New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-02-22

did not wish 10 retaru 10 Bs.iuore with be mislse -
Tsere-poo al parties were discharged. Matthews Il
~ ysrs Of age, bat hiss the form and taoe and man
Of boy cf 10, and q rsfAer simple ose al tnst
He seys Mrs. Mccormack owns his mother, snd IA
always treated him well and he is willing to 1--we VIII
bar 4 she viii stay here. He has bees here nye
months servant il DR.. Nice. s house, without sazes
We have dates from Portlssd, Oregon, to the eth
inst. Several petition, praying the Legislature 70
exact law 10 protect slave property Ia Oregon 50
long 81 shah remain Territory were referred 10 the
House to a Special Committee, who made report, OF
which the substance is given.
The bill to provide for submitting the quest n of
the location Of the capital % popular vote has psssed
the House, and has goee TO the Council. The IOase
s COW considering bin TO protect slave property in
Oregon, with the following provisions:
src ensets that who have S-Oush; this
IsrioTy ard 0wfins property In 'uoh according the Cor
De oD, hs have al the rights and remedies in the several
Counts q mis- Territory which above d o protection
SIC provides penalty Of IS PIT dsy or ,he haborns
hrrs or emPoymen Of such save, without the consent Of
their owners for each day that they hired. A.
SIC provides penalty to the amount of the be
covered Of The MASTER or owner Of any vessel k Who h.l
Territory -hout the Of the owner Of the slave
suorpt Of tie Judgment and n,h be a,tched the amount
OF the Liability.
No action has yet been taken on this bill, nor is
there any indication Of the opinions Of the members Of
the Legislature in regard to t. except that was read
first time without meeting any opposition.
TIE bill was reported by Special ComDttee, CON-
posed Of Messrs. Chapman and TVault, two OF the
leading Democratic members, TO whom several peti-
tons praying for the passage OF az act To- protec
slsye property, were referred. Ths Committee, be-
fore producing their BILL rendered report, the sub
stsrce of which il thus given Tie OregoHian:
Tbs. I, the opinion OF the Committee that the
,piiit Of toe Constitution of the Usited State. pr
uoubced by the Supreme Court In the DRIED Scot Deci
'on authorizes the holding Of slave. in any Of The Territories
Cons %
protects citizen OF any OF the Territories who think
tiop.y he may B. posseed o. which . recognized a. prop
ety by The s~. Of the State from which he migrate
The Committee hItter believed that whe Territory re-
Territory 1t is much the property Of sssyehod
ing State as t Of State and that the eta
runs aAvehcdmg State have the tame constitutional rsht
carry slaves said Territory and them there .nd
Re protected 10 their nights the citizen OF non'avehodns
Sse has rsh convey chatte property he Do
ssed Of 10 ,ad Territory and be protected In his right 70 'dd
do ..iS the commtes believe tina, Cossre,. 10 egi..
latin oI Territory has No, the oonstt9ona nsht to dc
KIND Of property they stall be possessed Of DO believe
that pow can be delegated BY Congress TO Territorial
Territorial ssa,ure prob Slavery the Territory.
fer the inferior anuo exercise power that not granted to the
We believe that when Congress does organize Terri
tors Government extending to nepeOpe the right TO legs
United States guarantees the inhabitants of such Territory
the right esae aud regulate the how person
,h have his property protected and how he shah obtain the
possession and control property be the same as slave
or other chsitel property
will not psss, but if it should pass, and if slaves
should be taken TO Oregon, and should flee TO Cafor-
mia, could they be taken back under the Fugitive
Slave law
Some weeks ago, the miners Of the Diamond Springs
Mining District, ia I'll Dorado County, adopted, in
public meeting, q series of resolutions tOrbiddiDg
Cinnamon to work there, and ordering those then
in the district to leave. This order was not
complied with by those to whom it was directed and,
on the night of the 22d, apsTty of forty disguised
rufaus started out TO drive of the Cinnamon by beat
ing them ard destroying their property. The Celes
tias were attacked in the dark, their cabins were
torn down and set on fire, their sluces demolished
their mining tools broken. IL was the plan Of the
assaiants that no blood should be spilled but of
the Cinnamon showed fight, aud one o. them shot one
Of the ruilians named VIM. Taylor hickman, lately
from Howard County Missouri, dead. Taylor had
just broken into cabin when he was killed. The
result OF this shooting was, more violence was
used by the assautng party, and several Chnsmen
were severely wounded under circumstances OF which
have no particulars. Three or four Of the white
MIXERS also considerably Injured, 30 that, on the
of blood the two parties came out nearly even
None of the whites have boon arrested aud the Chi
pese are not vet expelled. There Is clue kno ~,
which to identity the person VINO shot T,yior.
The Sonora Her0ld referring to the decision OF our
Supreme Court declaring the act 70 prohibit imini-
grafton unconstitutional, says:
ave have doubt that the decision Il correct one how
ever much may interfere with the wl and as'e o. our
California 10 meet this on In some other manner
settled conclusion that the further Immigration Oh hnsc
Is obnoxou and BE- prevented Now, the riches Of
our attraction which induces this people TO
come among would that each mining county
regulate this matter oI ITSELF 81 prohibiting Chinese from
aboIDs here miners"
shooting ARRAY occurred night before last at the
Walton House in this city in consequence OF an at
tempt made by Mr. Geo Gilm 81 TO take his exwife
who had obtsined divorce from him, from dancing
party. She had been living separate from him, and
refused TO 70 with him. Mr.. Is. +. Whitmore, the
keeper Of the house, ordered Gilman asay, and used
49,. a. al auuifh ni4
resisted drew revolver and fired several shots the
first of which gave Mr.. w. slight wound 10 the
breast and the second intended for Mr. W. also struck
Capt. s. ). Russell in the Abdomen, intficting
wound supposed to be mortal. Gilman was from New
York or at least was married in your city in 1851 snd
was few months ago policemen In San Francisco
bat at the time Of the aray employed AS watch
man on one Of the docks.