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TTTBSDAY, JAN. Xti ISOO4.
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American jonrnolis, and especially tLase ia
Oregon, have little encouragement to devote
their time to any minnte disco as ion of Euro
peaa affairs. Oar isolated position, the gene
ral want of acquaintance with tho leading
meaaorea itf governments so dissimilar to our
wa, and aa all absorbing interest in political
contests at home, prevent that attention to this
abject which it merits. It is or duty to pre
sent -oar rettiers with tho current history of
the times ; ami to do this properly, requires
raaca more than a mere noting down of such
"prominent events as furnish food for the picto
rials, and serve to startlo a wonder-hiving
public.
History consists not n ranch in the mere
smoke of battles, the Mustering of diplomatists,
the downfall of cabinet, or tho rise of new
dynasties, as iu these real, hut often quiet
changes which permanently a fleet a people,
either for better or worse. There is more his
tory in Charles Albert's granting the liberal
.constitution of 13-H to the people of Sardinia,
than in the siege of Sevastopol, with all its diu
and carnage. Tho one was simply the stroke
of the pel ; the other was the highest achieve
ment of military science the world has ever
seen. Bat the latter merely settled a question
between two despots, while the former cancel
led forever the prescriptive rights of despotism.
Aside from the historical know lodge r.f f.tcts.
we may gather exa-.nple from the experience
of the old world, whieh are Applicable, with
very slight adaptations, to the policies of the
new. Europe is termed in diplomacy, and ac
tually in, a great commonwealth of nations.
It is true they have no writteu constitution, like
that which binds oar thirty -three sovereignties
into one nationality ; and each independently
aecks its own aggrandizement and extension of
territory at the expense of its neighbors. Hut,
with their well understood and acknowledged
system of international law, and their nume
rous treaties sanctioned by diplomatic congress
es, held for the purpose of establishing the bal
ance of power, and all backed by " the final
argument of kings,' one need have little to
fear from another. In their intercourse w ith
each other, and their internal polity, tha uni
Yersal ratty distinctions, of radicalism ana con
servatism, of progression against precedent, arc
even more strongly marked than in our own
eountiy. Pa!riotisri i ever toiling against the
mercenary recipients of court favor, and igno
rance is ever respectful toward the shadow of
greatness. Italy is a connterpart of " liletd-
ing Kansas ;" while Louis Napoleon and Fran
cis Joseph of Austria will represent the " free
dom shrieking " and border ruffian " inter
ests, and Victor Emmanuel it a Terr good
squatter sovereignty man ; and, at the risk of
invidious local and persona! comparisons, such
analogies might be traced indefinitely. Those,
with us, having a righteous reverence for re
nowned Senators would then be Most obsequi
ous to " my noble lord ;" and such of our fel
low-citizens as " nibble at the shoe-latchets of
the mighty n won Id make a good living by
fawning in the saloons of nobility. Hut au
dacions contempt of pomp and pretence is the
same, the world over.
It will be remembered that, aliont a year
ago, the Emperor of France, to the consterna
tion of everybody, wantonly insulted Baron
Huhner, the representative of Austria at his
court, and irabseqnently prosecuted a war with
the- avowed purpose of liberating Lombard)
from the tyrannous rule of Austria, and annex
ing it to the kingdom of Sardinia, which em
braced the only prosperous ami well governed
portion of Italy. It was a high-handed pro
cedure; but the internal policy of Austria is
too arbitrary, and her foreign intercourse too
aggressive, to meet the approval of her neigh
bors ; so Europe merely frowned, put it hand
on its sword, aud awaited results.
As an example of absolute monarchy, Aus
tria stands second only to Russia. It is a
forced union of States, having a great diversity
of descent, languages, customs find religion, to
which the sovereign dictates laws, and from
which he collects such revenues as he may see
fit ; only leaving it to the provincial councils to
adjust the taxes npon individuals. In the
whole empire one man in nine ty, and in some
province one in twenty, is a nobleman ; a
cheapening of aristocratic honors which has oc
casioned aa ranch ridicule as the pretensions of
American snobbery. Forced brans and arbi
trary imprisoBiiient are usual. Trials are
conducted in secret, and those of criminals are
generally postponed and extended for years.
One peculiarity of their law is that no sentence
of death can be passed except npon confession.
Considerable favor waa hhnwn to the Italian
provinces; but their being adjacent to the free
and prosperous people of Piedmont gave con
tinual occasion of scandal to Europe.
After the battle of Solfcrino, it appeared that
Loois Napoleon had satisfied the ambition of
his own people, and played the demagogue an
f :ir a a ti mwM virh , .T. .mr. f m.prt--it!ia
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sentimoBt of Europe ; and he accordingly con-
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eluded the peace of illafranca, without to i
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much as consulting his ally the King of Nardi-!
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bas sanseqncntly been IieU at Zurich, in !
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Austria nnd Sardinia, bv tvliieh it i. mrmoA ikat i
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Xombardy Sitall pass into the hands of toe hut.
-and peace be finally restored. Still there k a j
creat want of sccartrr. so lonrns Austria occ
pies her Venetian territory. In that she still
holds fortresses which command the ceded
province, and which may enable her to reclaim
it upon the next disturbance. Forty-five thou
sand emigrants Lave left Vcnetia for Central
Italy, and it is certain that causes of disturbance
will continually occur, so long as Sardinian lib
erty and Aastrian tyranny are separated only
by a conventional division of a common people.
Sut considering this mutter as perinancntly
setded, the remaining three-fonrths of Italy of-
fers a problem of no easv solution. Numerous j
petty princes, the remnants of decaved rovalty,
continually at war wiib each other or their re
Tolted sabjeets, are, by prescriptive usage, the
lawful sovereigns of tweuty million inhabitants,
who are descended from the ancient conquerors
S5f the world, and who have coutiuually asserted
their birthright by all that is classic iu litera
ture, or profound in science, or divine in art,
but who nevertheless lack those itcudast pri
vate virtues which alone can secure them iu a
well ordered government.
Tho eontiBaaUy increasing socoess of the
twelve years experiment already made in Sar
dinia goes far to show that a constitutional
monarchy is the twin of government beat suited
to the Italian people ; and a large proportion of
tho at desire to be iuourporated into that Sice
Louis, Napoleon has takeu in Italian affairs, he
has preramed to address a letter to Victor Em-1
nuuiuel, projecting t Mich an arrangement, hud
proposicj i confederacy "for Italy, similar in
oat war I form to oar own. Wi'Jiout stopping
to inquire what interest the imperial French
man may have in Ibis plan, it is nnswer enough
to fit the rait difference lii-lwifn the sturdy
pioneers nf America and the organ-grinding
pauper of Tuscany. Even we conhl arrive at
that exalted form of liberty, n republican gov
ernment, only by the stepping stone Vhich the
people of England had spent nges in erecting.
Our earliest settlements were nuule under the
benignant shadow, of chartered, privileges.
which none dare repeal; and the supremacy of
law and custom over Hie caprice of Kings wns
one of the political axioms which our forefath
ers carried with tiiem to their new homes.
Until snch principles become engrained iuto
Italian society, we can only hope for her a sub
stantial limited monarchy, iu which she inny
serve an apprenticeship to the science of gov
emment. j
Itussia, Prussia and England are disposed to
hold a national congress, for the purpose of
revising tliu nffiirs of Italy; and should they
do so, it is pretty certain they will not pay much
rwpctt to the dictatorial letter or Napoleon III
to the King of Sardinia. This contingency,
along with the belligerent tone of the Freuch
press toward everything English, forms no very
remote speck of war. The idea of a Freuch
invasinu is rife throughout Circa t Britain, nud
she is organizing a riile militia on b scale cal
culated to oppose any force that Blight be land
ed on her shores. Whether that is only a de
vice to cultivate the mania! spirit of the peo
ple, may be doubtful ; but it is certain, that
for the last j-ear she has been making prepara
tions for war on a gigantic, scale.
On the '22 J of October. Spain declared war
against Morocco, her African neighbor, across
the Strait of Gibraltar, on Recount of some
depredations committed at Cctita, a Spanish
presidio iu Northern Africa. The Emperor, or
Saltan, of Morocco, protests that he ought not
to be responsible for the acts of his lawless
subjects; but Spain is making preparation fur
a campaign on a scale of magnitude truly ri
diculous, considering the weakness of -her ad
versary. 'Her armament is to cousist of tnore
taan n hundred thousand men: whih Morocco
consists of a mongrel population of six million.
Arabs, Moors and Berbers, the nnwtnnrnly and
worst governed vagabonds on f arth.
Great Britain hiymuiied the court of Spain,
that wh.ttcvt r conquests the latter may make
in Africa must be given np at the close of the
war. So it appears that if the Spaniards have
the pleasure of whipping anybody, the- must
foot the bill themselves.
That Raroaix axd sale Proved. It w ill
be recollected that recently, when deuying n
falchoHl published iu the Dtlazonian, for
which the name of Hon. Win. I lutsnti, of Douglas
Co., was given ns anthority. we gave a minute
account of a corrupt tale of Delazon Smith to
J. C. Avery, in December, ISoj, to which Mr.
Ilutson did testify. As we supposed, Mr. Hut
son's name wns nscd by Delusion without au
thority, and we published last week nn extract
from a Douglas county letter, in which Mr.
Ilutson pronounced Delusion's story a fabrica
tion. By tltis mail we received n letter from
Koscburg from another gentleman, as follows :
" Mr. has written to yon about the
statements of Mr. Ilutson. made by him by
any of reply to the ttrticleni 1K-I.iz.ni Smith's
paper, I understand, but w hether he mentioned
that Mr. Hutsou coiiiiriiied your statement of
tho contract made lir Smith and Avery, I know
not. Mr. Ilutson fully sustains your article on
both the M alone atl'air (the lie that Delusion
published) and the contract with Avery."
Several weeks have elapsed since we pub
lished the history of Dclazon "s shameless prom
ised sale of himself and his vote in the legis
lature. But Dclazon has never ventured to
deny it, as big a liar as he i. Reason why :
It can be proved by Sir. liaison. Now Mr
Hutsou bears testimonv to the correctness of
our statements, both in denying the falsehood
published bv Dclazon, aud in coufinuiiig the
truths published by us.
Heavy. An editorial article in the last
Timet, w rittcu by an officer of Hie army, un
dertakes, among other things to justify the
manner in which the Utah war has been man
aged. Leaving ont of the question the enor
mous expense, (thirty or forty million) and the
public charges of corruption, wc regard the in
efficiency exhibited at 2alt Iike by onr gov
ernment as hnmiliatiug. As Geo. V. Ken
dad of the Xt O. Picayune, says, during all
the time our troops have occupied Salt Lake
City, their hands tied by " Peace Commission
ers, " Brigham Young has as good as openly
detied jndges, coarts and jurio3, and laughed
the government in the face, while massacre
ing its citizens, aud hardly a hand raised to
crush these crying evils." The Utah business
has been, to say the very least, unfortunate.
The same officer has an editorial article in
the Timet of 24ih Nov., maintaining that
Washington Territory can exercise uo jurisdic
tion over the Island of San Juan !
Komrnxo tiie Mails. Accutlcutan of Eola
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informs ns that he has lost twenty dollars from
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the mails somen here betw een Oakland and
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Eola. and asks it lie can recover it of the gov-
eminent.
No ; the P. O. Department does
not insure. lie w ill have to stand the loss hiiu-
During the last six mouths wc have lost
a pood deal of money on that route. There is
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thief wme where upon it, stea ing regularly,
b.crc 5"-a case of tins kind m the States
the department won Id goon detect The sconu
dn I, but we have no favors of that kind in Or
egon. The only remedy is for individuals to
put a detective on track of this villain, and wc
will ensure he will run him down iu a mouth.
Decikiox. The Commissioner of tho Gen
eral Land Office bas decided the contested land
claim case of J. B. McC'lane r. J. D. Boon,
in favor of McCIaue. A patent has not yet
been received. The claim lies directly north
of Salem, and u a very valuable one. Boon
being in possession, we suppose the contest will
'be transferred to our courts, in the form of
suits of ejectment, or for mesne profit.
The Salem Statesman of the 3.1 hist., appa
rently nuablo to maintain it-self in legitimate
argument, seeks to raise a personal issue with
us. Times.
That is not true, sir; we did not seek to raise
a personal issue with you. On the contrary,
wc avoided such an issue until yourself forced
it npon us. If you have been worsted with
your own weapons, 3 0U have only yourself aud
your advisers to thank for it.
Not Well-Informed. The Yreka (Cal.)
Union occasionally contains an article on Ore
gon politics, which only proves that its editor is
sadly in want nf information npon tha subject.
He sometimes draws correct iaLrvooes, but
ipftftr&ll ihto wrarjfc prtjmisVti
AfiRKAT OTATM!'
Tfcero is nothing which nlTords greater pleas-
nre to the lover of virtue and pure patriotism,
tkau to behold the homage paid to those iioblo
ajaalitiew, iu tho person of one who is eminently
distinguished for their possession. There is no
gratification more complete, to the pnro mind,
than to contemplate h grateful inoense of
topular applause and admiration which, even
in these degenerate days, is ever offered up to
the grent and good, and sweetens their sacrifi
ces upon the altar of their country's greatness,
, nnd liglitens their, disinterested labors hi behalf
of theirVlcn fellow men.- Even iguohlo mind
cannot refrain .front nn involuntary tribute or,
at the very, least, respect,, perhaps of envy,
perhaps even of admiration, to tho surpassing
merits of thosu whom tho people delight to
honor.
We have just been reading, in the Corvallis
Beef-Eater, an account of tho reception nf
44 onr great man, Jo. Lnne," at the Capital, of
the Nation. Wo presume that, in the minds of
the Betf-Eater't readers, it detracts nothing
from the credit of this account, to know that
' it is written by tho " great maiWs " private
secretar, and, doubtless, at the '"great man's"
instance. Wo may be permitted to hope, iu-
deed. that no such unworthy scruples may agi
tato the mind of our readers. It is enough
for us to know that the statement appears iu
the " great man's " ni-rsmml organ, that it is
written from the " great mnn'a " dictation, by
the 4 great man's " servant, atid therefore it
nwf be nil right. No one can imagine other
wise. 'and number himself on this "great
man's" list of friends. This matter being
satisfactorily settled, let ns betake ourselves at
oner 1 1 the enjoy nient of Moses-Yulee's account
of the reception of the " good nnd great man "
at hi hotel in Washington Citv.
He "is here," ays Moses-Yidce. "and
terms iu good health." Mark the significance
of that word seems." So absorbed is the
good nud grent man " in hi schemes of great
ness and goodness, that he does not even com
muiiicate to his on n bodr servant tin state of
bis health. That faithful nud utTectiouate
creature is compelled to trust, iu this matter,
entirely to appearaucss, which may be deceit
ful ; but so long ns " Jo." takes his meals with
regularity and without complaining of indiges
tion, takes his usual toddy, and says God
bless you " iu a voice not more than ordinarily
tremulous. Yulee is Wand to consider Slim in
go.nl health ; and so are we.
' There is a perfect rush to greet him, daily
and nightly. You cannot go to his room at
any time, without seeing the ood (!) and
great (!) man surrounded by nil classes, from
the highest to the lowest" from the landlord
down to the cook, we presume ; nnd he has the
same hearty "tio.l bless you'" for all, no
doubt, ns he has fur the simple-minded Orego
nians when bo wants their votes. Not even
Harry Meijrgs, were ho to return to California,
could expect a !ore uuivernl demonstration of
regard !
"Never," says Yulec-Moses, " was man so
loved as he i in this city." We knew Joseph
for a gallant num. but we were not prepared
for such a confession of the extent of his ama
tory connections, from such high authority as
his own body servant. Shade of Barton Key,
own thy master, and hidi thy diminished head'
"Black nnd white (Hibbeti and Garrett),
rich and poor, old and voting, all seek to gain
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greetings." 1 here can be no doubt of this,
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since l ulee has said so; nlthough we do not
In., ,i-a4,i... fttiil ititiir likrtli tin,- it tl ! likti:! t
read in the Washington City papers of any j
popular blockade of the street in the vicinity
of Brown's Hotel, on ttie arrival of onr Joseph.
What nn affecting and affectionate picture is
here presented ! What a delicate reproof is
conveyed to Joseph's " dear people " in Ore
gon, who, in comparison with the above, have
been lukewarm, nay, cold, in their demonstra
tions of iiiTcction to Jnscph, on the occasions of
his biennial visits to them !
We look upon bini as the only hope of the
country now. He alone can save ns from the
threatening convulsion, and I think his nomina
tion is certain." He says so himself! "At
least." he ndds (through Moses-Yulce) w ith be
coming modesty, "so it appears, from all I can
learn" from the Beef-Hater, the Bunkum
Bugle, and the Memphis Aralanche. .
And mark how all w ho are brought in contact
with the " treat mm " arc lt.'lited up. to
some extent, with the effulgence of his trans
cendent popularity, even ns the lesser planets
that revolve round the sun derive light, nnd
warmth, nnd dignity from their great eenter.
Hear Yulec-Moses : "Judge Deady is here.
and is very cordially received. The fwt is,
Lane's- popularity descends to erery man u-ho
hails from Oregon." Note the connection :
the "cordial reception" accorded to U. S
Dist. Judge Dcady, at the National Capital, is
the result of " Lane's popularity," w hich' " de
scends to everv man w ho hails from Oregon !"
In Oregon, Judge Deady achieved some dis
tinction 011 his own account, and was nearly
as well known and popular us Joseph ; even
in Washington, oue who was esteemed worthy
to hold the commission of Judge of the U. S.
Court ought to be entitled to some degree of
respect at the hands of the Washingtoniaiis, 011
his own merits; but according to XIoscs-Yulee,
Judge Deady is indebted to the popularity of
Jo. Lane for all the courtesv and atteutiou he
receives Yulec-Moses even thin'is it necessa
ry to explain the attention shoan him, by re
fcrring it to Joseph's popularity !
Seriously, do Gen. Lane, nud Moses-Ynlec,
aud Slater iuiagi ic that the people of Oregon
nre such consummate asses and blockheads ns
to swallow sucli stupid stnfi" as the letter from
which we have quoted above 1 Joseph might
perhaps improve his reputation among those
who do uot understand the trick, by a little
moderate pufling; but the sickening laudations
of Moses aud Yulee, Iiibben aud Garrett, nre
only disgusting.
A KiCH Quaktz Lead. The Jacksonville
Sentinel, of Dec. 31, publishes nu account of
the discovery, within two or three miles of the
town of Jacksonville, of a vein of auriferous
quartz, which prospects immensely rich the
richest ever found npon tho coast." From a
piece of rock weighing three pounds, over 8 10
was takeu ; and from a peck of the rock, crushed
with a mortar and pestle, marly $1000 were
realized. It was first discovered by a miner
named Hicks, who has delved in the neighbor
hood of Jacksonville for several years, with va
rious luck, and since his discovery, sereral oth
ers havo struck quartz leads in tho same vicin
ity. If the vein contiuues to yield as richly as
it has tlius far, it is oue of the most important
gold discoveries ever made iu Oregon.
Wo are indebted to Mr. Win. Y. Deere,
of Fort Yamhill, for the interesting table which
we puhlhh, showing the quantity of rain which
fell in the Willamette valley during the years
trf laSd sad l&ft.
COAMTIOI.
Ono or two of the Lane organs and a corres
pondent of the Inst Argu are harping npon a
charge of possible coalition between anti-Lane
democrats aud the opposition. , This is done.
not because they have any idea such coalition
is contemplated by anybody, but for two rea
sons ono of which is to divert attention from
a coalition, direct aud indirect, which they
have themselves resolved upon with the repub
licans, nud tho other to piny upon prejudices of
voters.
We say the Lane party hnr already resolved
upon a coalition with the republicans. They
intend to do this wherever they are unablu to
pack conventions, and secure Lane demncrnts
upon the legislative ticket. They did this in
135:3, wherever they had the power. Iu Dong
las, Lime's own county. Lane's especial friends
did it, and elected Gazley over O' Bryant. In
the Coos and Curry district they paid a man's
ex (tenses to induce hi in to run against the reg
ular democratic nominee, who wns not a Lane
man. This year they intend to play that gnuie
more extensively indeed, in every county
where anti-Lane democrats arc placed upon
the democratic legislative ticket. The Lane
leaders in Multnomah county have for mouths
avowed that the v would not vote for a mail for
tho legislature who wus not for Lane's re-election
as Seuator. In this county the lead
ers nf tln little squad dcilaie the same thing,
hi other enmities they have done, and
are doing the same. In one county south.
where there nre not Lane jueu enough
in the whole cntAity to compose a school meet
ing, the little band avow their readiness to'snp
port the republican legislative ticket ugninst
that nominated by the democrats. Iu the
same county, we are informed, some of the re
publicans (though to their praise be it said, nil
w ill not consent) are busily at work to secure
republican candidates who will vote for a repub
lican and Gen. Lane for the tiro U. S. Sena
tors, on condition that Lane's friends in the leg
ilature shall vote likew ise for said republican
Delusion, iu one of his letters he has published,
admits that he complained of Lane for court
ing the support of the kiiownothiiigs in 1553
If he courted them then, will he not court the
republicans in 1;GJ 1
For the nuti-Lanc-aiid-DcInsion section of
the democracy, we can point to the fact, that
they comprise tiie most steadfast nud soundest
democrats in Oregon. Aud they will brin
out nud support democrats for the legislature-
democrats from principle, aud not made so by
promises or rewards. Wc kuow of no utiti
Lane democrat nho proposes or has proposed
a coalition with anybmly, or faction, republi
can, or any other. All that belongs to the
Lane faction.
Ax Inr-iKTAST D h i mext. Hon. Rever-
dy Johnson, of Mari laud, the Attorney Gener
al of the U. S. duriu? the administrations ol
Taylor and Filhnore. and one of the first con
stitutioual biwyers iu America, has published
nn nrtic e upon popular sovereignty in reply to
JuJim Black's titiiiphict. Mr. Johnson nr
gued the DreJ Scott case for the South before
the Supreme Court of the U- S., and concurs
in that deciioii. But he interprets it as Sena
tor Douglas does. He completely overturns
the sophistry and errors of Judge Black. He
shows that tho construction placed upon the
Dred Scott cae by that gentleman, is not war
t r-iit.u1 1 1- ,itU d . i , i.r i. ..r tit.. ..r
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i the court. An exchange remarks that such
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a document, eonmig from such a man, must
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priHince oeciueu iiiuuciice upon ine pumic
mind throughout the Union. In the South the
viluot uill b4uu St"';,,!Ifl',t- Mr- Johus,i
has of late years acted' with the democracy, und
supported Buchanan iu I.Vi.
PoRTLANif Fikr Depart.mext. Portland
Hs?esses a very efficient and well organized
lire department, highly creditable to the city.
The Willamette, No. Lis the oldest fire com
pany iu the State; -they have ail excellent en
gine, und it is well manned. Multnomah. No.
!. idso has a first-rate engine, and the boys that
"run" with it are hard to beat. Columbia,
No. 3. is a new company, which numbers some
of the best citizens of Portland umong its
members. They have ordered nn engiue of
the best pattern, which they expect to receive
in a short time. Iu addition to these, there is
Vigilance Hook and Ladder Company, No. 1,
an old company, whose vigor and prowess
have often been trieJ and approved. There is
no institution of which Portland should be more
proud or more careful than tier Cre companies,
upon whose vigilance and skill must fiften de
pend the safety of the property, perhaps the
lives, of Iter citizens.
Most Valuable Map. We re indebted
to the publishers for a copy of McCoruiick'a
nnd Pownall's map of the !tute of Oregon. It
is compiled from actual surveys, nud from the
most reliable explorations, is elegantly engrav
ed, printed ami colored, of large size, and alto
gether a splendid map. The work has been
executed iu New York, and in appearance, the
map w ill compare favorably with those of any
of the old States. The margin is embellished
with accurate views of the towns ef Portland,
Dulles, Salem, Corvallis, Eugene City, Oregon
City, and Jacksonville, and of the Falls of the
Willamette. It is sold at the low price of S3
not above the price for tiniilar maps in the
Atlantic States.
Another feature connected with onr lands is,
that by the act admitting us as a State into the
Union, we nre entitled to a large bodv of land
within the borders of the State for school pur
poses, all of which nre to be selected by the
Governor. '.Veto the Governor to select those
lands forthwith, (for the time is not far distant
when the law ceases to he ot eilect, lv limita
tion,) then the Legislature can make provisions
v hereby the lands miinit be converted to nnni
cy nnd opened to settlers, and the money either
let out oil interest, or incrgeu into wnai is pop
ularly termed a perpetual sinking fund, the
hem-tits of which, should be obtained solely by
the schools, in a ratio according to the number
of schools or scholar which we think far pref
erable to allowing the lauds to remain ns they
lire, closed to settlers, and of 110 bom-tit, the
object for which they were designed by the
generosity of Congress. Advertiser.
These land cannot be taken until they can
be survoved. They would have been survey
ed ere this, but Lane would permit no appro
priations for surveys to bo nindo because they
could not bo disbursed by an instrument of his.
He has now Col. ChnpuMii, aud that difficulty
is removed. But. it has become known at
Washington thut the appropriations of Con
gress for Oregon are prostituted to persoual
euds, and there may be danger that future ap
propriations will, in couaequeuce, be curtailed.
or denied altogether.
Agricultural. A meeting is to be held
at Oakland, Douglas couuty, on the 4th of Feb
ruary, to organize an Agricultural Society, and
choose delegates to the State Agricultural Con
vention, w hith is to lw held iu Suieui on the S2d
fttbruart .
Niioi'Ki.m itirituKU.
A horrible murder, iu cold blood, was perpe
trated near Dallas. Polk county, on Thursday
night last, the 12th inst. From tho best Infor
mation which we cau gather, the particulars arc
these : Two men," named Morse aud Parker,
were employed in a saw-mill about eight miles
from Dallas, on the Luckiamute river
Parker was a married man ; Morse and a
man named Brown lived together, within gun
shot of Parker's house. Some time ago Par
ker's wife left him, but lately returned, nnd at
tributed her leaving to tlte interference of Morse.
Parker ! then forbade ...Morse coming on
his premises. On Thursday evening last.
Morse told Brown that he was going 011 a hunt
the next day, ami that he would go to a honse
in the neighborhood and imrrow a rifle. Ac
cordingly he went. On his way home he pass
ed Parker's house, when, seeing Parker sitting
bv the fire, with his wife, he tools dendly aim nt
him, nnd shot him .iirongh the breast. He
then went homo and,, after conversing for a
short time with Brown 011 general subjects, he
requested hiui to go over to Parker's, saying he
thought there was something wrong there.
Brown hesitated, but Morse insisted, and final
ly Brown went, nud found Purker dead. He
immediately went to Dallas, nud notified the
citizeus, who. with the Sheriff nt tlxeir head.
went to arrest Morse, but he was not to lie
found. At last accounts the search for him has
lieen unsuccessful. Morse bore the reputation
of a desperate character ; as it had Ihmmi gene
rally reported aud Itelieved that Uo killed
man in the South sometime ago.
P. S. Since the above was in type, we have
received further particulars of the transaction-
from Mr. Barnard, who was present during
most of the examination of Morse, at Dallas,
on Fridav and Saturday last. It appeared that
Morse nnd several other men were at Parker's
house on Thursday, w hen after some exciting
talk Parker ordered .Morse to leave, presenting
a gun nt him, threatening to shoot him if he
ever came ou his premises again. Morse lis
tened very calmly, urn! on going away told Par
ker it would be well for him to leave immedi
ately. He then tried to borrow a gun, from
several persons, but was refused, nnd was told
to let Parker alone. In the evening he suc
ceeded in gcttiug a gnu, by representing that
he wns troiiiff a hnutimr. He then went to
l'arker's house, nnd w histled. The door was
opened by sin old man who lived there with
Parker. Morse said his name was Boss, aud
he wanted to know the way to Tharp's mill.
The old man replied : " I know you ; your
name is Morse, and yon had better leave here."
He then shut the door; and almost immedi
ately nfterwards Parker fell dead from a shot
through the window. There were four or five
men iu the house, but they were all afraid of
Morse, who had been drinking aud had juar
relitl with them.
Morse then went to his owa house, and in
duced one or two individuals to go up to l'ar
ker's. Afterward he went back, and whistled
at the door. One of the mm c&me out. and
tidd him Purker was badly hurt, but would not
tell him how badly. Morse went home again,
nud w as arrested ou Friday morning, ns he wns
getting up from led. The p-op!e iu the neith
ixirlnxtil Mere all afraid of Morse, ami made no
effort to arrest hiui, until ibey procured assis
tance. The cause of the q'tnrrH was as stated
above. Morse had lieeu in I lie iicigliliorhnod
since last summer, and was feared by all his ac
quaintances. T.'t raiirdensl man' name i Opo H.irper. i:if'iai!
if i iiT i?r. Morse a. or ,.itm eant-ua liaiur is Jlut
lie is a Calil'-iriiiau.
T.tl.t'AT!0i .! STITE
t ttt :;.
TAX OF
ll 'lnvr is the assessor's valuation of property
in Oregon lor lite rears HV'antl n it III he
State mid tWiuarkl las for those years :
ISii.
t'ocsriK. Y.-ilimiiim. t.mle Tax.
Val. Tex. Tax.
1.7i.t(M l.7!.ll
l$.-iu..n, I ..
t ia. VamHS, l,4iMl0
3.7.1 i.r-
2,-jtl,nn
l.'si.Vl
aai.ii
-jr.O'i
o:.5H
3.1-11.34
l.U7.tw
4.SWJ.-T
;"..o7t.-2
4.T-2L-M
4,io.s-
tf.iaa.ivt
m:o.7a
3 1' I '79
1.SM7.1S0
.'-.:-.7
1IS.-Jj!
Ki.ar.t
1. 377.114
1. -J7S.4I.I
3:.sj-
3.'J4ii.41d
2. ;7.v,'4'
".537,104
a,-J17.l.-s5
43.K.1
503.3-Jt
l.tn !.:?
47-.ll
1.U47.IS
JIS.il
l.m.sa
1 is.-l",
SI, 36
i7;.ai
l.--'7S.4i
I'latsttn.
Colu.uljiu,
t '01 is,
Ourr.-,
llotl :las,
luek-Hm,
Juse-i'.iim?,
l-si.l it
K. ."j-sl l
li.7:6:0
l.jro.ttKI
I.io.vi-l J
a.m.'.'Aj
a.tvttyjiu
313.1
3. -Mti.41
2.17j.J4
l.iuu.
Marion.
!.:n;-.i:t
MuhiKMUah S.ril.ii.H)
-.i37.IG
Tillamook. i,774 73
l'niHwi. 54S.-.M-
Waatuiigt'n 1. is
Vjico, J itiJ.STa 50
Vauibii:, l,:rG
4-1. 1
5:.i.;&3
l,!'l;.30
-17-M3
J.1-NI.J3
Total, 2t.is4:3ti 15 4s,:!o-,77 22.i.'4.1H 2i.sJ4.i0
AMUl'ST OF TAX COLLECTED K CHIN'AMEX FOR
MIXINl LICKXSE
Amount of Tax.
31 10
i
3.-il !
o,a 3 oo
States' per ceut.
4ii Ro
31 31
4i IU
7sO 45
Coos,
furry,
l:t,k4u,
Josephine,
Total,"
8,978 itf
1,'Mti 74
This, milled" to the above, makes the revenue
of the State of Oregon from nil sources, for the
fiscalyear beginning September 1'2, 1S3U,
715.01.
OEX, I.Ar: S F1VOB OF POPrUR
MOVKKKMS.VrV.
The following letter from Gen. Lane, which
wns published at the time it was written, will
show that in January, 1653, Gc-n. Latin not
only endorsed the " Douglas Doctrine," but
that he maintained that the pro-slavery men in
Oregon had even uo right to talk, (or ns he has
it, "harp") about slavery after tho vote had
been taken :
Washington Citt, Jan. 3, 1353.
DeAR Bush : I am much pleased to learn
that our constitution has leen ratified bv the
people, but am sorry to bud that there are some
still harping over the slavery question. It has
been sett'cil by a vote of the peopl and with
their decision nil shonhi be satisfied. Our
motto was in the late canvas, nud in our plat
form, ami it is the principle of the Kansas
Nebraska bill, leave it to the people." They
have decided n?ainst slaverr, and certainly no
good dem-tcrut u ill now altemii to disturb the
peace and success of the democratic party, on
this question, settled, and for all time, to far
as Oregon it concerned. In hast,, vour obd't
scrvnnt, .1 OS K I'll LANE.
The Electoral. Culler e of 18G0. The
Northern States will be entitled to votes iu the
Electoral College as follows:
Maine,
.New liainpsliire,
Vermont,
Massachusetts,
Klioile Island,
C'miliwl lent,
.New York,
New Jersey,
IViinsvlvuuia,
Ohio."
Tom!,.
8
5
5
13
4
0
35
7
27
23
Mirliigan,
Indiana,
Uiaois,
l-wii,
Wisconsin,
California,
Minnesota,
lre.:;oii,
Kansas,
6
. 13
11
4
5
4
4
3
3
ISO
The Southern States will be entitled lo votes
in the Electoral College ns follows
Vi'idiiiu,
Delaware,
Mart laud,
Nor.li Carolina,
SodlIi Carolina.
1j
8
10
Louisiana,
rkausas,
Tennessee,
Kentucky,
M issouri,
Florida,
Texas,
8
Georgia, 1"
Alabama. 9
Mississippi, 7
Total, 1M
Total vote of the Northern Ptates, IRC
Total vote of the Southern States, ' . 1-Jvl
Majority for the Sorthera States, Co
AKgreiaUe vote of Northern and Southern States, 306
A umber necessary to elect a President, lii
" The Official Coruespoxdesce." See
outside. Many of our readers knew the late
CdtEUjgrt " . . . .
Tin? rtimhsiiip n oktiirkvkr
LOST. TIIIISTV-.MIX I.IVK.H LOST.
LKTTEIt .11 All. I.IKIJWISlli LOST.
We learn that the steamship Columbia arriv-
ed at Portland Thursday morning, bringing the
intelligence that the steamship Northerner was
lost at rhipu Mendocino, with thirty-six lires,
the Ore jon mails from the Atlantic Ftatea aud
California, and all her freight and express
packages. The steamship is said to have run
upon a rock, setting her to leaking; she then
attempted to go into liuiuboldt, but failing in
that, she was beached, nt or near Mendocino,
aud went immediately to pieces.
Capt. Sweitzer. of the steamer Elk, running
npon the upper Willamette, is reported among
the lost. Ve hear of no other Oregonian. but
have no list of the drowned. We shall proba
bly get full particulars by the boat of Sunday
morning. Ix-lore going to press. -
The Columbia brought np a portion of the
JSnTtherner't iiewsiamr mails which bad drifted
ashore, and the Surviving passengers.
FULL PARTICULARS!!
By Tmcy Be. "o,, Mr. l. A. Brown, and our r(fnlar
Portland correspundent, we receive full particulars, as
follows:
Tlw Ifoi-thtrntr strark a annkm rock atffHlt o'clock, on
Tli'-irs lay slMiUt tnro ftiil. lcNw isluut Kref. Capt. Hall
was on tteck wlwn he rtra- k. aisl lnimoliatrl- ordrrt the
pun ft art In BioOon. 7t atirp- aaattx off thv rock Imtantly
aftr fhe struck, trot It was aooa asccrtainil that I e pomjia,
which were In cvwf working r.lcr, were wh.tli.r hlrnpabfe of
karpinc her aSiurt anf I n itlt ot time. She a i theu hearled
f-.r aiiore. aud rus in t:tt the Mrs -k, ahen ber aucrior was kt
8.
As Soon as t' steamer itm k, a bout was launched, nni
all the lad it . xept two, r-t Into it. Tim baat il laislna
anfrly. Mr. Birch, th oecan-l t IBer. then e t Into a lioHt,
ami accet-fl lo srttinff one- of the- l.-i.tV o.T, tSe t.fhvr. M ss
Grewir. poait.Tely r.Ia.Kiji t' lesrp the wreck otiKa ber IwolH
er. iu wltoskr charjre the was, eoul.l pi with her. Capt. 1 ill
tlten trlvl to swin? her Into the boat wiib a line, wlireti be
c.Mil I tint lo Mr. lrencn, 11 ir.atf. s -eluii the jrouug lailj
sttil on tie wreck, ft h lat otr frorn i!iirc, anil In oin
n.ler IHe tie in of the vesact, the boit opt led, and h. It li
unpoce'l, in erijulusl between kit I tl and llie em of the
sii(. .11 Ore?:-, and her brother w- re dro-'nel. It is
C!p. Dall's .Sni-m that I10O1 eoaM hare been saved. If ahc
imA aune In Mr. French-' On,l lwtt. .
-TllK CArTAts'd aor.
Cpt. H, btd a tvrttrit cabin boy, lo whom he hunded
fire hundred dodara In coin, after the steamer ftmt-k. Iut
when he towered hitn to the line, lie old hiia to drp hia
money. The bor, ftowerer, hun on to the moner, was
washeil from the hne o Ok atern of the wreck, and wa sop.
Med to be hfflt 1 Tcrv aiuch 1 1 the Catjlaii, xtiri.rl. .
erer, h-n h- readied Oie atioft, his boy wa there aU right.
wnn nis e-VJ.
C.tpt. liall. fr. Barry and tiie parser, were the law to Irare
the ship. Mr. Cirrjf na porltive he conld n-t reach ttie
shore, and was carried awajr l.y the first ea that struck him,
aud was een no isore: Tiie parser reached the shore hf the
li e. Cupt. t)!l waa the Hit to try tile Hjie- He lowered
himself, and after eina washed over by sereral se.is was
uir'ta a from the l-ne, arid swam asiiore.
Mtss JaB?G.e---terdity morning at tow Ode, tiie body of
this uuioriuuair yoons lady - as tk?n rrom the wreck. She
had been lulled to the wheel ooe by ber brot!er, with her
over-clot ins-. There la no duabt they d ed together. The
- bo-ly of younr Ores'? Imd not been recovered.
r.'iere were six seiMrera who-refused to take the tine,
and, as it happened, the piece ow which tbt-y stood broke
!-e. and they came ashore io safety.
M-'t of the rmssenzers sreil froei the Northerner, look
pale aud hagear i, and many of them art nearly destitute of
ct 'lump.
The wreck ef the steamer and car-o tivcd will be sold on
Turn lay, at B t-Iide'i store. Centerviile.
All the p-un;crs ncc.ru to Capt. Hall all the bravery and
eO'lmss hit u p-sible for a man to be master of. Tie offi
cers, men and -i"tnr.Tj obeyed his orders cheerfoily and
proup ry. Mr. OX.al, Chief En.-tO'C-, waa the mao who
saTcee.iel in erettinff the line as ore. Ctpt. Ilall askd him
If he th'Wivht be culd land a boat. He repld, " 1 will try.
He feiok the quarter boat, and with two of his firemen, land
the line. He nsnl - bei en'Urors to procure a crew to
retorn to the wri ck, bo was unable to do s-j.
One of the sielurs cot a bcrve loose from the wreck and
hnn to him till they b-ith canie ashore.
Tuere were toartccn deal bjdirt lyoig on the beaeh yester
day tuoruUig. They were boned la sepa ate graves, and
m-irk ed
it is the op;n"en of Capt- Ia!l tltat the polrrt of the rock
the ship struck c-told not bare n Inrrer tinn a man's head.
So sliiiht was toe jar tiiat but few of tiie passengers had any
l l .-s ct what it wss.
t-trr or r.iiwrrGras trr.
Sir. KoonfiVH, tvu;i-l l-i Victoria, livi ivhnieder, merchant
of Pjrtlto I, Swrdzcr, Hertus, Mrek-.-r, Ily, inmi.-iir. F.ir-
rell. m a. tig. r-in; 1 Orec anl s.ster. Rain--v, niisinc, C.
Tt!'j-n.. til np. Andrew Hunter. Diiwliir. T.iylor, Ween
B"ii,l 1. H, toer.-ham of P 'Tllan-I. Ratlwell. Steward ot ibe
(J,- Lan stcaoMrr. i W. Btrry, Weila, Farsro C Mca-
enger.
Lr.Jr or ofrtcrju in rarw insr.
A. French, ljt officer; II. Mvhood. SI officer; A."A. Na
tion, 1st Ass't E iffiuevr; II. IMrle, L. H:wel, J. I mrroter.
M ke Orfn y. IA". ti. t'trk, Trtofais Leonarl. Xrd Mtw.
J ..'in Want. J a.ph UVbster. J. D. Turner. IJ. C -nneliy. M
Satires, i H -d.lo.i. II. Vohenut. H. R.bni. H. vrrUi.lrIon.
fxsscaeas Savtn. li. tv. -rVw. wife ant two cinMren.
Levi tiles, A H.umao. A. U. ft .W.:nn. J. H. If -nr.r, H.
II! iie, i-rother or K. Bleis,e. B -ntm cutity, T. . s n th.
Samuel Ai ier, A. ii. Ifvlcn. O. V;rho!e, Mrs. Swettir, Maria
t'renbatii. T. A. G-iIlipher, L-it Kelley. T. tuUdey.
.Mim, lljr;i-t, Jl:s J-.r.lan. J. A. Wlieeler, I. F.
Joiihl. iV. Farrell, Ned Kreenmn. John T. Hem, U"m.
ICeewe, II. M Pairk-k, Mrs. Tliomoson and ehim, Jobn
Sljrrow, lieoite Uunm, W. L. Kajr, Mr. Aurean and
lo r C ii.it ucii.
ttrrici.R-i -aved. W. L. Pall, Captain; TV. C.
Birch, --i of!i.-er; J. 1.1'Neil, Ktmr; J. Jf. Brecfc,
I'urser; J:ts. Wvan, i A?a't Kn.j'r; Kti. MeArtrrir,
II. J. loitHti. Kif-lmnlX.tirtimt1, J. Barntlt. Wm. Wait
Itr. Iritis. B.ivit, II. Xaiion. F. I'uiiahari. J. Itomhau.
ei-ht tH.-s:neu, aud nine cithers, aud .Moets liodrers.
itie Bar 1'il.K.
Toe Jlcs-eii-jer for W. V. fe Co., t!irew the monT
ban into the witter, with Imoys attached: tmt the
tmiira liu!e.i Mbiiore, lir.iygiiif the bais emptied of
their rich t-'mieiiia,
Tiie Iwter i.iuiIm were saved..bitt souked. The con
t -uts of the pnptrr bats r-to.-ereil at-r-i u a -y ntiued,
iii-si-iuucii t-iul it wit- im,'ibie lo tlistribtiie tUern.
STATES X EWSl
Tiie repulilicatis lia.e carried Ktnsas bvover30X
tnniiiritv', State otice-rs, ItvHsJtnre nnd coiii;r-esiimii-
'i'tie- ami a-itniiiitrHtii.ii, .ritntt Taimnanc democrats
stu-veeiled i ibu N. Y. Cly ek-etion.
Vk i rfsiJeut Bret-kenriilife bas been elected I". S
Senator from Kentttcby.
Tiie ( Seorsria tlemocratic Ptnie ctinvention reccbtn-TTi'-mU'it
Secretary of ! ite Treastinr C-cbb f.r the I'r.-s -iteltcy.
A Iane tiumler ol the itiemliers withdrew, al
h 'iriiif that tbe conretitiou was irregtibtr auid anaa
itHirtsed. 5en. S,-ott arrived at X. T. on the I'-'th of Iec.
The dates from Congress are to the l".ih. Xo speak
er IijuI been electeil. The last vote bail was as f jilows:
Nece?itrT lo cJiooe. 116; Sherman, black, I Ith Bow
cock, ileal-. S3; Oibuer, sotttnera kuowiioihiu, 40 :
waitteriu-, 13.
Tin: sTe.4.iiBo tT covtextiov.
Salem. Jan. 12. IlKI.
S. "SI. Gilmore. of YamliiH. was railed tn
tiie i-linir, and C. Hmd, tf Marion, appointed
setn'tiirv. All persons present were invited to
partieijiiilo in the discussions of the meeting.
Messrs. Shaw and Hoel addressed the eonven
tion. Amos Harvey, A. Zielier. II. M. Wal
ler ami L,- Hetith w ere appointed a ciMiitiiittee
to prepare a constitution for the meeting.
Ajonrned to meet t-inorrov nioruiiig nt 9
o'clock. A. M. S. M. 0 1 LM0KE. I'res't.
C. Hokl, ec'y.
An iiifoniial nieeting of inemlers f the con
vention and others was held at the court-house
in the evening. Mr. Jewett. of Yamhill, was
called to tin? chair. A spirited discussion tmik
place, participated in by a considerable number
of gcutleinen. There was general concurrence
iu f:tvor of building boats and reducing freights
nud passage on the upper Willamette.
THE AIJOl KSEl MEETING.
January 13. 1300.
The committee reported a constitution. Ou
motion, report was received, and committee
discharged- On motion, agreed that the con
stitution reported lie read and discussed, sec
tion by section. After thus considering and
amending tin constitution, the meeting ad
journed, to meet at half p:ist one o'clock.
Afternoon Session. On niotiou, the consti
tution, ns amended, wns adopted.
A. C. li. Shaw was appointed canvassing
agent.
The secretary wns directed to fnrni.di the
different newspapers of the State with tiie pro
ceedings of the inwtiag. and a copy of the
constitution for publication. Adjourned sine
die. S. M. GILMOKE, Pres t.
C. IIoel, Sec'y.
The Constitution will be published next week.
Oi'R Platform. The mlitical platform of
the. Statesman is that adopted nt the last Dem
ocratic National Convention held at Cincinnati.
We abate not a jot or tittle from it. That
platform enunciates the doctrine of non-intervention,
and npon that doctrine, expressed in
tiie platform, and advocated from the press and
the stump, from Maine to California, the dem
ocratic party triumphed. Upon it it can tri
umph again.
Eitn.VTCM. III our notice, last week, of the
creature Simpson P. Moses, we said : " Gen.
Taylor appointed him Collector nt Olympia, in
which he remained until removed by President
Polk." That was a lapsus pen nit. and was
overlooked in the hurry of proof reading. Mo
ses w as removed by President Pierce. Poik
preceded Taylor.
Accidentally Killed. A young man
named Thomas Kolrerston, engaged iu sluicing,
was crushed to death instantly by the falling of
a beavy bauk npon him. on the 26th r.lt., in the
vicinitv of Jacksonville. He was from New
York City, nnd was alMint 34 years of age.
Pi rsosal. S. J- MoCoriniek, of the Port
land Advertiser, lias been spending a few days
in town.
Snow. The Advertiser says the snow is
fjroia tbn lo twelve inches ilovp at the OMCtntea
I.KtreB FROM POKTI.A VB
"Latest iaUJlirence" Chapman anrrp ht4 pros
prcnta turn kittka via; little trick the D'claza
.''m.l:orr''P'"i' thrmntt stramrr prrtonai
- rtt'thj kit politict theatrical Portland trit,
i, c.
i Portland, Jan. 10th, 1360.
; Editor Stat E8M as : Last week, having an
sitmnrtlinitr to send tun m l..n.. I. i....i.
a fnend, who left here ou Satartfay evenimr.
a itTaneu hibc vi ii5 auu 1 rather tliillk tiiat
between ns we surprised some of the gotnl peo
nle here, with an item or two of latest intel
ligence." Col. Chapman himself last night read
the annonneement of his arrival hereon gatttr'
day got mad and "blasphemed" that the
letter was " Writ ' al Salem " it couldn't be
otlremise, bexatis no boat went np alter his
arrival, by which a letter from la-re ctmld reach
yon iu time for Tuesday morning's Statesman.'
liut though the old fellow pretends to have got
the autWship of the letter " spotted," be i
evidently very ill at ease ou that, as well as
other subjects.
I enclose yon a copy of Chapman's pros
reetns, whieh, yon will observe, ia in the name
of a yoong mau who Ikis In-eli recently engaged
in the business of retailing wet groceries rii i.n
gene City, and who is to be used as a entspaw,
to rake Chapman's chestnuts tint of the fire
He will find it a warm occupation before Chap-'
man gets through with him, I'll warrant hiui.
livery candidate fir tiie. Senate iu the Lane so
ciety most have a paper of his own ; for know
ing tliemselves to be a precious set of rascals',
they are all afraid of each other. It is multir
eel that kl T." w very migry with C'b:ipiu;tr
for entering titer Senatorial ring against himr
and tieuounees tUe fcurv. Geu'l as a dishonest
politician!
Cliapnifin lias HpgrtiatcJ for tire oIJ Slavd
ard establishment, to be tak-eii to Eugene Cityv
Ptsnr 27telly is in great tfi'ruhttsir,; he airut
ytmr friend were closeted together ns
t!e latter's ofiiee the most of last Sunday t
yoo tmty expect something extra iu the next.
Dclazonian.
TAclby has got a new kink, that somelody
bas pnt into his head, by which be expects t;
enrry this county tor Ids own nomination for
thj Ijt-gislatnre next spring, fie has been
looking over the Constitution of the U. S., (not
the copy that " pa" stands on) and has discov
ered that onr State executive has the power to.
tippoiiit a U. S. Senator to fill the vacancy caus
ed by the repudiation of Smith. Ills plan is,
to assure Supt- Geary that he shall lie appoint
ed ; and in return, lie expects the Snpt. to use
the patronage of his ofiic-e to secure I'Aelby'a
nomination- Isn't that a nice Httle scheme if
Mr. Geary would only consent to it ?
I have intended for a long time to mention a
little trick of the Joseph family, but never be
fore happened to think of it when writing. It
is this : When in Oregon, Iiibben ascertained
that the Banner of Liberty, a weekly paper
published somewhere in the interior" of New
York, had a large circulation iu Oregon, and
considerable influence. When be got back to
Washington, the whole tribe of lane lackeys
there, Iiibben, Moses & Co.. were informed of
this rich lead; and accordingly paragraphs
puffatory of Lane have been sent to the Ban
ner marked. This I get from a Laueite here,
and be received it at second hand from one of
the trihe at Washington, who informed his Or
egon brethren, in high glee, of their nice little
trick to impose npon the readers of the Banner.
" Mac." told me to-day that he knows the
author of the batch of lies scribbled here week
ly for poor Smith's " medium : that the pup
py is too low down for a gentleman's notice ;
and that he was run out of his native State for
stealing small things. " Mac." says he cannot
be mistaken in the pup. for he has petty larce
ny written in legibie characters npon bis lan
ternjawed mug. If the friends of the pimp
have any sand (he has none), and want any
Uiing, you are at liberty to give my name.
The Portland correspondents of Smith's sli
my sheet find themselves surprised at the
changes and additiiuis made in their effusions
by old Delusion himself. Delusion's tracks are
so plain to the naked eye, that it requires little
acumen to discover when he mounts the stilts.
The steamer Northerner has not yet made
her appearance, though fully due. Fears are
euierutiued for her safety, but my opiuiuu ia- .
she has gone to the Sound, before coming here.
The recent gale has beeu more terrific at the
mouth of tiie Columbia Iliver than has ever
liefore been witnessed by the oldest inhabitant.
Vessels moored iu the Colntubia fcU the force
of it to some extent; one. iu fact the lurk
Industry was much injured, and her cargo
damaged. A great deal of damage must h.tve
resulted from tiie gale.
Maj. Trevitt and Col. Dennison arrived here
overlaud from the Dalies the other day. Vie.
speaks of the mines as if they were a reality
lie don't go off on a tangent, aud blow about
big licks ;" for he is uot given to humbug, as
you know, uor does be tolerate the iufirimcv in
others, as his early antipathy to Jo. Lane in
that particular will testify." Maj. Trevitt is
waiting here fur the steamer to carry him to the
Sound, whence he proceeds ou private business.
Col. Dennison, in c-onversatiou with some ac
quaintances, yesterday, assured them that
Capt. Jordan would be stationed at Vancouver
at an early day. I am inclined to think Le is
misinformed.
There is some scandal enrrent here in regard
to a personal difficalry which occurred iu oue of
the public offices. The difficulty originated
from sotne business connected with the office.
Happily uo blows were struck.
Jan. 11th. 1SG0.
The boat goes up this morning, and I wi3
add a few more lines before 1 close. The mail
steamer i not yet iu. Mr. 77eIby " biles."
lie an J Mr. liarnhart hid au animated" ennrer
satiou on the street yesterday, aliout the au
thorship Of the " St. Pierre " letters. It ap
pears tuat J Ateiby entertamed an idea thai Mr.
Hamhart was the author, of which erroneous
impression the mind of Mr. TVielbr was speed
ily divested. Poor little 2"ficlby! " I am afraid
he will never kuow St. Pierre.""
He ( Tftelbv) and several others of his kid
ney, expressed themselves iu pretty strong lan
guage the other day, in F 'sstore. Jo. i.was
lucre; when Mr. j , in speaking of Gro-
ver, said he would never vote for him if he
(G-) was the democratic nominee. " Xo.'
said 2'AeIbv, " nor I, either. tcitl rote for a
black republican frtht." Jo. at once called
out to F , who was iu the front nait of the
store " Look here, F , how do mi iike
this " What ?" said F . Whv." re-
pbed Jo., "Shelby says he will vote for a black
republican before he will vote for G rover, even
if he is the democratic nominee; and savs that
is nis Kind of democracy." ell."' said
V "that ain't my kind of democrat-", gen
tlemen." The crowd got after Jo. last" night,
and told him that if the above item got into
St. Pierre." they would know where it came
iroin. r,o yon won t, said Jo; " I've told
it more than a dozen times already."
Miss Lizzie Gordon-Stewart had a benefit
last night, and a crowded house. A silver cop
was awarded to the author of the best conun
drum, a good many of which were read, amid
much merriment ;but I was sadly impressed
with the fact that that most wretched kiud of
wit" is at a low ebb in our goodly city. The
Incky con. was : Why is Sacramento Brown
like "the Portland Hies? " Answer. Because ho
is always around a lunch table." I think (if I
may be permitted to express my opinion on the
subject) that the twelfth on the list, as printed
in the Netcs. has niorexiiwf to it than any of
the others. The following is a very cngallant
one, to say the least : " Why is a woman's
tongue like the Columbia ivcr ? Assurer.
Because nothing but the power that created it
can stop it in its course." A friend tf mine
says he handed in the following, ami was much
surprised to learn that it diJ not take the prize,
and was uot even read. It certainly contains
as much tr as some that were read: Why U a
steamboat like a pile of bricks ? -f.sirer-Beeause
it cau't climb trees!" (Immense ap
ntause from the orchestra.)
The ice ia the Columbia broke up on Mon
day, and navigation is now open to the Dalles.
A couple of meu named Sheridan and Smith,
while suffering acutely from the "Act of God,"
were discovered rather noisy, in the honse of
the " strange wouiau " a proof that like
causes produce like effects in Portland as in
Washington City-
ShualJ. the steamer arrive before Saturday,
I will write agiua. -.
Ytmrs, ST. PLISSS.