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T'jlE OK EG OX A KG US, nv d. w. vnuu. oriiva OF SUBSCRIPTION. Tki AW will kt mikid at Thru Do illari Fear Hie U ""n'f - - - - n.lUr, mil ,"' " r V '"" aaekargtl farms months ..' ..k.,.itiimi iicriui fur ea Privi. a. aiirr Juroiitinurd until all arrearagti 'or Me Argm. Mate. Toon eweelly emiliaf P1"'" ('irro '"'I A (lurious, gr.iwint wi f human Imu Is, f,h Mrriii"kt lb fair Willanietto iitum, Tint i-ehnly rtuw assweellliiiiiglilsinedrnam. J if III rje'eeSleU'leil Vuiull bountl. A chum w ""v "',,,, While, iroinialliig, ft l pleiue appear. And fara-elad '''" ''ie'r l,ul"b uprear. UiIuiiiIk 'nraih the evsr-watehrul eyes Of aeutiuele lr l t" "i Who ever sincn creation's dawn have stood Tl, venerable Jelfennin mcl lloud. There i ' 'I1"1 "" '" '''' 'ar"T com! Thi eu ol half the native beauty bat n ih iwrrl fill. which, iu bwI'i strain, Will m J1'1 b "'"'I "' ' luvrlirvi at th plain.' 1 rare uf veurs hvo scsrcefv paused auuy, Since where o"W school-lieye doily rump uud play. Ths MVUgO reu lliun ill iu nu career llu safer ehed ''" weury, wound, d deer. frcliauc upoo'lliM very spot liua load (urnw m.iideu browu by Indiun lover. wuuoJ, Who, liat'uuig Iu his b.lltr tales of wo, Anil bow fur ber In ferveul heart did (lour, Hot rawed tier eyee as dark no any mine And breathed in i'liiiiouk acc.iiis, I am llriue.' fcrliapi where eonaullatiou grout were lield, And urea euus wilb healing heart brlirlil, A church now tienda wilb revfrrulml .re, A ' Uilviilere' diiruwug luid fiio for full two hundred liou in iy boeeen ilivpaiiKliiig o'er the riuiriiled grrrn, W liilc buiimu hi urn inure limn ilmuMiid bent Willnu lluiii warm, nd on every otreel fiwiel-iiniliiig fucra limy be found To chwr the wuud ring Kiraiiirar iu hie round. But let iu hi', whilo wunri'riiir up and down, Who form the pojmfoliuu of lb town. The lad)' pruud lliul rull.- in bnxitde ; The iiiotiefl nirn and the b'utliiu maid' J The li'y inuiher with her little dear Ac oil o her pniiiienmlino; In re s The gliaming widow, with her wilchinir ways, Tlial olien aiglia to think f by-irme duya; 'J'lie wan, wry, wrinkled, wretched-looking ut, That puri(J man-k.tid, and will nut br.ok con trul; Tin pale-lucrd "ludcnt and the iiiidinni mi, Thai pure ut m.du gilt iu pumuit i.f blisn ; The buy luerihuiil, aa liu wrap Ire fiilla ; 'i lie wber druggiai, enr buiiu pdle j 'Jhe iry nircliauic, u he plie.- liu iiwla ilieriiaiely, hm li.iiiini. r, ilnnra, and rulea ; The pallid barber, who reliev.a your face Willi ruzor keen, tuuuhed with lonmrtnl grace) 1'ln jliy landlord, with hia waya ui bane ; The friutled fnol, with rilver headrd Cine; Tlie ileinai;.i)rue, pihlip, ily, and b und, That k n aud giepla rai h jioltnan in the land ; The pf tasngim. n h'M lund c in c iree cuulain 'Hie lieap(0 uf leiiniing aoaliered o'er lii bra 0; Tlie ruaiic atviiin, oft ruwking through the town, II nipped in hU Mbm of uever-fud ug uruwn ; Tliu lii)u.-denler, who, wiih eonac euce cold, KiiiMa liuest linu.ra Willi ill-gut. en guld : 'Jhe teuaelew f.ip, thai tr ea iu cut a awvll ; Hie gumb.tr, aiieakiii 10 hia gambling hell ; Tin liniler, wliitilin)? at the rum-iihiii ilimr ; Tin luui.ger, ap.tliug u'er toiue nialron a floor j Hie hru(j(Miluc.o, w.tli hia awiigj'ring air; Tint iwii ui l).ieehua aee him a;iii'r.iir there I 'Jlit fiump, hrealhiiig wild Miulin.uil fire, The w.rda iiiveiiied but to vent Mine ire ; 'Mir r.le iliaaeuibli'r, void of Chriatinn grace, Wub eoiil pol:u:rd, and dUoned fu. e; Tlie ly C'eie;i..l, wiih hia anered cue, ll'u pug u.ce mid hia orien.ul hue ; Tin Llli.opan, w!ne iufrr.iir mill If miullie liua :aiiuti'.at.ll exiol Cuinprue ol all buinuiiily the meat 't'lie li'ivn of Sulrni properly may bnaat. TlKtecreutiiMall i. re audi uMnay be found Juev'ry portion of thia eoumry toun.l, Awl fulin a uuil.ua through lil'f Ihey plo.l, Ily evil nerving mammon in.. re tli.iii Uod ; la imiliiug elae de they no w. II agree Exvepl perlmps their ueijthbnr'a fault to aee. The Jewa, the Gent Ira here, tr.ide deiuniida, (inset loud, bo w luw.uud grasp each elhrr'ahauda, Aud, thuuh they pl.il ug.iinsi ra.-li oiher well, Tliiafiifiiii,' liutli tliey lie er each oilier tell. TlieldW)era, uuciom, and ttiviuex, thut meet l'raiiib.il;.tii'g daily Ihrouuh the aire. t, Foim a iiHirke.l contraat wiih the Indian brown . Thai ikiwly aluring strolls about the towu. And as I ponder on the mighty ehunge, Anil drink the aighla wilhiu my v ainu'a range, 1 hear the bl.icks.uilh'a lienvy uliv.l ring, Ai'tweiwund twu' the p .id'rou hainnif nswing, And inpluied liat.aud wiih emo;i.m awell, Keriruee joy, uin bound an with a epell. UiuicIki, 1 Uiiuk, the village boaala of f.iur, Tlioiijjh member may be numbered by the wore, Whoanbbath after sahluith it II n pdr, To' implore Uie giant Omnipstent with prayer; Uf learning, plucea two there whv be fuud, Vet ignorance is still the curse around ; Like Salem old, there loo are ruins her, A ruined Sialo-House crumbling yeur by year; A courl-huaae, aud, bea.de, a county jail, All palisaded, uud of much avail ; Three saw-mills, nnd a mill for gristing too, Another place where folks woul-twisling do; A pniMing office, which, throughout the lund, Spreads truths eternal, aUirtling, strange aud grand; 'iliree fine hotels this charming villus grace, nlUefull as many drinking dens deface; Yet many struc ures bui.i for trade nlme, Aa air commercial round the town have thrown ; And at our Hag waves from you splendid he'ght, ww the glorious emblem with delight, AaJ realiiie in every alar we n o A ujrcb-iKil to the grave of tyranny. Bui lei us turn more closely to survey The niany eight tnm ofTer aa we stray : Inyuuder uumviling, dark abode, Where melancholy seems to rest her load, Ipun those walls iaconttaney has spreut iler blood polluted, and forever reul Ue happy circle, that was wont to meet JJeiMaib Hit roof of that once blest retreat; i u mol,ler taught her child to pray, Ana sffer praises in a ch.ldl ke way, A wreujbed ghost is nightly to be mod 'hsuutihat curst d pot wiih rrighlful mien. iw let us wander up yon stony vale, Ao see the aite where itood the old ..f jail; Aglil now reninus, to tell the story old b uulwPPy P"ioB uncontrolled, iiatinavedoor., and ' traps' that all around " quaint confusion lie upon ths ground. Ibi hud scaffold, built the world to shew e peaauce of a bl.iod-stained child of we, Pnmrsie there upon the seU-sama spot " wre scores ef females nature forgot, W'th their prattling iufanls to repair tIT ',h" wru'l, '"epeid- d 'i 'he air. e oak itood by aud sighed with ev'ry brreie iuj""'1 "Kut eentieut soul could pleas. AM though long psot, yei f, mem'ries ruh, " W oriee, ' Shame, where is thy biu.hr Con., et , Md,r 0r jron atately bridge, m att ttut Sara there beyond the ridge get Balem, ,burbs beautifully fair, oat Ssfcin's spuU:lur and Uursr there,. - ru-nt aud lelt, when thriving fruil-traes A. , givcm tWs T-i.,tl. . .J' i... toon. rt . Jin ild bu-d's warble ud the rabbit's Utad, "ilk eautioo, step amid the foliage dea ; "" dnight yelling, fru.o the wigwams rods Jjf tBO and last aorturaally punmed "Me given piae, to p,.mcul mreot, ! 7"' eu, lb ealuvatrd frees ; tnfjhld en'Ure bk now ro the sua, " ere ayy oft the -npeJ Mrprn, ran T ml" iop- eaward through the lanej, wad yoa where the bodr after pain 4 J " eeraros, ajy pauM from every toil, . aly swagle Willi iu kiadred kmL e plaae iackuID( uiUtatl with graca " eaieh the .miles of aature's sjwrwnc tie, aers nll.sr snoanUiss oft ai son-rue blue, "fTy . eea rf sombrr boa -t iKrBeapnrd peaks, enbosomed ia tba ekica, A Weekly Xewnpa)cr, derutuil to tlio Interests of tlio LuWing Classes, ami advocating Vor vr. In all their striking; iuajiy arise, 'I'hestnidy oak thai si.ud. aiili Mlmi prijs, The l..w riiw fir, the y.w trse elow betide, 'I'hv nioiiuiaiii laurrl and the maple plain, lime undi-lurlie I in pesc and .uisi rrlgn. ' t'ould lialuie'a charms suDice UismuI Iu pleaie,' Nun could but hapjiy be, m d seen, a liks Ibes. A decent p ile et.rihu.s thia h.ilf .ire.1 t, Where fri.ml and fne al ke iriaswaiid rl Mere lie, with n their nrr..w eells eu-hriusd, The lieh, lb poor, lh fuel. Hie man of mind; Ami liiougli they, living, var ou gradrs hs.uius, Ih y reach on vominou level iu the tomb. 8Ltj, J in 1. I-Cl Leo. t&" Win n D.irnii du Kulb met General Marion, during tlie revolution, he exprei id uninzi'tnciit thut no in any " South C'uro- liiiiiini wi-re runiilnj; to take llritiili protic- tmn." Muriona eXiliiiiution of the cuumt of Torjimn then will niiawer re rj well to uccotint for St'ci-iuiiiin nd iu utlcuJant bluster to-iluj; it wu: "Tliu piotilo of Curolina form two cliiiist'i, the rich uml tliH poor. The prior nro very poor; the rich, who Imv? Fuvi i to do oil llieir work, ive thiin no finploy. metit. UiiKiiiiortci hy the rich, they con liniiu poor Httil low-npiriti'd. The little tin y get in luhl out In liruinlr. not in Uokt nnd newKpnperiij hi nee lln-y know nolhing, of tlio campiirutive lih'.ings of our country nor of tlio iJiinpi'M w lilcli Hin-utcn it ; there fore they enre nnlhin nlimit it. The rich are p'luTiilly very rich; iifniid to Mir hut the British kIioiiI.I hunt their houses, uiul carry off their m-ro. k." Tiik ExrortT of Fi.otit xri Orai. The liirt- export of flour uml prniu which in coin!? fiirwnrd ut theprcKcnt timi-, xcenii to he out of rill line proportion of Cnlilor- i...... i i.i- . inn. r torn lite tnnsi ri liaiilu slalislii' we heat uml lleinr h'.f. l-e,. .nniLl..,,. ,n -- - - lieu il v two nnd a huir millions lm. wlteiit, luro (piuiitity for State like our.. It oiikj id m uk titoun we kiioiiiu wnnt a portion of vrlnit is now bein? Kent nbrond lor our own i.'oiisuiniiiioii before tlio six nionihs are etui, il, wh'cli will brinir u to the next hrvest. We should not be ur pr sed tn see Amir sell nx ot $15 per bur rii in three mo:ith, no I wnul I nilv.se furm em who ere iiMe to hold their nhent to keep it on hniul for hivrhiT prices thrco or lour nioittlis hence. r. Journal, Cirs. Scott. St. Lou' correspondence snys thut " the rumored intention of Gov. Wise's Minute Men uml other rash individ uals, to prevent the inauguration of Lincoln, hus roused Gen. Scott into a declare I ion thut he will bo responsible for it with bin head. The old vcti rnn is at lust recog nized, and his udvico appears to have been tuken in seven. 1 instances of late, from which we may infer thut he hus been con- ulted in runny things which have- not tran spired." Tub Daiiouky Sacrifice. Accounts from Lnos, West Coast ol Africa, to Nov. 8th, state that the Kinjr. of Dahomey was continuing his wholesale sacrifice of human ifc. Tlio number already murdered at this one ceremony amounted to 1100, and many more, await a similar fate, tlio Kin? considering that sufficient honor Is not done to the memory ol his lute futlter until he has sacrificed 2500. He had detained ten European traders at Ahomiiy to witness these shocking ceremonies. The King hits threatened to attack Abbeokuts, 8 The National Intelligencer snys that there are only four States which have uws at all conflicting with the fugitive sluve law, and that law being constitution- I, tlie State laws which conflict with it re nullities. Caleb Cashing was one of the Committee for revising the laws of Massachusetts, who repot ted to the Legis- ature the " personal liberty bill" of that State as it now stands on its statute book. fay Col. Lander is said to scout the idea of a pigmy Republic on the Public, and ridicules mercilessly the supposition that practical men of California and Ore gon will want to throw away all the ad vantages of their attuchmeut to a great aud powerful Government. Multnomah Aoricdltcral Societt. The Society held its annual election on the 1 inst., and made the following citoice oi officers: President, Tito, tmzerj Vice Presidents, John Powel and. r A. JIar- ... T" T T . 1 . . . C . .... . QUam; treasurer, U. U. nniniun, oevrein- ry, J. At. IJurrill; txecuuve 1,00101:1 u-e, the President, Secretary, and Messrs. Dnf fur, Bybee and H. IWWun.Advrrtiter. Deucatk Cake. Oho and one-half cups of white sugar; two-thirds or a cop of sweet milk; two cups 01 nor; smnn iece of butter; white of three rgirs tu Mien oa froth: teaspoonful of cream tnrtur; cne-hulf teaspoonful of soda ; sift the cream tortar with the flour and dissolve the soda in the milk. Exports. The steamer Panama left hist night for San Francisco with the follow ing cargo: 2,200 sucks flour: 1,977 sucks wheat; 2.811 boxes apple; 0 Uxes bat ter; 24 cases bacon; 7 rolls leather; 1 pk of fruit trees; 1 pkg. merchandise, and 126 We.Meertitr of Thurtday. Dker Gcv ongon is prohaMy lost. I have resolved to see seed with my Native ... .1. I I. A A ikn State. The election OI linnon nan u.ii : gob. Our only trust now is in god and a Southern onion. . Yours, jo o A Dutchman's heart-rending olilo- et. 1 .r CI. in qoey is dwenrwa iiius: one wm " Mick so moult bessefasi, pecatua b.s tot a koop'e tollara more ai I bur ORKGOX CITY, OREGON, FEliKUAllY 2 3, Everuatlea at Vert Meatirtr. Tlie New Vmk WiiiM pivma very In tiTutlnp; nrroiiut of M ij. A mlrrMin'i evne nn'ioii of Fort Mmiltrie ami his occnpntiuti Fort Snnipt'-r, written hy porticipAtit in the affair. It goe to dhow that MhJ. An derwin hy ilmt movemnit 1.A the Ixnl for hi roniiiiniiil nnd the country nt hire, hi the Rovcrn'oent can now net with dignity end flriiiniM, huvin Churlinloii in iu pow er. Xn viwl enn enter, or leave that hnrhor, without iiertn'vM'on of MuJ. Ander son. The t'itixeim of Chttrlmtoii were pre purine to surround thut p"4 with rifle pits and butterie. It wax the finr thut in few d.iye. he would htivf been unrounded by perfect net-work of such count ruction, mid cd to which the hiavy liatti-riin of Fort Sumpter cmiM plunge their fire into hii position, mukini; any defnnc on hi pnrt it maxuerf, llmt cuukciI him, on his own re- aponsljilily, to ninke the lndinpeu.alile movement I hut he did. The following ex truci win show now tlie cvucuutiou wur couducted: " No liload need be ulted, wiles. Suth Curolinn inudly fl n-jn hernelf nniint him in s furiou i ffnrt to r lrive her broken for turn. She fii'la nnd ktiowa she in in the power of the United Stiitig Government. Sensible they were driving AndeMOii toex tr inity, anil fearful ho nnirlit inuku hii ut' ti mpt of the kind, they hsd ln lionet! two tenni!ioil, hiiviuir 120 men, with two piece of artilh'ry. tin Jer coniinmid of Lieut. Hiiuiilioti, recently reniyned from the Navy. They hud atiitioneil thunc '.etWH'tt Fort bum iter nnd rort Al'iitllrie, to cruise '.,,,.1 ...td prevent ,..,y iltt- mpt 0 tr-.tfrr i.... s u.i .M r.. i.. . I III) ElUTNIIII, Ulll Anill'IMTH IdllCII IMUI,- He curried out his projeiit wilhi onsunim ite alitbty. IU talked for 11 week of the alisiv lute necessity uf sending the women ami ch lilren to the v Huge of Fort Johnson for safetv. There is an old dilapidated public building there, in wlrch he proposed to put them until the buttle was over. He chartered three lighters to curry thein and their baguage, and he added everything to the cargo he could without exciting sus picion. The Charlestoiiiiias did not wish lo interfere with the trnnit of provisions to Capt. Foster s men nt rort Sumpter, he ciiiku they regarded him ns iu reality finish ing the work for them. This he was iu re ality lining, through the neglect of the Ad ministration. Under pretense of sending him provisions, Maj. Anderson sent over a large amount of his stores. Thus disem linrrnssed, he wag ready tor a move. The schooners with the camp women and chil dren, had orders to sad from IortJnhnsi.it to Fort Sutnpicr upon hearing two cannon fired at Fort Moultrie the signal that the evacuation of the fort hod been completed. Tic then gave orders for the men to pack their knapsacks and hold themselves iu rendincs nt all time as they m'ght some day have to move. lie took one of his officers aside almnt six p. M., on thw 2Clh, ami told him that in nlmut twenty minutes he should m-'ka the attempt to reach Fort Snmplcr. The ntteinpt was a dangerous one. Two sifiimiinnts lay on tne tori witit troops and guns, and these bouts, would have run him down in a moment Imd they been aware of the movement. Maj. An derson left orders to fire into the Nina steamlioat if she molested his men; a thir ty-two pounder was loaded up for that pur pose. Fort Moultrie is iilways surretindeil liy paid spies, and members of the Vigil ance. Committee, but they did not interfere, nil probably did not underhand what the command was do'ng. The troops sprang into the Imats, and the men pulled with a will. Half way, the hostile stenmbout ap proached with a ship in tow. It wbs a L'lorious moonlight night, and very clear. The steamboat passed within a hundred yards, but probably took the bonis to con tain workmen returning Irom iort bump ier. In the meantime, the officers who remain ed in Frt Moultrie held the lanyards of the guns in their hands ready to fire upon the steamlioat if it molested the boats. The hosts were sent back. The remainder of the command embarked and they reached Fort Sumpter in safety, though one boat passed almost under the bow of the Nina." Jackson and Buchanan. What a dif ference between Jackson uud Buchanan bs President. Jackson said t South Carolina in tones and with a meaning not to be mis understood. " The Union mnt he preser ved." Under similar circumstances Buch anan says; " Let ns pray." Engl.sh history luriushesa parallel case: Cromwell had the enemy helore him iu bat tle the " old Ironside regiment," h'mself at their head, facing the hosts of the Cava liers. " Charge! ' raared tlie doughty old General, when an over-sancliuioninns but weak-hearted "Id captain rammniided his nmnanv to halt and "slug a iisulm." Spurr.ng up to him instantly, the General clapped a cocked pistol to his head, shout ing, " Charge, or by the Lord of Hosts, I'll blow ont yonr brains!" Hiid he did charge and then and there learm d a lesion of great practical importance hen the enemy is in arms and advancing, charge first and sing psalms afterwards. San Andrtai IwUptn tent. tST The hoie that some posthnmons volume of Macunlny's great history would be given to the people, i to lie diapoiii ted. The Ko'th Briti'k Review states that but little of the history h been left iu a state which will allow of it publica tion. A South Carol na editor has found authority for secession in the Bibl. We should think the scriptural words most p- plicableto the secessionist are these. ' Denart. ve cnmed. etc. I - - Ladies horn, dresses ought to last ! long wbU: tbey Dtver wear thea o. M n. Anderson and Foiit SiumR. One of tlio Bullimnrenns who returned from Fort Sumpter details an Impri'soivr incident that look place there on Maj. An derson taking poKseraiou. Il is known that the American flag, brought away from Fort Moultrie, was raised at Fort Sumpter precisely at noon on the 2 7 tit Dec. But the incidents of thut " flag raising" havo not been related. It was a scene that will be a memoruble reminiscence in tlio lives of those who wituessed it. A short time be fore noon Maj. Anderfon assembled ' the whole of his little force, with tba workmen employed on the fort, around tlio foot of the flag stuff. The national enslgu was attached to the cord, uml Maj. Anderson, holding the ends of the liues in his bands, knelt reverently dowa. The officers, sol diers and men clustered around, many of them on their knees, all deeply impressed with the solemnity of the scene. The Chaplain made en earnest prayer such an appeal for support, encotirugemeat and mercy ns on would make who felt that " man's extremity Is God's opportunity." As the earnest, solemn words of the speak er ceased, and the men responded " Anien,' with a fervency that perhaps they had nev er before experienced, Maj. Anderson drew the " Star Span-led B inner" up to the top of the staff, and the baud broke out with the National air of " Hail Columbia," aud loud nnd exultant cheers, repented again and ngnin, were given by the officers, sol diers aud workmen. " If," said the narra tor, " South Carolina had at that moment attacked the fort, there would have been no hes'talion upon the part of nny mail within it about defending thnt flag." Takino it Back. The falsehoods nnd misrepresentations made by Southern Fire eaters, in the presence of their slaves, as to the character of Lincoln nnd Hamlin, and the designs of the Bfoek Republican party, have done their work among the servile population, and no master's life is safe. The Panola Star, of Mississippi, sees this, and counsels the masters thus: " We wish to suggest tlie propriety of all slave owners taking some pains to correct very false Impression now prevailng among the negroes nbont the election of Lincoln. It is generally believed by our slaves that tliey were to he free if Lincoln was elected, or at least they think some how or other that they nro to be benefitted by his election. We do not recommend it, but suggest for the consideration of the better judgment of our fellow citizens wh tin r it would not be best to tell litem that the ehction of Lincoln had nothing in the world to do with them or their freedom, but. has reference to the question of making new slave States; that nothing has been lone or will hu done to change their condi tion, by Mr Lincoln or anybody else, and that nil the tnlk thev hear about the slavery questing cannot, in any way, free 1 hem." The query is, howevor, whether, hav ing lied to them once, the negroes will now believe them. They will undoubtedly find it harder to undo that falsehood than to utter it. Garibaldi in his Rfjrrat. A Turin letter in the Sitcle has the following: I have just seen a person arrived from Capre ra who hns given me some details about Garibaldi. The General has sent away all the aides de camp who accompained him, and has now with him only his son aud daughter, his friend Deideri, nnd his private secretary Basso. The mass of letters he re ceives from all parts of the world is enor mous, and some contain strnngo proposi tions. Thf. President's Nkw Pouct. The President remains firm in carrying out the new nnd vigorous policy which has been adopted. He said recently, in reply to the snggestion of apprehended difficulty in inauiruratiiig Mr. Lincoln, If I lire till the 4th of March, I will ride to the Capi tol with Old Abe, whether I am assassi nated or not." Post Masters The whole nnmber of pot offices in the United Stntea, on the )3th Oct ult., was according to tlie omctai records of the post office department, 28, 573. Coincidence. It is mentioned as a in- gnlar coincidence, that a nephew of Maj. Anderson, the commander atjort Monl trie, is the class-mate and chnm ol Mr. Lincoln's son at Harvard College. Passenofr Statistic. Th nnmber of passengers that arr ved at San Francisco in January, was 1,208; departed, 1,052 Same month last year, arrived, Z.odU; de parted, 2.20L Revolutionary Soldier Dead. Rob ert Cnrrr, a soldier of the Revolution, did last week near Cincinnati, aed 102. Ha was born in York, Pa., in 1758. Caction. An Albany paper mentions the ileaih of a vooiib man from tlie habit , of sin king his pen. Tha poison front the ink penetrated a slight wonnd in hi bp. Dean Swift said, with much troth, " It i nseless for os to attempt to reaon a man out of a thing he baa never been reasoned into." to,, with .a inju7; tU ideal eoem if to . most dengerota. the side of Truth iu every issue.- 1 80 1. No. 40. For (An A' gut The IUhl ta Hectda fraia tha Valea. This is claimed or asserted by a portion of the Southern journuls. An elaborute attempt has boen mado to defend this doc. triue of lute by Hon. Win. D. Porter Id a tract printed by Evans &. Cogswell, of Charleston, S. C. We hail an attempt from that quarter to reason on this subject as a favorable omrn. When questions of this kind nro tried in the scales of right reason we nerd have no fear for the result. But we regret to sea iu thnt tract frequent appeals to the pride and passion of the South, not to sub' niit to the apprehended demiuution (" op. pression") of the North. The question put by Hon. Mr. P. is this; " Is it legally and toiittitutionally truo, that a State cannot withdraw from the Union, (however urgrnt the causes,) without incurring the penalty of being co erced Into submission? If her honor and safety demand a separation from the Fed' eral Goverament, hus she so purted with the ooutrol over her internal life and des tiny, as to be powerless in her own behalf, uervclcss for her own defence" " Our doctrine is that the States, before the adoption of ths Constitution, were sov ereign and independent : thut the Federal Union is a Dillon or States, aud that the Constitution is a coveuuut or compact be tween them, uud the fundamental law ef their Union: and that was much as the covenant or compact wns between sover eigns, and there is no umpire or common interpreter between them; each has the right to judge for itself of infractions of the contract, and to determine for itself the mode and measure of redress." " If theso premises be true, it results from the sovereign character of the States and from the nature of the compact of Union, that uny State, which conceives herself ag grieved beyattd endurance, may at her sov ereign will aud pleasure, shake off the bonds of a broken covenant and seek her safety in a separate nationality." These are certainly clear nnd bold state ments. They are no doubt the sentiments of the secessionists; though we are fur from believing thut they aro the sentiments of the majority even at the South. The simple idea is that any State may retiro from the Union when she feels her self aggrieved. Site has only lo consult her own feelings, in tlio first place, and her views of th expediency of it in the second place. In other words if a State feels like it and thinks it will pay, she may set up a nationality of her own. Were Utah a State, they might do it. Suppose that people admitted to a shnro in the national councils; suppose that ten years have passed awny, nnd that the Gov ernment hus laid a rail-road across that Stuts to the Pacific, while they have been growing wealthy nnd numerous, still cher ishing polygamy ns the most desirable in stitution of the State; suppose now that the effect of the rail road is to introduce a much larger population of anti-polygamists, and thus take the State control from the polygamists; foreseeing this, the polyga mists, according to Mr. Porter, would not only have the right, but bo bound tosecedo from the Union, in order to maintain State honor. According to his doctrine the rest of the States must have nothing lo say. Government must hands off. Although it has expended a hundred millions to build the rail road, it must lose all this. Not only so, but even If tw fifths of the people of Utah or a larger minority are for the Union and only a bare mujorily for seces sion, still the doctrine is thut a nare ma jority may withdraw a State from the Union. And not only this, but the doc trine requires secession this year, although th next yeur a majority In tlio sumo State should be for tho Union. This is all thut practical secessionists can secure, and th"ir doctrine must be made to square with their fools. So then a State may ne year vote herself ant of the Union, defy government, set at naught the claims of twenty other States with forty times the population, sacrifice the national prop erty, repudiate national bargains, treaties, and obligations which she helped to make; a State may do all this, says Mr. P., if per chance five or five hundred majority vote that they feel aggrieved by the Union. Mr. P. admit no discussion of th griev ance; no looking hy both parties at the can of complaint. Th qnestion must be decided solely by the seceding party. Io a word, there mast he no recognition of right a between man and man no such tribunal or nmp're as even tha half civ lized r the savage demand for Ike adjustment of their difficulties. The party which snp- pes itself injured most have the oiiobstruct- ed privilege of inflicting the greatest posal ble injury npoa the other party in the eon tract, if in a mercantile firm, one part, per, who perhap pnt in the smallest shsr of tho capital, finding th nnoal profit le to him than the amount h has to pay ' 4 I anoont of capital, should tmmo the right ItATEi OP ADVKftTWINOi Oue square (twelve lines, or leas, krevisr anaasura) one iuaeriiou i Kiich sultfeiiirnt Ina-rtlen , I C J liuainaascanls one year 80 oO A hharal dVluciiou will be wad I those who advertise by the year. tV The number ef iuaertieae eheulj U Bolea n ilia margin of an advertisement, oilier Ue It will be published till forbidden, aud barged o oordiiigly. tar Ubituary notices will It charged half th abuts rates ef advsrtisiiif. VW J" 1'aiKTiMi siocutsj wilb neatness and disiMith. I'aymtnt for Jvh Printing aiusf ti madt 0 d-Urery uf tho voilt. to absolve himself from all company obli gations. Whut copartnership conlJ It formed on such principles? Whut firm could do bus iness, if one partner could at any time with draw and rcpudiuto all obligutimt? Whut havoc would bo made of creditors if (he law did not shield them from such villain ous nullification! But tha ttcmul priuci ciple of right is their safeguard, enforced as it is by all th power of the law, and mightier force of tho common Judgment aud conscience of men. But what is the destruction of a business firm, by a repudiating partner, compared with tho ruin of a nutioit by the repudia tion aud secession of a State! If tho less evil should bo prevented by the stroug arm of the law; if this vicious principle should be swept away by th iudiguaut voice of a public conscience, how much more should a seceding State bo restrained and held to her duty by nil tho powar of the govern ment! And with whut indignation ought the public voice to rebuke and condemn to eternal obliviou such a doctrine of secession! But It may bo objected that a sovereign State ought to havo the privilege to secede, after it has met nil Its obligations, as a partner in a firm, after ho bus met his. We reply that although two States, like two partners in a compact, aro equally sovereign, in proposing and forming a Uu ion, there is such a vast difference in tho objects of the Union, thut the comparison fails afterwards. They indeed continue sovcrcigu partners iu tho firm, but they ntcmurihj assume such obligations as they can fulfill only by continuing in tho Union. A firm can dissolve by paying its debts, . but the debts of united States enn never be paid except by their remaining united States. The debts of a firm are money and stocks which can bo reckoned on tho debtor side of a ledger and be cancelled by cash. The debts of united States bogia to bs something clso besides money, from the moment of their nnion. There was originally tho onitcd obliga tion to protect tho individual citizen at homo or abroad. This necessity, go sorely felt at first, cau.sod the Union. This obligation has Increased as citizens havo multiplied. If its force then was as litre millions to one, its force now is ns thirty millions to one. Every citizen claims and he has a right to cluira tho whole power of the nutional arm In his do fence nguiust au oppression. The man who comes fiora England, France, or Ger many, who renounces his allegiance to his own nation uud becomes a citizen of ours, justly claims our entire nutional power tn his defence, against any one of thoso na tions that should attempt to deprive him of his right. We hnve pledged that power to Liin. We told Austria so iu the case of Kozta we have told Louis Napoleon so in tho case of our French citizens, whom be has wished to impress into his service. Wo have told England so rcpcutedly. All these nntior.s understand us and yield to our position, while they maintain the same in respect to their citizens. Wo owe this duty especially to our citizens when in de fenceless positions, as among tho Indians. Our nutionul force is called from th At lantic to the Pacific to protect a few citi zens against tho savages. We owe it to tho planter, his wife, and his children, among his hundred slaves. He is liublo any moment to be murdered and they to be worse than murdered. The nation is pledged to protect' him and his, from insur rection, or in the midst of it. That pledge ought to bo redeemed. But it cannot be, f any aud every State can dismember tha Uuion at their pleasure. These are nation al obligations which can be discharged only by the Union. No State can discborgo them. As 00 Stuto has the right to with draw until these obligations are fulfilled, and as they cotitinuo with the life of the citizen, no State can ever rightfully with draw. On the other band, it is the duty of tba nation to enforce the Union at whatever cost. If the recovery and defence of a few American seaman whom England bad im pressed into ber navy, was sufficicat causa for ns to go to war with her iu 1812, sure ly tha duty w owe to all our citizens ia sufficient cause for enforcing our national authority, wherever if is assailed. No par tial or petty grievance should be allowed to set aside th higher law of natioual protection. ' All minor cases mast go op to this supreme tribunal for adjustment. W speak of the great national duty owed to every citizen, because it was the first that confederated and consolidated our nation, and made us on, one and in dissoluble, and becans springing from ne cessity it is the strongest bond of Union. But there are other national obligation, oot of which I will mention. - Beside ping abroad, oar citizen novo from place, to place within oor rational domain under pledge of the Unioni Tho