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Publio flpealtlnff. Thf Union c.ahilldfiti'i fur county mlUitrt In D-mina county will irtdn-M their Mlnw rltlm-iia Mt Uip follDWlun timi'i Hint pluce. vim Canyin ille, Tn day, May 17ttij l.oukinjt tilaii, TimmlHy, lOih; ll-jiu'liuriii, frittay, itnih; Wuuur, Buturdny, ifut; Oakland, Mumhty, tU TonoftlU, Tui'sdnv, Wilt; ElWton, Thu rail ay, 88tb BooLtiburK, Bulimlay, SSth, bA-klnK at U of thv ahove pUCei will ormmenoe at 10 o'clock. Publla Speaklriff.Tko cundtdfttrt for office In Clack amaa omV will aditrwi thtlr frllftw-clittftie m fnllnwn : At MltfWiBklf, IrUy W; Knok Craek.May 94 ; Younir'a, May SO Mauoon'i, May W; Upp Mnlalla, May t7 ; Baver Cre, MayJS; IMraiant RUI, MnyHu; !.wir MMaUa, May 81 ; Marqaam'i, Jan; Orcfm City, Jane; UnnimetKlna; on uh dkv tvi I n'ulrirlt. KM. at Uta udtii.1 blauea of nubile a peaking, 4w9 Publlo Speaking. Th Mnn county candidates, at both partita, will addrwn thalr follow eltinena at the following , timet and placet, to-wlu 1'eurta, Wedneailay, May 2fl: Har rlnburjt.Tlmrndav, SO; Brimh Creek School litmus Friday, 7thi Browrwrllt, Hnlurday, Mth; Nye'a ftihnol Home, Tueaday, Slit; Beta, Wednesday, June I ; Kay1 81to,Thurii day, Urj W ; Lebanon, Friday, 8d AHmny, Saturday, 4. Bpeaklnftt ontmeenoe at 11, a. m. v To the Fubllot The Union candid at ri of Polk county flit addreta their fellow cltliena, at followa : Bridgeport awday,My 24th ; Lucklarautt,al R. W. SlniiMKHiWednee lay, tfith; Lane, at Davldafw'i 8chm Hnuae, Thursday, Mth i Monmouth, iTrfrUy, ttth ( tola, Saturday, 8Hth ; Doug las, at Dtone'i tkhool Himnt Monday, 80th ; Jacknon. Pleaa ant Hill Church Tueadaj'.Htit; HaltliftkeJnwnnend'iVrdnvf day, June tttf Bethel, Thuriday, Bd ; Dallaa, Prldny, 8, - tipeaklng at ach place to commence aL 1 o'clock, e. . 1 . Toe oppoaltloB candidate! lor county oflloui u ns Invited t-o oanvaia with ua. Tn Drmooratlo Candidates of Pnlk county accept Hhove luvlUtlots and will be present at. the above limes and plaeei. Ths Hon. r. Waymlre and B. Haydeft and N. T. Oa ton, fen., will addmaa their fellow-cHiariii at the abore places on the days named, oomtueuclnf at 10 o clock a.m., of eaoh day. r PnbUo Bpeiaklng. Got. Oibbe will spenk at Aurora, Thawdav. May 18; Belpassl, rrtriay, May 18; 8llerton, aturday, 14; Jefferson, Monday, 16; fiVIo, Tuesday, 17; Lebanon, Wednesday, 18; Brownsville, Tliursday, 19; Ilur tUeurg, Irlday, So. Sneaking to befiln at 1, r. M. MONDAY MORNING MAY 23, 1864. Ban rranolaoo Agonoy. h. P. Fianita. 029 Wash injrton strwet, San Pram'.Uro, Oal., Is tin auihorUed atreitt for the Statuwa, and wllj transact all business for our "f Act' at that place. For Treaitlent iii 1804, ATI It All AM r.I3NOOI.TV. .JJ'-,-- t.. Gcorira.of Limn jtt. P. Guiluy, of ooimt ' For AflreH".T. It. T). Homlemon, of f,ane. .. For Mat Printer. H. I'iuorlc, of .Miiluiomnli. For Judge of 'Id Judicial Vitlrict.Vi. E. Crttn. of liana. . Proiecntinr Attomei.J. T. WntKon. of Donixlm. For Judge of 3d Judicial Ditrict.li. P. Jloiiu, of Morion. For Proitcuting Attorney. Itnfiis Mullory, of Marion. 4th Judicial DintriclFor Proiecuting Attorney. E. W, Ilixlykiimnn, of Miiltnotnuh. i M Judicial DutrictFor Judge Jos. G. WiUou, gfWanoo. ' For PrnnervHnp Attorney. 0. M. MiMtT.of Wuhpq. fTh IMtiman hai t Largor Circnlatlos than any i tfuor rauvr lu bun aiuie, auu u bua au Medium for Advertlieri. Ti T. B. taw ant Koaolntlont are published In the , Stataiman bj Authority. IHE BE80lliTI0X8 Or" 9S-TNKri"oRiiiy. , AS EfiKCTIOJIKBBIXG 8('1IEMK A TKIIK . ACCOUNT OP IUE "AlIEJI AND 8EDITI0S , LAWS." We Americans, considered ni a nation, being Jj t't In the tpring time of lif. are in tlio Imliit of lnnkiog forward rutlicr than Iwckwnri. It la only among a people whu are, to use a crtnt roon pliraae, "Have Reeua," that the etudy of their pant beoumea more attractive than the fu ture. Rteide, with ua, the ncwnpiiper in the groat medium of Information, and it, partaking largely of the general spirit, fc in tlie main, only oonoerned abont the present. For thia roaaoo, when any turn in our affairs oalli attention to a period or transaction in our history of fifty or sixty years ago, it is sometime before the publio can get itself onrreotly In formed at all points. In the meantime ignorant and designing men are tillering for history all manner of erroneous nnd deceptive accounts of the matter, In hopei the good people will ac cept thm, believe them, nnd not accordingly. At this moment there la a process of this kind going od in Oregon, in which we propose to in dite a column lor the oause of truth nnd right, let It hurt or hit whom it inny, ' The Adoption of the Kentuoky aud Virginia resolutions by the late Deiuooratio Convention of this State, la very naturally calling the puh lio attention to the history of those long-forgot-Celt engines or past party pontics. Ana, wnat is better, their adoption at this oritical junoture, when thehitherto vague and snuiewlmt abstract talk about tbe right of accession has been put in praotlco by the Confederate States, will in duce na all to make a rigid aorutiny, not only of the aotual teachioga of the resolutions, hut of tbe cnasea and motives which led to their adoption by the two Statee in qucstiou. At present we propose to confine ourselves mainly to the latter branch of the inquiry, the causes and motives. The Democratic oandidnte for Congress, and hia advocates, when ilrtveu to the wall upon the manifest and palpable recession teaohings and arguments of the uvrdt of the resolutions, are lu the habit of appealing to the name of their author. Jefferson, nnd the ouoKsino which called them forth, as a sufficient explanation nnd vin- dication of the olherwise objectionable lnnv',ga of tliil uVJ- ThntowrcumstancjiM,.. COu tend, show the eolempornneous understanding in regard to the object and scope of the resolu tions, and that the text should he now read by this light. Well, then, how come these resolutions to be passed by these two solitary .States, and repu diated, nr ignored, by all the rest, although sol emnly and fraternally adjured to approve thcini Col. Kelly, on llie itump, lays, nnd ninny others probably think, tlmt in the year of grace 1703, and the tenth of the KepnMio, when the rider Adams was President, and the United States was at peace with tho world, and without do mestic disturbance, certain Jefferson newspa pers were In tbe habit of criticising and cen soring Mr. Adams' administration t nnd thnt he being somrwlmt sensitive, pnsinnntp, and tyrannical, moved hit loving nnd obedient Con gress Ui pass an act, called the "Sedition law," whereby any person who would have the U inertly to criticise) nr censure his Itepnhlican Highness or hie puissant administration, might be punished by lne and imprisonment in tho Federal courts, and Cougress did as they were directed. That In the same year, Oenel, the mi ulster to the Uulted States from Mm then revolutionary government of France, having in terfered in tbe poIUioa of this country in oppo sition to the administration, the rmident. In the same spirit and temper procured hit Con gress to paaa an act, colled tbe "Alien act," whereby the President might, when he thought proper, order any foreigner, naturnliiteil or not, oat of tho country, without trial or cause, save hia own good pleasure or caprice. This is the general statement of the case, aa it la being peddled from tbe stump, and by the papers of the party, who have allowed them (Settee in their bliudncua, to be saddled with theee resolutions. By seeking to make it ap pear that the Federal government bad been grailty of aeuu gross outrage or uarupation at (Imi time, tbef bope to Dnd au Mouse for the erfgla of tba reflations, and to lone down tho general and anquaWied language of the text, to some tccb Moeptional and clear case. But unfortunately far them, thia statement of the causes and motives wliiob led to the adoption of tlie renolatioiia, la a Umm of falsehoods and njlirepreeenUtione. Wa propae to bring It to tfci teat of history, and sVw tbnt it la farther feuievnl from truth lliu Jiulmcse from, run Jigbt. The "Act Couoerning Aliens" was approved Jane ithe 5ih. J798. and the H aftrrwardi nickuatocd the "Sedition Act," a approved ' July the 17th, 1798. At that time France waa at war with Knglnnd, and the unprincipled r rench Directory was engaged by its alien em issaries throughout tbe United States, In de faming the administration and attempting to stir tip the people to tako the side of Franco as against their own government, because, the latter, following the farewell odvico of Wash ington nnd its own truo interests, refused to bo drawn Into this war us the nlly of France. To the same end and in tho same spirit, Franco had dismissed our minister, nnd refused to rec ognize his successor, wits capturing our ships and cargoes upon tho high sens ; in short, waa practioally at war with us. With a view of meeting the impending hostilities, Congross hail passed an act prohibiting intercourse with France, another for rnising an army, and (Jen. Washington had been called from his retire ment to take the command, Wo were to all appearance upon the evo of a war with Fi'anoe, and undoubtedly war would have followed if it had not been for the sudden overthrow of the Directory, nnd the elevation of Napoleon as First Consul. Onr government was na yet comparatively nntried, having been maintained op to t tint lime, more by tho personal worth and power of Washington than its own intrinsic strength, Under these circumstances, num bers of alien adventurers, bot headed and ven omous, fugitive from crime qr political opin ion in Europe, were traversing the country spenkiug nnd writing against the American government, and in favor of the French, with the avowed purpose of inducing the people iu a moment of passion and frenzy to rise tip and overthrow tlleif own irovernniont, nnd put tlicni selves under the banner of Revolutionary nnd Infidel France, and at tlie command of her mad fanatics join in their wild crusade against the existing institutions of the civilized world It was a critical moment, nnd tho worst might have happened, had not this outrageous foreign interference, anil aggression been met at once by adequate measures and a firm front. Among tho measures were tho two nets called the " Allen and Sedition laws." And now. liaving stnted the circumstances under which they were passed, and shown that it is not truo that it woe at a time of peaco and domestic quiet, let us eee what were tho provisions o! these much abused laws. The "Act concern lug Aliens" which was limited to two years from its passage, provides that the President might order, out of the country any alien whom he might judge dangerous to tho peace am safety of tho United States, nr liave-reasona blu ground to suspect to bo concerned in any treasonable or secret machinations against it government. In nil cases, the alien might bring forward proof to show thnt his conduct was proper, and in such cases the 1'residen was to license him to remain. The act dii not apply In foreigners indiscriminately, lint only such as were alien, not naturalized, and therefore strangers and subjects of a foreign country. A naturalized foreigner is no longer an alien, but a citizen of tho United States. By the law of nations, a citizen of our conn try has no right to live or he in another.agninst tlie will of the nation, and can lawfully he re quired tn leave it whenever the supremo gov ernment, be that what it mnv, thinks its own safety or interest requires it. It would be hard to show why or wherein the government of the United States, being the supremo government of the country, and having exclusive control of foreign affairs and all intercourse with alieni, might not exorcise this power. How and when it should be exercised, are questions or pnhlio policy, to no decided by the emer gencies of the moment, and do not affect the right. Even admit that it was impnlitio tn have passed tbe act in question, that does not justify the assertion of tlie resolution of '0d thnt the act was au usurpation of power and void. But to us, looking back upon those trundled scenes in the calm light of impartial history, it appears that the occasion fully jus tified the law, that the exercise of this power waa peremptorily demanded by every consid eration of self-respect nnd self-preservation, and, considering the circumstances of danger and insolent provocation, most sparingly used. History telle ua that uo one was ever arrested under it, aud it soon expired by its own limitn tiou, but that the most obnoxious of these j,n emissaries, finding that o' government wns .p.'J!Tmcd to maintain itself, and not submit tn foreign intrigue or dictation upon our nwn soil, left the country in shiploads. Tho "Sedition law," passed tho same Sum mer aud for the same cogent reasons as tho "Act concerning Aliens," was entitled "An act in addition tu the act Tor tho punishment of certain crimes against tho United States." It provided, substantially, ns follows : That it should be a crime punishable by u fine not ex ceeding 15.0(H), and by Imprisonment front six mouths to five years, "for any persons un lawfully tn combine and conspire together.wiih intent In nppoao any measures of the govern ment of the United States, directed by proper authority, or to impede the operation ul any law of tho United Slates, nr intimidate or pre vent any person holding nllioe under the gov ernment nf the United States from executing hia trust," or with like intent "lo commit, ad vise, or attempt to procure any insurrection, riot, unlawful assembly nr combination." Thnt it should be a crime punishnblo by a fine not exoeediug 12,000, and Imprisonment not evocediug two years to print or publish "any false, scandalous and malioinns writings against the government of the United Stales, nr either House of Congress, nr the President, with in tent to defamo them, nr bring them Into dis repute, or tn exoite against them the hatred nf the good peopte of the United States, nr to stir up sedition, nr with intent to excite any unlawful combination, for opposing or resisting any law of the United States, or any lawful set of the President, nr tn exoite generally to oppose or resist any such law or not, or lo aid or abet, or encourage any hostile designs of any foreign nation against the Uulted States, but in all prosecutions under this provision, the truth of the niatterprinted nr published might be given In eviJeuco aa a good defense, the jury under the direction uf tbe court to be the Judges of both law and fact, anil the act lo expire on tho 4th nf March. 1801, Aud thia la the famous sedition law, cloven foot, horns and all. In the days nf our youth, wo well remember how this horrid phantom waa need tn foster and Intensify thn callow prejudice of young democrats, mnch after the manner iu which it is said that the French mother nf the last century used tn terrify their children with the name of tlmt bloody old Ilriton, Marlborough. It prohibited neither criticism uor censure of government, nr gov- eroment men, but allowed every one to pub lish without restraint, and punished him only for llie grot criminal abuse nf that privilege. And Ihi ia the Ira meaning of tha phrase freedom of th pre,'' aa know a to th ooa. mmi law. mid tho Vmerican constitution, as distinguished I'loin a censorship of the press, by which no ono oould publish anything, good, bad, or Indifferent, mini submitted to a gov ernment ullicer and by him approved. It aimed to pnnish.ns all governments ahonld, nsiiriection, riot, unlawful assembly, conspi racy lo oppose the execution of the laws, or the publishing of false, scandalous aud ma- icions matter generally, or against the Presi dent nr Congress with tho liku evil intent. In berality to thn transgressor, it was far in ad- vuncu of the spirit of tho age, in ulluwmg tho truth to ho given in evidence as a defenoe. nnd the jury to determine the law and the fact. Tho punishment could not bo excessive as at common law, being limited by the net, nnd might bo reduced to nomerally nothing. These promises show that notwithstanding tho mminent danger nf the day, the law was oon- ceWd in a spirit nf liberality and tenderness, and with no intention to rostra'u or punish crit icisms, or censures upon tlie President or gov. ernment, unless thev were false, scandalous, and malicious, and published with the criminal intent tn embarrass or overthrow the govern ment by misleading tho people, or encouraging foreign interference nnd hostility. To exoite the people to insurrection or riot, to oppose the laws of the country, to conspire to overthrow tbe government, to abet tbe hostile designs of foreign nations, to unjustly and wickedly destroy the confidence of the people in the President and Congress, of their own choice to do any or all of those things, by the publi cation of false, scandalous nnd malioious false hoods, is in itself as an atrocious crime as any in lliu calender, and in its conscquciioes may involve the in all. If this luw had remained upon the siatute hooks to this day, aud been wisely and fearlessly enforced, it would have been better for the country, nnd if something is not soon dune to check the evils it was intended to prevent, tho community may yet bo ready to seek refuge from the licentiousness of an ir- rcspiinsihlo press, iu n military despotism These laws were passed by a majority of both Houses of Congress ; in tho Senate, the vote was near two to one, nnd among those who voted for them were some of the most distin guished men nod patriots of that day. In ad dition to this they had tho hearty approval nf Washington and Patrick Henry. They had the desired clleot, and tho attempt nf tlu 'c alien enemies nnd traffickers in sedition and calumny, to array the people against their own government, and in favor of that of France, by means of malicious falsehood, aud treasonable and secret machinations and associations, wns thwarted. But Jcflorson, who was then Vioe President and apparently sitting quietly hi his chair, pre siding over the deliberations of the Scnate.wat secret! ut tho head of tho opposition to the government and sympathizers with Franco. Behind the screen of his dignified and retired position ho wns industriously plotting the over throw of tho Federal party, llion. and from the inauguration of Washington, in power with a view of paving tho way for himself to the Presidency. Ho held, or professed to hold, in high esteem ninny of tha vague aud chimerical notions upon the subject of govoruiuent.propa. gated by tho wild French enthusiasts of thnt day. It was his pride to bo considered Frcnchy in his tastes, words and predilections, while in private, ami in his secret uorrespondenco Willi his disciples and partisans, ho constantly utig malized tho great lenders of tho Federal party Washington included, as Britishers, and afflict ed with Anglopuooia. Accordingly, in tho autumn or the summer following their passage, he seized upon these two Acts, nnd tho ono to punish tho counter feiting of United States liniik'uotes,and through bis devoted disciples and seuret correspond ence, cninmenoed arousing the jealousy of the Slates, and charged the National government with usurpation of power in their enactment. As a part of an electioneering scheme, with the Presidency in view, he drafted the original of these seditious resolutions. Being nalureVfy timid mid sensitive, at least until ;,; wa, puru of the masses, he ginoyuiYy noted through the instrnmenlnli;,6r others, nnd kept himself in 'ne background. Accordingly he sent one oopy of tlie resolutions to Mr. Nicholas, of Ken tucky, and another Mr. Madison. nf Virginia, with directions to secure their passage through the Legislatures of those States, of which they were respectively members. His connection with the resolutions was unknown at the time, ami remained n profound secret for many years alter he held tho reins of power us President, by virtue of the agitation thus engendered, ns despotically, and with a liltlu regard to consti tution, law, or Stale right, whenever hi own passion nr theories were concerned, as any President before or since. No oilier Statu iu tho Union, ulthough solemnly conjured and ab jured, approved of the resolutions or their pur pose, while the New P.ngland States, and New Vord ami Delaware expressly repudiated them and their teachings. Even Virginia waa not unevenly divided upon them, they only passing the House of Delegates lifter being shorn of Jefferson' proposition for the States to com bine and prevent tho operation of luw of the United States which they deemed void, with in their respective limit, by a vote of one hun dred to sixty-three. These, fellow citizens, aro the true cmi and (Holier! which led to tbe fuliiiinalion of these resolution' against the government of the Union by Mr. Jefferson. It was simply what we would oall au electioneering scheme for the Presidency, and, like many nuother such, after having aecouplihcd I heir object, the resolu tions were forgotten until exhumed by Mr. Cal houn, for tha justification of South Carolina nullification. The whole icheiue shows that Mr. Jefferson, at that early day, was unrivalled In the questionable arts and blandishments of a not (iver-tcrupuloiis but :ccessful party lead er, hut it reflect uo credit on hi honor, aud should make us hesitate tn hdopt his partisan trash as a correct exposition of the power of the government. We may now read tbeso resolution by the light uf cotcmporaueous history, and, judged by the particular casea to which they were then directed they are Ireasou to the Union, and se cession aud tiullificatiou still. If a Stale may nullify acta nf Congress, like the Alien and and Sedition law, nr tha law punishing the counter feiiing of U. S. bank notes, and secede from the Union on account of their passage, theu is the national government a rone of rand, a suare to the feet of the weak nod unwarv, but a mere cobweb sgaiusl the turbulent aud strung. WooL Wo notice that lb fanners ar bring ing In considerable quantities of this staple, for sal. The priee obtained vary from twentyon to twnty-lure cents, according to quality and condition vry few lots rcarhing th latin flgur. This Is about fiftesn percent, less than last year's rale most of lb wool then sold bringing twenty, alt and twtotjr-iewa eenu. LATEST-BY TELEGRAPH, ll'SCIAI. IHSI'A-Il'll TO T II K OKF.OUS ITS Tf.SM AS. I V I I H TO I AV JO. Federal Vltuory In W'ntt'rii Virginia. Skirmishing between (irnnUnd Lee A But tle Imminent. Shock nr an Earthquake ut Wit I'ranclnco. (old, IH'J and lsJ. Nw Yoiik, May iO A dispatch ilmed lleaihpmr ters Army of l'uniinxe, May IXili, sins at llvn o'eliwk tlila moruinK tho sixth corps supported liy Hnueork's division on the riijlit, and llurnsidi'S on tlio left, ad vanced uiniinsl tliu enemy's works. Tim rillu pits in front wcro those which hud been abandoned by u ami were tilled with relrol sharpshooters, who wem soon itislodt'ed and driven through tho secuid line, and bo hind thick and impenetrable works of mest formidable fliHi-its-tr. (lo HxioniiiHtiiiti it win, itcumcd best not to make an attempt to chai io tbronli this barricade, anil the troops foil back iu (rood ordur exposed lo the (full in V lire of .Ion aud shell from both thinks. (Jur Iii.n was uboutfiUU ( mu. wouni ed and inlBHinif. All attack was made bv the eacmv. ou tbe left, of our position, where wurren Dad pusisu-one uivismn, and tlie enemy was soon driven buck and his guns si lenced. All was unlet at b. v. H. A later dmnatcb dated IStli. says we have lint re ceived iutelligence that the junction of tlie t'reder ickaburir and Uicliinoud Kiifrmul was captured last niL'lit, by our scouts. Tbe leleiiraph olllce, tho station end a large quantity of supplies were also captured. me Wii.uiiinioa mar states mat we sMruiuumii wilh tbe enemy tor Ibe last tew days Inu been iu uruiits tavor, out a uattie is now imminent. The lame number of urisouers taken on Wednesday confess tti.it tlie rebels are in want ot supohea. A dispatch Iran tiiavclly Ut nine gives an account 01 a brilliant victory hv lieu. Arcrill on the Mb with the touiu body ol Crook's army. Kstunated force of tiie enemy 4,000 strong, and Jones near Natc.hvilc. Fihl lasted tour Hours : lie drove tlicni iiaca, Killing aim wounding many and capturing a good many prisoaers, Our loss is 12u. Averitt then destroyed therndrondlhcnre to a point lunrmileeeustol Ulie -ilureastnall oooy 01 reo els were encountered, who hustely retreated. tiam Medary was un-eeted t Columbus by thu U. h. Marshall and brought to th coy. Cause uf bis ar rest not stilled. Han KiiANCisoo, Mav yi.sA severe earthouuke oc curred at ti o'clock Matin-day oveuititr. Tho walls of many buildings were cracked, aud pouplo rushed troni their houses iu consternation. Gold iu New York IS; SI'EAKIXG AT ST. lOl'IS. St. Loris, Marion County, May 13, '61. El. Statesman : Yesterday our town was visited by Tom C'nton and the great Mogul of tlie Polk county epoi'hends, who talked for about 4 hours tu tho whole democracy of this end of the county comprising thirty, all told. Caton en deavored to null down the Union party in a very labored ell'.irt of two hours. Ho suit), "if the democratic party i not a treasonable party now, it never was, nnd nevtr will be." Hut, unfi.r. tunately for his party, be never showed that it is now anything else than a treasonable party. And as an example to prove that at least a majority of the so-called democrats present wish tor tlio de struction ot the Uovorniuent, it is only necessary to state that at a prodiction by tho Moul of the dowulall ot constitutional liberty, no was ap plauded. Tom said bo was opposed to the pres ent administration ou account of its odious legis lation, and instanced the confiscation law, "taking pioperty from the rebels"!! Now, Tom, isn't that awful i Just think of it! taking llie prop erty of enemies, lo deprive tbcin of the power of destroying tins Cioveriisient! 1 Hunk, however, he failed to make us see the point. 1 other chaps speech wns iu about the samo stylo. Ho quoted Calhoun's language, and would say of llie union nart V, as Calhoun said of Jackson's administra tion, ' it is held together by the cohesive power of pelt and plunder, 1 hey both ( 1 om and tlie .Mo gul) tried hard to make out the Union party to be a despotic, negro-equality party, and everything but loyal, by misrepresenting every act of the ad ministration, t or instance, they sal J don. Oil- more's expedition to F.orida was for the purpose of getting tlie vote of that State iu tho next res idential election. They had supposed that at tho little town of St. Louis no one would havo the hardihood to contradict anything which they might say I but, alas lur tlioir hopes, attur tlio Mo. gul had closed, F. O. McG'nwn was called for, and taking the stand, that gentleman replied in I telling speech ot half nil hour, completely expos ing the shallow sophistry of the two copperhead orators, insomuch that it took the combined ef forts of Tom aud the Mogul for an hour and a quarter to answer linn. Althougu Mr. jlcCown spoke without, in-in"ditatien, yet his remarks did him groat credit, nnd showed him to be well posted in the history uf the country. WACONDA, "AIGGER EQIAMT." 1JEH0CKATS. Isiikpkkiikncr. Polk C ity, Mnv 20. r,u. MATbnMAN: the cinzens ul tins ntilo place were greatly enlightened on tho great dem ocratic issue of the hour, ''Nigger Kqualily," by the Uiu Apostle and the author ot the "uulhouse L tier," un the l'-lth inslatit. The text of these democratic orators seems to be the samo, nod it is always nigijer eaualitij. They told us that the teachings ol the Union party certainly load to this horrible statu of things; and generally tlie next question asked uf Union men is, "How would yo like to see your sister ur daughter walking alnc by the side of a "bii; uiggcr I" Of aboul ;Jt, slurT nro theiMnjf.elutrrr;1-1-H-xr!I7i'. Now, I wish !o,fs n hat do lin y want to hii.v T There ill fiToi'iily nil iuipiicaliou of something. What is it I It must be something like this : Suppose tho slaves are nil "turned loose among na either the temptation to-nmalg:im-itioii will bn too great for the great democratic parly (as it is now in tlio South), or they fancy thai the pridu, honor, and morals ot the Colon parly are last declining to a level with ihusool'tlieufuresaiddeuiiH-rntio party. Now, is it fair, is it honorable, for Ihcso democratic oraturs to go all over ibis laud and sianth-r the young women of Oregon, by telling everywhere that if the niggers are set free it must follow as a necessary consequence that the majority of llie democratic party must eithor be father-in-law or lirolher-iii-luw to some ' ni'iuerl a 3 mull one won't do ut all, I do think that truo gentlemen, when canvassing for the votes of no 11, would ad vance their iuleiesta morn by taking a eouisu cal culated to coiiviuco men, and not disgust both mon and women. B. SMITH. DISCISSION" ATiSlbVKUrOX. Su.u:itTn .May ., lsfil. Ed. Statesman : As Maturdsy. the I -ltd inst., was tho ilny advertised on which liov. Oibbs was to address llie pecqile of this portion of the coun ty, at an early hour tho citiicn began to assemble at the appointed place the t'opperhends collect ing, as usual, around Cooper's "de.iil-1'all." The hour of speaking arrived, lieu, lo! Tom Caton and U011 Uaydeti were on land with their bills. It was so nrranged that Caton opened the discus sion. Ho said he was not a candidate foroftice, was laboring only for the success ,,f ,l,inocrslic principles hut before he closed, the hyilrnhcaded monster t fcopperiieA'lisai appeared. (,ov. Uiblis followed, wilh a patriotic, argumentative speech of an hour and a half, that utterly demolished all that Caton had said and built up a breastwork of argument and good sense unit neither lien llny den nor any other eopperheud could scale, li s speech was Olio that made, tho sympathizers nrilhe and wrigglo. After the tioveriior had con eluded, Hen Harden mounted the stand and spoke his piece again, which consists in vilfTying the Adtniutstrnlioii and Union men freneinlly. He wound up by giving what lie termed no exposition of the Union League, aud the coppers raisod a faint cheer for him. Abraham Lincoln, lieiicr.il tiiaut, and General limlur Were then loudlv cheered by tho I'uioii men, and the exercises of tlie day closed Yi e intend at the election lo roll up a rousing majority hr the I'tiion fstnto, county, and even preciuct utliwrs. Such is the duty ui Union men. L. Bold Spkkch ok a Kkntuckt Coniiiiess am. Geu. Clay Smith, member of Congress irom nemocsy. inane a speecn to ins constltn ems i i.rxiMguiii, ivy., ou 1110 Ull., in which betook bold ground. Mr. Smith mid he had pledged hiinseif to vote men and mon ey to put down the rebellion. Unliku his op ponent be had kept his pledge ns a necessary means to pmsecuie the war. He bud voted for the amendment to pay loyal owner lor their slave, who were conscripted. The negro was no better worth saving Irom the rebel bullet tliau the wnite man. A ncgni could dig ditch ce or drive tennis na well as his sou or brother. drafted to do the servile work of tlio oruiv Not less than one hundred nnd fitly thontiJ negroc wore eveu now employed liy the gov eminent for army purposes, as laborer or sol (Iters. If the negro is too giant for such Work, then one hundred nnd iilty thousand white men must be drafted to till their places. Ho utter, J withering ib nuuviatioii of the (.'ongressuieii from Kentucky who had condemned the peace pariv 01 1110 .onii.niion lliev wer candidate. nnd now (ought to transfer the loyal party of ivelituiaj oouuy 10 that UetestaOlo clique. 111s ueieuse ui in vines 111 congress was com plete, and called fotth the' most hearty Indorse ment of the audience. Iu' reference to the presidential election, h said that he did not know who the Union candidate would be, but he would be elected, lie should attend th Baltimore oooieulton himself, and h',ld ittiuJ j by (u nemlo'-e. t ROM PEX D'ORKILLE. Tho following extracts wo ninlto by permis sion from a letter received by a gentleman of this town, dated "Pen d' Oreille mission, Mis soula county, Idaho Territory. February 2."jf, 1801 :" As you requested it I will send you occasion ally a few lines, to let you know bow the wind blows in these Hoclty Muaulaiiis, Hint is if ynn still w ish to hear me. Of cotirso yon cannot expect much uf interesting new from an iso lated hermit liku mu. For tlio last two weeks we have bad some onnsiilernlilo exoiteinent in this part nf tho world. First, a ligilance committee was form ed up nt the Sliukitigwutcr mine, to break up ono of tho most foriniiliihlo set of cut throats that could well bo formed In any country. Tho committee caught nrd hung iibnut twenty one persons up near und in Virginia City, then they proceened down their way to Ilellgnto nuii bung six -more, three of the latter I knew by sight down In the Willa.netto vullcy their inline were Johnny Cooper, Aliclf Carter and K0I1 Lncree, It was a good job that the gang (whose chief was the sheriff uf Missoula Co ) was broken up, for it is known that they have hiiii'tlered over one hundred persons. Si'iumdly, there is it new milling excit nl. which I think will orownul! the excitements uf tho day. Last Full a few half-breeds relumed hero Irom the Kootenay country, and brought with them so no fine specimens of gold, unlike in appearance to any that has boon found in thia miner cnuiiti v. If vnn can iinngiue tu yourself a qiiniitityili.f gilt encumber secds.yuii' wilt nave a line niea 01 its oppctirunoe. o,v. for tbe short time that these half-breeds have been gone, they bad quite a largo quantity of the nro; tliev said that there wan any amount of it up in the Kootenay country. Notwith witliaiuniling tlmt no white men know as yet the truo locality, every one who possibly could get nway has left for there, There is a bean tilul country up that way, with nil advantages lor successful farming, and I think you will suon bear of a large population accumulating there. The Winter here has been rcmnrkably Cue. I have seen no snow, except on tbe mountain, for the lust month, and the grass is now several inches high, ANOTHER HE NAILED. El). STATKiiMAN i In the absence of my brother, 1 feel it to be my duty to disabuse tho public mind by correcting a fulu tiaitment, made by one 'loin Caton, while haranguing the people at Sil verlon, on last Saturday, He charged Mr. Henderson, the Uniou candidate for Cuiigrcss, with dishonesty : and attempted to prove it by stating that lie had paid a debt, on a gold contract, with greenlmtltg; and referred to X, it. Moorus of Salum, as his author. I saw Col. Moorus on Saturday evening and nskeu him about tbe matter. He gave tho following- statement: K. P. UENDKKSON. COb. I. It. MOORESJ' BTATKMKKT. Salem, May 18, 1861. Mr. Henderson bought a pair of colls at the sale ot my father estate, for about atlfu, and af ter the note became duo lie paid $1110 in gold on it, and soino timo nfterwords Mr. If. received a payment from the United States Government, in greentiackt at our. At tlmt time this currency was circulating at par 111 Eugene City ; thou Mr. II. paid olF the balance on the nolo in currency, to Mr. Ellsworth of Eugene, who was tho collecting agent, lint, at the tiaie of this payment, green backs were worth but ninety cents on the dollar in Salein. This was made known to Mr. H . nnd witlutut uny sulicitutum , he forwarded the deficiency to make tlie greenbacks as good as gold. I. K. M0011ES EASTERN ITEMS. Secretary Stanton issued an onl -r on the 24th ult . dismissing from tho service. Colonel Frank Woll'ord of Kentucky, fur speaking ngniust emancipating slaves iu Kentucky. At the request of Geu. Grunt llie President ro voked Stnnton'a order, and Colonel Wolfnrd is reinstated. He is one of tho bravest nnd most successful fighters in the army, und Gen. Grant care nothing about Iho politics of his officers It they tight well. Tho number nf sailor-soldiers called fur nnt of Ibe miny is 12,0011, tn ho distributed as fol lows : At Cairo 1,000, Boston 2,000, New York 5,000. Philadelphia 3,000, Baltimore Private Thnina -Abraham, company G. IJDtll Now lork volunteers, who wns 011 guard over privutu William J. Boyle, confined for murder at Williamsburg, Vn., nnd who per- milieu me sain uoyie 10 escapo 10 tne enemy with the information of General Holler's move motif, imyxrtl -JWfW"..4. - 1" m 1 m iAitT'Tl! f .7" Abrahams to Boyle), has been tried, convicted, and eetiteuued to bo shot to death wilh mus ketry ut Vorktown, Vu., and the President ha continued the sentence. Gen. Grunt expresses himself well pleased with the appearance of thiuga in Butler'a de partment. He suya Butler'a ideas as to the prosecution of tbe war arc entirely iu harmony with his own, During Gen. Sheridan's expedition a wound ed Federal ollieer crawled into tlio yard of a aocesh planter, when tho latter took an axe, and with a fiendishness scarcely crciiihle,ti uck bun on tho head, killing h 111 instantly. A mall party of Federal soldiers coming tip shortly after, the negroes told llieni of it, when they immediately (hot the planter and plnced him in thu house, which they burned to tbe ground. General Rnsecrnns bus issued an order pre scribing the onth to be taken by ministers ami laymen of Missouri, who may represent mis sion churches in assemblies, synods, conven tion or conference. It is very distateful tn secesli gentry, and they aro making a good Heal ol noise ulioiit it. A libel suit brought ngnint the proprietor or the Cincinnati Commercial newspaper tn re cover damage to tho amount nf $20,000, ha resulted in 11 verdict of one cent damages. It was judicially decided iu Philadelphia, tho other day, that the purchaser ebonhl pay for the stamps on on a deed of real estate. A brutal fellow named Brienville. who kept n saloon at a Louisiana town recently visited by nor gunboats, was discovered to have had in bis possession the skull of a federal officer, which he had carefully polished nnd was iu the halitt of exhibiting with fiendish glee to his friends. Our sailors found Iho skull, and tried very hard to find tho rebel, bot be escaped. It was probably well for him that he did. WASiiiNOTO.y.Mny 4. Tho bill which pass ed the House, yesterday, guaranteeing to the State governments in tlie place of those over thrown by the rebels, was amended before it passed in several important particulars. In stead of one tenth, as originally reported, a majority of llie people are required to lake part in the election of delegate preliminary to tiie establishment nf a Stato government. Those who have held office uierelr niinstcrial or mili tary below the grade of Colonel, aro not de barred Irom voting for delegates to Stat j con ventions. Tlie delegate are tn be elected by the loyal white male citizens, who are required to snhseriho In an oath of ulleginnce, and until tlie State shall hnve reorganised a republican form of State government, n provisional gov ernment is lo be established. The Governor, w ho is authorised tn he iippniuit-d by the Pres ident, is tn see that the law of Iho Uuited States and the laws of llie Stato government thnt were overthrown by the rebellion are faith fully executed within said State, but no law nr ueugo whereby any person wit heretofore held iu in voluntary servtiude shall be recognised. Ltmmlreet receives! a serbon wound in the hue bat tle, so as to unlit hitn for active dotv for some time. The Kichnimid lhp.il.k of Hie'l.Vh savs, the fit neml of Hen. J. K. U Stuart uecnrnl on the lath. tlAi'i.sv Bnin, Western Virginia, Msv If. A roemer arrived this iiiomioir from Gen. J. W. Crooks, who lias luuhi ihrw bank nor Newborn, on tlie Virginia and LVoneesee railronil. fO miles Irom Lvih-K-Imrrf, witti tho rclnd forces under Jones ami -leukins, giiininrf a eionplete victory ovr llie enemy. The rrln-l Sim in killed ami wunnded was heavy, aiid they ,m,i 3ihj prisoners. Gen. Jenkins fell into our hand tmr U.1U wounded. Tiie lame railroad bridge al Newberu Hint seve rat mile of the track were destroyed. Crooks la at Newoern. n. Nw Yona.May 14. Oen. McDowell leaves W day for Sun Kivucico. It is coniidcMttv asserted hv lea.line Ciimm'.muil InendsoftV Vlimr-utration tha; it has determlued to call out ;KMi,lksl more tr,ops. - - It is tiie desis-o of Government t keep up tbe X- I .i ,t... 1 .1. k.ii..... k..i i: , -I Hints, i-'nw mi, ,wv an iiiww m t:ri.-Tti, awl in Qnier t provide acuust a reduction wb.n tne at-rine of the days neiiia out, a draft will ba ordered lo take place oa ilia Its of July, yJ which time new enroll. tn. at will b complete TIIE !KM0( KARI0 PLATFORM. This singular price of political expression is exceedingly well calculated to accommodate the dill'oi-ent, uiinds aud opinions of 'the persons who eompiHfi that party, as they aro nut very scrupu lous about principle or consistency. A conven tion thnt could produce such an issue must have been constituted nf a most irreconcilable mass, nnd to prevent disruption und consequent disor ganization, they doubtless concluded among themselves to giva to each contending clement something, to get these somethings tognthsr nnd proclaim the whole ns tlioir platform. They have, in thu language of 0110 of tlioir zealous do. chiioiors at Dallas, "abandoned principle and or ganised a democratic party." Thoy most ludi crously attempt in tho samo breath to acquiesce in the existence of the Union nnd disapprove of secossion, yet are in favor of the latter if yon will call it revolution instead, ur the legitimate action of sovereign States in redressing what they (tho 8tntos) havo adjudged to bo infraction of tho Federal compact. Thoy aro opposed to tho vio lation of tho constitution for the "abolition of slnvory," this being thu only condition expressed. Judging from their various actions, would thoy not justify a breach to establish slavery 011 a firm er foundation and a more extended scale? Thoy exclaim against the action of tho seceding States, wbilo they "condomn and denounco" that "ty rannical authority" which would have prevented it. Thoy "accept fliid- oudorso" the decision of the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case, while by re-nlBrming the exploded doctrine of '93 and '09, which make the ".State and not the Court the judge of the infractions of the constitution, they deny tho power of the court to decide whether nets of Congress nro within the limitation of that instrument.'' They "arc ill favor of the Union and Constitution as our patriot fathers niado them" at the same time they "would liuil with joy a peace procured by an nmondment to that Constitution, incorporating tbe principles of the Crittenden compromise. Now what was proposed by the Crittenden compromise to be made a part of our constitution ? It was to establish slavery permanently upon all portions of tlio United States over which it has exclusive control and in all of the territories south of !lfi degrees and 30 minutes; to make it tho special duty of the olH ccrs thereof to protect slavery iu thoso territories i to givo tho right of transit through all of the Slates of slaves with their masters, thereby es tablishing slavery In every State iu tho Union for nn indefinite length of time, at the conven ience of the owner of tho slaves transporting them ', and to remove all power from Congress to exercise any control over the matter except mak ing it the duty of that body to pass a law afford ing a remuneration to those who lose their slaves by oscapo and by the action of any portion of the community where they are re-taken. Would they "kail with joy a peace'1 established upon any other condition than that slavery should be extended and protected f Would they oppose a peace that should remove evory vestige of negro slavery from the United States? Tins proposi tion is not for a moment to bo entertained, Is there yet a question why tbe South revolted against the authority of tbe federal government t If so we have tbe answer from their own mouths, because they thought this "peculiar institution" wns uuinfo where It had grown to such extent and magnitude, that they must havo further guaranties to its use nnd profit, and hocauso the people believing that tho constitution afforded nmple guaranties to tho right of all mon entitled to protection under it, refused to niter, nmend or change a letter of that sncred instrument, but chose rather to claim their right under it, and to exact obedience to it. . Why are the democracy in favor of the South t I it not becunso thoy have at heurt the c.-iiiso of tho slaveholder aud the welfare of this "peculiar institution?" They aro labor ing to accomplish the same end; their suc cess is the advantage ot those who have a omnion sympathy; they may deny it, but Ibe grottcst hope yet for the southern confederacy is, as at the beginning, a division of the North and thu success of their well-wishers and co-workers, to estnblish the doctrine of nullification, and the extonsion and protection of slavery, the two dog mas which havo com nennjf our aVatiWirfetin" Ci'lttii nil tfrtftW. " IJoiiit'sti: lU'ins. ....Hoo.'Georgo H. Williams will nddress the people of Salem on Tuesday, the tilth inst., at 7 o'clock, p. ni. ....J. L. Collins, Esq., of Dallas, delivered an able address before tlie Uniou Club of Salem, last Wednesday evening.. ....Tho Albuny Journal atates that there is a case of emnll-pox iu Linn county, a few miles shove Lebanon. ....Last week the editor of tho Mountaineer in dulged in snnie strictures upon the course of Judge Wilson, 111 causing to be prosecuted a number of liquor-dealers at the Italics, who had neglected to take out the proper license. The Judge, holding tho newspaper article to be in derogation of bis authority, ordered the offender before him to answer a charge of "contempt of court, nu alter a protraeica hearing, occupying piti is ui ,i,n, iiiiiioiou 1119 poor editor ill inu som of 5'ii and costs in all $51 which amount was paid by a niinbcr of his friends. ....in Clatsop the democrats have nominated the following ticket: For present stive fur the counties of Clatsop, Columbia and Tillamook, J. W. Mollitt : Clerk, M. P. Hubbard ; Sheriff, Jno. Hobson; Treasurer, C. Bullions: Assessor, M. Kogers: School Sup't, V. II. Powers; Surveyor, J. M. Shivuly ; Commissioners, U, W. Morrison, James Drown. ....On tho 8th of May, any tho Mountaineer, tho store nf Olmsiead & Co., oil Iho Colombia liver, lb miles bolow Culville, wns burned down. Loss iu merchandise estimated at $i,U0O. A Chinamaii who was sleeping in thu store at the time was burnt tu death. Rev Mr. Atkinson delivered a lecture in Portland last Tuesday evening, in aid of tho San itary fund. The receipts amounted to SO in coin, and -'6U in greenbacks. The next day the Bum was iucreasod by (I ID 'M iu coin, and )20d iu legal lender notes. ....The session of the Grand Lodgo of I. O. O. F. of Oregon, fur ldo4, was held the past week at Eugene City, and after a very harmonious meeting, closed its labors witli the election of the following named as oflieera fur the ensuing year : U. M.,S. E. May: D. O. M.,A.L.Stiiison; G.W., J. V. Williams; (j. Sec, C.N. Terry; 0, Treat., Goo. M. Stroud. The Grand Lodgo next year will be held in Salem on tlie !kl Wednesday in May. S- Ellsworth was elected Representative to the Grand Lodge uf the United States. ....We learn that to Gen. Palmer ha been awarded the contract for erecting the build, ng for the Woolen Factory at Oregon City. It ia to be completed, ready fur the machinery, by the lllth of December next, and will be three stories in height, the first uf slono, and the other two of brick. Geu. rainier s bid was f ."J.s.1. ....S. Bell, the copperhead candidate for Clerk in Clackamas county, has withdrawn from tne track, leaving the held clear to onr friend j. M. ltaron. It makes no difference, however. Tbe copperheads in that county have no show what. ever, and will be beaten n urse than they were two yours ago. ....We learn from a gentleman who was pres ent that tho Union rally at Brownsville was the largest ever held in that section of the country fully a.jotl pooplo being present. Able speech were made tiy Gov. Uibbs, Judge Williams, nnd liev. 1. S. Kendall. .... Last week a littlo girl aged ten years, daughter of Janiui English, near llclpassi, fell irom a icuce, ,-.nu oroae ner arm. .... The telegraph line will bs completed lo 1, -LI , 1 ,1 , . . ... i ugn cwiiiiu uy ran. 1 ne contract lor supply ing the pole has already been let, and the wurk will be nl once commented. ....A poatutfic has been established at Wa conda, Marion County (French prairie), J. II. Feaster, H. M. .... UepoiU at rife throughout Iho thnt the mnll-pux is piYVHtiiug eitrutivclv in Fort Und. The Ortfcnian iutiuuitvi th.it soij r. porUAiV untrue. , , . M.tj Wiii-iton, Paymaster fur auvernl j-cn in thia dtalnct, has twttt or da red to report At WothiugtoD. .... The Mountaineer gives the particulars of a sad occurrence, which took place at Hood iivr on Saturday, May I lib, resulting in Ihn drown ing iu 11 .Ul'. OOlllWUS HIIU HIS BUM, llllll ,tl', ,jUtn- I.augliliu, they hail attempleit to cross tlio river 111 a sail-linni, aeeninpanieii nv a lourlli person-. Mr. A. C, I'heips, ami when about the center of tho stream Iho litlle hoy foil overboard ; his t'ti I It -er jumped into the water to rescue him, ntul struggling so severely and mirnrlnio nf reaching tho bout, Mr. I.nughliii swain to lln-ir assistance, but the current was too strong and the throe were drowned. A very strong under currunt nt the place where tho tnifoiluiiatu circumstance Imp. leneti is supposed to iiiivu swepiaway tlio oodles, nit search has been instigated for them. Mr. Jenkins leaves a wife and one child, near Hood river, where be Ims -llvod tor several year past, and Mr. Laughliii leaves n father, mother, sister -and brother at the Dalles. .... Louis Mattheiu, yestordav nlond guilty. hi tho Circuit Coifrt, tu an indictment charging him with an assnlt with intent to kill, and wns sen tenced to four years confinement in tho Stato Prison. Mouiitiuner. r. HHAMEIT'L VltAl'DH CONTEMPLATED. Kumoi's hnve for some weeks been in circula tion to Iho effect that thn Copporhoads designed importing men into the evenly balanced counties for the purpose of overcoming the small majori ties which thn Union men have of the honest vo ters. We have refrained front giving currency to tltese reports because wo wero loth to believe that even Copperheads wou'd descend to so infamous tricks. Hut the evidence seems no longer to ad mit of douht, Men whose veracity Is undoubted assuro n that a largo number of these mercen aries havo already been hired to feign a residence In Folk and Linn cnutiiies fur the fifteen days re quired by law, under various pretences of cutting aw logs, laboring on furuis, itc, and thus carry those counties into the infamous embrace of mod ern democracy. Iu nddition to these, we are in formed from 11 source of unquestionable reliabil ity that on tho morning of thoiHst Instant, twe.Mti tiz gamUert left Portland for Dallas, hired for thitne- fnrions purjmse, and are now probably lurking about that town. It behooves the Union men in these counties to be vigilant and determined. These outrageous frauds ought not, mutt not be permitted. Stern, unflinching opposition to them is tho duty of every loyal man and every gootl citizen. Ilniun men '. tlie parity of tlio ballot box is 111 your keeping. See that it ia sacredly respected ! Massacki: iiy Indians. Tho Victoria Chronicle give tho particular of a horrible massacre of fourteen men at Butte Inlet, by Chillecotou Indians, who had been hired tn pack for them. Three men arc tho solo survivors of a party of seventeen. The savages commenced Ilia attack by mur dering Smith, tho ferryman, nnd robbed the house. Ou thu same night they started up to llie camp where the 17 men were sleeping aud commenced nil indiscriminate attack 011 them with knives, pistols nnd axes, and slaughtered 14 nut of the 17. The wretches, not content with depriving the poor fellows of life, hacked and mutiluted the bodies in a most shocking inauucr. An Indian from Euolutuw, who was with tho party, and tho 3 surviving wliilea.uian aged tn escapo iu tlio durkness. Two of the w hites tire wounded. THE LATEST. We have kept our columns open till 11:45 to-day, to publish the latest East ern news, just seceived by special dispatch. A GotiH- Sumuestion. Tlio Jacksonville Sea tins' proposes that on election day thoro be pro vided nt each precinct a box, In which ballots ia the shapo of live, ten nnd twonty dollar coins or notes can be depositod for tho benefit of our sick and wounded sildiers, and recommends that at tention be called to the inatler through the loyal press and by menus of largo posters about tbe voting place. Wo hope tbnt in ench precinct tho judge of election or, if they do not, some one else will provide a box and s-'o tbnt n snilahlo mini is placed ' in chnrgo of it. Ten thousand dollar ean be raised lu this way with n little effort, und an opportunity will be given to the t-oppei heads to exhibit the sympathy they profess to entertain for the soldiers. By all uiuaiis, let it bo atteudud to throughout the Stalo. BORN. 1, May 17th, tlio wife of IlerhaM Ltiry of a ion. In Pule I MARRIED. On tt 10th hint., at the Palta, hy th? Iter. fr. Condon, Mr. V. 8. Miller and Ml si Mary K. Oorant, btiih of Watco county. Un ih 1Tih lnl., hy Benjamin Oarr, J. P., Jacob M. Ban and Miu fchial.cth A. Buff, all of tnia county. DIED. In PhIc'iii, tho 16lh Inst., Will if, twin aon of I. R. and E. L. Mmiri'4. In llnn flinty, the loth tnit., at the resident? of tvelt Kiiljiltton, Mcllaa Slirum, wife of J. W. Hhrmn, of thia coun ty, and tlattiititcr of Ainmon KnlKhtoii, aged 84 yean, 9 mon tlit ami 9 darn. On the HMh inst-, A. J. inn of John I, and Pram-fa SUIc, BKt'd about 1.1 year. ShrriiTis Kale. VTOTICE ia h?rohy ivrn thut.br TtrtMeof a de ll crw nf foreclosure in the mi of Wtu. Chirk v$. M. B Bnik uiul Submit Hark mid an execution iamied thereon. I h;ive IWti-d iiKm nnd will prociHf. to a tn the hiclteu bidder, for nun in hitml, nt- llto Court lltn." door, In Diillnn, llk county, On-iron. on Hattir day thn J.'tth dny nf June, A. 1). I814, bot ween the hours of 9 o'clock a. m., nnd -I o'clock P. ., of anid day. till ihe riiflil. title, nnd interest of attid defendant in mid to the f llnwiiui dtcriled immiwwi, In wit : Lviiitf in Ihe m untie id' Polk nnd Yamhill, und State of (ireirmi, nnd hounded im 1'ill'nta, to wti : On th Kut hv the land rluiin ol K. T. Stone : on Ihe South hy the l ind clniiii!" "f Jo'm F.ndn nnd O-o. Bill'iu: on the Went by i. V Wordfit'ii and l'iaon VV'inu'ai Innd cttiimi", ntid mi the .North hv atttd WinyV land rlHitn heinjr tlm d-mittmn Innd cl.iim of SI. II. Rnrk, in t li a, r 5 w, Wilhimette meridian, tu sections iwo, three, ten and eleven of" mid tmvitidiii,eoiitiiimntf 3Jti nrrca, more nr lean, to tmmdd toHMtiafy mid execution. ront9 nnd an ruiii cohIi. 1. M. Bl'TLKK, 4wl'J SbHiff UY virtue of an ex Court of the Stii xwiHt.i.t ii-Mi,( nut of the Circuit ate of Oh'i'oii fur lb ctmnly or Polk, nnd tn tun dinrtrd. eiititlt'd State of Oregon tt. William P. Murtiy if. ; for waul of prumml prop erty toiHliifv the Biiuitt I liiivo levied upon nnd will proceed tn sell ( tbe hiifhfit bidder, for ruit in hand, nt the Court If nine door, iu I'.-illna, in anid county, oir Saturday tha laV.th duv of June, A. I. 14, between the lion in of y oi-lcM'kA. m., mid 4 o'clock P. H.,ofs,iiil day, nil tbe riifht. title, mil inUireiit ol itiid defendant, iii und Ui the i'dlowititf dneribttd pi-uuii?, lo wti : all ihoae ceitniu loin of laud, nitunte in tbe town of Mon mouth. Pnik countr. On-if on, known nnd rietViiattv on tbe town plot of raid town ua lota Xo. 1, if, 3 and 4, in bliK'k No. ti. tojiethtir with all the appurtenant lhirentitt belong n if, to he Bold tn mitifv wild exent lion, cnftiaHtid a 'or uitut ctate. I. M. lll'TII'U. jjw-. Sheriff. Sheriff! Sale. NOTICE la hereby given .hut bv vlrtno nf a decree of forecloeuni, in the cm0 of Honrv Hill r. L. H. Hill, AdminiatrHtor of the eaUite of .1. M Hill, de ceased, and un execution titaurd thereon, for wmil of peraoal properly M utisfy tho same I hnve l"vfed upon ami will proceed to sell to the hut heat bidder, tor each in hand, nt the Court tlouae door, iu OnlUa. Polk count v, Oi-eu'on, on aturday the '-tolh dar of June. A. 1. IM"ii4. hfttwtvn the hottm of D n'rlWk A. M-ntvU o'clock r. M , n aim I day, all therifcfhl, title, and inter ert of the atiid defendant in and to the following d nciihcd prtMiiiM, l wit t beuitminu I7.6J chain !J..VJ chains n of the n e comer of eectiott -U. in tt r 4 w, Willamette mendiuti. theme a iV,:W clmiii. thence w I0,4'. chums, ttiemi n .W.Nl chain, ihence w 3.1,61 chain a, thence ti '.'("..Vi cliuiim, l hence e 41,13 chains, lo Ihe phireof he-innina, coii'jiiiiuiAf lo-t acres, more or leu. AUo nil tine eei-tain htfsof hmd itu ate in tlie town of Independent e. Polk muniy, Ore iron, dfaeriWd aa fVlb'W. to wilt Iota 1 and , in block N'.v l.'i. ft) hy l'.1 feet, ench. Alio lot N'u 1 and 9, in block Xo. time, m Ibe ame are liud down and numbered on the town plot of niuI town of Indeieii deuce. loetber with all the iippnrtenaiice thereunto belongititf, to be aold to aaliaty anid execntmn, coat and acerning ccata. 1. M. Kt TliKW. 4 arl'i Mierilf. Sillier. Iu the County Court of Marion conntr. Oregon Wra. ( olliiia and Eliaa Ctdhna, PhtintiH'. r. U ti- Knu' Ifr ami l-avid UcCulty, iMeuttiut Anion lr li'ebt. . HU) C. 8. KINnsLEY, one of the nbore named o X ftutlauia: You are hereby rummoned to afpes in anid court on the llh day of J.ily 14. and answer the complaint tiled tunine'l you in the ah-'ve citiiilcd runne. or judgement will betaken auulntrt yon by m idrtiuttt! tor ide amri of four hundred and seventy uel lara mid lit'v t - nt', toother with diahtireemcnt and i coM.t.l .i,r. , P. S. KMtilll. tYlia AH jr. Hv onler of .1 C Pk.il t;i, t'otmiv Jnu'e .Afy.lK;i.. ' 6wW l anh for Tun I.urk. CiLAUK h HOLM AX will paycath fur fir,... luck and alder bark, and fur raw lnJt. fcalera, Veb. i.7, 14. ta&paw