, 1858-12-10
NEWS FROM OREGON.

BY the last mail from the Columbia
River, we received Oregon dates of Dee.
lst.
The Tines of the 9th uI. Is quite san
guine Of the admission of Oregon into the
Union as State at an early day after the
meeting Of Congress. The late Washing
ton advices of that paper attribute the
non-admission Of Oregon at the last ses-
sion to the fact that the State organization
at that time was incomplete and imperfect;
and states that had their Senators and Re
presentatives been on the ground, their ad-
mission would have been thing Of ease
and of unquestonablo certainty"
And further, that Gen LANE will not,
under any circumstances, take his scat or
claim any of the privileges, immunities or
benefits Of his position as Delegate"
We earnestly hope that the expectations
of the Times may be fully realized.
From the same paper we learn that the
trial Of ETHAN Cox for the killing Of CHAs
MCCLELLAN had been brought to a close
resulting in a verdict Of acquttal.
That Col. II. c. MoTT, special Indian
Commissioner for tho department Of the
Interior, left Portland for the Atlantic
side, on The steamer Cortez-NOv. 26th.
That SrEwART's Theatre is in full blast
drawing crowded houses.
And that the Argus gives Mr.. GUTHmE,
Receiver of the Land Office at Oregon
city, as authority for the following, in refer
cnce to the presumption law:
"A man who owns three hundred and twenty acrcs
Of hnd, cannot preempt IT. however, lie holds three
hundred and twenty under the donation law one half
Of which belongs to his wife, he pro-empt, pro-
vided be can make oath that he has notleft his land
for the purpose Of pre- emptng. man who has bad
the benefit Of the donation act preempt, although
he may have had three hundred and twenty acres
provided be has sold his claim and does not now own
that amount Of land"
That the President has appointed Geo
Fl. Abbott, of Oregon, sub-agent for the
Indians in the Territory.
From the Statesman of the Both ult., we
infer that Judge WILLIAMS, Chief Justice
of Oregon, has resigned that position, and
will enter upon the practice of law at Port
land. Hon. E. A. WAT, Of Clackamas, is
named as Judge WIS successor,
The same paper has received intelligence
of the indisposition of Hon DELAzoN SMITH
at Panama. Owing to his illness, both
himself and Mr. GROVER were detained at
that place two weeks Mr.. GRovfR re-
naming with him TO attend to his wants.
Mr.. SMITH suffered severely on the trip
down from sea-sickness and fever, and for
one week after his arrival at Panama, did
not leave his bed, bnt at the date of Mr..
G's letter, he was recovering, and expect
cd TO be able to go on in the next steamer,
three days thereafter.
The Statesman has late intelligence from
Gen. PALMER He is on Thompson's river,
trading; he has not attempted to mine.
The provisions taken up by him had been
sold at remunerative rates; his mining I'M
plements were total loss there being no
sale for that class of wares. lie had sent
below for goods suitable for the Indian
trade. 1t wss uncertain when he would
return.
We learn from the Standard of the lst
inst, that man named NILES, on the Up
per Molalla, shot, and dangerously wound
ed another named DAY; and that in Oregon
City, recently, watchman named KELLEY
shot and severely wouuded man named
LANET, who interfered with him in the dis
charge of his duty.
According to the same paper, the gold
mines on tributary Of the South Umpqua
twenty-five miles from CaDyonyIlc-are
yielding paying returns, and they are