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About The Oregon statesman. (Oregon City, O.T. [Or.]) 1851-1866 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 2, 1865)
She (Otcjjiw tnfoimut. MONDAY MORNING. JAN. 2. 1W15. The Stattraan hat 1 Larger Circulation than any othtrfaper in the State, and It the Beit Medium for Advertieeri. The V. 8' Law and Resolution! are published In the Statesman by Authority. CRIMINAL JISTICE-Ba7l. Onr Portland m-igliliori linvo licun grum bling some of Into on account of itiiuOicivnt bail taken from persons charged with serious crime before the Recorder of 'the city. Not long since, two men of notoriously bail character on being liulj to answer for crime puuislialilo by imprisonment in the penitentiary, were admit ted to bail in the sura of 1300 ami $500 in greenbacks, practically in the nun of not more than $150 and $230. One of these cases (we allude to Feid Patterson's) seems to have been attended by particular circumstance of nggra Tntiun, beiidei being a most cowardly and das tardly act. If he had been secured fur trial, . hie chance for the penitentiary was almost cor- : .....I ... .1 t. .1 .1 rr ibiu nuu uub iiiuio eu limn lie ucsi'l ill. ui course In both case Ilia defendants cnt-aliuk and forfeited their bail. Probably when the witnesses have become scattered ubout, or the - affair is forgotten, these desperadoea will be Im.k In P,.nUn,t .,,.1 !,,.,! .1,., I I the public streets with Impunity. And now we tee by a late number of the Orrgoniun, tliut this kind of thing has been getting itself re peated in Portland. A policeman npproachei a person at night, whom hennas under suspicious olronmstanoee, is knocked down and robbed by him of over $50. Upon an examination before the Reonrder, the accused is held to nnswer, and his bail fixed at $100 in greenbacks of course. It is this kind of thine which causes vigilance ouiumitteee, and brings reproach upon the administration of the criminal laws of the country. A man is held to answer upon a charge involving two crimes fur either of which , he was liable to a punishment ill the peniten-. tiury for years. A dendlv assault tiimii a pettce officer, nni a rubbery of a sum mflicient to cimstilulii grand larceny, lu such cas no bail could be deemed sufficient, unless it nns equivalent to at least $2,(KI0 in gold coin. That the accused was committed lo jail in default of bail, makes no difference. Hail is nut simply a turn which a defendant may be able to give, but a sum which will secure him for tiinl. In this case the stolen money was found upon the defendant. With the utmost absolute cer tainty of conviction, if the defendant could give bail equivalent to $1,000 in gold coin, in inch a cose it is almost equally certain that he would forfeit his bail rather than take the ' chances of being compelled to serve a term of years, or even one year, lu the penitentiary. There are soma very louse notions on this object of hail, in the country, and the good cf the community demands that something be said about it before it becomes too late. A vaga bond or ruffian without home, cbaruotcr or friends In the community, n hen charged nith crime, has nothing to hold him in the country . ., . ... lur uiki rxuepi me mere money value ol Ins bail. These circumstances ought to be con sidered Id fixing the amount of the undertak ing. That should be amply sufficient to secure hi presence in court for trial. If he car not give such bail let him he put "wilhlu the walls." That is what jails are made for. A poor man charged with crime, whose general reputation is otherwise good, can generally giro sufficient bail, miless his guilt is evident, and even thcu in case of a minor offence, punirhuhlv by fine. nncrogm.i is evmeni uiu coiumuniiy is se cured, and the accused cannot complain if ho ii tent to prison iu default of sufficient bail. . But fur fellows without any visible means of living or honest calling, and who, tramping ' front town to town, manage to live by doubtful Dieant and practices, lo say the least of it, whorl nhitrift.fi with nriinn. tliorw id tin afnuritv that they will bp brought to punishment except the lock of the turnkey or pledge of sufficient bull) and bare. Let such au one be bailed fur a few hundred dollars in greenbacks, and the chnncee are that he will have interest enough with others of the same kidney to ruisa the sum, and thus ransom Ins curcust Iruiu the peniten tiary, baulk justice of her prey, and turn a scoundrel or ecnllawng lot so to forage upon tho community. Magistrates, and particularly in large towns, should be on their guard in this matter, and put the bail in proportion to the offence and Its at tendant citcnmrtaiices, not forgetting nlio the defendant is, and what stake he li.ia in the com munity. Lnws should be administered so as to encourage the virtuous and industrious, and discourage the wicked, profligate and idle. It would be also wi ll, nut to be governed too uiiieli by the attorney for the defendant. To get the defendant off without trial upon nominal bail or a definitive undertaking, is, e aro eorry to ay, sometime resorted to nt a means of de fence by those whn have taken an oulh ofoffioe to the contrary. Of course no honorable at torney would to prostitute his official position or privilege Mot a hundred years ago, nor at many miles from where we write, we beard a )t g at torney telling of having volunteered to draw as undertaking of hail fur a Magistrate who was a little slow with the pen, iu a ease where be was counsel for tho defendant, and then boasted that be bad drawn it in each a way at to be Invalid in law. Comment it unnecessary. We have alluded to large towns, and these instance! which we have aeen published in the Portland paper, bare mainly induced us to writo on this nnpli asant tuljeot. These great Ion ns, as Jefferson once truly said, are the living tore od the body politic. From them crime and cor ruption tpread over the country, and poison the fountains of purity and justice in bulb pri vate and public life. Every man iu Oregon, whether he lives in Portland or at the head of the bollow milei away from it, la directly inter, ested in the certain and adequate punishment of crime committed there. It la the mart of the State, and any of at may be called to risk oar livef and properly there. Iu precedent and example will be quoted, and have their In fluence throughout the State, and we are axiom that it shall nut bo in favor of notorious criminal or their tyinpathiter, whether mag islratet or otherwise. LlSLl LMTKR. It Will ho teen by bills pn-ted in town mat mis better hot arrived and will favor our ciliieut to-morrow evening with one of her popular entertainments. EsT The estate of deceased resident of lliilli. N. II- baa been confiscated because the son unit heir hae been fur two yean an officer lu the rebel army THE HTATKNWAN AMI AHUM A f K TIIK TKl'TII OK II IST0HV. The Advocate of the IMtli ultimo lias an ed itorial article in reply to a portion of our last article on Bro. Peamo and I he clerical office. The Advocate does not dissent from the body and purpose of our article, which win to show the impropriety and evil consequence! nf clergy men becoming office-seekers, or holding civil office to the inevitable neglect of their holy calling, and the injury of good morale and pure religion. We n'e glad of this, and hope we are right in concluding that the editor agrees with us in tho main on this subject. We may regret with Bro. Benson, that such a contro versy should occur, because it may tiring scan dal on the church of which he is " a member ;" but lie submit that the fault is with liitii " lir nliom the scandal coineth." And after all, it is belter to reprovo evil in the person of an un worthy member, than to countenance or en courage it by either silence or apulugy on the plea that the church is in danger, liemember the divine injunction : " If thy eyo uiTendelh thee pluck it out." And besides, the people as well at lliose who make and ad minister "ec clesiastical law," buva a vital interest in (h its question, and while wo do not pretend to any authority to sit in judgment upon Bro, I'eurne, we think " the columns of the newspaper" a very ' proper tribunal " or place to discusi ihe mcrite and demerits of Bro. Pearne'i opinions and conduct iu this connection. And we even mnka bold lo say, notwithstanding the uiiqnali fled assertion of the Advocate, that Bro. Pearue can. and has had. "justice through the columns" of thit newspaper. We freely admit his merits, and have no de sire to chastise him beyond w hat may he ne cessary fur hit correction, and to counteract tho evil of his example and doctrines iu this particular. In our article we were led into a brief ill gression from our main purpose lo show the ir relevancy of Bro. Pearue' quotation from Bishop Morris: "The spirit of Mctlioilisiu is tlie spirit of patriotii m," Our Iiov, coteiupo rnry seizes upon some of our historical state moms in this connection, and pronounces thorn not true. We think llie Advocate is in error, but iu (lie spirit ul christian chXfity, which characterizes the Advucate urlicle. w e sav " w e presume it Intended no injustice." We said that the Methodist Church was first organized in thu Soul li, and came up tut of M'irylaiiil and Virginia into Ihe North. Tim Advocate denies tin! fact, and usurl that " The first Methodist Society was organized iu the city of New Yrrk, under the labor! of Air. Webb, a local preacher." The first .Methodist Church was organized nt Baltimore in 1784, at the close of tho Iievolution, and lifter tho treaty of peace Kith England. At the Baltimore Conference, Dr. Coke being present as Superintendent or Bishop in full canonicals, thu present MclhoMl Episcopal Church wus established, nod Ilnlii more has always been regarded us tho .Mecca In ill history, in this country. All that time it ii nut probable that there was a Methodist living in the U. S-, north of tlicciiyuf New York, certainly not in thu New England Slates. Twenty or thirty years afterwards Methodism was carried to New England by Jessu Lee of Virginia. IIu became a Method it preacher in 1763, and is known ill tho patriotic literature of the M. E. Church ai "The Apostle of Meth- I odism to New England." We admit that near twenty years before tho foriral establishment of thu Mclmdi-t Church ul Baltimore in 1784. there were what were culled Methodist Soeietiet in the colonies, and they too were mainly in the South. One iu ihe city of New York, probably a few iu Philadelphia and none iu New England. But these societies, like their parents iu England, werecoiiMitiiciit parts of tile Church of England, recognized her government, priesthood and siicrnmciits, and while tin y had lay preachers or cxhurters, ai in EugliMid, they did not recognize ttie sac erdotal character outride of the priesthood of thu Church of Etigland, and only received the sacrament of baptUin, ouiiiiiiuninn and confirm ation nt their hands. Such w as tho diameter of the Methodist Society at New York Cily. of which tho Advocate iqieaki us tho Methodist Church, aud of which it speaks eironeously as to de'ail. The Society was not organized by Mr. Webb, but by Philip Embury, an Irish man, w ho had been a local or lay preacher in bis own country. The Society consisted of a small iinmt er of the Wesleyan Connection who had recently emigrated from England to New York City. Embury coining thither ntso, col lected them together, first in his own boose, and then in a larger room w Ii it'll tliey rented for that purpo c. ('apt, Wi-lib, a subordinate offi cer of Ilia Biitish army, was at Ibis Hinc sta tioned nt Albany, New York. He had lost au eye at the battle of Quebec nnd been converted nt Ilriitlul. England, under the influence of Wesley' preaching. At Balh he subsequently essayed to preach himself, on account of the nun arrival of the itinerant, whom the emigre gallon had usseinoleil to hear. tiili, ns we have stated, was at this time stationed nt AI biiuy, bidding the position of barrack-muster thuie. Hearing of Embury' work in New Ynik, he paid him a visit uud preached in his uniform, attracting auditor! by the novelty of sucli an exhibition, ami making proselytes) by his ardour ami leal. This occurred probably between 17lHl-(rJ. But subsequently Ihe Revolution cunie. The preachers lu these Methodist Swduliea and many- ol llie uieiunere were I win uu mother ootiulry. Mr. Wesley, following the dictates of Ilia conscience, ami llie teachings of the Church of England lo which ha belonged, ad hered hi the tide ol the mother country and ihe Imperiul Government. Following the course of Dr. Johnson'! celebrated pamphlet entitled, "Taxatiuu un Tyranny," he wrote and pub lished ' A oalm liuM.es to Ihe Americans." In thil paper he maintained the right of Ihe mother countrr to lax ihe colon irt, and ad' viied bil brethren against rebellion. Mr. Fletcher, in reply to a Baptist minister by Ihe name of Evans, argued with great force In the tame effect, and " from iweet experience " said, " I can set my teal tu this clause nf the King' speech. To be a subject of Ureal Britain, with all it consequences, i to he the happiest tuhject of any civil government in the world." Iu a spirit of caution to bit preach er! in America he role, warning them against engaging in political matters. "It it your part," said he, " to he peace maker, to he loving and tender to all, but to addict yoursell to no party. In spite of nil solicitation! ol rough or smooth Words, tay not one word against one ur the oilier sidet keep yourself pure." In the same spirit Charlec Wesley wrote to Ihrru, saying, " A to the pulilio af fair, 1 with you to ba like minded wilh me. I am of neither side, and yet of both. Private chrittiani ari trotted, exempted, privileged to 'nke no pari in civil trouhlet." The opinions of llie Wesli it beeoiiiiiig liniiuii III Aauliea. tile eoiillie.t deep' in d, their preachers In came objects of suspicion in thu colonies, and their persrnal safely often endangered. It is said that tarring aud feathering was sometimes resorted to. Tho consequence , that most of them returned to England. Ashury remain ed. Having luhored'priiieipully iu nut-nf-llie-why pluces in Maryluud and Dclaware.be was not so conspicuous or obnoxious as his col leagues. But he nns compelled to withdraw from pulilio view and conceal himself at the house of a friend in Delaware for llie space nf two years, when lie received credentials from the Governor of Pennsylvania which enabled him to come abroad with safely. In this way tl eso early Methodist societies were broken up and disbanded. At the close of the Revolution and after peace w as declared. Wesley, yielding to the necessities of the times. consented to their rc-estaldishmeiit upon some- w hat of an independent basis. Upon this leave. Dr. Coke and Asbnry proceeded to organize an American Methodist Church, which was con summated at Baltimore in 1734. an wu have be fore staled. The 23d Article of Faitli which tho Advocate quotes, with some air of self approval, is limply an acknowledgment of the Independence of the United Stales, a very proper tiling fur liny church that seeks a foun dation In this country, nnd was doubtless pro mulgated as much lo counteract the violent sus picions and prejudice! which were entertained by the people against tliein on that subject. We think this statement of facts sufficient to luuiiituiii t ur original assertion on the historical nucslioii involved. Nor do we think there is much more in Bishop Morris' statement than we have discovered. To us it still seems ir relevant tu our controversies with or about Bro. Pearue, and trite and "pointless" I i and of itself. Considered at a sentiment even, it duel not seem tu square w ith the teaching of Cl aries Wesley, who wrote that private christians were excused from puking part in civil wart. With all ilelereuce to tho Lawn, we must admit tout tu us it sounds clap-trappy. As we said bs foie. tho Methodist Churcli, like any other pap ular church, is likely to bo strongly impressed with the popular spirit of Ihe country iu nhich it exists, lu this sense, and to a certain extent, it is ihe people.- We cheerfully admit that in indiscipline aud iuilh.il strongly inculcates that spirit of loyalty whiih has so long distinguished llie Church of England, from whence it hud its origin. If the Bishop hud said that the spiiil of Methodism was the spirit of loyalty, ne could appreciate the compliment and philosophy ol the " aphorism." Loyalty follow duly, and walks in the puth of obligation ut any cost or odds, but patriotism, us the world goes, follows popularity and bows to what Horace Greeley once felicitously called " the shrieks of locali ty," right or w rong Let no one suppose we have written this article lo cast reflections upon the M. E. Chinch. Nothing is further from m.r thoughts. It bud its origin, not in the will of man, but grew out of the necessities of the times following the Revolution, which left a larger portion of the people of the Southern States without a church or ministry. In the providcuco of God it has spread its branches over the land, and made tuber, industrious, pi ous people of thousands of poor ion's who might otherwise have spent their lives iu ignorance and depravity, ami dying, gone wu know nut where. It has become numerous and popular, anil tlioso who thrive by numbers are draw n lo it instinctively. Wu Impe to see it preserve lis old fashioned character, uud not become the j stalking horse of wolldly ambition and political deliiugngistu. So mute it he. Tin Pacific Monthly. This is now llie only magazine published on the I'uciliu coast. We have examined the November number uud do not hesitate lo pronounce it worthy uf Ihe patronage uf every ouo who desires tu see cul tivated on this Western slope a correct literary taste. Several enterprises of the kind Intro been before attempted, which lulled fur want of proper support, but to I his one there is a brighter promise of success. It is, in fact, es tablished on a linn basis, and only requires the support that it merits lo make it ns permanent au institution on our side of thu continent ai Harper aud ill coteuiporariei an the other. The talented editress, Miss Lisle Lester.is now Hiving quite a lengthy list to our State, for the purpose not only of soliciting patronage, hot of acquiring a correct know ledge of the w ants and characteristics, of those whose hours, thu de tires lo furnish witli a good, substantial, family magazine. We havo assurance Unit il is tu be ruled by no narrow spirit tu be no metropoli tan arrangement, suited lulhe tables and whims ami pandering lo the prejudices of San Fran CIM'O ulooe lint a high-toned, independent publication, which will he a welcome visitor lo every liun.-ohold. During Ihe coining year it will contain steel engravings of Oregon ami California scenery, engraved by llie best artists in ihe L'uited States, which will tend lu make it esteemed by nil its patrons here us a homo institution. But while thus devoted to the cul tivation uud eucoutiigfiiiciit uf literature pe culiar to itt own region, it is loyal, patriotic, uud national iu its spirit. It may be interesting tu some to kuoff that it is peculiarly a ladies' institution. Miss Lisle Letter is Ihe sole editress uud proprietress, and all the employe iu her ollicu ure ladies. Ev ery type is get by tho dcheuto finger of tl.e fair tex. We heartily wish it all llie success uecessary lo muke it popular among it readers and pruf ilub'.e tu its publisher. Kkuki. Pafku. We havo been shown a specimen of rebel literature in a copy of the Kichmniid Examiner, sent by an Ortgoniun in tho army belure Kicliinoud tu his brother in this place. It wiu no great curiosity from the fuel of iu great similarity to thu "democratic" papers in tint Slate. It it not printed ou a good paper at mine of these, but it conducted with mure ability, argue wilh more fairness, dealt in less falsehood nnd misrepresentation and speaks with more respect uf the President and government of the United States. It pro fesses lo be democratic, but rarnci il hatred of Yankee outturn! so fur that it spells Ihe w oid thi s i "deiuocruliok." This it ihu ouly d illetence We cau delect between it "deinoo taej" and that of it culeniporatie on thi coast. The subscription price for the daily it fifty dollars) ear t Tor Ihe Weekly fifteen dollars. This inn rebel tuiuphulcrs, which nut being being worth more than tell cents ou Ihe dollar would make the real price five dollar for the daily and oue dollar aud a half for Ihu weekly. W would advitu our democratic Wriendt to Hop their third rale organ publish I In this Stale aud leud to ltidnuond for au abler, a cheaper aud mure truthful txpuueul of their Mtiiuonli't. 1 II .. .1 ii ,1 I . , r .1 11 "o, The one horse rebel oigail across the street affect great indignation at the frauds attempt ed in the late election by the Seymour parly in the New York soldier vole. With hit usual regard for truth be makes n most blundering and ridiculous attempt to shift the grave crime perpetrated by his own parly ou tu the nhonl, den of Ihe "ubulilionists." There is nothing strange In this maneuver to those w ho know that this snpliumurean booby is simply a hired attnritoy.whn does the dirty work of the cnppetbend parly, and scribbles slan ders ami fabeknuds to please his masters be cause be is paid for it. Ho it the same gas conading hypociite whn came uut with n flour ish of trumpet and pr ised tu perform inch prodigiei of valor and strategy iu defense of thu villain! who alleinpteU tu defraud tho Un ion voters of polk county, but who, when lie found that nut only hading members of bn parly, but etockhulderi iu the lying concern of which he il the 'pretended editor, had been en gaged in the "dirty, damuuble business," aban doned his confrcrct to their fate, and skulked away from the paper conflict his own yelps hud inaugurated with the meekness of a scared puppy. He hjis concluded, pel haps, that it is better to lay nothing about mutters lo near home. He now finds a theme for bit brainiest lucu brations in the u flairs ol the distant Statu of New York. He gravely informs Ids numerous readers that one Ferry, nn abolition emissary, (who lias long been a partiuulir friend and ap pointee of Governor Seymour) had committed the high crime of forgery uud had been sen tenced lo imprisonment for life, simply fur the pin pose nf trapping an obscure democrat named Dunohne ; and that the infamous plot had succeed and said Douohue had been tried mid condemned in a most outrageous and un constitutional manner for only one tingle act of forgery. What terrible sharp fellow those abolition emissaries must be ! and how gullible aru the New York democrats ! Quo ol Sey mour' friends is bribed tu induce another tu commit an act for which both aru imprisoned for life ; and by this means i is sup; used that McC'lclluu lost di'Q volet iu the great Slate of New York. What uu awful plot this wus, nnd what seductive arts those emissaries must use to induce democrat! to take tucli steps ! Wo soon expect to heur of their bribing Governor Seymour tu plot tho downfall uf the inunkey bended numbskull "who squibs for llie Salem Rebel iu tlie absence" of "the power bebit d the throne." This would certainly be ns prob able a c.i'u as the oue be has staled. The ; oung man also desires to know why these fu gerics were nut committed in New York City in place nf Baltimore and Washing ton. Duet the simpleton nut know that there ure no aulJier graves iu New York, from the headstone of which Governor Seymour' thieves could steal the names of fallen p itriola lo fill out the forged ballots with w hich they hoped to curry New Y'ork for Seymour ai d McClcllan ? Would it not look more plausible tu manufacture these fraudulent votes down on the lines of llie uriny and send them by mail tint it to do it at home where detection won hi be almost certain 1 By the laws of New York her soldiers vote by proxy, The vote aru sealed and, uucoiupnuicd by the necessary affi davits ami attested by proper officers, sent home to some Irieml or agent uf Ihe party who deposits it iu llie ballot box. Agents weru properly enough sent by both parties whose business it was to afford the soldiers facilities for rending their votes home. Now while it may lone been the ostensible business of these Seymour ugenls lo collect democratic votes, it is show n by the most undoubted proofs that hey filled up boxes with Ihe vote! of toldics who had been lung dead, or fictitious ones who bud never lived, and that affidavits accompa nied these votes lo which llie uuiuce of numer ous army officer! were forged by these villain ous agents of thu Seymour party. Numerous letters have been published which show that it was the debheratu Intention of n coterie of scoundrels, of whom .Seymour was the chief, to forge a sufficient number of these dead uien'i votes lo carry New York lur the rebel ticket. Ai ii nlwayi thu case when bauds uf robbers or thieves aru detected, icveral of the crew, finding the plot was discovered, turned Stale's evidence and confessed thu criinu in which themselves aud associates had been engaged. These are the simple facts us they can be pru veu. But what is burped upon the must, and seems lo lie considered the "uiikiuilesl cut of all" by the deiuucratio press, it thu (act that these fradulent ballots were seized ii transitu, ami Ihe offenders brought to summary justice. Strung iff iris weru undo to stave olf the trial till after the election, mid iu behalf of llie most "respectable" of the furgvrt, Colonel North, llie effort succeeded. But "murder will out," and before the 8th of November it was known all over ihe nation that Governor Seymour Hiid party hud been convicted of grave crime! against the law, nnd graver wrongs against the brave defender uf Ihe Union, both living and dead. Panic's Lkttkk We think thu question! disenssej iu thil cuminuiiicalion should bo potidered by all Union and order loving men ou Ibis coast. We shall probably refer to some of lliem more at length in future, and cordially invito our correspondent at Corvnllis to do llie same. We simply sny now that we have often thought of thil question, but have cherished Ihe hope that before wc have another import ant election on this coast. Ibis rebellion may be doslriiyed rool and brunch nnd all itt aider nnd abettor North and South consigned lo in famy ur oblivion. We believe the lime not far distant when that parly which is responsi ble for this war will not ouly lose it influence, but when every one nhn ha ever aided by word or deed the infamous icheme of Southern treason, will blush to owu it, or iwear that he never did it. Tub Military. Ihe company raised in thit county, nauiberiiif eighty-three men. wa mustered into service at Camp Itussell last Tuesday, and Wednesday took It departuro fi r Vanoouver. The officer of the company are C. P. Craudall, Captain t T. II. Reynold!, 1st Lieutenant ; C. B Roland, 3d Lieutenant. The company lukei it place in the Regiment as Company "C." Company "U," from Yamhill and Washing tun, was mustered in the day previous and im mediately took iti departure fur Fort Huskint. The offioeri are E. Palmer. Captain ; Wal ker. 1st Lieutenant ; J. W. Culleu, 2d Lieu tenant. Nr.w CxvALny Companx. A cavalry oom nanr baa been orianiled at Lebanon, in Linn oonnly, ander the provision of Ihe Stale Mili tia Law. Iu officer! are Samuel Miller, Cap tain) George Strong, 1st Lieuteuaut) Q. Ii. Wilch, 84 Lieuteulanl. U,iHUU ilrtl liill.HI.M. Vt. i 1. 11 Vlll. NT Will UK AT liAk KU'S II V V . Some hmv or oilier, it ha ulwajjs been ilrYincil the very porlul of good fortune if not . good fortune itsell, In lie a quartermaster ur even a quartermaster's num. Perhaps It would be more oorrect to any that it it indicative ul Hidden wculih tu have a quartermaster f"r J'onr friend. But litlier expression will do, ami cannot well bo misunderstood by any nuu who has lived uilliiu a tint 's ride nf one of these pulilio dispensatories upon thit cnust. Why this should be so we can hardly say nt least, without saying more than wu iiiteuu lo say At this time. In consequence ol thu fortifications at the mmilh of the Columbia river, government de termined to build a wharf at Baker's Buy fur the accniniiiodation uf vessels landing with sup plies and munitions of w ar for til-- forts iu that vioiuily. Thu coutniot litis been let lu a gen tleman residing at Astoria, but in such a man ner and for inch a sum, sn we are informed, as deserve inquiry. We now propose to slate Ihe fuel! lobstnntially a they come lo lit, with out naming individuals. Those who are im plicated will understand who are most interest ed iu having the matter put right before tho I public. If our lurormation it erroneous, our column! shall lie open to them fur that purpose. Baton the contrary if llie purtiei who are im plicated do net nnswer in a wny to discharge the suspicion raised against them by thit in formation, no think wo will he warranted iu speaking of the matter without reserve. As we are infi rmed, tho officer having llie work of building the wharf in charge, gave notice of the letting of the contract in the As toria Marine Oaxetle only, and fur sn short a time that the matter could not Well have been known outside of the email population nf that placu and immediate vicinity. At might have been expected bids were not very numerous, indeed (as perhaps was expected) only one bid was received, and Hint one from a person who knew the quartermaster. This bine bid was duly opened, mid turned out to lie fur the mod est sum uf $.'!0,U00 in currency, and it was im mediately accepted. Now it is said by persons competent ti ex press an opinion nn the subject, that the pro- nosed w harf can be built for at most $10,000 or $13,000 in currency. Thii would give the contractor a margin of near twenty thousand dollars profit on nil expenditure of only ten thousand, about two hundred per cent. This we think outrageous, if nut down right rub bery. Considering that the wharf can be built in a few weeks or months at most, nnd that ttif. ro it no risk attending its construction, 25 percent profit upon the money invested. would be ample. The notice for proposals should havo been published, at least in Portland, so as lo bnve invited competition. We would uut expect much competition mining the limit e I population 'of Astoria, and it ,wotild seem that tho short time between the publication oT the notice and the letting was out well cal culated to secure what was there. - Besides, if no rentuuahlu bid had been re ceived the officer should have rejected all bids and nd vert ised again. If such n matter is generally known there ure plenty uf men wilh oupitul in Oregon and Washington Territory who would come forward ami offer lo do the work at a living profit. Tweulji thousand dol lars is loo much money fur uny one to make out of the government upon an expenditure of only ten thousand at anr nine, nuu inn is es pecially true nt n time whim the truiioury is linrtheiud with tho extraordinary expenditure nf a vast war. We hope sincerely that an explanation may bo given of the circumstance which will re move the distrust w hich has been raised by to much tulk about the matter. Fkkskstation. The "Salem Light Bat tery" boyi lust week presented Captain Crnn dall with: a new iward, tash nnd belt. He had nctFoTascnptain in this company np to the lime of receiving n commission uscaptuhtn the Or egon Infantry. and had acquired great popular ity during Ihe valorous deeds performed by the Oiegon Militin on the muddy Fair grounds. Several speeches weru made on the occasion of the presentation, aud after many expressions uf friendship, divers and sundry lonsts. and other performances ton numerous lo mention, llie captain and bis followers went their ways. On Christmas tho Captain was equably sur prised ami delighted by the reception of a meerschaum pipe of the first water, from llie liny cuniieted with this office. We expect lo hear of the meerschaum doing good service, whether Ihe sword ever draws blood or not. We understand the Captain is to be stationed with his company nt Steilacoom. If wo con clude In teach John Bull a few lessons, ho may have a show to teit hit metal. Wale, Crau dall ! Wo wail Haud Time ox tub Wji.lamktte The iteamt-r Relief, which left Oregon City nn Fri day, had a hard lime nt Rock Island, on her upward patsage, and did nut reach Salem until Satiirday, 12 It. She took llie right hand channel, and attempted to get up the rapids oithat side, but Ihe water poured to furiously through Ihe narrow channel, over the rocks, and carried such an amount of diiflwi od, the was made fast to the rocki ami lined np the rapids a distance of three miles, taking five hours. The rudder became entangled with floating timber and maid, and she wns nt last tied np lo n tree, to wait fur a safe passage by da) light. Tho passenger! express themselves grateful to the skill and coolueti of the captain in getting them through snfu at last. Among the passengers was Lisle Lester, who intended lo read on Saturday night, but could no, get through, in consequence uf the dileution.' TllR Tiikswans. The ' Robber of the Rhine," played by thit company on Saturday night, was a fine success. It is oue of the most thrilling and amusing dramas, ever presented In our comniuuily, and was performed in a manner which gave satisfaction to all. The success wai due, in a great measure, to (lie management nf Mrs. Thayer, who shows skill not only in fine acting, but in arranging all the details of the play. There Were teveral tab leaux connected with thit pU', nhich Were Ihe most perfect we have ever witnessed. There to talent In this company, and at they expect lo play once or twice every week during ihe win- I ter, our cituent will not want for amusement. j un suitirunv ui inis wee, iney will play ' All j that glitters it nut gold," an amusing aud vn- j terlaiuiug comio drama. ; Another Piosbkr Gone. Jmnri Birney, ', who crossed the Rocky Munntaint in 1813. died i at Cathlamet, W. T.. Deo. 3Ut. He ii mid I to have been Ihe first white man who ever dn- sceuded the L'lnpqna. ' Corrri. Effort! are being made to intro I dnce the culture nf the coffee-bean into the ' Connecticut valley, a product that ii said to be j the belt lubttitute for coffee yet discovered. TIIK II A Mi Kli 0.V THIS CIHUT. CmtvAu.is. Dec, !M, IHOl. I'.n. Stait.nman : The Union men who use bullets iu pulling doivn the rebediou are much superior in n u in lur lu their adversaries, yet, by concentrating upon a particular point, llie reb els ontiiumbi r the true men ami gain victories over tliein, Su of the ballot. The Union ma jority in the late' electing will very large, but. not sn ilistrilmteil as tu carry ul llie Mulct lor the Union. A Slate placed under rebel rulo by ballots may be held in subjection by bullets. Twenty thousand additional ballots will place the control of the whole Paciliu slope in the ban ' of thu rebels, Less than two thou sand will place Oregon iii tho hands of llie friends of .Jeff. Davis! Are tiny not likely to bo here before our tiext election I We may certainly expect a great rush of the rebel element In this country in the next two years. Suiuu uf thorn may winter at they did this year, iii the mining region! uf the Terri tori-1, but their final resting place will lie iu California, Oregon and Nevada. Tho rebels are n I ready in a majority in the Pucilio Terri tories, let us see what might result were the Pacific Stales under rebel rule u I su. Oregon and Nevada hold election! in 1800, California iu li7. If rebel Guvernura and Legislatures are elected at llinso tunes, there is scarcely a limit tu the calamities that may he inflicted uu the Inyul peop'e of these States. Wo are even now threatened with civi war. If (lie rebels had the power to pass ordinances of secession, to set np ii Pacific Republic, or attach the Pacific States and Territories tu the Confederacy, that calamity would certainly be upon ut. I have little doubt tho political success of the party calling itself "democratic" would bring nlioiit all these things. They would be encour aged therein from tho fact that we are too far removed from the loyal East to receive timely as istanoo from it, they would reoeive teorelly if not openly nid and coinloit from (lie powers both N rth and South of ut while able to keep the field, and safe refngo when driven from it, and it seems to me the appointment by Napo leon's puppet uf the traitor Gwin tn tho Guv eriiiuent of Sonera has been madu in view of this tou probable contingency. The last presidential election ha clearly do fintd the elements composing tho party styling itself "domucratio." Every trailer iu the Un ion who voted at nil voted that ticket, ami those not traitors who voted with lliem were ignorant men nut knowing (politically) good from evil men led by it name and roleil by a prejudice, a false name and a grounillcs fear. All well informed know that Ihu party claiming the name, is, ami litis been, the arch enemy of the principles of democracy, uud that those most fearing negru eiiuiility, are already their inferiors in all things man may do fur himself, nod superior iu nothing but the gifts nf me creator, the accessions lo tho "party ' from Missouri nod Arkansas are likely to bo of this latter class ignorant, ruthless wretches' trained to robbery nnd murder under inch leaders as Quauirell, until the trudo has be come unprofitable nt home, they come to the Pacifio In renew it in n richer field. If you think there are grounds fur apprehen sion yon may hear of me again. If I hear no thing from yon, 1 shall conclude you think me only in a Panic. Washington Lkuisi.atuiir. An nut has passed this body providing fur the construction of a doble-traclt railroad across too Cascade! portage, the road tu bo completed iu eighteen months, or the company In forfeit its charter. The Specific Contract Law has passed the House and will doubtless pass the Council ; but it is believed it will be vetoed by the Governor. It is made n party uieasiire.all the Union mem bers but one voting against. An act has also been passed, authorising the Governor of the Territory lu contract with thu Governor of Oregon for the imprisonment of penitentiary convicts. We think this meas ure necessary, as the convict of that Territo.y have long been running loose, without any roof tu shelter lliem. We believe the luud nppru priaied by Cuugresa to build such an institution for that Territory, was stolen by tome nf the " democratic " con inissioiiers during the reign of Buchanan. Stealing from Uncle Sam was considered right by that party, when iu power. AnothkhCiiange. O'Meora hat "retired"' from Ihe editorial charge of Ihe Hctiew. Who is to take Ins place uu are not informed. It has I ecu ruported that the intention it to merge Ihe concern witli tho Bush organ iu Salem. If that is dune the party will have but two expo nents iu the State, the "reptile" nnd his com paiiiou. Truly, the "happy family" are in a queer condition when T'Vault nnd O'Moura are considered too honeet to remain longer in Itt lolu". Specific Contract Law We learn from the Sentinel that meetings havo been called in Jackson county for thu purpose of disnpprov ing of this law. One speaker had denouiici d the Sentinel and threatened lu rend it out of tho party unless it should come out against thu law. The man who aids in creating or foster ing divisions in llie Union party is un belter than thu rebel or copperhead that chuckles over I Ik-iii. The S'HitKK. The young Indie' oiree on on Friday evening was a highly creditable af fair. The sum of one hundred mid forty dol lars w ns realized, w hich, as before announced, is to bo applied in Ihe purchase of houkt. liT No telegraphic dispatches (bit week. Line down. 11ST (IK l.l'.T THUS remaining in the Post Otllie i at Sitteiu, (Jrugull, lei'el!ilH.r lit, ISIil, A Ikisnn K . Miller Joint N Alexander Mil a Miller John Auuis Ailaliue Moore Hufus S Hates 1 tioams MyersltevA Itiiiiiou CiiiiHci Newrnmsr Alintlimn Carret vTou let Meal Misa Mdlvy lteiui l.tu-iitilu Norm E Hickel Frederick xorris Andrew lliul li I' uriu Jus U Hoiver K P lWy llram YV Drown li K I'euirs J'wedl II llroivnini; Nichols Phillips Asaph it Holler a Plaster .Mm 4 lliixloli Mrs Sarah !l Purler Wm 1) UuaIoii Wilhutu Puwell MissU I'ulkns t' H Purler Wm t'uldwidl W 8 Pratt A I, ( 'arr Sunnier lUiusby Mis A t'lupp !Meihea Keel J" U (-'asMidy VYiley 3 lili-liie .laniet ( li.ueilei lieu C Scon JUL Cliinier (too N-oit .Miss Mary A ComiWN i Shun duo ib It I v (J I) Mon t J W Gamer A .1 bhweuiukur Andrew C.eip -r V (I Siaipnoii Samuel Com O P K Siiirev Mj Mart E 3 Davis.S Hume ( leorge A U Hitvis Oriii'liua A ranut Mrs Amu Da', is Cli.i li home James KetkerJU SiarrWm Kiiirlo .l.u-oli Suudley John 3 lawoudJolia Moiie i'r Johu l.duar Mrs llonnjr M etepueua Mitt A Kviias HiiliaiU Swam J U Kiaher l lias U Smith I) ,vid Konis J.u ob tSiiioh Z T Ptater A It Knutb J Uillwrl NiniiHI Tavler I let man Z (iilbertJ V Ta'vlor Tliunmt 2 (llnier Frank W Tnj lor Christopher tlreeiinrood Mrs Marj J Taylor Jobn It tiwill ftevcu Tai pes John ll.iirieoii John A Taiplcv llanrv C Uasani Kvalre a Terry iluhriefS llnrptsil Buck TitttiVlier tleorge lliniitiin A Tiialef lau-undia 1 1, mi ll Miss Margaret Tucker Ueo K llo Jotepu lorpiu 11 1) lluiuMi S Thompson 'i'liouiRs Jacobs Austin Vntiorer l.evi Jones Ueo W Walker Miss L J JuIiiisjii llnickelt Wnikina Perry keiiuciiv Juuu W Walsh Ittrharu netuiv Mr Walker Mart V Kmuellt A D Wade W L Kisor Aaiot W alert A W Lawrence UranvilltC Weaver Mm Catherine Laskiy l iiiie C Welton John F Loina L I) Webster ll.nrp C Loiisilon Jesse F Wliimer U H I otut Kohert W hite P. V Loiiicr T K Worth Bros Maim l iiainrivii Woodivorth Tbotnai Maine TP' WtJ Wni W MiO. eery Miss M Woodbury Mrs Annie Ui t.il killatMlh Wood I'vnthm IV.tnd J T. HAMILTON, P M. UlllUUbiJ. In Dallas, I'ollc eo , Dee. .'.V hy (! f ,,,. tt' 1,r-w" w,l"Ui '- '15 H::r,M::,irt',H:o!itil;:vin.iwiir:i:LWilli'', llv tho same . Nov. oil, , , ,,.,1,1,.,,,; , unit,, s mother, Mr. John ihuilor.l uud Miss Over! ,, V. l.llHIIllittl'UlU. 11 Iu Ihui'oiuiiv, Doc. Ml. by Ilev. W, P. v.i t. O. It McDonald atol Miss Eliia .1. ,Vvs. ' "' On t lis lliili of rWniher, hv U,.v DM K.,. Mr '. H. Glover and Mist (Tu. Is. all. I'ala'er "of Min ion eoiuitv. UIED. Al Kill-ii'lr,n lien OOtl, il, ,1 1.,.. and Carotins Dudley, awi A years, ' moi and ''l iU in rriiiii'li I'raine, Marlon ooiuiiy, line, -m, nih of liver eomilabii, Kinily Jauo, ilai'cjliter of F,,iou-. uud Mary ,1iuie MioiuIuk. READINGS. LIHLK LKHTKlt will give bur I'tlehrutcd l)r ii iii at lo liilortalument, CDNsiarmu or 1 Sorlo-t'oitili-, 1'atriolic, mill Dramatic Kcndiuits, IX SALEM, AT TIIK C0UUMI0USK, Tuesday evening, Jan. 8, 18(15. rjVW. reputation of LISLE LK8TKR n, A nul,0 1 Klorutiouist needs no eoinpliinontary notice all award her the. nieoil of the nm-st reiidur nn the. onst Aniony thu recitations will he ' M AL'D MUl.LFIt " "IKIDil'S llltlDOU. (IF KfnilH," ihe "WILD WAUilNKK, anil " WIDOW IIIiDO'IT," lu i cosi utile. One uf the most iillniotlvo features nf the pulilio performances of the Christian Commission n nily held at I'orllaiid, was "Widow lle.lotl," hv LIHLlJ LKSTKH This will lie her only appeiunnee'ln Salem, as she returns lo Hun Frauds, hv thu next steamer. I loot s open nt hull past II. Iteiidiogs to commence nt liulf pusl 1. Tickets cunts. r7 Tickets ran ba had at the principal stores. SALEM THESPIAN SOCIETY. The Surem Tit cup mil Horfoty. Imving, nt a henry oxpuiiHO procured tho surviiWof SALLIE GOODRICH THAYER, A llillv Well nnd ntltllltni-lv known tl,,.,.l..., !.. entire I'liciHc, Const, would respectfully inform the putnic mm iiiny win open ine season ol llie Thes pians In (Iris wold's Theater on Saturday Evening, Jan. Tin, 1S03. ' At which time she will perform the character ut' "MAlirilA GIIIUH," In the Amusing mxl P.ntertuiuiii" Dnima of "ill thit I'liTTrno M i'at minii Hhe will recite, In character, TIIK MAMACI Admission Flfiy Cents. 1865. CAN YOU READ? 1865. OUR BOOKS ARE CLOSED. For particular!, enquire of the Proprieton, IVotem 11 ml Accounl!) To dispose of. t.tVDou't wait mil il you are culled on. Get Out or Debt, and Slay Out! Every Variety of Goods, l-'Ull SALE, AT LOW PRICES, 1'OH CASH, or almost anything elso, except I'ltUMlSES, J.II.A.I. K. 5IOOKKS. Hale, Jan. S, 18ii5. 4-ltf Notice M 17 ; Von weru ml-pm tnkiuu niv Jlouml Slut trout Mule u Iuhi wt-i-k, amlfELZ it' you iti uut rettmi Iilm1 in u very utiiirL tiiuo, 1 will nriaet'iin von torulcating. JOHN C. HKl.L. ftirVm, le tHGI. 4 It r .olir. 1 ly Kiiitel executor il the er-tute of Ihivid liiidKt't'iinnrr, (lei'cust'd latf nf Yuimiill comity, Or t'Kdi. heiulty tiotji'y ttll iei'int imviiitf jiurt rlaiiiti aim i tint mid etOulu to pi-uttent them tu me, nt nir fx itlwi.rf, twwlvtf mil hum It ol Luluyuue, duly verified, williin nix inoiitlia t'ro:n iliin diuo. jkzkkkl iikiikikfailmkil Yuiiiliill county , Oreuim, lire. 17. Htl. 4wpd Dr. in. Da s ii, 4 N INDIAN PHYSICIAN, uf twenty live ywn' xV (imt'tire, lm ItH'uted fur tlie winter ut my reii dtiire in Pulk comity, live inilen nui tliwi-nt, of 'Sidem. mid 1 tee I tlmt I owe it tn sutlerm humanity to tell you tliut you will tiiul il to yuiir uiivniitave to uuiumlt 1 1 in ttkill, especially in uit chronic cum.-, and llion bor der in un e m mii un; l.ou. Fruin nil tlmt I know uf hit practices 1 can Memine you, witli eotnu device of contl duiiee. Unit yuti will fur once think uu have nutfpent your muituy in vuiti. Tu I oiiirulul by letter or utb erwif. PisHt-ulfice tit Kola, Polk county. I)er.'J!. IHMw.I W'M. KCIUE. Usluiy IV o I TAKEN up, by the mibm-riber, living in Bethel, Polk co , one buy inure, three yearn old next pfiiiK, mimll ittr in the forehead, hot h liind feet whits, iliiricen umi u bull' Imndri hhh; no other muikior brand, haid umre cuiue to my pit-mitten otiorxbout the tlmt of July lam. 4hvJ WM. It. NICHOLS- Who Wail. Ilaj! THIS ft. Inform thu public that nome weekiinw I hunthi live ton of buy of M. P. Owen, slid left ih twine iu bis burn, and on uwnx (be oiiierdny to tfet it, 1 ioiind only about HJ pounds tin-id. Nr. O ven pretended to know nothing of what Itiul be come uf my bay. J l.-uve the public lu j ml ire w toll reaeoii of its 'jisappCHiiinee. E. I). TO'tVl Siilein, Jim. il, iKtlj. Mwl rilHE iiiulerniirtietl, In vittjr sold hi entire iiitemtii J the urorery store MonuhiK lo Zmnwnll & Jnlo, uf Not in Nuletu, lo T. H. Inlow ; '1 here line, a'l Ml Htiiinlin accounts in favor of the raid Zmnwalt St la low, (should he paid to uaid Jitlow.who will rrctti fof tli Mime, he becoming rerponribb fur nil flVnuiiidl iWiiitPt siiul tirtn. W. AI. ZL Al WAfT. Hileni, jive. MK04. - 3w44 cure' iour cold, ( save vorn lvg N E WELL'S siBir El a Cured Thonsaiitls, J AND t IT WILL CURE YOU. iii..,,..!. I ...II. 1 1... ..T....I nf eulil. whiei . lias either b.-en improperly Iniulcil or eniireljr nf " lecleil. When il prove olisl'ttiue, TIIKUB IS Air . AYS UEASOX TO FKAH THE COXSEtjlW t . .... A 11 CES, ... ,1, a na.L .IM mil llie HUH. - oflcn ihe fireruiilior'of lousunipliuu." Uuduot' t Domestic Ut-iliciiie. i ' STOP THAT C'Ol'GIIIXG' Some of von can't, uiij piiy tat 4 trieil every reuicdy bat llie one detliueii, 1?-'U ""n' - merit, lo tnperseile all similar preparations. " " . ... mt thing else alter llie nmny ewiiiuvnls yon liset" of irUHHT COUipOIWUI IOISICU UH ,v - tare i bin SKWEl.IVS rri.no hi VfllV lll-CT ever Kiml"' I . a- Is rcallr tin llienirtor ComIn. fol.ls, g'rTlimat.AH L for Wl Tli. Whooping Cough, Uronchiiit. C"nMUr"" usands of people III California aim "! I lj bei-n h.ncllled hy iiswinai,ingrorsuv,po re WHAT Kll.l.KD HIM ! Ur. Hull, In his " Journal of Heallh," speski the death of Washington Irving, ss ihtalw "1 1 tiini,audaildei"lleiighl well lv re us for sum years tn f ome. hiid It m b- " . kiudly Intended, uo doub!, but given In to and racklest ignorunc. He hud n Told I Whi.li. hv soma Inindieious nrescriplioa. convened into Mill ran." Let m Pr 1W that "prescriplion" wai not "teivEM.'i " KEKP IT IX THE HOl'SE, nss U hf JJ It to your children upon th sligbtetl mK,Tw Cold, and you will think and speak of " hv become icqiwlnled with il mt" REUIXGTOa'"! -4nd fof wl ertrrwher.