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bondmen and bondmaids lo b bought, and held for a possession nnd nn inheritance for llieir children after thorn, wr lo le of 1 he heathen round about ilium. Over their brethren lliey were nut lo rule with rigor. Our Southaru ay.ioin in Uriel conformity with this injunction. Men of our own blood nnd our own ruci', wherever born, or from whatever clinio limy come, re free and equal. We have no castes or daises etiionjiiit white men no 'upper tendonr or 'owr tcndoin.' All are t quail." The preliminary assumption, that the persons here culled " bondmen nnd bond maid" were ilavet, rnny pass unnoticed now, since we shall presently exmnino attempt lo prove it. Wo wish Iho attention of (he render lo Mr. Stephens! claim that, however tho continued cxiste uc of a do. graded or Pnriiih cattt it essential to South ern society, lhi cssto does not consist of white men. (Hera we mutt charitably caution tLc Inexperienced nnd unreflecting reader not to bo misled by a superficial examination, or by mere outsida appearances, however epecioui. Y,ltn, titling at the hospitable board of a Southern gentleman, you ico standing behind the host'a chair a person with light complexion, straight hair, thin lip, and prominent nose, and bearing, in all those characteristics, a marked resem blance to tho host himself, you must not conclude, meroly on the ovidenco of your eyes, lhal this pereon is white, or that he is of the ruce, Hill less of ihe blood, of tli host. The host knows more about that matter than you, a stranger, possibly can ; and good breeding requites you to acjui esce in the decision which (he host and his family have already made, that however this while-fooKn person may teem to ro eemble a man and a brother, Le is really only an African and a nigger.) The assumption of Air. Stephens then is, that after you have carefully sifiod from the Southorn population those who sccin to be white, but are not tho remainder are not only free, but equal; divided neither into "castes" nor "classes." Let us look at it. "We have repeatedly heard from the lips of Southern people, and often seen in books descriptive of Southern life, the express ions, "poor whiles," " mean whites, " "crackers," and " sand-hillers." How comes it that such expressions aro used at all t What do Southern people mean when they use thcint And what fact in South ern life do they indicate and dtcribo ? The last published expression of this sort which lint como to our notice U iu the London Daily News, purporting lo be n latter from " An English Traveler" among "Tho Southorn States of tho North Amer ican Union," and dated Jan. Gib, 1B37. It is as follows : '' Through (he central portion of the State of Mississippi, thai which lies on each aide of the road from Columbus on to Jackson, as soon as one leaves the prairie land, twenty-five miles from tho former of these towns, ono is treated to pine forest a discretion, with occasional dashea of ewamp by way of variety. Tho population is scanty ; and the houses, such ns they nre, for tho most part are inhabited by that most wretched, most cadaverous, most thinly-clad, most lean, most haggard, most woebegone, forlorn, helpless, CioJ-forsnken-looking portion of the human rnco the Foor, niggerless whiles of the slave States, have ninny varieties of the genus homo, nd many varieties of the. misery to which he is at all times liable, but I think 1 have Dover seen men in whom hope, energy, nnd courage, to nil outward appearance, seemed ao utterly extinguished as in these. Their attenuated frames, hollow cheek, (ireloss, expressionless eye, drawling, feeble ac cents, spiritless movements, and ghastly complexion, spoke either of a nee degen erated beyond redemption or of tho ex tremity of physical misery. 1 never met ono of them without going away with the feeling that I had just seen a man on .whom either famine or fever had done its worst. Their position is certainly most demoralizing and disheartening. They nre despised aliko by negroes and planters. They manage lo draw a wretched subit erco from a palch of Indian corn around thoir log cabins, but they will not work for others, ns this watiM put them on a level with tho slaves. Those who can muster up enough money for tho journey, invari ably mako their escape, to I ho Western wilds ; but a great number, cf course, nre compelled to stand their ground, atidfjel' along as best they can. Society they have none. There ore among thein none of the hearty enjoyments of existence ; none of tho pleasures, frivolities, naieiies of peas ant life in all F.uiopean countries. They are generally far removed from nil neigh bors of their own rank ; they cannot asso ciate with the. negroes ; they chow, spit, 'loaf," and die, melancholy, taciturn, sur. ly and sickly. With these passing re marks, let me drop the eurtain on litem. They are an unpleasing vision. The world lias for years been ringing with the wrongs nnd miserius of the Turkish rayah and the Irish peasant. I have seen a good deal of both. Iu physical comfort the rayah occupies a position of which ' p6nr whites" hardly dtvam; in lightness of heart, in tho joys of the mind, the Irish pcasaut is king iu comparison. " The statement of this English traveler fully corroborates Mr. Stephens's atata turnt respecting tho entire separation be tween the class called " w hite men" and the opposite clivs black, yellow, and w hile who are groupeJ together as " uiggcra" or " Africans ;" it also explains those mys terious southern phrases above mentioned ''poor whiles mean whites Crackers and Snnd hitlers ;" we w ill theriforo as sumo it to be authentic information, and regard in that light its statements ad. ditioMaHo what Mr. Stephens lias told in, and also iU statements coulrarj to what Mr. 1 Stephens Las Iu! J us ; namely, first, that the poor whitea " ennnot associate with the BrToes," aqJ next, that " they art deapis-1 ed alike by negrois and planters." A full corroboration of both these stntement, and a full explanation of I he reasons of them, may b found in tho admirable and philo sophical work, entitled "Despotism iu Am erica," by Richard Ilildreth. Meanwhile, we have found, not only that the assumed 'equality' of the while peoplo of the South, and their fredom from class distinctions, are entirely without foundation in fact, but ihsl tho Honorable Alexander II. Ste phens has found a dcliberato lio nacessary to the plauiib'o statement of his case. We now come lo the region of argu ment. Having taken for granted, through fourteen pagea, tho propriety of slavery, Mr. Stephens now undertakes to prore il, and appeals, for that purpose, first to the laws of nature, and next to tho laws of God. Through this investigation wo will follow him in another article. Jl'STTS. Eljc rcgou &vgu0. W, L. AHAMS, EDITO AXD rtOMIETOt. ORnaow CITY: SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1837. 3T D. W. Casta is snlhnrued lo da uny bus iness eouuectril with His Argus Office during my absence. W. L. ADAMS. I JL L. -II - .. I -. XT Thero will be a celebration in this city on the Fourth by the Sons of Tem perance, the Cold Water Army, and the Sabbath Schools. OCT Tho ateamships Commodore and Republic reached Portland, the former on Saturday and the latter on Sunday 1a.iI. We arc under obligations t Wells, Fargo it Co. and J. W. Sullivan for ainplo files of papers. fjr Tho first number of the Occident al Messenger," the new " democratic pro slavery paper," printed by an "association of gentlemen," and edited by S. P. Hall, a newly-arrived stranger frem a " furrin land," has como to hand. The paper is printed in largo type, and its mechanism is good enough. We have examined the paper carefully, and have laughed over it till our vest hasn't got a single sound but ton left on it. It may not be a luughablo subject, but, nevertheless, like the Irish man who laughed when he saw the corpse of his mother shipped back to " swale Ire land" iu a box marked " bacon," we hare laughed at the efforts of our new fiicuds to dress up and label the loathcsomo car cass of African slavery in a manner that might tonipt the nppotites of Oregoniaus. Whether it is owing to the bungling man ner in which the subject has been handled, or to tho oxtrome rottenness of the car cass, which, even being " let alone," emits an odor which, liko tho ofl'enco of Ham let's uncle, is " so rank it smells to heav en," we presume that most of the renders of this sheet will conclude with us that, from the Corvnllis experiment, " tho more it is stirred the more it slinks." Now wo haven't the most distant idea of insinuating aught against the right of Avery it Co., or any disciples of Drighmn or the King of Dahomey,. in Oregon, to raiso money, buy a? press, and send on for an t'lilor to publish a paper devoted to ad vocating slucry, polygamy, cannibalism, or even tho revival of the alnva trade with the king of Dahomey direct. They would have a full and unquestionnblo right to do so, and out of the 2000 democratic editors in tho Union, wo doubt not that at the chink of $1000 in "yellow boys" per an num, 1 300 applicants at least would start up willing to engago under cither of these gentlemen and devote their talents to ad vocating whatever their employers put ihern at, as "soundly democratic, nnd in dispensable la a salvation of I he Union." Hut while wo nre disposed to admit the full right of nil sects nnd parties to publish papers, and freely advocate as distinct doc trines, slavery, polygamy, nmalgamaiion, Gerrit-Smilh. abolitionism, a 'revival of the slave trade, and fire eating disunionism ns ndvocutcd by prominent locofocos in ihe South, or whether they mix all these 'isms' into one grand conglomerated hotch-potch und pitch the craw ling compound into an omnibus sack and, after labeling it " de mocracy," fling it across the back of some lecherous, sniveling Yankee, fresh from a grog-shop in Chickopee, and start him out peddling it as a sort of " Union-saving" prophilacticum ; we somehow or other are always possessed with a sort of idea that a paper started in the nineteenth century, to advocato these isms under the full blazo of gospel truth, and the light of civiliza tion, amid the rattle of machinery, and the merry song of untold millions of free laborers pushing along tho car of k provemcnt aim rapiuiy rising in tnc gener al march of progression to a dignity! po sition that the God of heaven intended they should ocenpy as the peersif nobles m and princes, we say that some ho other we have gat tho idea inat such a p per, advocating a return-to heathenism, ought to bo at least lively, crank, and spi cy, if not able. Wfaen a man comes among us openly advocating an institution which converts man into a beast, loads him with chains, tears him from tho bosom of his family, anj puts him up upon the auc tion block as a chattel, to be bought and worn out without the hope of a reward other than that Lis Father in Heaven shall crown him with merely to minister to the cupidity and avarice of such men as Legrte an institution which JegraJrs ami iho poor white free laborer almost ' 'he level of tho slave, corrupts tho sons and daughter of the wealthy, debauches their morals, and diives idem lo an idiotic im becility, besides paralyzing industry, re. larding improvements, reducing the prlca of real estate, fostering ignorance, and plunging a whole community into a tor menting fear of insurrection and murder such a man ought to Le able to drivo a lively quill, and make a paper that lias at least the one redeeming quality of being "spirited," instead of being filled up with stolid columns of prosy nonsense, bald, faced assertions, and stupid falsehoods, grinning hideously through a black nnd flimsy gossamer, and making even a pro slavery greaser almost ashamed to bo seen with the nigger organ sticking out of his breeches pocket. In looking carefully over lbs columns of tho Mtssenger, we see nothing to dis linguist) it from black democratic papers generally, ether than an open declaration of " what it would be after, " rather than the ground-hog and hermaphroditic policy that Las characterized the conduct of Cznpkay's organ and its tail the Times. The Messenger, is lo bo an out and out nijrger ergan. It fills its columns with re pealing over nnd over again the editor'a opinion that Slavery would bo a fine thing for Oregon, besides a few groundless as sertions which show the editor lo be very poorly posted iu politics. All of his opin ions are amply refuted by the opinion of aunt Peggy, w ho "don't believe in no such thing." Besides, aunt Teggy's opinion is based on ampin historical and slntiatical evidence, while this editor'a opinion we fear has no other basis than the salary he receives. Stop his stipend, and he would probably leave forjCalifurnia again, with a very poor opinion of Oregon ians, as well as an opinion that niggerism " wouldn't pan out." We think the whole concern will wink out in a short time, and be buried in the tomb in which the skeleton of Mat loon's Expositor is now being shuffled about by worm, and ita soul will either enter Avery, or take up its line o( march In black ob livion 11 where all the bad darkies go." " Hvrocnisr of Negro Worshippers. A negro named John Uedman wns ex posed to sale ncluully put under the auc tioneer's hammer in St. Clair county, Illinois, on the 18th inst., because lie had dared intrude himself as a resident, in a community thick grown with noisy de clairucrs of tho Institution of Slavery. By n statute of 18-")3, passrd by a repub lican Legislature, any negro who rests the sole cf his foot upon the free soil (!!!) of that rnnclified commonwealth, far the pur pose of remaining ten days, whether bond or free, forfeits his freedom, and may be sold, ns other slock, in tho shambles, to the highest bidder." Corvalis Messenger. Now the truth is that Redman wns not put up for salo " under the auctioneer's hammer," and the "statute passed in 1953, was not passed by "a Republican Legis lature," but by alocofoco Legislature, as every political stripling knows. In 1853 the Republican party was not organized in a aingle Stale in the Union, and the lo cofocos had a large majority in both branches of the Illinois Legislature. Ev ery Whig and every free State democrat voted against ihe act of 1803, if we re member rightly, and its passage was pure ly a locofoco triumph. Rodman would have been sold under this inhuman statute, if a white man had not volunteered to pay ihe jail fee and other expenses, tome sixty odd dollars. So much for the uncertain'y of locofoco papers. Btene-warr. S. M. Harris fc Brother have left in our nflice n beautiful stone pitcher, just the kind of a one adapted to tho wants of a cold walcr ofllce. It was made of clay discovered in this city by these enterprising workmen, after spending much money in experimenting upon clays in different parts of tho country in endeavoring to find that which would mako stone ware. We are truly glad that they have succeeded in their enterprise, and that we shall have in the course of a few months an article manu factured at homo which is hardly excelled in any country. OCT Flour in San Francisco has gone down to.53,75 to $11,00 per bbl. Bacon has gone up so that our buyers are paying from 1 i lo 1 Sc. 0OAn interesting communication in reference lo the Tualatin River Improve ment is crowded out this week. We learn from it that Ksq. Humphrey will visit Hillsborough ihe first Monday in July, to opriapks for subscription. The improve- will bo completed. Let the fii t men f the enterprise taka held of it. k xio...i ayeue..c.i .in, iaie men TT T? I.SI..1l- t-.- 117k- ber of Congress from one of tlie mountain districts of Virginia, has been appointed Governor of Washington Territory. J. P. Anderson declined the appointment Dentistry. Attention is called vertisemcnt of Dr. Millikcn in t ean C. Schaum, a French tailor died in Salem last week, Thursday, from the effects of a dose of arsenic taken thro' mistake. (WThe body of Mr. Bell, who was on the Tartland at the time it went ever the Falls, was recovered this week. 03" A vast quantity of correspondence on hand, some of whinh will probably be " excepted. " . i In JE1 ularlNl indsv's hco, aiirV Jowptitne, The following letter, which we clip fmni ihe Suniinel, contains tho latest news from Josephine: ALTiinusK, June 0th, 14A7. Ml. Euitob Sir: The whole Dem ocratic ticket in Josephino County was elected on Monday last, except M.i;. Uiirk- well. Ha was defeated by Dr. W. U. Walkins, by about 150 majority. While I would say nothiiiir lo the disparagement of Dr. Watkins' personal character, I am bound lo say thai Ins election ought to lie considered a digrace lo Joephino county. Ever since he came amongst us, he ha been known a a warm admirer and enthu siastic defender of Seward, Hanks ic Co., and their higher law and union sliding principles. However, as ha is probably, the only black republican elected to the Constitutional Convention, he will be able to do but little harm. Lane is about 100 ahead of Lawson official returns not in. Business mntters are more lively on our various mining streams than has been the case before in three years. Yours, Altuouse. Jacktoa Cooaly. The Sentinel gives the official vote of Jackson county as follows: Lane, 3. D., C81 Lawson, Ind 125 3." 74 181 Constitutional Convention, I'hillips, Green, Curtis, Duncan, Reed, Kewcomb, Prim, COS 415 871 Council, 033 Willard, Representatives, 424 Dyer, 408 Birch, Joint Hep. 510 Berry, Brown, Uugbti, Belknap, 08 112 78 For Convention, 533 Against, 180 03- O. L. T'Vault, only son of W. G. 1" Vault, editor of the Sentinel, died nt Jacksonville, on tho 7th inst of the billioua fever. The deceases' wns junior partner in the Sentinel office. 3T We learn from the Jacksonville Sentinel that II. II. Brown, the newly eleetod member to the Legislature from Jackson county, killed a Chinaman on the 8th inst. by kicking him. Brown waa su pervisor on the road, and whi'et working, the roads, he had some altercation with " John," a very lean and diseased Chi naman, during which hn "supposed" the man was in the net of drawing a knife, and gave him a kick in tho side which re sulted in 1. is death in nbout twenty min utes. The Sentinel says the evidence given on Ihe examination of Brown be fore Esq. Huffman, went to show that the homicide was accidental, nnd that 'death ensued ns n consequence of a diseased heart and lungs. Portland, June 23, 1S77. Friend Adams From ihe Times of last Saturday I cut the following: "At the election of October, 1S53, in Ohio, it is notorious that in open flagrant und palpable violation ol the express lan guage of their Constitution, th negroes, in nearly all the strong abolition holds, were permitted lo vote at tho expense of the perjury of ihe judges who permitted and sanctioned it. In the Dayton district, Mr. Vnllandighatn (democrat) is contesting the election of Campbnll (repuplican) upon this ground, nnd has conclusively proven enough negroes to have so illegally voted for Campbell to defeat his alledgcd elec tion." I send it to you thinking it might escape your notice, and ask you to post us up ns to tho facts in the case. ' I send it to you knowing that you are always able and wil ling to untangle the most kuotty coils of black democratic fulsehnods. Yours, J. V. Our friend is informed that Cambell was elected over Val'ntidingham in the 3d Con gressional district of Ohio by 10 majority. We will givo n little light upon the negro-voting business by publishing the following, which we clip from Con gressional debates of the 8th Dec. ulL : "Mr. McMullin inquired whether free negroes did not vote in Mr. Campbell's dis trict, or something to that effect. Mr. Campbell I believe one negro vote was given in my district. That was cast by a man who was not authorized to do so under a decision of ihe Court, and he vo ted for my opponent, Laughter. Mr. Campbell sent to the Clerk's desk a paper, which was read, signed by the per ron just referred to, named Anderson, claiming the right of suffrage, because, among other things, he was three quarters white, the remainder being made up of Af rican and Indian blood ; and further, that his father was a brother of ex-Gov. Wilson Shannon, Excessive laughter. Mr. Giddings called his colleague to or der for casting an imputation on a colored constituent, by representing a brother of Wilson Shannon to be his father, Renewed laughter. Mr. Campbell My colleague will please excuse me. I was driven to the necessity of referring to this fact by the number of questions propounded. Let the gentlemen on the other side decide whether the Shan nons are white men or not, Laughter. " It will be seen bv the abora that the "nigger" who has furnished 4 so much cipital for ihree penny black democratic sr in, was a mulatto, one eighth Af one eighth Indian, and three fourths , and, like most mulattoes, was rg- escended from a full blooded loco- following in the footsteps of his illustrious sire, voted the locofoco ticket. There are hundreds of "niggers" in Ohio with probably less African btaod in their veins than Anderson, who, by a rigid con struction of the Ohio law, are debarred from voting. In fact a man under this law can hardly pass inspection at the polls un less he has a pretty white skin, and we very much doubt whether all the Portland editors could do so. The law msy be un necessarily severe, but that is between the people of Ohio and these locofoco dsrkita. IS As still further piouf !bl "l lggers" yen. erally vote tho locofoco ticket, wo will in stance the Alexandria precinct in Louisi ana, where a majority of the votes cast at the last election vert neyro roles, and erery one of them voted for Buchanan. At ihe Five Points In New York city, which is skilled principally by negroes, I'illinorn g.it 13 votes, Fremont 17, and Buchanan 670, showing conclusively that ihe niggers in mass voted the locofoco ticket. We also recollect that the Louisville Journal in speaking of the " niggers" in Indiannpolis, (Ind.) thought they must bo "Buck nig gers" because tho most of them joined in the locofoco procession. Now wo don't pretend lo say that cither law or public sentiment that excludes theso children of locofoco ancestors from all the privileges of citizenship, merely because their skins are a little "yallcr," is either humane or christian, but locofocos have passed tho laws, nnd locofoco editors are very busy in appealing to the prejudices of greasers, nnd all wo ask of them is to ac knowledge tho truth, that the great majoii ty of these " voting nigger" are locofocos; and " came honestly by il." Ed. Argus As the sentiments of good nnd public men nre treasured up in the memories of the people, and aa the authors of the two following toasts are aiill in our midst, we beg to call public attention lo thorn for the foundation of displays of pat riotism on the ensuing 4th. They were delivered on July 4th, '40, as per Specla- tor July Otli, 1HJU. Toatf No. 1 . " As this day is a celebra tion of Ihe independence of the UnitedSiates nt Amnripa. nnd the stars nnd strines. wirfi the golden cnglo at the head, ns a tokoa of liberty so may Oregon continue rom year to year to celebrate tho same; nnd may the day speedily arrive when she shull be added lo the brilliant number of stars nnd tho great republic not nshaimed of her legitimate Son. Toast No. 2 "May the time soon come when the Lion and tho Unicorn may cense to go about on tho North American continent seeking whom they may bite." We cheerfully give place lo the forego ing gems which our correspondent has just "dug up," for the ssnie reason that wo once gave tho history of n certain "leather medal" heir-loom which belonged to the nppnrtenenccs of our office when first wo enme in possession of il. Tho authors of the " toasts" were undoubtedly locofocos, as none other than a locofoco con hi have got n aingle idea, in a single sentence, so tangled up as to have christened Oregon as a "the" and a "son." It is in perfect harmony with 'squatter sovereignly,' and locofoco principles generally. Freedom anil Slavery. G. Q. Cotton, formerly of Georgia, wri ting to the St. Albans Messenger, from St. Louis, furnishes the following illustra tion of the influence of slavery on the pros perity of the State. His letter was written previous to the late city election in St, Louis : " A farmer from the East was travelling in tho Western part of I'iwa, seekirg a lo. cality. Ho came al length to a farm that pleased him. It had a comfortable house and barn, was well wooded and watered, and a part of it was under cultivation. Thero were between five and six hundred acres. The proprietor told him that if ho would take the whole, he should have il for iwenty-lwo dollars per aero half cash down, and half in one year. The price nnd terms suited, and the traveller said lie would accept in case ho did not suit him self better in a few days. Ha travelled five or six miles further, nnd came lo a farm of nbout the same size, but hotter iu several nsprcts. The buildings wcro bet tor, and a larger portion of tho land was under cultivation. The owner stated that if he would take the whole he could have it for six dollars and a quarter per acre. The bargain wns struck at once, and the deed was prepared in due form ; and ns the former commenced reading it to the purchaser " in the town of county of , State of Missouri," " stop," says the purchaser, '' is this Missouri ? 'Yes,' says ihe proprietor, "my farm lays direct ly on the lino of Iowa." " Well, I'll not have it at any price my wife nnd daugh ter would never come into n slave State to live I'll go back and lake the farm I spoke for on tho other side of tho line." It was in vain thai iho proprietor answered him that there were no slaves in that region not one in tho county. Now if ihe case had been mine, I should havo purchased the farm in Missouri, under the firm con viction that in five or ten years, the State would free itself from slavery ; and I would have added my voica and vote to accomplish that result." Free soil bears a premium of about four to one against slavery, aide by side. It is not possible for Missouri to hold out many years against such influences. The same writer remarks that St. Louis is free soil, and tho State fast becomiog so. He lately met a South Carolinian, who had served as captain in the invasion of Kan sas lost year. He had come down the river. " Last week," said he, " I started to return to Kansas got as far as Jeffer son city, and found nine hundred abolition ists going on ihe boat it was too much for me, and I returned to this city." DO" The siege of Rivas lasted from the 21st of March to the 1st of May, and the stock of provisions on hand when Walker capitulated did not exceed three davs' sup ply. The enemy had conce ntrateJ a large force around the place of about 4,000 men, while Walker's whole force, according to Gen. Henningsen's report, counting wound ed, sick, and native troops, amounted to 447 men of whom 173 were in the. hue pital. Gen. Walker maintained hi dig nity throughout, and, though reduced to a mere handful, he and his brave men did not deign to enter into negotiations with the enemy by whom they were surrounded, but marched out of ihe town they had so gallantly defended, with all the honors of war. No surrender !" wis the word to the !t. "TmiQui'sTinN or fiuviir in On onn We will publish communication,' pro and con on ihe question of makin Oregon a Slave Slate, but in all casts ihev must be published over the real name of their authors. We believe this discussion outthl not lo bo anonymous." Ctaplau', Organ. ' KT We are glad to see that Umpqu, county Las elected Jsse Applegtie sod Levi Scon lo ihe consiiiuiionnl convention and James Cole lo the Legislature, evr their blaok democratio opponents,-. The members elcl nre Repulilioans. , . , 1. O. U. F. The night Worthy (JrsnJ Logi t , . pemlfnt Order of Oil J Kfllos-, f OrMoeTii hold its next annual communioilioa is tin tilt tl Purllsml, oil the bib of July next. 7 W. P. lies,, June 20, 1857. Grand Kseretiry. Notice. The snnnul meeting of the L!nn county Dibit Society will bt held in Iht eourt-huuti it Albssv on Ihe Pill day of July (second WedaestUy) it 1 1 o'clsck . at. Addreawi will bt uptcltd trass Kev. Mr. Roberts and Ksv Mr. Condon. All (i. vorable to the catiav art requested to attend. liy orJer of Directors. , . iotl s,"d, IW. Julia Dsaxuws. Sen y. Notlct. Tho ninth anniversary of the Willamette Bib. list Association will bt held with the Clackamas church, five miles north of Oregon City, near tot residence of Hon. W. T. Mutlock. Tlie ttrreats connected therewith will cominenct on Friday the Stith day of J uno, inst., and continue over Sundny. Ample provision will bt made for all who may attend. W. C. Joiiksos, CM. Oskuos City, June 1!2, 1857. MAB.&ZB9: In Clsckamna county. June 23d. bv Ret. ft. Ir Atkinson, Mr. Jon It. Cosua.t, Isle of Obis, ki Miss Catiusini A. Sciirr, late of Illinois, tJT The happy bridegroom inadt aa admin. bit beginning in his new relation by tnckaitg dollar lo Hit printer. Long ir.ay lit and bit be loved wavn I In Fort!and, June 23d, by the Rev. Mr. Eat. ledge, Mr. (isoaoa A. Cumin to Mias MiiautT Elizabeth Williams, both of thai eity. At (ilea Avoea, Yamhill e unly, no tlie Slant June, (i. W. Lawson, Ksq , to Mist Misr Evauss Davis, both of I'tnland. 9IBS: On Tuesduy, June 9th, at hit residence ia Clackamas county, i'sANCis Masit, of typhoid fever. ALBERT MILLIKE K, DZNTXST, (From riaecr county. California,) Will perform all Operations on the Teeth. Orrica Between Allan, McKintay tc Ct'e and Abernelhy & Co.'s. Oregon Cilj, June 27, - took at Tills I - THE advirtii-ement 1 inserted In The Arrui, oin-riiij; my land and -personal estate fomle, is reeul'ed. -'.,r reasons perfectly saiiafaclory It myself, lha!l N)T SELL. Yours, respeetftillv, June 27, 1S."-II W. WILLIAMS. Notice to Stockholders. rpiIK 3d instalment nf 10 per cent, on the cap. JL iu! slock of (lie Tuatalin it. Trans. oV I. Co. is required lo he paid to Ihe Treasurer en sr bolero the iUth July next. Ity order of the Directors. THUS POPE, Trail. J. V. J. Johnson, Sec'y. June 27-Ilw4 ZJotice to Stockholders. THE 4ili inslulmeiil of 11) rwrcenl. on tlie cap. ilul slock of the Tuah'in It. Tiuns. & Nir. Cu. is n-qn'red tu be paid lo the Treasurer as sr before Ihe lUlh August next. ' By order of the Directors. THUS. rorE, IWt J. V. J. Joiixsok, Sec'y. June 27-1 lwg GUN SMITHING. BEING permanently located in Oregon City. I nm prepnreH to curry on the liusiuen el GUN-SMITHING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES. Those who favor me with their patroiugf, may e.xp.ct lo have their work done right. Those u ho leave G UNS at my Shy for repiirs, and do not call for them witliio i months of the lima set for Ihe woik to beta, may expect to huvo them sold lo pay clisrgn. FERDINAND WILDE. June 27, 1857. Jlml8 . THE SPELL IS BROKER! THE ELECTION IS PAST! 3. MARKS IS SELLING OI'F AT FIRST COST, the beat-seleeted stock of Fancy Dry Goods BooJa & Shoes, ever ofTered in this market. Deing about lo close np his business, lie wm'J call tho particular attention of all pnreliaseis Mi tho above noliee. lie, can assure customs" Ihit he now oilers tht beet inducements for tin is"-" nienl of money by those who desirt to parchtu goods of an excellent quality, and AT EXTREMELY LnW RATES ! His full stock will ba sold without reserw, cost prices, and all closed out just its soon si sible. Oregon City, June 27, 1857-11" IMPORTANT To Northern California 4 Orcjo"- TIIE MERCHANTS and TRADED fresv these sections of the country iitiiiar Ui: city en SAN FRANCISCO, will Und it to their advantage to Call, Examine, and Purchase fro the immense stock of HUGHES & WALLACE; (105 & 107 sAcaAaTO.sT.J comprising every qnality, deecripu'oa, aaAr"1 of Goods in their liue of business. White &ei. 1 tatf. Emirttdma, farniihi'g CsssA Hy,CI' Combs, Bnth-'W Yankee itin; HIGIirs at WALLACf, HUGHS! u WALLACE, HUOHKS fc WALLACE, HUGHES It WALLACE, Ill-Oil FS a, WALLACE, HUSHES S WALLACE, lit Oil IS k WALLACE, HVOHKS S WALLACE, lU'OHES a WALLACE, IIUOHES fc WALLACE, HUOUES 4 WALLACf, Hl'CUES WALLACE. rerf-mny" Frenek fiarv r"" ' o-i. 103 & 107Satrasaenl-,S-,' .f N. B.-Our immeaat and weJl-rd ' of oar two direct impart than- p jeCTmS lIL'GHBSAWALLACb. Administrator1! Wotit. IIEREAS, Mter. of admin..- t then grauted by ,oe ""r-mtifT. court of Clark.mae county, Oregos J" the nnoWpted usos tie eeatt of Gr late of aaid eounly, deceased iherrM. sons having cliims or demands "Piaa estate, art requested lo present thesJ. necessary vouchers, wiihio year Ire" ter the date of this oolice ; and all p"" ed loth said aata-e alt requwtrd d iatt payment to me. at my rrKoence m , bioeut nver. toe mils south "I ftsjfj, Owr;-. Joist II, !:"-! I is