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id i. ILI t.'r 1 ill 1 ! 1 : I v::l M"jj 4, ,l)c rcgon drgu V. ' ' . W. L. ADAMif SUITO tHO MOMIKTO. oRroorr city i SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1857. . jr U, W. Cats 1 authorised lo do snjr but looa eonnctd wills lii Argus Office during my aUoct. V L. ADAMS. , . fJT Dr. John McLouurmn died in thli city TbursJay morning last, afterati-vera and lingering illness, The funorul wrvice will laks place at the Cilhulio Church thi morning t 10 o'clock. The friends of the drcctud are invited to be present. Aspect or Locofocoism. There it much inlerett among our citiu.ni in th proceed ing of tho Convention now assembled at Salem. Th present ia a very exciting time, as evolving olitiel action that may open up a ocvr epoch in tb history of the Territory. All eyes nro being turned to--Ward iba Convention, to watch iti progross in calming tb troubled waters, uuiliug the anUgonistio freedom and slavery sen. liments of the so-called democratic party, so as to make the convention work har moniously and make a constitution suited to tho withes of a majority of th people, under the jumbled and taugled hotchpotch of incongruities forming the creed of loco- docoisni, as lot forth in the doclriue of aquatter sovereignty, Buchanan's inaugu ral, and the Supreme Court decision deny ing squatter and Slate sovereignty, nnd also in the article of the ereed averring that the "democratio parly ia neither slavery oar anti-slavery." We bare oAon told our readers tbnt the present falsely-callod democratio party had been sold out to the slave-driving interest,' that the creed and discipline of that organization had been framed by artful and wary politicians in the lava interest, who study politics as a trade, and who have artfully framed the rules governing parly caucuses so as invariably to work to the Intorest of slavery, even when there is a large majority of froe State sentiment in the party. All their operations soem to proceed upon tho prin ciplo that underlios lha basis of Southern representation, where the owner of fifteen , negroes is reckoned equal to ten poor white men in apportioning Representatives to Congress among tho several S'ates. la the democratio party in Oregon, as else where, one pro-slavery mnn is equal to just ten free State men. )U not equal in the Dumber of direct rotes, they are fully equal in point of management, tact, and a brazen, boisterous effrontery, which, in the final issue of every conflict between the two wings of the party, iuvariably results the same as if evory " nigger-driver" Was entitled to cast ten limes the Vole of a "driven nigger." In proof of this, we nil! adduce the fact that although even tho democratio party ha probably a free Stnto strength of two to one, yet Je Lane, who by his previous acts had proven himself to be a rabid pro- slavery man, succeeded in obtaining the track as candidate for Delegate, while his superiors in an intullcctual point of view such im Smith, Kclley, Crovor, nnd other', wore pushed into the background, Micaw bcr-like, to 'wail for something to turn up. Our second fact in proof is, lliut out of the five democratic orgnns which have not been readout of the party, thrcoof them are using their utmost exortions to fasten slavery upon us: im by a bold nnd fear less avowal of their intentions, and the other by n sneaking mid underhanded pot icy, by way of exciting tho prejudices of the dnven-nigger" wing against free State men ; while the other two, while they have faintly cxpressod nn opinion that probably a free Slate would be best for us, evince such a craven and cowardly char, ncter as really to leave it in doubt which side of the fence thoy stradJle they prefer to fall on. uur third proof is, that in the recent caucus at Salem, the " driven-nigger" ma jority meekly resigned all cluiim to elect ing a President of the Convention, and af- torward oponly voted to a man for PeadyJ me mgger-urivers' pot, in preference lo acting with the Republican. -, - Oar fourth proof is, that the delegate from Clackamas end 'Clatsop (a part at umij, who were cite it u as sirengiy rcpu. diating tlio cauous sovereignty doctrine,. which is considered a a pro-slavery meas. ure, were induced by the nigger-AViving wing to betray tln-lr constituents by going into the caucus and meekly bending their -lucks U the lash of the niggordriving minority. -..'i I , . .-: !,', " Our fifth proof is, that while this same democratio party has a thousand times de clared that each number of the party was perfectly free to upeak, write, or vote indi vidually pro or eon on the subject of slave ry, without impairing his standing with the party, Judge Williams hat lost ca4o, and, in point of influence, has been shored down to the tail and of the driven-ni'-eer tying, for no other crime than that of having published an article in the Salem organ in faror of a free State. Th nigger driving wing are so bitter and earnest in their de--sunoialion of him, that they have flaally extorted from th driven-nigger the con fession that ' Judge William' court im, to toy tht Itatt, eery impolitic" 1 1 i Our sixth proef is, that, while Judge Williams ha been virtually ostracized tor erriiiogoiie letter in behalf of.aJa-, State, Uilhar of the editors who are boy In toning pro-slaveryiii broailtait over the country, nor even Dcudy. v,ho ifH ffj tilll"P speechesfor slavery during hn lt corH van, nas mneu to r" - ri IB iliay'ii" - "t TnrwHvTv if r .TT . .! niation if"Tfi Digger-driving wing, while not a single driven-nigger, so fur a we are avare, hue bad the audacity to whraipor a tylluble of doubt as to their orthodoxy as . ( . .. - - democrats ! I . , ..... , . Our sevonth proof is, that in tho manner of submitting the constitution to the people the nigger-driving wing has outwitted the drivu-oi.'ger, so aa lo bav a pro-slavery constitution in any event. The Legisla ture made provisions for cubmitting a ton- ttltulivn to the people, and not pnrts or fractions of a constitution in a "separate scliedul j." The Legislature bad oo power to do otherwise. Now, according to the "rules" of black democracy already spoken of, the convention ia commit Ud in favor of making a constitution saying nothing a beat slavery, and then submitting the pro sla very and anti-slavery clauses in a separate schedule. . The result of this will be that. should tb people adopt the free State clause by a vole of nine to one, it will no more form a part of the constitution than McCormivk'a Almanac. The Legislature has do power lo make a constitution, or any part of ono, and by the decision of the court the people are powerless even to perfect a simple legislative enactment by deciding fur it at the ballot-box. The In diana courts decided that the free negro clause which waa submitted iu a separate schedule nnd approved by the people, could form no part of the constitution unlet the convention reassembled and enacted the clause. .... ,.. -., . : . , The peopl' vole upon the clauses of the proposed schedule in Oregon can only aot n instruction lo the convention, should it ever assemble again ; and there being do probability of such an event, we shall have a constitution saying nothing about slavery, which answers very well for a make-shift in place of a pro-slavery ono. ' The fact Is, there is no safe ground short of the Republican 'plniform. The man who is willing to be a drivcu niggor in the camp of black democracy, will always be made a tool of lo curse bis country and pick hi own pocket. ' ' ii- j ' . Bro. Pearne and Slavery in Or ego. The Christian Advocate nnd Journal of July Oth, printed in New York city, has en article headed "Oregon and Slavery," in which, after alluding to the statements of certain letter writers who expressed fears as to the future character of our institu tions, quotes an article from the Salem Ad vocate, which, after alluding to statements made iu Eastern papers that " leading pol iticians" have been working among us for the slnve interest, says : : . " All we caro lo soy, in reply to such as sertion, i, that if they are true, those persons have been very sly, to much so licit none here, or comparatively none, have over learned the fact nor are thoy true : so fur as we know, and our opportunities of knowing are probably as good as those of the person who writes the letter to liar por's Weekly, there are no lending mliti- ciansin the territory who are in favor of iiavtry Here. We do not see what is to be gained by such statements." " We do not see what is to bo gained by such statements," whon they are entirely destitute of trulli. . ViTe would lil;o to ntk the Advocate whether Jo Lane, Delegate to Congress, Judgo Deady, of the Supreme Court, TVuuIt, editor of the Oregon Sen tinel, Avery, a prominent member of the Legislature, Kelsoy, nti influential member of the Constitutional Convention, Judge Dickey Miller, a leading niiin iu Marion, Mr. Soap and Mr. Crisp, leading men in lumhill, Judgo Holmes nnd Hon. Mr, Offi cer, of Clackamas, and fifty' othora that y,e might mention, who are all, rabid " nigger men, are not promuipnt politicians ! '' We are pained to be obliged to correct the Advocate's statement, even though it should causo the "Book Concern," who employ bro. Pearne at a salary of $1000 per annum, to write him another letter or dering him to make a bold light for free dom, notwithstanding his paper has hith erto made the impression upon his Eastern patrons that really there was no enemy in the field to fighU . - - i 1 ' ' ' Low Salabibs. We believe there is a general .disposition : in : the convention lo adopt low salarios, although wo thought we saw a nervous twitcblusbf the faces of the expectants of office in tho "convention, when it was proposed to giye'low salaries. We agreed with Mr. Dryer who made a speech during our attendance'at the con vention last week, in favor of " liberal sal nnes, wnicn wotua .amply remunerate those' who held 'offices, for their sorviccs." He might not, however,' agree with us in the opinion that flOOO ayear for judges and 8500 for governor, would be'" an ample compensation for the services" of any who will be likely lo fill those offices. rhe objection that, with such salaries, no one Would bj willing to take the office, is frivolous. Lsq. Darnes would doubtless accepi lost of Chief Justice, and Sam Par. ker would be wilting lo occupy the eiiber. natorial "cheer" even at adalary ofSlOO. Drowhed.Wo learn iobi the Stand. ard that the wife and child of Mr. Cuike residing on Government Island above Van couver, were drowned last week.. The mother had descended tbo bluff fur water, when the child three year of age came running dowa and plunged into the Col umbia riier. The mother in th mad oet f giief, rushed. in to save it, and perished with th iufiot in her arm. , Who ii a I'tAi'K KKrimucAMf Im Is a question ofum oked, and a often tin sweird lotuit tbe views of the persons an swering. Our understanding of a UlsrV Republican, is a person opposed lo the x tension of slavery, (in other words, op posed lo slavery in Oregon) and one who voted for Fremont, or would have voted for him for ('resident if ihey would have been entitled -lo-a-rot. Jocktonvilh Sentinel. . , , , ,( I ,. The Sentinel and Occidental have been laboring wilrj might and main to prove that a " freo State democrat" Was a rtiisnoinu'r, anJ that alT'wlb oppose'slavery Iti Oregon ire 14 (Hack Republicans," and ooglittobe kicked out of the fold of Iho "driven nig ger" democracy. ' AV think oursclfthat this will eventually be the ease, and thai at no distant dny a 14 freo State demoorat" will be as great a misnomer as a "virtu ous harlot." ' Dut It seems to us that in defining what a Black Republican is, friend Sentinel lias conceded all that is claimed by bis brethren, who are opposed to slave ry in Oregon. If only those who oppose slavery in Oregon, and were Fremont men, are Black Republicans, by, what authority does th Sentinc embrace as such those who oppose slavery In Oregon, and were Buchanan men t Would the Sentinel read out as Black Republican, the ' Buch anan and Free Kansas" voter who car ried Pennsylvania for Buchanan, besides over a million of other drivon nipger doughfaces, who licked tho dirt from the feet of such fire-eaters as Brooks, Toombs, Orr, and Keitt, merely to " save tho Un ion," and who are yet on their i marrow bones making all sort of preleslaliou of their obsequiousness and fealty U their drivers who are determined to use them to nationalize slavery and revive th slave trade! . We ask these questions, dear Sentinel, not with a view of being captious, or of interfering with your business, but "mere ly for information. " In the mean time lay on your lash, and make tbe bare bend ed backs of your " free State democrats" I bleed under discipline. They will stand it, nnd 11 there 'a a spirit in us likes" to see them sriuirm. . Your northern allies went in under the mark of " squatter sovereigns," nnd when they read in the history of Kan- as, an elucidation of tbe principle iu the feats of an armed mob from Missouri, who took possession of tbe polls by tho use of bludgeons and bowie knivcs( elect' ing a bogus legislature to rule over Kan sns, your northern doiighfuccs in order to keep " step to the musio of the Union" bent down to it, determined to "submit" and assented to a alight variation in the name so as to bo known hereafter as " squntting sovereigns." ' ' When the Supreme court gives a politi cal opinion denying the existence of squat ter sovereignly in the Territories, and robbing every northern Stale of sovereign ty over its domestio institutions by deny ing it the constitutional power of prevent ing Wise from wetting the soil of Bunker Hill witb the blood of hij three hundred slaves, your northern donghfuces get down on all fours upon the platform of " iqnat ting tovtreignty" ' and; trembling at the storm' of popular indignation, that bursts from the primeval forrcstaof Maine, rocks the granite hills of New Hampshire, and is echoed back from tho broad prniriea be jond the "Fulhorof Waters,'', ibey com mit tho helm of the " squatting sovereign" rnfl to the polluted . hands of tire-en ting secessionists, willing to be moored in '-any port in a storm," just to snve tbe Union Thank God, however, there aro. many noble exceptions,-all national men, who are really true to . the Union and the Con. stiluiion, who hold 14 Stale sovereignty who believe that 'the Declaration of Inde pendenoe is something else than a "po litical abstraction" or "self-evident lie," will soon be aboard of tha staunch old Re publican ship: -v'! : ' i' .r ' .-! : : I In the mean time we hope the whippers in will not Ceaso to lay the lush ; upon tbe bended backs of those shivering wretohes who are prostrated upon the old rotten raft of "squatter sovereignty."' - .' . i '. ! 1 i 1 i 1 : - i ' i Those who know themselves indebt ed lo us would do a truly Christian act by mailing us a little of the needful . Bro. Pearne and the Pseo Scott De cisto.N.-rA few, days ago, the Salom Ad vocate published a clipping from some ex change on tii outside of that paper bead ed. ',' Judge Taney in .. 18.10,? 0 In that ar ticle the words '.'infamous, decision"-oo- curred in an allusiar. lo the Judge' decis ion on the Dred Scott case. . j..,8 , , The next week. the editor of this pro fessedly religious paper writes aa article, making all sorts of apologies for publish ing it, and fairly sobs aloud at the provi dential disaster that befell him at not be ing able to return, home from conferenco to correct in the proof sheet, an article he had tilectcd for tht paper before he vtiit The editor winds up his article with the following : " All w wisk to say Is simply this : The whole thWi an auracti and not the ex pression of our personal opinion." ; Now we do not believe there is a Chris tian in tha worlJ who could sy less of a decnioa (w view it a an opinion) that re duce a pari f those for when Christ died, to th lv of brutes, destroy State and Territorial'- sovereignly, and render man-stealing national, a crima which by the Jewish law Is punishable wiib death. W repeat that we do not believe jheri i a tingle C'liri.iiuu in the nation, who, up on understanding tha whole case, would nL fcul something fully as strong as " in fiiinuti dccl.ion" welling up from the but tool of In' vary soul, mid would com to truckle enough to popular wickednest to apologise for such an expression. If thi editor had litediix hundred and thirty year before Christ, and had pub lished an extract from Zephnniah lii. fl, which Contains a desuiiptioii f the Su pVenw Court" of Jerusalem, JfeV prinis- ei within her aro roaring lions, ber Judge- are evening wolves,") we have no doubt but tho next Issue of bis sheet would have contained an npologeliu editorial which would have wound up something nficr this sort ? All w wish lo say la simply this : the. whole ihiug is an extract, and not tho expression of our personal opinion." ' ' We fear thai Carlton ic Porter of the M. 12. Book Concern will bo obliL'eJ hi haul him over the coals a few times inoro. Wa had hoped their severe rebukos would bav wrought a cbang ere this, but upon referring lo Jeremiah xiii. 23, w are al most discouraged. 1 t3T " Th Oregon Argus, of tho I5tb Inst., copies an extract from an Oregon cor respondent of the N. O. Delta, and say: 'The letter we have no doubt wa written by Jo Lane.' The averment is gratuit ous nnd unqualifiedly faUo. Gen. Luno never wrote that or any other letter to the M. Portland Timet, Aug. 29A. Mow our ," averment" that we believed Jo Lane had written tho letter, could be pronounced as '' false," we leave for those to determine who are posted in that kind of logio suited lo these who "know exactly how thick a negro's skull is." Tb same definite mode of arriviag at conclusions may akio excuse the apparent recklessness of an assertion that Jo Lane " never wrote that or any other letter lo the Delta," when Jo Lane is, and has been for months, in Southern Oregon, while his voucher i and hnsbecn, in Portland' during tha same time.' ' The position the Times man chooses to take ia this, that he either wrote the h iter o the Delta himself, or he has convicted himself of an essential falsehood by staling that which he of course could know noth ing about. K7""Mr. Williams moved th.il . tho Socrclnry be instructed to purcliaa at the expense of thn Territory or future Slate, stationary for tho ue of the Convention. . "On motion of Mr. Logan, the resolu tion was amended sons to require the pur chases lo be made upon the best terms and passed." The above is a fraction of the Conven tion reports as found in tho Sulemorgnn. We are informed that tho resolution ns offered by Mr. Williams wns that thejaiir chase be made of Mri Moorct. Wa fear that Mr. Logan's motion was calculated to divert tho original design of the mover from a special faror to a member of " our party," nnd perhaps thus save lha Terri tory some cash. ' If "Judgo Williams' partner" from Coon, had offered tho resolution, we should have felt less surprise, but such nn act of bare-faced partisan favoritism is inexcusa hie in a Territorial Chief Justice, even if ho is an appointee of poor Fierce. ; No wonder Czapkay's reporter was ashamed to put it upon record. " 03'" ", Mr. Forney, not having succeed ed in purchasing the Philadelphia Penn sylvaninn, will issue a new Democratic pa per in llint city before the close of the present month; . Already there are evi dent symptoms of a fight between tho two Democratic organs, the old ono nnd tho now nno. ' VVe hope that Iiice and Forney will do up each other's jobs thoroughly. May tliey pull each other's linir. ' May they gouge each Other's ej-es,3 Way they batter or bito off each other' noie. . May thoy choke , each, other till their King tongnes hang out of their mouths. May they hick each other with the most sharp toed of boots, shoes, and brogans." Lou isville Journal, -!:) i' . , i , .1 1.7 , ; We notice by one of the Portland pa pers of last Saturday - that the locofoco whiffet iu Oregon are bristling up in favor of Rico, nnd are already plunging their teeth into tho calves of Forney. ' " Kr From an article ' in the Portland Tiines devoted to hauling the locofoco pa pers of California over the coals for almost invariably copying news from Black Re publican pafjers in Oregon, instead, of. the bUck democratio ones, ihe Times says: ' 'd " Wa submit that' this, habit of ignoring the democratic press and leaning upon that bf, the black republican, is a custom einU nently . worthy of .radical refprmauoo.",i:,i Now we should have thought that the Time would have been leo murt lo re veal the fact to its- reader that locofoco journals understand each other' failing to well, that in order to cot "reliable news" they generally copy from republi- can papers. In times of heated political canvassing we have noticed that locofoco papers generally copy from one another, because tbe less truth they contain just about that tune, tbe better for tb success of their party, a But we. are glad lo see lhat immediately after the canvass, when these editors have lime to take the second sober thought,. anJ lha monitor wiihin be gins to awaken compunctions forihe past, they immediately begin to copy from Re public papers. 1 . .,- v .- OO" The Convention at Salem act as though in making a constitution they were determined to make it also serve the pur poses of a "code." . W. think after we ;. .i . l I get tbe "constitution" we shall bavelitliJ peJ of Irgislation fr tbe next cvea jcar J 03" Large quantities of apples are nl ino.t daily being wajoned to Portland from tho upper courtlry, preparatory ' to being shipped for California. Most or I Ik so ap ples como from Marlon county, the enter- prising farmer of which have by tome means got the start of thoo of other "unties in the fruij business, ...Yamhill. ! an old settled and riuh county, but wo think thero is hardly one fourth of the fruit produced thero tliut there is in Marion. -There arofOine good orchards, however, in Yamhill. "The Old Ringer," of Applo Valley, has devoted con.iilernt.lo attention to fruitgrowing, and is now " reaping the fruit of hii doing." Clackamas county will probably range next along side of Marion.' The project is that our fruit will bring some two hundred thousand dot lars Into the country litis fall. 1 HIT This work has been a remarkably .lutkv one. , First camo' Mr. Aihey wills a basket full of apples of iho Alexander, Jersey Sweeting, Sweet IVoriiioin, and Grnvenslcin varieties. One of the Grar. eusteins weighed sixteen ounce and a half, and the whole lot was given up to bo the finest basketful of apples ever brought to this city. Next cuiiie, Mr. Warner ilh a Holland Pippin weighing seventeen ounues and a half. Who should enter our snno turn next, but George Graham, with nice samples of Westfivld Seeknnfurther, anil Pumpkin Sweet. Iiit, though by no means least, camo a contribution from Mr. Brock, embracing llm Early I'iunock, Sops of Wine, July 'Bough, and Full Beauty. One of the Fall Keauiy specimres weigh ed a pound nnd wa the finest one of the kind we have yet seen , OCT We learn that Jesse Applegale and Mr. Scott delegates lo the Convention from Umpqua county, havdefl the Convention and gone homo. Mr. A. thought thatjin der the rule tcuciis-sovereignij, anl opposUion member member was a useless a nl fifih wheel to a wagon. .-.i i K7We believe there is no mm in the "driven-nigger" wing of the Convention at Salem who has a particle ef influence with his nnrtr. ox cent it be Smith. The niggcr-drivcrs fear him, but iliey are lay ing thi-ir I raps for him.. . . Kj" We have full reports from the Con ventioii up to last Wednesday aight, which camo loo late for this issue. The Convcn tion has res-jived lo adjourn Sept. 21st. Thanks. The Oregon papers who havo so kindly notice th improvement iu the Sentinel, havo our thanks. Henlmcl. You nre welcome, thrico welcome, dear To Vault nnd we shall still be glad lo notice still further " improvements." (KT We hew of several thieves and moil-robbers In the country who are talk ing of signing the Sulem platform, so that when detected, their crimes muy be cov. ercd up upon the ground dt "family (po lilical) considerations." Wo believe they have already subscribed for tho " caucus sovereignty organ." . From the South. The Sentinel says that the wheat crop of Jackson county will not exceed fifty thousand bushels, while that of 1853 wns nbout one hundred and twenty fivo thousand bushels. Rev. D. Steams has raised about two acres of Chinese Sugar Cane, from which ho expects to make seven hundred gallons of syrup. The Sentinel goes oiT in ecta cies at Mr.Stearns' prospects; thinks it a great opening for slave labor, nnd pitches its " shriek" at n higher key for " niggers," Now they make 400 gallons of synip lo the aero in Ohio and Illinois, whiclk, accord inglo tho Sentinel's logic, isstill a strong cr argument for slavery in those States. ;; CO They are moving lha M. E. meeting house in this city lo the Parsonage lot. The builJing stood over -Sunday in the street in front of our office, ns if inviting us to "join," but, for " h'o. Pearne's" sako we thought we wouldn't '50 Our post office has been removed to a room in Chairman d: Warner's build, ing.. As it is a" black republican" house, we shnll bo pleased to see it conducted on " black republican'' principle". . ( .( : - Birth day op LA Faybttr To-mor- row, Sept Oth, tlio .one hundredth anni versary of the birth of LA Fa rum, the friend of American Liberty; will be appro priately celebrated throughout the Union. The celebration generally will take place oo Monday, o nc.-;..n.l 'i7 !r. ,f'.!. st it .Noiblng will be done in Oregon City to commemorata. ' the day, an lest tome of our public-spirited boys manage to fire a ttluie this evening. A ' -en OO We shall, publish," John's" article in reply to-rheTPortlnd '" Reformer," also the one 'of D. B. G. in' answer to "Teto" on selr-defencc.next week. W ihink the hitter; has bared his breatt for some home thrust from Veto.'f ubich be woufd do well to notice. ' v - ''- ''"" , OO"" Colonel (Jennings), our lips are moving In prayer for your health aud hap piness." Portion Timet. If the "Colonel" bas any doubt as to the efficiency of such prayer, wo refer him lo Isaiah 1(, 15ih. l ; - ' a : . OO" Robert Aloore.of Linn Citr. died past Tuesday fhornins., An obitnarr will be published next week. ' , .'.'.. f - i ' ' : OO" It is aid lhat a part of Old John's band and tbe Chasta Indians have stolen I the Clickatft horses Jiad left the Reserve fur the Sp-ib. ... m .. , , , t ... , , f . .foster an utb.,, aesta, ' " 'lr.ut-K.tit)Ti!.!An?.''0 hoVi y.oyu,l)KA,SiH.Inyouri.;u, of Aiiguil l.t,. under l lit, .hmuina , nWi.hanJcd Outrage," 1 lean, tj "R J Hii Foster was "robbod, cruelly robbed" of a keg pf currant wine, w,0 , ' (libsnn's negotiating- for a tsle." Tt' notice has raised tha curiosity of iliiii.r tlemnnt upon tiptoe, to know upon who upicion ha retted for lhat diabolical U ony. I thought bro. Gibson loo niucb 'f a gentleman lo havo even wlakf j , ,i pt-rpi-lralion of a oriniu f t more aairrit i sled oharaoler than that of " slealini tk ' pewter from iho U- f t blind tiiK". enna." Any li-l.t you may throw uDon lliU innlter will pr):.bly vrve to qLi the "Mgiiniii.n" which, ia now convuUj, ilio coiiiiiinnity'. Yours, in li,, ' 8 " Cli ku" is referred to our isin0f An'j. 8ih, whore, ly an examination of the 'COr! respoiidonce between " Mr. Noblemln" nnd Mr. Foster, he will discover tlml Mr Gibson is not only fully exculpated, but comiHendable exhibition of that "chatty which covers a multitude of int" j, fuy made upon the part of tho gentleman who was so " cruelly robbod." ' '' ' OO" Tho sheriff of this connly has n. luraed from his trip lo Douglas county f. ter Fisher, br was confined nt Winches ter for bnrso stealing. Sheriff Holcomb brought hack the horse belonging to Mr. I'arilow, but wns suvod the trouble ef biinging in Fisher, as he had brtn killtif in an effort lo escape from ctitUy in, Douglas county. ' '"',!J Important Ciianop. ' PitorosRD. n faithful, fi-arless, advocate of ri(!ht,is orp enily demanded, and by your leave, and aid, i(ood patrons, such shnll be tlisPseilia Chrwtain Advocate." Salem Advocate COWSTIIPTIOrJAL OONVEHTroiT. ' 'Auc' 27 Afternoon Smith offered resolution approving of the county court Hj-sicm recomtnondud in th report of Je. dicinry commitlce. ' t i''p Marple made a lengthy speech upon the report in poiierul, amid much coufuiioa, aud repealed calls to order. . . . Fair.ir projKned lo inwrt "noi"ia the Miolution, Smith assented, aaying it made nodifli-rcnco to him. , ' ,. Parrar thought the system of wanly courts had not bttcn tried, nnd lis thought tho people i.'esirid no change ia the ad. niiniilmlion of county affairs. ' ' lilkint offered a resolution declaring th convention in favor of the count; court is reported by the Judiciary committee. Dryer wus opposed li a one-horse conn ly curt it was giving ono man entirely too much power to entrust tho probate and county business together with minor civil and criminal suits, to one man as propossj. IIj preferred lo have two justices-of the peaco tosil with the judge. Hiking said wo have been here- ten dt jt and spent already $2,(100 of the people's money, and had accomplished nothing. llo waa in tivorof expediting buinest,cr of niljou ruing and going homo. , . , Ru d moved the previous question tut taimd. '''. . The rcrolution was lost 27 to 30. Convention went into committee of. the whole and took up the Judiciary repoit, Kelley in tho ohair. - i ' i t Olm-y moved to amend by providing for the election of two commissioners In dis tricts lo sit with the county ju-dge. ' Williams opposed it thought the coun ty court the best thing iu tho rpru.., . Olds was opposrd lo ''surrendering th whole, business ol iho county inld- llit hands of one man. Ho thought the pro posed niutho'l , would ; be. inoro t.xpeusive limit tba present one. .: "';'; lied was in favor of a county court,, but was opposed to abolishing, th oon niisfioners' oouri. '" Dryer thought that by rovivisig a anal, ter that hail i.lready ben put to rest by thi convention, was un insult to Ilia body, and evinced a disposiiion to cram tiling down their tlironis whether or not. - ' Ki-lsay was ngaint tho county court preferred thn commissioners' court. 1 ' '' , Wnikins moved that the committee rise carried. ' '. ,".'''." ! Olnuy offered a resolution to meet st8 o'clock a. m., aud 3 o'clock p. M., and dit pensewith niuht sessions; adopted. ; Ann. 28 Smith moved iho adoption of his resolution in reference to calling th yeas and nays. ' Dryer opposed it(' as really eaiculalra m tako up more of the time of the convention. Dryer. Farrar, Olds, Logan, and Wai kins spoke ngainst it. Tho resolution adopted, 35 lo 20. . Iteed gave notice of a proposed amen ment lo the 17ih rule.to that no one should speak twice on the same quetiio without special leave, nor once more lata twenty minutes. ' ; ' ! Farrar said ho should propose Hft"" minute.. V ., ". ' .i' ' " Applegate asked leave of absence that he was willing to. admit the eonvtn tion had nower to detain brnr. but that hi absence miirlit not be taken a aa approval of what tho convention might de, snd that the Territory might not ba Iwwe ior hi bav. Ha said Lhat there was probably talent and honesty enough in tho body, to Trmna .'nn.llliillnn lilhout his SsisttDC Indeed the. convention nad ofte)ji3raf '" ed at tnucli', by rtie gonerat troatweal of thene who were termed " the opposmo".. Olney, Kelsay, Smith, and Farrar tnoaa against granting leave. ' "" -; Dryer, Waikins.and Keed rarorea it. Leave wa refused, 6 lo 45. - ' ' Logan gave notice of a proposed chsagf in the rules so as to require the names " the ten calling for the yeas and nayt to entered upon the journal. ' ' " " Convention went into committee of tot whole opon the Judiciary article, Grorer in the chair. Deady offered a substitute for th seeiw" relaiing to the county court empor't the Legisbiture to elect county commis sioners or devolve the couoty business an entirely different board and giving V county judge jurisdiction in civil MV'v exceeding $500, also ia cae of nut meaner, and empowering bioi to gr writ. cf babes corptw.; a -5 , - After a debate which wa Prtlc,lTE in by War-lire, Chadnick, Kelle-. Dry er, Boi,.,'Lo-in, WW, Wrt-Wf