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of them waiting for the water to go down in
the creek. 1t is about 400 miles from
here to Walla Walla. [ was 20 days com
ing in, and laid over 7 days on the road.
Yours, in Haste,
The OREGON ELECTION. The returns
of the Oregon election, so far as received
show majority Of over 23OO for Mr.. Hen
derson, the Union candidate for Congress.
All the counties in the State gave Union
majorities and elected officers upon that tick
ct, excepting Umatilla, Josephine and Jack
son, which gave majorities for the Demo
cratic ticket. We will not venture the opin-
ion that this overwhelming defeat of the De-
mOcracy will teach them the " error of their
ways" and prove to them the utter fallacy
of ever attempting to elect ticket upon a
platform gotten up with the evident aim of
compromising with and securing the sup
port Of the few who may be said to be so
intensely Democratic that their Democracy
bends backwards. Such has been the course
of the Democracy of Oregon in their last
two elections. The result in both cases we
have foreseen and we can now prophecy
for them that such will be the case two
years hence unless they materially change
their ways. We can not believe that any
considerable portion of the party there are
in actual sympathy with secession and the
rebellion, as has been charged by their op-
ponents, or that while differing with the
Administration as to the expediency of some
of the measures adopted for suppressing the
rebellion that they would refuse obedience
to its mandates, or adopt any other means
than the peaceful one of the ballot box for
the correction of what they may deem er-
rors. Yet, while opposing certain princi-
pies that may be advocated by a party as
inexpedient, there is no sense in an oppOsi-
tion party, for the sake of the favor of a few,
going to such extremes as to place itself be-
fore the world in a light that its posi-
tion can be construed as subYersive of the
very end that all are aiming at, and thus dri-
wing many from their support. Admit the
good, the right and the expedient, and give
1T hearty support, and condemn only the
wrong, the unjust and the inexpedient and
see k to correct wrongs by reasonable means;
independent of "policy," is the only true
ground upon which to fight for principles
"
PIC-NIC ON THE FoURTH.-Wc learn
from Mr.. J. D. Cook, who has taken lively
interest in the matter that the ladies' of the
city have generally consented to assist in
the necessary preparations for picnic on
the Fourth and have already agreed upon a
programme for the occasion. They cordially
invite and expect all the citizens of the town
and surrounding country to join with them
in the celebration, and to come prepared to
make the day one of pleasant, social inter
course. Rev. P, B. Chamberlain has con-
sented to deliver an grafton, and Mr.. A. L.
Brown will read the Declaration of Inde-
pendence. The Sabbath school children,
without regard to church or creed, are to join
in the procession and will form a feature
of the celebration. The fremen will, we
presume, also make their arrangements to
unite with the picnic The place selected
for the meeting is the grove in the field near
Mr. Roberts house, at the upper end of Al
der street The dinner is to be gotten up,
in regular picnic style, and to be contribu-
ted by those who attend. In the city
wagon will 90 around to the houses on the
morning of the 4th to receive contributions
for the table. The programme will be pub
lished when the arrangements are perfected.
TRAGEDY.-A frightful tragedy occurred
at the Cascades on election day, resulting in
the death Of Mr.. Edmond Sullivan, the Sher-
if of Skamania County, w. T., and mortally
wounding MIR. j p Dennison. Mr.. Denni-
son died Oh the following day at Portland =
The Sheriff and Mr.. Dennison were attempt
ing to quell disturbance which was raised
in room adjoining one in which the votes
were being summed up, and in so doing
were fired upon by three brothers named
Jarvin j. Bush, Geo. W. Bush and Edward
Bush. Mr.. Sullivan, upon examination was
found to have received five pistol wounds be-
sides two wounds supposed to have been
made with a bowie knife. Mr.. Dennison
was wounded from pistol shot, the ball en-
tering the back and passing through the
body into the pit of the stomach. Edward
Bush had an arm broken in the affray The
case will undergo an examination in the U.
S. Dist Court at Vancouver.
New PAPER AT BoIsE.-Messrs. Jas. S.,
R. W. and T. B Reynolds passed through