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'riYrd; Thai W tli Union W ' uuaviresiui unprecedented increase- iu ioulu fil, surprising dovel-pan-at of nuter.el rs--Trert- iu nipd sugmruLiiu of wealih; iu hun at bou ud in liiur aortud i aud we livid Lmuci ill edieniesfuf duuuiuu, coin f.um VMasoreoufcellu-ynieyteud we c..ngralul,.lU ih. ewieiiy Uil no llublia Momb.rof Cou m ui yiurad or eouniemiuced tlireiit uf dif LMU.auvfieu nuJa by jAnwcnilio Membor uf Cmm wiiliuuiwliulnmid rilh npplnuro from 4.U uuliucal -vrinU'.i mid dmouuc Uium ikruu l dbuu oo, iu c ol p.pulur orllirow M ilioir Keuduiiy, df iiymg Hi HI principle 4 rrwUmrauwal. mid w u ovowul of cou l.mi.luieJ icemoii. wliiib il i llic iinkMtiv duty rftu iaJitpwat ptpl ruugly to robuk uud Iw ,ief Mleuce. , t'uttlk: That III nuuiloimnce iuviuluto or Ibi r.gln of the StutM. mid tfpeciiilly Hie r glit afwcli tfwu) HrJi-r mid ouulrul iu owu dnu ue iMUtotwtn, icrofJiuij to in owu judgiUL-m cx 4lwtaly, it ofcutitl lu Unit biluiit'o uf pun or on t waicb (In perleelion ud endurmit ufuur polil- itu Ulb drpf uil, nil.J wo aonouii'.'O iu nwim utuiuu by miiwd fuico uf miy 8tul ur Tvrntory, tauuiltr uuder wbut prclexl, us niuuiig llio gruv l vTciiiiir. filth: Tint the pr.tent Dfmocrullo Admin, inniiuo hoi fr t xcevilrri nurHuml apprrhunuoiu in iu innuureliiM lubMrvit iK y lu t exueluun lift tocluiml mwrMt, iui rrpeuiilly eviji nl in iu doyeral rtiona lo furco the iiifaiuoua Le (iMiplim Coiulilutiuu Uwu Ilia irutiliug proulv iifiunK1 iu ooiMlruiu the pei-miiul relu'ioii be Kreii nuuler uud aervuul lo involve an uuquali bJ property in writuii in in uluwpted euluri a nrnl cvorywliere, ou Imid miJ k, tlironif Ii Ilia jultrtiuliou of CoiigreM unit llio Fi-di-ml (Jourta. of Ibt rxlrrma prrtriifiuus of purely lul inlerral, aaJiugruraliid unvmy ii bu oflliepjwer iuiwted to it by coiifi Unf people. S.tlk: Tliau I he ie piv jwlly view with larm tlx rrcklea extrav.if.uif0 wli cli p rvudta rvery drpirinkiit of llie K'llernl ii.iveriini.'iit; lh.il a rt.ura lorijjlit c.uo.ny and avouumuliility ia in li pittAe lo arreat ill" aynlfin of plunder uf llie liemnry by fa'urnl purlbana; while the re alMartlnig (irvfiopin.n nof Iraud anil corruption at the KeJirul meliopjlix, allow Ihut au eutire thjar of a.lininiir.itiun la inijM-rativ-ly ilcinuii'Kit. '(ct.'il: 'Chat III new ilogum tliul the Con aiitul ou of ila own force c.irrie" Shivery into ny tr all the Ternloiim of the United Statea. ia u dangeruua political hereny, at variance with the npl.cit )roviiiiia of that iiiiirunient itself, with vo U.njuraiiroiu ej)iitioa, nnd w ill If gislutive and jalk'ial precedent, ia revo'iilinnary ill ita tendency ml ribvernve of the peace uud harmony of the OHintri . Eitklk: That the normal condition of all the ler liiery ol the Uuit d Stolen ia that of Freeilum; thnl atour irpubl.caii ruthera, wh-n they had abolirhed Itiery iu all our imiionul territory, ordained Ihut no prnwi aliould be deprived f life, libvrly, or prop my, w.thoul Hue proceaa of law, il beeomee our duly, hy leg lutiii, wlienever aueh l gi.-lution ia HiCMiry, Ui maintain this prnvinion of the Con ilitulion g:iint all attempia lo violate it: mid we deny tlm authority of Conarew, f a Territnriul Ufilnure, or of any individuals, lo give legal tiutcnce to Slavery iu Any Territory of the Unit ti imtt. Ninth: That we brand the recent re-openinjof llie Alrieaii blave-lrnde, under the cover of our im .uotul rltg, aided hy perveriioua of judicial power, ui crime against hum utity, a buriiiiig aliaine to aur cimniry an I a;e. and wo call Uion Coiireaa lo Ukturonipt nnd etlicient tneitsurra for the tutal nil nuil suppression of that e.xeeruhle IrafHo. Tiil; That in the recent vetoes by their Fed eral Governors of llio acta of the Leg statures of Kintal iin.1 Nebraska, prohibiting Slu ery in those Ttrrituciee, we find a practical illustrat ou of the 'nailed Denvicratio principle of non-iiitervenlion aad popular sovereignty, etn'md ed in the Kansas inj Nebraska bill, and a denunciation of the de ception and fraud involved therein. Elmnth: That Kansas should of right bo im mediaiely admitted aaa State undor the Constitu tion recently firm d nnd adopted by her people, anil accepted by the House uf Hepresenlalivee. Tttljtk: That while providing revenue for the "Ppsrt of the General Government by duties up o imposts, sound policy requires such an adjust ment of these iniHM as to encnurufre the devel optMntsftli industrial interests of the w ho! country, and we commend thut policy of national uchuuras which secure lo the working-men lib snl waj.a, to atjricul uro remunerating prieea, to mechanics and manufacturers an adeqoato reward fiKtheiraki'l, labor, and enlerprise, and to the M aoa eemmeruial prosperity and independence, Tkiritenth: That wo pmteal asainsl any eate lieoaiiou to others of Ihe public lands held by Ktual Millers, and against any view of Ihe free Homestead policy which regards the settlers as psnptnor supplicanta forpublio bounty, and wo man.l the p iasaire by Congress of the comp ete nd satisfactory Homestead measure which has already parsed the House. Psrfeei!A: Thut the Republican party is op !; lanny change In our Nalumlitation laws, or ySt'a lesrialation by which the rghtsof eiti Mii kithetta accorded to immranta from for "Ti htads shall be abridged or impaired; and in fcwr ef ivtng a full and efficient protection to the Jisrhtiof eltelasscsnf citiicns, whether native or loralbd. both at heme and abroad. fiftetntk: That appropriations by Congress for ir and Harbor Improvementa of a oatioual ratrlcter, required for tho accommodation and se hy of an existing commerce, are anthoriied by UKCodsiitotion and just ,fied by an obligation of Cmtranient to protect the lives and pf"Pity "a ritii(i.. . AutfeaiA.. That a railroad In the Pacific Ocean "ipsraiively demanded by Ihe interests id the eoontry; that the Federal Government Pt lo reader immediate and efficient aid in in wretion, and thai as preliminary thereto a dai !?erUal mail should be promptly eUblihed. , , Snftti: Finally, having thus set forth our eethre pnociptrsaod views, we invite ihe eo o af all citizens, however difiering on oth "T"tHos, who anhaianiially dgre with us in '!Srmarice and aupport. Fu Despatcbis.-A French provincial Ppw girei the following analysis of recent despatcheti, and it believed not id greatly exaggerated the case: Of 172 tlfprain w hare recvired lt fifteen dajs, 134 proved to th acenracy of 14 i still donbt i 10 ire no longer tlionjrht of; 8 have kooor to pass at probable; and 8 PJire tda:ttcd to b? trae." Clackaaaaa Canal y i'.lrcatl l.sarl, Stpttmbrr Ttrm, ISfiU. Hon. A. E. Wiit, JuJgn Js. Wikston, Cltrki Julia 'liiuKAs, S for J. State of Oregon , John 0. Oilmon. The proKeciilinHttorncy having Died siute mnit ihut the princiiiul witneu wur dead, a nolle wi entiTeil hy order of the Court. Douthit fur Slate, Hulhrook fordefciidmit. C. Souclm vs. J. K. Cliem-tte. Din miM(l at pluintiU'i cost, he Iniviiijr fniled lo answrr Intcrroaloiin filed. Johusou for nil if, Kelly (or deft. W. C. Dctni iit et al. vs. Millon Elliott et ol. Sellled mill diiiiiwcd at pltlT'i cunt. Holbrook for plf, Kelly fr defi. 1). (J. Elierliuril vn. John Andersoii. Replevin. Judgment for plf on verdict rendered lt term, new triul hovitiR been denied. Kelly for plf, Johnson for deft. Bute v. Win. MvClemcitt. IndLtment for lelliitu; liqoof without license. Deft pleaded iruilty. Filled $50 and costs. Douthit for Stnte. Stute v. F. Helms. Certiorari from Juxtiue. Judgment reversed. Douthit for SLutf, JiiIiiikoii for deft. Win. Wurren vs. L. Holmes. Coutin ncd by voiisent. Kelly fur plff, ITalbjrook fur deft. rJr J. L. Parrish vs. Presley Welch. Com plaint amended, and continued for service. Kelly for plfl. . Chiis. Swe'lo vs. 0. W. Jnikson et nl. Judgment by default for $392,33. John son for pi IT. C. 0. Birrlseye vs. Z. C. Norton. Re vival or judgment by default, for $008,85. Kelly for plff. Clin. Swrgle vs. J. L. Stout. Judg ment by diTault fur $208,28. Johnson fur pltft. State vs. Miles X. Kirk ct ol. Judg ment by default on recognizance for $400. Douthit for State. . H. Mail vs. Dnvid Findlcy. Appeal from Justice. Settled and dismissed, encli pnrty to pay his own costs. Johnson fur plff. Kelly for deft. Win. Annpricst vs. John Vil!io!t. Jnry trial. Verdict for deft. Kelly for plff, Holbrook and Johnson for deft. City of l'urtltind vs. Leluud and Stout. P1IT allowed to mnend complaint upon pay ment of costs, and ikTts ulloived a coutiun uner; nuk'tided conipluiitt fili'd, uud cause continued, with costs to the city. Douthit forcitv: dliuuis, iarrar, and Pago for dcfls. Conroy rt nl. vs. A. Rossi & Co. Judg ment by default against Knssi, Ilurley, and Smith for $1)008,72; coutiuui d fur service agnint Bartels. Pago for iilffs. L. Stewart vs. Geo. Cojrgnn. Appeal from Prob.ite Court; dismissed by agree ment of parties. Johnson nnd Hulbrnok for plff, Kelly for deft. Plff pay nil the co-its in tit's Court and County Court from which the tippctd was taken, except witness for defendant. G. W. Bnker vs. A. M. Spicrr. Ap peal from Justice court by deft. It not appearing that notice of nppenl hnd been tiled with the Justice within the time re quired by law, appeal was dismissed. Johnson for plff, Kelly for deft. Luelling & Mick vs. S. S. White et al. Revival of judgment by default for $3034, 80. Holbrook for plff. J. II. Thessinjt vs. J. G. Gibson. Fore closure of mortgage; judgment for plff pro confesso for $3415,08, with int. ut 30 percent, per annum. Kelly for plff. W, C. Dement vs. Win. Holmes and M. A. L. C. Holtnrs. Foreclosure of mort gage; judgment for plaintiff pro confesso for (1480,41. Johnson for plff. Barm y Briody vs. L. Al. Guff. Fore closure of mortgage; judgment for plff for $397. Johnson for plff. LDC Latourette vs. Josiah Howell and Mary V. Howell. Foreclosure or mort gage; judgmeut for plff for $700,50, with int. ut 18 per cent, per annum. Johusou for plff, Kelly for deft. Abel Eudey vs. John Evans. Fore closure of mortgage; judgment lor plff lor $822,00, with int. ot three per cent, per month upon note and mort. first mentioned in complainant's bill; and it is further or dered that complainant recover the further sum of $1274,52, with interest at the rnto of 30 per cent, per annum upon second note. Johnson for plff, Holbrook for deft. LWKirkvs LDay. Tried by the Court. Deft confirmed in posRess'on of the property. Johnson for plff, Kelly for deft. F Johnson vs L Johnson. B ll for di vorce; divorce granted; also decreed that plaintiff have custody and guardianship of Aaron, son of the parties. Johnson for ntff. Wm Xeshit vs Emilv Ncsbit. Bill for divorce; divorce granted as prayed in com ilnint. Johnson for nlff. Charlotte Crim vs James Crim. Bill for divorce; divorce granted; it was further ordered that plaintiff have custody oi me vnnnrrest child, and she is also authorized to take the next oldest until the further or der of the Court, and deft have custody of the three elder children until further order of the Court. Kelly for plff, Johnson for deft. Zelie namon ts Pierre Hamon. Bill for divorce; divorce granted. Kelly for plaintiff. n S Nile vs Emerit Xiles. Bill for di vorce; same granted, and pltff confirmed in ownership of property now in his pos session, and deft lie confirmed in ownership ol property now or heretofore since separa tion in her possession. Kelly for plff. P G Stewart vs L Behrens. Jury trial; verdict for plff; right of jxMssession to prop erty described iu complaint in plff. Kelly for plff. Margaret Jennings t Chas. Cnttir.g. Appearfrom Justice's court. Plfs att'ys moved for role on Justice for further re Inrns; same allowed, and cause tinned. Page, Gibbs, and Williams for plff, Kelly ft"" deft- . , ri. Sosaa E. Cook tn Lemuel LyJn. By consent, caose continued. Williams for nlff. KellT for deft. t r Trftrrl ts H Ledford. Cans continued upon applicutiou of Holbrook, plff'i atty. Bute vi W Williams. Larceny. Con tinued. State vi W Williams. Arson. Coo tinned. State vi D Vaogh and O Morsel. Con tinued. State vs Jack McQuire. Continued. State vs P Brxdv. Continued. J K Kelly vs George Aberncthy and L. Holmes. Continued for service ddoii G. Aberncthy. Henrietta 1'lumomlon vi Sjimon J'lumon- don. Continurd. Holbrook for plff. A F Hedges vi D McLoughlin. De fendant nut being a resident of this State, the cause was continued for service to be . made upon deft. Kelly for plff. City of Portland vi T J Holmei and m r ii t t . ... . I it u iiiccwun. jurv triui, jury oeiug unable to agree were discharged, aud cause continued until next term. Mlscrttaay. The Dukotnh Indians, a warlike, un easy tribe, recently received their annuities at I'ort Pierre, on the Upper Missouri. In reply to a speech made by one of the agents urging them lo desist from following the war path, thry replied that " it was their pastime, that their young men nerd' iil tlmf. fli.ci.riittirtn nt viif imui,f mil tli,,t they hud the example set them by the whites, who frequently mnde war npon their white neighbors. A reply that was difficult to answer. Tlmddciis Ilvittt offers In the columns of the Scientific American a reward of $1000 for the invention of a practical flying machine, adapted to individual locomuttou, expressing his confidence thut such a thing is perlectly practicable. Among tho curiosities discovered by tho census taker, is a pretty little girl of IU teen, in the southern part of .Missouri, who lias a nusuund lilty-sevcn years of. . . - - age. The census man in New London found a woman who gnvu her own nge 28 years, and that of her oldest son as 231 The astronomer Hersche! 1ms predict ed that England will be visited this year by a storm of a violence unprecedented in the annuls of the globe. The Judge Iluliburton who died at Halifax ou the lOlli July, was not the author of Sam Slick. The latter is now in England uud a member of the Imperial rurlimeut. A clown crossed the Mississippi river at St. Louis ou the the 31st ult. in a tub draw by four geese. The hero was accom panied by a barge containing a band of music, aud by numerous sk'ffs. Tho sub lime pageant was witnessed by a great con course of people. Tho revenue of Great Britain has new reached the highest amount thut it hits ever attained. The year ending tho 30th of June lust, presents a gross income to tho State or JE7 1,4 10,587; which exceeds the highi st amount on record previous to the conclusion or the lust French and American war. The grand vizier or the sultan of Tur key has been making a tour of the Turk ish providers, and, for a novelty in orien tal customs, making speeches to the peo ple at all the principal places. What is more, the speeches are senstiiie promise equal justice to all, without regard to sect or rank, and urge thepev 'to forget their old animosities and live together as brethren. There is estimated to he rnnnir.fr upon the railways ir, the United States not less tluin 6,000 passenger cars, and some 80,- 000 freight cars; under the whole ot wbicu some 088,000 wheels are running. The Methodists in France connt at present 152 chapels or places of worship; 29 ministers, 0 colporteurs; 72 local preachers; 1,440 members, 05 on triul, 1,801 pupils in the Sunday school. The Savannah Republican, nllnding to the late reception in New York of the " Blues" of that city, says: "If any other corps in this city is troubled with fire-eaters in its ranks, we recommend a similar ex cursion, it being currently reported that every case of the malady among the Blues, some of which had become chronic Irom long standing, has been effectuully cured!" The meteor of August 2 was seen in eight of the Sonthern and Western States extending from Northern Pennsylvania to Georgia, The number of officers in the regular ormy of the United States who have risen from the ranks is 23. It is not generally kuown that there ia a law providing for the bestowal of commissions on deserving soldiers. t&" The Springfield Repablican, the Massachusetts paper edited by Air. Bowles and Dr. Holland, recently said: " The Drmorrotie party it so dead htre, and tvrrylhiny but Republicanism is so dead, that, as a party, we really luck the stimulus to a healthy excitement." The Democrat! have garbled thii ex tract, by leaving out the words in italics, and then they qnote that paper as saying: "Republicanism is so dead, that, as a par ty, we really luck the stimulus to a healthy excitement." p&- The Washington States says that " no remark is more common among per sons who ate not mere partisans, thau that Mr. Breckinridge will withdraw by the first of September." ter- .Tnl.li Forsvth of Mobile said in a recent speech at New Orleans that Jo Lane ' zealously supports Breckinridge and Lane, i .... .n.tt.i.utrirat bnt'Everr disunion peper and every disunion lo't know whether tostIl sooatter with I ti or one ' larlllea DUaaloa. Mr. Lawrence M. Keitt uf South Caro lina bn written a political letter in his style. The burden of the epistle is cry for secession, In consequence of the prospect of the election of Lincoln, or, lo use his own words, " thl lignt MlJ lh Ftdrrul Gwtrnmrnt it about lo pan into thi hunds of thi tnfljoritu irrtinn." Secession because majority will hereafter ride, lecause the minority cannot wield power fifty yean i0nTBr. Wanna the nroniitrundism of Slave- ry Is not henceforth lo bo the law of the Republic! With such as his justifications O i I I O for the contemplated treason, the people of the country can afford to give .Mr. Keitt rii iln,rih f his tother sura thui ha will stretch hemp at last. Thii bellowing about disunion has lost tts fearful sound. When the time comes In which tho mujrtTity In this country shall be compelled to sub mit to the minority; ia which the South mny nominate a President and cull upon men of the North to elect him, under a threat that the Union will be broken up if they fail to comply; and iu which such fanatics as Keitt huvu the sole ordering of PUUI,B ' vimm, is .. comes, will not be worth preserving. If Mr. Keitt wants to dissolve the Union and destroy the government, let him try it. The people or the free States are ready for him anil all his confederates. Chicago Press and Tribune. A New View or tiieSvrmx Massacres. The correspondence of the London Her ald soys: As regards the massacres no doubt the details received are very painful; . . 1 t J . . I A .1 II. but a great aeni oi sentimeniui iwnuuic finds Its way into print about our " Chris- tiun brethren." It is absurd to consider the mongrel Greeks, Jews, Muronites, and oi dimnt Catholics, as In any decree supe rior to the Druses or Alussclinnus. In the present instance, it is by no means proved thut tho luttcr were the aggressors. On the contrury, tho evidence is tho other way. For the lust thirty years and more, I.eb- onon bus been periodically the sceno of such outbreaks as the present. In 1830 Beirut was plundered by the Greeks; Dayer cl Kamur was six years luter plun dered by the Druses; in 1840, the Alsro- nites, whom Sir C. Napier took it into his head to patronize, made various successful forays on the Druse villages alter the affair at Koraichovan. The Turkish Government, however, con trived to keep them pretty quiet after the defeat of Ibrnhnra Pacha, but in 1846, England foolishly allowed the Sultau's authority, the only one which these moun tain tribes respected, to be reduced to zero. A conple of pachas have been kept up for the sake of show, but without being allow ed a sufficient force to muke the authority of the Porto respected. Since then, the infiuenco of England has declined, nnd that of France and Russia increased. We now 6oe the results. But to mako the Sultun responsible for these disturbances, after wo have deprived him of the means of repress ing them, by making tho tribo independent of his rule, is the height of injustice, as well as absurdity. The Vaccination op Indians. We lenrn from the National Intelligencer that one of the Senate's amendments to the Indian Appropriation bill provides to a limited extent, for the continuation of vac cination among the Indians, recently sus pended in consequence of the appropriation having run out. The small pox has carried off thousands of the "red men or the forest." By reference to the reports of the office of Indian affairs .for; tM years 1837-8, we learn that this -disease swept away whole tribes of these ui.fortnnate people, and thut of the Sioux olone 17,200 died of the dis ease. More recently, in the year 1853, nearly 12,000 of the confederated bauds or the Sioux antl Omahas died with the same tnrrible maladv. In 1857. 400 of the Puwnees died from its effects. More Rain. The climate of California must surely be undergoing a change, says the Plumas Standard. No more the long, cloudless summer, hot showers to cheer the thirsty earth. On Tuesday last we had in this region two hard, pelting rains; one in the morning, the other in the afternoon, and both set to the " majestic music of the spheres." It is at any rate a wonderful change this summer from the summers of '49 and '58 inclusive. A Formidable Accession. The last Iowa State Reporter, published at Iowa City, decidedly the ablest and most influ ential Democratic Journal In that State, announces in its last issue that it will next week drop the names of Donglat and Johnson, and thereafter give an enthusias tic snpport to Lincoln and Hamlin. IV Every political paper in South Carolina ii for disunion, and every one electioneer in tht when. South are at ' work Mn,'rrt'7 for Breckinridge and Line. Tin San Jca Question. Wo hope " Ion," the Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Sun, ii correct when be says the administration of Mr. Buchanan will not yield the points at Issue with Great llrituin, but thut the crisis will be met firmly. " Ion" recalls to mind thut on the parliamentary explanations concerning the occupation of Suu Juan by the orders of Gen. Harney, It was stated that Immediate difficulties did not follow from that event bi'caiise of the great forbearance of the British naval officer in command at the timo upon thut station. Prior to Gen. Scott's conciliatory Interposition, Gov. Douglus had ordered tho British Com mander of tho squadron ou that const to blockade Sun Francisco, but the officer refused to execute the order until it should be repeated from the home governrocnt, and time whs thus afforded for Gen. Scott's mission. The gasconade of the London Times and the bull dog growl of Earl Grey must not deter our government from insist ing on Its rights. Great Britain may think that, os Air. Buchanan once hud a hand iu the concession of "filty-fotir forty" dowu to tho forty-ninth parallel iu the dispute concerning the Oregon boundary, tho " old public liiuctionnry" will be equally wcuk kneed in reference to tho Sun Juan uff.iir. Earl Grey says the British government would concede nothing upon the next oc cosiou of a dispute with the United States, aud her Majesty's ministers are evideutly looking for somo pretext to raise a urns. If, ufter all the insolence of the British cubinet uud press, Air. Buchunan should recede one step, it would be the crowning infamy of his administration, no have deliberately taki n our stand en this ques tion, and it is approved by the whole coun try; anything looking towur.ls concession would nflitt (IMionor. LouUviUe Jour. Napoleon's letter to the French Ambassador in England Is a manly pro duction. It is worth a shipload of the flimsy trash called political correspondence. This new man is inaugurating o new era in diplomacy. How tho old diplomats of the Talleyrand and Alctternich school must hate this Democratic Innovator! Ho de sires peace and he tells England so; and In what scathing language ho rebukes the petty jealousies nnd suspicions of Enlinh statesmen, when ho tells thorn in the hear ing of the civiiizsd world " Let us uudcr- r.tund one another in good faith, like honest nun ns we arc, and not I ke thcivrs who desire to cheat coch other." Tiie new sys tem was to talk in courtly phrase, and cheat "ono another" like thieves. The new system will be to talk and act like honest men. America has taken the lead iu this matter, ns in ninny other things, and it is wonderful how one of the most enlight ened sovereigns in the world speaks and acts on all great occasions as if ha had learned his lessons in this Republic. One thing is certain, that whether England go with him or uot, he will save the Christians of Syria from extermination. Son Fran cisco Herald. The Red ltivr.it of tub North. Tho prevalent topic with the people of Minnesota nt this time is the successful establishment of a tri monthly communication, by stage and stcambont, with the immense nnd fer tile district of British America, extending between Canada and the Rocky Mountains, nnd from the International boundury on utitude 49 to the parallel of 55. This area, which may be termed Central British America, includes the basin ol Luke Win nipeg, or the districts drained by the Red River or the North and the Saskatchewan, and is estimated to contain 400,000 square miles. It is a region capable or organizing eight first class Mississippi States, nnd possessing a soil and climate w favorable to settlement as Wisconsin or Minnesota. The route is as follows: From St. Paul, daily coach, to St. Cloud, 70 miles. From St. Cloud, tri-weckly coach, northwest lo Georgetown, ou the Red River, four days, or 200 miles. From Georgetown, every ten days, by steomer Anson Northnp, to Fort Garry, in the Selkirk settlement, a voyage of three days, 350 miles. Anotiif.r "Dred Scott" Case. The Shelby (Ky.) Newi states that a suit has been instituted iu the Shelby Ciru.t Court, involving the question of slavery in the northwestern territory, as affected by the ordinance of 1787. The plaintiff ad Tts that his master became a ermancnt resi. dent of Illinois, and took the plaintiff to thut State, and there kept him during the period of his residence therein. The plaiotff claims that by virtue of the ordinance of 1787 and the constitution and laws of I Hi nois. this residence liberated him from slavery. J6T The Charleston Mercury, notorions as the most intensely sectional paier in the country, wyi that it thinks Breckinridge and Lane "jnt aUnt sectional enough ltd fierce and bitter feeling of sectionalism w.i never perfect! graced by any aom. initios before. CaT The following from the Cumberland (Maryland) Telegraph, a Constitutional Uuion organ, is what we call decidedly significant at the present time: " Wa have said that llistiicioiis feeling have been waked up in the minds of mony of the Union men that nn effort ii being mmle In eoniA sections of tho ctuintrv ta sell out to the Democracy for the avowed purpose of defeating the Republicans. If suiU luspicioni uecotuo general in?y iir rhrinC beyond expression the c.iuse of the Union candidates, lor tho opposition cannot be they will not bo turned over to their ancient and bitter encinis; no never, while the sun aud moon endure. Thry want a chanrw In th nol rv of the government they feel keenly the effects of tho mlsman- agemrnt of our national affairs, nnd thry ore dctcrnilnrd to havo a change. They wish to secure it by the election of Johu Bell to the Presidency, mid if they fail in that, we speuk that which we know, to far ai ihit irelion nf the country is con cerned, they desin the election of Mr. Lin coln. With a conviction of this fact, we SQV. if any of our friends In the free St.itcs, after a fair enndid and iiimnrtiiil examination of the mutter, should deem it uuwisc, impoli tic or useless to run n inn anu jvercii ticket, our advico is to unite with tho friends of Mr Lincoln, ns far preferable and much moro honorable tluin a uniou with either division of tho Democracy." KB- The editor of the Baltimore Patri ot has received a copy of tho testimony before tho Covodo Committee, and he says of tho book: " It is a wonderful book wonderful not only for its bulk, containing 838 octavo pages or closely printed matter, in a clear, sharp bourgeois letter, upon white thick paper, but still more wonderful for its con tents, which Mr. Covode and his ossoci nti.4 Messrs )lin nnd Train, extracted from unwilling and tergiversating witnesses; In proof of the corruptions ol tne most cor rupt Administration that ever bubbled cp to the political surface or any country on earth, and of the complicity or most or tho witnesses in those corruptions. Such n record or shame is without a parallel. The nearest to it is the report oi j-iiniKoushi, the Russian Alexander's commissioner, ap pointed to investigate the corruption of the civil aumtiiistruiion oi ti:e auiocruix- empire." ft-jT Tho London Critic, iu the course or a long review of tho speeches of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, tho Republican candi date for tho Presidency of tho American Union, thus refers to his mentnl powers: " It is from the speeches which Mr. Lin coln has from time to time del. vi red in opposition to Mr. Douglus that we gather some idea of his mcntul qualifications. We collect from the speeches of Mr. Lin coln that ho hns a mind ruther of the straightforward than of the subtle order; that ho ruther seizes upon great ana promi nent focts and argues them to plain conclu sions, than builds np elegant but fragile theories npon the treacherous linsis Ot tan- cil'ul speculation; that he is enrnest moro thun passionate, antl coniinnnuiiig more thnn persuasive. Indeed, every ono or his speeches which wo have rend bears upon tho Inco or it evidence tuut no is jionctsi Old Abe.'" JST Tho New York World, in present ing a detailed estimnto of the Presidential election, gives Lincoln 105 electoral votes, er 13 more than is necessary to a choice. It thinks that Breckinridgo will havo 48 and Bell 47 votes. Among tho doubtful States it reckons Texas as between Hous ton or Breckinridgo; Georgia und Louis iana between Bell or Breckinridge; Oregoit between Breckinridge or Lincoln; Illinois between Lincoln and Douglus; and Missouri as probably for Douglus; Eitracti from the Louinille Journal. The two Democratic, noncrs at Rich mond talk obout " the greut issno now be r..r ti.A nnnntr " Those twoortrinis man age to get up issues oftciirr thau ony other couplj wn ever Itcuru oi, except me mar- I ...... i' 1.1 't.i ied couple that Uao twenty-iour cuiiurcn in twelve years. TTi.dntibtedlv the Democratic party h dead, but it is the worst-behaTcd corpse wu ever saw in our lives. If the names of all the voters in tho United State were put into a lottery wheel, the miin whose name should first be drawn out would probably be as well qual ified for the V ice I'resiuciicy as jo Loue. Tim theories of the Disunionists mny have a plausible look, but their adoption would be ruin. The apples of Sodom aro beautiful to the eye, but would make bad dumplings. If at any timo Jo Lane finds his whisky punch too hot, ho cou cool ii by r. process very common with him blowmj his own horn. The Bibic speaks ol a man clothing h'iDMtr with curses ss with a garment. We guess the Disunionists will all appeor in bran new suits alter the election. The broad crack through the center of the Democratic party is to that patty the crack of doom. We rsn now put down Disunion by votes. If we neglect the opportunity, ws may have to pot it down hereafter by fiio and steel. Our opinion ii that the result of tl election will make the Disunionists ft ; very ticklish about the neck. Jo Lane says that be wai nursed st the breast of the Democracy. He trust tin K'.M the old thing! tbflg4 dry.