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POVERTY AND DEBT.-Poverty is a bitter
draught, but may, and sometimes with advantage,
be guped down. Though the drinker makes wry
faces, there may, after all, be wholesome goodness
in the cup. But debt, however courteously it be
offered, is the cup of siren and the wine, spced
and delicious though it be, an eating poison. The
man out of debt, though with crack in his shoe
leather and hole in his hat, is still the son of
liberty, free as the singing lark above him but
the debtor though clothed in the utmost bravery,
what is he but a serf upon a holiday slave, to
be reclaimed at an instant by his owner, the cred
itor? My son, If poor, see wine in the running
spring think threadbare coat the only wear )"
aud acknowledged white-washed garret the fttest
housing place for gentleman do this, and flee
debt So shall thy heart be at peace, and the
sheriff be confounded.
, 1862-07-26

A CORRESPONDENT from Harper's Ferry June
1lth) writes to a Philadelphia paper the follow
ing incident;
According to the report of desorter VINO came
in to-day, General Jackson, presuming upon his
recent success, manilests disposition to be dcta-
torial to the Government at Richmond. In reply
to photographic dispatch from Benjamin, concern
ing some proposed movements of Jackson's army,
the latter said
"Send me more troops and fewer orders"
The deserter does not say how the willy Secre-
tary receivedthe intimation.
, 1862-07-26
HE CROSSES TILE LINE.

At New Orleans he commenced to be disgusted
with the South and believing that he could reach
the North before his letters returned, he began
abusing those who had entertained him, and ridi-
culed the rifraf that composed the Southern
army. His picture, however, of the poverty of
the English wives and daughters whose husbands
and fathers had been impressed into the Coufed.
crate army, together with the several British sub
jects who were imprisoned at New Orleans, crea-
ted no such horror in England as the arrest of
one British subject would have done in the North (;
but let me hurry on. At Oairo, he thanked God
that he had left the land of ruffians and gamblers
and was again under the stars and stripes His
letters having come back to America, he accused
the Southern post office of having tampered with
his correspondence, forgetting that his employers
in Printing House Square are ever ready to cut
truth out of any letter and insert a lie when it
answers their purpose. Not entirely corrupt still
respecting the lessons of the Pilgrims, we still OBJ
serve one of the good old Puritan customs of
keeping the Sabbath holy.
, 1862-07-26

"NED," said one negro to another, a" is you
married man ?" No, stree but l wish l was.
" Why so, Clem ?o Because a man dat marries
nowadays, marries great deal more dan he bar
gained for. He not only weds himself to de wo-
man, but to a laboratim oh prepared chalk, e.
quintal OBJ ghafebone, eight coffee bags for skirts)
one poodle dog, an set ob weak nerves, which
will keep de servant girls busy fyin round de
house de whole blessed time Wheder de fun
pays for de powder, is a matter OBJ debate"
, 1862-07-26

I ATE of Yreka, CAL, offers his professional ser
! vices to the citizens of the cityof Walla Walla
and surrounding country. He will devote especial
attention to the diseases of Females and Children
Private consultations held at his Office, in John
Scrantons building.
, 1862-07-26
]. w COOK.

MANUFACTURER and Wholesale and Retail
w Dealer in Tents, Awnings, Wagon Covers,
Ceilings and Sacks.Porand, Oregon.
Tents, Awnings, and Wagon Covers made to
order.
Flour and Grain Sacks constantly on hand and
made to order.
Orders from a distance promptly attended to-
All orders made returnable by the first conveyance
1y
, 1862-07-26
Aneodote Of a Strange Charaoter.

An anecdote relative of Dom Machado, the
Counselor of the Portuguese Embassy, who died in
Paris year ago, has just appeared in print:
That gentleman was a great ornithologist, and
had formed an extensive aviary, comprising the
rarest species of birds, which had been his special
study for years. DESTROYS OF aseertaihing the age
attained by several of the species, repued to live
much longer than man, Dom Machado had their
ages duly registered, and made careful arrange
ments fer their being transmitted from hand to
hand, until the end of their lives. A blue and
black bird bequeathed by him to NJ. Geofroy St.
Hilaire is already very old; as are many other of
the collection The deceased ornthologist hav-
ing whimsical wish that his funeral, whenever it
should occur, might be attended by host Of
feathered mourners, had regularly through the
last seven years of his life, at three o'clock in the
afternoon, placed plates of meat, cut up fne, on
the balcony Of his residence on the DUAL Voltaire;
sprinkling at the same time a quantity of bread
crumbs on the floor of the apartment The jack
Jaws anu sparroWs, so numerous IN that part OF
the town, came, punctual as the clock of the
neighbOring French Academy, to regale them
selves at that hour In order to ensure the at
tendance of his winged pensioners at his funeral,
the eccentric Portuguese had only to give direo-
tions in his will that it should take place at three
O'Clock precisely. This he did, ana on the day
of the funeral, the iaekdaws and sparrows came
for their dinner at the usual hour. Not finding
their accustomed meal, they were loud in their
lamentations, to the intense amazement of the
friends of the defunct assembled at his obsequies
Let us hope that the ghost Of the grim joker was
able to be present on the occasion, and to enjoy
the success of the scene so patiently prepared be-
forehsndf0 the modification Of his survivors.
, 1862-07-26

DEATH IN BATTLE.-In Riehter's "Sana," the
hero thus speaks of the idea of death in the pres
ence of battle He is fighting in behalf of the
Greeks, and is with the army at the siege of Ma
poll di Romania:
Believe me- nowhere does one think more rare
ly of death than in camp among the dying. Man
is here flame, not ashes. We see the flag wav-
ing above the course of battle, but look not at the
graves which it runs through, nor at those who
prepare the graves; and the throb of dying, even
a single thrOb, appears only as one more, the last
motion against the enemy. No stifed anguish as
of close chamber oppresses the feelings, but
strength or the cause uplifts them. In the midst
OF the kingdom of ideas and deeds, which nowhere
stand so near each other as in battle, the outer
life is easily given up, and if a single child of
Greece or a trembling old man stands to ask for
your saving hand, you are willing to go forth like
a lion against the barbarian horde, and the flash
of powder seems to be the silver flash of life.
, 1862-07-26

WHEN the bill providing for the protection of
the American eagle came up in the House of Rep
resentatiyes of Minnesota, on the third reading
Mr., Severance, the author of the bill, arose in It's
defense and addressed the House as follows ~
FMr Speaker, have only to say that any man
who will In any way iniure or take the life of our
national bird, is mean enough TO carry rotten sar-
dimes in the same pocket with musty fne-cut to-
spades at the communion tables Or he would
empty the canteen of rebel prisoner and sit on
it, and whistle Confederate air through the key
hole Of Wsshingtons tomb
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BECOMES A PRAIRIE HUNTER.

What must then be the disgust of the good
people of Illinois to find this model ohurchman
out in the prairie with his dogs and gun disturb
ing the peaceful services in the little village church
on its border with the report of firearms, An
everlasting disgrace upon the English people, as
well as an insult to our own, He was summoned
to the Police Court, and out of respect to the
ohurch-going nation he represented, as well as
disguised with his ignorance of orr religious GUS
toms, he was discharged. He returned to Wash,
ington in time to describe as an eyewitness the
battle from which he acknowledges that he was
six miles distant It has come to pass that he ar
rived in Washington some hours in advance ofthe
disorganized volunteers which he rdcules, and
carves his facts out of his Imagination. He Is a
word painter, and can paint truth as well as a
, 1862-07-26
HAMILTON

A TTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW,
IA Portland, Oregon.
aB- Office on Washington street, second door
above First street. ly
, 1862-07-26
GRADON 4 STUDFRUS.

WAGON, CARRIAGE AND BUGGY MANU-
w facturcrs-Front street, Portland, at North
end of the Bridge, nearly opposite Besser's Saw
mill. (Shop formerly occupied by Hay & Gradon)
Wagons of every description made to order
Orders from the country promptly attendedto.
ly
, 1862-07-26
w. PHILLIPS.

HAS ON HAND large and well selected stock
Ill of TIN WARE, manufactured under his su-
pervis:on by experienced workmen, STOVES of
various sizes, styles and patterns, Mining lmple-
ments, &c Sc, all of which will be sold at ex-
tremely low prices.
Your patronage is respectfully solicited. ly
, 1862-07-26

The other night two women died of want and priv
ton in the streets of London. One was discover
by policeman in the morning, sitting in a crouch
lp position on stair. On removal to doctors
The neighborhood it was found that she was on
lead.
The deep night fell DER London,
With It's riot and hustle and din
1t fell DER the streets of the city,
1t fell o'er the haunts of sin.
Were there none with hearts of pity
70 take the poor waytarer inf
She walked through Christian London
Wretched, bare footed, forlorn,
With pleading, hunger-pinched features
With aspect weary and worn;
And the wild March blast, as it hurried past,
Fluttered her raiment torn,
No home in all wide London
She shrunk from the chilly air,
She drew her tattered mantle
Round her shoulders cold and bare,
And from the beat Of the rain and slect
She crouched on the lonely stair.
And through the streets Of London
The needless crowd went oil;
No eye saw the friendless woman,
No ear heard her pteOus moan
No kindly heart that was human
Cared for the homeless one
Death stalked through the streets of London,
But less unkind was he;
He saw the woman lying
In her lonely misery;
He took her hand, and in accents bland,
Said "come away with me-"
Day dawned on stately London;
The sun shOne warm and bright
On the woman's crouching figure,
In its melancholy plight
On her garments torn and meagre,
On her features still and white.
Starved in the streets of London
Yet mayhap mother had smiled
In the old-time days Of happiness
In the laughing eyes of her chldl
Those eyes that now glare with stony stare,
And CLEAN with radiance wild.
Starved in the streets of London
Midst its wealth, and the ceaseless swell
Of its trade and its commerce rising high
To the heavens. o ye who dwell
In the midst of riches and luxury
SaY-Is it we'll is il well
, 1862-07-26
HENRY IA w

FORWARDING AND COMMISSION Merchant
IL Front street, Portland, Oregon.
Importer and dealer in Eastern Wagon Timber,
Hubs SpOkes, Felloes, &c.
Also on hand and for sale General Assortment
of Oregon Produce.
constant supply of the Celebrated Standard
Mills Flour on hand and for sale in lots to suit
1v
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p G STEW RI

WTATCHMAKER Front Street, at VIM. Birn-
w baum's Old Stand, has constantly on hand
variety of CLOCKS and WATCHES which are
warranted good time-keepers.
good assortment of Spectacles, Bayey's Gold
Pens, &c, &c.
Clocks and Watches carefully repaired and war
ranted. Give me call.
Portland, Nov. 20, 1861 1y
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+ r.. CARDWELL.

~ ENTIST-Will visit Walla Walla on profession
IL al business within a few weeks. Definite no
ice of the time will be given. ly
, 1862-07-26
ADwARF AND A GIANT COMPARED.

De Tocquevile visited America, and wrote a
searching analysis of our institutions. Russell
has had ample time to do the same but has he
done it? No. What has he told the English
people of our enormous resources our gigantic
energy-our terrible resolution What has he
said about our progressive agriculture-our in
creasing manufacturing strength Where has he
described our progress in shipbuilding, and in rail
ways, and IN telegraphsq What has he told the
English people of our educational systems, our
common schools and our colleges What essays
have been written analyzing our social and polit-
ical lifeP Pray, in what respect has he followed
the noble example of De Tocqueville in giving
Europe philosophical treatise on republican in
sttutions?
Gentlemen, I have finished. In sitting down
let me say that had been in Washington, would
have allowed him to have followed the army in
order to show how little we cared for his continued
slanders. But l think ] have said enough to
make you admit that President Lincoln was quite
justified in not entirely consulting William. How
ard Russell as to the policy of the more or less
United States of America. Loud cheers.
, 1862-07-26

The British Admiralty has granted TO the At
lantc Telegraph Company the service of ships
necessary for extending the survey of the route
along which the cable is to be submerged. Ne
gotiations were in progress the result of which
will undoubtedly lead to raising the capital nee
essary to complete the enterprise,
, 1862-07-26

AT sixteen, woman prefers the best dancer in
the room; at two and twenty the best tslker >
at thirty, the richest man.
, 1862-07-26
FARMERS HOUSE.
Law and Collection Office.

OTIS L. BRIDGES, N. GATES
Late Attorney General Of Maine)
BRIDGES & GATES,
nALLES City, Oregon, and Wallla ""'aiia W. r.,
u will practice in the Courts of Oregon and in
Washington Territory. Office in Dalles City, at the
corner of A aud Second streets. Office in Waa
"alla at the Court House. Jan. 8, lS62-6ly
, 1862-07-26
Starved.

The other night two women died of want and priva-
ton in the streets of London. One was discovered
by policeman in the morning sitting in a crouched
up position a stair. On removal to doctors in
the neghborhood it was found that she was quite
dead.
, 1862-07-26

culng the English army, English Generals and
English Ministers proving beyond doubt how
impossible it was for England to recover Ireland.
At this moment, these letters having returned to
England, the Secretary of War calls Lord Clyde's
attention to an order prohibiting correspondents
from joining the army. Imagine my Indignantly
waiting upon Lord Palmerston to know if he
meant TO act on the army order and then, if you
can, imagine my having the audacity to have pen
etrated the gloom of Osborne to see if some high
er power couldn't make the Premier rescnd his
instructions. Laughter | think, gentlemen, l
have succeeded in defending the Administration
and Stanton.
Russell went to America an Abotionist; he
came back, as most Englishmen do, pro-slavery
man. He went to America as a gentleman he
returned after outragiug all the rules of go7d So
cety, to chuckle with his employers over the for
tunes that had been made over this stock-iobbing
operation. called him robbers it not rob
berry to deprive widows and orphans, by frighten-
ing them into getting their stocks at ruinous pri-
ces! Is it not villainy to paint lie so that it
shall resemble truth? Is it not murder so to dis
seminate these lies as to prolong contest at the
cost of thousands of lives? Is it no. damnable to
speculate in human flesh, placing pounds in the
scale against human life ? Is it not criminal, by
the repetition of continued fasehoods, to create an
animosity between two people, that it may be DIFF
fcult to allayP He said our mob would not give
up Mason and Sldell; but when you know he
said it in order to speculate upon the Stock Ex-
change, you can see what reliance could have been
placed upon the report of the battles that are now
taking place. He went to America bloated with
the conceit of his own importance. The Ameri-
can journalists have tapped him, and his sudden
collapse is a wellmerited 1ebuke to his employ
ers. Under the impulse of champagne and good
brandy, he can paint battle scene but how shall
low, aside from this how feeble his correspon-
dence generally appears
, 1862-07-26

~ Job Work must be paid for before it is ia
ken from the Office.
, 1862-07-26
A PROPHET WITH A GLASS EYE.

To continue AS Mr. Russell's letters returned
to America, our Independent press soon discovered
instead of an able-bodied, healthy argument moth
ing but false hair, false teeth, dyed whiskers,
glass eye and wooden leg-in other words, a
stereotyped sham instead of fine specimen of
English honesty 1t will be remembered that
some time ago correspondents were prohibited
from following the army this was followed up by
the Government seizure os the telegraph Offices
Here was discovered a fine nest of traitors, and
whom do you suppose was the chief robber in the
banda Why, William Howard RUSSELL the reli-
able correspondent of the London Times.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-08-12

CRY Coxnctl The regular monthly meeting Of
this body was held at o'clock yesterday. Pro.
sent--Messrs Grattan, Grifin, Denoon Hli, Burr
EaskinA diaaebrook, Cruschfeld, Stokes. Scott.
and Epps.
The ordinance to mend the ordinance to pro-
vide for weighing long forage and other articles
wAs reported, and on motion Of Mr Hili, the rules
being Suspended, It passed The ordinance TO
amend the 2eth section of the ordinance concerning
N arkets WA also passed.
By list Of colored i1terrnents, near Shootoe Fill
hnrylnG ground. for the quarter ending July 3lst,
1861, II appears that i25 males 63 femsles and
still born child were buried BY q sirauar list of
iDtefnents Of white persons in the shoekoe Hill
buryipg ground for the same period II appears that
$50 males, lie females, aud 6 stubborn children
were buried during that period Totals 5GS.
The Council adopted the suggestion ,of the FL
nance Comu,itsee to invest S,3, roo of e, S. notes
held by the city In per cent bonds ct the Con-
fedsrste States.
The Finance Committee reported { the Council
that the President thereof s entitled to its thanks
aud that Of the people for his pron,ptitude, eff
cheney, aa,l fidelity, in getting out the issue OF
small notes 1t also recommends that $50 per
month. for three months be given 10 the Chamber
laI and his clerk for extra labor. Adopted.
Resolved, on motion Of Mr.. Scott, That $500 be
given to the President of the Council for the same
reason.
The banks formerly used by the city as places of
deposit for cor oTstiou funds having again CON-
nencsd business II was resolved 10 repea. the ordi
passed the l4th Of May authorizing the
Chamberlain 70 retain the money in his oilics and
pay 1t out there.
The committee to whom referred the petit
tion Of John +. Tyler and others. asking :hs Cou1-
ell to tier salaries and also with authority
10 Consider aud report on the subject of general
Increase of the salaries of lie Ys:ious officers of
the city of Richmond, bes leave TO report tho fol-
lowing resolution
Resolved, That the salaries Of the following Off
GERS be aud the hereby Increased a. fol
lows, said increase to be allowed from the lst day
of July, 1867, for six months:
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-08-12
HeREID ATEOCITI.

In Intelligent negro, who has been within the
lines II the enemy the Peninsula, gives q truly
fouible account of the atrocities perpetrated in
Williamsburg and elsewhere upon our helpless
people. He mentions one cass which makes the
blood run cod The daughter of one of TIE ,nost
prominent citizens (shose hrs been given us>
was seized, dissobed, and then whipped by these
wosss than savages Iier alleged offence was the
expression Of rebel sentimeat that Offend
ID Tie Iaiscresnts Such are Tie scenes which have
bseu inaugurated since the victories of the South
ue,-r Richmond This is their revenge for fair
-eI.at II open field
TIE Degro who brings this intelligence was left
aet!cd 'y his master member OF the 2lst Aissis-
s'Ppi regiment, when orr army retired i'm vii.
-smsburg being sick az the time. AS soon as be
Lad recovered, and had worked long enough to re-
pay those who took care CT hin, be found mean.
Ct getting through the Yankee lines, though he
sevefa! times narrowly escaped capture. He says
ne never wants 70 dwell among Yankees aga:n-he
iss seen enough Of their brutality towards white
aud olack TO disgust him with the race forever
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-08-12

kmpcrtars Asvsss Wilson G. Hewitt, proprietor
OF the Hewitt House, ct Liberty, Bedford county.
Va. was arTsstsd In that place last Thursday,
charged with countss ftit!nS notes Of the Central
Bank Of Alabama and the Merchants Bank or
Bairbsidsa. Ga The arrest was effected mainly
through the exertions Of Detective Ofdcer Wash.
fngton Goodrich OF Richmond who was ernpo yed
by officer OF Of tbs banks to assist Ia ferret
ing out tbs operator. The notss were printed in
Lynchbure, upon the order Of Roger L Martin,
who stated In his letter that paper Of suitable
kind could bs obtaiped In Alabama or Georgia,
and as he had visited Liberty to sick son, he
concluded TO have the printing done Ia Virginia
Of the Central Bank notes $i3 500 printed, of
the denomination Of 81, s3 g. signed G. Boa.
resident, aud p Cam. Cashier; Of the Merchants
Bank, $4.V00. signed by J. l.. Long, Cashier
Hswitts son was agent Of the Express Compsny
aud the packages Of notes thus received with
out difficulty. considerable amount Of tins bogus
money has been circulated in Pepdeton county,
and In Southwestern Virginia, and q good deal
passed upon soldiers travelling through Liberty.
It Is probable aiso that some has found its way 20
Richmond, and the paoiic are cautioned against 1t
Hewitt was examined on Saturday, and remaisded
to jail for trial Soon after he was taken info
tody he contrived to swallow something which he
took from his pocket, which is believed to have
been roll Of counterfeit notes, and the fact was
noted At the time by the oficers 1t lie supposed
that hewitt has circulated from IS 600 to 0OU
Of the Liberty Savings Bank notes. which are
scarcely less fraudulent upon their face than the
others, as there is no such institution ia exist
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-08-12
Adopted.
On motion. the Council adjourned.

AyrtraE Of Prisoners trops Pope's .4fmH--The
Central tram that arrived AZ clock yesterday
morning brought to this city three hundred and
three Of Popee Eeesians captured on Saturday
near Southwest Mountain, by the advance forces of
Gen Jackson's army. Accompanying the above
were Brig Gen. b. Prince, aakee General. and
twenty seyeo commissioned officers, who. together
with the men, were lodged In the Libby Prison.
Prince, for few hours, was lodged at the
Exchange Hotel The Presidents recent proels-
NATION declared Pope and Ills commissioned satel-
Iites TO be without the usages Of warfare and not
enti led to the privileges oI ordinary prisoners of
war Orders were issued TO place ali of tn. captured
officers IN close confinement. A. The Libby Prison
they were put with the deserters and other persons
to whom iufamy attaches. An examination was
made into the condition of the couaty jail, with a
view to their incarceration there; but the structure
ives deemed ansafe. They have not been permit
ted to associate with the Federal officers, aud ap-
pear very dowDcast at the prospect before them
We append list Of tbe officers captured ct South.
ives: Mountain, as follows:
Capt Hals,ead, Adit General Ausur's d;v:-
vision.
ID Lieut. Tealor Moses 1O9th' Penn
Col Geo Chapman, 5ih Conn.
lst Lieut. S Widvey, Sd Wisconsin.
Capt " D wilkins, Asst AdTt Geni, Williams's
division.
Cap, q Russell co Il, I'd Mass
Capt Fl Vandermsn, CO &, Goth Ohio.
2d Lieut. Ww Alister. co b. 2sth n Y.
"a Lieut. Long, co h, 2Sth X.
Is, Lieut. J D Bellolexley, co D, 10th Me.
ist Lieut. II n 0reatrake, co b 4oth Peun.
lat Lieut. NJ P Whitney, co 9, 9Th Conn.
Capt Griffith. co A, 4Gth Penn
Cd Lieut. Chas sydnor, CO D, 9th Infantry.
lst Lieut. II Egbert, CO G. 18th U 8 Infantry.
"a Lieut D Woods, CO B, 2oth N 7.
lst Lieut. Chinery. co E, 5th Conn
1st Lieut. 4 B German. co b, Doth Penn.
Cd Lieut. W Saifridge, I" I" &"
I'd Lieut. Otis Fisner, GO B, 9Th U Infantry.
I'd Lieut. Wn Green, co a, l02d Il 7.
I'd Lieut. II Walker, co ]. Sd Md
Capt u A Bowen. co d, 18th n Y.
Maj e W Cadke, 2sth n Y.
1st Lieut. WU II Kenyon, CO g, 2eth Y.
ID Lieut. d Ames, co X, 2eth n Y.
9d Lent Chas Ilovie 90 d 5th Conn