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Newspaper Page Text1ht diseased ahlmali nnw In tho Stat shall be kept op. . i . j , ... , Mr. 8mith-H. B. 30, tu prevent vjattle Healing. k Mr. Fay II. B. 3, to repeal pooifio con tract law. . ..., .. All won ai tin latter wai read, Mr. Undor Wood moved to reject the bill, and npn thil moved th provioui queatlon, whiob wa iui tained. Upon th motion to reject, th Tot reanlted followi i JyeiMeun. Bowlby, Cartwrlght.Ginglei, Hogue, Hoi man, Lawaon, McCartney, Pierce. Powell, Quiok, Shipley, Tomer, Underwood, Wakefield, Wawerman, Warner and Mr. Speaker 17. JVoe Beall, Calllinn, Chaplin, Cox, Fay, Fisher.Glllette, Glass, Lane, MoCornaok, Mur phy, Otey. Perkin. Parker, Smith, Tate and Thornton 17. Th House adjourned to i t. u. Afternoon. The Senate Joint resolution to adjourn line die rn Saturday w'si taken from the table, aad, on motion of Mr. Underwood, wai amended by itrlking out "Saturday, the 16th," aad inserting Tuesday, the 10th." The reaolotion wai then adopted. A message from the Senate wai receded, anDounoing the appointment of Meisri. Grim, Hovey and Caldwell on Joint committee to ex amine account! of the State Treasurer. . The Speaker appointed on luoh committee Metaif. Underwood, Bowlhy and Lane. The 8. J. K. 0, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Oregon, came in from the Senate, and waa referred to a teleot committee Messrs. Wassornian, Tate, Far, Murphy and Chaplin at it wai ttated by Mr. Wasser Dian that other amendment! would be offered. 8. J. II. 10 reqneating our Senatori and Representative to procure, if poMilile, to pay certain liahilitiei of the old Provisional Gov ernment of Oregon wai adopted. The reso lution embodies the report of the auditor, let ting out id nn due and to whom. . Menage from the Senate, announcing the adoption of H. J. It. 0 and H. J. memorial 1. II. B 4, to regulate the granting of liceniei to tell liquor, wai amended in is to not inter fere with th right of Incorporated oitiei aud towm to grant liceniei. Mr. introduced a bill tn repent all general lawi, with certain exception, pnaied prior to the teuton of 18(13. Mr. Hogue from lelect committee, reported hack B. 1. R. 7,. to ask Congress to include, Portland in port of entry, etc, recommending ill adoption. The report wai adopted. Mr. Wakefield offered a joint resolution pro viding for a Joint convention to elect a peni tentiary commissioner in place of T. 11. Cor nelioi, who failed tn qnnlify. Adopted. M. Lawson offered a joint memorial to Con grew, aiking that the policy of redeeming non taxable U. 8. bonda be taken Into considera tion at an early day. Paucd. Billi were introduced ai followi i Military Committee H. B. 41, In relation to bounties to volunteeri. Mr. Murphy H. B. 42, to amend aol cre ating officer and providing fur government of the Penitentiary. Mr. Shipley If. B. 43, to amend the aot providing a leal for the State of Oregon t pro videi for substituting the old leal of the Terri tory for the present State teal. The H. J. K. 8, to prevent introduction of new bniiooM after Tuesday, the 12th, came baok from th Senate amended hy atriking ont Tuesday, the 12th," and Inserting Wednes day, the 13th. The Hons conourred In th amendment. Mr. Powell H. B. 44, to amend the school law in certain particulars. Mr Lawaon H. H. 45, supplementary to th ipecifio contract aot. Mr. Fay H. B. 46, to repeal portion of the aot to organise the militia) make the Adju tant General tz officio chief of staff. Inspector general, etc., and in tiro of peace alio quar termaster general and commissary general. ' Mr. MoCernack H. B. 47, relating tn the (ohool find t provide for loan on avonrlty of chool monies. Busiuesi from the Senate wai taken op, and several bill read second time. The Hons adjourned to 10 a. m. to-morrow. '7"', ifSNATE. ' Wednesday, Deo. 13. Forenoon. The Senate received a number of report from oommitteel, none of which need mention here, except that in relation to Mouse memorial No. 2. asking Congres to provide for tb withdrawal from oiroolanon non-taxabl U. 8. bonds. The committee reported th memo rial inexpedient, and tb Senate adopted tb report, which defeat the memorial. The President introduced 8. B. 31. to change the judicial district! of Oregon t and 8. B. 32, The following bill bav been passed t 8. B. 5, to amend the law providing for sale of school land aod th management of the chool fond. 8. B. 13, to amend th act granting bounties to Tolontesrs ayei 14, nayi I (Chrisman ) 8. B. 14, supplemental to the act creating a code commission give Judge Deaiiy $.'100 addltiuoal pay. 8. B. IS, to amend th aol to regulate and tax foreign insuranco ooropauirs, etc Senate adjourned. Afternoon. B. 22, to amend the law re lating tn assessors, wai passed. Mr. Pyl Introdooed 8. B. 33. to prevent fraudoleut voting. Mr. Hnvey Introduced 8. B. 34. for relief of Benton county. At three o'clock the Senate proceeded to the ball of the Hoose fur the purpose of holding a Joint convention to elect a Penitentiary Com missioner. Sec proceedings of joint oourrn. lion ander head of Hour. The Senate having returned to it chamber, 8. B. 10, to tax Cliiuatuen, wa passed. T. McF. Patton was yesterday elected As sistant Engroaaing Clerk, but did not qualify. To-day th Senate elected him Assistant En rolling Clerk, and h wa iworn in. Mr. Caldwell introduced 8. B. 35. to lioens Chinamen, Kanaka, Negroes aud Mulattoes, mining in Oregon. Th Seuat adjourned. IKUISS. WatiNKSUAr. Dec. 13. Forenoon. Mr. . presented a petition from th cilixen of Walla Walla county, W. Th for inch Men to b taken a will secure the annexation of that oronty In tho Slat of Or egon. .! Mr. Ilegsa presented a petition from ninety three eitiien of Grant Bounty, on th sain abiee. Beth wer referred le the Committee on Fed eral Relation. Mr. Marsh presented a petition from 100 eiliMM of Marion county, praying for a repeal of the ipecifio contract law. The petitioner act forth their beliel that tho law is a living relic f lecession. Referred to leleot commit-tw-Mean. Thornton, Murphy, Wakefield. Also a petition from 82 oitiaeni of Marion county, aiking tho passag of a registry law t axorene belief that there aro mauv fugitive rebel among a wh ought not to be permitted t vote. Referred to the Joint Judiciary Com ittoe. Mag from tli Senate announcing it agree sent to a joint convention to-day, for th purpose of deoting a Penitentiary Cotaiuis ior, la place of T. U. Corneliue. wh failed to qualify. 0 th roeramsndailoa of a wleut oeramit tee to whom had been referred U. B. 9-reg-ltrv law, all bilU oa that sahjeot wer referred It Joist Jodielaiy Committee. Mr. Underwood, from tho committee U WiYms aad been referred II. B. 1, to amend aod a la avealar labor a Baaday, reported Masti-ata, which provide for tb repeal of seo loo I X aad enact a owalty f do fir u t.ly eUlars for Mok labor a Boaday, except w,Li at a os salty aad refer, Ned as keeping ei irrg Mar, barber shop, i press and 1 1 ", ai shops, etsv. foe s lioMted p W ady. I . .i-M offered H. J. B. 13. askl.g i d " aad Resresealativ to prvear la t -fW of lb heavy waiter mail to 1 . i-d Wher putj ia BoHhers Oregon, . L; ( Fiaactaow. Xt, rl !Ji.M t" " nn meifwnewi f 1 1 V of Port.'cad, r at brawt for l ; , o-v.ra Oregon. Meal frfr. Underwniiil auid that all mails tn points ioth of Eugene City might be delayod by inch nn arrangement, but that it would bo a conve nience to tho northern pnrt of the, State i he woold he willing to modify the resolution. Mr. Wakefield explained that tho resolution only contemplated osrringo liy steamer of hea vy through mails stated that the weiglit of such mails often reudered their prompt and info carriage overland utterly Impossible, on account nf the heavy rains and deep mud. The afnty and speedy delivery, In good condition, of the heavy paper mails, demand steamer transportation. Mr. Parker waa entirely willing that th northern part of the Stat should get their mails In whatever way they might choose, but he did not want this proposed arrangement made for any paint south of tho Calapooia mountain!. The resolution wai referred to tho Committee on Federal Relation!. Mr. Lawion offered resolutions. H. J. R. 14, on suffrage and the fnture status nf the negro agree with President Johnson that tho ques tion of suffrage belong! to the State, and not to Congress that In the event the State! fail or refuse to protect tb natural right of the negro, nr In th event that tho freedmen peti tion tnr It, Congress ought to provide for their colonization. Referred to seleot committee Messrs Cartwright, Lawion, Bowlby, Tate and Underwood. After tb reading of hills second time, the House adjourned to 2 o'clock. Afternoon, 11. B. , to protect game, wai considered, npnn second reading. An attempt was made tn Indefinitely post pone it, which failed, and the bill wm ordered engrossed. Tho rending nf bills tho second time was proceeded with till near the llrno for joint con vention to elect a Penitentiary Commissioner, when It took a r ecu's nf fire minutes. At three o'clock, tho members of the Senate came In, and the President, taking the chair, oulled to order tho JOINT CONVENTION. The purpose of the convention having been stated hy the President Mr. Wakefield nominated Ilev. Georgo II. Atkinson, nf Mnltnomah t-nnnlr ; Mr. Crnnstnti nominated B. F. Whitsnn, of Marion county ; Mr. Gillette nominated Rev. O. Dickinson, of Marion cnunty. The vote being tnken, Mr. Atkinson received 26 votes; Mr. Whitson, 17; Mr. Dickinson, 1 ; blank, S. Whole number nf rntes, 49; necessary to a cli ioe, 25. The President declared George II. Atkinson elected. The Convention was then dissolved. HOUNK. The House resumed the second reading nf billi. A rather 11 nhnnnv enirndo " occurred dnrinir the consideration of Mr. Fay'i bill to remove Negroes, Mulattoei, Chinamen and Kanakas I rum tlit nlato. it was amended, on me mo tions of varinni members, so ai to also require the removal nf buslinliackeri and gucrillna ; all those who had been, engaged In supporting the rebellion, etc, etc. After being amended o as to be very ridiculous, a motion wai uinilo by Mr. Parker to indefinitely pnstpnne the hill, npnn which a discussion arose between Messrs. Lawson. Tate, Parker, Thornton, Mo Cartney, Cox, Fay aud others, continuing till after dark. The Home finally on me tn a vote, when the bill wai indefinitely postponed ayei 10, noes 11. Th House adjonrned. SKNATK. t" TllUHHDAY, Deo. 14. Forenoon. Mr. Watson, Irnm Committee nn Claims, reported hack 8. II. 26. for relief of C. A. Reed, amended so as tn strike out provision fur 1500 baok pay and li'iO per quarter adtli tional salary, and tn give him t.'XH) for past service, without changing salary. Tho amend ment wai adopted. Several bills were read a second time, and the following billi were passed t - 8. B. 12, to amend the militia low, and tn make disposition of the military fund. tl. B. 22, to repeal the act incorporating Umatilla. The Senate adjourned. Afternoon. 8. B. 0, to amend an act entl- tllled an act lo provide for the collection of taxes, and to repeal an aot approved Outtiher 10, I860, wa posted. Mint of the afternoon wai spent In Ihe con sideration of thii bill. 8. B. 2, to create the office nf Superintend ent of Public Instruction, wai put upon its final passage, and ueleated at ei P, noes 7, absent 3. Mr. Fraier made a speech of ooiuidemb'e lenirth in favor of the bill ; really a very good speech ; hut the Senntnrs cnuld not see it in the same light, so Ihe bill tailed. Mr. Mitchell also supported tho bill In a short speech. Mr. Mitchell moved to reconsider the vote hy which tho hill wai lost, and then moved to lay that motion on the table, which motion prevailed. Senate adjonrned lo ten A. x. to-morrow. Iiot'an. TllUltHDAT, Deo. 14. Forenoon. The Speaker announced that ihe Assistant Clerk, Mr. Turner, was ill, and in consequence had tendered hia resignation, which the House accepted without di-sent. Mr. Cartwright reported hack U.J. R. 14, from committee, recommending its passage. resolution suffrage and future status of the negro. Mr. Warner moved its Indefinite postpone ment, which wai lost 4 to 27. The resolution was then adopted aye 23, noes 10, The vntu was, -however, reconsidered, and th resolution recommitted to tho same onniniittc. Roveral billi were read second tiuio and re ferred. II. B. 26, tn regulate tho practice of mrdi oine, upon I s second reading was indefinitely postponed, after lengthy discussion. AJttrnoon. V. M. Wadsworth. Kngrnesiug Clerk, tendered his resignation, which waa ac cepted, aud then hv was elected Assistant Clerk by acclamation. Henry 8. lleriuan was elected Engrossing Clerk' ill place nf Mr. Wadsworth. The second reading of bills wai continued. II. II. .'L to annmnriala inaner for the ex peiiM-a of tbil session, was read second and third time and passed. Mr. tnderwnntl morril to reconsider tho vote by which II. R. 0 was adopted. The res olution wis the one introduced br Mr. Lane. in relation In the death of the late President Lincoln. The motion prevailed, and the ques tion recurring on Ihe adoption of the resolution- Mr. McCartney proposed an amendment to make the resolution read, ' Where, by the hand nf a foal assassin, II has pleased Almighty (iod, in hii infinite wisdom, to infer lo be lukt from our midst," insti sd of reading to takt, as in the original. The amendment wai adopted. lie aim offered an amendment tn make ll eipress the belief that the assassination waa the legitimate result of Ihe leachinga nf Jeff. Davis and the apologist of rebellion aud treason. Mr. Lane raid he had introduced the resolu tion to xpm his profound frief at th aot of assassination, and to condemn, nut any portion of the people of the Sooth aa connected with Ihe crime, but Ihe actof Wilkc Boolh. If the Hms amend il ia th maimer propneed, h should vote against lh resolution. Mr. Cox raid ha looked upon thii proceeding as on prompted in lh spirit of persecuthia against the Southern people. lie did not look apoa the people as responsible for lh assassin aiina. This resolution call Ihem all wMini. Who believe thai rack men as Stonewall Jack- oa and Robert K. Le are assassins men wh ar respected all avr lh world fur Iheir brav ery aad nduraoo. Blowwall Jackson wa luave man woo lent terror Into tne nearts f oar ealdiere, A brave man coald not be an awin. Aa assassin is nreessanlv a coward. Gen. Ruber! . Le i a high-minded aod roan, Wko stnml with a lew thousand ma agalaet lh great! army Ihi ooutineul i ever saw. A a warrior, he M respected all I over the world. I respect n bravo until any where, though ho may finally hu di-feitted. Who believes that Hubert K. Leo is an assas sin ? You might as well sny Georgo Welling ton wns on assassin ; for if ho had not succeed ed, tho Hrilinh Parliament probably would have adopted the same measures against linn and his oonipeers as aro now takon ugaiust the Southern people. The Southern people, ho inid, wero sincere in what they did, whether right or wrong, and It waa unjust to accuse them of being accessory to the Bssnssi nation of President Lincoln. Such sentiments as these which aniinuta tho gentlemen offering and ad vocating the amendment rellect no cro it upon those who favor It. The Southern people are bravo and sincere they are not nssassius. lie respected tho names of Stonewall Juckann and Robert E. Leo, as brave men and great warri ors, and not aa assassins, as this amendment would represent them. Hu regretted the assas sination of tho President, hut ho did not like the spirit which prompted the gentlemen to persecute a fallen foe, and tn load thorn with opprobrious epithets. Mr. McCartney mid he did not expect, when he offered the amendment, to stir up the gen tleman from Josephine. He had never expect ed to hear any mnn lo far North as that gen tleman compare the great and good Washing ton with aiit.il men as the gentleman had men tinned ; had never expected tn henr any man on the floor of thii House speak so highly in praise nf luch men as the gentleman had men tioned. According to the gentleman, Stone wall J uck on and Robert E. Leo wero not reb els, hut patriots. Hut. sir. the leaden of the rebellion tho men who seduced the Southern people into treason such men as Jeff Davis and Hubert Lee aro guilty nf being accesso ries to the death of President Lincoln. As tho amendment declarer, the assassination was the legitimate result nf their teachings and ex ample. The gentleman haa laid a good deul about the bravery of the Southern people. If such acts of cruelty and murder aa were ner- petrnted upon our brave but captive soldiers at Aiiilersoiiville are nrools ol liruverr, then In deed the Southern people are bravo, hut it is tho kind of bravery that Sntnn has in hell. The people of the south are not all of them respon sililo for such barbarism ; but the leaden of the rebellion Jeff Davis and the men whom the gentleman prizes in highly were guilty, for they were in power and knew of the crimes committed under their orders, or at least Iheir auction. He would not condemn all the South ern people. Some nf them wero forced into treason liy Just inch pinki ut patriotism ami and lirnvery ns the gentleman seemed tn ad mire and respect so much. Such pinks of brav ery deserve to be in hell, instead of being held up ns patterns i wnrnor 10 uu respecieu. un der their orders our prisoners were murdered nt Andcrsouvillu, Such men nre not brave Lhn nnwiird onlv could lift iruillv nf such nnts. Mr. Kay mid that the minority nf Democrats hero regret not only tho mnnner lint the fnut ot .vr. Lincoln death. His death was nnlor- tniiate fur his political friends, to the Demn- ornts and In the nouth, lor Ins successor is li lenient In his politicul enemies. The majority Una passed resolutions exprcerivo ol their grief. The Democratic miiiarity hod not agreed with all the sentiments therein expressed, and had asked to put on record their own expressions nf gnel, In their ow n Inngnngo; I hey hail done so, But nnw the miijority, because tho small I)' m- ocratlo minority hero would not submit In be abused and trampled upon, this matter is raked np again. We aro charged with laboring to make a record lor political cnpitul. lhn ma jority are Irving tu make political cupitnl nut ol the dead doily and Ihe bones of Lincoln, and some of them would, ho presumed, if they had an opportunity, dig tip his bones lo inuke jack knife bundles of. This resolution was uurs. We desired to put ourselves upon the record tu our own language. 1 he majority had no right tn alter it, so ns lo make it say what wo do not believe. Ho did not believe Hint the people of tho Sou til weje responsible for Ihe act ol J. Wilkes Minim, iiu-v were not en gaged III it. The lenders and armies of the rebellion did not prompt it. It did not result from the rebellion. It was the act of an indi vidual, for whom the leaders could not be held responsible. The tril f h tMMiepimtors had not developed ll ny ovitlenco to show that JrtF Uavis wai concerned In it nr knew or it. If it had, Ihe court which tried them, and President Johnson, who hail approved the sentence, had violated their mil lis in not bunging him. They had him in custody, and could try ami hung him, if there were any evidence tn convict him of murder nr of assassination. There had been some mnrdi-n ohareed against the keepers of Andermitivillu prison, hut it (ltd nut lollow that Jeff Davis and Gen. Lee wero responsible for them. 1 here had lieen murder committed on the other side of the question, hut it does not follow that Oen. Grant or President Johnson were responsible for them. Mr. Fay extended Ilia remnrki to assert tho rights nf tho minority, and to assure the House tlmt. whilo it was not disposed to threaten, it would nt submit tn imposition. Mr. Thornton was w illing that the minority should hnve the privilege tu express their view iu their nwn language. Ho was going on, when Mr. McCartney withdrew the iinienilineiit. Mr.Underwood renewed the mi tion tnameml Mr. Underwood said : Mr. 8eiikri I at flrscHid not expect to vote fur llos amendment, nut since t irnva usumeii lo the re murks ut thw ireulleinaii from Jut-ksun, and the eulo irv of the urtillemini from Josephine, priiwd upon Ihe trHitorsSloiiewiill.larttti.il oml ttol,t-rt K. l-e I feel il tv lie my duty In vote mr Ihe Niitenihiteni nn, plnce ttie n-rortls iu proper tliaiie. I should feel tlmt I proved rerreiiut to my ilnly should 1 let go unnoticed tlie tine tmpiiiHiioutui the ileum mm Iroiu Jackson upon Ihe nmjoritv npnn lliis floor. W sra told lha' die ntnorily will not n-npect the minority that poor niinoriiv whoee complaints eoniiniisllv ring in onr ears. Ho boldly MMens that the umjorilv will nut voir for a proposition, be it ever so jul, llmt comes from the minority, llos Is a oaw hiiu false acruw tion, and nn member upon Ihis lloor is so lost lo com mon ileceiM-v. nr so nertecllv reKurdlene of troth llmt roulil or would make thst aseeriion except that self coiisliliiied represenuiiva of ilia democruiio purty tlittt srlf-iniM,rtHnt, conceited repreMiittitive of llie I'liivslry of Ihe rire swamps of Houlli Carolina. 1 can Mak for myself, and can nMure ireiiileiuen thai I have aver tteeti mintitnt oi toe runts ot tne mi nority, and irrwnted them all Ihe privileues ihnl they were eiilttlett lo t and I am eallslted thai every t'ltion man en this floor is saiiMe lhat we have indulged ttiem in Iheir llouts and insults tu the majority mors limn common Justice oriuunucl at our hauils. The tteiilh-tunii frm Jonephnie pasted a eulogy up on Stonewull Jackson and Robert K Lee Mr. Cox. I did not i-aM a eulouv npon those men Mr. I'uderwood. Oh, aol he did not I Ilia not eiikiiMiititf thoee Intllora lo mr, that Nooewa 1 Jack son was a sreeal aud giiod man i lhat his name is now, ami will be rorcver, honored nun revered throughout the whole civilised world ; lhat Uobert R. I,ee it one of the mhleet patriots whote name ever a raced the paars of lntuiry t lhal bis name will stand forever emhlaloned by the sole of Waahiuulon aud lhal hott of patriotic warriors who carrtcdut lliroutth the seven years bitKMiv war I Stonewall Jncktoa a patriot I H'-hrrl K. Iee a pat riot I Orent thai I bow ebenn Mlriolum must bo thai such Iraiiore ran attnmo iu trarii I I feel lhal it should make every lover ol Ins country hluth with tluiuie to hear such words from a representative upon this door. The pmpoetllon before Ihe llouae simply states that we recotftnse in the ateaaalnalHin of 1'resident Lin coln the leailiwale result uf the teaehiiiKS of Jedeitou Ihtvis and bis coa.ljutors lu brilig-'nM- about and carry ina on ttie late rebellion. This. Mr. Mpeaker.ia bnt recoinililns lh opinion nf the civiliaml world. Hid I my Hint no man but him who could eulog-ie Hubert K l.ee and other traitors, who have for four loiitr years fotialt! to dettrvy the best tfovermnent on earth, who have laken the lirct of Ihoutands of onr patriotic sonr, who lotve. starved and murdered onr I'iihus prisoners by the thousand no one, I any, bnt nun w ho eoiih! pate eoh(iee npiat these nieu and iheir aiders and abettors, and who is perfect I V deetilnto nt everv stmra of patriotism and love uf eonnlrv, would object to vol in favor of Una amendment. Tha revolutions from th rVnale, patted by Ihis Hun to wero enthVienilv expressive of the sense of everv Inval man, ami or every man who really at heart mrrela or mourns lbs death of Abraham Lin coln. lbcreloro, I skall viae for the aweiidnieul, and prevent, if poeettile. the adJinoo bf Ihe fourih plank loll demneralie platform, bows made by lhat de- raoet party tnnniM-a their representatives mes joeepn ne aiol Jarttoa. Mr. Itowlhy laid lhal however saaeh willing k ailehl have been lo let this resolution rett, as it had bara adopted, he would feel aaworthy of a seal bora aller Htieuinf to the remarks ol in gen- llenwn from J ark ton, if a consented lo let lh amendment be withdrawn. That gentleman haa th right to da and say aat ho pirates, se nag at a keeps within lh limits of the rale of order and richt 1 he ren- llemaa ia tha minority hero ha a xclutire right to inlrodutsa resolutions and (lain lhat Ike majority shall aol amend. When resolutions pass I hey ar the property of lh Hons. If lh trentlewen want to put Ibemtolvet upon th re or, they mu do to. liivj have Um i.iu of pru lest. Ila was opposed lo lies mulniiow in its original shnpn. Tin) Union party on this floor hnd punned a sorics of resolutions, The minority did not cliooso to vote for them. Ho should oxer- cito the smnn right in relation to tho resolutions of tha minority, if ho didn't liko tlmm. Tho gen tlenian from Jackson had denied tlm responsibili ty of the Southern people and the lenders or llio rebellion, for the murder of Mr. Lincoln. J. Williea limit h waa not the real assassin, llo was only an agent, working ths natural tendencies of the rebellion. 1 ue aincinlmeni uoes not j Jeff Jjavis or Stonewall Jnckson, that patriot, aa the gentleman from Jnsephine hnd described him, were Immediately accessory to the assassination, but it does declare that the act was the legitimate result of the teachings of tlmse men and tha oth er leaders of the rebellion. Does any one believe tlmt had those men fallowed the examples and teachings of Washington, Jofferson, and the oth er patriots of our early history, Abraham Lincoln would have been assassinated. The act was in exact accordance with ths spirit of the rebellion It followed naturally from the examples or moso men who wore striving tnstab to death the gov ernment. Ho repeated, Uooth was only an instru ment in the hands of treason. He was only car rying out the principle ind spirit of the rebellion. It was in obedience to that principle and spirit of rebellion that the life of ono of the greatest and best men of the world was sacrificed. The gen tleman from Josephine lays the people of the South wero sincere, and ho says certain of their leadors worn bravo men.snd worthy his highest respoct. With the peculiar notion that gentleman has with regard to politico and with his peculiar views of patriotism, ha vas not surprise to hear tlmt gentleman pronouncs a eulogy on one of the greatest traitors tha worid ever saw Iiobert E. Lee. That rebel went ireo the rebellion with less to prompt him and tempt aim than had Jeff Davis. He had been treated wi ll much greater lenity than had Davis, and yet since the close of the war, while Jeff Davis whs kept in confinement and Robert E. Lee had b-'on suffered to remain at liberty, he had never exircssed oue word of con trition, nor shown one lymptom of repentance, nor had he ever nttercd ne word toward tho re union of feeling betweenthe contending sections. He thought him a greater traitor than Jeff Davis. The gentleman from Josephine bad disclaimed any sympathy with the deed of assassination, but when the gentleman gets up here and eulogizes leading rebels, be felt like saying what ho be lieved to be true that that gentleman occupied the positioi, entertained the notions and doctrines bolonging legitimately to that class which has been engaged in treason. Ho would not accuse that genllomnn of being a traitor, but his doc trines were those entertained by rebels and trait- ni-a The gentleman lias compared the rebellion to the revolution, at the head of which stood Wash ington. The twoare extremely uiilike. Tha two started out upon principles antagonistic to each other. The revolution was an instance where the people had riaei against the domination and oppression of a clnis. It originated in the right of the people as against a clnss. Revolutions al ways start out on lhat principle. Tho rebellion was the first instance where a claBS had revolted against the pcopli. That is the ditlerence be tween the two struggles. After heurini? tin remarks he hnd from the mi nority here, he felt like making the resolution stato what ho believed wns strictly true that the rebellion and such men ns Jeff. Davis, Uobert K. Lee, Htonewall Jackson, and other leaders of the rebellion, were the principals, while Uooth was only tho instrument. The discussion wasfnrther continued by Messrs Lane, Fay, (Jallison, and others. While the amendment wns still ponding, rhe House adjourned. SF.NATK. Fkiiiay, Deo. 15. Forenoon. The Senate concurred in the res olution of (he Iliaise, reviving Ihe Joint Judi- oiurv Committee. Quite a number of hills were rend second lime, and either referred nr ordered to he en grossed for third rending to-morrow. Mr. llovey, from the Joint Judiary Commit tee, reported against 8. Ii. 1, lo provide for registration of voters, ami also s. U. JO, tn Ii cense Chinnineii, Kanakas, etc, mining iu Or egon. Dills rend third time : H. II. 1, registry law, wai indefinitely post pnned. 8. 11. 10. to amend tho net tn provide a codu of civil procedure, approved Oct. II, 18(12, was rend third time, and pending tho question uf Us pnssnge, the hcniitu adjourned. Afternoon. The President laid before the senate the following communication : To the President of Senate l 1 learn from Senate Joint H"iluliiin No. (I. thai committee has beeu appointed to examine the tr.amry department. 1 would respectfully re iiuest, through you, tlmt Ihu committee organ ize and make a thorough exuiiiiniitinii before the close of tho session. Respectfully yours, . N.Ciiokk, Trens'r. S. 1). 10, which was pending at the adjourn ment, was then passed, after being amended in several particulars. Thii hill also repeals seo tion 0 ol the act approved Oct. II, I6t2. II. J. M. 2, relative to attaching Wnlln Walla county tn Oregon, wai received from the House, and after a refusal tn reler tn the Com mittee nn Federal Relations, wns laid on the table. S. B. 20, In enable Ihe Secretary In employ counsel in the case of Lane county, plninliiriu error, vs. State nf Oregon, after having the blanks (sums of money) lilted, was passed area 12 ; noei 3. by Chriiman, Cranston and Curl. S. II. .V, tn license Chinamen, Ksnnkns, etc, was indefinitely postponed. Semite adjourned. ItnrsB. Friday. Deo. 15. Forenoon. The amendment in Mr. Lane's resolution. II. It. 0, which waa pending when Ihe House- adjourned last night, was token up. Mr. Underwood moved tho previous ques tion, which wni ordered. The amendment wai adopted, and theqnea tion recurring upon the original motion to adopt the resolution Mr. Fay moved the previous question, which waa sustained, and then Mr. Fay called lor the ayes and noes, which wero tnken, as follows ; Ayei Messrs. Ilnwlhr, Callison, Chaplin, Fisher, Glass, Gingles. ilngue, llolmnn. Law son, MeOornack. McCartney, Murphy, Otey, Pnrker. Pierce. Powell. Quirk, Smith, Shipley. Tate, Turner, Underwood, Wakefield, Wasse'r mnn, Warner and Mr. Speaker SC. JVors Messrs. Ileal), Cox, Fay, Gillette, Lane, Perkins, Thornton 7. The House wai engaged Ihe rest of the fore noon in Ihe second rending of bills. Afternoon. Tho House resunipd considera tion of ihe mill dnin hill, npnn which the great er part of the forenoon had been consumed npon III second rending. r.vervrKHir seemed desirous nf amending tho mill dam thing In some respect nr other, and sn it was recommit ted to the Joint Judiciary Committee. II. R. 32. for I he relief of George V. Lar rison. was laid upon the table. The committee In whom il had been referred thought it should tn over with all similar hill to the regular see sinn, and thii seemed tn be the feeling of the House, The bill waa lo appropriate rinney In reimburse certain expenses nf recruiting, and then are several other billi pending id Ihe same character. The committee In whom had been referred the matter nf public printing reported that, npnn ornfrrri.-g with the public printer. Ihev had ascertained lhal the remaining portion of the rodo would be primed and ready for the hinder in about thirty dars, and for delivery tn the Secretary nf State in ten day thereafter. The I ommitlee nn Federal Relations report ed II. M. asking Congress tn change lh boun dary between Oreg.iu aod Washington Terri tory, sn as In include Walla Walla county In ths Stale of Oregon, whioh was passed ayes V), noes 4. The lame committee also reportej back II. J. R . asking onr delegation in Congress to Procure steamer transportation from Nn r ran Cisco to Portland of heavy paper mails. It was amended so ai lo ask lhal all place sna k of Kngen City ihall be supplied overland as now, and then lh resolution wai adopted. II. D., tn repeal th act requiring late In be paid In coin, being ander consideration, after spending some time npnn amendments Mr. Wakefield moved to sink out ihe word " any lswhil money,' and insert " gold or lilver coin pending which Mr. Tale moved the indefinite postponement of th dill are 14, noes SO. Mr. Wakefield withdrew his motion. Mr. Hgne renewed th amendment, Tb rlfect nf the amendment is to mak taxes pay able In coin, as sow provided Ivy law. IIOt'SK. Hati'Hoav. Dee. Hi. jt'im-nooa-Mr. Pay prcaenb ' a petition from Uj pniwiiH, praying for the eoiwilidnihm of Juek-mi and Joteiilnue r.olllllieH. Tillilcd. Mr. Carlwrlitht reported hack II. ! H- H, I" rrlatI"B In aufTrage and tlio future status of the iieio, with unieuillllerilx. Mr. Itowlhy nioved the adoption nf the resolution. soil on that motion the previous (picKtlnn was onlen-d. The vole on the adoption of tho resolution Mood Ivc.-lhViurs. Ilowlhy, Cartwright. Chaplin, lilll- eles'. HogoB.llolmaii, Lawion, MeCiirtney. Murphy. I'srker, I'irrce. Powell. Perkins. Quick, Smith, Hlnplcy, Tmo, Turner, Underwood, Wnkelicld and Mr. Speaker 21. jVw Messrs. Ihmll. C"X, Fv. Fisher (llass. Gil lette, Lane. MeConmek, Otey, Thornton, Wasserrauu, Wnrtirr-12. , . Mr. Thornton, from committee to whom was referred the petition of citizens of Marion county for the repeal of the speeillc contract law, presented a report favoring tho repeal of the law. The report was tabled. Mr. Lane presented a protest, signed by Messrs. Cox. Fay. Itvall and Unc, sguinst the action of the House In amending H.II.6, relating, to the aswwsiniitloii of President Lincoln. 8. J. It. II. proposing nn amendment tn tho Constitu tion of Oregon, permitting counties, cities, etc., to lend their credit in nld of public Improvements, wns taken np and indefinitely postponed ayes 'i:t, noes 10. The regular order of business was passed over, under a suspension nf the rules, nnd tho House proceeded to the third remliug of hills ! II. II. 4, amending the liquor license laws, was pawd ayes !K, noes H, It provides that the person necking license shall procure a majority of the voters of his pre cinct as petitioners with him, before he makes applica tion for license, H. R s. fur relief nf V. If. dates nays him ncriliem and mileage as contestant for aeat In the House was misseil hv a vote nf Ii tn 8. II II. 10, In prevent buck sheep from running nt large at certain seasons or me year, rsssea ,u w i. 11. It. , tn Incorporate the town of IjiOrand passed by Vt to lone. ' The House adjourned. Afternoon. Il, 11.11, for the protection of game, was' lost. II. 1). IU, to prevent fraudulent assignments In trust tor creditors, passed. H. K. 21, to amend the criminal code, repealing cer tain sections, and providing punishments for larceny, atenlirur. etc. Passed. H. II. 2T, to legalize certain acta of J. B. Underwood, as notarv public. II. 11.22, tn regulate criminal and civil procedure In Justices' courts, rasscrl. H. II. 2. to amend the act tn regulate quarts raining pmvides for '0 worth of work each year for every claim, hut the whole amount may la) done for all on one claim-, makes mining claims real estnlo after three years' 00111111110111 occuuntion and working. Passed without oonosition. II. II. 2:1. to amend the law regulating the assessment nnd co lection nr taxes. Lost. H. II. to change the boundaries of Jatkson county, was taken un and nnssed 27 to 7. 8. B. H, to amend the act to establish an Institution of learning in Polk county. Passed. Adjourned. RESOIXTIONS OX SUFFRAGE, AXI THE FITIRE STATUS OF THE 5 EURO. ItcKohrd, by the. Houie, the Si'notc conmrrinir 1 That we Hgree with President Johnson in Ids position tiiat snllruire is a oucslion thai constitutionally belongs to the Siuies, anil not to Congress, and tlmt snliragc is a political, not a natural, right. Unolrnl. That the freedmen of the Unilcd Plnte! by the suirerings and wrongs they hnve endured, and their services ill the cause of this Nation and Union, hare merited tha right 10 rise to the highest condition of which they are ctipable.and that it will he the duty or Congress, so lar as tney nave power, to guioe ami assist them in that elevntion. Jicrvlrrd, Tlmt, while Congress has no power to irrunt no iticu rur its tn the freeduien in any Male vet , if the amies whore they reside do not by adequate laws protect ttiem 111 their natural rigins, men 11 snail lie the dutv of comrress tn devise such measures its in .iis wisdom it shall deem most just nnd proper for their proteotion iu sack rights. And in the event llmt the ireeduien shall not ho sntisiled with all inferior condi tion. and tliHV shall petition therufor. we believe thitt Congress ought to take steps for their removal from those Mates us soon as the hiiiinces of the coun try will uduiit, and provide for them a country, sena rate and apart from oppression ; wlicro, under a pro-ti-clomtn troto the I'tiitt-it Slatea. thev can. hv the phi lanthropic assistance of the Christian world, realize und arrive at that high estate desired forllietu by their greatest and best friend, Abruliam Lincoln lhat uf a Clinsiian, Kepublican Auliun. Y.n. HtatknmaN: Notwithstanding thi editor of tho Iteciew. or sooie other nincompoop of a cor respondent through its columns asserts that Stnats is a " dead cock in the pit," let me assure yon that he still lives, is possessed of life and an iination, and now, as ever, ia unrelentingly op- nosed to modern democracy, ns at present organ. lzed in Oregon, tho samo as he has been since the commencement of the war. ninco tho commence nient ol tho democratic rebellion, inntigurated a Charleston in IfliU, and brought to a disgraceful termination at iticlimond ill 'U4, I have never courted, neither have I ever expected to retain the good will ot my secession brethren, tor oui roads have bocn widely divergent for the Inst tour 01 11, u yea, for whilst t liavo kept step to 'tho music of the Lnion, they hnve endeavored to keep step to "the music ot Dixie," and most ex tremely well haro they succeeded ; yet whilst the music of Dixie has failed to lead them to Ihe ac complishmcnt of all their deairos, they have been brought so tow in tneir unwilling acknowicuir nient to the music of the Union as sounded at tiie surrender of Lee, at Hicbtnond. No doubt tho editor of the lletirw feels a little sore at tho sad defeat of his favorite General, but he should ever remember that the Clod of battles is always on the side of humanity and, should ha ever again bo called npon to enlist hia sympathies upon the side of justice, may he not a second time be call ed away by the siron song of slavery. No doubt hia conscience npbrnids him for his past suicidal course, and I have some hopes that he will yet repent of hia political misdeeds and become an exemplary member uf the "d d abolition party." Hut should he continue unrepentant, smother the upbraidings of hia conscience, and determino tn Dursno the uneven tenor of his wnv. why he will have to be surrendered entirely to the hands uf Sccessia, where he may bask in the effulgent rays boaming from lha cuiintciinnea of his political god, JelT Davis. KTCI'IIKN STA.vrs. Tub TncTii. The Oregon Sluletmnn very truthfully and forcibly stales the case, in regard to the elements of llio Union party in this Stale, whin it says that it is largely composed uf nieu who were originnlly Democrats. In fact, but for the assistance of men of Democralio pro clivities from lclil to tho present lime, the par ty would have been continually iu Ihe minority. The prcvnli-nt lenliiiient in tho party has been such tlmt no person holding distinctive Kcpuli lican principles, except Judge Mcllridu and Mr. Henderson, bus ever been able to come before the people and control a majority of the votes. While ihis may he something tu regret, rather thau tu rejoice at.it is nevertheless true, and (he abuse of many uf tho cherished ideas nf Ihe Nutiotinl Democracy can do no good to the Union party, but rather tend tn its disor gnuization, by producing discontent among men originully derived from the opposition. We are not et far enough anny from the days of Ihe ditcussion nf the great territorial qutation to afford to be tlogmntic 011 subjects which have excited in much trouble, and we ate not rela tively strong enough to indulge in dissensions. At the coming Stale election we shall need all the votes which the ponr can muster, and we are not likely to get enough, if the practice nf opening "a tire in tho rear ol our menus 11 indulged in, as wns the case at the recent spec ial election iu this district. Mountaineer. Oa. Connor'h Ixiuan Campaion. Gen. Connor'! lale campaign against lh Indians nn Powder Kiver ana short and effective. He nicely cleaned them onl. It is Ihe first time such a tiling could be said nf nperaliiius against the red skins since Ol. Chivingtnn'i charge on Iheir camp at Sand Creek. We hope no cry ol murder, massacr. cowardly attack, will be raised on this occasion. Unfortunately there is nn danger nf it. . There always is w hen the red devils have been treated tn their just de serters. However, we don't think the Govern ment will be likely to interfere by committees nf investigation veiy soon ngain. The would be damaging reports nn tho Sand Cieek affair hy ihe noble red man's adm rers, was not so damaging after all. Instead nf making Col. Chiviiiglnn a Cold blooded fiend, in the opinions nf Coloradoans, il rather made him popular; 0 much so lhat be thinks himself warranted in running a an independalnt candidal for Con gress from the new State nf Colorado. Every victory ever lh co'd blooded emigrant am busher will make the soldier who obtain it popular, tn the late sixty-five day' campaign of General Connor' thero were about 4 J In dians put sort di combat, and th capture of lsl head of stock, lh enure destruction nf a village nf 21 HI Lodges, with all Ihe paraphern alia uf Indian home hfe, made with a Ioe of only twelv men kilrd and fifteen wounded. We want a few more short eonipaign. We've got Iu have them before Ihe overland road is safe for travelers, ar th overland telegraph free front interruption. W hop Ihe General won't forget to get out on another ride. For what he has done lha Wester people will all untie iu saying, "well dons, good and faithful servant, ia whom we ar well pleased." G'o J MONDAY MOKN1NO. DKC. 18. IWiS. Th Statesman hai a Larger Circulation than sny other Paper in the state, ana is me nest Medium for Advertlseri. The V S law and Resolutions are published in thi siabesinau u Chbap PanoNS The Inicsi dispatches inform ns- tbut pardon seekers still throng the bieciitiya man sion, and that hundreds of them, comprising all classes or rebels, are still meeting woo an i, em. . -j desire in obtaining impunity for their crimss. llio restornlion of leading rebels to political pnwor is go big on with a greater rapidity than hutllod trailors hud ever hnpedfor. The government of the Houiheni Mates is gradually, .yet rapidly, fulling into their bands. A rebel (lennral is Uovol-nnr of Mississippi, and is nlllcially recognized as such hy the President. A rebel Congressman is (lovernor of South Carolina; and the remainder of the Southern Slates, in the se lection of their civil officers, aro fust iinilainig mess examples. The same class of msn who governed the Honlh before tho war, and who began the late conflict of arms, are, as It now seems, to rule that section herenlter. This is t lie result of the Ooverinnent for netting that treason is a crime. It is just what wo might expnot to follow hi tho wake of the system of cheap pardons. This policy we regard as the great error of the present plan of reconstruction. Ortgo- man. On Tuesday, the Oregonian endorsed Pres ident Johnson, tlightly ; on Wednesday, It came out with the above insidious assault. It cannot oonoeal iti animosity to the Prendent and Cabinet. If it can do nothing else, it will ory "olieup pardons." That sheet ii doing all it can to destroy confidence in tho President and his Cuhinet. It Is had enough to see Cop perhead pupen assail tho Union Administra tion ; hut what must he the opinion of Union men when they see a pretended Union paper doing aa the Oregonian does? There can be no denying the fact that the course now pur sued by that journal tends directly to dissemi nate distrust and to destroy confidence in the wisdom and patriotism of the President. It ought not to pursue such a course while claim ing to support the Union party in Oregon, We have no votes to drive off and fritter away hy uch a fault-finding policy ns tha Oregonian pursues toward the President. ' How much bet ter to notice the Governor of South Carolina as the New York Tribune does, iu the follow ing words : "Col. James L. Orr has been chosen Oovornor of ftoutb Curohna the first ever olected by a popular vole. Col. Orr, like provisional Gov. Perry, liuile from tho upland portion of the State, and did good service against secession in loTsM. He was a moder ate iu Ititill. but tinnllv Yielded to the current. Col. Orr is nn able, fair-minded man, nnd (we trust) will honestly labor to restore peace aud prosperity to our whole country. The Orefronian can do no good, but great harm, to the Union parly and the cause of the Union, by throwing in firebrands. Tlio lust sentence of the extract from the Oregonian is wholly ridiculous. Just think of the school boy editor of tho Oregonian littiug in judg ment upon the official acts of Andrew Johnson William II. Soward, . M. Stnutnn, Judge Speed, and tho rest of the Cabinet, and flip pantly questioning the wisdom and patriotism of men who have grown old and gray in hon orable service in the council, nnd dared the Confederate linker and Ihu assassin's kuifo in defense of Union and Liberty ! Tub " OiiBoo.NiAN" on tub President. The Oregonian of Tuesday last publishes a statement of the President' views, as express ed hy Senator John B. Henderson, nnd vouch ed for hy nur Senator, Judge WilliauiB, and then says : " In order tn show how closely it agrees with the President in all things, we should be glad to see the Statenmnit give Mr. Johnson's views upon the matter we have been considering, side by side with select sentences from ils own editorials of a few weeks ago. We think that paper would in this way succeed in vouviiii-iiiir Ihe niiblic lhat there is a vast ditlerence between its own tuiiM-nthle prcjndicus anuthe. enlight ened opinions ot Auorew tiunuson. Ah, indeed ! You will see by last Monday's Slatciman llmt this pnper ii just ono day ahead of you, in thii matter. We published and en dorsed President Johnson's views last Monday: and rumor faith that the publisher uf the Or egonian, seeing our issue of that day, sent his his editor a dispatch to come out for Johnson " strong," and thereupon Tuesday's Oregon ian " flopped" over to tho support of the Pros ident. (Won't the Oregonian publish that telegram?) Wo had oarried Judge Williams's letter in our pocket for ten days, wailing for an 'opportunity to publish it, and we presume the Oregonian hid possessed a similar letter for about the same length of time, but lacked the courage to publish it, until its publisher, seeing Monday's Statesman, telegraphed tho coarse to pursue. We nre glad to see the Oregonian now retrace ils steps, and come up to Ihe sup pnrt of Ihe President, if even by so doing it tails under the suspicion of following the lead of the statesman. The Oregonian contiuues: "It is worth while to mention, and we ask the Union men of Oregon to observe, that their Senntor, Judge Williams, sanctions the views of the President in relation 10 this matter. The note from him which wo publish above, clearly indicates that lie holds the same opinious upon this subject which Mr. Henderson gives as emanating from President Johnson." It wni not at all worth while to mention that matter; and wo regret that the Oregonian should hnve made any statement which im plied that our Senator needed " bolstering np'' before his constituents. The Union men of Oregon have always entertained the most im plicit confidence in Judge Williams, aud are perfectly lutisOed that he is nuaniinotis in his support uf the President. Collector Adams Sustained. An effort has been made in certain quarters to create Ihe impression that Hon. W. L. Adams, Col lector of Customs fur the district of Oregon, has been over ofllcinni, if he has not actunlly transcended his duties. In seiting 10 many steamships during the past year for violations of the Kevenue lawi ; when the fact! are that he has only faithfully discharged his duties. In view uf those facts, we ate glad to see that the Legislature ha passed a joint resolution fully sustaining Collector Adams in hii coarse, and commending him for ti is vigilance iu fer reting out and bringing to trial and conviction the individvoals nnd vessels engaged In these violations of law. We will publish th reso lutions next week. Dr. Witiik's Msrmos. The publication of Dr. Withe's sermon delivered on Tbankeigv ing day has been rjtuested by the Union mem bers of the Legislature. It is an able document. Tha manuscript is In our bands, and it will ap pear in the Stateman Just as soou as the press of Legislature Report! will prrmi'.. Olr Ohsoon Citt Packao.-W are In formed that the Oregon City package of Ihe Staleiman failed to reach iu destination ap to Friday cvrning last. The Post Masters are lo blame fur tbis. The Package was regularly deposited in the Post office at thii place, at the asual time, and we can only complain of them for Uot properly Inrwarding it. Mt'iTCRGU Out. Company D. 4th Col. Vols,, formerly stationed at Fori Yamhill has been lent horn to California lo be mustered sot, mi. K. lline. F.ditcr of th Vancouver Register, ha been elected President of the Washington Territory Onneil. SHWISIINKRH HUN Til HEED.'' A lew weeks ago, we suggested tlio idea llmt Ihe . present session of the Legislature should pro vide for taking nil account nf tlio expense in- curred by Oregon iu raising troops, Aro., in ooiiseiiience of llio withdrawal uf tho regulars to light the rebels, lo the end llmt tho amount expended by Oregon in that w ay might bo pre sented as an equitable claim upun tho General Government, in that the rebellious States might be Hindu to pay their just proportion of The opportunity wni too good to be lost, nnd the Eugene Journal, followed by the Or egonian. immediately pitched into the States man, under the caption of " Selfishness run to seed," and both ridiculed the matter to the jest of their ability. We knew at the time that this proposition had been endorsed hy the leading Union men in tho Eastern States, but did not suppose that Congress would tuko the initiative in Ihe matter. We now have the satisfaction nf seeing that Mr. Dlair lias in- troduced a resolution iu Congress to do the very thing whiuh we proposed, viz. let the. General Government assume the indebtedness and expenses incurred by the Inyal Statei In aiding to suppress tho rebellion. This is no thing but justioe and right, and tho comments of the pnpers named were evidently a strained, effort to find fault whero none existed. We hope now that these papers will maintain their consistency and abuse Mr. Blair, for the same reason they found fault with ui, or frankly ac knowledge their mistake, MVYSOS'S RESOLUTIONS. Wo call the attention of our renders, and Union men generally, to the resolutions printed in anothercolnmn, and which wero prepared nnd introduced by Hon. 0. W. Lawson, of Yamhill. They declare fully the pod- tion of President Johnson slid the Union party; and they declare doctrines that no fair man, no friend of the country, no good citizen, bo ho Itepubllcati, Abolition ist, Whig or Democrat, con justly Hud fault with or re fuse to support. These resolutions make a platform upon which every good citizen of every shade of poll tics eiin and ought to rally, iu order to bring about the blessings of substantial und everlasting pence nnd pros perity to the whole Union. We should like tu hear the objections of professing Christians in the Democratic party to these resolutions. Wo do not think they onn Und any. Justice, truth slid Christianity make up the spirit of these able and eloquent resolves, and upon Ibis platform no purty eon be defeated, lieasnuable and fair-minded Democrats, and Johnson Pem-'crnts, will take notice that tho little squad of secetdi Democrats In the Legislature voted against these resolutions, while every Union member voted In favor of them. P. 8. Tho Oregonian will he enabled to get away from sumo uf its errors, hy tuking notice thut these res olutions decluro, with the President, that the right of suffrage Is a political and not a natural right, TIIE END HAS COME. Human Slnvcry lias been nliolbhcd, throughout the domain of the United States hy constitutional law. Oregon bus tho honor of scaling the enactment, und driving Ihe laat noil in the coffin of the " sum of all villainies." What a glorious occasion for the inspira tion of the poet and the eloquence of the orator! To day, the United States stands among the nations of the earth peerless and without a rival the freest, purest nnd best Government on the face of the globe. May the course of our beloved country be onward and up. ward, nntil all men shall point to us, aud say with pride " Thebes marched her thousands from an hundred gates, We march our millions from un hundred States." Dk. Bowtnv'a Si-kkcu Owing to the large amount nf legislative and telegraphic report, we are unable to print the speeches of Dr. Bowlby, Mr. Cartwright and others this week. They will be published at the earli est moment. , ' " Osk or" Tna Smiths " Is now employed In editing the Oregonian. He writes his letters at Portland and dates them " Sulem." Whether the Oregonian't Smith Is " Nazro " or " Norman," we are not Informed. Leuturb. Hev. t)r. Wythe, of the Uni versity, will deliver the second leoture in the course for the benefit of tho Alka Society library, on Tuesday, Deo. 19th, at the M. E. Church. Subject The Literature of the 19th ocnlnry. Admission, 50 cents. From Colvillb. The Mountaineer statei that a gentleman arrived in the Dalles from Colville, on the 7th inst. He brought new omrohornting previous mining reports from the upper Columbia. lie had about $30,000 of gold from the mines on the Columbia, of which $7,000 was from the now Mines. In quality, this last rcsemhlci the Kootenai gold, and is very heavy and pore. Distressing. Accidest The Vanconver Register states that Mumfiird Laws, a youth about 17 yean old nnd ion of Mr. Preston Lawi, wai killed by the accidental discharge of a gun on Thursday, the 30th of November. The gun was accidentally discharged by a oomrade while playfully pointing it at Laws; another warning for boy to be careful with fire-arms. Soldier Killed. A drunken soldier was run throngh with a bayonet, by tho guard while endeavoring to take the drunken man to the guard house nt Vancouver a few days ago. What is a Dollar? A case of interest to shipping merchants has just been decided in the Superior Court in Huston. Plaintiffs were ship ow ners, and in 1 8(30 made a contract with defendant tn take charge of the Wild Hunter, as master, nt $150 a month. He continued in command till August, 1804, visiting numerous foreign ports, collecting fri-ight.nn different car goes iu gold or sterling, and reserving portions of the lumo from timo tn time for his own nse. lie charged himself with the mmi received, reckoning dollar for dollar in gold, and the pound Hurling at $4 84 in gold, and applying it at that rate in payment of his wages at $150 per month. The plaintiffi claimed first, that there was a usage which prohibits shipmasters from taking in foreign ports mure money than is required for Iheir personal expenses; second, that defendant was obliged to account for sum so taken at current rates of eichangi, aud not dollar fur dollar, or at the value of the pound sterling. It was agreed that, if these points were sustained, then defendant wai liable for the amount oluimed by the plaintiffs, other wise that plainlilfs were indebted to the de fendant. The case was referred to an auditor, who re ported that the nsage limiting appropriation of freight mouey by tlm Captain to personal expense was not proved, and that (ho amoont applied to bis wagei wai correotlr estimated by Ihe Captain, supposing the calculation made upon a specie basis. That presented the liin ple question to ihe Coort whether an agreement in this country for wages at a specified sum, parable here in greenbacks, permitted the pay ment by the Captain to himself in foreign coun tries in gold. Judge Lord said, that while Ihe itatutes ol the United State make a dollar In paper as moch as a dollar, they do not make a dollar in gold moro. In other words, Ihe stat ute makes Ihem equal, and Ihe Caplaio right fully, in the abseuce of any usage to the con trary, applied the earning of th ship to lh discharge of hit wage dollar for dollar in gold. Judgment was given for the defendant for lha amount claimed hy him as slill doe. 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