TUE8DAT, FEB. ?, I860.
priucMBTiin.
Upon oar admission into the Union, Oregon
became entitled to fire hundred thousand acres,
aneh aa she might select from the surveyed pub
lie lands of the United States, within her own
limits. Had the public anrTejrs been kept in
advance of the settlements, this wouM have
proved a magnificent dowry for the new State.
Bat under Gen. Lane's management, we shall
have to wait some Tears, until all the arable
land is settled and purchased from, the United
States, and then locate the State lands upon
some mountain or sage-plain not worth pre
empting. Had the sum he has caused to be ex
pended on hnmbng military roads been judi
croaalj applied on the public surreys, it would
have saved Oregon several hundred thousand
dollars, which will now be paid into the treas
uiy of the United States. -
Up to the present, no surveyor general was
senile enough to make disbursements for the
especial benefit of Gen. Lane, and, therefore,
no appropriation was made from 1344 to 1350.
Col. Chapman, however, is making the most of
the little sum placed at his disposal last Mar,
and the asaidaitr with which that official is be
stirring himself (for himself.) would seem to
promise success ; but the appropriations for
surreys is not a very convenient corruption
fond. Probably many of the gvntlemon to
whom he has proffered lucrative employment,
do not know the terms of a surveying contract,
and are not aware how cheaply he is trying to
bnr support for his patron.,
These contracts specially provide that " no
member of Congress or sub-coutractor shall
hare any part in this contract, and that no pay
ment shall be niado for any surveys not exe
cuted by the said deputy surveyor, himself, in
his own proper person." The contract is clos
ed by the deputy who enters into it, solemnly
swearing to execute its provisions in every par
ticular. At the completion of each township,
he again solemnly swears that he has executed
such survey in strict conformity to law. And
in order to refresh his sensibilities on the sub
ject of perjury, the statute of the United States,
made and provided for that particular kind of
false swearing, accompanies the form of the af
fidavit. .
- This law and the regulations of the depart
ment were framed to prevent precisely what
Col. Chapman is endeavoring to do. If Con
gress was not wise enough to secure the labor
of practical surveyors to the public service, free
from farming out and tax by political), then
Col. Chapman can perform his promises. Hat
if that law has any force, theoretical survey
ors, who rely on the help of a coinpasstuan,
had better be careful how they take con
tracts. If persons expect to sell out to
Lane and Chapman, without being subject
to scrutinv, they will find themselves verv
much mistaken. Already, the Col. has prof
fered a contract to a person who is' not a sur
veyor, and who wisely declined to sign the pa
pers himself, but sold out at some hundreds of
dollars a township, to a surveyor who was thus
enabled to take the contract in his own name.
The person who gets the some hundred dollars
per township, is a sound democrat, and not
much of a Lane or Chapman man, and this bo
nus was intended to fasten him, at the expense
of the surveyor. Precisely the same charge
is mad against the Surveyor General of Ne
braska, and if it is authenticated, he will be
promptly removed. Chapman could easily be
removed if anr one would take the trouble to
prevent the facts to the General Land Office.
But Lane would appoint T Vault, or some oth
er man who would probably do the same thing.
So long as Gen. Lane controls oar affairs at
Washington, he will continue to employ cor
rupt old backs in baying influence for himself.
Deuxquext. The Statesman addressed to
Pascal . Smith, at Roseburg, comes back
marked refused. He has taken the Statesman
since Volume 6. No. 15. without missing- a
number or paying a cent. His bill has been
cent to him more than once; and it is hoped he
will take the present opportunity to liquidate.
The Statesman addressed to J. II. Breeding,
Kngene City is returned, marked " Xot taken
out moved away." Mr. Breeding owes for
two rolunxes of the Statesman. Wm. F.
Iferndoo's paper, sent to Albauy, is also return
ed. Mr. H. has not paid for the States
man since Yoinme i. Xo. 4. J. B.
Huston, Albany, returns his copy of the States
man ; he is nearly a year in arrears ; lie v. D.
Smith, ditto.
C5Tlie Beef-Eater savs he is "above the
reach of party control and beyond the s ay of
wild fanaticism." Men from the same section
of Illinois that Slater came, say that he was
raied an abolitionist too mnch of an u!:li
tionist to be a good whig. And it w intimated
that running off and secreting fugitives was
tlieir style, and that the Beef-Eater has ac
tually carried cold victuals to secreted slaves,
being too young to follow any other branch of
the business. We suxpect what be calls " wild
fanaticism was the very natural desire of the
owner to possess himself of hi runaway ne
gro, and that ' above the reach of party con
trol," as Slater understands it, conwi'ted in" keep
ing the nigger from the control of the party
who owned him.
ir delusion publishes the names of a dozen
or soi, whom he says wish the Statesman discon
tinued. Some of them he has published, in
one form or another, three or fonr times before,
and several of them have already been sent to
the office four or five times. So anxious are
these zealous chaps to " stop the Statesman "
that they send in their names every little while
like the rolicking fellow who signed the tem
perance pledge freck-enenily. Among the
names Delusion publishes is one who has jnst
now paid his subscription for a year in advance!
and at least one more who never authorized
him to make such use of his name. Delusion
is a terrible liar.
There is not a democratic paper in Orejron that
would hesitate for one moment to advocate the elec
i ion of Judge UoogUs should he be nominated. De-
Mosher. Lane's son-in-Law and Lane's Reg
ister of the Uinpqua land office, denounces
Judge Douglas as a black republican "has
done so in a public speech. Shelby, another son-in-law
of Lane's, says he can't rote for Judge
Douglas if be is nominated, as he don't con
sider him a good democrat. He says too. he
would rote for a black republican against ( ; ro
ver. To appreciate the assurance of Shelby's
(he is a dreadfully light little fellow) arraign
mentof Judrre Doug-las' "democracv," it mar
be well to state that for a numlicr of years he
tiuin t eren vote lor va for 2elerate to Con
gress, because pa was the democratic candi
date. At the last general election, he roted
for Dryer, republican, against Hallot-k, demo
crat, for representative to the State legislature,
in uu own county.
It's abont time Slater had aa office. Areas.
The Argus ought to know, as Slater was
raised in his party.
Qcabtz rx the South. We learn from the
Sentinel that the excitement in that section con
cerning quarts discoveries increases, and that
new discoveries are being constantly made.
aa "We bare received from Gen. Joel Palmer sn
interesting letter roiirerniuK "U toe Northern mines,
s uii-u vi c sum puuiimi next wecg.
ty The name of Mr. Olney Fry, sen., a
very respectable gentleman of Linn county, is
attached to a letter in the last Dclazonian,
portions of which Rer. Delusion himself wrote.
("This is as it should be," is nsmuch Delusion's
as " last past"). Delusion thinks for Mr. Frv
that the Statesman has become indecent,"
that is, in publishing reports of Delusion's con
duct in Washington, dec. The Statesman wuld
have been obnoxious to that charge if k had
published literal reports of the conduct of the
self-abased, abandoned, bestial Senator of
eightceu days. But we refused to stain our
columns withtheir recital. And, Mr. Fry, you
cannot point, in the files of the Statesman, to
one ' indecent sentence, except those contain
ed in letters written by Iter. Delusion, and pub
lished over his, 'or anonymous signatures. We
challenge you to do so. And, Mr. Fry, the
Drtazonian, during its brief disgusting career,
has contained matter more obscene and inde
cent than would be admitted to the flash pa
pers of eastern cities. The very nniobcr con
taining Rer. Delusion's and j our joint letter
over your signature, Mr Fry, contains an in
sinuation (as false as it is fifthy) which but the
very lowest order of bawd journals would pul
lish. Suppose a man should undertake to read
the second page of the fifth number of Delu
sion's paper in the midst of your family, wonld
ton permit hiin to go on T Of course we be
lieve your respect for your daughters nnd
grand-children would get the better of your
Dclazonian prejudices.' aud vou wonld kick
such a blackguard out of your house. Yet this
page is a fair sample of" the material he fre
quently serves up, nnd which yon nnd your
neighbor Driggs recommend for a family news
paper. Had thn Statesman ever denied its
columns with such effusions.it would now le in
the same starving condition with most of its co
temporaries in Oregon. These facts, Mr. Fry,
facts unquestionable, prove the power of preju
dice over your vision.
Yon sar when Rer. Delusion was 44 way At
the capital of the nation, doing battle for the
interests of bis constituents." Will yon tell
us, Mr. Fry, if the "battling" yon refer to
consisted in the conduct and condition which
caused friends of the Oregon admission bill to
beg that Smith should be sent nwar kept out
of sipht ; to declare that the mortifying specta
cle he presented was killing the Oregon bill
Did the " battling " you speak of consist in bis
prostration by debauch, insomuch that he was
not able to be present when the rote was taken
on the Oregon bill ? Or do you refer to the oc
casion of his drunken exhibition of himself in
the battle " with John P. Hale, in which Hale
held the maudlin Senator up to derision and
ridicule, at the expense of Oregon ? Or to the
occasions when he was so drunk the president
of the Senate wonld not reeinrnize hint ! Per
haps von refer to the scene uhiclr Gen. Lnne
once left in the Senate, when he declared no
man knew the trouble ami mortification Iter.
Delusion's conduct nnd condition subjected
hiin to. The only 'battle' we ever heard
of his havins in Washington was n prolonged
one with whisky and rile bebanch. in which
whisky and its fellow came off rietors. He
threatened one with an old gray-headed nn
of the name of Morgan, but .Morgan was a
mile off, and when they cam together, Delu
sion did not say anything about it.
You assume. Mr. Fry. that Senator Gwin
denied Rer. Delusion's drunkenness and bes
tiality. We think he did no snch thing ; we
think he purposely shirked that point. Gen.
Lane too. Mr. Fry, not onlr shirked it at times,
but at others, what he said went as far to es
tablish the belief in the representations of De
lusion's disgraceful condnct as that said by anr
bodr. Mr. Waymire. and other members of
the h'gislature who approached hint for lijrht,
left him. satisfied that Smith had inflicted deep
disgrace on Oregon. Mr. Waymire is known
in Oregon as a man of strict trnth. Mr. Fry ;
and although Rer. Delusion beseeched Gen.
Lane to contradict Mr. W.'s statement, he has
nerer done it, and never will. Gen. Lane also
said. Mr. Fry, to three respectable and promi
nent citizens of Oregon, that " Smith teas not
in hi right mind half of the time in Washing
ton." Meaning, as some at least, of the hear
ers understood, that he was too drunk to know
what he was about. We mar not have the
precise lanaruage CSen. Lane used, bnt it is the
same in effect. Gen. Lane has not denied say
ing this, in substance : Mr. Fry, suppose yon
write to him and ask him to deny it unqn'ali
iuuibr tor uhluAtinn. over his signature. We
will stake with yon IOO that he will not do it,
the party winning to pay the amount won into
the Linn Co. school fund, or any other worthy
object yon may suggest.
There is no more doubt, Mr. Fry, that Dela
zon Smith's conduct in Washington. &:c., was dis
graceful in the extreme, than there is, that
throngh some means he has succeeded in de
ceiving and imposing upon yourself. And,
his paper bears witness, tint as he sunk
into brutality he sunk into the impotence of
the common lilacs eTinrd. l on ooultIess have
neighbors. Mr. Fry. who knew DelnsUm in
Iowa, and who will privately tell you that he
was there a dreadful and disgusting drunkard.
Ask some one who had the opportunity of know
ing. We have done so. and been informed
that for two rears he was the worst drunkard
in the State of Iowa. Circumstances gave him,
in Oregon, the support of respectable men. and
with it position, iliose men imped he had
changed, but Delusion's exposure to temptation
proved their hopes gronndless; and like all
creatures of debased instincts thus treated with
consideration, he can only be shaken effat the ex
pense of a disgusting quarrel.
There is no doubt, Mr. Fry, that part of
your letter was written by yourself, and there
is no doubt bnt that part of if. was written or
dictated br Ucr. Delusion. You have proba
bly been induced to give your consent from the
pleasure it gives you to see your name in print,
as much as anything.
You have some denominational friends in
Marion Co., Mr. Fry, who can tell von that
the respectable farmer living near Salem "
has erosslv misled you. The Statesman has
more patrons this day than it ever had before.
in Marion county anil out ol it. INotmithHtaml
ing. Mr. Fry, we will wager you another $100.
on the same conditions as above, that one year
from this time it will have a larger circulation
than it now has. And it will flourish, a thorn
in the flesh of arrant demagogisin, official in
competency, insolence, tyranny and corruption.
after Delnsion s disgusting " medium " is for
gotten, and long after you are heartily ashamed
of having Dcen used iy nun to pnoiisn these
silly letters. Your and others' efforts to im
pair the influence nnd standing of the Slates
man, at the leck and for the lx-m-fit of Delu
sion, we can afford to deride and defy, having
often witnessed the results of like lalors. You
but " bite a fie." The Statesman will make
its appearance with the certainty and regularity
of the sun, and will not be swerved a hair's
breadth from its purpose. If intolerant bigots
were to attempt to prevent you from holding
and expressing your religious sentiments, Mr.
Fry, hr like petty proscription and persecution.
the endeavor would not prove more futile and
abortive, and nltimatelv redound more to the
credit and faror of your doctrines, than will
those endeavors Delusion has enlisted yon in.
If you or any others do business with the
Statesman office, Mr. Fry, you nnd they will
have to address it, if not through ordinary, at
least throogh reputable channels.
PATNrTX OCCCRREXCr:. Last Saturday evening n lad
twelve or thirteen years or sire, named S-Mouel Thomas Cox,
was kdied In this villain-, under the following painful circum
stances : Mr. A. S. K'n-'nt linger bad missed chickens fro n lilt
mmh. uid. simnostnc it wss some full crown man, set s run
loaded with shot, in such manner that the opema;? of the door
leading to his eliicken-conp would pull the trigger, inc pun
wnm aimed s as to hit sn adult in the br. About eiI.t
o'clock In the ereninc, yonng Cox, with other boys, was pas
ins Kya anger's. Cox propeaed to go W anu gel ininen
ens and sell to the Cliinamen. The other b-.y declined t
s they y, but young C. went In ; O etilngthegatehe xsreir
ed the contents of the pan just shove the hips, making a
ghasi ly W'utirt, carrying in wadrtitiK; an-l alt. The lad sur
rivetl sereral hours, in orest pain, slid died uurine the ttleht.
The occurrence is a most puinfut one to all parties. Young
C we'believe hs'l neither fallter nr mother li iir-. nnd no
relations 1 1 Orcein except one cousin, a very reputable youuft
man. str. mym upper at sipo a respectable citizen.
A meeting of tlie memliera of the Washington
Territory Legialatore nominated Gn. llaruer tir tUo
I'resideiicy.
X j-Tlie retrnlnr line of wenmlxiats between Port
land and the Unites bare reuncea lure sua IrtigMsor.e
UiinL
On Thnredar J. 3. liynearsoo was ennii.-d in
rufunlotfs near Ureijon city wiien ins ngtii thiga
wu jammed in a horrilile manner. Seirt.
Cy Lands in Iiritisu Columbia are open for
pre-emption at z 5U per acre.
tyrhe Advocate complains that we decline
to polish a long controversial article of the ed
itor n reply to Iter. Mr. Fisher, and claims
tbt it ought to lie published as n matter of jus
tice to the "oldest and largest religious denom
ination in Oregon." The editor gently hints
that we had better publish his letter because he
represents numbers. And we respectfully in
form him that that consideration does not weigh
a feather with us. We would no sooner be
milt.r of inlnstlbe towards the newest and small
est, than the oldest and largest, aud no sooner
confer a favor upon the largest tlinii the small
est. Wc are not governed by such prudential
considerations.
In the first place, we very much disincline
to give place to religious disputations of any
character, nnd have' only consented to do it in
n few instances, where the parties had no denom
inational vehicle in the country. If the Advo
cate will give them a hearing, we will never
publish another nrticlo of that character. The
editor of the Advocate bits a paper, and. ordi
narilv, has no risht to impose upon our over
crowded space, letters of his own. He has
never repn'SPntctl or trcntcu the statesman
with candor and fairness ; he hits often misrep
resented and niiscoustrued its language, aud
meaning; ne not long since puoiisneu an elec
tioneering letter signed V. W. Chapman, con
taining covert attack upon the Statesman,
nnd nlso statements calculated to mislead a
portion of the settlers of Oregon to their seri
ous injury. We replied in language less excep
tionable than the editor of the Advocate is wout
to use in his letters, and pointed out Mr. Chap
man's misunderstanding of the law, insomuch
that that officer has deemed it proper to net
upon our correction. I ho Advocate not only
did not publish our defense, but has never cor
rected the fatal blunder of his correspondent
ennce raing legal subdivision claims. We have
lublished one letter from linn since, however.
or all the above reasons the request to pub
lish n lettor which be cotifesses be is averse .to
publishing in his owu columns, savors a good
deal o impudence. V i
This controversy between tlio editor of the
Advocate, and others, is no business t ours.
Hut we cannot repress the opinion that Mr,
Fearne, in inaugurating nnd nursing the con
troversy with the other division of the M. E,
Church, has manifested neither great policy or
wisdom.
The following letter is from nu old and active
democrat. We omit his name, and also strike
out a portion relating to subscribers sent :
Sastiam City. Jan. 30, 1800
Mr, ltrsit Dear Sir: There is a great ef
fort being made at this place to persuade your
subscribers to discontinue the Statesman at the
close of the preseut volume. J. T. Crooks and
one or two others arc at the bead of this. I
think the v will succeed in some ten or twelve
cases, but your friends arc determined, if pos
sible, to procure new sultscriptions, so that the
number of the Statesman shall not decrease at
this office. Money is so scarce that nianv do
not take the paper because they havn't just got
the money, if they could pay three dollars in
sis months, and have it considered the same as
in advance, they would be glad to take the
State mnun.
Old has been np this way tn in
to get tho people to discontinue the Statesman.
and take tlie ifcii:oiniii. lie tells me titer
are going to organize the Lane party in this
couniy tins spring, and run a separate ticket.
He is a candidate for the legislature. I sav.
let them go iu and get squeezed. Yours.
Of course the few I-ane men iu this county
will run a Lane ticket, with the hope of get
ting the support of the republicans. That is
their game everywhere they cannot nominate
Lane men for the legislature. It is nothing
new for the person referred to in the body of the
nrticle. (wc omit his name) as a candidate for
the legislature on a Lane ticket, to bolt. He
lias before lioltcd democratic nomtmitions, in
more than one instance, although the democrats
of this county have sometimes honored hiin with
offices, the duties of which he was not much
more fitted to . discharge than a horse-block
would have been.
A member of the family of this very man
has proposed to a republican a coalition of the
Lane men and the republicans iu Marion coun
ty on a legislative ticket, to beat the regular
democracy.
I". S. lunn the? Trivt wuH. , lian m l , ,1 tt
natues of trn uerc subscribers at Sautiasn City J. T.
Crooks posi-oiliee.
If Mr. Hush knew how actively Co!. Hooker labor
ed to dt-tt-ut him when runninir fur Siale Printer, lie
would perhaps int he quite so ready to brinfr the mat
ter lietore the I'.tlblic. Mker.
He might have labored more openly to de
feat Mr. Hush I ban Mother did. but he couldn't
Lave labored more " actively."
Mosher's attempt to excuse the reckless aud
vindictive removal of Col. Hooker by bis fatlt
er-in-law, mill be appreciated by "the people
of the southern country. There "is not a man
there informed upon the subject, who does not
know that Col. Hooker perlonned more than
three times the work, with the same amount of
money, ever before performed upon an Oregon
military road.
Hut as the editor of the ntet man seems to require
more time to withdraw a disproved than to make nn
unt'onnded allegation ajai.it private characier, we
sh.ill tor the present merely express the hope that he
Will make it convenient to gfive his attention to the
matter under coiiptdemtiou lof the editor's "explicit
and pointed denial" of !'e Jud'.'e William matter) at
u day not too remote. Tttme,Jtn II, l-Mii).
When will it ("at a day not too remote")
suit your convenience to receive the expected
"retraction ?" Fcrhaps you could induce. your
man Loryea to come up the river at least as
far as Cliaiiipocg to receive it ! In that case,
it would Ihs better to defer it until nest sum
mer, as Loryea's powder is liable to get "damp"
iu wet weather !
Arrt.ES. Mr. John W. Ladd, of Iiutteville.
has laid us under obligations for a box of line
apples, of the " King of Tompkins County "
variety. They were of good size, fine appear
ance, and excellent flavor; nnd as fresh and
juicy, apparently, as when plucked from the
tree. How much longer they might have kept,
under favorable circumstances, we cannot say ;
but it is a singular pomological fact, which w e
seriously commend to the consideration of fruit
growers, that none but the very poorest varie
ties will "keep'' for any length of timn in a
printing office or an editorial sanctum. Mr.
Ladd's applet, vanished with amazing rapidity.
Prematuke Hcrials. We learn from an
authentic source that not very loug since a child
died, as was supposed, in Washington county,
Oregon. The body presented ever)- appear
ance of death, breathing stopped, discoloration
ensued, which being mistaken for mortification,
somew hat hurried preparations were made for
burial. A few hours before it was unpointed to
take place, respiration commenced, and the
child was found to be alive. It recovered, and
is now entirely well.
I'f.ksoxai.. Iters. F. S. Hoyt nnd A. F.
Waller, delegates from Oregon to the M. E.
general conference, left on the last steamer.
Gen. Newcomb, Indian agent $ilctz, and Mr.
David Linn, treasurer of Jackson Co., were iu
our office last week.
HonsKS Stoi.kx. sumliiv niht lust three valuntde
horses were stolen Trom the stable of Air. A. Cliamber
luin, French l'raii ie, in this county. A couple of per
sons were arrchtcd anil lislgetl 111 tlie Jtt.il here upon
r ot Iiavini; coiniuitica tlie larceny, but upon i-S
tation were JiMt!iargeu.
-ANOTHER A T OF CONTEMPTII5LE PRO-
SCRIITION ! By the last mail Mr. Geary, superin
tendent of Indian Afl'airs, received a letter from Wa.-tli-
intrton flirectincr him to di'charcre hi exprrtumnn. Mr.
James Urown, on pain of- removal kimrrtf. And, ac
cordingly 5lr 1 trow ii was discharged Moutlar morn
intr. Mr. Brown wns Unit employed by Gen. Palmer,
in' 1853, and has lioen in the oflice ever since, being
continued ly all the superintendents. He lost an arm,
in in crossing the I'iains in a government train,
uud consequently is inial le to labor; but he has been a
most fnUl.lul and efficient messenger, as all the super
intendents, trom Palmer to Gearv, inclusive, will testi
fy. HK HAS 1$i-:EN REMOVED BECAUSE HE
WAS X 'f A I.AXE LACKKV, anA fur that onlt,.
That is the LOWEsT and MEANEST act of tyranny
I .am- has yet been guilty oif. And we have nj doubt
Mr. Geary despises it from the bottom of his soul, and
is ashamed to be compelled to be the instrument of it.
Are the people of Oregon becoming acquainted with
Lauc's tyrannical piirtH.se to perpetuate himself in of
fice bv the SHAMELESS FROsTI'l UTION t F THE
FEU'EliAL OFFICtS AND PATRONAGE f
Win Kiinus, we understand, Lnne ordered to be ap
pointed in lirown'e place ; he's a'Lauemaa," of course
A TII,1V&1VS FBAl'B.
In the last number of Delusion's paper, that
inveterate liar states what he knows to be a
malicious falsehood, and what every man of
sense or discrimination will at onco pronounce
to bo false upon the face of it that the editor
of the Statesman are in the habitt of -enclosing
" Black republican tracts nnd Ssioneering
documents " iu tho Statesmano subscribers ;
and that a Linn county dtjjjiotjat has handed
him a tract which be received enclosed iu a late
number of the Statesman, direct from the office
of publication." Deln8ionpubIishes the title
of this "tract," which his nameless "Linn
county democrat' handed him. and proceeds
to comment upon it.
It is sufficient for us to say, that no such
" tract " has ever, at anjttjme, been seen or
heard of (except throng Delusion's paper) in
the Statesman office; that no tract or docu
ment of any kind (other than bills aud receipts
for subscription, &o) has ever becu enclosed
in a copy of the Statesman, in the office of pub
lication ; aud that the sttry of the " black re
publican tract " found ! the Statesman ad
dressed to " n Linn couutf democrat" is cither
a sheer falsehood, fabrhhted from the whole
cloth by Delusion Stniti ; or, if the tract was
found in the Statesman, ss stated, it was placed
there, at the Albany pott-office, by the hands
of Dulusjnn himself, or o' some lackey of his, by
his direction, all of wloiu, we are informed
have ready access to the post-office. It is
needless to" say, that 010 who would bo guilty
of such a trick would lot hesitate to rob the
mail, or to commit uny other degrading, vicious
or criminal act. provide", there was no appar
ent danger of discover."
No man can point y'Uie time when we en
gaged in the biityuessvircujfitiiig " black re-
Iiui'lican tracts and chctitineering documents."
)elusion Smith catiutt truthfully say as much.
We have more thai once had occasion to de
nounce Delusion Smith as au unmitigated and
unconscionable liar, tnd we have more than
once proved him sich. But in the whole
course of his pertidiois career, his black nnd
rotteu heart never coieeived a meaner action
than the one which w? have been compelled to
notice. J n das Iscarnt would not have de
scended to half so uiso and contemptible a
thing.
As Lane's obseo,niins lackeys have access to
most of the post-olKces throughout the State, it
is not unlikely that sane of the lowest of them
may adopt the trick suggested by Delusion, of
placing "black repubican tracts " in copies of
the Statesman addressed to Democratic tun
scribers, so as to makt it appear that they came
fro n the Statesman olice. Let our democrat
ic friends be nu tlieir ruard against such despi
cable artifices.
Whe cas Ouego Elect .v Congress
man ? We publish on onr outside two articles
from the Portland .lirtrfMernpon this subject.
They are from the pet tr a leading attorney
of that city, and we thiik are entirely conclu
sive. For some reason, unknown to us, a por
t'on, at least, of the Lxie society nre desirous
of choosing a Representative to Congress in
June, without authority. Head the articles on
the first page from the Advertiser.
n? A democrat writinir from l-nie county, says :
"M.tnv nre very sick sere from the elTer's ef the
Oclazninn potation. Never in my life have I known
any nimt to sink soctnick!y into utter contempt and in
siirnilit'iiiu-e as IcL zoj Smith's weekly effusions have
sunk hiiu in this county. Allhouu-ii" the Block club
may flatter him, not one thinks soriomdr of doiu hiin
a scVv n-. lie is out of t'ie question with thetu with
evervlKvly."
A leto-r trniwuiitrinif a new subscriber from a small
oCii-i- i;t Polk county add:
"P. S. Narv one of Dalnsion's taken at this of!; ie.
Nineteen &'alcmant takea. That is more than all of
the rest of the Orciron papers together, ihily one of
i:ie esiKiy i imr.
A Tillamook democrat renewing his sub
script ion, says:
" I. S. You doubtless have heard how wc
were sold in the Eugene Convention, the people
of this county were badly disappointed in be
ing represented for Joseph Lnne. I don't
know of a man iu favor of him in this county."
He actually gives away the Statesman.
Well you may think so, as yon refuse to pav
not only your own subscription, but that of
other persons, the money for w hieh you received
many years ago.
A Blx'nier Worthy of Joseph. Dnriiur
a Thanksgiving sermon, a Milwaukee preacher
stated that down South every slaveholder who
owned five slaves conlJ go to the polls and de
posit lour votes one tor himself nml three for
every five slaves he wus. If lie knows no
more about the Itihle than about politics, be
had better buy a clam-cart and try some easy
business.
rS Hon. Thomas L Hendricks, late com-
missionerof the general land office, iscauvassing
Indiana for the denweratte nomination for
(.Jovernnr. Both he aid hi competitor are ad
vocating Douglas claims to the Charleston
nomination. I he olice-holders in Indiana
tried every way to prevent the State going for
lloujrlas, but w ithout success, in some county
conventions it was tiMvetl by them to instruct
for Gov. Wright, an exceedingly popular gen
tleman in Indiana; Ixit the sturdy yeomanry
were not to be deceived, and voted down all
such dodges, nnd instructed for Douglas. It is
remarkable that during the contest. Lane's
name appears not to have been used in any
part ot the Mate-
Tuce as Prkaciiisg ! In a plan for nn tnde-
pe uli-t.t newspaper was proposed to John tinncy Ail
inns hv some meni!er3 of t'ontfress. and the necessity
of such a paper was urjLted upon him with irreat ear
nestness, lie replied. "An independent newspaper
is very necessary to mitKe tmtu Known to tlie people:
hut nil editor rviillv hide iiendent must hare a heart of
oak, nerves of iron, nnu a soul of ndauiant to carry it
ihroiitrlS. His first attempt will hrint; a hornet's nest
about his head ; aud, if they do not stiiiir hint to death
or to blindness, he will have to pursue his march with
them continually warmiii over hint, and beset on all
sides with obloquy nnd slander."
StMir.KAMEEN Mixes. We wonld advise
our readers not to be in a hurry about going tn
the above mines. Wait and -hear from them
first. You will know more nbout them in July
or August than you do now.
I "5s" On our first page will be found nn article
concerning an orphan asylum at Vancouver.
trout the slirlit knowletljre 'we have of the
plan, we arc incF.netl to look upon it with de
cided favor. ' -: -
Owes Nothing. It w ill be seen by the ad
vertisement of tho treasurer, that the State of
Oregon has funds in her treasury to pay all out
standing claims. i .
Broke Jail.. Join Powell and John Clark,
who were convicted at the late term of the
Lane county court of prnnd larceny, broke jail
on the night of the 27th nit., and a reward of
two hundred dollars is offered for their rc-ar-rcst.
CP Messrs. Hedges and Dement, of Oregon
City, will build a steamer the coming season to
run between that place nnd Portland.
" Kailintr to reach hiin (the editor of the Statesman)
with a couitiitniicatinn etc. 1 ime.
The failure arose, we presume, from the
fact that no poles grew near Champoeg, long
aougtt to reach from that place to oaiein :
ppoistment. Mr. L. W. Doolittlo has
been appointed Postmaster at Corvallis, Ore
gou, vice M. II. Bell, resigned.
Caved The valiant butcher, who acted as the "sec
ond " nnd medical adviscrof theeditor of the Time on
a recent trying occasion, has at length so far recovered
from his lute fear and trepidation as to be able to vent
a little impotent LmckKuardism through the columns of
his principal's newspaper. The cur is very courageous
at a distance; bnt when his adversary was on the
ground, aud met him face to face, and treated him like
a dojf, he exhibited all the poltroonery, cowardice ami
self-conscious baseness which pre-eminently character
ize him. Loryea is a low, characterless do(t. with
whom gentlemen do not associate; and the Time is a
very proper vehicle for his cowardly blackguardism.
The attempt of him a.-.d his principal to sneuk out of an
all'uir, in which their blustering assumption of a char
acter nnd courage which thev evidently did not possess
oulv rendered them iidituloua, is entirely worthy of
both. w J4. J. UtMHiH.
- - - -
The'f.iqpt. eirF the Ridiculous. Tho
Constitution newspaper, et Washington, is edi
ted by General George Washington Bowman,
an old gentleman who for long years enjoyed
the dignity of a 'Squire-ship, and editor of an
obscure country paper at some Forks of the
Roads in Pennsylvania. The President has
lately transfcred him to Washington, and
placed him in charge of the court journal, from
which dull anathemas are hurled at the heads
of whoever dares to express an independent
thought. It will be recollected that recently
we published some extracts from a speech made
by Gor. Brown, of Mississippi, now U. S. Sen
ator from that State. Mr. Brown, like his col
league, Jeff. Davis, believes in the doctrine of
a Congressional slave code for tho Territories.
In tho speech referred to, he took issue with
Mr. Douglas doctrine, repudiated Seward's,
but declared that the President's " middle
ground" position was more hateful to him than
cither. He was quite scvefre on this " middle
ground " doctrine of the administration, which
mocks the slaveholder with the right to go into
the Territory with his slave property, and then
denies the power of Congress or the Territory
to give him protection. General George Wash
ington Bowman of course could not stand this,
and therefore the Constitution in due time con
tained the following proclamation of outlawry
against Senator Brown :
With regard to Mr. Brown's present prefer
ence for Mr. Seward over Mr. Ituchauan, in
merer to Mr. Brown we shall not express at
length the feelings which the utterance of such
an outrageous sentiment by a Senator of the U.
S. professing to belong to the Democratic party
has inspired. We would, however, remind Mr.
Brown that when he was reelected to the high
position which he now ocenpies, it was believed
that he was a staunch supporter of Mr. Buch
anan and his administration. Wc believe that
he mainly owes his election to that belief, nnd
we believe now that were he to seek reelection
on the issue which he has raised in his recent
speech preference of Mr. Seward to Mr.
Buchanan on any question he would not re
ceive five rotes within the limits of the State
of Mississippi, and that there nre not five dem
ocrats within the limits of this broad Union who
do not feel astonishment, not numixed with dis
gust, at the avowal by any man who is not a
Black Republican in his heart or a traitor to
the Democratic party, of so monstrous a senti
ment. It is said that Gov. Brown on reading this
anathema maranatha, remarked: "the old gen
tleman is evidently suffering from nervous dis-
The Quincy Herald, alluding to the fa
mous expression -of Mr. Buchanan, that the
people of a territory, like those of a State,
should decide the slavery question for them
selves, aud the present administration version
of it, that he only meant they could decide the
slavery questiou when they formed a State,
says :
If he had said that the negro, like the white
man. ought to be permitted to vote and hold
oflice. do you suppose it would have ever oc
cuned to anybody that he meant the negro
should Vote and hold oflice w hen he came to be
a white man? Hardly, we suspect. So. neith
er, when he said the people of a territory, like
those of a State, shall decide for themselves
whether they will have slavery or not, did it
occur to anyliody, not even himself, that he
meant the people of a territory might do this
when they came to be a State. Not only did
no such thing oceurto anybody, but Mr. Buch
anau didn't mean any such thing.
"The Thisq Caxsot Be Dose." The
concluding paragraph of Douglas' last reply to
Black expresses the main object of his assailants,
as follows :
"To separate 'Mr. Douglas from the democrat
ic party, seems to be the patriotic end to which
they all aim. They may as well make up their
minds to believe, if they have not already been
convinced of the fact by the bitter experience
of the hist twoyears,that the thing cannot be done.
I cttrc them ntttiee, at the initial point of this
crusade, that no man or set of men on earth,
save one. could separate me from the demo
cratic party, and as I was that oue, and the only
one who had the power, I did not intend to do
it myself, uor permit it to be done by others !
Bather Stroxo-Mixoed. The "strong
minded " ladies of the east are growing bolder
every day. Lately a young lady of New York
city, said to be worth S1UO.000 in her own
rijrht, passed through the city clad iu a neat
fitting frock coat aud Turkish trowsers, and
bloomer pants, crossed the ferry to Brooklyn,
and spent the day at her aunt's, returning in
the evening. Another young miss, named Ada
Clare, pretty and fascinatiug, aud a clever
writer for several New York papers, recently
astonished her acquaintances by becoming the
mother of a blooming boy, without the usual
preliminary of marriage. To the very natu
ral iiKjniry as to its paternal progenitor. Miss
Ada very haughtily responded " 1 know, aud
that is sufficient." Oregouians should be
thankful that they live in a country where such
exquisite refinements of civilization are not tol
erated. Pluck. Greeley has got into a quarrel with
Win. Kellogg, a black member of Congress
from Illinois. Kellogg accused Greeley of de
siring Douglas' election over Lincoln, in the late
Illinois contest. Greeley replies as follows:
Mr. Kellogg, there is just one tie of sympa
thy between Senator Douglas and myself. I
detest his doctrines, but I like his PLt'ck. Had
he signed ever so heedlessly, a circular recom
mending lout lames Age ot Keason, you
would uever have found him prevaricatintr, nor
apologizing, nor deprecating; he would have'
simply and coolly told his adversaries to make
the most ot it. O that some Kepubficans could
be not merely almost bnt altogether such as he
in this respect, however unlike iu any other?
Respectfully, HORACE GREELEY.
New York. Dec. 6.
t3T In the eastern States, to protect remit
tances bv mail from the depredations of post
ofhee thieves, bank bills are cut in two, and
one-half sent at a time. When the receipt of
the first half is acknowledged, the remaining
half is sent. Ow iuir to the substantial nature
of our currency, such a dodge cannot be cm-
piojeo ngmnst Oregon mail-robbers.
IiKTTEB l-'KOTt T1IR DALLES.
OalliCs, n. 27, 1800.
Dr. fk-ll arrived in town a few days ajto trom the
Siinilkmueen mines; he reports very favorably, and
intends to return in a few days. A company leaves
to-morrow for the mines. I think they are imprudent,
as tbe suow and ice will obstruct tlieir journey, and
tliev cannot do niiything in tbe mines until tbe month
of April.
The Columbia river is still obstructed by ice but a
short distance above the mouth of Des Chutes: The
Cot. HTigAlia ina very bad predicament, aud thought
by some to be in a very dangerous one, when the ice
breaks up.
Tiie roads between here and Umatilla arc impassable
for wagons, owinr to the wash in the roads, trom the
recent storm. It will reipiire an immense amount of
labor to re-opun the road for teams-
We are now having Hue weather, and the loose
population is preparinsj.to leave lor tlie mines, lue ly
i in now settled as to the richness of the mines. Ir
lr. Hell, who is an old California miner, savs. that hia'l
opinion ts, Iromnis own experiments, iiie.-MnniKaiiieen
mines will compare with California iu her palmiest
days; and tho Doctor is not one of the exaferatiiig
kiuii lie left SimUkameen far the want of provisions.
IMEIEXDEXT.
J The exercises at the Wallamet University, on
Thursday last, were rendered more than usually in
terentinj? bv the leave-taking- of the principal, Kev. F.
S. lloyt, who (roes on a visit to the Atlantic States.
A farewell ode was sum; by a number of the students;
a valedictory address was delivered by lrof. lloyt ;
and Mr. Tlieo. lhir.i:ester, on behalf of some of the
students, presented to Prof. Hoyt, in an original poeti
cal speech, a life-preserver, which was, of course,
ffratcfully received. The exercises throughout were
well-couducted. A very creditable original oration,
on the death of Washington Irving, was delivered by
Mr. 1. S. Knight.
"Senatorial Dignitt is Okegos." Under this
head the Alia California publishes oue of Delusion's
scurrilous paragraphs, as illustrative of the Oregon
standard of Senatorial dignity.
I.RTTKB FBOM POBTL1HD.
The defaulting Treat it rer pone to Texas a warn
ing rumored change Or per and Chapman a
bit of blarney a capital bnrleqHrlhs Ar . ke
-Oashateajs"fpp-i'ition Similkamrcnihe Con
gressional election the Fenilen'utrf, tee., Sfc.
Porti xa, Feb. 2d, 1)0.
Editor Statesman: Z. N. Stam,bnry, our default
ing Treasurer, got off on the steamer to San Francis
co, and is doubtless ere this on his " winding wav " to
the Atlantic States. He bad a paither who absconded
about a year ago, leaving several thousand dollars of
debts hi-hind (a gentleman in l'olk county held the
heaviest I; he went to Texas, and it is presumed Stnns
bury will follow him. Stansbury took from the coun
ty treasury between $6,U.U aiid'$U00, and about the
same amount from individuals making enough in the
aggregate to buy a farm in Texas, and stojk it with
sueep. His bondsmen, Messrs. Weatlierford, Davis,
Love, and another, whose name I jaat now forget, are
abundantly sound; but thev consider it pretty hard to
have to square up the deticiencv. Stansbury was a
reputable member of the M E. C'hnrch, a class-leader,
aud a zealous professor. He was also an Odd Fellow.
H.s borrowings were mostly of bis religious and Odd
brethren. Among other victims, it is said he borrow
ed a hundred or two from his pastor. He sent back
word to bis creditors, from St, Helens, that he should
send them all their money! "In oarse" he will!
His kind always do tbut ! Kvery time !
His plmidermyrs have been carried on br small sums
for a loui; time, until discovery pat an end to his bril
liant and interesting career, lie was a blatant Lane
man, and one of tlie immortal ten whom 7'Aelby got
to " thtop the Tktatethman." Yon will find his name
on that famous list- Tbe States-man' unpleasant habit
of tirring w"plunderin;; oliicials probably disturbed
bis conscience, and so he was easily persuaded by
7'Aelby to " thtop it." - If he had cousitinned to read
its teachings, he niight have been brought to repent
ance. What a warning jjoes his case present!
It is rumored about K h ,and other dispensatories
of eleemosynary whisky, that Waterman, or " Peter
the First. ""is to" resume editorial ebarge of the Time.
Orvis, in bis day, was regarded as rather a weak ves
sel (though he holds a power of whisky); but it is un
deniable tbat the Timet, noder his management, was
a better and abler paper than it has ever since been.
" Col " Dryer has gone to California, to atteud the
Railroad Convention ; I wouldn't be surprised to see
him return a ISeneral this time. There is a pretty
good story told here of how Dryer collected an old bill
of Chapman, when be was in this city purchasing his
press, a short time ago. One of tlie items in the bill
was rather nneeriv worded. Drver's acent also sent
down a note for eighty dollars, which he ffot Gnt of
Uitltitiion m payment tor advertising; and subscription.
Walton used to pay his board bills by giving his note;
and when it had run five or six years, he would renew
it ! Delusion will do the same, doubtless!
Since Delusion lias found ont that Judge Williams
did not accept the proposal of the present editor of the
Time, to buy him aa interest in that paper, he is try
ing I U hand at blarney, to see if he can't catch him. It
is no use. Delusion; tiie interests that placed Peter in
charge of the Time are verv adverse to you.
The Daily Xer, of this city, is publishing a capital
bnrli-sriiie njwn the ludicrous performances of Loryea,
the vahunt messenger of Peter the Fitth, of the Time.
It is illustrated with a very accurate likeness of the
doughty knight of the hanil-saw aud butcher-knife.
Uy the way, is that market still for rent in Salem ? I
think he wouid like to change the field of bis practice,
Since the Ser- has been under the editorial control
of Mr. MUier a young man lately from California, bnt
of unobtrusive manners, good appearance, and evident
ability it has trained largely in the estimation of our
citizeiis. and, I am informed, i. is likelv to prove a pe
cuniary success. Its political opinions, however, so far
lis defined, are rather erratic.
Tbe ' Dosha ways " are still flourishing not much
to the detriment of the drinking saloons, however, for
the latter seem to flourish as of old. A good many
of the Dashaways" joined the society on account of
the " hard times,"' and consequent scarcity of pocket
change making "a virtue of necessity." Neverthe
less, the society has doubtless accomplished some good.
By invitaiion.'Jadee Williams will lecture before the
Society on Saturday evening next; subject One Idea
ism. I apt. Aulceny has purchased the steamer Independ
ence, and placed her on the route between Portland
aud the Cascades, in opposition to the Navigation Co.'b
line.
Parties still continue to go to Sitnilkameen. From
private information received from a friend of mine,
who is thoroughly acquainted with that country, I am
convinced those "mines are a good deal of a humbug.
But it is not much use to tell the people so. - Lxper;
ence keeps a dear school, but " you know the rest of
the proverb.
The Lane society here are advocating an election f-r
Kepreseotative to Congress next June. I think Mo
sher or Delusion will be their candidate. What do
yon propose to do atout it It is my opinion that,
even if a I'epresentative should be elected (illegally,
of coursel, the Legislature will provide for another
election in the fall perhaps on tiie day of the Presi
dential election ; iu which event the one'elected by law
would certainly be entitled to the seat- Perhaps, there
fore, it wonld be best to ijinore tbe Congressional elec
tion in June, and let the Line candidate enjoy tbe sat-is-factiou
of considering hic slf elected, until fail- It
would do Liia as much good as Delusion's eighteen
davs in the Senate. -
tscajH-s from the Penitentiarv are becoming so fre
quent, tuat it is almost impossible to keep run-of them.
Tnere seems to lie sometumg amiss about the discipline
of that im-titatton.
"J. C," of CiiampMe, wants a contract; but he is fid
d'.ini ou the wron string, when he writes to Delazon.
IHd Chapman is a candidate for the. Senate himself.
We have been enjoving beautiful weather for some
days "last past." Old On-goiiians i-ay tiusis the finest
winter thev ever experienced in ifaeconntrv.
Yours, ST. PIERRE.
"HE P30BXJCS MARKETS.
Salm. February 6, 1560.
Apples. Fall, l.V cts. per lb. Winter, 5 to 6.
Potatoes, 85 to 40 cts. per basi c:.
Turnips, 50 " " '
Onions. i 00 " "
Cshbsee, l to 15 cts. per head.
Chickens. 3 So and $3 00 per dox.-n.
Turlcejs, 1S TO " -
Cheese, Si cts. per lb.
Baiter, from S to 85 cts. per lb.
Erijs, 85 cts. per des.
Bacon, Sides, 12 cts. Kiouhlers, 10 cts. Haan, 15 cts.
L-ird, li to 15 cts. p--r lb.
OrrT-'rt Pried Apples. 15 ot3. per lb.
White B-&D, H i-r tosh4.
Buck Jrhcst Sour, $5 OO per 100 lbs. Corn meal, 6 cts.
Il.-'jrs. 6 ct per lb.
Wheat. 75 cts. per bush.
Oats, 75 cts. per bush.
Hay, Timothy, Vi per t03.
Poktlaxd, Feb. 4, 1S60.
Apples, 5 cts.
F:our. per barrel, $5 a 4
Wheat, white. So cls red, 60 cts per bushel.
Oats. S5 per bushel.
Potatoes. 68 cts. per bn. Onions, fl 50.
Bcon, sides 1-1 shoul ters li hams 17. Lard, 18 cts.
Batter, So a 85 cts. Roll in kefs. 25. Cheese, 16 a 20.
Chickens, 3 50 per doa. Ejr;--s, 40 els.
Orsgos Crrr, Jan. 2$, I860.
Wheat, SO s $1 00. .Flour, 5 a 6 cts.
Potatoes. 50 cts. er bu. 0ts, 75 cts. per bu.
Butter, 80 cts. Bacon. 1! a 15 cts. Eggs, 88 ts. per dot.
Albast, Jan. SI, 1S60.
Whea white. TSc red, 65c. Flonr, 5 per bbl. Oats, I5c
Apples, iff a 5SJ-. Potatoes. S7t e. Onions, 3 SO.
Butter, in kees, e. Chickens, is a fi 50. Effps, 80c.
Bacon, sides, 12?e.; hams, 14c.; shouIie--s, 10c.
Pork, H 6c. per lb; lard, le.Vc. Beef, on foot, 4 a 4f c
ErcEXs Crrr, Jan. i.S 1S60.
Wheat. 75e a SI 00 : Oats, 75c : Potatoes. 50c.
Onions, per bu. J l. Beans. 3 .. Apples, 2 00.
Chickens, per dm., 2 Ml a g . Esrgs, i5c.
Pork, fresh, 4 a 6 cts. Butter, 85 cts.
jACkSOXvnxa, Jan. iS, 1S59.
Wheat, per bn. 3 .VI a f-8 00. Oats, f 1 50 a S3 00.
Flour, in sacks, per lb. 6 V a 7c. Corn meal. 6 a Tc.
Bacon, sides. 30c, hams. $0c. shoulders, 22 a 25c.
Beef. 6 a 7 c : Pork, 10c ; Million, li.
Lard, leaf, is tins, 25c. Cheese. 88 a 40c.
Butter, fresh dairy, 62 a 75c. Batter, old, in keys. 40 a 50c.
Chickens, per doa., $5 00 a f 6 00. Eras, fresh, 5b a 62c.
P tatoes. per lb., 4 a 5c. Onions, 6 a 7c Turnips, 4c.
Green Apples, IS a 25c Beans, 13 a 14c
MA.RKIED.
At the M. E. chnrch, Salem. Sunday erenlne, Feb. 5 h, by
Rev.W. Roberts, Mr. John O. Wright and Miss Caroline.daugh
ter of Thomas Cross, all of Salem.
On the 29th of January, by Rer. T. II. Small, Hr. A. E.
Ellis and Miss Ada A. Bultimore, all of Marion eoun y, Ozn.
In Alhanv. Jan. SSth. by Rev. S. O. Irvine, Duron Wake
field and Miss Sarah Miller.
December 25th, by Elder E. G. Browning, Mr. Wm. B. Park
and Miss Almira C. Briggs, all of Douelas CHimv.
December 29, ls59, by Rev. C. Kelley. Mr. S. N. Matlock
and Miss Mary A. Craighead, all of Clackamas county.
Jan. Sao, isK in Clackamas Co., Ambrose Dudler Foster,
In tlie 44th year ot ma -c. He WA3 kind and dutiful to his
parents from infancy ; a lovm. i iriT.d husband. He pare
full proof of the hope of a blest immor,i:,r ue efj m wife
and Sve children, and a large circle of r.latives friends
to lament his loss. t.",--
In Portland, Jan. 80th. Frances E. Andreas, aired 3 aionths
and 5 davs. youueest ch Id of Sarnu.-! 1. and Marv E. Andreas.
Near Albany, on th- 24th of Jan., 1S60. John Stilton Price,
seed 4 years and 22 days ; and on the 27th, America Sidn
Price, aged 2 years and 5 days, children ot Ninirod Price.
January 15th, 1.S60, of hemorrhage of the lunzs, at the
residence of her father, Jonathan Simmons, in Donctas, C".,
Charlotte Engtes,consort of A. A. Enles,aed about IS years.
At Sailor Divines, Jan. 17th, of consumption, Neil Rob
bertson. aired about 80 years, formerly of Missouri.
Dee. 25, 1S59, infant son of John and Mary Ellen Hunt, of
Marion county.
In San Francisco, Jan. 12, of typhoid fever, John, son of
Bartholomew aud Lucinda White, of Polk county, Ogn-, aged
6 years and 2 months.
Jan. 12, I860, Mrs. Freelove Burlingame, wife of Joel Bnr
lingame, of pleurisy, in Clackamas couaty, Ogn., in the 61st
year of her age.
Mrs. Burlinsarae was the mother of Hon. Anson Bur
llngarae, member of Congress from Massachusetts.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
fff Special meeting of the Stockholders of the Willamette
Woolen Manufacturing Company on TUESDAY, February T,
1S60, at 1 o'clock, P. M. Important business to be transact
ed By order of the President.
47w2 J. a. WILSON, Sec'y.
lT Hall's Sibsafamij-i. Yillow Dock, ato Iodidi of
Potass, is prepared from the finest Red Jamaica SarsapariUa
and English Iodide of Potass. Admirable as a restorative
and purifier of the blood, it cleanses the system of all morbid
and Impure matter, removes pimples, boils, and eruptions
i . .. . - i . ...1 ; r .n fc.;n.ia All
t from I lie ssm , "
L . - ir ..I ei,Mll.t ti.u it It tend ln triv. atrncrth and
WUO mi wtt. . .. e- - o
prolong life. Sold by Druggists generally, at per bottle.
ft. 11 - l.Ll X VU., 1 1 1 I'-IOI ,
Wholesale Druggists, 143 and 145 Clay St.,
40a6
?au Francisco.
THE CHEAPEST AND BEST OREGON PAPER.
The Oregon Statesman for I860.
Her shall the Press the people's rights maintain,
ttnaired bf Influence, nhbrtbed If gain."
Thk current year trill be one of unusual political Interest
to the people of Oregon. In Jane, a lfrislator Is to be cho
apn which win select two V. S. Senators, and In November m
Presidential election transpires, as, also, the election of a
Representative to the lower House of Congress. These are
Important contests. In the decision of which are involved
material Interests in Oregon, and extending to the broader
Held o.- th North American Jfatlow. It behooves every
elector to Inforia bin. self apon the weighty interests and
issues to be determined in the year 160.
Th Ohsoh SitTuii w ill Labor to disseminate reliable
Information, and support correct principles. It will discuss
the questions which agitate tlie public mind, with the frank
ness and earnestness of candor, and the independence and
fearlessness of conscious right.
Thk ctatesmax will especially advocate an honest and
prudent administratioa of our elate. County, and other local
governments, with faithfulness, capacity and integrity in
office, and a rigid system of direct accountability of the offi
cer to tlie people.
THE HOME HEWS DEPARTMENT
Of Thk ctatesmax Is edited with annsoal attention, and
f ar - is taken to furnisb early, accurate and full intenigenc
ot whatever transpires of public interest, in Oreson tod on
the Pacific coast. It has au eatensivjorps of correspond
ents, and u s vehicle of general aijcai intelligence, oc
cupies the front rank. Reliable
CORRESPONDENCE FROM THK NORTHERN BINES
Witf regularly appear in Thk Statesman's columns, and
the collection of Mining- intelligence from all quarter will
receive attention.
In politics, Thk Statksmam is Democratic independent.
Impartial, and outspoken ; advocating principle, and repro
bating Maoism, unsoundness, demagog-ism, charlatanry and
corruption, and defying tyranny, intolerance and prostituted
power and patronage.
During the past year,
A POWER PRESS, AND NEW TYPE
Throughout, have been added to the Statksma establish
ment ; an additional Editor has also been employed ; and it
is resolved that the enterprise, interest, value and character
of its columns shall keep pace with the public demand.
The regular edition of Thk Statesman is over
TWENTT-TWO HUNDRED COPIES;
Nearly twice that of the next highest in this State, and
three, four and five times tlie circulation of other Oregon
papers. Its readers number a still larger proportion. Busi
ness men, and advertisers of every class, will find it the best
vehicle of communication with the reading public
TERMS:
Thi Etavesmas Is printed upon a sheet of the largest size,
for Tnree Duitrs per year. Rotnitxances can be made by
mail, at the risk of the Publisher, if enclosed in the presence
of a Postmaster.
Owing to the "hard times, just at present prevailing ia
Oregon, it will be sent upon the order of good men, without
prepayment they paying when preps :ed to do so.
Tits Statesman .11 be sent to clergymen at half-price.
Fekkcakt, 1560. 4-Mf
Traveling- Agent. Mr. E. C. Smith is ant orizeJ to
act as agent for the Statesmas, and receive and receipt for
subscriptions and advertisements to the same.
Tlie Medical and SnrRicaJ Institute
Of Dr. L- J. CZAPKAT, is already secured in a position
which places it, as well as its proprietor, ar above the as
saults of envy and professional malice. In Jie schools of
France, the highest prizes are often awarded to practitioners
in this department of Medical science, and they occupy with
ot .era, an equally lofty position in the profession. Ricord
Is an illustrious example, a shining fight among the philosoph
ical stars of his age in Europe, and Dr. Cxapkay has fully
equalled him in this country, as a proof of which, the Phila
delphia College of Medicine complimented him with a Diplo
ma, and the honorary ad enndem degree- Selecting this as
his field of operation, although qualified as a graduate of the
University of Pesth, and late Chief Surgeon of the Hunga
rian Revolutionary army, for more axtended labors, Dr. I
J. Cxapkay has bent his earnest attention to the cure of
chronic and private diseases, in which he has become so great
an expert that he is now regarded as the uioni in this
brand! of hts profession tnrougbonx the ITntted States, and
his portrait and biography are published as matter of inter
est to their readers in the most exclusive journals- The Doc
tor's offices are at his Medical and Surgical Institute, on Sac
ramento street, corner of LeidesdortT, nearly opposite the
buildings of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company.
E5KfWe ask particular attention of oar readers to the
sworn certificates of remarkable cures, in another column of
this paper. 46mS
tW Or. Wm. Ball's Balaam for tbe Z.ncurm.
For the cure of Consumption, Decline, Asthma, Bronchitis,
Wasting of the Flesh. Night Sweats, Spitting of Blood, Diffi
culty in Breathing, Whooping Cough, Colds, Coughs, Influen
za, Pain in the Side, and aS Diseases of the Lungs.
10,000 IS OFFERED -FOR A BETTER RECEIPT.
It contains nr Opium, Calomel, or Mineral Poison, and is
safe for the most delicate chitd.
Testimony cf a iighljf repectahte DruaaitL
Coshoctos, Ohio, July 25, 155S.
Messrs. O. R. Baees k Co. Gents r Tour medicine, Dr.
Hall's Balsam, is doing wonders here, and I might get many
certificates of important cures, but I think it not necessary ;
the Balsam will stand upon its own merits. It has given more
satisfaction in Lung- complaints than any other medicine that
has ever been sold. Out of all the large number of bottles
that I have sold, there has teen about one bottle returned,
although I have always S-M it with Hie privilege of returning
it if entire satisfaction was not gives according to your in
structions). I have known it to cure, in twenty-four hours,
some of the most severe attacks of Lung diseases. Ia some
cases, the patients experienced an almost alarming smother
ing or suffocating sensation about the Lungs ; out almost in
stantaneous relief was given by tbe wse of yonr friKsm -Tike
sale of the Balsam with roe, as you are aware, has been quite
extensive, so much so, that I have sold but little of any other
kind, although I have a supply of almost an the popular med
icines used for Lung diseases.
Respectfully yours, G. E. COM w Eli.
Dr. Wm- Hall's Balsam for the lmgs is sold by all the
principal Drugeists.
W. K. SMITH CO-, Agents, Salem, Ocn.
PARK WHITE,
46m6 Wholesale Agents, San Francis co.
Grae f enorir Manual of Health. A handsomely
printed vohxme. of tliree hundred pages containing concise
and extremely plant descriptions of aS manner of diseases,
their symptoms and treatment- Every family should have
one. Price only TWESTr-nva cents- It will be sent, post
paid, to any post office in California or Oregon, on the receipt
of 25 cents by mail or express
Address REorsGTOx A- Co., San Francisco.
The Graefenberg medicines are for sale by Dr. E. B. Eaton,
at the Napa City Drue Store, and aU Druggists and Apothe
caries throughout the country.
General Agents for California and Oregon
REDINGTON A CO.,
Wholesale Druggists,
4Swl No, 107 Clay Street.
Dr. Baiter's Pain Pauiaeea.
Jfjf 'a in Panacea is composed entirely of healing gums,
&nd vegetable oils and herbs. It is perfectly safe for the most
delicate to use. I can most sincerely say, that I have never
known any, however delicate, to be injured by it in the least.
I will continue to ask the afflicted, who have not used it, to
try it for the following diseases. If they are not satisfied
with its healing properties, the money will be cheerfully re
funded by the agent where the medicine is for sale.
1 you hare Pain in StomacA or .fibw-es, try a dose of
Pain Panacea internally, watne externally over the parts af
fected and you will at once restore the proper action and re
lieve the pain,
Igo hart a Burn keep the parts covered with cotton
wet with Pain Panacea. This will, in a few minutes, draw
out the fire, and cure the pain.
If yo Mart a JBruist or Wound, bathe it well with the "
Pain Panacea four times a day. It will relieve the pain, and
take out all the poison, and heal the wound in a short time.
Xf jfou are maTering from Kemralaia or Rheumatic Pains
apply the Pain Panacea freely, and take a dose of it internal
ly, morning, noon and night ; it will not only cure the pain,
but will remove the cause of the d'sease.
If yon hart Ms Dypepsia, and your food distresses your
stomach after eating, take a dose of Pain Panacea after each
meal.
If yon hars a Cankered or Sor Jftmsh or Throat, apply
the Pain Panacea to the affected parts, and gargle the mouth
or throat three or four times a day.
If yon have the JHarrheea.ar a relaxed state of the bowels.
saac a lew uoscs in i raRKn, aim ewey Tin soonoc re
Stored. If yon have a painful swelling, bathe the parts freely,
and you will soon reise the pain, and the swelling will be
reduced. If you hare a severe toothache, apply the Pain
Panacea on a piece of cotton, and bathe the gum at the same
time ; it will stop the pain instantly.
If you hare been Bittern by a Spider, or any other insect,
or stung by bees, rake fine salt, mix it with the Pain Panacea,
ami vnly to the parts.
If you Ao a pain m th Breatt, Side, Bae. r Aii
ney, bathe the p.-ts a (Tec ted morning and night ; at the same
time take a dose of tho Panacea internally.
If a mother has a Cakea Breast, apply the Pain Panacea
as hot as it can be borne.
If you feel CkiUy. or ftoitt, as though you were going to
have a fever, take a-dose of Panacea.
If yon hace a ITouMf, cf, or Gall on your Horse, apply
tlie Pain Panacea ; it will takeout all the inflammation, and
heal the sore in a snort nine.
. W. K. SjuITH t CO, Agents, Salem.
Sold by all the principal druggists, and by
PARK A WHITE, Agents,
46tr.6 133 Washington St., San Francisco.
Convention.
THE members of the Democratic Central Commit
tee for the State of Oresron, are requested to meet
at Eugene City, on Wednesday, the itid day of Feb
rtiarv, 1S60, for the purpose of iixinir the time for hold
ing tne next State Convention, and for the transaction
of anv other business. It is expected that all the mem
bers of the Committee will be present.
VV. S. BiiOCK, Ch n Central Com.
Eugene City, Jan. , I860. 43v"2
Dissolution.
THE partnership heretofore exisrinir between tho
undersisrned. was dissolved by mntiutl consent on
the 2d day "of Janmu-y. 1S60. Ail persona indebted,
will make payment to either partv, as soon as conven
ient. P.D PAI.MKR,
G. W. STIMPSOX.
Salem, Feb. 6, 1SC0. 48w3