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. . ,