OREGON STATESMAN,
TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1857. - rV
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS.
FOR UELEOATE TO CONGRESS,
JOSEPHL ANE.
Marlon County.
For Dtttgntrt to ConitUuticmal Vonrmtim GEO.
,n. W1IX14M3. L. F.UKOVER. JOtm
'VPETU.RS, 1 VVI3 SHASfXOX. X. SIXUVH, "fctCH
AUO MILLER.
Fur Ciun?itDVrAItDSniKt..
'For Jtrwt-JACTB WOOPSIDES, GEO.
U. ABLE, ELI P. COOLKY.
rr, . w ... --Mk Conty. - " - - -' -
Fnr DrKrvfri to Cwvtitutionai ConPtntiamTl. P.
- bo5e. r. Vavmire, u. f. nvncn. a. i. bar
COCK. c. i-i -- -; ' " ' '
For Rrpmmtativct-IRA F. M. BUTLER, BENJ.
UAVDEN. . ;
Clackamas Count). ,
For Dehtatn to Constitutional CVmrmfiW-JAS.
K KEI.I.V. A. U LOVKJOV. W. A. STARK WRATH
. Kit. HBCTOB CAMPBELL, NATHANIEL BOBBINS.
ForVtmnriiman A. E. WAIT. i
for RtprtMntntimCEOlHX BEES, V. A. COL
LARD, S. 1 U11X1 LAND. , . . ..
Columbia Connty-.
Far Drlrgatt to Constitutionar Convtntien JO TIN
HAKIU3.
, fbr Rrpmmtatit THOMAS H.SMiTII. ,
' f, . r Maltnomab Coanty. . ,
For Drtrsitf to Vcmitihiiiimal Connention WM. II.
FAUa.VR.UtNJ. STAKK.S. J. McCOKMlCK. ,
; ' ' For Rtpretrntativt BIPPLE. '
Gen. Lanr III Wamlnattmt, and til Bndom.
meat of the Democratic Platform.
"We publish elsewhere in to-day's Issue the
reply of Gen. Lane to the committee ap
pointed by the Convention to apprise him of
his nomination, and to submit for his en
dorsement the platform of principles adopt
ed by that Convention. It will be seen that
he promptly, cordially, and unequivocally
endorses to the fullest extent the resolutions
to which we refer, and in making this en
dorsement bis letter throughout breathes a
tried devotion to the interests of Oregon, and
a sterling fidelity to the principles of the
Democratic party. In his renomination at
this period may be found what be is pleased
to term a " manifestation of public confi
dence' eminently worthy the frank and grate
ful appreciation with which he receives the
well-earned compliment; and however grate
ful he may be to the Democracy of Oregon,
his sense of appreciation is not higher than
is the estimation that same Democracy en
tertain for the industry, and fidelity which
has characterized his career as Delegate in
Congress.
Indeed so palpable are the convictions of
the people in reference to the public services
cf Gen. Lane, and so strong is the confi
dence in the wisdom of the Democratic par
ty of the Territory, and so settled their be
lief of its inviucibility, that np to this honr
the opposition have failed to marshal npon
the field any competitor whose ambition
can be warmed np to face the certain and
inevitable defeat which awaits whoever may
become the Black Republican standard
bearer in the coming contest, and from all
that we can learn so far as the election of
Delegate to Congress is concerned, we are
to have a " quiet sky" in the election of'
Lane without opposition.
We commend his letter to the attention
of onr readers, and we but anticipate their
judgment when we pronounce it precisely
what was expected and desired of him, by
every well-wisher of the Democratic party in
Oregon.
The Wheat and the Cheat.
: We hope the letters of Gen. Lane which
we publish to-day will do much to quiet
the piteous policy of a " devoted few" who
for so many moons have been emulating the
tad example of that discontented faction
who were ejected from paradise for a disor
ganizing ambition. Rebuked by the "Ju
bilee Resolutions," they sought refuge iu the
specious pretext that those resolutions were
passed without discussion, and by a minority
TOte, and for those and other reasons, uot
the expression of the real sentiment of the
Democratic party of the Territory. They ap
pealed to the Democratic members of the
Assembly. There rebuked by a vote of
more than two to one, of the real Demo
crats, exclusive of bolters and so'ts which
they introduced, they still refused to con
fess the verdict. The passage of similar and
yet more pointed resolutions by the Territo
rial Convention seemed for the moment only
to stagger the faith of the hopeful coterie,
who were struggling to break up the Demo
cratic party of Oregon by breaking down
its party organization, and they still claim
ed that Gen. Lane would not sanction the
resolution, that he was too "prudent" 83 to
do. Now that their last hope is fled, and
the resolutions endorsed by our nominee,
may we not hope to hear no more of per
secution," "clique," and all that sort of sore
headed balderdash ? If those who writhe
under their imaginary wrongs are really in
earnest when they make such vociferous pro
fessions of Democratic piety, it is high time
that they begin to exhibit their faith by
works, and instead of sowing discord all
aronnd themselves, they may find a full har
vest for their hooks in the opposition, open
and avowed, with which the Democracy are
fated to contend. If they are not disposed
to direct their energies to that work, they
bad better have the manliness and honesty
to throw to the breeze the colors of the reg
ular opposition, and do battle openly un
der them.
' That any considerable portion of the Dem
ocratic party in this country will consent to
become the dupes of any movement looking
to the work of disorganization, as was the
case in the instance under consideration, we
have never believed ; and while we have
well known how reluctantly they would pro
ceed to the painful duty of ostracising the
offenders, be tbey whom they might, yet we
were equally confident that when it did be
come their duty so to do when the preserva
tion of the party should require it to be
done the deed would never be left nndone.
W& Congress did make an appropriation
to pay the expenses of the Oregon "War
Claim Commission $12,000. It is provi
ded that the army officers on the Commis
sion shall not paid both as members of the
Ivtter and officers of the army.
Gen. Lane has gone south.
Qn. Lane and tha Standard.
Below we publish a letter of Gen. Lane,
addressed to the edit&r of the Standard. It
was In reply 'to a letter of Inland's to biq
(Gen. Lane) complaining of the passage of
the resolution by the Territorial Convention
declaring the Standard an opposition paper,
denying the allegations contained iu it, stat
ing that La iie bad " doubtless entered Tip in
his mind a judgment of his own," from read
ing the paper, and asking if ho endorsed or
repudiated that resolution. lie asked for
Lane's reply, for publication. We trnst the
Standard will be satisfied with the jodgmeut
which .llan had " entered up." It ac
cords with that of the Democracy of .Ore
gon.
'! t.
Portland, April 24, 1857.
A. Lelanp, Esq., Dear Sir .- In res
ponse to your note of the 2 2d Inst., I here
with enclose you a copy of my letter address
ed to the committee appointed by the Dem
oeatic Territorial .Convention to inform me
of my nomination and to present me . with
the resolutions of that Convention.
While I derply regret tho existence of any
cause of discord 'within thoT' ranks of the
Democracy of Oregon, I cannot1 sympathize
either with the movemeut which creates it
or ' with the object of its authors. The
preservation of the best interests of the par
ty, its exemption from the corrupting influen
ces of the isms and factions with which it
has, recently, so fiercely contended, requires
unyielding adherence to the principles, meas
ures, and usages of the Democratic party our
past experience has taught us to regard as
essential to success, and whatever menaces
the harmony of the party onght to be con
demned and discarded.
In that Convention, front all that appears
in the report of its proceedings, the charges
against the course of your paper were not
controverted by a single member of the con
vention. I have too much confidence in the
honest purpose, and the sound judgment of
the Democracy of Oregon there represented
by their chosen delegates, to question their
decision in the premises, and therefore beg to
commend you to a course in the future more
consonant with that harmony whose disturb
ance is thus denounced by those whose prin
ciples you claim to advocate, and upon
which so much depends the peace, prosperity
and happiness of the couutry.
Very resp'lly, Your ob't serv't,
JOSEPH LANE.
MvLTXOM-in County. The Democrats of
Multnomah have redeemed themselves. In
their Convention last week, they nominated
a hard ticket, some of the candidates upon
a test vote the softs strongly opposing.
G. W. Brown offered a resolution censuring
the action of those delegates from that
County (Messrs. Waterman and Walker)
who voted for the platform of the Territo
rial Convention, incltidiug the anti-Standard
resolution, and repudiating that platform.
It was laid on the table. The ticket nomi
nated was as follows: For Constitutional
Convention, W. II. Farrar, Benj. Stark aud
S. J. MeCormick. Ilyer Jackson was re
commended for joint member; aud also for
joint member of the Legislature. For mem
ber of Legislature, Mr. Riddle, of Sanvie's
Island. For Auditor, Shubrick Xorris; for
Sheriff, Wm. McMillen. The names of the
other candidates we do not recollect.
t& The Oregon Telegraph line has
" gone in" entirely. There has been com
munication over no part of it for the last
six months and will never again be any. The
wire is mostly d jwn, and the poles are like
wise fast falling. Many confiding men have
lost their money iu this enterprise, as every
one ought to have foreseen they would. We
wish it to be borne in mind that the Slates
man was the only paper in Oregon which
warned its readers against investing in the
concern, and that for so doing it en) led
down the abuse of nearly every other jour
nal. Such impracticable enterprises are a
greater loss to our couimuuity than the
amount of money sunk in them. Years
hence, when some practicable and needed
enterprise is urged, the ghosts of the old
plank-road and telegraph will rise up to de
feat it.
How Killing off The Statesman Works.
A year or eighteen months ago, J. C.
Avery, assisted by a striker or two, set
himself at work to circumscribe the circula
tion of the Statesman in Benton County.
The result is that we now have more sub
scribers in the County of Benton than we
have had at any previous time since the pub
lication of the Statesman was commenced
Washington County. The knownothings
of Washington Couuty have nominated the
following ticket.
For Delegates to Convention to frame a
State Constitution E. D. Shattuck, Levi
Anderson and John tvhite.
The convention recommended for joint
delegate, L.J. Dryer.
For Joint Kepresentative--T. J. Dryer.
or Representative 11. V. V . Johnson
For County Commissioner John Marsh,
For County Auditor T. L. Brickcll.
For County Treasurer J. M. Richey.
For County AssessorR. S. Caldwell.
For Public Administrator -Wm. Adams.
The convention adopted the following re
solution respecting Slavery:
Resolved, That the American party in
Washington county is unconditionally oppos
ed to the introduction of slavery into Ore
gon.
3T C. P. Stewart, familiarly called
Charley," or " Speculatin' Stewart," of
Portland, has purchased Ray's livery stable
in this place, and also the mail contract be
tween Oregon City and Corvallis. ne is
preparing to pnt a line of first class coaches
on the route. "Charley" is decidedly a
fast man," and we expect to see things
put through by daylight" hereafter.
KSu Col. Nesmith has removed the office
of Snperintendent of Indian Affairs to Sa
lem. It will be seen by advertisements in
appropriate columns, that contracts for fur
nishing Indians are to be re-let.
The Excelsior Troupe. This company of
vocalists, dansenses, aud instrumental per
formers are giving entertainments in Rec
tor's building. Their performances will re
pay a visit. .
Are they Goiko to Have None? The
colored republicans have not vet nrpnti
. - 4- i
a candidate for delegate to Congress.
Acceptance of Ocn. I.ane.
Portland, O. T., April 24, 1857,
. GEx.Jossr-H Lake DtarJSirt ,Tho nn
rUftigneil, ' a committee appointed by the
Democratic Territorial Convention, held at
Salem on the 13th inst., to inform you of
your selection by that body, as the candi
date of the Democratic party for Delegate
to Congress, nnd to present you with the
resolutions adopted by said convention, and
request your public acceptance or the same,
have the pleasured discharging that duty
by enclosing herewith the proceedings of
the Convention.- Allow us. to add our per
sonal congratulations ou 'again welcoming
you as the standard bearer of tho Democra
cy of Oregon.-"
Respectfully yours,
; n .. , JOSKril W. DREW,
' ASAI1EL BUSH, '
v JAMES M. PYLE,
- - Committee.
:. Gnj Josem Lake.
,,i Portland, O. T., April 24, 1851.
GESTLEMEM-rYour note of this date, in
forming me or my nomination for Delegate
to Congress, by the Democratic Territoria'
Convention held at Salem on the 13th inst.,
and coetosiug the proceedings aud resolu
tions) of that Convention, is before me, and
I haslen to rcply4 V ' ,
.i la myi renomination, I recoguize again
that mauifestation of public coufideuce
it has been, as it will continue to be my
aim to merit, at the hands of my fellow
citizens, and for which I tender them my
grateful acknowledgments. With a high sense
of the honor thus conferred upon uie, it is
alone in the promotion of the interests of
our people aud of our territory, (now about
to assume her sovereignty as one of the
States of this confederacy,) that I hope to
justify (his confidence upon the part of the
peoplo ; aud through you, 1 beg to assure
them that nothing within the reach of the
faithful performance of my duties shall be
left undoue, for the achieveuieut of this
great object.
In accepting the nomination, I cordially
endorse the resolutions of the Convention,
as expressive of the priuciples and will of
the Democracy of Oregon, aud while it is to
be regrettad that either any portion of the
press, or individuals claiming to be advo
cates of the principles, or members of the
Democratic party, should persist in a course
inevitably leading to the violation of the
"c ensued usages of the party," the pro
duction of coufusiou aud discord, and over
throw of all party organization indispensa
ble to the maintenance of our political prin
ciples and measures, it is both the right and
duty of the people, through their delegnt s
in Convention, to condemn and repudiate
the S-me wheuever aud wherever it may exist
Now that we are about t-k ug incipient
steps preparatory to our admission as a
Sta'e, convictions of duty and of patriotism
ombine with our hopes of future prosperity
as a people, in prompting our strict and un
swerving devotion to the time honored prin
ciples of that party, under whose auspices
our whole country has progressed and pros
pered to an extent unparalleled in the his
tory or ualious, auu by which alone the
peace, prosperity and integrity of the Union
can ever be maintained. Again, allow me
to express to the people whom you repre
sent, my profound gratitude, aud accept for
yourselves, assurances of my kiudest regard
Respectfully, your ob't serv't.
JOSEPH LANE.
Messrs. J. W. Drew,
Drew, 1
jl Brsii, V
M. lV!.E, )
Asa h el Bush. - Committee
James
Santiam, Lixn Co, May 1, 1S57.
Mr. Editor Iu the " Statesman" of the
28th ult., I notice a communication from
my old frieud, Caleb Cobblestone, formerly
of Rntlaud couuty, Vermont. Caleb and
myself were old schoolmates ; for, at the
age of twelve, my father, the well known
Kit Bullard, of Bullard's mill, sent me from
old Tennessee, to learn tho art of "pen
write," at a Yaukce school iu the hills of
A ermont. 1 be style of Caleb's letter is uot
unlike that of his boyish essays, and carries me
back to the time when he used to help me
out with my compositions, and other exac
tions of the Vermont school teacher, all of
which drew rather heavily upon an untaught
youth, frcsu from the wilds of lenuessee.
Caleb was, even iu his school boy days,
a ready writer, aud possessed of a vivid im
agination, with a never ceasing fund of
simile aud illustration. Well do I rcmem
bcr how beautifully be used to write of
the freedom of the uumhabitablo bills of
his native, state, and of the beauty of the
sterile aud narrow valleys which industry
aud untiring toil have rendered attractive
aud productive.' His proposition to 6iuk
the hulk of the old steamboat, forty fathoms
deep, iu spite of expense, instead of using
up the lumber for building purposes, or for
fuel, reminds me very forcibly of some of
his boyish conceits in his compositions at
6cnool, and in his essays read many years
since before tho lyceuui iu his own laukee
village.
But in other respects Caleb's views have
uudergoue a change. A residence iu Mis
60uri and Oregon has had its effect upon the
tastes and habits of thought of the quondam
enthusiast aud progressive reformer. How
ever, nothing is more apparent, at the pres
cut time, thau the bcuightcd tenacity with
which the recent converts to old Toryism ad
here to the antiquated policy and teachings
of those beau ideals of the conservative, who
encumbered the earth shortly after the exit
of our common ancestors.
Caleb is disposed to find fault with every
species of improvement, aud every mauifes
tation of cuterpnse, aud seeks to vcut his
spleen inlirely upon that portion of our com
munity who, like himself, first saw the light
in the valley of the Connecticut.
. This is a go-ahead age, aud no amount of
grumbling on the part of stragglers who
lag lazily behind, cau retard its progress. If
Caleb has been imposed npou by veudcrs of
wooden nutmegs aud feplit leather boots, he
can only charge it to a want of the neces
sary intelligence in the selection of those ar
ticles, and as a remedy should defer to the
opinion of one of his friends, who, though
knowing but little of nutmegs, has had some
experience iu the manufacture, aud is a com
petent judge, of the quality of " mud types."
It is however gratifying to know that " Ca
leb," from his early tastes aud habits, could
not be imposed upon by the substitution of
the villainous coru juice of the present day,
in the place of his former favorite driuk, ex
tracted in the still from coru stalks aud
West India molasses. It is said that " mis
ery loves company," and I suppose Caleb is
disgusted with the neatly constructed cot
tages to which he was formerly accustom
ed, and by which he is now being surroun
ded, when he recurs to the old log cabin
with a straggling " lean to" in which he now
resides.
Some persons think the world was finish
ed and should have been "fenced in and
painted," two hundred years ago a policy
which perhaps would nave left Caleb to
grope with his ancesters in the bogs "for-
nenst the Shannon." .
. Yours with regard, ' . -
KIT BTJLLAEI)r Jr, .
Oregon.
We copy the following from the Memphis
(Tend.) Appeal. It is from the pen of
lion. John A. Anderson, formerly of Clat
sop Co., in this Territory:
Tho fact that tho people of Oreiroit have taken
taps towards asking for nduiiasiou into the Union
a a State, rentiers an luiurmauon in relation to
the Territory, interesting. What is now Oregon
is but a part of the former Oregon Territory. The
whole Teritory was divdetl by Congress in two
fmrts Oregon and Washington the former ly
ng south of Columbia river, and the forty-sixth
degree of latitude. Oregon contains tho towns of
Oregon City, Fortlaml. Salora, Cincinnati, Davton
and ITtrnjqua City. Tho Inhabited portion of the
country Is wholly between the Cascade range of
mountains and the . Pacific. .There is abundance
of good land in Oregon to make it a rich and popu
lous State. It hits a large Pacific boundary.
The above extract is taken from the Mem
phis Eagle and Enquirer, and has directed
our attention to the great importance of the
couutry of which it speaks:
' Having lived in Oregon four years, we
hover recur to the memory of her immense
and magnificent forests, her broad, clear and
beautiful mountain rivers, her rich and fer
tile prairies, and her (to us, at least) ever
generous, kind aud hospitable people, with
out having aroused in our bosom the live
liest emotions of pleasure and gratitude.
Pardon us, then, while we give, for the ben
efit of your readers, some facts that may be
of importance with reference to that distant
country.
Oregon contains more than one hundred
and eigarf-five thousand square miles, and,
we suppose, at this time fully sixty thousand
inhabitants. The breadth of the great val
ley between the ocean shore and the Cas
cade range of Mountains varies from one
hundred to one hundred and fifty miles in
extent. About one-third of this country is
known as the Willamette Valley, and is re
markable for its fertility and great adapta
bility to grain growing and pasturage. The
balance makes up what is known as the
Umpqua and Rogue (or Oro) river Valleys,
and is equally noted for that richness of
soil, heallhfulness aud salubrity of climate,
that characterizes so large a portion of the
Territory. The country between the Cas
cade Range and the Rocky Mountains is
very extensive, and being an elevated pla
teau, nas been not unaptly called the " Pas
toral Section." It is full of hills, forming
many rich and lovely valleys. Tho climate
of Oregon is very mild and healthy, and the
extremes of temperature nothing like so
great as on the Atlantic seaboard iu the
same latitudes. Rich gold miueR, surpass
ing m their yields eveu those of California.
have been discovered and marked in the
southern portion of the Territory: but we
do not regard them as aiding so much to
build up and establish the permanent pros
perity of the couutry as we do the rich val
ley the tall forests, and the beautiful navi
gable streams that are to be found within
her borders.
The principal productions of the country
are, wheat, rye, oats, barley and other ce
reals. Clover and nearly all kmds of grass
es will grow well. Irish potatoes, and near
ly all vegetables grow very finely and yield
enormously. Indian com is not produced,
except in small quantities. The uights are
too cold for it to germinate.
Great quautities of Fpruce, fir, hemlock
aud oak lumber are shipped from this coun
try to California, the South American coast
aud the Sandwich Islands.
The finest salmon in the world are taken
in Columbia river and are exported for sale
to the same market. Oysters, clams and
other small fish, are found in threat abun
dauce in the bays and waters near the coast.
As a stock-raising nnd crain-erowm; coun
try, we do not think it is surpassed by any
on the Continent. The Columbia is her
priucipal river, and is navigable for steam
boats about one huudred and forty miles.
The Willamette is the next river of im
portance, and empties into the Columbia
from the South. It is navigable above the
"falls" (at Oregon City) a distance of one
hundred aud twelve miles, to Corvallis, aud
pernaps further.
The capital of the Territory is Salem, (on
the Willamette, fifty miles above Oregon
City) although there has been a strong ef
fort made to chanpe it to Corvallis. Both
of these places are well supported by fine
agricultural sections of country. Oregon
City is situated at the " fall" on the Willa
mette, tweuty-four miles above, where it
empties into the Columbia, and is destined
to bo a manufacturing place of much im
portance. 1 he water power there is equal
to any in the Union.
Portland, the largest town in the Territo
ry, is on tho same river, twelve miles below,
Astoria is at (or near) the mouth of the
Columbia, and is destined to be the great
commercial entrepot of the country. There
are no insurmountable obstacles in the wny.
and it has many advautnges to render it, at
a future day, next to San Francisco, the
great commercial metropolis of the Pacific
coast, it is easy of access for vessels, and
the harbor is capacious and safe. We know
what we say, and make this 6tateineut not
withstanding so many contradictory reports
have gone abroad with regard to the dan
gers attending the entrauce of vessels into
the mouth of the river.
Oregon is rapidly filling up with an in
dustrious, energetic and intelligent popula
tion; and besides this she is thoroughly, na
tioually, and soundly Democratic. And
when she does become a full sister in the
Uuion, we fear not but that her Senator
sons will be of that unadultereus class that
will entitle them to occupy high places in
their party, and in the affections of the peo
ple. J. A. A.
Helena, Ark., Feb. 19, 1857.
Governors op Territories. We are hap
py to see the announcement that non. J. r.
Anderson, formerly delegate from Washing
ton rcrntory. has been appointed Governor
of the same. . This is a good selection, and
although Mr. Anderson is unknown to us
personally, we take pleasure in bearing tes
timony to the soundness of bis Democracy,
aud to tho unswerving integrity which has
marked his public career. Under his super
vision we shall look forward to an admidis-
tration of affairs in the most northern of our
Pacific Territories, honorable to our coun
try, and one that shall advance the interests
of the people of that young but vigorous
community.
Hie Democracy of the Union will also be
pleased to hear that Sam. Medary, " the
war horse of the party" in Ohio, has receiv
ed the appointment of Governor of Minne
sota Territory. How the Democracy of
Ohio can spare him we do not know, but
certainly Minnesota needs an infusion of a
little genuine Democracy, ana we trust uoi.
Medary will inculcate it. N. Y. Day Book.
Franklin Pierce ceased to be President
on the 4th March. He who for four years
has held a position far above princes and po
tentates: who has had the shaping of the
destiny of the greatest country the sun ever
shone npon in bis own hands, is now bnt an
humble citizen, with no more power or pa
tronage than his next neighbor.
"Sorrow came and left its traces
there."! It don't say what became of the
rest of the harness.
Tba New Cabinet. .
Lewis Cass was born in Exeter, in . New
Hampshir : studied law and was admitted
to the bar in 1802. In 1806he was elected
member of the Legislature of Ohio in 1807
Marshal, and in 1812 resigned, to volunteer
under General Hull. During the war be
was chosen Colonel of the Ohio Regiment of
Volunteers ; and after serving with honor
in the campaign against Canada, settled in
Michigan in 18l5. Iu 1831 Gen. Jackson
made him Secretary, of War ; and iu -1836
he was Minister to France.
- .The activity and seal which he displayed
against the project bf a tri-partrite treaty,
by which the great powers assumed the right
of search of all vessels, under the pretense or
suspicions of participation in the slave trade,
broke np the combination, and silenced a
pretense that has never since been renewed.
His national coarse gave him great popular
ity, and in 1844, be was the candidate of a
large section of his party in the National
Convention, and a still larger in 1849, when
he was nominated for President.
He received also a majority of the Con
vention in 1852 for the same office, and
undoubtedly have been nominated and elec
ted, if the two-thirds rnle had not interven
ed to prevent the submission of his name.
He was chosen U. S. Senator by Michigan
iu 1845, and held that place till now.
Though seventy-five years of age, he pre
serves bis physical and mental vigor as in
his palmiest days the result of a life of
strict temperance, for Mr. Cass has declar
ed that never once in his whole life has be
tasted spiritaous liquors. Lord Aberdeen is
73 years of age ; Lord Palmerston 73 ;
Lord Johu Russell 65 ; Guizot 70 ; Hum
boldt 88 ; Narvaez G2 ; Lamartine 60 ;
Chief Justice Taney 80.
Howell Cobb, Secretary of the Treasury,
was born at Cherry Hill, Jefferson county,
Ga., on the 7th September, 1815. He was
admitted to the bar in 1836, and at the
age of 22 was appointed Solicitor General
of the Western Circuit. In 1842 he was
elected to. Congress, and after a brilliant ca
reer there, was chosen Speaker iu the year
1849.
Aaron Venable Brown, of Tennessee, was
born iu Virginia, in 1795 ; was educated in
North Carolina, and admitted to the bar
there. From 1839 to 1845 he was a mem
ber of Congress from Tennessee ; and was
then elected Governor of the State. He
has held no political office since 1847 ; but
has exercised a commanding influence In par
ty affairs.
Johu Buchanan Floyd, of Virginia, be
longs to one of the most influential families
of the State. He has been its Governor
and Presidential Elector. The Electoral
College recommended him for a place in the
Cabinet ; but Gen. F. disclaimed this form
of presentation, and was chosen upon the
recommendation of public sentiment, and
Mr. Buchanan's kuowledge of bis high qual
ities. Jacob Thompson, of Mississippi, has been
a member of Congress for many years and
though still but 45 years of age, has exhib
ited extraordinary talents, eloquence, aud
that practical knowledge of affairs that char
acterizes the statesman.
Isaac Toncey was the Attorney General of
President Polk s administration and subse
quently representative of Connecticut in the
the Uuited States Seuate. He is a man of
study, eloquent in counsel and able in admin
istration; and one who is destined to leave his
mark on the history of the Democratic par
ty-
Jeremiah S. Black is the present Chief
Justice of Pennsylvania a jurist who stands
not only pre-eminent in his own State, bnt
is ranked as among the highest judicial au
thorities, by the legal profession in all the
states.
AU these gentleman (but one) are native
born citizens of the old Thirteen States.
Two were born in Virginia, Brown and
Floyd : two in New England, Cass aud Ton
cey ; aud the others in the States in which
they are designated. Messrs. Cass, Brown,
and Floyd have each been Governors the
first of the Northwestern Territory, and the
other two of their respective States.
The President, the Secretaries of State
and Navy, and the Attorney-General are
from non-slarcholding States the remain
ing officers from the slaveholding States.
Albany Argus.
Another Horrible Hudcr
Ou the uight of the 11th inst., in Illinois
valley, a Mr. Robert Patterson was murder
ed by a man named Vincent Cunningham,
From D. W. McComb, Esq., of Crescent
City, who arrived here on Tuesday evening,
we learn the following particulars .
Patterson was stopping at the house of
A. J. Henderson on the night of the fatal
ocenrrence. Cunningham, who was with a
pack-train, which was camped in that vicin
ity, went to the bouse and called Patterson
out. Fcrsoos in the bouse soon after heard
shrieks and groans, aud going out, they
found Patterson weltering in his blood. He
had received several 6tabs with a bowie-
knife, causing almost instant death. Can
uingham immediately fled, and has not been
arrested. It is said that patterson and Cun
ningham had had a difficulty previously.
Mr. Hendershott, Sheriff of Josephine
county, offers five hundred dollars reward
for the arrest of Cunningham. We append
the following description of him, as given by
the Sheriff:
" Said Cunningham is about 23 years old,
5 feet 10 or 11 inches high, weighs 170
pounds, 6mall grey eyes, light curly hair,
and cau be easily recognized from the fact
that the point of bis nose has been bitten off.
He has resided on Klamath River. Cal.. and
at Sailor Diggins, O. T." Table Rock Sen
tinel.
Affrat at Gilbert-towx, Evans Creek
We are informed by Dr. Gilbert, that on
Monday morning, April 6th, one John
Smith was killed by Thomas Kelly, under
the following circumstances : Smith came
to the cabin of Kelly and asked, " if there
was any one there who had anything against
him 7 If there was he would tight them any
way they chose." He then commenced fir
ing on Kelly, and fired two shots, when
Kelly first snapped a cap and then returned
the fire .by shooting Smith in the bowels.
causing deatn in aoout twenty minutes.
Kelly came to this place on Tuesday, with
the intention of surrendering nimselt to an
examination, but finally deferred making
any statement until he could bring substan
tiating evidence. J. lie case, we understand,
will be investigated to-day.
Since the above was in type, we learn by
a gentleman from Evans Creek, that there
has been a great change in pnbhc opinion
there, in regard to the shooting affray nar
rated above. - It was at first thought Kelly
killed Smith in self-defense. It has since
been stated ' by miners who were near the
place of shooting, that tbey heard only one
report of a pistol, and that followed instant
ly by the voice of a man apparently in dis
tress. - It is now thought that the act was
not justifiable homicide.-
-Table Rock Sen-
tinel.
6-Tbe capital of Minnesota bas been
removed from St. .Paul to St, Peter. , .
The Dreel Scott Case.
. i The opiuion of the Supreme Court in the
case of Scott vs. Sanford was delivered; by
we cuier Justice. It was a full and elabor
ate statement of the views of the court.
They have thus decided the following all-important
points : ..
1, Negroes, whether slaves or free that
Is, men of the African raceare not citizens
of the Uniued States by the constitution. "
2. The ordinance of 1187 had no fndrf
pendeut constitutional form or legal effect
subsequently to the adoption of the consti
tution, and could not operate of itself to
confer freedom or citizenship, within the
Northwest Territory, on negroes not citizens
by the constitntlofl. ' - -"
8. The provision of the act of 1820, com
monly called the Missouri Compromise, in
so far as it undertook to exclude negro sla
very from, and communicates freedom and
citizenship to, negroes in the northern part
of the Louisiana cession "was a legislative
act exceeding the powers of Congress, and
void, aud of no legal effect to that end. -
In deciding these main points, the Su
preme Court determined the; following in
cidental points: . '
; 1, - The expression ''territory and other
property? of the Union, in the constitution,
applies in terms only to such tefritory as the
Uuion possessed at the time of the adoption
of the constitution.
2. The rights of citizens of the United
States, - emigrating into federal territory,
and the power of the federal government
there, depends on the general provisions of
the constitution, which defines in that, as in
all other respects, the powers of Congress.
3. As Congress does not possess power
itself to make enactments relative to the per
sons or property of citizens of the United
States in federal territory, other than such
as the constitution confers, so it cannot con
stitutionally delegate any such power to a
territorial government orgauized by it nnder
the constitution.
4. The legal condition of a slave in the
State of Missouri is not affected by the tem
porary sojourn of such slave in any other
State, but ou his return his condition still de
pends on the laws of Missouri.
The delivery of this opiuion occupied about
two hours, and was listened to with profound
attention by a crowded court-room ; and,
whether as a decision of the Supreme Court,
or for the constitutional arguments on which
it stands, will exert the most powerful and
salutary influence throughout the United
States.
Alpha," the Washington correspond
ent of the Boston Traveller, gives the fol
lowing interesting incident:
The Extra Compensation BUI which se
cures the payment of 20 per centum more
than their salaries to the Congress employes,
not the House bill, but a similar bill origi
nated in the Senate, passed both houses. It
was duly engrossed aud laid before the Pres
ident, who was at the Capitol in readiness to
sign bills as fast as they were presented.
Instead of signing it, however, be laid it
one side, untouched.
The careful and rather anxious clerk call
ed his attention to it a second time, when
His Excellency responded, " Ah !" and pro
ceeded to affix his signature to other bills.
A third time was his attention called to the
unsigned bill by the now fearful official, who
said, Why don't you sign this bill Gene
ral; I have examined it and find it all right,
referring, of course, to its being engrossed
correctly. To this question, Mr. Pierce
responded iu a manner which did him great
credit, in these words, which, as they consti
tute bis last veto, and as they express his
men nog so fully aud sensibly, are worthy
the honor of a separate paragraph. Here
it is:
" Simply because I do not choose to sign
it."
Thus the bill which had been passed thro'
Congress by the most extraordinary means,
was prevented from becoming a law by that
benificent invention of General Jackson
the pocket veto.
The Mails ijt Washington Territory.
The bill making appropriations for the ser
vice of the Post Office Department for the
fiscal year ending the 30th of June, 1858,
contains an appropriation for the conveyance
of the mails weekly iu steamboats between
Olympia, in that Territory, aud Whatcom,
Bellinghnm Bay, to take in several interme
diate points. On inquiry at the Contract
Office of this department, we were gratified
to learn that the Postmaster General has
already awarded the contract for this ser
vice to Messrs. Hunt & Scranton, for the
sum of $22,400 per annum. Washington
Union.
Jacksonville, April 9th, 1857.
A. Bcsh, Esq. Dear Sir: Several per
sons who have returned to this place from
the Willamette valley, have informed me
that it is reported and believed by some few
who are acquainted with me in that portion
of the Territory, that I am the author of a
piece or pieces signed " Plain Talk," which
appeared in the Standard some time since.
You will oblige me by publishing that such
is not the case. I have never eveu seen the
piece. I am the more anxious to make this
"disclaimer," as a friend of mine, in every
way qualified to judge of such matters, tells
me that the communication referred to, does
not possess that felicity of diction and beau
ty of illustration which reuder the essays of
Macauley so admirable.
Respectfully, your obd't serv't.,
J. H. REED.
Corvallis, April 28, 1857.
A. Bcsh Dear Sir: Our precinct meet
ings, including the Corvallis, Long Tom and
King's Valley precincts, adopted the Salem
platform, including the Standard resolution;
the other precincts I have not heard from.
It was adopted in this precinct by a vote of
ten to one. No other news.
Flocb. We are indebted to Mr F. B.
Sprague, of Sprague & Simpson's mills, near
Sublimity, for a sack of superfine flour. We
have seen no better flour in the country.
Messrs. Sprague and Simpson have erected
a new mill, which they have just got in op
eration. ,
H. C. Jenkins, Hillsboro'. Wm. Sim
mons is agent for the Statesman, at Hills
boro', and A. R. Shipley at Portland.
Weir We learn tnat the arms of the sec
ond mate of the Columbia were not so badly
injured as to be permanently disabled. Lr.
Cole, formerly a surgeon of the army, am
putated the fingers and thumb.
t -r... r.ocir. We learn that on Wed-
a .;.h nn the left fork of Jackson
i. Ko firino- of a Distol and the shrieks
of a man were heard, since which time a mi
ner whose name we did not learn, has been
missing. Table Rock Sentinel.
TTv-TtrrijaiTTSTs in Nobth Carolina The
cnn,a f!nnrt of North Carolina have de-
on olaVmmtA oninion affirming th
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right of Universalists to testify in Court,
which had been denied. The reasoning of
the decision applies equally, well ,to Infidels.
. - Coming Event.
It has been properly said that comimr
events castheir shadows before. Since the
elevation of Mr. Ruchanan by the people to
me f resiaency.tne iiuure nas been most clear
ly shadowed forth. Close observers have
not failed to notice the indications of future
happy results to the conntry. Elected upon
the broad grounds of Union and patriotism,
the sober, second thought of the people is
bringing to his snpport thousands who hesi
tated to yield it in the late canvass. The
wila dream of the fanatic is giving place to
the influences of waking reason and mature
and calm judgment. t i f. v I .V ?
Ibe President's Inaugural has dissipated
all question as to his future policy, and the
lovers of the Union are fast joining the ranks
oi nis supporters. All minor considerations
? 7,eld,llS to the great question of sus
taining the Union and crashing out its ene
mies. In the North and South, and East
and West, the principles of the Inaugural
have met the most hearty approval. Strong
partisan papers have been compelled to as
sent to the cogent considerations which it
presents. The number of querulous Black
Republican" dissents are almost too insig
nificant to form an exception.
The tone of the great mass of the public
press indicates that all lovers of the Union,
in all quarters, intend to sustain the new
Administration with sincerity and efficiency.
The disunionists alone will be its opponents.-
An Administration thus sustained, cannot
fail to secure the most happy consequences
to our whole country. We have every indi
cation that coming events, which are so
clearly foreshadowed, will be fruitful iu
blessings to the American people, and that
our free institutions are destined to endure,
and produce those happy results contemplat
ed by those who gave them form. Wash
ington Union.
"Fifty Years Uence." Right Rev.
Bishop Clarke (says the Baltimore Ameri
can) is stated to have delivered recently a
lecture on the above subject, in which oc
curs the following passage; whether intended
for prophecy or satire, however, we are not
exactly able to determine :
"Fifty years hence, the newly-married
pair will step into an emporium for the sale
of houses, look over the book of patterns,
select one to suit their taste and means, or
der it, and it will be sent home in the morn
ing, put together and occupied at night.
" In traveling, as great changes will take
place, instead of the dusty road and crowd
ed car, there will be a splendid locomotive
hotel, flying over a road carpeted with
turf and bordered with shade trees, and
heralding its approach with sweet music,
instead of the demoniac shriek of the steam
whistle, and labeled through from Boston
to San Francisco in four days.
" Instead of the unsightly telegraph poles,
there will be, fifty years hence, a net work
under ground, and nnder the bosoms of the
deep, and it will click off thoughts instead
of words. Then the electric battery will
light all the street lamps at once, enable all
the clocks in the city to keep exact time, and
kindle the beacons on the dangerous rocks,
i j . I - 1 r a
wuere now meu nazaru lueir urea sou wear
ont their lonely days.
'Then the author will not write by our
slow process, losing his rarest fancies, but he
will sit down to the newest invented chiro
graph ical instruments, aud patting his fin
gers on the keys, write as fast as he can
think."
What Artici.es Pay the Revente. Of
the $63,314,303"S7 collected from customs
in 1856, the sum of $47,163,850 05 was
raised by duties on iron, steel, silk, woof,
hemp, flax, cotton, and the manufactures
thereof, brandies, wiaea aud sugars, as fol
lows: Iron, Steel, Sc. Manufactures thereof, $7,010,723 13
Manufactures of Wool, 8.? 15,636 40
Manufactures of Cotton, 6.333,740 05
Manufactures of Silk, 7,604,346 15
Manufactures of Flax, 2,238,384 70
Manufactures of Hemp, 50,746 00
Articles made of Wool, Flax, Cotton,
Silk or Hemp, not classified, 2.745,583 19
Sugar, 6.761,595 90
Wines, 2,713,423 20
Brandies, 2,859,342 00
Total.
J17.163.5S0 05
Chaxge op Fortcke. The X. Y. Ex-
. i . t-r ir. . t. . i
press says inn non. jjavia j. uroaencK,
Senator elect from California, left New York
for California seven years ago with just
mont-y enongh to get there, and had twenty
five dollars on his arrival. lie returns a
United States Senator, and is tendered the
honors of the city which be left almost pen
niless. He is now worth, it is said, $250,
000.
TWO DAYS IN A COFTUr ALIVE. Mr. T. II-
Bntler, a Georgia timber-cotter, went to
Savannah, a short time since, to sell timber.
and was taken sick, and it was thought died.
His remains were deposited in a coffin and
sent home. On opening the coffin after its
arrival, he was discovered to smile. Medi
cal assistance was immediatly obtained, and
it is said he is fast recovering. He was in
his coffin nearly two days !
1B The other day a personal and politi
cal friend called at Wheatland, to take a
final leave of Mr. B. when he found the
President surrounded by fifteen or twenty
pilgrims. The friend who wanted no
office after stating the object of his visit.
apologized for the intrusion, to which Mr.
B. replied.
" Mr dear sir, I shall be most happy at
a y time to see yon, either here or at Wash
ington, the more especially as I know you
are not after office, having been so fortunate
in your business enterprises as to rise above
such a necessity. This office hunting, sir.
is a most miserable life I"
Whether the scores of individuals " after
an office," who heard the above signifi
cant remark, made the proper application.
we are nut iDiurmeu , uub u uicj vuu uv
they are certainly hint proof.
Pouncs is the Pclptt. There are some
great facts in modern history which need no
written commentary ; the following is one of
them : Of the three thousand New England
priests who in 1854 sent to Congress a remon
strance, "in the name of Almighty God,"
against the passage of the Nebraska bill, we
see it stated that no less than eighteen of them
have been proven guilty of adultery I Oh 1
A family in Springfield, Mass.. were
ail made sick a short time ago, from eating
of a chicken pie cooked in a yellow glazed
crockery dish. The glazing of such dishes
is poisonous, and is absorbed by the food that
is cooked in them. r-
It is said that nine members of the
San Francisco Vigilance Committee have
committed suicide, the ninth being J. Hawes
Davis, formerly of New Bedford,
DEMOCRATIC SJEAJKIJfG
At ButeviUe, May ISth.
School-house, French Prairie, near Harpoles Marl
SUverton. May 20th. . ' Jt"
Howell's Prairie, (Kays' barn.) May 21st.
Sublimity, May 22nd.
Conner's Ferry, May 23d.
Salem, May 30th.
farSpeaking to cnmer.'e: at 1 o'clock,. P.