, 1865-03-24
Letter from Portland.
[From an Occasional Correspondent


!
EDS. SrATEsMAN:-I have no operations in
mining-stocks to report this week. Our Board
of Breakers are very quiet for the present, al
though certain members are fixing up things
against the arrival of great cash-money men
from "Frsco" and the East. Being known as a
quartz-sharp, have had several advantageous
offers in that line myself, and came very near
being convinced of the the richness of even
''Strain Dig few days since, only the shares
were not numerous enough, and were "assessa-
ble." II it had not been for these facts, and my
urgent need for little 'fready' think should
have fetfacted my previous remarks about that
celebra+3d aine and given itapuff Unfortune-
atolv a'st,.,---.slaor- wa.stet hold of ready
Tfollo- ..e,-yi 20 -...ya--| consequently
negotiations were broken off when we had ar
rived pretty close to ga dicker," as the gentle
man called it who was treating with me. The
moment mentioned the word money, he buttoned
up his pockets in hurry and said he had not
seen "a quarter of a dollar in year" By this
bold figure of speech he wanted me to understand
that my only chance of realizing was take the
quartz and sell it, if could.
SOMETHING ABOUT NUMBER NINE.
You will remember my reference sometime
since to the fact that the Hon. Judge No. Nine
spoke of the proprietor of our most popular ho-
tel as a "Piedmontese peasant" well have to
report that had the pleasure Ofhearing a speech
from my Longobard host, cOuched in Pure An
glo-Saxon, in which he again swore to leave the
mprimature ofthe toe of his boot on No. Mines
seat of honor. I am cOnfdentially informed that
| ''the Judge has provided himself with breast
plate to be worn on that part of his person as a
protection from any sudden assault. His "schol-
arly' instincts induce him to oppose this method
of settling old scores in toto. However, do not
fear that any personal collision will follow, al
though it may possibly occur.
GIBBS YELLOW SINGH.
Gen Gibbs is about this time the target for
some pretty rough gibes from the Copperhead
press. He committed the error of appearing in
uniform on the occasion of reviewing the Web
foot Militia. He was mounted on a Cayuse and
girded with what is called "a yaller sinch." The
color is considered to be emblematic of all the
blood he is likely to shed in the present cruel
war, or any other war. The Longobard hotel
keeper says that Gibbs has to wear crupper
to keep his sinch from slipping up around his
neck and choking him to death.
THE GOVERNOR AS PROFESSOR.
Professor Gibbs of Walamet University, Pro-
fessor of Medical prudence-there, how do
you like it? You see the Wallamet University
organized a Medical College, and elected Gibbs
as a professor as already stated. Itmay be said
that Gibbs is not capable of teaching Medical
Jurisprudence, but is he capable of being gov
ernOr Of Oregon? of being commander-in-chief
of the militia of this State2 of being er Oficio
Land Commissioner? of being attorney and coun-
is he even capable of writing ten
mar, and photography? Does he even know as
much law as old Lawyer, the Nez Perces chief?
Unless he has acquired capabilities in all these
particulars within oyears am afraid all these
questions must be answered in the negative. 1t
is somewhat Notifying to us Loyalists that our
Gibbs attainments are not equa! to his loyalty,
and that they can only be compared to Pearne
piety.
EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES OF OREGON.
When Gibbs lectures on Medical Jurisprudence
you may form some idea of the kind of nstruc-
ton medical students are liable to receive at the
Medical College attach edto the Wallamett Univer-
sity. When Gibbs is the type of 'guide, phi
losopher and friend to the Oregon youth, you
willhayeno difficulty in ciphering outthe probable
intellectual Development four young Web-Feet.
There will probably be colleges for Law and The
ology attached to 'the university" before long,
and recommend Gibbs as "chief'' of the law
college and Pearne for the theological branch;
then will there be fitness about the whole inst-
tuition that will be admirable. But aside from
the ridiculous assumption of high-sounding IT,
ties for our institutions of learning, there are
several schools in the State having real merit
| for the foundation of their pretensons, but
want it understood that Gu-ibbs is notalowed
to ''profess" mucharound them. Besides, there
/ are several other schools without either high
! sounding titles or big pretensons which as far
excel ''the university" in educational facili-
| ties as Gibbs does The Solemn Humbug in cor
porosity. But to name them would be
insidious, andit is easy to find the proper place
to have children instructed viz: by always avoid
| ing those Ridiculous Educational Humbugs, the
| Oregon universities" MERCUTIo.