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Wo will da io after tlio fiwhion of your own countryman, lliu Yiiiikccn, wlu nmwur ono rjuculion ly inking aintlior. , Now (; tliut ill') "ju'lt"1 0d clork".of tlio October election viw tliu rolUin, void fiiiKitint-iit of ;tnt wint"r at vnlid nni binding, ko far n llirir dulii un der it uro concerned, and jMyixic tliat ttiutr (outhi of the neoj.lo of Oregon comn to tho pulls doirin to vola fr Corvullii, nud lliejudg'! and clerki, m lluir njicinl rn juicily, do not feel authorized to register their votoa on the poll Looks, but yio that tuid judges andelerki chouse, in their jrhvlii tajMicilif, to nolo dow n the vote of tho tieojilo and send il to the next L'iida turo ; or supjiotc that the judge and clerks are nuch locofocos that thfy refuso to ro prct tho poojilo'i votf, nnd ihe .roj,i) up jioint their own jndgn nnd clerks, nnd ei ther (wear them or liuvo thuiu p'oininc upon honor to koopa faiiliful record there or, and iiippooQ that said voto it duly laid boforo tho next Lrginlnluro, would it U ac cording to the principle! of democracy or Jo'cofiicoisrn for tho LogUaturo to regard the voto t You perhaps can gr-t omo iu atruclion on this mailer by reference to the history of tho ndinivsion of Michigan into tho Union. Tho rIJ. fashioned deinocraey f Jifl'uriioii, Wunliingtoii, Ciihs, nnd inch hiiau, (hufore the two latter full from grace,) which we advocutr-, teaches thai thuaov rrelgn people aro iml oiily superior to legis lative enactment", but own to tho consli tulion. Lo you catch thu Mm f Whenever you need any tnoru instruc tion we shall bo happy ti imparl it. t'.Oiln (if llunor lu Urrjnii. Wo wilncKRvd u siuullair.iir of honor in 'Salem latl Moinluy, w'hicli, ifconduiU'd hy the txisiing ruloi niodo and provided by ji'iitlomon of honor in this country, would Mem lo prove that the "cudu" could ho ma terially bettered by an "association cf gen tlemen" convened a a "codo coiuinittee" for tho purpose of "revising iho slatutes." Tho alliiir camo olTU'lnuou n coil.iin Oiigiidier, who got a new eword l.ut n inter from Delusion's legislature, ami a correg pondetit of the Otfjtmian. The c"rri'npon dent, it aeem, fiom what wo could learn, had written the Drigndier'n biography for tho foregoing paper, which gave great of funce to tho iirigadicr, who, utiliko uiokt other great men, in unambitious, and pre fora to have hit biography written after ho is dead, to having the incident of his lift paraded before the public while ho yet lives ; conarijuuiilly ho rewarded hit hit.iori.in with a hor.iowhip, instead of tilver and gold, of which he is about as acarce as Peter was when ho cured lit) lunio man. (Wub.g pardon of Peter for even this cuinpniihon.) Tho first intimation we had of the nll'.iir w as tho tumid of the lash, which awakened ro iniuiscencei of xiuiilnr occurrences wo have uflen witnessed in tho cotton Held of Ten nessee, Mississippi, and Arkunsus. On looking in tho proper direction, wo t.iw tho li'igndier bvluburinj his victim, who nieok y bowed his head, covered his (aco with lliu hands, and look about fifleeii or twenty t'Uls, as near as wo could guess, and ihen broke and ran fur a crowd of men aiamliug nrotind the block of tlio government auc tioneer. Tho Ilrigadirr kepi up with his victim, repeating the blows till he wus twnllowcd up in tlio crowd. 1 luring tho whole all air, the biographer made no resist, unco, lhat wo saw. Nuw it struck ih, thai Iho nholo ufl'iir was conducted by both patties in violation of iho code ol houor governing "gfnllemtH'' in Slates whore we havo mostly lived, In tho first plmv, if one "gtHtkman' visiles to cowhide another, his nljietis to Jiairttct his victim, instead of indicting jmim J hctieo il is never proper to indict more than one or two l.u-lies upnii him. This done, nud his purpose ii accomplish. cJ hit victim it disgraced and he stands vindicated a "gemleni.in of honor" (?) If he continues tho chastiHiiu iil from a brutal desire of revenge, hit honor is im luediutcly taruithed, and if his victim it Ids inferior in musaular power, an J un armed, his assailant subjects himself to tlie charge of being su ungtutltmait!)), cvieurd- The ''sect ion" dt fining theduth-aof the gHitleman awaulied, U still shortrr, but cipinlly ejplicit and imperative. At thr lime of the atn.nuU, if he is armed, he is Iretpiitcd to kill hit antagonist on the ground. If unarmed, Is is required to make Ihe very brst defence he can, and then prvd forthwith to arm liimelf, hunt his assail. mil and kill him at sie,M. This Udnj; ilotie, ihero isn't a jury cut of Now HiLi: J tlmt would fmd him puiliy of even a bnith of ibe pvavr. Tlii i lite sum nud suUtnnee ",f tlie C-J" midfr whieli li:,re rilfrnyt liveJ, 6U 1, if it is v, x.-ig, di iu't " avi tlio law." Whoro this law is in forco we tee liltlo of border rull'mnltm, for we have tievtrjet seen the chap who lacked tho magnanimity ti prevent Lim from nsiault ing a weaker party when unannod, who could I' dowu a pi4ol barrel without a slight shaking of the knees. At least we knew one fellow cut South, who couldn't look into one when hunting with a lighted c andle for a "tocn saddle" CranJ lulls oarcrl. We acknowledge thu receipt of a note fioinMr.H.U. Mawet, nlian "Jccms Pipes, of 1'ipn-ville," informing us that he will be in thit ci:y on Monday and Tuesday next, lo give us one or two of hit grand enter tiiiiiineiit', consisting of songs, ballads, and reading from the poets. T.J. Dryer, hsi., informs ut in a note that Mr. M. eointa highly recommended from California. Of the character or mer its of these performances, wo know but lit- lit, but wo presume every body will go and Sue for theiiis..'lvet. tsanta. We givo full reports this week of the difliculiie in Kansas. Tho account are generally laken from pro-slavery papers, and for the greatest part aro gross exagger ations, hut enough is given lo show the sullering condition of the I'Veo State citizens in that Territory, who have absolutely been driven to tho necessity of taking up anus in their own defence against their pro-slavery aggressors. At lust accounts, how ever, Col. Sumner had succeeded in dis. pering armed parties on both sides, nnd restoring order lo soino extent. C.elUnt: In a Tli:lil riare. Last week we charged tho editor of the "medium of denominational correspond enco" with having uttered six palpable falsehoods in relation to us. Sinco lhat, Prof. Newell informed us lhat tho state mcnta of the Expositor in relation to his coiirso in the Association ware utterly false. We hear lhat tho stockholders who were part owners of tho old Haulage bought of Hush, who live noar Eola, are "clutriin'j Mattooti with dishonorable and dishonest conduct toward them. We also see by tho following that his locofnco brethren at Sa lem aro "charging" him with fnUehood, through tho StateMnon : 8ai.sm, July a.Mli, 1S5C. Mb Minion - I tee by Ilia Kiimsitor, nulilisli- ril nl IVmrtim, daud July )0, lii.it tho cilitur umkrs tlio mulnuriil Hist he reeeiveil Hie election irlurns of Jiii kmin county fiom me, which I pro nouiico utlrrli) faUe. He received no rnturus fium ii jo of imy county south of the Calnpooin inounluiiis. nnd lor Ilia very good rrswii that there wrrs none rioiived at the Krcreury't ofliee, which will n'priir by hit p.iK-r of the Mill) of June lust, ut wliieli time lie iuhlishod all the returns Ihcu received ufliciully, anil givul nie credit for the niiine. Jackson county vole it not in hit pub lished list. Ciimbtks N. Ttnsr. 00" We wcro frequently a kod whilo up cotitttry, "wi:it sort of n mnu is this A. F. Hedges, who aiiecoeds Pulmcrf'' Wo are not able to givo his pedigree or wrilo his biography. We know but little about him, but we think ho is regnrdud as a very good citizen, of practical sense, aud fair ability. He approves of Pulinur's Indian policy and intends to enrry it out as near as it hnr iiiDiiiy.cs with his ow n view s, and his instruc tions from tho department at Washington. lie ia probably as suitable a person for tho post ,is the party has in tho country, and will, wo think, try to discharge his duty, regardless of the wishes of the clique. At least if he doesn't do so wo shall be suro to lot it bo known whereas if ho docs well, wo shall givo him his duo. ..ou V.Mm-SM'it Mm JVhove Hi nUmentt In HubsVnncr.ll Tint Mr. r.ns.kt tent Scnntnr Wilson a letter is Very irolsib!e, hut none of tlu Wnidiii'iiton or New Yolk upi mention whn the be.iii r was ns wo oiiii lind.' 'I he A reus too notice wii czot when llryer takes sniill', and p tehes into Lane ill ii manner worthy of llreuk S.e,ir ol' the " VuIUt Kivere.l l.itemtoor of ltij,'' known as the Melo llrniun. 1 iteh in lirueties, you are a beautiful pack: but bark loud and ktrp barking. t'ott l.aiil 'l imes. Wo ilid not suppose that thoro was a man in tho remotest canyon in Oregon who did not know that Jo Lane packed the chal lenge from P.iuoks to Wilson. Kut we find there is one. 'Puier' seems to doubt it, and as he is the only man who is tliufTg norant, we shall content ourself by sending him quo or two Washington and few York papeis which mention the fnut, instead of filling our space by quoting front thorn. lie is even undecided otto whelherlJrookt sent Wiltoji a Irtter or not, but thinks from what he has picked up in the saloons that ho "prubMy'' did. Peter either gets no rxchaugrs from the States, or he gets only locofuco ones : in either :iso ho isonly able to j;ive truth and lt(U as mero ''probabili ty:' For tlio information of our readers, who have a curiosity to know who this man is, who doubts Jo Lane's having carried Hrooks' challenge, and thinks it only "pro liable" that Krivhs sent him a letter, by thu I'. S. M ill "probably," we will inform ihem'lia: ii it John Orvis Wuterman, judge of tho Probata Court, of Wushinotou county, O. T., and editor of tho Timet, the orau of said court, since the conference refused to tnko il up as iho Sunday Schovl Joarmi." lie is a man of brilliant "parts," as everybody can seo by the extract aliove, and although he ha pitched into us very savngely in order to get us ta noiice him, wo theei fully f-rgivo him, and tha'd let him oil", becauw we feel too magnanimous to tread on a worm. iXSr We returned yesterday from a trip up country in lime to write but little edi torial, but wo presume wo Lave written fliO'llu. .... " 03" We learned during our trip to Polk county this week, that our mail has been a week behind tima for the two lust weeks. We suppose the reason Is, wo sent our mail to Portland Saturday by the steamer Port land, instead of the Jennie Clark. The Portland always fails, wo bidiovo, to put our muil in the P.O. at Portland in lime, while the Jeunio never docs. We will try to rectify I his miscarriage hereafter certain. Bn.asa. The editor of the r.-(njkly orejoiiinn hows his r-Uy spitu by refuting to eicbuiigo with iw. VVnie. V thought the ''Editor of the Oregon- iau" hail tou much magnanimity to get wrothy with you, and waa loo generous to withhold his paper from you, even if he didn't want yours. But if you will be a good boy, Peter, and keep your nasal or gans in trim, you shall have tho Orcgonian on ymr longer. So call on tho "Editor of the Oregoniim" for acopyaodwe will pay him for it tho next time we see him. You Aui have the Argus every weeK, anu wo hope you will lake good care lo read it, for it contains more truth, than is general ly found in papers where the "important matter is always "crowded out. 'Kalative to the minutes themselves, we notice that by tomo Aocu orut arrun jement unknown to ut, tlu-y dunol reu.1 quits a they did when the nwltert wcro brought b. fore the Awoeistiun for ucliou. Iu other words, thai for some reason or other, or else by oversight, a pari of the action el Ihe Association lint .been tupprctseo. s. Muttoon'i ExikhUot. The charge of altering ihe "minutes" we leave wilh tho printing committee to dis pose of, as wo set them up "according to copy" nud hud ono of the members of the committee correct tho proof sheet. By the way. doesn't the charge of forgery come with rather a bud graco from you ? n hat about that constitution or covenant, be tween tho stockholders of the old Ramage? Did you lose tho original and has any body "charged you wilh producing a false copy 1 OCT Tho following is a list of officers elect for the ensuing quarter, of Oregon DM sion, No. 8. SensofTo'inporance: Thos. Popo, Y. P. ; J. M. Bacon, AV. A.; R. II. Bretighton, R. S. ; W. A. Van Reed, A. R.S. ; J. A. Post, V. S.; W. I'artlow, T. : W. P. Burns. C; K. V. Kelley, A C. ; C. M. Roster, I. S. ; C. T. Locey, 0. S.J t. CartwriglitjClinpl n. HIT Why is it that there is still a "do lay in issuing patents" ? 05" The weather has been uncommonly warm this week. Ehiiatux. la tho communication beaded "Temperance at the ltullot-Jlox" in last week's -)er, 3 It Ii line from the commencement, read "a iw'soii to the consumer," instead of "to the con science." Tcmnerunco nl the Hixllol Box. Erf'ior of Ihe Argu Dear Sins In my lust oemiiiiiiiicntien I jravo insiibstnnee the nnrumontof Mr. Matlock against a nun's constitutional or na tural 'iltlit to sell, or even drink liquors vvhieh do no ood, but C.'.iich injure and tend to ruin himself, his fumilv, and thu community in which he lives. futeinii by the nrRimiPUt lor prohibition, from the inercuscd pauperism nnd Bttffcru'., the incraaseu crime nud Ions of productive labor iu coin.riU nco of the triiftie, thereby ndiling yearly to our taxes j paraiii! by the good results of tho law iu twelve great jSuites in which it hot been enachxl; only ri-inuikhifr that we eniiiiot gniusiiy thu action of those Suites with credit cither to our good sense or good feeling, Mr. Mullock proceeded to the ques tion of the duty which eit zens owed lo each other. It hail hern nrgued that wo ought to protect tho rum si ller nud ruin" drinker in hit n'il.(.') Hut havo not other cubriis rights in this matter to be protected ( Will you shield one man, while you expose ten to danger f Have you as a citizen no duty to lisik after thu welfare of many helpless iersoiis, wliotc condition is rendered miserable by ihe incbiiato husband and father? nnd whose lives are hardly better than death, so long us you up hold men in pampering to the depraved appetite of that husband ami father t The ruin seller is strong because you siistuin him. Women mid children are w eak, and they uro made more helpless because you withdraw the support from them which one cilizen ow es to number. Jieeauso it is a irorami nil I n ciiM thai sutler from man's drunkenness, you teem to think it benenlli your dignity to notice them. You are chivalrous in defending a bar lender, and n w holesale, denier, but you have no elnvnlry for a pale nnd heart broken mother, or for more than orphan children. Air. M. had not time to illustrate hy the singlo or largo array of facts, which nre always at hand on this subject Hut wo need not step out of our own community to feel the force of every one of these appeals. Women and children among us have sullei ed, and they are sulli ring now, more fi'oni tho inieui'nuiee of fa thers nud brothers ihnu our rum tellers would miller lo have their saloons and slon t burned to ashes, and even all their property dostmyed. These fam ilies sutler in .silence, not oulv los of properly, but of peace, of comfort, and w hat is vastly more, of ope. 1 Itry trill Auce no huj'i of a bctlrr future, Hif tee piutect them from the curse which trs noir protect the rum seller in iuflietiug upon them. Yourt, A.. Fruit. EJitir of the Argus I herewith tend you spec imens of three varieties of summer apples. 1st i'ury Harvest. Tree from Mr. I.add't nursery in ISM, a thrifty grower; fruit sett early and grows rap dly ; ripens ihe middle of .Inly and attains Ihe average site of three inches) iu diameter The npple is of perfect form, a rich light yellow, and an orange, pulpy texture, tliglilly tour. It it fine for a table dessert, and w hen abundant, it will bo the first choice for pies and tana. i.l Red Astracon,ttvt from Mr. Ladd't nurs ery in ltv-i. A thrifty grower, leaf deep green Fruit ts early nnd grout more rapidly than the Harvest. It rijient the lost of July, aud attaint tho nversge size of three and one-fourth inches in di ameter. 1 lit skin often cracks near the stem ow ing to uuick growth. Tho applet cling to the branch, and often hide it. They are thickly striped with deep red, forming almost a perfect blush. Seine affirm that the blush of the Astracau is equal to that of the lied June, but I have teen no such variet en. The texiurv is delicate, dissolving in the month when perfectly ripe. It it more tart than the llsirest, but w ill be hardly leaf esteemed fr the tab'e or tlie Urder. It ninket a fine show on Uu tree, attracting the eye from afar. Hoth tln-se var.eti. will be sought fir fruit stillt. and they must a'.wayt be as profitable at they are valiuMr. Both cook is a few minuSrt. . 3d Tht Sweet June. Tut tree from UwtUyn't nur ry iu 1SU. N.4 larre but UlL Otcn called in Vcrnkuit, High Tf. It bears every jear Tery full. I have often counted -25, 30, and 57 amies ' on a limb of an ilk h in d:anu trr. Tht fruil ri ns ! in the U( d.sja of July, bnt is best during the first ' half ttj A igiitt. It it gissl in September. ! ii:i tht a rr;ij-e .satr'ex tt tw tud l hjj" itch- . . r :.i. . Bii.ti n.il.len tint. a, liaving a K-nfOi wrm, won ..v.. 6 The texture, soft and inciting, for a tweet appie. I regard it as one of the most vuluuuie varicucs for fjuii y uro, or for the merehant. Wbea abuu dunt, It will be ued for etook. WiU fruit growers inform us whether tho troe is thort lived 1 e should fear this' from its gieat annual burden of fruit. Yours respectful y, U. II- Atkinson, i ... .--" AlUaOc News. The political tmrties were employed, iu tho various sections, in ratifying the Dem ocratic and Republican nominations. Much curnchtness was already manifested in the canvass, and very little "bolting' had tak en place in either party, though annoyance had bocngiven to tho Republicans by tho ex-Gov. Johnson men, of Pennsylvania, who repudiated Mr. Dayton nnd nominat ed the ex Governor for tho Vioo Presidency, with Frcmoutnt tho head of the ticket. Mr. Fillmoro arrived in New York on the 1 1th of June, and was received with un bounded enthusiasm by his friends. He was escorted to tho St. Nicholas Hotel, aud in tho course of a few days a grand pro cession, banquet, Ac, wero arranged to come off io his behalf on the 25th. Iu roply to tho inquiry whether ho in tended lo decline engaging in tho Presi dential ceutest, Mr. Fillmore said : "I have already written a letter accept- inrr tho nomination tendered to me : but to make assurance doubly suro I now tell you that it is mv determination lo stand by the party that has nominanted me ; and till that party sees fit to withdraw my name it shall not be withdrawn. Tho ox President was waited upon by the Mayor nud many Stale aiid United States ofliciuls. On tho 22d a terrible galo occurred at New York, Hrooklin, Jersey City, and places adjacent. Several buildings were blown down, and a number of boats cap. sized. Many person were injured and sev eral killed, but the number was not known During the prevalence of the storm, thun der nnd lightning roared and flashed tor rifiually, and the electrical fluid struck in a number of places, kiilinga woman in Brook lyn : and it was feared others had sutlered from its awful effects. Tho Rochester journals of tho 20 tb, re port that Strang, tlie well known Mormon leader of Reaver Island, Lake Michigan, had been assassinated. They state that "On Monday afternoon, between 0 and 7 o'clock, Capt. McBride, of the United States iron steamer Michigan, (which was lying ut tho pier at Denver Island,) sent his pilot, Alexander St. Aubiu, a steerage hand, a short distance off, with a request for Strang to conic on board tho steamer, upon some business. Strang returned with St. Aubin, and when about halfway down tho dock, two men stepped out from behind the wood piles, with which both sides of the duck aro lined thoro being only a passage way between the wood and ono of the men fired a revolver, the ball striking Strang in the back" of the head, passed around under the skin, coming out near the temporal bono. He then fired n second barrel, the ball of which struck Strang on the head, about level with the nose, nod passed into bis head ; the other man then fired a siuglo pistol, the ball from which struck Strang near the vertebral column, at the small of his back, and passed into his body. The men, whose names are Alex ander Wentwoi th aud Thomas Bedford, made no attempt to escape, but surrendered themselves up to Capt. McBride. Strang was pickod up and carried into a house near by, apparently dead, but after a few nioincnls he revived suflicicutly to ask the surgoon of tho Michigan, who was in at tendance, if tlie balls could bo extracted. Neither tho hall in tho head nor that in the loins were traced, and as either bf thorn had created a mortal wound, it was not strongly attempted. Tho opinion of the surgeon is, that long ere this he is dead." Gen. Smith has been sent to Kansas, to supersode Col. Sunnier. Judge Luther S. Gushing, of Boston, died on tho 23d. Mr. Fillmore has been over to Philadel phia, and was grandly received. One hun dred guns were fired. XLicut. Gov. Willard, of Indiana, has been nominated fur governor by the Dem ocratic 'rarty. The nomination was made on the condition that he refrain from in toxicating liquors. Kansas, According lo the latest ac counts, Col. Sumner was very active in Kan sas putting down all the armed borders which have been committing outrages in that tcriilory. He had incurred the re sentment of the Miss-ourians, am they threatened vengeance, but w ill probably not carry their threats into execution. The government, it is rumored, has ordered more troops to Kansas, lo sustain the laws and put a stop to further violence. Phila. Ledger, June 19. ReeubltcaB NoiBtaaltom tor President. The Republican Convention assembled in Philadelphia on tht 17th of June, the anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill. Col. Henry L Lauc, of Indiana, was chosen President. An informal ballot was taken, showirg 3o9 votes for Col. Fremont, and 190 for Judge McLean, the latter gentleman's name having previously been withdrawn. On the next formal ballot Col. Fkemoxt was nominated, receiving nearly all the otes cast. Ex Senator Wm. L. D.WTo.t wasnorai nated on the first ballot for Vice President, .rcccivinj all .the Tr:! p,t 8J which pr scattered. The nominations were thci) declared unanimous. Uessocralle I'.tavealtoa. The several balloting! wore as follows : Virul ballot Buohntian, 133; Pierce, 122: Douglas, 83; Cass, 6. Second ballot-Buchanan, 139; Piorce, 5 Uu.ueh3!,;! 1OT.iw Tbiru uulloi iiuciiunmi, --, 119; Douglas, 32; Cast, 5, Fourth ballot Buchanan, 141; 1 mrce, 119; Douglas, 32; Cuss, 0. Fifth ballot Buchanan, 110; I iorco, 110 Douglas, 81; Cass, 5. Sixth ballot Buchanan, lfi5; Tierce, 11)7 ; Douglas, 2H ; Cass, &. K. vei.ili ballot Buchanan, 1 Id J I erce, 81); Douglat, 08; Casa.6. Eighth ballot Bucnunaii, m , x .. 87 ; Douglas, 00 ; Cass, 0. Ninth ballot Buchunan, 140; I lerce, 87 i Douglas, 0 ; Cass, 7. Tenth ballot Buchanan, 100; Tierce, 80 ; Douglas, CO j Cass, 5. Eleventh ballnt-Buchnnnn,147; Pierce 80 ; Douglas, 03 ; Cass, ft. Twelfth ballot Buchanan, 148; Pierce, 79; Douglas, 03; Cass, 5. Thirteenth ballot Buchannn, 140; Pierce, 77 ; Douglas, 03 ; Cass, 5. Fourteenth ballot Buchanan, lo2 ; Pierce, 79 ; Douglus, 03 ; Cass, 5. Fifteenth ballot Buchanan, 1 18; Pierce 3; Douglas 118; Cass, 4. Pierce was here withdrawn by New Hampshire. Sixteenth ballot-Buchnuan, 109 ; Doug las, 121 ; Cass, nothing. Douglas was hers withdrawn by Mr. Richardson. Seventeenth ballot Buchanan, 290 being the unanimous vote of the conven tion. Id the balloting for Vice President, re sulted as follows : First ballot Breckenridge, of Kentucky, 55 ; Quitman, 59 ; Boyd, 53 ; Fitzpalricft, li; Brown. 29; Herschel Johnson, 31; Rusk, 2; Bayard, 31; Polk of Maine, 5; John C. Dobbin, 13. . Second ballot Mr. John C. Brecken ridge, of Ky was nominated, receiving the unanimous vote of the Convention. lttr from Uaasas. Chicago, June 10. The Democrat has a letter from Lecompton, dated 4th inst. Several companies of Missouriansahd Car olinians, and bands of Free State men, were organizing'. i The following are some details of the affray between Pate a ad the Free State men, not heretofore published : Thirty Southerners from Westport, under oom mand of II. C. Pate, proceeding to Bull Creek, Kansas, suddenly encountered a parly of Free Stale men of the same num ber. Pate had a number of prisoners, who were placed in front, unarmed, and then hid behind trees and logs. The Free State men dropped down in the grass of the prairio. The firing continued for two hours, when Pate surrenders!) unconditionally. Three Missounans escaped, among them Coleman the murderer of Dow, The free State parly took 30 horses, and a number of Sharp's rifles and U. S. muskets, besides a quantity of goods stolen from Lawrence Tlie U. S. dragoons knew of the battle dur ing its occurrence, but did not interfere. They wnt down on the 4th and released tho prisoners, A party of pro-slavery mon, including a son of Gov. Shannon, made a night attack upon the house of Capt. Walk er, five miles from Looompton. They were fired upon and repulsed, and young Shan non was laken prisoner, hut released the next day Gov. Shannon took a company of dragoons and searched the house of the Free State men for two days, taking all the arms and ammunition. Col. Sumner passed through Lecompton on the 4th, cn route for Topeka. A man just arrived from Kansas City reports a general rendezvous of the pro slavery men is called at Bull Creek, under the command of Whitfield. A new attack upon Lawrence is contemplated. They ex pect to concentrate 000 men generally armed wilh U.S. muskets. The F ree Slate mon aro determined to settle the matter with the bayonet. They are deficient in arms and provisions. At the latest accounts they had formed a plan for a night attack upon the luvaders. The free soldiers had considerably in creased in numbers, and yesterday were destroying bouses and driving men, women and children from their habitations near Bull Creek. A company of 140 under Capt. Reed had left New Santa Fe in pursuit of the murderers. Report says that Franklin was not taken, though attacked by a large party of free soldiers. Capt. Pate and company had been liber, ated by Col. Sumner, who arrived at Black Jack Point just in time to prevent a con flict between those holding Pate and a parly under Reed. Gov. Shannon has issued a proclamation, bearing date the 4th, which commands all pet-sens belonging to military organizations within the territory not authorized by law, to disperse. That such organizations are illegal, and should they re-assemble, will be dispersed by U. S. troops. All civil officers of the Government are required to be vigi lant in enforcing the law against offenders, and protecting citizens against all violence and wrong, and further declaring that all law-abiding citizens of the territory, with out regard to party measures and designa tions, must be protected in their personal property, and all military organizations. ei'Jier for the execution of the laws of ihe Territory, or te disturb the peace thereof, must be dispersed, and all aggressive par tics from without the Territory must be repelled ; that the military force placed un der the control of the executive of this Territory amply su;TVient lo enforce its laws mid protect its citlwns' rights, and In carrying out this proclamation no distlnc lion is to he made as to party, but that all parties nre to bo served alike circumstances, and that obodiutice to ihe laws and the con toquont socurity of the parson in Kansas re its priruaty objects, and that all lawless violence within the Territory, in whatovsr firm manifested, must he supprossod. The instructions of ihe President of the United States, of tho 1 1th of February, will te strictly enforced, and a requisition Las been inado on Col. Sumner for a military force sufficient to insure obedience to iho procla mation. ' - r Later from Kaasat. til. Louts, Juno 23. A letter in the St, Louis UcpMUuH from Westport, 17 JUD( says : "Sumner lias put the California, Santa Fecund principal roads leading through Kansas under blockade, and has driven the families of Baford, Juuus, Shelby, and oth ers, all leading emigrants, desirous of be coining peaceable settlers, out of the tsrri tory." Another lcltor from Kansas City, dated 10th, says : ''Sumner intends to arreil every person under indictment in Kansas, and has declared that neither Las nor anybody else shall oome armed through Iowa, er Nebraska, either way, except over Lis dead body." An attempt was made on th night f the 13th to murder the new Deputy Sheriff of Douglas county, who live at Franklin. Three men camo te the house and firsd throogh the window at the bed and then broke in the door, when the Sheriff ihol one of them dead, and the others fled. Sumner received a dispatch from Fort Kearny, stating that a band of Cheyeren Indians had joined a parly of the Sioux, and war had been proclaimed against the whites. One white had been killed, Sum ner immediately dispatched a company from Ft. Kearny to the oamp near West' port, ' Brlttstt fteattmeat oa America Affairs. the tone of the British- press upon the Crampton dismissal is much less belligerent than it was a few month ago; - It is fretted, but its irritation does net break out in such flashes of anger. It is offended, but it wounded pride consoles itself with the re flection that, for the sake of peace, it is bettor to avoid, as far as possible such in tractable and uncivil relations as itsAmer--ienn cousins across the Atlantic Ills evident, from this change of tone, as well as the speeches in- Parliament,, that the American side of the correspondence upon' the enlistment difficulty, the able letters of Mr. Marey, have had their influence upon the public mind of Great Britain. British' stntesmen have publicly condomned the re cruiting business as not only unwise, but? as an infraction of the law of the United' Slates antf an insalt lo its sovereignty. The Ministry of courso, defends iter policy;: but there is a strong party opposed to it'. We seo official papers deprecating parly' struggles at home on American affairs as likely to encourage the people of the United' States to a more imperious course; till the' avoidance of war will be impossible.- With such influences operating againsf the Ministry, the adoption of any extreme course, calculated to widen the breach be tween the two countries, seem not very probable. Thr first expression of wounded feeling is generally the loudest and th strongest, and the British press have in the whole of this controversy labored under the disadvantage of but a partial acquaintance' with the fact when their first opinions were formed. Even thehr judgement upon the dismissal of Mr. Crampton is founded upon rumor, Mr. Marcy's letter accepting the disclaimer of Lord Clarendon of all inten tion to infringe the neutralization laws of he United Slates not having yet been re ceived. When that letter is read and cool ly digested in England, we think that pub. lie opinion will be still more modified and conciliatory towards the United States. It will be seen that our intentions are pa cific ; that we are not exaoting, unreason able and insolent ; that we had the best grounds for being displeased with Mr. . Crampton, and that the best interest of both countries required the removal of a Minister whose conduct had involved th' two countries in trouble, and whose influ ence here waa entirely gone. The British people are sensible and coolheaded. K their sensibilities are quickoncd by their overweening arrogance, they are eminently a just people, and know the necessity of having the right side of a quarrel. They will, therefore, be cautious of doing any thing hastily and foolishly, and we think will hardly commit the error of retaliations by dismissing Mr. Dallas, who ha given them no causo of offence. Such an act, which will do no harm, a far as we . are concerned, will severely reflect "upon thai own good sense, good temper, aad reputa tion for justice rhilaMphia Ledger Te Proaaet Large TratU A cwretponilitot of tin Gardeners' Gazette tara lhat by a very simple tod cat; process frail ( all kiudt may be raited one-third larger than, is toaJ ly the cam, and of greatly unproved quality.- The went corn iU in tuppotting the fruit, so dial il .ball net be allowed to hang iu whole weiht sp oil Uit ttallt, or to tviet about in lit winds When (lit frail it) allowed to hoof natareily npoa tht Balk, the inerraang wtiglit ttraiot tli tteo, or twi, aud that Imtin the quantity of nutritious food flowing; lo the fruit The frail may fco top purled eillicr by tieinj it to a braoee with piece of matting, or by im-loaiug il i a imi art. Klowcis, aucb u dihlia or peonid 'T al be rcnJereJ Urj-r by the Jo4ion tC tbi