The Oregon statesman., July 21, 1857, Page 2, Image 2

OREGON STATESMAN.
TUESDAY, JULY 21, 1851.
To Patrons l Amaru.
We chall soon tend out onr annual a mil a r to
delinquent patrons. Before we do so, we hone
that many now in arrears will bare paid up, for
we dislike to " dnn," as bad as any man can to
be dunned." Onr puWiehed 14 terms" will show
the advantage of advance payment.
Remittance may be made by mail at our risk.
The letter need not be registered, but the money
should be enclosed in presence of a postmaster.
Jane 33, 1857. . , A5AHKL. M'SH.
Pwlpit ami FMktMt.
After screrat weeks' labor, and seven doys
heralding by the Standard, the last nomber
of that paper ecntaius a low-flung letter
from the Act. C. S. Kingsley. . The language
used i that of the fish-market, Strang to
gether without wit, and without reference to
anything bnt a dull attempt at blackguard'
Uotu The Her. gentleman has unquestiona
bly Mistaken his calling. If he fancies that
such a jisk-nman as this letter betrays its
author to be, ever heard a "call to preach,"
Ire has answered when some one else was
called. His appropriate sphere is Catharine
St., where he would be at home, his talents
an honor to his associates and occupation,
and his conversation the delight of the ' Five
Points negroes who congregate in that clns
sic locality to dance for eels. To give onr
readers a specimen of the chaste, refined and
dignified style of this Iter, pastor and teach
er, we quote a few extracts, at random:
The county convention came off, and, by fair
means, I suppose, N orris and McMillen were nom
inated. I be election came. AC le election on
the first Mendar mat.. Rev. C. 8. ICfngsley was
at the polls and Toted' Yes as was at tftn palls
and voted : bnt Aaafccl Fas editor the "-Ore.
gon Statesman," and psuedo political Tope of Or
egon, not at the polls.
Bnt did not vote for either Xorrfs or McMil
len." Ah ! what a sinner. Heretic, knave, hypo
crite, "political parson." " Did not vote, for either
orris or McMillen ;" no, nor for any other man
who had swallowed an the Bush platform, pro
scription, federalsm and all. No sir.T crossed them
mil oa and voted Wmi, except in mc instance ; and
in so doing, I did better than scores in this coun
ty who had helped to constitute the county con
vention by participating in the precinct meeting.
There are some lVmocrats down here that think
and act for themselves. They will not go to si
to nsk when or how thev snail vote nor will they
be intimidated by yonr anathemas or exeommnnt
cations nor, if they have political sins to confess,
will they come to yon to kiss your toe and receive
absolution at vour hands. Some may. but others
will not, if they do they will let you know a day
or two heforehand.
Xow Mr. Bnsh, yon would do well to get some
other hoboy for a hile, than this one ot pmpif
politicians. It certainly don't look well to crowd
off vour own political corruption upon the minis
try, though " They, the political parsons, have
done more within the last three years, to rtreaK
down andbnrr beneath chicane and fraud and in
famv the barriers ot uprightness and honor in pol
itics. than all the politicians from among the
world's people' who ever breathed the breath of
life. It stay le true that the ministry nas con
tribntcd something towards your corruption w ith
in that time, but how can yonr corruption before
that time be accounted for i
Xow, is not all this dignified and high
toned, to fall from the lips of a clergyman
And don't it prove what the Rev's. Mr.
Kingsley and Advocate editor assert that
clergymen elevate and purify politics? We
think the next conference that gives Mr.
Kingsley an appointment to teach or preach
had better throw his letter juto the form of
an address to the sinners, or youth of Ore
gon, and adopt it. It would have a power
ful influence in "elevating," "dignifying," and
" converting" them. You arc a scholar and
a gentleman, besides being a clergyman and
preceptor. Rev. Charles. Your style is
pure, your language chaste, aiul your tone
high. You are a brilliant ornament to the
sacred desk. Your style is peculiarly adapt
ed to sermea and supplication, and must be
crates nl to the ear of Heaven. You are
probably 'gifted" in. prayer. Your ready
command of ornate language doubtless rcn
dcrs your " labors" effective in " seasons of
revival." You are a rcniaalUtbse man, Her.
Charles, and it is a great came of rejoicing
that yoa hare consecrated yourself to the
service of the Most High.
A few other extracts and c arc done
with you for this time:
You have long been notorious for yn covert
attacks upon the clergy, and it has been- a- source
of mortification and grief to a nortios o your
readers and supporters.
Such " supporters and reader" as you
are we reckon those who never pay for the
paper, bnt " support" it by iradingw"tme
subscriber's copy. We hear a great deal of
complaint from your kind of " supporters,"
bat are not much troubled with complaints
from honest patrons. And while yon are
suffering intense ''mortification" and "grief,''
we wax fat and kick in the sunshine af pop
ular approval.
How many times have yon managed to areation
in yonr paper, the case of Mr. Kalloch, always
gloating over it as a precious morsel, pandering to
your native hatred of ministers even poUntimg
your issues with minutely transcribing trie most
obscene portions of the testimony, rendering yonr
aeet too dirty to go within the precincts of any
decent family.
Tell us, chaste, refined, and most " de
cent" Charles, how you came to read that
" obscene," " polluted," and " dirty" " testi
mony?" AjuI read it too, from a begged,
borrowed, or bagecd Statesman. How it
mast hare shocked such purity as yours.
We ahwddcr to hear that you carried it into
your " family," also. If the leading and
tolerably respectable Dailies of Boston and
New York had known bow much pain the
reading of that " polluting" testimony would
give yon, we doubt not they would have
suppressed it.
And if this testimony is so " obscene," is
it not singular that Rev. (he is a "Rev." as
well as yourself) Mr. KallocVs church
thould hare received the author of the con
duct described by that testimony back to
their pulpit and their community. Are you
sot slandering your brother Kalloch's socie
ty, by styling his conduct as " polluting"
and " obscene?" They declared it was all
proper and commendable.
uiw kim: uu luv - ... ' ac
corded my name among those who designed to
V AtlJi . . -1 4 1-. . .1? ,i i, Tm AfMtwmn Anal
participate la its business.
Is it probable that tie Dames would bare
been required to an engagement to "parlir
cipate in the lusiness" of the meeting? Such
a proceeding would have been absurd. We
are told that the chairman of that meeting,
S.. J. Jacuormick, Esq., a gentleman of
strict veracity, says that the resolution you
signed, bound you to abide by and support
the Dominations ot the county convention
And, in cot doing so, you violated your
pledged word, and published yourself to be
unworthy of confidence. Bnt yott plead in
full and impudent justification of your con
duct, that others were as bad n yon that
" you did better than scores in this (your)
county who helped to constitute the county
convention by participating in the precinct
meetings." Other men have committed rob
bery, theft, adultery, murder, Ac. Why
don't you do the same, and plead their ex
ample In justification of your crime?
Now Mr. Bush, so far as am concerned, von
may say what you please, and when yon please,
and where you please confining yourself as near
ly to trntnas your nature and,aabits will permit
and yon will give me no muse of uneasiness. I
do not wish you, however, to use me as the occa
sion of an onslaught upon the ministry In general.
As simple C. S. Kingaley you are entirely
too unimportant for notice; as Iter. C. 8.
Kingsley, a " vicegerent of God," even, yon
scarcely rise to the height where insignifi
cance censes. Allow ns. Uer. sir. to select
which of your characters we choose. It
may be convenient to you to pray and preach
as Rev. C. 8., and cheat in politics as " ,"
C. S. Kingsley; and you may, with your
acute moral sense, discern clearly the har
mony of the two characters, bnt plain peo
ple will never understand their compatibility.
I hare used no means to elect or defeat any po
litical candidate further than to vote for or against
him.
You speak falsely here, Rev. Charles.
Two years ago last spring, just before aa
excited election, when knownothingism rear
ed its hydra-head in this Territory, and
threatened to overthrow the democracy, yon.
as preceptor of the Portland Academy, bad
enacted at your exhibition an original know
nothing play, iu which the viva voce law,
the democratic party and democratic princi
ples, were ridiculed, democrats exhibited as
demagogues and dishonest fweiv, and know-
nothings as patriots during which a mock
election was held, at which the democratic
demagogues were routed, the viva voce law
condemned, and knownothing patriots tri
umphant. Was that " using uo means to
elect or defeat any candidate (or party) fur
ther than to vote? It was prostituting
your school to the service of an iu famous
party, and " using means' of t'.ic basest
kind, which no;c but a very unworthy par.
tisan would have resorted to.
Ym chars metvuh KanwnotkuicRuu. I ac
knowledge 1 have hwnlirin within a nigwam.
You mistake; we have never charged you
with being a knownothing, though we had
no more idea yon were a democrat, er ever
had been, than we had that Iicland or your
Rev. brother Billy Adams was, or ever was.
We did not suppose you were an actual
member of a wigwam, though wc saw you
were an unscrupulous supporter of the in
stitution, lint it seems you were mem
ber of the wigwam, that you took its blas
phemous oaths that you were sworn to lie;
and yonr recent conduct at the Portland
primary meeting and election, indicate that
you still obey that oath. You were a know
nothing. Rev. Charles S. Kingsley, a mem
ber of a secret and damnable political party;
as such you swore yourself to endeavors to
proscribe and degrade Catholics and foreign
crs. At the r-nnie time your hypocritical
voice was raised iu impious prayer in your
pulpit to Hit who created all. and who
knows uo nativity, no sect, aud no creed.
You were appointed to the charge of a
public school by the M. K. Conference; as
such you had uuder your tuition children of
parents of all political opiuious many of
whom you could uot have had, had it been
knoxvn you were a memlcr of that midnight,
dark-lantern order. You prostituted your
position to instil into their young minds the
doctrines of an odious party of which you
were a sworn member, and sought through
them to propagate those doctrines in the
community. In doing this you acted basely,
meanly, and dishonestly, and proved your
self unworthy of the trust which you atill
have. In the name of the democratic fa
thers of the youth under yonr charge, we
ask the approaching Conference to pass upon
that conduct of yours, and say whether or
not you are a fit man for the post. If they
judge you are, wc say to those fathers, the
rcmcdr lies in their own hands.
Rev. Cliarles, we have devoted more space
to you than we ever shall again.
Maine Laj-JVc have received a copy
of a petition which, is being circulated in
the Territory, with great exertions to ob
tain signatures, asking the approaching Con
stitutional Convention to "insert in the
Constitution which you may frame, a clause
clearly stating, that it shall be coustitu
tional for the Legislature at any time, to
enact a prohibitory liquor law, or to frame
and submit such a law for ratification to the
people of Oregon, and, if it be ratified by
by a majority of those voting thereon, it
shall have fall, force and effect."
If the contemplated constitution docs not
directly forbid the submission of acts of the
Icgtslatwre to the people, it should at least
contain restrictions which shall make such
submissions lew, and Tar between. 11 we
are to have a legislature, let us have the
Legislative authority rested in it, and
leave few oppertouitcs to shirk its respon
sibility, by continual reference of acts to
the jicople. Tli is practiee has proved
great evil.
Aud if Ike Contention meddles vitk this
question of liquor prohibition at all, we hope
they will finally dispose of it cither ex
prcssly inhibit the t raffle in or manufacture
of spirituous liquors, or forbid the absolute
prohibition of such mo oa fact ore or traffic.
If direct action of this kind shall be deemed
advisable, and an expression of the popular
will desired, separate and opposite provi
sions can be submitted with the constitution
the one receiving a majority to become there
by a part of the instrument. -
We are ourselves opposed to the euaet
mcnt of sumptuary laws, of any kind.
16. Mr. George Irwin, who owns the
Pudding rircr toll bridge, in Clackamas
county, was shot not long since by a Mr.
Martindale. and killed. Mr. Irwin, it is
said, was a tiuarrelsome man. He had fired
his rifle at Martindale, iuitking him. Mar
tindale gave himself up to the authorities,
aud uiicges the act was none in ten acicusc,
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tnW The last Salem Christian ' Advocate
devotes two columns and a half of the edit
or's abusive and slang epithets to the
Statesman. We say the editor's abusive and
slang epithets, for " Infidel,". " atheist" Ac,
are as much his foul language as are epi-
thetaof another sort the billingsgate of an
other class of ribnlds. The article is not
strong, and presents few points, and these are
made by an ignorance of, or a wilful per
version of facts. .
He thinks that by personal allusions to
him we thought, like the " cuttle-fish, to
color the water and thus elude pursuit."
Does he think his reputation could reasona
ably hare been supposed to posses blacken
ing properties f
lie says of our remarks upon his plainly
implied assertion that a "true religious
man' might "trail his principles la the
dust and do the behests of party right or
wrong:" -
This is an utter perversion of our meaning.
The meaning intended was, those" jwraeas,
or "those" persons pnitrnMrn religious, "who
will trail their principles in the dust," Ac., and
not, that really religion men will u do wrong."
The Statesman editor either knew, when he pen
ned the above, that it was perversion, or be is
very obtnw. Those who know him best, will
not accuse him of the latter defect. It must be the
former of which he is guilty.
The paragraph of his former article which
we thus construed, we copied ejtUrraasI it
is as follows :
These assaults obvionsly intend a blow against
all true religion and all Into religious men, er
rept tin ! who will trail their principles in the
dust of political expediency, and do the behests
of party, rigaf er tmrng.
The language will bear no other construc
tion, notwithstanding his liberal accusations
of perversion." " A blow agaiust all
trite refigiom men, except those" those
what t those true religions men" Ac. But
the editor says what he intended to "mean'
was "all true religion men extrpt those teho
are not religions.
If that "bull" was originally intended,
there was quite a difference between his
language and his " meaning."
ir ,i.. c.t.n :. ..L. -,ti.
nallr against the CatAWtV rlcrgv who notoriously,
and from time immemorial, intermeddle with poli
tics; who rlaint to inlorce spiritual dogmas, hy
temporal power ; who not only claim, but where,
soever and whensoever they can, nsurp temporal
power. And ignoring the pretensions and eH'orts
of Itukop llngbes, of New York and of other dig
nitaries at that I hmrrb.
We are uo adherent of the Roman Cath
olic tsith, were edncated in the midst of
strong prejudices against that Church, where
Fox book of martyrs" and kindred works,
furniah all the knowledge the youth have
of Catholicism ; but we cannot permit this
oft repeated misrrpresentatioa of tho Advo
cate to longer go uncontradicted'. We know
the Advocate euitor has a most unreasona
ble and bitter prejudice against Catholics,
but he can't but be aware that representa
tions like the above, are false. The Roman
Catholic Church, tf Ihi United States does
not "claim to enforce spiritual dogmas by
temporal power." That old slander was ef
fectually put to sleep by authoritative proof
in a speech of Hon. John Kelly, of N. Y
in the last Congress, and, We bclicva also,
in a speech of Hon. Jos. R. Chandler, of
Pa., of the previous Congress. Bishop
line lies likewise Successfully controverted
it in his discussion with Rev. John Breck
enridge, of the Presbyterian Church. In
deed this reiterated slander of the Advocate
is so stale and stupid, that we are almost
ashamed to give it a denial.
We deny, too, that, in the United States,
the Catholic clergy have generally inter-
mcUUIcd Willi politics, liie statement is
false, and abundantly disproved by facts.
The clergymen of no other denomination
have meddled less with politics in the Uni
ted States than have those of the Roman
Catholic persuasion. Even Bishop Hughes,
here specially denounced, has in no proved
instance ever interfered in an election can
vars. These stale falsehoods have been
gathered by the Advocate editor from
knownothing aud black republican sources,
where they originated in iutolerant hate
and reckless mendacity.
1' roiu the settlement of the Colonies to
the present day no other religious denomi
nation here have shown more few, if
as much tolerance in political matters as
have the Catholics, as a class. When Prot
estauts were persecuting dissenters in New
Englaud, Catholic Maryland extended to
till denominations the hand of brotherhood
and invited them to come there and worship
God as best pleased them. Later, we wit
ness Catholics, and even Catholic ministers,
going the polls and voting for the Protest
ant nominees of their party, without objec
tion, while at the same time we see the
Catholic occasionally here and there brought
forward for office failing to receive the united
Protestant vote of his political party.
But did it erer occur to the editor of the
Advocate that, by his own role, this " as
sanlt" upon Bishop Hughes was " infidel,'"
aud " atheistic." If it is " atheistic" for us
to demur to his intermeddling iu politics, is
it not equally so for him to demur iu like
manner to Bishop Hughes ?
But this mouthing of " atheism" by the
Advocate editor is a most contemptible spe
cies of demagoguism, beneath the character
of a political thirablc-rigger. He knows
the meaning of the word " atheism," as well
as any one, and knows it is no more proper
ly applied where he applies it, than Mor-
monism would be. Iu what way do com
plaints of the interference of clergymen in
matters of election aud legislation consti
tute " atheism V In no way bat this ? Iu
the Advocate editor's vocabulary it is a terri
ble word, and he thinks by parading it he
can excite the prejudice of professors of re
ligion. Very small business.
It is sottroe to the extent the Statesman arera
that the clergy of the north are involved in poli
tics; they have not " throughout the north" pros-
uiuicu uio puipit u political narangues; they
have not by " thousands
given themselves up to
the pursuit of politics.
We aver that all that is true and
noto
rious.
The simple issue we make against the States
man, is involved in this question : Can ministers
en page in public or political affairs without cor
rupting the politics and endangering the interests
of the country We maintain they can ; the States
man, as we understand, supports the negative
Wc have Dot said or argued that they
could not so do.. We have said, and still
maintain, that as a rule, with few exceptions,
where ministers have turned politicians they
have exhibited less faith, less honor, and
less conscientiousness than is possessed by
other classes.
The mihlstrr of almost all churches in Ore
gon, has tee u remarkably free from political iu
termeddliag, and therefore this onslaught is in
bad time, as well as in bad taste.
In Lluu county there are not less than '
half a dozen active, bitter, malignant, and
aot vary scrupulous clerical politicians and
enemies of the Democratic party. In this
county there are three that we know of ;
and in other parts of the Territory they are
found.
Whs nanlatara of an earlr dar made SDeerhes
against the tyranny of Oreat Britain, mina-Ung
freely in polities, and speeches, and sought to
promote, ny their prayers, ana spencnes, ana ser
mons, the cause of American liberty, there was no
such" hue and cry" aa at present.
Are yoa ignorant of history, or do you
wilfully misstate? At the time of the
revolution. Rev. John Wesley came to Amer
ica as the paid agent of the British Gov
ernment, to endeavor to persuade the colo
nies to Mccuuib to the mother country, and
bow sabmissirely to the yoke of Britain.
And he did labor in " speeches," exhorta
tion, sermon and prayer, for " the tyranny
of Great Britain and against " the cause
of Amariaaa liberty." The toryisin of
Bishop Atbar waft so offensively preached
that he was compelled to secrete himself in
the forests of Delaware to rare his life from
the fury of a patriot mob. Was the editor
of the Adrocate ignorant of these facts
when he penned the above ?
But the editor of the Advocate still false
ly insists that we hare a spleen against min
isters as such. The wish is the father of
the impudent assertion. He wishes in his
timeserving soul that it was so. that he
conld seek to array them, as a class
against us, and not only them, but church
members also. It is a favorite wcupou of
his, brought to bear on others than ourselves,
to threaten witn tue enmity or religious
meu." If the pope of Rome claimed all the
power the Advocate editor asserts he does,
he would not claim to have more complete
control over his followers, than the editor's
threats of " the influence of bis friends" iiu
ply that be exerts over thetq. As we be
fore said this is a favorite weapon of bis, not
seldom resorted to. Once for all, we say, we
entertain not oue particle of hostile feeling
towards clergymen as such, and respect as
highly as we do members of any profession,
those of them who respect themselves and
their calling.
But the main trouble with the editor of
the Adrocate is, our strictures upon parti
san clergymen reach him bis remonstrance
is but the Buttering of a wouuded bird. Im
patient at the restraint his trimming pro
pensities place the Ismatie idols of his heart
uuder, and longing with all earnestness for
the day alien it will be pmdent and erpedi-
ent to promnlge them, lie occasionally boils
over when his corns nre trodden upon. Pis
claim it as he may, " things terrene" arc
dominant in his affectioos, and " at' the very
instant be is disclaiming against the mam
won of this world (including the mammon
of politics) he is hunting after it with a step
as steady as time, and au appetite as keen
as death."
it Very tr wir,"
Lcland writes, or rather dates, a letter
from Yamhill, in which he says, " the next
election In Yamhil will find the two portions
of the Democratic party of the county that
have been lately arrayed against each other,
acting together, as in times past; and fight
ing shoulder to shoulder iu defence of the
principles of the National Democracy."
yational Dmorrarw!" voted tor Lawson,
and the entire black republican ticket. At
the next election the democrats are to "fight
shoohkr to shoulder" with the Lawson softs,
are they? That is to say, the softs will
consent that they may if they (the softs)
succeed in getting the candidates. But
when the democrats secure the nominees, as
they did in Yamhill this year, the soils wil
go with the black republicans, as they did
then. Wc apprehend that the democrats of
Yamhill will suffer the Lawson "National
Democrats' to make nominations for them
after they hare supported such nominations
awhile. The rale of the Sacramento Couuty
democracy is a good one.
"Thk Inrvngjccts or the Dkviu." One
would think from reading the Standard that
Leland, who supported Lawson and voted
against Lane, was the especial friend and
champion of Gen. Lane that he had a pow
er of attorney to look after his interests
and a general commission of guardianship
over him. We fancy wc hcttr the Genera
exclaiming, "can't the miserable cur be
kicked ofTT" -
TftoiT. A party went from this place last
week to Abicaw to fish for trout, remaining
over nicht "camping out." They took
along plenty of blankets and some " tonic,
to keep off the toltl. They caught about one
hundred aud scveuty-fire trout, besides liar
insr a good deal of " run." The trout wc
saw ; the fun wc take the party's word for.
Through the kindness of John Byrne, " not
a bad fellow," we were favored with some
fine samples of the fish.
,, W-ashinotoh TEnmoRT Election. Gov
Stevens is elected by about five hundred
maiority in the Territory. The vote in
Vancouver preciuct stood, Stevens, 160,
Abcrncthy 12. Stevens' majority in Clarke
County is 222. His majority iu the rircr
counties is about 350. On the Sound it
will probably be 150, or 200.
Illness of Da. McLcCoHLitfv Wc learn
that Dr. McLaughlin, of Oregon City, has
been quite ill recently, aud on Thursday of
last week it was thonght could not survive,
He however revived, and at lost advices was
a little better. He is about eighty years of
age. He ho acted a prominent part in the
settlement of Oregon, and we should deeply
regret to hear of his demise. . .
tar Geer, of. Fruit Farm, has our thauhs
for several varieties of early apples.
To-day we publish a letter upon the
subject of a State Constitution from the
pen o Mr B. Robinson, of Benton County.
We have before published articles from his
pen, and have several years known him as a
vigorous and correct thinker. He was a
candidate upon the democratic Ticket in Ben
ton for the constitutional convention, but
was beaten by the abolition, soft, and know-
nothing fusion there. We suppose he has
more intelligence, and capacity for framing
constitution than the whole hybrid ticket
ran against him probably ten times as
much.
A paragraph, prepared during our
absence some weeks since, was published in
the Statesman, stating that it was proposed
in Kansas to form a constitution which
should be silent on the slavery question,
eaving that to be disposed of by the subse
quent legislature, and inquiring if the slave
ry question could not be treated in the same
way in Oregon. For curself, we are oppos
ed to that coarse. We hope to see the
question definitely settled by the constitu
tion, and not left open for perpetual war in
the State legislature, and consequently be
fore the people at every election of a legis
lature. We trust two provisions will be
submitted, one constituting Oregon a slave,
and the other a free State; whichever re
ceives a majority of the rotes to become a
part of the constitution
DtED Suddenly, at Olvmpia. June 27th,
JaMkr Doty, Esq, son of the Hon. James Duane
Ity, late governor of Wisconsin, aged S3 years.
PHmerr & DcBiacrwI.
Persons whose brains are perforated with
an ounce of lead, " propelled" by about the
same quantity of powder, usually do die
quite " suddenly."
t?5u The Kentucky democrats have nom
inated Hon. James B. Clay, of Fayette
county, (son of Heury Clay) for Congress,
in the Ashland District.
We are informed that P. P. Prim,
of Jackson Couuty, member of the Conven
tion elect, does stand on the platform of the
democratic party of the Territory. His
name should be added to the list of demo
cratic members.
Post-Office, Jac-KSOSVIU.E, O. T. I
Jnne 20th, 1857. J
Mr. Bcsn B. H. Quigley does not take
his Statesman out of the office. He has re-
reccntlv moved to California, as I learu he
has taken his paper until he left.
ours, Wil. llutt.UA.N,
Ass't. Postmaster.
R. II. Quigley owes $20 subscription to
the Statesman, having taken it since 1853,
and having never paid anything.
Contest r.n Seat. A correspondent writ
ing from the South, says :
"There will be a contest in Coos county for
the Convention, between Lockhart and Marple. 1
think that the Convention ought to give the scat
to Marple. The question turns npon the vote of
Johnson s precinct. locKtmrr, as auuuor, inrew
it out in the canvass, on the ground that no pre
cinct had been established tliere; vet before the
election, he wrote a letter to the voters ot that
precinct, anthoriaing them to hold m.n election,
and send the retnrn to him, and they would be
received. Along with this he sent election no
tices. I-ockhart is a Western Keserve (Ohio)
abolitionist, or any thing else, to oppose I'm dem.
ocratic party. Marple is a grmrrir, an old
line whig, bnt voted the democratic ticket."
Death of raTT. thr Mormox Elder.
rarU-y I. Pratt was killed lately at A'an Buren,
Arkansas, by the husband of a woman whom he
(Pratt) had "seduced. Nest to Brigham Yonng,
Pratt was th ablest of the Mormon leaders. Mr.
Pratt, we believe, was not one of the original Joe
Hmith Mormons, bnt emigrated from the East to
California, whererit is said, be was a member of
the original Viglance committee. He then joined
the Mormons at Oreat Halt Lake. His travels
have extended through the whole of Great Britain,
Denmark, Sweden and a part of Germany. Pratt
having seduced Mrs. H. H. McLean of "New Or
leans, into deserting her husband and startingfor
Utah, was killed on the 14th by McLean. The
latter was in California when he board of his wife's
elopement, but came home and followed tbem as
far as the Cherokee Nation, where he overtook
them. Pratt be arrested for larceny, in stealing
ibe clothes of the children who had been taken
along by McLean's wife. He intended to have
Pratt taken to Van Buren, Ark., and legally pun
ished, bnt it appears that from some cause be
thonght proper to take the law into his owa hands,
and kill Pratt before reaching that point..
College of Agriculture has been establish
ed in Michigan on a handsome farm of 700 acres.
It has an endowment of $."i6,000, and in each of
the last two years the Legislature has given it "0,
000. Student are admitted without fee, bnt are
obliged to labor three hours each day.
Tmr Gold Proimjctiov. The steadiness of
the product of gold in California and Australia,
for several years past, is very remarkable. That
of Australia has been quite uniform at say sixty to
isty-five millions of dollars, and California has
ranged from fifty to fifty-five millions. On tbe whole
the indications seem to warrant the belief that
tho maximum of prodnetton has been nearly, if
ot fully, reached In both countries.
Polk Cocimr, July 11, 185f;
Mn. Bush Sir: If yon think the re
ceipt which I send to you below, is deserr
ing a place in your paper, publish it.
To prevent smut in wheat, take a large
wash tub, or any other vessel that is water
tight, and bore a three-quarters anger bole
near the bottom, plug it tight, place the
tub on a bench, fill it three-fourths full of
water, and dissolve 2 ounces of bine vitriol
in each gallon of water ' when the vitriol
is dissolved, pat a small quantity of wheat
into tbe water, stir it well, and skim off
every thisg that floats, and thus continue
as long you have water above the wheat
to float the trash, then place another vessel
under your tub, draw the plug, and let tbe
water all run from the wheat ; when drain
ed sufficiently, rcmore the wheat that is
washed to some convenient place. I put it
into a box, then pqnr the water back into
the tub, and when you add more water, add
also to every gallon, not less than two and
aud a quarter ounces of vitriol, but more if
it suits you.
From two years experience, I am con
vinced that washing wheat in this manner
will prevent smut. Yours, with respect,
ISAAC BALL.
Ma. Bran 'You will oblige me by mak
ing public the fact that I decline the re
appointment teudered to me by the Presi
dent ; and that I am only awaiting the
appointment of a successor that I may re
tire from office. The Supreme Court, which
convenes on the 6th of August, will bring
together the judges and attorneys of the
Territory j and it is desirable that meas
ures should then be taken to secure the ap
pointment, ox some uregon lawyer to fill
the vacaucy. CYRUS OLKEY.
S&. Rev. Henry Ward Beecher perform
ed the ceremony of immersion on Wednes
day of last week. JVew York Day Book.
We hardly think the world would be the
loser if the Rev. H. W. B. were to perform
the ceremony again with a big stoue tied to
his neck. Lcuisvillc Journal.
Cop.vali.i3, July 12, 1857.
Editor Statf.smas Sir : 1 am informed
that previous to the late election, au effort
was made by the opposers of the Democrat
ic party in Lane County, to defeat J. W.
Mack, the member elect from thnt county,
and knowing well where they could get aid
and comfort, they applied to gome of the
Avery clan in this couuty. Ihc circumstan
ces are these:
Three years ago this spring, Mr. Mack
was a resident of this county, aud owing to
the fact that J. C. Avery had turned a cold
shoulder to and had become a personal ene
my of his, without any cause, and also ow
ing to the fact, (as he then thought.) but
now knows tbat Avery's Democracy was
unsound, he came to tbe conclusion not to
rote for Arery, bnt to vote blank : he was
however prevailed npon to vote for Avery,
and voted in the following manner. A bet
had been made that the north nrecinct in
this county would gire Arery a majority
over St. Clair. In order to make the bet
sure, and to give Avery strength in that
precinct, l induced Mr. Mack, with some
ten others, who reside in the Corrallis nre
cinct, to rote in the north precinct. . Some
of them wanted to vote for the precinct of-
ncers in tne uorvaiiis precinct, and Mr.
Mack was oue of the number. A very head
ed the ticket that year. I therefore cut
Avery's name off from the ticket Mr. Mack
intended to vote, as well as one or two oth
ers, and they voted a single vote for Avery
in tne norm precinct, preserving tbe re
mainder of the tickets to vote in this pre
cinct after they bad written the names of
the precinct officers on the same. Mr. Mack
accordingly did So with one er two others.
I was present at the time Mr. Mack voted
in both precincts, and positively know that
he did not vote for any one individual twice;
he voted a part of the democratic ticket in
two precincts and that accounts for his name
being on the poll books twice. Every fact
which I have stated above can be proved by
a number of wituesses. I am willing to tes
tify to them any time. I am told that Mr.
llasbrook, a resident of Lane connty, wbo
is known to be a rank abolitionist, aud per
haps a disuuionist, came into this town be
fore tue late election and was advised by
Slater of the chance they had to vilify Mr.
Mack, and betweeu themselves and others
of the same class, (all abolitionists togeth
er, though some of them are not honest
enough to say so,) concocted a series of
charges to be used against Mr. Mack, and
which were nsed agaiust him and which I
know to be unuualiGedly false iu fact a
batch of abolition lies, such as they like to
benumb those with who are opposed to their
stjL-tioual, disorganizing, disunion policy.
" Wbo so touclietli pitch will be d filed""
lie wbo wars with skunks must expect to
catch some of the odor. Ditto with aboli
tionists and sore-heads. They did not suc
ceed iu defeating liiui bowever,- for the De
mocracy of Laue county know the tricks of
the trade, and gave them the confidence
they deserve, that fs none at all.
1 know Mr. Mack to be a sound Demo
crat, and an houesi man, aud they kuew it
too, an. I kept their machinations as secret
as possible from me, knowing that in justice
to Mr. Mack, I would be in duty bound to
expose them. 1 heir slanders were used in
the eastern" parts of the county, (Lane,) as
far from Mr. Mack's precinct as possible,
that he might not be able to know of and
rebut them; and he never did know anv
thing of it until told by a friend at Engene
City on the 4th day of July. It is thus
they fight in darkness aud at a distance.
Bat Mr. Mack has taken an honorable
coarse, stood square npon the Salem resolu
tions during the canvass, and while lie con
tinues to do so, can bid defiance to all the
lying aud chicanery which the combined
powers of abolitionists, black-republicans
and sore-headed (Anti) Democrats cau
bring against him.
Yooca in haste, A. J. TIIAYEIi.
Ai-BAXT, O. T., July 11, 1857.
Mr. Bush Vwr Sir : As there was
request made by a farmer iu your colnmns
of the 7th inst., that some one would give
him some information bow to get rid of smut
iu wheat, to which 1 thought 1 would give
you my experience in that line, which yon
can publish if you tliiuk it is worth pub
lishing. I took some wheat that was badly smut
ted, and washed it, end put it in barrels,
and covered it with water, acd dissolved
some bine vitriol in hot water, and pat in,
as near as I could guess, about one pound
of it to six bnshels of wheat, then stirred
it up well, and let it stand about twenty
four hours in the water. I then took it
out and sowed it on fallow gronnd pnt in
good order, and harrowed it well, (about
the last of October, I think,) and it came
up and looked well ; but the winter killed
a little of it, and in what there was left,
(which was an average crop) there was
hardly a head of smut to be found.
I have heard other farmers speak of try
ing the same experiment (some of them in
a little different form) with about the same
effect. I took some of tbe same kind of
wheat and cleaned it clean, but did not
wash it, and sowed it by the side of the
other, on the same kind of ground, on the
the same day, and the product was about
one fifth smut.
I also had some of the. stubble ground
that the above seed was taken from, plowed
and put in good order, and the next day I
harrowed in the same kind of wheat with
out washing or vitriol, and it was so smut
ty that it was aot worth cutting.
Yours, truly, D.B.WARREN.
A. S MM tor Awatear AlrfenilSs.
. A player at ninepins won the Erst roll as
much money as he had in his pocket - the
second roll he won the cnbe of what he had
in his pocket ; and , the . third roll be won
the square of all he had. Query, how much
did be have when be commenced to play ?
Lane Co., July Oth, 1857. W. J.
The Oi jf.st Mas is America. A cttrrcspond
ent of tbe Cassville Standard says,' there is now
living in Murray county, Georgia, on the waters
of Holly Creek ,a revolutionary veteran who has
attained the age of one hasdred and thirty-four.
His name is John Hames. He is known through
out the region in which be lives by tbe appella
tive of " Gran'sir Hames." Gran'siris contract
ed for Grand-sire. A Grand-sire ho truly is. As
I was on my way to visit this relict of the expired
eighteenth century, I enquired of an oldish gen
tleman of about sixty if he knew him ? " Oh, yes'
I know him," said he ; he is my grandfather."
John Hames was born in Mecklenburg countv,
Virgina, and was a lad ten years old when Wash
ington was in his cradle. He waa thirty-two when
Braddock met his disastrous defeat on the Mo
nongahela. He, with several of his ncighborsset
forth to join the headstrong and UMated com
mander ; but after several days' inarch, were turn
ed back by the news of his overthrow. Ho emi
grated to South Carolina nearly a hundred years
ago. He was in thirteen considerable conflicts
during the war of independence, and in skirmish
es and rencounters with Indians, with tones and
with British times beyond memory. He was with
Gates at Camden, with Morgan at Cowpeus, with
Green at Hillsboro' and Eutaw, and with Marion
in many a bold rush into a camp or redcoat quarters-
Hardin R. Rannals of Boston,
Bowie county, has received the democratic
nomination for Governor of Texas, against
Sam Houston, who proposes to stump the
State as a K. X. candidate.
:;. State fonmttwtioi..
As the people of Oregon aPPear UOw to
have determined on ushering into existence
another infant State, let not a few words
from One who has witnessed the birth of
other States, be here thought amiss. The
organic laws of a State ought, far above
all others, to be thoroughly digested, and
carefully fitted together, so that no altera
tion or amendment, for many years, would
be needed. They are mainly designed to
pnt up checks and bars against that fitful
legislation so characteristic of tbe American
people, and so very costly and barrassing to
the industrious and sober-minded portions of
community. Being once well ordered, it is
much the best tbat they should be both dif
ficult, and costly of change; for then there
would be inducement and time for reflection
before measures could be rashly taken, which
must eventuate in discontent and change.
And now let it be understood tbat it is
not the intention of the obscure individual .
here writing to give a syllabus of, or glance
at, all the locks that should be turned
against hasty, and overmuch legislation; but
merely to give a souvenor of a few things
tbat may be novel in, such cases, or npon
which there may be diversity of public opin
ion. And this by no means comes from
any feeling of superiority for the late elec
tion has put a damper on that, but tbat there
may be agitation of these matters amongst
the people, in order that the representatives
elect may catch the will of their respective
constituency previous to meeting in conten
tion,
EIFFBACE.
It is customary in the States to subject
youths of eighteen to military service, and
to capitation tax in the afcape of road labor
or otherwise; and this is all right, for eve
ry individual owes something for the pro
tection ot his personal rights; but at the
same time he ongbt to have extended to
him the right of euffi age. Hereafter Ore
gon would be proud of having been Erst
in the Uuion to do justice to the Sous.
This restriction should be extended to the
Celtico-saxon race. Let the Negro. Indian.
Jonn Chinas, and their Octons or more, go
to their equals where they can enjoy all the
privileges of society without stint. A resi
dence of six months ought to be sufficient
to entitle a new comer to vote. That will
coudnce as much as any thing else to bring
citizens into the country.
LEGISLATIVE.
Biennial sessions are often eaough, and
should be limited to forty, or sixty days.
The Legislature should hare nothing to do
with divorce cases; they clearly belong to
the Judiciary. And why, anyhow, should .
one hundred !e set to the work of an indi
vidual? Niither should the Legislature
have anything to do with road cases; let
them go to the County Courts.
The number of Representatives ought to
be limited to forty or Efty; and the Senate
to half as many as the Uoose. AH future
States ought to take warning from the mul
titude of folly carried into tbe Massachu
setts House by its 433 members. The Leg
islature should not have power to run the
State into debt more than fifty thousand
dollars. They shonld be restricted in grant
ing corporate powers. Too many corpora
tions are dangerous to the liberties of the
people. Their mnltitade of hired agents
will, as they have done in other States cor
rupt legislation. No Bank should ever be
established in Oregon.
, EXECUTIVE.
Tbe Governor ongbt to have a veto on the
acts of the Legislature, which it shonld re
quire a two-thirds vote of both Houses to
overrule. Vetos have done much good iu
the Union, and have never been knowu to
do any harm, only iu the imagination of dis
appointed t-olitkians. The Governor's sal
ary should not exceed one thousand dollars.
Tatriotism onght to make up the balance,
if any one think bis services worth more
Indeed all officers of the nascent state ought
to be made to draw largely npon that vir
tue, because the people will be very hard
run for several years to pay as heavy a tax
as that now upon them. Until the year
1856 the Governor of Rhode Island, with
a population three times as large as tbat of
Oregon, served for a salary of $400, which
is receutly raised to $1000. Vermont has
uow a population ef 830,000 ; eight times
that Oregon contains, and' her Kyland
Fletcher, in next October, receives tbe last
of his $750 salary. And taking together
all the neccessaries of living there, and
here, there is but little difference.
JTWCIARY.
In 1817 the State of Mississippi was the
first to make the Judiciary elective by tbe
people at large. Since that twenty other
States have adopted the same method. So
far all appear to be well pleased with the
workings of the plan. The term of oEee
for Judges should not exceed nine years.
Life estates in office are becoming more and
more odions to the American people.
Judges of the Supreme Court ought to per
form Circuit duties Tor at least tbe first
twenty years. The Judges too will have
to be recommended to draw largely npon
their fund of patriotism. That is one of
the best isms in the world for tbe citizens
of a weak State to possess. Oregon is uot
destined to be a populous State; and its
growth will be slow.
SLAVERY.
Negro slavery cannot exist in Oregon.
The soil and climate both forbid its being
carried to any considerable extent whatever.
In order to insure a continuance cf good
field service here, hands would have to be
well clad from toe to crown , else is a short
time they would be stiffened up with rheum
atism aud other maladies so that they won Id
be rather a drag than a profit to the far
mer. It is a well demonstrated fact tbat a
cold Sambo can neither move nor work
briskly. It is also well established that a
sick Dinah is the most worthless of all de
ranged property. Oat door laborers cculd
go no part of tbe year without good shoes
or boots. Every thing becomes so dry,
hard and sharp in the summer, tbat bare
feet cannot go it.
But suppose laborers could here go as
thinly clad as iu Louisiana or Texas, which of
the great staples of the country could they
be set to making at a piofit to the master ?
Not cotton,- not rice, not tobacco, not hemp,
not sugar, and scarcely hard corn enough to
feed themselves. Here the case is narrow
ed down to the single article of wheat, and
that would require so much teamage to be
kept up the whole year for the labor of a
part of it, that tho advantages wonld be
mostly over the left. It will be granted
that idle stock will do well on pasture. Bat
take the indigenous grass, and how much
area, to the head will be required for such
purpose ? Not less than six acres, allowing
the animal to be harnessed one third of the
time, and fed on grain during that time.
Put fifty hands on a plantation, of such sex,
age, &c, &c, as is usual on negro farms,
with stock sufficient for all their various de
mands, aud there could not Le healthy ac
tion on less than six thousand acres of
ground. But it seems useless to continue
the subject any further, so far as anything
like extensive slavery is concerned, for at a
glauce it will be admitted by all, that that