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252!! refused to give any. Doth In the Senate and lower Houia an amendment ws of fend giving the Terrilorinl Legislature the right to legislate upon lha mailer, but the amendment wat votgd down by the party that passed the bill. Mr. Huchenan in bit Inaugural tayt ilial ilie question ii atill undecided, but givet it at hit opinion that Iht Legislature lint no right to ex clude tlavery. Tliit will undoubtedly be teitltd by lha party at tho proper cm. ttruction, find it It all that iho mutt rabid fire-cater can ask. Undor thlt arrange, m'ni, the Territoriot can all be filled up with alavet, which, being recognised at other property, art of course bound to be protected by Territorial legislation, and when I ho constitution it formed the slave holder ban f very advantage over the free laborer, in having the peculiar institution deeply roo'td undur nil tho necessary ma chinery of legislation already put in requi sition to cherish it, an institution the ex itlence of which may hnveulrcady perhaps driven out thousand of free white laborers who were not able to compote with slave labor, and thus, under the operation of thi Nebraska fraud, the Territories are all lia ble to bo swallowed up by the South, while (lit milliona of poor white laborers, to whom of right the toil belong, ore cheated out of the public domain. Tho General Government oil;' lit to protect all it citizen alike, and it ought to nay to tho citizen of Virginia and tho citizen of Connecticut, If you wih to occupy the public domain belonging to the United States, you must occupy it upon the sumo footing. Tho citi tin of Connecticut who may bo in posit ion of banking implement, which tho laws of hit own Statu rccognizo a property, hat no undoubted right to emigrate to the Ter ritories with hit chattels, but he cannot carry along with him the laws of Connect icut which muke them property. So with a citizen of Virginia. Ho mny emigrate to a Territory with hit property at bit own risk, but he cannot claim to carry along the law of Virginia which recognize at properly what it not recognized in other Stales. Slavery and banks are local, sec tional institution, anil while the II. S. Government bat no right to interfere with them in Slate where (lie local laws recog nize ond protect them, nny politicul party bent upon nationalizing thnm it a sectional party. A tlavery it a ectinna institu tion, depending upon sectional legislation for its very existence, and admitted by the wholo civilized world to be a curse to the Slate where it exists, the most flint can be reasonably asked by the South is to bo left "entirely fieo to regulate their own domestic Institution" in State where their constitution and legislative enactment)) al. ready recognize I hem. To ask theprivilego of transferring their institutions and laws to the Territories belonging to the Govern ment, upon the plea of justice Id llicm as a alaveholding community, thus virtuully excluding tho citizens of tho North, it a preposterous as the pica set up by leading citizen of South Carolina in favor of the privilege of reviving the slave trado. If proof positive wero wanting that tho Nebraska Bill Sovereignty, boustcd of, was a fraud and entered not into tho cal culation of the party which originated it, we have the proof in abundance in the history of the Territory which wa first inmln to wear thin gulling joke. To pas. over the history of the incursions into that Territory of lawless invaders, who drove peaceable citizens from the polls with bowie-knife and bludgeon, burned their property, mobbed, lynched, and murder ed many of her citizens, and electfd by torun fivo thousand Missouri vote all the membcrtof the Kunas Legislature, we in vite ultention to the present condition of those "squatter toDerc'giu,n oppressed by the most tyrannical, unconstitutional, and bhody enactments of thi. bogus Leg. isluture; "sovereigns" who, so far from ! all hazard. The violation cf tbt Mittou Laving enjoyed the privih-gu of electing their own Territorial officers, and of" reg. ulaling" oven the domestic institution of Slavery," have never even been per mitted to elect their sheriffs, county judg es, mid judge of probate; " soccragns" who are ruled over with an iron rod, bv these petty minion of border ruffianism, all appointed by a Legislature elected bv Missourians; "soeenigns" who, although an overwhelming majority of thorn ore in fuvor of "regulating slavery" out of the country, are not ren allowed to violate a tingle enactment of tho bogus Legislature for fostering shivery in their midst with, out being subjected to grievous pains and penalties indicted by such judges as Ln Comptej "sovereigns" ho, by a recent act of this Missouri Legislature, are to bo punished with death for rebelling against their Territorial government; 'sovereigns' who have muny of them been already arrested for treason, for daring to cull a convention to mako a constitution pre paratory to admission into the Union ; " sorcreiyns'' who have been denied the privilege of voting without taking an oath to support slavery j " sovereigns" who have stretched out their hands toward Wash ingtou and iu vain emptor? J the Admin istration that give birth to "squatter sovereignty" for the simple boon of beinj allowed tome of the privilege tall to have been aocurcd to them in the Nebraska 0.11 ! The past history an J present condition of tbcto people show conclusively that it was nothing more or less than the last net of desperation on the pal of slavery propa g&&J!iU to r.Vt Kr.n.-r.s t i'-.e fia'.e a? ri compromise and the patsago of tbt Kan-tat-Ncbratka bill hare brought the tlsve ry agitation upon at, increased ten fold to what it aver wat in timet past, whrn Clay, Webster, Benton, and even Buchanan, thought thjr taw in it omens of fearful portent to the Union. Tha modern dem ocratic party by it" policy btt mada the slavery question tha paramount issue. Henceforth It will continue to be tha great absorbing issue in politic, until it ia do tided whether tlavery or freedom thall rule this Government, whether ono por tion of the Union it to enjoy exclusive privileges over the other, and whether the principle of the Declaration of Indepen dence and the Constitution shall be carried out, in rendering tha nation prosperous happy, and powerful at home and honored abroad, or whe'her arts, science, manufac tures, and internal improvements, which, under the fostering appliances of free la. bor, rapidly augment a nations' wealth and power, aro to be blighted by tha wither ing influences of aiystem which but nom inally benefits some three hundred thous and out of four million voters. The Issue is now made up, and short sighted it tha man who think there is a possibility of restoring peace to the coun try by settling the agitation by any suoh unjust and flimsy expedient at the Nebras ka Bill. That measure itself has raised tho present storm that now rocks the fab ric of tho Union to its center. The only just and expedient settlement that can be made, is by Clay't policy of non extemion. Lot nil parte of the Union enjoy tha now torritoriis upon the tame footing. Lei the Stairs manage their own domestic in stitutions in their own way, but, in the lan guage of the Constitution, let Congress make all needful rules and regulations for (he toil if you please of) the Territories, and all other property of the United States, by seeing to it that that toil is nev cr cursed with tho Mood of slaves. This being settled as the policy of the Govern mont, all parts of tho Union will be satis. Tied ; tho sin very agitation will cease, and the country will be prosperous. Nothing short of this can save the Government, end come to it, it surely will, unless we aro too fur gone for salvation. This is tho position of the Republican party, and on the ultminto triumph of this great Nation al Constitutional parly hangs the destiny of tho nation. So much for our national policy. We cannot tako leave of tho suljcct without c dling your attention to such of our Ter ritorial policy in Oregon ns has not neces sarily been included in tho foregoing. It is now about seven years muco tho party in power drew tho party lines and mar shaled their hosts under the Democratic flag. From that day to this, they have had undisputed control of tho roiusofgov. ornment. That they have administered that government well, we presume no man will pretend to claim. Within that time, Congress has appropriated about two mill ions of dollars to our Territory for public buiUiiigs and oilier purposes. Our Uni versity fund has, by bargain aud intrigue in removals, and by injudicious and foolili management, been frittered down till what remains promises to ho of liitlo use to the people. Our IVnitentiAry fund has gone. in the same direction, till what has escaped being sifted into the pockets of party fa voiites is represented by permanent im provements probably worth not more than half what they cost tho Territory, Our Capitol fund W all exhausted, except a mere pittance, entirely useless in lha ab senc9 of further appropriations, or a tnx upon our people. This parly has kept up an almost continual excitement upon the sent of uovcrnment question, and at length when the peoplo wero about to decide the matter permanently, the election returns were by some mysterious agency disposed soma reason it in a languishing condition Yet few of them ever think of emsncipa ting themtelvet from the shackles of party drill and supporting better men for office, The Republican party will alwsyt aim to nominote candidate with JefiVion's qusl ideations, of honesty, capability, and loy alty to lha Constitution. Our doctrlnt I, that a public officer it alone responsible to the people he serves. If ha cannot con cleatioutly carry nut their .wishes, be it bound to resign and lot them elect a ter vsnt who will. A reprcseutstlve of the people degrades himself and disgraces hit constituents whenever ho sacrifice! their interests to the wishet of a party caucus or a wire-working clique. Tbo Republican party it also In favor of the ballot system of voting, instead of the present inconvenient one of viva voco, which not only ia attended with much in convenience, but gives great power to monied capitalist! in controlling the votes of their employees, or of the poorer clasi of people, who may bo dependent upon them for pecuniary considerations. In short, tha Republican party is in fa vor of restoring tha Government to its ancient purity and simplicity inlhtdaytof Washington and Je.Terson, and instituting uch a reign at thall best promote tha peace, happiness, and prosperity of the whole people, at well at bind together all parts of our great Confederacy in bonds of an indissoluble union. Fillow-citizent; The Republican parly is now a permanently organized party in Oregon, planted upon tho Rock of the Union and the Constitution, opposed as a national bulwark to the wavrtof sectional fanaticism, and floating over them the Stars and Stripe, under which many a gallant hern has bedewed the earth with his blood to transmit to posterity the bless ings of civil and religious liberty. Our platform is purely national, and broad enough to hold every lover of equal laws, equal rights, ond equal justice to all men, from Maine to Texas, and from the Atlantic to tho Pacific. There is nothing in our creed that would debar nny man from act ing i;b us who holds to the principles of the founders of our Government. In con elusion, we invite all to act with us who can subscribe to the doctrines we embrace, and who desire to tee the country prosper under a wholesome, administration. W. L. ADAMS, ) S. COFFIN, t Committee. TI10S. TOPE, ) April 11,1957. y We tee there it quits a divertity o opinion in thit county t well at In other parts of lha Territory among thelocofocos at lo ilia principles and present position of Col. Kalley. We feel authorized to set thit matter at rest. In principles, Col. Kel'ey it a Buch anan Democrat, Handing squaro-toed upon the Cincinnati Platform, and swallowing the Dougtot humbug of " Squatter 8ov erelcnir." He it at the tama time a de cided Free State man, ao far at Oregon I concerned. Ha has rendered himself di out with the loaders of iht clique, by hold ing to the doctrine that a representative ought to treat the wishr of bit conttim entt with too much respect lo trample on their will at the dictation of a caucus made up of representatives from other sections, and by submitting to tho wishes of a ma jority of the members of the Council, who elected him President laal winter over a " regular nomlneo of a par'y caucu," t well at by voting for several measure which were obnoxious to the ruling dy nasty in Salem, He it not a candidate for nomination in tha Salem convention at a candidate for Delegate, and does not ex pect lo get tha nomination. If ho should get the nomination at that convention, be will run but upon no other conditions ! A MlroBi Ticket. At tho locofuco caucus in thit city, one of tho hard-handed democracy, who was not able to read the ticket the town gentry had mado out for him, crammed it into his pocket and went into tho caucus. When tho hat was passed around for the ballots, ho pulled out what he' supposed to belhe"clane thing sure," and thrust it into the hat, under tha full conviction 'hat he had righted up the loitering fabric of the government. When the bnllott were counted, his lick et wot found to be a receipt from one of our merchants for thirty cords of wood! If alllocofocos would vote that kind of a ticket, it would be a tine thing for tha coun try. ljc (Drcgmt Slrgus W. V. ADAMS, EDITOR AND l-ROMIETOR. CITY: SATURDAY, AI'RIL 11, 18o. . i .i.... .1.. i , . . . ui, mi nun mo pcopiii were rooDeu 01 tllCir rights. When our country was involved in a war with tho savagos, f (Torts at pro scription of some of our most gsllnnt vol unieers were mado on account of politics. Tho Legislature reorganized the militia laws, and decapitated some of our most ef ficient oflicors of the medical stafT, and substituted party favorites incompetent to discharge their duties. Our citizens who nobly responded to the call of the Execu tive of the Territory, nnd furnished prop orty to cany on tho war, at the close of it find thousands of dollars worth sold under tho hammer for cash, and pocketed by ir responsible agents of the Territory ap. pointed by the Governor, and the party Legislature places these agents above the people by refusing lo make them account nllo to those who had committed their ef fects to them in trust. It has now been nearly seven years since the passage of the land law, and jet such has been the tardi- iks in completing surveys, that few of our oldest citizen have been able to pro cure the certifictitc to which they are en titled, and tbero is little prospect of patents issuing for the next seven year to come. To sum it nil up, we have been cursed with the misrule of partisan oflioial. '!. great aim has been to blind ths peoplo to a constont support of the party by an inccs. ssnt party drill, and by a constant and lib eral use of the word ''democracy," as well as an unmeasured abuse of those who have tried to open the eyes of tha peopl to their true interests, by ca'ling I hem all sorts of opprobrious names. It is in the mo'ithof nearly every honest firmer who tipport t'.s pty that the rowr.'.ry for ST See fourth page for an interesting summary of news from the Atlantic Stales. OT Wo hope no man wril fail to rend the Republican Address on account of its length. 13T This paper closes Vol. II. of Tho Argus. We shall endeavor lo mako a boiler paper of Vol. III. Times ate not hard," There are not five farmer in Oregon who are not able ti take a paper and pay tor it. Many thanks to our friends who have lent a helping hand thus far. Will they continue to enlist in our behalf? Tho be ginning of Vol. III. is an excellent time for new subcribers to begin. KT P.ecollect that we send The Argus to the States at the greatly reduced price of three dollars a year. &" Tho Columbia reached Portland last Wednesday. We are indebted to Wells, Fargo Si Co. and J. W. Sullivan for files of luto papers. jt-iT At the locofoco county convention in this city last Wednesday tho followin ticket was nominated : Delegates to Salem Convention A. E. Wuit, J. A.Pownall, Alvis Williams, W. A. Starkweather, and J. S. Risley. Delegates lo Constitutional Convention, J. K. Kvlley, A. L. Lovejoy, Stark weather, Hector Campbell, and N. Rabbins. Councilman A. E. Wail. Representatives George Reese, Col hud, and Gilliland. SherifT Almond Ilolcomb. Assessor J. E. Taylor. Treasurer Thomas Johnson. Commissioner J. D. Brent. Upon the whole, we think this is about as good a ticket as could have been manu factured out of the material of this mis erable party, alibotizh 0mo of it could have been bettered a good deal. The convention passed some stringent anti-Czapkay resolutions, and fully en dorsed the action of our rerircsentatives hut winter. Col. Kelley declined being a candidate for Congress, consequently a vote was passed in favor of Jo Lane. Some of the whisky-suckers and rabid wool-worshipers of tht party, who had hoped to get a nomination but failed, are awfully down in the mouth. JSTThe unterrificd had a dreadful tine of it in Yamhill at the mats meeMng last Saturday. Tho Shuck and Leland de mocracy were perfectly routed, alihough they number more than three to one in the county against the bushite. The lat ter party, we learn, wero all in convemion lo a man, numbering about fifty, while of tho former there were only about forty. . A tet of resolutions, suid to have been sent over from Salem, were adopted, endorsing all that the bushites claim. A committee of nino was appointed to got up a ticket of delegates to the Salem convention. Seven of the nine were free State men, yet Ihey reported four numrs, o.'f protlavery men. The convention threw tin m overboard, and appointed others. Our Informant tells ns that there was such a row h could not tell who were appointed, neither did any body else seem to know, but tome twelve or fifteen claimed to be the deleca rs. A resolution endorsing tho representa tives of last winter was votod down; nl-o a resolution declaring that a renre-enta u s tive was bound to obey tho wbhfs of his constituents iu prcferenca lo ihat of a caucus. Well, Shuck and bis friends must wait orti let tho peoplo try on busliism al the polls. OCT We are glad lo set that the Senate has altered the boundaries of Otegnn at fixed by tha Housa laying the es tern boundary at far eat at Snake river Instead of John Day't river, which will glva lite State about 00.000 iquare mile. The Senate aln adopted another t mend meut attaching to Washington the residua of tho Territory not Included in tht boun darles of thr proposed Stals of Orrjm 03" Wo hear thai the steamer Republic which ia running from San FrsncUoo to Portland In connection with the Columbia on her downward trip last Tuesday took sway three lens of fm'glit and one steer- Bua r-asiiiPtrnr. The Columbia we hear hat reduced the price of freight to fivo dol lart a ton. (fr In reply to teversl who havo writ ton to ns, we tay there are no apple teed for tale in thit city, neitbor hare there been any. 03" Property hat fallen twenty per cent in thit city since the election la-t Monday 03" Senator Sumner resumed hit seat in tha U. S- Senate on tho 26th of Fib He it ttill in feeble health. 03" Wo judge from the following ad veriisement which wo find in the Chicago Times (Douglas locofoco) that edging lo cofoco papers doetn I pay very well in Illinois: NcKsranrrs fur Sale." Three of tha best Democatio papers (wotklv) In lilt nnisare for side. Any person competent lo conduct cither of them, and t o-essed ol cnpit'il enough to purchase, can be put in coiinnuuiculion W'Hli the propm-lor hy addressings note, with references, lolhe e litorof this piper. All these papers are doing an excellent business, and are lo cated in thriving and populous distne's." Wa suppose thnt bang "competent to conduct cither of ihrm," means being g d at lying. 03" We see by the Vicksttii'g Sentinel that the Legislature of Mississippi ha re- cntly passed thn following act ptohibi ting 0 species of gambling: Keep n 7 or Ex'iibiliig BllVard Tulle. Art. 1. Any person or persons who shall keep or exhibit any billiard tslde for public play, or shall be in any way inter- -sli d or concerned in such lillianl lablo; (or ear-h offence shull pay a fit e of not lest thin five hundred dollurs, and not more than two thousand dollars, and be imnris. oned for a term not exceeding six months. Ploomingto.n, March 81st, 1837. Frimd Adams I tee there is a mis take rr.sde in tho obituary of my father published in The Argus, which rends, he "emigrated from Tennessee to Missouri in 1800." It should have been in 1818 Please make the correction. Respectfully, yours, II. LlVILLE. Fire. Tho houe of Thomas Walerbury of this county accidentally caught firo ond burn edduwnlast Tuesday. MrsW., who was the only person nl home at the time, suc ceeded in taring a bed and some articles of clothing. A shop adjoining tha dwell ing house, containing three hundred busli cls of grain, was also consumed. Mr. W. estimates his loss at $3,000. 03" Dr. Steele, of this city, succeeds J. N. Banker Esq., as agent for Wells, Fargo Si Co. It is an excellent selection. nnd the Doctor bid fair to rival the fustcst ngont of the lino. 03" Mr. Kennard.who was supposed to have been put out of the way, soma lime ago, on Muddy, was at last accounts at work on the building about which the dif ficulty occurred between him and his cm ployer. 03" The Standard says that from pri vati advices received by individuals in Portland from Washington Citv, it i tbonght Ihat Gov. Stevens i removed an I Col. Anderson Appointed in his place ; also that l. L. Curry has walked the same plank, and his place been filled hy Gen. l'ulmer. Well, we hope Buchanan will stir up the snakes as long as we are a I erritory. Any thing for a change. 03" The Devil it hard at work, through his friends, in increasing the circulation of immoral and anti-republican prints among our people. Will the friends of truth lsy off their coats and work a little, toot 03" Our fast friends in Tortlsnd have just enacted a city ordinacee such as we recommended to our eouucil in reference to obstructing tidewalks. 03" The President of the United States has ordered a sals of the public lands in Oregon. The tins a fixed upon we have rt Irs fJ jtsT" We have received the first num ber of the Washington Republican, print ed at Steilacoom, W. T., and edited by F. S. Ba!ch. The typographical execution of the paper is good, its principles exH lent, and the zeal and ability which char acterise its editorial columns give an ear. nest of such a journal as the Wa.hington people ought to place upon a permanfnt bWia. The Republican is a star thai has arisen to thine on that Territory during the election campaign, but we hope it may ret ?tt fcr rrtnr rev. Orknon Citv, April 7, 1857. Mr. Editor I had stippesed that Ihe Know Nothing party was dead and buried in our town, until its claws were felt in our city election yesterday. And the men ho were elected wero those who have been the most loud-mouthed denouncer of that Order. They have always, (bcf)i'e the public,) and more especially among Democrats, been hired to stigmatize it ns most foul attack upon tho liberties of man, and both gag and fetters to the free exercise of those just righia of suffrage', to which all men (to whatever nation, rcli- gion, or country l!i..y may bslong) arc justly untitled. And yet these nun under the head and front of a Know Notion" organizatien are pushed into office. And again, they have gone farther than denouncing the Order, for, after heaping oil .1. L . . inn opproDi'ium mat ttiey coutu upon i! when among Democrats, they have do nounced good and truo men, and Demo, crats, as belonging to the Order, that ihey might defeat them with their own party, and so carry out their nefarious designs. Thus, you see, it behoves us to watch well for ihose who loudly talk of the great Democratic party, and those who use bitter invective and taunt ing verbiage against the straightforward, honest, nnd open hearted of their own party j men, whoe shoe-lalohes they are not fit to unloose. It is high time these men were hfld up to view, so that they mny be known by all good Democrats, nnd visited with that scorn which is so deservedly meted out lo all renegades, political hirelings, and party hacks of every hue and cast, hy all those whose heart are with their country in all that is great, good, and glorious 1 I might add, in conclusion, that these men have been heretofore known amon us as the great advocates and avowed f ii-nds of 'he Bush archy that has gov ernenour territory, rurther conclusions might be drawn, but forbearance is virtue. Vidi. on all such occasions, and commenced rant. Ing ami raving, ly way of admonition to lha fwilhful. Delusion I a candidate for Delegate to Congress; (hops Bub will see lo thit mailer;) ha moved ihat tv delegates be appointed lo attend the county convention a second w obtained, st the Ave dohgatet elected, and to tht great surprise of Delusion It was found thit one of the dregatrt tlect was opp0td lo ,m at Delegate to Congre, whereupon D-In-lon became very much fiightencd. lie then consulted several of Lis fiinuat 10 what should be done. To rule one cf the delegate! elected off and elect a Smith man In his place, would cause a breath allied could not be healed easily; nd if. ter further consultation, Delusion nieiint" td tho rostrum again, and moved that AU bany precinct have only four delegate, (, the county convention j whereupon. mighty quarrel ensued, mli man Urivin. to mount ths rotirum, but Dolusion hvn. more wind and a greater amount of stetm on band than the oilier ten Ihnt eonatitutedJ ihe meeting, wat able to be heard over all others. In thit ttate of confusion our re porter IrA. V. S I have learned thai old Insa Miller wat nominated at one of tht dale. gates to the county convention, and sa ol.jected to by Delusion Smith becsuie ha (Miller) wa not a democrat. Millet hat always voted the d'-mocratic ticket, butlatt year he ran for Colonel of Militia igiD inn democratic nominee, and is now bv Smith read out of ihe parly. Mr. FM. ning is the only delegate I know elect to the county convention ; he is s strong pro. slavery man, and will vote for slavery iB Oregon, as will niot of his party. April 4, 18 i7. B0Ii Owen op Si-FT. nr Schools, Or.gon Ci'y, March 23, 18S7. Mr. Adams I herewith send you sa abstract of the Report of the Schools of Ciackamas countv for the year 1856. Ao. of districts in the county, 39 which have reported, 27 childrpn n-ported, jnjj ' including thnte not reported. 1?2 schools during the year, 26 months taught 14 01 children thai have attended, 800 ' ' 4 not i? Average attendance in all the whool, 460 "" I'niu irui-iifTR, noi in cluding board, 4c, per month, tin Amount paid teachers, llUOO for board, repairs of houses, die-, (UOO of apportionment, tlliS raised by lux and tuhscrip- "". (4275 nveraj-ing neaily 13.50 ner nunil that has attended school. , There is a growing interest in the causa of education, and my intercourse with tha people ho been pleasant to me. Your, Resppct fully, J. I). POST, Supt. The inauguration of President Bnchansn passed off wiih much eclst at Washington on the 4th of March. There wert aearly a hundred thousand spectators of the eer emony. The Inaugural Address will be found on the outside of this week's paper. Tbo l'l-cient JVAmlnlslnUlo. THE LSLCCTtVE. Trei'drnt James Buchanan Pens'rssia Vice Tri-sid't.. Jmiin C. Ukeckinkidoc .. .Kmlscsv Private Sec'yte President. .Ja. JJuchantn Hsory THE C.tBIXET. Sec'y of Stale Lswis Cam Miehigaa Sec'y of Ticiiiiury ..Howti.L Cost .Ucorfia Sen'y of Interior. ...Jacob TiloMranN.....Miiaiaaippl See')' of W'nr John B. I'Lurn Virfinia Sec'y of Novy Aason V. Bsows... .Tcnaeatt fust master Uen'I..AR.OLoPLCMKS.Puniyltsiiia Attoi uc) Gem -rial . Nathan Curroso Mhos Akiataat Secrrtsry 1,1 Stule Henry Ltdytrd Far Ihi Argut. Ma. Ediiob The unterrified and un washed negro-driving black democracy held their precinct meeting at Albany on Saturday, March 23th, 1837, and on open ing ihe meeting ji found to be no go, there bn only three persons present, two Republicans and ona black democrat. After spending some time, and drumming up from store and grog-shop they made a raise of tea men, and five of them were elected deb-eates to attend the county con vention. The-ffcr. Delusion O'Smith wa present, and gave great dignity lo the raetling. Bush of the filthy Statesman is vwy much opposed to ministers mrd illing with politic ; hops he will reprove Delusion toon. After the ergimizaiion was effected, tbt Eev. Delusion Smith mountsd th rosrrurn, is u'ial for him Latest from Mcaragua. We have dates doui Nicaragua to Ins 14th of March. U'e take the following from the memorada of the sleamer Sierra Nevnr'a : U. S. loop.of-war Saratoga, Cap!. Tillmi arrived at G re) town about the fitb March, much to the joy of the Americans, whe" complain of unfair treatment by iht En lish fleet. Tho important post of Fort Ssrapipul was evacuated on the 14th Feb. ey the Cost a liic-ant after a strong resitianct of three days in favor of the Walker vol unteers, nnd it is generally behoved that by litis time thev are in nossession of ike 4 1 entire river route, togelhrr with Fort Sta Carlos and the Lake. Thoy had also suc ceeded in capturing two more of tbtiivM steamers. Rivns it quiet. An unsuccessful stuck was mado on it by the combined forcetof the allies on the ni;ht of the fitb. Thty were immediately dispersed dy Gen. Ilea ningsen's force, and driven back wiih greet loss. Gen. Oenningsen lost only 00a maa. Rivas and the country generally is perfect ly healthy. Sickness snd fevers sra careely known. Much excitement pre vail! in ihe camp of the allies al St. Jort, owing to the withdrawal of the troopsof the north in apparent disgust, leaving Cos ta Rica on her own resjurces. , General Cants, the second in commtaa of the Cost a Rican forces, bad been charg ed with an attempt to meet General Walk er in conference on board the British steam er Esk, or on the Su Mary's, at San Jul a, for which he bad been arrested by tht A' lied Generals. The idea of routing Gen. Walker steasa to have been abandoned for the pretenU and bis position at thu time ia iofioiul better than ever before. The army it i" eiecllent health, well clothed and previa- !ontd, and the btt p;ih'e faifj "