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fifh iTWrtrti nvA.fr- !d r I" tro, fthile the firmer L. SDANt, SDITOS AND MursiITOS. osnaoxr city i SATURDAY. MARCH 14, 1857. In tnoihr column will be found notice! of an emancipation project in Mis souri, hic!i recent eventi in tin Lgil lure of that State hi v caused llio discussion of. Tbe propositiou hinted at in llio Mit oo ri Democrat, tbat it would pay in a pe cuniary point of view for Missouri to buy 11 the slaves and rid herself of tbe curie of tlavery, at tbe expense of the State treasury, we consider capable of being fully demons! ruled, At tbe date of the last census Missouri bad 3,038,125 acre of improved land, having a cub value of G3,223,343, with 6.791,24a acres of un improved land, with a probable cah val-ie of ten million dulla", in round number, making an aggregate of 873,225,543 her total landd wealth. We find an item in the St. Louii Intelligencer to tbe effect that lands of the same quality ranging on either tide of the Iowa and Missouri line era worth a hundred per cent, more in Iowa than in Missouri, for the aimple reaon that laboring farmers, winning to procure per manent homes, are unwilling to settle in a State where slave labor prostrates the cner gics of the country, and renderi white la bor discreditable. The .Missouri Democrat estimate! that emancipation in Missouri would enhance tbo value of lundone Imn dred per cent, by more than Ihribbling her tfreo white population, and adding vastly to Jier internal improvements in a few year. Missouri hat now 00,000 slaves, w hich, at an average valuation of two hundred anj fifty dollars each for old and young, would cost 822,500,000. Thus it will bo seen that by an outlay from the Siato treasury of twenty-two millions and a half, to pur chase these negroes, she would have an increased valuation of real estate equal to 803,225,.r)43, making a clear net profit of 8 40,725,5 13 by the opera:ion. Thii is no fancy sketch, but the resulu arrived at aro perfectly correct, as might be ahown by comparing statistics of the com parative condition of free and slave States wherever they come in proximity. If very should bo fastened upon Orcon, Ian . i.i . ...... wumu noi ue wonn live Hollars an acrtfor the next twenty years ; herons, if it should be open to free labor, it cannot besought for twenty dollars an nere in th'is valley twenty years hence, and we do hot believe it can for fifty dollars. With slavery, a man owning a section of land twenty years hence may bo worth 83,000, while with freedom the same person would bo worth at least 813,000. This would give him 810,000 as tho result of a fiettoil policy. The loss of 810,000, besides many oilier inconveniences pertaining t0 tho domes.'ic institution, would poorly pay him for the privilege of making fruitless teari-he in the mountains for a runaway nigger. That the introduction of slavery here would bar all hopes of ever having a Pa cific Railroad, or of ever becoming any thing but a miserable, greaser hole, and that it would be ten thousand dollars out of pocket to crory farmer, is as clear as the noonday sun to any man who lias sense enough to oxninino statistics mid work out the most simple problem ; nrd ycf.'slraiige to !ay, a few rmn can be found who ore so desperately green that they have never arrived at these results in their culeula tions if indeed they hnvo ever made any. soundly and sweetly, without any fears that it will either " run away," tuck ' .1.. . . . m . ; uie cowi, or cm iue iiiroais oi bis no or little onea before morning. Dreams of " bloody murder and insurrections" never disturb Lis repose, and he rises in the mor ning, to rub open Lit eyes, and look out upon Li! farm, waving with golden grain, Lis orchard bending under delicious fruit, and bis broad acres of pasture which, un der the surroundings of free labor, are rapidly rising in value, while at a short dis tance he beholds in the neat white cottage and out building! of his neighbor, eviden ce! of similar thrift, while peace and plen- ' ty, as tbe natural results of intelligence and industry in a community, are enjoyed by all. Arrival ef Iks Mali. The s'esmcr Columbia reached Tort, land last Tuesday night. We are indebt ed to J. W. Sullivan of San Francisco, and J. N. Booker of tbii city for filet of paperi. CCT Congress has pueJ a bill provid ing for the admission of Oregon into tbe Union. The eastern boundary ia taid to be designated by a meridian tomenbere Dear John Day's river. The eastern bound ary should by all meant Lave embraced the Grand Ronde valley. OCT Wo are indebted to Gov. JoLn W. G ,-ary of Kansas, for a copy of his mess ago to the Kansas Legislature, of Jan. 12;h. In recommending a repeal of some of the more obnoxious portions of the bogus laws, the Governor says : " Time and space will not permit me to point out all the inconsistencies and incon- grui les found in the Kansas statutes, pass ed as they were, under the influence of excitement, and in loo brief a period to se cure mature deliberation, many of them are open to criticism and censure, and should pass under your careful rovision, with a view lo modification or repeal. Some wbich nave been most loudly com plained of have never been enforcod. It is a bad principle to suffer dead-letter laws lodeface the statute-book. It impairs sal ulary reverence for law, and excites in the popular mind a questioning of all law, vi incii directly leads lo anarchy and con fusion- The best way is to leave r.o law on ills statue-book which is not uniform v J promptly to be administered with the authority and power of ihe government." 03" The rains have at last apparently held up. Suoli an everlasting pour as we have had Ihe past winter wo have seldom seen before. Tbe cattle haven't vet put out fins that we have noticed, but fur want of Kales the rains have actually washed the life out of hundreds of them. As Phcnnix !ays, many of tho men in Oregon are from some cause decidedly "scaly." Pha-nix must have had in his eye a few chaps who have hft for the Slates without paying their printer's bills. (& The nt brought by the last ttetnj. er tbst flour hat risen to 813 per barrel in California, Lai caused great rejoicing among the millers' in ibis ciiy. 5" We hare received tbe Prospectus of a Republican campaign paper lo be printed by F. 3. Batch at Steilacootn W. T, during the four months of the cam. paign following the 1st of April next. Price 81,00. We Lave several communications, which came too late fur thit issue. We Lave Lad a communication from Buteville on hand for two or three weeks, which we Lave never read, more than to aee it pur ports to be a notice of tome lecturer. The communication has no name signed, and hc have oo idea who it the author. We were humbugged once concerning a marriage notice we got from that office. The next anonymous scribbler tbat takes ut in will be apt to be decidedly smart. C4T Tho winter hat been unusually se vere in the btatet. In placet in 111. we learn by the Oquavka Spectator, that the thermometer ranged in January from 20 lo 30 degrees below zero. Iho papers from all the northern States are filled with ac counts or deaths by freezing, lo Iowa a man returning home from meeting, with his wife and ton, get twamped in the mow, and lost bit wife, son, and team, and bare ly escaped with his own life. When peo ple fairly get their eyes open, at to the ad vantages of Oregon, we shall Lave such an emigration here that will astonish the natives. industry, and (ears children fioin the cut braces of their own mothers, putting them up on the auction blovk to be told to deal ertin bodies and souls ai mere chattels I trow not. Respectfully, Yours. MiaV PlESTOK. Ma sen 8, 1837. Friend Adams Oa Saturday the Tib inst. we had an interesting time in the neighborhood of the county seat for Clat sop county town of Astoria. Tbe dem ocratic county committee, A. B. McKean, as was pretended in the convention, had called a mass convention of the democracy of the county for tbe purpose of nomina ting a delegate to attend the democratic convention at Salem on the 12th of April, contrary to the orJert of tbe party in other words, to the orders of the Salem clique. The people turned out en masse, and, lo, and behold, the Salem clique found they were sadly in the minority, and at- tempted lo get up a fight and a row, but failed. The convention was called, and Modi it made another attempt to break up the convention. lie failed in this also, and left with tome Lalf a dozen others for parts unknown. The meeting proceeded regularly with ihe business, and appointed G. W. Coffin berry to the convention at Salem, and passed a few resolution, and adjourned, all right side up and in order. Kelley was the unanimous choice of the convention, first, last, and nil the time. The sore spot is the postofftce, in this nor Lord Elgin, as subsequently reported. bul tho lordly, dignified and distinguished Lord Chsles Nanci. MUsearl Kasaaclettli. Missouri, it teemt Las a more respect able Legislature than the gave to Kanaas At least, while the Legislature she tent out to Kansas were monomaniacs en slavery ex tension, !t seems that the Legislature she kept ai home are very near emancipation ista. When we recollect that Missouri has had the credit of nearly all ihe eflbrlt to extinguish freedom in Kansas, it will be somewhat ttrange lo witness a reaction so soon at Lome. From tbe following fact which we take from tbe Tribune it will be teen that the services of Atchinson and Stringfvllow are needed at home : The declarationi which we are about to record were made upon tbe occasion of an election of a President and Director of the Bank of Missouri by the Legislature. Mr. Ilughei was the Democratic Republic can candidate for President, and Mr. Char lest wat tupported by the Americans and Benton Republicans. A good deal of dit cussion ensued in regard to the former management of tho Bunk, for political I purposes, with which we have, at thit time, nothing to do. Mr. Hughes was elected, When the question of tho election of a Director came up, Mr. Palm being a can didnto, a certain Mr. Rains asked "if Mr. Palm did not write a letter to The N. Y. Journal of Commerce, aud if he did not declare in that letter that he was in favor of the emancipation of the negroes in the - 03 The collego building at MeMifiville lias uceu donated to the Baptist uiLominn lion on conditions that a cluneal school shull be permanently kept uif there. We bear that a suitabla profnrtor will be ob tained for ihe post some ifine this summer. OCT The postmaster from Hillsborough sends word that A. Armstrong has left for the States. Armstrong is owing us 83,50. A man who will run off without paying his printer's bill, must be a scaly soitof a chap. The more such chaps leave the Territcry the bolter for the country. Y!gls el hit Old Trlekt. "The three traitors who voted for Cam eron Lave been turned out of the botels where they wer6 staying spurned even by the party they as ited. ' Czapkay's Organ. This is about as near the truth as you generally get, when you reluil " cock-and bull" stories as second-handed from Wig gins. Why not let Wiggins write out his yarns himself? In such a case thore might be somo Utile truth in them, whereas when you retail them second-handed, they cannot even be said to " be founded on fact." county, and if it is not returned to Astoria, I should not be surprised if the people of Stat of Mi0lJrj ji To ,his Mr, Zeighler .1.. a L - L-I- - .1 . . ... wuun.y Fui ine wvl. wnng inio me resnomed U0Jv: i.Jle (KJ l0i anJ 40 Columbia river, whero it ought to Lave been sunk with the man that took it away from the plaoe a year ago. Such a gross outrage has never before been tolerated to long by any community. All our mail matter costs us more lo get it from the postoflice then the original cost of our pa pers, including postage for no purpose, only to gratify a poltroon of a partisan P.M. lours, Am Evb Witness. News from the Atlantic States. " I tie loiiouing resolution unanimous ly adopted at an immense ineetinjof Dem ocrats in PliilaJJj hia, ko.n dap's Or gan. Now what is the use of alurays lying about everything you touch? Why not tell the truth by saying tho resolution was passed by a small potato locofoco " club,' instead of trying to convey the impression that it was an " tin me nte and o vtr-uhelm. mj up-nca ving of tho black democratic m-osset." Jt-sT W. C. Doment & Co., hsvealrcadv sold more than half of iheir reaping and threshing mnchines, in advance of their 'arrival. With proper machinery in tho coun'ry i ior producing gram, our crops may just as Well be moro than quadrupled as not, thus adding vastly lo tho wrahh of the Territory, by way of cash realized for pro- ducts with but little more of a labor out lay. We nre glad to see our farmers turning their attention to lalior-saving machinery. 1 he expense and inconveni ence of gelling in l.irge crops aro incon sidcrablo, compared to tho cost and difficul ty of saving the crops after llioy are ma tured. With a good reaper and thresher on the place, properly housed and taken care of, and ready for u.se just when they are needed, any one of onr farmers who is now producing a llnusand bushels of grain could with little additional expense pro duce three times as much. We venture to say Unit five hundred bushels of this increase would pay all the extra expeuse, tbus leaving him fifteen hundred bushels of grain per annum as the nett income of about one thousand dollar invested in machinery. This would be only about two thirds of what field negroes are sell, ingat now in Virginia iud most 0f the Southern S:ates. Al this ratio of cos', a field hand, lo com" in sucressl'ul Competi tion w ith labor-saving machinery, oughl to produce annually over twenty-two hundred busheN of grain, over and above all ex penses of feeding end clothing him, w hen in fact he does not produce two hundred This accounts for tke fact that the enter prising Yankee, by tho use of labor sav ing machinery, mouuls onward and up ward with e.ne and rapidity, in accu mulating wealth and surrounding himself with the comforts of life, while the 'negro worshiper barely gets ,ong , tnti pace, never realizing ihree per cent upon his investiture in a grain-growing district lWi!r, the machinery can bo saf. lv stow- "Certainly in no condition in which we find him in tho United Stntcs is tho negro as well caied lor, and provided for, as un. der iho system of American slavery." C'irtys Organ. So then Douglas laid tho corner stone of black democracy on " uiggerism," out of pure benevolence for tho poor negro! the locofoco party is of course then I "benevolent institution," and bent cn lirely on promoting the happiness of the negro, nt tho expense of the poor white luhorers in the United Slates. The Re publicans have no desire lo injure tho poor negro, but we must ndmit that their ef forts are mainly directed to clovnte and make respectable hile laborers: So that hilo, the black democracy are ex lending tho boundaries of the peculiar in- sliiut'on, " merely out of love for the poor linger," tho Republicans aro in favor of preserving new Territories sacred to free labor, out of love for the teeming millions of poor whito laborers. Thus you can easily see, Chick, that while black democ racy is justly said to be founded on " nig- gerism," ai we said Inst week, and there foreeutiiled lo the name of the "niggor party, the Republican party, by aeeking the good of the white laborer, from whom proceeds the most of our national wealth, is the only while man's party there is. By the way, Chick, since you have such exalted ideas of the happiness of the poor fellow who has somebody lo work him, we propose to lake you, "body, spirit, and giz- tard,"as our chattel, (if Fred Wavmire will make out ihe title papers,) and pro mote your fulicity, by making a "devil" of you. lou shall be well fed on "cracklin dodger," bacon, and croul, (wilh salmon kins occasionally,) shall have warm linsey clolhing, a nice little rug lo lie on, medi cine when you are sick, (no prophilacticum, however,) you shall not be overworked, nor severely whipped, (unless you keep up that old habit of lying, in which case we shall have to nearly skinyuu; a lying nig ger we never could bear;) we will dress you respectably ou Sundays, and send you to Sunday School, besides doing all other things which the "nigger statute" of Vir ginia requires us to perform for your com fort and happiness, and we will also engage that Leland shall "leave you alone" for the future, iuto the bargain. Now, Chick, what do you say to this liberal offer, on our pert, to make yeu h ippy t j A bill looking to tbe admission of Minn esota into ibe Union has been passed by ihe House of Representatives Ayes 87, Noes 75. Ihe principal ground of op position to it was that the Constitution nu ihorizcd the " inhabitants" to form a State Government, whether citizens or not. Another bill was passed providing for the admission of Oregon, but an amendment was secured excluding all but citizens of the United Siatcsfrom voting for delegates lo the Convention to form a Constitution Both those Stales will undoubtedly come into tho Lnion as free States. jiLfcCTio or senators. i reston King (Repub.) ha been chosen U. 8. Senator from New York, for six years from the 4:h of iMarch inst. James R. Donlittla f R.-n.t XI has been elected Senator from Wisconsin, for six years from tbe 4lh of March inst. Tho vote stood, Doolittle 70, Dunn (D.) 30. l'rcslon S. Brooks of Soitlh Carolina died at Washington January 2"ih, of nn inflammation of the throat resulting in croup, tie was sick only tureo days be foro he died. The U. S. Senalo has agreed upon np' propriutiotis of near 8700,000 for the sup port of Indians on thj Reservations in Or egon nnd Washington. have many good anti-Beiiton men declared. I conceive there is a great deal of differ ence between Emancipation and Free Soilism." Mr. Brown of St. Louis (nn opponent of Mr. Palm) said : " I am Free-Soiler and don't deny it. No word or vole of mine shall ever inure to the benefit of such a monstrous doctrine as the exlrnion of Slavery over the patrimony of the free white laborers ef the country. I am for the grraiest good of the greatest number, and against the system which monopolizes the free and fertile territory of our country for a few slaveholdrrs. to the exclusion of thousands upon thousands of the sinewy sons of toil. The time will come, and perhaps very soon, when the people will rule for their own benefit, untt nut for that of a class which, numerically spevkiny, is insignifcau'. I stand here in tun midst of the assembled Legislature of Missouri to avow myself a Free-Soiler. Let those w ho are scared at names shrink from the position if they will. I shall take my staud in favor of lite white man. Here in Missouri I shall support the rights, the dignity and the welfare c-f the 800,- 000 non-slaveholders in preference to up holding and perpetuating the dominancv of ihe 30,000 idavcholders who inhabit our Slate." Mr. Brown went on lo say that his sympathies were with the toiling mass- es, and uot with the privileged few ; that while he nns far from designing any vio. laiion of the ri;hts of labor, he conceived the labor of iho white man to be as nimh his property, as the slave is She property of his holdur; that he earnestly looked forward to the time when, by n wife and sululnty sysicm of cmiu;cij ntion, Missouri might rid herstlt ef the evils and incubus of Slavery, and " oj en wide l.cr rich Lnr vest fields nnd unbosom Iicrmincral wealth 000 lhan it is now to bear the bursen f the 819,000,000 given to tbe railrtj, and no on can say that (Lis burden , 0; emus. England wlih a national debt of 14,000,000,000, gave 8100,000,000 t the Jamaica planters as compensatinn foreman, clpating tbeir slaves. Even is a financial question, ibere is nothing slanting jQ , especially whn it i remembered tbaf land would double in valut simultaneously with the passage of tbe constitutional amendment authorizing its enactment" "The stale cant of 'loyalty to the la. stitutions of the State' is preached daily and weekly by the nigjer orgam. Was Virginia loyal to her institutions when ht abolished primogenitors 1 Was Pennsyl. vania loysl lo hers when she abolished Slavery? Were the Colonies loysl to theirs w hen they aboli.hed royally? This Is the cry with which bigots intimidate fools. Loyalty lo existing insijiniions shuts out all reform. There it nne insiU tution to which all Democrats thould be ever loysl, and only one ihe sov(rigai. of the people. All other institution! muit conform to ths tor cease lo exists." ft- .1.. 10,1. T .1 l wii me lorn oi January, tho House re fused lo suspend the rules to take up tho ,0 11,0 RCt've energy of her free white pop' bill to provide for tho construction of a ulation. ' Mr. Clover of Si. Louis avowed wagon road from the frontiers of Missiouri himself an Emancipationist, and said "he 05" Our friend J. E. Murphy of Mon mouth writes " Our shool is projircssinz exceedinaly well7ou7 house is full to overflow ins. I ho Trustees have resolved to build a new house this season, forty by sixty, two sto ries ntgn." fcj" At a recent election for Senator from S.in IVuncisco county, Cnl.,F. A. Wood worth, on I he "Peoples ticket," was elected by a considerable majority. Canyohville, Feb. 20, 18.')7, W.L. Adams Respectkd Friend: Again I am before you with the mournful intelligence of the death of more of our neighbors by drowning. When I last wrote lo you I recorded the denth of Mr. Gillam nnd Miss Willis, who wero drowned on the !J oi Jannary. A lew days after that a cret convention at Philadelphia, the ob- Air. tveni undertook- to cross South Lmp- hectof which is to urge the retention of I A rn n rmiJI m-ft .L;t. . a ! . I if. ".! . . . ... i A . . . . H... . - .,.. ,nlk, u,ou cni io pieces .ur.uuwrie upon the incoming adminialra- ' tits mighty Sinto, for securing its right o,.m u. ..cu. , u.r. uuuom, a snort uisiance uon, or to secure tho rccocnil on hv Mr. tul position in the Union, and for n.liinl r, . ... r. ' . -. ' rv Ducnanan oi tlie duty ol the General Government to extend incidental protec tion to Ihe iron industry, in the disburse ment as well as in ihe collection of pub lie moneys. It is understood this is pro posed to bo done by the preference of iron to California. Tho bill to increase the pay of the Army, reported by Gen. Quit man, was passed by tho House. The leading iron manufacturers of tho United Slates aro about to assemble in se- should hail the election of Mr. Pulm, and it would bo hailed by thousands through. out tho Stato as the first auroral glimmer of the dawning of day, when a political party having this great purpose for its end will initiate a policy which is necessary for ihe development of all the resources materials, as far as practicable, in the pu'j no consumption. from his own door. He loft a wife nnd seven children to mourn his loss. On Lord's day, Feb. loth, Mr. Weeaver un dertook to ford Myrtle creek, having his wife nnd threo children in the wagon. The water was so high that it upset ihe wagon, drowning the three children and one horse his wife was with difficulty rescued. The waters have been higher this winter lhan they have before aince 1852. Mr. Weaver s children have all been found, and laid in one grave. Mr. Event has also been found, after lying in the wa ter nearly five weeks. iuo inuian excitement is getting up with us again. The Indians are stealing as usual, and have shot at some of our neigh bors, wounding one man, but not mortally. I had ihnllrrhl till I VtvuA in a free country, bu, the myrmidons of f. the Senate on the 28th ef Jan., on 1! "7 very are already raising their black banner mo.ion of Mr. Wilson, it was resolved t'hat and in pll o oS I Z Z Id' on all the hill tons. God errant thai the., tlm Pnmm n.. t ' ' " " snould . it- . , "":JB Mianons be in- nave 800,000 wh te men. which in ad.litinn bloodlhirs v tvrants nu nrr awn th. I.tntprl . ! . . ' " u,r"i wnicn in addition , ' ,, l 1 u : 7" ",llulr8 ""O ine expediency or to the population we should have a ih.t sceoter of nower. If such ahnu d h ih um ni ru :..!. . ., . . . r. . r r . miuiiiu nave at that ' . . - o-''iSsi.Derioiiieisiandsorthe time, wou d g ve us at once in - -!""- g"ue p luuia Arcnipetago, wiih power to in .... iy ineuu, un up your voice, cry resngate the claims to sovereignty which aloud, and spare not, remembering that the government of the Netherlands assert irUlu is migo.y, ana win prevail. Where to possess over most of ihese islands, and of mespiriioi .urisi is, mere is liberty.- forming treaties with such independent " vu. ...mg mo spirn oi nrm Mates and tribes as may be found therein oweuing in mm, and gorerned by tbe pure of sufficient power and importance to ren teaching of Him who went aUut .In; , " S) I wm l.TflUC. urvTSSBij, .r. KOUMISS gooo, ever give bis vote for dealing, like reported a bill establishing judicial and land i.oj .ou m oiu, in -aiaves and tbe souls or districts is tbe Gadsden purchase ing the prosperity, worth tho greatness of its people. tf.l M. . J no ai. Liouis Democrat of tho 2Sth ull., in noticing this debate, declares that the question of emancipation is now onen in Missouri that the National Democrat ic parly havo voted for an Emancipationist knowing him t0 be such, and that tl a lion. John l.arney, son of ihe gallant Benton Democrats and Americans had h. Commodore of that name, of Revolutionary their declarations, placed themselves in a memory, died at W aslnngton on Monday, similar category. It nronouneea lh. Jan-20. lion " the !rranrlei o fT"" io ine i ne oeam ot uon. Andrew Stevenson, people:" " If" it adds. it -.r .m , a distinguished Virginia politician is an- in a Constitutional Convention. nounced. He was formerly a member of oiighly carried out. without .int..: r Cnnrrrpsa. ant nua l.ncat. fin.nl... I ...... J r- ... .. w., U1cr mm m a "'eu nSiiui, Missouri, m a few later period was appointed Minister to Eng. s-quent to its consummation, would he th i in hi. r. t 11 .. .ir . v.. ...o.ciuiu imiuooroaune retired lorcnw. stato on th .- m ,;... i;r. n . . -----.. wim vuiiuueni, men I tan SUCb a one be training nn I.nn V..ir. i ri . T nrro...Ito WHITISH Ml.T his own children in the nurture and admo- istp. m m li.rrm -r, . nition of the Lord, when Le sets them the tellijrence comes to us thai iK. "o"! -r i--- ... ...... uni- ..nl.T.. u. oiii.5ior-aomes:icirtita- ish. Minister lo the Uniied Sr.... :. v. V : i , , , . i ' v - 10 uc - un,. urgraues m,, parages ne.Uier Mr. 1 ilier. a, , fir announced, lion ' 8'fffrpn.iil f . :n- i. co ui iwu minions. The Democrat goe, i(o ttati5tic, lo prove its scheme of emancipation possible. It says: The opponents of the movemeni . ill urge two objections t,i if.ih ,lok. 'he purchase of ihe AlllVPsl Wlt?4 nnl.ll Ihe Stat, and the agitation which ma. en. sue. By the last round numbers 80.000 valued at $30,000,000. Our railroads' when completed, will hat-a vt it,. ' and Ihe State, so far from being impover ished by the exnendiini will k . , - I -. IIIUCU richer than it was when those great works werecommesced. A few rears henm ih. a'ewill be belter Mn lr,"l..in " l -'I fclV,V 'll, Sck.nb i the Missouri Liomutvir- PkOSFKCTOF BoWlg.KfllVES iNO Pistou A spicy scene took place in the lower House of the Legislature of Missouri, on tbe 23th Jan., which is reported by the St, Louis Intelligencer: Mr. Dames of Scott, introduced tbe fbi. lowing resolution : "Resolved, By Ihe General Astembl.or the State of Missouri, that th emancipa tion of Slavery in tbe State of Missouri i impracticable and unjust to tbe slave, holder, and ought not to be agitated." Read a first time, and moved lo suspend the rules, to read a second lime. Mr. Reid objected, and moved to lav the resolution onthe table. Mr. Darnes called for (Le ayci and nays. Mr. Reid considered this resolution at a pestiferous one, which can be of no benefit to the State, but to its great detrimc, by wasting tbe short time of the Legislature by a lengthened discussion upon an issue not before t he people. W hen the question was put before the people in a canvass, if would be lime to discuss it. Mr. Darnos, of Scott, would go back to the origin of this discussion. He recol lected that at the last session, on a bill coming from the Senate for the printing of ihe statutes, which he, Darnes, moved to stiiks out the name of Mr. Luk and in. rert that of George Knpp, Mr. Eeid had1 moved to lay that motion on tho table, on the ground that tho Democratio Party Lad already a paper, and did not need Whig nssUtance. Mr. Reid denied that position. He bad ma le I he motion mainly because of the support Mr. D. gave U Mr. Knapp. Mr. Darnes did not fear gunpowder, and begged to inform the gTi'leman tfiaf & room was nt No. 12 Newman's Hotel. Mr. Reid "If I am not mi-taken, it may bo No. 12 a little lower down ihe river." Mr. Darnes "Your ought lo be cell No. 12 Penitentiary, where you ought to have bwn before you fought tbe battle of O.ssawatomit!." M'. Reid rose, nrrd Mr. Darnos, facing; the Speaker, continued Lie remark. Mr. Darnes "Your powder h no ter rors for ine. I am contending for prin ciples." At this moment Mr. Reid had stepped to the right hand si Je of Mr. Darnea He laid his It fl hand upon his shoulder, and drawing off with his right, struck hin (Darnes) a heavy blow on the right chesk, uncovering tho cheek bone and knocking him down. Reid then returned to Lis seat. Mr. Durnes, having recovered somewhat from the efilcts of the blow, said ; "I say, sir, that no man but a cowardly assassin, would step up behind a gentleman's back!: and strike him." Mr. Hill, of St. Louie I move lhat thu House do now adjourn till 9 o'cljck, Thurs day. Motion lost. Mr. Darnes I tay, s;r, that I have been assaulted in the House ; I say, sir, that an assassin stepped up behind me when my back was turned upon him, and struck me in the face. I pronounce him a coward and scoundrel. Mr. Reid here stepped forward again, when Mr. Darnes raised a tumbler wilh the evident intention of throwing it at him. Mr. Rold then drew a knif. hB Vr, Allen, of Warren, and several other eenv ilemcn, stepped. front of Reid, and he re tired lo 'oig ,c,. Mr. Darnet was also prevented from1 throwing the glass by gentlemen around ' him. The latter gentleman was then con; ducted from the room. The parties concerned in this affair are' well known iu Missouri, and both bare the reputation of violent bullies. Reid, whd struck Darnes in tbe House, is a promi nent politician, ihe acknowledged leader of the National Democracy in ihe Statej and a man of considerable tact and ability Darnes is also a Democrat, and in some respects a rival of Reid. Neither of tha partiea is looked upon with great favor by his fellow-members. Reid, it will be ree ollected, as the leader of the Rorder-ftuf flans in the batlla of 0sawiomie, in Karl sas. Darnes some years since cudgeled to editor of a St. Louis paper so severely that he died soon after the infliction of tbe in- jnries. For Ibis offence, Darnes we! tried and convicted of manslaughter, but es caped ith the payment of a fine of 500. It is thought lhat a duel between ReiJ and Parnrs rr. ult fn.-m I hi Uat affair, .