Stljc rcgou Stagu0.
W. I. 1P1IM, SMTO AND MOrlf rO.
oxubooh' czxvt -
SATl'RDAY, Jl'LY 16, 1637. '
UP D. W. Litis it atitl.orii d lo do any bus
iness connected Wiih Tt Arjiis OftV during my
Wee. V. L. ADAMS.
green enough to advocate the introduction
of lb curM into Oregon.
We can furnUti statistics for six months
losbow lliHt the institution of slavery It
operating upon Southern Slate like
blighting mildew, paralyzing their ener
giet, and causing tliem lo lag for behind tb
fret States in every possible advantage.
Wo hurt nude ni-il ealculaiion, and
w a landholder astes the damagea to
tW The CVvallit M-.wi.-er, in trying our,olf ,loDe ot '"'"e'nS '' '"
to niiik out it proposition that sUvr Off"" 10,000.
add to the wealth of a country, produces r The law requires the Secretary to
the following statistics, which it vaunting.
Ir parade before the Salem Advocate, and
challenge a discussion wild that paper.
The Advocate Lai come to Land and no
notice it taken of the Kalinin, and fur fear
that few people lo Oregon will ever tee
them, w reproduce them in The Argus:
roruLATio.v.
Pg4i. While population f mm-
alareltuldixil stale iu 1800,
Wli't population of daveltoMiug
Mutes ia I MO,
Vagt e-2 Slsra population of flan.
hoMiiif alalea iu I dill,
I'agetiJ J Free eulured populallou ef
l'oil. d ol.lw iu MM,
ll'ogubl ) Ot the free blues more
than ( j; ou half are iiiulallow.
Of Hit slave only (1-12 onolmlflh
are muLilloe.
EXPORTS.
(Paf 187. Value ot tiporta from
in p-iucipal eljv iporling aUtae
In l:,3,
Value ot sport from Hie principal
Nea-siavtciportiDfttaloaiu 1043, 89,160,000
Difference in fa for of slav state,
WEALTH.
(Pare 190. Value vf real and person
al e
furnish the several paper of the Territory
with an abstract of the vote fur and
agatual Convention. Instead of doing o,
he liu interted it in a aheel at Salem which
refuses to exchnnge with u, and ask u
to copy.
Now we would like to Leg our dear dm-
ocratie friend, the Secretary, to be boned
and manly for once, and aniwer ua this
question. Would you not have eompliod
at fully with the requisitions of tho law
by inserting the abstract in Czapkay'a Al
434,495 rn,nac, with a request that other pa pert
copy, at you have done in tin case I If
you had lent ua even a copy of the aheel
marked, or even a copy without being
marked, we would hare aid all right
enough, considering that " black republic
an" do not expeot any very great official
courtesy from black democrat. V hope
however that some day, mutatis mutandis,
we shall be nblo to return good for evil.
whoredom ; and we are told we " mum
submit" to it in order to "lave the
Union"!
Your manner of refuting Judge Drum
mond' testimony it a little amuaing. The
letter you produce from Lit lie, a mail boy
who by hi chriitain name we lake to be
an Italian, and whom, by hi sympathies.
and by your admission lo u, 1 a Mormon,
Mr. U. K. ilauk am tho last, persons who i nothing more than a flat denial of facts
and hold fast to the good." I atk you a
A gentleman, in the name or the people I
am here to represent, lo insert thi corres
pondence in the collumns of the " Argus"
and thereby do us Justice and prove that
you are liberal and just.
David M. Stimit.
Merchant'! Hotel, )
titvt YoKif. April 15. 1637. (
Kditon IIkiald Sir: A myself and
I. I. IT II... l. .1 I . ' i .
13,330,620
0,223,418
3,204,3! 3
$119,333,000
$.'9,215,0110
t3T " The price of sttbscrintion of the
Oregon paper (Uh the exception of the
estate in frit states in I8.VI. 1.ll.Vf)nO 000
. , .
r aiu oi real ana psraouul esttle in
akvestslesin IbiU, 232,000,000
whiiVp.toaC'-i-"'"' no r PW'' "e know.
Average value or properly or each PnIKr ' ,ue ' ot t' Statesman
wiih peiMin iu rte stuiee, 539 00 ouS' not to do atiorded tor 3,00. Hut
Now these statistics are entirely wronir. 1,8 r'ducll0 w mauo necesaary by tho
w..uub w. .miiiu impom, n men unu
nothing lo commend them but their low
price, and therefore couldn't obtain anb.
criberat fair remunerating rates, and,
once "in fur it" we intend lo "stick it
out." Cmpkay't Organ.
Your organ wa the first that " ratted"
down the ubjcripti0n price in Oregon, nod
e recollect that ids Oregon ian charged
you with ofliring to tell cheap for the
name reason that ihe merchant " ratted"
down the price of damaged good. The
Time finally ratted down to a price which
wa in perfect keeping with it position a
the tail of the Salem organ. In lament
ing your low enlate, you inform us that the
reaon why ibis rolling wa done, was that
at is shown by the summing up of Ihe
atatittict furnished by the census of 1830,
by the Secretary of the Treasury, to ac
company Lis annual report for 1830. The
Sregte wealth, real and personal, in
elead of being, according to the Messenger,
only 80,027,000,000, wa 90,747,232,323,
of which 83,779,893,273 belonged to the
free State, while only 83,006,349,010 be.
longed lo tho slave Stairs.
The free State Lave an area of 612,
007 square miles, whil the elavn States
havo an area of 851,308 square mi!e, or
238,011 square miles more than the free
iir,. j waning un I lie a'i'rpvntp
-a
have come to ihe Sia'es from deal Su't
Lake City, I deem it my duty 'o bear teti
mony against the lying scribbler who
seem lo be doing their u'mmt to mr up a
bad feeling against the Uloniam. V
h-ft our huiues on the 1 Ith of Deo., brought
the lat mail to the State, and rettaiuly
should know the state of thing there.
The charge of Judge Drummnnd, are a
false a he is corrupt. Before 1 left for
the Slate, I wa five day every week in
in Great Sail Lake City, and I witness to
all the world that I never heard one word
of the burning of nine hundred volume of
given by Drummnnd, most if not all, of
which the mail bny tould know nothing
about, lie solemnly aver that the burn,
ing of the books was a false etnlemenl, be-
eaute he' heard nothing about it while in
Sull Lake City, and also llmt lite statement
of Judge Drummond charging Rrighem
loutig with having pardoned Raker, who
had been sentenced to ten yearn' impri
onment In the penitentiary for the cold
blooded murder of WLilehouse, a dumb
boy, it also false, because he had heard
law. record. 6ic. nor anv thine nf tlmt
character, nor do I know, or ever heard of "othing said about it among the Mormon
anyihingof the dumb boy story he tu I ks of. Judge Drummond stale many facta d
There i only one house between mv
hou-e and the Penitentiary said to contain
" live or six young men from Missouri and
lowa,' and I do know that up to the day 1
left there were only three Indians in that
place cf confinement, who were convicted
veloping the darkest and blackest corrupt.
inn in Salt Lake, many of which came
under hi observation while acting at judge
in Utah, and Lh statements, revolting a
ihey are, are fully auxtained by numerous
at the time of Ul. Su-pto a sojourn lliere, other wjtnesx; and now you ask the in
for having taken part in the massacre of ..ii!,,.., . . u f T. I ....
C.nt. Gunnison nd M,r. iVh n,m. ,elllent M,en ni, ArSu l'-
mond now charge upon the Mormons, liev ,,,ft"e '"omenta hteautf you and Ihe
even Ihongli Col. Steptoe and the United mail boy are nol able to iictur to the cor
T I T xx . ,mryif" tte",m orihem-nevtr having heard of
ihe affair thoroughly, and secured the con- ,.,. u tl , V,
viotl..ni.r il il.r.. l,.,li n...t.i .. ",m m,lt " " Lot'! Druinmoml
- ....w j.nna IIHUUCU V,M , I I a a
This is on unblushing falsehood that none h'' w" In,ulu'd ni tb'""'i lJ
but a man like Drummond could pen. Mormons, and you and the mail boy say
J ne irea-onatjie act alleged against the it la a shameless falsehood, becauie wenev
aiormonstn Utah a ro raise from beinnninn r iau, th. f,.e,,.. k.- ...j :
lo end. Al Fort Kearney w. learned all ,. 7 '
about the murder of Col. Babbitt, and do . """" "7 "a flone M 1 . rur
know that that charue aiaintl the Mor- Wl""nony ' omv equaled by those who
mons i but another of Drummoud'i ere- nre lht Ihe ' dixciplc itolo him away
T l i. .. .. . r
i nave oui a cnon time at my disposal
73
00
10
320
330
208
OBclal Vet fr Vtltfal t Cart,
Copied rent Cwphay'i Organ.
lllack Dem. lad. D.
COVSTII. IjIB. UWtON.
CluUop, 67
Columbia, 49
Wasco, 08
Mul.nomah, 1 316
Washington, 160
Clackamas, 300
Yamhill, 234
Marion, 000
Benton, 814
Linn, 785
Polk, 462
Douglas, , 3b 1
Lane, 518
Tillamook, 18
uinpqna, 28
Jackson, ."
Josephine, 338
Coos, 30
Curry, mo
l.!llJlai lL..I ! .1 . t
,r . Vm ' 8 ' n,n e b a.
Bewlved, 2d. That we rteprlcst, .U
departure from the policy of iliai A,J
of Liberty rh, by ,a 'ordinance ft
esii.blW.ed the fan that n Terri Li
there ahould bo neither ,Uvery of Z '
untary s.rvit.ide, eaoept (lht
tneiit of crime. I he re I. v n,.
322 'hat tin ordinance mu. bo thecioa . IZ
teaiuteoi tut t'uiuiiiuiiun 0f th, R.M. J
Orecon. f
Rw.lved. 3d. That lhannt.
liefuru ill. ....!. I. 1 ' no
;- ---v hi irruii.i. or 51a
244
345
81
134
333
103
125
163
24
6
Dairivian and nlrU.ian l.,i 1....1 . "
. . auu tan
ant, and a such we will meet ii
ledved. 4th. That if liiM limn..
of public affair, for the future, , law
to t iaprPM.,,. ruling Dynn.ty. Ui.kriip.cJ
win un mo iiinviiaiue consfqijene,n
tenu.li itiun ; for their nolicv i f..,..i...i
ed by the management of the Indian,
department that is, Mnhluhing.wii,Jil
KWolved,o That Labor i LSZ
the world and the Inlh.r.P t.
Black. Deaieralle Ltt.r.l.ra. fie, l0 ali0 j, -.. '
In order tu thow our reader in the d, a auch, we recngniM him it... .17
C...... .1. . I.. II ...... 1 .. . an, ,.f ...;. ,.. u.....l.i . . II
ouiii a tun iiiienei'io! canuer 01 me loco- f aiiuuiu 04 based
Lano's maj.
6002 3471
3101
wenlili of the South we find set down fn
theircredit 239,011 square miles of land l,'esa " l8f,cr ,,ulllinJ? commend
more man m northern Slates, and jut " "" ,ow Prlce-
3,201,313 slaves land and negroes, all Excepting the medicine advertisement
set down at a cash value, and Htill aeeord. we ne,r,il sgre ""'I' jou that your pa.
ing lo the statistics of the CorvallisMeasen. I'e, Aurf "o'l''"g 'o commend them but
ger.fte South it only worth about two thirds ihf " 'ow Pric,'" nJ fer the Indians
s much at the NorUi How the wealth of """cityror the Reservation, we no
the South does loom un Now h-t rl. liop1 ,nnt ,l,e 0D,7 wmainintf " commenda.
tluct the price of thi extra area they have ,io"" ,ow P1-100) fai,cd 10 P'event it
iiH a sa j a I Trnm liatJiir n tiAf..AS ! .1
tiiiiiiageu 10 gei nota ot, rrom llieir aggrc- nntu urug .n unsmarKei.
gato wealth and we Lave (supposing'the wlljr ,on'1 -T0U Pul omething in
land to be worth only 82,00 per acie) your P'l"1" ,'"u wi" be of 10 "'e
- . - ....l.t!. I I. .1 II a tt t
nty ',020,103,020, a the whole real 1 "u "'""o mem sen 1 u unless you
and personal wealth of the South, while if 1,0 tlli' we doubt wlj,!lner ""any men can
wo divida equally between the North and b fou,lJ who are willinR 10 inve,t even
the South thi 2:13,011 souara milp of Al"' per annum m a sheet " which lias
tra area allowing tho northern l.lf nfi. 10lllilg commend it but ila low price."
to bo enhanced lo 8 1.00 per acre bv bem Evvn Bt yur " low Pfioos," democrats
opened to fico labor, and we huve accord,
ing to Ihe Messenger's statisiics, 83,400,
800,088, tho aggregnto Weulih of the
North, or the sum of eight hundred and
aeventy four millions, six hundred and
twelve thousand 0110 hundred and twenty,
eight dollars, tnoro than the South. Hut
out of tho 0,222,418 while settlers of tho
.'Southern States, there nro only 600,000
slaveholders, who own 3,204,313 slaves:
subtracting the 600,000 alaveholJers from
the 0,222,418 whiles of the South, and we
have 5,022,418 left. Tho slaves are worth
from 8200 to t2000 each. Averaging
them at 8 100 only, and wo Imvo 81,281
723,200 in stavo property, nil owned by
the 600,000 slaveholders. Iittin. the
plantations with tha appurtenance at the
low liguro of 81,000,000,000, and we have
theso 000,000 nabobs owning 2,281,723,
200 of tha whole wealth of tho Seuth,
leaving 8"ir0)274,900 to bo divided among
ihe 5,022,418 whites who am not slave
holders, giving the enormous sum oft07a
... 1 ., , - r wii win ui which man
Jicail to the poor devils who own no negroes, is atiNceptahln-hia Religious views and
forwriiing, but must say that 1 am attnn.
Uhed lo find in the Stales rumors against
nan. ne letl our knme in neace.
dreaming of no evil, and we come here
and learn that we are the most corrupt of
en nnu orr iirepanng mr war.
Yours, &c, Feramobi Little.
Now in order lo satisfy yon, David M.
Stuart, who have been "sent by the proper
authorities to tepresent Mormonism in Or-
egon and Washington Territories," that
Your attempt to invalidate Judge Drum
mond a evidence, because he Lad a concu
bine with him in Carson' valley, it dec!
dedly cool, coming as it does from a Mor
mon. How do you know hut ahe Lad
been regularly "sealed" 10 Lim by Brie
Lam himself f Or willyou eweartliat she
was nor a spiritual wile- because you didn'1
tee Brtgham teal her, and never heard
Brigham gay he had sealed her t Yon
will probably recollect that when the que.
we are " a gentleman, liberal, and just," "n "'' Mygamy wa first raised in Con
we have inserted your communication en. KntH "ornhisel, the Delegate for Utah,
in this section are complaining that your
" thing isn't fit to go into a family" while
tliey apeak of the Timea a "a peifrct
bore."
Morntonttm, Ac.
OitEoo.N City O. T. July 13ih 1837
Editor of "Areus"
DkakSik; I soo from fhfi pnirit muni.
felted in the ''Arjus,". that you are oppos.
e l to Mnrmonisni, for reason heal known
to yourself, if you' HAVE any reason for
ii'luinj; ; 1 ua may excuso yoursoll by
saying, you are not posted on in Mormon-
ism, but Judge Drumond is, and ho ivpurts
un awini state ot atlairs in Utah (!) Brig,
ham Young and tho general authorities
opposod to the Federal Government (!!) to
aouso us of being unfriendly to the Gov
ernment, is to Reuse us of hostility to our
Religion, lor no Item of Inspiration iahelil
more saced with us, than tha Constitution
under which slio acts. As A Religious
society, wo in common with nil oilier da.
nomination, claim its protection, whether
our peoplo are located in the oilier Slates,
or Territories, as thousand of them are,
or in Utah Territory j it is hold as a shield
to protect the dearet ho..n of which man
Hut let us suppose for iiis'once thnt ih
Messenger h correct in saying that the
whites are worth 8155 each in the South
and only 8230 in the free State. By ex
amining our statistic we find that Mas,
ohuaell has 120 inhabitants to tho square
mile thus locating 80,114 of wealth lo
tho square mile, while Georgia. Mr. Ste
phena' boasted State, has 18 inhabitants-
including slaves and fa negroes, or 10
whitee to the square mile, thus locating
mo enormous sum or $,550lo tha square
mnue 111 ueorgia, leaving a balance of 824.
504 to every square mile iu favor of Massa
chusetts What a fine thing alavery it to
enrich a country ! he export the Mes
enger talk about consist in cotton, sugar,
and tobacco, and the proceeds find their way
into the pocket of the heavy planter,
from winch they are oon drawn out lo en
rich the manufacturers and producer of
tho North
The Southern State, with an area of
239,911 square miles of rich land in their
favor, have less than half the white popu
lation, with about double th free negroes,
only about two third of the weltb, with
54 less members in Cnnjreaa (fter their
alayes are represented), and less achools,
colleges, libraiies, railroads, manufactories,
general intelligence, anJ every thing that
wakes a nation great, prosperous, and hap.
fj, and still re Cod new and tbo ma a
seiiMinenls; 11 rends, Congress shall
make no law reppcting an establishment
of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof." This give us all we ask the
privilege of worshiping God according to
the dictates of ourconsoience, and although
Drumond it DAUBED Judge, ha has not
shown much Judgement in maliciously
falsifying an inocent people, who hava
ever oeeu loyal to their country, in Peace,
or War. It wat the Mormon Battalion
that raised the American flarr in low.r
California, where we now have a large and
prosperous settlement. If disloval to our
country, why do we seek for Utah to bo
admitted into the Union a A Sovereign
Siate I I tell yon air in word of ober.
ness, that we ar true to the Americau Go.
ri.mnt, and ever expect to be that I
Lav been sent by the proper authorities
to represent Mormonism in Orecon and
n"..-u: . .. . . .
.1 iwinnjjion lerntories, and do know what
I say te be true, and moreover I knn. ih.t
Ihe statements which Judge Drumond hat
made, are as false as he i corrupt ; I wa
made acquainted with him ami hi.aM;nn.
in Carwn vall.y U. T. on year ago ; there
he wa considered nothinu but A .m.,.-
" Rowdy- and - Horse iockev " aall.nti,...
about a " Mi.tre.," at ihe nam, time havt
ing A Wife and Family in tl State : a,.,h
eonduol deprived him of the tueietv of Hi
Saint he lost Lis influence) and left,
f..Ulv acuting the Mormon, to cloak hi
iniquity. The following eorrespondi-ne
from Feramorx Little as published in ihe
New York Herald, will further prove
Drumond' statements to b false, or at
east, show the people both iJes of the
c,rioi, that w mey prove al) thinp I
tire, and, in order lo satisfy you that we are
also pious, wo have set it up verbatim, et
literatim, et puncluatim. We have done
this under Ihe awful conviction that it
might be an inspired production, and we
have no desire to run the risk of being
damned lor tampering with inspiration.
1 0 bo sure, if your document it an inspi
red one, we at once proceed to throw
" Webster's unabridged to the moles and
the bats; but this would be quite as easy
a task for us to perform in yielding lo the
inspiration of Mormonism, as the one of
yielding all our old preconceived notions
regarding the rules of logio in apportion,
ing the amount of evidence to the magni
tude of the proposition lo be demonstrated,
as alto our old cherished notions of virtue,
of pure religion, and of social and domes
tic order. You " have been sent hero by
tha proper authorities," of course, but
whether you are a messenger from God,
man, or Ihe Devil, you have not seen fit
lo inform us ; but, while we are led to in
fer that you are a messenger from God,
we do hope you will not think us harsh and
uncharitable when we assure you that af
ter having heard several discourse from
you, ami reading your communication, we
are inclined lo believe that your commit
sion emanated from no higher source than
Itnghani ioung, who keeps a harem in
ball Lake City. Whether you be a mis-
sionaryfrom Brigham, or the King of Da
homey, or whether you be a aelfconstitu
led apostle, tent forth to advocate polyga
my, slavery, or cannibalism, we wish you
to clearly understand that we are not dis
posed to call in question any of vour
rights' under the constitution, and if un
der the clausa you hava ouoted. vi
Congress shall make no law respcciing an
establishment of religion or prohibiting the
free exercise thereof," ynu claim the 'riL-ht' 1
10 ouy wives jt Uov. Wise or the Kim' of
Dahomey, or to have them voluntarily
"sealed" to you, after converting them to
Mormonism in Oregon, we have no dispo
anion to "nullify the decisions of any
court" by even calling it in question, and
wttiaii never encourage any human ba
ing to olTer any o;her opposition to your
career man mat or argument. But, while
you claim these as " religious richtV'un
derthe constitution, we do hope you will
be liberal enough to accord to us the right
as legitimately claim as a " relHous-
one, under the tan clause, lo serve Von
! . w r .
ju as McLean served P. P. PrMti when
ever you interfere with our household
Vour rights, a claimed by you, are not
guarantied by the constitution (in our pri
vate opinion), but they are clearly aet forth
in the Nebraska bill and it is a little
strange that, just at w are about to form
a constitution, four emissaries have been
imported into this country, two of whom
are set apart to pertutd ihe people to
adopt Ihe -domestic institmion" 0f vol
untary polygamy, and tw0 other to per
uadeu, to adopt tb. dometic intitu-tioo-
of involuntary .Utry. The two
former work for nothing, while the two lal
ler are rll p.ij ,j druggtd wilb
whisky. Tb two doctrio, consiiiui. ih.
two horn of the beat called black d.mo.
w,on is now tnreateninj t em nlbh
loco whippera-iu in Oregon, we publish be
low a literary gem from each of the princi
ple African paper in the Tenitnry. We
insert them in the inverse order of th Im
portance that attuche to these journale in
'.heir parly. Tha first beats Jack Down.
ing' British Regular, who kicked a long
time after he was dead'
" Homicide. We Irorn that a man by
labor. I,"B
Resolved, Bib. Thai w, flK , f '
honors, for party, or for spoiU-lut f.
our Country and our Country Kood
R "liL'ion Looortv and
Resolved. 7. 'I ln;t we will nr
a man fur office except he is a free State
man, and an ardent siiin onr nf a.
of Liberty, ami wan Ihe ttampof Nobili.
ii 1 no uue I-Alius KB.
Resolved, 8lh. That union ia ttrencih
. 1.- ti . 1 1 . .... J I ll. ... ...11 -11 .t .
inn i.uiiic 01 niiiriiiiuaitf waa Kitted at or no wre 'uai are in fa or 0f
near me loll Bridge on I'U'liling river In K""1 principle which our rirefstlr.
i..u.l:.. .... ' t fii..t.i r... 1.. ...11. ....1 i. '
"""" v; on uio o'i. mv., oy one irnn!?. n "'twine, so aa i
The difficulty, at our information rroe. have a eoticertod action in the wnai i.
arose about a spring near the bride. i ",oW befor us; and wo rail 011 Ioverj of
appear that the deceased had hi sun Frrdoin in the Territory to m.k.......
concealed in the bushes near by for the w'lw that we recommend that Central
occasion, and a Maitindale was going County Committee be apjH.iat.d-aU,
from him ran and seized it and shot at Mar. p'eeinct Committee : iln t it U!
tindale, missing him. Martindale then ,lul.v f id Coium'ttee'a to (orn-smiBd
liulliered a musket and alio! aad killed Ir.
ving in ih act of re loading hi rifle."
I'ortfnnd Timet.
TU next will be understond by those
who know that John W. Gilxon is cipt
ain of the steamer Clinton, and Julio Uos-
ton clerk :
ll'l1.. IT- . , . ..
iiA.-ias. 110 are innuuieo to the
Trdr genllrinatily politeness of the Cai.t.
ain of the steamer Clinton. John IIumoii.
and the clerk. John W. GUmm for tho in
formation which we apread, in advance of
with each other, and act as a imi.
U- folve I, 0 h. Th,il the J..IT
D inocrHcy, - is he capable f ;a he h.,nMi i
is the only rule In ael.-ct ..fliei-ls Iu fill pub.
liO'tillions hv : li st fhauU W il. ...1. .t
the Umio.n Dgmocracv.
R"'0'v-d, lOlh. That a free.
Press i tl e sentinel on tho waicli.m....r
Liberty 5 that we heartily ammv. nfil..
course of Thb Aani's and recommend rt
to the support of all those that have the
true interests of Or.-gnn iu view.
Moved and seconded that a committee
most solemnly denied that such a thing ex
iated in Utah, and charged that ihey were
calumnious reports. We know that Mor
mons are in the habit of denying many
things just us long as they can successfully
and we know thai some of Druminond's
charges are true frnm our own personal
knowledge, and unless ynu can " post" us
on Mormonism by something belter than a
solemn assertion that Brigham ha no le
gitimate progeny, because you and the
mail boy have never seen nnv addition
made to Lis family we must be excused
from going to Salt Lake as one of the
" Latter Day Saint'."
0 We wish our readers to note care
ftiitti .1. K. c t . .
.....j ..it pwn-iiii'iii!i ui reraniorz Liitue, 111
the communication of Elder David M.
Stuart, as w Khali publish Judge Drum
mond a reply lo Little next week.
13" Two Mormon Elders, D. M. Stuart
and Silas G. Miggins, are holding forth in
this section of country. They have an
other appointment at the Court House
next Sunday at 3 o'clock p.m., when thev
propose to preach upon the " Kingdom of and we do hone that tha IllllilullPr Lva
! f?! I O. 1 v
i.o.er ciuan nan a donate in this sent a Copy of it to all the locofr.co editors
city nisi Monday evening with Mr. L. Ros. of the Territory,
enthal of San Francisco. Mr. R !. nu '
of the descendant of Abraham. We T,M' CorVHli Mpenger sent
bought that Mr. R. ofTered some ohi.-ct- noexc,,nBe '" - We hopo friend
ion to the doctrine of the mirii;.v ,.f Aver-V ,M ,,ot organ Pf'ndora imi
God (the point discuued) which Mr. Stu- l,,e ,"mP, of crW "K''t
ihe mails, b-fre the people who will read of tlin. U .. ,1 ; .1..
p w-j... wi i. Mti iuretcfliTi
Tins looks a little like "Bpreadinff in
formation" a little iu advance of tho
Schoolmaster, as well as the " mails."
I'hemxt locofocogem, is a graphic and
soul stirring description of scenery around
Jacksonville (O. T.) :
' I hose who love scenery, cannot but lie
leiighted by viaiiinfr thai portion of Jack.
sonville situated on tho eminence of an
evening the valley chow, the beautiful
plain eiitPrapersad with proves and dotted
with scetiering timber still further on the
mountain forming the ca-lern rirn of the
grat valley of an evening at this Ftasoii
of I lift year, the clouds liflllcrinif In 11...
horizon over the summit of the hills, the
sun as at this mom nt reflecting its inlden
ray, with occasional shades iu the back
ground, formed bv indmtiitiotis in the
mountain," tec Jacksonville Sentiml.
It will be seen from the above extracts
that the literature of Africanism is iu bur.
mony wiih its principle " nightily mix.
ed."
OCT We have received a copy of a new
work just issued hy Fowler as Wells, New
York, entitled J7ou lo Behave, which
sold, post paid, at 3") or 50c., owing to
binding. It ia an admirable liltlu book
at Salem, but that he will see lo it that the
tiling is tent a Ion?,
0" Early apple are plenty with our
retailers at two hits a dozen
art did not meet.
We were pleased lo observe that our
citizens conducted themselvea with that
decorum for which they are proverbial and
.nowen no disposition to repulseth.se OCT Many thanks are due our friend, for
si a . 1 - -
poor mormons oy any other weapons than their letters contain!. commendation.
arguments. The true policy is lo let all good wishes, prayer in our behalf, and
Tra ineir aenument at meetings of I new subscribers
their own appointment. If their doctrines
are demoralizing, we are not obli-'ed to co
ami near them ; if we do go, the moment
we use nmb violence we show that we are
whipped in argument, and that n9are low.
flung loafers.
A f" 11' I... . r. .1 ... ...
- u,c.,n iruin ing mormon c,iiers
that our informant who reported several
conversions to Mormonism in the Tuala
tin nains, was mistaken. They Lave
mue no converts. '
t& Dr. Uuichin of Lafayette has senl
U a bottle of hi Balsam ol Wild Cherrv.
tobeusd in cases of Consumption. Asth
ma, Bronchitis, 6Vc. We hava no means
of testing the virtue or ihe medicine (aa
we are not sick), but wa hava h.lnl n.
Huichin' Ralsam Lighly recommended for pWA lhe object of lh meeting. Dr.
OCT We had a torrent uf rain 1 T,..
day that filled all our cisterns.
IRT " learn thai a Mr. WI. 1 1 Tin fA tarn a
accidentally kl i d in P.,n ....H Tt
j i.:i ' " '
w..,ieeiigaL'en 111 raismjf timber hy
iii.'iin i.r u ...... .i. . .
" ihiii-j ...a n pj parted and
t mo ii.noeriaii nrmn fe 'lece.ised.
O- 1 110 IsOllVeilOon in f,.... . C...
v... n.mon tor Oregon meols in Salem
nususi 1 III.
Krpakllcai Heellai la lapa.ua.
uwuai.t to a call, the people of Ump-
qua county assembled in mass meetinc on
the 26th June at Baker' mill. P. C. I'ark.
er, K.q., waa chosen Chairman and Chas.
Barrett Secretary.
J he Chairman in a haonv manner ...
Unipqua and Dou-Us, t ncl as a Central
Committee,
D. C. Underwood, Elward Spicer. and
Tliomiis Stoldnrd, were appointed said
committee for Umpqua county.
Charles Barrett, John Kelv, and S. S.
Brig;s, were appointed said committee for
Dougla county.
Moved and seconded lhal th proceed,
ingsof thi meeting be published in Tin
Arocs, and the Oregonian bo requested te
copy.
Moved and sreondrd that the Central
C.iiiiniittees appoint pr.-ii.ict Coinuiiiicu
c nsisting of three in each prcinct.
P. C. PARKER, Pres't.
Ciurlks Bahiieit, S. c'y.
Hon. C.vkrsun EriiiiiiitKiK. of Teun
essec, the lal of the Southern Whir iv,n.
b-isof CoOgrrsa who stool up agaiii, lh
Nebraska bill, and not h-ri'to'oie sliiekrn
down for their independence, lights anoth.
er balilr for re-election this summer against
strong odd. Ho is very opuli.', hwev.
er, and the cmiest, from it peculiar cir
cumstances, possesses a niitionnl interest.'
(CTlie LnuiMillo Juuind has made
the discovery that tha Democratic party it
in favor of conferring thr. rihtof svfroge
upn free neyro-s ai,d slaves. It inskss
out llin casn thus. The Democracy Lis
with Uio unanimity tlmt distinguishes tha
political nclion of paru'zan serfs enrlorstd
ilia inaugural of Mr. Buchanan, and, isys
the Journal .-
in his inaugural address. Mr. Buchania
declared in unequivocal, unmistakalil Ian.
"U'ige that" it i the imperative and indit
'eiiable tluty of the Government to secure
ioeveiiv resident inhabitant the free and
m .(..peii'luil expression of hi opinion by
hisroff." If 1 Ms dud rine is true al ajl, it
1 truo everywhere. It is rt true in its ap
plication to the "resident inhabitants" in
the State a. to the "reileni inhsbit-
ants" in the Territories, It include every
resident inhabitant without oiialificH'ioo of
ge, nativity, nllegiance, or color.
03" In the British Parliament, Lord
Palmerston had made an important speech
respecting the Isthmus of JWma, ia
which Le noticed ilie policy of the Utiitsd
State Government towards New Grans,
and defined the position of the British
Cabinet, with regard to the matter. Aa,
English flet would lend a moral surpert
to Mr. Buchanan's demand for redrtt, sni
the Isthmus traffioKhouM be rendered free
end secure to and for the people of sK
nations.
these complaint.
trw. l,.: .... .
nun an iniani cnilil ot lien.
McCarver aged 21 months, was accident-
ally scalded by falling into a pan of starch
last week, Thursday, and died on Saturday
TV . I I ... ... "
1 ue uu.iai loot piace on Monday.
03 S ephen D. Martindale, who ore.
I- ; .... .
i.m.ntry trial wr me homicide of George
Irvin has occupied four day in thi citv
ha been held lo bail in the sum of $4,000
for hi appearance al court. "
KT Mr. T. A. Wood ha. laid anon ,
lableaeveral specimen, of ambrotypes. Lr
oor opinion as to merits. The one we
aaaktaWfakJ iL. 1 . a . .
Ihiaaatio. i . VWk . . . ,D",r'
Ctde w.t called for, who made an able
spcer h, repleto with sound reason -hr -r.
-. I . . - - v
' 01 " cunlry should rouse bini.
elf to Mtion and burl the sham Detnocra.
cy, from power, who, under the cry of De
mocracy, were working for alavery. He
strenuoutly urged organization and labor,
and if ibis wat adopted Oregon would be
-ait right."
Moved and seconded that a commi.t.a
of three be appointed to draft resolution.
U. U Lnderwood.Esq, R, Pric.. ,nj
Charles Barrett were appointed tuoh com
mittee, who introduoed tb fullowinir re..
olutions, which were uaanimoutlr adont.
" v K'1'4 That so anbiued use of
. 'tweteiTCfrm&;., h the p:idjaB 0f
Blood. In 1hnBurdellin011est.il will
be recollected that some important conciu-
Mon were obtained from a microscope ex
amination of stains of blood. Similar
lestimony wa resorted to in a recent m ar
dor trial in .Maine, where celebrated doc
tors testified that the blood of man dees not
differ much from the blood of other ani
mals in ila chemical properties anJ con
stituents ; bnt when suhjeoted lo the mi
croscope it at once reveal important phys
ical differences. They then goon tossy
that M human blood, when first drawn, is
not quite a fluid, but it flows in ' globule's,'
and that the blond of an animal form
bubble,' and is in a fluid aisle." Frosa
the fact developed, we learn lhat it is vtry
easy fur men of science to distinguish hu
man blood from lhat of animal. '
A popular writer, spakin of the
proposed oceanic telegraph, woadert whe'W
er the new transmitted tbroojh mH
wosH be freir?,