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l)e rcgon CVrgua. I aoasia, IWTut 0 raoraitrua. OBX0027 CI TV I SATURDAY, NOVDIIIKIt , 1850. Akiiuoaita. Tier It great lFirt being made just now by one of Ihe cnndidntri fur public printer to convict mother candidate fur lha tamo office of having Le'-n mi abolitionist in Masaaohusett. Iloth of I lie aspi rant belong lo lha (111110 political puny. und would both go fur any measure the wa popular with those I Icy ar dependent on for a support. Spoil and plunder con alitute the polar star of all I heir -(irntioii and whatever capital cm be wade by call in; Leland hard numv, in order to prcju dice the members of tLo next legislature against hii claim, will be gree.ldy taken huld of by hit competitor. Last winter lie win slaughtered by tbii eamo competitor by nuking a alimy aasaull on the diameter of bin wifo. Although lha bait took with the member of ihe Legislature, who en Horned the slander by electing the pub linherof it to office, and by trying lo re ward wi'b in office the creature who penned it at an amanuensis fur the publisher; the people mnde wry face at it, although the menibera of the black party all gulped it down with evidence of dilil; simitar to that exhibited by the young iniin who swallawed a rotten egg at hi patron' tu ble. The intimation was, they didn't tx actly consider (he egg to be fresh, and didn't want to (wallow another 0110 out of the tame ocM, if they could wcl! got along and keep up the black democratic o'jniiua lion without it. It ia understood that 1 class of men have been elected lo the next legislature having a littlo respect for do coney, aod this fact uggcats alight change in the kind of weapons to be used in order to break down Lelimd in liisaspi rations after the public printing. The great cry now is, that "Leland was u abolitionist." Leland shouts back at the top of. his voice, "I never waa an abolitionist !" Lo. land does this under ihft conviction that abolitionism la unpopular in Oregon. If the emergency was not o great, nnd if the Legislature) didn't inert for suiini month yet, it would bo policy in him la change bis tactics altogether. In that case, he might have lime to lay before bis readers the truo position his party now occupies in the Slut en. In opening hit campaign il would bepol ley for him to come out with (he (laming rnimeialion that "1 10.1 an abolitionist, now what of that ?" Ho might thrn pro ceed to show, that abolitionism and black democracy are so near aliko that many of the leader of tlio formor parly have fused with tlio lutlor. In proof of this he could instance the fact that tlio prosrnt ndmiuis. trillion, in distributing cilices, showed grent partiality, to the "Sofia" in New York, to the exclusion of the "Hards," who de nounced iho "Softs" ns "abolitionists." Ho could 11'so point to lha Van Durum of Now York, Applelonof Maine, lletij, F. Hallnt of Massachusetts, Lovejny of the same Slate, Selh 1'aino of Illinois, Maihcws and Ward of Ohio, Josinh S. Lillleof Maine, nnd a thousand other champions of black democracy, who wcro lately classed among the abolitionists, and some of whom ediicd ubolition papers. As tlio cenlnr star of this bright galaxy of worthies, might bo placed the namo of Jas. Hui hanun, a man who in 1S40 was a strong friend of the Missouri Compromise, which h Congressional legislation excluded shi very from Kansas. Ho waa then opposed to the introduction of tlavcry, into all let. ritory north of the compromise line. Now mark it; iu IS'iO men in Kansas are im prisoned, hung, shot down and scalped, as nlolitionists,for occupying the same ground precisely that Buchanan, J'ierce, and Doug las occupied only a short time ago ! Il'theso men arc abolitionist now, Pierce, Douglas, and lluchannn wro abolitionists Mr 11. Another pniui he might tuko to show the identity of the two churches : The abolitionists and black democrats me both violently opposed to the Compro mise uteusure. The bolitiouits have al ways opposed it from principle, saying it -conceived in sin anil stiapen in nnq. uily," and was a gross wrong, besides be ing unconstitutional, Tho black democracy oppose il finm pol icy, hoping to buy over the South to their aupporl, and carry Ihe Northern abolition ists giving the same reasons as above, thai it was "conceived in sin and thapen in in iquity, nnd was a gro wrong, besides bo ing unconstitutional." This Compromise question, which ha opened up the slavery agitation and threatened to rend the Union nmiuder, is now the great issue between the jacobin disorganized on the upe tido, and the conservative Compromise Republican 011 the other. Opposition to the Compro mise, is the main plank in the platform nf the sham democracy, as also in thai of ihe abdiiiionists. Thrn of course ihe two par ties are really identical, and tbi easilv, accounts for the fact that so many of the abolition leaders are in the same boat with IJuchanan. F.very man of sense know ihcee things to be facts. Then why is it, that these diminutive editors take o much j.ains "o clear their skirts of the taint ofab. oiilionismf The party is now led by ren egade ' Federalists' Vd iine Wh'gV'and apostate 'abolitionist.' H'e l.ar the u!j"cf, by k'ndly mg- grating to some of thrae editors a change of tactics. Acknowledge that yon are rto egade Whigs, and apostate ebolilloiiisie, and see if you don't walk into the emclioii of your party, so as to git p'omotej. Tha Party lti T Fact. We find iu two Buchanan organs, one a Northern and Ihe older a Southern paper, two antipodal paragraphs, which beauti fully illuatrate the two Ac of the aham democratic parly. The following I from the Vick.buu (Mia.) Sentinel i il i da guerreotype of the face that ia turned lo ward where the sun stands at noon, and is of course badly sunburnt, if not entirely black : 'We dar a no' defy anv one lo point to a single vot flint Mr. Ilinlianau ever gave, during hi Congressional carter, involving the question of slavery, that was not on the aide of lha &ulh, and opposed lo (be Ibe Abolitionist' The Richmond Inquirer! the organ which lake a true, honest daguerreotype of this face, and holds it up boattingly lo ihe North, by no means ashamed of its appearance, but on the contrary thieks il e many lineament winch prove Dial black democracy, instead of ''being born from beiiratli," ia of a ditiuo origin and fell from Heaven. Hut hero is a daguerreotype of il Nor thrrn fate, which we clip from the I'rovi deuce (Rhode Island) Tost, another Lucb anan orenn : "Mr. IJuchanan never uttered a sen' lenco in deli-use of slavery, or whispered a word in favor of ils existence, or cast a vote which any honest man could construe into a wish to support the institution !" This face of course is less sunburnt than the other, and passe for while. It is said to be mad of dough. It has some very ugly stripe down it, which some Account for from the fact that il has been "unwinh ed a trood winie. Ut lers think 11 is ow iug lo the fact that the wheal from which tlio dough came waa largely mixed with "cheat," Laving grown on very poor "Wheal land." Tho editor of the Washington Union is the artist who draws tlio portrait of this face ; and in trying to paint it black enough to compuro favorably with the one token by tho Richmond Enquiror, it has received from tho American Organ the very appro priate name ol "South-guller." How tu t'eatmlvanla alrdl The following, which we clip from ihe American Organ, gives a specimen of shrewd political ciphering. The rcault of the election in I'cnnsylvana will knock his row of figures inlo;: In 1851 Pollock received the American and Whigvi.tu, l!04,(l0d liigler received, including all tLo lorcignvo'.c, 107,001 Majority for Pollock, 37,007 In the coming Presidential election, the orrign voto will be divided, uhieh has hitherto gono solid for tho lJeiimcratio par ly J that vole is at l.-asi (iO.Oiltl in IVnii. ylvania, the half of which will nroliahlv vole for Mr. Fremont ; now lake 30,0(1(1 of the foreijm Vota from Mr. ISiirlrrV vote. and il leaves but 137,0(1(1 votes for Mr. liiichanan to start with. Sunnoso ho miU 3,000 of tho old Whig vote which went for Pollock, that would bring him up to 140,0110, and rrduce Mr. Pollock's voto to 201,0011. Aow, pivo Mr. Fremont 0110 lilih, or 40,000, of the Whig and Ameri can vote which went for Mr. Pollock, and tho result would thou stand thus : Itiichiinan, 1 10,000 ..Fillmore, 101,000 r l'Vomniit, 70,000 Now, in the opinion of a "Webster Whig," in tho Philadelphia News, this rs liniiito ia loo favorable to .Mr. I!uehanail for he believes Unit Fremont will g,.t more than 30,001) Democratic votes. If w0 til low him&O.OOJ Drmocralio voles, it will briii); his vote up lo 00,0110, reduce Itiich anan's to 1 1 0,000, and leave Mr. Fillmore's 101,000 as before. Now, with ihe permission ol thn Organ, (and the Washington Union of course,) we propose to cipher a littlo otirself. Wo begin by taking another ".0,000 oil" of litichunun's pile, mid lidding it to Fre mont's vole, which brings Fremont vp to 00,000 and brings ISuuhanan ifWn to lvJO, 000. We now proceed to tuko 01,000 from Filliiioro's voto and add il to thut of Fremont, which will bring Fremont up to lol.OOlland Fillmore down to 100,000. Uy the permission of the samo gentlemen, we will just here add the voto of 70,000 Quakers, who didn't voto in 1S.")4, to the voto of Fremont. Our figures then stand this way : Huchaniiu, 120,000 Fillmore, 100,000 Total, Fremont, 220,000 221,000 Fremont's mnj. over lwth, 1,000 ProKt-rsstau. The Salem organ of black democracy selects nn article thi week, giving nn in stance whore a w hito woman had married a full-blooded negro, and showing thai she had done better than her sister who mar ried a Fremont man. This is dipping a little further into polyg amy, than the most ultra abolitionist would dare go. It ia designed to piepare the way for a Union of polygamy abolitionists with llio sham democracy. The argument is that a woman in order to be respectable, ought never 10 marry a Fremont man, but either a full blooded nejro or a black dem. ecrat. (fc?" The Portland Times, has come out with a "r Aeoi": if its editor had one, its subscriber might stand a chance to get the worth of their worn t. KUrHei Ikt IsUbfak Soma time aince we saw it announced iu the Kasiern paper that ihe nucleus of of. Acial at Washington had unt circular to many of the J'ny "tmater, all over ihe Union, requiting ihnii 10 send in ihe iiamsof all the foieiner living wiihin iheir delivery, and aot.iii lln iu in inon ey certain per centum on their aalarie, by way of raising a fund to purchase Ruchauun documeiiU for distribution among the people. This r at ail pro nounced a forgery by tho lluchanan nun. In the Naiclnz (Mis) Courier w now find letter from I'. I,, llruinblctt, for many years postmaster at Liberty, iu thai State. Mr. Uramblett say: 'I have not vrl vno'T) name of ihe foreigner, in ihi vicinity, ut lately reoui red : nor did 1 think that I could afford to set aside a portion of Ihe small income of llio cRice, to assist In sending Democratic document to them. Whether such In struction were ever issued from tho IW office Department or nol.obe thing is cer tain, ihe menace accompanying the refu sal hit certainly fallen upon me the threut that itfson non-compliance w ith the order I would ho removed, La certainly been executed." The amount of treasury fund this ad ministration has expended in electioneering purposes would be hard lo como at. Per. hap those poiimaslvra in Oregon whom Czapkay'a hand organ accuses of steuling money from the mails, contributed it to the IJuchanan fund. Roads. We understand that a road was laid out from Canemah up llio river, nnd intersect ing the old road somewhere near TarroH's, a year or more since, and some person waa appointed a supervisor, whose duty it was to open and work the road. Why ho ha done nothing we are not able to learn. The ground it said lo be such that an ex cellent road can easily be made overground comparatively level. This road would ob viate the necessity of ascending the terri ble hill learns are now obliged to climb in order to get out of the Con von." This road ought to be looked after by some body, and we invite tho particular attention to it of tho Supervisor. If Lo is the "stumbling block" in ihe way of ils com pletion, we beg of bim to g?t out of the way, and let somebody be appointed who is willing lo do something for Lit country. This road ought lo bo completed, nnd a freo bridge cslabli.shrd on Pudding river, where wo now Lave a toll bridge. This being done, much of tho up country trav el, which now goes to Portland on the new road by lUion's ferry, would bo turned this way. Our merchants are beginning to teethe noccsaily of selling at reduced prices, in order to draw (he up country trndo. Many oplulmvo lately dono their trading here, on their return from Portland, giving as a reason that goods could actually be bought cheaper hero than ihcy could below. Let our merchants see lo it that facilities are provided so that people can get here, and lot goods be ollervd at such prices that it will pay a mini to stop here, und n new im petus will bo given lo tho trade of our city Lot us have ibe Tualatin improvement, and good roads on this side of the river, and Oregon City will begin to crawl out of its shell. Another uoi line VhlgM Turned up. We have frequently had occasion to no tice that the sham democracy had received accessions lo their ranks, in tho support of rcnegudo abolitionists nnd black cockade federalists, who have been introduced to the fellowship of tlio spoils party under the cognomen of "old line Whigs." These 'old lino Whigs" nre generally of a mer cenary character, and crmpose the "baser orl" of cither tho old AVhig or abolition parties. An offico is tho quid pro quo which they always claim for their treach ery ; hence the sectional democracy are now entirely ruled in many districts by these apostates. In order to "appease tlio wrath of Ju no," ond "givo Iho Devil his due," the black democracy in the first congressional district in .Maine run Josiah S. Little, nn old "federal abolition Whig," for Congros, against John M. Wood, the Republican candidate. Now this tamo Litile was brought out for Congress by the "old line Whigs" of Maino in 15-13, and wus sup ported also as the abolition candidate. Tho Eastern Argus, which now supports Little as the lluchannn candidate, in speak ing of him in 1810 used the following lan guage : "In vain we look, in this vicinity, for any proof of his enterprise or activity, except iu his untiring zeal and unwearied efforts to secure his election personally, and through the labors of the hungry oflice beg L'ars n ho go and come at his nod and beck to talk of his clever virtues, and if possible cheat the nliolitiomsts into his support." Jr7M 0 September 7M, 1840. In the same article from which the above is taken, the A rgua says : "Our limits forbid further remarks at present, but we may again recur to it in 'duo time.' In the meantime, let the vo ters of this district remember that the grand question which they are called upon lodecido is, w hether they prefer an hon est, straight forward, whole-souled Demo crat to represent them, or one whose origin was among the blue lights of Old Federal Massachusetts, and whose political noton ety oonsists in having long been a street hanger on and caucus declaiincr against I democratic mt n and Democratic measures. Thi is the real ksue, aod let it be remem bered AT THE TOLLS." That he was alto the favorite of the abo- litioiiistt. or Liberty party ."i Io ahown from tho following extract from tho Ar gus : "Our neighbor know a well a any one else, that Mr. Li 11 Id's personal merits aro to small, that his unpopularity willi the more decent and respectable member even of hi own party, it to notorious, thai the least he aay in regard to his candidate, iho better hit proapcclt will be. No federalist could bo elected from (hit District, much It m one 10 obnoxious to the people as Mr. Little. I lo may iitlk just nom of Southern dictation ; may juit now ContinUH lo breathe ii'to the rnrol ih,) "Lib erty men" Lie abhorrence of slavery, and prule lo thcin about Northern rights, and all Ilia', but tbo puoplo well understand Ins tympanites, lo any nothing or III iiuri' ly oc'ffj,' operation on the Aroostook, und will Irach l.un miles wo nre greaiiy an Ceived, thai old Cumberland is now, ntsho ever hus been, truo loth.i Democratic faith." Argus of September ulh, 1 8 10, The '-liberty loving operuliuin 011 the Aroostook" referred lo was a charge tho democrats made against him of trying lo force laboring lumbermen, who wero de pendent on Liu for employment, to vote the Federal ticket, contrary to their wish ca. llio Argua paraded aiiiduvus uciore the public made by ihcae poor laborers, to prove this. Thit aristocratic despot hat at lust found genial society among those w ho support a man in shooting down Irish waiters, in Langing free luborers in Kansas for daring to cxerciso the privilege of vole- in! according to their consciences ; nnd some of the presses of which denounce la boring men, aa "greasy mechanics, filthy oieratires, and small fisted farmers." Well, "birds of a feather flock together," and ihe sham democracy has become deci dedly rich, from its large accession of "Homing political excrement" from the old lino Whig and abolition parlies. We dismiss the subject by giving the fol lowing pathetic nppeal made by the Argus just before llio election of 1840 : "Democrats of Cumberland we earnest ly appeal to you to save yourselves from disgrace. Would you not hang your heads with shame and mortification, to see the f.-.lernl candidate, Mr. Little elected ? Ha he ever done anything 10 deserve nn election V Argus of Aug. 31, 1840. t.naUing." At different times during tho last two years some of tho papers in this country have devoted considerable space to the sub ject of "ratling." Uy iho word as under stood among printers in Oregon is meant underbidding. For instance, when iho Ad-' vocato was put nt SdiO, the Portland pa pers (two of them nt least) were down on il for "ratling." Tho Standard was for a long timo tho butt of ridicule on account of J having committed this same unpardonable, : sin. Ths Times Las now "ratted" down to a very low price, with a fair prospect of coming lower. Tho Standard nnd Czap kay'a organ have also proven each other to bo guilty of "ratting" for advertising. As lo ourself, wo have never yet been able to see tho force of thissilly war about "ratling." Printers nre liko all other scn siblo meti: tbey put their papers nt jusl such prices as they please, nnd the peoplo tako such papers as they happen to want. Decauso one man sells wheat at a dollar a bushel, while some of Lis neighbors ask a thin! more, no wheat buyer thinks of avoid ing him ns a "rnt," and paying nn exorbi taut price to others, when he can get it on more reasonable terms. This talk about "ratling" might do if nobody read tho pa pers but a few brainless city soaplocks; but wo imagine that our sensible farmers will not bo much interested in it, or that ihey will fall out with a paper because the price has been reduced. Tho object of a pub lisher ought to be to make a good paper, one thai will be useful, and then to put il at os low a ruto as possible, in order to place it within the reach of all, rich and poor. The fact is, however, that a newspaper reader, or an intelligent man, will have a paper, no matter what the price may bo. Some turn would not patronize a paper at any price, if they had to pay for it. This latter class are invariably great critics, grumblers, and faultfinders ; always falling out with the paper they borrow or steal from I heir neighbors, and incessantly talk ing about "starting a new paper." Tlio "new paper" being started, and conducted according to their extreme notions ol things, these "grannies" would be willing lo patronize it, provided they could get it for about one dollar a year on tick, or pay for it in dicker. We havo a few of that kind of gentry in mind. They are a nuisance to any cause especially when they try to lead j as they generally wish to do. California Election. The steamer now due will bring the new from the California election. Politics are so "miL'htily mixed" in this State that it is extremely hard lo form a rational conclu sion as lo the result. If the election had been delayed another mouth we believe Fremont would have carried it, whereas we now incline to the opinion that Buchan an w ill get the electoral vote ; but we shall not be at all surprised at the success of either of the other candidates in that Slate. The C. Family. Sometime in the year of fifty or fifty -one, if we remember right, Cznpkay's hand or- gan boasted that it Lad the names of rim of the Cox family on its books, who all texjk their papers at one office. In looking over those books note, one might exclaim in the language of Scripture, Where are ike nine Htrllowal rrnKtal. In conversation with one of the most Intelligent Buchanan men In ihit city last weok, he urged that Fremout we a "aee tional candidate," from the fact that the Fremont club carried flag with only tlx teen stars, representing the sixteen North- rrnStutet, a also from the fact that rre mont and Dayton were both from Northern Slates, We didn't suppose before that there wo a man in Oregon o pooily posted aa to make audi a silly statement. In reference to tho number of star on the Fremont flags, we gave it a flat denial, and chal lenged him to produce ihe proof, which he of courso was unable lodo. In answer to tho other charge, we asked him if this was iho first lime candidate for President and Vice President hud been run, who both hailed from either the Northern or South ern "section" of the Uuion. He tuid yea, Le thought to. This has suggested to us the importance of attending more to first principles, nnd explaining things that wo thought every body understood ; nnd for ihe benefit of ull such weak brethren we present the fact that no less than eight timet since the for mation of our Government have these "sectional" candidates been run. 'When Jackson of Tennessee and Calhoun of S. Carolina were elected at President and Vice President in 1829, nobody wastimplo enough to call It a "sretinnal" ticket be cause both candidates icere from the South. We ask these grannies of sectionalism lo examine the following list of candidate who have been run at dilicrent periods : For President. For Vice President. 1801 James Madison of Va. Jo. Monroe of Va. ' 1812. DeWitt Clinton, N. Y. Jar. Ingcrsoll, Pa. 1816. James Monroe, Va. John Murshall, Va. 1820. James Monroe, Va. R. G. Harper, Md, 1824. Andrew Jackson, Te. J. C. Calhoun, S. C. 1828. Andrew Jackson, Te. J. C. Calhoun, S. C. 1832. Andrew Jackson, To. John Floyd, Va. 1830. W. H. Harrison, O. F. Granger, N. Y. VI re. An unoccupied house belonging to Dr. McLaughlin, and standing near his mills, was fired by some unknown person, at ten o'clock n week ago Inst Friday night. The lire was discovered and extinguished before it had made much headway. It' is humili- at.'ng to think that our ciiy numbers among ns citizens, a man mean enough to do such a I use act.. P. S. The same building was fired again last Wednesday night, but the flames were extinguished before ai7V damage was done. The incendiary had carried an armful of shavings nnl wood which were thrust into I he building nnd lighted, but the crackling ot the llames awoke the person who was sleeping iu the building, in time to save it JTiT Those wanting fruit trees in this section of tho country will read the udver tisetnent of Mr. Kellogg. We have seen his nursery, and pronounce it the best we havo seen in this county. His orchard trees are bearing, which has enabled him to test the genuineness of the fruit. We havo seen the fruit nnd know it to bo what it is sold for. "The Presidential election for President and Vice President of the United States, takes place in all tho states in the Union, except fsouth Carolina, on Monday next, Nov. 3d." Oregonian. Wo venture to say no other paper in Or egon has received this important item of news. When the steamer Inst left N. Y, the election waa lo eome off on the first Tuesday of November. The news of the change to Monday has probably come to the Oregonian by an overland Indian ex press. Singular Phenomenon Carillon to tbose racking t'rvill. Portland, Nov. 4th, 1850. ir. L. Adams Sir : As you are said to be able to solve philosophical riddles, and answer - hard questions sometimes, I wish to ask the reason of the result of an experiment I made not long since. Two steamers ago I sent a box of specimen ap. pies, all of the Esopus Spitzenburg variety, to a friend at Stockton, California. The apples were all carefully wrapped in news, papers ; one lot in the Standard, another lot in the Argus, and another lot in the Statesman. Hy a note from my friend, I learn that those wrapped in the Standard were only in a tolerable state of preserva tion, many of them had begun to rot. Those sent in the Argus were all perfectly sound, while those wrapped in the Statesman, .were all rotten. This wonderful phenom ena is ahead of me. Can you give us any light! Warkoke. . 0" W'e thought at first you must be joking, and consequently threw your note under the table ; but, upon reflection, we think that a paper, which a man could n t come in contact with, without becoming "rotten," would most likely "rot" an apple. Hence we have given you a serious an swer. 5T Ex-Gov. Gaines paid us a visit on last Tuesday. He is in fine health, and re joices in the conviction that Fremont is elected President. Lafajelte at Oflice. We learn that Judge Olds is now acting as post master at Lafayette. We are pleas ed to Lear of a decided improvement in the management of the business. K New l.stalr rnwawtt, . In lata number of ihe Richmond En quirer in taking a view of the strait lo which the Duchaneer would be pushed, la case of the election of Fremont, it aayt "Let Lor, (the South,) if possible, detach Pennsylvania and Southern Ohio, Southern Indiana nnd Southern Illinois, from lb North and make the highlands between lha Ohio and the Lake the dividing line, Let tho South treat with California, and, if necessary, ally herself with Russia., with Cuba and Draxil." And do you intend to leave Oregon out of your bright galaxy of black democratic; power I Are we lo be left a prey 0 the barbaroti rapacity of the northern horde I Forbid il, Heaven I Your brethren here would rrjoico to "fuse" w ith yon, and bate the teat "f government located in Utah. (Sir Uy reference lo advertisement it will be seen that (he "Oregon City Uni versity" will be opened under favorable auspice on next Monday. OCT The lost Standard recommends il friends in Yamhill to ron Shuck for the next Legislature, as bo It an "old wheel horse of democracy." We thought the animals who wort thai cart in Oregon hnj longer ears than "horses." We would venture our hat lhat Shuck couldn't tell the difference between a democrat ami an abolitionist. 03 The rain Lave raised the water en the Clackamas rapids so that the Jennie Claik is able lo come over without difficul ty. We hear that there wit) be another boat running between this and Portland before long. 03" The apples that have already been shipped from this eouutry to California this full, have brought over thirty thousand' dollars in money into the country. OCT Last week we quoted an article from the Detroit Tribune, tinting that Ex Gov. Floyd of Va., had in behalf of the democratic parly made overtures to Col. Fremont, in 1855, regarding the nomina tion for the Presidency. At that time we had seen no contradiction of the statement, but in looking ever a New York paper since then we find the statement contradicted by Gov. Flovd. We make the correction, in justice lo alt parties concerned. Resigned. G. W. Burnett, Esq., informs us that A, P. Aukcny, of Yamhill, will resign his of fice of representative the coming Leg' islotive Assembly. Cannot thn Yamhill friends of thn Union and the Constitution. bring out and elect a member over the black; democratic candidate who will probably b in the Geld Yalltu. We learn that tho 6nn of Lee 4 Tucker nt Milwaukie, has made an assignment of tho Company properly. Sovcral poor mechanics, who had put in their summer' work on the milU, are sore ly afflicted by the failure. 0 Uy rcfrence 10 advertisements, it will be scon that a large lot of trees of ibe L'jilJ selection are now offered for sale on the Monticello Farm. Evory body is aware; of the popularity of Ladd's varieties. 3T Mr. Mai lory informs u tl'mt llio scalp of Col. Ben. Wright was lately taken from an Indian on ihe Reservation. Cfc5" Tho woather during ibe past week has been mightily mixed. We have Lad some heavy rains, although fair weather has preponderated. On Thursday night we hud the first hard frost of the season. We predict lhat the coming winter will ha a moderate one, although you may look out for a cold snap or two, with prabably some snow storms. JUT Vic. Tkkvitt, recently from the Dalles, informs us that all is quiet in that direction. The people apprehend no dan ger from an attack by the Indians, as Las been rumorpd by news carriers, 03 The Commissioners appointed lo audit war claims are now in session at Salem. Far the Argus. ' Republican Meeting-. The people of Clackamas county with out regard to past political differences or divisions, who are opposed to the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, to the policy of the present administration, and in favor of restoring the Federal government to the principles of Jeffersonian Democracy are requested to meet in mass meeting at the court house of said county, on the 29th of the preent month, for the purpose of or ganizing a Republican party in said county, REPUBLICANS. Far ikt Argus. To the People at Yamhill Ceanty. The people of Yamhill county, without regard to past political differences or divi. sions, who are opposed to (he repeal of tbo Missouri compromise, to the policy of the present national administration, to the ex tension of slavery into :he territories, in fa- vor of the admission of Kansas a a frea state, and of restoring Ihe action of the Federal government to the principle of Washington and Jefferson, are requested to meet in mass meeting in the court bouse at Lafayette, in said county, on Sa'urday, the 25th day of November next, for the pur pose of organizing a Republican pany said county, aod consult each other upon the proper course to be pursued for the pro-pniy of tbe great National Republi. can party of our conntrr. MANY REPUBLICANS. Yar:t.l Co., Oct. 20t '38.