TOE31XA.Tr, APXUI. 86, 1859. DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES. prtntaHn to Omfrtm, LANSING STOUT, of Multnomah. Jsupscaw- mf tkt Stent Mm, J. B. SYKZS, of Multnomah. X. P. MACK, Clackamas; ALBERT ZIEBEK, Yam kill ; firpreacntatirts, E. K. OEAST,Unn; Senator. MaWCUTIC STATK COSTKJITlOi'r la another column will be found a partial re port of the proceeding of the Democratic Con Tention assembled at this place on the 20th The defeat of Mr. G rover for the nomi i for Congress wQl strike the country with surprise. That his nomination was expected by the masses, there can be no doubt, and in view of the shortness of his term in Congress, wwimuna won our war claims, bis inti Mate acquaintance with, and knowledge of the tame, and the present critical position of that iefcc, owing to the action of the 3d auditor, the oetnmittee and Congress in view of these con siderations, that his re-nomination was desired - vj Mic prrupw, we innta were is little doubt. That Mr. Graver was the choice of a mryority M tne members of the convention, if expression f that choice had been made through the usual aid regular channels, we have no doubt The nominations were not made in the convention they were simply bronrht there for ratifica tion, and were ratified, by a vote of forty-one to thirty-three. The recognized friends of Gen. Lane elected to the convention, constituted a minority; they sought to compass Mr. Graver's Meat. The delegation from Linn county, con sisting of eight, with ten rotes, consulted as to their course. Through a member of their del egation, their whole vote, sufficient to nominate him, was formally promised Mr. Graver, to Mr. Harding, of Marion (a member both of the convention and legislature) upon condition that the members of the legislature from Marion county should be pledged to support Hon. Del axon Smith for re-election to the U. S. Senate. air. naming oeciarea nimseu unautnonzed to make such pledge, and declined to do it. Some f the friends of Gen. Lane declared that if the Linn members did not oppose Mr. G rover, that Mr. Smith should not be supported by Gen. L.s friends. A caucus, or frequent can cases, of the latter were held, and the Linn delegation (this is stated by Messrs. ERrins, Smith, and others of that delegation) were in formed that they might name the candidate for Congress, provided it was some other person than Mr. Graver. (A minority of the IJnn delegation were for Mr. Graver's nomination, irrespective of the Senatorial election.) That delegation met, and balloted for a candidate for Congress, under this nronosition from th T-nno caucus. Judge Williams was selected as the candidate. The delegation repaired with their election to the place of meeting of the Lane caucus, over the "Nonpareil" Saloon. Imme diately upon their entering, Mr. Smith says, CoL Chapman was called to the chair; a reso lution was offered binding the members of the eaacus to abide (in the convention) the decision of the caucus ; before this was acted on, a mo tion to proceed to an informal ballot for candi-, late for member of Congress was adopted. That ballot gave eight votes (from Linn coun ty) to judge Williams, and the balance to Mr. Stout. A morion was made to declare Mr. Stout the unanimous nominee. Messrs. Smith, ETkins, and Brown, of the Linn delegation, thereupon retired, claiming that the promise to leave to their delegation the selection of the candidate, had been disregarded. In this cau cus was the delegate from Clatsop Co., who was instructed to support Mr. Graver. lie stated la the convention that he was invited into the caucus, without knowing that all the members of the convention had not been invited ; but that having been in it, he felt bound to carry out its action, and he voted for Mr. Stout, and against the instructions of his county. In the ferred Mr. Graver; they were induced to go in here upon other considerations one under the Belief that he could thus secure the nomination of a relative for Congress, as he informed us. He felt bound by the action of the caucus, and Toted against G rover in the convention, though Graver was his choke over all the men in the field. In this caucus the whole business of the convention was transacted, the officers selected, the committees prepared, the resolutions agreed jpon, Ace. Thirty members of the convention were not at any time in the caucus; a member from Umpqaa who chanced there, was request ed to retire, and one from Benton, who was by mistake invited there, was asked if he intended to Tofe for Graver; upon replying that he did. Mats- vaia Muinaaroii ra r bw a -vve7u. v vs w ituio When the convention was called to order, the action of the caucus was gone through with, Mr. Chapman was called to the chair, and talc ing from his hat the committee on credentials, read H. There were but two variations from the programme.. One was, a motion to appoint a committee to report permanent officers for the convention ; this was amended, on motion of Mr. Harding, so as to provide for electing them viva voce. The other was as follows: Mr. Hayden of Polk, desirous of ascertaining from whose pocket the resolutions came, stole the inarch on the man assigned to move the ap pointment of that committee, and made the motion himself. That placed him upon the committee, and he reported that Mr. Mosher took the resolutions from his pocket. Mr. T Vault objected to Hayden's motion, and Was probably the man who had been appointed chairman of the committee on resolutions. AD the other members of the committee were Lane men." Any who were present at the Eugene "National" Convention of last year, and at the Democratic Convention here this year, must have been struck with the almost precise similarity of management, rn both ca ses all was "cut and dried" beforehand, by a secret caucus. A side caucus, (binding the action of mem bers,) of the character alcove described, to which all members are not admitted, is new to our ex perience respecting- conventions. We cannot regard such caucuses as either regular or legit imate. To show that" they are wrong in princi ple, it is but necessary to show that by virtue of them, less than one-third of the members of a convention can control the action of the body. Let this convention be the example. It com prised seventy-fire members ; forty is a major ity of that number. Let us suppose the forty HWkAt in AAMAMa an.1 n .t.M. 1 Jl f the majority; twenty-one is a. majority of the forty ; the twenty-one outvote the nineteen, nominate the candidates, select the committees, adopt the resolutions, and transact all the busi ness of the convention. The proceedings of thin caucus are reaffirmed in the convention, and tLcac twenty-one nu-n rranant fl, innii 1 of seventy-five, and less than one-third of the members of the convention decide its important action, and a minority mar defeat' the will of the majority. Had the members of this con vention gone into the session of that body un bound by the proceedings of this side caucus. we think it will be conceded that Mr. G rover would have .been nominated. That there has been any bargain or under standing respecting- the Senatorial succesmou, we do not know. We simply know that the vote of Linn county was tendered Mr. G rover, on condition above stated ; and that with that vote against him, no candidate could have been nominated in convention. There are inauy reports, some of them pret ty well authenticated, relative to matters con nectcd with the caucus and convention, which we do not give ; and do not wish to. We sim ply give established facts. About thirty members voted against the cus tomary motion to declare the nomination unan imous, as a protest against the fairness and reg ularity of the manner in which it had been pro cured. Among these ' were the five members from Polk county, the three from Yamhill, the ten from Marion, one from Linn, two from Ben ton, the two from Washington, the two from Umpqna, the two from Curry, the one from Coos, and the one from Tillamook. None of these members had either voice or vote in the real nomination of the candidates presented and the transaction of the principal business of the convention. We have given a calm, plain statement of facts; democrats will read, and form their own conclusions. Blr. Stout, the candidate for Congress, whose name we publish above,- is a lawyer, residing at Portland. He is a young man of good abil ities and attainments, and enjoys the confidence and esteem of the community. He is a native of New York State, from whence he emigrated to California, and from there came to Oregon, in 1837, where he has since been established He was elected upon the knownothing ticket from Sacramento to the California legislature of IS56, in which body he occupied a creditable position. At tne last June rlecctinn he was chosen county judje of Multnomah, upon the democratic ticket, and has entered upon the discharge of his duties since the admission of the State of Oregon. Mr. Svkcs, candidate for Penitentiary Inspec tor, fonnerlv lived in Josephine ennntv, but since the spring of 1353 has resided at Port land, lie is well suited for tne position of In spector of the State prison. A E.YI( DOG. The miserable dependent and willing slave, Hibben, has a couple of lying letters in the last Times, which manifest a baseness worthv of a mulatto sjjnial. We make two extracts The editor of the Statesman in a letter to i gentleman in Washington, said : "Old Joe Lane must be pit doH-n. You mil tee I am preparing the public mind for it." Mr. Mmtn nohly and mantullr replies tbat he "had rather be the friend of Oen. Lane, on principle, and he out of office, than be kit enemy and hare all the honors his ( Gen. Lane's ) ene- ics could confer upon him ! ( Smith.) 1 his is Mr. Smith's answer to the tabal. These are absolute forgeries and falsehoods ; we never wrote the above, to any man in or out of ashington, and Mr. Smith never wrote anything of the kind to us. The balance of his letters are composed of like falsehoods, and sickening laudation ot his benefactor. It is undeniable that all these letters pass under re view of Gen. Lane and they are to that extent his own, and their contents are his own self praise, his low blackguardism, and vile person al abuse. Hibben is Gen. Lane's eur, (of Af rican extraction) and barks at his bidding. IT" We have said elsewhere that the defeat of Mr. G rover for re-nomination would strike the country with surprise. We think that sur prise will not be unmixed with regret and in dignation. One year ago he was nominated by acclamation by the democratic convention; it was the universal impression among the people that, he was "the right man in the right place. Our great owe interest was the payment of the tear debt. Mr. Grover better understands that debt than any other man in Oregon ; he was in the war; he was in the subsequent session of the legislature, and was the author of all the legislation relative to the war and the war debt ; be was on the claim commission, and had pass ed in review all the claims ; and the rolls of that commission are before Congress and the department. lie knows all about them, while we have no other man in Congress who kno' anything about them. Knowing all these facts, and knowing Mr. G rover's aptitude for accounts. his talent, patience and industry, one year ago he was the spontaneous choice of the dem ocratic masses of Oregon for Congress. The masses have not changed. Since his election he has served sevecteen days in Congress cred itably, and usefully ; during that time he made a clear, sensible, intelligent and intelligible speech in support of the war debt, as a basis of future action. Col. Xesmith said in his speech of Wednesday night, he made the only speech ever made in Congress, (except Gov. Stevens',) which has been, or was calculated to 1m?, of any service to the debt. Our war debt is now in a very critical position, and it will occur to many that Mr. Grover was just tho man who was needed to look after it in the next Congress. Why was he not nominated ? Will the people tell us T In making the above remarks, we would not disparage Mr. Stout ; he is all we have said of him elsewhere, and a gentleman of fine social qualities besides. But it is no disparagement of him to say that Mr. Grover better under stands the war debt than he does ; for he has had far better opportunities to obtain knowledge respecting it. CP It will be seen that the black republi cans have nominated Hon. David Logan for Congress.' He is well known throughout the State. We think he is the strongest man thej could have placed in the field, though he will hardly come up to the Atlantic republican tests. Holbrook, who was sorely disappointed in not receiving the nomination, would have been a better sample. There are some good things in their platform and some slightly colored things. But it is unexpectedly decent to come from such a body as the convention was. " Weeping Jeremiah" wanted to be Congress man but be was consigned to the penitentiary. Does It Pat tue People ! Oregon may well ask, does the sanction of a personal party to minister to the ambition and vanity of Gen. Lane pay the country J The last act of said personal party, .was, by impure coalition and unfair action, to sacrifice La Fayette Grover. We candidly Jbelieve that Grover, in the next Congress, would be worth more to the interests of Oregon than all the service Gen. Lane could render there in a lifetime. What say the scrip holders 7 CorPEB- Gen. McCarver has some fine specimens of copper ore which he discovered somewhere in th Cast-ftdc Moautaiu. TUB PBRSON1L PABT1 If any ono has doubted the existence of a deep-laid plan on the part of Gen. Lane and his friends, to build up and sustain a personal party within the Democratic organization in Oregon, and to retain all official power, honors and emoluments in the hands of a coterie de voted solely to Lane's interests, tho events of the past week must remove the last doubt as to the real state of the case. No one, who is not willingly nud interestedly blind, can fail to see, in the course pursued by the friends and sup porters of Gen. Lane, both previous to and in the State Convention, a determination to make their one-man hobby the paramount issue in the Convention, and, even at the peril of the interests of the country, and the rink of destroy. iug the democratic organization, to visit their condemnation upon all who refused to aid their darling scheme of perpetuating Gen. Laue in Congress, and thereby perpetuating their own power and influence. For several years past. by all the means in their power, by liberal promises, by the judicious distribution of offices and official patronage, and by convenient bar gaining with the opposition, they have been adding strength to this personal party, and riv eting the chain which should hind Gen. Lane like a mill-stone upon the neck of Orejrmi. For some time past, whenever they hare considered themselves strong enough to make the attempt, they hare endeavored to proscribe all who would not succumb to the one-man power, and, re gardless of principle or self-respect, substitute fealty to the man for fealty to the principles of the democratic party. This proscriptive feeling was carried into the election last year; and, in more than one county in the State, the Lane in fluence (wc do not speak of Lane's immediate individual influence, but of that of his personal friends and supported,) was lent to the defeat of regularly nominated democratic candidates, for the sole reason that they were known or sus pected to prefer some one else to Gen. Lane for official position. This influence was used se cretly, of course, (although Hibben indiscreetly avowed that he would support no candidate for the Legislature who was not for Lane for the Senate.) But last winter, in the Territorial Leg islature, the Lane party, emboldened by the cir cumstance that no opposition had been offered to tha election of Gen. Lane to the U. S. Sen ate, and confident in their supposed strength, evinced a spirit of intolerance, and even of truc ulence towards anti-Lane democrats, which was both unjustifiable and unseemly, and which was at length carried to such an extent as to excite expressions of surprise and disapproba tion from the opposition members. In that Legislature, the Lane democrats fairlr outdid the bitterest of the opposition in their attacks upon and persecution of anti-Lane democrats; and in one instance, "where some of the Lane party opposed a measure of public importance, they did not hesitate to avow, as the reason of their opposition, that one of the parties inter ested in the measure was believed to be un friendly to Gen. Lane. In short, the whole conduct of the Lane party in the last Territo rial Legislature, was tyrannous and intolerant to the last degree, and such as, it was believed, would be heartily condemned by the intelligence and good sense of the masses of the democratic party. Bat this spirit of intolerance and proscrip tion reached its climax last week, when, re gardless nlike of the first and dearest interests of the State, and of the known wishes of a large majority of the democratic party, a minority of the State Convention, by means which we need not detail here, procured the sacrifice of Mr. Grover to this unholy personal alliance. It is undeniable that Mr. Grover was the first, last and only choice of the democracy of Oregon for Representative to Congress ; a majority of the delegates came to the Convention fullv intend ing to support him, and to urge his nomination ; but it had been decreed by the Lane party that Mr. Grover must be defeated. It was not charged that he had been derelict in his dufy ; it was not even attempted to be denied that iie had been energetic, faithful and persevering in the discharge of his trust ; it was acknowledged that he had rendered most efficient aid to our interests during the short time he was permitted to act as our Keprcsentative ; he was not accus ed of any act or word of hostility to Gen. Lane. His offence (one of great enurmity in the eyes of the Lane men) was that he had refused to become a mere echo and pliant tool of Gen. Lane ; that he had dared to maintain his self- respect and independence in spite of the efforts which were made to draw him to the support of the personal party; and that be had chosen to devote his time and influence at Washington to the interests of his constituents and of the country, rather than to the perpetuation of Gen. Lane in office. This was the crime, and the only crime, for which Mr. Grover was ostracis ed. There was no other pretext for the con duct of the Lane party, but that Mr. Grover had not committed himself unconditionally to Lane and his interests. Gen. Lane's relatives and retainers (in office and expecting to be,) were in the convention, when they could get in, and about it when they could not, zealously conspiring for G rover's defeat. That tho gist of the matter was Lane-ism, and nothing else, is manifest from the refusal of the Lane caucus to keep their promise with the Linn delegation. After promising that that delegation might name tho candidate, they. refused to accept judge Williams, when they had named him, averring that he -was not for Lane. He, no more than Grover, would consent to sink his identity, become a mere echo of Gen. Lane, and devote himself to his praise. It is by no means certain that the order for this deed has not come from Washington City ! Mr. Mosher was one of the candidates for Congress voted for in the Lane caucus. Mr. Grover and his friends had every reason to believe and to expect that he would be re turned to the position which he had filled with honor to himself and with faithfulness to his constituents. He had, by his untiring industry. laid the foundation for future usefulness in that position ; he had prepared a large amount of work, involving the vital interests of Oregon, to be completed at the next Congress, in which he had shown himself peculiarly qualified to serve our interests as our Keprcsentative. His de feat at this time, and under existing circumstan- ces, will be construed into a disapproval of the measures he has urged in our behalf; it will be considered as a virtual acknowledgment of the truth of the charge that our war debt is founded upon fraud and- speculation, that the ablest aud moist earnest advocate of the justice of our claims upon the government has been "virtually condemned and stricken down, with out even the form of an accusation, and in the face of a most able and eloquent effort for the pnyment of those claims, Mr. Grover is not the party most injured by this transaction.- Al though he cannot but experience regret and mortification at t!ie ingratitude and trcaeLcry by which he has been betrayed, he can point with pride to his stainless record, and defy tho pdny malice of his enemies. He now, more than ever, occupies a position in the esteem and affectum of the people of Oregon, from which no fraud or trick can remove him. ' To him, personally, this defeat is not important, He has been wronged by unfair means, but the people will right him in their own good time The democratic party is the sufferer by this wrong. Tho country is the sufferer; and every individual citizen of tho State of Oregon will have cause to regret the spirit of personal par tisanship which' sacrificed tho harmony of the democratic party, and tho best interests of the State, to the rratilication of private and person al revenge. And bitterly will Gen. Lane and his frien Is regret the day when they offered the Hon. L. F. Grover as a victim upou the altar of their one-man party. STATE DIMIomJlTIC COSTETIOS. Purxuaut to a call of tho democratic Central Committee of the State of Oregon, tho Demo cratic Convention met at Salem on the SOlli day of April, 1S59, for the purpose of uoinina- llllg a CnUUlllilie lor vywiijjn, and Superintendent of the Penitentiary. The Convention was called to order Col. W. W. Chapman as temporary Chairman F. S. Hoi land Secretary. On motion Messrs. Thayer, Van Sycle, Hedges, Martin and Brock were appointed a committee on credentials. The Convention took a recess until one o'clock. One o'clock 1. M. The Convention was call ed to order, and the committee on credentials made the following report: Your committee on credentials report that they have examined the credentials presented, and find the follow ing : Jackson Co. Thus. F. Beall, Daniel New comb, W. G. T' Vault, J. N. T. Miller, Ben Haymond, John S. Miller by W. G. T' Vault. Josenhine Co. A. J. IIowelL J. W. Mat thews, ly J. Hendershott, S. It. Scott and D S. Holtonby 1L Haj dcn. Douglas Co. Win. J. Martin. J. R. Wea ver, Jesse Barker, J. C. Floed by L. F. Mo sher. Z,ine Co. W. W. Chapman, J. Teal by Chapman, H. Manpiu, J. B. Southworth by Israeli, 1. 1. imstow. Multnomah Co. J. F. Bvbee, L. Stout, J as. O'Meara, E. Nottage, J. M. Van Sycle. Ulatsop Lo. J. i. .Mount. Clackamas Co Jas. Officer, Jas. Guthrie, F. S. Holland, D. B. Hannah, A. F. Hedges. Linn Co. W. G. Ilalev, Jas. Doiithit, Jno. Smith, A. Savage, W. It. Bishop, L. Elkins, II. M. Brown, B. W. Itcdmoud, A. Nye, N. H. Craner. rolk Co. J. W. Nesmith, L. Heath. Bern. Harden, I. F. M. Butler, II. X. V. Holmes. Columbia Co. T. H. Smith, by Van Sycle. Benton Co. A. J. That'er, J. Kinnev, J. C. Powell. Curry Co. M. Riley, S. Lundra, by J. W. Drew. Coos Co. Jas. Flanagan, by J. W. Drew. Marion Co. B. F. Harding, J. Conser, It. P. Boise, S. Parker, It. C. Geer. J. C. Pee bles. A. Bush, J. W.Griui, It. Newell, W. P. Harpole. VimA7f Co. F. B. Martin, by A. S. Watt, M. Davenport, A. S. Watt. I mpqua Co. Y . . V elis. I. M. J t anna. Wasco Co. II. P. Isaacs, V. Trevitt, O. Humason". Washington Co. R. Wilcox, W. B. Chat- field. We also find that Tillamook county has not held a convention, but in lieu thereof the chair man of the Dem. Co. Committee has issued a certificate to II. P. Casev to act as delegate. We therefore present that matter for the con sideration of the Convention, as we consider it not a proper certificate of election. -. i. i it. i r.rt, i u n. On motion, Mr. Casey wa ndmitted as a del- egnte from the county of 1 illamook. ..., ..... , tin motion, ll. tiomon was aurmtteu as sm stitute for It. P. Boise from the county of Ma rion. On motion, Mr. Franklin was admitted as a substitute for S. Lundra, from the county of Curry. " On motion the Convention proceeded to elect permanent officers. Col. W. W. Chapman, of Lane, was nominated for President of the Con vention. Col. J- W. Nesmith was also put in nomination for President. Those who voted for Col. Chapman were Beall, Newcomb, T' Vault, J. X. T. Miller, Haymond, Jno. S. Miller. Howell, Matthews, Scott, Iloltnn, It. Harden, Martin, Weaver, Barker, Fined, Maupi'n, Southworth, Brock, Bristow, Bvbee, Stout, O'Meara, Xottnge, Van Sycle, Moiiitt. Officer. Guthrie. Holland. Han nah, Hedjres. Haley, Doutliitt, Thayer, Kinney, Savage, Bishop. Broun, Redmond, Nye, Cra ner. Smith and Teal 12. Those w ho voted for Nesmith were Smith, F.lkins, Heath, B. liny den, Bntler, Holme, Powell, Flanagan, Kiley, Lundra. Harding, Conser, Gordon. Parker," Geer, Peebles, Hush, Grim, Newell, Harpole, F. B. Martin, Watt, Daveniwrt, Wells, 1. M. Hauna. Isaacs, Tre vitt, Humason, Wilcox, Chat Geld .'). Col. Chapman was declared duly elected President of the Convention. F. Si Holland and Vic. Trevitt were elected Seretaries. On motion, B. Hayden, Mosher, Brock, Van Sycle and Hedges were appointed a committee to report a platform and resolutions. The com mittee withdrew, and after some time presented the following report: Resolved, That wc recognize the wisdom end polity of those priuciples enunciated by the Democratic National Convention, held at Cincinnati in ISoG, as lieing the true principles by which the administration of our government sfinuld be conducted, and its laws under the Constitution be enforced; and that we pledge ourselves as Democrats in every political ac tion to be governed by aud adhere strictly to the letter and spirit. Hesolced, 2. That the decision of the Su preme Court of the United States in the Drcd Scott case, is acknowledged by the Democratic party as a correct interpretation of the Consti tution on tho question of slavery. Kesolred, li. That the Democracy of this State conl billy approve of and endorse the present Xatio'nal Administration, and repose the most implicit confidence in the wisdom and integrity of James ' Buchanan, our present chief magistrate. . . Resolved, 4. That wc approve of and rejoice over that thorough and harmonious unison of the party, which has displaced port differences, and given assurancea of future united action. Resolved, 5. That our members in both Houses of Congress arc entitled to our grati tude for their untiring personal efforts in secur ing the admission of Oregon ; and we do strict ly commend the zcnl and untiring energy which has marked their efforts in behalf of the inter ests of our State. The report was laid upon the table. M Jtioiis were made to proceed to the nomi nation of candidates for Keprcsentative to Con gress and Superintendent of the Penitentiary, but for some time before a motion could be voted on, motions to adjourn were offered ; and finally the Convention adjourned until 7 o'clock, P. M. . Seven o'clock, P. M. The Convention met, and proceeded to the nomination of a candidate for Representative to Congress. L. F. Grover and Lansing Stout were put in nomination. Those who voted for Mr. Grover were Smith of Linn, Elkins, Xesmith, lleuth, B. Havdeu, But ler, Holmes, Thayer, Kinney, Powell, Riley by Dccw, Lundra by Franklin, Flanagan by Drew, Harding, Conser, Boise by Gordon, Parker, Geer, Peebles, Bush, Grim, Newell, Harpole, Watt, F. B. Martin by Watt, Davenport, Wells, I. M. Hauna, Isaacs, Trevitt, Humason, Wilcox, Chat field and Casey 33. Those who voted for Stout were Beall, New comb, T' Vault, .1. N. T. Miller, Haymond, J. S. Miller by T' Vault, Jlowell, Matthews by Hcudcrshott, R- Hayden, Scott by Hayden, llolton by Hayden. W. J. Martin, Weaver, Flood by Mosher, Barker, Brock, Chapman, Teal by Chapman, Maupin, Southworth by Brock, Bristow, Bybce, O'Meara, Nottage, Van Sycle, Motfitt, Officer, Guthrie, Holland, D. B. Hannah, Hedges, Haley, Doutliitt, Savage, Bishop, Brown, Redmond, Nye, Cniner, Smith by Van Sycle 40. Mr. Stout waa therefore tiominated as the candidate for Representative to f 'rtnirress. The Convention then proceeded to nominate HIT PUpeniHeilUCIll Ol UIC . x cuuruuaij . . d. Srkea and Jos. Sloan were put in nomination Mr. Sykes, receiving a majority of all the votes given, was declared tile cuiiaiuate lor fcuperm tun il.. ii t of tli Penitentiary. The resolutions and platform were then taken from the table and adopted: The following resolution was adopted : Resolved, That the next Democratic State Convention be held at Eugene City. The Convention appointed the following named persons as a Democratic state Commit tee. Viz: Jackson, Wiu. Ilotl'mnn; Josephine, Jefferson HoWell ; Douglas, Wm. J. Martin ; Lane,. W. S. isrock; Multnomah, T. Pntchard Washington, Dr. Belknap; Clatsop, A. Van Dusen; Clackamas, Jas. Guthrie; Linn, S. D Haley; Polk, B. Hayden ; Columbia, Thos. Smith; Benton, X. II. Lane; Curry, Peter Ituffncr; Coos, James Flanagan; Marion, Ja cob Wondsidcs; Yamhill, F. B. Martin; Ump qna, R. H. Lord; Wasco, N. H. Gates; Tilla mook, H. P. Casey. Mr. W. S. Brock was recommended as chair man of the State Committee. On motion, adjourned. W. W. CHAPJIAN, Chairman. F. S. Holland, 0 . . Vic. Tkevitt, Secrctnnea. The above is the official report of the pro ceedings of the democratic convention, which the secretary kindly permitted us to copy. It is very incomplete. We Bupply a few of the omissions : Mr. Hayden, of the committee on resolutions. dissented from the report of the committee. A resolution, endorsing Gen. Lane as delegate, was reported, which does not appear. The last resolution, which purports to have been re ported by the committee, was offered in the evening, by Mr. Van Sycle, as a substitute for tho one that does not appear. Tho first resolu tion was adopted without a nay, the second with one nay, the third with some voting nay, upon objections to the President's tariff policy, and others from objection to the Kansas policy. A motion to amend by excepting his tariff policy. was not put ; a motion to amend by exceptin: his Kansas policy- was lost with about a half dozen yeas. The fourth resolution was adopted amid much laughter, with one dissentient. The last resolution was adopted upon the call of the yeas and nays, 30 members voting nay. A motion to declare the nomination of Mr. Stout unanimous was adopted, upon a call of the yeas and nays, 43 voting yea, and 31 voting nay. A great many motions, aud votes of various characters, decisions of points of order, appeals therefrom, &c, transpired, which are not enu merated. In choosing members of the central committee, Jo. Lane Jr. was appointed for one of the Willamette counties. The chairman of that committee was elected by a viva voce vote. Jo. Lane Jr. receiving about twenty votes for that position. ITTic fi.liowinir in the oRK-ial report of the proceed hum f the Kenublican conrculion, for winch we are inilcliled to ttie secretary thereof. RCPlBI.lt.l1 ST.tTE.tO?ITE?ITIM Pursuant to the call of the State Central Committee, the Republican State Convention assembled at the Court House m Salem, Ure- gnn, on Thursday, May 21, lSoil, at 9 o'clock A. M. The Convention was called to order bv W T. Matlock, chairman of the State committee ; and on motion. Dr. II. V. V. Johnson, of Wash ington county, was chosen temporary President ami A. A. Skinner, ot 1 amliill, secretary. A committee on credentials was appointed bv the chair, consisting of C. P. Sprague, of Jo sephine : B. J. Fcugra, of Lane ; . U. Hare, of Washington ; Dr. Warren, of Marion, and J. S. Rinearson, of Clackamas. The commit tee, after a brief absence, made their report, whieh was amended and adopted as follows: Names ol Delegates entitled to seat : C'a'.snp Col. James Taylor. Washington W. D. Hare, II. A. V. John son. . .J. Johnson. Yamhill S. M. Oilmore, A. A. Skinner, Caleb Woods, J. R. Mt-Bride. Polk Amos Harvey, Kittcnnan, II. C. Smith, A. R. Elder. Benton A. G. Hover, Mr. 11 atsou, Mr. Killam, Mr. Barnard. I'm p qua E. L. Applegate, Jesse Applegate. Tillamook C. II . Davidson. Ll-ugla M. X. Stearns, M. Monahon, J. E. ClinkinlicarJ, Isaac Smith. Josephine C. P. Sprague, Robert Day. Lane G. B. Currv, A. P.Gaines, Hiram Smith, F. 1J. Dunn, B. J. Pcugra, G. S. Ar nold. Linn T. S. Kendall. J. Connor, J. Loyce, J. R. McChire, J. 1. Hague, I). Keach. Marion W. Y arren. Joseph Magnue, V m. Greenwood, T. W. Davenport, Geo. Y . Hunt, A. G rav, C. Hoel. Clackamas A. Holbrook, ll. . Eddy, W . Barlow, R. C. Crawford. J. S. Rinearson. Multnomah It. A . Crandall, L. II. ake- field, J. Coffin, A. P. Aukeny. Jackson, Coiw, Curry, Columbia and asco counties unrepresented. The delegates present from counties which are not represented in full, were authorized to east tho whole number of votes to which the comity is eutitled to in the convention. The temporary officers of the Convention were, upon motioii, declared the permanent offi cers, W. C. Johnson being chosen an additional secretary. A committee on resolutions and platform, consisting of a member from each county rep resented, was appointed as follows : Messrs. Hare, Mclinde, Muitli, llovey, Jesse Applegate, Davidson, Stearns, Sprague, Curry, Kendall, Davenport, noiuroon, uneuetu auu Taylor. Whereupon, the Convention adjourned for one hour. ITnonthe expiration of the hour, the Conven tion was called to order by the President, when Mr. Sprasue,froiu the committee on resolutions, reported progress, and asked for further time. On motion, the Convention adjourned till half past one o'clock in the afternoon. 14 o'clock P. M. The Convention was call ed to order by the President. A. G. Hover, ol Polk, irorn the committee on resolutions, reported n series of nine, which were read, one by one, and adopted, and after wards confirmed "as a whole wit hout a dissent ing voice. The Committee on piauorms rcpon tne 101- lowing resolutions : Resolved, 1st. That there is no feeling we cherish as Republicans and Oregonians, more strong than our devotion to tho Union of these States; that we entertain no hatred to nny part ; that we claim no right to interfere -. , . i l. : . .1. : . . ; f . utnt... Wltn Uie lUSlHUUOUS llliu liitiim.iuri uutn-o, that wc recognize to the fullest extent the right of independent action by the several States to make all rightful rules mid regulations for their own government subject ouly to the Constitu tion of the United Suites. 2. That recognizing the wisdom of the t rain ers of the Constitution, in relation to the ques tion of slavery, we oppose its extension, and will use all constitutional means to prevent it. 3. While we recognize the fact," that by the Constitution the sovereignty of the Territories is vested in tho Congress of the United States, we acknowledge ns well that Congress may delegate the exercise of that sovereignty in part or in whole to the people of such Territo ries, and are in favor of such delegation as far as may be consistent with the protection of free labor and good government therein. 4. 1 hat the intervention ot Congress tor the protection of slavery in the Territories, now de manded by leading Democrats in Congress, and insisted upon by them as a vital and cardi nal element of the faith and practice of the Democratic party, and as the real issue be tween them aud their opponents, is a gross in fraction of popular and national rights, which ought to be resisted by every freeman. 5. 1 nat while we are in lavor ot annexing to the United States adjacent territory, when its occupants and owners consent thereto, on terms honorable to our government, so that thereby the area of our free institutions may be extend ed, and our national prosperity promoted, we are utterly opposed to wresting such territory by force from its proprietors, to obtaining it bv corrupt means, or to placing large sums of money in the hands of any Executive officer, with authority to use the same in acquiring as he may choose, that which ought to be secured only by the discreet judgment of the nation, expressed through its constitutional representa tives in Congress. 6. That while we would guard with the ut most care the purity of the ballot-box, as the fountain of aft political power, we as a party will welcome those of our race who prefer a land of Free Schools, Free Speech, and Free Labor, to the desiiotisnis nnder which thev inav have been liorn. And wo believe an enforcement of the Naturalisation Laws of the United States, as they now exist, will secure the purity of our elections, and also place the foreign immigrant on a probation sufficient to prove his earnest in tentions to become one Of Us". ' 7. That the interests' Of Oregon, not less than those of the Union, demand the passage of the Homestead bill, and the speedy construc tion of the Pacific Railroad measures approv ed by the Republican party, and only defeated by the unreasonable and unjust action of the democracy. ' 8. That we regard internal improvements of a national character a tariff upon imports' sufficient to meet the current expenses of the government which shall discriminate in favor of home industry and the free gift of a home to him who will cultivate and defend it, as measures eminently calculated to advance the interests of free labor, and as ench will be sup ported by the Republican party. 9. That we earnestly urge upon Congress the immediate payment of our war debt, as an act of justice to the people of Oregon, who ought not to be held responsible for the miscon duct of either officers or individuals, whether truly or falsely alleged. . By the Committee. ALEX. HOVEY, Chairman. After an informal ballot for candidate for Representative in Congress, and an expression from various persons who bad been voted for, it was voted to proceed to the nomination of candidate for that office; The first regular bal lot resulted as follows : David Logan received ....... .19 votes. B. J. Pengra 16 " A. Holbrook " .-.-16 " W. L. Adams " .1. " xr.. h.TSno roeeived a maiontv of all the votes cast, the Convention proceeded to the second regular ballot, with the following result : David Logan received 24 votes. B.J. Pengra " 15 " A Holhnxk " 13 " No person having received a majority of the votes cast, A. IloIbrooK, tsq-, aecuneu naving his name further used by his" friends, and the Convention proceeded to the third regular bal lot: David Logan received ...32 votes. B. J. Pengra " 19 " Hon. David Logan, of Multnomah county. having received a maturity ot the votes cast, was declared the Republican candidate for Rep resentative; and on motion ol If. J. 1'engra, Esn., his nomination was unanimously con firmed. Logan, being called for, took the stand ; and after three rousing cheers from the Convention for himself, and three more lor "the plattonn lie stands on," proceeded to define his position, ac cepting the nomination, and endorsing the reso lutions previously adopted. Hon. W. 1. JiatiocK, oi ciacKamas, was nominated bv acclamation as candidate for "State's lrison Inspector." A. G. Hovcy, Dr. W. Warren and Leander Holmes were elected Delegates to the National Republican Convention to be held in 1800; and in case they or either of them are unable to attend that convention, they are authorized to appoint their substitutes or proxies. Ou motion, the Delegates to the National Convention were instructed to use their influ ence to secure the nomination of Hon. W. H. Seward, of New Turk as candidate for Presi dent ; but in case they cannot secure his nomi nation, their further proceedings are lelt to their discretion. A State Central committee of three mem bers was elected as follows H. W. Corbett, of Multnomah, Chairman ; W. C. Johnson, of Clackamas; E. D. Shattuck, of Multuomah. The chairmen of the various county commit tees were requested to place themselves in cor respondence with the Central committee ; end the friends of Republican principles, in counties where no organization has taken place, and earnestly desired to at once combine for effort in the cause. Eugene City, in Lane county, was designa ted as the place of holding the next annual Convention. The following resolution was unanimously adopted : liesolred. I hat we return our thanks to the officers of this Convention, for the faithful manner in which thev have discharged then- duties during our Convention, and to the peo ple of the town of Salem, for "the hospitable manner in which we have been treated during our sojourn amongst them. 1 he Secretaries were directed to furnish copies of the proceedings of the Convention, to the various papers of the State lor publica tion. On motion, the Convention adjourned sine die. II. V. V. JOHNSON, President. A. A. Skinxer, c W. C. Jou-nsos, Secretaries. CP Col. Nesmith made a powerful appeal in support of Mr. Grover's nomination in the democratic convention before the form of voting for a candidate for Congress was gone through with. But it was of no avail. His defeat had already ticen accomplished by artful device, foul proscription, and unholy bargaining. Attack bv Snake Indians itpojj the Warm Spkiso Reservation. From the Dalles Journal, we learn that the Snake In dians lately made a descent upon the reserva tion at Warm Spring, and succeeded in killing and running off a large number of horses and cattle belonging to the friendly Indians. Two of the Snake Indians were killed in the act of steahng. Col. Dennison, Indian Agent, has placed arms in the hands of the friendly Indians at the reserve, to defend their property from fu ture forays of this kind. " The Election. Wc suppose an act of the legislature will be required providing for the holding of tho election for member of Congress and Inspector of the penitentiary. The con stitution provides for no election this year. CP At the democratic convention in Benton county, resolutions were offered applauding Lane, and indirectly censuring the Statesman. They were laid on the table, wiih but one vote for them. PrBLIC 1HEETIX6. A meeting of the citizens of Salem was held in the Court House, on Friday evening, ,22d inst., for the purpose of taking measures to manifest our esteem and high regard for our worthy citizen, Hon. L. F. Grover, by a public reception. The meeting was called to order by W. J. Beggs, and on motion, judge Shannon was called to tho chair, and B. F. Brown ap pointed secretary. The chairman stated the object of the-meeting as above. Mr. J. G. "Wilson moved that a committee of five be appointed to prepare a suitable recep tion. Ihe meeting was addressed in a very appropriate manner, by Messrs. J. G. Wilson, J. W. Drew, and others, which was received by deafening applause. The chair appointed as committee of arrangements, Messrs. J. G. Wilson, W. J. Beggs, W. H. Barnhart, L. F. Cartee, and Thos. Rowley. On motion adjourned. B. F. BROWN, Sec'y. What Ir lis Had Got It ? Mosher -wanted the nomination of the Lane caucus for ConreKsmnn. If he had not it he would have polled the at tiuJ Lane vote, and Logan would have beaten him 4,000 or 5,000 in the Slate. Marion wcidd have Riven Mosher about three votes, Yamhill perhaps as many more ; INilk less, and so-fourth," as " Ir. L Fay Lewting" would ay. .-- Anei.ATtvuc status' siews. " The eteamer Brother Jonathan arrived in Portland on the 'ZiA iust. Mem re. Grover and mitli had arrived in Kan frtmcinco, and were exbocted in Portland, by the mail ateanicr, on Satnrtiay. Gen. Lane will return on the t earner of A pril 5. A true bill waa found against Hon. Daniel E. Sick leg, for tbe mur-tar of Philip Barton Key. No extra cession of Congress will be called this sum mer. The New Jersey Legirlatare has elected John O, Ten Eyck, a republican, U. S. Senator. Mike Walsh, a noted New York politician, fonnd dead in the Kiilith Avenue, N. Y. Citv, under c-ircumstsnce wbii-b fed to the belief that he bad been murdered and robbed. General IJenver has resigned th Commiseionerihip of Indian Affairs. The Attorney General to-day, under tha precision ol a law recently passed, appointed A. B. WcCuhnont of Pennsylvania, AMaRtaut Attorney General. ' It is understood tbat him Johnson, connected with the Union newspaper, will be appointed Consul at London, in place of Mr. Campbell, and that Mr. Kaci late Minister at Venezuela, takes charge of the Vnioni Hon. G. W. Jones ha declined the Botrota mission. Tbe hist arrival from Europe brings additional intel ligence from our Ministers at London and Paris. Prep arations for war are active, and it is considered by leading men in those countries as inevitable. In regard to Mr. Preston 'g arrival at Jladrid.Mr Dodge mate no mention of it. A bitter feeling against the United States prevails there. Wasbijtgtos, March 20, 185. . Official information will go out in to-morrow's Pacif ic mail of the ratification of the ten treaties with th Indians in Ore ron and Washington. As this took place daring the late extraordinary session of the Senate, af ter l ongreni bad afljournea, no appropriation coma oe made to carry them into immediate effect. It waa mainiv o win it to explanation f Gen. Lane that thes treaties were ratified, tbat gentleman having convinced his brother Senators that they would tend to perma nent peace. He had the effective supfrortof Senator Gwin and ex Governor Stevens in b; ptrsencring.ef' forts. By these treaties the title to fifty millions ofl acres of land Will be extinguished at a eoit to tbe gwr-, ernroeirt of three aid a half cents p-r acre. On t.Vpo- providing tbat, herealter, when it i prof oed to bey Indian hinds the Senate shall first be consulted befard entering imo iresti HjuiiuuuuiL , Letters were receive! at tne rjiate department by toe hist mail from the H'tn Richard Kidder Meade, or Minuter to Brazil. lie states tbat the Cmperor takes si , A,ir. intfrvfl in the nendinir difficulties bet government and Parairoav, and wiH o ery msars for their adjustment. It is generally conceded thm pex will take the advice of government friendly la bim, and arrange matters amicably. . Piivate advices just received here state that thai Dutch irovemment are about to lay claim to the famous Aves guana island, in the t ambean cea, wblch hac been successfully worked by the Atlantic and Pacifi. Guano Com:anY of New York far the last two Tears. ty Hibben wore out in Oregon in about eighteen months. His stock of brains didn't last him more than a fourth of that time. Bat since his return to Washington, his master haa loaded him up with a new set of ideas,- and now firiDg him off, mochtohia own satisfaction. Washington is a better climate for him than? this ; the negro don't flourish in Oregon. If African blood does not course Hibben's vein, then the signs of complexion, hair, features, voice and nature all fad. On the 14th AprC, at the residence of Harrison UnvHle. of Folic C-- by Stephen Stxats. J. F Mr. Joseph Hunter, ta abas Irene M. Frrdcrtrk, of said coontv. On the ll'h inst-, by Rev. D. C. RiH, Mr. G. W. Tones; to Miss Klira Ann Levis, all of B?ntos countv. On the 1st day of April, by the same. Mr. James B. Khtt hart, of Lanr ewznty, to Miss Alcroda Rosers. of Benton Co. At ETipire City, C-xme Bty, 0n, IW. 84th, ISM. by A. ST. Folrv, J. P., Cast. W. H. Harris to Miss Marrarct Romans. At tbe same time and place, by the same, 8. E. Morton to Miss Christina BnfMM, At Eiwtport, Cooae Bit. O-n, March SOth, 1S59, by Montra- ville SiinoBd, J. P-. Wm. D. L. F. Smith to Mm Mary I an. In Portland, on the SJ mat at the house of Mr. Stitxel, by Rev. W. S. Leva, Mr. Charles Calvert and M.s Josephine Moorland, all of Clackamas Co., Oreron. Ou the ZOth April. 19, at the residence or lewni Chimera, I: vinjr m the French Prairie. Marion Co., by William Darst, J. P , Robert J. Childera, and M3 Emeline Pollem. DIED. fa Salem, of Chronic Pnennionia. on the eteuuie of the lth iiist.. Abbie Adetia, aged about 4 years, daughter of Geo. H. Jones. In Clackwnas Co- on the Sth inst., of bronchitis, A. T. Gibson. The deceased was born December 19, 1516, in ?t Charl? Co.. Mo. Emigrated to Oregon in 1SS0. On the Sth irst., at the residence of her son-in-lav. T. F. Richardson, in l.iun cooct v. of consumption, Mrs. Mary Hen drrx, i?ed 53 years. In K -i". t" n coontv. ok 14tn mat-, w. F. aollcr. son or Ar nold and Marr Failer. In Portland, on Monday, 11th mat., Henry H. Boyntonu of Wjtcastnet, Maine, aced 19 years. In Peruana, or eocsuinpt-on, on tiie 1-n mst., fclrxxoeta. wife of John C. Carson. a!ed twenty-two years. In Portland. April 9, 1339, alter a brief ffiness, Henry Nv-.. aced 65 years. In Winchester, on the 1st April, Sarah J. wife of Simon R Lane, aged about IS years ; and also, on the 6th in.t., their intant danrfct-r, Sarah Bell, aeed one week and one day. Jan. srs. 1339. or consumption, qukcy Aicnols, aged IS rears and S days. SPECIAL NOTICES- Job Pristine;. We hare made some additions to our stock of Job Type, mclndinc a good assortment of Card and Fancy Letter, of the newest styles. To Advertisers. The actual circulation of the Sterttt man is over two thousand copies ; the advertisements appear in clear and readable type ; the rates of charge are not osfS than those of the papers of little drcnlatioiu Press and Printing BXaterrial for Sate. A sear No. 4 Washington press, and full second hand Bewspaper office (with the exception of a few minor article) for sale Inquire at the Statesman office. Tne Linn County Agricnltaral Society win hohf its annual meeting at the Court House, in Albany, ss 6a anas Monday in May next, for the pnrposc of electing Ha sttun for the ensuing year. There will also be an exhibnlon ot frwtt at the same time and place- The committee have tho-agaS advesabie to postpone the plowing match for the ptuuii. By order of the committee. . m BOSLVS, Sec'y. April SS, ISM. JwT Es. &T4TZ3tia3 Dar Sir : I see in a late number of -four paper a challenge to Rifleman from Mr. M. L. Savage, upas) which I wish to make a few remarks. In the first place, tba challenge being sent to me at this time of tbe year, just a the commencement of the season, 1 consider a very ungentle. mly trick. Mr. 6. has seen me, and had several opportsmi- ties to banter- RiBe-maa, and baa not raorae A until Oua t jSo- bowr. 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