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Washington territory, and he tells us that II Gov Cur
ry had not have been anxious to mOuopoze all the
glory, and political, well pecuniary patronage O
@ big war, tle volunteers and regulars could have CO
operated WITH good will and energy in the common
cause. But the Governor was Jealous Of control
would not seek aid advice from Gen. WoOl-whom
The people have never failed TO lind energetic-or from
the acting governor Of Washington terrtory-into
whose country be chose to order parties Of 0ego
MANS and the consequences that the Oregon gov
ernor has got bis men into serious difficulty for they
are now ice-bound on the upper Columbia, with no
chance of supplies reaching them until the navigation
OF the river opens; and at last accounts only
two days supply Of Hour was on hand"
1t is fair TO presume that the "olllcer re-
Gently from Washington territory" was
Gen. Wool himself, as the balance Of the
paragraph sounds very much like Gen.
WooPs sentiments expressed to gentlemen
here. We have no objection to Gen.
Wools sounding bis own praise through
thcCalifornia newspapers, PrOriied there
is some semblance Of truth in what he
makes those newspapers say. But in this
case there is a total departure from truth,
as well as evidence Of spleen towards Gov.
Curry, the Oregonians generally, and a
species of selflaudatiou which none but
weak-minded men would ever resort TO.
/ Gen. Wool, using the Ereliag Ne10s as
the monkey did the cats paw, further says:
"Nor is this the worst part Of il.
Gov. Curry and his advisers have, by their anxiety
to reap all the benefits of big war; endangered the
prospect OF any payment being made by the General
Government 10 the volunteers, many of whom win be
great losers-haye lcen kept from their farms and
business to go on long march into a neghboring
territory, 10 attack Indians urh0 had committed no
u'urders-and by system-or rather want Of system
in his Disbursements wherein he has preserved scarce
y any vouchers fer his expenditure, { necessarily
great he has probably put out Of the power Of the
Oregon delegates In congress to obtain reimbursement
for the rations, clothing, horses, transportation and
forage 50 generously supplied by the people aad 50
requisite for the large number Of men the Governor
has sent far from their homes The lesson taught by
vouchers ready to show for her debt, and her in.
ability TO obtain the money appropriated 10 cover
il, ought to have been warning to HIM"
We have the authority of the quarter
master general and the commissary general,
together with oil Others acquainted with the
facts, besides our own personal knowledge,
for saying the above is utterly and totally
false in every particular Proper vouchers
have in all cases been taken and preserved
by every department Of the volunteer SER
vice.
Gen. Wool closes up his epistlc with the
following pious benediction:
"Itisto be hoped that next time an Indian war
breaks OIt, forethought will be exercised and
the Orc gonians will vet find that Cen Wool and Col
Neanith Of ofvolunteers, were right aher all"
The Oregonians do not intend there shall
be another Indian war, unless they are
ovcrpowered by the common foe in this war
They intend to conquer al everlasting
peace.
This closes up Cen Wool's attacks up
on Oregon, her public officers and people,
so far as the EreHiRg Neios is concerned
We now extract from the San Francisco
Herald, Of jan. 2lst, as follows: t
The re.urn oSMlj General Wool from the scene
Of ndian disturbances In Washington territory 10 the
permanent headquarters Of the Pacific department has
been already announced In the Herald At the time
Gen. Wool left this city for the north tue aspect Of af
fairs was exceedingly fortmdable. Through ht num-
berleu indseretonS Of te irhtes, four p0'ol tribes
banded together against thsn in that country and
a system Of predatory warfare prevailed through all
that region Of country. The General Immediately Is
sued his orders for the assembling and proper dispo-
sion Of the entire available force Of the department
and tcerf himself into s field TO make the necessary
rGgemeats for eargsag on an 's0setipe campaign
against Ae sarage The advanced state OF the season
forbade active operations any extensive scale; but
the heads Of the various military departments were i'm
medatey dispatched from headquarters at Fort Daes
TO procure the necessary supplies, arms, aeeoutre'
ments means o. transportation and other necessaes
for yigoroas demonstration: the troops were posted
In convenient places for checking the ncursOns OF the
Indians, and for asaaing them where practicahle--
and the result has been TO drive the hostile Indians 70
take n their mountain fastnesses and 10 nd almost the
entire border Of their presence On the Sound there
arc still about two hundred warriors. and Rogue
River about one hundred in arms against the whites;
but 10 control these, there arc eight nine companies
Of regular troops-more than enough 10 preserve le
peace Of the country. ... f-.
"From the character for prOmptitude and energy en-.
oyed by the distinguished vetan ut the head Of this
department, and from his brilliant military reputation
earned in many hardfought field and forming one Of
the proudest portions Of the history Of oar county,
no less expected than the results he has achieved
When spring opens-prObably by the first Of April
he will Be enabled to take the Held his force well
eqnpped and provisoned full Of aror as they will be
under the lead Of gallant officer; and then Gen
Wool will be in position To Follow the savages into
their strongholds aud hfng the Indian war TO q sue
eessful close in less than two months"
We do not know where or from whom
Gen. Wool gets his information, that the
war was in consequence Of " numberless in
discretions Of the whites" we only know
that the assertion is false in toto. We do
not know what orders General Wool may
have issued, but we do knoto that hs DID
NOT &" go inlO The field hinself," and that if
he has made any arrangements for carry;
ing on an effective campaign against the
savages," his arrangements have not yet
transpired There is not now nor has there
been single corporaPs guarsl Of regulars
in the field for MONTHS We know further,
that il the head quarters are, or have been,
at " Fort Dales," General Wool has not
been at head quarters at ALL We know
farther, that no U. S. troops have been
posted at convenient places, as represented,
" for checking the incursions of the Indi-
aus. and for assailing them when practica-
ble." The above is false in every line and
sentence. The result of driving the hos
tile Indians to their mountain Businesses,
and TO rid the almost entire borders Of their
presence" was the work of the Oregon vol
unteers, entirely, and not of Gen. Wool or
the regulars. Whoever gave the inlorma-
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