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W. I. U, SIIITO M fHfHIKIO.
oaroow city;
SATURDAY, APKIL 20, WH.
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Ajenti for the Argus.
J. Jt. McIJiliim, jAifinjHte.
C. A. Jkh, ViY.
Moiioan H111101.PH, ftuhlimitij.
W, Harlow, Jifiilttlla.
JI. t". IUymonh, ( f7-o,
Dr. Davis, VlvoiniiHjlnt.
Amos Harvkv, 7'i luft-y.
Solomon Allkn, Amity.
J. K. Lyi.k, toV.,
Jolll MuKlNNBY, t'n III jHHiia.
IIhv. Wilson I Slain, Union J'oint.
L. A. Ki' E, Jacksonville.
II. Harris, Cincinnati.
l)n. (Jiikbii, Ukrliugvillt, O. T.
Jamr. Snki.lino, Vrehi, Col.
Jan. H. Prkhton, Will Co. III.
K. A. X. Piiblm, (j'ulnburt, III.
Willis Warrinkk, Camden, Mo.
law Concerning' Newspapers.
JT If eubeeribeni order Iho dineonlinunnc (if
(hair pop"", Ui HiWilier may eonlinu to miiJ
them until all arrrnragr$ art paid.
tr K ulribein neglect or refuse to take thi-ir
pujH from th port olliee, Mother place, to which
lliey are eenl, they are held renponeibl uutil Uicy
Httln all arrearage, ihould there lie any.
d r If ulMK-rilM-ra remore Ui other places, with,
nut informing Ilia pulilwber, and the paer wut
to the former diroetion, they are held responsible.
IJT It i nut iiincienl for a pnetmaiitef, when a
Wer ia U"t Liken out of hie office, to return on
with "not token out" written on the margin, but
ihe mint write a loiter to the publ,nhcr, icmuR the
name and poeUjffice, and Lil .ng Ihut thu paper ia
not takra from the olll-e. OtherwoN) thu pint
mailer ia livid recpoiiMhle.
tiov. Curry, versus ticn. Woul,
On our outside wo publish a letter from
Gov. Curry to the Socrotary of War ask
in for tlio romoval of Gen. Wool on ac
count of "additional cause" lo t!io.- tot
iforilt by tlio Legislative memorial of Inst
.winter. Tlio "oause" set forth in tin mem
'Cfiul ware, th inactivity of tit General
in falling to push bit troops into the field in
order to defend tlio unprotected settlement,
hit withdrawal ef what t reaps were in the
.field lo winter quarter. at Vancouver, and
his efforts to crijiplo the efficiency of our
volunteer force, itto., tfce. The "addition
.nl cause" urged hy tho Governor's letter
nre found in the misrepresentation' of tho
motives of hid Excellency in "getting up
the war," found in a letter from Gen. Wool
to Gov. Stevens, which wo published two
weeki ago
1 Gov. Curry in thin lottcr (rings forward
'liia contribution to the cum ulus that ia being
piled upon tho remain of tho General, nnd
add hie grain of ami to the mountain ava
lanche which Gov. Stevens slid down upon
the eld ox-warrior. The letter we look
upon an rather a poorer piece of eompoai.
lion than the President' mctsng. Its
looscnos of stylo, in inolvgaiico of diction,
nnd its grammatical blunders, have not ex
cluded it from our columns, simply because
it is an official document, which we wish to
pluco upon tho record. TLis, nnd overy
other ollicial paper, have been withheld
from us till nftor thoy were published in the
locofoco papers of the Territory, with the
exception of the Legislative Memorial, which
'Col, Kelly, liko a gentleman, forwarded lo
us with nil possible dispatch. Thoso Ore
gon Locofooas have such an abhorrence of
Jeflorsoiiinn democracy that thoy would re
joice to see Tim Annus killed, because it
advocates those principles. No impartial
'man, however, can havo fuiled to notice,
-lhat we havo ahvavs weighsd out to them
what we believed to ku strict justice. In
deed, wo have endeavored at times to slay
the arm of tho dictalor,in scourging the Gov
ernor, Palmer, and others with a "sapling,"
nut or pure companion, and a desire te see
thorn loft to stand up in tho dignity of their
own manhood, and try to do something for
the country in ridding it of the calamities
uflho present war, when our own judge
incut told us they hardly deserved the
erudit we gave them. The justice of our
course has never boen acknowledged by
ene of them, and like cringing sycophants,
they havo meekly kisved the hand (hatcov
ered their backs with welts, and continued
to pack their ollicial grists te the "party"
mill. Tlmir money and their inlliience,
are still froely spent to keep Hying a sheet
on which they are caricatured as "rillcs"
uch extra pains to keep litem pinned in
the pocket of their Mallow fork whilst
slipping by our office, a, they were either
ashamed to 1st us look at the manuscript,
or they wtr feaiful lhatthoy were Lardly
suitable to occupy a place in the column
of a literary paper. Wo would suggest lo
ihirnlho probability of something of n
Improvement in their appearance by letting
us publish Ihom first. Our pen and wis- j
tr ere properly employed in revamping, j
nnd reconstructing tho production ol new
beginner.
tT Col. Cornelius is In Portland this
week. His command it at tho Dulles.
Nothing further has been don in the
way of Indian fighting north, since the
dra'hofCnpt. Hembree. Col. Cornelius will
probably hold the field north, till sometime
in August, when it it thought Gen. Wool's
force will bo able to take it. In the mean
time wearemforiiiud that Gen. Wool, Kill
act in concert with Gov. Stevens in tubdu-
ng the savngct of Washington Territory.
It is a great relief lo ut lo know that our
half fan, i, lied voluuteen who have been
living on poor horse meat, and tufTering
hardships unexampled, except by our rev
olutionary fathers, are new comfortably
situated lit tho Dalles. "At tho Dulles
at the Dalh there is an abundance of pro
visions," has been the constant reply w
hate received, whenever wo havo abked th
oflicinl why in the name of humanity pro.
visions wero not forwarded to our tultering
fiieiid. If it ii at tho Dalles, we will wu-
ger our old "two story beaver" that the
boys have walked into a little of it by this
lima JTwould do us good lo be there and
see them eat.
The heart of every man, excopting tho
creature who signed tho "know-nothing
petition," and wished lo make a "party
war" of it, ha bio at the recital of th
deprivations and suffering of our velun
U-rs, whilst hall nakd, and famishing,
they have followed the Indian, over moun
tains, nnd through rugged dufilcs, ia tho
fucoof the northern blast, aud poltiug
storm. To all (heir cries for help, we
havo over and ever again called the atten
tion of thoso whoso business it was to at
tend to this matter ; nnd hnvt a often been
told that thcro was an nbundint supply at
tho Dalles, and if tho stores wero not trans
ported to thu field, tho fault lay on tho oili
er side of the mountains. The officials are
all unwilling to bear the load of blnmo that
everybody knows ought te he boru by some
body. Wo havo seen not ona of them yet
but what has jumped stiU'legged tho mo
ment tho burthorn of responsibility has bean
laid upon hi back. We hopo a strict in
vestigation will be had of this whole mat-
tor, and that tho guilty nlono may Bull'er(
while tho innocent nre exculpated.
rroreliy.
It is t painful fact that the habit of using
profane language i ularnnngiy on tlio in
create among many of our young men
Wo are constantly shocked by a seeming
effort on the part of some of ourynungsters
lo seo how ninth profanity nnd blaphmy
they can weave in to a random conversa
tion. It argue pooily fur the mornle of
one r-rtinfrv. when wo are cumiwlleil lo
state 'hat our youth are encouraged in such
fimlinh nnd rprebiiiblo habits by perhaps
n majority of our ollicc-se kor and office-h'-ldi-rs.
A limn, with fuw other qualifica
tions, seuint to think in Oregon that the first
tep to success coniiiU in bein? nMo lo
diink a great doll of whisky and belch oul
a perfect cat.irnct of blasphemy. The con
stant u of prriftiio language, while it
may frequently bo accounted for from the
force of habit foolishly and thoughtlcsnly
contracted, yet it never fail lo bo a mark
of lo raising and vicious associations.
We are ready to admit that a man limy be
what is generally termed a "clovor follow,"
nd possess a kind, sympathizing heart,
with many other good qualities, and yet be
profuno when under the influence of pas
sion. Trofanity it inexcusable before God
and man under any circumstances. Hut
tho cld-bloodod blasphemer, who can upon
any and nil occasions link together an al
most unbroken chain of oaths, curse, nnd
imprecations, without even feeling his
cheeks blush, or a conscious sinking of his
manhood, is loo polluted n creature to bo
admitted to respectable female society, nt
least.
The timo ha been in the history of our
government when leading men, by precept
nnd example, used all their influence in fa
vor of purity of speech among ihoso with
whom they associated. In going back lo
tho time of the Involution, ptrhar m
weighty an example of ibis kind at we
eeuld bring would be that of Gkorgb
Washington, a nam which we think no
modern "Young American" would dure
speak lightly of, although he might scoff
at tho name of his Maker.
Let us lake for iintfnnoo the following
purl of an "order of tho day" issued lo his
troop in August, 1770:
'The Kvueral is sorry to be informed that th
foolinh and wieked practice of profane curaing nnd
swearing-, a vice hitherto litlie known in an Ameri
can army, ia growing into fanhion. llu hopes lhat
the uflicrrs will, by example as well aa hy influence,
endeavor lo check it ami tint both they and the
men win reiiect mm we can havo httlo hope of the
bleating of ilenven on our arms, if we iueult it bv
our impiety and folly. Add to this, it is a vieo o
menu ami low, without any ternplution, lh.it rrrry
man of tente and character dttcttt and dctjinci
that need bushing, "nnpriueiplcd cowards,"
Ac.,oVci.
Of ull tho instruments of inqnisitoriid tor
ture which rack every joint Ioujo in a'iiian,
and drivo ovory partivlo of manhood from
the system in groat dropsof tweut through
the pores of his hid, the Procrustean bed
stead of lucofiictiism in Oregon bear the
palm. Let a man commit nn olFonoo against
the 'party by oxhibiting some symptom of
being a freeman, of having VmU mind of
Lis own, or of brinj tinctured with JalhW.
veiiaa Democracy, and upon Uittg tried
aadnvicti'dby a politic! court martitl,
held at Ike dd hoar of midnight, he meek
ly rtsign his pnrson te the hands of the
exectttiner, who straps him to tho "party
machiue,"nnd the soft-handud, silk-stocking
aristocrats, who swarm in all our to 11,
aud live by hipping is the tax-payer to a
upport of prly, g.uher arouud the poor
fullow and lighten iheooid by laying ihoir
ilslicalo hands to t lie lover, and the ubi.
quiou victim jiild up what little oul he
had, uadur Ui comforting aasuranc that
his rulling cybtll discover "Democratic
regulator" ,inted in blazing letter on the
hsadbeird of tit machine, ou which he i
being ttrettheil.
Hut in eioareinif all ih charity re p.
ibly cau, we u.v Mimetimos thoujjbl lhat
;te rou why otirv.1i,iaU hav n ut their
"Vnmhill county pave two hundred
against convention." SluKsmun.
In tho column to the left of this, and al
most oxactly opposito lo it, wo find tho of
ficial roturn put down thus Against con
vention, Yamhill 150. It is a wonder that
in his editorial he hadtt't said "Yamhill
gave two thousand against convention."
It would havo been a little wider from tho
truth, than "two hundred" but not moro
than two hundred of his subscribers would
havo known the diU'eroncc, nnd they are
office-holders, nnd office-hunters, who ap
prove of such stntemonts as tho only lngiti
iiiato means of keeping up the "party."
Mcssivnt.
Tho last Standard contains nn nMo mes
sage from Jamks O'Neill, Mayor of Port
land, to tho City Council. Th liternry
merit of tho document wo considor an im
provement upon lhat of tho President's
message. Like nn enorgotio worker as he
is, he walks right nnd left through city ob
struotions and publio nuisances, such as
"crates, boxes, barrels, loirs" (wo
wonder ho didn't montion the f;rorshons,)
and points to many valuable improvement
winch the city fathers ato invited to under.
lake. With oue hand he points (ho finircr
of warning to the smoldering cities of Cali
fornia, and with the other OCT he indicates
as object worthy of imitation, a thim' or
two in Off you Citu.
S
Wo nre glad lose that tho frionds
ofdN
purpose of creeling a suitable building for
opening a high school. Consor's claim on
the Santiam bna lieen selected ns tho loca
tion point. Mr. Frazer informs us that
Mr. Consor has taken hold of tho matter
with his accustomed enterprise. If ho has
got held of the mttr it is bound t go
ahead. II ceuldn't hav dii!l a Uiu
flaa to kill tr the (natural) "know noth
ing,"of which w kaew kirn to be a great
Domy.
iiT Th next steamer is lookocl for to
day. Wo look for interesting now by her.
She will probably bring intelligence of the
result of the conflict in Kansas, between
"border ruffianism" aud the actual settlers
of that Territory.
Beat of Uevtrvmrai,
Wo sea by nn advunisemenl in tho M
We, signed Pv.R Hall, that "Buena Vi.
ta." a would be town in Polk County, is
-tiered a a suitalde place on which to
"more permanently locaio th teat of Gov-
rnmeiit." The introduction of this new
Do you hear lhat, young man? Ac
cording to tho opinion of tho Fntlior of his
Country the man who docs not "detest nnd
despise" profane cursing and swearing Las
neither "sense nor character."
Hut let us examine n similar "order"
made in 1731, Ivveiity-twe years before this,
when Washington led his forces through
the tracklets forests in pursuit of the French
and Indians :
"Colonel Waeliington lias observed that the men
of hie regiment nro very profano nnd n prubale.
tie tikes this opportunity to inform tlitm of Win
great displensure at such practices, and assures
litem lliut II lliey du not leave them oil they shall
be severely punished. The officers are desired, if
inry near auy niun swear, or make any oatli or ex.
ecration, lo orler the ollVnder twenlv-fivo luahei
immediately, without court-martial. Fore second
oiknco lie bliull bo more severely punished."
We fear that Gkoikik Washington
could hardly control tho Oregon volunteors,
Tho day seems to have come when such
mcu its Washington nnd Jkfkerson arc
looked upon ns old fogies, though ranting,
swearing demagogues talk loudly nbout
endorsing their principles, because tho sov
ereign people still respect their memories,
t-0' Mr. C. II. Mattoon has kindly fur
nished ua with a prospectus of The 1'acijic
Rrposilvr, n Baptist pnper ho proposes to
publish nt Cincinnati, 0. T.
Thosixih article contains the following
"The editor will reservo to himself the absolute
NKlit nml power to judjre of tho nitturo, time, and
eateni or puuiisninir articles oil controverted snh.
jecte, v e.
Wo nro glnd lo see that friend Mattoon
is sufficiently independent to take n strong
stand upon his rescrvd rights in "judging
of tho ni.'fiirc of pullisiiny." Kxperienco
however has rendered many n publisher a
much belter judge of tho "nature of pub
lishing" than he was when ho first com.
meiiced Iho business with n full pocket, ami
nbnndotied it empty-handed
ItUmflle Waiillra MaurcUrU( Cam
pauy.
Wo toe by Iho Advocate and Stataman
that this company ha lately fffi cted nn
or-aniaiiion in Salcin. A hundred nnd one
share havo already been taken, of 6'-'-'30
each. The water of tho Santiam river
nr. lo bubrounht ocroto Sulcin where
th wotkiof iho compnny are to bo erected
Tho etitcrprito of tho cilizen who have
taken hold of this improvement it common
dublo, nnd, if lli undertaking proves sue
cessfiil, will he of great benefit to tho Ter
ritory lit large, and of moro real benefit to
Sulem thaii being made the hem of Uov
f?rnmiit would bo. W ought to huvo had
thnt or a timilur establishnient driven by
the wasted watcri of tho Willamette Full
but if we nro to be cursed by bad legisla
tion, nnd the indifTereneo of men w hose
business it is 10 ook nflcr these matters, we
nre glad lo tec our lister towns, growing up
under cood iiinitascmoiit, and fortuitous
circumstance.
t'.ok Uardlncr.
Tho Advocate inform ut that Col. Gar
diner hat resigned hi office ne Surveyor
General, and Mr. Ziebor i to Lave Lit
nlaee. Col. Gardiner it said to Lavo re
ceived on appointment in the Land Office
in Washington.
It will be recollected that from our ash
in "ion advice, we staled last week, that
Col. Gardinr wa actually removed, and
tho papers were already made out for Mr,
Ziebor. It teems now that the same mail
brought a letter from President Pierco in
forming th Col. of what he had been com
pelled to do at the demand of him who
"passe laws," get "tapped on the should
or" by a trembling President, and ruann
ges the nfliiirtof iho Government general
ly, and advising him to "resign" inslnntcr,
Zi the tarn time Assuring I:!, 'hat fl nice
little nast wai feathered for him in Wash
ington City. This Is the reason why Zio
ber's commission hat boen held ovor til
the next steamer. This it decidedly
novol method of decapitating officials, and
has only Loon discovered by the "moderns,
Col. Gardiner is said to Lavo many friends
at Washington, beside being in tho good
graces of the President. Ho Las been
dreadfully cathauled by tho "clique" in
Oregon, but ho will leave the Territory
with tho respect of the great mass of the
people, for his gray hairs, nnd his firm, up
right, and gentlomnnly doportmont whilst
tarrying en our shores.
... , ,..v....viivAi 11 c-tiiiii y-u;iuieu. 110 IIODC
ucationnro beginning to wako up in the h.: n. . . 1
n..;U.nrl,.t ,.f f. " o.i 'l'1"" 11 WIM St.Ch a
,m V V 7 ,r""- tVI" ''" 10 V'So" favorably of it.
am. A largo sum has been raised for the '
candidate will probably Not iennani;-- 11..,
ss.u:" u. pny ntgais aJ uin pfoj-cl of the llt.tr.
"He (Leland) can hardly contain hi
gratification in view of tho fact, that tho
iioaung political excrement, who nro now
here, now there, and by nnd-by thero be
yond, should have united with the drk-
lantcrn taction in somo of tho northern
couutics to defeat convention." States
man. Beore th election it was stoutly denied
lhat this was a "parly question." Since
the election, the laboring taxpayers
who saw fit lo vote against convention, nro
kicked out of tho loco fold, and stigmatized
ns "ivlilical excrement." The ha rdhanded
democracy are now regarded by the clique
as "excrement," nnd nre mainly iwf as
compost to be placed nround the roots of
the "saplings in tho party narsery, W
never thought however that ih. Slatamu
wouiuuaro to Ull '.hem to. It make
shudder to think that
us
men made in tho
ungo of God should bo willing to be thus
debased.
We hardly ( guc), nwn M Ju ,
Ti att and others who opposed iho "Con
veutiott" will relish tho tiilo of "pimrinc
tum, political excrement," which iho S.w,.
i I'.an aj.pl,, j l il,t llli
Vason Road across tho Plains.
Wo learn from the California papers that
our enterprising neighbors in that Stato,
are circulating a peril ion to Congress for
appropriations for constructing a good wa
gon road from tho States to California
They say they intend lo thunder at the
doors of Congress with tho names of fifty
thousand petitioners nt least. The receipts
nt tho custom house in San Francisco which
havo already been paitl into the U. S. Trea
sury mako a sum amply sufficient to con
struct tho whole rond, nnd the Californinns
say that if ihey can Lei titer hnvo a railroad,
or wagon rond, they might as well set up
a government independent of Undo Sam,
and save their own money for making im
provements at homo.
Why is it thnt our farmers in tho tim
bered portions of the country take so little
pains lo improve tho rnngc 1 By burning
ofTlnrgo portions of tho country in the fall
nnd scattering timothy and bluo grass seed
upon the ground, tho whole country might
soon be converted to an excellent tame grass
meadow. Let every man living- in the
timber begin this operation this fall, and if
h is not able to do much, let him do a little
nnd make a start. Most anybody could
seed down a rod square.
Salmon.
Since tho Indians hnvo been removed,
not a salmon is to bo had, although our
river is literally swarming with Ihcm.
Why docs not some person embark in
tho salmon trade ? A hundred barrels of
salmon might he put up at this place, with
m the next six weeks which wo bcliovo
would yield a nett profit of 300. . The
salmon fisheries at the mouth of the Colum
bia, the best in Oregon, nnd wo believe the
besi in tho world, nro entirely neglected
except by a few Iudians. Oregon ought
to derive nn incomo of 100,000 a year
from her fishorics, and yot, at strange as it
may appear, we aro living in part upon im.
ported fish. Hero is a field where nn en
turprieing compnny, with a small capital.
can make a fortune.
Who will be the first lo explore it ? Wo
understand that tho.salmen fisheries on the
Sacramento, ia California have almost en
tirely failed.
Convention.
Tho official return nro not all in, but
lukins the return nnd flying report lo-
,..l.r the m.tiorilios ttand ! for convention
1 left nsaintt 1 132. In making this
limntu Curry county is tet down from rumor
at 500 tniij. for convention, "onur.ny
credit the correctness of tho report, but we
shall know soon.
1- I.KR mid Tui ker are tho men who
havo started tho (louring mill in Milwnukte
., ..A., of last week. Wo nro informed
that thev nro thoroughly acquainted with
tho business, nnd mo now making better
flour than any other mill in Oregon. Mr.
LkeLo formerly been an Inspector of flour
for Iho city of San Francisco, and it proua
hly one of tho best judges of tho nrticlo in
Oregon. Wo nro told that they can nmko
a barrel of flour in eighteen minute on
0110 run of stone. Their enterprise has
been tho meant of materially raising iho
nricc of wheat in the valley. Wo wish this
company tho most ubundant success nnd
wo believe they will rcnlizo tlio lortiino
they deserve, within a fewyoars.
f- The health of this city i proverbial
nil over Oregon. Wo have now been liv-
ins hero moro thnn a year and do not re
collect to hnvo heard of a single case of sick
ness except from somo old chronio disease
which took root in the Stntcs. The doctors
complain of its being distressingly healthy.
Dr. Stcole (who keeps a splendid stock of
drug', and offer! ihcm rs low nt anybody
else in the Territory) assure us, that Ore
gon city uses less mcdicino in a year, thnn
one of the small country towns of the west
would use in a week.
JJT A human skeleton was found this
week, some two miles east of Portland.
The bones had the oppcaranco of having
lain there for aevcrnl year. With the
skeleton wa found a pair of striped pants
a flnnnel shirt, and a pair ol" boots. No
clue can be got lo tho identity of the individ
ual. Who Lo was, or whenco ho came, is
still a mystery.
(& A subscription i on foot for con
structing a plank walk from this cily to
Canemah. The estimated cost is 80OO
most of which is already contributed. This
is an improvement whicli is much needed.
nnd if we knew the name of tho man who
first proposed it we would publish him.
"Wo lust week published the Wool nnd
Stevens correspondence, and also a letter
from Gov. Curry, on the same subject.
Uov. C. 8 letter was in proper tone nnd
spirit, devoid of swagger and vainglory."
otuttsmait.
Who else saw nny "swagger nnd vain
glory" in the letter of Gov. Stevens I
We notice that some whittling lonf-
erhas been using his jnckknifo on the bal
tisters of Carter's fence in this city. It
annoys any well raised man to seo proper
ty disfigured or destroyed by even the
teeth of a rat. A monkey would bo con
sidered too much of a gentleman lo do the
like. Tho practice of mutilating feners,
sign-boards, nnd the pews of meeting
houses, nnd of writing upon tho doors of
buildings, cutting out letters from public
posters and handbills, so ns to give them n
ridiculous nppearnnce, is ono which hi
ways mnrks Ihe perpetrator with the un
mistakable brand of n full-blooded greaser.
It would bo well perhaps for our City
Council to furnish dry-croods boxes nt all
the sunny localities of the city, for the ac
eommodation of such whittling office-seekers
ns have nothing else to do but talk poi
tics nnd wLittlo.
Codfish.
Mr. Judson, of Clatsop, informs ib tboi
cod-fish nre frequently tak-t, a she,,-: Jis.
tunco ouiiijo 01 tho ijo nmbta W n,l ,1..,
TU. ne C,:uJwd west of thi. a shoal
"as -,ecn discovered where cod-fish ara
abundant. Our cod-fi,h, liko our oysters,
are smaller thau those taken on the Atlan
tic side, but we challenge the world to heal
our Chinnook Salmon.
Thero is a post office in Marion
county kept in a doggory. Within the
neighborhood of that doggory, the friends
of the Statesman have made up a club of
twenty-aeven or eight names for that sheet.
At tho samo office wo havo only four sub
scribers. Comment is unnecessary.
Uelhcl.
Mr. Harrison, teacher of.tli boy's de
partment in Bethel Institute, paid us a visit
this woek, during which he informed us that
tho Institute was in a flourishing condition.
He reports tho number of regular scholars
at about seventy.
03"In nnswtr to the many enquirios of
correspondents who t.ro constantly asking
"whon are you coming to seo us ?" we re
ply that we intend to make a tour in a few
weeks, when wo shall try to see all our
fricndB (and some of our enemies,) on both
sides of tho Willamette
HepcUjj.
Some of our Polk county friends, who
stopped TusAsuis last year, have order
ed the paper again, this year.
(Kr We have not a rartfele of w.-ir re..
from the South this week, execrtin-, wl-p't
ts CciUinrJ in the report ufLatiKrick "
To Correspomdents.
G. O. B. is informed that there is ho ter-
restrial globe in San Francise-o larger than
10 incites, uno of tlsc can bo hd ,Ui
ered here for a,out S25
E. Dx.vidsc, j, inrorroec that if the In
uependence P. M. mailod his men,
. .. "
uerer got H,
We cannot publish the poem of "Eva."
ncro nre 80me ""no passages in it, but they
sound so very like what we have seen in
Lalla Pvookh and the Lament of Tasso that
we fear they w0UJ Lardly be homespun
enough for our paper.
" Wake Quash" is rejected. We cannot
let down the character of our paper by pub
hshmg such unmeaning, harsh words as
"ass a-hell," "Bushey,," ic. j.
name properly written conveys an idea nf
so much that is corrupt, that the bare men
lion of it nukes a virtuous man crawl all
over. ou can sink him nn .- .
ic estimation by piling on such roiil.,...
while you could sink our paper by gettin-r'
us to pulj-ah thru.
. fr7" We hail iiit-mded to aay toiiri-tliitig
concerning Mm temperance ticket'd, t,;,
county, but hnvo yiehlnil tho corner t
iipnrt for that purpose to errepriidiiii(,
03" Our wreut evince an iinpmremoht
in trade by the throng of tennis tlmt nr
bringing in wheat, flour, butter, nod e t
nnd currying oil" inerihuiulize. Wheat
worth 1 ttS, butter !t0e, and egg iflc,
OCT Thoso who cointi to this city lo irsdc
must ho sure lo read the advertisements.
Those who advertise nro tho only men who
enn iiTord to do business on thu right principled
? We have hrtd nil ulmo coutinucil
pelting of cold rain and hail, during I0
past week. The sun ha at length rmi(je
it appearance ogam. n ,
(T Those friend who havo taken Iho
trouble lo tend n lists of new iiiuHcribcr
of lute, will nrcept our ihnnk.
O-Mr. J. M. Bacon hut loased tho
Main Street IIouso, and will bo on hand 10
nccommodnto traveler thortlr.
05"Mr. A. W., of Willamina, ia inform
ed tlmt we printed Lis bill, and sent tlioin1
to him ly tho first mail lhat left after w
got his order.
fJT Why i it thai soiiiq peoplo nro alii?
sending estray notice to the Statesman
since tho repeal of tho old law ' ,
1 'i aa n m. g
Proceedings of Temyeranee Mass Mctttne.
The adjourned meeting of tho friends of
Temperance assembled at the Hall of Dr.
McLaughlin on Wednesday, April 23d
HC0. W.T.Matlock, Enp, wns called'
to tho chair, nnd Tuos. Poi'B appointed
secretary.
Tha proceedings of tho previous meeU
ing wero then read, and thu ruport of the
Committee called, foe. , , ,
On motioa, the report wa accepted, and!
the meeting proceeded to baft)! for candi
dates; resulting ia the following notnina
lionsi For Represcntntives W. T. Matlock,
Walter Fish, P. II. Hatch.
For County Commissioner C. W. Bry.
ant.
For Auditor W.C. Johnson.
Mr. Johnson rc'tunls a toslute that before and
after the nomination he pwltively declined being e,
candidate lor any utlice whatever, ii'i.J ,
Assessor M.tlilon Brock.
Treasurer Thomas Pope.
Pnbnto Judge Samuel Miller.
School Superintendent J. 1). Post.
Public Adniiniiilra tor Samuel L.Camp
bell. Prosecuting Attorney Gun. S. Ward. .
Ou motion, Ihe Committee appointed nt;
last meeting wero requested to secure tick
cts nnd provide for their distribution over -tho
county, nnd a collection was taken up
to defray tho cost.
On motion, tho meeting adjourned ro
wed at the 2olfs ami elect their cundidakt..
W.T. MATLOCK, Ch n.
Tuos. Pope, Sec'y. , : .
Ed. Argus Dear Sir : Your column--
present, this week, lo tho peoplo of Clack
ninas county a ticket of nominees for ilia-
ensuing Legislature nnd for county officers.
This ticket com;- be-fore the people with
no demands nnd no authoritative claims
It claims no man's vole ns belonging to it,.
or as being sold body and soul to tho lead
ers of a party, without tho right to think
nnd net for himsslf.
It proposes to meet no man nt tho polls
and browbeat and bully him into its support..
It comes beforo independent voters, pre
senting n ticket of independent men, men
well qualified to till the offices for which
they aro norriiimticd, willing to givo tho
publio their best services; willing to be
set aside if butler men can be put in their
place. These men ask permission of no-
party to run for ihe various offices. ' Thev
acknowledge no ownership by others. Tho
peoplo are the governed; tho people pay
the bill ; let tho peoplo say who they want
in office.
It remains for the citizens of Clackamas
county to show by their votes whether a
few wire-pullers shall deal out to them ev
ery year their candidates, or 'whether thev
will select their own. ' ' ' : -
The question of submitting to iho people
a prohibitory liquor law, is a leading ono .
that will be supported by those candidates ;
at the samo timo thoy expect to ho alive to
all the interests of the people of Clackamas
cunty, and to render a good account of.
themselves if elected. ' " .
Tho friends of Temperance feiwrtttk'cri
the start in making their nominations.
They have defined their ground they lav
presented a ticket of good men and trtnj.
without distinction of party, and they ask
for it a cordial, a hearty, a successful sup-Port-
Lnwendent. ;
Temperance at t'-o Ballteuiiox.
Ed. Aryus'iU frionds of prohibitions
seem to bo their own an! agonist... "they
believe in the principle, WJ feel confident
that it can be erubodied.into a constitutional
law. Some prohibitory laws, or section of
law, may hq framed unconstitutionally'
They desire tho speedy enactment of right
prohibitory laws in Oregon. ,' They hope
Ihe day will come, in which they shall per
sonally rejoico in tho triumph of Temper,
ance, and tho complete suppression of tlm"t
iramc winch takes the people cold and'
gives them poison in return. , They believo
that the peoplo can bo led to see the sub
ject in this light, yet they suppose the ma-,
jority are now against Prohibition. Ori
this supposition, th.y haso tho opinion that
it is unwise to trv l!ie t,esl;en . .1 e DaI,
H-boT, at least as an issue at the at proach1,
ing election. Now we ak, who oppose tho
crtUM! more strondv ? D, (l.a a,n ,Unv
he rights of prohibition J : for they