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JcV!oilllc,,ngul IG. 31cm
A Dcautirttl Poem.
fjhc following lubllme odo to Iho Supreme
llelng I. Irnnflalcd from the IliiHlan. It wa.
written by ono or their moot ll.lliigullil po
et., Dcrhnvcn. The ole la raid to have been
translated Into the Chlnefc and Tartar Ian
jrtiap;.. written on a rich .Ilk, and Mi.pendeil In
the ItniM-rint palace at I'ekln. The Emperor of
Japan bad It translated Into tho Japnnce, em
broidered wllh gold,nnd hung up In the temple
of JeiMn. Wo licllcvo that no man.howctcr
powerful lit Intellect or riiMlmn hi InHKlna
lion, unacniialntid with Holy Writ, ever did or
ever will compoto fo cxaltrd a poem. It
almttnd. In Scriptural allurlon. Tho flnert
part, of the ode wcro written when the aoul of
Ihenntlior. perliapa inenncimiiy, wa wrapi
In contemplation of parage. In Iho Illble. One
of Iho moot cjmuWte verse. In the poem la that
where tho poet, Hieing from llic nolhlngne.. of
humanity, lakea shelter In llic gloriously con
soling Idea that Iho DIvlim Spirit shtnea In lit.
spirit, " A shine tho sunbeam In a drop of
dew." Immediately nrtcrw arU follow llic w onls,
" In Thee I lire and breath, and dwell." It la
manifest that the whole of Ihla rubllnvly In ati
lifut passngo I. borrowed from Ada, chapter
x II, verse 28, ' In Illm wo live nml move, and
hac our being." A. 1. Suiuhy .VcreMfy.J
OOX).
O thou eternal one! whose presence brleM
All space dolli occupy all motion guide
ITnchnng'd Ihroimli tlmu'a all de alallng fllghl,
Thou only God I there I. no God bcilde
Itrtng above all being., mlnhly one I
Whom nono can cnrnpretiend. and none explore;
Who nil. existence with thyMf atone,
Embracing all supporting ruling o'er:
llelng whom we call God and know no more!
In II. sublime r;nrcli, philosophy
May measure out Iho ocean dei p may count
The sands, or the sun'. rayabut, God I for Thee
Tht.ro I. no weight nor measure) none can
mount
I'p to Thy mysteries. Ileason. bright spark,
Tho kli.dlrd by Thy light, In tain would try
To Iracn Thy counsel. Inflnlle and dirk)
And thought la lol etc lliouclil can soar to high,
Even like patt muminl. In ilirnlty,
Thou from ptlmeal nolhlngnes. didst call,
l'lrrl, ihnost llii'ii, exlsletieel.onl, on Thee
Eternity hnd II. found illont all
Sprung forth fruiu Thee of llglil, Joy, har
mony, Sole.nrlgln all life, nil beatify thfrq
Thy word cnated nil; ami dolli create;
Thy splendor (111. all space with aajr divine;
Thou art, and wasl.and shall be. glorious, gri at!
Mfe-gltlng, llfc-suslalnlng potcnlulcl
Thy chnlna llic unmeasured universe surround.
l;'phe Id by Thee by Thee Insplntl wllh brrnth;
Ifloit, llic liegluiilng, with Iho end hatli iMiund,
And beautifully mlngbd life nnd death I
A. spark mount upward from the fl ry blare,
flosun.nro born, o world .prlng forth from
Thee;
And na the spingle In Ihe sunny ray
Shine round Ihe silver .now, Ihe pageantry
Of Heaven's bright army glitter. In Thy praise.
A million Inrclira lighted by Thy hand,
Wander unwearied through Iho blue abyss;
They own Thy hihi r, accomplish Thy rnmnuiul,
All gay with life, all tlouuent with hl.
What shall wecall them! Pile, of crystal light!
A glorleu. cuinpiny of golden stnnmaT
Lamps of cilesllal dher biiinlng bright;
Sun lighting syslema with llulr JciyousUnma?
Hut Thou to tliem art a. Ihv moon lo night 1
Ye., n. Ihe drop of water In Iho sea.
All tlila magnificence In Thee I. Inst
What are ten thousand world, compared wllh
Thre,
And wht am I, Iticn? Heaten'. unntim
In-red hot,
Tho' multiplied by mjrlads, ai.d array'd
In all Iho glory of sublimes! thought,
It but an atom In the balance weighed
Against Thy greatness la a ejpher brought
Agilnst Infinity I What am I, lien Nought !
Nought I but tho tfllncnco of Ihy light divine,
Pen tiding worlds, hath reached my bosom, loo;
Yt, In my sp'rlt dolli Thy spirit shine,
A shines llm sunlieaiua In a drop of dew,
Nought! but I Hie, nnd on Hope'. pinion. lly,
Eager toward Thy presence; fur In Theo
I Iho nnd breathe and dwi II, aspiring high,
E'en lo Ihv throne of Thy dUlutly;
I am, O, God I and nirvly Thou must be I
Thou art I dlnctlng, gu'dlng nil, Thou art!
Illnct my understanding, then, loThie;
Control my spirit, guide my wandering heart.
Tho' but an nloni 'midst Immensity,
Still, I am something, fa.hlnned by Thy hand I
I bold a middle rank 'lulxl heaven and earth,
On Ihv last verge of mortal being aland,
Clow lo Ihe realm where, angel have their
birth,
Upon Iho boundaries of tho spirit land.
Loir What i it? The leading queiilon
ll thna defined by Iho correspondent of a paper
"out Weat," who hat cWdmlly beta" through
the mill t"
It ii dUcaic which nothing except malrl-
winy or a change of climate will cure.
Tlxre are variout kinil of the article love
Platonic love aexual love philanthropic
love religion love ol money love of power
ami love of aelf. A man I (aid lo bo In lote
when he mlsluke hi thlrt aleevc for Ihe ex.
t remit ie ol hi unmentionable attempt in
(have himself with hi pocket knife And he
ha (cculcd hi pocket liankcrchiiT wllh pepper,
mint o kerorene Instead of patchouli, or take
(loiu of caalonaoll before be ditcovcr it I not
champagne. These aro unfailing (ymplome of
Iho first ilogc. which are followed immediately
by a deiire to perpetrate poetry, and play on
the enilur, accordeon or lute, (tody aalronomy.
or lean agalntt the clothes line on which petti
coat are hanging. When these .jmtoma ap
pear, the patient may generally bo considered
u "gone joose,"
JACKSONVILLE, OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18,
Wordi of n True JJcmacrnt.
To Me lion. Eifirm M. Stanton, Sctittanj of
War.
My political nnlcctilenl nrc known lo you.
Alwnyn Democrat, but never n pro slavery
Democrat : opposed, In principle and feeling,
from my youth tin, to human slavery, but be
lieving, until recently, that, In the Interest of
Utterly Itself, ll wn the part of wisdom in ine
North to nlntoln from Interference wun ine
danger-fraught Inalllullon nf the South, nnd
to Irmt to time for It eradication I opposed
wllh a hereditary aversion, lo wnr, I wn will
Ing, before the sword wa drawn, to moke
any honorable concession that might ami lis
horrors.
Hut political convulsion bring with them
great lesson nnd new dutle. War would
not, under the Divlno economy, have been per
mitted, as In nil past nge It has uven, If it
had not It mission. Hut In attain Ihe pood
it brine, we mint reeognitftl It ncccsslllw.
No civil war nf proportion 10 gigantic a.
that now raging ever existed In the world lie
fore. Il din". r from all oilier, both in Ihe
result sure to ensue from it protraction he
jowl o brhf period, nml In the conditions
under which, out id evil, it may eventuate in
good. In calculating these, lima is an essen
tial clement.
Seven or eight hundred million nrc ex
pended. At the best, at much more I likely
lo go. Two thousand million or iipwatd. I
nntan Improbable total. Thai I half the
national debt of Kngland ; nnd the Inlermt
on It (probably at almost double the rale,
she pays) will make our annual burden nearly
rrpml to her. If Iho war last three year,
longer, these figure may be doubled. Il must
not last Ihrec year longer, unlei wc ate will
ing In risk national bankruptcy.
How I It lo lc terminated ?
Ily concession f That It no longer In our
power. Wc can buy a truce, n pause, by con
cession lo the South ; nothing more.
Hy force of arms, Ihcn t Hut If by force,
It must be quickly done, lb lay Is ikfeul.
And ll must lietfficluiillyduiie. Alter one
such war the nation may revive, ll energies
still elastic ; solvent (till, nnd respected. A
second will ruin It financially, lo say nothing nf
worse ruin. To suvo the country, then, lie
war must not tcrmlnale without a sufficient
guarniily against ll resumption.
How can the war be qulikly nnd ifTeclunlly
termlnuinl ! What guaranty is sufl!ciil,
that it will not be resumed I
Gradually, very grndnallr, a till contest
procccdeil. have I Iktii approaching the ci
vlcllon that thtrc I. but otic such guaranty J
Iheimunclpallnn nf negro (lave throughout
thli conllnelil. IVrliaii but a to tills I am
lei. certain that measure I the only mentis
of terminating, quickly and tfUctu.ille, llit
war. The nrcnl reverse under Gen. MiCiel
bin. Ihe scattered rebel fire dully bursting
forth In State which our force had already
overrun, Ihe fact that we are flghllng against
brave men of our own race, nil Increase Ihe
probability that wc must deprive the South
n n legal right to Its four millions of lulmrers,
before wo can vucicvd ugalust their masters,
In a rcusoiubto time and lu an tflecluul man
ner. I am not an adrocato of revo'uilnnnry
short-cuts nut of a difficulty. I am not in fa
vor of violating Ihe Constitution by way of
escaping a danger. There might lie immedi
ate advantage but the precedent I replete
with peril.
Could slavery have been abolished, by
Northern nrllnn, while peace yet existed be
twrcn Ihe Nnrlh and South, without a viola
lion nf the Constitution? In other words,
without a revolutionary act? Clearly not.
Can slavery Iw crndlcntetl now in war, with
out such violation? II emancipation bo nec
essary to ensure the permanent peace and
safety nf our Government, nml If wo are will
ing to pay to nil In at slave-owner a reason
able price for Ihelr slaves, clearly, ye.
For no principle In law U belter eslali!islinl
than this, that when Important public Inter
ests dimand It, private properly mat bo inkrn,
at n fair appraisement, for public use. Tin
opening of n street in Ihe Improvement ol n
cliy, Ihe running of a railroad, are held, in
(Ms nnd other civilized countries, lo lieohjicts
of ulDcUnt Importance to Justify what Ihe
French law call"opi'o;in(ifioii forctt jwur
taint il'utihlc publiijat."
Hut of importance how utterly trivial Is Ihe
opening of a street or of a railroad compared
lo tho preservation, in It lutegrlly, or Ihe
greatest republic upon earth I
Ought we lo declure general emancipation,
coupled with a prnvlstun fur the payment, In
all loyal slave-holder.-, of the fairly apprultcil
value of Ihclr (lave ? This question resolve.
Itself into another : Have thing gone so far
that Ihe Union, In ll peaceful integrity, and
negro slavery within it border, can tin
longer en exist ? I hat Is TiiKantUT qi'mtion
or tiis; n vv. 1 tiling ll must uc uiiierci.
even now, In tho affirmative. Kvery month
that passe I converting hundred nf thou
sands of moderate and conservative and pcaee-
loving men to Ihe saino opinion. They des
pair of sectional friendship or national peace,
nntll Ihe teeming cause of mortal haired and
civil war I rooted out forever.
Have we the mean of paying loyal slave
owner a fair price for their lavcT If we
act now, before a protracted contest ha ex
hausted our resource, ye. If we wait Ihe
termination of a three or loot year' war, very
certainly, no.
lu that price, ej-norlation mnst not be
estimated. The South utsert that negro
slave are Indispensable to her. That Is only
so far true, that she doe absolutely need
hired negro wpikmcn,and oughl not to be de
prived of them. Her agriculture would, for a
time, be ruined wilhnut litem. Hut no good
man desire a settlement under which any wc
lion of our country would bo even tempora
rily ruined.
Nor can It be doubted that Ihe South,
however strong her pretljudlce and tradition
In favor of owning her laborers, ha herself
liccn brought, by the peril of the hour, lo
think seriously of a change of system o Ihe
mean 'eft her to obtain aid nnd comfort from
Kurnpc. Nor can all her leader be wholly
blind to Iho (act that sueti a change ol sys
tem would advance, In the end, beyond calcu
lation, Iter malirtal prosperity.
Suppose a declaration to the cflVct that the
Government, urged by the necessity of sell-
preservation, take at a fair valuation, Iho
stave properly of the South I Will inch u
ih duration cause a ncirro insurrection and in
discriminate osnvinallon of white through
out the slave .Stales? The result, to far, ha
clearly shown that the negro, mild nnd lung'
suffering, nnd attached to hi owner, I ills
poseil In resist, under an organization of hi
own. Once assured of freedom, he will grad
ually Join our cauc that I nil. He can
then bo hired a laborer or soldier, ns may
Mem lit payment being made for lititl II bis
master prove to bo loyal, ami hi service
being cnnfl'Mlcd If these arc due to a rebel.
In nil litis wc are clearly in our right.
Look now nl the question in il foreign as
pect, under Ihe chance nf European Interven
tion. He iIkko chances grrat or small, in
tervention may occur, and that ere long.
if il occur, its character will chiilly depend
upon what shall have been the nnticcdtnt ac
tion of our Government In regard to slavery.
If, previous lo aueh intervention, wc shall
have Is s in d a general declaration of emancipa
tion, then wc shall slnnd before Kurnpc u Ihe
champion of human liberty, whlto our immle
will lie reganh d ns the advocate nf human
servitude. Public opinion in England, in
Franco nnd throughout 1 in rope generally, will
Ihcn prevent Ihe respective government from
Intern niap, except It lie In our favor. N
European government dare place Itself in the
attitude ol a slave protector.
If, on the contrary, wc shall have left llic
issue o it now stands, our policy indicated
ntily by Ihe confiscation act, not broadly nnd
bo'dly announced, nnd more especially if ihe
South, despairing of saving her favorite Insti
tution", coucoles, a the price of foreign re
cognition nml support, n voluntary system of
grin1ii.il emancipation tint nn unlikely move
-then lltcsviiip.il y nf public opinion through
out Europe will be with the South, and will
sustain nny action In her favor.
Think, too, In such nil cvint. how false our
position! how low vvcrliull have fallen in the
eye of ihe world t how unenviable the place
we shall occupy In history through all lime!
It I Idle gasconade In say lint ihui sllimtul
uc dify Europe. jr Ihv South, by cnnciil
lug cmanelptillon. secure the sympathy nnd
permanent service of her four million of
l.ilinrers, without uetion of our ; I hen throw
Into llm scale n;:j!n.-l the Ihlrly millions of
England, Ihe fnrly millions. France and who
can l.iy how many tent of mllllotii besides ?
and what chance for success, or lor rcpiitullon,
shall wc have, struggling for nothing nobler
than sell-cxIstcncc in an unequivocal atiltida be
fore the world, mate In d against opponents
shall have forestalled us and awumed tho ini
tiative of progress?
Wlille Ihe contest assume no higher char
acter than Ihat of a portion of a great nation
desiring a separation from Ihe mother country,
and furcuhly casting off its authority, what
more sympathy can wc expect from Kurox
than ue nurss-lvc showed to Spain when site
lost Mixico, or Mexko when Texas slruek
for IndeiK'iidencc ? Until Ihe issue Is changed.
so that Ihe great question of human liberty
become' involved In it, wc must expect from
Kurupcun powers, at Ihe best, only IndilTir-
eiiev, coupled, probably, with the levliitg that
if Muicn succeeded against Spain, and Texas
against Mexico, so will a Southern Confed
eracy fluully maintain itself ngalnt us.
That n declaration oft mancipation wo not
Issued n year ngo, I do not regret' Great
change must mature In public opinion In fore
they can be safely carried out. F.tri-mc
measure, to he Justifiable nnd to be ifiVcluil.
must often be precccded by long-tried concilia
tion. Vet in national emergencies il may be
lli dangerout to dlmppoint us to anticipate
public opinion. Audi content my fiur for
the result, if decisive measures nrc longer dc
laved.
Stand where wc are, we cannot ; and go on
Is less danger than In retrace our step. Wc
ought never to have proposed emancipation
with comiens.il)on to loyal slave-on ner nor,
il. cluicil to the disloyal, a bylaw, we have,
that their slave (hall be libcraiid without
compensation, if wc did not intend to follow
nut the policy we commenced. We huvo in
curred the odium ) now lit ns reap the benefit.
Nor do I perceive how we can freo Ihe
slave of rebels, yet reasonably exjiect to re
tain duvcry In the border Slate, even in case
they persist in refusing the offer of the I'icsd
dent. Having Intervened so far, cullrputlon
nf slavery, Ihe only ifRetual policy, become
the safest also.
All men In the North will not acquiesce.
Neither did they all acqeisce when the war
was commenced f yet who Ihat is loyul op
pose it now ? Ami what wonld have been
llic resnll had wc waited, ere we commenced
the war, for unanimity ?
Some will fall off. So le it! Thero !.
moll lois In that. And thero is sonic gain.
IK'tler an open enemy limn a worthless, friend.
It i time that men were taking sides. As
things nnw stand, I sec no uve of conciliating
Ihe half-loyal. He who Is not for ui Is
ngolnst us. I think tho people arc ready. 1
think that tho loytil citizen of the North,
with such small proportion of exception ns
in radical national ihangra must be disre
garded, are lo tlay prepared for emancipation.
They have paid for It In treasure, In Wood ;
not by Ihclr option. They feel that the sacri
fices they have made, and have still In make,
nrc too vasl lo havo been Incurred, except in
purchase of a great pledge of imrpctual safely
nnd peace.
Hi fleeting men feel, loo, that such n pledge
I a national, not merely o Northern, necessity.
Tin South, exhausted nnd suffering, l.evds It lo
the full a much as wc. Slto will soon
perceive, If slm doc not already, Ihat two
pari of n great notion, or cvm Iwo cotcrmln
on nations, can never again exist In unity on
ltd continent, one slave nml the other free.
They cannot but sec that fuglllvc-sluvcluw
difficulties. If no other existed, would suffice to
prevent this.
It Is not the question whether a paper de
claration, cnally Issued, will or will nut lj fob
lowed by n thousand difilcnlllis. The uproot
ing nf an nnclent and gigantic nbuc nUajs In
volve such. Nor should we be called on In
predict In advance (for who can enllrily fore
see) how raeh nf these three will ultimately lie
solved. The true question Is, whether great
difficulties, even Insiippnrlnhla ones, ih not
licset nny nlhcr policy. Pressed home n we
are. In avoid obstacle ia Impossible. Wc can
but select the least formidable. The llri. of
the best of us ore spent in choosing Ulwcen
two evil.
When dangers surround us, wc mml a!k.
In n measure, by faith. LUua; du what we
can, nnd leave lo God tho Issue. Wc may
best trust to him when we enter IPs ;ntli ((
progress. He aldi lhoo who walk in it.
I feel assured Ihat final success nivalis us in
pursuing such a path. And I see no other
road out of the darkness.
ItniiKivr D.vi.r. Ours.
New York, July an.iec:'.
i.i
Qranlto Creek Mines Letter from n
" Pathfinder."
LvnKi-K.snKM'K, Sept. 'it, 161'.'.
Kthtor Stntwtli At the deufopment of ihe
mineral resource of Orrgon I attracting con
Idirablc attention nt this time. I mil Induced
to make u short sttiliment of diienvirie lu
(Ida part of lie Hhie Mnunluln range.
The llrst important diicov cry vt gold on Ihe
headwaters nf I he North 1'uik of Join Das'
river wn made some timo lu lest dune, nu
Granite Creel;. In Hie latter part of June and
foro part nf July, gold wu found on icvernl
other small stream', all within an ntca id 2."i
nr 110 mlli in diameter. The prliicip.il or
I hi so arc. Granite Creek and its three fotka
OllVoCretk, Klk Cttik nnd Valley Cm k.
Vulliy Cievk, through wl.kh flow ihe vvatits
of the olhir Cm l.a, is about eight mile long,
nnd empties Into Iho North Foili if .lohit
Day' river. Hut little prospecilng for gold
was done last rpiing by p'lrtii-s nhn came
Ihrnugh from Jniksohvilte odd Viikn.by way
nf Di'sehtiiis, until ihey reached the Junction
nf the Middle and North Folks of John tlay
river. On a bar at the Junction good pros
peel were found, nnd miner cxprtsid ll.e
opinion that I lie bur could tie profitably
worked. From Iho Junction In Oiltr ll.ir, n
distance of forty-five miles, litlhi or no pros
pecting was done. At Oiler liar .10 or 10
men were engaged In preparations to mine,
when the mine wire dlseovend on Granite
Creek. They Inuneill.ilely iibandom-d Ihclr
claim and moved up llic riter. 'I he distance
from Otter liar In tudi perdencc, nt the mouth
of Granite Creek, I -10 mile. This who'edis
lance ha Indication nf gold. When coming
up Ihe liver, 13 mile Mow litis place, I In
company with Ihreo others, to.ik Iwo pins of
dirt from Ihe trull, on Ihe riiir bmk, Ifiil feel
above the water, ivnshvd it nut, nnd got three
or four cents, ll ws growing dark when wc
washed the dirt, and ns Ihe company mnvid on
early Iho next morning, we had not time to
prospict further.
What mining ha been done in this section,
has been done under very great dis.idvantui:..
When Ihe mine wire iHscoverul, but fin
provisions wire In the country, and but fen
milling implements. Kvcrylhtng nits icarn
tiud high. Lumber has not bevn be Ion S'JUO
pet m. On ull of the creek clulms opened, the
miner have been compelled lo shovel Ihe lull
ing, as Ihey huvo been unable to construe!
flumes. The best clulni et npewd ureim
Granite Crctk paying fiom 8(1 lo SlOO xr
day to tho man, Muny claims on Granite
Creek have been laid over for Ihe season, Mug
covered with lulling from claims above. This
diflUuliy will bo remedied hy next scujoiij
when saw mills have been brought In und mi
ner nrc able lo procure lumber for Hume.
Clulms on Klk Creek aro pa; ing from ?A
to ono ounce per day to the man. On Valley
Creed only Iwa compunle havo opened claims;
they are making 68 per day to the man. On
Olive Crrck only 25 or Ihlrly men ureal work)
ull doing well. At Ihe head of Olive, ou the
divide between the water of John Day nnd
Burnt river is a basin, In which a few claims
are taken; the men working them are muklhg
from S3 lo 810 euch with rocker. A com
pany I engaged in bringing a ditch into Iho
basin, which will afford water to work many
of the clulms. Everywhere about hero good
piospccl. arc obtuiuvd In tho gaUk; oud on
1862.
the hill side. 1 have in) self got from five to1
twenty five cent to the pon from the tup dirt.
From flvo to fifty cent lo the pan lu the
gulches Is a common prospect.
The gold on Olive Creek I coarse. I saw
one piico taken out from that crctk whiib
weighed over 8100, and a number of other
piece that weighed from 810 to two ounces.
On n small gulch emptying Into the North
Fork nf Granite Cm If, coarse gold Is found
In piece varying from one dollar to two
ounces. .' saw two ounce of dust taken out
liy the loner company on Volley Critic, the
bulk of which wa In pticcs varying from five
to fifty cents.
Comparatively few claim have been opened
on the different crcsks. There has not been
men enough in here to tuKo up and hold the
mining ground ulrenily discovered. Most of
I hore who en mc north lost spring, tnuie with
largo expectation, mid would not be satisfied
with nny Ihlng short ol llioir full realization.
Consequently, many have been unsettled, ami
have been running from one rxvlti incut to nu
mber, livery day I sic nun moving ubnul,
dissatisfied, passing ever und by ground upon
which they could settle donn and, within rea
sonable time, realize n cniiipttmce. Many,
not striking ' n big tiling " the first few d ij
nftir Ihclr arrival in the mines, have become
discouraged and gone home. Oiher have
gone home intending to return iu the spring,
fully prepared In mine.
There nrc nt litis time t.ot more than four
or five hiiiidud nun mining on thcd.ffiieiit
creil.s which I have iiainid, iillhough I nut
confident Ihe mines nlriudy discovered would
pn fituhly (uip'oy several thousand men.
I have sunk several proriHct hole on l'.lk
Creek, in ull of which, excepting one, 1 have
gut good prosjKcts, ranging from ihnc lo 2.1
cents to the pan. I'l many place prospect
n high ns from AD cents to 81 fiO to the pnti
have Ixtn obliilned. A person can go Into
Ihe claims of the Independence .Mining Com
pany, nt Ihe mouth of Grnnltn Creek, or Into
iho O.ilnuii claims on Elk Cmtc, ami lake n
pan of dirt froiivwhcrc Ihey nrc nt wotk.nny.
where from Iwo Act nbovc donn lo the bed
rock, nml get from 2. to oil cents to llic pan.
There Is but little difrinricc in the prosfiecls
obtained on Mil; und Valley Crctl.s for a ills
Inuccof (en mill. Vet there arc not now
ene.igetl In mining on ihcsc two creeks over
:i."i nun. Klk Cnek is n small stream formed
by the Junction nl Grauito und another small
slicnm, I tibout two mile long, and empties
Into Volley Critk, Many claims ou the eretks
are held I'V parties who Intend nxntng them
In the rpiing. Wagons already come within
20 mills of this place. Perrons who have
been to Auburn, on Powder river, from tills
place, over the new trail, assert that ten mm,
in five or six days, can cut uut u road, so that
loaded wagons can tonic over without ilifll
cully. The distance from this place to U'alla
Wultti Is 1(10 mile. A wagon road can be
mn.lc over Ihv mountains, on the trull towards
Ihv Dalle and Wulla Wul!.i,nl n very Hilling
expense. I huvc not been over the Hall, but
hnvc been iiifoiiiiitl by partlt who have been
over, ihnt tCOO woltlil cover the whole ex
pcno of grading und cutting nut the road.
This Is destined lo be nn inipnrlunl mining
region, and tfArs Inducement to laboring men
such nt cuunol be found nut ol Iho Illuc
Miiuntiitn minis. I have spoken of but a
.small portion cf ihe milling region. The Pow.
d.r Illver ntitl Cufion Civile country arc ut
ready well known. I hear of good prosjiccU
being obtained lu nearly eviry direction. Al
ready a number ol men havo commenced work
In u creek to the north o( Granite, new Ik
dividing ridge, which elliptic into the North
Folk, Hetneni this plueo. and Canon Creel;
and the Middle Foik arc a number of ititatm
on which prospecting partita have barely
touched.
The health of the country Is good, I have
not known of n .Ingle case of serious illness.
Prom pre si nt indications, it is thought Ihut
mining can bo done until Christmas, and pos
sibly during the entire winter.
A.JIL Stoxr.
How tiikv Missrn Ttirm M.viik. Mayor
Opdvke.ol New Vork, In receiving Ginerul
Corcoran at the Huttcry, or Castle Gardens
said :
For 13 weary months tho rebels havo held
sou In captivity, subjictlng vim lo insults nnd
lniprionmciil, and turning it tk'uf ear in our
earnest iippe-als for sour cxelungc. They have
regarded yon as a representative nun, nodus
such have indicted ou yem u specie of torture,
in Ihe malicious hojio nf forcing you alid vour
fellow-citizens of Irish blrib to uliandou your
distinctive loyalty lo the old flag. I Appluuo.l
The hope was vain us Ihe malice wus impotent,
You ha to borne jour lufKrlngi with heroic
endurance not wen a murmur has escaped
your lips ; und every addition il wrong they
have inlllcled has but intensified every Irish
man' haired of treason, n well as his deter
mination to punish the perfidious cruelty of
vour captors. I huusandi of them ore already
lu front of Ihe enemy, and thousands moro arc
but waiting for you to lead them, Ihut they
may In your presence and under your leader
ship avengo tho lusult and wrong )ou have
suffered.
A Firkmvn's Tow. The ladles: Their
cyis klndlo tho only flames which wc cannot
extinguish, and against which there is no in
surance. S.W.S n (mall boy to n tall man" What',
jour' 'urry? If joej was to fall down, yer'd
be 'urf way 'ome,"
VOL. VII NO 40.
Late Jmtlcc Story eh Dltttuloti.
We find In the columns of a New I'ngland
colcmporary the subjoined passage rrom the
writings of Justice Story :
When we reflect on wht h been, anil
what Is, how is It jiossible not to feel a profc)
sense of the responsibilities ol thli republic to
nil future age?
What vast motive press upon ut for lofty
enthusiasm. What solemn warnings ut CtfcVi
demand our vigilance and moderate onTconD
ilenic. The old world has already revealed to at in
It unsealed books tho beginning nnd end of all
lis marvellous struggles in the canscof liberty.
Greece I lovely Greece I tho land of scholar.
nnd the nnrsc of arts, where sister republic In
fair profusion chanted Ihe praise of liberty and
Ihe god', where Is tltl For two thousand
years tho oppressor havo bound her lo tho
cnrlh. Her art are no more. The last sad
relics of her temples arc but Ihe barracks of a
ruthless soldiery. The fragments of her col
umns and fabric aro In tho dust, yet beau
tiful in ruins. She fill not lien the mighty
were upon her. Her son were united ai
Thermopylru nml Marathon, nrd the tide of
her triumph rolled back upon the Hellespont.
She fell by the hands of her own people.
The man ofMacidonhi did hot the work nf
destruction. Itjvos nlunely done by her onu
corruptions, b.tiiMimetil nnd dissensions.
Koine! republican Home! whose eagle glanced
In llic rising sun, where nnd what Is the?
The eternal cily remains proud even in her
ileso'utlon, noble iu tie dine, vencrabto in llm
mnje-sly of nliglon, and calm a in the compos
ure of Death.
The malaria has but traveled In llic paths
von by the destroyer. More tl.un eight cen
turies have mourned over Iheli'tseif Ihccmpirc.
A morlitl disease wn upon her before Casnr
hud crnssiil ihe Itublccn, nnd llrutu. did not
restore l.er health by the iticp probing of the
.Senate chamber.
Tho Goth nnd Vandals nnd llur.s, Iho
swarms of the North, completed only what
was begun nt home Humaiii bctrautl Home.
The leghin were bought nnd sold, but llm
people pahl Iho tribute money. And whrra
nro the republic of mode re times which
clustered mound Immortal Italy? Venire and
Genoa exist but In imnic. The Alp indeed
look upon Ihe brave and peaceful Snis In
Ihtlr imtivc faslnessc) but the guarantee of
their freedom I their weakness, not their
strength. The mountains arc not cailly re-
tnlntd. When tho Invader comes, he move
like an nvulunchc, carrying destruction In ItU
path. The iicasantry sink before him. The
country, too, is too poor for plunder, and ton
rough for a valuable conquest. 'Nature pre
sent her clernal barrier on every side, to die etc
the wantonness of nmbltlon. Ami Switzerland
remain wllh her Institutions, a military rooii
to Clilnttcs, rcarcely worth a permanent itfwso-
.Ion, mid protected by the Jealousy of her neigh
bors. t u stand the luteal, and If we fall.jite
bably tho last, example ol a-lfgrrrcrcaxtit ot
itic itcoplc. We- have begun It itmJer circum
stances of the mot auspicious nature. We nrn
in Iho vigororyoulh. Oiirconstltutlon never
have been enfeebled by Iho rice or luxtrrlesof
Iho world. Stub bj wo nrc, vrelmrc been from
Ihe beginning, sliflV, Knrily.lntelllgent.arcu
touted losclf government and self-respect. Th
Alhinllo roll between Us nnd a formidable foe.
With our tcrritory.strctchtng Ihrongh many
degree of latitude, wchavethcchotcccf many
products nnd many means of independence.
The (Jovese'imeiit Is mill. The pre I freo.
ISellgsn Is free. KnovtliiljC rcncUa, gr may
reaeli, every home.
What fairer prospect of success cobJJ bo
prctciitid? What more b iieci-ssury than for
tho people lo preserve what they ihcnmluM
have created ? Already has the ago caught
the spirit of our Institutions. It ha arctiideil
Ihe Andes nnd snuflal tho breeze nf both
oceans, Il has illlu.ei) lUelf into Iho life-blood
of F.uropo, mist warmed the sunny plain of
France nnd ll'.o lowlands of Holland. It haa
lone bed the philosophy of Germany und llm
North, and, moving toward Ihe South, ha
opened to ti recce Iho lesson! of hi r better due.
Can il bo Ihat America under such clrcunistnrv
re can betray herself ? Ihat tho I lo Ho
ndded lo lite catalogue of republics, Iho Intcrlp.
lloit upon whoso ruin Is Ihey were, they nn
not? Forbid It, Heaven! I call upon you,
fathers, by the shades of your nnevMors, by Iho
dear nhe whlih repose in this precious soil'.,
by nil sou hopo to be, ristst ccry projut of
disunion ; resist every attempt to filler your
conscience or smother your publls schools, or
extinguish our system of public Instruction.
I call upon you, mothers, by ihat whlih never
falls In woman the love of youroflprlng--ti
ttuch them n they climb your knees to lean
nu yourbosomMke blessings of liberty. Sncni
them nt Iheailar, as with their baptirnml
vans, lo be truo to their country ami never
forsako her. I call on you, young men, In
renumber whoso ion you aro whose blood
runt In vour veins.
Life can never be too short which bring
nothing but disgrace and oppression, Dcalli
can never coirw too soon, If necessary iu de
fense of the liberties of our country,
i.,
A Qt'FKie Idea or Kicks. Tw o young
men, lately, In New York, undertook In sets
which one posessed tho greatest internal ca
pacity, and, to lest tho mutter, agreed lo tut
raw clams, each to eal until ono could hold no
more. The victor ale ICO ; tho varipiisheil
hern gagged at the 149lh clam, whin ho gnvn
up lite cn:itel. remarking tbut ho could cut
more, but " didn't want to make n hug or Itliu-self!"
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