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Ml v: hi it ii 151 'K ill" tt I t i it l)c regou Slrgus BATVKDAy, JULY 12. Lriw' Tliif moit common line torn P" p MpnoM. A man who eontraeli debt with out food praoet of piylng It whin du, I I lit A man who girt hi vol to t rv psrty, of to tnreMhor parson in ditfsgtrd of nubile good, it n liar. ' Aa tditor, who soks in sny way to i,iki ftk Impression, I a litr of thouaand c On jne. "'-. r Tin foregoing furnishes a text eupgeslive if many thing that might be said upon the subject of lying. Tbe writer might beve added, tliot lis who fails to narrate facts jtioi at heiaw or heard them Im liar. This kind, of lying 1ma become cbrouio ton plaint with many old inner, in churchei Ml well at out, NineUnthtof the mischief lobe iowcitiiy, by talkers mid talebearers is dune by telling things with "slight nations'' from the truth. Tbisie uftoner unintentionally done Ibm from design. Il growl out of loose habits and in undisci plined nioraory.; Tbe habit of relating conversation! and incldmts just pi I hoy transpired, iione which need cultivating. Ii rtquirut it much labor on the pirt of most piople to form this habit thoroughly, as It would to mike a good mathiniaticien. If all would enter upon this work deter mined novor to rotate any thing that tbey had teen, beard or road, without giving il correctly, vith no varialioh, it would at once rid neighborhoods and nation of tho eatue of much strife and commotion. All of our rcadere will at once tec tho full force of thil reniirk without our amplifying. They have all teen trouble in the fli lit on account of thli hurtful practice by tome of their fellowi ; if they havn'l, we have. It is generally thought that a ncwspiper ought to contain nothing but tho pure gold of truth.' Tlili U entirely correct. It never ought ; but it ii just as necessary that every body ipeak the truth, ai for typo to impress it. Indued much that ii published cornel to ui orally, and we are sometime s victimized by relying on statements made by what we think to be good men and true, nd who perhaps are, but from the habit of etarelessly tolling things with "slight va riation)." Thil ovil abounds to a much greater extent In Oregon and perhaps all over tho world, than many are aware of. In fact, we do not believe that there Ii one liorson In a hundred who hai yet sufficient Jy schooled himself in thia great science of tolling things exactly at they are. I'eop e tell thingi exactly ai they think they are, (honest people we iunn,) but they are scl- Hum sullkienlly caution), ncrutini.in, and critical in finding out exactly what1 the truth in, before thvy attempt to tell it. A, heart something about noighbor II, and goes off with his head full of thin and a hundred and one other matters. Jly and .by ho recall the itory, and rein tot it to hii wifo, with "variation.'' She tvllt it to Xfri. C. with another "variation," and t!iu it goet from mouth to mouth till it in o patched up, with variations, that tt would puzzle Uiom acquainted with the original facts to tell what the itory grew out of. Our text, in aflirming that "an editor who sec k in any way to make a false im pression is a liar of a thousand tongues," basei its Rtntometit, we prrsume, upon the supposition that the editor iwues a thou land copies of the paper containing tho lie. In thit view of the esse the statement is en tirely correct. It will bo recollected that over throe month ago we proved by a nice mathematical calculation that the SUitef man had told not Iohs thuu 8,1 13 fulschooja up to llat time. Multiplying that by 1300 ita avoraga circulation till then, and we )iave0,7a 1,400. Add this to 130,000 false hoods told since that lime, which we get by multiplying 1.1 (the mtn.bor in oach Uvue,) by 15 weeks, and that multiplied by 700, (itt present circulation,) and we linvo 0, fc70,000 nine mil linn tight hundred and jrcoify thousand and nine hundred tho amount told since that sheet was itarted. Startling is it may appear, we assure our readers that taking our data, we aro cer tainly within bounds. If the yuung man was to stand up oil a stool aud repeat all these falsehoods, allowing him ene minuto to each lie, and eight hours a day woik ing time, it would take him i03 years and 1 18 days to get through with the job ; whereat by means of the Press he has done it all up in something over "sixty moons." if every falsehood had been no larger thau grain of oorn, aud could have been ormn rued into each one of his readers, by stretch ing their hides, each one of the poor crea tures would hnva been bloated to the size of Mount Hood. We have made this calculation to show the wonderful powur of the Press for multi plying good or evil, and t!o to ahow how much filth a lovof.K can devour in "ixty moons" without killing him and with no other perceptible elFcct than a dreadfully jaundiced, green looking hide. jT Why U it that no effort is madu to provide the people of this county with mail facilities I Tlioit it a largetrclioD of coun try boumlod on the north by Clackainat, east by tit Cexadut, onJ tuuih by the W'ul tlu llill country, where the people are coni pelluJ to go fioni ten to twenty five miles fc their mail malU r. They lav been begging for the lat five veare for a mail ronte from thit city, supplyiug all this coun ' try, an J connect hg with toiue of the routes , u lher south, l,u' they have prayed in vain, and wa preun will, till a grt o Ad tniui'rtli'i U suflkijitv 'I. m-X'ra'ic - i. , t. i toasw, sorron i rsorurroi. oaxaoit oiTVi to devote at least half of iu time to the winliof tht people, instead of Inventing keys to get into tbe U. 8. Treasury. The Administration hat most shamefully neg lected thit coast, but mort especially Ore gon, in the wiy of furnishing mail facilititi. If the govtreroent Is too poor to pty contractor! ea routes the people are wf. fering to have established, and too locofecc ith to appoint qualified apd efficient agenU and potlmiiteri, they would taveexpeoiei and not worst the people much, by buying up fw jaokawet, and after packing tbetn with (he mail, tend them eutgrazipg whith er they will, with permit for every man to lake out Ms own mail matter wherever he can find one of theee "government ageoli." , Dili ef Utverastcal. : The vote fat 8eat of Government stands for Saltm 2029, Eugene City 2s24, Cor. vallit 2322, Portland 1133. It it rarnorsd that tome of the officlils at Salem pretend to have received advlcei from Washington to the effeot that ti Con gress has located the Seat of Goreromenl our Legislature Lai no right to meddle with it. If any such opinion hat been given by Cuihing or any body else at Washington, it It merely an off hind opinion, based opon a one tided representation of tbe fads and the law, by eome lot bolder, or tome of the clique interested in a certain locality. The Organic act gave to our Legislature the privilege of locating it, and Congress has done nothing more nor lost, thin to de clare the action of the Legislature valid. All control of the Seat of Government for Oregon ii placed wholly and entiely in the haudi of the people of Oregon, just where it ought to be. Congress caret no more about our Seat of Government than it doet about our public printer both are very small potatoes,' out ef tbe bounds of our jurisdiction. If our Legislature should re locate the Seat of Government at every session, the law would be valid, binding, aud in fill force till Congress declared otherwise, and this it would never do, to lung as the people of Oregon were satisfied, These locofocot, who compote the clique, are constantly bawling about the right of the people to legislate slavery and polyga my into Oregon in spite of Congress, by virtue of their squatter sovereignty, but we have no doubt they would gladly make us believe that we have no rights when It come to saying where we want our publio build ings. Whit a reasonable, consistent thing a locofoco is! An old-fashioned democrat is a fool to oue. New Payer. We have received the July number of the Franklin Advertiser, a monthly sheet, printed and edited by S. J. McCormick, I'oi tlnnd. It is woll filled with a catalogue of books, for salo at tbe Franklin Book Store, aud short off-hand notices of many of the works for sale, showing that the edi tor has taken a bird's-oye view of what he oilers to tell. On the whole it is a very readuble sheet to a man in quest of knowl edge. If the paper doesn't furnish the in formation wa all need, it docs what many other papers do not do ; it tells us where we can got it. It comes at fifty cents a year, payable at the end of the year, thit time, we presume. Mr. McCormick is de serving a good deal of credit for his efforts in establishing a book store and newspaper depot in Oregon, and as he is now telling at reduced rates those who want books will do well to call on him. Fire. The yellow-colored building adjoining Carteu't on the south, and occupied by Mr. Warner, was burned to the ground last Monday night. The fire originated in a bod mom, in the rear part of the building, occupied by a hired girl, who is supposed to have let her bed on fire with a candle soon after retiring. The flames spread to rapidly that nothing was saved from the buildin;, although numbers were on the ground in a few minutes after the alarm was given. Mr. Warner's household effects were all consumed by the raging elements. The L-lngiue was on the grouud in due time, but too late to stay tho destruction. Mr. Warner's lose is probably not less than two thousand dollars, but he will soon rise superior to it. This accident will impress upou the minds of our citizens the importance of guarding against such ca lamatios more closely for the future. We hear that the paragraph ia the letter of J, B. last week, stating that some of Dr. Ciapkay'i "prophilacticutn" has been dis posed of in this latitude, caused quite a sensation among the purchasers. Their pure,(!) virtuous aouls were of course dread fully shocked, to think that a newspaper article should incidentally mention the fact that tht standing ndvertiseinrnt of a whole column of the Point's organ was beginning to pay. It is iio offcuse with these young bloods for a newspaper, week after week, and month after month, te be spread before families all over the land, pulling a quack medicine, for the vilest of diseases, and by aaying that "no young man who appreciates health ought to be without it," basely in timating that our w hole community it liter allycrawiingwitn lecheroas debauchees. In that advertisement, there ta no lick of worsts that are to be found in the dictionary, to pruJeat a full length portrait of one of theae characters, in all the different stage ofhis dowaaard progress, from the time he first steps aside from the path of recti tude, till bt standi a debated, filthy, God fjrtjlten, moral hper, knocking at the door of tbe Statttman office at midnight, and calling upon the editor to "divide" with him the "prepldlaoticuDi" panacea. Tit do offense to be told where they can buy It, and that every one of tbemoie4l to buy it; butfora msn, deploring the existence of vice, and speaking against it, to intimate that tbey do buy it it indeed shocking. There it kind of prudery, or false rood, esty, that too often bridleethe toogueofthe press end tbe pulpit, end imolhen down many pliirtj manly rebuke to iucb Juices at undermine the foundation of all tocitl virtue. See it ' when you will, and where you will, thit false modesty argues something wrong in tue possessor. We have teen churches in this country, where tome of the members wore in the habit of wallowing Id grog ehops, and where the preachera of the word seldom mentioned lbs subject ef lempersnce,' eicept. in general terms, white hastily commenting on some passage that pronounced an awful wo upon the drunkard, .There are however many hnuerable exceptions. A teacher of the word, in advising his flock to ibiuk on whatsoever things are pure, lovely, and of good report, ought to point out to tbe joung members what are, end what an nor, such. If tbe liability of our free institutions resli upon the virtue tod intelligence of he people, as was often laid by our wise and tirtuoui statesmen, why ought it not to be the great business of the pulpit and the press to make men better, is well as wiser? The editor who neglects these weightier waiters, and devotes his whole time to building up bis party, aid lashing his readers to support Tom, Dick, and Judas the '"regular nominees," drunkards, de bauchees, and defaulters, though they may be, pursues a calling the most unspeakably contemptible of all callings, unless it be that of a narrow toulcd. sectarian bigot, who aeesthe Millennium approaching only through the triumphs of his creed, and who winks at sin 1n high places, because forsooth he is dependent in some measure upon the "world, the flesh, and the devil" for his support, and in order to secure it tries to cover "grounds" enough to induce the devil to dance and help pay the fiddler, while he plays on bis "harp of a thousand strings." But the responsibility of correcting these abuses mnst not all be thrown upon editors tnd divines. Every member of society hot something to do. It was Milton who said, ''I halt when vice can bolt her srgnmcnts, A nd virtu haa no tongue to check her pride." ' Every body, who lores virtue and purity ought to have a tongue to speak in their de fense. We don't mean public speaking, but speaking by the way tide, in all our in tercourse with our fellowa. Virtue and truth need to be praised, extolled, and al ways spoken well of, whilst vice ought to be deuounced. Tbe eld patriarchs and prophets praised and magnified even the name of the Lord; not that it really exalted Him or added to His dignity, but it did so in their esteem, and in the esteem of those who beard them. If we are even dumb, and have no "tongue to check the pride" of vice, we can do it by our actions. Wo men have it iu their power to do more in this matter than all the presses aid orators in the nation. Let them cease to smile up on, or even associate with, "men of evil report" in this respect. If they have no tongue to plead for virtue, and denounce its opposite, tbey have eye to smile upon purity, and look daggers upon the sleek and villainous debauchee, that will cause him to slink away to the "foul crowd" where he rightly belongs. Temteraace at the Ballot Box. Editor ttht Argut Dear Sis: I promised iu on of your lata numbers to review tha ditviuaiont of our candidates in the lata campaign. ' Two issues' wers presented to the peopl.. First, shall we sustain tht Kanaai.Nobraika Hill? Second, shall nt adopt for ourtelret a Prohibitory Liquor LawT On tht first, the so called Democratic can didate! look Uit affirmative and the Temperance candidates th negativ. On Uit second the Ttmptranct men took the affirmative and the Democrats th uegativ. Tht diacuasioa was so conducted, that on sub' jeot wat used to Uluttimtt tht othsr. In a rtview wt mutt therefore notic both. Aud w may here properly remark tlirt the friends of th Kansas-Ni braeka Bill, failed to state Itt connection and ita provisions, contenting themselves with ttating what they called its great principle. It it charitable to tuppott that they had uot ixamiucd it proviaiona, Tht "rial principU" for which they contend td was, that tho paopleahoald rult, trmtk their awn laws. There wit no need of to mucn decla mation upon this point, whieh no one in their eight audienc denied, and whieh their opponent, affirmed at strongly as thtnutW tt. It ! niera (mum to 111 ta Amerionn audieact that tht peo ple ought to make their owu laws. ' - Tht legitimatt queiUoiu which tliat Bill involve art whtther tht power t introduce Slvary into Kanaat and Nebraska wat rightfully tnd fully eonlerrad upon the peeple. bat then de th Bill say? After describing the limiia of tht Terri toriil declare that, 'hn admitted neSuia or Bute, th taid territory, or any portion of the tame thall be received iuto th I'nion with or without alar7, is their constitution may pretcrib at th tun of their admission. Was thit power of Introducing Slavery rightly contend! Th eighth ttctioD of tht Act f Congress 1S20, admitting Miaaouxi into tilt Union, deduct; "That ia all that territory ceded by France to th Uni ted Slate, Under Ui name of Louisiana, which hV north trthirty-iU degree and thirty minute artl latitude, not included withia the limit of th Slat (Maui) ctotemp'.atod by this tct, Sktery and mr;lry ttUV, ttherwia that it th puiwhineut of en tue, wvrcot lh parti ahall bar bn duly cVMUMi,iU k, mat it ktrtljfvmn Tot thirty fmt yn, by tht content of lh J whole Mtioa, who at a natoa dreltrt that atl at S-n Kh a. rmia awlWoie.) rights, nth it lib, liberty aud lh pursuit of btppinett," lbs Tirrittritt btvt ateridly and tolemly dvtfd to Frtttkcn. Frttmta have btta ptmtiited le go and dwell there far all Ujt high urpotetof freedom, but atvtr for purposes of tUvtry. Thit Bill lias away Frwdocn thirty frar yar' posttestry lillt td itumpu to give 8la.ry aa squally good till. Ptniom lot v7 thing, Slavery total nothing tnd bopttlogsiatnry thing. , Buta worts ftatuit tf tht bill it, liitt lh -nation laate up tha qutttiup, tnd soltmly tadorttt 8livry, at qual to Frttdoas. In fact Congrats givtSlavi7, which wat ( l, aud which bad do claim upon Kaawi or Nt bruit, th advanUgt ovtr freedom by illowing Us elaiio Uit'n.' "A litighbor has no elatiu upoa vtur tttito. but yoa Wave a codioit, which is found uYrty ytart in you are dead, providing that hit bitu tad yours mty ootnt logethtr and veto upon tht question, and if a majority vote that bit btirt thill htvt tht stlatt, Ihsa you will that thy shall hsrt H all.' Is thW Mr te your htlniT But tbt Nahnaka bill it such t eodioll. Il oms Imftor thirty yttrs sod gives Fretdomi proptrty to Sltvt ry by a majority vote. . Added to thit it tin psou liar fact, that tbt Dtmaerallc Party which bad been nitionil, ecdorw tbiiieclioutl thin g, slavery, thereby making Itself eeotlonaL It tndortei a manifest wrong ind degrade! itself. Ia tht face of that soltmn national compromise, it doclart tht Kanaat bill constitutional, democratic, and right Mr. Starkweather rung the tbang on this words awhilt, and then with tf uai fortt denied lb people lh right to prohibit th sals hi btvtr tgt of liquors, which allurt tht ritb to make them poor, the Industrious to mtkt Ihtm Idle, Iht vlrtuout tomke Ihtm vicious, tnd tht healthy to poison and dettruy. - lit says, pntuadt the vtndtr lo ceast soiling, persuade Iht people toceatt drinking liquors, tnd ytt "lei every oue eat and drink what they pltast." "Il It no harm lo drink a lit tit.'' "Be temperate." Thit it, drink until you icquirt Uit taste, and form tho hibit, tnd then bt persuad ed to lean off. Now apply this principl toother kinds of business. Bring your mtrcbanditt ind sell provisions and hardware ell tht plate and stamps for counterfeiters, only exhort tht buytn not to mtkt bad use of them. 811 good and ob sctntbookt, warning persons of tho ovilsof lh Utter. According to Mr. 8. and th party, yonr merchant is not responsible, lit neither counter feits, nor rtidsobscsne books. Yet he sustains tht law which prohibit ths salt of eounttrfeitera' tools ind btd books, while ht endorsee the law which legaliset the tali of hit fellow men. II will noi prohibit Iht sal of liquid poison to my un suspecting children, but be will grant m power to ell a father or a nwtlier or a child at auction, at ta ox or a horse it sold and lo bt uttd a thty sr. To prohibit men from poisoning their neighbors he styt is to takt away Iheir righto, but to it! I human beings It democratic! Mr. 8. it elected lo carry out these principle! in Oregon. Hi it expected to do all in hit power to Irgaliie here the trade iu human flesh, and to li cense the sals of thsl which demoralizes and mint. Three hundred men in Clackamas Co. have pledg ed themselves lo sustain him in carrying out these principles. You art bound to do all thit, or lo ad mit that you did not fully examine tht subject You are bound, and hi it bound to rivet chains upon Iht negro, and to hold open the gates of intemper ance, or you are bound to recede and tako a posi tion which reason ind hnmanity dictate. Sooner thtn rote for such principles, let my right arm bt paltitd: let my tongue ceast to speak. Sooner than I will do ought to make my fellow man as a beast, lo bt bought tnd told In tht sham bles, let my own neck pass under tbt yokt ind let me bt drivta lotht field in tht manacles of the alsT. Sooner thin I will vote for th privelege to poison my neighber or bit child, let him btvt license to slay mi and mine. Yours, A. For tht Argut. bemmem Schools. Tantheb Ceek, July 4. . The safeguard of a despotism is the mus ket, that of a republic, the intelligence and virtue of ita people. But virtue it the na tural result of intelligence, while vice more frequently accompanies ignorance; there fore every true patriot must regard the diffusion of knowledge among the masses as of paramount and vital importance. It ia common to hear American citizens boast that they live in a land of light and liberty, yet it is a startling and humiliating fact that many thousand of the voters of thit Union are unable from want of intelli gence to judge for themselves concerning the great questions which affect the welfare of their country, and are completely at the beck of partizan leaders, implicitly, blindly following the dictates of their own servants. It is a thraldom more abject, more odious than European serfdom, because voluntary, it is a bondage not of the body, but of the soul, and it needs no logic to prove that such a state of things is fraught with dan ger to free Institutions. The histories of our sister republics (to called) of the Amer ican continent furnished a sad proof of tho truth ef this. . There ii but one remedy, common schools are the beacons whose light must pierce the gloom far out over tbe ocean of moral dark nesswhose influeuce must elevate, re generate man, must make him a thinking, reasoning, intelligent, independent being. 'Stand up erect ! Ihon hast th form And likeness of thy God." Education in all newly settled countries must of necessity be backward. Owing to the land monopoly and the consequent sparseness of settlements, this it especially the case in Oregon. Like Tarneia of old we have been crushed under the weight of gills. IS umbers of our children are rapidly approaching manhood and womanheod-who cannot read. Few possess even a tolerable knowledge of the common Engliah branch es. But our enterprising leading men are now laboring with energy in behalf of the rising generation, and high schoola, college nd universities loom up in prospective throughout the land, particularly on the siiea of future would-be towns. Large and costly buildings are in course of erection and their founders, doubtless actuated by seal in the cause of education, deserve great credit for enterprise and liberlitj. Suc cess to all such inititutions, but fint of a'l and above all, succers to the common schools, for il is in them that the gnat widet-pread majority, the vecmtD7 oftbt land, mutt be Instructed. Let us begin at the foundalion,let us have first what we need most, good common school tys Urn, and acadamiet and colleges will fol low quite naturally. H ie in the common ichool house that tbe foundation it laid for many a noble superstructure' of future greatness. Our honored ttatetmeo recall with heartfelt pleaiure the time "in child, hood't roiy morn" when they lisped their A, B,C, within its walls, or patted with their tiny bare feet the smooth beaten ground around it. 1 The common school house Is essentislly a dstnocra'tio institution. In blessings and its polished slab benches may be shared alike by rich and poor, for in it the false distinctions of caste aro unknown. In very atmosphere is fatal lo aristocracy; for where common schools flourish roost, pride of wealth and of birth flourish least., 1 Common schools are indispensable to the cause of truth, morality, and freedom. Ignorance and bigotry go band In hand, and it is only the light of knowledge radiating far and wide that can dispel the old time prejudices which are the main obstacles to the great reforms of the day. Our school system in Oregon is in its infancy defective it neede the zcaloue regards of tbe people, the fostering care of government and above all the attention of the public press. Here is a broad and much noglccted field for the work of tho philan thropista noble theme for the pen of the writer; and he who labon in tuch a cause will be remembered and hon ored long after the petty demagoguoi and factional b'rawli of the present hour are for gotten. A. D. Rbd Ridge Farm, July 5. Mr Editor Dik Sir: According to notice the examination of the pupils of Bethel Institute, came off on the 3d Inst., and gave more than usual satisfaction to the friends and patrons of the place. Thero was a large and respectable audience in at tendance, who expressed their interest in tho exercises of the day, by their orderly deportment and good attention. The ex ercises commenoed by the examination of the Primary School under charga of Miss Boise. It must have been indeed flattering to the parents to see the marked improve ment of their "little ones." The examin ation of the larger scholars, under charge of Mr. Harrison, was listened to with pleas ure. It did great credit to scholars and teach er. Having attended the examination at tho close of the winter term, I was pleased and surprised to see such a decided improvement in all tbe scholars. At the close of the examination the au dience were invited to partake of an excel lent dinner, prepared by the citizens of the neighborhood, Tbe dinner was gotten up in good stile, and amply sufficient to supply the wants of all, end none had cause to tay that they "went empty away." After dinner the Hon. Judge Williams addressed the audience upon the subject of Female Education. As the address will no doubt be given to the public, it will be unneces sary to speak of it, further than to say, that the subject was handled in a masterly man ner, was easily understood, and every sen tence was full of meaning. A vote of thanks was given to the speaker and a com mittee appointed to request ita full publi cation. We were now called upon to listen to reading exercises by the young ladies, and declamations by the young men. The ladies read well, and did credit to themselves and to their teachers. Many of the young men showed plainly that nature designed them to be orators, and no one who heard them, would say that Oregon could not furnish the foundation for future orators, and with tuch schools as Bethel we will be enabled to rear up men in our midst whose voicct will at no distant day be heard in the council chambers of our nation, and stand 'shoulder to shoulder with the great men of the East in urging on tho cause of humani ty and the rights of man. The congrega tion no doubt felt that they bad been prof ited, and went to their homes satisfied both mentally and physically. Money spent in building up tuch institutions in and around which we spent tbe day, is a "bread cast upon the waters," the fruits of which are already teen in the rapid advancement of scholars, and the lhely interest taken by the whole neighborhood in the cause of education. The influence of tuch school exhibitions extends beyond tbeir immediate neighborhood. They stimulate others to action; their ambition is aroused by witness ing what others have done, and are doing In the cause of education, and they go home determined to assist in the cause of "human progression" by securing for our youth the meant of obtaining a good education. ' I have occupied more apace than first intend ed, and hoping that you may continue steadfast in the cause of truth, justice, and hnmanity, and that The Argus may ever be found battling on the side of right, until every system of error haa been overcome, and until man shall learn to love his "fellow man," I am your Friend, J. B. B. Ixpobt and Export of Specie. The total amount of specie received at the port of New York durinir 1854 wu 5i sni 0S7, of which there was exported 937,197, -o; in isoa, recievcd 39,622,459; du ring the present vear to March 92J r. ceived, $9,677,002, exported 13,582,573. Tbe export thit year has or kept pace with the movement ef 1635, owing probably to the liberal exceta in the export of domestic produce, which now reaehea. linca Ju!l 1 1,050,242 from that port alone, and about ir,wv,uw irons tbe cotton pons. FROM THE STATES.' Dttsttttat of tat Brtllsk ntatsur, m( btt Diparlmrs UeeleBall Coeveett.. liaasas DtfflealMtt, awe. - . . Tbe U. 8. Mail steamer reacbid Port, land lost Thursday.- From Weill, Fr8 A Co. we received files of States and Call, fornia papere. ' Tbe newt it certainly ttir. ring If not startling from Kansas and the Union generally. t ' - Wa have dates' from Nsw York to the 5th of June, and from New Or leant to tha 7th; . .7 Tbe British Minister, Mr. Crampton, and tbe three Consuls implicated with him have at last been dismissed by President Pierce, and have taken their departure for' Europe. Thia event, so long expected, hat created no very great excitement, though there are various ipeoulationi as to the ef. feci, the movement may have on future intercourse between the two countries.. It seems, however, very doubtful whether hostilities will accrue. Mr. Marcy in hit communication to the British Government accepts their . apology in regard to the enlistment diffieujtiei, but tayt Mr. Crampton is dismissed because he it persounlly unacceptable to the Presi dent. - , ; i. : Tk Kanjas Trodbles. A flairs in Kanas are growing more serious. Th, origin of the difficulties is well known, and late acts, on the part of both parties, are leading to dangeroua results. It appears that I Lie) Free State hotel at Lawrence was drstroyed, and, also, the materials ef a printing odico. This caused a disturb ance between the parties and the loss of several lives. The very latest from the scenes of riot is up to 7th of June, but there are no important details. Wm. B. Archer bat declined being the American candidate for Governor of Illi noi. Thii leaves the field open to Col. Bissell and Richardson, both democrats, the former, a Compromise or Jefforsonian dem ocrat, and the latter a Nebraska Douglas democrat, or locofoco. , The Abolitionists held their Convention at Syracuse, N. Y., May 28, and nominated Gerrit Smith for President and Samuel Mc- Farland for Vice President. These fanat ics ouuht to have run the negro Douglas, and tbe Cincinnati loco convention would match him well by running Stephen A. Douglas, who is as great a fanatic on the other extreme. James Dixon, American, has been elect ed Senator from Connecticut, over Toucey, loco, by a vote of 115 to 101. ' Tbe Cincinnati Convention was in session. The Missouri Benton delegation knocked down tho door-keeper aud forced its way into the ball, but politely retired when in formed they were not wanted. The great controversy on the subject of choosing be tween the hard and soft delegation from K, Y. has not been settled. , r ., A great excitement has becq produced in the Eastern States, by an outrage com mitted on Charles Sumner, Senator from Mass., while silting at his desk, by Preston S. Brooks, Member of Congress from South Carolina. Sumner bad used language the day before, in a debate upon Kansas mat ters, which gave ofTence to Brooks, conse quently he repaired to the Senate chamber during a recess of the Senate, and approach ing Sumner while be was sitting at his desk writing, dealt him a blow on the bead with a gutta percba cane an inch in diameter, ' which knocked him senseless, and then re peated the blows a number of timet, break ing hit cane into fragments, and. inflicting deep gashes upon the head of hit victim. Mr. Sumner wat confined to hit bed for several days in tuch a precariout condition that hit physician allowed no person to visit him. A committee was appointed by the House of Representatives, to inquire' into the outrage, which reported in favor of expelling Brooks from his seat in Congress. Tub Cincinnati Convention. Thit body has been in session, but up to the de parture of the mails no nominations had been made. Sam Medarr was temporary chairman, and General Ward was chosen permanent President of the convention. Much feeling was manifested, and consider able confusion and hard dispute occured. The Benton delegates insisted on being ad mitted, and when they entered the Hall a fight took place, during which the door keeper was knocked down. Tbe Benton delegation was subsequently exoluded from the Convention. A platform was adopted. It reaffirms the one adopted at Baltimore in 1352; denounces the Know Nothings; de clares in favor of tbe principles of the Kansas-Nebraska act, the construction of tha railroad to the Pacific, State rights and the Union, free trade throughout the world, the Monroe doctrine, the transit across the Isth mus of Panama, sympathy with tbe regen erators of Central America, and securing aa ascendency in the Gulf of Mexico. Res olutions respecting internal affairs were adopted with unanimity. On those that refer to external objects some difference of opinion arose, and the convention adjourned to allow meiubert an opportunity to inter change sentiments with one another on the subiect. 1 he oroceedinirs before tbe cre dential Committee with reference to the quarrel between the New York factions, caused great excitement. After a protract ed session the committee resolved to recom mend the Convention to admit portions of the soft and hard delegations, tbe proportion of each to be based upon the vote for Con gressmen in 1853 and in 1855. The Com mittee also declared the soft section to be the regu'ar organization of the party in that State. Tbe friends ef Judge Douglas have, ft it taid, withdrawn him from the field. SaaTraaelsce trice. Flourfrom$9to15.00 per bbl.; Oata $1.2'): Potatoes 81.50. Bacon, Butter, and Syrup, not quoted. . , , Ntwtrtrn Stocks Thn thoaaual fir haa- dred dollira wera trTered neoatly fnron than f the Nw Trk TrUmtu. Tha woo Id saak tho huadred than, into which that MtakJfcMal rs divided a tew ytan a fa, worth f 350,000 The par nlto f hrt it l,000.