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u w. I tat; iuito axd raorairrua. OKSBOZV CITY; SATURDAY, OCTOliKR W, iHflfl. Agent for the Argvm. J. K. Melts um, Ufijelte. ('. A. I.RKD, A'tffVfM, Mohoan Rudolph, Sullimihj. AV. IUslow, ,Va. L C. Raymond, WW Cwrc. J)R. IUVH, HImwIiiiIoh. KlANlf VV, HaoWN, Corrnlli: Amos Haiviv, ' '. ftoMlMoN AUKN, yfmi'y. J. K. Lvt.E, . John McKiNNiir, C'alnpnnia. KbV. Wilson Hmin, fVon Point, h. A. ICirK, Jucknmtille. II. Hariis, Cinciuntiti. Judos: Sniuino, JV, tV. Jno. JJ. PatitTUN, IIW Co. rV. It. A. X. Piiri.m, O'ulmhurj, III. Law Concerning Wcwspnpcrs. r7 If tuhavtilien order III dicuiitinu.ins of Iheir pap", In piibl.alirr may continue lo tend tliem until all mrnaranti art paid. OJ If ulwcriUriHii'iflect or refuse lo take llii ir n fruin Ilia put olhVe, r other plaea, lo liicli liry ore fill, Ihey er linn rtpunie uiiiii nn-v etlla all em-amp, tlioulrl llirre he sny. IJ If milMiirilwni remove l ollirr 'ace, willi oiil iufcrniiiiK III publii-lier, ami lh 'Rr n h-oI . lo tlrt former diroi'tion, Ihey are hrM reuiute. I J It ia uut uflicirnl for a ntiiianter, alien a paper Ij ixit liikro out nf his office, lo rcluro one with "not taken 0111" wniion on urn margin, urn Um mart will, t lUr la Ilia pubjwher, ainnf miim aad purt-olTice.-jnd slating llul lliv paper ia not laken from Ilia Ulna. uinerwM 1110 -mauler ia held rpoiwible. latlaa DimcaUlea. Little else i heard, and little the it 'ought after, just at ibis juncture, but nowi from the iccnet of Indian difficulties. It is now m it always lion been whenever there ha been a popular excitement, creating a demand fur news, wo huvo an ubuuduut tup ply. It seems impoMiblo to overstock the market. No report, however insigmhcant, it started, but what it finds an ubundnnccof impetus from multitudes of people, who, In 'their wild excitement nro ready to "keep tho ball rolling" until what at first niny be- only an insignificant atom, comes down up on us a nn overwhelming avnluncho. Thut we are iu the midst of a general war with the savages on our borders, wo Ihnve nbuinloiit evidence to belivvo. An that there ia now an oll'uiisivo ulliaiico of large numbers, from all ilia tribes, from tho ocean on tho southwest of our Territory, eastward, and northward to tho llritih line, forming a continuous belt of walch fJrei en circling tho tottlomeiiU of Oregon mid Washington Territories, wo have got id res ton to believe. We also have reason to by lieve that the present allianco of Ihese bor der tribes ia the result of conferences, coun cils, and negotiations, that' Imvo been car ried on for many months by moans of run ners and extraordinary mcssongcrs, who .have visited tho lodges of these, scvorul tribes in order to excite them to a general outbreak. Thut these runners have repeat edly visited, and are now viniling, nil tho In dian! in this Volley, and endeavoring bv .promises and threats to iuduco them logo -out and join in tho war, and that all the Clickntats, with perhaps two or three e.v ceptions, have already gono out nnd joined the onomy, wo have abundant evidcuco of- .'Out that there is any immediate, dnugor of an attack upon the settlements of the Wil Jametto Valley, as is fearod by many, or that tho Indians aro already on their way hither, m bus been reported, wo do not believe. Whether they entertain any such idea a 'being able to cut oil' ull the whites iu the country, we know not. If they nro oven emboldened to cross the Cascades, it must bo by somo remarkably successful atroko in the beginning of the war, which shall de cide those who are yet vneillaliiir, and re suit In a universal rising of all the tribes on tho frontier. In such an event we are una i.i.. . . .. i. .. r.. . .1 it . vmiuaiijr imi unco iney town musii rin the field, It would not probablr cxcoei vi mo iiiomuuu wurriors, unless tho Snakes should becomo their allies, in which case their number could bo easily doubled. It toems thut by arraii'-omeiila lrdy made by the Governor wo shall soon liavo a force of somo nine hundred men In tho field against, tho Clickiitats and Yaki na, and about six hundred and fifty in the South to attend to the R.R1io River nnd bhaslo Indians. V feel quite confident ! ht with this number of men, consisting I mostly of volunteers, we shall be able to! teach the red skins what they ought to have! learned a kin time ago. We sincerely I hope that a lasting poaoo will be "romm rW ' this time, instead, of K ing eon,, with a few 1 iihmkeU. Our policy, hitherto, with the Roguo River and Snake Indians has been uch at to produce anything but ropvt for us, or fear of us. U'e have heard little else for the hut five years from the Roguo river Indians than a soriotof outbreak and jvttv depredatiom upon weak and defenseless in dividuals. 'Ws prcdickd in 1S5I, when wo pasaad through Rogue river vall.y, and lw caineeonvcniniil with their tracherous char acter, and the physical features of their founlrv, alfoidiug every f.lviitr f0, uiJi., from their pursuers, that the country could never be settled with safety, short of in ex UrminatioD of the Indian who held it in possession. The history of the last four yearsanJsltlf, much of which has been written in blood, we think has fully justified our convictions. The war with these savagtt bat broken out at an exceedingly favorable time. It it yet early enough, with prompt and deddid uction upon the part of tho Executive, and aco oi.era-.on by ins pcopio, 10 gey wur fores upou the field, with a tuincicui - amount of provisions for tho men and prov ender for the animals, before the setting iu of winter, to enable our soldiers to make a comfortaMo an I tfllcieut winter t cam paign. W expect the Iudiuut to retreat speedily to their mountain fostnesset upon the approach of our men, or toon afior they have tasted a little sulphur, at least. Noth ing short of tho snows in tho mountains will probably drive them into the valleys, where we can engage them. If the winter should be hard, the Indians w ill be unable to bring their horses into the field. Our horses can be kept up by proper feeding so as to give us great advantuge over them iu this ro pect. Tho Indians are in possession of Jiorses, cattle, and other properly enough, to pay the wholo expenses of the war, and we think they will be compelled to foot tho bill. We speak now of tho Northern Iudi- ia. . ...n.t ans. v lint amount or properly tue oouiu eru Indians have, we know not. Kvery In dian should be treated at nn enemy unless ho furnish good proof to the contrary ; and we should bo willing to tuke no proof short of his assistance in prosecuting the war against our em mice. In conclusion, we think it but an net of juUice to Gov. Cl'Hity to say that ho has acted promptly in this matter, and ought to have. tho credit of having done his ufy. Wo think ho hilt tho nnilon the bond when, in hit proclamation calling for Rogue river volunteers, he informs us thut the war must bo so prosecuted at to "secure indemnity fur the jutst, nnd conquer a lusting peace for tho future." fciT Mr. DiiowN,of this city, who left tho Pulls on last Sunday, informs ns that h saw Mnj. Ilnller't command after their re turn from llio light. In convcrsatiea with the soldiers he learned tho following pnrlio uhirt : Tho ground upon which Mnj. Ilaller kept tho Indians at bay for sonic fifty hours, with out water, was en elevation covered with scattering brush aud timbor. The Indians woro all mounted, and kept charging and firing, as it the custom of Indians in battlei nil tho time under rapid motion, and taking good care to keop nt n respectable distance. Tho regulars found their mountain howitzer of great sorvico, nt by means of a good use of it they wero enabled to frighten the snv. ages badly. They had no correct idea of the number of Indians thnl fell upon tho buttle field, but think thore could not have been less than forty or fifty. They saw a good many fall, which wero immediately earned from tho field. As they charged through tho Indian lines, upon their retreat, they saw vast quantities of blood upon the ground, which gnvo evidence that soma ox edition had been done. Tho Indians mil sued tho soldiers ns long as they wero iu the timber, but as sopn as they reached tho open country tho savages immediately abnndoncd the pursuit. Tho soldiors could givo no cor rect idea of tho number of Indians engaged, but said that tho woods wero swarming with them, and there must Imvo been fifteen hun dred at least. Wonilcrful illsctnsure. Tho Standard Informs us that tho Indi. ans in Oregon have driven such a brisk trade with tho whites for guns nnd ammu nition, for tho last tw elve months, that great dilliculty is experienced by our volunteers in procuring- amis. This may possibly be true, but wo doubt it very much. Tho law imposes n fino of.iJiiOO upon a whito man for telling or giving an Indinn n gun or even a load of powder. Wo have never kuow n of nn instance in which ono of our citizens has violated tho law, though somu such may have occurred. But that the traf. fie has been caaried on to tho extent the Slnndard thinks it has, we cannot believe. Tho difficulty he speaks of in procuring guns is owing to tho fact that many of our volunteers are, young men who do not own guns. Tho heads of nearly nil the families of tho country keep guns, but nt this par ticular crisis they aro not willing to givo up ineiromy means or defense, provided the war should bo transferred to thoir firesides. Wo believe all of our voluuteors aro now supplied with arms. &T At the I);, there are something over ono hundred men (besides the troois) 11(1. 1 111,., nt an n...nl - I. a and about an equal number of w0m,n ' ! Tho settlers in middle Oregon are rapiJlr I . 1 J garnering ill to the Dal s for f..r nf diiiiis"." Their effects are safely lodged in t blockhouse constructed on a hill, for pur pose of safety. Tka t.lsrkaasas txmpsay Of voluuU-crs organised last Sunday by electing iU officers, and ttnrlcd down to Portland on Monday. They nro a fine looking ho ly of men, nnd we have no doubt will givo a good account of themselves iu the day of battle. Annexed nro the unmet of the officers and men : James K. Kelly, Captain ; Adolplius 1). Hannah, 1st Lieutenant J Joseph A. Pow null, 2d Lieutenant j Samuel U. StafT.rd, 1st Sergeant; Casper I). Ilmklo, d Ber . William Mitchell. 3d Sergeant ; Almond llolcomb, 4th Sergeant; George Holmes. 1st Corporal ; Charles W. roblett, 2d Corporal 5 Frederick C. Mack, 3d Cor- porul ; Joseph Driqicr, 4tu Corporal. Privates Joseph iJickcns, V.. L.Bradley, A. Kirk, T. II. Bell, i. Sweet, Edward Con ner, G. N. Smith, D. V. Drake, S. V. Price, C. P. Fleming, A.B. Church, A.Q. Church, Wm. E. Klliotl, Joseph Shiver, Win. 0. Moore, Alex. SStrow, lloiner McKiuney, Henry Hawkins, Irving E. Olesson, Josepu Dufr, Newton Bull", I. II. Stephens, Austin Iliott. Wm. Morchmd, Lewis llersey.John Therbcr, Daniel Ford, Robertson Ford, T. U. B. Donaldson, J. B. Williams, Robert F. Rains, David Lcntz, Isaac Greer, A. A. Thomns, Wm. Meullin, J. E. Taylor, Xclson NcCoimell, Leonard Whook, D.Telyheer, J, M. Fleming, R. M. Williams, G. W. C. F. Felton, Edtnuud Sheppard, John Huntley, Win. Mofh'tt, Jnmes Donnhoe, Wm. II. Williams, Wm. O. Flaherty, Jabcz Iluclat. Vrorn Walla Walla. Dick llarley, who was in company with Mr. McKinley, reached Oregon City night before last Ho left McKinlay at Ft. Wal- In Wallu, where he purposed to remain a day befuro ho camo in. Uarley in company with two other men camo in from tho Uma tilla alone. Ho snys they saw no Indians to tpcnk of nlong tho road, and never heard of tho war till they reached tho Dulls. He saw a great many tents on tho north side of tho Columbia, and the probability is that the Cuyuso warriors have nil moved north over tho river. marinate. It is reported that the Indians on Tilla mook Ray, immediately west of this on the const, have cut off nenrly or quito tho whole settlement. Tho houses aro said to have been all burned and the inhabitants massa cred. The appearance of theso Indians has been suspicious for somo timo past. jtir Report says thnt n largo body of In dians is camped at Summit prairie, about forty miles cast of Foster's on tho emigrant road. Very doubtful. irWo hcor that about two IitinJrod Indians have crossed the mountains through tho Sautiain pass, and are now camped on tho bend waters of the Santiam. A com pany of men have gone out from Marion county to sco whether this bo true. Suspicious. We learn that olio hundred nnd five pounds of powder were taken from a Cath olio Priest a few days since'nt tho Dalls. Tho priest was on his way up to his mission establishment, and persisted in keeping the powder, ns ho intended it for tho Spoknns to hunt with. During tho Cayuso war, one of these gentlemen was caught in the net of taking powder to the Indians. How Imp pens it, that whenever a war breaks out w ith tho savages, the priests hasten down for a supply of powder I And how happens it that amidst all tho slaughter of whito pco plo, tho catholic priests escape, ns nt the timo of tho Wuilatpu massacre I OP Philip Foster camo into Oregon city on last Tuesday, considerably excited on ac count of the supposed danger of his location He says tho Indians are almost constantly passing to and fro upon tho emigrant road loading past his house, through tho Cas cades. Tho traveling is done in tho night, and mostly between bed time and day light. Tho Clackamas county volunteers sUirtcd day beforo yesterday, intending to reach the Dalls by tho wagon road across the mountains. They will stand a chance to catch a few Indians ruuncrs, if Mr Foster is correct in lu conjectures. ' 03" The Marion county Company of Mounted. oluntocrs, under ihe command of Cnptnin Bennett, passed through our city Inst Thursday morning, on their way to lortlaud. the Company numbered 79 men, and, like every thing tlso iu Old Ma rion, is hard to bent. aJ.5 "Injuns" would stand a poor chance against those men in an open field. jCfTWo have no room for much States news this week. The public mind is all engaged with the war news in Oregon just now. We have a correspondent in the It .a ' ' "U "pe 10 kepP readers regu- . ' U1 enr,iet newsfrom tue seat of -. r , vv vi i ui.ui ri ur fighting, or even making "treaties" KTThe Mail steamer is clue next Tues day night. rrfoa Vtty l4l- It seems that whil.t our citizeni wore met on last Mouday night to take our in- lerniil Indian relations into consideration, tho squaws wero busy in replenishing their empty bottles with rum. The Indinn liquor merchant must have taken in cons.ucrao.e hane that niu'ht. w tho savages laid in a good tupply. At least on the night follow, ing the meeting, tho red skins who nre camped within a stone's throw of our domi cil held a drunken jollification, w hicb in the rnngnitudo of its bluster, and in the serious nest" of its character, out-Deviled any thing wo have heard beforo. Tho whole of the forepart of the night wat made hideous with tho sound of angry words, and with the tcreams aud moans of the miserable victims of drunken lavage ferocity. One squaw wat literally cut to pieces nnd gave up the ghost. At least so we wore inform od. Another one wns dreadfully cut and mancled around the bead and face. These poor creatures, that so often suffer from violent hands iu their drunken sprcos. are generally slaves which have been stolen from other tribes. There has been a con slant traffic kept up among the Oregon In dians, in slaves, consisting of women and children which have bocn stolen from other tribes. Nothing, can exceed tho cruelty with which theso poor creatures. are treated by their masters, especially in their drunken revels. We Lave a law subjecting the man (noi we will lako thnt bock,) the creature, tho incarnate Devil in human shape who fur nishes theso Indians with liquor, to the pen alty of a heavy fine. In effect we might as well have a law imposing fines and impris onments upon "tho man iu the moon." No body is nblo to find out who this mysterious "creature" is. Like tho " Wandering Jew," ho is every whore, aud no where. No one is able to forrct out bis den, except tho squaws. They all know exnetly where to fiud him, and just how much change, (or other commodity,) it takes to constitute) a quid pro quo for ono bottlo of grog. ' They not only procure their liquor from him, but have been his attentive scholars, and have taken lessons in the art of lying nnd decep tion until not a nod, a wink, or a look, from them will serve ns a guido to those who wish to find the liquor mcrehanl. They give us abundant evidence tn many nights of whoro tho liquor goes to, but whence it comes, no man knowcth. The citizens of tho placo nro night after night deprived of their rest, our womon nnd children lie quaking in their beds through fear, nil caused by tho demoniacal conduct of a perfect bedlam of some sixty or seven ty drunken Indians, who have gathered in hero from Klamath Lake for tho purpose of o'gS'ig, stealing, and getting drunk, and there is not power enough in Oregon City, now numbering over two hundred men, to derise n remedy. Somo of these Indians are getting so smart that they have within tho hist few weeks drawn their knives nnd arrows in some of our citizens' houses, to frighten the women into giving them food, Mr. Blanchard's wife, nt Cancmnh, not long siuce, who was in child bed, nnd unable to riso, was ordered by nn Indian to go and get him victuals, upon pain of being shot with nn arrow which ho stood pointing nt her. Now if,' as some think, there is no danger from these Indians whilst they nre sober, nil will admit, we think, that whilo they aro intoxicated any person is liable - i.n . . ... io lau n vicum 10 ineir rage. But even admitting that in their drunken revels thnt there is no danger of their hew ing to pieces any body but thoir own squaws, does not humanity dictate that there should bo a stop put to it ? 'Besides, aro we under no obligations to look after tho penco and comfort of our wives nnd daughters, who amidst all tho reports, gathering thick and fast, of Indian depredations aro i.enrly dis tracted at the sound of hellish "revelry by night" which indicates that King Dscchus has dethroned what littlo reason tho savages have, and turned them into demons thirst ing for each other's blood ? .If the liquor cannot bo removed from them we think it would not be a bad plan to re movo them from the liquor, and send them back on Klamath lo live on nnts nnd snails, and drink river water, as they have been ac customed to. Our vigilance committee would do well to look after this matter. If no clue can bo got to tho vendor of liquor, nnd if the In diaus are to be permitted to remain the bal ance of their days, with as man v more of their friends as chooso to come, we can easily teach them, that after this they are io seep pertectly qmet during the night and let our citizens sleep. JrThe Yamhill company, consisting of over etglity volunteers, all mounted upon American horses, passed through Portland on last Wednesday. It is said to have been well armed, and to have made the most im posing appearance of any company in the regiment The company from Washing ton county consisting of over one hundred men, has also started out, piilille lta. ti.a .iiijidu ul Oreeoo City convene last Moudny night iu the Methodist meet ing house, for" fhe purpose of taking into consideration the necessity of looking after tho peace and safety of tho people, which A . .. . I 1... .I.Mt.Li.n III. nrd constantly llircaicncu uy uiu.." .is in m.r mii'.t. The meeting was hirgo nnd highly respectable. A number of speeches wero made, after which cum.n.v tee wat Appointed to drnft resolutions ex pressive of tho sense of tlio meeting. In "nrrvmrr Allt the sentiment of the reso lutions reported by the committee, which were unauimously adopted, a vigilance com. mittoe consisting of nino porsons was ap pointed to look after these matters, nno an independent company of minute men was enrolled, whoso duty it is to support tho vigilance committee hi their action, ana uo and re form nil other acts which the safety of our citizens may require, as touching our Indinn relations. (KrTho following are the officers of the Washington company of mounted volun teers : Thomas R. Cornelius, Captain ; Hiram Wilbur, 1st Lieutenant ; Wm. II. U. My ers, 2d Lieut. ; Richard S. Caldwell, 1st. Sergeant ; Geo. W. Ebbert, 2d Sergeant ; John B. Hall, 3d Sergeant ; John II. Smith, 4th Sergcnnt; Wm. Reeves, 1st Corporal; John M. Armstrong, 2d Corporal; J. Tay lor McCoruas, 3d Corporal; Wm. T. Day ton, 4 th Corpora). This Company is recognized as Company (C) of the Oregon Mounted Volunteers. (KT The Yamhill Company arrived in Portland on Wednesday. The following is the list ofofficors: Captain, A. J. Hcmbroo ; 1st Lieut., John llibblo; 2d do., W. EL Wright; 1st Serct.. J. Toot ; 2d do., Albert Gates ; 3d do., W. Ewing; 4th do., John Everett; 1st Corporal, C.Stewart ; 2d do., J.Max well; 3d do., A. Roberts ; 4th do., J. G Griffin. Taking to the ltrusta. We understand that the boys gathered in to charivari Mr. Luellino a few nights ngo, nshe (Luclline) had been lately inar riod. The boys made such a "rumpus" that ono or two families somo three miles back of Milwnukie mistook the noise for the yells of savages, nnd thinking the Indians were attacking the settlements, they left their houses nnd took np their lodgings for tho night in the brush. Wo also learn that since that Mr. Luellino aud consort have become so frightened with Indian stories that they have also Blept one or two nights out in-the brush. Oblinary. Wo are truly pained to announce our fears thnt J. W. Sufllivan, of San Francisco, California, the incomparably fast bookseller, departed this life just beforo the steamer left her wharf for Oregon. Tho time of his death will account for its not being noticed in tho San Francisco papers. The only evidence wo liavo of his death, is tho fact that the nevor-beforc-failing bundle of nice exchanges from his establishment failed to come to hand by last steamer. Wo nre afraid there has been "fonl play" somewhere, nnd wo don't know whom to suspicion for poisoning him, unless it be Wells, Fargo & Co., the only competitors for speed nnd promptness that we know of his ever having had. t3T Mr. Durham's Saw Mill opposite Milwnukie, was burned to thegrouud a few days since. Tho men wero burning a pile of rubbish near tho mill, when tho wiud became sufficiently strong to curry the Haines mlo the building. Postpoucuient of tUe Concert. Trof. New ell requests us to state thnt on account of tho present excitement growing out of the Indian wars his concert will be indefinitely postponed. .i Sew Paper. We learn by tho Yreka Union that Mossrs. Taylor, T'Yault, and Blakely are to start a newspaper at Jacksonville, 0. T on next Thursday (Oct. 25.) to Correspondents. "They ask if Sam's alive, Sir," next week. "Hugo" ought to apply himself to Web- ster's Spelling Book for about six weeks be fore he undertakes to write for the press. His ideas, like bis orthography, seem to bo mightily '-mixed," as much so as machine poetry. "So So or Cumtux" is refused. It con- . ru6Cui iruuis, out comes so near "twitting upon facts" that we fi.nr might consider it "personal." JVm.rlcaw !ioinl,iu for uovcrnor In Ohio. The American Tartvof Ohin m. i n. . oi ventionoa the 9th of August, and nomi nated Gen. Allen Trimrip f TILI-J , , jugumm, county. Gen. Trimble was an early .ettler of Ohio, and has acted a prominent part in the politic of the State, but of late years has lived m retirement IT., filial .i. of Governor two terms, from 1824 to 1829- noctovt Dltrtr. : It will bo toen by reference to the Mlw ing, which we tnko from Congressional pro cocdingt as reported in the Congrotsioual Globo of Jauuary 20, 1805, that there seems to bo a wide difference between thecqiinlon of Joseph Lane, ns reported In the following extract from a speech mado by lilm upoi the floor of Congress, nnd thnt of Mr. Pal nmr.iii reference lo tho causes which have produced tho former outbreaks among tho I . .. ... 1 f. . V ... . Indians of Rogue itivcr. nicer nano gives tho Rogue rivor Indinnt a particular selling down for all torts of tricks, aud troacliory, and Mr. Edgerton cuts biin short with tb . tutemcnt of Geu. rulmor, it is a little atnus r f. t.... tn .1n.lr.tnn am ing to see l,uuos iiig'.-iiui.j ... 6...s to tho Indians that murdered tho AVard family. Wo thought it but just at thlt particular crisis of another dilliculty with tho "Roguo rivers," to publish tho follow ing in order that we may bo guided a littlo for tho futuro by tho "lump of experience.'' In order to bo just, we. shall let both lump shine in upon this Roguo river corner, giving cry different light ns they do, but we shall leave our readers to judgo which of them ! to bo regarded ns the "truo light. As lo tho ciuses which Lave produced the troubles with theso Indians, Mr. Lena is certainly at issue with Mr. Palmer. ' Mr. Lanb. I resorted to every pos sible menus to preserve friendly relations with the Roguo River Indians, nnd lo pre vont the massacre of our people. But tneif character, liko thnt of most ull tho warlike tribes, is full of deceit. They feign good words ami friendly demeanor towards those -Ihey intend to destroy. Timo and again have I heard them recount their adventures as tbey lounged around their camp-fires, telling of their secret tricks and cunning how they surrounded their enemies in tha gloom of night, nnd murdered them -while they lay asleep; nnd men, too, with wlion) they had smoked in peace nnd eonrord the evening previous. 1'hey Imvo douo wroug, and, for their wrong doing, tkey ought to be punished. These Indians, I sny, macfo peace with Us ui 1S51. Then I uiidcitook, at great trou blo and expenso, to rot urn to them their women and children who had been captured by Major Kearny, who commanded the force which invaded their country. On that occasion I wns a volunteer nnd served in the ranks. Cnptnin Stuart was killed in ihe war. Mnj. Kearny said that ho would tuko the women and children to Cnrifornul with biin and return them by steam to Ore gon. After journeying about one hundred miles, this gallant officer becamo satisfied1 thnt his plan was impracticable ; nnd, partly at my own expense, I took theso Women" and ehiklren back to their own people. I watched over them, fed them, aud prevent ed any infringement upon their rights. Off their return peace wns madu npeneo waielf lasted until 1853, whett ihey ngain got it into their beads lo murder white people. They never give warning of their fell mtctv tions. Jumping into the unsuspecting and unprotected settlements, they murdered aud burnt nil they could lay their bauds? Mr. l.DGERTON, Let me ask the gentle man from Oregon w hat is tho character of Joel Piilmcr, the superintendent of Indian anairs in Uregon ? Mr. Lane. Ho is nn honest, sensible,, nnd good man ; nnd tho people- of Oregon aro a law-abiding, honest, and gallant peo ple. Mr. Edgerton. . I propose, with the con sent of tho gentleman anil the House, to read what Mr. Palmer says in his hist official report of Indian murders nnd depredutions . Cries of "Rend I "1 Mr. Edgerton. lie writes as follows t "From the frequent recurrence of similar atroci ties against the Indians in southern and southwest ern Oregon, tho conviction ia foreed upou me, that a premedtiated and combined effort, on tfio part of reckless and evil disposed whitea roaming through that country, lius been, and continues to be made, lo plungo the Government iutoauother Indian war, m:d to carry out their favorite scheme of auuihi latin? Iliesu Indians. ''These miscreants, regardless of ago or sex, as sail and slaughter these poor, weak, and dcfaiteleas' Indians with impunity, us there are no means ill the hands of the agents to prevent these outrages, or bring the perpetrators to justice. "There are many well-disposed perrons in that district whose sense of justice and humanity revolts at such inhuman scenes; but, through fear, or some oilier cause, Ihey nre silent It is presumed that many unito and' take part in these deeds of horror as meuns of self-preservation, their fears be ing wrought upon by recklesa and lawleaa persons, lest the appearance of opposilion to their conduct might subject them to a doom similar to that which, uefulstho ludian," This gentleman frequently, in his reports, alludes' to massacres, on the part of the whites, which would justify retaliation on the part of tho Indians. Mr. Lank. Mr. Palmer fs a good mar In the extract which the gentleman has radr he refers to the Indians who live west of the Cascade mountains, and for the purchase of whose land I inquired of the chairman of Ways and Means, whether an nppropriotitm had been made to satisfy them. The Indians who massacred Ward's party live four hundred miles to the east; audi am of the opinion that Mr. Palmer has not. seen them since ho .passed through their country on his way to Oregon. He, I know would be as ready as any other man, to turn OUt and inflict SuitaMn nnniel.monf i,r,nn these Indirns for that dreadful massacre. Ihese are tho facts. Let them go before, the country; that is all I ask. OtrThe census of New York Las been illation since, below the expectations of our oiti.n. .ml journals, some of which latter had predicted a footing up of at least 750,000. KrThc population of Minnesota is estU maud at fifty-live thousand sjx, Lundrci omcially declared. Our ti holo popi amounts to 0'.'4,1 70, being an increase, 1850, of 108,084. Tin.