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SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 1837.
In.li.,,. in ihMt urllnn nfll.. T.rritnr. and JaCfcSSO JOWIIM.
have lauehier.d without respect lo age Tin slwd, hell, withered, blind, and
or mi. bind of friendlr Indiana ui-oa drunken Hack democrat office bun Ure
llieir reservation, in despii of tho authority jjj , .,r bar dance" at Sab-io on
of ll,. Indian Agent and the eooim.ndinj h , n , , (oJi,.
ofllcersoflheUniud State twMetationed . " . , . .
there, and contrary to I he pe eee of the lor- '"" " ...
rilory. it I I here for ordered" Ac. generally held by the parly just aner
Hut the UauiT of Ihia Lecl.lallve me- locofoco victory. A great dual of cneep
morial cor.si.t in tha Brace with which whl.ky it alwsy. disposed of, andagreal
these "calumnlc" are 'burled back Inlo many silly toasti and peche offered,
the throat of their auibura," and there which rvelo Indicate the sympathies and
tomtnatM by the great Mogul lo "freeie" raieing of a menagerie of luw-flung dem-
(mldwsylo the gullet, we suppose,) "as agogues
At the Bum gathering t lie re wrre a
Maltha ryrasala.
Delazon, ,lbo great Mogul of the table
democracy in Oregon, baa struck a lead
He think be baa fairly got astride of a
polilioal aea aerpent, or whale, which baa
Vin washad near anouvh in shorn In allow
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l.im i nn mnA ,. i ... . il.L Jil tl notes in .uuncuauieii iru... ....
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which taken at the flood la.li on to fortune." "... l.orr.w. I i y no, u. . ..mo mere- """J " ". - j
The lata Iodine w.r h.-ini, considered H ' '""' " pUOIaUBWll walcB would 04 polluting more Ol our
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zonular, the Know Nothing neiltion" t,", consigning mem w mam 07 men.-. 1 spaos ui.11 wou.u cu.BU.r ... . ,..,.,
t,..in ben fl,. l.,in it.. im.,..hr We do hoim the augu.t An en.bly of Or- journal,
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with Ihe whole baltb of gibw, jrtrt, and rn ou""' 00 uur ,r,7 u7 " '",r r"""'
fling agaimt the olur.toore, that were ene i 100 gre.i .DB.IOw .,.,,. .T.n .wV .
UtlUZOn CriOKCU 1UI WIIU all I)rP01 I inivrflwwinnm ift wbrutH m tn
'frozen calumiiiea." We bme even lo aee noatrila of the American MO.le-may iu
a cowchokrd wiih a "fron" potl T"' ","77." "J" ? .rZ.
ail URU 1"3'"T uuniu IH4 IU'aiH"ue
ny, UMton, you are noi a benevolent mCmorr. A. Ituah,
at you wae when you waa a "praying hyp. Tb, ullof of t),, ,1,0,, i 10 familiar
ocnio." We pronoee an "amendment 'tu .iih w.t.onir.ii' ohi.vu that l.n n,r
thit rolution by iubliiuiing one of your tnk, .i,,,, even roclt r,arti.-ei but he
fomirr pruyra, in which, aler lampooning L,,),, 0( ,bcm a ro'Un carcatiei, and
poor inner for their wickeJno.a, a ritlily mtlract he anulTa a " alench." It wa
.11 . a I "
aewrving 10 go o n-i, you reientro t ot.v , iU hile a-'o he cave ua adit.
link aicl, iiuieud of prayinn le have them ..,.,;,. n. it,. i rnn.n In.r. n.l m.. nr
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weekly retailed through Ciapkay't organ
during the fore part of the war, the greai
Mogul ha tacked hi "bob alud," brought
it to a (land, " laked it put on good gruna,"
and mounted the war bobby. Duforo put
ting lo ica, bo ha reared bimit lf a mon
umcntal pyramid, in the thnpe of " prcam-
Ilea and reolution" introduced inlo the
llue on the Oil) in.t. The pyramid con-
ita of juit thirteen prccioux ttoui-a, in
the ahape of aa many "resolutions," roared
upon a ublantive basis of four cwier conigncu irrevocably to Hie lowest Ueep, ,,8 jumocratie party" and thought they
basalt, consisting of a many "rcsoUea." ou " i"1' i miglit take wouj .plough ofl":'
Every atone In the pyramid is an r xcolleni ",cra hJ n"P or neck and (hake jcr t,;a conviction of thinj, be koep
mirror, rcflocting a full length jwlrait ol ll,cm oret 1 mi they tawjed like rao- , llttndg tlitorial pulTing Czapkay's
the artificer belching forth pyroligiiuoiis coon. uouiuui me nme puni.umvnt me(icinel under the tall or a territorial
uo wr ine.o cuiumniator 1 At 10 your hUuk dmoeratie convention. Ajprort
ciuic, wo siiouiu uo wining 10 lev ynu on,
proviilvd thu prescription was followed
which wo pasted on a dose ef a "poek
quack doctor' medicine :
vapor, and giving him, aa bo puts to ca
on the receding flood, very much the ap
pearance of a smoke pipe attached lo a
Chinnook canoe. It would take over a pl
limn of our precious space to give the edi
lice complete, but we cannot forbear giving
our rcadors one or two specimen (tones,
which will probably be a much as 'bey
can itand at once, and a much as any
man ha ever examined, except the typo
setter, litre is one of them :
"Kesoivea, 1 tint inasmuch as in ac
cordance with the law and unit's of civil
ized nalionsa.a people who have shown
" When tikrn,
To be irWi liiken."
ate, truly !
One moro roust suffice :
77i ' Border Ruffian'' Sound on
I the nigger nuestioD,' and 1 tomt la a lar
fight.' "
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Think of this, DJazon, and, if it "meets .. . T,'
your mind," let Czapkny's agent append L .. M, ;,ounJ on h
Ihe ftmendmrnt to the resolution. .11 .i 1 1,
Those of our readers who aro neither ... ... nil. . ,. . .
Iruislatora nor classical scholars, miuht be i i j . ,
""""'i ""h1" wlipn aober and amonnr anti.slavnrr mrn.
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posted a lililo by being informed that
"Mu
they cry out " we are no more in favor of
themselves capable of assorting and main- lo South America to blow Delusion out of
taming tlieir indepandeuco agaiiial the ai- the brush, with a horn, (Delusion call it
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iiluhuovii Tina ina uiuu si .lb uy i u s I i ir .1
. . ' slavery or rulTanism than you arc.
Some In a bar fight."
This embraces the other half of the lo
coloco creed. If iher ever do any fihi.
la trumri"(J) ) When on the top of
Cuakay' Orfaa Hlavtrr, e.
Noble men in the North were breast
ins tha full tide of haired to ibe in til u
lion of the South which was overwhelming
them, were lighling the battle of the
south on northern soil and against fearful
odd.' Ctajjkay'$ Organ, lee. 311,
Nobis men I Fell tide 1 1 Fighting the
battle of the South 1 1 1 Heigh, bo! So
the verdant lad who manage the hand or
gan belcht-s it all up. Will, honest con
fussions are said to be good for the atom
ch, and the young man may yet (thougli
we confess the hope is very fiiul) improvo
in moral. The people have bi en gulled
long enough with th denial that ihe black
democracy it pro-slavery; Now, that the
great coutest is over, in the pride and se
curity of victory, il is tauntingly declared
that they have been fighting for the exten
sion of slavery. How dors ibis suit you,
northern democrats, who claim to be op
nosed lo slavery f Jlovr can you lonzr
adhere to a party that is guilty of such
double-dealing !
I notic in the papers from the States a
letter from Dr. Itushnull, a distinguished
clergyman of California, in which it i
a dinned thai il is understood in political
circles in California that the democratic
leaders of Oregon are in Ibe interests of
the slave holders, and that a desperate ef
fort will be Immediately made to make
Oregon a slave State. He ssys the pa
pers are all pro-slavery. We beg bow-
ever to say that there is one Free Stale pa
per yet alive in Oregon.
In view of the foregoing disclosures we
ask, wo earnestly beseech, every loverof
free institutions and free people to watch
with jealousy Ibe corrupt clique which is
trying lo envelope our fair bind in iho dark
cloud of human bondage.
An Old-Fashioned Democrat.
OREGON LEGISLATURE.
( Compiled from the Reports in (lis Standard, Or-
gouiaa, limes, and txukiy s Organ. J
to
it .1 i m , i i !. ii i ,. " , troducrd and passed, after I
Jlere Ihe people or Oregon are declared it would not be well lo appoint Shuck, or u.f i iwn- i r.
, ,. 1 1 ., , . . , ... " by Judge Williams and De
be "some punkiua for having success- somo o: her scientific man, as a "committee , , ,. , .
ii i i. ... r . i. . i ake tne following as s
saulls of foreign, and the treachery and mn
jl.itnlS..n ftf i.ilMm.l F..m ...,liil...l I n
VlllllU.IVII VI IU.! llllll IVIl. MTV VIIIHIIU H.l ma . -.t . . . I f I
receive unreserved recogiiltinn as a I UKK t'" .'", . wnnt Q d(j it jn mb .
AND INDEPENDENT b'KOI'LC j-So, and stopped blowing, "report.ng ofllc.l y rout)d ..blIr.. c0crtll wilh
r" m.?."S."'.,'h,Jri ? b" rU'UrD ! "". ,' 0rB fr UP- - uch a "bar W .bey n lo be
...6 j w.mu.ivu . ii .ui.uiii.i, i iiuncc, ai tor uiai, me lost ininutnr was I
and solf protoclinif power, both in limes ...:....i .:.i t.. iir..j! . , ,. I "ro
r-.. ..i i i.. r.....i "'"; ' o lou.i.. in a iiorn. T, ; , .r.
vi ausauu saiiu vtu am niuii'-uiiti y iifcieju 111 I t I i'isiiuhb i uuciurM'. anil iiic
and entitled to as-ume and exorcise the sov. (""'' found, be Is found takwg .uflioleatly "fuddled" lo be.
eroignty of an Independent Slate- within "l,orn' ) . i ...; r :
'The Union.' We submit lo the Leci.lnlure . hether , ' ' 8 ? . .
. . irouucra na paoa. aner ouinir rjpponed
clflzon
. II . . I s s I t 1 la . s . I lllv UIIU niu a aillUIMI S i
fnllU nnrriAil n m . u 1. ..1. si.!.. - nf tl.... ' In tl. . .L.i . f I Of"
... . . , ...ive, ... .es. ... K. ,, spou: in ,.TPrl.J. Thnl W8 u-l.,,,:,,.!..,- J..
..i-.guiuec.areu in a apeccn at torvaitis, sucn prolusion irorn tins Mogul, lo see ,1, the Stan.lr.l oi.nrlv .,nwn,ii
TV O.I 1 Opt m 11 u .. . I . 1 I ...1 . 1 .-... .1 a. . . I - J . J
""i 'coo, teat gouen up ou ureui, wucmcr or noi h is mnammauio. Jf it is, conhdi-nee or palronnce of the Uemocra
Jtou, Jlenru A- Co., for the purpose of thoaent of government could be liirhtad un cy' of the Territory, and we respectfully
twindling the Government:' during each csion of the Legislature at reco,mcnd .t0 ,lia l,.nllr Democracy of Iho
Ky the " internal f0e. .lipposo we a small expense. Tr .f . . c . ." ! "Tuu"'"" '
, liJI I 0 t l-SMi I "'viv'wui (VieaiiUM'U lie II niriiiicrs H9 till VI
n, umioramnu .ueauiiioroi llieiorugo iy Hid war. lei Ul give a standinrr re- can ol the ' Demoerotie narlv'"
Ing speech and the signers of the following ceipl ! Let those who wish to sco tbo full " Resolved, That we rally moro heart
petition: . beauty of these resolutions, (as well M ''y ll"n ever to the support of the oM and
"ToIIisEiCKLMfNrvflnvr ri.B.v. Delusion's soreehes.. rend ihem .iih ihJ 'rue 8tanda..rd of Peinocrncy-The Oregon
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lIlQ UnULTftlfrnAd. npniAsirntd at. ii.li I I..n .1 I... L itt 1 1 11)1 I
Knownothinr voters of OrP,r..n. . i. . .... . 1 ; . ' . . "" . will ecn that while the Standard
.... - ., o - i who ii aycu ou a liarD ol a lliousnnu
Petition Vour Exdp h.nv I.. .mi l. ' ' f wouMi.iu
early displaced all inembors ol tha t.mu,. 8lrln8s-
nothing party, or aupportcrs of that pnrly
(and those who vote their ticket we Iml.l
such) holding public stations directly or in-
Ii read out of tbo parly by these knight of
the "bar," and Czapkny' organ crammed
into Ihe breeches' pockets of the unwnsii-
u Black HrpubltcaBlsm Trluasthawl.w
Tbo Council baa disobeyed the instruo- ed as, like the rad.ly'a rabbit, "good for
directly under you, and thoirpluccs be filled tions ot lu8 "cliquo," and given Col. most any use," the Times and Sentinel arc
y compeiem eemocrats. l ord Ins seat for three years. We under- treated with lovcreicn contempt, as mere
Nat 1 7, a e ' ,,"nd lh"' nlmc nflJ B'Vf n up Ihe idea ciphers. There will be a great boo hoo"
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I , .i u luiMvaimg i viu a viuiins, .iu a runner 111 .urso two unices.
uuia wuies niiumer ; c ,
Rl,P,l TU r....k "v" """"" ",,,D ''usi "n"B "Ilor n,m.
nd will prevail ZZ T ," ''8 WM ""H" nd ,ook
name ol Truth and jusliep. 'We ask for "u ,(,"lw'
nothing that is not cleaily riylit, and sub The action of the Council in this case
mil to nothing wrong,' wo have an abiding confirms our opinion of them, that they are
im
inont of Ihe fair, rensonabte, and legitimate
expenses of our late Indian war, and that
we esK nothing moro freely adopting the
motto, Juititiafat rual ccriuml"
How modest I How atatcsmoiiliko!
How classical I Congress nill ceruiiuly
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"in hi such an OXmuillOli Ot le.rls :itne
t3T Leland informs us in tho last Stand
ard thnl he left the Jackson jubilee at Sa-
lem at a quarter past eleven o'clock at
night, and at that time not more than one
fifth of the mooting were remaining, most
of bom woro much excited by liquor, and
wero engaged in breaking bottles and
A RttiVAL of the Mail. The U. S. Mail, smashing crockery. If Leland had ro-
whieh Iihs been delayed at Astoria by the mained they would probably have got up a
t:e in tlie Oolumbin, was brought up by the oordor ruflian bar fight." In this crowd
.i i- .i i... .. . .f
I LI 'SS!..: W l-t .H .onso of shame and
- -w-v'u.i.m.-ih, nuu iii inn .nun liny- j .,. i
nu.nl nf ik. r..t- . ... . . accenev by heinc locofocos.
Multnomah, and reached here Wrdm-a. Ml was that iudire Williams is said to Inn
day, Jly tho favor of Wells, Fargo & mounted the rostrum against Leland. A
lenrnins. This resolution need but- "J J' ' BitlUvtn, of San Francisco, mgniued position for a Supreme Judire,
more tail, which will probablr be nut lo it we ll"d fu" fi'M of Cttliforili J Slates '"''y 1 Exactly in keeping with what we
beforo it is sent on. hv tho sumo iinkir I"1!10" 111 ailvnnce of tho mail.
vho added a tail to tho (Winer menioiial
itT Delusion comnlains of errors hue.
We suggest Iho following, lo come in ing crept into the Legislative reports of the
right after "Jutlitia Jiat mat calum ': Tinus, Orcgoiiian, and Czap's or2nn, in
'IVull, nr...l...l ....... I. .:m . ... . ... .. . . '
reicrence lo bis "coarse in the House.
always thought to be Iho character of the
man. Ho is smelling out a track to polit
ical preferment under the State organiza
lion, and he soems to think it necessary to
Truth criwhcd to r.rth will rie nniii. r n, -,,. ... I.:. :.. .1.. n .... become a thorough buhite,
W'miii.um cold in warn III. he Knholuy Tior.
hHeerrorwounded,liiniisii'k,(v.ik.Toldiik,) " " moovcrs any error in 1 lie Argus, Hhipwrrck.
n . . -- "o n"'u iiu nn. iui.h 11 oui, so mat we can iiio oarK uesuemona was wrecked a
..cr is me corner stone 01 11.0 whole correct it. Our reports must l. .trim,, few dava n-n in t,vi..n 1,, n.. .1... r..i...
I 1 ... ....j . - - rf n J -"tJ i" vwiuiii
I f j 1 r Ti in I a. Iliuii n rn A m.L. . .1.. ..... r I l.',m II . .1 ' . I ' . I ,
-i"'"'ii mi) ! miliar ii MHiiwn ui uii"ii cue ws neceivcn m me cliannel
Itesolvcd. That aa renresrnfnlivp.it nf . mi:... . n i .. .... .,
tb num.!.. nfn. .1.1 ' " "w) "i Oregon uroai .iien,- oy one 01 iu uunys wnicli Had washed
in her integrity, her' power. h,r "honor wbi,;h We l,op0 JC' 10 be oble 10 Polish, away. Two lives were lost
iNineanu prosperity oonseious of the fidel- 11 ""1,u'u woou cms.
it W nrvtll-n..! nit.l f :!.'.. t I ""' -
hurl back the most unmerited ami fmil rJ. mentioned last week as noted musicians,
-rroaehes and calumnies mien-d and pub rB i" 'he city, and will give a concert to
fished by the editor of thp -Nkw Vobk niirht. at the Temperance Hall ov th.
'l-ai Mi.' ...J r....M ' 1 . - . . I ' -
.mmum im ui u i ii (iol. ana oinnr r.ni i. n c.
i -n t . i . . ...... oiorp,
less, ill formed and interested eiieini.-s, into
cue iiiroiiia oi meir nuerers, and Hern In. I ItT" Our f..ll..cv.in..,....r. u n .l
- . ... I ' -"-iioihvii i'H'WII, tlVI
,u"' n, u'u ,,K "ul' ' ftlimcl.au kmofc .ml n , .....,-J t.
aen's trumpet!" . .7 . ....... ,.,u ,u
Uy "other faithless, ill informed and in
terested enemies," we supKHe is again
meant the "internal foea" before spoken of.
Tho N. Y. Tribune has never uttered half
the calumnies against our people in ref
crence to this war that haie boi n uttered
by such inc-n as Delazon and other h a ling
black democrats; and Gen. Wool has
merely reiterated the acntiments of Del,
aon's Corvallis speech and the Governor's
proclamation disbanding the volunteers
under Col. Ross, dated Portland, Oct. 20,
1659, and running a follows:
" Information having been receivrd that
armed part ire have taken ihe field in South
era Oregon with the avowed purpose of
waging a war of extermination against the
the Atlantic Status on tbo last stsamer.
Thoy look as though the Irip had agreed
si, one drowned
and one frozen to death. Mr. Ladd at
Portland is said to hare lost 9 10,000 worth
of merchandise; besides several other
Portland merchants sustained heavy losses.
05" We learn from the Advocate that
an affray took place at Salem between a
Mr. Ilayden aud a Mr. Pitman, in which
the latter was seriously wounded in the
breast by a knife in the hands of Harden
with tin
05" We learn that south of the Sanliam
river, sixty miles south of ibis, there has
been no snow.
The Council's negro bill was lost
in the lower bouse.
tt raw at a.
Mrs. M;ry Trrston writes to us thai Mr.
Gilhnn and Misa Willis were drowned in
Looking glass creek on the 2d inst. Thai
were returning from a New Year's ball. OCT Mr. Crittenden, of Ky., since the
and Mis W. rode upon the ferry boat, of Mr. Clayton, is now the "father"
w hen her horse backed off the boat. Mr. of ,0 u-s- Senate, having entered it in
G. plunged in lo rescue her, when both 1917- ,,e '' net, however.exhibited any
went down together. The bodies have B1"1 fondness for the public councils, hav-
not been recovered. ,nS been four times elected, and twice re
signed his seat, though to be returned
again. James A. Tearce, or Md., entered
the Senate in '43, Lewis Can in UH
None of ibe other Present Senators d.
I Mck teToud
Tha rreUai Hnun
Came by the last steamer, .and will be
published by as next week. It is ai long
a usual.
January 5,1857.
Council. No quorum.
IIoi'SR. The following bills were read
a second time and appropriately referred:
Dill to incorporate Mouiville Institute
in Linn coun'y.
A bil' (by Dryer) to incorporate Tort
and Lyceum.
Dill lo incorporate Solum.
A bill to provide for tho construction and
repair of bridges.
A bill (o enablo certain half broed In.
dians to become citizens, was referred to
a committee consisting f MoffiU, Col lard,
and Rose.
A bill to amend an act relating to As
sessors, referred to committee of tha wholo.
A bill to incorporate Jefferson Institute,
near Consor's ferry..
A bill lo amend an act to provide for
the sale of common school lands, was laid
upon the tuble.
A bill taxing foreign miners was do
bated and laid upon the table.
Aftcrnoin. lingers presented a re
monstrance from citizens of Cnrry county
against the passage of a pending bill, to
compel Curry county, to pay her part of
the debt of Coos county, at the timo of
the division of ihe counties.
Dryer gave notice of a bill pnking it a
penal oflence to induce sailors or mariner?
to desert thoir vessels, or to harbor iucIi
deserters.
January 0.
Council. The day was taken up in ex.
amining evidence in regard to the contest
ed seal between Ford and Holmes. The
evidence gives Ford a majority of the
votes, and Ford will probably retain his
seat.
IIoi'SK. Smith of Linn presented a
petition from 103 citizens of Linn county
asking for the passaga of a law propor
tioning i no numocr oi cnuia a man
might bo allowed to lot run at large, to the
amount of land ho owned, so as to pre
vent n man from letting more stock run at
largo than ho wou'd bo entitled to by nn
equalization based upon the amount of
lund o ned by tho stock owners.
Brown of Multnomah presented a ne
tition asking fir a law to punish tho sale
of drugged and spiritous liquors, and thnl
the question of a prohibitary liquor law be
submitted to the peoplo at the next June
election. Referred to a select committen.
Lovcjoy presented a petition from J. II,
Hazwell and 750 others asking a law to
prohibit attorneys and counselors from
giving evidence in behalf ol their clients.
Keferred to judiciary committee.
Lovejor prcsontcd a petition from James
M. Moore and 23 others asking for a Ter
ritorial road from Oregon City lo Hillsbor
ough. Referred lo committee on roads
and highways.
Brow n of Linn presented a petition for
a law restraining swine from running at
large.
Smith of Linn introduced a bill requir
ing county Auditors to transmit certified
copies of their assessment rolls to the Ter
ritorial Auditor within tbir'y days after
the assessment rolls are mada out, under
penalty of a fine of " not exceeding fifty
dollars nor more than JIOOO,"
Same ofTered a long string of resolu
tions in regard to the Indian wr, Gov.
Curry, Jo Lane, and "Munchausen's trum
pet," which were ordered to be printed.
A bill to incorporate Jefferson Institute
was passed.
Also a bill lo establish
Lodge at Corvallis.
The Governor'e mesMge was taken up
and referred lo committee.
January 7.
Council. Bill passed lo exclude ne
groc and mulalloe from the Territory.
Yeas. Corneliu. Drain, O'Brynnt, Peebles,
aud Rose. Nays. Ford and Kelly.
Bill pasted to etablish a pilotage at
Cooie Bay, also bills to incorporate a Ma
sonic Lodge at Corvallis, and Jcfferton In
stilute. Council agreed to House memorial con
cerning appropriations for military road
from Aitoria to Salem.
Adopted a resolution asking Jo Lane lo
obtain further donations for schools.
House. Johnson presented a petition
for relocating Territorial road from Fort
land lo Champoeg.
Judiciary committee reported adverse
ly lo petition asking that attorneys be
prohibited from testifying for tlieir clients.
Adopted.
Select committee, reported bill to in
corporate tlie Literary Institute at Albany.
Berry introduced a bill to lax China
men in the mines. Rules suspended and
bill read.
Smith of Juckson asked leave to intro.
duce another Chinese bill, which wns a!
lowed after a vnry able debate in w hich
R"g"r, Shuck, Allen, and Consor pnrtici
pntcd.
Council bill to exclude negroes and mu.
lattoes from Oregon, read first lime.
Johnson gave notice of a bill to incor
porate a company lo build a plank road
from Portland lo Dayton.
January 8.
Council. Bill divorcing Susan V. Do
leman from her hu-band read first lime.
Council amended House memorial to
Congress lo garrison Fts. Hull and Boise
for the protection of cpiigrnnts,
House. Cochran presented a petition
for cutting off a part of Umpqua county
and attaching it to Lane county.
Committee on roads and ferries reported
a bill to repeal the charter of the Polk an I
Marion Free Ferry Company,
Committee on corporations reported
bills to char'er Portland Lyceum and Ij
incorporate Salem as a city.
Bill providing a penally for county
Auditors who neglect their duty engross
ed ; also a bill to extend the lime for open
ing rondi.
House went into commiltce of the whole
on tho council mnl.itto and negro bill.
Dryer made a longihy ppcech against
tho bill, declaring it useless, unwise, and
unphilanihropic. Ho was supported by
MoffiU J and opposed by Grover who fully
endorsed it as democratic, and planted his
foct upon tho rock of democracy as laid
down in the N. Y. Day Book, viz., that a
"nigger aint a white man."
House adjourned.
The t'.tajloB-llulwer Treaty.
Corretpoudtnce of the Journal of Commerce.
Washington, Nov. 12.
Provident Pierce's Administration will
probably have tho raiisfactioo of effecting
a final adjustment of the Central American
question, which so recently threatened to
interupt the f' iendly rotations subsisting be
tween the Uuitcd States and Great Brit
uin. Tlie British Legation remains closed in
this city. At least, there is no British di
plomatic representative here wilh which
Iho Government has any' intercourse. But
a necotiation lias beon carried ?n between
Mr. Dallas and Lord Clarendon, jn relat.'.o
to the disputed Central American ques
lion, and brought nearly to a satisfactory
conclusion.
In regard lo tho terms of this arrange
ment, 1 can state positively that they are
not known to the public, and will not bo
made known before the President's ne.xt
Annual Message shall nppear. Indeed, it
appears that tlie terms are not yet definite
ly settled in regard to the Alusquito Pro
tectorate, hut probably soon will be.
Jt is only certain I hat the Bay Islands
question is settled, bv their retrocession to
Iho State of Honduras. I notice that the
inhabitants of the Island of Ruatan chiefly
blacks from Jamaica liavo remonstrated
agninit this measure, and threated to re
sist it, and to declare their independence;
but it it too late for remonstrance for the
deed lias been diplomatically done.
I nm quite certain, also, that the pro
posed settlement will not involve an abro.
gation of the Clayton Bulwer Treaty, but
will, on the contrary, so explain, define and
modify it, as lo cause it to work well here
afier, and fulfill the original intention and
wishes of the distinguished diplomatists
who negotiated it.
It is a subject of regret that Mr. Clay,
ton's life was not sparedjo permit him to
witness the consumation of a work upon
which he had bestowed so much care and
which had caused him so much painful anx-
u ty.
If the treaty is to enforced, il foilows
that ihe clause restricting each of ihe con
tracting parties from acquiring or annex
ing any portion of the territory of Central
America will be respected. Ii follows thai
the bugbear invented by the Republicans,
upon the eve of the late Presidential elec
tion, of the annexation of Walker's domin
ion to the American Uuion, might as well
be put to rest.
Newi from the AtUntio States.
Congress re assembled at noon Monday,
Dec. 1st, Of the three hundred and thre
members comprising both house, ba
thirty-nine were absent. The House pre.
ceeded to qualify its newly elected mro.
bars, and when the credentials of Mr.
Whitfield, the delegate from Kansas, were
presented, Mr. Grow, of P., evidently hi
accordance wilh a prevlou understanding
among the republican member, objected
lo their reception. A warm debate n.
sued, and much excitement prevailed.
Finally the question of the admhnloa of
Oon. Whitfield wns decided in the negative
by a vole of 07 yeas lo 101 ny. peB)f.
ing a motion to reconsider this rote the
House adjourned.
Both houses of Congress on Tuesday
plunged headlong into the everlasting Big.
gcr question. In the Senate, al the term!,
nation of the reading of ihe President'
message, Mr. Hale attacked the position of
the Executive with regard lo the motives
and object imputed lo the republican party
The discussion assumed a wide ranse. and
was conducted with much ipiiit on both'
sides, Messrs. Wilson, Trumbull, and Sw.
ard, and Mason, Brown, and Cass panic),
paling. The House was engaged all iba
session on the subject of Gen. Whitfield's
admission, and adjourned without dispo.
ing oi i no question.
On Wednesday both bouses adjourned
out of respect to the memory of John M.
Clayton, late Senator from Delaware.
The House made no progress toward a seU
tlement of tho question of the admission
of Ihe delegate from Kansas. The demo
crats are working bard for a postponement
of the case until they can bring np theab.
scntccs, when ihey expect to carry their
point. :
On Thursday tho Senate resumed the
discussion of the slavciy question and tha
objects of the republican party, having
the President's message aa a text. In the
IIouso the standing committees were re.
ported by the Speaker. Wilh some unim
port ant nlterations they remain as alike
last session.
tW A monument to the memory of Rev.
E. P. Lovejoy, to be erected in the ceme
tery at Alton, III., is contemplated. A
committee hav in hand two plans, one 100
feel high, and the other 75 feet.
fr" Kossuth was lecturing at Mmwh.-
ler. Eng., at last accounts.
A bill to amend on act esUblifhinT ci-
lolsze at Coose Bay was j.awl
(fCT An old lady entirely out of hearing
of the preacher s voice at a camp meetin?.
being found sobbing, was asked why she
wepl, since she could not hear the word
of the minister. '-Oh." said be. I can
, see the holy w.tg of bis head."
Wo have intelligence from Kansas lo the
effect (hat thirty. nine of the free State
prisoners at Lccompton effected iheir es-
enpe, without committing any violence, 0D
the night of the 2 2d ult.
It is reported from Washington thai the
federal authorities have concluded ar.
rangements for the peaceful withdrawal of
Billy Bow legs and his followers from Flnri.
dn. A delegation of Seminole chief from
tho west of tliu Mississippi are lo be seal
to FlotiJa with presents nnd provisions of
liberal grants of lund. Meantime. Gen.
Harney is actively preparing for a earn.
puign against the savages in case of lb
failure of peaceful measures.
Gen. Persifer F. Smith, cammanding tha
military department of it e West, writes
Ij th) War Department, under date of tho
11 ih ult., that order and tranquility have
gradually resumed their sway in Kansas.
Iho border rufTans having been quieted
the troops in the Territory, with the ex.
ccpiion of a squadron of dragoons and one
compnny of infantry, who are to remain
and guard the State prisoners, are hence
forth to devote themselves to making prep,
nrations for a campaign against the Cbey.
ennes Indians in the spring. The winter
in Kansas has commenced with severity
much earlier than usual.
About two hundred men, mostly from
Tennessee and Mississippi, under command
Of Samtiel Benton, Esq., left Memphis re
cently to join General Walker's army in
Nicaragua. -
Chicago, Dec. 3, I860.
We have Kansas dates to Ihe 20th of
November. Gov. Geary intends retaking
the prisoners who recently escaped from
Lecompton, if they can be found.' The
Grand Jury have found bills of indictment
against several Pro Slavery men. A meef.'
ing had been held in consequence, and
Surveyor Generul Colhoun, Chairman, had
denounced Gov. Geary and bis' inquisito
rial courts. A Law-and Order Convention
is to bo held at Leavenworth on the 1st
inst. Col. Titus gives notice to all persons
desiring to go to Nicaragua, to renrjexrona
at St. Louis on the 10th inst., from whence
a free passage will be furnished to them.
After the settlement of Central American .
affairs, the purpose is lo attend to Cuba.
Okefenokbe Swamp. The Governor of.
Georgia, under authority of the Legis
lature, has deputed an experienced angi
neer to investigate the feasibility of drain
ing the celebrated Okefenokee swamp, with
a view to its ultimate sale and cultivation.
This great area is situated in the southern
part of the State, between tho rivera Su
Mary and Suwannee, and contains about
half a million acres of the richest land la
Georgia.
Destructive Flood in India Lots or
over Four Thousand Lives. Tha Cal.
cutta correspondent of the London Times,
under date of Ocl. 4, give the following
account of a disastrous freshet in ibat
country: .
"The rains this year hare been univer
sally severe. The downpour in Afgha
nistan was unprecedented, and in August
its effects began to be visible. The torrent
of water which at this season rolla down
the water system of the Indus gradually
increased, then overtopped the banks, and
then burst on ihe plains wilh a lore which,
swept whole towns from the lace of tbo
earth. The loss of life has not
been in proportion, 4000 or 5000 rillagera
not cotiniin; for much in India, bat the dc
I struction of projrty is iacalcuUUe,"
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