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l)c rcgcm CVrgu0. w. b, , kuitiis ai raorsiEro. ohjoob? city i Mioulla ABatr. ' Thomas Crawford, an unmarried Irish man, was shot in Albany liul Friday eve ning by a young niun of iho nnino of Fox. Crawford lingered till ionic limo in (lie day Saturday before he expired. We learn i hat Cra ford had seduced a sister of Voi't, under promise of marriage. We are loM by llmse wlio knew him, thai Crawford was a reckless, u n r i nt-i cl riscul, which Ilia oulrage ukmi virtue of courao prove. 'I'hu act of shooting him ia universally ap proved by Iho squad thai gaibur in clus ter to talk tho mailer over in this cily. It seems wrong to a cool, calculating Christian to Hike vengeance In one's own Laud in lliia manner; bill if I hero i any net thai can be porpelrntcd bj an incarnato licnd nliich would justify a father or broth er to taking life, it ia just audi a one ai tho deceased it said to hare lycn guilty of. It would bo a vain mockpry to attempt ty human language to express thn feelings of a family, the iwaco of which had been for ever broken Ur by a lecherous debauchee, Tho assassin who crosses tho threshold at tho dod hour of midnight 'and plunge a dagger to the heart of a member of tho family") commit an injury trifling in com parison wilh the other. Over the tomb of a daughter thus murdered flowers might be planted, at fit emblem of the purity of her who lay beneath tl.cm, while Mend that watered them with their tenr would have the oil of consolation poured into their bleoditig heart by the memory of virtuca that siantied the tomb with a bow of beav Culy" pronmov1- 1 '" '. "! 1 " ' !lut, n!o! 'who is adequate to a descrip lion of the t'irliire that rend tho hearts of father, mother, brother mid aiatcra, under the buruihg, corroding consciousness that a loved member of that circle Las Lcii disgraced forever, and worse than murder ed, by a alimy, crawling viper in liuiunn hapcl The consciousness that the pun ishment meted out by tho taw ia Inadequate1 to the crime,' but anves to sting tha in jurcd pnrlic moro deeply, and settle tho resolve to Inkn the law into their own hands. ' t is surpassing strange that whilu public sentiment all over the civilized world is ready at nncii to justify an injured friend for taking tho law inlo hit 'own hands In inch a cane, we iay it la rtrnrigc indeed i lint ihcsanio public sentiment is not sulli- ch-nily potent to rnise moro effectual legal barriers around the shriiio of funiala virtue! Tho dilTicnliy is all found in a blind, obse quious shivery to "our parly." Debau chee, gamblers, end blacklegs are the most vigilant and untiring politicians, ami, in arranging tho programino fur a political light, tho sci'iiOh behind the curtain uro usu fcliy1 mnilo lip of tho wheels, cords,' and pulliea that cuiislituto tho political machin ery of deinngogucism, with the propor ac- cumpaniuieiit of India rubbcrconscicncod politician to work it. This atate of all'ulrs Uiuully Wongs to old political parlies, uboro tho rank und fllo are thoroughly drilled, and are as ruady to pull, or huld back, gut oa their knoe, or rear up on their bind legs, it th bid of tho driver' whip, a a ihowiuan'i circui pony.r Thn people who org long used to tin Collar that dema gogues Work them in, and have their hides nil icarred ever w ith tho lash of the party wliippcrs'in, becomo porfectly callous to no. bio impulses, mid in their blind rago' for "party, right or wrong," thoy rush head, long to tho support of the ."regular norni ineea," brought out in n caucus of lecherous office aockers though they may be. In this manlier, num uf loose morula, of blunted moral perceptions, or men who sympathize with vico and feel disinclined t micct pu rity by dealing vigorously with those who iuvad-j tLe. sanctity of family circles, are placed in ollice. With Ihem the destruction of frinalo virtuo and tho rupture of the heartstrings of pa renin, biothers, and sis ters, U mado iho occasion of a course jest nnd a hollow, hysterical Jaugh during their b.irchnnaliaii th bauchcrirs in some lilthy ilrnnishop. Fur fear that good men will U V. toiutrobttco a reform in legislation, -and cit tho eves of the proplu to tho iinpor taniM of coming out of Uabylun, and forsa king "our parly," the howl is raised that imAcr or.'eai to mdJIt with politict," and tho lying organs of th parly, like tho Statesman, aru crammed will, editorials, bogua correspondmicf, md ilauderous ar tides over th proper signatures of such apostate priosls, itchU.g politicians, and hhwti d c goli.ts as Opinion Smith, detot.-d in blackening tho charmier 0f every cler gyman Who hill CIIOllj;!, (,f il,e fcttr f (i0. Ix fiin- his e)is lo induce him lo ote like a freeman, and uphrt good men for nrtice. l!y this incessant howl, many good, kimpjrl iniinK'J men aro iiiducvd to Ulicve that Micro is really soinclliing wicked iIkiiiI ' )liii-r, soincthiii ilicompalihln wiii the dignity auj character or a Chrulian. Will, if ynu iutariitbly support theli.pior sliiukiiig in.1 nigger-di mug lnroCicO ianv, thorn is; hul if you l fur amnM, honrt, moral men, men who advato something Utter than lat i f uuJ in tlu ir pl.iifyrm, yo ant ia tho lum uf jonr di 'j, nH il, iiKcrt, a pntsiut, a (reeuan, and a Lhris- tian. " 'Ik-u ;!ic peoj.la take the n formation ) Lil !Mt v h b.t. iVjs around us us will obviate tho necessity of taking the law into our own hands Why ai Ttit a tulle Train 1 We bine often been struck with Mtn ikhmeiit at the tudlJ effort of ihe locof'to papers in this Territory lo give their" reader a false history of thediflkulties in Kansas. The real truth of lilsfry has' been almost invariably uppressl, and the readr op those sheou, if they liav oo lo no other papers, are really as Ignorant of the exist ing slat uf thing ia Kawsaa, with the causes that led lo it, a lltey are of the prinuiph of real democracy ; that ia, tbey know ab'uluUlij nMhiwj, Tliaao paper have q ii it d as Kansas news little clso than lia-ty telegraphic dispatches, coniimiuica I'd from the nuighborhood cf the icena bf hliiculliv lo such bordor ruffian par iho Splatter Sovereign and Missouri lie- public n diapntvhe w huh La vc genrally been found afterwards to U incorrect. Why do llcy not quote a little morn from auoh pipers as the St. Joui Intelligencer and Missouri Democrat, if tbey wish to quote from papers in slavo Stales ? Sim ply becauto these paper givo too much truth to answer tbuir purpose. Any man who read these locofocopajHsr in Oregin, and depends upon ihcm for fnforriiaun, liiusl' believe that tho fica Sialo men in Kansas ire all abolitionisis whereas ibere is no ifOof that one in fifty is siioli. '. Largo nuinberi of them are from Kentucky, Mi' souri, Tennessee, and other (live States, who prefer to lire ip a froo Stale to a slave Slate, Consequently they with aspeaceablo citizen to vole for freedom ia Kansas at tho polls, without Interfering with slavery where- It expla in the States. Tor this they 1.' ken driven from the' polls, mobbed,' nnd even inhuruauly murdered, many of them, by armed parlies from Mis souri and South Carolina. 1 Par doe ltuller, a Reformer preacher from Illinois, was tarred and fcutlicrcd, and sent dy n the Missouri river on a raft, for limply saying that although he was no abolitionist be should vote for freedom In ICansiJ. ' Out strange to say, that while the Douglas de mocracy pretended to hatch the doctrine of squatter sovereignty, and boasted loudly about Ihe people of the Territories having the right to admit or oxcludc slavery, when they found tho peoplo of Kansas were in fnvorof excluding slavery, thuso same lo. cofoco organs justified the border ruffians from MiMouri in their attrmpt lo force sla vcr down their throats wilh bludgeons and revolver, and hnvo taken up tho howl that the free State men ore a pack of ubo. litionisis sent there to kick up a fuss among slaveholder. The fact is thnl so crct societies were organized in Missouri for the purpose of carrying slavery into Kansas, before a single cinigrnnt went from New England. The Emigrant Aid Society, in assisting emigrants logo to Kanisn, never inquired whether n man was for or against slavery. They went thcro in order to be oorno permanent lottlers, to till the toil, ,atid niako homes; whereas IhcMissourians went there to vote and return Lome. In deed, fiom all (ho light that could be gath ered from these locofoco paper ono would suppose that Kansns was one of tho coun ties of Missouri'.' Wo heard a good, honest old brolhrr preach iu this cpunty two weeks ogo, who spoke of ,'Velf rightcou men who had gone to Kansas to raisoa dia turliaiice wilh the slaveholders." We saw ihut ho Inborod under tho mlsiake.that free State men bad no right to go to Kuusas and displease slaveholders, and the idea 00- urred lo ua that he viewed Kansas is a inirl of Missouri.1 After meeting! we asked a fiiend what papers tho preacher rend.' .Jlo replied, Thu Standard, I think.",.',. Now' we would auggrst to thoso editors that they w ill have nn awful account to aeltlo hr'rO' after for ill ns leading peoplo astray, eveu if they do miik o their bread and butler here by "lying for; tho party." ,, Let us bavo the truth on every question, if it shames the devil and injures )'our party" loo, . , Wo wora jtarticnlnrli amusod by tho Kansas news in tho Times of last Saturday. In making a great bluster of fuiruess in giving , uotli sules, by quottug fron a "Surtkrn abolition arr,". as it calls nil paper not sold to black dcinncracy, the rimes quote au hum of news which wo took last week, from one of the Missouri border rulVum nowspapors, a black demo crat organ ; yet the Time tells iu reader it gut it 'from the Ciitcinnuli Commeixial, a Free, Soil paper" I , ,, ., Well, youn meu, you've all got a Gue, easy road to travel, whilo your party, based on falsehood aud held together by the ad' hi live power of spoils and plunder, retains iho power, but the nf of your road ii a good deal like that of another vury ''broad," popular road wo read of.. , You must rec ollect what the old farmer told th preach er whi) had just delivered, a discourse on uiuemal salvation "I liko ywr road, Mr. Preacher ; ii'a a broad road, a smooth road, an easy turnpike to travel, but ihen there's such a h I uf a toll at ihe nd of it 1" frT This oflioe is under particular obli gations to Mr. E. D. Kelly fir a bowlofde lifions iev cream, lie can count on us as hit best frionds-.so Ibiig as he k-e cronm lasts. " ' 1 ' ' ' ' - ' (W Wt Us l argo & I'O, furuished us with tile uf C'alioriia ami States ruipers by last steamer. . J (r J. W. Sullivan, a usual, ba liber- ally supplied ua with t!i lost of papers and perioiHeiiU in the co'iniry. Jhrpcr of July aiero!g the niciber. :' 'I ks l.rtir assia. , Hie last iuo of Ihe E posilor comes to bind with overdo column of grammar, lope, and truth, nil turned head ami points," by way of trying to clear C. II. Matioon of two of the sif charge we made against him two weeks ago. The yW charges wo mado in felaiion .to, ii ( slandering us, are discreetly passed by. The IiaptisU of this' section come in f'r the whola brum of In venom. They inform us that In duo limo they 1 slrnll ' take ihe proper tepi to bring Mm to an acknowl edgment of hi error. If they do o, and nnko their charge against hini uwic'y, to the world con Kie tlmt we havo been cor rect in tvtry iota that we have dated, wo shall probably pay but liillo more attention to the editor of tho "medium of denomina tional correspondence." If not, we hall take up every item of Li charge, and fal len from ix to ten more falaehood upon him, in addition to tho six already nailed and clinched. The Rapiisl Id thi ection are overwhelmed with ihimo and sorrow at the rnklrsaiiess, ignorance, indiscretion, malice, falsehood, and other evidence of a bad heart, which have not only sunk this young editor low indeed, but disgraced the denomination wilh which ho is colinoced. liul by way of a choice specimen, we will give his effort to clear up on of the charge we wade. ' We publish it entire, nnd mko no comment upon it.. Indued, it needs none. Read it, and then ay whether the file of all Ihe backwooil paper in the world furnish a single specimen equal to it : 'The slslh eliarjre preferred sjaiast us by Mr. Adsrm, wads as fullows : Clurfs Cib. C. II. Mittoon did a tlie S9lh July iub, data in Ilia Expositor Hist we under bid biui fij afler seeing Jii bids ia this we 'chargt' lint said Multooo lias uttered A ridiculous falselieod.' - , , ' ,, ' The 'said Mattnnn' has been guilty of no fslsrhooj, and in proof of this w Inks tha Jib arty ofpubliahlnn privata leltnrfrom W.O.Jeha sua, ons of Uia coiiimillce appolutsd by the mo e'Uiliou.losiiperiuleiid Ilia priiitiii ( lit miuule Prolln-r Julnuen will jwrdua ua ful talking use of it: , " ' : ' ' ',. I; ' " ' ' " ':' "Oaaoo CiTV,'iuf 5, 1831 DfsaHo.MATrooM ' ' - 1 Tht A gut ffic mitdt hi rvtt neuLias low er lima Hie lewaat you made for tha printing Of lliaMiuulas. As your byi was your ultimatum, die eeinmiltra knee agreed irilA ilr.,AJumi fur Ilia work Iu be dune llivrc. ' : a . - ' ' Year, truly, ' ' ' ' : '' '. V. CAUEV JOHNSON;' . IIuw dots Mr. Adam reconcile thi with hi assertion that 'neither of tha committee' cvxr. in timated lo him 'by nod, wink, or look,' wliul our bid was; and Unit lie 'had, not the slightest in timation from aay other source ! ' How came lha oomniilte to know that four BID was fn dolliin lower Ihuu aura, if you did not agree with Ihciu Is perform tha wurk at Uial price f And how cmno lh coiiiinUlea to agree 'wilh Mr. Ad am for Ihe wurk to bu done there,' if lie had not slated a pries for which ho would do it. If yoa dcuy the authenticity of Ihe teller, you charge the ooniuiilte with fulsoliood if you admit Ihe correctura of it atiiteiueut. you stand convict ed of a falsehood thai haa aul evea the redeem ing quality of ptauribilily connected with ll iu either cue, yoa are in aa uueiiviaclo posi tion.'! . , . .... C.oUl-blnudeA Harder of Joel rerklns. , Mr. J. J. Kcunard furnishea us with tho following fact, which bo got from the ex pressman who brought in the news to the friends of I'orkius (iu Yamhill. Mr. P., who was an old settler in Yamhill, nud proprietor of Lafayette, was brutally mur dered laat week just nt the foot of the Sis kiyou mountain in Rogue River, on his way iu from California with Lia family aud n considerable amount of slock. . It seems that Perkins, preparatory to leaving the Imnso of a friend where he had stopped for several days to recruit his stock, went out in, the morning in company with an Irishman who Lad lived with him a year or more as a servant, to gather up the lock-.1 ''Tho Irishman ' returned lit duo lima without Mr. P. frpon being ques tioned, Lo stated that Perkin would be in directly. Night came, and Perkins was still missing. Tho landlord suspected foul play, and rallied tho uoighbors to look for IVrkina, takiug tho Irishman along, who by this tiino protested 'that Porkius had cer tainly been killed by the Indians. On fail ing' to find him, Mrs. Perkin aud the Irishman insisted ou taking tho stock and starting on their journey, as there was no doubt but that the Indians had put Pork iris out of 'ihe Ivay. - A small boy, who W'as probably au adopted child, and was travel; iug Willi Perkins, beggej tho ta milord to keep him, aud not Jet the Irishman nnd Mrs. P, carry him along with them, ns ho foared they wouU kill him. ' The boy said ho Lad often heard Mrs. Perkins nnd thn Irishman consulting nbout killing Perkins while on the road, besides witnessing acts in the absence of Perkins which crimina ted these panic. - Tho crowd, which Lad gathered to hunt for Perkins, renewed the Search, compelling the Irishman to accom. pany llicru. They finally hallod, alipped a ropa over his neck and drew, it over the limb of a tree, tolling him thai Lo had murdered Perkins, nnd lie might hs well confess it, as Mrs. Perkins had already re vealed '.h whole matter. lie began to curse Mrs. P. for a traitor, nnd acknowl edged tlm crime, describing the ground where tlw body lay, and offered to show the way to iu, IIo saiJ that Lo shot Pcikius iu iho back, a be was walking from him only a few yard distant, when Perkins wheeled and returned tho fire, the ball gra fting Lis clwek, but doing him no injury. 1 bey ihun approached each other and clinched, when Perkins soon began to fail, and( fell to the ground. The Irishman Immediately sciicd his rifle and struck Pcikius across the forchenJ, breaking iu LU skull, notwithstanding Perkins begged for hi lilV, saying thai b had two. small chil (?ren depending on him for tnprtort. ' Ho 'LcP 1 ft hi ictiiu alive, because Lo said ,!.! Iil tHti rui U tfil kin .ii'u'. The body was found, and the circumstance corroborated the tale of tin murderer. Mr. I'.'and bar naromour aro now lodged in jail at Jacksonville ' , . Heacvaleal. .' Sometime last winter Buh of I lie Stale- man tout raetcd with Dr. C.apkny lo pub- lish In "advertisements for Miree month, and to be paid accordingly-i-in tho Pr.'s medicine, very likely yet w notice that Uosh, conaiderate man I i till.pul)lislnng lha said advtrliteraeut, allhovgliXlw Uui expired more thnn three montif ago, and in iho ca of oqu of them tlie lime has been out over five months I This, however, may Indicate nothing more than excessive benevolence on the part of the editor for hi subscriber, a majority- of Whom no doubt are sadly in need of the information to be obtained of.Ciapkrty,, Out it bear very much tho appearance" of a bid for the Dr.' favor, in ease of nectu'ty. 0 T Dr. Steele, who La been spending sometime on Palmer'i Indian Reservation, inforni u that the Iudian Eneas, who La been noted as an instigator of deed of blood in tho South, nnd who refused lo come in with the Indians who surrendered to Ducli man, wa taken prisoner two weeks ago irt tho camp on tho coast, and is now in the blockhouso in Grand Rondo. Kneas first made hi appearance among the Grand Konde Indians, among whom he tarried three day; in order no doubt to see wLat villainy he could , instill into the mind of Li brethren. IIo then loft for tho camp over on tho coast, w bore he was reported lo the iqinmanding officer by ihe Indians, who Immediately required them to bring him in. lie will be tried and dealt with according to law.; u .i ;.. .... , ,; : j .!: i fcr, Gov. . Sloven ,ha oalled for , two morecompauic of niouaU d voluntoera, lo erve for the term of six months, unless sooner1 'discharged, to tnko ihe place of Ihosa v liose terrri of service is about to ex piro,', i,acL company is to consist uf one hundred men. : - : . I; , j, I'.i ,r.'!' ""I" ' r : ; i i OCrKufua Eaila who wos lately senten ced to two years imprisonment in the peni tentiary, for killing Joseph Grigsbj at Port land last full, is a brother of Mrs. Lninb( w ho is now in the same prison fur iho mur der of Lcr Lusband; ,. They aro saiil to bo of the fighting stocks ' i The Eifottlor a raUtai t aacern.: ' "We aro obliged to pay $100 a moalh each for priiilera." V, II. Slattvou't Expotitor. . That's a whopper ! None but greenhorns can bo imposed on by such a tale ns that. lict tLe following figures show 2 printers, 100 a mouth each, Editor, ,... Devil, .,' Printing paper and ink, House rent, ' ' Iaoidtntul expense, , ' Total' ' ' ' :. $3100 00 j.-00 110 COO 00 600 00 100 00 . 150 00 Jo3i0 00 Tho above Enures show what the Expos itor would coal in one year's operation, if it was anything besides a rat ollice, but un fortunately for Mattoon the other side of tbo sheet will show what he has to balance the aforesaid calculations; . ' 375 paying subscriber, S3.00 each, , . 1125 00 3 columns advertisemeuts, 270 pr col.' 5" 00 Job wurk, - ; . 57 23 . Grand total, ' $1237 25 : 53 jQ 00 . . . $4112 75 Showing a deficit of over four thousand dollars to be made up for ono year's ex penses of printing the Expositor, and to do whioli lid will Lave to run Lis face for mon ey, (never very good, nod sadly darnageij by his late treatment of his Eola friends, not one of whom would now trust him fur ther thnn Lo could throw a two-year old bull by the tail,) or else Lo will Lave to draw on tho funda of tho American Bible Union, of which ho passe himself off as the ngent in Oregou, and which he is scaly enough lo do. Dut the following figures approximate more nearly tho true ones in a year's running of the old Ramage he got of Rush; i t 2 rats, each $33 per month, ' $800 00 Devil, ' ..! n.'i . . 300 00 Editor, (Mattoon) to boteh grammar, : 275 75 rriutiuj p.iper aud iuk, ,. 300 00 House rem,, ' .,' 50 09 luciJeutal exneawe, "' ' ' ' ' ' ' "' 25 i . it i: : .': : . Grand total,- ! r )!... ..; $172(5 00 :' In this last calculation tha "incidental expenses" of the Expositor 'office are set down al . 25 cents, enough .to, purchase a couple of fine combs, which. faitoon could put to good service the time spent, iu using them, however, not being taken inlo account, as it would not probably average more thau'LalC. 'Although we have put down tho force in the office at two rata, we will take it back, as we have good reason to think there is but one of that stripe, a big, fat, greasy customer, with a hang-doj or sheep-thief cast of countenance, who wa kicked out of the Statesman office (or ought to have been) for attempting lo play tho part of Judas on a small scale, by cor responding with a rival office, wilh the in tent to damage his employer,, and vent Lis spleen toward on of hi fellow-workmen, lie ia now ratting for Matioon, where ke butchers grammar as unmercifully a ho botches work. Ilia conduct, take it all in all, we thiuk utiUes him to the diguiiy of being called a "rat" par mtellrnte. Mat. toon would do well to keep his eye skinned, but ti mailers little, a they are, ia tU Unguag of the "poetk,",' . Tar aob.W (iraiu." ' (KT Mr. Jjhn Itarlow baa our thanks for some nice apples of the Early Jane va. imy. - .. - - - Meal of Ooveramrnl. The following furuiho lite Statetmon rather good opportunity lo read tlio Sen tinel out of "our party." The Sentinel is certainly not an orlltoJor black locofoco r it wouldn't talk Hullo so much about tho righipf the people, a it docs, Jj talks Iiko.nn-9!J-islou i'wiocrrnc pa per iu this respect :-.,' ' Vote6f tub Pr.ori.i5 on thkSkat ok Government Qi-estion. It will be seen by refer ling to the proclamation of the Acting Governor of the Territory of Ore gon, that tho question in relaiion to the Seat of Government will again bo submit i . I in ill a nAnitln nn iho first Monday in i n..i .i uliixh time l ie voters ol VblUUVI IIVAM tan " said Territory mav "ilesignaio uieir cume-u of said place, Salom and Eugene City, for Scatof Government ol urogon ierriiry. Will ih BPnnlo of thi Territory pause anil ask fur infiirmntiob oil the subject, or will they tako tho slntemcnt, "so mum 11 If J receioca ai mi vjjti ji' -- - v II urco, Tillomuok, Jackioii ami Joseph iH:,"as mado by the Secretary alono. .... .. I ! It will bo seen by roferonco to the state ment of Win. llolTiiian, published in nnolli- it, a nirwiul e.iin fur Jackson CI IUIUIIJII, ii'w " , county was forwarded by military express. ,'.. " V. ....nn will .lnnlil fnr a moment but ' ilU "I.I that Win. Hoffman forwarded tho ccrlified abstract to tho Secretary, by tlie express ns t.. .tair. 'nnd if no other law doe not more particularly define Low the abstract shall bo forwarded than tlie ooove, noiiman um all he could or was required to do. .Jj "i , , , Then Mr. Hoffman done Li duty and if tho returns from Jackson county did not reach the Secretary's ollice there has been some neglect, omission or abstraction some where between the county .clerk' ollice iu Jackson county aud thq Secretary's office in Salem.. . , Tim riAAntn at Oretron in our humble opinion, will not submit to a diversion of r . ... i .i i. i.uii.,1 i I heir will a cxpreascu unouu i box; i j, , i. i- ., i i- i The, , only thing.that can L? cfli:cta by tlie present moves in relation to the Seal of Government, is to procrastinate the lo cation by tbo people, -which question Las been one causing considernblu excitement since the winter of 1850 and '51. Il wan then a subject of log rolling and intrigue, and has not lost much, up to tke 'prcseut. Jarkiomille Sentinel. - Auditob's Okkice, . . : ) , , Jacksonville, July 21, '00, J fniTnns Skntinki. Geivlcmen : In the laat SrnJtWyou ask "will the Auditors of Jackson and Josephine cotiniie, espunu iu the public, -through the column of the Sentinel, the cause or no returns being sent to the Secretary of thn Territory ?" So far us 1 am cmicorned, 1 have to slate, that immediately afcr the returns were received, I prepared tho abstract of the votes, enclosed and addressed il to lite Sec retary of tho Territory. I placed tho pack age in thn hand of James K. Peters, Eq., Qr. Master, lo bo forwarded by the Gov ernment Express, and I am informed by Mr. I. that il was forwarded as requested, in about a week after the electicn. My object in sending the nbsi ract by the Express, wa to secure its earliest transmis sion, as the Express was nearly a week in advance of tho next mail poingoiit. , Koapcctfullv, &c., Wm. Hohfmaw, , . .... ,.; .' Audiior, J.C.O.T. CT The particulars of iho battle at the Grand Rondo, whore the Indians were thrashed by the Washington Territory vol unteers under the command of tho gallant Col. Frank Shaw, will be found in another column. ' ' '' 1 :' '.ii,,, . i- ..ji The Oulratse ta the V. 8. Senate. . We are not able perhaps to select two articles from our exchanges wlikh . would more fully set forth tlie correctness of tho position taken by tho. Statesman, that. "all the morality and decency belong to t he op posers of our party," than is, dope by the two following articles in relation to the as sault upon Senator Sumner. . Tlie Louis ville Journal ia the organ of . tlie American party in, Kentucky, and the Richmond En quirer ihe organ of I.ocofocoism iii. Virginia : Frora the Louisrille Journal. Tlie assault of Brooks upon Sumner in the' Sen ate Chamber liM' creates) a prodigious oxclltmmt through the North- The atmauli is deeply to be regretted, because in Iho firat place il wua a very great:oulroge in itself,' und because in ihe second place it will, especiully if sot promptly aud prop erty punished at Washington; greatly etrarJgthru the anti-slavery nnd anti-Southern fouling in tlie Northern Soilc and thui help the Black Repub lican party. ' " ' It may be said villi truth that Silmner) ia hi speech nguiusl Uullur, Douglas, and others, trjns ceuded the legitimate freedom of debate, lie Cer tainly did, but that wa properly the Senate' busi ness. It is monstrous that a member of the House of Representatives should beat a Senator upon the floor of the 8eaale for a speech made in- the Sen ate aad having uo reference lo the individual ad ministering the punishment. ' Sumner' speech, violent and incendiary and disgraceful a it Was, wua certainly no worse in its personality than the apeeehca of Douglas have habitually been ; and theu it personalities, shameful as they were, had at least the advantage of being expressed in a style of scholarship greatly in contrast with the tli,bod billingsgate of the Illinois Senator. ' V have no sympathy for Sumner. He haa deported himself a a pestilent enemy of the peace and harmony of the country and be doubt deserved more punishment than he ha received, yet every conndcratioa of propitely and of the public good demand that Mr. Hrooka shall be expelled from the House of Representatives. The--Senate should deem Lis expulsion necessary to le main tenance of it dignity and its right.' And if the House should refuse to expel him, we th uk Ihe Senate would be right ia withdrawing from lha member f the House the pr nlegea thry now enjoy upoo the floor of Ihe Senate. We are not nirprined to re thai the people of South Carolina are holding meeting and passing rululion in approbation of Mr. Brooks's eou ducL They are a riolent people, and w don't think they ever fail Iu approve aa ad of violate again.-! what they hale whether it boa man, a party, a law, or the Constitution of the I'uiled States. Th I', a Ooojtitutioi ordain Dial a member of Congress (ball not be called to ac count for words spokea b debate, and Mr. Brook ha swore I support thai very Constitution, which he deliberately violated ip the Capitol where the oath wis taken, breaking his oath and viola ting the Cnnstitntin am) perpetrating what look like ao act of gross cowardice, all at the same tisuc, and yet the booth Carolina people resole that for hi eondnet he is worthy ol all praise. Thai euly prove, that, kid as the ! nutatue may be, he is do worse than the rtare he repreerate. V do cot believe that Soualur Butler spprore th conduct of hi nephew. Suraoer's bitter at tack uoj Mr. Butler ia thai gcatlriaau' auea w-i rwrer-p-'Ve, are mtrifi. to! -vt a very proper punWilntiit to bo oisled oui fur it, Th absurd snd wieked resolution which (he 0uuih) Carolina peoplo ar adopting will aerv un. , exasperate lo a still greaier degree Ihe public sea tinnnl of Ilia Nutli. Itul tins ia what tin guuii, Caniliiiiun want. They rejoice in whatever wems likely lo promola the dissolution of M C ii mil. Tliero were twice a many Ireilorajsj South Curollua Iu th day uf 111 Itevolution u la any other MtoUi ia propor Hon lo opuJulioti, auj Vt thiuk that her mil a a general rule grows won men now Ihun it did tin u. , , We are glad to see lliul all the ruptetalU p,. , per of the South Uk oxuutly the same fww uf lha llronka and Sumner all'uir Uial w hr, takeu. AH of Uiemaay that Huinuar k amalsd to uo sympathy personally, but thai Jirookahaa beea guilty ef a grout oulrag Uial ought .IsvJsj punished. From the Richmond lniu'uti, "Tim Si M.vEit Discii'link Tub Nikd I'L'i, Kkmkdv. A 'Tow Southern journals ali'ecling an exclusive refinement of feoling or regard for the proprieties of ofliclal in tercourse, unilo wilh ihe Abolition papers in conileiuuing the chaatisrniont indicted iion Sumner by tho 1 Ion. Ik S. Drooks. Ve havo no patience- with these mealy moutlied pliui isccs of tho l'ress. Why not speak out and dccluro at once that you art shocked by iho 'brulali'y of a ilaveboldiug rullian 1 It is much more manly lo adopt the violent vocabulary of the TributU ikon lo insiniinlo disapprobation in the metk accents of a consciunce-smitleu saint. "In the main, the press of the South ap. plaud tbii conduct of Mr. Drpoks without condiliouor limilailon.' ' Our approbation, at least, is entile and Unroscrvcd. Wecon sider the act good in cohception, better in execution! and best of all iifcorisoqucnce. These vulgar Abolitionists" In th Senile ore galling above themselves. They Lave been humored dulil they forgot their Po sition.- . They have grown saucy, and dare 1 .'' . . -I I ''s to bo impuueiit to gRiiiicmcn i iow, tUry are a low, mean, scurvy set, wfth some lit tie book learning, but as utterly devoid of spirit or honor as a puck of curs., Jntriuch ed boliid,'irivilj;e,', they fancy they .cir slander ihe oulh and insult its rcpreavnta. lives with impunity. ' The truth is,' they have bceu suffered fo rnn too long without collars. ' Thoy must bo laaned intoaubwi aioia. .yjSnisMier.in p.rl'u;uUr,OMght lo.bav. niiio-uiid.lliiity. early every, morning H is a treat straiipiiiu follow, and could stand iho cowliidb beautilully;" flrooks frighten ed him, and altho lirst mow or the caife" ne bellowed like a bu'.l,ca!f."iThcr,:i Ur blackguard ViUo,n, on. tfiral.i.ilisnlti:l cobbler, swoggcriiig. in xocss niisclt, and nbsoliitcly uymg tot a "beating. , Will not somebody 'talie'hi'rrt in hriii'd I "llale ' another huge, fed-faod,sweUting scoundrel', whom some geuiluiiian should kick and cull" until, ho abates ornctliiiig of, his iinpudunt talk. , These men are perpetually abusing the people and rcpresenintivcs of the South, for tyrants, robbers,' ruffians, adulterers, aud whatnot.1 Shall w -stithd it t Can geiiilcuiunsit still in the Seqals and House of liepresuntalives, under an infesnnt stream of denunciation from wrelchcs who avail themselves of the privilege of place lo in dulge tLcir devilish passions with impu. lily 1. In the ubseneo of au ndcipinte law", Soul horn gciitlcen must protect their owu honor nnd feelings. It ia ap idle mockery to challenge one of these scullions. It i equally useless to' attempt toiHsgrace them. They are iusensible to Bhame, and can be brouohl lo reason only by an application of curt h ulu or gutta percba. , Let theiuenca uii'lersiau'l that for every .vile word sjHikcn ngiiinst the South ihey will sufler so many stripe, mid ihey will noon lean to behave themselves like decent o'oga -tbey can nev er be gentlemen. Mr. Brooks has initiated this salutary discipline,, nnd ,Ue desorvo applause fur the bold, judicious manner in w hich he chastised the scamp SuiBner. It was a proper act; done at the proper linW, and in the proper placS 04' ail tlio; place ou earth iho Senato Chamber, the theater of his vituporativo exploits, was the yery sput where Sumner should havo been mad to BufP-r for his violation of the decencies of decorous debate, nnd for his ' brutal de nunciations of a venerable statesman.: Jt was litrrally and ertircly projicr jbaf, ho should bo stricken down nrd beaten just be sido' tlio desk against which 'lb" leiiacd when hi fulminated Lia fillhy 1 iterances through the Capitol. It is idle to talk of the sanctity of. iho Senate .Chamber since it is polluted by the presence of sucb. fellow as Wilson'anrJ Sumner arid Wode. Tlicj have desecrated it', ana can not By Foit'a to n sanctuary from the lash of Vntganeei !' ''We trust -olhdr gentlbmennvlU- follotr tho example of, Jlr,, iirooks, so that a curb may be imposed upon thn truculence.apd aiulticily of abolition srienkera irilo'ud be, let ii have A caning'or cow-hiding every dayt If Iho worse came to the wotw, so inuctl lLo aopiierso rnuqh I,hj9 .better.'' vlj d-.iiiiw "i -y id -Fbr tWX'rj'ui' Tmperaics c-rj'i: Perhaps among the many iriccs wlich degradq humanity, there is none so brUtal iiing in Its lendenciea, nnd so destructive in its efleclft, a intemperance. , Grasping as it does high and low,,rch and poor, it ev tends iLrOughout the whole family of man, working put misery and death alike to all its, votaries.-, Thai intemperance is an un mixed evil, no reasonable person can deny. Choose a drunkard fromour own communi ty, (and I regret lo say, tbero need b no difficulty in finding a. specimen,) and ex amine him closely, ihyically, 'tmentally, morally, and also in regard to Ilia. " oridly possession,.) Dare any one affirm thai he is not in each one of these partioulars aV suf ferer ? . Tlie Hushed check, the, bloody eye, and tbo unsteady step, are the first indica tions of v tho presence of alcoholic stimulus in the system ; of the fruit it hoarsen , the parson of the confirmed , inebriate I need not speak, Ile js w. jilainry marked.in face nnd form, that tho merest child cat de tect Lira at a glance, and will, if. applied lo. point out without hesitation, each individ ual drunkard in tlio community in wLicb lie resides. ,'J'lie clFcct produced upon the iniiiu ui ii vicuiii is even mote uepiorawv than the wreck of his body, sad ibough that may be. And if we look over the record of our court of justicf, and the Utiticf our prisons, we shall find that in majority ot instance the convict aoj, prisoners fro habitual drunkards, Lo have been tempt ed to their own ruin, by' tLis evH spirit.- By ir, th body is enfeebled, in 'power of the intellect is bn.keu, the nvral are Je pravcl, aixl maa squanders his suktnc lor tho momentary ratiboatiou ef :cr- 'i rtrj't aj-fe'-if,' Srvor Tr"'?rsj itci.