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1807, will exceed tbe expenditure! in 111? um , of 1111.682,818, Tliit amount, or to roach may be dei-mod auflicittat fuTthe Jinrpose, may b applied to the reduction, of the publio debt,. which on the Star day of October. 1805. . wat 2,740.8!4.75O. Every TeJuotion will diminish .the total atyieunt df Interest to bo paid,, and io enlsrye, jlty means of still farthnr rednotiont, until the whole shall he liquidated ; and this as will feeWn from the estimates of , tbo teoretary of the treasury, may ho acoom , plirhfd by anneal payments even within a ne- rtfld not ezoeeding thirty years. I have faith that we snail do a'l thii within a reasonable time t that, as we have amazed the wortd by the suppression of a civil war wlii-oh was ttmoftit to be beyond the control of any gov ernment, so we shall equally stiow the inpi'ri arity of our institutions by the prompt and faithtal diioharge of our national obligations. AORicui,rimfi. The department of agrioo'ltnre, 'Under its present direction, Isiroconiplishing much in de veloping and otilicing the vast agricultural capabilities of the cnnntry, and for inforniatlcn respecting tho details u'f Its management refer eaoe Is made to the annual report of the com miiiioner. . VoifRlON KULATION8. HiaVo llios dwelt fully 00 our domestio af fairs 'because of their transcendent importance. Under'ariy circumstances, our great extent of territory and variety of climate, producing al most everything that it necessary for the wants, and even the comforts of man, make us singu larly independent of the varying policy nf foreign powers, and protect as against every temptation to "entangling alliances," while at the 'present moment the re-establishment nf harmony, and the strength that comes from harmony, will he our best security against "nations who feel power and forget right." For myself, it has been, and it will lie my con stant aim to promote'peaoo and amity with all foreign nations ngi powers ; and I have every reason to believe that Ibey all withi nt excep tion, are animated by the same deposition. Oor relations with the Emperor of-China, so recent In their origin, are most friendly. Our commerce with his dominions is receiving new development! 1 and it is very pleasing to find that the Government of that great empire manifests satisfaction with our policy, and re poses just confidence in the fairness whiol) marks our intercourse. The unbroken har mony between the United States and the Em peror nf Kussia Is receiving qew support from an enterprise designed to carry telegraphio lines aeroea the continent of Asia, through bia dominions, and so to connect ui with all Europe by a new channel of intercourse. Our commerce with South America it about to re wive encouragement by a dlreot line of mail steamship to the rising empire of Hrazil. The distinguished party of men nf science who have recently left our country to make a oientifio exploration of the natural tiistory and rivers and mountain ranges of that region, nave received from the Lmperor that generous welcome which was to bars been eineoted from his constant friendship for the United States and his well-knnwu seal in promoting tbe advancement of knowledge. A hope h ntertaioed that our commerce with the rich and populous countries that border the Medi- terranean tea uiay be largely increased. Nothing will be wanting on the part of this Government, tn extend the protection of our flag over tbe enterprise of oor fellow oitiiens. We receive from the powers in that region as surances of good will ; and it is worthy of note that a special envoy hat brought ut messages nf eoodolenoe 00 the death of our late Chief Magistrate from tho Bey of Tunis, whose role inoludet the old dominions of Carthage, on lbs ' African coast. OREAT BRITAIN. Oor domestio contest, now happily ended, has left some traoes in our relations with one - at least nf the great maritime powers. Tho formal accordance of belligerent rights to the insurgent states was onpreoeaenteu, and has not been Justified by tbe issue. But in the sys tems of neutrality pursued by the powers wliioh wade lb concession, there was a marked dif ference. The materials of war for the insur gent slates were furnished io a great measure from the woik shops of Great Britain) and U.M.L .1.:, . II ):.:!....,.! .. j jiitivii uiMiiini vj mmin suiieuii, anu prepared for 'receiving British armament, sailed frrm the ports of Great Britain to make war on American commerce, under the shelter of a commission from the insurgent states. These ships, having once escaped from Brit ish ports ever afterwards entered thera in eve ry part ef tbe world to refit, and an to renew their depredations. Tbe consequences of this eonduot were most disastrous to the states then la rebellion, iuoroasiug their desolation and misery hy the prolongation of our civil con test. It had, moreover tbe effect, to a great extent, to drive the American flag from tbe tea, and to transfer much of our shipping and oar commerce to the very power whose sub jects had created the nt-oestity for snub a change. These eveutt took place before I , was called to the administration of the Gov ernment. Tbe sincere derire for peace by which I am animated led me to approve tbe proposal already made, to submit the ques tions which had thus arisen between the coun tries to arbitration. These questions are nf took nomeut that they must have commanded the attention of the great pernors, aud are so Interwoven with tbe peace and interests of eve ry one of tlieiu at to have ensured an impar tial decision. I regret to inform you that . lI.t I ,1.1 . ,.. . 1 ursai uniam urciinru me nroiirameut, nut, OB (he ether hand invited na ta the formation of a Joint oominissiou to settle mutual claims between the two countries, from which those for the depredations before mentioned should be txolnded. The proposition, in that very nsaliafaotory form, has been declined. The United Suites did not present the sub ject at an impeachment of the good laith of a power which was professing the most fitendly dispositions, but as involving questions of pub lio law, of whloh tbe settlement is essential to the peso of nations; and, though pecuniary reparation to their Injured citizens would have followed incidentally on a decision against Great Britain, such compensation wainot their primary object. They had a higher motive, and it was in the interest of peace and injus tics Io establish important principles of inlvr tatiooal law. The correspondence will ! E'aeed before yon. The ground on which the ntiih Minister rest his justification is, sub stantially, that tbe municipal law of a natiou, and the domestio Interpretations of that law, art tin measure of it duty at a neutral 1 and I feel bonnd to declare my opiuiou, before you and before the wnrid. that that Justiuoaima oannot be sustained before the tribunal ..f na tions. At tbe same time I da not ad vim any present attempt at redress by acts of leg islation. For the future, friendship between the two countries must rest on the basis uf tun teal Justice. NONINTKRVRNTION. From the moment nf the establishment of Mr frea oonstllnlk-n, the civ lilted world has beet oonvolted hj revolutions in the interest af democracy or tf monarchy t but through all those revolutions the United Slates have wisely and firmly refused to become propagan dists af republicanism, tt is the only govern Bent sailed to ear condition 1 but we have nee ar sewgjt te impose it on others 1 and w bar awistently followed lb advice of Washing ton to reooamead it euly by the oareful pre, ervelloo and pradeat use of tbe blessing. Daring JI the intervening period the policy nf European powers aud of the Uuited Slatee ha. un 111 whole, been harmonious. Twir. indeed, rumors of the invasion of seme parts of America, in the Interest af monarchy, have prevailed t twioa my predecessors have had twsaslot to announce the views of this nation in roped to such interference. On both oc casions the remonstrance nf Ik United Htalea was respected, from a deep aaavietiaa, on the part nf European government, that the sys tem nf sMM-intorfereaas aed mutual abstinent) from propagandists was Mi 're rule for tint I we hesMsphere. Sine those lime we have advannrd in wealth and power but retain C ee-Bt psrpa Io leav the nation of La r to d.aown their nwa dynasties sad form t,oT awn system of Government. This 000. . airl-H ii" j-t 1 ") j"-1 :j Ucuotiol a tnuvt- p, jb fain. iVe should1 regard ia ' -at tialnmily to wirselree. to the eantw uf ' -ivi'rnmct)t aud io lb peace of the world,yshfliild any European power challenge tlie American people, aa it Were to the defence of republicanism ajuinst foreign interference. Wo cannot foresee an nre nntvilling to enn- ililer what opportunities might present them selves, what cmnbinations might nflVr to pro tect ourselves against dosignt mimical to our form of Government. The United States de sire Io act in 'the fntore a they have ever no ted heretiofifrei they never will be driven from that ennree but hy the aggression of European powers; and We rely on the wisdom and jus tice nl those powers to respect the system 01 non Itfti'rfCrence which hn so long been sanc tioned hy time, and which, by its good results, has approved itself to Dotti continents. The correspondence netween tlie united Slates aud France, in reference tn questions which have become subjects of discussion! be tween the two governments, will, at a proper time, be laid before congress. When, on the organization of our Govern ment, under the constitution, the President nf the United Statet delivered his inaugural ad dress to the two houses uf Congress, lie said to thrni, and through them to the country and to mankind that "the preservation of the sacred (ire of liberty and the destiny of the republic an model of Government nre justly onnsidcred at deeply, perhipt as finally stuked on the ex- penment intrusted tn the American people." And the House of Representative! answered Washington by the voice of Madison: Wc adore the invisible hand which has led the American people, through so many difficulties, In cherish a conscious responsibility for the des tiny of republican, liberty," More than ev-enfy-six years have glided nway tinoe these words were spoken ; the United Strtes have passed through severer trials than were fore seen ; and now, nt thii new epoch in our exit lance as one nation, with our Union puriiied hy sorrow, and strengthened by conflict, and established by the virtue of tlie people, the greatness of the occasion invites us once more to repeat, with solemnity, the pledges nf our lathers to hold ourselves answerable lielore our fellow men for the success nf tlie republican form of Government. Experience has proved it sufficiency in peace and in war; it litis vin dicated its authority through dangers, and nf lliutious, and sudden and terrible emergencies, which would have crushed any system thai had been lest firmly fixed ill the 'heart of the people. At the inauguration of Washington the foreign relations of the, country wero low, and its trade was repressed by hostile regula tions; now all the' civilized nations of the globe welcome our commerce, and their Guv erninentt profess toward us amity. Then our country felt its way hesitatingly along nn untried path, with slates to little hound togeth er by rapid means of communication as to he harillv known to one another, and with historic traditions extending over very few years ; now intercourse between tlie states it twilt and In timate; the experinou nt centuries has been crowded Into a few zem-rntmns. anil has crea ted an intense Indestructible nationality. Then our jurisdiction did not reach beyond the moonvenieilt boundaries of the territory which had achieved independence ; now, through cessions nf lands, first colonized by Spain and France, tho country has acquired a more com plex character, ami hat for its natural limits the chain of lakes, the gulf of Mexico, mid on the east and west the two great oceans. Oth er nations were wasted by civil wars for nges before they could establish for themselves I lie necessary degree of unity ; tho latent convic tion that nur form of government is the best ever known to the world, has enabled ns In emerge from civil war within four years, with u ooiupleta viudioation nf the constitutional nulhoritv of the general Government, and with oor local liberties and state institutions unitrnaired. The throngs of emigrants that urawu to our shares are witnesses of the 0011- Odencu nf all peoples in our permanence. Here is the grant luud of Iree labor, wliero in dustry Is blessed wifli unexumpled rewards, and the bread of the workingman is sweeten ed by the oonicmnineii that the onuse of the oouniry "it hit own came, h i own safety, his own dignity." Her every one enjoys the free use 01 01 laculties and the choice of activity as a natural right. Here, under the com bined Influence of a fruitful toil, geniul chines, and happy institutions, nonululiou hat increas ed fifteen fold within a century. Here, through the easy development of boundless re sources, wealth hat )iuun-ascd with two-fold greater rapidity llian numbers, to that we have ecoiuv teoure against the financial vicissi tude of other countries, and, alike in business and in opiuion, are self centered and truly in dependent. Here mora and more cam is giv en to provide education for every one born on our soil. Here religion, released from politic al oonuection with Ilia civil Government, re fuse to subserve the oraft nf statesmen, and become, in ill independence, the spiritual hie 01 the people. Here toleration 11 extended to every opiuion, in the quiet oertaiuty that truth needs only a fair hold to secure the viu lory. 1 1 ore the hiimau mind noes forth un shackled in the pursuit uf science, to col loot ttoret or knowledge and acquire an ever-increasing mastery over tho forces of nature. Here the national domain is offered and held m millions uf separate freeholds, so that our fellow oitiiens, beyond I ho occupants of any other part nf the earth, cunstituto in reality a people. Here exists tho democratic form of Government! and that form nf Government, hy the confession of European statesmen, "gives a power of which no other is capa ble, because it incorporates every man with tlie state, and arouses everything that belongs to the soul." Where, in past history, does a parallel exist to the publio happiness which 1 withiu the reach of the people of the Uuited Slate I Where, in any part of the globe, can institu tions be found so suited to their habits or tn entitled In their love ut their own free Consti tution I Every one uf them, Ihon, in whatev er part nf th land he ha hi home, must wish it perpetuity. Who of them will not now acknowledge. In the wordt of Washington, lhat "svery tlep by which tbe people uf the Uuited State have advanced to the oharacter of an independent nation, teems la have been distinguished by tome token of Providential ugeucy f" Wht) will not joiu with me in the prayer, that the musilile hand which ha led us through the clouds that gloomed around our path, will to guide ut onward Io a perfect re tiuratiuu of fraternal affectum, that we uf thii day may hs ablt to transmit our great inheri tance, uf state Government in all their right. of the general Uoveruiuvut 111 in whole cou ttitutioual vigor, to our posterity, aud they 10 then tnrougb oouutless generations I AXUUKW JOHNSON W'aahUfton, Dec, 4. ltttiS. "Tun lltxt or Faith." Th people of Portland bsv beta very much inleiled for ' the past two Week in regard to the rrligiout discussion going on in that l ily. Speaking of Bishop Scott's Lecture, tbe P. C, AJvetutl aay 1 "Oil Friday evening, nf last week. Rev. ' Bishop Soutt delivered a very able discourse. in Trinity Church, tf this city, on the subject , abuse named. It was Intended to be a trfu- tation of lb arguments aud au exposure of the stipnitiries of ilia leclum which had been delivered in the Cathode Church by Iter. Mr. llncbard. The pries had assumed lhat the lilhla was aa Insufficient role of faith with out an infallible Interpreter the Itomish priesthood must Interpret) aud th people could receive u reliable religious Uutbs, ex- u oept through the hierarchy. The Bishop's , purpose was I prevt) that Wod't word alone nt su fiioi tut rule of faith and practice. Hit , arguments wer drawn from the Bible and from the leaohiufi of th fathers, who wr - th iminidial iuooeort of th apottlet. Hit ', statements Wer olrar, hi quotations were 1 pertinent, aad but 00 ru menu ou lb word wer ' fair. From the coiunenceiuenl to the close S he was calm, dispassionate and locioal. Th ' arrogant claims of tho prieilboad of th Bu rnish Church wer ahswa to b preposterous. W oannut git area a synoposis of his argu ments. For Iw hoars tu vast audieno lit- tu4. with all absorbing tntentl, to the bish up s ftuqiiMl 4 iMvrly lent ut tin Iruili At no O. N IWv has le j.aIH to All llw iVca rami; tu l ei (Hits ( cntr il Committer Site (Ovrjjon statesman. N A I., K IT! t MONDAY MOBNING. JAN. 22. 1M0. Ths Statesman has s larger Circulation than any ether Faptr in th Btata, and it ths Beit Medium for Advertisers. Th V 8 Law" and Resolutions are published in tht Statesman by Authority NOTICES Tlie hiialness department of the Statf mm Office is under tho management of D. W. C'Rio, who Is alone authorized to transact the hnsiness of tlie concern, THE rBftSIDEXT'S MESSAGE. This important and long-delayed document has at last arrived, and we lay it before our readers this week. After having carefully read it, we are not surprised that It has been to generally ap proved. The conclusion of an nnprrjudiced ro view nf it must he that it fs unaniaemUe. It is of no concern to us what the copperheads think of it, but we have some little curiosity to see what po sition, conclusion, or argument of tho I'resldoiit triey dare deny. If his view of tho relations be tween the General Government and the States Is not correct, then we have no rightful government at Washington. If President Johnson it wrong in this, our general governmont and tbe Congress at Washington are not only a farce, but also a usurpation. Our relations with England in regard to the " pirate business,'' and onr relations with France in regard to the Mexican affair, ara stated with great clearnoss,and our rights insisted upon ill a determined but dignified manner, With rofcron! to tlie Treasury, tho War, and Nary Departments, and other internal affairs, tho 1'rosident bus not buon unmindful ; knd his state ment and views of these home matters show him te ho a very studious, thoughtful, and faithful servant, earnestly endeavoring to servo his coun try to tli 0 best and utmost of his ability. On the " suffrage question," he has but repeat ed the opinions heretofore so frnnkly and unre sorvedly expressed to his visitors. Willi tho po sition taken by tbe President on this question, we cannot sea how any 0110 can justly find fault. And yet we find men in tho Union parly, and Union papers, quibbling and finding fault with tho President for not exercising a power over this question winch ho has to clearly shown is not granted to him by any law, or hy the Constitution There is a rifi way to necompliah every proper end, and we arc emphatically opposed to any war upon the President by Union men becamo ho does not accomplish ends by means which tho law and the Constitution have prohibited us hands from touching. As a literary production, wo err not in saying that it is among tbe very tinost ami best of Amer ican ttato papers. Hit lange.aga it the purest and strongest of our noble English. His rhetoric and logic will do fur modola ; and about bis views there can ba no misconception. While his clos ing appeal for bis country is inspiring with tho eloquence of patriotic fire and Intense thought, It never approaches tbe stylo of mora declamation, so much out uf place in a " state paper." Wo commend the Message to the earnest considera lion of every voter In Oregon. KKPOItT or TH K SKf ItKTAlU OK THE TKKASUU. Acoompnnyiug tho I'reeident't message, we received tho next document of importance to tho int'ssiigu itself the report of Mr. McCul- Inch. .Secretary of the Treasury. The ilocu ment is to important that we ahull lay a com prehensive synopsis of it before our renders next week. We will state now, in general terms, that the Secretary favors the withdrawal of the legal tender note as speedily as it may he tafo to do to, by converting tho indi bled nett they represent into Governmont bonds. Te thinks rightly, that there if too much money afloat in the Eastern Stales, llu argues (trui lily that the national debt is a national burden ; was incurred to savo the nation from destruc tion by armed foes, and that not only good faith and common honesty, but also trno patri otism, and a just regard to our poni ion among tho nations of the enrth, require that the debt should should he paid. He thinks that this gen eration should not leave tho debt as a national mortgage upon Ihosu who come after us that they will doiihllcs! have wars and troubles in their day hut the redemption of the debt should be commenced now ; and ho therefore suggests that Congress should mnko provisions to pay at least two hundred millions per an num, on the principal aud interest, commencing with the next fiscal year. While on this subject, we regret tn notice that tbe Oitgonian "improves the occasion" of thii report to make an unfair mid uncalled for fling at thofo men In tho Union party who havo believed it In ben patriotic duty to oppose the enaottnrtit uQJie Speoiflo Contract Act, and tn favor the repeal of the same. In the disous siou of thii question before the people of the Stale, the Oregonian has chosen to join hands with tbe Copperhead press nf the State, and with men who would have gladly applied the incendiary torch to tbe national treasury itself, to misrepresent and ridicule Union men, who only asked that Oregon should do for the legal tender notes what every other loyal Stalc.frmn Maine to Kansas, had done. These men in the L'uion party had a right to express their views, and Ihey had a right to he treated fairly by a Union newspaper. And although they may not have had at much money as those who " spurred on " the OregunUn. yet the Votes in the special session demonstrated ilia fact they were uetlher to contemptible iu num ber! or to destituto of totig support at the Oregonian would make people believe ; but on the contrary, the nnti ipeoiflo contract men were nn the increase. This I a fact which gentlemen on th " anxious seat" will do well 10 bear in mind, when next they feel like wis representing the views of those who oppose that law The opponent of the specific contract law have never advocated an irredeemable curreu oy 1 they have never said that " tho natiuual debt was a ualionnl blessing j" ibey have nev er desired nur favored au increase of paper currency beyond what was neorttary as a me dium of exchange for tbe business of the coun tty. Their position has been this ; First, that the specido contract law, in its practical opera tion, wat unfriendly In the IT. 8. treasury notet. aud therefor unpatriotic Second, lhat such a law rnahlej the bankers and brokrrs to cou- tro! or increase their value in the market, so at to speculalt upon and make millions off the people of this coast. Third, lhat there wat not gold and tilvcr enough in thii oouutry to effi OMMitly erv at a median! of exohange, and lhat b; removing all restrictions upon th free circulation of the notet, and taking them at a standard, at ia th Atlantio States, product ive industry woald bo stimulated, internal Im provement would be pushed forward, and the state would ba greatly benefitted. These are th poiuta which th opponents of ths tpeciQo contract law hav made and still lusist on 1 and instead of Iber existing any difference be tween them and the Secretary nf tbe Treasury, as the OrtfnnUn would insinuate, both Seoiv. tary McCulloch and also Secretary (now Chief Justice) (Jhaso have given their express testi mony upon the sidu of tho opponents of the specific contract act. Upon tho first point stated above, wo quote K telegraphio dispatch from Secretary Cliaso tn Thompson Campbell, dated February 8, 1805, which stales : " I am clearly of the opinion that the California gold law l aaiiit national poliev, ami shall he much Kr.iti-Iti-d to see California diclam heraslf In fvor of one currency, for the wlmle people, by its repeal. ' 11 u, p. Ciust." To the same point it the letter of Secretary McCullncli to Mr. Campbell, dated March 28, 1805, it) which he says : " Whim, he refuninir to reeoatlze tlie authority of Congress In milking I'nlted Ht.iles notes lawful money. ('Hiiri.rnia nlures liernelf In ntagi iiim to the credit, of the Government, every supporter of the (loverntneat, 110 m liter where he may reside, has a right to criticise and condemn her action. The legal tender act" were war measures, and California cannot place lierwli.as sue lian don aon.irenllv. In imiKisitii.ll to these war meas ures, without directly assailing the national credit, and casting her Infiuemw in no small legi-ee on the side ot those who. with Mm.ily Hands, were attempting uie uia memberment of tlie bnion." On the seoond point stated above there is, nf courso, no expression of opinion hy either of the distinguished Secretaries, the question be ing entirely local. On the third point stnted above, we quote again from the nbove men tioned letter of Secretary McCulloch : Paper money lias been found to e a necessity in all commercial countries, and espenally in the Limed Htatea; and what Is true elsewhen most he true in Cal itornia. California neids a well regulated credit system; she needs a raper circulation to quicken enterprise ami give inijeaiin m ui-im:,, n,,o ,.i.un - be cored of the mania for an exclwive metallic curren cy, in a word, she needs, In aiditmn to the Uuiieu Slates notes as a currency, a sound banking system such as Is provided liy the national currency act and she will linger in tlie career of greatness und prosper ity until these needs nre supplied. To the above we need only remark, tint which it true of California holds good in Ore gon. The Secretary'i report it full of sound sense, and wo indorse it all, except telling the mines. The Secretary has not changed his position on the specific cmitruot act. We tuko tlie follow ing from the report : I'he value of money d -petids upon the manner in which it is used. If it stimulates productive Industry, il is a beiielit, mid to Hit extent only In which it d ies tins is it a benelll. If, m the other band, it diminishes industry, it isiin evil, unl the extent to which it dimin ishes it. it is all evil.- Kwn in the form of the precious metal it may not prove to he wealth to a nation. The idea that a country i necessarily rich iu proportion to the amount of gold or silver which it possesses, is com mon and natural, but aa erroneous one. while the ( pin ion that real prosperity is advanced by increase of paper money bevond what Is absolutely needed as a medium ho- exchuiigea of real values, is so totally fallacious that lew sane men entertain It whose Judgment is not cloud ed hy the peculiar tlminciul utinospliere which an inllii tiou Is ao apt to produce. . In quoting tho abnre, wo regret to sco tho Oregoninn so unfair to iho Secretary at to com mence the quotation in tlie middle of tho last sentence, at the words " the opinion," and pa rade them as a separate and distinct sentence. A jourtinlist who will garble the words and opinions of a Cabinet ollicer iu that way, and place him before the publio in inch a half-way manner, deserves a rebuke. We havo been explicit in staling the nmlter. that no one might be humbugged into the idea that the Secretary hat changed ground, and that the opponents of the rpeciliu contract act have alwtiyt been in error. The Secretary wauls to reduce the currency and gradually fund the legal tender notet. Ilo has not yet expressed the opinion that the National banks should he destroyed, or that their circulation thou Id in any way he interfered with. Let our friends keep that in view. Tho National Banks were organized for tho express purpose of tak ing up the treasury notet to a certain extent, and furnishing instead the secured notes of those Hanks. After tile legal tender notet are all taken np in one way and nnother, wo will have lite notet, lest in tho aggregate amount however, of tho National Banks. Upon these notes the specific contract act continues the sumo war which it made npon the legal tend ers. Tho same rensons exist for tho repeal of the law that hnve ever existed. " Vn Can't Namb Onb." The Lafayette Courier says that we cannot name " a tingle Democrat of any prominence, north of Mason and Dixon's lit e, who ever uttered a sentiment in favor nf giving away tn the traitors, or of begging peaoo of them 011 any terms they might propose." To that we remark, iutrudiictorily, that tho Courier makes two gtyid points on at tn start with. First, it limits our selection of compromising Democrat In those north of Ma sou and Dixon's line ; second, it limits us to Democrats of jirnminrnce north of that line. We rather think that statement nf the case would beat us, especially the prominence " part of it, The truth is lhat all the prominent Democrats north of tlint line joined tho Ad ministration uf President Lincoln, at the break ing out nf the rebellion, mid remained with him until tho rebels weru soundly thrashed inio obe dience to the laws, and are now to-day mem bers nf th Union parly, aud uo longer Demo crats. For example, there wat Douglas, the most prominent of all the Democrats ol the North, the Very first man tn raise the cry. " On to liichtnond " with the army. Ranking by bis tide, in support nf vigorous war npon tlio rebels, wat Dix and Dickinson, of New York ; llntler, of Massachusetts (who voted fur Jeff. Davis fur President); Stanton, Forney and Geary, of Pennsylvania t Tod and Itroogh, of Ohio; Gov. Wright, nf Indiana; John A. Logan and Gov. McCh-rnand, nf Illinois ; Gen, Lewis Cast, of Michigan, and, in fact, all tlie old, tried, firomirtrnt leaders of the Deiuoorncy. W rather think the Courier remembered this fact nheii.il begged the question iu Iho start Wc could produce the evidence of Vallaudig hatn, lieu. Wood, and all that tribe of Sccesh riff-raff, to prove onr poeilion, bnt they were not prominent leaden nf the Democracy before the rebellion, aud only cam to the surface of tbe political cauldron during the war, aud have attained their prominence by reason of their tytnpathy with treason, iu the tame way that tho boiling kettle sends the filth In the tho lop. The inteuso national boiling it now at an rud and ruoh " peace on-any-termt " politicians have been skimmed off and thrown aside, as Glthy excrescences of the body p iitio. aud the great national ship, with Andy Juhuton at lbs helm, sails proudly on " With all tot hopes of tutor years." "lioon W'tLLTo All Mkm." This is the motto of a new paper, in the Interest nf the M. E. Charoh South, on this ooal. and edited br the Kev. 0. P. Filsgecahl. When we re member lhat church, like thelat Southern Confederacy is a hw.lt s- of that barbarism which taoctified the hrutalising of mi-n and women the telling of Chrultam like damn be!, we are inclines! to pay but little heed to th tnivehog of it apostle, even though they do prides "(jootl will 10 all men. tor il ha not escaped our nntmnry that by a like ex travaganl outward (emhlaurw of snboonded lm the Savior of maukiud was betrayed, and Juila reoetveil thirty pivoe of silver as a re ward for his hrpoorisr. Pttaluma Journal and Argnt. CtTKoger A. Prynr it said to be writing a book on the Inside vl th Soutbaru lonledura or- E'rcii. About all he'll find nn tne intide of it will he bowie knives and jatl whisky two things whM-li be it veil prepared to disvuse. .-I,6ty 1 Jeurmut. TELEIiBAPIIIC NEWS. In order to economize spaco this week, we nre compelled to make u ininmary of the East ern news. Commencing with Jan. IS1I1, we learn that Adanii k Cn.'t Expresi was broken open on the cars, near New Haven, Conn,, and robbed of $500,0110. Extensive fraud on the internal revenue have been brought to light ; the operators have been making counterfeit cigar box stamps to the nmnunt of $100,000 or to. They have bad lerribly cold weather at the East 10 di g. below zero nt Cincinnati. President Juarez of the Mexican Republic, has enlejed upon his second term without opposi tion. Tho historian, George Bancroft, is to de liver the eulogy mi Lincoln, iu place of Stanton. Considerable nf the money sent hy persons iu the North tn Union men In rebel prisons have been recovered from the thieving prison-keepers, and will be returned to the persons tending it, or to those living to whom it was sent. The Congressional Reconstruction Committee prn poses to tend for persons and papers, and oth erwise thoroughly investigate the condition of the Southern States. From recent indications, it it not probable lhat universal suffrngo will bo conferred upon tbe colored people in the District of Columbia. The first section of 40 miles of tho Kansas division of the Union Pa cific Kuilrnnd has been completed. John Minor Until has come nut in a card de nying that ho has sought tn prevent the admis sion of tlie Virginia members. He says that that he line maintained (hut every reresenla tivo constitutionally elected, who is prepared to comply with the requisitions of the Constitu tion and laws, is as fully entitled to tuko his seat us those now nccupying sent. To have taken ntiy ntlier ground would have been to admit thnt tho States lately in rebellion had been out of the Union, and secession conse quently lawful and constitutional, a position that nobody will snrpeot him of nccupying. It is said that Horace Greely had nn inter view with President Johnson. The latter ex: pressed to Greely a desire to nvoid uny rnpture wilh tho Un'on party. No leas limn fourteen names nre on the list in tlio House for elaborate speeches on rooon slructiou. The Reconstruction Committee has had one meeting, proceedings secret , radical ideas are said to havo neon developed. A. O. 1'. Nicholson, formerly Senator from Tennessee, bus demanded buck pay from the time he left, tbe Semite. Ill 1801 ! What next! Reports from Louisiana say that tho treed -men refuse to make new contracts to work, and allege ns n reason that they expect a new proc lamation enlarging their rights. The faculty of Yale College has petitioned Congress to avoid any opposition to President Johnson's reconstruction policy. Reconstruction in tho Cabinet is rumored. The President is npxious to bear frum Minister Aduins first. Reconstruction nf the United States District Courts is proposed, to at to less en iho uppeals and increase the number of (lis tricti. Senator Wilson proposes to Increase the regular army to 92.000. Dr. Model and the other assassins at 'Portugal arc reported in good hi-olt II and behaving well. A resolution has been adopted in the Ilonse expressing tlio opinion that the troops should nut he withdrawn from the Southern States un til! Congress had investigated their condition, and decided on the future of these Stales as regards their restoration to the Union. It de veloped nearly nn unbroken front among the Republican majority, and was adopted hy 04 10 37. Messrs. Ha 'inond. Thomas, Davis and Hubbel. of New York, Delano of Ohio. Wood bridge nf Vermont, and Green Clay Smith, wero the only Republicans who voted 111 the negative. Tho appointment of n tnh-comntittru by the joint committee on reconstruction, consisting of two members nf the Senate and one nf the House, to wait upon the President, is regarded ns significant of tliu intention of tlie committee with reference tu the admission of tho Tennes see delegation. When Jetf. Davit nnd Rengan were cap tured, there was found upon the hitter's person some $50,000 of hills of exchange nn Roths childs, drawn by Trenliolm. These, together with somo others, amounting tn upwards of $100.00 ). were sent In nor consular agent at Loudon lor collection. They have recently been returned hy him to tint Secretary oftbe Treasury, with an indorsement on the hack by the Rothschilds that there no fundi tn meet them. It it alleged by persons who know, that there plenty of funds when the hills wero drawn, hut by tome means tlio money has been spirit ed nway. The great fortifications at Island Nn. 10, in the Miseisrippi river, ure being rapidly swept nway by u haul. Governor Miller, of Minnesota, in his fare well message, represents that the affairs of the State arc iu a prosperous condition. He recom mends nn amendment to the State Constitution giving the right of suffrage to all who can rend n 11 1 write tho Knglish language. He reporls two hundred ami ten miles nf railroad in ope ration, nnd suggests further legislation to aid the ronds. Our. Marshall's inaugural repeals the recommendation in relation Io suH'rnge, nnd favors the same principle lor the National Con stitution.. Minnesota'! Governor! have round heads. The Indiana Stnto Convention is called to tneit nt Indianapolis on the 15th of March. Judging from the course of Daniel Webster Voorhees in Congress, tho " Hoosier ' Democ racy will come out Hul-lonled for Andy John Son. The Tennessee Legislature is preparing a new law to prevent rebels from voting and allow negroes to testify in the courts; it also opposes the withdrawal of I'. S. toldiers from Hint State. Tbe guerrillas have been attack ing the slaget near Leavenworth. Kansas. The official of the Kreediueo't Bureau, who wat recently sent to investigate matters per taining to the freednieu's nff.nri in Sou'h Car olina. Georgia and Florida, has just reported the resil't nf bit observations, lie suvt that although much opposition is mauifested toward the free labor system, the really Intelligent men In the first two Statet rxpri-M their ileterinina linn to co operate wilh the Frenltnen's Bureau in its efforts to elevate the condition ol tiio ne groes, nnd iu restoring and preserving harmony between the fu-o States, In Kloridu however. it does not seem In exist, a number uf whitet having notified General Foster, hy letter, that utiles tbev were allowed to whip and shoot ne groes w henever il suited their loner Ihey would leave the Statu ; their request not being acce ded to. a large number of planters are emigrat ing tn Texas, where they hope to enjoy unre stricted liberty. There was received last week at the Treas ury Department over a million and a hall in legal tender notes, $l7.ljt)0 in gold certifi cates. $'j,858 in fractional corrency, and $ ltfi.4 li in certificate! of indebtedness. The President yesterday signed a patent granting 45.500 acres of land to tho Central Parilio Railroad. The celebrated trotting stallion, ' Geore M. l'aichen. jr.," hat gone east from San Fran cisco tn contest with some uf the fast horses of New York. A resolution has been adopted in Congress looking towards the fire exportation nf arms and munitions nf war tu tbe Liberals in Mexico. A meeting ha beeu he'd at Cleveland, O., tn take steps toward constructing an Ameri can ship eaual around the Falls of Niagara. Gen. Grant, under orders from the Presi dent, ia withdrawing all Ibe troops from ths Southern Slates, except garrisons at important points. A Goon Point. The copperheads used Io declare that the Constitution of the United Stales not only recognized slavery in the Stale, hut carried it everywhere. Into all the Territories. But when It came to voting on the constitutional amendment at the special ,-ssion. these fellows discovered that tlavery was not in the Constitution, and lhat, therefore, the proposed amendment was not an amend ment, but an tJJilion to the Constitution ! Democracy never ohanget." Slalt Journal. Put thai point at tbe next copper lhat gets In blowing off, on tbe Constitution. SriAMsairs rot Osbiov A steamship is now btini twin t r York In Im. nwnsst and entr11d fev la I' inland mntint. If iney wit! tntnerthe sl-xt e.Hio. Oregwl bu-ont-s tuea ou;lit Io be aMe to con.ro! l hal one skip. SmiOll NKSHITII OX lOMSTKK'TIVIi MILKAUK. The following letter-peaks for it-elf. it explains a matter about which many charges have been made and none proved. It Is hiitjiisllc to Senator Mesnillli that the falsi hood which has been charged upon him should be fastened where It belongs, and the Copperhead ma Uglier held up to public contempt : .Novetnner .-oin. it,,. Ed. Mnteimtin 1 I am indebted to a liiend for a slip f..... II. a ... .Iiilllll. in the columns ol Dennis " .neuij paH,. ... llOtb In which the rlrnn tutrreu wtmmer, n r the caption of " A Costly Heimtor." gives vein iu 11 is chronic predelictlons for downright lying. O ,f his charges is. Hut I had voted lorand drawn from tlie treasury jai.WHi for constructive mileage; an other la, that I had on several oei-a-iona, at great ex- Dense to the ' iirnult," heea ruriii-lieil wuu mi liary es corts, when I should luivu traveled without them. It will, iierhapi. harillv Hstonisli uny one wan anowprnny. thing of Dennis' cliiiiai l-cr for veracity, when 1 slnlc that I never In mv life received one cent of money fm constructive mileage; and ns for the dear people and their looila. for Ispth of which bo expresses so lunch eoiiunlsseriition, 1 have only to sny that Ihey were never defrauded by my swindling me Jour, printer, tnc washer woman. b"tel keepers or hiilora out of their honest dues. Let the port little iliildh-r ili-cbarge several liahillliesnt that character, scatiered all Ibe way from Ncwliurg, in New York . to Portland, (lieu Mure be again m ml- lues upon what has been nlitaineil " nt the cost of tho people." 1 have resided iu Oregon longer and traveled unite aa much as tlio " Uiiiniuor," but, was never Turn- lhed u li.li un escort tliBio or elsewhere hi my life; yet unlike him. 1 have escaped being kicked and cowbided In California, and never had my face shipped in the streets of Portland, nor received uny wound In Jackson ville Inn fiiiinhil tj i tit Vtton. A wretch who hears the well earned reputation of " Hummer nnd Diddler," and who, hy Imrirming. hum niimr. diddlmir and nettv tricks, has victimized III! wlm ever trusted or reposed conlldence in him, should at lens!, he a little cautious hi his criticisms upon cpuwiions of fhiaiu-lul Integrity; while the personal cusligalions which have been administered to bini. both in front and iwr, should he sulllcieut to remind him uf that entire absence of personal cuiiruge in his own case which he ilenrecateM iu other. The article to which I refer charges that I inuilo It my II , -t InisinesH hi Win-liington to pry Into (General Lime's mileage account, and to send word back to Oregon, for the niirpose of injuring hlui, etc. In reply, 1 havo only to stale that 1 never wrote a line to Oregon on Unit subject-. Persons who have resided in Oregon since IMK-H aill recollect that Hit- Slnlrman thus charged (leiienil Unr who was Delegate in Congress and Senatorelect with keeping the Slate out. or delaying her admission, for the purpose ol ohluinlng donhle mileage, (lenenil Unc pal, In hid aniiidignantn-plv.repellingthecharge. and slating io suhstance that, having received hi- mile age as Delegate for tlie second session of tlie .Vlh Con gress, that he would not tike mileage a Senator far the snme sessi tad tli.it he bad liled written notice wilh the proper ollicer in the SenaUj to that effect. Hnlise ipienlly tho person who mude ibe charge C"inetnW'ah iiigtoa, aud discovered lhat (ieueral banc had. In viola tion of Ilia pledge, drawn mileage, both as Delegate and Senator, for the sessions referred to. That person pub lished tho fact In the Ktnlrman. but not. us 1 remem ber, ns (iie-tiniiiiig his right to I he tnnney under the law, but us a nuiileralf'cc ing Ida veracity. Perhaps, Mr. Kditor, i one lit to apologize for troubling you willi a reply to anything emanating from so de graded and dirty a puppy as Dennis o'Miara- Xour oh I servant. J, V..M-;SMlTil. QIAI1TZ MIXING' CLAIMS, An net to amend an act entitled "An act to establish ami regulate Quartz Mining Claims, and in relation In Placer Claims. Town Sites nnd Waler Uighls in Mining Campi," approved October 24. 1804. Hi- it enacted by the Legislativo Assembly of the State of Oregon ; Section 1. That lection 4 of nn net enti tled nn net tn establish nnd regnlato quartz mining claims, and in relation to placer claims. town stti-t and water rights in mining camps, approved October 24, lr)04. he and the same is hereby repealed, ami tlio Inllowing is enact ed in tlio place thereof : Sec. 4. Every person or cotniiauv of persons, after establishing men claim or claims, shall, within onoyenr after re cording or taking such claim or claims, work or canso to he worked, the said claim to the amount of fifty dollars for ench nnd every claim, Prnvided, 1 hat tiny person nr company either joint nr incorporate, owning claims nn nur lend or vein, rh.ill he) allowed tn work up on any one claim the whole amount required at above for nil the claims, nnd thereby lie ex emptcd from working nn the rest of hit or their claims In said lead or vein ; 1'rnvideil, dinner. That when the individual, cnninnny orenrporn tinn owning any quartz claim or claims, shall file the iiflidavit of said owner or one of the members of the company nr corporation, with the county cletk of the county in which said claims ore situated, tn the effect lhat the amount uf work reiiiircd by this nut has been pcrlovilied on snoli chum, or (l mere ne more than one claim) (lieu on each nf them, togeth er wilh the affidavit nf two disinterested per ons to tbe same effect, with the uddilinn '-that they are not interested directly or indirectly in said claim or claims," nnd such claims shall therenflcr he considered nn' real estate, aud the title therein shall ho vested in such person, compnny nr corporation against all others, save the Government of the United Statet; and the improvements, machinery nnd buildings there on only shall lm taxed at oilier property. Approved. December IS), lrtio. flTXTKK CASrAIUX .Mi A I MIT THE IXDIAXS Camp Poi.k. Oregon, Deo. 18. 18(15. Ed. Stttleimim : Tbe practicability of a win tor campaign ugitinit the Snuku Indians, from one who has had an opportunity of looking on, may not be entirely uninteresting to your nu merous renders. As I nm with Cnpt. La fal len's expedition to Crooked river. I shall speak more particularly uf w hat is required nf him and bis means fur accomplishing it. We stalled Iroin Fort Yamhill Sept. 4th and an i veil here on the -.'th uf the tame month. C'apt. Lnfollett had never been east nf the Cas cade range of itiountnins, except at the Dulles, and consequently was entirely unacquainted with the geography uf tho section nf country he was In operate in. lie was furnished wilh neither horses, mules nor guides, and Iherelore could not explore the country ; nnd inure than that, lie did nut know I lm limits of the country lie wet In operate iu fur more than two months, and was mil furiiirhi-d with an expressman. The result was, the first suitable place lor a camp that the Captain found, after crossing the Iiiiiuutuins. he stopped and erected ismler quarters. What else could he have done 1 Fi nally the order came directing the Captain Io keep tbe Indians nut nf a section of countrr Iroin Henton crcc nnd Crooked river, on the north. o Fort Klamath, un the south, about one hundred and si-vi-iity-five miles, and from the Cascade liiounlains, on the West, for about seventy. fivo miles east. The whole of that vast region included within these boundaries is drained by the Descbnti-t river. A great ninny small streams, heading in the Cascade and Blue mountains, make tln-ir way through deep can on's w ith small valleys to the Deschutes river. Oati.e is verr plenty on all the slresmt so much so that the Indians could live at sny place Ihey might select. Cnpt. Lufollett has forty men with him. Including tho tick, there ought never to be ess than twenty mm left at camp- .Vnr, i would ask how twenty men, withont any way of conveying their rations blankets, etc, are to travel over this large scope nf cold country in Iho winter. Remember, ihey are nnacqiiaiuled Willi the geography of Ibe country, except in the vicinity nf camp. It hat either been taming and ituruiiug. or very cold. wilh snow from tix inches Io a foot deep, lor the last month. It was as Bold last mint at I ever saw it. Last week one of tilts bo) I went bunting and trote hit tort. Duet any one sup loer that men can travel and camp out in such weather I It is positively impracticable. The Snake Indians might camp not more than fifty mile from her and we not know anything of it until next spring, and Capt. l,alollctt Uo all he oau wilh the means at hit command. Thai winter campaign against the Snake Indian is very beautiful in theory, but in practice il it and will be a perfect failure. It Is a huinbng, and thit every one kiinwt who hat traveled through and wintered east of the Cascade mountains, outside of a few of the larger towns. " Tho Indians must come down into the val ley to winter." What ealley I There are a hundred valleys where ludians can winter, for Capt. Lafollell to guard with his twenty men. Tbe thing is perfectly absurd. To keep the Indians oat of the small valleys in the great valley of the Deschutes would require at least two hundred mm, wrll armed and tbomoghly equipped ; and they should he in tho valley by Ibe first nf August, so Ibat they would have nine to become anicainted with the geography of ibe country. Company "A." ' Dkiiikratic IdahA is nndrr democratic rule, and territorial scrip it only worth SO cents sn tho do'lar. Alto : the pressure for offices about the Idaho Legislature laid Io be im .nense. The entire Democracy of the Boise llio are on hand. Til K WLXTER CAHI'AluX. In another ptaco wo publish a letter from a member nf Capt. Lafollett's command nt Camp Polk, In which the writer condemns the feasibility of a winter campaign against the Indians. Wo do not apprehend that the facts staled hy tho wri ter go very far against tlie general policy of a winter campaign. That C'apt. Lafollctt has not men enough to operatn with in his district, is due to what we called "a mistake" when tho order was first Issued to muster out the Oregon volun teers. Had those men been kept in the service till next spring Capt. Lafollctt wjuld have boon amply reinforced, and troopt could havo boon sta tioned nt other points, so that the Indians would havo found it difficult to winter undisturbed In any of the "hundred vnlloyt" mentioned hy our correspondent. With fifteen hundred, or even a thousand tot diers, scntteied over tho country east of the mountains and not over one hundred are nosded elscwbcro tho Indians could not only have been prevented from committing extensive depreda tions, hut they could have been so much harassed thai, beforo spring, they must have been iu such condition ns to make them sue clinically for peace. If tho campaign prove n failure under the ex isting circumstances, It must not be attributed to tho experiment of a tcintcr campaign, but to the policy which has reduced the forces evorywhoro to littlo moro than a garrison strength. Thnt troops nro wanted, is sullicioritly evidenced by tho news of almost every mail roceived from the up per country. Depredations hy hostile Indians nro of very frequent ocenrrenco, and tho penplo nro becoming moro and more impatient nt tho failure of tho military authorities, to afford them protection Not CoiutiiCT. Some tiuio sinco It was pub lished by the press throughout tho country that liev. Alexander Campbell, President of Bethany Collegn, Virginia, was dead- Wo learn from tlio Marine Gazette that this report is Incorrect, and doubtless arose from that Dr. Duncan Campbell, President of Oeorgotown (Ky.) Collego, lately died. The venerable Alexander Camobell still lives, now verging on his soventy-eighlh yonr. Lit Tbe cattle plague is spreading in England, tho number of deaths being estiinatod nt -I0,0IJI). More than 5,000 are attacked every werk. ' Sr. Hklbm. We have received altcr from this hopeful town informing us of sundry and various improvement projected and to be com menced toon. Tho St. Helen peoplu are down on Portland, emphatically to, and wS don't blame tbem. We hope they will all prosper nml flourish. Portland has prospered, and so ought St. Helens. Speaking uf Port land's many rivals, the Mountaineer gets off the following, which for home-made eloquence it fully up to "old T's" description of Jack sonville, viewed "from tho eminence of an evening. "Iu the general desire tn build np a oity to crush Tlte Kmpuriuin, lite towns of Vancouver and Astoria appear to ho temporarily thrown in tho shade. What fate fortuno may have in store for tin-in is yet concealed from human foresight; but on the principle that the last shall be first, either of these placet limy yot hnve a place in the annals of our country when tho last surviving Siwash shall look front Mount HohiiiFoti, like Murius ou tho ruins of Carthage, over a waste of mud where The Emporium once proudly slond NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Last Call for City Taxes, FOlt Till: YI'AIC 1KOS. (WILL ive nnlil the first day of February, ISiKl, aud if the Citv Tuxet are nut paid by that time, Ibe property will be advettiseil for sale, as tbe City Council has autliorir.ed me Io collect tbe taxes with out delav. WM. rt. BAItKKK, Salem. Jan. SI, IKiw!i.t7 t:,ty T Collector. Hooks to be found at Hammer Ac Barker's office. Nolis-p. SOMETIMK in'llie month of .Mayor June I expert Io tio to WashiiiKton City : and I intend visiting the vurinns sections of the l'uion beforo relurninir home. While iu toe Kasl, I would be ithid to attend to any business that may be entrusted to my care. All those having balances due lliem from estates, sus pended war claims, dtc., A.c, will do well to avail themselves of the services of a responsible uireut, who will i;ive their matters pursonal attention. Send your powers of attorney, aud other instructions, lo the address of ' Johnson At SlcCow, Lawyers, Oregon City, Oregon"; and if I aiu absent, Capt. McCown. my partner, will ivo tlieui attentiou, or forward tlieia to me if I shall have gone. W. CAltKY JOIIXSON. Oregon City, Jan. 24, ltiai. 47lf DrTjTlirclutwoodi KlirOltJI PIIVSIC1AK. OF KICK at bis residence on Front St., one block north of Huperinteiidenl llimtiuaton's. Ho would say lo I lie sick who wish to be cured without bavinir their teeth extracted with calomel, nr their ronstiintioiis impaired with other uiioerut poi sons, Io uive him a cull. Salem. .Ian S'.', ISlid. IMTED STATES .''I AIL. Ort'KOii. Post Orrirt Pr.rnTi.iT, Wnshinuton, Dec. ft. IStiS 1)UO!OKAM will ho reeeived at tho Coutnict Of lice of lliia lisiiartinent nittil tl n. m. nf Kehraarr -.'ri, IMi'tj, fr conveyinir the mails of the United Stales, Inon .1 nl v I, liaai, lo.lnne .10. IWI, on the following route in Orciroa, beintf in addition to tho routes eau- nienited m lliu advertisement of July HI, to whiou bidders aru rt-lerred : 1.11 --.-From The Dulles, hv John Dnv'a Cllr. to Canyon Cily, 111 miles and loo k, once a week. linhlers to propose a schedule of departures and arrivals. W. DEN.N'ISOX, Postmaster tleneral. 47wi ,Oll'. A LL orders on tbe County Treasurer of Marion fV county. (Iiriioo. issued bv tlie t'ouolv Court of aid cooui y. prior to February 1st, will Iw paid on presviitiiiiiai at the f rrasurer's olllee at Ibe coart liooae iu .Saleia. iu said cooniv. rilKxtOX IIAMIMllh'. Salem. Jan. IHiltin-J Treasurer of Marion Co. Slriiyrd FROM tbe nmlcrsiimed at Oregon Citv, rrs.-Ss on or alwot the Auli of .Vnveinher last, n . -4 the fidlowimr dearrihed cattle: Two t'i- VT iyear old steers: two reil 4-year old steers; w cow, liuhi red. and one yrarlimr calf. Tlier were purchas ed by us in I'olk couutv. Anv information concern ing l hem w ill be liberally paid fur. l.ii(il-t ALIIKUilll. Oregon f'ity, dan. ?i lWti. 47 w!! DifcNolulioii !Noli--. 'IMIF. firm of Cox. Ladd. Co. wat Ibis day dii 1 solved by niuiiml coiiaenL AlldebUowiiiK tbem must he immediately settled, otherwise eost will be added. MILT. II. COX, Snlrm. Jan. 16. ISodwMT liKO A. LA 1)1). Mit-riir a Sale. BY virtue of four executions, oue isened from the roomy court of Marimi rounly. 8iat of Orr-t-on, in larorof Lewis Hi era I, aib andWaiust David Kid out, and three b surd fmtu Ibe circuit court of tlie HiHte of I'reirim for -Marion countr, two in favor 'of J. W. Smith aud oue in favor of J". I). Jordoii. and all airain.t David Ridont. mid to me directed by the clerk of said courts. I have Irvk-d upon, for waiilof personal property, all Hie riirht. title, and interest of lb suid David Ii.doul of. in, and to the following de scribed real estate, to wit: Lot, X,. 3 anj 4 j Block No. ill, iu the cily of Shi. Marion couutv. Oregon, as deeiiriiiiied on the m-onled plot of stud riiy, to gether with tbe appurtenances hereunto belonging, ami will pmrrrd to sell the same to the bigheet balder for gold coin in hand, at 1 lie court house door iu Sa lem. Oregon. on SATCKDAY, tbe Cth day of FKK KCAKY. ltS. at one o'clock p.m. of said ilav. Said properly in be sM, ml.Jrrt to a mortimge in favor of Locinda A. Reed aud strain! said Kidoui and to sat isfy Mid executions, interest, and rols. .Ian , lwM? SAM. UKAI'HK'K. Sheriff. Willamette Steam Navigation Company, THE W. 9. X. CO.H SEW PTEAMF.B J A I P D T n la U l I Ibarra PriltTt.AXP everr morning at 7 o'clock for OKKOOX CITY, connecting with I he Meaner AC TIVE Will leave ORFOOX CITY trerr dav for POttT UNO. at 1 o'rlnrk r n , er on ihe arriml ol the ACTIVE from Corvallis. Freight and Powagt at Hi'duccit ltatot ! Apply on bourd Tlie Villaoittlt Steam Xavigatioo Co.'l Steamer ACTIVE,- J. T. Arrau, Master, Will lewre t ANt.MAll ewrv I 'l.-DAV and I 'HI PAY 10 ocl-H-k a. a., foe HALKtl. Al.UAM. and I ORVAl.l.lS 1 tt III KN--ICK. i'.wtl,I.J, IV-s t W S C