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Ot 4 fH . r.nt'i t'.lijr Hcrit) t'.oavn SI)c rcgou Cirgus. w. ca-w, o, iiMJMgaijBr3B:g-.g I'roeeedingtSpeechet oj'Grt W, L ADA.MS, riHTOR. o&soorr cxxti SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1850. Caitr.ral. mat. Arlrliral Fair, Wi received a cull this week from Judge P. A. McRae, who, with Dr. L. II. Ibis- com, ha been to the npicr end of tlio Val- ley. These gentlemen have visited our State on the part of the California State Agricultural Society for the purpose of tuk ing notes of our cujmcltjr for producing in comparison with California. Judge Mcltac Raid that since he had gone through Oregon he wai ready to acknowledge that we could beat California in the raking of winter aj- jilm. The Fair will be held at Sacramento, commencing on the 13th of September, and continuing till the 23d, ten day. Theciti- Ken of Oregon, with real California liber ality, are cordially Invited to participate In the exercise! of the Fair, on the tamo con ditions with the citizens of California, and In the distribution of premiums there will be no distinction between the citizens of the two States. Judgo Mcltac informed ns that Cupt. I'atterson, of the California Steam Navigation Company, will carry all articles Intended for exhibition at the Fair free of cost, on the steamer Pacific. With all these facilities, we hope the producers of Oregon will rcsjiond to the liberal invita tion extended to them by our California brethren, and make a rcspcctablo show at the Fair. In the matter of fruit we can come up to them, if in nothing else. m a it 1 HE ATTACK OF ft.N'AKKS ON H Altlf Springs. The party of Snakes we men tioned last week killed thirteen sipinws and children at the Reservation, and drove off about two hundred head of horses mid cut tle, most of which belonged to the litscrva tion. Dr. Fitch and his four compimions managed to make their cscapo in the dark ness. The Government and Indian prop erty destroyed, is estimated at from $S,000 to f 10,0110 in value. The attacking party numbered about five hundred warriors, and were mounted on U. S. horses anil mules, and some of them i.nued with U. S. rifles, aoMb .,.:, ,, .i.:..i. i .. .. . . ... ' " W..H.-U im-uiumaiKx lias given rue to tears waivst obstacles in tl,n .!, , r.nt'i t'-liy Hcrit) t'.oavcittaa. 'imitation and dineiSpeeehet oj'Grovtr, Drtv, Brock, and itheriPengra on Gtmral Wool and Hit Sstatetman ttlitor "J one to poor at l do" Asahcl ' rercrer.ce" U rover and JJreie ttre Aim " the go by. Kicf.se Cur, Lank Co., Tuesday, Aug. 9, 1859, Ed. Anas; The long-talked-of " Scrip Convention" Is over, having adjourned to day at 1 o'clock r. v., after a session of two tin ts. The atlcndance manifested very lit tle popular Interest in the whole concern, Not more than a hundred persons (and most of these from this town and its Immediate vicinity) made their appearance ut the or ganization yesterday. To-day there were not more than twenty persons present. This is as it ihould not be a matter of so much State concern should have been bet ter attended but probably the present fa vorable weather for harvesting, following so close upon wet weather, kept mnny at home who would otherwise have attended. Of the celebrities present, we may notice L. F. G rover, Gen. Drew, Col. Martin of Winchester, Col. Chapman, Mr. Brock, and Jo Teal! Messrs. Drew, G rover, and Teal were the chief managers. On Monday, little was done. Mr. Gra ver gave us the benefit of his experience du ring the " Ofty days he shouldered his mus ket as a private." The part he took ( in the Legislature of 1S55-6) in passing the fa mous act " organizing the militia," whereby " poor Curry" was deposed from his com mandership in chief of the army, and ' As- ahel' virtually put in his stead, was also dwelt upon. His part in getting up the fumoug liush petition for the removal of Know Nothings from army offices, was very conveniently slurred over. His action on the war commission was made the most of. lie dwelt with peculiar emphasis on how he stood up for the highest price for volun teers and claimants, but he never once ex plained, or condescended to notice, how the sixty pages of errors, double entries, and double charges, contained in the letter of thu Third Auditor to tho Committee on .Military Affairs, happened to be in the re- mrt of that commission. And, by the way, these very errors and overcharges. ic which are now the for the safety of Cupt. Wallen's command, which was opening a rond to Salt Luke. The settlers in the vicinity of theTigh have Kent their lainilies to the Dalles for safety, These Indians in their attuck flourished a sculp, winch appeared to be that of a white man. nition of our war debt, mid which tend strongly to throw doubt and suspicion on the whole affair, never ouu to have been there; and never xeoidd havo been there had Mr. Grover given his undivided atten tion to tho business of the war commission. instead of perambulating the country for or jMi.cn. l ie trial o siraionccniiir mirrors ll u ,,o n .i; "II m,j w itnuir Tiik Cask Batch for the murder of Stuinn. his son-in law, last fall, commenced in Portland on Monday of this week, before Judge Wait. The case was submitted to the jury on celnesiliiy afternoon at 3 o'clock. A fter being out half an hour, the jury n turned with a verdict of guilty. A new trial was immediately moved for by the counsel for the defense. Mr. Boon. Week before lust a party of our citizens undertook an expedition for the ascent of Mount Hood, intending to make the trip to the top, if it we re practica blewhich some ot the party seem to think never has been successfully accomplished yet. After getting a mile or two up the sidu of tlio mountain, however, it snowed and hailed and rained and ' blowed' so hard mat nicy gave up tile attempt and returned to town, feeling that 'there is no place like home.' A few days previous, a party from Portland, consisting of Mr. Di ver and oth ers, ascended to the top of this king of westeru mountains, finding his summit to be upward of eighteen thousand feet, or ubout three miles, high. Imi-bovkiiknts. Oregon City keeps up a littlo improvement to khow that the life has not entirely gone out o it. J!,sides the Masonic Hall, the frame of which was rais ed by Mr. .Morrison, the contractor, on last Thursday, we notice a substantial improve ment in the sidewalk near the Congrega tional Church, which avoids the labor of going up ami down those old steps. The residents in that part of town (the lazy ohm especially) owe .Mr. Mcldrum a vote of thanks for tho eye he has kept single t0 their welfare. As if to show that the socjv tcr of business is departing from the upper nd of the city, Mr. Charles Pope has re- nioveei nis store to the new building of Mr. jiugun, jus; in rront or the road coining down tho hill, where , will i,0 wpi7 in ins oui iricuds and customers, nnd as many more new ones as choose to rail on mm. ll.s rule is uot to bo undersold by any one in town. (Join liNi:s.-Mr. JoIimTriiowman in- f..nia ..a II...I ,u..i panics are now working the Santiaui mines with some success, nialiin- irom four to five dollars per day to the man. iney nave been at it for several weeks. aiiu-c who go out stay there, which he minus is evidence that they are 'doi aoiiHtiiiiiL'.' Scuir Coxvrv rtov.-The ofllrial proceed ings of the Scrip Convention latelv hrfj . KuS ty. will l finmj on t!,e fir,, page , "Wr. Incur columns else- where wdl .U be found . interesting re port from the proof on. ,uo muJLnt giving, clearer view of the proir, thconTtlUion than will be fonnd in IheofT,. uciaiu. ii article will rut!. reiy pe- tV W. .!., MN.pU, u r. J. JUW I W ImI tkipOMM ml tnnU. I- date for the Constitutional Convention: was elected to and served in it during the sit ting of the war commission. He was also a candldute for, and was elected to Con gress during the period of the sitting of that commission. With all these political cares upon his hands to distract his attention from his duties as a war commissioner, it is little to be wondered at that these sixty, or sixty two, pages of errors, ic., culled from the report, should have crept into it. Tho military gentlemen on the commission (Capt. Smith and dipt. Ingalls) of course cared little what damaging features miirht appear in it they were tho ngents on the part of the Federal Government, ami it was no part of their business to correct fea tures that would make against the claim ants. This was .Air. Graver's dutv. as the f it .... ' ".m-iii oi uic people ot Oregon; a duty " " " "I me multiplicity of his oth er cares he had sadly neglected, as the let ter ol the third Auditor attests. Ill I lin nniip,, nf 1.!.. .. -.1. t. v "'"-u ui w remains, Mr. lirovcr read a letter which he said had been re, ceived by Mr. Xcsmith from the Third Au ditor, making Inquiry relative to the cai-li prices ruling i Oregon and Washington at umeoi mo war, of such supplies as the army needed-such as horses, clothing, amis, provisions, ramp equipage, Ac. Sim ilar letters he said were addressed to dillVr. ent individuals all over the Stato. Hero cuiineiiin, and said an oflierr t the mouth of tho Umnnna me,.i.t -u, o. umiiar import. It was said also that .Mr. Thayer ol Corvallis had received one. lo furn.sh answers to the interroga tories contained n, these letters, Mr. Grover said was the object of the present meeting After some further speechifying, the follow- mg were named "a committee to report a plan of operations." I s!,011ld perhahave premised first that the meeting was organ f'd by making choice of F. McMurray as I'lmirman ami W. N. Smith secretary. However, I conceive order to be of little moment iu this communication, as you w ill Probably have published the skeleton out h"e of the proceeding cro thi. vonr office. The following U the order of n'oiaung me committee: Jo Teal nominated Jo Drew Jo Drew nominated Jo Teal Mr. Grover nominated Avery A. Smith r. .v...miiuh nominated Mr. G Mr. u rover nominated Mr S Portland: -Mr. J - H. Lines of Linn countv was also nominated. Mr. Teal lellined in favor of Mr Ells worth, but Mr. E. ha,.,,,,, att..n.l 1 rt this evening, couldn't pobly wrTe 5o the committee stood ,,,;,..., Thu ended Monday's procecling. The committee reported this moraiag ta olW.:The re,wt of the committea will ) foanj on the first inn !.. .r i . Wdin of the eon, '. Z . ' r m 1' TUt report wu adonte.1 ..) : . of Vr.Tel,W.S,IAdJ of Ported (mcr; chant) was appointed tha corresjionding ac-ent to transmit the evidence accumulated by the local committees to tho Third Audi tor at Wanhington. Mr. Drew took a pncr out of his pocket, and from It nonilnuted tho following per sons to serve as local committees at the places named: The list will be found on the first page. The nominations were all confirmed Mr. Drock suggested that our Senator and Representative in Congress should be made the medium of the transmission of the testimony accumulating In the hands of Mr. Ladd to the Third Auditor. Mr. Drew opposed the suggestion on the ground that it would be necessary for the evidence to be forwarded to Washington as early as possible, as the Auditor's report had to be made by the first week in Decern ber. Our delegation probably would not arrive in Washington until nearly the time of the meeting of Congress, and it would be necessary for the Third Auditor to have this evidence long before that while pre paring his report. Mr. Brock then moved that Mr. Ladd be instructed to furnish our delegation In Congress with copies of all the evidence, Ac, accumulating in his hands, for their own information and use. Mr. Drew wished to qualify the instruc tions by inserting " if practicable, or so far as practicable to do so," thus leaving it dis cretionary with the agent, Mr. Ladd, to do so if he choose. Mr. Brock insisted that there should be no qualification; said he hoped the Conven tion would take no action that could be construed into a slighting of our delegation, and that political feeling would not be al lowed to govern any part of the action of this Convention. Mr. Drew disclaimed any intention to make it a political meeting, and was pro ceeding to discuss his reasons for qualifying the instructions, at length, when Mr. Teal proposed to raise a committee whose business it should lie to have a suffi cient number of copies of all the testimony published, to supply each member of Con gress with a copy. He said he would give twenty dollars toward the publication him self, mid Col. Martin said he wonld give ten dollars. The suggestion took, and Mr. Teal was appointed a committee of ono to raise means for, and procure, the publication. A motion was made that the nroewili of the Convention be pnblishcd in all the newspapers in the State. Mr. Pcngra suggested the propriety of omitting the names of the members of the committee who reported the order of bust-1 ness, Ac, as many of them were men noto riously known lo be employed in the war, and interested iu the war claims; and the appearance of their names in connection w ith this meeting might have a dnmaging effect upon our success at Washington. He would suggest tlio propriety of sup pressing the names of the committee in the publication. Mr. Grover fired up at this, and said he for one was not afraid or ashamed to have his nnme appear appended to the published report. Hc had no interest in the matter oeyond the public good, and his personal merci lor those fifty days that he car ried a musket as a private." Mr. Drew proceeded to exnlain n-lmt !.. an probability Mr. Tengra had meant. Mr. Pcnrra said he ennl.l d 1 1 --"..n UIIU OilUUlU spcuK .or Himself. What he meant was that doubt and suspicion had been thrown upon the honesty of our war claims at the East by the course of certain parties. It was said we had brought on the war for swindling purposes, and now if the names of those who figured conspicuously In that war at its inception should appear in the proceedings of this meeting, it would ccr tainly look suspicious, to say the least of it that it was a meeting of interested parties' How that doubt and suspicion came to fas ten itself on the public mind in the East it was not for us now to inquire, but we all knew how it originated that it originated with Gen. Wool and the editor of the Or cgon Statesman. To this homc-thrst of " AsahelV most vulnerable and vital spot neither Grover nor Drew made rm.lr i.J both of them replied to other portions of I engra's last remarks Tl,; . ... ... n ua rt'i iuiniu too ungrateful in his quondam frion.l t deed, they seemed to feel that any attempt at a defense would not only be a bootless effort, but that they might themselves be habic to be considered particep, criminis "-ui uieir Jumter Tonans of tl, I hey took excellent Houlhira M. K. Church la Orma. Eo. Ani'8: Not until the present time has tho communication of 0. Fisher, " P. E. Sun Francisco District, Cal.," published in the Argus of July 10, come under my ob servation, in which ho sets forth the princi ple and rulci of the Southern Methodist Church. In this communication the old gentleman tukes ground that the church of Christ should have uothiug to do with political mutters. Sluvery being a political institu tion, the church should be neither opposed to nor In favor of it at least, should tuke no action for or against it. This, as I un derstand him, is the ground upon which he bases his Southern Church. Now, sir, iu this a correct position, or is it rum n true, wo ought to know and respect it. If fulse, it ought to bo repudiated by all Fisher as well as the rest of mankind. Shall the church take action upon no iutli- tu Hon regulated by legal enactments t To my mind there is not a more absurd and corrupt dogma in existence thun tins. Whisky selling is regulated by law, there fore n christian church must not silence a minister or suspend a member for grog sell- ;! In most of the States the observance of the Sabbath is regulated by law, there fore tho church must take no ground in fa vor of Sabbath keeping! Marriage is regulated by law, therefore the church should not expel a nolygnmist! These and a thousand others are political questions, and according to daddy Fisher's theory arc out of the reach of legitimate church juris diction. How contemptible such stuff 1 But perhaps ho and his brethren by this time (I call all his brethren who believe with him) are disposed to qualify the prop osition, and instead of saying the church has no " authority to entertain, discuss, or meddle with any State or political question whatever," say that any practice, habit, or action tolerated or suffered by the State, should also be tolerated by the church. And this would be only conceding to a set of profligate legislators, it might be, tho right to determine for the church the moral character of all actions, and to sny who should be in the church and who out of it. ow, Mr. Editor, I have always under stood that the church was intended to be a light to the world legislators as well as the rest of mankind to set them an exam ple of piety and purity, and not wait for civil authorities to tell it what is holy nnd what unholy. Is the Slate to be n light to the church? Xot according to Christ, The church should go forward in these mat ters and show the balance of the world how to net. lhat is her m:ss:on on earth. If the wholo church would come out on the right side of any great question involving the interest of men the civil authorities would not be long in following their exam pic; but a corrupt and backslidden church stands iu the way. As to the idea of organizing a Southern Methodist Church in Oregon, I have no ob jection whatever. It will have several good tendencies. First, it will wake up investi gation into the moral character of American slavery it will cause discussion of this sub ject, which has heretofore been kept down. Second, it will purify the other churches- draw off a kind of moral slag that pervades nil tho cliurches iu Oregon. Let all those who believe that human bondage Ameri can slavery is a henven-appointed institu tionthat it is a blcssinff to shives n-tintt.. cr white or black, and who believe their God has pleasure in it collect around daddy Fisher's standard and form a South ern Methodist Church, and it will relieve the church of Christ of much that is injuri rious. The church in Oregon needs such a purifying process. I am sorry the old man was not more perseTering at Eugene City. By proper effort at that place lie ccrtniuty might have organized as large a class four pcrsont) as he did at Corvallis. I would suppose that he might have got bros. Jo Teal, It. M. Towers, Dr. Patterson, and Tom TTnl- land; and I would recommend Tom as class leader. Evgf.xe Citv, Aug. S: PEACE DECLARED!!! AUSTRIA CONCEDES lOMDARDY! Vcnleo rroonrcdH DEA Til OF RUFVS CUP A TE I The mail steamer reached Portland yes terday morning about 0 o'clock, bringing pa pers from New Orleuns to the 27th of July. The most iinportunt item is that of the decla ration of pence in Europe between France and Austria! An armistico wus concluded On tho "th of July between tho contending ""CU I'ltllCI.AUATION OK 00V, DOlou, By Jamei Dovgla, C. B., Govern Commander in Chief in and over the !!' ny of Vaneouver'i Iilund and fol ty, Vice Admiral of the iun,f( fa The sovereignty of the Island of fu,,' an and of tho wholo of the IIro Artki aero has always been uiidevim!,.i. !r.'l t.. .j. -. -""f'eui to be iu Hie crown of Great liti Therefore, I, Jumes Douglas, do IkIl lormuiiy hiki solemnly protest 0raint iu occupation of tho said islund, oranvi of the said archipelago by any person tk? ever for or on behalf of any other t hereby nrotrstinor that IU "i l,U,,,U,,, thereof bv rid.t now is n, H n I'.W powers, and on the 11th Napoleon sent the I(t.,,n j Majesty Queen Victor. following dispatch to the Empress Eugenic: her prci " A treaty of pence has been signed be tween the Einneroror Austria aim .mi no- Icon, on tho following basis. The Italian ConfWlerucy to be under the honorury Presidency of the Pope. The Emperor of Austria concedes his rights in Lombardy to the Emperor of the French, who trans fers them to the King of Sardinia. The Kinperorof Austria preserves Ven ice, but she will form nn integral purl ot ino Italian ( onfederacy. (Siencd) Napoleon." uer .viajCMy necn Victoria dencKsors, Kings ol Great BriUI. Given under uiy baud and K'tona, ancouvcr's Isl.nH . second day of August, onelw sand eight hundred and lift..J7 and in tho twenty-third year if IU Majesty's reign. James Doioiu, cex. haiixey's reply. llcad Quarters, Department of Oregon Fort A'ancouver, V. J august fi, 1859. Pak.s, Julv lS.-Tho Paris Monitcur IIis FpJamc, Dough, C.i, ysthaUhogrcatnentniirs ie I communications with the belligerents -f , ' V ' says 1 ttt jiniiiinniitiMitniiK n-itli top lielilircrc I offering mediation, but wire unsuccessful Sir: ,iave ll0l'r to inform yoaf until the French fleet wcie about commcne- the receipt of an oflicml copy of a prom ing operations against Venice, and a con- "- " cc.qmuon oi san Jm, diet before Verona was imminent, when i-unm, in j ugei ooiimi, oyacompinirf ... ....... . I . I T.,;i,l UlnL.D l...n. 1 r ' " Napoleon, tinding tne Mnpcror oi ausina - "" Wj comnuiid, willing, concluded the armistice. "foresaid copy was furnished bi The Emperors had an interview ut Villa- Capt. Hornby, of Her Majesty's ship Tni franca on the 1 1th Inst. '". ' United States officer in . A dispatch from Turin says Napoleon ''"'' Sun J nun Islund, Capt. Geori, issued a bulletin from Vnllegio, announcing Pickett, of the 9th Infantry of the Am the armistice, congratulating the troops up- enn nrnn ; logeuicr witn a commuuicsfoi on their exploits, and announcing his imnic- threatening a joint ocenpution of the Sm diate departure for Puris, leaving tlio pro- ';s'nu uy ine lorces oi Jicr Alajntj', visional command oi tne army to aiarsnai ' -, lumjici.iiiHi Hiieiiiie, not uillant. THE AfSTRIAX ACCOf.VT. Loxnox. July 13. A dispatch from Verona snvs that the armistice was conclud ed only after repented requests from the trench, and alter-Austria hud obtained nil she asked. K09.TTH AND niXCARY. in the harbor of that inland by yourordm As thu military commander of the D pnrtment of Oregon, assigned to that con. mnnd by the orders of the President of the United States, 1 have the honor to iiii, r r .i . t . loryo-.ir iinoriiiui.on iniii uj such Biitliorih invested iu mo I pluceil n military command upon the Island of San Juan to protect tin American cit'z lis rc-iiVnar on that isU Loxnox July 14. It is reported that from the imults ami indignities which ti Kossuth would propose for a monarchical British authorities of Vancouver's ItM government for Hungary. OPINION OF THE EXGI.lsn PRESS. Loxnox, July 13. The London News says that the hopes and expectations of Ita ly nave been deceived, niirl that history will call Napoleon to account for making war upon lulse pretences, nnd then signing a wenK and sellisli peace that leaves Austria unpregnably fortified iu the heart of North ern Italy, ond commits Central Italy to the patronage ol the 1'opc. Hie London Post contends that the Pone is deprived of all substance, but keens the snaiiow oi supremacy. the London limes says that Frnnee has pent utty million pounds nnd lost, fiftv thou sand men, only to give Milan a Pieduioiitese master, and establish the Pope iu tempora ry dignity, even beyond his imagination. THE NEWS OF PEACE IX PARLIAMENT. London, June 13. The news of the peace was received with prolonged cheers m me j louses ot Lords nnd C ommons. Tho King of Pru--s'a is about to abdi cate. 11 is unUctcriilllKd whether the tlemail of llite h-renee. u-lin fa ull nii r-. ... . ...... . .... . ' - t ru.ee jvegem or nis son shall take the touching the military occunanev of SaaJa. " and the establishment of the Hudson's n Coiiitiiinv havo recent I r offered ttmn. i. sending a British ship oV-wnr from Vinci vrr's Island to convey the Chief Factsrol the Hudson's Dnv Company to Saa Jon for the purpose of seizing an Amcricanciti. zen nnd forcibly transportimr Mm ta Tin. couver's IsWnd to be tried by Uritisli tin, I have reported this attempted outrip to my Government, nnd they will donhtlm seek the proper redress from the Hritiik Government. In the meni time, I hire the honor to inform your Excellencv tint I shall not permit a repetition of that insult, mid shnll retain a command on San Juu Island, to protect its citizens in themw of the United States, until I receive furtlw orders from niv Government. I have the honor to be. very resncctfullr your obedient servant. W. S. Harxst Brigadier General United States irrav. commanding. Uoascms r.r tH-cupylng Man Jnai. I !- - e ure in receipt o a ctter from m. Veritas. 1859, j rover; spencer of press. care to e-ive an nil.,. s-on to him the go by. Graver especially is said to be extremely anxious 1 understood in nil . and its immediate vicinity, that he has sev ered his connection with "Bush & Co."- cousiuers lum too heavy load to carry and w, ot, in any event, be burdened with him nnd his iniquities. His conduct at this meeting looks like there was truth "the rumor. There is certainly policy in ueh alineofliehavior on Mr. G.'s part But how very ungrateful of these two wor thus ((.rover and Drew) whom the States man u:l m.u . i . a n memtH-r how they would fire up i'har?e,,p0nth'POtoftheI ......u B ,vw year. .,, Th. Jul, Bnmb., rf iUrp.r-, Maolh, J M nil t.M. i. . 3 wen u is ohm ai utual In tli. T :..i.... ndoutofit. they couldn't hear haff a wh" IHr to l. detriment without working thera Ire, into, black passion in his But now the mWity has Ml ..i .L S" Franc V-o, j, srtn, ... rather seek to be consider ?mZL"7. "f oZZ v:..t .. . . "gio . -.r California Politics. OccasionnlW ,i. . political canvass in Oregon, we find in some California paper a paragraph like this: "The papers from Oregon are all fill ed with violent political stuff, and nothing else." Sometimes a homily i3 read to ns on our evil ways by some dainty San Fran cisco journal filled entirely with 'original matter,' that horror of the well-balanced order of readers. J ust now, however, Ore gon enjoys a period of comparative quiet in political mutters, while our neighbors to the south of ns are in the A.11 tide of a campaign . r..u Ul unexampled virulence, and their papers berate one another in a style that would do no discredit in that line to an Oregon journal. It may be exciting -umamg i0 mem, Dut to an ' outsider' their " violent political stuff" is as distaste- fill HO -1..T. 1 . . ",D J""iuut ot John Beeson in fa vor of Indian Aid Associations in the East Bre w an old Urcgonian. Ooif J' Uaiy Book. Thi. nM ftlnily fmMM weI .o an ,...n,g,w nticn lhnughm the yr. N.laJyAouldbewUhj,. The Udy. iranc,eo,at4p.rTe.r. ' crown. Oscar, King of Sweedcn, Ims lately died. Sl JIMARY OK HOME XEW'3. Daniel K. Sickles Ims been reconciled to his wife, and they arc now living together again. This act of his has aroused tho indignation of his friends, nud hc has pub lished a letter in justification of himself. Hon. W. II. Seward has been with marked courtesy by Oucen Victoria and rrinee Albert. Tf In nM i! 1 T v . , xi diiiu mat tiv erson Jjuvis is nnnnr. o u "oi urmz wrward dur.iiL' l lie nvt session of Concrcss. to reucal the laws ... i " . '. Bguiiwi me siave trade. The St. Louis Ilcpublican snys that Hon Augustus Ctcsar DodL'o accents the norm. nation of the Democratic Convention of Io wa lor uovernor, it. laid en our iKU v i. m n ad ...... 7 . i . . mitt.io..;i .n ...... . ' wlln ca,le ' HUN r,l. I n- n ... -. W . . Mi ,, v nug- Per year. tIT Fncnua t Co ' vn i fcr uj rr. ky iSr" h" C" Hon. Rufa. Choat. died at Halifax, N. S., where iic as icit wn ie on his way to Europe for the ben hkim n..!it,nin. Hi. remain, were brought to u.,0n, wncn tne runeral obstquie. to,,k place on tho 23d of July. An appropriate wrmon was de hvered by hiipattor, Rev. JC-Letniali A.lanis. He J'ed on the 13th of July, ogod near sixty year,. An important treaty ha. been negotiated with the Juarez government i Mexico, by which valuable tianat pru-ilogo. have been obtained by our Gov rament The Mexican government a!W con-r--J? Amoriean oitiZs resident in Mexico en- on. ,ndfU:q'"-;8l'0n,.b!e freeJom f r.liiou.opin on. and worslup. A clause i. als0 added wlLh aAcateithi wiiin2u. of the Mi.n 6 th". rKl for.w.of PrU..c.r..of niB.. ;. j, wnl-n'T' me latter Government ' 8nifi" "' ""din... i. forrn ,uoh D WJ, The water on the Clackamas Rapids has become so low that the Express does not come over them now. The steam flat James Strang is running again, making the connection with the Express below the Ivapids. p- Dr. Steele, agent of Wells, Far-V Co-ln this cit7. is unremitting in his at- "'uuons to this office, in the way of sunplyl inir no !tli rk. i.ai HJ uuu" "r nave laid on onr tl.u ... ' m o, tne Red Astrachan variety, which we have not seen excelled in thi. nd beauty. They have our thanks ,w "eir King remembrance. EiCAPt n TI.. - mo9 convicu enoaeed at .., . on. vu no ttten. Th !.B i i. T lan- Coir' - Tent "J hv. offers i.i00 rew. . ,, " J'jJl c- hension. The Argu. Offic. U und., U Cr. T,yfc, fof . b " Mi. EUenTavlo, fc. . loriai;; ;r"",U"fi'".cfMr.T.y Btwlag Mathl. an by our troops, and is conversant faili. miliarly ns any one outside of the Oenenl who directs) with tho objects sought by ' this movement. Advertiser. "Gen. Harney rdnccd troons nn th island of San Juan to protect onr piti against the threatened attacks of nnrrrtm Lidians and unlawful acts of Uritisli ofEcitln. The islund is most ndmirablv Ritnntt ti. enable a small force to prevent Indians from entering the Somid. Oen. Harney kno that the Uritisli authorities nt Vnncouvei Island pretend to a claim to San Juan, but hc does not in the recent aet mean to deny their right to a reference of the matter, lie simply proposes to occupy the island from a sirony public necessity. It was on' ' lythe other day (hat Gov. Douglas sent over a ship of war with the Chief Facte of the Hudson's Bay Company to take id American citizen by force from his homeos ' San Juan to Vancouver's Island to be tried by British laics for some alleged offencel And if the American had not l..n mark at the proper stuff he would hnv hwn wreit- ed from his home, nnd perhaps now be on the Way to SOme distant ncnnl rnlnnvU This island was threatened with an irruption by northern Indians! Tho American citi zens on the island lirr.9f.ntr.rl Ih.ir p plaints to Gen. Harney, who visited the island in person. AVImt hhm done! Let the island be depopulated? -Oive it up to the Hudson's Bay Company, that is now grasping nt all our best lanaV He did just what fin AmAfmnn fienfinl should have done, He placed a force there to protect our citincns, and he meant to kp a sufficient Ollfi thoro in offi-nt th nb. Ject, He is right and will be sustained by all in authority, - -. . !!.Mr- H'ram Tcrwilliger, son of J. Icrwilliger, living a. short distance south of this place, has for many yenrs past been diseased and deformed in the boaesof the mouth. Yesterday Dr. Loryea, with the assistance of Dr. Hawthorne, and in the presence of Drs. Wilson, Davenport, Brf Knap, and Campbell. tion upon his month by removing a see-, tion of the lower jaw, after which the pa tient was enabled to open his mouth for the first time for fourteen years. The operation is considered one of the most successful ev- ' er performed in Oreo-on ti. tint fint Vll under the influence of chloroform, and wa,' P i j 7 - Unrintho operation; "UTcrnstr, Aug. 17. Wheat ' Cp.ors.The wheat crops S this vicinity have generally yielded better tuan was anticipated crops, however, as compared with former years, are reported t n h i;i, c-m- i.m. yields are reported. One fit-Id of forty aw in this county, belonging to Mr. J. B. t-ongle, of this place, turned off 1100 bush els, an average of 271 per acre. The wheat is said to be nf th. w on.iitr b. "JS free from smut and other impuriW e have hcanl nf um. i hot . wine laicr T iriiMt, nave not the particulars. Xe demonstra tion ts needed to dtot. th.t Hmm i aot excelled as a wheat growin- coontrr.-rr.