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, 1860-07-27

The INDIAN DIFFIcuLTIEs IN Carson
VALLEY.-Our latest advices from Carson
Valley are to the effect that tho Indian
hostilities had abated, or temporarily sus
pended. This was all, however; the war
riors were uncompromising to the last
The Pixies Peak region, New Mexico, Ari
zona and Texas are all contending with In
dian hostilties. Such a simultaneous up.
rising bespeaks preconcertion and general
understanding. We believe in the history
of Indian wars, the present difficulties-ex
tending over such an immense extent ol
country, and including tribes so distant and
diverse from each othcr-stand unparallel
ed; and suspicious may well be aroused as
to the completely of white men. Salt Lake
City appears to be the centre from which
Hl these influences extend. There was a
prophesy from Brigham Young over a year
ago to the effect that the savages of the
whole mountain range would combinedly
lift the tomahawk against the "Gentiles;" !"
the lesser prophets, who are in his conf
dence, have prophesied the same. When
the Mormon people can, they generally ful.
fill their prophesies5~ aud their implacable
i'll will toward Outsiders" makes it proba-
ble that they would make extra exertions
to fulfill those of this character. They
have every adventsge in doing SO. Their
emissares, or missionaries" as they term
them, are identified with nearly every tribe
north O." the Rio Grande; their words, with
the red man, goes very far. The North
American Indians, it may be interesting to
some of our readers to know, are consider.
ed Gods chosen people by the Mormons.
Their ancestors are the conspicuous charac-
terS of which the Book of Mormon treats
aud, according to that authority, as well as
the prophesies Of Smith and Young, they
are soon to regain their long-lost Christian
ity and intelligence, and become white
aud delightsome people," The present
Mormon force, and the Indian tribes sur
rounding them, are viewed as the "little
stone, cut from the mountain without
hands" of which the Prophet Jeremiah,
We believe, prophesies, which is to roll forth
and increase until it fills the whole earth"
We presume Brigham thinks the 'little
stone" is just beginning to move.-Netos.
, 1860-07-27

ExPREss FAvoRs.-To ]. w. SULLIVAN,
the prince Of news agents in San Francisco
to the agent of Wells, Fargo & Co.'s ex,
press at this place, aud to Mrs. RUFUS
WLLALD, who returned on the last steamer
from the States, we are under serious and
lasting obligations for favors, such as pub
fishers alone can duly appreciate,
, 1860-07-27

p6- The Portland Times, which hereto
fore favored the nomination of Gen. LANE
for the Presidency, has raised the names
of STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS and WIN. FIrzPAT.
RICK as the democratic nominees for Presi-
dent and Vice-President. The Daily Ad.
rertiscr and the Daily Nelrs do the same.
, 1860-07-27

In TowN.-Dr. WIRTz and Leuts. Con-
NER and ScoTT, Of the U. S. Army, are now
in town. The two former gentlemen pro
ceed to Grey's Harbor, to join the COM
mand of Capt. MALoNEY. DIR. W. will
hereafter assume medical charge of that
post, superseding DR.. L. H. ROBERTS, a
temporury'appointee from civil life.
, 1860-07-27

r9-We are requested to state that the
Hon. Wy STRONG, Associate Justice oI
Washington Territory and Judge of the
First Judicial District, will hold the fall
term 6f court in the Third (FTzHUCH's)
District The court will convene at Port
Townsend on the second Monday of next
month. a.
, 1860-07-27

form Of the two conventions, and ascertain
ed the rock upon which they split, we shall
then come to such determination as regards
our future course as we may think proper
, 1860-07-27

DATES FROM THE EAST TO JULY Ist +!
, 1860-07-27

News by the Pony Express!
, 1860-07-27

Presidential Nominations
, 1860-07-27

THE DEMOCRACY TO Be UNITED!
, 1860-07-27

ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER OREGON.
, 1860-07-27
ARRIVAL OF THE GREAT EASTERN"
Brigham Young Proposes TO Sell Out TO the
Government.
General Nows.

The Mail Steamer Oregon arrived at this
place on Tuesday morning, bringing dates
from California to the 18th, and from the
Atlantic States, per Pony Express, to the
lst inst.
Wells, Fargo & Co. furnished us with
files of San Francisco papers to the 10th
inst. ]. w. Sullivan supplied US with New
York papers to the goth ult
From the San Francisco Herald of the
10th, we clip the following summary Of
news:
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-02-29
S;ghtless Animals.

Sat D..
1t is we'll known that several animals be-
longing to the many different classes which
inhabit the caves OF Syria and Kentucky
are blind. In some Of the crabs the foot!
stalk for the eye remains though the eye ID
gone, the sand for the telescope is there,
though the telescope with it's glasses has
been lost. AS it is difficult to imagine that
eyes though useless could be in any way
injurious to animals living in darkness, I
attributed their loss wholly to disnse. In
one of the blind animals, namely, the cave
rat, the eyes are Of immense siSe; and
Professor Silliman thought that It regained,
after living pomea dsys in the light some
slight power of vision. In the same man
ner as In Madeira the wings Of Some or the
insects have beep enlarged, and lhs w;n,.
Of others have been .sdaced Sy natural q.
lection aided by :ae use and disuse. 90 ID he
case Of the cave rat, natural selection seerns
to have increased the size Of the ewes,
whereas With all the other inhabitants oi tha
caves, disuas BY itself sssms 10 hare done
its work.--On tte Origin d, Spscsss. si.el
. E.
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Ancient American Cities.

Evidences of an ancient civilization of q
high order are constantly accumulated, as
adventure carries our people into the West
ern wilds. The remains Of ruined cities and
vast piles of buildings are not confined to the
area of Central America, but are found in
New Mexico, and perhaps may be brought TO
light even further North.
An interesting article has recently been
published by the Fort Smith Times, in re.
gard 10 the ancient remains of the city Of
Quivera, situated in level plain some nine
ty miles northeast of Fort Stanton, New
Mexico, and about seventy from the high,
isolated peak which the Mexicans call 1.-THE
Captain" that we take the liberty of con.
densing for our antiquarian readers.
The plain upon which lie the massive rel.
ice of once gorgeous temples and magnificent
halls slopes gradually eastward toward the
river Pecos, and is very fertile, crossed by o
gurgliDg stream Of the purest water, that no,
only euslains rich vegetation, but perhaps
furnished with this necessary element the
thousands who once inhabited this present
wilderness.
TIE city was probably built by warlike
race, as it is quadranguIar and arranged with
skill to afford the highest protection against
an exterior foe, many of the buildings on the
outer line being pierced with loopholes, as
though calculated for the use of weapons.
Several of the buildings are of vast size,
and built of massive blocks Of dark granite
rock which could only have been wrought
to their present condition by vast amount
of labor. At the present time the best TEN.
pered tools, in The hands of the most skillful
workmen, could produce no impression on
the surface. In one place a pile of ruins
appeared to have been intended for three
separate buildings, each about three hundred
feet front, with the intervals between them
occupying one thousand feet.
The middle building is constructed with
great neatness and care ofponderous blocks
of the material before mentioned, Of near.
" cubical form, which, allowing 1900 ounc-
es as the weight of cubic foot, would be
found to weigh more than three tons each,
md could only have been transported from
the distant quarry and placed in their pres.
ent elevated position with pfodlgious labor.
The walls of this building are at the present
time from. thirty to thirty-fve feet in height.
while the surface of the ground is ssrewn
with huge masses of fallen blocks, which
have probably been displaced from their for.
rner position by the action ofsome great dis.
turbihg agency, such as volcanic eruption.
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~ S@5@ RAYENNA, WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 49, 1860

q
to me, Captain, we shall be relieved thi,
very day. When asked him what reason
he had Tor saying so, be replied that he had
dreamed that he was on board a barque, and
that she was coming to our rescue. He deS
cribed her appearance and rig; and, to my
utter astonishment, when your vessel hove
in sight she corresponded exactly to his des'
cription of her. We had not put much faith
in what he said yet stiIl we hoped there
might be something in it, for drowning men,
you know, will catch at straws. AS it has
turned out, cannot doubt that it was all ar
ranged, in some incomprehensible way, by
an overruling Providence, 30 that we might
be saved. To him be all thanks for his good
ness to u.s."
"There is not doubt" rejoined the other
captain, "that the writing on the slate, let it
have come there as it may, saved ALI your
lives. was steering at the time consider.
ably South OF West, and altered my course
to Nor'west, and had lookout aloft, to see
what would come of it. But you say" he
added, turning to the passenger, "that you
did not dream Of writing on slate 7"
"No, sir. / have no recollection whatever
of doing so. l got the impression that the
burque saw in my dream was coming to
the rescue of us; but how that impression
came cannot tell. There is another very
strange thing about it," he added. every
thing here on board seems to me quite Iamil.
lar yet am sure that never was in your
vessel before. 1t is puzzle to me. What
did your mate see -
Thereupon Mr.. Bruce related to them all
the circumstances above detailed. The con.
clusion they finally arrived at was, that it
was o special interposition of Providence to
save them from what seemed hopeless fate.
The above narretve was communicated
to me by Captain J. S. Clarke, OF the schoon-
er Julia Hauock,* who had it directly from
Mr.. Bruce himself. They sailed together
3 tor seventeen months, in the years 1886 and
, 81 SO that Captain Clarke had the story
! from the mate about eight years after the
occurrence. He has since lost sight Of him
3 and does not know whether he is alive. AL
he has heard of him since they were ship
t mates is that he continued to trade to New
e Brunswick, that he became the master of tht
e brig Comet, and that she was lost.
| asked Captain Clarke if he knew Bruce
, we'll, and what sort of man he was.
J., GAS truthful and straightforward man.
he re piled, "as ever met in all my life.-
. We were as intimate as brothers; and tw
4 men can't be together, shut up for seventee
O months in the same ship, without getting t
know whether they can trust one another
word or not. He always spoke of the cir
cumstances in terms Of reverence, as Of al
o incident that seemed to bring him nearer tt
God and to another world. I'D stake ny
life upon it that he told me no lie."
sin July, 1859. The Julia Hal1ock was
then lying at the foot of Rutgers Slip, Ne"
e York, and bound for st. Jago, in the islOn'
of Cuba. The captain allowed me to ust
his name, and to refer to him as evidence 70
the truth of what is here sci down.
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Human Life.
Humnn lie is one prolonged series Of

compensation.
sGreat offices will have ..
Great talents, and God gives to every man
The virtue, temper, understan nding, tastej
That lifts him into life, and lets him fall . -.
Just in the niche he was ordained to fill. .
Literature is one of the channels by which
those compensations are supplied. In
Homer, it is Minerva who conceals the wrin.
kles Of Ulysses; so, among men, we observe
wisdom covering the defects OF the body,
and education importing charm to the in,
tellect, which turns the eye aside from the
manner gifts of Nature. The rents and the
ungracetulness of the common garments Of
humanity are covered, in some degree at
least, BY the beautiful girdle of literature.
Bishop Gqrnett, among the hints which he
specifies towards the formation of an idea Of
God, rsckons the perception which we have
of desire to make our persons wiser and
better. Il tel,," says Burns, "some striv..
ings Of ambition, but they were the blind
gropiog Of Humer's Cyclops round the walls
of his CELL" Who would not rejoice to
pour the sunshine upon those beuighted eyes.
to take TIE captive OF ignorance by the hand,
10 lead him iato the green landscapes of re.
Iigion and literature, to reflect his feelings
in the clear waters of philosophic intelli.
gence, and, amid all the lovely scenery of
the Imagination, TO fill his mind with ths
sublime assurance that
"His presence, who made all so fair, perceived,
Makes all still fairer."
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Sflistellaueous,
"U an ble."


We believe that every pronouncing die
tionary of the English language gives a"'bls
as the proper and only pronunciation OF hum
BILE. And our belief is, that for many genera
tions all moderately educated people who
spake the English language have SO pro-
nounced the word. But within few recent
years the custom astounding the h has pre-
vailed, and we now often hear it among peo'
pie who are we'll educated. In the pul pit
the error is not unusual, and even in the
Episcopal service, where the proper pronun-
Citations is provided for by the article an
as, San humble, lowly, peniteDt, and obedi-
ept heart"-the h is made dsagreeably pro-
minent. The fact being thus familiar. one
naturally looks for the reason and. although
it seems strange that so large an effect should
flow from SO trfling cause, we believe the
entire blame rests on Dickens, the novelist.
Dickens, it would seem, at some period in
his educational training, ascertaiued that
the "'am and heggs" and various kindred ex-
pressions OF the English illiterati were cock.
neyisms; and reasoning with himself, he
came to the bold conclusion that humble, like
ham. hear, hatcsst. etc., be longed to the list
of words that required the to be sounded.
When, therefore, he undertook Uriah Heep,
henaturaly made him develope his cockney.
ism by the incessant mispronunciation OF
his favorite virtue. So far, so good for, 90
far, Dickens merely exposed his own ignor
ance. But, whatever may have been the
effect of hs blunder among his own coun,
trymen, a large number Of his American
readers apparently took it for granted that
so great a man as Dickens could not be
wrong in so simple matter, and that there.
fore Uriah, and not Dickens, was the igno.
rarnus in the premises. With this impres.
sion on their minds, they quietly made all
possible haste out of Uriah's company, and
perhaps took occasion to "lug in" the "hum.
BILE" oftener than was necessary, to show.
afirmatively. that they we're "posted" in the
usages of good society. We advise them to
reconsider their action, and-so forth--tc
reinstate Uriah in their "distingdished con
slider ation."-N. Y. Post.
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led. Life nm an ever wild ming river, to
seas where darkness hung forever. Flow
on, thou careless Suamico, by golden sands
forever flow The hOneysuckle blooming
wild leans dowu-the little Indian child
kueels down to kiss thy wave, beside the
Indian warriors grave, and there the bride
walks with her lover, under the summers
lesty cover, under bougbs of verdant trees
that murmur in the evening breeze, nor flow
ers Of one hundred years can equal now that
maden's tears, that fell century ago, and
sanctied the Suamico.4
"But why should maidens thus despair ,i''
she said, and smoothed her raven hair: "I'lI
| follow in the painless wind, and this dark
river leave behind. Better die in loves en-.
deavor, than sink in hopelessness forever"
The red stars CLEAN, the Whip.poor will
answers the owl, under the bill. The snak.
es are coiIed in tangled swaIes the woods
seem full OF human walls, and fiends fit for
a maiden's head, and ghostly forms, from
which she fed and on the lake, the lonely
loon floats by the lilies, where the moon
casts shadows, from the tail dark trees,
while, softer.footed than the breeze, she
steals on in the hunters track. The moon
is gone-the night is black she, when the
east the morn turns gray, sinks on the hill.
side, far away. And there, beside the bub.
bling spring, where oVerhanging grapevines
swing, she sees the young birds, in the nest,
hide their heads in their mothers breast.
All, birds have mates, each has home, but
love lorn maids are doomed to roam. But
when morn pours its golden food, she fiuds
a trace of fresh shed bood-a broken GROW
from his quiver, for whom she wept beside
the river. Love lent her wings-away she
flew, through noon.day heat till evening
dew, and all the night, till morn again.
Alas, for stony.hearted men Love follows
them, with bleeding feet, through pathless
woods, and in the street-forgives what can.
not be forgiven, and goes plead mans cause
in heaven. Her moccasins are gone the
maid sinks down where sun and shadow
braid carpet in the MONDAY hours the
crimson drops are on the flowers and tears
are in the violet's eyes, and 10 the scented
air the sighs, the lost faint gusts, the fitfuI
breath of life has blown her on to death. In
the happy hunting ground above, she found
eternity Of love. And now, where'er the
maiden trod, the moccasin peeps through
y the sod. And Indians says "they grew as
large as any maden's SHOE" and they, BY
Indian maids, were worn, when other moe
(. casins were torn. Flow on, thou ceaselesl
h Suamico, by golden sands forever flow
ID Take the songs the wild birds sing; taxi
ye these flowers that l fling; l would you
e. murmuring waters bore some sorrows from
r. this fragrant shore, that those who mourI
ID upon thy sands, for hearts grown cold ii
stranger.lands, might see the rainbow. il
,s the sky-might see the heart of hope foa
1t by, might hail it in their deep distress, ans
e on it foat to happiness"
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which would lead to the conclusion that thev
arose to great altitude. This temple as it
may properly be termed is entirely destitute
OF any partition, or the appearance OF their
former existence, and appears to have been
designed by its architects as a vast hall to be
used for the performance of solemn religious
rites, or the celebration Of public feasts.
The pavement is hid from view by con.
fused mass of fallen building materials,
among which are to be found fragments OF
carving in bas-reief, and fresco work of su
perior design and execution, which would
justify the conclusion that these silent ruins
could once boast of halls as gorgeously dec
Grated by the artists hand as those of Thebes
or Palmyra.
This series Of buildings are all loop. .holed
in each side, much resembling that found in
the old feudal castles of Europe designed fol
the use of archers.
The blocks of which these buildings are
composed are cemented together by spe.
cies of mortar of a bituminous character
which has such tenacty that vast masses o
wall have fallen down without the block
being detached by the shock.
The slight examination which has bee
made by the officers OF the United States or
my indicate the presence here of objects o
rare curiosity.
1t is impossible, in looking upon the evi
dences of the residents in North America
in dges that are past, OF powerful and civ
ilized race, to regret that they utter no voice
to tell us Of the causes that made it prosper
Gus, and finally swept it away into utter OBJ
livion. Whence came the builders of cite,
now dumb ruins, awakening our admiration
of the art and power of lost race, thwart
ing all efforts to penetrate the dark veil tina
shrouds their history! When Thebes an
Palmyra were in their glory, we cannot bu
believe that in the depths of this America
continent people, brave in arms and skill
ful in arts, spread in mighty numbers fror
: the neighborhood of the Northern Lakes t
, the ISthmus of Panama. Should any FORTY
, nate accident lift the obscurity that over
whelms this ancient race, America wi
doubtless be found as rich in the antique 8
! Egypt or India.
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'Ehe Turkish Sultan,


article, thus describes the Turkish Sultan ::
"a little man in a dark coat, dark red
cap with long black tassel on his head,
and pale, unpleasing countenance, comes
down tho steps, with as little dignity as a
shopman. Can that really be the Sultan ?
Yes, it must be the Sultan, because the ell.
derly military personages by his side reply
with an expression of deep reverence to some
remarks of the little man, and the stout lady
with the children steps hastily forward into
his path, as if she would stop his further
advance. He starts, makes a half step
backward, and contracts his eyebrows most
threateningly. Yet he listens to what she
has to say, but listens with a gloomy ex-
preston, and then casts an inquiring glance
on his brother in law, the High Admiral
He utters few words of explanation, shrug.
gng his shoulders, and then another word
or two, which seem to say, 'What do know
about your husband = motions the stout lady
out of the way, and walks on to the shore,
talking gaily with the gentlemen who attend
him. He steps into the caique, from which
the canopy has been removed ; puts on his
gloves, distorts his face in looking up at the
sun, and in so doing exhibits his tobacco.
stained teeth while his plain, uninteresting
countenance assumes a most disagreeable
expression. This then, is the man who is
called Gods Shadow on the Elrth,' and
who rules with absolute sway over the lives
and happiness of 100000 of human be-
ings. l have seen many crowned heads, but
none who seem to me so devoid of dignity,
so devoid of anything remarkable, as this
SHADOW of God on Earth Nevertheless,
the throne must produce an effect either tor
good or for evil. Travellers who see Abdul
Medjid only at public audiences, usually OBJ
serve merely the lfeless, automatic charac.
ter OF his exterior. now saw him under
other circumstances. He was lively, and
his countenance, although pale, Indicted
more youthful strength and health than
had been led to expect. THAT is,' was
told, because within the last few years he
has drank something stronger than cham
paigne, and this has given him strength
Besides, he was to- day in good humor.-
But he generally looks very gloomy For
the rest, Abdul Medjid has the Turkish FAM
lily features, the oval countenance, with
somewhat prominent cheek bones, the nose
broad at the nostrils and arched, the dark.
brown, well.cut but not large, eyes,; and
the finely. penciled eyebrows. They struck
me as finest when contrasted with their
threatening expression, and the countenance
then appeared most significant. If they
could contract with grave earnestness, Alb.
dul Medjid would be q man of high charac-
ter. Naturally mild Of disposition, a good
son, good brother, unwilling, although des.
pot, to sign death warrant, Abdul Mediid
is not wanting in the softer feelings. Tha,
which he wants is real earnesthess, real
strength. So, at least, 1t seems to me. He
does not throw himself seriously into any
thing, but lets all 60 as it may and will
'Allah Kerim T." @
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is the editor ing
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'Iphave taken your paper a year, E.
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,,'An article in your last weeks paper (ed
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subscription In advance 4
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