(Eljc rcgon 5Vrgtt0.
W. L. AUASS, tBITO ANU esofSISTOS.
SATURDAY, FEIillUAKY 80, 1838.
REPUBLICAN CONVECTION.
There w ill b H-iuti!icit Convention
' . of Delegate (rein nil ili count ie in lb
Territory f r ihn purpos of nominating
candiduu-i to be supported at the election
next Jun, if it Uh thought proper, and of
transacting ttich other uuini na may
com before Contention, The Con
vention will be held on
FRIDAY, THE SECOND OP ATRIL,
At lalcm, Marion County.
Tie Rpublivann aro urgently requested
' toorfitie in every couuty where mi or.
pnniznion wtt not made last year, end
end up Dlt lo Convention.
The commit le would suggest tlmt tlie
following apportionment Ui ndhered la in
sleeting Delegate: Curry 1, Coos ,
Jackson 4, Joseidiin 3, Itougl 4, I'mp
qua , Lane 0, Linn 6, Unitou 4, Polk 4,
Yamhill 4. M inon 7, Claokme 3, Wash
ington 3, Multnomah 4, Columbia 1, C'lai-
op 1, an J Wwto I.
Cli. Ki p. Tr. Com.
FeK C, 19i.
1-muI AmiiiBiilt,
From a private letter, dated Kerby ville,
Josephine county, Jan. SI), w make the
following extracts, after fitting tlmt the
writer bat lately gone t lie re from L'iiiji
-qua.
"Iaeverknew uatil I came here, how
tsrinot a dcpfivaihsa it was to mi the
weekly viit of my iaper: and I now pro
teit I but I would yaiher lose on meal
every day. ihaa l.i do without The Argus,
4t will coat lite lerity-bie cent per tium
her, over ami alwve the subscription, o iiij;
4o the nculect of our olhctals. lVuw is it
net icandaluais iiHt in this county, contain
Jng twelve hundred inhahilalil Hi Ira'
'therein not a single M.m Kuitef lei
-Sir, ihe Postal A"fiil Im.i been petitioned
-our situation in well known to ihe higher
bullion ic; but noihin is done fur u.
flf a poor miner in so unfortunate a to gel
-a tetter from bin wife, be inu-t lurk over
ffl'J lu an Iixpremu, I),-lore h van
find out whether Inn better half i strayed
.or inen, or at home, as she ought to be,
" ll it true tlmt the Democratic idol. Jo
?Lene, promised to eel thing to lights;
but all Iliat know him are w-IJ aware, that
liia pioimses iiiij performance are, and
-alwavs have ban, ai variance.
" Now, Sir, there arc tcry many Reiuib
'licans in thin county ; and if you will vi
"III Postal Agent particular ", you
will do Ihfin n (.'riril hivor ; aiid Imulcl
youKucceeil in wukin biin up, ao thai we
.DiHy liuveiiur in a I U tonveyrd on the Rin
(eriima nibcr projile. I inn linil promiVe
you nuUscriueri enough to pay ynu for the
trouble; t all evcnla, if lln-y don I nub
aorilje and pay in advance, it aball not he
tny faul', fur I intend, na sonn a we have
mail, to end you a long liat of unities, if
.in my power. '
We aincerdy aympathise with our
tfricndn in Joippliiue in lhir culnniities.
Tlio ToMul arrant-men Is in tin's counlry
nre in good keeping n i b iliogeurril poli
cy of a Kpoils-and-plundcr party tltut bnra
-all 111 liopra for nuci-ess on t he ignorance
of the inaca. " Democracy" flouriidira
beat in anvil counties d Josephine, where,
the penplfl nru deprived of reading maltcr,
and children grow up '-democrat)." bedaub
their fathers were, and are probably hnnrat
in their con vie: ion that General Jatk'oll i
still running for ('resident, and that the
toryiniu of b'uck democrncy i really I he
"good oJ fusliioiird democrncy of Jefferson.
We hope our Republican frieil out there
will not put their liebt under a bushel, but
-will aland up for the cause of truth like men.
As to our " waking up" a locofoco poatal
agent to do anything but to draw bin pny,
that ia impossible, G;ib i-Ts blunt will
liot " rtiiko" such fellawa till il blows :he
last time. 'I'hry will bo anru to wail till
the "second resu reel ion," and then, as
inow, ibey will "come forth to receive their
ay" with this difTurence: Tlure ibey
will get pny for " deed done in the bedy,"
while here ibey draw pny for deeds un
done. Kr We Icnrn thai Gov. Curry gave a
chauipagtio anpper in lliia c'ty la l Thma
day nijjln, at which a paper was preeuted
'for the faithful to aign. The purport of ji
was, faiihfol allegiance to bushi.-.in. We
hear that ueral "Softs," under the influ
ence of liquor, signed it.
These wh think there ia any dependence
tot put in a "democrat," or tolerably
green.
Mailer I)rMcnicjr.
The New Yoik Day Book, a democratic
faper i'f which v. have jevernl lime
-flpokr.n, and from which some ef the Ore
gon oigans of the aaine party lake delight
in quoUng. has got sn rampmil upon the
itileaiing of slavery that il ha cnine out in
favor of selling poor white people iniosluv.
ry. . In upt-aling vf ike poor Auiericaas,
Irili, aoi' Geujjjin, it hy :
" Sell the pare titu of these children into
Shvpjv. Let ur Legialatur pn a law
that whoever will take lh.se parents and
take care of them and iheir offspring, in
aickness and health clothe them, feed llietii
and house theineia be legally tntitlid
to Ihtir ttrvicet ; and let I he same. Legisla
ture decree that whoever receive ihese
parent and their childkkx, and obtain
their services, nIiuII tak care vf thein as
lO.NQ AS TBET LIVK."
We venture to say that no democrat,
however rabid, would suppose for moment
that there ia a Republican in th United
State who. u mean enough to advocate
edling por whit mm into slavery. We
have seen ariiwN of th aama tkaractar f
ihe alor ia anany black df myjijo papera
la th 8ttes, and, what i more, if Jo
l.an should enders the doctrine, aad his
organ grinder should think lh peojd of
Oregon would epprovof It, h would go
for it blind ; and so would niu tenth of
th locofoco rdilor in th Untied State.
Th fuel i I her is no villainy ibal what
it known aa "sound and reliabl demo
crl" wouldn't go for,
Isrjltai V'uitt
Jo Lane's orgs of last Saturday aayt!
H Th Union cannot new alTb'd that
sytm of liberality which would coun-el
th diuiion r mi In wbicb th domi
nanl party ar black-rei'ublican, and clear
ly purpose not to strengthen but to weaken,
end, II leismole, lu sever In bondl union
Th reina'k may be regarded as il will,
we have no hesitation in saving thai we
should applaud and defend democratic
member ofCongra, wh, fur this nid no
iber reason miouI cy 'way to lh oro
posed admission of any Slat rapping lor a
place In Hi confederation lurongh the me
dimn of abolition senators and repiesenU'
live."
Jly abolition senators her is meant Re.
publican senators of course, or any other
unntont not elected a the regular ooini
nets of locofoco taacu. Th new or
g-iniiaiion of "national democrat" is called
an abolition or black republican" organ
izaiion by this slink. Il is eeriainly lo be
regretted lhal a State should apply for ad
inisHon "ihrugn l ha medium of w
traitorous black denintratie Senator Yet
ii white man ever yel proponed to keep a
Stat out of ibe union on account of its
politic.
W have quoted the above paragraph,
not I ecaiiao any importance attaches to the
thing lhal penned il, but fr the purpos of
letting the peepl beyond lh rang of the
Times' earlier boy see lh poitiou of Jo
Lane organ.
The black democracy have generally
had great deal in say about leaving the
people " per f.-ci ly free le r. gulate their own
domestic inlitutins," and iiiisied that a
Slate ought to be admitted whether free sir
elave. This, a few weks ago, Lane' or.
gan said was the true doctrine, and the
lviiion occupied (y the demm-racy ol
Oregon. Since Huchaiiau'a message and
Jo Lanr'a letter il has lurne l iiscual, and
now goea for keeping Kansas out of the
Union, hecaue ibe Repnhliians, who ex.
eluded alavery from that Territory, will
apply for admission through Republican
Suiiators.
We have no wnrda to express our loath
ing of aueh unprincipled hirelings.
0" In the Statesman of Feb. 2. we said :
' W have sent an order to N. Y. for a
large size power-r re", and srne other ma
teiiul, which will ho received here, ifrome
'Southerner' does not agam send then to
ib boitom." W nre told lhal some have
understood this to mean some tuthern man.
The 'Southerner,' referred to waa the old
S'cmship Southerner,' by the wreck of
w inch in 1353, we lost n power. nrens ud
an extensive iiriniinir and book bindinif
establishmenl. Csapkay' organ.
That ia surely a compliment to the intel
ligent of lh readers f lhal ebeet; but
we believe il ia a faithful liken of the
great mass of ihem. It remind u of the
occurrence in Linn county of which we
spnke al.-out a year ago :
A aubacriber to that sheet, who couldn't
read, but took il "jest to support it," as
every reliable democrai ia told he mnotdo.
was sining in a store, looking at the paper,
which he happened lo hold bottom aide up,
when his eye rested on a steamboat cut,
and, after gazing very attentively at it
himself, directed the attention of by
stander to it thus: "Look here, mister,
lhar'allie picler of thai sknner which up
set on the lake and spilled Mr. Hu-hV
press into ibe water. You aee the sk oner's
bonom upwards but I don't sea the print,
in' press. I exnnse hit's "ont In thundor."
Th Weaiker.
Just aa ever) body, whu is in ihe faabil of
judging of t he future by the past, had Wi
lled down in lh opinion lhal we were lo
have ii '' cld snap" this inter, thry were
sadly diiapHiiiled in a regular freeze np
last Sunday night. T'te eld f'om Sunday
noon till about midnight ihe same day was
sufticent to freeze the mud so at to bear up
horse in many place. Our potatoes
which are not dug yel we are afraid are
gone in. ,
The weather moderated Sunday nijhf to
as lo open upon us with a regular old fash
ioned snow s'orm, which lasted till MoO-
lay night, and covered ihe ground about
eight inches deep. The boys have had a
jolly lime of it in snowballing aad eliding
down hill. The children never aee in lo
enjoy themselves so much in Oregon as
when I hey ar dalving in a snow bank.
They ar always supremely happy when
lh tnowr is on the grourd.
(T Warm rains Lave been fallinsiinc
last Tuesday, and the snow has nearly
liappeared. Th liver is high, and rising
rapidly. I promise us aa high w-aier a
we had at any time l.tsl winter.
Q3T Owing to ill health, w have yielded
most of our space to correspondent this
wek.
XT A friend of ur iu Umpqua, sub
mil lb following problem to our readers ;
A man having torn last for lh math
mslica, while hewing hous lgs had ihe
following problem suggested lohim by his
employment :
What must b the diameter of round
log which, when eqnal quantities are hewn
oil parallel lo each other on two sides, the
remaining center piece shall h sii inches
thick, and ccutaii jusl one-half the cubic
CAaUats of the original tog I
Ctaakvayi Aieal Llkel ke raw
USB WS.
The Jacksonville Ileiald, paper which
whv never seen, hut which we men
tlonrd a l'w week ago through mistak for
l!i Sentinel, has n article suggesting lhal
some of lb "opposition" tak th lead of
lh new wing ol lb democracy. Th fo.
lowing it aa extract from lh trtlul which
w find in Cwpkey's organ !
"Canthernot h found among (hem
men trood ana Hue, who will undertake
jusl from motive of pur nd disinterested
pairiotimn, to guide and direct ika demo
cratic luassea, and ieslruct them in the
principle of jeflerioniaii democracy t Let
us a. ihr's Dryer not a very able
man lo bn sur ; but ihsl'n the faoll of his
early education, or rather want of il but
ihcii he's a handtomi men; and besides.
hasnl li always opposed ihe 'Salem
clique,' and pointed out lo the outraged
people their wroims, and the author of
them I And lher s Adams, or Hie Argus
not so haiidwime a man a ' t'other' fuller,'
bill h must be a good man. for h has
' Itev.' prefixed to his name. If you doubt
his hanttty, see the S alexinan and lh rvu
ords of th Clackamas County Court; il
vou riount his ability, read Ins paper. Id
ha labored long and so.aloUi.ly fur ihe pu
ri heal ion of the democra'ic parly, and
not the laborer worthy of his hire I"
Now ii wou'd seem loany man possessed
of human feling, lhal an editor wham we
had already compelled lo swallow a libel
which he had published regarding u
would be ashamed lo rxiraci an article fioiu
another paper making Huinn to what
under our ptnitive order, he had got on
his marrow bone and permitted us to jam
with a muddy stick to the bottom of his
bread-hu-ket.
Of our honesty we make no boasts. W
have lid nearly forty years, have had
dealing wih thousands of men, and
were never sued, neither did any man ever
threa'en to sue us. W have been a church
member fir over twenty years, and have
never yet had a charge preferred ag iinsl as
of iinprojier conduct of any kind whatever,
and if w have ever unwillingly wronged
a human being out of anything that be
longed to him, we pledge our word lo re.
'tore him f. up fold whenever he shall make
it knawn In us. W have Urge number of
acquaintances (nnmo of whom are Salem
democrat).) who have known n from buy
hood up. To ell of them, or any of them,
hen lecherous liH-ofi'CO blockheadt are
referred fr the tiuth of out HelCHi' nts.
We all no cowardly mry to publish li.
bel on ns with tinpuni'y. One or the
o'her of us must fall into the ditch. We
are an American citizen, and know our
rights. We also appreciate the principles
of honor which hnve restrained us from
making public our " correspondent" with
Czapkav'a ngenl in relation to this matter.
If he ever mskea another allusion to the
libel refern 6 t, w e shall consider onrself
fully ai liberty lo act an though no restraints
hnd been thrown around ui hy lit princi
pies to which we have alluded.
Orrcoa Peelry.
It was somebody thai wrote,
H Full many a tm ef purest my serene,
The dark unfallieninl caves of ncesu bear ;
Full many a fluwer is burn lo blush unseen,
A US' sails Heswselursk ani the desert ail.''
On of these kgeniV has been brought
to the furfuco hy n "subscriber" of ihe
Occidental, in the shape of an apostrophe
IomMms ," containing jut seven
verses, over the initials of II. L. The Oc
cidental says it publishes it, " not that we
admir ihe poerry, bul to 'oblige' a sub
scriber." The following verse is a fair
specimen of the whole :
" It has been frequently remarked
That Surah Aim ha eft been sparked,
)( il is sometime reported
Thai she is frequently courted."
Friend Jail must have a very ro(v)
sort of a taste not lo " ailmifo such " po
ol ry" (!!) a that. Tv consider it an ex
cellent specimen of pro-slavery literature,
and would be no disendit to the Washing,
ion Union, or any o. her locofoco paper. Ii
is certainty a " national" to say that
' gsrah Ana has eft been sparked,"
as lhal
" Sarah Ana shall o.l be flugged,"
which is really lh key-uole of "national
democracy."
in the mean time, if II. L. has any
more such "poetry" in him, wa uggat
I lint he be plugged, till all' the locofoco
editors in Oregon have an opportunity In
make an equal draw on him. liul hare is
a specimen that the editor no doubt does
admire, for it U editorial. In inviting ihe
Corvallis lillicuma lo a "hoe down," the
editor says ;
" Com young; and o'd and join lh dance,
itud louch lh heel and lue ;
We II forward twice in advauce,
Aui likrwist d.l-e-du-''
One or the other of these " paets" ought
10 bo nominated for poet-la ureate, at ihe
new ' national convenlion" at Eugene City.
Raxor We noiice that the cattle in
the limbered cuui'ry look beder this win.
ler than they do in the prairhs. Slock
suffer a much on the open praYiee from
want of shelter as from want of food. If
our sealers in th timber would take the
trouble to sow limnihy seed on all their
land eu'aide of their incloaures, we think
i hey would soon have a superior stock
range. Will somebody try ill It's jusl
as e.y to be rich a poor, if w only man
age rightly.
DlSAFPniNTKD. Those who had made
preparation for pulling up iue in this coun
lry for summer' use, w ill be obliged either
to bip a caigo from Mains or put down a
lot of (now in aalt. W haven't een
enough ic this winter lo cool more than
three r four dozen drinks.
Urria MnUUs, F b. 17. 1858.
Ed. or Aaoct Dear Sir: One of my
neighbors who lakes Czapkay' organ has
jusl mid me lhal it contained calls from
Jackson, Lane, Linn, Marion, Denton,
Polk, Washington, ami Multnomah coun
ties for mealing lo elect delegate to I he
Salem convention in March, whil the
Cr.pkit of i liis county appear to be
diregrding the coll. Now, Mr. r.d
itor, I have written lo you fur information
a to th way th land lie in Clackamas,
A re the bu-hilr all convened to the na
liotial creed, or are Ihey discouraged I
Loveioy rxoect lo he nominated fur liov
emnr on the clique ticket, it i about lime
lhal ha lieu an to Mir up the unwashed in
this oouniy. O'Meara ha been out lo see
Officer la'ely, and he show stmploms of
sofnens" sine then. "Sep" is around
occasionally, ami whenever he sleep with
a 'hard," back iu Ihe Terrin," his bed
fellow is generally a "sofl" in ihe mom.
ing as a recen ly frozen potato. Sep ex
peula lo be Sheriff of Oregon some slay
when vou may l"ok out for a ri' in Ihe
price of hemp. Il w ill be apt to take see
eral ceila of rope to hang all ihu leaders ol
lie clique. They report out here thai you
have few Cxupkaiie ill twu. If it be
so, pleas lo poet a a to i heir intention
lour, JICKSK LUMTUX
Tickee Cnmtux"ia infiinned that we
are nut posted ourlf a to the real post
lion and purpose of the hushiies iu t lit
city, mr two reasona. On ia, wo never at
tend their caucuses, and another reason is.
w think i hey ar ll men who will alway
be found on what tln-y believe lo he the
strongest side, w hethor that be soft, hnd,
nbulitiou, or know ii'iihinu. (IrTic ia what
they want, and the Grecian adage, ' Lh
penj.le, Pke priest," it true of I hern. Lik
people, Irka politicisns, LK-ofoco poliii
ciant will always lead the people, if they
can hat when they see the penphi turn
and uo the other way, they a'e sure lo
sneak along in lh rear lo pick up tin
crumb of i.ffice.
This being the case, if they arebuhiies
to.day, ihey r quite likely lo be " na
lionals" to morraw. We think lhal men
who were Douglas democrat lest fall, and
that of the vociferous oriler, bo' have now
eudorsed ''liew kalian's" measure of fore
ing slavery and an obnotioiH coiistiiutioii
down ihe throat of ll pople of a Terri
tory, because Huohanan and a inaj'i'ity of
thu black denex-raey are supposed lorn
dorse ii, are ready to do any thing, and
endorse any thing, even to neeiug all jo.
lice and right trampled under the iron heel
of desMitism, so lh party be kept to
get her long enoiiuh to dfetritrue the spoils
mong the faithful.
07 Th steamer Republiv reached
Portland lust Thursday, and goes nut to
lay. Oregon flour is dull in San Francis
co at 814 SO to 815.
Ca MEN All. This place, long noted for
live Whigs ond good order, has taken
quite si art again, la addrtiofi Iwthe Pot
tery work of Messrs. Harris, we noiice
quite n number of new house that have
gone up of lale. We hope lo see a ei'y
there some day, that w ill eaiiblo the most
sangn'me ml holder that ever invested in
Canemah lt to realize hi most aanguine
expectations.
(KT The reported murder of Wm. We-
Kay ansa mistake.
Jacksonvili.r, Feb. 7, 1858
Dear Adams Once more I sit down in
my eoy little collage, as ihe driving rain is
pattering against my winj iws and threat
ening mo with all sorts of seating, with
perhaps colds, toothachea, aad a return of
"then? rheuinafia," if I poke irry head un
iter the bare canopy. and seize my old warped
goose-quilt, ami, after whittling it lmrp
with a bowie-knife, am at it again i: or res
ponding with ibe only paper in this Teni
tory I care te see my productions "aet up"
in, poor as you may judge them lo he.
I feel qnite liternry tu duy, and am half
tempted to skip over matter-of-fact para
graph and news, items, and launch out
into something such a flight ni the Hard
Shell's Ficspation took preparatory to
" lighting down on (he cart as if a dead
boss." The reason why feel like aoaring
is probably owing to the fact that I have
already been gorginj myself lo satiety on
lite literary carcass ol that demncra ic
"dead boss," ihe Seniinel. To show your
reader that we have stray aprigs of the
bird family (now ilon'l print this bird) out
this way, I send you a fat rib of "lite'ature
which I have cut nut of the democratic car
cam aforesaid. The deposit, contribution, nr
what you call it, wh'ch some literary I'ike-
ite has incorporat-d into Ihe body afore
said, contains three stanzas upon Winter,'
one of w hich w ill du for a specimen :
" I gaxe iijion the western hills,
l le se loos are elsd with snow J
The chdi:ujf Iwautyof wh eh tills
Full many heart with woe ;
A Winter, wilh its wa ling mean,
C'euh-s ateaKny; oa apace,
Aui enwraps many a weary form
Wilhin .ts cold embrace. ''
Merciful Juno ! just imagine my feelings
when, after having had my tympaiheiic
thermometer settled below zero by t!ie in
fluence of lh howling storm without, I
picked up this terrib'e description of ihe
. LM! L P. I l-l, t !
-- cmning orauiy i ine mil". uiae I'ow s
thermometer, down mine sunk from zero,
thret (e in the ground" fact is, I feel
' I he in rheumatics" tall at once creeping up
on of my legs. Who could have been
ihe author f Ilav our locofoco official,
like the bny when he first fall in love,
turned in lo rhyming, a they imagine
ihemeelve "under promise" of being
married to good fat office under a State
goverameatl Or wa this effusion pro.
duced by boiling down T'Vauli't ummr
cery," which you published, nd, aftr
expressing ihe juice, freezing il f ir win
ler use I
Shaking of nfliuiel reminds m of Ihe
fad that the Seu'inel has run pp ihe names
of Lnvejoy and G rover a candidates for
nomination al lh Salem convention lha
former for Governor and ihe Inter for Con
gress. T'Vaull, who has been kicked and
cuffed around by lh clique, and wa forbid
the publication of lh " Committee call"
at Salem, has been taken HI by llie clique,
after listing for months b.en softly iiisinu
at ing lhal ha was in market. Th clique
i i lu'i think him worth buying till the Na
lional move was e on foot, and then ihey
were smart enough lo sue what they
sneered at before aa " merely one vlr,"
I hear that bids have lately come from the
National parly, hul TVaullis "sorry they
cam loo lain."
Il was thought to be a stroke of policy by
sum of lb knowing ones lo have T'Vaull
first auugest the names of thes met,, as
giviug him the huieor of being apparently
lh lirsl mover in behalf of caudidaies lhal
will figure clamorously at Ike Sim con
ventirm. Out, miHil, they made him move
in favor of men in ihe northern pari of the
Territory, to the aehcl uf the South
He is expected to presist iu urging ihe
claim ol Lovejuy and G rover till ihe Cou
veai ion meets, wiien serious and grave
objection will he urged (all for a sham),
bul, finally, a a " compromise (!) and nut
of respect alone fur T'Vaull, aa the first
moier,"(!) Urovr w ill bo nominated, and
Lovejoy be tlrwn overboard, bewitifully
sold, as he alway has beeu. There are
certain foU ia thU quarter, who cnnnot
keep their mullihut about priiaie mat
lers. llence, I have pumped the riiiht
ones, till I am saiinried lhal the Sulemile
are pla) ing a game of duplicity iu arrang
ing '.he programme for the Salem Cornea
lien, so a to si-ciim as many ollicu.seekers
a possible to belli make the nominations
of their already aelcc'ed fuinritea, when
the disappointed caulidate will be sent
home to support the linninew on the Sj
Uin ticket, lo whiih they have air. a ly
pledged themselte. ns a l-olidilimi efbeititf
permitted to apply for a nomination from
the Uihiies.
T'Vault h going it bl'uid for ihe 3a
e;j appoittoniueiit as jin, and every way
right. His article explniuuig hi po-ilion
now, U a lucid one. None uf tour reaieis
who recollect the "Scenery" article you
published, will need anything more to help
them to ax foil an undv islanding of his
position as he po.siae himself. After
saying, a fow weeks ago, that the lat vole
on slavery in Oregon, was a- vinluli.m et;
the Constitution of the United Siuteernd
would probably he set aside by the Su
preme Court, now, in closing an iiMicle iu
which he yield his hearty assent to the
squatter sovereignly, as advocated by
Judjge Williams, he gives ihe follow ing
lueid exhortation to "all gned democruts :"
''We have lime wid again declared ihui
it did not i II it he Uenincrai-v of any
Democrat to tote aawisl slaveiy in Ore
son, unless he was iiciuitfrd hy the Dhick
Kepublicaii iloo'riiie, and urged that as a
eusftw why alavery ahouM not exist iu
Oieg".. In that cae, just so far a he whs
g"Veriicd, and urued it as- a reason win
there should not ho slavery iu Oi i iron, any
of the Dlack republican duetrines, then vve
s id tsitd still sav, h who duie soiniloed
just so- mHM.h of ihe ISIack Its-publican
iloot r me as he ulli.-re.ir aa a rearoil w hv sla
very shoftM nol exist in Oregon. The
questhm is now scllleil, and ihn (irneticsl
us of -lave h prohibited. Then let all
liotal Democrats be satisfied in a naihuml
iMiiiH of view with the Coirrtrltrtion oird the
ili'uirin in the Dred Scoti case, and be
content to have ihe K'usu. and Nebraska
measiH-e govern in Ihe foiming of uew
Slate goveiumeiits.n
Let no man, after reairingthbj, say thai
the bushiies haven't got a Nestor rn wis.
lorn, and a Confucius in rhetoric, in the
able author of "Summer Scenery around
Jacksonville." Your occasi mal
CoitRKSrOMDE.NT.
Salem, Feb. 16, 1858.
Friend Argus Our charter election
came off here yesterday for city officers.
The result gives us the following 'city an-
hori'ies : Mayor, J. H. Moons; Council-
nu n, J. Holinan, L. Westacotl, J. O'Don-
uhl, Wm. Laughead, Ii. W. Shaw, and
J. L. Siaikey Trmsurer, C. S. Wood-
worth; Marshal, J. II P,rUwn. Many of
the Czapkaile refused lo vole, because
they were told by the "agent" ll.at the
charier waa void and would be set aside by
the court. How consistent for men w ho
have been denouncing the citizen of Kan
sas for refusing lo vole under the bogus
taiuu s forcad on ihem by a Missouri mob!!
iind lha oaths and bla-phemiea of their
drunken orgies, ihey have often cursed the
P ree State men of Kansas foi refusing to
vote for the Lcompton constitution, so as
lo have the privilege nf Voting against sla
very, hut when a charter is fairly passed
over ihe beads of ihe clique iu lha legisla
ture, a caucus is held, and the faithful are
advised to stay away from the poll under
promise lhal lh courts thall set the chai ler
aide.
It seems to be understood here that the
people, the Lgislaluie, Ihe Governor, and
even the courts, are all under the over.
eign caucus." What beautiful picture
f a democratic government, lo aee nol
only ihe people crushed ander foot, bul lo
e lh exeeuliv, legislative, and judicial
department all revolving around in! un-
rground caucua room of lha jacobiaical
inquisitors I Th charm thai keepa th
people bound down t the Inquisition "Dis-
ciplip" i th wore" "democracy." w:ch
I prominent on th till. tni
lollowing on. The way they re0 ,kf
power over the people, is to buy nlfr ,
greenhorn thai is sent up lo the'Lgl.Miur
A promts of a small nfflce, rulud I .'
profu flatlery, Is generally
nail their victim. If n0, or f ,h ,
needed lo strengthen ihe back.bont of iu
new convert, ha is invited to aa .y,t frf
where, after a few dote 0f poor wlsUltw"
lh greenhorn is permitted to gulp '
quart of " uracklio aoup," when b, ftl
braced up enough I gi home lnd ,H hjf
coustiiuenta that " fresh oysi (luejraf
he ever lasted) aiu'i bad to lake ;" U,j
h don'l believe si how they'e,
a thing at S.ilein clique up fhsr."
By Ihe way, Col. Sliief and Dr. Shi,
have both fin over to the niifn,,'i
which ha much terrified th clique, ,
i feared, with fbemawory creib ttol
the French rVairi. The Doctor h. b,,
piumlaed ihu Governorship merely M ,
Iliad, aad ha never discovered the dees,,
lion lill the occasion of lh trackliu Mi.
per," when he mounted th rotirun t
respond lo the lo,t ),, Shi-, fh.ft,,
Governor of ihe Stai of Orejioa",
oliserving "Ne." )ur hi gla of liquor
over his left ehouher, M discovered lh s,(
nd willed down into hhrseai, WKheui (,.'
iug another wmd to say. Th new ir,
raligemeal lre that Lovejoy slisll be ru
for ih.it tiDiue, a ihe salary Hoa't pay, anj.
as lha hoitix of ihe ollice" is no induce
ment since Curry has filled the iLsir. f
is hoiH-d1 by ihi means tu save Clacksma
cmniy, ( Now, j.n't ihat rich I )
Alio' her thiiif occurs to niejmi ner to
ssy. Thei i etideiilly arlolig imprea.
siun abroad as lu the position uf CzapktVs
agent in the clique. ImsivmI nf b. fog t,t
head of rhnl organization, he is merely lh
tail a mere tool rn the hands of ino la
use him. Tut is lh reason why ihy
made him " rue" af er he had snld oatio
O'Mea a. They had long wild. Hiej,. sd'
kuw he was jusl the b'aiuless, unpijnci
pie I, tviHiilV-n uu'uieg Yankee ihey watileV
The plea thiil VVilliains. Smith, and such
It" II, should be nil. d by the b'aiuless fellow
win ha always put his fo intoeiery wtlk
cowkrd d ah of iJemocrniie poicv, wlii a hk
ahme, ia ritlk-ukiiK Hist edi orlal se
euher prepared hy UMusi.iii or some of rtie
other smarter aiders of the UkIV, ef"
stub n from such papers , t,r Alhvny Ei
ning Journ-il xc.-ii;ui; perhiqaj lh- little
bluckguuid sqiiib which he iuaneea to
L'et olf, full of grammatical blunders.
People iu the-Stares nutsl have gresl ids
of ihU felftsA 'a ahihtv and lacl. from ihs
way in whieh some f tU Portland papers
he ve for year spukn of Imn a Me jrest'
man wh holds in his fil the tadilicsl del.-
linies rf Oregom t have beert menifirdr
and so have hers. at this silly way nf
"piiebiiti inn H r-hj' Sue'i si'iir is nuts
Cor him, ami he reslly feels pnlf, d up st
siiehaiiiHieiiiiuual flattery. The rial re'
sn why hy haies The Argus shove all
other paper, is ihi ii always draws a trie
daiUerreniypf i menial and mors, cal'
iber. Il holds him up in puhha deririn
ami f corn as iw pair sniveling tool of iun
w ho oeeui'V much the same r lutloii to )iim
thai hircher dW tn a Hausajie-siufler.
Hut Srr ff-wr ot' fespassinj on vimr space
I cliwe for ihe preent, by assuring you thaf
I am still f.r rlia I'sonR,
BiigllHoi Yoiiii!. with his u-uhI ftire--
sight, in order ro b" fully prepared far y
emerueiiey,- some inontlia since ordesril
from t!n; ajrviilieuf the (rrvafetiberg Com
pany, in I his city, over three llinusaud Hal- .
lara' worlh ol their family meifieins. 'fb
faith of the Mormon population it ihe
lirlue of these inedieitie U such ihal lhry
are universally o-ed in Utah, and ducluia
are rarely, if ever called, rxcepl in cases ef
eu'gciy.
for lit Arft:
klaea l Mrs. K. K. Wslt,
On I In deal It f kir ton, bright, lotilf, fnm-
uing bny, uHioh tender ftrt hid ml l in
tkt path of thret iltrt mmmtrt.
I've see thee wilh a msiln r's pride
tiais f(ntlj on lUy darliiig child j
I saw Ihee weeat ng o'er lias grave,
Ami marked loy looks wilh sorrow wiloV
Mother, inn) heaMeoas Hiild,
''hy first-bei loveil la .s
Whiise accents scares had ehermecf this ear,
And southed lliy soul hath (foiie le rest.
A sweet, frail 6wer lie blisuned,
Nor lune required thy lender care;
Wilh such is deekrd the Savior's brow
Mother, Ihou hait tpver there !
His penile spirit was le thee
A slar of hie and promise fiven,
And sash ire iu Christ's diadnn
Mother, ihou hast a Her ia Hesvta I
And na Ihee elill its rays will shine.
Till sorrow from thy heart has rob
And lead, when life's br ef iceue ar 'rr
The mother to her darling son.
OsEoea City, February 16, 18S8.
I.. it.;. .i... ml. iiMii.r mitrid asrelhresl,
CoLuasn LauasTir, ib f A. E- Wilf
age nearly Uiree year.
Oe ihe dili ulu, of bronchitis, at Wm. JM-"
ben', l la kam. county, Martha Jas. fsaefrt
of Mark HaUaii, aged 'il Jer. GT liUue0
pewpasejsopy
' Wotle
IS HEREBY GIv'K.N ihut meeting f Cj"
inissi.4ssrs of the isiori aad tt illaiueltj Val
ley Hailroad l'npaoy w.ll b held al SALR,
l. T., oa th 16th or Mssca. IfW. ,of the par
ae ol electing a President, Secrelary, an euesr
nior 'treasurers and providing lor l;'n' ""I
for subscript!. of slock as pmvid. d by wr'.,J
granleu ta said Company . Jauaary, K3S.
peraoes tot. reeled in Radioed irn AAtmtnot
lui aud fciueoe Cily, r renoesltd I tu-
LOUIS WEsTiCOTT,
J.RHIOOKKS.
JlWEPH HULMiX,
Feb. SO. 1838.
44
CANBMAH H OTfiLi
CANXMAH, O. T.
I HAVE opened the shore House i AdL
Canrmah, where I will be aaa happy Kgl
lo wil pea my frarads and the P"f J
roerally. KOBT. VOSMHA-
To JTp Country Mereluatfc
I AM Bow selling hT a beaey Met
du. ia my line. " ' TTr'rn J 2
waly C1QAKS a TOBACCO
ehsset brandI". ,1;
The .,.. Drf0V
Oregnuatv.Feh. 13, 1&-S. rt