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l)f (Oregon ClrguG. . L. AtAX1, tlilTOR. OXXOON CITY ( SATl'KIMY, A .'Klin 30, 1X59. JlEI'l'BI.ICAX NOMINATIONS. Tor Congress, DAVID LOGAN, OP XVLTSOMAH. Tor State Prison Inspector, "U'.T. .MATLOCK, of Clackamas. Fur lt-jirn'nliint, Stale lsqlilvture, J. K. KINKARjjO.V. If Tlit elettion will b held on ths Jih of Msy. DAVID LOGAN, Eq, Tlie K'julica;i OtH'li'lat" for Conn'.-!-, will nMrcfs hi.-) fel low ntiisi.-iH as follows: Put!, Pt-'k couu'iv Saturday, April 30. Cnrvallis , Monday, May i. Kutrrn City. Tut ;;;,', May 3, Kirb) vil , J. pliirie cvunly Munday, May S, Jo!. ii O Biwii'a, Tuewiay, May IU, J.CUUS tWHTT. hkrlinj W edneiday, May 1 1, (Luik surne rf.iv, at 4 u m , Jrknille Kv.uavnle Yanoy's I.Ol '.HI COI !TV eu-.oiiilli V .nday. May Ifi, Routing Turxl:iy, M..- J 7, Witiclmirr Wrdiiwliy, May I", Oakland TiiurJay, .May lit. l b .pi-jkiiig at nth place will coiiimeiiee at I iiVkl r. M. fjp Mlir appuiutnieala will be aafiounod heft-after. I,, hlout, tlif Pro-Slavery nomine of Ilia llyrne'e-groiery rsueus, willfp.k nt the follow ing place, ou ll day. mentioned : All loure, Jo rph lie county, Saturday, May 7, l 10 o'clock, 1. a.; hailoi'a I) ggmgs, asms day at 4 o'clock r.. M. Ha will lhn meet Mr. Logan at Kirbyvill, iid continue wilfa him front llial dale. to expns sympathy for Douglas, for freedom, or for Northern Institution or any kind whatever. We ltv now the novel speetaelc of t free State baring been ioIJ out to fire-caterst and disoubmiiU ai con dition of fic-r admission into the Union a fitate in which seven thousand fire hundred out of ten thousand roters are to hare no voice fn Congress, and not a single repre sentative in a single cilice in Oregon where Jo Lane can induce IJuchaniin to use the executioner'! ax. We lav we have thi stieetacle in immediate prospect, for it hu U-n secured by Lane's triumph In the State convention, to far aa the programme ii concerned, and we shall have the whole tiling in fact if the scctioiialists elect the Jo Lane ti'lt-t wU',!i is already made op. The isite hns heen precipitated upon ni sooner than we had anticipated, but we hare predicted it for yean, and every mtn of any political sagacity whatever might long since have seen that one or the other of the two great antagonisms that have liecn partially welded together to make up the Dtmocrutic party in Oregon, would sooner or later ppiiutninaU', and that the pro slavery sentiment w ould cither compel the free-State element to submit to lie ruled OTcr. or drive it oat of the parlv. Jo jimr-fay, May ii. . j ,., tu rei,H.,ts the fircoatino- ele- FriWv U ,v It' KaturJay, .May U, mint, has finally triumphed, and he now ' stands with his heel njion the nei ks of all I the prominent Kad'.rs of the party who Iki Hrpabllra C.aitralloa- n oar Built. IU Rutins The proceedings of tlie Ilepuhlican State Convention In Id in Sulem last week are herewith spread before the jnople of Or egon. It Iihi alrewly gone out that those priKeediiigs were characterized by harmony and the beat of feeling. It was a common .remark of friend mid foes that everything wci;t off phuMiutly. Our platform was ro'i ii.'. n'd exei'lent by every Itepublieau in the cuiivii.lioii, and we heard more than one Iemoirat proiioiince it "good." In nominating a candidate for Congress, it would of course be expected that a Tariety of views would bo entertained as to the Most suitable k rson to become the atand urd beurer of the party in the coining con test; and to make all thews views hnrmo- nizc by a free iiiti-rchungo of opinions, to that every man would get his 'lint choice would lie a rlt that has probably never jet b. -i attained in a political convention. After a thorough canvass of the availability of the several gentlemen whose names were suhniitird, tlto sentiment of the comviitinu etiucil to npproiich a unanimity nlmost unireredeiiti.il nnd the Index of that una nimity was a very heavy vote upon the Gr4 regular ballot for Mr. Logan. The next ballot resulted in his t hoiee by a lurge ma jority. The choico of the convention for IVnitentiiiry Superintendent was equally uimii!inniis;atid nfter the convention ad journal tlrrc seemed to be less diwatisfuc-1 tiou with its proceedings than wo have lieen neniNtomed to seeing at iiiiilnr gatlu rings. The result is, Hint with a good platform nnd candidates neeeptuUc to a very large majority, wc enter upon the canvass under the ni(it nii'plrlon. eirniiiistanres. ' " convei.tiou having performed its In bors to the l.st of il.s ability will, H1I the liijhts btroro it, it now remains fr . t0 ,i our wholij duly promptly and cheerfully to elect our candl.hst s. Let every 11, pub Jicau resolve lh.it it mm,l and .Iml'l be i.iiic, and then let him go to work, uml n..ur 'lop working till the ant vote pos.II.lo is poll. il for our ticket. Look no vonr n,-i-li. i n lu.fM n...l.:.. I.. .1. ... .1 . . , .'i'i.n litem me miiriitv revn t that hang upon the Uue of this ciii.aign, and urpi them to go to the pj UIi( ,is! charge their duly to their country ami the vi.ite race. The issue in now, for the lirst time in the history of Oregon, fairlv niiid- lietwcen the Kepublicans us the friend. vr free laboiept, nnd the Jo Lane liemoe- racy us the advocates of negro-brecding, iiogrtvcxtenwun fanaticism, which, bv favor In,,' only the invrcMs of n slave-labor capi- tal, strikes ut the root of free-labor interest, and swks, by an unjust couitition, to crush out free labor uud drag p.K.r whites down to the level of Uu-. Wc KJ ,le tasuo is now fcr H:e first time fairly made up, because under tho uianagemenl or Jo I-ano the blacks have for tho first time run l their true colors. Tin two thousand ox hundred fanatics who voted for slavery iu Oregon have now succeeded in crushiug out thcfn-e-wil Neutiincut from the lKuio- cr.it;' party, by throwing Grovcr, Williams, ml other free .Suite men overboard by "triking out from their enrd everything thul wvored of a license for Democrat to favor freedom aad take an oc-asional M,uint t the Xonl, Sur-and by then adopting soi.tal Southern ..x'tioual platform en- dorning ltucliww, with his Lcotnpton vil- b-iCN h.v etroru to crush Douglas, hi, Idcdge, to Lane to keep Adair and other uegro-brmling fanatic, in offi.-e, and make ll, a" ""I' of y oBit in Ong.n h. moving every ami JaLl)Mni4nai)J;U titutmg such De.uo. raU as Dolf ,IKi 0ffi. r ia tlir plucca-be,.. ,l,t m,u oiMuiou.ly down t the slave tniwrr LylthehM,d,,fJo,,llfirix,wili; u every otfitr official who has ever darrd 1 have hitherto failed to swallow greedily Jo Lni, as the tmliodimeiit of .Southern st t'onal Democracy. 7e heard one of the most prominent and most active of Lane's supportcn from Southern Oregon denounce Williams for writing- his free-State letter, and the Sah in organ for publishing such " rotten abolitionism." The publication of that letter did the work for Williams, and the endowment of it lias done the work fur many niorc, ami these headlesa Demo crats are now as effectually killed off in the party as though they had joined the Re publicans. Their bodies have been swung tip, their coffins prepared, and their graves dug, and all that is wanting to complete their bnriul is the decl'mn of the Jo Ln'nt tickrt hj the ptojJe. Many of them will throw clods into their own graves by voting for the ticket made up in IJyrne's saloon. The Rcpubliciuis, on the other hand pro pose to represent the free-State interest of Oregon, und in the coming contest we offer a platform and candidates that cannot be very objectionable to any man who has in dependence, patriotism, and mnuhood enough about him to revere free institution: respect a wholesome nnd ecouomrnl gov eminent, and who is unwilling to inaugurate a Lane dynasty in Oregon for the purpose of fattening nn inefficient, iiicoinpeteut Sen ator to strengthen the slave power. Upon the result of this canvass will depend the political complexion of Oregon for some time to come, and there arc more reasons why we should strive to secure a victory than wc are nblo to give In one article. In conclusion, we earnestly enjoin it upon all Republicans to work from this to the day of tho election work late, and work early work in doors, and work by the way side to secure a triumph of freedom over despotism, of the poor man's rights over a slave capital urislocraev, of a whole some and judicious economy over an ex travagant nnd ruinous one, of nn interest that represents a vast majority of our peo ple, over the interest of one man, and he an ignorant, imbecile, nnd dishonest one. $& The Statesman hoisU the name, of Stout and fyke at in mast-head, but de r otca a large portion of its columni to show ing tlmt no Democrat or houent roan is bound ty the action of the drunken caucus that fixed up the programme in Byrne's grocery, and which was afterward ratified amid the howla and yells of the convention, putting one in mind of the way in which the French Jacobins used to conduct their procreJingf and send their Tlctimn to the guillotine during the worst days of the Rev olution. The Salem Democratic assemblage, which went through the furce of nominating Mr. Stout, is conceded on all hands to have beeu one of the moit disgraceful meetings ever held anywhere nnd the astoiiWuuent of a lutely arrived New Engluudcr is easily accounted for, who was overheard to mut ter to himself, while coming down the steps of the Cou-t House after the convention d ijh rsed to liquor, "There be some of the most heaven-forgottenest people in these parts that I ever see!" Aitmvja of Smith. Delazon Smith reached Portland by the last steamer, and came up to Oregon City on Tuesday of this week. The ' dimmyeratic cannen that was liot offin the Scnyrety for the youse of the dimmocrassy of origin sitty' was brought out and belched forth a welcome as he step- ashore. Delusion was badly treated in Portland by the Democracy, as he was anxious to make a speech, but Williams' friends choked him off, and sent him on up the country, probably to overtuke the ex press that was sent up toSalein immediate ly on his arrival for what purpose is not exactly known to outsiders. Thinks. Hon. Dchwon Smith kindly remembered us before be left Washington, and by the last mail we received under his fruuk a copy of Hunter's speech on the tar iff and ulso a coj.y of his own remarks du ring the great debate on squatter sovereign ty in the Senate. The latier is very accept able to us, as wc hare looked in vniu over the New York papers to see what part he took iu the debate, but the most extended uotice we observed was that " Mr. Smith, of Oregon, followed with a lengthy speech" giving no clue whether he sided with Douglas or Jeff Davis. We have laid his speech by for future reference, as we have not time to even glance over his production we suspect, however, from its not being printed at the Globe office, that the 're marks' ore a little different from those made in the Senate probably not smelling so strong of the ' nigger" as the spokeu speech in the presence of his masters. Tiif. Feeling is Marion JxniovrwFSTS. We notice that some of onr nublic-st.irited eitiwus are building large cistern, twenty feet iquare awl fight feet deep, at the intersection of Main and Third itrreU, near Milwain'f, for the pur pose of holding water for the use of the engine In case of fire In that rpiarur. believe it is contemplated to dig one near Taylor k Rukou's oho, and we hear tlmt Mr. Harvey intends to make one at hi own Mnense or.Dosite his residence. These cit terns kept filled with water will add very much to the security of the place from t.re, besides affording a fine opportunity to the memlx n of the Fire Comnny of showing their qualities a 'gullns' firemen infilling and emptying them evi'7 week, and also of keeping the engine in trim, which of late we judge has had very little acquaintance with water. igr The D-illes Journal leurns that quite a town is growing up in Walla Walla Vallev: it it the county seat of that county, and hos been named Stcptoevillo by the county committ'oncrs. The Spokans. The Standard mye that the Spokans are willing to sell their land and place themselves under the protection of government, to lie provided for iu any manner the proper authorities may decide, I They ore tired of war. iaT We learn from the Oregonian that the steamer Col. Wright made her first trip to Wolla Walla week liefore last success fully. The return trip to the Dechutcs, a distance of one hundred and thirty miles, was made in eight hours. Passengers came through from Walla Walla to Portland iu thirty houre. aT We learn from au order of Gen Harney'a published in the Dalles Journal, that the military post at Simcoe is to be abandoned for the present, and a new fort established at Colville. 5T The Postal Agency for Oregon nnd Washington hns been abolished. Tlie du ties of the office devolve upon Col. Fry, Postal agent for California. W'e have couversed with a gentleman who has been over a good part of Marion county since the nominations last week, whosays that during his travels he saw but one Democrat who announced his purposo to vote for Stout, while the rest swore they would not touch him, nnd some openly avowed their inten tion to voto for Loir an. The action of Byrne's grocery caucus hns very much cm bitU red the Democracy of Marion G rover being a favorite with every Democratic man, woman (a scarce article nnvwhere), nnd child in the county. 3T Hon. Lyman Trumbull, of the U. S. Senate, has our thanks for a copy of the President's Message and accompanying documents abridged, and Hon. Eli Thayer, of the House, for his speech on Congres sional intervention in the Territories. Yamhill. The nomination of Stout over G rover for Congress is coldly received in Yamhill by the Democracy. Persons well acquainted with the feeling there rep resent that Logan will carry the county by from two to three hundred majority. CiJtl I'rllowsi Olisuratlon. The fortieth anniversary of the csliiM'sh nieiit of Odd-Fellowship in the United Slates was celebrated in Portland on Tues day hist, April ilCtli, by the Lodges of Portland und Oregon City. The exercises consisted of a procession by the members of the Order through the principal streets to the Methodist church, where an oration Hns dcLvcreil l.y A. Holbrook, Esq., of this city, ho has a happy faculty of get i.ik i u goon niiiircsa on all occasions, whether the subject bo that of Temperance, I..Iucal:on. Oil. I illowshin. V. iLsot.l'V nnl, .... ' ' . I incs, fourth ot July, or whut not, uud in this pnrticular instance his effort was equal io unit ol any of Ins former ones, and de lighted the lurge and intelligent audieuce who listened to it. After the conclusion of the services at the church, the Odd-Fellows and invited ru .-.s partook of a dinner at the Metro olis Hotel, provided for the occasion, which was got up in tho best of style. Oregon City was largely represented in the celebration of the day, and, besides cuutribut iiitr the oriifor. i-hniiluin And iim sJ - 1 j iiv4 xuv beauty i iu a plural sense), quite a numbeeyf, oi our citizens oilier than members of the Order went down on the Jennie Chirk to witness the festivities, and nil apjieured pleased with the ceremonies generally. Ri sh and IfiniiE.v. The Salem organ calls Jo Lane's former colored editor of the Times a ' lying dog,' mulatto, &c, and in timates that if ' nigger" blood doesn't course through Hibben's veins, the indications of countenance, color, eyes, hair, voice, &c, arc ull at fault. IvnrPESiik'XT Candidate. There in some talk among Mr. 0 rover's friends of run ning him as an independent candidate for Congress, since iie was f0 rmll.,T ovw slaughed in the Salem convention last week. If 0 rover sliould run, there are some sec tions in the State w here Stout would get hardly enough votes to count W are requested to call attention to the fact that the Jeunie Clark carrVi a daily mail between tliis place and Portland, and that the Post-ottlce laws make every individual liable to a fiue who carries letters euUiJt of the mall, ou mail route, uuhsj the k-tters are in Cvrrnuitnt enrtlojft. W Cris Taylor, Esq., has onr thanks for a bit of late jupcr from tue SoaJ,,.!, Island. tv5 Wc leant from the Standard that Denily has been appointed U. S. District Judge for Oregon. A more nliunt tool of a the negro-driving sectional Democracy could not well have been found, even in the ranks of Jo Lane Democracy in Oregon. Daily Paper in ronn.ANn. The News is the title of a l.ttle daily just started in Portland by S. A. English and our friend W. R. Taylor. Trice, twenty -five cents a week. Post and White are agents in Ore gon City. A. Lelund, Esq., has taken charge of the editorial department. It pro fesses, to be inU. pendent. The force con nected with the News is sufficient to make it n spicy and interesting little sheet to the citizens of Portland, provided it will only pay which will be tested iu a few weeks .. r s-aitain Urays Company, or Cross ing the Plains and Living is Oke'on " is the titlo of a work just issued by S. J. McCormick, of the Franklin Rook-Store, Portland, nnd written by Mrs. Abigail j! Duniway, of Yamhill, a ludy who has fre- qmuily contributed to the columns of the Vrgns, and of whom we have heretofore given our favorable opiulon as a writer. The publisher will accept our thanks for a copy of the book, but we have not had time to give it a perusal yet. We may herearter sjieak of its merits as a literary production. It is a work of some 350 Pges, and is issued in a very creditable , style. Price fl.50. WrThe Brother Jonathan arrived at Portland on Friday evening 0f last week, bringing dates from New York to the 2Sth March. The newt will be found io our col umns tiii wevk. Tit Northerner came in on Suuday morn ing with the mails, and left for San Fran- o-o on Monday evening J. Y. Kulllvaa, Of Siinfrancinco, whose (ffotls in the news, furnishing line are unequaled, lias laid us under renewed obligation for a bundle of the latest Elern pwr, among which w'e find ' The Century,' a ar and splendid weekly just started by Thomas McElralh, former to-ptoprielor of l he Tribune. The Ceniury is the iniroduciion of a now order of newspapers into the United Stairs, and is not so much given Io horrifying details of every murder or disasler, as to editorials on politics, finance, lilerniure, A-c., corres pondence, home and foreign, reviews, tales, etc., more suited to the graver and steadier class of readers lhan Io the bustling, light headed class of American news-paper read ers generally. Broke Jail. Four prisoners broke out of jail in Portland on Wetnesdav night lai, and stole three mules of.Mr. Stephens this side of Portland and a horse from some one else, nnd mado their escape. Thev ere pursued as far as Molalla by Mr. Stephens and the sheriff of Multnomah, where th mules were found. The shenff con'inurd on in pursiiji ,io Stephen, returned yesterday afternoon. XST The official report of tho Repuhli. can State Convention will Le found on ihe first pnge of this week' imper. 'or Ihr Argun, An AnprM to the Cltlirns of l.lno l-.nunly. Fellow Citizens The time is at hund when you will be called upon to exercise that inestimable right of American citizens, the elective franchise, in the selection of one of your fellow citizens to represent you in the legislative councils of the State. Anil ns the exercise of this high prlvelegc involves great responsibilities, it is import ant that we examine well the principles that present themselves for our support. And while it is our privelegc to excrcis-e the elective franchise, it is the privelegc of any citizen to present himself or to suffer him self to be presented hy others to his fellow citizens as a candidate for their suffrns r any place made elective by the consti tution of his cotiutry. In conformity with this right I suffered myself to be nominated by the ReDublican . .. ss....B mm m Albany on the 15th inst. as their candidate to fill the place in the State Senate made vacant by the resignation of the Honorable Urns. Drain. I take this method to pre- "cov my ciuims on you for election to that place, for the reason that on calling on the Democratic nominee (Mr. Geary) he in- lormeamethat he declined the nomination and could not tell me who would be my "M..r mor. Ana as the time was short I tli.....!. : i . . .u5,,i .1 ,..c,y ,nat whoever he might be f wou.j naruij t0 the asm, of canvas, and it would be somewhat prc- " Ule 10 " on a community to as semble to hear a political discussion by an individual. IWnf , however, that Ihe intc roil. o( the p.r ty .ilk wk ch I .J.r.n.thiM ft-Hn from , he ? et of it. , to p., du,.n, lhIU. my .bj.lM. tiiltw,Tt Jokjf Pb. to u,. p,rt, fn. i leu,.,.;- . JrtT " " 'i,e - ry .he r,., pr;llCiB. lh p ' Lr, ptm"1 "; this pla ; 4,, I d. M oceopy the J . ttai Am ft 3" T " nf D.y uw eliO.es, M io I snlicil Ui. supp ,,,', m.a f.wi tr-l eJwi ' ' p. p.r.Ml i:- a"- I " ,j f, preiMtea. Bui I hart a I lafu luimy ( Ike Kiumphaiil eb!4w.l l 'f b.:...4 cftinlf of whsl I b Y- pl of i Jft ee .nd r fl.t Aa4 Una ai.ikty lani-iriv. iinlly rt. ilif uJm4 of )our ia m!II nliaUiil, anl tfiw ia ouJ.vi.leJ If-ol W jw' vlivfuy. I '" fully sro thai wt h ariM.iig u niea wliosena k. U .f,iJ to set. and who rprnt llial ill ac tion w i!l m'.Klits sgs'n.l luce. Of sikh ft ionJi I would ia all ranJof sud all kimlaea uk, what (rest moral or pol IhI refuimaikin lwv you tvf enn ell..ilil by it.sctiua I Tbo fiu-nds of Lu ther n.ijjht liato urged llis mno plea in cso of the ecc.ea .aiical wiouton thai ho on loot j tetwearo indrb:ej f..r our freed m front psl tyrannj- M the intrepid, irclfli(b, and energet m as-toii f Mrt.n Luthrr. Ajmib, wild how much p:uNtiiiiiy iu ht tluplca kuv b.ta urged on Ihe pairiou of lh lleVulution i yt wo njy all the Urapiugi gruwiiigout of our fre :n.titutious liy the unwuvriini ocikmof llm C'oiilinniluK'oiigrioi ....I liula lun l of niliiiits that cinnioard the ull'erini snnv. But lluo gentlemen do not pro- ered ui-on this ptine v. of iuictiou io nl.t.ou lo uther matt. riiua of lliem ar ptnfeMurs of th t hr.iiiau ieiii"B anJ ti.einb. r uf the church of Chr.st, stnl s such are ciiilr.buling to tht sup nnrtofa livlnj, aciing tninwiry. nJ lh ruin airy ia in active. ao:i J tiny, balllinir for moral reform Affiiii, ninny of them are supporters of the Wmpfr- sikv tnoieinrnt, a movents ui emliracing. I k ths n. .,..,1.1 run. iN.lir.tul. aecULaud tnof J rtform. In ...r , r llir.e ; they ar active operators, but in rjr active iiioveititiil ia relation lo liepnblicsiiUm they are slarinrd at ihe bar nam of uctiv opemtiuus. Surely the abut illustration are snflic rnl with out argument to conviis any rulioiial mind that Ui h in. n are blindly 0ieruting to tin detriment of lUpubl vsuiiin, and that tlit.r aclioiia and ef em tiona in other uiulter stultify their eouts iu rela tion t this. But it is srgued tlmt bj Liking ths field you sub ject yeuraelves to drfest, and every defeat throws yna fan her from the stlsinment of ) our objeut Ihsu you were before, or would luive been had you re- ma Df.1 iuoprra'.iv. Th s i a b.irs aaauiuplion, wauliag facie an ) prceedetits to support it, and i-oiilradicted by b ith. lliw of:en Inu tlie Itepub I c9.ii pirty beta defeated in lh Northern and Western at;e of tliia L'n on, snd yet it is a known fact thut tho principles of Itepublieauiiiui have been steadily advancing uutil the party is now in the nic. ii.lonl in all, or nearly s'l of ih Smtea, an l in Cutigreia ; snd it is scknowledced on all linnla slid by all partita thnt if ah is faiili f il to her principle sh will in eighteen hundred and s'xty luik herself mistress of the UuverDmeut Now who would be willing to r'k hi reputation for common wtiso by asauining that the purl y would have been in lur prenetit ci'n'litien, or pre pared to meet the coining diiifl ct, hsd elia re- nisined iuojK'ratire. ('oiiuiKm ser.ae mut nt once ee thnt she would have had no isiatence, and Dcn.ocra; v would rrigu without a rival I am very far from being an a,lvo":e of caucus iverei;nty,aiid would be the last roun thut would subaiit lo aueh a doctrine; but I claim that it ia the duty of Ri publicans to upi ort their i:ominecs to furs they may do so without a liolntion of their moral sense, an l 1 scout Ihe doctrine that a Repub lican may support the Democratic nominee, no mutter what his character or talents. The fuel ia, the greater bis taltuts the grrstcr would be uiy ob jection, ss great Uilents would enable him to do proportionate injury. No man can be a Democrat of the preaent-duy school, and nma'.n neutral on the great oiilicul iwue thnt divides the parii. Democriita are not ths men that will allow their men of ower or of place to remain inactive. They are the men that will demand work, and the m m that has sufficient moral coumge to opiosc any doctrine of the party, or thut docs not work w ell in the party harness, mual submit to drill by punish ment or pay. or he repudiated. Therefore I can uot see how a mull can justly lay ny claim to Re publican principles while he suj purls men il:nt are bound by the very organ iatiou of the parly with which they co-operate to support measures that arc diamelr.c.illy oppofed to KrpiiblicaDitin. Korcun I sie on hut men b ine that cln-ni who, while tlie piny have grn; p!cd with the mnuster sod is strug gling lor the mastery, tan remain quietly at home, uin-once.-md, neutral, or silently stand bv, uninter ested fpcetdtors. The very existence of tho pury and much more its success, depends on energetic active operations; nnd no man cm justly claim to he friendly to the mrty while he refusei 19 operate ucl.vcly in advancing i,s piinc pies. I ennnot, at th.s late day, enter in'.o a discussion of the gi ent issue that divides the parties, or the principles that grow out of that iwue. Never dreaming uf the iiositiiin that I now occupy until it Hashed upon me 111 the meeting, in the m.dsl of my labors to promote the interests of the party, like the electr.c llanh from the thunder cloud: 1 am, there fore, unprepared with the nt.iH.icul information and documents uecexurv to such a rliseumoo Ant if I hud them, I have by no menus the time lo devois to it. I can, therefore, fellow cltitena, do little but call nponyuu to rally round the stadurd of your prlnci pes and support your for.'orn hope. Let us nlunt om suiiidanl on Iho enemy's works defiantly, show nn undivided rtotit, and although we may be de feated, we shall rain the party from insigni6cance and convinc the enemy that a few such victories II cost him his empire. To my Democratic friends (do not smile mv dear Democrat., 1 have them, and shall be surm ined 11 1 uo not get some support from that quarter, al though you have surrounded your dear Democracy wilh Ihe darning sword of caucus sovereignty nnd viva voce,) 1 would say, What do you exnect from nnci autierence to the Democracy t Jlsny of jouareiuuy persuaded of the wrongs of slavery, and believe with me that its eitension should be' arreted and its aggressions checked. You be lieve with n.e that State right should be preserved inviolate, aud that they should be at perfect liberty lo regulate their own municipal affairs, subject only tO the Coillltilulinn nf tl. I'.l.J .... . .u'u ounes, ow, my friends, how are you going to sccomplUh Ihe one or defend the other of these objects and rtrnaio m the Democratic party f As there are but two parties ia the nation, and as the only issue that di v.des them is slavery, ad ,be Repub:;ealI p,rty cannot by sny artifice or mpbUtry be charged w.th supporting slavery, it therefore Mows as a mstterofeou.se that the Democratic party is the shivery party, an 1 the supporter of slavery u n a on; ami it would stem to me that in arrav nir yourselves so lh. .jJe of Democracy you are set mg in conflict with your clear convictions. I am fully awsrs that many of yon are operating nnJer Ihe mSuence of that pern clons doctrine that it is a fgrate for . m, u, change his political fsJih , matter how clear his cooviciioas may be of tho er rors of that faith. But a rule reflection ; con vine l on tint it isa wajs honoreb;. i .,r Eot, felluw euiiens. would it h. . . fat yon to cyry .Bt by action what sr, your eW lh Ptmoerstie parry what it convict iem ; ae was wh' )ott eoul ' !' "r,y asp. port f If not, Uiaa lies party lis changed, sn yo, ar cKn-l!J I thsego with II l order to gir( jt your uiport, sad tbu yni ato luMusIbly kd 1 J, isstly wlial JOM dsprsuot. ' ' ! lut I esnuot y, in '' Vne allowed nis, what I with. M us all do our duty la our to, imces, our country, and lo CmJ. And, 0 country, if find will, we will satablirh suck piiaei. pi of universal juatk aud right as shall lead Uu a a glorn d'stiny. W. C. O.Lunts. j r fruss Iks Mat. . The n'msitii of Mr. Thurston, the aero naut, who met his death by an unfortuuati scci-aiou from Adrian, Michigan, 011 the Kith of September lust, were accidentally fotitrl, on Sunday week, about ten niilei northwest of Toledo, nnd nbout ten milei from the jilucc oT the secoinl asccusion. Tin rcmsiiis were fully Identified. Ki-l'reiiideiit Filmore has Iwcn on a rox't. to Cijcinnati, where lie made a speech to his American fricuds in tho pnrlor of tin Ilarte I House. In the course of it he made the n ii trk thut " he hud retired from pub lic life forever." Hutisfactory assurance have been given that the Arizona emigration scheme is not connected at all with Walker' Nicaragua expedition, and the opposition to O'cn. Hen iiingseii's ntoveineiits has ceased. A com pany of emigrants is being formed iu Wadi ington. (Jen. Hcrran is still in Washington awaiting the action of our Government up on certain sections of the treaty negotiated with New Granada in 1846, iu relation to the imposition of tonnage ou American vessels uud other taxes, whereby onrcitizcDi arc placed on an ctptnlity with citizen of thut Republic. Mr. Douglas hns issued a pamphlet, em bracing his speech iu the Senoto on tht Territorial question, in reply to Senator lirowne, ot Mississippi, anil others. Ya.t numbers of it are to be circulated by his friends end by the opposition. The title contains the substance of the speech, and expns-rs his opposit'011 to the plan of establishing, by Congress, a Slave Code fur the Territories, etc. A d s ut,.h from Washington, dated March 'JO, snys that " official information w.ll go out in tomorrow's Pue.kc mail of the rut.tieiition of the t"n treaties with tl.t Indians of Oregon and Wellington. Ai this took place during the lute extraordina ry scsnlou of the Senate, after Congress adjourned, no appropriation could be made to curry them into immediate effect, liy these treaties the title to fifty millions of uit.s of lutid will be cxtingiiiahed ut a cast to this Uoverntneiitof three and a half cents per rterv. uu tltut occasion a r solution was iians tl almost uuituimouslv, providing that hereafter when it is proposed to buy luihiiit .nuts the Semite shall first be con sulted before catering into treaty klipula-tiois.'' Had tic Roslr die bill pu-sed, the del- nite uppropriutions for the next lisval year would Itavu liven filly-one millions, and uboiit n milliou and a half less than Mr. Cobb's estimate. The indefinite appropria tions amount to about ten niiUtonn. - Army transportation nnd work iu navy yards are insufficiently provided for; nud it is qnes- lioiuiiiie wiietiii rrctrenclinuiit 111 these cases will be found to be true economy. The Sickles trial will take place March. 2th. K.vSenator Rudger nstsists tho Dis trict Attorney in the prosecutlou of the case. Hon. Fayette McMullen, formerly a memberof Congress, and recently Governor of Washington Territory, hns announced himself a candidate for tho Thirty-sixth Congress in the Thirteenth district of Vir ginia, and has taken the stump. The dis trict was represented in the lust House of Representatives by Hon. Geo. W. Hopkins. The New Jersey Lpcislnturchave chosen T. C. Ten Eyck (Rcmibrcan Unit.d States Senator, in place ot Wnt. Wright, Democri t. . Kxrr.mnoN- to Ctba. A dispatch in the True DJtn, dated New York, March 2tith, snys: The Sew York Courier des Etats Uuis publishes a stnteinent w hich it considers re liable, disclosing the existence of nn exten sive secret filibustering organization for tho invasion of Cuba, the Courier says that the expedition is fully organized, and ready to start for Cuba immediately on the re ceipt of instructions which nro expected by the next steumer from Havana. It is represented that the hcad-qunrtcn of the expedition is in the city ol New York, nnd that plenty of arms and ammuni tion arc nt thrir command in various South ern cities, nnd that a large number ot men are ready to embark for Cuba simultane ously, from different parts of the Union. The Courier also says thnt secret agents are engaged in Cuba in preparing fuciliticf for access in landing on the const of Cuba.- LlElTENANT MlLLIX's MlUTaRy RoAD. Lieutenant Mullin is ordered to the Pacific to superintend the construction of a milita ry road from Fort Benton, on the Upper Missouri, to Walla Wulla, on the'Columbia, for which Congress appropriated $100,000. It is to penetrate the heart of the country which hns been the scene of Indian hostili ties recently. When peace shall be better secured, Gen. Harney will relinouish the command there, and return East. Uu this subject the Washington Star says: 1 he last Comrrcss annronrintixt the sum of $100,000 to enable Lieut. John Mullin, 2d Artillery. U. S. A., in enntinne 1 the establishment of a military road In Ore gon. 1 1 will be remembered that this road was commenced Inst summer, but opera tions upon it were necessarily suspended on neconnt of the Indian disturbances in the Northwest. The road will extend from Fort Walla Walla, on the Columbia, to I ort Benton on the Missouri River, past- I ing through a wild and hitherto unexplored region of country, traversed only by menac ing and roving tribes of the red men of the forest. When completed, it mnst prove of incalculable advantage to the tide of immi gration pouring into the State of Oregon and the Territory of Washington. Lieut. Mullin, with his corps of assistant!, etc., will leave Washington City about the 10th of March for St. Louis, where will be procured supplies and all essential appurte tiances for the expedition. From this point he will start for New Orleans, there meeting t.u- steamer, and thence sailing fof Califof nin via the Tehunntepec route. Arriving in Oregoa, Lieut. Mullin will proceed to or-