The Oregon statesman., June 21, 1859, Page 1, Image 1

VOL. 9. NO. 15.
SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 21v1859
WHOLE NO. 431.
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A BrTt'H ANACREONTIC.
If a pody dreats a pody,'
Mit some good old rye,
Cn if pody dak hii toddy,
Zoraedime on der hly ;
Or if some fellow, radef mellow,
Trinks dill he gets hish :
'Gainst der bqnor should be pellow T
Ko such root am I !
Caoairs all ring.
Efery pody Ibres his toddy.
Print j-, sin or vine,
Efery Ton has grot his hobby,
Goot ok rye ish mine.
Down on der shdreet I orden meet
Zoroe Dentschmen on der shbree;
1Tb it one dem shonld shdand dreat,
It's root olt rye for me.
Of all der trinks, dere's none, I ticks,
So irooc when Ton ish dry :
Dere's nodin. Ten yoar shbirita xinks.
Can raise dem like olt rye.
Efery pody lores hi toddy,
Pranty, tin or vine :
Efery Ton has got bis hobby,
Goot olt rye uh mine.
Ten rands is VWh, den oftI rah
To Ivndertz's liquor shdore ; .
Pat der I nefcr trinks too maeh
A quart host, and no more.
Yen on r shbree. I happy pe,
Dor jti in der shdreets 1 lie, .
C all der world ish nix to me
Yea tria-iag goot old rye. .
Eferr podr lores his toddr.
Den rhy shouldn't It
Efrry one baa got his bobby
Mine ish goot old rye.
PUBLISHED Br AUTIIORITT.
A"C"T to regulate the Treasury Depart
ment. Sec. I Be it enacted by the Legislative As
sembly of the State of Oregon. II hat the offi
cial term of the Governor of this State shall
commence on the second Monday of September,
lS&i. mad 'every four rear thereafter and shall
bold hi office, until his sucx wor is July elected
and qaahticd.
Sec. 2- He thai grant certificates to mem
ber duly elected to the Senate of the United
State and also to members of Congress, which
shall be signed by him and eoanrrsigned hy
the Secretary of "State, under the seal of the
Suite.
Sec. 3. He shall hare power to appoint a
private secretary who shall hold his office dar
ing the pleasure of the Governor. The salarr
of the private secretary of the Governor shall
be four hundred dollars per annum, to be paid
jejuterlr as other salaries are paid.
, Sec. 4. The sshuies of the Governor, Sec
retary of State and all other officers of the
State, shall be paid quarterly ont of the
Treasury- of this State upon the warrant of
the Secretary of State, commencing- from and
after they enter upon the duties of their respec
tive offices.
, Sec 1. The Secretary of State shall, with
in twenty days after receiving notice of his
election, and before entering upon the duties of
lis office, take and subscribe the oath required
by the Constitution, and give a bond with suffi
cient sureties to the State of Oregon, m the
cam of ten thousand dollars, conditioned for the
faithful discharge of the duties of his office as
Secretary of State, and also as auditor, and that
he will deliver over to his successor in office, or
to any other person authorized by law to re
ceive the same, all moneys", books, records,
and all papers pertaining to his said office,
which bond shall be approved by the Governor,
and, together with the oath of office, be pre
served m the executive office ; provided, how
- ever, the present Secretary shall give the fiond
required by this section within ten days after
the passage of this act.
Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the Secre
tary of State: First, to keep a record of the of
ficial acts of the executive department of the
State ; and he shall, when required, lay the
same and all matters relative thereto, before
each branch of the Legislature.
Second, lie shall amx the seal of the State
to, and countersign all commissions and other
official acta issued or done by the Governor, his
approbation of the laws excepted ; and he shall
ake make a register of snch commissions, specifying-
to whom given or granted, the office con
ferred, with the date and tenor of the commis
sion., in a book to be provided for that purpose.
Third, He shall be charged with the safe
keeping of all enrolled laws and resolutions,
and shall not permit the same or any of them
to be taken ont of his office, or inspected, ex
cept in his presence, unless by order of the
Governor, or by resolution of one or both Hous
es of the Legislature, under penalty of one
hundred dollars.
Fourth, He shall keep bis office open during
business hours at all times, Sundays excepted.
Sec. 3. All deeds, conveyances, leases,
bonds, mortgages and other securities for money
belonging to the people of this State, shall un
less otherwise specially . directed, be deposited
and be preserved in the office of the Secretary
of State, and open to public inspection. -
Sec 4. The Secretary of tetate .shall have
power in his discretion, to appoint in his office
and under his hand and official sea, an assist
ant, who shall take the oath of office prescribed
by the Constitution for the Secretary of State,
which shall be filed in the office of the Govern
or ; and such assistant may perform and exe
cute all the duties of Secretary of State, and for
the faithful performance of all his official duties
the Secretary of State shall be responsible;
the style of the said assistant shall be, " Assis
tant Secretary of State.".
Sec 5. The assistant secretary "of State
shall receive an annual salary of four hundred
dollars, to be audited and paid in the same man
ner as the salaries of the State officers.
Sec 6. The chief clerk of the Senate and
House of Representatives, at the close of each
session of the Legislature, shall deposit for safe
keeping in the office of Secretary ot State, all
booksbills. documents and papers, in the 'pos
session of the Legislature, correctly labelled,
folded, and classified.
Sec. 7. It shall be the duty of the Secretory
of State to cause the original enrolled laws aud
joint resolutions, passed at each session of the
Legislature, to be bound in a volume in a sub
stantial manner, and in the order in which they
are approved, and no further record of the offi
cial acta of the Legislature, so far as relates to
acts and joint resolutions shall be required of
said secretary, and he shall index the same,
and caase the title thereof with the session at
which the same shall have been passed, to be
written or printed on the back pf such volume.
Sec 8. He shall cause the acts of the Con
gress of the United States aud of the several
States which may be received at his office, to
be deposited in the St tie library. -
Sea. 9. The description in writing of the
seal of this State shall be deposited and record
ed in the Secretary's office, and shall remain a
public record. "
Sec. 10. The Secretary of State shall cause
aotice to be published in the official paper of
the State, that bids will be received at the of
fice of the said Secretary, for tarnishing all sta
tionery required for the use of the State, which
aotioe shall be published at least sixty days be
fore such bids shall be received, setting forth
what stationery is required; the said secre
tary on the day named in the notice, shall
proceed to open such proposals as shall be
received by bun in pursuance of snch notice,
and the person or persons making the lowest
bids, if deemed responsible, shall have, the con
tract for furnishing such stationery, and the
Secretary of the State snail audit sncn account
draw a warrant on tne treasury ior tne
Sec 11. The Secretary of State shall sn-
tiMBaoM copperas ot too state, ana
manage the same in the manner prescribed by
law ; to keep fair, clear, distinct and separate
accounts of all the funds and revenues of the
State, and also of all expenditures, disburse
ments and investments thereof, showing the
particulars of every expenditure, disbursement
and investment. To carefully examine, semi
annually, the books and accounts of the
treasurer, and the moneys on hand, in the
treasury, and immediately thereupon report the
result ot such examination in wnting to the
Governor, specifying therein the amount and
kinds of funds particularly. To suggest plans
for tne improvement ana management ot pub
he revenues.
To keep and state all accounts between this
State and the L nited states, and all other ac
counts in which the State is interested.
To examine and settle "the accounts of all
persons indebted to .the State, and to certify
the amount or balance to the treasurer.
To direct and superintend the collection of
all monee due to tt.a- State, and all accounts
against delinquents, certified br the secretary,
nnder the seal of the State of Oregon, shall be
receive! in cnueiicc m uui couriu inn ciui c
and anv or all attorneys eumloved bv the See
retarr in behalf of said State, shall be entitled
to receive as a compensation ten per cent, on
all moneys collected by him or them in pursu
ance of this act, to be audited and paid the
same as other accounts against the State.
To examine and detenniue the chums of all
persons against the State in cases w here pro
visions for the pavnsent thereof shall have been
made bv law. and to endorse upon the same
the amount due and allowed thereon, and from
what fund the same is to be paid, and draw
warraut on the treasury fur the same ; and he
shall report to the Legislature at commence
ment of each regular session a complete list of
all accounts so audited, together with a general
statement ol fiscal concerns ol the State ; pro
vided. That no acennnt shall be so audited ex
cept the same be duly verified by the oath, affi
davit or affirmation of the claimant or his agent.
and all accounts shall be kept on hie in his of
fice. To enter in a book to be kept for that pur
nooe an abstract of all warrants drawn on the
treasnrv. showing the date, number, name of
the claimant, the amount claimed, the amount
allowed thereon, and from which fund to be
paid.
To require every person w ho shall have re
ceived anv nionev, propertv. or roods belong
ing to the Stare and shall not have accounted
therefor, to settle their nccounts and to return
snch propertv or roods to the State.
Sec. 12- Whenever anv account shall be
presented to the Secretary f Stnte for settle
ment, he mav require the person presenting
the same, or anv other person or persons, to be
. " , y - - ,
sworn Deiore nun roocning focu nccouni. una
when so sworn to answer orally or in writing as
to anv facts relating to the justness ot the ac
count- If anv person interested shall be dissat
isfied with the decision of the Secretary, od anv
claim, account or credit, it slnll be the duty of
the Secretary, at the request r suen person, to
refer the same, with his reasons tor his decision
to the Legislative Assembly, and all persons
harms claims ngamst this State shall exhibit
the same with the evidence in r ippoit thereof
to the Secretary to be audited, settled and al
lowed within two years, and not afterwords
And in all suits brought in behalf of the State
no debt or claim shall be allo-.-ed against the
State as a set-off, but snch ns have been exhib
ited to the secretary, and by Llm allowed or
disallowed, except only in cases where it shall
be proved to the satisfaction of the court that
the defendant at the time of trial is in possess
ion of vouchers which he could not pnniuce to
the secretary on account of absence from the
State, sickness, or unavoidable accident.
Sec. 13. The Secretary of State shall from
time to time require all persons receiving mon
eys or securities, br having tl.e disposition or
management of any property of the State, of
wmcn an account is Kepi in ins ouice, to rentier
statements tnereot to mm, ana an seen persons
shall render snch statement at such time and in
snch form as he shall require.
Sec. 14. He shall countersign and record
in a book to be kept by hiiu for that purpose,
all receipts for any monev raid to the treasurer,
and no such receipt shaft be evidence of pay
ment unless so countersigned.
Sec. 15. He shall keep an account between
the State and treasurer, and therein charge the
treasurer, with the balance in the treasury w hen
he came into office, and with all moneys re
ceived bv him, and credit him with all moneys
paid by him pursuant to law.
Sec. 16. He may from time to time cause
to be published at the expense of the State, in
the official newspaper thereof, such laws of this
State, or extracts therefrom, relating to the
payment or collection of moneys that may be
due to this State, or the duties to be performed
by the public officers thereof, with appropriate
forms, as he may deem necessary.
Sec. 17. In "all cases in which any law or
notice has been or shall be published in a news
paper of this State, by virtue of any provisions
of law authorizing any State officer to direct
such publication at the expense of the Stat", it
shall be the duty of the Secretary of St:ite to
audit the account for such publication and draw
a warrant upon the State Treasurer therefor,
specifying the account npon which the warrant
is drawn, and the treasurer shall pay the same
in like nianneras other appropriations are paid.
Sec 18. The Secretary of State shall per
form such other duties as are assigned him by
the Constitution or may be imposed upon l.iiu
bv law.
" Sec. 19. The expenses of the necessary fur
niture, fuel, and postage of the Secretary and
Governor, and such contingent fund as mar be
appropriated, and also for office rent, shall be
paid out of the treasury on the warrant of the
Secretary as in other cases.
See. 20. The secretary shall contract for
and furnish rooms at the seat of government,
for the use of the Legislative Assembly and
their committees daring the session of Assem
bly, and storing the furniture used by the As
sembly during vacation at snch place as the
said Asserablv shall direct, and for the necessa
ry expenso thereof he shall draw his warrant
npon the treasurer ; provided, that for all nec
essary expenses which said secretary has in
curred in fitting up, repairing and furnishing
the rooms now occupied by, and for stationery
provided for the Assembly, he shall draw his
warrant upon the treasurer.
See. 1. The State Treasurer shall keep his
office at the seat of government, shall receive
and have charge of all moneys paid into the
State Treasury, and shall pay out the same as
directed by law. .
Sec. 2. The treasurer shall within twenty
days after receiving a notice of his election,
ana before entering npon the duties of his of
fice, take and subscribe the oath required
by the constitution, and give a bond to the
State of Oregon in- the sum of fifty thousand
dollars, with not less than six sureties, who
shall be resident free holders of this State, con
ditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties
of his .office, and for the faithf ul performance
by all persons employed bv him in his office,
of their duties and trusts herein, and that he
will deliver over to his successor in office, or to
any other person authorized by law to receive
the same, all moneys, books, papers, records,
and other articles and effects belonging to his
office ; which bond shall be approved by the
Governor, and together with the oath of office of
such treasurer shall be preserved in the execu
tive office, and such bond shall be deemed to
extend to the faithful performance of all duties
of the office of treasurer until Lis successor is
elected and qualified;
Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the trensu
rer : First to keep in books provided for that
purpose, fair, full, and separate accounts of all
moneys received bv him : also a cash book, in
in which shall be entered, a detailed account of
all moneys by him received and disbursed, a
transcript ot which shall be furnished the Sec
retary ot State senii-annuallv. . .
Second, To pay on demand out of the Stato
Treasury all sums authorized bv law to be so
.paid, if there are appropriate fuuds in the treas
ury to pay tne same, and when any sucu sum
is required to be paid out of anv particular fund.
it shall be paid out of such fund only ; and he
shall pay no fund out of the treasury except in
pursuance of law authorizing the payment
thereof : but when anv claim or account is au
thorized bv law to be paid out of a rensral or
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wuuiiiigeut nipronaiiun, luo same biium oe
paid by the treasurer upon the warrant-of the
secretary ot State. .
Third, To pay all warrants drawn on the
treasurer in the order which they are presented
out ol tne appropriate fund: it there are no such
funds in treasury, then he shall endorse such
warrants " not paid for want of funds," togeth
er with the date, aud all warrants so endorsed
shall draw legal interest from and after such
endorsement, and.
Fourth, To give receipts for all moneys paid
to him, which, before their delivery shall be pre
sented to the Secretary of State, who shall
countersign the same and enter them in his
books to the credit of the county officer, or
person making the payment, and charge the
same to the treasurer.
Fifth, To permit the books, papers and trans
actions of his office to be open at all times to
the inspection of the Governor, Secretary of
State, thc'Lcgislatun ( or any committee cf ei
ther Draucii thereof, to examine the same.
Sixth, To deliver over to his successor in of
fice all moneys, books, papers, furniture, and
other etlecta belonging to, or preserved in bis
umee.
Seventh, lie shall perform all other duties
imposed on htm by law.
Sec. 4. Copies ot all deeds, bonds, docn
ments, or pniers tiled iu the office of the treas
urer, aud tntu scripts from the books or records
kept therein, et rtitied by him. shall be evidence
equally ami in like manner as tne originals.
Sec. a. t licuever the lunds iu the treasu
nry exceeds turce-iourtus tne amount oi tne
Treasurer's bond or wheuever the Governor
deem such bond insufficient from any cause, he
shall require the treasurer to give an additional
bond within such tune, m such reasonable
amount, aud w ith such security as be shall di
rett and approve.
Sec. t3. The fiscal year of this State shall
commence on the second Mouday of Septem
ber in eacu year, ami close on tne dav preced
ing said second Mondav, and all accounts of
of the Secretarv of State, and State Treaurer,
shall be kept, and all duties of those officers
shall be performed w ith reference to the be
uininir and ending ot the liscul rear.
Sec. 7. All officers and persons required to
reuder annual accounts to the Secietary of
State or Treasurer, shall close tliuoe accounts
on the first Monday in Aueust in each t ear.
Sec. e. Uue recovery had on the oUuciaJ
bond riven bv the Secretarv or State Treasu
rer, shall not render such bond void, but the
same may be prosecuted npon a breach there
of, from time to time until the whole penalty is
collected.
Sec. 9. Owing to the unorgarrtted con di
of our State Government, be it enacted that
this act shall take effect and be in force from
and after its passage.
Approved, June -id, leoif. a
AN ACT to re-organize the Board of County
Commissioners in certain bounties.
Sectiox 1. Be it enacted ly Oie Legisla
tive Assembly of the IState of Oregon. That
in the counties ot JJenton, Jackson. Uoug
Lane, Multnomah, Clatsop, aud Clackamas,
there shall be elected by the qualified electors
thereof, at the election to be held on the twen
ty-seventh dav of June, A. D., and at
every general election thereafter, two commis
sioners, Having tne qaaiiucatiou ot electors,
who, with the county judge of each county as
president, shall constitute a board of county
commissioners, and shall have cojruizance of all
county business, aud perform the same duties
that the board ot county commissioners ot the
several counties were required heretolore to
perform ; and said board shall be governed by
the same . law that was applicable to, and
heretofore governed the county commissioners
while performing county business, unless oth
erwise provided by law.
Sec. 'Z. Before any commissioner elected
under the provisions of fliis act shall enter upon
the duties of his office, lie shall take aud sub
scribe an oath or affinuatiou before some per
son authorized to administer the same, faith
fully to discharge the duties of a commissioner of
the county in w hich lie resides, aud deposit a
certificate thereof with the clerk of the county,
to be bv him filed in his office.
Skc. 3. The countt clerk shall be ex-ofhcio
clerk of the board of county commissioners, and
for his sen ices performed in that capacity, shall
be entitled to secure such compensation as shall
be allowed by law.
Sec. 4. 1 he board ot county commission
ers shall hold lour sessions anuuauy, at tue
seat of justice of their respective counties, com
mencing on the first Mondays of April, July,
September, and December ; except, the first
term to be held bv said board, atter the pas-
sage oi tuis act, may uc ueiu on me eccoua
Mouday of July ; at all of which terms they
shall transact any business which may be re
quired by law ; provided, that if the circuit
court lie in session on any of the above men
tioned davs, the comimsssioncrs shall meet on
the Monday preceding, excepting the first term
of said board to be held under the provisions of
this act ; provided further, that iiosesiou shall
be continued for a longer period than six days.
Sec. 5. For the purpose ot preventing de
lay, confusion and expense, this act shall take
effect and be iu force from and after its pas-
Approved, June oa. icon.
m
AN ACT fnr taxing fees in certain catet.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legisla
tive Assembly of Vie state of Uregon, iuat
the fees heretolore taxed "by the Judge of
Probate shall be taxed by the county clerks
of their respective counties that fifty per cent,
of the said fees so accruing, shall be rctaiued
by the said clerks, aud the balance shall be paid
into the couuty treasury. . "
sec. x. I hat the said clerks shall, at the
end of each quarter, commencing on the first
day of Jul)-, 1J59, make out and render to die
county judges of their respective counties, a
complete statement of all feus so taxed, aud tho
amount collected, and shall verity the same by
his oath, and snch statement shall be filed as a
part of the records of said courts..
Sec . 1 nat apon she rendition of such ac
counts the said clerks shall immediately pay to
the county treasurer the aforesaid fifty per cent.
of fees so collected, taking duplicate receipts
lor tne same, one oi wuicu suau oe uied in the
couuty court.
Sec 4. - That the fees heretofore allowed to
county recordera aad couuty auditors, shall be
allowed to the couuty clerks performing the du
ties heretofore performed by such recordera and
auditors.
Approved, June 4th, 1859. , - , y ,
AN ACT to legalize certain roads.
Wuebeas, doubts exist as to the lesralitr of
roaus w many pane at uu ouwe, oa aoomu
of snch roads not being surveyed, ar of some
imperfections of the rufffiry ot Siissioners,
court. Therefore, -
Section 1. Be it enacted ly the Legisla
tive Assembly of the State of Oregon, That all
Territorial, State, and cocatr roods that have
been laid ont, surveyed or y trveyed, by or
der of the Board of Cotrnv Commissioners or
act of the Legislature, and have not been al
tered or vacated by act of t&e Legislative As
sembly, or by order of the Board T Commis
sioners, shall be, and th "Rune sre -ereby de
clared legal roads. - ' ' ,
Sec. S. Be it further enactedi That any
imperfect or informal records of tho roads in
the county commiseionei' court, thai! be over
looked, and snch imperfection or informality
shall not destroy or impair the validity of said
roads. . , w- v
Sec. 3. As twssq' ppssCvare refusing to
perform labor on roads, owing to the doubted
legality, and as said labor is needed very much
at the present time, and to prevent litigation,
this act shall take effect from the time of its
passage.
Approved, June 4, 1S59. .
Ay ACT to confirm the salet of common school
lands.
. Sec. 1. Be it enarUd hy tke Legislative As
sembly of thv State of Oregon. Thnt all sales of
common school lambMrfeieli have hitherto been
made in the late Territory of Oregon in ac
cordance with the then existing laws, are here
by confirmed in fee simple to the purchasers
t Hereof in all eases where the terms of such
sah-s have been, or may be complied with.
See. 2. Inasmuch as doubts exist as to the
validity of the sales of school lands w hk-h have
hitherto been made as aforesaic, this act shall
take effect and be in force from and after its
passage.
Approved. Sune 3d, 1859. t
Ay ACT to increase the rjrrense of the Slate.
. Section 1. Be it enmSted ly the Legisla
tive Assembly of the State mf Oregon, That to
defray the current rxpensei of the Stale, the
tax to be levied iu this State, shall be. two mills
on the dollar. .'
Sec. 2. llocacse it " i expodient to mi.e
revenue, and discharge the indebtedness nf the
State at the earliest possible time, this act shall
take effect and be in force from and after its
passage.
Approved, June 3d. 1S39.
THE OREGOX V.n. DISTRICT ( OI BT
ACT.
Ay ACT to provide for extending the lavs and
judicial system of the United States to the
State of Orefron and for other murposrs.
Be it enacted by the Senate a'd House of
Representatives of the .Vnited Sta'esnf Amer
ica inJCnttgrtss assembled. That nil the law s of
tne L nited States which are not locally innp- -plicable
shall have the same force, and effect
within the said State of Oregon as eUew here in
the United States.
Sec. 2. And be it further enaeted. That
the said Stati. is hereby constituted a judicial
district of the United "States within which a
district court with the like powers and jurisdic-,
tion, us the district court of the United States
for the district of Iowa shall lie established, and
the judge of the said 'ltrW- ejeri shall hold
two regular terms or the said court, annually,
at the seat of government of the said State, to
commence on the second Monday of April and
September in encn vear.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted. That
the judge, attorney and marshal of the United
States for the said district of Oregon, shall re
side therein, and the annual salarv of the said
judge shall be two thousand five hundred dol-
la.-s, and the marshal and attorney for said dis
trict, shall be entitled to the same compensa
tion and tees as the marshal and attorney for
the district of Iowa.
Sec. 4. And be it furOier enacted, That in
all cases of appeal or writ of error heretofore
prosecuted and now pending in the Supreme
Court of the United States, npon any record
from the Supreme Court of Oregon Territory,
the mandate of execution or order of further
proceedings shall be directed by the Supreme
Court of the United States to the" district courts
of the United States for the district of Oregon,
or to the Supreme Court of the State of Oregon,
as the .nature of such appeal or writ of error "
may require ; and each of those etirts shall be
the successor of the Supreine CaWt of Oregon
Territory, as to all suck cases, with full power
to hear and determine the same, and to award
mesne or final process therein. j
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Descriptive In a book' (tailed "Heart ,
Pictures," written, we believe, by somebody in
Tennessee, there occurs a description of a lone
ly ride which' the author took with a pleasant
lady, the temntntiou that followed, and the hero
io self-denial practiced on the occasion. The
following brief paragraph tells the whole story :
"r roin Uannlen to Lancaster, a distance of
thirty-eight miles, I travelled alone with Mrs.
Greaves. She was a sWeet and interesting wo
man so sweet and interesting that fastidious
as I am on that subject I believe I would have
been willing to have kissed her. I had, how
ever, several reasons for not perpetrating this
act. 1. I am snch a good husband I w ouldn't
even be guilty of the appearance of disloyalty
to mv sweet "w ife. 2. I was afraid the driver
would see inc and tell Greaves. 3. I didn't
think Ms. Greaves would let me."
Independence. A Western editor recently
offered his hat for the best essay on indepen
dence. The following obtained the prize:
"National independence is easier imagined
than described ; personal independence consists
emphatically iu being situated"! a-atran shirt,
drawers, socks, and a nicely blacked pair of
boots, with at least a dothw and a half, and a
clean cambric in your pocket, on Sunday mora
ing, with your wife on one arm and your baby
on the other, taking your course towards your
own preacher in tiic expectation of doing your
own snoozing in your own pew, wnerein no one
dare venture to nudge you with their elbow, or
tickle you w ith a straw." . . 1 ,
Exposing a Parson. A minister was one
Sabbath examining a Sunday-school in cate
chism before the congregation. The usual
question was put to the first girl, a strapper,
w ho usually assisted uer lamer, w uo was a pun
lican, in waiting upon customers.
"u hat is your name I" v ,
Ko reply. - , '-v
'What is your name Tts he repeated. "
'it one of your fun, Mr. Minister," said the
girl ; "you kuow my name well enough. . Don't
you say when yon come to our house on a night.
Uet, bring me some mora aie.'--The
couirreiration. fonrettinc- the sacredness
of the place, w ere iu a broad grin, and the par
sou looked daggers. -y. ., V" .
Z3F A humorous legend is narrated of Cu
vicr, that walking through &e infernal regions
after death, he met a demon, wWhbade him
kneel down and worship him, and ' on . Cuvier's
refusal, 'told him he would eat him. Falling
back on the natural history lessons of his mun
dane life, Cuvier merely remarked, "Horns and
cloven feet graminivorous ! You eat mo 1
XonsenBc!" .1. . -
Gf There is a lady in Pennsylvania of such'
a sweet temper that she turns salt into sugar by
touching it. Her husband is making a fortune
by selliug 'molasses made from vinegar. He.
buys a barrel of the liquid, the lady looks in
at the bunghole, aud hi two days alter he sells
it for "sugar bouse" ac fifty cvoss a gaUoo.
LETTER FROM POLK COCTVTT. '
Dallas, June 5th, 1859.
Gentlemen: He has been among us the
"veiled prophet," he, whose face is veiled by
hypocrisy, has been around taking his
friends by the hrfhd. The free and "unbought
able" sovereigns, of Dallas and the circumjacent
flats and knobs, were assembled at an "airly"
hour yesterday to witness the entree, and hear
the Ciceronic thunder of the two magnificos of
Oregon. 1 he smiles of anticipated pleasure
were on all faces, but the grand "caravan" was
slow in coming, the public servant were loiter
ing somewhere eleven o'clock twelve peo
ple impatient, began to be fearful of disap
pointment; men walked np and down have
you seen the elephant? have you seen the lions?
No, ain't come yet, a cry, there they come !
all eyes looked pshaw ! 'tfsn't thenr; thunder!
wiry don't they Come? most one o'clock
jmte one: there they come, yes, no, yes, by
jingo ! it is, it is tliem "shore" and truly there
came the 'expected in a buggy drawn by two
horses, Delazon on the right driving, aiid the
"nolestar" on the left the people were strung
along on the side next the great immaculate;
the snow riz the hill and approached in a trot.
Just before they got foroenst the first rronp of
me sovereigns, tne oiu war-uorse snea Ins beaver
fornenst 'em he saluted with his hand and
gave splendid, waving kind of nods with hjs
"smiling old pow," with a "how areyou.'gentle-.
men?" Just here in the first knot of folks, one
very inconsiderate and impudent voung Amori
can responded to the General's "how are yon,"
w ith, "none of your business, you arc no doc
tor!" Hut the general had faced the greasers at
linena Vista, and not daunted by any retort not
polite, down the street he went, waving his hat
and making sweeping bows at his beloved nnion
loving fellow citizens, till he and Delazon
"hauled up" at the tavern door. Delazon once
seemed to make a faint attempt at imitating the
general's polite frills but it wouldn't go, so.
gritting his teeth, and giving bis horse a cot, he
pave it up. At the tavern thev alighted.
hadn't had dinner then the people nil crowded
into the tavern and around the door to see the
lions; your humble servant after a while wedp
ed iu also, and these were the sounds tliot he
heard "doiit crowd the lions two bits a sijrht."
aud laughing, joking all the time, in the hear
ing aud and at the eijK-nse of the "servants."
I gotiu and was surprised to see how few of his
fellow citizens the general was acquainted w ith.
One old gent wn jurf being introduced, and the
old gent hauled his hat in reverential acknowl
edgement if the great honor. The equivocal
appearance of thiugs seemed to make Delaron.
and even the old war-horse, feci cheap, bnt the
general worried thro' it was glad to see the
people : the people of Polk looked well yet Arc.
II id n't had dinner, bnt ns the people bad been
aiting, wonld proceed forthwith to speak, w hile
his friend Smith, who was hungry, would take
dinner; however, the sacrifice was not required,
and the two sat down to eat the people in the
bar room, with on open doorlietween them and
the hero, getting oft' sundry smart things about
the lions, &c. Dinner over, they went to Mr.
Lovelady 's new and commodinns stable to spout.
The people of Dallas have a very nice sew-e of
the fitness of thine, as is shown br this takinff
the eld war-horse to the stable however, a
greater than he figured iu a stable once. Parith
rujo, wotdd tulk of many thinirs couldn't, not
time, take an hour to go over his own doings in
Congress: loughf Logan, pnshed him off the
Douglas democratic platform ; explained dem
ocracy as connected w ith slavery; welted Hush
it was a doleful sound: Bush had killed him,
had killed G rover, and intended to kill Lane.
The legislature, after he (Smith) had pot a ma
jority, had "committed revolution,"' perjured
tueuiscives uy a,yourning witiiout making a
Senator, and so preventing his election ; praised
Gen. Lane, and spoke it p.s a fixed fact that
Lane would be the nominee of the Charleston
convention, and so on.
-Gen. Lane was happr to speak with the peo
pie. honed the people would give him credit for
disinterestedness in speaking, as he was not a
candidate for office! wanted the people to stick
to the democratic nominee, and by so doing
tuey would preserve the L niofl, and secure the
pavment of the war debt. Ou the contrarv Lo-
w v nii-n 1 v ' it v Itl.L ..v it ill 11 HT (lie M. 11 1
dencv, split the Union, repudiate the war debt
and plav hell eenernllv. Abused Bush.was sorry
he, laue, had done so much for Bush: abused
Jo Drew, got over the charges made tigainst
liiiuseii aoout uregon admission, hy saying that
he had done his best. Had some iuan'reiuoved
(Zieber, I believe.) because he was trto much of
a liusli man ; fucetiouslr said that it was to
Xesmith's own pecuniary benefit to be removed,
and that anv man keeiung a clerk who decorat
ed his room with obscene pictures ought to be
removed ; saui that is esmith's clerk had such
pictures in his house ; by and bv. though, the
old gentleman told a dirty story about cats, ns a
proot ot ins own lasudious delicacy. Praised
himself, said he was born an honest'man, raised
an honest man and, with God's help, would
ahvnvs be honest ; had shouldered his old brin-
dle rifle, crossed the plains in the winter, at his
own expense, lor the good of Oregon, had fonglit
Mexicans, and exhibited a long string of public
services, and a lack of canacitv that certamlv
entitles him to some repose under the shade of
the laurels that he has won.
If ever he gets to be President of the United
States, then may people cease to be surprised at
anytuing tnut may happen. 1 ours.
K. U. 1'KC1VAL.
A Lady on mE Sickles Case. The New
York lady correspondent of the San Francisco
1 imes, ".. D. IS., thus remarks upon the
above case :
I have noticed one feature especially in the
editorial remarks in various newspapers. If
meu, it is iuked. can nvengo. themselves by
killing the seducers of their wives, may not wo
men have the right also to pnnish unfaithful
husband, and be winked at by the law, and
forgiven by the public ? The fact of such a
question proves a great' dual ; anions others
tiling's, that men nro beginning to think that a
woman may have conjugal rights. Equality in
conjugality is one-halt" the secret of the Woman's
Kights movement iu this country, and w hen
womeu who have strayed from the marriage bed
are suffered to live upon the same terms with
men who do so, there will not bq much more
palaver about' universal suffrage and property
rights. Women will always be better than
meu, if all the license in the world is granted
them. They lack the physical strength of men ;
they arc subject to sexual laws from which men
are exempt, and they have not their intellectual
power lor evil; the maternal instinct sways
every lemale creature. When n woman is de
praved it is because she has lost her moral na
ture. Sh? is not bad because she is a philos
pher, a reusoner, or a physical giant. A fine
moral nature is the . dowry - which Eve took
when she left Adam's side, and no woman loses
it unless some serpent beguiles her into forgvt-
tuiness. . - a.' . - ,
. C" Hon. Frpd. P. Stanton, for several terms
an able democratic member of Congress "from
Tennessee, and afterwards appointed Secretary
of Kansas, by Mr. Buchanan, has written a let
ter on Kansas politics, dated Lecoinpton, Kan
sas, whete he resides. He says : '
Yon are right in supposing that am not
prepared to join The Republican party ; but,
at the same time, l ieet compeuea to say. mat,
without a complete reorganization, and an utter
abandonment ot the heresies and treacheries of
the Buchanan administration. J cannot co-ope
rate with (Ae notaPxd Denarcmtte party.
HIGH WATEB. .
The Columbia is higher than it has ever be- j
fore been Known to be ; the rise has created con
siderable destruction of property, at the Dalles, !
and elsewhere.'" We copy the following from
the Portland Advertiser of Tuesday:
We learn from W; B. Mead, A. J. Kane,
and others, who came on the Senorita, tlfat
the rise of the Columbia at the Dalles, since
last Friday morning, has been about five feet;
that from Sunday morning to yesterday noon,
a period of 24 hours, it rose 28 inches ; that
Main street is now completely flooded; that the
water is np to the w indows in the Umatilla or
Graves Hotel; that it is from two to three feet
deep in several of the stores on Main street ;
that yesterday morning at fire o'plock, the ac
tion of the water upon the foundation of the
stone warehouse occupied by Baldwin Bros.,
had produced the effect to cause the entire
building, save the front wall, to fall in, crush
ing everything beneath it; that most of the
goods had previously been taken out ; that the
residents along Main street are fast deserting
tBeir buildings, and removing back qn to the
higli ground; that several small houses are
drifting in the eddy in front of the town, and
below the Dalles are completely submerged.
At the Cascades, the water has risen above
the mark of 1853, and swept off about 300 feet
of Bucket & Olmstead's Rail Road near the
upper ware-house, and all of the bridge around
the Big Tooth, near the Lower landing ; dam
age estimated about 10,000. The Kail-road
on the Washington side was in great danger of
being swept away. The government bridge
just above the lower landing is submerged
about three feet.
It is estimated that 950,000 will not equal
the amonnt of damage done by the rise since
Saturday night.
The Indians sar that this is bnt the rise of
the Snake river; that the rise of the Columbia,
from above- the Snake, will not be felt at the
Dalles until about a week hence. . The water
is still rising rapidly. . - -
PoRTLAxn. The water of the Willamette
rose nine inches at the Canton House, between
2 o'clock P. M. of Sunday and 12 M. of Tes
te nlar. a period of 22 hours. This is a rapid
rise considering the surface covered at this high
stage of water. At noon, yesterday, it re
quired but 23 inches rise to bring the water
into t ront street at its jnnetnrewitn uat street
Several of the residents on the Conch claim
cow have their cellars flooded, "? and a few in
ches more rise will cause the water to flow
across . Front street at Vine, and submerge
many of the gardens between ine street and
Ilartness' brick yard. -
, At Vancouver-many of the houses have been
abandoned. So with many bouses along the
bank of the Columbia. Sanvie's Island is near
ly all covered, except a small ridge of fir tim
liered land. Sir. Cline savs that the cattle
have left the bottoms, and have crowded npon
bis timbered land in great numbers. And still
the river continues to rise. -
Col. Frush has alreadv been damaged br the
Inch water to the extent of about 3,000,' in
the destruction of fences, fruit trees, ice. "
sTbe Flood. At last dates, the waters of
the Columbia were still rising. The Adviskser
. The potato, onion and corn crops will lie al
most a total failure. In the event the water-
goes down early, a second planting may pro
duce a few late crops. Much of the wheat and
oat crop w ill also be an entire loss.s The hav
crop w ill also suffer to a great extent. A large
number of families have been and will be
driven from their homes, and much of their
household stuff become a total loss, and the
prospect now is that many of their houses and
nut-buildings will be swept from their founda
tions by the water. If there be reliance to be
placed in the Indian report, that the freshet is
only the rise of Snake river, and yliat the rise
of the upper Columbia is soon to be added, then
what mav we not apprehend of danger to the
property of settlers almve named, and even to
the property m the towns, Uaiies, (jascades.
Vancouver, and even at Portland.
" Douglas Democracy. We take the fol
lowing paragraph from' the speech' of Senator
Douglas, and point to it as embodying the
main principles of the great Democratic doc
trine of non-intervention in a nnt shell :
"I do not put slavery on a different footini
from other property. I recognize it as propertv
under what is understood to be the decision of
the Snpreroe Court. I agree that the otcner of
stores has the the same right to remove to the
Territories and carry his slave property vith
him as the oicner of anu other species of rtrooer-
ly, and to held the same, subject to such local
laws as the Territorial Legislature may Consti
tutionally pass ; and if any person shall feel
ngneved hy snch local legislature, lie may ap
peal to the Supreme Conrt to test the validity
of snch laws. I recognize slave property as
being on an equality mtt all other property,
and apply the same rules to it. I will not ap
ply one rule to slave property and another
rule to al! other kinds of property. I am not
willing to leave all other kinds of property to
the territorial laws and the courts ior protec
tion, aud then call on Congress to intervene in
behalf of slavery, in violation of the Democrat
ic principles of non-intervention.
Inpiax Pageant. Twice within the past
week, our streets have been tne stage tor a wild
spectacle, not devoid of scenic effect, and a gro
tesque barbaric splendor. The Indians nowliv
iug on the Reserve at the Warm Springs, well
mounted, gaudily and fantastically appareled
and painted some 200 in number came to
display as trophies of their recent prowess, the
scalps which they have taken from the Snakes,
in retaliation for acts we chronicled at the time.
Movim? thus arrared. and with dne order, at the
word of command of their chief or marshall of
the occasion to the music of tambourines and
a snecies of Indian crmlmls. the monotonous
chant of at least one hundred voices, headed
by wild excited savages, flaunting aloft the
scalps of their enemies they made a novel and
effective picture of savage show and pageant,
which we could scarcely anticipate from the
Indians engaged in it who have lived around
us for some vears, and have become noted for
their peaceable habits and docile disposition.
especially the Wascos. . On. the occasion of
their second , appearance, they gave a rand
and prolonged dance, just east of the town.
Dalits Journal. - , .
The Suicide Dodge. An entirclv new
-confidence game has been started at the" West.
A man goes to a hotel, appears very dejected,
calls for a room and registers his naine. Rings
his bell soon after retiring, points to an empty
vial on the table, labeled "two onnces of laud
anum," and asks to see a clergyman. A cler
gyman and doctor are hurried in, emetics and
consolation administered, and the young man is
saved, is penitent, and needs only money toret
home to begin a new life. 'A purse is made tfp,
the railroads furnish a free pass, and the young
man goes on his way rejoicing, to act the same
tragedy at another place, with the same results.
This dodge was practiced at Sandusky and
Dayton, Ohio, by the same chap." and he was
going farther west, to trv it again, no doubt.
He called himself Lamartine, and professed to
be related to the celebrated Frenchman, and
also to several of the Virginia aristocracy.
Princely. In Maine, members oT the leg-1
islature are allowed the enormous salary of $150
per annum. They may ait the whole year, if
tlxy like;
THE EXCISE.
Gen. Lane, in his recent speeches, says Dr.
Drew is the cause of the failure of the appropri
ation to pay the war debt, and Delazon Smith
repeats the absurd charge. ;
We are credibly mfdrmed that near the close
of the late session of Congress, Gen. Lane, in a
conversation with- judge Hays, -of "Washington
Territory,!freely admitted that some satisfactory
excuse must be invented to account for the non
action of Congress on this matter. He said.
that in the canvass of 1857, he had promised
the claimants in Oregon that he would procure
the passage of a bill through the late Congress
which would provide for the payment of their
just demands, and that he was at a loss to con
jecture how he could satisfy the disappointed
scrip holders for his failure to fulfill hia nattering
promises. It seems that he has finally discov
ered, after his arrival in Oregon, that Dr. Drew
is he cause of all the delay and emparrass
ment. Sage conclusion, and one worthy of the
venerable demagogue.
We have carefully read lha two reports of
tht War Commission, -and the letter of the
third Auditor, and we fail to find the least blame
attributed to Dr. Drew, or any complaint of his
official conduct, or objection made to the policy
he adopted at the close of the Tolnnteer service
in 1S56. On the contrary, the final report of
the Commission is highly complimentary to the
Quartermaster General, and commends his effi
ciency, and the regularity and corTctness of the
accounts of the service as received from him,
while that part of the letter of the third Auditor,
w hich relates to the accounts of Oregon, closes
. with the following commendation of them :
7 "The neatness and elegance "with which the
accounts of Oregon are executed could hardly
be surpassed, and it is evident that the clerical
force ' employed was the most accomplished
and experienced that could be procured."
Gen. Lane's attacks upon the late Quarter
master General excite Ho other feeling than con
tempt, and injure no one. hit himself. The
publie are conceiving the opinion that Gen. Lane
does not desire action upon ocr war claims until
" after the Charleston conventiea is held and the
nominations for President and Vice-President
are made. He is probably afraid that any de-.
mand on the Treasury for the millions dne the
, citizens of Oreg-n for property furnished and
services rendered in the Indian war of 1S55 and
1S5G. might, if urged by him. injure, what he
conceives to be. his brilliant chances for a place
on the National democratic ticket.
' " -
n Faithful. The following daguerreotype of
a class, which we clip from a California paper,
- will fit some ease in Oregon, if not one at As
toria . " , "
One wing, being deseendents from PoChahon- -tas,
that most illustrious colored progenitor of
" first families," are connected by tfee ties tf
blood. They are all sons, cousins, or.kin to
some distinguished Senator, Governor, or
Congressman, and cJaini office ly the divine
right of can't make living out of it. If they"
buck the tiger, honor prompts the cancellation
of the debt ; " base is he slave" who pays the
tailor, boot-maker, or washer-woman. These
suck the Federal pap ; for them the Custom
House was buflt ; for them Government estab
lished ; to keep them in clean shirts and daily
cocktails was formed the American Union ; its
dismemberment bears to them no other terror
than the loss of place.
EF Some one blamed Dr. Marsh for chang
ing his mind. "Well," saul he, "that is the
difference between a man and a jackass j the
jackass can't change his mind, and the man can
it's a human privilege." Exchange.
- Some one asked Mr. Noodle why he chewed
tobacco. "Well," said Mr. Noodle, drawing
himself up, and ejecting c gill, more or less, of
expressed juke of "the weed" through his teeth
"that's the difference -between a man and a
boss ; a boss can't chaw terbacker and a man
kin-its a human privilege." After delivering
himself of this oraculai remark, Mr. Noodle
quietly subsided. -
i ty Hon. Edward Bates, of Missouri the gen-
tlenian who defined an " obi line w hig'" to be a
man who takes his whisky regularly and votes
the democratic ticket, occasionally," has writ-
ten a letter on the subject of politics. Ho
says:
. "As to the negro question, I have always
thought, and have often declared, both in
speech and in print, that it is a pestilent ques-
tion. When I see a man at the South or the
North, of mature age and some experience,
persist in urging the question, after the sorrow
ful experience of the last few years, I can at
tribute his conduct to no higher motive than
personal ambition or sectional prejudice.''
Wak on the Ccickets. During the past
week great panic has been created among the
owners of gardens in this vicinity, by the in
vasion of an army of crickets whose name is
legion." Tin-pan music, bells and brooms have
all been used as artillery to frighten them away ;
but in most instances the crickets were victo
rious, and are making complete deserts of the
gardens they have attacked. If these insects
are as numerous all over the country as they
are in this vicinity, our farmers will suffer an
entire loss of their growing crops. Yrcka Un
ion, ' .
ry Col. King, of GoBsales county," in Tex-
as, who is an equal enemy of hard money and
grammar, having a proper. contempt for both,"
and who lives, as he says, "down to the foot of
navigation," near Gonzales, a little creek which
runs dry in summer, recently delivered himself
of the following emphatic remark : .
"Ef I owe a man an cnjnst debt, and I make
him a lawless tender ot - Blar.k bill and he in
fuses to incept it, but persons out a writ for to
level on my property, ef I don't make a 'sacra
ment of him I'llbed d
The Doctkise or Total Depravity. A
minister traveling through the West in a mis
sionary capacity, several years ago, was hold-in-
an animated tbeologicl conversation with
a good old lady on whom he had called ; in the
course of which he asked her what she thought
of the doctrine of total depravity "Oh," she
wTliwt "I think it a rood doctrine, if the Teo-
ple would only live up to yt ."' Knickerbocker
Magazine- .
- Fibe. We are informed that the house of
Abel Knssell, in Pleasant Hill, together with
all hia household furniture, except . two beds, .
.nHnlir ifoiitrnTMl Vtv fir- u week. It
ncir ,.... j j f
iias only-been about three weeks since his son s
- i . i l.!
bouse was nurnea in uie s y Beiguoiii.
They were both suoposed' ave been set on
fi, i.v kan of Mr. KnnLL between thirteen
and fourteen years w. Eugene Press. ,
ry -What in thunder makes you look so
glum, Tom?" . ,
"Oh, I have had to endure a sad trial to my
feelings." - v :.
"To your pneeunas : wu ou rui was u. s
vw hm I had to tie on a orettv girl's
bonnet while her ma was looking on ."
. , 1 rwt Ttr 3 JJ , .
"Sau truuisueeu tou . nnwajmiuui i
fivntt"
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