2i)c (Oregon drgtis.
W. L. AIMMS,
Kinross.
0UO02V CITY J
SATURDAY, MAV 2, 18M.
BEl'L'ULU'AX NOMINATIONS.
Tor Congress,
DAVID LOGAX,
OF MVI.TXOMMI.
' Tot Btato Prison Inspector,
W.T. MATLOCK, of Cliickaiiuw.
jrr Mww. I). LOGAX and
L. STOUT, candidate for Con
res. will mldiTm the people at
tlie following time und daces :
Hillsboro, Monday, May SO, at 1 o'chsk.
Oregon Citv, Wednesday, June 1, at I o'c.
Portland, Thursday, June 2, ut 1 o'clock.
l),ill.s Saturday. June 4. at 1 o'clock.
Senatorial hi.rnioyj. rrom all wc
can hear that conies from Salem, there in
not much prospect of an election of Senator
by tlio Lcgisluluro at it present session,
There oro niont too many aspirant for the
B.-at, whoso jarring interest produce so
much diversity of feeling among the untcr-
rilled that there in little chance of a union
shortly. Smith seems to be laid on tlie
shelf Dolf stands no show now since the
result of the elation in Clackamas Chap
man has been provided for with the Sur
veyor GencraWiip and the other fluiiu-
nut aro disjioscd of In different ways.
O'Moarn may possibly be able to work
himself in as a 'comjroriilno' raii-liiluto, and
thus preserve the harmony of the party, but
his disorganizing rourse ln't year will ren
der him unacceptable to the Sulcinitc. If
lio does succeed in getting into Smith's plucc
hi tlio U. S. Senate, he will have to put
forth more powers of trickery than lie has
dNpluycd since his advent into Oregon. At
lust dates Jo Lane hail been sent for, and
it was supposed that his presence would act
like oil on the troubled waters of sectional
ism. k.Hlrlkn Ihr Initio; blow Ihr taugtll
Let I lie toutl b.iKnk mumlU'i
Jo I. n lie hns arrived ut Salem with a ran
of oil and a demijohn of something else to
pour upon the bleeding wounds of the De
mocracy. He made n speech, too, in which
ho bitttrly denounced the Marion truitors,
nud (lectured that Stout must and should
be elected, or the Union would be dissolved,
Oregon disgraced, and wo suppose our
Mary Ann would lose the nomination ut
( Imileston next yeur. As a final, knock
down argument, ho told the malcontents
that if they did not vote for Stout he never
wanted them to support him again, and
would not uccept ollicc if elected by their
votes; whereupon a goodly number cried
out "All right, old fellow, we never want
to be compelled to vote for you again; you
aro too heavy, ami have been toted too
long." Tliis took him nil aback, as he seem
ed to suppose that to an Oregon Democrat
there whs no greater privilege than that of
supporting Jo I.nue. If he talks after this
fashion his chances for an election to any
ofllec are very small, lieforo I.nue arrived
u caucus had been held, at which the vote
for Senatorial candidates was ns follows:
drover 17, Smith 11, Curry 7, Williums
and Chapman 4 each. It seems to be sn-
poscd now that Lime's inlliicnee will secure
Ninths nominal. on and election. If this
disgraceful result is to be accomplished, the
sooner it is done the better, as no other
l-giidutimi will be elected while that sub
ject is peniiiig-und two-thirds of the ses
sion have already been wasted.
fa)" Dclaznn Smith but a letter in the
Statesman denying the truth of the state
ment made by (uir correspondent at Scio.
If wo were to give tlio name of our friend,
vu ure suro tiiut there are not two
men in Oregon who know him and
Smith that would doubt his report because
Smith disputed its accuracy. Aside from
the fact liuit Delazon's reputation for truth
ami veracity is not the very best, he some
times is iu a condition, whilo hlowiii"
forth his noUy harangues, which hinders
bim from knowing or remembering what he
says. It may huvo been so in Linn Co.,
but for his consolation we can tell him that
in mercy to inm we suppressed a Hrtion of
our correspondent 'a letter, the publication
of which seemed like unnecessary severity.
If he has found out that abusing 11 u,'i8
not a safe sieeu!ation ami won't pay, he
ought toupologiza to the man he is afraid
of, instead of denying what hc aid say, for
there are hundreds of meu in Oregon who
have hand him curse Hush, Ncsinith, ,,d
t'ic rest of the Democracy uf Jjariou coun
ty, as the vilest knaves that ever disgraced
iH.lilics. Ho has rejieatedly said that but
for him Uusl, would have been Waten, and his
tfforts in his Inhalf were now the heaviest
raee to him, a, he looked back upon
tliClll. '
HnlM, UwirUr.
One of the Democratic members of the
Hou in. ypeech thi, wk was derplr l.
wailing the divuiou. in the partv. and'urg
mgm.iou .nj concession. "Why ,louIj
we," saul he, " be separated! Our 4,ftr.
met i, h, of ;,PMf ut m
on men, for the sake of h.rmonv. ,ud pre-
aVrr ft. ft . '
... ,.all-T. uoo,i for a Jo La,
ne
i.vco toco vxmt ox iux ixI,
niMtni!
PMIMt ux
Thanks to Senator Rockel for T.
end cTts of the Governor's M,-,j,.
A rrcaKlas rsrl.
Bcrcrol years ago, the people of Oregon
were congratulated ujion the election of
,.,: pn niili nt. This was the bar-
Linger of future good. A more liberal
policy of sppropriations for public Improve
ment in our Territory wa to I inaugu
rated and our officer were to be selected
from eomK t.'iit and honest men already
here, inti rehtcd as fellow-citizens In our wel
fore. How these promises have been vio
lated how the money appropriated for the
opening of military road has been reek
li.ly squandered, without an official Inquiry
Into its exnditure how our State House
wa offered a burnt offering to apieosc s
nrninonif the Democratic cods how our
fifths rs have been filled with importe d po
litico! adventurers, who, in too many iu
stances, knew no duty but the will of the
nptwiutiiig power will not soon be for
gotten by those who have not been too
much blinded by party prejudices to ol
serve intelligently passing events.
liy the earnest and repented solicitations
of Democratic odlcc-seckcrs, the people
were induced to frumc a State constitution,
and ask admission into the Union under it.
There were pressing interests which de
manded a fuller representation in Congress
than our Deb-gate had been able to give.
We had just emerged from a war which had
drained our infunt resources to tlie bottom.
Tbero was general sputby in Congressional
circles in regard to onr demands upon the
General Government. What remained of
the proerly placed in the Quartermaster
nnd Conimixsary Departments for the pros
ecution of the war, was sold, and the pro
ceeds pocketed by not the pople. All
our industrial intTests wero languishing
under the tuxes they had sustained iu the
common defense. Knowing the importance
of the interests at stake, many opposed to
the Democracy, not doubting the assurances
given that an immediate admission would
be grunted us by a Democratic Congress,
sustained tlie movement. Yet, strange as
it may seem, after our constitution was pre
sented at Washington, for personal or party
purposes it was passed unnoticed by our
Delcgiito during one session, nnd, through
his impolicy and that of bis assistant, near
ly rejected in the next.
We did hope, nnd so, wc believe, did ev-
crv mtelltirciit Ureironinn. that when wc
became, a State, we should bo able to find
men among us competent to frame and ex
ecute our laws, and fairly represent us in
Congress, without resorting to importations
from abroad. Hut in this, too, wc have
beeu deceived. No sooner had our admis
sion become probable, than the scent of
prospective emoluments attracted a host ol
vultures from California to prey upou the
body politic. l''ecliug but little interest in
cither government or party except in so
fur us each could be made a stepping-stone
to office they lmvo thrown both into dis
traction. We have now the novel spectacle
of a California Know Nothing running as
tlio Democratic candidate for Congress,
and a California Know Nothing intriguing
for tlio Seiiatorship, supported by two Cul
iforniu Know Nothing editors. Wc have
the novel siectiicle of a State government
unable to organize itself -its wheels clogged
from the start by outsido influences. We
lmvo the novel spectacle of a half dozen
demagogues refusing to ullow us a United
States Senator, notwithstanding the ncce
sity greater than it will be again soon
of a full representation iu Congress.
The citizens of Oregon have nothing to
hope for from such a party. It has vio
lated every pledge iu the past, made foot
. ... .
onus oi our greatest interests, given us in
competent officers, pocketed our money,
and is now hopelessly divided iu a quarrel
for the spoils. We huvo said nothing of
the principles which lie nt its base. Its
past history in our Territory uud its prcseut
condition entitle it to an oblivion from
which tliero shall be no resurrection.
fciT The lust Standard comes out flat
footed for intervention by Congress lor the
protection of sluvery in the Territories, and
claims that the Democratic purty can occu
py no other position, and further, that
whoever holds a different doctrine is
)( Jlfpublican." 1 low do our Douglas
Democrats like their posture? They must
lull uowu and worship, or leave the party
Douglas is denounced iu tlio following lan
guage liy Mr. O'Meara:
" We huvf !wy. rf(rdeJ Dou('u,anJiine
hit KrriMiurt nfcll. we Jo net tr Imw mi ...
can lili coining to the nine coucliuiou, M titlier
ik'inog.iKii. or very lliick-liMil.tl num'jtkiill.
At t'rYiorl Iie., he b with Jcfvretice lo tin
Die.l Mtt lircMion.uwilttl I.iiicolu furoppMuig
it, and yet at the nine lime umiuiiiu-ej dm-trinee
inaamaiM, nt.l lul.vernive of the Conitltulinii an
enuncmie.1 iu that d, cin. The i o.iti..n ol Douir
lai ide ou( i!h thai f Kh Tliover, and the
noie ni.kot nia.H Kepuhlirim, and peifi-cilv
anlagonilical to the I em.vrat.c (.aft)-.''
AccmrxT. We learn that at the Day
ton frrry last week a wagon and two horses
went into the river whilo attempting to
cross, and the horse wero drow ned. The
wagon was loaded with near two thousand
pounds of bacon, which was all lost. The
twat was not securely fastened at the shore,
and as the horses went on the wheels struck
the flat and pushed it out into the stream,
drugging the team out of the boat similar
to our disaster abore the Falls here near
three years ago.
rAivrrt Acvipext. We are informed
that Mark Stevens was thrown from his
horse last Saturday near Champoee. and
his foot becoming Tast iu the stirrup, bis
hors ran away, dragging Mr. Stevens some
d.Uue. and frightfully fracturing his leg
above the kue. Anmn'at
will be resorted to if it is not done already.
Hloal a Hw 7iais.
We copy the following from tlio IJulte
Record, Democratic Jnier publiebca 1
California:
"A 1'kwimtf.tic CoN(;Rf.ssiiA.v.--Tlie
Oregon Democratic State Convention
met at Salem on the 20th April, and nom
inated Lansing Stout us their candidate for
Representative to Congress. Tlio Sacra
mento Rcosay this Is the sumo Lansing
Stout who was a Know Nothing member
of the California Assembly from Placer
county ot the session of 150. Oregon
mut be hard up for Congressional timber,
when they select the floating scum of po
litical wenther-vsncs to represent their
young State in Congress. He wus not,
while here, distinguished for ability or in
dustry."
rubtlt AmnarMtat.
In England, the youths of s certuin class
not the nobility gain a precarious live
lihood by dipping their beads Iu tlio mud,
The performance affords great amusement
to the jolly beef-enters of that island, who
never sllow it to go unrewarded. Within
the past two weeks, a crowd of boys, among
whom there appears to be a good deal of
rivalry, havo been exhibiting in Salem.
Every day, around the legislative halls,
may be heard the professional bickering, in
cracked, news-boy tones, something as fol
lows:
" 'Erc's wot 'ud like to stick 'is 'cd in a
puddle for a penny!"
"Oldycrclapjier, Bill Chapman, can't
ycr! Duck my 'cd for a penny!"
" Sec me duck mv 'cad? Follercd it fur
a livin'j never did niilbiii' else!"
A boy called Dolf is said to be a remark
ably expert iierformer, wailing into the mud
without eveu rollimr un his punts. We
regret to say that our legislators arc com
plained of for being quite fond of tlie sport,
but very poor pay.
On the whole, wc are glad to see such
amusements becoming more common. It
bespeaks a progress iu morality and refine
ment which we as a public journalist feel
culled on to commend.
IT Tlio Standard says, "Iu nil the
qualities that would reflect honor on the
Democratic party and the country, and for
good, hard, sound, practical sense, Gen.
Joseph Lnnc is far the superior of Stephen
A. Douglas." l!y the same rule we sup
pose that Jas. O'Meura is far superior to
John W. Fornev, or any other Douglas
Democrat, or just about equal to E. C. Ilib-
bcn. who wo regret to hear was sold in
Missouri by Jo Lano jui-t before his return
to Oregon, as his owner found that his too
intimate associations with Stout and Stark
and other degraded white men hero bad
spoiled him for such domestic uses as ifr-
merly made him valuable. '
Jo Lani'" Hprech ! Nairn.
Ep. Amirs: I listened a few minutes
Inst night to the oratorical efforts of our
great Senator, Jo Lane. I mention one or
two points only, ns I could not tax my pa
tience to hear him through; being in the
habit of attending a debating club, the boys
of which so much excel him.
lie spoke of tlie insult the election of a
Republican Representative would be to the
great Democratic party. Insult indeed!
So the great Democratic Senators, includ
ing Jo Lane, are to be insulted if the peo
ple of Oregon elect amau of their choice!
Most glorious Democracy that! My soul
almost Hies away in ruptures at the thought!
He said the election of President might
be thrown into the House, and the Repre
sentative from Oregon havo to give the
casting vote. That voto would command
millions; would the people of Oregon be
willing to trust to the honesty of a Rluck
Republican? I f it inclined tonsk Jo, who
would want to buy a Republican's vote?
Republicans would have no occasion to do
it; who theu would? The glorious wing on
tlie Democracy, no doubt, who would be
insulted if the people elect a Representative
of their choice.
What Democrat can now refuse to vote
for Mr. Stout, when it is known that two
great culaiuities will follow if they should
do as many intend to do, supiort Logan?
Jo Lane will be insulted, nud the Democrat
ic Senators, those who voted against grant
ing laud to actual settlers. And also the
easting vote will command millions. What
an exH'iise that would be to Jo Lane's
Democratic friends. Democrats of Marion
county, consider these momentous matters,
and with fear and trembling go and vote
for Stout. T would bo too bad for the
millions to be lost iu buying Logan's vote
Saleu, May 20, lS.iO. h.
Theatrical. Mr. nud Mrs. E. S. Con
ner gave one of their original and dramatic
entertuiumcnts in this city last Saturday
evemiiff. .Mrs. Conner is thi l.tn ML-
Charlotte Dames, the popular and accom
plished authoress, one of whose plavs, found
ed on the Beauchamp and Shur)c tragedy
in jicuiucky many ytars siuce, was receiv
ed with applause in the principal cities of
the Union, and was also performed with
success in London, iu the absence of all in
terest in the tragedy as a local eveut thus
giving evidence of its merit as a literary and
dramatic production. Ou the first page of
this week's paper will be found a touching
poem, "The Lost Preacher," by Mrs. Con
ner, written in California, which has been
er home for several years. Although
there are ouly two of them in companv,
each play performed by them is perfect in
an its parts. They purpose giving auother
entertainment to our citizens (different from
the last) on Uitir return from np countrr
which will be sometime during the coniinj
week
Oiikoox Citv, May 24, 1850.
Epitob Anas: I received by the lust
mail from the Eastern States the following
letter from Hon. Kcbyler Colfax, of Indiana,
who is a leading member on the Republican
side in the House of Representatives. The
letter contains Koine suggestions which
should receive the cartful attention of Ore
gon voters, especially those holding war
u-rin and dcsirinir it payment. Having
Mr. Colfax's permission for its publication,
if it was deemed of interest, a copy is civ
closed for the Argus. Yours, Ac,
W. C. Joll.VSoM.
Ixn.. Anril 9.18M.
Pkar Sin: The receipt a few days ago of
an Oregon paper, continuing o can ior a
Republican State Convention, and giving
vour name ns Secretary or tlio itc pinmc m
iwml Committee, reminded me of my in
tention to write you on political subjects
ero this. . .
I suppose your Democracy nrc claiming
that uregon wos wmmini " v
l. thnir tinrtv: but if SO. tllC cluilll is both
r,.iwntid fallacious, and should be thorough'
ly extwscd. When tlio bill for your admis
sion passed the Senuto last May, (two-
..J ... II. U I.. l,,.a,l,..1
thirds 01 the ltepuoncnn ncimiuin, . n.n u
by Gov. Seward, voting for it) I supposed
with others that it would be passed to a
vote in the House before the adjournment
of tho session; in which case, ir tlio Demo
rratio memliers bad supported it, it would
have gone through by an overwhelming, if
. -...II iiiinuminiio vntn lint till!
not wen iK" uiMii.tiii""" -
election for State officers und for the Legis
lature which wero to choose the two Sena
tors had not then been held; and whether
it was because it was not certain whut effect
tho Doiurlas division might have upon it,
or for some other reason, tho admission
bill, to my surprise, slept in the Democrat
ic Committee of Territories, ana tongress
adjourned.
When tho last session convened your
new Senators and Representative presented
themselves nt Washington to urge tho ad
mission of the State and thus clothe them
selves with official robes, which, without
thut admission, would be ns invisible as the
apparel of the dnjied monarch in the Aro
binn Tales. The President, in his message,
demanded that tlie offensive restriction
against Kansas should be maintained, pro
hibiting her from admission till she had U3,
000 inhabitants, because she rejected a
slnvo constitution, whilo Oregon with her
Lccompton delegation should bo admitted
forthwith. And the chief of your delega
tion. Gen. Lane was one of the men who
had used nil his personal influence in favor
of that political iniquity, the Lccompton
Constitution, and its equally worthy suc
cessor, tho English bill. He, of course,
refused now to say whether lie would
vote, in the U. S. Senate, if admitted there,
to repeal tho English prohibition, which he
had so earnestly labored to iinposo on Kan
sas; and his political friends in the House
refused nlso to assent to its repeal iu any
manner or form whutcver. This, of course,
impelled many Republicans to insist that
Oregon with her Lccompton delegation
should wait for admission till Kansas, with
her Republican delegation, was ready to
come in with her. With a less obnoxious
delegation from Oregon, tho votes of many
Republicans would have been different.
As it turned out, however, the very men
for whose interests Gen. Lnue had labored
so earnestly I moan the ultra Southern
leaders refused to voto for the admission
bill, although they had the whole delegation
elect of their own kidney. And it would
have been defeated but for the votes of fif
teen of us Republicans, who thought it bet
ter to disenthral Oregon from Presidential
sovereignty and from tho sphere of Died
Scott decisions; and even in spito of your
obnoxious delegation, to admit the new
State into the Union, rather than remand
it to the condition of a slaveliolding Terri
tory, ns our Supreme Court declares ull our
Territories to be. Hence, if there is any
question raised about which party admitted
Oregon, you can truthfully say that she
would not have been admitted but for Re
publican aid and support; Republicans, too,
who voted for it not through tho influence
of Gen. Lano k Co., but iu spite of the
disfavor with which they regarded them.
I notice also that your papers speak a
good deal about your war debt claim. For
tlie reasons I have already alluded to it has
not yet been presented to the members of
Congress except nuder very unfavorable
auspices. A Territorial Delegate, to be
successful with the business of bis constitu
ents, should avoid, as fur as possible, min
gling in political legislation a fact, of
which his having no voto should udmoiiish
him. Mr. Otero, the delegate from New
Mexico, und Mr. Ferguson, tho delegate
from Nebraska, havo understood this, and
their constituents have profited by it. In
l. i n ii . .
me iicai vongress mere are stroug Hopes
that these claims will be taken up, examin
ed, and settled ou the basis of justice to all
concerned. Aud the people of Oregon are
in a positiou now, in which they may be
ttblo to further materially this endeavor.
In the Senate, which has a Democratic ma
jority, they have a Democratic delegation
to sustain, explain, and vindicate them.
The House will have a Republican majority;
aud a representative who is in harmony
with its Speaker, its committees, and a ma
jority of its members, may be able to wield
more influence than in antagonism. Rut I
confess that it is mainly because I hope that
Oregon intends to enroll herself on the side
of free labor instead of slave labor, and to
demand the Territories as homes for the
white men of the land, and not to bo Afri
canized by slate plantations, that I look so
anxiously to the result in your State.
ery truly yours, bim-rLKR Colfax.
Improvements. The Masonic Lodge in
this city is now putting up a building on
the comer of Main and Fifth streets, oppo
site the Courthouse. Tlie building is to be
a frame, sixty feet long by twenty-four feet
wide, and two stories high. The upper
story will be appropriated for a Masonic
Hall, aud the lower for a store-room. The
building will cost about four thousand dol
lars. I
Arrival or the Eastern Mail.-
-The
er .wiuerner reached Portland Sun-
. x- .1 . .
day morning last, bringing dates from X
ew '
lork to Aprd -a. J. Sullivan has
supplied ns with tlie latest papers.
IT KinJwd weakaem indue franihip, M
telolna.
Hon. Delnwn Smith will plenso occept
our thanks for a copy of the Democratic
Review for April, 1S.VJ. Tho most no
ticcnblo fcaturo in the number before us is o
likeness of Delazon himself, engraved upon
steel, from a photograph by Rrady, tho re
nowned photographer of New York city.
Tho likeness, it strikes us, is a rather flat
tering one, nnd represents Delusion us he
ai.nei.red in hi scat just after 'using up
Jlule' in tho Senate during tho great de
bute of lust February on squatter sovcr
c'iriitv. Accompanying tho portrait is a
life of the distinguished gentleman, running
through several pages (the publication of
which in the Review, with tho doggery
type,' cost Deluxon probably one hundred
or ono hundred and twenty-five dollars),
iu which is sketched briefly the most impor
tant events of his short but brilliant career.
This was written by Delusion himself, we
ore almost certain. If anyone is dubious
ou this point any dcur friend of Delu
sion's let him read the third paragraph of
the biographical sketch, nnd his doubts will
quickly vanish into nothing. The 'life' Is
defective in several particulars, which we
intend to supply should it ever become our
duty to vindicate his historic fume, now
probably placed in extreme Jeopardy by his
false, pretended, and hollow-hearted friends
in midnight caucus assembled with the in
tent and purpose of offering him as a sacri
fice upon the unholy and bloody altar of tho
horrid Moloch of Mack Democracy and
even now, at tho very moment of writing
these lines (seven minutes to twelve o'clock,
Thursday night, May 21!.), Delusiou's doom
may be pronounced, bis fate sealed, and lie
himself writhing iu the arms of the relent
less demon of pro-slavery sectionalism.
To tell tho unvuriiisbcd truth, we luirdly
know what to do about Delusion's case.
We feel pity for him pity thut a man of
his intellect, fitted to copo with a Hale
after having labored for bis party, spent
his best days in its service, and given con
sistency and strength to its cumbrous und
awkward ranks, should, after reaching the
Senate the object of his life-long ambition
and struggles and serving only seventeen
short winter duys, bo unceremoniously
thrust aside to make room for some such
calibered Democrat as Dolf or Chapman
and then to have the climax capped by
' leading' Democrats saying that he is not
' sound on tho goose,' and thnt, whether
elected Senator or not, before six years
shall hnvc expired, lie will bo found ucting
with tho Republicans! Ah, Delusion!
too much intrigue in thut party. Ret tor
leavo it, and move with. your 'traps' over
into the Republican ranks, where your nat
ural feelings prompt you to go. Just try
it, and see what a magnificent speech you
can make on that side. Eloquence, which
your friends now eluim conies ns natural to
you as your mother's milk did, will then
flow in uninterrupted streams from your
lips, sweeter by several degrees than thu
honey of Mount Hyinettus, nud your heart,
now chilled and almost deadened by con
tact with the slimy serpent of Pro-slavery
Democracy, will be rciiiiinmtcd with a fire
and vigor unknown to you, perhaps, since
little Delazon, at tlio age of fifteen, ' with a
small bundle of clothing under his arm, and
almost penniless, started for the West.'
ijy mo way, Delusion, you have insinu
ated some hard things in your late letter to
the Statesman concerning the statements of
our correspondent ' Looker On.' Our cor
respondent is one of tho most reliable men
tip country, and wo believe hc hns not mis
represented you in any particular. There
was one little paragraph in his letter, how
ever, which we suppressed, with other por
tions, out of regnrd to the feelings of nil
parties concerned, which we now bring for
ward, hoping that it may not cause an in-
terruption of the entente cordiale now aj-
pureimy restored between you nnd Rush by
your letter. Looker On' wrote that "Del
uton Smith alto said that Grover told him
n Washington that he lOrover) would
give tico thousand dollars to have Lush out
of the Statesman,'
F.xcurnloa la Vancouver.
Ed. Aimfs: In accordance with previ
ous resolutions, a fair representation of Or
egon Division Xo. 8 S. of T., numbering be
tween fifty and seventy-five persons, ladies
and gentlemen, with a slight sprinkling of
outsiders, took passugc on the well known
pioneer of the stern wheel boats, the Jennie
Clark, J. Myrick, Master, and wero swiftly
over the uow turbid waters of our usually
crystal stream. Halting an hour at Port
land, we gained some accessions to our
rauks, when our brave steamer was turned
downward, aud we speedily lost sight of
uregou s metropolitan city. Ouward, and
downward, without occurrence of particular
note, unless the fracture of a valuable mir
ror by a heedless gymnastic practitioner be
excepted, until we reached onr destination,
the city of Vancouver. Welcomed on the
bauk by a deputation of the Vancouver
Division, and cheered by stirring music
from the military brass baud, a union pro
cession was formed, and all hands proceed-
up 10 me vision room, where we lis
tened to remarks instructive and amusing,
from brothers Westmoreland, Holmes, and
Murray, also a few pertinent remarks from
W. C. Johnson, (outsider). Adjouminjr
I - -'iswniig nan, wnere refreshments
had been nrenarci tl,
1 j vV...,auj
regaled
memseives in a temperate sort nf .ft..
which a majority of them strolled 'out to
the barracks, cxpectin? tn . ,i. r
, ..
the troops about sundown but thev erne.
....uv . uisappomtmcnt, s the trooi
wero not mustered forporude. Meanwhile,
I hud taken a quiet path, which led to a
cemetery In view. "Hero I chow awhile
to walk, In meditative mood." Among
few of tho inoro noticeable inscription I
observed ono dedicated " to tho memory of
James 1$. Miilliolland, Lawrence Rooney,'
and Owen McMnnus, killed in battle with
hostilo Indians.'' A simple nmnummi
erected by their comrades of Company H(
4th Infantry, boro iu addition to their
miiiics, a touching instance of tlio fraternal
feelings of surviving brothers, iu the words,
" Committed to the kind core of succeeding
garrisons." Thoughtful for the ashes and
memories of departed friends, even, wlica
themselves should huvo passed away.. May
s uivoeding garrisons reiiieriiUr, and uot Is
unmindful of the trust. Quite near thi
monument is a singular looking cross, com
posed of a green tree, whoso top has beta
cut off at tho height of primps twelve feet,
ami a portion of it, forming tho arm of the
crosy, fastened to the parent stem, with the
edges of tho bark Joined, so that tho' whole
is growing. It bears this Inscription (.
act). "This is tlie Sickniore . tree;" u
sumo kind ol wood that our Savior Wis
crucified on." Lower down, " JJcr heart
was pierced with grief to see her loving
Jesus nailed unto a tree to save us sinners
from endless misery." Round to the crom
is a small ladder, a spear, a hammer, seve
ral spikes, a sponge, Ac, all except the
sponge rudely carved In wow), but bringing
vividly to mind the story of the crucifixioo.
A simple wooden slab not far away bean
the words, " My Kate." What a. life pu
turo that touching Inscription brings op.
Rut my fricuds were returning to the boat,
and I was forced to leave this scene of in
terest und retrace my steps.
Soon ull were once more gathered on
board, and after giving our friends of a day
several hearty cheers, -we turned onr faces
homeward, the bnnd on the bunk playing
a lively air, ns a musical good bye. Van
couvcr seems to be a prosperous, growing
place, and much more quiet and orderly
than I had expected to see. Indeed, I
regret, to say that tho only person I uw
inebriated during the day was a resident of
our temperance city, though not one of the
excursion! ts. Tho day appeared to past
pleasantly to ull, and members of tho Divis
ion wc hnd visited promised to return our
cull in a few weeks, or as soon as convent
ience will pi rmit. Renched Oregon City
near tho midnight hour; some of the belles
nnd beuiix appearing slightly wilted, while
others seemed ns bright as a new dollar.
Rut nil pnrted in good humor, aud I tru.t
that the interests of tlie cause of temperance
were subserved by our social visit.
Ex-"Stipext."
, - . . , ;f
Schuyler Colfax, of Indiana, Is sug
gested by the SUto Journal, and other
R 'publicau papers of Imlinny, as a candi
date, for Speaker of tlio next House. .
TU Unal Victory U Mt. Lnaln. f .(
The official returns ninke the victory of
Monday even more complete than we were
inclined to bilievc ou the first Blowing.
Tlie Nationals have not elected an ofliejT
iu the city ou either the general or ward
tickets. Thu majority it gainst them on the
Mayoralty is twenty-nine hundred tiid
elmn. The whole vote polled is seventeen
thousand two hundred and sixty-eight,
which is ouly a fe w hundred over tlie spu
rious vote of the city iu August last, not
withstanding that the natural increase of
voters from coming ol ago, from residence,
and from naturalization, must have been at
least fifteen hundred in the interim. The
Free Democrats havo carried their word
officers in every ward but one the Fifth
and. there thu race went tigninst them by
only forty-nine votes. The American par
ty, as wc stated in advance, has not been'
in the race. Its members have shown more'
devotion than judgment iu sticking to their
ticket. We concur in the opinion that as
an organization it will now pass out of pub,
itics in Missouri, as it hns done in every
Stute and city in tho nation except one. ,;
Those who are but superficial! v acauaint-
ed with tlie bearing and scope of tho cpwi
tions at issue, mny suppose that local con-i
siderations governed the result. , Without
underrating tho influence of these causes
nud recognizing tho individual and collect
ive strength and confessed superiority of
our ticket, yet the propitious event can be!
attributed only to the salutory principle
nuicii me rree iemocrscy enunciate.
Mayor Filley was elected last year as an'
emancipationist so was Comptroller Hoyt
and so were Messrs. Oottschalk and Fa-1
t-iti nr I.. .. 'ii
, c wiigiii neiincr new men nor neft
principles in this election. W ..M not
escape the responsibility of the Free Labor
issue if wc would, and we woold not if wV
could. Without the inspiration of this
cause, the thousands who voted our ticket
were ouly a purposeless and uureliabla ma
jority. With it, they are a o-reat livinr
force, whow destinv it I tn nh!va a Mflh
Intion in Missouri, which history will con-'
tinne to celebrate when the names of Pres
idents and parties are fniwt.n Unw.
trivial, is any mere partisan triumph com-,
pared with this? Senseless watchword,,
factious combinations, personal fnllnwinffS.
and the machinery of party may carry elec-'
tions sometimes, but the durability of any
organization depends upon some great,
truth which imports to the bodyof which
it is the great life-principle, a portion of its
own unchanging nature. Small cause for'
rejoicing in the present, or for hope in the
mture, would the Free Democracy find k
the event of Mondav. if tuti.
did not reach to the regeneration of Mi-,
soon. .
The moral of tbi
kt on the parties who constitute the oppo
sition to National Democracy. Matosl
toleration is the lesson it teaches tolera-
uoo w me American' by the foreign-bora
citizen, and of the foreign-bora citizen by
the American of the conserrativa by the
radical, and of the radical by the conma;
tivc-until the party who have no purpo
out tne extension and perpetuation of sla
T.erJ re driven from jxjwer. The bsue of
toe election ou Monday discloses the secret