fitije rcgou argug. W.t. ADAMS, ' KI'ITOB. ouooxroxTTi SATURDAY, MAY 21, 1859. REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS. Tor Conrresi, DAVID LOGAN, Of MULT.SOM.llt. Tot f tat Prison Inspector, W. T. MATLOCK, of Clackarntw. Tki Insulator. We learn from Salem that tin L'gisla toro convened on Monday Inct, and received message from Gov. Whitcakcr, who told them several things tliej outfit to have known before, si well a come things which they probably never will understand: among the latter want recommendation to district the Shite for Presidential electors, On the whole, however, it was a very fair message. On Tuesday, Harding introduced a Mil proposing to fix the time of election of a member of Congress, which passed the House amended, and provides that the election shall take place on the fourth Mon day in June. It is doubtful whether it will pass the Senate, as It is supposed to Im) a device of the Lane Democrats to as sist Stout. Bills were also introduced in regard to the courts and the organization of the government In other departments. No steps were tuken toward the Sena torial election before Wednesday forenoon, m the friends of different and opposing can didates speared to be unwilling or afraid to meet and measure strength. The chances at that time of Judge Willinms and Dcluzon Smith were the highest. Curry was pushed aside by the strong Lane influence, who demanded the re-election of Smith, more iu vindication of Jo Lnne against the attacks of Bush and Ncsmith than out of regard to Dcluzon. But all is foggy an hour's time may chango the whole arrangement, as the managers of dif ferent factious, foiled at one point, arc con stantly changing the combinations. It is a game not of politieul chess, but of po litical cheat. Btjy Tlio latest news from Salem leaves the matter of the election of Senator in thick fog. No caucus has been held, the various factions of the Democracy appear ing to Ihj afraid to ribk their respective in terests iu one. They have not forgotten what occurred In the State convention, mid do not know but that each Iu some grocery has prepared a trap fur the other. All the members but two were present, and so far as now s could be counted, there was no cer tain show for Curry, or Smith, or 0 rover. The friends of tho two first declure that they will not yield, under any circumstances. It is the last chance of both, and now or never is their motto, and each declares Iroldly that if he cannot succeed, no Sen ator shnll be elected. So the prospect is that the Legislature will postpone an elec tion. In the opinion of many, however, it was likely that enough of the adherents of tho rlvul camlidutcs would bo willing to unite on Judge Williams, to elect him, with tho aid of the Republicans. c understand tliat a proposition was submitted to the Senate by Dr. Newell and others, to contract for the keeping of the Penitentiary, free of cost to tho Stute, which was referred to a committee, and the Impression prevailed that the Legislature would accept the proposal, or let the Peni tentiary to the highest bidder for the term of five years. If this is done, the law passed last winter providing for the election of a Commissioner, or Inspector, will be repeal od, and there will be no occasion for elect ing that officer this summer. The plan sug gested will doubtless prove of great econo my to the State. Bills had been submitted iu regard to County Courts, upon which no action was had. It was proposed that the delegation from each county should fix the salary of their County Judge; that each county should elect a Prosecuting Attorney; anil an Attorney General be ehoscu at' large whose duties would be to attend the trial of capital cases aud to the interests of the State in the Supreme Court. IUC petition of the citizens of tins 'place in regnnt to tlie manner of voting, a i,re emeu, aim reicrreil to a committee, which has agreed upon a report in aceordunoe with the wiidi of the petitioners. W Tho split iu the Democratic partv of this State, origiuuting in the nomination of Mout over (J rover at the lute Salt iu con- icimon, win prouamy be consummated during the present session of the Legisk- lure. w uocver may be the i hoieo for U S. Senator, so far as we arc able to judge, the ill fit' ling between the two faction will' Inevitably be increased. While we have 00 sympathy for Bush iu his loss of Hwer, we nevertheless cannot rejoice in thrcliaiige jnat lias Intl. iff u-d iu the leadership of me ut.minaui party; Tor several reasons. I. It i the avowed object of the Stand ard clique to perpetuate the power of Jo Lone, w hoe. Imbecility M , statesman is equaled uly by his dLhoncty-who Wblo-de!ig. bath at Washington and in Oregon, has disgust! irra as corrupt a cabal as that which gave hitu oukv. J. We believe it is well understood Out Suwt and his supporters not onlv fullv m dorse the Admioistratiou-., does taeir platform -but they r.-prr ,,, , cxtlvmt pro-slavery flre-cating sentiment of the State, while It Is equally well understood thut the Statesmen and the jwtrs behind it have always inclined toward the opinions of Douglas on th question of slavery, even while the Administration wos everywhere proscribing his friends. 3. Unscrupulous as has been the opposl tion to Republicanism by the Democratic party in times past, we are mistaken If wi are not to meet a fuller measure of abuse should the Standard become the exponent of that party. .We sjieak the feeling of every reflecting man when we say that wi have never met an opposition nuantr in character than during the present canvass from the editor of the Standard. We have looked In vain for anything like a fair di ciuwion of cither principles or men. W have seen nothing but misrepresentation and low insinuations, couched in the most puerile language. The whole course of tl Standard editor since his sojourn amongst us 1ms been such as to disgust upright men No sooner had he set foot within the State than ho commenced an Intrigue fur power and place, In the prosecution of which he has passed through every phase of jiolitical chicanery. He has opposed 0eiily those things that stood In hit way, until ojicu opposition was no longer policy. When that time came, he did not hesitate to de sert avowed principles, tried friends, and the organization with which lie had identi' fied himself, and commence a course of sub serviency and truckling to superiors, work ing gradually Into another organization which will be deserted and betrayed in turn whenever he can find a promise of more personal profit in another. When last year we saw our own standard deserted by its mistaken hut well-meaning friends, wc pre dicted that, whether success or defeat were the result, they would live to repent Imviug deserted the field in favor of the Nutionuls. N e were not mistaken iu our estimate of the character of tho primo mover of that party. Our prediction has been more than fulfilled. We do uot write this through any fear of the Democracy, into whosesoever bauds the party lush may be placed fur the time, ttohiivu faith to believe that whatever may be the character of the opposition we must encounter, Republicanism will sweep the State in 18G0, and add another star to that glorious fret constellation which has already shaken oft the trammels of South eru pro-slavery sectional tyranny. Rut wc cannot sec treachery anywhere without de nouncing it. .-.$" Delusion, iu his speeches since his return from Washington, complains of Bush for being " a dumb dog." Many of his hearers, who have gone homo from his harangues with the headache, complain that Dilution it not one. During the can vass last year, while the other candidates were allowed but one hour cuch iu which to speak, Delusion at this place consumed tw (Bush having kindly surrendered him his own time), and was barking well along into the third hour, when tho audience with considerable difficulty succeeded in choking him oft. If howling three hours instead of one is whut he calls carrying Bush on his shoulders, we ore sure he never had a more agreeable job. tor The claims of Stout upon the peo ple of Oregon for election to Congress may oc summed up as follows: He is a very young man. Ho is a Californian. lie is a Know Nothing. Aud the Democratic papers add, " He is a man of excellent so cial qualities." The last recommeudntion wc hope the people will weigh well, aud allow Mr. Stout to stay at home, where he wdl have a fair opportunity of displaying lus excellent soeud qualities." r.i.KeTiox is uss.w o were in error in stating last week that Rev. Mr. Geary was the Jo I.ano negro breeding sectiounl candidate for State Senator in Linn county, he having declined the honor of that office, and accepted one more congenial with his abdominal developments the fatter posi tion ol Aesniithas Superintendent of Indian hairs. Wc are under obligations to John Conner, Esq., of Albany, for information oiiccrnmg the election. H. S. Brown was the sectional candidate, who received 499 votes, to 139 for W. C. Gallaher, Repub lican, i ho vote was a small one, not much interest being felt in the election, and the Republicans not turning out. fe Marshal Patterson and sheriff Hoi comb returned this wctk with Frank C urn- sey and Charles Clayton, twoof the prisoners wM out of the Portland iail a few week since. They captured the prisoners near me talalgia mountains. Hight, another who escaped with them", was lurk ing about iu Linn, w here his parents reside. Gurusey and Clayton say that Balch, who murdered his tou-iu-htw last fall, did not go with them at all. The captured prisoners were taken to Portland. Wasuisoto CuvxTV.-The Itcmihli- cans of Washington county we learn have made the following nominations for county officers: Assessor, John Poole; School Su- rintcndeut, 11. Sewell; Couuty Commis sioners, . S. Caldwell. R. E. Wiler an.t L, L. Whiteomb. t rMttets of liaa. W bars (kit Botillwrn members of I he l-eyis latart !ioust unanimously (free In the opinion dial Stoat cannot aeeura tlx vol of III party in th Huuthern counties, bul llnl it will fall offal leut on Hi rd, while Logan will double tli usual (pppoaitlen trrncth. If tlii be so, Stout's mnjwrilles suuth of Ih Calii.y innunlaio will IM exctct Hire hunilrd aa4 fifty $ which will be wily over com without III help of diseflccUd llemoerals in Polk, Linn, and Marion. MJT Number of tli citiwns of ur county cam into Iowa oil SalurJny lest w'lh the etprclation of h' sring W. I!. Farrsr and other spsak upoo tin Issues of iht prevent cuors, according In previous announcement. Farrar did uot appear, and lli audience had to eonlenl themeeltee wilh die blo viating of Doulliilt, inJ Carter, bit Know Nothing editor of the Time. Thet second hand adore played on the old harp of a thousand (tringe ; bul only one tun could they get out of the thing. Nigger wu lh luno. Nothing about lb Puc.fic Railroad, nothing about the homeitrad bill and nothing about the means of raining rvnue ufli cient for carrying on li e govermm nl. liotb en dursed Tnney' opinion in lh Dreadful fieott drcie on ; and Doulliilt particularly cam out fully in favor of a slur code for the Territories, and eaid it wi the doctrio of the Democratic party1 They called upon the people in most pleous terms to rally lo I lie support of the candidates of the n'lt grrproXg.iling Democracy. Bul all in vain. Tin p op hare erased to be scannl by threats of disso lution, (nd intend to role for Logan and Matlock the Republican eonJIJales. Judge Matlock sjx-nt about twenty minutes very effectively In illustrating the practical character of Repub'ican doetr'nes, and refuting the fulse char ges of their opponents. If the Black Democracy wnnt to make Repub lican vole let llxm seud Doulhitt and Curlier around to make such harangues as they did lost galunlny. We hear the Republican central com milteo of this county talk of employing them ti come once week till election is past jf' S rtf" Rsv. Mr. Ccsry has accepted ths-office of Superintendent of Indian ATai, anil appointed U. G. Clark, Ksu., ofComiHis, asfiief Clerk. Col. Chapman will not accept the office of Sur veyor General till the .Senatorial question ia decided. Why he wait we cannot itnsgine, as his chances are about equal to our Dolf '. Old Jo and tub I'REsinExcr. The Jacksonville Sentinel 1ms hoisted the name of Jo Lane as its candidate for President in I860, and pegs away with its usual abil ity and vigor in an article of about four ' sticks' iu length, designed to show to the nation that Jo is the only man who can successfully carry the pro-slavery sectionul banner of Democracy in the next Presiden tial election. The Sentinel says, "he Is the most popular candidate, and certainly among tho most deserving, yet mentioned ns the National Democratic nomiiiee," and " his election would place in theVhitc House one of the allett and best men orVhe nation." Tho Sentinel further says, " he supported almost unanimously by the De mocracy of the South and South-west." The following extract from the St. Louis Republican, the leading, and one of the ablest Black Democratic papers of the West, shows in what estimation Jo's ' claims' arc held in that quarter of tho Democratic vineyard. Speaking of his probable nomi nation by tho Charleston Convention, the Republican goes on to say ' As lo Jo Ijine, if the Democratic party is re duced to any such shirts, the sooner it goes iulo liquidation the bet er. lis Ins not nne solitary qual.fication for tlie place. W heard him one attempt to make a speech in the House of ti. nr. s nlsiives, and then lo read a resolution which ho had oltsie.l In thai body, lie could not do il he nail not written it, although he had fathered it. Mr. Disney, of Cincinnati, was the author of the resolution, and it was read by liim to the House, after which (Jen. Kane continued his speech. Csrls nly the Democratic parly will not consider the claims lo I lis Presdeucy of so ignorant n man as this i or, if they do, no lespeclub.'e man will think of supporting him." The New Orleans Crescent, an influen tial ptier of the South-west, copies the Republican's articlo above, and accompa nies it with the Wlowing 'pointed' remarks; "The nepuhlican very summarllv n.l justly, in our opinion, dip.es ol' the iireten:ons of Ucn. .lo Lane, once of Indiana, and now of Orc- g"ii. t-en Jo. is a very good rough tighter, but he is no more filled lo the Presidency than a Cum in die Indian. Destitute of adnvn slrativc talent nud education, uncouth as a bear and abrupt as a slump tllil Ikllll il. 111! li.n 1.. .. 1.1 I.I... . e ..... ..... ... , nuiuu uiunurr lus Ailmin- tree Frer stiver Tho Fort Yale correspondent of the Vic toria Oaiette, under date of April 25,snys that "on Union, Auierieon, Puget bound Victoria, and Hill's bars, good wages arc made; and tipon tho lutter, which works forty sluice heads, It is safe to put down the receipts at $0,000 tier d.iy, or $42,000 per week, clear of all expenses. A few sluices are taking out from $800 to $l00 per duy each; one miner, ou Hill's bar, who bus been laid up with sickness for some tune. says his sharo has paid him $100 per day for tlio last month, he hiring a mun to work iu his place. I think Hill's bar more near ly rcscniblm tho richer burs of Cnlilornia in its general features, location, Ac, Hum nny I have seen on this river, and Induces the opinion that tho gold is there deposited by the dowuwnrd-tentluig current." The same writer says the town of Fort Vale numbers 152 houses. Tho shipment of gold dust by the last two steamers amounted to about $00,000, Ocorgo Hunter Cary, Ksq., of the Chan cery liar of London, has been appointed Attomry General for Uritish Columbia. Fiuzr.n Kmkr Oot.n. From n state ment published iu the Victoria Gazette of a late date, we learn thnt tho amount of gold taken from the mines of Uritish Co lumbia in 1858 reached the sum of $1,494, 212. Of this amount, $3Gl,.r)49 were de posited at tho U. S. Branch Mint in Sun Franciscjt The average loss iu incmkrtlic sanMjWus per cent.; net value perouiid ortust, $10,131. Another Keacii or 90 Miles of the CoLciinu Opened to Steam. The Dulles Journal of May 13 says tho steamer Col Wright returned to her landing at Pes Chutes mouth on the 9th, having landed Gen. Palmer and his freight at Priest Rap ids, on the cast bank of the Columbia Tlie distance, by tho meandering of the river, from tho Walla Wullu lundim? to Priest Rnpids is estimated at 90 miles, the stream being singularly crooked in its course. It is described, however, as a noble sheet of water all the distance, without a rapid or obstruction to navigation. Tlie banks ure low and sandy, and worthless on cither side for cultivation, as far as could bo seen from the steamer's deck. Priest Kapids, it would opear, aro in character very similar to the Cascades, and are cstimutcd at five miles in length, with, possibly, more full in that distance than at the Cascades. The question of surmounting thctn with steal power has, therefore, becu set at rest. Miration inloeonten pl and in.,ke us tho luuehin stock of the nati W, II innv our n..i...t.nr. soy : '- If the Democratic party is reduced to any such shifts, the taoner il inm K. ...:....:-.. .1 , .. ,. - e ""w .niuiutiiiuii iiiu 1 1 , - ...c, vi riiini-llllljr Ulc pim 0, 0iK.rs I u 0110 village, several Indies 'have coni a veryS menced the Tract distribution with frond belter." E. D. Shattuxk, Esq.. has taken the editorial charge of the Portlaud Dailv -New, A. Lclaud retiring. The New. in the hands of Lelami, wassettiuk-to beoaiu a iVmorratie sheet W Ac,' is ou file, and shall have a hear i' g uet week. 63? Tho Standard learns from ..tlnll rniiu. XI . r . . . .wi.v i-viihb nun Mr. uwen is on lus wav to Vancouver with Knmiakin. Schlooni. and other noted Indian chiefs. The liov Father Do Smet is with them, and is nroli- ubly the principal jierson who has induced these savage chieftains to venture in. They am coming to see Uen. Harney, whosi iiHiue aim tame tiuvo reached them. Soon after his arrival, Uen. Harney sent word by Father De Smet to the ludian tribes wlicli had been so lately hostile, to tell them that, before they could exited to be at peace with the whites, Kamiakin and Sehloom, the ringleaders, should lie deliver- eu up imo tne liencrurs bauds. Tliev are now doubtless coming in. iu obedient to Uen. llarnev's order. llKTREXCUMKNT AND KeKOKII. Ever since we can remember, says the Richmond Whig, tlie Democratic party has been re trenching and reforming, until it has re trenched the annual expenses or the Gov ernment from $12,000,000 under Johu idiocy Adams, to nearly $100,000,000 nnuer uuchanan, and still the party is re trenehing and reforming! Shall we never have enough of these retrenchments and reform, of the Democracy? They remind us, ysthe Whig, of the tope, who said that werj lime he tried to taper off, he some I- The 1' tions person; transfc & 1 V. ij ITS ALL TACTION'S OF TIlKyTAItTV. ie Cincinnati Platform' is oilddleish nf- liko a harp of a thousand strings, on which nil sorts of tune ore nlnvr-rl with aboifcqnal success, .tiie Richmond Whig truly says it is n tbiiig " upon which Mr. Hunter of Virginia and the Van IJurcns of New York have harmoniously stood, nud by which Mr. Douglas of Illinois and Mr. Buchanan of Pennsylvania hnrmonious! swore a platform upon which anyboi! can stand without regard to opinion, nnd upon the administration of which tli finances of tho country have been exhaust ed its peace, at homo and abroad, d tnrbed, and its prosperity at large ii paired." """"""" -.1 Tract Society. Liiitor of the Argus: Will you insert the lollowmg notice of the Tract Society meeting, for the gratification of the friends of this cause. Yours trulv. G. H. Atkinson-. The Orecon Tract Society held it- .W. enth annual meeting nt Forest Grove, Mav 12th. The morning was devoted to busi ness, and tho evening to tlie reports of the oeuicmry, unu several very interesting unr rations from tho colnortcurs. Ksniain pages have been taken from the Depository . vitLuuiiiuu. uk imuiiruL nns flrn rrhiH. Iy roceivuU unil road, and thi v dently been the means of salvation to some Vroai tk Haalsw A Max Shot anoMoktaU-v Xfovsmn. -The Mi-bdebm llvsa ti A M I Front a gentleman just arrived from Roscburg, Douglas county, We wilier the particulars of a terrible ...nrdef which took dace In that villogo on Huturdny, the 7tli lust. It seems that a few days previous to th occurrem, two men, named Mcl Her son and Joseph Mitchell, wero crying wheat Held belonging to Mr. George Gen ger, on Deer Creek, when Mr. Genger apm-ured, and ordered them out of the fl'ld. Mitchell drew a pistol nud threiit encd to shoot Genger; tho pistol wus taken by Mcpherson, who also mudo threuts, mid (longer hastily left. On Snturduy Mr. Genger, being In Roscburg, met McPher son, who fired 0 small pistol nt him through his breeches pocket. Air. Fullerton, sheriff of Douglas county, attempU-d to arrest McPherson, who resisted, und threntened to shoot any one who approached him. The sheriff then summoned u posse of the citizens to his aid, and aguiu attempted to tukc McPherson, who fintl upon the crowd, but without iff. ct. Some shots were then fired at McPherson, who again fired, with ratal effect, the ball passing through the left hand of Mr. K. I). Robinson, and lodg ing iu his clut. Mr. McPherson was then arrested with siuno difficulty. When our informant left Roscburg Mr. Robinson was in a dvinir condition, his surgeon having uliandoiied all Iiohs of his lil'u. The excite ment wus so great that but for tho interfer ence of Judge Dendy, the murderer would certainly have been lynched, a rojie having been twice placed round his neck for the purpose. Ho is now In Jail, awaiting trial. p. s. Judgo Dendy informs us that Mr. Robinson died on Sunday evening, mid that McPherson wus tuken from the jtiil on ifonduy by the citizens, and hung under theVLriilge at Roscburg. MrSltobinsou was a young iniin of many sterling qualities, and had the respect nuu esteem of ulkwlio knew him. He leaves a wife and two nuall childreu to uiotirn his loss. Stuteiman. Another Iniuas Mass-h re Five Men Kii.leo! lu an extra issued from tho office of the Jacksonville Sentinel, May 8th, wo find the following Dews of more Indian dcprcdutioits out South: Indian Agent Abbott and party arrived in town nlioiit two hours since from Riin cheriu Prairie- at the head of Rig Duttc Creek, bringing startling news from that den, another man, and two squaws, itf tempted to cross Rogue Rlvr n a canoe, not long since, which Uiset, and Haydra nnd one of tho squaws wero tlrowned. Ciiariik ok Inckht.- An elderly man mimed Wilson was arrested hi Jacksonville, ou tho 2d Inst,, charged wilh incest with his child, a girl alioiit fourteen years of age. Ho was held to bull in the sum of $1,000,, Circumstancm connected with the cane, say' the Sentinel, have served to create greij ; prejudice in the community ogiilust the pro, ccuting witness, who was in Uuugerof tIoT letieo from the crowd In tho street at the close of tho exniiiinution. : RoiiiiKiiv. On the uiglit of the 3d lust, a smokehouse of Maury k Duvis In Jack sonvillo wus broken open, ami about 1,500 pounds of Imcoii hums were stolen and ta ken away. T place. "The President ; made the nf,tia. r,iv"ltMrr.WWU r of the I mon to r.e t , the Urgain. It i. looked a w IKS,? IT1 M "vhM re- cllect Ihetr zeal has kindled tho zeal of some m anotiirr place to do tho same work o hopo it will extend through all our set tlements. The meetings were interesting, and the Society enters on a new year with fuir pros- nmi! tf t ........ .. 1 r i I I"' ' nn-ii-usin USCIUIIIOSS. G. II. Atkinson, See'y. Aluaxv, Linn Co., Muy 7. '-.9. ho. Arous: The Democracy of Oregon in general, and of this countv in particular have heretofore manifested a holy horror of any tiling approaching the character political parsons." But a change, amone the many which aro taking place in this strange period, seems to have eomo over tlie spirit of their dream. A certain Iter, Mr. Bishop, of Linn county, was one of the most noisy of the Lane members of the late Democratic convention which nominal. ed the Know-N'othing Stout for Coiiercss a 1 . Ann now tne Iremocracy are in a neck of ,....11. ! .1 . "UU 1U "s county, because they cannot prevail upon Ret. Mr. Geary to stand as tne tremocratic candidate for State Sena- tor. irora what I know of Gearv I rln ii . . .. ui iimiK nis failure to run can be attrib uted to his Christian modestv. but rth-.r to the expectation of a richer sop from Washington, by the grace of Old Jo. I he Democrat hate political narsni... and whyf Simply because they can but seldom find one sufficiently corrupt to join .u .wu,,.,uming tne unholy purposes of the pro-slavery oligarchy. If the pamni would only worship at the shrinc of a Democratic God, iustoad of being Rub. braM as they generally are, Dclusionwould hsve no more to y agsmsi them. p. On reaching the foot of tho mountains Mr. Abbott and company endeavored to cross over by following the trail of the pnrfy consisting of Mr. Eli Lcdford, and Mr. lironn, ot Jacksonville, and Mr. S. F. Conger, Mr. W. S. Probst, and another man whoso name wc have not yet lennie 1, from Ulettc Creek. They followed the trail of Uword's partv to where they were vampclled to turn l ack by snow, and had come down and camped again in Ruiichcriu Prairie, near where three families of Indi ans were known to live. No trail or clue could be found where Lcdlbrd's inrty had gone from this camp, and the three Indian houses having been burned, nppiin ufly by the Indians themselves, and other suspicious signs npp armg, Abbott and party began tosusicct tliut lA-dford's pnrty bud b. en cut off, and began to search in every d.- reclion. After some time tho trail of three horses was found, with a number of Indian trucks, going north. Abbott sent on Indian who was in tlie company to follow the trail, nnd the others returned to explore the woods in tlie neighborhood of where Lcdlbrd's party had camW!d. Mr. Dirdseye, in searching a thicket, found a dead horse, and immediately re turned and reported the fact nt camp, when AUimtt accompanied linn buck, to examine it, wlten three more dead horses wero fonud, tliut Had been tied to trees and shot. They answer cxiictly the description of four ol the seven horses tuken out bv Ledford's party, while the trail of the other three had already been fonud, going north iu the pos session of Indians. The Indian sent north by Abbott return ed and reported that ho had followed the trail about five miles, and found that the three horses had been tuken into the old Indian trail leading to the Kltimeth Lake and that the Indians had fallen into the trail behind them and tried to conceal their tracks. No doubt remains tliut the five miKsinn- men have all been murdered by the Indians, though Abbot's nnrtv were unable, to fiml any of the bodies. Their names, as near ns we can learn, are as to ows; Kl T,n,lfnr,i Samuel Probst, James Crow. S. P. rnnJ Brown. ' ' Man Killed. Tlie Sentinel says thnt a man named Hugh H. McCassen was in stantly killed in Jacksonville on the 7th, by lieing stabbed in the breast with a knife, by Abel George. George was arrested and confined, and was to be examined before Justice Hayden the next day. George is well known about Oregon City, and is rep resented to have been a quiet, peaceable man formerly, but latterly he has taken to driuking pretty freely. Foir Men Drowned. A correspon dent of tho Crescent City Herald writes to that paper that four men. McPhearson Thos. McCormick, Dr. W. H. McMillin, and T. B. McCulloufrh, were drowned at the mouth of Rogue River. Anril 15 They attempted to cross the river while a Heavy gale was blowing and a strong cur rent setting out to sea. The boatman, McPhearson, to show his skill start,! tJ. low down, and they were carried out into me sun and all perished. The body of ..ici nearson only has been reroverPit Dr. McMillin has been a resident of Smith River Valley, and Superintendent of Com. mon Schools for Del Norte county, Cal. another .man Perished. Tlie Cres. wut City Herald of April 27 says that a man named Geo. F. Lee. from Rnii '(Tgmgs, perished on' the trail nenr tha forks of Smith's River, on the 23d Anril from the effects of cold and exhaustion in crossing the mountain. The Coroner's jury severely censure n. Gasquet and others no were in comwmy with him for lMTin him on the trail to peruh and not sending him prompt assistance. Two Prnnv rR(,w y rp Salem, April 18, '50. Editor Aunts: I wus forcibly struck with the rogtut rtmnnt and resolutions of the upper Mohdla Democracy of Oregon of April 2, 1850. It is truly astonishing tliut wit men should nrguo or assert the ' affirmative of tha ' Dad Scott Decision;' or should attempt to keep up, even In Ore gon, the sectional strife on the slavery ques tion. The Supremo Court of the United States decided nothing, except that, lus. much as ho was declared not to be a citizen of tho United States, he could uot sue ia our courts. All tho fatuous erparlt rjc-c'w-ions of tliut court nro entitled to jnst si. much legal weight ns my, or your, or any other man's opinion In tho name case or points. Judge Tnney figures niostcouspie. uously in that famous, or rather infamous opinion; and I can well remember when, he, figured very much, as tho successor of Mr. Duune, I think, in the removal of the depo) itcs of the United States. To si'iy that tlie opinion of the court can tolerate and enforce, -slavery in ull States nnd Territories of oar Union, in spite of Stute luw or popular sovereignty, is a paradox, and an assump tion which, if practically carried out, would, fill our country with civil wnr aud blood shed. ... , I admit thut boguj Democracy and pro slavery are one; but I ulso know that there, urea goodly number in the United States who adhere to tho Kansas-Nebraska bill of S. A. Douglas, and contend for genuint popular sovereignty, State rights, and Jef fersoniuti Democracy. We had a fair test of the operation of the Nebraska bill iu our own land, in Pacific Star No. 2, and our Constitution, which is now the supremt law of Oregon, prohibits negro slavery ia this State. And I would give two lilt fat a sight of thut sluvc hohhr who would be fool-hardy enough to attempt to bold nt gro.n in slavery in the State of Oregon, i spite of our Constitution, or luw,-o pub lic sentiment, The Republicans of Oregoa with the uid of " Northern Democrats," so called, gave on overwhelming majority in favor of a free Stute jnst north of Califor nia on this coast, und I rather guett that such majority is ou Iniiid here yet to en force their will, and to prevent the virgin soil of our fair land front drinking the bipod of mangled slaves. ' , I ubhor Abolitionism, as I do Uuclianin- slavcocrncy. Let tho slave States enjoy all the benefits and rights conferred on them by statute law in making slaves, or chuttd goods of tho African race. But the peo ple of freo States, who- by their colislit tions and sfnfuto laws declare that slavery or involuntary sepvitiulu shall never exist amongst them ex-cpf fer'fhe imiishment of crime, will hardly tolerate slavery on the mere opinion of a packed court, on points not before it for dceisioir, : . One would suppose thut on Adnunisfr' tion which hud committed suicide in two , years Troiii its birth by espousing the iff k eater's side iu the South, would have hut few supporters in Oregon. Yet we find a small squad of the ndhcreuts of Lane, ' Smith, & Co., who nre hot on the pro sluvcry tnckl Whom tho goda destroy, they first make mad! , We have a regular personal party now in Oregon, composed of Laue men rabid fire-eaters who would fuin yet make Ore gon a slave State if they could, under the aforesaid opinion! Perhaps the three hon orable gentlemen from Oregon,, who acted as a unit at Washington City, and who really dined with tho President, could en- ' lighten their faithful followers bow , we , could become a slave State under said opin ion. And perhaps the , honorable L". Grover could enlighten ns as to why the estimates of the commission on our war claims were so lightly regarded at Wash ington City. We have long been ham bugged in Oregon by demneotrues and quack luwyers; and I think it is tint that we should awake to our trne interests, and select men at home and abroad to serve as as public officers, who have worth and hon esty. Oregon, it is hoped, will yet shaks off her "deadweights" and come forth a true Republican State. .' .Pacimc. ' Dallas, Polk Co., JUr il,59. Edito Aaoca Dear8ir; Ther!" oma eieitement her" about politiea, A H many of us Democrat an down oa th Bvraet 8a!ouD caocua, or CahTorni. w-pram, or Jolaa fire-eaters, h ch will compel a te role foe Left (Ihoujib not for Republican priariple asntil uVT me to Douplaa' Tiers on lb astro oo, hich I think will g,e j,,, , aMjority, Polk OOUDtv. Tonn i. w U.Im! " ssaoawa t V sT " - T The violei i'eii ith na swn lmlM ,n(i 0f , flo, er yield the most delicious and frsfvaW mell tucb ia humilit. t .-bn:: -Stephen Ilav-' IJT The creates trull are sin-pint ; 'fO are pr-.Mtt-t men an t ncmrn. " . ---:'?!