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W. L. AD4MS, SIIITOS NU faoraiKToe. ojunoow CITY I SATURDAY, UKCKMUKIt 10, 1837. ry U. W. Ciiio It autbnriwd lo do any bu lac, coonectsd with Tba Argu. Office during oiy Uue. W. L. ADAMS. The recent overwhelming vote cut in this Territory agnlnst slavery, although it im liitlo more decisive than wo expected, was mailer of surprine lo many pro slavery men and rather agreeable disappoint mont lo aa many friend of freedom. The vale was do doubt heavier for freedom by over a thousand than it would Lava been if the election bad taken place last winter., That we hare gained a thousand votee or more by a thorough canvass and fearless agitation," we have no doubt. For the lait twelve meoth we have closely watch ed the pulationt of the populace, during the fierce moral struggle through which we have pasted, and upon every review of the antagonist fercoa w e havo notice J nn unmistakable weakening in the kneca of the standard-bearers and a thinning in the ranks of Ike motley legion whe rallied as the war-dogs of democratic fire-eaters, and knelt at the woolly shrine, because there " was a spirit in them liked it." We have given them grape and canister whenever we could bring them in range of our guns, until, what between the deserters, the mockers of Belshazz.tr, and the " crip plea for life," their fores were ti reduced that we have often pitied the wretched con dition of the poor fellows who answcreJ lo the call of their leaders, anJ at every bout staggered up to the scratch determined to face the music, till all went into the ditch together. The result of the conflict was 40 our tuiod abundantly apparent before we fesolved (o atir up tho pro slavery nest with a sharp stick. Truth never yet toil anything in a back bug with falsehood, where it was permitted to enter the arena of conflict on equal terms. The advantage in the fight of course was all on our side, aa our weapons were as much superior to theirs aa John Bunyan's Jerusulem blade was superior to aa Irishmau'a shillaluh, or Wallace's claymore to St. Xavier's squirt. Their arguments were so puerile and con temptible that their champions were ashamed of them, and their dupes, discov ering that they were no match for their op ponents, were continually watching oppor tunities to either go over to the enemy or slink away into some corner till after the fight was over, declaring thuir intention to "submit," let the battle g as it would. We have never bad two heura' conversa tion with one of these pro-slavery man, without either convincing him of the utter untenableness of bis pro-slavery position, as either a religious, moral, or economical one, unless it may perchance have been such a hard head aa " Uncle Dickey" of Marion, who was " wholly given up to idol, atry" and sealed as to his moral under standing with the aignct of the " whang doodle" of black domocracy. Such mon it is entirely useless to attempt to afluct, otherwise than lo break a lance or two over Iheir ateel caps, and let them carry the scars as marks of their having butted the pricks to no purpose, instead of having kicked at (beta like Paul to an awakening of a dormant conscience. It will be recollected (hat Inst February, when the Republicans met in Territorial convention at Albany, there was a general cry made by the driven nigger wing of black democracy, that " if the black repub licans begin to agitate, wo will voto for slavery, aud Oregon w ill surely be a slave State." This cry so intimidated many weak backed republicans that they fairly quailed before the imaginary danger of "agitation,' and some of them strongly re commonded us to let the Albany convention go by default, even after the call had been published throughout the Territory. Tho result baa proven that they lacked tho backbone necessary to make bucIi success ful reformers as Luther, who was willing even to beard the Devil in his own den. By this same cry of a distant alavory cloud, growing daily bigger and blacker, hundreds upon hundreds of republicans voled for the constitution, with their eyes open to its serious defects, its inhuman re strictions upon inalienable rights, and ita atheistical animus, hoping that by doing a small evil, a greater good might eome. They were actually frightened into voting for the constitution to "save Oregon," as the North was frightened into voting for Buchanan, and a consequent endorsement of the " squatter sovereign" fraud which Buchanan and the Supreme Court have hatched into a slavery sovereign viper, merely to pacify such fire-eaters as Brook;, Toombs, Orr, Kciit, Jeff. Davis, and Wise, who threatened lo " bust the Union all to smash" if the North didn't lot the leaders of ihe black-democracy run their . arms to their elbows into the U. S. Treasu ry. Now we have no fault lo find with those whe voted for the facile Buchanan, lo "save the Union," or with the good people who voted for our constitution to "save Oregon," but we must be pardoned for say ing that we hope to live to see the day when moral principles will become the ani mus of the political creed of all our Repub lican friends. When that day comes, they will have back-bone enough to enable them to stand straight np on the aide of right in every issue. It matters not what odds we fight against, if there are only seven hundred in Oregon who have not bowed the knee lo the Baal of black democracy, they ought to stand up like moral heroes in defense of the right, at all limes and under all circumstances. Our principles are natlanal, and glorious as much auporior lo those of black demoo. racy aa a puro AngloUason l superior to an sut ealing Jifgor ; and no man who is an intelligent Republican can full to love his principles and cherit.li thera as the apple of bis eye. Their uliiinate triumph maybe nearer or moro remote, but triumph they surely will, and thai gloriously. An hon est man once thoroughly Indoctrinated In Republican principles, Is permanently fixed. Ho can never go backward, and it would be just as impossible, having a full understanding of tho issues now made up, to support the black democracy, as it would bo to plunge bis hand into the fire, or drive tho parricidal steel Into the heart of Lis bleeding country. This accounts for the fact that ia most of tho States where elect. ions have recently taken place, the Repub licans have made a gain on the Fremont vote. Those who failed to vote, like the hundred thousand in New York, are not yet thoroughly educated, full-grown Re publicans ; no such an one would fail to vote, if possible, The election shows that the black -democracy have made some con siderate gains from the ranks of the Know Nothings, but none from those of the Repub lican! I The great issno is hereafter lo be between the Republicans and the pro slav ery demeoracy. Choose ye the banner un der which yon will rally, ye that have 1 seen Sam.' In the mean time 1st us clear the deck for action. OrgaiUs fat Iks Vlf wU Now that the Constitution is adopted, and we are about to become a State, we hope our Republican fricsds will proceed to effect a thorough organization to every county in tho' Territory. The mas is blind who cannot see that a great battle is yet to be fought in the United States, be tween the Republicans as the defenders ef ihe Union and Constitution, and the expo nents of the principles of the Declaration of Independence, as well as the defenders of audi democracy as Jefferson and Washing ton held sacred, and the rights of the teom ing millions of white laborers who live by honest toil, en tho one siJc, and the black- democracy, standing on tho platform of sluve sovereignty, and as tho willing tools of fire-enters rapidly drifting towards a re. vival of the slave trade with all its pirnli cal horrors, on the other. These issues are of such transcendent importance that the petty ones which divide tho Salem fac tion and the Dr. Henry "Nationals," fade into utter insignificance. These two fac tions are in reality one, if they but knew it. One party is just as national in prin ciples as the other. They are both excres cences of the great ugly black carcass cf " National Domocracy." Tho only differ ence is, tho Sulcm protuberance runs a little more Gl'.h than the other, and holds lo caucus sevsreignty just as it is held in Pennsylvania, where the bolters who sup ported Cameron were kicked, cuffed, and spit upon, and then thrust out of the 11 na tional party" for fuiling to voto for the no torious Jolm W. Forney, tho "regular nominee." The fad is, a sound and reliable national democrat, in Oregon or Pennsylvania, has no more right to bolt a regular nominee, be be a mulatto or a full blood, or rofuse to do any other dirty work the caucus agrees shall be done by way of voting (lie whole ticket, than a Kentucky Sambo has to put his foot into his master's mush. So it's no use for Dr. Henry's party to be knocking at the door any more. The latter parly is only superior to tho Sa lem faolion in having embraced the repub lican doctrine repudiating caucus sover eignty, and in embracing more decent men. Their other principles, so far os they are "national," are equally black, equally damnable, Jeff. Davis has his hook in the noso of the party, and they are all tailing on to poor old Mr. Buchanan, in following his "ever changing, ever new" "happy conception" phantom. We are honest in our conviction that the Salem faction, with all its slimy strings of snaky elongations that make up its platform, is the nearest akin lo the present " national democracy." The contrary of this the Standard party never has shown, and it ntvercan. Ifthey are tired of" national democracy," or cau cus sovereignty, and would like a little more liberty, they know just where to find it, and if they have an earnest desire lo break up the rotten clique, and place the government in honest hands, let thera vote for the men we shall bring out. Thore is a bigger fight on Land than the prescntsquabblo between Leland andBush. la the mean time we hope our friends will organize in every county. What docs the committee appointed at Albany intend to do about calling a Terri torial convention this winter or spring I teT There is no news of importance from the Legislature. Nothing has yet been done but settle preliminaries and give Bel ice of a few bills. We believe the body adjourned yesterday till Januaay 4ih. DO" Our old friend, the talented Jake Woodsides, of Marion, is said to be the ruU ing democratic star in the present Legisla ture. fcSeveal communications are crowded out this week. From the Advocate. Tks TaaahU rraaerly ef Orvlaw. Ma. Kditob The following ataiistics show ine aggri-gam ui mxsuio mu"-iij Oregon, according to the latest assessments in tlm aaverul counib's. and dulv re tnmml to the ofliue of the Territorial Au ditor. Josephine county only has not Ikico assessed aunng me present year , in RMement for 1900 is thereforo inserted. Tim sircreoste wealth in Oreeon is, of cour, much greater than is indicated by tlmfiirurM linrnimen. which aim to Ilive only tho taxable property. The censue re ports oi 166U gave as the total valuation of taxable property In Oregon, 3,003,474. In accounting for so great an increase since 1850, it should bo remembered that lands t that lime wore not taxable. The next census reporta will show a much larger ag gregate than l ho present one: Marion, 2,200,70 Linn, 2,142.710 1'olk, 2,007,808 Multnomah, 2,013,581 Benton, 1,300,010 Clackamas, 1,332,43d Lane, 1.5H.044 Yamhill, 1,S00,880 Douglas, 054,703 Jackson, 055,180 Washington, 845,010 Umpqua, 441,106 Wasco, 221,080 Curry, 120,200 Columbia, 211,510 Clatsop, 200,377 Coos, 05,851 Tilumook, 25,000 Josephine, (Assessu'lof '50,) 113,707 Total,' 118,403,772 The censua roturns for 1850 give the f,,llnwini figures for the real and personal estate of Delaware Iowa, Florida, Michi gan tnd Arkansas: Delaware, $15,800,870 Iowa, 21,600,643 Florida, 23,108,734 Michigan, 30,877,223 Arkansas, 30,428,073 These figures show how the present wealth of Oregoa compares with that of these Slates in the year 1850. r. s. K. mate Eteetlowa. Massachusetts Banks (Republican) is elected Governor over Gardner (American) by 23,331 plurality. Returns from 314 towns ont of 320, give the following result Banks, 00,207. Gardner, 30,070. Beach, (Dera.) 30,411. Tho whole Slate ticket of tho Banks parly, for Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Treasurer, Auditor, and Attorney General are elected by large pluralities. All the Banks Councillors except Col. Fay, iu the first district, are elected. The successful candidate in the first district is Newell A. Thompson, who was nomiualed by the Gardner Americans. Of the forty Senators, thirty one nre Banks men; two Gardner; four Demo crat, and three doubtful. For the House of Representatives, the Bunks party have elected 157 ; the Gard ner Americans 32, and the Democrats 34. Caleb Cushing, late Attorney General under President Pierce, is elected to the State House of Representatives, from New buryport. New York The Ttibune thinks the Democrats Lave carried the State from 10 to 20 thousand majority. Tho democratic vote was about the same as that of Bu chanan last year, while nearly a hundred thousand Republicans failed to vote. The fiuancial troubles seemed lo have absorbed the attention of all parties except the black democracy. The N. Y. Times thinks it barely possi ble that the Republicans may Lave carried their State ticket. The Tribune estimates the Legislature as follows: Rep. 00 j l)cm.65; Amer. 3; and adds : " The above is but an approximation, being partly estimated. We believe, how ever, that the Senate is pretty surely Re publican, and the House Democratic." New Jersey. Thore was a very light vote polled at the election, but thought to give the Democrats a viclbry. The follow ing Telegraphic dispatch lo ihe Tribune conlnins tho latest news. Trenton, N. J., Wednesday, Nov. 4, 1857, Tho Democrats bave elected six Senators out of eight. The Legislature will stand: 15 Democrats, 4 Americans, 1 Republican, and 1 Fusion. In Ihe House, the Democrats have 35, and the Opposi tion 25. Last year the Senate stood : Democrats 11 J Opposition 0 ; and the House : Dem ocrats, 37 , Opposition, 23. Maryland, There was some rioting in Baltimore, but as a general thing the elsctieo went offpeacably. The vote, so fur as heard from, indicates a considerable increace upon Fillmore's vote, and the A mericana have doubtless swept the State. Indiana. Of this election, the Boston Journal (Republican) writes : The election in Indiana was for members of the Legislature and to fill the vacancy in the Tenth Congressional district. We bave already aunounced the election of Case (Republican). The vote stands, according to the latest returns Case, 1.725 ; Wor den, (Dem.) 1,005 j Case's majority, 720, which is nearly double the majority that Brenton received last rear. The returns for the Legislature are favor able to the Republicans. In Tippecanoe county, the whole Republican ticket is elec ted by 052 majority, which is a gain ef 300 on last fall. In Cass county, Judge Wright (Republican) has been elected to fill the vacancy in the Legislature, occasioned by the resignation of W. J. Cullen. This is again. In Fountain county, the Demo crats have succeeded by about 100 majori. ty White county is largely Republican. Jasper county gives 250 Republican ma jority, being a gain of 150. The Lafayette (Ind.) Courier says that Ex Senator John Petiit, one of the lights of Indiana " old lineism," has been defeat ed as a candidate for the Judgeship in that circuit. Charles H. Test, a Republican, a lawver and a irenlleman. has been elected by about 400 majority, Iowa. The Republican candidate tor Governor elected by a majority of some thing over 3,000, The Legislature report ed' to stand: Senate Ropublicans, 24; Democrats, 12 : and one doubtful ; House 30 Republicans ', 23 Democrats ; and 10 doubtful. 1 here is a contest to settle in this State, as to which party shall have the two United Stales Senators. Onto, The following is the latest re port, dated Cincinnati, Oct. 10 : Official returns from forly.eight counties show a majority of 1,017 for Chaso, Republican. All the Republican Stale ticket is chosen, except Blackenfer for the Board of Control of Public Works. The Legislature is two thirds Democratic. Minnesota. The Chicago Tribune has seen St. Paul papers of Monday, Oct. 20lh. The latest corrections of the vole for Gov. ernor leave tho totals as follows : Rumsey, (Rep.), 13,420; Sibley, (Dem.), 12,735. Georgia. In all but aix counties, Brown, Democrat, for Governor, has a majority of 10,140. The State Senate con sists of 80 Democrats and 32 Americans, and (he House 105 of the former and 50 of the latter. Democratic majority on joint ballot, 100. Pennsylvania. Complete roturns from all tho counties have been received at the office of the Secretary of State, at Harris' burg, and the result for Governor stands as follows : Packer, 188,887 Wilmol, 140,130 ilazlchurst, 28,132 The majoriiy of Packer over Wilmol is 42,751 ; and over Wilmol and Hazleburst, 14,610. The Slate Legislature will, according to tho returns received, stand as fellows: Opposition. Dem. Senate, 12 21 House of Rep., 81 09 43 00 Dem. majority or joint ballot, 47 Election op United States Senators in Tennrsseb. Gen. Pillow did not get a vote in the Tennessee Legislature for Uni ted States Senator. The vote was as fol lows: A. O. P. Nicholson, 58 John Bell, 35 Wm. B. Campbell, 1 Gov. Androw Johnson was elected to the U. S. Senate for six years, commencing tho 4th of March last. Kansas Election. A letter dated Leavenworth City, Oct. 18, reports that Gov. Walker had personally ottered to give Mr. Parrot, the Free State candidate, a certificate of his election to Congress, but Mr. Parrot declined receiving it unlil the official returns woro published by Secrete, ry Stanton. From the returns received at the office of Secretary Stanlon up to October 18th, and which were counted by him as legal, the Legislature stands thus : Council, House Reps. Free Stnte, 8 20 Democrats, 4 13 Doubtful, 1 13 30 j mo icucr kiso rt'roris lusi, hi i-oiisu- : quenco of immense frauds which had been ' perpetrated by the judges iu several of the Democratic precincts, the Governor and . Secretary had thrown out the votes of two whole counties, and four prccints in other ' counties. St. Louis, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 1857. ! Kansas Letters, of the 20lh, state that only ! thirty llirco of the sixty members of the Constitutional Convention were present, and nothing of general iaterest hud been done. Gov. Walker and Secretary Stan ton were at Lawrence, on the 29th, and nothing was said about leaving '.lie Terri tory. The Herald of Freedom says that the bank suspensions at the East have been severely fell in Kansas. There was a large amount of valueless Eastern exchange there. Upwards of three hundred troops were at Lecompton. A protest had been entered against the issuing of certificates to the Pro-Slavery candidates for the Legislature in the Leav enworth District, on account of the alleged frauds in the Kickapoo precinct. Governor Walker has issued another proclamation ; in which he vindicates his course iu rejecting " simulated and fraud ulent returns from Johnson county. For rejecting those returns, he has been se verely censured by the ultra Southern press. The vote in Kansas, for Delegate to Con gress, as reported from -the office of the Secretary of State, stood ; Ransom, Ad ministration, 4,813: Parrot, opposition and Free State, 7,552. Illinois. Chicago, 111., Nov. 4, 1857. At the county election, yesterday, the Republicans elected their entire ticket. The majority will probably reach 1,700. f3T In Pennsylvania the democrats polled 23,508 votes less at the late elec tion than in 1858, while the Republicans polled only 1,480 less. In Philadelphia the vote shows a democratic lose of 10, 478 and a Republican gain of 2,009. In Berks county the Democrats lost 2, 550, while the Republicans gained 1, 713. In Lancaster county the Democrats lost 2,245, while the Republicans gained 1,182. In Philadelphia and the two counties just mentioned the Know Noth ings lost 10,817. fW At the late New York election there were only two members of Con gress to elect. In the 28th district Pat terson, Republican, is said to be elected over Warner, Dem., and in the 20th dis trict Upham, repub., is supposed to be defeated by Stone, dem. 03" In most of the large cities in the States, the late vote shows a heavy Re publican gain over Fremont's vote last year. OCT In La Salle, (III..) the Republicans have elected their mayor by 39 majoriiy. Last vear the locon rimed ih riiv k n majority. Ohio, Seventy sovon counties have now been heard from officially, making Chase's majority thus far 2,070, Eleven couni.es Butler, Fulton, Hocking, Jack, son, Lawrence, Logan, Ottawa, Perry, Preble, Williams and Wyanuoii we yei lo he officially heard from. In the Presidential election ihe popular majority that is, Ihe voto ef Buchanan and Fillmore combined over Fremont, was 1 1,059. The popular majority that is, the voto of Ihe Democratic and Know Nothing caudidaies, al the late eUciion over Chase, will not exceed 2,50(1, being a Republican gain of over nine thoutand in one year I Tills is the exhibit of the figures of ihe official returns, and yet the Bogus Demoo. racy impudently assert lhat there is a great Republican " falling off!" Aa " fig ures ncvor lie," the " falling off," appears to be in a different quarter. Growth op Republicanism in Cali fornia. The Democratic vote in Califor nia has fallen off since the Presidential eltollon 4,224 the Republican 1,300 the American 18,217. Buchanan'a ma jority over Frenioul was 31,500 Weller's ... . v o. i.i: v (Ueinoornucj over Stanley ui-iuuiiui; 28,000 Fillmore's over t runout 15,000 Stanley's over Bowie, ihe American candidate for Governor, 1,000. In places where any effort was made lo get out Ihe voters the Republican vote has been increased. It would be the sa me way in every State. Republicans can enly be defeated by their own supinoneas. Not Much of A Shower After All. From reading Bogus Democratic news papers, one would think that tho Republic ans were even much worse defeated in Pennsylvania at the late State election than they wore at the Presidential election. This is, however, far from being the case. At the Presidential election, Pnn sylvsnia gave Buchanan a majoriiy of over 63,000 over Fremont. The late State elec tion returns from all the counties iu the State, thirty-nine of which are official, show lhat Packer's majority over Wilmol cannot possibly exceed 42,000, being a Demoorat. ie Ion of forty ont thousand, votet in lot than a year. And what makes this Democratic fulling of! still more significant, is the fact that almost in the same proportion that rocker falls short of Buchanan's vote, does Wilmot gain over Fremont's vote. We still have strong hopes for the old Key Stone State. In a year or two more, she will poll a good Republican majority, and by the time of tho next Presidential election she will be all ready to cast Ler electoral vote for a Republican President TbeStws from India. The Atlantic's newa indicates no im provement of affairs iu India; and, if a re port in the Paris papers be true, shows lhat the position of the British is growing really alarming. The report referred to slates that the mutiny has broken out in Bengal in nn un mistakablo form. Civilians from nil pans of Bengal were Hoeing to Calcutta for safe ly, and that lhat city was crowded with fugitives. The civil officers had fled from their posts, leaving the treasury in the in terior undnr Ihe charge of a single regi ment, which is said to have been in a very precarious condition. Trade was partly suspended nt Calcutta ; imports were accu mulating; no buyers were found to take them out of the market; money was scarce, and the paper of the East India Company was quoted at 25 per cent, discount. Mar. tial Uw had been proclaimed nt Belgnum, a town in the provineo of Bclgnpoor. A magazine al Gonhporo had beeu struck by lightning, causing an explosion which do stroyed 000 lives, and $5,000,0011 of prop erty. The accounts concerning tho move ments of Gen. IJavelock, and the position of affairs nt Cawnpore and Lucknow, are conflicting. According to one statement, Gen. llavclock, after marching towards Lucknow, and defeating the enemy in two separate battles, found the rebel army be sieging the Luoknow garrison to be 15,000 strong a force which he could not think of attacking with his small army of 060 men. He was, therelore, compelled lo leave the British garrison at Lucknow to its fute and fall back on Cawnpore, wheie he was threatened with an attack from the rebels. Another report, of a more doubt ful character, is to ihe effect that he had succeeded in reaching Lucknow, and re lieving the garrison. The general impres sion is that Ilavelock's position is very precarious. Gen. Nicholson had reached Delhi, in advance of his command, which, when it arrived, would augment the En glish army to 11,000 men. The assault on the place was expected to take place en the 20th of August. The great Mohammedan festival had passed off quietly. Thrilling Incident. At a temperance meeting in Philadelphia some years ago, a learned clergyman spoke in favor of wine as a drink, demonstrating it quite to bis own satisfaction to be scriptural, gentle manly, and healthful. When the clergy man sat down, a plain elderly man arose, and asked the liberty of saying a few words. Permission was granted( and spoke e; f0j. lows: " A young friend of mine," said he, "who had long been intemperate, was prevailed on, te the joy of bis friends, to take the pledge of entire abstinece from all that could intoxicate. He kept his pledge faith fully for some time, though the struggle with bis habit was fearful, till one evening in a social party, glasses of wine were handed around. They came to a clergy man present, who took a glass, saying a few words in vindication of the practice. Well,' thought the young man, 'if clergy men can take wine and justify it so well, why not I!' So he took a glass. It in stanlly rekindled bis fiery and slumbering appetite; and after a rapid downward course he died ef delirium tremens a rav ing madman !" The old man paused for utterance, and was just able to add "That young man was my only ton, and the cler gyman was the reverend doctor who has just addressed the assembly." Southern I nvrchman. forth, Artu My r.tk.n, Ur,vt u'i .t .i T,,1 T"y fF"" b" bta last I mi 11, 1 wu but a child Hut )ot Ihe liinu I do rainninher wl The moriiiiifr sermon had twin duly w.i.j The villas.,, bed .Hwht Ih.ir qakJE And lh. who from the country Wuilll To li.tr.i lo Hit good man', holy word, Wire landing liere aud there in m. Bruu Bunie lettered in lliu ixrcli and round ihVai A few were yet remaining in llklrpew,. f"' The prudent mother there dealt uulr 1 Of liny iea und eakra and yellow cheea : To all her eager group of little onei, Who, tired of eming Hill aud straight n i . Hud heard with ioy the bemdiglion clow Aud now were olualering round lo wait il.'.i . I, with my lilUo eouaine.Tiadreoelved tt'm' My bright repast, aud as 'twaa t-uded now My mother chuwd my band and aaid. j Now 1.1 uago and eeek lbs old ehurehW. Uladlv I went. It was our 'ciwoiued walk And 1 had learned to lovv Ibu uuiot iool Where I had often seen my mother we A nd, kneeling on Ihe nod, when none wti, '., Would hiy her hand upou my bended bead And ak Ihe widow'e (Jod lo blmej bvr cniij i We wandered aluwlv llimmk il... i. , . . . . vvnaarvrKM And paused al length beaide the pur'whii That -rved to mark ih. I.d .inft" How solemn every thought tlmt filled my ? Ai I iat down in silence by the aide Of her whoae sorrow bad so long endured Aud heard her tell again, as on she'd dou'e The many virtues of the loved aud km ' Oh ! how my young heart yearned lo know th.i love ' (A father, lovej-which I might never know.' Hut yet I had a falher once and he Had riakrd hi. life to aee hi. only chilcf When .he was lying at the poi, ,f iMu Returning from a iouruey hard, and lonr Wearied, and feeble he had com. to find Hi. much-loved child the prey of . ilKut that threatened all who came within iliKarl. They told Mm he was weak, and ill coukT" ' 1 he raging fever's luiuU-d poinooou. bnuh But -Me ! be feared not death, and he w His durliug babe ouca more before .he died.' 8lrue l'rovidenee, thy ways are truly dark1 He ditd-the strong .upiorling arm, o which The loving wife aud mother leaned, wu uk. Aud , the frail and feeble Inluul, lived. To .truggle up and on in thi. cold world. And never kuuw agaiu a father', love. Hi. was indeed1 (a. wilh ihe word, enrravej Upeu hi. lomUtoue, which I oft bave rtadl Tbut 'Perfect tote' which caetttk out all Jim' Doth lo a worldly and a heavenly mum. ' He loved hi. child, aud feared not death (rook Ho luved his God, and wa prepared Is di. ' Whenever he thould call hi. tpirit borne And ueed we ear when weeping o'er kie rwtt Ah, ne ! but let ua aak that we too nuy rowea. that 'Perfect tote which caete ml J,tr' Isis llux, Oct 2C, 1837. "U" For the argot. Myra Bletf. Written on the death of the infant dcugitn if Her. Obed and Charlotte Vickineoa, aim 7'inr eaarea to raraaiee iVoe. 1JIA. , Yd, deep. : While Weep, ' Father, mother, .inter, tear, of wirnw , Hut pule star. Ilirir uighlly vigil, o'er bar Shall keep. ( Yea, .ho Ill's gone-: That little one E'en went to deep, and gavu her tool to God, , orowu thin won , Aud cluiping a Dower, drap'd in anowy ilirood, She rtited calm and cold in coffin bed, lod, Aud they placed her thue'neatli the damp, brwa I Her .ullirtinge doao. j Iter life- Frail life Was br'cf as tho flower that bloom, to decs I She raw to realnw of immortality Without a strife. Hut thi'ir home, i Once thine own, : Now Is lone and sad. Thy silent kiee. , Oft so londerly given them, they mm, ! Happy ouo. ! Yet thy wee band., With seraph band., I Do softly strike the Golden Harp above I Thy little vuico now lin the Savior's luve, In Heavenly lands. Salem, Nov 25. Anu. Pkiteii. IVpper is an almost uoinrtal condiment. Black peppor irritates and is ! flumes tho coatings of the stomach, red pep j per does not, it exciies, but does not iriiutt, , consequently it should bo used instead ( Muck pepper. It was knowa lo the Be ; mans, and has been in use in the East i l...ttnU 4V.t..l 1 1 . n I rv inAinn.lol A tl AA,ll I luuiva HVill IIIIIU .Ill'livilivi ibi, mo ., , i. j the flatulence which attends the large m of vegetable food. Persons in health sV 1 not need any pepper in their food. Butts i those of weak and languid stomachs, it is i manifold more healthful to use csjeass i pepper at meals than any form of uv, brandy or beer lhat can be named, becsws ! it stimulates without the reaction of sleep iness or debility. HalVt Jour. tSM. A ten dollar bill on one of the reeeslly suspended Tenneesee banks, mads 14 pay able in hell," was offered to several broken) in Nashville, the other day, and wis promptly refused. At last the bolder, n despair, approached a group of three ey-shavcra, who hud their heads logelber over Bsme speculation, and exclaimed ua well-feigned earnestness, " gentlemen, this bill is payable in hell, truly: but if y can't collect it, d n me if I know can." MA&EISDl T.rt -:... ,C k. D.. T). E. Blsis, Mr. Randolph Stsicklin , of Clear Greek, U amaa county, to Mia. AusjimS UtW at v egon City. FOR THE HOLIDAYS! STitfAS. NEW-YEAR'S, sal suet Of ih. ehoicea. V"kT wee. J'a7. uiii w . TJ. a MAIL ZJnE. Oreaon City and Portland Daily Will run daily, (Sunday. named Irad., leaving Oregoa CW t$i o'clock, a. n. Returning, will le 3 T. ., touching at all intermediate For freight or passage apply oa baaia. TO FRUIT GROWm, I HAVE been for some Pf 'JV ihs NURSERY BUSINESS, saa -now on my place in , nn SPRING VALLEY, rot a large assortment of the varion. sua. r d ii I T TREE S r n s a s " . lh,Ka usually kepi in the best anisenes " Ht,i M trees are of the oesi brought I elU) river. tomen North months. I have also sa exu T. all of which will be sold oo iwew J. u. December 20, 1S57, o this co.and.bngneario.- 1 have every btcuaj rrv .ad South durlnr "-",