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r rr p - f If-- t MUtltATlC CARDIDAftt. ' '"' muliitij csainsi. - LXKSINO STOUT, JCTm tetwutA. W,Biiimi BW Stat JVfasi, J. B. BTKES, 9 ilultmmtk. T? am sTsost UNrtf ia, fror of the Pact Everybody at least eTrybody who It any W2jr ci especially e-reryborlt- who dwli vpoa Ike Amain of the UaiM 8tates border tef b the Picifie easts t, fa m favor of the Pa. sOa KaQrMMl ; anl threAw, if we were not in Czn of it ire wonkl be esteemed an old fogy, mti htiimi & ago. It it the fashion now-a- ays at be ia faverof the Pacific Railroad ; and if we wereaetta rarer of it we would be eat T h- ftaUea, which Ilcaren fbtfend 5 for, if - were so far to forget enrselres and ear obii- gataM to twciety aa to become nnfaehionable. wUt wklU that rood ladjr, Mre.GnuHly, and i eomerrattTe sheet, the Bunkum Bugle, tjl Cat it la net aloae the fear of being conskl- erea u logyta or nntaoUonable, or of prorok . inj aaiaukdrersiona or the aneera of Mrs. Gray aad the Bugle, those two great social eaaitiftata,--that inclinee aa to favor this hUy popular project of uniting the eastern aad weatera aberea of our continent by aa im sTMBM lime of "T rails" (raid to hare been so aaaed aVaaf the fact that, by means of a car k tiaje flaeed apoa them, and propelled by an iraa hone, a man may breakfast in New York aad take hia tern in Cincinnati, or some vaaaCy remote city; a theory which "ia not at a3 aSected by a pretended discovery of aonie tvi.aal of aa inquiring turn of mind, that tie rail bean aome resemblance in ahape to the letter T), a project ao magnificent, both in iu extent aad ia the results to be derived from it, and withal ao expensive and ao popular, that we iear we saau net uve to witness its completion ; though ear constitution ia excellent and our bodily health waa never better than at the pres ent time. A great railway, stretching from the bunks of the Miseisaippi to the shores of the Pacific, woald be certainly a grand affair. It woald be ot only a Ta.agiiifict.ut thing to contemplate, - aad admire, aad philosophize over and about (Tike the Atlantie cable), but (Bitlike the cable) it would afford many positive and tangible ad vantages, which, when the great project was really consummated, the progressive spirit of this rapidly progressive age woald . quickly appreci ate aad convert to ase. It is not necessary fur aa now to enter into a disemv-ion of these ad vantage. They have formed a standing sub ject a sort ef corps dm reserve to Tail back upon ia the absence of other material for "leaders' of at least nine hundred and ninety-nine out of the ever ao many hundred newspapers irahlish cd ia the United Slates ; and it has been clear- a , tj mown, over ana 'over again, to the entire satisfaction of all flunking men, that the Pacific Bulroad win be, when finished, a great nation al institution; that Ha effect sport the general ' prosperity of the conntry will be incalculable J thataa a eoauaereial thoroughfare ft will prove vastly superior to toe Ene Canal, and that even the Loniaana "abeH road" will have to cave to ft in the important particulars of speed and pleaaare. To all of which propositions we efeeriaQy give ear assent, aad have ao doubt , ma readers will do likewise. Bat will the Pacific Railroad be constructed , uwm iu. sup roinmerciai importance - Tl . ,1, r.1, T. . T, r. - , - wu, aome time or other, npen into a commer cial necessity, and then it mutt be built, cost what it may. The quest ion in regard to the construction of the Pacific Railroad is only a question of tame. The point, then, which we 1 to consider, and to which wo are coming. When will the Pacific Railroad be construct- -venanuy not bow per baps not in ten, twenty or thirty years. There ia no doubt bat Oat its immediate constroction would be a most desirable and a most beneficial thing,, not only for tae States aad Territories bordering upon can Pacific, but for the whole United States It woald add vastly to the wealth and commer cial importance of the country. It would add another bead, and a firm one, to the Union of the States. Bat there are reasons, which to as are convincing, for the belief that the com mencement of tins enterprise is yet verv far distant. In the first place, it is too expensive. AVa bare not now before us the meana of de termining its exact or approximate cost we doubt whether any estimate could be made with any degree of correctness but it is usual ly reckoned by hundreds of millions of dollars. And just now, when the tparsenesa of t he pop- 1 on the Pacific coast, and the almost ab et population upon the greater part of the route of tie proposed railroad when money is scarce, ana -races 01 interest are usurious. it will be difteult, if not impossible, to find parties Baling to invest in an enterprise w hich. for a aamber of years, at least, will bring no return whatever, and whose profitableness. even for some time after it goes into operation. is a very doubtful question, to say the least of St. It h kUe to suppose that the general gov eraawut will bear the expense; a Congress AouJd not be elected which would rote the enormous appropriations necessary for the pur pose ; aad a President could not be elected who qnmtf not veto any each measure. It Is fenerally believed that Congress must sake the-jiraiatory step towards this enterprise. aad that the eauBteaance and assistance of the government are all that ia necessary for its suc cess. Tlus belief is to sonic extent correct. WheB the Pactfie Railroad is commenced, it will undoubtedly bo under the auspices of the general government ; and nnder present cir eanHtaaeec, or ander any eircamataaces likely to arise in the xatare, the aid of the government will be necessary to the cocas f die road. At present, however, we do not see any like- Ehead that that aid will be given. Ncwilh standiug that the Pacific Railroad was incorpo rated in the last national Democratic platform. as a proaginent democratic plank ; that it has been advocated by democratic journals and democratic orators all over the Union as a par amount measure of democratic policy; not' withstanding it has also been taken up by the republicans, and declared a cardinal measure of rwpublicaniami apparently, advocated and au;';Bu by Wh "the great" NaJ3fflni-w:nav no faith t wSl take any action "upon ' the subject soon.,, ft.' js . good card to be played, out at once. It is fVtf, iUifasuui particularly as in the StoaPmclfio aBd in the Valley at the MisnaupOaiHi ft k;&erefore a -ood thing to demagogue upon:;. J was a very useful engine ' in the last Presidential campaign ; and as it is almost as goei as new, it may be yet used ia the maaufaetars of half-a-docen Presidents. Blemteraaf Congress, (with the exception of I tae Pactue delegations, who really seem to be in earnest in urging the speedy prosecution of this Biearare) seem to regard the Pacific Rail road as only so much available political capital, and, as long as they consider it in this lurht. there is no hope that they will take any step by which the said capital will para from their bands. Ia onr humble opinion, then, the Pacific Railroad will be constructed or, rather its con struction will be commenced whenever 'the requirement! of population and commerce render it a social and commercial necessity, which cannot longer be overlooked or avoided. Until that time arrives whether it bo in the next fire, or ten, or twenty years, or it may be, reader, when you and we have passed from the scene, and given place to another generation "the advent of the iron horse" will be looked for in vain. The track of the Pai ifio Railroad must bo laid vpon a more substantial founda tion than a political platform. Buncombe res olution will not raise its embankments or bore its tunnels, nor buncombe apeechea act its cars in motion. Mr. Smith says that G rover docs endorse Gen. Lane, aad St is rumored here that Graver so wrote to Hardinir, but he, Mr. Hardine, would rather sacrifice G rover thau to have Gen. iane sustained by the people over the lalse cnarges that nave been made against him. The editor of the Jacksonville Sentinel writes the above to his paper, and as hi kind are busy endeavoring to excuse the fraud upon the peo ple committed by the Lane caucus on this ground, we will say that the letter to Mr. Hard ing was shown to the delegate from I.inn, who proposed to bug the rote of the Legislative del egation from Marion, a ith the vote of the con tention delegation from Linn. We presume Mr. Harding exhibited the letter, not for the purpose of begging votes for G rover, but simply to show bow much exaggerated its contents were, and to head off this very pretence for on already determined fraud. It is not necessary to say that the editor of the Sentinel did not need evcu a plausible excuse to induce him to participate in the fraud he w ould do that by instinct, if nothing offered, lint it uiny not be amiss to say that this whole nefarious busincs, the responsibility of which the intriguers are now I endeavoring to evaJe, was concocted tncntit ago; and a citizen of Washington county, whose frieudthip for Lane was thought to be sufficiently strong to take him agniust Gro was full Vine months ago told in Mr. Stout's officei at'PortlanJ, Giat Grover vas to be leat- en. ' Expressing his preference for Grover, he knew nothing more about the trickery, until the result of the Lane caucus here announced its consummation. Grover could not be made a complete tcol of by Lane, and consequently the J Lane interest plotted his destruction. ' This subterfuge to evade the n ponsihiliry of I the caucus chicanery is more glaring in the case of the Sentinel editor, who was a member of it, from the fact that he has within ten davs declared that "we (that is himself and coadju tors,) were deceived in Mr. Stout's kuownoth ingism. We did not know it until Xesmith's speech, and it was then all arranged, nud there was not time to back we had to vote for him then." And to the same gentleman, the .Vcn- tinel man declared that as they were deceived he was " in favor of putting off the election, in ducing Mr. Stout to withdraw, and bringing out another candidate. We could not stand up nnder this nomination." As credible a man as there is in Oregon report this conversation. And vet the author of it would fain fchift the re sponsibility of his and associates act, upon Col. Xesmith and those who acted with him. This correspondence also modestly denies the personal party move. Such denial conies with a refreshing grace from "old T., w hen we ex amine his packed committees in the House. They do not argue a personal party. OA no ! o one will assert that there was any irregu larity existing in the formation of the conven tion. standard. It is contended and niantaiued that the nom inations were not made in the convention, but that they were made in a side caucus, to which bnt a portion of the members were admitted, and which had not the semblance of regularity or fairness. There never was a political assemblage con vened which was calculated to give a fairer ex pression of public sentiment. Standard. And there never was one which did greater violence to "public sentiment. The people of Oregon will bear testimony to this. Allusions are made to a -caucus held prior to the convention bv a part ot the delegation. Well gentlemen, have not two or three, or half a dozen, or even more, as mucn right to consult ..... 1 together as to the course to be pursued in the convention, as a man lias to consult bis own individual opinion T Standard. Have they a right to take men in there, and thus bind them in convention to action in di rect conflict with their judgment, their instruc tions and the known will of their constituents ? Explained. -We last week adverted to the fact that there was one avowed anti-Lane man in an unimportant office, and expressed our sur prise thereat. Wc since learn that it has been proclaimed by the Lane echoes that he ia to be removed as soon as this Senatorial election takes place. It is said that he was left that his office might be nsed as capital in the election of Senator, ana it has actually been indirectly offered to one of the members of the Assembly and roost indignantly spomed. At the same time it was promised to a Winchester man who is undoubtedly to have it. It is proclaimed that "Drew and Dennison will be removed af ter the election and a clean sweep made." We suppose there mast be three or four post masters who win not take the La no wafer in va rious parts of the State." - "Circumlocution Offices." It seems that the several departments at Washington have pretty well learned the way "how not to do it.n As an evidence of the difficulty of getting any business transacted at Washington with either I of the Departments of Government, it is stated by a Washington jmper that a gentleman vis aed one of them 35 times ; sat waiting in the ante-room 2G0 hours, and "walked between his hotd and the Department 51 miles before bis business was disposed of, and when disposed of, his tavern bill liad nearly absorbed the amount of allowance, to say nothing of the loss of time and. detention from .the engagements at home. ' Jatl BEaAiixG. A prisoner , from YarnhiU j oouary es&aped Inun Ue ; Polk county jail one night hurt week.- " He was-the only tenant, and I was assisted by outside help, 7 " - ' ; ICBrTbe 'Jitaiesm office .is. indebted to I John Byrne for favors in a liquid form, franked, and- marked 'sherry ;;otWe. ; ; Extremely I potobievtha hp weather, ; ' ' 'VL, fTue Legislature- raMV-wkh the excep tion of Scott, Senator from Josepnnier - - ' The Legislature. The Legislative As sembly has transacted Utile business thus far. and probably wfll not until the Senatorial question ia disposed of. No action has yet been had upon the subject. " The House adopted a resolu- tion providing for a Joint convention on Sntur- day ; the Senate extended the time to Tuesday, and the House then laid the resolution npou the table x uc pnuuipu wuiuiuuics are vteu. u. iuiij , Delazon Smith, Geo. II. Williams, L. F. Grover and W. W. Chapman, with about a dozen oth ers who hope to come in as 'compromise can rri : t 1 1:1.1- n T n.. didates." An express has been sent for Gen, Lane, and when he arrives, he ia expected to designate the man he desires aa his "unit," and issue orders to Curry's supporters to go to Smith, or Smith's to go to Curry, or both to go for some third candidate. What the result of the can vass ia likely to lie, no man can tell. We frankly confess that the Democratic party does not occupy the same position on the sluv- ery question that it did hi the last campaign. Standard. What is its position now T That of Congres sioual intervention t We do not so understand and do not accept any each doctrine. And, we not only understand the Democratic party hat not, but we apprehend it will not accept that doctrine. It is the old Wilmot lroviso doctrine that of Congressional interference with the subject of slavery in the territories. Non-intervention is the doctrine of the Cincinnati platform, and we have heard of no anthoritive change. Oreuox State Seal. A bill passed the lower House of the Legislature last week, and will doubtless pass the Senate, to provide for the seal of the State of Oregon. The follow ing la the description of the seal t "An es cutcheon supported by thirty-three stars, and divided by an ordinary, with the inscription 'The Union.' In chief, mountains an elk. with branching antlers a wagon the Pacific Ocean, on which a British man-of-war depart ing an American steamer arriving. The second, quartering with a nhcaf, plough, and a pick-axe. Crest the American eagle. Le gend 'State of Oregon.' " Surnr.ME and District Courts. The judges of the Supreme and District Courts of the State of Oregon met in this place on Fri dav lat, and drew lots for their terms of office. as follows : It. P. Boise, 6 years ; It. E. Strat um, fi years; A. E. Wait, 4 years; Judge Deaily having failed to qualify, (in consequence of his appointment to the U. S. District judge ship) the vacancy in the district to uhich he was elected will be filled bv appointment of the Governor for a two years term. J. G. Wilson was appointed clerk of the Supreme Court. By a provision of the constitution, judge Wait is chit f justice, having the shortest term. Legal Technicalities. The absurdity of some 1, -ml formalities is h(,wn bv the following incident. A man was indicted at Columbus, Ohio, for stealing two ore n and a cow. Upon his trial, the evidence showed that the cattle consisted of two steers and a cow. As the in dictment said nothing about steers and the tak ing of the oj- was not proved, the jury found the prisoner guilty of petty larceny in stealing the cow, valu-d at $'-20, and he was sentenced to fifteen days in the county jail, on bread aud water. Declined tue Honor. Vice-President Breckenridge being recently on a visit to New York, a number of bis personal nud political friends tendered him the compliment of a public dinner. Mr, Breckenridge in his reply snyi "You must permit me. gentlemen, to decline the intended honor. My visit to New York was wholly on private business, and this having been concluded, I propose to return imuiedi- atelv to Kentucky." Barbarism in Canada. At Ottowa, Can ada West, while a man named Marron was lying in prison for a debt which he was unable to pay, his wife, child and sister-in-law were burnt to death. His creditors actually refused him permission to return homo for a single hour to look upon the remains of his dead relatives. From a residence among such barbarians, good Lord deliver us. tlT Messrs. Stout and Logati have the follow ing appointments for this valley : Corvallis, Tuesday, May 24 ; Albany, Wednesday, May 2o; Salem, Thursday, May 26; Dallas, Friday, May 27; Lafayette, Saturday, May 28; Hills- boro, Monday, May 30 ; Oregon City, Wednes day, June 1 ; Portland, Thursday, June 2 ; Dalles, Saturday, June 4. The Governor's Message. This document, which will lie found on the first page, is a plain, practical paper, containing many sound reflec tions, and sensible reconiendations. His opin ion respecting the "Septemlier session" wo do not concur with, but our own views have been before presented and wc will not reiterate them. As a whole, the message' is a good one. Universal. From every portion of the State comes the same report of indignation at the conduct of the Lane caucus here on tho 20th. The Chicago Times, democratic, copies the St. Louis Republican's strictures respecting Hibben's candidate for the Presidency, with the following : The St. Louis Republican feels called npon to express an opinion of General Lane, which if not nnkind, is, to say the least, lacking in compliments. . ... The paragragh from the Republican is as fol lows: As to Gen. Jo. Lane,' if tho Democratic party is reduced to any such shifts, the sooner it goes into liquidation the better. He has not one solitary qualification for the place. We heard him once attempt to make a speech in the House of Representatives, and then to read a resolution, which be had olicreu in that body He could not do it he had not written it, al though be had fathered it. Mr. Disney, of Cincinnati, was the author ot the resolution, and it waa read by him to the House, after which General Lane continued his speech. Certainly the Democratic party will not consider the claims to the Presidency of so" ignorant a man as this; or, if they do, no respectable man will think of supporting mm. , CP" The Guernsey county (Ohio) jail was on fire a few days ago, but the names were quen ched before much damage was done. An in sane prisoner had his reason completely restor ed through fright ! at least so the local papers say. ttchange. Some insane politicians in this Mate are fnght, before tho summer is oyer. V: 1 " TeBuaste7pec JiAjLROAn, A letter from ' Tchuantepco to :the TfeW Orleans i'Picdyune '- states that on the first of 31 arch the first ground was broken on the line of the railroad across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, and the' grading at once commenced. " me Governor or tne dis trict, the IT. S. Counsel and a number of Amer- ' leans and Mexicans,' were present off the occa- 1 skm. J A military escort were 'also ordered out by tbr Governor. Speeches were made, a aa luttt fired and a public dinner disposed of. ' Salem. Mar 17, 1859. Mr. Bush Sin My attention has been called to communications in the Oregon Argus and in the Portland Timet, which profess to report the substance of speeches recently de livered by roe at Pcio, Jxlianon, and corvauis. The articles alluded to, in a variety of rtarticu- lars and in their general scope, are calculated to convey an erroneous impression as to what I did sny. In some instances my statements are great ir exaggerareu, ana in tue coinnium- cation in the Argus there are downright falne- hoods. Justice to myself aud to truth require me to notice inem nnu 10 contrnuict mem. In all the speeches delivered by me since my return to the Prate, I have said that I deeply regretted the aratc of things existing in Oregon; that I expected the editor of the SMexman to I A 1 . 1. . . . M Ul AA ......... If W.i,.lt 1.A take the course in regard to myself which he has taken t that he hud treated me courteously had indulged in no personalities or personal abuse 1 that fortius I was obliged to bun, aud that I should follow his example going no fur ther than was necessary to vindicate myself. It ia true that I took bold and emphatic insue with the position of the Statesman 111 regard to General Lane, myself, and the pending politi- caJ canvas. In the discussion of these issues I deemed it pertinent and proper to criticise the views expressed in the Statetman. And I also attempted to show that the editor of the Stales- man was inconsistent with himself in regard to the duties and obligations of partisans, Ace. The writer in the Timet would create an er roneous impression when he talks about my having made "a clean breast of evervthing,5' Arc. The writer in the Argus signing himself " Looker on," U a miserable tiumlier. It is not true that I gave "poor Bush particular thun der ;" or that I said I had " packed him on my bock for sixty days." I never spoke of " that man Bush," or used the other language impu ted to me. - It is untrue that I said Mr. Logan " was devoid of principle, and mean aad treach- erous." Hundreds who were present know and will testify thrtt the writer in question distorts my language and grossly perverts the truth. I would not have noticed the foregoing but that the very air appears black with rumors, perversions of language, surmises, suspicions, and untruths. 1 bestow upon them this my first and I hope my last notice. I have ut tered nothing in the past but what 1 am pre pared to repeat here ir elsewhere, now or here after. I ditler witn tue editor 01 tne statesman. and the editor of the Statesman differs with me, but I have not seeu aud do not now see any occasion for the indulgence in persoual in vective. liutnorsays thnt in my speech in Corvallis I " took froni'iuv pocket a" letter addressed to me by Col. Nesmith", and proved by it contents that the Col. had offered me a thousand dollars as a brihe." This statement is utterlr false. I did. however, express the opiuion that neither Col. Nesmith or Mr. Bush reallv expected or de sired the admission of Oregon into the Union, and, as one item of evidence, I stated that the Col., Wing advised of inv pecuuiarv necessities had written to me when I was in Washing ton, kindly proposing to nllow mo to draw upon him for one thousand dollnts. I neither exhib ited any letter, or spoke or thought of 'bribery;' neither did I refer to the suggestion of the Col. as in anv war improper, but, on the eontrarv. as one that was suggested 111 kindness. Differing as I door inav v. ith Mr. Bush, Col. Nesmith. or any other gentlemen, so far as our political relations, opinions and affinities arecon- cerned. I have no disposition to deal in epithets 1. . . .. . . . ,,r 10 uo "nJ nm" 'JU"T: Kespectfullv vonrs, Arc, DELAZON SMITH. Portlaxp, Mav 19, 19."a. The Standard of this morning lias a bogus correspondence dated Hillslwro. attacking Mr. Grover. It is from the pen of a Californian temnorarilv residing in this city, who was a member of the late convention, and Lane cau cus, and a prominent one if he is not mistaken. It is said that he has just been converted to demoeracv, and voted such a ticket for the first time in this city last April. His democracy is very new bom, and the phrase " regular hard (Iv) democrats have for their motto," Arc, sounds beautifully npon his lips. He savs "Mr. u rover niny have done well enough at Washington, but he could not deign to let us know how he stands upon questions concerning which we are much interested. 1 am as igno rant to-day as to whether that gentleman is an Administration or a I'otielas democrat, as though 1 never hud heard of him. What a pity! Iloa' Grover " wrote him a letter," quick; lefore he spoils t The Laue missionaries who came to this city immediotclv after the adjournment of the con vention, gave as a reasii for beating Grover, that it was necessary for Lane's 1'residential chances; (!) that Grover should beset aside and a knoirn friend of fane s should he run, so as to sl.o-- in the States that Iane was all powerful in iregon, and could carry bis Mate dead sure. According to their reasoning, if Logan should be eh-tcu it would be slight " set-back" of the Presidential Mock ! Some of line's harpies have the "cheek" to complain that you did not let the General alone, and let him arrange his personal party without molestation. I hey soy there would have been 110 trouble then. Indeed! If the Colonies had let King George alone, there would have been no trouble, and the revolution might have been saved. Jefferson said he preferred the stormy sea of democracy to the placid waters oi despotism " and it he ever knew any despotism worse than Lane's in its wav, he tailed to mention it. OMKICON. A FopuLAn Sovereignty I'lateorm. The following resolutions were adopted unani mously by tho l'opulur bovcrcignty ulub re cently formed at Lewiston Falls village, Maine: Jiesolved. I hat nu just powers are derived from the will of tho people and the consent of the governed; that the sovereignty ot the people gives birth to constitutions, while constitutions have no power to-coufer sovereignty ou the peo ple. liesolted, mat, as the people ore sovereign and their will the supreme law, the people of an organized territory possess the inuereut and un doubted right to regulate their own domestic relations iu their ow 11 way, and to legislate in reference to all kinds of property whatever, without distinction, subject only to tho express provisions of the constitution; aud that they are not m a state ot "tutelage," but are competent to govern themselves, and are just as capable of regulating their own internal concerns as are the people of a sovereign state Jiesolved, 1 hat the Democratic party not in lavor ot extending slavery and that all charges to the contrary arc absolutely false; but that we hold it to be sound Democratic doc trine, that if a people- of a territory are in fa vor of slavery, they have an undoubted and constitutional right to make laws to estab lish and protect it ; and if they are opposed to slavery, they have the same unquestionable right to exclude aud prohibit it. Jiesolved, l hat it is our solemn conviction that Congress should not, under any circum stances, enact laws to establish or protect slave ry in tho territories,or to exclude it therefrom; but should guarantee to the sovereign people thereof the undisturbed right to dispose of it in their own way, without interference from any quarter. Jiesolved, That we rc-adopt and re-affirm the principles of the Kansas Nebraska act, tho Cincinnati- platform, and the resolutions of the ITVIUUCnillu ruu Oliveuuvu ui iixtuuir, ud i adopted in 1856, '57 and '58. a x-.. n.-T w a rt v Tt i .to. ted that the son of Ouhi was lately brought in, by friendly Indians, to Fort Simcoe, where he is under confinement.-. He will be transfer red to Fort Vancouver, and will be turned oyer 1 1 1 - l .ill li T m1 IT. nliawnJ 1 mme:lat,,;fwa miner last summer, east of tiie Cascado moqn- tains. firt Sound Merald-- .; ,.; i rThe Boston Post pubhshes a letter fromfYale, a short tune ago, when on Indian came ex-President Pierc r:m which he says : : Jin and purchased a flag;. Tho Governor in ir miumi snenb with anr cerrafnrv as to .the I nuired of the trader, 'Do you sell the American period of ourreturh, but, whctiietit be earner f or later, yon niay be sure that I shalL under no possible circumstances, coTtacbl to the use of lny name m manner eaicutacea ro aisruro tne tran quil pursuits which alone pertain to the life of a private cfcuKtn." " - -': "iJ - - OBBflSR I,KGISI,ATIBE SPECIAL SESSION. Senate, May 21s, A. M. Mr. BRISTOW offered a resolution referring to appropriate committees the different subjects treated of in the Governor's message; also relemng that portion of the message which treats of the per I uanent location of the seat of government to aelect committee of three adopted. Messrs, ijristow, Ruckel and Grim were appointed said committee. A til. House. Jlfit illst. A. M. .The bill to equal tc and consolidate taxes waa reported by .the iudiciary committee. Motion to reler to com uiittee of the whole was lost. Mr. IIAKDINU said that now was as good a time aa any other to discuss the bill. Th bill, if paused, would demure the whole system I ! 1 . , .1 I . 1 I of school taxes and county taxes throughout the Suite. It might work well in Portland, but that was doubtful. It provided that but one tax should be collected from one piece of prop erty in one veur ; that was well enough ; but i destroved the school revenue. It almi left the Kma taxes to be paid or not, as tax-payers might choose. The bill provided that the road supervisor might report delinquents to thecouu ty auditor, but nobody was authorized to do anything further to collect the taxes. This bill would destroy the wholo system of taxes, and he hoped it would not pass. Mr. SHELBY supported the bill. Mr. CHAN Ell moved to refer tho bill tho committee on corporations ogreed to. Mr. CKOOKS from committee 011 printing introduced a bill to provide lor the public print ing, and distribution 01 the laws and journuls, Mr. ISO - HAM introduced a bill to confirm sales of common school lands. Bill to provide a seal for the State of Oregon was rend third tune and passed yeas 31 senate joint resolution, to appoint a commit teo to report cjpenses of July session of State Legislature, and probable expenses of present session, was concurred 111. Messrs. Slater and Hannah were appointed on part of the House, senate lull, to regulate the 1 reasury depart ment read first time. The Senate amendment to House joint reso lution providing for a convention to elect U. i? Senator was read. Mr. Burch moved that the House concur. Mr. Crnran moved to Iny ou the table agreed to aves 16; navs lo. Mr. SHELBY introduced a bill relating to the olfico of prosecuting attorneys. Adjourned till Mondny morning at 10 o'clock. fa Will not somebody give Edmund Burke, of New Hampshire, an office His name is up for every good place, bnt he docs not appear to succeed. e notice thas he is now taiKeu 01 for Commissioner of Patents. Perhaps the ad vice of his paper to Democrats of New 1 lamp shire, to oppose the Democratic candidates for State ollices at the late election, will serve as a sufficient recommendation. Journal of Com merce. That kind are retained and appointed in Or egon, aud we sec no reason wny tney niignt not aa well be in New Hampshire. "Dows" on Politics. The Alhanr Knickerbocker, famously shrewd in many mat ters, is " down on politics ' as being very apt to injure most meu ho contract the habit of devoting time in that wav. We subjoin a few of its remarks on the suhiect, as presenting picture of the habits and tastes of a large class of confirmed city and ward politicians, the truth of winch the reader will recognize at a glance Demoralizing influence of politics. One of the great objections to becoming a poli tician is the demoralization connected with the position. The politician has more temptations placed in his war than anr other citizen. To be popular with tho "bors," he must drink at ward meetings, and take side in favor of shoulder-hitters and rowdyism. He must attend conventions, target-shots, dog-fights, and chick en disputes ; he must act as stakeholder to t horse race, and so decide the last heat as will add to his popularity with those who have bet the most money. The politician commences life by tippling, and too often finishes up his career by having the worst ot habits fastened uion hiiu for the remainder of his life. More meu are ruined by politics in this county than by gambling. They keep bad hours, bad com- Eanv, neglect their lumiiies, and " go to the ud" generally. For this reason, no man but a man invincible to the temptations of strong drink should ever think ot becoming a pohti cian ; all are sure to fail before tliia devastating power, ami, sooner or later, wul come to an un happy end. Revival of Know Nothingism. We overheard, a few davs ago, the following inter esting and important conversation between two culled piissous,'' of a complexion somewhere between that of an ace of spades and the out side of a black kettle, w bo were leisurely snun ing themselves uiwn a wood pile : "Cleiu. I se tetl you. it dey gwine to 'deavors to fetch dem ported niggers ober dis way, which I hear dey be, dar'll be a fuss iu dc fam ily, sure. 'Spects dey wants ns to 'sociate wid deiu niggers on quality. Neleroit sure." Sain, dns von ralv ttnkuey 11 lotoli deiu nig gers here T" "r or sarten, t leiu, I heard 'massa say dare was five thousand 'ported in Souf Carolina, and half of deiu now ready 111 an state. I tell you. Clem, if one dem forrin, nnat'alized niggers calc late to 'sociate wid (lis chile, he is bom' de wrong patch. Soniethiu' will hit him like a mule kicked him for sarten, and it wou't be dat nniniule eder!" Here wc pursued onr way, while Sam continued earnestly to expound to Clem the impudence of them lornu niggers" over native American 'culled pussous." r? Senator Toombs, in his late speech on the revenue question, spoke of tho wastefulness of the government in these terms : ." Your ap propriations lor the navy yards have gone to the building of houses for officers and the mak ing of flower-pots, and all that sort of thing, at a cost of $2,HU,000 and it will bo no less as long as vou will pay it, but will go np to $4, OtW.OOO if you don't stop it. There are $2,- 000,000 that you have no need for at all. You have e.OOO sailors to man your navy, ion have not increased them of late years, and you have now e,tKJU men in your navy yards to help them civilians. You have carried their number up from 3,000 to 8,000. You have eight navy yards. England has 550 ships, and has two navy yards. You have eight conveniently located all about the country, and it is a cause of reproach to good Democrats for tho enemy to say ice keep people there to cheat them in elections; and as God is my Judge, J am afraid there is something in it." Taking the Oath. The Knickerbocker is responsible for the following , A correspondent in Ottawa county, Michigan, from whom we arc always glad to bear, gives us the following scene of Mayor's court at Grand Kapids, Mayor Church presiding : itness called up to bo sworn by the cictk: Clerk Do you solemnly swear Mayor (with dignity) Stop, the witness will hold up his right hand. Clerk Tho witness has no right hand, your honor. " Mayor (with some asperity) Let him hold up his left hand, then. Clerk lie lias had me misionune 10 lose uis left hand also, as vour honor will perceive. Maror I savagely! Tell him to hold up his right leg, then; anion can't be sworn in this COU1X WIIUOUL UUIUlUg u If muicuuui:. ciii-unri gentlemen ! Our dignity must be preserved "ness sworn on one leg. American Flags on Fraser River. A letter from Fraser River, published in the Mar iposa Star, says: ' - - . ... . - .... 1 lie canoes 01 ooui wanes, una inuiaus rouchthe sight' of it, no doubt, awakens un- pleasant reminiscences. "Governor Douglas was in u sforo' at Fort nag here T'Jt Sometimes wo do; the trader served. . Englishmen never sell their flag, re marked the Governor wiiilc a Mnjle passed over bis benign f7-ie-9) 'countenance. i : '.There is no demand tor it here,' remarked, the trader. and the OoVenior 'dried up."- - '- - -' - - - ' Ten Years Experience of a Califor nia.. Ten years ago, upon a bitterly cold winter's afternoon, the writer of this article started from the shores of an Atlantic State to the promised land of California. He had no doubt, and but few misgivings. An infportant official of that newly-acquired American lerri tory had stated that the hoofs of his horse had kicked up the gold in clouds in that far distant land, and what an officer said must be true. The hopeful emigrant might indeed doubt whether he could make his way to the land of gold and get bock again before the value of that mineral was ruinously decreased, bnt as to doubting the quantity that he would obtain it never oecnred to hiin. He had heard lecturers who tidd vast gold stories. To lie sure, the had never been outside of San Francisco; l they were from California, and of course knew all about the matter. In common with all other adventurers of the kind, the writer's company went to church on the Sunday evening previous to starting, were lectured upon nud prayed over. 1 hey promised not to dig gold on him iny, nor to swear, nor to drink whisk, no mat ter how artfully concocted. They each ship's company of one hundred and fifty or there- ubotits were to stick to each other and work the same diggiifgs. They were loaded with presents, aud departed amid the shouts of the multitude upon the wharves to that bourne from which no traveler was expected to return without a reasonable show of the yellow article. The remembrance of the discomforts of sea, the glories of the South American ports, the island of Robinson Crusoe, (Juan Fernandez,) Jlie arrival at the tumultuous city cf Son Fran cisco is yet vivid. We shall not forget in a hurrr seeimr a professor of the university in our neigbliorhood assisting to load a dray, of onr first job of rolmg a barrel ol potk across Montgomery street lor a dollar, of going to the mines and finding no golden sands, but many excessively heavy rocks, of being greatly as tonished at the insignificant appearance of the gold, which we had supposed was to dazzle our eyes. And then comes np before our view the terrible storms and floods of the winter of forty-nine and fifty; the travel of the height of the Sierra Nevada in the latter year to find the particular mountain from whence all the gold came; the solemn assurances of the Indians that in consideration of bread, meat and blan kets for months they would tell ns all aliout it. We have also a painful remembrance of rivers which we aided in turning where they objected to going, aud finding not enough of what we sought to pay for our beans in the vacated bed after we had done so. We can also remember the brilliant dreams concerning quartz, from llie proceeos oi wuicn we expected to run a strong opposition to John J. Astor, and should have done so only the figures would not come out right, and the" lucky owners of the quartz lends found themselves by some mysterious pro cess in debt. The experience in cities, the rise to supposed wealth, the descent to actual bitter poverty is as a dream that is passed ; the sober reality of the present succeeds it i bat changes have been wrought in those ten years ! Cities and towns in this State have risen and fallen child hood has grown to manhood and womanhood The man in hia prime has been touched with old age. The experience of the past ten years of a Lalifomian is perhaps more eventtuf than that of almost any other decade that can be produced for the past century. It is a sad though an interesting retrospect. San Joaquin lirpublican. Owens and his Apprentice. John was playing an engagement at the Howard Athe na?um, in Boston, last summer, and was de spatched by the manager to perform for a week in one of the interior towns of western Massa chusetts. One day, while sojourning there, a plain, good natured son of the soil came up to luni.as he was enjoying bis after breakfast cigar, and addressed him thus: "I say, squire, ain't yon the player chap that I see in the theayter last night, acting out the funny leller so cute J The part alluded to was Solon Shingle, in the "People's Jawrer." "Well," replied John, w ith that bland smile of his, "I guess I am." "I thought so," said the farmer. "Now, I've lieen a good many times to the theayter, when I've been down to Boston, and seen a hull lot of folks playin all sorts of funny parts, but I never seen any one of 'em who could come any wheres near von, 'Squire ! Yes yeou dew take the rag off the bnsh, acun' out a funny leller, and no mistake: The comedian evinced his deep sense of the compliment paid him by a graceful touch of his hat ; and bis new tnend proceeded : "I never did larf so much in all mv born days ; and so did my wife, and as to my darter. Matilda Jane, tuonght she would have burst. I wonder. Squire, if you could not larn onr Sam. He's a cote sort of a chap, and is up to all sorts of qneer goings on. Ain't nobody, 't don't snicker right eont. every time they see him in his tantrums. I guess he'd make a funny actor, jest like you, Squire, if he only had a chance. 'Spose you couldn't give him a chance, couldn't you ? If yon only let him try his hand a while, shouldn't mind bindin' him eont as a prentice to the play actin' business, not charge you much, nother; only take good care on him, and don't Jet him get into mischief, tract is, bquire. think thnt boy'd just suit you, for he's a kind of natyral d d Jool any how. The Last of Earth. The Taris corres pondent of the Boston Traveler has the follow ing: " Never envy any man ! All have their bur dens, and He that tcmnereth the wind to the shorn lambs hath endowed habits with the power of alleviating the heaviest loads. The other day there was a splendid funeral in the street a tew doors below the house where 1 live. All the hideous pageantry which increase the horrors of death was assembled. The crowd was numerous. The luxurious mansion of the great banker, was one great funeral chamber. The banker is worth a million of dollars. His average income is a hundred and twenty thous and dollars. He is at the head of a joint stock banking company, which enables him to dis pose of ten millions of dollars at his pleasure. He is one of the Lions of 'Change. Don't you envy him T Oh no, don't envy him ; he has his sorrows as well as anybody ; for 'twas only six months ago the undertaker laid his third son, then 19, in the gravc the other day his second son was carried away by the same sombre tradesman to the graveyard, though the boy was but one and twenty his eldest daughter is a hunchback and is in declining health his second danghter is bed-ridden with consump tion, and will surprise the doctors if she outlives the winter the banker himself is blind from over labor he has been known to pass twenty days without once undressing and sleeping in a bed ; all his repose being a few hours of fever ish fcluniber snatcheJ from corroding cares a respite passed on a sofa ! Oh don't envy the rich banker, though his coffers overflow with fold, for it avails little to him ; and though, as grant 3-e, the resonant chimes of coin, tossed about as so much trash in his office sound mu sically to the ear, yet the oft-heard passing bell and doctor's tread, common in that house as the resonance of gold, destroy all the effect except the emptiness of human vanity and ambition ! So envy no man ! Don't Yor Do It. When you are offered a great bargain, the value of which you know nothing about, but which you ore to get at half price, "being it's you" don't you do it. When a rnnn? ladv eatrhea von alone, ln-ra violent hands on you, expressing "kiss" in eve ry glance don't you do it. - - ' hen a horse Kicks you, and yon I eel a strong disposition to kick the horse in return don't voudtfit.' "' '" !1 - 't-;- - : Should yinf happen .to catch yourself whist Jing in a printing office, ' and the printers ' tefit you 10 wnisue louuer aon i you ao it. v '! If: on an ; odd occasion TOu'wife should ex claim to yotf, : "Now; , ttrmole: over that cradle - "--u. a . -w -a - - - ana Dreas your necK, ao;; aonxyou aa.it. XW A Sati: ' Franeisiftf ' letter announces the arrival of the ship Yienrgia, from Boston, ' with fifty girls who started at the time of the Frazer Klver fever." luey are said to pe good girls, and expect to be. employed as servants. A vir tuous girl, skillful m household affairs, can earn from 9&J to fw -per month in san x rancisco. y ot IS of New Haven, Conned- ticut, has a hopeful of a son. One Sabbath morning the Judge aud his son were sitting on the piazza of "Cataract House" at Niagara, aud the following conversation took place: " Well, Sam," asked the judge, "what are you going to do this morning ?" "I guess I'll stroll into a church if I can find one," was the reply. "Where will vou go, lather 1" 3 6 " Hem ! I think of taking a walk. But first I will hunt np my umbrella, which I mislaid last night in the confusion of arrival." So they both separated, Saniivel, upon a short reflection, thought he would step into the bar room and indulge in a short imbibe. Judge of his surprise, on entering the room, in finding his worthy father at the same trick. It is ner- haps needless to add that, after that, the most perfect confidence was maintained between fath er and son. The Judge was a regular attendant at the Episcopal Church; but not so with his yocng hopeful. One Sabbath Sain appeared at the dinner-table with an exceeding rubicund tinge spread o'er his nose. " Where did you go to church?" asked his father. "To the Second Methodist, Sir," replied S.am. No more was said. The next Sabbath he appeared with the same peculiarity upon his nasal organ. In reply to the same question as before the same answer was given "Second Methodist Church." It seems that the Judge kept a demijohn in his office, and Sam had a way of spending bis .Sabbaths in company with this demijohn. Onetime when his nose had as sumed an alarming red hue, the "state of the case" flashed upon the mind of the Judge, so he resolved to put an end to such doing. How he went to work the sequel will show. Tho next Sabbath Sam repaired to the wonted place of worship, aud found the faithful demijohn sealed up, and a card attached, having on it these words: " The Second Methodist Church is closed for repairs " Harper's Zre urer. Dr. Johnson's Stort Trujcped. In tho ancient town of Newburg, on the Hudson, there resides an old Scotchman by the name of John Smith, or as he calls it, SmutA, whose vocation is to supply buttermilk to families in the morn ings. Johnny Smuth is as well known in New burg as Washington's statue is in New York ; he has worn the same old coat for the last forty years, and gone the usual diurnal round, with out a day's absence, for the same period.' You would know the old coat if you should meet it anywhere; the collar covered with age and snuff for Johnny Smuth is a great snnfler, and in this respect he is only excelled by one person in Newburg, and that is Mrs. Smuth." One day Johnny having delivered his thick beverage as was customary, made a second call upon his customers, which was not. The reason of this unusual visit can best be explain ed in his own words. " You see," said he "Mrs. Smuth put her night-cap, this morning, in the buttermilk to bleach it, and forgot to lift it, aad I'm looking for it." Onr informant says ths lady who told him the story, happily fished up the cap, rolled in a wet sw'ad, from "her butter milk, and returned it to the anxious John, and both parties were satisfied. Cozzen't Win Press. Perfect Ptritt. We have Bred too teej in the world to believe that one political party is more pure than another. Parties are com posed of men, and hnman nature is pretty much the same every where and at all times. Good and bad men are to be found in all parties ; the only difference being, perhaps, that the hangers-on of society are most likely to crowd into the ranks of the majority, if they can smell it out in time. l ith this simple and undername) fact staring us in the face, we are almost in clined to doubt the capacity of the people for self-government, when we see them giving ear to the absurd cry of interested demagoguea, that they are getting np a "purity party," a "re form parry," a "people's party." As Inacgcral Speech. The Southern Lit erary Messenger gives the speech of a War den of a prison or penitentiary, in the District of Columbia, who invited his friends to witness his installation into office. The prisoners bay- in"- been drawn up in a fine, the new Warden delivered himself thus: Gentlemen! hem! No," said he, you're not gentlemen fellow citizens convicts : I have just been appointed by the President of the United States Wardea of this Penitentiary. Now, I wish to say to you that it is my design to have everything con ducted in the most orderly manner, and I would like you distinctly to understand that the first rascal of you that makes a fuss shall be kicked out he shan t stay here at all ! " Eve's Bitterness and Adam's Shame. " It is believed that the father of mankind nev er reproached his wife bnt once for the unhappy cause of their expulsion from Paradise; she bit terly and recklessly replied, "I don't care A dam .'" He never again mentioned the sub ject." Exchange. It is believed by another sect, that he was so stricken with shame by her ungentle remark that in sorrow rather than anger he eaclaimed. Juve-n so!" and wept. EF The Boston Post says it is amusing to hear a small politician, who ows his wholo im portance to the influence of the Press, talk con temptuously of newspapers and editors. There is no stronger proof of the 'power ol the press, than the fact that it can raise such leatherheada into high places. Vert Tbub. The Boston Traveler says. with great truth, that "it is easier to get twenty good writers than one good editor." ine lacs h not, however, generally appreciated. MAWBTKD. 0 1 tbr 5tb hut., hr Err. Nttll Johnson, Mr. T. M. Sbtpiaent to Htn Loeioda Jane NcKif. Br the HQif on the S:h, Mr. J. n . fisrrett l Mas Stbsimis Welch, all of Marion eoeoty. At Ok Dalles, the ls4 trat-, by Oder Una, B. W. MCC- mack. fcsq-. to Mrs. Mary Omais, all of DaUes. DIED. At Rosebnrr. Om, on the 8th dT of Mar, 1SS9, EJV 1 ford Robinson, acrd Uiirtr rears. The deceased ieares a aid es' and three small children. In King's Taller, Benton Co., on the Cth Inst. Laeias C- Norton, aerd 40 rears. He was one ot the first settlers of tmft rauer- Msr 14th, at the residence or Ji. C- Ihn-.k-, jisnon us ZeiMS C. fVM, of consumption, ia Uw 81st year of his ago. forawrlr of Franklin Co., Ohio. SPECIAL NOTICES. Job Printing- We hare made seme additions to onr stock st Job Trpe, including- a rood sssmtinLiit of Card aa-S Fancy Letter, of the newest atrles. Press and FrlntUMr SCatarial tor Bala. A new No. 4 Washington press, and fun second band newspaper office (with the exception of a few minor articles) for sals. Inquire at the StaUtmam office. To Adrsrtlsars. Tbe actual circulation of Ok "-fsr saora is orer two thousand copies ; the adrertlseuients appear in clear and readable tjpe; the rates of char-re are not amr than those of the papers of little circsation. Ramowal. The Post Office has been renoTed to laa building one door west of the Marion Bonse. Mails arrrtw and depart as follows : Southern mail arrires Mondays and Kiwrsda-rs, 5 o'clock. p. m; Northern man arriresr 8 o'clock, p. m ; both depart Tuesdays and Fridays, S o'clock, a. m. Mails dose Moadara and Thursdays, T o'clock, p. m. K. T. CATOX, F. M. MsySl,lS59. - V i lltf TJnlworaaHsm. Rertrend William Johnson, of MaNa-s- nah county, will preach Ut-tiTer-saUszn, according to ths h4- lowlng appoistnteBts : Eagen's, Bute Creek, !4th June, at 4 p. sa ; Bowel's Prairie, 25th June, 4 p. m; . Salem, June 36th, at II o'clock, a. sa ; - John Lettk-a, South Santiam, June S9di, 4 p. m ; Albany P.airie, Thomaa Bumphries, Jury 1st, 4 p. at . Second and third July ia rk unity of Albany ; rather Fry please Sx the two latter places of preaeoinf.i.,--:i I to Tlia Oraafanbortr -ftl sleaaey. Warrasrte J wawmmi luMBiy. t-tw uie uui,. g antt permanently cured. A sn rrica I n nc rslwia f ' :ud nstwhvsshould nercr be resorsedte, an I Ointment has been thorougly tried. It anus iTirnibf IUSSTaTBER.rTB:I-0" Fox diseases of Que .eye this Ltioa has-l and pasture curt, for Inflammation ofthc eyes, s i tl sia, ji ne and failing of sight. - It will alvaja be boMS&cm ia awata InflsmTnsti-rn itf Oir ryn, snil alift si a wish nil inflmwd surfaces. .- . , . "the Mraefferberjr Medleniea are tot sale by allrnggat - m 1 si taxKuirosESKMu.uie couasryv - , ..Agents for California and Oreron: -. 7 " - arorNTOjr ft cfx. Wholesale Druggists, US. Clay street, - 5 . lwlt Saa Francisco. far Judge 8- fer-ptiaa less tius , av v.iJ