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.TUB-OIIM AltUUS. : ' rvw-wuxa ton imioir nokkixn, BY. WILLI AM L. ADAMS. Office-Good's DuilJina,-M.,i lt EJito- . iJ0,,t 1,1 ,,r5t stcry. It ungl, ihnUrt-ri,r.-, IhUrt fuo- ten at olt, n fir,. (V t uuimjt lit mauHfv nburin. Or piper 4mHtii,,4 until U trrenrnrt. .unriwlj admire f . .. i I'vt til Argm, , ' . uxr.'t Jun'M to ,. A. W. .1 a A'M'V.ir' Gift, i You ak n N,w Ykir'i U ft of m -i And what, O what lull lliui gift bof I'd giYu it qn.ck If I but knew .'- Wbui would be lulled b .-il to ou, 8lill ll be gIJ or jewel rurof 'Or coetly g.-nuor dlaiiM-ml Cd, f . . Orguilydriorrieiilii. ; OrrU- ..,. . fflli of worldly fame, I .uMtribrd wl.li buuorn, ui d a unit That would lliiougliout ill coining limt 13 hoard Willi piido in every cliiuo ! Or would you u Jt lajreino coulrol Of ill tlia woi.'d from pule lu x!e, Till every ting loin, hi;o, and ,uie Would own ihy sway and cull ihee jreal T " hi no, mctiiiuk ilmi all ihe joy - Tbul earth all'uids ean never el.-y ' That proud aiigelie wniI of limit, c ' Till il wuu'd bow lo mli a .hi iue. For I, d ar girl, h ive b.l'.cr llilii; ,,, Iu lur for lhco,aiid lu.i.lxul uv,y Of hcutvu! lure lo you shall bear Of all ihrir sweets a I.bcnil ibure. - And if lienrt, wliero find eaieein Aud love for tin a Julh rri-;n Mii-re me, ' "Will cancel all your eliium-n me, ' " ' 1 Then here ! nnu, I (jive It thre. IcM:nu!lli',Jan. I, IVS7. o. uw. w tm&n 0 El Vol.. II. I'Vdoniaii Dcinocnify, find ndvyratin the siilo of Truth in oveiy issue. No. HO. OKECJOX CITY. O.T.. JANUAltV in. is.if" . j - - 1 . ,, F'V tht Argm, 'Wssaae, I.o(, and MairUce. o ( I . ..... Ev ' K- Ktil'.H. ., Never marry w ithoul (lie full coti-tent both or your inifiiilid conjutiiunit ft tcniU ud your own. ' Marriaao in not CDinin'mly unlnippy, antl moiof ihostj MliOCiitii,l..iii of cuimuliiul uii.ricn iiuvo us much uuti.H. faction at tliuir tiuiurn uoulJ have ail millrd or lln'ir conduct piocuri-d in anv 'othur coiidiiion. Marriai'fi ulioiild bn con- idrfd h t!if ni3-t m inim vum of mt )otual filniKWiij) a siaiu fiom whifli ar tifice mid toiiivalmniit nrc lo Lo Lanislicd forever, and in which cvrry net of dUsim ulalion is a brehcli of f.iitli. Prido in a 'woman italroys all HViiiiwtry and grace, and airociutbn h a tnoro icrriLlo iniMiiy to a fine fucc turi tlia su.nll-po.v. No wo nion is cnjiaWo of h iji boautifu! wlio is not iucaput.lo of beiiij f..le. ' 'If tlilu bo error, an.l unrui uu. provod, 4 ' I uivcf writ uor no nia.:i err lovd." "" No womau can b handmo by tbu frcoof feature uIoud any mora than slin can be witty only by the help of i.ici ch. Jt H treason against tho law ()f God and of levo f,.r any to marry unless they wd ; ' that is, tulles they love and ho trae lo their love. ' ' "Lot mo no! tho marriage of true minds i 'Admit unp.iiimi-iiiii. Love imiot lovs ,. , Wli.cli iilloni wlian il alteration liudo." . . Rido wot poat. for your mutch ; if yon I do, you limy in tlm period ol your ji-urnuy takesonow fur your inn, and make repent. , anoe your boat. 1 would not advi-e you . to marry a woman for htr beauty, "fur f beauty is li!:o summer fruits, whicli uro apt to corrupt und are not lasting. Tinr j a great ditfoiviico benveen a pm Lioii niul a fortuno with your wifo; if alto bo not vi. tuous, bt bf-r portion bo ever so fjreat, ' 'she s no fort6nfl tn joti." It U not the lustre or pold, Iho'spatklin; of diainotidK and emeralds, nor the yplmdor of tlm pur ' pie tincture, that adorns or PinbiHishes a 'Woman, but tfriulty, discretion, humility, ' and rrtodesly." Wliero loo is there h no labor, and; if ihero is labor, the lubor is 11 loved. Tbe' ulinost of a womnu'a eliarae ' ter U contained iir domestic life ; first, her ' pioty toward God, and next in the duties of a daughter, a wifu,"a luotlmr, and n ''sister. ' ' ''' " '' ' 1 ' ' "The diarot boon frm lit nven above ' In bll.sa which brii'lillv hnllowa home : 'Tin aunligu to the world of love, And li.e purti wine w.ihoat na foam, MiTB kve bolown llie u;re:iiig kis Couail the donitstic bourj of ,ir..: ... ; . . , . .-.-!. . "a"JT "-fji tiiiu-s . in fatnilieu riae from ilia iiilliny way some women .. lave in si ending tli. ir time, and gratifying a,;only their eyes and ears inst. ad of their reason and undfraianding. The plainer .7,th dress with preaterdoen beauiy appear, i .yi,rtu'; 's t!" Bri''tMit ornament aul good IClme tht. besteijuijiage. luioluble fidel Oi itJT, gooj. humor, and complacency of leni . .'per in a wife outlive all tho charms of a ('fine face, and in'ahe tho decays of it iuvis ,i ;ible. ,'As the "Id phrae is, he who yets a , . good husband fur his daughter has gained k a too j and be w ho inee's with a bad one, baslosta duiiirliter. TUa W'HV k.lirr..,v .... aiU. ". Ilio d.'epiv.ii,jiir,-( lui.bJiid low avwid Jury, in Cull.iil.rall.M. ,f I.,f.,.i!u.. rx ittu op tiik Acm ha,,,!!,,, i v.die. of X, ;i.yJ ir loir, ii.b Tru.u Mir;of j Smli a ed:tterni,d t..fbe the olilv one ,01 ;'"ib!.... The crime f wJ.iflion is on- ..our rea b u lllir j, v( :t, ti . i i . ( .. i.,.,..:....,.. Vlli,... nB i uiHtiur, An iiitil:i'ildu mnmnit of ibu! verbal r.hr,nt..fr i.Ti.ii,in 'n. iiu ii,.. 0V. iit-,i, h . d ih.ri to, mid of the pri.b.jnc.iiittM :ro;'.lin, 1 It. r.f.ire, liaro but abl- coi.M(ti. iii-cn of itx tlnium , I. wi,j yiven cotiiieuci lo the univeMal srnli we ure p. rMiud, d, h, n.ore p. rtiiit lit at ibi I mnit. in ib-i-htin;' l otic ff the i-reate.t 0f aithiaiin... aitdpUc. . jciim.H. Thee iwelvo Port Hope iiirn Viih. Hi ii.l. rm.ii (the imirdi rr-d innn) bare rniaed nu old itarv moiitiineiit over WMi tli boM.m fiiind ol Cit-o. !r."liii. ib'the r.-uixiiix i,f inir lm, I, .mn. nf l.iw. h,. a, let early c! iw mate, J and have pr.t .im. d m ioiim that onnot bulk n tuft. I I.hvo my information from a reliable otiro fiom a highly rn-rwela. Lie Mi.n.uii nit.rcliMiit. Vou a ill auk, why lllia cruelly I why I hit great injustice! I'uUUe Jtvrtloi at AtiorU. , At a pi.bliy niei liii( cnvrm-J at the Auditor' ollii o in Atoria on the 20ili iuii, AI)UiTIMX; IIATIJ One xpmre (I;' Ut er .mI liB.rH.-a, J ntf lach nilMiuni iiui-tj.h i i-ii Itraxintb' dtdueiioot to tin m who adunix by ; - ll- y. nr. Job Printing. T rnnrtmnt of ma Ai'AifH uiluiotiu ti.o j,, I, .o il.-i ), u ji.i ff.fn.,) a lor; . 6, k of J( 'It 1 VJ H and other in nrm. in.' nmvrat, nr.. I will b in tl-o r: r,!y r , f irid.t -.m u.:d toal! il.o n,uliMi rui nf i)n Ut unity. IIAMU.II.I. Jiftll I.m. I I AM.u CAI.liS, t IIXl I..M.K I AMI l!l I i.ui.i k ni.l ii hrr I hi.:., Julie to i-i-lrr, no .lion i ot;r. (."'r-iiitho Nrw Vo-kTaiw Co l of lb mutual lontrtt. Kew peo; !o tivcr Hunk of llu-txptn-a in r nnuuit to notice pr,,voUly given, A. A. I cat!, of n rreidei:tial cot.tt. Vet it i Oll-l III C'llli;-,,-,!,,!! ( I hi 4 n-IViineilli: mill- hood ; be wa the r cipient of hi kind n ,aiid i ho iulim" A UU fiinilv. lln (Tito Hell-1. rOii) Weill on a journey in Austr. i.i, anil r-'iniiiii- d away for inativ years; liu re'iiru.-'l, ami wu- rec ied into the bu..iii of bis family with njiwi aimn hy hie old Iri- lid. 1 1- ate til (1. o. li(.".lin'n luble; eat by lii liro.ide drunk ln-iu the eanwglas the pb d-of cnviviuh;v, uud if. . '' KerLRH and Alexander. When Pro t: 'feasor Siepheo Alexander, ol Princeton, pre. '" tented his great rwbular hypothesis to :b 'scientifio convention, Professor Pierce, one f the most distinguished asironoraers and mathematicians in the country, staled that, while he could bot accept all bis numerical tabulations; h was convinced of one tbing-hat had Kepk-r not lived, Prof. Al txtmler, by pouuing this train of inv.sti. ftion, would Lave been the Krj-lerof our OCT" More pciicli tbrougb too much con fidence than by too much ftar; where one iJjn.Ti, there are many that presume. i XoliUli;'.--! Hi.- u al in vr.i'U of liieli-l diiti. lie incept-il, in fine, all tbnte nrxics. pledges, and favor-, wU'mU cons itiite in the eyes ev. u of the null) Arab of tho desert tllenHcr, d liolicl nf lnplujnv. 'l lios lb tifl, -reoii. iu lb.- inidsl of the.- oeial Ijl.-eeiii-r-. libuidlhe r-.iit..f I ti vi per that etllll' I be Yau-ilv of !h- hililldc man that ehelleivd it IVoiii colli and hinder. ' in-a Upon me .'llle"H f liiliiuaov lo debauch the w ifM of bis bol. Ilode- Ktioyed the tl.iinee-tic p' lico and blusted the hopes of bis loo confMiiii fiieud. e,.. duiad ii weak, mIIv noitu.n to wlmm hie friend had ilie iiiinr'iiiiH lo link bis drs. liny, lie eb-ped with her. , And. liddine ecalllilig ili-u'.t to fuiil and cruel injury, he UuHKleO ol Ills pel lormaiiee, ami lielalded iia ehatniri-l deed 10 Ihu Hiirubalioii of kindred npiiitx. I hos. llvtiderson committed the darkest in uiiiy known to our Celtic forefmhers: I : ... ... iiscuuie was tn.il il.-n mill ilainnn-.r one. the ulitiMM of ho-;ialiiv : be b-Iruvi-d the ici' il b'-iKir nf bis -.. ncious huVt : hie di-ed is tho blackest in the f yes of must men that tl;u Jiht of lioaviu bus ever shone upon. For ibis tnisd ed G- o. HioL'din f-llowid him from l.-wn to tmn, riiib avorin-r to liud him, tl.at bo 'might have veng- ance. lb' gul pose-rtii'iii of n revolver, und prac tiefd from day to day al a target fr the space of six weeks, that ho mihl not inies bts mark. II. evinced throughout an uvi. dt i.tdot?i inina!ion to take tho law Into his own hands. At l. nglli his enemy came to ' lied on i on nope, jieeoinpanieU by the iiuliiitu liatc woinan w liinn he had se'iue.-d. lim.r diu cimu down to the sicaiuer, tinned Willi u eix sliooter, ch iruc'd in oveiy b.irnl. lln nc riaiiieii, wi i.e laluing and jesting wjih soma of UU fiiends, thai Henderson was on board; inimedintely going to 'the caliin window, he leaned iu wards, and at the fira lire elml hi-, en -my th ough the heart! Now id mi-ii can say, or di siies to my, one word in pullunioii of Henderson"' crime. Thu sc diiciii.u of a si-ti r or a wile harrows a man's soul us does no other in. jury in the power of a villain lo iull ct. Our blood boils with indignation at the baie prospect of such an issue to those we low. Hut Hoc'iutiot ii fli c: witlionl loath; ing and coiiiiinpt upon the peculiar en-ducW-f the avenger in this instance. Had Geo. Brogdin chulleiig.-d tile d- etioyer of bib happinefS met him on a litir field in the pnfiioi) of g.-nili-iiirii, nud sent iiim from a noil I wliu-ll he had' oii!ra"ei! bv his presence, then no mini, iicoording to the iileas which prevail iiinnng those of hie cl.ies, put 'would pronounce thai he hud doito as a biavecnd bfin-i.'ilile man oi'uht 1 1 do. Jul to mi. ak cat.lil;-- upon a ton, however deep th injury he has inflicted to steal up to a bar-window-, and, without wartiiiiy or udinoii lion nf Bny kind, lo send a bullet to his In art, is a spi ci- s of retalia tion whicli, in. any other pl.ici. ,m '0n I lope or Sun I''iaiici.-co, would stamp the avenger as a coward, if nut soim lbing worse." 1 ' ..' There are few of our renders who lot it lias been to be neituivd on 'the obi sod, hut have heard or wi'ne.m d duels for of ff-nses siinii.ir to that of Henderson. If a man or b-vtslcd of unlafn amours in the obi country, ihe a'gri-ved par-y sum moiled lliin to niiiifIp conibit lb- met his foe in the open oav, and the injured man obtained that satisfaction for u gri.-vous wrong which nations mid arini-s, bv the common coliseum! uwitikind, demand fiorn i a b other. Hut in tins instant--- tin- eu-e was w i'lely (lilll-reui. ' AV'e look in vain tor a piirlicle oT chivalry in llie wliobi aifair Arid wh-ru vu woitl-l HXpi-oi to see a gen- tleiiinn mci ting fairly, and in the field, a m;) who had f -nllv wrong 'd hint, wp can se only the cool-mirtd-d biwyif j-sting one minute with his I'rii-iids, and the ih-xi shooting dow n in cold blood an unarmed and di'li-hselces man. That that man was a villain of deepest dye. no one can doubt ; but iliai Ihu mail who shot bun was a cliiv abic high-minded gentleman, that he was any oilier than a merciless, coid blooded a-sas-in, we have no other d.-nioi-stiaiion thun that afforded by tl)e Verdict of a I'orl Hope jury. VV' do n-rt wieb lo etigmalize Grt). Urni-diu as a murderer, because be is said to have sheu 'J'hos. Jleniler-on. P.v no means. Had a man be- n shot at ten paces fur the coiiiini'lal of a wrong fijr which Ihe law gives r.o reparation, the verdict n-iylil bo reasonably "served him right. " r Bui we object to that savage and bl'si-ly Code which would justify the slay, ing of any man without first giving him a chance for his lif,,. The mau ho takes the law into his own hmls an-l pronounces an opponent guilty without jui'e or jury, is the very mail w ho of all others is bound to give that opponent a fair field; and if, alter aix week' lyinz in wa't, he spring Uon him and kills him tchil vnarmtri, he. commits an act which cai.rioi be tolerated l.y Iran men in miy civilized euntmutiiy. Although a have tboi ta quitucallv expressed our horror at the mode by which in- mistaken. cither hy ih liutermic'iit or Ihe L-;'isl.iiiire, that ih- in'i Iligetice of the I md can I) ar no lunger with a criminal cole which is repiigiiHid uhku to honor, ii-HMin. niul justice. m m m The result ef the Ha! of Gen. limgditi 'bows tli.it the sedtiilinn of a wile or abler it n iriiiie greeter than wilful iiiurd. r, aii-ce wilful miir-ler is ju-til'u, in irtaba t'o:i. Iiehowt that in i!;e opinion of an uni ball-ii-jid jinv, there Is no la in i!ii country for the victims of lb! diulH.lic.il injury. It il- uii-ti, irates thai a man is ju-tilicd tn administering coadign puuieh- prrvioiis that ho w-a determined to havo ui-i.t hi ne uitunerer orseilui er, tn (tJi- -a!p, and ha wus seen after that io the a, I nj (M mm,m CO. ,: And w.'b these Tcrrit,)rV al )(.ar ,h (IenJ Lu( Lifts etarin-f lie in t In. fn!. i i I...I I . ' ' express our earnest boi-o that tbe AHor my t.'eiieral will employ bis undoubted legal lab-nts toward inatiiring uch a ineas ur for lli'nmeiiiliu--i!t-of our criminal code a w ill define clearly the law of mur der, manslaughter, or homicide, and will administer an adnjiiate punishment to the ib etrovr r of doiiieslic l eace. lu the mean time, with the ncanilt.il of . . ueo. iitoedni heiore them, those uwn who have bei n liiiiltv of i lin crime of aetluo- limi, will fed decidedly comfortable when they reflect llint an injured brother or an injured husband may shoot. them down like dugs, in open day, as iniscreiinls whose lives are forfeited to society. .V SaoUnUWr- TrMtmony of le Horri ble Uutracrs la Kansas. C'orrceTioiicMice oflho Ki;h nj (Va.) Whig 1'l.ATTB CoUMV, Mo., S-pt. 10. I send yon a few faots in wiiu'ng, belicv. ing that you know very little of w bat is daily transpiring 'in the Great V8t. the Old Lino Whigs and tho independent What information you Virginians get, l''iee Soil Germans. . coming from seme littlo papers in Kansas c, " T,'e !T,"s.i,inn 4,10 extension of papi mid I I.e holders thereof, is not to be re- H hat those p.ipers cntnin ia fidso in part is fa V iu toto. I send yon a printed sample. 1 have lived long in liicbinonil. bill bin now in thin goodly land, the'Tlatte I'urchiiM)." ,"A fairer land than this never sun viewed in bis wide career. A lovely spct fur u!l that life can nsk. Salubri ous mild." Tbe Keillors of Kansas nro from almost every Slate in the Confederacy, but chiefly from tbu free Siatei; the rest aro mostly Missotiriuiiu. . It is doubtless known to you that the M'ssnurians luivo made ro jeated iiivnsioiis of Kansas. When the election came off, (the first one particulat 'i'll bundtuils of wagons, loaded wilh pro visions, nrms of every Ciilihc-r and name, ammunition, aud barrels of whisky, wern driven to wi'liin half a mile of the polls; there tho invaders encanincd ; and such shouting, KWeurinir, drinking, firing, halloo ing, roaring, ilamiiing, J;e n.ver saw he fore. Next morning they mulched to the polls and gave a Democratic vote. After voting ihey returned to their camp, renewed their Bacchanalian orgies, and the next day crossed oer lo Missouri. This is as true as any record in the United Suites. It would require many sheets of foolscap to conluin a tithe of thu burb.vb li-s, lobbi rrit H and murders tbul have been coiuuii'ted in Iian.-as. . You know the Mis souiiaus hnve thiown every priming press itito thu Missouri river .thai did not hoist the in-gio Hag. It is thus you learrx parte testimony, and nine eii-bihs of that is fabrication, A majority of the people in Kmieas were ami are for making it a free Stale. They aie not A'-olitionists, but free State men. The Missouriatis, Knowing lliis, have had recourse to various expedi enls. The last or deruier resort, is to ex pel or ostracise them. . A limit ti-ii days ago, the Missourians in vested Leavenworth city, iho largest town in Kansas, and gave peremptory orders to every free Stale man in tbe city to leave in one hour and a half, or die. On hun dred peaceable, orderly artizant, mer chants, dec, were thus finmpellud to leave heir houses, tools, furniture, atoros, fcc, lo the honesty and nieruy of . One of them had yjf' his store S.'O.IIUO worth of goods as p-'r invoice. If you have any idea of what w.re ihe feelings of the Athe nians when they abandoned Athens, arid Tiinon took with him only a part of his house forniiure, then you may form tome opinion of tbe calamity that fell nn these one hundred families. Ther left their homes their all. Hue might have bought houses and tott worth thousands of dollars fur f 5 aud 810 ; might have bought a wa gon load of furniture, or rich and cosily Il is because the Missntiiinns !Uv eillitr i Miimer, Ij y-i cnlbd to the chair, and I really s'lnitbii'g fi.orxoui. The vast lieuni, or they eiisped thu liendi of lli.-se James Hiijna Hpioii.t..d Secretary. niiit hiiiery n-i-eseiiry to curry on such a hundred fumilies prefer living in n free On motion, J.tmnTityl ir, V.-n who bad c.uivas ihn number of or-snimtlon. .S'ute to ihut nf a slave Smte. Th. y arV( '" n d-priv.-d of hi, id iu (bo h,-ue f wlrcli It ieultes t!m arr.oinl of printing, peaceable, onbrty, wcllb-havcd p-cpl ; jrepr,,.uiati. of the Legislative Asst-ni. of writing, of postag-and of b.lor of every were rich, or Incoming so rapH!)'. Tl-ey I of Owgon territory, by a vole of a ma- kind whit h Is brotti-ht into ierice it far area go ahead people. They are notab Jor".v "' hody, was culled to address beyond any eetimnto uxmtfj formed. Let olil",li,- tbo iiim ting. Col. Taylor re.puiid. d to us stale a few fat-is, which inny aid in form. To add to tho above, the Misouriima 'he csll ami expo.ed lu a clear and lucid ing an opinion, make fn .ur nt excursion, in tlm Ti rriti.rv, I ihe conduct of the mnjytpy in tho Tli-re in.iy be POO cumin, and not far '"".v HI almoi iJow n a Tree b'uu- m-n ol Jtcn ii'auvei. And urtir some from 0,'JUO towns, in tho lliirty one State ju-t at soon at ihey wo-ibl a ihrr, aid fu'll'.r dieciiesion in which Meesrs. W. II. o,ni.r..:i.g tho I'nion. t.ry town liaa sojn, r, too. ' Nor is this nil. Th.y hue' if'. A. A. Skinner, V. W. J'arkt-r, and o , p-lit-cal dub of each jirty, and many rlj- 1st to nil per.uisi.. in or out of ti e A. U. Mt Kean participated, a comriiitt. e f.wnt Imve many more. There wera un- cabin. 51. rciful God! Tbia may be rice 1 listing of A. A. Skinner, V. W. IVk. doubtedly, during iho last cantass 0cr 13,. v' ' i r, and Ad...n Van Huen was appointed Odd orga'ni.ej iluU klonging f each of A free Statn man was found, eight days 10 I'repuro n sdutioiit expre.eivo cf ih,. ih0 political parties ithin"ih United co, murdered and scaled. Theaup. cnieof the meeting in relation lo the Smt-a; the numb- r of -remotit cluU may ed murderer and scalper livra in my cmn. ,n,",tfr ' hich ihe coiHes:t-d election f,0in have been o.ODO less, ainco the Republican IV, (rintte) and was heard to any the dcyj !' county has been tlisp -scd cf by thu orgatcMtinn did Hot extend into the iluve House or rcprtseiitiitives. , . Stales. . On motior, ihe meting adjourned ur.iil Euch of these Clubs wero in acliva op-' Ihursday.Dee.a.-Mh, 1U:,0, at such time, eraliou for .it least three months. Jiach und place us tho said coinmittc-e shoulj ap- of them required rooms, priming, postage, I01"1, . moro or less travelling of their ollicera At Or a, Duo. 23th, pursuant lo tho ap. and commiUees ; and these, with other in poiutiiiont of the eon.miltee and of public cidi-nlal expenses, could not hnve amount notice, tho meeting assembled nt the As. ed, on tho memge, to less than $100 a loriu Hotel, and having been culled to or- month, or 8t)t)0 for the canvass.' Tho la tter Lo the chairman, tho majority of tin- bors performed bv tbo secretaries, prcsb coui.i.ilico appointed at Ihe prvious meet- di t.'ti. niid committees would certainly ing; reported tho following, which, after amount lo tho stendv services of at le.t considerable discission by ,Mer4. Hustler three men cadi, worth not less thin IOO and Parker, wcro adopted by a birg ma- each for tbo tvbolo three months. Nor . less than 1.000 tiersons have been aelivn. R-solved, That altera full ami careful My engaged, for tieaily tho whole of tlia examination of ilia report of the commit- eama-., in making speeches and public-' tee appointed by the houso of reprcseli- addresses; travelling from place to place, Mines of thu Legislative Assembly of and abtnys at an expense which must bs Oregon territory, iu tho cuo of tlm ton. I '"ft by somebody, and entitled, of course, tested election from Clatsop county, aud I lo bine llieir own services estimated at a of the printed evidence accompanying the fuirpric-, probably 6300 for each, Irolu- same, we have hern compelled to adopt 'brng their expends, would not be a low the opinion that said report is contra- estimate. dictory, confused and iiiisatisfiiutory," and Tb. ti on election day there are opened that tho conclusions arrived ut in t aid re. i" the United Siatea not less than fifty on are not sustain, d by tho cvid-.nce as thousand polls at which each party reported hy suid committee. ' stations not less than five men, besidea , le 'Ived, That "after having thorough, ihe inspectors, polioemen and other legul ly and fairly examined" the depositions ollic- rs, wh;) average, perhaps, live inon printed wilh suid repnit, w0 are fully (ion- nuking ten in ull, hose services are worth vinccd that 'Charles llr ndriekson and at leasl two dollars each. Charles Wist had not resided in 'Tillu- Let usmni up tbo agj;regato of all theso mook county for the two niutitl.s next pro- item.-!. cectling the election in June last, und tin re- Inoidentnl expenses of 40,000 c'ubs foro wero nol entitled to votu in suid couti- at SUDO each, fJ,000,000 ty, but that ihey had n sided in Ayoria Scrvic -s of tlueo men each, for iu Clatsop coun.v. and sailed from that .. ""'V1' mom al.HH': 12.000,000 1 have lived long in ltichmond. I own slaves; but I do not liko, nor can I like, an abolitionist; a frecsoiler I do nol bate, or blame. I nrn no croaker, but I believe human endurance has been curried to its utmost teiieion, and that a long, a cruel, and bloody civil war is about to commence. God save the Commonwealth ! Yours, truly, Vbiiit. Opposition to Hlavtry la Missouri. The Missouri Democrat states that there is a stiotig Free Soil feeling in that slave Stale, especially among tho Germans. As tlx ro was no Uepublicnn ticket numi-1 nuled, they could only oppose Inichunon by voting for Fillmore. Tho Detunciai says: " Tho inorease on Fillmore's vo'e over Living was derived from two enures Slavery which is socharacleristln nf n nnr. tion of our German fellow citizens, prompt ed thorn lo voto for Fillmore ns a protest ngainsi me ciiicuinau platlorm. I le y dislike the Slavery Propagandists and Fii- luiisters more. " Such is a brief and candid pxplana'ion of tho issue in St. Loni. Tim Whigs voiid lor rillmore, the (jernmna voted ngainst the Cincinim-i platform, while Rmno of the Benton Democrats regarded .1 tic contest with the saoie apathy with which tlie l)iiciianan men regarded the re ection of our delegates by tho Convention, The event is pregnant with instruction." Hereafter the Free Laborersof Missouri will not be reduced to such an alternative.'. They will have' n Republican tickol, and will voto for h.Alliani Evening Journal. .-. Soullicrn lUVniVo to a Nnrlhera Slavery FMrnsloBlst. We present to day an extract from Ihe New Orleans Delia. Wo attach but ihe smallest significance to its fire-eating prop omI ion about reopening ihe African slave trade. It will find no backimr from tlu this world Union men of the South, for we believe that every day adds to the reprobation of of such an idea, niul llint the African slave trade w ill forever remain condemned nrn) outlawed upon the National statue book. America will never degrade herself to the level of Portuguese and Spanish pirates. Without further comment, we commend to the Northern-born editor of ihe Delta the eloquent speech of the lion. U'm. C Rives, or that portion of it in which he avows his suspicion of that man, reared in the North, who goes South, and strives to -icatler fire brands by outdoing the South iu prai of her institutions, and lo engen- dera greater hostility between the two sf cti-ms of the Union. Petersburg ( Va.) Intelligencer. i .i .. i i. . .i .,( ,i . , . I wnw iicmsnii'i s manors uirca port for the two months i.ext preceding ,n,t , i,, r.no nrm said election, und hud therefore acquired O.lieers, chulleiig-rs, &a., nt Hie right to vote in said county. Aud llial , tho polls, 1,000,000 at tho said Juno election Col. James Tav- lor received n majoiity of Iho b-eul votes I polled, and was consequently duly elected a representative from Clatsop county. husolvei!, Hint the adoption of any rule iu tho investigation of the testimony in said case that would invalidate tho votes ol Cliailca Heiidrickson and Charles West, Total, 25,6Qtl,00 Here is a total of moro than twenty, five millions of dollars expended in the canvass nil of it the voluntary offering of tin- pi-oplc, to s euro the choice of such a I'reaiilt-bl ns they desire to see elected, The aggregate is much more likely to ex- would be equally fatal to greater number U('c'' lllisPsli""'l han to fall below it, as of votes cast for the contestant. 11 ll0' 8 ""' ',!u,l "lu money rinsed by ex- Ik-solved, That the house of renrcsen. 11C""S fri"" otlice-boldc-r.t, or contributed CiT Judge Mittal, in a re cent charge to the Grand Jury of Fioone county, Ken tucky, expressed himself, in relation to the pructice of carrying concealed weapons, in tbe following energetic, though not very elegant, language : "Now I think that 1 am safe in saying that one man in twenty has a six shooter in his breeches pocket, or a bowie kniflf in his breast, and if you ain't careful you will come in contact wiih some of these young gentry, traveling arsenals, as I call them. They make it a point lo learn enough of law to throw you in the wrong; you will then see tin in brace themselves back ayainsi a wall, and, when they think themselves safa in the eye of ihe law, they Ihu away. ' I wsnt you lo qit rijll after theitfrl'mn " (& TU celebrated Dian Swift, in preaching an assize sermon, was severe against the lawyers for pleading against their consciences'. After dinner, a young tntives by giving tho sent to Joub W. Moliiit, has asMiiui-d ihe right to elect a representative for the people of Clatsop county; thus trampling on ono of the dearest rights of freemen, and violating hu essential principles of representative goverument. ; . Resolved, That a body of men guilty of so gross an outrflga on the rights of the people and showing such a disregard, for the cardinal principles of democracy, are not entitled to the name, und are altogeth er unworthy of iho respect duu lo a legis lative assembly, and are the fit instru nient of a tyrannical, insolvent, and cor. rupl faction, and a disgrace loan iutulli"eiil and honest constituency. ! Resolved, That Joab W, Moffitt bo re qucsled lo resign the seat in the house of repnsetilatives thus fraudcnily and dis honestly obtained, ih order that the people of this county may have an opportunity of selecting a man who will faithfully n-pre-sent the interests and reflect the views of amajority of the legal voters of the county. On motion, Resolved, That ihe Secre tary be instructed to send copies of tl.e minutes of this meeting to the newspapers, with a request lo publish.' ' The meeting then adjourned. ' ' ' A. A. SK1NNCR, Chairman. James Wayne, Secre'.aiy. ' counselor said some severe things against Ihe clergy, and added ibat he did nol doubt, clolht, cassimeres, and silks, for !0 lojwere tbe devil lo die,' a parson might be 820. From what I hear, one migr-t hare ! Curd lo preach Lis funeral sermon. bought enough to load fifty wagon for i i 03 or 8200 of lest. Many did buy wa ron load for a rscrc pi::aaca. The great OT Prof. Morse writes lo the Vice Presi dent of ihe Ocean Telegraph Company, that Ihe practicability of !elegraphii g through a cable from In land lo Newfound. S laud has been tested by an experiment of "Yes," said Swift, "I would, and would give ihe detil hi dus, a I did hi children this nuing the current through 2!)U0 mile of cable coated with gutta-percha. They a-ere able lo make as high as 270 telegraph ic signals or. mark with tho Morse instru ment in a minute. This ii considered de cisive in favor of the direct route recer.ly urveyad, . . in largnsuins by candidates, lo bn used for purposes less legitimate, but more closely, than those we have enumerated. Much of It g's into the hands cf the working men printers, laborers, and other who fairly earn it. Hut immense amounts go to tiill the pockets of political gamblers And swindlers, who look upon a Presiden tial election as Ihe harvest of their pro fession. ' . Pkkit.mi!s ah Preventives' or Mouldi nkss. Mould iucss is occasioned by the growth of minute vegetation. Ink, paste, lent her, and scuds, most frequently sutfer by it. A clove will preserve ink any es sential oil answers equally wdl. Leather may be kpl free from mould by the same substances. Thus, Russian leuihor, which is pertained will) the tar of birch, never be comes mouldy ; indeed, it prevents it occur ring iu oilier bodies. A few drops of any essential oil will keep books entirely frea from it. For harness, oil of turpentine is recommended. Alum and rosin are used to preserve b -ok. binder' paste, but ineffect ually; oil of turpentino succ-edi better; but, by small quantities of oil of pepper mint, anise, or cassia paste, has teen pre served for srveral years. Dr. Maeinloeh recommends the addition to the finur and water of some brown sugar and a little corrosive lublima'e; thesngaf keepjr.g it fl..xil,le when dry, and thesubli State preventing it from fermenting, mid from being a'tneked by insect. A few drops of any of the es-en'.'al oil may lie ad. ded lu the paste w hen it i mvie. It dries when ex fined to the air, and may be used hy merely wetting it. Seed preserved by the essential oil: i of great consequence when I lo a ui.tiinc". Ut course, moieture must be excluded a much as possible, a tbe oij of olU prevent only tbe bad e fleet of meulds. Family Irimi, in may oe usea d may a' V oil; an. 1 n they are si.nl