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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-16
FROM OREGON,

'''P'' '''' 'O'D'
Mr.. IvrYs: | avail myself of the present
opportunity TO write You again relative TO
Oregon, and through the medium of your
paper to let my old friends and acquaintanccs
in Tennessee, (with others who may feel in
tcrestedD know that new things have como
to pass in this country. Since | wrote you
before, Mr.. Palmer, the Indian agent, has
lately formed treaties with several of the In
dian tribes East of the Cascade Mountains,
for large and fertile scope of country which
is now open for settlement. The tract of
country treated for lies between the Cascade
and Blue Mountains, and is what we here
call Middle Oregon, and is said by many TO
be more fertile, healthy, aud saubrous than
Willamette Valley or any portion Of Western
Oregon. AS for the fertility of the soil in
Middle Oregon, can speak myself us regards
that portion which is included in the Powder
River, Grand Round, and Umailla Vallirs,
through which ! passed in coming to the
willamette Valley. 1t Is decidedly good and
said by men who have been still further
North, to be better along the Columbia River.
If had to Judge of the hcalthlulncss Of said
country myself, would say from all external
appearances that it could rot be otherwise,
for it is intersperscd with mountains and hills
nest beautiful TO behold, and watcred with
limped streams, flowing rapidly-pure and
clear as cryst;ll-irom the towering hills and
mountains into the majestic Columbia, which
rushes onward to the great Pacific. For
beauty and variety of scenery am of opin-
ion that it can nowhere be surpassed. Said
country is admirably adapted to grazing, rs it
is thickly coated with bunch grass, which is
very nutritious and upon which stock of all
kinds, that are adapted to grazing keep fat
the year round without feed from their
masters hands. Great chances for stock
growers to make fortunes in short time, as
stock is high in this Western country. Per-
sons emigrating to this country would do
well 10 invest all their means in good Ameri
can mares and fine young cows. Cows would
be best think; though person would want
some of BOTH Whether said country will
come in by donation or purchase will be de.
tcrmncd by Congress next winter, suppose.
think, let it come in us it may, that there are
many, very many, persons who are living in
the States upon rented land, and many who
are llndholders, would do far better to emil
CRATE to Oregon, as it is an acknowledged
fact that man can live here with more ease
and enjoy life better than in any other coun-
% am aware how persons in the States
uSlstYmed TO dread the trip across the
wthstanding the toll and hard
,g aud monotonous journey,
persons here, who, if they
iItiikSs knowing iroIi$expe-
~ sctos-., f-nur far
|dis"Duid ~ -dger and
.Ancc to try the much
IT is true, that some emigrants
California, when very much
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-16

The DEMOCRATIC rARrY.-The Mobile
News, says: "l'hc democrats, after defeat
by the Wings led by Gen. Taylor, came in
TO power on the Baltimore platform of 1852.
!. President Pierce was but short time in the
Rsdcntial chair, before he betrayed the
kmocracy, TO whom he owed his elec-
wing office TO the fresoil wing o!
gave dissatisfaction to the
He made the same blum.
~ rewarding the Srccs-
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1855-06-26

people hereare in advance of politicians on this
question. Already most of the Road Boards
and Town Councils have decided to sell no more
licenses although authorized by law to ex.
change these guilty indulgences to outraged
communities for noney--tAe virtue of the peo,
pie is above their cupidity; aud hence we derive
| the first assurance that our votes only wait an
opportunity to declare with the teeming millions
in the States named above, "'Down with the Ii:
quor traffic" -.
Twenty. five years ago, the trade was condue.
ted BY respectable merchants Of character and
standing in the community. Every body drank
liquor then, and Of course, an article SO uni.
versaly used by the people, was kept by all
traders who pretended to have an assortment of
merchandise.
By dnt ot persevering efforts, however, for a
quarter of century, the temperance reformation
has gradually driventhis vile stuff from nearly
every respectable store in the county: and now
it isin the hands mostly, of an entirely different
class of traders.
| Could trade ofany sort, conducted by such
: characters generally, benefit the State, and de.
serve the countenance of the people?
Conducted ny respeetdU'e deiIerS, tue Lanc
is bad enough; but in the hands Of some men
who now have charge Of it-having for their prin-
cipal customers, our negroes, and the lowest,
and most degraded class Of white people--the
slaves stimulated to clandes,ine acts of theft
INSTRUMENTATION, and 'perhaps to insurrection,
whilst their boisterous white associates in the grog
shops, are fast sinking into hopeless poverty,
wretchedness, and misery; constituting altogeth-
er group from whence issue swollen, turbulent
streams Of pauperisn, crime and death. l say
this despicable traffic thus stripped of its false
alluremen:s, and exposed in all its hileous, loath
some deformity, stands out in such bold and
startling relief as the great curse of the land, it
is absolutely amazing, that free people who
know and feel it all, should permit it to exist an
other day in their midst!
There was time when moral suasion accom-.
plishcd wonders in the Temperance Reformation
but now an entirely differentform of opposition
arrays itself against our glorious cause, and
against the peace, safety, and happiness of oul
country. ... .- ADJ. b.
To use moral suasion alone with such char.
acters as now chiefly uphold the liquor traffic
in South Carolina is to engage in the old fash
ioned folly of casting pearls before swine, y
or pitching straws against the wind"
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1855-06-26

MISSIONARIES OF THE SOUTHERN NJ. E.
CuURcH.-By the Kindness of DR.. Sehon, we
have been favored with the report of lhe Mis-
sionary. Society of the NJ. E. Church South,
clever book Of 1856 pages. From it we learn
that he total receipts of the Society last year
were 1854, 1856 7l-of which the Bible Society
gave in Bibles and TeStaments $4,000, and the
United States Government more than $4,000
for the Indian schools. There is reported from
South Carolina $22,777 OIL from Alabama
500, $40 90; from Georgia $l6,G76 42; from
Virginia Sl4 COG Al; and 80 on down to Ar
kansas, which reports $780, figures which
we hope to see largely exceeded in the next
report, notwithstanding the tightness of the
times. --
Our Missionary work is as follows: In Chi
ma Mission, 6 Missionaries in destitute por-
tions Of our regular work. 1856 Missions, l42
Missionaries, 26,S37 white and 1885 colored
members, with 81 houses for worship, 1877
Sunday Schools and 5,526 scholars. This last
item is vastly out Of proportion to the namber
OF church members, and shows that much re-
mains to be done in these missions for the
rising generation. Missionaries who neglect
THESE eCuoOls are u"'i'S ouI Huli tHeiT WOTk.-
Among the people of color, ITO Missions,
l24 Missionaries. ASST colored members,
with 43 houses Of worship and 1883 children
under religious instruction. The proportion of
colored children to the membership, under cate.
chetical instruction, is greater in these mis-.
siens than III the last mentioned. Among
Germans IL Missionaries, 4s3 members, 6
houses of worship, 10 Sunday Schools aud
244 scholars, or.one scholar to every two mem
bers. Among the Indian Tribes: 80 Missions,
% Missionaries, 4,2G8 members, lS houses Of
worship, 80 Sunday Schools, 1881 scholars,
manual labor schools, and 4S5 pupils. The
aggregate is presented thus: 36s Missions,
3lI Missionaries, l2s houses Of worship, 79,Q5O
members, ls5 Sunday Schools, 22,034 chill
dren under religious instruction,9 manual labor
schools, 4s5 pupis.-Southern Christian Ad.
vocate 3lst uH. o.. '~s ~
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1855-06-26

Curious DYING ScESEs.-According to Field.
ing, Jonathan Wild picked the pocket of the
ordinary while he was exhorting him in the cart
and went out of the world with the parsons
corkscrew and thumb b-bottle in his hand. Pc.
tronirs, who was master of the ceremonies and
inventor of pleasures at the Court Of Nero
when he saw that elegant indulgence was giving
place to coarse dcbauchery, perceived at once
that his term of favour had arrived, and it was
time to die. He resolved, therefore, to antici.
pate the tyrant, and disrobe death of his para.
phernalia Of terror. Accordingly, he entered
warm bath, and opened his veins, composed
verses, jested with his familiar associates, and
died off by insensible degrees. Democrtas, the
laughing philosopher, disliking the incouveni-
ences and infrmites Of a protracted old age,
made up his mind to die on Il certain day, but,
to oblige his sister, he postponed his departure
until the three feasts of Ceres were over. lie
supported nature on a pot of honey to the ap-
pointed hour, and then expired by arrangement.
Jerome Garden, celebrated Italian physician,
starved himself gradually, and calculated with
such mathematical nicely as to hit the very day
and hour foretold. When Rabelais was dying,
the cardinal senta page to inquire how he was.
Rabelais joked with the envoy until he found
his strength declining, and his last moments ap-
proach. He then said, "Tell his eminence the
state in which you left me. am going to in.
qure into great possibility. He is in snug
nest; let him stay there as long as he CAN
Draw the curtain; the farce is over" When
the famous Count de Grammont was reported
to be in extremity, the king, Louis XIV, being
told Of his total want of religious feeling, which
shocked him not little, sent the Marquis de
Dangeau to beg Of him, for the credit of the
court, to die like a good Christian. lie was
scarcely able to speak, but turning round to his
countess, who had always been remarkable for
her piety, he said with smile. Countess take
or Dangeau will 6lch from you the credit Of ms
conversion"
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1855-06-26

Females should have but one given name, and
when they marry should retain their maiden
name as middle name. This is the practice
among the Society Of Friends, and were it general.
ly adopted it would have many advantages
We should know at once, onseeing lady's name
whether she was married or single, and If the
former, what the name other family was. And
it is further to be considered that the adoption
Of this rule Of but single first name for girls
would put an end for ever to the whole brood ol
Emma, Melvinas and Euphemia Helen Lauras
and styleof nomenclature which is thought By
most persons to be ridiculous in the extreme.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1855-06-26

TIE LAW OF L1BgL.--In no point has the
law been further removed from the boasted
perfection Of common sense than in all that re-
iates to the law Of libel. Its inconsistency and
Injustice in this respect has been exposed time
after time, but they have been clung it to with
pertnacity that seemed to increase in proportion
to the clearness with which their absurdity was
exposed. Latlerly, however, the dogma that
"the greater the truth the greater the libel" has
failed to be of universal acceptance, and liberal
Judges and intelligent, jures have proved that
this musty legal feature was not impregnable.
Another blow has recently been struck at it by
Judge Bosworth of the New York Superior
Court, who, in deciding libel case against the
New York Sun, laid down with gratifying dis.
tinctness most important principle. lie SAID,
the rule is that party who justi6es the publish
ing Of a libel, by attempting to prove that what
was published was true, must show that in its
substance and meaning the facts were as an
article states: and although every part Of an
article claimed to be libellous as whole, IS not
proved to be true by the defence yet If what is
left is not of itself ibellous, the defence is made
ont. The law allows
man to publish anything of another--Provided
it is true--and it is complete defence that the
article is true" -
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1855-06-26
Clark Mills.

A correspondent of the Baltimore Sun gives
[ us the following information touching the es'
tate of this artist: :
Prominent amongst the Improvements Of a
few years, on the line of railway between this
city and Bladensburg, is the fine estate OF
Clark Mills, ESQ.,, the American artist, re.
nowned for his equestrian statue Of Jackson.
/ The spacious and handsome new building on
the north side OF the road is the foundry, which
supercedes that destroyed by fire few months
since. With commendable energy this esiab-
lishment and all its massive machinery is al
ready in full operation. The artist is now en-,
gagged in casting the equestrian statue Of the
| illustrious Jackson, which is to he erected in
New Orleans on the 9Th Of January next
and for which the pedestal is already laid. =.
On the south side of the road the new stu.
dio is nearly completed. There is q decided
Improvement over the former structure, which
was blown down by a severe gale Of wind. So
soon as the roof is on, Mr.. Mills will com.
inence putting together several parts Of the
anxiously looked for statue of the Father OF
his Country, which is to adorn our city. In
his design the artist has happily conceived the
appearance of the illustrious Washington as,
at the battle of Princeton, he pressed his fine
charger Immediately in front of the British
soldiers, at such imminent hazard that even the
noble animal recoiled at the effort-his head
erect--uostrils distended-fowing mane-and
every muscle indicating the agony he endures
in view of the conflict. On his back sits the
heaven directed leader of the American forces,
possessing countenance rs firm, courageous,
calm and digni6ed as he ever displayed in the
ordinary duties oflite. The uniform Of Wash
ington is purel y continental modelled from
the identical coat he wore, and which is on
exh. bitou at the gallery Of the National lnsti.
tute. :..-..
Application has been made for a statue of
Jackson, to lie cast ofirou, for the city Of Bal.
timore- and probubly to be placed in the
square given for that purpose by Robert How.
ard, esq. Other engagements, however, compel
the artist, for the present.. to defer tho respon'
siblily Of any additional work.
The agricultural department Of Mr. Mills
place also entities him TO high credit. 1t con
siss of l2O acres, thirty Of Which is now cover.
ed with probably the finest wheat crop Of our
county, Corn, oats potatoes, &c, are in fine
progress.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1855-06-26

A CuxE FOR HARD TIMEs.-If the people
were to attend less to politics and more to useful
labor, they would have greater abundance of
food, and at cheaper prices. Nearl ly all the pop
ular movements Of the day have reference to
party politics, and the elevation Of some favored
individual to Office, where he can draw good
salary from the public without work. Were as
much zeal displayed in spreading useful infor-
nation among farmers, mechanics and manufac-
turers, there would be much more profitable
investment Of labor, much more prosperity and
greater degree of lbsral,y be and enlightenment
the people ihs w0uS o ss,aa start
idlsrs to work, instead of creating useless public
offices to withdraw them from labor, there
would be aereater abundance Of food for next
year, and iaboripg people would not DO driven
70 the brink of Starvation, as they now are.
ss@2 59f'sfE.N = .i%-.Ei : Phil. Ledger. ::
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1855-06-26

Axx1nILA7ISe TIME.-The telegraph line
which extends from Vera Cruz to the city OF
Mexico and to Leon, is to be further extended to
the town Of Manzanilla, aport on the Pacific
side. Vera Cruz is only three days from New
Orleans, and Manzanilla but five days from San
Francisco, and thus the time from city to city,
will be reduced to eight days. By. the telegraph,
ic communication between New Orleans and
the Eastern cities, San Francisco will be brought
within eight days communication with nearly
oll the principals cities ofthe United States. In
few months then we shall realize the advau-
tage of "a telegraph to the Pacific.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1855-06-26

GRAIN IN THE WEsT--A letter from Bureau
county, Illinois, says that all the warehouses
along the railroads are full Of grain, and many
thousands Q: bushels are piled up ins bsgs along
the side Of the track. Long trains Of cans groan
under the weight Of grain. with which they are
loaded. The farmers plead with the buyers for
more bags, and the buyers with the railroad for
more cars. All the farmers have planted from
one to thirty acres more than last year, and all
now looks well for a heavy crop. =,
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1855-06-26

FoR EDlroRs.-In the Court of Exchequer
Dublin, on The llth May, an action was brought
by Mr.. Charles Rousselle, performer Of feats o.
strength, against the proprietor Of the Saunders
Newsletter, fpr neglecting to insert an adver.
tisemeut challenging another artistic to a trial
Of strength. Damages were laid at 4lO0. They
jury returned verdict for the defendant, with
costs, holding that the editor of newspaper
has right to exclude any matter be pleases.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1855-06-26
Opinion Of CAisf Justice Taney. ofthe Supreme
Court oft the limited States.

Every State may regulate its own internal
traffic according to its own Judgment and upon its
own views Of the interest and well being Of its citi
zens. am not aware that these principles have
ever been questioned. If any State deems
the retail and internal traffic in ardent spirits,
injururious to the citizens, and calculated to
produce idIeness, vice, or debauchery, see
nothing in the Constitution of the United States
to prevent it from regulating and restraining tie
traffic, or from prohibitingit altogether, fit thinks
proper
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1855-06-26

Bishop Onderdonk, who is allowed salary
of So, 500, instead Of 5000, which was his salary
before his suspension, does not give bis receipt
in full, but on account, when payments are
made. In the meantime, if he has right to
the whole former salary, the debt is constantly
increasing and heor his heirs may bring SUIT
at law to recover it, with interest
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1855-06-26

DEMANDING IsDEMNrrY.-.The London News,
under the hopes inspired by the news from the
Crimea, urges the necessity Of imposing sharp
terms upon the Court ofst. Petersburg. "hus'
sia." says that Journal, amust be made to g6'e an
indemnity, to defray all the expenses of the war
The Gar does not yet see the matter in the
same11ght as tho News, :, :, Fl
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1855-06-26
seleftea ppetrp.
LOOK UP.

Look upl behind the darkest Storm
A. thousand sunbeams lie,
Which soon will pierce the drifting clouds,
And gild the darkened sky. r. :
Thus when thy cherished joys are wrapped
-, In sorrows sable shroud, -... ..
Look upl for Hope will fling herbow -
OF promise o'er the cloud,
Look up when anguish fills thy heart,
And tears bedim thine eye;
Remember there is One above,
Who'll hear thy feeblescry. 49,.
Cast al thy cares upon the word I:
That speaks HIS promise true; ..
No matter How the storm may rage,
He'll bring thee couqueror .thro'. 90.
Look upl when friends around thee fail,
And fortunes favors fee;
Look forward to the promised joys,
Held in reserve for thee.
Earth may deny thee every bliss, -,
That others freely share; =,
But richer joys Will swell thy soul, 49,
In sublimer sphere. 81 .,s.~..
Look upl there's many an envious heart
Would stain thine honest fame; ~
And cast blighting mildew on
~ Thy pure audspotless name.
But thou art like the antique tower
That storms can ne'er deface; rs
Tho pillows only roll to break ,-@ .
In bubbles round its base. .--..
Look upl thy purity will prove
A tower Of strength to thee;
Thy virtues yet will shine as bright
AS sunbcams on the sea.
The foes who seek to pierce thy soul,
With envy's poisoned darts,
Will feel the power that justice wields
Der such degraded hearts. -;
Look upl thy genius yet will mount
Tho loftiest peak Of fame; ..,-.
A thousand rescued sons of sin
Will bless thy noble name.
And when thy bright and useful life ...
Shall reach its heightened even,
Look up for purer joys await
Thy generous soul in heaven.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1855-06-26

. "THE UsEs OF. ADyEaslry.n sphysiciau.:
in large practice was asked BY a stranger, a
few days since, if New York Was healthy He
replied, aUnusually 90: the extravagant cost Of
provisions has checked the disposition for over.
feeding, from which, ordinarily, ne deriye.most
of our practice" -: -
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1855-06-26

THECLAY MoSrMESr.Ei Eight sections Of the
iron columns have been placed in their proper
position. The cap of,he column, and the iron
statue Of Mr.. Clay, aloue're,nains to be- raised
On the coming 4th Of. July (less than a month
from this the monument w;lI be fully completed
and viii be- inangurated with very interesting
ceremonies. His q notable and creditabaes tsct.
that on the 4th of July, 1851, Gottsyile will bec
theon place in, thesU United States possessinGas
complete monument to. the memory Of the silia.-
trious deceased. > CO. .kqys.ssx xssy s...,s
Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1855-03-03
ADVERTISEMENT.
The Wood-Gss Controversy.
RATHER sharn but dt,t,,t ct

RATHER sharp but distant firing is
IA carried on by some persons interested in
Wood-5as Patents and we perceive that the
smoke of their cannon has somewhat obscured
their vision. DR.. G. q. Page, as the attorney for
w. r Mcconnell having presented his claims
through our columns, L. X. Breisach of this city.
has presented those Of Pettenkofer IL Rutland. OF
Bavaria--he being their assignee-throuph the
columns Of the Daily Tipirs of the 30 instant He
states that the first patent for the Bavarian inyen-
ton was issued on February ~, 1851 an authen.
ucated copy OF which has been filed in our Patent
Once; also, that the claims Of his assignors were
filed in the ohce, 10 protect their rights more
than year ago. As no patent can be obtained
Tor making CT using Wood-Gas, the disputed
point relates TO the apparatr- which embraces
the reheating OF the gas-passing il over red hot
surface IN It's way 10 the cooler-aier IL il gene
rated; this is clearly stated in DIR. Pages letter
on page 30. Now, rs Mcconnell claims TO have
invented the apparatus for reheating Wood Gas
as Jar back as lsis-two years previous 10 the
granting OF the Ravarian patent--and as he OBJ
tanned patent for the same, on the Goth day OF
September last, although contested by Peuenko
fer u Rutland, we cannot well conceive who L. X
Breisach wants 10 brighten, by declaring, through
the columns Of the Iines that he will prosecute
the violators Of the Bayarian invention He gives
this notice 10 all who take an interest in the intro
ducton Of this invention, but, in doing so he for.
got 10 present any fact upon which the public can
rely 10 show what patent rights he possesses
When he again writes 10 inform the public that he
has certain patent rights and will prosecute these
who infringe them, we hope he will be so good as
TO state what these rights are so that the public
may know what he means.-.Scientifc dnieTiean.
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