proper authorities adopt Iho amendment to the Constitution securing tbo payment ol t lie publio debt of tlio United States and repudia ting the rebel debt. Mr. Smith, of Kentucky, presented the cre dentials of Mr. Johnson, a member elect from Arkausns. Hcferrcd to tbo select committee on reconstruction. Mr. Washburn, of Illinois, introduced a bill repealing the act furnishing bounties. In ferred to tbo committee on commerce. Tbo House tabled Thornton' resolution do olaring Hint tho elective franchise exclusively belongs to the regulation of tbe Stutes. Mr. liaker, of Illinois, offered a resolution declaring against tbo class rule, ariitioracy and privilege power, and asserting the duty uf securing tbu largest attainable liberty to all persons, irrespective of race or- color. He ferred to the select committee on reconstruc tion. Mr. Norton, of Illinois, offered a resolution, which lies over, calling on the President of the United Stutes In inform the House why Jef ferson Davis has not been brought to trial for treason. Mr. Ortho, of Indiana, moved that the President lie culled on to inform the House, or furnish tho House with any information ns to the application of the so-oulH Mexican Em pire to obtain recognition frum the United Stales. The Homo concurred In tbo Senate resolu tion for tbe suitable observance of tho 12th of February, on account of the death of President Lincoln. Tho House passed a bill appropriating $25, IKH), being a year's salary of Pres cient Lin coln. Wilson, of Iowa, reported a bill extending the right of suffrage to colored citizens in the District of Columbia, which wns made the special order for January. Stevens of Pennsylvania, made a speech on reconstruction, arguiug that the lately re bellious States must cmuo back into Ihe Union as new Stales, or remain as conquered prov inces. The whole subject was iu the hands of Congress. Senate. Tho Cummereial'i Washington dispatch says there are indictions that Con gress will revoke the city charter of Wash ington, to make tbo District of Columbia a Territory, with a delegate in the house. Mr. Nyo presented n bill to a ljnst the boun dary lines between California, Arizona and Utiih which wns referred to the Committeo on Territories. Mr. Hrown presented a bill to authorize the construction of a bridge over tho Mississippi river ut St. Louis, lieferred to tlio. Commit tee on Post Offices and roads. Mr. Dnolitllo introduced a bill in relation lo the qualification of jurors and to writs of error in certain cases, which provides that no person shall bo held incompetent to actus grand juror by raoenn of having formed or expressed an opinion upon the matter in question founded upon publio rumor, statements of public jour nals or tbo common history of the times, pro vided he be nth rwiso competent, and it ap pears to the satisfaction of the court that not withstanding such an opinion he can and will act impartiu iy. Further provides that in tri als for nubiio offences against the United State no person shall bo held incompetent to act ns juror on account ot having Inrmeu an opinion ns nhovo founded upon liko informa tion, if otherwise competent and impartial. Footo presented Ihe following, which was adopted: The joint committee appointed to consider and report by what token of respect and nir.-clion it may bo proper to express the deep sensibility of tho nation on the event of the decease ol the lulo rresiilelit Lincoln, have, according to order, bad tho sumo under consideration, nnd in tlio result ol their de ileliberalion. report tbo following resolulinni nud recommended their adoption : JU-mlved, That the melancholy event of the violent nnd trngic dentil of Abraham Lincoln, late President of the United Slates, having occurred during the recess of Congress and the two houses, and desiring to manifest their sensibility on tbe nocitsion of that public beieavenietit. therefore be it resolved by Ihe Senate, tho lloueo of Hepreientatives con curring, tbnt the two Houses of Congress will assemble iu the House of Representative! on Monday, the 12th day of Feb. next that being hi anniversary liirth-day nt the hour of twelve o'clock noon, and that in tho presence of Ihe two houses there assembled, an address upon the life nnd character of Abraham Lincoln he pronounced hy the Hon. E. M. Stanton nud the President of the Senate ;ro tern, nnd Ihe Speaker of Ihe House of Representatives, be requested to invito the President of the United States, the heads of tho several de part nients. judges of the Supreme Court and resentntives of foreign governments near this Government, and such officers of tbo Army nnd Navy as have leceived the thanks of Con gress w bo mny then be nt the sent of Gov ernment to be present on the occasion ; ami be it further. Kemlred. That the President of tbe United Sliili" be requested to transmit a copy of these resolutions to Mis. Lincoln nud assure her of Ihe, profound sympathy of Ihe two houses of Congress for her deep personal affliction and of their sincere condolence for thr Into national bereavement. Trumbull introduced a bill in relation to the Court of Claims, repealing the fourteenth sec tion of the act of March .'id. IS.'i,'t, amending the act to establish a Court of Claims, and ill lowing appeal to be taken in all enses men tioned in the fifth section of that net any time within ninety days after Ihe passage of thi bill, except in eases where amounts found due bv snid court have been paid at Ihe treasury. Hill referred to commilte on judiciary. A messngn wn 'received from the Senate, accompanied by a report from that body, pro posing appropriate action, consequent npon Ihe dentil of President Lincoln. The report was unanimously concurred in. Washburn of Illinois, from the Committee appointed to take action on the hill for the relief of Mrs. Lin coln, reported an appropriation of 2..000, less limn nuy amount that may have been paid to Mr. Lincoln or representatives on account of his salary. The bill was passed last night. Mr. Wilson, of Iowa, reported a bill from the judiciary committee, extending tho right of suffrage in the District of Columbia, which enacts that in all Inns pi escribing the qualifi cation of electors in tbo District of Colombia, tho w ord white be and the same is hereby stricken out. and after tbe passage of this act, no person shall be disqualified from votiug-on aernnnt of color. All acts of Congress nnd all laws af Maryland in force in this District nod all ordinance! of the corporations of ashington and Georgetown inconsistent with it, are heieby repealed and annulled. Mr. F.ldrige objected to tlio bill being report ed. On motion of Mr. Wilson, the House sus pended the rules for the purpose and it was mado Ihe special order for the 10th January next. Alley, of Moss, offered Ihe following resolu tion. KetolteJ. that the House cordially concurs in the views of the Secretary of the Treasury in relation to the necessity of the Contraction of the currency withe view to an early re sumption of specie payment a the business of the country will permit. We hereby pledge co-operntlvo action that it mar be as sixrdy a possible. Hesolulion called, yeas 141, nay ft". lUiley introduced' a hill to enable loyal cili ten in those Slates, whose constitutions were overthrown or subverted by Ihe rebellion to form a constitution and State government pre paratory to resuming that relation the Gov ernment. In tha Itnaa. Wilanii nf Inwa. from commit tee on judiciary, reported a joint resolution f reposing an amendment lo tn i onsiiiunnn irttitldiits ti.it hirnwnlaf lhntMl JehL Af ter some delists the proposition passed by 140 against II. The tndieUrr ri.,iimilti nf the Ifonae of iCrpresvnUtttt'S agreed to report at n rir'y J day on the amendment to the Constitution, providing that the number of voters in each Statu shall be tbe basis of representation in Congress. COLLECTOR ADAMS SISTAINEI). Tha following resolutions, offered by Mr. Milchel, were adopted by the Legislature on the 12th inst. without opposition : Whereas The Congress of the United States nf America did on the 2d day nf March, anno dornin', 17 9 enact a law entitled "An Act tn regulate tho collector of dutie on im ports and tonnage." And Whereas a careful and honest observ ance nf the provisions nf said Act is n duty in cumbent upon every good citizen, while a vio lation of its provisions or departure from its requirement is a direct stab at tbe national existnnce by opening the door to innumerable fronds npon its revenue, which is its life, And Whcrens during tbo past year thcro have been repeated and flngrnnt violations of the wholesome provisions of this law perpo trated by divers persons navigating the high seas between the ports of San Francisco, Cali fornia, Victoria, Vnncnuvers Island, and Portland, Oregon, by which gross fraud have been practiced npon the revenue, of tho nation. And Whereas through th persevering and truly commendable vigilance and untiring per formance nf duty on tbe part of W. L. Adams, Colleotor of Customs at Ihe port of Astoria. Oregon, divers of these offenders have been detected in, and prosecuted and convicted of such offenses, therefore, Ho it resolved by the Legislative Assembly nf the Stnto of Oregnn, That being profound ly sensible of the importance of a strict observ ance of nil laws having for their purposes the protections of the national revenue, and espec ially that of March 2d, 1799, which was pre pared, matured, and enacted by the ablest minds r.f onr revolutionary statesinnn, nnd be ing fully advised that many of its provisions have within the past year been wilfully viola ted by porsnns engaged in trading npon and navigating tbe waters of tho Pacific ocean liordering our western const, we do solemnly condemn all such violations of law, whether perpetrated hy commanders of vessels or subor dinate officers, as direct assaults npon our na tional cxistance, and do protest tbut those who eng-igo in such violutii ns of law who nro tried and found guilty by a jury nf their peers are not entitled to, and should not receive, Executivo clemency. Hesolved. That we heartily commend Col lector W. L. Adams, for the vigilance he has exercised in ferreting out, and bringing to tri al nnd conviction persons and vessels engaged in these frauds npon our revenue. Hesolved, That Ihe Secretary of Stoto be, and ho is hereby iiistrncted to forward n certi fied copy of theso resolutions, nnder seal of State, one to Andrew Johnson. President of the United Stales, one to Hugh McCulloch Secre tary nf the Treasury. What Constitutes a Political Church. Tho Pastoral Address of tbo Southern Meth odist Bishops, which we published in full last week, charges among tho rest that tho Metlio Episcopal Church has 'incorporated political tests" into its statements of belief. "They tench," says these bishops, speaking of Ihe Methodists of tbe loyal Stales, "for doctrine Iho commandment of men. They preach another gospel. They have incorporated so cial dogmas and political tests into their cbnrch creeds." These charges como with a very had grace from tho heads of n church uhnse preachers wero among tho most active instiga tors nf. the lute civil war. Tlio rebellion was, in no places of public ussemblegc more earnest ly upheld than in Southern Methodist cmler cce rooms and in Southern Metlindistcburch es. The Nashville publishing house was used for tbe storage of rebel arms. Every Southern Methodist paper, with tbo single exception of tbo North Carolina Advocate, was nil accom plice in tho conspiracy to destroy the Union. In short, Southern melhodism was the head und front of tho rebellion ; blessing it, praying fur it, lighting fur it ; bound up iu its fur; lines, part and parcel of it by every conceivable tie that could hold the church mid tho rebellion together, and yet their Southern bishops, who have been steeped to the Hps in treason, have the effrontery to tell us that our Church is po litical, und thntMeir is free from the spirit of politics. iVew York Methodist. Burnkh Out. The Jacksonville Sentinel hue the following : On Saturday, Dili inst., the bam of N. C. Dean, near Willow Sprirgs, was consumed hy lire, burning all bis bay and un til reshed outs, nnd four of his best horses. Tho lire was undoubtedly the work of nu incendiary. Mr. Dean, ns soon ns the lire was discovered, rushed lo free his horses, und succeeded in get ting them all loose from their stalls nud three of lliein from tbo stable his most valuable horse and three colts but tlio other four were o frightened that they laid down and refused tn get up. His loss amounts to about 8-.30I). Samuel Golieen was arrested for the commis sion of tho deed, and required to give bail by Justice Hn)den ill the sum of $2,(M)Oto appear and answer to the crime, nt the February term of the Circuit Court, nnd in default of bail, Was committed to jail. If Guheell gets fastened on that, he will Go hence to tho Portland cross bar seminary. Gf.nkhalLf.bTakkstiif. Amnf.styOatii. Among ihe amnesty oaths lately filed nt the State Department is that of Hubert E. Lee, subscribed to on Ihe 2d. That nil Ihe world mny know what Ibis man promises for the fu ture, we give the oath entire. It is tho same oulh required from "ony other mini :" Office uf Notary Public, Hockbridge county, Virginia, October 3, lr?G5. I. Hubert E. Lee, of Lexington, Virginia, do solemnly swenr, iu tbo presence of Almighty God, that 1 will henceforth faithfully support, protect and de fend the Constitution of the United States, and tho Union of iho Slates tliere-under ; and that I w ill, in liko manner, abide by nnd faithfully support nil laws and proclamations which have been made during the existing rebellion with reference to the emancipation of slaves, so help me God. H. E. Lkk. Subscribed ami sworn tn before me this 2d duy of October. A. I. ISlid. C'iias. A. Davidson, Notary Public A Siif.kp Di.ikask. Mathcw Campbell. Hemlock Grove. Meigs County. Ohio; I have lust (Ml out of 137 bend, iu the last nine month, and they still keep dying. They have a short, severe cough ; their throat, month and nose are full of a frothy phlegm. Often when, nnd just before they die, this bloody froth issues from their nose and mouth. Between or just back of the fore legs thera is. or seems tn be quite a fever. I think I am not mistaken about this last symptom, as I have compared the healthy with the sick, and the heat or fever is ns marked as the ears of a horse when he has the lung fever. Tho shin nf the sheep, instead of a healthy color, has a bluish sr leaden color. This is quite enough to discourage farmer in that section from keeping sheep, and wr hope the publication nf this statement may hevo the effect of producing a remedy. Th Pl'M.10 Dkbt. Itwa considered one of Iho greatest 'achievement of Pit thnt he devised a sinking fund whrrby the publio debt of England, if it could not be paid, might at least be prevented from, increase. A Repub lican admiustration of Ihe United Statea haa done better than this. When the expenses nf the war can hardly be said to nave ceased, th public debt is reduced twelve and three quarter millions in a single mouth. And this without extraordinary means, oreign or forced leans, subscription of any resource but that derived from the liicomo of Ihe country. Comparative Statkmkst op Trcasirk SiiirxtNTS The following exhibit shows that, up to the present lime, the exports nf treasure from' California by steamer fur this year, fall short of those nf a corresponding period lost year by over (10.(X),0tl. The total shipment by the Sacramento, on Monday, was l.:lli7,l)17.4S; previously this year, J:17, ar.'; 22; toial, since Janua'ry 1. IStv. 7."l.57.'l 70. corresponding period of H!4, J lit,. '.'.USUTW ! ; decrease this year, 10,501.. 17 "M Donation I'htv. On 'I'lno-d ij- i-venlii)!, Mill ln-t., the inelillieia of the I !ohf!l'f national Clniri-li, anil the personal friends of llev. (). Dickinson, (lotliered them selves together at the limine of Capt J. M. Keeler, for the purpose of ivinn Mr. Dickinson henellt. The nnrtv wai one 'of the most plea-ant wo have ever hail Iho pleasure of nttondlnff, and tlio " Purxon'a benefit" was ipilto substantial, amounting to upwards of two hundred dollars. The (loveinor and (piltii a sprink ling of legislators were In attendance. Mny "ch favors to a most worthy Christian genllciniin he not " few nor far between." Da. CAiii'KNTKK.-'l'hi gentleman has recontly been mustered out of the service of the United States army, In which service lie but spunt folir yean in surireon, discharging Ills iluties to the honor nail credit of him lelf ind the command with which he has been connect ed. He hat now located for life in Haleiu, and associ ated himself, In tlio practice of medicine, with Doctor McAfee. Their card may be found in another column, and their reputation in the profession needs no endorse ment. ' ltnoitK Itivta W001.KX Factory. The Reporter says that It is rumored In Jacksonville that some of the cap italist! are hestirriii themselves in the mutter of start- lutfa " woolen factory In this neishlsirhoud, and for that purpose have Iwen looking up an eligible site for the Held of their operations. H e understand that the neighborhood of Phoenix is likely to ho the place se lected." New l'Ai'KR. Messrs. Upton & Bowman, of Albany, have procured tho necessary press anil materials, and will soon Issue a newspaper from Lafayette, in Yamhill county. It will ho of tho Copperhead persuasion, on tlio Johnson tack, ns wo nre Informed. Si.RiiuiiNa. The boys and Klrla of Salem availed themselves of the snow, last Wednesday, to take a gen eral sleighing spree. Two-horse racing was ull the go in the streets, and afforded quite as much sport to the spectators as to those who wero hurried along over the uneven, frozen rouds. KniTona IX Town. Mr. Mcl'berson, of the A Homy Journal, anil Judge Odeneal, of tho (Joi'Valli (lauttt, have been sojourning in Salem for a few duya. Tliey arc both uhle and energetic advocate of the Union cause, and ma'ko their respective Journals wield u largo inltuenee on the right side. , 1'lllOKS CVllliKNT IN TIIK MlNKS ON TUB Ul'l'KR C'OM'H- ma. The following are the prices current in the new miues up the Columbia, at Uig llend, on the '2oth of November: U.icon, f 1 fin l lb 1 Flour, MU 100 ft; Sugar, $1 50 V IT.; Coffee, tl SO V lb; Tea, $3 $ Dj Hotter, $2 tyft; Heef, Oie $ It,- Thk Mails. Something ii out of Joint somewhere. Our letters nnd exchanges from Eugene City have readied 111 hy the way of Portland, for some time back. There ought to bo no trouble Jf the mail mat ter Is put in the proper hags, nud taken out w here it ought to be, it will nil be right. Obkoon Ikon Wokks. Articles of incorporation were filed in the otliee of the Secretary of Stnto, on the L'tld instant, hy A. C. Gibbs, D. MeCully and A. Myers, for the purpose of manufacturing iron and ma chinery. The iiauio of tho corporation is " The Ore gon Iron Works ;" capital stock, $1011,000; place uf business, Portland. DciiiKO thc Hoi.idavs, l'arrisli &. Keeler will sell llouks, Photographs, Albums, Xol ions, etc.,at tbe low est cash rates. They have a great variety of articles from which to select a handsome and valuable present for 11 fi-ieud. A good book ii an ever-present friend. Fho.kn Up. The Columbia is frozen up below SI. Helens, so that the ocean steamer Pacific cannot reach Portland this trip. RoiniEitY. A man named Trickle recently robbed Ids traveling companion, named Alhy, on the Canyon City road, of tho sum of $1,04.5, by stealing it from its hid ing place, under a haystack. Tna Fiskst IIt.ank Duhd. The Slaletman Job 'Oflice has lately printed some blank Deeds, 'which have been pronounced by several County Clerki tho handsomest over primed ill Oregon. Blanks of every description promptly printed at the Slalrman Ollice, in n style unsurpassed ill the Stale, und on terms as rensonable ai the times will admit. Send on your or ders ut once. Relioioiis. Iter. A V. MeC'arty will preach at the Court-House in Salem, on Sabbath, Dee. 31st, at 11 o'clock a. in. Mrs. H. A. Allen's World's Hair Ita. storer and Dressing. You canunt be buldorgrey,and neither time uor sickness can blemish your Hair, if you use them. Sold by ull Druggists. Agents, Huitetter, Smith, & Dean, Sail Francisco. Wool) Wo will take a few loads'of irood drv wood at this office, in payment for subscription, if brought soon. Tkxas. Tho Texas papers estimate that there will not be nmro than half a crop of cut ton in that State this year. The army worm and the recent heavy rains that have prevailed there have greatly diminished the yield there wonld otherwise have been. Immiohation to tub South. Governor Andrew, of Massachusetts, is turning his at tention tn a gigantic scheme of helping popu late tbe Smith anew, tn bo done by encourag ing Northern emigration. mariued. In irln Vallsjr, Pc.lk cnunljr, ! the rrsMen'e of the hrl.lc's (mlior, Ailnm 8t-pheus, Vv. is, stj.-,, ,r nr. Mfi L'ooer, Mr. T. J. Armstrong and Mils (taUrltlla S:erlit-in. LOST ! A ISOIT December 17, prnbnblv between the Meth odist church nnd the Nsleni' Academy, a ninieo breastpin. The linder n il courier special favor hy leuving it at Ihe Utaleman (llllru. rPAKK NOTIOK. Kuuntl a Pm-krl-llonk, cmUsiiiliiit two 1 packs?-! f nots, rolitslnliiff nlhnl 0v tlu,un,il ,lnl Inrs. The o.nvr ran have lliein by pivlnil a (lefct-lptlnn of llie notes nn.l oilier pnpers. K. De Vouinj waa Ihe name found in the m.moraniluni bock. Victoria M-r ptease copy. A.l.lrru, HKktlll'K, Lucklanmte, Polk Co. Orcirun. Notice- rTMIE Ural regular meeting of iho Salem Lyceum and J. Mechanics' ltisthu'e will held at ilieState Lihrurv on Thursday evening, Dec. 2X, at ti o'clock. Citizen's nre eonliallv invited lo attend. Ilr. Johu liosnell SI1KNDKIH bis professions! services to ihentixens 1 ot Salem and viriuiiv. lleinu a niedinii grailuiiie. und having had over thirty years' experience in (lie practice of medicine, he elie'rishra a hope that lie will lie aide to give general sntisliielion to tlmse who tuiiv favor him with their piitrontu-e. OIHce in Moores' bri.-k, No. 1. up stairs. Resilience near the lower end ot Connnereiid slrerl, Salem. Io-I3 .otict- to YoltiiiliM'i-ai. SOLDIERS who enlisted for one vear in the First Oregon lufanirv nre enti'b-,1 lo n b,.,uiiv of Fifty IMIara. Thow who enlisted for three ve'ars are en tilled 10 Ihe full amount of llieir bonntv on being mus tered 011I. Iho entile as if thev had served the full three veurs. I'niler Ihe provision of the late law, lionntv bonds ran lie delivered ia person or upon powers tif attorney. Ilhink powers of ailoniev, either for in fantry or rnvalrr, can he funiislml, on application to lo llul ollice. CVKI S A. REKD, Adjutant General of the Sute of Oregon. Slate of drrgon. Adjntsnl Crn-ml e oillee, ) Salem, Dernnber V-M. Iwvi. j ;M3 ISIiay otiot rjWKEX t'P, by 1). J. Coo.r, living in Spring Val- 1 lev. Ilelhel precinct, Polk colllllv, Oregon, one ItROWX IIOUSK. supposed In lie foiir yeara old : is neur 13 lunula lm;h, louie saddle marks aud rollur murka, left hind tool white, 'some whits on tl,. rlilit hind foul. a few white hairs iu forehead ; and no other. inarsa or ononis ooservatite. Appraised at forty dol- lars, lloa lilil dxv of Peeemlier. A. D. K : CQOI'K'I, Justice .if the Pence. J. 1.. CollillN, Attorney and Oouiijclor-at Ijtw and Solicitor iu Chancery, Dallas, Polk county, Hn-ieai. All business promptly attended tn. J. L. Collin, Notary Public, Dallas, Polk county, Un-iten. IVnciilsr attention giveu lo decile, tnortipotea, acknowledgments, depositions, etc. Ij-W Siiiitiuiii (ioiil nnd Silver .1linin Company. NOTICE is hereby given, that at a meeting of the Hoard of Dure ore of said eompanr. held al Iheir orHcetn Salem. on Ihe'Md dar of lcenilir, lo, it was ordered thai all of the capital stock of said com pany on which there shall remain do anv aatraement or assessments heretofore levied, on Mondar. the nrel day of January, IHtiti, shall on that dnv be sdvertiied lor sale. 11 v order of the Hoard ut Direrinra. H MALLOKV.SeereUrr Salem. Dee S3, 4: Sonera Wlirnt. Orrirs&ursatsTimisT lamas Armas, Salem, tlreipm. Not. 3. lhi& I rrMIK Qttdereiimcd will receiva written proposal 1 until November "Vth I" furnish two hundred ha.hels of .H..nor Spring Wheat. Tin Wheal must be free from foul ared or smut, pal np in strong mrke, and delivered al any point along th. Willamette nver for shipment. lrpoala moat be indorsed on tbe out side "Propnaale for Wheat " and addressed to the un dersigned, at Salem. If Sonora wheal cannot he had, pntomli to furnish t'lub 11,-ad Spring Wheat will be ronsctrred. The? wheat may be delivered ai any lima prior lo January 10th, IHO J W. PEK1T HI-NTiXiVriiy. "ot ISw3 . ear-1 Indian Allaire. Don't Fail to Read this Column ! Don't Fail to Ut'iul this Column! Don't Fail to Kcml this Column! Don't Fail to Kcail this Column! Don't Fail to Kt'iul this Column ! Don't Fail to J. cud this t olumn ! Don't Fail to Kiwi this Column! Don't Fail to Kcutl this Column! - " The Secret Service, the Field, The Dungeon and Ertcnpp. "The Secret Service, tlio Field, The Dungeon and Escape." "The Secret Service, the Field, The Dungeon and Escape." "The Secret Service, the Field, The Dungeon and Escape." "The Secivt Service, the Field, The Dungeon and Escape." "The Secret Service; the Field; The Dungeon and Escape." The most Interesting Hook ever Published. Tho most Interesting Honk ever Published. The most Interesting- Hook ever Published. Tbe most Interesting Dook ever Published. Buy no other War Book Buy no other War Book Buy no other War Book Buy no other War Book Until you get this. Until you, got this. Until you get this. , Until you got this, Ono thousand Copies Selling Daily. Ono thousand Copies Selling Daily. One thousand Copies Selling Daily. THE nnthor of this great work was one nf the ,. ."(,'olfux Parlv," that visited Oregon lust summer, mid wrote those tetters to tho Tribune, justly and beniitifnlly describing our Stole. He spent four years in the "Secret Service" of the United Stales. No book ever published in the United States haa met with such general fnvor from till clnsses. One thotis mid Volumes tire published iliiilv to fill present orders. Contains Al'-t Octavo Piiges, printed on line puper, in beautiful new lype. Illustrated with Nineteen Steel Plates and Cuts. B, S. Caldwell has sold as high ' as 20 copies in Marion county in one half day 1 Union Men Subscribe for It. Democrats Subscribe for It. Copperheads Subscribe for It. Black Abolitionists Subscribe for It Everybody Subscribes for It ! Every man, no matter what his politics, ought to buy and read this book, ns it will give him a bet ter idea of the War than any other book that he can get hold of. Kichardson writes nothing but' what he saw and heard himself, and although he gives but few ac counts of battles, he gives what is more important and more interest ing lie gives his experiences and observations in Dungeons, Escapes, and in the SECRET SERVICE, Explaining fully all tbe secret and intricate machinery of getting up Secession and Rebellion, and car rying on the War against the Gov ernment, ftT Read what HORACE GREELEY snys of this Book : " A Trent mnnjr book wilt be written concerning thli wart In addition to Hit many already Id print; but not one of thera will glre within a linilar compnaa a clearer, fullrr, more read able acconnt, entirely from personal obBerratlon, of the nature, anltnui, purposes, tendencies, audi Instra mentalUies of the lareholilers' rebellion, than does the un pretending narrntive of Mr. Rlchanlion." The Boston Coiigregationalist gays : " To those who have heard from his own tip the thrilling account of his experiences Iu the war as a correspondent a and a prisoner, the present volume will nerd no further recom men ilnt Ion." The Hartford Cournnt fays : This Is no mere sensation book, but a plain and unrar nislicd story of some uf the strange and terrible scenes thai have been niu-ted durlnjr Ihe last four years throughout th Southern States scenes more Mrnnjre and terrible because true, than the romancing (renlus of ft Bulwer or a Dlckena could possibly hare conjured up." The Marysvillo Appeal pays : ' We might fill the Appeal with similar favorable crltl clsms of the prea. Wemtshtadd oar own eocr.parallveljr feeble roice lo lis praise. The work really needs no puffing. All that Is required Is lo give notice that It can be had. Sub scribe, and ask no questions." The Oregon Statesman says : " A. D. RtciiAKnan. This famous correspondent of the X- Y. Trif'Hn If Attain In Oreirott. In July last he surveyed! Ihe t mm try from south In north, paw Inr through as one of the 't'olfft party. After reaching. &tn Praiicisco by way of Victoriat lie Marled for Montana Territory, pnnsing through Nevada and t'tan, Prom Montana he came westward again lo Idaho, and altr jmlng thr rounds IhereAhe came down the Columbia to Portland, lie will itlre a god account f Oregon, having already seen much more nf It than most of Orrtronians. He Is a very due writer, not only nf letters, hut h of books. Hit great work on Ihe war, entitled 1 The Secret Service, the Unngvon, and Ihe Kscape, Is Ihe most In teresting book we have ever read. He went to the South before the Slates seceded, ami stayed with the Southern poli ticians; and, hailing as lie did frum New Mexico, he was In vited lo Iheir dinner pnrtirs, listened lo their seceHlon gos sip, attended their pot M leal conventions, heard all their trea sonable plans dlsruHed, and wrote letters tn the THbum In cyither, directed to New York hankers, Irclnstng checks for mythical thousands, in a community nlirre. If tn true char acter had been known, he would have been hung, drawn, and quartered in less than tweuty minutes. All thrse elr enmdances have enthled him to dk-'se an Inside view nf the treat seceMbui movement, obtainable nowhere else. Ilia terrible experiences at a rebel prisoner are no leas Interest ing thin his halr-breadlh escapes In the Secret Service. Ha leaves (h-egon In tha next steamer from Portland." faf man, iHc. 4, 15. Its Cost. TliU book cts prohnhljr a trifle more limn mnny of, the "cheap wnr hookf," with which tho country is novr being flooded ; but iu intrinsic vnlue ia not to he compared tn o thera. u ct it nCrthntflblo to the flue qanlily of (he engraving; end the fact that it more rapidly than all other irorki of tha kind, ii eullicieitt evidence that the price ia not adore ita value. The book will be furnifbed to the people at tbe earliest day possible. Canvaaere will bo a diligent as the weather will permit. J. W. Geahiurt is Agent for Clatsop Co. . S. D. Calowf.ll ii Agent for Marion and Lino con n tie. J. J. Ulf.yass U Agent for Polk and Yamhill counties. T. 0. Thompson ii Agent for Benton county. II. It. Bothforo it Agent for Multnomah CO. and Clark eminty, YY. T. Agents wanted for each of the other coun ties in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and British Columbia, and Victoria, to whom liberal com mis inn will be allowed. Addre SCRANTON & BlKU. GenM Agenta, Sail fare of Bot 33, Salem Ongi n. J.
