. Ije rcjou SVrgu0.
W. I. ADAMS, KIITO AND forlltTO.
O&BOOXV CITY I
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1859.
To the Republicans of Oregon.
There will be rDVnll. u ofthu r.epub'ieaisiof
UreguO at SAL1-.M, on I m asusr, nil I H'kntv
riMT DAT of AraiL, 1H.".U, for Hi puriioM of noin
Inning a Dcirgale nr Keprttsentiilive to (.'oniress,
and fr ths purpose of trniiiaciinj men elhei bun
teas m may com before the Convention,
The Committee siiiriresl that Ihe followinr appor
tionment bo adhere.! . to In electing dek faio:
Curry 1, loos 1, Jncksou 4, phiue if, Liou-
flu 4, I mpqun 3, Lane b, l.nin 0, llinion 4
Polk 4, Yamh II I, M ir on 7, Cuickainas A, Wash
ingtnn 3, Multnomah 4, Colunib a 1, Clatsop I
Tillamook 1. ami Wosoo I.
The Committee also earnestly ropiest that a full
and complete orpaniuilion of (lie Kepublicnus be
peift-cted in every county at an early day, anil
that the chairman of each county eouimiiu-e im
mediately Mini hi name ami poet-offiee address to
W. C. Joiinwn, Clerk of the Central Committee,
at Oregon City.
V. T. Matloti. 1
W. C. Jutixsu, I Rep
I Holmes, 1 Ce
1,. II. Wakefield, f Com
W. L. AOAMS, )
Jan. S3, 1859.
Tk War aaoat Ike HeettoealWls,
The sectionnlists in Oregon seim to be
partaking of tliu Rime spirit of animosity
and schism that bus taken possession of the
party cast. Just now the party threatens
to split on Jo Lane. The organ at Sulem
lias carried the niujority of the- party with
it, against Lane, (thut is, as near as we
can judge from what we sec), w hile Lane's
friends coustituto a formidable minority.
Of course, the quarrel involves no princi
ple any further than tho ' dues' which ' hot)
est men' are said to 'get when rascals full
oat.' The Times of last Saturday contains
a three column article- exculpating Lane,
and a bogus correspondence signed ' Mt,
Hood,' pitching into tho organ at Salem.
To show how the war wages among the
' harmonious' wc make ait extract from the
Times correspondence
" You have, no doubt, marked with regret the
course the Statesman has seen tit to adopt in re-
c
id to our Delegate and first senator, General
Some three yean ago, the Democratic
Standard was read out of the party for the ' hole
sale traduction' of Democrats. Now we submit
the record and charge that the Statesman bos ex
hibited far more tore-headed nett than the Standard
ever did tu the palm' est days of ' Aluiizo the A leer-
ine.' Where has its maledictions been bestowed
for the last six months ? Principally upon members
of the party which have warmed aud nourished
a viper iu its busoin only to bo stung for its favors
Hostile to the Admin strahon : hostile to Us offi
cers, and hostile to the chosen representative of the
people who never yet has betrayed a trust; it has
aided with the most virulent of tlie opposition ; it
has furnished it with ammunition ; it has repealed
its groundless charges, ami to be brief, it if an on-
fttitien paper on tlie most vital points. And this
opposition cumes with a very bad grace from that
source. NotninsteU to one of the best omces in tlie
gift of our young State, he was barely elected, hav
ing boon a dead weight to ihe ticket as the record
shows; and now ha uses his position to blacken
other servants of the people. Lelaiid, although he
had received no reward, was deemed ungrateful to
back-b to bis friends, hnw much more ungrateful
is he who has not only been nourished but nam
pered and honored,. thus to malign those who have
nourished: ana Honored n m.'
Hero we have the Times opening on tlie
Agent as a 1 sorehead,' a 1 viper,' a ' dead
might to the ticket' he ran on for State
Priuter, one who is publishing an 1 opposi
Hon paper to malign those who pampered
and honored him'
'' We give one more extract:
" Now lis only hope is in the di virion of the
Democracy of Oregon ; anil it is with regret that
we notice its recklrss headway. In the last issue
we notice that it adopts the tactics of Lelandsin In
4 Peter' and 'Joshua' correspondence (they came
Trom the same corner ol yunkee land nnd probubiy
learned the same system of taction) and writes fire
beaded eorrenpundriiec fur his own paper, in which
ho tuduliics iu the ' wholesale traduction' of (leu.
Lane in a very chaste style, nnd in it lis is bidden
to give him (lien. Lane I his.' nut wo are sorry
to say that the Statesman is not only tare-head d
In regard to Gen. Lane, but also in regard to the
Administrjtiou."
Wo are glad to see these rascals fulling
out, and shall be amused when Ncsmitb,
'our futlier-in-hiw,' and all the other 'sore
heads,' are kicked out of office by the Ad
ministration at tho instance of Jo Lane, for
' violating the time-honored usages of our
party' and trying to break down tlie Dem
ocratic organization.
Leaked Out. Tho last issue of the Sa
lem organ contains over two columns devot
ed to reviewing Lane's political career, and
showing him up as even worso than we
have ever said ho was. Wc have nil the
time known tlmt there was something per
sonal behind tlie curtain tlmt was the real
' root of bitterness' between these unmiti
gated dough-faces. Among other charges
made against Lane, is tlmt he permitted a
coiiinii.ss'oucr to be uppoiutcd by Congress
to enquire into about $300,000 of 'just In
dian Department claims,' because Nesmith
didn't worship him (Lane). We hear that
letters had been written by Lane to various
persons denouncing-the Agent previous to
his editorial attack on Lane, and that the
object was to forestall the influence of Lane
before his enmity was made public. Take
it all in all, the fight is a rich one, and
shows that the sectionnlists here as well as
iu the States ore fulling to pieces over
the bone (pny) thnt the wltole mangy lit
ter is wanting to gnaw at. Iu the mean
time, we predict that the people here as
there will quietly full into the Republican
ranks, and let these snarlers light otit their
own battles.
Still Cbowixo. Now that the scction
alists have by the influence of schools and
presses been completely routed in almost
every connty in almost oil the Northern
States, except perhaps a few such localities
aa tho 'Five Points,' 'Egypt,' aud the
Burnt District, the sectional organs are
e xultingly parading the almost entire ote
of these 'Points' for sectionaliinj, and
shouting that ' the pros-cU for a demo
cratic triumtib in I860 are truly encourag
ing.' We showed lust week from the ccn
ias of 1850 that in three counties in Egypt
where, out of 8,220 votes cast, only 10
were for Lincoln, there art 101)0 adult
who can neither read nor write. These vo
ters are mostly poor whites who emigrated
from West Teunessee aud lluiicoiubc coun
ty, North Carolina, and a little anecdote,
relating to a tribe of Andersons, who hailed
from Uuneouibe when they settled In Muriou
comity, Indiana, will give some idea of the
intelligence of this unfortuiiato race: Mrs.
Anderson had company one day soon after
they settled in ' Inde-yminy.' Having
heard that her neighbors used tea (an arti
cle she had never yet seen), she concluded
to be 'fasliionate,' and sent ' So-cra-ti,' a
lubberly youth, to the store for half a pound.
When the tea arrived, Mrs. A. put on Iter
pot, and, after nearly filling It with bacon,
cabbage, and carrots, she poured in the tea,
and boiled tho whole together. Slio of
course had a very 'fushionute' dinner, and
tho conversation of tho Andersons while
they were dispatching it no doubt turned
upon the deplorable fact that the ' blcck re
publicans were trying to devote wrgers to
tho level of white men.'
The Assault ea Drier.
On Saturday, January 22, the dny the
Legislature adjourned, a row occurred in
tlie Legislature between Lnsatcr of Marion
and Dryer of Multnomah, editor of Iho Or-
egoniun, which tenuinuted in a store on
Main street half an hour afterwards, much
to tho damage of our old friend from Mult
nomah. Owing to our absence during the
whole of lust week, and owing to the con
tradictory statements afloat in regard to it,
nothing was said about it in the Argus till
now in order to get at the fuets. From the
published accounts of it in the Doctor's or
gan and tho Oregoniun, as well as from
verbal" statements, it seems that on alterca
tion took place iu the Houso about twelve
o'clock between Lasater and Dryer, about
the truthfulness of tho Oregoniun's reports
of legislative proceedings Lasater charg
ing that tiny were unjust and false, and
Dryer affirming their correctness and much
severe language was used by both parties,
duriiur which, Drver told Lasater that the
House was no place to settle the mutter,
but he would settle it elsewhere in any n ay
Lasater chose, ' from a raw hide to a twelve
pounder,' and that he didn't take a chal
lenge from a ' braggart,' (some say a ' black
guard.') At this, Lasater said, 'He is a
liar and a blackguard, and he knows it,1
whereupon Dryer threw un inkstand at
him, hittiiijr him. Lasater then rushed
upon him, aiming a blow at his head, which
Dryer dodged, and the combatants were
separated, when the House adjoumcd.
Here we copy tho Oregonian's account of
the finale of tlie matter:
" Muru thau half au hour had intervened, when,
at wc were quietly passing down the principal street
iu company wi.h Air. Vusermsn, of this city
conversing upon other matters, and entirely unsus
pecting an attack, we were met by Mr. Honhum,
of Ma: ion, and Melnimh, of Linn, who, upon
meeting us, halted. Instantly Lasater, who was in
their rear, but close behind, rushed bein-ecn them
nnd trued us by Ihe throat, at the same time plant
ing a heavy b ow upon our forehead and rushed
us into the door of a store, where we bo'.h iell upon
some opere I tuoj bolus, Lnsuter on top, still g'A"p-
mg our throat Aner a Tew b'ows he uiwrced the
thun-.b of his right hand into our left eye, and furcid
it almost entirely from its Bucket. At this time, by
a de p -rale or superhuman elllirt, we relented his
grasp from tlie throat, and h:s thumb Trom Ihe eye,
und fell fl.it upon tlse floor. Laatcr then se zed
by the hair and atteinpled to gouge our other
eye our, which tve prevented by turning our face
close to the floor nod locking our (intern and press
ing our li ;i ii Jh close to our eyes, Af;or several
fruitiexs ciTuiLs lo insert his thumb into our r elit eye,
he again commenced pouuding us on the back of
the head with his H4.
" While 1 1 this was going on there were a
arge number of things in the shi.no of nun, but
whom wo then nnd now, denounce as cowardly
rulliaiM and dogs, crowded aiouuil, who prevented
Mr. Wosnennuu the only friend mar us, Mr. Wut-
son of Juckson, who came across the street, and
Mr. Sliartlo, who came from a baib.r simp near
by, from renlcring us any usnis'ani e. 'The only
aid nnd comfort we had was the vociferous yells of
1 dive him hell,' 1 Dig his damned ryes out, 1 Co
in, Lnsatcr,' eic.
' After wo suninved they m'glit be satl-ficd with
the bca'ing they had given us, we rerpiested that
he should be taken oft', which was done, as we
leain, by those kind and hu:nnne hands who ha I
kept our friends from interfciiug, mid who suppos
ed, no doubt, true or both of our eyes were entirely
f-ouge.l out of iho r sockets, and that ample justice
lud been dono to gratify their We re
ceived several severe kicks on the buck, sides an I
head whiie Lasater had us down, pounding, chok
ing ant gouging us; but as those close by, who
were yelling, ' Oivo him hell,' &.C., ny nobody
touched us but Lasater, and as we couldn't see
very well at the time and don't know who did it,
wo nre w illing the pub.ic shall judge of their ver
acity."
Lasater's friends deny that any person
touched Dryer but Lasater himself. We
mvo seen no person but that severely con
demns the manner of tho assault, even
among those who say that ' Dryer deserved
decent whipping.' We think that tho
community generally denounce tlie thing as
a gross outrage. '
Legislative Haaaert.
We hope that the recent row in the Le
gislature will have a tendency to correct
the manners of a number of our legislators,
should they ever be returned. During a
day's visit to this august assemblage, we
set down the conduct of several members
in their debates as anything but gentle
manly. We heard members use language
toward one another that in most countries
would not havo been tolerated, and the only
wonder with us is that a dozen fights had
not come off instead of one. We lay it
down as a rule that no man ought ever to
insult another by the use of hard epithets,
and never commence an assault. If be
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uuw bu, uo ja iiiiuavil imuiu IU IHTlOUSa
consequences. Another rule is equally inI
fallible. o man who constantly keeps it
prominent before the public that he carries
arms, and blusters and blows about shoot
ing and cutiing, is a brave man; while be
who cherishes the greatest regard for the
rules of honor among geutlemen, treats
people civilly, miaglcsVith his fellow's" with
out carrying a big club in his hand and a
revolver sticking out of hut breast pocket,
Is not upt to if"jf hipited, even if he should
be oveqtowcred by numbers. In the latter
case, a pistol, a club, or a cane u worth
about aa much in a close conflict as a plug
of tobacco In a man's boot-leg,
Paiuixki,. The. bravo and brilliant ex
ploils of the loeofoeo rtifHnns who stood
round at the recent assault ujion Dryer iu
Sulciu yelling 'give him hell,' 'dig his
damned eyi out,' Ac, ke,, forcibly remind
us of a parallel case iu point of honor thut
occurred lutcly iu X. Y. City, where five
short boys waylaid an inoffensive young wo
man on the street, drugged her into a sta
ble, gagged her, and cuch in turn .violat
ed her.
The X. Y. Tribune corrcs-wi'dent in
siK-uking of this case suys:
" We believe that nil unprotected womun
would bo safer among the savage trilies of
America or Africa than in tho streets of
New York. Compared with a thorough
paced New York 'rowdy,' the Digger In
dian rises into celestial altitudes ot refine-
mrnt, courtesy, und humanity."
If these New York democrats are in hon
or ami refinement below a ' digger wc sug
gest the query how much atWf a ' digger"
is a man who, when he has mauled his vic
tim so cs to place hint completely in his
power, will ut tho instance of bystanding
niflians proceed to 'dig his eyes out?
Even admitting, as some of the democrats
claim, that Dryer ' deserved a whipping,' is
there a man iu Oregon so low, bloody, and
cowardly as to justify the gouging of his
eyes out when knocked almost senseless,
and surrounded by a howling band of ene
mies with coals off to prevent the interfer
ence of a friend who might wish to save his
life, or even his eyes? Dirking a man
when he was tints overpowered, w as always
considered nit honorable net compared with
gouging his eyes out in every country wo
have lived in, and tlie man who attempted
it always expected to pay his life as a fop
feituro whenever the injured party was able
to ' be around.'
Jluunl leruoa. Aiioclatloa.
. Miss Anna Pamela Cunningham, of
North Carolina, Regent of the Mount Ver
non Association, now trying to raise funds
to purchaso the land containing the grave
of Washington, and whose offico it is to ap
point Vice Regents for the several States,
has requested Mrs. George II. Williams, of
Portland, to act as 'Lady Manager for
this Territory. We have on hand a com
munication from Mrs. Williams, setting
forth tlie objects of tho Association, and
making an earnest appeal to nil who lore
the memory of Washington to contribute
toward carrying out the objects of the As
sociation. We shall publish tho communi
cation next week, and wc hope that all will
resolve to respond to the call and contribi
ate their mito toward so laudable an cut-
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J I1ASA t A' OIIUOT. I rUlU UIL- WUV O'J
1T.--.I V V Al.- V-
Lane is still trying to walk into the nffrc-
tions of the democracy here by his silly let
ters about doing his 'whole duty for Ore
gon,' , wo see ho hasu't forgotten what
Seranton told him in Portland. Scranton
being about half corned, gathered up
gang of Democratic boatmen nnd rowdies
in general, and brought them up to the bar
to treat them. As they filled their glasses,
Scranton called for 'three cheers for Jo
Lane,' which were of course given with a
will, when Scranton raising his glass ad
dressed himself to Lane thus " General,
whisky and ignorance and our principles
will thrive!"
KsnonATiox. Tho prospect is good for
a fair emigration from the States next sum
mer to Oregon. A ninu living near hero
has received a letter from a friend in Iowa,
which says that 'everybody is talking of
going to Oregon.'
Tlie Sentinel publishes a letter from Del-
azon Smith containing the following:
"Gen. Lane contemplated pilotintr an
emigrating party across tlie Plains in the
spring. If he docs, I will accompany an
other party, Miner totrether as fur as Salt
Lake, tho General proceeding to Rosebnrg
by the way of Jacksonville, and I to tlie
Dulles of the Columbia. The indications
now ore that there will be a largo emigra
tion to Oregon in tlie spring."
Of course, this idea of piloting emigrants
to Oregon is ail a humbug. Lane and De
lusion will, if Oregon is not admitted, pick
up their satchels and trot home as fust as
their legs will carry them, to lay the party
wires for further promotion.
SST Tho weather is warm; larks are
singing, women are visiting, loafers sunning
themselves on the corners, grass is growing;
we can hardly help believing that it is
spring, instead of the middle of January.
The thermometer during the past week has
ranged from 35 to 54 dog. People's Press,
Our ' women visit,' owr ' larks sing,' and
our ' loafers sun themselves' down this way
but if your grass has grown more than
knee high this winter we cave to the ' cli
mate and productions' of Eugene City.
Rksi wed. The publication of the Stand
ard was resumed last Wednesday. - The
note from Mr. O'Mcara was not opened till
our arrival lust Saturday, or it would have
published.
ek-Raisfrs. A convention of bec-
riisTs is called tiy the t armcr to meet in
this city Feb. 18. The Farmer says that
bees have raised from $125 to $130 and
$150 a stand. ' . -
Failed. The bill to re-locate the seas of
government, as also . the bill to protect
slave property in Oregon, failed to pass be
fore the adjournment of the Legislature.
Ik Weee-V.aw la tut-kay Ortaa.
IliTKVii.il, Jan. 20, 160.
Mi. Adams Dear Kir: I see that Cztni-
kay'i organ of Jan. 25 hus two wood cuts,
one renresentinz " tho niemlier from Mult -
noinah before the fight," and the other n
resenting "the member from Multnomah
after the fight." These twine cuts I find in
tho ' Melo Driimn,' a copy of which 1 pro
cured when I first camo to Oregon, thrin
years ago. I am told you wrote that work,
und of course you must havo furnished
Bush with tho cuts. 1 cannot believe that
you ever furnished them for the pur-xtsc for
which they have been used, as I cannot be
lieve that you would have hud any hand in
Increasing the exultation of tho clique over
tho (lowufull of a weak man who was
overpowered by a ping of cowardly ruff
ians. Some are blunting you for letting
Hush havo tho cuts, aud, in order to set
things right, I request you to write to mo
about it. M .
Instead of ' writing to you about it,' wo
Insert your communication in the Argus,
withholding the name, in order to correct
the impression you seem to entertain, as
also that of ' somo who ' ore blaming' us.
If you had ever looked at the title-page of
the work you s-teak of, you would havo
seen that it was ' published by T. J. Dryer'
in 1852, long before we owned a press.
The cuts remained In bis office from thut
time till last spring, when T. J. Dryer sent
them to Iiuth, saying, ' Use the one repre
senting 'Hex' for Adams' This cut, which
is now made to represent 1 the member from
Multnomah after tho fight,' has been used
once before to represent T. J. Dryer, but
never 'for Admits.' Of course, we sin
cerely syininthize with our friend Dryer for
his misfortune in fulling into the hands of
' ruffians,' and csj)ccinlly do we pity him for
having been caught in the trap he set for
us. That is tho most excruciating part of
the whole alTair. now many more times
they will be used to picture friend Dryer in
some of his tribulations, wo cannot tell;
but, whenever they nre used, wo want our
friends to recollect that it is no fault of
ours. We have long since forgiven Dryer
for setting this trap for us, although at the
time we first heard of it we thought ho
' hadn't orter a done it,' considering that
we had always been friends.
Tig Tickle Me, a ad I'll Tickle Tca.'V
Our would-be Senators and Representa
tive, now in Washington city, were proba
bly by mutual agreement engaged in wri
ting letters to the sectional organs here just
before the meeting of Congress, for tlie
purpose of puffing each other and muking
the locofocos out hero believe that they had
made wonderful selections in choosing these
men to represent us nt Washington. One,
iu reading all their letters, if he hud any
confidence iil these drivcn-n'ggcr dema
gogues, would be made to think that Or
egon had so covered itself all over with
glory by selecting such eminent statesmen,
that wc should bo admitted into the Union
in a few hours after Congress met, and have
the war debt paid, besides having all our
memorials responded to, nil our demands
answered, and a small appropriation made
to every ' Democrat' in Oregon to make
fences, build stables, and set out orchards.
The Sentinel of January 15 contains a let
ter from Jo Lane, doted Washington city,
Dec. 2, one from Delusion of sume date,
and one signed ' Atlantic' of Dec. 8, bear
ing the ear-marks of Grover. We make a
few choice selections from these sickening
missives, to show how expert these redoubt
able doughfaces are at tickling each other.
JO TICKLES PELAZON.
" My good friend, Hon. Delazon Smith,
is here, and though he has not entirely re
covered his health, he is busy in formine-
thc acquaintance of members, satisfying all
that Oregon ought to be admitted, and lay
ing the foundation for future usefulness; all
who know him like him. and speak well of
him."
Delusion, after reading Jo Lane's letter,
warms up with gratitude, and in return
Delazon writes his letter, in which
UKU'SION TICKLES JO LANE.
" As to politics, there is now much spec
ulation. It is believed here tlmt tho demo
cratic party will be again united nnd har
monious by the 4 th of March next, there
nre certain prominent aspirants to tlie
Charleston nomination for the Presidency
in 18G0, both in the North and the South,
who are just now very oc.'ee too active
for their own success as the sequel will
prove; at least many so think. The op
inion obtained here very extensively among
all classes, thnt my distinguished colleague,
(Jen. Lane, wul be, in the end, the compro
mise and the successful candidate for the
Presidency; that he will be nominated for
either the Presidency or Vice-Presidency,
is, in my judgment, very probable."
Then comes the letter signed ' Atlantic,'
dated the next day, in which .
GROVER TICKLES DELVSION AND JO LANE.
" Having mentioned your delegation in
Congress, I must be permitted to say that
I think tlie people of Oregon have done
themselves great credit by the choice they
have made. Of course, it was long under
stood among us of ' the States,' that Gen.
Lane would be one of the Senators. It
would have been as reasonable to expect
Tennessee to repudiate her Jackson, as that
Oregon would cast off so tried and faithful
a servant, soldier and patriot, as Joseph
Lane, a representative of whom any State
might be proud at a time when his great
experience in public affairs, his untiring en
ergy, and almost unbounded personal pop
ularity and influence are so greatly needed
to curry through great measures in which
the people of Oregon are vitally interested.
" 1 formed the acquaintance of air. Smith
some years ago and knowing tlie fact
that he had become a resident of Oregon,
was not tt all surprised that be should
selected lor a post which he to well
talified to fill with credit to himself and
those whom he represents. Mr. Smith
was known for his ability and eloquence
long before he went to Oregon, and hav
ing ranch political experience, that young
state must be blessed with gifted men in-1
deed, If any one could havo ltecn found
uiiiro worthy or the high trust with which
ho has been honored, I predict for him
I a highly honorable I should erhiips say
! a brilliant enrcer ill the U. 8. Senate.''
The sapient young man, however, after
rending Dclnzon's and Jo's letters, notices
thnt neither of them laid much about him
and so he slips in a paragraph In which
ditovF.it tickles Hi-star,
" I also formed tho acqiiiilntunco of Mr,
Grover some years ago. He seeuis to be
all that might bo e.rccted from tho good
sense aud discrimination of a jxoplo capa
ble of electing to the Senate such men as
Messrs. Luuu nnd Smith. Though com
puratively a young man, Mr. Grover at
once Impresses every person who forms his
acquaintance, witli the vitror of his under
standing aud the solidity and extent of his
acquirements. Among the many new
members of tho Houso, it is easy to foreseo
that he will bo conspicuous for these qtitili
ties, and that tliev will give him a com
niauding influence in the House, and with
all jhtsous with whom he is brought in
contact iu tho discharge of his officiul
unites.
Wo cannot forbear, while giving a bird's-
cyo view of this interesting correspondence,
to quote a passage from Lane's letter in
which
OLD JO IS AFTER CZAI'KAV'd AGKNT WITH
SHARP STICK.
" I am awaro that sotno persons iu Ore
gon, who claim to bo democrats, have
charged that tlie fuiluro of action u-ion the
bill for the admission of Oregon was owing
,ny neglect, or to a calculation ou my
part of the personal benefit which would
result to myself in the shape or uouhlo mil-
entre. As I am not 1n tho habit of dent
ing in epithets, I will simply say that he
who is capable of muking, or who has
made such a charge, shows a willlulness,
depraved wantonness in tho misstatement
and misrepresentation of hicts, a low malig
nity of heart in defaming the absent, which
places lnm beneath my contempt. '
This is a small specimen of the matter
which this interesting triumvirate is send
ing out to tho locofoco organs hero by ev
ery mail.
Ouisois. The Standard, since it has
waked tip from its snooze, scratches its eyes
open, looks coolly around on tho family
quarrel between Lane and tho clique, and
intimates that it needs a little time to poise
itself before it can jump. It says, however,
that it will support the Charleston nominee
and defend national democracy, which
means for the present Administration dem
ocrncy of course. Its editor is soajied over
by the Doctor's Agent as having probably
fallen into mistakes last spring from the
shortness of his residence among us, and we
see it sticking out very plainly that the
' national' organ at Portland and the ' na
tional' organ at Salem will both saw away
at the same string, unless Lane should in
tcrferc. In the lnnguage of a West -rn ora
tor, JFAar, oh whar is Shuck?
Staduino Affray. The city watchman
Kelly (not Colonel Kelly) was severely
stabbed on the head, in tho side, and in the
back, last Sunday morning at about five
o'clock, by Jack McGuire (Harry's team
stcr). His wounds are dangerous, though
hopes are entertained of his recovery. It
seems that Jack had gone, when strongly
under the influence of liquor, to Dr. Bur
clay's, at half-pnst three or four o'clock, to
get the Doctor to visit a friend who had
suddenly become ' sick,' probably from the
effects of too much strychnino whisky.
The Doctor came out and began to talk
with Jack about the case, when Jack, not
understanding him, thought he was making
fun of him, and became noisy and rather
abusive. Upon this, the Doctor requested
tho watchman to take Jack away. In at
tempting to do so, Jack offered some re
sistance (some say ho drew his knife on
Kelly), when Kelly knocked him down
with his club, and Jack says he struck him
again after he fell, knocking him senseless.
Here he lay in tho mud for some time, leav
ing a bed which appeared next morning as
though a hog had been butchered there.
Jack, upon recovering, sought Kelly, whom
he found with a youth bearing the title of
'Deputy Sheriff' and one or two other
youngsters in Brisbane's grocery store,
where they had gone to strike a light.
Jack made for Kelly, when the latter struck
him with his club, settling him a little, but
ho soon recovered, when he received an
other blow, with about the same effect.
Rallying ogain, he closed in with Kelly,
and gave him the wounds already mention
ed, one of which it is feared reached the
kidneys. Kelly now called on the ' deputy,',
who had a revolver, to shoot, as Jack was
killing him. It is said that the ' deputy
quaking with fear, handed the pistol ti)
somebody else, who fired, hitting Jack in
the shoulder. The ball was barely im?
bedded under the skin, and was cut out bjt
Dr. Steele. Jack's present aniiearancerrX
a a '
with his bloody clothes, his badly-bruised
head, and the bullet-hole through his coat,
is much the same as of a Russian soldier
after the fight at Sebastopol. Whisky is
the real cause of the whole difficulty. It
is the fiend that stalks abroad at midnight,
and fills' the land with violence and blood.
Centervilli, The people at Center
vilie and in its vicinity are still pushing
ahead. They have got a fine bridge across
Cedar Creek, at Anderson's turning-lathe,
and Anderson, Garlick, and Rider are fix
ing to carry on a domestic furuitore shop
on large scale. They make a good arti
cle, and sell to suit the times.
Free Schools. The Press says that
tlie directors of the public school in Eugene
City have turned it into a free achooL
Free schools and ' Presses' are what do the
work. 1 - - -
1,T"1 KWWJCM C0NVENTI0W,i.Tv,
1 eople's Press suggest that th.TW.-Ir.
Convention be held at Eugene Cliyi Z
that it be held soon,' so u to give li jiV
didate time to canvass tlie wluj Territory.
The call was published for Sulem btfot,
the Press put in its bid for Eugene CIt7 '
or possibly our friends there might iJ. '
been accommodated. Suleia seemd ,
tho general choice, and the time
v ,u
mss A.j -
for Auril 2I so n n ..i.i . . i
r ' w me lotitlKm
coutitlestobe on hand. The Commits
thought that an earlier day would be
nceessury, as the Rcpnbllean candidate
would wish to canvass with the nomlnea
tho sectionolists, who meet in coiircntloa
April 20. . j
Lane County;. A correspondent of the
Press gives us a glowing dcscrlpt!0B of
Luno county boundaries, soil, climate
productions, 4c, 4c. After reading iii
description, wc almost feel proud that m
drew up the jictition to the Legislature (,
1849 for establishing tho metes and bound,
of a county thut eoiituins so many odrr
tnges, besides a goodly nnmlier of lire Re
publicons. Among other things, thetWk"
respondent aforesaid says;
"The chef attention of the form.ni ef'uY
county has heretofore been directed towards rakw
ing. Cattle and horses are grown hsre with litUs
or no trouble- lick of ailt oaee a month. Z
perhaps not so of en-braud the young saeTiiid
sell the marketable ones, constitute the entire an.
cess of raising eotts in Une oounty, and horsai ars
raised and mailed with the additional trouble at'
breaking them to rido aud barnew."
In breaking the Lano couuty honei 'to
ride and harness,' do yon ever practice the
'Rurey' on them as we are compefled to
do down this way or are they naturally
docile ? As to the ' salting once a month '
wo have the advantage of you there, for
our horses nro not unfrcqucutly left to tilt
themselves from one year's end to the other.
Legislature. It Is admitted on ill
hands that our last Legislature was the
most inefficient, quarrelsome, and divided,
tlmt we have ever had. Nothing of im
portance was done, but by the hidiserimi
nato possogo of divorce bills (thirty-two ia
uuinber) tho Legislature, if it represents
the people, indicates a downward tenden
cy of public morals, aud an increase of a
sort of slipshod virtue that shows 'sew
thing rotten in Denmark.' " -.
Home Manufacturi:. Mr, Dierdorff
has shown us some excellent samples of full'
cloth made at the 8alcm manufactory;
which he is now selling in his itore. . The
cloth is all wool, of course, ai wool is
cheaper here than cotton, and looks as
though it would be just tho 'stuff for trow
scrs.' This establishment opens a new erf
in the history of Oregon resources, sad at
gurs well for tho future. ..Jm
Iron Ore. Gen. MeCafvef, the i
qticred aud unconquerable business man; h
forms us that he, together with the Ira of .
Williams 4 Gibbs, hare purchased a pari '
of Chirk Rodgcrs' claim on CMmien
mountain, on which is located the exhitnt
less bed of rich iron ore we spoke of
nearly two years ago. It is thought that
Mr. Olds of Yamhill will be set to work
converting this ore into iron. Mr. Olos
has tried the ore in a blacksmith's forge
and produced the best iron from it, samples
of which wo now hove. Mr. Olds nji
that with a capital of $5,000 he could" com
mence successful operation , ,
Farm F.a. The Oregon Farmer for Feb
ruary has reached us. It is aa excellenl
number, fully up to its previous issues, if
not a little ahead. The paper is highly
prized by tlie farmers generally where we
have traveled, so much so that it sometimes
gets credit it is not entitled to. For in
stance, a friend in Yamhill was spcakisg
to us lust week in high terms or an article
which appeared in the Argns on sheep-rais;;
. t . f ATarion
ing, written ny vt. jjuvenpun
county, and spoke of it as ' in the Firm
Frinnd Pcntrra. of the Press,' leaned at,-
much the other way, however, when he
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copied a portion of it crediting w
Argus as editorial.
Who would have thoccht
In noticinor the forest
cover the land of Mr. Terwilliger two -above
Portland, we said to him 'D J
think you will live to see the day that peo
ple will clear your land for the timber W
is on itr He replied, 'They are m
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clearing it, and paying me two bits a tor
r. -i thv rnt on it.' Ten year
ago nobody would have thought that vm
. . , i w. wnd fret a
iana woaia m our u; w
We, to ear nothing of people payw
some flay or a hundred dollars an atww
the privilege. Portland b getting to He
great place.
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ectcres. we icarn .r --
that Ada M. Weed, M. D, wife ot in.
If ecu, ui fcjea-us,
good success in Eugene City, and ttat J.
H eca, oi oaiem, wu
Weed and bis lady contemplate
this city and Portland soon. n n
lectured in Eugene City on the ! WacaW
and Development of Woman,' and aM J".
Causes and Cure of oosamy. .
have heard the lectures or VT.
his lady wen spoken of in TaHoM J'
and we regret that we shall be
to be absent at the time of then 'tie, ,
we shall beonasixweetoorw v-r.
New CHCECH.-Tbert kino
in Oregon calling it-elf the ' Church rfO-T
built npoa the articles of faith TTjJ
ed by Baptists, and acting oa the p"
of 'wm-fcllowsbip with rtA"Z
owners, slaved vocates, or
Eld. FkAer has anitei with F
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