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The matt Southern Commercial Convention. Wfcieh tame of the pasen South call "the treat (-"Sassa ham. ft, sjusitlw k.lt I. V!l-P.. g""" awfwva M.ma us f ItMUUlIt in., ia that referred to by the Baton Rouge, i.. Gazette t Thia miserable Coilection of idle, pipe-fayinc; tricksters haa lost all power to ft'-a the aeuest and dearest interest f Ihe T. Vm Nobody at home c&tcta L wkat rW dnr my, and their retohrma an at tame and aarauen as ue f.US niter of intent that came into ue wona tr l tAgtX. .-. - e- ' tsiSrur thops-of-imr in the United fc ta.lt Nyt, the Levant has inrt been Eat in mmnrismon at Boston, and is abont leav ig for the Pacific squadron to relieve the De etrrr.TBe Levant was built in Brooklyn in - the yvar 1837, Md hat never been two years - idle since that tune. She rates 18 guns, car- iaa I it gi J 1 a mah 1 . - w maw m mu ami A &r. Seaman of Hartford, Niagara County, Committed saicide lately in a somewhat norrl ferrle, by looping a skein of yarn around her neck, tnen attaching it to a Bail, and jumping off a chair. Seven hundred Mormons, from Europe, ar rived at New York on the 13th, The Bepnblicaa leaders are much alarmed "at the political effect of their move ia Massa- ennsetts against naroranzea cituens. The Ameriean ship Pomona, of New York, was wrecked, April 28, on Blackwater bank, Ireland, and over 40(1 lii-pa st Baron HnmboliH is dead. By direction of the President of the United States, a general conrt martial is ordered to convene in the department of Oregon, at such time and place ns the Department commander nay designate, for Uie trial of First T jentmt. ant Hugh B. Fleming-, Ninth Infantry. Lrent. Welcher, Ordnance Department, now on dory ft Waervleit Arsenal, is ordered to re port for duty at Fort Vancouver, Washington Territory. The fofl.owine military stations aro nnnottn- ced as double-ration posts from the date of their vst&bSshment and while occupied bv not less haa one company : Department "of Texas, Fort Qnitman, and Camp Hudson; Depart tnent of Oregon, Fort Bellinghnm ; Depart ment of California, Forts Crook and Ter-Waw, and New San Diego. Major Reynolds' battery (2d" Artillery) will proceed to Fort Vancouver, where it will be stationed with not less than three other compa nies of that regiment. Sixty serviceable hor ses, from the supply in Utah, will be sent with the company for the Dragoons in the Depart ment of Oregon. EUROPEAN NEW8- The Emperor of Austria in an Imperial man ifesto had declared war against Sardinia and France. The greatest and most active prepa - rations were making by the three Powers for a dashiag, crashing campaign. Austrian and French troops were pouring into Piedmont. The French Generals," Caurobert and Neil, had arrived in Turin. The Grand Dnchess of Parma had followed theexample of the Grand Duko of Tuscany, ad fled. Parma had declared for Sardinia, nd Victor Emanuel had accepted the Dicta torship of Tuscany. England offered its direct mediation. Aus tria accepted, and delayed declaration of war. France refused to accept. News of a revolution in Tuscany was pub lished. The Grand Duke has tied with his family, and the Provisional Government that was immediately established, has proclaimed the allianoe of Tuscany with Sardinia, and de clared KingViotor Emanuel Dictator during the war. This is however, but the beginning. The Omrrierde Paris says: "All is well. A week ago, the war was unpopular; to-day, it is accepted by all classes, by every opinion. The nation pronounces itself, as it has always done in the great days of sacrifice, to the cause of justice and liberty. It moves like one man, with one heart and one idea." Disturbances are reported at various places in Italy. At Parma, the people have declared for Piedmont. Difficulties are reported at Rome, and an insurrection in Modena. The revolution in Tuscany is fully confirmed to-dav. The whole Tuscan army, 12,000 strong, onlv await the signal of Piedmont to march against Austria- The people of Florence shoot Down with Austria! Piedmont forever! France forever! It k expected -that the first battle will be either under the walls of Turin, or in the imme diate vicinity. Napoleon is still pouring hi le gions intoPiedmont, and before many days he will have a force there sufficient to overwhelm any army that will be brought against him. It is ramored that Russia is rapidly accumu lating an army on the Austrian frontiers, and will attack her on the east, nearly simultane ously with France on the west. It is asserted that Denmark has made an of fensive and defensive treaty with Russia and France. The Turin correspondent of the London Daily Ae-tr. asserts positively that Franco is abont to mobilize between seven and eight hun dred thonsand men, and that the French arniv I on the Rhine will amount to five hnndred thou sand, as the Emperor fcars that Germany will not remain quiet. Steamers were being chartered at Hanf to convey stores and troops from Marseille to Ge noa. The same correspondent asserts that on the day the Emperor quits Paris, he will address a solemn manifesto to Europe, espousing the cause of the nationalities. ' There are manv newsnaoer bummers, as well as other bummers, who will loiter aioand stores and counting-rooms for no other purpose, mornings and evenings, than to pilfer the news from the papers they find upon the counter or desk. These bummers never become subscri bers. Xo. never. They would not disgrace themselves so much as to take this man's pa per, or " that man's paper, and yet when they can steal an opportunity to read it, they are sure to do so at the expence of their neigh bor. Portland Advertiser. The Statesman has more of these " bummer patrons than all the rest of the papers in Ore--got. Abont this town are at least twenty of 1l II I III I II I II llT H i i F mm II Ii II i i n-kt las A wvnnJ watching for the opportunity to read a States man uome ton eft man takes and pays for. And sUbseribers elsewhere inform ns that the is tne case " all over." e think we have in Oregon about three thousand bummer subscribers. At Winchester, where the Land OfSee stopped its paper, the bummers are so thick that a subscriber at that office, who was going away, ordered his paper continued for the benefit of the bummers, to that other subscri bers might not be annoyed ; and we venture the prediction that the tenant of the Land Office who can road has not missed the perusal of the Statesman since he discontinued his. Smith ays that alter Lane and Hibben ordered it not to be sent to them at Washington, " he (Lane) used always to borrow his (Smith's) copy ! " If a man, in a pet, stops bis subscription to a newspaper, he is more anxious than ever to peruse it, just to see if the withdrawal of his nafamnAMliu wuie: trill! it ' - Ocb Candidate. The N. Y. A'evs, in an article on the Democratic candidate for the Presidency in I860, said : - " Let ns nut at the head of our vanguard a Stiiieho, who shall combat with the A laric of anti-slavery, and win for the Republic a second Fok?ntia.M ""I am a rough, shell-bark hickory-nut Demo crat. I read yoar article abont the proper kind of man for President. I know nothing anout your omieuos, your Alarics, or your roiiyaniias mey may bo good for a scrub race, but I go square mp, riffht and left, down the middle, and never cross over, for Daniel S. Dickinson, by Daniel S. Dickinson as a standard-bearer, and they will feel an assurance that they have a candidate who is a man, a statesman, and a democrat which is a victory half won. JjjmrEATiox. i-We see no indication of over land inmieration to Oregon thia season. Ob 0r:c3 Sftntit&am. TTJEBPAY, JUTfTS 88,' 1888. Taut " WIT-OEM FOB Ml fcsKWr.. Ut. Smi'Jl, in hit speeches, has a standing joke about bow the Salem clique ' gets up its correspondence. He says letters are written by tho "clique dated abroad somewhere, signed anonymously, and then published in tho Statesman. This ha thinks is very reprehensi ble, and one of the dishonorable secrets he exposes. Oh our first page wo re-publish a column mostly of sublimated and sonorous nonsense, headed "The Deceived and the Deceiver of tho Late Canvass." It is dated "Santiam," signed "E." and was published in the Statesman in August last. As Delazon Smith's residence wnt not " Santiaro," uor his name " E " ; as the tenor of tho article would imply that it was some other person than Mr. Smith ; and as it is precisely tho kind of a letter that he has, everywhere he wnd Lane have spoken, described as one of the arts of tho, " Salem clique," and one he denounced as very dishon est, some people will be surprised to learn that it was icritten end sent to the Statesman for publication by Vtlazon Smith!! And some persons, who during this canvass have heard his merry-making over, and virtuous denuncia tion of what he styled " this practice of the clique,' will admire Mr. Delazon Smith's "ef frontery, if they are unable to commend his honesty. Occasionally one will bo uncharitable enough to declare that " witnesses for tho crown have not improved much, and are justly regarded as not being of the most relia ble kind. Mr. Smith also says, in his speeches, tha't " as he left Oregon, Bush told him to walk in his own shoes, and be sure and turn Gen. Adair out of offiee"; and conveying the impression thnt he (Smith) did not particularly desire Adair's removal he facetiously adds : "The President said he knew Adair, and he didn't know any thing about Bush, except he thought him a cu rious kind of a Democrat, judging from his paper." It will be seen by the " Santinm letter what Delazon thought of Adair; and we presume it ia not necessary to refer to his letter for proof that he, at that time, thought Bush a pretty sound Democrat, and deserving of the support of every Democrat. It will be seen that Dela tor! and the President (according to Delazon's story) differed essentially in regard to both Adair and Bush. But Delazon is mistaken ; Buchanan never said anything about Bush. Delazon probably got that story from Hibben or Lane. Tliey thought Bnsh was a curious kind of Demo crat, judging from his paper ;" said paper ex pressing rather too just an estimate of them To suppose that Mr. Buchanan ever said any thing of that character is simply ridiculous. We did say to Mr. Smith, as he left, " stand on your own bottom, paddle vour own boat. "or words to that effect," but we did not then eny a word about turning out Adair. However, that is not important. Delazon and ourself both thought Adair ought to be removed, and had at other times so expressed ourselves. We never differed about that both agreed that he was "a pensioner and a drone upon the party ' (we think we use Mr. Smith's own language) and was the last person in all Oregon who should have behaved as he did during the last canvass. We did'nt think, from his expression, that Mr. Smith needed any reminder with regard to that matter. But we have since been informed that Adair savs that Mr. Smith, before he left the river, voluntarily assured him (Adair) " that he was his friend, and he could rely upon lata." We said what he did to Mr. Smith nlout " standing on his own bottom," and "paduliug his own boat," because Iowa acquaintances of Mr. Smitk had often declared to us (what we were slow to believe) that he vould betray his friends and supporters the frst occasion that offered! ! awl because two or three of Mr. Smith's friends thought, from an incident which hnd occurred, that he had already conceived the idea of an alliance with Lane, which ras to give them the two Scnatorhips as long as Ore gon remained Democratic that Lane's strength in the two extremes, and Delazon's in the cen ter, constitnted a force that was irresistible ; or. as Gazley said, "a combination that hell couldn't beat ! " Events have shown that onr caution was not wholly inapt ; and, if we are not mistaken, events will show that Delazon would have done better to have observed it. But, on his arrival at Washington, Lane took possession of him how, or by what appliances, the reaJer can imagine, and generally pretty correctly. He soon had Smith in his (Lane's) boat, pulling at the oar, w hile Joseph was quietly steering. We trust that none of our readers will infer that Delazon "is a curious kind of a subject. judging from his E. paper," to moralize all over Oregon upon the matter of dating letters where the author don't reside, and " giving them any signature but that of an honest man." " The Truth of History." We are in formed that Delazon, in giving in his " State's evidence" testimony (and we consider this as the most reprehensible feature of his apostacy), says that the editor of the Statesman was the author of the "jubilee resolutions," and that he supported them "against his conscience" and to please us. The fact is, that while we, with others, agreed with the facts recited in those resolutions, they were especially Delazon's measure vrilten by Delazon. If we had written them, we think they would have con tained fewer irords. He even went so far, the very aftenoon before their adoption, as to de clare that if " Leland teas not read out of the party, he would GO OCT;" that he was " not going to light the battles of the De mocracy any longer, and have Leland vil ifying and abusing him, and still be recognized as a Democrat." Delazon Smith said this, in response to the expression of doubts, by a citizen of Salem, about the propriety of offer ing those resolutions at the "jubilee meeting." Now, if we are correctly informed, Delazon is representing, or has represented, that we wrote those resolutions, and that he was reluctantly carried for them by considerations of friendship for us that they are one of the " loads ho has packed for Bush." While we, do not regard Mr. Smith as a falsifier, in the common accep tation of the term, it is undeniable that, when in the excitement of a " speech," more particularly, he is very careless and loose in his statements, and knows little of much he says. He is certainly a most incorrect historian. Salem Spkixo Races. The' spring races over the . Salem Course commence to-day (Tuesday, June 28th). We are assured by those who know, that the track is the best in the State. Every preparation is made to ac commodate those who desire to witness the gport, which wiH donbtfeee be excellent ia its way. UI-RARD THE WAR SCRIP. Lane has always regarded a war debt as to biuch political capital belonging to himself, in dividually. Be so regarded the Rogue River war of 1853, and took to himself a vast deal of credit for getting that paid, much of which be longed to Cnpt. Alden, who was in the war, nnd was in Washington when the bill passed nink ing an appropriation for the payment of ex . penses. - Lane regarded the present war debt as Itis capital, capital which insured his contin uance in Congress during his lifetime. Aud of course, his promptings were to further the pay ment of tho debt, if he knew how to do it. That would give him " popularity" at home. But, a consideration arises which overrides the mutter of popularity in Orrsron. He has conceived the ridiculous idea" thnt be stands a chance fur nomination for Frtsident ! And, an appropri ation of six million would cut such a figure in tho canvass of 1860, as to deter the Charles ton Convention from nominating a candidate from the State which received it, and a candi date who had supported tho appropriation. It is manifest that Lnue has been made to look at the matter in that way, and that he does not desire to have th5 war debt paid until after 1860. His confident Presidential expectations not only' occupy his exclusive attention nt Washington, but they have caused the quar ters to be placed over the eyes of Oregon's war debt. And that is one reason why Lane has en deavored, aud is endeavoring to destroy G ro ver. If Groter had gone to Congress he would hare labored for the payment of the war debt. Another reason was that G rover, at Wash ington, attended to his duties, was possessed of a capability nnd faithfulness which was certain to win for him character aud standing of his own ; that does not suit Lane ; he wants no body at Washington besides himself, but hi echoes and shadotcs. .We are satisfied that the defeat of Mr. G rover for a renomiuatiou by the Laue society, accomplished by trickery and fraud, was done by Lnue's privity. There is much evidence that such must have been the case. And, - simultaneous with Lane's and Smith's assaults npon Grover in the north, the J Jacksonville Sentinel, under the general direc tion of Mosher, Lane's son-in-law, commenced upon him the same liue of attack in the south using almost tho same language. Furthermore, Mosher, for weeks before the convention, was away from his office, endeav oring to pnek that body against Grover ; and, six weeks before the convention, Mr. Shelby, of Portland, another son-in-law of Gen. Lane asked a democrat to write to Gov. Curry, and see if he would not consent to be a candidate for Congress. Upon that democrat replyin; that Grover would be nominated, Shelby said. " he would not be," and and tool-from his desk a talle of counties, sufficient to nominate, : which he said would go far any man against Grocer! Does any man suppose all this was done without Lane's privity ? Lane, in carrying out lib plan of a personal party iu Oregon, has sacrificed, not only the in terests of tho country iu the appointment of ig noraut, incapable aud uufaithful officers, but the whole value of her donation of 500,000 acres hind, iu withholding appropriations for pur veys; individuals have not only waited for one and two years for just claims against the Indian department, and have not yet got their pay, but, it is highly probable that our war debt is to be deferred, in oltcdicnce to his foolish and ridiculous chase for the Presidency! Well, it is all for the benefit of Lane, nnd of course Oregon won't complain, that is, if Ore gon lielongs to him, as he supposes. ' Is Bad Taste, to sat the Least. We are informed that Mr. Smith U verv abusive of Hon. W. W. Bristow, Senator from Lane Co. Reason, Mr. Brfctow attempted to read in the Senate, a paper containing the charges of gross conduct of Mr. Smith, in Washington. Bail ing at Mr. Brfctow n ill not convince the conn try that Mr. Bristow, knowing of and believing those cliargea, did wrong in taking such coure as to prevent the return to Washington of the author of them. The charges are very ex plicit. Gen. Lane, Mr. Grover, Gov. Stevens, of Washington Territory, Senators Gwin, and Broderick, aud the California representatives, l-now it if they are false. Why don't -1r. Smih get front them a full and trplirit (no half-way) denial ? Abuse of Mr. BrUtow, and the other memliers who compassed Mr. Smith's defeat, as they allege iu support of the honor and fair fnme of the State, will not do. As we have before said, these reports do not rest alone upon the unauthorized publication of the statements of Mr. Grover, though we do not believe there is a nmn from the Columbia to the California liue ho will hesitate to be lieve Mr. Grover. They aro corroliorated by the declarations and conduct of Gen Lane iu Oregon, by his declaration in San Francisco that Smith's election would lie a disgrace, ice, by letters of his (Lane's) friends in Washing ton and San Francisco both, by (we are credi bly informed,) letters of citizens of both Ore gon and Washington Territories, who were in Washington City last winter, by declar ations of the California delegation, by the course of some of Lane's friends in the legisla ture, when first assembling; friends who were unqualifiedly in favor of Smith until Lane ar rived on the Pacific coast, by the delegate from Nevada, and, somewhat, by the files of the Congressional Globe. They arc sustained by an array of testimony which personal abuse, or interested denial will not overcome. Gen. Laue is Smith's friend, or pretends to be. He can get from Mr. Bristow a statement of most of the charges ; (though some of the hardest are not contained in the paper BriBtow endeav ored to read) let him do it, and deny tbera spe cifically, fully, and unequivocally. Let him say he never saw what he might be expected to see, or heard of what he might not. If Lane can, with truth, make such denial, he is not possessed of common gratitude, or common justice, in not doing it. BiiLDrxo at Salem. There are seven brick stores in course of erection at Salem, one block comprising three stores, one two, and two one each. We think not as many bricks are going up in all the balance of the State. There is considerable other building in progress here, also. At the, lowest figni-e, $100,000 will be invested in new buildings here this summer. Pretty Good. When Mose Millncr re ceived his sentence of one year to the Peniten tiary, (the law provided five as the longest and one as the shortest term for his offence) he said he was "like Delazon, he had drawn the short tcrtn!" An nnfeeling bystander remarked that he stands a better chance for a second term than Delazon does. Favors. We are indebted to Mr. Ball, Portland, agent for J. W. Sullivan, San Fran cisco, for papers by last steamer; also Free- man A: Co., and Wells, Fargo 5c Co. ORKfiO HONORED. As loyal and truo Oregonians, we are natu rally rejoiced when our beloved State, through one of her worthy citizens, is made the recipi ent of favor and honor at the hands of the great dispenser of official fat things the National Executive. Heretofore, when a dignity was to be conferred, or a fat sinecure to be filled, even within our own borders, the practice has been to bestow it upon a resident of some other State, whose citizens seemed in nn eminent degree to possess those rare qualities, which enabled them to add lustre to official dignity, to ppeak rever ently of tho powers that be, and to draw their salaries with marvelous regularity and exact ness. Not that Oregonjans were considered in eapablo of assuming proper dignity upon oc casion, or of receiving certain stipulated mon eys at regular intervals w ith due precision ; but Oregon being merely a Territory a sort of in fant ward of tho government she wus not con sidered ns yet having any title to federal hon ors and diguities. Now, however, it is other wise. O'cgon has become a State a sover eign State capable of voting at the next Pres idential election ; and straightway our worthy chief magistrate tikes occasion to show his high appreciation of sterling Oregon worth and mer it, by bestowing an official appointment, f profit and trust, upon our young State. Hear this, oh Oregonians, and let your gratitude re spond to this mark of Presidential favor. Of course, iu selecting a suitable individual to receive this dignity on behalf of tho State, the President acted advisedly. He sought the counsel of Oregou's distiuguitlied Senator, Gen. Lane, whose long enjoyment of position and power, by the suffrages of Oregonians, gave him a right to speak in their behalf, and to desiguate whom, of all their worthy and esti mable citizens, they would most delight to hon or. Oi course, the joint selection ol Mr. uu- chanan and Senator Lane fell npon one every way worthy of the honor ; one who hnd long resided in the State, who had helped to mould her political character, to build up her institu tions, nnd to foster and cherish her interests ; one whose virtues and services gave him a dis tinguished claim to the favor aud affection of the citizens f our State ; one whose heart and home were with the people of Oregon; the very man, in short, whom the people of the State would themselves have chosen, hnd the selec tion been left to them. In whom, oh Oregoni ans, think ye, were all these virtues found ? Who was comidered wortbv, in the name of the State of Oregon, to be clothed with digni ties aud honors! Who, of all other men who ever trod upon Oregon soil, but Elhelbert C. Hibben t - I Does any incredulous individual ask what claims has Hibben to official station ns an Ore gon inn ? " AVe reply: Has not Hibben been for years Gen. Lane's faithful body-servaut ! has he not sport almost a year and a-lmlf in Oregon, speakitg and writing in behalf of Gen. Laue 1 has he lot done his utmost to build up and sustain the name and fame of Gen. Lane ! is it not probable that he would now be here in Oregon, blacking Gen. Lane's boots, brushing Gen. Lane's coat, and holding Gen Lane's stir rups, if his presence were not necessary iu Washington to !ook after Gon. Lane's interests there 1 Aud if he bos done all these things for Gen. Lane, has he not done them also for Or egon ? Doubter, avaunt, and take thy doubts with thee ! Surely Gen. I -one would not have caused the appetutuieut of Hibben, as a re ward for faithful personal services, without a full rc. iainty of the hearty and unanimons con currence of his " dear people." So Mr. Buchanan appointed "Ethclbert C. Hihbcii, of Ore ff-rt," a member of the Hoard uf Visitors to the Military Academy at West Poiut. It is not frue, as has been suggested, thnt Hibben wai appointed as a citizen of Ore gon beconse the lred Scott decision forlnide his appointment cs a citizen of the United States ; because the physical disability holds as well in one case as the other. But Mr. Bu chanan. Ix'ing well assured that the c itizens of Oregon desired Hibbrn's appointment to this position, ns a reward for his long and faithful services to Gen. Lane, in the capacity of bhly servant, determined (as the Speaker of the House of our State Legivlatnre once proposed to do) to " sutpeiid the Constitution," and, de spite ethuological prejudices, give Ilibtten the position. We trust this art of grace w iil be duly appreciated. A part of the emoluments which will accrue to HibWn, in return for his distinguished ser vices as inspector of the Military Academy, will he mileage from and to the place whence he was appointed. Now, IlihWn never resided in Oregon, except for a few months temporari ly, in the service of Gen. Lane ; but the Presi dent, willing to compliment and gratify us Or egonians, affected to consider him a citizen of Oregon, nnd so appointed him. It will afford Oregonians, therefore, great pleasure to know that Hibben gets milenge from Oregon to West Point, and from West Point back again to Or egon, while he only goes from Washington City to West Point, and back again to Wash ington City ; nnd that said constructive mileage will amount to about $1,200 a pretty good sum for our very economical government to pay for travel not performed, and to a non-resident. It is true that Gen. Laue has denoun ced constructive mileage as little better than a fraud upon the treasury, and has declared that he would not receive it ; but that, of course, need not influence Hibben. Gen. ' Lane, as all Oregon knows, is an embodiment of all the vir tues, particularly while lie is socking nn elec tion to office ; and it cannot be expected that Hibben, who is not a candidate, would presume to rival his master in the assumption of an aus tere virtue and self-denial. Besides, Hibben has a precedent, and a scriptural ouc at that, for taking his money. As Gehnzi took the gifts of the Syrian Captain, which his master, Elislm, had refused, so Hibben may fob tho construc tive mileage, which his master,. Lane, would not soil his virtuous hands with. Wherefore, oh Oregonians, be ye thankful for the honor which has been paid to you, aud the mileage which has been paid to Hibben; and pray ye nightly that ye inav always bo blessed with so wise and virtuous a Senator as Joseph Lane, aud bo gallant a representative npon tho military board as Ethelbert C. Hib ben. t Not "Founded is Fact." In localities where there are a good many Douglas men, Lane, in his speech, lauds Douglas says "he and Douglas are very intimate"; that just before leaving Washington, he had a long walk and confidential talk with Douglas, which ended in their taking tea together at Douglas' house," Arc., Arc. This is a little trick of the demagogue not uncommon with Joseph, nnd very well understood. Wc have seen, nhicc Lane's return here, a private letter from Doug- las, which indicates that tho relations Lane J pretends, do not exist between them. Waltox, the SAFE-RoBHEn. A corres pondent of the San Francisco Police Gazette furnishes that paper w ith a disclosure made by a convict in the California State Prison, in re lation to the murder of a woman named Mary Johns, who lived on Dnpont street, San Fran cisco in 1857. According to hit statement, the persons concerned in the murder were Walton, who is now serving out a term in the Penitentia ry of this State for robbing a safe in Portlnnd, Jack Herd, alias Frank Edwards, and "Little linn." " Two of them entered the woman's house, with the intention of gagging and rob bing lief, the other (Walton) remaining outside to watch. After remaining in the house a few minutes, they locked the front door, and at tempted to gag her ; but she resisted, and made so much noise that they killed lur to silence h r outcries. The noise attracting persons to the house, their confederate on the outnido gave the alarm, and the murderers decamped by the back door, without having secured any booty Thev soon afterwards came to Oregon, nnd w Wultou became sub-reporter for the Oregonian newspaper during the' sitting of tho Constitu tional convention, political correspondent after wards and meddled extensively in Oregon poll tics; in tho meanwhile "keeping his hand in,' by robbing rooms lit the hotels. At the same time, his accomplices were engaged in thefts and robberies in various parts of the country The detection of the safe robbery at length brought Walton up standing, nnd the rest of the gang became ularmed and left the country- Herd, alias Edwards, was afterwards sent to the California State prison for 48 years, for bur glary. "Little Doc.," w ho struck the fatal blow, is still at large. Can It he True ? We aro informed that at Albany, Lane, in reply to the inquiry w hy he did not move to set apart n day to consider the Oregon bill, at the first session, instead of permitting it to go to the committee just at the heel of th session without objection, replied that "it had to go to the committee, aud furthermore, that a Delegate could not make a motion," aud that ho appealed to Delazon to prove it. A Delegate had the same right to make that motion that a member had, while it was more proper for the Oregon Delegate to have made it, than it would have been for any member to have done so. Nor is it true, that there was any necessity for the bill's going to the commit tee. At the late session of Congress, the Ore gon judiciary bill was received in the House during the last days of the session, and Grover never let it go to any committee ; he got it up. prevented its reference, aud got it through. Lane could have done the same with the State bill, if he had tried, and with less trouble. For, the State bill was received iu the House about a month before adjournment, and Laue let it lie on the table till near the close, never even moving its reference to the committee! Making. Fun of Hibben's Candidate. The Yreka Union contains the following : The Oregon ientinrl nominates Gen. Joe Lane for President ! We had previously named Win. B. Lrggs late of Florida, for the same office; but Hilly up and died, one day. Our next choice is David C. Broderick." The Union is Democratic and anti-Broderick ; that explains the point of the second choice. William B. Leggs is the gentleman who fig ured extensively in the Florida war as Billy Bowlegs. He has done more lighting than Joseph ; aud, as Ids exploits in this line con stitute the only qualifications Lane has, we think the Union is right in giving Billv the preference over Jeseph. The Union is edited by C. B. McDonald, who knows Lane, as will be seen by his nppreciatioiiof his Pres idential aspirations. I regret to say that the general expression relative to my remarks was that of surprise that so much could he said in defense of our War claims. .Wr. Grorer's Letter. It might be a matter of regret that sur prise" should linve been manifested, but it ccr taiuly could not have been a matter of surprise; that was the first t hey had heard in defrnte of the claims. I Jine had never said a word iu de fence of them, didn't Zitoir anything about them, and wouldn't have cared to say it, if he had. for fear it would injure his brilliant chan ces for the Presidency ! If Lane had done his duty, or rather bad done the duty of a compe tent Delegate. Mr. Grover would have heard no general expression of surprise" that any thing could be said in defense of our war claims. W A Mr. Block is confined in the I 'oik county jail on a charge of robbiug a bouse at Eola. He is a stranger, and had been stoppins at the Eola House a few dnj s, and there com in it ted the roblicry. W. C. Eadcr is also confiued there upon a chnrge of attempting to kill his brother, Kn fus Eades. Kufus has just completed a three years term in the Penitentiary, to which he was sent for killing a man in a quarrel at Port land, in the winter of l&53--5!. Both, Rufus and the man hilled, were members of n volun teer company, passing through Portland. P. S. Endcs has been discharged on bail. The Ixconvexiexce of a Record. The republicans have been recently seized with ad miration for Thomas Jefferson, and had cele brations in several of the northern cities npon the last anniversary of his birth. At the N. Y. gathering was Wm. Cullcn Bryant, who, during Jefferson's administration, wrote a federal song, which embodied all tho foul slanders of the day. Tho Boston celebration was distinguished by the appearance among the prominent speakers of old Josiah Quincy, who, when in Congress fifty years ago, earned himself the unenviable notoriety of being tho man who moved to im peach Thomas Jefferson. UW Lola Montcz, who has figured as actress and lecturer, and in some other characters, in most parts of Europe and America, who mar ried a cullus printer in California, cowhided another (who, by the way, is now in Ore gon), and made herself generally notorious, has " experienced religion" in London, thrown away her "Colt" and "cat," and taken up the psalter and prayer-book. "While the lump holds out to burn," See. t-"At the session of court in Eugene City, last week, Judge Stratum sentenced three or four criminals to the penitentiary among them John Evans, who was last fall examined by jus tice Purdy, of Salem, for cattle stealing he was sent up for three years for stealing a watch Win. Shirley was arrested at Eugene City and committed for trial on a charge of forgorv! CP The small-pox has almost entirely disap peared from Portland. There wero but three or four cases of it, nnd those of a very mild form. However, those who have not been vaccinated should oa no account delay that operation. Passage.--The rates of nassa.ro .v' , steamers from San Francisco to N. Y-, are now $150, first cabin, second cabin, 100. From in0era.!M d cabin 10 RitRQicAr. Opebatios. On Monday lasl 20th inst.. Dr. R. W. Shaw, of this place, as ited br Dr. Uncklcs, performed a most criti rnl and oainful operation upon Mrs. Stevens wife of Harrison Stevens, living near Parkers ville, in this county. The patient had been suffering for more than a year from a cancerous tumor of the breast, which had become uan life. The operation consisted in th removal of tho entire right breast, which bad , l.tr the cancer, i nc suner ings of tl.e patient w ere much relieved . by th use of chloroform, and, she is nmu " promising way of recovery. Weak The Eugene Press publishes a silly story, which it says Lane's son-in-law tells, us cumin from Lane, to the effect that there was a conspiracy to break down Lane, ana ton, . - nrorr were sworn to the terms of it. The sequel of the matter ia..that Delazon, when . j. i.....;o- T,u-p. to face, was lie met me grcui iu""j .... . i.:.i. . nr T.nne'8brand(y)ishnieuts, bii m.u n uu hom v,-. - - and confessed the whole plot, with tears in his -r , as hazlenuts. The story w u nr,.,..,.lr ri.ti. iilons and utterly false f. i ' ! t fine's witness, and knows whether or not it ia manufactured. r n .rf Traveler." We ob- llliCU Al " of the " Arkansas Trav o...i uf,u " trritea for it." Reed is naturally a clever, "step-and-go-fetch-it" little fellow, but his connection with the Lane interest makes him stoop to associations wmcn nis se" nnmert would otherwise forbid. The " pieces " which he contributes to the editorial columns of the Traveler don't amount to much. He very much resembles a bottle of root beer: when the cork is cut itcoes pop! fizr-x-r ! squirt for a little while, and after that is very stale and flat. Tup PrvrrevTHSY. Messrs. Newell and English took possession of the penitentiary and convicts on the 22d inst., iu pursuance of the law which will be found in to-day's Statesman thirtv-one convicts. They are em- nlovinir them in cradinsr the streets of Portland. Mr". English has sold out to Messrs. Penthtud. of Portland. Coffin and The names of the convicts are as follows: Charity Lamb, Kanaka Jim, Isaac Tubbs, Ed ward P. May, Geo. W. Livingston, Jas. Fitr Walton, Jas. Jones, A. J. Owens, Cleaveland Walker, John Simpfon, Benj. Way, Charles Huberts, John J. Mills, Patrick Hines, Henry Smith. William Kiley. X. 11. Crouch, John Smith. J. L- llacknev, Frank Childers, John Pinkerton, Moses E. Millner. t3F" David R. Atchison, of Missouri, still en jovs the sweets of private life on his plantation in Clinton comity. During a recent revival of religion iu that section, he seemed seriously in clined ; and some of his relatives, who are zealous Methodists, really had hopes of his con version. But they "vankhed like the baseless fabric of a vision," and Atchison remained the same "old Dave" "the sweariugist man in all Missouri." 3"" Gen. Lane, in his abusive harangues through the country, alludes to certain pen and pencil caricatures of the Sinatorial "unit as "obscene pictures." He probably beard them called caricatures, and not knowing the mean ing of the word, concluded it must be some thing "obscene. "Maduer and Madder." It is said that the farther Lane goes, the worse he rails and curses, though occasionally in a strict locality he omits the profanity. The Scriptures inform us that evil men and seducers shall wax worse, deceiving and being deceived! Cc Mr. Grover has been for several days quite ill confined to his room with inflamed sore throat, but is recovering now. Drouth. A severe drouth is upon the coun try, unusual for this season. If we do not have rain soon, crops will suffer. r?" A second stone building has been de stroyedat the Dalles by the high water. Mr. Editor: You predict that Delazon Smith will some day turn "State's evidence " Don Lane and liis "Society." Yon might have said, and been within the'truth. that he had already dene it, to some extent. During the sessiou of the Legislature, when it was thought that I-nue was not coming, Delazon reflected upon him and his conduct severely. He gave a graphic nccouut of the " drawing " for classes a sort of " patent safe" a game in which " the deuce took the act" which satisfied every one who heard him that the short terra was '" put up" on him ; that Lane knew just as well be fore the drawing as ajterwards, that Smith had the short term ! The operation, as described by Smith the manner of holding the "box"; the placing the ballots therein ; the shaking of the same (that is the shaking of poor Smith's ballot, num bered " one." iuto one corner of the " box,") and then holding it poised at an angle of forty Eve degrees, when the otlier ballot, numbered " two." was put in carefully, and the General iuvited to draw first, without the last ballot be ing allowed to "mix" with the first satisfied every hearer that it was all arranged ln-fore-hand that Smith should get the short, aud Lane the long term ; and furthermore, that Smith so thought. At the close of Smith,' rather rich recital of this little " game," some one remark ed" You were cheated !' Smith's reply was : " There was a chance for it, if they were so dis posed." . About this time Smith would say that Lane had promised him he would be at the seat of government to help him, and he was not here ; that if Lane did not come to the rescue, he was " a very base man " ; that he would have come to help Lane under the circumstances ; that he had sacrificed friends, by counties, to sustain Lane, and that if ho had not come to his res cue. Lane would have been dead " dead as herrings that are red " ; that Lane had prom ised him, before he left, not to have Nesmith and Zieber removed, and after he left he had it done; nnd much more in the same strain. And it is said, thnt after Lane was forced here Del' azon compelled him to work for him by threats that if he did not he (Delazon) would vp in(o Linn county and talk; and fear of his tongue "to lib "UrTi -U out,J. 'ute, brought &e to hiui." This but item, about going into Linn , and talking, I will not vouch for, but the rest I w,q. If lane had not finally come to Delazon's rescue, I have no doubt he would now be upon the stump exposing the venerable dem agogue and humbug, and would notunlikelv have given i proof that Lane kept the State out toseewhctuor Se was elected Senator! x if Lane promised Delazon that he would not , remove Nesmithand Zicbemntil after Delaion?. re-elceUon was secured, and then did it.-! djd not tell the truth ; if he did not nroniu! Smilfi does not tell the truth. If Lne would have been " a very base man ' if ho Ld not conic to the seat of government to help DeHion he is no less base in coming here as he d d for he was brought here bv "Na ,L : his will, and ncver intended to come T 1 would not have come if he had not M I- l,,av.e no donH hall all live 7a Z t ncNiau an nve to see anil torn " StBt'o i ,. K!,M xicurcmiin mm "State's evidence" xT and his adherents, and when he ds, it "wilM richer than the Keokuk bK.- cvuientiy leels ill at case in the La ation"; particularly, as he most eflwoci ize t'ac fact that hi was not if,0 real" -Seenit" by T'Vauk rj the Co., butispresUimo'theP Moher Joseph ho?D, fa tS-Sr uuzzaru." Smith gerald, Win. Aregood, Enoch rrmt, iienry Wilson, Wm. Hat well, Wm. Hamilton, Geo. irrr,a n.,viil rvNnl. .las. F. Knox, AVm. N. At the r! of the brideV fslhrr. In the forts cf 8Dll -m l hfn Ur OresoB. on the lh Ahj of Jane, Is-, Mr. tomtit: ofSKSf Co., CI., od V... g.r.h JM. ''Xgand.y.theMthd.yof Mr. t '"JlSr' by C. C. Crm, Klq.. J.mrt K Benchnip to U Srb W. Walker, both ot SUrioil Co., Opt. - . In Corvlli, on the lt lDrt.. J- . Hnna, Joba Barv.n turf Jane Mcllree, both of Linn Co. On the ISrh Uy, at the residence ot the bridt s fa.ber, J r. Noah .M. Seir.ar.hy Rer. O. C. oe, Mr. i"hn Frankhn Pieree, t' SliM Elizabeth Ann McSemar, U of Washington County, Oree . n. . On the liJi iiny, by the tnrr.e, ilr. Wm. T. Dona Jon and Uiaa Martha M. Knn!, of aabinpton eoocty. On the ltfih June, l.y the same, Mr. W m. V. Emlnf to M Catharluinc Kiria, of Was Inpton eoasjty. On the I5:h Inst., ty lt. Thomas Condon, Mr. W. H. Me rrl.,D. oi CorTallls, and Msi.-nrah B., y oungeit daughter ot Nirholas reti(rer, of l.lnn coonty. . - In Benton county, M ir.r?.. by Rer. R. C. BH1, Mr. Byrea Pool, of Corvallis, nil Jane Graham. Iu Uvr.ton county Jnnc liih. at the residence R. B. Hinton, by J ep White, J. r.f j0)in B,:rr.tt end M.u Manns Bin-ton. DIED. At the residence of A. B. Stewart, Mary Jsce, wife of Ber.J. A. Ks. aged 10 years. At Morgpioan, Berks Coor.ty, Pa., on the 60th day of Maicn, 15w, Mrs turn nail fcrgns, Mle 105,1, yer cj J;tr age. In Lane eonotr. 6U, Br.hirt w x, . . 1 abont Are years. " 6 111 uat cootity. Mtssonrl Zomiralt, a-ed abont 9 years. SPECIAL NOTICES. Ixmr. A pair of exW eeee hvtton. amehere to Sslem. They are rained only as a rift of a dear deceased friend." The finder ia requested to leare Ihem at tie Statttman effice. PrmtrraL- sjea'SB National Circus The above circus company. vhose well-known nopotartty In Cabfornla bas extended to this State, Is about paying ns a sisir, and we doubt not their success here win be equal to what fc has been tn California. Oar California exchaegts cuiserasJIy extend to them the highest meed, of praise, and unite h pronouncing jt one of the best organized companies in the world. lwlS Rare Farm. TL9 rea-ler is referred to the advents. ment of Jrrome B. Jsrkson, In this paper. It fern bes a ea y. Hal opportunity for any one In panait of farm. Teret easy, and property desirable. S3js Books. I propose to eU rateable books throobost the Willamette Valley, at small profit. I aa tho an ajrent t- r Parrish A Co , Portland, and win famish any of his assort ment at Portland price. C C. SMITH. Jane 4, 1503. I3tf Removal- The Pest OfSre bas been remored to t' e bonding one door west of the Marion Bocae. Ha3s arrive and depart as follows : Southern mail srrires Mondays and Tinn-Iaya, 5 o'do.-i, m ; Northern snail arrives 8 o'dock, p. m ; both depart Taesdays and Fridays, 5 o'clock, a. fa. Mails eh-e Muadaya and Thursdays, I oVlock, p. . Jt- T. CATOS, P. Sf, May SI, 1S59. . lltf Qraefenberr BlannaJ of Health A frrri'sia it's printed rolsme of three honored pares containing and extremely plain deseriptioES of ail manner of 1 their symptoms and treatment. Every family shotsa hsra jne. Price only twenty-are cents. It win be sent, pass paid. to any p st office in California or Orcgor en the reee-.pt mf i5 cents by mail or express. Address Redington t Co- San Francisco. The Graefenberg Medicines are for sale by Dr. E tilaa. at the Napa City Dreg Store, and aa Druggists and tinr.., lies throughout the country. General Agents tor California and Oregon BEDINGTO CO , lwlJ Wholesale Dtajtr'-WS. W? Clay Street. Dr. Gcyaott'a Isrprewed Extract ef Yen owe Dock and Sarsaparilta, is a sore remedy for Berctar t.'nt- Xow ia the time ase this celeoralea pencer 01 ue MasaL n fct the great Spring Remedy, and the only medicis whssh caa effectually dearsae the system from afl imparities of tkwHasdL Thousands who hare used can testify to ITS MtRACCLOCS ETFEC1S lfOX TET MIS n. It creates new, rich and pure Mood, earner oe tfct ) ,4 humors, deanses the tomaca, regulates the bowels, ara un parts a tone of rigor to the whole body. Dr. 6Twysor Brtmci of TWiew- Ltx-k and "nasj sifTa. As mawofaetcred uimUt tfee supcilutdeace of the ssast cess- brated chemist and physician in this i-'aiuj. ia the V3L1 ZAKZJrJXJt-lS which win eSeetoaliy deasse the system, eradSeaa eSaease, restore a healthy action to aO the fbncrie?s of the tady asnf AUC iJ! ntw net For sale by all Bragrrists oa the Paeixte coawt.a if PARK St WHITE. Arestr. 132 Wasbirirton street- aa Fraaciscc W. K- Sam a Co.. Agents, s-atrax. ss$ Dr. I J. Caapkay. We wosjd direct Oat especial at tention of mraBds to a perusal f Dr. I J. Czapkay'a atrer tfeeoest, to be found in another ecrssa ef this paper. ni or der :o ptere the ssi ta.es of a learned aad experience" afcysi- cian within their reaca. s tscca i haa been infected sanst human family frcra the peraieiocs and trace agi psacauss af esEptriea, that a seescs aa It we were ralss; a bosadca awry to sake known wbere reef caa be cbansed. T thsar ssa farrasate enom.1. to awaer from tire effects of aexwal ee frlnSA diseases, wr tfcear ai trearmer.t, am cbeex'nSj run aiail Br. L. Crapkay as a saaa of rare acieutrnc asd snets, Bosacssiax aS the reoars.tr. frotn long f aeawtrdged skill, sr the nectasful practice f Ms prrfcs Uoa. Hartec made scroti cosIxiats aa erpeesti asady, Eka the celebrated Ricord, ef Pars, he is cxiabhd as gaarxst a permanent aad speedy e-ore la aB cases ef scitate. ae car oust diseases, whether the effects f nrnrwrrn, seif-abwse, ew In ef ra-Orty ; aad ha order that parents at a distance may avast taeeaserrrs of ads advice, free -u wltjCoa is epea to taesa. The knowledge that we hare cf the nuaeeresi ceres he haa Seeded, pat ef whreh were ef r5 staadisr, teaca as Is plaes seaca taita at Dr. Cs efhemry. aad ecaaceed fcJs as Ska conSaeace ef theiae m 81 health- Dr Caapkay "a etnea sj oat fwimm street, betww Mwtronsery. aearSy saawsaat asa Pacific Mad fteaashp Co. v Ofaee. Sua Frazteace. tmu Lyon's BXarsaeie, tr Flea. Powder. Wl auaisf Garde-. Insects. Cockroaches, Bed-Bags, Fleas, Asta. Bask. aad aB pests ef the verasia ksad. Ta topeetaaca of aseaa ble article ef this kind is aseau-atJe. In warm weaSksr sal aatare seeeas with these annoying foes. This poadu m mm wrr article ever discovered wbira wiB exarrarjaare taesa, & eompnr at a-otaaasta. troai thv HartitaJtial Coot's af Basis, whde aaiidst Che ferns ef Asia, swan ad xea al i tug apoa a certain kiaki ef psaa wary 1 This fact was saade ear ef so grard tar? aicaf cat ratrwder. Qmtgtrt.-cs of the pi-Mit were 1 1 ai basse by 1 C. Lyon, aad foaad a pueilin hasret dejarsye perieores. It Is ttmft? a pww 6r4 leal, eaeaLiear to resiss the effect ef ace arjd Potest hm eeea rtli 11I treat the 1 France. Geraaay and Rassia. tress r?sWWi Paar.ssajsjji aeroof medical and hxxticaJraral crfSerw aad ssnCjs, urrra rxow tew rtsstsrwr or twt rsrrca SUKB. Ermlire Jf-rw. e. rwelraptoa. Jn. Hat m "t Eaawrn. Lres Near jSa- I hare the li laaii twla f Jraa yoa that that the Royal Coeaniiatity at taw WattTS Fair, at Ib4cb, hare awarded yea a Medal saw CrCraat far the rreat rain efrwrr MacVal PrHsdeew. Ae. . - MILI-ARD FILLVOKE- Catnrwja. Toe aaore was accosapaaied ty a certificate ef Fraas Ae- rr b rasa raoqt resans. at. K r r. Vr re. tat' I Ka. K. Ltos ertr We hare ana.'rre aid tea Magnetic Powders aad find theas perfect !v bar Jess kind and doaaesdc aaisaals. hat certain death shaa t T hoe- ants and and tnjeetj. JAMES R. CHILTON, M. D., Cwtwfit. LAI RANOE SOD, Pan,. Car -rat, X. T. Hoswta. Mr. John U Roaa. Soperintendent ef the Sew Tort I. says, he has eipeDed an the ants, reaches, as ae-, with Lyon's Powder, aad finds H cf iaaaease vaaaa" Every gardener and howsekeeper most haTe a dirsej hWBr estiaaa article ef this kind. Keferem-e caa be ssaae fist Astor, St. Nicholas, and Metropolitan Hotefe; jadfe! Ment of the American Institute ; James Gordon BrasaU. Gen. Wtnfield Scott, Cyrus W. Field. L. M. Pease, of tbeflra Points MissioB. Ae., Ac i,rfe Meigs says. - ThisdasosssSr ef Prof. Lyon j of national importance. The FarassnfCA ve testea it thorosrhly. It will destroy locusts, rvr,Mw,Buls,rf,,.It.ri vermin. Garde. preserve!, and house rr.ade pure." Arrangements are now made throurh Messrs. SltJ PARK, of Sew Tors, to have it sofci throaihoat (a wsrai. "any worthless imitations are advertised. Be eaatjeaal , -Vrw Tor, -Vorewsto- StA-lSOa. Ia retiring from business. 1 have sold an my Insect Pew- " ders and PiUs, Utter Patent, and the secrets pertahaa. to, to Messrs. Barnes k Pari. This Powder a (bseevw rytnade by myself, and brought from the interior ef Asa, la unknown to any other persons- The genuine and esrtfv article is pat np ia tin canisters, aad will eoatiaae to hear a SL LTOJt - Rata aad mice cannot be reached br a nowder. aad art !1 1 1 - . agneuc Fill. Order them through anj 1 1 ITon Powder kills insects ia a trice, ' Bat Lyon'i Pill, rf mixed for rata aad aai Follow directions. C.frrtJy an4i fcWrwwW?- rrw a Co., Area's, Salem. SWTTW . Tl . . SmS o" " w- v . ejTnritrowD-Aen PARK A W HITS. Baa tranche. Rceliuirton V Co. very as afBst-Jm WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, -107 Clay Street, San VraacisjeoE toHt'f traJeaf-;:- complete, aad drstnilt DRUGS AXD MEDICIXES. lAVIXOrwntlyewmpJetedbiisa " 07 which one of the firm will reside penu n -New ork.for the rorpoe of selecting and tore,- ng Rooda, for onr own trade-, we are enabled otl'r superior advantages to purchasers, as we sbiuiat tunes haTe the benefit of change in tae marke. aad ran roarantee all articles of our own aeWcaua to be fresh and tannine. We wnertfnHw eol'rcit the attention of the trade ia 'ire iron. ashinvton Territorv. aud Uritish t'tauibia, as our kns experience ia tbe"Drna basiaess, "d present complete arraneements for purchasiBj-., east, will, we are continent, enable ns to otfers. troceniema as will give perfect sacUtittioa to sit waa raaj favor ns with their orders. - Oeiieral Amenta for Use celebrated CrnrWaie-r- Fism:l Jtrtficiv. -- , . liEDIXliTOX - CO , AMiQicWe Drngya, San Finn -Mew