Image provided by: Oregon City Public Library; Oregon City, OR
About The Oregon Argus. (Oregon City [Or.]) 1855-1863 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 27, 1860)
TE OREGON AIIGUS. BV o. W. CKAIU. SUBSCRIPTION. ...1. millaa furaitkrd at Tkrte DoUari yil. Ik, mney u"j!?,i';ai advance. Four Hi tit montki, yar. " ' . rUlerivM be ekor gtd for eit mnnlht- '!TZ.L iiuantinuei unlit ill atrea W. paper i'""4 ".7T" rearagee - RtfhlUB IMalferaa. jii Reuablk-an Eicl..r of 1I10 Uinlcd i?l , tantiuil aa.mi.led. imlit d.elwrt ,Jtv wow 10 ul" "i'1"''''' ntt ' Hi Muiwiag deeiaralionsi ,J, veers ba f-Hy W'li.h.d .r...ri.iy i-re-iiy'if lhr','on PrPm rihTlt' puUit-an P""-y. " "7 n 11 into ex-tene r priiwniil in V miiJ now roof than over belur da- ,j iu pem-eim : , -i-, " r .1.. mi.intcmiiici ef III pnnciule i .1 1 ......lil,.l...iii.l l lllmih. JL'ud In Hi lwlnilio.. of la.trpenleiice, Iviu t in ilia Federal Consiituti.m, i - ,.1 iihe prvservalioaoiour repuw.ciin mm. !. that iii K.ll Oiiwiliuiiwi, id rghi , . w - - i i iLeSistes and lh Ci'iouof "". ihU J Pwrd Bi h:U w le iwirrt muiI; ibi ily !' I'"1' rM.ur wib e""'" iu'',u'bl fiK,ii " Uin. liborly, anJ lb piirwil f rvr Tb 1 i'u' ''Kh'i guvrn- WZ u Mimi'd inon a n, dfr ii ilitir ul oir.irripm lb i-omenl uf lh j .vrii..l." Tkiri i Tbul I'' Um f lb iU- lb .;, in Miiprecedeutrd imTeuiMi In (wpulu IL. iu urprWiiK delnpin-nt uf nmlrnul r . j n.pid tujinrnluliiin of woulllij in Imp a'l hwiw""-! i bemof dircid and w hold LTjwrrtMc all :lime for dianmou, toina fmm l,eraourcalhy may; .i.d wo e..nM.ol,.t. Ida cwiairy tliat Bo Ittpub.Uaii Mrmb. ruf ton mm hna ollirel or euuiilf nmicrd llirrut uf d.a i,ioo,aonfnnwlby J)mocmtio Mnttbrra i,f C,otrtm wilhiiul rabuk ''d Willi npplaura from Ihair polit eat anncialfi and w di-nounea iIiom iIiimu f diwn on. u( r""1"' "wiIimw riheir aKfndfiicy, a drnyinj lliilal prinuiploa f a frw Cowrtimi-nl, and a an aruwal or con t,m;ilm'l I'mojii, whiih it i tlio iinpiMliv duly (Tin in.liK0nl peoplr atMigly to rebuk and for- mmml litAllC. Fanrik: Tlmt lh mriintrnanc inviolate of lh rghn of theSialM, and mprcially Hie r jlit fa h t'1 to orli-r and conir.il il.own doiiir ue jodiiulioiia, aenirdiiig to iia own ju.lgni. nt ex cliait'ly. ia raa.'iilial to tliat b ilant'o of Hiwr no ahirb Iha perfretion and omluram- of our polit iul failh drprnila, and wo doiioun" llm lawlrw ntuiun by aimod force of any Slats or Termor;1, at guller under what pretext, aa auiuiig the gruv aaloferimri. Fifik: That the pr.-aent Demoprat.e A linin ialriiwn hia fir exeenlcrtnurwoiat uppreh?nauiia io i'i im-MureliMa aubaervirncy 10 ti.e enaoiimia eft lax-tioual intercat, a a eapefiilly avid, lit in ill tieral eert oiu to force Ihe infamoua Le cenptim roiMlimtion upon tli prolriiing people of kaneue in cnlruinj iheperaoiul relation be twno miialrr and eervaut l involve an nnquuli 6lproprriy in peraon in iia altt inp'.ed enlori e mrnt everywhere, on land and era, through lh lalrtfi uiion of Congma and the Ki donl Courta. of the eiltenw pretrnMnna of a purely lial interest, J ilfS'neraland utivary ng abuts of lh p jwet iutnnird to it by a coiul ling p p'o. Sixth Than Ihe people jnilly view with alarm tlx reckleM exiraengunc wh eh prrvaclra every i anrim. nt of the tVdernl (iuveriiiu nl: lh it a niarn loright ccoinvuy and accountability b in.lia etuabli lo ariril lh" aynlnn of plunder f the p.ib.,c tremury by favorrd purliaiia; while the re rfilalirillug'develiipmi n:of fraud .in.l corrup.ion t the Fe Ural melrnpale, aluiw that an emire li:inf of a.lmiRiKtmiiun !a nip r.iliv.'ly drinan lid. Strtnlkt Thnt Ihe new ilogum tlmt the On rtitul en if ill own f.irce o.irrii Slavery into any r all tli Terntotiia of the United Stniea, ia n danproiH political hereby, at viirianco wi ll the pl;cit proviaiiini of thai iiinirunieiit ilelf, with eo triuioniiiroiu expiiion. nml w lh lealulive and julkiil prroideut, ia revolutionary in ita tendrin-y mil aubveraivi- of the peace nnd harmony of the eotmin. . Eickih: That the norma! conditinn of all llieter ri oiy f ihe Uuiti d Stiilin ia thnl of Free.lom: thill tour rrpubiieau fiillirrs, wlin Ihey hud nbuiUhed altrcry iu nil our naiional territory, ordrlied lhat no prnon ahould he deprived "'f iif". lib. rly, or prop any, wiihouldue phem of Inw, it lieu..ni- our July, by legrlaliiui, whenever aiieh l gilaiinn ia a enaary, M mahilain thia prnviaiou of the Cun ililuliou uguinU all ailempla to vinlula it ; nnd we deny tlin uuihuriiyof Cini;reM, f a Territorial Lrfilaturv, or of any individihila, to give legul eiuimce to Shivery iu any Territory of the Unit ed Sine. Nintk: That we brand ihe recent rv-opening of Uw Alrlean lave-lrnde, under Ihe cvr of our na tional flair, aidid by perveraioue of judicial purer, hi er'.me agaiual hum miiy, buminc ihame to ar country and age. and we call upon Conirrite lo talu prompt nnd elRcient meunurra for Ihe tulal al final aupprraxiau uf lhat exeeralile IMflio. Train.1 That in the renent veloea by Iheir Ked ml Governor uf tlie nc'a of ihe Leg uliilure of Kiaaaannl Neliraaki, prohiiiiliuKSIa -ery in lli'ie Tfrriiiinn, we find n pr.iotieal ilhwiriiroii f the Wiuied l),nvrlio priuoiplo nf non-inlervenlin and onpolar sovereignly, ein'md e l in the Kanaai mdNeliiaakii bill, and a .lenunciaiiou ef Ihe do crplion n't fiaud involved therein. E.'raeala.' Thnt Kansas should of riphl be im medate'y adm tled aaaStiite under the Cousiilu liaa recently form' d nnd adopted by her p-ople, nil are p'ed by the House of Keprraenlalivi. Tuelftk: That while providing revenue for ihe tippenof th" Ueneral Gorernm lit hydu iea up as inipwia, tound policy requires such an adjuet m I' of I hue iniu na to encourage the drvel pnentsfth imluatrial iirereal" of th who' centilrj, and we commend thl policy of nut onal "i-hiinjM wh ch secures to the wo king m n lib l wag. s, to air:cul ure remunerating prieen. lo mtchniieannd iniiiufacturersnn adequate reward fr their aki'l, labor, nnd enterprise, and lo the na tion pommercial prosperity afid independence. Tin-trentA; lliat wa protest aain-l any sa'e er alienation to others of th publio lands held by actual settlers, and against any view of lh fre H'imetiead policy wliieh regards lh settlers as pupm aupplicmta for public bounty, and we demand the pnawgehy t'liugreia of the cmp'ete nd aatisfactorr Homestead mcasur which bus iready pa, d the House. Frle(: That the Republican party ia op Pwdtoany change in our Nnlur.il.xalion awa. or y Sts'e legislation by which the r ghls f e'.ii i"hip hilheit accorded to immigrants from for r'nn laa la ahatl be abr dged or impaired ; and in fawaf g'ving a full and efficient protection lo the riihlaie" all elanis of cit xena, whether natiT or utnnliird. bnt, tt nme (nQ abroad. Fifteenth That appropriations by Congress for 'rnd Harbor Improvements of a nstioosl bnu:ler, required for the aeconinvtda:i.m and m r"T of an existing commere. ar anih"rited by wConstitntion and justfied by an oblige ion of Government to protect lbs lire aud prfeity f ia fit lens. . uala; Thai a railroad tnlh Pac'CcOcesn "JBiiiiiljt demanded by the interests of lh bea onntry; that the Federal Government fkl io leader immediate and efficient aid in it araeiion, and that a preliminary ihereio a dai 'yororiaad ainil rheold be prom pity osikblirhed. eseateeaft.- Finally, baviag thus at forh oar alaeiif principles aad views, w 'Ovite Ihe co larueii of eitixens, bosrever drfler ng oa oih Mseatinaa, who auhsiaaiiaily agree with aa ia P ' sffjrmsnce and scBft . Qr Vtoonu'a Fiimt Lovg. A fioa correspondent aajg that Lord El Pn'Mtono, who rewctlj diml, tnd who, for ag time, wan Got. of Bombay , w aent Mia wbea th Queen waa in ber teens, 6ee hr Vajctt j waa deeply in lore 'w him. Lincoln ia a dead-letter ia thia cobb- Like other "dead letter," he will U to Wasimftoo G'ofoai Mertvry A Weekly Nevygpaper, devoted to the Interests of the Laboring Classes, and advocating the Vol. VI. Fur thi At gut. Hlaviry. Extract fnm Letter written by an Oreran lady la a fiitad in Kaneat, during Ike tale Iroutlal in thai Tttritary. (Continued ) The hoary Judgment! or the Almighty Ml npon Epyiit brcante Pharaoh would Dot net Ixarl free. No douht that hnugh ty moimrch found ownnicHti auffieleiitlT plutiaible to wtmly hia conscience that he vim rlfcht in porsiminir to onpreu lhat peo nip. llllll. I HUB II I ple. DoultlcM he argued himxelf into the - belief tlmt the deuce ndunta of Jucob owed their exiatcnee to the generosity 0f hia pn dcccatn on Ihe throne, and thut there fore ho win entitled to the posscisiou of them, body and pirit. I J rur?, the Israehtig were commisnioncd of the Almighty to execute the flerceiieaa ol Jihovuh's wrath upon the wicked na tions inhabiting Cunnun. That circum utiince offiirda no argument in fuvor of alavcry. I know of no aucb coinmifwion having been given to any people against another in our tiinea. We are commanded to tin ea7. Thia command ia of very comprchr-Mive import, and I believe, if slaveholder be excepted, that all profess edly Christian communitits interpret the pint of it aa applying to purchasing, knowinjjly, stolen property, whether it be only a cow, a horse, or an inanimate ob ject. Moses waa directed to make the stealing of men a capital offi nso. " He that stculeth a man or selleth him, or if he be found in his hund, shall surely be put to death." But I must cease to refer to the Bible, or my letter will exceed all proper limits. The entire spirit of thut blessed book is opposed to selfishness, whatever form it may assume. I had not imagined thnt yon woull plead fur Klavery. I liaj always thoujjht thut you merely submitted to it as you wojht lo any evil which circumstances forced upon yon. I ask you to rend a work written by Air. Helper, a North Car- i h'nian, entitled Ihe ' Impending Crisis of tho South.' You will find in it urj;iiir;e:it., consisting of facts, that are unanswerable. Do not be ntruid to inform yenrself. Read, observe, and reflect upon the subject, and then let conscience decide. The light may bo painful nt first; seek it nevertheless. After your mind has become fnmil arized to it, you will find it exceedingly pleasant. A canso that will not bear iiivestint on should be suspected. I would doubt iu fairness. My opportunities for persona! observation of the evils of slavery, have been comparatively hmited, and so also have yours, although you were born and brought up in n slave State yet have we not both witnessed enough to feel assured that the incidents related in Mrs. Stowe's uovels, ' Uncle Tom's Cubiu' and ' Dred,' have their counterparts occurring in the history of individuals from year to year? How can yon defend a syntem which gives to every tyrant, who may choose to exercise it, the power to separate the mo ther from her child? Could you endure to have your doughters forced from yon and placed in a situation in which toil without wages would be tho least evil. Remember the Golden Rule, Rest assured its obliga tions arc binding upon every son and daughter of Adam. Think of the outrages that were some times perpetrated in the neighborhoed of where- you and I used to spend so mnny pleasant seasons, iu wandering out in quest of flowers, or in sweet intercourse with dear friends. The place was noted at the time for quietness, yet were there not scenes enacted there, the bare allusion to some of which is all that delicacy will ad mit of in our correspondence? The African bond woman, notwithstand ing her degradirtif n, is as capable of strong attachments as is the white woman. In stances in proof of this are almost w tiiout number. Permit me to remind yoo of one, the circumstances attending which were fa miliar to you nt the time. I refer to the slave of the Rev. Mr. , a warm advo cate of the " peculiar institution." In con versation on the subject with those who differed from him he would sometimes ex hibit more ardor than was entirely consist ent with the racredncss and dignity of his clerical profession, m waa a tolerably good master to his only servant, a woman whom his wife hud inherited. Unfortu nately he became pecuniarily involved, ai.d to extricate himself felt obliged to sell hii black,' as he termed ber, or bis boose and lots, ne decided to do the former, and accordingly disposed of poor Elzetu lo a Southern trader, who refused to take her infant. She declared that she would not be separated from ber child; that if it was taken from her she would destroy berself. Soon after the boat left the landing site jumped overboard, and sank beneath the waters of the Mwsuwiprx, wrww ontil with the eonntless dead she ascends to confront her master, a witness against i.8. - - ; - tnZL of ber raee before a tribonal jthan tea time. th. entire .xportaU. pro we oppressors ui Mimrla r.liforaa. and Orezoo mm tnai niur at us hi. - ., i r il. . . i arm ill nil una L weht -f tbe evidence nothing from OREGON CITY, OREGON, OCTOBER 2 7, 1 S.ck at heart and In bonds, who n.iuistervd unto her? Did that professed embassador of Christ, whom she had lcen accustomed to call matltr, pour into her wounded spir it tho oil of Joy and consolation? Nay, verily, he put the pieces of silver into his pocket, and went bis way. " Inasmuch i ye have done it nnto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it onto me." ' Bo ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful." (Ta ia Continued.) Matters la CaUrerata, dke. Oh Board Steaufb Orf.oox, Oct. H, 18G0. Eo. Aroos: Too will have learned ere this that there was general rejoicing in San Francisco and throughout Culifomia on the occasion of learning thut Baker and Nes mith were elected to the Senate. The Re publicans rejoice thut an accession hus been made to the U. S. Senate of men who will be sure le go for measures pre-einiuciitly for our benefit like the Daily Overland Mail, a Free Homestead to all, and a Pa cific Railroad. One speaker at a big gath ering in Sun Francisco suid Jo Lane would rejoice in tho election of Baker and Nes mith. How can thut be? Why, suid the speaker, " in that very unmusical instru ment culled ' a horn'!" No doubt. The Republicans and Douglas men of Culifomia are determined to elect a mun of quite a different caliber and stripe from Disunion G win, to tuke Lis place in the Senate. They have not forgotten his treat ment of Broderick. That they are able to bent G win is evident from the fact that last year they came within a few votes of el. cting Baker and McKibbin to Congress. The Republicans have canvassed the State to the extent of having more than double as many votes enrolled as were cast for Fremont. This amount it is conceded will elect whichever cund. dates get them. The Bell men think they will poll nearly as many votes this year as were cast for Fill men in '56 though the later prospects are that most of the Bell men will decide to vote for Lincoln as soon as they hear how the n cont elections (of Oct. 9) turned out iu the Eastern States. The Republicans, under the auspices of the Central Club, hold a mass meeting each Friday evening in San Francisco. Piatt's New Musieul Hall, where th-y hold them, is usually crowded many ladies attending, accompanied by gentlemen, in the dress circle and boxes. At their meeting on the 12th iust., 3,000 or more crowded the low er floor, 500 or 600, includiug near 200 la dies, filled the gallery or dress circle. Speaking, and singing by the Glee Club, ' Uncle Abe's Choir,' were the order of the evening from 8 to 11 o'clock. At the same time there was a crowd of 2,000 or more in the street in front of the Hull, who could not get in but they were addressed by apeukers from stands erected for the oc casion. It was a largo meeting, especially when on the same evening there was the closing meeting of the Agricultural Fair, besides a theater, a gymnasium, an othc nasum, a circus, and two other greater or less shows, iu different parts of the city. San Francisco is sure Republican. Speaking of the Fair reminds me that California boasts now of as fine exhibitions of animal, agricultural, horticultural, po- mological, and certain mechanical aud ar tinticul products as almost any other State iu Ihe Union. The question now with the people of that State is, not how to produce more from the soil, but what shall they do with whut they do produce. Their mar- .kets re now flooded with the raw material of their own production. California is constantly calling for more people but what will she do with them? She don't want any more producers. She wants more consumers, and they must be manu facture. Her surplus wheat and barley, hides, wool, Ac , will feed and employ an other population as large as her present in a few years. But nobody will build facto ries or go to mnniifucturing with money that will command its present rate of inter est on loan. Th cry is becoming general with them that a little " incidental" pro tection, enough at least to give a little pro tection to our home industry, might help our home manufactures a little. People begin lo see aow, wbat they could aot see when they lived in Indiana, why it was thai Massachusetts was always such a strong protective-tariff State. They can lee now bow " protection" there alike protected A the former in a home mar ket for their manufacturing town, where they now supply thrmiclm, and the great West, including California and Oregon, and many other parts of the world, with boots, iImjts, so-ka, bats, caps, clothing, clothes, rations, calicos, carpets, combs, axes, nails, knives, acisaors, buttons, brush es. &c to the end of the list being of more value from that little StaU (about . .:i..i. mm I..M. im avtent a Illinois I UfaM - U think that k correct, tboagh ! uuv. wn. , 0 1 1 huve not the statistics by me ) Tiiat kind of protection has proved a protection' to everyM, in that Stale. A, yet the wiseacres thut mode the constitution of uregon desired to witnnom irom me Legis- . . lature llie power to incorporate manuiuc- tnriiie.ennmoniMe.fi.rrtn,, to th. oreot i . t . ... , . detor.orat.on of tho human race in old Massachusetts';!) as an argument In fuvor; 01 their desired action. Well, the roois are not nil ilrml ret Imt the am drinir gradually. Then I say give us protection aud encouragement to free home industry, iu manufacturing and in a Pacific Railroad, and Honest Old Abe to administer the laws, and all will bo right by and by. Lkt's Stat at Hour. P. S. Feb. 19. We laid off 24 hours outside me oar, witn a neavy souin-easter blowiuir. We crossed the bar at 61 this morning Sirvit or thr Boundary Link. The Washington Star says of proposed survey of the baundury line between Oregon and Washington Territory: Congress haviug made an appropriation of $4,500 for the survey of the 46 parallel of notth latitude so far as it constitutes a common boundary between Oregon and Washington Territory, it is proposed by the General Laud Office lo have the boundary surveyed under the joint supervision of the Surveyor General of Oregon and Washington Territory, by an astronomer or surveyor fumiliur and skillful in the determination of latitudes. Tiie following is a statement of the require ments on the part of the astronomer of sur veyor so appointed. The boundary Is to ba determined by astronomical observation at three different points; tho first for asccr taiuiug the point of intersection of the 4Cth parallel north latitude with river, in the viciuity of Walla Walla river, the second for determining tbe intersection of that parallel of lat tude with the Snake river; and tho (bird fixing the parallel at an in termediate point between tho two first points. Each of these three points will have to be perpetuated by so luble and enduring monuments. Besides these mon uments, the boundary line will be marked by mill -stones or posts in mounds, counting from the initial river. Doiut on the Columbia : Arkansas Mode or ENJovENT.-The,crt!,1"tb!? rrwrtati-, who, in all his statu of society in Arkansas wi s excessiv, ly j I "P1!" j11 rm.nation to "rough" several years since. We lmp ! t,',,n,c. t,,s P-cfic R.ulro.itl, and who haa and believe it has improved Utterly. Ti.e . "bility to forward that great m asure: most frightr.il tr.iged.es were enacted very Recondly because we are ever ph ased frequently, aud the people seemed to think '"'n " f, "fj" mmri: )V1,lh nothing of them. A dangerous cutting i 1 e representation of Lntha.n and Baker scrape was regarded as a rather comical j th PaciBe States will have some hope and affair than otherwise, as witness the follow ing, which is sul gtantially true: Two desperadoes met at a tavern in Helena one evening. They were named resMCtively Tom Scroggs and Bill Pike. Says Scrojrgs: ' How's things?' ' Peart,' says Pike. ' Heard you suid you'd bleed me next time we met,' says Scroggs. 'That's me,' says Pike, nnd two bowie knives flashed fiercely forth. The fellows had carved each other pretty briskly for ten or twelve minutes, when, as Pike's ears had been shaved off and his abdomen bent several times punctured, it suddenly occur red to him that he had enough of it, aud he struck his colors. ' What's all this?' tremblingly inquired a stranger wbo entered just as the fight ended. ' Oh, it's of no ' connt,' says the land lord, an ethereal creature of tome two hundred and fifty pounds weight, and with a face of bum-door proportions, ' 'taint nothin.' Some of the Ikivs have been en joy in! thtmirhn a Utile, that's all. Wou't yon htst in a little pizen, strangerr ana me genial landlord set out a black bottle aud a yellow bowl of brown sugar. Carious country, that Arkansas, several years ago. Horrid Tortcres. The means in nse by the degraded King of Naples for tortur ing suspected persons among bis subjects, as described by the London Times, are most revolting. One person, for merely carrying a letter in cipher, was plnced in a sack and kept beneath the water ontil he had lost cousciousness, three times. The thumb-screw was used to extort confessions and also an instrument called the tourni quet, which was applied to the head, which mokes the eyes stait forth and almost drop. Pontillo, a Lieutenant of Maniscaler, in vented an armchair, in which the victim is seated on a sort of gridiron, and r which is a pan of coals. Another method was to tie tbe bead of the victim between bis legs, and leave him in that pos'tioa ontil ha eoiifewed. Another instrument waa tbe a, or ' angelic instrument,' in which, by turning a screw, the limbs of the victim are crashed. On one occasion, a man was suspended in the air, bis arms being tied to one wall, and his legs to another, and in that position an officer of tbe police jump ed upon him and beat bin. 19 Tbe census takers have discovered a number of antiquated individuals ia va rious parts of the country . Among others, a DenntT Marshal ia Cherokee cooutr. Georeia. found a white a a who bad at- uined tbe mpectabla Rgeofl3oye. side of Truth iu every issue. 860. No. 2a, Tb Orriaa Heaatar. er ,re. aitUouUteUly, vcrjr many in & XlK , gcoaiorship. They will be pleased that citizen or surpassing powers ia permitted I a a. - . t a a 1. - fl . ! al - a. to represent a rwruun ui mo i -acme toasi, and that one of our greatest national ora- tori will lie admitted to a hearing in Ihe ta Th . .riu oflhil Ub " . Rfc p,iCan, but he is nevertheless capable of reeling Immeasurable gratification when 1 a man of cenius and executive capacity JJi led States Senator ahould be, but unhap pily, it is not, above the range of partisan' inn; It should be given to none but those capable of- standing in distinctive promt nence before the nation. The Senator's desk should not be the loitering plue of i merely conning mediocrity, where the l.ttlo services or personal mendthiiM are dm Denied : the Senate is the theatre for statesmen, where the highest Intelligences a. aae of the nation should be observed. No rca sonuble person will deny that Baker is pro- emiueutly fitted for tbe exalted place to which tMtii or thut Ins capacities would not enuble uim to reach above me diocrity in any deliberative body in the world. He ranks among the greatest ol living orators, and undoubtedly never found a peer or a euccessful imitator on this coast; and, when he enters the senate, thero will not be found one other so capa ble of recalling the sounds which, in the golden age of American statesmanship, gave celebrity to the hall. Greater statesmen may be ihrre, citizens better understanding the intricate machinery of government, of mere comprvhcmJve iuventive mind and greater statesman experience; but in the contest of eloquent speech, Baker will hear no echo, even iu that amphitheatre or fame. It is a glorious triump'i for the man, now in the dercent of years, who left a seat iu Congress to join in the battles with Mexi co, and who has since stood up under the accumulating burden of undeserved con tumely only by tha power of his disarming speech. lenouuced, calumniated, perse cuted because of unpopular political opin ions and through the euviousiiess ol inferior men, any one of less geuius and courage had lieen ultirljf cast down; but in posses sion of that wonderful power which, in spite of prejudice, takes font hold opou the popular heart, Baker bade defiance to them all, Tho tame power thnt elected himself, a wh'g, to Congress from a Demo cratic i istrict in Illinois, and over one of Ihe popular men of that State, has cnabtod him lo shape the policy of Oregon, and to attain his great ambition We are Kind that it has been so; first he- cnosc the Pacific ceust will have another credit at the capital, even if nil the others continue in ineffective obscurity. Sun Francisco Mirror, Independent.) The Work or the Aok. Tho greatest work of this age, and that which is des tined to produce the greatest commercial, political and social revolution, is the ship canal across the Isthmus of Suez, which is to unite the Red Sen with the Mediter ranean, and enable steamers to go from France and England to the East Indies nnd China without doubling the Cape of Good Hope. Then Marseilles will be come one of the greatest commercial cities in the world. Then Venice will rise to all her former splendor. Then the din of commerce and the murcb of a new civi lization will spread over the Orient. Another century may see Greece, Syria and Palest ino taking their aneieut places as the centers of civilization. The Telegraph. Tho San Francisco Mirror says: The Telegraph Is steadily coming this way. The poles are set to within ninety miles of Fort Kearney some three hundred miles from Indepen dence, and the line w is expected to reach Fort Kearney about the middle of this month. The purpose Is to be enabled to transmit the Presidential returns from that point, thus gai ling to days on the ninal time. Tbe pole were being set at tbe astonishing rata of six miles a day. Thus, private enterprise, the most potent of all woiksrs, is bringing as within closer com munication with the eaat, and the Pony, fleet as the brave little fellow is, hai to yield op a portion of hia rare ground. It will rot be long before the news of Ibe morning will travel parallel with its light. Grain Statistics. Estimating from the rroi of last year and tbe year before, it ia believed that the aggregate grain pro Inet of the United Stales will tint season be worth two thousand millions of dollars, or two hundred and twenty-nine millions of Imshria. The rr op of few York, renn sylvaiiia and Illinois are each reckoned at 26 million bualiels; Ohio, 28 millions; Indiana. 19 millions; Wisconsin, 20 mill ion; Virginia and North Carolina, 18 millions each; Kentucky, 9 millions, and other Statee an aggregate of 80 millions. In Wisconsin, everybody doctors, raw yers, parsons, women and children turned out to harvest. jp It is said, that if the iron manu facture of the United States continues to iaeraaae at ita present rate, a few yean will sufflc. to top .U imporUUoo RATK8 0? ADVEUTIBIXOt Ous square (Iwalv line, or ), brsvisr measure) n inaertion $ I IW Ksi'h aubwiuent insertion I Oi) Uualiieaaesidaaxie year SO 00 A liberal detluotioo will be mad t Iboa who adf ernec by lb year. tV The number ef Insertion ahoulj b noU-4 a Hi margin of aa advertisement, otherwise il will be pubiiahed till fstbtJden, and charged ao eordinfly. IW Obilnery notice will b charged half tit abuts mtes of advertising. tDT Jot 1'iirtiso tiscaled with neatness ami ditiuith. i'ayment for Jub Printing matt he made aa d'Urrrv uf Ike work. Vreaa Us Atlantic The Pony, with dates from St. Joseph to Oct. 8d, arrived at Mdlcri Station, Oct. 14. Advices from Pike's- Peak snook direr- Ingly of the gold prospects A silver lead had been discovered. A Convention wst held at Denver on Ihe 23d ult., and a l'rovisou al Government adopted. The Prince of Y ales wus received at Wellington to-day by Mr. Cass in behulf of President Buchsnun. The ship Erie arrived at New York from Monrovia. She was captured on the coakt of Africa by tho U S. itcnu.cr Mohican with 800 slaves on board. Tho Erie is in (barro of Lieut. Doanington. The captain and the two mates wero brought home prisoners. POLITICAL NEWS. Gov. Seward is in Illinois, lie made a speech at Chicago yrstcnlny, Sd iust., in tho Wigwam, The. Corwin is mukmg Rcpuiil.ran speeches throughout Ohio. John Al. uotts made a speech at Uicli- mond on the 2d. He took substantially tho same grounds as II. Winter Davis, de claring for Bell and Everett, but opposed at all hazards to Democracy. He de nounced secession, declaring tlmt shonld it be uttempted, 300,000 volunteers would rush to the rescue, without culliug on a single Free State. The town elections iu Connecticut took place on the 2d. Twenty-four of the twenty-eight towns heard from elected lie publican officers. Vertlf Xewa Ulgkly taiontUal from Italy. The steamship Glasgow arrived nt St. Johns, N. Oct. 1st. Ih-r dates from Liveniool are to the 20th sept. J he uews by this arrival is important. Ihe hiirJininns bad luken lcrogin, Siioletti, and the latest advices via Queens- town are thnt they had beutrn Lumoricierc. 1 ho Great Eastern is to be placed on (ho Gridiron at Milford Haven. It is reported that Napoleon hnd been fired upon by an insane man at Toulon. His aim was averted by u bystander. The Sardinians took 1'erugia utter a hot fight, and made 1,000 prisoners, including Gineral Schmidt. Tho Citadel of Spoil tti hnd cninti.lnted and the garrison, OlOctrong, were tuken prisoners. later. Tho steamship North America has ar rived with dates to the iilst u!t. The news is quite Important, confirming the report of (lie defeat of Gen. Lnnioriciere by Gen. Cialdino. The huttlo Its'td six hours, and afterward tho printer portion of Ihe Pontifical uriny cnpitulutcd. Lnni oriciere escuprd to Anco.m. Consuleralilo uneasiness wns f ult in rnrm, nnd fears were expressed of a cell.sion be- wcen the French troops at Koine and Gnribald.'s legion. If tho Pope departs, tho XtjiicIi will follow his example, nnd the Sardinians would at once occupy Rome. The London Tunes says the pnpal army no longer exists, for the 4,000 men be seiged in Anconn may already be reckoned as Gun. Garibaldi's prisoners. The Herald Miys the pupal army has been defeated but not dishonored. La moriciere was evidently outnumbered and bis forces ill formed, and were no mutch for the rcgulur army, led by able com manders. Tho Chronielo says the result of the re cent battle is to transfer to tho King of Sardinia the whole Roman territory, ex cept Rome, Viterb, nnd Civila Vccchia. Tho London Herald s rnna correspond ent is informed that a manifesto by the Pone announcing his determination to withdraw from Rome is already prepared. The bnttlo or 1 ho 18th, lietwcen li- moriciere and Cialdino, lusted six hours. After the battle the greater portion of tho Pontifical army capitulated. Tho foreign troops will return to their respcctivo countries. Lnnioriciere, with a few horse- n, soccoeded In reaching Ancona. There is not a single roiit.fici.I battalion there. Ii,si. Sept. 18th. Lnmorlciere, with 1,000 men, attacked to day the position lately taken by Cialdino, at Castlo I idelto. The fight was short but desperate, with the following results: tho junction ot Lnmoric.ere's troops at Ancona is prevent ed; six hurdred prisoners have been mndo; six pieces of artillery and a (lug were tuken. Only ihe wounded, among whom was Gen. rienoheno, fell Into the hands or tininino. The mass of tho enemy is comiderable. A column cf 6,000 men made a sertio from Ancona and took part in the fight, but were compelled to retire, and are being pursned by the Sardinian troops. The eapohtn fleet opened Iiro ngaiusi An cona. i he six hundred prisoners oi war taken at Spoletti were Irish. A Sensiblk Thing. Archbishop Hughes, at the anniversary of the Mount St. Vincent Academy in New York, sulJ he was going to introduce into tho estab lishment what he called 'tho Scicnco of Cuisine meaning the whole art and mystery of cooking dinners and keeping house. Every young lady, he said, though the were the dangbter of a Queen, ought lo understand the entire management of that sphere of life of which rhe it the beautiful mistress. Fibc Panor Wont!. The number of serious accidents to women from fire fen ders renders it necessary that eitlur they or their gossamer clothing should be ren dered fire-proof. One ounce of phosphate of ammonia to a quart of water is said to insure dresses, and a company is about organizing for thn insurance of tbe women against everything but tn old flame, which do My ii supposed to wish to put out.