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1 V i v ft If a V rfY CvCr SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 24; 1860. VOL. 9. NO. 46. WHOLE NO. 462. 1 mr m r x k. , a. w nn 1 1 V n: PENDRRT V T W. W. rolDlCK. " Let Mflort mng tbe windy deep, Isct soldier praise their unor, Bnt hi my heart thi tout 111 kwp", Tke Independent Vmnner ; Warn Br tbe row, to her robe of green. Unfolds it crimson lining. And wnmi his rotta-re porch is teen The hodrysnrkle twinm. When banks of bloom their sweetness yield, To bees thmt Bother boner, He drives bis team metroes the field, , Where skies are soft and sonny. Tb blackbird clocks behind his plough, The snail pipes load sad clearly; Voa ordbardhides behind its boo, "Me bona be love so dearly j - Thearay old bani wboa doors tmftJ 1 s aawla store m urn. ire, j 4 (tobtban beans of fcaeroca r 1 . obtessedtreirs; 1 i r in the porch Lev t 1 s t. .. the lovely chars? V. iraat rase on all hi .. mi mm iadc.cnaent Farater. To hint the sarins; conws dancing gay, Takimthe sanflaer Mashes, The antnmn sautes with mellow ray. His aleeo ei winter hashes i - are linked in love. And honwihoid angels round him; He trasu in God. and loves his wife. Nor irrief nor ills may harm her, e Nature's nbleman in life Be Tbe Independent Farmer. We have lately been favored with a long let ter from an old subscriber, containing a retro spect of the times when the distinction of a Lane democrat had not been made, and some very sensible remarks on the present state of the party. We make some extracts A Bcsh, Esq. Dear Sir: I send von three dollars, which too will place to my credit. I do noc wnow precisely now my suoscnpuuu si&aus, bat think it is about even." Yon wrH see we are abont to have a paper at Eugene. Mr. and both insist ed that I ought to stop the Statesman and take another copy of the Herald with the money. Bnt I do not like that principle. Yon know I have always differed with yon ever since yon began to find fault with Gen. Lane. Bat beeanse I happen to be what yon call a Lane man, I am not obliged to fall oat with yoa personally, nor quit reading- roar paper. My faith mast be very weak if I have to shot my eye whenever the statetman u abont. If I think it m worth three dollars to me, that is my own business. Last fall. said thnt Delazon Smith bad spent the winter at Washington, and knew all abont Gen. Lane, and that the Oregon Democrat wmild d him better justice than any other paper could. Bat, so far. it has only been helping Delazon to ride on the General's popularity. He has pablished nothing yet. such as I expected to see. In fact, I believe if the old General waits for these candidates to help him along, he will have to wait till he gets out of their own way. This trick of starting Lane newspapers is a great bore. They all turn out to be somebody else's paper. Whenever a candidate wants a good partner to go to the Senate with, he gets a press and levies a tax on the General's friends, and calls on them to "put down Bash." I have pnt yoa down in that wav, which means, patting myself down, sev eral times, but I rather believe yoa can stand that game as long as I can. If I am about to get yoa into the poor-house, just let me know, and I will take pity on yon. Hot. acrioaaly .. we are feeding a lot of suck ers, who are a dead weight to him, and as much his competitors as any body on yonr side. But there is no reason why I should sustain all the candidates who are running on his (Lane's) credit. They are all willing to help him if they can go to "the Senate along with him, bnt they all want more oat of the part nership than they pat in. Mr. Smith is en deavoring to nse him as a pacK-muie to carry him and his private quarrels. He would re venge himself upon the Statesman by having the friends of Gen. Lane stop their subscrip tions. That may suit him, hot it won't me. ' I can't believe he will try to patch Delazon tip and run with him for the Senate. Delazon is trying to pass himself off for a pro-slavery man, but it will be some time be fore he gets that lock step. We have had con siderable expe rieoee with these new converts, and I think a few more of them would turn the State republican forever. They rant away on the same old abolition tone, set to pro-slavery words. . It will be rather ticklish business writing to the Oregon delegation if Delazon is to be a part of it. He publishes private letters and conversations to suit himself, and does not seem to care a cent. That alone is a heavy weight for a man to carry who wants to ride on an other's shoulders. Morals ix Texas. California nsually gets the credit of producing a greater amount of crime and vice, in a given time, than any State in the Union. But if the following picture is correct, California must yield tbe palm to Tex as, in this branch of industry. It is an extract from Judge Buckley's charge to tbe grand jury of the District Court, at Galveston : " During the four years that I have been on the bench there have been between fifty and sixty cases of murder before roe ; and if in eacn of the twelve Judicial Districts of the State there has been a like nnmber, then there have been upwards of six hundred canes of murder in four years, showing a state of things aneqnaled in any country ; and that of these six hnndred cases not six of them have been found guilty by tbe juries before whom they were tried. It is not possible to suppose that in all these cases there was a deficiency in the evidence, and the only conclusion at which I can arrive is that the jury must have forgotten or disregarded their oaths." Fizzled. The steamship Great Eastern has proved a gigantic failure, after all the fuss that was made about her. Her machinery is defective, her hull leaky, her great bulk ren ders her unwieldy, and her greatest speed is not equal to that of an ordinary ocean steamer. Yaote op the Sandwich Islands. The Honolulu Advertiser publishes the property and tax assessment list of the Hawaiian Islands for 18.59. From the document we learn that the grand total of the assesments of real estate is $3,584,450, and of personal property $3, 441,855; total, $7,026,305. The total taxa tion for general purposes is $73,015; school tax. $33,563; road tax, $30,247. About one half of the property of the Islands, according to the valuation, is contained in tbe city of Hon olulu. Houloway's Oistmext asd Pills. The various and frightful ulcerations of the lower limbs, known by the general term of " sore leg," or " bad leg." yield everywhere with sur prising rapidity to the influence of the Oint ment. We are informed, from sources in which we have full confidence, that abscesses and sores of this class, that had been discharging for many years, keeping the sufferers in con stant pain, and in a most dilapidated condition. nave been dried up in a lew weeks by this wonderful disinfectant. It does not merely suppress tbe discharge, which would be dan gerous, but, striking through the surface to tbe nucleus of the disorder, obliterates at once both its source and its symptoms. The Pills, by their mild aperient action, expedite the cure. jLdcerUseme ai. . . . . ' vi f.liw.i, Delusion has become w lac--h:stock of Oregon, nntil finally the Indians have began to impose upon him. ' In his htst paper he pub lishes a hifalutin article entitled "Our Coun try." with the following editorial comments Ax Ab-oriqikal Pboductiok. We have received a literary composition from an Indian VooDg man who ho for rae time past been a student at Jefferson In situated in Ma rion cMintv. The clr,"t-"Ti name of the Indian is XVL'jm Sntton. 1 1 "tmiliarly known aa Jan" that gentle- aa a servant in his .lie composition was r ta a school exercise. Kad is certainly not t. We are assured devoni of pt (C that it is wImh VaL " Oar Country" has bei traveling through the newspapers for the year Hast past," and first appeared in the Alabama Afcrmrjr. It trig of Oct. 12rand it was probably there that Deci sion's Indian found it. We suppose the Indian was prompted by Lane's success in selling De lusion, to try his hand at it. Poor Delusion ! Even the Indians are poking sticks at him From thrlatt Iftlazonian. From the Alabama paper. oincenTBY. Competition If William Snt'om,MtmJrmt at Jrf jtTgon j 'nrtitwte, in Jvf J'frton, M-trton Vo., ttr rgon, Dtr., la. 01-Rt'OIMTHV. Tkenfitar of tkr M'eJo- mrr (Alabama) Mere rm htm ktmtrtf ,off ta the tailoring sparkling rifles There is not the least shadow of a donta atmnt the matter, that onr is i-mphatinUIy , vndrniahlr, positively, "nnd compara tively a Vlorion eonnlry. The annals of time fnrniiih nothimr to compare with it. All motlern nation sink into nwnmitTcanoe before our eountrr. It has loncer rivers and more of them, and mndilier and deeper; they nm faMer. and go farther, and make more noiae, and rwe high er, and fall lower, and do mors ibtiraure than any body elae's ri rervi. It has more hikes, anJ thev are There's not tbe leant shadow of a doubt about the matter ours is era nhaticallv. nnden lab I v. positively, comparatively and snpcrhttivcly, a great and glorious country. The annul or time turnih nothing to compare wi:h it; Greece wsru't a cir cumstance; Rome wasno whnrt" Venice couldn't hold ns a candle, while all modem nations ink int inxjiniilkunce iwfore ' nnr country. It has lunger nvers, and more of thi-tn, and muddier ami dwper, and they ran faster and go Inn her." and make more biintrr, and deeper, and clran-r lhan lhoc of any nation on the face of the noise, and rise higher, fall lower, and do more uant iwe than any hmlv else's earth. It has more cata-1 mrts. and triev full for- ! river. It ha more hike and they are biuvr nnd ther. and mterZ and hard, i deeper, ana clearer timu thoce of kit other nation. . and roar loader, and ; look eran-ter than all oth er cataracts. 1' ha more uiotmuin and higher ones, and m-re snow on them, and th-y are harder to yret np and easier to ftiH down than any other mnnntain. It Wit more gold, and it it heavier, and briirhter, and worth more than the g'ld of other countries. ' lur mii-cam It has more cataracts, and thrv tall farther, and toil er, and hurder, and roar louder and look grander than all other eatarurta. It has more momtitiit. and higher ones, and more snow on 'cm. and they are harder to get np, ami raini er to full down than all other mountains. It has mure gold, and it is heav ier and brighter .and worth more than tlie gold of tub er countries. Our rail cars are bigger, and run faster, and pitca o,f the trark of tener.and kiil more people tSan all other rail -ear., thtr steamboats an? lon ger, and entry -bigger loads, and '"bile "their buster-" ofner, and the cap tains swear faanler than those of any other coun try. Our men are bigr, and longtr, and higtier, and thicker, nnd can light harder sti'l faster, nnd di-ink wire whi?ky, chew uior tobacco, spit m-re ar-i further, stick up their AeeU higher, and do any thing else more and better, and ottener than men iu all other countries. Our ladies are prettier, dress liner. pend more money, break more hearts, wear bi,'ger hoor ami shorter dresses, and kick np the mischief generally to a greater extent than all ther Uidies. Our politi cian can wut binder, lie harder, make gas faster, disle quicker, turn often er. make more uoise and do less work than every lody else's politician. One srff-ff are blacker, ttrrf more, hare thirker and mrtt longer, and nerd thrahinff often er than other tiis-'eert. Oar children sqiiatl louder, grow faster, get too big for their trousers quicker than all other children. It is a great country! It is the corner stone of nations; it is the top of the pile, the head man of the heap, the test button on the coat, the crowning jewel in the diadem, the capital of the column, the last link in the chain, the observed of all observers. It will eat np all other na tions fasterthan Pharaoh ' lean kiue eat np the fat ones. When all other na tions are numbered Among the things that were, it will he just rejoicing in it strength. It will kick nil other nations out of exist ence it will lick them np as tlie ww ltcketh salt. It has now thirty-three States, and "more a eom in'." It cover more ter ritory than all other na tion. And finally, it has louder tli nnder.tast er 1 ight ning, bigger bail, cottier ice, than can be found in any part of the hnhitahte glolie. Hurrah for this prodigious constellation of free State ! Hang a man that won't praise his own are bitnrer, and mn fiurtfr. and pitch oil' the track of- tener, and sill more jeo t!e than anv other rail- rnrs. t Inr ntcattibont are lonjrer. and carrv bisrirer load, and l-ile their bus ter" oftrner. and the cap tains swear hardt-rthan m any other country. Oar men are biitaer. and lon-tr-r. and thit krr. nnd ran fe j1tt hardT and fuMer jtnd drink more whisky, chew more t'laco, iit mrj and further, kick np their heel hiv'her. and do any thing else more, and bet ter, and otteuer than men in all other eonntrirt com bined, tbtr ladies are prettier, dresui finer, spend more money, fcrenk nice hearti", wear biifirer row and hnrer dreic. dip more mnif and kik up the devil irmerally to a greater extent than any other ladie. Our politi cians can i-p'nt louder, lie hartier, make jits fuiter. dmie qnU ker, turn otten tr, make more mri and do less work than ny bony eWs politicians. Our children squall hind er, (trow faster, nnd M too bijf f.r their troier 3nirkerthan all other ehil ren. It t a jrreat conn try ; it is the corner rionf of nations: it is the top of the piie; the 1m-:1 man of the heap; the lm't button on llie coat ; the crowning jewel in the diadem; the capital of the column; the link in the chain; "the ob served of all observers." It will cnt np ail other na tion fasterttian I'haraoh's lean kine eat np the fat ones. When all other na tion arennmbered among the things that were, it will jnot be r-joicinr in its strength. It will kick ali other nation out of exist ence; it will lick them up as the cows li ketli salt. It has now thirty three States, and more coming-. It covers more territory than all other nations; ami, finally, it has more rain and mnd than can be found in anv other part of the habitable globe. Hnr rah for this prodigious constellation of Suites! Hang a man that won't praine bis own country. 1 I country ! It will be seen that Delusion or his Indian, suppressed what the Alabama man said about our niggers. Delusion probably struck it out. in consequence of his partiality for the African, acquired at Oberlin. Speaking of the decease of the late Providence Daily Tribune, the Journal, of the same city, says : The time seems to have gone by when a newspaper can be supported as the mere or gan " of a party, much less as the representa tive of a few men, however respectable and in fluential they may be." This is true as gospel, as far as it goes. The " time spoken ot, however, never existed, in point of fact. No newspaper in this country ever prospered long as the mere organ of a par ty, while papers " representing a few men," however high and mighty, have always died early, and generally nnlamcnted. The secret of successful journalism lies in adapting a news paper to the wants of the public, and putting it on a sound and self-sustaining business lot-tom- Yet every month some booby tries to es tablish a newspaper on the back of hobby. Chicago Times. tW A bill has been just passed by the Ten nessee Legislature to prevent free negroes trav eling on the railroads in that State. The pen alties against railroad men are from $250 to $300. I"?" The Duke of Dnras observing Descartes seated one day at a luxurious table, cried out : " What ! do philosophers indulge iu dainties ?" Why not T" replied Descartes, " do you think that Nature produced all her good things fur fools V her . x I ei.iC- . rl LKTTRR V ROII ST. .OSJIS). - St. Louis, Nov. 15, 1859. Editor Statesman : Since my last was written the full elections have taken place. In the north the black republicans have gnined in almost every State, as might be expected ; be cause democrat are divided among themselves. Not as you democrats in Oregon are divided, in opiniou, and wrangling about persons, but we nave at least the merit ol UiUennjr. concern- og measures hiiu principles, vt men is iiiuuiieiy above your derrndine personal contest. - ; We are divided as the democracy of Illinois was last year about 4,000 votes practically for slave code, and 1I4.UUU tor popular sovercien- ty. If the sense of the democratic party in the entire north could be taken to-day between the two, the proportion would be still ereater than was indicated in Illinois in favor of the people of a Territory as well as a State controlling tneir oineers to suit themselves. The demo crats of this city are overwhelmingly in favor ol it, and so are the people of tbis Mate. In the Statesman, of 23d August, I notice an . article , takcjulrnut. av. mwrTT.w, which indicates a spirit on the part of that jour nal that I ant elad to see. "The Times will ad vocate aud insist that every portion of the State shall have its just influence in the election of those who are to act tor ns in the natiounl coun cil of tbe 'party at Charleston." That is the right spirit, and if carried ont in Oregon poli tics, it will soon put an end to tue question, " which shall be paramount, persous or princi ples." The TVme. thinks mine of 2d July was writ ten by Mr. Bush, because "that correspond ent knows more about Oregon iMlitics than anv man outside of the limits of the State." If every democrat in Oregon would read the arti cle, then read the Times' allusion to it, nnd then inquire of himself what particular knowl edge "of Oregon politics" was evinced by the author, it would do much towards deciding the duty of democrats there in relation to thnt cr sonal contest. It said, " not nn appointment was made that did not at the time seem to pros ecute his personal interest the removals and appointments all pointed in the same direction." whether the knowledge of this fort is confiued strictly to persons within the State, or is famil iar to them and many outsiders of its limit., is not material. Is it true t i a ntiestion that each democrat onglit to satisfy himself about, and if convinced of its truth, can any consist ent democrat preserve his tlf-restnvt nnd wiiniitiiii nis dCTKii'd condemnation ol it : About such n question there ouirht to be no dif ference of opinion. I there, let me inquire, an intelligent mnn in Oreo-on who ha resided there since li.0. or who is IVituilinr with events since then, that dues tint isotr that all appoint ments have been niatle with n special reference to his individual interest? Hut if there be doubt resiievting Gen. Lane's intent, then let me note the fact that when error and inistnke has been a;!iarent in his expectations of an appointee, tlint the mistake is soon corrected by tue removal of the independent individual and the appointment of another who is iu his in terest. It is correct to tlisneuse party nntrnnns-e among its friends, because, by so doing, fidelity toils principles meet with n'jnst reward. In this patroims-e exeat power, which, if prop erly used, helps to sustain the principles of the narty iy assiotiug those who stand hv tiieiu. but if improperly used, then it acts as a strong de moralizing agent. A weak and unfit mail may perserve his place as against hundreds, either of whom are more capable aud better for the idaee than he. by living- permitted to use the 'ederul patronage. The hundreds who have worked as long, hard, fuiilifullv aud nerhuos with more ability, intuitively feel" that this pat ronage which is theirs in common with others of tiie party, is used to keep them i.own. An notioraiiie nspirant tines not become alienated at a f.iir defeat, but let him feel that unjust means are usid to favor others, to his own prej udice, nud his very nature revolts. Indeed. such a state of things inaugurated, it clows the broadest avenue to promotion, and thus de stroys the ereat stimulus to euerectic net ion. Take away the prospect of advancement from the pure, j-oung and working portion of a party, and you reduce it to one slothful nnd degener ate, that will make no progress except towards dissolution. Principles, not men, " is a democratic watchword, that is elevating in its tendency. aud has bet?n generally acted iijmu, nlo is, as it ought to be, thoroughly engrafted into the hearts of the masses of the party. And it has done much towards preserving "the party from contaminating personal aud It cal issues; lience. it, as a rule of action, has done more than is easy to conceive towards past success by the party. sometimes, however, this is forentten. and the party gives way to feelings of irenerous uess or sympathy with a respected mem ber, and this is tlte great daneer that threatens the democratic party in Oregon at the present time. But every democrat ought to remember that it is his duty to be just before being gener ous. The first duty of every member is to so act, that while their common principles will be preserved, periect harmony in tlie party will at the same time be maintained. The former is the great aim or object of the party ; the lat ter harmony a means necessary to carry it out. But some may say a majority of the party are in lavor or returning Gen. Lane to the Senate, aud that this majority ought to have their way. Honest men often make such a statement of the case to themselves, and arc misled by the wrong manner in which they state it. Gen. Lane demands a reelection of himself of course to the exclusion of all oth ers; and in such au icsue attempts to compel the party to bear his faults, mistakes or weak nesses. Those who oppose him do not set mi any other particular man of their choice who shall be selected, but simply urge that he, hav ing been tried a long time and found too feeble, shall not be forced upon the party with his, at least, sins of omission. ' Xo man in his right mind can for a moment claim, even if those who oppose him are in a decided minority, that they should not be indulged in insisting upon the doctrine of rotation in office. I see that some, at least, of those who favor his reelection attempt to convey the impression that the opposition to him is on account of per sonal enmity entertained by those who oppose him. That some may entertain feelings f un kiudness is probably true, but it does not follow that they oppose him politically on that ac count. But it is more probable that because he and his appointees insist upon his reelection aud others being honestly convinced that it is not best, the tenacity with which ho and his friends attempt to force it, compels those who do not concur in the falling down to his wor ship, to the exclusion of others, to acts of ear nest opposition which they would gladly avoid, but unless they sacrifice their conviction of what is beet, cannot. In Illinois, last year, Mr. Douglas represent ed the principle of " popular sovereignty," and Mr. Lincoln, that of " Congressional interven tion." Each was selected to represent not himself bat a principle. Col. Benton's strug gle to preserve his place in the Sennte from this State was not so ; he placed his interest or claims above all others, ami had sufficient strength not to elect himself but to create feelings of the most intense bitterness among his former political friends. And had not the black republicans become strong and aggress ive, so as to drive all who were moderate upon the slave question back into the democratic ranks, this State would inevitably have been driven by him over to the opposition. This city is black republican U day, and was made so by Mr. Ben ton and htf friends, not by the black republicans themselves. Col. Benton was a man of talent, and did this State incalculable sen-ice ; bnt his ambi tion led him to forget that he belonged to the party not the party to kim. When he saw that a portion of his owfr party honestly be lieved he ought to stand ."aside, no matter for what reason, it was his duty to have promptly yielded to it. And the only seeming dishonest act of his life was when persisted in using influence that the party lid tiven him, in the way of aa many favors, toeither force his own reelection or destroy the natty that had made him. . Yonr experience in Oregon will be the same, or, if not, the difference in results will be owing to a lack of talent h Gen. Lane com pared with Col. Benton, .'Whatever the con sequences may be, my mfotl is now as It has ever been in such cases t is better to combat and be injured by such at bnce, than to defer the struggle destssi;. ,hy it by and-by. " Having expressed rotneSvbJfaii a-fty-Uuil. Lane ought not to insist npon a reelection, and ought not to be elected if he does insist, let me state why I feel an interest . upon the subject. My sympathies are strongly with the Oregon democracy, having voted the demo cratic ticket there," and for Gen. Lane, proba bly more times than tlte nverago of democrats now in that State. Another "reason is, thnt un fortunately being posseseed of some of yor "war scrip," I am, in common with the mnjontr , of Oregonians, slightly interested iu a pecunia ry point of view, iu having such a delegation in I'ongress as neither gets drunk, nor will let the vouchers of the war accounts lay iu a box and not a seal broken for a whole long year. Not a very enthusiastic way, by the live, of showing xeal to serve his constituents, and not specially consoling to such ns advanced supplies, and have suffering families in consequence of delay in repayment by government- I observe by "the Statesman that the ex-(17 day)-Senntor "proposes to start a paper at Al bany, the object of which is t 'advocate his claims to be edited by himself characteristic ally modest, by the Way ! And, indeed, it is quite natural, as he follows in Lane's tracks, steps high, low, short, long, toes out or in, as does his "11111111011 predecessor." lien. line's only claim is long continued furors receired, (i. e,) "public service. And by the same rule. Smith's public service, (drunken exhibi tion in the Senate included.) ccrtaii ly ought to count for him, too, in proportion fotV length. Hut seriously, what a spectacle is presented ; two men set themselves up, each the great am, buy ami attempt to control presses to nd vocate 'their particular claims. And a splendid working party is about to lower itt lf by enter in? into a sttiah!ile. gratifving to the vanity of the wonld-ln? public servants, bnt degrading in the last degree to itself. I cantot think any considerable nnmlivr will eoutteiiance him nfter they learn the particulars of his doings in Washington last winter. It cannot be that his capers will fail to reach Oregm. That he -was drunk by the days together, is (or Might to be) known there, and it ehould le enough to put an end to him politically. He even went inhi the Senate while intoxicated, and conduct ed himself in such a mnatier that the presiding officer would not recognize him. If the peonle of Oregon do persist iu sending another such delegation to the Senate, they certainly never ought to Irnve their war ex pense refunded ; and, ha t ii more, will be but too certain to get their descrtiT Individual:!, in matters nf law, or other aT fairs when a few thousaud d"i!ars is involved, seek-not clamorous, dissipate! brawlers, nor a clever old Hod bless yon to aist iu its prose cution, but obtain reliable anl undoubted tal ent. If it is wisdom in iudiviluals in matters, so small, how much more st is it in Oregon where her demand is amongthe millions, and it certainly to be contested. When a bright, active, practical aud talented lelogation is sent to Congress, then Oregon's dt will be obtain ed, and not before. I do nt expect nhat is due, until then. A small pittance or nortiot, can be got by any one, but thnt would be worse than nothing. Iiecause it would endanger the prospect of get ting the rest, and I do hojie tint no weak com promise, in the way of cutlingdown, will be al lowed. It begin to look and feel lik winter, though the river will not close up yet for some weeks. Our trade np the Missouri, tiis season, has been tinprecedentalll' large, aid promises to be greater by far next season thaa this. No city in the Union is making more rapid strides to wards greatness, than this ; aid her prospects for the future, warrant expedition, in the way of progress surpassing the past' The immense fertile plains of Kansas-Nebraska, are being brought slowly under the hand of civilization, and will soon be pouring their mighty stream of wealth, through our bauds hit the nation's lap. Our State, too, is making strides in progress surpassing any other in the Uuion. The " Pike's Peak " mines are doitig much for us, and will give an impetus td trade, in deed, all pursuits, that none cau understand except those who have been in countries con tiguous to gold mines. Perhaps your readers would like to know the character of "our " Pike's Peak miners, and was this not already long, I would describe them now, but will "defer it until my next, when I will try and give a do-, scriptioti that miners there can understnnd. TICIXO. Good Stories. At the second centennial celebration of the settlement of Hadley, Mass., Itev. Dr. Huntington, of Harvard College, who was a native, told the following al'ter-dinucr reminiscences : Professor Huntington commenced by relating nn anecdote of Dr. Samuel Hopkins. The doctor on oue occasion preached iu Northamp ton, Mass., and took diuner with Gov. Caleb Strong. Among other dishes was pudding, which Dr. Hopkins declined to taste, on the plea that pudding made him dull in the after noon, whereupon said Governor Strong, "Doc tor, did you have pudding for breakfast ?" The audience receiving this etory so well, the speak er said he would tell them another. A certain parishoucr of Dr. Hopkins having been absent many Sabbaths from church, the doctor called upon him and found hint sick, upon which the doctor suggested to the sick man that as he had been without the means of grace so long he would bring one of his sermons and read to him. " Do so," was tho reply, " for I have had no sleep since tho attack commenced." Moll Webster was a noted witch, and suffered not a little violence from the hnnds of tho good peo ple for her supposed evil practices. At last she tlied, and the neighbors carried her body to the graveyard. As they entered the narrow gate way, one corner of the coffin struck a post. The jolt shook Moll into life, and she angrily asked what they were about, aud ordered them to let her get out and go home. She did so, and lived several years. At last she died in earnest, and a second time they essayed to bury , her; this time, as they entered the churchyard, one of tho carriers whispered in greut alarm, " for God's sake be careful of the gate-post this time." 3r Mr. E , barrister, noted for absence of mind was once witnessing the representation of Macbeth; and on the witch's replying to the Thane's inquiry, that they were " doing a deed without a name," catching the sound of the words he started up, exclaiming to the aston ishment of the audience " a deed without a name! Why. it's void; it's not worth a six pence." " " '" "i . . f C'OmATITCIS)! Of'the Farmers and Shippers Transportation Company. PREAMBLE: Whereas : We, the farmers and shippers of the V illaractte V alley, being sattsned that the high rates charged for freight and passage hy the owners of steamboats, navigating the Wil lamette river, tend greatly to retard the growth and develop the resources of the country, do tnerelore agree to form ourselves into a joint Stock company, for the purpose of buying or building steamboats to navigate said river ; and do form the following constitution : Article First. Sec. 1. The name of this eomnanr shall be r" The Farmer's and Shipper's Transportation company." Sec. 2. The capital stock of the comnnnr shatl be forty thousand dollars, in shares of tweuty-nve dollars each ; and no person shall have more than two shares at any -one time ; and no subscriber shall be bound for any sub scription until there be subscribed at least hi . . i i ,, i . , fu tuousanu nouars Article Second. Sec. 1. The share-holders of each of the several counties of this State, shall elect on the first .Monday of September, of each year, one director ; and the directors so elected shall con stitute a Board of Manasrers : and shall con trol the entire business of tbe company under the constitution. Sec. 2. Said Board of Directors shall meet on the first Monday of October, and elect from their number a President, Vice President, Sec retary and Trensnrer. who shall hold their offi ces for the term of one year, and until their successors are elected and qualified. Each member of the luiard shall have power to cast one vote for each share owned by persons in his respective county. Sr.r. 3. The President shall preside at all meetings of the board, w ith power to call spec ial meetings when iu his opinion the interest of the company requires it, aud perform such other duties as the said hoard may require ; and in absence of the President, the Vice President shad possess the same powers as the President Sue. -I. The Secretary shall keep a correct record of the proceedings of the Ixiard, nnd jwrfonil such other duties as the board may di rect. Skc. 5. The Treasurer shall enter into a bond with three or more sureties, in a sum of not less than twenty thousand dollars, to the President. to be approved by the board for llie faithful performance of his duties. Hkc. (L The Treasurer shall reeeipt for and safely keep all money of the company, that may come into nis Hands : ana pay out the same, uy order ol the President, and Secreta ry," under the direction of tlie board. Sec. 7. The board of directors shall elect a chief aent, who shall, under their direction, transact the business of the company, and shall hold his oflice during the pleasure of said board; he chall receive such salary and give stich liond as the said hoard of directors mar reiinire. Sfce. 8. At the discretion of the board of directors, a reduction may lie made to the stock holders on their freight and nassa?e. of a sum not to exceed twenty percent-, until such stock holders shall have "received the amount sub scrilied aud paid into the company bv him or them. Sec. 9. Each officer of the com nun r shall receive such salary as may lie established and determined by the board of directors, except uie saiu tiiHtru. wno snail ent-Jt receive a sain ntrt to exceed three dollars per day, and mileage in going to nnd returning from the place of meeting, at the rate of ten cents per mile. Sec. It. Should any surplus accrue from innueys collected for fieiht or nassnsre. such surplus shall be disbursed for the benefit of the companv, iu such manner as the board uiar di rect. ' Sec. 11. Each share-holder shall onlr be accntintahle or responsible for the niiiount sub scrilied by him. And the said hoard of di rectors shall not have power under this consti tution, to contract or incur any indebtedness bcrond the amount of cash on hand. KC. 12. There shall lie appointed a e-ene- ral enuvassin" n-rent. on Jnnuarr the l:hh. r-OO. for the iStato. whor-e 'duty it shall lie to establish a thorough system of canvassing in all the counties on the" Willamette river, nnd ns soon as he shall become satisfied that there has been fifteen thousand dollars f stock sub scribed, he shall c ause by notice or otherwise an election to be held in'the several coauties. by the stockholders, for the purpose of electing delegates as prescribed by this constitution. He shall also cause the ifeleeates to meet at such time and place as he shall designate, for tue purpose oi u more thorough organization. Said delegates to serve as directors until the first general election. Sec. 13. This constitution may be altered or amended at any regular meeting of the board, by a majority of the members thereof. provided, such alteration or amendment shall be submitted to a vote of the stockholders of the company for adopt ion or rejection, and if a majority of the whole number of stockholders shall vote for the same, the said constitution shall be considered so altered or amended. The undersigned will lie much pleased to meet the Fanners and Shippers of the Willam ette valley, to discuss the merits of the forma tion of the Fanners' and Shippers' Transporta tion company, at the following- times and places, at OJ o'clock, P. M., viz : Milwankie. Monday, Jan. 23d ; Oregon City, fnesday, 24; Bntteville. Wednesday. 25: Cliamnocg. Thursday, 2U; Dayton. Friday. 27; Lafayette, Saturday, 28; McMinnvilfe, Monday,;); Dallas, Tuesday, 31 : Monmouth. Wednesday, February 1 ; Corvallis, Thursday, 2; Starr's Point, Friday, 3; Eugene City, eaturuay, i; Lancaster. Monday, b; 1 lams burg, Tuesday, 7; Peoria, Wednesday, 8; A many, lliursday, y; Jetlemm, Friday, 10; Salem, Saturday, 11. t Attend ; it will do you no harm to hear what cau be said. A. C. K. SHAW, Gen. Canvassing Agent. A SLACK TWISTED OIRf.. I wish 3'ou could see our " Soph " for one week you would see a first rate manager, I as sure you. In tbe lirst place she is always late to breakfast; she combs or tics up her hair, bat only gives it a smooth and a twirl, sets her comb away and so much is completed. Her dress generally has two or three grease spots npon the front breadths, her shoes are down in the heel. and she scuffs about rather than walks. She is too lazy to open her windows to air her cham ber; too indolent to take her night dress out of her bed; too inefficient to throw back her bed clothes. She yawns over her breakfast, laughs with her brother about some young " gent," hopes " somebody can take hints," looks over the morning paper and rends marriages, the concert notices, the new plays nt the museum, aud what is going on at the Atheneuin, and looks over the parlor register with a yellow cov ered book of the last trash literature, till her mother says: " Sophia, dear, do you know how late it is! Do, child, make your toilet. Mr. Woodfun may call, and what would he think?" For this pretty piece of clay is engaged to be married to our Tom. Well, she goes into her nicely arranged bed chamber which the maid has so carefully put in order. Heavens ! how pretty it looks in a few momcuts ! stockings thrown helter-skelter, a pair of boots both stringless and threadbare ; the morning dress left just as she dropped out of it, and her two old faded skirts all tattered about the bottom. Her brush is full of hair. her comb' looks black as ink, her toilet cover ia daubed with macassar, bear's oil, rosemary. But she is now dressed for the parlor, ready to receive Mr. Woodfun. Her hair is combed over her ears as smoothly as if a polished iron had flattend every stray lock, her dress is neat ly hooked op, and what a trim little form she assumes. Iter boots are hemmed elose, and she holds the identical piece of raffling in her hand to hem which she began a month ago. Her mother speaks of Sophia's industry she is afraid she will sew her life out of her. She is thankful Mr. Woodfun has called to invite her to the evening concert. And previous to going there another dressing takes place, and her room again looks as if Bedlam had broken loose, which makes only three times a day that the chamber maid is called to put things to rights. The worst of all is, " onr Soph " is expect ing to marry Tom, whose father is a rich man, nit his sou to a clerkship, at the sum of five Kindred per annum. Tom. do take another look before you leapjust one more, my dear fellow. Take off tin' Fit rinc take out the WB-h . nnd iooft at -the -WoJtended bose, lift Up the dress and see the hole under the arm. take off the riblKin around the neck and see how greasy it is inside : and, as I live, her handker chief is not hemmed. What a wife your are getting ! Think of her management how your shirts and dickies would be folded, your stockings darned, your pants mended, your rips sewed, and your pockets fleeced to pay for gew gaws aud dressing maids, cooks and chamber girls. With your five hundred salary all spent in yonr first three mouths of house keeping, and with t our fingers in your mouth asking hiin to lend you a thousand or so! And then, to comfort you, the slack-twisted girl is your wife, and she is yours, entirely yours. Now don't talk aliout hanging or drowuiug, or being swal lowed up; only let your wife do her own work, in her own way, and my word for it, something akin to the cholera will take you off, for malig nant diseases find their smart marks where dirt and vegetable decomposition goes on uninter ruptedly. DO -N'T DKPKXB i FATHER. Stand up here, young man, and let ns talk to you. You ha e trusted alone to the contents of " father's purse," or to his fair fame for your influence or success in business. Think you that " father " has attained to eminence in his Erofessiou but by unwearied industry ? or that e has amassed a fortune honestly without en ergy or activity ? You should know that the faculty requisite for the acquiring of fame and fortune i essential to, nay, inseparable from, the retaining of cither of these i Suppose " father " has the " rocks in abundance ; if you never earned anything for him, you have no more business with those " rocks " than a gosling has with a tortoise! and if he allows you to meddle with them till yon have earned their value by your own industry, he perpe trates untold mischief. And if the old gentle man is lavish in his cash towards you, while he allows you to idle away your time, yon had bet ter leave him ; yes, run away, sooner than be made au imbecile or a scoundrel through so cor rupting an influence. Sooner or later you must learn to rely on your own resources, or you will not be anybody. If you hare ever helped yourself at all. if you have become idle, if yon have eaten father's bread and butter, and smoked father's cigars, cnt a swell in father's buggy, and tried to put on father s influence aud reputation, you might far better have been a door canal bor. the son of a chimnev swecn. or a Imkk. block isideed we wonld not swap wun yon tlie situation of a poor, nail-starved motherless calf? Miserable objects, yoa are. that deR'tid entirely upon your pareuts. play- inir et-nticiiiaii (alias dandy loater). bat iu the name of common sense are you thinking of J Wake up there ! Go to work with either your hands or yonr brains, or both, and do something ! Don't merely have it to lioast that you have grown in " father's"' house that you have vegetated as other greenhorns ! but let folks know that von count oue. Come, off with vour coat, clinch the saw. the plow handles, the scythe, the ax, the pickax, the spade anything that will euable you to stir vour blood ! Fly round aud tear your jack et." rather than lie the recipient of the old gentleman's bounty. Sooner thau play tho diindy at dad's exjK'nse hire yourself out to some potato pu'.cli. let yourself to stop hug holes, or watch the liars ; and when you thiuk yourself entitled to a resting spell, do it on your own book. If you have uo other means of having fun of your own, buy with yonr earnings an empty barrel, and put your head into it and holler, or get into it and roll down hill. Don't for pity's sake don't make the old gentleman do everything, and you live at your ease. Look about- you, you well-dressed, smooth faced, do-nothing drones ! Who are they that have worth and influence in society ? Are they those that have depended alone on the old gen tleman's purse ! or are they those that have climbed their way to their position by their in dustry and energy? True, the old gentleman's funds, or personal influence, mav secure you the forms of respect, but let him lose his prop erty, or die, and what are you ? A miserable fledgling a bunch of flesh aud bones that needs to be taken care of ! Again we say, wake up get up in the morn ing turn arouud, at least twice before break fast help the old man give hint now aud then a generous lift in business-J-learn how, take the lead, and not depend forever on being led; and you have no idea how the discipline will benefit you. Do this, and our word for it, yon will seem to breath a new atmosphere, possess a new frame, tread on new earth, wake to a new destiny and you may then begin to aspire to manhood. Take off," then, that riug from your lilly finger, break your caue, hold up your head, and by all means, never again cat tbe bread of idleness, nob. pepesd on father. A I.orE S)CfcK. Mr. Popps paid his two hundred and sixty seventh visit to Miss Clarissa Cooler the other evening. He found her in a rocker, alone in tho parlor; stole his arm around her alabaster neck, and sipped the nectar of her cherry lips a proceed ing there was not the least harm in, consider ing that they had come to an agreement, aud were generally reported to be on the high road to matrimony. The lady took it all quietly, even indifferently, to judge from the lassitude of her attitude m her rocker, the lazy nse of her fan, and her exclamation of something be tween a heigh-ho and a ya hum. Commonplaces were disposed of. Then fol lowed a silence, broke only by Mr. Popps slap ping at the mosquitoes, and Miss Clarissa fan uiug herself nnceasiugly. At length Mr. Popps proposed a promenade and ice-cream. Clarissa declined both, adding: I wish to stay at home ; for I have some thing particular to tell you !" " ludeed!" said Poppa, "pray what ia it, my dear?" . , , - " You expect our wedding to take place in three weeks, don't you ?"' - To be sure I do !" " Well, I'm sorry to disappoint you. But I must do it. I cannot marry " - "Good heavens ! Clarissa, what are yon try ing tosay ?" . - "Don't interrupt me. 1 mean I cannot marry just yet awhile not for some months to come." " Why, Clarissa, what's the meaning of all this ? You gave me your positive promise. aui said nothing stood in "the way. 1 am all ready and worried with waiting. . Why do you put it off, my dear?" . ... . That, you will have to excuse me telhug you. I have a good reason for it and my mind is made up. Will that satisfy yon ?" Popps mused awhile, Clarissa kept her fan going. Finally, Popps spoke: "No. Clarissa, it won't satisfy me. Tea postpone oar wedding, and refuse to tell me why. If. yon have a reason for it, yon ought to let me know it, and maybe it wonld satisfy me. Bnt I won't be satisfied without the reason." " Well, then, you'll have to remain unsatis fied. I tell yon I have a reason and a good one what more do you want ?" I see how it is I've courted yon too long, I didn't strike while the iron was hot, yoa are tired of me. Well, if that is your wish, go ahead." Mr. Popps, you're a dunce you're a fool!" . " Maybe I am, and maybe I ain't," said Popps, "rising with his temper, " bnt this I'll say. Miss Clarissa, if yoa don't tell me why yoa postpone it, yon may postpone it forever, so far as I am concerned. Tell me, Clarissa ; else I swear that if I leave this house to-night. Uwi!r nvrBet foot It again r" . "wen, then ymra Better go." ' " Very welL Good night. Miss Cooler." Popps reached tlie door- Clarissa followed him. and seeing that he was in earnest, cried to him to stay. Popp- came back. Clarissa put her head on bis shoulder and cried. Popps melted. Popps spoke first. Well, dear, what's the matter ?" " Oh, I think you are so very unreasonable and cruel ! Indeed, indeed I have a good eause for putting off our marriage ; but I cannot I must not tell you what it is. Oh. dear Mr. Popps. you must excuse me i And she cried a little more. Well, Clarissa, you most tell me this. Do you put it off to please your father or any of your relations ?" " No, none of them know anything of my de termination.' " D.i you put it off on account of anything concerning me ?" " No." "In God's name, then, Clarissa, what do yon want ? Why keep me in this suspense ?" " Oh. Mr. Popps, you're so cruel ! Maybe I ought to tell you the obstacle, but I can't in deed I can't." "Just as you please, Miss Cooler." And Popps again picked np his hat. "Oh, Sir. Popps, pray don't go don't go yet awhile !" " Then, Miss Clarissa, tell me the obstacle." Popps was evideutly determined. Clarissa put her head on his shoulder, laboring under a strange agitation. Several times she essayed to speak. At length she breathed into his "ear these fearful words : " The tceather's too hot ."' BACY. H. M. M'Carty. editor of the Westport (Mo.) Star, publishes the following correspondence between himself and an agent cf a Baltimore lottery humbug : IS ai timorr, April 30th, 1859. H. M. M'Caktt, Esq.: Dear Sir We have frequently sent yon onr circulars, and have often thought it strange that we have not heard from von. However, onr object in writing at this time is to offer yon the preierence to purchase a Tery nnety arranged package of 26 tickets in the Grand Consolidated Lottery, Class H, drawiug May 21st- This package gives yon the advantage of $32 50 worth of tickets "for die cost of only $36V Tb same has. from its repeated success, won the title of the lurkv t'arkaet.. and. to convince yon of our confidence in its success, we will promise to send vou another package, free of ckaree, if the first fails to draw a Three Num ber Irize. the lowest being Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars. See full scheme within. We make this offer in irood faith, with an effort to sell you the Capital $40.(100. and we hope yon will accept it. Enclose us '0, and the pack age will be sent by return mail, the result of which, we confidentially think, will be satisfac tory to you. Yours, truly. CtlRBIX 8c Co.. Box 190, Post Office. Baltimore, Md. N. 15. Prize Tickets or Certificates cashed as soon as returned. Westport, Jo.. May 16th, 1359. Mi' Deak Sias Your very kind favor is re ceived, contents duly noted, and properly ap preciated. 1 am overwhelmed with a sense of obligation to you for yonr unaccountable partiality to an entire stranger, and am puzzled to guess in what manner I have recommended myself to your favor. Are yon smitten by my personal beauty-dazzled by the refulgent beams of my rising "Star" or have yoa htard of certain little circumstances in my p r;;al history go ing to shtiw a large der; e u e ;i .ence, cre dulity, greenness- or vui;srever run nay call it, reuderiiig me a fair subject for financial experi ments j But whatever may be the moving cause impelling you to this generosity, be as sured your disinterested action is properly prized, and your generous proposal is readily accepted. You may send that "very finely ar ranged package" by return mail, and such is my confidence in its success and its well-won "title of the lucky package," that I do not deem it necessary to enclose any rands to pay for it. You may retain f '20 out of the $250 which it is almost certain to draw and if it should (as it probably may) draw the capital of $40,000, yon may retain another 20 as a slight testimonial of my distinguished consideration. Should it happen, per bare possibility, that the package "fails to draw a three number prize," you need not send the other package, but re tain it as payment for the first. You say yon have frequently sent mo your circulars, and have often thought it strange that you had not heard from me. I am truly sorry that my remissness has caused yon any uneasi ness of mind, and my apology is that I did not know the circulars were from a partial friend and admirer, bnt, so far aa I gave them any thought at all, bad supposed they were from some Peter Fnnk or bogus speculator, of which you know, dear Corbin, there are many in the Eastern cities. As a general thing I pay no at tention to circulars unless ordered to be pub lished hi my paper, and accompanied by the rhino or spondulicks. Please send me a lock of yonr hair before the State officials get all of it. and oblige your be loved friend, H. M. M'Carty. P. S. If not deemed inquisitive, dear Cor bin Sc Co., let me know (in confidence) to how many hundreds throughout the country yonr expansive benevolence has induced you to send duplicate letters of the one sent me ? H. M. M. Coxditiosally Pardoxed. Gov. Weller has extended a pardon to Robert M. Clare, a State Prisoner, convicted of forgery and sen tenced to the State Prison for ten years. The condition of the pardon is that he must leave the State immediately. He leaves by the next steamer. California paper. Such a proceeding is entirely unjustifiable. If Robert M. Clare is unfit to lie turned loose in California, we don't know of auy other soci ety which will be improved by his presence. No State should be allowed to turn her con victs loose upon her in igluiora. - Countt Jail. Three persons are now in the county jiil, at an expense to the county of over two hundred dollars per mouth. Shirley is in custody awaiting a uew trial as awarded by t'uc -Supreme Court, aud Ci.irk and Powell ou suspicion f being cuiicei jed iu store break ing at SpringtickL JVew. ' ' . . .