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W. L. SHAHS, SUITO AMI rSorSIKTO. omroorr cxtyi SATURDAY, AL'GL'ST 8, 185? f5f W. Cio li siulinrltcd lo da any bus iuam connected with T.. Argiu OiTke during my Ueuc. Y. L. ADAMS. X9 The last Issue of tlio caucus eov crcignfy organ at Calcm contain a loiter from F. U. Martin, In which wo nro told that ho liaa clanged his piitieij!c, and is jjst at tins particular data in favor of sla very in Oregon. We have carefully read hi communication, to sco, if possibly what roaiens our old friend and n-iyh bor could (Tcr as au excuse fur li is present position. We have not been ablo o find a single rot eon given, excepting a fa very poor guesses, uch as, for instance, the one often urged by pro-slavery men, thai it would increaso Imm igration and etihsnco the valuo of land. We can beat all audi men puossinrr, sod wj have come to the conclusion that with a free State land will be worth from twenty ta fifty dollars an awe ten years hence, whereas with slavery seven dollars will be a high price. We havo annlundauce of !olistici to bonr us ont in our statement, while he ia not ablo lo draw a single argument from any source save a vory poor imagination. As a proof tliat we can beat bun in guessing, we might alo state ihe fact that eco your ago in guessed that this cume Frnuk Martin would be yelping for slavery iu jutst twelve months from that date, while ht gcsod that "he would bo stumping the Territory for freedom, whenever the question camo up." This man seems lo be moro under ilio influonce of the moon llmo any person cf his gender we have ever beeu acquainted with. IJis changes in polities occur very often, if not monthly. Two years ago, Gov. Guinea, in a stump speech in Yamhill, charged our o'd friend wiih wheeling around so oficn that the hind part of his unmentionables were much of the lime be. foro. Three years ago, Mr. Martin aban doned all political parties but the temper ance party. IL. attended the temperance convention in Lafayette, made a temper, anco apeech, -and solemnly avowed his do. torminnliou to " try to do some good the balanco of his days." Our expectations were fully roalizcd when a few months af terwards he returned " like a dog 10 Lis vemit," and like a sow tkut Lad been washed lo his wallowing in the mire oi black democracy. Then Lo thought the free State democrats were tha " national" men ; now Le thinks tho " negro worship, crs" nro tho simon pure. Hy ilio time the constitution is submitted, wo should not bo surprised to sco him writing litters to tho papers avowing his conversion to a free State policy. At ull events if ho should succeed in fastening slavery upon Oregon, wo utter a prophecy right now, and put it upon tho record, thnt ho, like Ilachel wailing for her children, will be bo moaning the evil ho has been instrumental in producing, and will bo woiryinq the pa. pers with aome grand project of emnucipa. lion at tho expense of tho Stato iu Ir-ss than three years. Aa a Lait for tho poor editor upon whose charity he relies for tho publication of hi matter, iu spiking of the laU election, ho say : "Every pro-slavery democrat aluck t.i principlo wiih n bold front, standing firmly on tho Territoiial platform of tho 13th of , April, and will ever stand there, Jet what will come." Now, so fur as wo nro acquainted, the great majority of t pro-slnvory domo crnts" repudiated the S.ilem platform, such for instance a Avory, nnd Smith of Che. Lalom, with most of tho Occidental sub soribers. We meau no disro.pect to friend Martin 1j drawing his daguerreotype nt full 'length. We know him lo bo a ood Leurted man, with many nchlc impure, and a moderato share of intelligence, bvt ho is so perfectly wsntiW in stability, and so liable lo be upsot end rolled over and over by every wind of fulso doctrine that comos along, wo have actually often looked at him with sentiment of dorp pity for Lis unfortunate organization. "CimEitiNo. We learn from Col. Kel sey that the pro-slavery cause in theooun tics of Deuglass, Josephene and Jackson, is sweeping everything Uforo il. He says Hint changes are constantly-taking place, ano init jucKion, Uoujlass and Lane are sure to give largo majorities in favor of slavery, lie nint with Gen. Lena wuiie on his tour. Tho old General informed him that he was fairly in the field on the questiun, and should trive il a cordial up port." Occidental Sfettengtr. We havo no doubt that Col. Ivelsey and Gen. Lane, when discusving tho third bottle of g'of, fucceeded in satisfying each other that the pro-slavery cauto was faiily sweeping over tho South like wild fire. When the votes come to bo counted, and (hry find they havo not a majority in a singlo county in tho Territory, wo am in. clined lo think Jo Lane will be willing lo sell out hi chances for tho U. S. Senate to Col. Ki ley or friend T'VauIt very cheap, W e have ever been satiified since the return of Jo Lane lhat he was a "negro worshiper," and intended to vote for slave. ry but the free Stato democrats in most of the counties could not be penuuded to believe it. AVo doubt whether they will beliere it now ; ond if Lane or nny other pro-slavery locofoco should run for office aa a "democrat," although Lis election sliculJ much enhance tho danger of fas telling slavery upon us, we have little doubt but tho groat majority cf freo Slato democrats would even 11 To hell's pcrdiu'vn along with Jo Lane, under a pirate's flag emblazoned with DEMOCRACY. Wars aid RiBtn of Wart, We have this week thought it best to copy several items from the locofoco pa per oi tins Territory, for tho purpose of showing tho general muss that now exists in the African family, and of exhibiting specimens of locofoco literature. Wo have not thought best to comment upon these precious extracts for fuar that we might be considered as having entered the arena to take a hand in this family quarrel. Our Oregon readers are sufficiently ac quainted with tho character of these pa pers to draw their own conclusions. CT"A white man ouht not to nut negro wool into his head to steal away Li bruins." Portland Times. Of course, not but then those roulat- toes who joined in the locofoco procession in Indianapolis, ought not to be blamed for hniing "negro wool" on the outride of their heads, when it came thero through the agency of those black democrats who claim to be " white men." dftr Cnn. McCarver informs us that the lurmpuiiut'iii in Washington Uity was mistaken iu reference to his negotiating for nogroes. He says ho has always been for Ireciiem, nnd is now a free Slate man. Taylor's Fkrrjt. Au-r. 3. isr7. Kd. of Argus We are now clearing out the Tualatin river cud the work is progressing rapidly. John A. Taylor We are pleased to learn lhat the Tuahv tin improvement is now beyond the reach of iloubt ns to its completion. Messrs. Pease and Smith nro now building a nice stern win-el boat at Meoro's mills, ar.d contract ors are just entering upon their engage mem to put in a good dum at that place Mr. Moore has alrcudy giien tho chartered company some four ncrcs of land near the depot, and everything seems to bo on swimmingly. In i,i,i; .i.:. r it m ... ..V.U...U,, vj m,Sl .,lr. muoro ltiiorms us t.ut a company of men talk of erecting mimicry nt his place, for tho purpose of smelting tho oro which has been discovered m large quantities in the Chehalem moun tain. cd anJ lc politic, there is net one among them moro assiduous and resolved than thli same editor cf tho Advocate. Hum In England, his canting heart is full of tho law-enforced morality and palu and penal ty religion, which characterize I he I'ng. lith nation. lie is pregnant with a nu. nitrous brood of ilio hatred prcgeny of an united church and State which curse his naiivolanJ. A correspondent writing lo us says : 44 1 leo that you have been drawn into a controversy with brother Frame. Cry aloud, nnd sparo not. lie is tho le gitimate descendant of ilio atcetic spawn of holy cobblers lhat infentrd DuplnnJ in the day of Crouiaoll." L'xajjktift Or- gin. OCT We havo no doult but the " cor respondent" olludcd lo n Love, is Rev. Dtla zon Smith. be dutinclly traced in every "souaro" of it editorial columns eoar ribaldry, vl tuperaiion and abate mark almost every article in each weekly iiie. No attempt is msdo to rconi!o differences conten tion, strife and abuso seem lo bo tho meat upon which it feeds, Htb moving J?3 A company of men from Yamhill censisting of Dr. McDride, G. L. Woods, James WooJj, Terry McCullough, aud Ilcnry Moore, with ouo or two others, pusiod through this city last Thursday, on their way beyond ihe Cascade Mountains, for the purpose of prospecting for gold on the old " Meek' Cut-Otp ..j. Many havo been ihe (lying reports and b-endarv talcs about rich gold discoveries which wero uuJo by soma of the La if famisheJ immigrant who passed along that road in 1815. This company will Joad their ani mals with tho piecioui iiinul, if those re ports aro true, and thuy happen to prove the truth of them themselves. Portland, Aug. Oih, 1957. AJ. vl circus ism ; A f.w 0r , : this city havo been in doubts as to your I'lwiiuu upon mo -iiee nnem miwi nn." and I havo been requested to write to you lo know whether you nre in favor of excluj.- iuj nee negroes Iroiri among us or not. lours, Ul.O IvAl.NTUCK. If "Old Kaintuck," or any other citi- tens of Portland, nro troubled with freo negroes, wo refer them lo the City Council tor rodrcss ot grievances. Wo should lnpe, however, that tho City Council will takJ no nctiou interfering with the ' free, doiu of tho press." D""We know Lov thick a nero' skull i." Portland Timet. Of course, you do. So doe the gentle man who keeps tho " Titus Amlronicus." 03" The ((earners Commodore an J Re public arrived at Portland on Tuesday evening, bringing news from Xctr York to tho Cthof July. J. W. Sullivan, Well., To I Co.. anJ the American Kvprets fu:cLhid us with liberal files cf paper; In tho estimation of every intelligent and cana'id rcador, who has any knowl edge of thct history and character of Wes. ley and Asbury, the editor of tho Slate, man has succoeded in making himself ri. diculous for his ignorance. Advocate. If we are " ignorant," the ignoramus of tho Advocato is not esnctly tho proper man lo mstruct us. IIo has tho misfor tune ol an inuiucrent education. A shoe maker by trade, (now we trust ho will not ueinagoiue on thii, and ay wo "sneer" at shoemakers; wo conceive that shocmnk- ing isjusl ns honorable as any omploymmt just as honorable as practising law, med- leine.or as preaching or editing,) he "took up preaching, and converted himself in to a clergyman of the ranting, " thunder ing sound" sort, farther removed from tho " harp of a thousand strings" order, in tho passably correct use of tho English Ian-g-iage, than in the display 0f thou"ht. And what he losl in the absence or nc Icct of early opportunities, is not supplied by a general intelligence. The issues of his paper nro frequently full of blunders, nnd if ho was half as well informed as he fancies he i, he would be enough so to make hira aware of his own ignorance," anJ chary cf accusing others. " two .Mormon emissaries were in town last wcik. Wonder if ihey aro after u-leet and t:irituult inOrt'-onl! 'Jhev lectured on polygamy on Saturday Int. Decent anil virtuous people should give ttieni a thorough letting alone. Wo copy the above from the hist Salem Uirutinn Auvocntr-, italics and all. Now tho editor of that paper, Uev.T. II. Fearne, on thai Very baltirday on which the Mor. mons lectured, (in tho Court room,) went iuio a loom in me lower pari oi tlie liuiiu. ing expresily lo listen lo tlii lecture on .o. lygamy, anJ did Ibttn to it wiih the utmnot interent, and denounced the lecturer as a " hypocrito" and "servant of tho devil." According to hisoirn ad vies to others, ho is neither " accent or virtuous," " Do not ns soins unjrtcioui pajlon do, onow in int tiltrp aud thorny way to hoavra, Wh.Ut. Iiko a ull"d uud rtckiMn libvrUno, IJinmlf ibo tiriin Mill cf daliiabt IrouLi. AnJ Iim J i nut IU owa icwliioj." Which is tho most "decent and virtu ons, and winch is the mot munly, we ask tho Advocate editor, if manliness can find place in a heait habitually awry, to go openly into the hall, and littun to a Mor. mon lecture, or tneuk into an ndjaceut room, and eaves drop ? And then how came a clergyman, if his thoughts were cliaito nnd pure, as a clcr- gyruau's ought to be, to think und write of " wiiif nnd spirituals" first, and on'y in connection with Mormonimi I Mormon ism has other fraturcs bemdes its polyga my, and n pure mind need not neceitarilv and would not think of that nlone, or first, in considering it. It is seen und rend thnt nature has emblazoned MmMialiiy upon ihe Advocate editor's face; can it bo that it is equally ns strongly infused into Lis com position! Then, too, this ungenerous nnd obscene "fling" nt the two Mormon preachers, is highly characteristic cf its author, and aptly illustrates his time-serving character. The Mormons are a dcspied end hated pcopio in Urcgon ; we suppose there is not a person within the borders of the Ter ritory who does not repudiate their Inith. onu practices ; anil unless persecuted, they aro not likely to make a single convert ; therefore it is popular to awiil them, nnd hence the editor of the Advocate docs si I'tit wero they numerous in Oregon, yfd becoming more so, the Advocato gdilor would either ni.pl u l or bo ns fint ns death concerning them, and iiflortanc them to subscribe for his paper If hu man nnturo has one feature inoo disgust ing than nny other, it is that of time-serving nnd trimming. The Advocate editor will now call us n "Mormon," probably. It would be in keeping with his candor and honesty. But he should be careful nnd not contra dict himself, for if we am an " infidtd" ns lie ays, wa can I be n " Mormon." fow. ever, ihe Advocato edi or can call us " Mormon," " infidel," "atheist," or nny thing elo he thinks will excite prejudice against us. II e are all ice profess to be, and no man cm call us insincere, or n canting hypocrite Cznpkafs Organ. later what kin. lltiteatsalM hlrt Wo wish to know distinctly, and with out prevarication, what po.iu'on the States man occupies on Ihe slavery quetion Las taxed its Ingenuity lo "keephndy on this question, but its nun committalum shall not avail it. Wo will snip tha nm.k from the faco of this ruodul editor, and Id the Democracy of Oregon havo a view of the hidrousncts lhat will Lo thero disclosed, IIo might, with propriety, in the langua; of Moore, in Li Lallnh Rooke, when iho silver veil i taken from tho face of tho 1'iophot KorLassao, lo presence of Li de luded followers, exclaim lo the Democracy " There, ye wi ssiuU, lehold your light, your war ; Y would be dujK-s aud victims, and ye art.1 It is duo lo tho Democracy of ihisTvrri lory to know how you slaud on (Lis Impor tant quistioa. Let u Lave no conceal rnent. An open foe can always bo oncoun tertd. There is something manly in such an adversary, but a suiiiking, smiling, se crel, lutri'inng, Jusuhical, pretended friend, is always to bo dreaded. Occi d.Htul Mettinger, Apropos. A private correspondent in writing to us from San Francisco awhile sine, said lhat whilo in conversation wiih an editor of a Democratic journal of that city, said editor remarked that he could find no Letter lerai to apply to the editor of the Oregon Statesman and those who uphold Lis policy, judging from tho col umns of the Statesman, than to cull them " Rocky mountain Digger Democrats," which being interpreted means thnt the Democracy which they advocate mny do lo govern Digger Iudians, but not to gov ern intelligent while mm. Standard. Hail Storm. A terrific huil storm oo curred in Shasta Valley on Sundnv ilia 12th inil , which did considvrablo dam age. It fortunately extended only oer a small area. The farmers hud just com menced harvesting, end those who had their grain in shocks had it thoroughly threshed, the hail falling in such size and force as to cut the bands by which it was bound ns with a knif.-. The grain crop of Mr. Hunt was entirely beaten down and destroyed. The hail stones are described as measuring two inches in diameter. Yrehy4ruion. ? t& Tho wine we spoke of last we feloniously abstracted fr H 'J ,.ICIt. And ibufh others art taoro open moulb- jMrMYho caused that Slute-houso to be set on fire? It is said that " murder will out," and we expect to livo till it be. comes known and proved to the public of Oregon who burnod the State-house, mid who procured it to be burned. Statesman. Does the Statesman know anything about the burning of tho State-house J If it was the net cf an incendiary, os in- imitated in the above extract, and the edi tor is in possession of nny cluo by which the incendiary might be traced, until held amenable to the law, the silence ho has maintained for nearly thrco long years, is criminal, liut if the inurndo is only nn emanation from tha pent up malice of a malignant bean, both editor and paper should bo spurned from all cood souiutf. ns unworthy of any atmosphere except that uiuiiicu vr uio convicis ot tho penal colo nies of Great I!i itain. Orti'ipno Aam 3T In speaking of the importance of newspapers in general, tho Occidontal Messenger says : " When properly conducted, with nn eye to the public good, their value is ines tiimblo ; but when mui! tha .irm!... r detraction and personal abuse tho medi um llirough which tho aiijrv Ajelin-'s nnd petty animosities of their conductors are fulmiiiatod, then aro they lo be judged in an iovcrso ratio and khould meet with ti.o iniiignont frowns and unqualified approbation of every rood citizen. " Of this List character is tha Si and wo arraign it before the tribunal of public opinion in Oregon. A few dnvs Mine we wero waited upon by n consistent Methodist of this couutv. a farmer, nml shown a letter from a friend of his in tho State of Ohio, lo whom he had regularly mailed copies of the Statesman. Hi Ai,! stated one great objection to becoming a I citizen of Ure-'on. Jud-Mni? frnm il. i..n of the papers sent him, tho people, ho cm sidored, rough, savage and uncultivated, with no good understanding amonT ihem. Now, here is prcof positive of ihebid in fluence of tho Statesman, and that it is an injury to the community in which it is publishad. As the ostensible organ of a party, it is equajy ,0 u cnJpjj It makes r.o attempt to h,l lir,!,t ,. mooted questions about which ih. IW. ocraoy are divided it m.l. n . 1. the better ferlinrs and who honestly differ as to what are ihe niin. 'pie of the party. 11, ,bmejit o aving been the carryall of Elder Foster, while Le w innt Gibson's, was recovered from n hack yard, under a pile of boards, where it had "been secreted by tho boys. The Elder has handed in ihe two follow. ing letters for publication, which amply uevctope the whole subject aud placo the transaction in its truo light : Rev, E, Foster Sir Laving observed ihat their was a clan of the iiinoblo nboui town not being capable of following a profitable buisnesa for them selves nre dabbling into Ihe buUness and properly of others into wnoes nanus some ot yours have fallen Now when property is nctuly stolen it is appropriated to somo use at least the thiuf is prompted by that much of a nobli do sign but they without the least shndo of nobility m their acts stoop lo tho lowest calling bringing reproach upon com unity saying nothing of their suposod pniautngo you that have a clew should by bringing them tojustes rniso them out of their wab low Yours Truly Thoughtless Noulemindk Mr, T, Nobleminde sir I nm not surprised at your surtrcstions. for bofi.ro latino thought I was of the samo notion and! iimto it to be the unmatured impression of 0.017 iiooiu minue. uiu wnen wecoucider uiat they nro creatures with longing nppe tito and burning thirst for pleasure und when wo further concider that ancestors nave taiictl to inspire tho mindes of their prodgney with thu knowledge of and ca. pacity for drinking of thoes purer siren ms wiai now irom a higher nobler source their souls having never bon inspired with that glowing rellish for noblo deads and bavin no Knowledge of tho berning sympatheys and high corcspondiii'' iovs of iho intplro. tual man ihey nre to be pitticd for like the famishiug man whose onlov resourse for quenching his rageing thirst is with the hog lo sip nt his wallow and not with standing tho disnUSt an(i humed fume that atendo it it deceitfuly offers to grattisfy lhir "iwt for pleasure and thus their low afU'ctions being entwined about it they secmo not to be capassitated wiih the nbil ity for making the transition from thence to a nobler higher snurso hence to snatch from them their wallow they would sink What is this comuuity comeinir two' !i Yours Truly k W Foster W.. 1 iSssS-nto inielli'-once from KimnJ states tlryen. Martinez, a Granadiis been mad Provisional President, and Gen. I crez, MiuiMer of War, for eight month-, when n general election will be held. Ii is mu-u irom Washington lhat a treaty will shortly be concluded between our govern, ment and Nicaragua, which will be entirely satisfactory to us, the object of which is to open the Nicaragua Transit route Th New from the Atlantlo States Dealt r Vm. U Marry t route, routo 'will lrf iilnonil I,, v: . 1 I'.eiii.igus opona permanent basis, and the rights of Ameri. can citizens protected. Death or Willuji L. Marcv. Will iam L. Msrcy i no moro 1 IIo was fuum dead in Li room nt noon at Dullston on Saturday, July 4th, Ho closed his seven tieth year in Di-cmber last. In Li death tho Democratic parly lose one of its ablest leader, and tho I'nion a sagacious, pru dent and Incorruptible statesman. GovitNNos Ful'md fob Utah. Col Cumming has accepted the office of Gov ernor of L'tuh, nnd ha left fur Li new field of labor. His first official act will bo lo oflur as sistance nnd protection lo all (malo and fe male) who may desire to return to the Slate. This il is believed will break up tha Mormon association, aud destroy tho mam pillar of the Church Ahnv Movements, Dispatches Lave been received from tho troop now moving toward Utah, wLIch report unexampled energy ond efficiency in iho Quartermas ter's Department. Gen. Jcssup ay that Bonaparte, in hi palmcst days, noror dreamed of the rapidity wiih which opera lions have been conducted in tho Western Department of our army. Ovkrla.no Mail. Tho Postmaster Goneral ar.d tho President have decided upon the routo of the ovoilnnd mail to California. It commences at St. Louh and Memphis, thence to Litilo hock, ihcnco lo tho Ilio Grande, near Fort Fillmore or Donna Ann, thence along the projected wagon road to Fort Yuma, and thence lo San Francisco. Messrs. Uultorfield and Company are the contractors, at the turn of five hundred nnd ninety-five thousand dollar. Thi. provides for tho transpor tation of a mail twico a week. Tiiass - Atlantic Telegraph. The steamer Cyclops, detailed hy the BiilUi Government to make soundings along the route of tho proposed submarine cable across the Atlantic, arrived ut St. Johns, Newfoundland, on Wednesday, July 1st. Lieut. Dayman, her commander, confirm" in every particular tho soundings made by Lieut. Lterryman, thus placing ibis impor. tout matter beyond further cavil fmm any nailer. Tub Ohio Defalcation. Mr. Gilxon, late Treasurer of Ohio, has Mtied a card, in which he attributes iho deficiency in the Slate treasury entirely lo the operations of Mr. Dreslin, his Democratic 1 red -cessor. 1 hose enormous indebtedness lo tho Slate ho admits that he nt first attempted lo con cent, on the promise of Hreslin that i should be mado up. Finding that fires- lin would not or could not pay up, ho dis- closed and resigned. The two arc family nnecttons. Suits have been bronchi .L . , .1 . i me surciicsoi ooin to recover tho amount of their bonds. Dreslin was cn gaged in financial schemes with several banks, nnd used the money of the State to enrry them on. Conviction of tub Washington Elec tion Rioters. William Wnmock, Will iam Wilson, John Webster, Isaac Stod. dard, and William Williams were con victed on tho 30th June, in the Criminal Court, of rioting nnd preventing persons from voting in Washington Cily, on the 1st of Jiimi last. Tho two first named having left the city their recognizances wore forfeited ; tho others were severely lectured by Judgo Crawford, fined twenty dollars each, nnd sentenced to imprison ment in the county jail for one year. On the same day Robert Cross, onother of the election rioters, was arrested nfier a des perate resistance. Ila fired a pistol at of ficer Itobinson, seriously wounding him in the ham, face and neck with buckshot. Ihb Spiritual Co.NTRovEsy at Bos ton. The spirits have been badly bent en at lioston. Ihe editor of tha Boston Courier offered 300 to any mediums or spiritual performers who would perform leats tnat could not bo explained by well Known agencies ; the challenge was ac cepted by some of the most prominent spiritualists ; a jury was appointed consist ing of the following gentlemen : Prof. Agassiz, Prof. B. Pierce, Prof. Gould of tho Observatory, nnd Prof. Horsford. The day of trial came off ; the spiritualists mustered in great force ; Prof. Agassiz was as jolly as usual, Prof. Pierco looked ter rible severe, the other two jurymen looked uncommonly sharp; nnd, ns might have been expected, the experiment was an ut ter failure; tho spiritualists could neither read thoughts, nor communicate with the dead, nor move inert matter, Mixnesota Election The election in Minnesota is still in doubt, both conies . niing the victory. The Minnm;,n pub.) figures up the election of 50 Re blicans and 40 Democrats, leavim? 0 ta oe luard irom. Of the Renubliran miaI I " lo be on fire, and at tho same moment ll, flame, burst forih, causing iho utmost eon-iernallon. The flsme spread with gr.ut rapidity, and number of the pnicn. ger precipitated themselves into th, r, and many in inch case were drowned.' The sic. mors Napoleon and Alliance we lo Iho rescue, and iho former look o(T0no hundred and Iwenly seven. Several of lhe.o .ubioqucnily died of their wounds. It it thought probable that omo 0I thi passengers may have reached land by wimming. Cupioin Rudolph, 0f , Montreal, and the purer twnm to the All. innco and were saved. Ta VlsU Kspeitti,,. Washington, June 29. To-day official order, and instruction, wore sent to Gen. Ilarney, who is to h,.. command of the Utah expedition. It ilta Lo composed of tho 2d Dragoon, the fiih and 10th Infantry, which will shortly be it rori ienvenworiu, together with th h.i. tory of the 4th Artillery, now at that no.,- all of which will be prepared to march to and establish post at or near Salt L.U Cily j nnd at tho earliest practicable d.y, ho (Gen. Harney) will put tho troops tnl route, but will until that time retin i.;. present command of troops in Kansas. On tho Oth of January next, after th. territory of Utah shall Lave been entered by tho troops, it will constitute anew and scpernto military department, 10 be ityhjd' tho " Department of Utah," to be com inunded by Gen. Hnrncy, or iho senior of. ficer present, who will, from the time ef leaving Fort Leavenworth, be the com. mander of a aeparnto army in the ld. within Iho sense of the 50th article of war. The armament and equipment deemed' most suitable for tho servico of th batterr of artillery, will be selected,, ond if nee essnry, extended in guns and horses b; the commander of the expedition. Tho post nt Salt Lake City, when established, and' any oilier io!h, nut exceeding, two in ad dition, lhat may be established in Utah,, will be included ninon,' the "Chaplain posts," nnd "double ration posts," 0f ih nnny. dipt. Duncan leaves hero to. mor row, to lake charge of the troops now sf Carli-do Barracks, intended' for the Utah service. Yesterday nfternoon .'50 U. S. recruit, took llir ir departure by the Now York and Erie railroad for Leiivenw-nrtli City, Kan sas, where ihey will join the command of 3UU0 men, that is to accompany the nw Governor of Utah to Sail Lake. City. New Vork, July 1. The Daily Times learns- from private sources thnt as soon as an interview is had with Mr. Bowlin.our Minister ftom Deguts, tho GovHrnmenl will immidislely ilfci.lt nn the ecu ike lo be pursued with New Granuda, which will he of the most du teriniiied and summary character, if an amicable adjustment is not entertained In rrhtiiw lo our affairs in Vein-auela, con cerning Dird Iil.uul, tho course of our -Minister, Mr. Lames, is approved of, and if the communication to be received from the government be not of a saliidactory character, the ultimatum of this- govern ment will be conveyod by n vessel of ar, 119 1 here is no resident Minister here from Venezuela to communicate with. KrThe Chicago Journal sjvs that by the term - strong-minded woman." it mean. I' 006 who Toi,s very resectable weman m va.n endeavori to become a ery or the seats of 4 delegates from St. Anthon are to be contested for informality. Ths lsurnlni of the Montreal. THBEE HUNDRED LIVES LOST NEARLT TWO HUNDRED SAVED. The burning of the steamer Montreal, in the river St. Lawrence, on June 27th, was one of the most deplorable disasters' thnt we have been called upon to record for a long time. The Montreal left Quo bee at 4 o'clock in ihe afternoon for Mon treal, having on board between four and r 1 1 me nunurea passengers, nearly all of them emigrants, and many of them re ctntly arrived from Scotland. About 5 o'clock, when abreast of Cape Rouge, the Denton Supports Rollins, the Amtrlcaa Candidate. Col. Thos. Benton has written a letter to Missouri,defining his position in the pres. ont canvass for Governor. It is of exceed ing pith, point, and interest, as follows: Washington Crrv, Mny 21, 1857. Col. II. B. Branch Dear Sir: The- press nro of my occupations prevented m from remaining at St. Louis kmg enough to receive your letter, of the 11th; but finding it here, I answer it to any to you what I said to all friends at St. Louis, tkt between Rollins and Stewart I consider the public interest and the interest of the Un ion Democracy to require tho election of Rollins. He is a Union man, against nul lification nnd nullifiers against the nulli fication resolutions passed by the Missouri Legislature in 1849 agninst the co-opera-lion therein promised to tho South in il secession scheme against agitation then nnd now on Iho slavery question and ev ery way a better Democrat than Stewart. Thomas II. Benton. Notice. The annual mceline of the coiu-rczalions of th Christian church will commenco at McMinvills cn Thursday before the second Lord's duy in Sep tember. Aurut 1, 1857, Notice. A semi-nnnnal meeting nf the Ore con BiM 8 eiety will be held at Corvallis next Auenit 12tV commencing at 10 a. m. A general represents lion is dorired, and, as far as posikh, from Cooa ty Bible Societies by delegation. isy order or tlx. Com. July 18, 1857. Dan'l BsoLir.Sec'y. In Waliiiii;ton county. July 30lli, 1S57, by Rev. Mr. Jollev. Mr. Alsest Zirssa to Xt Charlotte Mam.fi. Notice IS hereby jriren lhat I will be at Ihe office m it. A Anitilnrnf r'l..-L,.r..ia A...... V. OrrffOQ T?r rilurv. on 9).l. fro. Q oVIock 1. -li" 4 r. ii. of said day, and with Ihe s.iaiiee of Audiior examine Iho ammment roll, tocorteti miatakee, if any. All pemom inlererted ar w queeled to attend. J. . TA YLOIt, August 8, 1857-17-4 Amemn. Estrav. LEFT this city about the first of July M. a laree Indian GREY MARE, hav.nf rcl colt with a blazed fare. The mare is Brand on either Ihe thonlder or hip. tVhal th brio "i I do not rrcollecl. Any paraoa relumiof nie ibail be well rewarded. WM. SINGEt Oregon City, An. 8. 1857. 173 Oregon Ledge Xo. S, I- O.O.F MEETS at their Hall orer tha Orejoa C1 Drug Store every Wednesday veauif 7 oVIn,.l n-..hrn in ir nl eundioff are mnlea , r.a tn. p.r. t u, hbmJit. o i dinarr man." ' 7 ' " P8 fgziil CHARM AX, - m r I wood work of th furnacrs wa discovered I GwtTtut,?. J rr