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'M. ( U - T 'V, .'li ''.''' - M rcjtm CVrgu oxaaowciTV: SATURDAY, JiliCHMl'.Kii 8, 1853. Agent! tor the Argui, J. 1:. M(.Hi:ihk, Lafayette. C. A. Rkrd, ,S'. Morua RimoLrii, Riililiiu'ttij. W. Harlow, Molnlla. ' 1L C. RAYMOND, 'wcW 6Voi'. JU. Da Vl, lilomuinytcm. FtA" W. Hkowi, CornHi. Amok JhBVEif, P'" IVry. SOLOMON AlLRIt, (il'y. J. K. l.ri.E, ". John McKi.x.m, CulapiH,ia. Rbv. Wilson liui'tf, Won Point. I. A. lin n, Jarktomntlc. II. 1I.UR1, t'iiiriiiniill. Jbdok Smrlukv, Pre, (W. Jno. 11. 1'niijrrow, 107 (7o. . It A. X. 1'HRi.ra, Ualnhary, UL Jaw Concerning Newspaper!. ' 7 If tulni'tilirni oiuVr Ihe ilir.ntitiiiuiin" e of their pepr, lh pnbUlier may continue to eut them Kill ' urtumgn mt ymd. (Tr If iilMerilKni ni-glcil or refuse to tube tli. ir firifr"in ol olfii, w oilier J t, lo which I bey cult tl.vj am lirl.l rc.jn.ilg uul.l lliey elite all rrt or.iu' , (lioulil lliriv lie any. 1 jf If aiiliK iibom remote lo o'li'T p'ae, with out informing Ilia iblilinr, ami ill r i will to lh former dirri'iini, Nicy am held reoii.iu.e. XT It iw "iffi'iienl for a i-tiiuii"er, villi n er it not tukuii out of liia office, lo reluru ono Willi "not Uken 011I" wrillen on the margin, but lit mutt writ a letter to Hie fwlilialier, ipvinj th Mow tils' potl-tfliof , and ilnl itf that tint pauer ia Mt taken from Ilia "Hi e. Odierwito llic tn muter ia held rrionililo. ". . . . h i. 1.1 i.'il..i laniililii't wet a laborer' hirt sh-evct it in 110 ri.mllc of 1'andor.y , which ougm w - . , , , be Hnoln and read of all men" Id Orogon ; J through in a whole day, thai after w. erne and that U... uav have .it onnortuoiiy of.hero w m-glectrd diguing our polatoc. for for our r)uc ; tut direful pcru.ul of llm! The Norlhera ladlta. f " Wilh eotidry fp.-re discovered In Uia mi-aiou building, iu Idler wiilten liy lln piiral, I'uudo ay, for Mamlacou, Iho lii-ml cliirf uf llm Yakima tuba, tddmokd to Hit ofl'tcer ill oonnnanil of Ihr trooia, t !iy of whirh ia eomiuiiu caUil Willi lliia report. Hurt Win alio round nn account book kept by Uitf print Pinduny, liich ia now In the eualody of Mnj. liuiurak 'J'liia badi oonUiiK daily tlllrieaoT rnd')' Iraunaciiui.a wilh Hi lurf'mu, and clearly deiitoiulrulr tin.' iidiiutiililo fuel llml ht baa furniahed the Iiidimn wilh larre qiiautilira of tiiiiiiuiiiliiiiii uud leaving it I nialior uf doulil whtllnl giptl or gunpoiriltr waa hie 'rincinl tlock in UaUo. 'I'lio pr.vat lixl uUindoneil Hie miu:on, bill it Kve uiiiiiiilakiible evidenct of U' iiir eartd ftr, and ntt-iidrd lo, during liii tbwnoi-, I17 toiBt Vakiina Indian paiUliioneia.'' Tlio ttbuvc, wliic'h w clip fioiu Col. Net- Willi' report to (Jor. Ci'rkv, fully bcni u out in tlio po.iit'mn wo took n month ago in rnfurence to tlio coiinrciion of tlio Cnllioliu prlost in llic Iiuliiiii coiiiitir with tlio pruv ent var. Il will to rccillrcU rl lliut ill lluit tiino wo ttntrd novo nil vry Htronqf circiitn- atniicM whicli Aired (lit conviclion upon 4ur mind, tlmt tlico iuIchU luid nnotlior tninfttnn In nppmnlituli nnmnrr ll,n Ttiilt,,n I " " :"l r tlmn tluitnf pri'acliiu "pdico on vurtli iiinl rood will to mon." Tlio fuel lliat in this, M well m tlio Cnyiio w, iliinc piii'sU liavo bei'n tluti'dcil in tlio very net of trans porting liirgo (jiinntitio of pAwlcrin tliedi- roctlon of the camp of tlio enemy, ingeilier wltll llio proteclinii they iiceivo from the invades, ivlien Nilili il lo tli eviileiico cmi- doiiia o, wo repctfullv reiuot Oor. Clr BY to tend u II copy of il for publication; rmiJor-y, undoubUdly, wm tlio "author and finUliPr' of it, and it ought tu "C1in.l1" him. There i not a ahadow of doubt tut to cu lorsed every word of it, and bo ought to thoulder lli rc-sponaibilitjr of il, although ha neakiii'lr endeavor to bift it off upon iho ahouldcr of bit brother Kunmiukin. If Catholic prionts, or any othor piiet, ara to bo p-rniittd lo liva among the Indian, in- ligatu them to 11 bulcbary of tbo wbite, wlieiiever tin-re is a prospect of iho country becoming etirI by Anglo-Saxons, to fur- iiinl them with arm and ammunition, and become members of tho Chief ' Cabinet, it is about tinifl that we knew it, and prepared nurselvea fur I Ills wily foe. rnnJozy in now Kamaiakin't Secretary of Sla'e. Perhaps iov. Clhry would do well to tend up an "envoy extraordinary" to negotiate a treaty with Secretary raiidozy. Wo venture the prediction that 110 treaty will bo worth a farthing unless it ha Tandury' signature. - Prom all tho iufurmaiiun wo can gather, nil the Indians north who arc cp''.il"''I in 0 a the war are tnrh at an unthr thi control nf the Cmfmlie prleuli, whilat all ihe Ncr Ter- ccs, together with auch of the Caj uses n till ailhero to tho Protestant teaching of Whitman, Spalding, and Walker, and re fuse lo ndopt tho "larrmcliin" of tho Catho lic pi ieslt, arc firm friends of the whites. II this is not literally correct, we abould be glad to be art right, as wo wibh to take no advun la? from a wrong statement of facts. There are other matter connected with this whole transaction that show tho "cun ning craftiness" of Jesuitism, to which we Uvo not time at present lo allude. Tlio whole caso tecnis to to a plain one, nltloiigh we have thought wo noticed a itiiilieil non committal policy on the pnrtof every otlmr journal in Oregon. Wo have opi nly and fearlessly apoketj our honest son timetiU on this as upon all other questions nfTecting tho public good. Wc always like to tee a public journalist bo cither a "man or a mouso," and wo always respect a man who with a becoming dignity defend what hoVlieve to be right, and exposes what he believe to bo wrong. Put there i a general impression among editors that iho mail who would to uro of hi tread and butter must run up a large subscription lint, by covering enough "grounds" to please the crowd I hat travel the "broad road." a time or two, till after tho "mU t W thinking it would to phwnntrr to encoun tcr lb" cooling mint than the hot tun Wr Th l.tiiur' ti. llonu. of lt.-rrt tt!iituti.a orgonurd lniio- whole treaty will probably ju.tify the action! wiy0B, Monday. Fnd. W.y.nira wa.put in oftboAdmini-tration. Wo atate tins ua ,h(, cliir, pre iem., .ndJan.ee '-" duty in itin( the matter right, a. by our a.rk. IUP. Do-. V.UM , , , , 1 n..i l,nk wore cIiimii a comni.ltet on craeniiaia- nreviou.articlo, the view presented rflil-ta wtraetta.B a e.l somew hat np.ni the fiovernors of Simoda, I ' tmehn .o le (iul l)U1!l I (Q ft ft i)0l.iomc. n1J ju,jc0Ui . a in !.... n:.... TI.a Ail. . i ii: . . . time tltn right foot prses the whinky plank of llu-ir' respective parly platform. ' ' 1 That the prohibition of tho manufacture and nlo of spirituous liquors i just ns rjiurlt a pilllliul qu-stion a tlmt of any prit.clplo silvoeati d by nny party in rxitlenco, wuii-u thoiiifht our eximrienco wa.ii't nuito equal IIakoladi, and President Pierce. The Ad-1 m Tuesday. Pr. Henry si Crvalti-, (vril-nf nl f our ponplo in securing their 6 1 .. ... . ... . - .. 1:1.- ..II it.. nf ua. Iihi una .... .1-1 i. ..I. ilm m. nilirrs oil . . . .. i . r to tho ''anticipation," at all day long we waddled through tho mud, determined to save our "murjihies," ollhougli thn cold rain fell on our bended back nt such a rate that it only took about ten minutes for the old "swallow fork," that served a a roof, to convey enough water down into our boot to take up what room thero was vacant. That took about a gallon J for in that early day we were all dependent upon the Iluiidsoii' Day Company for boots, shoes, mid other clothing. This, it was said, was nil made up in liugland, by Dr. McLaughlin's meas ure, and tout over here with the express un derstanding that nobody should go naked for not being able to gt into tho boots and breeches. This, by the way, was n benov olent idea, which would hardly ever have got into a Yaukee merchant's head. Now as we woigh something less than 140 Ibs.t and the "good old Euglish gentleman" ex ceed 200 lbs., it Diay bo guessed what a Ogura wo cut, "ruin dig-in-a-taty" in a pair of the Dr.' boot mid a pair of heavy Eng lish corduroys mado up after his pattern. At all events we hare a eery distinct recol lection of trying to trnighteii up occasion ally, with a very vivid impression that what, between what was in tho toots, what bad soaked into the corduroys, and what stuck to tho old "swallow fork, (we brought that from the States,) wo bore about our body something less perhaps than half a barrel of water. We haven't time just now to sny any thing inoro about Oregnu winters, but shall resutno the subject hereafter. It has been raining for the last ihree weeks after the sood old fashioned "mists'1 in which wc Mpccted" in the potato patch, miiiintratioii. like all the reMof us, ha sin ; tlld it , ,a:a wi.hed 10 tddnts Hie m.mWni 011 enou"h 10 bear, without laying on unjust Monday bight in reference to Hie fcouil.ern war charge at it door. '"Mflspci ST Important from the South. Mr. T. J. McCarver, Asst. Com. Cn., who left Roseburg on last Saturday, hat handed us a letter from hit father, Geo McCarver, which overlook him by express llic night after ho left Roseburg, and from which we gather the following news, with some particulars furninliod by I. J. McCab VKK A man by tho name of Rice, who lived 011 the south sido of South Umiia, not fu from tho mouth of Cow Creek, was mur dered, together with his wholo family, ex- cepting a lad somo 12 or 15 years of age, on the momiii'' of Dec. 1st. Mr. Rice saw tho Indians approaching about daylight, aud sunt his sou out of the back door to alarm the neighbors and get help. The boy states after he had got a short distance, be looked back sawabuut 100 Indians around the house, heard some 11 or 20 guns fired and soon after saw the house in flames. An express reached Rueburg later in the day, which brought word that several other bouses in Rice's vicinity wero in flames. Tho news has created great consternation in Umpqua. Remnants of Captn. Gordon, Ilailey, and Chapman's companies had been ordered out from Roseburg to pursue the Indians. Roseburg is on Deer Creek, about six miles beyond Winchester, and about 13 miles from tho scene of Indian depredations Mr. McCarver also brings word that Mnj. Stratton, express messenger, reached Roseburg on Friday, the 3Ulh ult., blinking V word that Mnj. Martin, with somo 3 or 400 tW The reader is referred to our 1 ajvcUien, had found a camp of Indians consisting Urrgoa Winters, This makes our eighth winter in Oregon and it comes about as near being an average ,ono as any we recollect to have seen. The oldest seiller in this country never saw two winters alike ; wo teliuvo thero has never tiiineil in Cut. Ncxmiili's rei o' t, forces the ! ocn winter known horo in which the land conviction upon the mind of every impartial iulTurcil with tho drouth. Rain wo always man that out of theso prifett, in Winning tho future historian of Oregon, in speaking of this war, might very appropriately quote tlio laliguago of Kuuas to D'ulo in reference to tho tack of Troy, El tujut pars muyna Notwithstanding (Iieso Jesuits liavo been deprived of over a hundred pounds of pow der, which was taken from ono of them in InntilH from the Dalles lotlm Walla-Walla, yet from Ihe testimony of Pnndnzy'a ac count book, it seems that thov priests have teen able to mmigglo into the Yakima I'ouiitry, nnd sell In thn sma;:es, such "lurir 1M:llitie if ammunition" as to make il rgry plain to many that, "yiniwinir" has entered more largely into Painlozy's "stuck in trade' than the "ajosW has. Tho let ter which was found upon llie priest's table, purporting to haie, been ritn by this laudozy as amanuensis fr Ka niai a kin, tho whole tenor of which is said to bo of an intimidating kind, and aimed to fri ;lit, n or discourage 'our soldiers, (liUi character this Pundoy has showu biiu-vlf in under stand about m well hi a I'ei jeo would be x peeled to,) f.istens the conviction upon our miad that tho priest, if ho was not the original Instigator of the war, is now en gaged heart and soul in "aiiliu,j and abet ting" tho savages who thirst for tho blood of our citizens. We are told bv soma thai expect, and rain wo always get in quantities that justify us in concluding it has "set in, 1 some lime between tho middle of Oc tuber nnd tho lentil of November. Some winters wo liavo a great deal of snow, and some nono. Twenty-ono days is the utmost limit that we have ever known the ground covered with snow J and in our long resi dence in Oregon wo have never known the llicrmnmoler down to zero but once. In tho noted cold winter of '48-'40 tho mer cury stood futir degrees above zero on tho coldest day. The next spring, ns wo were on board of an English vessel tounJ for California, together with some huudred and upwards nf our Oregon neighliors, who had got tho gold fever, nnd weiitoircuruingOr egon, wo referred a disputo upon a prnposi lion as to whether Oregon was as cold as tho States, to the captain of tho vessel. Somo lil'iy of our passengers swore that Or egon was colder than New Kngl.tnd. The captain, after being informed of the state of the merctiiy in '48, decided lhat they were right, as ho had never known tho mercury to fall to Rero Fahrenheit in Nova Scotia during many winters hs had spent there. We uro still inclined lo believe, however. that our ctimuto is not Quite a severe ns that of Nova Scotia. Our coldest weather may eencrnllv bo looked for between the 20th of December tising columns for tho terms upon which the publications of Fowleks it Wells can bo had. If n man has lust three dollars which he wishes to invest to the best possible ad' vuiilu'je in periodicals printed east of the Rocky Mountains, we should advise him (if nt liberty to do so) to seud for Life Illus trated and tho Water Curo and Phrenologi cal Journals. . With the Biblo to regulate the inner man, and theso works to teach him how lo tako can) of ihe temple of tho soul, a man might be set adrift upon the ocean of life with a better outfit to make the passage ft ly and pleasantly than many now have ioso libraries embraco hundreds of vol Wc have heard these works enquir ed aVra creat deal in this country. You will rw know where to find them. llt s Wool for tUo Vrcsldvncy. A Washington correspondent of tho N. . Times says that tho recent American victory in California is considered the open ing gun in tho campaign of 1950 for Grn. Wool. California accepts him in opposition to tlio Democracy. This correspondent says, that "the relations between Gen. Wool and the Administration have been cold Bnd distant, if not positively hostile, for more than a year. The recent correspondence between Gen. Wool nnd the AVnr Depart ment betrayed upon tho part of tho former, a feeling of personal griev ance, not iho less deep seated because official etiquctto con fined the expression of it within tho limits of courtesy and moderation." Oregon would probably be as well satis fied with tho Gen. iu any body eke. ' niiuoiign 1 aiwony migiit liavo left the Ituli- ana : tho 'Mth of January. ' About this nn beforo the war Vuke out, as be should j l'm0 0l,f almanac ought to say, look out nave uone tut day uu became apprised of the "or snow; or tremendous, heavy, cold dri tiosliio intentions of the Miuge. yet il is now entirely out of his power to do so, and the fact of bit having written tho li tter in obedience to tho command of Ka mai-a kin, is no positive) proof that l'sndory endorsed ! letter, or approved f it. In reply tu this w opposo tho fact, that, as Kii inni-a-kiu did not uudiinttaud writing, Fundozy tould hat tfrltU-H ir An Ac jil,i,J. If lr. tts forcibly detained by the Indians, nnd if ht, pruferroJ lo leave them ami join th.. whites, he could easily lisve stated thi on paper, and made every necessary arrange ment by which the ofliivrs iu command could hum effected hit release. Taking all ' lh circiimstancn together, although it Jet-1 mlicu'ly ;iifffn U bo Kanlaiakiu Jc ving rain, at least. We have bad one win ter which all came and went in November The ice froze some two inches thick. Tho frotii ruined a good many potntoes that were dug and remained uncovered. The first thaw that came brought continued mild wtaiher, mid o hardly had even' anothor bite frost during tho w inter. Dnr'tng what is termed a "mild winter," we aro blessed with a clear sky and a warm sunshine, per Imps 0110 half the tim from the first of Xov. lo tho first of April, which embrace thr Oregon winter, or "rainy season." As a jtntral thine. we mar look .,t t... 1 - IV I HI II I such as rniMid the streams in the time of I Noah, "abont thi time." We td heard so much in the State about Oregon "ui'ists" . , The. Janaueto Treaty, Agalu. It w ill bo recollected that some two mouths si nco w'e stated that Commodore Rogers, in negotiating with tho Japanese authorities in behalf of Reed and Dougherty had boon unsuccessful in his efforts to bring the Governors of SimoJa and Il.ikudadi, to seo the justness of his interpretation of tho clause iu tho treaty which gave to "tempo rary residents" certain privileges. As we never had seen the treaty, we made up our opinion of the case from the official reports we saw published in tho S. F. IIerald. The arguments of Com. Rogers there pub lished, nnd based upon particular portions of tho tn aty quoted, were ingenious and we thought at the time conclusive! Con sequently we thought tho Administration j Oll'rht to Compel the JananeHO imra.nn..n to nequieve in tho construction put ujion tho treaty by Com. Rogers, as teusible and just. List week wo stated that tho Adminis tration had approved of the Japanese con struction, and nothing would be done to en forco a proper regard for the treaty. This week we have to state, that a careful read ing of the reason by which the Administra tion justitice the Japanese construction by a critical examination of the whole tieaty eetns to present tho thing in a verv differ ent light from the one iu which it present ed itself to our mind from examining the quotations from (lie treaty made by Com. Ro"er. Tl.a i.,,n..i. ... ... 11 of 22 lodges, at Little Meadows on Rogue River, nnd had ono of his men killed, and five wounded by them, without being able to get at the Indians. Tho Indian cam was on tho other side of tho river, nnd Maj. Martin, with a part of his furco we lit-up the river to draw the attention of the Indians, while a portion went lo a bar below, where tho river was very narrow, to construct a raft. , The Indians opened a fire upon these men from the brush upon the opposite bank, which were so thick that not e.ven the smoke of their rifles could bo seen when they fired. The men immediately laiddowu flat behind the rocks which tbey piled up as n defense, and lay there till night. A Mr. Lewis, of Capt. Jonathan Keeny's command, received a ball iu tho neck, through nn opening in the rocks, and died iu five hours. Two of dipt. Williams', ouo of Capt. Koeny's, one of Cupt. Rice's men, besides ono of tome other company, were wounded. Tho men left tho bar at dark, leaving a largo beef which they had tied upon the bank on the day of tho fight, aud which the Indians had killed in shooting across the rivor, together with a lot of blankets, and a part of their guns and ammunition. Tho next morning, upon visiting tho bar, the beef, guns, and all, were missing. The Indians had crossed over in the night nnd appropriated every thing to their own use. Martin had sent to Roseburg for reinforcements and forty days' provisions. Ua thought he would stnv there and watch tho motious of the Indians till help arrived, and then give them. buttle. The Indians are said to have their women and children in camp, which' will probably impede their progress in a flight. The forces sent for by Maj. Martin, are retained to tight Indians in Lrr.pqua, nnd will not be sent to his assistance. Tha probability is, the Indiatiswill not be seen anymore till ihey turn up'in snmo other direction. SIT Wo learn from Mr. Dryer, that news had reached Corvallis that Capt. Wright, with twenty men attacked a party of30or40 Indians near Table Rock, and killed eight, with the loss of ono white man killed, and four slightly wounded. Col. Nesmith has made a long report to uov. mrry, comiiianik-r-in-chief of the Ore gon Militia, giving a full account of what was done by him from the time tho volun teers left the Dalles for the Yakima couniry, uji 10 ma time incv returned on the 19th ult. Tho report contains nothing new that we have not already published, ' trrau. By somo unaccountablo oversight last week we failed to discover a mistake in our proof sheet, in reference to the Pennsylva nia election A ft... wrt - " ' were lour can didate, in tho field who ran as follows," should bnv, been inserted, "in Allegheny county," which may probably be et down as a fair sample of tho way the vote ranged I 1.1 me omer counties of the State. V-an r 1 T ..." o tot. Aesni.thhas resigned the office 01 uoionci. Keason not known. The Council was to iireaniio at 3 o'clock P . M. P. S. Since llm abivewa in type.wa liie( been infoiined by Mr. Usrr. w no came 11u1.11 .... the "Eiileriiriao" yeaterdny evening, thtl the Ug. hut rirn!ud. Delawn Hnillll w cli cteJ Speaker of Ihe llouae, and Deiiiifcon Prwidel.t of ...... . . . 'Pi... the Council. Notliiiif tw una ocm uui..-. . teal of government will p.-i bably bt moved fruin Curvali:, X.ck.u e iiin'y was nut represented in the Lej'nlnt'ire. . I rots ibe .North. Newt from Utilln up to Dec. 2d. The snow was falling on tho volunteers. Col. Kelly reached Utilln on tho 2111 ult. nud took charge nf the forces. It n tho iu- tontion to inako a forced match from Ltilla to Walla Wulla on tho night of the 3d ult and irive the Indians battle on tho next B mortring enrly. He had about 330 men The weather thero was getting bad. Tho Clackamas an I Polk companies un der Maj. Armstrong had been ordered to the head water of John Day river lo look after tho dock of the hostile Indian, which was said to be grazing there in large qunn litie. . Temperance aad Politic. . Astoria, Nov. 28, 1835. X W.L. Adams, Ea. Dear Sir: I have often wished for a personal acquaintance wilh you upon the temperance question. m. . .. .1 !. lour paper advocates tne proniuuory prin ciple. We have by hard labor and much sacrifice on our part nt this place kept up a Division of the Sons of Temperance. Thero is temperance principle enough in Oregon to carry forward our object, nnd aecuro a prohibitory law, if the men who hnvo, as sumed tho leadership of the temperance ranks would go lorwanl, ami leave out or tlio question political party qn-stiolis. All good men nnd nil candid men can unite lo secure a prohibitory law. Party politics should not interfere in (he case. I know it is the interest of tho Rum party to make this a political question, anil so long ns they can make an honest Democrat or Whig believe it ia a parly question they will matingo to cheat us out of the benefits of a prohibitory law. I Ins is good policy on their pa a, lor while good men of both parties are contend ing about party n-'cendency, 1 lie Rum party, which is distinct nnd united, are pursuing their business and reaping all t'io profits of tho follies or quarrels of both Democrats and Whigs about this question. . Ihe idea that the t.-iimeranco question should become n Winy or a Democratic move is ridiculous, and notip but designing demagogues of the Rum fraternity will ad vocate such a party distinction. 1 do not know what can b" don-, or how a move can bo made to ctl'ect a united action upon this question. Several Temperance convnitioua'Iinvc nl ready been held on the subject, but nil ap peared to produce but little or no results. The cause seems to be backward instead of forward. If there was an efficient Grand Division of the Sons of Temperance in Or egon, which wo are eniiiled to if our Depu ty do;s his duty, we might hope for nction. As tho matter now stands, I would sug gest that you make an effort to combine the feelings of the Territory on this question. If you nro a Son of Temperance, let us know it, and let us know the number of Di visions, officers and members there are. The Division No. 4, nt Astoria, has about 45 contributing members, and has initiated since its organization somo seventy. It keeps alive tho question of prohibition, and makes the Rum influence squirm and curse a little. Still it needs the influence of a Grand Division to make its influence more fully felt. I am induced to send you these discon nected though's on the subject of Temtier- atice, because I find in a s'.ray number of your paper tnat reaches mo occasionally, that you are, ns I believe, about right on the question of Prohibition. There nre quite a number of substaii'iid men in this county of the same opinion. Our present Representative goes to the Legislature with !... . :!.. ... . .1 .1 , um uiiu ui.-ijomy over uie i rotiiuilory can-! (hat tho ivespcciiuny, 1 ours, W.H. GRY, didate. AST We prasumo that not ono in a hun dred will understand tho precise "ground" on which friend Gray stands, after reading the above cemtiiiiuioa'.ion. That he is a prohibitory man all will admit, whilst few perhaps will be able to discover the policy on which he would act in endeavoring to secure his object. lie applies his battering ram 10 temperance a a party question" at pretty much tho same anglo of the struc ture against which Pro. McKcan knocked his brains out. If he has torn any thing down, ha has certainly failed to build up a substitute. ' In other words, if he has made out the case that temperance ought not to pence, iheir protection, nnd their financial prosperity, is a proposition too plain for . argument. Whether tho nflirmntivo or negative of this proposition bo maintained it inaiten not a tingle straw for oor prctcnt purpose. That thero is tuch A thing a "rum parly, distinct, and united," Mr. Gray has already informed u. Now will he or some othor gentleman bo good enough to point hit finger right at that "party" ir Oregon, nnd let us know whether it be ttry Whig, Democratic, Loco Focoor Amorican party, or is it mado up of individual from all theso parties, forming a fifth, "distinct, and united party"!' At nil event, Mr, Gray seems to have discovered that there it a "Rum Party" someulure, without telling us exactly of its locum tenens. ' Now, if after wo find this "party," which " bas iiiade ihe rum traffic a "parly question," wo oppose therti with a temperance party, . we necessarily .make temptrance a party, question. If tempernuce is ihe only avow-, ed principle of our parly, it it nono the let a party question but a littlo more to. In the States, the temperance party and the liquor purty, liavo nppeared under difi furcnt phases. In New York tho Whig, parly wa the Temperance party, nud Chwlt , was elected Governor upon a Whig plat--form, sanctified with a Umipcrance plank. t Tho rummies ran n slimy plank into tho . Ila'd and Soft Shell platforms, upon which ( Brotison and Seymou r slipped up and broke-, their necks. In Maine, we believe the ques tion was made prominent by the popular , vo'ce, tho grent mass of tho Whigs suport- ( ing it, while the most violent opposition-, clinic from Mich Democrats as stuck to their . , original platforms, and refused to endorse- the measure. In other Slates the temper- , anco movement has been either ldent'fiedl with some one of tho existing parties, 01 , been kept "iadepeiideut" of ihem, with ! varied success. As lo the policy upon which) ( iho matti r should be urged, it is owing nl- ' together to circams'auccs. Ihe people in any given country must be their own. judges, as to w hether policy that would be wise in Maine or New York, would bo wise-1 iu Illinois or Oregon. At the risk of being , classed among "designing demagogues," we shall advance the "idea" that both Whig and Democrats., nnd all other pare tics that love their country, and aro labor- ' ing for ita prosperity, ought lo make tern- ' pernneconeof their "moves." If they would 'o so, nnd their organs would take the pro. per stand upon this question, we should toon , be in the enjoyment of what we desire, with-., out feeling like quarreling with the manner 1 in which wo came in possession of it. ' . '' It is folly to think of making a temper- ,l mice move in any shape, without meeting. , strong opposition from tho party which ia--, led by the organ at Corvallis, , That organ advocates whisky as n wholesome stimulus, and leaves no means untried, to villifyamf ridicule temperance men whe wish to make ' iheir influence felt at tho polls. The" pro- " fessod temperance men in that party (like ; ono of your "tons of temperance" nt As-", toria) who are all'lhq time bawling "don't ' mix temperance with politics," will, where ' tho issue is made up between that party and ;' the temperance party; no matter under what auspices, support a liquor teller on their own party ticket beforo they will votw , ior any man running on a temperanco tickot ' It is not possible to get tho matter before 1 the people in nny shape whatever, without " encountering th0 determined opposition of ''y the "clique." Suppose, for' instance, that all men of all parties in the Territory agree ,1 question of . Prohibition shall btv't thrown tcforo tho people next June, as A : "separate nnd distinct" question, to be sup1 i ported or opposed, by voting" "for" tf ' "against" Prohibit.. Does any man suppose that the Corvallis Statesman would not uio, ', all its influence against prohibition up, to, : tho last issue before the election, and henh h although it may have averred during the-" whole canvas that "it wa, no party quet tion," docs any man opine Hjaf a tingr ticket printed in that, office, wouldn't 'cornel " out .with "Democratic, Ticket" for a head J and "against prohibit," fc, , . tail I -And ,.! how many "Sons of Temperance", who bow l support this parly would dare to "our-laif1 " this beautiful ticket by marrhig Its nether' j extremity f U0iV manv "nrr.ael.Ar. ,.f ih."1' DO tliade a ll link in nn .Mi-l.. ..!... ' in , . ' -,, , 7t'-"JF'':orm,an.i Kpei (r) are laero, whrt wonk) hot' only if he ba. shown tha. this is a tub wLich vote tho Vem, ticket,", but "rally all the, ought to stand upon its own bottom, ho J JeVs" and "Sag j'f. nirtv h t , """"-l leairancfc w we pcuw t0(is8 w)l0 b.tppued to. be toa party, and comneinir rim ... . ,. f.,r,,k th 1 1 . ,"ur"u men get mere oq their own leff f 1 - . miner ne would, have the tub placed in such immediate j thar r!;llfo"t". that temperance men hibiiion wBlbe'brooght beforo the people,"' as a"farty issue," in spite ofus. :. ' ' 1 he question now U , Wk.i k.. can rest th lei", 1 , -, . ,- 1 " ' our r I can rest the let leg oq ,,, wh.le a the same H7 in Oregon 0r own. opi aM