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bases are music and dancing. These also come Greeley on Indians. It seems that Hor LETTER FROU PORTLAND. Drtier and Mount Hood Snake Corrals PP" Pat Malone maintains that his reported reference of Mr. Pengra to the editor of the SO, 1858.

What Abolition Fanatics and their Fire-eating Opposite Made Or. While living ia the Northern States, we hnve frequently noticed that tho Southron, who transplanted to that clime, becanio an abolitionist, was more ultra, rcalons and extreme, than the fanatic to tho manor born." We also know tho fact that some of the most violent LETTER FBOS 4TASC COOTr. Dalles, Ogn. Sept. 15th, 13.39.

FRIEND Bcsh: I believe I promised to write to yon occasionally, to let you know what we are doing op here in the land cf anxieties; an you are doubtless aware we have been breathing the atmosphere of anxieties and Immbcgs for the last six mouths snch as wars aud rumors of wars, Fraa-r river gold humbugs, military reports. Sec. lint we have come to the conclusion that we will not credit anything we hear though it should come from "Jordan's Opinion," for we have been deceived so often we are convinced there are no genuine prophets among ns. We did our bett to get np a row with the infernal Indians, but they beat us at onr own game; they came in and made a requisition upon ocr Col. for a few horses, oxen, good, groceries, which was promptly filled, and set to the credit of Uncle Sam.

The nest rumor which hoisted our bright imaginations was. that an order had been received to the effect that head quarters of the Ninth was to be established at this place, when we expected to get even on Uncle Sam, for deserting as so soon after the lmild-ing of that magnificent commanding officer's quarters, at the moderate little snin of seventy-fivc thousand dollars; but Uncle Sam is rich, and will pay our war debt after a while. But; by the bv. I think times look a little more ace Greeley's journey to tho Indian country has to su'uo extent re lieved his sickly senti meiitalism on the sabiect of inferior races. Un dor dafd Denver, June lGth, he writes Some of the chiefs have a narrow and RlireM-dniHM.

nnd. verv rarely 111 their history, a really great man, like Pontine or Tecmivreh, has iirisen among them but this does not shake the general truth that they are ulter'r incompetent to cope in any way with the European or Caucassmn race. Anv band of schoolboys from ten to fifteen years of age, are omto as capable of ruling their appe tites, devising nnd upholding a pjblic policy constituting and conducting a state or comma nity, as nu average Indian tribe. And, unless they shall be treated ns a truly Christian eom munirv would treat a band oi orphan children providentially thrown on its hands, tho Aborigines of this'comitry will be practically extinct iu the next fifty years. I hav lettriiL-d to appreciate better thnn hith erto, and to lnnLc more allowance lor, the dis like, aversion, contempt, wherewith Indians are usually regarded by their white and have "been since the days of the Puritans, It needs hut little familiarity with the actual palpable Aborigines to convince any ono that the poetic Indian tlie Indian ol Cooper and is only visible to the poet eve, To the prosaic observer, the average Indian of the wooils nnd prairies is a being wno does little credit to human nature a slave of appetite aid ioih, never emancipated from the tyranny of cne uniuinl passion save by the more raveno'u demands of another.

I could not help saying, 44 These people must die out there is no help for them. God has given this earth to those who will subdue and cultivate it. nnd it is in vain to strugj against his righteous decree." If he could associate with "border ruffians" for a few mouths longer it would doubtless effect a change ia the character of his paper, lie would cease publishing correspondence which al wars vindicates the poor Indian, and finds some sufficient excuse for the Laming of a white man's house or the murdering of his wife nnd children; r.n-1 would learn to credit frontiers men and volaittct-is with some nobler motive than lust of blood and plundering the treasury. And no doubt a little more observation and a little less philosophy would equally improve Lis views on the subject cf the down trodden Af rican." The cardinal virtues have a wider geograph ical range than the Tribune has ever indicated. "One More Unfortunate." Gen.

Jo. Laae of Oregon snuffed nut of the list of dem ocratic preai.ietitial candidates. He is a lost stp.r. fur his party at horn; repudiate him. 1 or eight yefir.

through all its territorial pupilage, he carried Oregon in his breeches pocket, lie was the ereat I am of tiie democratic parrv. I5at no soiTier does Oregon emerge into state- hnal th msiie shows signs of repudiating her political autocrat oud nurse, and thinking nnd ting lor 1 uc democracy are broken in twaiii on the qrsriou of submitting any longer tt Lane's dictatorship succeeded, tkonsh barely, in carrying the nomination far representative ia Congress for one of his f.illow-ers but he thereby endangered the election of any democrat. The result Las transpired nl-reaJy, but we are without news of it. In Lis next attempted exercise of aat.mnty. Use reelection of Dclaou Smith as his associate iu the LT.

S. he was signally defeated; the party in th? legislature spiit si'iaro ia two. earns to a dead -lock ca this question cnul-1 not bo chosen: and the prestige of Gen. LatHs's authority aud endorsement is gone. Xi man rm be a candidate for President who thus divides his party at home.

Weak at home is a political synonym for powerless abroad. So Geu. Jo. Lane may lie counted out at Charleston. Where is the undertaker! Atlantic Exchange.

Oregon Politics. Tb same Oregon legislature that elected Gen. Lane and Delazon Smith has refused to repeat that operation iu the eac of the last mentioned gentleman, whose brief term was cut down to a single span by the delay in the admission of the Territory. "The democrats had forty-three out of the fifty members, and as Lane has hitherto been supreme in Oregon polities, and was on hand trying to in the party to re-elect Delazon, the adjournment of the legislature, without leaking any election, indicates a radical change in the Oregon democratic mind. It is even said that Lane will share the same fate when his term expires, which will be in This is a rapid wane for a candidate for the Presidency.

With his own State hostile to him. Lane's chance for the nomination can hardly be counted. There is a reason for this great hss of political power that we have before adverted to. lb. Kansas.

The total number of votes cist in Kansas, at tha recent election for delegates to the Constitutional Convention was of which were democratic, aud 7,374, republican. In examining the result of thU election, the Kansas Htral of Freedom, a republican journnl, nt the close of a long nrticle.says: We are conscious that we shall be charged with a desire to play into tiie of the Democracy because uf this article. Our design is lo show oar friends in the States the great strens'h (-) the licpahlican party iu Kansas, and show how maeh has been gained by proving false to th? pledges, and organizing a new party with new tests, for the purpose of giving aid" and comfort to a party outside of Kansas. Wo mean say further, that tha late vote is significant of the future, and renders the prospects of a filial Demo-ratia triumph tnnw than probable, and tha sending up or a Democratic Delegate to Congress iu the f.ill, and, finally, one Democratic- lleprcsentativc nnd tvo Democratic Senators to Congress, under our Suite organization." Remarkable Facts. "Uncle" Peter Slice, a resident of Vancouver W.

now in his 73d year, is father of children, 14 of whom are living, nnd 13 married. Tho youngest, 10 year? old, weighs 133 pounds. He is grandfather to 101 children, and greatgrandfather to 50, in nil 170, and of them liii are living. The old gentleman fought in several Fkinuishcs under Col. Owens, during the war of 1812, was present, and acted a conspicuous part in thecapturoof Detroit and Mnldron from the British, at which places he assisted in taking S0O prisoners.

Me was also volunteer in the Oregon and Washington war of 183ti. He has passed through much hardship uud made many hair hrcadifi escapes. This agd patriarch immigrated to this country in and has ever since resided in Vancouver, working daily ac his trade chair -making. Advertiser. High Frics for a Farm.

Wc were informed, a few days ago, of the sale of a farm of 160 acres, at Dunginess, in this Territory, for the sum of twenty-one thousand dollars This lo us seemed incredible, but our informant witnessed the sale, and assures us that the purchaser (IIou. F. A. Chcnoweth) was perfectly sane when ho made tho purchase. The land is valuable because of its adaptability to the growth of potatoes seven hundred bushels to tho acre being the ordinary yield.

Pugel Sound Herald. We doubt bis sanity the very much. Perhaps, however, he paid in another form like the man who bought a dog for one thousand dollars, and paid two feminine pups at five hundred dollars a piece. Fruit Boxes. Mr.

T. Eyre suggests, through the Oregon Parmer, that fruit growers severally make out plans for fruit boxes, the size, shape and timber roost suitable and submit them to the Fruit Growers' Convention in October. Peach Brandt. The Californians, having a surplus of peaches, are making brandy of them. under tho ban of the church, or, at least, of most denominations of the church.

Assembla ges of young people, even for the sake of so cial enjoyment and pleasure, are generally con ceded to be harmless in themselves but when accompanied with saltatory exercises, thev be come, in the opinions of many well-meaning people, highly immoral, and dangerous to reli gion and virtue. A violin, taken singly, or with other instruments of music, may discourse sweet and innocent melody but when employ ed ia 44 keeping time to bounding feet," it be comes an instrument of evil, potent as the wand of Circe, and deadly (iu a moral sense as the club of Hercules. Seen through the bigot's spectacles, balancing is the bight of immorality hands across is positively sin ful swing your partner is deadly impiety, and promenade aU fa little short of a dance to the devil. True, David danced before the Lord and we read in holy writ of praising1 the Lord with the timbrel and the dance but then that was very different from the promis cuous dancing, at balls and evening parties, of we are speaking. Perhaps so.

But, dear sir, or madam, are not the evils of which you are accustomed to complain in connection with this amusement so to speak all in vour eye Or, at least, do you not look at them through spectacles, the lenses of which are warped and distorted by prejudice and bigotry Music- and dancing formed a part of the reh gioua worship of the Jews they were also a favorite pastime of the surrounding heathen nations; yet nowhere in holy writ, neither in the Old Testament nor the New, will you find a word in their condemnation. On the contrary. they are often ased as illustrations of the fullest joy and happiness. Yon, therefore, who dc- ucnr.ee them in the name of religion, are you net guilty of setting up your own inventions, in the stead of the divine commands You Pharisees, who make a boast of your piety, and thank God you are not as other men, arc not the vain est pleasures innocent, when compared with your sin of uncharitaLleness Cease, then, to rail at the innocent recreations for which, per haps, your gloomy and morose views of religion and human nature leave you no taste. Think of tho cares forgotten, the weariness of soul and body dispelled, the sociability engendered, the radiant enjoyment and happiness created by the cotes of ait old violin, attnned to tha merry measure 01 uner a Hornpipe," or "Pop goes the wcaxle.

And if yon could divest yourself of your views and un founded prejudices, losg enough to shake foot in time to a lively strain, our wnrJ for it, vour heart would be none the worse of the enjoyment. white your body would be the better for the ex ercise. Coamro Dows. Mr. Weathercock, of the in his lost issue has a quibbling article.

intended as an answer to the statement of Mr. Bobbins, that he, (slater) had said that he supported Delaxon Smith for the U. S. Senate iu order to get votes for Corvallis for tho seat of government. A few weeks ago.

Slater gave this statement what he calM an unqualified denial." iot0 his denial has a great many qualifications to it and, while he carefully ab stains from impugning Mr. Robbing teraeily, he tries to throw some reflections nnon his in telligence, and intimates that Mr. IL must have imperfectly understood htm. After qnibbling through nearly half a column, now denying and then acknowledging the truth of Mr. R's statement.

Slater says But suppose we had said jtist what the Statetma charges, was there anything criminal or dishonest about it This reminds us of the cockney who was arrested for stealing eggs. He persistently denied the crime, until his hat being taken from his bead, the eggs rolled out. He was then asked what he had to say, and finding himself cornered, he exclaimed, Veil, vot hof hit. Iiif hi did steal the heggs, hi did'nt suck 'em. Just so with Slater.

Finding that it is useless for him to longer deny stealing the eggs, he wishes to take credit to himself that he didn't suck 'em." Mr. Bobbins was in town last week, and after reading Slater's article, he adhered to his own statement about the matter, and said that if it were necessary, he could produce farther testimony in proof of Slater's declaration. Mr. Ii. is a gentleman of nnimpeacliaute integrity; and ia Benton county, where he has resided, and where Slater resides, his testimony will be re ceived upon any subject, as readily as Mr.

S's. As Important Ixvextiox. Messrs. T. 6c B.

Strang, of Salem, have invented a machine for the extermination of ground sqnirrels, gophers, rats, moles, which is likely to prove a great benefit to the It is shaped like a sausage staffer, with a nozzle, having a furnace on the inside, and a lid through which the fuel is applied. A handle11ow8 is attached to it. In making ase of the machine, a handful of rags is placed inside, and a quantity cf roll brimsione laid upon them the lags are ignited, tbe nozzle of the machine inserted iu the hole of the varmint, and the bellows put in motion. The fames of the burning brimstoncViu penetrate to a surprising extent, through all tbe ramificalioas of the gopher or sqnirrcl-hole, and almost instantaneously destroying the little denizens. The nests of hornets, Wdps, and other inscsts iKty be destroyed in like manner, and the dens of snakes might also be successfully and safely invaded with this truly hiferual machine.

The Messrs. S'rang hare applied fcr a patent. Orkgox Fruit Gsoweks Associattox. This society was organized last fall, and, in accordance with its constitution, first regular annual meeting will be held in this place on Wednesday the fifth of October next. Prof.

J. D. Post, of Oregon City, has been invited, and is expected to deliver an address. A large attendance ia anticipated. We append the list of premiums offered by tho Association On the best fruits of any variety offered $2 second bent $1 third best 50.

For the largest and best collection of apples, $10; second largest and best collection, third do. 20. For the largest and best collection of pears, $10; second do. 95; third do. $2,50.

For the best collection of grapes, $10 second do. $5 third do. $2,50. For the bett lot of twenty apples, $10; second do. $5 third do.

$2,50. For the best lot of twenty-five pears, $10; second do. third do. $2,50. Farrr asd Flowers.

We are indebted to Mrs. A. Stanton, of this county, for a basket of choice peaches, pears and plams, of huge sizes and rich flavors, capped with a most elegant bouquet. Many thanks. Mr.

Towner Savage has likewise laid as under obligations for favors from the orchard. Public Spkaxixo. By notice in our special column, it will be observed thai ex-Got. Carry will make speeches in the several coanties of Oregon, daring tho present fall. Beast Escape of Convicts A ntln-r "Pri" "Pharo," the Times, and tne Senate Stout and Logan Business, r.

PoRTLAsn, Sept. 15th, 1859. F.nrrcm Statesman. Before I open my usual budget of news and gosip, I must pay mr resneets to mv friend Tommy Dryer, whoso bile I stirred rp by my playful allusion to bis lucent proboscis, 'lommv seems ratuer sensitive on that point, (of his nose) and allows himself to get into a very undignified passion, because I suggested that he had mistaken its rmloV t-n for Hood in a state cf erup tion 'Xoinmv. bv way cf putting himself right, says he did not look through a deputy quarter-master's commission, nor a corcll (qi corral 1 of horses at or toward Mt.

Hood, See. AU right. Tommy, my boy nobody said you did. Although it is said you have had snakes corraled in your boots. I have never heard it intimated that yon ever nad or was likely to have a corral of horses.

Nor, Tom my, did I ever intimate that yon had been "guilty of whatever terrible crime that nivsterious dash may imnlr. It don't re fer to Fen Van. docs it 1 A word in yonr ear. Thomas, my lad it's a sure sign of guilt, to deny before you are accused. Verb.

tap. sat. Local items are scarce in this market just now. An occasional fight or disorderly drunk alfords a little business for the Recorder's court. and with now and then a ruuawav, a female or a horse aud cart, fariush food for scandal nnd paragraphs for our diiii'ec Last Tuesday a creature, who lays claim to the title ol Doctor, was brought before the lie- corder on charge of disgusting ln'tialiry.

t'; ietaiis of wtiicli are mint for publication. He had not even the poor excuse tf intoxication for his conduct. lie was fined fifty dollars that being the extent of the Recorder's power; but I atn informed th crtso win" be brought bef.iro the grand jury of the couatr. Query: Will not trial, and the iniiietion of a penalty for the offence, be a bar to any further prose- cutioii upon tne same caarg-e tt to hoped the offender will not escape the strictest justice. On Wednesday night two convicts, named Enoch Fruit and J.

J. Mills, employed in a saw-mill leased by Messrs. Coffin ic Pentland, made tli 'ir escape. They were detailed for night-work, and stopping at midnight for lunch, the door of their room was left open, and they leaped out. The guard saw them, bat they were soon out of sight.

Ttree miles from Portland, they stole a couple of horses from Thomas Stevens, an 1 continued their flight. A reward of $203 is offered for Fruit, and of 100 far mills. Another "pet" was added to the same insti tution last week. He is named John McLaughlin, and was sentenced by judge Wait, at Oregon City, to four years of durance vile, for an attempt, under aggravated circumstances, to commit a rape upon the person of a respectable widow lady. Your friend Faro," the sliopery eel, is editing the Times, lie is so much unacquainted with the daties of editor, that he supposes tha writing of the correspondence devolves upon that functionary.

That accounts for his let ter from Slcm in last week's limes. Pharo" is a candidate for the U. S. Senate, and b-ts suuk a shaft in obscure eorner, nnd is now stealthily drifting about forty feet below the surface, ia hopes cf striking a lead." He is -uie2y down on Williams and Graver, bet plays upon all sides and soar upon ail side, as faces aud backs are presented. Hi married to Delazon, immediately upon the latter's appearance here, and only submitted to a divorce when the cruel boat parted them.

The boat gone, his tears soon dried, love cooled, and before he got back to his office, he gracefully put the stilk-tto into the ribs of Delazon and tbe Dclazonian. "Pharo" is a sleek, sly customer, and I wouldn't be surprised to see bfm pop upon the surface with Delazon's or Joseph's certificate. It is whispered in 'the best informed c-ire'es that you don't cars if he does. Stout, it is said, wiil leave for Washington on the next steamer. I fta net informed as to Logan's movements; he is nov absent from this city, engaged.

I believe, in collecting evidence tw be used ia contes.ing Stout's claim to bis seat in Congress. So iar as I enn learn, Stont is making no effort to procure rebutting testimony. Busiucss continues very dull. If tbe rain which is now falling continues long enough to open navigation on the Upper Willamette, our up-country trsde would be much improved; but that is more than we can reasonably hope for at this season. Yours, St.

PlEIiRE. TIIE SUKE irVDSAS. Champof'. Sept. 13.

I539. Editor Statesman Dear Sir: My reason for writing on the sulu.ct of the SnaTie Indians. in voar last number, was in consequence of having been asked (by several who were jast going up to tha Walla Walla coantry to settle) wheiiier I thonglit it would be safe" to live bp there, and whetner I thought there was danger of those Snake Indians pouncing upon the settlement and killinj the people, driviug tiff the stock. In my opinion tliTP is no danger of so large a party as we have heard of ever coming west of Fort Hail, cud, also, I am quite coniiuciit that fifteen white men are sr.fe anywhere in the Suake co'intry, provided they keep a good look oat. 1 do not believe there is the least danger in tho Walla Walla valley of Indians.

But there is a class of men who are neglected by our civil authorities they may occasionally make a ius3 and should the tanners and merchants act together and just give those covies the go by, or in other words, wipe out those whisky dealer, and not by any means allow those pests of man to go among- the Indians, tucu no danger may be apprehended. I should have stated my reasons for writing the other article nixiut the Snake ludiaus, which was only to prevent the Warm Spring tragedy from alarming the citizens, knowing it to be a rumor only. Iu settling a new country, the alarmist is a clog upon the community, and always should be attended to and kept away from tho frontier, or any enterprise a.ul should never be placed so his influence can be brought to bear upon others. A man has just passed here showing some paintings which are good oue of them being tint of Jo. Lane's farm in Umpirua.

I recommend all ta take a look at the picture, and be proud of our Senator. Is the picture man en- aged by Joseph to electioneer for him for the residency if so, he had better put up the fencing, hang the gates, fix the doors, and have it look ns though a white man, or rather a white woman, had lived there, which, in my opinion, would be more to his credit "do tide is ttra'd sa." R.3J. Clackamas Sept. 9th, 1339. Ma.

Editor When congress established the Territorial government over Oregon, the Provisional Government owed a debt of $15, O-TO. This debt ought to have been paid by the general government yean ago, and I have no tionbt would have been paid the very next session of congress, it Mr. Thurston had lived and lecn returned. The Provisional Government was mainly supported by the people, and the debt, nt its termination, was rery small. Congress would have paid it without a word, if it had been taken in time.

But I suppose it is too old now, and never will be paid. The legislature has once or twice memorial ized congress on the subject of the payment of this debt, but that was the last beard of them or it. The trouble has been, onr Delegate in Congress did'nt understand the matter, did'nt know how to go to work to establish the claim and get it before Congress in shape, to have it paid. And therefore he did nothing about it. A man of business capacity and habits would have had no trouble in getting it.

OLD KESD3EXTEK. Melascholy Accident. Sunday evening last, (11th Mr. Joseph Mitchell, of Corvallis, with his wife and two little boys, was sailing in a skiff, for plcare, upon the Willamette, about one mile above town; wheu the boat struck a ferry rope and capsized. Mrs.

Mitchell was drowned tho Utile boys fortunately hung to the rope, and were saved. 1 Statesman at tho scrip convention, was truth ful, and thinks his written report" ought to be taken in preference to the recollection of credible men. We have the authority of two prominent members of the convention that Mr, Pengra did not mention the editor (one says correspondents was used) of the Statesman. The recollection of either of those goutlo men possesses a thousand fold more weijrlit and credibility than the word and "written report of Pat Malone, to whose intererested reprcscn tations, when in onr employ, we never thought of attaching credence. There are many of our intiinates of that time who are aware of this fact.

Malone insinuates that iu former times we were in tbe habit of twisting and "garbling his reports of the speeches of Dr. Henry and others who were notour favorites." If he in teuds to intimate that we ever changed reports to at to make a member say what he did not he insinuates a falsehood worthy of him. That we sometimes cut down, or ent out, reports of speeches of Dr. II. and others, for van I of room is true.

But we never "twisted any man's remarks, or made him siy what he did not sny. If we had been base enough to have desired dir ty work of that kind to bo done, we had no oe casion to do it oursclf it would not have been necessary for us to have twisted or gar bled tho reports. It would only have been necessary to have instructed Pat 3nfaae to do it, and it would havo been performed with ser vile alacrity. A more billable instrument nev cr graced a cotton field. He is hu employer' own, including his powers and his opinions.

AVhen ho was hired by Statesman ho was democrat whenby the Oregonian, a bluek-re- publionn; and now by Dryer an 1 the land of fice alternately, he is both a black and a Lane lackey. Malone never had instructions from the Statesman to mis-report anybody and the nearest approach of his to doing that, occurred in a few discs where members had fce'd him to lujf and prefer them. This constitutional falsifier avers that his rc port is correct in every particular, and can't be otherwise, because be took it down upon the spot. In that report occurs the following "Jo. Teal nominated Jo.

Drew. Jo. Drew nominated Jo. Teal. Mr.

Grover nominated A. A. Smith. Mr. A.

A. Smith nominated Mr. Grover." Mr. Grover says he did not nominate A. A.

Smith, nu.1 that A. A. Smith did not nominate him. Mr. rover eaunot be mistaken as to the f.tct of his not nominating Mr.

Smith. Mr. Graver's statements arc relhblc Tat Malone' a are not. We have bestowed nioro space on this wrOiguant botmyer than his report cr rep resentations deserve. "With "a full knowledge of the amount of credence they are entitled to, there littldestiniony we would not prefer.

The creature's gratitude iu maligning Dr. Drew will appreciated when it is known that, from motives of charity, that officer gave him employment in the quartermaster's office when gaunt etrvatioa was staring bini iu the face; he not only paid him for the lime he was partially employed, though he proved to be uufit to perform the work, bat that he actually paid bun for considerable time in which he did nothing. It is due Gen. Drew to state that he first declined to pay Malone for time ia which he did nothing, but yielded upon Pat's urging his unjurt claim, and grumbling at its denial. All the writing he did had to be done over agaia by a competent clerk, and we are told that there is not now among the papers a mark made by his pen.

Well may Dr. Drew exclaim he is a grateful A New Patest. We learn from the Olym-pia (W. Pioneer, that Mr. James K.

Lain, of Thurston county, W. has obtained a patent for an improvement in windmills. The improvement 'consists in such a combination that every particle of atmospheric motive pow er is saved, and after an entire cessation of wind, the power accumulated daring its prevalence, (if but for a short time), will run the machiue five hours. The wings are so constructed that no danger can be occasioned by the violence of the blow for the diuerent amis of the wheel present constantly to the wind a surface ia proportion ns the breeze is heavy or light, and during the current, a very heavy weight may be added, which, by the force of t'io wind is, siuiultaueousr with the running of t'ie niaeh'rac. being wound np like the weights of a clock.

As this weight rises, the wiugs change their presented face, and thus moderate the pressure from the current of air. Ou tho cessation of the breeze, of course the weight thin runs down, and continues to carry the nia- c'linerv. as above stated, for five hours without any The Pioneer says that Mr. Lnm has been offered large sums for his patent. Blue.

The Congregational clergymen of Or egon, in session at Salem recently, had an ani mated discusfion upon a resolution adverse to the marrying, by ministers of that denomina tion, of divorced persons, if divorced for other reasons than adultery. What the fate of the resolution was we did not learn. Mr. Chamberlain, of Portland, moved to amend so as to prohibit the marrying of professors of religion with nen-prcfessors. That was negatived.

A rcsolntion declaring that they would not invite into their pulpits clergymen of ether denominations who countenanced slavery prevailed with only i'oar nays. Considerable discussion was had upon this resolution, and Mr. J. D. Holman, cf Portland, a delegate, strongly resisted its adoption, but without success.

The garrison baud-organ at the Dalles ia, of course, oat in favor of Stout's vote aa the lui of rep-rescatalion in tbe next democratic convention, and refers to the determination of the basis as ouo of the powers of a central committee. The power of the committee in that respect merely recomraendatorj'. It is little singular tha; the very men ho are now tbe greatest sticklers for proscribing democrats who refused to vote for Mr. Stout, were foremost last spring in introducing into the primary meelinjra and electing to the democratic conventions men who, the previous year, opposed the democracy. In some sections the precinct meetings were full of this class of voters, and tbere were several of tbeui in the State convention, including one from Wasco county.

And, through that interest Sir. Stoat was nominated. U. S. District Court.

Judge Deady held the first term of the S. District CounV last week at this place, and appointed Geo. Cole, of Portland, clerk. Tbe business was light. A rule was adopted, requiring applicants for admission to the bar of this court to produce a certificate of two respectable attorneys to their good moral character, and to their having practised at least one year in the Supreme Court of Oregon.

CF" A former citizen of this county, who last spring removed east of the Cascades, writes us that he is very much dissatisfied, and shall return to this valley next spring, and try to get bis old place back again." ty Gov. Whiteaker will deliver the address at the opening of the Laae county Agricultural Fair. BKCBSAfMlf. All work and no play sake Jack a dull toy." So saith the homely eld proverb none tie lees true because it Is old IxmtlT. La ter, whether of haal or train, or both toother, demands not only teat, bat alto relaxation.

This has Woome a generally conceded princi-fle of mental and physiaJel sv "mj, which tla cast rld and austere will htuiy gainsay. A taw that la always beat loan the elasticity la aids consists ita only Tirtae and efScacy ad la manner eon tinned tension weakens 'and CasSj destroys both mind and nraaele. Tie eoaaeetfoa between brain and brawn is very isntaato, and the causes by which both are aCictei are very similar. The gymnast aeevrea tie greatest development cf hi muscn-Lr powers, bj txadsag them only at etatcd Caaea, wish frequent Intervals of test and relaxation. The mental faculties receive their best ievelopment in a.

aimilar way. That effort, whetler mental or physical, is xnoet fa-f jIrj, wLLh it eotined to the tame nncoang-irMcaaof thought or action; and rice vrr- ar. Thaa, the indnstriona editor of a daily or weekly newspaper, the subjects of whose pen are ever varying, "from grave to gay, from Italy to severe, wQl often perform in the course of a twelve-month, an amount of literary labor which weald appear incredible to one whose literary talent vera no less, bat whose exertion were all maie in on direction. So a schoolboy, in his athletio sports, which bring into play successively nearly or quite all the muscles of bis body, will undergo an amount of physical exertion of which he would be utter incapable, in the exercise of any ordinary laborfoas employment. Bat we did not sit slews with the intention of writing an essay upon mental and physio-logical science.

Wo have little taste for each arid subjects nor are oar attainments and rc-eearehes therein of each a ebaracter as to war-, rant as ia entering into competition with Faley, Upnam, Hitchcock and others, who, by virtue cf saadry j-irchraents, are authorized to rdJ the expressive abbreviations of il. D. I. L- D-, See to their baptismal and patronymic appellations, and to whose admirable works we refer the reader desirous of further investigations in that direction. Oar object is merely to eaB attention to the importance the necessity to tJl men.

of aaitablo relaxation from the drily cares, anxieties and fatigcrs of ail employments. There is no toil, occupation, however genial, that does not, when too long protracted or too eloeeTy pursued, becom? bar- densome and wcajvin. Some mode of recTe- at ion rcost be found something that UI restore the exhausted energies, give new vigor ta tha wearied intellect, new strength to the tired tram-, and freak buoyancy to the flagging spirits. In aQ egea, means have been devised for the diversion and amusement of the multitude. The institution by Moses cf the Jewish Sab-bam was not alone for religions objects.

Though hallowed to religions worship, the Sabbath was a day of rest and recreation to the children of Israel, who, upon one day in seven, forgot amid the pomp and ceremony of their religions ob servances, the cares and hardships which em bittered their daily fires. The careful reader of sacred history wOl observe the good effect which the institution of a weekly day of rest and recreation had upon the people daring their journeying through the wilderness. They be came more obedient to the commands of their leaders their acts of insubordination and rebellion were less frequent and their murmuring and repinings after the flesh-pot of Egypt sere rarely heard. The old heathen nations had likewise their festivals in honor of their goda their parades. and shows, and games, for tha diversion and amusement of the multitude.

The theater and the circus, differing littie in principle from those of the present day, were regular institutions among the ancient Greeks and Romans of the ante-Christian era. Many of the games which are mnch in vogne in our own rural districts have descended to as from the same period and it is highly probable that hant-the- slipper and blind-man's-buff were played roand a Grecian or a Boman fire-side mere than two thousand years ago. Uany of tho church festivals of the present day are only copies or adaptations of old pagan feast. Their continuance, as well as their institution. was a popular necessity, which could not be well dispensed with.

The people must be amused. In cor own day, every large city has its places of public amusement and diversion. There are the theaters, where Tiiespcs and Comus hold divided empire, and, by their faithful representations of fictitious joys and woes, beguile the charmed spectator of real cares. There are Bpacioaa temples dedicated to Music end the Arts. There is the circus, with its wonderfully expert equestrians, its wonderfully agile tumblers, and its wonderfully witty clown, who day after day, with the same air and manner, and the same grotesque grimaces, repeats the same old jokes, and repartees for the edification of new crowds of admirers.

There are those harmonious rivals tie opera and the negro minstrels. There are big shows and uttle shows, of aU kinds. Occasioniuy one or the other of these popalar exhibitions makes a tcsr of -ontry, to the intense gratification of tha rural population. Their approach ia the signal alike for popular rejoicing and for pious denunciation. While from the pulpit and the religions press anathemas are launched at tbe immoral shewwnd its ungodly crew of tbe per-fanners, the more charitable and let bigoted layman takes-his family with him, secures seats far all ia the" dress-circle," (which means a row of board seats, with a bit of carpet spread on them,) and enjoys, to the fullest extent of which he ia capable, the entertainment placed before him; the hygienic effects of the frequent caocht-natiea in which be is led to indulge, being unimpaired by reaeetioa that the fellow in the motley areas, who so violently excites lis risibilities, is "an awful and will probably spend tbe money he receives for his performance in an improper manner.

He purchases only his evening's entertainment, -the mere recollection of which will beguile many a weary boor, and not the faults or follies of the entertainer as, when he boys a yard of cftsCh, be does not also bargain for the merchant's penchant for short weights and measures. Tbe demoralizing tendencies of the splendid four-horse act, the sinful allurements of summersaulting, and the vicious surrounding of tight-rope walking are alike unperccired byhiav Another class of popular amusements, mnch resorted to by the young for pleasure and reo- lof which tha slavery men in tha boutii, ilis-Umouists, were born iu New England. We never had a doubt bat that if the first described was taken South ho would be found tho mot nltra of firo -caters tarring and feathering stray abolitionists and that if tho latter wero takt-n North, they would bo found first and foremost iu tho r.tnks of abo litionism and all underground railroad and lusger-stealiiisr enterprises. It is a law of human nature that the extremist vt ill go to the extreme of any side upon which circumstances and influences chance to throw hiui. Below we have a case in point Tho notorious James Kedpith, "Bleedin Kansas" correspondent of tiicN.

Y. lYibune, the one that Manufactured tho nuijor part of the 4 terriblo deeds of the border radians which ornamented the Tribune columns during the Kaunas troubles, has published a book enti tled The Roving Editor, or talks with Slaves ia Southern States." On pas 3J0 of this book, Redpnth makes the following treasonable confessiou I believe that a rtr between the North and South would ultimate iu insv rrerrtoq, and that the Kansas troubles wonld probably ereate a military conflict of tho sections. Hence 1 leit the South uud went to Kansas, and endeavored personally and by my pen, to precipitate a revolution. Of this sam'j ItsJpath, the Savannah (Geor gia) Aiftr, after introducing htm as a reporter for the JYeifj iu 18 adds Wn employed him for a time, but found it his rampant r.enl in the cause of the South. Some hi.

articles on the si very q'iest5l were at bitterly denunciatory and so personally abusive of Greeley and other prominent abolitionists, that we rejected them as nut of place in the columns cf a South ern paper, to that if lie really wished to enlighten people ol tue rsorth up on a sn.yett on whu-h onr people were fully informed and needed no instruction, he s'lonld end his articles to some Northern rjnnl. lie did so, and several able nrgnnietits from bis prn deb-nce or merr a.id the ia which he lost iv. opportunity to pitch into the abolitionists, nppeivrcd the New Yeik papers. After remaining with ns a few months, he paid visit North, but returned South as far ns Ansnsta, from which place hi rublrefsed us a letter us to employ hiiu ngain in the -rs. This we, for various reasons, to do, and tbe next we heard of Mr.

he was fi uring conspicuously ia Kansas ns the inreiiuiary correspondent of the New i or noune. Tire Democratic Diffictlties is Ore- OOn. We have lef.n referred tJ the charge Ueneral by the Oregon tlemocra-, that he cansed th? postponement of the ad mission of the State for one session of Con- A statement of lox to tins cllect. on the stump last fall, has been brought into the controversy. Mr.

Cox was npoenlei to by Senator Smith of Oregon, and rejilicd as quoted the Or-jon Sttzffsmtn I do not remember to bare used General Lane's name ia anv other connection in mv speeches. In state, more explic-ilr, that it is untrue I sia-ed that Geu. Lane erer nvjuested the admission of Oregon li be postpoued." lie Oregon fta'esmnn a democratic pa per, has appealed to the Columbus papers lor evidence in this case. It s.tvs that such a re mark was published in the Columbus papers as having leen made br 5Ir. Cox.

Not at liberty to refuse to the Oregon editor what information we have of the matter, we rre obliged to say that Mr. Cox wns reported Journal ns having said in Ins speech at Newark. August 28th. 13-3, iu reply to en louirv of Mr. Case, that he would vote for the admission of Oregon with lir present pop ulation that he xrould hare voted tor her admis sion at the last session of Congress, but Ciat her delegate in Congress, Gen.

Lane, had earnestly requested that her admission be postponed." cannot (earn thalthts report has ever been questioned, and presume it trill not be. I ho Oregon democratic papers accuse uen. Lane of playing fast aud loose with the admission until h- had secured his election by the Oregon legislature to the United States Senate, if he failed ia tht he conld hold on to Ids office of Delegate, nnd the State cvtM cool its heels outside. Lfhio Slate Journal, July lo. Expression op the Ortnoox Democracy ik the Presidential Qcesttox.

Upon this ubject is an article in the last Portland Times rs follows Wc suggest, for the consideration of the State Central Committee, that it'issue a call for tho lection of delegates to the couu'v conventions the county conventions to elect delegates to lie State Conventions; that the election be n'ld on the sams day throughout State, that nt such election each democrat shall have the privilege of voting for the statesman he desires 'lall receive the nomination nt Charleston for he Presidency and that whoever obtains the majority of the votes, our delegates to the Na- Convention shall cordially support. believe this to be a fair course to pursue. If dopied, every democrat will have mi opportu nity to indicate las individual wish, and the party will be correctly represented in the na tional assembly. No other plan suggests itself ty which the m.issn cui legitimately make hemselves felt naJ heard We expect tiio primary meetings wi'l be thinly attended this fall, but if the above plan can be adopted, with fairness, aud without fraud, wc are iu favor of it. CF An observing Oregonian, and extensive scrip-holder, who spent much of the last ses sion of Congress in Washington city, writes, by last mail, to a friend at Salem, as follows Let me say to you, that the people of Oregon missed it in not s.Miduig Grover to the Senate.

I cannot help hut think that if Jo. Lane had worked half ns hard as Grover did, we would have got our pay on the war scrip last winter. know tc.W say. You know I hire considerable of it, aud have a good reason for watching things. Oregon teas noic'iere icith Old Jo.

Ao was looking at the White House, bnt if wo never get onr claims nntil ho gets to bo President, 1 want to sell out, or give awny my interest in scrip. I don't value scrip more than half ns high as I did, since I hnve seen the effect of Lane doings in the premises at Washington. There is another person of whom I will speak, though did not intend to wasto a word upon him Smilh. Delazon did us ho good, nor can ho do ns nur good at Washington. What Bush has published about him is true, and the half of it has not yet been told.

Don't, don't, send' him again." Fight with the Mohave Indians. The overland stage to California brings us news of a battle between tho U. S. soldiers under the command of Major Armistead and the Mohavo Indians, which took place on 5th of August, about fifteen miles from Fort Mohave. The battle lasted for several hours.

Tho whites began the affair, with 21 men, and were afterwards reinforced by 26 additional soldiers. The savages were in great force nnd fonght with great bravery, but were totally defeated. Twenty-five dead Indians were found, and it is supposed abrut sixty were slain. Twelve whites were killed. CP The population of San Francisco, all kinds, is ascertained by a recently taken census to be 70.000.

cheerful since the arrival of Vic. He direct from Colville, looking finely, but says ho "hasn got nary red." fc we can't recommend Vic. for a '4'er. We are having a good time with our immigrant brethren at this time; we have about twenty wagons here, on the each adjoining town, and you may rert assured we are doing some awful trading. They cfler to sell their chattcb for cash, as they want to go to the Willamette; but we have nothing to offer but Dalles currency, which is a note on bnck- that they may draw it when they choose.

We give them some very faithful premises to par when Uncle Sam gels money, aud we expect it next boat, Sen. Even thing is down in oar market. Cattle are muca cheaper man iney are in tne iiia- mette; thev average from Slo to $iO, taking tho a Stock of all kinds is very cheap; on the ccrner, 12-1 cents per glass: lager in the trough. cents, and other proportion; ana. you will bear iu mind, a'l on time, as we ex- pect the money on the next iiont.

llv tue way, what has become ct Uf-Iazon Ddozonian There have been several Iowa immigrants making innniries for Delazon; thcr say they have a suit of clothes, made out Topes-sum skius, sent to him by Gen. Dodge, of Iowa. as a present. I saw the pants and cap: the pants look well, if it was cot for the 'possum tail, which is fastened behind also oa the cap. 1 wisn you could see the snit a perfect ennos- irr.

INDEPENDENT, Laxe Count Races. A rnUi raea wa run on the dry trass, between J. P. Welch's Rifleann, Hadley's Tom Tiger. Myrtle's Limber Jim.

The race was won by Rifleman ia 1,35. The friend? of Tom Tiger say their lions was not ia raamng eanditsoa. Rifleman got a bad start, and did not ruse the ad until the last oaarter. Welch offers ta rn-i Rifleman against Jenkins' Lamax fcr 100D a side, p'ay or pay. 5 Not Cad.

We are informed that a gentleman living near Corvallis makes a monthly bet of oysters for a party of eight that our Wcatb ercock friend cf tbe Onion, Slater, mil changt his politics tcilliin the month OecasionaHy ht loses, but, taking tho year together, he estimates that be wins about ten gallons of oysters a year, and loses two Braxdt. We received last week, by tlx stage, a jug of brandy, with the compliments a' Mr. John Gregory, of the Exchange Saloon, Corvallis. Some of onr friends, who are pretty well qualified to express an opinion on the sub ject, pronounced it an excellent article; and wc know John wouldn't send us any other kind. California Politics.

Political excitement ran very high ia California ia the late canvass. A Sau Francisco paper says tbr" very atmosphere of California is laden wiffk pe btical billingsgate of a character that will ne admit of faithful description in the columns oft decent journal." Fire isr Laxs Coustt. On Friday. tL 9th tha dwelling-house of William Richardson, in Lane county, was destroyed by Ere with all it contained. The family were absel from home, and the fire probably caught fret the chimney.

I The "meeting of distmtiisIieJ statesmen a Washington city to eoasnU to the best mexas bringing Gen. Lane pnmiaenily forward as a dale for the Presidency," has been held. Hi Lien oa Garret composed it. When Lane gets back the em logs will freqoent- SIethooists ix Oreqox. The Methodic have in Oregon 57 travelling ministers and Ijcal preachers in all, 93.

They have 2,71 members and probationers, or 2.111 member complete. rumor has reached here from tl south, that about one-half of the city of Yrek in California, was destroyed by fire recent We have no confirmation of the rumor. Ths Largest. Among the several brk blocks erected here this season, is the large bnild ing in the State, and as good a one as ci be found ou tbe coast. If Oar Champoeg correspondent aEndes 1 a picture of Lsine's -farm" in Douglas count We understand the sketch was made with intention of publishing it in Harper's U'eekt Lixx County Fair.

Hon. L. F. Grovr will deliver tha address at the opening of tf Linn County Agricultural Fair on the 2S iust. Coxfessiox of Charles IIarrisox, Car OF thf.

Horse Thieves. On Thursday ax liin. the 16th a man giving his name diaries Harrison, and who has been ab Wilihv.nshurg in Josephine county for seve: days and who had made himself quite bix ions to many cf ths citizens and nuners, taiten into custody and rode on a rai. 1 crossing the ditch, Harrison fell off aikl completely ducked. Being under the inipre ion that the boys intended to treat him rat! harshly, he agreed to confess, making a ck breast of al! ho knew.

A book was taiaed and the confession of Harrison was 1 ken down in writing and signed by him He confessed that he was chief of the organ! band of horse thieves extending from Wi Walla in the north to Scott Valley ia Cali nia, giving the names of many jiersons heretofore have not been implicated, and the names of many who have been coram cing at Walla Walla, giving the name man well known iu this community. The to the Umatilla, the Dalles. Sandy, Corral stopping to give several names there, then to Engi ne City, the foot- of the Calapt mountnins.Umpqua, near Ambrose's, thenc Josephine County, making a locg drive place between Grave Creek aud Yanno thence to Illinois Valley and on to Scott 1 ley via Klamath River." There is no doubt about this man Hani being a thief and a bad man. Many beK that his confession in the main is true; in 1 many of the persons implicated have been fore "implicated as being connected wita ht stealing, as assisting those who do the steal Under the circumstances we think it wi be wrong to publish the names as givea Harrison. There is no name given as bt connected with the horse thief baud wh now a resident cf Jackson County.

Sea! Aug. 20. Ixsaxitt. The Insane Asylum, at St toa, contains 343 paiieda,.