Z M ON DA yT) ; 6 K. I NO TVKC. 25, 1805.
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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.
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He spent four years in the "Secret Service" of the
United Stales.
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book that he can get hold of.
Kichardson writes nothing but'
what he saw and heard himself,
and although he gives but few ac
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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
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" 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."
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" 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."
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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
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" 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.