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OlUGOy g FASM AN. TUESbAYv JUNK 1, 1858. Clear the Decks ! v v On Monday next it is to be determined whether Oregon will take her place in the phalanx of democratic States, under the proud banner of the Constitution and the Union, or whether it will fall into line with sectionalism, fanaticism, and faction. This is tho rssn, and this is the qnestion. At .such time; at an hour like this, will ny Democrat be found carping, complaining, f anil-finding, and whining about irrelevant, or if relevant, unimportant questions? At such a time as this, will not every true dem ocrat accord to his principles, his party, and its standard-bearers, an unhesitating', uncon ditional, enthusiastic and united support? He who does not, has no right conception of what it is to be a democrat, and pracliaVy is not one. No good democrat can be neu tral insnch a contest, and do true democrat will withhold his support from any standard bearer of his party. A zote viiMd from a democratic nominee is a role given to his opponent! It is as true in politics as in reli gion, that "he who is not for me, is against me, and he who gathereth not with tne.scat tereth." lie who doe's not give a democrat ic candidate the affirmative support of Ids Tote, gives a negative support to his oppo nent, and cannot claim that he does not aid He election of an enemy of tie democratic par ty. "He who is not for me, is against nuw And the democrat who refuses to vote for the standard-bearer of his party aud princi ples, in effect, votes for the standard-bearer of the foe, and for the principles of the ene mies of democracy, and the enemies of the Constitution and the Union. 2fo false rea soning and no sophistry can evade this con clusion. Then, we say; let every democrat in Ore gon, who up to this hour has not given the democratic ticket a hearty and entire sup port, take his bearing, and see where he is, and where he is tending. If he believes the great democratic party of this nation has in the past accomplished anything for our coun try and for mankind, and if he believes, as we do, that its mission in this behalf has .just begun, let him ask himself if, as a dem ocrat, he can falter in support of his faith here in Oregon now, and pretend to justify, excuse, or paliiate the act upon irrelevant, local, personal, (likes or dislikes) or other considerations, not entering into a party contest, aud having nothing to do with po litical principles? If there is a democrat in Oregon who, for such, or similar reasons, has contemplated voting for an opponent of the democratic party at this election, or has contemplated striking the name of a demo cratic candidate from his ticket, we ask hlui if he thinks that in after 3 ears, when pres ent excitements, passions or partialities shall have passed away, he can look back upon the act with approval? If he thinks it will be aa event he, as a democrat, in after years will be proud of, and boast of? It was u( maxim of Jefferson's that "support of dem ocratic candidates is fealty to democratic principles." Every good democrat will siuk 11 minor and irrelevant considerations npon the altar or his principles, and vote for the nominees of his party and the representa tives of his principles. The View They Take South. The Jacksonville Herald speaks of the ration wool faction and its California mana ger, &s follow? : Will the voters of Oregon countenance and encourage sneh a faction? Will they, by their rotes, offer a premium to political renegades and adventurers from California? Are the people of Oregon so ignorant, so benighted, that they cannot manage their own political affairs in their own way, with out the aid of missionaries frm onr neigh boring State? Are the political institutions of California so much furer, o much better than onr own that we wonlJ be hern-Tilted by importing them? The voters of Oregon will answer, at the polls-on the first Monday f Jane next, most emphatically, NO! The meddling interlopers who come here for the purpose of instructing us in the arts, and wiles, and tricks of California polities, the traitorous demagogues, who, tor the sake of a few weeks' brief mention in couple of obscure newspapers, in connection with a nomination for office, would betray their par ty, and the political tricksters who, for the sake of getting the capital located in accord ance with their wishes and interests, would sell themselves, soul and bodytto any party, will meet with a severe and merited rebuke from the hands of the people. Lcok cut for Fraudulent Votes. The little California political adventurer is the wire worker of the nationwool faction, and he is desirous of introducing into Ore gon politics California tactics and California morals. (?) A California custom is illegal and fraudulent voting stuffing of ballot boxes, &c. Hall, one of Avery's importa tions, last fall, it will be recollected, voted, when he had no shadow of right to when be had not been a resident of the Territory the six months required by law. This is no torious. Frauds of this kind will undoubt edly be attempted in various parts of the Territory by this corrupt nationwool faction. Let democrats be on the guard, and protect the polls against fraud. Let every man not known to be a voter be challenged, and if he swears it in in violation of law, let him suffer the penalty of perjury. A correspondent informs us that Ilolbrook, Dryer and King harrangned a small crowd at Portland last Saturday ere." Prof. Bowering replied to the three in a searching, scorching, and masterly speech, completely annihilating the trio, si lencing Holbrook's lying, Dryer's bellowing, and King's slobbering. lie was cradly e rere 00 King and Dryer, who, with their friends, undertook to disturb judge Dower ing by hallooing and iootirg. . The opposition in Oregon do not like the Germans. .One of their black republi can papers says "We bave entirely- many who tells poots,skoes,c1o-ting,try-goots-, and sells t-h-ta-p, for the future' prosperity of tie country." Boston Post. : - ;' The Same Old Song. There has never ,yet been an election in Oregon in which the opposition did not claim a victory before the election, find Wear long races over n defeat after the election. Anil they always succeed in making a lot of filial-low-pated dupes believe that victory is cer tain. And this canvass is not an exception to the foregoing invariable rule. Hereto fore, the democracy were always to be dis astrously beaten south of the - Calapooia mountains. Lane, in 1855, was not, accord ing to opposition accounts, to get a single county south of those mountain, while iu Jackson. county Gaines was to get '"all the votes except six." Well,tho result was.thc democrats carried Jackson county, and ev ery other county south of the Cahipooi mountains except Umpqua. Xow accord ing to their story, everything is going op-positid-oouth of the Calapooia mountain., and Dush is beat certain, if the rest of the ticket is not." It is the same old story.nnd will be followed by the same result. T.:e whole democratic ticket will be elected, and it will receive a majority both south and north of the Calapooia. We don't see the use of lying so; particularly, after six years of it, we don't see the use of continuing it for the seventh. Dut this confidence in the success of the nationwools has been this time manufactured by O'Mcara, and is one of the California tricks of trade. There it is thought there is a quantity of floodwood which will go with the strong side, and consequently O' Meara has proclaimed the marvelous strength of the nationwools, and particularly of his little self, and has got a few dupes to believe it. And dupes they will find thamselves af ter the 1th of June. 3g 2L 32 9 3 2 d That was the amount of he relief bill, concerning pnblic printing, which the Cali fornia Legislature passed, for O'Meara, nnd which "Honest John Bigler," Governor, ve toed. The printing, says the Sacramento Union, is the largest leak upon the Califor nia treasury, and O'Meara say he was a silent partner in the company which caught this fat "leakage." His saucepan, accord ing to his story, among other?, caught the rich drippings. What didn't run out in the natural way, which was very loose and leaky, was lappel far in the way of relief bills. How would you like to introduce this "nice wayr"into Oregon, farmers and tax-payers? $40,000, Also, is the sura Mr. O'Meara says the executive priitting costs in California per an num, and he marvels at the insigniGcancy of the printing bills in Oregon. About fifty dnllirs has been the cost of executive print-u-.g here. $220,000 Is the interesting little sum the printing of California costs per aninm. In Oregon, the whole ammint will not exceed fifteen hundred or two thousand dollars per er.num, unlrss we have, w'tnt we reecr j? luce had, some California leiks. $220,000 is nbout Eve times the estimated expense of onr en tire State government. And, yet in Cali fornia it covers but one of the smallest items. Tax-payers of Oregon, is not the California garment too large for the Oregon cloth? If it is, can you afford to experiment with un known California psiHicil tricksters with one who 6ays he has been promineutly con nected with the politics and government of that State, during all this reign of corrup tion, extravagance, defalcation, embezzle ment, aud every other rpecies of villainy known even in California? Naturalized Voter. Judges of elections sometimes err a3 to the right of a naturalized voter. If chal lenged, they sometimes hold that the voter must exhibit Lis naturalization papers, or de claration of intention to become a citizen. That is wrong; the law does not require an exhibition of the papers. The voter may have lost his naturalization papers, or they may be in such place that it is impossible to procure them in time fur the purKscs of the election. If so, it docs not deprive the nat nralizcd citizen of hi right to vote. If he has declared his intentions, he is a votcr.nnd can swear his vote in as well as any other citizen, who is challenged. He is not oblig ed to show his papers. If he has ever had them, lie is a voter, and can safely swear in his vote, if challenged. If a person is chal lenged on the ground that he is not of law ful agc he is not obliged to produce a cer tificate of birth; he can swear that he is twenty one. So, if a citizen of foreign birth is challenged, on the ground that he has ue't declared his intentions, he is not obliged to produce a certificate of declaration, but can make oath that he has declared his inten tions, and the judges must then receive his vote. Let judges of election, nnd let adopt ed citizens, who chance not to have their papers, remember this. Qualification ! Johu" Kt-lsay is running forjudge in the 2J district. He is utterly without qualifica tion or fitness for the place, and his election wonld be notontystraraing disgrace to Or egon, but an incalculable misfortune to the district. K. E. Stratton, the democratic candidate, is competent and qualified, and well fitted for the discharge of the responsi ble duties of judge. The nomination of such a man as Kelsay for judge, the jest aad "butt'' of the country, illustrates the scarci ty of talent among the nationwools; aud giving such a man a nomination for judge as the only condition upon which he would join them, exhibits their poverty of num bers. Abolition ! Let the voters of the 4th judicial district recollect thaf Ilolbrook is an abolitionist, and that if he is placed upon the bench he will nullify the fugitive slave law, disregard the Dred Scott decision, and all other laws and decisions based upon the compromises of the Constitution, and guaranteeing the rights of the South. ' ' mf We understand that a man of tlte name of Geo. fSatlrrf.cUl,o( Lace couutv, is lying about tho editor of the Statesman, and svhe know us well in .'motf Ht wen never in the State of Illinois, or nearer it than Ohio-aod tbis Geo. HstterCcld never saw or heard of a. $6,000,000. ' This is nbout tho amount of Oregon's wnr debt, scattered, in sumll sums, nil over Ore gon. And, as the scrip-holders know, the evidences of this debt, the scrip, is all certi fied to nnd signel by "J. lrr. Drew, (Jr. Master General." O'Mearn eotnes here from California, holds none of this scrip, mul has no interest in its payment; he comes, or is brought here, a stranger, unknown to our people, not knowing n, or onr officers, and proclaims, in the paper he edits, that "J.W. Drew, (Jr. Master Gemyhl," lias been fruilty of ."stealing" the public money, and that Cupts. Smith and Inga!!, and Mr. Grover, claim commtssionTs, have covered up and hidden the theft.' Suppose a Mo of this pa per is pnt in the hands of Gen. Wool, as it undoubtedly will be, with what telling, effect he can use it with Congress, the Commit tees and the Departments, against the pay ment of onr war debt. - He (Wool) asserts that this war was a scheme to plunder the treasury, and here he is baeked by ni osten sible Oregon paper, which gravely charges the officers who have passed upon the ac counts of the war with "stealing" the pub lic property. Can he want anything stronger or can he have anything better suited to his unworthy purpose of dvTeating an nppropri ntion to indemnify the people of Oregon for losses sustained iii tWrending the country ngainst Indian aggression? And, are not the scrip-holders, and all in terested iii tfie payment of that debt (and what citizen of Oregon is not?) under weigh ty obligations to this California '"interloper" for his nssaults npon our war debt, and npon those who have certified to its justness nnd correctness? For, vpnn their credit it mail stand rrf, 11. IF GEN". WOOL, AIDED HY Q'MEAU A'S.l'U BL1CATIOXS.CAN SATISFY CONGRESS THAT EITHER UEX. DREW Oil THE CLAIM COM MISSION HATE ACTED CORRUPT LY AND PI? HONESTLY, CONGRESS WILL NEVER PAY THE DEBT. If, I y these grcss charges they can e.ren throw a supicit:n vpon it, and that is the lent effect sneh ch-trget eruhl le crfdel to hare, they will d- liy the p iymer.l r.!'J the s'apieion is clei red up. Kell7, and his work of Hypocrisy. And alrhonpb privately over and over npain he (Kelly) has cursed tin; hour hen lie consented to berouie the tool of O'Meara: " wished the canvass in h II," and all that sort of thing- ret he per sists in his effort to deeeive and delude tho peo ple. If there is any excuse or apology for such conduct, we cannot imapine what form it could take to screen its author from universal condem nation. It is notorious that Col. Kelly does say nil this that he tells his friends that O' Meara and others have pt-rsu tded him into a fal-il position ngainst his judgment ; that he has made a fnol of himself that he is int jtstiii"d in occupying the position he does that he cannot r.uikft out a cae, ic. Th it Col. Kelly tel's kit' friends this is m to ri.ms, and ice do not IcVere he cr t.'u'it will deny it. llu feels and knows that O'Meara lias made both a tool and a fool of him, in getting him to nrrnj himself ngainst the democratic party, though his prhk: will pre vent him acknowledging that. And, as a conscqcence, he hates O'Meara from the bottom ftf his heart, bnt he hates the demo cratic caadidat'i for State printer ainre, and so he is now traveling over the Territory telling his Male story (for he has b :t one which he tells everywhere, "without the va riation uf a word or a comma) on O'Meara's acconitt.- Now, what is to bo thought of Col. Kel ly's candor and honesty, when, convinced that he has committed a grave mi-take in permitting trickster to array him in opposi tion to the democratic organization, convinc ed that he is guilty of treason to the demo cratic party, he continues the effort of dis organization, and still seeks to allure others into a position which he confesses is untena ble, indefensible and wrong? Why does he not, like an honest man, confess lus error, deionnce his evil advisers, and cease his la bors to induce others to take his false posi tionj If he will take our advice, and he will find it to be cf a healthier character than that he has been following for the past four months, he will do it. If he is possess ed uf the candor, moral courage and hon esty he ought to be, he will do it. Salt MAMFACTonv. Mr. P. O'Reilly has forwarded us a sample of Fait manufactured by Mr. J aim Dillard, of Douglas county. He informs us that with three small kettles, holding about thirty gallons each, Mr. Dil lard is enabled to produce three hundred! pounds of salt per day, and expects eventu ally to be able to supply iat indispensable article in quantities to meet the demand of the fanners of the . Uiupqua vailey. The article produced by Mr. Dillard is equal h quality to any we have seen in tho market. Oregon abounds in saline springs," and will doubtless shortly produce all the salt requir ed for home consumption. JC5yi Mcndenhall, of Polk Co., is virtu ously indignant at being styled a Fremont man, aud says he did not vote for Fremont in California. We are told that he first stated he did vote for him, then denied it, nnd then saij that he "voted all the rest of the ticket, but otl off Fremont's name." When reminded that we voted for Presde.u tial electors, and that therefore Fremont's name could not have been upon the ticket, he said, "oh, I forgot." The Oricgos War Bri.u The Washing ton States newspaper of the 17th of April, says: It io extremely doubtful whether tha Military Committee, who arc now examining the matter, wiil r.iport favorably on tho Indian war debt of Oregon, amounting u tire million dollars.- . it will be noticed that Geu. Lane, in the letter we- publish to day, states that the bill hangs lire inthe Military Committee, but thinks it will go through. The Washington agent, of . our Oregon City correspondent also notes that much opposition is made. ; . Send is tub Returns. Will our friends in nil the various counties end us the result of the election in theit several localities by the first oppcrtcnityf J 'f ''", ; Filit between the Urtrultivs niitl Indians Knst f tlte Cascades- Colonel Steptoe's Command lte- IMllfcCri. During the early part cf last week,' a re port wus in circulation here to the effect that Col. Steptoe's command, which wus making a campaign in the Paloue country, had been do'eated by n combination of the Ncz Per ces, Palouses, Pen d'Oreills, Yukimas and Cour d'Leous. A gentleman who arrived here on the Ijhitcrprise on Yidny morning, informs us that he had seen .a letter from Col. Steptoe to Capt. Ing:l!s, nt Vancou ver, confirming tho report. Col. Pleptoe's command consisted, ns we are Informed, of three companies of 1st Dragoons, and one company 9th infantry. They were attacked by fifteen hundred Indians about fifty miles north of Snake river. The Indians succeed ed in stampeding the pack-trains, and made a clean sweep of animals, baggage, ammuni tion, and two howitzers..- Nine men were killed, nineteen wounded, aud oqo missing. Capt. Taylor and Lieut. Gaston, of the dra goons, are among tho killed. , Capt. Taylor was well known in this portion of Oregon. One year ago he was in command of Fort Yamhill, and had recently returned with his family from tho States. - Ho was a nntive of llhode Island, and son of Capt. Taylor of tho Navy. The disastrous result of Col. Steptoe's expedition will doubtless embolden the Indians, and tend to the prolongation of a bloody war. ' Smoked Out. When the canvass first commenced in the South, Kelly aud O'Meara adapted their speeches on the nigger question to the au diences they addressed. Iu strong pro-slavery latitudes they were for the Lecomptoa constitution, against Douglas, and for the Die J Scott decision. In republican latitudes they were not for either. They practised this "uow you see it, now you don't" game until they got to Albany, where one cf the hotnhres, Col. Kelly; was surpiised by a res olution in his own hand-writing, endorsing the Dred Seott decision and the Lecomplou constitution! "Where did you get thet?" angrily inquired the CjI., as Mr. Smith ex hibited it to the audience. "You dropped it, aud I picked it tip," answered Mr. Smith. It Wi)s pieked up with Dr. O'Meara' "Gov ernor's pilP letters. Since that tirae as Smith had the proof of his real position, Kt-liy has dropjed his double character, and goes in for Lecompton at all places. O' Meara still plays fast and loose, as he com menced. The B;i of etli Stales. The Standard, with its California editor, made considerable impertinent fuss, beeause the Oregon Dv-!u cratie State Commit tee adopted the democratic rote as the bas.M of representation iu Democratic conventions. IJnt, the State committee of O'Meara's own State, California, hits just held n meeting, and they adopted the following resolution: irWrW, That the nest lH-iuoeratie Stale Con vention be ht;ld at the -Ty of fc-.ieramt-nto, on Wednesday, tbo 4tli day of August nxt,- and thai the bans of rryrtreMatkm he as follows: One delegate nt large from uach county, and or.e dele pate for every aoO Democratic toU$ east at Jhe last general election. So, it seems that iu California they adopt this very basis, of which the freshly import ed California candidate complains. Iu Iowa, the Stale committee, recently iu session, ndopted the subjoined: Tho Ratio of reprr etitn!ion will he one dele gate for each one hundred votes, and one addition al delegate for each fraction over 00 votes cast in each county for the IX-uiocratic candidate for Uovernoviu October last. In Illinois, the Democratic Slate commit tee have lately adopted the same basis, and so it is in nearly all the States, aud for aught we know, in all of them. Territorial Assembly. Let our friends, iu all the couuties, look out for the members of the Territorial As sembly, and in no instance fail to vote for members -thereof. It is not by any menus improbable that there will be another ses sion of the Territorial Legislature. If the State is not admitted this session, there must bo a session of our Territorial A'scmbly next winter. And as Congress is to adjourn on the T tli inst., it is not impossible that the State will not be admitted until tho next winter's session. Let democrats sec that they secure the Territorial, as well as the Slate legislature. There is danger that, in tho in terest manifested in the State election, the Territorial will be forgotten. TQ, Mcndenhall, one of the national and republican candidates for the legislature in Polk, publishes a card in Avery's Ox, charg ing that in the South, Delazou Smith said that he, Mcndenhall, was on abolitionist. It is trne that at Eugene City the matter was referred to, and Mr. Death did say that Townseud and Ladd said tha.t they had been informed that Memlenhall had voted the Fremont ticket in California, nnd Meuden hall has fo stated himself to different per sons in Polk county, among whom are Ira Townsend, Mr. Ladd,"atul Monroe Miller, all of whom are credible gcutlemen, whose vorj would bfrtnktm Sn preference to the oath of the quibbling little republican. All Running for Printer. Tho whole opposition, from Kelly to Kon stab! .("national" orthography) seem to be running ngainst the democratic candidate for State Printer. In Polk and Yamhill Coun ties, we understand that tho county candi dates of tho opposition run ngainst ns alto gether; and that in the former, a Mr. Hull (is he u descendant of the Detroit gentle man?) is very zealous in appealing to every petty local or personal prejuJice, in exact' imitation of his exemplars, KeMy and O' Meara. We thought that' in ee7eu years' lighting of the opposition in this Territory, (us unscrupulous an opposition as ever any country witnessed,) we had been forced into contact with some meanness; but it is left for this grovelling "national'' faction to go lower than any of its predecessors. They exhibit a meanness aud a baseness we did not suppose human nature capable of. : Tho . Messrs. Smith, druggists and merchants, will erect a two story brick here this season. . - ? V Falsehood Refuted. Dallas, May 27th, 1858. Editor Occidental Messenger 1 notice -nn article in the Occidental Messenger' .of May ;22il, over, the signature of Nathaniel Ford, bearing date, "Itiekreal, May 18th, 1858," which contains so many falsehoods, that, in duty to my family and self, I am compelled to reply, and show to the " public the false hoods: therein contained, so far as they re late to mvself and family. The Col. says: "I told" Mr. Dowel! that C. D. Embree' daughter, who is iu her 11th year, stated that while she was boarding nt Mr. Heath's, going to school, a negro girl about 16 years old wns working for Heath's family; that said black girl usually ote at the same iable with Heath nrtd family; that one night Mrs. (not Mr.) H. told Kmbree's daughter that she would have to sleep in bed with the ne gro girl or in a small bed with the children the young lady very naturally agreed to sleep with the children. The above is sub stantially the conversation I had with Mr. Dowell, which I have no doubt he w4ll fully substantiate. I also see Mr. Embrce's cer tificate appended to Heath's article, Now, I -must say, in justice to Mr; Embree, that he certainly was deceived, not knowing the trick laid by Heath and his man ISacbcoek, who Heath seat to Embree's. To show that Embree was deceived, I will here mention that Embree' certificate was signed May 12lh, and on Friday evening, the Hth of May, I was at I-lmbrfce's hotie, and in the presence o! lumbree and wife, Dr. IJoj le aud myself, Etnbree's daughter stated as above related.'' Now, in relation to the above, I will say, they contain falsehoods too plain for any so ber, sane man to utter. Dr. 15oyl hm not been in or near my house since May 10th, and then but for h few minutes to get some seed corn. During his slay at my house, my wife or daughter were not present, and Cof. Ford came just before the Dr. left, and they both went away together, since which time Dr. Doyle has told me he heard uo such conversation. I have cot seen Col. Ford but once since May 10th; we met on the street at Dallas, on Friday, the 14th, and I will say further, that no sneh cmicersalwn crer occurred iu presence of Dr. Boyle, my self, wife and daughti-r. So far us Heath sending IJabcock to me, I can say if he did, Dabcock never cam?. Mr. Dabeock came with Mr. Heath on the 12th of May.which is the lkte of my eeriiiieite. Mr. Heath asked me if I would do him the justice to contradict the falss report which was in cir culation about !,"::!, (wiiicli 1 onceived was aimed to be sj I iiei upon my back, or thc back of ::;y !.uii!y,) which 1 done with the greate.-t of pleasure, believing thai the dev il sbuuM faUier his own lie-1. In su;d certi ficate 1 had uo allusions to Col. Ford or any man iu particular; my object "as to correct a false teportj not knowing who had given it circulation, and having lieea much annoy ed by por.-ous cnqnHtig abont the truth of the uui't- r. Iterpecil'uilv yours, Sigjvtij- OA KEY 1). EMiiUEE. Ei. tkrF.5 iA.v I notic' iu the i-.;t Ox Mess, nn article over the frijjtuitttr -of Na- timnil 1 Ford, in which lie itinkes use of my name. So far as his ref.-reticc to my name is concerned, I pronouncj hs t. item:-nt nn unaliiledly false, and characterss!ie of the meani.tss to wincu tne auiiuir u.-u-.i;:y te- sorts in political matters. I also kno'.v ttiat there is not a word of truth in tthat h-r'soys with reference to Mr. Heath end Mr. Em bree a;iJ his faiiji'y, attd it- is a fixed fact that the cont. mptst.de card appearing- in the same number oi tho Ox, in referent-? to Mr. Heath and Smith, was written 'and sent to the Ox for ptililic.ition (ns the author says) some two weeks before its appearauve iu the same. Now, what conclusion can the pub lic come to iu this matter? to no other than this; that they, knowing that both these ar ticles were false, kept them back for the pur poses of consumption South, knowing that there would be'no chance to contradict thtm there before the election. Yours, &c, A. D. BAIiCOCK. The Effect. The following is sent us by a large holder of scrip: Oregok Citt, May 23th, 1858. , Mb. Bfsn Dear Sir: By the last mail from the States, I received letters from my agent in Washington City, informing me that he "saw no prospect of an appropria tion for the Oregon war debt tbis session of Congress, which will terminate on the 7th of June." . I hold a considerable amount of scrip, as do inauy others in Oregon, and 1 did hope that something would be done for us before this time. My agent, who-is a legal geu tie man, writes that Gen. Lane and Uov. Ste vens have both been before the Committee urging our claims, but so far their efforts have lulled to counteract the iuflonce of lieu. Wool, who has placed in the hands of the Committee several copies of, newspapers of Oregon, the "Democratic Standard" and the "Oiegoiiian," wherein several of tho offi cets of the war are accused of robbery, and nearly all condemiied, from Oov. Curry down. He says further: "This is particu larly unfortunate at this time, as the Com mittee are disposed to look as favorably upon the representations of Gen. Wool, and his friends who desire to sustaiu him iu his position ngaiust Oregon, as upon those of Lane aud Stevens." Now, sir, who are blame for casting discredit upon our war claims? Why, sir, Leland, Dryer and O'Meara are the men. They have labored industriously for months, apparently for no other purpose. Not one of them owus one dollar of scrip, and it af fords them a fiendish delight to play the dog iu the uiauger. It is humiliating to think that our war bill is t;0 be delayed and per haps defeated by the work of men claiming to be Oregonians, and identiGed with the welfare of the country, buv-fls for Mr. O' Meara, how do Oregoniaus kn&wthat he is not now the pensioned agent of theViends of Gen. Wool, as when belonging to a'-sub- sidized press in California at a time w Or ego ii was traduced through its columns. Oregoniaus, these are serious matters for re flection, apd it stands us in hand to watch closely every stranger who suddenly comes upou us to take us. by storm. Auybody, without name or antecedents may come here from anywhere, aud he will always find plenty of soreheads and disor ganized to booft him forward and assist him to v.llifjr and traduce Oregoniaus..'' Floating Saw-Mill. B. M. Dullelle.our "go-ahead'' townsman, , has , converted the "Cuneuiah" into a steam saw-mill, aud has her in operation at oar. wharf. She works well, and promises to be one of the most convenient and proG tabic "steam saw-mills in the country. Hector & Co.'s mill has also comuiuueed sawing. . ; Interesting to Old Oregoniaxs! Judge J. Quinn Thornton is a "national." The in teresting list of "natiocals"' would not be complete without his name. -V Two-Faced, and Double-Tongued. We last week gave some of the evidence's of O'Meara's double-dealing upon the slav ery question, and his endeavor to obtain the votes of ultra pro-slavery men, and then toT obtain the votes of ultra abolitionists; his private consultations and cauensiugs with Messrs.-Officer and Cason, (strictly honora ble and straight-forward men) nnd others, of Clackamas county, abont organizing a pro slavery party, bis representation to those gentlemen of his being in favor of slavery in Oregon, and his promise to advocate slav ery in the Standard; the dic'overy by tho.e gentlemen of the double-dealing attempted to be practised by O'Meara, - and Mr. Offi cer' rebuke of it. From pro-slavery men in Polk county, we hear that the same game has been practised there, while on the other hand, anti-slavery men have been made to belief e that O'Meara is against slavery. And Mr. Leander Holmes, of Clackamas, the uominee of the republicans for Secretary of State', told us, at the time they (the re publicans) held their State convention at this place, .that he was informed by some of Mr. O'Meara's supporters in Clackamas county, that he, O'Meara, was strongly op posed to slavery, and Holmes so understood him to be, though he had not so heard him say. Every day we hear from one quarter and another of Mr. O'Meara's being on op posite and both sides" of this slavery question, and every day strengthens the testimony of double-dealing; until, indeed, we believe the fact has come to be pretty well understood by the public. . ' In his speech at Jacksonville, (that being a strong pro-slavery locality,) Col. Kelly wanted to know "why the Democratic Cen tral Committee did not crder their call pub lished in the Jacksonville Sentinel, the Cor vallis Messenger, aud the Portland Stand ard?" "I'll tell yon why," faid he, "the two first are pro-slavery papers, and 3lr. O" Jlfura viull hire rated for shirery had he been in Oregon and entitled to v.-te when the question was taken." Mr. O'Meara was present, and did not correct, or allude to the staten)t-!it, though he spoke after Kelly. There were few, or to republicans there,aa-J a great many pro-slavery men. But, af Long Tom, O'Meara, when press ed by Mr. Jones, of Lane connty, after eva sion, reluctantly replied that he should have voted against slavery had he been in Oregon at the time the vote was taken! Which side of the slavery question is 3Ir.O' Jlari on ! It depends upon the sentiments of the man with whom Mr. O'Meara talks! "All TrusGS to all mex." Are either pro slavery men, or anti-slavery men in Oregon go:us to be deceived by these srts of a Cal-. ifornia political trickster? Whom is he il:'- ceiving? the farmer or tua latter? Is a ma?: who will deceive either worthy of the conS deuce or support cf either? Oh! Ho! Iu Polk County, the sham "nut'oiiEl" can didates for the legislature were asked if, in esse of their election, they would vote for Gen. Lane for one of the U. S. Senators? They answered, "we don't know who the people wants!" Updu the question being pressed, the same answer, an l no other, was given". 'But iu the South, and iu Gen. Lane's owji conty, Kelly aad O'Meara ran heary on Lanet pledged every "n-itional" for him! Yen woul l have thought at Deer Creek, in Lane's county, that both of them expected to go to .Line when they died! But, in Polk ar,d Yamhill couuties "they don't know who the people wants!" It is the same game O'Meara is playing upon the slavery question. With Lane men, they are Lane men, and with anti-Lane men they are the strongest kind of antics. Will such tactics win? Crime ASf? its Gon-seqi-ences. Many in this quarter, savs the Cleveland I'laindeaier, will recollect Gen. llinton, so Ion? mall ag-ent on the Columbus route, his detection, esenpe from pun ishment, and the breaking np of his iuterestiR fiunily through the crimes of its oce respected head. A Sainl-vich Island letter to the I'lain tlealer, dated Hono'uln, Jan. 5th, thus speaks of him: " Uea. O. llinton, the noted mail robbpr of Ohio, is a resident here, lis eme lown from California four years aro with his wife, ami they kept boarding-house, bnt lost money t it. and the old mnu was finally redneed to vcrkhijr by the day at carpenter's work. Finally, the rheuma tism prevented his doing even this, and now he has turned lawyer, and manages, I suppose jnst to live and no more. I sincerely pity the old man, and I think that ho is truly repentant, lie does not know me, bat I remember when I was a bor seeing him in his prime, but now how chan ged !" llinton formerly kept a hotel at Portland, in this Territory, under the assumed name of Gordon, and he weut from here to the Islands. Many Ohtoans knew him here.aud it was generally known by the public that "Gordou" was Uinton, the mail robber. S3 At Amity, Yamhill, last Monday, "poor Andy Shuck," as Kelly calls him, na tionwool candidate for the legislature, said, on being asked the direct question, that if elected, he would Vote for one "national" and one black republican fur U.SSetors. lie said, "a half loaf was better than no bread." Lawson said the same thing at the same place. We snpposc they will vote for Kelly and JLatcsou, or Thornton aud Dryer. jfgy Speaking of stam saw-mills, reminds that Mr. S. A. Clark advertises horse KMfcrvjj-ood-sawitig. Mr. Ciark has made arrangements for extensive operations in the fuel line on thVi'lsland," which he has pur chased. KS-P. T. Iisrnum fsNjretting on his legs once more, nnd has resnff the manage ment of his Museum in ewr'-. ue ..as lately receiv'd $27,000 insnra'nceVu Lanistau which was de.-troyed by fire at lihj-eoort aua is making- preparations to reuuna A IIist for Cixcixxati. A humanitarian butcher, in punch, proposes the ifce of chlo roform in the business of kiilhi! pigs. As it has been introduced into hospitals, he thinks the same motive should cause iii adoption in butchers shops. A7". Y. Times. B3- Democrats J. Remember that while O'.Meara, is intinerating over the country, plaviug "all things to all men," aud denoun cing Leland as a dog. and a puppy, it is no torious, that Leland is .editing the Stan dard in O'Meara's absence. Tort. Times. Letter from a '''Republican." Marios Cocxtt, May 25th, 1858. Ed. Statesman I am not in the habit of writing to newspapers, mnch less to yoa.bnt I think this a fitting occasion to speak my mind. From Sir. McBride, who has just come np from le!ow, we learn that he and Mr. Denny have withdrawn themselves from the Republican ticket, without consulting, I presume, with men of their own party who were actuated by principle when they be stowed the nominations upon those men. I am a republican, and there are many more like me iu this county, who heretofore have labored to bring about an organization of our party in this Territory. This spring we thought it was accomplished, aud so far as our nominations for State treasurer and Printer are coricerned.it is accomplished , not- if l.t f wi; l.f w It I ii I ol a t rF tha rmlA;irj i, - - - v-- , of the State ticket. My advice is noir to all republicans to stick to their principles now, if they ever expect to be recognized as a party in Oregon. I am one of those men who have never voted for a democrat in my life if I knew it. So far in Oregon I bave" supported what you term the "isms" in op position to the democrats, and I say now U all republicans of principle, "stand by yonr colors," and vte for the men yon assisted to nomrfiSrte, whether withdrawn or not, and prove to the world that you are what yon pretend to-be.-- ' It is a fallacy to suppose that the triass of. repubiicans iu Uregou are going to vote for either wing of the locofocos. Many will go with the national:-, but you may be well as sured that not a few will vote for the regu lars, and all know that they gain nothing by such a conrse,-,which wiil cause by far the' greater nambcr not to vole at all on tho1 State ticket. What do the nationals say in their plat form? That they -support the administra tion and the Cincinnati platform. Tliey went as far as they dared when they said that. Give $hera power through republican votes, which is the only way they will ever get it, and they will come" oat and be the lirst to call as a set of black republicans. I for one, am not to be canght by such flimsy tricks, neither am I to be sold like a sheep, by Mr. Dryer of the Oregonian; I will vote the entire bard ticket first., I feel a little sore at the way we have been treated by the men we pnt car trost in, tho' I wiil say that Mr. J. Applegate, of Ump qua, was always my Cr-rt choice for the nom-1 utuiioii for Congress, instead of Mr. Mc Llride, who now proves what I said of him, that he was too young. Our county tickets, like State, will win success in some counties, aud ia others will be well supported, and that will be one of tits means cf our being able tG preserve onr organization i:i this and other counties. I desire you to publish this letter if yon will, and if any true republican asks for my name, von may give ii. DEPTJULICAN. Letter from Gen. Lane, Washivgton Citt, April 19, 1S58. A. Drsn, Esq. Dear Sir: Nothing from you by the last mall. Kansas is still the !-ut-ject of much feeling, ail sides looking with th'? deepest intfrest to the action of the committee of c-jiiferer:ee. Action d-j-.ibt-fi:!. The cofainlttec on Ailltarr aff.iirs ha';g, o:i the lir'.so allowed by the Commission" for serric?s Andertd; hold t':at foar dollars a day is tomucli. We don't think so, and we believe and hoye that we will be able to satisfy the committee of the justice of this item; that done and til wiil he right. We have justice, truth and right oa our side, and faithful efforts must be, will be crowned with saecess. - I hope thai ly this tin a7l efforts thil were being made to divide the p trttt linve been so re buked that no simi'ar effort xci'l le made for yeirs f t come. You may !ear iii mind that I wish to !e elected to the Senate, where I know I coa'd do nsoch for Oregon and our common country; but I don't want to g3 into ihe Senate at the expense of the peace, harmony, honor and integrity of the Demo cratic party. I hire not in a single instance, in tny life failed to support the nominees cf the party, nor at any time failed to do all that I could to maintain and keep np the organi zation of the party, nor will I fail in either; I am opposed to all efforts to divide tho party. i onr inena, v JOSEPH LAXE. WorU, Work, Work. We hope that every active democrat ia the Territory will devote this last week be fore the election to'tfaeieut, quiet eaJiavor to swell the Democratic vote in his precinct. Let tSic last Democratic vote be polled, and let all be persuaded to vote the democratic ticket who can be by reason, facts and. ar guments. . ' Tickets. At every poll should be some wide awake Democrat with a good supply of democratic tickets, always ou baud, aud with bstli eyes open. We are- told that Mr. Eider," candi date for Senator, iu Yamhill, on the repub lican ticket, says the sore-headed "nationals" are "democrats who can't get ofSee in their own party, and so have come over to them . to try their luck." A pretty correct de scription. . ' tSS-Maj. Ben. MeCullongh. of Texas, and Ex-Gov. Powell, of Kentucky, will be sent as Commissioners with ths Utah army to treat with the Mormons, and endeavor, if consistent with the interests of the Federal Government, to brinir about some peaceful:- -w'ntton of tiiO difflvnlty. Tuey wiil start im mediately for Leavenworth, will go forward with the first advance of the troops, but af terwards remain with the main bodv of tho- Ths Military IXoao. The work cn the' .Military Road, from Scottsburg to Camp Stewart, has commenced. About 30 hands are employed in the Canyon alone; and those who have passed over the route say there is no doubt bnt that a good road wiil be constructed.- This wiil greatly facilitate the travel between the Northern and Southern portions of the Territory. Jacksonville Ifer. To Yuxa Men'. Don't rely upon the good name of your ancestors. Thousands have spent the prime of life in vain hopes of aid from those whom they" call friends and thousands .have starved because they had a rich father. Itely only upou the g-ooti ame which is made by your own exertions, and know that the best friend you caa have is an unconquerable determination, united with dcis:oi of character. A Pkittes Married to a Ieixcess. It is stated that, according to an ancient nsage in Prussia, all the Princes ia the royal fam ily must leara a trade. The Prince Freder ick William just married to the Princess .Koyal cf -England, learned the trade of ' a compositor ia the priuting office of Mr. DTauel. at Berlin. . ,
