tions; and if any such citizen so dying, shall
17 uny lawful testamentary disposition, hare
appointed any other person" or persons that
such officer to take charge of and manage
such property, it shall be the doty of Such
officer, whencrer rcqnircd by snob, person or
persons so appointed, to giro hiofficia! aid
in whatever way may bs necessary to facili
tate the proceeding!! rf snch person or persons
in the lawful execution of such trust, and,
80 fnr a the laws of the country permit, to
protect the authorities of tin country where
ranch citizen- shall die; nnd to this end it
shall be the duty of snch consular officer to
iiiaea his official seal uno all or any of the
personal property or effects of the deceased,
and to break and remove snch seal as nay
be required by snch person or persons, ind
hot otherwise. ' " ': 1 , l i
- Sec. 30. And be it further enacted. That
"all fees collected for and in behalf of tKe
JnUed States, of this act, shall be collected
In the coin of tbe: United States, or at its
representative Talue in exchange. ;
Sec. Rl; And be it farther enacted. That
in the construction, ard for the purposes, of
all other acts and parts of acts which shall
remain in force after this act shall take ef
fect, defining any of the powers, declaring
any of the rights, prescribing any of the du
ties, or imposing any penalty or punishment
for any act of omission or commission of any
consnl, commercial agent, vice-consul, or
nce-commemal asrent, or ailowimr of en
joining the performance of any act, matter,
or thing, with or before any snch officer, all
snch acts and parts of acts shall in all these
several respects, so far as may be consistent
with the subject-matter and context of the
same and with this act and the treaties of
the United States, be deemed and taken to
ucinoe ana apiy io nil consnir pincers s
fflonn ail s-uniTUillLTis a pi e "snrnaur - ta
med therein ; and the said official designa
tion in contemplation of all snch acts and
parts of acts, and of this act, shall be deem
ed and taken to hare the respective mean
lngs hcTvinartcr assigned to them that is
to say, "consul general," "consnl," and
"commercial ' agent," shall "be deemed and
taken to denote full, principal, and perma
nent "consular "officers," as distinguished
from subordinates and substitute: "deputy
consnl' and consular agent" shall le deemed
and taken to denote "consular officers," as
subordinate to such principals, exercising
the powers ana performing the duties with
in the limits of their consulates or commer
eial agencies respectively, the former at the
same ports or places different from those at
which such principals are located respect
ivelyj and "vice-consuls" and "vicc-commcr-ciat
agents" shall be deemed and taken to
denote " consular officers" who shall be sub
stitutedtemporarily, to fill the places of
"consul general," "consuls," or "commer
cial agents." whea the v. shall br temporar:!r
absent or releived from dnty; and the term
"consular x)fficer," as used in this act, ' shall
be deemed and taken to include all such
officers as are mentioned iu this section, and
none others: and the term " diplomatic offi
cer " as used in this act, shall be deemed
and taken to include all such officers ..men
tioned in the first section of . this act aud
none others,' " .. , , V,",. ','..','
Sec. 32. And be it further enacted. That
if any consular officer shall willfully neglect
or omit .to perforin seasonably any duty ici
posed upon hira by this ar any other act, or
)j any order or instruction made or given
in pursuance ol tins or anv other act. or
shall be guilty of any wilful malfeasance or
abuse cf power, or any corrupt conduct, for
his office, he shall be liable to all persons in
jured by any such neglect, or omission, mal
feasance, abuse, or corrupt conduct, for all
damages, occasioned thereby; and for all
-such damages by any such officer, he, and
his sureties upon his official bond, shall be
responsible thereon to the full amount of
he penalty thereof, to be sued in the name
of the United States for the use of the per
son or persons so injured; Provided, That
uch suit shall in no case prejudice, but
shall be held in entire subordination to the
interests, claims, and demands of the Unit
ed States, as agaiust such officer, under fuch
bond, for every wilfnl act of malfeasance or
corrupt conduct in his office; and if any such
officer shall refuse to pay any draft, order,
or warrant which may be drawn uion him
by the proper officer of the Treasury Depart
ment for any public moneys of the United
States in his hands, or for any amount due
from him to the United States, whatever
the capacity in which he may have received
or may hold the same, or to transfer or dis
burse any such moneys promptly upon the
legal requirement of any authorized officer
of the United States, he shall be deemed
nnd taken to be guilty of a misdemeanor,
And oa conviction thereof shall be punished
by imprisonment not to exceed ten years
nor less than one year, or by fine not to ex
ceed two thousand dollars nor less than two
hundred dollars, or both, at the discretion
of the court ; and any such officer so offend
ing may be charged, proceeded against,
tried, convicted, and dealt with in any district
in which he may be arrested or iu custody.
. Svc. 33. And be it further enacted, That
the fifth, sixth, and seventh sections of the
act herciubefore mentioned, approved July
twentieth, eighteen bnndred and forty, and
all of the act entitled "An act to remodel
the diplomatic and consular systems of the
United States," approved . March first,
eighteen hundred aud fifty-five, and all act
and parts of seventeenth section of this act
are fixed or allowed, ai1 any usage of law
whereby any attache is or nay be allowed
to any legation other than such as are pro
rided in this act, or requiring any secretary
of legation to be employed otherwise than
as provided by this act, and all other acts
and parts-of acts, so far as the same are in
consistent with this act, be and the same
are hereby annulled and repealed; aud no
attache shall be allowed in any case, nor
any secretary of legation, otherwise tbau as
provided by this act.
Sec. 34. And be it further enacted, That
this act shall, take effect on the first day of
January next and not befcire.
Approved August, 18th I85G.
AX ACT to fix the times of holding in the
State of Delaware the election of a re
rescntative in the Congress of the United
States.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
first Tuesday after the first Monday in No
vember in every second year hereafter, shall
le and the same is hereby appointed and es
tablished for holding elections iu the State
of Deleware for a representative of said
State ia the Congress of the United States
of America : Provided, That the said elec
tions shall be conducted in snch manner and
held at such places as are or may be prescri
bed by the laws of the said State of Dela
ware. Approved August 29, 1856.
The first grist-mill ever erected in
Pennsylvania is yet ia existence. It is a
.quaint old stone bedding, and bears the date
about 1 CSO. It is located oa a small stream
war Gerraantown, and some of the original
machinery imported from England Js till
nlaiacd iu the mill, . .
OREGON STATESMAN.
TUESDAY. JANUARY 6, 1851.
- The Rrfetine C DlrtKnuliloii. , -
1 "Week before' last we exposed the plan of
he handful of uneasy and sore-headed poli
ticians who arc represented by the Standard,
to disorganize and defeat the Democratic
party ; we stated that their plan was to go
into Democratic Caucuses aud Conventions,
if they could control them, or if they could
not defeat their action by going with the
opposition. But, that if by uniting with
the opposition, they could defeat the Demo;
crats, they "would do jC, 4 . . ,
In the Standard of , the 18th iustant,
just come td hand, we find ' tie following :
"The turn matters have taken In the
Council have aroused much feeling in cer
tain quarters. Kelly is censured by a cer
tain few, who envy him because he has been
made I'resident of the Conned over Peebles.
I learned that he was handled without
gloves the other night by a few who had as
sembled to counsel. They dare not assail
him openly. They know his Democracy is
unquestioned by the people ; and they know
too that the iieople do not consider his strict
adhesiuii to their caucus system essential to
his I'emocracy. I'ecbies was the nominee
of the Democratic cauens for President,
aiid yet Kelly was eleeted over him by two
Democrats who stayed away from the
canens.
me Matttarrr views or the cauens
system as given Inst Spring, are the only
views that can be sustained by anr fairness.
unless Democrats are disposed that there
time Biiunia w " m wind wtrnm a wncer
in the Democratic, party. The tendency of
tne system as is said to have been practiced
last winter, forces the representative to
violate the specific Instructions of his con
stituents. It is now generally conceded bv
all consistent Democrats that any man who
does not go into a caucus of his party, may
oppose the measures adopted by tnnt canens,
and yet not jeopardize his political iutegrity
by repudiating those measures." '
It will be seen that what we charged is
here openly defended. - We said that bad
the especial friends of Lei and in the House,
(to the extent of three, at least, in number)
been able to control that body, united with
the opposition, they would have remained
out of the Democratic caucus, and goue
with the opposition. Above such a course
is justified, and it is averred that by so doing
their "political integrity is not jeopardised.
It would be hard to affect the "political in
tegrityn of smth. Democrats by any course.
; Let lis see how this beautiful doctrine
will work : A. and B. are candidates, we
will say, for the nomination of Representa
tive before some County Democratic Con
vention. The Democratic majority in the
county is small, but yet sufficient to carry it
if all are united. "A. finds before the Con
vention meets, that only one-tcuth of the
Democracy of the couuty desire him to be
a candidate, while the other nine-tenths
prefer and intend in the mass convention, or
precinct meeting, to vote for B. A. cannot
be nominated, but his one-tenth are sufficient,
united with the opposition, to carry the
couuty. So they remain out of the Demo
cratic Convention, and join with the enemy
and defeat the Democratic candidates. This
the Standard says is all right, and would
not jeopardise A.'s " political integrity."
How long would yoa keep up the Demo
cratic organization Under this systetn think?
How long would H be desirable to keep it
up for the benefit of such political guerillas
and pirates ? . 'i - .
- Every nan who claims to belong to the
Democratic organization, is bound by the
nominations of the Conventions and Cau
cuses of that party, whether be is present
at them or. not jast as much if he is not
as if he is. .. It is his right to attend the
primary meetings, and his duty to do so if
practicable ; but it is his duty to support
the nominations in either eveut, if fairly aud
regularly made, and if they consist of Dem
ocrats who do not set at nought the usages
of the party. . All . Democrats cannot, and
never do attend the primary meetings of
their party, and under this interesting doc
trine of the Standard, there would seldom,
if ever, be a Democrat elected to office.
We want Democrats to note these things.
Malta t ne Malt! I The Malls x tt
"Onr sufferings is intolerable !" The
last States mail, which arrived at Portland
on the 21st nit., lay over at Oregon City
from that date to the 1st, and was not re
ceived here nctil New Year's night. Thus
the States and Territorial mail for all the
country south of Oregon City (and it com
prises uearly all of Oregon, ) lay for eleven
days at one point, and within twelve miles
of Portland, while boats Were rnnning np
the river constantly. They were willing to
carry it free, as they have often , done, but
they were not willing to pay for the haul
ing from the post office to the boat, as they
have too often done. No body can blame
them for. this. As the time for departure
npou the routes supplied at this office had
past before its arrival here, the mail for a
large portion of the Territory must lie over
here several days longer. During this time
there have been no obstacles in the way o(
transporting the mails ; indeed there has
been no attempt made to carry it. AdU it
has been this way most of the time since
the rainy sea sou commenced, and during the
winter for three years past. The contract
has been forfeited hundreds of times.
We understand that Mr. Thompson, the
special Agent, has now done what onght to
have been done full two months ago, and what
his predecessor ought to have done two
years ago let the contract to another man
A Mr. Booth, now has the contract' on this
route, we are told, having received it from
the Special Agent. We trust we shall get
the mails sometime, and that they will leave
sometime, hereafter..
As it is we place no dependence whatever
on the mails, and are sending the States
man both np and down the river by the
boats..
The best Bridge ts the Territory, we
expect. An excellent bridge has jnst been
completed across the creek at the north
end of Salem. It is a free bridge,
t&- Mr, J- W. Bell, of tyuri county, 1
Oregon, writes to a paper published in the
States, aud called the " Western Methodist
Protestant," as follows : ..-"
"1st. If a minister comes to' !Saim,' he
must calculate to Support himself and family.
if a, married man for I jndgo the future by
the past. "The ministers that are now on
fields of labor, receive but a small pittance:
and if this was their only support, it would
Ims a scanty -living indeed. Most of our
ministers work" for their" living, and preach
without pay.
$d Salem is said to lc Oio'mbst immoral
and wicked place in Oregon : and, If I mis
take not, there are now eight preachers in
Salem. ,
3d. If a preacher comes from the States,
Icau tell yen what sort of a one will suit
best : one that , won't preach against slave
holding, one that won't preach against
drunkenness, one, that won't preach against
any of the lending and popular sins ot the
dav. or of Orceoii at least : for. just as sure
as a minister of the Gospel will stand np for
the Temperance cause in Oregon, just so
sure the Oregon Statesman, with some of
its contributors, will be down on him. Every
minister of the Gospel in Oregon, that has
stood np boldly in the great Temperance
cause, has been more less abused by that
journal." ... . ,-
This J. W. Bell, if we mistake not, lives,
or in 1853 or 1853 did live, at Washington
Butte, Linn county. 'If he is the man we
think he is, we have been told that in one of
the years above named, he avowed himself a
Whig, but upon being promised and elected
Justice of the Peace of that precinct, he be-
eirmt 17 SyrmntTwr; and colter lltin.-T.lf on Tor
awhile.' ' We thiuk we are not mistaken in
this being the same man who found covinc
ing reasons for a change of olitics in the
proffered office of precinct '"Squire." If
we are mistaken, and he is not the man, we
will promptly make the correction, oil being
informed of the fact.
It is not nnlikely Mr. Bell's Temperance
principles, of which he makes proclamation,
hang as loosely about him as his politics
Mr. Bell's first statement, we presume,
was based upon the experience at Salem of
the minister of the denomination' of the
paper to which he writes. He came here,
in 1852 we think, commenced raising funds
and building a church.. He got up the walls
of the same, and in all respects was meeting
with all the success which could have been
expected. But he "oncned out", as a Re
formes, pitched into politics aud legislation,
joiued a kno nothing wigwam, and mounted
the Maiue law fanaticism. He, with the
Congregational clergyman, (from the same
causes without very much prosperity or in
crease of numbers) made a transcript of the
Maine liquor statute, and asked its passage
without change by the Oregon Legislature.
The law was no mote adapted to Oregon
than are those of Patagonia. The propo
sition was . ridiculous, and, besides being
laughed at by the Assembly, but exhibited
the inexcusable ignorance of the would-be
tinkertrs in legislation.
The couscqucuce Of all this was naturally
and very properly, a. tutting off of the sup
plies of this clergyman by the people, who
had understood him to be a religious teacher,
ajd didn't wish to employ him as a political
one. The walls of the church to this day
remain unfinished, a resort of owls nnd bats,
and a monument of the Tolly of a minister
of the gosjel leaving " the Calling of his
ma?ter, and entering the political arena, or
endeavoring to uuite the two.,
: " 2d," we thiuk Salcin is quite as moral
as aay other place, and about as much so as
the age will permit. At any rate, we are
confident it will never be improved by po
litical parsons. t , ... .
" 3d." The Oregon Statesman has never
" been dowu on," or " abused" any clergy
man for "standing np for the Temperance
cause" in a legitimate and proper way, and
never will. , . But when , they turn law
makers and politicians in the' name of min
isters of the gospel, their acts are not ex
empt from criticism, and we claim and shall
exercise the right of breaking down the
stupid barrier which their assumed sanctity
would erect, stripping the mask from them
and exhibiting them in their true character
of quacks and mountebanks. Our past
readers will bear us witness that we have
never done more than this. Our future
oues shall testify that we do not do less.
This letter w it-pnMihed ia the " PnriOn Chris
tian Advocate." m'hvre we And iu The publication ot
that Krtiun relating to the Statesman Menu to hare
been wholly gratuitous.
Rejoicing. Upon the receipt at Astoria
of the . intelligence of Moffitt's success iu
obtaining his seat, they fired cannons, and
Imd a time of general rejoicing. .
We learn, also, that after his arrival
there, Taylor, the man who got three votes
in the House, got up an iudiguatioo meet
ing, consisting of eight or ten persons, at
which Moffitt was akcd to resign 1 A very
modest meeting ! It is a wonder they did
not ask the Assembly to adjourn.
Van Dnsen's name appears npon the com
mittee on resolutions. Why didn't they
put on Moffitt's ? He sympathised with
them quite as much as " I oh" did, or ever
will. He don't train iu that company. Van
Duscn was not there, but tas in at the firing
of cannon over the election of Moffitt.
Several others, we understand, were not
present, whose names arc made to ffgure in
the proceedings. 4 rery weak affair.
Taylor gave notice that he should intro
duce a bill to repeal the law relating to
Public Printer. Why don't he do it ?
WmiocT Shame. Leland congratulates
himself npon having a face to go among
gentlemen, after being cuffed, kicked, and
spit njon, without resentment, by Secretary
Harding, and about a half dozen others.
Of course ; there is not a creature in the
Territory so utterly devoid of shame. He
is like a cur dog, the nature and instincts of
which he resembles. Kick him from as yon
will, he will come running back to yon as
soon as he gets over the smarting.
Laxd Warrants. A considerable num
ber of bounty land warrants were received
for persons iu Oregon, by the last moil.
- Auditor Ilrport.
Tha present Territorial Auditor, B. F.
Bonhnm, Esq., has made a most excellent
report for the fiscal year ending Dec. 6,
1856. From it we coudense some facts of
interest. , .!
r- The amount of revenue id the treasury'at
the close of the previous fiscal year, and re
ceived during the last, is $12,173 42
Amount paid out during said
time,- ' 12,167 36
heaving In treasury. V,"; V i' ' 96 , dbf
' The amount of Territorial debt is stated
as follows : "- "'
Balance of Territorial Auditor's warrants
. issued during fiscal year ending Dee. 6th,
1855, remaining unpaid, '. - $1,433 2i
Balance of Territorial Auditor's : - t
warrauts issued during fiscal
, year ending Dec. 6th, 1856, ; : , r ,
rcmaiuiug uipaid, ;) 5,377. 00
, . ' i '.
Total, -( $6,815 22
The estimate of revenue for the fiscal
year npon which we have just entered, is :
Benton county. - i -. -. tl.lKS Si
I'lackama -, - 1,33 50
Clatwn - jno 1?
Columbia " -1G8 6i
Curry ." , , . . i . t .., .,43 05
Cma " - , - 6 3H
0-MtRlaa ' - '"5RJJS
Jackmn 44 ' - - . ; - i. 9J9 S2
Jocihiue ' " -
Lane - ' . . Lis js
Linn ; . . i .- - 1.975 50
Marion , . . . ., - I.lfij 67
Multnomah "(t - .- - ;- ' l,iui 03
V. Ik " I - - - ... 1,764 97
Tillamook ":; - - ; ,-.,.!
Umpqiia 'H - ' - - . - 410 73
Washington - - ' - ' I4S 75
Wanco . - - . :
TamblU - . . . 1,355 81
Total, ". ... -' - flS.OSS 56
The Auditor adds :
" The total amniint of taxaMe property In the Terri
tory Tor the year IS.ii!, as far aa return have ten re
ceived at thi omVe. j - . S3
The conntint of Josephine, Wawo and Tillamook,
have made no return or their iwevmeiib for the past
lixcal year ; aud the county of Waacu hart never tuude
any, nor paid any revenue into the Territorial Trra-
nry. me ronniy or iiiiamonc m in a aiorpnuiren
tnte no much no that no atvesMnent of property (ran
lad for lsj6." , . .
But a partial estimate for the present
year is made, the Auditor deeming that he
ould not ascertain the expense with any
d'grce of accuracy. The Auditor concludes
tins : . ',
TUc cour.ty of J.Hk-n luu never filed in t!iU oHa
c!urlieatrs of her arwwroent rolls for lo" and ls.i4,
in onet rnence of which I have not been atle to ancer
tail the amount of rcvenne due the Territory for said
yeax, but have authorized one of tlie prosecuting attor-
vs of te 3d judicial district to commence snit for the
reco-ery of the revenue due the Territ-wy from said
coun y. Ia my communication to the prosecuting attor
ney tbore mentioned, I have authorized him to com
menct suit for one and a half milts on the dollar of the
aaaesment of amid county for IHSS, thereby wixbtne: to
tc.-t tie validity of an act of the leirislatnre, which
anthorKed the comir is-ioner of Jackson county to
k-ry bit one mill on the dollar, while at the same time
the other counties of the Territory were required to
lev? one and a half mills.
' The cxinty of Wasco has never paid any revenue
into the Territorial Treasurv; and. as before stated, lias
never returned ! this oftice duplicates of her assess
ment rolls, in continence of which I am. of course,
nnaLle to ascertain the anionnt of Territorial revenue
due from said county. The law requires the County Au
di tors to transmit to this office a certified copy ot the
assessment rcJU of their respective counties", within
thirty days frun the approval thereof by the Board of
Commissioner, but for failure of com fiance with said
raw, there Is no penalty: which probably acewnts for
the delinquency of no many Anditurs in this respect.
1 wool i, in conclusion, currently recommend to your
favorable consideration, flte nei"ej-ity of enactine a
law. by authority of which the keeper of the peniten
tiary miHit work the convicts therein; and secure a
more effective onrauixation of the penitentiary depart
ment: thereby rendering the same an important sotin-e
of revenue, instead of taxing the hoowt citizens of the
Territory about three thousand dollars annually for the
support of tbrir convicts in idleness. -
The amount appropriated bv the legislative Assem
bly (r,MK) annually for the "support of the peniten
tiary department, is wholly inadequate for that pur
pose, and must be increased, unless a reorganisation
can be (fleeted that will uiersrde that necessity.''
Common School Fand.
The Treasurer's report for 1856, makes
the following exhibit under the above head:
Keceived from D. M. Risdon,
Superintendent of Common
Schools, in and for Lane co.,
Oregon Territory '
In notes for Common School
lands, - . - -Interest
on said notes, iu cash,
Also iu cash, '
Received from T. B. Sanderson,
Siipertutendent of Common
. Schools, in and for Douglas
county- "
In notes for Common School
lands,' ' ' - ' -
Interest on said notes, in cash,
Also in cash, - - -Received
from Silas Newcomb,
Superintendent of Common
Schools, in and for Benton
. county 1
In notes for Common School
i. lands, - - - -'
Interest on said notes, in cash,
Also in cash, -
Received from 11. P. Boise,
Superintendent of Common
Schools, in and for Polk
county
In uotes for Common School
lauds, . -
Interest on said notes, in cash,
Also in cash, - ' -
Received from Chester L. Har
rinjrton & Co., of Polk county,
for School lands on which the
Nesmith mills are situated, as
per act of last Legislature, r
Received from Mr. Spencer,
Snperiutendent of ' Common
Schools, in and for Urojiqua
couuty j -
In notes for Common School
lauds, - .
Interest on said notes, in cash,
Also received in cash from same.
Also to this amount, received as
interest ou funds by me loan
ed, - -
$1,253 49
'62 63
419 50
1 I v'
2.61T 65
19 S5
758
25
4,064
203
1,75
314
15 59
200 00
1,500
75
00
00
439 00
296 40
Whole amount received, $14,193 23
Paid Treasurer's per centage for
receiving $14,198 43, at ten
perceut., - - $283 96
Paid Treasurer's per ct.
for loaning $3,501, at
one per cent., - 35 06
Paid for book, - 5 00
Whole amount paid out. 323 96
Balance remaining in Treasury, $13,875 27
Vnlvei-altjr Fund.
From the report of the Territorial Trea
surer, Judge Boon, we extract the follow
ing, showing the condition of the University
Fuud :
Received from X. II. Lane, the
former Treasurer of this Ter
ritory, iu cash, - - - $2,935 20
Also, in notes for University
lands, - - - - 1,604 76
Received from N. lluber, iu
cash,. - . - - 170 00
Received from N. Uuber, . - 5 00
Received from N. lluber, in : .
cash, - - - . - - 152 00
Received from N. lluber, inter
est on Aaron Richardson's
note, ?ash, - - - i 13 35
I also have received interest on
University funds, by mo loan
ed to different persons, iu cash 325 00
Also, I have received interest i
on some of the notes which I
; receipted to N. II. Lane, for ; - 108 34
Received from Ahio S. Watt, ?' ;
interest on Johnson Mhlkey's .
- note, iu cash, - ; - 24 42
totals - - - $5,338 07
I also have received $796 37 for notes
that I receipted to Nr II. Lane for; and the
same money I have loaned out as the law
directs, Those', notes .are charged to me in
my receipt above, bf $1,604 76.
Amount of Unicersitif Funds paid out as per
:' vouchers filed.
Paid N. Ilnbcr; per order, No. '
: 31, ii .; -( - - ; 80 00
Paid N. Briber, on order, No. 38, 75 00
Paid N- Hulicr, en order, i - 1 65 00
Paid Treasurer for receiving !!: '
' $791 at 2 per Cent., . ' : - : - 15 82
Paid Treasurer for paying out " " " '
; $225 at 2 per cent., - - - 4 50
Paid Treasurer for taking eleven - "
mortgages and acknowledg-
mcnts thereon, - -; 11 00
Paid loss on five slugs, . - : - " 5 00
$356 32
fug out $4,057 50, secured by '
notes and mortgages, - " : -
SI 14
Total paid out, - - $137 46
Whole nnrt received, $5,338 07 '
Whole ain't pnid out, 437 46 ;
Due, - ' $4,901 61
On this 6th day of December,
1856,; there is remaining in
'the Treusftry of the Univer
; sity Funds, in notes secured .'
by mortgages on real estate, $4,901 61
' & Remember the . Democratic Jubilee
on the Sth iirst. Let "all friends of the
Constitution and Union nttend. Shipper at
6 o'clock at " Boon Hall." Tickets Tor
sale at Boon's and .Moorcs' stores. .. .
' Sxow. Snow is about two feet deep at
Portland. ' The roof of socio houses have
fallen in. ;Mr Dohiud, formerly , of , Mil
waukie; Went r upon the -shed over" CtCin
wharf, whereupon it fell, and ' injnred him
severely, it is feared mortally, "" : '
B- The call of the Central Committee
for a Democratic Territorial Convention,
was received just as we were closing np our
pages, aud too late to permit a further refer
ence to it. " ' .
., t& The letter purporting to come from
Secretary Marcy to Gov.' Grimes, of Iowa,
on Katisas matters, proves to be a forgery.
A uote from Mr. Marcy states tnat no such
letter ever enauated from that office.
: Ftr tke Slalnwum.
Mb. Editor : I regretted to notice in the
Christian Advocate's report of the Sons of
Temperance festival, Christmas Lve, the
evident intended omission of Mr. Couwell's
name among the sjieakers. ' All others who
made speeches were mentioned,, but not a
word "was said about the able, witty and
most eloquent off-hand remarks ; of ..Mr.
Colwcll. I can account for this only in this
wise: that the Editor of the Advocate is
envious of Mr. C.'s powers as a popular
orator, and fears a rival in him, as both are
members of the same church, and both pub
lic exhorters. - ; , A Spectator. '
Extra eta from a Private letter.
" I see by the Statesman that Risley was
elected Sergrant-at-Arnis. "Good! And
Thomas McFaddleton Pattleton has at last
stole in.- What will not impudence" aud
perseverance accomplish. '' "'
Douglas made six unavailing efforts ; for"
the crown of Scotland, but the seventh ' was
attended with complete success." lt no
one despair. I am very sorry that MK
Phelps was beaten because a more worthy
man never offered himsalf for a position in
Oregon. '
1 hope the explanation that "Ben" gave
that querulous Leland was sufficiently strilc
ivg to be understood by the latter. Will he
lice to the "family circfe" for sympathy and
protection this time, and ' again prove him
self a degenerate dunghill ? : ' - ' " ..
"' I sutosc if Buchanan Ts elected, we will be
cursed with a brood or 'new democrats, pth
lit icul adventurers from all the defeated
camps in the country, '' They are demonsf
discord and fountains of corruption wherever
they 'go, and tare ready to swear by any
name that wins. Old Isaiah wheii he was
prophesying upon his inspired Jews-Harp
seems to have had them iu view wheu ' he
said of some broken down" representatives
who wnuted to borrow the name"1 of some
righteous old "Hard" to set themselves up
with. - "And in that day seven women shall
take hold of one ' man,' saying, we will eat
onr own bread and wear our own apparel,
only let us be called by thy name to take away
our reproach. '' ' ''
I see by the extract of Col. ' letter
which you published in the Statesman that
he has been in some bloody war. " I was
surprised when I read it as I had supposed
that he was engaged in making out reports,
writiiig letters for tho "tother" Col. Ac. I
must "see his face" on that."
The Western Democrat has a " Pome"
in live parts npon the " union between Sam
Know Nothing and the beautiful maiden
Black" Republicanism' at the Xortb. The
concluding part is as follows:
THET KM BRACK.
Fly around bnb-tail.
Tangle np feather beds,
Canter up r.ig-tajr.
" Sail in woolly heads ;
Walk in Fremont,
fin the 1'nion trample.
Take a hand at free-love.
Your mamma's jrood example ;
Pass around the btrf steak
That Jessie's husliand stole,
to to thunder with your pork !
Without the hojr Is whole ;
Fitch in Iitfsty TriRKers''
With Frederick in the corner, .
Fly round free nipRers,
Old Buck's a goner."
Mrs. Pi-rdy, residing at Spencer, Tioga
county, New York, is now 105 years old ;
is in good health, and apparently has as
strong hold npou life as she had many years
since. Her husband was killed in the Rev
olution, and she was left "a widow at the
age of twenty-two years ; she never mar
ried again, and now, at this great age, her
mind is clear, and she relates scenes and an
ecdotes of the Revolution with all the ardor
of youth. ,
An elephant once nearly killed an
Irishman for an iusnlt offered to his trunk.
The act was rash in the extreme: "but it
was impossible," the Hiberian said, "to re
sist a nose you conld pull with both hands."
John n. Berry, a member of the Arkan
sas benate, oiea a lew days ago, from the
bite of a spider.
Matters at the Indian Itcserwa.
Grand Konde Acescy, Dec. 23, '56."'
' MB.Ci.sn Sir: Since my letter of Dec.
3d, nothing of particular interest has trans
pired at this ajrency. There has been no
more Indians killed, and I believe the diffi
culty among them that has resulted Jn the
killing of four or Eve of them, has been
settled. . ' ;.
On Friday last a soldier was killed at the
fort. I have not learned the particulars of
the fray, further than that a qnarrel took
place among" them; which resulted fn the
stabbing of one of the party, causing his
instant death.
If Polk county is compelled to foot the
bills of these criminal prosecutions, her
. . . ....... , . . - . .
treasury win very soon oecome oanurupi,
and her people have abundant" cause for
adopting, the opinion' ' expressed by Gen'
Lane .on the .floor of Congress, ''that the
standing arlnjr had become a great nuisance
to onr country," ' No ' man familiar with
the influence exerted by, the; soldiery upon
the Indians on 'this .rest rvatiori; can qnes
tlbrTtheir being a ver great nuisance. So
long as the Government persisi iu the policy
of quartering in' their very midst bodies of
men, the tendency of whose ' iiiflnenee is,
to corrupt their .men1 and debauch their
women, ' all effort to improve their moral
and physical condition will prove a failure.
Gen.- Wool says " he has established a
fort here to protect the Indians against our
citizens." - This is a" most gross slander
npon the' citizens' of onr valley. " The In
dians nre in no danger of molestation -from
our peopled , On' the contrary their condi
tion would be gre.nly improved, and the
security of our citizen! greatly increased, if
there was not an officer or private within
two thousand miles of ns. . What would
old Thomas Jefferson have thought of the
drin-icrnry of taxing the people to the tone
of fonrtpcn millions a year, for the support
of a standing army in time of peace? I
am very snre the iK-ople of Oregon have no
sympathy with this kind of Democracy.
They hold the iloctrine that the people are
not only capable "of gr.rernivg themselves,
but of protecting themselves. ' '
The schooner owned by Col. Jennings &
Co., loaded with -provisions for the Indians
on the coast, was ran ujio'n the beach at the
mouth'-of the Salatt.fc' not being' able to
cross the bar," or get to sea again with
nf.-ty. The cargo was landed and received
by the Government agent, after which a
terriMe storm -from the Southwest afose,
and although the provisions were piled
above the. highest known water mark, the
sea rolled in with such fury as to sweep
away almost the entire cargo. The vessel
was rolled over and over again, and so in
jnred as to be worthless, it is thonght. The
Indians at the mouth of Salmon are in a
bad condition, withont provisions, and many
of them without shelter, the storms having
swept away their temporary houses., It is
said a portion of them will be brought
over here, and the balatce of them taken to
the Equena Bay, if they can be got there.
There is some thousand of them iu all.' It
will.be recollected that the same vessel
landed a cargo in the Eqaeua Bay some
weeks ago. It was a roost dariug under
taking to attempt the eutrance of the Sa
latts at this season of the year, aud no man
but Capt. Tichnor would have risked it.
The road from here to the coast had be
come impassable even for pack trains, and
it was next to impossible to get snpplies
from the Equena to the mouth of Salmon
or Salatts, hence the hazard incurred by
Col. Jennings to comply with his contract,
which has resulted so disastrously to him
self and the Government. ,
, The next six months will be t!;e crisis in
the fate of the Southern, Indians. They
will make up their minds to submit to the
destiny marked out for them by the Govern
ment, and settle down here permanently, or
they will prefer a" few months or years free
dom in roaming over their native hills, with
the certainty of ultimate extermination be
fore them.' Should they "choose the latte
alternative, (which I regard as by ho ineans
improbable,) there will be no peace, and se
curity 'for Southern,' Oregon for the.next
ten years. , ' I was, hot aware until recently
that the ' Southern Indians bare a large
number of guns aiid .revolvers' in their pos
session, with plenty of ammunition.' .It. is
believed by those 'who : have had the. best
opportunity for forming a correct' Opinion,
that they have arras enough on hand, and
hid away in the mountains -South, to arm
every warrior among them. ' Old Sam and
his band ' are known to have all now'they
ever had. Why it is, that the Indians from
this valley are deprived of their arms en
tirely, while the Rogue rivers kje permitted
to retaiu' theirs,. I am unable. to 'say, but
such is the fact. " There would not be the
slightest cause to apprehend danger in al
lowing the Indians from the Willamette to
retain their arms, while, it is equally certafn
that there is danger to ; be 'apprehended
from the Southern Indians. ' It is under
stood here that the'. Superintendent (Capti
Hedges) has requested Capt. Smith to take
their arms from ..them, which he declines
doins
G. U.
- - . , Miocnlx. his Lat. t, .
' This clever, wit, in the following squib,
amusingly takes 'off the prevalent custom of
giving testimonials to everybody, npon all
sorts of occasions; aud for all sorts of things:
. Os board the Steamship Califorxia, )
. ' Pajcama. " j
To Capt. R. M. Whiting :
Dear Sir I, the undersigned, cabin pas
senger on board the' steamship California,
during her late trip to San Francisco, beg to
tender you, on behalf of myself," my heavy
aud sincere acknowledgment of your skill
as a seaman and varied courtesy as a gentle
man. To your skill and foresight I attribute
entirely the favorable weather that we have
enjoyed, and your polite attention in inva
riably giving me the second joint at dinner,
your liberality in helping me to pie a second
time, nnd the noble-hearted generosity with
which you have at times presented me with
one, and even two cigars, can never be for
gotten whilst Memory holds her seat.
I beg you will accept, as a slight token of
my esteem and giatitude, a large silver
mouthed gutta percha ear-trumpet, which I
shall procure for you, with a suitable in
scription to grace it, (as soon as I can bor
row money enough for the purpose,) and
that you may long live to enjoy it, iu the
the noble sh p which you command, is my
earnest, constant and daily prayer.
I cannot conclude better than by a quo
tation from those beautiful line in. Pone's
" Paradise Lost :"
" The star-spangled banner
Oh, long mav it wave
O'er the land of the fee,.
And the huiue of tig tinjx'"
With the highest seuiimeu cf gratitude
and esteem, 1 reataia your sincere friend
and most obsequious and veiy hamble ser
vant, Geo. II. Dxas-Vj alias
Johv PTKExn, or, Sqojbob.
' S. There has heeu an nou-Tar large
number of resignations among army officers
in consequence, as alleged, of the inadequacy
of their salaries for their support. The War
Department is constantly re'eivinr thsm".
" pRiKST-RmnEK New Engijiwd. The -
result of the Presidential election in New-
England proves that a majority of her people
have bowed their necks to the dominion of
religious fanaticism. While their hearts are
bleeding over the condition of Slavery In
which the negroes at the South are placed,
they ajpcm" to -lie wholly unconscious that
they are the victims of a far worse servility
themselves. They are the slaves of passion,
or prejudice, or religions tyranny aud yet
they hug their own chains of absolute sub
jection to puritanical fanaticism, and think
they are doing God service in shedding tears
over the servility of Southern slaves, who
neither desire 'not are' in need of their sym
pathies. New England is to-day groaning
under a despotism which challenges a paral
lel iff ; any ; part, of the ?worId.- f They labor
"under the delusion that they are free men, and
they boast loudly of tlroir devotioB to ,Free
dom. But there is, no ... freedom in -.New-England.
The Church is supreme over tb
minds . of - the' priest-ridden -people.; They
do not think for themselves, but the politi
cal oracles of the pulpit do their thinking.
itie worst species or despotism is that, in
which the mind is fettered and enslaved.
That is the despotism which' broods" river
Aew Kiigland. .The slave of the South i
happy and contented with his allotment
and . condition. lie . knows that he is
not fitted by nature for freedom,- and he is
contented with the 'guardian protection
winch he enjoys from humane and kind mas
ters. The New England men are , deluded
with the idea that they are free, and yet
they are wearing the chains of enslaved in
tellectual beings. " They look to their re
ligious teaehers for their thoughts, and they
follow the dictates ' of bigotry and fanati
cism with slavish submission -They accept
whatever falsehood, whether of doctrine
or of fact, that their religious guides choose
to impose upon them. Church and State
are virtually one in New England. Tho
power of the pulpit is supreme, and it has
just been exerted in dictating the vote cast
for i remoot. W ashington TJnwn. '.
The Church. Journal (Episcopal) favors
its readers with : . -
" Three Words. Some time ago, the
Rev. Dudley A. Tyng, Rector of the Church
of the Epiphany, preached very strong poli
tics one Sunday morning.- He refused, un
less the action of the vestry was sustained
by the legal voters of the Parish. These
have now spoken, and they sustain the Ves
try by a vote of 53 to 44, and 1 blank. Mr.
Tyng, therefore, it is said immediately re
signs. ..'.. I ... , !
. As . to. the particular . result the being
summarily driven out of a parish for "preach
ing politics" we have but three words to"
say: Screed Aim right 11 P .... .... ... ,
Most sensible " three words' they are,
honorable alike to the bead and the heart
of the editor of The Journal, for there i a
meaning iu them. We speak thus, not from
auy partisan, feeling we have in the matter,,
but out of real : respect we feel for thr
Church and elergy of the country, so long"
as the latter confine themselves to their le
gitimate sphere of action. In reference to
the effect npon parties of clergymen turning
brawling politicians, we have for the party
we are attached to no fears" or apprehen
sion. We. candidly and honestly believe
that their course will give to the Democratic
party thousands - of votes, and if their po
litical aetion is persevered ki, the mass of
the people will become, we greatly fear,
hostile to the Church and all Church digna
taries. But for the sake cf all, we do"
hope the intemperate political zeal of theso
Klitical clergymen will be checked, not
alone for their own good, but fcr the cause
aud the advancement of pure undefined reli
gious seutimentj iVj Y. -DTeirs.
"Rev. Dudley A. Ttng. At the eleetionr
held by the congregation of the Church of
the Epiphany,. last night, .the vote was as
follows: For the Vestry, 57 ; against the
Vestry, 44 ; blank one.. This : result in
volves the immediate resignation of the lec
tor. Rev. Dudley' A.: Tyng., the previous
action of the Vestry having been sustained
by. a majority of the legal voters of the con
gregation. " ". . " J V ' ;',
The difficulty between, the reverend gen
tleman and his congregation,' it will be re
membered, .results from a' political sermon
preached in hi church in the early part of
the present political canvass, Mr, Tyng feed
ing it incumbent on- him '.to denounce slave
ry and to ' commend the candidates of the
party opposing it.- Without venturing any
expression of opinion on the subject of slave-:
ry as a political question., we can' but be-
congregation has given , to the .pernicious
practice of introducing politics into the pul
pit. IhUq. Ledger. ';'",'. ''.'. . ' v
i Ora'CJorsTKT and its Prospect! Some
interesting : faets -are recapitulated in" the -United
States MHitary Argus : It is stated
that the population of the eleven infant
colonies in 1701, was 262,000 souls. Geor
gia - and Delaware were added to the num
ber about 1149, and the census reports ejive
ns 1,046,000: In the year 1775", the thir
teen colonies had 2,303,000 whites and 500,-
000 slaves. ' After the adoption of the pres
ent Constitution,' in 1 1790, there were thir
teen States, with 3,172,564 white, 50,455
free colored, and 698,807 slaves. In 1850
the States had Increased to thirty-one, and
the population to 19, 550.C0O whites, 434,
000 free colored, and 3,204,000 slaves. Tho
total population at this time is approaching
thirty mixioxs.' The number of electoral
votes is 296, requiring 149 to elect a Presi
dent by the people. - The Free States hares
176, and the slave 120. . . ,
Reijgiox axd Politics. We never yet
supported or opposed any candidate for a,
civil office because of his religions be&lf
and we never shall do so while otw TO9Gpti
is spared. And, though we aX3 iipa
times been counseled that tha uoijotion of
this or that aspirant wouUisecufe Uie Meth
odist, Baptist or some saeh xoteK vro never
hearkened to the voice of the charmer. Our
general idea is t a if . man, hertil; assents,
to the political wed, for whvel w.e ajce con-k
tending, he ill vote with us if he ejects
that, ue- wJU 'ee pretty eertain, to. vote,
against os (as fee. s.lwild,J aJihoogh he an
onr endhiat happen to adhere to, the same.
Cbapclk-3--V". ;TirKjtA
" The republican party is an excess andj
outbreak, of; virtues oy which, more surely
than, by vices a eountfj may be undone,," .
Chmte.
True true to the ltr. Choare never
uttered; a better thought. We mast take,
things as they are, and aiocs as they ex-,
hibit themselves to the orld. Theorists,
are never practical statesmen With in
ridttah. an excess of virtus aproximates to,
perfection and is. coaameucrable. ut.witb
nn tints such excess is heis fanaticism, a bun
dle o good ideas gone mad. LomeUi Adi-.' '
.
Ho. J axes Bccha.xax, the Democratic,
candidatefbr Presjden,t is by trade a, printer
the first one of the craft who has been nonk
inated for the highest office of the people, aK
though many of them have become famous in,
other ways. Bbtton' Iieesiign tor. '-' : "'