, 1859-08-12
For the Pioneer and DemOerut
vancouver, ". T., July Is, 1859.

SHetOI tOHccF ana DCMbCINts
SIR:-I notice in the Puget Sound Her
aA of July 8, an article signed "A VorER,
dated Port Townsend, July 8, which close,
as follows:
AT Fort Vancouver, in Clarke county
the Quartermaster's Office, the main depot
for Oregon and WaShington-an office
that diSburses often ten thousand dollars
in days using its utmost influence for
Stevens, and no man but q Stevens man
can have dollar. A complete triumph
over the people is confidently expected by
|. |. Stevens"
Now let the above be confronted with q
clear statement of the facts in the case,
that the public may he enabled to judge
whether the above is true or a base aud
malicious Slander upon the Quartcrmaster
at Vancouver. The facts are simply these /:
The disbursements Of the Quartermas-
ter, since this campaign has been on hand,
have been very small The main purchases
on account Of government, have been lit
ter lumber, and a small quantity Of rock /;
the contracts to supply the post with fresh
beef and wood have been let-the former
to Perkins, from Oregon, and the latter tO
Striker, a citizen of the town. The con-
tracts were awarded 10 the lowest bidder,
as Is always the cuse where contract is
to be let. have seen the Quartermaster's
wagon hauling lumber by my house from
the steam mill in town, till the Columbia
river raised on the gearing and stopped
the mill. Abernethy's boat now lies at
the government wharf, having Just dis
charged cargo of lumber for government.
Since the mill in town has been running,
the Quartermaster has purchased most Of
his lumber here, the balance at Aber-
nethy's.. Now, Levi Farnsworth has the
control Of the town mill, and G. W. Jones
has the contract for running it and In the
black republican party here, Farnsworth
is the file leader, and stands full bis head
and shoulders above all others, in q politi-
cal point Of view. Next comes G. W..
jones, and some others, who have made
themselves conspicuous in the recent can
vasS, and think no one will accuse Aber.
nethy Of being q Stevens man. All the
black republican carpenters in town have
been patronized more or less by the Quar-
termaster, but In the last few months there
has been very little work done.
As it regards the Quartermaster's force
at Vancouver, about which so much has
been said, | will say, that was one Of the
judges Of the election at Vancouver, and
only nine men cast votes that day who
were 10 the employ Of the Quartermaster.
Nine men all told is o mere drop in the
bucket.
"a VorER," Of Port Townsend, would
show himself better man Il be would con,
fine himself to the affairs Of Port Townsend
and vicinity, and not eoncOct and put 10
circulation base aud malicious falsehOods,
relating TO the acts Of government officers
at Vancouver. The Herald Is iu no need
Of his assistance, for it has on agent here, q
recent importation from California, trained
under the special care Of Broderick, who
will speak and write as much falsehood
and detraction as should satisfy the most
depraVed and corrupt politician and IN
future, il those vile traducers will con6ne
their labOrs to their own districts Of coun-
try, each will have ample scope to circulate
the wild pbrensy generated BY political
disappointment and q feverish BRAIN
Poor men I they should have better luck.
For the information OF the 0fiiciOus gen.
tlemen at the other end Of the Territory, l
would inform him, that the antecedents Of
his man Wallace have been such that be
could not poll anything like the strength
Of his party here. / mean his votes In the
territorial legislature, the Slaughter swim
die, and the total abandonment Of his coun-
try, at time when it was threatened with
destruction by an insidious enemy that
had stricken down whole settlements, aud
having concealed themselves in the sWamps
and mountains in the rear Of Muck Greek,
would sally out and murder good citizens,
discriminating ia favor Of the tories that
fed them while they were engaged in their
bloody deeds. Yes, Mr.. Voter, your can
didate not only abandoned bis country In
this critical period, but actually went over
to the enemy. Hear the testimony Of your
man, together with eight others Of bis ilk,
May 7, 1856, after the arrest Of Judge
Lander:
"The Indians had been driven from the
settlements to take refuge in the woods,
aud il any danger had ever existed Of com
munication between these persons and the
enemy it had ceased."- SteiLaeOOm bar, re-
fering 10 tie Tories al Muck.
Now the facts in the case are simply
these. The enemy, from the LIST Of April
to the LIST Of juno, were concealed in the
swamps, woods and mountains in the rear
Of Mock, and drew their supplies from
that settlement that between those dates,
the commands Of Major Maxon, Capt. Ar
chlcs, Capt. Swindall, and q company Of
the 9th Infantry, were hunting, capturing
and killing Indians, many Of whom were
found in this settlement killing beef and
packing it to their camps in the rear Of
Muck and about the lst Of June, when
the scouting ceased, Yelm Jim's aud Kit
saps bands had not been captured, but
Maxon had in the later part Of May found
their camps and destroyed their provisions
by following their tracks from the Muck