day morning was very severs. At Point
Pleasant two soldiers were killed and sev
eral wounded by the lulling trees at that
place.
The steamboat Philadelphia, whieli was
blown ntvny in the gale, lias been found
ashore near Columbus. Three of the erew
were lost. Kiglit persons were blown
overboard Iro'.n the .steamboat Amcridi
and drow ned.
Col. Huberts, with o0 picked men of the
-Jd Illinois, went on mi expedition to the
upper rebel battery On arriving they
were lire. I on by tho sentinels, who inline
dinbly lied. I Mir men then spiked nil the
guns in the battery, timougst the number
some t4 pounders and !!"J pounders. The
expedition retiiriieil safely, no ill, in having
received a Scratch.
The first officer of the steamer foucstoga,
who lell 1-1 ind No. hi at noon of the ;id,
stvs that a rebel Iraisports attempted to
remove cannon the pivious nigiit from the
upper foi l, b.it was shelled by some of our
mortar bo ils and compelled to hasten dow n
til.' river without having accomplished her
object,
A boat from lland No. 10 arrived last
niirht. The liriicr was being continued.
One of our shells burst upon the rebel
steamer Wiiirht sler, and si t lire to her.
She burned to the water's edge. During
the firing the rebels towed their floating
battery into a new position and tried un
successfully to reach our boats with her
"im2 -ponn ler rith d cannon. Alter two hours
in iiiiviivring she was taken back to her old
position.
C.viuo, April .". louring the iiis;ht of
the oil, the rebels erected a new battery
opposite l'oint Pleasant, and in the morn
ing opened lire upon our works. After
tiring some time with no cff. et.it was si
lenced by our units. No oisii.diics report
ed on our si.le lo-s of the rebels not
I .IV ....... i
Known. i ue ur.ng oimi was nmif
active and did itou! execution, in the
etcuiig one shell struck directly on their
(Luting battery, killing 3 men, il.sabliiig
it so that it 11 )ited down towards the is
luil. The telegraph between here and
New Madrid having been cut, lien. Pope
issued ordirs informing residents along the
route that they would be held responsible
for its safety; if torn down heivaft.r their
lions, s and barns should be burned and
theaiS'lvi
s and fam. lies arrested and brought
10 camp and visited with the severest pun
ishment. C.v'li'i, April li A special despatch to
t!io U jniblicaii s.ns ipiite an excitement
was created th.s morning among know ning.
ones, by the arrival of a messenger from
Island No. 10, bringing lh.' news of the
uiiiibo.it Cainn ltht taking I -it v. of the
11 'et and passing by the rebel fortifications,
ami paying a lis t to lien. Pope's head
ipiaiters. Siie went down about 1:2 (Alack
on Friday evening. Tiny cnv.red her
sides wiih b iles of hay, an I ih lc d the
whole rebel ll et of gunboats and land bat
teries. Tlu-y II red shots at her, none
of them h.ttiiig.
N.w M.tii:ii, Mo, April ." Your cor
respondent arrived here a lew hours ago
Tiie gunboat Ctir-m b Ul, Ciijit. Walker,
urrivocl h-ru sal ly ti.is morning, having
I an the block mIc at Ishni I No 10. Tne
bout :s not injur, d in the h ast particular
The object of the nioveni; nt was as follows:
I.-ist icht was verv daik ami stormy, and
Flag ni-.-i r Foot- ,. cid. .1 to take ioh au
la re of if. He a. eordiiigly i rdcr-'d tin:
g iu'ioat ' 'i-ai hi I to I... it. i ' 1 for run-
nitig the bio k id '.
f l'ls.-.l, nil 1 l.ts c xtiti
Tl.c ( o: tlii.I" s w ir -gu'shed.
ami a barge
Ion! d w ith hay I.isht d to both sji s
Wi.e i thus p;- 'iar.led, t!a; ('"'on . A start
ed at u'lliek, dr fti'ig s'lently toward
the I -laud. Intense anxiety was felt for
t'i- result. Tie: night was o.treni'ly daik,
id i.'.j et being vi-ible at tweioy yards,
bat. tin- s veral I'g'.ts of the cie iny nu the
bai.ks k' it tii ' il'r..(.t i'jii of th? river while
pr.s ing dc'.vn.
Tic C'.n.i. 'il reach, d the islam! head
without being di-covi red, and would have
be-'ii able to mss the entire length of the
i-laiid had not the furnace lires iiciv.ary
to ueinratc sii!1'h ifi.t steam Income so
great that the II ones e-i-ipid from the
tii.ke stacks. All v,a instantly wild with
i miai-hm. la the enemy's ramp the long
roll beat, and nil the forces rn-hd to the
batteries; every gun po-siMi- was bronghl
to b. ar upon the tesi:l' path, and a heavy
c.iutio'ia In g opeii'd, l.in.dreds of balls'
plung'ng into the r ver nroan 1. The Cur
uuiUl't d d tu t reply, but ki jt st 11 until
out of rang..'. On.; or two rebel vessels,
when they pr. eeived their unwelcome, visi
tor, hurriedly got out of the road for it d s
t iuec of three miles. The Ciii'ii ltl t Was
ixj.iised to an uiiinterrujiti .1 lire, yet was
lot hit by a single bull. She arrived here
- ifi !y this morning and was greeted with
the w il'b st chc( rs.
A deserter jii-t in says the rebi!.-, are
greatly id.irnrd, mal ollic rs made sjKtches
to !le: men, eiidenoriiig to calm them
Tic r. ln l gitnboaS and transjiorts below
I o;nt 1 ica-atil, v. I.eu they learned the
Viirftivhl.-t arrived nt New .Madrid, left
in great In-!'1, jiii-hing down .stream.
II' i't.'- l'limv, V.i , April .".A eor.s
f picked men from livci !s:or lirigadij h it
. iiteil Point uiidi r eonim and of (jen
Sikh, early on Thursday inorning, for
Stafford Court Hon e. On nrrival, hi
troops to.,k S!i;i.pii,.. pon.t att-ri s, iimri'li
id tlniiei.' bi poll lliimfiiis. ninl thloiih
A ci pi: a to S la (lord ('unit Jluusc. There
was -klnni-liiug b' tw.eu il body of 4o(
rebel cavalry and the advanced corps of
S ekl. s's i-oinmaiid lour mil. s this side of
Stafford Ferry. Iloth sides continued fir
ing. Until the I'cIm Is reached that place iu
! treat, tmd s t lire to the town iilid all the
stores. Our forces Touiitly ..tojiped the
eoiillagratioii, A dumber of prisoners,
l.oisi , stori Jt Ac , fell into our hands
From lirooke Station n force l,i!00 rebel
infinity and a battery of .six lield pieces
eie innving iiji to Mij.port their cavalry.
After 1' Uia'iiiiig thin; hours in h'tafford,
niiip lires were built on the liills, to de-
eeivi; the rebels while our forcis withdrew
from tin- place. (Jen, Siekh s, with part
of hi, r-ut p, arrived back lit Shipping
J'oint this lnoi ninir ; tin; rest caiuc in to
Preut's Fer-y, oppositi- I,iveiiool Point.
Our casuiiltieH were 2 wounded mid B few
missing. The corpn inarched 4 S miles iu
17 hours, over the worst of roads.
At Ficderit'ksbiirg there wrro few
troops, nnd they were falling buck toward
Itichmond. Citiens hinted that the (.'on
federate (Joveruineiit intended fo iibiindoii
Virginia
Mal. lieonardsnii, from .ety .Mexico,
My the rebels hold every position of viilue,
tM'cjit I'ti Craij ami I'mon. Thehtter,
which is the most important in the Wes
contains $1,000,000 worth of (iovcrnimut
stores. It is now safe beyond peraoven
hire, and garrisoned by l,o00 soldiers.
has water inside the fortification, and pro
visions almost unlimited for it seige.
A despatch from Augusta, (la, Marc
81st, .snvs the Charleston papers contain
despatch from New Oi lcans of the 'JOth
statiuc; that two Federal gunboats com
inence.l an attack on Ft. Jackson, at the
mouth of the Mississippi river, the dav be
fore. I'p to date of the despatch nobody
wai hurt.
A despatch received by the Navy IV
partnicut, from Com. Piipont, says the for
nmlalile batteries ol Skuld v and (Jrce
Points have beeen ubandoiied by the rel
els mid the guns tnkeii to Savannah. The
abandonment of those batteries gives us
complete control of Warsaw and Assibore
Sounds, with the mouths of the Vernon
and Wilmington rivers, which form the
water approaches to Savannah,
it . i , b ...
ii.ti:mn;i, i onu., April t. I lie an
nnal Stale election is progressing uuietlv
with every indication that the pepnbliean
and I moil tick' t will carry the State
ISLAND No 10 SUI.liFNPIT.FI
Luton 1 1 ail ok Khikis!
(1.000 I'vWun. rs Taken. loitiuUnt :t t.i-ii
i-rns Vsn, too Siti-sr IM.'i'.'s, rrrnl
I'ltlil iwitrii.-.. unit immi iisi- mtaw
UU.siif Munitions C War.
IVc'cry i't' I'uwn VViKiit at I'ltUlwrg iu
tint s(e.
A ih spiteh d ited Denver City, March
i, says; Mr. .loans Klskaddiil hus J il I
iHTiViil With imnortnht news Iroiu New
I
,) , ... . . , ... ...
under Col Slough, numbering above 1,,"00
men, rem lied Apache P.iss. .Maj. Chiv-
inglon took three companies of cat airy and
proceeded in advance of the main body, to
intercept mid capture some of the enemy
ord having reached the eoiimiatid that
JoO rebel cavahv were l." miles from the
Pass, t!io M.ijor found the enemy as de
scribed, and w moped them out in a short
time, I. iking ."" prisoners. The Major lost
4 k. lied and 11 wounded. Alter iiocem
pUshing this the Major returned to the
command, nhicli was on the way down the
west, ni slop.' to Santa Fe.
The comiiiind under Col. Slough kept
on its way, encountering no enemy until ar
riving nt Pigion Ilaneh, ." tn.lc.-: from
Sat. te lc, where it met at the mouth of
the Camion 1.100 Tcxatis. This was on
Friday, Feb. ".'"th engagement commenc
ing about noon. Col. Slough, with seven
comii mi. s. engaged the ein mv's front.
while CVviiigtou's four companies, two of
cavalry and two or infantry, deployed am
attaekt d I lie rebels' rear, drit ing the guar,
from the rebels' supply train, captiirinu
I and burning them. The train consisted of
.'I wagon. The Major also captured and
p'k"d one of the enemy's guns', thru re
lied and joined the main force. Mean
time our forces under Col. Slough contend
ed desperately against Mijn-r.iT numbers
ai. d disadvantage of ground, the enemy
being w
..lc 1 i i at tin month of a deep
cannon.
At 4 o'cl-s k the fighting censed by mil
t ial cot.s. nt. Col. Slough withdrew to a
epa k four miles iu the rear. I.os on our
sld", gn k lh d, fi officers and 40 to ."0
v. oiinih d. I!i I e Io,s nut known.
The I'llicers kill 1 are Cajit. Cook. Com
pany F; I.i.-ut. II ik'-r. Comiany I; Lieut.
Cham'" r-, Company C. (.'apt. Cook was
woiuuhd iu the first light .Names of the
kilh d ninoiig the privates are l.ut givui.
Mr Kiskaddcii left lie innrning after
tl.c Pg'if, am! exp'cts before ties the con
. -t las la c i decided one way or the other
Col. Catiby as within a .short ili-tunee
of Santa Fe. Cnliiriiiitiie.it inn between
him and Col. Slough was continually kept
up, ni.d the pro-jiiets were that Sibley was
ill a tight fix It is hoped that Slough
will fall back to Ft. Union, to wait Caliby,
w lieu uti advance can be mule, with suc
cess. Sr Jo-oii, Mo, A.ril li 10 i i.
Hi Ai'0i.Ai:rn:s, I)n .ti:TiiKsr or tiii: Mis-.-issin
i, Sr. Loos, Mli A pid.
T'i I ln E'.irinM. SlnnluH. Sii,-rl,iii
If... If. 1 ' .1... 1 .. II
j ii ii iii, ii iii i iii'i'iii.' i en. i iijii: eios-
cd the lIi--i-i.ii river yesterday, captur
ed the enemy's lloating battery, carrying
I t guns, and occupied Tiptonville.
The enemy were driven Irotn all their
works below New Madrid, leaving behind
llcir artillery, baggage and sick. A land
battery of 12 heavy guns is taken.
O.ii. Pope will attai k I -land No. 10
to-day, and hopes to (get in the reur of the
liiemv s iii.rr batteries before night.
II. U JI.II.I.K. K,
Major ! ieneral Coinmadiiig.
I. ati i:. Island No. 1 0 has surrendered,
The eneriiv have nbandoneil the upper land
batteries, and ore endeavoring to escape
airo-s n swamp. (Jen. I'oiic is endenvor-
ing to cut thi-m off. They abandoned
et cry thing.
Prig (Jen, W. IV. M icknll, late of tin
P. S Adjulaiit-fjeiiiTal's Dejinrlnniit, and
over 2,000 of the rebel forces, have Mir
rendered lo (Jen. Pojie, and il is expected
licit nriii v more will be eiipliir.il today
Immense (publics of artillery and Miphcn
have (alien into our Iuiiuh.
The enemy attacked our forces at Pills
burg, Tciin.. yesterday, but was rrpulvd
u it Ii heavy loss. No details given,
(Jen. I Vie has captured U generals,
Ci.dOO prisoners of war, 100 siege pieces,
and several field butteries, with immense
ipiatitit'es of Hnnll nrins, tents, wagons,
horses and provisions. Our victory i.i
eoinplele nnd overwhelming. We Imve
not lo-t n single man.
Cuiio, April ". A special ilenpntcli to
the St. Louis P.epublicau snys: On Friday
evening, nbout 7 o'clock, our forces nt
Pitlsburg, Ti ini., were nttrn ked by two
regiments of infantry, two pieces of artill
ery, und n large fornftjl cavalry, Our
forces were immediately got iu line of-bat-lie
and prepared lo receive, the iiltnck.
The enemy only fired one round and com
menced retreating, We returned the ene
my's lire, killing nnd wounding ipiite n
number, nnd took I (5 prisoners. The reb
els only killed one of our men,
(Jen' (Jranl, wns nt Savaiiiiuh, but im
mediately left for the field of fiction. It is
nupposed only to have been n recoiniolsance
in force of the enemy to find out the strength
of our forces, und, finding more than they
reeti'd, tley beat a lin'ty retrrnt to
I Vim n.
Washington, April 7. The following
in regard to the Mrrriimtf has been re
ceived at the Navy licpurtincnt. When
she run for Norfolk, Sunday, March Olh,
she had 1 feet of water in her hold. One
shot from the CiiiuhirhiiHi riddled her;
some shots from the Monitor went through
her port holes and dismounted ! guns.
The AYmiiVr put a ball through the boiler
of the I'ulrick linn ,, killing two men and
scalding others.
Nr.w Yoisk, April S The Tribune'
Tennessee corrcsiondent writes that the
rebel aitny has been greatly overrated, and
that his whole force in Soul hern Mississippi
does not exceed oO.OOO men, mid that half
of those are raw recruits.
A Ship Island letter of the -.Mill nil, re
ports the arrival of lien, liutlcr on the
JOth. A rebel licet of seven gunboats
had made their appearance in Mobile liay.
The V. S. gunboat NnnMim iff ( 'ubii
chased a steamer laden wilh cotton on the
coast of Louisiana, and threw a shell into
her, burning her to the water's edge.
The schooner dYa.Y lUdtr with l.'IO
bales cotton for Havana, was captured by
the gunboat A'. Cmit.
Washington, April " A despatch from
den. llalleck states thai lieu Stui'gis goes
to Kansas and lien. Craig to the Indian
Territory.
l.cn l.netl s advance guard mid readied
i en. vi i am.
lien, llalleck will speedily lake '.he In
iu person.-
Andrew Johnson, Military (lovernor of
Tennessee, reports that the arrest of sever-
al prominent persons engaged in the rebel-
lion has been made, and that the I nioii
cause is wot kill" well
(ien Jackson is at New Market, Va ,
ami (nil. .lolmston is al (oriloiisvuie.
Winding, Va , April 7 A special
h'spaleh to the N Y. Times says the tele-
1 . -ii ,- . .i
rram lust received here iiilorms us that the
ta bels are retreating before our forces un-
r lien Mdrov, vv ho has advanced from
Cheat M'iuiii..'n, and now holds Camp A I-
gnai y, laieiv cvaciiaicii nv me leiiels
i . . t . i i , ..
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iii , -1 . , ,
ti rev, and I llllib TsVillc, and seem to be
... 1 1 i . ...... ..I., t.ii.i ii ..... i. ii. .in ..ii. I,
irriving at Staunton, where thev will have
i railroad to i scape.
i , ... i
lot AM' I 'I MOi II HV.- .l till' secession
oiinty convention, In-ld I.
ii ..-. . -.i
t .Saturday,
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i n. I 1 1 u ... i r n I, l i ,i i . 1. 1...- . ,-
IOIsier.ll.V
more than ordinary vim, on Ihe Crittenden
omprotnise, Lincoln's w ar," I aboli-
ionis,,,, with the limllul range of argu-
ments gem rally itcm nted in seci ssiomst
ijnrs. Following in the track imi vi r-:il!y
aid down bv his class o prints, the Judge
by implication, nt hast ) threw all the re-
poiisilulilv uf the rejection of the flatten-
en compromise on the llepublicau parly.
While it scarcely sums possible that Judge
Wait can be innoci nlly ignorant of the
facts in relation to the compromise nffi red
bv Kentucky's Venerable Senator it would
em eipially improbable that he should
know iiijlv and vv jifullv fal-ifv a history so
isily sd right. The Judge piiinbd the
horrors of the strife by which our country's.
i Ids are dyed in blood, and yd had no
words ol censure for the mad nmbiliun of
isaijioiuted puliiicl leaders, and the
ipiaily mad folly of their Ini-giiiihal hd-
owcrs, wlio cuntoiiitly. by rcur.ii' the
tandard of ret oil and iiiaii'iir.,Ia,g civ il
war at Ft. Sumter, precipltat. d a stale of
things which ail inu-t ihnri cale. What 1
an say of two or three or half a dn.eii of
tho.-ewho are decidedly sympathizing in
their ideas, I say of Judge Wail. 1 be-
ieve he is an hole -t man, and kmcv he is
a gentlcinaii. Put when in i templaling
. i :i.t.. ..ii . .... .1... . i ...i . :
""-" " I''"' m oinueru ;
-J.. ....101S in iliMin. our l..,vernine, ,
...a ... a , ...
lino us lll lo .siioveri 1IIC I'eC ll-lit'.l llllis ,
f their nii elite States, he finds, nr at-
b
mpls to find, umple ju-tdieatloii (r their !
ids in the grow th of a
e scutum i,t j
ut uie .soi iu man. c, ii io .-lavcrv, ri gardni
..i -
it as a cur-e to while men no h s, than to
gro s-whi li in the (ni-sage of pi r-onal
ii rty bills
by three or four of the North-
ru Mates, ino-tiv iu the extruue North.
ere fugitive slaves were least seldom
found, he gathers eeu-e for Ihe rebellion:
hen he nu kes the entire North resjioiisi
i: for the crazy nets of ihe fanatic John
Prow n, who wilh his doy.cn or filler n fob
oweis inade an iillaek on Ihe great Stale
of irgima, m:d threw her into a panic of
fear, and for w hieh nets of fully nnd treason
iic justly paid the penully of his life, the
Judge was guilty of a degree of injustice
iu judgment, as well as a want ol cotiijire
hension of tin: comparative relation of
cau.-.e and elf' ct, inexcusable iu it man of
his nc and position. (Quoting two or three
limey, the well known "covenant with hell
and league with death'' expression, used
theoretically by n crack braiied faun lie in
the North but more recently with iirnctical
emphasis ill nrl of rebellion rind civil war,
by the South, the Judge attempted very
unfairly, to make Ihe loyal Inn: hearted
North resjioitsible, and bear the stigma of
this notorious saving.
Many more unreasonable ns well ns un
just stalemiiiis were made by lhn speaker,
and he wound up by priilielmg a great vic
tory for the pence si eessionihts ill the north,
when nllowed, afler the wnr is coei, to
eo opnnlij wilh their bolder friends iu the
south, Using ballots instead of bullets. Fx
(Jov. Curry was loudly called for, but de-
hin d to come on Ihe track, evidently not
being in trolling order. A vole of censure
on the county commissioners, was passed
by the convciilion, because they declined
to appoint secessionists lis judges of elec
tion in the various precincts. A groan in
their behalf was proponed, but wisely not
fitteinpted, us in the over-wrought slate of
their feelings, n general cry would proba
bly have been the result.
Ihe:r state of drill, Willi the ifdieralobe.
(Hence and order of eortnieiil, inniiifeht
ed, sjioke well for Iheir training- mid the
laet Hint not ii single motion was made
which ruuiired lo be voted down, nor In
in
deed n single negative vole cast, Indicates
nu admirable dcgiee ofioiuiiigciuiiit among
those who have bossed lln; job, ns well i.s
n great facility of subordination among the
runk nnd lilu. Un-uin i a.
.If nit) limit nttcmiitk t limit itnwti tlie
Xmi'Hi aH V , slimit till" mi Uif (
f.Vn. )ij.
"
Editor.
W. L. Adams,
OREGON CITY:
SATI UDAV, Al'lil I, 10, ISI1J.
I In' l Hliui Sl.vli' t.niisrnlliiit.
The ticket nominated at the Fnioii State
Convention at Mugene City on the ith inst.
will be found in to day's issue Wilh the
action of that Convciilion we arc satisfied,
and nc eiilcitain no doubt but that as
j inaiiy icople will be pleased wilh it as
I could have been gratified by any other.
' Indeed, we are satisfied that the cnndi-
dates for the most important offices will
( j,,,, 1S laMI r v voll. ,1S iuiy tlrr
men iu
the Stale could have done. Of their capit-
bililics to discharge their duties when
elected, and of their honest intentions zeul-
j ou-lv and faithfully to do so we entertain
j,tlt T,(.ri!' ttl,-c f ,,()M. ttllls
....
' niuncs were pin in iioiiiiiiiiiihii inner goon
'ril ""'" whose claims were very prop-
erlv submitted to tlie I ouveiilion. men
j (,ris whom we entertain the warmest
.ire i t i
personal reelings, and w hose inhaneeinent
11 r
M) ""'S n ,m'.v ,:""''"" tmar mlegnty will
J ever be one of our desires, but at this time
i it was of course impossible lo reward merit
evervwhere, and Ihe patriotic and graceful
. i .., ,
, uci iiiesccuee in rejecii i cam i a cs n l ie
I 1 J
, ll""1'1' ol 1 omentum, mid their nobly-
i cxiiri sscd iliteiilioti lo render a hearty and
' cordial suppott to the ticket, has while it
1
ins indicated the harmony of the Convcn-
j i itin p and ull'orded an iiu-piciotis mm n of
' . .
., ,,. I I i, I,,, i, ..I I. I I'. I, IIU I... I.' ..I I.
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j i;m. lilM.r,0 , ,U Vn, (. (u.(, u, , j, v ,.t,
. ''K. (.., is, , l ,,;,.,, Convention has
j stiered clear of the ipiicksands we inici,
I nnd sl.iick the chanuil we myi,. ', -.
Toved a success. Its harmony lias seldom
been ixceided by a l.ke gathering, and the
1 . '
I general satisfaction vie lieurd ej..ssul
I with its doings among Ihe masses, ns we
j rode down through the Willamette tallet,
I convinced us that the Convention did its
work well did jast what the people gen-
) erally e.Xiccted il to do. Ours is u ticket
; not of this faction or that rliipie, not of
bar room hummers and brainless dandles,
not of rich monopolies, overriding ex
I trenie rusticity but is emphatically a lick-
j et of the people, one which Milts, the solid
i mon voters nt me Male cvcrywiicre
j Iu .Mr. (iibbs, tve have no doubt from w hat
tve know of him, we shall luve a Mjiuble,
! efficient, and judicious (l.ivernor-a man
j who is possessed n' i nougli manhood, -ound
j sense, and ileei.s. on of ehiir.uier, to take a
j proud position the day he is inaugurated,
I as Governor of the w hole i . ople, and hot
n repleseiila'.ive of any (action or ii favorite
i ol any si ction or local inlenst III our
Ciinilidale for ( 'ongn -
John II. M P.ride.
we can stunk more liositiwlv l.nvinr
. '
,.... j(1, , , . .,,.,.
ie
j, ,1(m ,)lt , J , : ,-, v ()f
ic has once
I... I
Mil liomilialed for Congress, hav
ing been the choice' of the 11. hiil.liean
Convention Unit met at Salem in K,s -
ie was ,KII i,,,!,,,.,! as lm(. ,.,.. (t j j
of the other lialnes on tliu tick' t Uilh him,
to withdraw from the canvass, nt H.
urgent solicitations of hi tildhs of the
P.epiiblicans cverywhire lie went, who
wished for peculiiir rea-nus lo supjiort one
or the other of the opposing democratic
factions. He is o I iwyer of a good and
inereusiii.' practice, nnd of lmoWi'iil' iionu-
larily.
- . . -
As to his sidling integrity, we
have never heard a doubt expressed
Modest null unassuming, In: never forces
himself in the way of public favors, but
never shrinks from onerous and unprofita
ble public iltitcs whenever others dccni
(hat Ihe public good demands Iho sacrifice
lit his hands. lie is a close, student, pos
si's.ses it clear lieiul mul iliscriiuiriatiiig in
tellect, i.s a close observer ol passing events,
treasures up fads, iirrays and combines the
material he gra-jis with u p Hun knblu facil
ity, and generally iirrites at sound conclu
sions. Few men of much larger experi
ence excel or even citial him in judgment,
While his discretion prevents him from
interfering wilh private ipinrrels, or making
an unnecessary array of hostility to any
particular faction or cliipie, he limy be de
pended on by all unrties when tin v de-
' j
ruauii sa.npiy j.m.rr. , nougl, born In
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State up to the date of Oregon's ndu.issioi. :
into the I mon, there is not, , never ,
was the least otlor of ireasou on his g-r-,
ments, fro... the day that coming events
beg,,,, lo cast their dark shadows before, j
Iu electing Mr. M Pride, wo shall havo a 1
friend nt court in Washington City, ,,.!
an able, active.
mill fit... nr. ,1 to Km..
..i... ..iniui.i,, , ru . neiiiii
live of our interests" in Congress. .Some
rabid secessionists, iinprinciiiled dema
gogues, nnd stupid voters everywhere will
strive to deferit our whole ticket, hut their
L'fforts will be unavailing if I'niou men do
their duly. The fact Ih, many who were
favor of the Jeff Davis parly u short
time since, are beginning lo suspect that it
may not nfier nil be a very mifr. ticket to
vole, nnd tvhihi some ol ll.-'tri hieml to
siiiport the Union ticket now, others de-
dare they will not votu at nil. ore,
for the first time iu our life, pleased with
the n'en cmv Inodu of voting. The poll
books of Oregon for next June will be
preserved lor posterity to look at. A
black scrawl will be drawn under I lie inline
of every mini who voles the Jell' Ibivis
ticket, and children yet unborn will be
made to blush at the conduct of nnccslois
they will be iishiiined lo own.
JWT (ii n. Jim Lane of Kansas lias re
' sinned his seat in the V. S. Semite, hating
I ...r.......l I.. ..........I ..I it... I Ii.-I- lO'liel-llb
1 l I IIS. l l III . 1 .11 .III- -.ll.,l,if.
ship offered him by the President, so thai
he might make a campaign through Mis
1 soma and Arkansas in his own way. lieu.
Lane says it was impossible for him to
j make any niiiiiigeuieiit with Muj. (ien.
' Hunter by which he could strike at Iclicll
I ion in his own way, coiiseipieully he pre
ferred to continue in the Scnale, to octal
1 pving il jiosition in the iiruiy under an offi
cer whose views differed from his own on
the best method of piosi anting ihe war
Sit I'm. The Advertiser is piibhshin
the affidavits thai men sent on lo Wash-
ington from Portland s
stark is a traitor. The
no effort to deny any of the fads set forth
iu the idlidatits, but seems lo think it does
Stalk a fa tor bv publishing his treasonable
expressions We shouldn't be Mirprixd
, s . Mress,o,,isU think thein-
selves Honored oy lictng puiillslieil as
thieves.
Ivi'l ITMirvr A (J. Walling, of the
Oregon Fanner, announces Inni-ilf as an
independent cainlidiilii for Stale Printer
Mr. Walling tells us he collies before the
peojile lor two reasons- one is thai he has
diligently labored for the past four years
lor what he thinks the good of the country
that is, stuck type. An honorable und
useful culling, of course - l.ut then can nil
lt ie slu kers eiect lo be public print. I '
Mr. Walluig's next reason is, he has tii v
naturally come lo the very s .,: conclu
sion thai " farmers have mi undoubted
right to a voice in the pircrmni nt thev
build up and sustain " , tine, and both
the I'nion and rebel candidal, s will say
itinen to thai, Mr Walling t i.u stand
on their platform jTccisily. The ' fanners'
will mlmirt your Jilatform, while Ihe secesli
' larim rs' w ill all r'.rY for th" rib. I nomi
nee. The I niitit ' fiiriin iV are not fool
enough lo try to i led the n In I candidate
by throw ing their Volis awny on ton -Mr.
Walling will probably (jet one tote.
Oi It N irios It is ndmiltu! in Wash
ington by partus attai hi d In the fmi gn
il plomalic bodies, that should the l ulled
Slates succeed ill its Inovenn nts, it Will
emerge frmii this wnr the grcab si iiiilil.n r
power on earth. It eiltalliiv will be
for ih fuisitc purpovs
t:o The w i at In r is si.ll mul d,"i-
greiiible, w ith oei iisiniial Vhowi rs and had
storms. The grass on the pr.iilux has
stalled a little, but is still vi ay shoil
There has already ben a good ili.il of
sowing done, and many nre HI in-hiiig
the .low. We thii X tl.iil in Ihe Wlllalll
lite Valley there will be about I Iniuh
grain I i si .1 for home eou-umjiliou
ttiT The name of the slealuir I'll o Inn
b en vi ry Toier!v ihangu! lo " I'liion.''
She is making regular lr:ps In Lafayette,
on TucmIhv, Thursday, nnd S.ilui.lay ol
(iich weik Captain Milhr, i.hd II r. Ap
mTshii, Clerk, uie, by Iheir .oheni ss, nt
tention lo biidiiiss, m,i necouiinoil.iting
liifiiiiii r, riiuliiing the " Culon" uu iin'.is
piiisable to the Yaluliill trade
; surest blllrtlilks agllitl-l lllltl h llUlcnn Itll-
trT The secessionists ,,.t Saturday J di nea ; ii i,, .rcM i ,. (he ( Jein rnl (iotrm
itomimiteil the lollowing tiiket fur this . "" "' '" 'u M '"d.' Coustttutioiial tiger, n
county:
For l!epreseiiiniin, John Mviri,
W
r.ugle, and N Pol. bins
County Judge, F. S. Hull I,
Sheriff, Hoiiiec Pake.-.
Comity Ch rk, John Thomas.
Treasurer, John Fleming.
Assessor, ('. F I la I ie
County Commissioners, prcley War
nock anil Mi l 'own.
Surveyor, J A. Pnrm-il
Tlu-y passed n few resolutions, among
which wns one condemnim? ihe naiiloile
majority o the lioanl of County Commis
- i
sioners Tor lint Appointing secessioitisls lis
judges of election,
IssJ" The sccessionihls, Iii Slide couveu-
.;,. ,,. ., , i ,t , n ..,
lion, hate nomilinleil the followimr tn ki t
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l-i.r I ,,i,,,p...u t I tl'..:.
. ' s-, , i, mi,
(Joti rnor, John F. Milhr
Sec'y of Sliil.', (Jeti. T. V'iliilt.
Tretm , J. li. (Jreer.
.Stale Printer, A. Nollmr.
Judge, Hh disi., v. W. i;,Ke
Pros. Atl'y, W. L, McFwan.
jtssa, wo o.ii i.i ii mrnv vi ii hi.
Assav On hi; AT Lfiwisrov. We
derslaml that liiehartl Hurley, Km,., of
this cily. conlcuinlales .slabb. -
lort lim() .... ,,MH11V . ,. ,.,.. ,.r
T. He is provided will, coinplet,,
prtus for assaying gold, nnd r.U silver
Mr. I,,,eV H a sLille.l ...ii : ,
will render satisfaction th,u ,,.
roni.e I , III. c,,lc f,.r ,.i,.i.i
were math, bv Mr. Wilde of il.i. ..it.
..... '
nni uu il.. II, ,..l.. I.. ....I I .1 . . .i ...
..... n ,,.., ,,:,j ,uiseu mm ine weigiti o a
piartcr of un inch of human hair, will
cause them to vibrale,
fT Wu learn Hu t Itobcrt Pcnlhiiul
has disposed of his int. rest (one-hall) Iu
the Mini City works to Dement, Lovejoy,
"'" l'',,"l","'. the griuilucs of the right
1 '"r " l'"lroiid nroiind tho f,ill o,i
ttar Wu nro uiuler obligations lo Hon
J. W. Ncsmith for valuable public dom'
minis.
Viilon BUto Convention
Ihe I (invention .. t,;.,
il... inli t....:i . . . "'uv-"yoii
I" 'liairm.d C. N. Terry .B'y
On inoliou, u coniniiiietMif h. 01
deiilials was appointed by Ihe diair
On motion, the chair iippoi,it,.( tt
iinltco of live on order ol biisin,.,
Oil inolion. the el
until
. . - .1 VIII
' ""Him n i..
corn.
Adjourned till 1 r m.
I c m - l!e.orl ofiMiuniilleooi, rru.,n
I ia Is. "'
On inoliou, cad, county ns UW(l, fl
east the voles of abscnl delcgalm,
On motion, report 0 coin,aiU',0 W)
ihiilinls adoitci.
Co,n,i..ee on permanent ormm-H
r,',M,,n,nr 1 A- '-"vejoy rorPri'M,!,,,,
W.S.Cahlwcll and C.N.T-rry fr , '
riiiirus, idoiicd.
Peport ofcoiniiiilleeon order of l,,,,
u 11 nnd iiilnpled, in f,lttlt.
P. solved, That I'd, C,)llv,,llli(,(; .
",o''''d I" niiuitioi,,, iM nl(l f I, "
ing order, lo wit; Ki !,.11P ""'
'''Vs...o.i..si...uhin;,i;S
Adveiiisir iniikes Mllrr . "one in.
tl t ,. "v 111
n III llll'M n
Pesolvcd, Tl at (he eniididnlrs f1(
gri ss, Sec'y of Slate, and Sbib-Tn
Pesolvcd, Ti nt (he cnndidiilr. f1)r (,
s um l.e se.eetei, ,,,.. l ie Ii,., p
""V1 """ I Statu pfl,r ' '
the Hemocrutic clement ofil,i'ullV(,ltjiJ
The Colivchlioii then ins'..is(., , ngl '
noininalioiis, i icu imr, us fullim,.
For Congress, 1st tote,
.1 li M Undo
O Jacobs
W. C. J.ihlisotl
Iv L Applegnte
Jesse Applegntv
Scattering
Second v ntc,
M l '.l id.'
Jacobs
Jesse A ''egaitc
Johnson
Ml bide ihelarul lllialiiia.i,ly
niitul 1
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III
II
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Instil -
For t.'ov. nior
A C liiblu
.1 W I Hew
A Cx
A I. Lmejoy
Pidnii r
J li.it I. v
J I Vole,
li.bbn
I III Vt
Cox
Lot. jot
liat Ii V
1st Vole.
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ii
111
li
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j:i
1:1
Iu
lid tote-Oilibs ,',, Cv -.ni ;tiy
Lot. jot 0,1, l declared the lllialiiaious
lioinii,. e ef l1:, ( 'oiii, i,i,,
."s. . V ol Mule , i,,,.. S .' ,.
W S C,!dw,l! ;,,, i, CI,,,,,!,'!;
.'il Vol.- May C,, Caldwell Xl. ,ay
ihclal i I llliall llioils'v liiMllilii.ti , '
Slate 'i ii, r - MeCnrii.il k 7; (;r,JB
'.HI. lionl.iii ileil.utd lliiuliuiinudy tm.
Hi ill . I
Tr.nsui.r-- li N Cook 71; lr. Wrr.ai
ML I-. N. Cu-.k d . hned
uiijiiiniuiiv'r
lion. Ill ated
On moiion, . ( "i iir nppoinle,) ,r f.
low ing i -1.111111 lb c on resolutions: ir. V.
kins, A llovev, Preston , Jesse A pplegalr
p.. f iiar i,,.: '
Adjourn- d I. II 7 o'eloi k I- vi
In I he iiilern.l Ihe ilelegnl.s frmrt t f c
si v. ia .In. li. nil Ibsttjels iii.nle Hit f(,n.
ing men melon. -.
For Judge of thr 1 1 It Judicial liincl,
L I) Shallin k. Potthiiid.
l or 0 -Un I Allium v ul ,P . J,;.
cid ll.striet, Mr (in1; for the :M. A.J.
Tl.i.tir. of Cortnll,.; lor lh,. :i., J.i Wil
son; Tor the HI., V. C. ...hn-.,ii of Ore
gon ( Vy
S. v i, ii'eh.ik I' vi Kcs,,liilinti rrt
n port, , ,v ,t. , ommilli'i' nnd udopliil hy
the I 'olili'iltlnn, ns lolliiw:
Pesiilvid, 1st, Tluil we tvilj rrrr "i
pott ihe Stall! IJovi iniiieiits in oil Ihtir
righlt, m (he itio-t eiiin a Ii n! siliaiitidrs.
lots; of their domestic Minrtrii, Dlnl tL
the sift I atiehor of our pence III hnilic tnJ
safely abroad.
'Jd That we nre in favor of the mpprrs
sion of IH. pre., lit W like. I lebel(ill-llf I
vigorous pr cniniii nf i l.e ttur, mi hugt
nei esiiiy in fnislrute the schemes of srmitl
Irmlor'
.'Id. That we nre opposed lo any ir
oilier than that whieh is sure In ii'ine
all n In Is mul iln ir sympntliiin submit
to the i t.ii-t.lulionnlly i l . ltd sutlterilin
ul Ihe l.'t piibbc.
Hh That the (Ji m nil (inirrnniftit
shoill'l ee its lltinost energy In ililtwl
the ( 'oiisliliitioii, execute Ihe ',
in s. re Ihe Fnioii; and ihni, in mforil
iince wilh Ihcso resolutions, we jileilge oor
elves lo supjiort (lie nominees of this ton
Viittioil. I I ... . . H . I - L'.fn
I " inoiiiiii, mo l ia r lip louiini "
I . . -.. , .. 11 . ..nL
' iiiiini i otumiiiee lor Ihe iiries oi m
. '.. t
en ll W ill iu- ll . ns follow ll.nrv Fulling. M
F. Ilanling, ilirnin Smith, (ico. 11. Mil'
limns, ami ,S, 1 1 m int.
Adjourned , il,r.
Nut Voi i un. With Ihis niiinlirr row
mi lieu ihe eighth volume of tho Argu.
TO Ml. SKI IS!
Head the mlt crlisc uie nt of tho slrsmcr
" St. Clair," iu another column.
tWIli lr.(.iii i'rnli)lrry i.f lln I'""1"''
IiiiiiI t'o i.1.) 1 nun I into I) mil Iml.l lirr irm -mini
in. rlniK i,n Aln.iiu tliiii.lt in M""11
i.'uiinly, mi 'I'lniiMlHy, lltfl liml tiny ul M..y, I'
tliu in. N t ill .lunsiNis, rsiiilcl ('!'-
Xndcpoudrnt Candidate for tt
Trlntor,
M.imitr a. wau.isc,
ok Tin:
" Ortfimx i'tirmtr."
IN niiiniiiiiiii.i nu ...If i tin lu.lfi'nil,iil
ilnliile rr Hliiln i'mif. r, til Hi" fi'l
li.'ii, I lUii lii.,y liml ritli-r llts
I'lilmi llllill. firn linn, nil lurly IiwiiMi I'll1''
TH Al, nH.VICU, ..ml .am, tvlm, f.r tl
f.iur )em, I ns tltliU. nlly Inlmrnl fr ttlml. '"
jielem. iil, ., Irti for .k Inn- hia-rnl '""
)iiini blnle.
II. Ii. villi, n I il,., Il.al Fmineri liiim
iliinlilpil rilil hi a iniee in llm linn otni'ii' 111
ImiiIiI H sail tolaiti, mul Me. Itmiliii In r""""
Hit. Iiibom hiHltieli tlirv limit Iw" siil'"1';
rtillirr lliioi ..ililien.. lnw I)' li"i "
rum in Inliii'iif. I mlinel my i'i"- "" !""
I lei-: ibeil.-liil Ihr H.ilM b.t-