fitije rcgou argug.
W.t. ADAMS, ' KI'ITOB.
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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. " . ---:'?!