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the expectant twelve hundred aycarcrs, but 1
not wanting anything htmscii, ami Having
an iaoome or forty thousand pounds, paid
quarterly, Mr. Ormsby bore their reported
indignation liko a lamb. There were several
other- similar or ahahtcous mischances; the
whig contrived to poll Lord Grubminstcr in
a wheeled chair; he was unconscious, but
had heard as much of the debate as a good
many. Colonel Fantommo, on tho other
hand, could not coma to time ; tiro mesmerist
had thrown him into a trance from which it
was fated ho should never awake ; but the
crash -of the night was a speech made against
the opposition by one of their own men, Mr.
Trenchard, who voted with the government.
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THE SPECTATOR.
OIO. L. CURST, BDITOK W. T. U0MO.M, rKINTM.
Orccsm City, Jly , 14T.
O An interesting letter from Judge Burnett, we
ere compelled to postpone until our next
(D Tho assessments of tare for 1847, an now
ready for examination at the County Clerk'a office,
Oregon City.
Thk ElictioMw As soon u tho secretary of the
territe-y shall hare received tho official return of the
recent election, and ahall have opened them, we will
giro the same to the public. We have reason to be.
liere, however, that Got. Abernethy b rc-electedhy
tmall majority.
O We weald with the Island papers to contradict
their statements relative to there being chance o
commnaication between this Urritory and the states
every two months. It has already lead to the recep
tion here of handled of leUers and documents of state,
which will have to be returned to whence they came.
Oar reader abroad should bear in mind that anything
they wish to g overland to the United States, should
be here early la May. If any other arrangements are
made they will be duly announced.
jBflzens.
CT We are pleased to announce the arrival among
f a young American artist, Mr. J. M. Stanley, who
risits our territory for the purpose of transferiug to can
vaa aosne portions of the beautiful and sublime scenery
with which our country abounds. The field of Mr.
Stanley's labors has chiefly been in the valley of tho
Mississippi, where he is extensively known and appre
elated. He has had the advantage of considerable
travel, having visited most of the conspicuous localities
of North America, and comes in our midst, having
but recently shaken off the dust of the rough tramp
from the states to Santa Fe and California, which lat
ter country he visited as a member of tho Topograph
ical Corps in Gen. Kearney's command. We bespeak
for him, at the hands of our fellow-citizen, a favor
ble reception, as a friend of " Lang Syne," as a gen
tleman and a worthy member of his noble profession,
" Fourth or July. The return of the anniversary ol
our National Independence was generally observed
throughout the Urritory. The enjoyment of the oc
casion was heightened by the fact of the settlement of
the vexed question of boundary and possession, nl
though that settlement was not so congenial to our feel
ings as we coi'ld have desired. It was a glorious re
union of our people they knew that hoppy millions
were engaged, frith them, throughout the length and
breadth of our beloved country, tho United States, in
commemorating an event fraught with the happiness
of humanity. The star-lit flag of freedom threw its
gorgeous fold to the breeze, and amid the roar of can
noa, the jubilant murmur ascended of a free and grate
ful people. The story of the event whose birth will
ever be celebrated so long as there is a foot-hold for
freedom in the earth, has been told again and again
in such beautiful and soul-stirring lunguage that it
would be unbecoming an humble and feeble source to
give even a brief repetition. It now forms the most
briHiant pages of the worlds history, and touches the
oeassaea heart of humanity with a power that is irrc-
sJltlHt I cause of the down-trodden and oppressed.
- la tale city the day was observed by tho firing of
asjsjsaftiate salutes at sunrise, noon and sunset, and by
rtsskatfil assist gatnenng in the evening. At Tort
fond Basra aatsasive preparations had been made for
the eelebraUea of the day at sunriso, with the firing
ef a weMia4 saints of thirteen guns, the shipping
was dinhri with fsfi and pennants, and tho Ameri
ca ifsmrr was displayed upon the liberty pole on
sJmt. Tksss was a laifs aaembUge of peoplo from
various parts of the territory, who had suspended their
dally avocations to ktep lite " Sabbath of the Nation.'
A seiate of tliirty gum was fired at 13 e'cleck,
after which on excellent oration was aslhrtred
to a crowded audience', comprised of both sexes,
by the Rev. Dr. WiilUun Roberts, superintendent sf the
Metaedist Mission In this country: We thought it a
very happy occasion for the introduction of Dr. Roberts
to the public, on the eve of the commencement of the
duties of hit profession. A sumptuous report had been
prepared by the committee of anangements, which
was to have been enjoyed beneath an extremely taste
ful bower, but unfortunately the inclement conditioavof
the weather rendered other arrangements nietsspy,
and although there was an ample supply of provision,
yet, if the committee had been enabled to have car
ried out their contemplated arrangement, it would have
resulted in more general satisfaction. A salute at sun
set, and pleasant gaUieringt in the evening, concluded
the celebration.
TrcsfMUMlnsT em Land Claims.
In another column will be found a communication,
over the signature of (J. W. Hell, concerning the pro
ceedings of the meetings recently held in this city for
Uie purpose of obtaining an expression of public oiiiion
relative to " trespassing upon land claim." While we
candidly admit that we admire tho manly manner in
which our correspondent comes out, over hit own name,
to espouse tho unpopular ride of n ijue.-ticn, we cannot
but say that we regret exceedingly that hit cause U
not n better one.
We propose' to make tome remarks upon the subject
matter before us, not with anypirit to provoke contivV
tion, nor for1 the purpose of manifesting the least dis
respect for the opinions of any one, fur we hold that
ever' man's opinion it entitled to certain degrees of
respenti or we cannot claim it for our own. Wo wish
to promote truth, to deal justly by all, and to encour
age that love of social union which in generally, the
unfailing source of happinrte and prosjierity. We hae
endeavored, always, to regard the inlcrctts of each and
all the grout interests of the couutry--ond never in
tentionally wronged the hurnblett of our fellow-ciU-
Therefore we undertaku our duty "without pre
judice or partiality," and while we speak 'tlainly, and
perhaps earnestly, in the expression uf our views, that
we may not be misunderstood, wo would hesitate to
injure any feeling Unit b the elT-cpring of honest be
lief.
As to tho M respectability" of tho meetings alluded
to by our correspondent, we really should suppose Jhf re
could be no question, and that they were the mottnu
merously attended of an; public gathering ever pre
viously held iu tho territory, is a fact not easily to bo
disputed ; nor are we disposed to admit thut "a large
number of individuals in this community" have been
assailed in character, or thut " the virtue and intelli
gence generally of the people of tin territory1 have
been in the least compromised by any action of those
meetiugf. It is that very rirlut and intelligence to
which wo appeal fur the judgment of truth and error,
and upon which wc defiend for the triumph of right
We do not believe that ' a largo number of individu
all" are comprehended in the term " trespasser upon
land claim." indeed, to the honor of the country, it
is known that they are but few. Our correspondent
makes somo unbecoming attempt.! at satire, ill com
porting with the consequence of tho cud he desires to
attain, and in summing up the decisions of these meet
ings there should bo b'ume for what they did, if ItVs
needful, not for what they did not do. In public meet
ings thing are frequently suggested without adoption,
and if adopted, frequently reconsidered No commit
teo to adjudicate land claims wus appointed ; there
fore, what is to bo gained by arguing that which is not
pertinent to the issue 1 We are nut aware that it is
necessary to deteniiino the degree of wisdom which
the meetings displayed iu tiuir action upon this point,
but we would make the putting remark, that wo re
cognizo the people to be tho luw-making powerthat
which creates must bo higher than what it creates
emergencies have occurred in which tho peoplo have
been justified;, in the full assumption of thk power;
such an emergency occutioued our war of Indepen
dence such on emergency gave birth to tho South
American republic.
' Who of our citizens, I ask," says our correspon
dent, " has committed a impose upon u land claim, or
have any of them resisted the law, or refused to abide
iu decisions V This is sophistry, and much that follows
in Uie communication is an unmeaning display of verb
osity. The object of all law should ho the prevention of
misdoing rather than iu punishment. The punishment
can never bo a satisfaction for the violation of right
it is purely preventive in iu tendency. It Is of littlo
avail Uttock the stable door ufter the horse is stolen.
We take a claim unrecorded and uuoccupied, and im
prove it, expend our labor and our means, upon it; are
we entitled to iu possession ? Some one of our fellow,
citizens entertains a strong attachment for our claim,
and trespasses upou it, assailing our rights, by record
ing the claim, and perhaps attempUng to make some
additional improvements upon it. Throwing every oth
er question aside, are we to lose the labor and means
we have expended upon it? Is Uie trespasser to get
something for nothing t Sask we ooneelve Is not the
spirit of the Organic law. Bat such trespasser is wil
ling to aeMo the Issue of law he would aot resist the
law ; oh, no. Yet, where dees he ebUia the right to
question ear possession, and attempt to take from us
that which we have legsjy acquired, ami which our
mean and labor have greatly enriched T Who makes
him infallible, and from whence does he get his license
to violate the law t He is worth nothing ; who is to
remunerate a for the damages we have sustained
and settle Uie charges of an expensive litigation?
We would remark, In conclusion, that It would be an
unhappy circumstance to have " the wise and salutary
provisions of our republican form of government" Il
lustrated by that spirit which is inculcated by our cor
respondent's article, and his grandiloquence is of little
avail as the fact that "freemen are capable of self
government," has been proven, iUi, doubtless, indif
ferent assistance from himself. Advising our corres.
pondenl not again to set up men of straw to annihilate
before the public eye, we leave him wlUi tho simile
observation, that tho " Goddess of Liberty" is often
made to mother oUier than her legitimate oftVpring.
BJ Tho bark Whiton, Captain Gelstsn, arrived in
our river on the 22d ult., having hod a passage of ono
hundred and forty-eight days from New York to San
Francisco. Iu her came passengers tho Rev. Win.
Roberts and family, and the Rev. J. II. Wilder and
family, who are attached to Uie Methodist Episcopal
Church in this Territory.
Captain Gelsten reports the entrance to our noble
river feasible and easy with proper care, and speaks in
terms of commendation of Mr. Reeve, our bar pilot,
in juttico to whom we ought to state that he brought
Uie Whiton and Mount Vernon, the latter a first class
ship, safely and easily into llaker's Kay with a head
wind. Let no one harp about " the dangerous mouth
of the Columbia" hereafter. The Mount Vernon came
up from Fort George to the mouth of Willamette in
twenty hours' sailing time.
Immiuxakts to CAuroi.su. Wo publish the fol
lowing extract of a letter from Gov. Doggs, one of Uie
recent immigranU to California, addressed to his brother-in-law,
Cut A. Doone, of this territory, gtviag a
succinct account of Uie sufferings of the recent immi
gration to that country :
" You have heard, no doubt, something of the mis
fortune and sintering of Reed and Donna s companies
in Uie mountain. 1'hey went, )ou know, Hastings's
Cut-off nearly half of them jierished in the Califor
nia mountains. Those that lived had to use the bodies
of their friends who died for food. The following are
the names of those who perished as far as I can learn :
acob Donna and wife and soma of his children thrco
of his children got in. 1'iko was accidcnllv shot by
Foster with a revolving pistol, aud died. Wolfinger
and all the Dutch, (except Wolfmger's wife and Mr.
Kecsburg,) Dolan, Antonio the Spaniard that started
wiUi us, Milt. F.lliott, Stanton, Deutou, Shoemaker,
Mrs. Eddy and her two children, the foolish fellow that
was with Reed, a Mr. Elliott nud his wife, and a Mr.
Foxdick, son-in-law of Mr. Elliott, a little chunky
Dutchman by the name nf Cliarly that drove ono of
Geo. Donna's wagons, George Donna and wife, and
Keesburg, and Mrs. Murphy, and a young child of
Geo. Donna's were left in the mountains by those who
went out to Uieir relief, they not being ab'e to travel,
and we suppose they have all perished ; a child also of
McCutcheon's ; Smith, one of Keed's drivers, also per
ished. Those that got in were Mr. Heed and wife and
all his children; llrinn, the Irishman, and all his chil
dren and wife; Eddy and Foster; Mrs. Foster and
Mrr. Pike, and a single daughter of Mrs. Murphy; one
of Mm Murphy's little boys ; three of Geo. Donna's
girls ; threo of Jacob Donna's children ; McCutcheon
and wife and Mrs. Fosdiuk ; Mrs. Wolfinger and Mrs.
Keesburg. There were about eighty souls in tho com
pany ; alxiut forty got in, seme of ihcrn badly frozen
and entirely destitute. Mr. Reed lost every thing hut
a little clothing. The snow was from 5 to .'IU feet deep.
Mr. Rccd had come in to Sutter's ahead uf his com
pany after provisions, &cuml returned, but could'nt
get to them on account of tlieTmw until ho camu
back again, raised a party of men and returned.
Lieut Woodworth and old Greenwood, with parties,
also went out to their relief. Thero were two cmiqw
of the sufferers in tho mountains, and tho campx wera
eight miles upart. Geo. Donna, wife and child wrro
left at the farthest camp, and Mrs. Murphy and Kern
burg at the other camp unable to travel. A party Imh
since gone out to savs.lhcto live, but returned, being
uuuble to get to them, so they must have perished."
From the London New.
America. Tho nomination jtf Mr. Han
croft to London, il'Jis tlioniht, will not bo
confirmed by tho Somite ; in wiiiohciJso it is
Iirobable that hoiiio loss good hater of hug.
and may ho appointed. Mr. llancroft in a
clever man, and tho ntitltor of a goal histori
cal work ; but they want him out of tho cab
inet, and ho ho guts a pluco elsewhere, art
many have done, in England. Tho follow,
ing epigram alludes to this job:
llancroft and Brougham, what er their merit,
Has each so trotihlesorno a spirit
No cabinet cart bear him ;
While Brougham from-oflico get excluded,
Bancroft, more lucky, get obtruded
On England, which could spare bin.
O" We subjoin the following correspondence reli
eve to the forwarding of Uie " Memorial to the U. H.
Congress," which we pasted by hurt legislature :
Orioon Territory, and Doc. 1810.
Diar Sir : I liavo tho honor herewith
to transmit to you a Memorial to tho Con
gress of tho United Stlatcs of America, a.
frccably to a resolution adopted by I ho
louse of Represents! ivbx, 10th December,
1840, directing tho Speaker to forward tho
Bamo to the U. 8. Consul attho 8andwicb
Inlands, flattering themselves that ho would'
avail himself of tho earliest opportunity to
forward tho same to Washington City.
A. L. LOVEJOY,
To Joel Turbim. Ksq. Speaker.
U, S. Consul at the Siniltckh hltmda.
Honolulu, May 17th, 1847.
Dear Sin Your letter of Deo. 23d, with
tho accompanying Memorial to Congress,
wbs received in duo time, by tho way of
California, I forwarded it to Washington
noon nftor it reached hore.
Allow mo to congratulate you, and through
you tho peoplo of that Territory upon tlm
settlement of tho "Oregon question.1' Your
inhabitants havo established a valuablo char,
actcrfor temperance and industry, which if
they continuo to deserve, cannot fail tomaku
them a happy and a prosperous nconlo.
I should be happy to hear from you al
time.
Your obo't wrv't,
J. TURRILL.
Ho.v. A. Fj. Lhvejoy.
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For tho Oregon Spectator.
i:IiH'Htion, "tie. 3.
Hut haii not the Father a teork too t Most
assuredly he bus, a great nnd reHponsthb;
one. It him look to it that ho docs not
neglect this work. You nro laboring ban!
in order to amass wealth for your sont and
daughters. You rise betimcH, und labor dil.
igently, you return at night wearied with tho
fatiguing dutirs of tho past day, you set
you down on your chair or cast yourself on
the lounge overcome with the anxious carcu
of life. Do noi think 1 am going to blame
ou for this, no tho Apostle Paul, called nf
Christ to a personal work in the ministry wn
a tent mnker, nnd wrought at his occupation
for a livelihood. And we aro commanded
to work in order that wo may eat of our
own substance. Rut we should not be
grovelling as to bo continually bowed down
to earthly dross nnd tho nmassing of this
world's goods. When you come homo vex.
ed with tho cares of business, and fatigurd
with lu!or, what m pleasant as to sit down
with your son nnd cxaminc'his progress iu
study. Who so able to encourage him in bin
attention to his books as tho father? When
your dutightcr climbs on your knee and with
nswect kiss tells you of tlio "big acholar she.
heat in sjKlling" or the. chitngefrom the Spelt,
ing Hook to the Firnt Header, what joy should
light up your countenance, what encouraging
smiles fdioutd beam on her br. 'lit face.
Tnko tho book in your hnnd and near he
lesson und encourage her in her studies. 1. i
not an opportunity pass unimproved in order
to forward her iu her literary pursuits. Up
on cxnminntion days bo sura to be prompt in
your attendant i and encourago both your
child and the clirtr. Do not neglect fro
quem visitations lo tho school and aeo for
yourself whether or not your child is useful
ly employed. Depend not on the mi.so of
others, or of your child ; but seo and know
for yourself, whether or not tho teacher is
doing his duty. CaU'on tho tcaohor in pri
vnle, mnko him feel at homo when at your
hotiKu, (indcncourngo him when you can, ibr
ho needs youf encouragement in his arduous
task. Tho smiles of unj approving patron is
tuoro pleasant to tho fditnful teacher than
any honors or favors you may otherwise bo.
stow upon -him. Do not treat him as a hire
ling, but as n friend doing you a favor.
Thoro is nothing sounds so grating to tho
feelings of a conscicncious tcaohor when ho
first enters ti neighborhood in order tlo got ti
school, as that first introductory question ;
"how cheap will you teach for usf" Why .
it that so universalh. the character, literary
ana morai, is nuogotiior icu lor an alter con
sidoration, when it should be tho first?
do wo cducato our children ? I it not that
thoy may enjoy life tho bettor, bo moro use
ful to their fellow men, and bo tho better ablo
to think and act for thomsclros ? Then why
so penurious about it? Will you pay tho
other professions liberally, most of which at.
tend only to your property and bo so c!ou
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