CHAPTER LIII.

The liquor law.--Amended act of 1845.--Message of the governor on the same.--Repeal of the prohibitory and passage of the license law.--Letter of James Douglas.--Reply of Mr. Samuel Parker.--Dr. Tolmie's resolution on the judiciary.-- The governor's veto of the license law.--Immigration for Oregon and California in 1846.--Arrival of the brig _Henry_.--The Oregon Printing Association.--The _Spectator_, the first newspaper in Oregon.--W. G. T. Vault, first editor.--H. A. G. Lee, second editor.--G. L. Curry, third editor.--Judge Wait, fourth editor. Page 440