Daily national Democrat., 1861-03-15
z9ailp slatlOnal Drmutrat

WHITE MAN ESsLATED BY THE INDIANS. -
The following is related by the Portland
Times:
A singular case has been reported to us
.rLich calls for sympathy and relief, either
n, the hands of friends or of the public au-
thorities. :,
Some months ago, Mr.. Shepard, at the up
.or Cascades. went out some distance from
H. bouse and found man seated upon a log
18th q large fire near him. On investigation
! a discoyered that he was deranged. He
.oot him TO his house and kept him about
Wv weeks. during this time he learned that
10 was from Tualitan plains, Oregon, and
hat he had friends there in good circum-
s,ances He Immediately wrote to them in
f,rmne of his situation and advising that he
10 nroyided for properly. To this he re
no;yed an answer that the man was subject
~ crazy fits, but no proposition for taking
aorn of him. At the expiration of about six
.ranl,s the man took an axe belonging to
Shenard and disappeared no one knew
Not long ago Mr. Shepard learned that
4horo was a white man living among the In
I;ons near the White Salmon as Stare On
;,,o,irv he ascertained that it is this crazy
i"I 'in ard that he is held by Johns band as a
aIn.1e Al" that sometimes his insanity is so great
tbot tbe Indians are afraid of him.
Thev then sent him over the mountains to
orother band of Indians, where he is made
,ho;r slave. Thus he has been driven about
70 and fro, for several times. With his axe
10 cuts all the wood for the Indians and
does their drudgery generally. He will not
ont dried salmon such as the Indians pre-
,nore but the Indians 90 and procure salt
salmon for him, otherwise he raves and be-
comes very mad. Thus this man lives and
will probably continue unless some rescue
and relief is offered by friends or other hu-
name persons
We hone the relations in Washington
county will see this, and will be prompted
to take early steps for his rescue from "A de-
based life among the savages, while his mind
/. berett of the light of reason.
Our authority for the above facts is Mr. =.
Bradford of the upper Cascades.
The AMERICAN YouTH.-L Life is a continued
battle wherein defeat is suffered more often
than victory is won Along its flinty path
tbe footprints of disaster are everywhere
seen, and by the wayside are thicky strewed
the graves of the fallen. Why is it that 50
few succeed Why is the hope with which
youth set out SO often desolated, and The goal
Of ambition SO rarely reached? The strife is
often commenced without preparation for the
etraggle. The young, impulsive, and ardent
think they have but TO reach forth their hand
to pluck the fruit that, like the apples of the
Hesperides, is only to be gained after the
highest endurance and the most patient per-
severance. Seldom does genius give the
tongue of flame that secures distinction al
most without effort. Toilsome study and
persistent investigation, and patient expert
ment, are the only modes of realzinga power
to create or even to recombiue, SO as to sub
due new elements to human use Physical
as well as mental training is necessary for
the accomplishment of life Victories But
when the intellect is well cultivated, the
bodily energies are often uncutivated The
mind, like friction on machine not lubrica-
ned wears out the mechanism of the body,
and its growing weakness and disorder nulifv
the power it developes How often blanch-
9l cheek, emaciated limbs, and feeble mus
cles, mark the successful student, who droops
into the grave when he is about to reach the
goal of his aspirations
We Of America have much to learn on this
point. A system of intellectual forcing cul-
ture, habit Of putting boys to the business
Of men, has produced Il species Cf precocty
which, however much it NAV awaken aston
Ishment at the wonderful Developments, will
leave-naY, has left-manjfold evils Atthe
rate we are now progressing, the time IS not
>ar distant when such things as boys will be
entirely unknown. Now the lads OF ten wear
the manners of maturity, and the girls of a
aesser age are often women in all but physical
development. To the want of physical cul-
tEre there is also TO be added u neglect of
moral lessons. What school in America
teaches "the humanities' AS they should be
taughtE Where is principle laid down as the
basis OF all great eiforts-houorabl action,
not III the received sense, which is prompti-
tude IN resenting any conceived insult or sus-
pected attront but honorable action, meaning
mat squared upon the golden rule do unto
others as you would they should do rnto
lon, ibcuIcated as the highest guarantee of
hoOie results? Our teaching is wrong; our
example Is wrong; our praise and our censure
are often wrong aud the result is that we
see fewer OF those men, self-made, and strong
IN rectitude rs the eternal truth, firm in prin-
elple as the living rock. pure in character as
the mountain stream, and vigorous in mind
and body as the sturdy oak, who shed honor
On our early history.-N q. PicdyuHe.
Our QUICKSILVER MINEs-For a long time
many shrewed capitalists from various parts
OF the State, knowing the general richness of
Ihe Geyser mines, and having great faith in
thelr extent, were anxious to obtain an in
terest therein; but until within few weeks
past found the idea utterly impracticable,
because it was impossible to consolidate suf-
hc'ent number Of claims to justify an outlay
OF capital Now that 1877 claims embracing
all That is known to be valuable in the Gey-
ger mines, have been consolidated and incor-