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m 11 if . i m '.?,. s . ' i. '. .-..i. a" 7 ; t Ki'j... '.I -fry i.r: .i'v ..t.i-Yv' . j I c mm V.I p. r I r i :S. iil' VVV. jh'i'i-'LiiJ i. A.r V I V r t i I'Af: 1 .1 -: 1 : t " 1 I r 1 i y. v . ! . t"- -i . 1 1 .' . j l)c rcgott SrguG. w. L. dms, miiTon and moriTo. 0KBO0Z9T CITY I SATURDAY, FKHUUAUYJ2, 1850. To tho Republicans of Oregon. There will Ik- a rnveiiilnn of llio Riubtifaia of OrrKn it MALUM, on TiiimiuY, tiik TwrntTr rimr otx or ArmL, 1S.M', fur Hie puroe of noin liiatiiiK ft l)K'.a or ltt'toeiikitivi to Coni-rca, an I fr ill iiirHwf nf (r.iii.uciinj ueli oilur bufi niixnt nmy C'Hio bi'furt llie Convenlinn. The Coiniiiillei'miji.nt lli.it the following uppor lioiinii nl b) n-lliireJ I" in olectiiig ilsligatmi Curry 1, Com 1, JiicIumii 4, ,.m. .liiiie lou a' 4, Cinpiuu 2, Lane 6, Limit), lii'iimn 4, l'olk 4, YwiihJl t, Miir on 7, Clnckama fl, Wmli iii;mtl :i, iMiiltnoinuh 4, Columbia 1, Ckitoop 1, Til!'itiio.k 1, ami Wiiko I. Tho Comm'.ttBo nlo arnctl)r rruint that a full nriil coMijilfto wg.iiiruiiioii of Uio Kcpublioaiii be leifie:e i iu evt-ry county at an tarty diy, anil tlmt llmcluiiiiuii ofe.ich county coinmitu iin ine.linuly wild lii name pialnlfic-e ailJrtnn In W. 0. Joiisnox, Clerk of tlie Central Coiiin.l'.'.cc, t Or. g o City. W". T. Matixick, W.C JuiijmiN, Rrp. K llol.MM, ! Ctu. L. II. WjKr.rm.i), Com. W. L. A D, JiW.W, 1859. tValty, Raltyl AVe hope t'.iiTC is not o single Republi can who i u sl(!Ci'mg sentinel on tho wati-h-tower of human liberty in Oregon. There U enough of moral wiekeilneM, of part lespotistu, of flimncinl extravagance, ond forruption generally in the party in power to roii-sj every patriot to aetion who spends one hoar iu a week to an honest investiga tion of the polities of our day. 'While now and then wo Ond a sleepy genius so devoid of patriotism and so Jftill of self that money is his god a man who devotes his whole soul (if he hits any) to amassing wealth, nnd cares little for tho puHic good we find that a majority of our citizens are im press! u !th the idea that iw ought to be a chu'vj' in the political governmeul of this country. Well, if there. ought to bo a diangc, why not have one? It can be brought about by cordially supporting the Itepublieun party, which is the only party of any strength that is now successfully grappling with the black democracy East. It is the only party that presents an organ ized front to the motrcy crew of sectionalists now cursing Oregon. It is a party pir jM'tnentlij organised, organized on sound, conservative, national principles principles cherished by Republicans as the applo of .their eye. e love our principles, we arc liour.d to stand by them, and we never will Murreudtr them fur an hour ajain to give pla t toactions, so help us God. All po litical reforms that any party opposing the rrotten and demoralized democracy, blasphe mous!' so culled, proposes to effect by way )f rcdecm'ug the government from misrule, the Republican party wishes to' bring .about. Our principles are written in blaz ing characters on our folds, and can be read by everybody and we do not believe that there is one third of the honest voters of Oregon that would object to otic of them, if they understood them. Do they want to break down the ' clique' ? So do we. Dd they want a Pacific Railroad ? So do we. Do they want to protect the people of tho Territories in (heir constitutional rights? So do we. Are they opposed to .a negro-breeding aristocracy rearing itself on the Territorial domain, to crush out the poor whito laborer who lives by the swc it of his brow ? So ure we. Do they want our inefficient representation in Congress ilcft at home, and somebody sent there who will attend to our inkTr-sts instead of the interests of a corrupt Administration nt Washington ? So do we. If, then, we ngrcc with all good men upon principle, why should not all good men heartily support our organization 1 We predict they will. We crdially invite ull who favor tho purposes of our. organiza tion to unite with us in the support of our principles by the choice of honest aiid titpa Me Republicans to ollie. A ny man who sub scribes to our principles but opposes our or ganization because he fancies it will not re sult in his individual advancement, is a rotten demagogue, ond ought to go over nt once to the clique. l'.ontrrvllvts. J. C. Stewart, Esq., who plodded thro' rain and mud canvassing this Territory for ' uid and comfort' to the ' Methodist Episco pal Church South,' has reached San Fran cisco, and gives the Pacific Methodist an account of his trip through Oregon. While here, ' Bro. Stewart' wrote two com munications to Dr. Cznpkny's organ, de ploring the fact that some churches in Oregon had political preaching (anti-slave ry) among them. Bro. Stewart's church has no objections to having ' politicians' among them, we presume, if they are 'con- servutivos.' To show what they regard as .such, we clip the following from his article: ' Col. Chapman, of the Lite LeKidature, among politician, is r.'ganlc.l u an example of lilgh-toiivJ pi'liliuil coiisrr.utiKm. A nuijority of the late Le gialuluro wan conai-rviitive." Col. Chapman's lato effort to get up a terrible 'agitation' on tho slavery question, by trying to make this slave territory in de Jianct of the will of the people, is no doubt what makes Chapman a high-toned politl cal conservative. ' The border ruffians who went over from Missouri, and with bowie- knife and bludgeon forced their pro-slavery tickets into the ballot-boxes, were no doubt with the Methodist Church South 'high- toned conservatives' whilo examples of cqm!ly ' Ugh toned conservatism' are found in the Echo crew that imported the three hundred Africans into this country, with the laudable intent no doubt of nestling them in the bosom of the M'thoJit Cliur.-li South, where spiritual pnp could be drawn in largo quantities from tho overflowing conduits that lead to cxhaustlcs reservoirs of soul-saving nutriment nutriment which is actually now 'going to wosto' (o I'rovl deutiul provision against ' healing') for tho want of ' high toned conservatives to fit olit vessels with holy manucles, Christian scourges, und ' inner temple' ' middle pas sages' in which to transport the 'starving souls from A trie's burning sand,' to be de livered over to such 'high toned conserva tives' who hate 'political preaching' as Parson Urownlow, to act as sort of spirit ual 'wet nurses' to the poor Africans, nnd put them through the sucking operation with tho raw hide till the aversion of the ' natural man' to the nipple is overcome, and they ore finully developed to tho 'full measure of tho stature of perfect men in Christ physically by ' exercise' in tho cot ton full und ' chastening whiqji yields the peaceable fruits of obedience,' and spiritu ally by daily draughts from the spiritual fountain filled with milk' tho 'unadul terated milk' of tho Metho list hpiscopul Church South. The Methodist Church South has a holy horror for politicians, mi-L-ss they arc ' high-toned conservatives.' All such Democrats as support the Admin istration in its Lecoirpton iniquity arc of course ' nigli-toncu conservatives,' wnne Douglas and his followers w ould probubly be set down ns ' ow-toned conservatives, and would only bo received into the em brace of the Methodist Church South as ' probationers.' liy the way, we feci slighted in Clacka mas county that ' Bro. Stewart' didn't no tice our representative, Dolf Hannah, as a high-toned conservative.' He is certainly as ' high-toned' as Chapman, and as good a subject for the maternal embraces of the Methodist Church South. (Perhaps Dolf didn't subscribe for the Pucific Methodist.) Whal Next1! The Oregonian, in an article suggesting some things to be attended to by the Re publican party in Oregon, says: "An orgmixation should a'w.iy be foun led upon nine firm and ubnintial bntix, mid ihoulu embody principles, 'reeds, nnd doctrines." Wheu tho Republican platform adopted at Salem last spring was published, the Oregoniuu's main objection to it seemed to bo that it was 'too long' and only a few weeks ago the Urcgoninn was urging an orcranizntiou ' predicated upon the single doctrine' that the 'people are sovereigns." Xow we arc assured that the platform of a party should not only embrace 'principles' and 'doctrines' but 'creeds' 1 . What 1 creed' it is proposed to take, in addition to that of Bro. Penrue, to which the Or egonian often alludes, we are at a loss to determine, unless it be that of the Jews. We should feel inclined to oppose such a platform, on account of its 1 great length if for no other reason. In heaven's nam what will the Oregonian be niter next ? Douglas's Staves. The New Orleans Picayune contradicts the statement that the slaves owned by Douglas tire overworked and under-fed, ns it was reported Slidell of Louisiana bad charged. The Pienyuno says that the slaves are in charge of J. A. Mellatton, a humane man. Judge Douglas stated in his Memphis speech that slavery was right in the Southern States because it ' pays' there. Of course Mr. Douglas would not consider it ' right' to have his niggers ' put through' by a Vermont Yankee overseer like himself, unless it would ' pay.' Being governed by this 'golden rule' of 'pay,' cannot any fool see ' with his mouth' that the niggers be longing to such ' high-toned conservatives' as are strictly governed by it, arc amply protected from all liabilities to abuse T " Do unto others as you would Have them do to yon," is nn old rule found in an old iind almost obsolete book seldom quoted but by a set of ' religions fanatics' called ' Christians.' It is called ' the golden rule number 1,' nnd was laid down by one Jesus Christ, nn obscure Nuzarcne, a great while ago. ' Do unto others ns will pay the best,' is golden rule number 2. It is adapted to the nineteenth century, and was laid down by Stephen A. Douglas, a 'progressive' man, and is being rapidly adopted as an excellent substitute for ' golden rule No. 1' by all 'high-toned conservatives,' with a fair prospect of superseding the use of tho ' Discipline' by the Methodist Church South. Absent. The Editor of this paper is now absent on a tour of some five or six weeks, to tho nooks and corners, hunting up delinquent subscribers. His great need of money actually compelled him to mount Rosinante, after throwing across the saddle on old pair of saddle-bags filled with ' ac counts,' socks, shirts, tobacco, revolver, bowic-knifo (though we believe the latter article a beautiful one; silver mounted is carried nnder his vest, on the left side), and ono or two other ictas that an editor in Oregon always needs, and plungo out through the rain and mud to collect small bills scattered from Dan to Beersheba, many of which have been standing out for years. You may all look for him, and if you should hapjicu to tell him you're " halo chickamen," just notice how his visoge will elongnte. This being an editor is rather a hard calling where one prints a paper on trust principles. A printer's bills have to be paid up promptly, and paid in cash, and if he sells his paper for chips, whetstones, and pig-yokes 'in advance,' or cash some time Junce, of course he most be an excel lent wauagcr who keeps s paper going Ion? Arrival f Us Mall The steamship Northerner reached Port land last Saturday, and left Mouday eve ning. She brings dates from the East to Jan, 11 The news Is of no great importance. Congress has done nothing for us yet, and tho probability is that it will do but little this session. President-making seems to occupy ull tho uttcntion of the sectionalists, who luivo a majority in this Congress. The Oregon and Washington war debt will not bo paid, and wo shall not be likely to get into the Union this session. Full details of the news will bo found elsewhere in this week's paper. Dorcus Elected. Hon. S. A. Doug las was, Jan. 5, re-elected United States Senator from Illinois. Tho voto stood Douglas, 54; L'ncoln, 40. Tns Ut'ts to ! WoitKfu Both Wats. Ore gon, Willi a populnlioli Ot aiHIUl 4U.UUV, Willi w come into the I n on, and Mr. Stephens, of Geor gin, is preparing a bill providing for its admission. All the I lemoemti favor the measure, beciiune Or egon will send to Coni e-s a Democratic Iteprea dilutive nnd two Democrnlio Senator. The Ite- nub icans. on the other hand, oppuse the admission of Oregon with only 40,000 inhub tyinu, while Kan sas ia rciuir.il to siuv out until if population rendu s 1)3,100. They Insst tlmt bolh lemlonni shall stay ut till ench lies a population of Vil,400, O' thnl bolh sh:ii; be admitted, eutli ilh its present population. The clial'ce they prepared for others, has been rrrs-uli d to iho li's of the Democrats sooner than they rx; ected. Si. Louis News, Tho organs of the sectionalists here are contiuunlly harping about the Republicans iu Congress being opposed to tho admission of Oregon. Th fact is, the Republicans are willimr to vote for the admission of both Oregon nnd Kansas, but they are not sufficiently dishonored by fealty to a slave- I reeding despotism to say to Knnsns, You shall stay out of the Union till you have 93,420 inhabitants, bseaust you come with Republican Senators, while Oregon may como in with 42,000 inhabitants, bream she sends two unmitigated donghfaces The conduct of tho Black Dcmocrae? re garding Kansas shows a want of honor, manliness, and fair dealing that we had not expected on the part of even the fire-eaters. Wo ulwnys have looked to Southern men for some decent regard for the principles of honor and fair dealing; while, on the hand, we expect nothing of the sort from Northern doughfaces they are ready for anything that their masters set them at, no matter how mean and dishonorable. A l.lltte over rimssh. Wo find in the Peoria (111.) Democratic Union a long letter signed ' Dclazon Smith,' upon the ' condition and resources of Or egon.' The letter is written in that bom bastic, ' highfalutiu' (ns the New York Herald has it) stylo so peculiar to Deltt sion. We give a few samples of his old disposition to delude people " Oregon, it i believed, has, from eighty to one hunurcU iliouninil white mhubtanls. from DUtiU, 10 lO.UIIO. it ia repnried ha ebeiB added to the popiilutioo lliis lull lioin the rruier ltiver annes. People here generally believe that Or egon has a' out 42,000 white inhabitants till told, and that the Frazcr River excite ment hasn't added five hundred settlers to our population. If Dclazon can make Congress believe that wo hare a ' hundred thousand inhabitants,' of course the State will be admitted, as the principal objection to its admission lies in the supposition that it hns less than 03,420. Again: '' Owing to the coolness of the nights in rammer. corn U not a very auccrasful crop; though 40 and it) bie-lirls to the acre is not nn uncommon yield.'1 The best piece of corn we have ever seen in Oregon we raised ourself, on sandy bot tom land. It was a very rare crop, nnd would probably have turned off forty bush els to the acre. Wo do not believe the man lives in Oregon who would liko to swear to Deluzou's statement that ' 40 and 50 bushels to the acre is not an uncommon yield.' In our description of the country a few weeks ago, we stated, what we believe to be the truth, that twenty or twenty-five bushels to the acre is perhaps on overage crop. Delusion further says: " Oregon drives s'xty thousand head of cattle to the Culil'oinia market per annum. Work oxen are Worth, in Oregon, from IU0 to 150 pel yoke. American cuwsjU dollars per head ; sheep from 5 to 10 dollars per head pork from 6 to b dollars per hundred pounds ; American mares from 2uU to 400 dollars per head ; when from $100 to i.5U per bu.-hel ; luui'oer from $19 to til5 per thousand feet ; butter from 2i to 60 eeuis per pauud ; eggs from S!0 lo 40 cents per doieu." These figures generally need to be re duced a little to give a man in Illinois a correct state of the markets. Cows, for instance, are plenty at from $30 to $35, while some choice breeds may be worth $300 each. " The most common or ordinary labor readily commands from $1 50 to $3 00 per day, aud from to $ 10 per month, and fouud. Meehauica re ceive from $4 00 to 1 10 00 per day. Servant girls icmlily obtain from ft! 00 to $i 00 per week.' ' Those mechanics here who have been hunting jobs that will 'pay $10 a day and found,' will please write to Dclazon to know where they can be found. . "There are no poor people in Oregon. Our poorest inhabitants are worth from three to ten thousand dollars. The society ia good equal to the best in any of the elder states of the Union ; but little vice, dissipation, licentiousness or crime but much industry, integrity, morality aad rinoe. Churches, colleges, academics, high schools, and common schools (as so many moral light-houses anon the Pacific caut, nnder the shadow of which a stauding army of moral, inlell gent and energetio young men and women, are being reared,) exist is every part of the new state." Great country this! all rich, nearly all industrious, moral, intelligent, and virtuous. Our 'poorest inhabitants' (not excepting the ten thousand new comers brought here by the gold excitement) are all seorth from three to ten thousand dollars each. Some of the ' poor whites' who supported Dela- zon would, if we should tell them they were worth from three to ten thousand, roll ap their eyes, and a0i, Whar, oh bar is our ' ....... i ... t I...!.... ...ii. .1 ..I.!- property I mt na wiuniuu lens iiii-iu imi 1 . they will believe It, or course, and never think to the contra? till the assessor comes ! round to take an Invoice of their effect. Wo clip little of hihighfulutinon pol- - itiesi " The Solillca of Orrtfon. as Vou are already well advised, ia overwhelmingly democratic. Our peo ple are pre-eminently eoun-rvaliva, eonaliiuiioa abiding and uun.n-loiinif. They stind, and will oonliuue to stand, by tha reserved rights of the sUiUs. Th spirit of fnnatneisin, disunion, aud ue-gm-euality, tliuuk Cod, hns not yet seized our people, tni 4 no not inins it win, si i uuug Uie present generation." That is Intended to bo a strong feeler af ter tho support of tho fire-enters ut Wash ington. Of course, Delusion does'nt allude to the Republican party when he says that the spirit of fanaticism and negro equality will not selzo our eople during the present generation' for Delusion said to J. R. M'Bride, Esq., during the canvass lust spring, 1 If I was a young man hko you, I would as soon risk my chnuevs of success on your side in politics In Oregon during the next ten years as on any other.' At Last. Ucii. Lovejoy of this city received a commission by tho lust mail us Receiver in tho Lund Office at this place. Ho is thus rewarded at lust for his faithful adherence to the scctioniil Democracy. Now that the war has broken out between Czapkuy's Agent and Lane, however, the General occupies tho reully Democratic po sition of o leg on each side of the fence. He goes for Lane just this far, that "ufter Lane had been elected by the party as Sen ator, it was unfair for the Agent to attack hiiu in tho way he has; he should have waited till his time was about out, or until Jo applied for another offire." When Jo gets bock, Lovejoy will lie one of the noisi est Lauc men in this scctiotf. rickelt 1rae V By reading the following card, which we clip from tho San Francisco Herald, it will be seen tlmt the notorious Pickett, who was once a beggar for alms npon our shores, is still kicking, and has lost none of his De mocracy since ho went to California: iy A Saluts to Civii.iiiTioi. I projmse fir ing a hundred guns sf exultation at the recent aus picious reopening of the African Slavs Tr ide with the Anglo-American Krpuhhc. Mili nilir period predicted by dm twelve years since (eight years tnore), will ull obstacles to this grand re-act unary movement towards a more rutiouul civilixaiioo iu Christendom be removed. One run will be given as a anluta of honor to thai open, defiant ohmnpion and giiera'hsiino of ma opposing forces w America n HlMii it. Seward. Persona wishing to eontril nte a mite to have such alarum for this great battle sounded on our occidental rhure, will huud me the onsh. or drop it in a box, lo be ftmnd at " Rill's Saloon' next door the ltulletin office. jal5-tf riccrrr. Pickett's rejoicing over the rc-openiug of the slave trade by tlie lute successful opera tions of the yacht Wanderer, may disgust some men calling themselves Democrats, but Pickett would go uo farther in sup porting piracy, or any other ' measure' that was decided by the party to bo ' Demo cratic,' than oil of the doughface sectional ists who are leading that party because it pays.' Pickett's invitation to his brother sym pathizers with piracy to ' hand me tho cash, or drop it in a box,' is exceedingly ' Dem ocratic' We, like other lending sectional ists, would as soon fire a hundred guns for Gerrit Smith, provided enough people would ' hand him the cash, or drop it iu a box.' NitRHOW EsCAl'B OF TUB ClJNTOX. Leonard White, of tlie steamer Jas. din ton, informs us that on Friday night, Jan. 21, the Clinton came near being destroyed in passing tip a slough that empties into the Willamette near Lnncostcr, situate on the west bank of the Willamette below En gene City. This slough runs through the land claim 'on which a warehouse. In Lan caster is situated. It became necessary to run the Clinton np this slough to discharge freight ot Coffinan's warehouse, some dis tance above on the bank of the slough. Much opposition has been made by certain parties to the Clinton's running up this slough, and timber has often been fallen into it to obstruct tho navigation. The timber was as often cleared out by tho Clinton crew, aud tho boat continued to visit the warehouso above,- despite the threats of a suit for trespass that camo from the owners of the hind through which the slough runs. On the night aforesaid the Clinton reached Lancaster after dark, and lay there till ten o'clock waiting for the moon to rise. Meantime they heard persons chopping down small trees that leaned over the banks of the slough. When the boat started, it consumed two hoars in getting over these obstructions, during which the choppers went ahead and chopped a large tree nearly down, and stood by it with lanterns waiting for the boat to come along. As the boat got loose and ap proached the spot, the choppers fell lustily to work and brought the tree down a few seconds too late to destroy the boat, which shot past just in time to escape destruction. Mr. White says they recognized the four choppers, the names of three of which are known, and that their cases will be attend ed to as the law requires. We have no reason to doubt the correctness of the state ment made by Mr. White, but it seems al most incredible that men could be found in Oregon who would thus coolly try to destroy property and murder all hands on board. 19 The advertisement of Dr. Griffin, Dentist, was omitted last week through in advertence. Boxis. Philip Ritz, of Corvallis, writes to the Farmer that bones put nnder pear ; trees when set out make the best of mwiure, Beajortu i.risi.'! , .... . rli.. u1. ...... I. ilin I fin nr n.iMr uniu.i "'- " ' " Jtwt started ut CorValhs l.y 1. D. Odd ea , It h l-rh'ted on the same material on which tho Occidental received us impressions, ps also the one oil which the Expositor drew up its legs ond was gathered to its father ( Muttoon). The ' Crisis' is devoted to the interests of Lano, and supports everything ' Democratic,' so far ns wo can see, except ing the Doctor's Agent at Salem. It more than intimates tlmt he is a rotten Aboli tionist. Tha ' Crisis' lutiinutes that by the opposition to Liiiio tho party lias become sick, and either from this cause, tho ' turn of life,' or some other cause, It needs doc toring and hence this new physician walks np with his ' democratic' pill-bags, and pro poses to restore it to hetilth by the proier medicines, after cutting off such excrescences as tho Agent. Doctor Crisis' seems to bo learned in the technicalities of the' anti-cold-water pharmacopia of modern Democracy, and seems confident that he will lie ublo to heal up the wounds, salve tho ' splits' over, so as to get tho party on Its legs again, able to carry old Jo on Its back without giving away in tho knees. We fear, however- that, as the nnrtv hero is only a ' member' r a v of the body' Eust, which is in tho lust stages of decay from a moral and financial leprosy, our young doctor graduate will hardly be able to save it. If he wants to do a really good act for his country, an act that will show his skill as a surgeon, and withal a merciful act, wo suggest that ' Dr. Crisis' put his patient out of its misery by culling its tail off just buck of its ears. SriiDEN Tt nxixo. A gentleman tells ns tliat ho was In a room in a onc-horso town up country, ono evening not mony weeks since, and heard the 'democratic' crowd warmly extolling Jo Lane ns a perfect prodigy of democratic purity, faithfulness, nnd statesmanship. During the same eve ning, the mail arrived bringing the Doctor's organ which first denounced Lane. The next moruiug every roan uf them wus curs ing Lane as rotten from top to bottom, without o really sound ' dy uiiuierutic jint in nn. Piusonkk at Laiwe. Jack McGwire, who was arraigned before Just'cc McCar- ver for stabbing Kelly, wus tried last week. After the evidence was given in, the court adjourned till moraing to mnko up Its 'de cision.' In the mean time, Jack was left to ' manage his own affairs in his owu wuy,' and the next moruiug when it was nn nouiiced iu open court that Jack must give $800 bunds for his appearance at court, Jack was nowhere to be found. He prob ably heard the decision ' through a knot hole and, not liking it moch, he concluded not to ' submit' to it. Tannery. We were glad to sec in vis iting friend Orrin Kellogg, five miles below this city, last Monday, that he is prosper ing finely. He has one of the neatest tan neries in full blast wo have seen in the country. Wo predict from tho looks of his leather that he will soon bo producing material fully equal to any shipped from tlie East. Ho has lately taken in Mr. Clay, a newly-arrived Yankee, as a pnrtnci and business will now be pushed ahead. r Old FitiiT. Joseph Merrill hns sent tlie Farmer a Yellow Newtow n opjle raised in 185, which is now a year nnd a hull old. It is said to bo sound, though a little shriveled, and bids fair to keep somo time yet. Apples keep remarkably well here. We raised Missouri Russets (or Jo Lane oppfcs) that were proof against the hogs' teeth, and the only way we got rid of them was to give them to the boys in town to throw at each other. Horses. Out of 861 horses entered at the horse fair In Vermont, the Journul says that 210 of them aro more or less of the Morgan stock. We believe tho Morgan to be the best breed of horses for service we have yet seen -In fact the best horse we ever saw was a Morgan. Tlie only Morgan horse we know of Iu the Territory is owned by H. E, Hayes, five miles south west of this city. Ho is a good horse, ond has somo excellent colts. CorTKE. Wo saw a letter from the agent of Wilson Si Wakefield in San Fran cisco, stating that coffee was worth eight een cents, and couldn't be bought for that In a less quantity than 500 sacks. Turned Vr. Our old Mend J. N. Dur ham, who left Salem some time since for California, it seems has turned np in Jack son county, where he has lately had a daughter married, appended to the notice of which in the Sentinel is the following touching original poem, which is a spark of celestial fire that could only have been kin dled by a sndden collision of the author's head with that of one of the ' Muses.' We publish it, although friend Durham left $2 in our debt: " Ws gave our daughter to him. He a son of a distant clima ; May they live in lore and union Aa when they stood hand in hand. I am but a sojourner he r, My child's to stay behind, Whilst I and her Mother Goea far to distant clime, We point our ohiid lo Christ and God A nd lake oar far oft" leave ; May they proteol and guide her Till we shall meet above. Jomt X. Dtbraii. Salem and Portland papers please copy, also St Joseph Mo., papers." Ths Weather. Last Sunday and Mon day were two beautiful days, promising ns a real Oregon February, but Monday night it clouded op, and has been raining and snowing at intervals eyery day since, sfcr We publish the following oohmnmL cation with pleosuro. Ue Information . gave, to which our friouds Davis & Mob. misics onjeci, camo rrom what we cotiskj. cred the best of authority! x, iv r y",TUKn.' V,k . 8.V Ma. Wm. L. Apahs Dear Kir. i. u.l Ing over your pn,cr or Jan. 20th, wijl tired an article headed 'Willamette W Works.' As a tmrtion of that artkle re fers to us, wo ask a place in your rolurasa in order to art both you nnd ourselves rtohi in the mutter. That portion of the bare, graph we aro culled on to notice tctuhZ' follows: " A steam engine Is now under war for Ruble & Co., who are building a aj,w.n,ni near Wulhi Walk The flv-wliJ I Ii!? weighs twenty-fivo hundred pounds was cast a few days ago, ami conies out ' nt job. The fouiidcry got t'm more fur thin engine than tlio highest Portluml hid on account of contracting to comnleto tlJ w. in four weeks." Now, sir, if all your statements were facts, und you had stutod all the facts in the case, we would have been content. ' It is true that we would not ngrcc to complete tho loli in four weeks, for the rcasoo thnt we knew that it could not be doue In that time, but it is not the fact that Rossi Co. received $500 more for it than our bid It is a well-known fact that some four months have elapsed since the confirmation of that contract, and yet, according to your own statements, it is not completed. And in conclusion, we would solicit yon in the future to post yonrself nn as to all the facts in the case licforo you blow so much un merited praise of others. ; Respectfully, ywtrs, pAVIS & MoftXaSTtS. Vee-natMtv CatmatWa, Sai.eh PnAiniz, Jan. 28, 1859. W. L. Adams Dear Sir: Will yo please give notice to your sulmcribers that n convention of the bee raisers of Oregon will bo held in Oregon City on the third Wednesday in February, 1859, to organize a Bcc-Ruisur' Club for the more incmsful advancement of bee culture to more thor oughly discuss the proper dimensions of hives, swarming, hiving, feeding (if neces sary, wintering, keeping np the prices of good swarms, and n general interchange of views on tho subject. All apiarists, and those intending to engngo in the business, uro invited to attend, as it will be (band much to their advnntsge. Those having new hives to introduce into Oregon, will hlcase have them on hand, that they mar be passed upon. A large attendance is expected. Yonrs, Tuos. T. Eyri. Fare IUiuxed. First cabiu passenger tickets can now be purchased lit San Fran cisco through to New York for $100, and steerage tickets for $25. How long this will last, we cawiot of rwiise say. . (3T " Mr. Miller is a thorough farmer aad ta orclmr list of much practical kiiowlsdgel a vari ety recominciided by him ia worthy of eonshlera tiou.'1 farmer. Mr. Miller once 'ircommcnded' the ' Virginia Greening' to at the apple for Oregon. Such ' varieties,' while they may be ' worthy of consideration,' are not gen erally thought to be ' worthy' of very n- tensive cultivation, ' Thanks. Wo are, under obligations t' Dr. Steele, ngent of Wells, Fargo k Co. fn this citv. for latest California and Statu . . V; t papers. ( tHr We had tlie pk-asove f isettiaf Gen. ralmcr last nighl, jwt after bis re turn from the Frazer river gold .mines. Ho look exceedingly well, robust, ami henrty, notwithstanding tho number of times we kilhtd him by the Indians while on his waj thither. Standard, Vk. Withdraws. The steamship Cortes is withdrawn from the routo between San Francisco nnd Portland, and in connection with other steamers belonging to Cspt. C, K. Gurvison 4 Co., will soon take her place in tlie opposition line between San Fraucuv co aud l'mmma. &a)itrJ. Pacific Railroad. ' Ion' writes to the Baltimore Sun, that the stoto of partiesUi the Senate is such ns will probably awn tho Mirage of the Pacific Railroad bill to that body by a small majority, la House tltcre mny be more doabtr eo ac count of the difficulties arising, not from scruples of economy or constitutional power, but from the choice route. The Fii.inusTERs.-Tho steamer Basalisk arrived at Mobile Wy. Jan 1st, fiom Belize, Hondurw, wrtj 100 shipwrecked passengers of the filibaswr schooner Susan, who were taken alioard tho 20th by oAler of the OiSj' llxo, and treated gentlemanly by the Bntiw 0lThe Susan was wrecked on the GlorcrV a coral reef, sixty mll fromh themarnhuJofthelBthDec. Pj' gers were saved, but the wsel ft Mart TrawM wV,t , '.. ' Dispatches from St. '. i. , Hmt ' thfl Ossawattamte (Kansasi ( eorrmwndent of the Democrat yf rwi Hamilton, the leader of thepani captain .. "- mmAgtt . who commi tea. ine wiiu L-uiiiiiui.ee "--- -., castas Chontcau's tradinir post, last May, " l tha fipl.l in Southern Kansas, w lv ken the tieU in oor.mcru large body of derate ZrA outrages. LXTSute nmn, w charged JitSsUng neW. Missouri, and killed: and tU Bloomfield, a wealthy Frt r2 of Vernon county, had been burned. M"0& ery was raising a party sion by Hamilton, and that botn p are determined to fight. A despatch from Kansas CStJJWJ . ' r Uavhawkers.' nnder l Ttensrn entered JJaies v Thursday last, and Je Jackson, and burned b 0eff Itissungc. ernor jaeaary iu - thai of dragoons to to b ho. nnlcrpfl OUT OOHIUW" . i t : anil nnnxuuu vw r- ' - . tS u. MinniRS. h raisea in w"" -"- officers for which l. to missioned, and .,h TaUTs the Secretary of War ammunition from jffi'gBZS dorrs. . It is expected a Dje .WT -