Jmrled into arctic regions, and the work of centuries
refrigerated to ashes but sir, vvc can tell Mm, indc
fatigably, that the consequence, multiplied subtera
ncously by the everlasting principles cuntended for
thereby, can no more shako Ibis resolution, than I be
roar of Niagara rejuvenate around these v alls, cm the
bowl of the midnight tempest eonflagarato the mar
ble statue into ice.
ORKKOIY FKEE PKESS.
Geo. L. Curry, Editor and Proprietor.
OREGON CITY.SATUKDAV OC1 XK7fl f8iS.
AiU'oiM'Mh.NT. The Governor has appointed G.vitKi
el Walli.v; Justice of the Peace for Clackamas coun
ty, to till a acancy occasioned by the resignation of
Justice Wheeler.
Letters v ukuf. are they? Wehave heard of
leltors being addressed to us from Newmarket, on
Pu gel's bound; also from Iho moulh of the Columbia,
which we should like to be in receipt of where are
they?
Oregon Gold. We have rociivjd a few small par
ticles of gold thai were washed, by .Mr. Kayzer, out of
diggings from his claim, on the Aillamelle river,
above Champe.eg. II is the pure article, and although
the quantity procured be inconsiderable, it is never
theless, sufficient evidence of the fact that there are gold
mines in Oregon. Undoubtedly it may take lime for
exploration to discover them, but tint they will be
found in a short lime we fully believe.
Although we thought il probable that lh- 'precious
. metals would be found in abundance in ihe Powder
river country, or at the base of the blue .Mountains,
we never entertained an idea that they could be
obtained in the Willamette valley. However the
times are of such a character that conjecture may
'run riot,' for truth gradually seems to follow in
support.
News op the Week. Wo learn with regret that
the Cayuse Indians paid a visit to the Dalles, last
week, seized one of the Indians at that place who had
acted as an ally of the whiles in the recent Cayuse
ujar, bound him hand and foot and took him out in
to the middle of the river, where they drowned
him.
i'iilt is to be lamented that the Indians at the Dalles,
by acting a friendly pari towards the whites, should
bring down upon themselves Ihe vengeance of Hie
Cayuses. They should bj protected against the com
mon enemy the Cay us-; whom we shall consider as
such until full and ample reparation is made for their
horrible diabolical conduct in the tradgedy at Waiil
atpu. Indeed we are bound never to hold our peace
until the perpetrators of that terrible outrage shall
have been brought to fearful punishment. It may
not be convenient now circumstances render it out
of our power to do in this mailer as should be done,
but there will be u convenient season, when Oregon
will be able to visit upon the heads of these offenders
the retribution so richly merited.
A company of about forty persons will leave the
Clackamas on Monday, for Powder river, to engage
in gold digging, or gold washing. There is little
doubt, but that, they will he well rewarded for their
trouble. This force will have a good effect, in op
erating as a sort of "terrifier" upon the nerves of the
Cayuses to keep them from farther mischief for the
present.
life brig Henry bad not gone to sea on yesterday
week. The cause of her detention we do not learn
she has one hundred and twelve passengers.
Wo have a report that there are thirty more wagons
of immigrants coming in by the Mt. Hood route; the
report, however, is not worthy of much credit.
The Sch'r Staiili.no, for California, is on her way
down the river. She takes out a cargo of provisions
and a number of passengers.
'lue r ported arrival of a vessel, in our last paper,
was premature the report now is, however, that the
bark Undine has arrived.
Machine for Turning Statuary. Imagine a steam
engine, in rapid motion, whirling round, and turning
out the human head and face divine, with nose, chin
lips, forehead, eyes, ears, neck, breast, and shoulders'
of perfect proportion and accuracy to nature ! Imag
ine such an eccentric machine, and you will have
s.unc idea of the wonderful stretch of invention which
conceived and completed such a faculty. Such a ma
c line is now in successful operation in liostun, and if
any person vill lake the trouble to search, he ran ee
a bust of Daniel Webster rapidly revolving in ono
end of a lathe, and at Ihe other he will see lac simile
heads of the great expounder, or any desired sizes,
turned out from marble, by machinery.
What is curious, busts and cameos may be turned
after one and the same model, into imitations of any
size, from a colossal bust, to a miniature face suitable
for a lady's broach.
A father's love. a week or two ago, (says a cor
respondent of ihe N. V. Spirit of the Times,) an
elderly man, dressed lik a comfortable farmer, walked
quietly into Ihe office of a Wall street Life Insurance
Company, Ids face bearing the pleasant smile of one
who knows be has "a good thing to tell;" and after
the wealherly remarks such old codgers always favor
us willi, when we are particularly engaged, told "Air.
President," thai bis son heuben 11, bad, a month be
fore, insured his life for 1500, dollars "and a stouter
looking fellow you never seen; nor a bigger fool
than be looked like, when wo laughed at him after
he came borne, hul, by gracious I mister, he warn't
so far out after all lor he died of a suddent only ten
days ago. There's the dockymeiils, and I'm come for
the money, lie was "my son," sir, and ain't left no
other heirs."
Little Peoi'le- Nothing makas "little people"-so
unhappy as ihe success of one or their acquaintance.
ir,theiefore, you are rising in the world be careful
how you treat such, for the slightest unintentional