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the first of May to the middle of August 1850 there was neither governor nor district judge in the territory; the secretary and prosecuting attorney, with the United States marshal, administered the government. On the 15th of August the United States sloop of war Falmouth arrived from San Francisco, having on board General John P. Gaines, newly appointed governor of Oregon, with his family, and other federal officers, namely: General Edward Hamilton of Ohio, territorial secretary, and Judge Strong of the third district, as before mentioned.