OREGON STATESMAN.
TUESDAY, KOVEMBER 9, 1858.
aW mM 1 aa
Tfc Sm Trrre Treaty.
Some time since we gave an account of a
treaty of friendship and alliance entered into
by tome officers of the army, for the United
States, and the Xez Perce Indians, and in
'dtcated oar opinion that it was rather a rare
document, expressing a hope that the 2Cez
Perces would not abase its provisions by need
lessly getting up rows, and involving the
JT S. in "musses." We regarded the pro
ceeding as unwise, bnt we did not suppose
its ratification by the treaty making power
was contemplated. We supposed it was
merely resorted to as a temporary expedient,
for the purpose of keeping quiet, and enlist
ing into onr cause, that tribe of Indians; and
in this view wo thought it was calculated to
do harm; its tendency is to exalt the In
dians in their own estimation, and swell their
self-importance; it promises them what can
' never be performed ; and, we believe all who
have bad any experience in dealing with
Indians agree that it is of the first impor
tance that every promise to them should be
complied with. Half of all the Indian diffi-
calties of oar frontiers grow out of violated
promises. By this treaty, the JCcz Perce
Indians, when they make war cpon other
tribes, are entitled to call opon the U. S.
for men and munitions, and they are guar
antied such aid. They do not understand
that Col. Wright has not power to conclude
treaty for the United States that that
t authority is lodged only with the President
: and the Senate. They understand that Col.
- Wright has the same power to conclude a
.treaty for the United States, that their
chiefs and head-men have for their tribe.
Now suppose they declare war against tribes
upon "our reservations; or against the
Snakes, a tribe they have long been at war
"with; and that they make a requisition for
.troops, arms and ammunition? They can
ot be furnished them. Will net this fail
ore to observe what they understand to be
treaty stipulations tend to render them dis
satisfied, troublesome and hostile? Inevita
. bly it will. It was for these, and other
reasons, that we deemed the treaty nnwise,
and calculated to make trouble in the future;
bnt, under the circumstances, we forebore
to comment much npoa it. We now refer
' to it because we notice by one of "Coenr
d'AleneV letters that its approval by
the President and Senate is eoutemplat
ed. "Coenr d'Alene" was a lieutenant in Col.
"Wright's command, and dated his letters
from Col. W's. camp.
" We will give the treaty entire. It is as
follows:
TREATT OF PEACE AXD FRIESDSHTP BETWEEN
THE UX1TED STATES', AXD THE SEZ PERCE
TRIBE.
ART. 1. It U agreed that there shall be per
petual pjaee between the United States and the
Aes Pe.-co tribe.
ART. 2. In the event of war between the fin
ted States, and any ether people whatever, the Net
'.Perces agree to aid the United States with men,
to the extent of their ability.
ART. 3. Ia the event of war between the Xez
Perces and liny other tribe, the United Statvs
.agree to aid the Xez IVrces with troops.
ART. 4. When the Xez Perces take part with
. the United Suites in war. they shall be furnished
with such arms, ammunition, provisions, &.c, as
-may be necesary.
. ART. 5- When the United States take part
'with the Xez Perces in war. they (the United
- -States,) will not require the Xez Perces to furnish
anything to the troops, unless paid for at a fair
price.
ART. 6. Should any misunderstanding' arise
tir ft tr- TwtivMfl thft troons th NVt TfTt
it shall be settled by their rWpectiTe chiefs ia
friendly conncii.
Head Quarters, U. 6. Troops,
KIPS, 1
lley,
i lco3. )
Camp in the W alia W alia ai
A. T.AYAXD.
HateSte-aiat-ii-kan, his x marie.
Joseph, - his x mark.
Zkotie, , bis x mark.
Qoie-Qaie-wee-mat, bis x mark.
Wat-hat lastri-e-sha, his x mark.
Three Feathers, bis x mark.
-8peakin Eagle, his x mark.
Iek-he-hat-tle-e-mee-ham, bis x mark.
' .We-ast-kat-sknck, bis x mark.
Captain John, his x mark.
-'Sim-Ie-hnste, bis x mark.
Hosb-le-mnck-hat, bis x mark.
Toote-tah-le mat-bam, bis x mark.
.Mnsto-mike-ne-wat-ne-han, his x mark.
Wat tax-ye-bat-hi-ah-kim, bis x mark.
Ko-lay-i-at-kim, his x mark.
Ko-yo-at-mat-ali-bam-shin, his x irmrk.
He-ne-mat-ah-tn-ne-pan, bis x mark
Kicbard, bis x mark.
' Jessie, bis x mark.
"Te-be-li-at-hat-teo-mee-not, bis x mark.
Wapt-last-tee-m&t-he-nat, bis x mark.
Timothy, bis x mark.
West-lat-ekin, his x mark.
Itso-ee-hnHiat-watre, bis x mark.
Wat-hht-lie-mat-hat-nat, bis x mark
Ne-be-list-bM-kat-bO-roen. bis x mark.
Ye-fne-ile-e-pipe, bis x mark.
Tee-te-bo-nat. bis x mark.
- Wat-lat-nat-lat-how-list, bis x mark.
Th-mnt-last-tee-ne-mah, bis x mark.
'. Hin-net-mat-tost-la-nute, bis x mark.
Ki-ye-ki-at-nast, his x mark.
. at-hee-hat-stock-e-mat-bee, bis x mark.
3Iat-lee-ruat-lce-stak-5tu-e-ne-mt, bis x mark.
G. WEIGHT,
Col. 9th Infantry, Com'd'g.
Witnesses,
J. F. Hammond, Asst. Surgeon, 17. 5. A.
Jas. A. Handie, Capt. 3d Arty.
W. B. Dundy, 2d Lt. 3d Arty.
John Mollan, 1st Lr. 2d Art'y.
J. Howard, 5d Lt. 3d Art'y.
P. A. Owen, 1st Lt. Srth Infantry, A. A. A.
.. GenT.
Head Qr. Drw. op the Taciftc, )
Fort Vaxcoiver, Anar. 73, 158. J
, Approved. N. S. CLABKi,
Col. Ctu Inf. B. Er:. Gen'l Coinmd'g.
Official, W. S. MACKALL,
Adjutant Gcnl.
Filed: Treaty of peace entered into between tiro
powerful trd.es: thr Xrz Pern and tit U. S. Troops,
at Cauip in the Wall Walla Valicy, August 6ib,
185?.
'Coenr d'Alene" say.s of this treaty:
His f Col. Wright's) treaty with the Nez Perces
was a ise move, and isone that should be brovigl.t
to the special attention of the government, for be
bag made a bold, brave, numerous, warlike band
ttf Indians onr friends, and it is now left for the
fovernment alome to say whether this friendship
. snail be lasting.
Another letter in the San Francisco Her
Id, dated at Col. Wright's camp, and prob
ably from the same author, says:
The treaty with the Xez Perces, which at first
earned to us as almost trifling, has been and is
-destined to be, of signal advantage. It at once
placed hort dm coaibut seventeen hundred Hudson
Say mnskets, and. taking tho 'cz Perces In
dians along with n by tho hand, they will serve,
MS they have already, as a medium between ns
and the other nations, and a bond of onion and
xnenusuip. t imievcr .assistance tney shall re
quire of ns, may be rendered in conciliatory
measures, and every outbreak between them and
other nations will be an opportunity of extending
peace ana civwzaiwn u tuc latter, a uia is wboi
Ij practical.
We confess that the treaty at first seem
to n "as quite trifling;'' indeed, we believed
it was "a sell," and were not satisfied of
its genuineness until a comparison of some
ef the signatures with lite same hand writing
which we knew to be genuine, left bo room
for doubt. K , .
The young lieutenant who writes the let
ters from which we make the above extracts
may not be regarded in the army a roan of
practical judgment conceruing such mat
ters, and he may speak only for himself re
specting the disposition of this treaty. Pos
sibly that is the case; but it is certainly
reasonable to suppose that, as this corres
pondence was continued for some time, that
Col. Wright, and other officers of the com
mand may have been aware of it. At any rat?,
his ideas and plans are excessively visionary
and wholly impracticable. The ratification
of this treaty by the U. S. Senate is impos
sible, and the proposition too preposterous
to be seriously considered.
Cocar tf'AIme Again.
The editor of the Oregonian in the last
issne of that interesting sheet, comes to the
defence of its "graphic and truthful" cor
respondent, Cueur d'Alene (a name which,
we might as well here inform our readers,
is misspelled: the correct orthography is
"Coeur d'Alan,"and it signifies dog hearted
singularly appropriate when applied to an
Ortgoniai correspondent.) The defence is
not much worse than the effence, and we
may therefore be pcrdoued for takiug uo-
lice of it, in a brief war.
The Oregonian says that we appear "de
termined to turn the whole campaign into a
farce." Xow, that is not correct. We
couldn't do it, if we wanted to. Coeur d'-
Alan- and the Orcgontan have forestalled
any effort of that kind. They hare, for
some weeks, been amusing themselves at
the expense of Col. Wright and his com
mand, until they have succeeded in making
them the butt of ridicule for the whole
country. They have chronicled the exploits
of the corps in a style worthy of the dough
ty deeds of the Ku:ght of La Mar.cha, or
even of the great Bonibustes himself.
They have placed Col. Wright and the offi
cers under his command in a false and most
ridiculous light, through their absurd and
overwrought romances cf the war. And we
observe that Coeur d'Alan has not confined
his balderdash to the columns of the Ore
gonian. Ia the San Francisco Htrald, of
Oct. 20th, we End a characteristic corres
pondence from the same "graphic and truth
ful" source. The letters are dated at the
"Camp rear Steptoe's Battle-G round, W.
T;" and although over a different signature,
it is impossible to mistake the ear-marks cf
the "little Lieutenant." Witness the fol
lowing extract:
The renins of one man alone re: Jed n.. and
seized promptly npon every circumstance that
presented itself by which advantacre conld be de
rived tons. So remarkable has been the projrressof
tnis expedition, mat it is sata to say that there is
not an intelligent man in it who does not Uiittk the
capacity ci i;s oinmanui-r equal to any position
in his profession. The selection cf bis route, with
the little information he had of the country and of
the posttious cf tho enemy; the judicious speed
with wiiich ho advanced; his promptness in r.tfer
ingbatt!e,and perfect coolness in the disposition
of his troops in the tisrlit, under a furious live
aimed at him; his quick perception of advautrgt s
gained, end admirable appropriation of them; his
clear head, broad views, sound judgmt nt, cool
oravery ana nrmness, cars, iiim, uumiatakauly,
as a man of ability.
The extract is supposed to refer to Col.
Wright, a gentleman of good military repu
tation, but who has been unfortunate iu
havisg a "Coeur d'Alan" in his corps. It
is certaiii'y the baldest and most disgusting
piece of toadyism we Lave tver seen. That
the Orrgcnian should fill its columns with
such trash does not excite onr surprise;
but we must confess we were unprepared
to God it in the San Francisco Herald, ac
companied by an editorial in the same gran
diloquent style. The editor of the Herald
certainly aid not have given the corres
pondence we have referred to a careful pe
rusal, else he must have been struck witii
its inconsistencies and exaggerations.
Second only to Col. Wright in the esteem
of the correspondent of the Herald and Or
egonian, is Lient. Mullan, who has charge
of the overland wagon road, and who
chanced to be in the Walla Walla country
daring the time of" Col. Wright's northern
campaign. Lieut. Mullan was assigned the
command of the Xez Perces Indians, who
became allies of the U. S. by Gen. Clark's
treaty, and it is amusing to outsiders,
though it must be a bore to the Licuten-
antto observe how the chronicler of the
campaign bespatters him with praise. The
letters of "Coeur d'Alan," in the Ortgonian,
while they occasionally mention the other
subalterns connected with the campaign, arc
particularly careful to note the gallant
deeds of Lieut. Mullan and his band of Nez
Perces. No movement of the gallant Lieut.
escapes the notice of the observant and in
defatigable correspondent, who figures as
"Coeur d'Alan" iu one journal, as "Omega"
in another, and again as "ilarius," "Vide-
demus," &c. fcc, in the first mentioned.
By wsy of illustration, we again wake an
extract from the Herald's correspondence:
Lieut. Mullan, 2d Artillery, Acting Tonosrraph-
ical ORiccr, and commanding the Nz I'erces, did
valuable and gailnrst service in making reconnoi
sance, and in battles along with his party, and in
bearing orders lroiu tuo commanding omcer.
A friend of curs, struck with the promt
nence with which Lieut. Mullan was con
stantly paraded before the public, sugges
ted that he was probably a candidate for
the i.ext Presidency; "but" added he "I'll
be hanged if I vote for him."
We might pursue the subject farther, but
we have already given it more attention
than it deserves. We trust however, that
hereafter .officers of the army will not be
tolerated in a departure from wholesome
regulations,, which prohibit officers from
becoming the trumpeters of their own fame.
For the credit' of the army, we hope the
offences of which we have complained will
not be repeated.
Thk New Military Department. We
think it was a mistake not to have included
the Umpqua country in the "Department of
Oregon," and that experience will demon
strate the fact. The assignment of Gen.
Harney to the command of this Department
will give great satisfaction in Oregon. From
his reputation he is the man of all the army
onr pwpe would have selected.
"Woman's Sphere. . 1
On Wednesday evening last, Mrs. Dr.
Ada M. Weed delivered a lectnre in the
"Christiau Church," in this place, to a very
large aud respectable audience, npoa the
subject of "Woman: her Education and
Development." Mrs. Weed has a good
voice, and a rather pleasiug countenance;
and she read her lecture "with a generally
correct intonation, and iu a tolerable man
ner. She was listened to with very respect
ful attention; and her occasional happy
hits were greeted with rounds of good hu
mored applause.
Some cf the statements made and argu
ments advanced by Mrs. W. were correct
enough, aud many of her suggestions might
bo profitably acted upon by tho fairer por
tion of her audience; but the whole lecture
was leavened with the "Woman's Rights"
and other modern "reform" humbugs. We
cheerfully acquiesce in the opinion that wo
man should have better opportunities for
physical and intellectual education than are
generally afforded her; we wonld be glad to
see new avenues of industry opened up to
those unfortunate females who are compell
ed to toil for a livelihood, In onr large cit
ies.and elsewhere; but we opine that 5t the se
lection of occupations for females, some ref
erence should be had to the limes of things.
We concede to woman certain rights, but
among these we do not plnce the right to
lay aside her womanly modesty, and, for
getting her true niis.-ion i:i the world, and
her obligations to society, to dispute with
the Fterner sex the palm of mental and phys
ical vigor and cudnratu-v.
The true sphere of woman is in the do
mestic circle. There the true woman finds
abundant scope for the exercise of the high
est and best faculties with which God has
endowed her; there she is the chief orna
ment and attraction, and there she excites
the holiest and purest emotions of which
the heart, of man is capable. Those wo
men who, from misfortune, arc compelled to
seek employment ia other directions, inva
riably call forth our pity and sympathy;
but when a woman voluntarily leaves the
domestic walks of life, and embarks ia those
pursuits which properly belong to the ru
der sex, our pity gives way to quite a differ
ent emotion.
Mrs. Weed argnes that women should
practise medicine and law; that-lhey should
beecme surveyors, navigators, &c. To our
mind, the stern warrior Achilie,dressedin wo
man's garb, and spinning fliix with the mai
dens, was not more out of his proper sphere
than would be a woman engaged iu either
of the above mentioned avocations. We
are aware that several women have recent
ly adopted the profession of medicine, and
we have Mrs. Weed's Authority, t'jat a fe
mnle is successfully practising law in Phil
adelphia. Jiut these are women who have
nnscxed themselves, and who consider them
selves highly aggrieved in that they were
r.ot formed in masculine mould. It is clear
that the duties pertaining to those profess
ions, are entirely incompatible with the re
lations of marriuge and maternity. Imag
ine, for instJnce, Madame the Doctress,
making her usual morning round of visits,
with a pair of pill-bogs upon one arm, and
a squalling babe of six months on the oth
er; or Madame the lawyer, in an "interes
ting situation," arguing a case of crim. con.
before a judge who divided her attention
alternately between the suit in progress,
and the suckling of a pair of twins. Our
readers may pursue the reduclh ad absur
dun at their leisure. With the proposition of
Mrs. Weed, that there are some of the of
fices of a physician more proper to be per
formed by females, we are uot disposed to
quarrel.
There is a disposition to go to extremes
upon this question of woman's rights. Many
are disposed to deny to women the rights
which clearly ought to belong to them;
while others, with even less show of reasoa,
claim for them rights and privileges which
are utterly at variance with female character
and with all onr pre-conceived notions of wo
manly modesty and purity. Tlc truth lies be
tween the two extremes. Give to woman
proper advantages of education; open up
to her those avennes of industry, or of dis
tinction, if you wiil, which are suitable for
her; but above all, let her cultivate those
charms and graces which adorn and beauti
fy female character, and which alone can
render woman attractive in the eyes of the
other sex. Fit her for the proper enjoy
ment of home comfort and happiness, and
she will cease to aspire to the forum or the
quarter deck.
I sr It is beeoniirsr a subject of inquiry wheth
er the hides t.-ikeu irom the cattie lisrnished bv
the United t-rates ovcniuient to feed the officers
of the Indian department and starve the poor In
dians, belong to the iudiaus, the United States
government, or to the resident ludian agentsf
They belong to the contractor, yoocow
ardly slanderer, a fact you well knew.
The IuOiaus want tho I.idos. as they sometimes
dress in skins; the agents, at least noma Indian
aecnts, we have beard of, like money extremely
well. But. as Uncle Sam is rich and accustomed
to beinir robbed, we suppose the hides will bo sunk
in the vat of some tannery not far from the re
serve or agency. Orcgontan.
This is a speeimcu of tho mean, lowlived,
thieving l.fcels of the Orcgonim. If the
hides are ever "sank in a vat" a.s vile as bis
carcass, they will be of very little use to
anybody except as fertilizers of soil.
Important Okdek from Ge. IIabnet.
An order was issued some time ago by the
military authority, forbidding settlers lo
cating in the Walla Walla country; recent
ly the order has been enforced, and the set
tlers were fast leaving the country under it.
Cut four or five Americans were made ex
ceptions to the. rule, and permitted to re.
main. Those were engaged iu raising grain
&c, to supply the post. Gen." Harney has
revoked this order, aud all orders forbidding
settlement in the vicinity of any of the mil
itary posts in Oregon aud Washington
This practically opens the country to settle
ment, we presume; though the Intercourse
Laws still apply there, as they did in this
valley, Unp after it was covered wjth; set
tlcmcuts.
From the Statesman of Sept. 14.
Salem, July 27. 1859.
IVar Sir flan. J. TV. Drew informs me that Mr.
James O'Meara, a candidate cf the opposition,
stated during the canvass in this Stnte. that you
had told lnm that von knew me in ine ctnies, anu
that I was there a hip and n fn:o soikr. As I
Mas never ailher, and as 1 was there well known
by all acquainted with me to be opposed to both,
I am unable to understand how yon could have
mado such statomenr, cither upon your own au
thority or that of any other person.
AVill you please intorm mo at your cany con
venience, whether or not you ever uiauo me
statemcut above credited to jonT
lours truly,
A3AHELBUSH. "
TfDon, Esq, Milwaukee, O. T.
JIilwai kie, July 31, 1553. .
Mn. Bi'Slt Dear Sir: Received yours of 27th
inst. I hnd a conversation with Gen. Drew, nt
Salem a few days since on the subject of which
you write. I told him at that time I did not think
1 could have told Mr. O'Meara that 1 was ac
quainted w ith you in tho States, for I never saw
you li!l 1 met you in Orepon. I might have said
that yon had been a w ln there lor l haa ncara so,
but it seems 1 was mistaken, or those who said it
of you were. After all, such talk is only "clec-
tionoemisr pass said nt a timo ot a political con
test, and troes for nothing.
Hesp'lly yours, -A. ILUUK.
lwe cnunot but resret that Mr. Tudor, a cen-
tleuan for w hom wo bare entertained so muc h
respect, should commit himself so equivocally as
his letter given above shows Mr. Tudor told us
on thodnv we made a speech at Milwaukio that
he knew Mr. Bush at homo; that he resided with
in three miles of him, in a town this distance
from Chicopue, the name of w hich is forgotten:
and tbnt Mr. Ilush was a free-soil Whig. Fur
ther, that l:o studied law in the town and was
know u as an active young man in the cause of
that party. Standard, Stpl. ti.
Wo Larc waited for six weeks to see
what Mr. Tudor .would have to say in re
ply to the Standard's quoting him against
hhftsdf. lie has remained silent. . Mr.
Tudor writes us, what is the fact, that he
never saw ns until he met us iu Oregon."
The editor of the Standard adds that he
told I i i tit that he did know ua and knew all
shout ns. Mr. Tudor makes no rep;y.
We uever spent an honr in the village of
Chicopec in our life, and was never in the
place bnt two or three times, and then
merely passing ia the cars; nor did we ever
live or stil ly law within three or thirteen
miles of there. So mach for the specifi
cation. It is not nrcessary for ns t say that we
were never a whig or free-soiler. The idea
is laughable to those who have always
known us, aud known that we hare uever
been anything but an uncompromising op
ponent of both. Nor do we think anybody
in Oregon ever said we were anything else,
except Mr. Tudor a:id Mr O M.-ara.
But, we congratulate the editor of the
Standard upon one of the witnesses (the
mast nliiibie one he had, very likely) from
whom I.e obtained his electioneering fads.
Ti'.z Speciat. Ejection's. We "have trot
the lull returns of the Councilman election
which touk piisce in this county en the third
Monday of October; there was no candidate
howtn r, except Mr. Peebles, mill he receiv
ed a'.I trie votes cist, with the exception cf
now aud then a "scattering" one.
Of the election tailed for Umpqua, on the
same djy, we have heard nothinsr. Advices
before the election said a black rpnl!"ca!i
was running, (for the House) but that the
democrats would not vote" that Mr. Van
Riper, who was elected in June, would
claim the seat. He is undoubted!? entitled
to it. We ineline to the opinion that the
cirtiGeate was then procured for Van Kiper's
opponent, for the purpose of chisstling the
former gentleman out of his seat by a resig
nation and a new election, but perhaps
we do some parties injustice. But it can in
no way affect his rights. He received a
majority of the votes cast, and was legally
elected. The mistake of clerks of election
in placing wrong initials before his name,
neither deprives him of his rights, or the
voters of their declared choice. Van Riper
is as justly entitled to the seat from Ump
qua county as is any member elect of the
house.
Xow and Then. In 1855 W. X. Wal
ton, now engaged in the culinary department
of the Oregon penitentiary, under a contract
for eight years service, was one of the edi
tors and publishers of the H'ee'dy Law Re
view, San Francisco. His associates were
E. A. Pollard and W. G. Upton. The Pw
ncer an l CaHfornit Monthly Magazine of
that day speaks in high terms of the editors,
and commends their enterprise to the snp
port of the California bar. Oregon Jars
now secure Walton. He is a fellow of con
.siderable talem, and more assurance, and
seems to have had position in California.
Jart before he came up here to report the
proceedings of our Constitutional Conven
tion for the California press, he was editor
of a paper in the interior of the State. Dur
ing the session of the convention here, like
most Californians of his kind, he was very
officious, wanted banks authorized by the
constitution, ridiculed its economical fea
turcs, styling it "close-Gsted," ic. After
the adjournment he wrote a scries of articles
for tho Ortgonian, in which he railed against
the constitution, as "binding npon the liber
lies of the iieonle." and nrcdictinor its reiec.
tlbltby CongressT- Directly he wascaujht
rubbing a sate, and scut to tho penitentiary
We learn from the Standard that
the ilonring mill in the north end of Port
laud caught Di e on the night of the 20ih nit.,
and was considerably damaged, though not
entirely consumed. Loss estimated nt
$2,000 probably high. Mr. Shipley, of
California, was. thrown from a horse at the
Dalles, on tho day previous, and severely,
aid it was tliought fatally, injured. A man
named Woods was crushed agaiust a barn
by a. horse, at Portland, on the 2d inst.,
aud badly injured.
83a The Boston Courier, an old Web
ster journal, which, since the destruction of
the whig party by knownothingism and abo
litionism, has been standing out in the cold
by itself, refusing to go with the blacks,
aud unwilling to go with the democracy
now announces its intention to support the
Massachusetts Democratic State Ticket.
tgk. The Postmaster at Eugene city
sends back paper addressed . to "Barnes
Ramsey," marked "please stop. Refused."
Oar advertised terms are "do paper discon
tioued nntil all arrearages are paid," Mr.
Ramsej'oes $6,00 ,'
Ttie Oregon War Debt.
Certain facts have come into onr possession
which will enable us, before the meeting of Con
gress, to show np, in its true light, this nionttroua
claim on the Treasury of the United States,
amounting to over $5,000,000. A combination of
men, in high and low positions, composed of bank
ers, and it is said. Senators, and their abettors,
am ffottinjr, or have already pot, the control of
this immense claim, and will attempt to force it
through Congress at the next session. These
speculators, wo understand, have had their agents
at work in Oregon, buying Up the diiforent claims
against the Oovernnient, based on tho mosterfrar
ant rates, for a few cents on a dollar. The facts
bi fore us, we think, will enable us to show up
this whole matter in Its true colors, and expose
one of tha greatest at tempts to deplete Uncle Sam's
treasury which has ever before been mado.
We Bud the above paragraph iu a recent
number of The Slates, published at Washi
ngton, D. C. The States has certainly been
misinformed as to the facts, probably by
some one politically interested. The larger
portion of the war claims is yet in the hands
of the inhabitants of this Territory. We
know pf but two eastern banking firms
that of Sweeney, Rittenhotisc, Faut & Co.,
nnd one other, both of Washington, D. C.
who have had agents here for the pur
chase of war scrip, nnd the whole amount
purchased for them did not exceed $30,000,
at prices ranging from 33 to 40 ceuts on the
dollar; and we do not believe a single Sena
tor iu Congress possesses scrip to the amount
of five dollars. Persons formerly residents
of the Territory, have taken with them to
the eastern States large amounts of scrip;
but we have uot heard of auy of them dis
posing of it there.
The charge that the scrip was issued on
the most extravagant rates has been made
heretofore. It was left with the War Claim
Commission to settle a standard of rates,
which they have done: ami we think that a
greater amount of property ttst purchased
and service employed nt rates below the
standard of the Commission than above it.
We trust The Stales will publish its author
ity for the statements it makes, nnd thus let
us know to whom we are indebted tor tins
attack upon the justice of our war claims
The "Astoria and Salem Military
Road." We last week characterised the
above road as "a humbug" aud "vision."
We do not mean to say that a good road
over the contemplated route would be of no
advantage; it would be of some service.
A good rond nhnu-t any where would be.
But, what we did mean, and what we ua
derstand to be the fact, is that no road can
be mado passable, and kept passable, from
Astoria to Saleia, for any sum likely to be
obtained from Congress, or any other quar
ter; nnd that the sixty thousand dollars
swallowed tip there, has been neurlj a total
loss atid waste. The money, expended in
many parts of Oregon, would have made a
good road, buiit good bridges, and been of
great service to the Territory. There it
shonld have been expended, or remained in
the Treasury cf tile U. S. As appropriated
and expended, it has been of very little serr
vice, while it is charged to oor credit, and
stands iu the way of necessary appropria
tions.
ANOTHER OREGnxiAS. A "six fiioter ," from
Ori'gon, complained last uieht, at the Police office,
that hff stepped in afi'w minutes to e::i y the con
versarion of Mrs. Catherine Fih, on Washington
alley, when that amiable lady thm her hand into
his pantaloons' pocket, and robbed linn of all Ins
money, bf ing two dollsrs and severity-five certs.
He desired to have the f-msb- arrested forthwith.
and his money restcred to him; but was told to
call in the morning, and get out a warrant. He
promised to iiifirm Jmlir Coon ot his grievance,
this morning, at 10 o'clock. 5aa Francisco Tiascs.
This is probably one of the "Oregonians"
manufactured by the California press, who
was. never nearer Oregoti than San Francisco,
or Sacramento. You never End "Another
Oregouian" in your penitentiary, do you?
Wc have got about a score of your interest
ing citizens in oars. Indeed, the peniten
tiary here is known as "the Californians'
Retreat." We expect soon to institute
''hanging for stealing," and when that is
done, if there is not a sudden stampede back,
there will be a rapid rise in the hemp market.
Es-coneressmaii Herbert of California, who
shot the hotel waiter at Washington is a flrode-
rick or anti Buchanan democrat, and has lately
rendered himself very useful in the establishment
of Col. Fremont's claim to bis Mariposa estate.
Black liepmblican papers.
Do you recollect yon did a vast deal of
demngoguing for the Irish vote in '56,' on
the subject of Herbert's shooting the Irish
waitet? You couldn't then mention wait
er without preDxing the "Irish." Her
bert was then a very bad man. a democrat,
and had shot an Irish waiter, aud therefore,
the Irish ought till to vote against the Dem
ocratic party. If Herbert goes over to yon,
as he probably will, he will be a marvelous
proper man. an'd any intimation that he
ever shot an Irish waiter will boa "locofoco
lie!"
BS" The Standard of lust week again
regales its readers with half a column of in
ane twaddle about tho Oregon constitution
and our admission nnder it; and again in
definitely postpones the specification of its
objections to the Constitution. Iu tho ar
ticle referred to we find tho following very
muddy paragraph. It needs amending bad
ly. Perhaps the "erudite" man of the Stand
ard will notice it in his next instalment of
"Notes of Reading:"
It may bo said, and herein consists the entire
hope and argument of those (jjutlemen not earn
estly uosirous ot eany nuunssiou, nim ine oiu re-
fureu to above was entirely local in its opernnons
and applied to, and cnulu
than tho Territory of Ivans
not reach no farther
ksnsns.
From Victoria. Col. Jumjs Kinney nr
rived here a few days since from Victoria,
V. I. We are indebted to him for a copy
of the Victoria Gazette, of Oct. 28th,
which, however, contains no matter of other
than local interest. Col. K. says that Victoria
is rapidly npon the decline, nud a large por
tion of its population are without means of
subsistence. Commissioner Nugent had pro
cured passnge to California' for such citizens
of the U.S. as had made application to him.
Rumor savs that some erold is beint taken
out on Grazer River; but, miners are con
stantly leaving it. Ned McGowan is min
ing, with some success, on Texas bar.
Peaches. Hon. Tom Smith of Rogue River
Valley, sends ns three peaches, neither remarka
ble for size or flavor. We cannot conscientiously
pive biui a 'pull',' as only a half of one full to our
share ; but his order on this office for two bits
will be accepted. Yreka Unwn.
Peaches are rather dear in yonr market,
are they act, Brown? Or do yoa allow
"Tom'Uu extra price for his "threel"
LATER FSO.lt TMI3 STATES.
APPALLING CALAMITY ! !
BfJRXIlVG OF THE AUSTRIA.
Fearful Destruction of Human Life !
500 LIVES LOST!!!
SUMMARY OF NEWS.
The steamer Ortc-i arrived at Portland on Tbnrsday
last. She brings New York dates to tbe fitti of Octo
ber. The New Tirk papers contain tbe d:ta";lof the most
api:t!!in? marine oisaster wuioli it his ever been our
painful diity to record.
Tho Austria sailed from Hambnrg on the 2d,
and from Southampton on the 4th with about ht)0
passengers. Including officers and crew, there
were nearly 6'i'J persons on board. She had bad
weather until the 12th. when it became morc fa
vorable, and all were cxpectinjr to reach New
York by tho 13:h. At 2 p, m., of the 13th, a fire
broke out in tho forward steerage, occasioned by
the npsettinsr of some burning tar, used iu fumi
gating the ship. A panic arosp instantly, end
scarcely any attempt was mado to extinguish the
flames. She was running head to wind, and the
tire ran aft rapidly, bursting out amidships soon
after, when the magazine exploded, whereby it
is supposed the enginec-rs were suffocated. The
helmsman for a fctv minutes put the ship aback,
but was probably soon driven from tha wheel by
heat and smoke, when tha ship became unman
ageable. Two boats were let down, and immedi
ately swaumed. Tha mass ot the passengers
crowded on the poop, and the vessel heading up
to the wind the tl.imos and smoke enveloped them
on every side.
Here the scene was terrible: all hope vanished,
husbands and ives, parents and children, ieap
into the sea locked in each other's arms, many cf
the women ith their clothes on Ere, to escape a
morefrijrhtful death. Twomen succeeded in re.ich
iiijj a swamped boat, but wero ooa left far be
hind the steamer. In half an hour the oniy per
sons remaining alive on the Austria were some 3U
or 40 who had crowded np:in the bowspsit. For
tunately the French bark Manrice, Capt. Earnest
Kenacd discovered the burning ship and hastened
to the succor of the survivors. Before dark she
succeeded in rescuing 40 persons, m:iiu!y from
the bowsprit, a few being picked up in the water.
At 6 o'clock a boat came up wi:h more, making
altogether 67 persons taken on board the .Maurice,
of whom 57 were passenger.
Twenty -two persons were subsequently rescu
ed by the Norwegian ship Cat&irna, aud brought
into Quebec.
This terrible calamity stfems to have been the
rc-stt!t of the most culpable carelessness, v.'e
will next week give the details of tha disaster, as
narrated by some of the survivors.
Governor Denver of Kansas, wilting to the
Secretary of Interior, says that late news from
IMke's Peak leave no room to doubt the correct
ness of the reported discoveries of g'jld in that
vicinity. The cxpiori-rs have found go!d on tho
Arkansas, on the beads of tbe Kansas, and on the
Sou'.b Fork of tha Platte Eivcr, embracing an
extent cf country of tnoro than three hundred
miles.
It is rnmored that Gov. MMa!Ien will cot re
turn to Washington Territory, but will be super
seded by a new appointment.
troraa rename source wajiavc information
that the Hon. William Preston, of Kentucky, has
received and accepted the appointment of Minis
ter to Spain.
Parson Brownloti- has given cp his missionary
tour in the North. He returned to Tennessee im
mediately after the closs of his debate with Mr.
Pryne ia Philadelphia. His proposition to the
latter gentleman to continue the discussion at the
South, was declined by Mr. P., from prudential
motives mainiv. he savs, because he has no taste
for brickbats and bludgeons.
The Indian troubles in Texas have assumed a
formidable character. Late advices state that the
Northern Camanches, Kiomas and a part of the
Apaches, numbering, in ail fourteen Indian baas,
have declared wnr agrtinst that State. Accord
ing to present indications an army wiil soon be 1
fully employed in fighting the Indians. j
I he steamer Hauimon: ltlt Hamburg for New j
York on the I4sh. Shortly rftc-r leaving port her
magazine was exploded, and she was forced to j
put back, five of her passengers being injured.
t?!iewas to sail again on the 15th v. lib. three hun
dred passengers.
Ilia advices from .-.lentia in relation to tus
telegraphic cable continue to be Ciseoaraginsr,
but Mr, Henley is sanguine of making the line
serviceable again with his new mngneto-elecfrie
machines. I be shares cf tbe company have flac-
tnated. and have sold as low as .'Slo.
Mr. Ijnndv, one of the assistants at Valentia.
had started for Newfoundland to ascertain the
condition of ths wire at Trinitv Biy, and arrange
a day on which a certain code of signals are to
be sent at concerted times from botn ends, and
endeavor thus to re-establish intelligible commu-
Lmratum.
luran i.:ikr . m:m rezcura 5?u josepa on lap J I :
alt., tweatt-oae djys ont. Tue Minauns cere ouict
and orderly at the ti.ae of departure. A viuic-Lt saow
strra was e3Couniirei by the train, west of Laramie.
lie I.idi ms onto route were quiet. The weeklv San-
ti Fe mail left IndepetvJeuee on the 27th last. "H. A.
saeets, Receiver ot fuUlic Sloaeys, aatl Hr. Kegister
weie aniens the passengers.
A Model Ore.-joxi.vs. The following iuci
dent, which occurred yesterday, is illustrative of
th notoriety the Oregonians have obtained iu
this city, by similar feats. Two or three days
since a couple of Oregonians, friends, arrived in
town from that Territory, and yesterday one of
them was suddenly missing. His friend became
alarmed at his protracted absence, and repaired to
the Police OtHce, where be stated his fears. Offi
cers McKenzie and Chappei. knowing the pro
clivities of Oregonians lor champagne aud the
Jackson street Cyprians, immediately directed
their course toward that locality, and m a short
time found the missing gentleman flat on his back
on a bed in the house of a notorious woman, and
as drunk as nine bottles of chanioagne could
make him, for which ha paid the gentle price of
five dollars a bottle. On a table at his bedside
laid bis watch, superb and costly gold hunter,
with magic ca-es, and worth at least $3ut;.his
pantaloons reposeuenthe carpet near the doer:
a valuable diamond pin ornamented his shirt bo
som, ana uis hng-ers were covered wuh costly
rings. Tbe officers, seeing his condition, coolly
despoiled hiinof his property, which was deposit
ed in the Police- o Rice safe, and left him to his
slumbers. Towards evening out Oresonian made
his appearance at the station-house, aud in the
most angry terms demanded his eiteets, at tne
same time cursing everything an inch high and a
minute old, because tbeothcers had dared to take
charge of his property. Finding that ha was
anything but sober, they refused to give up his
effects at that time, and told him to corns when
his senses had resumed their coutrol. & I'raar
cisca Herald. '
There is methad in tliis thing. If a
man is caught iu a "bad snan in San Fran
cisco, he is heralded by the press of that
city as '-an Oregouian,' without knowing
arylhing about where he came from, or,
perhajis, knowing that he never saw Oregon.
A frisnd at onr elbow suggests that the
San Francisco papers consider the fact that
a man is found with money or other valua
ble?, proof positive that he is" an -Orego-nian.
Perhaps this idea that the Orego
nians are "jolly green," tvitli plenty of the
"rhino," sends tho California sharps np here
to see what they can do in the way of plnck-iti-r
us? When they eet fat. won't tbrv
write that fact "hum?'
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District Court. An issue term of the
U.S. District Court Was held here last
week. The U. S. recovered judgment
against T. SIcF. Patton, a defaulting
postmaster; also, indictments were obtain
ed, in the name of tho U. S. against John
Xewland and Win. Arnctt for introducing
ardent spirits upon the Grande Ronde In
dian Reservation, and for purchasing the
uniform clothiug of soldiers. .
4r On the Warm Springs Reservation is
an old Indian named "William," who visited
the States with Fremont, and was some
years in Philadelphia. He parts his hair in
the middle, a style he probably learned from
Fremont.
We saw there, too, an indivdual bearing
a strong resemblance to the recent black re
publican candidate for Governor of Oregon.
We are sorry to see him take Lis defeat so
hard, as to take np residence npon the reser
vation among the Indians,
Wht Joh.- McKeos was. Removed.
This gentleman, it will be recollected, was
removed by Sir. Buchanan for hia opposk
tion to the democratic mayoralty nomina
tion for New York city. The Standard
here asserted, ia its "know everything"
air, that that was not bis offence; bat of
course it did not deign to offer the proof.
That woold Lave implied that there waa
doubt about its universal knowledge. A
late nnmbtr of the X. Y. JVevs says:
It will be remembered that Mr. McKeon waa
removed from office by the President, as U. 8
District Attornev, last Fall, for opposing the elec
tion of Mayor Wood, then the regular iemoerat
ic candidate.
What an Ignoramus that JYetr man most
be, not to know what McKeon was remov
ed'for? The Standard, printed at Portland
Oregon, knows all about it. Perhaps, how-
ever, Mr. Buchanan does not bold confiden
tial correspondence with the Airtrt editor!
Steamboats. Jamiesou's new boat, tbe
"Onward," we understand, will be ready to
run in about three weeks. The "Surprise"
is repairing, aud will be out soon. The
"Clintou" was ar our landing last week.
Ainsworth's new boat, the "Carrie Ladd,"
to run in the Oregon City and Portland
trade, and . a "crack" boat, is ready to re
ceive Ler machinery.
Abbested. Johu Hcadly the deserter,
who was supposed to Lave murdered Oscar
Keys, at Fori Walla Walla, was arrested
at Portland last week by the Sheriff of
Wasco county. . So says the Times.
Jldge Douclas Position- rros the Fc6r
tive Slave Law. Daring Senator Douglas'
present cauvas-J ia Illinois a gentleman ia
the crowd said he desired an answer to tbe
following: "Do you believe in the right of
IMinois to give up a fugitive slave?"
Mr. Ding'as I will answer yon npon tbat
point. I hold that, by the Constitution of tha
L'uitei States, a fugitive from lab. r is required to
be given up; and 1 hold that Congrass is tbe prop
er legislative body to pass the law. I f.jrthex hold
that it is the duty of every member of Congress to
vote for a law which wi'i ba efiieient in securing
tbe rendition of the fugitive. I believe tha pres
ent law to be tolerably cfSeient; but if it should
not prove sufficiently efficient, I wou'd make an
04her. So long as I am your representative, and
I take sn oath to support the Constitution, I will
do ail I cau to carrv it ont.
jtJIF.KICAX I OMOLOOICAL tOXTENTIOtV.
This body met at Mozirt Ilall, in New -York
City, on the 14th of September. Hon.
r.,,:.,.i! r tr;u,.. n- :,i ... , .i.
a I . "t
-'a i u x. . iuei. x . t?iuci: Mi iiic cvlicij
took the chair, and made the opening address.
Several ether gentlemen read papers and
ml!?. cn.prliAc iinp.ri frtitr unlln.a fTfc a
play of fruit was very Gne. W.hiam Daven
port was selected from Oregon as "Vice Pres-
ident for the ensainir two years. TbeCoa- ;
vention finally adjourned, after an ia teres t
ing session, to meet its Philadelphia in 1860. -
Some of the distinguished politicians of Bos
ton and vicinity, who pabiiely joined the Sons of - ,
Temperance last spring atid made speeches at ;
their meetings, have fal:en from prace, and been
dismissed by their brethren in tha associatioa.
Pity tis, tis pity, t'were true. Boston Pcpcr.
That is pretty apt to be the fate of dem
agogues who jja associations of that char
acter for political purposes. Oregon is in
a fair .way to be pained by at least one v
such example.
Dox't Lise the Reductio-v or Theib Doc
trine to PuAfiTirp Aforri thm riimrf
, M..
lawyer of Boston, has been trying to pur
chase a residence at Chelsea, Massachusetts,
for $5,000, bat the abolitionists thereabouts
were opposed to having him for a neighbor,
aud made such a fuss abont it that the sale
was prevented. " They are willing enough, - -to
advocate the doctrine of negro eqnalitr
for others, but they don't care about taking
Asmtll thmselfcs.
The Richest Max is the West. Gen.
Cass is worth Eve millions of dollars, and is
the richest man west of the Alletjhanies.
Wm. B.- Astor, of New York, is worth fifty
millions, and is the richest man in the Uni
ted States.
Bishop Scorr ox F&azies. Bishop Scott
of the 31. E. church, lately here holding
conference, wrote home as follows:
My opinion is that this Frazer river excitement
will prove to be the greatest hnmbug of the age.
I fear that some parties wi!! have an awful ac
count to settle in regard to this matter in a com
ing day.
The Value of the Tkibcxe Establish
msxt. A portion of the New" York Tri
bune has been sold this summer at the rate
of $330,000 for the whole.
HAUUIEU,
Uu tbe 2Mb inst., at tbe bride's father's, by H. L,
McNabt, Esq.. Mr. Jamks H. Klgin and Alias Jose
fuine HrarHKKYS,ah cf Ft rks t-ai.Uxnj-
Oct 21, by Kev. l. if. V;1 jur Mr. G. W. Atn.ua
aud Aliss Sarah E. I'jnu, botii of Linn Co.
I saw two el uds at morning
'A'iuged witii the rssicg tun;
And iu toe dawn, they boated on,
Aud miugied iuto one.
In Orearon 'City .Oct. lath.by Kev.P. Slacken. Mr. Ths-
ouobe Wtga3T and Aliss ilAKGARET G. Kas, grand
d.tfhtcr of the late Dr. John Mttonc;ht;u.
Iu Portland, on the 21st. at the -residence of B. W.
Corbett, Esq., by Utv. 1". B. Cfcanu-cilain. Mr. HenkT
t ailisg to Jiiss kaiLY f. tCXB.TT, all of r ..rlHiUu.
At Astoria, Oit. Mh.lSiS, tv Ir. McCartv. Lieut
GeOKGS H. AlENIlELl., C. S. A., to AlisS tXLiN. duutr-
ot ueu. Adair, oi Astoria.
At Monmouth, -Po'k Co.. Oct. 21st. by Eev. A.
MeCarty, StlvksTEK Sihxoxs aud Miss JcxiA- Bct
forb. .
In M irion county, on the 2Cth of Sept., by tbe same,.
Thomas J. Bitfoko and Mis. Virginia Pitthon.
At Ka, gor, (Me.) Sept. loth. ISoS, Mr. William
Oaldwkll, tt U.IUooiu', Oregon, to Aiiss KuSAXia D,
1'ikkck. of Bangor.
On Thursday, Oct. 14. at the residence of the bride'a
fstoer. by James t). Kirkl-and, J. ., Wiluah H
Skkan a:il Mis JfiEf GoouiaK.
On Thurd.iy, Oct. 21, at tbe residence of tbe brld"
father, by Juries E. Kirkhtnd, i. I., Mr. CeokgsGood-.
kan and AlLss Angelin a Kosixsox, all of Lane Co.
HIED,
In Lane county, Oregon, Oct. 15tb, Viboisia, wife- t
of John . Madness, late of Arkansas. . -
At McMinnvilic, Oregon, with iutlammation of tba
brain. Jons A., youuseot son of Wilaam A. and Jemi
ma Hiisev, asred 2 years sud 7 mouths.
In Port:'aud Oct. 22J, Fkaxcis Abigail, aged nine
weeks and five days; and on the lid, Fkeiekiea Ade
line, aced nine vreks and six days, twin daughters
of "Frederick Jf - and Lucinda L. Stocking.
At Nana city, California, on tbe 13th inst., Svlvta,
M. wife of Julius J. Keeler, formerly of Oregon, aged .
31 vear?.
la Portland, on Snnoay, October 24tb. Sahcei. IX,
Miller, sed 22 years late of San Fracctsco.
Administratrix .Notice.
TJATIXG been appointed auaiin'x of tie estate of
JtiALES J. PAVXE, deceased, by the Probate -court
of Yamhill connty, notice is iiereby given to alt
persons having claims ggaiifet said estate, to present
them to me as required by law, within one year from
this date, or tuey will be barred, and all persona owing
said estate vill pay the same to me, at my residence, ia
said county. AIALLXDA PAYNE, Adniin'x,
Xov.9, 1S5S. 4w3o
- Probate Court Notice.
WHEREAS, Mary Martell. administratrix, of thm
estate of OCTA MAKTELL, deceased, has filed '
her petition for a settlement of said estate, therefore, -Tuesday,
tbe 30th day of November, lsod, at the boor
of one o'clock, p m. &aid petition will be heard, and srt
tlement made; tho interested take notice. '
- . J. D. BOOST , J. 1
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