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THE ALBANY PATRIOT,
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NELSON TIFT h 8ETH N. BOUGHTON,
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I Creditors of an estate most
demonstrate
COTTON.
We were shown, yesterday,
cotton of which eight bales
week, by J. L. Swinnoy, Ei ,
the top price of the market,
beautiful cream color and good
the plantation of J. M. Gouder, of Hancock . l V enl8 111 speed end regularity, and par- is to be provided with Capt. Huntei
county. ticularly on the western waters. That {merged propellers, including the recent ______
We were also shown the samples of measures ought to be taken also for the valuable improvements added thereto by alias “Black Harris,” his'pilot and"his "de-
eight more bales which were sold at the PJ 0U *P l extension also by Government of the talented inventor. He are not of the pendence,as interpreter for the Sioux and
same price. They were from the plants.; l [ ,e Magnetic Telegraph into or throughj number who believe that steam can be ap-, Pawnee Indians in passing throug their
lion of G. H. Griswold, of Jones county, '“ e Mississippi Valley. i plied to men-of-war so as to entirely super-1 country, without any difference of expla-
and ginned through Griswold’s improved -M*. Resolved, That the Marine Hospit- sedo the use of sails, from the fart of .the nation^ withdrew from the party and rd-
gin. jals on the Western and South Western. impossibility of carrying a sufficiency of turned to the valley. Surprised, but notlt-
Our reason for noticing particularly the w “'ers, whose construction has been coin-: fuel for long voyages; but we do not tier- ing intimidated, they moved forward.—
■ ^ It...!. * I • .t . ! monroH nr nsil lmriva/1 kit Pnnirnuia juifflst I MlUSt nfku enUo find al Mm I ! Tit... — iLw ^YqJJq "Indian^ C 0
. his and other
_ Oregon very soon.
Very respectfully, i
* our obedient servant, *
ELIJAH WHITE.
At the first camp, Major Moses Harris,
above cottons is, that we may bring to the, - . . „
minds of planters the importance to them J° prosecuted to completion with the
of handling their cotton carefully <tnd puck-1 “Cost possible delay,
ing in square bales. With both these lots i }?\ Resolved, f hat Congress should es-
every care appears to have been bestowed tabluh a National Armory .rad Foundry, at
in handling and packing—there was not 80l “ e P° lnt . °J* 'be Western waters, at os
a particle of dirt to be seen in either and if; car v “period as possible.
~ 13. Resolved, That efficient steps should
MISCELLANY.
WONDERFUL OPERATION.
Our son, who has just returned from
Richmond, informs us, that an extraordin
ary tumor w as extracted from a man’s arm,
in Richmond, while the patient was in the
mesmeric state, under the influence of
Prof. Do Bonneville, without any sensible
pinto the subject,and which was unknown
to him after the sleep wus thrown off, until
he was informed of it. Mi. Dc Bonneville
itimsclf writes: “I last night magnetised
a gentleman before seventy persons, when
» chirtirgicnl operation was performed on
hiinhv Dr. **
any tiling of a lot was offered of the same !. *«». Resolved, That efficient steps should
description, we have no doubt it would, to. “ *®“ en by the General Government to
morrow, bring 8 cents per lb.—all of ) of a I remove and prevent the recurrence of t he
cent per pound more than the same quality ; obstructions in the Mississippi River, oppo-
of cotton would command if indifferently *** ', {| Jf of St. Louisas© that the hnr-
handlcd and packed in round bales.
Savannah Georgian.
ceive wny satis and steam may not liar- they met the Wallawalla'Indians—so
monizc with Hunter propellers, the buckets i much excited the spring before, by reason
being so constructed that they may shut! of the violent and treacherous death of Eli-
into the sides of the vessel so soon* as the I jolt Heading, an educated young chief of
engine is stopped, retarding not|in*tlic least |distinction, killed by a white man in Cali-
the headway of the vessel while upder
canvass.
bor thereof may be at all limes accessible,
as objects of public utility and of a nation
al character, and entirely beyond the abili- . .
ty of Missouri to accomplish. mg lastof taking by (tic hand our old friend,
14. Resolved, Thai a Dry Dock and! Dr. Elijah While, Sub-Agent of Indian
convenient arrangements for the repairs Affairs tor rite Territory ofOregonj who had
and refiining of government vessels, should **
From He Independence Express, Not. 17ti.
OVERLAND MAIL FROM OREGON.
Arrival of Dr. While, direct Jrom Oregon—
Special Messengers to the U. S. Congress
—Through in ninety days.
We bad the pleasure on Saturday even'
' Id
Hcndrce, assisted by Dr. Thom-
d.
THE SEASON AT WASHINGTON THIS WIN-
• TER.
A correspondent of the Boston Traveller, writing _
from Washington, predict, that the session of Con->be eslabli-ficd at somcsuitablcpointon
grass this winter will pus away without that fiuh-! the Gulf of Mexico.
ionablo folly, extravagance and dissipation among 15. Resolved, That Rail Road commit- , . , ,.
“the higher classes" which have prevailed forsevc- niention from tile valley of the Mississippi' hail accompanied him some lime previoua-
ral years. He says: j to the Southern Atlantic prrts, in giving ly* on an interesting and important cxplor-
pjtrVfrf- l .i-1 j»!.- , - > • ” ing expedition, the results ol which will
soon coinc before the public, officially. ,
They left the beach of the Pacific
as and Dr. Mills, of Richmond. The op-
< ration was the cutting ofiT a very large
tumor from the fore part of the left arm.
The patient was imtnoveably during the
operation; his fealtires remained like wax;
lust arrived wilh n party of only three men,
Messrs. Chapman, lirown and Saxton, all
claiming to be citizens of Willamette—two
of whom, Onts Brown and Chnrles Saxton,
u well
ed me
mended in the department of the saloons this winter, i fluences on the commercial, social nul po
ts this kind of dissipation is congenial to the feel- hlicnl relations, strongly urged on 'he con-
ings neither of herself nor her husband, who regular- sidcrnlion and patriotism of the people of
ly retire by eleven o’clock. Ulic West, and they arc the more recoin-
„„ „„„ “Tl»>•«*■» d>o composition of the Cabinet in mended as works within the power of pri-
h'js pulse did not vary much. Every thingj** retatio0 - „ Mre * vale enterprise to construct, and as afford-
ted to the silent dust a blooming daughter—and \ lun i, y nMly | >e afforded for private individ-
an only one, it not an only child. Mis. Buchxnun unis aud enterprise to direct their captial
—there is no inch lady, for the Secretory of Stoic tt „d energies to the completion of the
voynnee is triumphant.” We rejoice in
his* success, ns well as in the triumph of
truth, which was so roughly treated by
Dr. Warner, iind his friendssome short time
since in that city. We have not much
credulity, but we cannot help thinking that
“the seventy” spoken of bv Dc Ronnevillo,
will perform the snme office for mesmerism
in Richmond, that the seventy disciples sent
out, instrue'ed by our Savior, did for Chris
tianity ESTABLISH THE TRUTH.
Old Dominion.
THE GOOD WIFE.
She conintandeih her husband in any
equal matter, by consinnly obeying him.
She never crosseth her husband in the
springtide of his anger, But slays till it be
ellnng-water. Surely men, contrary to
iron, arc worst to be wrought upon when
they nro hot.
Her clothes are rather comely than
eosly, and she makes plain cloth to her
\elect by the handsome wearing it
Her husband’s secrets she will not di
vulge : especially she is careful to conceal
Ills infirmities.
In her husband’s absences she is wife and
deputy husband, which makes her duuble
the files of her diliigencc. At his return
he finds all things so well, that he won
ders >o see himself at home when he was
abroad.
Her children, though many in number,
arc none in noise, steering them with a look
whither she listclh.
The heaviest work of her servants she
makeili light, by orderly and seasonably
enjoining it.
In her husband’s sickness she feels more
grief than she shows.—Dr. Fuller.
CHARCOAL AN ANTIDOTE TO
POISON.
An old English paper contains a state
ment that charcoal possesses the power of
‘ il I
Five grains of arsenic in „
strong mixture of charcoal were swallowed
lasting. Heal and great thirst fallowed,
hut the pain was allayed by swallowing
another glass of .charcoal mixture. At
noon no bad effects were felt. Let it be
tried in cases of mineral poison.
SORE TUROATT
the 3l)th of July, some forty inilefi from the
Uinqua river, nnd arrived in the Coluny a-
bout the loth ot August. They found the
Legislature in session at Orcgou Ci<y, and
Dr. White being officially requested to bear
a memorial anti petition emanating from
that body andsigned unamimotisly by them
—also by the Judge of the Territory and
Executive Committee—to the Congress of
the United Slates, left on the 16th.* They
nrrived at Eon Vancouver on the 17th, the
fornia—and were handsomely saluted and
most cordially received—die excitement
having entirely subsided. Corn, potatoes,
peas, camas and cherries, were brought
forward for the consumption of the party,
and their plantations, with those of the Key-
use, speak well for their advance in, agri
culture and civilization. Not many of the
WaDnwnllus cultivate ; they generally sub
sist on fish. But the Key use andNez-
K rccs, or Seheptatis, under the auspices of -
r. Whitman nnd lady, and Rev. H: H.
Spaulding nnd lady,, are represented as
having made most commendable advance
ment in agriculture, science, arts, mentis
ond religion many of the latter reading their
own language, fluently and writing well
nnd in-dte regularity of their family devo
tions and observance of the Sabbath, it is
believed few equal them.
On the Isr of September they met, nt
Burnt river, Capt. Barlow, Knighton-, and
McDonald’s companies of emigrants—tho
three companies comprising some eight
hundred persons,with eighty-seren wagons,
within some three hundred and fifty miles
of their destination, all in good health nnd
fine spirits, representing the difficulties of
the route as nothing in comparison with
what they had expected. While the Doc
tor was giving them an intellectual treat,
to which all lisf
sound Presbyterian. He goes practically for commends to the Delegations
celibacy, and is not carried on the current of fashion
and pleasure."
esenl, (o
the duty
rcs-
con-
struct sucli roads as may pass through their
iss political Romanist quad hot, though otherwise ponanl roads projected, the Convention re-' Dalles of the Columbia, on the 20th, and
* J n — —“ — *i - r — • ■ — • • on the 23d proceeded on their journey.
Dr. White has found time, iri the follow
ing letter, to answer our inquiries, in part
touching the prospects and
tion of the new territory,
his way to Wushinglon, the bearer of a
memorial to Congress, from all classes of
citizens in Oregon—Americans, English,
French, and half-hrccds—asking for the
extension of the authority and government
of the * ~
lory.
MEMPHIS CONVENTION. , struct sue, roaas as may .
We publish at large the scries of resold- Slates; and to ask such aid and
lions adopted before the adjournment of from said Slates as may, in their discretion,
this body, and which will show at a view, be necessary nnd proper to aid in the con-
thc subjects of its deliberations and the ex- struction of the works,
lent of ns proposed influence. ! 17. Resolved, That as many of the
1. Resolved, That the Reports of the Roads projected pass through the public
various Coroiuiiices presented to the Con- domain, this Convention would respectful-
vention be printed, and such documents ao- ly urge on the consideration of Congress
companying them as the Committee ap-; the equity of granting the right of way-
pointed to supervise the proceedings of tue | end alternate sections in aid of ihe works
Convention shall deem necessary. Iso situated, such grants, in the opinion of
2. Resolved, Thai the safe communica- 1 this Convention, being no more than a fair
tion between tue Gull of Mexico and the compensation paid by the proprietor for the
interior afforded by the navigation of the enhanced value imparted to the sections of
Mississippi and Uhio rivers and their prin-, land retained by the government.
cipal tributaries, is indispensable to the de-: _ 18. Resolved, By this Convention, that
fence of the country in time of war, and.il is expedient that Congress should make
essential also to its commerce. | an appropriation of money for the purpose
3. Resolved, That the improvement and : of completing the Military Road from the
any
the count r
ry, and that such improvements!military posts on the western frontier,
are deemed by this Conventioaiiupracitea-1 19. Resolved, That the President np-
istened with indescribable in
terest, some of the ladies prepared a rich
repast for him and his little party: coflcc,
sugar, bread, biscuit, buttermilk, and hon
ey, with bacon, rice, anti, several. kinds of
. dried fruits, wete nicely spread out: they
political enndi-1 nte and drank’ talked aud mutually chccr-
Ho _is now mi ,.J ouch other, nnd parted in the happiest
mood. At different points, for the distance
of a hundred and thirty miles, they met.
others—each parly soliciting, they all re
ceived a lecture oh Oregon. The*last par
ty, called the Si. Joseph company, wero
met on Snake river, camped disadvrrnloge-
1 lie documents ore sealed, address- ouslv, being some two and a hnlf miles from
edtothe care of the Missouri delegation, wood or water, on the sandy desert: but
and will, of course, not be uiudc known un-; they found them in the best spirit, and after
til presented to Congress. advising them nt some length on Oregon,
Dr. White heard of Lieut. Fremont’s ■ the party was invited to dinner, and sat
party to the south of fort Laramie, uli well, down to a table in the tent of Rev. M.
St. Louis, Nov., 23, 1845. Fisher, a Rnbtist clergyman, spread with
Sir—I received with pleasure your po- a white cloth, and partook of ten, light
lile note of inquiry regarding Oregon, from bread, crackers, maple molasses, dried b:ef
the consideration of the warm interest you and butler, all prepared in the neatest nian-
have manifested in favor of that new, 'dis- nor. This company were mostly Ncw
tantandinteresting purl of our wide domain, England people, had emigrated to Iowa
and am most happy to assure you, and and from thence to Oregon, and carried
through you, the good citizens of St. Louis their virtuesnnd intrlligcnrcoverthc moiin-
and Missouri generally, who have saitl nnd tains with them. All much happier nnd
done so much to advance our interest, that better for the interview, the patty took their
aside from some inconvenience for the want leave of this interesting group of venera-
of a circulating medium, or the establish- ble sires, aged matrons and smiling youth,
rnent of proper commercial regulations, our nnd passed on to Fort Hall, where they ar-
little colony of 8,0‘.HI, are going folward rived on the 19th of September, and met a
4. Resolved, that the deepening of the 2't. Resolved, That the President ap-
mouth of the Mississippi; so us to puss ships point a Committee of members of
of the largest class cost what il may, is a this Convention, to address our common
work worthy of the nation, and would constituents on the same subject.
greatly promote the general proe|
5. Resolved, That the projec
neciingthc Mississippi river wilh I
ject of con
necting the Mississippi river with the Lakes,
by a ship canal, and thus with the Allan-
IRON STEAMERS OF WAR.
The Military and Naval Chronicle (New
York) speaks os follows of the iron steam
tic Ocea'n is a measure worthy of the en-' vessel, building at Pittsburg, under direc-
j tion of Lieut. Hunter:
rein-
counicracting the effect of ““““'“l P° lson - lightened consideration of Congress.
half a glass of Resolved, That if the policy of rein- ! “We lutd the gratification of visiting not
forcing ttur Navy with war steamers be long since, while sojourning at Pittsburg,
adopted, the western waters are proper in the State of Pennsylvania, the iron war
sources, of supply, as they abound in iron steamer now being constructed under the
the best material for their construction and direction of Capt. william W. Hunter, of
in lead and copper, important materials for the United States Navy. It is conteraplat
munitions of war, provisions also being cd that this vessel will be ready for sea in
cheap, and the skill required for their con- the early part of the spring of 1846; and it
struction and vavigation being ample in is to be hoped that the Navy department
this region, which already possess the lar- will direct ner commander to visit i “
We have known several instances in
which this distressing complaint, even in its
worst stages; has been immediately allevia
ted and speedily cured by the following
remedy : Mix a pennyworth of pounded * be pr
camphor wtlb a wineglass of favandy, pour j e inili £
a smalj quantity on a lump of sugar, and a „d additional li|
all the
most vigorously and prosperously, and, so cordial reception from Capt. Grant,
far as the
On
.. lie accumulation of property is cun- the 23d, they |<assed the romantic and in-
cerned, 1 know of no people so rapidly ad- (cresting Soda Springs, where all drank
vancing as those who have pi rated them- freely.
selves in the valley of the Willamette; nor j On the 27tn, met ur. Joseph Burk, bo-
do I know of any like population so uniform- tanist and mineralogist, sent out by the
ly pleased wilh'lhc country of their adop- English government to make collections,
lion—none, sir, of the sober, industrious nnd and return in seven years from the time of
intelligent part of our cheerful little colony, his departure—dined with him—found hint
but are greatly pleased with Oregon, and : nn intelligent, unassuming gentleman.—
its prospects, uniformity extolling the cli- The party passed “the divide” on the 4lh
mate, soil scenery, &c., &r. And, sir, of of Ociotirr, nil walking over it, and on
this vou need not* bo surprised, as from a ~
residence of nine years in that delightful
valley, I assure vou 1 know of no country
possessing so mild, equable, salubrious mid
agreeable climate^ nor a country of such
varied and beautiful scenery, nor one of
such certainty or uniformity of all kinds of
crops peculiar to such latitude, save Indian
corn, which, though more certain from the
uniformity of cool nights, does not in growl h
yield more than an average New England
crop. Nor do I know of a country every
where possessing such purity of water, or,
allow it 4o dissolve in the mouth every
hour. The third or fourth generally en
blcs the patient to swallow with ease.
Medical Journal.
NEW INTENTION.
* Church'bells can now be made of steel, as has
gest steam commercial marine in the world, principal cities on the Atlantic coast,-in or-
7. Resolved, That the intercourse be- der that the people here may witness the
tween the Gulf of Msxkoand the Atlantic capabilities, to some extent, of that great,
‘ - — be preserved unimpaired, section of country lying west of the- Alle-
luilitaiy and naval defoa- ghany Mountains. I(.would indeed be a j considering its e'xtem, more valuable w ater
mat light-houses and bea- novelty-to belioM in the water of N.-York,'.privileges. Of its natural and commercial
cons should be established along the coast a large war steamer of eleven hundred tons '
of the Gulf of Mexico, at the most eligible burthen, bark-rigged, built on the head wa-
pointp. | ters of the Ohio, more than two thousand
8. Resolved, That millions of acres of miles from the ocean. Her model is of
the public domain, lying on the Mississippi surpassing beauty, and we hnzardan opi.n-
river and on its tributaries, now worthless ion that there are few, if any vessels, now
been moved Vr'in ingenlons American mechanic, for the purposes of cultivation, might be re- in our navy thal will outsail her, even while
in ni,u to, . in an ttoBJ. newepa- claimed by throwing up embankments, so tinder canvass without the aid of her steam
as to prevent ovsrite# ; «ml vbur tfafe^ priWet. , , , _ _ . , f _ .
will cost only about thirty ddfenTsad can he heard vention recommend to Congress to take When completely wemipped for serrtee,
two mile or more. TOe advantages of this ioven-- such measures as may he necessary to ac- tumamrat allon board^er draught of wa-
tuoareaaidtobetwofcld: first, it is so cheap that comphsh that object, by. gnurtof said lands ter tydl be thirteen feet—enabhng her to
were rW-J. iMf We a bell of a dear, brilliant or appropriation of money. cross the bar at 4he mouth of the MisstsMp-
uritotutod 1 kmc laecond it» so light, and being 9. Resolved, That the Gulf nnd Lake pi at all times. On her spar-deck are to
swj-ni- «tn ndUn it.' awn are greater in extetn than the Allan-' be four sixty-four pounders, mounted on
SnnraS bTac^and tid seaboard, thal the interests to be.defcn- j carriages, fitted in wen taxes, which re-
aay fey ctoObltWwdB ss a rttfriw parUi beO- ded i» the one qparte. are quite an WUppjH valve on pivots, enabling them-to bear up-
timc! >a8 The guns are
»j“gvr. Pc
'WWWls
contiguity to the Snndwhtch Islands, Chi
na, Peru and all the western world, it will
be seen at a glance that these am very
great.
I do not deny that, at the first .glance, a
r t portion of tho eastern and interior of
territory -appears of little worth, nor
would otherwise say than that in the Wil
lamette Valley, the garden of the world,
possesses more deph and strength of soil,
and less waste land than any country of
like extent; that three months out of
twelve, arising from the continuous rains,
are disagreablo ; but sir, the time is comin
and rapidly advancing, when domest
herds will take the place of tbo immense
herds of buffalos, and provo a rich source nf
revenue. Experiments at Fort Hall Bases
striking the Sweet Water, all drank, nti
a little pleased to behold the water onr«
more running into the Atlantic. On tbu
13th of October, came in sight of a largo
Siotix village, of some 3d(> lodges, and
containing 2,U0(> souls—went immediately
to it—were met by several Chiefs, and tbo
party conducted ny them to the Soldiers
Lodge, where they feasted upon the choic
est buffalo meat. ' Dr. White exchanged tv
horse with a Chief; at the Indian’s request
and left, after tarrying two hours, the par
ty being as much pleased with their recep
tion as the Indians appeared to be in en
tertaining ibenL They encamped three
miles below the village, horses unmolested,
and nulling missed. Next day met Snako
a notable Chief, and StlO Indians with him,
moving up to the large village which they
had passed—exchanged the usual rela
tions of t he day, and all went off most agree
ably. On the 15th reached Fort Laramie
where the party were hospitably entertain-
ed,«sai Fort IlaU, by Mr. Papin. Left
on the 16th: having purchased a sufficient
supply of dried bufialo meat and flour, with
groceries, to last to Independence, intend-.
mg to accomplish the journey with all po—
Bible expedition, and not to e!s p to RH)
game. On the LTth, mot eight or nine ox
teams, heavily loaded with goods for trad
ing with the Indians, m charge of Captain
F rich, who had a trading post seven miles
below Foil Itaramic, on the On