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W, L ADA.MS,
riHTOR.
o&soorr cxxti
SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1850.
Caitr.ral. mat. Arlrliral Fair,
Wi received a cull this week from Judge
P. A. McRae, who, with Dr. L. II. Ibis-
com, ha been to the npicr end of tlio Val-
ley. These gentlemen have visited our
State on the part of the California State
Agricultural Society for the purpose of tuk
ing notes of our cujmcltjr for producing in
comparison with California. Judge Mcltac
Raid that since he had gone through Oregon
he wai ready to acknowledge that we could
beat California in the raking of winter aj-
jilm.
The Fair will be held at Sacramento,
commencing on the 13th of September, and
continuing till the 23d, ten day. Theciti-
Ken of Oregon, with real California liber
ality, are cordially Invited to participate In
the exercise! of the Fair, on the tamo con
ditions with the citizens of California, and
In the distribution of premiums there will
be no distinction between the citizens of the
two States. Judgo Mcltac informed ns
that Cupt. I'atterson, of the California
Steam Navigation Company, will carry all
articles Intended for exhibition at the Fair
free of cost, on the steamer Pacific. With
all these facilities, we hope the producers of
Oregon will rcsjiond to the liberal invita
tion extended to them by our California
brethren, and make a rcspcctablo show at
the Fair. In the matter of fruit we can
come up to them, if in nothing else.
m a it
1 HE ATTACK OF ft.N'AKKS ON H Altlf
Springs. The party of Snakes we men
tioned last week killed thirteen sipinws and
children at the Reservation, and drove off
about two hundred head of horses mid cut
tle, most of which belonged to the litscrva
tion. Dr. Fitch and his four compimions
managed to make their cscapo in the dark
ness. The Government and Indian prop
erty destroyed, is estimated at from $S,000
to f 10,0110 in value. The attacking party
numbered about five hundred warriors, and
were mounted on U. S. horses anil mules,
and some of them i.nued with U. S. rifles, aoMb .,.:, ,,
.i.:..i. i .. .. . . ... ' "
W..H.-U im-uiumaiKx lias given rue to tears waivst obstacles in tl,n .!, ,
r.nt'i t'-liy Hcrit) t'.oavcittaa.
'imitation and
dineiSpeeehet oj'Grovtr, Drtv,
Brock, and itheriPengra on Gtmral
Wool and Hit Sstatetman ttlitor "J one
to poor at l do" Asahcl ' rercrer.ce"
U rover and JJreie ttre Aim " the go by.
Kicf.se Cur, Lank Co.,
Tuesday, Aug. 9, 1859,
Ed. Anas; The long-talked-of " Scrip
Convention" Is over, having adjourned to
day at 1 o'clock r. v., after a session of two
tin ts. The atlcndance manifested very lit
tle popular Interest in the whole concern,
Not more than a hundred persons (and most
of these from this town and its Immediate
vicinity) made their appearance ut the or
ganization yesterday. To-day there were
not more than twenty persons present.
This is as it ihould not be a matter of so
much State concern should have been bet
ter attended but probably the present fa
vorable weather for harvesting, following
so close upon wet weather, kept mnny at
home who would otherwise have attended.
Of the celebrities present, we may notice
L. F. G rover, Gen. Drew, Col. Martin of
Winchester, Col. Chapman, Mr. Brock,
and Jo Teal!
Messrs. Drew, G rover, and Teal were
the chief managers.
On Monday, little was done. Mr. Gra
ver gave us the benefit of his experience du
ring the " Ofty days he shouldered his mus
ket as a private." The part he took ( in the
Legislature of 1S55-6) in passing the fa
mous act " organizing the militia," whereby
" poor Curry" was deposed from his com
mandership in chief of the army, and ' As-
ahel' virtually put in his stead, was also
dwelt upon. His part in getting up the
fumoug liush petition for the removal of
Know Nothings from army offices, was very
conveniently slurred over. His action on
the war commission was made the most of.
lie dwelt with peculiar emphasis on how
he stood up for the highest price for volun
teers and claimants, but he never once ex
plained, or condescended to notice, how the
sixty pages of errors, double entries, and
double charges, contained in the letter of
thu Third Auditor to tho Committee on
.Military Affairs, happened to be in the re-
mrt of that commission. And, by the
way, these very errors and overcharges.
ic which are now the
for the safety of Cupt. Wallen's command,
which was opening a rond to Salt Luke.
The settlers in the vicinity of theTigh have
Kent their lainilies to the Dalles for safety,
These Indians in their attuck flourished a
sculp, winch appeared to be that of a white
man.
nition of our war debt, mid which tend
strongly to throw doubt and suspicion on
the whole affair, never ouu to have been
there; and never xeoidd havo been there
had Mr. Grover given his undivided atten
tion to tho business of the war commission.
instead of perambulating the country for
or jMi.cn. l ie trial o siraionccniiir mirrors ll u ,,o n .i;
"II m,j w itnuir
Tiik Cask
Batch for the murder of Stuinn. his son-in
law, last fall, commenced in Portland on
Monday of this week, before Judge Wait.
The case was submitted to the jury on
celnesiliiy afternoon at 3 o'clock. A fter
being out half an hour, the jury n turned
with a verdict of guilty. A new trial was
immediately moved for by the counsel for
the defense.
Mr. Boon. Week before lust a party
of our citizens undertook an expedition for
the ascent of Mount Hood, intending to
make the trip to the top, if it we re practica
blewhich some ot the party seem to think
never has been successfully accomplished
yet. After getting a mile or two up the
sidu of tlio mountain, however, it snowed
and hailed and rained and ' blowed' so hard
mat nicy gave up tile attempt and returned
to town, feeling that 'there is no place like
home.' A few days previous, a party from
Portland, consisting of Mr. Di ver and oth
ers, ascended to the top of this king of
westeru mountains, finding his summit to be
upward of eighteen thousand feet, or ubout
three miles, high.
Imi-bovkiiknts. Oregon City keeps up
a littlo improvement to khow that the life
has not entirely gone out o it. J!,sides the
Masonic Hall, the frame of which was rais
ed by Mr. .Morrison, the contractor, on last
Thursday, we notice a substantial improve
ment in the sidewalk near the Congrega
tional Church, which avoids the labor of
going up ami down those old steps. The
residents in that part of town (the lazy
ohm especially) owe .Mr. Mcldrum a vote
of thanks for tho eye he has kept single t0
their welfare. As if to show that the socjv
tcr of business is departing from the upper
nd of the city, Mr. Charles Pope has re-
nioveei nis store to the new building of Mr.
jiugun, jus; in rront or the road coining
down tho hill, where , will i,0 wpi7
in ins oui iricuds and customers, nnd as
many more new ones as choose to rail on
mm. ll.s rule is uot to bo undersold by
any one in town.
(Join liNi:s.-Mr. JoIimTriiowman in-
f..nia ..a II...I
,u..i panics are now working the
Santiaui mines with some success, nialiin-
irom four to five dollars per day to the man.
iney nave been at it for several weeks.
aiiu-c who go out stay there, which he
minus is evidence that they are 'doi
aoiiHtiiiiiL'.'
Scuir Coxvrv rtov.-The ofllrial proceed
ings of the Scrip Convention latelv hrfj .
KuS ty. will l finmj on t!,e fir,, page
, "Wr. Incur columns else-
where wdl .U be found . interesting re
port from the proof on. ,uo muJLnt
giving, clearer view of the proir,
thconTtlUion than will be fonnd in IheofT,.
uciaiu. ii article will
rut!.
reiy pe-
tV W. .!., MN.pU, u r. J. JUW
I W ImI tkipOMM ml tnnU. I-
date for the Constitutional Convention: was
elected to and served in it during the sit
ting of the war commission. He was also
a candldute for, and was elected to Con
gress during the period of the sitting of that
commission. With all these political cares
upon his hands to distract his attention from
his duties as a war commissioner, it is little
to be wondered at that these sixty, or sixty
two, pages of errors, ic., culled from the
report, should have crept into it. Tho
military gentlemen on the commission
(Capt. Smith and dipt. Ingalls) of course
cared little what damaging features miirht
appear in it they were tho ngents on the
part of the Federal Government, ami it
was no part of their business to correct fea
tures that would make against the claim
ants. This was .Air. Graver's dutv. as the
f it .... '
".m-iii oi uic people ot Oregon; a duty
" " " "I me multiplicity of his oth
er cares he had sadly neglected, as the let
ter ol the third Auditor attests.
Ill I lin nniip,, nf 1.!.. .. -.1. t.
v "'"-u ui w remains, Mr. lirovcr
read a letter which he said had been re,
ceived by Mr. Xcsmith from the Third Au
ditor, making Inquiry relative to the cai-li
prices ruling i Oregon and Washington at
umeoi mo war, of such supplies as the
army needed-such as horses, clothing,
amis, provisions, ramp equipage, Ac. Sim
ilar letters he said were addressed to dillVr.
ent individuals all over the Stato. Hero
cuiineiiin, and said an oflierr
t the mouth of tho Umnnna me,.i.t
-u, o. umiiar import. It was said also
that .Mr. Thayer ol Corvallis had received
one. lo furn.sh answers to the interroga
tories contained n, these letters, Mr. Grover
said was the object of the present meeting
After some further speechifying, the follow-
mg were named "a committee to report a
plan of operations." I s!,011ld perhahave
premised first that the meeting was organ
f'd by making choice of F. McMurray as
I'lmirman ami W. N. Smith secretary.
However, I conceive order to be of little
moment iu this communication, as you w ill
Probably have published the skeleton out
h"e of the proceeding cro thi.
vonr office. The following U the order of
n'oiaung me committee:
Jo Teal nominated Jo Drew
Jo Drew nominated Jo Teal
Mr. Grover nominated Avery A. Smith
r. .v...miiuh nominated Mr. G
Mr. u rover nominated Mr S
Portland:
-Mr. J - H. Lines of Linn countv was also
nominated.
Mr. Teal lellined in favor of Mr Ells
worth, but Mr. E. ha,.,,,,, att..n.l 1
rt this evening, couldn't pobly wrTe
5o the committee stood ,,,;,...,
Thu ended Monday's procecling.
The committee reported this moraiag ta
olW.:The re,wt of the committea will
) foanj on the first inn !.. .r i .
Wdin of the eon, '. Z . ' r m 1'
TUt report wu adonte.1 ..) : .
of Vr.Tel,W.S,IAdJ of Ported (mcr;
chant) was appointed tha corresjionding
ac-ent to transmit the evidence accumulated
by the local committees to tho Third Audi
tor at Wanhington.
Mr. Drew took a pncr out of his pocket,
and from It nonilnuted tho following per
sons to serve as local committees at the
places named: The list will be found on
the first page.
The nominations were all confirmed
Mr. Drock suggested that our Senator
and Representative in Congress should be
made the medium of the transmission of the
testimony accumulating In the hands of Mr.
Ladd to the Third Auditor.
Mr. Drew opposed the suggestion on the
ground that it would be necessary for the
evidence to be forwarded to Washington as
early as possible, as the Auditor's report
had to be made by the first week in Decern
ber. Our delegation probably would not
arrive in Washington until nearly the time
of the meeting of Congress, and it would
be necessary for the Third Auditor to have
this evidence long before that while pre
paring his report.
Mr. Brock then moved that Mr. Ladd
be instructed to furnish our delegation In
Congress with copies of all the evidence, Ac,
accumulating in his hands, for their own
information and use.
Mr. Drew wished to qualify the instruc
tions by inserting " if practicable, or so far
as practicable to do so," thus leaving it dis
cretionary with the agent, Mr. Ladd, to do
so if he choose.
Mr. Brock insisted that there should be
no qualification; said he hoped the Conven
tion would take no action that could be
construed into a slighting of our delegation,
and that political feeling would not be al
lowed to govern any part of the action of
this Convention.
Mr. Drew disclaimed any intention to
make it a political meeting, and was pro
ceeding to discuss his reasons for qualifying
the instructions, at length, when
Mr. Teal proposed to raise a committee
whose business it should lie to have a suffi
cient number of copies of all the testimony
published, to supply each member of Con
gress with a copy. He said he would give
twenty dollars toward the publication him
self, mid Col. Martin said he wonld give
ten dollars.
The suggestion took, and Mr. Teal was
appointed a committee of ono to raise
means for, and procure, the publication.
A motion was made that the nroewili
of the Convention be pnblishcd in all the
newspapers in the State.
Mr. Pcngra suggested the propriety of
omitting the names of the members of the
committee who reported the order of bust-1
ness, Ac, as many of them were men noto
riously known lo be employed in the war,
and interested iu the war claims; and the
appearance of their names in connection
w ith this meeting might have a dnmaging
effect upon our success at Washington.
He would suggest tlio propriety of sup
pressing the names of the committee in the
publication.
Mr. Grover fired up at this, and said he
for one was not afraid or ashamed to have
his nnme appear appended to the published
report. Hc had no interest in the matter
oeyond the public good, and his personal
merci lor those fifty days that he car
ried a musket as a private."
Mr. Drew proceeded to exnlain n-lmt !..
an probability Mr. Tengra had meant.
Mr. Pcnrra said he ennl.l d 1 1
--"..n UIIU OilUUlU
spcuK .or Himself. What he meant was
that doubt and suspicion had been thrown
upon the honesty of our war claims at the
East by the course of certain parties. It
was said we had brought on the war for
swindling purposes, and now if the names
of those who figured conspicuously In that
war at its inception should appear in the
proceedings of this meeting, it would ccr
tainly look suspicious, to say the least of it
that it was a meeting of interested parties'
How that doubt and suspicion came to fas
ten itself on the public mind in the East it
was not for us now to inquire, but we all
knew how it originated that it originated
with Gen. Wool and the editor of the Or
cgon Statesman. To this homc-thrst of
" AsahelV most vulnerable and vital spot
neither Grover nor Drew made rm.lr i.J
both of them replied to other portions of
I engra's last remarks Tl,; . ... ...
n ua rt'i iuiniu
too ungrateful in his quondam frion.l t
deed, they seemed to feel that any attempt
at a defense would not only be a bootless
effort, but that they might themselves be
habic to be considered particep, criminis
"-ui uieir Jumter Tonans of tl,
I hey took excellent
Houlhira M. K. Church la Orma.
Eo. Ani'8: Not until the present time
has tho communication of 0. Fisher, " P. E.
Sun Francisco District, Cal.," published in
the Argus of July 10, come under my ob
servation, in which ho sets forth the princi
ple and rulci of the Southern Methodist
Church.
In this communication the old gentleman
tukes ground that the church of Christ
should have uothiug to do with political
mutters. Sluvery being a political institu
tion, the church should be neither opposed
to nor In favor of it at least, should tuke
no action for or against it. This, as I un
derstand him, is the ground upon which he
bases his Southern Church. Now, sir, iu
this a correct position, or is it rum n
true, wo ought to know and respect it. If
fulse, it ought to bo repudiated by all
Fisher as well as the rest of mankind.
Shall the church take action upon no iutli-
tu Hon regulated by legal enactments t To
my mind there is not a more absurd and
corrupt dogma in existence thun tins.
Whisky selling is regulated by law, there
fore n christian church must not silence a
minister or suspend a member for grog sell-
;! In most of the States the observance
of the Sabbath is regulated by law, there
fore tho church must take no ground in fa
vor of Sabbath keeping! Marriage is
regulated by law, therefore the church
should not expel a nolygnmist! These and
a thousand others are political questions,
and according to daddy Fisher's theory arc
out of the reach of legitimate church juris
diction. How contemptible such stuff 1
But perhaps ho and his brethren by this
time (I call all his brethren who believe
with him) are disposed to qualify the prop
osition, and instead of saying the church
has no " authority to entertain, discuss, or
meddle with any State or political question
whatever," say that any practice, habit, or
action tolerated or suffered by the State,
should also be tolerated by the church.
And this would be only conceding to a set
of profligate legislators, it might be, tho
right to determine for the church the moral
character of all actions, and to sny who
should be in the church and who out of it.
ow, Mr. Editor, I have always under
stood that the church was intended to be a
light to the world legislators as well as
the rest of mankind to set them an exam
ple of piety and purity, and not wait for
civil authorities to tell it what is holy nnd
what unholy. Is the Slate to be n light
to the church? Xot according to Christ,
The church should go forward in these mat
ters and show the balance of the world how
to net. lhat is her m:ss:on on earth. If
the wholo church would come out on the
right side of any great question involving
the interest of men the civil authorities
would not be long in following their exam
pic; but a corrupt and backslidden church
stands iu the way.
As to the idea of organizing a Southern
Methodist Church in Oregon, I have no ob
jection whatever. It will have several good
tendencies. First, it will wake up investi
gation into the moral character of American
slavery it will cause discussion of this sub
ject, which has heretofore been kept down.
Second, it will purify the other churches-
draw off a kind of moral slag that pervades
nil tho cliurches iu Oregon. Let all those
who believe that human bondage Ameri
can slavery is a henven-appointed institu
tionthat it is a blcssinff to shives n-tintt..
cr white or black, and who believe their
God has pleasure in it collect around
daddy Fisher's standard and form a South
ern Methodist Church, and it will relieve
the church of Christ of much that is injuri
rious. The church in Oregon needs such
a purifying process.
I am sorry the old man was not more
perseTering at Eugene City. By proper
effort at that place lie ccrtniuty might have
organized as large a class four pcrsont)
as he did at Corvallis. I would suppose
that he might have got bros. Jo Teal, It.
M. Towers, Dr. Patterson, and Tom TTnl-
land; and I would recommend Tom as class
leader.
Evgf.xe Citv, Aug. S:
PEACE DECLARED!!!
AUSTRIA CONCEDES lOMDARDY!
Vcnleo rroonrcdH
DEA Til OF RUFVS CUP A TE I
The mail steamer reached Portland yes
terday morning about 0 o'clock, bringing pa
pers from New Orleuns to the 27th of July.
The most iinportunt item is that of the decla
ration of pence in Europe between France
and Austria! An armistico wus concluded
On tho "th of July between tho contending
""CU
I'ltllCI.AUATION OK 00V, DOlou,
By Jamei Dovgla, C. B., Govern
Commander in Chief in and over the !!'
ny of Vaneouver'i Iilund and fol
ty, Vice Admiral of the iun,f( fa
The sovereignty of the Island of fu,,'
an and of tho wholo of the IIro Artki
aero has always been uiidevim!,.i. !r.'l
t.. .j. -. -""f'eui
to be iu Hie crown of Great liti
Therefore, I, Jumes Douglas, do IkIl
lormuiiy hiki solemnly protest 0raint iu
occupation of tho said islund, oranvi
of the said archipelago by any person tk?
ever for or on behalf of any other t
hereby nrotrstinor that IU "i
l,U,,,U,,, thereof bv rid.t now is n, H n I'.W
powers, and on the 11th Napoleon sent the I(t.,,n j Majesty Queen Victor.
following dispatch to the Empress Eugenic: her prci
" A treaty of pence has been signed be
tween the Einneroror Austria aim .mi no-
Icon, on tho following basis. The Italian
ConfWlerucy to be under the honorury
Presidency of the Pope. The Emperor of
Austria concedes his rights in Lombardy
to the Emperor of the French, who trans
fers them to the King of Sardinia.
The Kinperorof Austria preserves Ven
ice, but she will form nn integral purl ot ino
Italian ( onfederacy.
(Siencd) Napoleon."
uer .viajCMy necn Victoria
dencKsors, Kings ol Great BriUI.
Given under uiy baud and
K'tona, ancouvcr's Isl.nH .
second day of August, onelw
sand eight hundred and lift..J7
and in tho twenty-third year if IU
Majesty's reign.
James Doioiu,
cex. haiixey's reply.
llcad Quarters, Department of Oregon
Fort A'ancouver, V. J
august fi, 1859.
Pak.s, Julv lS.-Tho Paris Monitcur IIis FpJamc, Dough, C.i,
ysthaUhogrcatnentniirs ie
I communications with the belligerents -f , ' V '
says 1
ttt jiniiiinniitiMitniiK n-itli top lielilircrc I
offering mediation, but wire unsuccessful Sir: ,iave ll0l'r to inform yoaf
until the French fleet wcie about commcne- the receipt of an oflicml copy of a prom
ing operations against Venice, and a con- "- " cc.qmuon oi san Jm,
diet before Verona was imminent, when i-unm, in j ugei ooiimi, oyacompinirf
... ....... . I . I T.,;i,l UlnL.D l...n. 1 r ' "
Napoleon, tinding tne Mnpcror oi ausina - "" Wj comnuiid,
willing, concluded the armistice. "foresaid copy was furnished bi
The Emperors had an interview ut Villa- Capt. Hornby, of Her Majesty's ship Tni
franca on the 1 1th Inst. '". ' United States officer in .
A dispatch from Turin says Napoleon ''"'' Sun J nun Islund, Capt. Geori,
issued a bulletin from Vnllegio, announcing Pickett, of the 9th Infantry of the Am
the armistice, congratulating the troops up- enn nrnn ; logeuicr witn a commuuicsfoi
on their exploits, and announcing his imnic- threatening a joint ocenpution of the Sm
diate departure for Puris, leaving tlio pro- ';s'nu uy ine lorces oi Jicr Alajntj',
visional command oi tne army to aiarsnai ' -, lumjici.iiiHi Hiieiiiie, not
uillant.
THE AfSTRIAX ACCOf.VT.
Loxnox. July 13. A dispatch from
Verona snvs that the armistice was conclud
ed only after repented requests from the
trench, and alter-Austria hud obtained nil
she asked.
K09.TTH AND niXCARY.
in the harbor of that inland by yourordm
As thu military commander of the D
pnrtment of Oregon, assigned to that con.
mnnd by the orders of the President of the
United States, 1 have the honor to iiii,
r r .i . t .
loryo-.ir iinoriiiui.on iniii uj such Biitliorih
invested iu mo I pluceil n military command
upon the Island of San Juan to protect tin
American cit'z lis rc-iiVnar on that isU
Loxnox July 14. It is reported that from the imults ami indignities which ti
Kossuth would propose for a monarchical British authorities of Vancouver's ItM
government for Hungary.
OPINION OF THE EXGI.lsn PRESS.
Loxnox, July 13. The London News
says that the hopes and expectations of Ita
ly nave been deceived, niirl that history will
call Napoleon to account for making war
upon lulse pretences, nnd then signing a
wenK and sellisli peace that leaves Austria
unpregnably fortified iu the heart of North
ern Italy, ond commits Central Italy to the
patronage ol the 1'opc.
Hie London Post contends that the Pone
is deprived of all substance, but keens the
snaiiow oi supremacy.
the London limes says that Frnnee has
pent utty million pounds nnd lost, fiftv thou
sand men, only to give Milan a Pieduioiitese
master, and establish the Pope iu tempora
ry dignity, even beyond his imagination.
THE NEWS OF PEACE IX PARLIAMENT.
London, June 13. The news of the
peace was received with prolonged cheers
m me j louses ot Lords nnd C ommons.
Tho King of Pru--s'a is about to abdi
cate. 11 is unUctcriilllKd whether the tlemail of llite h-renee. u-lin fa ull nii
r-. ... . ...... . .... . ' -
t ru.ee jvegem or nis son shall take the touching the military occunanev of SaaJa.
"
and the establishment of the Hudson's n
Coiiitiiinv havo recent I r offered ttmn. i.
sending a British ship oV-wnr from Vinci
vrr's Island to convey the Chief Factsrol
the Hudson's Dnv Company to Saa Jon
for the purpose of seizing an Amcricanciti.
zen nnd forcibly transportimr Mm ta Tin.
couver's IsWnd to be tried by Uritisli tin,
I have reported this attempted outrip
to my Government, nnd they will donhtlm
seek the proper redress from the Hritiik
Government. In the meni time, I hire
the honor to inform your Excellencv tint I
shall not permit a repetition of that insult,
mid shnll retain a command on San Juu
Island, to protect its citizens in themw
of the United States, until I receive furtlw
orders from niv Government.
I have the honor to be. very resncctfullr
your obedient servant. W. S. Harxst
Brigadier General United States irrav.
commanding.
Uoascms r.r tH-cupylng Man Jnai.
I !- -
e ure in receipt o a ctter from m.
Veritas.
1859,
j rover;
spencer of
press.
care to e-ive an nil.,.
s-on to him the go by. Graver especially
is said to be extremely anxious 1
understood in nil .
and its immediate vicinity, that he has sev
ered his connection with "Bush & Co."-
cousiuers lum too heavy load to carry
and w, ot, in any event, be burdened
with him nnd his iniquities. His conduct
at this meeting looks like there was truth
"the rumor. There is certainly policy in
ueh alineofliehavior on Mr. G.'s part
But how very ungrateful of these two wor
thus ((.rover and Drew) whom the States
man u:l m.u . i .
a n memtH-r how they would fire up
i'har?e,,p0nth'POtoftheI
......u B ,vw year. .,,
Th. Jul, Bnmb., rf iUrp.r-, Maolh,
J M nil t.M. i. . 3 wen
u is ohm ai utual
In tli. T :..i....
ndoutofit. they couldn't hear haff a wh"
IHr to l. detriment without working thera
Ire, into, black passion in his
But now the mWity has Ml ..i .L S" Franc V-o, j, srtn, ...
rather seek to be consider ?mZL"7. "f oZZ
v:..t .. . . "gio . -.r
California Politics. OccasionnlW ,i.
. political canvass in Oregon, we find
in some California paper a paragraph like
this: "The papers from Oregon are all fill
ed with violent political stuff, and nothing
else." Sometimes a homily i3 read to ns
on our evil ways by some dainty San Fran
cisco journal filled entirely with 'original
matter,' that horror of the well-balanced
order of readers. J ust now, however, Ore
gon enjoys a period of comparative quiet in
political mutters, while our neighbors to the
south of ns are in the A.11 tide of a campaign
. r..u Ul unexampled virulence, and
their papers berate one another in a style
that would do no discredit in that line to
an Oregon journal. It may be exciting
-umamg i0 mem, Dut to an ' outsider'
their " violent political stuff" is as distaste-
fill HO -1..T. 1 . .
",D J""iuut ot John Beeson in fa
vor of Indian Aid Associations in the East
Bre w an old Urcgonian.
Ooif J' Uaiy Book.
Thi. nM ftlnily fmMM weI
.o an ,...n,g,w nticn lhnughm the
yr. N.laJyAouldbewUhj,. The Udy.
iranc,eo,at4p.rTe.r. '
crown.
Oscar, King of Sweedcn, Ims lately died.
Sl JIMARY OK HOME XEW'3.
Daniel K. Sickles Ims been reconciled to
his wife, and they arc now living together
again. This act of his has aroused tho
indignation of his friends, nud hc has pub
lished a letter in justification of himself.
Hon. W. II. Seward has been
with marked courtesy by Oucen Victoria
and rrinee Albert.
Tf In nM i! 1 T v . ,
xi diiiu mat tiv erson Jjuvis is nnnnr.
o u "oi urmz wrward dur.iiL' l lie nvt
session of Concrcss. to reucal the laws
... i " . '.
Bguiiwi me siave trade.
The St. Louis Ilcpublican snys that Hon
Augustus Ctcsar DodL'o accents the norm.
nation of the Democratic Convention of Io
wa lor uovernor,
it.
laid en our iKU
v i. m n ad ...... 7 . i . .
mitt.io..;i .n ...... . ' wlln ca,le
' HUN r,l. I n- n ...
-. W . . Mi ,,
v nug-
Per year.
tIT Fncnua t Co ' vn i
fcr uj rr. ky iSr" h" C"
Hon. Rufa. Choat. died at Halifax, N. S., where
iic as icit wn ie on his way to Europe for the ben
hkim n..!it,nin. Hi. remain, were brought to
u.,0n, wncn tne runeral obstquie. to,,k place on
tho 23d of July. An appropriate wrmon was de
hvered by hiipattor, Rev. JC-Letniali A.lanis. He
J'ed on the 13th of July, ogod near sixty year,.
An important treaty ha. been negotiated with the
Juarez government i Mexico, by which valuable
tianat pru-ilogo. have been obtained by our Gov
rament The Mexican government a!W con-r--J?
Amoriean oitiZs resident in Mexico en-
on. ,ndfU:q'"-;8l'0n,.b!e freeJom f r.liiou.opin
on. and worslup. A clause i. als0 added wlLh
aAcateithi wiiin2u. of the Mi.n 6
th". rKl for.w.of PrU..c.r..of
niB.. ;. j, wnl-n'T' me latter Government
' 8nifi" "' ""din... i. forrn ,uoh D WJ,
The water on the Clackamas Rapids
has become so low that the Express does
not come over them now. The steam flat
James Strang is running again, making the
connection with the Express below the
Ivapids.
p- Dr. Steele, agent of Wells, Far-V
Co-ln this cit7. is unremitting in his at-
"'uuons to this office, in the way of sunplyl
inir no !tli rk. i.ai HJ
uuu" "r nave laid on onr tl.u ... '
m o, tne Red Astrachan variety, which
we have not seen excelled in thi.
nd beauty. They have our thanks
,w "eir King remembrance.
EiCAPt n TI..
- mo9 convicu enoaeed at
.., . on. vu no ttten. Th
!.B i i. T lan- Coir' - Tent
"J hv. offers i.i00 rew. . ,, "
J'jJl c-
hension.
The Argu. Offic. U und.,
U Cr. T,yfc, fof . b
" Mi. EUenTavlo, fc. .
loriai;; ;r"",U"fi'".cfMr.T.y
Btwlag Mathl.
an by our troops, and is conversant faili.
miliarly ns any one outside of the Oenenl
who directs) with tho objects sought by '
this movement. Advertiser.
"Gen. Harney rdnccd troons nn th
island of San Juan to protect onr piti
against the threatened attacks of nnrrrtm
Lidians and unlawful acts of Uritisli ofEcitln.
The islund is most ndmirablv Ritnntt ti.
enable a small force to prevent Indians from
entering the Somid. Oen. Harney kno
that the Uritisli authorities nt Vnncouvei
Island pretend to a claim to San Juan, but
hc does not in the recent aet mean to deny
their right to a reference of the matter,
lie simply proposes to occupy the island
from a sirony public necessity. It was on' '
lythe other day (hat Gov. Douglas sent
over a ship of war with the Chief Facte
of the Hudson's Bay Company to take id
American citizen by force from his homeos '
San Juan to Vancouver's Island to be tried
by British laics for some alleged offencel
And if the American had not l..n mark at
the proper stuff he would hnv hwn wreit-
ed from his home, nnd perhaps now be on
the Way to SOme distant ncnnl rnlnnvU
This island was threatened with an irruption
by northern Indians! Tho American citi
zens on the island lirr.9f.ntr.rl Ih.ir p
plaints to Gen. Harney, who visited the
island in person. AVImt hhm
done! Let the island be depopulated? -Oive
it up to the Hudson's Bay Company,
that is now grasping nt all our best lanaV
He did just what fin AmAfmnn fienfinl
should have done, He placed a force there
to protect our citincns, and he meant to
kp a sufficient Ollfi thoro in offi-nt th nb.
Ject, He is right and will be sustained by
all in authority, - -. .
!!.Mr- H'ram Tcrwilliger, son of J.
Icrwilliger, living a. short distance south of
this place, has for many yenrs past been
diseased and deformed in the boaesof the
mouth. Yesterday Dr. Loryea, with the
assistance of Dr. Hawthorne, and in the
presence of Drs. Wilson, Davenport, Brf
Knap, and Campbell.
tion upon his month by removing a see-,
tion of the lower jaw, after which the pa
tient was enabled to open his mouth for the
first time for fourteen years. The operation
is considered one of the most successful ev- '
er performed in Oreo-on ti. tint fint Vll
under the influence of chloroform, and wa,'
P i j 7 - Unrintho operation;
"UTcrnstr, Aug. 17.
Wheat ' Cp.ors.The wheat crops S
this vicinity have generally yielded better
tuan was anticipated
crops, however, as compared with former
years, are reported t n h i;i, c-m- i.m.
yields are reported. One fit-Id of forty
aw in this county, belonging to Mr. J. B.
t-ongle, of this place, turned off 1100 bush
els, an average of 271 per acre. The
wheat is said to be nf th. w on.iitr b.
"JS free from smut and other impuriW
e have hcanl nf um. i hot
. wine laicr T iriiMt,
nave not the particulars. Xe demonstra
tion ts needed to dtot. th.t Hmm i aot
excelled as a wheat growin- coontrr.-rr.