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THE UKKMN A KG US. rVILIWIIB IVISV MrUUr NOSNIXO, BY WILLIAM L. APAM3. TSKVS-Tkt A sous will furnuhtd TSrtt DilUrt and r'ilf Ctnli pc annum, in adtttci, It tin fit inkt-ribtriThrit Dutlurt ttck It c4 tf tta at tat tjiciia adtumct rVAta Ikl mtaia it aul paid inadeanit, four DilUrt mitt it charge J if pud iciihin tit maalht, and fmduitattatlkt tniuf Ikt ymr. JJf" T I) dtatt far tit mtnlktSt tubicrip tittt rt.-tittd fur a Itti ptrini. Df M pupf iiuotlmutd nlil ult arrtmnitt art pit til, atttu al tin npiion of fit pu'iii'hrt. ADVEUTIHINO RATED. One X)ur hue or km) una inwrtloo, " two inwrtloiw. 4,ih " " Uirw iraenloiw, 6,a) Each tuIwHjutMl iiuertoii, lO Raaaneabla dtduotiont tu Ukjm aho advvtia hj tlit jri ar. m i will ii-r mm JOB PRINTING. Tin raarairroa or nil AT.C, t'8 it lurrr lo Inform Ilia puhlie that lie li juat rerfired larga iloek of Ju 1 VI'K and other new print in;! miiti ral, and will Iw in il. erily tnr yt ui lilion mi rd to till llie n i)iiiiemrnta nf iliin U . tality. IIANDMIMX. J tTMiH, I I.A.NKS. ('Alil)H, tintCI.AlW, I'AMl'lIT.hT-WoliK A Weekly Newsjinper," devoted to the Principles of Jeffersonian Democracy, and advocating the side of Truth iu every issue. Voi-IV.' OREGON CITY. OREGON, MAY 2 2. 1 858. No. 0. and other Linda, dune o order, eu tlmri I otlce. ilk mm REHOIAItOXtt Ilea, Afrit 11, U3t. R.uilved, 1st, Tlmt tlm K'piiIIicii party, true to ill" principle lliMi f-um llie basis of oar fre and deiucrii'iu evsieiu l government, reaffirms to them t unslter able devotion, I lul l down in ilm bl'd bought charier of Aumriuwi lib-r'y. the Di-clsralion of Indepeudeiiue, hii I devl 0"d in tlm Com iiuiiim of ilm Unin-il Btales, Mtid lhat th pr.eyeriiy Mini perpe tuity of our Uni'in depend upon a strict adliaratice lo tin il.ictiiii- taught, vi I ilm rights guarantied in tliote. lioiiord repos itories of republican fiiili. It-aulved. 2ml, 'I'lml in relit'ioii to t It Institution ol llllOleStic shivery, We remain W'oer Ilm iirwn who farmed our iim i lotions plained iiem.lve, and wh-re the leading statesmen of nil ponies, until with in reueiit period, Ii ivm lmriiioiii.iii.lv kloml ill lit it i a purely Incut, liol g.oier al, State, and IM national, iusiinilioii determinable by the S'ams, each Pr itself over which ilia other Stale tunc ito contrnl mid Inr which no responsibility. R -solved. 3 I, That with Washing; on. JelT-rsjn, Madison, Franklin, mid iln-ir compeer und cliMiiiura ric. wliuin tin framing of tho Constitution iiiado elF-ctual p'ovisiuu for tlm annihilation of ilm irnTiu in slaves, and who were, especially anxious that that instrument shou'd conlHin nn ml ima-rioti nf the right of one man in hold property in another, we IH-Iinvi- nlm'pry in ba poliliciil. 'cial, mid niuriil vil ; Hiid. wbila wo diiiuluiiii nil ri'lil and inclination In infrfrre wiih it ihm iiinnioipiil nnln lion of any nf ilm KovuivitMi Suite of tin Union, w bi'lit-va ilml tlm oruaiiio net or 1797 for the (.'overnmi'iit of nil ih turrito iy thru liuluiiL'in'.' to t Iim H'pulilio, pfiin-'d by llletngJcinUi JnlF-niun, iipprnveil liy l ! immortal Vmiliiii)rlon,ii'id hlriclly adln-rcd (o ill tlm forinnlion of wviry Iprrilori il government from tlmt Mum down In 1M54, nib-ilie lint dny of Coniv in IVa.ninj uvrrnincnm for ilm Ti'rritorira tlmt i. Ilia iioii rxii"nion of nliivury. Reaolvt-d, 4l.ll, That lie nnflirtiinn'e di-pur ure from lliu prinuipli' in thn lute ol orunniain ilm Turritory of Khikuii, tu which w dir'clly tr.icn ilm binrr njjiu lion which lia ilfulroypil I lie p.-nci-, ninl raddiMied with tlm Ido'id of hriiltn m lh virgin noil, of that f.iir land, Iims proved lv itubitti-r fruit ilm windmii of the ancirnl policy which it litis rippl'mlrd. Jl-wdved, fllh, Tltitt w niHiid by and minUin, h did our furef.itlii-rn, Inm pop ul.r mivereiis'iiy, and ih' iiiHlieimide rij-bi film penphi topovprn th"nn de ; lui w denv lluil a m.iii i d- pried of lliee nnl" Iim enjuy tlm privil.'UM nf enshiviim others, and Hltirm tliut'he p-siill nliicli a ducirini' would tiii lo louml ili liln'riy of ihi ci'ii-n u a liiiM of d.'.ipniiniii. U olv.il, Oih, Tli.H tliR mmmpi iipun h purl uI'iIih present 1) inooratio admin, i'ra'ion m foio upon tlm peopln nf Km hh a ooiKtiliiiio'i utiliori-riii to a lnrjfi linj rily of i'a oitisf-'im. aad i mmtain in pow.-r a" uiirpiii and lyni'inical minnriiy a.'niii't ill- kn 'n will of ilia ri-inaiiidi-r, it Nil ' oil'r'it'1 initio lio lio lie liV n lie," p.'oplp, and W lm;w ilia' pm'ini th "i elvr lirnilV tl!"n tin i I tl-'t it I I null fir! PliunciHt'd bv tin- Di'cU'a'inii nl Iudepi nd rnc". "that, all unvernmi'iitH derive their jnt tnwer from I'm cmiwiit f ilm g ern.-il," limy will b" able in wri"t Imm their oppreor thai whioh i inettimilH tu a free peuph' and fo-inidable ! tyrant only I lt- ri Il I 'ociniipd ihe nilcra locon form to the wiahe "f lh-i rul d. lt-olvi'd, 7 h. Tint ini that th" riuht in govern nec-Kkrily filnw Hie rivilit to auq-nre and h 'Id territory ,' an I that in providing a overnin''iit fir a Territory under thi risfht itahoiild be bawd HpOii ilm iiiilii'ablrt riijlit of tlm people, and we arraign tlm inn lern vsleni practiualU carried out in K unimfnr i: uttei and uiosk io!ation of l hew principle, and alfli tn that ilm drlt citiilotfim f wrotis and crime co n nilte I by tlm U'o and exi-tina A I minim ritli'iin aainsi p piiliir ri'jlil- in that Turrimrv denerve tlm execration of evei v oer of free.lom of the prenr-nt day, and, i iheir jn-t reward in hiloiy, Mn inimr lalitv of infimv. ' RWived, 8: h, Thai ih late puitnan decision nf the Suprenm Court in 'he case ofDred Si-o'i. which make llie Cuiistitn lion a grand lille. iim' ruiivnt to every b older of !ave, in a disraca u tlm Jo dioiary of tlm nation, and a Main upon tlm ihum.-ipr nf nnr eonn'rv. whoan mildet boartiita love of liberty in in lurjjel ensB and iU lttrd of tyranny in every Ibnn. :' . tte.olved, Oth. That we cmiRratuUtu otirielve and the people of Oregon upon the renll f the 'a'" electimi "pnn nuealionof alavery aaa triumph of the RepuWicati doctrine of nonxten.ion, ami we only init that we ouuht lo use our influence wherever it can ba legitimately done to secure lo other rerri.orieaibe-an.e rioelei bleanin of freedom which by ocha Kratifyimt loajority e aeem o fullv to appreciatn fr onraelvea. i Revived, lO.h. That the recklew prodi iality of national treasure which has char, icteriwd the lato and pres-nl Uomootaiic Adininitraliona, brinaina to bankruptcy iieasury whom vault have received 83J, 'OflO 001) per annum, and necessitating a Wn'inatime of peace, is a clear and ile tnonstraiive proof ur that w,.tKf,.l extrav -l.;..h haa t.luudered the na'ion arid turned treasury into a i ahmplaaler machine, r th na:hin! uuv n wu" lustainl'e finance. - i.-i ii.i. Tlm i ib Paino Rad JVHOlvro, ii-, - . , . road ia no longer an enterprise of doubtful expediency, but has beernne one of imrmr MiMCMimmal and national necesaHV. i ...., o. .vMKtrudion on any cn- trl and practicable mule by the aid nfthe n..-..K...ernmni eiven in uch man ner m may b-bestcaJculaledloefll-ctim art eomrdeliofl R,ld. 12th. Thai we fa appro- priationiby Congrew for the ini;roeineB ! ifrivera nnd harloia of a liatioiml char ai'ler, Rexnlved, 13ii. Thai llie political d.,e. 'lias kuu III reiti'lilly lo be established by a part v sivlilli 'belli -id ve Deinocralii in iliw 'I erriiury, which mseil ilm dntv of a represeiiiiinve or ili l. t-nie in mine in slmici to be lo I'b 'V ilm iiislrni liniis of hi cnstitoi'iits a bile iu o'hers speeih'ed he I IihuiiiI In disrefiird them and how lo lU't will of ol hers, is d'ltioetoiu and kiili-repuh. 1 1 run in ita leiideiicv, and worthy to be 4iifttaiuei nnlv by a party llmt everywhere is known as the h II v of personal vassalage and 'In advocate of piirilan di'spotism. . Itesolved, 1 4 1 II. That e believe in ihe uirraiiiiiiided riohl of Ilm citizen lo think anil vote as he idea?', mid we utterly de ny I flu rilflil of auV representative under any ci'ctiuuniiiice to viol.ite the iusiriio lions or klioviii will of the people lie rep-n-s-Ills. K.-mlied. J 5ih, That llie present yni of votinir ri'd voce, immdiicrd by that party tntiilijeul the MiOriiife ol lln-ci'i' ii lo tlm aurvi-illuiice of piiliau insp.-ctors, and awe him, under the penally of bein(i h-iiudi'd as a trai'nr, into nlj t-l suboiin-ion. is a relic i if linrliiiri.in. which finds lit frii-uds iu a party li iko ithole or(iHn;zmiiiii is devoted io the eX'iiiinuivliiueut of eve rv sjiurk of pernoiial fri edum, and suljicls ii iik-iiiIhtm lo the entire Control of an aris tocracy of leaders; and that with such a party i are prnud to have neither sym pathy nnr communion. Hcnator '.riurndra on Iha neprat of the Ulssuurt V.ouiprooiUc. We extract the folloaiuo from the late able upeech of lion John J. Crittenden, mi the Lecoinpton question, iu the Unikd Slates Seliutc : Mr. President, 1 am, according to thede iioiiiiiia'ions now u-ually employed by par lies in this countrv, u anuihern man. 1 have lived all my life iu a southern Stale I h ive hern accustomed from my child hood to that frame of society of which slavery firms a pari. I am, no far as ru ttnrds ihe necessary defense of llie rights of ha Mouth, as prompt and as renily to tie li-ud ilmm na any man tlm uideoinhcnn hold; but in tlm same rosnlute nnd Hiti-r-iiimed spiiit in aliit-li I would rief.nil any iiivusioii f its rijliis, and for Hhich I would put my foot as fur hh he who Went finhe-l, I will cimcede lo others tlmir rights, nnd I will iiiaoiinin and il,fi-nil llletn. Willi tlm sunn, feelma with which 1 know I would defend my own riohls, I w II rep'-c; th irs. I iii-vet exp-cted Kan. "as tu be a soiv- Smie. I b In veil thai those at tho South "ho expected il would he deceived. There was some vnoue hope that when ill" Ml-soiiri Coinpromise line was liikeu hiihv and aholi'lied, slavery miilit he i x'end-d in thai direriioli, but I di.l um heliete it. I b. lii ved thai the Mia .u ' i Uoiiiprouiise linerixed iu 18J(Ihi aboiil I lull territorial line, north nf which shivery, il II could exist, wtiiihl not be jiroii'iibly employed ; and nur experience i uce has shown that the r h.e m n w ho oidile that Ciiuipromiae judgeil riulitly. We have f'uiiid no inlanee in uh'i-h it has b-en limiid profiuibl- Hiiyule re there, I li-heVed that the idea of making Kansas a si ivi- Sine wua a delusion in ihe South: i loil li. r hone would never he ia;ih.eil, if he , nleil lined Mich a hope ns that, ihoiitjhl, llu-n fore, ji w on III ImVe hei n bet. ter, w.thoui xniiiiiiiiiir cninolbl V into Ms uoiitiniliolialiiy, I i lei llie Miasnuii Compromise stand I ri-i;ri-iied its repeal. I did Hot b- lieui ilm South would jraiil any thim; by it, or iUi the North uould j;ain by it. Tlm Conip'nmise whs a bond and asstir. Hllre of peacil I would Hot liat'e lli'-ttllbell it. Il Whs hallowed in my esliiltutioil h)' tlm men who had made it. It was hallowed iu tny HppP'lu'iision by tlm b'tieficial con s. (t-lelic.es tlmt resulted flolll it. It whs h nn d, nl Ihe lime il was nlade, by ilm South. Il produced jiood. and not hittsr bill ioid. fi nm I hut lime. UUi-ii have oO, ir, nl IresMnif Mr. Tomiib-. and I. and nil nl tlm ohl.Vhij par'y, triumphed iu that act as one of ihe gr.-Hl achievements f our ead. r, ll-nry Clay. It ws I'mm i hut, am.ino oiher things, th-H Im ileriveii ihe proudil of his titles that of the pa-cifn-ator and p-ai.e maker nf litis countrv. We ii-cnbed lo him a irial iiislrumeiimli'y iu ilm passage of that law, and over and over aiiani have I claimed rredit and honor for him for this act. This, for thiny years, had been inv steadf.tsl opinion. I have b-eii rrowiug. perhaps, dmiug "bat lime, a In lie oi ler, enu am a unm u ss tuw . ble of new impres.ions and Hovel opinions. I cannot lay asi.lu tlm idea limt urn iaw wh'cli made that line of ditisimi was con sti'itt'i oiial rum. I believed so then. All ilm ueuple believed it. I must be iermil lei lo retain tltat Oliliuon sun , m nt muv rate, to my end with ilm Impe thai I I.Hve not been lirawmL' ana nave noi rjeen claiming credit f-r others for violating the Con-.linitmii of iheir country. Sir. the men who passed ilml measure were (treat limn ; they were far seeing men Wi'hnul argoment now, I am coment to rest my faith upon the authority of those Trent men Pincknev. Clav. Lowndes, old President Monroe, Ihe last of tne pairiarc" of the Revolution, with his learned and aide Cabinet, and then, what ia more than all. thirty five years of acquiescence in il and peace under it in theae State. What ever quarrels yon may have had ahotil it in Congress, ihere was alaaya enough lo uphold and sustain thai law ; and never, until 1854. waait repealed, or it consiila ..iiHliiv nuestionetl. thai I know nf. I re- tretted' It repeal, b-csu 1 feared llmt it woulj lead lo new ajri'aiioiis ana new oan gers. Ilaa it uoll Whit baa been our lu.riKiiM f The auibors of tho meagre which re m.ImI ilml Cinnrnniise hmmrable and Ltrioiic I know them to b-s many of them ml pe'aonal friends promised lUemselves f,.'.m it creater p-aca aad greater repoaa by localizing lha alarery qaasaon, w said. Then Ihi act was lo localixe the qu-slinu of slat or v, and a'l auiialioii as lo la) at an end. It was lo ive peace lo the Country. So the President said. Tlm Piesidi-m in his message at the eminence iiii ni id i his sesioii, or in his special urns. sji I Ho imt know which imagines ihe cuntrv to have been iu (treat iioitaiion on tlm subject uf slavery, when ilm Kain-as-Ni braska aol came and put a slup lo il, linlll, some lime afterwards, il was relived. Why, sir, exacllv the contrary seems to urn tu be the l rue history of ilm transaction. We were liecoiniii trBiiquiliged under the compromises of IHAO in addition lo the MismmiiI Compromise; all was snUiiling into subinis-iuii and acquieaeeiice, when, lo obtain a greater drjrree of peci-e and se. cure ns i;,r the future against all atiiiation, this bill of 1 8-4. repealing tlm Missouri Compromise, uhs pas,-i. What has it produced I Ilaa il given us peace t All can answer thai qtiesliun. It has given Us evervtliinix hut peace, l has (tiieu ua ev. erylliittg but a cessation nf Huiia'inn. It has (liven us trouble. That has been the consequence of it so far, A Lightning Rod Mn in a Fix At Cincinnati, thenther day, Mr. T. Kingston, who puts up lightning rods, climbed lo the top of tho spire nf Si, Paul's Cathedral, I wo hundred and thirty five feel, where, baviiui left his ladder below, be clung by his arms and legs, fattened the last foul of tlm roil, and attached its point quit a heavy piece nf metal securely, as he sup posed, to ihe cross surmounting the stee ple. He had just completed ihii difficult and daiijmroiis task, watched by a number of persons in the street below, and while looking at the work and experiencing that satisfaction which results frr-.-n liszard passed and labor accomplUhed, of a sud den, soineiliitig heavy struck him and intde his bruin reel until he could hardly see. Instead of loosing bit hold at once at would have been the natural and inevitable result, he clung with a power beyond himself and a will superior to his own, closer and in stinctively lo the spire. He knew not what had occurred, and to his confused senses it oppeared that the steeple was tum bling ; or that snmit at range cause was about io bring the vast structute lo ilm j; round. Smite forty seconds an age to Iiitn niusl have elap-ed bi fore he sufficiently collected bio scattered thoughts and sub veiled con-cioiMiess to know that the en tile upper pti't of llie rod had fallen over his head, causing the blond lo Irickle over his forehead and neiuly blinded him. He mhh in a dreadful perplexity and most dan geinus pn-diion. He feared, if he moved, he would jio cleaving the air In a terrible dea'h upon the tioiiy street b low, and at tlm name time he knew he could not, in the disordered state of his nerves, and his in-crea-ino weak lies, retain his grasp, more ihe result of fate lliau teeling, much lun ger. If he stir'etl he might full ; if lie re mained he tferainly would; and so, du terni'ii'd to iiuike at least an effort for his life, he pot one f-sit very cautiously, then his arms, and then moved the other foot; and Hfu-r half a minute of exertion and ilm greater danger, he touched I In- topmost inuiidoflhe ladder and in a few seconds more was inside nf ihe steeple, and safe, 1'lmn it was that Mr. K ' great courage and strenutb forsook him ; his nerves and muscles relaxed; ha grew sick unto death; his knees jnve ay I his vi.-ion swam, and ho suhk upnc the platform tnutionlesi and iiiaeiisiblo. He must huve lain there half im hour before hn could rise and walk, and be did not recover from I ho shock for more t ban a fortbiglil afterward. The people gazing up at him from the street describe tlm ncelie its painTd! and ex. ci'ing in ilm extreme. When ihey ob served the rod fall, a thrill of horror ran through llnir henna, and two women swooned aay; for they expected lo aee him dashed lo pieces. Nkw Postage Regulations. Il it an noiinced by ihe Po-tmaster General thai the British rate of postage npon letters dispatched from or broi.ght to any pari of the United Kingdom by a private ship, whether steamer or tailing vessel, had been reduced to a uniform rate of 0 pence (12 cents) the half ounce. All Utters thereto, mailed in the United Slates, and transmit ted lo Great Britain for conveyance thence hy private ship to any British colony or foreign country beyond the sea must be prepaid 'J3 cents, lha single rate of half ounce or under. ty Seoalor Bruderick iu concluding hi speech on Lecnmptoo, laid "be hoped lhat the historian of theto timet would lay the attempt to forco tliia measure npon us, lo petulance, failing intellect, and the trern. bling dotage of an old man tottering on the Verge of ihe grave." Ths Voica or Miasooit. The St. Lonia Demoerat aaya ibal notwithstanding ihe large vote Mr. Buchanan received ia Sl Louis, and ihe oompsctoeas of party diaci pline lit that city, iharei now remaint no ..rjrao ntion thai dare give his policy ea- dorsemeol tinea tbe adoption of hie lev eomptoa prograo.n lit iim Ureal Krnr f Mar Clsyi Lire. The Louisville Journal, in ihe course of n article aboiil the disunion cry in tome parts of llie South, inaket llie folluaing sensible remaiks, which embody Ihe opin ion of a good many people about ibis time : "When any portion of ilm ppopln shall attempt to dissolve ihe Union, we desire, for tlm country a sake, that Ihey shall have the slightest possible pretext for h attempt. ami heaven kimws tliey can never have a flimsier nr more wretched pretext than the rejection ol ihe Lecompton constitution bv Conurese. There is not in all ilm South a man of common sense and common infor mation who does nut kuow in his heart and iu his brain that the Lecnmplnn constitu tion is the creature of fraud, lhat il Is ob noxious lo more than foiir-fif lit of the people UMn wlmm the Administration it seeking to force it, and that i's acceptance, far from benefiting llie South, would at once auiioienl the t'reesoil strength in boh hnuset of Congress, I liege facts are pal pable lo all men who have either eyes or brains in iheir brails, ami therefore it is lhat we desire tlm great issue of union or disunion lo be made lipnn tlm Lecompton coiistjiui:nii, if il is to be made at all. If the bond of the confederacy can be broken upon such an issue, ihey must assuredly be as rnilen as roies of sand. " We have for some years ptsl strnnilv inclined lo the belief lhat Henry Clay, the widest and greatest of statesmen, commit ted ono most unfortunate error in ihe course of his long and pal rio'ic and plorioua lire. It was iu bringing nlsiut, hy his ureal influence in Cuiiirres, a modification of the tariff, in order to prevent a collision between thn Jackson administration ami ihe South Carolina niillifiers or rebels. Soti'h Carolina had taken her stand. Gen. Jackson at lha head of ihu U. S. Govern ment had laken his. If llie great Ken luckv statesman had not interposed, the collision would have come. And no nue can doubt what the remit would have been. The rebellion would have been crushed at once, and the work would have been done so thoroughly that no o'ht-r rebellion would ever have reared Us " miscreated front" in nur day and generation. The spirit of disuninn would have been buried hell-deep, llut the impuiijiy with which tlm traitors were allowed to escape on thai occasion has encotiriifreil and einboMened other traitors, and perhaps a great exum- pie ia needed. If so, II can never, as we have said, come ol better lime than Ibis or under circumstances more favorable to the riyht. We rejoice iu the thought that the patriot uf tlm South will rve abun dantly able lo do iheir own good work withoul relying at all iiimn the (teneral Government. We are well aware lhat such a n liance, with President Buchanan at the head nf affairs, would bo very miserable one." Thk Voluntkkk Hill. Mr. Quitman's Volunteer Bill, which hat passed the House by the emphatic vote of 121 lo 73, piovidet for calling into service uf one regiment of Mounted Volunteers for the defense of the Texas Irnniier; and, for tbe purpose of quelling disturbances in Utah, protecting emigrant trains, and surpress. iim Indian hostilities on tlm Northern nnd Northwestern frontier, the President is au thorized lo receive any number of volun teers nut exceeding four regiments, to be organized into mounted regiments or in fantry, at the President may direct. The volunteers ire not to be received iu less than ono regiment. This bill will prob ably pass the Senate. It it not very ac ceptable to ilm Administration. Forkio.i Nkws. There are some indi cations of a rupture between France and England, and some European correspond ents of American journals express a strong conviction that such an event will occur. If so, il must bit from deliberate design nn the part of the French Emperor, and for ihe purpose, wUhnut doubt, of strengthen ihg himself at home, now that the npiril of rebellion ia evidently so rife in France. An outbreak occurred at Chalons, on the Oth ult, under the rallying cry ot''Viee la Rtpubtigue." It wat uon suppressed, however, by the military, and fifteen of th" insurrectionist were captured. Three of the conspirator against ihe life of Napo leun, Birchard, Orsini and Pierri, had been fuillo'ined. Radio had been respited. At Canton ill was quid at last advices. In India tho British trnops appear lo bi making headway. A large part of tlm army had entered Oud. Il was expected lhat Luck now would b bombaided Feb. 25t h. The king of Delhi bad b'n tried, convicted and sentenced to be transported to Van Diemsn's Land. fiirProf. E. A. Andrews, th distio guisbed Latin lexicographer and gramma rian, died at New Britain, Cl., lately, aged 71 years. He was actively engaged uion a revision of hit larga Latin lexicon, which woold have fully occupied bit lime for two jeart. 63" The Louisville Journal savt, "In reading the trashy and sophistical tpsechet of the leading Lecomptonitet in Congress we are reminded of the Quaker lady 'a quiet response to palavering store keeper Friend, what a pity it it a sin lo lie, when it seema to necessary to thy business.' " 0 A careful estimate of the persons of ledUo blood, indieaUss that they Dow num ber about 5,000,000, in ill North har'm. Prksonal ArrKAiANciior Jin Lax. Th editor ol ihe St. Joseph Journal Las seen Jim Lane. He paid a visit to the town of El wood, in Kansas, for the sole purpos of surveying lha proportions of litis formidable individual. Hi description it as follows : "He eetered tit village mounted on t small Kansas puny, and escorted by some hair dn.en men, who were likewise mouo trd. He rides and siajida erect, appears to U about forty yrara old ; It about aix fai tall, ami rather spare and slender; has stem and decided look rather me. aneholy with a closely shaved face, ihiu hair, a lowrring prominent forehead, deep sunk small blue eyes, with forehead pro jecting over, which in tlm language nf an other, 'forms! perfect shingle roof"; ratln-r short Roman nna and peaked chin. His manner of speaking ia rather fiery and impetuous; he gesticulntrt considera bly in a rat bar emphatic manner his countenance readily betraying all hit in ward enioiinua now dark and gloomy, and then all at once o'erspread with a sarcastic smile, which ia altnetlier peculiar lo him self. He it evidently any man lo suit ihe occasion, or crowd, and readily betrays it in every feature and emotiou ; and hat doubtless limit since learned whn ho it iu Rome to do as Rom does." Mori I-'ilidustkkino. The New Or leans corresjioiident ofihe Galveston News wriiet that Col. Lockridgn it expected to leave for Texas, with lie intention of rev olutionizing Northern Mexico, and that many Northern tneii and considerable means are engaged in the enterprise. A letter from Cut. LockriJg to die Newt, confirms l lio statement. OCT The Cleveland Plaiudealor (now fully committed lo Douglas) saya that of the 170,000 Democrat! in Ohio who voted for James Buchanan, at least JOO.000 are opposed to the Lecompton Constitution. Ctr Tbe first railway in Turkey, that from Smyrna to Aidin, which will be about 70 miles in length, and which will open nut tbe rich plateau of Asia Minor has been begun under what appear to be very favorable auspice, considering the novelty of the undertaking and the various problems w hich had lo be practically solved. The Tuikisb Governnunt and the local au- llinriiies have shown the bust disposition lo promote llie work, and lo prevent ixtor- innate demands fur llie requisite land. Woman's Rioiits. The New Orleans Delta says that there ia a movement go ing on in that city having fur its object the introduction of the custom of ladies carrying fire arms small pistols, audi as are known at vest pocket pistols, and which can be stowed, withoul incumbrance, iu tbe pocket of the fair thouter'a dress, in rder lo protect themselves from ruffian violenco and instill. The True Delta cor dially endorses the idea. Collkcr Statistics. Hy the innunl taleiiienl just printed, il appears that in forty.seven colleges of tho hind, there are 8,540 student, of whom 3,082 are profes sors of religion. Tuero were, during the last yasr, 429 conversions. There wtre 937 who iu;end to become ministers. Ac cording to the fullest report tve have ever seen, there are 122 cltege in the United Spates, of which 110 are Protestant, and G are Roman Catholic. Of thi Protestant colleges, 10 are controlled by tho Baptists, 13 by the Methodists, 8 by ihe Episcopali ans, 11 by the Caagregationalista, 2 by the Unitarians, and 1 by the Universal ist, and the remainder by ihe various branches of the Presbyterians. Of all colleges, 1.1, or about nne.eightb of the whole, are situated in New England. The free stales have 05 of the colleges, and the slave ttatra 57, but many of the latter art liki wettirn towns, all on paper. A Smart OffIckr il it said lhat the Lieut. Governor of M innetota, who it tome, whit addicted to fluids, lately delivered himself of the following speech to the Senile : "Gentlemen of this 'ere Sinit I Don't crowd this old host loo fail I Ye hadn't orter exuect this 'ere cheer to teltlo more nor six Dint at ons'i I If ver do, ye r still barkinu op ihe wrung sapltn I II can I be did I" Discovert or thi Mo Planrt. The discovery of new planet it scarcely of conitquunce enough lo mske paragraph now-a dsys. At Nismos, trance, the 51st asteroid was discovered a few weeks since, and on the 4th of February, Mr. Gold schmidt of Paris hunted dnwn the Md. 03" Small pox it making fearful btvoo I over Asia Minor. It is said th-t ship from Smyrna hit brought it to Liverpool. It is of a type more disastrous than the to- ropean,and denes all medication. WaaktaMw C tXelaaitesa Caavsallea. Pursuant to notice the convention met at thi Court House in HilUborougn on Saturday, May Bib. 1859, and waa called to order by electing T. R. Cornelius Chair mm, and Williim Geiger, Jr., Seorelary, wbtn th following proceeding! were had On notion a eomroittea of three on era- dentialt coodstieg ef J. D. Humphrey, A Hinmin.and M. II. Barnum wat appointee) by the Chair. On motion a committee of llire was tp. pointed by th Chair to report lo the Con. vention the number of Stale and Territo rial oflicurt la be elected at tbe coming June election. II. V. V. Johnson, C. 8, ' Silvers, and W. II. Bennett were appoiul-. d said committee. Thi committee on officer reported, which report wat duly accepted and tbt committee discharged. The cornmiltei on credential! reported ilia following named persons entitled lo seali aa d. legates from Ihu several pre cinct of the county 1 Forest Orove precinct, A. Hill, J. Marsh, S. Hughes, 12. W. Dixon, Win. Geiger, Jr., A. Iliumsn, II. MvKinney, K. M. Por ter and L. A. Beoket. Hillsborough pro. cinct, It. 8, Caldwell, R. E. Wiley, John Young W. II. Bunnell, L. L. Whitonnib, John Pool, Jesse Cornelius, W. B. Dunn, VVm. Baldri, and Henry Giitio. 'Dry Creek precinct, T. R. Cornelius, M. Mors, Jahex Wilkes, A. J. Wilkes, O. F. Pierce, and J. W. Wilkes. Butte precinct, II. II. Ilicklin, T. D. Humphrey, W. M. Tigsrt, Vi. L'andess, and T honias A. Smtt. Ce dar Creek precinct, M. II. Baraatn, George Olds, U. C. Rider, 11. V. V. Johnson, aid W.V.J Johnson. Wnptlo precinct, Jo. sph T, Heed, C. S. Silvers, and Samuel Stott. South Tualatin precinct, Felix Limits, Horacu Liudtey, and James Rice. On motion of A. Uinman the di-Iogatet were requested lo lake teatt within thi bar at their nimet were called. Ou motion of Mr. Humphrey, L. Hall wat invited within the bar end authorized lo cast the vote for Beaver Dam prcinct. Thi report of the committee on credent lials wit read and adopted. On motion of Mr. Bennett, the Chair ppointed a committee of two to confer wiib the delrgnlo (llezckiah Copies) from Columbia caunty. Messrs. Bennett aud Silvcn were appointed said committee Ou motion of Mr. Uinman, L, Hall wtt authorized to catt ffve volet for Bearer Dam precinct. On motion of Mr. Caldwell, tin delegatus present were authorized to cssl five votea for South Tualatin precinct. Tho committee to confer with ColutuUa riunty reported the choice of lhat county to be for joint State Senator, Col. T. II. Cornulius; joint Representative, Philip Lafilr. On motion the report wat aocepted and the nomination made by unanimoua itvla tuition for Slate officers. Ou motion of Mr. Silvers, it waa carried that tbe convention now proceed to- uomi na'e by ballot. On tnoion tbe Chair appointed Messrti Porler and Wiley tellers. Il wat moved and curried that an infotinal ballot be first taken and drop all but tbe two highest. Ut ballot Wilson Bowlby received 21 votes and wat en motion declared unanimously nominated fur Representative. 2d ballot for County Judge, W. S. Caldwell hiving received majority of all volet cast wat eclared duly nominated. Oa motion informal ballot wat dispensed will). On ballot for dualy Clerk, W. D. Uara having received ihe majority of volet eiii wat declared duly nominates". On ballot for County treasurer, W. II. Bennott r eulved the majority of all vote oast and was declared nomiustedi Capt. Hiram Wilbur wit declared nominated for the office of SherifThy unanimous acclamttioni R. M. Purler was declared hotninsttd by acclamation for Coroner. Win. Gelgtr, Jr., wat declared duly nominated by ac clamaiion for County Surveyor. It wat moved and carried that this con vention adapt the nomination! of thi Dit trie! Judge and Prosecuting Attorney made by the delegatea from this Judicial District at Salem. Judge, 3d Judicial District, J B. Condon ', Presecoiing Attorney, G. L. Woods. On rhstion the nominations made for State officers were also adopted for Terriloi rill officers so far at they apply. TRRRITORIAL TICKIT. The committee -of conference with Mult nomah county reported lhat E. D. Shat tuck was the dm ice oft lint count v for Joint Ronresentutive. On motion E. D. Sbst. tuok was nominated by acclamation for Joint Representative ; Representative, Vi. Tl 11 - . I - ln.ntiii.!..n., OA Jo. SOU IHJWIOJ , VyWIIII'Y vwii w dlcial District, L. L. Whitcmb; Probate Ju Igi by icclnmalion, II. V. V. Johnson ; Sheriff, by acclamation, Hiram Wilbur; ? s . t .. ur t rf ' Auditor, by acclamation, . uarej Assessor, nominated by ballot, W. V. J, Johnson; Coroner, It. M. Porter; Count Surveyor, Wm. O 'lger, Jr. ; gtiperiotemU ent Common Schools, M. It. Barnum j Public Administrator, B. W. Dunn. On motion a county Republican commit tee of three waa appointed consisting of Messrs. Bennett, Silvan, and Hill. Moved and carried that the proceeding! of tbii Convention be forwarded to tin Oi egonian, Argus, and Standard for pub. lication. T. It. CORNELIUS, Ch'n. W, Gemer, Scc'y. (fir Sealed proposal! as the obap laid, whan h kieted pit iweetheart.