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l)c rcgon &rgu0. w. t,. Atom, ici)ito mo rsorsirros. 0HBO0W CITY l SATURDAY, StITEMWat IS, 1857. IV 0. W. Csaw U iMlIwrittJ l Jo any lu. Int-M connected will) ArfW "H during my .tone.. W. I ADAMS. fjr Tin steamer Commodore arrived at Portland on Thursday of liitl woek, nj t!i Republic on Sunday last. Wo ore in. debit J an usual to Welti, Fargo it Co., in J lo J. W. Sullivan fur file of the latest pa icn. The news, what little there Is, will be found In our column. Fruit, Mr. Jubn J. Hughes lm pre sented ua with a basket of fine fruit fioni the Monticollo Fruit Farm of J. W. Ladd, for which he Iihs our thank. The select ion embraces, of apples Summer Sweet Paradise, Cule'a Quiuce, Dyer, Spice Sweet, Grarenslein ; Pears Dunmnre, Rarllett, and Doyenne Huujsnc; and a couple of bunches of tho Diana Grape. Stbamboat Launch. Tho new steamer fur the Upper Willamette, built by the Tha-nix Company, was launched at Cane ruah last Tuesday. She Is to be called the " Elk," and ia of about CO tons bur then. She will be ready fur running in the course of two or three weeks. " Personal Interchanges. We re cently had the honor of a visit from the editors of the Occidental Messenger and the Portland Times, both of whom were Actually in our sanctum, last weak. We were gratified with the Interview. If getitlomtnly bearing, anil real cleverness, are deserving, then these gentlemen ought to succeed, for they aro, really, both court, sous and clever." J'acijic Christian Ad vocate. The Portland Times copies tlio above and kicks " bro. Pcarno" in tho mouth as lie ia in the act of kissing his fuot, by ap pending to it the following extract : ",Xy do not flutter For what advance menl may I Iwpt from thee, 'flint uo revenue has tut thy good niiiiilx, To feed and clotlio llice ? Why should the poor he fluttered I Ho, lei the candied tongue liek alwurd pomp And crook (tie pre?imut hingM of (lie kuce, Where thrift nmy follow fawning !' Wo presume bro. Feorno feels like ex claiming : " I could stand upright Against tht tyranny of aet and fortune j Jtut tlio mid weight uf furl ingmtitudt Willcru.li nig ilitu earth." Oheqo.n Politics and Politicians. In a late number of the Sacramento Union we find a lengthy and rather graphic let ter from a California!) at Salem, dated Au gust 17th, devoted to a description of Or egon, ita politics, Ac. Tin letter is signed " P. J. M.," whom we suspect to bo Patrick J. Malone, Eq., formerly a resident of this Territory, a very prominent and influential member of the Democratic party, and the most talented man in the confidence of the "Clique." It will bo seen from tho ex tract which we give below that he dues not entertain tho most elevated opinion of the Democratic politicians of Oregon, partic ularly of the junto known as lha "Salem Clique," and depicts them in colors which will be nt once recognized ns lifoliko by those who have seen them as they are, as undoubtedly Mr. Malona has. The fact is, the clique, through the agency of tho editor of Dr. Cznpkay's organ nt Sa lorn, attempted lo make a tool of Mr. Ma lone to do their dirty woik, (by them he was fumiliarly culled "Put,") but he "couldn't stand the conditions" took tho "studs" and obstinately refused to move at their bidding any longer. Ilenco the estrangement between him and Cznpkay's editor, and the consequent stoppage of tho "supplies" and in a country where there "aro but two occupations farming and politics" ho lind to " choose the plow and :qiad, or leave the country"; and having no notion of farming being unused to tho business he choso tho latter nltornntive, atid left Oregon in uncontrollable flisgust, as many other " talented nnd useful men bave been obliged to do from the same cause." Mere is awlmt he thinks of Oro-gon-democratio politicians : "Salem is inconsidrrablo in point of numbers, but territorially omnipotent in point of political power. It ia to Oregon what Rome is to Christendom the point from which emannta mandate that are felt to I lie outward rim of its jurisdiction. Wo betide the unfortunate, wight, having political aspirations, who dares to set up Lis will in opposition to the silliest whim of the "Salem Clique." lie is politically dead. The result of this polilical despot ism In a country where ihere are but two pursuits farming ami office-hunting may be easily imagined. To u naturally inde pendent mind, it is a condition of tilings little better than the "knout.' It makes cowards of men of gonitis, nnd prostitutes talent to the mean uses of little men, who who have no talent of their own. In Or egon, this despotism is felt with double force, for hero are none of tho thousand channels through which turn ambitious of distinction may gain eminence, nsido from tho dirty, thorny path of politics. There are but two occupations in Oregon farm ing and politics. "The Salcin Clique," having "Jo. Lane" al their finger etuis, control Oregon s share e-f tha rederal pa! ronaze : hence, whoever ia too independ ntly constituted to pay court lo the little great men of the cliquo, who sit chafing in their chairs, impatient of their daily dos of honeyed praises, bus to choose the plow and spade, or leave the country, as many talented anil netful men have been obliged to do already from the same cause. The recipients of the pap, however, do not al ways have a pleasant lime of it, for they are constantly annoyed by the growl of thee who stand ready to jump in and twakb nwuiliftil of tha sporU ,io this respect, Oregon politicians might filly be Compared lo a caravan of wild animals, in the midst of which was thrown a fw pounds of flc.h, each scrambling fur the prize the unsuccessful on the backs of the successful, trying to snatch the bone." It will be observed how Irreverently he speaks of the god of black democracy In Oregon "Jo Lane," with quotntion maiks as thouuh lie wore writing of some plaster automaton, which could bo made lo assumo at will any snaps lis moulders might desire I Really, M r. Ma lono will have to be read out of "our par- ly" at the next mealing r.f the Territorial convention, lie can effectually block that game, however, by pleading to the juris diction, unless the convention should, like necessity, " know nu law," and throw the plea out of court. We will make another extract from Ma- lono'a Icttor, showing that ho is not sound on tho " goose," besides containing a de scription of the class of bipeds who desire the introduction of slavery into Oregon : "To mv mind the result is not doubtful. Oregon will decide largely in favor of a free State, I hero Is but one class oi men who dosiro slavery in Oregon the class who have hud the least experience of it in the Stolen. Tboso who know it best aro its most determined opponents here. The men who desire its introduction into Ore gon are limited to tha comparatively few w ho owned perhaps ono or two negroes in Missouri, or somo other slave Slulo, nnd who, hayng como to Oregon at an early day, got lliuir section of land under tho do nation law. Tboy are generally too lazy to cultivate their own lands, and will not sell out at a reasonable price to those who would. They think from their limited ex perience (hat it would be a fine thing to have "niggers" to raiso wheat, that they might be ablo to pay freights and compete with your farmers in the California mar. kcts. Those who came later to Oregon and got only 100 or 320 acres of land, generally sncuking. do not desire slavery and they nro the most numerous class, as the ballot box will show. To this latter class may be added tho numbers who look upon sluvery as a moral leprosy, to be avoided at nny sacrifice. I find there is much less fear entertained of Uregon be coming a slave State within her borders, than without. " Firey In uio nation ".The Standard publishes tho following letter. We trem- bio for the fu'.o of Judge Williams and Col. Kcllcy, who disapprove of tha decis ion of the "Sperm Cort," when we see such exhibitions of " firey, indignation" chciishcd by the futtliful towards" a abo litio.'iist." Kings Valley, Tentox Co., Aurrnst lGlll. 1307. Q ' t Ma. Leland Dear sir as tho time of my subscription is nearly out I lake this method of informing you that 1 wish il (the Siandnrd) discontinued, also John, V, Oearhnrl Requested, me, to say to you that ho (Gearhnrt) wished his Stand ard discontinued, at me cnu oi mo year Winch ends Willi me out no vol, 4tn me rnnn uliv ive do this is tlotl"ll first VOII deny being nu Abolitionist and yet at tho sumo lime you hold up judgo Deady as a mark to shoot, at for no other reason only t'int ho is a pro slavery man, believing in the Decision,, ot (lie supreme buuit,, in t no Ured Scot,, case, now vo uetiovo in t luit TVnisinn nnd knnvva no defemnco be- twen a abolitionist and a man disagreeing with Hint decision, nnd u you win give .-.. -it . i. us die Uiierenco no men win receive it willi iimm nl ens lira than We. I writo this with red ink not because i think it pretty but Just to show tho firey indignation I have lo abolition principles, yours Respectfully Richard J. (rant. 03 An obituary riotico of Dr. Mc- Louglilin will bo published next week. Panoramic Entertainment. Prof. Vandwir will givo the people of Oregon City on Saturday evoning, Sept. 15, nn op portunity of witnessing a represenln'ion of tho Plnnotnry System, illustrated by a sci entific lecture a Panorama of tho Dible Spiritual Manifestations, so complete as lo defy detection, Mesmerism, Ventrilo quism, ifcc. Prof. V. has exhibited in most of tho churches in California, and has al ways won the encomiums of tho moral and religious. Exhibition nt Washington Hall nt 7 P.M. Admission, $1 Ladies free. liii i m A Hint to Oregon Siiiiteks A gen tleman in thijj city who has recently re ceived a small shipment of provisions from Oregon, calls our attention to tho fact that articles of that kind which arrive in vessels thnt also bring a lumber freight, aro Invariably tainted by tho odor of lur pontine or pitch. Hams, butter, and even eggs nro so impregnated with ihis taint as lo materially lessen their market valuoon their arrival here. Strange ns it may seem, we have ourselves been placed in possession of indubitable evidence that this condition exists to a great extent in our provisions imported from Oregon. Much of the butter brought hero by sailing ves sels is rejected as strong" by tha buyer, when the fact is that it is simply inipreg nated in the manner to which we have al luded. A parcel imported in a tea-chest lined with lead, appeared to escnpo the in fluence, which it would bo well for ship pers in Oregon "to make a nolo of." Uuless soma means is devised of protect ing provisions which aro shipped in lum ber vessels from this taint, the carrying trade of such articles must inevitably pass into lh hands ef the proprietors of steam ships on the coast, which, of course, cany no lumber. San Francisco Totrn Talk. 65" When we see a pretty female foot, we naturally copcludo that it belongs to a beautiful woman on the ptinciplo that all is wll that ends weli.'V ' -' CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. Thubsdat, Si pi. 3. A petition In rcfor rence lo a prohibitory liquor law was pre sented and referred to iho judiciary com. milloe. Committee on Executive department re ported the article on ibat department tru ly engrossed. Elkins offered a resolution that Hie con. stilution contain a clause excluding free negrota and mulatlocs from the country laid on tho table. . , Kelsny reported the ariiclo on the mili tary truly eugroied. Tho ariiclo on the Executive depart ment was read a third titno and put upon Its.final pasngo Yeas 40, nays 2, Mc- Bride and Scott voting in the nogative. Tho article on the administrative de partment wai then read a third lime and placed upon its final passagu Yeas 30, nays G. , ' The article on the military department was then read a third time. Puckwood moved to recommit with in structions to so amend as to give the gov ernor power to appoint staff officers only by and with the advice and consent of the legislature lost. It was then referred to tho committee to correct clerical errors. The resolution In relation lo the exclusion of freo negroes wns then rend, and a motion mado to take up which was finally with drawn. The convention lion wont into com mittee of the wholo and took up tho re port of ibe committee on corporations. Kcllcy moved an amendment to the ef fect that individual stockholders be made liable to double the amount of stock they may own. ICellcy, Dendy, Olney, McDride, and Watkins, dobat:d the amendment lost. McBrido moved to strike out the 3d section. Farrar moved to amend by inserting a substitulo doing away with tho individ ual responsibility of stockholders further than their snbscription. Accepted by tho mover nnd tbo motion adopted 22 to 20, The 4th section was then adopted. The 0th section was after slight amend' mcnt adopted. Kcllcy moved thnt the word " restrict" in tho fust lino be struck out so as to pre vent tho corporations from taxing the mu nicipalitylost, 22 to 23. Logan moved lo so amend ns to pro vide that if tUe corporation create a debt, they shall also provide tho .means at the same titno for payment lost. ICellcy moved to so amend that munici pal corporations might create a debt to the amount equal to its yearly revenue; car ried. The section was then adopted, 13 lo 22. Dcady moved tho adoption of the next section. Mnrple moved to so amend as lo per mit the State to givo such aid to the build ing of a railroad through this Territory to California as the electors of the State should approve lost, Yeas 10, nays 25. Tho section was then adopted. The 7lh section was then rend and tho blank restricting tho powor of the legisla ture to create a debt filled with fifty thous and dollars. Olney moved a substitute to tho effect that the debt was to bo created only after it wns submitted to tho people nnd approv. ed by them lost. The remainder of the report was ndopt. ed without amendment, except to fill the blank in the last section with five thousand dollars on the aggregate debt which n county may crente ; carried, Elkins moved lo add a section that cor porato properly be taxed as other property under this constitution withdrawn. Tho committee roso nud reported the article us amended. Friday, Sept, 4. Convention took up tho nrticlo on corporations and adopted several amendments reported by committeo of tho whole. Waymiro moved to strike out the 3d section and insert a provision that there should be no individual liability lo credit' ors of tho corporation beyond the amount of their stock ; carried, Yeas 32, nays 20. Williams moved lo so amend the 1st section that no banking corporation could exist in the Suite. : " Olney moved an amendment to the amendment that no banking corporation should have nny agency therein ; lost, 13 to 29. The question required on the original amendment; carried, Yeas 32, nays 10' Aflcrnoonr Tho article on corporations was ordered to bo engrossed and read a third lime on Monday next. The article on tha military was read a third time and put upon its final passage ; Yeas 30, nays 0 ; so tha bill passed. The committee on the judiciary, report ed the article on the judiciary with amend ment. Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. ' Tho convention then went into com mittee of the wholo on the report of the legislative committee. The 1st, 3d and 4th sections were then adopted. ; . Kel'ey moved lo amend the fifth section so that an enumeration of tha whita pop ulation of the State be taken in 1665 and every 3 years thereafter; carried. The section was then adopted. Farrar moved to so amend as lo make the legal , voters in a given district the ba sis' of rfprtseuU3"--' SHiil,,CaJiil and others opposed the amendment. Watkins, Farrar, and Packwood wcro in favor of the amendment ; lust. Williams moved to to amend (hat the legislature shall makt aa apportionment every fifth year; carried. ' Smith moved the adoption of tha sect. on as amended. Manila opposed the motion. lit akcd if gentlemen with their eyes open wide to tho fuel that this section woiks manifest injustice to a portion of lha Stato would voto it through. lis would nut believe it till ho taw the voto. The convention was much edified with tho gentleman's elo quent remarks, which we are unable to re port from the Tact that we were thrown In to such convulsions that the gentleman had taken his scat before we recovered our quiet. Meigs moved that each organized county bo entitled to at least one representative lost. Deady moved to amend scotion 0 so that no member should be questioned for any thing actually said in debate, but that the protection should nut extend lo speeches mado on ptpcrand nover really delivered ; lost. Committee rose and reported. Saturday, Sept. 0. Convention rcsolv. td itself into committee of tho whole on tho legislative article. Tho 10th section was read and the blank to filled as to call the legislature to gether on tho 1st Monday in Nov. 1808. Way mi re moved lo insert December instead of November. lie thought that we would want to have a jollification over the Presidential election and waat lo go home during tha holiday t and want to celebrate the 8lh of January too; there fore he was for the change ; lost. Dtady moved to amend so that the log islaluro meet tha 1st Monday in September lost. Olds moved to amend so thnt at special sessions, tho legislature should attend to the special matter thai called ihem togelh cr and no more lost. Meigs moved an amendment to strike out the words " or place," so that the leg islaturo mini be compelled to meet at the capital ; carried. Kelley moved that nn amendment be in serted lo the effect that tho governor might convene the legislature elsewhere than al tho capital if a pcstilenco or common en emy should render the capital a danger ous place for their meeting carried. The committeo then passed to the 11th section. Farrar moved to strike out the words at the end of the section " nor lo any other pi a co than that in which it may bo silting"; lost. Williams moved to strike out tha letter in the word " Bel" and insert tho letter t carried. The gentleman stated in support of his amendment that he had been waiting for an opportunity to distinguish himself by offering nn amendment, and he was glad that an important ono was now pending ; he hoped that proper consideration would be given the amendment. Williams moved to dispense with the publication of the journals of the legisla ture; carried Mcllride, Marple aud Olds voting in the negative. Farrar offered an amendment to tho 251 h section, to tho effect thnt existing debts should not bo barred by this consti tution ; carried. Williams moved to strike out tho whole section nnd refer claims to tho Auditor of the Stato to bo examined and reported to tlio legislature, who may by two-thirds vote reverse tho decision. Tending the motion, the committeo rose, and the con vention adjourned. The Minnesota Imbroglio as Viewed by a Disinterested Party. Tho Louis villo Journal, being neither Republican nor "Democratic" iu its sympathies, but inimical to both these parties, can bo con sidered as n disinterested spectator of the Constitutional-Convention proceedings in Minnesota. Wo quote from it ns follows: " It is not only a very disreputable but an exceedingly melancholy fact that all the recent attempts at Territorial govern ment, and tho subsequent attempts of the Territories in question to become part and parcel of the National Confederacy have been attended with great disorder. Such was not tha case of old. In former years tho pcoplo had a . higher respect for llie majesty of the Constitution. They re garded the Constitution with more filial eyes. They could not for a moment con sider the propriety or constitutionality of uttering sentiments or entering upon courses of conduct in opposition to those which not only law had established but universal custom rendered the will of the nation. Until very recently all of our Territories were governed by the General Government peacefully, calmly, and with that due regard to the right which is in nate in our system of republicanism and guarantied by the great chart of our liberties. Of late, however, a new spirit has grown op; It is a spirit born of evil, that has no respect fur Constitution and laws born, too, we must say, of iho mis erably offensive, hazardous, and jacobinical policy that now so pre-eminently charac terizes the spirit and sway of the self styled Democracy. " In Kansas it has been the parent of fruitful evils. It bas driven good men to .occupy positions exactly counter to those which their best feelings and their inborn patriotism would bare Induced llmin lo lake. Whelher Republicans or Democrat, ihey havt violated lha cue of free tuf frsga and tht causo of liumaaily most shamefully. " Hut In Minnesota, one of llie fairest of our Territories, whuro the field possess in summer the richest Wn and the lakes glinien brightest ; where aro all tho el. omenta of a mighty nd peaceful sover eignty, the latent and most melancholy dis turbance bat occurred. The last Congress passed actt authorizing tho election of a Convention la draft a Constitution nnd es tablish a Slate form of governmriit. This election wns attended by considerable ex citement, aud resulted in iho ele ction of foriy-fivt Democrat and fifiy-aix Repub lican. The members were lo convene on tha 13th of July. Prior to iho duy of assemblage, the Democrats, being in a mi nority, offered to agree upon a lime of meeting, did make the agreement, nnd then, in violation of llieir compact, met in advance of the hour, had a man present lo call them to order, and proceeded (o or ganize. The other party met at tho some time, and organized, and thus Dial tors stand. The Constitutional Convention ia divided into two sections. All of the mem bers of each have been, wo tnppose, prop, erly elected, but, the opposition having a majority of eloven, the Democracy do not choose to recognize it. It is needless lo recite tho details of the affair by which the Democrats obtained possession of the hall, and how, by threats of violence, llicy strove to further their designs. Tho fact is patent that llicy are in a minority and are seeking to subvert the rights of a ma jority of the people's representatives. " And ihis is modern Democracy ! A miserable substitute, indued, for tho name. It is not only anarchy but despotism. It is, in fad, revolution, for which there can be no palliation. In tho organization of the new State of Minnesota there nro in volved no new or vital principles. Slavery has nothing to do with its form of govern, mcnt. Tha contort is alone between the people. They aro to decide who nro to be its rulers, and what Is to bo ibe nature of its constitutional government. Having made that decision, the Democracy, so styled, hare no right to enter upon (he aggressive, tyrannical, and traitorous course they are now pursuing. It is that however which ihey follow whenever the majority gives them power, or their char- acteristio impudence lends them to the subvorsioti of the luw, ns in the Minnc sola case. Tho democrats of Now York nro making nn effort to raiso 8100,000 lo en dow their organ, the Daily News. With ihe aid of government advertising il can not pay expenses. It is a significant fact, that while the iiidi-peiident and republican papers of New York nro enriching their publishers, a solitary democratic organ cannot livo without appealing lo the cnan lies of the party. Exchamje. Tho reason of this is obvious. The moss of the Democratic party nro not read ing men. Most of them aro uncducnted and illiterate, while the contrary of this is the fact of Republicans. We say this not boastfully, but because wo know it to be true. Chicago Journal. A Silver State. The N. Y. Timos says the gold State is likely to bave ns a companion a silver State. The projected Territory of Arizona is reported lo be as richly endowed w'ith silver mines as California is with gold diggings. The Gads den purchase, if all tho reports from llial qnarler should provo true, will be almost as valuable an addition to our territory as California. The Illinois, on her last pass age, brought among her freight several packages of silver from that supposed desert, which arc represented ns being very rich. Thoso ores wcro from tho veins lately opened nnd occupied by tho Sonora F,x ploring and Mining Co., and were forward ed by the manager of tho company from Tubnc, Gadsden purchase, to the office of iho company in Cincinnati. Tho late discoveries of silver in the Gads den purchase, it is said, are attracting much attention in California. Some of tbo mines aro represented as very rich in silver, and the proprietors are only wait ing for government to protect the inhabit ants of the Purchase from tho depreda tions of the Indians, lo enter extensively upon mining operations. . The Mormon Leaders. Both Diigham Young and Ileber C. Kimball are New Yorkers. Brigham lived near the Una di viding Ontario nnd Monroe counties, in tho town of Victor, at the time ho became a Mormon. lie had always manifested a proclivity to religious fanaticism, or rather be was a lazy rapscallion, good for noth ing except to howl at a camp-meeting. Ho lived in a log shanty, with a dilapidated, patient-suffering wife, surrounded by a host of tow-headed children. Occasionally he made up a lot of axe-helves and traded them o(T for sugar and tea ; in other fits of industry be would do a day's work in the hsy field for a neighbor, boo the potatoes in his own little patch, or pound clothes fo his wife on w ashing day. Cut bis special mission was lo go to camp-meetings and revivals, where he managed to get his daily bread out of the more wealthy breth ren, in consideration of the unction with which bt shouted "ga-lo-rah." On such occasions Crigham took no thought of the j morrow, but eheerfully putting on his old wool tint lie would Irtvt hi family with. out flour in iho barrel, or wood al the door, and lulling hit wifo that Ihe" Lord would provide," ho would put olf for a wetk'i absence. Poor Mr. Drigham managed along by borrowing from her neighbors wilhimull hope of repaying, chopped iho wood herself, and with an old tun bonnet Novarino Hylo went lo tho spring after water, thoroughly convinced that her lot was not of the eiuicst and thnt her husband wot, lo lite a western expretinn, an ''on' nary euss;" In which teuilment, all who' knew him joined, Pcoplo were gelling very tired or lirigliam when Mormonitnt turned up, llo wat jint ihe man fur tha religion, and tho religion teemed expretslr adapted to him. IIo became an exliorter,' held neighborhood meetings, ranted and howled his doctrines into tho minds of oth ers, as weak a himself, and finally went west with tho rest of them ; where he has devunpcd his powers until the poor, mit erabte rustic loafer is Governor of a Tr- riiory, aud chief prophet of a grcit rc; ions sect. IIo hat just iht mixture of shrewdness and fully which it required for success in fanaticism or quackery. A wit. or man could not hold hit place. . A man must be half fuel and half knave lo bo a successful quack. HebcrC. Kimball wat a nun of mora respectability, lit wat fanatic, and if ho were not a Mormon, would be something olso just like it. In his church lit wat a Baptist originally ha wns one of ihou pestilent fellow t who want resolutions past ed al church meetings withholding fellow, ship from somebody else, and imiil on hav ing a political codicil added to tho Dibit, We believe he had tome properly. Ha has much more talent than lirigliam Young but is inferior to him in tho elements of quackery. Ho has very respectable rela tives now living in ihe port of Monroe county from which ho started, Buffalo Commercial Advertiser. OCT The Lodt Garden State has the fol.' lowing : Tho most violent declnimcrs (gainst "mixing politic with religion" art men with curses on their lips, tobacco juice up on their shirt bosoms, and their whole man hood so steeped in drugged nlchohol, that poor whisky could bo squeezed out of their hair." 05" Tho New. York Day Book, a prom, incnt Democratic organ, propounds Ihe in quiry : " Can nn opponent of Slavery be a Dcinocrnt 1" It goes on to argue tho question, and rightly arrives at the conclu. sion that " a Dcmocrnt must be, in lha nature of things in favor of slarery." OCT The Journal of Health, in an arti cle on sleep, says (hat all children under five years flf ago would bi ma le better, healthier and happier by an undisturbed sleep of one or two hours in tho forenoon. And it would keep the homo quieter mean while. Cats occasion Storms. The New York Commercial says a cat will always sit with her back lo the fire betore a storm. Let every cat bo driven nut of doors, and then we shall have clear weather. This will bo found nn infallible remedy for the comet's tail. A boarding house keeper in Hilli imro advertises lo " furnish gentlemen with pleasant and comfortablo rooms, also ono or two rrentlemen w ith wives." OCT When a newcomer blows a loud trumpet and makes a -great dash, he's stir lo be shallow, nnd run a short race. He. ccive him cautiously. (XTTlie Boston Courier says thcro ita dilemma in the Court ns to tho proper modt of making a Jw swear. Allow us lo sug gest trending on his corns. Land Patents. It is a rule of the Gen. oral Lund Office, in tho issuing of patents upon duplicate certificates of location war rants, or upon doplicalo receivers rrceip'i to transmit '.hem to the local offices where tho Intul was located or entered, for deliv ery upon the surrender of the duplicate; but if tlm duplicates are sent lo the Gener al Laml Office the patents will bo trans milted directly lo tho party surrendering such duplicates. 03" A " mud stone" was recently in Platte Co. Mo., for $000. 'ied At his residence, in liinn vi.;i Sept. 1, 18."7, Robert Moore, in hit twenty-sixth year. The deceased enjoyed uniform good htalin for many years. The mandates of heaven wcro submissively bowed lo, and not with out hope of a blissful immortality. H' only fears expressed were that he would become a severe charge to bis nurses from his great weight. lie expressed a desire that he might be taken away suddenly- His mind retained its usual vigor P ,9 his last moments, as also his bodily strength. Ha was strictly temperate all his habits ; and so strenuous a MP porter of ihe temperance cause lht in lh bonds for lots he prohibited the sale of in toxicating liquors in ihe Title pape- u was a communicant member of the F" byterian (O. S.) church from the M year of his age. The deceased was born October 2. 1 ' 8t in Franklin county, Pennsylvania- ' parents were of Irish descent, and the de ceased the eldest son. At the tg of niB teenyearthe, with his parents, moved t Mercer countr, P- M Ap-il 19, 1905, to Ma-gsret C'trk, or I native countr. Th-T were the parent.