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El)c (Oregon Clrgus. , l. AIUMS, fJilTOII, oftsaozr C2T7: batl'kda v, ii:i:.im:u si, h:,j. It l 7 t fr li In lU memories of nwt of our nadir low, fi w yrurs since, when tlifl Know Nollim-,' puriy threaluied to Ikioiii'i ft rivul of the Jlcinoi ratie purty, tlio orjjnm of the Ili iinx racy made tln-ir readers lidlfw thut the Know Nothing were routirutri a.iiiiit the (iovcriiincnt, n class of d' "kt.ii(iii never excelled, il Indeed fpuled, I.J MuiTrir Iwi'l of Moody Imiil iirutin that oine infi -led the rvn-.M swamps and eluded nin riii of no It s tliun nine or l''ii Koiitlii ni Slates. Tho Know Noili'ir 'T t!" 'I t"'iitaiiljr hell iiji ns Muck-hearted trnilois,' 'iii'tlii'xlit '' aiti, (lurk liinli ni con-pTaiors,' ;rjur t villains,' ond 'Moody rut throats.' These epithet constituted uhout nine out of Ini columns of rending m.itti r in nil the I), m oeralx' journals Mutter which huh dis played in every variety of joli tyw that could Ik made to work in a newspaper, co piously interlarded with mo excl.inuliou jxiits ond other iiimki of astonishment, fear, unci disgust, Lcjiiilc-s lie'njf fictpienlly rcprcw tiled dy titl oijk pictures whittled out fur the occasion, In order to make die desired impression iijio'i tlio voting Dtinoc racy. This was oil v'jjorou.s'y kept up jn or loujr. oh there wan any prospect of tl Know Nothing succeed in;,' in getting pos- kcWoii of tho I'. S. Treasury und I liming tlio Democratic officials out of office hut Just us soon os it hccuiuu upiiarcnt tlmt Know Nolliiug'sin w.is on the wane, and thut the purly would mmii he d'ldmudfdnnd be swallowed iii I'V tlm other parties in the field, tho Democratic organs knocked the old standing cnpit.il letter 'cut tliro.it mat- ter into 'i,' and, In order to cajole uuiny Know .Nothings into Ihe.r cumpas fio-wldc, they liemi to eovir them with sickening laudations. Their tactics in (,'a iforuiu Miflirc n.s ii specimen of their coudut t ilicwhcro. There llirv cninincuccd lumli tiueli leading Know Nothing us Gov route, culling them 'patriot,' 'jjceut statesmen, 'nutloiiiil IVon-loving men und nil thut sort of clap t nip. During (he canvass of iNili, when it wus obvious that Fillmore stood no clawee of un election, but that tlio Itepubllnins were the form dilble pnrty, it will be recoil, cted what bill Ing and cooing there wax between the see tiouul organs mid the proslav. ry Know Nothing. I'lic name Imgin; "ud sipnc. lug of Know Xolliiiigiwn Ills now begun in good earnest by the sectional org ins I-.a-st, in order to win over a few Am. rie.in votes for the light or ISM. Their disgti: I- X' .1 i . . ilk i now quilling Mil is uiioill lis (,TMi seated us that of Jo Lime mid I), lusiou who, in the Oregon canvass of ls.'i.'), died crocodile teurs over the Union, Vplit ' mid murdered by eiit lhroat Know Nothinjrs, but In tho eanaass of 18.VJ Kluiuped the Slate to elect a California Know Notlilii" to Congress, 'jut to save the I'liioii.'-. fl'l I..; ! . r muse iirnuii-iiigger lauaces are now ns ftbusivo of Ueiiili:cau ns .y fuinieHv were of Know Nothings, but the peopl ore beginning to pay but lilt),, ul lent on to Biieh blatant deniagngms, who have shown tlmt they can eitlii r burn mi opponent alive or bleep with linn just as it 'pays' the best. The I n it lUiie of i'nnaUelsm We yield to the request of n number of our readers to-day, mid give several ex tracts from the leading organs of Lane am1 outl-Lnno Democracy in this State, for the puipoxo ol showing a turd's eve view of Democratic Journalism in Oregon. Our renders in the Stales will need to be ap prised that the Statesman has hitherto been tho organ of the party here, but, owing to its having fallen out with Jo I.ane, the Iaineites, who control tlm 'regular organ Iziilion,' bnve started a new organ t Al bany railed the ' Denio. rat,' ami put IVIn Bion Smith nt the crank. Delusion, who was once elected to the I". S. Senate, and served for .serenteen days last winter, came back expecting to be re-elected by the Le gislature wnicn met last spring. pot tho nomination in the caucus, but (lie nnti- Lnno faction boiled the nomination on the ground that they "conU not disgrace the Mate tiy Rending hark n ' drunken beast' who disgraced us in the I'. S. Senate last winter by his debaucheries." Delusion is a Leeompton Democrat, and supports the Administration, while the nnti-Lamites are neither Douglas nor nnti-Douglas, lint their organ editor stands on the Cincinnati Plat form, and was elected State Printer on n Iceompton platform. lie occasionally publishes short items, however, slyly poking fun nt tho Administration, and tickling Douglas sl;ghtly. No opposition to Delus sion is based on the ground that he is anti Douglashis enemies opposul his re-l 'C tion to the Senate, not because they feared ho would 'demolish' Douglas in argument, os ho claims to have done with H.de last winter but thev didn't tranl to t ud a tmtn to the Smalt uho would ' my ii" le Dou glas Sowton 4y gitlinj ktntly drunk and rriLtxo ail or tiikh iv tiir Skx itr Chaiibkr!! The Laueiles prefer that kind of warfare oguinst all Uo ore not with the pro-slavery Administration, ami thev thought that Delusion would be just the sort of ft ' Democratic gun to aim at them, harin(t learueJ from tlio Sebastol si,.,. thai the DiiMt effectual way to tuke ft for tress ii by firiuj st'.nl -noft" into if. (I. Y U. tinker. W'v police in the Portland end oile r Oregon pajiers that this gi utleumii is about to muke Oregon Ids place of ridenee. A friend Ims fiiruihcd us the fullowing Items of his history s Col. Maker, with his futher ond mother, emigrated from Philadelphia to Illinois ot on early day. Indeed, we Imvo been told that Ivlwurd ue small lad, wli'Mi, with his parents, Im Iranled on foot over the Alhghany mountains to the Ohio river. In his young'-r years, lie wni edgng'-d In the I'ommon occupation of farming; but, on liik urrirul nt nmiihood, confident in the Micce of les undertaking, he commenced tho stu ly of tho law, and In a very short fieriod sm Ii was the rapidity of his legal ottiiin:iietils- that ho was admitted to prac tice In ttll tho Courts of Illinois. He mar ried, ond moved from G'reeue county to Spr'ngfield, the capital of the State. Here he was immediately distinguish) d ns on uble and siieei ssful lawyer, und was most popular with the people. I To was elected to the House of Kepreseutatives ond to the S finite of his State, ond from the State Legislature lie was sent, from the central district of Illinois, to the House of Itepre scntatircs or the United Stutts. II; fore the eloc of the term for which ho was ehcted, he res'gued his po.sit'on, nnd led o reg'nient of lohmteers from Illino's to the ball'e lii Ids of Me.vVo. He distinguished Tk lUrnoolim. No sooner hud Delusion cracked Ids whip us line's chosen drvier of the driven niggers in Oregon, than Slater and the most of the forim-r leaders got down on their marrow-bones and kissed the feet of their newly-appointed overseer. It seems, however, from tho following, which we clip from tho Sentinel, now edited by O'Meurn, that one of the leuders has too much pluck to worship tho mini who characterized hhi a short time ago os a ' slink,' 1 clean shirt ed bummer around the coffee-houses in Sun Francisco,' ' trickster,' ' deceiver,' 'ImOooii,' ' California lutciloer, 'pimp of a bawdy house' crbnps. O'.Meoru worked nguimd the re-election of Delusion to the Senate last spring, with a w II, We don't think he is craven enough to be used by Delusion in the way Lane wants him to be; " In the Oregon Democrat of Nov. 22d, its ed tor devotes a long article to comments upon the past conduct of the editor of the Nutcsmuu, purtieulnrly uuimachcrtmg upon the nbiise, denunciation und prescription w hich .Mr. Push has uttered, published und exercised against gentlemen more or less proiicuent in Oregon, most of whom are Democrats. It Is a strange uceiisutioii to come from the quarter it does, to say the least. Thegreut bulk of theso vituperative ns-aiill:i were uttered and published during the period in which the so-called " Salem ITipic" was most formidable, mid whilst, from his own confession, Mr. Smith was u leading member of that cabal. The names of quite a number of tho attacked and iu himself ut the cilebrated buttle of Cirro I jsai--eJ purties ore given in the Democrat, Gordo soon after which, the term for which his regiment had enlisted expired, and he returned home with li's gallant com pan'ons. His political friends oguiu nomi nated h'm for re-elect Inn, but the citizens of the north-western dislrlit of Illinois hud set their hearts upon being represented by him In Congress, and ho moved to (iulena, and was triumphantly elected from that district. At the close of his term, he took u contract for constructing a portion of the Panama Pail Koail that business re- ju:r.3f a leader or great promptness und and certainly the mention of mine that we find in the 1st positively astounds us, ond will amaze every reader cognizant of the facts in the case, whose prejudices ore not so deeply ingrai 1 in behalf of the infor mer, tint uny amount of reasonable, indis putable testimony would fail to establish jut conviction iu their minds. In the edi torial referred to, Mr. Smith deliberately asks thut Mr. Push shall be coudctnued from tlm favoruble consideration of every loyal Democrat in the State, us a punish ment for tho wrongs done these gentlemen. A moie,' others urc named: Messrs. Thomas Sm'tli of Jackson county; King und Prown ol Multnomah; Slun k and Kinney of Yam- IWbil lMtu oa rsrh Olbrr, " 1 ha man rn ovi r frmn llio bile, Tu bui lit ioi ilul il" " If it be truo that ' 'tis but the dog that dies,' we thnll 'recover from the bite;' but they will have a dog's fuuerul in Saleui." Ptmocrat. The foreiroinir delineation of facts we will be quidillcd to upon tho liVuugelisU. Vrloxna, After preaching 'upon the Evangelists, you might commit upon them any olTuuce, uot excepting n rjury, Huteiman You ore associated with some men in whose presence it would bo hazardous to expose pockets. U rlutnnuin. There has been nothing stolen In this ic inity, we believe, since the filching from our office, ubout three mouths ago, ot some un finished conies of (J rover's speech, which you und your relative furnished to the Portland papers. ituirtman, " Ho (Dcluzon) would like very much to energy, just such a man as tho whole life of I'1"; '"'"'I "I" I'olki Avery, Sluter, Mclte Col. P.iker had proved him to be. At t lie close of his labors there, he moved to Cal ifornia, where l;o has distinguished himself as un advocate und lawyer in numerous im portant ensrs before the courts'. As n reudy d'-bater, having coinn d of argu ments ami fuels, he has hardly a superior. In sonic of his efforts, his eloquence is ul- inost iiur'vuled. The eulogy over the re mains of the lamented David C. Proderick is a I audsome pe iinen of his powers! c doubt whether his equal ns a public speaker call bo found oil the Pacific coast. Col. Paker, we have understood, will r.-- fide at Salem. That is the hot-bed of Or egon ' politics.' We hope that lie will not e drawn into its vortex, but that he will bo permitted to follow the even tenor of his way in Ids profess on. Wo fear, how- tver, it will not be so. We lire sure, if he is drawn mpolilies, that he will make his iii:u'Jttn Oregon. y VtM'snuut. We had ti c pleasure this week of receiv ing ll visit liom SlllKox Piiaxc is, Ksq., the founder, and for twenty-five years editor mid proprietor of the Illinois State Journal, published at Springfield. Mr. Francis, ar 'ouijKiiiied by his wife, has come out to Oregon for tho purpose of taking u look at tho country, which, should it come up to his expectations, ho has some idea of making his permanent home, lie is now on a visit up the valley, where he intenih nv and KeUar of Ileiiliui; (iazlev of Doic'- l is; Paruuin of Marlon; Hall, editor of the Occ'deiilul Mes-cagcr, and Lelaud, former editor of the Standard, (both of which pa pers are now defunct.) It is known to every person iu Oregem, who has even o passing knowledge of the political history of the country, that much ubiisc as Mr. Push poured out against each iintj every one of the ubove named (reiitle men, he was not only seconded in it by Mr. Smith, but the latter went lower, disgrace fully lower, into the depths of billingsgate to extricate filthy terms of opprobrium and nbiise from ihu noxious mire, with which to fling at, mid bedaub llieoliji els of ins own, Mr. bustis, und the Clique's d s lika und hatred. Some of these gentlemen were nu mbers of eithi r house of the Terri torial legislature while Mr. Smith held a a seat in the Assembly, but even there thev d d not escape from tin- torrent of his abuse. Ho denounced t In in from the lioor of the House, from l!ic hustings, from tlio comers of the .'tivcts, ns tho worst of Democrats and the vilest of men. (.'apt. Smith of this county wus shamefully derided, mid indeed th:s county was represented as little better than a community of rullians, by Mr. Smith. Again, in the canvass of r8, he almost ex hausted the vocabulary of blackguardism iu his denunciation of the political mid social position of Messrs. Avery. Slater, Mel tee ny, Ou.ley, Shuck, King.'llall, and Lelaud. Iu his' storm of invective, he did not spare the sanctity of Home and its gentle inmates -they, too, were dragged forth from that sacred seclusion, and their names bandied before the multitude, coupled with the vilest and most lothsome epithets known to our language. And all tins, he it remembered, from the lips of a tun ti who had formerly been n follower in (lie service of the 'meek ipend'ng several weeks iu cullim.' unon his . I I I.. I I .. 1 . .1 r, numerous friends, all of whom will be "'" """J ""-N prcnciieroi me uospei, glad to welcome him to this coast. Whilst editor of the State Journal. .Mr. Francis ook great interest in disseminating intel ligence concerning Oregon, which contrib- d largely in inducing enrgrafon to this ounlry. In lSoO, ho received the ap pointment of Iiid'an Agent for Oregon, from President Fillmore, which, however, ho res'gned before getting ready to start. or tlio last three years, he has been ed- ilorof the Illinois Fanner, nnd fomsilll onger period Secretary of the Illino's State grieullural Society. His labors iu be half of tho agricultural interests have been great, and whatever tends to develop the resources of tlie country lias alwavs re ceived his attention. He is of course a and nt the time, a candidate for a scat iu the bemite of the United States." Uungartaa Uvass. We notice tlmt iu northern Illinois and Iowa much reliance is now had on Hunga rian Onus for stock. This is not really a grass, but a very small millet. Sonic farm ers in Oregon have experimented with this plant. We should like to know with what slices. We have some confidence that it will bo perennial hero on account of our warmer winters. In Illinois, when the fodder is cut early, another small crop, if llio season is long, will come from the same roots. The intensity of the cold there kills the plant. It might not do so here, and if it should prove perennial, or last several prove by mo that Push and Harding und Ncsmith ' hud arranged matters with the Uei.ublicans,' und that they intend to 'elect I'uviu JjOgun a nu a juium 10 me j. a. Semite;' that Mr. tJrover's back bone was iiiitH-rfect, iitnJ lie onworlny or eouiiucnce thut the Salem clique wus a set of corrupt, bargaining politicians, unscrupulous as to tho choice of the people, and regardless of common decency; and tout 1 was tlieir ngent. In every one or these particulars, Mr. hmitli has pulilislieu a liasu falsehood and now proposes to swear it through " on the hvungelists." I oiisnlenng Ins past ex perience witli tho Kvangelists, lie hud bet ter not increase the difliculties already c.v isting between himself und those worthies, by adding perjury to his catalogue of crimes, Uordiiut Letter, in ihr blaktmun. " Did the personal insults to which I nl hide proceed from a reputable source, I would reply to them iu. the only manner wliicli 1 consider fitting unci proper in ull such cases. Put, coming, ns they do, from a creature notoriously destitute of cither truth, honor, or courage from one who lust winter disgraced the honor and dignity of I. a. Seiiutor, by undisguised drunkenness und dclmuchcrv, und Icy the open nnd un blushing boon companionship of pimps und courtesans, und who now unites in himself the characters of a candidate for the U. S, Senate and of tho editor of nu obscene pa per who, without shame, iu a promiscuous company, and in a public place, accused hit uien sun of heinous crimes und vic s, mid de nounced him iu terms winch the most iinnat iinil parent would blush to use towards his cliilil, even iu private, and who, on a recent occasion, when upbraiding tho samo sou with Ins Tollies und vices, was coolly in formed by the youth, that he was only imi tating the example of his worthy father whose brains und courage lie iu his mouth, and who has steeped himself to the em's iu all kinds of treachery, vice and dishonor, I cannot be expected to tako further cogni zance of them, or of any assaults, however isise, which may iu fiiture proceed Troiii that source. I can bear, without injury Deluzon's harmless ubuse, at a distance, and from behind his rampart of press nnd types; if lie intrudes Ins vdo carcase into my pres ence, I will indict upon him tho chastise ment which such a dog deserves. Wji. J. Ikfics," Co-cdltor of the State.su.iun. " It is truo that without referenco to his brief, but brilliant Senatorial career, I did speak to him in plain terms, mid ns freely upbraided him with treachery, ns I should havo dono had 1 been in a" confab with either ol his great prototypes, in the persons of (Jeid. Penedict Arnold, or Judas lsear iot. I fail to perceive anything in his pres ent position, or past performances, in the gutter, the pulpit, the Senate, or the , to excite my uwe, or admiration ; nnd I only extended to him the consideration due to merchantable commodities of his kind. If -Mr. Smith intends his intimation to convey tho impression that I ever "ap proached him ns a Master Mason," or ns he says, " with the tools of a Master Ma son iu my hands," he simply lies; os I never kney that he was a Mason except by tho questionable evidence of his own declara tions, nnd I never took the trouble to satis fy myself or the truth, or falsity of his pre tentions, llcsidcs, I have too much respect for the fraternity to desecrate its emblems by exhibiting them to a beast. I never wrote him n letter which I nm not will'ng the public should read, nnd shall, under his attacks, console myself with the reflection that, ' The uiin rtrotert from thr bite, ' Til but tit oo ; thill die:' " whieky saloons, and Imports and drinks bruudy, rum, ule and b r by the barrel! lie refers to religious principles, uud at the same time notoriously blaspheme his Ma ker, contemns the Scriptures and luughsut, belittles and belies their ministers! Hu talks of honor, and yet stoops to ull dishon or; ofTecU morality, and yet pructiccs and coinpauionates with every vice! In nhort, view him os you will, lie is but tho misera ble excresenco or humanity! Ho is the siime monster whose nature is aud lias ever been so villainously perverse, depraved mid hateful thut he never caused even the moth er who boro him to smile, save on two oc casions, viz: wheu delivered of him and wheu he left his nutive home for the land ol the setting sun. Such is bvt a brief and Imperfect sketch of a truthless, soulless, leeund nit fiend, who delights in inoculating families, neigh borhoods uud communities with the poison ofusps, and then yluutimj over the miser ies inflicted I tho general mischief wroiiL'ht! 01 course such asocial pirate will continue to minister to his depraved and hellish nature, by repeating old slan ders ond inventing new ones, so long, at h ast, us he is safely ensconsed within four brick wulls, hut he will never reiieat them, either in public or private to Ihtfur ol one of tlio victims or uis Impotent malevolence VeiHueral, " Put, Dclazou says tho Statesman calls names such ns 'l aliform lulvenlurer,' ' Ox.' Ac. and abuses pcniilo. That is a cool specimen of i-ITroiitery to come from Di.luzon Smith, aud to nppeur in a paper containing more personal abuse than a single nuinlar of uny other Oregon paper ever did. From a letter of Dcluzon Smith's, published in the Statesman of May i't, IS.'iS, we copv the following, applied to Mr. Hall, the editor or 1 Avery's Ox:' Ho had been crazr nnd beastly drunk; foul concoctions of a delirium racked brain; besotted, lying beast; a blackhearted vil lain, a craven, cowardly poltroon, whose vile soul lu.s sunk so near the gates of hell, Ac. I know something of the character of several men of llio Hall stamp, and I have expressed the conviction slill entertained--that they arc capable of digging up the bones of their mothers and converting them into jack-knife handles, and of prostituting their wives for gam! I he debused Hall, the gross beast. roar loafers hove lieen imported into Oregon from California within the past year. Jlou niany ol tuesi giuieU on ml i mous un I precarious livelihood iu Califor nia, ns pimps of I awdy l:oi e, I do not know. Pickett, Walton, Hall and O'Meara! Two pairs of precious brothers.' The abovo are fair samples of tho whole column. From another column from Dcluzon, pidt- lished in the Statesman of Aug. 10 1S58, we make a very few extracts, specimens of the whole: 'False hearted, selfish nnd ambitions slinl;s( Kelly and O'Meara). Little Col- orma interloper, lhey (Kelly and O- Menrn) arc systematically, ami on principle ti ikitris, dretker nnd lnitfootn. Too se vere things cannot be uttered or published, This letter was so coarse und vitupera tive, that we pruned it of much of its abuse uciore publishing it. O .Meant was char acterised ns 'playing the clennshirted iiiminnr nbont tho co.Tic houses of San Francisco ,' Ac. Isn't Dcluzon Smith an interesting cren turo to talk nbout 'calling names,' 'person ol oDitse,' &,c.stfttesmiin " When yon say, Mr. Asnhel Push, that we ever proposed ' to establish a paper iu opposition to tho Democratic org imzat. on or ttint you havo 'now in your possession TU. Xrw Vtarv.,.,.. No business can be inude to sueeetj less bused upon komo welkoiulderej J? Especially ii this the cuse with thetmC; or the runner. Now ii the pror to orruiigo for tho labors of the cL year. "I What IniprovcmciiU ore you , upon your funnsT Are you to lnCreMli' number of your Deldsf What "print do you intend to growf Wlurt sturting or increasing an apple orxhardf Tl country lias been so far uk' uud enclosed, that there Is not sufflii,,? of wild gruss for summer and winutiZ other seasons. You will bj compel miiko proision to meet this e,,, you can do, If you will. Kudos, Joqr grounds for winter pusture; seed (U dowu to blue grass; keep cuttle from ik grounds until winter; then turn tlm M uud your stock will keep fut. This iyrt is practiced iu Kentucky ond a grestp of Illinois with success; and mind, tbtr fodder is ulso provided for stock iocaaetbi snow covers tho grow too deep to b, renched by cattle a fuel also worth; of your consideration. Old SK.rri.Kns' Dam. Preparations , being nmde for a bull in this city on k, Monday evening, at Washington Hall, jj is expected tlmt the beauty ond fudiioo tf Oregon City will grace the occmion. Latitiuk. David P. Thompson, fcq, Surveryor, a few days sinco calculated tbi latitude of Oregon City, nnd fouuj it to bo as follows: Lot. -15 21' 13". For Cokvai.i.is. The steamer 8urpri. dipt. Jerome, will leave Canemah tfrdi at 2 o clock r. .. for Cortullii unit n. in termediate ports. M.ni:iAiE. A Wliitefield whether yotmg man tAti lie should nam . young lady, a professor of religion, with s unit temper, or another who had so excel lent disposition but wno not a Christiin. He unsweie l, " Murrr the lidv w'ts'tl. good deposition, for Hod can abide when you cannot." lM AB.HXSD: In sulem. I Ire. IS. I:.!), by E.ArJJ, Mi" Ceo II. Jone-. I'fS.i'tin, aud Sim Amt W DIED: good Uepublican, mid it is just the kind of .Vfars. !t ff01'U 'C invaluable. A trial will men like Simeon Francis that Orcirnn j determine this matter. now so much in need of to raise tho eoun try from the agricultural und commercial lethargy into which it seems to have fallen. As one good turn deserves another the first time we ever entered tlio office of the 111 itiois Journal, it was for the purpose of assisting ' tho boys,' who had got behind- ,md so this week, tho Argus being in (lie same lix, Mr. Francis went to work, iu set- ling and distributing type, with the nrdor of his former years. Although it is just his advent into the country, lc could uot resist the opportunity of making a few sug gestions to the farniTS (editorially), which will lie found m this week's issue. We sme.-rcly hope that his impressions of our young Slate may be so favorable as to iu diiee his remaining among us. j Fi .mrnKi.-IVIu:ion advises Push to Hungarian grass has been known to yield six tons to the nere, nnd this ncrewill also yield, with the grass, twenty five or thirty bushels of seed. Cattle and horses will leave timothy for Hungarian grass. NKiun-IIo! It is whispered that on Sunday evening next (to-morrow), nt the Congregational Church in this city, one of the handsomest, sweetest, nnd loveliest lit tle creature of Oregon City will bid adieu to 'single blessedness.' If we were gifted with the' knack ' of writing 'poetry,' we should be tempted to indite a sonnet for the oicision but, as it is, we hope 'Jo.' won't forget us in this extremity. Extract row Col. Nesmi lis Letter, in the Statesman. " Put, who is this ' sweet-scciifed beauty' this Axahel Bush who talks of the aiuisc and licentiousness of the press? He is the same dastardly wretch who Ims as sailed nine-tenths of the prominent men of Oregon during the period of nine years with the coarsest of billingsgate! The same era- veil coward who, after wantonly and mali ciously nssailing the public and private character of both men and women, has gone week ufter week and month after month with a pistol in his pocket and a bmligmird hy his side ! He is the same low-flung slan derer who sits iu his office nnd writes libels upon men who would not place him with the dogs of their (lock, and then appends letter from Dcluzon, ' iu which we pro- poscu to cilil a paper in opposition to the Democratic organization of Orcron ' von niter a falsi hood. Now, publish the letter, unit lliussustain the truth of your statement, or suffer yourself to be br indcl ns we now lirand ton nliarr Dcluzon Courteous Sir! wcWe such a lettrr.nnd w hen wo can find space for it. we will nub iisn it, iur. uoiiizon Niulii, nnd proee you ft " liar1' from out of your own mouth. otnicsman. " Dcluzon calls his paper 'n cudgel.' It comes nearer being a m c curt." Man ure cart.j statesman. " ' We presume there is not a man, wo man or child, of ordinary intelligence, in Or egon,' who hns any knowledge of Asahel Push ond his Statcsmnn who does not re gard him ns a cold-hlooiled, selfish, merecn nry, vindictive, besotted, lying, slanderous wretch." Democrat, gel J.renksHnr to assist him in the edi torial of the Statesman, instead of Peggs, as he (" Preakspear") has "mmb superior qualification" for the post. Push might tender tiie same advice to the editor of the Pcincvrat; but tre would sul'-tsI that the - - - i " iimns Hreiikspear is neither a drunkard nor a I'oiunioii liar, he is poor!? fitted for editing a Democcatic raner oualifientions whit h IMiimou must think are lackinc in n.i- I nnvnwi th..n , ? TiUNKscivixo. Thursday of this week was observed in this city in accordance with the proclamation of the Governor. 1, . t i .iv mi'ii Hint, ami W i if- religions exercises were held at the Con- j gk and twist, and pet i fog, but all will not gregauonai church, where a sermon wus ficticious signatures to them nnd dates the. at different points of the compass!. He ii the same libel upon humanity who chuckles over the misfortunes and death of those wno are presumed to have stood in the way of the consummation of his own personal ttn.l cilil.!. ... I.I l.iv . -,i.- i-uu; .a nu ne is mo same imicK-liearted scoundre who sent hi rll "Parnhart statements" into the bosom of our lannly, to be read by our wife, and sons "' uangiiters, whilst we were two hundred nines away trom our home engaged in fHit- .u un,- mines oi ine liemoeracy! The miserable paltroon whose portrait we are attempting to sketch, thinks bT con tinuing to repent his vile charges to keep us .!. eci on me aetrnsire. Let him not deceive himself! He mar write, and a-rio-. avail nun. preuchedby Per. Mr. Putled -e of the M I "n ""ln're wn0 t,,; n",r"t .....v .u .;IMrni assailant ot pnvate char acter isT We answer: A man (if it be law- represent the die- his life! II vmrs in as favorable a l,g,t as heretofore. othrr exeesw. and ret he carries, K. Church ' "c,cr answer: A man (it it !. Tuk Mixm.TInj latest renorts fmm ?" hi? man) wh, n"er ,,sd n . sr...:-. - rrm I h(nwt- H-nevolent, or tirtuons emotion in Hie intt-iV4t in . . imiirs wtiiis io ueoiii the increase, and parties are preparing to J nnoni wnn nim in his own person the rile evidences of his own licentlons indulgences' He prates, too. ahont th i,Aen,r.rZn t i.k-i-., a:vi TCI U.HIT anj H'ghtlT " Bush has changed his opinion in regard to our abilities within tlio past year. And he gravely concludes that ' heads formed like yours, sloping obliquely Irom tl.e ey s io i nu crown, never noiu ft Heavy brain Lame! Hint head, 'sloiiiinr back oblioim- 1..1 . . . . -- m annenrs io ue ' Heavy' enouirli to e-ive n . i i . - . ... " . . greai ueat ot exercise to tlie I, tile, scabby louiin, gouru-neau ot the Statesman. Democrat. '. " We have no ambition to contest with bush for the mastery in a race of black guardism. He has had an uninterrupted experience or nt least nine years iu that school; and though almost uny of hisatten lire readers during that period if apt schol ars migin ensny rentier themselves pro ficients iu that' vocation, vet it would ho madness to indulge the expectation of ex celling tho great teacher in ths art. And as to lying, a two-inch plank is not at all is not at nil in his way he will lie through it! As nn inimitable blackguard, nn un scrupulous liar, nnd nn unconscionable de tainer, he has few equals nnd no superiors. He has long worn the medal; be may con tinue to wear it without a rival. Democrat. "He (Bush) is the same black-hearted scoundnd who seut his vile "Parnhart statements" into the bosom of our familv, to lie rend by our wife and sons and daugh ters, whilst we were two hundred miles awny from our home cnirn'red in fi.rhtin tl.. I.-..1 r.L.r. " " " "muraui i ne imuoeracv!" Democrat. " lie even introduces his orn fumllrlnin a lying statement which they know to be raise, aud which must cause them to blush for the untruthfulness of its nthnr" Statesman. "We stated the truth, rem inramtit devil. On returning from the south, the first of last July, we found evert nnmbor of your tile sheet in the possession of our rura lly. Democrat. " Wo would os soon look for feathers on a hog back as decenct from ehr I i liK.ri . v. Dfo. 27, t.llen Jcmiwtn, iaf, flii J of J, nua aud Mary Jane Milne, ;oJ mvIt U III. Ill llllll. Notlco. S'.iip of O.f jon. Cueniv of t l;n kuimis, j' Zrlle ll.nnan, l'lid', li. P't-rre ll.i non, Peft. J TO PI Kit RE .I.VO.V, Defemlnh "lOU hrri-by iioliM Hint Zrll IIbn, X I III- i1aii.lift Ims Hint a complain! la lb i-'ii.-iiii o..r. oi nu- aia.r or Urrgnn lurihtcwa- l of I tin k.onuK. piuy nj lor a divorce fm jm oil tlio gruiiiiii of w llnl di-seriion Iur more iki oiif jrur. iiml lor mglrcl to ir,,vide ktrwilki liome and I ho ruiiiin'iii urcrwiiiira of I f far iiiimh iliuii out yrmi anil uulenyou ippsorii id e r.-iiil rim t ii ilia iiih Uny of Mnreli, IStii), '"" unsn-iT I lie nail .uniiila in. ilm mum will ho mlini fin c wr I, ..nl ilie prayer tlwrtof ill uoiau.i'.i uv i ue rutin. J.V.MGS K. KF.M.V, D. c. ni, i,s:n :is4 .t.7ofy ;; T 1-sT OK LKTI'EtW rtin.iaaij io ihe lst J J tllli o mi Ur.gun (Jily, ua Dec 3lM, 1809. I'.nkrrS.M Kubii 8im bonrlier .MuiMiur David Kreix nor Jolia I. on i iiiri-j D.irni-a Jncub liyr.l .lolia li'a'o.-k Julia P Hern s A V C niiinrll J Cromwell (.'liiives J. is in-J us Fo lent J Dow .Si-iion C Klunmy Thos (j II ii in m llolinrs Wiiialuw C 2 Sinilli lliium II in on T H Taylu.-DiviJ II in Jacob Tuvlnr Joinei lluyes A A Warren II unJTK '""s I) I Warwick TLomu T Jones Wili U J FLEMING, P. St 1.1 man A bi A J.usMM-r J.nnta II Muriii Pierre Munaia M L McCJmmli.inj A'tsialw Norihrtip Nclaui Powell Iter J J l'liialielry Jiwnh J Picket Wm(l'Sienif) I'unlv Win I'iosley Sieiliei L A DM1 SIS TR A TOWS SAW OF REAL ESTATE. "V'O'I ICE is hereby given, lint, by virtue ef IS J oider itsued out ol I lie couulv court f CU'.k- anHiseoimiy, Stale ofOreKOii. on the I2th December. Ma. I will oa Monday, the I (SO dlT of Jamurv, ISiiO. acll nt nublie aucliul telk highest b dder, between 9 o'clock in the nieraltf and the niinz down of the ami of nid dav. H rcnl ealaie k lonin to the em ate of Samuel K- wyiesny, Beceiiaed, described iu follo in weal half of Hie east half of aeetioa 8, and the und vided half of Ilie e.ial hnlf of aesliva H, ell is T. 5 8. It. 1 K.. IviiiT iiiiH tminir in aaid CMialV-- The sale to lake place ut the late rewlence T aia ueceused. Maid aale ia made for the puffs' of puyin; Ilie dehla and churjjea oultlaodiF ajiinsl nnd ealiile. The lorma ofi aale-lete credil of fix mom hi. M. Ml OVVBN,. Deo , I,i9.3;w4 Ailministnt- BETHEL COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE IN CAI.IDAS tot TIIK YKAR 1JU9-C0.- Ttl G Cultrge yeur ctimnieaoea tlie fim Mer in Scjiieiiiber,.andia divided into fourl"" lern of eleven neeka each. 1 he commencement ia held on tho 4th of Wfr hrn Ilie yearly vacnlion ensue. Pruftinrt Natiiiki. Ilunanw. A.M.! Li L- Uo LA.io, A. AI. TKRUl or TiiiTtoM tra futhmmi Coiiiniou English Bnuiche i tnjli-li Analjiwv Higher Arilhmetic, iiooit. Keeping, ir.siory, ajid KlemeulatJI Alsebra Natural Philosophy, Botany, Geology, end ciirnmiry, iiiiellrciual nn.l Moral nn loMiubi', Ulielurio aud Louis.... Elementary Ueiiinelry.Suiveyinjf.Alifebia, lli;hcr M.iiVmiic, Latin, Uieek.i4 ranch Laiifuageis. Mid Seoior Ckuo of Nor. Dep, 10 Cunreiiient arranseineaU cau be made fer o1 ai reaainaoie rates. Bonks used in the actiool ean be oblaincj tl I Collej building at cah price. 1 A Normal liepurinicut iu been orziaij"'' " on the plan ut the N. Vurk 8lal Normal Soh with paitieular reforenr to preparing young nd fviinien for teaching. Thi drpoiWe' in pntrlical and nceeful operation. Pn.f. .NawELLha beeneagagod. tiMl f it lewon. ea the Pian and Melodt on. , XT An exteneive aud ehoioe phitnonplil " tehiwl apparalua, al a achool and f"" ""ry. hate been ordered from the E4, tt" eiprcted aona. , The patron, trmtcen, and pfofinMW of 'Ife are reeolred that nothing ennJeoiv kst internal ef the ochool ahull be eesrlocl overlnok. d. Bethel, Poik ei, Dee. S4, !?. - 3'U. TlSitS n Bush and I!eggs.j Democrat.