, 1864-11-25

ter desperate fight, defeated GilIem who took
400 prisoners. The number of killed and
wounded has not been ascertained
The Worlds Washington special dispatch
says the French Minister had an interview with
Seward, in which he renewed the offer to place
the services of his Government at the disposal
of the President to facilitate negotiations with
the South. Seward said he would consult the
President, and invited him to another interview
the subject.
The Herald's Shenandoah dispatch of the 10th
says: All quiet since Early fell back to Fish
ers Hill Deserters say EARLY has but Is, 900
men under his command. ttr
The Enquirer of the 10th says There is no
doubt but Grant planned the movement from
Atlanta towards Mobile.
Montgomery Blair is said to be candidate for
the United States Senate from Maryland in the
place ofEx-Governor Hicks, who will be made
Postmaster at Baltimore.
DON'T REJoIoE.-We have heard of no public
demonstrations being had or any rejoicings
among the Republicans over the reelection of
Lincoln to the Presidency What's the matter 2
Do they regard the victory as a barren one, or
they in doubt about the election ? If the
party believe they have saved the Union by re-
electing Mr.. Lincoln, they ought to express their
Joy anu PatllObioH III oOulC puDllC HduHeF. IL
Mcclellan had been elected, we know that the
Democrats would have esteemed the triumph
worthy of general celebrations and rejoicngs.
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A FLATTERING NoTIcE.-The Mouataineer of
late date gives the editors of the Portland Or
egonian and Oregon Statesman the following very
hatterng ~ notice:
"The Statesman and Oregonian, after innu-
merable quarrels are now working in harness,
and certainly they well matched. Neither
of the parties have any character of which to
boast, and on the score of brains it is about
toss up. The first is edited by a crazy spirit
ualist, who has done but two things in his life
worthy of note--the killing of his neighbors'
hogs and the selling himself out for $500 on the
Senatorial question. Our Portland contemporary
ispossbly ina still better condition. The edi-
tor of this latter sheet was first stdistuguished in
Oregon politics by receiving a cowhiding at the
hands of General Lamerick, which occasion
he exhibited a spirit of nieekness and endurances
! that would have done credit to the most patient
donkey. Later still this same individual man
aged to borrow several hundred dollars from the
school fund of Marion county, which he forgot
to repay. The man who would rob the school
| fund might readily be expected to engage in
any other thieving enterprise that came in his
way, and accordingly we find that when oppor-
tunity offered he 'gobbed" up the ''fee bill"
We have here given the pedigrees of the edi-
tors of the papers named and with this record
the public will be able to decide what import
ance is to be attached to anything that appears
in their columns The one thief prepared to
rob anything or anybody from school down to
an apple woman. The other, crazy Spiritual
! ist, with just sense enough to take bribe when
| it comes in his way. No wonder that the Union
majority in the State has fell off when ours like
these allowed to dictate the policy that is to
govern the party Love of country will induce
men to suffer much and endure almost anything,
but we question whether patriotism itself re-
quires that good men and true, shall bow to the
dictation of scamps who, if they had their de-
serts, would be looking through the grated bars
of prison.