, 1864-10-21

certainly oet it next year if Lneolnis reelected
for this 800, 600" will use up all the material
here, and the Pacific Coast will have to furnish
its uuotanext year. But there seems to be no
prospect of that for this is the last year of the
war and the reign of Mr., Lincoln
Yours truly, GEO B. Cole.
THE Eastern ELEcTIoNs.-The telegraphic
dispatches, which are generally unreliable when
any information of more than ordinary import
ance is to be transmitted to the benighted deni-
zens of the Pacific slope furnish us this week
with ridiculous and contradictory news in the
matter of election returns from the States of
Indiana, Pennsylvania and Ohio. We are first
informed that all these States have gone Union
! by Increased majorities, and then the following
dispatches whittle down the 'Union' majorities
until we are left in doubt so far the dispatch
es inform us, whether the States have gone
for the Republicans or the Democrats. The
first news was telegraphed on the day Of cleo
ton, and is probable the operators "guessed'
that the States in question had gone largely
eUnion for they y-could not have Enoun anything
scarcely about the result at that date. But ta-
king the most extravagant statements of the
dispatches-that Ohio gives Union majority of
4O,OOO-and even at these figures, there is left
Democratic gain since GOV Broughs election,
Of 1000 votes; Brough having majority for
the Governorshp, over his competitor Yallan-
digham, of 100000 votes Thus it viii be seen
that there hasbeen an immense politicalreaction
since last year in the old Buckeye State. But
it is quite likely that the Republican majority
in Ohio is not half what it is reported and we
may be permitted, like the telegraph, to guess
that it has gone Democratic But we shall not
probably be permitted to know the truth about
these elections until after the. Presidential con-
testis over. We cannot get the news Of the Oc-
tober elections by mail until after the Presden-
tial election, and the Telegraph being in loyal
hands, and consequently Of itself "largey
! Union, would not like to report Democratic
1 victories at this time, as such a course would
| stimulate the Democracy in California and Ore
| gon to double their exertions on the 8th of No
vember; and besides reporting Democratic vic
tories now, would beyond question, have weak
ening influence upon "our" (Union) party out
here r95,al sdf
Although there have been large Democratic
/ gains in the above named States in the lateelec-
tions, it must be remembered that the conserya-
! tive strength could not have been combined by
4 reason of local side-issues and the fact that
some of the candidates for Congress upon the
/ Democratic side were too ultra in their views to
! get the votes of the conservative party. But
in the Presidential election the entire strength
ofthe Democrats and Conservatives of the coun-
try will be united in support of Mcclellan, and
the result will be his triumphant election
FROM a serni-oficial report recently made by
Mr. Majors to the Governor of Oregon, we Sc
Iect the subjoined extract which pertains par
ticularly to the Walla Walla Valley:
The initial monument is situated on the east
/ bank of the Columbia river, on the old emigrant
road from Wallula to the Dalles, and about sew
| en- miles from the former place; thence, run
ming east, the line crosses the high ridges near
the river, and in the 18th mile descends into
/ Walla Walla Valley, which it divides; passing
up in the Both mile, it strikes the foothills and
soon enters the Blue Mountains, which it trav-
erses until it strikes Snake river in the l06th
mile, On the west bank Of the river will be found
/ the terminating monument, close to the old In
dian trails, passing up the river, and at a dis
tance by these trails, south of the mouth of
Grand Ronde river, Of 81 miles"
We presume that, on the completion and ap-
proval of Mr. Majors Report by the Department,
copies of all the astronomical observations, field
notes, maps, ETC., viii be promptly forwarded
to the Governors of Oregon and Washington,
respectively,