7monday"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inn repealed the only law in existence which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.
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llio Dungeon and Jlscape.
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The Dungeon and Escape."
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The Dungeon and iisenpe.
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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
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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.