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OREGON FREE PRESS. VOL. 10 OR TDK WEEK XNDING SATURDAY, MAY (3, 188. (NO. 6.' OREGON FREE PRESS. JPOBLI5HED EVERY SATURDAY. 'Geq. h. Cdhry, Editor nd Proprietor. TERMS fin advance.) Dot. era. One copy, per annum., 3 SO. cAsg. do. do do six months 2 Each square, first insertion, . ; . . 2 do. Each subsequent insertion, ..... 1 do. 12 lines or less is considered one square. A reason able deduction made on yearly advertisements. Cur rency and produce taken at their cash value. (FREE PBE5S CORRESPONDENCE.) Ft. Wascopav, April 30, 1848. DearSir The company of Capt. Nesmith is in camp, lhree miles east of this place. V Vc an ived on the 26th ult., much fatigued by the difficult journey we bad per formedfor ue had (o lead our horses most of the way to this place, over ledges of recks, or along the steep stony cliffs of the Columbia, uhere one false step of Ahe animal would have left his ouncr a footman in the .array. Many of our burses' feet were so injured thai it was with difficulty we got them through. Capt. Pugd's company arrived on the evening of thp 25th, having lost one mule and Capt. Martin's arrived on the 26th, losing two horses. Their companies are encamped about three miles east of us, and about six from fort VVascopam. ihe men composing this de lachment arc in excellent health and fine spirits, and the loud laugh excited by the rough joke of the back woodsman, is frequently heard in camp. Maxon's military report, and the ladies' patriotic resolutions and contributions are also remembered and often re eired to by the h'hoys." Col. Lee travelled the greater part of the way from Portland with us, and I had some opportunity of study ing his character. He is well suited to the command of an irregular force, of the kind we have, and I think a better selection could not have been made in the Valley. Our Captain is also an excellent officer for this service, and the men lake pride in obeying his or ders, and he is caicful to give them in such a manner as not to offend. We have twice been stinted in our rations of flour and beef, (the only we darw,) but you may be assured that we relish that kind of rations .better than the scarcity. Much dissatisfaction prevails in the detachment with re yard to the negligence of the Assistant Commissaries at 'the Fort in furnishing our suppliesbut whether the censure is just or unjust I cannot pretend to say. I Jiave visited the Fort and found the officers actively en gaped in procuring and forwarding supplies but at IJie same time found them almost entirely destitute of the necessary means. They tiave neglected the cattle that were here, so long, that they arc all strayed and lost. Fort VVascopam is built upon the ground formerly occupied by the Mission houses badly erected for de fence, and to use an ancient phrase, "having neither form or comeliness." The inmates pay little regard to cleanliness, and Ihe Indians stray through it at leisure. The Colonel, however, informcs me that he intends vu ioeing the free admission of the natives. Mr. R. W. Morrison, of Clatsop county, with 60 men, ,fg -to-be lea in .charge of the.. Forty untd we return. The Indians here are perfectly quiet (n fact they are terror-stricken, and skulk around rather than meet one of our people in the n-ad. The new from Fort Waters this morning by lh" H. B. Company's express gives us hopes that we may yet overtake Tcloguoit and bis two sons, with others of the murderers, whom, wo understand, are now on the Saliaptin river, detained by the Spokans uho refuse to allow them to -pass through their country. Tamsuckie has fled to tfae Snakes, and. Joe Lewis, that arch scoun drel, with three of the Young Chief's men, have gone to the Mormqni. We expect to march to-morrow morning if the Comr missary's boat arrives, which is all that detains us noiu.. VVc are all anxious, and I believe deeply feel the re sponsibility of the duly we have assumed. Yours, etc., JUAN. p. S. I have just learned that one or Capt. Maxon's men was killed by a fall from his horse while return ing to Fort Waters, but iiave not been able to learn his name. Five o'clock p. m. the boat has. arrived, and I suppose we shall be oil' to-morrow. J. THE ELECTION. In the Government "organ" we perceive the Secre tary of Stale's official announcement i dative to the election, from which we learn that the following officers are to be elected, in the several counties, on the first Monday of next June: County op Clatsop One Representative, one Sheriff, one Coroner, one Justice of the Peace. Lewis One Representalive,one Sheriff, one Coroner. Vancouver One Representative, one Sheriff, one Coroner, one Justice of the Peace. Clackamas Three Representatives, one Sheriff, one Coroner, two Justices of the Peace. Champoeg Four Representatives, one Sheriff, one Coroner. Tualatin Three Representatives, one Sheriif, one Coroner, one County Treasurer. Yam Hill Three Representatives, one Sheriff, one Coroner. Polk Three Representatives, one Sheriff, one Cor oner. Benton Two Representatives, one Sheriff, one Cor oner, three Justices of the Pcace,oric County Treasurer. Linn Two Representatives, one Sheriff," one Coron er, three Justices of the Peace, one County 'treasurer. Former Judges of Election are desired "to hold their offices and perform the duties of the same until others are appointed." The voters present at the polls can elect their Judges of Election who appoint their own Clerks, etc. The p lls are to open at nine o'clock, in the morning, and continue cpen until six o'clock in the evening. Tha Judges may, if necessary, postpone the closing of the polls until nine o'clock at night. Jba several proposed amendments to the fl Organic Law" which wo have before published, are Lo be accepted or rejected at this election. Abolition of Slavery. The Barhadoen Gazette, of the 23d September, slates that it has tieard, on what m considered good authority, that orders have been re ceived from his government by (lie Danish governor of St. Thomas and Santa oruz, to prepare ihe proprietors of those islands for the immediate emancipation of their slaves, and it is further confidently asserted thai simir Jar orders have been transmitted to th overnori of the French Island. . -