6"
JL EleavJ, wrfcinx e sa fcwa Beio, Lima eoun
I ra la the T7k1!? Cfewti'Mfitm, of
' 7 f artlcla srer lie head of " Pout.
a Lrtmmt," ia whka it is Mid that "the
rstCitU M Aomeui to necessity , &c.(
caJ tt w-mver ke may be, hi first effort
i M tvn k pcatoCee. His RtBrestatatires in
CacjT'wi, nor the oQcials ia the De partment,
aUowed to rest, aatil a post roata is ea
1 -II&M, and a jpostafles -nly iaaogarated.'
l.w,keT in the Forks of tke Santism, emhrac
fcj tam one-third of the population of Liun
saaaty, and where there are near four hundred
asters a very hwvs Msjerity demooratie, there
Is bo postoQoe. al(uowh the people hare made
veer tCort that could be made, and "never
reuJ.H Eat ottr Delegate Mart hare "rested."
fjr ear ererj effort has aeea fruitless our lonr
Cat of nantes to petitions hare heen unnoticed.
Jo, Lane was asked, whets last here stamping-,
whr we had ao post rente or office f "Oh." ho
ail, "it is a great pitf a great wrong- Why
did roa not write to mm t u you had. woald
saretr hare had an ofSce here," dee. Now, our
Delegate, Oea. Laae, has been written to, re-pea',-;
bat when the letters were seat, that
was the hut of theta."
The cinaens of many portions of Oregon
hare had oeeashwi to complain, ia times past, of
the waat of adequate mail facilities, and of the
negligence and inattention of the public officers
whose duty It was to inform themselves of the
atut itws of oar citizens in this respect, and
represent them properly to the Posteffiee De
partment. In most cases, repeated petitioning,
and, whea that popular recourse failed, threat
ening, (poStioal vengeance) have procured for
oar cftaema the postal accommodations they
demanded, at least to a partial extent. As yet,
however, no attention has been paid to the de
af ear friends in the Forks of the San
There is no good reason for the neglect
with which they have been treated in this re
tpeet. As our correspondent states, they have
repeatedly petitioned Congress to establish a
mail rente for their benefit ; individuals have
addressed letters to our Delegate in Congress,
argiag him to use his influence, and to press
upon the attention of Congress the petitions and
' representation of the citisens of that district
of coaaUy ; hat all to no purpose. No atten
tion has heen paid to the petitions ; and "when
the letters were sent, thnt was the last of them."
Not so much as aa intimation that they had
been received, and would, some time or other.
receive attention. Not even a promise (which
woall hare cost nothing) to the people of the
Forks, that something woald he done for them
8o little acquainted was our Delegate with the
geography of Oregon, that he doubtless imag
ined the "Fork of Santiam" to be some ont-of-
the-way locality, with bat few votes, and not
worth taking into the aoeoont in calculating
chances for the Senatorahip. And when.
abort time since, he first learned from his own
observation the numerical importance and po
. Ctieal power of the Forks of the Santiam, he
expressed sarpriee that its citisens had no post
oSee or mail rente, and asked " why they did
not write to kirn t he would surely have had
an ofiee there." We believe that Lane was
entirely ignorant of the locality and its people.
as ho is of Oregon geography and Oregon af
fairs generally. If he had not been, it is prob
able he would have paid more attention to their
postal wants.
We have no doubt but that, if the proper
representations had been snade to Congress and
the Department, by the proper person, the peo
ple of the Forks woald now be enjoying all the
advantages of a regular mail. If they had
been in the habit of -giving large majorities to
the candidates who ran in opposition to Joseph,
instead of their nsnal large democratic majori
ties, it is possible that he might have seen the
- immttaawe f Ada something to conciliate
them. It is probable that now. a hen he thinks
there is a chance by making a eaUpaw of Del-
axon, to secure the rapport of Linn, next rear,
for the Senate- he may make an effort to have
tardy justice rendered to those of her citisens
who reside in the Forks. So good aa opportu
nity far a little demagogisra is not often present
ed, and will not be thrown away, by one so am
bftious as Lane.
Our friends in the Forks may find it necessary
again to petition Congress for the establishment
of a mail route. If they do, we advise them to
. present their petition through some one who is
not a standing candidate for a presidential nom
ination ; otherwise they may, as they have done
heretofore, petition in vain. They should have
had a mail route years ago; and if oar delegation
in Congress will give due attention to their ne
cessities, there is nothing to prevent the estab
Kahmeasof snch a rente at the coming session.
In the meantime, keep the matter well stirred
np. Oar government understands mails and
post offices to be a necessity to the American
citizen, and will supply them wherever the
extent of the community and other circum
stances will justify the expense of their estab
lishment. -
A Vile Falsehood Revived bt the Lake
Socrrrr. In 1854, Dryer either manufactured,
or copied from a San Francisco paper, a para
graph which represented that a "Bash-man"
got into a dispute sad a quarrel ia a gambling
house, and called for the police. We were in
Ban Francisco, on our way to the States, some
where near the time the occurrence was repre
sented to hare taken place, and Dryer, then a
enemy of ours, and also, as now,
a political opponent, endeavored to convey the
intimation that the paragraph referred to the
editor of the StaUman. Nobody knew better
than himself that the insinuation was utterly
false. And nobody knows better than the Lane
hyenas who hare now revived it, (coupling Mr.
Trevitt's name with otrrs,) that Hia a base and
dirty lie. Yet it has appeared in one half of
then- organs, and not unlikely will Cad a place
la the balance. To revive and retail the slan
ders of the opposition papers in years past, ,
concerning the private and public character of
democrats, sunders heaped ape them as much
because of their support of Lane himself as
for any other reason, ia a worthy occupation for
the hirelings of Gen. Lane.
The man does not live who can trace our
steps to a gambling table, in any part of the
world. Never have we placed a shilling upon
the fortunes of cards, or any kindred game.
We neglected last weak to acknowledge
favors from E. W. Tracy, & Co.' Express
That enterprising institution keeps os supplied
with the freshest news from all quarters. We
are also indebted to Sullivan, of San Francisco,
for late Atlantic papers.
Delazon Smith is about to publish a paper at
Albany, to advocate bis ejection to the Lnited
States Senate. California paper.
That is certainly the mission of the projected
Delazonian that and the punishment of the
democrats ja Linn county who favored G rover.
A LUfTU mSH BW3M.
t A fetter, dated at Winchester In this State,
and signed " Oregon," appears In the 8. F. Na
tional of Aug. 9th. It is undoubtedly the pro
duction of L. F. Mosher, son-in-law of Gen.
Lane, and the tenant of the Winchester land
oCce who can read and write. This letter
gives the Lane view of Oregon politics, and, as
its source suficimtly indicates, is a tissue of
misstatements and misrepresentations, entirely
worthy of the engineer of the Lane grocery
caucus, the trader in democratic nominations,
and the packer of primary meetings and con
ventions. Of course, he tells a story which
will suit Joseph, and make it appear that the
Lane society is in the ascendant hi Oregon. It's
no use, Mosher. Joseph's day, and your day,
and the Lane society's day are over in this
State. If you caunot see it with half an eye,
yon have even less political sagacity than we
gave you credit for which is very little, indeed.
Mr. Stout had sixteen majority. In your
own county, where Lane resides, (or pre
tends to reside) and right under the nose of the
land office, yon can Hud five times that number
of democrats who voted for the democratic can
didate, who wouldn't vote for Joseph nnder any
circumstances, not if he had a nomination
from a pocked caucus of tho Lane society.
In his letter to the National, Mosher has some
thing to say about " half-breeds." The only
half-breed who ever, to our knowledge, mingled
in Oregon politics, was Lane's colored servant,
Ilib ben, whom Joseph imported hero to run bis
organ ; but after the admission of Oregon, the
political disabilities imposed upon negroes by
our State Constitution rendered our climate
rather unfavorable to Hibben's features aud
complexion, and he left. Since bis departure,
the Arkansas Traveler, edited ostensibly by
Wm. Gallows T' Vault, but in reality by the
Lane family, including Mosher, has been the
Lane organ. A "half-breed party, composed
of Lane men and black republicans, under the
name of ''Nationals." was in existence last
year ; hut prior to the lust election it had re.
solved itself into its origiual elements. While
this " half breed " party was iu existence. Lane
had a secret bargain with it, and was prepared,
in case it succeeded in overthrowing the demo
cratic party, to side with it openly. Mosher
bargained with it privately, and by its aid se
cured the defeat, in Douglas county, of several
democratic candidates, because they were not
Lane-men. A pretty subject, to talk about
" half-breeds ", and " half-breed-parties."
Mosher is very active in the service of Gen.
Lane ; but his seal is net calculated to do bis
father-in-law much good. At tho July session
of th : State Legislature, last year, his over-of-ficionsness
caused much anxiety to all the sen
sible friends of Lane, one of whom begged him
" for God's sake to go home ; he was mining
the General." Ilia electioneering trip to Coos
and Curry resulted disastrously for the demo
cratic candidate. His " editorial effusions in
the Traveler, and his letters to papers out of
the State, don't help the cause of the Laue so
ciety. Mosher will serve Lane's interests infinitely
better, by attending to the duties of his office,
drawing his salary, and saying nothing. We
offer him this bit of advice gratis, knowing-, how
ever, he wont take it. His self-conceit won't
allow him to profit by good advice, however
honestly teudered.
' Lvixa nr Face of the Record. In the
Onion we find an article which it says it copied
from the Traveler, (we never saw a copy of
the Traveler containing it) which alleges that
before coming to Oregon we supported in Mas
sachnsetts the coalition which resulted in the
election of Boutwell and Sumner. It is a little
unfortunate for the plausibility of this lie, that
we had been more than a year and a half a
resident of Oregon, and publishing the States
man, betore ettner lfoutwell or Sumner were
chosen. But that makes no difference ; the lie
will not only not be recanted, but it will le
stoutly reiterated. The files of the Statesman
show that, here in Oregon, we denounced the
coalition between a part of the democrats and
a part of the whigs in Massachusetts the co
alition referred to. The files of the paper we
conducted in Massachusetts in 1848-9 show that
we denounced a similar coalition in one of the
neighboring States, and declared that no dem
ocrat should stain his hands with it. In reply
to a similar falsehood to the above then utter
ed by the regular opposition press we several
years ago copied from that paper to the above
effect. We have ever opposed coalitions ; the
last one we had occasion to denounce, was that
of a few Lane men styling themselves "nation
als," and the black republicans, in Oregon, in
1858.
Turned Up Again. Gen. Otho I I'm ton,
the Ohio mail robber, has turned up in Sono
ma county, California, as a candidate for coun
ty judge. He runs on the opposition ticket.
Before his little faux pas in Ohio, be was a
prominent whig politician in that State. Since
that time, he has experienced a good many vi
cissitudes in life. In 1850, he kept a whisky
shop in Placerville, Cal. ; fearing detection and
arrest there, he left and came to Portland, Ore
gon, where, nnder an assumed name, he open
ed a hotel, and got married ; lieing frequently
recognized by persons who had known him in
Ohio, he became alarmed, and again cleared
out, going, it was supposed, to the Sandwich
Islands, where he engaged in the business of
carpenter and joiner. Now he has turned up
again, as a politician in California, and the
democratic papers of that State are reviving
his antecedents. . Some of bis political enemies
call him "Gen. Ohio Ilinton."
The Highest Steeple. In some sections
of country in the east, rivalry between the dif
ferent churches upon the subject of high steep
les, is quite common. The tallest steeple we
have seen in Oregon and we think the tallest
there is in the State is at ' Forest Grove,
Washington co. It rises over one , hundred
feet. The church from which it points heaven
wards (Congregational) has just been complet
ed, and is among the best, and perhaps the best
in the State. ' We were told that its cost was
between eight and nine thousand dollars. The
sum was raised by contribution, and one mem
ber of the society, G. A. Smith, gave one thou
sand dollars.
Waxt to Ksow. We learn that Gen.
Lane has invested $250 the value of five
shares in the Delazonian. We should like
to know whether the General makes this invest
ment on his individual account, or on behalf of
the "family ?" and to which of the "family"
will the stock revert when the concern
"busts ?" T' Vault, probably, as he is in the
organ business.
. CxF The memoranda and passenger list of
the P. M. S. S. Northerner were furnished ns
last week, by the Co', gentlemanly agent, but
too lata far insertion.-
Another Question. Tho Onion seeks to
avoid th falsehood that "tho Indian war was
denounced by the Statesman as gotten up by
speculators and sharks for the purpose of mak
ing attacks upon the treasury of the United
States," by quoting from our files of 1855, the
following paragraph t
"We have private intimations that it has
been the organised and deliberate purpnse of
some individuals in the soutli to incite Indian
depredations and disturbances, so as to create
opMrtumties to plunder the public treasury.
Then follows, in confirmation of this, the
comments we made upon speeches of Hon,
Delazon Smith and Dr. Henry, at Corvallis, in
1855, iu which the former charged, in sub
stance, such purpose on the part of tome indi
viduals ; accompanied by the expression of the
opiuion that the audience, after hearing the lat
ter, and Mr. Smith's "examination" of him.
left the bouse satisfied that the persons referred
to were not guiltless of the purpose charged.
We now repeat that the audience were thus
"satisfied," aud we think Slater was of the
number. Mr. Smith was confirmed in the opin
ion, and so expressed himself, as did every au
ditor we heard speak of the matter. We were
of the number.
The "private intimations" we referred to, in
the paragraph above to, were generally from
the most respectable and best informed persons
south, including more than one officer of the
United States government. We believed then
that their opinion was eorm-tly founded, aud
believe it no leas strongly now. And that opin
ion is still expressed by well informed and iutel-
ligctit persons South.
Uut, this is a very different issue from the one
raised by tho Onion. It does uot follow that
because thero were persons south with a pur
pose to incite hostilities for peculative ends, that
the war was "gotten up" bv them. Nor does
the expression of this opinion by the Statesman
imply a "denunciation of the war as gotten np
by speculators and sharks," or in the least qua!
ify the "malicious and intentional falsehood'
uttered by the On ion. . " '-'
The only other quotation the Onion makes to
cover up its lying, is the following from the
Jacksonville correspondence of the Statesman
of Nov. 2-lth, 1855, a considerable time after
hostilities commenced :
"Now tlii man Charley is as cunning as a
fox, and is chief of the know nothings in this
count r. I le knows that if he coukl brnis ahont
hostilities, that lioss was Colonel of the Militia
and he could be adjutant. All those difficulties of
which he prophesied in those Clarendon letters,
were not the result of accident, as the happen
ing ol Dr. Jlenry, at Cow creeK, at the partus
ulir hour of the commencement of hostilities
was ! Now Charley Drew, and others, n ho
bad figure i at the bead ot a partv in tin. coun
tv, had lost their grip, and something must be
done to save them. Circumstances and the
acts of certain hostile bands of Indians on the
Klamath and Siskiyou mountains, favored their
plans and the idea was conceived, that hy
thntxvinir the fire-brand among the Indians, the
entire blame could be saddled on the democ
racy."
, This was tho most direct charge of a deliber
ate purpose of inciting hostilities being enter
tained by some persons south, contained in any
of the Statesman correspondence of that year,
It was written by Col. T'Vault, now of the
Jacksonville Sentinel. We feel justified iu giv
ing the name of the correspondent, as the edi
tor of the Sentinel has recently published in his
paper demagogue accusations concerning the
war, against the Statesman, similar to that con
tained iu the Onion.
The Onion man quotes approvingly from bis
co-laborer of tho Traveler ; bow does he like
the "Col's." opiuion concerning the "bringing
about of hostilities !"
The Scrip Convention. We observe that
a pretended report of the proceedings of the
Eugene City Scrip Convention, from the pen of
the constitutional falsifier, Pat. M alone, appears
simultaneously in four papers, to wit : the
Portland Oregonian and Times, the Oregon
City Argun, and the Corvallis Onion, all pub
lished on the same day, (Aug. 20) and all Lane
or opposition. We presume the smuc re
port will lie found in the Arkansas Traveler of
the same date. .There art rensons for believ
ing that the hireling falsifier who produced this
report was employed by the Winchester land
, office, and not by the newspapers to which it
was sent. . ' "
f The report is incorrect and false in nearly
every important particular, and is calculated.
from its style and character, and from iu
publication in Oregon public journals as a faith
ful transcript of the proceedings of the meet
ing, by a professional reporter, expressly en
gaged for the purpose, to cast more discredit
upon the war claims, and to injure and retard
- them more than any direct assault which has
been or could bo made upon them. As a siu
gle instance of the mendacious spirit which
pervades this "cpolt,," the hireling falsifier alio
got it up makes Mr. Pengra say, that the doubt
and suspicion in relation to the war claims
"originated with Geu. Wool and the editor of
the Oregon Statesman ," and adds, that to this
"neither Grover or Drew made reply, though
both of them replied to other portions of l'en
gra's last remarks." The truth is that neither
Mr. Pengra nor any other speaker at the Con
vention once mentioned, or even remotely allu
ded to, the Statesman or its editor. Mr. Pen
gra did any, that the war accounts had been
prejudiced in the minds of people at the east,
by the course of Gen. Wool, and of certain
Oregon journals, which he did not name. He
could not have referred to the Statesman, which
has at all times, and in all honorable ways,
sought to maintain the credit of the war ac
counts. The statement contained in the " re
port " is the deliberate, false and malicious fab
rication of a hired falsifier. What he receive d for
his dirty job, we presume the tonaata of the
Winchester land office can tell.
Overland Immigration. Horace Greeley
estimates the number of immigrants on the way
overland to California at 90,000, and the num
ber of cattle at 100,000. Oregon also receives
an accession to her population by way of the
plains. Two hundred wagons are reported at
the Grand Ronde, on the way in, and there
may be others behind.
Eruption op Mount Hood. The Portland
papers say that Monnt Hood is in a state of
eruption vomiting fire, cinders, and smoke.
It is supposed that the late visit paid to it by
the editor of the Oregonian gave it a puke.
The mountain is not visible from Salem just
now.
Cowasa. The Oregonian. states on what
authority we do not know that the "man with
the white hat" (Horace Greeley, of the Tri
bune) will visit Oregon by the next steamer.
He has been lionizing in California during the
past few weeks.
Fruit. Mr. Daniel Brock has laid ns nnder
obligations for a fine lot of plums Jefferson
and red damask. Mr. John Herren has our
thanks for supply of nice apples.
coos and crnttiT revRTiRS.
From our intelligent and reliable corres
pondent at Port Orford, we gather some inter
esting items of news from our extreme South
western counties.
Judge Strnttnn has been holding terms of the
Circuit Court at Empire City, Coos county, and
at Port Orford, Curry county. He nnikes nn
excellent ond popular judge. T. D. Winches
ter, Esq., was admitted to the bar at Empire
City. Two men uanied Thomas Van pelt and
James Jones were indicted for arson Jones
escaped, and Van pelt was to be tried. The
county seat of Curry county is to be removed to
Ellensbtirg, at the mouth of Kogue ltiver.
A large colony of Germans, under the leader
ship of Dr. Ilerninun, have settled in Curry
county, upon the Coquillu river. The Germans,
as a class, are industrious, frugal and temper
ate ; under their cure ond labor the wilderness
es of Coos and Curry counties will soon bios
soni as the rone. To the Germnn element in
their population, the States aud Territories of
the Mississippi Valley owe much of their wealth
and progress. Everywhere they are welcomed
as good and useful citizens ; and we are glud
to learn that a considerable number of them
contemplate making their homes in our State
We cannot have too many such citizens.
There is a considerable extent of excel
lent bind yet unclaimed in those two counties,
Their mining interests nr- nlxo important.
Gold in paying quantities is found along the
coast, and the t'oos Hnyeoal mines, though not
at present worked to any extent, muHt one day
prove a source of wealth to that locality. The
business of shipping lumber to San Francisco is
carried on, b&th ot Empire City and Port Or
ford. Iu short, the counties of Coos and Curry
have within the pnst two years increased very
much iu population, wealth and importance.
Mr. George Sea, who b:is been trading in
supplies to the Randolph mines, died very sud
denly, of apoplexy, on the 11th, iust., at Port
Orford.
Careless Journalism. We have fre
quently noticed the ridiculous bungling man
ner in which the New York papers sum up the
new s from this count ; but the following from
recent number of the N. Y. Tribune, cops the
climax of culpably, and nt the same time ludi
crously careless journalism. If news is worth
telling at all, it is worth telling correctly. The
republicans of this State will be amused at find
ing themselves transformed into democrats, and
at the Tribune's mode of endorsing their squat
ter sovereignty resolution :
Oregon has chosen the first delegates to the
.National Demovrutic Convention. Ihey are
A. G. llovev, W. Warreu and Leunder
Holmes. The State Convention apKiuting
them squatted eu squatter sovereignty aa fol
lows:
"While we recognize the fact that by the
Constitution the sotereigiitv of the Territories
is vested in the Cougreso ol the I mteil btates,
we acknon ledgte as well thnt Congress niny
delegate the exercise of that sovercigntv, in
part or in whole, to the people of such Territo
rics, and ore in favor of such delegation, as
far as mar le consistent with the protection of
tree Labor, ami g'Mitl government therein.
I lie Convention nominated Daniel Logan
for Congress, much to the disappointment of
the Irieiuls ol Mr. 1, rover, who msist that he
had in his favor a majority of the Democracy
ot the Mate.
, ty We have received a copy of the "Arti
cle of Agreemeut " for the stockholders of the
projected Delazonian. It is of Delazonian
length, (full page closely printed) constitutes
the shareholders " a joint stock company, " with
a condition that they shall not lie " individually
liable beyond the amount of the stock subscri
bed for. That is an agreement among them
selves, and cannot affect the public. In law
such company is hut au ordinnrv copartnership.
aud its memhejn are individually liable for
whatever liabilities the company incur. There
is no principle of law better settled than that.
Another condition contained in the " Article "
is that iu case the concern is rented, aud the
"tenant " ''fails, neglects or refuses " to pub
lish a Delazon paper, the lease becomes for
feited. A Reform, We are glad to see that the
clergy of the country are abandoning that silly
piece of professional snobbery wearing w hite
cravats as a budge of their culling. A Boston
paper states that of nine hundred aud fifty-
three clergymen attending the late anniversa
ries in that city, but seventy -three wore the
professional badge.
Comixo Over The Rutland, Vt. Courier
says that a good many of the republicans in
that State are getting sick of their party asso
ciations, and are coming over to the democracy.
"While Ihe lump buliU out to burn,
Tbe vileM niuaor may return."
A Law Library. The following is said to
be a coirect catalogue of the legal documents
contained in the room occupied by chief justice
Jon n Pettit, of Kansas, at the hotel in Hia
watha w here he stayed while holding a term of
court :
"One keg of brondr. four revolvers, four
bowie-knives, three flanks of whiskey, aud a
quantity of cigars and tobacco."
A Good Rule. The editor of tho Brandon
Miss.) Republican notifies his subscribers, that
none of them need expect to receive the paper
more than twentv-fivc years without paying for
it. A large number of papers have adopted
the rule.
Bad Habit. The grasshoppers in some
portions of Virginia have taken to chewing to
bacco, and the result is a scarcity of the weed.
They take it in a green state, nud thus escape
the drugs and filth contained in the prepared
article.
Law and Justice. A man was lately
brought before a New York justice, charged
with bratally whipping" "his wife. ' The fellow
said something about " getting justice " "Jus
tice," said the squire ; " you can't get it here.
This court has no power to hang you ! "
ty Tho Iiarrieburg (Pa.) Telegraph tells
of a child seven yeais old, and weighing two
hundred and fifty pounds, which recently pass
ed through' that city. A regular whopper
that child is. . ' -
Antimont. A mine of antimony, a metal i
heretofore found only in Germany, has been
lately discovered near St. Cluirsville, Illinois.
It is one of the ingredients used in the manu
facture of type metal, and very valuable.
X3T A Prussian, named Kreeker, who came to
this country twenty-one years ago, and was
naturalised, returned, some four years ago, on
a visit to his native land, when he was arrested,
and compelled to perform three years' military
service. "
" A Little More Lager." It is stated, on
whose authority we do not know, that there are
thirty-five lager beer breweries in St. Louis,
which annually produce 115,000 barrels of beer.
G rover's Speech.- We shall publish the
report of Mr. Grocer's speech at Dallas at an
early day after its delivery -
MICKI.R 1" II I OWN
In the N. Y. Herald, we find the following
letter of Hon. Daniel E. Sickles regording the
resumption of marital relations with his wife.
Mr. Sickles' political and personal friends refuse
to recognise him since the reconciliation. The
man must certainly be possessed of low instincts
who, after what has transpired, after extorting
from his wire mid publishing to the world the
disgusting details of her crime, can restore her to
his "dishonored bed." As a mutter of fact,
however, we suppose there was as much to for
give and repent of upon one side as upon the
other. Mr. Sickles was Mr. Buchanan's Sec
retary of Legation nt the court of St. James,
during Mr. Pierce's ndiuiiiiritratiou, was a ineiii
ber of the last Congress, and w as lant full re
elected to the next, in which it is said he will
serve, though his political supporters demand
his resignation. But, Mr. Sickles refuses to
resign, and has already rented rooms in Wash
ington. The Washington papers predict that
Sickles and his wifo w ill not be admitted into
their "best society;" but that society is of such
an accommodating character, that we appre
hend they will overlook Mrs. Sickles "little af
fair," and Mr. Sickles' return to her. Mr.
Sichles says :
The reconciliation was my own net, without
consulting with atir relative, connection, friend
or adviser whatever. Blame, if any belongs to
tho step, should mil upon me. I am prepared
to defend what I have done before the only tri
bunal 1 recognize as having ti.e slightest claim
to jurisuicilon over ine sunjeci my own con
science and Tear of Heaven. I am not aware
of nnr statute or code of morals w hich makes
it iiifumous to forgive a womun. Nor is it usu
al to make our domestic life a subject of con
sultntioii with friends, no matter how near and
dear to us ; and I cannot allow even all the
world combined to dictate to me the reputation
repulsion? of n:y wife, when I thiuk it right
to lorgive her, and restore her to my confidence
and protection.
If I ever failed to comprehend the utter di-
ulnte position of an offending, though peuiteut
woman me iiopeicss miure, wmi mi ns uam
iNMsibilities of danger to which she is doomed
when proscribed aa an outcast, I can now see
plainly enough, in the almost uuivenml howl of
denunciation with wliicli she is followed to my
threshold, the misery and perils Irom winch 1
rescued the mother of my child; aud although
it is verv sail for me to incur the blame of
friends and the reproaches of many w ise and
good people, I shall strive to prove to all who
feel nn interest in me, if I am the first man who
has returned to sav to the world nn erring wife
aid mother mar lte forgiven aud redeemed
that in spite of all the obstacles in my path, the
good results of this example sball entitle it to
tho imitation ol the generous aim tne commen
dation or the just. 1 here are many w ho think
that one act of dutv. proceeding solelv from af
fection, which can only be comprehended iu the
heart of a huvbaud and a father, is to be lutal
to my professional, political and social stand
intr. If this be so. then so be it.
Political station, professional success and so
cial recognition are uot the only prizes ol am
bition; and so long as I do nothing worse than
to place niv fauiilv under the roof where they
mav Iind shelter from contumely nU persecu
tiou, I do not fear the noisy but tleetiug voice
ol popular clamor.
The multitude accept their first impressions
from Tear; hut in the end men think lor them
selves, and if 1 know the human heart aud
sometimes I thiuk that iu a career of mingled
sunshine and storm, I have sounded nearly all
its denths then I mav re-nssure those who look
with reluctant forelxidings on mr future, be of
good cheer for I will uot cease to vindicate a
just claim to the respect of my fellows ; while to
those motley grouts here and there who look
upon my misfortunes only as weapons to be em
ployed for my destruction to those I say, once
for all, if a man makes a good use t f his ene
mies they will be as serviceable to him as his
friendsv
In conclusion, let me ask oulv one favor of
those who, from whatever motive, may deem it
uecessory or agreeable to comment in public or
private upon this sad history, and that is. to aim
all their arrows st niv breast, and for the sake
of my innocent child, to spare her yet youthful
mother, when she seeks, iu sorrow and contri
tion, the mercy and pardon of Him to w horn,
sooner or later, we must all appeal.
l. 1. Sickles.
Still Belligerent. The following ad
dress to Gov. Douglass was adopted by tbe Co
lonial Assembly of Vancouver's Island. It is
rather w arlike iu tone. As to acting upon it.
Gov. D. "couldn't if he would," a higher na
val authority (Admiral Baynes) having coun
termanded his order to the British fleet, aud
left him without means to invade the island of
Sau Juan, or Bellevne, ns it is sometimes called:
AKKRF.SS.
The house acknowledges the receipt of your
Eieellencv's communication of the 3! instant-
relating to the clandestine invasion of Sau Joan
Island hy United Mates troops, ana the steps
to lie adopted in relation thereto.
Since that communication it is well known
that additional forces have been landed.
The House would, therefore, inmiire w hy the
British forces were not lauded, to assert our just
right to the Island in question, and to uphold
the honor of our country and our (Jueen?
I he House would most urgently impress upon
your Excellency to enforce upou Her Majesty's
t Government the necessity ol uemauUing irom the
Government of the United States, not only the
immediate withdrawal of those troops, but also
strenuously aud at all risk to maintain Her right
to the Island in question, anu also to all other
Islands iu the same Archipelago, now so clan
destinely, dishouorubly, and dishouestly in
vaded. It is not for our country to be wantonly and
insolently insulted, but redress must be de
manded. The weakness of the colony is its greatest
danger, and at the same time, an inducement
for the repetition of similar offences by similar
persons; let it, therefore, bo urged upon Her
Majesty s uoveninient, that sending out Colo
nists rapidly from Great Britain is the surest
way not only of maintaining peace, but of pre
serving intact Her Majesty's possessions. Cou
pled with this, the House would propose that
free aud liberal grants of land be given to such
emigrants after settling thereon lor a certain
tiuie.
tlT In passing through Yamhill and Wnsh
ington counties last week, wo were pleased to
notice the increasing evidences of , improve
ment and thrift. The pioneer log - cabius are
fast giving way to neat and tasteful cottages,
and Nature's wilds to cultivated gardens and
fields.. Wo saw two hundred per cent, more
people at work than ever before iu passing over
the same space of country, which wc take as an
earnest that our settlers are resolved to drive
off hard times with hard work. Lafayette has
arisen from her lethargy, and is vigorously seiz
ed with the spirit of improvement which so
long forsook her; Dayton exhibits marks of
substantial advancement; Forest Grove has
become a pretty village, and Hillsborough, the
county seat, seems resolved not to be distanced
by its rival. Altogether, the country manifests
unmistakable proof that "Oregon moves."
-' Squatters. The Republicans of Maine,
like those of Oregon, have "squatted on the
squatter sovereignty "doctrine," as the X. Y.
Tribune says. At their late State convention
they Resolved,
"That we hold unequivocally to the doctrine
of genuine Popular Sovereignty and the right
of the people in every State and Territory to
establish their own institutions in their own
way, subject only to the constitutional powers
of Congress and the restraints of a just mo-raliiys"
I, UTTER PROM POBTI.I5ID.
.Sentence of B tlrh News from the Plains
Safety of Wallen's Command Immigration
V. ,i r . j -".
LHOTincm jBfun-"H'('e 'j wt,t
City Election Hellenism, Spc.
Portland. August 2flth, 1859.
Editor Statesman: Our city is neither
duller nor more lively than usual this week
On Saturday last, Balch was sentenced to death
bv hanL'in?. His executton will take place on
Monday, Oct. 17th, between the hours of 10
aud 1 1 o'clock, A. M. (It seems that our Or
egon judges are disregarding the time-honored
Custom WHICH HHSlgncu puuiiu riixuuuiio w 1 1
A mi alone. 1
The numerous friends of Captain Wollen,
and his gallant command, will lie pleased to
learn t hut a nicssrnger from his camp has arrived
at the Dalles and reports that they were all well,
and hud experienced no difliculty with the In
dians. It seems that the force of the Hnake
Indians who attacked the Warm Springs res
ervation was grs-iitly exaggerated, both as to
numbers aud equipments. The messenger re
ports that some tw o hundred immigrant wagons
liud arrived at the Grand Ronde, tn route for
this valley. They came under military escort.
Reports hare reached here of murders and
other outrages committed by the Northern In
dians upon the people of "Y ashingtou Territo
ry. These Indiana live in British Columbia,
and the Hudson Buy Company is supposed to
nuve wmi liitlueiico with tliem. it is even uc
lieved by some, that tho Company incite the
Indians, to aggressions upou the American set
tlemeiits : but such a thine is incredible.
The couvicU E vans aud May, w hose escape
Irom the penitentiary I mentioned in a lormer let
ter, w ere retaken in Washiiiffton Territory, op
posite Rainier, and returned to the institution of
Messrs. Collin tc Pcntlaud. where they have
been made to do extra peuauce in considera
tion of their running away.
At our charter election on Monday last. Mr.
S. S. Slater was chosen City Recorder by three
majority. 1 he vole stood, lor W. L. Alcbwan
270 ; for S. S. Slater 273.
A desolate-looking Californian arrived here
by the lust steamer, in search of an errant wile,
who had left his bed and board in company
with iIia ciHik. with nn "iust cause or nrovoca-
tion"' except that she liked the man of steaks
cud puddiugs better than her liege lord. The
husband found the truants at the Columbia ho
tel, and. by dint of dire threats and a noisf
maimer, succeeded in getting somebody to hold
him until the guilty pair make good their flight.
aud saved our city from becoming the scene of
another hickles-aud Key tragedy.
Talking- of Sickles, reminds me that the
DmIu News, ofthis city, approves the course of
that individual, in taking Ins repentant spouse
to his protecting arms; and even the Advertiser
refuses to shy a pebble at him. Who then shall
condemn i-im 1 Certainly not Yours,
St. PIERRE.
"Panama Fever." The followins extract
from the Congressional proceedings would indi
cate that our late Senator had an attack of the
Panama fever iu the Senate, on the 25th of
February. Certainly no man tn good health
would thus rudely treat the presiding officer,
and, like a petulant boy, take revenge by re
fusing to Vote. Nor is it probable tbe gentle
manly president, Mr. Fitzpatrick, of Alabama,
would have "chosen not to recognise" our Sen-
ater if he bad nut been under the influence of
the fever: DOCTOR.
From tbe Confrrcmiofial Globe.
In the Senate, February 25th, 1839. "The
Secretary proceeded to call tbe roll on the mo
tion of Mr. Doolittle.
Mr. Smith, (of Oregon) when his name was
called, said : I have sought, some half a dozen
times, an opportunity to assign the reason which
would govern my vote ; but as the Chair did
not choose to recognixe me, I decline to vote.
Mr. Trcmbi ll. I rise to a question of or
der. Debate ia not in order w bile the roll is
being called.
The Presiding Officer, (Mr. Fitzpatrick.)
The point of order is well taken.
The result was announced yeas 19, nays
29."
Xewspaporial. Tbe Daily News, Port
land, is soon to be changed to the Daily Times,
and placed under the editorial charge of Mr.
O'Meara, late of the Standard. The Weekly
Times will be made up of the matter of the
Daily. W. Dt Carter, formerly of the Timet,
is to become connected with the Farmer, and
add a job-office to the establishment. Gen.
Harney has ordered Capt. Thomas Jordan, ed
itor of the Dalles Journal and A. Q. M. U. S.
A. from Fort Dalles to Fort Steilacoom. We
do not learn who succeeds Capt. J. at Fort
Dalles, but incline to the opinion that he will
not be a local politician, political editor and
newspaper controversialist.
TubCaliforsia Press The newspa
pers of California have been in the habit of
charging all manner of scurrility, and even in
decency, upon the Oregon partizan press, while
closing their eyes to the deeper degradation of
journalism among themselves. Some of them,
we are glud to see, have commenced a clean
ing np of the rubbish before their own doors.
Listen to the San Andreas (Cal.) Independent
itself a partizan paper :
A vile and noxious thing, in the main, has
the party press of this State become. Street
loafers and hawkers of unclean vendibles will
firofit by studying its columns for intensified bil
iugsgate. If our people make any progress in
civilization, in ten years more, the party press
of 1 S59 w ill be referred to as the great barba
rian crusader against good taste aud decency.
A Strange Celebratios. The last
Fourth of July was celebrated by the convicts
of the Washington (D. C. ) Penitentiary, by
the permission of their Warden. The Declar
ation of Independence was read by a murder
er, an address, after the most approved spread
eagle style, was delivered by an accomplished
forger aud swindler, and the various other male
factors joined in the exercises in several ways,
singing patriotic songs, &c, Tbe song " Do
they miss me at home.'" was sung with peculiar
reeling and effect. Altogether it was a scene,
the like of which was probably never before
witnessed within the walls of a convicts' prison.
Arrest op an Oregonian. Wm. P.
Moore was arrested recently at Sacramento, on
au allegation of grand larceny committed in
1853. The charge was made by Wm. Hardy,
who said he gave Moore $125 to keep for him,
and that he immediately left for Oregon and
only recently returned. The court discharged
Moore, saying it was evidently an attempt to
use the criminal law to correct a civil wrong.
Free Lovers. The S. F. Pacific Metho
dist says that a "Harmonial" or "Free Love
Association" has heen organized in that city,
and "supposes there should be no lack of disci
ples in San Francisco." The organization is
nnder the leadership of "Dr. Tyler a big
whiskered and benevolent looking individual.'
.We have no doubt his peculiar style of benev
olence will be found admirably suited to the
' "Harmonial" wants of the San Franciscans.
An Interesting Ceremony. At Kansas
City, Mo., at the celebration of the last Fourth of
July, the Oregon Star was affixed to our ' Na
tional flag, amid the enthusiastic applause of
the audience. The star was prepared by the
ladies of Kansas City, and presented on their
behalf by Joseph Hodgson, Esq., in a neat and
appropriate speech.
Fersoxai A. C Russell, Esq., a gentle-
nir.n long connected with the press of this State
will start to-day for Portland, Oregon, where he
intends to make his home, eschew politics, and
devote himself to the practice of the law.
Sam. Francisco Aeuo Aug.
Oreoom Delegates to the California
State Fair. A meeting of agriculturists and
mechanics of Oregon was held at Salem on
Soturday last, for the purpose of appointing
delegates to represent this State in the Colifor
nia Agricultural State Fair at Sacramento, on
the 13th id- Sept. next. Alfred Stanton was
called to the chair, and I Heath chosen Secreta
ry. The follow ing gentlemen were appointed
delegates tosaid State Fair :
T. J. Dryer, J. It. Knnpp, Multnomah ; W.
Meek, Scth Lewelling, George Walling, Clack
amas ; Win. II. Rector, L. E. I'ratt, Wesley
Shannon, Marion ; Jesse Walling, J. W. Nes
mith. Polk ; Anderson Cox, Linn ; Jamea
Watson, Benton ; John Welch, Lane ; Albert
G. Gaines, Yamhill; JcneApplcgnte, Umpqna;
M. P. Deady, Iouglas ; John Porter, Wash
ington ; John E. Ross, Jackson; O. Hutna
son, Wasco ; James Taylor, J. Welch, John
Hobson, Clatsop ; John Bonser, Columbia.
Murder Will. Oct. A man was arrested
a short time ago in Arkansas, for a murdercom
mitted twenty-four years ago, in Tennessee.
The man, whose name is C. B. Ivey, had resi
ded in Arkansas for twenty-two years, daring
which time he married a highly respectable la
dy, acquired wealth, was honored by bis fel
low citizens with responsible public offices, was
a leading member of the church, and doubtless
imagined himself secure from punishment fur
his crime. But his w hereabouts became known"
to the authorities of Tennessee, and a requisition
was made upon the Governor of Arkansas for
his rendition. He yielded himself up without
resistance. Thus is afforded another illustra
tion of the truth, that puiiiidiinent for the com
mission of a heinous crime ia sure sooner or la
ter to overtake the offender. Thongb justice
may sleep for while, the mark of Cain is never
effawd from the brow of the guilty ehedder of
blmid. Go where he will, vengeance pursues
him and sooner or later will overtake him.
Independence is the noblest of all possess
siuns. MARRIED.
In Silrm, nn th S4ih lnt hf Rrr. J. D. Bnn, Mr. Jowph
H Hina and Mm. Rho-! Wait. ll ot Balera.
On th- 14th lnt. by !. E. Pew. i- Ne r-rtHmc sf
th- hri.U' UttHrr. Mr. W lli.ai Cum ol M m Maria Jut
C'offinharr, all at Clsta-p Ctnmty.
la Hail D Co.. At. 1-Mh. by Rr. M. B. Sour, at the r
droee of th hrftr, Mr. Urorge Bpence and Mr. Lacinta.
All, all of B-rton Cmmtf-
In I'-prraH:, Air. IMh, at th rra.dri-e of U bridt fcv
thrr, Mr. Juki BuAnftoB and Mjl Elizabeth Leva, all wt
Uil clIT.
On th? Slh In., at th reaidenee of SvmtH Bict, In K o
Valk-y. by H-rr. l-r M:II-t. Jame II. M.Ucr and M m Mary
1. Stewart, all of B-nton C-rantjr.
In Co.. th lnt.. hy Rt- J. W. Hlnrt, Her. Jahn Mo
Ghee and M aa Rachel Hyde.
IDIEID-
In Tamh.ll eottntr. ii iatt., Jvof Wtlilam, aoa of 1. Tt.
and Manrarct Bdchrr, aged lea yean four month and 11$
teen daya.
At the rerldrnee of her hsaband. In Linn Cv. Om J on a
S&a, 1, Mra. Marparrt S aallman, wife of Samae! SmattV
man, aed 83 year and T- days.
In Pallet C.IT, on the 13th ImI., of eonsamptlon. Jtmrntm
PjI. formerly 8T Indiana, a red 83 years, second of A.
e. Poik.
At Btelltieoom. W. T., on the 16th inat., Clark Drew, for
merly of Orejron-
Anrtsat 5th. of eonanmntlon. after a lone and ae-rer ITlneaa.
Mra. Janetta PhHIlpa, conaort of James T. Pb!U:ps, of Tiiura.
ton county, W. T-
" Blessed are the deal that die In the Lord.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
DralUBor at Co.'i Ami . Prahmer Co. will rrra
an entertainment in ina puce on i dqtwij crcuuif am, npi.
1st, eonsistins; of snake charming t7 Mr. !f . Drahmer, bar jo
and riolin playing hy Messrs. Perry and J. C. Drahmer, per.
formanees of pet bears, cannon bail exercises, sc. They ara
highly commended by the Portland presa.
Laws of th Stat Lefislatttro.
A few pamphlet copies of the Laws enacted at the late sea.
Ion of the State Legislature, for sale at the Stattsman oaica.
Price Sfly cents.
Aognst T, 1559. Ktf
To Statesman Sabacrfowra. v
Owing to the scarcity of money in Oregon, we hare eondad-
ed not to send oat bills to subscribers is arrears, this year, tn
accordance wtth mr aanaal custom. There are doabtleas
many who cannot just now conTcniently pay the small soma
doe, and we do not wish to nnnccessartly press payment ; and
therefore emit sending bills.
At the same time, we hope those indebted to ns, who can
-mare the money, will send It to ns. Oar expenses are th
same, bt th In " Stuh times, and " hard times,' and mast be
met with cash payments ss fast as incurred.
To thooe In arrears for advertising and jobbinc, we sead
bill, and circulars, br this mail. PlBLI.HFS
Salem, Aug. T, l-- tStf
Job rrlntirur. We hare made some additions to war
stock of Job Type, Including a good assortment of Card and
Fancy Letter, of the newest stylet.
Hart Farm. The reader is referred to the adrertif.
ent of Jerome B Jackson, in this paper. It famishes a cap.
ital opportunity for any one In pursuit of a farm. Terms
easy, and property desirable. StalS
To Adwortlaera. The actual circulation of tbe Staiem
man is orer two thousand copies ; the advertisements appear
in dear and readable type ; the rates of charge are not more
than those of the papers of little circulation.
Aa L-onc aa thoro 1 X.U there la Bop.
M rasas. O. R. Bikeb A Co. Gents : tr the beneSt of the
public, and especially those who are suferinr with diseased
tunes, or are subject to eouehs and eois. I wise to add mr
testimony to that of many others, touching the emciencr of
Da. HALL'S BALSAM. Last winter I was attacked with a
couch, which was eery shortly after followed br rarss rs are
bbust and tanas, and sanarnfess or aaaara- I resorted to
various remedies, and to what I deemed the best tn:!.cal ad
vice, but nolwithstandine all that. I cont-oued dailv to decltoe.
until I was pronounced cn-irdv PAST EECOVERt. EATH
BT SUFFOCATION imra vext . so we. as it was with
the almost difficulty that I eonld breathe. Jost to this "tare
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heslth.
For further reference call on me at mv residence, en Bettat
street, south side, two dors east of Lvnn.
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The above Is only one of the many hundred certificates
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been restored to health by the timely use of or. Wit. Ball's
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