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7A.1 , 4" I -T . .-V r Vi" J. av i H'l'M i "nrEi- iA - suth. 1' - -!- - - 4 Mmpmicv' 4 .SSSMI.I ' llM.ilM..M,w k 4-vSsnejWtJsjMMMieBm ilMcif 2 mutub niaufi.fi.KS huiluimis, sbxt Ml ! ii ii i m I ! II I I i i i 5SR WEST PCOTTRni'no uhum.. SCOTTSUURG, OHI3GON. Saturday, MJny 2, lOS 'POHl BOYDEDIYOR. DEMOCRATIC TICKET. -rer Delegate, to ConRrcs, GEff.OS 'LAKE. , r For Councilman, 104 HUGII D. O'BRYAKT. 'i For Prosecuting Attorney, RT e. stratton. " . jt Umpqua County. Aim c at $, v Fet fRcprosentatlvo, fMJffj? J-JWIU. COZAU. KlrffiATKSriuj For Auditor. W. If. SPENCER. For Judge of Probate, P. C.PARKER. For Commissioner, G. D. VANRIPER. "For Treasurer.'. W. AYELLS. .ForAfseaeor W. II ANNA. frFor Coroner. JOS. HEAZLEY. ForSurveyor. J. J. KELLOGG. uFor Wrcckmastor P. MACKIE The xrhlfkowBotIilBir Candidate for Delegate to Congress, The Cosstitction vs. K:ownoth- Immediately after tlio, nomination of ..' Gaines by tlio so-called whig conren iionTat Corrallis, a few- of tho' same persons, met at Albany, and nominated Lisyiver. again, as tho know nothing taodidate. g Bat fbis ii, if possible, a .greater' farce than the former, for ont Y 'the'Cd'rnctnbora 'who attended tho convention at Coivallis, and who nom inated Gaines as the whig candidate fer Delegate to' Cbogrcts.fftt, at least were kriownothiogs. This information ame.frora a member of that conren iin, and cannot bo successfully reTutcd. AaiUkis Gainca' platfotm: whig .knownotWnC'anti-Ncbraskn.SIainolaw tun .lie not only subscribes to all of tke above Utat, but bo publicly nuvo taaiaa -tkam i b JiU -nppfir. Ho nrO . ibe'sAme tim advocates too enactment oflaws to diifraucuiio all foreigners aad Catholics, from holding cflico or 'irosa oven'totiug-pltcingtlicmon ado cradine Jercl with and citing them no more rights than tho Indians or negroes ow possess. IIo is opposed to tlio 'principles of popular sovereignty, as 'contained in tho enactment of tho Ne- bratka' bill,f yhich gives State and Territories tlio right to govern theirj ewn domestlo inititutionaas they think 1 proper thaf thoy know what will bt . Srvo their own interests, and tho in terposition of tho general government; vith their local nflaira is a llagrant act eCinjastlce to tho rights of States and Tcrrituries,and a power no? guaranteed X to; that general government by the Con- atkalion nor by the rupt ctynmon prin ciples of equity and right. Ho panders to'tho" sympAthies and prejudices of religionUU by saying that ho is In fa ever of si stringent and intolerant law ' ler the suppression of the liquor traf. flck, similar to the unconstitutional ,Maino Law, Now, it is ncll known that Gaines likes his "toddy" as well as any man In tho Territory. And we are informed that no longer than last 'winter lie was strongly n favor of the .principles of tlio Nebraska bill, and it t, k hfghly.frobabl,thst,, snr.Ti, nroyet j 'taaia honest convictions, as ho was "born and bred" in the sunny south, and par. takes of oil their prejudices in regard , to slavery, la fact be has been a slave- f bolder in Kentucky for many years; but now, In-order to secure the votes fof all theYactions,Jn certain localities ' jjie, adyocatcs ' abolitionism, rampant ; fjin bet be is eyerybadyVi manprofuss- using to-one principles wbicb he would trenaoasly condemn to another, if it ' would 'ensure him a vote. Dut leaving too rqass of contradictory and moon- diaistentisms which Gainea espouses, let ,"r8 i refer for a moment to his leading "', ';hobby,"knownothingsm, and see how , .tbat corresponds with tho Constitution vaitime United States and tho principles !efijepablIoaa government.. Read tho 'flowing: f CoeiiTunoir,or.TnB.KsowKOTnTfp Cox cvUmted SriVis. I Art.V,r.r"Ko relt- (K. "...'. kl..tl ... W1TUTIOV. ArL III. Thn nlw 'fZTMM9111 "UA" tvtr ?" fReanlredm a ounl- Meet of this orgnnlza IflaaUnn tn-MV office uua eimii us io resist tho Insldlona policy tf puWlo truat under WgQTttTBBltai.-' Uwl otlicr foreign in- oi mounurcn or itoini- (IncawnRnlnstllioItt" .tn.tl ' nl. I 1. jtl(ullon( r' the 'coiintyi y : m cEtheirtottt r iajiiiml! tut naliet btirn prot rttaut attstni. k Knowsotivo Uvtii "You fiirthcrmoro proinina aii'l doelary itntjo.l TfIUnotVl5 nur Rivo j our Influ ence for ny man for niv uinco In tlio tlft or "tlio people, tinU'M lis be nn Amcrlcun burthened In bis body or eotd, or otherwise mi It i r, on Account of Ida reunions opinions or teller) Imtnllmcn ibnU l free to pro fit, nmt by nrau" ment to taMtitaln, Urn oillaen In favor of Amtrlenn rnllnjt Amcrlc , ip if he br a furn.ni Cat'wtic," their opinions in mat tors or religion, ami the taint sUM tn no trite nfftct, iltmiuhh or rnlartc their titU AirAin: "You w)l cmnly and Blnccrtly nu'odr tliKt If It may bo done loRAlly. you nltl. n lien elected to cajiacattt. ' otuce, remove all ror ciicticm anil liotmtn CatholUtfrom v(T(es km! tint .yon in in ne tan appoint $ueh to ojice." The direct antagoninn between the Federal and Statu Constitutions and tho rituals of knowpothlugi'm is ptlpnblp and plain to every man of ordinary un demanding, and v. ill not admitof an "Tlio object auu ue- rlnmilonRorHtMorder cofifiictnot on ly with tho abstract principles, but with tho actual provisions of tho government Knownothingism dues prcscribo a reli gious test ns n qualification to ollicc. Knownotliutn doca molest and burthen men, and does diminish their cUil cn- pacitte;, on account of their religion." And Gaines Is n member of this order 7m conspires against the government anil the liberties of the people. Somo places they say to foreigners th'xt thoir object is not to proscribo or in any way molest those who nro nlready in thonlted States, but their "holy pat riotism" is directed against thoso who may seek a home hereafter nnd who may wish to pirtako of tho Ue3iings of our frco government. Till plausi ble fabrication is for tho nurpnw ofl getting foreign totes. This movo is Leing mado in difleront parts of tbe Territory, and la talked of by a few of tho faithful In soiuo parts of this county. Dut to show.that is a decep tion, in addition to what is containod In their rituals above quoted, wo take the following significant paragraph from their organ,, the Knotcnoihing tj Cntsadcr : "We not tlits down as a mlnelole uhlch I rlEbt, Jut, rcaionaMs and patriotic, xi : I A'unt tut American) ieutJ le allowti to tote." -, f To tho honest foreigners who have thrown off tho yoko of allrgianco tn tho monarch of tho old world, and who havo sought tills country that they might bo freemen that thoy might worship their creator according to tho dictates of their own conscience, wi would say, havo nothing to do with t this evil organization. II you havo entertimcd a thought of upholding their unholy principles, or sustaining their men, diicard it. For know you not that tho samo hand that Is nnw raised to prevent your father, mother?, brothers and sbters, who dwell in for eign lands, from emigrating to and par- tlcipating with you In the blessings which you enjoy in tho land of your adopted home, onco it gets clothed with power, will bo wielded equally as proscriptlyo against you. Is it not reasonable to supposo that tho same men who would disfranchise ypur dearest relatives, would also, had they tho power, disfranchise you I Then heod them not. though you may have had tho utmost confidenco in them in former years, for when thoy como to you with such fabrications they only want your votes that thoy my bavu power power to placo tho hangman's noose arouudj'our nrcks, Thoso aje tho principles and tho policy advoca ted publicly by Gaines an old broken down political hack from Kontucky, and theso nro the troacherous vlewi prpmulgcd by'hls follower his aldora and abettors In Iniquity. 0r Deprive us of the eflicient aid of foreitfnorB nnd what would our ar. my generals do for traitors to bang In timo of war. Orcgonian. Tlio abovo, from Gaine' organ, requires no comment from us, it speak for itself. Foroignor, will you uphold uch men men who brand you as 'traitorsl1' If you would not, remem ber them at the ballot-box. 0- Capt Suqtt, of this placo, is tho whig csndidato for councilman in this district Thoy hold no conven tion, and probably not ovor a dozen whigs in the district were consulted in rogaid to who should bo tho nominee. Tho Captain .is opposed to Lano, and non-committal on Gainco. It.has boon asserted that ho was a knownothing, which b douiss. CwnmrcTJo'cnt'A J .Majority ov vtiiic "No man .shall lie compelled tofreqiicnl or support any iVll pious woflhfCpttce or ministry whatnoav wj nor shall any man bo enrorccit or res trained, tnolcelatl or .TliQ.Orrftotilnn nnd tho Umpqun. IlrYer. editor of Ahi Ore rnnirtii, a.v lli il tin ti tint onnnsMt to tho llttorcstfc of tho Umpqun. This Is iiuVvb to the people, ot tlits place rimt icnwy, w rnml !ii th-ltt'lilhi' nrilclo about the Inr-keepors, chnmbcrinKidi nnd stow nnls of thu ntall stcainor Columbia, last fall. UU conitnendatlons of the nllkers of tho P. M. SfS, Co., on this coast, liiWo been unojsjiliig eor since tho first issue of thoOregonlnn In liim thoy found a rcajjy npologbt for the couw they lino taken pgnlnst thu Interests of certain places on tho coast and partiuhrly the Umpqun. For ev ery fnllttro ol complmico wall meir contiact.no dilR-renco how palpablo tho wrong nor ImW lljant tho lnju. tice to the-people, Uryorlnvnri.iiiiynati an fxcuso ready coined to suit tho no- enslon. His courso was so very cm. sistcnt on this one subject tho uphol ding of tho P. M. S. S, Co., whether thev woro riuht or wrong that the people notually begantolnsiuato that tho virtuous, trntlifielrserifioing L-dllor of the Orrconhn had been bought to "blow" for them, thoy being in want of n trumpet In Orrgon, and Dryer being mado up of unadulterated brass from head to loot, they oonstitn- ted htm brass trumpeter of tho steam ship Columbia, Dal!, commandor. domo malicious persons would make theso assertions, whilo others would insist that ho was Jo occupy tho ilou bo position of figure-head and trum peter too. All thosa surmises havo lioiio tho rounds in regard to tlio editor of tho Oregoniun nnd tho P. M. S. S. Ca. but nublio opinion conernlly was united an ouo thing, that tho editor of the Oregontan had stronger and inure potent rcaions for apologizing for the steamship Co., than raf ro lovo for their olliccrs, or for their pfculiar and unjust course towards tho peopie of Oregon. Kilowinc Dryot's mania In regard to this lubject, and being well aware, that tho iKoplo wero placing a proper estl- mato on his character for truthfulness. wo detmed it unnecessary to notice his indbect attack oh tho harbor of tho Umrniin. when mine nn account of his renwhnblo trip down tho coast last fall. Our nttcntlon'as called particularly to tho artlclo in question, by a prominent whig; in this place, who liadmor aonadtna IiliKapaclty of our harbor than o had in Dryer's honesty. Wo exasiincd tho article -ind exposed its objictionable parts. Wo knew then, that Dryer would deny every word that bo lud written as soon as ho found th it popular opinion was nnfavorablo to him Is this section. llirce months after tho articlo had been published and answered by us, a whig in this town, who found It ve) difficult to swear by Dryer during the enmimr contest unleisho (Drver) dii- nit-d our charces. wroto to him about i the matter, nnd Drjer, weathercock. J like, turns about, anil ssye tuat iw. s a friend to the Umpqua! Unaided by any proof of his frit mlly feeling ror our interests, sato bis aslrrtion, tho people here believe it about as much as the; would tho report of any othor mtrqboi of tho P. M. S. S. Co. Somo of his friends hero swallow it in tho same manner that they are going to voto for Gaines with tlicir eyes shul Dryer said that the first placo ofany noto on the coast was Crescent City, this is what tho agents of P, M. a. a. Co. havo always said, and this lathe reason given by them for not leaving tho mails at tho Uinpqua, and thl4 i what tho Captiin of tho Columbia told Dryer to s.y when ho returned homo, which promiso that editor fulfilled, t tho InOnlto amazement of every one who know him. I ho following is another paragraph from Drycr'a "no- t(h)liigs ,by 'ho way :" "All thoso way ports between the Piilum'iln River and Son Francfsco lire dangerous and difficult of acciss during the b1 and winter season, aand uitt always rejnain so, without extensive imprnvenciits which would cott im mense sums of money." Wo answered tlits mlicnood mat wai. intended as a "cut direct" at tho capac ity of tho Umpqun harbor, as follows : 'Tim ITintmua affords a (rood har bor and Is easy of access, which is pro ven beyond n uouni, jty tuo saio arrival .mil ilcri'irfiirn nt ntpnmnrH of larirot draught than tho Columbia, nnd that too, "during tuo tall and winter," at u-lilfl. ilmn iho editor of tho Orecroiii- an says all tho port botwoon tho Co lumbia river and oan rranoisco aro bo 'difllcult of access." Wo tubmit tho abovo facta to tho pubi'icpeaving it with them 'to saj whctiierthoy will tak(? Drycr'a word or his aeH or either, to cloar Urn of ,mwiuiii tho noetuatibtuiiow being mado ngntnst him, that ho hits boon bou1it nnd paid for by tho P. itt. S.S. Co. 03Gniiioa njinlnst the world" so eald tho Corvullls whig Imow'UbUi Ing convention,. How much more truthfully and consistently could they Invo tnltl, '."Gulnes ngidnst Oregon," us Gnlne-1 hai nlwaya by his nets op. posed tho Interests nhd tlio will of tho pooplo of Oregon. ',sldo from this, It would havo boon decidedly more mml eat, nnd thoy would not havo by never nl feet "' ff to fall on tho first Mon day In June. Gaines was "ngnlnsl" iho Jlexlonti. until thoy took htm prisoner; breaking hi word of honor and ntenling away, It proveil grenlly "ng.ilnst" tho welfaro of his emnpnti Ions whom he left bohltul, IIo wm "agnlnst" tlio will of thu people ns ex pressed by thoir Representatives, wliett ho w.is "I, John P. Gaines," mid nt tempted to. nullify tho nets of tho Ter ritorial Assembly, because it conflicted with his pecuniary Interests. IIo was "agalnsl'V tho lut,creats of, tho Territo ry by withholding tho money appro printed by Cougresa for tlio erection of publlo building. Finally, ho kicked np a quarrel with hi ovn friends, nnd was "against" them, ami everybody "against" him. Now, ho is "against" Jo. Line, mid "against" every liberal nnd rpimblican principle. I" fact ho Is "against" everything but Ids own stub born will, nnd when they nay "Gaines against tho world,'' thoy h.vo said all that can besiid in his favor. No kst. Wo have had an account on our books fifr about a year against tho "whig parly of Unipqua county," for printing election ticket". N o havo dunned several gentleman who by their talk wo took to be the parly, head, tail and all, but they "don't 'know-nothing' about it, nsk Mr. , hu was n can- lidato last year." Rut Mr. don't 'know-nothing' about it, neither. Iltv Ing spent ns much of our precious tiun as wo could afford, calling nn ono and another, it occurred to us lint perhaps tho better way would bo to havo the Shcrinr viiit them, when again our fond hopes wore all knuckoJ into "pi" there's no defendant' It was rather premature, coming down on tho eA- zirrrn at tho whig convention at hlk- ton ought to pay up first Slnco tho abovo was in type aRon.' tleman informs us that tho bill shall be paid ; hope It will. CirThcroisa boardless youth up tho country who has taken our pn.r for a yoar, and now wishes it stopped, but refuses to pay for what ho has re ceived. A man has a perfect right to stop his paper whenevor ho chooses, by paying for What ho has rcciircd, but person cannot stop a pspcr un lit all arrearages nro paid. This is reg ulated by law, tn prevent swindlers of tho nlmvo character from impnriiig up on publishers, by saying thry imvi-r subscribed, after having taken the pa ler for somo tims. It is scarcity ncu eisary to add tint the gcntlciii'iii ro ferred to ii n brawling (Saines man. U'u may havo occasion to giro this gentleman's name hereafter, that tho public nny bo on their guard pit" UmiiicM Lai Rritly Improved dur ing l!m piut wcftV. There aro ubout ono hundred mules lu town, loading for Jack sonville and Yrcka. Wo Ir&ra from gentle men bo havo juit arrived from the Interior that tbero will lia'qulto n number of wagon here In a few day. Prtsvat apptaranccn Indicate that tbero trill Lo a lawo amount of basinets trammeled hcru this summer. Yi'o notice that comtldtraMr quantities of jjo-xh for mcrcliints ol Jackionvllh and YrcVa irero hlpned to this placo on tbo stctmcr Gotiah. OirTho steamer Coliah loft the Umpqua for San Francisco, on Friday, tha JJd Inst. Tho schooner Loo Choo Mtilod for tho samo pjaco on Monday last. niJAUTiruAv' CuAsru Tho Orc gonian of tho Mth of ApVil says that tho editors of tho Umpqua Gazette, Statesman and Standard aro "d d Ijars." - (Kr Wo Bcknowledgo tho rocelpt of a lato number of tho Umpqua Gazette, from Hon. Cyrus Olney, (KrGeri. Lano has been stumping tho Southern part of tbo Torritory, recently, with much success. Gilnce follows aflor htm, as 'tamo as a poodlo. They aro novy on their way to tho Wil lamette , C.P.Kimball, nnd J. W. Sullivan, San Francisco, hnvo our thanka for late pappM byjlast' malj. Soettholr adyer tiscmo'nfa in another column! tlnlnns Blitiorr Monti- UOIIIIi I i In whither nrllelo no Imvq nllmlcd to tim faot Hint (laltico Was opprfafjd tc tho principles of tlio NulirnBl(iiJdll,niil on tiiat ground vvna trying to gut.nbn lotion nnd freo-noll suppurt nnd that Gnlnot always had been ntnl Is yet lit heart ftivnrnhto In thu Institutions ol slavery. If any imu douhta lliuniser. tlnii, let them tend tho follow Ing ex trnol from n letter written by "John P. Gaines" to n fili-nd In Itn!lim:i, which was published lu (lip LouUUIIn 6'oi ricr. Thin will Im n relreihlng inuiM'l for sonui of Guinea' Irlunits lu tho upper part of this county, who havo been hentd to say that limy would "forcibly rosUt thu operation of tho Fugitive Slave I.w." Hut to tho letter : Ovk UiUi, near Salem, O. T.. Doc 17. 1851. Dn.vu Sin: Tho election rosultv hi P'iiiiiKvlvniila, Ohio, nnd lu dlaiia nm n just mid teriihlo rebuke to tlio weakest, most liUtiiU's, uiui iihim corrupt ndmliiistralloti that over dls uraend thiaulurloiis Ronuhlic. I fond. iy hope that Now Yurie, llliuni, Mich Igaii', NYitcoutiif, and Cuiiuootiuutfiate iliine'liliuvvlsti) If so, tho "linmlwritliiu' inny bo plainly seen on thu wall. My only fear now i th i( North may in trrfeiti in tome esicntial particular teith tho fugititii'O slace law. That manure Is in cxteuthn if n solemn Imnd entered into by all the neoidc ol the United Mates in our glorioui Ccm-I ttitution, and, vhife tt rrimnnx, placts the North on impregnable ground, but should it be repealed, or so essentially mollified as lo render it inoprrulivo in diichurging the "bond," Iho South it a'ii in Iho right in thii particular, and the North may hare to arrount for the u njtcakabln horrors of dissolution. . I am, most respectfully, Your obedient rcrvant, JOHN P. GAfNES Will "I, John P. Gaines" tell us nnw where tho ''handwriting" 1st Well, this letter writing is n bad hiiitncM, truly. It has been tho political datum linn of bettor men llinu ever Gaines was. It will ho Interesting to Gninrs' friend', (if be has any,) in tho South to! learn that ho is running for Congress on thu MainA.hw.abolitlon.kiiovvnnlh-ing-nntl-Nehrarki-whig ticket In this country. There Is n slight ilNcrcpnuey in his professions horo and his letters to friends in tho States. (r Wo will have a little business to settle with tho Times editor, after the election Is over, if wo 'don't meet him In person before that timo; in tho mean timo wo file away a very interesting letter from "Avon" It is decidedly rich. AMIIVAT. OK Till: 1.00 ClIOO-Tbo tchoonrr lu Choo Cspt. IIurIic, arrlvnl In tbo Umiia iRaln, m thu evening of the 2'Jih ult , eleven diys from Han Francisco, with CO tons of freight for this pl.icl. .Slit rsHr!cnced a hmvy i;ala en the 27th. btn offt'op-J Mendlclno, which cnrrleJ wy her jib'tiooin, fllfy. snd n ru.il 1 tnat. llrrcsr- go c:ini nut In c&l condition not tho Icirnt lUmaed. Vfe are Indrhted lo her gcntlrmvtily cemmwdtr for full flies of hit (Dpcrs. also fur other Mori. Nr.w (loont. Our mtrohanta havo Jot rtcclved pr steamer (lollnh and rcliooncr I,oo Choo, larffi lots of mtrcbmidlieof ev ery variety. Wo would Invite particular attention to tho ncwadvtrtisemcntsof I.onl 4. Co., Wabwortb, l'ttcrs A l.adJ, nnd 11 II. Ilcrttcl, which apptsr In nnolhir col umn. ?tr We ara ludohtcd to J. W. Sullivan. Cvj., Km Fraaclnco, for lato pipers by the Uul'tah. CorrciKndcnco of tbo Gazette. Cooa Hav, Aiirll 2, 'fi5. Eiiitoii Gazj'.tti: bear Sir : I arrived here after n journoy from the Coquillo country, Jolinson As Wood' diggings Incliidid, Inking a now trail by way of Poit Orford, and up the roaxt to this placo. I find tho barqun Nucceti, Cnpi. Dtvenport, here, from Han FrnncUfo, with nbnut forty tons of uoods. Slio will talto nway from horo about two hundred and fifty tnua of civil loaded by Mr. Norlhrtip nnd Mr. Roirtrc Ab It Uthi first thnl leaves hero fur tho San Francisco market, 1 find tho pt'oplo hero quito anxious ubout its reaulls in thu above nientluuod city Should it provo to' bo an good coal us llioy IIIIIIK It IB, H Will givo quuu nn nil peiUB to mmiiiuau in una nauu. Ill Johnson As Wood's diggings I found only n few mini who wintnird there, 'they told mo tho had made from four to flvo dollars a day to tin hand in (hn banks until tho snow fell, but wero then about commencing again and will continue to wmk In tho banki until tho Watora fall so that thoy can get into their old claims of last year, In tlio bed of iho river, On my way lo Port Orford, I mot numbcra going to tho nbovo mentioned diggings, aomu of whom I learned wore (hero last summer. On taking tho now trail from Calf Camp Ridge, it ruhs to tho eastward of thu1 old trail, nnd cros ses tho head waters of SixesJaJKid Flo ra's rivers. I fell in wltli-.vpartyjol three prospectors about sun downi as The I'rouf- .wwiiamUIJslMsssWWWrTmLl-. lUWHUlU I mmal, thoy weio out of mucl.amuck.- Thoy ImU their g" nlonml wera as hrtppy ns'jclanfe at iIrIi wiiIm. J i ..rcA, ilmn Hint I ho v hud found ll-IHIIl'il ii,im ........ - ,- v, - - gold ,on ant-oral 4 tho itreams In thst SnullOII 0 OOlliiiry, uj;"v -'" ubout two dollars worth of rouniljiiiavy gnld which limy had rvujiil.-fjwyt ilmn mi Ihelrwny lo CootMlay or Port Orfortl, nlivr provlnliminBwl Iti-iijloil fo go back to tho locality' wherrf thoy had found gifud iroicpli 'd wow eitllsfl d that limy can do well. I'rniu Port Orford fortlgjit miles on tho lieueh there nn'Tio initdnu g'llng mi Cnpo Ulnnco being llu flfl'f I H-iw thu miners ntwork.w horn I learu them ntd auveral rlnlnm paying welL Kluhloen miles further, I arrived at the mouth of tho CnquUlot Iico Ibrraliire agL about fifteen men nt work, ntaWiig ""W nbnut eight dnlhrs per day. A,,MiiVi miU'H iiioiu brmiuhl nit) l Hftliorjljih. This pluco.last full, every persnn I heard glvo mi oplnlmi on tho subject, imtpj berrd It with thu tilings that wero, I stopped ut tho housd of Mr. Fluuiiiilng, (inu of the oldest Inhabitants. IIo in- , formed mo llinl thorn wero about fifty men nt work on tho beneh, and that tlm miller Imd never dnno belter than during this winter, Jilnuelf Included t ami Irgiu tho nimunranuo of Iho good things nn his taife,ynu would think so, tun. Twenty flvo miles morn brought mo to this place, I find the pcoplo lu high spirits all . through this county, with regard to lh mall iirrangi'inoiiU parried out by old Jo. Hurrah Tor hhn 1 wu will te liha what vvn think of him nt thu next eleo il jii. Ho ihiiuld call and sto the Cooa stock. Yours, truly, a sunken tiwu.' Oreaonlnn Itond I Tcstlnionr freat n DMtlDBillshcd Mouree. Gcu. Adair, of Astoria, sends us the following letter from lion. Win. M. G win, tho nblo II. S. Senator from Cab Ifornln, and a champion of tho Pacifle Rutlroad, and Pacific luloresls. No other man in tho United States has worked with ns much industry and sue ceis ns Dr. GhIii, nnd no man stands higher there California owes him a debt ho can never repay, for the mass or legislation nnd princely appropria tions ho has obtained for her. As for the calumny Dr. Gwtn refers to, It fell still born here, whera Gen. Latin Is known, and where the lying character of Its author Is knnjyn. We doubt if a single man in Orrgon Kill thought of It slnco Dryer uttored it: Statesman. 8a f Eta Cisco, March .11, 1855. Mv Dkau Siu, I hnvu been inform ed, rinco my nrrival bore, tint a state ment has been published In some news. paper in Oregon, that I am a wIucm to Gen. line's having been intoxicated in Washington, during his term of ser. J vico iii.tngrtu.aAailelogatnilor.yoar M lurritorv. s uavo m. m-uu i.uio wki I. f, I.. ... I .!.. . a that publication, and cannot refer U tho allegations it con'alns against Gen. I.ino hi detail, and my rrlorenco to lit deporlmetil In Washington, must be In general terms. , I presumo there it no person In th Uultid States who has had more intb mate association with Gen. Lane than myself, sinco ho has been n delrgato in Congress. Wo havo met almost daily In consultation, in regard lo tho legis litiou for this coast, nut only in the Capitol but at our private room. I not only uorer saw the General intoxicated, but never Haw htm touch nrdut spirit in Washington, nor can any man truth fully charge htm htm with dissipation of any kind, during Ids resldenco lu the federal city. This la tlio first time I havn heard such n chargo mado sgainsl him. Ho is ouo of tho most laborious and Inithful representatives I havo nvor seen, nnd his exertions for his constituents have been crowned with eminent suo cess. No Territory in tho Union bsa n morn faithful, or so successful, a rep resentative; nnd, without disparage ment tn any mnu, I do not hesitate to say that no delrgato you can send from your Territory can surpass hhn In zoal, or equal his past success, which Is'only un oarmjst of his future usefulness if continued In Congress. -With groat rc.pect, your friend and ohediont serv ant. , WM. M. GWIN. Gen. Apa'ir. JUIoqaeace.. Our Reporter sends tho following, which ho says woro tho closing remarks of Gninea' knowtiotliing abolition speech at Mr. Reed's, on tho Calipoola, on Tuesday last: "Kidlnr Cltirons and Wlmmln' thn great bird of American liberty's flowed aloft and sonrln' upon tho wings of the wind, nnd now Irnvvrln' high over'the cloud capped summits of tho Rocky Mountains and that's inol Fleet me to Congress nnd I'll stick tn you threw thick and thin like a lean tick to a nig. gei'BBhlul" lMrormr.T Fnojt AvniA'tTA.-i-Ir. ir.i',iN.)i:MJi Dbci,ahi.i, iYcw lor, March II), Thonuula by tho steamer Africa havo nrrive'd herp.aud brinim. portant luformailon from Auslrnlta. Tho London Morning Ilqralduif the 1st March lias despatches, (rom Coylon dutod Feb. lnt, wlilch nui0tnoo that tho pnnplo of Australia hnyo, doclared their liidependciico from tfioRrlfish Crown. Troon had beijn sqiitAtq,put down the insurrecllooaud a.HSf.nguin , nrront had been fouaht.Msl. bourne was la a state pf .ahjif-jfta t- -t' ft w "! -4