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' '-pssxz Vff mm w r-V ft- K 1 LaaK r- m irv D Kv rl 1 7 Wf THE SPECTATOR. MMCT fg-UfM 1L1 OUUON-CITYl THUlUlDAV, NOV. U, IfttO. '. . KanutTi icrroi. 9h wilt be mm, la another column, tlMijMKUlfasMt of Portland hare htJ a MMUfg ttk Uta rtew ol obtaining the 'JMMMwil eariJing relief to lh eunering aaWtgMav who ara Mill beyond the taaHaat probably In the mountain by thl "Ue,"Thy lit raiaed aomo eeren hun. dratl tWtar. Thte U truly pralaeworthy ; wU ? UoMtU ritht kind oftpirlt. KrAa wt have bun alluded to ly Jfttdg Thorntaa la bUcomtaunicalion, in Jwtiwto ouretlf, we deem it necessary to uk that wa bad no agency in tbe altera. w tcw oajja a iiw (iiivisiiwu VA taaadt kkoutir knowledge or ooa. atja, thtrafor bold outelf in no way fjtWMMiM tr inetn. ma proprietor ai. n wadwaak haodaofthloin; at he wat afbywMco,uaiBted wilhtlw contrnttof Ik fWaoioiagi m furnUhad. "SrWa tkrt week furolth thn decision rkkMaaw, Jndfs 8iroag,lu tho case.of 1 twaPiaMla Court of CTark county veraut .W.W.Loriag ad Kunujogalit. iKeiii. lag k.a,nMitr of great 'importance we - uhrashad tb Judge' decision In ex. 'liaiay Other Mantle would do well to kwWan aye lo Ikl eubjeci. 5"We frwfueatly reoaiv communica. tleiaf tor A Spectator, addreased to tho " rUVWilaon Blaia, Editor of lb Spec. W aotiea tbia bet for tka pur tboee, who am unac fret, that Mr. Dliin !i wkhtW. Spectator, raaUentorWaaUag- ieu Ida departure 'falon Point," Linn coraranolcatlrig with Mai woak) do wall to pay attention to this ifaaatter. ftButaerUle it doing well for the Spec. Uto'r; tbe "ataopede," noticed aonw time i alnoe, kaa been more than replaced. We '' arcalw receiving subscription from Dib it er parti of the coantry. Thue we m V ttatMtd wber thavght" of ,tba paoplaj rMmefui to the people of the ter- We hae not come liere aa an eipactant torofiic ; nor do we near the aaWf of a politician. We do not with to b lookad upon aa an aspirant for office of v aavy kiod. To be uteful at an editor it Use height of our ambition. When we can no longer make a living honestly we etaj, turn politician. A Limb Potato. Mr. Brown, living en tbe Columbia river, opposite Vancou. ' lit, bai aent ut tha largest potato we have jret teen in the Territory. Itt weight it tare pound and three quarters. Who M beat It f Let Yam Hill speak out. A f Mead informed us that Mr. Drown hat an amuaaally fine crop of potatoes. We like ' V etwoorage competition in this way. Aay ol oar farmer who hare largo Tur. !, Potato, Beet, Ac, and with the people of lit Atlantio to know what we ean do here on tha Pacific, can make rpWafcraatag ,qBrtBfahtlM bo loaajMtad asraaiainsiaBw ioacatMtyi bntii Twaiiajr laftc cooatty.. rareoaa I i known their product by leaving with ut a , f I aamplo of what they raise. A specimen it alway required previout to the notice. We would gtra notice too, thai we are fond of apple, and could preach a little aartnon, upon the receipt ol one good one, ! .about lliia time. OCT There ha been a debate in the u Drltlali Parliament on the suhiect of the purchaae of tlio Danish fort on the Afri. ' can coast. It is supposed this step haic(j usone kKM..t.Wnwlthll..lewnrrenowlnnll.n -.....- o attempt to raise couon ,or tno usooi "en sfsaaasiaa tTaa4naIaaai IViS m taanllfsltitafnlnl aianuraetoriet. tve may anticipate an. i t.ilr Cull( ru,j itnn,vlionla. llu otlicr failure equal lo that ivimcsscd in I inrntmc, u, ,ial , M ful'ni, in A,n,i. 1840, in tha East Indies, ll is predicted nUy Mcl uy B Mr UanQOck . . sln) , too that tho hlglipricoorcotton.it being f(lrthcr ,1Bt it cxs in VUst quantiti.a 100 per cent higher now than it wat two ,, icre ,, n ,ufRcCIM.y ,0 irnpe nil tl.. year ago, and 00 per cent higher than it ,, ,,, mav on, ,, ,,0 .nciit., fr waalattycar, will causo the stoppsgo of cn,llrie, , tome'. ,hns h-encu...iiinl tbe cotton manufactories Although la.' by Q-Knfc lm. n, porl,, 11( ,.,s bor it verv low. but not moro to limn it ..'. ...r...i ..r. : i. k. . , . I .t , f.. -r .... !.l .n oeen, mo raising o. u.e raw ..,.-.,. 'nd the gradual decliuo In tho manufac. lureu article, piacca ll out oi ner K)ivcr to compete with oilier naliont. L'i.Icjs Ihere i change omc way oon, we may ffiouK """" ,CmBn ("s," - C-TbeTs'ew-Vork paper Iccm tvllh praiae of M'dlle Jenny LUid'a virtue. tfbo (efuted lo ilng or eten road any of Ibo aonga'compllmenlary of herself. Sho la atyled the Inimitable Nightingale. Hlie . it void of deceit and vatu ostentalioii. She1 from what the papers mv. rf r'- aa of Orrtrm Cllj. 'The large and plcilid atanrtmnnt of Abernalby, Ct.rk Si Co., ii nearly all re ctlred, and b being placed before tho tbe country for Inspection. Wo aec many of tho merchant from the rountry nhote hare been, and many of them nrc still hero . p .i . i i. , i maaing ine.r purcna.es. rroui mis ,arge and wealthy establishment the merchants oflbe interior will hereafter be enabled to' renew their ttockt at nlmoti any timo. ' And the beauty of tho nrrangrment i. they can do it at a great iin of tutu and money ; aud they ire net tuhjected . .k. .I.L. I-.I.I... .. .1 iu .... ...... .NL,, ,u ,., ..r',,u.,i of good, from New York city to this plneV This Arm Is largely engaged in the bun neai, owning their own levels, nndoueoi' their number being nearly always on the ground to make purchases ; these things all taken together glvo the tirinnnadi.in. tage that no tingle indiiMua! can 'ii My possess. A person in the country. whoso business amounts to OoOUUur Sin. 000, or even SIA00O, cannot ntlord f ipend the time and money necessary t" make a trip to New York and back ; no tingle inumauai, angageu in miiien, can le.ic It ',g enough to attend to the . . f . , fiureiwnt ai nvw .in., wi.iio.ii uti.i and detriment at home; but, he hai Ihc perili of the tea to encounter; a Miigle misfortune might blast his hopes of for tune, and throw him upon the charities nf tha world, though energetic, and hiiIi .ill a business man, penniless, broken in .pirn and pocket. II I Utelet, however, to enumerate tho advantage that arc to grow out orthe ettablitbmentof a wholetalc business , thUcoraanunlty. The busine... men of th- country all understand this already, nml are fal taking advantage of it. They think thl far preferable to going to Call'- Ibrnla,wbere tbey would not only bo com. lij Vat pelled to pay 100 per cent "to llic iner. chant there, but have to pay lighterage, re.lighteragt, commiislou, transportation to Astoria, and then up here, and Inst, but not least, Insurance. All these Int-mic , ' dUte fibcrgM W Mveif, to perwnsUrge. , y engaged In tbe buttnew. at they hip, j br Ibelr own vmscm. dlrt?cl from New VaL at ml astl AH.nlnallu aaia a 1 1 a ' ' shipment between the placet of rcce.v.ng and discharging cargoes. Aa thin,;: now eait, vessels etneorce within lour miles ofthitcity.atanT stage of w.ier, and du. rinir halflh year they can come r.cht to1 our landing. The day i.'not far dlalanij when -eiBCi-t,o-fte" a steamer un the Willamette, with a .vets! Al r aU.' Inimedtatelv un to our wharf. Tho vessel bclmr diKhanred. we .hall have pile, of lumber and ..or. hous. e.of gralnand other ; product, to rel.de,, lhee vessel far foreign markets. I This picture, to tome peraons, may ap. . r ovfwrougM ; to uch we haie ..H totav that that kind of logic could haie i b , been used agaiust .New Orleoiu at one lime, with equally good reasons. Hut where ia she now 1 The mighty city of !he.;iz:dcf:0wri ing, and pcing a trade now ranking third or fourth among the i-ommerciu! cities oi uie unimioi.irj. . " ; , , ,. IKTA genucmr..i.u a....e.. - ' " day tince Informed us that tho Indians on the Sacrai. -nto are inimical to the whites. They are constantly committing all kinds ol depredations upon tin- whites. , ... i , i . 1 Lai' liaHnisAminiltrtil atwttrftl mitril.rj Ir, ""'""''-w wMO.v.- -.., .. which he was a witness. Unc was repru. tented as having been killed in the cool est manner, and another whilst lyingin his tent in a helpless condition. Our informant states further that (iu. Lane wat about to abandon tho nnt.es , Ins lucccas not having been encouragingly large. He wa under the impression that Gen. Lane Intended lo repair ir, Sacra . .. r . t memo I.HV. rur ...s i.iu.i; .un..'. u noneiit kntw tiothiuc. i .....i.n..i..i A jsjrw I)i.stovr.RV.- "- one dav last: week a piece of .tout . ....,.,,.. .". ,. , " i ..'" """" .. . ijai, which, in our uiiimvu, jiruat..ie, ,crJ. earyi m appearance, ll.c Aiill.ru. .. . . . a t mcl. I'l'll'Ji.iiw.. ..ui. u. u nui'i'.to. mi.uii. ' ' ' (v (lJ ,, j, ca,c, cjn,,.,., ,) mlkuj urJ. tilllr osir.4. A, tuai j, nml, j3 IK.r )u,lt. j ,IM couuirv, wo hope he expectations of tho diuoicrer , ,, reuV),c,i S10ul, ,j, s,Him.nls V - correcl, its M.re. cvn, there, must ewniually become of nninein' va)(c ,,, l(,rri,ory. Vo ntlM ,n obllaed lo any person, who may bo In r"i. sestion of the full facts connected with its discovery, If they would rrt iheiu to "' The ladies arc rrquesti .1 nol lo uad tho "llunaway Mntcli"onili'.'iisl p" if 11 dsy'i pr"'i U. N. lllaltirl Court, rinrk Conm lln Chnurcrri lion. William Mrona, Jndgo fmldlit. I'nobitk Coi'kt or Climk Col'iirr M. W.m. W LniiMi am Kt'rt'a Inoalli. ilimtion t'ornn iiijiinrliKit to prevent f'l';"8 't seal on iuiiiih vlrrliM lor a coun. w w Chapman. Solicitor for com. ,lint. Aniory llolhrook, l'. S Attorney, for defendants. . oriMo or rm: i i ki. ,r 'I'ltr lull in the i au,i' m'I r.ulli that by nn net of llie Kite I'roiJMoiml (ioiernineut I"' "tv" .. ii"... mi' n.iiiiiv rmi i flf I lBtivtt 1 ri4tlikft llta fc.K.aafc aA T rhuk (.liu)tv waj lVulfl M Viinixmver that by tin net of the l.epilnltvt' Amcin. lily of t reon, it n the duly o( coinplilii. ant t itelect nt tlieivunty el Kill ncrr ol'hiul. In) oil" 'itiinii if die Knnie for t hi n I-1, niv! sell the lott for the pnrpow of piiiiidmi; iiioiiei to ere. I county liuilil. nn; Thnt in uirimiu'iM'f the proilsiom of I he net l.il nnttieil. the eninplnlniinl netiii); lor llu nint ol'Clnrk have mads .i vleeti mi of I I'll iicioi of land, and hata Inid oil'. i nitoii of he sttino into Iota, andl olleretl Hirin It rU'. 1 lie bill lUrtbor iiM'n tint the .let1 eiulnnt iKtrina hMilvaM ihc i uiiiti notice that tie dfilibMf' squaio ni.li of land, laolntling' fit ZQl I "",' '" .l"'-"'-."' mm"J. ": lion in lieli.ilfainl forthe tiseofthe Umted Sinie. nn. th.it I he i efeiidant Imrt la. un. .Irr proteinvot win. authonlv to iherom. plumnn's iiiiKnotii. Inn prriimeil Kibe under chum ifsni'S Intnl Iiii.l' within ai.l i " '-, .... ha. ...t,.r.. .1 ,ml .,' nil , t loci, .1 for co mti , .Ia.u...,t.. mid threatrn, iinlit.v n iui iimirotiug snnl In piittoes In comn ' to make large i m Insures t' creon, denying jaiiu ui.regaruing me aiitn.iruy .'t the coiiuiy o, lih,k, iii.ii tne c"inp'.utnts reminuess , n .our. ei nit, nmtttiii '" n-".v iniun-d iiiile-tihi,.-.,,,, ,, , t'i Tl-1f nf la ml It 1 llirioilioliiiti a.l.all ,.r ,. ' , ,.,.'..;.: ..' ( cntion Isith parties hnie been l.e.inl l.yj tliurtouiuel, .m.l tin-court ha. em'eaior. "' ,n K''1 it tint carel.il consn'eraiion I "'''i ""' ""l"" "'" " ' - ""IH'I'i I .. crv,i.iesiionable uhethrrilie in. I of die .!. fendant lairing constitute a Midi i cient interlerenre nith the claims of ihe ' complainant to authorize hun to bo made ""'' ff ."' J"1'. " '"' tin? nets ol Iho iteUMitlatiu lnjiilN nn not . ratlor lo be coiHiWo.. iiito irrmMo ami amount whirh ihn pn,jHr ictncJ o bv an uotltm at Inu. tiitiiiMtou UwVb. I -a..a 1 IT t III.'1!! Tltt ."niiri mis ll i l,nnnaaaM ... .......... ..I. ..!. .... t I I . l I . v .,, ,m. , ll il.l.lll I Iiui I inB.v hil n lna(,r or v.hvtlu-r the rrimdy thouhl be proH-rly ' sought on the law ami i.pnti ide of this .court. "." co.urn.ie.ioo u.e parr oi u.e couji. f ' T "'.", PWf " UI"'" '' nn of i the act. f ,l,n,.rt,atn,;. i.iiit.A. Mm..,;,,., I,a I ..,............-...-.;,... ",T.V, i. .,..- ... i. ...... i ii 1'Mtale court n rpnkrvlhc su MWf;Un' '" Pro ,,1",n ",L roun'ly jurpucs, and under vUl! cl tf.jtr.'Wi, has been laid out, and sent lo ihe Vonr",'1' Mn.v '-''. .'"-'. ":x: :,"V,.'i?':,r.vuo ..,. e-jsi. n.... 1 , ,,:.," h, I pubHc Un. .....,.,. the right of premp,r to (juaner seciions. ol land lor seals of jus. " w'l" "'c .am.," such nn e.iunnhle J-"- --- " .. ' sougiii. c hnie nn U. i. able to rtaimne the law nf tl,.-Into I'r'.iisinnal Iniriirnimiil. '-"' ''- ai,nl "f V" '"r "Irlc e,,., - , rail) f,ilt. ian-ls in the ...untv t.. Inlaid oil1 in lot. i.ml s. !, t..r .o.niii pir.va. ............ .. ., , ,.-., , nnii .nan in. ii'iiiniuiiniiis sir. ngiiion their m,.,asCongrcssi:i IheOrgni... ot.wh., ,.y mxo ,,,un K, uvr!l nppr..tnl ,.. most of the Tuns of ibo Lit.- I'mtisiniiiil " rimiciit hnie riprcslv .l.-ilarel I. L ""'J '""' V""1- n" ll'"' " ""'"'K "'"- ol laud or ntl.f rwnij nlheling or Mieiii.i. .... . " iril, ,. ui:e in an. . I is not per. celled bv Iho court, how a "Miit ol hind lo a county fir public purfiosr',., enn be coutid.'red in lieu "f this l..f , m am mnrf. faturiible liht thnn . old iigraulol l.ilul itoun inditiduxl. II 1 1 1 arc i-qunlly with uillie proti.ions of tlio(lri.Miii. Ait, and! A, lml, . ,:r,4 , , , ,.,,,iv muilid The question linn nrm 1. wluil.ur thn act ofCougn.s of Mas an, I - J I. confers uii , ll-v;r:,l .ouniics.., this lerritorv. such rightsth.it tho Legislative Aseiuhlv are niitlioiirnl lu ilintt the l'rubatc Jiiif".' to ' . I cl lill'l loca"- lor (oiuity purKte 1UII ncres o( land or in other uords, ivhcthtr .1 r.i.. i, I,.,.,., i i.i.. i..s ' "".'.... " '".jJuiuyjj(paK.nr8 ... .k. r B.ii. o, lllv , , ,, r,i.,icss is hliorl, and all -hut is i...ii.iial t l(.i,ii.idir on iho present . ... . I. . I t ...a.... ..I. !.!-.. J. I iui ii ir 111 m;i ii'Jii vtniuii n ai i'j He It 'Uil.tol ill .. 'I 111. i there be C'rniltcl to the .eteral eoillllles lll.'l par isli. s of i Tub .State .iii'l 'I', rritory of ihc I mini Willis w here linn lire publio Ull'ls, lit ill" lllllllllllllll pri. lj ttl.lell pllljtll lilt. N llie S'i.iI, the liL'ht ol .le.ellll inn in t uni'in ol liud. in inch 1. 1 the) ...null, s nud pjrish'-s, r.f si.. I S' .te uud l.rntort, in Iru.l. lot su. ii.uiitK. or (.Irishes, ii sp.'ctiti ly, lor th" . .'ul.lish. II. lilt 111 Se. lis 111 pistil O therein . I'lOtl. .! il ' A c Ac Without stopping u e.oi,, r tih'iher this net is nppliciible under inn mppun blc cireiimstnncci to this ti rritory, it will I... llf.ll,.... I tl.tt. .V it, i .,.,,,1. ...'.Ii, If.. ,. si If, h light ol ' prc.einpti'.n m. rely, ami wwllor hraiicnea exteiui in every inreo not tl." Ho id thu lund, isgmul.ii tot mu. ""' T. iiuesteu conlaln an area ol over lies mid pariah.", that the hind ,usi b. , l."' "uar.(, miles, nearly Iho tamo paid for at the immmuin prito nl it Inch siu lis llie Mate or New lork. I luted Suites tit rn I -t ore sold. Ilwilliil.su, The average val.io nf all ihujauds, city 1 he noticed il.ui thu quiiiilily of land to grounds included, in Ihe Statu ol'.,'outli mIikii tins pre euiPlioii nuht nttuches. is Cnroliun, Is slated to bo only 00 els. per ihkign.ile.1 u quarter mi nii, it huh n n legal .iibditiioii of the p.ihln. IjiuI A pr in 'i - I . i iioihni',' .fie . h s Ihanllie privilege ol soUctlng and taking at tho (iuvernment price, that portion or l.v puoiio inu to winoii IM right existed, 'lliero is no provision In tha law of 1M4, or so far as the Court I advised in any other law of tint United Slates, by which pre-emption rights can bo reuirod to un auriru'il lauds. '1'hlt act tayi quarter srttiMi, e know indeed that a quarter section I'ontnitn 1 till ncres of land, hut It s not any lxy nf'laad cunlaining 100 crc. thai is a quarter teelion; ll must ho a legal tuMirhion. I'reilous to a aur ley or the. establishment of any bate or mercilian ITiM ho can loll ivlivlher any narticiilnr ItlU iiertiMJl fall-within tho liiuttsof any nnrtieular itiater teclipnur not I In all probability, tiicha location uoulil constitute itarlt of ttrorrr moro iiunrterseclious. This Court it bound of. Iieially to tnko notion thatlall tho lands within the limits of this territory nro as et iinuirtcycd, nndin fiieyth.il the Indl. nn title is not )elt'linguisne.l In nuy por. lion ol lliein. I'niler tho Organic Act, Congress h.ia expressly restried In Itself tho primary disposal nf tha roil. The Leg. Islatiic Assembly therefore have no right to confer authority upon the Judges ol rrocate, to appropriate public Innaa in Oreiroa Territory for county or anv oilier Imaai" naksaa atitharhutd la do an liv r ybfCotVTeaV Wftder this vleV of the cat, we art) under tho necessity or hold. liur that the act of the Leuislativo Astern blv, under which tho Probate Conn hain aeloclaJ tho 160 aerra of laud In .,u.s lion Is contrary to ho law. of tho Untied States, and that ... - , , t -f -; all the prrceedings of ho I'n.b o ( ...in. ui.de, the same, are null and void. Ami thai, l.ereforo.lho cmupla.nanta d not in ..... .i-., ..'k. ,r v.i. their bill of complaint, show any s.illieient ...r ..... u. iui.fi., ...- snt ..mien. interest in said laud, m ihemselve t or in m.eresi in sa.u lann, in uicmscivr t or in mo cninii oi i lam, in eniuie iniin to I ha reiH.MMig.il. ..rut aiiiiioriu mi louri ill ih- ifi.e ol it, ji.nsilic.ioi, as. , curt itl I'll II l! V ti I IliffSfTiSI-M n ml rTslmiii I tta tl- ,...' The application for an injunction must be rejeito.1. WILLIAM STUONtJ. Judge. " IWla.m.. fXr.-'t!.-,. H.-.O. ' A I a ineetincof thecillrentof Portland. lor lllc " r " bo sutloring hinigrami., t'10 "v. J II. Wilbur ws called lo the chair and A. W. Knyn appointed secrete. ';. . . . , ' '' "ujpcI u Uiv meeting wni explain. (,lIj Mamhnl Movk, wli'iiUletl iliat llif ro Ul'rr ",l11 ,l,a".v einirrnntt at and brjonil tho lUllva in a mllcrinif condltltjii. j a ll-.. I tf lUin Ti 11 'II 1IPHHMI. IICT. J. !. IIIIUUI. . II. .-.-.---.. .,-. I ,tia ai a.l Ia attiil Itittaaavl Pluaaaak.M Wawaat .pmrd wIkjIi .uowriptlon.and superintend the eodingofauppliealothow m nteil. ..r Onniotion.UtT. J.H. Wilbur wa elect. i. "'"-' "-.'?""""'; upon the upacriptfon list bainu opened lor u 5"" Itmawiou were sutnenfted by thoe prent: iaco which limn about ' l pr-ce. .!.... of ,1,., ..,'eeting be se'n't to tluhtorofih. OSuur. , .. .M. hftli.! .Vr y. ' . u , . ,. ... . . , . I J . it was L-rcete.l with loud and heartv jtisco, 1 1 nus rceie.i win. louunnu nearly cheers. The icswl liearing the Intelli. ,.,. ,p,,n.le. by firing a many round, j , ,, . ,f , tops, as uUjhe- lulls mound, who were' '.nmoun w"wiIikm ihe acene, told thn ' ,torv that Ihe tines were recc ted n I h rcct ling gteal joy. (iT'i'lif Legislatun- of New Mamp. tl....' Ims pust.-d n law prohibilWi;' the llu. tlnnd. of that slato from carrying perv.u i fr. ol" charge. OVTh" l.cgisluturi! of Pennsylvania h.'is paivd a but iirohluiliug the circulii. t tun. in that stale, ol small notes, belong. mg lu other states. on: Vin kski.it.c a I '.in t. It is sal that thero are thousand uf acres of finu Uud in tho State ofTonnrsaeo, beautiful ly located, well watered and heavily eov. trcd with limber, which ran bo had at irom .to in u ceu.t iwr oru. ai tucu ' prices there I. toartmly any ouo hut can vote Ihemselve a good iarm, without ihe .. ,, , ...... .i ...'. iruuuia oi auac.oiig iiiemao.ves id uny.l.uy uicuiorlullkt t jry Ulan 10 111 Porlioil 01 1110 oll. Ihe irv man to hit iorl fact it, thoso who advooalo tho agrarian ayi'.emofseliiiganv portion of land they cIkjOio lo luncy, nml claim ,tho otvnc,sliii ihcnof LicauM) thoy fancy it, nru usually tli lay lu tvuik. They want Congresa Lipass an act tu give iheiu tho luud, free, oralis, ui.d then they will want another net ised lo hutn it tilled for them, Illhoii. inds ol acres of soil remain, uneinplojcd in such n niatn as iciiiichscu, ior want m pur. haw al '.'5 cintsan acre, does any hly siipKHo thai it would bo employed if it w re uivrr. away i No, not nu acre. Tciiiicxmu j u slavo Stale, and hoiicu llie low price of Its luilds. lis noil is, as a whole, lenu.rkably fiililc. Thu Katlerni ....... .1... U,.... I. M1.11....I.K111. I.iti.l.s pan u. ...u .,....', ,s ..im,i.iu.. ifu. ,v IVcilirn partis luvel, and very nruduo. ive. I no largo rivors, ,110 lumuonanu nud tho I cniicuce, pastiuruugu 1110 oiaie, atre. This low value of real property lit ill loiiscqucnce of the prevalence of Sla. i rv -1 'tiitiunitti Coininerdnl. iSatter vriht Sbtdatat: In tho laat number of tha Spaotator you publiakad an Mcouot bf tava prooaediiga of a piiuiig nwtnuiu at tstuain on oatanwy the tiUth ultimo. The language of Iko reto. lutlont and tho ill loniter which I hoy ovince, couvlnco mo that the object, scope, and tendency of tho proceeding which wern, had at a meeting of the cTtlrem of till ifaco on tho IIMh of Heplembnr, were misconceived by our nelithbors In Marion, Thia make it ecdlent for twin one to remark Uion the report ol the meeting al Malem and tho fact that my name ttauda ditiiaraginnly connected ivlth tho tecond retoliitlour render it proper for mo lo do it I cannot reasonably bo t'xpcclfd to lake notice or eiory simpleton who, having In i lew an augmentation of hit own Impor tance, nmv seek to provoke mo lo bandy words with him. Hut when persons come together in a public meeting, their action, a such, may eiouso soma atuutlon boliiK given to it, though, Imlltltlui lly, they viuul.1 have no claim In tho lima thai would lw necessary In comment upon a gnaeous manifestatiou of their resent, ments. I am Inforined that much of the ill.tem. per vxhibtcd at the Salem mooting, origin, tied 1st : In the fact that the resolutions in. trodiiccd by Mr. Wait and mysrlf, at tho Oregon City meeting of September lUlh, . uf , f I , ' lr,)ucJl , 1(wi h, ,,,,, Iroin rioilln Hits piiblulieil pro. .tout nail retired, ll thus appearing thai ) lhl,v wc, ,rB,11ll,(,nlv ullu, , , ,,. ,,,,, V,J o ,(. ,01 of ,,, curll,f ',(,1, .,nrr. , ,m , ri'lirc. . I thus aititeatini! that . .jj, J,, Mlr(on ,10 pnrl ,), .,!, ,.,, .., r. lh um,' .mi,1,i,.1,. ,,., w, Vl,tclll faf h( a,CIIf r,.ouliotn our dI.jj,,,,, ,u i.rottfato Mr. Thurtlon -, ... anu j,, M ,Ia-litat ..four nitht to call In tkm , ,, (, HillK,mh1)r ,,, JUico - ....... . ' oi anyoi .Mr. J hursion a mratuie. 1 admit that a read, r, iinaciiuaiuled with the 'acta cmnrcteit with the public. I lull of tho proceedings of the met ting nf the 11" h September, might very readily fall into tlie error of auppoting that the resolutions introduced by Mr. Wail ;ud myself, wcro introduced and pasaed when nearly all persons had ruined. I now, r . luctautly, allbnl an eiplanation which, in justice to ...yself nud liioto who signed the memorial of September I Dili, I, pail.aps, ought to have giicn lo the public b'Jg siuco. , Mr. Noycs Smith, the Secretary of the Oregon City meeting, on Ih nttt day af t,er tho meeting, haailad to m Ihe mlnutea with a rr)ueat for me to wrllq thtm out, he being about lo leave the plate for soma day. I compiled, and savo Ihe ppr lo one Henry Russell, who had come hero lo print thn Oregon Statesman, but al thai lime em iloyeil aa a journeyman printer in ho oii.ee ol tho Mpeutalnr. AMerthe pub. Ilcaiion pf ihe MfH-clator, I discovered that the account of Ihe molin',,aa printed, did the account ol Ihe meolin", apr ulcd, uidl not torrclpond wlihiho manuscript which , 'j, ( Tio of ? i-r-J'".- '' H " ,1;,;' ?' Tti addin." ,!3llnji;& ml,e. -fi memoriul was corrrctlv ii. cJ ,niI ,,, raCl WB1 ,,,c(j ,ial ' wa, eu .,d The nnns Uk.. ii . i l"osc ivno signed it, wero pvi-n. , miiicdintrly aflerwnrds, ll was said, Tho mrinonal having Ihcii adopted, the majarily uftlivso friend. igiied ll and retir. ,,,. rirr ,,,,.,, A. K. Wtlu ,,.,.,..,01 r ,tt. Srcrm'rv of ihe meolin", it whs adopted." ll w'.tiibl thus nppear'tlial.ar ter nil win .Icued thn locmori.U had re. tired, ihe resolution i.fi rnd to, was uitrt duevd. L'pill reading Iho published ac. , count of tho proceedings ol tho mcetingi i Iho reader would nut lail lo btlicto thai ' nono were present at the tiina of Ihe inlni-' duction and passage of the resolutions, but 1 tho Presideiil, the Secretary, Mr. Waite and inysilf. Tlie aicount gi icu of tho introduction of my resolution, in equally crronuoiis, 0ihet !,,,,,.,, ai(,i, al ,erVe,.iou ' wcra made, calculuted, iiuniccNsarilv, In irritate Mr. Thurston nud his fiicinN to' d , give false coloring In tho prnccrdiii'.;., and to defeat tho object which our alliens had in view when they nut logelher. Hut it is not necessary now to pause longer for tho purpose of calliim public attention i moro uarlicu ar v to Iho nilili llontl cir. .kjumsluucea nl thn atrocious outrage upon the rjKhl and tho intorcsls ol iho Dr.ig.m I'lion making the discovery of these al teratioiiH, I reiairid In the Spectator olfice, and sonioivhnt sternly demanded nf Mr. Itus.'ll if ho had not act up tin. article in jq.KMionr llu replied in Iho iilliriiiallvc I next required him tiiMatoiflinhud madu iho ulleralions I lie replied III the uflir. Imaliiu; but nsked mu wliather I would jmvu preferred lu Imiu had it njectid n. Ilogt titer from the paper, or In havu had il ' published in thu form in which it apHar- cd I 1 nuswrred Hint I would hum mil. jnittly pic.fi rrcd its total rejection, (I ought hern lo r.uunrk that, nt this time, I hud not read Ihe irholc. nrlicle, and lliul I was, therefore, then iguornnl of the untruths which I subsequently ihscotereil.) .Mr. HiivhII taid tliun. Iliitt hn was only n luiu ........... ...11. .. I ...!.. e.. ....: .. i;- 111 mu u.iiii, mm ..iii, 1 ,r auill.lg up ya nt ho wan bid, uud that ho waalhere. roru not in any tensu rcsjiontiblv fur what had been ilunn thai Iho proprietor of the paper (Mr. Mooro,) had required him lo inako Iho ollnralloiis and uddilions lhal ho mid lhal without these, tho proceedings ol thu inti'liiig should not be published, I lo also added that Mr. Moore slid that ho would call at my ofTico and inform 11m of what he had determined In do, to that I might tako Iho paper away if 1 did not thuotu to submit. My iiijiinir having been slern, and my languego rtproaehful, I apoloelsail to Mr. Huaaairuton Ida thu disowning all re. tpmieibtllly, and Uilna It upon Mr. Moor, the proprietor of the Spectator. 1 ought, likewise, lo remark thai th peraona praa. rnt during Ihla Intarvlow, wera tha Kditor of tha Spectator, Mr. Bohaebly, and Iho printer In Ih ofljo. II J t my aalonlth. mtnl iray be Imagined whan, upon going to Mr. Moore, he Informed in tbal ha had", at no thn, exohanged even a eiogle word with Mr. Kuaaell Uxnt tha kubjaol. I again called upon Mr. Kuaatll, when ho explained, bv lalliiB that lb old senile. (man had, indeed, aald nothing lo him up. on the tutijecl but that the eon, Mr. Jamea M. Mooro, had ooino lo him with a met aage from hi father, saving that I ha arti cle should nol be publlihed without the at. leratlons, Ac. I ihen called upon Mr. Janus M. Mooro, who aald thai ha had never delivered tuch a menage, and that un such conversation, or any thing Ilka it, had taken place. I proiKtl In Mr. Moore In confront him with Mr. Itutacll. lie most readily assented, and oiprtiMil him. self at being unwilling la occupy, even for n imimonl, a poalllon in which fa might be suspcclcd of being a party lo auoh an outrage. I neat called on Mr. Iluaaull again, llul ho could not be induced lo be confronted wiLb, Mr. Moor. J ought, likewise, lo add that Mr. Bchnebly ubf. quently Informed me llul when be dleoov. crrd these alteration alter the publication of the paper, he spoke lo Mr. itutselTup. on Ihc subject, and that Mr. Hustell own e.l his ri'i-ontlhilily, and Mr. SJinrbly ex. pressed himself ns being turprlsvil v. bin Mr. Ilusiull, ufterwards, sougiii to i'i . e Infainy of Ids outrage upon Mr. M r Who has been guilty nf this alroci is n '. aud who hat been guilty of fa I win i ' fiubllo will jinlje. And it only reiuiuii or me to say that, when Mr. Russell wm called upon for my original manuscript, he could nol produce ll. Tho winding and crooked courto of Iho offender, whoever it may lie, la that of the enient that goea liefy upon il belly, and not that of a man created lu ihe im ago of (od, walking upright, and having breathed and inspired into hi face tho light of tho spirit of all truth. There i no tico that an covert a man with thame and Infamy at that of falsehood and per fidy. To charge one with il, I Iho last affront which etcn acorn and ill. n, turn am able to otTcr. And a man habitually dieted to it, it nun whom nn one can ti'jnit into hit house without first takina tlie pre caution to look up I.I coin and I.Ivor spoon. i.oro: nacon no ueautuuny aam 'Surely lb wickednoa of falsehood and hieach of faith, cannot ncsr'-M) be to highly eipreuwii. a in that it anal I be the lut peal to atll tho judgment of God up. on tbe generatfoot of men." Amanatay even be very bad In other rpeU, vet if he I known alway to speak the truth, he will command a considerable share of re. apect, because veracity is Iho first con- ailturnt of an honorable, and even uf a fair repuuikm. llul so contemptible I fatsc. boo.), ihitt a liar is despiscil and acoriietl of course. It may bo asked why I did not at Iho first communicate to th publio tU facta connected with these perfidious allora. lions t Mv answer la lint. It ia well un. dcrslood hero that the Oregon Sialeamaii is lo Iki air. I hurstonn organ. I beliey. e.l, therefore, that if I did o, that some uf Mr. I liurston t friends would niLsconitruo my motives and loik uimii it in the light of an assault upon Mr. 'Ihurstoii.noi ronsid. eriug lhal although the Oregon Statesman should Im'Coiiio the organ of All, Thiiralon, y.llhat he i mild, lu no m ns-, lw hild n swerahle forMr.ltiitnll'sioinoinluel. Mr. MiKire's frli lids, un Iho other baud, might have regarded il at an assault Ukjii hliii. llul I hate now, reluctantly, prcacutrd the naked facts wjilmu, any indications of my own coot ii lions ns lo who is to blnino for this grenl wrong. Those who look pnil ill the Salem meet. mg, will thus sen that uuy n.ipreuiuus ninth Ihe) have nceivid from reading the (also uccount of iho proceeding ol our meeting, ate erioueoiis and not audi as would be produced by a plain and truth ful narration af iho eteuls as thoy occur, red. Thu disrespectful usu uf my name, therefore, in Iho first resolution of iho S. loin met ling, it iiujiiil, and one which I must bo titiier moro or lets than man not to resent. Hut I et i ii ham moro cause lo complain than appears upon the fac of Iho Salem resolutions. Una or the inrtons prinei. lully Instrumental iu gelling up lhal meat. mg, nud concocting ii resolution., had In his poateuluu a letter from mo cxpreu ing, with thu freedom of confidence, but at the same time, nothing for concealment, my view, in respect to Mr. Thurston and hit ineuturvs. lu lliul letter I aaid (I now sjH'ak from memory) thai I had 110 duslro In tihgagn iu thu approaching Coiigreiiion. nl election, unless il became necessary to Iho luaiutenuiien.if tho rights and interest of iHirmins who hud purchased lots of Dr. McLaughlin at nuy lima up to tho dato of our memorial of lint lllth heplember last. I uflirmed that ir Mr. Thurston's bill could ho m nmuiidi d in Congress as to nceoui I'lish this object; or If his friendi in tin legislature huro, would meiiiuri.il u grca lo du 11, or Iho law being passed 11. Congress, if tho legislature lieu twin!. I confirm thu Illicit upon tho puyuieiil d n mere nominal sum, It was 111) opinion 'that many would vote for him who no ,' 1 otherwise bestow ihclr urTrge upon un. oilier. I moreover declared that nollher my health nor my lilollnations admitted of my holding oilico that 1 did not dosire, aeok or expect publio station, my with be. ing lo fonfino my sol f to iho nraclico cf a usoful and honorablo profuuion, a bolng more profitahlo lu a ocuulary point uf view. moro conducive .to intntal 'tran quility, and In every way moro lulled lo my nature. I was thus explicit, because, buying been lollcllcd to become n caud.