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OREGON STATESMAN. TUESDAY, MAY 86, 1851. DESIOCRATIC NOMINATIONS. FOR DELEGATE TO CONOZE88, JOSEPHLANE. Wart Caawty. ftr DaVgates to Canatitutionmi CawmMi GEO. H. WILLIAMS, L. F. GROVER, JOSEPH COX, i. C. PCBBLB9. DATI3 8HASNOX. !T. SHKUM . RICH ARD MILLER. Ar CtmrnOmmu EDWARD SHBIL. . Fbr JCtswsfstfsrlA.COS WOODS IDES, GEO. M. ABLE, ELI C COO LET. Rr IMrmHn tm Cjmitilutiamnl P. BOrSE. P. WAY IRE, B. F- BITRCH, A D. BAB- COCK. PW Rfmtrtttttivf IRA F. M- BUTLER, BEHJ. RAYDEN. . . , Cluckasnas Casu.tr. .. ' Phr Drhrttrt to CVmrfihrfWxial ComxnftM J AS. K. KBLLT A. U LOTEJOT. W. A. STARKWEATH ER, HECTOR CAMPBKIX, NATHAN I EL. BOBBINS. Ar CbmdbMM A. E. WAIT. . for Ktmmudirm GEORGE BEES, P. A. COL LARD, S.T. GILULAXD. ' MaiM OMHtr fV- fMifto to CuaifihifSaW CSasaafam JO HIT ARRIS. to- ibwMMiw THOMAS H. SMITH. MlllMMk Comtjr. IW Maraf to CautiMM Canrah-TH. H. PARRAB, bNJ. STARK. S. J. McCORMICK. A. R. RIDDLE. TiaUU Caamtr. ' Dcfcntet to Cotutitwtitmal Camtrmtkm A. R. BUR BANK. C RICHARXMON, A.S. WATT.B.T.8TONE. Ar JlfsracaattM A. B. UTESTEBFIELD, D. M. JBBSEE. - Mfaer to Cswuwsssssaf CtanwaJtoa B. ROBIIf 80X.M. H. WALKER, R. B.ORA T.JOHN KELSAT. .J. THAYER. JAKES K IK- KEY. ! WuUlM CMMtjr. LattlOX. D. H. BRLKXAP. HYER JACKSON. If ii PETER 8CHOLL. -MtTTHEW V. DEADY. SOLOMOX FITZHUOH, STEPHEN P. in un lUBv, THUS AS Wlll tT&U. Ar JtprnratoejM ALBEirr A. MATTHEWS. CWMiaW Coaumi EKOCH HOLT. W. 8. BROCK. W. . BRISTOW. J. F. OIL- PREY, JESSE COX, A. J. CAMPBELL. Ar KtpivtntaliMt JQHS "iVHITEAKER. J. W. MACK. . MttaVi to CeartinrtMMaf Goacrntiau DELAZOK SMITH. JOHK T. CROOKS. LUTHER ELK INS, J. H. BRATTAIX, J AS. SHIELDS, Jr., R. S. CO YLE , Ar Btpnmmtiiiif AXPEBSOX COX.X.H.CR.V NEB, H.M. BROWN. WMttogtM anal KallmaMa CoamtSes. Ar Cnsin'wfiiiiiiil Ciwma'Mii HYER JACKSON. Ar Rtpratmtativt A. L. DAVIS. Vsanata. Cowuify. Ar Coaafirsfiaf CWcsfioa A. C. GIBBS. J. M COZAD. Ar gsjmawsffn BENJ. BRATTAIX. .. i 1 Y Mil bjmA Clatsiu Caiattca. . . i . rorCssmdhsMot R. W. MORBISOX. . . Clatsop Comaty. ;.,, ; af Ar Csusfifsfisusl Ctmsewtitm JOHN AD A IK. Ar Rimrwlmtir JOHN BBOWH. , The editor of The Statesman ha gone to Pnget's Sonnd, with the Superin tendent of Indian Affairs, and will be absent for several weeks. Am Haw mt Man. Below we publish the annual report, for 1855,' of John Montgomery, an Indian Agent among the Kaws, of Kansas: . . ' ' Cockcil Orotc Agexct, August 31, 1853. Sn s As I hare been with the Kansas Indians bat a short time, it is imposible for ma to make a fall or lengthy report of their condition, progress, dtc. They bare an annuity of ten thousand dollars, whiekv after being- paid to tbem, is mostly laid oat for provision and " whisky;" for the latter a con siderable amount of this annuity is spent, and of which there is a roll supply in the Territory : they drink it where and wbenerer they can get it. They are situated on one of the great thorough fares of the west, (the 8anta Fe road.) where they can carry to its fall extent the practice in which they hive engaged for several years past, id est, the practice of stealing; they avail them selves of every opportunity to steal, not only from other people, bat from each other ; this custom, and may others equally as mean, have so long been tolerated amongst them, that, I believe, they hava lost all confidence in each other : they subsist by hunting, stealing, begging, and sometimes taking. Immediately after they received one thousand dollars worth of provisions, which was paid to them about the middle of June last, the small pox broke out amongst them and has continued fa tally with the greater number of them, it seems to the great satisfaction and admiration of all those who have any acquaintance with the Kaws. They plant their corn without the plough, not even fencing their fields, but leave the corn expos ed and uncultivated to make itself; in eonss- ouewee of the drought killing ail their corn this season, they will have to pass a severe winter; daring the dry weather they came to the conclu sion that this was not the country designated for them by the Great Spirit, and that the Great Spir it has become dissatisfied with them, and was then frowning upon them ; they would refer to the mission farm, and say, look at oar white brother's com, how splendid, beautiful, and green, it is ; ' look here at ours, almost joining his, how parched and brown; it will make nothing.! At present they have no set ool, and it aeems that what they have had has been only a dead ex pense to the government ; those who have en joyed the privilege of the school heretofore are now no more than common Kaws in dress, man ners, and everything else. I am constrained to say that the Kansas are a poor, degraded, supeistitious, thievish, indigent, tribe of Indiana; their tendency is downward, and, in my opinion, they most soon become ex tinct, and the sooner they arrive at this period, the better it will be for the rest of mankind. I would state, however, before sending my report, that there are nearly four thousand dollars of dep redation claims already brought against the Kan sas tribe of Indians, depredations committed on the Santa Fe road by running off and killing stock ; I would also state that these Indians should be removed from this read. -(- I am, respectfully, si', ,. , Yoor obedient servant, JOHS MONTGOMERY, ".' " ' Indian Agent. Ghjokel A-CuMssnro, i . &ap't of Indian Affairs, St. Louis, Mo. ' John Montgomery is unmistakably an honest, practical and sensible man, and if we were President, he should be Commis sioner of Indian Affairs. In this age of moonshine and visionary projects for " edu cating," " christianizing" and "civilizing" the Indian, ft is refresning to fiud one man, in charge of tbem, who tells the troth about them, and manifests practical judgment. It is a remarkable coincidence (" only it isn't) that the Kaws Indians, as described by Agent Montgomery, are precisely like those of Oregon. We sometime since came to the conclusion that there is very little difference in the race: that the Indian is about the same kind of being wherever he is ionnd. He is idle, thriftless, lazy, and gen erally worthless, and the scheme of " civiliz ing" hint m as practicable and possible as railroad to the moon, and no more so. The missionaries of various denominations tried this in Oregon, to some extent, for a long series of years, but there is not in the whole - Territory a single Indian whose " christianized" condition bears witness to their slightest success. Under the policy of the late Commission er Manypenny, (who was as visionary npon this subject as a New England spinster noon the subject of eon verting the " poor hea then," when impressed with the idea that aba has a " call to labor ia the missionary Held,'') the Indians of Oregon have been collected npon reserves where they" are fed and clothed " at a dead expanse to the gov ernment," as John Xlonlffomery would say. They do not a thing towards supporting themselves. If one of the lazy creatures is set to work for a day on the reserve " farm," (and we predict that every dollar's worth of produce raised on the reserves will cost three dollars, at the common prices of the coun try,) he mnst be paid, and paid roundly probably twice as much as his labor is worth. None of them will work without pay. They re the most pampered set of pwapertwe ever knew. The system is wholly wrong. Most of these Indians are able bodied men, capable of earning their own living, and they ought to be made to do it, or left to starve. As it is, white men , labor among them, and to provide for them, while they do nothing. If any work if done by them, the " bucks" compel . the squaws to do it; and then they not anfreqaeutly beat them to death for not doing more, or just because they can. Some of .the head chiefs in Ore gon have at various times within the knowl edge of men here, killed a half dozen of their women in this way. . The " chiefs" and " head men" wear fine clothes, famished by the government, and go better dressed than the majority of oaf White population ; at the same time they grumble continually because they are not famished with loe houses, and supplied with : whatever they desire. They would like to visit the towns ' whenever it suits their faney stop at the, hotels, and have their bills paid by the Superintendent, and complain piteoaaly if such things are refused them; We are. glad to learn that the present Superintendent has resolved to pot an end to this last practice. J r . They have also " schools on the .reserves here. How successful the efforts in this be half have been, we have no positive knowl edge,' but we can well imagine that the meas ure of success is not unlike that reported by John Montgomery, in the case of the Kaws. . To conclude, we say that so far, at least, as the Oregon Indians are concerned, and we believe it is the ease elsewhere, Ex-Commissioner Many penny's scheme is the high est kind of an " air castle" a supreme hum bag. The Indians ought to be treated, when taken in charge at all, as the paupers of the government cared for and supplied when not able to do it themselves, and re quired to do it when able, r , ' , . r ... . . . -i : . " Sn ix Harping ox Mt Daughter." -The Standard is at the old business of Attiring from all tke Gmnfiei, and learning that they don't approve of the platform of the Terri torial Convention I We have never known such unanimity in the party throughout the Territory, as that which approves of the platform adopted by the Territorial Conven tion, entire. . ., ... - i: . . Wm. rarker, Esq., of Parkersviile, informs ns that his name was placed npon the Independent ticket of this county with out his knowledge or consent, and that he atterly repudiates all such acts; and further more, Mr. P. says he would not serve if elected over the regular Democratic nomi nees. ; -.-.....J The Elkctiox.- A s we have no regular opposition candidate for Delegate to Con gress, and no opposition local ticket in many of the counties, much apathy exists concern ing the election of next Monday. We hope our democratic friends - will not neglect to torn oat and vote. asX- By reference to ouf advertising col umns it will be seen that the Marion Honse hotel, in this place has changed hands. Mr.' May, the new proprietor, has had much experience in keeping apnblie bonsev - Geo. Nelson, as oar Lafayette cor respondent predicted, refused to run on: the Yamhill bogus, black republican ticket. He was too good a democrat to be caught , in that crowd.'" ' 9 The Standard pretends to publish the names of the democratic nominees, yet re fuses to raise the names of the Lane, Yam hill, Benton, Clatsop, Linn and Douglas candidatea.' V.V!.? " ' ; " J3"W have had very heavy rains dur ing the past week. 1 ' The wheat crop is now past aH danger from drought. ' ; ' , , Deer Creek, O. T. May IS, 1837, ' FmtsD Bisn Lang syne I suggested ' to yon the propriety of discontinuing Statesman addressed James lsarter. The indivianal left this county several months since, and his paper is taken ont by neighbors.' If he has paid up, yon had better stop it, and if he hasn't paid np, yon had better stop it ei ther way to suit yon. - Yours truly. ' James Barker owes eighteen dollars for the Statesman. . , Postmasters will confer a special favor by informing ns in all cases, when they know we are sending the Statesmen to men who never mean to pay for it. '. We want to dis continue all soch at once. ' . Ecgf.nk Cirr, Laxb Co., May 9, '57. ,! In pursuance of previous suggestion, sev eral citizens of Lane . county met at the court-boose for the purpose of taking pre liminary steps in organizing an agricultural society in this county. ; The meeting was organized by calling Dr. Patterson to the chair, and appointing George B. Carrey. secretary. The object of the meeting was explained by W. E. Haft. Mr. Spencer then made some remarks encouraging the farmers to go on and cultivate the soil On motion, the meeting appointed a com mittee of five to draft constitution and present it at a meeting to be held at Eugene City, on the first Monday in June. . for its rejection or adoption.- The following gen tlemen were cuosen on said committee : Messrs Halt, Patterson, Belsan, McMurray and Currey. ' ' .Moved, that the minutes of this 'meeting be presented to the editors of the Oregon newspapers, with a request that they pub lish tbem ; and that this meeting ask the co-operation of the mends oi progress, to whom we give a cordial invitation to meet ns on the first Saturday in J one. ... On motion, adjourned. A. W. PATTERSON, CIi'd G. B. Ccwtrr, Sec'y. Elsewhere we publish a? repM of John Montgomery, Indian Agent, to Kansas. Below we give Commissioner llanypenny's reply to the same. It furnishes some Insight to kis ideas and plans: DtPAZTMKMT OF THt IkTIRTOB, 1 Ofiee Indian Ajfairt, Oct. 5, '65. 1 Sib Referring to yonr letter of the Ittb ultimo, enclosing what purports to . be the annnal report of Agent Montgomery, I have to remark that, npon a careful perusal of said report, I find that the agent speaks in very improper terms of the Indians under his charge, as will appear. from .the follow-, ing quotations from his communication, viz: " About the middle of June last, the small-pox broke .out among them, and has contiuued fatally with the greater number of them it seems, to the great satisfaction and admiration of all those who have any acquaintance with the Kaws." Again: ' I am constrained to say that the Kan sas are poor, degraded, superstitious, thiev ish, indigent tribe of Indians ; their tenden cy is downward, and, in myoptaum, they mnst soon become extinct, and the ' sooner, they arrive at this period the better it wilt be far the rest of mankinds' ' In view of the expressions nsed, in con nection with the Indians committed to his fostering care, and presuming that they were made without dne consideration as respects their true import, I have to direct that yon will apprise Agent Montgomery of the na ture and extent of his duties to those untu tored wards of the government ; that in stead of designing their extermination, he sbonld employ ..the best means within ' his reach calculated to promote their welfare and improvement, and that language such as that above qnoted Is as Improper and in consistent with his relation and obligations to the Indians, as it is unacceptable to this office, n.1 -i v -. r- ! r Very respectfully, : " J v Your obedient servant, : ; GEORGE W. MANYPENNY, Commissioner. A. CcnWlKG, Esq., - Superintendent,' Ac, St. Louis, Mo. r" Clatsop Coamty DtswtnUt Cavtto. Pursuant to notice by the Democratic Committee of Clatsop County, the delegates front Astoria and Clatsop precincts met in convention on Monday, tbe i&tn oi juay, and organised by calling John Adair to the chair, and appointing J. G. Hustler, sec retary. The convention then proceeded to the nomination of candidates for the various offices, which resulted as follows: For Delegate to Constitutional conven tion John Adair. . . Joint Councilman for. Clatsop' and Yam- nui k. w. Morrison. , Representative John Brown. .... , . Judge of Probate Samuel T, McKean. School Superintendent Moses P Hnb- bard. "' '''''." -t ' Commissioner for District No. 3 D C. Ramey. , 1 Public Administrator--J. G. nostlor. Treasurer Conrad Boelling. Assessor John Thomas. Coroner J. M. Shively. SnrvevorT. W. Wallace. Justices of the Peace S. T. McKean and Lorenzo Root. Constables John Wharnstaff and Chas. Anderson. ' ;.. The following resolution was unanimously adopted: . i Resolved, That this meeting cordially en dorse the election of James Buchanan as President of the United States, npon the platform adopted at the National Conven tion held in Cincinnati; and that we recog nize the resolutions passed by the Territo rial Convention at Salem, on the 13th of April, as obligatory upon every democrat in Oregon. On motion, A. YaulJuscn, jonn uooson and J. G. Hustler were appointed a Demo cratic County Committee. ,t - On motion, tbe meeting adjonrnca. JOHN ADAIR, Ch'n. J. G. HcsTLER, Sec'y. rapiu Cosmty DesnaeratM Convention. At the Democratic County Convention held at Elkton. Umpqna Co., on the 9th of May. 1857, for the purpose of nominating candidates for County officers, ate, to oe supported at the Jnne election next, tbe fol lowing proceedings were had to-wit : On motion. J ud ire Hudson was called ! to the chair, and R. H. Lord was chosen sec retary pro tem, and afterward declared per manent officers of tbe Convention.1 On motion of D. Wells, Esq., the viva a. nu. mt.i4 nf YOtlllfP til adnntAff Mil BIMS BJOKin wm , u.--q r examination of the minutes, it appeared that the following named gentlemen were nomi nated candidates for the Various offices an nexed to their respective names : . Vfe -A For Representative -Benjamin itraiiain. Delegates to Constitutional Convention A. C. Gibbs, J. M. Cozad. County Auditor D. W. Stearns.; Probate Judge S. D Dickinson. ; . Public Administrator Wm. E. Lewis. Superintendent Common Schools W. W. weiis?" Sheriff H. O. Brown. ( ' County Commissioner John Hudson. . : Treasurer Wm. Helbert. Coroner Joseph Beazley. :-T Assessor Samuel Adams. T 1 . Voted 'that James Farmer and S. D. n;okin.n at Ynncs.Ua. and Wm. Barr. of Green Valley, be added to the County Com mittee. n mntiA. of J. Af Cozad. the following Resolution was offered ana adopted : Resolved, That this convention approve and ndnnt tbe blatform established by the late Territorial Convention held at Salem. Vrttjut that the nroeeedinors of this Con vention be published in the Democratic pa pers or this Territory. JOHN HUDSON; Chairman R. H. Lord, Sec'y. . ' 11 ';' 1." A trwvtor a Mnnrlav pitfht. 1 MaV 18th Ms. Bcsii Sir : We have nominated R. v f.ii-rrann for the Cooncil. and John Brown for Representative both staunch national men, and endorsers of the resolu tions of the Territorial Convention. The opposition have nominated Thos. Scott for Council, and J as. -jenneaior rweircn tive. " You will see proceedings. We shall make the best tognt we can. y We have had no mail from south of the Canyon for three or four weeks.' t:: Mr, Guthrie,' late Secretary of the Treasury,' reports ' that while ' in office he brought no less than ' twevle hundred suits against Uovernment aeianiters, wnose ag trretrate defalcation amounted to over six millions of dollars. ' In nearly all these ca ses the defendants have been found dead or insolvent or not found at all, and Govern ment baa been obliged to pay the costs, oi. uauxs inieuxgeneer. , - . : , ll. Wah-Bah-Goosb,'Chief of the Chip pewas, is s Free Mason, and spoke at the recent re-election of Grand Master Lewis' I at Bostfxi. . i :.' ' 1 V - - For the Dkab Bib The card, defining By posi tion relative to some of the provisions ef the contemplated Constitution, Which ap peared in the last issue of the Statesman, ' . ft A . a. .Si ii . a wm written in treat naste fin tna miosi oi the Ooort badness. I desirt to oecupv a small additional amount of space In which to add what escaped my mind when writing tbe former communication. - To what wai previously published I now add: , 11th. I am in favor .of biennial sessioas of the Legislatare--at least after the new State shall have been rainy ana euccessiuliy set in motion. 12th. I km' opposed to any material in crease in the present ratio of representation (n the lower House. "Large bodies move slow."-- I prefer tbe usual ratio of represen tation which prevails in tne western etates, to the army of Legislators which come up from every township in Massachusetts. , .- I3th. I am in favor of the election of all officers legislative, .executive and judicial by a direct rote or tne people. Aid, wnen the people have elected their Legislators, I am in favor of their the people's exercising the right of "niemoralizing, petitioning and instructing their representatives. Bat here, in my judgment, the powers and duties of the mass of the people should stop.. The Legislative department of the government should be the Legislative department ; and not as baa become too common or late years perform apart only of the legislation of the country and submit a part to be enacted by a vote, of (he great body of the people. When tbe .Qoastitotion-pthe fundamental law shall have bean snbsaitted to the per !Ie and received their sanction, the Legis slatnre as its name imports should exer cise; the right and tbe power and reaponsibil- ty of enacting all tbe laws and doing all tne necessarry legislation of the country. . 14th. . Ia my judgment, " the world is too much governed." I am in favor of few, plain, simple and practical laws ;and (when the will of the majority has fairly expressed itself in tbe enactment of laws,) a cheerful acquiescence in and implicit obedience to tbetn. :'. , . ... , . .-;..., , . t . 1 5th. I am to favor of changing tbe time of onr general elections from the 1st Mon day of Jnne to the 1st Monday in Septem ber. . ' . 16th. I ami hi favor of fixing the future permanent location of the Public Buildings Capitol, University, Ac 17th. I am in favor of limiting the terms of office in the executive department to two years, and in tbe judicial to five years. I8th. I, cheerfully adopt the suggestions of the Statesman and would embrace coun ties with the State in limiting or interdict ing power to create debts. . , , '., 19th. As to the question involved in the amount of salaries to be fixed for the officers of the prospective State, I previously hinted my judgment. . But, should tbe sums named be deemed insufficient or V so low as either to exclude poor men or deprire the people of the services of the best taleut in the coun try " of course they should be increased to an amount that teeuld secure other -desira ble results results involving the best inter ests of the country and . the permanent wel fare of society. . ' . 20th. I am in favor of permanently set tling, and fixisjr tbe ratio or representation in the Legislative Assembly, by a Constitu tional provision making the actual numbers oj people, and not mere count f organizations, the real basis of representation. In looking over my former communication I observe, in my fourth subdivision, your types make me sar " I am opposed to all Legislative religious sects." I wrote " religi ous tests .The foregoing including my former , let terembraces all I deem it now necessary or useful to communicate. . . Very resp'lly, yours, Ac, DELAZON SMITn. : Lixx Co.", Stay 20, 1857. ' .. Yamhill, May 10, 1857.' " : Frikxd Bcsb On last Monday, in the town of Lafayette, at the convention, the opposition and' some disaffected demo crats led on by Messrs. Shuck, Allen and others, saw proper to leave the Convention because a majority of the delegates adopted the platform of the Democratic Territorial Convention of the I3th of last month. ; The poor fellows after they could not suc ceed in patting down the long cherished principles and usages of the party, and to elevate the ' Standard ana its editor, left the convention in a great' rage, and bad m consultation,' and agreed to call a' mass meeting on 'Tuesday week,' to confirm the dark treason and dirty 'Work, and drive the principles or tne democratic party from tne land. Many of these warm supporters, al lies and eologizers, two years ago, were the cordial isopportcrs of the old copper-faced Knownothiog calf. Tbeythen voted against Lane and the ' democratic candidates ; now they will do the same. Those who acted with the democratic party at the last elec tion, wno Doited ue convention because tney could not get things their own way, were highly incensed and greatly offended at the resolutions of the Territorial Convention, which cast censure npon bolters who were inside or outside of conventions orcaucusses,1 and bolted the regular nominees of the par ty, and supported those of the opposition, or democrats who justified such traitorous , con duct. ,- ... ' ..: v u ?.(. . When oar patriotic forefathers were, fight ing for onr liberties, all of. those who aided or assisted Great. Britain were marked aa traitors,; looked hpon as torjes, and .treated as such. - Gen. Marion and others often made the poor fellows pay dear for. their traitorous . conduct, It was easy for onr forefathers then, to tell traitors and , tones. It is just as easy for democrats now to : tell who are traitors to their principles, as it was then for the gallant Marion and others to tell who were tories. Whenever yon and men calling themselves democrats, doing all they can to cause defeat to the regular nomi nees of the party, from delegate down to the lowest offices or the counties, yon may ' as truly know those men to be traitors to tne lone cherished nrincioles of the party as onr patriotic forefathers did those opposed to the principles or liberty. ' I ass democrats eve ry where to look, at principle and not to men., liook i how the democratic party through every "Administration from Jeffer son down to Buchanan have been abased Jackson waa twice attempted to be assassin ated by - the bank hirelings ; Van xtorea was, in effigy placed' on the back of demons, and exhibited in the infernal regions, with the words written in large letters, ." Sub- treasury in Hell " a measure which forever divorced '. the , national revenue., from the thrivioir banks. . . - -. -. . - Would any of the delegates . who acted in the National Democratic Convention at Cincinnati, have been justifiable in bolting that . convention because they did not get their favorite man nominated f Hid not every State in the Union send.np their dele; gates to that. convention, some of them in strncted from their States to go for Mr, Pierce, others instructed for Mr. Douglas 7 Had any of the delegates who went for Pierce or Douglas, any right from pa nsawea of tbe party, to bolt the nomination of Mr. Buchanan f If any of the delegates from the different SUten had refused to act in that convention, " woald the Democrats of such Bute : have been instiled by the usages, of the party in voting against lit. Buchanan and for Fillmore or Fremont? If they had bolted the regular nominee, and voted for either of the other gentlemen, wonld they not have been looked npon as traitors to the- partyrand treated as soch by democrats every where 7 If they wonld tare lost their standing oy such aa act with the democrats of other States, for bolting the regular nominee, Mr. Buchanan, would it not be fair to infer that any number of democrats v who bolted the convention of the connty because they Could not get favorite men, are equally odioos In the eyes of the democrats of such county and Territory, as wonld have been the supposed bolters in the other case. - " Those nine bolters. Shock, Allen, Olds aad others, have made their nominations, and on last Tuesday, called npon wbigs, knownothings and republicans ; to confirm and ratify their traitorous and dirty Work. One whig, old man Bay ley repulsed them with scorn, and told them ia a pablie speech that they had bolted the convention, aad the pore nine had held :'a caucus ia five minutes after they bolted, and nominated al most a fqll ticket out of their own number, and now called npon wbigs to sustain them, in their treasonable and traitorous conduct; he, for one whig, warned them to beware of the lonely nine. ' . TRUTH. j . ' Roskbcbo, May, 18, 1857.. Eorroa Statksmax Aa the proceedinars of our county convention have not appeared in the column? of tbe Statesman, we drop you a line just as the mail goes out, to, in form you that we did have a convention on tbe 25tq nit., of the nnterrified and un changeable democracy. , Every precinct in tbe conuty was , represented. A more har monious spirit was never witneesed in any convention. The .first thing done was the reading of the resolutions adopted at the Territorial Convention. A motion was then made for their adoption, and passed nnani moesly not a vote against, tbem., Yet there has been one or two " Jeffersonian" Democrats, as they call themselves, who were in that convention, and who, if they were opposed to. the resolutions, , had not the manliness to vote . against them, have since been going around with , their tails down, and their ears pinned back, growling and whining about them like a sick dog at a funeral., ! r , ' 4 Deady, Chad wick, Whitied and Fitzhugh were nominated for Delegates to the State convention. The first two of these are too well known abroad and at home for their ability as politicians, and men, for hie to say a word about them. . The latter, two are both farmers, well known in tnls connty for tTlfeii intelligence, industry and integrity of character, and both have had considera ble experience in parliamen tary usages. They will all be elected so sore as they live till the Ides of June. ' And we think a little as an old friend of oars said a few days since ; "as they are smart men, they certainly will live that long, for any fool can live a little while." ' . ' . ; There are a few men in this county who have always had a great desire to be con spicuous ; their motto, is " rule or ruin j" some of them hare been fighting bullies in other parts of the Territory, but finding that their braying could not mtimidate the Yonng Americas of Douglas county, and that their amazing talents were not ' appre ciated, they have for the last year or two bolted the regular nominations, or perhaps hare split their tickets aud voted for "good men." Oh 1 what a righteous contempt have ' they for corruption, and Tor cltques and caucuses where a ' few leading' men lawyers get together and rule the masses 1 (A compliment indeed to the farmers.) And this year they set their beads together and argue thus : " The Democratic party is pret ty well divided in this connty , on the , nig ger question ;" " we are for niggers, and will vote for no man, not even for constable, who is not uncompromisingly for niggers all the fire-caters will go with ui ; many good democrats who are consciencionsly op posed to the institution will bare to drop off thus we will divide and distract." . But lo ! tbe Salem resolutions throw all their fat in the fire. "Now. what shall we AoV: " Why the democrats are going to nominate some lawyers" " tbe majority are not law yers." ' The majority go for their own ia irusls ;" we will raise the anti-lawyer hum bug, and array the farmers against the law yers.?,. : . ...... ' , So a call is circulated for a " People's Con vention," and all the tax-payers are invited to attend. Now - don't that sonnd British like 7 A poor devil who has been onfortnn-t ate, and could'ut pay his . taxes has no vote in that convention, t The day arrives,, and here they come, the broken down hacks of as many obsolete ideas.. .. See how they affil iate 1 The men. who wonld'ut vote for a constable who -was not "fur niggers, and tbe most rabid red-moathed abolitionist that ever was nurtured in the Isle of Sidney, "ebeek-byowl together." - w Bat do they make their nominations pub licly and above board itf tbe broad light of Heaven 7 No, three of tbem get together jnst three in a' pile Of lumber, behind an Israehti8h store, and nominate two men, to ran - " ajrin" Deady and Chadwick. one of whom is not a farmer, bat ' a preacher, and happened to get nominated On the Democrat ic ticket for ahool superintendent, - because nobody happened to run against him. The Central Committee have dropped him and nominated Samuel Gordon in his place, and we will rnn bins in so easy it will make their beads swim. ., . ; , Yours, in baste,! .. MADISON. i ., Lebanon, Limn Co., May 16, .'57. Mr. A. Bush I take this opportunity of lettiog yon know that the scraps, odds, and ends met for the purpose of making, out a ticket. ' They very mnch reminded toe of the time that the Lurd said " Jet there be light" for they were surely without form ; but they finally succeeded, in getting JU. White to take the chair, and J. Marks to act as secretary, and made the following nominations. " ' -s - ' I ''"I For delegates to the Territorial conven tion, E, -M.' Walters, John Marks, J.' B. Conden; J. A." Dnnlap, Mr. Stimpson,- and J. F. Jiackenstow. - For representatives, J. W. Lambert; ;D, H. Bodine, O. H. Harnett.' " - ;" '" For -school superintendent,' Rev. Mr, Fisher. - '' : ;!:'jj; ' V-' All of whom were vouched for as being sodnd on the goose.' i An explanation being called for on tbe term goose, it wm defintd to oppose slavery not only here, nt every where, Some candidates beipg rejected be cause tney were not willing to oppose slavery in the States as well as here. There were four or fire of the old caea who managed the whole -.concern. Some' precincts were not represented at all. -Some claimed to have Come to attend a mass meeting, others as delegates. ; There ' were " about twenty- five in number, all told. ; . J, List Co., May 16, 185f i Editosi I attended the convention Of the opposition held at Lebanon, and I tanst any of all the contentions itbas kaen ty good or evil fortune to witness, this was ue cep-sbeaf. It was composed of sore headed, tender-footed democrats, off-casta of awy party, abolitionists - republicans and anti-masons, all united, though the machine ry needed greasing. , . . Tbe convention organized by calling Rev. Lather White X6 the cHalr. (6f fathet to a sack of wheat, for it was held in Mr. IU1 ston's barn fine place for the dark lanterns) and Mr. Marks as secretary, and proceeded to business. . Then cama. tha object or toe meetinir. The Rev, Mr. Fisher did not know the Rev. Mr. Kendall hoped .some other brother would do that duty tbe chair man did not know the object.. After aev- Mr; ' Jonathan Keeney came ' forward and kindly relieved the audience front this horri ble dilemma by "splurging" about as 101 Iowa ?' ' ' .iv v .'ii'i.i Mr. President As mnch as I know about the object of ont raeetin' is to nominate can didates to rnn on the eternal principles of justice and the Demiocracy as guarantied to every inaiviauai oy ine vonsutnuon or inis United btates. . Tbem is tbe principles and them is the men we have met tp nominate. (Rev. Mr. Condon or some Iter, gentleman insinuated that this was a republican meet ing. Ahem I well, my edecation doesn't ad vance me fur enough to know the difference tween the name of the word Democrat and Republican. Now I'm a dimocrat. and I think ; I'd ' have" to be a republican fore I eOnld.be a good dimocrate, for them is the principles of justice that allow every man to vote as ne pieases, goaraniiea to every man by the Constitution. (Low sounds of yoor'e right! yoor'e right!)' " 1 ' 1 ' " . The convention net' being at an under standing what they were about to do 'for a platform, some wanting one kind and some another, appointed Jonathan Keeney, Rev. Mr. Kendall, Rev. Mr. Condon and several other Reverend gentlemen, -who brought in a preamble and two resolutions. ,-. The first soeue was on the passage of the treatable, which in most eases is adopted ast, but as ho one knew better, -1 suppose they may be allowed to plead ignorance of everything save religions matters, as the prominent actors were ministers of the gos pel. The preamble and resolutions may not be verbatim, but they are correct in snb-stanee-, as far as I cat recollect. ' -Pkeamble. Whereas, the so-called demo cratic party bare become corrupt and rotten to the core; and whereas, tbe so-called dem ocratic party have deprived some of its best members of the benefits; and whereas, they bare made these offices attainable by barter and sale; therefore be it resolved, Ac. 1 ; Tbe Rev. Mr. Fisher, Rev. lMr. Condon, and brother Drone opposed the clause cen suring the democratic party, accosiag . them of barter and sale. . Old Fussy, alias Bro. Gallahaler, and several of the " bretbering" were ia favor of letting it remain; so they did not strike it out. , .-. ; The next thing in order. was, the experi ence of the brothers. BrO. Kendall insinu ated that it would do good. 'Then, sir, oc curred a scene that would do justice to a set of co ijurers. The followlbjr sentiment, in the shape of a "resolution, was introduced, but whether it was passed I am unable to say think it was however? ' ' - f Resolved, That the democratic ' party, by and through the instrumentality of the Ma sonic organization, imposed npon the appe tites of the volunteers north, and comjielled them to eat horse-nitj r? : t ; . . : A brother insinuated to the president and secretary that this was a matter of evidence, and need not be incorporated in the proceed ings. Another brother gave his experience while sitting. He asserted that McUlnng, previous to bis acting with the democratic party, had bad his property assessed at four thousand dollars. This year, though be had the same amount of property, was assessed at but one thousand, consequently he . (Mc Clnng) intended to act in the future with the Democracy;" also, that he himself bad been the subject of much vile Ireatoieut tbroueh tbe democracv.- Mf. Keeney expressed in his off hand, wo begOne, God-forsaken manner, his disappro bation of the democracy, and Rave his ex perience and connection with them, all of which was received as manna sent from heaven for the benefit of the enlightened few. Mr. Condon and others still argued that there were few honest democrats who were so ignorant that they could not see the mi ner in which they had been gulled, and that all who were sound, sensible men were act ing the hypocrite. .. They then took up the first resolution . v . f '.. n 1st. Resolved, That we are .opposed to the principle that' a man .may not bolt tbe regular nominee of a party and still hold his place in said party." , v - 2nd. Resolved, That we will oppose the election of all persons who are not opposed to the introduction or slavery iuto the fu ture State of Oregon. ' r i ' .It being suggested that One of their party might by that resolution vote the democrat ic ticket, they iuserted " unconditionally" before "opposed" in tbe last resolution. i . ' ? After discussing tbe cheapest mode of builJing a State-house, they proceeded to nominate candidates for delegates to form a State constitution, and also for the legisla tive assembly Jonathan Keeney, D. H. Bo dine, Rev. Mr. Condon, Geo. Lambert and others, and were about to nominate Wilson Blain, when I left in disgust. : The last sen tence I heard was from Mr. Kendall, " that he does not expect to be elected." T ' l j; t ; . go mote it be. V'- l - Lake Co., May 14, 1857. J Frikno Bcsh Tis right and proper that the. elements composing, the political, fac tions now warring against the- democratic party in Lane County,- should be. discussed through yoor columns, and. if you deem this worth a place in yonr paper, let it go to the poblic . In, 1855, when A- A. Smith want ed a place in tbe council, then the great bobby was, Lane Connty will be split wide open if I, A. A. Smith am not elected to the council ; and further, no party, no or ganizationj no difference between parties ia Oregon but when Smith got to the coun cil, and that by the greatest .misrepresenta tion and perversion of the truth, he et. entered Into an opposition of the demo cratic party. And in 1856, the opposition in this county contended that Bush, Dela zon Smitb at Co., with tha Salem clique, must be sacrificed ' at the stake, or Oregon would ! siat'4 and to carry . oat this great scheme, they met under an oak tree, near tbe ancient -Court House in Eugeaa City, without a platform or a principle, and With out a single plank to commence with, and without confidence in-each other, as it after wards appeared; even M. lost confidence, in the fidelity of the party and flew the track. And now; in.' 1857,; what is- the opposition doing?' Why, they have got three or' four several plants now, tat what are they 7 1st. A free. Statelet come what win., 2d. Pray day and night for intestine war between the north and sooth; until every nigger shall be set free, and made rightful citizens of the United' States disuoioned. 3d. Kill Bush and Delusion. ' 4tb. Only beat the demo cratic party,' no . matter bow. The opposi- . ' II . m am a a. uon reaiiy is xJlacx Kepublicau, and noth ing else, yet many of them emphatically de ny it, while Others own the fact. All the honest, softad, national whigs that stand on Constitutional principles, are now with the Democratic party, doing battle against the Black Republicans, who are composed of so many different factions, isms, and com posedJprihtfpaTly of Sftreirie' prejudices, and entertaining great anxiety for office, can re ally never be satisfied oSdre than three months in any party unless Hhey get office. We haws; a strong - exampla of this in -M.-fwho was In the Democratic Precinct Convention, 25th of April, and participated itf all -the rights and privileges of the Convention and who today accepted'. 'the nomination' from the Black Republicans, hot yet thirty days Old. - ' : . n- i. - ' . .. The democratic party never was stronger than it now ia ia Lane all the ticket will be elected ; there' is no doubt ef that in the least, yet there are a ; few who have bolted and are greatly misrepresenting the Con vention, bat those men were black republi cans before the Convention, and did not have far to go to get Into good " standing in the black ranks. . ...... lours, to naste, - .-- TRUTH. -'.- t'i ' - - - -' -BaowiTsvnxa, Linn Co., May 7,-1951. -Ma. Bcsh Sirt l noticed in -the last Statesman a statement that tbe Black Re publicans had gone in and ruled one Demo cratic meeting in this county, and attempted tbe same Ita another. . r As there was an attempt of the same kind made here, I thought that possibly through misinformation yod might have alluded to this precinct as having been ruled by tbe Black Knights.:; When in pursuance of pre vious notice, tbe precinct meeting here con vened, dnite a number of men, known to be hostile to tbe Democratic party , came in, and after an organization was effected by choice of H. Dinwiddie chairman and T. A. Riggs Secretary, the opposition commenced their efforts , to turn the convention into a Union RItetingi - Thej were led off by Capt. Jonathan Keeney, who made a couple of " speeches" ,f 6 persuade those present to nnite in breaking down the Democratic or ganization, and in opposition to selecting only Democrats as candidates' for tbe con stitutional Convention, who was seconded by a noisy atolitionisl (as the Captain calls it) by the name of Henderson, who contend ed that he as a Democrat, had a right to be heard, and to participate ia the proceedings, althongh be would not be bound by them, and who, when be asked what a , Democrat is, was answered back in the Irish mode, by asking him which of tbe late candidates for President was bis preference, answered Fre mont. -..,;,'.' - i '' ' - j - i TheB a man named Dnnlap wanted to gas awhile, when those who had come in in good faith were nnder the' necessity of insisting on the silence of all who were otherwise in clined merely to waste the time until the people should get fired and leave, withont having effected anything. "When thus pat to silence, they went out , in high dadgeon, complaining of that.-treatment, which was far milder than any reasonable man conld have expected from their ill-bred temerity. They attempted to rally afterwards, on the same evening, and get Up an independent meeting, bot it fizzled ont.. , Last Saturday, however, they had an " omnium gatherum" of the odds and end at Union Point, which in its beginning was declared an Independent Democratic, meet ing, bat for lack of numerical strength, men of all shades of political faith vera called in knownothiiig, republican and , " avoli tion." They are now busy preparing for their coming defeat. : OLD HICKORY. Priij ir.Mc R.-fjrraialf fi. FrienV Brsn-r-I notice bi the last States man, reference made to ait example set .at a precinct meeting at Sublimity, Marion coun ty, two years since. It was not only a good example, bnt worked well. 3 This was once the strong bold of federalism (dopes swayed by demag-ognes,) and. was thought tbe only place in the Territory that I, John Punctu ation loss and Gaines, conld be elected con stable. Three years since,' fifty persons par ticipated in the precinct meeting ; not more than five out of the fifty voted tbe demo cratic ticket at the election. At the pre cinct meeting referred to twd years since, at Sublimity, resolutions were introduced, de claring that we will ' not favor nor vote for any candidate for office, only tbe democratic nominees. Those 'resolutions were opposed by the knownothings and nigger republicans with much vehemence-' To those resolutions 16 subscribed, aad- tbe opposition were per suaded ont, net-by the ear, but by their better judgment being forcibly impressed with the recollection that soch traitors were driven out of tha temple with a scourge of small cords, after they were informed that they had made that honse a den of thieves. The tables were turned-the precinct that cast from eight to twelve democratic votes in '51, cast sixty-nine in '55, and has. got rid of the fag-ends of the vartoua factions in the precinct meetings. ; .j v - s9 The San Joaquin Republican gives tbe following accoant of the mysterious dis appearance from Stockton of Johnson and Graham: N a-- On Sunday morning last, C. F. Johnson, local agent of th telegraph cftm-paay, and operator in the office here, accompanied by H. K. Graham, also a telegraph prater, Mt town with the avow ed purpose of going to the San Joaquin river, some twelve miles distant, to adjust the submarine wire at that point, ...Johnson stated that they would probably return the same evening, but that they might be detained until Monday. They hired two horses, one at JUyar V Patterson's and the other at Smith's livery stable, and taking along theinstrments necessary for fixing the wires, rode away without the slightest suspicion being entertained against them. - A notice of their an-' sence was posted on the door of the oBce, and very thing was left as if they only intended to ba . absent for a few hoars. Banco that time nothing has been heard of them. Bineo their flight, it turns out that Johnson and Graham have been for tome tiroo past resorting at night to thelowest rambling houses, where they lost all the money they could, get into .their hands, and that they have been practising various kinds of frauds upon different people to raise money to gamble with. Some of their transactions' were of a character that could not have been concealed longer than Monday, the day after they left. ' These transac tions were small, not amounting In the aggregate, so sar as knowm, to more than 1900 or $1900. It is now known, or strongly suspected, -that their eriaaes were Bot confined to operations of this character, hut that they were concerned in thejcobberj'.nf a man of apaceeLof gold "f. soma days since. Two men engaged ut the robbery were committed to- prison, one 'of whom, named Fruit, was released en bail on Monday, and the ' other confessed that Johnson was implicated with : then, and received the gold. 'It is believed, that' Fruit snade his escape with Johnson and Gra ham. It is supposed they have gone to Sonora Mexico. -:S '"ii' ; - r.-. t A ..'The.. Johnson and Graham mentioned above, -are doubtless the same individuals who recently were connected with Telegraph operations in this Territory. V! - St. Paul. Minnesota: is a seven vear old city.' In 1849 it contained 500 Inhabit ants, and bow its population is estimated t 12,000. '.Ii.'ii.C'! ti-? '.,:;,. :r