, 1861-12-27

churches, they changed it to that day.
All christians are agreed that when OBJ
served it should not be with "rioting and
drunkenness or in making provisions to
fulfill the lusts of the fesh," but with graf
itude and sacred joy The birth of Christ
was the greatest blessing ever bestowed on
mankind. The angels from heaven celebra-
ted it with joyful song.
No TRAIL FROM GRAND RoNDE TO SAL
MON RIvER.-Mr. P. Lowe, an old and
reliable resident of Linn county, called at
our office during the past week to furnish
us information obtained by himself during
a recent prospecting trip through the Grand
Ronde valley, Powder river, etc. He ar
rived in this city direct from Grand Ronde,
on last Tuesday. He reports the mines on
Powder river as paying from two to five
dollars pei day to the hand But few mi
ners are there, and none of them will remain
during the winter In regard to the wagon
road and trail through the Grand Ronde
valley to the Salmon river mines, Mr.. Lowe
gives us a decidedly unfavorable report.
He states that up to this time, no practical
bic trail has been discovered across the
mountain, and that no one has ever been
over with the exception of party of French
men, who left Grand Ronde some time since
and are supposed to have crossed the noun
tains in the direction of Salmon river. Mr..
Abbott, who has been most persevering and
energetic in his efforts to cross the noun
tains, as also to open a communication
through to Salmon river from points below,
Uia Grand Ronde valley, informed Mr..
Lowe that he had made thorough and close
examination along the banks of Snake river
for distance of fifty miles, to obtain safe
crossing, and had not yet met with success
and the large band of cattle which Mr.. Alb
bOtt has been endeavoring for the past
month or more to rush into the Salmon
river market, are still in the Grand Ronde
valley. Mr.. Lowe gives it as his opinion
that it will be impossible to open trail
through the mountains, and returning from
Grand Ronde to this place, has fallen into
the ranks with those who prefer direct
and pleasant road to prospecting for new
routes, and has proceeded on his way to
the Salmon river mines.
Mr.. Lowe desires us to request the Ore
gon Democrat to copy the substance of the
above, for the benefit of his friends and the
public in that county.
~ The editor of the Oregonidn, not
content with having his person covered all
over with brass buttons, arrogates the right
to question the right of one of our cores
pondents to speak of the Rev. Mr.. Pearne' S
address on the occasion of Col Baker s
death, and takes us to task in extremely
dictatorial terms, for admitting the matter
in question into our columns. Now, we
hold that Mr. Pearne's attempts as an ora
tor are public property, and as such our
correspondent or anybody else has the right
to speak of them as they see fit, in decent
language ; nor are we aware of any rule or
sense of propriety, that would exclude all
notice of preachers except to puff them.
The allusion of the brass-5uttoned gentle
man to "former relations" is probably in
tended to leave the inference that we are
under obligations to the reverend subject
of the criticism, and for this reason should
be silent touching his acts in the future. If
this is the meaning intended, either by
" heads together" or by the editor alone,
we are compelled to inform him that no such
relations exist between the parties
BG~ The Portland Advertiser comes to
us with a new head dress, which brightens
the appearance Of the paper wonderfully.
O5 Those of our patrons who have promised to
furnish us wood will greatly oblige by bringing it
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