The Oregon statesman., December 21, 1858, Page 2, Image 2

OREGON STATESMAN.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21,1858.
tit Slate waa not Admitted.
- In the last issue of the Times is a letter
from den Laue, in which be gives the fol
lowing reason whj Oregon was not admit
ted into the Union at the last session of
Congress:
Ani here I mart be allowed to My, that It wonld
hare been well if onr State organization had tnk
e place last winter, in which event Oregon wol
in my opinion, been admitted, and the two Sena
tors and Member would have made full and com
plete preparations for the coming session. When
ever I arged onr friends of the committee on Ter
ritories, to whom the Kill for onr admission had
been referred, to report It, I was met with the re
ply Ton have no State organisation.
" How onr State organization could have
taken place "last vinter," when the Conven
tion which framed the constitution did not
adjourn until in the fall, and the first elec
tion nnder it was not held until June there
niter, is not very clear. The constitution
was submitted to the people for ratification
at the earliest practicable moment, and we
thought rather too early. And there was
( respectable minority of the convention
who opposed submission until the annual
lection, in June last. Bat they were out
Toted, and the constitution submitted at an
oarlj day, and the election ordered as soon
a practicable. To have organized the
State "last winter," was simply impossible;
nnd, as eager as some were to hasten the
measure, no man in the convention or in the
Territory, suggested an organization earlier
than that provided for.
But, we are of the opinion we have be
fore expressed, that an organization was not
accessary to onr admission, aud, that the
want of it, could not have been in the way
of the passage of the bill in the House.
We have now as complete an organization
as we can hare, until the State is admitted;
and to place the non-action upon the bill in
the lower House, to the credit of incomplete
organization, strikes us as pure humbng.
The State organization here is . perfect, all
except setting it in viol ion, and that cannot
be done, except at the expense of confusion
and conflict, until the act of admission takes
place. , This difficulty of want, of organiza
tion, appears to be but just made public.
Daring the session of Congress, Gen. Lane
wrote frequent letters here, stating that the
bill wonld go through the House "we are
all right in the House," he wrote, in an
Boancing that the bill had passed the Sen
ate. In none of these letters did he allude
to any objection on the ground of incomplete
organization of the State government. Af
ter the adjournment, Gen. Lane published a
letter in the Times; in which he gave rea
sons why the State bill did not pass, but he
did not mention this as one; want of time
was there given. The first we saw of this
reason of non-organization, was in the Times,
in advocating a September session. That
paper maintained that a failure to hold that
session, would be urged against our ad mis
ton at the coming session. If Gen. Lane
eer until now, gave a similar reason why
we were not admitted at the last session, we
hare never heard of it. The first we beard
of such a reason, was here in Oregon.
The bill wes discussed during two sittings
in the Senate, and at great length, but no
cfc objection was lisped.
Gen. Lane says "whenever I urged our
friends of the committee on Territories, to
wbom the bill for onr admission had been
referred, to report it, I was met," tte. The
journals show that our admission bill passed
the Senate on the 18ih of May, and was re
ceived in the House on the 20th; they show
that no motion was made in the House to
take it up, to consider it, or to pass it, at
all; they show that on the 5th of June, on
motioa of Mr. Stephens, the bill was refer
red to the committee on Territories, vithout
an objection. Gen. Laae's name is not men
tioned in connection with the bill. For six
teen days, at the very close of the session,
it was suffered to sleep in the House, and
then it was quietly sent to the committee on
Territories, to there sleep the sleep that
knew no waking at that session. When
uen. Lane was " met witn tne reply, yoa
2tave so State organization,' " why did he
not answer, "our constitution provides for
one, at an early day; the people of Oregon
are proceeding to consummate it; and, ad
mit as, and it will unquestionably take
place.?"
All this appears to us to be wholly incon
sis tent with the supposition that Gen. Lane
parposed the passage of the bill. Had he de-
aired it, ought he not to bare moved to take
t up daring some 'of those sixteen days?
especially, as he was daring that time, writ
tag letters here, saying that it wonld go
tbrough the noose that the House was for
K. If he had desired its passage, ought he
not to have resisted the motion to send it, at
the very heel of the scssioo, to the commit
tea on .territories, where there was every
reason to believe it was destined to be smoth
ered? The only object in sending it to the
committee was to perfect it; and, as it need
ed no amendment, it needed not to go there.
Passing over the neglect to call it cp during
Abe sixteen days, ought not Gen. Lane,
'when Mr. Stephens made his motion, have
resisted it, stated that the bill needed no
Amendment, and urged its consideration then
and there, by the House, and asked to bare
it pat upon its passage? He wrote that the
House was for it, and it undeniably was;
and if it bad been asked tojeonsider it, and
concur in its passage, would it not bare
done so? At any rate, was it not the duty
of the Delegate from Oregon to hare re
sisted the sending of the bill to a commit
tee, at a time when there was no reasonable
hope of its return? And, after it bad goue
there, was it not the duty of such Delegate,
if he thought there was unnecessary delay
in reporting it, to bare asked the House to
instruct the committee to report? Snch
course is not uncommon.
Then too, that whole long session passed,
ith no move in the House towards our ad-
Mission. While the chairman of the com
suttee on Territories in the Senate reported,
and was persistently nrging through that
body a bill to admit Oregon, there was noth
ing being done in the House towards that
end. We bare the anomalous spectacle of
an inchoate State praying for admission into
the Union, being granted that permission in
the branch in which it' bad no representa
tive, and having no voice raised in its behalf
in the body in which it was represented.
This neglect will not permit the belief
that our Delegate very warmly desired that
the bill should pass the House: and, from
the hour of the adjournment, we. were forced
to adopt that conclusion. This opinion was
based upon the extraordinary facts and cir
cumstances; and information since received
but confirms it. Every letter of Gen. Lane's,
endeavoring to explain it away, bnt adds
strength to the conviction which' has
seized the public niiud. The sentiment
is strong that Oregon might have been
admitted at the last session of Congress,
aud that we might have been saved the em
barrassment we arc laboring under, and our
members prepared to commence the present
session with efforts in behalf of our war
debt, and our other suffering interests, or,
as Gen. Lane expresses it, "made full and
complete preparations for the coming ses
sion." In this view, we regard the failure
of admission at the lost session, as a great
misfortune to Oregon. We can go in at
this, but getting in, will so break in upon
the session, which is but a short one at best
that we fear our members will have time to
accomplish little, if anything else. While,
had we teen admitted last summer, as we
ought to have been, our Senators and Rep
resentative could have commenced this ses
sion with plans and preparations for secur
ing our long-deferred war debt, aud many
other Congressional favors which the coun
try stands in need of; for, aside from the de
feat of our State admission bill, next to
nothing was accomplished for Oregou at the
Ions: session.
In corroboration of the opinion above ex
pressed, favored by the laches of our Dele
gate, a gentleman who had been on duty for
the government for several years in Oregon,
and who was in Washington during the
whole of last session, returned to Oregon on
the steamer which brought intelligence of
the adjournment of Congress; he was a
friend aud supporter of our Delegate; we
understood that he stated that Mr. Ste
phens, of the House committee on Territo
ries, said that he did not report the bill to
admit Oregon because he had been told that
Gen. Lave vas lUxly to le defeated for ike
Senate. The same geutleman, we were also
told, said that Mr. Bingham, who moved
the amendment, rescinding our free-negro
disability clause, stated that be had cavass-
ed the House, and found that bis amend
mcnt would get bat about forty votes; and
that that was about the strength of the op
position to our admission. And, it is an
other noticeable fact, that when this negro-
eqnality amendment was proposed by an ab
oliiion member, the voice of our Delegate
was not heard in remonstrance to it. It
went to the committee with the bill for our
admission, without objection. Another Ore-
gonian, then in Washington, and who return
ed here later, we are told, said the failure of
the Oregon bill in the House was a matter
of great surprise at Washington, and that
it was talked upon the streets, that it must
hare happened at the instance of the Ore
gon Delegate. Another citizen of Oregon,
jast returned, who was in Washington
during the latter part of the session, states
that he has no doubt about the passage of
the Senate bill through the House, had our
Delegate not been in Washington. Mem
bers of Congress from other States, have
said that they did not know why the bill
was not taken up and passed in the House;
that they thought it would bare passed, if
a motion bad been made to that effect by
onr Delegate. Hon. Samuel S. Cox, demo
cratic member of the present Congress, and
member elect to the next, from tho Col u in
bus District, Ohio, bear 3 witness as follows:
Hon. Lucius Case, of Newark, who ran
against bim last October, in a speech at Co
lumens, Aug. 31, 1858, said:
In a debate between S. 8. Cox and myself on
last Saturday evening at Aen trk, tne question
was put directly to Mr. Cox, whether he would
vote for the admission of' Kansas into the Union,
(he having voted tor her admission as a slave
State with 3.,7uO inhabitants,) provided she pre
sented herself for admission with a free constitu
tion fairly ratified by the people of that Territory,
it sno ahunM possess a population or less than
93.4-20, say 50,000, or 80,000, or UO.0007 His an
swer was clear, direct and specific, that he wonld
vote to reject her nnless she had a population of
yr.i.4. lie then asked Mr. Cox what was the
population of Orejron, and he replied 45.00O. He
then inqnired of Mr. Cox whether be would vote
fur the admission of hrcgon with a population
less than i)'.l,i'(), and Mr. Cox replied that he wo'd
vote for her admission with her present popula
tion, and that he voutd han TOtri Jot the admission
of Orr go at the last session of Congress, hut that her
Delegate, lieu. Lane, had earnestly requested that
her admission be postponed.
This report appears in the Columbus
Journal; we are told that Mr. Cox's speech,
in substance as above, was reported in the
Ohio Statesman. Mr. Cox is an able mem
bcr of the Ohio delegation, was at one time
editor of the S'.aieiman in connection with
a son-in-law of Col. Medary, and is a gentle
man of standing. Gen. Laue says, "when
ever I urged the committee on Territories to
report," the bill, &c. According to the
speech of Mr. Cox, the "urging" with htm
was on the other side.
This array af circumstances and testimony,
leaves no room for doubt in our mind, that in
this matter our Delegate iu Congress has
proved unfaithful and false to his trust, and
so believing, we should be unfaithful to ours
did we fail to express it. This journal will
cover up or bide no act of unfaithfulness and
wrong on the part of any public servant, no
matter who he may be, or how high or how
low bis position. The official acts of public
men are public property, and belong to the
people.
Whether Gen. Lane preferred our admis
sion or not; whether he was likely to be
elected to the Senate or not, were not prop
er matters for bim to iuquire about, or
proper reasons by which to govern bis Con
g regional action. His duty was clear to
have carncttly seconded tho prayer of the
people for admission into the Union, and
left that people to choose their owu Sena
tors, and discharge their own duties. Whom
they saw fit to elect, or how they saw fit to
discharge them, should have had no bearing
upon the action of the delegate, or the time
or question of admission.
As Kansas is not in the way of onr ad
mission, we apprehend that wo shall go in
without difficulty at tho present session of
Congress; we think we ought to have goue
in at the last, and know no reason why we
will not at this.
Portland Municipal Government. The
levy in Portland this year for City purposes
was five mills upon a dollar. The entire tax,
city, school, Territorial and county, was fif
teen mills. The city valuation was $2,000,-
000, which made a city tax of $10,000, be
sides a heavy revenue which the city receives
from licenses, lines, tc. Tho cost of sup
porting the municipal government of Port
land, with 1100 inhabitants, is very nearly,
if not quite, as much as the whole expense
of onr Territorial government, exclusive of
the U. S. branch of it. We fancy Portland
can justly complain of being badly govern
ed; and the chances are that she will go
from bad to worse. We think she is des
tiued to bo an expensively and badly mau
nged town. She is now in black republican
hands; a change might not help her, but we
don't see how it could well make matters
worse.
As Usual. A bill is again up to remove
the temporary seat of government. The
fate of it is of very little importance, ex
cept as likely to subject the Territory to
useless expense, if passed. If the Assembly
was full, the bill would fail; what will be
the issue as it is, we have no knowledge.
Very little interest is felt respecting it, so
far as we know. The movement is a fac
tious oue, aud if successful, will be pretty
apt to injure the prospects of the place to
which it may be taken, for the permanent
seat of government. It is suggested that
Dryer's anxiety to get away, is occasioned
by his fear of encountering the Superintend
ent of Indian Affairs; to be always dodg
ing, and keeping out of the way, is unpleas
ant. Dryer is excusable for wishiug to get
oil. fcomeuody lias noticed tnat ne never
goes about the court-house now I
Poktlaxo. In the matter of conflicting
claims to land in and near Portland, Ore-
son, the General Land Office has decided
against the claims of McNamee aud Speer,
under the "donation actn of 1850, and also
against the claim of Lownsdale under amend
ed notification of the latter; aud in favor of
the claims of Stark, Chapmau and Coffin,
and of the claim of Lownsdale under his
first notification, dated .March 11, 1852.
Where the claims of the above parties con-1
fliet with the lands included in the entry of
the town site, their titles will be secured
through the town authorities, under the pro
visions of the act of 1844, and the supple
mentary net of 18o4.
Washington Territory Legislature
1858. Council President, Crumline La
Du, of Cowlitz Co.; chief clerk, B.F. Yan-
tis, of Thurston; assistant, A.J. Moses, of
Thurston ; sergeant-at arms, Wm. Horton,
of Clark; doorkeeper, Wm. M. Morrow, of
Sawamisb.
llon.se E. S. Dyer, of Jefferson county;
chief clerk, L. D. Durgin, of Thurston; as
sistant, L. Shaffer, of Cbebalis; sergeaut-at-arms,
J. L. Mitchel, of Cowlitz; doorkeep
er, L. Shtlton, of Thurston. All nominat
ed and elected as democrats.
tST" " Whom the Gods would destroy
they first make mad," is a wise saying which
about six members of the House who imag
ine they are punishing some parties by lend
ing themselves to the plot to remove the
seat of " govemenl,n (as Dryer ha3 it spell
ed every time it occurs in his bill) tnieht
consider with profit. " TOom the Gods
icould destroy they first malce mad ! "
Accident to tiie "Onward." As the On
ward was about to start up the river upon
her trial trip, one of her cylinder-heads was
driven out, and the boat came near going-
over the falls. On Thursday, between here
and Corvnllis, she burst her "throttle," and
scalded five of her bands, but not severely.
She- soon repaired, and proceeded on her
trip.
Concert. Madame S. K. 13roy will give
a vocal and instrumental musical entertain
ment nt the new school-house, Salem, on
Tnesday evening, 21st inst. We hear Mad
ame B.'s talent and skill Fpoken of in the
highest terms, and we doubt not that her
auditors will be richly rewarded. We hope
she will have a full house.
KS- The latter part of October, a power
press and new office was shipped to us from
New York. It will probably reach Oregon
about April, when we shall be enabled to
add some important improvements. to 77. s
Statesman. The shipment was expected
here ere this, but was delayed, owing to dif
ficulty in filling order for press.
Indians Killed. We learn from a fr:cnd
at the Cascades, Vhat an expedition recently
went out from Simcoe, and killed Gve In
dians, known to have been concerned in the
murder rf emigrants and miners. I hero is
another expedition now out for others.
Z& The Oregoniun complains of tte
"Salem cliqueitcs" for "assaulting iu the
rear." Dryer's style of tactics renders any
other mode of assault out of the question.
He invariably turns his back to the enemy.
t(ft The postage by the overland mail is
bat three cents, from California, tho distance
being less than 3,000 miles. Letters only
are carried.
J6y The Olympia Pioneer says a mam
named Peter McDermot was lately murder
ed in Lewis county. He is thought to have
been killed in a drunken row.
Pub. Docs. We are indebted to Hon. I.
I. Stevens, of Washington Territory, for
public documents, and interesting matter.
Bf3&, The editor of the Standard returned
! on the last steamer from San Francisco,
B A .few editorial paragraphs ou
first
pago.
BfB- We remark, iu another column, that
from the hour of tho adjournment of Con
gress, we were forced to the conclusion that
our Delegate bad not desired our admission
at list session. The following corroborates
this. The subjoined letters were received
nnd published by us before we had news of
the adjournment of Congress. They were
mailed at such time as to reach here and be
published during the July session of the
legislature, couveued to elect U. S Sena
tors: WA.lHXCTO?t C'itv, June .1, 1858.
A. Ilt'Ml, Esq. Dear Sir: Tho Scnato re
sriiidina; resolution, fixing? Monday 14th for ad
journing, tins just been amended iu the House by
inserting Thursday, 10th; on that day Congress
will adjourn. The Senate Committee on Military
Affairs trill report fnroraUn upon ourtrar debt. Col.
Jctf. Davis is decidedly for us, and within the Inst
rifteeu minutes Vol. Faulkner, of the limine Com
mitter, informed nte that the House Committee trould
report firorablu upon mutrar bill, fixing first week
iu next 1 ccember for its confederation.
Oregon trill be admitted : tho tjtato povernmoit
should go into operation us provided by tho con
stitution, and never take a step back.
Your ob't serv't, JOSEl'H LAKE.
Horsn Kepkksextatives, Juno 4, '56
A. Ik sii, Es. Dear Sir: Jloth tho Semite
and House Committees on Military AlVairs, have
had a mectiiicr this morninr. and Ike Senate Com
mittee hare dcriiltd to hare their Chairman, Cot. Doris,
to offer my bill as an amendment to one of the appro
priation bills note pending in the Senate; he Kill do so
and make an utile cltort m favor of paving the
claims allowed by the War Commission; he is our
true friend aud holds that every cent of expense
crowing out of our war, as allowed by the Com-
- ; . , i i ; i ,,
mission is jum nnu must ue pniu. ine iiouse
Committee hare this morning direrted Col. Faulkner
to prepare a report tnfaror of pautng the claims all.ne-
ed by tl.e Commission, ti e are endorsed by both the
SeuUte cm House Lommitlees.
I have just time to give you these facts.
Yourob tserv t, JOSEPH LANE
Iu the same paper in whieh these letters
appeared, we published the following edi
torial note:
Out Admission-. The next mail will brinfr us
intelligence of the adjournment of Congress, and
the tate of the !on:ite bill providing for the admis
sion of Oregon into the Union. Of course specu
lation is idle, but ire are of the opinion that the bill
aid not pass the House, and tras not considered there
Its passage in the Senate will survive the adjourn
mcnt, or recess, and the House will probablv con
cur at the next session. If "e think the passage of the
bill in the Senate tras unexpected to Gen. Laue, and
that he did not anticipate it.
So long a time had elapsed after the re
ception of the hill in the House, at the date
of these letters, from May 20 to June 3,
ana the lull not being called up, that we
could not reconcile that neglect and delay
wiiti its intended passage. And, we express
ed the opinion that it would not be passed.
lue result was what we expected.
1 he committee of neither House reported
in favor of the bill of the Delegates from
Oregon and ahii.gton. providing for pay
ment of the war debt, or reported upou the
matter at all.
The Vice Irt-ldetit ou IltliioU Politics:
Versailles, Kentucky, Oct. 4,
Dear Sir : I received this morning your
letter of the 2Sth and 29th u!t., written as
Chairman of the Democratic State Commit
tee of Illinois, also one from Mr. V. Ilichox,
who informs me that he is n member of the
same Committee. My absence from home
will account for the delay of this answer.
Iu these litters it is said that I am report
ed to have expressed a desire that Mr.
Douglas shall defeat Mr. Lincoln in their con
test for n seat in the Senate of the United
States, aud a willingness to visit Illinois
and make public speeches In aid of such re
sults; aud if these reports are true, I am in
vited to deliver adresses at certain points in
the State.
The rumor of mv readiness to visit Illinois
and address the people in the present canvass
is without foundation. I did uot propose to
leave Kentucky for the purpose of mingling
in the political discussions in other Slates.
The two or three speeches which I delivered
recently in this State, rested on peculiar
grounds whieh I need not now discuss.
The other rumor to which you refer is
true. I hare often, in conversation, expres
sed the wish that' Douglas may succeed over
his Republican competitor. lJut it is due to
candor to sny that this preference is not
founded ou his course at the last session at
Congress, nnd would uot exist if I supposed
it would be construed as an endorsement of
the attitude which he then chose to assume
towards his party, or of all the positious he
has taken in the present canvass. It is uot
necessary to enlarge on these things. I will
ouly add, that my preference rests mainly
on these considerations : that the Kansas
question is practically ended that Mr. Don
las, in recent speeches has explicitly declar
ed his alhereuce to tiie regular Democratic
party organization that he seems to be the
candidate of the Illinois Democracy, and the
most formidable oppoueut in that State of
the Republican party, and that on more
than one occasion during his public life he
has defended the Union of the States and
rights of the States with fidelity, courage,
aud great ability.
1 have not desired to say anything npon
this or any other subject about which a dif
ference may be supposed to exist in our poli
tical family, .but I did not feel at liberty to
decline an answer to the courteous letter of
your committee.
i ith cordial wishes for the harmony of
the Illinois Democracy, and the hope that
jour grout and growing State, whieh has
uevcr yet giveu a sectional vote, may con
tinue true to our Constitutional Union,
am, very respectfully, your obedient servant ,
JUll.N C. UULX'KIMUDUE.
CCS-Somebody gives the following dngucr
rcotypc of Hon. John J. Crittenden :
I have a high respect tor Mr. Crittenden
as a line out ivoiuucKy gentlemen, lie is
debonair over boned turkey, impressive
alongside of salad and sardines, and absolute
ly irresistible over tho last ladle . of Roman
punch. Zealous searchers after groat men
of otiru;story might be somewhat mistili
iu looking after what he has ever done be
yond singing a fourth tenor in the senato
rial orchestra for a quarter of a century
Rut I do him injustice. He has taken good
care of his iiatno and blood. During the
Taylor administration, the civil list was con
spicuously adorned with tho name of Crit
tendon, and what could uot be got for
wide circle of family, by direct connexion
was made up by sido sucks at the treasury
through the agency of some quiet aud couti
dcntiul contracts. Nor did bis parental care
cease, when he entered tho councils of Mr,
Fillmore, but rather became more diffuse and
took in, iu its sympathy, the remoter tics of
relatiouship. It is beginning to be believed
that tho presidency requires somo qualinca-
cations, as well as other positious. Mr. C.'s
composition of character, habits of life aud
experience are couuter to any one of these
requisites. lie has no executive ability
He possesses an aimablc, iudoleut, negative
character, breaking out occasionally iu
florid senatorial speech; and then settling
into tho easy, sensuous lifo of a sparkling
table compauion and a popular dinner-out.
Delightful Scenery. The Kansas City
Journal describes the Missouri scenery in a
few lines, thus :
On one side ot tne river there are lm
niense bottom lands, covered with cotton
woods; on the other side, tall cottonwoods
upou fmmcusc bottoms."
Oregon Legislature.
Council Thursday, Dec 1G, A.M. Mr.
WAIT introduced a bill for the relief of
Messrs. Roberts & Shartlc. Ou motion the
rules wire suspended, and bill read second
time. On motion, the bill was referred to
the committee on claims.
Mr. CORNELIUS introduced a bill to
amend an act entitled "an act to incorporate
Willamette Falls Railroad Company;" also
gave notice of a bill to amend estray law.
tVdj.
Council, Afternoon. Mr. WAIT, from
judiciary committee, to whom was referred
the petition of Dillard Martiu for divorce,
reported by bill, without recommendation.
Un motion of Mr. Steward, the rules were
suspended, and bill read second time. On
motion, the bill was considered engrossed,
and ordered read third time to-morrow.
Mr. STEWARD, on leave, introduced a
bill to incorporate the Yamhill Water Lock
and Transportation Company. On motion,
the rules were suspended, and the bill read
second time. On motion, the bill was re
ferred to committee on judiciary.
On motion of Mr. MACK, the Council
concurred in the joint memorial, praying for
an appropriation for a military road from
Scottsburg to Fort Roise.
Mr. CORNELIUS, from committee on
claims, reported back to the Iiouse the bill
for the relief of Messrs. Robfrts & bhartle,
with n recommendation that it pass. The
bill passed. Adj.
House Thursday, Dec. 16, A. HZ. Mr.
HU.M1AA1 stated that there was an error
iu the minutes, in recording his vote in fa
vor of the indefinite postponement of the
resolution to adjourn ou the 23d, sine die,
aud asked that the minutes be corrected in
that particular. The clerk stated that the
alteratiou would change the result of the
vote on the questiou. By consent of the
House, the correctiou was made, and the
motion to indefinitely postpone was recorded
as lost.
Mr. ZIERER presented the petition of
Nancy E. Walling for divorce. Mr. Dryer
moved to refer to committee on printing.
.Mr. Lassater moved to amend by referring
to committee on claims lost. The original
motion, to refer to committee on printing,
was adopted.
Mr. V VAULT reported a bill from judi
ciary committee, to amend Statutes in rela
tion to jurisdiction of justices of the peace.
Rill to require sheriffs to file renewed
bond with securities in certain cases, report
ed yesterday with amendments from the ju
diciary committee, .s read. Report adopt
ed, aud bill'oidered read third time to-mor
row.
Mr. ClI APMAN, from the judiciary com
uiittee. reported a bill to divorce Puilester
Lee; also a bill to divorce Lucy Smith.
Mr. CRANER.from committee on claims.
to w!)tu was referred the petition of Joshua
A. Elder fjr relief, reported it back to
the House, with recommendation that it re
ceive no further consideration irom tuis
House. Report adopted.
Mr. STEVENS, from stlcct committee
to whom was referred the petition of Duel
Woodwaid for divorce, reported bill grant
ni prayer of petitioner, aud recommeuding
its passage.
Mr. HOLMES, from the committee to
whom was referred the petition of Mahala
Card, for divorce, with instructions to report
as to the right of the Legislature to gran
divorces, reported that in the opinion of
the committee the Legislature had the right
to graut divorces; aud also a bill granting
prayer of petitioner.
Mr. SMITH, of l'olk, introduced a bill
for the relief of J. H. Lewis, Treasurer of
Polk count v.
.Mr. CHAPMAN asked leave to take
from the table th memorial for a military
road frotu Scottsburg to Fort Boise. Leave
was grauted, aud the memorial adopted.
Hill to authorize Territorial "Auditor to
receive and recover escheats, read. Mr. Las
sater offered an amendmeut, providing for
the compensation of the Territorial Auditor
for services rendered uuder the act. Mr.
Crauer moved to ameud the amendment by
substituting $3 per diem instead of $5. Mr.
Parker moved to amend the amendment by
substituting Treasurer for Auditor, aud fix
ing the compensation at 2 per cent, on all
money or property recovered. The Speaker
ruled the motion out of order. Mr. Chap
mau moved to amend by substituting county
for Territorial Auditor iu the bill. Mr. ala-
ter moved to refer the - bill aud amendments
to the judiciary committee. - Ruled out of
order. Mr. Craner withdrew his amend
ment. Mr. T Vault then moved to nferbiU
and amendments to the judiciary committee.
Agreed to. Aij.
House. Afternoon. Mr. HANiN All mov
ed that the House go into committee of the
whole ou the biil to incorporate the Las-
cade Mouutain Wagon-Load Company.
Objectiou being made, the motion was with
drawn. Bill to locate a Territorial road
from Polly's mill, iu Marion county, to Scio,
in Liun couuty. read. Un motion, reierrea
to committee on education. Rill to amend
an act cutitled "an act to incorporate the
town of Astoria," read. On motion, refer
red to committee on corporations.
Dill to re-locate the seat of government
read second time. Mr. Smith, of Yamhill,
moved to refer the bill to a special commit
tee of five. Mr. Craner moved to amend
by referring to the committee of ways and
means. Mr. Chapman moved to refer to
committee- of the whole agreed to. Mr
Chapman stated that his motion was an
original motion, and uot lutenued as an
ameudmcnt to the previous motion. So the
vote ou his motion was ruled out of order.
Mr. Smith's motion was lost, whereupon Mr,
Chapmau withdrew his motion. Mr. Dryer
renewed the motiou to refer to committee of
the whole. A motiou to amend by laying
on the table, lost. Motiou to refer, lost
yeas 13; nays U. Mr. Dryer moved that
the bill bu engrossed, and read u third time
ou Tuesday next. Mr. Chp.pman moved to
ameud the bill, by striking out Portland,
and inserting Eugeno .City. Tending the
discussion the House adjourned till 7 o'clock,
P. M.
House, Evening. The question still pend
ing upon the motion to strike out Portland
aud insert Eugeue City, iu bill to relocate
scat of government, the yeas and nays were
culled for, aud resulted as follows Yeas,
Messrs. Crauer, Chapman, Crooks, Ilolton,
Jones. Mcluincb. McOee. Newcomb, T
Vault 9. Navs. Messrs. Ronham, Bowl-
by. Dryer. Hauuah. Hedges, Holmes. Jeu
uings. Lassater. Nichols, Parker, Stevens,
Slater, Smith, of Polk, Shattuck, Watson,
Zieber and Mr. Speater is. &o ine amend
ment was lost. Mr. Chapman moved an
amendment, providing for submitting the
question of locating the seat ot government
to a vote of tho people. Adj.
Council, Friday, Dec. IT, A. JX. Mr,
WAIT, from judiciary committee, reported
back to Council the bill to incorporate the
lamhill Water Lock and Transportation
Company, and recommended its passage-
passed.
Mr. CORNELIUS, from committee ou
claims, reported back II. B. 3, for relief of
Douthit & McMillen, without recommenaa
tiou, Rill was referred to committee of the
whole. Rill to divorce Dillard Martin ana
Miriam Martin, passed.
Mr. PARKER presented the annual re
port of Territorial Treasurer laid on the
table aud 100 copies ordered printed.
Council went into committee of tne wnoie
on the bill for relief of Douthit & McMil
len. Mr. Steward in the chair. After some
time spent therein, committee rose and re
ported it back, recommending its passage
passed. Adj.
Council, Afternoon. Mr. PARKER pre
sented the annual report of Territorial Au
ditor laid on the table, aud 500 copies or
dered priuted.
On motion of JUr. W All, House amend
ment to C. J. R. 3, providing for adjourn
ment over the holidays, was amended by
striking out "Friday, the 24th," and insert-
ng "Wednesday, the 22d."
On motiou of Mr. WAIT, V.. IS. 2, to
change the practice, and fix the times for
the holding of courts was taken up, tne
rules suspended, aud the bill passed. Adj.
House, Friday, Dee. 17, A. M.Mr.
ZIERER, from committee on printing, re
ported a bill to divorce Nancy D. Walling,
and recommended its passage.
Mr. JONES presented the petition ot
John Reeson, for divorce. Referred to com
mittee on judiciary.
Mr. ZIEukR presented the report of the
University Land Commissioner, and moved
that 500 copies be ordered printed agreed
to. Mr. SHATTUCK, from select com
mittee to whom was referred the petition of
Fanny Cohen for divorce, reported by bill,
granting divorce.
Dill to extend tne charter of the Illinois
Valley Road Company read 2d time, order
ed to be engrossed and read a 3d time to
morrow. Bill for relief of Yamhill county
read 2d time. Mr. Smith, of Yamhill, mov
ed to refer to committee on judiciary. Af
ter discussion, motion withdrawn. Mr. Zie
ber moved to refer to a special committee of
five agreed to. Committee Zieber, Ste
vens, Bonham, Crooks aud Smith, of Polk
Mr. CHAPMAN offered a resolution ap-
pointing a committee of five on the part of
I . 1 1 . - : u : . f .1 I
iue nuusc, iu act, n nu u cuiuuiiii.ee ui lurcc
on the part of the Council, to inquire into
the expediency of reporting bill chartering
Pacific Railroad Company, and memorializ
ing Congress for grant of land. Ou motion,
the resolution was adopted
Mr. DRYER, from select committee to
whom was referred petition of Mary A,
Dennis, for divorce, reported by bill grant
ing divorce. Bill to amend act relating to
assessors referred to committee of ways and
means, liiil to autnonze county commis
sioners of Jacksou county to levy a special
tax, and create a redemption fund to pay
the county indebtedness, ordered to be en
grossed and read a third time to-morrow.
,-,: e I- r r - m . . .
uni lor renei 01 josuna r.ioer laKen up.
Mr. Craner moved its indefinite postpone
ment. Mr. I anlt rose to a point of or
der. The Speaker decided that the motion
of Mr. Craner was in order. Mr. Craner
withdrew his motiou. Mr. Parker moved
to refer to committee on claims lost. Mr.
Parker moved to refer to committee on roads
and highways. Mr. Dryer moved to amend
by referring to committee on Indian affairs
airreed to. bill to change name of Iverby ville.
in Josephine county, to Napoleon,. passed.
Council joint resolution, to adjourn from
Monday next until the 3d of January, was
read. .Mr. Craner moved to lay the resolu
tion on the table lost. Mr. Bonham mov
ed to amend the resolution, by substituting
Friday, the 21th, for Monday, the 20th.
Mr. Jentiinfs moved to ameud the amend
ment, by providing for adjournment, sine die.
on the 24th lost. Mr. Lassater moved to
amend the amendment, by substituting the
23J for the 24ih lost. The question was
then put upon the original amendment
which was agreed to yeas 15; nays 12.
Mr. Hannah moved that the resolution, as
amended, be adopted. Mr. Jones moved to
lav the resolution oa the table lost. The
motiou to adopt was agreed to yeas 1G
nays II. Adjourned.
House, Afternoon. Council amendment
to bill to incorporate Friendship Lodge, No.
6, I. O. O. r ., providing for election of trus
tees, concurred in.
On motion of Mr. STEVENS, the House
went luto committee of the whole on the
bill to incorporate the Cascade Mountain
Wagon Road Company, Mr. TVault in the
chair. Ihc bill having been considered by
sections, and various amendments proposed
and adopted, ou motion the committee con
curred iu the adoption of the bill as a whole.
Ou motion of Mr. Smith, of Yamhill, the
committee rose, and reported bill with
amendments to the House, with recommend-
atiou that it pass. On motioc, the repoYt of
the committee was adopted. Adj.
Corxoti, Saturday, Dec. 18, A. M.
Bill authorizing N. E. Mulvany and oth
ers to locate and open private roads to his
saw-mill on Pass creek, referred to commit
tee on roads and highways.
Mr. PARKER presented the annual re
port of Territorial Librarian laid on the
table, and 100 copies ordered printed
II. B. 6, to change the name of Kerby
ville, in Josephine county, to Napoleon, was
takeu up and passed. Adj
Council, Afternoon. On motion of Mr.
WAIT, the Council concurred in H. J. K.
providing for a joint committee to report
npon the expediency of granting a charter
for a Pacific Railroad, &c. Messrs. Wait,
Steward aud Cornelius were appointed on
committee on part of Council. Committee
on corporations reported back C. B. 1, to
authorize N. E. Mulvany and others to lo
cate and open certain private roads, without
recommendation. The bill was laid on the
table. Adj.
House. Saturday. Dec 18, A. ill. The
SPEAKER announced Messrs. Chapman,
T'VauIt, Craner, Jennings and Slater as
committee-ou the part of the Iiouse, tore-
port on the subject of the Pacific Railroad
Mr. DRYER, moved that the rales be sus
pended, and the bill to relocate the seat of
government be taken up. The motion not
receiving a two-third vote, was lost.
Mr. TVAULT,from committee on Indian
Affairs, reported a bill relocating county
seat of Curry county.
M, iirl.l"FS trm M.n.miitn.An rnrl
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and lllo-hWHVS renortPCI a bill tO Cuantre ler -
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ntorial road from Albany, in Linn couuty,
to Drift Creek, in Marion county.
Mr. HANNAH introduced a bill to iu-
comorate Oresron City.
Mr. iAKKER introduced a Dill tor tne
relief of Philip Geerhart. -
Mr. CHAPMAN, from committee on ju
diciary, reoorted a bill to divorce John Bee-
son from bis wife Elizabeth, and to legalize
his marriaee with Mary K J) rakes.
Mr. SLATER, from joint committee on
roads and highways, reported a compilation
of road laws in the form of a bill, with
amendments, and recommended its passage.
and that 1,000 copies be ordered printed for
distribution report adopted, and reading of
bill dispensed with.
Mr. JNEW UUAiis, irom select committee,
reported a bill to incorporate the Applegate
Ditch Company.
Mr. CHAPMAN moved to take up the
bill for the relocation of the scat of govern
ment. . Adj
llnvav Aflemoon. Mr.
moved to amend bis substitute to the bill to
relocate the seat of government, oy aauing
the following section, to-wit: "This act shall
take effect and be in force from and after
the termination of the present session of the
Legislature" agreed to. 3ir. a ami .mov
ed to amend Sec. 8, by inserting a clause,
making provision in case of a failure of
counties to send in election returns in the
specified time agreed to. Mr. Slater mov
ed to amend by striking out sections 1 and 2,
and inserting Sec. 1 of the original bill.
Mr Craner moved to lay me substitute on
th tahle lost. The amendmeut of Mr.
Slater was adopted yeas 14; nays 13. Mr.
Bonham moved to amend ec. o, uj fuusu
tuting Secretary for Governor. Mr. TVault
moved a reconsideration of the vote on. Mr.
Slater's amendment; agreed to. The ques
tion on the amendment was retaken, and re
sulted as follows yeas 11; nays 16. Sor
the amendment was lost. -Mr. Aonnam'.-
amendment was lost. Mr. Holmes moved
to amend by adding u section as loliows:
"That if Oregon is admitted into the Uniou
as a State before the first Monday of Jane
next, then this act shall be void and of no
effect." The amenameni was iusi. .nr.
Craner moved to amend by providing that .
the act take effect from nnd after the 4th of
March next. Lost. Adj.
Tvteresting to Newspaper Peopeietoes-.
Que of the Courts of the State of Iudiaua
recently made a decision which is or interest
to all newspaper proprietors in the Union.
A controversy existed relative 10 a cuargo
for advertising, between the Commissioners
of Hamilton county and the Patriot news
paper. It was held by the Judge that tne
published terms of newspers constitute a
contract. If work is given to newspaper
publishers without a special contract contra
vening the published terms, rue pno.isaer
can charge and receive according to the
terms so published. It is not necessary to
prove what the work cost or was worth; the
publishers have a right to fix the estimate of
their columns, and if so fixed, no other
aaestions need be asked, but the price thus
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f-hartrcd can be recovered.
wjt. Gov. Denver has written a farewell
letter to the people of Kansas oa resigning
the Governorship. He discourages tne torm-
ation of a State government in the present
straitened state of the finances.
haukied,
On the 9th, bv J. Snoderlv, Esq., Mr. Joab Powell, "
Jua. and Rebecca Jise Pbjse, all of tiie Forks of -the
Santiam, Linn county, O. T.
The ceremonv was performed in the preserve of up
wards of a handred spectators. From the bntie 3
parents, we marched m d-juble file to tne bndi-croom
house, headed by a flag of onr coantry, and also a fiag
of coon's tails, emblematical of the old lice whiss.
The bride's father gave a snraptiwns dinner. Tbe
bridegroom's father also on the next day pave na as
grand a sapper as could be gotten cp in Oregon.
j. a-
At Olvmpia. on Thnrsdav evenins, IVc 6th. by
Chief Ja-tice McFaddeo, Mr. Richard Lane and Mrs.
Asi Uaksiner.
DIED,
InYreka. Cal.. oft the 2-Jth n'.L, Mrs. Cokelia E.,
wife of R. S. McEwav, formerly of Holt county. Mo.,
and late of Astoria. Orecon.
On the 4th inst, ia Powell Valley, Maltnomah
county, Mrs. Sabab F-, wile of Leander lihams,
ajrcd 15 years , S months.
In Davton. Yamhill coantr, of eonsnmntion. Oresox,
A Groom, seed thirty-five vears. He left a wife aud .
four children to mourn his loss.
Sakcel Thcesttos, Not. 2.153,01 billions re-'
mittent fever, a-red 5 w and 13 months. Also.
Fists Ewikg. Oct. 20th. of Inn? fever, seed 6 months.
children of Rev. Lather White.
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