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understanding between them. On the CONTRA
ry, from the time Of their first acquaintance
to the present period. they have been on init
mate aud confidential terms of friendship, per
sonally and politically. Notwithstanding our
distinct remembrance Of tho Oregonian edi-
tors gross treachery to the lamsnted Baker
and the Republican cause in Oregon, on for
mer occasion, We were not prepared for such
an exhibition Of mendacity as is manifested in
the above paragraph.
The following letter from Secretary Evans
will explain itself:
OLYMPIA, August 9Th, 1868.
EDITOR WASHINGTON STANDARD: In the
Daily Oregonian of August Sd, it is edito-
rally stated that information has been received
at Portland, that quarrel had occurred BE-.
tween DR.. A. G. Henry, Surveyor General of
the Territory, and myself. This ia an entire
mistake. My social relations with that gen.
tleman, have been and still continue Of a
friendly character, and justice and candor
compel the statement that the Surveyor Gen
cral has never attempted to Interfere in any
manner with my performance Of tho duties Of
this Office.
have furnished copy of this note to the
correspondent of the Oregoa;an and trust
the statement alluded to will be corrected.
Very respectfully. 1.D ia
ELWOOD Evans, g. -.
Sacrotorv w ~
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~ We learn that the President has in
response to telegram sent a few weeks since
from Olympia. telegraphed to Collector Lowe.
of San Francisco, that the obnoxious beet
embargo" will soon be removed. 1t is Ger.
tainly fortunate for the interests Of our people
that there are men among us who have the coll
fidenco Of the President. and who are disposed
to use their influence for the welfare and pros
rerity Of the Territory. Yet a disposition is
manifested by some to villify them and if pos.
sible drive them from our midst.
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~" The fact is: no man, however hon
est and capable. or well known he may have
been, could have successfully made the race
and carried tho load that Mr.. Raynor was I'm.
fortunately compelled to bear, The unpopu.
larity Of the men who got up and controlled
tho Convention, and the belief that the Sur
veyor General would control his action in Con-
gress more or less, prevented many good and
truly loyal men from voting for Mr.. Raynor,
who would have otherwise given their whole
support to the Union nominee"
We make the above extract frum the tho
Olympia correspondence Of tho Oregonian,
dated July 2sth. The correspondent. in his
anxiety to create false impressions upon the
public mind, has lost sight of the very impor-
tant fact tina the Surveyor General was three
thousand miles away from the Territory when
the Convention was gotten up and the NOM
ination made, and could not, therefore, by
any possibility have influenced either the
construction of the Convention or the choice
of the nominee.
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70 The Oregosiax Of the Sd inst. has an
editorial needed, "Ths Attack on Secretary
Evans" from which we make the following
extract ,,......
"It will be seen in our Olympia correspon.
dence-and we learn the same from other re-
liable sources at the Sound-that anothe
quarrel has broken out in the Federal camp
between the Secretary Of Washington Terri
tory, and the necessarily unprincipled and ty'
ranical Surveyor General. The cause Of the
difficulty as reported to US was the refusal OF
Mr.. Evans to allow the Henry clique to con-
troll his official action. With manly indepen.
dencc, he resented the impertinent intcrfer-
ence, and as consequence Of his presuming
to perform his official duties in his own way
and according to his own judgment. he is
threatened with removal by those who pre-
tend to DO the vicegerents Of the President in
the Territory" .t4.
We are authorized by both DR.. Henry and
Secretary Evans to say that there is not even
asemblence Of truth in the above statement Of
the Oregonian; that there is not now. nor
has there been the slightest difficulty or mis-
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A Card.
OLYMPIA, August 5th, 1868.

OLYMPIA, August 9Th, 1868.
Ed. STANDARD-Dear Sir I'm looking
over the Portland Times of Saturday, Au-
gust LIST, find an article of which am the
recipient, written, l suppose, by "Tom Pep
pcrs" right bower, who never told the truth
in his life when he could find lie to tell in
place Of it, In the first place, he accuses me
Of being an "adept at oil trades" &C.
knowledge that l work for living, and do
anything that is honorable towards attaining
it, 80 that much take as being quite COM
pliment. and doubt not that the writer Of
that article, is one of those loaflng, bar-room
printers that never did any good for them
selves, and arc disgrace to any community
they live in. It Is true that hired the mig
ger" to put now head on a banjo. for which
! agreed to pay him two dollars. The banjo
done, he came to get his money, for which
rendered him FIVE dollar "Neenback," at
the going discount, seventy five cents on the
dollar, and the man 10 q base liar and a scoun-
drel. who has perverted the truth in such a
manner. The "nigger" received the .'green-
back" and handed me the change, 81 rs,
spat upon the note, and threw It ON the
ground-picked It up, and started off. The
action Of the contraband" 80 surprised me
that It was two or three minutes before !
thought what tho thing really amounted to.
I told two or three gentlemen who were pres
ent what had occurred. and several modes Of
punishment were suggested, and it was fin
ally agreed to ship him to the land where
"niggers reign supreme. We saw him
safe on board the steamer at noon, and kept
him there till night, when the Marshal and
his deputy's deputy came down and volun-
teered to escort the "nigger" ashore, where
upon. we being law abiding men, and think
ing we had learned the s'nigger' good les
SON, let the thing drop. All l have to say in
conclusion, is, that if the printer that wrote
the article in the Times takes any exceptions
to this, he knows where to find me.
Respectfully.
ROBERT Frost.
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A RRBELLlON THREATENRD.-The people
Of Washington Territory are really upon the
verge of rebellion against the tyranny Of
the Collector of Customs, whose acts are de-
clared to be despotic and grinding in the ex-
treme. Great dissatisfaction exists through
out the Territory in consequence of the op-
preston with which they are visited, and We
should not b. surprised any day to hear that
an armed body lad taken possession Of the
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T"Wc endcavorcd to do everything in
our power, and in all sincerity to secure the
election of the Union candidate, but some Of
the Office holders over there and ono or two
dictatorial fools on this side, like blind and
crazy hounds. pitched into us, aud by their
mad folly actually saved for Cole the scces-
sion vote, which but them, we think lie would
have lost. They may thank their own stu.
pidity for that result"
The elegant and gentlcmanly diction Of the
above paragraph, on the causes which led to
the defeat of Mr.. Raynor. will at once show
that it is from the Portland Orcgoxiam. It
will be observed that our contemporary attempts
to shift the responsibility Of his defeat from
the Oregosias and Secretary Chase, where
we insist it properly belongs. to the Govern
ment officials in Olympia, land one or two
dictatorial fools" in Portland. He DOES not
deny our allegation that he did insist that Mr..
Cole was as good Union man as Mr.. Ray
nor, the Union nominee, but says that his OBJ
ject was to drive from him the secession vote;
and thinks no would have succeeded, if he
had been let alone by those who did not ap.
prove Of his novel mode Of electionecring
We believe the editor of that sheet was never
known to 60 for any man in good faith but
himself and we are not, therefore. surprised
that liz went against both Cole and Raynor as
he did, or that his principal vocation now is
to libel the prominent friends Of the Admins
tration which he Processes to support. 1t is,
however. source Of regret that our old friend
Pittock, the proprietor Of the OregOxiax,
should have permitted its columns to be thus
prostituted to crafty the vindictive malice of
disgraced and broken down politician. Tho
inevitable result will be, if the practice is con.
tinued, to drive from its support all honest
Administration men.
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SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 8, 1856:
Vallandigham Democracy.

L. And whenever VIC hear man say
ing that he approves the course Of Vallandig-
ham, whether he be civilian or Hon. Sena-
tor; typo or State Printer no matter how
loud he may cry Democracy, Democracy. we
will shun him as we would the kissing Cop
perhead that drags his Shiny length across
our pathway. Such men are " fit for treason,
strategem and spoils-let no man trust them"
We copy the above from the concluding
paragraph Of an article in the Portland
Times of the 18th inst, on the endorsement
of the traitor vallandigham by Democrats of
Oregon. We regret that We have not space
to publish the article entire this week, but
will endcavor to find place for it hereafter.
We would like to be informed who is meant
by Hon. Senator" We are aware of no
better test of mans claim to the confidence
of the Administration, under the present cir
cumstances of the country, than is expressed
in his unconditional reputation of Vallandig-
ham and his party associates. We concur
most fully in the opinions expressed by the
Times, even should it subject us to the pain
full necessity of reversing our opinion Of Ger
tain "1Ion. Senator's" claim to the conf
dcncc of the Administration. A person may
question the policy Of the arrest of Vallandig-
ham under the circumstances, without i'm
pairing his standing in the Administration
party; but no man who publicly endorses the
course Of the traitor, by saying in sober car
nest that if in Ohio at the approaching cleo
ton he would vote for him for Governor, has
any claim to fellowship with Union Admins
tration men; nor will any honest man desire
or expect it. We apprehend that it will be
found the Senator alluded to has simply OK.
pressed disapproval Of his arrest, without
intending either to endorse his course or OK
press sympathy with his political opinions.
If We are mistaken in this, we presume the
Hon. Senator" will not long permit
his constituents to remain in doubt as to
which of the two parties he is now in sympa-
thy. Every sensible man knows that there
are now but two parties in the country.
The one calling themselves Union Democrats
and the other Union Administration men.
This issue was fully made in this Territory at
the late election, and had it been clearly un.
dcrstood by the people, and we had not been
embarrassed by outside influences, the Admin.
istration candidate would have been elected
As it is, we have elected decided majority
of Union Administration men to the Legis.
laturc. The Same issue is now pending in
California, and we await the result with great
confidence in the triumphant success Of the
Administration party.
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- We are indebted to the gcntlemanly
officers ofthe steamer Elisa Axdersox for
many favors.
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Ihc 0@ashinoton Standard,
l.. 5. OFFICIAL PAPER FOR THE TERRITORY.
Agents for the Standard.

Agents 1OT tue 0IduuaIU.
The following named gentlemen arc authorized
o receive and receipt for money due on subscrip-
:iOn to the STANDARD:
l.. =. FISHER, San Francisco, Cal.
THos. BOycE, San Francisco, Cal.
g.. W JONES, Vancouver, T.;
ALEX. $. ABERXErny, Oak Point;
X. u. HARRINGTON, Monticello;
JONI WEBSTER, Port Madison;
MARSHALL BLINN, Scabcck.
IlExRy c. WILSON, Teckalet;
4. Il. PATRICK, Port Ludlow.
N3y"Moncy can be sent through the mails at
our risk.
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Custom House. 1.-THE Federal Government
sought to make rebels out of loyal men, they
could not have adopted more speedy or ef:
fectual plan. On all sides curses loud and
deep against the Collector are heard. and
bloodshed may yet result. Many people do
not hesitate to declare that Mr.. Smith had
gone stark mad on the subject Of spiritualism,
that he is kept in Office through the influence
Of the U. s. Secretary of Treasury, Chase
who is also spiritualist that any official
act which he promulgates is first submitted to
"circle at Victoria CAroni-
Gle.
If the people of the Sound were not the
most loyal. law abiding citizens in the nation,
they would long ago have driven Smith out
of the Territory. We cannot say how much
more they will bear from him. We learn
from gentlemen who came up on on the Under
SON, and the same fact is stated in the CAroni-
Gle Of the 9Th inst, that Smiths last act of
annoyance was to detain the steamer for her
clarence several hours, on the .pretext that
he would not attend to such matters out
of business hours, but did actually grant a
clearance to small sloop which was char
teredby oneof the Anderson's passengers for
$50, to take him to Victoria, that night in
order to reachthe California steamer.
The Chronicle says: ..
The last charge brought against him is,
that he detained the Eliza andersen at Port
Townsend until the Custom House opened
yesterday morning-such detention consum-
ing several valuable hours-and that the OBJ
ject which he had in view in thus de tanning
that vessel, was to crafty feeling of per-
sonal malice which he entertains against
Victorians and the officers of the steamer.
We should be 10th to place faith in the state
ment, were it not for the fact that other YES
sells were permitted to clear, while the same
privilege was denied the anderson. This
latter fact gives coloring to the charge
which we should like to see wiped off. As
British subjects, certainly it does not come
within the line Of our province to arraign
United States officials at the bar of public
opinion, except where their acts bear heavily
upon our own people. In the present case.
the act of Mr.. Smith does affect Victoria in
tcrcsts materially, and we feel that our pub
lie has the right to an explanation.
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~ immigration has commenced TO arrive
al the Nalcs.
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position, and sent them scampefing over TIE
field. The rebel loss was not less than SOO
killed, wounded and missing. We bad no
artillery, the rebels had six pieces. Iha
night our soldiers bivouacked, and on the next
morning marched into Front Royal. In thu
fight. in the opinion Of military men. the =
bels outnumbered us ak to one, but they y
peared to be completely tagged out.
Memphis, July 26.-Reports say that Psn.
berton and staff, with some officers. have geoe
to Richmond, but his army is scattered y
every direction. Pemberton said it would "
impossible to keep them together. ..
The rebels are forcing everybody into .n'
ranks. both Jews and Gentiles. The exc'"'
mcnt is intense. '''-'''' -.
The bulk Of Johnston's army is repoFsee, !.
Martin. twenty miles from Jackson l'
army is estimated at $4,000. 4.
Cairo. July 27th.-Vicksburg dates 70 ~
Goth have been received. Before evacaanS
jackson, the rebels set the city on fire. .n1
our forces completed the couhagration reo'''
ing the city to ashes. git,3f nfi. h.,
It lis thought Johnston started for IcaoS,
bee. Sherman 10 returning from pursuit. Nv
being prepared for long campaign. La.
Among the prisoners captured at 'ac.
were number Of vicksburg paroled ~
ers. Gen. Sherman ordered three Oh VIZ
to be shot. ,v,\
Cincinnati, July ga Lexington Dr. d.
telegram says the rebels attacked our ''''
, 1863-06-29
THE NEWS.

We Give elsewhere general grouping
of the aspects in the several theatres o1
war. As far as concerns matters in Penn.
Eylyania and Maryland, we arc told only
what the rebels are doing. For Obvious
reasons, curtain is carefully drawn about
the operations Of our own forces. The
mystery is one unlikely to Inst, and Is en-.
forced by reasons which must silence the
most impatient.
The news from the coast Of Maine tells
Of tile capture Of q daring gang Of rebels,
The crew Of the late pirate Tacony, who
went into the business Of stealing reye-
hue cutter, and fa;led. The incident will
create new vigilance in all the New Eng
land ports.
The news from Viclzsburg does not ma
terial1y affect the situation. Grant made
assaults On the enemy's works, but exactly
with what results, We are unable to deter
hlnc 1fom the accounts we have before Us.
Our dispatches from Rosecrans' army
indicate TINT Bragg is moving further to-
wards the centre Of the Confcderacv with
Rosecrans at his heels His destination ia
either Tu1lahoma or Chattanooga, nroba-
bly, the latter, where, it is believed, he Will
show fight.
There is reported disaster to Banks
Command, in which three Wisconsin regi-
mcnts are reported to be nearly all cap
tured. The accounts put our loss at 700.
Volunteers were called fol, to make an as
Eault on the encmy's works, and the Wis
consin boys claimed the privilege, with
The result as stated.
, 1863-06-29

which Is opposition to the var and uncon-
dihonal surrender to JEFF Davis,
2. Mr. Aver is opposed to ill The war
measures of the present Administration,
and, like all Of his stamp, openly pronoun-
ces them Illegal and unconstitutional
3. Ill: aver, while acting as counsel t.
the corporation, permitted the school fund
Of the city to be swindled ont Of about
twenty thousand dollars, by selling at fifty
eight cents On the dollar, accounts which
could have been collected dollar for dollar.
4. Mr. Aver, While pretending to be a
Unionist, puts himself forward as the tool
Of open secessionists and traitors.
5. Mr.. Aver has not resided in the State
Of Illinois for five years nextprcceding the
election; and is, therefore, wholly and en-
tircly ineligible according to the constitu-
ton Of the State.
, 1863-06-29

the Potomac, and Is advancing in different di
| rections into Pennsylvania.
There were but few rebel troops at Hagers
town yesterday, Ill having gone to Pennsyl
yania.
Lee and his staff arc on this side Of the riy
The Nfra1as Hasriaburg special says:
Tho citizens are organizing TO serve IN the
rife-pits. The rebel advance still continues
IN the vicinity Of Carlfale. The susquehanna
has risen twenty inches.
| at headquarters, tonight, It is said the reb.
els appear to be concentrating In the Blue
Rldge passes, and seem far advanced, with
Hooker in their. rear. Prccaution has been
taken to secure the railroad bridges from sud
den descent.
The rebel prisoners report that Eweu has
tWenty-eight regiments of, infantry, 500 cav
alry, and twenty pieces ofartillery. Six thou
sand men, With eight cannon, were sent to
Merceraburg, ha11 Of which went to McCon-
neIlsburg.
It Is reported .that Hooker's right wing il
In the vicinity Of Hagerstown.
a Carlisa dispatch to the Herald, last eyen-
ing, says:
It is evident TINT the rebels are doing all
they can to mystify us cs to their movements,
IN order to Prevent US concentrating any.
at Mount Rock. Rebel scouts visited Plaia-
field and Greneon's Station last night.
"A special to the New York Times, dated
Harrisburg, 28th, says: The main force Of
the enemy appears to have halted back of
Chambersburg.. A. 1arge number arc concen-
tratins in the mountain, passes, evidently
coed too tar this way, with Hooker in the
rear.
Yesterday two rebel cayany men were taken;
near arCaambefsburg:~ Thcyassert thst twenty
eight regiments Of infantry, 5000 cavalry and
~
That place, The rebel column at Mercersbure
nnmbcrs I geo infantry, with eight pieces of ar
tll1ery. Gettysburg is occupied by IN entire
division Of rebels, who strike out in different
directions from the place.
The enemy has not yet entered Carlisle, aI-
New YORK, June 27.@The New York Tri5-
ttne's Washington dispatch says: There is no
longer any doubt that great battle Ein be
fought ii Maryland, and perhaps in Pennsyl-
vania. It is sufficient to say that movements
By our army have been made with promptf-
tude and rapldity, and u feeling Of confidence
prevails
The Washington Rspu6liean seys: uIt is
certain that Lees whole force Is north Of the
Eweu is in Pennsylvania Long
street between Boonsboro aud the Pen1sy1-
vaDia line, and Hill near Antietam, accompa-
MED by Lee, and that Hooker Is just where he
HRADeuAn71aaAn1r or 1 THE n P4e7eeaMs4o.l r ,eas
The army Is in motion and VII soon be to
the front and north Of Baltimore. The heavy
rains make the movements slow.
HARRISBURG, June 27.-The rebel pIckets
arc within eight miles Of Hanover junction. |
It is expected TINT the bridges on the North
en Central Railroad, in the neighborhood Of /
York and Hanover Junction, viii be de- |
stroyed to-day, thus seVcring the commuuica-
lion with Baltimore.
, 1863-06-29
FROM MADISON.
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune ]

Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tcibane.1 .
MADISON, Wie., June y, 1853.
ING democrats profess to dcriTe great sat-
istact1on from the correspondence published
to-day here and in Milwaukee, between Goy.
Solomon and Gen. Pope, in which the opfn.
ion is expressed that the military powcr
should not be employed in enforcing the con-
sc1iption or other laws, till al civil resources
are exhausted. Tho draft, however, will be
enforced, and If armed resistance is offered
which cannot be subdued by civil process,
military power, 1t is understood, will be used
dec1eirely.
The Hartford Homo League says the military
sent into Dodge county to protect the enroll
ment, found two orthree hundred armed men
assembled In Lebanon, where the enrolling
officer Was shot, and It expected warm work.
On tho sight Of the blue coats, however, they
, 1863-06-29
FROM ST.PAUL,
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune

{epct1U DIspatth to The ClIceCo TTfhnne1
.'.. 6T. PAUL. Nina. Jnnc q, 1853.
sib1cy's force had marched fro davs when
heard from, trarelingsnearly fifty milcs. They
experienced great difficulty for want Of water,
and if the drouth continues, tho army viii
suffer tcr1lb1y. It may even prevent the force
accomplishing anything. General Sibley ex-
poets to celebrate tho 4th at Fort Abercrom-
bic, and from there more direct to Pembfna,
Our scouts we're pursued by 1ndians LAST
week, near Alexandria, which is 150 miles
this side Of Abercrombfe. This shows that
tlse army arc leaving Indians in their rear.
Large numbers Of Bed River traders, with
their carts, arc in the city. They CONE load
ed with fu1s-:one train bringing $4,000
sTn+fG :.
, 1863-06-29
Attempt to Arrest two Desert.
cr6-IAcy AiIl two Officers
and then Shoot Themselves.


Yesterday Officer Mckinney, Of Belfast,
vas shot By two deserters, named Grant and
Knowles, whom he was endeayoring to arrest
turned out to arrest tie desperadoes, and
while attempting to secure them, they fired
on another officer and killed him. Finding
that escape was impossible, aud determined
not to be taken a]Hc, the two dcscrters then
deliberately shot and killed themselves,
, 1863-06-29

New YoRK, June 27.-The enrolment o
this city is nearly complete. Nearly 100000
names are obtained
The steamers Ericsson, United States, Gov.
buckingham and T, G. Scott and bark D. G..
Murray leave to-day, in search Of prigatecrs.
The steamer Honduras sailed last night, aud
the Thames leaves on Monday.
Admiral Dahlgren sailed from Philadelphia
today, for Port Royal.
shelb5villc, Tenn, has been occupied by
the Federal torces, Bragg having evacuated
, 1863-06-29
4 Rebel Call for Troops.

NEW YORK, June 2s-A Washington dis
rateh states TINT jeff. Davis has called for
la0,vU men to take tic place Of those now
~ MEW r, YoRK, June PA Washington dis
~ ~ fhe Scott curalEy, drove in the rebel pick
ets nt Fairfax Court House, then fail into an
a4aouscade, and only eighteen returned,