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About The Umpqua weekly gazette. (Scottsburg, O.T. [Or.]) 1854-1855 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 27, 1855)
Ijc ilttcdil incite. omen i.v iiiXDiiinntH iiuiliiimss, nkxt noon wkst net .tsuuihi utivsi:. SCOTTSHUKO, SATUItDAY, JAN. 27, 1S55. G. D. H BOYD, EDITOR. Henry Hale, cii. Is our nutlioriictt SRtnt to receive subscriptions ntul advertising In .Sim Francisco. Ho will ha found at his oflicc, 9C llsltory street, corner Clay. Keep It before the People. As previously predicted by nil who aro acquainted with tlio parts between this placo and San Francisco, nil nro now do prircd of nny communication with tho ' northern mines. Hut whiles this is tho case whilo neither Crescent City nor Shasta can show that they havo even n practica ble routo to build a road upon to those mining districts, wo would call tho atten tion of our readers, and especially tho res idents of Vrekn and Jacksonville, to the fact that tho road to Scottsburg is still open that with tho exception of a few days during tho snow storm of '52 and '53, thcro has during tho past four years, been no combination of circumstances render ing tho road henco to tho mining country impassable. Whilo our road to tho interior and to tho mines is constructed almost en- tirely through a valley, roads from tho ports on tho coast below this placo will havo to bo built (as shown by recent eur veys) over "sharp and lofty peaks" of mountains, "rising from four to seven thou sand feet abovo tho level of tho sea," and over a country that never can be inhabited. This being tho case, wo would proposo that tho south mako common causo with us in bringing before Congress our claims for n mall routo between this placo and San Francisco. Government will not over look tho interests nor turn a deaf ear to the petitions of so largo a population, to grat ify tho whims of that leviathan monopoly tho I. M. S. S. Co., who will uso every means that can bo brought into requisition to prevent any alteration in tho present service. Were wo to unite in this demand our mutual interests being so important, thcro is no doubt but that a contract would bo entered into with somo other company. who would bo willing to perform tho slip ulations of their agreement as well as filling their oh n pockets: tho latter consideration being paramouut with the present contrac tractors. Our mails would arrive more- rcg ularly at least wo should not bo subjected to tho inconvenienco of awaiting tho arri. val of intelligence for seven or eight weeks beyond their duo dates ; nnd tho Umpqun Iliver would then show itself to bo what it eventually must become, the nucleus and seaport for all tho interior of Southern Or egon, liy referenco to an extract from Mr. Gibbs' letter, which wo publish in an. other column, it will bo seen that tho enter prising merchants of Jacksonville aro al ready turning their attention towards this place. They find that they cannot afford to pay from 12 to 15 cents for damaged goods (by way of Crescent City) when by transporting them through this placo they can have them delivered in good order at greatly reduced rates. And again, not only'is this trado of great imporlanco to tho businessmen, but tho fur. mers would reap incalculable benefits from tho successful operation of tlii3 trade-; thoy would then find a market for their surplus produce, with which they aro so bountiful ly supplied. Tho prospects of Scottsburg are truly Haltering, and wo know of no placo that will better repay the investment of largo capital in all kinds of trado than this. Our merchants aro enterprising busi ness men ; but it is impossible for such a limited number to Eupply tho increasing demand for articles for our homo nnd mi. ning trado ; thoroforo wo want a faw more of tho samo character. Woitst: aj.' Wonsi:. It is now more than two mouths tinco wo havo hnd n States' or California mail ; nnd last Satur day tho mall again failed toarrivo from tho Willnmolto. Tho nous by that mnll is, wo learn highly important to ctiry person in Scottsburg, for it is said that it brought the intclligenco of tho wreck of the stcamor Southerner, between tho Columbia liver nnd Puget's Sound, upon which vessl it is supposed were largo amounts of goods for merchants in this placo ; and it was of thu utmost impottanco that they should receivo tl.Is intclligenco nt tho earliest possible mo ment. Tho, cntiso of this detniuuro remains yet unexplained, but if caused by design negligenco or inellicicncy in tho mail service, tho parties privy to such nil outrageous transaction should receive tho censure and maledictions of nn injured nnd indignant people, without n murmur, complimenting themselves if thoy get oil' this easy. Thcro is ii statutory provision which protides n romedy for such conduct, when an evident design is proven against tho malefactors. Wo hopo that a reasonable excuse may be given, but wo are at a loss to see how it can bo done. Tho petition which wo publish to-day wo aro confident speaks the sentiments ot every person in tho Umpqua valley, all who havo seen it havo signed it Nothing but lacts aro sot forth earnestly, yot respectfully. OCT Tho following in an extract from n letter received from tho Hon. A. C. Gibbs, dated Jacksonville, 10th Jan., 1S55: "Tho merchants hero aro generally "down on" Crescent City, and will ship all their goods to Gardiner next spring. They say they will contract fur their freight from San Francisco, if to bo done nt reasonable rates. At all events they will send their goods by tho Unipqur. in tho spring; nnd wo must mako it so easy for them as to keep tho trade, wcich can bo done. I think plenty of teams can bo got to haul at low rates. I heard of n largo num ber wishing to go on tho road, both in this county and in Douglas. Tho farmer must do something ; aad tho days of big prices aro passing away." Great excitement In tscoltsuurg .' .' Arriral of the Willamette mail. -Yo Sides' mail nor no jumped of any. Trema&dsous sensation!!! Just as we were going to press the null carrier arrived from Yonsilla, bringing lato news from the Willaractto nlley, only. Tlio peoplo of this place anil vicinity, who have been kept In "bllsftil Ignorance" of the doings of tho "rest of nvvnklnd"' lor the Itst three moath, were thrown Into a state ef the most Intense excitement by this unexpected arri val. The carrier was met before entering town by large crowds of anxloui persons of every grade; and the streets were so Modal up with spectators and seekers after news, that It ras al most Impossible for .Mr.Mosrmaato get the malls to their place of destination. J)y the timely in terposition of the City Marshal and some few others, order was at last restored, and the anx ious crowd '-fell back" In good order, and waited patiently the opening of the mall. We tike the following items of news from the papers received: The steamer Southerner, supposed (0 havo freight for this place, in trying to en ter tho Columbia river on tho 10th inst. struck on tho bar, putting again to sea tho attempted to reach Puget's Sound; but the leak gaining on them so fast they wero forced to beach her on Capo Flattery. It is supposed that her freight w ill all bu saved. Sho Led two States' mails on board. Tho Statesman (Oregon) says "tint mall for tho sv hole country south is lying in tho Corricpoudcneo of (lie Wet My (liuettc. Mu. Km run : Permit utio of your Btib scnbeis, who is "in pursuit ut knowledge under difficulties," to inquire, thioiigh tlio columns of vour miner, tvhoro Civtcent City now Is t During tho last summer, cor. tain articles", purpoitiug to havo been writ tun for tho Crescent t'ity Herald, omul their way into tho Cnliforim papers. Tlio description of tlio town and ueijihboring country was very glowing. Tho hnrlwr was securo from all winds, nnd always no cossablo; tho mountains mero molehills, whence perpetual summer drovo nil www, nml over which n net-work of turnpikonml railroad wus soon to colmect this modern Tyio with tho pioductivo valleys nml rich mines of tho interior. Were wo to credit thu florid imaginings of tho aforesaid llcr aid, thu conclusion must force Itself upon us that its birth place is some where near tho portals of "Opliir," nnd on tho direct ami nearest lino of mil for tho " Garden of tho Ilesporides." Only think, Mr. I'ditor, how much thu writer ol the essay in question must havo enjoyed over thu dream of living in a country that ma u havo been trodden by tho agent of Solomon when in pursuit of guhi; nuil tlien, again, tlio vision ut (lie gardens with their golden fruit. The bare contemplation must havo been "too beau tiful to last." It is with dilliculty wo can realise that, after indulging in such n flight, ho can bo t-afely back to tho "dull realities of lifc." If ho has accomplished tho per iiout descent, what description of parachutes can ho havo used to prevent being dashed into ten thousand "smithereens." So Se vern a disappointment was n hard substance to come in collision with. His pockets.in. stead of being filled with golden fruit, oc cupied by rocks not of n "convortablo" description, but of tho mlainauliiio charac ter of the coast range. 'I1e harbor f steam, ers could not bo prevailed upon to enter; winter erected a barricade of snow, ten dering tho mountains impassable; nml tho Columbia and I'ttqiqua rivers and Hum boldt liny continued to lo entered when vessel I tried to gain those porK In its Imagined prosperity Crescent City ignored, nlmost, tho existence of those places, niid appeared, especially, to consider this L'mp- qua nver as ocing "no whar. Hut svu would now remind tho gentlemen of that region, that our wagon road h not like theirs a mero speculation, but a "fixed fact ;" and onu that, next spring, will bo brought into conplitiuii with thu rugged pack trail from Crescent City. And nstho editoi of tho Herald was onco so uncourt cous towards us, wo may now tako leavo of him by calling hit attention to tho old "saw," " a livo jncknss b.-ing always better than a dead lion." If tho lion bo really dend, we should regret to ray anything but what is good of him, nnd if it bo tho goose of fabulom memory that hath descended through thu over anxiety of her proprietors to possess themselves, too hastily, of her hidden wealth, wo should bo sorry to hear rcllection upon tier character ; but, in tlio meanwhile, until wo henr further, where nnd Oh, whero has Crescent City gone I Yours, Scorrsni'itu. You are ulo acquainted with tho ollom urndo by other pintles lo convoy tho mails between Han Francisco and the various way purt-i on thu comt, now neglected by tho present contractors. These oilers wi'ioHulinltled to Congress, who doomed it inexpedient to increase tho expenses of tho Not litem mall service, nnd therefore, wo havo now to depend, for -intelligence, solely upon tho oveilaud routo to Portland. I'ndor such rircustnucos, wo most re spectfully urge upon you nu enquiry into tlio condition of tho sorvhio between tint plnro and Corsallk During tho present mouth, tho carrier between this place and Yoncall.i has made two failures; the excuse for said failure ii being that tho road Is lm payable. This excuse, tho undersigned nro ready to prove, U without foundation; tho previ ous contractor on this routo having deliv ered tho mails every weik, except one, lor tho last two years, ami thcro am two roads Ulitutlon of douiestlo slavery, yet in our passing through tho points nt which tho opinion tho laws of nature, climate, soil, mail has to bu loft, nnd one of these roads I production, Immigration, Interest, nml tho is always practicable. conviction nnd will of n Urgo majority of Wo would, theiefore,resieelfullvuggest tint people of this Tortltnry, nnd of nil tho that t.'io present contractors bo called upon, i other organized territories ot tlio Union, Tsansssaarofm of country, or of thulr capacity fir self government, hi emigrating from tho Stilus to this const, nml are, therefore, as onpablo of, mid vastly iiioru interested In, choosing thu laws nml Institutions which they uood nml will hnvo for their government, than nro tho people of thu States, tth. Resolved, That tho puoplo of tho Territories "ask for nothing that Is not oleaily right, nnd they submit to nothing wrong;" that wo claim for ourselves what wo freely concede to our brethren in thu State, tho light to decide for ourselves what wo will adopt, and what wo will not adopt, In tho government of our locnl af fairs; nnd, though organized under tho Wilniot Proviso, wo look upon that portion of our organic net an superceded nml null nml void liy tho Inter provisions of tho No. brnskn Kansas bill. :th. Resolved, That notwithstanding tho perfect constitutional tight of the- peopUof tlio lertitorics to establish or adopt tlio in- liy you, to fulfill tho terms ol their ngn o uient; nnd if their remuneration be itnuuf llcient to enable thrui to employ belter an imals than those now used, that you would nro ngalnst such an establishment, nml will conspire to piuveut its adoption; nnd thst thereforo tho repeal of what has been cal led thu "Missouri Compromlso" will ulti- bo pleased, either to increase tho pay of the mutely prove a boon to thu cnusu of free- pteseul incumbents, or trausler thu service ilout. into thu hands of somo other person, so (lib. Resolved, That, entertaining tho that, in cither case, tho people of this 'foregoing views, litis Assiinbly litis no gym neighborhood may havo somo guarrnutoj pnthy for, or confidence in. thomnny-hesd-that thismriim of a btnuch of the public ed fanaticism of iho north nnd cast, but service, in which wo nro so deeply interes- rather look upon it as A monster of tucli hideous mien, tvd,wilhtot henceforward bo so cruelly ueg lecteil. Kespectrully, J. W. Um:w, A. C. Glints, Mcrrilt.Oppcuhimcr oV Co., 12. It, l-'iike, Correspinduao of the Wctkljr Gazette. Umtqua Citv, Jan. 15, '55. Mi:. KniTote: This tvo tho City of UmiKtua wns enlivened by tho arrival of tho steamer "hxceUtor. hhe having been absent for several weeks fears wero enter taiiu-d for her safely. Sho reported tho " ashmgton" at tho head of navigation, undergoing repairs. The arrival of thu ' Kxctltior" wns very opportune, as sev eral Iudiatu was waiting for n "tow" to Scottsburg. Tho United States .Mail Steam ship pniscd up tho coast, somo four weeks since ; thereforo you may expect news from the stales, via ban iranctsco, in advance of the Salt Lako rout'). I would suggest a chango in. tho mail service. A contract could bo perfected, I havo no doubt, up tho coast Irom San Francisco to this place, to bu taken by tho different tribes of Indians along tho const, letting each baud become accountable for tho expeditious pcrfermr.nco of their several contracts. Tho Untjiquns taking, tho con. tract ns f.r ns Coos, (he Coos band r.s far us Roguu Uivtr, tho Koguu Rivers ns far . . . . . . --d a --..-. .. post ollico at this place, not having been jKlimalh, tho Kbtmuths ns far ns lo the called for by tho contractor. There' Diggers, tho Diggers to thu end of the con. To ConnnspoNDi:.NTs. Writers, who wish their communications published in our paper, will plcaso understand from this, our last notick, that no communication will bcpullished unless accompanied icith the author's real name. Thoy can adopt any fictitious signaturo thoy wish for their productions, but wo want their real names for o'ur especial benefit; and wo can assure them that their names will novcr bo betray erl.to any person unless with their consent. Wo hnvo received several communications of lato which wo would Iiko to publish, wero it not for breaking 6110 of the funda. mental rules of tho 'craft.' Plea6o take no JJctvihis tiiu?um act accordingly. was no difficulty in getting over tho route." A young man by tho namo of M'Crnkon, who has been nbout Salem for cbout one year, has been appointed Marshal of this Territory. Legislativi:. Mr. Ladd has introduced a bill to provido for tho peoplo of Umpqun County to locato their county scat nt tho i next' Juno election. A bill has passed tho IIousg locating tho seat of government at Corvallis. Tho President's messago has conio to hand, it is quite lengthy, but wo shall prob nbly publish it next week At latebt dates Congress had dono noth ing moro than to temporarily organize. Senator Atcheson has resigned tho Pre. idoncy of tho Senate, and it was thought that Mr. Bright would bo elected A tcrriblo battlo was fought on the 5th Nov. between tho allies and tho Russians. 10,000 men were lost. tract. And then, ihould somo "near nnd dear relative" dio in tho linst, wo miflil hear of it in this world, whereas under tho present firrnngcmeiit it is very uncurtain. Tho four last copies of tho Gazette camo to hand last evening. In hast, i MORPIHN'K. P. S. Sinco wri(ing tho nbove, 1 learn by tho Gazette, that tho Cayusc and tnulo stock in tho mail Eervico is now stall. fed ; also, thnt tho Oregon Legislature- is in ses sion nt Salem. M, ScoTTsiirwi, O. T.; Jan. i5, ISii-l. To Hon. J. C. Avi:nv, Si'ixi.s. Postal Aon.vr, oca, &c, Cokvamis, O. T. Slit: TJio undersigned, residents of Scottsburg and vicinity, believing that it is within tho jurisdiction of your ollico to tifibril us partial relief from our proseiin dls. abilities, beg to cnll your attention to tho present condition of tho mail communica tion with this place. You nro nwnro that tho Department, in fluenced by tho iiitorosted misrepresenta. tious of somo of tho members of iho Pacific Mail Co.'k "staff," nbkolved (ho said corpo ration from thfir contract lo deliver the mall matter nt tho mouth of this river Itrown, Drum oV I). MnctnviKh, Alexander Whippy, C. V.. Woodman, I.. I,; Williams, ('. P. Hunker, G. I). R. Itoyil, I,. L. llrudhitr), Thomas Wright, Robert Trevett, John Nicholson, Jos. V Clark, John A. Frver Gard ('hidii, I). M. Thompson, -1. II. Cowles, M. F. Ilolbtouk, Alex. Illakely, Itenj. I!r:tttaiii, Cyrus Hidden, A. II. hungdou, Co., J. R. Peters, R. II. Lord, II. G. Itrown, I). W. .Steams. Jnmes Pruin, John I .nig, Job llntlleld !:. P. Drew, M. W. Gibbs, J. R. Rodney, Wm. Ilarr, A. P. Sterns, R. F. .Maury, P. Slrnrus, Jntiici Luvens, Daniel Cook, J. A. Grubli, W. Johnson, Henry Cnsey, Peter Johnson, J. Peel, 1 lint tu tie halod nerds lul to b teeu." 7lh. Resolved, That tho Into net of (hu President of tho United Stales, In vetoing Iho River nml Hnrbor Hill, is jiru-umlnnutly worthy tho Chief Kxecotivu of this nation, and justly merits tho npprobnliou of this legislative Assembly, and of thu country, fctli. IUjoIiciI, That tho River nnd Hsr. bur bill, referred lo in the foregoing resolu tion, was, nml would havo been hnd it beeu npproved by (ho President exceedingly ob. J noxious to thu country because it con ' Mined nmongst other obiectiouablo items, tint following, lo wit: " Inr completing th .cusloni-hniiient San Francisco, SIOH.SSfl' 'for tho construction of nu npprnlscrs store, ,011 n portion of thu ciittom-hotiku tqttaro, nt, San Francisco, 8100,000; fur unvoting tho public lauds and private land claims in Col. ifornia, JjaOO.OOO; for running tho north I western lino between thu I 'tilted States nnd nml Great Hrilnin, from Lakuofthu Woods to thu Pacific Ocean, nnd marking thu for tieth p.irallel,$:it'J,lbO; for continuing tit work supplying tho cities of Washington Dvinoei-utlc Itesoludoii. and ticruiantown with water 9500,000; Adored by the UgUUilite. Asumbly of rr completing the bridgo over thu Potomac, Oregon Ttrritory, Jan., 1855. .near thu Liltlo Falls, 07-1,000; for altering Witimts, tinco tho close of tho hit titlTU' ?fW. n session of :ho Legislative Assembly of '"J " "K0'0. at""t, "'uV1'1 this Territory, a bill has psssed iho Con-' f",, S-mm0 ' ' 'Sl,u "f t-'nlifornin.for gress of tho" United States, received tho J'0, "W""'. of H'. Bovernmont of . rid signature of tho President, and become f';11'"'. f'T WM",'on to ') n law or tho land, organizing tho Tcrri. ' 'l"0 ,l,,1 Lmo"' ," i'.l"ln of UiU totiesof Nebraska nnd Kansas, which Assembly, strA appropriations ought not to has caused much excitement in the pub. I,,l,v" Ih'i niilwliwl In a bill of this ch.r. lie mind, nnd which contains, in the opiu- ,.,"lcr' ""'' llml IUC WI"ations artf ion of this General Aiscml.lv, not only ,,row,n in b" corrupt sj.leiu of log.rol -ntitnl principle of republicanism, bu't '" ''"misu thoy cannot stand on their . one which is ol tho lint Importnnco tu ' 0W1,,,.i"U'IJ i i .11 . ,i . .. , thu people of tho Territories nnd uf m,, 'lrt "' " 1' for Iho whole Union, ns lending to re.t.ovo , l!, S"'nwiit .of Congress In granting from tho Halls of Congress purely local IWl--ttor for harbors nml rivers, or for nnd domestic questions, tho discussion " 'or i'"P'ye.nei.ls, N to mako separate of which in that arena tends only lo ll.u "'" ,for cncl1 "Woprlniion. And that un excitement, agitation, and disorganization ' "''' course t adopted, neither iho indi of the country-"alienating onu portion , (ln ""''" of Congress nor tho Prost of Ibis iKtopb.' from another," and threa- 'loMt of t,m V""Ci1 ?,toU? ?"" ,I,,V0, a P'0'" tening thu slabilily or tho Union : r opportunity of discriminating between Am. Wm:i.i:.ts, notwithstanding tlio fact I lh" B",1d n.,d bai1' "I'1 t,u for;uo.r em' that tho act which organized tho eountry ",l " lo,t 'i? "l associal.on with which wo now represent embraced what " "" ' ?fy ndopled.w.t is fau.lliatly known as Iho "Wilu.ot Pro-11"1' oo'icelro it our tluty to sustain nil viso," Iho members of (his I.eglslalivo ! ''"fiWaH'o nml l.xecutivo ofllcors, who In Assembly, as freemen, representing tho terposo their votes or vetoes to prosorvo people of a free Territory, deem It pie. J ,y constitution nml national treasury Tron) eminently lit nnd proper'lhat wo should , l ! fcc' ml ru,.l,lM:' ,,!""U of tholatltu express .ur contlctions wishes and do- "",r,a" cotruclin and grasping exclu. terminations: bU'c of any nnd every portion of Iho couu. Ani. Wiikmba., sinco tho adjournment oft .. ......... ...., ,, ,. .. Kin. jiioijitiM, i nut iiiu yiriu imuuiiai nml wothJ.widu Imporlniico of a rnilrosd, from tho valley or tho Mississippi to tho Paciliic coast, demands that thu Kxucutivo nnd Congress or thu United Status should slions wltleli rtllecl, lor weal or woe, T,.," ,.;", WV .7i .i , peoph, whom wo leprcscnt, and tho "10 "l" ,0 constitutional means w.thh, thulr Ion tit largo : thpreforii. I l")Wer' 'V BCc;iro ,,,u ln,i !lmp' of said road tho last General Assembly of this Ter ritory, other measures of great public concernment hnvo either been enacted, proposed, or ngilntoil measures and questions which affect, for weal or woe, tho nation ut largo Ut. Ranked, That this Legislative As Ecmbly highly npprovo of tho lato act of Congress organising tho 1 crritones or.Ne braska mid Kansas; that wo hail its sever al provisions as straight-forward nnd manly ns soundly republican, and as an advnnco step towards a full, oomnlctu and aatisfac tory return to first principles and to con stitutional law, lid. Resulted, Thnt wo greet with cspo ci.il EiitUfitutir.ii thnt fenturo in tho bill ubovo referred to, which interdicts tho in terference of Congress in thu domestic af fairs of (ho States, nnd w libit oitablishcs its inability to legislate slavery into or out of tho organized Territories of tho nation, but which leaves this I'Koi'i.i: of tho Terri. tories freo lo choose nnd to coiittol their own domestic inHltiiliuns. ad Resolved, That, in tho judgment of this General Assembly, tho psoplo of this, or any other Territory of this nation, would stultify themselves if tho woro not to ucqtiiohuo in tho doctrino of, "squatter sovereignty," and that, proclaiming tho sumo judgment, lha present inhabitants ol thio Territory, havu lost nono of their lovo at ns early a day us practicable. 11th. Rcsvleed, Thut this Legislative) Assumbly hnvo learned, with astonishment and regret, of tho existence of n secret or ganization, in tho midst of tho peoplo of this Territory, composed of men styling themselves, or generally styled, "knownoth uigs," whoso professed object, through tho lorco of their oovort organization, and tho power and effect of thuir secret maohitm. lions, to overthrow ouu of thu religious soots of tho country, and to curtail thu privileges, proscribe nml porsccuto thundnplodornnts uralizetl citizens of tho Territory and of tho, nation. 15th. Ranked, That wo look upon such, an organization, as abovo alluded to, as not only tending to subvert tho laws nml poli cy of tho government under which wo linv grown to bo u great, powerful, wealthy nnd prosperous nation, but as Impolitic ' and dangorous in tho extreme ami that unless timely checked, by " tho sober socond thought of Iho peoplo," will load to ansr city, to civil war, tho overthrow or the gov, orument and tho ijosiructjuu of llhoily. 13'Ji. Huohxil, That vtblltt wa wou,4