, 1863-12-05
Letter from Portland.

Letter from Portland.
EDS. STATESMAN IL arrived in this city on Thurs
day evening, and after looking around for a couple
of days have picked up a few items which may not
which has been constantly before, all around, and
upon since left the Walla Walla county lines is
rain, or, as it is termed here, Oregon mist" have
not seen sold Sol but once since left Wallula and
that was only for a lew minutes to day
Business of all kinds seems to be in hourishng
condition here The city is full OF strangers Some Of
whom are waiting for the steamer, intending to go
below and many others are waiting to 90 above, I
told that there is very little difference in the rav
ell either way Every boat that arrives frome above
comes crowded with passengers, and generally takes
back as many on the return trip.
Within the past few days another opposition line
of steamers have beea placed on the river between
here and Dalles but as yet they carry nothing but
freight, though their owners promise soon to com
mence carrying Passengers. and also to extend their
line to Wailula in which case we may look for an
other brief reduction in the price Of freight and pas
sage. The steamer Pioneer as its name in
dicates looks as though it had been the pioneer on
the Willamette and Columbia rivers, and as she is
getting rather ancient the probability is that she is
put in opposition to the o. s. n Co. for the purpose
of inducing that company to purchase her and kin
dred beats belonging to the same parties.
The steamer Pacific arrived here last night from
San Francisco, bringing about two hundred passen-
gers She left some two we eks snce and in attempt
ing to smuggle some thirty-fve thousand dollars
worth of opium out of Victoria seized by the
tnOrltles and only released a1ter ming bonds IN the
of 5000 ,00O Among the passengers who arrived
upon her is P. D. Moore who succeeds Major Colds
borough in the Collectorship of Washington Terri
tory. The four persons who are charged with kill
ing of Magruder a so came unwilling passengers by
her as far the mouth of the Willamette where
Sheriff Beachy transferred them to the steamer Julia
which had been specially chartered for the purpose
The reasons assigned for the transfer that it
believed parties were waiting here in Portland to
snatch them with another writ OF habeas corpus and
have the same questions tried here that raised
and settled by the court IN San Francisco, in hopes
that the district court would make different decis
ion on the point as to the right of a Governor of
Territory to make requsitiOn State for the
dition of prisoner escaping thereto; but through
the careful toretheught of Sheriff Beachy the author
tiles here are tor the present saved the trouble of de-
Gliding the mixed question | understand from pas
sengers that Treasurer Cheesman holds some $4,000,
deposited by the accused parties which he refused to
give to the officers or any person else, except Mrs
Magruder or her agent.
There are a number of Walla Wallas here: among
them DIR. Baker, A. Kyger, l. I. Reese, H. B. Lane
and w. j. Terry. The latter gentleman left here
three weeks ago for the States; but his arrival
at Victoria he went ashore to inspect the British pos
sessions and was left by the steamer and compelled tc
return here to take fresh start, which he will do
the next outgoing steamer
DR.. Baker has rendered his resignation of the office
of Deputy Collector and leaves tomorrow for home
Who is the lucky I" Union'' man who will succeed him.
will write you again from Olympia. F. P. D.
resentatives of Washington Territory convened &C
cording to appointment on Thursday evening, 26th
After the general routine of business had been dis
posed of, Governor Boswell proceeded to deliver
his message which he did in an able and dgniied
Misunderstanding upon points most essential to oul
general interest and welfare: such as establishing
military posts to insure the enforcement of our laws
the construction and improvement of roa ds through
all parts of the Territory that travel may be made
more commodious and expeditions and the encour
agement of education, that our minds and the mind.
our young may be improved and fitted to Justly de-
liberate upon the affairs of nation. Upon this
subject he said
All republican governments are dangerous when
ignorance therein is prevalent. Let the in
habitants of Washington Territory embrace the plan
of Socrates who, although born All years b. G. was
the first to conceive the thought of bringing down
philosophy from heaven to place it in the hands Of
the common pOpulace. How correct Clinton
when he said, " Education is the guardian of liberty
and the bulwark of morality" Who knows but we
who are but mock body, will revive that shoulder
ing moral feeling which is in the breasts of genuine
legislators that they may their utmost endeavors
in the encouragement of institutions of learning
whereby rising generation may become instruct
ed for with knowledge and virtue the united eff
forts of ignorance and tyranny may be defed. Who
can deny that wisdom and virtue the offspring Of
ced the origin Of most of the vices and crimes
aud Ollies that destroy mankind? 1t is the mother
of misery--a may labyrinth of perpetual night"
SPECIAL ARTIST.
AT the meeting of the House Thursday evening
the members, in accordance with aresouution passed
on the 26sh entertained the body with "graphic des
criptons" OF their respective counties. Some of the
essays were "tak en- on the spot' by artist who
will have them properiy stoned" in time to occupy a
place tn our next issue. IL the meantime VIC woud
ask our legislators at Olympia to suspend business
until we can forward them copies,' 50 that they
standingly.