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(Eljc rcgon 5Vrgtt0. W. L. AUASS, tBITO ANU esofSISTOS. SATURDAY, FEIillUAKY 80, 1838. REPUBLICAN CONVECTION. There w ill b H-iuti!icit Convention ' . of Delegate (rein nil ili count ie in lb Territory f r ihn purpos of nominating candiduu-i to be supported at the election next Jun, if it Uh thought proper, and of transacting ttich other uuini na may com before Contention, The Con vention will be held on FRIDAY, THE SECOND OP ATRIL, At lalcm, Marion County. Tie Rpublivann aro urgently requested ' toorfitie in every couuty where mi or. pnniznion wtt not made last year, end end up Dlt lo Convention. The commit le would suggest tlmt tlie following apportionment Ui ndhered la in sleeting Delegate: Curry 1, Coos , Jackson 4, Joseidiin 3, Itougl 4, I'mp qua , Lane 0, Linn 6, Unitou 4, Polk 4, Yamhill 4. M inon 7, Claokme 3, Wash ington 3, Multnomah 4, Columbia 1, C'lai- op 1, an J Wwto I. Cli. Ki p. Tr. Com. FeK C, 19i. 1-muI AmiiiBiilt, From a private letter, dated Kerby ville, Josephine county, Jan. SI), w make the following extracts, after fitting tlmt the writer bat lately gone t lie re from L'iiiji -qua. "Iaeverknew uatil I came here, how tsrinot a dcpfivaihsa it was to mi the weekly viit of my iaper: and I now pro teit I but I would yaiher lose on meal every day. ihaa l.i do without The Argus, 4t will coat lite lerity-bie cent per tium her, over ami alwve the subscription, o iiij; 4o the nculect of our olhctals. lVuw is it net icandaluais iiHt in this county, contain Jng twelve hundred inhahilalil Hi Ira' 'therein not a single M.m Kuitef lei -Sir, ihe Postal A"fiil Im.i been petitioned -our situation in well known to ihe higher bullion ic; but noihin is done fur u. flf a poor miner in so unfortunate a to gel -a tetter from bin wife, be inu-t lurk over ffl'J lu an Iixpremu, I),-lore h van find out whether Inn better half i strayed .or inen, or at home, as she ought to be, " ll it true tlmt the Democratic idol. Jo ?Lene, promised to eel thing to lights; but all Iliat know him are w-IJ aware, that liia pioimses iiiij performance are, and -alwavs have ban, ai variance. " Now, Sir, there arc tcry many Reiuib 'licans in thin county ; and if you will vi "III Postal Agent particular ", you will do Ihfin n (.'riril hivor ; aiid Imulcl youKucceeil in wukin biin up, ao thai we .DiHy liuveiiur in a I U tonveyrd on the Rin (eriima nibcr projile. I inn linil promiVe you nuUscriueri enough to pay ynu for the trouble; t all evcnla, if lln-y don I nub aorilje and pay in advance, it aball not he tny faul', fur I intend, na sonn a we have mail, to end you a long liat of unities, if .in my power. ' We aincerdy aympathise with our tfricndn in Joippliiue in lhir culnniities. Tlio ToMul arrant-men Is in tin's counlry nre in good keeping n i b iliogeurril poli cy of a Kpoils-and-plundcr party tltut bnra -all 111 liopra for nuci-ess on t he ignorance of the inaca. " Democracy" flouriidira beat in anvil counties d Josephine, where, the penplfl nru deprived of reading maltcr, and children grow up '-democrat)." bedaub their fathers were, and are probably hnnrat in their con vie: ion that General Jatk'oll i still running for ('resident, and that the toryiniu of b'uck democrncy i really I he "good oJ fusliioiird democrncy of Jefferson. We hope our Republican frieil out there will not put their liebt under a bushel, but -will aland up for the cause of truth like men. As to our " waking up" a locofoco poatal agent to do anything but to draw bin pny, that ia impossible, G;ib i-Ts blunt will liot " rtiiko" such fellawa till il blows :he last time. 'I'hry will bo anru to wail till the "second resu reel ion," and then, as inow, ibey will "come forth to receive their ay" with this difTurence: Tlure ibey will get pny for " deed done in the bedy," while here ibey draw pny for deeds un done. Kr We Icnrn thai Gov. Curry gave a chauipagtio anpper in lliia c'ty la l Thma day nijjln, at which a paper was preeuted 'for the faithful to aign. The purport of ji was, faiihfol allegiance to bushi.-.in. We hear that ueral "Softs," under the influ ence of liquor, signed it. These wh think there ia any dependence tot put in a "democrat," or tolerably green. Mailer I)rMcnicjr. The New Yoik Day Book, a democratic faper i'f which v. have jevernl lime -flpokr.n, and from which some ef the Ore gon oigans of the aaine party lake delight in quoUng. has got sn rampmil upon the itileaiing of slavery that il ha cnine out in favor of selling poor white people iniosluv. ry. . In upt-aling vf ike poor Auiericaas, Irili, aoi' Geujjjin, it hy : " Sell the pare titu of these children into Shvpjv. Let ur Legialatur pn a law that whoever will take lh.se parents and take care of them and iheir offspring, in aickness and health clothe them, feed llietii and house theineia be legally tntitlid to Ihtir ttrvicet ; and let I he same. Legisla ture decree that whoever receive ihese parent and their childkkx, and obtain their services, nIiuII tak care vf thein as lO.NQ AS TBET LIVK." We venture to say that no democrat, however rabid, would suppose for moment that there ia a Republican in th United State who. u mean enough to advocate edling por whit mm into slavery. We have seen ariiwN of th aama tkaractar f ihe alor ia anany black df myjijo papera la th 8ttes, and, what i more, if Jo l.an should enders the doctrine, aad his organ grinder should think lh peojd of Oregon would epprovof It, h would go for it blind ; and so would niu tenth of th locofoco rdilor in th Untied State. Th fuel i I her is no villainy ibal what it known aa "sound and reliabl demo crl" wouldn't go for, Isrjltai V'uitt Jo Lane's orgs of last Saturday aayt! H Th Union cannot new alTb'd that sytm of liberality which would coun-el th diuiion r mi In wbicb th domi nanl party ar black-rei'ublican, and clear ly purpose not to strengthen but to weaken, end, II leismole, lu sever In bondl union Th reina'k may be regarded as il will, we have no hesitation in saving thai we should applaud and defend democratic member ofCongra, wh, fur this nid no iber reason miouI cy 'way to lh oro posed admission of any Slat rapping lor a place In Hi confederation lurongh the me dimn of abolition senators and repiesenU' live." Jly abolition senators her is meant Re. publican senators of course, or any other unntont not elected a the regular ooini nets of locofoco taacu. Th new or g-iniiaiion of "national democrat" is called an abolition or black republican" organ izaiion by this slink. Il is eeriainly lo be regretted lhal a State should apply for ad inisHon "ihrugn l ha medium of w traitorous black denintratie Senator Yet ii white man ever yel proponed to keep a Stat out of ibe union on account of its politic. W have quoted the above paragraph, not I ecaiiao any importance attaches to the thing lhal penned il, but fr the purpos of letting the peepl beyond lh rang of the Times' earlier boy see lh poitiou of Jo Lane organ. The black democracy have generally had great deal in say about leaving the people " per f.-ci ly free le r. gulate their own domestic inlitutins," and iiiisied that a Slate ought to be admitted whether free sir elave. This, a few weks ago, Lane' or. gan said was the true doctrine, and the lviiion occupied (y the demm-racy ol Oregon. Since Huchaiiau'a message and Jo Lanr'a letter il has lurne l iiscual, and now goea for keeping Kansas out of the Union, hecaue ibe Repnhliians, who ex. eluded alavery from that Territory, will apply for admission through Republican Suiiators. We have no wnrda to express our loath ing of aueh unprincipled hirelings. 0" In the Statesman of Feb. 2. we said : ' W have sent an order to N. Y. for a large size power-r re", and srne other ma teiiul, which will ho received here, ifrome 'Southerner' does not agam send then to ib boitom." W nre told lhal some have understood this to mean some tuthern man. The 'Southerner,' referred to waa the old S'cmship Southerner,' by the wreck of w inch in 1353, we lost n power. nrens ud an extensive iiriniinir and book bindinif establishmenl. Csapkay' organ. That ia surely a compliment to the intel ligent of lh readers f lhal ebeet; but we believe il ia a faithful liken of the great mass of ihem. It remind u of the occurrence in Linn county of which we spnke al.-out a year ago : A aubacriber to that sheet, who couldn't read, but took il "jest to support it," as every reliable democrai ia told he mnotdo. was sining in a store, looking at the paper, which he happened lo hold bottom aide up, when his eye rested on a steamboat cut, and, after gazing very attentively at it himself, directed the attention of by stander to it thus: "Look here, mister, lhar'allie picler of thai sknner which up set on the lake and spilled Mr. Hu-hV press into ibe water. You aee the sk oner's bonom upwards but I don't sea the print, in' press. I exnnse hit's "ont In thundor." Th Weaiker. Just aa ever) body, whu is in ihe faabil of judging of t he future by the past, had Wi lled down in lh opinion lhal we were lo have ii '' cld snap" this inter, thry were sadly diiapHiiiled in a regular freeze np last Sunday night. T'te eld f'om Sunday noon till about midnight ihe same day was sufticent to freeze the mud so at to bear up horse in many place. Our potatoes which are not dug yel we are afraid are gone in. , The weather moderated Sunday nijhf to as lo open upon us with a regular old fash ioned snow s'orm, which lasted till MoO- lay night, and covered ihe ground about eight inches deep. The boys have had a jolly lime of it in snowballing aad eliding down hill. The children never aee in lo enjoy themselves so much in Oregon as when I hey ar dalving in a snow bank. They ar always supremely happy when lh tnowr is on the grourd. (T Warm rains Lave been fallinsiinc last Tuesday, and the snow has nearly liappeared. Th liver is high, and rising rapidly. I promise us aa high w-aier a we had at any time l.tsl winter. Q3T Owing to ill health, w have yielded most of our space to correspondent this wek. XT A friend of ur iu Umpqua, sub mil lb following problem to our readers ; A man having torn last for lh math mslica, while hewing hous lgs had ihe following problem suggested lohim by his employment : What must b the diameter of round log which, when eqnal quantities are hewn oil parallel lo each other on two sides, the remaining center piece shall h sii inches thick, and ccutaii jusl one-half the cubic CAaUats of the original tog I Ctaakvayi Aieal Llkel ke raw USB WS. The Jacksonville Ileiald, paper which whv never seen, hut which we men tlonrd a l'w week ago through mistak for l!i Sentinel, has n article suggesting lhal some of lb "opposition" tak th lead of lh new wing ol lb democracy. Th fo. lowing it aa extract from lh trtlul which w find in Cwpkey's organ ! "Canthernot h found among (hem men trood ana Hue, who will undertake jusl from motive of pur nd disinterested pairiotimn, to guide and direct ika demo cratic luassea, and ieslruct them in the principle of jeflerioniaii democracy t Let us a. ihr's Dryer not a very able man lo bn sur ; but ihsl'n the faoll of his early education, or rather want of il but ihcii he's a handtomi men; and besides. hasnl li always opposed ihe 'Salem clique,' and pointed out lo the outraged people their wroims, and the author of them I And lher s Adams, or Hie Argus not so haiidwime a man a ' t'other' fuller,' bill h must be a good man. for h has ' Itev.' prefixed to his name. If you doubt his hanttty, see the S alexinan and lh rvu ords of th Clackamas County Court; il vou riount his ability, read Ins paper. Id ha labored long and so.aloUi.ly fur ihe pu ri heal ion of the democra'ic parly, and not the laborer worthy of his hire I" Now ii wou'd seem loany man possessed of human feling, lhal an editor wham we had already compelled lo swallow a libel which he had published regarding u would be ashamed lo rxiraci an article fioiu another paper making Huinn to what under our ptnitive order, he had got on his marrow bone and permitted us to jam with a muddy stick to the bottom of his bread-hu-ket. Of our honesty we make no boasts. W have lid nearly forty years, have had dealing wih thousands of men, and were never sued, neither did any man ever threa'en to sue us. W have been a church member fir over twenty years, and have never yet had a charge preferred ag iinsl as of iinprojier conduct of any kind whatever, and if w have ever unwillingly wronged a human being out of anything that be longed to him, we pledge our word lo re. 'tore him f. up fold whenever he shall make it knawn In us. W have Urge number of acquaintances (nnmo of whom are Salem democrat).) who have known n from buy hood up. To ell of them, or any of them, hen lecherous liH-ofi'CO blockheadt are referred fr the tiuth of out HelCHi' nts. We all no cowardly mry to publish li. bel on ns with tinpuni'y. One or the o'her of us must fall into the ditch. We are an American citizen, and know our rights. We also appreciate the principles of honor which hnve restrained us from making public our " correspondent" with Czapkav'a ngenl in relation to this matter. If he ever mskea another allusion to the libel refern 6 t, w e shall consider onrself fully ai liberty lo act an though no restraints hnd been thrown around ui hy lit princi pies to which we have alluded. Orrcoa Peelry. It was somebody thai wrote, H Full many a tm ef purest my serene, The dark unfallieninl caves of ncesu bear ; Full many a fluwer is burn lo blush unseen, A US' sails Heswselursk ani the desert ail.'' On of these kgeniV has been brought to the furfuco hy n "subscriber" of ihe Occidental, in the shape of an apostrophe IomMms ," containing jut seven verses, over the initials of II. L. The Oc cidental says it publishes it, " not that we admir ihe poerry, bul to 'oblige' a sub scriber." The following verse is a fair specimen of the whole : " It has been frequently remarked That Surah Aim ha eft been sparked, )( il is sometime reported Thai she is frequently courted." Friend Jail must have a very ro(v) sort of a taste not lo " ailmifo such " po ol ry" (!!) a that. Tv consider it an ex cellent specimen of pro-slavery literature, and would be no disendit to the Washing, ion Union, or any o. her locofoco paper. Ii is certainty a " national" to say that ' gsrah Ana has eft been sparked," as lhal " Sarah Ana shall o.l be flugged," which is really lh key-uole of "national democracy." in the mean time, if II. L. has any more such "poetry" in him, wa uggat I lint he be plugged, till all' the locofoco editors in Oregon have an opportunity In make an equal draw on him. liul hare is a specimen that the editor no doubt does admire, for it U editorial. In inviting ihe Corvallis lillicuma lo a "hoe down," the editor says ; " Com young; and o'd and join lh dance, itud louch lh heel and lue ; We II forward twice in advauce, Aui likrwist d.l-e-du-'' One or the other of these " paets" ought 10 bo nominated for poet-la ureate, at ihe new ' national convenlion" at Eugene City. Raxor We noiice that the cattle in the limbered cuui'ry look beder this win. ler than they do in the prairhs. Slock suffer a much on the open praYiee from want of shelter as from want of food. If our sealers in th timber would take the trouble to sow limnihy seed on all their land eu'aide of their incloaures, we think i hey would soon have a superior stock range. Will somebody try ill It's jusl as e.y to be rich a poor, if w only man age rightly. DlSAFPniNTKD. Those who had made preparation for pulling up iue in this coun lry for summer' use, w ill be obliged either to bip a caigo from Mains or put down a lot of (now in aalt. W haven't een enough ic this winter lo cool more than three r four dozen drinks. Urria MnUUs, F b. 17. 1858. Ed. or Aaoct Dear Sir: One of my neighbors who lakes Czapkay' organ has jusl mid me lhal it contained calls from Jackson, Lane, Linn, Marion, Denton, Polk, Washington, ami Multnomah coun ties for mealing lo elect delegate to I he Salem convention in March, whil the Cr.pkit of i liis county appear to be diregrding the coll. Now, Mr. r.d itor, I have written lo you fur information a to th way th land lie in Clackamas, A re the bu-hilr all convened to the na liotial creed, or are Ihey discouraged I Loveioy rxoect lo he nominated fur liov emnr on the clique ticket, it i about lime lhal ha lieu an to Mir up the unwashed in this oouniy. O'Meara ha been out lo see Officer la'ely, and he show stmploms of sofnens" sine then. "Sep" is around occasionally, ami whenever he sleep with a 'hard," back iu Ihe Terrin," his bed fellow is generally a "sofl" in ihe mom. ing as a recen ly frozen potato. Sep ex peula lo be Sheriff of Oregon some slay when vou may l"ok out for a ri' in Ihe price of hemp. Il w ill be apt to take see eral ceila of rope to hang all ihu leaders ol lie clique. They report out here thai you have few Cxupkaiie ill twu. If it be so, pleas lo poet a a to i heir intention lour, JICKSK LUMTUX Tickee Cnmtux"ia infiinned that we are nut posted ourlf a to the real post lion and purpose of the hushiies iu t lit city, mr two reasona. On ia, wo never at tend their caucuses, and another reason is. w think i hey ar ll men who will alway be found on what tln-y believe lo he the strongest side, w hethor that be soft, hnd, nbulitiou, or know ii'iihinu. (IrTic ia what they want, and the Grecian adage, ' Lh penj.le, Pke priest," it true of I hern. Lik people, Irka politicisns, LK-ofoco poliii ciant will always lead the people, if they can hat when they see the penphi turn and uo the other way, they a'e sure lo sneak along in lh rear lo pick up tin crumb of i.ffice. This being the case, if they arebuhiies to.day, ihey r quite likely lo be " na lionals" to morraw. We think lhal men who were Douglas democrat lest fall, and that of the vociferous oriler, bo' have now eudorsed ''liew kalian's" measure of fore ing slavery and an obnotioiH coiistiiutioii down ihe throat of ll pople of a Terri tory, because Huohanan and a inaj'i'ity of thu black denex-raey are supposed lorn dorse ii, are ready to do any thing, and endorse any thing, even to neeiug all jo. lice and right trampled under the iron heel of desMitism, so lh party be kept to get her long enoiiuh to dfetritrue the spoils mong the faithful. 07 Th steamer Republiv reached Portland lust Thursday, and goes nut to lay. Oregon flour is dull in San Francis co at 814 SO to 815. Ca MEN All. This place, long noted for live Whigs ond good order, has taken quite si art again, la addrtiofi Iwthe Pot tery work of Messrs. Harris, we noiice quite n number of new house that have gone up of lale. We hope lo see a ei'y there some day, that w ill eaiiblo the most sangn'me ml holder that ever invested in Canemah lt to realize hi most aanguine expectations. (KT The reported murder of Wm. We- Kay ansa mistake. Jacksonvili.r, Feb. 7, 1858 Dear Adams Once more I sit down in my eoy little collage, as ihe driving rain is pattering against my winj iws and threat ening mo with all sorts of seating, with perhaps colds, toothachea, aad a return of "then? rheuinafia," if I poke irry head un iter the bare canopy. and seize my old warped goose-quilt, ami, after whittling it lmrp with a bowie-knife, am at it again i: or res ponding with ibe only paper in this Teni tory I care te see my productions "aet up" in, poor as you may judge them lo he. I feel qnite liternry tu duy, and am half tempted to skip over matter-of-fact para graph and news, items, and launch out into something such a flight ni the Hard Shell's Ficspation took preparatory to " lighting down on (he cart as if a dead boss." The reason why feel like aoaring is probably owing to the fact that I have already been gorginj myself lo satiety on lite literary carcass ol that demncra ic "dead boss," ihe Seniinel. To show your reader that we have stray aprigs of the bird family (now ilon'l print this bird) out this way, I send you a fat rib of "lite'ature which I have cut nut of the democratic car cam aforesaid. The deposit, contribution, nr what you call it, wh'ch some literary I'ike- ite has incorporat-d into Ihe body afore said, contains three stanzas upon Winter,' one of w hich w ill du for a specimen : " I gaxe iijion the western hills, l le se loos are elsd with snow J The chdi:ujf Iwautyof wh eh tills Full many heart with woe ; A Winter, wilh its wa ling mean, C'euh-s ateaKny; oa apace, Aui enwraps many a weary form Wilhin .ts cold embrace. '' Merciful Juno ! just imagine my feelings when, after having had my tympaiheiic thermometer settled below zero by t!ie in fluence of lh howling storm without, I picked up this terrib'e description of ihe . LM! L P. I l-l, t ! -- cmning orauiy i ine mil". uiae I'ow s thermometer, down mine sunk from zero, thret (e in the ground" fact is, I feel ' I he in rheumatics" tall at once creeping up on of my legs. Who could have been ihe author f Ilav our locofoco official, like the bny when he first fall in love, turned in lo rhyming, a they imagine ihemeelve "under promise" of being married to good fat office under a State goverameatl Or wa this effusion pro. duced by boiling down T'Vauli't ummr cery," which you published, nd, aftr expressing ihe juice, freezing il f ir win ler use I Shaking of nfliuiel reminds m of Ihe fad that the Seu'inel has run pp ihe names of Lnvejoy and G rover a candidates for nomination al lh Salem convention lha former for Governor and ihe Inter for Con gress. T'Vaull, who has been kicked and cuffed around by lh clique, and wa forbid the publication of lh " Committee call" at Salem, has been taken HI by llie clique, after listing for months b.en softly iiisinu at ing lhal ha was in market. Th clique i i lu'i think him worth buying till the Na lional move was e on foot, and then ihey were smart enough lo sue what they sneered at before aa " merely one vlr," I hear that bids have lately come from the National parly, hul TVaullis "sorry they cam loo lain." Il was thought to be a stroke of policy by sum of lb knowing ones lo have T'Vaull first auugest the names of thes met,, as giviug him the huieor of being apparently lh lirsl mover in behalf of caudidaies lhal will figure clamorously at Ike Sim con ventirm. Out, miHil, they made him move in favor of men in ihe northern pari of the Territory, to the aehcl uf the South He is expected to presist iu urging ihe claim ol Lovejuy and G rover till ihe Cou veai ion meets, wiien serious and grave objection will he urged (all for a sham), bul, finally, a a " compromise (!) and nut of respect alone fur T'Vaull, aa the first moier,"(!) Urovr w ill bo nominated, and Lovejoy be tlrwn overboard, bewitifully sold, as he alway has beeu. There are certain foU ia thU quarter, who cnnnot keep their mullihut about priiaie mat lers. llence, I have pumped the riiiht ones, till I am saiinried lhal the Sulemile are pla) ing a game of duplicity iu arrang ing '.he programme for the Salem Cornea lien, so a to si-ciim as many ollicu.seekers a possible to belli make the nominations of their already aelcc'ed fuinritea, when the disappointed caulidate will be sent home to support the linninew on the Sj Uin ticket, lo whiih they have air. a ly pledged themselte. ns a l-olidilimi efbeititf permitted to apply for a nomination from the Uihiies. T'Vault h going it bl'uid for ihe 3a e;j appoittoniueiit as jin, and every way right. His article explniuuig hi po-ilion now, U a lucid one. None uf tour reaieis who recollect the "Scenery" article you published, will need anything more to help them to ax foil an undv islanding of his position as he po.siae himself. After saying, a fow weeks ago, that the lat vole on slavery in Oregon, was a- vinluli.m et; the Constitution of the United Siuteernd would probably he set aside by the Su preme Court, now, in closing an iiMicle iu which he yield his hearty assent to the squatter sovereignly, as advocated by Judjge Williams, he gives ihe follow ing lueid exhortation to "all gned democruts :" ''We have lime wid again declared ihui it did not i II it he Uenincrai-v of any Democrat to tote aawisl slaveiy in Ore son, unless he was iiciuitfrd hy the Dhick Kepublicaii iloo'riiie, and urged that as a eusftw why alavery ahouM not exist iu Oieg".. In that cae, just so far a he whs g"Veriicd, and urued it as- a reason win there should not ho slavery iu Oi i iron, any of the Dlack republican duetrines, then vve s id tsitd still sav, h who duie soiniloed just so- mHM.h of ihe ISIack Its-publican iloot r me as he ulli.-re.ir aa a rearoil w hv sla very shoftM nol exist in Oregon. The questhm is now scllleil, and ihn (irneticsl us of -lave h prohibited. Then let all liotal Democrats be satisfied in a naihuml iMiiiH of view with the Coirrtrltrtion oird the ili'uirin in the Dred Scoti case, and be content to have ihe K'usu. and Nebraska measiH-e govern in Ihe foiming of uew Slate goveiumeiits.n Let no man, after reairingthbj, say thai the bushiies haven't got a Nestor rn wis. lorn, and a Confucius in rhetoric, in the able author of "Summer Scenery around Jacksonville." Your occasi mal CoitRKSrOMDE.NT. Salem, Feb. 16, 1858. Friend Argus Our charter election came off here yesterday for city officers. The result gives us the following 'city an- hori'ies : Mayor, J. H. Moons; Council- nu n, J. Holinan, L. Westacotl, J. O'Don- uhl, Wm. Laughead, Ii. W. Shaw, and J. L. Siaikey Trmsurer, C. S. Wood- worth; Marshal, J. II P,rUwn. Many of the Czapkaile refused lo vole, because they were told by the "agent" ll.at the charier waa void and would be set aside by the court. How consistent for men w ho have been denouncing the citizen of Kan sas for refusing lo vole under the bogus taiuu s forcad on ihem by a Missouri mob!! iind lha oaths and bla-phemiea of their drunken orgies, ihey have often cursed the P ree State men of Kansas foi refusing to vote for the Lcompton constitution, so as lo have the privilege nf Voting against sla very, hut when a charter is fairly passed over ihe beads of ihe clique iu lha legisla ture, a caucus is held, and the faithful are advised to stay away from the poll under promise lhal lh courts thall set the chai ler aide. It seems to be understood here that the people, the Lgislaluie, Ihe Governor, and even the courts, are all under the over. eign caucus." What beautiful picture f a democratic government, lo aee nol only ihe people crushed ander foot, bul lo e lh exeeuliv, legislative, and judicial department all revolving around in! un- rground caucua room of lha jacobiaical inquisitors I Th charm thai keepa th people bound down t the Inquisition "Dis- ciplip" i th wore" "democracy." w:ch I prominent on th till. tni lollowing on. The way they re0 ,kf power over the people, is to buy nlfr , greenhorn thai is sent up lo the'Lgl.Miur A promts of a small nfflce, rulud I .' profu flatlery, Is generally nail their victim. If n0, or f ,h , needed lo strengthen ihe back.bont of iu new convert, ha is invited to aa .y,t frf where, after a few dote 0f poor wlsUltw" lh greenhorn is permitted to gulp ' quart of " uracklio aoup," when b, ftl braced up enough I gi home lnd ,H hjf coustiiuenta that " fresh oysi (luejraf he ever lasted) aiu'i bad to lake ;" U,j h don'l believe si how they'e, a thing at S.ilein clique up fhsr." By Ihe way, Col. Sliief and Dr. Shi, have both fin over to the niifn,,'i which ha much terrified th clique, , i feared, with fbemawory creib ttol the French rVairi. The Doctor h. b,, piumlaed ihu Governorship merely M , Iliad, aad ha never discovered the dees,, lion lill the occasion of lh trackliu Mi. per," when he mounted th rotirun t respond lo the lo,t ),, Shi-, fh.ft,, Governor of ihe Stai of Orejioa", oliserving "Ne." )ur hi gla of liquor over his left ehouher, M discovered lh s,( nd willed down into hhrseai, WKheui (,.' iug another wmd to say. Th new ir, raligemeal lre that Lovejoy slisll be ru for ih.it tiDiue, a ihe salary Hoa't pay, anj. as lha hoitix of ihe ollice" is no induce ment since Curry has filled the iLsir. f is hoiH-d1 by ihi means tu save Clacksma cmniy, ( Now, j.n't ihat rich I ) Alio' her thiiif occurs to niejmi ner to ssy. Thei i etideiilly arlolig imprea. siun abroad as lu the position uf CzapktVs agent in the clique. ImsivmI nf b. fog t,t head of rhnl organization, he is merely lh tail a mere tool rn the hands of ino la use him. Tut is lh reason why ihy made him " rue" af er he had snld oatio O'Mea a. They had long wild. Hiej,. sd' kuw he was jusl the b'aiuless, unpijnci pie I, tviHiilV-n uu'uieg Yankee ihey watileV The plea thiil VVilliains. Smith, and such It" II, should be nil. d by the b'aiuless fellow win ha always put his fo intoeiery wtlk cowkrd d ah of iJemocrniie poicv, wlii a hk ahme, ia ritlk-ukiiK Hist edi orlal se euher prepared hy UMusi.iii or some of rtie other smarter aiders of the UkIV, ef" stub n from such papers , t,r Alhvny Ei ning Journ-il xc.-ii;ui; perhiqaj lh- little bluckguuid sqiiib which he iuaneea to L'et olf, full of grammatical blunders. People iu the-Stares nutsl have gresl ids of ihU felftsA 'a ahihtv and lacl. from ihs way in whieh some f tU Portland papers he ve for year spukn of Imn a Me jrest' man wh holds in his fil the tadilicsl del.- linies rf Oregom t have beert menifirdr and so have hers. at this silly way nf "piiebiiti inn H r-hj' Sue'i si'iir is nuts Cor him, ami he reslly feels pnlf, d up st siiehaiiiHieiiiiuual flattery. The rial re' sn why hy haies The Argus shove all other paper, is ihi ii always draws a trie daiUerreniypf i menial and mors, cal' iber. Il holds him up in puhha deririn ami f corn as iw pair sniveling tool of iun w ho oeeui'V much the same r lutloii to )iim thai hircher dW tn a Hausajie-siufler. Hut Srr ff-wr ot' fespassinj on vimr space I cliwe for ihe preent, by assuring you thaf I am still f.r rlia I'sonR, BiigllHoi Yoiiii!. with his u-uhI ftire-- sight, in order ro b" fully prepared far y emerueiiey,- some inontlia since ordesril from t!n; ajrviilieuf the (rrvafetiberg Com pany, in I his city, over three llinusaud Hal- . lara' worlh ol their family meifieins. 'fb faith of the Mormon population it ihe lirlue of these inedieitie U such ihal lhry are universally o-ed in Utah, and ducluia are rarely, if ever called, rxcepl in cases ef eu'gciy. for lit Arft: klaea l Mrs. K. K. Wslt, On I In deal It f kir ton, bright, lotilf, fnm- uing bny, uHioh tender ftrt hid ml l in tkt path of thret iltrt mmmtrt. I've see thee wilh a msiln r's pride tiais f(ntlj on lUy darliiig child j I saw Ihee weeat ng o'er lias grave, Ami marked loy looks wilh sorrow wiloV Mother, inn) heaMeoas Hiild, ''hy first-bei loveil la .s Whiise accents scares had ehermecf this ear, And southed lliy soul hath (foiie le rest. A sweet, frail 6wer lie blisuned, Nor lune required thy lender care; Wilh such is deekrd the Savior's brow Mother, Ihou hait tpver there ! His penile spirit was le thee A slar of hie and promise fiven, And sash ire iu Christ's diadnn Mother, ihou hast a Her ia Hesvta I And na Ihee elill its rays will shine. Till sorrow from thy heart has rob And lead, when life's br ef iceue ar 'rr The mother to her darling son. OsEoea City, February 16, 18S8. I.. it.;. .i... ml. iiMii.r mitrid asrelhresl, CoLuasn LauasTir, ib f A. E- Wilf age nearly Uiree year. Oe ihe dili ulu, of bronchitis, at Wm. JM-" ben', l la kam. county, Martha Jas. fsaefrt of Mark HaUaii, aged 'il Jer. GT liUue0 pewpasejsopy ' Wotle IS HEREBY GIv'K.N ihut meeting f Cj" inissi.4ssrs of the isiori aad tt illaiueltj Val ley Hailroad l'npaoy w.ll b held al SALR, l. T., oa th 16th or Mssca. IfW. ,of the par ae ol electing a President, Secrelary, an euesr nior 'treasurers and providing lor l;'n' ""I for subscript!. of slock as pmvid. d by wr'.,J granleu ta said Company . Jauaary, K3S. peraoes tot. reeled in Radioed irn AAtmtnot lui aud fciueoe Cily, r renoesltd I tu- LOUIS WEsTiCOTT, J.RHIOOKKS. JlWEPH HULMiX, Feb. SO. 1838. 44 CANBMAH H OTfiLi CANXMAH, O. T. I HAVE opened the shore House i AdL Canrmah, where I will be aaa happy Kgl lo wil pea my frarads and the P"f J roerally. KOBT. VOSMHA- To JTp Country Mereluatfc I AM Bow selling hT a beaey Met du. ia my line. " ' TTr'rn J 2 waly C1QAKS a TOBACCO ehsset brandI". ,1; The .,.. Drf0V Oregnuatv.Feh. 13, 1&-S. rt