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JJkJST. lO, 1800. ffe cartsda baa at lerjth Oea upon thsj JUsing Meae of th Harper's Ferry drama, ir&fc iM strange intermix tare of tragic and coast, wiiom and absurd, deplorable and lu- . The principal actors in it have made gsjsjtirery their hut apt ranee anon any stage, Mkinf their last exit ia a my uadigbified tkogh extremely eeremonloaa manner. The ptaotfal Titlaga af Harper's Ferry haa beea I maris1 fta Ha wonted sereaity and repose, and to mhahitaata have doubtless, by thia time, re eawd their equanimity and their self-con fi tmf The aorthera abolitionists have held Metfafs of eympathy and condolence with the deal taaMaetora, and hare taken npoa them arfree the ignominy and shame, w ithout the of old Brown's treason and dishonor. U be rcry glad if the whole mat ter eaahl end here. John Brown and hi confederate in guilt Bteta apon the (allow, the ignominious death whieh the law has ordaiued as a punishment for the wont and vilest crime. Ther have aCered a fate which they richly merited There is not the slightest palliation, a hatever. forth guilt of Brown and hi accomplice in this affair ; not so much as there was fur tlie srsnaowder phat of Guv Fawke t no more thaa there waa for Herod's murder of the inno cents ; no mure than there w as for the treason af Arnold or of Judas. It was a delilierate aad eoij-blooded conspiracy, carefully prepar ed and premeditated, aad consummated in robbery aad murder. Their punish it ceald not hare been less tliatt it was ; the law did not require. It I in a politi cal point of view unfortunate, however, th.it it became necessary toiutl'ut tho h-gal p.ualty for aoch an offence. M uch better v ouid it Lave been for tho future peace of the country, and fur the moral effect produced by the f:te of the conspirator, if they had lain slain with their araM m their haud, and in tne cry pc rpctra tiaa of their atrocious deed.. Nt that any other fanatical alHtHtiouists are likely to emu late Browu's martyrdom. ns they call it ; bat if Brown had nut been subjected to the laws of his country, w hich he had violated. tf he had died in the cimi mission of hi crime, or even had been lynched in the hent of the excitement by an outraged and enraged popu lace, the subtile arts of black republican paters aad leaders would have failed to canonize hiiu ia the minds and affections of their deluded followers. lie would have been regarded by republican, yas by all others, as a bold and daring conspirator against the lire, property aad peace of his fellow-citizens, w hout even the poor plea of mad fanaticiin could not excuse, moch less justify. But while he lay iu pris oat, awaiting the process of law, the pity fur the bodily sufferings of a brave thongh despe rately criminal man. which was shared in some degree by his bitterest enemies, was insidious ly fanned into sympathy, then into respect, and at last into regard ami admiration fitr the man and bis character, in the nriads of those simple fan sties, who are so easily misled by the round af "freedom to the oppressed. " and who, if there were no negroes in slavery in the south, would perhaps fin. rent fur their morbid phi laatarophy in an endeavor to civilize the orang-outangs of the African wilds, or some equally sensible scheme. Krown killed in the iash of his criminal enterprise, would have had few sympathizers ; bnt Brown wounded, im pti waned, tried, convicted, sentenced, and exe cuted, and displaying a large degree of firm ness and resignation amidst all these afflictions, (a common murderer, placed ia Brown's situa tiosj, aad manifesting similar disposition and conduct, wonld have been called hardened and indifferent) is magnified into a martyr and a hem, for political ends, by political demagogues, who would not scrapie to rend the Union asun der, if peradrenture they might be personally profited thereby. What effect John Brown's rid npon Har per's Ferry, and its result, will have upon the political future of the country, it is impossible Mow to predict with any certainty. There seem to be no bounds to the extravagancies of fanaticism no limits to the dark and desHTate designs of those who acquire profit and nation by the propagation of the delusions which have well-nigh crazed a large portion of our people. It is almost incredible that a large number of public journals openly defend and applaud Brown's crimes ; that the popular voice in many 'sections invests the malefactor w ith the attributes of a philanthropist and a hem. and that aven ministers of the gospel, from their Sanday pulpits, declare him a saint and a mar tyr, and compare. Lis deserved death on the gallows to the crucifixion of Christ upon the cross ! Yet tbeae things are so. The fanatic who lighted the midnight-torch of incendiarism, mariier, robbery and plunder, whose plans meditated nothing less than the subversion and overthrow of the government, with all the added horrors of a servile insurrection and a civil war, is honored as a hem ; his well-deserved fate is charged to the institution of slavery, instead of his own heaven-dnnng crimes J and professed followers of the meek nd lowly Jesus, pretended teachers of the mild aad benign gospel of him who instructed bis disciples to submit themselves ia all things - temporal authorities to M render unto Oesar the things which are Cseare "in their picas Sanday iW courses applaud the bloody aad inhaaiaa plot of old Brown, aad hold tp iu t projector and chief actor as a model worthy of nutation by christians and philanthropists ! -We have often wondered that the masse of the black republican party do not recoil w ith horror and af right from the dark abyss of ruin aad dost'petioa into which the doctrine of their anaoropdwa leader will, if not restrained, ir isjcrierarAy plunge the country. - It ja indeed atraage that any considerable number of men, eattprast over a great portion of the country, aad divided in pursuit, in interests and in re ligious sentiments, should, through the common pursuit cf a fanatical idea, be a utterly blinded and losuo all sentiments of patriotism, of jus tire, anil of common humauity, as to listen wtb fsvpr to word of treason and disunion, to eooateaance plots against the live and proper-V- tbyr JuJUw-ciiiaens, and to appland tbe 111 illi mmmr a f , 1 lul.l.. ..S .1. . aaatSet to kindle the torch af msvrrection, "trtsV; H it had succeeded, wonld have quench ad thg!:taf oor glorious Un'um forever, in hies' aa4 flames? Yet sK.h is tle ptwitiun to- , - w r I'umiuuia, w nanr. And, aiuoii'j inu-Tiuuiijr, (rf t:,e nartv oro- fesa ts sVplore thu iusaue chair ? -ie---precate Ve :nstitu- ttas act aoaaijrfvt ffiu done, to Maw extant, the action of Brown and hi confederate, though It leaden affect to consider the attempt aa untimely, and as re. suiting from aa error of Judgment on the part of tho conspirator. 8uch i tha heaviest con demnation tiLich fa bestowed by tho black re publiea party, upon one of tho most damnable and atrocious plots that ever disgraced the annals of any nation. Where this fanatical spirit will end, God only know. But thia much is certain t if this latest exhibition of the horrid deformity of black re publicanism doe not cause a reaction in the sentiment of it deluded followers, and operate a a check vpoh ita mad designs, the day Is hot far distant when all the horrora which affrighted the Imaginations of the surprised Virgiuiaus, at the unexpected assault of Brown and hi rob ber hand, will become terrible realities j when the , imple-tniiidcd fanatics of the north will learn, but too late, the fearful extent of the guilt into which they have been betrayed by the specious arte of their hypocritical leader. t A raat iais chkati rr. Simpron P. Mote is corresponding from Washington for all the Lane papers in Oregon, and for es-Gor. Stevens' paper at Olympin. He is Lane's clerk, and is employed by Lane to puff him, through the medium of his hireling press in Oregon. This Motet is a fit creature for the service he is engaged in. Hen. Taylor ap pointed him collector at Olympia, in which of fice he reiuniuod until removed by Presideut lotk. When removed, he pt found to b a defaulter for the full amount he had received. The attorney for the U.S. for Washington Territory, was instructed by tho Secretary of the Treasury to commence suit against Mom-s and his sureties. He' commenced suit in Thurston county, and recovered a judgment of ncer six thousand dollars. In that suit it was in proof that Moses hail never accounted to th government at all. Execution was is sued on lhi judgment and sent to the Atlan tic Slates (where Moacs had tllell goue) for col leetion of Mnaea or his sureties. But, the exe cution was returned mntntitjied, and is now in the hands of the then U, 8. attorney for Wash ington Territory. One of the most unscru pulous of the Lane organs, for which thi Mo ses is writing, bald faceilty asserts that Moses was not a defaulter. If the mendacious editor will examine the records of the Thurston coun ty court, or communicate w ith the U. S. attor ney, he cna find the proof of his reckless false hood. In Dec., 1851, when this Myse was collector at Olympia, he, iu letters to the Portland ngent, the P. M. at Han Francisco, and the Secretary of the Treasury, intimated that Mr. Butler P. Anderson, postmaster at Astorin, tore subscri bers' names from Atlantic papers, and then sold them. Mr. Anderson replied iu a pub lished card, from whieh we make the follow ing extract: " The man who has the soul to make a charct against one he did not know to pelly. base audi im turnout, has a heart false and calumnious to I bear with the undisturbed fkUotphu t f a sruunJr(l), all that could be said against liim. vublith to the vorld Simnton J . Moses, enileetor of the customs at L! urn via, and author of the charge abvre memti.mti. as a man un tcarthtf the notice of a gentleman, and as a ril lain and a scoundrel. IlfTLER P. AXUERSOX, T. M. nt Astoria." To give a specimen of the disgusting, sycho phantie self-praiee which Iane is pending out to Oregon by means of the letters of this paid menial, we make the following extract from one of Moses (perhaps Yulee's) letters in the last Corvallis Jieef-Etter: Your great man, Jo. Lane, is here, and cents in god health. There is a perfect rush to greet him, daily and nightly. Yon cannot goto his'roiKn at any time without seeing the good and great mau surrounded by men of all classes, from the highest to the lowest. Never wa man so loved as he ia in this city. Black and white, rich and poor, old and vonug. all seek to fain his prevence and pour forth their greeting. We look upon him as the only hope of the country now. lie alone can save us from the threatening convulsion, and I think his nomination at Charleston is certain. At Wast so it appears from all I can learn. Mr. Stout is not yet in the city. Judge Deadr is here, and is very corlial!y received. The fact is. Lane's popularity descends to eve ry man w ho bails from Oregon. This disgusting paraitc is neither employed or paid by the papers here to w hieh his sickeu ing laudations of his patron are sent. Lane hires and pays him for this service. What is the difference between so doing, and writing them himself I Coxoress. Congress had not organized Bhen the steamer left. There had liecn one ballot for Speaker in the House, with the fol lowing result : Sherinau. of Ohio, Bepnldican, 6t5 ; Grow, of Pa., lit p., 4; Bocock, of Va., Dem., 80; Bolder, of Va.. K. X., 14; Nel son, of Tenn., ditto. 5 ; Gilmer, of X. C, ditto. 3 ; Davis, of Indiana, and Hoftuns, of X. Y., 2 each, and Phelps, of Mo., Hill, of Ua., Cor win, of Ohio, Hickman, of IVnn., II. F. Clarke, of X. Y.. anJ IVuniiigtou, of X. J., one each. The straight republicans lacked five votes of a majority. The Illinois members voted for Bocock. The ami Lecompton members from X. Y-, Pa. and Ind., voted for their own kind. The indications point to the election of a re publican, either by a majority vote, or the adoption of the plurality rule. The southern opposition members declare that they will in no event go for a democrat. Destrvctive Fire is Okegox Citt. About ten o'clock on Thursday morning, an empty warehouse owned by Allan, Mclviulay & Co., in the north cud of Oregon City, was discovered on fire. Two largo and newly erected buildings, belonging to Mr. Daniel Harvey, adjoining it. were consumed with the warehouse. . The buildings were occupied by iW. C. Dement & Co., aud by the various se cret societies. The las of the Messrs. De ment was six or eight thousand dollars. To tal km about 05,000. The fire was the work of an incendiary ; and four attempts to fire the same building have before been made during the two yean last past. t3T The party engaged upon the Fort Ben ton military road, are suowed in," in the Bitter Boot valley. They are short of provi sions, and reduced to the necessity of drawing upon the supplies of Lt. White command, the escort furnished them. The road is represent ed to us to be nearly impassable, and altogeth er aacle, being obstructed with deep now in winter, and high water till late in the spring. We look upon it as a humbug, npon w hich a 8100.000 appropriation will be wasted. Apfleo. We are indebted to Mr. J. H. Blacker, of Butteville. for a box of splendid ap ple, of different varieties, int'Hing T.Na hncking, Esopus Spitzcnberg, Wineap, aad others.- Long may the gcnerr.us do:ior enjoy ! to eraicrai aussie ana ari-fwuy rmt r . own) PKBSjortAt.ITl.rtN. ; That the licentiousness of the press ha grown to be an Intolerable nuisance, is regarded as a self-evident truism by half the conserva tive portion of this community. But it is only half a troth, nriginated.by those smarting from infliction bestowed upon themselves, nr their friends, and fastened by a certain canting habit of fault-finding, which seldom reasons lieyond superficial appearances. The license of the press is an evil, but it is much more the symp tom of other and greater evils. Your quiet : journals, w hich never offend any ono, never mend any one. Sober essay on the cardinal " virtue never loosen the hold of stnpid or cor rupt official on the public purse-strings, nor correct any other evils. Editorials without any proper name rarely attract much notice. The gold of merit is counterfeited so often, that the hottest fire alone, attests the genuine metal. If your hem is a standard ingot, the nitrie acid of printer's ink w ill not make him bubble and effervesce, but he w ill ooiuo out all tho brighter and purer for the ordeal. If he is bogus, the sooner he is corroded and consumed thu better. Wheti a fussy, gassy, bloated. prcUmtiout in dividual happens to get pricked w ith a rusty pen, he is npt to explode and hiss and blow for a brief period, but no one is responsible for his collapse except himself. He h is no right to carry about so much w iuJ, and p i it off for olid flesh. In Oregon, many circumstance conspire to create an earnestness aud bitterness of politi cal strife, and a rirulenvu of the press, gener ally unnecessary in older Slates. Many of our candidate pursue office, mainly with a view to gaining a livelihood. That w hich elsewhere is, to some extent, the employment of leisure or a patriotic pursuit of peculiar policy, is here too often strictly a matter of financial business. Out of our two-dozen aspirants to tho U. S. Senate, probably a score are moved miicli more by interest than ambition. Xo wonder that such candidates are in earnest. Again, our population is so sparse, aud the disbursement of the federal treasury so large, that the power of the General Goveriiiueut has become more than a match tor the sovereignty of the State. The ehnico of officers is more like an even contest between so much gold aud the residue of unbought patriotism, thou a dis cussitHi of political principles. Xo wonder, then, that the people and their journalists are in earnest. In our sister State of California, the blood of David C. Itmderiek was a sacrifice on the al tar of mammon, yet a faction avows the act, an I is iiot obliged even to simulate a tear or a rcg.vt at its result, and but for our legal nnd soc.al prohibitions, or the iuvincihle cowardice of foiled aspirants, similar scenes would be enacted iu .Jregon. Who, then, shall say that tho politics of the Pacific coast is a farce I So far as it is a mere sq-iabble on the question of spoils, nil p.irtie stand on a level ; but there is a far higher q iestion, upon which no citizen ir this L'iiioh can lotik with indifference wheth er Or. gou shall maintain her sovereignty as an indepemK-nt State, be surrendered up as an inheritance of w iioever can g tin access to the ear of tho President w hether we shall elect our own otl'k-crs. or turn thai delicate and re sponsible duty over to our better in formed fellow-citizens who may have rented the portion of federal patronage appertaining to Oregon. Under these circuuislunees, it ia idle to talk of a moderate press. Bat, while courage and audicity are indispensable, society readily fixes the measure of license that ought to be in dulled. Ill this country oln-ccnity, Indcceui j allusious, and the mention of private individuals who seek mi public notoriety, are not tolerated. But w hen any man steps forward us au as pirant to official honors, he has ihcu submitted, without reserve, his qqalilicatioiis, physical, mental and moral, aud his whole life, past, present aud prospective, to be tried by the ter rible analysis of journalism. tf there's a hofe iu a' your coals, 1 rvJe jo il ; A cbiel ainnotf "ve, iiiWiii' notes. Ami lull!) Iw II prvnl il." Candidates afflicted with tender reputations had better remain in the hands of their friends, aud those having no reputation at all had bet tor get certificates. There are several highly responsible offices to le filled w ithin the next year, and it is hardly to he expected that all the apostate preachers, lunch-eaters non-paying hiiifers aad brokeu-down hacks, who are in tho field, will get through, without having their sensibilities shocked. Such persons have a holy horror of bringing private characters into poli tics. Xow if a man's private character will not bear iuspectioii. ho had better mend that bi-fore he runs much on his public character. So long as newspapers use only classic E ig lUh, the public have no right to complain at any dcvclopcuie nt of rottenness among candi dates who aspire to serve them. Turn him (old Ad tir) out ! turn him out! and all the people will say ciiit .' Delusion. We afterwards learned that he (Adair) was not a "defaulter." Delusion. We learned he was largely behind, nud you never learned anything to the contrary. He (Simpson P. Moses) is not and never was, as Bush charges, a defaulter to the government to the amount of one rent. Delusion. He was a defaulter to the amount of over $o.0!K), aud tho execution is now in the huuds of the then U. S. attorney for Washington, re turned endorsed "nulla bona" no property found. 17 Some of the personal organs are quoting the Memphis (Tcnu.) Avalnnche. iu support ni Joseph's prcteiiMons. Tho Aoalanche has about as much influence in Western Tenncs sec as tne J. imet ami me Herj-tlater Have in Oregon ; and the Washington Conttilution, Mr. Buchanan's Administration orgau, ha do dared that it is not a democratic paper. On the other hand, the Memphis Appeal, the lead ing democratio paper of Western Tennessee, is strongly in favor of Douglas for the next Presidency. The Appeal speak tho senti nient of the Tennessee democracy. Frozes Is. We visited Fort Vancouver last week, and were dc aincd there several days by the ice, which obstructed the navigation of the Columbia. During our stay, wc were most hospitably entertained by tho officers stationed there. If we are to be detained anywhere, of ail the placr on the omitiueut, wc should select the military post at Vancouver, with its present occupant. ' Littlexi ss." The attempt of the Port land Times to connect the recent steamboat meeting " at Salem with party politics, and ex cite prejudice against the Statesman. The in sinuations are uncandid and unworthy. With UtU refinement of speech, bat witA nmch fitness ns cxlly calls a hug.1 Ddurton. yMl sad roomoccapUd by Delusion tbs night sX tbs 8tb . nftiusj aaisMlthaaaliaa.- DRATII OP WAassl.KOTO-V IBVI.1U, This venerable patriarch of Amerioan liter ature died on the 28th of November, nt Sun nysido, hi home ou the bank of tho Hudson. He whs in hi seventy-seventh year, nud, for near half a century, ha stood iu the first rank of living writen. He wn the first American author who elicited the attention and unquali fied approval of European criticism. Mr. Irving' early education was acquired in a common school; and, at the age of sixteen, he commenced the study of law, which at length impaired his health. 1 He sought recrea tion by travelling 1n Europe, and . visited Franee, Italyt Switzerland and Belgium, re turning home in 1800, after an absence of two years. He was admitted to the bar, but never en gaged in the practice, ami subsequently be- caaie a partner hi a mercantile house of Liver oot and New York. In 1814, hu was appoint ed aid-dt'-cainp and military secretary of th Governor of New York, w ith the rank of Col At tho close of the war of 1612. the bank niptuy of his commercial arrangements oliliired him to resort to the labors of the pen as means of support. A competence ami mi I in perishable and world-wide fame have been th results. in 189, President Jackson nppoiuted him secretary of Legation to our Embassy at Lou don, which he resigned in about two years. I ItiSi, be returned to New York, after an ab sence of seventeen years ; when his country men greeted him with an ovation worthy of bis exalted reputation aud the impulse he hn given to Ameriuan liteVature. From lAi'-i to 1846. he waa minister to Spain ; since which time, his declining years hare been moslly devoted to his " Life of Washington.". His "Knickerbocker's I if to ry of Xew York " and his contributions to va rious periodicals, in early life, evinced his bap py powers of delineation, his lively humor, mid his faculty of sparkling but genial satire ; but his "Sketch-Book " and Bracebridge Hall first gained biin general celebrity. His "Tale of a Traveller." "Life of Co liimlms," Conquest of Granada," " Alham bra," " Tour on tho Prairies," " Adventures of Capt. Bonneville," "Astoria," "Abhotsford nud New stead Ahbv." " Legends of the Con quest of Spain." "Life of Goldsmith" and ' Mahomet ami his successors" are among th legacies w hich he has lcqneathed to the read ing public, and which have yielded ph-asure nnd profit to millions. Having faithTuJJf oecti pied thu measure of years allotted to human usefulness, his name will descend to posterity w ith the distingiished honor of having stamp cd a visible impress ou the literature of his country. too imv. Ninie tune since we nail o-.-ca-sion to refer to the st-m s juaudeied uj on t.nne aud Adair's military road, aud placed it at $.j0. WW. We since learu that O?l).000 has been appropriated. And. with tho exception of a triflt vet mte.vp-uded, this large amount has been squandered. The road, it was alleged would Ih useful sheu the Columbia river was frozen, while the fuel is. it was laid orer route (in I lie const mope) impassable from snow, from earlr fill to lite sprint;. Miles of that route arc now covered with feu feet of snow. Of course, uo mad lias been opened, and the 70.1 HO might as well been thrown into the sea, so far as Oiecon is concerned. If it had been expended in the construction of road from A--tori-t to the post oflice, so that the people of Clatsop county could get their mail matter, it would have lecti of some service The law located the rood from Astoria to Sa lem, it was commenced on Adair's laud claim. and if the road had been opened, the people of Clatsop (or any other county) could only have pit upon it by going to sea and sailing up to Adair's claim ! VST Delusion persuades Mr. J. Drigg. of Li ii ii county, to let him publUh a letter saving that he thinks people ought to stop the Statts man and take Delusion's "medium of self-de fense." The milk iu Mr. Driggs' coconnnt is accounted for iu the fact that he is one of the victims that Delusion deluded into purchasing the press from which he issues bis filthy vehicle of slander and falsehood. if "manv have complained" to .Mr. J. Driggs that "ther have found it impossible to get rid of the Statesman." they have made lying "complaints." If Mr. J Driggs desire to transact any business with tho Statesman oflice. he will hare to communi cate therewith in the ordinary manner, and not through Delusion's licentious paper. Douglas ix Ahkaxsas. The Fort Smith (Ark.) Herald pronounces in favor of Douglas for the next Presidency. The' Herald ia one of the most influential democratic papers in Arkansas. Senator Johnson nnd Sebastian, of that State, have also announced their intcn tioti to support Douglas, should be bo the Charleston uoiuinee. A JjYINO iLt.Aix. Delazon puts in our month sayings we never nsed or thought of. al leging that they were expressed during the can vass of 1858. A degraded Wast who could lie. tray private conversations of the character he avers those to have been, is of course base enough to manufacture them. Where he hits pretended to Wtray private conversations, he has. in every instance w hich has come under our know ledge lied like a dog. A man who for two years enjoyed the distinction of being a drunken beast thu most debased one in Iowa can hardly Ik expected to have truth or honor. Another Lie Xailkd. A correspondent at Koseburg, yi a private letter duted Dec. 28, furnishes the following clincher to one of De lusion's bald falsehoods : "Uncle Billv Hutsim tells me that the state nicnt iu the DelazQuian, in u letter purporting to lie from Douglas county, in relcrcnoe to a conversation that lie should have heard Bush have with someone about Geu'l Wool, is unau thorized bv him. ami is false totally false. He never heard such a conversation, and never told auybodr so. Mr. Hutsou further says that he will say this nt any time. I3.The Statesman ex presses some doubt whether or uot we will support the nominee of tho Charleston Con veutiou. 1 tmet. The Statesman never expressed any doubt about your having supported every opposition nominee from the time you was a voter down to, and including Scott, and opposed every democratic nominee. . - Good Advice. Mr. Bocock, the democrat io candidate for Speaker of tho lower house of Congress, advocated democratio harmony, aud protested against the war npon Judge Douglas. Delusion takes some paius, and quotes from old files of the Statesman, to show that we were once very much deceived in tim. There eja be no dispute about that, .Delusion j and it isn't worth while to prove what everybody knows. Changed. The name of tho postofSoe at Washington Butte, Liua Co. lias becu duuitfcd. The Mails. A few week ago we noticed the fact that the package of Statetmam di rected to Kirby ville, Josephine county, wa frequently lost or abstracted from the tnuils, under circumstances which gave color to the suspicion that it w as intentionally destroyed or laid aside. By the last mail we received let ters from several point in the southern part of the State, eompluiuing of the unnecessary aud suspicious detention of the Statesman, nt some one of the postollices south of here, for a week. aud sometimes longer. A lloseburg correspon dent write t f- " The last number of the Statesman has not arrived herayet, although it came n far us the IvH-ust urove postollices ami ns there is no oflice iqien at Winchester. 1 conclude it must have been laid aside by the postmaster or depu ty at Oakland. I am a bo informed that this bus occurred shout half the time latelr Whether it is done through carelessness or de sign I know-not; but I wish Von to call some body's attention to the matter. Other pnpers come; tho letter mail Comes; and Patent Of fice Reports, and other documents marked " Free Jo. Lane," never miss fire j ret the pa per that everybody wants to sec nnd read, by souieunaccountaule means we are Uepn veil ol. If the fault of which our correspondent com plains is iu the Oakland postoflice, it must cer tainly occur through accident or mere careless ness. The postmaster at Oakland could not be guilty of so M-tty an act of meanness, its pur posely detaining the Statesman from it sub scrila-rs. Another correspondent writes front Umpqua City: Your Statesman is usunllr, or ha Wen for the last three mails, at leavt, just one week tie- liliitlliuiKl, while the packages for olliees below. on i lie cohh. come tiiroiin regularly. It is rather hard for us, these dull times, to do with out the Statesman." And still another, writing from Port Orford, complains that the Statesman does not come to hand, nud demands the reason. We assure our friends that the Statesman mail is regularly made np, with care and diligence, legibly di rected, and deposited in the m is t office in good season, aud we are perfectly satisfied that it is mniled regulurly and carefully from the Salem oflice. There is no good excuse, of which wc ure a an re, for its habitual detention nt any other office. We cannot believe that any post master, though politically opposed to the Stales man, wonld resort to such a despicable means of gratifying his hostile feelings. But we re spectfully ask that postmasters exercise a little more care and circumspection in future, and that we may be spared the necessity of again taking, notice of a subject which is rendered disagreeable, from the fact that it involves both the official faithfulness aud the persoiial honor of individuals with whom we would much pre fer to maintain frictidlr relations. Oiif.uox Wool ix Xew Yonic. Dec. I, 1 8.1P. Oregon wool was quoted in the Ji.- Y. market as follows: Oregon. ft. Washed fli-eces, burry. .............. I8'S.5 Unwashed do., fine 14L18 To show the relative price which our woo! bears, w e quote from the same price current for other States : . California. Washed fbt-ee - 30 5 40 Cnuaslied do., fine a ,i-S Texas. Washed Unwashed HUit 4 do burrv V-i'a lli AVt York, t'nunerlicut, Khvde Island. .Massa chusetts, Michigan, I'ermont, Acie II. mp thire. Choice Saxony fh ece o2a'u Natiieaiul t lo War-i Common do.. ,iiord:M tthin. Pennsutrania and t'irginia ChiMee Sasonv lh--ce . . ...... ...TT62 Native audi do 43a4." Common do ....:y4U Illinois, Wisconsin. Iowa and Indiana Sasonv fleece..... iii a ii j Xatii e and i do ....... 4 Common do " A Ml HKW LOOME. Post Office. Salf.m. t January 5th. letiO. $ Mr. EtUTfMi I discover a letter in the Dem ocral 01 Jan. o, 10 wmcu are appeiiuetl some remurks of the editor, censuring me la-caus' his paers for Polk county remain iu this oflice one week. Dclaxon is UccnlcOlv "out of luck if he has just hecu apprised of that fact; for I informed several of his friends of litis trouble from the very hrst issue of his pa per. If suvs : " We assure our Polk couutv friend that there is 110 honest reason whv the Democrat should not reach Dallaa at the same time the Statesman does. This palter is in the post-of fice at Salem everv Mondau evening, addressed to Dallas." I assure Delaxou nud his Polk county friend thai tlrcre is an "honest reason. winch is tins: 1 lie Lnfavctte mail leaves this oflice everr Monday nt 12, M.: and nsthe Dem ocrat does not reach hero until 5. 1. M.. same day. of course 1 canuot send il out. Mr. Shep herd, the publisher of the paper, knew this, tor wns loreuiau in the Statesman office, aud knew the exertion there made to have that pa ver ready for the mail; ami ywt knew it. too. Dclazou ; ret you uublushiuglv assert "wc were before fnllr owure that every effort, ImiIIi fair nnd foul, were Iwiiiff usetl to prevent the circulation of the Democrat." Whether it In) fair" nr not, 1 cannot alter the hour for the departure of the mail to suit the Democrat. If it is iu this office as soon as 12 o'clock, Mon day, it shall co out. . The subscribers I have sent Delanon for his pRper are the only "foul" menus I have lined iu connection with the af fair. Any one with half an eye can see the de sign in this uncalled-for and ill natnrcd fling. It is siiuplr to create sympathy tor himself and us dirty sheet, anil to oiler one groundless rea son for my removal, which Delazon and his rew meditate. Otherwise, why charge me as postmaster with corruption 7 Dclnzon, will ou please copy 1 A. l.lMUA, P. M., Salem. Xew Jersey. the acw Jersey Uazette, a democratic paper, says of the recent election iu that State, and the defeat of Gen. Wright, the democratic candidate for governor : ' bN WKIOHT IN M siSEX. III SUSSCX, a county that alone should liavo given Mr. Wright a greater majority titan received by Mr. Ulil en in tne whole State, ituu where the divisions of the party in reference to Lecomp ton had just been compromised and healed, the wounds were opened afresh by the removal. on the part of tho Administration, of a worthy aud popular Democrat from a petty post oflice. sn account of his entertaining principles iu harmony with those ot judge Douglas, aud also with Mr. Buchanan when he was elected in 183C. The result is, that this staunch Demo cratic county always good for from 1.500 to 3,000 Democratic majority gave Mr. Wright but a meagre majority of hiSo." . We think the lute election indicate pretty clearly that Douglas can carry Xew Jersey, aud that no other democrat can. Demonstrations ix the North. The day upon w hich Old John Brown was executed was quite generally observed throughout tho north, by demonstrations of sympathy and sor row. Public meetings were held, inflammatory speeches made, sermons preached, bells tolled, minute guns fired. &c. E" Matt Ward, who assassinated a school teacher in Louisville, (Ky.) some years ago, ha become rery successful in raising stock. nd is one of Uus uoat auterpruuoz raisers io Art ansa .-. TIIK MA JUArt Ql'ttflTIOI. The paper by this arrival bring some items in regard to the San Juan Island difficulty : Tho proposition submitted by Lieut. Gen. Scott to Governor Donglus w a a follows t " Without a prejudice to the claim of either nation to the sovereignty or the entire Island of San Juan, now hi dispute, it is proposed that each shall occupy a portion of the same by a detachment of infantry, riflcmeii or marines, not exceeding one hundred men, w ith their ftp propi iate arms, only for tlic equal protection of their respective countrymen on said island in their person and property, and to repel any de scent oil too pan 01 nosine luinaus." Gen. Scott added in his uote that any addi tion or modification suggested by Gov. Doug- . ia would meet with respectiui consideration. Lieut. Colonel Lay returned the following reply : " Memorandum. His excellency Governor Douglas authorizes me to say, hating yet bad no time to consider the proposition 1 die red by Lieut. General Scott, nor to consult w ith his of ficial advisers here, be is ut a gin nee satisfied that no obstacle exists to a completely amica ble and satisfactory adjustim nt continuing throughout the period or diplomatic discussion resocctiiie the title of the Island of Ran Juan, , either upon the plan suggested by Geu. Scott or some oilier that may be nmtunlly agreed to alter advisement." A copy of this memorandum was retained by Governor Douglas, after being rend and ap proved by him, aud sunicd by Lacut. Col. I .ay A great concession of friendship- and peace was made to England in the Oregon treaty ; iu depart nig from that straight line of 4'J degrees, so as to give her the w hole of amsouver Is land, and the main channel around tlie soutli eru end of it. She can hardly, therefore, ex pect our Government to admit her claim to an other Uihi ud which cleurly lie outside of the object and intentions of the treaty of 1840. The disputed little island, in a military or commercial point of view, may be of small im portiiucv ; but the principle involved is tlie same a if it involved the great Island of Van couver. The inevitable war " predicted 011 the Or egon question, in IS"j. Iiy lien. I ass, was averted by the treaty of 1840. We surren dered then all that could iu reason be demand ed for the sake of peace. Xow, the concession must come from the other side, iu the surrender of an impudent claim, or this new spec of war mny expand into a cloud darkening the whole uorizon. The Londirn Times upon the San Juan dif ficulty, enlarges upoi; the general conviction that wur between America aud England is 1111 possible. It says : "There are some convictions which wort out their owu truth in practice ; but there are oth ers which tend lo their own practical refutation We sincerely hope that the different readings of the axiom that war with England and Amer ica is impossible may not be an illustration of this truth." The editorial, after pointing out the impor tntice of San Juan to England, and the iinpo sibility of a surrender ol it, unless some very different title- be brought forward from any yet . seen, coiiciuucs ov eipresing omen sausiuc tion that the right to this island will be coolly discussed ill Washington "aud Loudon, while the affairs on the spot will remain 111 statu quo. We regard the prohibition for a joint military occupation, made by Gen. Sosit, as unworthy of our government. And it seem that Gov. DonghM had more Judgment than to avail him self of it- He has placed uo troops there. Gen. Scott's conduct in this matter fires mel ancholy evidence of dotage. And, when the correspondence, facts. See., relating to the busi ness shall all see tlie light, we more than sur mise that Gen. Scott's extranrJiuary action will lie shown to have her n influenced by a childish enmity toGcii. Ilarner. It is s:ii!l the a liiihii-tration will su-tain Geu. Harney. Wc hope so. HuK whether it does or not. our title to that island, tilt endeavors of the Hriti-di to seize it, and all the fact per taining to the matter, will sustain him; and the American people will sustain him. "It i estHbiuhetl lv iitilipu'itMe prjof liial tlie Ilrit Wi authorities wrrt pre nrmj to el iee a compauT of soldit-rs on the isluml, wlirll )ri. ILixney onivred tbe American trou thews. Vehv Pettv. Some time last fall. Col. Hooker, the gentleman who superintended the construction of the road through the Canyon, (and the only man who ever exjtended a dollar of Congressional appropriations for military roads in Oregon with benefit to the country or government) was appointed to expend the re mniniug ;$.U00 of the 70,000 appropriated for the Astoria military road (aud such a road!). Laue heard of the apmintuient as be was leav ing Oregon, and he swore terribly, (for Hooker, although a life-long democrat, is not a Joseph lackey) wanted to know why "the d d to pographical engineers couldn't do their own work.' Col. Hooker went upon tbe road, and ? montht ago reported the humbug imprac ticable, and left it. By the last steamer, the first one after the arrival of Lane at Washing ton, came orders to discharge Col. Hooker ! If tho road had been practicable, Col. Hooker wa the man to complete it for the lenefit of Ore gon. But, Lane cared nothing about that. Hooker would expend the umuey with refer ence to tho interests of Oregon, and not to make votes for Lane, and Lane descended to the petty act of having him removed. There is Jo. Lane in miniuture ! How do von like tho picture, worshippers I What do the peo ple of thu southern counties, who know Col. Hooker, think of it I "Except Capt. Withers. SIPRRTIK ft It IT Of SRKIiOV The fol! wh additional causes hare been decided : Jiwvitl Itrtfrmiftt, rwt'r ra tjirbin f ..TV...:..! At resp'ts. Chancery. Jackson comity. Hill dismissed" without prejudice lo petitioner. Jiuiies Ilurk, pl'tf 111 error, sdva. Sam'l O. SJiafTer, nei t nt error. Acconnt. Alultnoiuab Co. Judgment attirnwl. Saute advs. same. Xote. Multnomah Co. Joag- lilt I! 1 Biiimwi. II. M. Frisliie, vl'fT in error, advs. State of Oreiron del t 111 error. I'olk Co. itcllin liquor without U cense. AHinned. O. D. Iloxie, pl'lT in error, advs. W. Hodues, deft in error. I out. Jackson Co. , Jtiihrroent amrnwd. S. Coffin, et al., l"lt iu error, advs. Wm. II. Frosh, deft in error. Acliou in regard to ferry rigbU at Portland. Writ of error dismissed. O. il. Uowen, pl'tf in error, adt. State of Oreiron, deft iu error. Jackson Co. Murder. Judgment af lirmedand time ttxod for execntiou. W. It McEwhu et al., iil'lls in error, advs. City of 1 oniHiHi, ici 1 in error. Muunoinuu cq. 10 recover resl property. Itcversed. - ' W. . Fowler, petitioner . J. CluvKare, respon dent. Clia iccrv. Jackaon Co. Iajuuciion. kits niunded to Jackson Co. with advice to allow itijmic tiin. J. ChiKKWKe. Pl'ff trf.' W. W. Fowler, deft Ad journed lruiu JturkHuu Co. Ejortmeut. Remanded to await deci-nu in Uenend Lund OiKce at Washington. - Pleasant Huwell pl'if in error, k- .-uue nf ore- (Ton Larceny. Marion Co. Judgment reversed for luloroiauty vt Sentence to imprisonment and a mew trial ordered therefor. Strultoa, J., dimeutiug. Bancroft's Lawyer axd Form Book. We have received from the publishers, II. II. Bancroft & Co., San Francisco, a copy of the above work, designed for use in California. Or egon and Washington. It forms a large and well-printed book of 762 pages, and from a cursory examination we aro satisfied that it is all it claims to be. It is for sale by N. T. Ca ton, at the postoflice, Salem. Steamboat MKEriso. A meeting was held at the school-house at Eola, Polk Co., on the 30th ult., at which C. C. Cram presided ; T. Pearce, Secretary. The meeting waa ad dressed by A. C. R. Shaw, Esq., and others. E. Steitman and er. H. M- Waller were elected delegates to attend the Convention to be held iu Salem ; and some resolutions were pasted expreaaiva of th mum themoeUug. LiTBiiT news. rt r . . . . " nteamer factne arrived 1 on tbe 2d inst. We are indebted Un Co., and to J. W. Bultivan for oat t which wo clean the of H John Drown, tlie chief of the lln 1 ry outbreak, was hanged, in terms of hii ... . v " u, y a., Bl 114 O ClOCk. M.. of 2d December. The military assembled at 9 o'clock, and were posted oil the field leading to the place of execution, aud also at various points, as laid down in the general orders. Everything waa conducted under the strictest military disci pline, ns if the town was in a state of siege. Moulded scoots were stationed in the woods to the left of the scaffold, and picket guards were stationed out toward the Shenandoah mountains iu the rear. Tbe military on the field formed two hollow squares. Within the inner one was tbe scaffold, and between the in ner lines and the ooter lines the citizens were admitted, no oue being allowed outeide of the lines except the mounted guards. At 1 1 o'clock tbe prisoner was brought out of the jail, accompanied Iiy Mterill Campbell and as-wtauts, and Capt. At is. tlie jailor. A small wagon, containing a white pine coffin, was driven up, on which lie took his seat, fcix companies ot infantry and riflemen, and one couipany of horsemen, aud the General and a staff numbering twenty. five officers, headed the procession and moved toward tho place of execution. Brown was accompanied by no minister, be desiring no religious services, either iu the jail or on the scaffold. He looked calmly on tbe psjople, waa fnlly self-possessed, and mounted the scaffold w ith a firm step. His arms were pinioned by tlie Sheriff. Krown then bid fare well to Capt. Avis and Bheriff Campbell, and at 1 H o'clock the trap of the scaffold was pull ed away, and with a few short struggles, John Brown yielded up his spirit. The body was placed in a coffin, and was taken to Harper's Kerry, to be delivered to his wife, under a strong military escort. Mrs. Brown was escorted over from the Fer ry at 3 o'clock, when the entire military were brought out te make a demonstration. She was received with full military honor, but her companions were not allowed lo accompany her from tbe Ferry. After remaining four hours with her husband, she was escorted back to the Ferry at 9 o'clock, there to await the reception of her husband body. We learn that the Postmaster General has consented to allow tlie North Atlantic and Pa cific Mail Steamship Companies to carry a spe cial California mail, for which they will receive two cents upon each, at the I'estoflice et which they are delivered. The letters w ill be trans mitted by tbe K press Companies at an equita ble rate, to be paid by the persons sending them, the proceeds to be divided between the Steamship aud Express Companies. The Washington correspondent of tim Timet, says that it is understood that Secreta ry Thompson will recommend to Congress the establishment of martial law ever Utah, as the only means of crushing out the terrible mur ders and assassination constantly occurring ia that Territory. Jackson, the celebrated pedestrian, better known as the American Deer " to the sport ing fratcriMtv. has recently performed tlie feat of walking 115 hours without rest or sleep. He tested Lis powers of etwlurauce at York, Pa. Judge Douglas and wife design leaving- Washington on the i'-ltii of Decemlier for Flor ida, on recommendation of their ithvsiciau. 1 lie Maryland politicians are maneuvering to get Senator Pearce of that State lefore the Charleston Convention as a candidate for the Presidency. LETTER FKU 1 aOl:i.AJ t OOTV. At IIiimf., Dooplas county. It-c. 23. IS.jG. Mr. Ii"SH i According to my promise. I write run a few lines to inform rou how tilings statu! in this county. I presume rou have al ready learned bow our List county convention wa managed ; so I will ear but little about that. On the old basis, our number of dele gates in the county convention was forty-two ; and on the basis of Stout's vote, of course it should be more ; but supposing it should re main at forty-two, and, after all the private elter-writuig. ruling over the coun'r, verhal dispatches, ice. einnlored bv the land nft-ce. thu number of dcleg-.ttes assembled all told was eighteen a suutll number, coinrared with what used tn meet iu our county conventions. I h reason of this was, that democrats con cluded to let the thing go by default, and when the proper time shall come, then to act as demo crats should, honestly, honorably and indepen dently, without being forced to act against their convictions, or used as the tools of demagogues. You w ill perceive, by comparing the last Douglas county convention with former ones, the fact that the power of the hind office has mnch weakened; and unless something occurs at this session of Congress to favor Gen. Lane, lie is done going to Washington. I do not say this out of any personal ill-will to General Laue ; but I believe that a change is absolutely necessary for the good of the country. He has been iu Congress so long, that be perhaps im agines he it chief Dictator to the good people of Oregmi. to the democratic party especially, and to the State Legislature particularly. There is no doubt that if there could be a fair expression iu this county of the democratic preference for Presideut, Senator Douglas would have a large majority over Gen. Lane ; notwithstanding some of tbe Lane family speak very lightly of Mr. Douglas chances indeed, some of them denounce him as a black repub lican : and as for our most prominent men, who have lately been spoken of for the Senate such, for iustauce, as G rover. Curry, Xesmith, William and others they endeavor to make sport of their chances in that connection. There is uo better evidence or surer sign of alarm, than to bear men speak so very lightly of their political rivals. I hear it said by some of Lane's friends, that he will not be a candidate for the Senate; but believe them not it is only a ruse. If I am correctly informed (and I believe I am. for I got it from a very reliable source), he is already a candidate, aud has written to bis frieuds that be aud Smith must be elected to tbe Senate. in case be fails to get tbe nomination at Charles ton. to spite Bush ! Should lie, by any mira culous chance, happen to get that nomination, then farewell poor Smith .' Query : who waa it to spite n hen General Lane came in from the mines expressly to run against Hon. S. It Thurston 1 Smith's chances in the south stand at 0. Tbe people south have not forgotten his tirade of abuse against theni in times past, and that without ai'tr just cause or provocation, ile is certainly a dead " lion " out here ; and, if I am correctly informed, he is no longer the " lion " in Linn county that he used to be. The good people of Liuu canuot be humbugged always, especially when they fiud that every thing centers in " dear Smith's " interests, in stead of the " dear people's." ... . . . - , rr , here at Koseborg to get up clubs for the Dela zonian ; and I believe there have been a few subscribers obtained for it. But I notice there has lieen no effort made by the Lane society for the Corvallis paper. I wonder if they are going to throw off on Slater ! Poor Slater! It is always his luck to be working iu the fifth lead. I am yours. Sec., AX OLD DEMOCRAT. Thanksgiving. The Advocate replies our article on " Thanksgiving " in its use .-!. W. SNnt tli.,1 lli. J . not quote our language without perverting or take our plaiu statement of facta with construing them into an assault on christu. tr. Of course we cannot hold controvers with such an one. A Contrast. John C. Fremont j towards the monument to be erected : : - r -i , . . ... t i act does credit to his patriotism. ton Courier contains the foUowui " Th mother of John C. in this citv. aud her crave, we roartod. " vt oat a couzrw two ajonoarocgmu.
