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Agents for the Arris.
J. Jt. MclSllIPE, htfayette.
J. A. JlKRO, .S'arVfrt.
MoHiiAN Kl'IMLPIf, Sublimity.
"'m. Harlow, M'lltilt't.
II. C. IUynond, WW Gwf.
IR. Davis, Utoominyton.
KlAMK W. Rkow.i, C'orriillii.
Ana IlARVitr, ' Ku.iVy.
Somixos Allen, I miry.
J. E. Lvi.e, .
Jon .McKi.iNcr, Calapnoia.
Kkv. Wilson Hlaim, fnion 'dint.
J.. A. Kick, Jacksonville.
II. 1Ia0I5, ('iisliinati.
Law Concerning' Zffcwapapcrs.
IT If uWritien order Ihe ilieonU'im.iiie of
their paper., the pnblialier may continue to kiuI
(hem aiif antoraget ait paia.
IX If auUenUere neglect or refiiM loUke llirlr
pepen hum Hi. port oftVe, nr other plane, to which
hey are pent, they ir beU rep:iilile u ill II lli.y
Httl ill erre-amir., ehould Ihere be tnjr.
(7 If Mili!rilirr remote Li ollr place., with
ut infomiiuf lh pi blirlier, anil lli ;x r a tent
io the former direeinm, lhry are held riipoiiib!e.
IT It hi sot nuflicii'ht for (NMlmiuter, when
.... I. n Ink. 'ii mil nf liia filfire. In return nh.
with "not laka-n out'' uri'len on lh margin, but
Ik miut wnle aiter to tha publisher, Hiving tne
name and fjoat-oflk., and (biting lluit the paper i
not taken from lbs oflle. Uiherwioo tho p t
meater i held rf tqnnnblo.
Breastk of Ike Squatter Hove rrlualy "
I'lilform.
the recently avowed doetrine nf territorial
mreiriy broad enough, to thnt it w.ll permit us
freely to my whether Will ooine into tho I n
inn, ur whether wa will remain without, anil be
come separate frurn it I"
The foregoing interrogatory was recently
propounded by a writer in an Oregon pa
per, who seemed honestt y enquiring after a
legitimate method by which our people can
ever tlicmstilvoa from their printout con
nection with tho General Government, and
bocotn an independent power. I Io seems
at a loss to find tidier in tho Constitution,
the decisions of the Coy r Li, tho "opinions"
of any of the official adviiter of the nntion's
Executivo, oroven in legislative precedent,
eatHhlithed hy I'otigrrni, tlm enunciation of
priticitilo that uiny h used ns a linn tn
to drive nut toino pin in the cable that linila
Ul to the c'li.ft .lerney, unliaa thn (leii..ra
turn inny ho fount in the Kansas-Nebraska
bill ,
Tho tii'Ktioa lie propounds in rog.trd to
tho practical nitturo of tho doctrino of ''ten i-
torinl sovereignly," einhrnred in this bill
which has bucn ri reived with great npplauso
by many well meaning men, who have been
captivated by !ho title, which suggest prill,
ciple entirely 'antipodal Io thoso really
found in the bill, shows that he, in common
with many others, has never as yet had his
attention closely directed to an investigation
of tho real merits of thu hill.
Tho organic acta by which Kansas and
Nebraska received territorial governments,
while they boaMingly claim to have very
much enlarged the privileges of the citizens
of theso Tcrtilories beyond those enjoyed
by the settlers of oilier Territories, are dis
similar from our own organic act in but few
particulars.
Where there is a dissimilarity, with but
aolitary exception, so far as theoxercike of
Territorial privileges is concerned, tho ad
vautago is in our favor. Neither Kansas
nor Nebraska possess any rights or privi
leges midor their organic acts which are not
enjoyed by us, with thu exception of the in
traduction, of slavery and polygamy into
their territories, and in order seemingly to
oiuet these privileges by an equivalent sac
rilleo Congress hits very eeriously curtailed
ttieir privilege m other respects.
For tho purpose of placing the positions
which the General Covommont has made us
to occupy upon these "domestic institutions"
to plain contrast, wo niako tho following
extract from tho organic acts of tho two
Territories :
M an tj t,f. 14 tJHrVarl of ,te. 11 of lit
Artrsilii ael. (h'onct.
i iui me eoiKiiiiNion, "llie inhabitants of
no an me laws or the iwid Territory halltecii
UnM HlatM which are.liil. dto enjoy all and sin
not locally Inapplireble.'julnr the rights, prij.
iall have the M1i,fu,ce,leBe., and advantage
ndettn4 within the aaul'tranlej and ecured lo
l ermoryof Nebrakaailhe eiple of the Terri
eleewheiewilhin thel ni-ltoryof the I'nited Stale.
Ud bletea, exrrp tli,;N.a-,.WM the river
eijhlheectn.il , tho act Ohio, by the nrlictee of
Jireparalory tu the a.lnue- cmnrwet contained in the
Jionof M oiiri intv the ordinance for the eovern
liuou, .p,.n,,,J J,rrll ,,,,., f ,lld T
' "M '" in- on the 3thh day of Ju!v
conwient with Ihe urm. 17H7. .n.i .1..11 1 i'
.ph, of noa.mterw.utw, j . ,H lh, eolldlllollli
by 8r,ih.l.,r, ,,,dn,rK,i,,h . pn.
iuU..N.t and Term., h biikm. in 7,i ariit
nea. a. KrmirM by Ihe'of eon,, art i,IW1 ' "
monlyealleJlbeeomiire-tory " ' ' U'tl-
lUM n.ea.ure. ie hereby Thordin.nonThT
dro aredMLLM,, ...J art. 4. cnl.u , fo,':
1 It Iwuif ih. Uw in. kiwmv 1
lent and iiie.nii.x , , .. rUl ,, fc
act uot to legale .l.very th.r riawy n itulun.
into auy I ernlory ur lry ertiiu.lr ,t 1
Klalr, nor I. rl.,de it T.rrilory.oH,,,, ,h,n
"'"' u 10 Hare 111 me puu linirm
... uienxu per-ciiiuea, wheieol
toiii nre 10 lorn, .j )y ,tlu ,, krfB
reulale their ileuH i.li,. coiiv rti-it."
ineniuuuiu iu lih ir .a
Way, euhjecl enly lo t,
riiMMuiH.rihe I uilrd
Klalee," 1
Tie people of K..unu 10 not tee pwt,,
har rA.uH mm ii . . r "
'i .iaf fo- art in u,.y
ilfaiattawU!, butkt i, compe lled te.ii1vU.oiiitfgv,romenl,do(.ion-
Tniurwb, fA,rWr,o.xamiucd. ow when added to all tU
tin Unittd Stuta, whilst on th other
hand the jxojile of Oreyon, Wiuhinglm,
uui Mimittuta are not required to u-ait the
ytion otlie Kxecutive, mien the Ltyitla.
turn of their reujieetive Territuriet may
have required the Oovernor'e tommiuion
hy exjtresi Irgiilative tnaeimtnti.
This is proved by contrasting the follow
ing: Part '. J lie-Part tfeae.it Ike Or
Keniu anil Ntliratka egon ael.
tel, "lie (tlie Governor)
"II (O'e Gevernnrj shall eoiiiiiiiMiou all ofli.
hall conimMon all ofTi-jeers who (hall be p
een who ehsll be appoint-! pointed to office under the
id lo oflica umler the laws of the said Territory,
laws of the said Terriui-jteWe 6y earn
ry, and slutll take care miHion ihall be reqni
tint the Inwsba fsitliful-W, and tball take care
ly executed." that the laws be faithful-
ly executed."
Ia Kansas and Xubraska tho Governor
eonetitutre a part of the legislative power
nnd authority, whilst in tho other Tcrrito
lies alludud to, if i alone veettd in a Lnjie
lathe Aeetmblif chosen by the people.
When an imported appointee, whose ap
pointment to oHiee depends merely upon the
whim or caprice of tho President, is made a
pait of the "Icijhlative poieer and authority"
of a Territory, it Would rook as though the
pcoplo had littlo occasion fr ranking any
groat noise about the blessed privileies of
"iMiuutter sovereignty."
Purl of tee. 4 of the K. Part of tee. 4 oi Or
tiilnatkn art I egon act. '
"The lef'ilatire power "The legitlalive ower
and aiithunly of said and authority of mil J er.
Territory shell be vieted riiory thsll be veeied in
in A Coventor and a le(uJatie axeinbly.
Ir i,lulie anembly." I
l'.ut let us coiiltubt the real "sovereignty
of the peoplo of these Territories by a little
further examination into tho comparative
powers of their (Jovirnors,
Part of nr. fi of the
tntand Nthratk
A'lM-
Pari of tee. C of the Or
ratka net
egon ael,
"Kverybillwlikhihall
"All the laws punned
hare psaed the eouneilihy tho Iginlatire At-
and hoiiM of reprpwiitu
weiubly shall be lubmiilcd
lives of the said Territo
ry, shall, before it be
10 the ConLTiMi or the
United Slain, nud if din-
come a law, be prevented
to the Govemer of the
upprovtij, eh.ill be null
and or no etlect.
Territory i if he approve
he shall eiin it; but ill
uot, he ihall return it
with his objections to the
bonne in which it onip ua
ted, who ehall enter the
objections at laruo on
their journal, and proceed
lo reeonnider it If, afier
mich reconriileration, two
thirds of that house ehall
iign e lo pjre the bill, it
hall bo sent, tO(fther
w ill tho objections,, to
the oilier houie, by wliieh
it sliiill I kewine berccon
sidereil, and if approved
hy Iwu-thirds of thai
houoe, it shall become u
law."
What a beautiful exhibition of squatter
sovereignty ! I he penplo of Kansas and
Nebraska, 110 matter what their necessities,
and no mailer how imperative their wants,
aro not permitted to uiako any legislative
provision for thorn whatever, (if their im
ported Governor oppose,) vnlae they tan
carry it by a two thirde vote I
Tho "legiblativo assembly" of Kansas and
Nebraska is composed of thirty-nine mem
bers each. Now, if tho Governor of either,
by bribery, or by the exercise of any other
undue uilluenco, can barely securo tho co-op.
ersition of fourteen of thoso members ho
can hold at defiance tho will of the wholo
people of those Territories, aud render it im
possible for tho remaining twonly-fivo of
their representatives to pass any act what
ever. The people of Kansas and Nebraska were
uot even allowed to locato their seat of eov
crnnicnl whero they chose, provided it was
not agrecablo to their Governor. If their
Governor and fourteen members of the lew.
Ulntivo assembly chose to lay cHita town, or
embark in a speculation in tow n property,
at any point whalover, and no matter how
inconvenient to tho people and unsuitable
for tho capital, those fifteen gentlemen had
it in their power to say to the wholo Territo
ry, "If you will not locate tho seat of gov-
ernmenl upon oursito, you shall not locale
it at all.
Here wo find hy the organic act of Kansas-
anil Nebraska that fierii , onto whom
true appointed by the President of' Ihe I'm
ted States, held the balance of iK.w.-r ,1,
their own hands, and were able aucocssfulli .
to resist the will of llw wholo people, no
matter if they numbered fifty thousand !
This is "squntter sovereignly with a ven
geance.
But here is the proof, and in order still
to keep up tho contrast between the rights
of these Kansas sovereign and our own, we
will again place them in contrast
Pa, t . trr.p of IK, Par, , ,,.. 13 o ,h,
AaHiat-Aetrukaacl. (),,,..-, J
. " And si and firrt om-I d al .I . .
eion, or a. a.n thereafter ou. or a. soon thereafter
M they ah.ll J, , lhry ,,
Uv Native
.. . .... Trrnor aim uie.it. the Iririahilire aa-
Uv slative a mblv ihall .1..11 . .
a. .7.. V I, ' M ,h,v msy d.-em
Aem ehg tu., h,cl, elble; w'h,ch plac,
Me, however, however, ehall tl,w
R after fc. wh t to be .ubjtt
b. ch.nse.1 by Ih, aaid by d legl.,i,,
l.overn. aud H-r.Uative Wv "
. It must b, borne in miud that tho wJu,h '1
we remember that not only tho Governors,
but also the Secretary, Chief Justices, and
Associate: Justices, Attorneys, and Mar
shals, of Kaunas and Nebraska Territories,
aro, like similar officers of other Territories
appoiuted by the President, instead of being
elected by tho people, we are compelled lo
look around in vain, for an exhibition 01 me
boasted principlo said to have been discover
ed by Douglas and Co., and to be contained
in the Kauas-Nebnika bill. U'e fitid
there no privilciM expressed, excepting that
of regulating the "domestic institutions" of
tho Territory, (which embraces not only
slavery but polygamy, as is proved by the
action of Congress upon the "Act creating
the ofiico of Surveyor General," Ac, for
Utah,) that docs not already belong to the
pcoplo of other Territories. Hut on tin-
other hand we find many valuable priviligi
which we enjoy, wrested from the hands of
tho citizens of Kansas and Vbrnka, ami
retained by the Cieueral Government.
The whole thing shows it-elf to bo a pro
slavery, pro polygamy, tyrniiical humbug,
artfully coiicalod umler a specious and do-
c prise title, in oi jer to carry out the wishes
of I hi' most ard-iit advocate of an unlimited
slavery extension, and deceive the simple.
minded dupes of party into the support of
it.
Tho mow we examine thin 'squatter sov
ereignty' tho more glaring h conies its decep
tion, and iu-sb'tnl of lenring its head in the
conscious dignity of truth, it settles lower
and lower, until it asutnes a position that
may well entitle it to the appellation of
Sfinttiny "Sovereignty." In fact we think
wo have proved it to be such, and shall here,
after consider it to ba best represented by
that name.
We rather think that by this time our
old "mountaineer" has pretty well given
up the idea of finding any thing "in the
recently avowed doctrine of Territorial
Sovereignty" that will justify Oregon in
cutting herself entirely loose from the
Union, and setting up upon her own hook.
If Oregon wishes to take a position on
the platform of "Territorial Sovereignty" as
sot forth in tho Nebraska hill, she must oc
cupy a platform composed of only two
solitary planks, (and miserably rotten ones
al ihnt,) composed of No. 1, Slavery, No. 2,
Polygamy.
Hurrah for Squatting Sovereignty t
Another Indian Outbreak U Roiue River
Valley.
Wc learn that on or about the 3d inst.
tho Indians shot a white man in tho vicinity
of Jacksonville. A company consisting of
Dr. McKiuny and eight others went iu pur
suit of the Indians, whom they soon over
took in large numbers. A fight ensued,
which resulted in tho slaughter of tho Dr.
and seven of his party. Only one man es
caped to tell tho talo. A strong party of
whites had gotio in pursuit of the savages,
This shows that the apprehensions of the
Yrcka citizens, that the Roguo river and
Klamath Indians were acting in concert,
wero not altogether groundless
P. 8. By recent advices from Vreka we
learn that a heavy train of animals loaded
with merchandize, drc, is on its way from
that city to tho Colville mines.
Dr. Lock woo versus Meliean.
Upon tho reception of the short note
from S, T. McKean contradicting the state
ment previously made by the Dr., we
hauded it lo Dr. Lock wood, iuforming him
that wc should publish it as a duty to Mr.
McKean, and also informed liim if he had
any thing to say in reply, he should be
heard. Mr. McKean 's letter and the Dr.'s
notice of it aro iu another column.
For Ihe information of thoso unacquain
ted with the parlies wo may as well state,
perhaps, that the Hon. S. T. McKean is an
lix-Coui:eilmun of Oregon. Any further
than that wo are not alio to say, as he is an
entire stranger to us.
Dr. LocU.ioJ is a resident of our city,
and from uur own acquaintance with him
and from In ar-ny we take him to be a "en-
tloman of undoubted veracity. Tlio Dr-
ns t bo a consistent .l rft1..i....i .1
Mb U-
vocale of U it.peranoe ; Hon. S. T. McKean
;rncjrj to be the same. They both claim
to bo democra's, iu puliiics, but which of
them is really democratic, (JelTorsouian,)
u leave it tor others to m l"e.
School Master Wanted.
'We have nolrarsbui ih.t if u.i .1 1.. , . ,
-si w'd "rf"' hi" briu oul "',h b buut"'-'"'
v-uu. ,ou 00 ,0 good as to inform us to
which of the dead language, this term u.
W belongs V take it t be Laiin,
and should have been placed with vourotli
er Latin quotations, which would have giv.
en quite a classical finishing touch to your
learned disquisition, by such a pathetic apos
trophe as the following :
JJ'T' Mom! 0 Burning I- u ,
hop. that the world will still wag on."
r,..i 1 1
Ul.kly Important trom smklit-i
Murderers ot Rev. Mr. Clark's family
l.tov.r- Tillamook In.U- kuui at
l-af.yeu.- y 0M uw
Ike mountains in searckef Ike baUncs
f tke Murderers.
It will bo recollected, that three weeks
ago we gave an account of iho turning of
Rev. Mr. Clink's cubiu on the head of Soulh
Yamhill, and the mysterious destruction of
his fumily, consisting of his aged wife ana a
grown ion, which took place in the night
during the abscuce of Mr. Clark from home.
Hccent'dcvelopmenti have fully justified
the suspicion we then expressed, that this
horrible deed had been perpetrated by a
party of Tillamook Indians.
We uro indebted 10 J. H. McDride, Esq,
a resident of Yamhill, for the following in
formation : '
It scdiiH that tho Sheriff (of Yamhill
county perhaps,) had occasion lo go to Till
amook, t ) servo a legal pro ss upon soino
defendant wl 0 lived there. Tho Indians
heiiijj aw.iro of h's i fiiciid charucter, and
noticing his apparent earnest conversation
with the whiies, during which he exhibited
certain papers, became supicious that he
was alter tho murderers of Clark's family,
and in their anxiety to rind out, whether it
was so, proM)iinded qu stioiis to tho whites
of such a character, as at once fastened
suspicion upon them for having committed
tho murder. Tho Sheriff immediately
summoned tho chief and peremptorily de
manded tho murderers. Tho chief at once
acknowledged thatono of his tribe had
committed tho murder, but that he was
then gone out of reach. Tho Sheriff in
formed him that if he was not forthcoming
immediately the w bites would soon be over
the mountains' t,o take vengeance on . the
wholo tribe. Upou this tho chief sent out
a party, which soon returned bringing the
culprit, and delivered him over to tho Sheriff.
A coustdcrable quantity of the clothing
taken from the houso of Mr. Clark, was di?
covered with tho Indians, l'lunder was
the only cause alleged by tho savages for
having destroyed the family. The captured
Indian confessed that he was a party iu the
transaction but implicated two more as
having assisted, lla said they stabbed the
old lady in bed with n knife, and then cut
her throat. Tho young man it seems they
stabbed in the breast, but the knife not en
tering by reason of tho breast hone, they
wero compelled after a struggle, to cut his
throat. Tho house was thon robbed of all
its valuables, and fired.
The Indian excused himself, on the
ground that bo was poor, and not alio to
buy clothing for hjs squaw, who was very
clamorous as to her desire "to have things
like other squaws."
The Sheriff was accompanied to Lafayette
by a party of whites, having tho prisoner iu
charge. He was fully committed after a full
hearing before Esquire Campbell, and placed
under guard. During the following night
he was taken from tho custody of the guard
by a party of men, in disguise, nnd nothing
more was known of the Indian un'il the
next morning when ho was discovered
dangling to tho limb of a tree iu tho sub
urbs of Lafayette.
0 unilcrxtand that a party of some
twenty-five men had armed themselves nnd
gone to Tillamook in order lo bring the ba
ance of tho murderers to justice. It would
bo hard to make us believo that only three
Indians were concerned in that bloody
tragedy.
The Tlouecr, or California. Monthly Maga
line. Has been laid on our table by S. J. Me
Cormic, of Tot tlaud, who is an agent for
ihe work. We have not had time to ex
amine it enough to form an opinion of its
merits, but from a hasty inspection it looks
as though it might be worth the to 00 per
j ear 11 costs, its selections sermrfo be well
made and mostly of a decided scientific
character.
"euro at a perfect loss to discover the
exact peculiarities 0f tl,e editor's tastc, By
a reference to the "Kdiu.r Table," we see
1 . it . . . .
niiecuotes ot "inspired Idiots," "Bills of
tare fr "Oxtail soup, mutton, tan........
boiled ra-ira, HU( roasted mrUi .l
- .v .. , vt;iiie:r
with n dreadful necounl of one "Stubbins,
who satisfied his appetite on n .,,,' ,,,
nier'a dav by eating thirty-six ears of corn,"
..11 I., II '
u.i ucnuuiuny mixed up with a "gem" of
poeiry oy r rollock, with notices of "admi
table pieces of music," such as the "Sou.
veuir de L'Opera," and an anecdote of one
Hendricks who resided many years ago in
Florida, was a very profane'man, got "con
verted, joined the Methodists, and aRer
wardsfell out with the Almighty for send
ing a hurricane and destroying his crop-,
hopped upanddown.sworo bitterly, called
on his wife to fetch his coat, as ho was go
ing straight to town to have his nam.
off tho church book "and he did it."
He seems to be niun nfm:
viiiuiiwjbi an-
petite, and from a "table" groaning under
such a burden of literary salmagundi, every
txxiy can certainly find something that the'y
can swallow. . '
SIT Seme eerrtrreckiice crowded (mi.
tii. miliary tt rum Astoria lo MaUm.
I Lieut, tieorge II. Derby, of the Topo
'graphical lit.gi.iecn., reachcJ this ciy on
1 lust Tuesday, haviug just completed his
review of tho Astoria and Sulem rondos
1 far south as the Tuahtiin plain". Tho
'distance from Astoria to tho edge of tho
' plains by the nearest route is sixty-five
1 mih-s. Lieut. Derby informs us, thnt the
greut. st obstacle to be encountered in open
ing tho road will he tho removal of timber.
The siefpost grade upon the wholo route is
thought not lo exceed 0110 huudrcd and
twenty feet to iho mile. Tho country from
Astoria to the I'lains is generally heavily
limbered, with an excellent soil. Upon thu
Nehalitn river thcro is n prairie one and a
half miles wido, and sonio twenty miles
long This river empties into the ocean a
short distance south of Killamook head, at
tho southern extremity of Clatsop I'lains.
At the point where tho road crosses it, it is
on-' hundred and twenty feet wide, nnd
from fivo to thirty feet deep, flowing with
a moderate current, and having hanks well
suited for a good ferry. Tho Indians from
tho cast are iu the babit of navigating this
river to a poitit only ono and a half miles
distant from the head of the Klaskatii, whero
their canoes are hauled out and carried over
tho ridgp, and they aro soon paddling down
0110 of iho tributaries of the Columbia.
There is an excellent stotio quarry n short
distance above the crossing of the Nchalim.
Thirty thousand dollars have ulrendy been
appropriated by Congress for making this
road, and with an appropriation of an ad
ditional fifty thousand, Lieut. Derby, thinks
it can be completed to the plains. A mere
trifle, will complete, the balance of the road
to Salem, which will pass through a henuti
ful prairie country. Tho wholo distance
from Astoria to Salem is about ono hundred
aud fifteen miles.
Hear II in Mind,
That tho yearly examination of Academy
and College classes will taho place at Forest
Grove onlhe 20th nnd 2 1st of August. On
Wednesday, ihe 22d of August, tho Presi
dent of the University is to be inaugurated.
Exercises to commence at 1 1 o'clock, A. M.
Public speaking by tho students in the
evening.
Wo hope. the friends of education will
"turn out" in suSh numbers 11s to exhibit
thu right kind of zeal iu behalf of education
iu the w hole country adjacent to tho Insti
tution. From tho celebrity of tho geutlc
men having-charge of tho various depart
ments, wc shall expect an "exhibition" thnt
will justify the effort. We will try to meet
you all there.
To Those Who are Leaving for tke Mines.
Nothing is more common than for these
who nre about to start out upon an important
enterprise, or upon a dangerous and difficult
journey, to be offered all sorts of adiico by
their well wishers, as to their outfit, conduct
on the way, ic, &c., in order to crown their
efforts with the best results. We presume
that you will bo reminded over and over
agaiu by your anxious friends of every thing
necessary to be done before startinc ex
cepting perhaps one, and this one thing, as
strange as it may appear, ice look upon as a
matter of the highest importance, and from
our peculiar position before the public, per
haps the duly of putting you in mind of
this one thing devolves very naturally upon
us.. Need w say that our ntlention has
been lately forcibly called to the necessity of
an immediate discharge of our duty, by the
tact that Urecn Davis, of Da ton, Yaniliill
County, Oregoti, has absquatulated for the
mines, sending us word to "stop his paper,"
and making no provisions for paying us the
-",00 ho owes us. If ho should happen to
be killed by the Indians, (which we fear he
will,) what an awful future reckoning awaits
him I The man who fails lo settle up with
a poor printer, if there be any justice in
Heaven, must, sooner or later. m.Cct with
;Smo sad calamity. No person going to the
mines unuer such circumstances has any
j'iiiii 10 expect tne smiles of an overruling
roviuencc. in tact, wo sometimes almost
tremble when we hear news from thoso on
tho road, for fear that we shall bo comoelled
to chronicle tho fad that the vniaim of
aven, ever vigilant, nnd sure of its mark,
j aireuay overtaken Davis.
Convalescent.
We are truly gratified to learn by Gov
unmes, wno paid us a visit on last Tuesday
that the Key. O.Dickinson, of Salem, who"
"is imgi, nroken some weeks since, is
w aoie to get around the house. We
hope Mr. Dickinson has not been forsaken
by his friends during his affliction. Ho is
agenueman, wno is entitled to m.m- f, .
of the .rue sort. As a man of consistent
unwavering principles, and as a minister of
me gospel, wno practice, the virtues he
rreaches,hemaywc!l do as. pattern fur
some preachers wo L ...1 ,
. vi, uo mane a great
"Ml
docs.
more "noise" in the world than he
Our friend C, A. Reed, 0f Salem, beats
any man m Oregon, a littl,., in sen(li .
nw subscribers.
Another Indian Outbreak!
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to ba Combine-Tremeuaotu fcxellt.
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lo kave Orliftoale In n Quart nf Wkl.
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Tho Yrcka Union of iho 4th inst. brings
tho sad intelligenco of a roteut outbreak
among the savages on tho hluninth and its
tributaries, which threatens lo bo a matter
of 110 trilling import. News had reached
YruLa that ten miners on tho Klmnulh had
been sacrificed by tho savages, nnd it was
also thought from the best information that
could bo obtained that "every whito man on
the river from tho mouth of Humbug down
had been murdered, nud that lhry (the In.
diaiis) were still nigagod in cutting off those
who might be unprepared for tin in, nnd ig.
uorant of tlm outbreak." Cflpt. J udah, with
twelvo of his uicn, and a company of vol
untcors, had gotio in pursuit of the Indians,
but nothing had bcru heard as to their suc
cess. It was pretty satisfactorily ascertained
that the lioguo Rivor, Shasta, and Klamath
River Indians had combined, and were ta
king rcfugo in a cave some twenty miles
from Yrcka. The names of those who were
known to hnvo been killed were, Peters,
Kdw. Punish, Thos. Gray, Win. Hennessey,
and l'etcr Hignight, besides six others,
nttines unknown. Tho Union had been un
able, owing to tho iutcuso excitement, o ar
rive at the real cause of the outbreak, but
says, from its best information, it originated
in n difficulty between Peters, a miner on
Humbug, and three drunken Indians. It .
seems that the Indians in question, (one of
tlietn on horseback and the others on foot,)
had approached Peters and his pariner
whilst they were at work, and attempted to
run over them, and maltreat ihem in diverse,
ways. Peters threatened to shoot if they
persisted iu their conduct. This aggrava
ted tho savages to nn increased violence,
whereupon Peters drew his revolver nnd shot
the Indian in tho breast, at the same instant
receiving tho contents of a revolver in tho
hand of the savage. Peters survived but a
short time. The Indians made their escape,
but were soon pursued by a parly of whites
and brought back to Humbug. Tw o of them
made their escape, nnd upon joining their
tribe reported that tho whites had massa
cred their partner, whom they left in custo
dy. This was a signal for tho general on
slaught, which has since been made. The
whites seem to bo engaged in an indiscrim
inate slaughter every Indian that falls
within tlrir reach is either shot duvvu or
hung. The Indians were said to have re
ceived their ammunition from negroes who
lived in Y'reku.
Colville Mines.
Nothing new this week, We have etft
gaged the services of some able writers as
correspondents, who will, if they remain in
the mines, keep us regularly posted up as
lo matters out there.
Importance ot n Reliable Ttcwspaner.
The following embraces sections 4 and 5
of nn net parsed by tho Legislative Assem
bly of Oregon in January, 18-"4, concern
ing weights and measures; and it will be of
use to our reade.is who are not iu post-essiou
of the statute. Wo sec that the "Standard"
has published a similar table, taken from
some exchange paper, which differs very ma
terially from this. It gives 35 pounds of
oats to the bushel instead of 30, barley 48
p'Uiuda instead of 46, huc!:h- at "2 pounds
instead of 42. If any . f our subscribers
happen lo hnvo neighbors who are selling
their produce by "Standard'' weight, we
bopoyou will bo good enough to loan them
The Akgus, so that they may see the law.
Now, supposing your neighbor sells his crop
of 500 bushels of barley, by "Standard'!
wclS'.:t, at the moderate price of two dol
lars per bushel he will lose just $43 47, (a
sum sufficient to pay for our paper for about
ten years,) and all in consequence of takia
a "cheap paper." We have always thought
it a poor way for a man to try to get rich
by buying "cheap articles." Now don't
understand us to lay all the blame upon the.
editor, for we are certain thnt if his s'ubscri
bers would pay him a fair living price for
the "Standard" ho would have much mora
time to devote to it, and instead of being
harassed and tormented about his pecuniary
affairs, so that the poor man is well n,Vh
crazed, and hardly knows what he docs se
lect, he might be better able to avoid such
mistakes as sending Wise to the U. S.
feenate, and selling barley at forty-eight
pounds to the bushel.
Sixty oound for k.-i...i .
Mej . - - ""v.-i ui wneai or clover-
"ty-ix pouuda fur a biiO.M f ....
corn : iuu.au
llurtv-aix pound, for a bushel of oats i
orty-x pound. for , bu,he rf fc
Forty-two poond. for bushel of buckwheat :
1 WeutV-einhl rnnnJ. f. - u... . . , 7 7
nl... n. aZ.a " i . " BUSe' oi lined ap-
X-IIogsare now running at laro in
our city, destroying much of our peace, and
ome of our potatoes. Where is the Mar-.
a.ij !