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Stljc rcgou ftvgu OBJOOIf CITY: SATURDAY, FKMiUAKY 0, WO. Areata for the Jru. J. U, MtUllllK, hifuijeUt. (!. A. Ubkd, ,S'. Moroaji llub()i.Piif Sullimily. Sn. Harlow, MMla. IL C. Kayjcokd, WW Cwe. Da. DAVIS, JUoowiiiyton. Amo IIarveit, 7-m IVVy. Solomon Allk, iwnVy. J. K. I'TLR, Mint. Juii.f Md-mm, Valajmia. Rev. Wilson !laim, rii VW. I A. I.UB, Jacksonville. If. IIakbih, Cincinnati. Da, Ghkbr, Sterluifvile, 0. T. JuDfiE S.1ELLINO, IV'A'l, 6W. J.IO. 1'.. l'UKMTu.N, H'llV Co. in. 11. A. '. l'liBLfs, C'ulabury, III. Willis Wakkinkr, Camden, Ju. Law Concerning Newspapers. rr If Mil-t-rilMr order tho ilisconlinuim- of llirir psp"re, Hi publisher nmy continue to send ilirm unlit all arrtariM'i nit paid. t T If tulnerlb ite.lret or refuse lo take lh ir parfium Hi port olli r, er other pl.ii:, to which tlirv tm Kill, Ihry ir held responsible until Ihey Mill ill arrearage, liotiW there It any. IT II niliui ilxn remuvu Ui oiIut place, wilh- ul informing Hie p'iulilier, ami llie 'HT M m-ui lo the former diro-iion, lhy r held riwiwidoble. IT It i not ufficienl for K(init!er, when nwri ixil Uik.-o out of In other, lo return on with ''not taken out" wrillen mi the margin, hut lie miMt writ lHr to the iiul Ulwr, (living the name and post-office, anil nt.il.nif 1l1.1t the paper la uol taken from the olli a. Uiliorw.se me p'l muter hold remnible. t borrrsauatlenU. W. liavs a lut of commiiiilc.illou. on hand which limit lit ovrr till tieit weik. "nrohibilloiiit" haanrnl ua 1 piece of an artii-I- Hy wnw mlatako the page he ami ua open in llie middle of hi subject. lu newer to aeverul ennunuiiicuiiutie we will aajr that th ''.Money lo I.ouu" doe nut belong lo ut, hut to blind man In (hit cily. It ran be had t Iwoon.l a half per cent, a month. Who ever heard of in tdilur having ninnry lo loan? "M.T." can get the book hue, fur $12. "W.W," i informed that the ran wu argued by Hull. F. P. Muintuu, lute Member of Congress, from Memphis, T nil., anil the desired information can be obtained by writing lo him. ll' know nothing inure about tlio mutter. The mult of the uil we huvc not been uhle to ham. You had bet tor direct your letter lo U'axhiitginu City. Our -'ulurc-ttedueUuB In Prlre. Nino Week, lliuro will close tliu lirst Vol li 11 10 of Tiik Aniius. In answer to many '' inquiries wliicli arc made of us 111 to wtiut It er wo hIjouI J be 11LI0 ut the bey inning of tlio next volume, to redeem our promise to rcilucu tlio rico Mini enlarge our paper ns soon as possible, wo aro glad to any llint we nro nlilu to Jo boilt. Wo havo met thus fur with bettor encouragement tint 11 wo Jarud nt first to liopo. Kveu nt our prosont pricct ourauujcrintion lit is conitntilly incrciksing. an J we nre cotiliiiuully rocuivin itsauriiiicea from almost every acct'um of llio country, ! that our efl'orts lo umko a good family pn , for aro apprec'mted by tlio intvUicnco mid ' truo doniocrucy of the country. 'I'ltc ros pect in, tli rat at our present price our sub cription list would noon comparo favorably with thuso of I ho oldcHt journal in tliu Ter- , ruory. Din niinotiijn wo might imvo a larger circu'atioii than any other papor, and might receive n boiler coniponsalioii for our labor llian any other publisher in Oregon, wo ahoiild novor feel that wu hud ncconi plitdicd llio purposo thai lies near to our heart, ao long at llio price of our paper ' placed it beyond tlio reach nf bundled of familioti who ought to have it. That a good paper ia iror live dollar 11 year, or even twieo that sum, to any family, ia loo plain for argument, ami that llio great niajotitv of men iu Oregon aro lo pity ihatsum, is Kjually clear. Vet n ninny men, with out reflection, doubt (ho truth of either of thoto fact, and us they are generally im pressed willi the belief that a paper can be I printed for less, mid that it ought 10 Ik, wo hav concluded to obi into every obji'otiou and strip every man of all excuses for not uueeribing, by reducing tlio price of Tiik AriU's to tho lowest possible, notch, after enlarging it to the amount nf tiro win inns und u An additional. This, of course, mutt bt imwiublji in i,Viinre, mid cash nt that. Wherowo Inko trade of any kind, wo linut huv tho uld prko. Our terms for tho nevt volume, (begiiminje n April,) will U)l Tor 11 wnole aulwcriU-r, ,1,.,i0; club of ten or uioie at one otlKv, ):),00 each. -;' Is '1. : . 'J'o those who wish to take a S utes pa.r, ..w ... rowh-w 4 Wells hnvo i written to ns, ,.g us p, ,,ir 0,k. in w.lh lua .U-.i s to such as u,y v.ih ,1 a . . , them. Any prison vlij wiO..- ...hi tjio papers upon I f ,1 U,g , , . For I-or 1 . . .Ucvs .nd the r,,,r Cur, Ju, ho reWiW 1,005 or for all of then, together $7,00. Those who intend to a e any o( the abov work, j Cflowlorsand Well. , please send us tKen.oBey,l...eJ.ately1.ollatw.m:,y0r. dcr Uien, on at early day. At lh.pr.ee for which. .-propose to pub- Ibh our psh.r, ,t w il! U- ,0,S5;,7 for u, ,0I ii . .ilui.ril)tifill list nearly aouoie our pr.-i. -r in order to keep up. WhiUt we return our friends tbouand tbauke for their exertions in our behalf thus fur, we hope that they will not only conlinuo, lut increase, their xenions. at we diminUh the price. AH of your neighbors oughl to both take it them solve and tend another copy to some friend in the Statu, at that price It U not necessary to state pcrhapt that we intend to try more and more to improve 1 . ii.:..l our paper, as a puaiic journal. ourtelf, that wo are now beginning to "gcl the Lan2 of it.'' Not very much could be expected the first year from one who had for nearly nine years been following me plow, and handling the ax and spaue, in stead of driving the quill. We have ah ways belonged to the hard-handed democ racy, and we bavo ever tried to publish a paper to suit the.111, instead of pettifogging politicians and white-livered city soap-locm We are now enlisted in the war ; you all know the flag wo carry at our mast-head i we have shown our hand ; our principles are not hid up in a corner; our "ground h "high" enough, perhaps ; if not, we will como up a littlo higher. Truth is our mot to, tho wholo truth, and nothing but the truth; and, with all duo respect for tho opinions of others, wo calculato to drivo the plowshare of truth beam deep through the great moral vineyard in which we are la boring, plowing up moral and political brambles and thorus, and trying to make it bud and blossom with fruit-yielding shrubs and plants. One word in conclusion to our old patrons who are behind the times. Try to pay up soon for tho first volume ; llio pay for the next will then come easy. We are might ily iu need of the money to pay what debts we owe. Our expenses must be paid up in about nine weeks. Wc shall then want ev ery dollar that is due us. Shall we have it 1 Sny yes or no 1 Uea. Wool liov. Carry The Orefoe and Calirormla Pre. The people, of California and the States, nil J many honest enquirers nftor truth in our own Territory, nfler reaJlne the papers thai have ao warmly joined issue upon the important cause now pending, of Gen. Wool vtrtwi Gov. Clbrv, or of the U. S. Regu lars vermtt Oregon Voluntocrs, will un doubtedly understand one thing very clear ly, and that is, that there has been unfortu nately a clash between the representative au thorities of tho two "military bodies now in the tent, or in tho field. That there must hnvo been a cause for this collision, every man who has much "causality" must imme diately conclude ; but if he is ablo to get at tho true cause, and thus bo able to form a correct opinion upon the case, by what has yet transpired in tho presses beforo alluded to, he must liavo tho faculty of bringing or der out of "confusion worao confounded." Wo havo endeavored thus fur in the his tory of this imbroglio to stand aloof as much as possiblo from an afluir which we have hcrotoforo considered, from tho best lights wo had, ns rather nn improper and unpropi- tious opening for a public journal, deeply interested in tho issues of tho preseut war, and anxious that tho wnyaldo nnd fireside talk of irresponsible men should not bocl evntod to nn importnnca next to official cor respondence, by finding a placo in typo, thus unwisely widening tho breach which wo hnvo sorrowfully witnessed to be gradu ally widening, until it has nt last, by tho aid of n few indiscreet "pitchers in," become a yawning gulf, which threatons to cither swallow up many of our interests, or give ns a vast amount of trouble in bridging it. As tho case may bavo stood heretofore, tho time has already passed when, in our judgment, the case assumed nn aspect that justified us in breaking Bileiico. Wo ap proach tho subject with a full desire to do justice to all parties concerned, nnd if, from a want of nccess to official authority, wc should mako n single mistake, wo shall be glad to mako tho correction hereafter j anJ wo nsk every man to forego his judgment till ho reads to the bottom of this article. The San Frnncisco papers which came by the 'M mail, during our absence from homo, represent that they bad beon posted by an oilier from Washington Territory iu refer etice to the war question. This "officer'' is supposed here to bo Gen. Wool himself, but, in tho absence of proof, we will sup- pose, for the sake of being charitable to the gray h,ad.d general, ,!,, it was one of hi, subordinate officers. This 'VIW gives the information that "if Gov. Curry had ' " VlRKT (IA1 l. : ..... . aud political as well as Quinary pat- regular, could have co operstod wilh good will and energy in ,he contmon cas- Th.aam. paper alao learn, that Gen. Wool i. blamed in Oregon -for not ah.rine, th. of , winter campaign, with part of Gov. CirKR's volunteer., which he the Governor, contrary to th. Jvi of thco,. ouel of Voluntwr. and th. old mountain WB ,hou;(lt fit ( $cnJ onj.k Washington Territory to endure a great deal of unnecessary hardship." Hero will be found the root of the wlioie difficulty between the "regular" and volun teer departments. Maj. Jlains wished our volunteers to be drilled into the regulur service; Cor. Curry, by the advice of "Generals Nesmith and Harnum," said no Gor. Curry wished to fight the Indians in the vinttr ; Gen. "Wool, who arrived after the forces were in the fluid, withdrew bis troops, and by hit conduct gave us to un derstand that be wat looking forward to a sutnmor campaign. It will be recollected that Maj. Kaines, then in command of the Regular forces, un der dute of Oct Oth, 1855, made a call for four companies of voluutcers, to assist liim in subduing the 'Clickatats, Yakimas, and some smaller bands," who hod already sur rounded Maj. Ilallcr, who bad previously been sent into ihe Yakima country wilh a force of 102 men, for tho purpose of aveng ing the death of Boion, Indian Agent, and other citizens taid to have fallen at the hands of these savages. Under date of Oct- 11th, Gov. Curry issuod his proclamation calling for eight, instead of four compauies, as evory hour was darkening the gathering storm, aud from information gathered from Indian runners, and other sources, wo were threatened with a general war with the tribes combined all along our frontier, aud il was thought best to raise a force sufficient to make a blow at first that would effectual ly conquer the savages. The forces called for by the Gov. were ordered to furnish their cwn horses, arms, and equipments, if possible, and rendezvous upon the east bank of the Willamette river opposite Portland- Multnomah County was the first that responded to the call, and on the 23th Oct. C'apt. Willson of thut company receive J orders from Gov. Curry, to pro cepd forthwith to Ft. Vuncouver to receive arms, ammunition, and equipments, where he wat informed he would be mustered iuto the service of the Uuited States. Upon the evening of the same day, (Oct. 13,) the Gov. countermanded a part of his morning order to Capt. Wilson and told him, that as "the result of a conference this evening held with Generals Nostnith, and Harnum, and others of our friends" he hud been induced to change his order, and now forbid him to allow his command to be mustered into the service of the United States. This move was of course calculated to prejudice the of ficers of the Regular forces against us, nnd would naturally make them think, in the absence of the whole facts, that Gov. Curry was either suspicious of their abilities to command or that he wanted to "monopolize all the glories of the war." Now men who fight for a trade may well be excused for stopping on the eve of a bloody struggle, and laying plans for securing "glory." But we, the peopleof Orogon, and our Governor, were all too much in earnest, too deeply inter ested in the safety of our firesides, our wives and children, to pause long enough to mnke mathematical computations of future divi dends of "glory" or pecuniary profit. The Gov. acted no doubt just as his own judge ment under the circumstances iudicated as for the best. The volunteers all had a strong aversion to being drilled into the reg ular sorvice, and with the views and im pressions they then had, they would proba bly have revolted before they could have been made to take this step. We believe that if Gen. Wool had been here, and the truo position thnt our volunteers would have beon placed in towards the "Regulars" could havo been pointed out, every difficulty lo a hnrmoniou action with them could hnve been obviated. Had they known that dur ing this connection, they could have elected tin ir own company officers, and been ad mitted to the privileges aud comfort of the Reuular Quartermaster's and Commissary's departments, being only subject to general orders from head quarters, and tstill as ex empt from discipline, as though they wore wholly under tho militia regulations of Ore gon, ns Gen. Wool informed us himself they would be, they would undoubtedly huvo yielded what objections they had to the step, in order to secure such privileges. If i ho volunteers had entered the Regular service we nro not prepnred to say whothr-r Gen. Wool would have taken the field with them this winter or not. Dut from tho fad that his apologists give as a reason for his inactivity thus far, that the winter it not the proper timt to pursue the Indians, and from the fact that he has already disbanded tho Washington volunteers who irvr- drilled into the regular service, we are forced to the conviction, that our whole voluuteer force would have been similarly treated, and the savages in Washington Territory who are note pillaging, murdering, nnd burning also the northern tribes, who are thread ing the live, of the settlers on Walla Walla, and ouly kepi at bay by our volunteer forces, together wilh the Imlians in Kogue River, wouM have been permitted to revel through tin winter in blood, anJ escape to their mountain fatitae in summer beyond th rtacli of either rejulars or volunteers. This being the case, the present circumstan- i ii...;jAm i.tftnv. Currv ccscicariy lusiny mo in refusing to place the volunteers under an authority that would have counteracted all our efTort in subduing tho Indians. It seems that Gen. Wool entertains the same opinions in reference to a "winter's campaign" that Nesmith entertained a year ago last full, and by whose advice, together with tho concurrence of the Legislature, nothinir was done toward puuishing tho Snake River Indians for their unheard-of butcheries. The California papers are in formed by the "officer" lliey refer to, that Gen. Wool is sustained in hi opinion by Col. Nesmith, nnd old mountaineers. Now we have it from tolerably good authority that Gen. Wool is fortifying his position against us, which will be taken in his rep resentations to the department at Washing ton, with our papers, and letters, from our own enmp. Can it be possible that he has leaked out a secret, in excusing himself at San Francisco by backing up his own opin ion with that of the "Colonel of the volun teers, and tho old mountaineers 1" The Daily Evening Newt of San Francis co, learns "Gen. Wool', dispatches to Wash ington will bo to this effect, that there is no combination among tho Indians for hostili ties," and thnt "he attributes much of tho excitement on the subject to have been prompted by parties interested in gelling up the war. Now what paper iu Oregon, can he support that position from, except The Statesman t Can it bo possible, that Gert Wool bos preserved a file of thut sheet, in order to help defeat us in getting pay for our noblo volunteers, who have spent their time, and many of them their all, besides enduring hardships nnd toils that would have wilted a Hercules, iu fighting for us J Is il not enough that tho "party" has stuff ed this slimy vampire upon thousands nnd lens of thousands of our hard cash, for pub lic printing, without lending tho inllueuee of his sheet towards such false representa tions of our position, as shall teud to weuk en our cause wilh the government, and de prive our barefooted volunteers of iheir pay! Whut a contemptible farce is the ''memor ial'' for removing Gen. Wool, coming as it docs from a Legislature which has propped up aud endorsed this sheet, by giving it all the public putronage, as the official ''organ," when thut "organ" has, time aud again, cither editorially or by its correspondence, given the lie to the most important allega tions of that memorial I We also have assurances that some of tho officials in Oregon nre in communication with such men as aro drawing out of them aid and comfort, just at this crisis. An In dian agent from the Dulls expressed himself in this city a few clays since, that "it was now a subject of doubt at the Dulles, ns to whether tho Indians were a greater curse thnn the volunteers." These things all go to show that there is something "rotten in Denmark," nnd thnt whilo the Gov. of Ore gon, together with our citizens, are interest ed in bringing tho war to a successful ter mination and securing justice from tho home Government, that we have a foe among ourselves, artful, wily, nnd dangerous, which may yet bring us into difficulty that we have not anticipated. If Gen. Wool and his Regulars had seen fit to burrow up at Vuncouver, nnd keep their own bread from moldinp;. without in terfering with our business, be might hnve lain there till he became petrified as hard ns nn Egyptian mummy, without our pausing to make him our bow, whilst wa were en cournging our own dauntless heroes to push their conquests to the hole of the Inst dig ger, that wraps himself in a stolen blanket, or primes his rifle with Pandozy's powder. We have no doubt, that Gen. Wool, and his stuff hnve, in their intercourse wilh our citizens, nnd perhaps with some of our edU tors and officials, seen and heard many things that have been wounding to their ni.l nJ :....t.. .1 J . r. I'nuc, anu iiisu'iuig 10 iueir oigniry. we would to God thev had smothered down' their feelings, and like truly great and mare. nanimous men, overlooked it all, instead of laying it so grievously lo heart, as lo induce them lo try to wreak vengeance on the whole Territory, by the Course which the California papers would indicate their hav ing taken. The San Francisco Herald has kindly answered a question which has been asked a thousand times in vain here, viz: wnen will the Regulars be reailv to take the field i The IJkrald answer, t authority of Gon. Wool, of course -Wl I 'J ' toother with Gov. SrVn.' f.., have co,.u ,1 . W,i i ...U4 llIVi:, D Uitll SumKe that our 00i, ..n.i home no, and the Regulars take their plaves;-wbo llieM that the war would not be ended by a "treaty" in less than 1 three weeks. We all know the policy of! the Indians to be, to halloo "vnouh". and ' ana call for treaty, the moment they are eor.lr;.;. , nor-,1 11... tt I p-llizonio nered. Our Kenulars are .o littU I ted with the Ind,an character, and so full of tho milk of human k:adue, brave as . I a I . I- sider a tufficient "indemnity for tlio p ut, and n proper guurniiteo for the future." a. il, eiiitfmenis made br the Cahfor- n v w nia press that Oov. Curry but not preserved . i il... Aviuifiiiee of scnrceiy nny voucm r, .o. .m lIie wnr, toge.her with inany J. -J menu wo have not time to notice, we. hall leave them all for the official correspondence and proceedings relating lo this war, lo rec tify, when they nro communicated lo tho Government at home. In conclusion, we would ttnle, that at the whole responsibility of terminating the dif ficulty seems to be thrown upon our sliouiu ers, we sincerely hope that every encourage bo rendered to our comrades who have already struck an effectual blow lo the savages, in striking down the haughty and treacherous Chief of tho Walla-Wallas, under circumstances that reflect much credit upon Col. Kellev, as not only a brave but humane commander, but also in etiee'uniiy routing the savages and driving their forces beyond Snake River. The death of this Chief, who with his ow n hands had pillaged the stores left by Gov. Stevens, nnd divided out the property among his men, besides burning the.house of McKay, nnd destroy' inghis property, and stealing nnd destroy in" the property of Brookt and llumfort, and, to cap the climax of his treachery, coming into our camp under a flag of truce nnd finder the pretense of taking our forces to his people to make a tron'y, endeavored to lead the volunteers into an nmbusende, nnd eventually, after his peoplo had mndo an attnek upon us. endeavoring to cut his way through our guard in order to join his war riors ; wesnylhnttho death of this Chief may be reckoned ns a more effectual blow to llio enemy than would have been the killiug of a hundred Indians. Add this to the fact, thut not less than seventy-five other Indians were plain, besides ns many more wounded, and we shall bo disposed to give Gun. Wool great credit if he accomplishes as much fir ihe next six months. Wc don't wish to hurt the feelings of Gen. Wool or of any of his brave men, but we wish they would just stand asido while wc Hurrah for the Vol unteers The l.alholic Priests and tho Var, Catholic Citizen" AUent'.eit to. To the Editor of x"S Oregon Asau: Sir Fat tlie past month I huve noticed several virulent arlicfvu in eueh issue of your pajier, nil lend ing to Impress upoil tlio minds uf your l-cudera llio idea that the Catholic priests Were the head auJ front uf the present Indian difficulties; aud beiuv fearful that your constant harpiug upon that one aubjeet might render you a monomaniac, 1 am in duced to submit lo your Argui eyes a few fuels iu reluliou Iu the conduct of the Catholic priests prior to end during Ihe present war. lu your istue of the bill inst., 1 find uu article based upon Ihe fol lowing extract from the official report of Col. Xe- until : 'With sundry paper discovered iu the mission building, was a letter written by the priest, Pan doiy, for kamiacun, Ihe head chief uf the Yakima tribe, addressed lo the Ofticor in command of the troo, a copy uf which is communicated with tliu report. There win also found au account book kept by this pried Pnudozy, which i now In the custody of Muj. Rain-, 'i'hi book conta.ns daily entries of I'audojy a traiKictioiiswilh Ihe Iudim. and clearly demonstrates the indisputable fuel tliat he has furnished the Indiana with large quantities oi uMiiiiuimioii, anu leaving ti u m.-uicr uf doubt whether gopct1 gunmodcr waa his pr n ipul slock in trade. The priest had abandoned the mis iou, but it j;ave unmirakable evideu- e of being tanu iu,, ami uncnueu io, nunng ins aoscucc, by some Yakima lnd.ans parishioners." You then proceed with great Mangfroid lo pride j""-" ui'"" -position" which you took about a month previous, relative to the above subject, and presuming Uu the a!o "position" wh.ck you thus assumed, yuu say the primts have in a measure prompted the Indians to Ihe late out break ! A bold presumption truly, when wb find me puny evidence whn h you have lo back your ...u... i iimner assert as a luct, "that ill Una, as In the Cuyuse war, these priesl- have been detected ill Ihe very act of conveying largo quanti ties of powder ih the diriction of the camp of the enemy." This, sir, is tfact which emanated from your own disordered imagination, as during the Cuyuse war no priest wosever delected in any such a position, nnd you noie it ; but llion, it must be re collected thai a littlo buncomb cnoilul due n,,i come amiss at this time, and if you can make it off vi u pour pnesi oy puuimmug a tisnie of groundless falsehood, against him, why even lhat is "grist lo your mill." The foregoing is a portion of a communi cation which appeared in tho Standard of Dec. 13ih, over the signature of "A Cath olic Citizen." The writer of that article, in endeavoring to blind the eyes of his readers, and his pretending to correct us In reference to certain statements we had made con cerning a few things connected wilh the present Indian war, as also tho Cayuso war ot 1848, in which tho Catholic Priests had by their intercourse wilh tho snvnges created more than a suspicion iu tho minds of the community thnt they wero culpably imuli- they are, we fnir that n treaty migni oe ni.u. without what we old Oregoni.m. would con reailv tolnniAfi In Ar;...n .i . , - . .." l"eso lr I r. Z Z 7 ' . """ bthlnJ 8 "euuuus sivuiuurc. up nas Iherelir tlimtrn He has thereby thrown i ' " ?u "kl? mtm' 80l'ms,,? "J .lililliMnn I r..i,i I ..... I '"" ", upon "e tnouldcra of L, '-wng.oie, ghostly appar. ATI OfMnAn.M.I. l I . " P , h l reC0DI,J '"issed from sepulchre at Rome, or from the car- w, 0(h Id """ lhe an ? no elaPsed i nc.--!! .l- ... n.. ; ulv' lms man Catholic emcr?e ,rom h,s ''iding place S ?? "really 'l.T, K' of flesh and bones, ,.ucbM the ret of n, have, to throw off the mask, iiu J not only give u a full view of hit cerporcal devclupeiiiviii, but ulno to send ut acopy of tho book by which be cli nred IW dozy, and justified himtclf In Luiiig from hit sweat houso Vatican, hit bull of excom munication ngninst u. Wo havo thus fur "harked ' in vain for a !.iL . .. j... J ; u it, una :,., V . u" not , - - -.. "- iiiimo in mo i ", i i""a wufc WO flghWUIiy Utiieu iu, iu tug i uu at tempt to enshroud tho wholo subject in total darkneti, by making up bit own case, from such purl of I'andozy'a book at h chooses to huve exposed, and then thrusting tho whole manuscript iuto a durk corner of ,U diuk-colored coat, and in order darken what I'ht wo had ulrcudy shell in Uku the dark nest of J suits, among llo dark-akin ucd, and dnrk-henrted lavages, ho moil solemnly denies as false tho most Important of tho durk charges we mado against them, and then, after "darkening counsel" by a whole column of "words without know), edge," by which, like the cuttlo fish, he darkens the waters to cludo tho band of bit pursuer, nnd then, under cover of all this' darkness, he dodges iuto his dark little twcat house, and issues his terrible bull consign' iug us to a very dark place, where tho mul titudes of dark Jesuits that havo gone be fore us have doubtless mado it "us daik as a stack of Muck cuts." Hut what makes tho case, still darker is, that whilst "Culholia Citizen" refuses to cxposo hit personal out lines to our "Argus eyct," but iiitihintti that as ho is a member of tho Catholic church, and of the democratic party, if we let off a broad side Upon either of these aocitics, nnd wound either of their carcasses, tho ono blotttod on tho blood of saints, nnd the oth er on tho juice of corn, wo shall of course inflict n material injury upon him, upon tho principle that hen ono of tho members suffers, nil tho members suffer with it:" we say that in view of the fact that after "Cath olie Citizen" has claimed to be a member of both these organizations, the Corvallis organ of llio Sag Xichts and JcsUils Las whet tho razor of authority, aud lopped him oil', as a'hetorodox member, nnd consigned him to the fires of damnation, bccauso"Cath' olic Ciiizou" has intimated that tho two bodies wero not identical, thus wisely en vcloping him in a daik cloud, and tl'anslu' ting him far beyond llio reach of ourgunti . ii II .1 t . I.. I.,.L I...1 .1 makes ihocaso terribly dark inJccd., -"Ho (Catholic Citizen) displays the cloven foot of eiihr direct opposiliuu to the deinoeratle organ' miliou, orsire-liea.l-iain and disaffection with that organization. We can liardly conceive thut Ihe author uf thut communication iaa Catholic, or a friend of tho Uatholio chinch." Stuttnltaa of iec. i j. Thus it will be seen that the editor of tho "organ" takes him by the top - tuft, aud np plies tho "rnpin hook" to his neck as a her elic, nnd not a genuine Catholic, because of his "soic-heud-ism and disaffection with the democratic organization," thus uucquivo cally asserting that ihe church and the clique nro identical, or so closely identified that in placing himself In opposition to tho one, he proves that he is not a friend of tho other Now whether tho action of the or ran has been from A malicious desiro to "bury him out of our sight" as an "unfruit ful branch" of the Catholic and durnocratio trunk, or whether, hd intended in mercy to wrap him up in his tfesscan shirt, and hido him from our view by denying to him tho only earthly position he assumed ; it mat ters not particularly to us. We- shall pro bably teach him, or his ghost, in duo time, a lesson which we long sinco whipped into the tough nnd slimy hide of the biped who controls The Stuteman, nnd which ho and his ilk would do well to read in the welt that checker his back, before they make their onslaughts upon us ; viz: whenovcr wc state a thing to bo true, you may rest as sured that it is so, and by calling it in ques tion, you may be sure you will provoke the proof. We nre not of that class of lvinz editora who mnke false charges which they nro not able to sustain, and we have never yet vouched for the truth of a statement, and been afterwards compelled to back out ofit. Whenever wo mnke a mistake; on account of bad information, we are sure to mnko the correction as soon as we aro ap prised of it, whether tho statement affects- tlle character or interest of friend or foe, or neil"0r. Yur vile innuendo, that tvn wished to . i . . . ..." Dl,neomb capital off a poor P"Cst' 'readily excused, knowing M w do your impressions from associating with political comrades who neither yield to nor expect justice or decency from their po litical opponent, and mwiimin ulan that the moment you stepped tour foot upon 1 t American soil with your lit-lo budget of Irish rag,, some demagogue put a locofoco hooIi into y,,r nose, and led you off to ihe political pound to learn your catechism, ao ,ilsl lllat 'he remaining half of the nether . . "' extremity of yot.r old swallow-.'ork made a right angle With vour stalwart f.n. " Wa fcnnw Very well what sort of lessons you. have learned out of that catechism ; how vou have -Icon dupc-J lo believe that tho f