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X x- 1ft 1 IS 4i .1: 'if j. j. i C V nil 'lr,: It' mm mm Hr., It 'fe- l 2'. i i 5 i. 1 It (,(; ,11 In ,0 Ml: l It il i I. f :' 1 , i t' 1. l)c rcgcm Slrgu u. sinus, siiitos j!u riiorsiisroa. ORCOOn CITY: SATL'RU.VY, JULY 10, 1850. 'Meat of Government Ttoe Viol Tulckea. Tb Statesman of lust Monday contains the programme for another interesting lo cation squabble. Just m tha whole Tit rilory had relapsed" into ft refreshing snouzo preparatory lo witnessing tha last let which wet to come ofTb'-tttofn Eugene city and Corvallis next October, wo ure iH I s'art. rd by tho announcement, that the origin al programme is nil ripped up, thut ono of tho people's nags i snagged, h ll'o bote, poll-evil, or iomcthing else, which render Mm entirely unfit for iho course, and tho owners of the I rfof.Jco party havo Vcr mineJ lo turn out tho young nng to grass. Corvallis is to rout awhile in order lo be re. cruiledby bleeding and blistering, while Sis Jew, the fsVoritcoM nig owned by the clliiuo is to be 'Ut lu training fur III J cuur.se. Sporting gentlemen aro already oTering two to one on tha "old torrol," who in to be rode by the young man who rndo tho old iisj, culled 'Loeofoi-o Party,' before "Alonzo got pcrwUion to talie the unddle, from tho general belief that l.i prcl"cnr wore rather heavy tpuro, and knoekrd the wind out of old ''Pii bnld" by an Injudicious application of hi IiBiIh, when iho faithful 'criiter" was alreaily "on n strain" arid do ing bis best. It is slyly whiiiperud around that we run no risk in '-backing our judge ment" on tho "uld sorrel," as his owners are determined to run the rue", even if thoy have to crawl into tho stablo of youn Eu gene, the night befure hand, mid by ccriiiiu arts known to sporting gentlemen, put hi in in the same "fix" that hn niado it ncces- .J I A 1 1 a M nil, ft, a rl t 1 1 i winrw .... 1 1 1- II r fT WllTJ W IUIII VUI ltl WVlf-JI Utiji Wll D ' We are more ihan half inclined lo belieVe, that this will turn out lo bo o, and thnt the dear prnjdc have hern humored in their notions of bringing out their own rmgi to satisfy them lli.it the ownern of "our parly" woro willing lo make some shoiv of "demo cracy" iu listening to the ponplu's wiohi s, and then (honing them how fait a locofueo flag can run in j litco of theirs, which has been "providentially poisouod." On lh 17th of last June, tho Statesman published w hat it said were the official re turni of the vole of Inulve counties, on the location question, and Jiufonn county among iho number. On Ihc first of July inst., it published the returns of seventeen counties, Jackson mid Wasco ninon; the number which gave Corvallis a majority ol SOt ovor Salem, and slating thnt Joseph ino was "onlt lu hear from ;" hut to and behold, on lat.t MonJ.iy iho advorliniii( col umns of this sheet csiitaiu llii" '"oilictjil rolurns," signed by IJ. P. Harding, from fifteen counties only, and stating that "no returns were received at this odice from the countiot of Il'isfo, Tillamook, Jackson, and Josophine." Tho footing up of Harding's report, a'lcr throwing out tho vutoof Jack son aud Wasco, already published ns ofli ciul" in tho Statesman (Jackson, nt least,) gives Salom a majority cf fifty ono votes over Corvallis. Now by what hocus pocus the oflicial returns found their nuy into the Statesman ollieo, without rvcr gnlliug into Harding's ollice, jut a few doors, diitunt, will bo a mystery to such nt huvo not had the benefit of reading our hutory of tli 's same loeofoco party. The net of last win ter, permitting iho psnplo to veto on ibis uestion, required tho Secretary lo canvass the vote nt the expiration of forty days from the first Monday in June, nnd the Gov ernor to proclaim tho two highest candi dates to be voted for in October. After waiting forty odd days, tho Secretary Ulls us that from all iho returns Ad has received, Salem nnd Kugme city are tho candidates. Every body would liko to know why it is that Jackson nnd Wasco counifo havo not boon rcturnsd. Has there been a complicity between the Statesman oflicc and th ch iks andjudgos cf election in these counties Or are iho returns iu the hands of K'aniniu Vin ahd John, ore of whom is said to have a part of the returns of tho Stnte Govern, ment volo ? It remains for the Corvallis folks to ferrot out this matter, and show if lhy can find out where the fruud is, if in ilood ihore has been any. If ihey aro not abU to do this, their bands aro tied, so far as the letter aUe not of last w inter is con cerned. The spirit of that set is merely an intention to get the will of the pcoph, upon the point at which they wish the Leg. islatur to locate the seat of government It is morally certain that dis people prelcr Corvallis to Salem, and the way the mat ter now stand, if Salem or Kugene City gets the seat of government, it i not at all certain that the people would not have preferred dm a. us to either of them That there) hat been a trap kid by the clhiie, in arranging thi whole mttier, from the time it wot otTercd in a digested firm lo the stupid IdoukhoaJs thst compot. d the last Legi.Uture, to at to retain I he teat of government at Salem, at ull A.ix ri,tf possible, we w ill now proceed to show. 1 he last Stateiman con'tint a lm ar ticle embrseing extract from tne opinion vfthe S;ipecinP Court of X. Y., delivered In IS33, all coing to show, as iliissnrijrof an attorney t.ys, l!,ut the Lr ihstuis U0ismture cannot klrgat j, pwer to the people."! la taking l.olj of this matter, he e. ' "v ,.t. wnoi.tm.jfw ,0 iw i,iea aud tangled that 1. n . i 1 ., . ,6J r" lu 'rtswi : pulling at. Hi head is decidedly too thick fur even a respectable country pettifogger, and he never aliinen with as much briliian oy as an editor, as when he deals in in sipid blackguardism, or steals "big editor Ittls" from ab'dnon newspapers. ' IS.it let ushesr tho young pcllif igger ! "Below we makownw eslrscn frmn n optittf.lj delivr.d lyih:uprMirw.rt.l New York, aM eoueurrrd ia by all Hie JJf "f Hie coiirl, In IHM. TlieqneilionHesllie vuli.lily'f the I oik I, eel law, w liicli lisil been subwiill. d to Hie o pie. A'l" tUUi't lite caw, end Hie eoiiciineiice nl'llieenliie bencli in lb opinion thnt Ibe lW WJ void fiorn liavins heep ub billed lo a popular vole llial Ibe J.filaluri eoula U(,l dilrgste its pow er l i be peule." Tho iiiiprcsbion is here attempted to be made thai llio fact of the School law'e hav ing been submitted to the peoplo of N. Y., rendered it null and void. This was not the casn. The Court argued that the law was void because tho Legislature bad not enacted it after the people approved it. The luw had been pnscd by tho Legisla ture, which declared il nhould be law, pro vided the peoplo approved it and tho Gov ernor signed the law as valid (so soon as the approval of ihe people was made known. ThcC'iurt decided that tho action of tho people was only to be taken as an instruc tion lo ihe Legislature, and objected to the validity of tho law upon the ground that final action upon i( had Icen taken at the polls, when aslhetonstitutionof N. i. re quiiod final action lobo taken iu the Log. Mature. Tho follow ing extract from the opinion of ihe court clearly showg this: " The set in qneitioii, when it come from the li of llu Guvemur with h r gnuture aMach.d, did li"t nevKsuily cjprrss the will i f a e nlo mciiiber il ei house upon Ibesubjrct nritti rof be law. It eijrrswd this much ami nomoies Thst it wni the will of Ihe ljjisTuturc- that the qiii sliuii be submitted In the people al large to de ci lewht lhrr it l;ouWb. conic Ihe law ol ihe State ot not. The Governor by gning It ouly spproved of Ibis subtiiilliiig tho quentrnn lo Ihe people. The luiifjuujjo of tliu set iuseif shows clearly that such mm Hie intention of its Iramtre. (.See. HI.) "The ftlerlnniiliull dnlerniiue bv bullot st Ibe next 111 jciiul ekclioa lo be held in fcorenib.r next, wholli- er Ibis ael shall or shall uot bevmne a luw' It ill be sren by Ibis provision that Iho question up on Ihe fund paistigt otie b.ll was to be tukenat Hie polls. This dr.ctrine that the Legislature has no right todelegato ihe power lo the peo pie to pass finally upon tho stolules, is no new djctiino in Oregon. We heard it first advocated by Col. King when tho Legislature submitted ihe Portland char ter to tho citizens of thai place, and it wts swallowed down by Thompson thn Hep resenlalivo from Washington county, as a voun" crow would swallow a' toad. A lo t Ii o soundness of tin's doctrine, wo care not at present lo inquire. It is enough for our purpose lo admit the correctness of this position, as taken by the Supreme Court of N. Y., ssnntioned by Col. King, and approved by the leaclcisof the clique in the las'. Legislature, as we havo abun dant evidence Although ihe Statesman in III? paragraph already qtiatcd, attempts lo convey the idea that the luw is void from tho fuel that it in submitted to the peoplo, let il be distinctly understood that ihe position taken by the court was, that ihe law was void because final action upon it had been takenul thepolls, whereasjlie Lcffi4uture should hnvo taken final action after tho people appioved it. The men who got up the aot of last win lor undurs'ood this matter very well, and were prepared lo draw up a law good and vulid, or void, just as Ihey choso. The only valid enactment they could have drawn up, 'would have been one submit' ling the question lolhe people, for instruc lion as to their will, nnd containing a clause providing for final nclioti upon il, by the Legislature. A roii enactment would be one framed after iho draught of the N. Y. school law, nnd plucingyTiKi? action at the pulls. Kow what was tho character of this locution acl I A part of Sec. 8 says : "The point or place receiving the major, iiy of all the votes cast nt such special election, shall bo and hereby it declared the future sont of government of this Ter ritory." Hero we have a void enactment, jjot up in almost the precise words cf the X. Y. school law. Does anybody beuin lo hid nt,., mi nci was got up m a form that pretended to let the people relo cate the scut of government, and is conse quently void, w;hureus it ought to have sub. milled the question lo tho peoplo merely for the purpose instruction. Now let it bt remembered, thai on ibis location mat. tor there were two parties in the Lrgibla lure las! w inter. One party belonged to the clique, owned property in Salom, and were determined lo retajn the Capital thare. The oilier party , wanted to sub. mil tho question to the people and have ihom decide it in a democratic sort of wav. For convenience we will call the clique party, number one, and the other party number Iwo. Xumberone possessed the most shrewdness and tact, and were a lit tle the most' orthodox loeofoco, because they wen bolter skilled in fleecing the peeple.and appropriating the spoils'and plunder. Number two, while Ihey were not as well sehojrd in locjfoco villainy, were entitled to more credit for honesty, and still retained a little respect for the' people. Xmnher two desired ta submit the We.tion question to ihe people, Nllm. .AA (I.. 'PL. .. .. . ber one, from a show 0fdi emocracr. screerl to it, but outgeneraled number two in wording the bill so as i0 make it void. We i have a uVscuption of the two parties in ihe following Salesman editorial : . nT ra",M d''Wace of opium. ..to ibe,,,- rfih. new vote op.. tb.ool.Hm Hvenw ;mi.i,ber lw,. itaajnim that iti.llre euvl maintain ilt.i 11 . ... .. .1 . - , ...... nr.en uuraael s.i.i.i; U,.i ,1 l irume at ,l.m. sad j tice of law. He looks the very picture of that Ibe eiversl llw i 1- ... ....... I "ul , ,rIm.Tr a( , hf' ' i-met? tvs V:.r k,v t,i , ".i ;.:,.'fili- I. la void, en ihe enailid llint J... F. i.-j ....i., I In il,. Lnnilalut Asscmhlu tlont Ihe power U lec.le and relocate Ibe seat 0 eovernmeiit, ana insi inni poer snki " -- Land to the people. These ngue that, at the jtu.Mun could ouly sulhoriie a vote of Ihe peo ple by way of intlruelion to lh Aein!jly, that thnt was ull lhat was intended by the law ef Uet M-Miun. As au evidence of lies Intuition, Ihey tay that during the passage of the bill through lh lluuse, a clauM directing the Secretary lopnpuro 1... 11. j A..,nl.ltf at the olacu havilil! s ma jority of the sons, tnd lookiiuj to ihe meeiii'g ef lue iegisioiuje wwioi n iu ,i ' It seems that number two, thinking lite act was all right, and clothed tho people wild authority to relocate the seat of gov eminent, bad a clause inserted, directing theSeoiclary to proceed accordingly, but number ono laughed in their sleoves, and cunningly had tho clause struck out, from a full knowledge lhat the law was invalid except as an instructive, "directoxj" one nnd hoping il Salem lost it by a popular vote, they would stand a chance to gl the law set aside by the Supreme Court olUr e"on, if the Legislature rfei the case upon the Icgalilinfthe people's rote asfiiutl, or if tho Legislature looked upon lha act as in structivo, or "directory," thore would be a chance of having a loeofoco Legislature whom they could buy up, or induce to car ry out the principles of ' our party" by trampling on the will of the people, as lr,i.r.fnnnare in the habit of doinir- Does anybody begin lo see the trap now The object of thoso who asked to submit this question to their constituents, was to get an sx predion of the public will j but the cl quj have so worded the Isw, lhat if Ihe people fail lo decide ns they wish, the courts will scl Ihe law aside, nud thus dc.'enl the otijeet of the bill. If the eop.e de cide as they wish, of course the validity or tne l.:w will nut be culled io qui slloti. It will be the business of the next Legislature to find out as iiearns po.ss.blo what the will or the people is, and then prucceJ le locale accordingly. The clique claims to run Salem as cue of Ihe can diJates, iu defiance of the people's preference for Corvallis, because of a failure to return Ihe Cor vallis vol according to the strict provisions of a Uiw that it null and raid. Suppose Corvallis had received niue-tenllis of Iho vote of ihe whole Territory, slid the remuiiiiiig vote had boeu divld cd between Saleiu and Eugeno, and through all informality in Ihe returns Corvallis bad beeu thrown out, ss she now is would the next Legis Inlure be justified in locating Ihc feat of govern mont at either Eugene ur Salem? Certainly not, if ihey regarded the will of Ihe penple. If the location act of last wiuter was valid and coiistitu lional, Ihe Legislature wonld be bound in Ihi ir acliou by the vole of the people, if that vo'.e could be ascertained, whether it bad ben returned iu compliance with the precise provisions of the tt.it lite or uot. This is democracy and sunuJ common sense, aud we would like to see Ibe court that would set abide the action of a Legislature under such ciicumilnnces. Iiul if the Legislature would be bound thus to act undor dillijulliea growing out of a want of conipliaiiL-e wild tho provisions of a talid, ctnttUutimal law, they are certainly justi fied in thus acting, where the law is hiMlid, un constitutional, end a rotten swiudle, as is Iho act of lust winter. We saw through the swindle before, and we have been wailing for "our parly" to make Iho developemeuts which the Statesman of last Monday lias so bimg'iiigly ma le. The vuice of Iho people is just us authoritative as an instruction to the Legislators, under this raid Isw, a though il had beeu expressed under a ruid law ; but after the profit have thrown Salom out of iho ring, Hie clique proposes, so far as we can learn, to throw Corvallis out, and throw Salem in, and that lj t:r tut of a void, ratten enactment ! Dues any body begin to see Ihe beauties of loco fucoism yet? Our next Legislature is bound to throw away every thing done by authority of the acl of last wiuter ; and if the will of die people cannot be fairly git at, between this and the convening of the legislature, then the Lrgitlulurs is bound to wait till they have a clear expression of Hut will, tuforo they prooeed lo locate. Secretory Harding has acted properly in com plying Willi the provisions of the act. It was not his business lo enquire iulo the validity of an set defining bisdutks under it) tnd ho could not report Ihe vote of Jackson, and Wasco, when he had uot received it, We cure not a straw what particular point sue coeds in gelling the seat of government, so the people's will is obeyed. It la of no particular ad vantage to any place, and the farther it is removed from us the botler, so fur us our own individual feelings are concerned, but being an old fashioned democrat we d.elike to see the people ground iulo Ihe dust by loeofoco tyrants. We beg pardon of our readers for the length of this article, but we didn't see hew we could make a clean breast of the whole matter in a le;s space. "Mr. John Fleming has been appointed P. M. nt Oregon City. His faithfulness is a guarantee thnt the detentions al that office will be remedied if poesibie." Statesman. What a reliablo newswheet ! Who "ap pointed" him 7 Was it you or Wiggins! Have you, like Jo Lane, taken lo "passing laws," and executing the business of the department at Washington ? We thought that the P. M. General at Washington nlone had the power lo "appoint" post mas ters. As no such appointment has yet come from Washington, and ns W. W. LJuck still holds the office,' we conclude that tho "appointment" has coma from the Post al Asent, or from you, both of which are alike able to "pass laws" and appoint post masters. We heard, it is true, that on last Sunday Mr. Fleming presented to the pres ent P. M. what purported to be an "ap pointment from the rostal Agent, which Mr. Buck politely declined to recognize as authoraiive. (Er The newt from the North it unin. (cresting decidedly so. Col. Wright as near as t can guess, is forted somew here on the north side of tho Columbia, and hamaiakia is grazing his stock on the head waters of John Day's river; all get ting along peaceably of course. (Ur Judge Skinner was in this city last Thursday, lie has sold out his entire possessions in Rogue River, takm him a wife at Pacific City, and finally concluded to settle at Astoria, and resume the nr.,.. r :nc V t-ir dcw the r-r, wear TIM frt.laentlal r.tfftlo Ata Ull'SlBS Of l.ljUl. Ilcnneit of tho N. Y. Herald, after try ing in vain fur sornt limo 10 indicate tho tourso to be taken by the Cincinnati Con vention, In order to securo a loeofoco triumph in ll'o coming Presidential elec tion, gives over in despair. He finds his su.estion lliat il would bo well to run Bu'chnnnn, or some man not loo objection ablo lo ihe "fre'ctoilish democracy of the North," is hooted at by tbt Washington Union and the great mass of the loeofoco pa pers, north and south. Uenuett but at lust given his old party over to destruction, n 100 much of a "nigger dtiving" crew to .,,,. 1 ne L'hiinee of success. As the tauu " j " - chances of the party for success grow slim mer Bennetts arT'Ction for iho parly like that of nil o'b-rloi-of.icj's'grows cooler. He diM sii't exactly like any of tho pitt ties in this fit M. The Fillmore ticket is to Southern, ill its features, the Abo'ilion ticket, loo ' kinky," tho Republican too "ni,",er worsliipping" and tho loco tick'-t too "nigger driving." He thinks them all decidedly "bad eggs." He acknowledges himself euniewhn' in llio daik as to the course lo be token in getting up another party, free from nil llnsi objections, nnd possessing iho necessary requisites ofspeeiJ and bottom, for the great race. Ilia proclivities to a "North American" party are however perceptible "to a man up niree," Hnd in assuring us that be is '-just brooking iulo the shell of .the great ques lion," w e are led lo infer lhat this would bo relished as a "good egg" by him and the great mass of the people, who would un doubtedly swallow it if somebody would help him in completely breaking its shell. Uo says : : "Among lha superficial politicians of the day, the op uiou is aluil uuivein.il thut with the eon ceutrutiou of tho rank end tile of the democrulie paiy upon one Presidential eand dute, while the forces of Ihe opmsit':ou are d vided upon threo or four tickets of unequal strenirlb, Hie Cincinnati nominee will have nothing It d.) but lo walk over the course. Charming provpecl! Uiily lo wuiK over the coume, in order to secure the honors of i .' White House, aud lis public plunder, augmented unl'ronr fierce sdniiuistralioii to the uuiriiiliceiil demucrutic figure for the peace establishment, of oue hundred milliuiw a year! At a mst glance, from Ihe ireueiul espci Is of things thruuhoul Ihe country, this conclusion is quite ua'.urui, as .1 very bnrfexhib I will show. Mere we find 1 lie democratic party, nolwilli stuildiue ils bloody rows, revolvers, bo.vle knives uud hludeuus, lis ussaults aim Dalter.es, sua ill lest no feuds and uuairels, and ils utter d.morali' ziit'on upon anylliinglike principles here we find it still exhibiting the practical sagacity of ils better days, in rnllvins like a band of brothers Uon a caramon ticket for the great common object of Ihe p uls. . J ho. r plan is to unite lor Ihe plunder, and then, if Ihcv cannot agree upon i.'s distribution, to split end quurrel upon principles. In lhlsOutof view whether the stukea depend upon uiu election of tien. Jucksou or lien, fierce, the democracy are a unit till the great battle is fought. "(lis not alwavs a maik of wisdom tnr.iJ2e from lh outside apneurunce of tiling, even in tho political world. 'I hey areoficu very tricky and de ceptive. 1 he H Ii 211 in I M l, nt the outset lauiili- edat the nomination of Jumes K. Polk ; and bel ting all their loose cash too fait upoil Mr. Clay, they realised in November the truth of Ihe old up horisin, lhat ' Iho fool aud his nion. y are soon part. el." The daiuuci u'.s in Id-IB ridiculed iu the suinu way Iho nomination of the simple soldier, General TayLr, as the opponent uf thestalcsman, General Cnss. The truth is thst the public opinion of this country is nlways di nting to practical results ir renpeclive of uames or parlies. Al thiajuncture in our affairs a polilicul revolution is demanded a revolution is at work uud revolutions, though ihey may be cheeked for a time, "never go backwards." We maintain our opinion thut not ouly is there a decided majority of the American people in favor of a new administration at Washington, new men, new measures, and a new and conservative direc tion to our domestic and foreign affaire, but a mn jcri'y, Pierce or no Pierce, opposed 10 the demo cratic nartv as deinoralhed under his nipg, r driv ingnndfilli'buBiering policy. The parliculnr ques tion is, how IS this majority to be conccillrtvd into effective action ; uud perhaps Ihe parties cone. ru ed may yot work out the problem. The election will not go by default. We are just breaking iulo Ihe .hell ol'lhe great question. We are still in the wooJs, though we have some gleams of light. CO" We leurn the Expositor has left Cola, and gone lo Corvullis, much to .the dissatisfaction of the proprietors of the former city, w'ho couldn't very well see why a paper could not be published just as well in tho woods as any where els. We presume bro. Mulloon is learning something of the "nitiirre of publication,'" and as he explicitly reserved to himself lha right to "judge of the nature of publi cation," in his prospectus, wo don't see that any one has nny right to complain of his "backing his judgment" by removing, 03" The Statesman told its readers some time ago, that Everolt had espoused the cause of the nigger-driving locofocos. This of course every body knew to be false. On our outside to-day will be found a short speech, delivered by Mr. Everett, on the oc casion of the recent outrage in the U. S. Senate, and the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, Everett, it will be seen, is too much of a statesman and patriot lo ap prove of the Nebraska bill, nnd too much of a gentleman to approve of the Sumner outrage, as nearly every loeofoco paper North and South, has, either directly or indirectly, done. The papers of all other parties bo:h noth and south have almost universally condemned this act of atrocity on the part of Brooks, which would have put a respectable Indian to the blush. The approval of this, as well as of tho diabolical villainies that are being perpetrated in Kansas, under the sanction of this Admin istration, proves lhat the loeofoco parly is now only equaled in tyranny and corruption by the Russian despotism that conquered Poland, and crushed out the spirit of free dom in that ill-fated laud by means of fire and sword, and sent the Polish patriots! by , i-,. . . . tnousanus, cuatneu togemer by the wrists, to perpetual banishment in the mines of Siberia." There is no act of meanness and cowardice, no murders and destruction of properly, that have been committed in or- derto carry ot the intention of the Ne. braska twiiidle, by striking a blow it th. I f v ... I .-rs-n irrth tnj.f tic r-rearr. ! . "V where and everywhere, in order to crush out tho spirit of frtcdoin in Kansas, nnd rive t chains upon her ciliwns which wero forged In Missouri, no ad of villainy, Las been perpetrated but what has eithv been winked at ornpenly.npprovcd by lint Ad ministration, ami ihe almo.t entire locofueo pressof tho wholo-Uuion. And yet with a brazen effrontery, and cool unblushing impudence, unp.irulled in this century, this same ur:y insults thu world, blas phemes the spirit of liberty, and mocks Heaven by calling itself the 'democratic" party j nnd is lying presses seek to convey the idea that every mmi is an abolitionist, who opposes it, and to cnconnig" their dupea by such falsehoods. a thut, such men ns Everett have becomo sulliuiently corrupt to endorse locofucoism. . The Cltiengo Tribune rvz sis lolhe msnsgerlo at Cincinnati s "Law a., I Older lickel," consist iueef Ibe lion. Preston S. Brooks of Souih Ciiro.i 111, for P.e.ident nd Hon. Albert Kust of Aikau sus, lor Vice Pns dtnt. Wo Cdi id 'Mhx selection does iiijiMice to".M.irshal li.iia,dson,,aiid"!herill Jours" of Douglas County, Kansas. If devotion l Law and Older" is lo be rswarded in the pending cunvuss, surely Ihe shining viriuesof these worthies should nolbedisregaided.'-.V. Y. Tritium. And your selection does injustice to not only Oreon, but the whole North. We want at least a Vice Prcsi lent from tho north. Wo suggct tho withdrawal of the nan o of Rust, and the substitution of lhat of Jo Lane of Indiana, the only man in Washington city who volunteered to bo come Ihe Stincho Panzn of the chivalrous Brooks, and readily received an appoint ment ns envoy extraordinary, and bearer of dispatches from tha cowardly rnllian Hon Brooks, to Senator Wilson, challenging him n to duel jf he "wani'laHnred of being sculped in a fair fytit." This dignified nnd , statesman liko acl ought to entitle Jo lo the serious consideration of the "menage- CtCrOen. Palmer's removal did not cmne nn by t lie last mail according to eoniract. Jo Lane tried lo get (Jury appointed in his slcad, but tho authorities positively and properly refused to listen loit. Mr. Hed ges finally got llio promise of tho job, but we fear there is a sorew looso in Wash ington. We opine Col. Gardner got 10 Washington in time to wisper a thing or two in I'icrce's ear. 03" A subscription is on (but for supply ing this city with water, by means of aque ducts and cisterns. Property holders oil Main Street, would do well r invest liber- ally in Ibis enterprise." Tho lick of wa ter lo supply llio engine at the recent fire, has suggested the id.'.i, nnd if il fat's through now, by lha timo two or three of our lurg s'ores aro burned down, our citi zens will to prepared to take hold of the mutter in good earnest. tir The ollieial returns on the location , vote, ns publi-hed by Harding, give Port laud 115-1, Salem 2040, Corvallis 199S, and Eugene City 2310. The advertise. mcnts in relat'on to this matter arc ordered to be published in three papers, nnd the Secretary selects the Statesman, Times and Sentinel. Tha tnjney to pay these bills is to come from the Territorial treasu ry, and a largo slwra of it is mndc up of taxes upon tho property of others besides locofocos, yet tho people's money is im propriated towards supporting nothing but loeofoco papers.' No party but this would be gut'ty ofsuch. meanness. 03" Judge Lander has fined Gavi Sle vens for cnnlompl of court. ' Thny have their-diflrjuliies in Washington as well as in Oregon. 03 A. Holhrook, lisq., will leave on the next steamer for the Stutes, on business connected with tint Masonic fraternity. 0 5" The Telegraph company, havo com menced putting up tho wire from Lufayelle to Corvallis. : 03" An Irishman al Chenook, near As toria, lately beat his wife, a squaw, nearly to death, and then shot her dead. He is now a prisoner at Ft. Vancouver, His name is McGenegal, 03 Our subscription list is rapidly in. creasing, and most of our nnw subscribers pay in advance. There are ninny, very mani of our old friends (1) who have ns yet paid noihing. We had lo pay for our office, besides supporting it, during the past year, and we are now paying ititerest on bor. rowed moniy, whereas wo might bo out of debt if we could collect what is our due. We hate to "dun," but we shall be around to see you before long, when we hope you will try to help us a little before wo ask you to. Don't lay awake nighis thinking about it, however, for we know by exper ience, that it is very disagreeable to be thus troubled about debts, and if we cause anybody pain we shall wih we hadn't saiJ anyihing. 03" The next steamer will brin" ing news from the States. excit- i 03-AVc shall publish the aniens from th Pe.n' J.: E. M.of Monmouth next week. I 03" Over fifty barrels of Caltforaia peas weresold in Sao. Francisco, by the middle of June. 03" Thirty thousand Tartar who hnd joined the French and English in their war upon Kussia, have applied to the Sultan of Turkey to settle in this country. The rc. quest is granted. . , T " JwJfttilZL Uil Uie French emigration to Anient "'1 year be immense. The Prov'eial F,-.., rl. ee, t4 u-I-mswv -1 " Orphan Httfoul, iNUirSMJisci, July ft),, I'dfor of the Argus Mi Oast 81a 1 At s nut ting of llio Trustees of Momuelh TJiiiveitity held July ftth inst., Ihe following resolutions were liusniinoiisly tdopted. ' Resolved, That feeling deeply Impressed the great neoessity of a poor orphan fret school In Pregon, wt pledge ouitulves to use our best dcavors to get lu being and keep In successful ope ration a school of tins auid in eonutelioa wlih Monmouth University. Resolved, That books bt forthwith opened far! donations. ' Resolved, Thnt Elder John . Murphy bt, and hereby is appointed lu solicit fuuds for tha above object." I expect, ''llit Loid willing'" to visit the differ cut portions of the Valley as solicitor for the peer oiAKri free schcul as soon as couvenicnt, and trust the noble minded of Oregon, and especially Uitstj who pomosv thut Itrligiou which leachtt us"! visit llit fatherless aud widows io their afflictions,' will nobly tid in a causa fraught with blessings great to the needy orphan. J. E. Musrur. Wo aro glad lhat our friends at Mon mouth, have entered , upon the laudable work of establishing a froo school for or iihatm. There is less need of a school ol this kind in Oregon Ihan in the States, as th. re nro scarcely any poor children or, . . ... .a this kind who cannot find homes in good families w hich tiro willing to adopl them and treat mum as iiinr . own. . The ttma will come, however, when such a school will bs needed, and ii is uot a bad idea for ottrfi'hn Is totuke time by thlj forelock, by gotiiug tho mutter in such a shape (bat 1I16 school' can grow up, and keep pace with the wants of tho country. We shall probably ndvort to this matter again. : ,, fcJucalloa of Varment Sets. I , ' . Pakthc Caicsr, July 5th. A vast propirtion of the American peoblo art eugiged lu agriculture, audit it t sad truth that the standard of literary knowledge among this great iiumber Is very low. The first reason that b generally given for this is, that farmers art obliged to keep their sons at home much of tho limt to help on the farm. Another plea, (happily for tbt honor of humanity it is becoming obsolete,) It that "the farmer dons not need much educatiou ;" in olhcrwor.it that bo should not be an enlightened being, vic-viiij with comprehensive tad appreciat ing "5 the glorious panorama thst pases by him with every rolling year, trading to their causes tbt biiuuliful phenomena uf nature that appear dally an 1 hourly before his eyes, searching out the arcs, no of tho v.sible world, aud thereby learning more aud moro of ll.e boundless beneficence aud infia i Lc wisdom of Ihe groat Architect, a being, in short, K.rlhy of his uoble and God given occupation, bul that he should be u mere labeling animal, a grove, ling, m'udless drudge, but little elevated in the scale of being above the ox lhat draws bit plow. , But the iik teasing light of knowledge is fast die. sipuling such antiquated and ubsurd notions. The i-iyusof the times indicate lliut Ihe farmer is about Wdk iij up from his U p Van Wiukle-like lethargy, und p. epurlngto fall iu with Ihe march of improve, ment, beginning to learu that ' agriculture owes much to science, in fact, depeudt intimately and closely upon il, that the educated aud scientific farmer possesses many advantages over the unlet tered and ignorant one, that the great boik of nature U rpreud out beforo him and will amply re pay a porueal. a short, he is beginning to regard his calin in its true light, not as a slavish drndy ery, bal as tho first, highest and most independent of e irthly employments. there ure mauy reasons apart from tut elevat ing aiul refining influences of education, why tht farmer sliojld "get wisdom." How often is lie 0 bliged in the transaction of businem to call In tbt a d of a professional man to exeoute some tienple. form. How frequently must he go to the same source fur information concerning tht very laws which he himself has holp.d to make ! And, pro foundly ignorant of tho mechanism cf hit own physical constitution, every slight derangement ef his health requires the services of a physiolan. Thus ut every step of life lie is compelled to pay (and dearly too) for . his own want of knowledge. Knowing nalliing of the constituents of the toil which he turns over every year, and out of which comes his bread ; knowing nothing of the natural sciences, he little deserves to be called nature's cli Id. He does not realize that agriculture it science to be studied, and that like all other scien ces it is progressive, hut he plows and sows at hit father did before him, and if ha learns anything new it is the result of accident nnd not of Intelli gent research. Wheu his manual toils are over fur the day he knows of ntithing more to do but to eat and skep. There is no well stocked library St hand, no intellectual enjoyment, no "feast of re sou and flow of soul" urouud him. Ilia leisure hours ure uot spent in cultivating the minds of bis children or adding lo the stores of bis own J bot recreation of some kind he must have, and to bt seek, it iu the village slore or bar-room, too often it the intoxicating and brutifyiug bowl. Why it hit horse's bond so often turned rewards town ; Why docs he spend so many thousand .hours loafing against a counter or sunning himself on a dry goods box? Why is Sunday the dullest day of tht week to him ? Simply becauso he hat never acquired a tuste for intellectual employment. , , .. , But let us hope that tho timo will come whin evory farm-house will bt tht teat of intelligence tad refinement, every farmer an enlightened states msn : and to (hut end let ut try to place tbt means of education within every farmer's reach When our vast rural dislrieta shall poor forth ta intellectual aud intelligent po-.ulation, when Ik sturdy millions who follow the plow thai) f mental as well as physical power, when tbt nXin aud mountain glent ehull becomt tUt-htmtt of knowledge, Cen shull we have, the surest gut-aotf of the perpetuity of our-institutions. ' J! Scattered abroad as they are over afftt' fcnd the tillers of die soli cannot avail themselvee ttftey great extent of the benefits of select schools t-.d academies ; the farmer should therefore cherish and watch ov:r his district sohoolwitlijealoutctrt, remembering that upon it he must mainly depend for the education of his children, and that ho is far moro deeply iutereeled in its welfart than tht mer chant, prfcj-siaual man, or deuisnu of ihe tow. . As to keeping children away from school ta t tist ou the farm, it ie uot ouly mistaken economy, but a great injustice. It ie the plain duty of tvtry father to give bit olilldreu mental at well at sodi'? food, ami if ht does not do it when H is in his ptw er he defrauds hit oSspring of ihelr just doe. The man who in a parsimonious spirit wouid flint tbt measure of hia ch.ld's physical food sroald bt ae couated an trnataml father: what that can bt snid of him whe withholds lhat which it of let thousand limes mere Imlnn eowrquenoe T Tter en farmer I would sty then, belter pay mst a StUa more nwr.ey for hired labor and keen year Wtt , i"3,J 7- j -;' r.-.x ty r a er-"