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tATTKDAV, MAY 17, JBSO.
JT Gen. Mi&rver Informs ut ibat if
Ut agooJ deal of nquirjr ht hit kitisfii-d
himself that ill persons who committed th
outrsge 0wmi lli Ind'an we apoka of Uit
wttk, wf Mil cwent or ssliinton Tr.
rltory, Mvn ptrhsps one. never tui
j.osed llitl the deed wit perpetrtttd by
any of the volunteers of Wellington or
Oregon, neither did we brlivvo ihst Hie
cilli'iu of the Cncilti n Iii any
cognizant of the fact. Wt supposed that
it mutt Lave been done by par' of out
law who lm inflated the river mid the
country In the Wnlty of lie I'nll' t, who
data lived by csmlling and stealing.
liavt often heard tin volunteer comj li lii
of meeting ith melt gentry, iind we up
ro.ed these unfortunate Indians had mot
withsome of them. Theautboiitiitof Or
egon and Washington wouid do I lie two
TWfiioriei credit by probing thii tiling lo
the bo'toin, and if hang these genthmen
eo high llmt they can It seen with a good
apyglau from Washington City, it will
materially advanco our Intercut at thectp'
Iial.
IspiortBcatt.
Tititora bav occssion to compliment
our ciiy ujion l! maiked improvements
visible in maiiv quarters. Although w ie
not building a great deal, or entering upon
any heavy public works, yel mo arecer
tamlv dcoini2 considerable aitutitiuii lo
"improvements" of a Very substantial char
aclsr. Old dilapidated fences are being
removed, and now once placed in t lie room
of them, weather bra'n houses aro being
paiutcd, new plstf inns are being laid down,
and many other liitle improvement! which
altvayt give to a place an air of neeinrn,
aud iniprput the trawler w ith an idea of the
thrift and ituclligeiice that peri adi t the
community. Auiuiig llione lio have b on
forward in tht'M good wuiU of U'e, are
Rev. Mr. Atkinson, A. E. Wait, Or. liar
clay, Omnium it Warnvr, and Allan, Mc
Kiuly k Co. The cxpcmlituro of tbre
Lundred doll am in oil and whitelcad if ap
plied lo polUhing off our old bui.!inj!,
would advance the prico of properly here
morn limn ten th.itniind dullan. We hope
our cilizrns w ill ntU'inl lo this in.ittcr, and
ni.iko tli in uin, by a mnall iuvi-Minoiit. We
intend lo publish every ninn'i name after
tliiiwhu in guilty ofmiiiling his home in
the corporation limit. Wo have now goud
tcliouU in opuiiitiun, mid aluimt every oili
er comfort that can be, found in Orrgnn,
and why no; fix up thing nicely, when it it
ao PAnily dono, and when it nJJ to much
to our Imppinem f
fatal Acelilfnt.
On laul Sunday. Mr. Win. Robbinn win
accidwitiiHv shot through tha head and in-
atnnlly killed, whiUt on -h limiting exieili
tion. lie woe lining on a leg and drew
up bin gun which im minding by thr kiilu
of it, the lock of which struck eoniuthiug
and ilinchnrgnd ilm gun. Mr, II. lived on
tho West aide of tho river in the Hird et
tlenionl. Another man, Mr. John Whet.
atone, on last Monday, while fishing at the
Full near the Linn Ciiy Mills, fill into the
river and wm drowned.
Arrival of (he Mali.
The U. S. M. steamer Columbia, dipt.
DaLL, reached l'lirilaud hut Monday. Per
Wells, Fargo A Co., we received a few pa
pers. Ourdutesaro fom N. Y.,to Aprii 5.
1 ho greatest news of ininorlonce from
Europe is ilia announcement thai "penco
i madi) tho war is at an end and Na
poleon ha an heir.
S3T Tho N. Y TVAnne of April 4 treats
lis to over to Columns in directing and
laying open what it conceives to bo a lingo
scheme for plundering the II. S. treasury
by means of an Indian war which has been
precipitated upon us by the wanton ag
presaioii of the white. The Tribum in
dissecting ibis matter, draw hi intti um. n's
from the girdle of (Jen. Wool, (Jen. Palm
or, Gov. Curry, and the Sun Fracisco Her
ald. The weapon drawn from the ahealh
which dangle n! the girdle of Gov. Curry,
ia the on we have oftpn alluded to as being
labeled "General Ordurs," and running
omulhing after this wie 'Information
having been received thatarincd par'.ie
have taken the Peld in Southern Oregon
teilh Iht avaiefti purpou 0f waging a tear of
extermination nwi'iij Me ifinni in that
eeotion ofthe Territory anl havtilaughttr
1 without rrsjucl lo ogt or irx, a t.in, of
fritn lly laJiaia on their recreation," Ac ,
do.
We give tho italics as found In the Tribune,
Thu instrument furninhvd by tho other au
thoriiie are auUitautially of the s tma met
I.
Greely says, ' I wUh the Uouse would
tend out a Committee to the I'aeific and
proba the mutter to the bottom." We
eecondyoup motion, and challenge the in
VCMigstion. If Y hav U, n deceived we
want to know it, and if jam hate been de
ceived we w ould hke lo hate you know it.
A thorough "probing" would result in no
harm. 'Although much again.! hit will the
Jiior ev that ''the American People wj
be c'led to pay threo or f0Ur millions of
dollars" to defray ibeeipente of the war.
"For this p.iymeut I tuppot there i now
' bo help."' W hops ou art uel mi;akco.
VeltlKak
TJ.a piny calling itelf "democratic"
met in thitci'y last Saturday, and brought
out tb following ticket for Clackamai
conn'y :
for Repreien'a'lvee, A. L.LoeJ'r P
A. Collard. and W. A. Stark weal lir; Au-
d.tor.F. 8. Ilol'andj Treanurcr, Tliomae
Joliition ; Aaai-amr, Chaili r . n-ny ,
Judge of rVlmte, Robert Cufield i Pub
lie Adinii.itralor. W. W. Duck School
Supwiniendent, W. C. Johnon ; County
CommiMioner, Kainuel Miller; Colonel of
M'li'la. 'Jeorge W. Jirknn i Lieut. Lot.
U. C. Tliuniiani Major, Ly rue outne.
The contention adopted few reo!u
tioni an platform, which we ilmll proba
bly look Into little next week.
The ticket we believe ie generally con
ceded to be a small improvement on (be
one brought out lat year. Many of the
name we are entirely unacquainted with
Several wi'h whom we are acquainted are
gentlemen of pabhy, industry, 'and a U
proportion of intellectual and moral char
acter ; and, inotcad of railing at them be.
cut I hey are political opponent, we shall
try lo give litem all their dues. All nucli
unfair and unchristian ineihodt of breaking
down an opponent we leave to the locofoto
editor, to whom such dirty work natural
ly belong". Wo think the Temperance
ticket much better Hi evory point of view,
at calculated lo effect what every truo pa
trint and democrat desires to accomplish by
electing public officers.
The "l'co" party in Clackamas county,
whilst it dare not commit itself on the tem
perance question, leaves us to infer that it
is in every iene of the word a liquor par
ly. I!y endorsing tho Nebraska bill, as one
of the planks upon which the candidates
stand, and by eternally denouncing the
"ubulitiouinl," Ihry have crea'ed the im
premdon that they never courted the y mpa-
thy or support of those nhoe garments
ktnelt of the peculiar odor belonging lo
thoiu whom I hey so chemically denounce as
"nij!(;er worshipers." Yel drowning men
catch at atrana, and this party, in Clacka
ma county, seems so fully impressed with
it linking condition that they think it nec-
eexury to sccuro the abolition vote by run
ning an abolitionist for School Superinten
dent. Nnw the only thing we condemn
about this i the hypocrisy of tho thing.
Thin same candidate was, on tho 27th of
June, 1855, secretary of a free soil conven
t'oti at Alhany, and heartily supported the
following resolution I
"Resolved. That w reenrd the whole vtrm
of It-gklalivn on tlie iil jrct of iljvnry by iha U.
S. ConrrrM sine I J-ill, iiii-.'uilniir tile Fiigitv
Slav aul and Ilia repeal of I tie ill wouri Cmiiiru
niM, a a Aaeranl oulriee on Hit ritiliialion of
Hi c. and .liiiruel'ul to ilie uatriolinin and reli
gion of tli whole country.'1
Thi year, in order to secure a small of
fice, and secure the support, as we suppose,
of what they oalloneof the "isms," Guth
rie has set him astride of the main plank
of ''Douglas democracy," turned tip edge
wise and, in oider to give it weight and
iniportunce.tigned by F.C.Guon as chair
man of the commiUue. Hare is tho plank;
we suppose that tho omission of the words
and polygamy" after "slavery" ia pur
posely made, as polygamic am not nu
merous in this county :
"Itwolve.l, That the prine plrs of the Kansas
aim nrorakKa Hill, by which Ihrqarilinn of sluvrry
in Hie Tei rilurie a i lukt-u from Ilie Coneren of tlie
Unilrd .Slutee and left to Ihe actual setller of the
lerrilonra tobo aeled on, ia jiut and in accord
aura with true democracy."
Suul I Saul I why peraecutest thou me 1
itRellalont F.xposllor.il
We stated lust week that we had
received the above litled paper printed at
Fulaby C. II. Miittoon, Since that we
hate been favored with No. 3 of the same
paper. Mr. Mattoon is ceriainly clear of
Ihe chargn of being a two-faced nuin, and
trying lo deceive thu people by promising
to cover a great many "grounds" in order
to servo up a weekly dish of ealmngiiudi
fur tho soul. He come out as flat-footed
ns a duck, and puts hi foot right into ev
ery hoteroilox dish he sees sitincrs feeding
mil of. In order in givo an idea of the
"platform" on which bro. Mattoon stands,
we hope he will excuse us for slipping out
a few planks, toshnw our readers that thev
are tho real ''hard (shell) oak":
INFALLIBILITY.
"Wo Kale d that Chrisl h.id a eh urcli on Mnrlh
and oae church only and that we believed tlio Uap
lUl dim eh lo be the on.'y ehiurh of J runs Christ
end that lAry oay were right in tttry retptel,
both k to llirir trgdimauoii aaddoettiuca taught."
CAMPURI.LITES.
In giving th reasons why he cannot
commune with the "Cinnpbellites," the
anted editor says;
"They stand iu relation to ne the same .r,..
ded iiieuibera. Indeed. Aleiauder Cainnhell ..H
several of hia follower were excluded or cut off
irom me itapta church ;r Maing doctrine that
teen niuidtnd ktrtlicali Hence all
ihe sumo views etaud in relation to us iu the same
r'ghL''
SLAVF.RY
Thia oueetion ha become almixt nnr.lv
litical question, and as we hare plenty of papers
already in the Termor) in which may be pubiiihed
any article (almo.i; upon either side' of the qne
t on, there ie no nere ly of our dabbling in the
" ' a e mil llierelui publieh uolh-
ui tik.u Hi mibject either for or again."
TKMI'KRANCR.
"We. oumlf .r. decidedly opr-eed , gr0,.J
fer ee for Ihe aale of ardent .mm. ,J u . "
ol Ihe ume U . bc.er.ge. W, newr dr,nk
a p lit of autlhin,; that mtoiie.ie. in ear l.fe, .nd
w. do.. I k,K,w a f errr ,u. but U I, ,
m'.ia to be emeloyrd m breaking up f ,h, iouw
...flk'. .. are ma fully d i.ie... V, carl .nl,
that . .h.l not .dnvat. . ,w (J r, J, J
and then .lull uy just what we ihwa of ii.whvibj
,r fur . A. lAert it ae f,v w
r.k ry, w don t kaow as there . na,,ic.
ular neceMiv uf em leae.ug boine lo at r up niuaa
w Ih our n iglilw. There are enough other Ri
per, in the cobulry to keep up .11 ihe inter. nTe
earv i and aa ll.ey hare lak-a thai lak noon
their atHMiUrra we have no ebjeeiion ia their bear
ng it autil they ei UreJ. Whea they get th.ii
law fi, up to autt theoeelre ae wiU hx.k at it,
and give our opinion, if wt think il (the law worth
thai much aitmtioa."
Wt hope bro. Mattoon will pardon us
f Urroamg ,he,f four P!.b of hi. p'a,. I
form in order to lay them before our read
ers. We have published them, italics and
all, just at we found them. All, tare the
first plank, are, at near at we can under
rand them, Identical with (bote upon which
the Advocatt at Salem rest. There may
be a little difference In the style in which
the two editors would word them for effect
in certain direct ions, but practicully they
are the name. However we may differ
with the Expotitur upon those great moral
questions which aft-cl the substantive basis
of all true religion in ell societies, civilized
or savage, we must award to him the credit
of having succeeded in placing his position
in such an unequivocal attitude that he who
runs may read it. lli informing us that
his temperance position is taken from the
fact that "Mfrt i' no liquor thop in Polk
county," and he can n-e no reason why he
should "leave home to stir up a muss with
his neighb'irs," lead u lo. infer that he
expects but lit:le circulation out of Polk,
or that ht is so fully imp'rewd with the
idea the' "charity begins at hnmn" that he
intends lo confine hit lubors to folk.
If bro. Ma I toon cannot coniitently with
his views do any thing toward helping us
roll on the temperance ball in the Turnto
ry, we hope that if he should happen to
see a poor urunkaru wallowing in iuna, ne
will pull him out, besides occasionally
dropping a tear of sympathy for the dis
tresses of those- made widow and orphans
by rum ud oppression, and sending up a
prayer to Heat en for the success of those
"worll of faith and labor! of love" which
are going on outside of the bounds of Polk.
Dclow we gito a letter we received
rom Col. Gardner written at Vancouver,
whiUt on his way to Washington to accept
of an appointment under the Administra
tion, in pluce of that of Surveyor General of
Oregon Territory, which hat been tendered
to him by President Fierce in lieu of it, Col.
Gardner setil his resignation to tho Presi
dent last September, which it would seem
that the President, did not see cause to ac
cept, till he received a memorial got up in
secret conclave by a dark-lnnlern caucus
of the members of the last Assembly.
i'lie memorial was kept such a profound
secret that, judging nobody hud a true copy,
the Statesman just on the eve of Col. Gar
diner's departure, published an altered
copy of it which it Solemnly nvers was the
memorial "passed and signed by every
democratic member of the last Legislative
Assembly ." We have a true copy of the
original, wh'ch contains some choice schol
arship, and we intend to give our readers
the benefit of it. The Statesman editor
ha been untiring iu his efforts to perfect
one of the main principles of hi democratic
(() creed by hating his father in-law, Mr.
Zi' b- r placed in auoh a position that the
conduit which drains Undo Sam's treasury
uf two thousand and five hundred dollars a
year in hard cash should empty itself into
the breeches pocket of "one of the family."
Ho has tuijg.td away at this "glorious dem
ocratic principle" ever since Col. G. bus
b en in the Territory, but has never been
abl to gel Jo Lane to "pass tho law" and
make tho President sign it, until at length,
by the resigt.arion of Col. G., ihero is a
vucancy. Although the Assembly had
probably heard of the resignation of Col
UARDNLrf, in order to niaha assurance
doubly sure, and lo gratify the spite of the
'son in law," the members (a part of them)
got up n memorial asking for i lie ''removaV'
of Col. G. upon tho ground of many hard
charges, many of which iilmnst every Oiu
goiiian knows to be utterly false. But here
it seems, that there aroso a new obstacle in
the way of carrying out tho principle of
"democracy.' The members of the As
sembly, although they seemed willing on
almost every occasion lo prove their dem
ocratic faith, by getting dow n on all fours,
eating largo mouthful of dirt, and pulling
the chestnuts out of ihe fire for "ihe gen
ilemati from Linn" and bis "organ" grind
er, they nearly all jumped siiff-legi;cd, when
they were called upon losign the niemori.
al in behalf of Mr. Zieber, (thi was no dis
credit to Mr. Z.) Tho inventive genius of
"the son-in law," whose great mind is al
ways prolific of expedients, when eitcitcd
by a jostle ofthe aik that carries the loaves
and fishes of the priesthood of Oregon dem
ocracy, steps forward ami has the name of
Grover inserted in Ihe memorial in order
lo satisfy the recumbont memorialists,
wUh Ihe express understanding that Grover
trould said his resignation along with the
memorial, and that ample instructions would
be sent to Lane to urge the claims of Mr.
Zieber. Wo have been informed, by one
who ought to know, that a seat in Congress
was held out as an inducement to Grover
lomirke ibis shift, but fortheiruth of it
we are not able to vouch. We however
b 'lieve it. But since the people have de
cided adversely to State Government and
the clique has no seats iu Congress at their
disposal just at present, we do hope Grover
will not bring suit against the clhjue for
damages, for not complying with this heavj
contract.
Col. Gard.mi is an old fashioned dem
ocrat, and being an old man, and a gentle
man desirous of doing his duty as a public
officer, regardless of party favor, has never
got the banR of locofocoi.m or Oregon dem
ocracy. He assured us that the party in
power here was not guilty of posteasing a
particle of real democracy,, but, made an
issue on "patronage," instead of principles,
on all occasions. This is just what we have
contended ail the tirmj to bt the truth. V
j. :h Wf w t(.,n J
ence to the Col. will be the means of open
Ing the eyes of t least one honest demo'
crat.
Oatoc-N Citt, May IA, 1855.
rl. C. K Oardnir Dssa iai I nolle
Ike last Statesman a memorial directed to Ills IW
ident of Ih United Stale, and asking for your re
moval fiom tli ofBc of Surveyor General fur Ih
r.,Mv of Oree-on. Tli memorial ie said lo
i... h.en -'Dused sud signed by erery democratic
...mheeof ihe hut Led!! AaMinbly." Nerer
k. no seen auv notic of Ih paasag of uch
ial bv ih Assembly in open eaoion last win
ler, I am at a loss to know bow thi memorial
came 10 b "pa sed and sinned by tvery demo
cratic member of tho Assembly," and no record Is
to be found uf Ih faol. now couia a rncm.iriui
eoutainiug, as I believt Ibis do., many tale
charge gint you, have ever got through the
Assembly vilhoul a single diistnting tuitt, aud
at th sam lime lli lecord of llial event been
wholly suppressed so a never lo hare come lo lh
knnwledg of the people t
The complaiuto a?aiust yen never bt furt having
eoin lo Ih knowledge of th people of Oreuou
Territory, public curio ly Is naturally exoited to
knnw something more of ihe grave charg-a. so
deliberately made ly our,'IKiluiiv Aaaeiuoiy,
before they are willing lo condemn on whom they
have lihlierlo rei-pi-cted a au impartial and failli.ul
public officer.
I am sorry that you ar about lesv'ng ths Ter
ritnry under Ihe impression that it is not necessary
to place your friends, and all men who love truth
mid iustice. in Doaion of such fact in III
Dreinine a will enable ihcm to defend your char
acter as uu officer who ws not controlled by par-
I an conaideration in your offic al action, aud also
euablt them to make up a fair und truthful record
of event that are transpiriiig in Oregon. I believe
th great mas of th peopl of thi Tenitory will
approve the right and reject Ih wrong, whenever
the right is presented so that they understand it.
Whatever course you may chooee to adopt in
reference to tb s matter, permit m to assure you
that you leuve Oregon with the respect and best
wishes of one who admire an honest, dignified,
and gentlemanly public oflicer, whe can ueiiherbe
swayed by party bias nor th nope oi puous pat
rousge.
Xour nunibit rvnt,
W. L Adams.
Fost Vaacoirvta, May 11, 1S56.
IV. L. Adams, Eiq., Dssa Sit: 1 thank you
mcerely for your letier or yesterday. I naa re
ceived, in coiifid'iice, a copy of the memorial
against me, from Washington, but I perceive the
e.lilor of Ih Statesman ha published one materi
ally di!ft rug from the onesent. The petition was
fur Ihe appointment of Lapavkttb bsovta lo be
Surveyor General; and by sir. king out ths name
for whom the application wasaigned, he makes it
appear thai the sol object of the signers wa lo
ell'ect my removal. It ia not true that it wa Kgned
"by every democratic member ' of Ihe Assembly.
There were Iwenty-axof thai body who Signed it,
and il may fairly be interred, in charily to the moat
of them, thai not three of them ha l read It. I nu
know how easily signatures are obtained to a peti
tion f;er three or lour of Ihe inter sted or vindie.
live have sivui d, by importunity of the rcmaind. r,
a one of the Couucilinensaid. at Uregon Lily,
(I I nber,) while I wa there, he "signed it as Ihe
easiest way to get nd or It." Un the word "pats
ed," applied lo il by the editor of the Statcmon
you make Ihe proper comment The Legislative
body held no secret session ; besides, the Assembly
is required lo keep journal of it proceeding, iu
which il has never appeared. It was easy for that
editor to add to the signatures the counties from
which the menvieia came, whereas they only signed
as individuals. In making th statement that ed
itor has d splayed his ability, for wh eh he is di.
tingundied above all the editor in thi Territory, iu
the 'sugeslioii of falsehood.
flow fur the fust statement made by Bush rela
tive to the Surveyor General' OfH 'e, "that th
heavy p itronage of the Office has been thrown into
the hands of the enemies ofthe democratic pirty,
and syteumlically distributed 10 as to strengthen
them," has been founded in truth, may be seen
by the results of the last annual election j and a
Salem democracy lias now the control of "the
heavv patronage of the OHice," (which, from Ihe
siepi already taken hy its ht ail, it may ba inferred
will be used unscrupalouslv,) it will soon be seen
how far Ihe bestowal of official putronaL'O, for par
tisan purposes, i conducive to the popularity of a
cuuse, from ihe results of the next election.
The other alteration from the memorial wh'ch
wa sent, after liuth and hia ass slant bad drawn
it up for the Leg slalure, plainly indicate that he
has printed it from his original copy. Why is Ihe
wora "qmuijua lo perlorm the dutie," ccc,
changed lo ''apt to perform," (la It to avoid
a comparison with the intended successor?) Win-
is the word "corrupt" str ckeu out applied, in the
memorial dent, to "hi W hig predecessor" ? Why
are ine wnote nnargr relalite lo "tardy" surveys,
and that "not a patent has issued to a single claim
ant, been inserted in this printed copy, which
were not in the memorial signed, but that Ihe
falsity of these charges w ould be known at Wash
ington, the survey not having been lardy, and the
Office having no concern whatever in ihe delay of
pateuis, only that Iha deception or such uccuea
tons can be practiced upon the settlers here.
It is true, as you observe, that on leaving the
territory, 1 had not thought it necessary to reply
to the productions of the Statesman, whose d. cep.
lions are so notorious to the lovers of truth : but aa
lli.se may be thought to conluin "grave charges'
I have had no hesitation in furnish ug the editor
ot the btonoara, aa excusuble in sell-d tense,
with a copy of tny brief remark sent lo one of my
lauuiy uy ine last ina.i.
I am, sir, with great respect,
Your ob't serv't,
C. K. Gahdnes,
OiT It will be seen by the following,
that Col. Gardner was not removed,
has been so stcuitly affirmed by the States.
man :
ApmiNTMRNT OF A SURVEYOR GENERAL
John 8. Zieber. of Salem, Oregon, has
been appointed anrveror creneral of tho
United Stutes for that district, in place of
fVI rhll-.o If Jn.J.... .!.- .1 ' 1 .
ww.. ,1. vjuiuiiei, who uctiren 10
be relieved from dutv in the Territory.
IT',,. rr- "
o twiiiKruii Lnron.
Outside. We publish to-day a very in
lerestinj? letter from Mrs. Brown, of Forest
Grove, which we find in the Jeffersonian
Democrat, of Ohio. It furnishea some in
teresting incidents connected with the early
settlement of this country, and illustrates
somo features of the character of our first
pionoers. Mrs. Brown may be said to have
aid the cornor stone of Pacific University
which is now in a flourishine condition un
der the Presidency of S. II. Marsh
Mr. Gray, of Astoria, in writing to ut,
sars:
"The old lady is still nlivA. nnw 93
ni,t .j .1 ' . .. ." ":
.m me same strong aUidintj faith and
disposition to do uood is
her acts. Pacific University mav truly be
sam to owe us existence to ber efforts ; 1PrH
.ntrrs aim example in it support which
sustain it to hlesa this land with many like
..c.rnw nuu laiuiiui mothers.
I tie letter of Buchanan, which is also
found on the outside,' settles the dispute
which hat been going on among the Stat. t
papers, as Iu his position upon the Xebres.
ka bill. He, with Tierce and Douglas,
st tnds flatfooted upon the plank upon which
the foot of the grval image of moHern dem
ocracy rests. This foot like that of the
image which was set up in the davt of
NebuchadncMar, i, made up ofiron' and
mi7 clay (the iron comet from the South
and the clay or dough from the north ;)
and Ue il. grand prototype -ji i, bonnd to
oe grouna to powder by t imall s
'OBt CUt
vm vi in: mcuntaini.
i .ii. ht thiktaa of Iks tU tat twee af
tb awabe aa urrlte--Aa
it... .t.vtA aa a bare ef a Ibawsait
ttr lHerrtlt tt t saae aa eucers
wait! wtrst aa ore.ri
irnm il,. "D, inocrailo" Standard 1
Ta. '.Statrsiiam" II At llotTKD. Our
.iraitrlit nitt and out Pctnocriit ofthe itn
maculate "Stnletnian," hat poitrayetl ih"
extent of ht Democracy in au article of dale
it ..-ft ti l,it,. n file with bit' bad
itraoe. He makes a violent attock upon
iha l)mouriiL-v of Multnomah county be
cause they have seen fit in the exhibition of
their fret enmee 10 re-nomiuiw .
Brown as candidate for representative.
llaviiiB nominated htm last year on ilie
I)..mocrtia ticket, and elected him -overT
tli cbainnionof Ihe nniiosilion wilb,8 tig
uul triumph, be went to the LeuisUlure
and auted his pari to the satisfaction of hi
Democratic constituency ; auu in conaiuer
Htionofihi. t h' v with due deliberation
und fr m a careful review of the records u
his pntt servicin, their regular convention,
larlv called and bv dcleirates duly ap.
pointed from the different precincts of the
county, ti nilercif to mm a re-noiinnaiion o
a vote of sixteen to ihht on the first ballot,
and afterward iinanimonsly ratified ihnt
vote on motion of member well known lo
have voted for another on the first ballot
In defiance of this expressed will of the
Democracy of Multnomah county, the eu
itor of i lie ' Statesman" declares that he
shall hot publish his name among the list
of Democratic candidate, and shall not
support hi election.
Where is the boasted attachment ofthe
editor ofthe "Statesman" to the Democrat.
ic organization ? I Democracy iu Mult
nomah county and in Marion diuVenl ! II
so, who shall decide the right? Shall Ma
rion county, or an editor in Marion county,
be the sole ludirpl the Democrat ot
Multnomah claim this riftht for themselves,
and they hate exercised this right in re
nominittins Mr. Drown. And ret ihe
"Statesman" counsels the Democracy of
Multnomah not lo support their nominee,
but to either throw away their votet or run
some other man whom that editor can cn
dome.
In Another article he challenges the proof
that the "Statesman baa ever published a
line which assumed the power of dictation
Do Democrats want any betier evidence of
hi attempt at dictation than this attempt
to interh ro with the action or the Demo
crata of Multnomah county f
w w
Are we Democrats of Multnomah slaves,
that we must bow to the domination of a
Democratic editor because he publishes the
laws orticiallv 1 Is there no freedom of
houulit and political action left for us
We teceive the ipse dixit of no man, lie his
antecedent i what thev may, in matters be
longing to us nlunc. The iron heel of no
despot, though he may wear the habili
ments of ft Democrat, or be promoted to
the most exaltrd position in tlm ranks of
our p irty, can bu found sultiuieiit-tn crush
out the rights belonging to us to choose
whom wo please (o represent us in the
councils of our Tenitory.
Multnomah was groialy insulted last
winter, by the conduct of Bush. Dclu?on Si
Co. Insult and injury have been dealt out
to our county by thu "Sta'.esman" on scve-
al occasions since. Now not only insult
and injury, but defiuatice is thrown in our
teeth. We may huve nominal Democrats
who will cringe and still fawn around him
ho lashes them. But thank Uod their
number it small and growing beautifully
ess withe 01 succeeding exhibition of de
pravity on the pari of him who arrogates to
htmselt and bis pe-raonnl friends nil the
Democracy of Oregon.
ll.K bolting does not end with Multno
mali. In the salmi number of the ''Slates
man," the editor omits to pubiish the name
of Tho. Smith, of Jackson, as a Democratic
nominee, though duly nominated by the
regular Democratic convention of that
county ; thus assuming to dictate to that
county also her Democracy.
Such is tho Democracy of which th
"Mmesman boasts without shame, and
se eks to coerce the people to endorse.
Our advice to Dcmocrnis is to "give him
ine tun length ot Ins rope." He will surely
fail to hang others he may hang himself.
n win save a trial by Ihe court or jury.
.From ths "Democratic'' Timea.1
The Nominations. Multnomah county
btis nominated herco-inty ticket, which wo
raise at our mast-head to day. We have
every reason to believe that it will be elect
ed in spite of nil opposition. If our oodo
nents think different, they have only to trot
out tneir last nags and get distanced.
For Representative (J. W. Brown.
" Commissioner M.M.Lucas.
" Assessor Z. N. Stansburv.
" Treasurer L. M. Starr.
Frum tha "Democratic'" Statesman.
Brown is a weak-minded, shrinkini. cow.
ardly creature, who was in the last Legis-
a'urt-, nuoui capacity enough to deter
mine which aide of a controverted Question
he ought to take, aud without the moral
courage to take either, and had no
more werghtor character in the Assembly,
with any member, ihnn a Borneo a Da in his
scat, under a hat and behind spectacles,
wouia nave naa. " .
At a joint convention of the Leiri stint iva
Assembly, held on the Oth of Januarr last
the following persons were elected to th
offices named, and in the subjoined order
Asahel Bush, territorial printer, ic.
i nese men were all nominated in a demo
cratic caucus, regularly called and held;
at the dead hour of midnight. This
G. W. Brown refused to vote far mr
of them. On every ballot he voted blank-
now we come to the nneai ,.n L, .-
: -
the duty of true democ rata in respect to
his nomination. .W answer, for our8Pf,
unhesitatingly, ,t j. t0 refuse to support him
it is a autu democrats n tiU...
gantzat.on as a chain gang and their nrin
ctples, supporting bad men for office.)
I he Statesman w ,l m ln,iport Mr flJ
nor publish his name among the democrat
tc candidates. W. ... .
i, . . ,-. "' me eoiinu
nuocrais oi Multnomah
innnln r 1 . . I
Hon of Brown, and declare th.i, u.
not to support him. Ve trst ,ch
will be the case that the trim ami trUA rj
cnnvSciwll democrats of Multnomah coun
ly, (and she has Mm. r .k. i. ... . .
Territory.) r,ince , he pluZ' T
CAtr.l 1 , " - "-rjr wa. jo.
- .... .e,j , , IPave Mr 1JroWn
laup.
r'" ma Aigerme Standard.
ru,A it,. t.! i . .
M-Bu,a,ure or last s,lfcr rw
a law allowing theM "iriVd" democrats to
vote ?-.nd was it mada the duty of Pat
JLiTotsc tn "tn-erintend" the election M
Te Cerrtsfatt4Bte. .
Amwer to W If you with to buy
by ihe wholesale, fend your order to W.
0. DemenlV
Was the money tent from Sublimity, by
Mr. Nichols, for new subscriber, vt
cannot find the name of Konnoyer on our
books, except at Willnmina.
S. It informed, that wo ore publishing
Thi Airvi at the lowett figure potsiblt
almost it cost and wo cannot afford to
pay a traveling agent to solicit subscription,,
Such a course would ba ruinout to ut. If,
as you tay, you wish to aee our paper
more extensively circulated, you can do a
little for us at many others have done, by
S"iiding on at many names as you eta
pick up whilst at your ordinary busineit..
In this way our subscription might bt toon
doubled if the friend of tcmperantt tnd
true democracy wore half at untiring in
their efforts, at the rummies, sectaries, and
blind partisans. There are many temper
ance men (profcisitfnally) wboarethedding
tears as big as walnutt over the woet of io
temperance, and who, whilo they admit
that our paper tuils them on thii and other
questions, are too stingy to patronize It,
C- A. R. Send it to ua by Capt. Wy.
gant.
DiT Tho Sentinel informt ut that it "as.
tonithed" tome gentlemen very much by
luiing (o publish a notice of a Republican
convention to bo called in Jackson Co., with
out pay. We should think this would be
enough tf"astonuhn any body. We never'
think of charging pay for inserting a call
for any kind of a convention, not even a
locofoco one. Neither does any other pa
per loour knowledge.' Send your proceed
ings to ut gentlemen, and you shall be
hrard.
S3T Read the advertisement of W. C.
Dement it Co. They have just receivtd
very heavy stock of goods, which they pro.
poso to dispose of at very reatonable rates.
We believe they are doing business on the
' live and let live" princple. A man who
advertises is never ashamed to thow hit
goods lo the best judges, and those who or
der goods from a distance need net fear of
being "bit."
ILaasaa.
Every thing in Kansas is quiet. The
Legislature under the new constitution had
assembled, aud gone lo work. Every in
dication teems to poiut to Kansas at a fret
state.
(W The "Telegraph Saloon" of thit
city has closed, and we arc truly glad that
ils proprietor, who we always knew waa
well xuitrd to a much higher calling, Lai
eii;ajd in a lest objiotionable, and we
hope more profitable, calling. He hat our
prnycrt for greo t tuccett.
(ttr We notice lhatMr. John Burnt it
now acting in the capacity of Steward, on
the famous ateamer Enterprise. They
couldn't have got a better mnn for the berth.
S3T See outside for congressional ap
propriations of 8420,000.
Clatsop Counly Temperaies Learnt CtB-
veailoa.
Pursuant to previous notice, a conven
tion of those favoring liquor prohibition
was held in the Court house at Astoria on
Satuiday, May 3d, at 10 A. M.
The meeting was organized by appoint
ing W. W. Parker chairman and Jamei
Wajne Secretary.
On motion, a committer of three wasap-'
pointed on organizing and order of businest
for the afternoon ; also, a like committee
on resolutions.
The meeting then adjourned to 1 o'clock,
P. M.
EVENING SESSION.
Convention called to order by ihe Chair
man. Minutee of morning session read
and approved.
Report of Commiilce on order of busi
ness read and adopted, ' in conformity to
which the following officers of the meeting
were appointed : Col. James Taylor, chair
man ; Jas, Wayne, Sec'y.
1 he following report of the Temper
ance League Coramitteo for the pan year
was reau ;
The Temperance League Committee re
port: That durinc the ni t-ik. ...... -
nl temperance has progressed atei&ir
The prohibition principle, to far .. reiatea
to the nseof any inj.riou8 rti) rm.
merce, ,. gaining firra adlierf
tnOSfi tthn U) at eV . . .
a few v .u"
right of interdicims anv aniM. r
merce used fr the gratification of rassion
or appeti'.e. '
The principle that On ft mail Ksa rinfift
'o tngsge in any busintss that tend to in
crease his own wealth, at the expense and
"jury or bis neishbors. or r.f tL
nity, is brcominir to be lnokrl nnnn I. it.
true light. 1
The traffic in intoxicating drinks for the
purpose of gain- or gratifying passion or
appetite, produces evils affecting individual
and public interests too seriously to fcscspe
egsl prohibition. The influence of ihe
traffic has become a political tngint, whiok,
is used tenure men in office who tv
wholly incompetent to .rlSClarg the oVtua
aevoivine upon the.- In ,... .... t
. ,t iiicniij. vwi rutin
usticeto ali. The social gl. and tho
uowi lean them to erf in jwJg-
rnent. i o
Thedemagojrue, the partizaw, aadtJie
man that would enrich himself al the ei
pense of his neighbor, have combined t
secure to themselves the fuB iaftuence to.
be derived from the tale and use of intoxi
cating drinks, by theenactasent eUws to.
protect them, from the evils resulting from
the traffic.
Should tb bu'eher secure a law to pro.
'set him the sate of spoiled or poisonon
meat, h would he considered an outran
t'pori the community. Yet the' li-jticf