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Sljc (Drcgou Slrgus. W. I.. AM, OBJ300NCZT7( SATURDAY, JUXE 4, 1859. REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS. Tot Congress, DAVID LO&AX, O' StVl.TSOMAII. Tot Stato Prison Inspector, W.T. MATLOCK, of Clackamas. V.dUovUl t'.orrpoadface. Waiiiwtox Bcrrr:, May 30, 1850. I am now nto;pingat Washington Butte (commonly culled Lebanon), Linn count;, where I have an appointment to speak at one o'clock this afternoon. Dr. McBridc, wlio accompanied rue twenty mil' above Kugeno City an! back as far as Albany last .Saturday, left " there, and returned home to Vamliill, hi lungs being too weak to permit him to nuke auotlier speech. In traveling through t!ic country I aui pleased to notice a great change in public sentiment on m.liticnl mutter in the last rear, Peo ple seem to have luiil aside their old preju dice, are more inclined to hear, and seem less bound up by party trammels than for merly. Hundred of men who have former- v t.rided thcms'.-lvcs on their former j i "Democratic record," and have looked nj- on sectionalism as the old fashioned Dcinoc ra'7 that must save the country, and upon l!piiblicanim as 'diiuiiiotiism' and 'fanati cistn,' will this year tote the Ilcpublicnn ticket. Logan is making a favorable im predion wherever ho speaks, while Stout is unfortunately able to create but little cu thusiavni, even among the most red-mouthed acctionalisl. A t Kugene City, out of crowd of about five hundred, less than half a dozen could muster courage to give a fuint yell when cheers for Stout were called for. At Albany a bench broke down while he wan speuking, when some erson cried out, " There's tho first gun for .Stout, and the only one ho will get in this neck of woods." The circumstance o embarrassed him that it was some time before he could resume, and, in finishing Ids speech, he left the impres sion on his hearers that the canvass was politi cally finishing him. lie U, I believe, hear tily sick of the canvass, and covets rctiriN niviitand rest about as fervently as Colonel Kelly did lust year when he reached Oregon City on his way in from tho South. If I can judge correct ly from what I sec in pass ing through the country, Logan would, if the election were to come off now, carry the .Stutu by ut least fifteen hundred majority. What compromise s, concession, or fusions limy yet bu made among the heads of the factions, and how fur such compromises or fusions in the Senatorial contest may ope rate on tho vote for Representative to Con gress, It is of course impossible for mo to conjecture, As to inysilf, however, I nee nothing but light uheud in looking through the thickening gloom of discordant section alism that hus been evoked by the magic wand of tho one-man power that seeks to create a perpetual one-hornc pro shivery dy nasty iu Oregon. The whole thing is in a shape that is laird to fix up, and sectional ism in Oregon, l.ko sectionalism lliut, is fast crumbling to plects. Dr. Melirldc and myself spoke in the Coast Fork precinct, twenty mile above Eugene City on the Slid, where we had an audience of sonic seventy voter, about six ty of whom wo wi re told would voto the Republican ticket. We spoke tho next duy at Clovcrdale, in the Forks of the Wil lamette, and hail a very good turn out. llns has ulw.iys been a dark comer the vote having been pretty generally against us but from tho enthusiasm manifested there by our friends, and from the good at tention paid by the crowd generally, 1 con elude a brighter day is just dawning upon this portion o( the political vineyard. At Eugene City we had a good audience on the 25th, nnd, from tho cnthiisiam manifested, 1 should judge that the crowd wns all Re publican except perhaps Dr. Patterson, and llroek, tho able theenmn of the Democrat ic Central Committee for the State. Lane county will probably Rivc Logan a majori ty. I hose who live there are confident of it. Our next appointment was at Browns ville, Linn county, on last Friday, 27th. Dr. Mcliiidc mado a speech of more than an hour's length- presenting, ns he had al ways done, many stubborn facta iu fuvor of Republicanism, and ably urging the claim of Logan. He jioke with great difficulty, as hi lungs had almost entirely failed him and it was only in consequence of my ina bility to speak on account of hoarseness brought on by speaking in the oon air, that no inea to s)ek at all. I followed for some twenty niinutis, when I beeaiuo too hoarse to he heard, nnd quit. At Albany we were both unable to speak last Saturday. 1 think that I shall be able to do so in'a day or two more. It has now Ixvn over t isit years since 1 halted the southern portion of the Willam ette alley, and, although I had heard of great improvement, what I have aeon has exceeded my txpeettfioia. The whole country is rapidly Wcumiug fenced up, comfortable dwelling IWWW rJ taking the place of the old stonn-raeked eabius, barns and other nwewary outbuild 1'igs are being everywhere clustered togeth er, orchards are multiplying an, generally thriving, road are more general;, worked, tho streams and .loughs iftVrJ pd Lridg' ii and f -rr,, ,, U,, ,UVflrr Ms Kf)(i obstructiou to a rapid and plcaaaut Journey throuL-h the country. Bclool-housc, which Generally answer the double purjrf of Wf.fTU I v " .1 1 f- I I. ....1 tin are Ul I 10UI1IJ in BLUOOIS BIIU ...... almost every neighborhood, 1 " 70an State, on the whole, la beginning to aame unite a Republican aspect, urcat men tion i also being paid to the improve ment of stock, especially ia Lane county. In passing through this county we saw a great many fine colt, and sonie excellent calve. The " Lurnax" seems to be all the go among bone-raiser, ard colta of this ut I( nr held at fabulou price. The best yearling colt I have seen is of tho Ltimax stock, and belongs to Matthew Fountain, near Thurston, a very clever man, to whom we are indebted for hospitality. The pat winter made mich havoc among cattle that nianv farmer have abandoned tho idea of raiding much stock. The general impres sion scons to be iu favor of a few bead, and those of the best breeds. Many hundred head, and perhaps thousands, of horned cattle have been driven out of Linn county within a month by their owner, the most of them going SoiHh iu search of a market. There is but little"' fall wheat growing this season, and not a heavy crop of any kind though I think there is a fair amount of spring grain in. There is no reason in the world why our fanners should not have har vested two millions of wheat sowu last year, instead of the pittance that will be gathcr- id. Such a crop would have afforded bus iness to shippers, paid for a vast amount of imjKjrts iu the way of merchandise, saved much money at home, augmented the wealth of the country vastly, and made time live ly generally. I am glad to gee that many arc wuking up to this mutter, and, from the summer fallowing I see done, I think that we may count on a heavier crop next year. w. l. a. Vrum Malem. Since our last number was issued, very little has been accomplished at Salem. We learn that Jo Lane, knowing where the brain of the Democracy are situated, and how to reach them, gave an oyster and champagne supper, and, immediately after the animals were fed, Delazon Smith stock went up like a rocket, but it has come down like a burnt stick. Monday there was a caucus, and, by adroit management, a reso lution nominating Smith was forced through, the vote being 22 yeas to 21 nays. The next thing was to elect the caucus nominee, but, alas for locofoco contrivance, the thing liung fire it has not been done, and we arc glad for tho honor of the State to be assured tl.at it cannot be done. The anti- Lauc members say they cannot stand it, and that it is better for Oregon that Jo Lane should hare the power to give only one vote in the next Congress. We understand that the law authorizing tho election of an Inspector for the Peni tentiary has been repealed, tho contract proposed by Dr. Robert Newell and others having been approved and adopted. There will therefore bo no occasion to vote for a candidate for that position. Other necessary legislation has been ac complished after a fashion, and to-day the Legislature will close its session its only virtue being its dissension, which, though it stopped tho Legislature from doing much that was useful, also hindered it from enact ing the gross outrage of again disgracing our young State by Bending such fellows ns Smith, Curry, or Chapman to the Senate of the United States. Day of Ki.kctio.n. The bill fixing the fourth Monday in Juno ns tho day upon which nn election is to bo held for Repre sentative to Congress, Ac, passed the Sen ate, und wanted only the signature of the Governor to become a law. We hear, however, that the bill was lost somehow or other before it was enrolled probubly ab- stractedby some Lane Pro Slavery Know Nothing Black Democrat, in order to pre vent the election of Logan this year. r n . t V-ITY IIIAKTCR .AMEXIIKP. 0 team from Salem that our city charter has passed tho House amended in accordance with the prayer of the petitioners, and will likely pass mc rennie. noil, we understand, vo ted iu furor of the amendment. Dkad Man Forsn. Last Monday after noon tho body of a man was discovered iu a ravine near tho old brick yard in the bot tom, just north of the Seminary. The body was suspended by the neck from a limb of a tree, not more than five feet from the ground, leading to tho conclusion that sui cide had been committed. From the situ ation in which tho skeleton was found the neck could not have lieeu more than two feet from the ground at the time of the hanging, showing a deerate revolution on the part of the man iu doing the deed. Tho fieih had entirely rotted off from the skull, and from the greater part of the body when found, indicating that it had been several mouths there. Conjecture is at fault as to the name or identity of the person thus discovered. Tk Caa'laait Addrcsed our citizen on Wednesday at the C'onrt-llouse, and a Republicans we have just cause for pride and satisfaction at the discussion. Stout spoke first, and totally repudiated the doctrine set forth In the Standard this week. Ho deiiicd the right of Congress to intervene under any circumstances to protect or prohibit slavery in the Territo ries, and, according to the Standard, toon Black Republican ground. Of course, that consistent hcet will not support lim any longer. Logan' speech ws an lo qucnt and manly defense of our principle, and a searching review of Stout's chameleon position during tho canvas. Out South and up to the time be met Lane at the Umpfpia, Stout had insisted on the right of Congress to protect slavery, and had de clared he would, if elected, vote for such in tervention, but iu this valley he had chang ed his views, or rather, had told a different story. Logan also charged Stout with having been elected as a Know Nothing and having ken a candidate a second year on tho same ticket, and being defeated, he left California and came to shine as a full blown Democrat in Oregon. Stout in his reply said it was true he had been a K. "., but be insisted that Lc did nothing as such lor which he was sorry, and wo suppose l.e thinks his course justifiable, and would, if the party ever comes up again, "go and do likewise." He did not deny the truth of Logan's charge that his speech es South and in the begiuning of the can vass were entirely different in sentiment from that delivered here, and we therefore may fairly infer that he wears two faces, and talks with one mouth to pro-slavery Democrats, and with the other to those who sympathize with Douglas. When asked by one of his audience if be believed a Ter rltory could pass laws to protect slavery, he answered yes, but to the next question, whether it could not for the same reason pass laws to prohibit it, he refused, to reply, and left amid tho laugh of the audience, who plainly saw that his object was to get votes, and not to discus great principles. The effect of the discussion here is and will bo highly favorable to Logan men went to the Courthouse opposed to his elec tion who ufter hearing him dfdarcd their intention to support him earnestly. And if there is a miiniii the county who was in duced on that occasion to decide in fuvor of ' the Know Nothlug candidate, we have not heard of h'm. If anybody else has, we will cheerfully publish his name if any of the wigwam will furnish it to us. IPS We are glad to know that our foreign-born citizens ore throwing off the trammels of tho Democratic party aud as sorting their independence as votere. We had evidence of this iu our recent charter election. And since then we have addi tional evidence that tho nomination of one so disqualified by past political associations to receive their support ns Lansing Stout, is beginning to be regarded by them throughout the State in its true light. Nor is it unreasonable that such a man should be distrusted. He who for the mere sake of political advancement has once denied the prive'.eges of citizenship to a large and valuablo chics of his countrymen, would, for a similar reward, do it again. And it is but just that one who from such a motive has Sought to withhold the elective fran chise from his countrymen should have the benefit of its exercise withheld from him. But tho truth is, the Democratic lenders aro so demoralized that they do not hesi tate to tokrute and endorse anything that will advanco their personal interests. 0 Menra's speech in the late Salem Con vention is good authority for such a state ment and the keenest satire on his own party that we ever heard proving beyond a doubt that Know Kothingism dort not disqualify a man for position in the Demo cratic party. ttcwara at U Milfc. . We commend the following letter, which .-rut from the N. V. Time, a paper that is not by any mean favorable to Gov. Sew ard, to theattentiou of our readers, os show ing bow thi eminent statesman I regarucu by the conservative men of the South, and also to teach some of our brawling Oregon loco-foco, whose great accusation against the Republican party is that Seward, one of its ablest leader, Is an Abolitionist, how rd hi position. If the South is satisfied that he would make a safe President, these noisy defamers have no came to find fault. The truth, however, is that the don't know what Seward's posi tion is. and so tl.er bellow "Abolition and LU!; Republican," and seek to put their disunion doctrines into the mouths of men better than they can ever hope to be: Kv Friday. April 8. 159, Ai you hv wall remiiked in th. . ouim of your M?..ciuJ utmrvatinm oo tl prwjxi-U ,l" MV" mi miked-of candidal for lh ntxt Prei.luey, it Kama manifot lhal tli procW of Senator he wr iJ for th ltepublican swniination ara briRhteBiug vary day. If w ol lo hava aa I mitt wt .1.11 i... uit,d oruitia throuuhout the laud nndtr tha lead of a roan lika John liall, and if Ihaoreaniiation.prMfiA'e, aad aacanacney oi ma Ki-publican party are to ba maintained in all or moat of Ilia fiea siaira aiiouirr jr, i ila nomination of Wm. H.Saward for tlia I'rari dmcy andKrauo a P. Blair, of Miaaouri, for tha Viie-Presidency of the I'uited Slate. Such a ticket (.apecially if Judge Dmijlae shall take tha back track which leads I Charleilon) m;clit earrv every free Slate eai oi me ivicay - " " . I.. axil lllii.l Mountain, incliKiujj even rnuuiia ii - It miolit i-omnmud a laree. important, and mcma- cant le in Miasouri, and enliat, perhaj;, not a few samea in Maryland and Delaware, irgima anu Kentucky, lia iucete. with or without tome aup port from ciliwm of the elare Stalee, would, 1 thould hope, ba nnvhuw acquiewej in oy uen a number of iniluculial men among tlit-ni aa to lliwart and foil any attempt to reiut the inatallnw at or pre v.m . fjir irlil of the Iteimblican candidate eon- ilitutmnal y tlected, be uVy Seward and Dlair or anv two ele. 't he general c 'un of Senator Seward through hath maiiou of the lait Consreee may well ba re garded as unexceptionable and atutesinanl'ke oa that or any other ol ni iei;ow mi motiw, mniig reuerubie Crittenden, and the oniterally eteem- ed and always national John Dell. Mr. Seward baa acteJ, ill a very remarkable and redilable manner, wilh an eye to tha itite reete and welfare of bia whole country. Ha now hat high claims to the respectful consideration of hie countrymen even-where. The records of the Sonata of th Fail ed Statei, an 1 hit recognized weight iu all the counsela and trnmuctiuiu of that body, prove it. lib naino ia ns longer the bugbear in the South it uted to be. Deimurigucs here well know it Gov ernor Seward 'a Administration would b.' momi-n-ton and eventful indeed an epoch in the history of this nation. That, however, at tha aaine time it would be mure discreet, wise, and comprehensive in its diameter, and left sectionul and disorganizing in iu aim and Undency than tha Administration of some of h s predecessors, those who havo most studied his career, aud best know the mnn, da moat tirinly believe and the mo't readily declare. .Mr. Blair's name would doubtlcba contribute much to the avail .b iity of I lie Seward ticket. Many "old-liners" m'ht vote for it whh Itlaron it who otherwise wou'd not. Ho it young, ta'ent ed, encrjetie, sp'rited, and progress've. His oppo sition to the extension of slavery aud to its perpet uation anywhere, ia well known. On the tireng.h of this opposition of liis, (if I mistnke not,) he was elected to the last Contesa frem tho Ht. Ijjuis Distrii-t, and, by right, is a member e'ect of the new Congress. He is, like Henry Clay always was, for gradual emancipation and colou'xation hand-in-hand, pari pottu, on and inseparable. Hit views are ino.ler.ito and sentib'e. They are already quite popular in. Missouri, and are emniug ground there and elsewhere every day. In my opinion, the popular aversion in the tluveho'.ding States to a Republican ticket for IbCO nn ac count of its umlersti3oa sectional npect and tv-nring, would be pre ally leavened by hnviiig on it for Vice President the ui.me of Francis P. lllair. Valno of Foreign Coin Hcdaced. Omcx or Welij, Fxaoo At Co., ) Cigars ixd Tobacco. In another part of this week's paper will be found the ad vertisement of Messrs. Engelhrecht & May risch Rrothers, dealers in cigars aud tobac co, Portland. I'p country dealers will do well to give thin firm a call, or send their orders to them for anything in their line, as they sell at San Francisco price. Title KoaoroSmcoi Oris. The Halles Journal says Die waeon road to Simen. aetvw the Mountains is now open- several p rut. having already croo it. More Hepunllcaa Victories. T?.... T FIM 1. t .. . i3lami. ino lteputiiicans nave swept Rhode Island. The Democracy seem to be nowhere. In the first Congres sional District two Republicans, Robinson and Davis, received 5,329 votes to 1,532 for Arnold, Democrat. In the second Dis trict lirayton, Republican, received more than four-fifths of all the votes cast. CiKciNXATi. The Republican majority for Mr. Hishop, for Mayor, is about fifteen hundred. A majority of Republican AI- uenuen are elected. The vote was the heaviest ever cast at a spring election, and tho l(..n,,l,i;.,., i. .. . ,, ...v .,.,.,,w.,i uiuuijm in jnai 0, iiemo. cratic stronghold has been splendidly achiev ed. 1 lie three trreat eitine nf ll U". 0- .... v. cai Chicago, St. Louis, and Cincinnati are firmly fixed in the Republican faith, andm- diatethe principles of that party over the great West. Cleveuxd. Tho Republicans have car ried Cleveland, Ohio, by 863 majority for .Mayor, ana eight out of eleven wards. CAicnT. Charley Winner, who was advertised in tho Argus week before last as having left Aurora with several articles not belonging to him, was apprehended at the Dalles last week, and part of the prop erty found opon him. He was lodged in jail. Theatrical. Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Con ner gave auother entertainment to a full house on Thursday evening last, on their .ciU.u irom np cttrntry. Thev will plav again at the Court-room this erenintr, , b.y fir the last nw w;,h ..- change of performance. San Francisco, May II, 1Sj9 To oea Agents- Bankers an 1 merchants have affiled the value on foreign coins as follows : COLD COINS. Australia round of 18.".2 do Pound of 1S55 do Ducat do Soveteign Belgium Twenty-rive Franks Bolivia lloubloun Drii7.il 2:i,000 Kica California Twenty dollar piecit do Ten dollar pieces do Five dollar pievi-a Central Anieric.i Two fCscudos do Ono Escude Clyli-CUd doubloon do Ten p'sos Denmark Ten thaler Ecuador Four cscudos Englnnd Pound, or sovereign, new do Pound, average France Twenty franca, new do Twenty franca, average Germany, North Ten thnler do North Ten thuler, Prussian do South Ducat Greece Twenty drachma Hin.lostnn Mahur Mexico Doubloon, avarage Naples Sin Ducuts, new Netherlands Ten Uildera New Granada Old Doubloon, li-igota do Ohl Doubloon, Popayan do Ten Pesos, new Teru-Old Doubloon do New, not aseertaiue l Portugal Gold Crown Home SJ Scudi, new Russia Five Roubles Sardinia--Same at France Spain 100 Kealt Sweden Duiat Turkey 100 Piastret . Tuscany Snjuen savia COINS. Austria Uii Dollar do Scudo of Lire do 20 Kreuliera Belgium Five F'rauca lioli via Dollar do Half Dollar, 1S30 do Quarter Dollar, 1S30 P.raT.il 2,000 Hies Central America Dollar Chili Old Dollar do New Dollar Denmark Two Rixdaler England Shilling, new do Shilling, average France F'ive Franca, averap x- 1 t., , 5 5 10 4 80 a 25 4 TO 4 CO 15 00 10 00 19 75 9 75 4 75 3 5(1 1 75 1.1 40 9 00 7 00 7 5U 4 811 4 8u 3 75 3 75 7 50 7 50 2 20 3 35 6 85 15 00 5 00 3 90 15 25 15 00 9 25 15 00 Batty Hearea. Handbills are icoUered orcr the Stato annonnchig that Jo La", and Pe1on Smith will take the stump from this ti.no till the election. Tho reason of this extra ordinary proceeding, neither of these per sons being candidates before the ioplc, i that they nnd tl.at Logan is too heavy nnd too much for Stout, and unless they come to the rescue, our K. '. friend will be beat en by Democrats as he wns iu California. They also recollect that when they M about the population to secure admission they also promised and swore that Oregon never would fail to bo represented by pro slavery Democrats who were as sound 011 the goose as the great Jc-gander himself; and if this Stuto should elect Logan, what respect will be paid to Lane's pledges? and above all, what chance will lie navo 10 uc nominated for the Presidency if defeated in his own State? All these things, wilh the absolute necessity that he should have zealous supporter in tho lower House of Contrress one who w.Il thiuk and act more fur Jo Lane's iutcrcsts than for the wclfurf of Oregon have driven our ' Mary Ann to the stump again with his compound blow pipe. They will be here on Wednesday next, and we hope they will be prepared to explain their statements about our popula tion, the falsity of which even Hush admits is 6iiflicicut to justify Congress in hereafter doubting every representation made by them unless supported by other proof. Lane will probably explaiu why he voted against tho Homestead Bill, aud if he had a good reason for doing so, then Delusion ought to tell whr ho roted for it. Tiie same motive a ought to have influenced both. DEMocnaTic Demagogues. The influ ence of a couple of vaporing demagogues like Jo Lane and Delusion Smith on the Black Democratic rabble, is a profitable subject for philosophical reflection. It is hard to find a parallel to its effects iu any thing originating in human passion or hu man reason. The Biblo furnishes nn ex cellent one the devils among the swine. Small Pox is Portland. Tho News of the 2d inst. snys it is useless longer to con ceal the fact that this loathsome disease is in Portland but learns that tip to that date there had been no more than four cases, and tho.se of the mildest form. All meas ures of precaution against the spread of the infection have been adopted. But it would be well for those of our citizens to be vuc cinnted who have not been already, as tho mast effectual measure against the spread of the disease. For this purpos", we are requested to state that Drs. Barclay and Steele will be prepared in a few dnys with vaociue matter, and will attend to all who wish to be vaccinated. S8T The returns of the spring elections do not afford a crumb of comfort for the Administration. Every State, and nearly every city and village, where elections have been held, lias borno testimony that the people regard the Administration of James Buchanan as corrupt, fuithlcss, and con temptible. The New York Herald nn Administration paper answers its own in terrogatory, " What docs all this mean?" thus "It means that the great Democratic party has gone to wreck and ruin, nnd that the opiosition, as sure as futc, hold the next Presidential election in their hands." 5 50 3 50 3 90 4 85 3 30 4 35 2 25 Germany, North Thalar do South Gulden, or Florin do 3 Thaler or 2J Gulden Greece -Five Drachma Hlndostan Rupee Japan ltiubo Mexico Dollar, average Naplrs Scudo Netherlands 2J Guilder Xorw.iy f?ci Doler New Granada Dollar of 1S57 Peru Old Dollar do CUd Dollar of do Half Dollar. lsas-M Portug.) -Silver Croira Riie Scudo RusMKoable Sardinia Five Lire Spain Quarter Dollar do New Pistenwa Sweden Rix iwu. wilierlaDd Twa Franca Turkey Twenty TiMten Tuscaay Fleha fT W a must reader aa account of en -.u.m luewaa or our idle silence. 95 95 15 93 1 00 35 15 95 90 1 00 55 1 00 20 90 93 54 35 1 25 80 40 30 1 00 90 92 S5 90 1 00 85 30 1 00 95 70 90 30 51 1 CO 30 Scalp Dance. Our correspondent at the Dulles, writing under date of the 2d inst., gives us the following description of a war dance which took place thcro a few days before: " Tho Reserve Indians pnid the Dulles a visit on Friday last, bringing with them two Snake Indian scalps, two male, and ten or more female, prisoners from that mischiev ous tribe, trophies of the late campaign against them. A band of Shake Iudians some weeks since visited the Warm Spring Reserve, killing two or three of the resident Indians, and stealing some of their horses nnd cattle, which offence led to this success ful campnign. A jubilant war dance was entered upon nt the garrison abofot fire o'clock P. M., and continued about one hour, when an adjournment took place for sonic other sport. The scene was impos ing, lite two scalps were carried upon sticks by the two squaws leading the dance, the third carrying upon a stick a little sack filled with something which copied the motion scalps significant, but of what we did not lenrn. The two male prisoners were pres ent to witness the exhibition; they viewed it with a brave, stern indifference, one of t hem smoking during the greater part of the time. Among the conspicuous of the mul titude were seen the "Hyat Tyee," Mack, a portly, good-looking, well-dressed, sensi ble Indian, the " Lumiehen man" (Doctor), -r fc,Bci wau in DUCKSKins highly ornamented with beads and tri-col- ors, the Waita man" (Orator), large, eagle-eyed, stern, majestic, clad in kyota' fox and buck skins. From the top of his head protruded the buck Htslanguage was refinrd Chinook, its delivery such as would serve to redeem Jo Lane, if witnessed to the House of rep resentatives it was imi.ooainn.,1 l It fective, natural, having been prompted more by natnres impulse, and less by ram, than is Jos. The demeanor nf tho Tn.i;no I the occasion was highly creditable, nothinjr ....Wiuui,r ii solemnity, reirularity and good order." ' Mr. Editor: As many of yoor readers are, doubtless, unacquainted with the ori so i of ' A pril Fool,' or ' All Fools' Dar,' as 80 1 it is termed, if they will examine th,. 9.1 rv id:, chapter of Jude, 3d verse, they will le en- ngnionea on the subject. A Dkmocbatic Ori.viox. Tho Wu1. Ingtou Union says: "The tendency of all Republics hns beet to the gradual accumulation of arbitrary power in the hands of the populace, at the expense of the constitutional rights of bdi. viilnals and minorities. Much is said legislative usurpation, and of Judicial uar. pntion; but more dangerous than all to free ' government is popular usurpation," . , jp-Tbo Iowa State Gazette, atBiu ; lington, suspended publication April 13, It was the leading Democratic Journal hi ' Iowa, but the publishers (niompson & Shcward) say that the party fuilcd to g1r them adequate support. The paper has ex istcd for twenty-two years. JornxA!.MSO os Oovkknment Cahtai. Tho Washington States, in announcing the transfer of the Union newspaper " into the hands of Brigadier General George Washington Bowman," remarks of the ic compniiying business transaction, that it it "altogether without aparalel, in so far si it exhibits the Attorney General of the United States negotiating and attesting tin sale of a newspaper lor a consideration to be paid, not by the individual purchaser, but with thrfuiidi of government, distributed in the shape of Executive patronage." This is even worse tiian tho story Gibson told about helping Medary and the Ohio Statesman, out of the funds of the State. The latter charge is denied, but the former is made on good Democratic authority, aud remains unrcfuted. Chi. Gazette. Fur the Art, Slxnv Hill Smr., May 21, 1859, To the Editor of the Pacific Advocate: " lie that is first in his own cause seci cth right, but his neighbor comcth aud senrcheth bhn out." Perhaps, Bro. Pearot, you can tell mc wheru to fiud this quota tion as you are an " accomplished divine" and ulfio plcaso inform rae whether it it right or not. I don't mean as to correct ness of quotation, as the idia is correctly expressed, but, may be, Solomon didn't know what he was talking about. Now, I happen to know, from your own words, that you wcro very anxious to vullkh the book which you now condemn In which ' case you would have been very differently, turned. I ulso know that what you say u ' but oh 7io of the words of your colleague, Bush, whom I have always considered he- ncnth my notice. That he acts, speaki,' thinks, writes, and talks for vou, is a fact so w ell estubl.shed that my evidence in that case is not needed. If I expected better things of you, it was b( cause yon, as im editor, are a representative of a rcspi ctalle people, and nut Lecnusj I consider you to be a better man than your Solera coUmpo- -mry. I ki.ow that this letter is not much of a compliment to your tat te or integrity, mit, seriously, 1 nave no respect tor either. You " have been sickci:eJ with the lovt stories," eh? That's a natural conrouraci to men of yuur temperament, and I do not wonder at it ia the least. Such prudery as yours is what makes prostitutes aud pmjligutes. You may say what you please about your dislike for love stories, but yoor scnsnal face bespeaks the fact that, if yos uou 1 reau litem, you Hunk tnera, aud 1, even I, have presumed (and will do M again; to try to guiae you in the proptt channel. To stem the torrent of your nr pensities, animal or critical, is a task too herculean for my pen Jmt I'll remember you iu my next public effort in a character that you can't mistake. He that is too modest to be seen reading or heard com mending a story because it comes under the head of a love story in whole or in part. depend upon it, Bro. Peame, will not do to trust! 'lheres my sentiment. ' -. I have noticed many trifling mistakes hi my little volume, and have found some really bod grammar, and don't blame yon or any other persou for finding fault with it; but, certcs, 1 didu't read the proofs bat . of about sixty liaecs. and cave tlicui onto a hasty pcnwal, as they were in my pos session but a short time. That there are grammatical defecU of my own, is possible, . as the preface has told you that the book was written under every disadvantage, but I am not responsible for printer's mistakes, which are many, nor publisher's oversight, which is vexatious. I might finish this epistle with the preachers' favorite phros?,. " I say nil this in love," but won't tell a falsehood, if I do write love storks. Do you take? 1 A man must serve his time at every trade ,. Suve censure j ciilica all are ready made." . Yours, in the hope that you are not ytt past redemption, A. J. Diwiway. " P. S. I trust that the " sickening effect", of w hich you complain will act as an emetic to the " huge disgust" of which you boast.' At any rate, I hope soon to hear of your' convalescence. A- ) 0 May 23. During the interval bctweea Saturday and Monday, I hare con-' quered the wrath which dictated the' foregoing epistle, and can now look at yotr as I should. The charity that "suffcreth long and is kind, thinketh no evil, yaunteth not itself," and is not hearty incondemn'ng others, I recommend to your especial at tention. May the God whom you so ego ttstically profess to worship, help the vir- . tucs of faith, hope, and charity to abide -with you in days to come. I will leave the i-ditorof the Areus to determin whthcr or not the letter of Saturday shall be pub lished, and he will be governed by the ' amende' yon 'may or may not make in. your next issue. Were it not that I lore, and honor the Methodist denomination as a people, I'd give you neither probation nor warning but I would fain keep op the appearance of friendshin with nn tnr their sake. Remember, I will act on the de fensive, and : . " Who conquers me shall find a stubborn foe." ) A.J. D. X. B. If tha " h.1 .mn.. ku.ll , jj auitua w iv hurts TOO 18 COtnnnspH in iha ni my backwoods' characters T I,. say that if too ore fool enough to imagine a backwoodsman talking good English, or knave enough to want me to put correct, language in their mouths, when everybody knows tbey don't use it, yon led, of course, Oyyonr Salem COtemnnrarr srhn ia nnlv one degree ahead of you are hypercrit ical abnv m-Kot'o ... milieu. A.J.B. Byron. " y The wives along the Mississippi never blow np their hatbands. They learr it all to the steamboats, which are sore to do it sooner or later. ' -