OREGON STATESMAN.
TUESDAY. MARCH IT. 16VT.,
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We believe Gen. Cass was the author of
the phrase " squatter sovereignty," and so
far as the doctrine It Implies and represents
has been reduced to practice in our pioneer
settlements, he was its earliest and among
ihe saost aoastaat of iU supporters. Since
the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska act lu
1851. '8hMttter!MTeeigntj has figured
largely To toe
ewatry; though - Its - practical' application;
actuator proposed, 'fck been limited, and
its extent and Importance little understood
by eastern politicians who hare warred over
ii. So far as the Kansas-Nebraska act tn-
bodies the doctrine of " squatter sovereign
ty," Tis: its application to the question of
A ' r a. i - ' ' . 1 ...
African slavery, we rully endorse it. we
(are heartily in favor of leaving, the settle
ment of that question in the i Territories to
the tisizeus thereof, as entirely as it Is left
lo the rltisens of the States It Is as much
the right of .the one as the other, and to
leave It Jo the suffrages of each, is both the
wisest and j attest course,
But this provision of the' Kansas bill,
right la Itself, covers but a small portion of
the rights withheld from the people of Ter
ritories, and the bestowal of which a liberal
rendering of the term " squatter sovereign
ty" would require. If " squatter sovereign
ty" means the authority of the Squatter orcr
the question of negro servitude it moons
mock more it means like authority of the
Squatter over all rightful subjects of legisla
tion and matters of government. It implies
tbat the people of the Territories should
choose from among them 'their Governor,
their Judges, and all their officers and that
they should make their own taws, subject to
no disapproval by a distant, and essentially
foreign power. . .These powers are rights
which as much belong to the people of the
Territories as do they to the people of the
States, or as did they to these same citizens
of Territories when citizens of the several
States. . When citizens of Missouri, Maine,
South' Carolina, Massachusetts, Iowa, Illi
nois. Wisconsin, Jew xork, uiuo, leunes-
see, Kentucky, Louisiana, Connecticut, Ac,
we were adjudged capable of self-government,
and it was accorded as our undoubted
right. Indeed, some people imagine that
something of that kind was established by
the Revolution. We lost none of this ca
pacity for, or right of self government by
emigration to Uncle Sam's colonics, called
Territories. We are just as capable here in
Oregon to elect oar officers, make our laws
unrestricted, and in all things govern our
selves, as we were, scattered over the thirty-
one States. . And wc are presuming enough
to claim tbat we of right ought to have the
same powers here that we exercised there.
These are matters of great importance to
the pioneers of the Territories, and should
long ago have arrested the attention of
western members of Congress, familiar with
the character of the Squatter, and the work
ing of Territorial institutions under the
present system. Our Territorial govern
meat is an anomaly under popular institu
lions and ought not to be perpetuated. It
would become Jodge Douglas' fame as the
champSoa of popular rights and the friend of
the hardy pioneer, to take the ' initiative in
the inauguration of a new policy respecting
the Territories, and a uew and liberalized
system of government. Since Territories
were first created, some advancements in this
direction (formerly the President appointed
the Legislative Assemblies) have been made.
Let one long stride now restore to the
Squatter, rights of which he has ever been
deprived. We trust that the next Territo
rial government organized by Congress will
embody these reforms. ' ' . j. t , '.'
'We publish in our paper of to-day,
a notice for a mass , meeting in Yamhill to
elect delegates to the Territorial Democrat
ic Convention. It is rather a queer proceed
ing to hold a mass meeting to elect delegates
to a Delegate Convention. Why hare partly
a mass meeting and partly a delegate sys
tem? Why not have one thing or another?
If the mass meeting plan is right, let ns have
that, bnt if the delegate plan is right, let ns
have that.
"o one can say that a county mass meet
ing for nominations is as fair as a conven
tion of delegates from the different precincts.
Delegate conventions have been called in
the other counties, and we see no reason why
Yamhill shoald differ from the other coun
ties in this respect. We do not, of course,
propose to interfere with the meeting that
has been called, but we hope aud we think
that before long the Democrats of Yamhill
will see tbat Delegate Conventions are what
the general practice of the Democratic party
lias proved them to be, the only just and
true way of ascertaining the will of the
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A Yamhill subscriber, sending ns his dues,
adds: '..:. !." ..
" We are pleased with jrow treatment of tlie
bolters and softs, and we wiil try to send a better
.class of men to the Legislature from this count
next year." ".'
' We do not look for any improvement as
long as the nominations are . made ip mass
meetings, composed mainly of the voters of
the precinct in which they' are hcld, the
friends and relatives of any aspirant who
drums then ip, and snch black republicans
and knownothings as choose to go in. , ,
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,' J9 The' Standard weekly and weakly
spits its petty Venom at Judge Williams.
That' gentleman never stood higher in the
confidence and .. esteem of the Democracy
than now, aad he is as far above . the reach
of the cars who are barking at his heels as
the heavens are above the earth. -' Uls open
dennneiatkm of (he tress of the Standard
and its few disorganizing apologists; lias bnt
the more strongly commended htm to real
Democrats. '"iL
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-The bill extending the -laud laws of
Oregon and Washington east' of the Cas
cades passed the Ilouse without objection.
A FalartMMMl Mallcsl.
It will be recollected that a few weeks
ago we quoted from the tanaarda state
ment that Mts. Canroy of Lan Aler
of Jackson, WelclM VCM, and Hoy fy, of
anthill, recorded .their '.votes against the
rttoliton of the democratic caucus de
nouncing the Standard as an opposition
sheet. We at the time pronounced the
statement a bare-faced .falsehood. And to
prove II such," we dropped notes of Inquiry
to Messrs. Munro, Welch and Miller. From
the two first we have received replies; Mr
Miller resides so far from here, aud mai
communication is so uufrequent, that it will
be several weeks before we shall 'hear, from
him; but when it comes it wilt bring a i flat
denial. We append the letters wo have re
calved!" ' y '.; " V ''': '
, . i ! 1 "itRi'iKiEKnT. Feb. SO. 185t. !
. Dr.tR Sir Your note has just come to
hand. In which yod. state .that, the Stand
ard of some former date, Hays that I rccord-
ea my vote against the resolution in the can
ens. I have to say to jou that I have not
seen the Standard since I loft Salem, as tt is
not takeu by any of my neighbors that
am aware of. and have no knowledge of what
it contains, but I will state In reply to' your
luqutrr, that at Salem, nor Since, nor at no
time, have I, or will I rote or sign for or
against any anch resolution, for ' the same
reasons that I expressed at the caucus.
. Respectfully, . A. J. WELCH.
Lase Co.. March 4. l8oL
Faiaxn Brut I received your tetter dat
ed reb. I tth, to-day. iou.want to know
whether or not I recorded bit vote against
the resolution adopted in the Democratic
caucus. I can inform you that I was not
present at the time the vote was taken, so I
did not vote at all. And 1 can oLo inform
you tbat I did uot record my rote against
me-resolution, iim if it teas to do ortr
again, mosl assuredly trvulit roif FOR the
rrmutwn. i remain, yours iruiv,
JAMES MUMIO.
This falsehood in regard to these men was
twice boldly asserted iu the editorial colnnius
of the Standard, and once in the reports of
that sheet. It will be secu that it was man
u factum! out of whole cloth that it was a
complete falsehood. ... .
This falsehood was published here by J.
C. Avery, for several days after the adjourn
ment of the caucus, and before its appear
ance in the Standard. We heard from va
rious persons that he was making the state
ment that " the vote upon the resolution
had becu made a tie by the votes of Monro,
Welch, Miller aud llajley being . recorded
against it." And wc asked the clerk of the
caucus, who alone had the proceedings there
of, if any absent mcmliers had since the
caucus recorded their rotes upon the resolu
tion, lie said that none but Mr. Coneer
had been to him with a request to vote upou
it, and he wanted la tvte for the ' resolution
That Mr. Conser prefaced his request with
the statement that he understood Others ab
sent had voted agaiust it, and when he learn
ed that such was not the case, he did uot
have his own vote recorded. We will wa
ger that Mr. Conser had got that statement
directly or indirectly from Mr. Avery. For
certain It is, as member and others can bear
witness, that Avery was busy peddling the
story, a story which is now rorr to be
false. The Standard caujrbt tin the false
hood, and thrice asserted it that the vote
was a tie.. There is a good deal of Ijiug
done iu that quarter, and much of it is of as
bare-faced a character as this. '-
The rote in the caucus stood fifteen for
the resolution declaring the Standard to be
an opposition paper, and twelve agai&st.
Of the absentees, Conser wished to vote aye,
and Judge Munro says had he it to do over
again, he would vote aye. Thus the vote
would stand seventeen for to twelve against.
And every man of the seventeen are sound,
consistent, straight-forward democrats, while
the twelve voting nay comprise Ford, Shuck,
Smith, of Jackson, Drown, of Multnomah,
Allen, and Avery. , , , :
Of course Lcland is more than willing, to
have been made the ntterer of this falsehood.
But we are not ready to believe that such
is the fact of the reporter of the Standard
lie, in bis regular reports states tbat the
gentlemen - above named ' " recorded . their
votes' as stated, lie will now find that he
has been made the vehicle of falsehood, and
we cannot see how he can avoid the conclu
ion that it is due bis character to state
upon whose authority be embodied that
statement in his report. As it now stands,
and so far as the public can know, it was
noon his aim authority. . lie has either been
deceived by somebody, or else he himself
guilty of uttering falsehood. We believe
the former is the case, and that he owes it
to himself to give the author of the decep
tion. ' Ue got no such statement from the
clerk of the caucus, or the gentlemen named;
then the question arises, where did he get it?
C. Avery repeatedly made the statemeut
to others, and we have not a particle of
doubt bat that he imposed it upon the re
torter for the Standard. We are confident it
came from that source. ; Let ns know. . .
With this lie burned into the foreheads of
its authors and" publishers,1 we dismiss the
subject.' The statement is as truthful as
uine-tentlis of, all of like, paternity , and adop
tion. ''S'! i-.-ii !.. -.i
Hitherto. Judce "Williams has borne a htsrh knd
honorable character, and was held in jut esteem
by all the citisena of this county. Jtefae Miner
What has Judge Williams done to forfeit
this position?' Made a speech at a Demo
cratic meeting - against the ' disorganizing
doctrines and treachery of the Standard!'
, 44 No rogue e'er Celt the halter. draw, . t j
''With good opinion of the law.",
saaT The saddle-bags of Dr.! Glenn, den
tist, were found last week by Mr. Jory, near
bis residence. "They Were untouched. Tt is
improbable ' that the Dr. , was ,' attacked; by
anybody, at the time of their, losv;;:.i. 7.'
t&- We learn by a letter froraWasbjn'g
ton, City that Gen, McCaryer,of . this Terri
tory, is an applicant for the -Governorship
of Washington Territory;' i '
, Gen.. Lane, by letter, informs us that
the Senate Committee have agreed to report
the bill to admit ' Oregon as a State, and
that it will pass that body; '! ':'' ' . i
.1-1 J-'-Jl. ' ' - '!..- L'r.-.J
The Fojiru boundary Oxed by the bill
which liaaHasHcd the lower Hons af Cou-
gr)', runs thirty , or forty miles enst ,of thfi1
Dalles, or just above the mouth or.JOhh
Day's river. ! i
. The apportionment of Delegates to tie
Convention upon the basis of our represent
ative apportioumcut is wrong. That appor
tionment Is most unequal and unjust. As
aa"inustratioii7 Douglas Co., witli eight or
nine hundred voters .and -about four Uipus-
and inhabitants,- Under this' bill of CoigreW
wil) be entitled, to but tieo . delegates .in .the
constitutional convention, Columbia Coun
ty, with one hundred, or less than one hun
dred v6ter,' and three of 'four hundred in
habitants, will be entitled to two delegates!
The election for delegates ought to be,
aud wo presume will be, held tinder the law
of tlie last Legislative Assembly,' so far as
the apportionment of members is concerned.
That apportionment is much more generally
just than tbat of members, of the Legislative
Assembly. . . , . A ,
The last Standard contains a' letter from
the truthful J. C. Avery, " correcting" some
" falsehoods' regarding the mass fonvention
and bogus meeting at Corvallis. We make
a few extracts: ,.'
" The Ifot Htateamnn in lull f fafonhoods ahnnt
the IWntun eonnty lWimcralia convention, bnt
ltuh ha pullinhfl onie falhoud that had nut
lookod far. For tnstani, the tatiuicnt that I
Tonrheil for, or nMirenrnted Kelly an a Corrallin
taan for tht iral nf rrernni'nt. Hot o.
Our correspondent said "so, without the
" not," and he was on the ground and heard
what Avery did sny.. , Besides that he, U a
man who tells the truth. Others who were
present, confirm him. This " not so," is au
afterthought. '
' Horolloot tin1 iirlrmUd iirncootlinpii pnMiidiiM
in the Hlalcnuian and Times, were mrtrr rnivl.
and the qtn-Minii t adjotirtt was nrter put. .
D. C Dade, Ksq., the Secretary of the
meeting. Certifies that the resolution trti
passed, and that the motion to adjourn was
both put and ciriV.. D. C. Dade has an
uiiipictioiicd reputation for truth. J. C.
Avery has not.. We are willing that those
who know the two men should decide whose
statement Is worthy of credence.' Wc be
lieve no truthful man can be found to ques
tion the passage of the resolution directing
precinct meetings to le called. ; . ;
Ac-tin, the foil f ihn im-ctinir na fanned with'-
out my suinreAtiun or knowWpe. . ut I say the
rail was h-eitiinatc, though 1 should (had it hoen
left to me) nave railed prwinot meetings. The
ronntreonimittce will ant rail another convention,
and if othi-r meotiairii are held, the true Democra
cy (that U the Arerg tUmtrwy) will tarn out, con
trol these miH'tinpn and endorse what has been
done by the convrnlion.' ,
The allegation that the meeting was call
ed without his (Avery's) suggestion : or
knowledge, is rich enough to stand by itself,
without note or comment !
Arrrttect mt Momr. .
Iu tho
lust Stuudard we Cud tho follow-
ing:
rRTLAr, March 3, K7.
Mr. I.tl.iMt-ftrer Hit! 1 deiii it proper thnt
vou anil the I k-iiux-mtio voters in I'ortlmiil kI.oiiIiI
he niaU wro of Iho illilH-rnl and nufnir npirit
Rhown nr the rommittee nppninterl to call the pre
cinct meetine for tho (vnith I'ortlantl prerintrt.
That romniittiv, Mr. Joint, wa ppoken to in rel'
lion to civinir notice of the meelinir in the Demo
cratic newpn'ri of tho citr. for nest Snttn-dar
mpht. lie replied that he nhmiM (rive the notice
in the Timca, but nhonld uot in tho Ktaadard, as
he did not reeard it a IVmorratie paper. Loes
this committee man and his friend expect harmo
ny antone Democrat of thia county lv nrh a pol-
irvt . Tnt'R Democrat.
Mr.' " Joint" (Joynt) Is said to be one. of
the soundest Democrats of Multnomah. He
was right in uot sending the call for a demo
cratic meeting to an opposition paper .
We understand that at the Portland p re
let meetings above referred to, the "In
trust. faction was ."scotched." ,. Treason
and traitors stand no chance when tho De
mocracy arc aroused. .-.!;'.-r;: !' i
RonnRRits. Several small robberies have
occurred in Salem recently. Starkcy's store
was broken into the thief cutting out a
pane of glass and crawling . through and
what money he had in the drawer " stolen
Hirsch's store has been entered by brcakiug
out a pane of glass, aud reaching in and
turning the key which was on the Inside of
the door, and thirty or forty dollars in small
change and jewelry taken.' Wcstacott's store
room was entered by means of a false key
and four bottles of eAampagnt stolen: Though
the amounts obtained have not been large
the transactions have evinced a good deal
of boldness. In the case of Hirsch's store,
two or three persons were sleeping over
head. '
Our citizens would all do well to look out
for thieves, and- be prepared to receive them
with cold lead. ' ' ' ' '
S& We have priutcd extra copies of this
number of the Statesman, and until further
notice shall be able to supply new subscrib
ers from the commencement of the volume
Payment at the time of sending in the name
is in advance. ... ...... ... .
Congressional Reports. Wc shall next
week devote our pape almost exclusively
to reports of Congressional proceedings re
lating to Oregon State government, ludiau
war, and Indian appropriation bills. ' '
Mat of Omrmn of Mm States find Territories
for M jrour 157. .. i
State. Governors. .
Term Expires. Sal's.
Alabama, ' John A. WinRtun,'
Arkansas, K. N. Conway, -
. - Iec 1S0T, f2,5O0
'-JfoiJ. 185K, ... 10
r...Peer,-l.7, 10,000
Califurnia, J. a. Johnson, , ,
Connecticut, Wm.T. Minor,''
lelaware, P. F. Clausey,
Florida. . ' M..S. Perry, ; -
My, 1857, IJ00
Jan. 1RV,.: 1,333
i Uvt- :UoH, .1,5(10
Xov. 1857.,, 3.OII0
Georgia, 11- V. Johnson,
Illinois, wm. n. nuarii.
Jam 1 185'J,- ' lJiTO
Indiana, I A.P. Willard,
Jaa.
IS5M,
1.4(H)
'2500
0,000
loe
3,600
300
,loo
.300
2,000
1JOOO
Kentocky, C. 8. Morehead,
Lnuisiaaa, - It. C WickliUe, -
Maine, -. 8muel WeUn, .
Maryland, r T. W. Uron, ,
MassacbiuYs H. J. tiardiner, - -Michigan,
-.i K. S. BioBbam, i
Miasis&ippi, J.J. Mcltae, r
Miiwaari. ' Hancock Jarbon.
Iowa. j.w.wbw,. i
, Iec
Aug.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.'
Jan.
Jan,
Jan.
1H5J,
1857, ;
1858,.
M8,
li5H,
158", '
MS.:
1858,.
ftec.
N.Hainpsh'e, lUlph Metoalf; - June, 1857k:
N.Jeney. . WnuA.AeweH,
Jaaw
Ifew York,' Joun A. King-.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
4,(HIU
1H5, 2,000
lSSU,.,,-,!)
1858,, . 3,000
1857, l;O00
N. Carolina, Thomas liragg,
Ohio, . - Salmon P. Cluwe, : .
PeouslTania, James foilock, ,
K. bland, ' Wra. W.Honpin,' '
May;
B. Carolina, K. F. W. Alt4on,
Teauessee,! Andww Aalioson,,;
VecJ lHSHr .300
.Oct. 1857, , .,2,000
Dec.- 1857, 3,000
Texas, E.M.l'eae,
Vermont, Kyland Fleteber, '
Virginia. .1 Henry fA. WUj, ;
WiKconsia, f Coles llanUford,
Territories. ' -Orepon,
Geo. L. Cnrry,..-. 1
Minnesota, . , Willis A. Uorbana,, .
Jau.; -I860. , 5,000
lec.
lb57hi IViOO
Jic 'S.000
-.,.f. 200
.'. . .'. . . . 2,500
.-.2,500
2,(J()0
..:-...!.-.-'; 2,500
O !
New Mexico, Dand Mern wether. .
Utah, Brigham Young,
w-hinrton, lxaao J. htereim. ... , .
N'ebraskj, Mark W. Izard,.
Kan;, Jotin w.-ueary....
Tba Bill fbr the A4mlslon of Orrgm.
The bill introduced by the Committee on
Territories in the House of Representatives
and passed by that body, is entitled "A bill
to authorize the people of the Territory of
Oregon to form a Constitution arid State
Government, preparatory to ihelr admission
Vntd the Union, on au equal noting with the
original States." ' "v
The firet section gives the boundary of
the proposed State, as follows:
. .lleginniug atthe mouth of, thfl.Colu.mbJa
river, thence up tho centre of tlie mam clian
nelyof thenue tOrtlie.ppit whure.the. mie
htidred nfid-tirtietW uifalf I tff Vugide
crosses the same: thence along the said par
altcl nf longltnde -south to thesouthern
boundary of said Territory; thence along
the southern boundary west to r. tlie l rueific
ocean theuce by said ocean to the place of
ueirinninKt - ii n-jjf ! u .
Section second provides that the State
hull have concurrent jurisdiction on the IV
liimbia and other waters bordering on it, so
far as they shall form a common boundary
to that and anv Stato or States now or here
after to be formed, or GSlinded by the same,
and that these a tors shall be free to nil cit
izens of the United States. !: ; 1 . .- '
Section thini provides for thd clot-lion on
the first Monday of Jane, of two delegates
from each representative district, who shall
sseuiblo at the capital on the second , Mon
day of August, who ahull form, a Cuuslitu
tion, and take all neoessary steps , to . estab
lish a Stato. Uovcriuncnt, subject to tho ap
proval of tho citineus of the United. States
then residing in the proposed '. State, . and
such onlv are allowed to vote for delegates.
Section fourth allows .one reprcsouUtire
until(the next Congrieiinl anporjioninent.
Section fifth extendi ,'tlie United States
laws over the new State, and constitutes it
a judicial district, with one district judge,
who shall hold two sessions anuuully, on the
first Mondays of January and July, and who
shall hare the power to appoint a clerk. ,
Section sixth ' prorides for the appoint
ment of a district attorney and marshal;
and section seventh grants them with the
itidgc aud clerk, the same compensation aud
ecs now allowed similar ofllccrs in Califor
nia. 4
Section' eighth Bibmits certain proposi
tions to the Couveution, which, if accepted,
shall be obligatory spou tho United Slates
and Oregon. They grant the sixteenth, and
thirty-sixth sections in public townships fcr
the use of schools; set apart seventy-two
sections for the support of the State Uni
versity, and ten sections for the pnmoso of
completing and erecting public buildings.
All salt (ipriugs, not exceeding twelve in
number, with six sections of land .adjoining
are to bo granted to the State, to be used
or dioscd of as-thc legislature may direct,
providing, however, that no (alt spring or
Sntid, the right whereof is now invested in
any individual or Individuals, or which may
be hereafter confirmed or adjudged to any
individual or individuals, shall, by this arti
cle, be granted to said State, rive per
centum of the net proceeds of sales of all
public lands which shall bo sold by Congress
after the admission of the State, after de
ducting all iueidetitul expenses, are to be
paid to the State for the purpose of making
public roads and internal improvements, as
the Legislature shall direct; provided the
foregoing propositions herein offered are on
the condition that the said Convention which
shall form the Constitution of said State
shall provide, by a clause ui said Constitu
tion, or an ordinance, irrevocable without
the consent of the United States, that said
State shall never iutcrfere with the primary
disposal of the soil withiu the same by the
United States, or with any regulations Con
gress may find uccesiary for securing the
title in said soil ; to boua-fide purchaser;)
thereof; and that no tax shall be imposed ou
lands belonging to the United States, uud
that in no case shall non-resident proprietors
bo taxed higher than residents
i . Such is a brief sntnmary of the bill, con
taining, however, all its important provi
sions. It will be seen that very liberal pro
visions are made in the way of the douation
of lauds, and we see no reason why the peo
ple of Oregon should have cause to complain
upon this score. We shall wait with inter
est for a returri from Oregon,, to hear how
the people of that Territory look upon these
propositions for their admission.
.The interests of the great l'acific seaboard
demand the scedy adnission into the Union
of both Oregou and Washington Territo
ries, as it will, ere mary years, demaud their
division iuto smaller States, giving ns a rep
resentation iu the U. S. Scuate, which' will
give us the power to enforce our claims to
consideration.. We hepe to hear, by next
mail, of the passage of the bill through the
Senate. -Alta, California.: :- i
, Sai.im, March 9, 1357.
Mr. Editor An obscure . notice, not
signed by any body, announces that the
contract to build a school house in this dis
trict will be let in twenty days from that
time. Of this notice, one of the directors
knew nothing about, aid was not consulted,
lie also disagreed as to the plan adopted,
going foe a cheaper ono. Aud this director
thus left out altogether by the Her. Obe
diab Dickinson, . is the only one elected at
any thing like a full meeting. - Mr. Dickin
son has been told he is not the choice of
the district, and if he has the least peuet ra
tion, lie knows he is not'; and the expecta
tion of being turned out at .tho April meet
ing (why did he uot resign at the last meet
ing; and give them a chance to elect,) is
what is urgiug him on with such unseemly
baste. Twenty days' notice to bidders in
an advertisement signed by nobody and
likely . to be seen by but few ! . Who are
going to put in proposals nnder such a no
tice, even if they chance to see it. .
. .'And this plau adopted by Mr: Dickinson,
is expected to exhaust, the whole $3,000,
except the $200 or; so already spent keep
ig a school, wheu one half if economically
expended, is amply., sufficient to build a
bouse.. This conduct is in keeping with Mr.
Dickinson's acts in this whole matter. . Hav
ing little upon - which to pay taxes himself,
be is desirous of , hardening those who have
worked while he has not. and have gath
ered together some of this world's goods,
llad he followed with ; hjs hands, a calling
for which nature unmistakably intended and
fitted him; he too might have been: equally
fortunate, -and less ready for taxation. - Hav
ing the taxes to pay, makes all the differ-
:i i - i i : ifavi'CTv
euce ia the world.
ft.,
HOXESTY.
Pennfield, who introduced' that, fine
omnibns system , in Buffalo, which has given
such, general ' satisfaction, r with' a former
keeper of the. Weddell House, in Cleveland,
Ohio,'Mri Steven's, are now:i busy in Mexi
co establishing a stage- foiuf 'acrossf At. Isth
mus of UeAwiuepa:.,hQ.l' 61,001?! will-go
out ia January. The crack of be coach-
whip and the flanking of gad-flits off of the
smoking leaders will ' commence among the
Donsib'ont'the 1st' ,of February. How
queer to bear, .tUp, echoes of the.. American
tin stage-horn among the Andes mountains!
Dalles CorrssBondaee of Th Statesman.
Dalles, March 3, 185T.
Fred. White, who wa, last December, ta
ken prisoner by the hostile Indians, from
Fort Simeon, arrived here last night with
an Indian escort from Kariiiakin'a camp; He
looks fat and hearty, and,says that he "was
iufariablr 'treated kindly, t That the chiefs
are all for peace, aud he thinks no fears
need now' be apprehended on our part from
them. He was set at liberty by the free
will of the chiefs, as they had no further
use for hlin. ' Katniakfii expressefTihnself
for peace if the whites should desire it, and
wlH not? .himself cotnlneuct hostilities. He,
" Old Kam." is very bitter against some of
hi -people,-who he says forcodhiui, and the
chiefs, iuto the .war by murdering tue
whites, and keeping between him and peace,
whd are now' ckerk-bv-iovl with officers of
tho regulars. . He says that Ouhl commenc
ed the war, and that he opposed it " now
Uuh is eating the white chiefs provision
without ehauie." lie wants nothing from
the w hites but to lie left alone. "
' Jaek Hurly, who escaped from the' sheriff
of this County some five weeks ago, was cop
tured by some Indians, who were In pursuit
of him, on John Hay s river, last week, and
has becu taken to Portland for safe keep
ing, until a requisition can arrive from Cali
fornia. He was suffering severely from bis
wound, and from hardships experienced be
fore his recapture.' ' '.'"': '
Partic are dally leaving for the northern
nines. -Horses are plenty and cheap here.
A larire partv of Indians with horses to
trade for goods arrived here yesterday from
the rses l'erce and Cayuse country, among
them 1 ' notice llowhip-WanijK)o, Tin tin
metso. Younir Hair. Yellow Hawk and
Yutiir Lonkinir Olass. " Maior" llarn
hart's friend ' the Three Legged Stol" was
severely afflicted with the rickets and did
hot come in.
' o news of late from the mines. I will
keep you tiosted with the earliest from that
direction. Yours, OHO.
Poi.k Cocstv, March II, 1857.
I see that anonymous correspondents of
the Standard think that Mr. W alker s course,
the member of this county, in voting in the
caucus that that paper was a traitor in the
camp ot tue Democracy, is condemned In
this couuty that. Judice Williams is con
demned for sjicaking iu favor of the Jubilee
resolutions, and that wonders have been
worked iu this county in behalf of the
bolters and the Standard. Now this is every
word fudge I written ia the Standard office,
most likely. I have traveled much over
this county, and talked much with the peo
ple, and I have yet to bear of the first Dem
ocrat who does not approve Maj. Walker's
course iu voting for the resolution, aud all
would hare been glad to have voted for it
with him. And they also regret that of the
members from this couuty, Walker had to
vote alone.
Judge Williams will need no assurance
that his course is approved by the Democra
cy ot 1 oik. Always popular here, toe
events of the past two months have made
bun more so.
As to the Standard, it has hardly a Demo
cratic subscriber in the county, and not a
great many black republican ones. The
Democrats who were taking that paper here,
have with hardly an exception, stopped it
during the past year, iloth the patter and
its editor are despised iu this county, and if
it is gaming ground ' all over the Tern
tory as it is here, it will not long live to
malign democrats aud oppose democratic
usages. .,.-:'
The one who writes from Luckiamute
over his own name I will not notice.
- POLK.
Dallfs, Wasco Co. Feb. 28, 1857.
Mr. Kiutob The citizens of this place
were greatly surprised at the tone of " IJuu
kuniV letter in the Statesman, relative to
the notorious murderer and fugitive from
justice, "Jack Hurley," who has recently
been captured again.
The praiseworthy efforts of Mr. Jackson,
deputy sheriff of Sierra County, Cal iu
taking this desperado, cannot be too highly
applauded. . He received valuable assistance
from our sheriff, Mr. Gifford, aud Mr. 11. K.
Thompson, for which they deserve the thanks
of this community. i
. The capture of this villain has bad the ef
fect to break op an organized band of scoun
drels in this vicinity, who would soon have
set our laws at defiance, and been . more to
be feared thau the Indians. .
Our moral atmosphere is purer now, thank
God, aud we hope it will remain so.
" Bunkum" writes with " a keen if not a
caustic pen," but he should couline himself to
the plum : unvarnished truth, being careful
nercr to betray a fellow feeling for the guilty.
1 hope this letter will not bring upon my
devoted head the unmerited wrath of " Bun
kum." for I assure him it is meant kindly,
and if he profits by these friendly, hints, he
will always possess a clear conscience, which
is considered the greatest boon to mankind
east of tlie Cascade range. JUSTICE.
Astoria, Feb. 23, 1857,
Mr. Editor We hear . it reported Dr.
Itayley, the Councilman from this district,
will resign this spring, and move to Eugene
City. . If so, will not the Democracy of
1 auihill this time have the magnanimity to
give ns of Clatsop the candidate. We have
twice voted lor their candidate, and this
year they ought., in justice to award to us
the candidate, especially as toe election is to
fill a vacancy of only one year.
. . CLATSOP.
Tuey DidxV Know Him. In six coun
ties of Illinois, in which over six thousand
votes were cast at the late election, the sec
tional, free-humbug -candidate,' Fremont,
bad only 23 votes ! The following is the
vote in 13 counties: : '.
Counties.
Johnson, -Pope,
. '
Hardin,- ' !
Franklin, . -Massac,
Saline,
Williamson,
White, '
Alexander, -Jefferson,
,;
Kflinghani,
:.'- .i.
Total, "
. UiwAaiMia.
, 1144
! 704
::,'332 '
ii:. 1051 J
630
1004 "
.. 1419
- 1064
401 .1
.i- : J378 ',:
.. . 784,.
Fremont.
,
" 3 ,
' . 4
. . 5
. .'5 f :
4
"10
-: .gy
- 15 '";
, 50 :
, 90
29-.
. 129 :
Fillmore
- 74
59
: 228
251
.Wi;-251
228
188
'845
'230
- 426
163
." 540
' 401
731
' 1218
11318
283
. . 3384
Says the Ciucinnatti Enquirer : " These
are by no means all the counties in South
ern Illinois, which gave these extraordinary
votes, but they -are the most prominent and
noticable. The black republicans have en
deavored, but unsuccessfully, to impeach the
intelligence of .the people in Southern Illi
nois, who are thus warmiy attached to the
Union and the Constitution. They could
not give a better proof of their intelligence.
Keg- The Sioux burnt a Chippewa Indian
to death near Glenco, ' Minnesota,' n short
time since, in revenge for the murder of two
Dakota women dast year. The Chippewa
met all the . horrid torture iuflictedon him
with indifference. He was burnt at a slow
fire, and lingered several hours.
tale nnd California Mew. "
We are indebted to Wells, Fargo, &
t vr ra m s
ami !.. sum van, lor mes ot papers.
Flour , is worth $15 per . barrel in San
Francisco. .
Treston S. Brooks, of South Carol inn,
who caned Sumner, is dead. Ho died of
cronp, and very suddenly. P
The death of Hon. Andrew Stevenson,
a distinguished Virginia politician, is an
nounccd.
Mr." Buchanan has been to Washington
ami returued to l'cniisylvaoia.
Preston King, black republican, has been
elected U. a. Senator in ew York.
- - -InWAWAPot iis, Febj 4, 1857,-
Ikoiana Scnatoriai. lii.BcTiox. The Dem
ocrats of the Indiana Legislature held to
day a - joint convention for the election of
United, States Senators, Without the con
currence and Iu opposition to the protest of
me oeuate, Urabam IS. itcu was elected to
the vacancy, aud Jesse D. , Bright for the
iuii term, there were twenty-six Senators
preseut, but the convention lacked fifteen of
a quorum. The vote stood Fjtch , and
Bright, each 83: S. II. Thompson aud
George C. Dnuu, Americans, 2. The Dem
ocrats are rejoicing, firing cauoon, &c.
The murder of a Dr. Burdell in JfeW
York, creates a great excitement there.
A Kev. Mr. Kelloch, of Boston, has been
caught in undue familiarities with tho ladies.
He was a Fremont freedom sbrieker. The
discovery creates much .excitement. ...
I.M-nrAse or Pat to tii Armt Orn
criLt. The bill for increasing the pay of the
officers of the army passed the House of
Representatives, and was sent to the Senate
ou the same day, where it was referred at
once to the Military Committee. We pre
sume that it will meet witu wroppoSition
there, as the Senate has beew in favor of
such a measure for several sessions, and that
the bill will soon become a law.
The House Committee on the Judiciary
have resolved that Judge Watrous, of
Texas, shall be impeached for high crimes
and misdemeanors. Tins is the first un
itcaclnnent of a Federal Judge for twenty
seven years. The committee will report on
the first opportunity.
Senators Seward of New York and Husk
of Texas will, on the expiration of Congress
in March, start on a nine mouths' tour
around the globe. They will pass across
the Isthmus by 'icarBgtia, thence to Cali
fornia, thence to the Sandwich Islands,
where neuator feeward will deliver an agri
cultural address, thence to China, and after
passing through India and Asia Minor,
Egypt, aud possibly Southern Eoroiie, will
sail through the Straits of Gilralter to the
L nited States, so as to attend Congress in
the early part of next pession.
Hie lion. John C lireckenndge, ice
President elect, has accepted an invitation
to attend the inauguration ball to be given
at Washington city on the evening of the
4th of March next. Mr. Buchanan had
previously accepted a similar invitation.
Cangi-raatoMal.
Washi.vctos, Jan. 29, 1857. f
i the ixmak ArraorRiATiox bii.u
In the Senate the consideration of the
Indian Appropriation bill was resumed.
Mr. Hale, of X. II., commented in severe
terms on the conduct of Governor Stevens
in proclaiming martial law and arresting; the
Judge of of the Federal Court of Wash
ington Territory. He was opposed to plac
ing a single dollar in the hands of such a
man, and thought that in the days of Ro
man supremacy no outrage equal to this
was ever perpeprated, iu the most remote
province or that empire.
Debate followed respecting the policy pur
sued towards the Indian tribes ou the Pacific
coast. : . ' ' .'
Amendments were then agreed on appro
priating nearly $700,000 for the restoration
and maintenance of peace, &c, in Oregon
and Washington Territories. ,
The Senate resumed the consideration of
the Indian Appropriation bill, and passed it
with many amendment : among them the
following : Securing to the Xew York
Indians who emigrated to Kansas, under the
treaty of Buffalo Creek, the quantity of
land to which they were entitled, to include
in their improvements : the residue of the
tract to constitute part of the public do
main, separating the omce of Governors
of Territories from that of Superintendent
of Indian Affairs. Adjourned.
. Washington, Jan. 29, 1857.
The Ilouse took np the bill authorizing
the inhabitants of Oregon to form a consti
tution and State government, preliminary
to admission into the Union.
Mr. Grow said the bill gives Oregon 56,-
000 sqnare miles, and the population now
was about 90,000.
Mr, Whitney, of X. Y wished ' to eon-
fine the voting to citizens of the United
States. ..-.-.---;
Mr. Lane, of Oregon, opposed snch amend
ment.
Mr. Humphrey Marshall, of Ky, offered
an amendment, which was agreed to by a
vote of 1 1 against 49, confining the suffrages
at the election for delegates to frame a con
stitution to citizens of the United States.
The bill subsequently passed, and the
Ilouse adjourned.
Mr. Grow, (rep.) from the committee on
Territories, reported a bill for the relief of
the people of Kansas, declaring ali purport
ed laws passed by the Legislative Assembly,
at Shawnee Mission, null and void, for the
reasons tbat the members thereof were
elected through violations of the organic
act, and usurped power, and enacted cruel
and oppressive statutes.
The bill provides for holding , a new elec
tion. Any . person offering, bis rote must
prove by bis own oath tbat be is a bona.
fide settler, aad . by the oath of two legal
voters that he has been for more than one
month preceding the election an actual resi
dent of the Territory, and fifteen days a
resident of bis election district. , Fines front
twenty to twenty-fire huudred dollars, and
imprisonment from one to twelve months, to
be imposed on illegal voting, disturbance, or
control of the polls by armed or organized
bands, and for. wuful reception of illegal
votes by those appointed to receive them. ;'
jar. (Jlingman (dem.) of 3. C moved to
lay the bill on the the table, but the House
refused, to do so by a vote of 86 against 92.
Ned McGowen Found. A good deal of
taiE, and no little excitement, was caused
in the city on Saturday last, by the rumor
that the - notorious Ned 'McGowaa bad
reached Sacramento and given himself up to
the authorities there, with a view to- talcing
his trial on : the indictment - new pending
against him.. : This subsequently proved true,
and it . waa - thought by some that steps
would be taken by the Vigilance Committee
to obtain possession of his person. .They,
however, resolved, to leave him to be dealt
with bT the Courts, whose prisoner be is,
and whose duty it is to take him into custo
dy and 'give- him a fair trial ; a course in
which our people have generally acquiesced.
Alta California. - - ' s - - .
.Terms of Thb Statesman. For terms of
The Statesman see first column of first page,
iu the usual place. ' '
Thomas F. Meagher, the Irish orator,
lately delivered an address in New York,
entitled ;" Contrast between Koyalty and
Republicanism." After describing the ter
rible scenes through which Napoleon 1IL
'passed on hut way to the throne of France,
the speaker drew a contrast between the
crowning of Napoleon and the inauguration
of Mr. Buchanan, in the course of which he
used the following glowing- language f
" Knonjjh to say, baring from his earliest man
hood served hi country faithfully hair lion.
ely worked out hi appreatlfieabi p tm fceV--neSr in
the solid maturity of his rear aua reward hint
with tha largeat akara tn thu UMiiirw - KtKrttjrb to
ay, that having with diligence, apatlemrcetttode
and the 1ea'li ability, labored t"tftmf tt cea"
ulidate her interest, augment her fortune 4ad dcr
main, extend her salutary in flueice ami etablih
her good name ;aever having, a that Prince of
ltarkneaa ruling franca had done, disturbed th"
public peace to aggrandise fcinMelf; never having
teamee up the l'ototnae, with a starved eagla un
der hi arm, to pounce upon the Treainry ; never
having (ought to eorruot the army, the clergy,
or the magistracy ; breaking no law, oatb, or cove
nant; aturdilr devoted to repulilicaniam here,
eUewhere, and every where, in London a well a
Lancaster ; without resorting to the least intrigne,
treachery, or violence without a speck af blood
upon hi hand or tbehalowof a falsehood on his
mil he I declared the First Citisen of America.
" On the fourth day of March he will proceed to
the Cepitol, and there, ia preence of the flenata,
the messengers of the electoral college, tho HwoM
of llej.rew illative, embassadors of foreign court,
delegations from every State, officer of tbe bras
and enlightned Army, to whone custody is eon
mitted tbe ensign off tbe Republic, ofiicars of Utsr
Navyi whose wooden walla bear tbsangfc the stora
the thunderbolt of Kreedan standing on tbar
steps of the 1'apitnl, in presence of this great as
riienee, with head nnenvered, lie will call wpor
Jod as iod will be bis Judge 4o be witness of
tbe tratb with wbicw be conecraebiaMelftotba
high sainiatry of theCommoantealtav in it rawd
Vty, purr- decorum, subiimB significanoe1 with
4itK-rty to tlhainimtc, the swirats of tho rorolution
ary fathers tosanetifyraad I'sovidifoeeto Mess it
it wa a srena wbir-b woold infinitely transcend tbe
bafrtMn T tbe child of France, tbe tibaequies of
Wellington, the installation of the Eaglea in tba
Champ do Mars, tbe masquerades of , Windsor,
where a ducbes studs herself with a million worth
of diamond, or tbe coronation of the Masco vita."
During the Ute Presidential canraM, ami at
the moment a gallant Senator from the ftoath was
proclaiming the certain election of Mr. Jiuchanaiv
a fi-atber dropped at hi feet fmm the win; of am
eagle tbat wa flying Over. Tbe gentleman pre
served tlie quilt, ami to-day had it forwarded to
Mr. Idn luinan to write hi inaugural address with.
It wa tu pfocked by man from the wing, bnt
wa the free gift of our national bird. f. Cor.
Alexandria Sentinel.
The above atatcment U correct- Senator Brown
of Mississippi is the gentlemen referred to. Tba
quill is now in possession of Mr. Itoehanan, at
Wheatlaud, where we saw it on Friday, and, in
accordance with tbe request os tbe gallant Senator,'-
it will be ased by tbe President elect in
writing hi inaugural address. I mnemtter Intel. ,
We are informed by our friend Gov.
Brown, that tire foregoing narrative is lite
rally true save and except tbe " flying over.
The bird of Jove was perched just over the
heads of the gentlemen in conversation, when,
as some one expressed a doubt of tbe success
of James Buchanan, Gov. Brown was in the
act of expressing bis poteut belief in bis tri
umphant election, tbe eagle spreading his
pinion, with his beak tore the quill and it
dropped as stated at Gov. Brown's feet. He
not regarding it as au omen of " some ill
abrewing toward his rest" but rather as
Something, in itself a nothing, " beneath the
rule of men entirely great, mightier than
tbe sword," forthwith dispatched it to tho
next President. In accordance with tbe
suggestion of Gov. Brown the Inangnral ad
dress will be written with a pen from this
quill. And if it last long enough. President
Buchanau's first anuua! message may also be
written with it as well. Ar. Y. Xttrs.
Daniel WtBin-ER cms tub Cix;e or Ost
Year and the Dkgixmxg or AxoriiEn. In
the interesting volume which Little and
Brown recently published, containing all
the correspondence of Mr. Webster, there is
a postscript to a letter to Mr. Bingham, da
ted on tbe last day of the year 1800, which
is as applicable in its sentiment now as it
was then. It should be remembered tbat
the letter was written when Mr. Webster was
less than nineteen years af age :
Wednesday Ecening, eight o'clock. To
morrow, Ilervey, is the first dav of tbe
year, and of the century. In conformity to
custom, and the feelings of my own heart.
with you a nappy new year: We are just
now entering upon a century which none of
ns will probably live to see closed. There
is something solemn in the idea that a peri
od of time is now commencing which will
carry us all to Shakspear's bourne " whence
no traveler returns." , The "narrow house''
is our final mansion, and " there be lies" Is
an observation which ere long will be ap
plied to' ns all. May we so conduct that
the narrow house" shall be to ns a palace
of joy, and that tbe good man may say con
cerning us, " there he lies, with bis hands
n l:- A . : v: -
l am, dear llerrey, your - '
DANIEL WEBSTER." .'
A Frsi. Famine. Many towns and citiea
on the Obioriverare suffering from a scar
city of fueL They obtain their chief sup
plies of coal by flat boats from Pittsburg ;
but daring the past summer and autumn the
river was so low that very little could be
taken down, and now tbe river is frozen np.
so tnat none can be conveyed by tbat route.
The railroads are, unfortunately, not on-
pared with the proper cars and other ar
rangements necessary for coal transporta
tion ; and, besides, the freight on coal over
the Ohio roads is so : high that it would
raise coal to a ruinous price for poor people.
At Cincinnati, the city council has made
an appropriation for bringing a large quae-.
fit v fhf rani tt tlwk iitv hv Mifmail .n n1f
to relieve the necessities - of the poorer
classes. At Xew Albanv, Ind tbe gas has
been shut off from tbe street lamps, in oav
sequence of the scarcity of ; OQ4l--or
Journal, . .,, . ... 4. : .'
-Tspe Clanf
The VssTERy.-Fcu. Famixk.-
ctnnati tapers are filled with accoutnts of1
meetingsi held for the purpose of devisVwl
some male of relief for the suffering poorT
who are.freezing for want of fuel. The Cinr j
cinnati Gazette relates ; many instances- of)
distress. It sats ; , . -;t I
" CJc night last week, one of oar-city I
ofhicFns saw a man come out of an alley!
with a load of wood on his shoulders. ; lie
went np to bin and charged him with stealA
ingit.,:. . . ' :- ;'
The reply wis-" x nave stolen it. Mri
..i rv.;n . t i '
wood, aad no money. v. The man from whom'
I bare taken this, has plenty of wood.)
When .better limes come, I will go and teU
hinv what I hive done, and par him.- If voa
wish to put ne in jail, I will go .to tbe atari
tion-aonse w.tuout a word, bnt .air; for
God's sake, rt me take this wood home firsts
The other instance was of a family near
streets, who from Friday last until Sunday)
were without fuel and without food. - The:
consequence of this privation was,, that on
awaking on Sunday morning, they' found,
their little ufant of fire months old stretch-1
ed out deadfrom privation and cold."" '.'.';." 'J
' The Louisville Journal says the last bushel
of coal hat disappeared from that market J
There is a: little in the cellars of citizens,'
but none the yards of the dealers.