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Newspaper Page Text7monday"morninq. JAN. 1. wxj. ,ThatUamaa halt Larger Clreulaiion than any th.r Piper in th State, and ii tha Beit Xadloa for Advartiiart. Th V.I' Lawt tad HMolutioii an publtihed In tbl , tatatmaaby Authority. 1 CLEAR FIELD AHD 1 BQUAHK FIGHT. Ioitrad of pawing au effioient registry law, In addition to the law, nlreadr in foroa rega latin; the voting frtnohite, the lata upecial et inn repealed the only law in existence which ffered'any ohjeotioni to the "rebel rote." The repeal ef the law pasted at the last regu lar session was inserted in an aot entitled " an aot to prerent illegal toting," of which the following is a copy i Ba it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of tha State of Oregon, as follows : Seotion 1. That at all general and special elections held in this State, it shall he the doty of tha jodges of such election to administer tha following oath to any person offering to Tote unless the person so offering to vote is known to one or more of said judges to possess the qualifications set forth, to-wit j Yen, B , do solemnly swear (or affirm) that yoo are a white male oitizen of the Uni ted States, twenty-one years of age, anil have resided in the State of Oregon six months im mediately preceding this election, and ninety days in the district and county immediately preceding the election. And yon wdl support tha Constitution and laws of the of the United States against all enemies, whether foreign or domestic and will li ar true faith, allegiance, and loyalty to the same, any ordinance, res olution or law of any 8tate convention or leg islators to the contrary notwithstanding and . yoo nave not voted in any other oounty or pro. cinot at this election. So help you God. If an affirmation, the words "under pains and penalties of perjury." shall he added. In case the aulioant is of foreimi birth, the following oath in lieu of the foregoing oue shall ba administored : Yoo are a white mala of foreign birth, and twenty-one years of age, and have resided in tha United States one. year, and in the Stale of Oregon during the six mouths immediately preoeding the election, and have deolared your intealion lo become citizen of the'Uiiited States ona year preceding this election, con formably to the laws of tha United States on the subject of naturalization, and have bona fidely resided in tha distriot and oounty ninety days next preceding this election. And you will support the Constitution and laws of the United States, and the Government of the United States egainst all enemies whether foreign or domestic, and will bear true faith, allegianoe and loyalty to the same, any ordi nance, resolution or law of any Stale con vention or legislature lo tha contrary notwith standing t and you have not voted in any other county, distriot or precinct, at this eleolion. So help yen God. (Or if affirmation, to coo- olodo as in the first oath.) Sec. 2. That in case llie aitplioant only wishes ta vote for Presidential eleoturs or rnembers of Congress, to much of the oaths at refers to ninety days residence in district , and eounty may ba omitted. Aod if be wish es lo vota for distriot officers, so much thereof as refers lo oounty may be omitted, and if for oounty officers only, so moch thereof at refers to district may be omitted. See. 3, If any person applying to voto is challenged by a lawful voter, tha judges of election shall administer one of the ioregi.ing, oaths or affirmations to the said applicant, be fore ba shall ba allowed ta vote. Seo- 4. The sfforesaid oaths shall be ad ministered orally, Sic. 5. If any person or persons shall, by menace, threat or violenoe, whether armed or unarmed, intimidate or prevent, or attempt to intimidate or prevent, any person from chal lenging another voter, or to prevent any per son from voting, suoh person or persons so of fending shall, upon conviction, he punished by Imprisonment in the Penitentiary not lest than ona year or mora than three years. Sec. 6 of tha new aot provides for the pub lication of the naturalisation laws, and all other laws relating to eleotions, in pamphlet form, fwi Oii ibutiuM the judges ur election. The following seotion of the new ael does the mischief, and emphatically tends all the rebels in Oregon to the polls i 8r.c. 7. An act entitled an act to prevent those who Alios tngageU in rebellion, or have atded therein, pom toting, approved October 21, 1864, aud section 4 ol an aot entitled nn aot requiring the oath of allegiance in eeitain eases, approved , ore hereby repeated. Tba foregoing is the whole of the law passed t the lata special session, and to show what it does, we give tha aot of Oct. 21, 1804, repealed by section 7, above t Be it enacted bii the Legislative Assembly, ett.t Seo. I. Thai on person shall he entitled In vote at any Slate or oounty election in this Slate wba hat been directly engaged in the re bellion of the so-oailed Southern Confederacy, by bearing arms, furnishing supplies, or in any ether way. ' Sao. It. That whenever, at any general or special election in line Slate, any person offer ing la vole it challenged by another voter, for the retson thai he hat been engaged in fur thering the iuteretl of the rehelliou. " as set forth iu section 1 of this act, the Judges of elec tion shall administer the following oath i " I, A B, do solemnly twear (or affirm) that I have never been engaged direotly in the rebellion of Ibe Confederate Stales, or aided the same, either by bearing arms myself in the servioe of id rebellion, or encouraging others lo do so, or by furnishing the otBoers ol said Confederate States money or other material means i so help ma God." And if the party refuse to lake the oalh, hit vote lhall be rejected. Sao. 3. The oatb prescribed by this act shall not be required of persons not oiliiens of the United Slates provided, however, that noih ing in this act shall ba ee ountlrurd as lo de prive any person of his rights under lha Am nesty Proclamation of President Lincoln, pro vided this right ean be established. , Approved Oct. 21, 18C4. ' Oor readers can now sea that tha law of Oct. . 21, 1864, prohibiting tha rebels from voting, baa been wiped out by the special session, and In lies thereof joat suoh a harmless affair at any guerrilla from Price's army would desire. Te show the publie opinion ol this act, we copy from a ooople of oor leading eiohanget. The Albany Journal, a alaonoh Uoion organ, says t " We regard tba title of the bill a misnomer. It should have read thus i " A bill to permit traitors lo vote and draw money from the Stale Treasury." Br the provisions of the act, if Jeff Davis were to break away from the casemates at Fortress Monroe, and come to Oregon six mostae before ear next Stale election, he would be entitled to vote by merely taking the sugar eeated oatb prescribed in ibe bill. Alter care filly reading the milk and eider eonoera. we art torood le one of twa oonclusions, vn t The Union members voting for the bill did so with out a moment's eensbleration t or else it is a tssjegenatsd bantling, begotten by that sprig ef Heath Carolina ehivalry. J. D. Far, Ibe Neater rf Ibe Demeeratie side ef the ilouse. The aet virtually tgneres the previsions of the President's Aumeety Preolamatioo, and admits Ibe whole olaae ef double-dyed villains, traitors lid knaves, excluded from the ballot-box by that instrument. We shall suspend further remark apon the merits er demerits of the hill aUl another lime not, however, wilhoet tret ef seeing the hope that Oovernor Gibbt ill at L ooial keel apon h and saver suffer it te kenme law. IXa Journals eentore Is not mors severe t;-a bJt tbaa is ths praise ef O'M eara'a Z -vraf, at) follows i V sovs the appearance of Mai defeat, hew r ', v 1 it is known as i'rle's bill was patted if im bitMs, . We give it iu another onluiaa, r wiMttmpiy say here Ual we greatly 'taicj i . . -' y nwraiog last, while at Salem tbat the hill would not pnns. It has pneil, nml as a Democrat we rejoice thereat. If tho Aboli tionists meant it as a club to hurt Dunioorats at the polls, we can assure them they have very foolishly put the handle of tlio club into Dem ocratia hands. We cannot explain the action of tlio Legis lature in this matter upon any other hypothesis than that they were not aware of the nature of the act they were repealing. Owing to tlio State Printer's "wout of energy ami foresight," the wholesome law of Oct. 21, 1804, was not in print, and members could not see it, unless they went to the Secretary's oflioo and examined the manuscript copy. It was slipped through the 'Legislature without sufficient investiga tion. Bat it should not have slipped through the Executive office in that munnnr. If tint Governor did not readily know what the act repealed, it was his imperative duty to examine the records and see. Unfortunately, he failed lo " tot bit official heel npon it." There are five or six hundred lebelt in Oregon to-day who have been engaged iu the rebellion against the Government, and who hare never taken cither the amnesty oath of President Lincoln or Pres ident Johnson. They nre traitors and pnblio enemies, and cannot be joitly restored to po litical rights without taking the amnesty oath of President Johnson. So far as the numbers of their votes are concerned, we care nothing, as there are not enough of them in Ore gon In endanger the sucuess of the Union ticket at the Jane election. There are not more than eight hundred emigrant voteis by the Inst Im migration, and not more than five or six hun dred nf them will vote the Copperhead ticket, so that Union men aro not troubled on this scoro, hut wo do object to letting rebels vote without taking the ninnesly oath. The Con federate rebellion should ho treated as some thing more odious than a Democratic holiday. In the language of Andrew Johnson, " treason should ho made ndions." As matters stand now, Democrats cannot complain that they do not get a fair show. Thoy get more than that. They will get the votet nf men who could not vote according to the laws and constitutions of the States from which they earns ; while not a single man will vote the Union ticket but could freely vote any where in the United States. This is something for Union men to be proud of. Union immi grants can point with pride to their record, and to the laws of the States frsm which they came. A Union voto from an liniiiigrniit in Oregon should he considered a. passport for truth, in tegrity and patriotism. A man who was a friend to the Union in his old homo will be such here, and is worthy to bo trusted. Union men of Oregon, before you there is a fair, square fight between the friends of Union and Liberty and the friends of Jeff Davis and Slavery. Bookie on your arnior of truth and correct principles, and commence the warfnre at onot by towing the good seed nf correct in formation. Keep it np until next Juno elec tion, and show these Copperheads that if they will pander to aud seek the aid of men who joined hands with Jeff. Davit in open warfare to destroy Iho Union and overthrow the Gov ernroent, they shall oertatnly meet the same fate that their darling Confederacy suffered in the mortal defeat of Lea and Davit before Richmond. Since writing the above, we have reoeived the Oiegonian, making the following strictures upon the remarks of the Journal i Unpardoned rebels cannot, of course, lake this oath without mulling themselves guilty of the crime of perjury. Wo scarcely know what the Journal meant liv saying that the act ought lo he entitled A biil to permit trnilors to vote arid draw money from the Slnte Treasury." This law does nut repeal that of the former not which requires all persons w ho have olanns on on the Treasury to take (lie oath of loyally be fore they can drnw their money. Nor doet it, at we have shown above, admit to the ballot box any who are excluded therefrom by the Amnesty Proclamation. We cannot tee why unpardoned rebels can not tako this oath. . We are very sure they will take it uuhesitatingly. The trouble with the law It. that it doet not recognise participation in the rebellion at a " disqualification." Tlio Oregonian it mistaken in saying that all those are excluded who have not availed themselves of the Amnesty Proclamations. In tho last law no reference ia made to the Amnesty Proc lamation, ahile, in the law repealed, taking the oath iu President Lincoln's Amnesty Proo Inmation was made a condition precedent to voting in Oregon, and of the fact of taking the onth the voter bad to furnish tatisfaolory proof to the judget of llie election. The oath pre scribed for those who want lo draw money from tha Treasury hat not been repealed. V0TKR8 THI PROI'KR BtSIS Of KKPBE HKNTtTHCl. In disposing of tin suffrngo question in the Southern Stales, President Johnson and those w ho support bit views and policy have taken the position that representation in Congress should be based upoa voters, and not upon pop ululion. This ia purr, unadulterated, genuine demoeruoy. Let those deny it who dare. There it no denuicraey in a law that allows Missiasip pi Ave Repreteutativi-t in Congress nn a baais oftixty-uiue thousand votet. while New llamp shire is allowed but three Representative! on a basis of sixty-five thousand votes, Tho com parison between Muine and South Carolina is still more forcible, as a South Carolina white voter is equal lo two while volert in Maine according lo I he present law regulating repre sentation in Congress, This unequal and uu just discrimination against the Northern Statvi aiisesoutof Iho foci that the Negroes of the South are taken into Ibe basis of represents lion, but do not voto. We presume iho pres ent session of Congress will submit an amend nient to altar tba Coostituliuu upon this subject, se that each State shall be represented in t en gress according to lit voles, and not aoonrding lo its population. This rule would compel the Slates of Iho South lo enfranchise tho negroes, or ba content to lose considerable of their power and influence in Congress. This appears lo ut Iht natural aud easy solution of the suffrage question, at far at tha Geueral Government it ooncerned. It was Ihit unequal distribution ef Congressional power which first prompted Ihe organisation of Ihe great Republican partr of the Northern Stales, founded upou Ihe princi pie of opposition lo the further extension ol slavery. In a debate with Judge Douglas, at Peoria. Illinois, in 1858, the lamented Lliieolu presented the subject in very strong and unan swerable terms, when replying to Iho arguments ef Douglas in favor of popular sovereignty. Us argued that we bad a right lo oppose Ibe forma lioa and admission le Ibe Unioa Slates whose white Vetera, eoealing Ibe negroes they owned, teald virtually east Iwe volee in Congress te kit one that admiseieti ef seek States Into Iht Unlet), apoa tueh a basic of Congressional rep reeenlaliaa, made white volert of Ihe North lest than men that M Ihe fioeih enald inerease Its slave popslaltoa faster tbaa the growth ef the free. Slates, and own, control and vote its negroes, it could control the Government and destroy the rights of the free States, and tlio dignity of nou-sliiveholdliig freemen of tho North. These arguments against the further extension of sluvery were so clear and forcible, so entirely unanswerable, that ihe great cham pion Douglns sought an interview with Lincoln and secured a pledge from hit adverea'y that he should not challenge him again for public discussion during that campaign. Line tin did not again challenge Douglas that yr.-ar, and Douglas retired from tho field, and toon after broke ground against the Buchanan adminis tration and the " Lecompton swindle." If this was such safe and tenable ground against ihe formation of any more slave States, is it not even a better position, now that all are free States, to insist that the Constitution shall he so amended as to give each State Congres sional power in proportion to its legul voters, and not in proportion to ill population. If Stutet desirn to keep persons in their midet w ho do not vote, or iu any manner add lo the political power nnd strength of the State, let such States be responsible therefor, and not Ihe National Government, which is a republican or democratic form of government. Trial ok Jeer. Davis. From the Cin cinnati Xi at tile we barn the following par ticulars of the coming trial of Jefferson Davis. Tlie trial is ta be before the Supreme Court at Washington, and since Davis' Slate has nulli fied the ordinance of secession, instead of re pealing it, he will be tried as if still a Senator of tin United States. It is supposed that Mr. Chase will preside; The charge will be that of treason, and will be confined to a few spe cifications. The purpose of the Government is not merely to pnuish Davis, but to define the na ture ol treason, fix its punishment, reveal the cruelties of which it has been tho frnilful source, and establish a legal precedent for the future which will be a terror to traitors hereafter, and forever disgracu the treason which for a time was respectable by reason of itt power and formidable proportions. The Attorney General has selected the counsel to aid him in Ihe prosecution, nnd Mr. Davis has been allowed to select his attorneys. Mr. Speed will be assisted iu Iho prosecution by Miij'ir General Lovell II. Rousseau of Ken tucky, Hon. Wm. M. Evnrts of New York, and Hon. John II. Clifford of Massachusetts, Mr. Erarts disputes with Cbitrlei O'Connor, the principal lawyer ol Mr. Davis, for tho front rank among the lawyers of Now York. He is probably the ablest criminal lawyer re tained in tho onso, At a strong Itcpiihlieun, he was tlio So.uird-Weed candidate for the Sennte, when it wns understood that Senator Morgan was to lie appointed Secretary of the Treasury. lie has never held any political office, though he bin been prominent in politics. Mr. Clifford was Attorney General of Massa chusetts, and won his first legal biurets as the prosecutor of Webster for the murder of Dr. Purkmun, in 1830. Gen. Roussenu nml Mr. Speed are well known to tha public. Chas. O'Connor wi.l be assisted by Runsoin II. Gil lett, formerly Solicitor of the Treasury in Hucliannn't day. It is stated that Mr. Davit declares hit intention to conduct hit oase iu . person. Impudbnck or an Oiieoon Reiikl. Prom an old army friend we learn tho following facts, illustrative of the impudence of Oregon rebels : Lieut. Watcher, who married a daughter of Gen. Aduir, at Astoria, was stationed at Port Vancouver when Hit war broke out. Ueing a rebel Teiincsean. he refused to fight for his country and the government which hud edu cated him and honored him with iis office and badge of honor ; and he therefore resigned, aud managed to eke out a miserable existence in Oregon, Washington Territory and British Columbia. Last winter, with more consisten cy than most of Oregon rebels, he concluded to joiu the enemies of his oonntry and make open warfare upon it, and set out for secessis, but wat captured in running Ihe blockade. After Lee't surrender, wheo Ihe rebel prison ers were gelling transportation lo their South ern homes, Welcher applied to Gen. Park for transportation to Oregon Park reminded him that lie was a Tennessean, and refused to send him to Oregon, or pay his passage lo any other place. Just think of the impudenco of a mail going all Ihe way from Oregon lo the Potomac to engago with traitors openly to destroy his laud and nation, and then . hen foiled and caught in his infamous treason, to turn around and ask the government to pay hit way hack lo Oregon ! It the Devil actually let loose on earth ag"in ? That looks like il j and yet it is no worse, no more inconsistent, no greuter infamy, than those Copperheads here in Ore gon, who bad not the courage In do as Welcher did, are ooulinually ilonig, iu prating of the expenses of the nation, or if itt acts to crush out the traitors, when they know iu their own hearts that the Democrat lo party it resposiblc for Ihe war end all its oonsequeuoet. Till GREAT CATTLE PLAIil'K, The Cattle Plague iu Europe has reached a formidable aud wide spread extent, and it proving terribly fatal. A London correspondent ol an Eastern pa per states that Beef ill England has reached an exorbitant price, owing In the cattle plague, and that rnly well to do families are able to purchase it. Heretofore the plagut has oi ly affected cattle, but lately it hat begun to show Itself among Sheep, aud it now threatening Hogs. A flock of 2.0U0 Sheep in Norfolk. England, bad been attacked, and most of Ihe animals had died. The people were afraid lo buy English meats, and were looking to the United States for tho principal supply of talf provisions, which bid fair to supplant all oth ers in Biitish markets. Late advioet state that the plague has been increasing iu Englaud during the past month te an alarming exteut. During that period Ihe attacks have risen, from previous monthly estimates, from 14.000 deaths le 21.000. Be tween Ihe 4th and 11th ef November, the timber increased fifty prr coot. The Tunes assumes that tin deaths instead of 700 a week are at least four timet that number, and if the wiuter dors not bring a change, ths losses may be 5.000 er 6,000 weekly by Christmas. If the plsgue should ooutinee, It will very considerably affect Ihe price of meals in Ihe Untied Slates. In foot, mess psrk and baona ii nsw held at high rales in New York, for this very reason. RcroMMiNi)iu.-Judge Williams, of ths IT. 8. Senile from Oregon, has recently recommended Lieatt. Cately, Way ml re, and Hopkins, of the Oregon Cavalry, ler appoint ments in ibe regular army. Tax l'4KK. Hkau Oil. Slii-ln.ll. in rimimuwl ill S"iilli (.'nriiiiu,hii riiti.lt. a rtiii"llioli fm- l"lr of bUnkols ami immune qmuililin of clulliiiiy iul ntln-V ankles, simply fur tlie freeilmeii In lliat Stale I tl.ii winter. Of ciairna liuiilar npiuiiiiisffiiie from m liar aiieomlrueled Ntali-n. (ill, il'n nil fr the own hihI the lux -payers must font tins liill. It is Kel""K '" U-retiti. (J'Altarai Iftmocrat. Yes. rood. Tax payers,' read ! Rood every thing you can get your hands on. Read Ibe the history of the demniiratio party. Read its Cincinnati platform. Read the speeches of lirechinridge, Davis, Toouibs.aud other South ern democrats, in the canvass that secured the election of James Buchanan. Read Buchan an's message, not excepting th") one in which Ihe doubly damned old traitor argued that the government had nn power to preservo the in tegrity of tho Union. Read the speeches of Southern democrats in 1800 and '61, and see how they twisted and shuttled and wriggled and apologized, jind finullydefended a war to over throw the government. Read the speeches of Andrew Johnson and Stephen A. Douglas. Yes. democrats, read tie tpeeohes of these two bravo men and see ho they bearded the trai tors in their very den, and told them to their faces that If war came, Southern democrats would be responsible fsr it. Read tho history of tho war. Read President Lincoln's mes sages, to wiu back the Southern democracy to the Union tee how he offered to put an amendment in the constitution itself that sla very iu the States ehouid never be touched. See how he offered to have the government pay for every slave in ;he South. Yes, read, the declarations of Ihe Southern democrats that they would make no compromise or any settle ment with the government not even ffthey were allowed to write their own terms. See how they would lave nothing bnt disunion or wat . Then tun to Oregon, and read the dem ocratic jiajien -read thit tame O'Mcara'e pa per, nnd see lw he excused tho traitors for making war on tho Union. See how those democrats re'iled and abased the Pnsideutatid the soldiers a ho weru defending the "Sturs and Stripes." See how these demorata declared the South couldn't be whipped, and that "a generation of (Southeru) heroes would grow up under tho roar of csnnon " in their efforts to destroy the Union nnd overthrow tlie govern ment. Yes, gentlemen taxpayers, read. For the sake of your country, read, keaii, READ, and seo who brought the war upon the notion, aud all itt consequences. Reud, and wo are per fectly satisfied that every honest man will lay nil tho horrors of 1'ie war, and all its expenses at Ihe door of Ihe demoorutio party. Ilo, ye ! every man in Oregon ; no mailer whether he pays taxes or not, set yourself down nod read Iho history of thii mailer. We charge that tho democratic party is lesponsiblu for all the bloodshed, for awry wounded, maimed mail. lor every widow ind orphan, and lust and least for every dollur'i expense, of the war for all tie conteqitcticea. Road, una see if It it is not true. Tlio tSlatetmnit ii uiislitkea in surioa- that we were ever in favor uf taiiuK the minus, i. e miniiw elating nr l.niila wliic li roivaili the rn-ociuas nielula. Wis alu ti-l tluil, as (tie meioioi'Dt owns lliu uiiniiitf lands, it vrnuld tie no onaelliao just for iito lay a Iiiiit lax uo until limn t lie six Hills whien llie law now rrqmrea. Two or tln-i-e of UeOrPKon papers have misrepresent ed us in this matter. Wo hope tlie Utaieimnn dwt nut do tins Willi villul limin e, as toe rest nave uone Urrftonm. . m As to whethrr we arc mistaken or not, tin following extract from a September number or the Oregonian will explain : Taxiku ths Mikm No melliod nf taxine the mines that has vet been suggested seems to meet tlio approval of llie' pr-uplo who are etteaifetl in working iliton. Many miners, very aowisely and illiherslly. we ItmiK, are somewhat indiKliaot at llie proposition Ui ihmh-sh any tux whatever upon tlie loiot-s or their prudiK-la. Now these lands lielonv lo the Kovernmeot the siiinu as do oilier mrts of our nallounl Uomaui,aul il is imiHtssilile to assiifn any valid mwon why lliey mm.;, ..( ri,it,ilnly be tuxed, Inst as other species of property are. It they are to be exempt Iruin luxation tne exception must rest, not upon the eiaim uiui tno government has no riglil lo levy a tux of this kind. hill upon considerations wlueh urge llie impolicy of the oieasare. That, we think, is sufficiently explicit ; hut we w ill add, in order to do the Ocgoniun the jus tice it invariably denies to ns, that in the same nrticle.it suggested that the levying nf a greater tux on gold burs thai that alreaey levied would probably be the more feasible plan of taxing Iho mines. It is not necessary for us to mis represent the Oregonian as that paper did the Statesman, in charging that we were the asso ciate of coppei heads, end that we intended to break np the Union surly, fco. in nrder to cir ry a point, and much less huvo wo any malice In subserve by such a course. The Uregoniun is doubtless opposed to either taxing nr selling the mining claims, nki-n it reflects suffieiuully to find nut what it is in I ivor of, on this point ; aud we would suggest that it can do Ihe Stalo tome service by vigisrously opposing such stlu or taxet. "Wb CoNORATflATE." Two weeks ago we stated, ill justification of our suggestion that tho general govtrnineiit ought assume tin war debts of Iho loyal Slates, tllut a bill had been introduced lull Congress, for this very purpose. The telegraph gave us the name ol "lllair," as llio aulhnr uf the bill, uud we so stated It, whereupon the Eugene Journal rub bed ill shim with delight, and congratulated us that " all tho llkiirs were copperheads," which is about the Iritb. The San Francisco papers now come wil'i a correct report, givviug us the name uf "Ilium," at the author of this bill and upon exnmiiig tha roll of Congress men for this session we find that there is not a lliair in Congress and that "Rlaiue," the au thor of ihe bill, it no other than "James G. lilaiue," a dyed in tlio wool abolitionist, from away down in Maine, and an old member of Congress, aud par excellcutly touiid. "We oongraluUle." Mk. IIknuerso.ns's Lktter. We publish very interesting and important letter from our Congressman, iu another oolomn. He lake Ihe Hue ground, aud eduiiuislera a sensible n-bube te all those who clamor fur negro suffrage in the Sooth and are unwilling to grant il to intel ligent colored mea at home. The Oegonii! will do well to lake this ioto prayerful consid eration. We hope, however, that it will spare Mr. lleudersou for using the Words "dyed iu the wool Abolitionist." j Hard Up The O'gnNiun gelt off a little squib at the Salriu papers, which the Bulletin eopiee whereupon Ihe Oregonian republished it as Ihe statement of the Bulletin. This looks like the artifice of Ihe e outrymin who, being elected a justice of lha peaoe, atuck hit head into a barrel, bellowing " Squira Jones, Squire Jones,'' at the lop of bit voioe, to see bow his new title would tooud. AtTiiiKTAiZrSuo-r. Prom tha Albany Jonrnal wa (earn that Capt. Shields, ao old resident of Linn oounty, living in the Forks ef Ihe Sautiam, wat accidentally thot by a com panion with whom bs was honliog, in the meenlains, aboat four weeka linoe. The ball entered Ibe ankle, shattering Ihe joint in inch a terrible maouer that amputation was foond necessary. The patient ie understood te be in a )ry critical enrnlitleo. (OMiUKSSlONAL. 1 Sknatk. Washington. !i0. Mr. Wade presented a me rial of the Society of Friends of ltaltiinori'. nslting that something lie done in behalf ol the freednien of Hie South. Re ferred to special committee of freednien. Anthony reported from the committee on printing, a resolution for printing 30.000 cop ies oologies oil the lute Senator Collainer. Passed. The hill for the payment of f'JS.OOO to Mrs. Lincoln wus passed. Mr. Averill, from the Co ittee on the District of Columbia, reported a hill to regu late the elective franchise in the District, by removing the distinction of color as a qiinlifl. cation for III exercise. Mr. Sumner hoped it would be acted on very soon. The country demanded it. Mr. Davis called Mr. Sumner to order, ma king a point of order that the bill wai not he fore the Senate lor discussion, Mr. Wilson culled np the Senate bill to maintain the freedom of the iiihabilanti of the States lately hi rebellion. Mr. Sumner addressed the Senate in favor of tlie bill. When he thought of what oc curred in this chamber yesterday, in heated temper to white-wash the unhappy condition of the rebel States, he felt that lliey ought to speak of nothing else to-day. He prooeeded to speuk of the right of Congress to pass the hill and read letters from the Southern States private and public, to show that the spirit of llie rebellion slill-existi there, and the right' of tho freednien wero being disregarded in all the Southern Slates. House. Morrill, of the Committee of Ways and Means, reported a bill authorizing tlie Secretary of the Treasury to appoint As sistant Assessors of Internal Revenue. Pass ed, Stevens, of Pennsylvania, introduced a hill to pay pension and damnges done to Union property by relicts, out of confiscated property. Referred to Committee of the Whole. Lawrence, of Ohio, submitted a resolution which was laid on the table, to ho printed af firming that Jeff. Davis should bo tried and punished for treason, and also, on account ef the starving of prisoners. Ranks reported nil umendtiient to the rules, recognizing ns officers of llie House the repor ters of tho Globe. A debate ensued, and the subject wns seut to the Judiciary Committee. The House concurred iu the conference which reported to adjourn over Ihe holidays from tomorrow, till tlio 5th of January, Hull announced the death uf Orlando Kellogg of Manchester, New Uuinpshire, on Ihe20lh. TELKliPAPHIC DISPATCHES. Washington, Dec. 20. The Posi t Wash ington special snys ! Senator Sprogne has start ed a iiiovciuet iu tlio Senate looking to nil increase of llie tin ill' oil all goods that can he iiittiiiifiic'iired in this country. The Western Republicans generally sny ihey will not vote lor a further increase. New York. Deo. 20th. This morninir afire broke nut ill the New Hampshire House of Rolorinntion, near tins eiiy. nml Uestrnveii all but the back walls. The iiimales, one hun dred ami twenty In number, were rescued, al though most of thorn were asleep when the lire commenced, excepting eight nr leu who Hindu Iheir escape. They were removed to the Stock House connected with the farm. The building were insured lor 20,000. Loss, about $40,000. New York, Deo. 20. The Commeiciai's Washington dispatch sujs: The President's action in restoriiiir tho Southern Suites which liavo adopted lliu Constitutional Amendment to tho enjoyment of nil their constitutional privileges, except representation in congress, line paralyzed the aution of the radical He publicans and produced ai intense interest, ami an exciting contest may bo expected, how ever, between Ihe rudiciils and cons, natives, supporters of tlie President. Fortress Monroe. Deo. 17 A fleet of up wards of twenty railing vessels are in this har bor wind hound. A riot took iilace in Norfolk. Va.', yesterday, between the 2Ulh New York regimeiil and the UOth United Stolen colored. A volley of Inuu ten to twelve muskets was fired by the 20th upon the colored soldiers, which was about lo lie returned when their oinuers arrived nnu put an end to the disturbance. It, however, for some time threatened to be very seiious, Only one man. colored, was injured. Toronto, Deo. 20. Hon. George Hrown has resigned his sent in the Cabinet, there being a great difference nf opinion on nn important sui ject. i lie particulars nave not iranspireu. LETTER FROM HON. J. II. D. UENDHKSON'. Washington, D. C, Nov. 21,-lSCl. Ed. If talesman : Before thii reaches you. Congress will have organized, and the circum stances under w hich the organization was ef fected will hare been coiumiiiiicnled to you by telegraph. Nevertheless, I am disponed to tell you what seems to hi the stulo ol affairs at present. From nil that I can learn, the members from tho Soulhern .States recently in rebellion will not he admitted to seals until after the House is organized, and then Iheir claims investigated, nnd they admitted tir rejected on their individ ual merits or demerits, 1 believe a luruc ma jority of Ihe Union members will take the ground that the States which have been in re liellion must first indorse the amendments to Ihe Constitution nf the United States ; 2d. that tiiey must abolish slavery in their own Slates; ltd, they must repudiate llie rebel war debt in every possible phase ; 4th, they must declaro all Iheir nets and ordinances nf secession null and void from tho beginning not repeal them, but declare them null. Thii the' Stales will not do this winter, and consequently there will ba but few rebels in Ihe incoming session, es pecially at they will he required to take the Congressional oalh." Some of the wool-dyed Abolitionists will take the ground that the rebel States must enfran cluse Ihe Negroes before Iheir inemhers are ad mitted to seats in Congress. Hut I do not be lieve that position will he sustained, because there are but few of the loyal Stales thai have gone that far, nnd we surely will not require oiliers In take a position that wc have not done ourselves. The Stales 1 1 wit have been in re bellion wiM lint be called until the House is or ganized ; nnd the condition of each Stale will then he examined separately, and when it is found that the Stale has done Us part, and ill members take Ihe "Congressional uatii," they w ill : e admitted to teals. The self-styled Democracy nre being con idernhly eiereisid about the hanging ol Win. and appear to apprehend that there are others likely to follow suit. 1 her very properly re gard his superiors, even up lo Jeff. Davis, as equally guilty Willi linn, and consistency will Compel the Uoveruiueiit to put them all through iu the same way. Our friends sind fellow citizens, Drs. Ilailry ami Dullard are here. Respectfully, etc. J. II. D. IIksdkiisox. Tub Daii.t Mail. By reqnest, we puhlish Ihe following seclioo ol the Daily Oveilaud M lil to Calilornia, which it seems did not sp pear in our advertisement for proposals. Con tractor! will take notice thai bids are requested for this section i "14S. From Yreka, ry Henley, Ashland Mills, Phoenix, Jacksorville, Rock Point, Grant's Pas, LeUnil, Gahrsville, North Can youviile. Myrtle Creek, Cose bo rg and Wilbur, to Oakland, 175 miles aud back, daily. Schedule from April ls to November 1st: Leave Yrek i daily al I p. ni. Arrive at Oakland third day by 1 p. m. (in SO hours.) Leave Oakland daily at 12 m. Arrive at Yreka third day by 2 p. m. (ia 50 hours ) Schedule fmm April 1st lo Sot. IsJ: Leave Yreka daily al 8 a. m. Arrive at Oakland 4lh day by 6 p. m. I-eave Oakland daily al 8 a. in. Arrive at Yreka 4th day by 6 p. m." Fkoikm im. At last accounts lbs Steamer Owyhee was frozen fast in tbe Colombia river aloe milee below Umatilla. About one hun dred passengers had lo be Undid and sent back lo Umatilla- Ram SiTii.i. AiiBiO. In Muny respects, Haleia is slill uheud nf any town on tho fucific coast, for mor ality, philanthropy, energy, ioteligence, and quietude, it is uiieqimled. Where will yi.i. Had a town of the size of Salem thai has so little business for police offi cers, end dial llie juilor lias so few boardsi-e ; uud where charitable iiistilutiooa are heller pHlroimnd ; nml where llieie are so uiuoy churches well tilled with quiet, orderly lialeuers to eloquent discourses, and m-I I houses all over town where the little folks are taught by inie ligent teachers to lie wise, industrious, and good i in fuel, where everybody is quieily attend ing to his own business, and gelling rich at it J And where do vou Hud a town with so many saloons in it, where politicians of nil elmdcs. from Sumner to .felt Davis, meet to drink and play billiards, thai is so little di'turlieil with drunkenness and quarrels. It can't be did. Nowull this can he accounted for only in one WHV.und thutii tluil oweii's cider is freely used all ove'r town, and especially iu all the saloens, and It has become iiotoriout thai I now who use Owen's cider are more peaceable, energetic and cliarilublo thun their neighbors who don't use it. RECONSTRUCTION TUIE 1IENNKT HOUBE, at Balem, so long W X and favorably known as a quiet nnd com fertnhle house for Hoarders," travelers, fcc,, hue this day changed proprietors by the with drawul of Mr. Hendersholl. The House, after having received a thorough reno vati3ii, is now under the unpervision and inuiiugeiuent of the tinders gned. who wilt spare neither attention or expense to muke it what a good tinlel should he. '- My old friends, former patrons, and the travelling community, are respectfully invited lo give me a cull (fKD. SMITH, Proprietor. P. S. The tuhlo will at all times b; furnished with the very best the market aflbrds, and charges reason able. Balem, Dec. 26, 1865. I ltf. ATTENTION, POBLIC. Steam Saw-Mill FOR SALE, TEltltS EASY. ONE of Hlundcy's twenty horse power portable, double, circular steam saw-milts, with fixtures com plete. that will cut from li.llOI) to 8,0(111 feet in every twelve hours, and wbieb can be removed on three two horse wngons, and put in operation in from four to six duysalier gelling on tlie ground. Huid mill can bo seen in operation iu the city of Saletn. Our reason for selling is that we have purcliuscd nn engine of eighty tiorse-power. in order to run outer miieninory couneoted with tbe mill. For further pnriicnlurs nd dress. . I'OKSYTHB, PATTY & (JO. Hnlem, Dee. 30, IW5. Iml Sale of Milling Stork. ri'IIKKM renmins nnpaid of assessment No 2, lev- J ied on the capital slock of the Santiam (fold and Silver Mining Company on the SJlst day of April, I Sfi-t , and of assessment No. '.I. levied on suid eapital stock July t-l, ISIil, and of assessment No. 4, levied on suid capital stock on Ihe Hi li duv of July, IXG3, and of assessment No. .", levied on said capital stock on ihe loth day of October, lWo, the following amounts, town: p 9 a p p 3 namis. f S1MICS. O 55 i 1 5 5 3 5 2 Assessment No. il. f o Coulter J M 4 A 1 if Marker WIS 4 2 !i5 " I7 I i! Hrown Jus l-'t 1 '5 Dennis KW'y S.W 1 !i Hvinel, SIS I 2fl Dennis T J a III 211 CorhetlHW 4lr! 2 5IH " lltil III S!0 KII'cli AII 410 I 2.'.; ' 31,5 111 20 llerureti A WW a 50! ' M 10 20 Sill Ii olb " :ir,M III 211 " 508 1 25 Deardurft" J G IIM 0 12 HendeeDH :) 1 25 IWI 2 4 Uwist'll Hill 1 25 DolphJN 653 1 S Morris Mil 551 111 2,50 Dvur L 8 645 1 2 McCrukeii Jno 3.7 I 25KlleltAU' 410 1 2 3-.'8 I 25 Elton Jus 3!W 5 10 " 3-.".l I 25 Kiambes O 8 305 Ii 12 Morton K fiOl 3 25 " 3'.i6 6 12 I'ari-ish Ii M 3111 1 25 Fish, N 4 10 1 2 l'arrish (k. row- j " 411 1 ell 4li0 1 25i ', 412 3 H Shut II V , 2iif I 25 Kmer, T 131 I 2 StierBleauc fio9 2 SO " 132 1 2 Coll 50 (iaslon, Mary 25 1 2 ThnlcherEA 72H 3 75 (jeltner, B V 513 1 2 tt hitehoilse II O 4 13 1 25 ' ,',14 1 2 Weigand C V (152 1 -.' Glenn. J G Wt 4 h o-,o o w 2i a 4 Williams R 75 1 25' " 2ii8 2 4 70 I 25 " B05 5 III " il 1 25 (lleiili, Marv, 2011 1 " 7H 1 25 (liny, a II 3!I7 2 4 " 79 I 23 Hues, J II Sri I S " SO 5 1,25 " 354 3 fi 0 HI 5 1,25 " IH5 I 2 2 5 1,25 Harlan, JWP 437 - 2 4 " 7II 5 1,25; " 438 3 li " 717 1!) i.'i.V " 439 3 f, Assessment No. 3. " 48.) II 21 Doh.hJN 653 1 3 " . 4li I 2 Fish X 4 12 3 li ' 720 1 2 Gray OH 3'.'7 2 2 Haskell. H 4'.'7 I 2 JessupKU 202 1 3 " 1 ! 507 25 75 " 4!U 1 ' 117 13 Heuilee, Maria 385 2 4 I.add O A f'57 20 15 6115 3 li MallorvK 714 19 57 Headrii-k, 8 IW8 1 2 Morgan V n-IU I 3 lleulli, b 5118 I SchwatkaAC "7.5 5 15 llergren, A ' 500 2 4 f.Tii 5 l.V " 501 2 4 Sterling II C 37 1 2 6 " 508 1 2 47 S 6 Hitchcock, H 3J8 5 10 " 48 5 6 " 379 3 H 4-e.l 3 3 Holmes, 3 41-9 1 2 Stroud G SI 512. 3 H " 017 I 2 Thatcher SL 725 H l.V ' KIS 1 2 Waller O 19 2 i " 1119 1 2 Woodworth C 8 478 60 511 Howard. Solinda, Sfis 1 2 Williams R 82 5 15 Hughes, Geo 304 I 2 Assessment No. 4 ( Hnniiugton.J WP IH8 5 III Drown Jus f 1182 2 4 Jessup UK 117 1 2 llyme L - 140 1 2: " 202 I 2 ' 34," 1 2 " '' 5117 25 60 " 4itf 1 2 l.sdil, OA"' 1157 20 40 CoxD W4.U.R 1.V.I 1 2Uvy,F W14 2 4 " lis! 1 2 Loguo, Wm 759 7 14 " flit 1 2 Mullory.R 0 1 2 " 1(13 1 2 7 12 " Hit 1 2! ' 8 12 " US 1 2i " 313 10 20 nui i s " Rio i a 107 1 Si f97 2 4 " lilS 1 a! " 6'.i8 2 4 Dennis TJ 3(11 III 20 " tlw) 5 10 " 3lil 10 20 ' 700 5 10 " Jilij III 20 " 714 19 38 ' 30t) 10 20 Matters, Win 27li 2 4 " 3S 10 20 " -.'Uli 2 Dennis A W 29 I 2 " 217 1 2 Haas J II 3.V.' I 2 " 5MI3t Cll " 354 3 (i Marshall, Jno 3.'' I 2 Heath 1, A;i8 I 2 " 357 I 2 Holmes J 1117 12" 353 1 2 KIS 1 " I'd'.l 1 2 Ma shall. Wm 3r, 5 10 " 4''! 1 2 Mi-Henry,. lot IWI 4 S Jackson DIl 5i2 5 in MrllinnlCSas 1 II I 5 JcssapSK' 117 1 2 Mi-Cully, 1) '.'! 2 4 MulloryR m 1 2 He A tee, J WV 32ii 1 2 097 2 4 ' 738 1 2 " i!8 2 4 " 739 1 2 l"9 5 10 Milcbcll.J II 403 2 4 " 7IK 5 10 " 4U I 2 " ' 714 19 38 Miller, Jas 591 2 4 McAfee JW tf.ti 1 2 Miller, Win 10 20 Met all J H 737 2 4 Morris, M Ii ' 551 10 211 McGinn C 141 I 2 Muores, J II - 493 I 2 Moore. J II 493 I 2 Moorct, I R 312 111 20 Morris M U 651 10 22) " 313 4 8 .Morton T 704 1 2 " 391 HI 20 Strung iten 412 6 III " 531 5 10 413 5 10 Midileiidnrf. Lis 748 2 4 TliuichcrEA' 72i 3 tilMnev.C 60? 20 40 Thatcher stLe 725 d 12 Parrlsh. I, JI ' Mill 1 a Williams It' 79 I 2 l'arrish A Power Ji I 3 50 5 10 1'eltve, A (J li'ill 1 2 51 5 III ' tol 2 4 " 8-.' S III llulledgl D 308 1 2 " 717 19 38 399 1 2 Assessment No. 5. " 400 4 AmidoiiOW msi 5 iu Sclmatka. A C ' t"2 I 2 Andrewi W II !.' 2 4" ' 1173 1 2 fi04 1 2; ' 074 I 2 Drown Jus 5X4 5 in; li.i i in M 1 1 " i;;; a 10 " 719 4 SSIoal, II V.' . 207 I 2 721 1 2 Sterling. II C 371 2 4 IU rue I, - 111) I 2 " 458 I t 315 I 2 " 4a? 5 m IWlcy Susanna 1151 I 2 " 4K8 S In llailerW'8. 3t2 5 III " 4N9 3 ( 43ii I 2' ' 5 Hi 3 " 41.2 2 4 Siewarttioiirleylii5 1 2 " I3 12 " 408 I 2 " 4 t 2 " 492 2 4 "OS 1 2 Strang, Beiil'' 412 5 10 linker J A IW I J ' 413 5 III 7U2 2 4 Sp.hr. J R 509 I 2 Holler 0 T 494 I i Thatcher, E k 718 6 12 495 1 2i " , 72 3 fi ' 4;i 1 2 Thatcher. 8 L' 725 HI Bellinger CB 687 2 4 Tracy, E W fit 5 10 Cooper V 112" 687 5 10 5 I 2."'alling: A O 318 5 10 " 71 & 10 Weigaud, C F 052 I 2 II" 4 8 " Ui 6 12 " 723 1 2 " SWsA 5 0 CoalsonHC 1311 1 2 Whiteboase.B 02i I 2 134 I 2 , 413 1 2 " 3 Willisn.s,0 359 1 2 C01 D W c II K 159 I 2 Williams, It ' 79 1 2 , im 12" no s in " III I 2 " SI 5 10 " lt-3 I 2. 82 5 10 " 14 I 2 ' ?fi 5 10 " lei's I 2 717 19 3 " IfiS I 2 Woodworth C 8 4 W 5 10 " lt7 I 9 431 3 6 " lis I I " 4H 2 4 Coulter 4t Joha- 1 " 478 50 Its! sea 344 3 6 - 711 10 20 (rltl H W 4isi 2 4i " 715 10 2 Coa t 4.11. I 9 435 1 i Pursuant lo law, and ia toroptianee with aa order ol the Hoard of Pireetnn of lb said 8anHt Odd and dver Uioins Coeipanv, OMde at ihe office of suid Cuaipony oa lb 22d day uf December, I Hoi, ao atany stiaree of each parrel of tba above-named Mock sa amy as ascseeary therefor wilt be told at public an (sua, fur euld er silver eutn. al lha ofHreof eaid Com- Rav, at Salaat. Orefna, en tba let day of February, t, eoetaieaeiot- at the hour of eleven a'ctnek a. ui. ef easi Say, la rav the del I uq teat atisssiueala oa said sioek, lovattier wilt lha com of advertising and aspmeaol aula. P. L. WILLI, 1 Sakta. Ua. 29. Ittw4.44 eerMirv. Don't Fail to Kc;il this Column Don't Fail to Iki'iul tliis Column Don't Fail to Howl this Column ! Don't Fail to Kouil tins Column! Don't Fail to He ml this Column ! Don't Fail to Keitil this t olunm ! Don't Fail to Ileiul this Column ! Don't Fail to Head this Column ! "Tho Secret Service, the Field, llie JJnnc'oon nml Iweaiie. "The Secret Service, the Field, Hie Dungeon find Jiscnpe. "The Secret Service, the Field, llio Dungeon and Jlscape. "The Secret Service, the t Field, , The Dungeon and Escape." "The Secret Service, the Field, The Dungeon and .Lscape. "The Secret Service, the Field, The Dungeon and iisenpe. The most Interesting Hook ever Published. The most Interesting Hook ever Published. The most Interesting Hook ever Published. The must Interesting Book ever Published. Buy 110 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 get this. Ono thousand Conies Soiling Daily. One thousand Copies Selling Daily. One thousand Copies Selling Daily. THE author of this Rreat work was one of tlie "Colfax 1'arly." that visited Oreenu last summer. aud wrote those letters to the Tribune so justly aud benntifiillv dcscrinui"; our mate. He spent lour years in Ibe "Secret Service" of tho United Stutet. No book ever published in tbe United States bss met with such Keneral favor from ail classes. One thous and Volumes are published daily to till present orders. Coiiluins 512 Octavo Vnie.t, printed on Hue paper, ia beautiful new type. Illustrated with Nineteen Slecl Plates and Cuts. B, S. Caldwell has sold as high as 20 copies in Marion county in one half day ! 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, as it will give him a bet ter idea of the War than any other book that he can get hold of. Richardson writes nothing hut what he saw ana heard himself, and although lie gives but few ac counts of battles, he gives what is more important and more interest ing he gives his experiences and observations in Dungeons, Escapes, and in the SECRET SERVICE. Explaining fully all the secret and intricate machinery of getting xip. Secession and Rehellion, and car rying on the War against tlie Gov ernment. eKcad what HORACE GREELEY pays of this Book : u A grtftt many booki will be written concerning Urie war, in addition to the many already ia print; bnt not ona of thum will give within t similar com pan a clearer, fuller, noire readable account, entirely from peraonal obserratloD, of Ihe nature, animus, purposes, tendencies, aud instru mentalities of theslarehuldera'rrbelllon, than doe tho u prettndlLjf narrative of Mr. Kichardson," The Boston Conjrregationalist Bays : " To those who bare heard from his own Hps tbe thrilling account of Ms experience hi the war as a eorrespoadenl and a prisoner, tho present voluow will need nn farther recommendation." The Ilarlfonl Courant says : 14 This Is no mere sensation book, bnt a plain and unvar nished story of some of the strange and terrible scenes thai bare been enacted during the last four years throughout Iho Southern Ststvt -srenea more strange and terrible became true, than the romancing genius of a Bulwcr or a Pickens could possibly haro conjured tip." The Marrsville Apeal says : We might oil Iho Appeal with similar favorable criti cisms of the prew. We might add our own comparatively feeble voice to its praise. The work really oeeibi no puffing. All tbat Is required la to give notice that It ran be had. r s arribe, and ask no questions." The Oregon StattMiian pays : "A. 1. Rinuarw. Tbte famous correspondent of Iht H. V. Tribune la anatn Id Ortirn-i. In July hit he surveyed the fount ry from south to north, panning through as one of ihe rlfnx party.' After reaching Hon Francisco by way of Tictorta, he Marled for Montana Territory, parsing through Nfvaila and t'tati. from Montana he came westward agatu to Idaho, and altr going the rounds there, be came dowu the ColumMa to Portland, lie will aire a good account vf ttrfgoo, havinr already seen much more of it than most of Orrgonlans. v is a very (tne writer, not only nf letters, tmt aUo n books. His great work nn the war. entitled ' Tho Sreret rVrvice, the Dungeon, and the Ksoape hi the most in teresting book wo have ever read. Ho went to tho South before the dlates seceded, and stayed with the Pouthern poli ticians ; and, hatting aa he did from New Mxlro,iie was In vited lo thflr dinner partb-s, llslenrd to their secession go, sip, attended their political conventions, heard all their trea sonable ('bun dtseiod, and wrote letters to the 7WAsms la cypher, directed to Nw York banker, loclosltia' checks for mythical thousands. In a community where, if his true char avter bad been ktiwti, be would have been hong, draws, ami qnartered In Irss than twenty mlnateo. All these cir cumstances have en tided him to disclose an inside view nf Ibe treat secession movement, obtainable nowhere else. His terrible experiences as a rebel prisoner arc ao lefts Interest ing than his hair-breadth escapes In the P'cret ferrlce. He leaves Oregnn in tha next steamer from Portland. N tolc win, Ihe. 4, 15. Its Cost. Thii book ootta probably a trifle more tlmn many of the " cheap war book, with which the country it now being flooded ; bnt tta intrinsic value n not to he compared to other. Itt cot if attributable to tbe tine qaalitr of the engravings; and the fact that it vlli more rapidly than all other workaof the kind, ia luflicient evidence that the price il not above ita rnlue. The book will be furnished to tbe people at the enrlient dny ptwaihle. Canvainera will be aa diligent aa the weather will permit. J. W. Gbarhart ia Agent for Clateop Ce. S. I). Caldwell la Agent for Marioo and Liun countim. J. J. Bj.kvans ia Agent for Polk and Yamhill emmtir. y T. 0. Thompson ia Agent for Benton oonoty. U. B. Botsforo ta A jrent for Multnomah oe.i aud Clark county. W. T. Afenta wanted for each of Ihe other eoon tiea in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and British Colombia, and Victoria, to whom liberal com miaatona will be allowed. Addreea 5CHANT0N & Dl'RR. OenlAgeott, 2w43 Care of Box 33, Salem Oregon.