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OitEGON STATESMAN.! TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1859. Relief. In tbe passage of at least one relief bill, the Legislature which has just closed, set a bad precedent for the future. We refer to "a Tfc ApMl Cmrrcntlo. I hill fnr th r-lif of Pnl.rt( Xr Chnrlln f W trnst that under no circnmstanccs will Portland, which bill appropriated 2,000, torn Democracy of Oregon permit them- from the Territorial Treasury, more than elTeatooTerlook.ornnder-estimatetheim- one-tenth of the annual revenue of the portance of tK, Convention which has been Territory. The facts are as rol,0wS. Tbe called by the Democratic Central commit- Penitentiary Commissioners some Tears ago tee to assemble i at Salem on the 20th of contracted with Messrs. Jacobs & Co., to t" u , We Wi" bT that time furnish 8Pecilie qJ o" tone the bare beeii admitted into the Union as a penitentiary. Jacobs & Co. sub let a con- orerelga State, or shall be compelled to re- tract for stone to lloberts & ShartIe Thc main yet a while in a state of Territorial latter firm quarried some stone, which was dependency, the approaching Contention declared unsuitable for the penitentiary, and wai ok " important than any that has w neTer used. The Territory paid Jacobs preceded it. Shoald we be admitted into & Co. all due them. Roberts & Shartle the Union at the present session of Con- faued to get their pay of Jacobs & Co., and gress, we will hare to nominate a candidate presented a claim to the legislature against Tor Representative in Congress. On the the Territory. Their contract was with Ja- other hand, in the event of onr non-admis- cobs & Co., and against them only had they aion we will hare to nominate a candidate a claim. So regarding the matter, success- for Delegate to Congress. An act of the Te Legislatures hare reused to recognize late Legislature provides also for an Iuspec- the claim; with others it was presented to tor of the Penitentiary, to be elected by jujge Williams, who, as commissioner, rc- taa people; and a candidate for that office iewed all these claims. Judge Williams will doubtless be nominated by the Conven- disallowed it, and very properly too. When OB" that commission was created, it was thought r It behooves the democracy of Oregon tosee its determinations vonld be final. But such that candidates shall be presented for the snf- proves not to have been the fact. At thc frages of the party, worthy of its great histo- preseut session, the claim of lloberts & ry, and worthy of the support of the people. Shartle was again presented to the legisla- The people have the ordering of this mat- tore, and lobbied through. It was passed ter in their own hands ; and if they are ou the last uight of the session, by a close faithful to themselves they will not be like- vote; it is our impression that had a vote ly to bave cause to complain. been taken upon it at any time during the The lateness of the day set for the Con- session, and three days before the close of rention, although it may be objectionable it, that the bill would have been defeated iu In some aspects, will at least enable the the House; and it is our impression that had Boat distant counties to secure a full repre- the Assembly prolonged its session three testation, as all the delegates chosen will days longer, the House would have rccou nave no excuse lor non-attendance on tbe sidered the vote by which it was passed. It core of bad roads or weather. Let active J was rushed through at a late hour of the and influential men in each county, and in night, and, in the Couucil, with the most nn emcb precinct, take pains to bring the peo- seemiug haste. Within half an hour after pie to the precinct and county conventions, its passage in the House, it was taken up and to ascertain who will serve, if chosen as ju the Council, and, iu not to exceed ten delegates to the Territorial Convention, and minutes, it was the law of the land, and two ho will faithfully represent the will of thousand dollars were authorized to be taose tending them. Attention to these drawn from the Territorial Treasury. .We things ia time may save a good deal of scarcely know Roberts & Shuttle, have trouble and complaint in the future. nothing against them, and not tbe slightest Regarding the democratic party as the desire to preveut their getting whatever nly national political organization in the is due them. If they were losers, we should ration, and as the only safe depositary of be sorry. But, that would be their uiis- the rights of all the States, under the con- fortune, and creates no obligation, either le- stitntion, we entertain the liveliest interest gai cr moral, on the part of the Territory ia the welfare of the local organizations of to relieve them. Their remedy was against was party in their permanency, their bar- tuose wUo bad employed them. The Ter mony ana meir success. e irusi me rit0ry was not that party. And the Terri- masses will come up to this convention, and tory never used a particle of the stoue quar pertorm tneir own wors. L,et the party be ried by lloberts & Shartle, or derived a preserved from the influence of personal or- dime's benefit from their labors, in addition ganizations, and from divisions into hostile to neTer bavins employed them. Had the tectums, either for or against any man, or representatives and couucilmen acted in anyelass of men. (And the latter are an riCae instead of n vullie. rnritr. wm.M inevitable sequence of the former, and sure they have been dL4)0sed to alIow. the c,a5m? to follow them.) The unfortunate attcmj t We think not. In considering this matter at the Jnly session of the State legislature, we know. n0 per30D VJ mu urgamu moTemen, 10 oegraue a Tbe TerrU auJ gtate will do all that member of that body for a difference of law or morals requires of luenl wUeu tUey vpimouBsw canaiuaies lor me c. o. sen- obserTe lhe requirements of their own obliga aie, nas oeen iouoweu dj a simitar spirit oi proscription on the one side, and by acts of resistance on the other, detrimental to the harmony and strength of the party. It is undeniable that snch are the facts, and that "Letters from Orreon." . I Credit. I ... . There is no character on earth so vile as We announced last week a couple of fail- In response to our call, we Have received that of the willful and malicious slanderer, ures at Portland, and shall not be surprised, the subjoined communication irom a former There is no depth of damnation too great, if during the coining year or eighteen months citizen of Michigan. The subject of which no measure of retribution too fearful, to be it falls to our lot as a iournalist to record it treats is wen wormy oi consideration uy visited upon his head, who deliberately coins 1 other like announcements. We are of the the people of Oregon: and utters a base and uofounded libel against I opinion that the country is on the eve of a the fume and character of another, merely brief season of monetary stringency ; itisheav to gratify a morbid propensity for evil. But ily iu debt for merchandise Grst the jobber how shall we characterize the utter baseness to the importer, and then the retailer to the of that individual who makes a trade of this jobber, and finally thc consumer to the re- State. I will try and tell you what I know most detestable of villainies, and slanders and tailer. The 45,000 inhabitants of Oregon, about it: Michigan was ndmitted into the belies his neighbors at so much per column? we apprehend, consume more merchandise Vnum ' Ja'- 1S3"I; during that winter, r r "i i .i .i r r .1 and, I think, for two or three more sessions Language fails to express the loathing and tl.au uny other 4a,000 on the face of the f (,,y,sIaiur .,, flllcstiol, cf wlltrc the execration iu which such a creature should curth, excepting only California. And thc ftarc capital should be was a fruitful source be held by all houorable men. aggregate indebtedness of the people of the of debate. The capital was then at De- Withiu the past two mouths several letters Territory to the traders thereof, could it be troit. There had been a large brick build- have nn.wnr,..! in ll Summon!. f , a---.-:..,.,! wm,U snri.rise tl.nsR .l,n hut. ,nS crectcei ..y u.e g-nerui government ior Hons. If, ia pursuance of this example, they are going to look after and compensate ev ery misfortune growing out of public opera. tions, they will bave pleuty of business on their hands, and fiud themselves eeoerallr tue wenare oi me party aemanos mat cue short of funjg and FpmliIy decply ia debt growth of this feeling on both sides, and all aides, shoald be speedily checked. It has gone too far, and we earnestly hope that it has spent its force, and that former confi dence and harmony may be restored. Shall it be so? If when the State comes to build its capitol Coos Bay, Jan. 11th, 1859. Friend', Bush Yon nsk some, Intelliceiit Michigan-man, in the Statesman of Dec. 2Sth, to communicate to you certain facts in re gard to the location of the capita in that the purpose of a State house, and sufficient- 1 1 - t i ri.s .11. a . me leau.ng uiaen repuoiicuu paper ot uaii- uoi rcuectcu upon me sui.jeci. Ascertain y i!lrge to acC0mmodatc the State for a loruiu most 01 mem wearing uaio at mis me amount 01 enarges upon me ooous 01 number of years. The question was set place, and ell of them devoted to false and iu- the merchants of any of our villages, end tied then in this way. I think it was the famous libels upon citizens of this Territory, you will Dud yourself surprised, nnd prepar- legislature of 1S40, that passed a law mak The writer of these articles is well known ed to form some estimate of thc total in- nS iUntie that the members elected here. He is a tolerable short hand reporter, debtedness of Oregon, of a similar charac- psi,5n ,fw.n,p , r:ir);.ni wi.rn ll.n time and was once employed to report Legislative I ter. Uuless the, at present unlookcd for, eame the legislature was elected knowing proceedings for this paper. During this payment of the Indian war claims shall that they were to locate the capita", and time he became involved in a personal con- cause nu unusual flow of money into the Ter- selected with refereuce to their views on trovcrsy with Dryer, of thc Oregonian, who ritory, wc are unable to see how the fore- 1 1 vZn hi",' hod nf men fim toother. wrongfully suspected hiui of being a demo- going indebtedness is to be cancelled OS it ,. w)lnl, th. Vortl. Smith Wct crat, and assailed him with sueh choice falls due, without creating "tight times," aj center, lied a town site that thi-v wanted and descriptive cnithtts and appellations us and consequent suspensions. I o add to the to uuiul nt with the capital. The remten I - I I 1 1 - . t 1 -I. . T l 'nock-marked Irishman "bptrottinir ciubarra.suieut. we shall probablv Cud u dull uaTJ uau I'rev.ous.y on ai. 4Mn - - o o I Irishman," "Teddy O'llourke Taddy-whack I market for breadstuffs, for the coming year Malone-me-boy," nud other similar render- or two, while the products of the dairy ings of Bat's jwt-ronyraic; while Pat re- heretofore no insiguiGcant source of reve tortcd in kiud, calling Dryer by such en- nue promise to bo in a measure a drug. dearing titles as "that male bawd, Dryer," Large quantities of (lour are on the way the contemptible ignoramus " and other nf- to, or arriving in California, from tho At- fectionate names, which, whatever might be lautic States, and the prospect is that iu said against the spirit aud taste in which I this particular, Oregon will abe compelled to I indiTiduuls and on the same terms. I think they were uttered, were equally truthful rely mainly upon a home market for a sea- they took tae whole section. I was on it aud appropriate. Afterwards, however, Dry- sou. The products or our dairies, which b,rct ll''re wa,3 a capitol there or one , , . . ... . .. ... thouirht of ou that spot. I was there I it er needed rats services to report lor lum the ougut to ue tneuesi in tne worm, nave ac- jetg . t10 state house had been built proceedings of the Constitutional Couven- quired a bad reputation in the California t Wns a wooden structure, perhaps a little tion, and more recently cf the Legislature; markets, and find little sale there. The con- larger bat no better than the one burned at and lol a chance comes o'er the snirit of his sequence is. that, at this seasou of the vear. Sakm. The capital is called Lansing, and .i tr i . ..... x .). ; ,.,..ii o .!. is situated on the banks of the Grand river. u.cau.. .iu Mwucmy ucoverb ma., i..rjer - - u-a T,,e r;rer u ot ,1!lvi ,aUe at this po:llt is uu euuor i consummate auiiuy, aua a "j "u w uunci, uuu it is aiuiuai uiug. yjie ptate P(,u 0ts as veu say, which assis- gentieman oi irreproachable character; anil e unuersiana mat two urms at AlUauy tcd tliem verv much if not wliollv, to build accordingly his vituperation took the form have lost $2,500 each, in the purchase and their public buildings. The State only the past I owns the right oatik oi tne river as you I ..l - l r. i . i:.i ville, near the ceofirnptical center ; the University had been built at Ann Arbor, or at least each institution had been commenc ed. After a great deal of discussion and lrittcrii!j away most cf the session, the capital was finally located upou Sec. 16 of -I forsret the township and range, tin was a school section. I think tbe State took it ot the same price as they sold it to of ickeuii!g laudation, to thc tune of $3 00 sale of this single article durjn per day. seasou. The hostility which this hired libelee en- Oregonians are proverbially an improvi- tertains towards the Statesmnn, and towards I dent peej le; n hat the couutry .needs, uow, the federal officers of the Territorv. arises as much ns anything, is better considered from the fact that he once applied for a clerk- expenditure, nnd more cartful economy ship in one of the departments, and was reject ascend. Ou the left bank quite a little town has sprung up ou lands owned by pn vate individuals. The site of the town was a perfect wil iicrness when the law was made placing it i there. If Oies:on would adopt this plan, I thii k ed, for incapacity. Had he applied for a situ ation with a shovel aud a wheelbarrow, in stead of a pen, it is suggested that he would have got it. He is now engaged in di fam ing, by way of retaliation, not only the man who refused his application, but all the of fice-holders in the Territory. When re monstrated with, a short time since, npou the character of his letters to the I'won, he replied that "he received ten dollars npiece for the letters, and he was obliged to write such as would suit the political complexion of the Union, which was a black republican paper; and that letters pitching into Demo- upon, Mr. Holmes moved to put the cratie office-holders were more acceptable to it than any ot'ner kind." This was the only excuse Le had for his false and inf mous slanders. This precious hireling has gone to Cali fornia, to report the proceedings of the Cal ifornia Legislature for the Sacramento L'n t town site. 1 hive stated the a'love lrom the b-st that I can remember. I uiat be mistaken in some uuimportaut thing 1 have said A Divorce Ixcidest. Elijah Dodson, of woM dry r.p h-gsshition U-r this or tna Yamhill county, was an applicant for divorce at the recciit session cf the legislature. A bill divorcing hiui passed the Council, but before action iu the House, Mr. Steward, the Yamhill Coancilmao, received the fol lowing letter: It Home, YkihIiIU Countr. Pear Sir: After my best rorjects, I nifh to inform you t tint in vol I woman lias rHtmicJ and I have futtii'l her nil riht, and if our pe tition has not been taken u, he so pood rs not to take it tip, anj cot proceed tiny further without luy order. Your te'iH-etfullr, ELIJAH nnd SAUAU PUlO.V. The letter was read iu the House, where- j bill on its passage. He di J so to rebuke the spirit of trifling t je lIon-e had manifested respecting divorces. He thought it wtu!d have a good flVct. -Mr. Smith, of Yamhill, said he hoped the Ilou-e was not going to pass the bill. It was no trilling matter. Fur Frazkr IIivek. We are informed that some two hundred Kazlish half breed from the lied Hirer country, are camped i the Com tenay -ouutry, east of the Cascades having been stopped there by the heavy suows, which rendered the mountains ini passable. They will proceed to their desti natiou as soon as the season will permit The bark Orestes recently arrived at Vic loria. A". I., with So passemrers ou board amoig whom were seven women and seve childieii. Thev were moptlv Eusrlih a:; Iriib, and were bou;id for Frazer River. CoXVF.STtOS OF 1JK li.USF.RS. 1 he Ure son Farmer coutains a call for a convention A Oxk-Uorse Scmxeb. A few black re publicans still continue to whine sympathet-1 0f cost. ically for the thrashing their champion got "ye are told that there are some twenty from the hands of a fellow member of the thousand dollars of claims growing out of legislature ou the day of the adjournment, tbe construction cf the penitentiary, hereto Some of tbem say, that "if Mr. Lasater had fore disallowed by Judge Williams, commis whipped Dryer in the Ilonse, it woald have 6ionpr, which will likely follow ia the train been all right; but that whipping him in tit 0f this one. rwf, or in a store, was a gross outrage V We have the promise in time for nest This is all bosh and nonsense. It is the week's publication of some evidence upon fact of the whipping, and not thc place tbis matter which tends to show that false university, and other public buildings, it not yond description; and altogether he is hide only pays its contractors, but aft -rwards, ous enough to be the offspring of Cerberus pays such sub-contractors as contractors may s;u- H'3 Peu is e?er ready for the per not pay, we apprehend it will find plenty of formance of any mean and despicable task. those kind of delinquencies, nnd it had bet- 11,3 Pr,ce 13 u'" dollars a letter, and his sen ter provide a liberal margin in its estimates I tiajenU nro those of his employer for the time bcinjj. of the bee-raisers of Oretrou and Wa?hin? The pai tics had been separated for some toa Territories, to be held at Oregon City ion. His personal oppearance, which is a time, out, sitii-t me application ivr uiroitc on tjie jctb inst. I olject of the conven true index to his character, is repulsive be- they hud become reconciled. Mr. Lonham tioi, jCj aa interchange of views in rcgar hoped it would pass. If the parties didn t t0 ti,e ,,ro,.cr mode of treatment cf the bee; like living npart it wouldn't cost them more aj to establish a uniform price." The than fire minutes time, and tea uullars in money, to get married again. A motion to lay the bill on the table prevailed, yeas 14, uars 1 1. Washington- Territory. The Legislative Lost and Focnd. Oueday last week Mr Suowden received through the Post Office a u b. .treasury Warrant $1,300 for serf ices reudered tneut in his capacity of surveyor. About one hour after receiving it, Mr. Suowden missed the warrant, and, after a fruitless search of some hours, gave it up as lost. -. . , M . . - . i i cumc vjmc i'uu vtvtu n leu lue isurievor . ..r , r o f siaiemeuis were useu in euppor oi iuis oi.i, Cieuerafs office, however, on uai worries our oiacit repuoucau ineous. and 6trongIy urged on the Uoors cf thc tj,e j And there is not a particle of doubt, that House and Council. 1ad Mr. Lasater failed to chastise Mr. Dry- This relief bill, or strictly speaking, dona er on sight, the blacks would have denounc- tion bill, passed by the following vote: ed him as a coward and a poltroon, and i the nocsE. would bave exulted over Dryer's outrage in Yeas. Bowlby, Crooks, Hedges, Ilolton, the House as a proof of high courage. The Lasater, McGee, .Newcomb, Nichols, Par- turning over eaves of an almanac iu the cilice, found the missing paper between the leave?, where Mr. S. had placed it, aud forgotten it. The warrant was restored to its owner, to his great satisfaction. troduction of bes into Oregon Las proved quite successful. At present they command very high prices ranging from 125 to $150 per hive. A una am atiox. lleciPtlv. at Ttioon. Assembly of Washington Territory held an Wj;c0!lsi ft fu;i blooded Lr-gro, named election for Territorial edeers on the i2d .... . tn ....-trt ;ri .r . m vr . j .i ui y . -J uj i . v v win pa- respectable parentage, namrd Miss L. Story. The ceremony was performed by a white clergyman, named Parson?, and was for warded and consummated by the aid and counivauce of white persons, claiming to be respectable'. This disgraceful transaction is one of the Icttithnato fruits of abolitionism. for upwards of u!t hcn the f1Iowi"S persons were elect ed the -overn- ed- viz: EJard Furste, Territorial Print er; Andrew J. Moses, Librarian; Y m. Uutledge, Treasurer; II. J. O. Maxou, Drigadier General; and Jaies Iiiles, Benja min Ilarued.aud 11. M. Wulker, Capitol Commissioners. There seems to have been some division with respect to Printer. We see by the tSy The letter in the last Orrgonian, dated at Salem, and signed "A Democrat," attempt to manufacture sympathy for Dryer, outside of his small circle of political friends, will prove a decided failure. He wou'i make more than how. Olvtnnia Democrat that twenty-six denio- ... ..... I i !..l.t.ll...Jnnt;An f ILrol.'; crats signed a call lor a caucus; that uut was most prouaoij iue fiwumuu ..n. nineteen of the number attended. Edward "four-legged reporter," who, during the row Furste, of tho Democrat, received the votes in the House, attempted to iuterfere ia be of oil lif those. Iu the joiut convention, half of his master, and who escaped a thrash seven democrats who signed the call voted ing for his omciousness ly retreating to for Butler P. Anderson, while-Mr. Furste got Dryer's room and barricading the door, lie but the nineteen voting; for him iu caucus, is a democrat of the Billy Adams and Dryer The late Irf-glttnture and Divorces. Mn. Editor. As a spectator during the ses sion of the late Legislative Assembly, I became Bttonjjly impressed with the wisdom which in duced the Constitutional Convention to deprive thc State Legislature of the power to grant divor ces. ,. Tho spectacle which was presented daring the session referred to, ot inning with so saerea an iistitulion as that of matrimony, iu a manner so trardless of the riehts of individuals, and in ueh utter violation of the expressed will of the leople in ndotitinir the constitution, seems to fur nish an occasion for regret with all who have a ust and proper rejrard tor the well being of soci- ty. llieranro uontjtless real instances, where ; is eminently proper that the power to grant ivorecs should be exercised, even in violation of that injunction of holy writ, which forbids that uiiian ngency should sunder those wuom uoa atlt joined together. The marriaire in.stitntion, not only beinjr justly regarded ns one of the strongest supports of the entire social fabric, its sanctity is commended to our consideration by the divine teachings of the gospel. Any peopii; professing and practising Christianity, or pretending to be governed by its mild, just and benign laws, encouraging as they do tho n.arrince rclaiion. bv fostering and incul cating its sneredness, look alike with horror and 'diseiiKt upon the licentious system of polygamy practised by barbarians, find improved only iu name by the Mormons. Practically, I can per ceive but little difference between Oregon and I Xle Utah, so far ns any saeredness or obligation of he marriage bond is concerned ; it is true that our laws do not permit an individual to have two or more marriage contracts existing aud in force at thc same moment, nor do they in other words recognize the peculiarity of the spiritnal wife system, yet we are rapidly tending to that point. In fact." there is but little distinction between allow ing a man or woman to have half a dozen or mere spouses at one and the same time, or in pcr-ii-ittinqr them to cast off an old p-irtncr and take a new one whenever caprice, whim or lust may dictate. It seetn? that the example set by the last legislature, offers greater encouragement and ndiireinetit to the libertine and debauchee, than even the Mormon creed. I! v the Iattpr, the polyg- aiuist is compelled to support and maintain several wives at once, while the lornier orilv demands a ran&fer of aifection. leaving the cast off to pro- ide for lierselt by the contracting of a new and ten purary alliance. 1 vrsons nre more likely to contract new ouiiga- t:ons nnd alliances, in proportion as the laws and ktisJation of the country facilitate and encourage heir abrogation. It has been' truly remarked, hat the ease with which divorces are obtained in Oregon, "relieves matrimony of half its terrors," and we may justly conclude, that reckless and ill assorted marriages will be contractel with that 'rdiif " iu view, and in liesaaie ratio that it is extended. V.'itliin the last twenty days, the consciences of sixty-six individuals have been relieved from the obligations imposed by "plighted troth," and vows ot ttcrnnl Ji Srltta. lhe terms of tho con tract from time immemorial, have provided for its continuance until death shall us part. A new ritual should now be adopted, in which the urrtforiiil Lriiflnlure oj Urr-j-:a. snonia be as signed the tune-tions now eserciaed by the king ot terrors. If the evil continues, a man of the next genera tion wi;l be able to include half of his acquain tances as relations uv marriage, ami the "rest of uiaii'iiiid'' as of blood kin. He will also re quire to be well versed in legislative history and dates, in order to make an approximate guess as to who bad the beat opportunities to be his father or mother. While in the future, the ooi 'ciiiv of Ir:"ha.m Young can point back with conscious pride to common ancestry, tha descendant of the eftrlv settlers cf Oregon will lo-e his pedigree in the indiscriminate and chaotic mass iu which hts early pnternals and matenia's were mired kb Farmer l?rown will then be in a condition to claim relationship with the distinguished lawyer, Mr bmitii. End m prout ot consanguinity can assert with truth, that his great grandfather's fourteenth wile, once m:irried the paternal ancestor of .sq Smith, as her third husband. La-yer Smith will at once ignore the low-born connection, by assert ing positively that the ancient Brown was divorc ed irom his maternal anestor by the Territorial Legislature on the jth of December, l:r3-, and that said divorced Mrs. Brown was not married to Smith nut;! the 4tb of July following, daring which interim she had been twice married to Mr. Si:ob, and once (clandestinely) t Mr. Posev tli.it she Lad been regularly divorced from both p.s vriil r-.?ar by retVrenc-e to tbi Sratntcs d Oregon, vol- , page . That during the period last reterred to, lour children, the joint co.l.-itera heirs, were bern to .Messrs. mi-jd ana roev respectively, consequently Mr. Drown sr.J Mr Smith ii!.nv, or nsav not be blood relations, ilt lirown's cenneclieus with the Smiths being matter of si:ne donht. the former gentleman wil bava to c:is;b among the tsnjr:-d l-mm-hm of llie- t?nob and I osev ceiieaog;eul trees, ia q:iest ot his own doubtful pedigree. The remedy n liieh 1 would suggest. Mr. EJUor, is that str:ii!i--ut and wholesome laws be passed upon th sol i-?etof mnrrtage contracts, that town meeiiii'T. legislative bodies, and all other popular asseail-ues, be ceprived of the power to grant divorces : t!i".t the power be seleiy lodged with courts oi eouitv, to be e-:rrtisel only upon a mos soieir.n snd caretul r.cjudie-aUon ot the case, and that i;i no itistam-j should the puihy. as party at fault, he entitled to a divorce, or permitted to marrv gain, relief being extended only to the innocent and unolt'-'nuipg. With snch a law, and such just and reasonable s,iio guards, bota partie: iron! 1 consider we'.i the eattrre cf iha cuiitrac before assuming ' its li.-.bilitle-V snj be careful how tin v infringed or violated its binding obliga tions. We shjttid not thus be called cpou to wi licss tliti degrading, spectacle, of both hasbaud and wife waiting v.i:h impatience for the Decem ber session, to amend the existing coutract, so that one or both could fulfil by -anottier mar ring, a guilty and criminal alliance previous contracted. If tho marriage institutija is what society claims for it. let it be fostered and protected from ruthless nanus : it it isaiot, repeal ail laws npon the suhiect. Abolish all enactments pumsuinj iicentiuus intercourse; encourage ''free love,' and "spiritnr.l wives ;" allow ail to share alike i their benefits without the farce of special le; tion. ion will then soon nave consummated mat oral degradation and physical brntaiity of soc ctv. wlunu ilia late legislature tiave so anspicsou ly begun. . A. A lltLOK. he assailed nd traduced ui-jn-Her ot ths Demo cratic party because they adhered to its usages and Stood upon its piatiorm, jou compiaiu oi General Lane for neglect of duty, for Jack of posit- ivencss in onr Territorial pontics, ana tor using bis post to build up a personal party, to the de struction of the democratic party. "Alonzo" complained of democrats for their fealty to the party, while you proclaim the want of it in a man occupying position which demands it. No man's fealty to his party can be placed above his obligations to his country. If General Lane has neglected either, it was not only yotir privilege as a citizen, but your duty as a demo crat to hold him to a just accountability. I haye never learned that the democratic party bad adopt ed any plank in its platform which exempted tho acts of its servants from fair and just criticism. When such a usage has obtained in any party, office should be conferred for life, and public dis cussion prohibited under the severest penalties. I consider that you have taken a fair, manly position in this controversy. Yon have by tho record exposed a great public wrong in languago. unexceptionable. If Gen. Lane can make a suc cessful refutation of your charges the public will not be slow to listen. In the meantime a weak, vascillating defense predicated upon " Antece dents" or bolstered np by angry denunciation, is not what the people expect, nor will it satisfy OREGON. Kens from the States state net Admitted One IVeek Abcul of the Portland Papers, How They Increase. Uu to the session ker, Slater, Smith, cf Yamhill, and Wat- of ,ast wiiter we tLiik not lU0re t,an s,s or son. 12. M .i: t.-it ...i -i. .t... WBonham.Gateg. Hannah. Holmes, eigui uivurcw une-ewc. Jones, Mclninch, Stevens, Smith, of Polk, hy the legislature. It was a 6omewhat till- auj precisely tho number necessary to eltct. kind. . . . . . . . i - ECXU Tbo Standard, in recounting tlse oC-wr OUWrtrr. DO 1 aalt. ailil ZiCDCr. IU. I limit mntlrr t rt trot n. il rnnn 1. ill fnrmorlv itr -..r i t 1,; I . I tr- w I no nrn lllillllilllll . 1 us LIIIT td I LT ui l!U3 1 , f. ' Vi Ti' Ajftsl wmter eighteen divorces were grantee! j:,-isio Mr. Anderson is a brother of the i - . i r. . i it Tr rv tv ; n. lie aiu uoi answer, aiiw ui iuii mwn- .,i .. i.. . . . . , , . li.kiaii.-u tub. wm.a.-curing me n...i,-n, b Ki, ri.nnm... ouu u,a lal l,,w "uluuw v foruicr Ueli-gate in Congress irum u usuing- sioQ hin put week, aeveral members of the canine reqaired to TOle. Mr chapman faid Joigg J thia ratio of increase, the num- ton aud was for IU;Uiy years a resident of ndj. nee Lave sueeumoea to the tatai influence (sharply) the gentleman from Marion had ber next year, provided wc have another Oregou. He is a gentleman of ability, and Of potent doses OI EtrjCDnme, administered not charge of bis vote. .Mr. lionbaui Baio I sessiou of the Assembly, will be about a democrat of unquestionable souuduess aud sixty. The legislature of last year was steadfastness. Mr. Furste ia likewiso termed "the legislature of many divorces." I democrat 1 . . t l ..itr t s .11. t f l jui iuis uuo uas estauiisucu iuc oesi cianu i . . , . Tl. r"..i Times" reasons for the failure of our admis- at the last sessiou, very naturally to the nnsnsnectintr victims under the temnt- the rules required that every member within bit eniseof "bread and meat." Some of lhe bar fehould T.te'. Mr- Chapman's name -it. .ii i . I was not again called, them were no doubt worthless cars, and de-1 1?, TnE COCfrciIj- served killing; but we bave heard of some Tea. Berry, Cornelius, Ford and Mack. does of eood character and possessed of many 4. excellent canine qualities, who bave met an Xays. Drain, Parker, and Steward. 3. untimely fate cat down in tbe very prime I . -r, to the title of tbeir dog-bood doubtless because, like gressional apportionment which will doubt- Row Among the Indians. Agent Met- les3 follow upon tho next census, will make calf, writing from the Siletz Reservation, I quite a change iu the Ivistcru mid esttrn uudcr date of the 5th January, informs the I States. Under the present apportionment XI A. i rom a Statistical table DUbilshed IU I Sunorintetident that the Indiana there hurt, Tllinnle willi n nl.,f M mill lma Imt nine poor Tray, they were found in bad company. gacranicnt0 Jjni0n. and compiled from recent! v had a "free furhl" amoug themselves, members of Conercss. whil'o Massachusetts, YVe snail not ODjeci to tne slaughter oi me the officiaI reports of the coun,y asscssor?i in Wuicl, fiTe wcre kliled and twelve wound- with a vote- of but 120,000 less than half wonmesa uu t.uuu5iu iai "es our it appears that last year there were raised ed. The row was caused by mpcrstitioit. that of Illinois has eleven. Thc six ew Bvreeea,uufc iubmiuu nine we mm ; California. 4.111.222 bushels of wheat. n,, l.n.l nttnmnte.l tn L-ill . "fWlnr" lm- 1 S.nf.. l,o nw 90 mnmliera of proper discrimination should bo made in 4547 bushc8 of barieyt 1,353,250 bash- longing- to another band, when the Gght Congress, while the sis Western States, to "7 L I ,S anowu w uc raiuaoie, or e,g of oat 547 530 bushels of corn, and became general :pon thc merits of the case, it: Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan, Id Tioihie 13 1,066,195 bushels of potatoes. Tbe Union and resulted as above. Iowa nnd Minnesota, with double the popu !.. . . ., n n . t . 1.1 . . . 1 . . ... 1 . , 1 . . . .n. r ? 1 1 .. 1 . I . . . Iioinks inai at least per cent, migot ue 1 i.aier. e icarn irom Agent jietcaiie, wno is nation, have but 61. tjailiornia win uisu ue added to the above fienres. now hero, that tbo Tootootanays and Koguo Kiy- ,.,:ti1!d to two. or nerhaos three additional . . t -il I 1 1 1 il. -l. 1 At r t I IDOSb OI WuOul arC CDirOKeCl ID Commercial I I ers uavc nu khuiui nym, in nmcii uir- vi mc " I ' rn . l: 1 I t tj mi:..AM I . ... - say-r.x-uovcrnor xigier, u. o. juiuitwi I latter were killed, ana ono ot tne former danger- The nature of these objections woulJ seem to indicate a belief that our admission' will not be grauted this session. If those- objections could defeat the bill last session, they will surely accomplish it now. FoSD OF CltAXCE. The Statesman says that a lady who obtained a divorco from her husband on the lSih tilt., married ng.iin.ou tho l'Jth. Standard. Aud OUO lady who obtained a divorco n j Congressional Ctobe iu which the debates ef the Orf.UOX CITY, February 2. 1559. Mb. Di'sn I have earefuilr read the charges which you b:ye so boldly and so ably presented relanye to tue tailnre ot our lielegate m Congress try comply with the wishes of the people of Ore Con, in the matter of our admission into tha- Un ion. At the risk of being classed with those only " tlaimins to b" danotauts 1 shall take the liberty to offer my own conclnsitms upon the subject. You will pormit me to say in advance, that while I haye voted for General Lane whenever an op portunity has occurred, I haye neyer failed to re cord mv vote for the icholc of the demorrattc tiekei. Without be:nj a " Lane man," or anybody else s " man," I claim only to be a " Democrat,'' and be- lieve that my prolession and practice, both in Or egon and iu the States, will warrant me in that assumption. I am free to admit that I never en tertained that hili estimata ef Gen. Lane's tal ents that some of his mushroom admirers are dis posed to accord to him. 1 have also always re garded his frequent nominations iu succession as resultinn; more- from availability, than from any actual merit or ability as a statesman, with which ho was possessed. Whilo his non-committalism and disposition to court ail sides, has always formed an objectionable feature iu his character, 1 have, witli a lull knowledge c.t these tacts awarded him my vote as a partisan. Since your exposition est lus neglect" ot the interests ot Ure gou.my curiosity has induced m'e to examine the Dates from Kew York to Jan. 5, and New Or leans to Jan. 13:h. The Express arrived at Portland Saturday afternoon. By Levinson's Express we have full tiles of Atlantic and California papers. fulifnmia. Mr. MandeviHe has been re-ap- nointed Surveyor General, and Weller, Postmaster - of San Francisco, has been confirmed. An n nnos ltion line of steamers to J. I ., is to oa pnt on on the 5h of March, by Vanderbilt. We find nothing in the papers respecting tho Orejron admission bill. THE RE-ELECTION OF JCDGE DOCGLAS. LnrisviLLE. Jan. 8. The re-election cf Stephen A. DouHas was carried in the legislature of Illi nois, on tho 5th inst., by a vote ot .4 for Uouglas, against 46 for Lincoln, the republican candidate. Uetroit. Jan. o. ti-ooTernor rSinjrnam nas been elected to the United States Senate by tho k-cislature of Michigan, n. . mi , . . e PORTLAND, MB., Jan. ii. i no legislature oi this State have to-day re-ejected Wiiham P. Fes sendeu to the U. S. Senate. AS APPROPRIATION FOB CUBA. Washington, Jan. 11. Senator SlideTl yes-- terday introduced a bill in the Senate asking a DTironriation of SM.VW.WO, to taciutate tne ac quisition of Cuba by negotiation and purchase. OREGON war eLAiMs. Jir. x autEner, irom the military committee, has nearly completed tho examination of the war debts of Oregon and Wash; ton Territories, and will soon call the atten tion of Congress to the subject, unless some pro vision be maae to meet tbe heavy demands tnese debts involve. RAILROAD STRIKE. Chicago, Jan. 10. The employees of the Chi-' ca;o and St. Louis railroad made a strike to-day, refusing to do anything more until they wero gaid up. They have received no pay for six months past. The train from Chicago was stop ped at Joliet station and the passengers wero compelled to retnrn. The train from fct. Louis was stotined at PonnMieia. mere is great ex citement along the line of the road- : Uong'.as was expected at Washington on th 5th Jan. Extensive preparations ha-J been made to receive him in Baltimore and Washington- There was an immense concourse at his reception iu Philadelphia. The gamblers ot the L nitea Mates are noiaicg National Convention in Chicago. They are said by the Democrat of that city to make a deci ded sensation, being distinguished by their sleek appearance, sharp looks, and display of jewelry. Inere are nve nnaurea applicants ior me va cant cadetships at West Point. In committee ot tee nolo tae Indian appro priation bill was so amended as not to a'.low arms to be given to tha Oregon aiid Washington ' In dians. The bill as amended, passed. Jlr. HoJetcs, democrat, has been chose to Con gress from -the Illinois disrrict, in place of CoL Harris, deceased. The Fillibi'sters. The icaracna filibuster schooner, wi;h lt0 men on board were wrecked 6U miles from the mouth of the Mississippi. They were picked np in distress by a British War, sreaiaer, and carried into Mobile. On landing A procession was formed and the Xicaragaan njj hoi.-tod. Captain JIatiry was called our, and male a speech to the crowd. There is much excitement. Extensive Fires. Chicago, Jan. II. Al most the entire block of bnildinM at the corner of " Lake and Jeffersoa streeSr was destroyed by tha V tire last niht. The loss is estimated at $40,000. Charleston, S C.,. Jan. 10. A large portion of James McLeash's extensive foundry works anj property, was destroyed by the nre tnis morning. ALGCSTA, tiA., jan. it. j. ue -cieneviiie cotton factory near this ciry was entirely destroyed by fire vesferdav eveninff- LorisviLLE, Jan. 5. The Democratic State Convention met at Frankfort, to-day and nomina ted B. MagoEu for Governor, and Linn fcjyd for . Lieutenant Governor. UNCLE SAM BROKE. WASHINGTON. Jan. 8 The funds in tbe Treas ury were so low yesterday that the Treasurer was" obliged to refuse to pay a Treasury note of $100- II e Ioes Not Decline The St. Louis i'rpub- -lican contradicts the report that Mr. Donglas is " about to write a letter declining to be a candidate for the Presidency in The Baltimore Patriot believes that the next op- ' position nominee for President will be John Bel), of Tennessee, or Edward Bates of Missouri, and begs its readers to mark the prediction. The committee "on Territories reported in favor cf a Territorial organization for Arizona and Da- . cotah, and against organizing Catons. A bill for a Territorial government for Colons is to be introduced by Mr. Colfax. It embraces all the recently discovered gold regions at Pike's Peak and part of Kansas, Nebraska. Utah and Sew Mexico nearly ail being taken from Kansas, and comprising about ViJ.WO square miles. Three delegates, engaged respectively in pro promoting the interests of the prospective organ ized Territories of Arizona, Sierra Nevada, and Dacota h. are now in ashmgton, and a fourth, for a similar purpose, is daily expected from Co ona. The Paciac Railway hid was np for considera tion. Memphis, Jan. 8. The ceremony of inaugu rating the Bast' of Gen. Jackson, cams off to-day with an imposing? display. Hon- Andrew Ewinjr- delivered the oration. Exglasd. The messasre of President Buchan an to Congress chiefly occupied the attention, of the press in England. 1 he recommendations of the President in re- . gard to Cuba, Mexico, and Central America, wero senerallv unpalatable to the British press, and created much attention from all parties. few years ago, and married on the following day, obtained auothcr at the recent session o! tho legislature, and married a day or two after. in lsTxi. Let them fight. nnrsoits. is emits lare-e. Tn Portland thev k. Biuurrwrn latolv in.f.i t to Chili, has lately Succeeded in obtaining I ously wounded.- Afterwards tho Tootootanays - J C O t - j N,vtrvinu j I ..... . I ..,l:,l . .- rt ir r WntrtiA Kivprs nm L 1 1 l.wl ... ... ... - - I thA nmipahlA nrlmstmont. rf tarn rprv lieavv I " J b .... ..... . . . . . . , I DO, Ilio leaner in ins inurucr oi mra. rnjrgoncr. Claims vi Atucueau vitiAcua pguiuei iuc Chilian government the two combined in I volving tbe amount of $240,000. One of them has been standing for twenty-five and the other for thirty-seven years members, when made. a new aportioumeul is the Legislature under the name of the "Con gregation Beth-Israel," where religious wor ship is conducted after tbe custom of tbe German Israelites. Quite a large propor tion of them, nowever, are free-thinkers. The Presidency. Some southern papers bare raised the name of lion. James M. Bingham's Amendment. The amendment of Mr. Bingham, of Ohio, to the Oregon bill, was in the nature of a substitute. The pre amble declared that our constitution did not "The Tine Tkee State." During the year just past, seven natives of the State of .Maine have been elected to Congress from other States, to-wit: Luther C. Carter of New York, D. W. Qooch of Massachusetts, E. B. Washburue and OwenLovejoy of III- ir ii j v i? i it r IS-The overland mail which left San frm to the constitution of the U. S ln0is " asuuarne ana u. onu t I - - I . TX-..b1 f Sonth Carrdin. fnP th Pr- Francisco on December 24tb, coutaincd no Und the. bill was iu substance an cnablinir Wisconsin, aud Li. I. urover oi uregon :J j tk. n Ti7:.i. less than 1.131 letters. ant. Tt has been sunDosed to be a Drovis- "ia,uo u " I""" mflnrr. uu bkuuvh amui y j. tutuivu. i ' i v w I of Massachusetts, and other, in connection with tbe Tim Presidency. Some hearts like nrimroses. ODen rescinding our free negro disabilities, agrOue may have a bad opinion of him , most beautifully in the shadow of life. alone, but that was a mistake. I who Has no good opinion oi any one. last Congress are reported in full, and. as Toil state. 1 find that lie failed to open his mouth npon the Subjoct of Oregon, while the bill for her ad mission lar sletpinw in the House. The Gene ral's friends-here and elsewhere, make all sorts of untenable deduces, m palliation ot his conduct but I have as yet found none so reckless as to KNnotTRACiXG. Brown, of the lreka Ln-1 deny the record ot the debates in Congress; and i .ii.. .. .,:i-.,ri hi i. I nntil that receird is denied, or successfully coutra o, 6UJs i.o ..u - ....v, d:ctetK wc have the atrollsrest pOSSib!e evidence COUStructed from lreka to Salem, and that j-of dereliction of duty. Mr. Cox's statement iu i n -11 :t. Kt l.n tbiba cl.nl ins speech in Ohio seems to be correborated by we shall all see it; but he thinks wc shall tUoicncr&Va acJa. When,in addition to those have to unbutton Abraham's shirt collar circumstances we h.ve the prior declarations ot to obtaiu tho view! Brown would beau iutcrcstiug occupant of "Abraham's bosom." CC&We learn that ccrtaiu parties pro pose to publish, in Portland, an advertising newspaper, of which some three thousand Copies are tO bo distributed gratuitously nlul metaphysical reasouiug', abandon tha field iu upon the arrival of each mail steamer. and the bill for admission would pass at once, we iiro oonnu to aumic, as tae nniaesi possiuio unci- pretation ot Ins conduct, that bo betrayed an ig norance ot the sentiment ot that tlonso oi w nic.n he was a member, not very complimentary to his intelHeneo. The particular friends of General Lane, after resortins to petty quibbles, chancres ot tactics. lUCUt. 1 I I mnn r in. rcsnrt to tllfl n eaiv Ut'IOUCC OI assiui in-r vonr demoer.-icv because vou hava exhibited excellent Opportunity for a permanent invest- the evidences of his neglect of the great iuterests ot our jonng ana nounsums ii.. ii.l;it;ii(r those thinn-s to be true, that you as i i i mrp them nnhliiMiv We shall "See tue Elephant." A clip- Z1 "" 7 1 his senTimeut so far as to de- per ship on the way to San Francisco, from I mand your expulsion from the party after the ' . ....... : I mJ,r "AloLjio the A.lirerine. ' jN. 1 ., has amoug its ireignt two elephants, Th to fo--t tuere j9 wide distinction i . . o 1 f. O . l I i " ... ni.-l fhatftffcAlnn7rt" WlnU iipmnfrincr ill L-aniiH till, s circus. i neLnccu3uu& --'O o Poptlatiox of Califorxia. According to the California Slate Register, said to bo compiled from official sources, the popnla- lion oi me estate is oo.utw, oi uit-u vo,vw are Indians, 33,631 Chiuese, and 2.600 ne" groes; leaving a white population of 432,313. , " Closed. We learn that several mercan- tile firms of Tortland have closed their stores during the past week not, as we are informed, from pecuniary emoarrassment, bat from want of sufficient trade to justify' a continuance in business. - - IIacled off. The steamer Cortes, it is , said has abandoned the Portland trade, in consequence of the depression in business. ' The steamer Uawara, lateiy piymg on iaa :. - Upper Willamette, has been laid np, for similar causes. Is Coxgress. Dee. 8. Mr. Lane, ia pursuance of previous notice, introduced the following bills, which were read a first and second time, and referred to the committee. ou publie lauds: . A bill tor the renei ot uooert l. -ueicaitd . and others; and a bill for the relief of Mary A. Harris, ot uregon. Dec 9. By Mr. Lane: A bill for the do- , nation of land on the line of certain mail' routes. ?GU We acknowledge tho receipt of a loaf of bride cake, in connection with the an--nouueement of the marriage of Dr. J. R.v . Sites and Mr. A. H. Sale to tbe Misses May. A little more Lager. Wasb. Stimpson, -of the Gem, deserves our thanks for a pitch. : er of excellent lager beer. "V . t
