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JACKSONVILLE, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1862.
VOL, VII. NO. 1.
Tf .
37
THlr
JL 11 JU
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THE OREGON SENTINEL.
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iir . f. ' - -
tV . II. HIIIMIkH, . II. I- I. TIIOMfHHX, . I'.
mtOOICS s. TIIO.MI'.SON,
.PHYSICIANS, SURGEONS
ACCOITCHKItS,
Jnolnaonvillo, Orocon.
Nmi-mbji Vd. 'Hr.1. i
G. W. GREER,"
FHYSICIAM AND SURQEON,
Wvii'K, J.u KKii.ii.t.r. uni'u Hioiii:,
Oiruiiii.
""surgical hospital
I mil mm prvptntl t riccln ni inlr In tin'
IU-pll.il. en tin cnriii'rut 'lliiid Mint, Iml.
'riln' "t'lihin lliiti-l.''
'ivkms-c.is' hi: nnnn sr.cvnm'.
I'llAS. II. MllOdlCS, M. 1.
Jipluutilli Jul 'Jb. M'0..'.'8 II.
oka.nui: .IACOIIS,
ATTOUNJ3Y AT LAW,
, I'lirrnll, Jarkaun Ciiiliil', Oli..
"lni.l. iitliii'l lo IiiuIiipm tn llie Courts ol
? the I'u. I .ludlclul District, uml In the
ftuprrini'Ciiiiit. (M.'Jii:ll
JlMI. M. I'Vl.i: IIIH'S VAI.UIIir.
lVKi: & MAKI.OUV,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
JtnatlmrK, KmijjUi. Cuunly, Oii.,
,ll7'II.Talliii1 tn nny bimlncM cinfuliil lo
M tin-in. In the H'Vi-riil Court df the I'irtt
.liiillvlol Dilrlct of Oregon, ntul In the 8u
jiri-iiii- Court. Ok.liilHr '.'11:11
WAR SCmrWAPfsCRIP.
B. F. DOWELL,
ATTORN 13 Y AT LAW,
Will iirsctliv In till tlio Court of tlio Third
Jndlclnl District, iho isupriiuu Cuurt orOro
jjoii, uml In Vrchii, Cul.
i He lia an nrnl ul Wn.WiiKton. .nA rspeetii
t Ult Ih.itclt) mid the Atlantic Ihl. Suiiiiiur
MUil I'M, sud any burlueti uUI rccilre piuiiiiit
nlMilliui. iryW:ia
W. G. T'VAULT,
' ATTORNEY AT LAW,
( "1,1711.1. attend to butlneM In Iho scrcrul
V Court. In lh l'lrt Jmltolul DNlrlct or
Ori'KOU. mill In tlio Hiipriinu Court. Ollloo nu
.('ttliforulii SI., t)i'olle "Nruliurl" Uffirr.
iACkhU.NVUXK, OiUXiUK.
May 8.1lh. 'CI. IQm
V. V. SlMlAiSUi:,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
T Keu.vvii.ii;, Jaiki-niNK Cointv, Oan.,
Will punctually attend lo lunlnc. entrusted to
bl. cue. April l:i. IStil.-Utf
J. XI. 1UBSD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
t
, , Jackso.nviu.k, Orkcwv,
. Will attend to any l.uliKroii(lili'il to hlin In
1 She nocrul Courtx of tho Kirt Judicial DUtrlct
of Oreant,ud in tho Supreme Court, 'itf!
SEWALL TRUAX,
SURVEYOR & CIVIL ENGINEER,
. tUVVICB, AT TIIK COVKTV IIVH.UIKUM,
Jnclnunvlllr, Orreun.
ALT. bii'lnrm pcitulnlnf? to Land or Land
Lawn promptly nttiudiil to.
JacKtonvlll". May llth.lfifil. 17lf
INSURANCE AGENCY,
TAOISONVILLE,
TJIM3 tuLcn upon Mill. Intel. Sloren,
4-V Dwi'lllii)!, rip., on Iho most fnnrahlc
(crm. In llurlfonl, IMmlmW, Cilrnid. (Joodhiio,
j)inl other uill knouu t(iid rcfp.on.lulo coinp.i.
pleo.
jfi:3l K. 0. SKSSIOXK, Aecnt.
Irvixaaloin.1 Xu.wtixs.xx),on.tiGi
'(.lITIvS. l'ifr,uriiioiilciinii,Ji.'irl il).ni(
o'her Miilcul IiiKlrnuieiiti'.cun lo lom.dnt
tboJacl(euulllv Uool. uiid Vaility nlotc. 17
P. II. LYNCH,
Wholesale nd Retail Dealer In
Foreign and Domestic
WINES, SYRUPS & CORDIALS
- AT TUB -
EXPRESS SALOON,
Corner of Cnllrbrul.t mill Tlihil Hlrt.la,
Next door to llcchtnan's Kxprciw.
fB-All onlirs promptly llllcd. Mtf
CITY BREWERY!
(On the Hill)
TiolK.Nio3iTrlllo, Orogon.
pilK I'ronrlclrrs liuvln tnhxn pow!nn
X in tlio utty l ircwery, lately contruliiil n
Mr. I'iix, arc tireparul to furiilili Imt liar
lo people of this lcinlty b the Lef, bottle
or on druuht,
An cxjicrlcnco of many years In browing
XjCisxtsa? Boor
Gives Ihctn nn ndtnnliigc over nil ciunrictltor.
mid warrmiU thrin In prnmi'Inu A IlK'ITKlt
AltTICI.i: THAN OAN UK POUND
ll l.lii I i...l. l.. u I ri ....
i.isr.ii iir.ibj. in Hmiiiii'rn uriKu.
iir llo Hire to r-ctid lour ordirs lo Ihr
CITV llUUWKItV. If jnu with the ItKST
1IKKII. KIti:L'Xi:it & MATTKS.
.l.ieh'QiivlIlL'. Sept. 10. 1861. .'I.Mf
PAINT SHOP.
CROW & CRANE,
TTAVINH remnveil In Iho SHOP formrrlj
1J occciiliil lie. I. K. Ark by, nn theenrmr
of Knurtli utid 0 streets, uro prepared to do nil
Kimis or
iMivrivo,
(il.A7.IMI.
AM) IMIT.H
IIAMIIMJ.
EXPEDITIOUSLY,
IN THE BEST STYE, AND
most iuusoxaum:
nnn.3xe.
Jncloiivll!c. .Sept. Iji8(il. .1C;lf.
3Ll-rcz9sr JStci'toZo
Oii'Kiiu Strt'ot, .tiickHMivMl.
'I'HJJ iii!.ltrlncil h:u lixjucd ll.c nlinvo well-
l.niirt n HtiibV. ntul will p ire nn f,
tir.rti In tiKril.nihi liii)Hsln realve. JiiS."
a Ii ii R nhuii nf iitildii pitiiuvc. . I .71
lIoiK(i to Uvt ur lllro,
lly Ihi d .y ur iik, tit mihliTutc price.
Ariliti tV lift nt my Stable w ill bj mil pru
vldvil (or, on Mitmiiii'liTVtiim.
(iitom.i. ii. f.T.vvi.oit.
.liil.v. nvllli-. N..V IK. 18U. .11
JOMK QAKER, "
SOOT & JMEWAKER,
fkjl .Vit D.inr In IITUiiiuilu Nnloun, f'i
On Cullforiihi Street.
Mil. IIAK'int lakes thU nullioi nf Infnrin
Uv' his frlituU mid the imblii! L'l'iur.il'v
that In' U prcpdrkJ to Jo ult Lmdii of win I; in
tho lino of
Ooottnaliinp, Bhoomalcing,
ANOHKPAiniNC.
FINE DRESS BOOTS,
-AMl-
illliu'ts' ntul runnci".' 15(iiit,
Maiiufaotufed hi u iii.iciiir tu vvurruiit atlfac-
lion, nt nunMiuliIo price.
Ciy PiTsnns leaving jirdas fur work enn
rily uikiii li.nln It dune ut ihotlmoprDinl.cd.
iHicKsnnviiic, M'pi.aw. ifni. .ihh.i
SEWINGMACHINE
MAi'innssi'.s, nr.iiuiAu, tk.nth, ami
flour""sacics.
ON hnnd "ml mule tn onh'r ut fliort notice
House llnln.' uml 1'uiMr liiui"lii done in
ii manner toln'iire fatlifnctloii.
I'.ijnicnls miit be undo In cash or (ratio
I do my wnik nt tho Ituml thin ' ratiy. and
can po.-illvily ylve un cmllt.
A. V. AI.IIJ'.UIH,
(hVfurnlii Strttt, uhrt Orfoii.
Taelnnnvlllf. Sept. 'J I. 1H0I. Iltinl.
El Dorado Saloon !
Corner or Culirnrnln nml (lircoii t..,
iTnolLaoxivillo, Orogon.
VM. llUltlvK, Pioiiritlar.
Tho mot choice lnnndii of
Brandy, WJiisky, Cordial,
WINE, CIGARS, ETC.,
For tah In any di'idicd quantity, IIS
' PETER BRITT,
PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTIST
Jn It.out llli-, llrrcon.
(.prepared to liika Picture in every stylo of
iuu ri mi un mo iiui-bi improvement', ji
M-M.mirm.-'MLTmm.mizmt
do not civoFtitll.ictlon.nocharKfii will beninilo
Call at I'unU'i Cigar Store, or nt tlip gallery on
iuu i it 1 1, mill N't' in. 1'ieiiiieii, i ul
P-tWSSNi
:ovi'"iooi. eiior,
Opposite tlio Post Oillce.
SIIAVIXO. Halr-oultlns, Shamr.oalna Cur
ling ana Ilalr Dyelni;. '
Also, L't'iiulneoitlalo ot Fish's HiiiiUks-
ToiiMIVK.aml Cilt.iVui EtetUwr Ihirjtyfuv
rale.
jiicK.oiniiie, j iioo m,
.vatr
l)blos and Tostanous.
ASUPPFA'SUlIbles am Tcilanients, In vn.
rlom flvls.llitlv r 'ci-tinl uml fur ink.
nt cost ami cIKim!V!u tho ii-poltnry of llie
Jacknou County HllW Society In JuckonUllo.
H in, IIUPI'-MA
LN, Depojllury.
Juuo IJIh ISCl.
Rev. Robert J, Breckinridge on tho Im
perative condition of Fence.
The following Is one of tho many strong
points of the paper, contributed to tho Dan
ville tlcvUte of December, by the Itcv. Robert
it. Ilrcckenrlilge, and printed In the Louisville
Joutnnl, Irom ndranccd sheets. Under the
head, " The Restoration of Peace shown to bo
Impossible except on the Condition of tho prc
rrvnlion of the I'cdcrnl Union mid Constitu
tion," ho says I
There sre considerations of rntleui kind,
nnd of the mot declclvc fnrro, which render It
itnpoMlblc fur peace to bo restored to the
country, except upon the condition of n sIiirIc
National Ouverimifnt, common lo the whole
Anirr'can people, nnd embracing cery loynl
and eviry rcvnltdl ijlulo. As a qurstluti of tia
tlonnl strength tn thu presence of all foro!ii
nntlnnj nml, therefore, of national Indepcn
deuce t ns n question of permanent national
life, struggling mialiut nnnrehy Inlho form of
.Secession j as n (ptrstinn of law, nnd Oovcrn
ment, nnd constitutional fmdom, measuring
it strength n)jnln t r.n Immense nml utterly
profligate political conspiracy ns n question
of personal freedom, nnd popular lntllutlun,
In conflict with thus minority pncwd of viml
nrntth, ntul rccklon ol ivcri thing but Its nnn
nugraniliAmrnt j ns n ipitstlou of the iiiihir
nl domination of this cIiim, not only In the
s'utc Stairs, so ninny of which It had tempo
rarily subjugated, but over the n ttlon l!.'lf,
which it betrnycil, plnndirnl. Insulted, nnd tn
which It claimed to dlclitto Ignoble' Icrim of
ciimpiHlllou, nt the head of a milltlry force
tlircnti'lilng the Capital; asnq'tcntloiinfduty
of the imtlmi to Its loyal citlrcn, conttitutlng
ut that time the actual mijorlty In tho flflivn
slave Stales hut sudi nly nnd by fraud nnd
vlolinco rrdiiciil to a state nf helpiers degreil I
lion; we nttemptul from tho beginning;, to
show tint there wa no cnurse.cllhirnf honor,
or duly, or itafely, lift to the nation, except tn
meet force by Torre, nm! to maintain Iho luMl
lotions of the country and enforce the laws nf
the land by the whole powir nnd the A mcr I
run people. Nor do we suppmo there l n
single loynl perron nn this continent who doe
not look with contunpt.or willi execration,
upon the conduct of llachniinn nn.1 hU Cab
inet during the but jenrof liN AdniliiUtr.itlon;
nor n single one who docs not npp'aad tho
vigor and dilermlintlon whteli tie Congrrs.
of the United .States, under the lend of Lin
coln, have tnanlfi'Sltd In maintaining tho in
tegrity nf the I'lilou. hut whul we Imwiimw
to iirgi (iocs lieyoiid the stale nf 111.' ipieittnu
l,(iit..."..i.' iIIm iwi-il and brlifly r-ip'('ilsinl
nbivo. Iiifluenetd by sueli rnnsMi rations n
iIm', the tiolinn excepted Iho war n nravn'd
liY. What wo maintain Is. not turrily lint
t'lCsucftiisldiMlli'tis forbid the tutlon tn Icr
m'tiiite the v.nr forced upon her, exept It Is n
"omi lite ncecss ; but that the very nilitrc nf
t' c cjsc, of tin reamfry, cf nil our Institution,
mid of the war IMf. pcrmanrt.l peace is lm
poi,1blc, (.tvpt on Hi.1 conJillon of a slnyl
inlloial Cover mno it,
Tlo following la one of the several geo
graphical arwnciitcn'huncil tosuitaln this
p-o;xvillon i
Whoever will loot; nt tho r.tap of the Unllo'
f'tatiM will observe that ImM.ui lies on both
sldenof tho Mllilppl river, and that the
.States of .ikiui;H and Mbstsiiippl lie nn the
light nnd lift, banki of lldi grutt stream
eight hundred miles of whnw Inwir couiie i
thus controlled by theio tLriM Stitif, iiulti-dU
inhnbltid by hardly s many white N-op!o ui
tiibubll the city of New Vork. OIimtvc, then,
the country druincd by this rlnr oik tin nf
llu-nls, ciuntnenclug with MIkoiiiIoii its wt-,1
bank and Keulucky nn Kit c.it bank. There
are nlno or ten poivirful .States largo portion
nf threo or four others sc oral largo Terrltn
rlri, In all, a country ni largo, ns nil 'urnp.
lit lino as nny und-r the sun, alriad)' lioltllng
many mnro people than all the tcvoltitl Sluti.
and iK's'lmil to be imo of the most popiihui'
nml pnuerful regions of the earth. Does nny
one f uppnso that theso powerful States Ihi'
gicit ar.d energetic popuhition-wlll cut r.i.ilvi
u K.icc that will put Iho Inner cotisoof this
Inlo nnd tnlghly n ition il outlet to tl e sen In
tho hands of n foreign (Inrrrnincnt far wenkir
than themselves? If there I uny null H'rtoii,
hu knous little of the pal hUlnry of mankind,
and will, pcrhap', exemo un for lesili.dlug him
that the pcop'e of ICintuiky. before they wire
ennstltutul n Stale, gavu formal imtlco tn the
Pidirnl (overiiincnt, when (Jen. Wnthlngtnii
wes Prcldent, that if tho Unhid .Statis did
not acquire Imlslun.t, they would lhcimilics
conquer It. Tlio mouths of the Mlfslwlppl
belong, by the gift of (Jed, to Iho inhabituntu
or its great valley. Nothing but Irresl.tlblc
force can disinherit tlicm.
ii.
Wiikiik Now is tiik AncnincT?tvDanl(
Webster once saldt "Who wl reconstruct
thoshitlered fabrio of a ilemnllshcil Oovern
ment? Who ihall rear again tho ill prnpor.
tloned columnsof eonttlliitlnnal liberty? Who
thill framotogetlrcr Ihoskilllul architecture
lyhlch unites national sntcrclgnty with Slate
rights, IndMilual security nod public prosper
ity? No I ir these columns mil, (hey will be
rulsct) not again. Like tho CollUium and Iho
Partlicimn, they will liu ileitlncd (on mouruful,
a rmlancholy inimortallly. Hilterer tears,
houoAcr, will floivocr them lli&n were ever
khed over the monuments of Roman or Grecian
art ; for llvy n ill be the remnants of n more
glorlom ediliec than Greece p.- Homo ever saw
the cdlflco of constitutional Amcrlcun liberty."
1 i
On q winter's night, when the moon drone
bright and lha snow was crusted o'er; with
a in Id as fair ns fcraphj are, I slid from a hill
down loner, lro no reached tho place, (like
a horse on n race,) our swift gliding sled ca
reened ; nnd with lreses filr, etreunlng baek
on the air, tweet Ptllie wcut tend over ceiid.1
Rebel Account of tho Battle of Fott
Royal.
Tho following Is extracted from the Charles
ton Mcicuiy's nccouut of the battle of Porl
Royal :
Thursday dawned glorlotnly upon our
wearied but undaunted gunners, and nil Ml
that llie day of trial had nt last arrived.
Scarcely had breakfast been dispatched, when
tho hostile fleet was observed In commotion.
The great war slcamcts formed rapidly In sin
gla file, and within supporting distance of
cacti oilier, the frlijatc U'uliuh, the flag ship
of Coin. Dupont, In tho van. As tho long
line of formidable looking umc!-, thirteen In
number, most of them powerful propellers,
with n few sailing men of-wnr In tow, swept
ruptdly nnd majestically In, wil'i pnMsopfn.
and b'rlitllug with guns of ll.o' heaviest cali
bre, the sight was grand nnd Imposing, This
nil nt 8i(i o'clock. Until the Mimitiotti
came within the range nnd oppoiito our bnt'
tcrrcson Hilton Head, all was (till. Sud
denly the fifteen heavy guns nf Port Wnlkcr,
which had been nlmed directly nt the huge
frigate, belched forth (heir slfliultnncots fire.
nnd the netlon nns begun. Alnnut imimdi
atcly nflrrwiirdi, the batteries of Port Rcnu
re-gnrd, on the other side of Iho entrance, nlso
I'pencd Ihtlr fire. The enemy nl first did not
reply j but ns the second .(earner came oppo
site Port Wnlkcr, Iho hulls of tho Qrst thrre
were wrapmil in miotic, nnd the shot nml
shell r.f three tremendous broadsides, making
In all seventy-live gun,, camo crashing pgulnsi
our works,
Prom this momont the loinbardmcnl wn
Incevtitit nnd terrlfio ; ono by ono the pro
pellers bore don n upon our forts ; dilitcrrd
their fire us they pned, until nine hnd gained
tha Interior ofihc hnrbur, beyond the reach of
our guns. The Miminotti, still followed by
the others, then Inrnrd round nnd stcnmul
slowly nut, ghtng n broadetdc tn Port Itcait.
rrgatd as she rrpit'Ctl. Thin the Imlllo wn
continued, the enemy's vessels sailing In nn
ellptlcnl courrc, pouring ono brnadslde Into
Hay Point, nnd then sweeping nround to ele
liver the other ngiilusl Hilton J lew!. ThU
furious Arc from 100 guns, mnuy of thcui tin-ll-licli
Dalilgrcn pattern, and louia even l.'t
Inch bnrc (fur a rabot nf that diameter wis
found In port Ifoatircgard) was inalntnintil
Incvctanlly, and the ro:r ul tlu cuuuouatlt
srcinril conllniioiii.
.Mennuliltii our garrisons were making u
trulliiiit tUft'iuo. 'll.ey kept nl a vigorous
and uc'.l dlricteil fire ngnlu.t tbur c.'.i'laut,
tind.tiiitwithtnndiiig that their bi'st gun ua
dimuniiiifj.) tn tl.e lie, Inning of tlio netlon,
they suce-ccdcd in sclllt g fires In several or tin
hips. Whrt.iwr this happened, however, the
ci nny would haul i fl nnd soon exllnguMi (he
Il tint's. ThoefT'ct of rur guns wa In many
Instance plainly vl.lblo from the furls. AN
ilnugli tli sides of tl"" .lzmifsfAi arc of was
Ivc strength, several of l.er potts ueru knoeke-l
lufn Alio. Nor was she Iho only c'kI upon
lillh this evidence of the pnner of our lire
could be seen. .Many nf the other steamers
were likewise badly hnllul.
After cui.u' time spent In sailing round and
dillveilng their hrotdsides In rotation, In the
manner wo have discribetl, the enemy's stinm
ers ndnpted another and more mtccesful plan
of utliie'h. Ono of them took a piwltton Inside
tho li.ubnr, so ns tn ttifllndo Iho batteries of
Port Wnlkir, e hltosever.il opened u s'limlla,
neons enfilading flro fiinii iho outside. Ho
sides this terrlfio cnHvllre, two or the largest
steamers malutaluiil tho (Ire in frisit of ll.o
fort. Thus three cnnverglug streams of shot
nml shell were ruined amongst Iho bravo little
garrison for hours. Tho vessel rumo up
within half a mile of tlw shore, but nearly nil
our guns had by this time become dismounted,
mid were no longer ulilo to reply with serious
effect. Soon nfter 11 o'clock, tho batteries
of Hay Point uere silenced. Thn flro of Pent
Wulker, as fur as tho gnus lh.it remained, was
tint a whit .Ucl.n.ed u.ilil 1 o'clock. Ily that
lime the dreadful condition of the fort became
ton nppireut to bo disregarded lunger. The
guns lay hi every direction, dismantled nnd
nicks; tlio defenses wet e terribly (haltered;
tho ih .nl and dilng vieto lo bo seen on every
side, and still (he iron hail poured pitilessly In
In this strait It mil determined lo nb.iudoii
tho fort. A long waste', about n mllo In c.t
tent, nnd comm indi'd by the enemy's guns, In
tirvenoil between the earrlson nnd tin- woods
Acros this they were orderrei lo run for their
lives, each nun foe iilmself, tho objict being
to reader tlicm us much as possible, so as not
to nffrrd n target for thu rilled guns ol (In
fleet. The preparations fcr running tis ter.
riblo gauntlet were sor,n mado. Knapsacks
wrro nb iiidoued, but Iho men retained their
muskets. P.ich of tho woundul was placet! in
a blanket end curried off by four men. The
sufety of thu litlug precluded tho idea of re
moe lug tho dead. And thus the gallant lit
tlo band quilted tho siene of their glory !j and
scampered off, each ouo us best he could to
il urds tho woods,
Tiik M.icm:h.u, IIiikudu Cavalrv. Or
pheus 0. Kerr, wirtes from Wus.liinc.ton ;
Tho review of seventy thousand troops ut
Mur.son's Hill, on Thursday, was one of those
Sttrrlnij events, my boy, which wo hayp been
upon theove of lor tlio past year. A new
cavalry company for Iho Miickerul llrlgndc,
ctiltid great attention as it went past, and 1
understand tho President said thut with the
exception of thu horses apd the men, it nus
oo of tho finest cavalry mobs he ever saw,
Thu lioisej nro a new pattern! fluted sides.
polishes) kpobs on llie haunches, mid a hand.
rail ui die way tliwn (lie back. A rebel
caught sight (if one of these animals the other
diy and immediately fainted. It was niter
wards ascertained that he bad a field of oats
lu the neighborhood.
Booth Carolina (rotting Desperate.
Sitnonton, editorial correspondent of S. F.
Ilnllttin at Washington, writes uuder date or
Nov. 14th t
The Secession organs of South Carolina ore
getting frantic, and In their desperation nrc
beginning to make the damaging admission of
what your correspondent, and other writers,
have from ll.o beginning or this struggle con
stantly asserted, to wit ! llint the cotlon States
were determined to drug thj llorder Slave
States Into their conspiracy, solely In llic selfish
purposo of muklng the latter Iho batllc-IUId,
nnd of shielding those who made the rebellion
fiont its niore disastrous consequences. The
brilliant exploit of our gallant fleet nnd army
nt lli'iiuforl has nt last driven a blow dinctly
,aj the benrt of South Carolina. Tlie,enurge'
Ims fallen nt her own homes nnd fireside's.
Charleston Is in Imminent danger or destruc
tion nl our linnds ; nnd In tliclr despair the
Charleston Mtitutu ol Saturday last Impn
tltntly avows that it end Its confederates hnve
advocated nn nettve ami aggressive campaign
nn tho line of tho Potomac solely Tor the pur
pose cf piettrfhig ilvutti L'lirolhin fiom ni'
vasiim,
'I here Is poetic justice In the blow that has
fallen upon South Carolina. If the next hall
shdllny Charleston Itself lu ahcs, time will
be but ono rcntlnicut In the North, and that
nf rejoicing. Indeed, If wo ran credit the re
ports ol loyal Southerners nniv banished from
their homes by .Mf Hum's tlitpoll'in, there
will be found very fe.w, even among the rebels
themsclres, outside ol South Carolina, who
will not be glad to ice tho latter desperately
punished fur her precipitancy, which they all
n ill maintain to have been llic cause of failure
nf the conspiracy (he moment lis failure Is ac
knowledged. I will lint utidcrtakn tniltserilie
the joy with which the great 'success of d,u
(tovernmint Imvo been hailed by thcSoutbcrn
exiles now lu the loynl Stntes. It Is precisely
what they have uniformly predicted. When
tit feat nnd disaster Tell upon the I'et'cral arms
they (old us that the tide niujt kcoii turn, that
the first success nf (he nbcls were like those
of n mob, who mmj burn n city before the la
and Its ir.tntstcrj have Lad time to net effi
ciently, bnt whn nre sure to be overtaken in
duo time by fearful retribution. Depend tipio
II, v,-u nro seeing now the bt ginning ol then d ;
and the 1st of May nojl, lu utl probability,
ti 111 find tho war substantially ctnlitl. At nil
events, iriibsolute peace has not been already
ohtnlmit by lint tine, the .(rife alii hnve tie
gi'iK'r.itnl into a tntm'ruir.'i gurrllhi .tn.irc
iinnojln.' ns (ho assaults or n mosquito tn n
tired man, but by no naui.i thicuhiili.g tuu.ii
nation il life'.
Wikk Hit Nnlitre nevrr did lielray tic
soul (hat loved her, nml imlurc (rl! n.ati an I
w email to marry. .Inst ns the voting man Is
entering upon life nil.i-comes In ludipt tide nee
ntul man's estate just ns the crisis of his I ic
ing. Is to be seen whether ho decides with the
iriMid nnd great and Iho true, or whether he
sink lo bo lost forever innlrlmony gives htm
ballast and n right Impulse. Wnr 'villi nature
and she takes n sure revenge. Tell n young
nun not to have on attachment that U virtu
ous, nnd ho will liavcona tint Is vicious. Vir
tuous love, tlrt honest love of man for tho wo
man bo Is aUint tn marry, gives him an nnrhor
for his heart ; something pure nnd beautiful
for which to labor and live. And the woman,
what n pure light it sheds upon her path ; it
makes life for her no day dreum, no idle hoar,
no painful shadow, no passing show, but some
thing real, earnest, worthy of heart ami head.
Hut mast of us nro cowards, and dare not think
so; we lack grace ; are of little faith; ourli.
unrd eye I dim und dark. The inodernjouiig
lady must marry In stjlc; tho modern youn
gcultaiiai! marries n fortune. Hut lu the mean,
limn tha girl grows nn old maid, nml the youth
lakes chsmbers oglis (he nursery maids, ni.d
In-come u nun ulmut tnwu, a man whom It is
1 nacrous to Invite Into your house, for Ids
husluei Is intrigue, Tlio world might have
happy couplo ; instead, It gets u worn in
fretful, a plague tn nil nrnuid l.er. He In'
comes a skiptic In nil virtue; a corrupter ot
the youth of both sexes; and a curse In wh.al
ever dnmcetlo circle he may pnietrate. liven
worse may result. 3he may bo dicelvnl, und
die of n broken heart, JIp may rush from en c
lolly to auothir, assoclalonnly with the vicious
and depraved ; bring di'grtice and soirow upon
himself and all ".round hlin, and sink Into uu
enrly (,'ruyo.
Our cities show what become of men and
women who do not marry. Worldly fathers
and mothers advise lint to marry till they can
iillord lo support n wife ; nnd tic boys vviek
filly expend double tho amount in bad com
pany. Ileneo It Is nil wise men, like Prunklio,
advocate early marriages ; nod that all our
great men, w itli ruro exceptions, lave been men
who married young, Wortbnortli had only
ono hundred pounds n year when ho first Hur
ried. Lord KJdou was rn poor that ho hud tn
go tq ChtrmarLo, laindon, (o buy sprain fur
supper. Coleridge nnd Sotilhry wo can't find
had nny Incamo at nil win n they married. We
question whether, nt uny time, Luther had more
than fifty pounds a lour, Wo blast hunuinit)
lu lis very d.iwn. Fathers, you juy jou teneh
your sons prudence yo.i do nothing of the
kind; your world-wiso nnd plevcr son is al
ready ruined for life. You will find him nt
faro tub'es and free love circles, Your wrelihcd
worldly vvUdeni taught h!ni lo avoid thu snuu
r.r marrying young and soon, If he Is not iir
volved In embarrassments which will last him
a life, ho is a base follow heartless, false, with
out q jingle generous sentiment or manly aim
-hehas "no God, uo leaven, in ho wide
world,"
Tho Chinese say there is a will of wisdom
ot the root of every grey hair.
Salmon River Mines.
Wo lalw the following from the Wstlla
Wulla ftdfrisian, Dec. I.I1I1 : The late news
from Salmon river, seems lo hao glren (ho
gold fever (0 everybody nnd Iho t'rrat of niaui
kind " In this immrdiato neighborhood. A
niimbe r or persons from Florence City hnve
arrived lo this place during the week, nnd oil
bring the mewt extravagant reports as to the
richness of the mines. The Carrlboo diggings
are thrown entirely Into the shade, and Alad
din's lamp never lighted tho way to richer
treasures. Wo give the reports as they come
to us, stating at the same time that our Inform
ants sny the stories nrc 10 'i bl " thnt tin j
nrc unwilling to vouch lor them though they
have no rensou to doubt them and that they
give them (0 us na (hey received ther.i In the
mines. A report In relation lo n rich strike
made by Mr llrldgrs of Oregon City, serins tn
come viell authenticated: Tho first day he
worked em his claim (near Haboon Uulch), he
look nut fi" ounce ; the second day ho took
out 16" ounces; the third day. 21 1 ounces,
and tho fourtli day he look out 200 ounces In
two hours. One gentleman Informs us that
Jigging! have beep (mind on tho bats of Sal
mon river which yield from lucnty-flyo pe-nts
tn two dollars und fifty cents lo the pan; nnd
that on the folks of .S'ulmgn river, diggings
have been found where "ounces" won't describe
them, ntul where they say " the gulches nre full
of gold." This Is mere report; ami nc would
here remind readers that the " big strikes " we
hear or, do not constitute the rule, but tint ex
ception. Yet we hu vc 110 doubt but tho Sal
mon river mine, so Tar as projected, equal
those or California, In her palmiest diys. One
gentleman Informs us tl at t lie. re are hundreds
of gulches In the vicinity of Plorcnce City nt.d
Miller's Creek that have never been prospecteil,
while one of our correspondents writes (lint In
prospecting thtro they "found ninny more
p'ace-s w here tl.e gold was not than where It
was."
The d'senrrrer of Itaboon Gulih arrived In
this city ycslerduy, bringing with htm sixty
pounds of dust, and Mr. Jucoh welter, referred
tn in our first number, Is un ids way In with n
mute loaded uillidu.t, Mr. Weiicr soM his
claim for ten thwi'an dollars, nnd " retires from
htishiY!" with a large fortune, accumulated
In the short space or two months.
(Jr.uiu I1111:. Mr. S. Owens lias blent
this tfileo. for exhibition, n piece or gold bear
ing quarts', obtained rro) 11 lode lately dlfcnv
1 ml 0:1 the i.'o'ilh folk ef Salmon river. The
qu irt.: very much ten mints that nbtulur.1 froin
the rich biles near Jacksonville, Oregon, nnd
iron) iho epidmcii UArc u, weJudg" Il l
v. ml to Iheni In rlthtiU'. Tl.e pieelsc le ent
ity where tlds quattr. viu nbtuioci! has not
bun made public, the discoverers preferring
1.1 keep tl.e nutter to thunselves until ll.ey
'i.ivc had an oppurluully tu thoroughly ptes
itct tho country.
I.vts most I'iciiuoMi Ai.vuvi is Tin:
South Tho Wuthlngtiui corre-spoihKnt olthe
Phi'ndtlp'ihi iijnnrr, Dec. 1st, sajsi
To-night n geiitlemau who lift Richmond on
Wednesday Inst nrilved In tbt city. lie
brings Important Intelligence relnilro tn (he
talc of public feeling .South, nul ks Id op
portunilico for observation liavcbeancxccllcnt,
his Information hi regarded nt trustworthy.
Ai will was lie-coiifklul In by tho pende nf
lllel.mnnil that over one hundred en I II ty lit
ti rs for persons In tho North were given htm
in deliver, und theso be very properly turned
over In the Government.
He statis that the most Intense excitement
t cv ills In Richmond nnd throughout the
South, owing lo our nayul cxrH-dltliiin. Our
ueee-ssnt Hilton JJrad and Hay Point, the
dtltii't-siif kbtcli were re-gardul us the most
ronulilililo uhteh had been constructid upon
t'10 coast, filled the Cotton Slates wlibdbiniy,
a id they had nhandnucd their coast dtfe'ises,
and tho people vvcro calling upon thn Gover
nors of thu Slutes to wlthdruw their troop
imv lu Virginia, that they might return South
and prevent tho Yankees from mirehlng Into
tin- Interior.
Tho wilt of thb slalo of public fee lit g
which had be coma known In tho troops 11
Virginia, I ml been In cause Insubordination
und meeting whoever Iho Southern troop
were ; mid to such nil extreme had the muti
no rjprnci eele 1! ulmut Richmond, Ycrhtown
mid Muiiassus, thai Davis und Htt'jamlu had
Ihiii rompelKd to give the most positive assu
rances lo the soldiers that, If they would ceust
their rebellion, a sufficient number should bo
sent South tn drive tho Yankees from tliclr
soil. With this insurance they, the men, hud
become quiet, llcl'vrcu tho people of Rich
mond ami llie rebil Incentive und Congress,
the most bitter feeling had been engendered
whin tho Congress decided to remove tho fup-
itul to Nashville. The troops nnd politicians
from tho Cation Males wire loud In their de
nunciations of Virginia, and they openly ex
pressed themselves willing lo allow (ho Yuu
kces to lake tho State (hat it was barren and
cold, without transportation, and that (0 re
main during tho Witter was utter ruin to
them.
The people and troops were In contnnl op
prehension of an attack along their whole Po
tomac lines, nml this ftnr was Increased now
that a largo force have left for the Cotton
Slates. They were especially apprehensive ol
a movement iigstnst thrni below Dccoqunn.
The news ftnui Savannah and l'en-ncolu had
Increased tho panic, und he expresses tlio npln
ion thnt already Virginia is half conquered
without the firing of u gun,
"You a dentist, Rob? 1 did not kuow
you wtro In that trade."
" Yes," said Hob, " I follow no other bust-
lie's but setting tecth
anlsjcbllb,;" -in beef, potatoes, bread,
The Romance of War.
The Rrookljn (New York) Timet h rct
sponsible for the rotlowlng, showing how
Captain Wilkes got even with John BIIJs.ll 1
Captain Wilkes, the bold and responsibility
assuming commander of the Sun Jacinto, who
caused a gun to be flrod serosa the bows 1 f
the llrlllsli steamer Trent, brought her to ste
relieved her of Ma too and Siidell and their
secretaries. Is now about fifty-six years ol age,
Consequently, as Jack Munsby would say, ha
tvni once younger than ho Is now. Though
every lucli a sailor, and not often given ta tho
melting mood, the blind goel once sent one of
Ids shafts clear through his rough sou'wester,
which round a lodgment lu his honest heart.
Tho bow from which the shaft wus sped hung
In the crcj of a filr girl, nnd straightway the
jolty ta'r Ml head oylf cars In love. He prosi
ecnted his suit with ylgor, ' he girl was " a
his who loved n sallpr " and ja fmlhvd upon
htm and consented tq become Ids wife, Put
the young sailor had a rlvul in the son or it
respectable tallow-chandler, well-to-do, calico
Siidell 1 and yqung Clidell, feeling consldcrn.
lily cut up by being cut nut, refused to accept
" the mitten," but not haying spunk enough
tn throw down the glove to Ids sailor rival,
contented himself with " pise nlng '" the mind
of the " stern pnrtcnt " of tho fair one, unllf
I c refused Ids consent to lib daughter's marr
rl.agc with (ho bold Charlie Wilkes, am) Ittr
sisteil upon her giving her hand to young
SI dell, which, after many protestations and
customary amount of tears nnd hjstrrics, she
did, and became Mrs. John Siidell. Tho bold
riinrlio Wl kes did npt peak nnd pine, or lit
Ids melanflejly feed on bis weather-beaten
checks, but went to sea and smothered his
grief in nllcnding to duly and sustaining tbo
honor of his Nntton's flag, never seeing bis
Indy law " again, nor meeting his successful
rival for her hand and heart, until be nw him
larding n prisoner on board Ids ship, a traitor
to his country and a rebel against I he flag tbo
honest lor had spent his life In defending. Bucl
is tho romance or srar. Wo congratulate Its
bold Charles upon baring at last got more
than even."
1 t 1
IxruTSfK or a Ntewsrsrua. A sduul
teacher, who has tx-cn engaged a long time la
hi profession and witnessed tho Influence of
newsp icr nn the mind or a family of children,
writes a, follows
1 hnva fiMtnl It to be Iho universal fact,
without exception, that lboe schohirs of both
sexes nnd till nges who have hnd access to
nrivspajicrs at home, when compared to those
who lure not, are:
1. Rcttcr leaders, excelling In uinctiintlo,i
iml cure pit ntly read more undirstaudlngly.
'J. Tiny are bcltcrsp.-IVrc, ami define words
with raso and accuracy.
3. They ohtnln a practical knnwldrgc of
geography, In utmost half the lime It requires
ithers, oi the ncwspricr has made them faml).
'nr with Iho location or (ho most iinplrtant
places, nations, their govcromept: end doings,
011 the globe.
4. They aro better grammarians, for having
become so familiar with every variity of styhi
in tlio newspaper, Horn the common ptaco ad.
verllsement, to tbo finished and classical ora
tlcn of the statesman, they more readily cog,
iirrhcnd the mennlng iff the text, on;) fopv
qiiently analyse lis construction with accuracy.
...
IlAnAszTttv's Misnio.x. Col. H.iraszlhy,
who visited Ivurope as a Commissioner frem
California tn Intestlgule the cultivation of id
grupo, collected 'ixntiai humlied ifirillirl of
vines while there. He visited (ho pinst 'p
hrnttd wine cellars of Germany, Prance and
Spain, nnd took notes or tlio processes of cul
tlvation nnd wine mukjug. He ultn exerted
hiiii'eif to spread iulormatlnn about the re.
sources or llx State. Muny French ar.d Gcr.
mm ucnsiaMni published urtirlcsou Ibis sub
jtct. We have be lore us u copy or llic IVunt
l.ahn trifling, published ul WHsludm on thu
J3th of August last, containing an urtlcle on
Colonel llnriisziby's mission and the ndtnn
luges or Cabfornta for the growing or tlo
grupo. The favorable character of the soil,
the nbscnec of frost, the freedom from thunder
storms and Insects, (he dryness of the Summers,
the mildness of the Winters, (he clearness of
the skies, the certainty or a good crop all
these topics nro treated. S. F. Alin,
" Really," satd a printer, in conversing with
a literary man about the errors of the pre,
'gentlemen should not pluco sneli confidence
in tho cjc-slglit or our lianl-worl'i-il, half
blinded reader or proofs ; for I am aihamed tu
.ay that we utterly ruined one poet through
a ludicrous misprint."
" Indeed I and what was the ui.li.ippy line."
" Why, sir, the poet Intended lo say ;
" Seo the palo martyr In n sbect of nrc j' "
Instead of which we m ido htm say i
"Seo tho palo mart) r 'with his shirt on tire!' '
The critics were down fierce on (ho poet;
but wc don't sec why. A man" with his shirt
on fire" must be a highly poetical object, ris,
his life would bo In imminent danger,
Il.uti.Ev roit Pouk Makino At a farmer's
club lu Illinois, reportrd In Iho 'm wee's .-If.
vma'e. Inquiry was made for cxpciiitico in
feeding barley to hogs. One member had fed
it, but without comparison with corn ns'ii
value ; it makes the best sweet tr.ru I, and firo
from Iho oilluess so common tn corn-fed pork.
Another thought barlej doub'o the value of
corn for fattening purpose. The inquirer said
his attention was called to It by llie great sue.
cess of nn Railcrn farmer In fattening pigs on
ground barley and milk, getting 300 pvuiids
dressed weight nt nine months old.
A soldier being asked if he met with much
hospitality while ho was lu Ireland, rrnUiil,
"That ho was in (he bo-pllal ccarlv ul! tha
, i.octj was tl.i ."
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