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declared In favor of tin Miwouri Compro mise that yncMf four years and quar ter aftrr ho had dec-lured tlmt Compromise to bo a sacred ibinir ltic-li "no ruthless litiiil would evcrdar (o touch," hit, hlmin.lf, ' brought forward th measure: ruthlessly to ile-lroy It. A. voice" Hit him ajrmn!" A iilu. Uy mora calculation of time It will only ba four years mora until he Is ready to take back hi prof. elout tlx umtlntM of tlio Compromise aboliahlnjf the l ite trade. Pncincly a soon in you re ready to wive hi scrvicn In thut dir ection, ly fair calculation yon tuny be sure of having liiiu safe. Applause aim laugu ler.J fscnuMM.v i.koih Afiox. Hut vou r.-nfinlxr and set down to Judga Douglas' debit, or lifrt'j;t, tlmt lit lia said lust )"r tlmt -0.l of the Territories can, in spile or me ircu wxi decision, tn-hido your slaves frm lhoe Territories: tlmt lm liul declared tlmt by " unfriendly legislation," Hie cxt"tiou of V . . .1 .. .. i !...-.. ..'J i vour iroK-riy into we new icrriiuriouiiiKiii L cut off In Hi belli of the decision of the frinrcme Court of I lie Pulled States. ilu assumed (hut wti'iii nt Frr-etmrton Ihe i! 7 tli Auzuit. IH:,H. He said tlmt Hi'.' jieopln of the Territories can exclude slave- ry, In so many worm, i on ougui, How ever, to bear in mind tlmt lie ha ucvi?r salt it time. Laughter. 1 Voo may hunt In tvrry speech tlmt lie lias since made, and he has never ustil tnui expn iwion once, 111 lm never Meioed to notice tlmt lie ii stating hit views differently from what lie ilul Hum; but l.y some sort or nccnicht, tie linn always really Mated it dlflVrr iitly. IK' Inn always since then declured that "tlie (.'otislitiition does not curry sluvrry Into the Territories of Ilia United State beyond Hie jiower of the people legally to rontrol it, as other property." Now, there i a difference in the language used upon tlmt former oc casion oud in thi latter day. Tliero tuny or msy not be a difference in the mrniiinjf, but it I worth while considering whether there i not also a difference in lucniiiiifr, What I it to exeludef Why, it i lo drive it out. H I in souio way lo put it out of thu Territory. J t U lo force it across the line, or change it character, so that ns iroerty it is out of exigence, ISutwhnt I the controlling of it " oh other property?" Is it the same thin;; on the controlling ol other properly, tho destruction of it or driving it nwny? I should think not. I idioiihi think the controlling of it as other .jirojM-rlj would bejii-l uiHjiit whut yon in Kentucky should want. I uiiderstnnd the -coal rolling of properly mean the control! inir of it for the licui lit of the owner of it While I hnv mi doubt tlie Supreme Court of tin; I'liil 'd States would say "(Sod upeed'' it any of thu Territorial Lrgixlntiircs that Miouhl tliUK coi.ti'ol rhivo projierty, they would 'iiur, qictn n iMU reiit tune it hy pre tense of controlling it they were to uinlcr take to pns Ian which virtually excluded it, mid that upon a well known piinclpl..-to nil lawyern, thut whut a l''rwiilmv cannot directly do, it cannot do by indirection; thut n the Icgiiduturo ha not the pow er to drive slave out, they have no power by in direction, by tax, or by imposing burden in any way on that properly to keep it out. We have mi.iluid the rest of the pecch, mid cannot give It nt prc?nt. 'He retimin hr i short. IV ii. Qll)c (Dccgon CVvgua. W. I., AHAM.4, 0BJ3O0N CUV: riuioii. satuuday, ii:ci:.Min:it n, isr.o. UonU' PiHprrt UilRlilcBlnj.'i ' Tli elmnrraiif Jmln Hoiifrhn In nvrivf the 4 'hull Mull niiiniiiHliun ru rdii.lly IiiIIiUmi.mi;. 'I'lu-y me now wi rih ill. wo nl nil ilie uiln r c.ia.li luli In llm lifl.l. V n jarl it u ir'lly rfrt.nn Hint Ilie ' l.illlr tiianl' ul j.linoia will br tin- m t ilrniwimii' cjii li.Uie fur l'ri-i.l nl, iin.l illa n.xl rruiilrnt of Hit U. 6'ufi rx-Orgnn. The editors of tho ex-orjjau seem to have been so Involved in family (piarrels of late that they have almost entirely lost the run of politics. Tlio Ktarllinjr announcement mndd above is fi d in the same issue that chronicles the fact that the Kugetio City State Convrntion went unuuinioilv for d mli l4vry. anl b Hmi'itxl up m If run of prif-et xulur won ih ethtr biiio All thli went to ihow, a plain a any thins could to our mind, tlmt It wn In- tended all the while to locate la very lit the Territoriei htynnd tin jxiwt nf Ik prDjih (o fifMt il iiKFotir, Tii.v rRAr.D a (staik coNnnuTios yet the lcmocriicy lure du riii the canvas of I'jO were all no tickled at the wonderful biautic of Kpmttcr tov ereinty, tlmt they poke right out in mcftiiijr' when their ajicuker opplMiidcd it The very inuil, however, that brought the new of (he action of the Supreme Court in klaughttriug the mmattcr tovcrciguty beauty, dated tho convention of the Oregon Democracy from the Mpiultcr toverelgn her ey. Ibiehannii'i Ix'compton message Cn- isheil the luU mpicaking Ponglasite, and in the very next convention which met lo now liiulo candidate fur the first State ofiicis, an out and out Administration phi I form whs made, on which' Whitcukcr, (I rover, Hush and company rode into ollice. Stout was uho put on the Mini! kind of a plutlorm last spring u platrorm w hich iiiilor.-id the whole Lccotnpton villainy, mid which nut a man in if conerulitin ticifl Jolt Coiimr Imi the ImrJili'ioJ la (rrij,t In. When Douglas, by an unjust apportionment, and not by (he popular vote, ngaiii recured hi scat in the I'. S. .Senate, a few Democrats here, like Carter, thinking hi triumph would end (ho war between him and tlio Administration, and place Douglus in the ascendency, manifested M'mptoms of being tickled but their squatter-sovereignty love led them no farther. When it became known that Douglus by hi triumph had merely Increased the hate of (he Adminis tration, without strengthening himself with t lie masse, Carten mid the whole sipiad of trembling suhordimili.' in tlm rank ol pl.icc-liuiiter ipiiclly settled back on their huiiuclic upon the I,ccoiiipton anti-Douglas platform, gotten up to suit the pro-shircry I.aneitcs hero and curry favor with the Ad ministration nt Washington. Since that, we haven't heard the faintest fijinak in fa vor of Douglas' doclrliici n against the Iiiroiiipton policy of tho Administration from the speckled herd of driven-nigger pol itician In Oregon. Not mi oriran has dnr d ireal: ground in favor of hi nomination ut Charleston, and not n single delegate unions even the 'bolters' ut the Eugene convention dared (o express such n prcfir eiiep but, after thu 'regular convention1 cid instructed for I.nne, 0 rover got the bolter to pus a resolution pledging such Iriven-nigger a swore by tho bolters to vole for miyliwly that might be nouiiimted ut Charleston, be that Jo I.nne or Hrigham Young. Now it would seem Itiat if Dou glus has no more friends East than he has in Oregon, he ha a very poor chance lor n nomination nt Ciuiilestoti. Jiut tho ex- orgau t.ll.j us tlmt Douglas's chance nre lightening,' and we sometimes pick up n paper from the East imbued with tho sniue sentiment. We have already seen that the brightening' hasn't become very intense yet in Oregon, and wo now propose lo see just about how ' brijrht ' hi prospects arc Isiulnre. In California, after the most intensely bitter fight between the Jlrodcrick Doiiglasilcs and the (J win Lecomploniles, latter have carried tlio Statu by an who confidently predicted a 'ploriou trl umph In Minnesota, a the project ol Ioujjlaim wcro every day 1 brightening ' there.' In Connecticut the iuo wa made up lait spring by plating the driven-nigger cnndidutea Just where Douglna aland on squatter sovereignly, the Cincinnati Plat form, and the Dn-d Scott decision and (he result wa Hint Douglas' ' prospect bright cned ' lo such an intensity tlmt they con turn nl turn Jltmoeralic ntnuhen nf Can irtn. and their seal arc now occupied by Itepublicau. In Massachnsctt, a In all Xtw Knijlun t, the selling sun of Douglas Ism, and every other shade of sectionalism, ha 'brightened' till tho defunct carcasi of driven-niggerism can only bo galvanized into life enough to kick, at each annual elec tion, by the power of Federal patronage. In Khodu Island, the scattered squad has become so much dispirited that they have pretty much quit making nominations, and a State convention can barely bo drummed up by placing poster in the grogshop mid low ilen of the cities, stirring up the belch- in Dniiocrnc to a prand r.illv bv the trying to ridu into offleo on a miscrabli startling announcement in (laming capitals ' rickety hobby of iucoiiMsleiicic. ow that Hie 'prospects or Democracy are this i plain lo every thinking man and briijhitnin'j terribly'!! In I'eiiiisvlvanin, ' neither Douglas, Funny, nor any other come out in Harper with rqnultcr orer elgnty pure and imple. Now (ho gaping Democrat who rolled up hi eye when Douglas struck the chord of squatter so crelgnty, must feel Inmclf somewhat dale lergiistcd hi following Douglas through with his tergiversation and summersault, starting in on 'squatter sor.Tclgoty,' throwing one leg over Hie ' Cincinnati I'lal form,' another over the ' Dnd Scott decis ion,' and flually crawling out of the little end of the horn with hi Dorr nifesto dangling at hi coat-tail. Such a Demo crat must feel much like poor Delusion, who declares hi Inability to ' follow,' such are tho change mid ahiltingf of certain Sen ators. Tlio conclusion naturally forces ilsclf upon every thinking muii that Douglas, in riding squutUr sovereignly to make himself popular with Hie North, mid in mount. ng the Cincinnati 1'l.itform mid licking the Dred Scott decision, to curry favor with Southern salamanders, present much the appearance of n low, juggling demagogue, tli mUliiri rotct licim; Humbug Jo uef ii r.ii'(ur Douglas! I In our own State (hero Is certainly much room for Douglas's prospects to ' brighten.' J fere he has neier hail an orpin, nor Inn a ijlt frnnimut nl,tldiin Jure J fo alvoentr his claim, since tin Jul that it Ircame Iiwicii hire thut there ivjs it eimjlet h tireen him aiul th: preieut AJmininlrutioii. The Ileum. crutie organs mid orators were u It loud praise ol Douglas as a great statesman, nml oi 'squatter sovereignty' ns the sulistautial basis of all true democracy a truly ' happy conception' so ' happy,' so Micitous, and so axiomat'e, tlmt it was a ' wonder' to the whole squad 'how ani person should have ever thought otherwise.' Wo were then told that it was o ilocttine which would make Douglas President, mid use up any man who opposed it so cuVeluully that not so much as a shred or his old shirt could be found after having butted his head against the holy nik or 'squatter nmnigntv.' We well recollect the cursr and abuse we received from loud-mouthed, reeling Dem ocrats, drunk on ' HUuiter-.sovereiguiv wine, for fNpasing the Kansas-Nebraska bill squatter sovereignty as aproslaverv j"Kgk gotten up expressly to crush out the very thing it pretended to foster. We s'lowcd that it was never intended by the arch traitors of human li'itrty who tore down tho Missouri Compromise, that the people of a Territory should have the pow er lo exclude slavery we showed (his bv the fact that the Democrats in Congress, Don- ghw and all, voted down Chase's amend .....t a . al . I i .... iiicin iii hip .enn.sKA 0:11 making it clear that the eopli) of a Territory could admit or exclude slavery before they framed State constitution. We afrwrls showed this again from the following wording of the Cincinnati Platform: r.-lil, Tim w th r flat ef tho prnp tt .11 tho TVmior m. iih-Iu.1 ku an l Nrbra-iU. cOr Owmfll Wfi.ly ,41r,T. riprail null la.joriu W HIM rs-M'ni, wimiim tat iriniri ismiiTtsra irmnii it, l -m IHWt,.,,, rt , ymX overwhelming majority thus burying Don glasism in California. In Ohio, where the driven-niggers ran their Stale ticket on n purely Douglas squatter sovereign platrorm with Douglas himself to stump the Stat recommend. ng the ticket and ('.villaining th plat form, Ohio ha rulh J up sereui-rn thimx(inl JlepuliUcaa majority, not with standing tho driven-nigger organs were eviry where telling us that the prospects of the Democracy wcro ' briyhtaiiii;' inighlily in Oh.o, mid thero was very little doubt but they should carry tho whole St'.ite. I M line, where the Democracy were fairl, hiriuvs.'d to the Douglas cart, the Kepu! Iicans have routed them by tw.lve lhomav., majority & majority greater by four thou .'' than we h id two years ago when the driven-niggers were harnessed to the Ad minisi.r.ition cart, and pulled nt Leeompton pure ami s:mpl.. That looks like ' bright eiiiiig' terribly in Maine! In Iowa, w ill- me ur.vcn-n ggers ran that redoubtable doughface Ciwnr Augustus Dodge for (Sov ernor, on a Douglas platform, and then pulil.shed all over the States that Dodge washy hi 'masterly dtfense or squat! sovereignty driving his Republican antago nist to the wall,' ami nailing him there to the tunc or a great many thousand major ity lo, and behold! when the ballots arc counted, his Republican competitor is do- ired liovernor of Iowa by orer tiro thou a,i majority while tho redoubtable rhainp'on tr 'squatter sovereignty,' the I':....: r, - viiiuiiiiaii t miioini,- and tlie ' J)ivd Scott l.risiou' is 'elected' to sit down in his own himii'7 comer and contemplate the -orightrning' prospects ot Douslas. In Vermont and New Hampshire, where the squatter sovereigns have had it all their own way in sstute convention, the Kcmih. Iicans have Muted them so o.Vn with con stantly increasing majorities, that in the next battle fought in these States there will probably not be enough driven-niggers U-ft to bury the dead and w-ite on their tornlv stones ' Struck down by the intense light of Douglas's brightening' prospect.' In Minnesota, where evcrv inch of cromid has lieen contested by both parties, and the best ' IVmovratic' talent was called from all parts of Hie Union to take th stump in or der to carry the State for sectionalism, the Uepiililicans have swept the State br orer I ttro Ikonta Mnvirythii sorclv disan- sectionalism has just been buried by a mi jri'ij of mare limn twenty Ihontnnd hard- hnnded free laborer, while tho ilriven-nig. ger enndidutes have climbed with their liquor-flask to the highest nx-x of the range or hill around the head or Suit Kir- r, where they arc now seated, contemplat ing through their blood shot eyes the pros pect of Doughisisiu ' brightening in Penn sylvania till they apjctir to their astonished vision to bo nctuully red. In New York, New Jersey, and Indiana, tho only foot hold that the Douglasitcs have is claimed from the election of such Douglasites to Congriss a Ha.skiu and Clark, and lime were all tlerteil ly IlejiulAicun roles, a a condition that they opposed the Adminis tration in Congress, and their friend 'fused' with the Republicans at home and helped eel the rest of the Republican ticket. In Illinois, Douglas was beaten one year ago by four lli'msini'l Hi publican majority, and by nine thousand majority of t ic pop alar rote, if we count tho ' Danitu' or Ad ministration voto which was polled against Ii'iii t!i:i.s placing his election on the ground or a villainous apportionment in tend or the popularity of squatter sover eigntythat Douglas might have some little reason, weak us it was, to keep on shouting. '.My prospects are 'brightening' in Illinois'!! In every Southern Statu Douglas Democracy is considered a hum bug, und tho lending Democrats of the South denounce it as a miserable subterfuge. The fuel is, in erery State where squatter sovereignly has been made the issue by tho sectionalists, the Democracy hare been routed und there isn't probably a single Statu in tho Union that could bu carried to-day for whut Douglas calls ' tiiy great principle.' Now tho reason or all this is obvious to tho most shallow-puted politician, and it ought to be obvious to even the cx-orgnn grinders ir they would stop and think a moment. Tho is.su is now inudo up be tween slavery extension, or the universal, omnipotent, nuconlrollnble rights of slavery in all the Territories. The Administration or pro-.slavety party take the nflirmnlive, and back it tip by the Cincinnati Platform, which places I lm power or n 1 rrilory to control slavery within its grasp only 'when, crrr the number of inhabitants justifies it to form a Constitution.' That is plain mid within the comprehension or tho veriest driveler isn't it? The next backing1 they give it is tho opinion of the Supremo Court, which they dignify with the name of a Me cisionnnd clothe it with all tho authority of law. Tlmt 'decision' says that the Con stitution places slavery in all the Territories beyond the power of Congress to exclude it. Now, that is all plain mid perfectly ro;i-Ji.vfi-;, for such ns stand on tho Cincin nati Platform, and revere tho 'decision' of the Supremo Court. It can be swal lowed right down by tho veriest driven- nigger ass, without tho least effort at thinking. Now where does Donelas stnml' He says ho stands first on 'my great principle' that' Mr c.iit of a Territory have the right lo hare or imf have skrtry, )usl as thy phase.' Well, so far so good. That sounds intensely Democratic to every gaping greaser who listens nt him, am) makes him thrust his arms down bis breeches pockets and roll up his ryes in as tonishment that anybody should think oth erwise. ell, DouL'las.' savs Lincoln, nt Frceport, ' do you believe that the people or a Territory, at any time before they frame a constitution, have power to ercluile bivery ir they choose?' Certainly, I do; ertainly, I do. I have nei so held.' Well, in the very next speech he makes, he ends hair an hour in puffing the Cincin nati rhit.'onn, and licking every plank in a platform which, as everybody knows makes the people or a Territory sorere'iTn I1KN THEY TORy A COXSTITlTtOX, and not before. The next litilf hour ! .nt !,. man is ublo to clear the matter up and re lease Douglas from tho awkward position in which ho has placed himself. This shows why honest men arc everywhere forsaking the Democracy und uniting with the Re publicans while the place-hunters, oftce holders, and the moro ignorant mid unprin cipled of the masses, prefer to mount a consistent Administration platrorm, just us tho Oregon Democracy ha ro done. Delu sion, who is always in a quandary about how men can get along who arc governed by principle, say he doesn't see what ex cuse the Repiiblicnn or Oregon can give for not voting for Douglas in ISiiO, should ho get the nomination nt Charleston. We hope wo have given a few reasons that will be within the reach of even Delusion's com prehension if not, wo think he and Crooks ! together may see through the maltcr. I In the meantime, if the grinders of the cx-orgun see any more ' brightening' in the 'prospects' of Douglas, we hope they will both 'holler lit once.' Tu.n. A young man named Thos. Barton stole a lino gold walch from Mr. Todd at the Columbian Hotel in Portland, on Friday night of lust week, and came to this city on Saturday, mid put up with Mr. Kelly of the Temperance House. Mr. K., who keep his eye skinned for such customers, suspected from the first that this chap was not so honest as ho might be, in wh cli opinion ho wnj strongly confirmed upon Rarton's offering to sell him u gold watch for twenty dollars about huff its real val ue. Hearing of the aforesaid theft in Port land, Mr. Kelly wrote down for the 'nrgus eyed' Marshal of that cilv, inforinimr him of Barton's whereabouts, und request i tho Marshal's presence in this V C UMY. jrnnd ttttakrr r tht na, P,.r.nn IIlOWIlloW. of (he KllOXrillo (TclHI.) Whig, thus express hi Seillb menu on (ho organisation of (ho House: "Jf (ho denl himself wcro eligible to (he Speakership of Hie lloiw nini were only (weiiiy-four hours out from the Infernal region, w.lli the stench of tho smoke and ,Mii. e or lull upon li'm, and would ph-iL'u himself to appoint committee who would ft ml out the corruption of Uncle anaii' Admin stralloii, we would vole lor him for SjH'iiki r in preference In any Uncle mum Democrat whatever. True, we know the devil lo be a liar nod a relator ol pledges, but we know a lln. !iannn JVmo. erat to be Hie same H'ing. mid we should have more fuilh in the fidelity of Hie devil than that ol a Democrat. When thu devil turn his head In a certain direction he goes it, but the Democrat bxk otm way and net in n d IT' rent direclion. limbics, tho devil is familiar with all tho frauds mid (hefts of tho Administration, und would know who to call on ns witnesses. " No Southern Opposition member ought lo hesitate one mouc'iit about co operating with the Northern Opposition in the organ ization of the U' Xt House. Il I (heir sol emn public duty to fcrrd oul Iho corrme lion of thi most foul, Inr.uiiou ami lu ll deserving administration; mid as the Demo crat will not aid in couvlcliiix tin in. Iv.'S of )iniliHl!ary off nre, we lliil-t look 10 the Northern OpposVon. whether they be railed Ri-publicans, Inlidcl Philosophers, Darn lliinn rs, Profis-slmml Counterfeiter, or Hie lino of Satan. The people expect these corruptions lo lie exposed, ami lliey trill not excuse any Opposition member, of either seel .on of the country, who lulls to do every thing In his power lo prevent any further concealment or tlie nstouiul.ug iruiMs unu wholesulc robberies of the treasury.'' Crrrlll Haillb. The Chicago Press and Tribune very sen sibly remurks: " If events shall prove that Gcrrltt Smith of New York has I c n con c 'rued in encouraging by his advice or money the treasonable movements of Ossu waiomiu Drown, wo know no reason why he should not be punished with nil the sever ity tnat tiic law diinauils. He has been accounted a man of pure and noble impulses and philanthropic purposes; but if he hu been led by his hates or by hi devotion to one idea into the company of nilfgu'd. d and criminal ue-n, he cannot hope to escape the consequences of his act. lie has mi politi cal aHiliations with the Republ caii parly; and if prosecuted, will doubtless rely for d 'fcndiis upon Democrats whom he has in effect appeared anxious lo serve. When he set himself ns an independent candidate for Governor of New York, because the itcpuiiiicuus (Ul not come tip to li s requ. re incuts on this slavery question, ho became an active and open enemy of the party; mid as such has been constantly treated. His warmest personal friend is Mr Douglas of II ino's. When last In this eily he was the Senator's guest ; and his last spei cli made here was u fulsoina laudation of that gigan tic IXe man." V bsaiUf la (ht Htfc, The following (lair of extracU ire ( samplo of the lono of a largo portion of fl! Southern Democratic prc (owitj, v n !.... r. " Wo do not belicvo that DoiiglM t, rst choice of n sIliL'le Koiillu.m.k-. " lt first cli III the Stale of .Mississippi fr tf j, cy. .Never wa u nun more loathed it is looked upturns a, miserable dem'Ji! H'll(l Ull ll.l lllll U-rillilil In a.. II l.t. . W . . .v ins soul if La so do.ng he could reach the uoul of hit lm coulil reach the goal of Lit . ' lotion thu W lute Houe." r.-i. , Sun. 7 " From Iho borders or Virgini,,, bunks of (he Mississippi, tho advoeute, .i iv iuiikiii t-i i name a Ucmocnt i, t holds a place us high as that of a Conrl; mini, or that has ever been honored hp pnriy with a cuniliducy for such i iy,,U who would not ruther witness (he nomiwl tiou or almost any other Democrat ,Z inline has been mentioned in tmvl with Hie Presidency than that or8i. A. Douglas. Ida vaulting ambitiw2 pcitilcn( dciimgngrtcry have crca(ei a? troubles that now lower npon our plrf. i n I thu Demwrutic masses, us well ii.il honored representatives, nro onxiom u wash their lunula of him at once indfon C vcr. Mi in ha i A fa la neh e. Spanish " Auoi.mox."Tho $mS, Government has abolished slavery on rf African Isliiml ol Fernando Po or nthfr ha declared tho existence of the intitiitiM illegal. O'Doimcll, tho Spanish Mini,, of Stale, put this nction of hi gorermifti upon Iho principle recognized rs-r-rrwliri among civilized men, t-cr4 in the Soutb eni States of this republic, tlmt slavery the creature of positive law ant cannot ex ist without it. lie say: " Tho right of properly In a l,Wcill only be valid in those countries' where iht law recognizes the existence or shivery. a all cotinlrii s where slavery is not rocognittd all men, whatever class they belong io, aui whatever country they come from, are w. cssnrily considered Tree." (lit I liili. al tlr r. n'rlsn.c of Thai G.Ct pV. ! Ker. Mr. Millrr, Mr. Ceo. W. MuM, a Vanillin eminty, lo .Mis Jmna L, Caiiltt, C'oluin'iii ciiuniv. ' 1 liitaJrlj Iii Ohio, mi l Suvinaah, MiwouaM. irr i e iw i-ujiy. DICD: The Marshal immediately came ii wnii .ir. Kenya assistance suct'trjeil in finding Uarlon nt the Fashion Salufti, where he was engaged i;i u game ofXomething. When asked for his watch, Uarton took it from around his neck, and handed it to tho Marshal conscious guilt appearing to speak out by this nction. He was arrested and takim to Portland, nml bound over in the sum of $S00. Not being able to fur nish bail, he was sent to prison. Of Coi-rse We Won't. Delusion, in the last number of the Democrat, publishes a letter from G. N. Fitch, bogus Senator from Indiana, denying tlmt he ever VWed ns proxy lor Delusion the latter being to drunk to respond when his name wasealled. Delusion says, of course the Argus won't no him the justice to publish Fitch' h-tlcr. Of course it won't ns it never imblislied the ' Barnhnrt statement.' It is rcmnrkahh) tlmt Fitch doesn't deny the charge of intoxication, or say one word about it, although Delusion asked him to state particularly whether there? was any truth in tiic charge. Lincoln's Sr-KEcn. -We publish on the outside of to-day's paper part of or a speech delivered by Abe Lincoln at Cincinnati, Ohio, during the late political canvass in that State. It will be seen that Lincoln' takes the same view or Douglus's position in his letter to Dorr that we have already taken. Let no man fail to rend Lincoln's speech. It is clear, pointed, and unan swerable. While Douglas is a Vermont- er, let it be bourne in mind that Lincoln is a Keutnckian. Masonic A the annual election for odicers or Multnomah Lodge No. 1, F. & A. M., in this city, on Saturday evenimr, Dec. 3, tho following were chosen: A L Lovejoy, W. M.; II. C. Crawford, S. NV.; J. M. Bacon, J. W.; D. W. Craw, l . Tl t secy; r. isarci.ay, Trcus.; J. W. Mil. l' i J. 1. Apperson, J. D.; C. M. K ester. Trier. ThunWsgivin-. By the following pioe-laniatlon, it wllf1 tli it Gov. Whitcaker, In coinplluuci with tho request of the ladles of oar city, has appointed a day of general Thanksgiv ing throughout His State. Tlio provlama- tion is rather a singular one of its kind, but we suppose his Excellency wished to avoid the appi'untnce of being dictated to by that pop-gnu nt Portland. Fie, Goveniorl proclamation. Bo it known that, in conformity with the wishes of many citizens of Oregon, I do cp- prauc linn sci apart iimrsd iy, in- "nth (.,y of D. ecmber, KoO, as a day to be kept for public thanksgiving, to be observed through out the State in such manner a. the good citizens tlicn o! may deem most appropriate G ven under my hand nt Ku;eno City. in. a oi.i nay w iecemner, is.iii. tlOMN U IIITKAKER. K Dif6t.As. The Washington corrcsrCi- (IchtjBf the New York Herald wr.'A that "Icttc'hJVoin those who have sccafand i c compaiiicd inlge Douglas diiriijtf his rccei.t ml-r.it'ous, rejnvseiit him ns more discour aged with regard to his Presidential pros pects than he has been at any time during the hist two years. Ills own private t-m-barrassnieiits weigh upon him heavily. The answer or Jndgo Black to his copyright manifesto also puzzles him; but ho is still more annoyed by the report that Hon. Robert J. Walker is preparingnn elaborate historical refutation of his misstatements with respect to the Territorial question." Arrival or the Pacific. The Pacific arrived at St. Helens on Thursday last, but could not proceed to Portland in conse quence of the ice. She brings San Fran ciseo dates to the 10th December, and from St. Louis, by the overland mail, to the 1 Oh November. The Republicans had carried New York and .Massachusetts. They had elected their Governor, and have a majority in one orancli or the Legislature in New Jersey mm iiavcguncUasfar ns heard from, iu Wiscousin. Al lli i t.iilmii-e nl hU b o Inf. in Envi w (" Mr. .Iniiail.aa liriiimi, nf Linn eoumr, iH U vsuib. Iif.cn-d iiiiniirriitud from lai0r g n in lt- l(S. Dr. II. Ailolphus, &UCC--239 & 161 Rlontgomcrjr it, J''ir. Dotirtfrom Wartinftou, SAW FRANCISCO. roit the cum; of C h r onic Diseases. DU. AD iI PIILS linn ili-vaird tlie lulln V'.o oT li t iw.tcuco to lli cnn of Cirttif Oinut f null u lii'i'iimalisni, (fou', Private Dlsesu-i tt en-ry it.---ri t ii i n . no niHUef frma wlmi cans", or of how lungnlnail. big, in b "lb sexes, Weiikiiein in ihe li.ick. mill all other Dii'H-i of iIip ICuhipj, DROPSY. DYS I'KPSIA, Liver ConitibiiiiK, Surnfufr. Paralysis, Si iff Joints, XEKVOUS AFFECTION t-m-eiitwi(.Ts n( ynu'hl'ul SiWies, mid ill ie Ii r i-nmpliiiiKii of lung ttonAmg ftttilir liaiii.iii Mj-mrin is nulijrct lo. builienmillffinf wiih dsfu M pi-culiar liilhe rarx will W Ireated wilk llie uiiiuKt L-iti-B ami nrertvy. Tln-y nmy-Ml ciililiiiLiilij- i,.(ly for mniieal aid, Filhrrbjrkl. ler or nrrwimliy ; ile-y wi t be aura to Gui'fttij iiimI u-iiuiiiii-iii rrlirl frmii onlierinj. '1 In-iinh Iho rnorinonH sue.-em llid Dr huliii, pfi.-ciH ly in llieliiMtnu-iitiif ihe abore dim lie is eimlilvtl in pinmw n tpeeily and pi-rmaMil efjri-, where iwiiienl (kill cull pirtribly BeHl nre. Aiiii.nih die Dr. was ilwayi tnnt H ' IviTlis.inr, lie 1 1 .-1 . 1 ut last In snliinil to Ihe nun; rispiei Is i f ln iiiiineruiM p.tifiita llirwijfliml !' sluli', wlm ccimi.ler ii as iiimice In the mlTrtif wliii cun hi- briicfiu-il liy his irrulinenl nddie TIiuiisiiihI.i i,' pnieiiia in Culilimiia Intro k i-Hvi-d lay Iramuile of In utmrul, anil will certify its Miper.oriiy lo any (.llit-r ihey have eveibni ir-axl hy. The Dr. never iin-i ini-fcorial er mif erul p ehiiik j hr lias mure efficient eutaihiivi af Ihe iveiiiMe kiiiii liun. He will never expKl y where he d..es not fffeet a complete eort. Mrd.uilie and inedicul advice sent leillparUef llie Siaie nml 'J'rrriloriea ou the Pacific cti ler i-ei-i'ivihg detcriiliun of Ihe diaraM in i yniiiiiiii, eiiln.T iu Knglish, German, Fwa.s, t-lilllsll. l oimullr.lion, hy Utter, or personally, FK Set 'oscne OU! THE XEW YOMC KEIIOSESE OIL Cft (UsTAauaur.D 1S.')4) ANNHUXCK tlmt, liavlns; made fMt ' rnivt meiila in the ninniifaclure of Krear th- hi now rnalilrd lo t.flL-r it lo Ihe Ti4 A REDUCED PRICE. The. -mention f eoiuniuei if reapeelfully lo llieeiihioi.-ied lahle. ihi reu!l at DhotenieO'1 exanrinaliun, by Ed'd N. Kist, EkOi of K i oik, i iit-nitm, and dated Feb. 3, I8j. i.owin.! with revrreiii-e to the decision of the Supreme Court which places slavery Night School. We learn that Mr. John E. Hodipon has opened a niplit school at the city school house for the accommo dation of thosf who are unable to attend .f tidrTI'e Avalanche, the Democratic or gan in .Memphis, says of poor Douglas; " The California pli.,.i:ni, o.i tt . , "HU IHC HUH. Jeremiah b. Clack have rid the country of one oi me mor pestilent demasojrucs that ever disgraced American politics." . irmior.es oeyomt all legislative i ilariiitf the day. Mr. Hoil.-son w . ,l lrr In exclude il. If., next wri!.s I teai-hir nn.l I,;. f,m. :n i i . . ... . "I1"-1 "c "iwicraie. ler to Dorr, telhng him that he shall leave ! . , . : the Democratic party if the isrt ev ! n Indian rumor tl it the takes the frrouMil that 'alavcry coes'into . ! ? " h"e maile no'her attack on the rrilory beyond the ,K.wer of the neoolel ,',"5, lr'rT,:on. nJ that some to control it o. other property'- pro,: U" ae nP .-n un-;i mnuv conccoe Ihiit A lw.i,, ' ivi iy uoes into a Trrritory on the footlne j mer Surprise, Capt. Geo. coH,nueit (protectnl as in Jerome, leaves CaacmaU for Corvall s tn- fi-unioy : nay tr 2 oewk t. w Moni; Gold. The Advertiser has intel ligence that new and rich gold dijr?in.is have bten discovered about one huudred and ten miles north or the Slmllkameen mines, yielding from J30 to $40 per day. Pebjoxal, Mr. Johnson, Messenger or to see about the in,,".v Co-8 Express, paid us a visit this week. .I.i if bein; U-Hnrgia) tn.s po( The Columbia for a week past has been closed with ice, but navigation is now renmcd. T s a L a r ? s i r- r. 3 -f 5 ... : : o e : S 2 5 s Y !ntenii,y rf 'a1 1 . . . y r ii "r ij . g ?. rr jg '? 8 u a i . S S - K yimiiliiy of Li(fhf; from an equa DieaanraofOil- PiKof iheOfl pt-r Galloa. Cat of aa eoaoJ amoonl of LighL Reiiable ordera from the Tr..'.. W 5UilT eSral'h, rilled, oo arplk-mion to Al'STr.KS, Afem,. 93 Petri St., Hew IV. KEROSENE ia abo to br obuiaod al tho n'acnirera- pre.a. the N-w Tork Whol lru ,i,. tiroc, nYCmpoene aad Bonuaf M.iiulaelarim ana Denlr-r ia Lamps. X. B KEROSEXEittkt trU ri if Kensemt Oil r. v .11 - - Mataaaa ?'" Ut Miat IrmJt mart jmrte i-efmu-T i.ih. t-09. Mail