tlje rcgon Slrgus.
W. L. ADAMS,
El'ITOR,
OJtXQOlf CITTi
SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 1850.
Mlersat.
Our EMtcrn exchanges of lute baro been
filled with account of terrible tornados
which deraatatcd wholo sections of coun'
try in Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, ind Kansas,
to Mar and June last. Tbcue State bare
always been subject to terrible storms, and
it wai no longer ago tliun last summer tint
we had to record an account of their fearful
ravages In more place than one. In our
paper, t few nmulers back, we published
an account of another fearful tornado that
passed over Morgan county, Illinois, In Mar
hut, which awept awar house, barn, mill,
tie., a though ther were chaff, and killed
more than a dozen people outright, and w-
rereljr wounded lome forty or fifty more,
besides causing the destruction of large
numbers of cattle, hog, and other animal,
One would naturally suptrose that the
people who lire in a country tubject to uch
dreadful calamitie would sell out and teek
' better country.' Many of them would,
II they knew where to go. Hut to con
vince them that there ti a better country, I
the trouble Oregon I just that country
and they will find it out after a while.
Then we hall bare a heavy emigration.
We bare no tornado, little thunder, little
slckneu, bnt few mosquito and biting flics,
in fact, we hare lea of anything of that
klud to annoy u and mako us afraid than
any other country we hare erer heard of.
We can wade through the groai, gather
fruit and bcrriea, and traverse the wild
woods, without fear of being snake-bitten,
corpionstung, or bing pounced upon by
Mine arnge beast of prey and when we
come home tired in the erening, we can sleep
awectly during a long, till, cool night,
without fear of baring our little ones killed
by a tornado before morning.
If all the people in the cast were ' posted'
to our advantage, the best of them
would be here In less than two years. Or
egon ha few pest of any kind, except it
fe perhaps Locofocos, and they, like other
rarmints' generally found in now countries,
are uro to disappear pretty much a the
country become settled and supplied with
schools.
Wnal Monty Doc.
Lane' mulatto, who we understand wa
sold last spring to a planter in Missouri,
ho got back to Washington City, where
ho is still engaged in writing laudations of
Humbug Jo for publication in the Tort
land Times. A late number of that paper
ha a communication from Ilibben, which
lay it on thick as usual. That our rend
ers may see how much soap Lane gets for
a quart of poor whisky, wo clip a para
graph or two from the letter:
" la ths Atlantic and Wetti-in State uf our
eoumry, (it ii. Leneis known personally to thorn
nli, ami to the community by hii public acts.
The universal judgment of all men, ao far ni I
know, of whatever politics, ia lluil lie ii a man of
oialted patriotism and purity, both of publio and
privata life, and lilted by hii abilitieaand nuhlir. ai.
perieix-e, foi yet higher trims than that whk-h he
now filli with ao much ben.Ht lo Oregon and to ilia
oountry at large. Ity the ilemwrae y of tlio Weal,
and hidiej aarynhere, he ia loved and honured ;
uu i ftniuro 10 aay, uirre are lew observing per
sona at lliii tima, who if called on In name three
man who are moat likely In receive the nnt nomi.
natlon of the demo, ratio party, bul would place Jo
. in uie iih. hi uingreas no man from the
1'acilie Caiul, Iim commanded more iiilliienoe, and
but for hia unbounded popularity, the bill for the
admlnion of Oregon could not have pawed. It
wee felt by many who had objections to the bill
thai no meaniro could be wrong advocated by the'
people who placed in the Senate e true a patriot
as Jo Lane. Thia man, the architect of hia own
lortune-the man of the people who b.vmi a boat
maa on ihe Mii.i Bit,,,, , urm(K.mij
atumD orator of the Wut-llw Marlon of the Mi l
lean W ar, leading on lucli hove ai Jack llv. .n,l
II !, ' "I1"'5' 'na '" vielory-lhe first Governor
of Oregon Territory, traversing in wint.r il.r.,,,,,1.
mountain snows (where Kr. nM.nl broke down,) lo
r- uuiy men an-oniiug the r re
rsscnuilits la the CouuciUhamber of Ihe Nation,
....... .....uu.mmhk wiin eioqui ncc and u. i-
tneM the viirln. - I.;- M :. ..
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eoiu uimcquainiod Willi the present
editor of the Times, and aro not nblo to
aay how much ho feels humiliated by being
forced to print such matter but we sup
poao that, like Swaekhuiner, the 'pay is
all that troubles him.
TM Bella aa Islaaa BlMcaliy.
Eve7 few year the Interest of the Brit
ish and American UorernmenU claab a lit
tie. and lntautlr the cry War with Eng
land!' resounds orcr the country from one
extremity to the Other, throwing the nation
into a ferer which la anything but pleasant
after the flush of the excitement i past, aud
reason ha rcumed It way orer the pa
Inna nf tha neonle. Since 1850, the war
spasm ai)ear to be on the Increase, and
we hare bad no less than three since that
period, the fourth being on u now. In
1852, we were going to fight England
about the cod fisheries, but the difficulty
wa aaiicably adjusted. In 1850, British
encroachment In Central America came
near (according to the ncwpaeni) getting
the two Oorcrnmcnt by the ear, and the
mutter ha not ken finally settled yet; but
the knowing one tell us that the Adminis
tration 1 taking care of onr rlghta In that
quarter, and that shortly the bone of con-
tcntion there will be removed from between
the two nation. Last year, the ' outrages'
by British cruiser on our merchant vessels,
under pretense of looking for slavers, rous
ed the whole country to the highest pitch
of excitement, and nothing but 1 war wo
beard from all parlies, and In Imagination
we beheld the ocean swept clear of British
vessels and Canada In our possession but
with the first breeze from England came an
acknowledgment of the wrong done, with
a prompt apology, and an assurance that
the offense would not be repeuted. And
now the cry is about the right to Bellevue
or San Juan Island, lying between the
main land and Vancouver' Island. This
difficulty too will be fettled whenever it i
ascertained where the " middle of the main
channel"!, a agreed upon between the
two Governments, in the treaty of 1846, a
constituting the water boundary between
their possession on the I'aciGc coast. But
no apprehensions need be entertained of a
war between tho two natious, growing out
this difficulty. The prompt and honorable
manner in which England met our remon
strnnces lost year, should forever dissipate
all fears of a resort to arm in the settle
ment of any differences between us. One
or both of the nation will have gone crazy
first. Beside, in thi case, every intelli-
gent Englishman will acknowledge that
Bellevue Island belongs to the United
State bnt if it should turn out otherwise,
the possession of the island will be relin
quished by u without any blood being shed
about it. This lust calamity will not hap
pen, if tho matter in it present stage Is
left to the enlightened British and Ameri
can military officers in that quarter but
there is no telling to what the intemperate
action of that fool Oor. Douglas, of Van
couver's Island, may lead.
feiT Bishop Janes has written a letter
detailing the occurrences in Texas, where a
mob attempted to break up a Conference
of the Methodist Church North. The
ltishop states that tho report circulated in
the papers that he mnde the Masonic sign
of distress, and thus subdued the mob, is
wholly without foundation, as ho never
knew a Masonic sign, and is not and never
was a Mason. A missionary of the Meth
odist Church South in this State, Rev. 0
Fisher, nptvenrs to be trying to nmko the
most of the reported success of Bishop
Janes, and winds up all his communications
to the ncwspticr8 (and, for niijfht we know,
his sermons from the pulpit, too) in a way
as to show his connection with the Order,
to tho utter disgust of every right-minded
.Mason.
A Xrw Lock. We Imro lately been
hown a new padlock, made by Mr. Ferdi
nand Wilde, Unnsuith, of this city, for
the use of prisons, which I rery much of a
curiosity i iu ,y. U ig whor of Mf
Wilde own ittvention, aud we'think it
would puzzle even Ilol.bs, the great Amer
ican lock picker, to open it without the key,
and would seem to be able to withstand the
fforU of a host of ' outsiders' in attempting
to break its fastening. Last jtt jjr yy
made a lock (also of hi own i.ivention)
different in construction from the above,
which was placed on the door leading to
the cells of our countv jail, ut, from some
cause or other, it was never used, and in
consequence those horse-thieve escaped a
few niontlu since. The county, within the
last aix month, has run up a bill of be
tween three and four hundred dollar for
expense Incurred in the pursuit of escaped
prisoners, which would doubtless have been
aaTcd had one of these lock been nut in
requisition. Those, however, who arc cu
rious in sm-h matters, ,louj 0ili ,m, .
ami., the lock. theuiTea, to get a cor
rect idea of their cowtroetion. Each is
a ingenious piece of nwhaniau, d re
flects considerable credit on Mr Wild,
abowu him to be on. of the be,t work'
men in hi tine la the State.
let" Read the advertisement r n
A Wolf in to-daj'j paper. They . bw I
food xtn low. 6 j
aT The Fire Company was out on last
luiirsduy afternoon with the engine, forcing
water from the river into tho cistern near
Milwain's. Two hundred additional feet
of india-rubber hose were received this week
from California. Wo hear that a project
has been started for the purchase of a new
engine by subscription.
We suggest to the Company, while their
hand are in, that they fill the cistern near
Tnylor k Balaton's some evening. The
difficulty in the way of getting to the wa
ter on account of tho bluff, can easily be
obviated by placing the engine ou the ferry-
uout, ana tyiug up at the foot of Fifth
Street. Doublo trouble will be Bavcd in
tin way.
Hi NO HmsKi.r. Lasson, the Norwegi
an, who was to be hung at Hillsboro on
Tuesday last, committed suicide in his cell
on Monday evening alwut 8 o'clock, by
hanging himself. The Advertiser say " by
some means he hod tecured a imall cord
and a short stick in hi cell. He placed
the tick between the top logs of the cell in
a horizontal position; fastened one end of
the cord to it projection, stood im on a
slop-bucket which waa remaining in the
cell, adjusted the other end of the cord to
his ueck, and then kicked tho bucket from
under him; and tho be literally 'kicked
the bucket,' robbed the hangman of his fee,
and greatly disappointed the morbid curie
ity of hundreds who had purposed to see
him suffer the ultimate penalty of the law."
Fri it. We notice that apples are al
ready being shipped to California, but not
in very large quantities yet. The returns
from the first shipment hare not been re
ceived. The price here ia from three to
four dollars per bushel.
W Tho steamer Express commenced
running aain between this city and Fort
land, on Thursday. Sb. has Undergone a
thorough orerbauling. The Jennie Clark
ha withdrawn for the present, to dress np.
trSikw aad ptieoce cauaa ftwcaH Wiitk
named ceuplea.
attack tor Haak laaiaa Ut Warn
Htriae aer
We learn from Mr. Faulknor, of Yam-
bill, Jmt in from Tye valley, that a party of
fir. hundred Snake Indian ual maue an at
tack on the Reserratlon and killed some of
the Itcferre Indian, beside killing and
dririnir off a large amount of cattle. Mr.
F. left that vicinity on Monday, and up to
that time be had not heard of any white
Mmr killed, though he learned that Dr.
Fitch and fercrul other were besciged iu
ablockhousaat Warm Spring. He met
a party of oldier and voluutcer going to
their relief.
Lat spring a party of Snake Indian
visited the Worm Springs Reservation and
killed two or three of the resident Indians,
and drove off tome of their cattle. Thia led
to a retaliatory attack by the Reserve In
dian, who made an expedition to the Suake
conntry, killed two or three Snake, and
brought their scalps back, and had a dunce
over their trophies at the Dall. Suake
honor wa outraged, and hence the present
descent on the Reservation.
A portion of the cattle that were driven
off crossed the mountain a short time lince
at the Three Sister, and belonged to per
son In the opper part of this valley. Rcr,
II.'II. Spalding went out with a drove of
cattle, but whether he baa lost any we cau
not say. We hear of biuo, however, as be
ing In the neighborhood of tho attack
Jack Monroe, of Yamhill, was the ouly
person that wa supposed to be killed at the
time Mr. Faulknor left though it wa un
certain whether be waa or not.
1ST The Adrertiser of the 12th says
From Indian Agent Cain, recently from
Walla Walla, we learn that the rumors of
the Nez Percy tribe being hostile to Lieut.
Mollan and party aro without foundation.
Mr. Cain recently met 8000 of the Ncz
l'crcef in council at the enie root grounds,
in the Bitter Root country, and the results
were highly satisfactory. 1 he tribes that
hare heretofore been engaged in war bare
been greatly impoverished, and have lost
many of their tribal characteristics; conse
quently many or the people are now wan
tlcrers and vagabonds, acknowledging no
authority, and employing their whole time
in circulating lalso rumors with a view to
precipituting the Nez I'crccs and other In
dians, iii-roro tnenuiy nnd now enjoying
prosperity, into war with the white. All of
the Indians are familiar with the reputation
of Uen. Harney, aud are aware of his pres
ence in the country, nnd also hare a distinct
recollection or the results of Lol. t right's
campaign lust year, and will not be precip
itated into war again as long as the Gov
ernment through it officers maintains good
faith toward them and exercises proper care
in punishing the few that are guilty of mis
demeanors, without regarding their acts, un
investigated, as declarations of war.
During Mr. Cam s sojourn at Neipc news
was received that the Snakes had stolen all
the horses belonging to the whites and some
of tho Nez 1'crcy Indians in Bitter Root
valley. The Snakes havo been committinc
depredutions npon the Flat Head, Nez
l'crcy, and tayitse Indians similar to those
committed npon the Indians on the Warm
spring lleservation. They claim to hare
a legitimate right to take the property of
any of theso Indians, as they have been at
war for a long time. Although they rob
the white they hare not shown any dispo
sition to murder them without provocation."
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Late from Jiellevue or &an Juan
Island !
WARLIKE PREPARATIONS!
We copy the following paragraph from
the Advertiser of Tuesday, August V:
Cant. Turnbull. of ftcamer Vancouver,
reported to n yesterday that an expres
orrived from the Sound at Mouticello on
Saturdny night, and that the tenmer Cow
litz immediately got up steam and mode for
Vancouvor with ull wiced, wnerc sue arnv
1 a little cast 12 o'clock, midnight.
The new brought by this express is op
pressed a much as possible, but sufficient
ha been gathered to Indicate strong appre
lienxiimi of trouble with our British neigh
bors about San Juan. The report is that
Sun Juan wa surrounded by a British fleet
at the dute of the express' leaving; that the
rtrituh nittlioritie are determined that
Capt. Pickett nnd his men cannot remain
nmn San Juan under American eolors, and
that leave they must, ir not peaceably, then
lie fnrrn.
The express contained such orders as in
dnced very sudden movements among the
troops at Vuncouver. Two compnuies were
put in readiness with ix day rations and
100 ball cartridges each, and left for tho
scat of war on the Multnomah yesterday
morning. Two more companies leave this
morning on the Cowlitz.
It is forttinnto thnt the Pacific and
Northerner have just gone to tho cenc of
the difficulty with several u. b. omcers on
board. They may be needed.
Since writing the abore we hnrc seen a
letter from the purser of the Cowlitz sent
to Freeman & Co.'s agent of this city. The
letter says of the matter of the express to
Vancourcr: " The express matter in sub
stance is that, as per order or Uen. llarney,
four companies of V. S. soldiers had been
landed on San Juan Island contrary to
Bull's wishes, and as a check they hare
sent fire men-of-war there to establish a
rieht. one of them carrying 80 gnns. The
American officer sent an express to Qen.
Harney to know whether to light or give
np. l get tins rrom trie expressman, not
knowing the contents of tho package."
The purser further writes that his orders
were to go through to Vancouver with all
dispatch, and thinks " there will be more tea
to settle."
The Cowlitz arrircd at four o'clockyestcr-
day. The news by her is that a sccoud express
messenger came through from Ulympia to
Vancourcr to Oen. Hurney. The express
man left Olympia after the Northerner ar
rircd and reached A'ancouver in 21 hours
from Olympia, the quickest trip ever made.
Three companies bare been ordered to pro
ceed from the past at Steilacooin to Sun
Juan. It was expected that the Northern
er would tuko them to the island.
FonT Bknto.v W'aison Roao. We hare
news from Lieut. Mullan's compos late as
tho 20th ult., at which time he was at the
crossing of St. Joseph's Hirer. A strong
bridge has been built over tho outlet of
Pond Lake; thence the road leads up the
leu uaiiK oi tlio bt. Joseph's lviver. Much
of the work is now heavy, and the nroirrcss
.I.. -. . . "
consequently is siow. it nas Decn necessa
ry to corduroy the bottom of the St. Joseph.
That river, at the noint of crossing is a
sluggish stream, without current, $ib foot
wide, and 37 foct doep, Whilo a portion
of Lieut. Mullan's force are engaged ou the
roaa, nnoiuer portion are at work construct
ing n largo flat-boat to be left there as a
fcrrr.
The Cocur d'Alcne Indians havo been
to visit Lieut. Mullan m numbers, but pro-
icw iiit-imsiiip; iiicir movements are never
theless watched with unceasing vigilance.
The Pulouse Indians, however, hare de
stroyed nil the mile posts from the 96 mile
post back to Niake River, and hare burn-
ed the grass at all the available campim;
grounus. mis evinces a hostile spirit
that may lead to the destruction of the
bridges and other substantial work of the
expedition after Lieut. Mullan has passed
ou. vmut journal.
California vs. Oregon for Late A p.
ples. California will grow late keeping ap-
.im u au Weill, aim or aaror, size, and
scanty never surpassed bv the most favored
nations with which we exchanged fruit sci-
uns. oi an orcnaruist but already poiuts
to his choice Into bearing and late keeping
fruits. Not one but will tell von h rmt hi
last apple in May or June; not one but
kuows, as hi trees increase in size and
years, they will bear fruits which, when it
becomes desirable, will be kent for winter
ut Bjiruig saies, msieaa or being, as now
from absolute necessity, sold in the fall!
Oregon has ent us more wiutcr fruit than
we have produced, because her orchards
are more matured, and she has less local
demand; but although we uiidertnn(l lur,
calculations are made by fruit growers there
ol the continued freedom aud hiirh nriow nf
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wur umifcti, uirj are laooriug under a cer
tain error. California's rounir orchard are
just coming into bearing, just showing their
uuiia, just ninaing tneir mark, in two
more years one million of tre win ;.,
- . w iae wu IU
fruit, uuder all varieties and differences of
son, enmate, and culture. Their fruits will
be constantly in the market, in quantities
and at uricta that r,rl,;,i n ;
. ' iuiivi Mlliuil.
lue Question of lt frmt .;it i.. .,i.i ,j
.....m. Will UC MTllllfll
uen w in. taste of all, and ruinously to
those who, baring no home demand for their
product, rely Ulw,i our waut of power to
'prte wth tlK-m.-A-afq Rnr.
Mrs. Ioi.k. A correspondent says that
it i a remarkable and fitting token of the
public regard that annual!,, on the first
day of the new year, both houses of the
Tenneasee Legiekturt formally adjourn, and
Ma? Ik Mj l 1-7 lhfir mu t0
The troops which left Vancourcr for San
Juun Island this week are four full compa
nies ot the rfd Artillery. The olliccrs ac
companying the troops are Lieut. Hodges,
4th lntnntry; 8. Mchellog, Dandy, and
Jones, 3d Artillery. One company of 4th
Infantry, Lieut. McCnll commanding, re
mains to garrison Fort Vancourcr.
The obiect of uen. Harney s express over
land to California is for additional troops
and two men-of-war. We may certainly
anticipate brisk times on the Sound.
We are assured that Gen. Flarney, in
taking military possession of San Juan, is
acting under instructions from Washington.
He has been required to establish a military
post on the island. Uor. Douglas snys he
is instructed by the crown to prevent such
occupancy by a military force. One or the
other must yield else a collision is inevita
ble. Gen. Harney has that reputation
which would induce him to bring all the
force he can control to enable him to carry
out the instructions of his Government,
though that force might be half cut in
pieces.
Later,
Dr. Steele, of this city, has kindly fur
nished ns with late papers from Victoria,
in one of which, the Gazette, of Angust 2d,
we find the following paragraph, which
shows that ft satisfactory arrangement of the
matter hag been agreed upon by the author
ities on both sides:
" We havo been informed on orood au
thority that a verbal agreement has been
arrived at for the settlement of tho whole
matter on the basis of a joint military occu-
I'buuii oi me isiana nntn tne untish and
U.S. Governments can be advised of the
existing state of affairs. We fervently
hope that such may be the case, and trust
to do able to present the dcta s of the am.
icablo arrangement in our next issue."
Commissioners Gone Hons W Ipnrn
that commissioner Campbell, chief of the
American commission to settle the disputed
bouudary north, has suddculy gone to
Washington City, in view of the difficulties
about San Juan. The chief of the Enrrlish
commission has also gone to England. He
started for Panama, intending to take the
r-nimu man steamer on tne other side.
tt 1 Well Understood that all eflnrfa nf
incso commissioners to settle tha
K ... w.u,.(a.v
win mo rim w oaa iiuan Had proved
perfectly fruitless, the ultimatum of their
instructions left tho matter still a bone of
muuuui striie ana contention. Uen. nar
ney will employ, if necessary, all his force
iu uuiiiuuu military possession of the island
in defiance of the British men-of-war, and
we think he will not suffer a ioint miiiturr
occupation of the Island by American and
milium anus. Jiatertiter.
iwaruKTKR. July 1)1. 1859.
i. i in vnur tiaiierof July 10th,
Inst I a letter dated at this pluco, and
signed "Leo," which requires some expla
nation from me, Inasmuch a I am under
.i t),. uriter. In the first place,
.i . I..... nnt m rilten hv 1110 at all, bill
III. leinr nun iiv. . ,
by another person, well known to you,
nnt montiou here. Ji
is true, I furnished the Information contained
in the correspondence, with the under
tunding that the sume would bo embodied
111 KatteVP ami furnished to you for publica
tion. Further than thut, 1 hud nothing to
,i .m, ti. mutter. The diction of the
UU " ..." . ' , I
loiter was not mine, nor do I coincide will)
the seeming reflection cast by tho writer
npon the military, vn we comrury, i
hum the military operations here a tending
in the highest degree to developo the re
sources or this wholo upjier country 17
keeping the sarages in check, making roads,
causing markets for our products, protect
ing emigrant, &c, thus leading to a siieedy
sctticineut of the country. 1 hare always
regarded the military authorities hero a
gallant, bravo, and experienced men, who
appeared to be doing all in their power to
advance tne interests 01 me country, mm
In InBtice to them fand myself too) I feel
Imund to make this statement.
The manner iu which I am spoken of in
that letter, ought to show that it was not
writtcu by me. I hope you will give this
an insertion in tho Argus, and oblige your
friend, LEONiitn White.
jjF The foregoing letter from Captain
White should hare appeared in our columns
last week, but was crowded out by the late
news from the East which came in on us
Friday morning. We can vouch for the
correctness of the statement mude by the
Captain regurding the authorship of the
correspondence referred to. From what
we know of the matter, we hare no doubt
but that the letter was penned thought
lessly, and without tho least intention of
reflecting on the military.
In relation to the doctrine recently
announced by Gen. Cass in his Le Clerc
letter, ' Occasional,' the Washington corrcs-
pondeut of tho Philadelphia Tress, says;
i understand that an appeal is shortly
tn lu mo. In tmn. it.:- . V .1
u-.v Hum una uotni 10 me adnntpH
citizens against the platform lately laid
down by Gen. Cass in his Le Clero letter
It is a significant fact that both the Repubi
hcans and Americans have thus far united
in repudiating the positions of that
and if this attitude is maintain! hr thi
partisans, the Administration will have the
satisfaction to know that while making war
upon an old Democratic dorma th. ,..-
assisted to harmonize their natural oppo
nents." 1 1
fi-Dr. Gamaliel Bailer, editor nf
National Era, died at sea, on board tho
steamer Arago, Jane 5. ne had starts
to Enron for his health. Hews?.-.
old.
for tht Argut.
Mr. Eihtor Sir: I find thnt a now po
litical vocabulary will become necessary,
ho even now become necessary to a proper
understanding of tho newly inaugurated
twattlo aud designations of those Dem
ocrats who have the unell and feci of the
nigger.
If a man is in favor of propagating
slavery, no matter whether it i because he
is a lazy slug and wishes to recline in the
shade, or whether he thinks it would be a
means of developing the resources of the
country, or whether without any reason
other than to please that old squint-eyed
bachelor of a Prcsideut and his filthy tools,4
or whether the Constitution of itself is a
pro-slavery document, or whether tho Dred
Scott decision so bends and warps it as to
make it so (it being free State without such
decision), or whether all these reasons com
bined, or no reason prevails, a Democrat is
"good constitutional Democrat" if he is
for propagating slavery in the Territories
under any pretence whatever of sending
savugcB there as black as the devil, aud as
superstitious and ignorant as savages arc
generally. Forcing them there aud retain
ing them there for all time uuder circum
stances which forbid a legal marriage, and
which render any ceremony of the kind a
mere mockery, an insult, a farce, and
virtually compelling the sexes to indulge in
illicit connections aud habits, demoralizing
in the extreme, even among their white own
ers. Yes, sir, such a man is a "good Dem
ocrat," a " Constitution and Union loving
Democrat." And thus this hitter day De
mocracy is whittled down to a corrupting
and sable point. '
If a bill for the extension of slavery is in
troduced in Congress and succeeds, they ex
claim, " The Constitution has gained a vic
tory once more the Constitution Is si;!! in
tho asccudaut!" "I am proud to sec the
national Democracy stick to tho Union and
the Constitution!"" Tho Union is safe iu
such hands!" and a score of kindred ex-
prcssions and exclamations, as tho n.pcct
or the case permits or suggests. But, on
the other hnud, if some measure favorable
to freedom should be introduced into Con
gress, or even into some precinct or comity
resolutions, they exclaim with apparent
disgust and alarm, "That's a sectional
move!" "That's another fanatical effort
to violate the Constitution!" "That's the
eutering wedgo to a dissolution of the Un
ion!"" The Union is gone if that measure
succeeds!"
mt. scward in his Rochester speech in
substance said that the contest between the
parties, respectively, would not cease, as
some inclined to believe, but would contin
ue until one or the other prevailed fin his
opinion), and he believed the advocates of
freedom would eventually be the successful
party. And this was regarded as a procla
mation for onr army to go into the slave
fetates and kill the whites, men, women, and
children, and set the negroes free; when any
umu 01 iciier, or even or common sense,
could not fail to see that the 'conflict' was
that of argument for and against slavery;
and Mr. Seward anticipated the time, re
mote, as it might, and in all probability
would be, when the intelligent aud hon,t
people of the South, from a calm and
nified investigation of the whole subject of
alt-BfAaw 1. .11 !. 1 .
iu u us Deanngs, would arrive at
the conclusion to which six of the whnu
thirteen of the original States airing
nd adopt inch measures ia the deliberate
exercise of their own free will and judgment
as are prudent and just for a gradual and
peaceful emancipation of their slaves, as six
of the States that were once slaTe have al-
ready done.
It is acknowledged on all bands that tb
question of slavery is the only obstacle to
the calm and peaceful perpetuity of the
borermntnt. Nor is it the whole qnestion
nf alnvf rv It Ih almi.lv tl.
into territory now freo. The m,( JJ
loyalty to the Gorcmment lito
fragile that he prefers a disHolutio,
Union to the nitrictlou of tlarery j
safe reliance for it porctiiity-.i, 1
of cold-blooded and nialieioii ton.f,tu
the Uoreniiiiunt, rendering It about u '
under hi guardianship and patriotic
tion 0.1 a hen and chickens would be Ti
power of fifteen or twenty skunks m
many wildcats, From such " ComtiiJ
and Union lorlng" men, good Lord, 4
11s! ' '" '
Xo one propose to Interfere with id,
in the State where it now exists;
social, nnd political evil as it Is, It fc
and misfortune of those who hare it,
they, and they only, have ower ot
their own Stutes respcctircly.
But I am wandering from the ori
intent and design of this essay, the ' jf,
cabuhiry,' that a co-intelligence mtj
between tho parties In all their politic
tercomniiinicutions. Therefore,
men by theso presents that whenever 1,
tional pro-slavery fanatic makes me if.
following epithets, exclamation, ordeA,
tions, such as ' constitutional meato
'constitutional rights' 'the Corutiii
und the Union'' constitutional p,
'decision ou the Constitution' ' the C
etitution is safe' ' tho Constitution )
respected,' etc., etc., that it ha forititui
object tht txtcntion of tlarery into ft, j,
ritnriet. It if only a circuitous ntit,
calling for tho niggers; there is button
jeet in view, and that is tbeninwu
nigger!! the NIGGER!!! and no&
but tho woolly headed nigger, nenctl
necessity of tho ' new Tocabiilary.'
Tom Eu
Angust C; 1859.
The Difference Irreconcii.aiu
significant passage occurs in our VI
ton correspondence. - During a rewtti
terview between the President audit
gentlemen, at which our correspondent;
present, the President mnde the fotlcn
emphatic declaration: " If Judge Dctji
is in the Democratic ranks, I am wi
them." Those now whogo forjudge Da
his und the President at the same tine'
have a rather difficult tusk Sterun
If ninn.
t&" We learn that on last Satardr
week a new house belonging to J. Swilit
situated on Columbia slough, one mile fn
Love's Ferry, was entirely destroyed hjk
If vna wwnnifft at tliA tima Itv n.l
the name of AIcMillen, who escaped vi
barely clothes enough to cover bis ails
ncss. iVcie.
Orrgnm AneUtUa.
The next annua me eting of the Oram It
elation of Minialt ia and i'burehaa will a keUi
Salkm, coniincin-iiiff on Tni-aauar, the nura
or SniTFMnra nfxt, at 10 o'clock
UDuiiijf ovr the sabbath.
-V It. Iho fikciuI atlrntion if Hit Chin
la calkd to the Firm of Church Kemt aapra
in Ihe Miputes of tha laat annual aiactitif.
1'. U. CUAMIUL4IS, IM
August 13, 1859.
MAKKIBB!
Oh the Dili nit, at the rexidrnce of Km
Muilgea, by Williuin Annprieat, J. P,Mr.l
I lenry Willimiie to M m Amanda Abbot, i
Clacknmae county.
July 10, by Edwin Olcy, J. P Mi. fk
JohnilcjU to .M sa Alary .lnu Ilea, all ol
county.
At Vancouver, W. T.f by Joe. W'rkjkl,..!
Mr. John M. Nelson to Mix yllvira A. Steam
At Uroirmville, I. inn eunntr. Joh-11. )bl
Lewia to Misi l.ajton, both of Lmn.
Al Himitfborg, July 3, Mr. Wialey Brifl'
Mini Wilson, both of that place.
On Ilia lUlh July, at the reaidenc of Hnfll
Clark, by Kcv. M. J. Starr, Mr. David i'tp,
1'olk county, and Miaa Melius Jlnnntr, efBce
county. , j -
July 3, at the residence of Joba Tonptifti
Linn connly, by Tirol Clover, J. 1'., Mr. W.I
Briprga to M m Harriet Towukine.
1 ThiirnJay, July 2S, by Itev. Geo. W.ilmi
flie residence of 1 )r. Wm. F. Tulroie. NtiiHiiJtJ
J. Uurge to Mja Ann Forest.
On tho 28th July, at Ihe naideact at Us
Fouts, by Iter. J. tierruh, Mr. Joaiah Jefami
Yamhill county, to Miaa Sarah Jane Mi.'
V.'srh'ipton countv. , .
On Saturday, July 30, at the resident of
brlde'a father, John Carey, of Dayton, by EW
T. Woodward, Cyrus Bucl to Mi 4nalaJ
Carey.
August 3, by Rev. E. P. Henderson, of Ep
City, t thereaidenceof tha bride'a father,'
W. Griffith, of Polk county, to Mia Marj
Stevena, daughter of Col. Win.M.Stereoe.oi'ui .
county. .. .
Iu Eugene City, ituguet 4, by J. M.W
Esq., Mr. Nimrod O'Kelly to Miaa Jofelad
On the 1 Ith July, at tha residence of the W
father, by D. C. Underwood, County Judp,-.
F. M. Cozud to Miss Sarah E. Hall, all U
qua county. ,
Sob. if:
In Jacksonville. Jnlv 0.1 mn in Ma. Jaf
I. P. Prim-a daughter to Mrs. L-ftZe
daughter to Mra. D. M. Kennoy-a ion to Mr
Menaor. : '
Polk Co.. Julv 2fi M. if 1,u rlvea bii1
twma one, a boy, waa born July 7, 1859, d
doing wall; tha olheVi girl, waa bora dead
10th. We named tha boy ' Alcyone,' aft
briphteet atar in the Pleiadea. B-'Wu
DIED:
- In thia rilv. 4iti.i Q Tk. V.ll. rtMifc'
j , ... wgt.., w. VUIIU JW.WI1 vew
fant son of ilaron and Elizabeth Jaaa Con
gd 1 year, 1 month, and 23 day
Nenr Balein, on the 7th lost., a daughter"
W. Ilelm, aged about 5 years.
Julv 9k iik r u v ni.. Eat
imnwn.1111 1.1. wi -,
City.infant daughter of James W. and EUe."
aged about four weeka. '
In Eugene City, July 16, William Mate'
fant aen of J. M. and Frances Gav. aired 1 1
month, and 16 daya.
Of croup, at Wm. Kelaav'a. on Coast Fsrk, I
county, on the Uth July, Uviocr Jlbm,1
on of S. H. Savior, aired 3 months and
InCorvallia. Julv 2. infant damrhleraf
1 . . .. '. . ' F O-
Near JaclunnvilU .T10l Mr. 11".
Jiaron Chambers, fermerly of Ohio. ' ;
On Friday, July 29, at the reiudetweafG'
Palmer, of Davton. Ore. R.lnh
of Cyrus and Mary ElUn Jacobs, agei
ahalfmootha. '
la Waahington county, Julv 22. Looie il
der sen of John D. and Mary A- rU
aged five yean and three moatus. ,.
At the residence of Rev. Mr. Gillespis,
county, Mr. John Cochran. . '
In San Franeiaon J,,l 19. Mr RikadJ
Isy, of typhoid fever, aped about 28 yew i
July 17, at Salem, Oregon. Mrs. FlsoSS
wife of Dr. R W. Sbaw. and 30 veers. - . "I
Sirs. Sbaw'a maidpn uiu ni TsBT- w
w" married to Mr. Shaw in 1845, with
184.1, she emieraled tn California. I IW.r
removed to Orepm, where they have suk '
On board th. K,, Tn.i r MrBpo
the 11th J one, at tea, four daya from Valf
J- Treviu, of Bath, Maine, aged U
of T.8. Trevitt, of Portland, Oregon. tWJ"
waa preserved and brought to rortuusd