r.w. S 7A.K-- 1 MS . OREGON l " - SXKIlTA Ae t Vol, 4. it-tttrrwif WSJOlf ILAIir, . 1 Editor Bnl Publlihor. r BUSINESS CARDS. IMfi. M ,UI M. jrNJ.iMhK CiiU'K A " wiihm;x.i.!;a iiktmi. mi:ih iiwr- rnTMn. oarM.i I'UI"1" O liilirl t. l"l'J il till, I ii-mn, IJff'll a. IilIaNl), J '"' " "t" ST A UK .V .). im rRAit wii, t ,i munis u miTu--Wm. M. Wrlnwi'-i "!, New YiiV. Mr-it. Wrllll HC A 'r)ilrj, " Ta) l-r & Miinll, ' t tlnKita A t'n 'anion Utl. 4. iia. ""; "V . ItcaM.O SIIKIIMANS A- .STAKK. CM.V.U IS.SHiS M KIU iia A v.v, M.IV MIIIK CltV. Oil t. Il LAW NOTKT.. J (HINN TllnltNTuN. ATTOIISKY - rol'SSI'.I.OK .IT ..I II. ,N. .-i " Itim IN elMM'UIV. Ojic fit' ''' "I w"" '""' "ff'l' M trirt Air Hi,r,. Ciy, II. I. I, li:i A. A. MI.NM:il. .ITTO.W.V.! l'l V.S.V.nK I7.III' . .ii -him ij'iii i "i i ii iv i ur. Pf, fun H'fll lli'r f llufn ,'ilil ll(UI", lilt Mr. , -? j 1 1. a r. iThI.m s. K 3 mt (""""'4 i'-.""'"'1 p. ,"1 ' lr,i" U H. m. Ins J .! ' i !' ' ' "'' ''" '.,- "1 '.. J l i. it.i a ii" i i-.rti.ii. .f iu. I "in. . i i i:imi: i '. iii mi .1 rro ;..;: i -v " xi:mu;s, ! . rnS' n i. m.i- On I'm A '" r.Mlm.l.lli'iiiTfif.iJiT J. ii 'I' I n."i" is." "r ni !; Sfif 4 i. .HI J'lIKi''! ,ll'll .'I. I .' I iM'.iilli:!'. tllllllS, v(it-x.fi:t.nn irnw. Itcrri'i MMll'll,'XMI Ar.C.iT, uM"i lU-atf iiuii'i.ngi, i ..i ii "io; ll.t. .".rC t.. all liu.iii'M i.ili!!.rt 'Iiimi Vt in it.- pii,nrt..u "I l'i:l I'll", tli" l.tu i.j nr.l il.xtmrji 1 1 rf.-.. irr itibij cmi kgi n.l I. il tal" '( i...ra-. Ar t -1 n i . i Cifrrn. wii'l, I'lf.-ii ll II M I r. -.!..! if 1.' M . " firli .'..UN llijil". "' i Jl'UM) III I" II Kiil.l'.IlT M I II.:. I', nw f.iirii s t "-! u-- it I'-iiVf u ' Xfl liinlillilii.u.iill,lwl .ii Wm filit't, "" I'u '"'" (Id. I, I "II' U. V. I'll M'MN.N, ATrt'::t: i nt Mi:i.mt at . nv. rn'. I ..IN '. Hill '!""' TiriU'iu Mt-ii ', l-.il if W. I. MA'II.OCK. ATinitsr.Y .( (' .V.V.V.OW.IT.IH- A.NU M'tll Itl'U I.N IIIAM'IHV. OfTi.uim Mitiuitiiil, f'iil I'.' .Mn.tiMnr llputi.' Dufj.ni 1'iir, 1'ib 51, '50 -tf AIIUAIIAM Sri.UKIl. eouN i&siitN ti:in-HA.T .y Aar.sr ruRTM.ND. nuniii.N. mrr-nr.Nru Cm. Kit r.r, l' !. A , (Mifnrnl un, r. r. Putt ii. iiin OiVio X. IUown A. Oi. I'll t.iil'l'liu P. II. TlTl'StNiW York rKDicorr A. tincrM, Sun I'rincVn. J.iustySt, t5(j if OliO. Anill.NKTMVCU XKIWIIASTS, ORtOOM C1TT, OIILGON IKKRITORV. so sstssSTirr, mux rum, lis. sail Mtch9lii, IfiU-i SALT " yS CTa 5sckf Uvrrrtvil mil JB. TTV .10 tarkaiiiracuM tabloMlt, I- i-r t.i- liv OHO. A:itNKTHY Ai CO tc.'.i at:n i'I.mn.s -3 10 nil v, .! it nii.iy oi'cnn. the r.iibcribtr .H hi .'it'.- :i liaml s ft.' n-iiiiiiciil of (ilKK l:lilL.S AM) I1UY COOIKS, nh.cli will Li- uf..i.d of ut wlioltialo uuj raltll t ali to v.i.l ru.!.imtr. Having clTvclrd airansniii tit for cootlt iliirct from Ciil.fotiiia tud Ihe hlln, I oner iirml In. dueeiiMinlt lo fiuriT" and countt)' .lorn krrpera. Dy prompt atte ntlon lo the n ol of tlio com ounlly. h liopmto inent a rontittuanre of faior. JTTown luu for aale. AI1RAHAM St'LCHK. IlllUborou-h, May Ifi, IfJO-H-ly " WvntMiiril tttf Cim of -wi'lnt Oregon City, (0,Tmay, Jip27, 1850., 'I' U I? y l Ii1 T 'l T rt Ii I 11 Vj Dl TjU 111 Ulti , ul(i:iiit fllTYl , riiiu.siiw, juni:-j7, iwn. h'ur th .Vcf I4 T. . Mili.i o' r Origin Np'c!,iluri I Sir In vwm 'Uict oi tliu lutli lilt.. I Imw-ri'iil mi iiitii-lii licmliil "The Cotwt Surety pj' Hog-in," whrri'tii you renintl:, 'im n inl;iin to the I Inn. Mr. TliurMcm'u j l Iti", tliiit "ull vol.li()tti;:i thu nillijrct is, 'tliiit tin' Miiriiii- parly v.'crn i njoylii tlioin. i rlvi in tli .'t.imlvv Ich Itluinliiittli'ti)Uit ilnti-i,' liil- Mr Tlturtuii liiipliu"i I.y lil hllr, llmt out IiuyIiir mim ij Culjftrcy,.pijtf'jrila.wn jrl ! ll,lfriliJentron iiiuchii M iiroccciiiij; to wn-gon, Tcc!';aliinot to.iluy, and oi niiiii nu i" i ii in ii'iiuncooi orupre, inn tliHt -nir ! mil ! in ilni. partirular. uml iiiiviin'in hi irc i in ii.iiiii.i . )V "W .1 inttli'-r Iiil'IiIv . .ur it.)' I Willi .i h'jm 'loin. I taiid r---lit hufir'1 h' i-npi. I. tut 'imIv !. tin. It', lm' f.r uii 1'iiiiri- ii.irinc piirtv , iin uiifMn.uii nli u limn. mi. t'omii'l Mo. In .iim iatcd. i. r tin i''itiiiiiiiini i I l.i ni Aiiiiiir, I lnivr till- Ii iimr ! I i-i-l I tllll ll lllKlll til Mily. Tint e all Ivilrogiitphical w.irk i.'iiiitiii ii"in mi' iiur'f.'iiijiiiir.ii ".i.irK iitriidi'il In Hi l. 1'iof. I! rlu. tln Su. ..... .i i... 1 1 ' .. rml.iidaiit ni '., I' S. ('.i ,i Kurvj-, u "i hii-li In. i I 'loin" nil at mtilJ in I tmy w"'"' ' ' re I'iii.mI 'ifiiA, . ". pl.nii nmi "inner inriiie i xpritititiu v.tre Ir.T.'ii up in V.'attiiiijinn in 'lie stimuli r nf HIS ,. " niniiiiii i m i-it r lo the p-'tivo iiiinotitiL.'UKiil cm i ry of (io!d in (Viifiimij- iine iiMtruiniiii. nifeHir) fjr 1 t.tit- n.ir lo the if ill'' ill Tint p' the 'rk .er.' tn , -iptHil li the Ii rt t huh r In t ulil i tin i -mi! t in '-on and Whil. thf I . .'!. f-Vlir. i i I . re M ".lii p' . r.uini; H.nliuiu"('iit i.ndi r in' e .nutian'l, I i '.nil" tn' f i'. .letr.tiili.i.il j irtv t tie.' , 'nt, .i i ip It rii, !.. I A':I..J'. il i ' 'I lie iru, ! .ii. I n j'N I tin- T.tp-i ' , v f tn i r t tin I i!.ini!, it i uiil rtpl .in.l imri Mo tho clilt I r al pirty i1! tii.ii.n ut Sin I'rj;.i;lM- pri.i i;ol to tin; ttnrk. 1 lie tl'Liy anil Uiln-tilti wlittli 'irn i iicmiiilo-.il hv all i j .ittcit , ted toreacn l'alilr:i!.i by thu ttc-.tner lino eail in I ty, a'i".i!l fiD.ui. They uoro tiuch, in tliH cate, thu! I u-uLiici! U.1II rrancbtyt'rrruuin'r: o ircntlrmau was nbotit to Itn. in tin if I'.nftitf, intern kf )iililIlTvoJi:t;e,,tpfftl.ih3u.Hiid"Vlirfprf n w I. . inniih I. i .ie I'.ipt. Mt'Arthiir Mini t "lllil 'li'tt the i i. tne lima f C. u lit', t tlJJ" 'I '., t'a' ", .. inns flf I.I: j Titpiiyr.iplii...il j.,ii:,, iiiul ill teii'i! h.' i, .Ut. r the li.el .. s ! iimly j td i hem. I M'lli". lit ll' lllf In s. ,-e l ,i nil. I the pllh i In' fiir it Mipiii'aiil :. j I ( , l.e li.nl not tie mi Jitiiif liiii; h.i iiisirtiiueuti if lit li' uh! : t Ii. - . (ur i.iili' .. i wire i uii'nuoti, day in. I lliu'ht. ui.il put tn vm to 5'HiMiur r. w. f'r''iip Mi r;hnr nh n, tn my r l.i f, In' ur.'M I mii! t'lok I'Oiuiii.iiid. ."" lm I '' s Hid. hut I cijituinl u pir. li.Mi of tin iii, at it linu ulu n Msvlsol'tlio ll.llllOll" Mere lo-in" linn by llllt Olid tvei.ties at ii time. . ( iiir strinont iliscipliur to prc.-rvo the i:rii lor the m-rmv wnpanm In perform. , eauiuil :!i niitiny by which Passed Mid'u ;i:.'.miii i jii." t,. near n.fng he; lile. rf.er a -tniggl.' '.tnli iMiicrful men uhu I ft lliiinl. ilnmniii tin-Hay. W pursue 1 i-nt i-npiun lilit, mui, mid Ihe whole t iiie in-r- sci'ti'iti -! to de-lli by u Ceiier- a. i miri Martiiil- ttvooiilv wcrofxcciited; the other thrci were Ui to u. Ihe Court Martial h.nl delaircd the paity till the autumn mh tin far iidvune. 11 to I'l'lll'lli II nrk, fi.d it wan t.nly pnvii,!' t. .;ot.. iIil- Maiul-t to i inter and iiiilcivnrt-. h.imtiie lui'it it .vat done. audaliu in ii obtained. All the Ii'jv. riiiiirit -t..r i .nil prousiont being nt ' S.iii l-ruiiccio, tin- .Schooner iiiuit ri-turn there, its .it liiit ; niid ngr.ui, in sjiiteoflho ..,...:. i ii... i.... t ..!..i.. ..I I "";" "(.' .'"" 'v .nm liigiit, 'Mini' II.Ul I men cm' i eil ; ill. t jet, o ( nmo io fcea l'i ,i.ly to Work on the :l i I April, I with tile fir. I "oo.l ileal her oft I opening fprmg ; i.. ii. Atbilrci'inn wn'i u-.. ("apt. , McArihtir re.u'iicil tho llnr of llm Coluin. iiMOitl.K ii ry day of jour pultlicntion, 'and pr.it.' d I i Aitorm : in 'J I hitli'.i wo ere nt v.orl , Iml under dillieultli's rovor I...C...... . .,...1 I ..! it..... wn.ii'i iii.v.1.... ...7 Mini'iiiiguiiictTj haling to guiiiil our i-nm by day tun! night, ami mnk mill n conis ot otiivVM .H-urcile alilt to do ri!h;r, willinitt great ' zeal on the part of ill. I Hut as up r.ntici'.it(il, our nun tei.ed tlio liiht and r ory opportunity tn desert I soiiin have, i.uececdi-ii, and nomo been ro ' lakui alltr grout exertions mado by tho loUicerti, and nindn ngalust Iho tlctcrmiiia. lions nf t-evcrnl powiFiiho hao aided nnd iihsisifttl our men to ctcapc, by hold. ing out to llicin ti-miitiiii: otlor.t and in- tlucpnicnts 'to tlt-hcrt. while from tint ma joriiyofthn citizens wo linvo been assist. cd in recovoiiiig thi-m, and to all such, I, for one, return my sincere thanks. I know tho zeal and ambition which stimulates Lieut. Comd't Mi-Arthur and SPECTATOR. : A' J-".. rn. pmi wli h way," ubflrU'.. .i-wr-,",,. T' .J? - - a,nyAT'fi '''; ' liU'corp of officii In tlio work assigned l(., hnVo, BmI their oxlremo onstct to jiorform It. I liuo tliorcforc fuiim! It ncc I'Knry lo rnulio tliU Mtttomonl, wlilch I wottlil nollir.vu doim hut tnr llm thought - less attack iixn uh in your column. iicp"ctimiy, WASU'N A.IIAIITLETT. lit. U. H. Navy, "Coant Hurvuy." May Uf.h, le.'d. .nr.KlHK Itcport on Caltfornlu A Walilngtnn corropondont of tlm Journal of Commcrcu writcu (.March US) u:i fullowN : hit. Thoiniu liutler Kiiik'h report on occupied1 tu'o houri mi'l n Imll in rntilinff, It u til of course bo soon prtrnlcl to Uo:ij;ri t. Tho Ionics ol which it treat. i :ir, Tin' population of tl.o country ;Sis iiyritiilluiiil rrsourctt ; t-.xtcnl and pro. din ti'in of tlm mineral rcuion : the coin. jJinii.iiKif tlm tniiifr.il rcffion; tlio coin titcirc imd navigation of California ; tho ' IcgirUt'on mefdory lor thf Territory j and eneainllv in r. Lfiirdtn tho ill.rmliir.n r,f the gold.hiiariiig limdi lielongiiigt'itlia I'tiiteil .Siatts. mini oluti.s. i ' 'I'll.-tmniilatioti of tin. rntintrv i mow i Th iionulntion of the cntintrv h now t nlvnit l-Jll.tltlt). An nccctn'on lo tho pop. iihitiriii hv iininlurittioii. ilurim' tlio vt- or . Ii- ciniiiiii: nt the next dry senvjn on the lirt ol .Mav ii estimated at 200,000. i no ngricunurai capaciucioi inostaio i arts vastly itreaitr than has hct'ii hereto, j foro reprcientcd. Tliorc is n vast cMcnl of pohturo lands, iinsurpaxed anywhere riic agricultural capociticiofthe Stato rpa)eu nnvwliprci intho world, in crduro nm! rlchiiMs. Tli wild oats grow spontaneously all over' tho plains, yidilinf' on annual crop at the '.'-r.,7. I rate oi tuny oiihIicih prr ac'. Anyl"u" "' i""""1) " "aving wen in niit'iUrofriitl!o and sheep may be ralil. i California, and Ijotli knowing nil about Tim lm idrml thotitanil head of cottio iiuiit he hrauL'ht into tho Loimtrv ilurim' tlio iil.m t'i c&r - Tl.o cattle wt'ic funncrly killed for ithfirlii'lcs, whub wr.i tho chief nrliclu ' . ... ....... or retort: and llmv wern worth hut 8i ahead; hut ntw they aro wortli 820 or 8'IQn head. California is especially adapted to wool. rrrr, fn. l.A. Mihi a...... .vi-miw niiiii a viov to mi into tlial business. Hip Hi. .ur- a'uoofthi3iiicyardtis rcpref entod ns rj 'i...i As 1 1 the loiiimercc of the country, ho f tiniatcs the alue of imports nettled in . Ciliforiiia fioiuthc Atlantic State, for the i ... ... .tiet venr, at lour inllliom of tlollam in llour, i', iiiillinin in lumber, and tw o Mil. ion, in oth'T nrl cle,. As 'i th nrliLJu of iiimh.r. tin nriee now M,r par lliousatitl, and cannot lo I .uer, lifcmt-e it U below tho cot of la. l.ir n.ce-nry lor cutting and sauii.glum. l-r in California. I. can I carried to Cilifiirnm lor S'J I A ttioitciiul ; nml Ntlrt. I uuinn it to -nt M-JII ln.ro. it uill rnmimin I to ttay. Th.- gold region ii denoiibcd ns exten. ' ding fto or mx hundrtil miles from tho , nith lo tin nnrlli, and from forty lo sixty , lmcs m uidllt, !'ruineat lowest. It rices , gradually i.i an inclined plain, fioni the , Sacramento allcv, to tho elevation of .j.ootl fuel at uliat r.ro called the Foot j Hi. Ilciuct-n llif-o hill. ami tlieSiona . Nuiatla, a number of streams have thoir Nittrtv, and tako their course througli tho -'iHit Hills, wcslHard. ! Mr. lin- c '...mined twelve of these riv. j ,.rs, and found them nil very rich in gold Tint tcrriltry on tlie nurlh is cry rich in .,. Tho 'territory on tho north is very rich in gold; and tin.- conclusion is in- evitable, from nl the facts tlmt tlio wliolo ,uarl. plain, eoritiiining three thousand souaro miles, Is full of gold bedded in the , .'..... . tiitpri. am: "iJino ot iviucii, (itiintograicti i in,i t,. ouarf. by the torrents, may bo l f.it!,,! in .lii.t aii,riiiinns in tho LeiU lifilm I ,ti, ...in. Tl.,. hole number of forcigiiers in the rPgioti, who aro gold hunters, is fillccn nhoinand. Thero hnvn been put teven ilmnvitid American mid huntnrs. TIu 'Chilians nnd thoiionora peoplj camo jn . . . . .4 ... ..lon,iS( ami imvo carried on tweiuy.mo mlllioiis. Tho Americans have procured iftmi millions Tho Chilians aro expert diggers Tlio amount of gold already procured, is forty millions. II u t forty millions nioro will b'c procured during tho coining dry scaiion say from May till November. Tho regular nilnln? operations in tlio solid quart, rock will soon begin, nnd can bo continued during Iho wet as well as tho dry Heason. Mr King estimates tho amount of golJ which will he procured from tho 1st May, 1B5I, till tho 1st November, 1BA2, at one hundred millions. Ho recommends that tho lands bo ro. tainod m public properly forever and as No, jZQ. " t j- now. home. LI.Lj'ifi ii icriotiinl rciourco Tor tlio public tx. cliCMiior. I la the workors ami diggori of gold lm pripowsloffrnnt normiu at Ihe rate of ' nn minen ot goiu loroncli pound. For tlio cncouraffemcntofrccular mln. in onoratloni, ho propo! torjrant Icbmii of a limited nuinuor of acm, to perioni or companies, nt a small pr ccntagefou the amount of (;olu proourod. '' Srr.ncit or Mb. Tia-Riro.'. The fol. lowing highly complimentary notice of tlio rj.rnch of our dclegato in fnvor of'thfi admiuion of California we dip from thn correspondence of tlio New York Sun, of "Uo orfttoTRileffSff bT the aoatloft lian fallen ujioti tlio JToujo with better cffncl than that of Mr. Thurston of Oregon, dc Hvered yesterday. Cominc from tho es Ircino wcit. uliec it is taken for granted 'If''. I'f'" (lro i a 'n0''' "primitivo" con. , tliiion tlion clsewhero under this rovern- "tni '! looking es .Mr. T. doco, like a fair tpcfimtii of iho iVoiilier-inan, little wftt cxtiCCtcdoFhim in ail oratorical WOV. 1 1'1"'10 'ia proved to bo ono of the mot i cfltcllvo kpeakrrs in Iho Hall, which has i crcnti-u ii-j limn surprise. Mr. ihuriton k aoout 31 ycaraofnge, fret in hciahth. Ills fiu and is about six uro is muscular' nll finely formed. A an orator his itylo is ncuiuciiiy western; vcncuicm, nervous ""'J conlidcnt. Mis figures of speccii oro vv....uv..i. .iinKui.a ui jn;i. eminently western, rather than ubdued r-cliool of tho land of his ( years. This was manifested by his viiiiiR'iiuy ncsirrn, roiucr man oi mo early je iinswnsinaniiesicuoy nissneccit in favor of tho admission of California. " wcsse(l an ad vantago enjoyed by out ono other person in tho Houss, Mr. tr.ti .r i: .i t..i. i t , 1 " country frorrt portonal observation. ' "!( " 'l0' d'd not demand admis. -.. ..t.l. . . .-..!. t.- sion w itli too groat an extent of tho coast , To prove this, ho contended that tlirjtcal I nueslion in this connection, was the num. I. ..'.! I.M.I. Ma. .... .1... 11... f ... . . u:i Ul liaiuiB uu iliu. lllio Ul scacOUl , and then went on to prove that tlio only harbor thero likely to be that of a larfto city, was tnat ot Han trancisco, demonstrated to tho satisfac tuMnU JIU luutljmlnt.t i -,- ,. j - - -j , "la rs wnucu in norctatB consututti - ".C0J square miles was notstoo much territory for that Slate, as heNndcrcd' clear, in all that vast territory thirt'-wr-r not nioro avnuaLio land loan in tlio Stato of Massachuteltj. He air' satisfactorily , .... . . '- j i ii"fu .."juiivpaiion mat nutter ritng, l,e"' "I'sy ""' l,en. inylor had sue I cccded in influencing tho people of ;4 1 fornia in the matter of the adoption Cali. of her lula cwiiuuiion. . .. .. - ' ..V ),?ICC ro" TI,E "N'":''-Th" Ajl" I'1 '! ' !,,,,co"bo l')1,,.,.v' N',C') Mcc": u I KL' ul " -ut coaiuiiis a surring appeal in faiorof tlio Union, from which wo ex. tract tho following. It oxpresscs noble views, bold, conservative, and patriotic. Coming from a southern paper of estab. lished reputation, tho article from which wo extract is t ell calculated to lead the ullraists topauso and reflect on the ten. dency of their mad career : " J lo dissolution of Ihe Union -imnu for tehat tee now suffer, or tehat we think tee are uieiy lo svjjcr eoon, we srui.N tiik Titoi'iiitT ; wo abhor tho idea ; and can have no sympathy with any one that fa. vorsit, so far as that is concerned; for tho reason that wo do not, nor bavo wo been nblu to discover that wo aro very much oppressed, or that our rights have been seriously trampled onto as (o injure, them. Thero nro many circumstances that V teouM justify us in separating, but they arc all imaginary : as wo think, so far, thero is nothing done yet that wo think. would justify u move towards such a re. suit. Let us appeal to argument if that f.til, let is appeal lo tho ;.. late of the land t if they fitil.lctusscparato, and do tho lest tee ean. Till then, .ni:ver I 'A union of LaVn, a union of Land, A union or mum nona may sever ; A uuionof Heart), a tmtonof lla-jdi, Ahkriv.in U.iiox rcacrral' is our motto, and, till a worso lime comes than we Imvo seen yet, wo shall religious, ly stick to It." Oheon. Wo again publish a long and ablo nrlielo from iho xvorthy Delegate, Mr. Thurston, in Congress, from Oregon. Wo Imvo only room and time to-day to call Iho renders attention to it. lionint it may havo tho oiled of placing that great country inn propor light before tho peo. .t. .t.t. .t.i. .i.. ii i - liu una iuu mo nocay mountains. Wo havo had on our files for soma tim. also, a long article by Mr. T. published in tno eastern papers In reply to misstate ments In tho Boston Atlas, but from ih great dally press of nutter upon our col (M m '!: "--' f-?M ,Y.-V -W UW t.