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THE OREGON ARGUS, rtLini eTueiv Muixixa, BY WILLIAM L. ADAMS. Office-Good's Building, Main t. EJtto ' rtul Uoom in first ttory. TEKS-Tht A Ban wi it jurnititd at 1'kif VMan and t'llf VmU ptr nnmm, la liitgU lahrrilirttTirn IMIarl taek II cluhi if ten tl one affiri. jj" Tata Dollars for lit aunlkiSi tulierlp- liial nctmd for a let ptriod. tjf No pnptr diteuMliHUtd until oil arrtmafii art paid, auhti at Iki opliaa if thi pulUthtr. To HlceBlsi l.ktl. A brook wenl dancing an ill Way , J'ruin bank to valley leaping, Aui bjr ile luunjf margia lay . A lovely iiifanl keiing. Tlie murmur ef the purling atrtam Droits net Ilia epell whicli bouud bun, Liko miuio breathing in bia dream, A lullaby around liiin. It la a lovely apot lo view, Wiluin Ibia warld uf aurrow, On p"l wblcb Hill relaina the hue . That earth from beavei may borrow And auch wae litis i wen ao fair . Arruycd In eumjier brlgbtneaa, And one poor being reeling there, - One aoul of radiant whiteness I What happy drrama, fair child, are given, ' Ta coat their luiuhiuo o'er thee T What cord unite Uiy eeul to heaven, Vkero viniona glide before the T .For wanderiiig aouli at cloudlcaa mirth O'er thy fcalurca beaming, Say uot a thought a form of earth Alloya Uiiae hour of dreaming 1 Sleep, lovely babe ! for time 'a raid touch Shull make these visioue wither ( Touth and dreams which charm ao much Shall fude and fly together. Then alerp, while aleep u pure and mild, lire earthly lie grow etronger, When thou ehalt bo no mora a child, And dream of heaven no longer. Disunion ttcnllmvot ' Rebuked at tbe ' Mouth. It it gratifying just now, when t wretch ed attempt is being made lo intimidate tho North by tlie threat thul if Fremont it elec ted President the Union will be dissolved, when Mr. Fillmore for Lin party, and Mr. Itrccl. inrido for hia purty, proclaim that tho South "wou't submit" to a constitul ion tally elected President, if he does not uit them. Gov. Wise and the Richmond En quirer, thu especially ferocious supporter of Mr. Buchanan, have recently been avert ing that the election ol Fremont would "in cvitnbly" dissolve the Union. The Haiti more Patriot tho organ of tho conserva tives of Maryland of the 10th, haa a very able and candid leudiug article under the headline "If Fremont it Elected, will the South Secede f Where Mary-bind Stands." In the first paragraph the extremists of both sections are heartily denounced, and tho assumption of the Richmond Enquirer ''to .i .. i p .i , i .i , apeak Butnoriiivety tor tne wnoio eoniu, is denounced. Tho Patriot say : It becomes tlio duty of such Southern member of thu confederacy as repudiate nil idea of disunion to declare them fealty to the article of confederation in language which cannot bo mistaken. So far as res peels the integrity of ihe Federal bond, it natter not who is clecte'l I resnlont .Wary l.niU will Bl:inii iiv i tut union. mm lias her prcferonees, and will indicate them by her vote : hut if the statesman whom she regards most worthy of being chosen Chief Jlagistrato shouM unfortunately bf! sun planted by a mnro popular candidate, she will iimtalR the example ol that lino old English Admiral, Iilake, who had no I. no for tlia protectorate of Cromwell, yet felt it to be his duty to servo his country, no mat ter who held the reins of Government. It is not folly but sheer midsummer mad ness to talk of separating front a confedera cy, which in union is all powerful, to be come as distinct government!!, the scorn and contempt of the whole civilized world. Mark further what follows. The govern ment of the United States, during the pres sure of the Mexican war, required a loan it was taken at once nnd at a high premi um. Recently, the State of Virginia, by merely threatening disunion, found Iter bonds unsaleable in foreign markets, and if 'ie was capable of carrying out her threats, they would not command purchasers at any price. But is the Enquirer, while hurling its denunciations against all who differ from it in opinion, quite certain that it speaks the sentiment of Virginia I There is a hardy, trnnsmontane population within the limits of that State which, notwithstanding the fierce pugnacity displayed by our co temporary, had never be roused to join in its rebellious cry. gtill less could it be brought to carry out, in practice, the trea son which the Enquirer preaches. If any secession at all takes place, it will be the secession of Western Virginia from the sea board counties but not from ihe Union. Carolina fire-caters have pointed out, in magniloquent sentences, the admirable ca pabilities of the South far carrying on a de fensive war. They have shown how bat teries, placed in this pass, and rifles bristling on that hillside, could work destruction on an advancing foo. Col. Brooks has, more over, advised, in the event of Fremont's election, that a gallant army of Southern ers equipped with bowie knife and revolver, hall march in grim procession to Washing ton, and seize upon the Government ar chives and treasury. Our impulsive neigh bor of the Enquirer straightway blows a bngle blast, aud raises the war cry of the old Covenanters, "To your tents, O Israel!" Rut neither the defensive capacity of the Southern States, nor the tempting sugges tion Col. Broaks, nor "the windy suspira tions of forced breath" of tbe Richinond Enquirer, can stimulate a patriotic people, proud of their naiional prosperity, reveren cing their naiional destiny, and sensible of tlie power which that nationality ensures, o sally forth on so Quixotic an expedition, or even attempt to crush out the memory w the past, and th hope of the future, by i act whioh would entail npon their pos terity a bitterer destiny than that which kfel th; children of 'Adam under the eight of the crimeval corne. It i confidently asserted by the Demo-1 A Weekly Ni'vvniajHT, devott'J to tlto lYiticipW of Jt'llei-Houina Poiuocnicy, and advocating Vol. II. eracy that their great stleiigih lief at the South, and accordingly they claim fur Mr. Huthanan every Southern Sutc. Wo do not cure to wake them juil yet fioin no pliauiil yet d.'lu.ive a dream, though we can aur (hem It wn no( an "angel's whisper" w hich made their iluniU-re joyous with such tidings. Still, conceding for the sake of the argument ht the South la largely Kinooraiic, we would respl fully ak how then it ll pe-siblo forth South t rufuw) Implicit o'lcdii-nce lo the ruloof any l'reiidtnt legally elected, w hen w know that it i a cardinal principle with the Democracy that "(he majority shall govern !" If the majority is found at the North during the coming election, will tho leaders of the Sgulh repudiate their Demo cratic principles, nn J fori h with rise in re bellion t Will (Jul. llrooks marshal LI c-liorts for an assault upon the Capitol I Will the Kichnioad Kuquirer sound the charge; and above all, will tho popular heart of the South respond I Virginia dare not, for her Western counties hold those ofihe East in check. Maryland will not, liir disloyalty is a word not to be found in her political vocabulary. A a border slave Stato, Maryland has suAVrcd more largely from the agrcasioni (if abolitionists limn any of her Southern sisters, but these grievances, serious as they are, would be aggravated ten-fold by a dissolution of the I iiioii. 1 he respect which a hvge major Ity of tho people of the North iiuv? have for the compromises incorporated into the Federal compact, restrain them at this limo from countenancing any active interference with (hat species of property in tho South ern Siatcs, the secure posses-ion of which is guaranteed by the Fugitive Slave Law, and reaffirmed siill more strongly by the Compromises of I80O; bullet llieConsti lulion be once abrogated, nnd who shall say lo what lengths many of iho-e men would go, who now consider themselves bound by the obligations 11 imposes I Kruin the Evaiuvill Journal Old Line Whits-Heat. If any Whig thinks of acting with the Locofoco party iu the contest, we commend to his careful perusal the following precious extract from a tract issued from Democrat ic Headquarters at Washington, shortly before tho Presidential election iu 1844, en tilled "Tract Xo. 3, The Sub-Treasury What is it.1" many copies of which circu luted through the country duiing the can vass , "When they (the Whigs) take tho man (Henry Clay) foaming with passion, with a pistol in one hand, a pack of cards in the other, tin their candidate for the Presidency, they may expect to win the support of the moral and religious by associating will him a psalm-singing professor (Theodore Frelinglniysi-n) wiih a Hymn Hook in bis hand and a liible under his arm. "Clay, half intoxicated with wine.rnving at a deliuueh, nnd Frclinghuysen fervently addressing the Almighty at a Prayer Meet ing. "Clay nt tho card table, and Frelinghtiy sen at tlio communion table. "Clay pointing wiih deadly aim at the heart o! his fellow man nnd I'relinghuysen leciiiring against dueling and col J. blooded murder. "Never was there a tyrant or usurper so bloody and wicked, that ho could not find l'riests or Clergy of sonio religion or sect to cloak his crimes and mock Heaven by invoking its blessings 011 his enormities. Our Whigs have not read in vain, nnd they are attempting to profit from its lesson. "Religion is called upon to take the bloody hand of the Duelist mid sit down wiih him in tho seats of power. "Religion is called upon to take to her embruce the devotee of tho gaming table and the brothel, that she may share with him the civil power of the coiin'ry. "Thkooore, the gift of Gon, is to take upon his sanctified shoulders HAL, THE l'RINCE OF KEVILERS, and sit him in tho chair of President, that he may sit by his side." This is what the Buchanan party said of Henry Clay in 1844. Can Whigs forgot ihe base slanders thus scattered broadcast through the Union f And now Buclmnan ites ask Whigs lo vote for the man who slandered Henry Clayl They slandered him until he sank into the tomb, and now they give him faint praises to catch old line Whig votes 1 Will the day of retribu tion never come ! An incident ol the War of 1811. It will be recollected that it was a part of the plan for the campaign of 1813, that an expedition should proceed down the St. Lawrence under the command of Gen. Lewis, with the intention of attacking and capturing Montreal. For this purpose, a detachment ef the army, under Gen. Swart wout, marched by land, and the residue, under the immediate command of Gen. Lewis, embarked on board of barges and other vessels, and proceeded down the riv er ihe forces on the land and on the water, keeping as near each other as circumstan ces would permit. On their way, Gen. Lewi whishing to know the state ef affairs on shore, sent one ef his aids, then a young Lieutenant, with orders to return and re port to him. The aid, tired of the inactivity to which he was confined on board of the flotilla, and anxious to distinguish himself, readily obeved the order. He proceeded to join the detachment under Gen. Swanwout, whom be found engaged in the little of Chrysler' Field, and immediately tender ed Lia services to that officer, w bo promptly OREGON CITY, O.T., NOVKMUEll 15, 1850. accepted them. In the progress uf the light, Gen. Swartwout directed his volun teer aid to convey tn order t another of ficer, at some distance from the immediate scene of actian. The young Lieut, mount ed hi horse, and set out to executo the or der. In doing so, lie suddenly and unexpect edly found himself Iu the presence of a bat talion of Brili.h troops, and wilhin poiut blank range of their muskets. Yet Lo boldly pushed forward, when somo of the soldiers raised their weapon, with intent to ahoot hlui, which they could easily have done. But the oflicer in commund, arcing bis peril, and observing Ida youthful ap pearance, ordered hi mrn not to fire, and made t signal to tho aid 10 come in and sur render himself a prisoner. But disregard, ing alike this signal and the danger, he rude on, and the BrilUh oflicer, wiiiiug to paro him, permitted him to escape, un harmed. Such ao rpitodc, amid the stern realities of war, seldom occurs. The mag. nanimity of the British officer, and the daring courage of tho American, are alike conspicuous and remarkable. Tho name of the former is unknown to the writer, but the hitter ws afterward known in th American Army as Major Gen. William J. Worth, the hero of many battles I lie sleepe hi hut sleep, be has fought hie last tattle; M a eouuil shall awake him lo glury again.' The Lakb Com.mkrcb. The following abstract of the Committee on Commerce, we reproduco from the Cleveland Herald : The increase of Lake Tonnage for the year ending June .10, 1855, was a fraction less than 10 per cent. A greater amount of tonnage enters and clears on the Lakes between the United States nnd Canada, than between the Uni ted Slates and nny other foreign port. Tha Lake Tonnage for 1805 was 343,- 060 tons, w hich, valued at 9 15 per ton. is $14,838,000. The present value of Lake Commerce (exclusive of Presquo Isle and Macinao uot reported) is 8008,340,320. The value of property exposed to perils of Lnko navigation is greater than all the merchandise exported from the United States to all foreign countries, or imported from all foreign' countries to the United Slates. Tho seven Lake States New-Vdrk, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, II liuois utid Wisconsiu have a population of 0,78 1,650, while the other 24 States have a population of 9,?G0,4SS, leaving a bal ance in favor of these seven Slates of over 10,000. This difference is increasing dui y. Verily in point of number there is 1 North-West, and it it making back bone every day The value of vessels shipwrecked in eight years was $8,852,004. Damages sustained by vessels for 1SJ54, by St. Clair Flats, 8000,1 48.00. From 1937 to 1805 there has been col lected for revenue on the Lakes, $5,511,- 129.03. Congress in tho same time has appropriated for Luke harbors f2,884,125 leaving a balance in the United Slates Treasury, as recoived from Lake commerce over utid above what has been taken from the Treasury lo benefit the Lakes, the handsome sum of $2,(ifl7,00 1.08. Deduct the cost and expenses of the Lake Light Houses for the same time, and the Treas ury still has a balance of over $1,000,000. Russia. Letters from Moscow state that the Czar has signalized his corona tion by making public a most important ukase, which lays the foundation for great reforms. The following poinls are con tained in it : A civio and military medal for nil who took pnrt, directly or indirectly, in the war. Freedom from military service for four years throughout the empire. A most equitable assessment of tbe poll-tax. The Emperor records an amnesty to the political offenders of 1820 and 1H31. All the Jews of the empire are freed from the special burdens of the recruitment that still oppressed them. The children of soldiers that were brought up by the State, and as such formed a part hitherto of the army, in which they were bound to serve as sol diers, are all restored to their relatives. liansas Election. St. Louis, Oct. 3, 1850. Gov. Geary has issued a proclamation for the sheriffs of the different counties in Kansas to open the polls on Monday, Oct. G for the election of Delegate to Congress and members of the Legislature. St. Louis, Oct. 4, 1850. A letter to the Republican from Gov. Geary, dated the 20th ult., says the United States troops will he stationed at points where troubles are anticipated during the coming election, and that any interference with the legiti mate exercise of suffrage will be punished with tbe utmost severity. Mr. Whitfield is the Pro-Slavery candidate for Congress. A letter to the Democrat dated the 24ih says that the Free State prisoners had been examined before Judge Cato, and committed for trial at the April term of the Conrt. kNAS. A correspondent of the Bo. ton Traveller, writing from Lawrence on tli 2 1 lb Sept,, give the following as an other chfine which is on foot for driving the freo Stato mn out of Kansas s "Since the attempted attack on Law. rence on the 14th inst., thern has come to light a deep. laid plan for murdering and driving out every free Slutu man in Kan a. A short time previous to thst dny, a fiee State man, residing near Ossawalomie, but formerly from Missouri, received in formation from a former neighbor and prc- s! a very friend, that if he wished to save his lifo he .must leave his home and try to reach Missouri, avoiding the highway and hiding iu the ravines, and when he reached M. to keep hid, for his lifo was in dungsr. Hi iuformaut stated that a large forco was lo attack Lawrence, while another party were posted along the border line, and were to march, on hearing of the destruction of Lawrence, driving before them all tho freo State inhabitant of southern Kansas, whose retreat was to be cut off by the force gathered around Lawrence. So much for tho country ssuth of tho Kaw, while on the north a largo body were to march from Leavenworth City, Atchison, Doniphan, Kickapoo, and other towns on the river, where tho facilities for crossing are great, and the reign of terror complete. The true Stnte man felt it his duty to communi cate what he had learned to his neighbors, but tho action of tho Governor in protect ing Lnwretico prevented tlje consumma tion of this deep-luid plan to destroy tho freemen of Kansas. I do not mention names, as it might be dangerous to the friendly Missourinn. "Will not the North help us t Nothing will save our Territory from tho desolation of slavery, and her citizens from the infa mous bogus laws, but the arrival of men, money, aud maturial, both peaceable and warlike, as soon as the election is over. A calm is over this devoted land now, but it is deceitful, and but the precursor of. a sterm fiercer lhau any that have preceded il. We want men who will be bona fide settlers, willing to work, dcsiious of pence but determined to maintain their rights. Our motto 1 and ever will remain, "Our liven for our Rights." The Monarch of the Uerp The Ureal Klcatnshlp vl.evtlrian.i1 This is the age of great steamers. The Persia is a modern wonder, and yet ho is diminutive in proportion when compared lo tho Leviathan. The "Mistress of the Seas," us some of the London journals call her, is built entirely ef iron, in the shape of plates, securely fastened together wiih rivets. She lias a double side fore and aft, all the way up to within a few feet of the taf- frail. She has also double decks. Ity this means great buoyancy and strength aro imparled to the vessel, ns tho space be tween the decks and sides is filled with air. She is built in eight compartments, all air nnd water light. Her registered tonnage is 23,000 tons, with capacity for coal in addition of from 12,000,to 14,000 tons. Her draft of water when loaded will be 28 feet, and when unloaded 18 ft. Her average speed is computed at 23 knots or miles per hour. She will be pro pelled by a gigantic screw 23 feet in diam eter, four paddles, and by sails. Her num ber of masts will be seven, thrco of which will be crossed with yards, and square- rigged,' as in a linc-of battle ship, and the other masts will have fore aud aft sails. Her number of boilers will be ten, five on each side, .and each having ten furnaces. She will carry, in addition to a sufficient complement of small boats, no loss than eight small screw, steamers, each 110 feet in length, placed four on each side of the vessel. The steamers will land and em bark both passengers and cargo. Ihe passengers berths are placed on both sides the entire length of the ship. The number of decks is four, and the Light of Ihe principal sa. loans, which are in the centre, is 15 feet. The number of passengers she will be able to carry is 000 first class, 1,800 second class, and 10,000 troops with field equip- nnt. Length 680 feet, breadth of beam 83 feet, depth from deck to keel C8 feet ; aggregate length of saloon 400 feet. Her dommander will be Capt. Harrison, with a crew of, in all, including seamen, engi neers, slokers, etc., from 850 to 000 men; consequently, with all on board, she will comprise within herslf a population of a large town, or even a city, say 13,000 per sons. Nearly one thousand men are em ployed in her construction. Tbe contract price for her building is 320,000 over a million and a half of dollars. There are then (be expenses of liar engines and the fittings, victualing, etc. The mere ex pens of launching ber into the water, when completed, will be no less than 40, 000, as hydraulic power will have to be used for the purpose, and the machinery employed be of peculiar construction. She will en'.er tbe water broadside on. Th tlio sido of Truth iu every ksue. No. 31. weight of Iron used in tho construction of the ship It 7,000 ton. Tbe floor of the ship it perfectly flat, the koel being turned inward and rivctted to the inner ship' keel. These several akin are joined to each other by longitudi nal webs or girders, formed of plate and angle iron. There are seventeen of these web on each aide of, the ship, which run the entire length of the vessel, and they aro placed at such distances as to extend upward, at interval of about thru feet from the keel to the main deck, and they are again closed up in length varying frem twenty to sixty fcot. Thus the outer and inner (hips are joined together by means of a great number of water-tight web or cells of extraordinary strength, giving the vessel a rigidity such as has never been communicated lo a ship before. The main deck is t rented in tho same manner for a width of twenty feet on each side, and irou girders bind one side to the other so that tho entire vessel becomes, as it were, a beam of strength, nnd the whole fabric may be denominated a web of woven iron, the rivets forming tho fastenings and tho webbed or honey-comb cells becoming nn indissoluble structure. The compartments between the outer and inner skin will hold 3,000 tons of water ballast, should it be required. The web plates are of inch iron, and the outer and inner skins are of three quarter inch iron. The vessel will have twenty ports on the lower deck, each five feet square, to receive railway wagons. She has also six ty ports on each side, two feet six inches square, for ventilation, and an abundanco of dead light. The lowor ports aro ten feet above the water when the ship is loaded. One great difficulty which the Ltvia. than will labor under will be the few great commenjal ports in the world, to cuter which there is sufficient depth ef water to enable her to pass on in safety. Accord ing to a recently published statement, hIio cannot come within eighteen miles of New York and would then have to discharge her cargo at an insiguifieani place, by the agency of lighters. The only northern port she can visit, and which has depth of water enough lo float her when laden, in safety, is said to be Tortlnnd, Maino. Which, ark tke Real Sr. Anthony's Bones ? There is a Frwnch dispute which will astonish the civilized world. A sol emn question is raised, and archbishops, bishops, priests, monks, and people aro in the deepest excitement about it, so that il is formally referred to tho Holy See, not for the first time, whether tho genuine rel ics of St. Anthony, which have been of fered to veneration for three hundred years in the church of St. Julian, at Aries, and guarantied by a papal bull, do not repose in St. Anthony's own church in Dauphinc ? The Abbe Dassy declares it, and on pupal authority, too. Was it not in Duiiphinn that these relics, brought from Constanti nople by one of their burons in 1070, cur ed that disease since kuewn as St. Antho ny's Firo ! Has not a pope before now declared the relics nt Aries to be spurious ! The archbishop is enraged at the hypoth esis, and the people of Aries are in a fever A kind proposition, offered by mediators, that "they can point out two Anlhonies, him of the desert and hint of Lcrins" is rejected with indignation. The pope shall himself decide once more, nnd his decision shall (for his time) bo binding I In the meantime the good people are urged to go on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, where relics are not so profanely caviled at. 'Car avans' (if that be a fit name) from I'aiis and Vienna are to take ship at Marseilles and Trieste forthwith, to arrive at Jerusa lem by holy week. V'se of Halt ta Cooking Vegetable. Hero is siiinething everybody ought to have known long ago, and that everybody should now read and remember: If one portion of vegetable be boiled in pure dilill'd or rain water, another in wa ter to which a little salt has been added, a decided difference is perceptible in the ten derness of the two- Vegetables boiled in pure water are vastly inferior. Thi in feriority may go far in the case of onions, as they are almost entirely destitute of either taste or color, though when cooked in salt water, in addition to the pleasant salt taste they possess a peculiar sweetness nnd a strong aroma. They also contain more soluble matter than when boiled in pure water. Water which contain l-420'.h of its weight of salt is far better for cooking vegetable than pure water, because the salt hinders the solution and evaporation of the soluble and flavoring principles of the vegetables. CSrL. J. Brown, of Stockbridge, Ver mont, cam to his death in Chicago from blowing out the gas in bis chamber at the Massasoit Douse, instead of shutting it off; he was resuscitated by the physicians, and believed to be out of danger, but died a few Lour afterwards. ADVKIMIhlMJ ItATKS. One square (13 Unas or km) one uuwrUVm, IJio1 M M twu UMrtiuaa, 40 M - ll.ix iiMrruiM, iJM Kach eubMxiieM IomMiou, 1,00 Keaauiablt deducUuti lo thu who sdvrrtM by ll.e yat. mi ii i' jajM-rjr-vn., t m pn .i WBmmm a Job Printing. Tn raoraiSToa ur tiis Altlit H la mf to Inlurni Ilia iuh!ie thai li has Juet received large stock uf Jolt TVI'U and other new rint Init material, and will be in Ihe ntdj reeeipt uf aiMiliuna culled lo all the miuiremenle of Una ! entity. JIAXDIIIUX, ItiMMtK, llf.A.VKB, CAItDS, UKCll.AW, I'A.Ml llLti-UUhK and ulher kiuua. dune lo urdrr, 011 short not re. kenlncky rallllrv LotisviLLx, Ky., Ott. 1, S.M. Two political min ting were called hers Inst night one by the American at Ea( Hall, and tho other by the Republicans at West Hall. At the former the Hun. T. L. Jones wiu lo speak, and at ihe latter, the Hon. Cassius M. Clay, At th West Hull Mr. Clay commenced hi speech by drawing a comparison be tworn the Slates of Kentucky and Ohio, as affected by slavery, when cries were made of'Movt him, wove him," 'Hurrah for Fillmore" entirely drowning hi voice. Mr. Clay said he was not aware that a Fillmore meeting had been called on th aame night, Voice That makes do difference. Mr Clay several time attempted to pro ceed, but was as often prevented, when a free light took pluce between the opposing parties. The City Marshall vainly tried to appease the crowd. At length Mr. Clay said, I will go lo Hast Hall and hear Cel Jones, and w hen he has closed make my remarks. Mr. Jones finished hi speech and then asked the few remaining to listen to Mr. Clay, who then spake for neurly bb hour, buing frequently interrupted. The Journal (American) says the Dem ocrats made the disturbance aud hurrahed for Fillmore. The Democrat and limes (Democratic) say that the Democrats took no part in tho disturbance whuTevr. The Democrat also says that the disturbance was principally confined to boys. The Courior (Whig) ssyt that tho soens was worthy of I'andemouium, and that the lorge gang of thoughtless boy and India, crert men who attempted to abridgo tho liberty of speech deserve the severest rep rehension. Km KlUor kliirA la a UneU Ciiarlestom, Sept. 30, 1858. W. R. Taber, Esq., editor of the Chariest ton Mercury, w-as killed yesterday after noon in a duel with Edward Magrath, on tho third lire, The Charleston Duel. The Charles ton Standard gives the following account ofthn affair of honor in that city, already noticed by telegraph t An affair of honor occurred last evening in the vicinity uf this city, between Wro, R. Tuber, jr., esq., one of the editors of the Mercury, nnd Kdward Magrath, esq., in which the former was mortally wounded, and died an hour after. Tho difficulty originated In the publication of articles in the Mercury in rufsieiiue to the Hon. A. (J. Magrath, a candidate for Congress. Satisfaction was demanded by the brothor, and a meeting toak place as we have mei. tinned. Difficulties continued in the way of an adjustment, and Mr, Taber full at tho third fire, the ball luking effect ill his head. Tlie weapons were pistols, and the distauc tun paces. Railroad Disaster Loss or Liee. A collision occurred on the Michigan Southern Railroad in October, between a construction and a freight train, near the Now-Albany and Suletrt crossing. Eight -laborers wore killed and twenty wounded, A bond uTV od"ii on t, II. Clay. Marly yesterday forenoon a small crowd at the Bramble House corner were gatli. ered around a plain looking countryman who wns reading from a small hand-bill or circular, .containing in substance the letter of "J. D. D-," as published in tbe Journal a few days since. The letter, as our read crs will remember) is addressed to James B. Clay, the ''degenerate son ef a noble Sirn," who how fraternizes with tho 'hounds" who pursued his illustrious falh- ' er to the threshold of the grave. As tho countryman was reading, Mr, Clay, whoia stopping at the Bramble, hearing his name spoken, approached the crowd, and interrupting the reader, inquired what it was. "Why," said the countryman, (who of course had no idea Unit lie was in the presence nf the distinguished gentleman himself,) "it's a mighty good tiling on that prodigal, Jim Clay, who's been bought up by the old liners to come over and help carry Indiana." "It' d d good," said he, warming up with the subject. Clay . straightened himself up pompously, and wiih an annihilating emphasis and impe. rious gesture replied, " AM JAMES B. CLAY, SIR!". The countryman, noth. ing abashed by th "plantation manner" of the august individual in whose presence he thus unexpectedly found himself, coolly surveyed Lim from head to fool, and plac ing his thumbs in his vest, threw himself back a la Clay, and assuming as near as possible Lis tone and gesture, responded : "THE II L YOU ARE!" and quietly added, "I had no idea th old stock was quite so near run out." The manner of the countryman was inimitable, and th joke so broad that the whole crowd, old li ner and all, joined in a laugh, and Clay beat a retreat. Lafayeltt (Ini.) Journal, (7 A i-f! kernel of barley, frewinf upon tho Vab4,th siaaon.haDrodueediixi-iialwlka. I yielJuJg wittiiu a fraelMO ef 3,000 -grains. t