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zftfSf qsr 9s t xtaou IWW1 jcxr'tiiimsixrKWMm 1 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE. JACKSONVILLE, SATURDAY, OdORER 81, 1SG3. VOL. VIII NO. 78. ie I.O. ). F .JnckMtiivitlc Loilgc fcjt .'if. "niii.ii.rTpiivtnrei- .2Jte. Inct kh MiIat .if iii n.t f jrlJ'-J V W --- i 'm.ii. nnu un a" Kirsz h i. .ui. j.n. ..... JZ.n. vSa "'"nJ m -vn initrn-niiic !?-T " X;C k, ! Hit Jliuniik Hull. t It'riYk r. u, Ilrotln-r. Ik pooj .tvijlne t Invited wnil. WM. KAY. K. U. fcui J, nt. It. Fn-'r Trull". Jiu. 11. Pulton, tt.tir. IVitllno.r ...,1 I, n. ll-erl. " Warren Lodge No, 10, A. F. & A. M. A HOI. I) tliclr recnlnr commnnl 5fcnlton the Wednesday Keening on it Mr prec-ning me lull menm, in jacx SINTIU.K, OllttKIN. AI.UX. MARTIN, W. M. II llt.nnv. Stc'n. ORKGON CIIAI'TJJU NO. -1, ROYAL AKCII MASONS. JACKSONVILLE, OHLIiOX, "ill bold lurrgulnr communication on the rimt Kntunlnr !!. nr Kvi-rj- Month. All rojoiirnlnc Companion In rood moJIng are cordlnlly Invited to attend. . W. GRKKR, M. P. .LSai-h. Scc'y, dec8:47 o. jactiiis. r. r. ni'MKU.. JACOBS, &. RUSSELL, ATTORNKYS AMI COUNSKLOUS AT Xj.VTK7 AND SOLICITORS IN CHANCERY, lACK1iINVIU.r, OnKC.ON. OOJee oppiMltr Ihr t'uurt llnun. ill lii-lno-i committed lo iliflr cure will r rrnniplW Mle nihil In. Jnlv 21). '(12. J. X. llULTIIITT. JAUhM l. J'AV. DOUTHITT &. FAY, ATTORNKYS AND COUNSELORS AND SOLICITOUS IN OIIANCKRY, JArKHn.Nnu.K, Okkook, till practice In the Supreme and other Uirli nf thin Slute. March 4. 'OB. R. B.MORFORD,' ATTORNEY AT LAW, Jai-khonviu.v, Ohkuox, 7II.L practice In the several Court if the I'M Judical District. nd In the mst m Ormrt. October 'Q. 'PI. B. F. DOWELL, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Jackhonviiac, Okkook. 'Ill practice In all the Court of the Third fr4l:Ul DUtrlet, tint Spireme Court of Ore- mi. and In Yrvka, CnU War Serin orimiDt- firollecled. tt.M. J. GASTON, (kucccMur tu UtflX flMlon) ATTORNEY AT LAW. Jacxxonviu.k.Obkook. HnpecUl attention clren to collection . June 10, 18i.'S. it (j pwlnlmrtt. GEORGE B. DORRIS, NOTARY PUBLIC FOR JACKSON COUNTY. OWce with H. F. Howell. ivv J. ROW, IlKAI.KII IN I'ICARS. TOUACCO. FUKSH lU'l TS. SI'ATIONKUY. CONFKC T10NKUY. FIRKWORKS. F.TC, km Uom- to llruUury .V Wade. bare jut ojiennl n new titore and r lock M It llh a rlmlco variety of the nljore tioiied article, and Ct llient for tale 1 tlie lowent IIvIiik price. Tho uctt of Ir and chewlnr tolmeco vitl be kept r"lAntly on hand. Those elrlns any tticle In tn line will ave mefiey by civ 'f mo a call. S. IttitV. 'acloonrllle. July 1. 'GS. Jlltf DUGAN & WALL, WARDING AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, U UullitlHK, Cor. Front 6i 1'ttrMU. CRESCKNT CITY, CAL. Uril.li attend to the Receiving and For- M imnllnf nf nil Homl lulrimtril to ijr care, with proinptiKts nnd dUpatch. pyonpumcnn toiicitea. Jicrctianaiee re Iwkj oq Knragc. j-rtKenl lilly. April it, IBM. la II.-No jtood dellverttl ntll the frclBbt I cliarReii are paid. I). & V. G. W. GREER. rnY8ICIAN AND SURGhX)N. Office at til Itcalilcnce on Oregon SU JArKHOXVIU.K. Obkoo.".'. hTo oil those KnowlDj,' thcinwlrca In- ti-il t Mm nrt iiriti. np Irfinlr apennnt. '"Ipleam i:ull nnd rettlu up, or their ac "it will be placed for collcctlou iu the -r oi my nitoruey. Uf old lulmnu will ntlll (lull me. at ntr. Wfij to attend to my professional dullw. "i eu3, Bpu From Hilicriiiu. wiiiui ctiin (rnrw m,.i i..m. in t.uiit ftr, "Xrw :nimi- . Hi. I...n nf jn.ik. rear- TMtlijrlmrplin..rilrnnil.llliBlti," n.i.ici.tl1j.w,.lr.,rrU.unbr.i. Wiiiut bright Cinnmicut Arito.Mlntic'iitiin, Tli nm nf - t lilinc," lit. In plwuliis train; An.l "linVr- Junius lliruuitli niprlunk kill, IIm glttn Ihe "Aiuth" a matLtt xnM tu 611. Mr. Editor: The mi culled Democratic lircM hardly throna off" an Iwuo thai does not contain an editorial oalnil the citiscni renldiiip In tho New Kngland Static dis tingulriilit;; tlietn hi I'uritnn, uncltfo men, rhoddy rnnlracturr, and the cuttrv of the rebellion; whiltt an editorial written by that jK-rjutrd traitor, Mc.Maitcr. of tl New York Ertcmau't Journal, nnd copteil into the bun ItuiicImm Monitor, a few tunnthi ngii, u.crlul that ' you nilglit ilup a Yanktx' in tire fuce and be would not re sent It" thin, too, ufur they hud iprunjr to the recue to the Nulimml Capitul, cut their way through Italtiumri', and at Hull Run, Roanoke Inland, Ni-ftborn, uud other battle-ricld', proved to their admiring coun trymen that the blood of the slrta of the revolutlim yet couued through the veins of their grandsons. There arc, lo-tluy, residing in our inMt, many cil'zvti from the Slave Stutr ho believe that their Mlon-citirfin of the New F.nplund Siak are reniurkuhlechtilly for the manufacture of wooden clock, wooden nutmeg, and woodm clicvie, and aim to place (he colored rucc on un equali ty, politically and nociully, with theinelvr, mid Intermarry tliem with their on nnd duughter; and thU UlrC belief i the fruit of the teaching of the pro-flavcry Demo erntlc nft, and demagogue, to the rank and file of the Democracy, nnd now iuret n in the face In tho rhapu nf the moot gi guntic rebellion the world ha t-rer witne- (d, waged In the lait half or the nlneteenlh cenlury, to jierpcltmie lotman lovery, with nil It untold horror, hi the In ml of Wash ington, end In gradually di'Tmnclilne fret- born AinerSeni ami untunilit d fon-!pter ol the right of voting, or having a voice In the framing of the laws that govern them, except through a jrroperty qualifica tion, and tending fa id Inception and con cepllon to the odioui feature of the Kng lifh Government, undr which Ireland ha groaned for so many centuries, and by which thirty thousand landholder of tire United Kingdom gotern with a rod of koo Iweuty-H-ven millions nf people. I, fir, da not put inywlf forward at the champion of the New Kngland Slate, for ilitir hlalory ii blazoned on their coantryV escnlclieon, and I heir intelleclual endow, men Is have permeated all pari of oar com mon country, but us on humble, IrJuliborn citlu-n, wlro tee to nuny of his country men milled by the commlxiloned and paid ogenti of the slave conspirators, whilst, ut the same time, enjoying the protection of our flag, I deem It my duly with what lit tle ubility J pouesi to thow the fAltily of Ihcir nfsertions nnd premlre, ulthou;;li tny education under old " Rough und Ready" would have better fitted me fur a dr&teut field However, ni the sapient warriors of nfcession amongst us have concluded that "discretion Is the better part of valor,'' and their courage, like ' Hub Acres'," ooz ing out nt their fiuger'a end, 1 will not besi- lute to meet them with the pen, as after all It may be mightier than the sword. I, perhaps, woaM not have been led Into the train of fhoagkt that Induced me to write this letter, bat for nccldently finding a copy of the Maryarille Exprat, of tho I Oth Inst, wherein the pabulum Is freely dealt out that Inspires the follower of Jill. Davit nnd the Southern Confederacy; nnd os the unoamed editors of that idiert n-ciii to have ua holy a horrrrr of Alio Lincoln as Col. T'Vault has for the huge black- snake that Is crashing rattlcxnake and Cop perhead alike to ils contracting fuldi, I wish to Intimate to ils proprietor to make sure of their luUenption, a the peraou to whom the copy I found was addressed (old me in Jacksonville, two years ago this ntoath, in presence of two respectable wit- nrv, that ' before lie would live under the I linvcrnmcnt of the United Slate, should tie national until lie successful In crushing ,i i nt t n .01 . !' rebellion, he would go to Canada nnd "kc the oath of allegiance to Quern ictoriu' and. '-be j ibcr" mnn, II he de. we'll carry the fl ig Mr rr, too. "Oh I frreilnm, li trntU will mr rrtlirn, On trll our Utmlrn, th Itanra, Tint tl rr(rr to l.lrj fir an g at thy tlirlnr, vban to llv for a inoui.nl la ilultii." IllDICRMA. Applegate, Oct. 21, 18C3. From " Soger Hoy." Hiu'krau Rtvrn. I. T., Oct. 1, 16C3. .'. Stntmtl:" It Is n Ions roud that has no turn," nys tho old ad.igv; nnd, though I liuvo not seen n Skntinru with It lamlliar rijuarr, fur near four month, I still hope It will meet mc again ome where with good cheer, a tiunl. I am Inlli lo believe that the fnsill remain" of the defunct Gnsrttc have aMiimed inch gi gantic proportions a to tender obsolete an Institution of inch long standing, and in trinsic value to the country, as the Sknti xr.u Under the direction of it veteran editor, nnd with ils promising antecedent, I should not expect otherwise than that the Intrlligtnl-Sir would launch forth nt once with proiijierou rail, and, jierlmpi. "eclipse your commerce" to the extent of site of old Fort Hall, we pasml for more the patronage of Joitphint county. Un-1 than forty mile along the base of moun ters her county officials have mended their j tain from which a at, broad expanse of system of jHiyment for their printing, the I lna field Urclched nway darkly towards Skstinw. " or any other man" would Snake river. These form a complete bar- be far belter off without their patronage. I'erhaps the hoary editor of the exhumed GasttU "Standing upon no eminence of an evening overlooking the valley," etc. will be kind enough to Inform you, before he niwnd4 operation, by what manner of financiering he make that kind of patron oge pay. I lul wrolc you from Holsc River. Since that lime, our expedition hai march ed a long, and in many respects very pleuv ant, march ol SSO miles; making, on the way, many scouts with small detuchnu-nts from the main command. The scouting parties have contributed largely to our fund of Information with regurd lo the country along ihe route. The whole of that large region north of Snake River, lying toward the source of UoIse und Salm on river, and of which but little hat been known until very recently, has been thor oughly seouled. and much valuable Infor mation obtained, that will prove service able hereufier In the development of the hidden resources there treasured. It I al ready a settled fact that the gold mine nf this region are rich, and It will wpiire no great length of time to develop them suf ficently fur many to find In these monu- tains, what they have vainly sought else where, jiaying diggings. Indeed, there I already a considerable number of miners wt South Hoise, nnd their supplies are be-1 ing packed nnd teamed from Salt lake Yulley. It i nearer lo these mines from Fort Hull than to the mines at Ik-aver Head and Fust Huuuock; and as the sap. plri-s for the latter mines, except on occa sional traio from the Missouri River.-corne from Suit Lake Valley, by way of Fort Hull, the fame learns that load for Reaver Head, on their arrival at Fort Hall will be directed to South Rolse by the difference In distances to the markets. Camas lValrie will afford good homes for a large nuaiber of fettlers, and these wiil be supplied from the immigration at tracted there by the iew mines. 1 find that persons crossing the plains at this lute J day, come with all tho vagae, inflated no lions that characterized Ihe earlier pilgrim?; and it is atmoit impossible to dissuade them from immediately entering the mines, and at the vcarot point. To accomplish this, ! large proportion of this year's emmigra- J lion diverged from their original lino of I policy, and went flocking Into Reaver ! Head. Camas I'ralrie can not fail to be, u place of considerable importance when ever the demand for supplies in its imme- diate vielulty eliull warrant scttlcmcct there, and that tlmo Is evidently nt hand. Salmon and South Rolre rivers hare their source from the tango of mountains skirt ing the northern boundary of Camas l'ral rle, nnd, In the absence of belter proof, I would think the roughness and extreme height of these mountains sufficient to war- mnt the existence of rich gold mines In their midst. The valley Is full thirty mile In length and will average one-half that distance In w dth, which gives it an area of four hundred and fifty rquate miles. It lies between 43 and -M north latitude, and between the 114th and 115th degrees or longitude, and I about 100 ml Irs from New Fort Rolse, ISO from Fort Hall, and fifty miles north of Salmon Falls. It Is, In every respect, io far ai It natural nppcar mice and the nature of It surroundings ould Indicate, susceptible of e cry thing that would make an agricultural district in nny country. Fine mounlnin stream. In grtnt number, cnure down from hill side, covered with fine pine timber, and cross the valley at Interval just suitable lor purposes of Irrigation; these unite nt Ihe south side of the valley, forming the west fork of Molale river, which flunacast ward through the whole length of the valley. On the inarch from this valley to Illack foot Ferry, which is twelve miles nWe the rirr; so much mi, that only a single foot path erodes them from Fort Hull loSalm on Full. Refore reaching the ferry, we had lo crost a doer', of forty miles In width, 'litis desert appears to be only n continua tion of the lava field, on a milder plan being coinpoxd, not wholly of cinder rib and backbone but slightly Interspers ed with sand-hllU and sage plain. Arriving at the Itlackfoot Ferry on the lTlhof August, we met Capt. Crawford, of Ihe Kmlgrant Kscort. We movul down on the 18th, and made our camp on Fort Neaf river. The two rommund Mug lo gel her, and llierc being plenty ot)ouog la dies in the trala of richly wogons with Cupt. Crawford's command, it Is but rea sonable to suppom our few joung inrn, my self included, lud u general good time. Cuptuir Crawford passed down Ihe south side of the river, Marling on I bo 20lh, and our command cuiae back ou the ticttb side, starting on the 27lh of August, At Cunias l'ralrk',whirv Major Rlnror son. In command (t lo companies of In faiitry, hud been left in charge of our sup ply depot, we made another halt, from the Gib until the 11 lb of Beiteu&er, whtu the Cavalry started southward to&ilmon Falls, nni the Infantry pasted back to Fort Holte over the nune route wecume. Scouting frwa Sahnori Fall, n wrly of our command JIcovmJ Ihe Ureal Full on Siule River, tieurly forty collet above Salmon Falls, and two wiles further ut the Shoehoie Fulls, -of whlcJi aomelhlng has beta said and written witiln the few yeurs lart past. Those Falls are ell worth visiting. Itpeclally arc the Great Falls "interesting, from the fuct fhat Ihe surround iiiL's are more grand orxl picturesque. The Great Fall are l'Jd feet iniight, aud the water falls perpendicular, iu one sheet near one thocsand fid in width. Shoshone HMJs are 18K feet fnlelght,ond tk-nater ijurs ner la two distinct volumes, per laps fifty feet euch In width, making two groat pillars of spray us they plunge into the abyss Mow, Theso falls alone are more thun I shall even attempt to -describe in a tetter, if I were able for (he tusk, I will paM to teK you that I have abandoned some of nry Cue breams of glory. 1 believe surn vlsluns a haunted my slumbers before I came out here were delusive, and only calculated to make one dissatisfied with himself. I am fraqk enough to confu, whatever I may have anticipated before i started, that 1 bavu not been able to per celve Just where the point of honor lies, nor n here the glory i to comofiom. Tioe, we II expcetctl to find plenty or Indian, ant! Intended (o give them battle from the out set ; but we did not find tho tnemy, onJ conwfiucntly did not win n great victory. Thu you have the simple rtory of our cam paign. What may turn up Iretwren heru and winter (piarlcrs, which is at least a month ahead of ns, 1 leave to the future. I only know we have searched faithfully and well a larger eopc of country than any one tribe nf Indians ought to own, and if any do own It, they are not at home to claim It. I have heard from thu City of Ihe Saints, that they have nil left this part ofthecounlry.at re-quest of parties In vicin ity of Ihe Mormon cnpltal, who have bton kcts and thing to parc, nnd, hnvlng no poor Indians In that snlnlly Und since the memorable Imlllo of Rear River, Ihey In vite older folks' Indian In from ofur to re ceive their overflowing bounty. Siiokr Rov. I. 8. Oct. 2d. A scouting parly, con futing of Lieut. Woymlre nnd twenty men of Co. "D," have just returned, nml report having met ami " cleaned out " a party of about thirty Indians yesterday morning, near twenty miles above here, on this strain. They found four Indians drod on Ihe ground. Several escaped, badly wound ed. The parly bring with them two line American horses and two ponies ; ulso a rifle, some Iwiws and arrows, am about six rounds of ammunition, taken from tho In dians, Cuptulu Curry uml twenty uivti are still out, having been gone nlaa day. Lt, Wuymlro had started to meat hliu, but re turned exi account of ration for hi men. K. II. iNCWEKr Or TIIK IIATTI.K Or ClIICKA' mai'oa. Among Ihe Incident nf Ihe bat tle of Suturday, Col. Wilder drscriocd thu frightful slaughter of Loagstrcci' men at the time Ihey wero driven back by our left wing. TLI celebrated eorp, us despsralo soldiers ast-rer lived, attacking two divis ion, Yun Clere's and Darin's, lo tlui right and u little In frout of Wilder, rvpsrulnl them ami pushed on ibriHigb the open space yelping ihe rebel about I u yelp, instead of a civilized hurrah and confi dent of victory, A pnrliitfi of theni had lo en a smull field, behlud which, Iu Ii? bordering wood, Wildtr lay, und through which ran a ditch five or six feet diep, In carry off the water of an adjacrul itrru-u or uip, As the rebel en lend this field, hi heavy lauuu fully CKp-wed, the mouuleii Infantry, wilt their svvcu shoot ing rifle, kept up a continuum blast of fire upon Hit m, while Lilly, with hi Indiaiu lialtcry, burled through tlieui doable ahoU led canister from hi lOpouudtr rllles, at less tluu Ibrce hundred yards. The tUVcl was awl. Rvery shot seemed t'i trll. The head of the column, us It wus p'iilil on by taase behind, appearnl lo m-ltuway or link into the earth, fur though continu ally moving, It ;nt no i-tarer. It broke at last avd fell back in great disorder. It was rallied and ruwe on ugaln and with detpcralo resolulioii puihe through the f re tx the ditch, I lero nil why could get In oe& shelter, Imluiitly Lilly whirled two uf lik guns and poured right down Ihe whole length of the ditch hi horrsVile double- canister. Hardly a moo got ut of it alive. ' At this point," laid Wilder, who lis beeu seasoned to slaugh ter 4y being two hundred time under fire, " it actually seemed a pily to kill men so. They fell in besps, and 1 had !t In toy heart to order Ihe firing lo cease, to end the awful sight." Rut the merciless seven hooters and canister would not Hop, ti4 again the boasted Doner of L.'o's arm was crushed Into a disorderly mob aud driven off. AVheo the firing ceased, one could have walked for two hundred yard down that ditch ou dead rebels, without touching the ground. LiXKlr. " I'm afraid you'll forget n, wife, while I'm away," iU a bravo effloer, "Never fear, niy dear, the loagcr )eu irs Iu your country's service, the better I sits!) like you."