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