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An Irishman named Jaroca Power, a atone tttaaon who was at work upon the South Caro lina State hoove, had received thirtr-nine laah es inflicted by a negro, born tarred and feath ered, marched between tile of negroes, and sent north, br a mob. Power was in New York, exhibiting his wound and telling hi story, creating much sympathy and excitement.. The republican papers of course seize onon .1 " t '.! a r . .! i! UCSV CHUM HI IQU LUD UUIIIC HI BCCMUDSUISUI and hatred of the sooth, alreadr existing iu the north. They are God sends for them in the j coming Presidential election. j boat 900 southern medical students had left tie Colleges in Philadelphia, and rone to ltichmond, Vn. Ther left in a bodr. and were i welcomed at Richmond hr public tlemonstra- tions. Gov. Wise adilreBsod them. j Purchase op Mou.xt Vritxos. Tl Re-1 gent of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association reports that 811)3,333,33 has been paid tsmtsnl the liquidation of the debt of 8200.000, s Mumed or the Association. The Interest on the three bomls, amnanting to gUi.UOt, lif, making the whole amount paid over to Mr. Washington, including principal and interest, $199,931.51. There is in hand about $'20,003 ovtr and above any remaining liabilities. The legislature of Massachusetts struck out the word " white " from the militia law of the State, so as to enable niggers to be enrolled. Gor. Banks sent in a message vetoing it, on this account, on the ground that it was uncon stitutional, and in opposition to the law of the United States. He s sustained in this posi tion by the unanimous opinion of the Judges of the State Supreme Court. The Legislature sustained the veto, and amended the law by putting the word white back, and the Governor then signed it. The new Legislature met yes-; terday. tW The Ohio democratic Stata Convention elected delegates to the Charlcstononventiou, and nnanhnnoelv instructed them for Douglas, as their fi'' l last choice! 1 Judge as if rapidly improving iii health. He hopes to be in the Senate by the middle of January. he Oregon tiitrsman. TTJE3DA-S", FR3. 14, lSeO. cocnessioAi. ki.kctio. A general and an apparently concerted ef fort is being made by a class of newspapers in Oregon to induce the country to believe that n Representative to Congress should be elected in Jane next. In a former artiele we have shown that there is no law nf our legislature, except the special act of last rear, which refers to this subject; aud the force of that act is expended. We have shown that the schedule of the Constitution, which provided fur the election in 1353. ceased U operate when its provisioas were complied w ith. This schedule is no part of the Constitution proper. The Constitution is positive and per manent. The schedule is provisional a:il tem porary. It says that, "if the Constitution shall be ratified, tiu clcctiou shall be held ou the first Monday of June, 1S33. for the election of n Representative ta Congress," ice. An election was held accordingly, and the provision corn filed with. Now it is t-aul that because an election for llepresentative to Congress was tr dered in June. 1353. br provisional legislation la the schedule, then it follows that this officer must be elected iu June, every two years, for all time to eomp. Ixeansu the Constitution sars that "general elections shall be held on the first Monday of June, biennially. If this is so. the election of Mr. Stout was a nullity, because the special act providing for that election was unconstitutional and void ; for it prescribed a time for holding the election in conflict with the constitutional period. If tho election of a member to Congress is periodically established by our State Constitu tion, then no legislation affecting that sub ject can be had in future. Xo one is so blind or twiiBB is u uuiu tma uymiuu . .... There Is no constitutional provision calling for an election of member to Congress in June next ; and there is an entire absence of statu tory law. Then no election of Congressman can be lawfully held. But why this great urgency on this question, at this ptrtij ilir titna! Why seek to strain the law to meet the case 1 Here we are, just at the cominsaienient of the present Congress, with a mtinbrr in his seat by 16 majority, and the democratic party worse distracted than at the time of his election. Two U. S. Sena tors to be elected by the legislature selected in Jane. On these Senatorships hinge all our political difficulties; difficulties arising from the trrugj'es of nnhought, independent efforts, with the power of office and ofacial patronage. Irs the midst of this parry chaos, eighteen months before the time the officer is to serve, and before any State in the Union holds guch election, and without provision of law, a faction brings forward its candidate for Congress ? Why? Because if deferred ujtil the usual time, and after the election of Senators, there might be democratic haniiour fatal to the cor rupt office seeking faction ! There is another reason why some men are sing others to nrge on this election in June. There is but one office, and there arc many candidates in the Lane society. So:uc one can be put forward and made to slump the State for Lane for Vie Senate, while he may be beat en and disgraced himself, seeking for an office when there is no election, and running under circumstances which ought to disgrace him. But Lane will have been served, and one of his followers will hare been fooled out of the way of others. These are Lane's tactics, and all the little newspapers which are w hipping and snapping about this matter, are only obeying orders. After recounting many embarrassments growing out of the different times aud modes adopted by the States for electing members of Congress, the President in his late message ays: I. therefore, reeomaien 1 to Congress to carry into ef fect tbe provisiona of tue Constitution on tu' subject, mad to P a bw appointing some tiny previoirw to tbe 4th of March in eacti year of odd uniuber for ibe election of representatives throughout all tbe States. Tney hare already appointed a day for the election of elec tors for President and vice President, aud this measure ha been approved by the country. -w This recommendation will, without much doubt, be responded to during this session, and a time will be fixed, probably in Nov. next, the time appointed for the electiou of Presidential electors, when all previous factious, unauthor ized action will appear in its true light. But if Congress should fail to act, the matter would be left to the State legislature, at its September acnion, to provide by law for an election. We know that some of the Lane faction are uryinir the noaiiiiaiioo of IXtlusion for otigrew in June, for the doable purpose of ffettin-r him to stnmp the Suae in behalf of Lne, and Kiliint; himself oft'. Aud. Lie harion is blindly workius in this Lane lead, without beintr let iulo uie society 's counsels, or oaderstondiug their aims. Thaxks. To a number of friends w1k are. putting forth endeavors to extend the circula tion of the Statesman we tender hearty thanks; promising on our part to make the paper more deserving of popular support. , . Personal. Col. Hooker is in town, ou bis way seutiK f- ' 4 0' . f M WITH mSJIBAD." It it tcrji fortuOtte for those democrats in Or- j cgoa whftve refused to become the tools it the. weakIgnorant vti demagogue, Qefpi Line, nr to worship at the shrine of his inurtli-' :i tte ambition, that tl.e gratification of that acliish individual's private resentmeut is limited to the disposal of the federal offices and pat ronage in this State. Fori with our knowledge of his vindictive proscription' qf. all those w ho haVeltad the hardihood to Oppose his schemes of setf-agirraudizcmeut, ixud the bitter and ran corous hate Vith wfiich he and his minions have rursubdj e.rerjt pue who has dared to reprove or colidemnvhis orerweeniug st'lGhness, and lust of power and plve. We eaun'of resist -the con clusion, that if by anj means he ehould be in vested with absolute powerver the lives, lib erty aud property of oftr. cituteuskU acts would shame Che reriest despot ihnt "ever disgraced a diadem. It b wfelU fre say, for those demo crats who So r.t "uiejniiu their dislike of Lane, and theit contempt for his ' pretentious asptra tious, that, beyond bis ffr to debar them from any federal place oe.occnpation, nml any benefit from the disbursement of federal funds, his resentment fs harmless aud his rage impo tent ; that though he aud his hireling adherents may howl and gnash their teeth for very nnger and disappointment, nt the resistance which is offered to their intere'steil design by the cor ruptible and iudomitabto -many f" will not barter their political virtue for gout, or place, or Haltering promises, and who cannot be driv en by threats, or by actual proscription and in justice f """ige in ta'e suppurt of a bad cause and a djlu. selfish faction, their malice is vain, and thcir'dcnimciaiiivis idle. For many- years Lnne has been kept, by the favor of the democratic party of Oregon, in the highest offices withiu their gift those, of Delegate in Congress from the Territory, and of Senator fro:u the State of Oregon. Tho in fluence and power which this position and his uposcd popularity here, and elsewhere, have given him, he has used for the purpose of ad vancing his own interests, and perpetuating himself in place nt the public expense. Dur ing the nine years that he has unworthily rep resented Oregon, as Territory and State, in the national councils, lie h.u received not less thin one hundred thousand dollars from the public treasury. . lie i-tnoiv receiving-, from the same source, about ten thousauJ dollars a year. One of his po;i is being educated at t lie public expense destined for the army, and an other is to be, for the navy. One son-in-law holds a federal office in Oregon ; a:id other members of his family are benefitted in various ways, directly o.n indirectly, by the disburse ment of fe Jerrri appropriations. Besides these, a horde of -Je'-eiies. Lane's personal retainers, who serve hi in in the capacity of private secret-tries, body servants, newspaper "correspond -euts, puffers and blowers, &e'..Ve., are main tained in Washington City, in clerkships and other petty employments, to n h:ch they are ap pointed a3 citizens of Oregon ! although some of them never saw Oregon, and others r.nly came here franked through on the 1. M. S. S. C'o.'s steamers by Lane, to perform for him some special service. Every federal ofik-e holder in Oregon, too, is expected to be, ex of ficio, an ardent aud active supporter of Lane, and to talk, and work, aud write (if he has any skill in caligraphy) for his interest and ad vancement. And they all have express orders, to favor no man with federal employment or patronage, w bo will not devote a portion of his time and of the pecuniary compensation he re ceives to the same grand object. We have been frequently called upon, during the past eighteen months, to note the removal of individuals holding office by federal appoint ment, who refused to degrade their own nihil hood and prwuiuIe'iTictrTTOfial piisnrirny and influence to the service of Lane. As fist as it was discovered that a federal office-holder dar ed to call his soul his own. and to eiitertaiu aud express independent opinions concerning men and things, and to discharge the duties of his office faithfully and impartially, w ithout refer ence to the wishes nnd interests of Lane, the order, easily obtained, went forth Olf with his head !" And one by one the heads have rolled from the block, until there does not now remain, iu the State of Oregon, a single feder al office-holder who is known te be opposed lo Lane' ambitious views. Even postmasters, at unimportant offices, who have h id the te merity to think for themselves, and to express their thoughts witli the holduess and independ ence of freemen, have been removed wherever it was practicable, and their places filled with individuals of more pliable political virtue. More than this : Lane and his lackeys com plain of (heState officers, elected by the people, bexsufse'tAey tbiyot prostitute their positions to the denlHgopigs service ; and accuse those of ficers rfinJgriititliJe and treason towards Lane, because they refuse to render him a blind and servile hointwge, to second and applaud his dis graceful aud tyraunical abuse of his position and power, and to assist, without question or reproof, his extravagant aspirations and his self-interested schemes ! By the last mail from the Atlantic States, In dian Superintendent Geary received a peremp tory order to dimharge a faithful, prompt aud efficient employee of his office ; a man who, though incapacitated from hard labor, aud from most employments, by the loss of an arm, has filled the post of messenger to the Indian office to the entire satisfaction of each of the Super intendents under w hom he has lieeu success ively employed ; a consistent democrat ; but who insisted npon his freeman's right to think for himself, and to be his own judge of the fit ness of meu and things. He refused to be a tool for Lane and his minions, and Mr. Geary was ordered to "off with his head ." But Mr. Geary refused to 1m? the instrument of this dir ty piece of proscription, and returned tho mes senger (Mr. James Browu) iu spite of the gTowls and complaints of Lane's hireling pack. At length, Iane himself has procured an or der to Mr. Geary to dismiss Mr. Brown, for no cause assigned, on pain of being himself re moved. Mr. Geary was therefore reluctantly compelled to dismiss from his employ a maim ed and disabled man one w ho should be an object of the sympathy even of a personal en emy not for want of faithfulness, or efficien cy, in tho discharge of his duties, or for any fault in his private character ; but simply be cause Reader be you democrat or republican. Lane man or auti- Lane, northern abolitionist or southern fire-eater, whatever your politi cal principles may be what do you suppose wrs the crime for which this faithful, honest, crippled man was discharged from employment in a federal office? Ilis crime,, was, that he teas not a Lane man. lie did not go about the streets praising Lane; he had even ventured to say, that lie preferred some other democrat to Lane, for U. S. Senator. This was his offence, for which Gen. Joseph Lane- tTpites States Senator, and candidate for -the Pfesidency of the United Statcs(!) has taken suet a worthy revenge ! If JhiS 1at most contempible act of Gen. Lane's petty malignity and resentment docs not sink him into the very lowest depths of po litical damnation iu this State, theu we confess we have mistaken the materials which compose the nnbooght democracy of Oregon. HKpauut'CTio?) or yureidbidr I.IKS. l)elusion devotes live or six columns to a re hash of file Male falsehoods nf Charley Drew, Dryer, af others, that the Statesman was op posed to the war and payment of the war debt. In the article he utters scores of falsehoods, nnd not a single truth. We give a fair specimen of tho whole of his stntehirnls : "He (Mr. Utu.li) ventured not oue dollar in jour wave; Ac hits no scrip." Now, Mr. Bush did expend a good many hundreds of dollars ou account of the war, nnd Lnow has, and has ever had some $'2000 of the tscrip, issued iu his own name, for service per formed and property furnished. He did have more of it, but has sold some withiu the lust fortnight. Drlusion nctnally did not perform In particle of sen ice, furnish a dime's worth of proocrtr, has not and never had a dollar's worth of tho scrip, nod don't cure a ceut whether it is paid or not, unless he can convert it into a hobby upon w hich to rule into office. So much for this bare-faced lie. It is a sample of all the other representations contained in the article. It is equally untrue that the Statesman ever opposed the war; on the contrary, the Sliitesman has steadily defended the same, nnd earnestly and effectively demonstrated the jus tice of the claims growing out of it. The best evidence in the world of this falsehood of De lusion's is the fact that Gen. Wool, in no one of his letters or remonstrances against the war and the war debt hits ever referred to tke States man ! He ransacked everything for evidence to sustain him, but he never quoted the States man, for the best reason iu the world. There was nothing In it that answered his ends; ou the contrary there was much in it, that most de cjdedly dtdt answer his ends. There is Jike wise not tho seinhlauce ol IrutU in Delusion's representation thtxt anyhody connected with thei Statesman ever had correspondence upon ariyl subject w ith Gen. Wool. Delusion well knows! these lies to be such, but bis black aud rottei henrt conceives the idea that ther may be im posed upon the credulous ns truths, to the in jury of the Statesman nnd the unspotted De mocrney who r.illv around it. I he Statesman files attest that its columns bnve been laid under liberal contribution in defence of the j-tsiice of the long deferred war claims of Oregon nnd Washington. It becomes nn interest which, for personal nnd factious ends struck down, nt the threshhold of his usefulness, G rover, the only representative Oregon bad nt the federal city who knew any thin? alnirit the claim, nnd who could further their payment, to talk about "enemies nf the war debt." The f let that Mr. ("5 rover was thoronyhlv ac quainted with the details of the wnr chiim tmsn his connection with the Commission, and the fear that, by means of the service he was nble to render in procuring their payment, he would build himself up and perhajis oversbadon Laue. was the real cause and secret nfhisde- ftat. l'nr fear that he might procure the nnr- ment of the war debt, nnd bv means thereof gii-i a strength and popularity which should make him a competitor of Gen. Lane's, caused L-nie to plot his destrm-tioi. Lane did not desire the payment of the war debt at that time ; lie simply wished to ir.nfcp n humbug show of endeavor to get it, sufficient to blin 1 his constituents. He has not for fnnr nr fire yenrs represented Oreg-on in Cfn-essf lie hn been erazetl by aspirations to the Presiden cy, and that ignis fitius has kept him repre senting other States than Oregon. When he retted against the Homestead Bill, nnd when he dad red it. he did not represent Oregon ; he was in the vain pursuit of support at Charles ton, and represented States whose votes he wanted (and was weak enough to think he would get) in that convention. For the same reason he did not want the Orceon var deb! p:iid unfit tifter the Charles ton Conrrntinn. So heavy nn appropriation, he, an-1 his Hibben sa;;nrters, reasoned would in jure his ch'inces for nomination and election to the Presidency!! Without the ghost of n chance for either, his weak pursuit of the Pres idency has cost Oregon tiie sacrifice f her every interest which cimid possibly lie in the -road to the. white house ! The Lane Famii.v. A reliable Roschnrg correspondent says: "In case Gen. Lane is nominated at Charleston. Jitosher is going to be n candidate for the l S. Senate.'! I He told me so, himself, and added that tin man in the south coul 1 beat him. ' He is confident thnt Lane will be nominated, and Bill Martin is sir On. In th" meantime. Moshcr is n candidate for the house to succeed Stout. Mosher also told me Delusion Smith had written to him. wanting to know if it whs true that Gi n. Lime's friends hail throwu off on him, nnd were making foil of his chances for the Senate, lie snys he sent Delusion a friendly reply, but didn't girc him any satisfaction! He has a heap tif fun over what he calls Delusion's chances" says lightning w ill strike him sooner than he gets to the Senate. Mosher wouldn't near snap his Chanel's for the Senate for Delusion's. Per haps I ought to add that Mother felt jolly when he imparted these choice bits of informa tion." The same correspondent rays : " There is here nn old whig and kuowiiothing, now a Ttimpant Lnne man. who is actually working under a promise that he shall have it colonel's commission in the U. S. army, when Laue is President:" By the boat of Thursday, we received, per hand of a passenger, the following from a lend ing democrat of Clackamas comity : KniTOR Statesma Sir i I sf-e !y your prospertns you propose w-ndinsr your VHlimMe aer to preaehers of the uobpel nt hnil'-priee. 77: t tt shtmlri be." Uv tlie bearer, I scud ymi $1 j0, for wliii'h please send the Statesman to the AW. Lh'iHom mitl, Altm- f, LAnncmiitti, tJs. Rev. Delusion is already a subscriber to th Statesman. He ordered the paper discnutiu ucd, but as he has not paid his subscription, we continue to send him the paper. Our pub lished terms arc: no paper discontinued unti all arrearages are paid." When Delusion con forms to them, we will discontinue. In th meantime, we hold the $1 TiO subject to th order ot our Clackamas Ineud.J HP Mr. E. S. Cox, a relative of the Ind kilhd by the spring gtiu upon tho premises of Mr. A. S. Kightliugcr, made complaint against Kightlinger, upon which he was takeu Ik-fore Mr. Shnnnnon, -county judge, on Monday. Kightlinger' waived an examination and proff ered sureties for bis appearance at the next term of the Circuit Court ; the sum was fixed at $1,500, and bond entered into. Ci" Delusion denies Ins relationship to th abolitionist, Gerrit Smith. We wouldn't be surprised directly to bear him deny having been an inmate of the nigger-equality school nt Obcrlin. Li The administration nod custom house organ at Snn Francisco, the National, says that Latham, the newly elected U. S. Senator from California, is a friend of Douglas, aud that his electiou is a part of a compact to send Douglas delegates to Charleston from that State. The contest is between the friends of Douglas uud Dickinson. CP" The family of Col. Baker wero among the passengers by the last steamer. They are now in this place. Col. B. it is said is expected on the next steamer, ine bacraniento Lnton, iu an-, Bouncing Col. Baker's removal to Oregon, says he will ran for the U. S. Senate with Lognn." fy We shall next week publish a review of the controversy between Attorney Genera Biack and Senator Donglas, from the pen of a relative of tbe former gentleman residing in this country. IV The Into Dalles Jburnat, as the public is aware, was unfriendly to the Statesman. It snstniucd the Lane fuction, but, it seems, it ot disgusted with Delusion., In its issue of Dec. 9, it spoke of the gross licentiousness, obscenity aud perfidy of Delusion, hs follows: All will recollect that tin Oregon Senator De lusion writing from Washington, deprecated the evil, and characterised it as Iu tho highest desres insurious to the ronslitueticy lie repre sented. The inntter f surprise now is, that Vhis same Senator, having doffed the insignia of flice. and assumed tlie responsinuuies oi nn eu- tor, should be found to initiate a style ol per onal abuse and tow vvltrarity. to which even the ftpress of Oregon has never before descended. All mat tlie ex-oenator njs i his quuuuaiu friend. Bush, may bo true, it would bo nearer orrcct to say thnt It is an uuse.j out wo liistsi hat even that will not justify the letting loose kvith each issue of the Democrat a flood of ii- fingsgatc that would disgrace the lowest flash l:aner that ever eked oui a miserable existence by hutnderintr to the vulgar taste of a class of read ers that, lurtiinateiy, is yet nave no existence iu Oregon. Take, for instance, No. 5 of the Democrat the last fssne we have received and we venture the assertion that no half-a-dozen numbers of the San Francisco Varieties9 will afford an equal amount of reading matter manit'estlv unfit lobe admitted into the family 'circle; and yet th former finds its way to the homes and fireside of those whit would eschew the latter as an ahmiiinntion. The fact that ex Senator Smith has been wronged by the "clique" on Which he pours out bis torrents of abuse, can m itself 11 fiord no jnstilicatiou lor a departure from nil the proprieties of life, and the publica tion of obscene letters, even if those letters do show that his former friends are no better than they should be. Among gcntjciiien, it has ever been held that tlie publication of private aud confidential lettefs eainmU-.W justified when the consent ot the parties writing mciit iinw m-sr been obtained t but with each issue of the Dem ocrat w e are made acquainted with the most fa miliar nnd confidential correspondence lK-tween the editor and tlotse who are stigmatised ns the clique." and all this, as is presumed, without their consent. "The Varieties In an infamous bawd journal. The PiiLK Trials. At tha latest advices from D.ilhis, Langeu was being tried for the murder of Mountain Bubsou, Wilson, prosecut ing attorney, pro.secir.ing, and Ne.--iiiitii defend ing. Moss had been found guilty of murder iu the first degree. Tlie evidence was all circum stantial, but of the very strongest character, lie was prosecuted by Wilson and Nesiiiith, and defended by llaydeu. The jury were out but a few niie.utts. P. S. Latigen wss convicted of murder in the second degree. nJ sentenced to the peni tentiary for liie. Muss was sentenced to be hu:i time not fixed. r- I iwA and Of-Etjox. Delusion had a paper n one of the best Democratic counties of lowa. mm t:ie result was ne uesiroveu me uem oeratic partv in the; eonnfv, an-1 it has ever ince gone opposition. That paper was called the Iowa Democrat," and was published by a Mr. Shepherd and bis son. Delusion's father-in-law and brother-in-law. He now has one in Linn county, called tlie Oregon Democrat," nml published by the same brother-in-law, w ho has since been a member of a kuowiiothing wigwam and publisher of a knon nothing paper in California. When he started it, an old Iowa d nnM.-i--.it, resident iu Liuu, predicted that he would do for Linn county what he had done iu Iowa for Van Buren county distract the de mocracy, and turn the county republican. In his last. Delusion excommunicates every dem ocrat in Linn who is uot willing to support Win. especially denouncing Capt. John Smith, the nheriif of the county. Capt. Smith is his sen ior in years, his superior in most, aud Ins equal in nil respects ; has been a democrat from his youth, during all the years of Delusion's de fection ami apostasy, and the probabilities are that he will be a democrat, voting the demo cratic ticket, when Delusion is nothing but a pitiable outcast, voting for any party that feeds his appetite for whisky. B'ltixo. The federal office-holders in Illi r.eis. it is mid n ith Tlie sanction of Mr. Buch anan, have cnlled a bolting convention to send themselves -as delegates to the Charleston Con vention. TLis same faction, under Mr. Buch anan's direction, ran a bolting ticket in Illinois last rear, for th purpose or sliding the repub licans to defeat Douglas nnd elect Abolitifci Lincoln. Theirticket got o.OOO, ii'le the reg ular democratic -jeket received oer lOO.OUO. What docs the Line press iu Oregon think of this second boltiig movement ? Kscaped CN'"ICTS. A convict tinnied Geo. Williams, on his vnr to tbe penitentiary to n bicli he had been sent meed for four jears, from I'mp qua county, iu elr-rge of the sheritf, escaped from I he jail at Corvdlis, where he had been lodged for safe keeping, in Thursday evening Inst. He left a very iusuliiig note, addressed to the sheriff. During the weekbefore last two convicts, escnped from the penitentiary, robbed the honso of a Mr. Fonifrer, on Cowli:s river, W. T., nnd. it is sup posed, murdered so Indian who was in the house. A house in Yamh II county was rohbed last w-eek, of a gun. elothiiir, and soma provision proba bly by escaped convicts Can't see tie Use. Delusion snys some of the democrat of Linn are advocating Pop ular Sovereignty, and asks what occasion there is to do it in that county now. It strikes us there is use er.oogh, nt all times, to advocate the principles f democracy and popular liber ty to preserve the integrity of democratic principles, nnd through them, democratic as cendency. It is never out of season to advo cate those. The necessity for their advocacy was very apparent during the last Presidential election. The democratic party was struggling to elect Mr. Bochanuii to the Presidency, and Popular Sovereignty was the rallviug and the inspiriting cry along the whole length of our lines. Delusion, just now, don't see the use of advo cating anything but Delusion's election to a disgraced seat iu the Senate ! 3P Letters from Judge Deady, written after he had seen tho proceedings of the Lane fac tion at Eugene City, stated that he would leave New York for Oregon in the steamer of Feb. 5th. possibly that of Jan. 20th." Gen. Miller, another of the delegates to Charleston, will not be there. Gen. Lamerick, another, we are informed, will not go. Gen. Adair is another; we have not heard whether or. not he a going. Lnne is suspicious ImhIv. and be will linrtllv trust ton, nnd he will probablr ntmseij, for miuseii. i New Si'Bs. During the week wo have receiv ed tho names of Itrrntn-one new subscribers to the Statesman at the Albany (Linn county) oHiee. We Imvo also received several additional ones at tho Snntiain City office. Sold It. One of Delusion's st ekholilerswas sotlis posted with his Ivinir iluniul that Lane, Chupuian, T' Vuull, Adair, and Mr. Oeary were owners in uisrArwc press, that lie sold his stm-k to a sturdy democrat of Alhanv.very obnoxious to Delusion, for an Intlitin p-mp. Tlie'fteiuorrHt says he intends to examine into the affairs of the Deiazonian, and see if it is making any-tning- . The Firemen. The fire company, Salem, are making preparations for a brilliant ball, on the 23d, iu Representative Hall, Holmnn's new building. Tbe supper will be prepared by the Messrs. Glisnn. of the Union. Dress. Br t e boat of Sunday morning- ire received, from Uie Metropolis, In Portland, down lrarc of line canvas-back ducks a substantial proof that friend Birdseye remembers aloent friends, when his lanhr is storked wiih choice viands. Mny he lire a thousand years, and his table never lock good .t th., ie v-..t.. "" J"' ', - e . '-"ini.. - sasasasssssssMsssjsssssgsssssasssaaarj .KTTEltS rKS.1I POBTIU.10. Peter the Fifth's tote demonstrations Kon't tah the responsibility (Jen. Harney not tobe removed, re- PoKTI.AD. Feb. 3d. I860. Editor Statesman : During the past week we have had no little excitement here, growing out of tho desperate attempt of our friend Peter the Fifth to make himself notorious in some way or other ho ain't particular how and attract the attention of tho Oregonians to his merits. Notwithstanding the flourish of newspaper para graphs which preceded and announced his distin- fiuishcd arrival in the city of Portland, and the irilliant opening of his career legal and edito rial lu this city, he has lately found himself fall into an undistinguished obscurity and nonentity. 1 hero is a little coterie which meets every even ing at early candle-lighting, at a certain dispen satory of free whisky ou the corner of Front and streets, the members of which used to " go all their money " (a very small amount, by the way) on the Inst of the Peters, under the impress ion that he was a fighting man. aud that he would, upon the first suitable occasion, display his prow ess by " knocking tiu pots " out of tho Statesman rorps, nnd others obnoxious to theso suckers of eleemosynnry whisky. "Double T.," especially, undo the drinking saloons of our city vocal with the Btory of his doughty deeds iu California, and wiih predictions "horrible, terrible, frightful, dire," of the blood and carnnge which would in evitably ensue, should any temerarious individ ual venture to poke sticks at Peter! In short, never was a sound of Bowery boys more delight ed ill the possession of a vicious-looking hull pup, than was our free-whisky coterie iu tho alliance of the fermtdahle Peter the Fifth. But since the events ot the last week or ten days have been made public, the free-whisky fel lows are getting dubtons of Peter, whose late blustering demonstrations, and their final fizxle, have made him nnd his Sancho Pauza the butch er tho butt of the towu. Double T." and the rest of the coterie are very mum on the sub ject, and make no reply to tbu raillery indulged iu by our citizens, at the expense of Peter and his "friend." As tor Peter himself, he may some times by seen passing along the, street in compa ny with his "second," looking a shade more som bre than usual probably meditating upon the high prtie vf lots in tho Portland cemetery. I am told that Peter says be is not responsible for the conduct of his " second " at Champoeg. Oregon City, aud elsewhere, when he had Peter's " hos tile message " in one pocket, a revolver in the other, and a case of surgical tnstrnments under Ins arm all ot which ho showed to everybody nho would talk with lnni. I should not be sur prised to hear that the butcher declines respon sibility fur Peter's conduct ! They are mutually astiaoted of each other. Capt. Jordan left here for bis post at Stella eooiii, a few days since, on ihe steamer Pacific, his leaie of absence having expired. There .-eems lo be no truth in the rumor that he i to supercede Capt. In pa I Is at Vancouver. .Neither is it true lhat (jell. Hartley is to he removed trom the command of the O:egon llep.irinieiit. The Ucneral is the best friend Oregon and Washing ton have, ever had, at the head ot the mmlary on this const. Yours, ST. PI LUKE. Arrirni tf the mail river steamers the Knsene iicrai-i the Unities t Valtttm. and L.orea bHs i:ie.iS F.'mt market 7V? y Ar C'a.'s Kxprc It ti.nis for iJozzlai Ihlmivn aJ the President, .rc, 4-c. PoRf LAND. Feb. 8th, 1W). Eutroic Statesman: Tue steamer Colvmbia, with the Atii::tt:c m:iis, ;,r:ivcJ at Astoria on M-juday, and alter dr.ippitir llie Otciroa mail nt lb;it place, procecd- i on her vwva'.t to Vietort aad Pivct Sound Tiie tuails were broiiytil to t'l.s citv bv tile steamer Mlt- Homtik last ni'lil .j Liter news ws received tiiau u had by the Pacific, which steamer left here ou Monday alteruoou with a heavy freight, consisting of apples und bacon. Lie opposition sieamboat Jn-teprndenrv, Capt. An keay, lc!l here yesterday oil Lcr liist trip to tue la? railes lit the present writing, 1- o'clock JI , she lias not returned some doubt is entertained ns t whether she can make headway in the v ohuuhia if there is mnrb wind. The steamer fjarrie Lxnid departed from tier wliart this uiorumir, with quite a number ol mutes and turners on beard. It is to be hope l thut the whole country wen t go off vn a tangent to that mythical Simtlkumcen. t:li the proof m tiie war of liglut.:ps aud plenty of tliem is more ovular! v upiureut. T.ic littrse Herald is tiiil lying boxeJ up iu waiv-hot!fe aud it will probably be t:tie weeks, if uot lons-r, before it will coueaetiw to re tit Eiirens Vily. Poor Smith's medium tutiumtes. tlon the cause of tue aeluy in the appearance of t'ttapuuni's medium is the scarcity of paper. Why did lie uot say. aio, tiie K-areit V ot ( res and tyje, and other necessary uiate- ial f The owners of the old &tand-trd press tire too wide awake to be picked up by Ctiupiuau. 1 mink tiie meek old reut will have to come out belore he .ets it. leiusiun say he hasn't p:d his stock to kss medium yet: very hkelr, its he is no better pay lltaa fleiusiou. lie woulj probably give his note! tur enlerpnsiiiit duties are in a dehrnttul mass, as yen witf doubtless perceive by a pemsuf thereof H 'aiton and t.oryra are mixed up in tue coutro,ery somewhat. Tue Advertiser says Walton edited Lie .Vr- last li.ll. aud iutiaiiitcs that he was the author of scurrilous euMiii signed "Justice." which appeared iu the Aeirs about that time, fue .Yes- retorts with much 'feeling." and aiuou other thing eaye, that fjoryea was tite autnor of me article in question, and rextWsts hjin to own up. Altogether it is a very pretty qiutrret as it stauos. 1 am ou "nary" ide, but can't help thinktuir tae -VceJ of this tuoruimr tuut lowered itself. Tne steamer -rirr.eommauded bv our old friend. Uf. Mi4iir Jim Mrs. i;.' has .ceased runniuj; for the j present. Cause cureiiy of 'freti: lit TuiJ' dull titiasfti. generally. Everybody likes Ji:sVS:!t is. host ol j irteuus v in oe pteasca to tee mm resume uis ptaee ux the wheel. Ittuiness of alt kiuds continues dull, aud tbe ouly proecl of cbauge in tte eucuiitg spring atud summer, is the expected lortuuate result ol the JMiu.liumceu mines k hich perkap ts a little shadoicy at pretext. The fruil market of Sau Fnutclsru, by taM reports, bad improved a little caused by tne Kra.itiul lading ott' in st.lpiiieuts, aud the improved quality ol tue up pies i-eveived. t lo IU els. per pouau, were Uie rutiug; uirnrcs. Although 1 have bat hltle experieuce iu sueu matters, 1 have taken eome punts to luiorm mysell tor lhbeiielit of your niiuiciotis readers, li is very well understood that high prices will not be reached tins season, and the mivauce or decliue fro:u the above quouitioiis will depend materially ou tlie amount or quuntitv that may he placed in tue market at any oue ume. It is quite evioeut tuat tue Iruil busmen was very much injured the pat seasou, by tue large inuui lity" of interior apples sent lo market. IVis lesson lniit growers will doubtless prolil by, aud cultivate iiereaiier only tue best aad latest keepiuf vaneues. Why uo not our lartuers pay uiure attcuit,u to tuakiug bacon I it will Hitvaya (-rl(, autl most eiteraliy pays. Aud it will keep, any liovc. Oregon nam ami arti, are always prcterreu lo tuat chipped trom uie etu-l, if pioiei'ly iuade, uud it the Oiiaiucts was in jre geueraily luuowcd by tne larmers of oieguu, suipmetils lrual tile Atlantic stales would soon ceue. Tiitj Atutcsmnn was received by its patrons in due seasou tuid week. Tue packages by l'raey Jte. Co.'s express, of course, are always received aueau ot the ttluli. Tnose iudclaliiible e.v.prcssuieii aud "good bm s" uru just as iuucu iu a tiuirv, aud us uuxious lo act ahead of time, as if there were a dozen express companies to coiuL-ete with. Ijou may liiey Keep doiu so. Illinois has elected her Delejmtes to the Charleston .'ou eiilion, and instructed liiem lor Douyhis. Uoug las is nut a delegate, of course. 1 simply mention mis, because Delusion stated in ms ICueue speccu tuat he had a very eouhdeutiai tuik with Ooug las just as he lett Vusiiiuto!t, uudtiiat lKmtus toluuiui he teas not a candidate Jar the Presidency ; thai his purpose was to be a delegate to harlestou lroiu liliuois, uud that he was for our Joseph as his second choice. Of course inclusion lied never had auy cuuverbauou with Doug las at uil. Apropos of this. Delusion talks of his familiarity with Mr. ltuclianan,Hiid refers tohiuinsa vvituessof Ins sobriety iu Washington. That is entirely sale, as Mr. Itueliuuaa won't be likely lo respond. But, this is a common device of Delusion's to magnify his own im portance that of talking about his intimacy with men id' distinction. There are at least three thousand per sons in Oregon who have heard Inclusion tell ubout himself uud" President Tyler "snckin? mtnljuiep from t,'e same glass." The Jacl is, Mr. Uuciiauau suuobed Delazoti plinth, and that pompous individual was very mud about it. 'o Oen. Lane said, lie called wiui Lnue upon the President after his arrival at Washing ton lir. liuchanau was Secretary of Suite wheu they were hunting Illusion in South America, uud conse quently knew him. Besides, Delazcu is a gasometer, a.id Mr. Ituclmtuia always had a dread of a gabbling bore. When Delazon was introduced lo Mr. liuchanau by iviite, the President coldly recognized bi n. and re Humed his writing, saying nothing more to llclnsion. Delusion lett iu a niito. und declared he would never cull on the President auaiu ! f rant would have " hrotikhl the old geuttemuu to his milk.") ltut he did call a second time, aud iras treated in the same man ner, and a si-cond tune left "swearing uuid." iuiu is ituthoritv for these undoubted facts. I last week referred to the note Drver s .ment er tuen per PoitTLAXD, Feb. 11, '60. Col. ChspiDHU arrived this morn injr; hts liiissiuli Is b get tlie presj ut tlie oh! Standard start ei up to Kii:eiie. He is HS lueek as usual. Ttiere whs sn slsria of lire nt hnlf past 10. Ail the tire cumtanics turned out in line style, aud extiiiKuislie,! the tire before much dam sjte was doue. Tu.a occurrtsl Uus lauruhie. Mr. Caire hits a card m this momin's Adrsrtissr, placing Lor.,ca and Russell in an uuenvialrie &x. Wm. llittwli sua Cluu-les Clayton, two of tlie escaped convicts, weru brought up Iroui tlie Columbia river last uig-ht. Tiiey bsu lived by lar ceny, but were iu a very destitute couditiou. Tbe Olympis paper says B. 1'. Anderson has been appoint ed KeK'Ster sud I. X. S.uith or J. M. Siu.th, Kectirer of the Olynipis land office. The Times of this morning endeavors to shield Lane from the odium of Brown's decapitation. I'll let the facts sliiue through his flimsy pause in my next. The IWwhAw is p X pected, but not In ss 1 write IS M. ST. I'ltKKK. Two letters from St. Pierre, a letter from Albany, editorial, and other matter crowded out this week. We shall make room for some of this matter next week. The Albany letter says Delusion boasts that three republicans iu that county take each three copies of his obscene sheet, and that one republican gave $o0 towards starting it. That he quarreled with two other republicans because ibey wouldn't take bis paper. of tieniiv every- Ibrought do-.n from Delusion. Delusion owed Dry otOtltAt CUarleS- l1'- "e ciiuaiereu uie axenv o,vu w 9s, wu & wiuonlb. It will oe 11 iiita n Oelore Inclusion pays it tstuiisbury, the detaiiltm treasurer, is tu V ictorm. Yours. ST. PlEliiiE. LETTER FKO.V TUB DALLES. Diti.t,Oiti!00, Feb. 6th, I860. . " Editors St atksmas : I apprehend that many of the . people below are laboring ander a misapprehension as to tne extent and richness of the Similkamecn mines; and I am inclined to think that many in th Willam ette Valley are acting precipitatejy iu the premises. .. It la s fart well known, that we have had too many gold humbugs. While 1 am inclined to believe these mines to Im good, yet tbe fact is yet to be established. And, therefore, would it not 'be better for all those who have good fhrtus to retnai npon the smite, and cultiva e their fields, aud attend to their stock, and let those who are not permanently settled no and test the richness and extent of the mines t Such persons have little or nothing to lose, and dl to gain ; whilst those who remain at home npon their farms cannot lose any thing, admitting the mines to be good. The miners must have supplies, ana tnev can oe most reaoiiy sup plied from the Willamette Vallev. Hoar n it duriii'? the California excitement T Those who remained at home, cultivating their farms aud attending to their stock, were those who made the monev. I w'us much surprised the othei day, to see a party of laruiers en ronie lor tne goiu mines, l net ueciarcu it would uot nuv to farui labor is too hitch; prices too low for produce, Slc. Now, to all such I most say, if you can t make it "pan ' to cnltivate your farms, y can't make it "nan" to iro to the mines. There a several parties here now, proposing te start to the new i -i , i . . . : i : . .11 .' .. i. .. ... . 1.1 tiiiauv, um, ieuia, 1 1 , ou nin uo, iwwu t . just "pitch in," it you think there is "no balm iu Oil ead." ' fjold has been found in paying quantities on the Si milkameeu ; and the supposition is lhat the mines will prove exleusive; bnt that hypothesis is not yet reduced to a certainty. Tne old "settlers of Wasco county are tirni of the opinion that the niiucs are good andex teusive. Gen Palmer is uow at tlie Dalles, trying to purchase a pack train ; whirh some seem to think a good omen, l'be General dues not exaggerate in bis report of the richness, Slc-, of the mines. The recent reports from the mines are considered fa vorable. Dr. lie II aud ft. K. Miller have just retnrned; Bell gives a glowing account; Miller is more reserved in bis report, but all appear certain that they have found a rich bar. The extent of tbe diggings is yet to be determined. I regard these' mines as a much" surer thiun; than Colville. Many persons are leaving for the mines every few days a'number wilt start very soon with stock'amoug them John T. .lelfrevs, Esq. John Bars he will be buck by the first of April. It is reported that tlie Land Office is coming up here soon, and wants to buy up this count v. . I guess we'll sell out, and go for Chapman and Jd. lane for the Sen ate in a horn. Gen. Pidmer goes to Walla Walla to seen re a pack train. The Oeuerul says this route can compete with an v other in getting; supolies to Ouenelle river. Yours, VEkTT-vS IN VINO. The Northerner's Deao. The North Californian, published at Uuvm, Humboldt cotiuty, sars, under date of Jan. 18th : It is a shameful Tact that neither care nor de cency was exhibited iu the disposition of the recovered bodies. Instead of being interred in separate graves, many were wrapped iu muslin shrouds aud throw n into oue hole without dis tinction. We regret that our eoteniporary at Eureka (the ilumholdt Times) should not hare arailed himself of the opportunity of personal observation to correct a misstatement. We were also informed by a reverend gentleman, who was a passetigerjthat some wretches plun dered the dead bodies and broke open trunks, etc. It is something to be regretted that the sympathizing divine could uot have spared time to have given these bodies deceut Christian burial. We httve heard of. one carnivorous wretch, a sailor at that, who attempted to bite a ring from the swollen finger of a dead man. The Humboldt Times, of Jan. 21st, in an swer, says: ,j Only euough of luuiber could be procured to make two cotlins, in wlik-fY the bodies of Miss Gregg, the young lady passenger, and Nation, the first assistant engineer, were interred iu separate graves. The rest of the bodies were ueatlr shrouded in line slieetiiisr and wrapped in blankets. A large pit was theu dug, five feet in depth, in which the liodies were laid side by side. with their heads to the east. The burial service was read by Lieut. C. H. Rundell. and all rites performed which the solemnity of the occasion called fur and the nature of such a horrible calamity would admit. Before the of fieers left the spot, the bnrying ground of the unfortunate passengers was neatly and sub stantially inclosed, and a large spar, thirty feet iu hight, with a cross ou the top, was planted as a iiiouuiiH-ut to the resting place of the dead. 1 The Skaneatetts Democrat gives the first chapter in "a story of ri-al life," by saving that Miss Harriet K Smith, daughter of Mr Horace Smith of Spaiforii, OuonJaga Co., N. Y., will start sootr for Vashington Territory, away in the North-West, beyond th.t Rocky Mountains, to marry a man she has never seen Mr. l. Spald ing of Spafford. The friends ot the parties are intimate, and a correspondence between them has continued for two years, and has resuiteJ iu a marriage contract. The young gentleman, being engaged in a profitable business, which he cannot conveniently leave, ha remitted funds to the lady, w iih n" rmryit"y j"" - ,.-w.,7 A. V- Tribune. - - DorBT It. It is reported that i-Setmtot and ix-Gov. Wcller, of Calfornia, is coming to Oie sMri. tSe.doubt-itbuJj jj may be possible. We are inclfbed to looti trbon i'v.-Y'eiTer"4s one of the best men wha has b9n in public life in Cal ifornia. ' J " fThe steamer Elk has ceased to run. Cause, want of business. Righteous Verdict. A son of ex-Gov. Bibb, of Ohio, was recently married, ou which occasion a charivari party -visited the house. He ordered thetu off; they refused to leave, and he fired into the party," killing one of their number. lie was tried fur murder, and has lately been acquitted. fF Peter II. Burnett, ex-Governor of Cali fornia, and before that a judge iu Oregon, a convert to the Catholic Church, is now in New York, superintending a uew work- on the true Church, on which he has been engaged since his conversion. Living Kevolctioxakv Patriot. On the first day of January last there were hut two hun dred and seven living heroes of the Revolution on the pension list in Washington. The old sol diers are fast passing ifway, aud it cannot be many years before the last one will be gathered to his comrades. Losing Ground. Crinoline is getting in bad. repute in the eastern States; because fe male thieves are in tha habit ot secreting tlieir plunder uuder their Loops:. THE PRODUCE MARKETS. Sun, February IS, 1S60. Apples. Fall. f cts. per lb. Winter, 5 to 6. Potatoes, S5 to 40 cts. per bushel. Turuips, fxi " " " Onions, S 00 " " Ctihbape, 10 to 15 cts. per he Chickens, fS 50 and $3 00 per doS-'n. Turkeys, !$ 00 Cheese, 25 ct. per lb. Butter, from 35 to 85 cts. per lb. Exes, S5 cts. per dog. Bitcon, Side. 12 cts. Shoulders, 10 cts. Hams, 15 cts. I.snl. 12 In 15 cts. per lb. Oregon Drie.l Apples, t5 cts. per lb. White Brans, $3 per lushel. Buck irhent (lour, $5 00 per 100 lbs. Corn meal, 6 cts. l!s, 6 cts per ll. Wheat. T5 els. per hush. 41nts, 75 cts. per hush, llaj, Timothy, SIS per to-i. Poituso, Feb. 11, 1360. Apples, 5 els. F our, per bartvl. So a ft 50. Wheat, while, 90 els.; red. SO cts per bushel. Onts. &5 per bashel. Patstoes. SS cts. per bu. Onions, 91 50. . Itscan, si-les IT shoul-lers 12 hnoa 17. Lard, IS cts. Butter, SO a S5 cts. Roll in ke. 35. Cbeese, IS a 20. Chickens, $-i 50 per (lo. E.O.S, 35 cts. Orkgox Crrr, Feb. 11, 15o0. Wheat, 80 a 1 1 00. Flour. 5 a $ cts. Pittatnes. 80 cts. ier bu. Osts, 75 cts. per bo. Butter, SO cts. B icon. 12 a 15 cts. s, S3 ts. per dor. Albast, Feb. T. 1SS0. Wheal, white. 7.V.; red. 5c. Flour, S5 per bht. Oats. 75c Aj.ples, iV -- P.tat.es, S7Jfc. Onions. i 00 Biilter, in kes. SOc. Ciiickens, 2 a $2 50. ES, Soc. Bacon, sides. 12Vc: hanis. 14.; shouMe-a, 10c. Pork, a 6c. per lb; lard, 12.Vc Beef, on foot, 4 a 4,Vc. - Epgexk Crrr, Feb. 4, 1$60. Wheat. 75c a 1 00; Oats. 75c; Potatoes, 50e. Onions, per hu. 2 00. Beans, S3 00. Apples, fi 00. Chic .ens. per dm., 2 Ml a S3 no. E,'gs, 25c Pork, fresh, 4 a 6 cts. Butter. 25 cts. Jacesoxviub, Feb. 4, 1S60. Wheat, per ba. $2 50 a S3 00. Oats, ft 50 a 2 00. Flour, in sacks, per lb. 6 V a 7c. Corn meal, 6 a 7c Bacon, sides, Sfc. hams. Sftc, shonMers, 22 a 25c. Beef, 6 a 7c ; P rk, 10c ; Mutton. 12 x Lard, leaf, in tins, 2.V. Cheese. S3 a 4tV, Butter, fresh dairv, S2 a 75c. Butter, old, in kees.40 a JSOc Chickens, per dos., (5 Ou a 6 00. Fv-v-, rh, 50 a 2)4c P, tatoes. per lb . 4 a 5c. Onions. a 7c. Turnips, 4c Green Apples, IS a 25c Beans. IS a 14c la Polk county. Opn.. Feb. 10, 1560, of typhoid fever, after m protracted illness of 56 days, Mr. Thomas Hanna Hutchin son. Deceased was born May 5, 1S24, in Jefferson Co., Ohio : graduated at Knox Collese, Illinois, June 26, 1851 ; emigrated to Orejron in 1S5S. - Jan. 22, in Eugene C.ty, Mr. Joseph Latshaw, aged 82 years and 22 days. Jan. 24, in Jacksonville, ti ura Belle, infant daughter of Dr. A. U- and Sarah . Overbeds, aged 1 year 8 months and II days. MARRIED. Feb- Uie residence nf the bride's rather. Id Booth 8a Jem, by Astub Purely, J. T., Mr. Benjamin Beqaette and Miss Victoria Wajroou, :i of Marion county. Jan. , by Rev. o. 11. Brown, Mr. fcamnel Creighton and Slin Sarah Jane Smith, aU of Cltcicsmiu) county. t?". ' ' u residence of the bride's father, by Rer. A. M. Wilhsms. Mr. ltecry Kllppel aad Miss Ebzsbeth Anna KiffhSBi, both of Jacksonville. SPECIAL NOTICES. THE CHEAPEST.AND BEST OREGON PAPER. The Oregfia Statesman for I860. r Here shxtl the Trim the people's rirhfa malntjrun, CnAVtrd by iofloettce, nnbribed bj jtin." The current year will be one of nnosoal o!itical interest lo the people of Oregon. In Jane, a Legislature is to be cho sen which win select two V. S. Senators, and in Nor ember a Presidential election transpires, as, also, the election of a Representative to the lower House of Congress. These are Important contests, fa the decision of which are InvoWed material Interests in Oregcn, aad extending to the broader field ot the North American Nation. It behooves every elector to Inform himself wpoa tlie weighty Interests and issue to be determined in the jear i960. Thc Oskcos Stattebma III labor to disseminate reliable te formation, and support correct principle. It will discuss the questions which agitate the public atind, with the frank ness and earnestness of candor, and the independence and tearlessuem of conscious right. The STiTEnri ciedallr adrocate an honest and prudent ad miuist ration ot our IMate, County, aad other locml sro t ero nieii ts, with IaUthfulnrss, capacity and intecritT in office, and a rizid system of direct accoontabUitj of the offi cer to the people. THE HOME NEWS DEPARTMENT Of The States as is edited with unusual attention, and care is taken to furnish early, accurate and full tnteiiifrenco of whaleTer trranp!is of public interest, in Oregon and on the Pacific coast. It has an ex tec si re corps of correspond ents, and as a vehicle of sefieral and local intelligence, oc cupies the front rank. Reliable CORnESPOXDEXCE FROM THE NORTHERN MIXES Will regularly appear In Tub tatcsma'S columns, and the collection of Huting intelligence from ail quarters will receire attention. In pfditics, Tex StatxswaX ts Democratic independent, impartial, and outspoken ; sdrocatinr principle, and repro bating Mauisu'i. txnsoawlness, demaotcism, charlatanrT and corruption, and defying tyraunr, intolerance and prostituted power and patronage. Daring the past year, A POWER PRESS, AND NEW TYPE Throughout, hare been added to the Statssjcabt establish ment ; an additional Editor has also been employed ; and it Is resolved that the enterprise, interest, value and character of its columns sbail keep pace with the public demand. The regular edition of Tbk Statssmas is over TWENTY -TWO HUNDRED COPIES; Nearly twice that of the next highest in this State, and three, four and five times the circulation of otber Oregon papers. Its readers cumber a still larger proportion. Busi ness men, aud advertisers of every class, will find it the best vehicle of communication with the reading public TERMS: The Statteswas is printed npon a sheet of the largest sixe, for Three Dollars per year. Remittances can be made by mail, at tbe risk of the Publisher, if enclosed in the presence of a Postmaster. Owing to the hard times," just at present prevailing hi Oregon, it w.11 be sent npon the order of good men, without prepayment they pnymg when preps, ed to do so. The Statssm at wJl be sent to clergymen at half-price. FEsaCAST, IsOO. 4&U The Medical and Sargical Institute Of Dr. L. J. CZAPKAY, is already secured In a position which places It, as well as its proprietor, fax above the as saults of envy and professional malice. In the schools of France, the highest prises are often awarded to practitioners in this department of Medical science, and they occupy with ot erf, an equally lofty position in the profession. Ricord is an illustrious example, a shining liht among the philosoph ical stars of his age in Europe, and Dr. Czapkay 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 tundtm degree. Selecting this as his field of operation, although qualified as a graduate of the University of P-stb, and late Chief Surgeon of the Hunga rian Revolutionary army, for more extended tabors. Dr. I. J. Czapkay has bent bis earnest attention to tbe cure of chronic and private diseases, in which he has become so great an expert that he is now regarded as the lkadcx in this branch of his profession throughout the United 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, 01 Sac ramento street, corner of Leidesdorn', nearly opposite tbe buildings of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. fW We ask particular attention of our readers to the sworn certificates of remarkable cures, in another column of this paper. -SfimS tW Dr. Wm. Hall's Balaam for tbe I.u For the cure of C onrum ption. Decline, Asthma. Bronchitis, Wasting of the Flesh, N jrht Sweats, Spitting of Blood, Diffi culty in Breathing. Whooping Cough, Colds, Coughs, Influen za, pain in the Side, and all D seases of the Lungs- 10.000 13 OFFERED FOR A BETTER EECEIPT It contains n.r Opium, Calomel, or Mineral Poison, and is safe for the most delicate chi!d. Tetimo!f vf a highly repettabte Druggist. Comoctos, Ohio, July 25, 1S5S. Mcssas. O. R. Baxkz k Co. Gents: Your medicine. Dr. Halls Balsam, is doing wonders here, and I might get many certificates of important cores, hut I think it not necessary; the Balsam will stand npon its own merits. It "has given more satisfaction in Lung complaints than any other medicine' that has ever been sold. Out of aU the large number of bottles tnwss I., ,, ,.m, there has teen about one botrle returned, although I have always soM it with the privilege of rernrning it iz enure satisraiuog inn una , m ,i, JUII sUMet) I have known it to cure, fa twenty -four h of tbe roost -f T.urtg diseases. T cases, the pat rents xpclo ma afmasS asuatwa S4 ine or suffocating sensation about te Longs; bui alt stantaneoos rel.ef was girea by the use of your Balsam. X sale of the Balsam with see, as yow are aware, has been quite extensive, so much so, that I have suM but little of any other kisd, although I have a supply of almost all the popular med icines used for Lung diseases. Respectfully yours, G. E. CONWEXL. Dr. Wm. nail's Balsam for the Lungs is sold by all tbe principal Drnggigts. W. K. SMITH A CO-, Agents. Salem, Ogn. PARK k WHITE, 45m5 Wholesale Agents, San Francisco. Haijs Sassapaetlla, Yellow Dock, ajcu looms or Potass, is prepared from the finest Red Jamaica Sarsaparilla and English I odide of Potass. A .mirable as a restorative and parlfitr of the blood, it cleanses the system of all morbid and impure matter, removes pimples, boil?, and ernptimis from the skin ; cures rheumatism and pains of all kinds. All who can afford should use it, as it tends to grre strength and prolong life. Sold by rmggists generally, at 1 per bottle, a. If ALL k CO.. Proprietors. Wholesale Druggists, 14S and 145 Clay St., 4Go.fi San Francisco. ( The Qraefsnborg Pile Remedy. Warranted a certain cure for this painful reredy. With the tKnt ntent there are very few cases which cannot be radically an-1 permanently cored. A surgical operation for piles an J fistula should nerer be resorted to, unless this Ointment has been thorougly tried. It never fails. GRAEFEXBERG EYE L0TI0X. For diseases of the eye this Lotion has no equal. It h a speedy and positive cure for inflammation of the eyes, weakness, dim ness and faiiinff of sight. It will always be beneficial in acute 1 acute sts m inflammation of the eyes, and also as a wash on inflamed surfaces. The liraefenberg Medicines are for sale by aa druggists and Apothecaries throw bout trie count ry. Aceets for California and Oregon : RED1SGTON k CO., Wholesale Druggists, 107 Clay street, 401 San Francisco, Dr. Bauer's Pain Panacea. Jfy Pain Panacea is composed entirely of healing gums. Dd vegetable oils and kerbs. It is perfectly safe for the most delicate to use. I can most sincerely say, that I hare nerer known any. however delicate, to be injured by it in the least. I will continue to ask the afflicted, who have not ased 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. If yon Mars Pain in the StomacAor Smeels, try a dose of Vain Panacea infernally, aathe externally over the parts af fected and yoa will at once restore the proper action and re lieve the pain. Jj gom hats a Bum keep the parts covered with cotton wet with Pain Panacea. This will, in a lew minutes, draw out tbe fire, and cure the pain. If yon har-s a Brnisn or Wow. if, bathe it wen wMa 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. Xfyvn art st&tring from Kenralgia or Rhesnatic Pains apply the Pain Panacea freely, and take a dose of n internal ly, morning, noon and night; it will not only cure the pain, but will remove the cause of the disease. Ij yon hats Vis Dyspepsia, and your food distresses your stomach after eating, take a dose of Pain Panacea after each meal. If yon hats s Cantsrea or Sors Mouth or Throat, pplv the Pain Panacea to the affected parts, and gargle Uie mouth or throat three or four times a day. Jf jfom hate the IHarrhjta, or a relaxed state of the bowels, take a few doses of Pain Panacea, and they will soon be re stored. If you ha ve a painful swelling, bathe the parts freely , and you will soon relieve the pain, and tlie swelling will be reduced. If you have 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 hate been Bitten by a Spider, or any other insect, or stung by bees, take fine salt, mix it with the Pain Panacea, and apply to the parts. If yon hare a pain in tks Breast, Side, Bad, or Sid neys, bathe the parts affected morning and night; at the same time take a dose of the Panacea internally. If a mother has a Catecl Breast, apply tbe Pain Panncea as hot as it can be borne. If you feet OkiBy. or ftW, as though jou were going to have a fever, take a dose of Panacea. If you hare a Wound, Cut, or Galls on your Boras, apply the Pain Panacea ; it will take oat all the inflammation, and heal the sore In a short time. TT. K. S - ITH k CO-, Agents, Salem. Sold by all the principal druggists, and by PARK 4 WHITE.Agents, 4fa& 133 Washington Ben San Francisco. s- ? 9