, 1857-08-14
Additional News items

placed US IN possession of files of pansr'
from the Atlantic cities up to july 6th Ipen E'
from San Francisco and Oregon of Au"-sl D-.u
lst No States mail arrived last 2.
and we are principally indebted TO W. I'A'
ter Of interest may be found hereto s,.,s...,
to the ". Y Herald, Mo DsltG NJ.
souri, RepuLlioan San Francisco H,,ou I ~
Globe, and Oregon Times. a"- STTu
As the time approaches for the @s.,;. NJ
of the convention in Oregon, forth. ,,.-'
ing ola State constitution, the diseu,so,
Of the slavery question by the press ss of,Ss.
territory, editcrially, and through corsn..
nications, has waxed quite earnest ,Dd
warm. The Statesman.is in favor of ~.
convention submitting two propositions ~
the people; one constituting Oregon, !
Stare and the, other a free STATE, =, ~
which ever receives majority of the yote,
to become part of the constitution, q
Through the Statesman of August al,.
Judge Cyrus OLNEY announces that =
has declined the reappointnient of assoc.,.
Justice of Oregon, and is only avajtiuu
the appointment Of a successor t6stAs NAV
retire from Office; at the same time exprs,
sing a desire that measures should bs
taken to secure the appointment Of soma
Oregon lawyer to fill the vacancy. ASood
suggestion. q =. -
The Oregon Times of July 25th sn1s.
1--WE regret to learn that Dr. j. M.
Laughlin, of Oregon City, is lying danger.
ously ill. He is one of our pioneers an
agent of the Hudson Bay Company, and
has over and Oft, fed the hungry, clothed
the naked, and relieved the distressed
lie however revived, and at last adtiesS
was little better He is about eighty
years of age" esa3 3,e 7,lsHht
We learn from the Tines of August Ist
that the U. S. Surveying Steamer Adm
CuYLER-Lieut. Commanding, was lyiugat
the' Portland wharf; that the ReTenus
Cutter 10 Lane--MAsoN-Lieut. GommSn.
ding, is in the Columbia river, and thStH,
B. NJ, Screw Steamer Satellite, q guns,
was lying at Vancouver, having on boafa
the commissioners to run the boundary line
north between the United States and
British possessions. s.1.' 9+si' o asdh ny
The representatives of the British govern
ment are Capt. ]. G, PRoyosT, p1iueipat
commissioner, A. G. YoUNG,l Sscrtayg
and D. E, DoNvILLE. Chaplain. i,s'isaa
On the part of the United States Ma
A. CAMPBELL, commissioner, M. ]. WARREx,
Secretary, and s, N. KlNe, Or MasAr.
The Active was to have left Portland On
NJ onday last for Puget Sound. iv ''a'a'S
The last OregOnian says that @quitsG
number ofpersons have left the vallsyadpl
ring the last week, for the northern gOld
mines, where they expect to raise ,bg
lpiles." A number Of miners and others
among them Judge Yantis, Of Olympia W.
r., who have recently returned from that
region, are now at the Dalles, preparing
for an immediate return to the mines Nay
they all realize their golden bopesp &, - =
CALFoRSIA--Ip the golden Stat,
the press represents that the prospects
ahead are growing more favorable, and
whilst the organs of the black RepubllcaH
party advocate the repudiatlon Of ths STATE
Indebtedness, the democracy srs,aideterr
mined, at the earliest possible moment 70
honOrably extricate the State frOn,ths
embarrassment that has been hanging over
it. .H.- ~ "'." .. - isi'sF y
,jf-.a, .loi .i.9 s. p4i, .oas sG. - ~
The democracy of California haFeiHohais
mated Col JOHN B. WELLER for goEerncEo
and it is confidently asserted thAtshs Stl
obtain larger vote than has ever befet'
been given for an Executive Of that shM
He will be opposed by EDwAEDs SIASIEH'
Esqr., the owl, bat, and afggv nominee
From present appearances on ths political
battle ground, after the election, and sttf
Col, WELLER is through with eonbinghln'
it will be somewhat dificult to EObtAln
flock Of hair from Mr. SflsIEY's bead
from deplace tthett ae sOoot fought ID gfSss,S'
O1 Hr1ltl l.l. = \J0i4t- wv.
SAN FRlNcrsco PmcEs.--Ths following
are the latest quotations that We hare Sssa esn
able to obtain: - Flour is selffOg FOX eqSy
and 81 so per barrel; Oregon and NisD,
ington shoulders, l2I cents per ID; han4
81; sides 20; Oregon and Washihg'o.aa
lumber, s95 and 20 per NJ; shingles, v
PEI ii11isi s'l5Yr79I Z H5spiao -
The banking house of WELLS, FAHsO
Co., of San Francisco, have discontinue
the discount portion Of their baking
business, but still ,adVance on gold en.S
call -. Il ,,.<S,,,;,yat,t ,,larh9 m tug