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etljc rcgon SVrgu Editor. OKJOOir CITTl SATURDAY, APRIL . 1H0I. Mtiili'i laaasarak The inaugural address of President Lin coin, which wt publish today, though bod' ly mutilated by lie transmission over tlx wires, hi document that can ho easily comprehended. There ha novcr yet been similar )ier published that so tmnj people hart read with such Intense intercut. Mr. Lincoln, elLlionh elected ujton a plat form embracing tho sumo old principles that were cherished by tho founders of the Governmenta platform which pledged him, If elected, to revive In hii admlnistra tion tho same broad, national, humane, and beneficent polic tliut made tho ndmlnistra tlomof Washington, Jefferson, and Jack aon memorable waa nevertheless looked opo by hundrcdi and thousands of bit political opK)nenU among tho musses, as the representative of a new, untried, and sectional theory of government. 15y this class of persons, who had becomo bewil dered by the fulso charges of tho enemies of Republicanism, and tho deulula of it frieiids, until they wcro In doubt us to what wo really Intended, tho Inaugural wan mix ioualy looked for to aettla tha wholo matter authoritatively. The present attempted rupture of the Union, which swamped Buchanan's imbecile administration, shrank ft few hitherto " great statesmen " into the dwarfish dimensions of cringing, pettifog' King pigmies, and buMed tho wisdom of Congress to fix upon tho best solution of the difficulties, bad produced an iutenso aniltty among patriots, and even traitors, to know how tho new administration would treat the crisis. All these classes have now a chance to interpret tho Inaugural for themselves. Although its meaning is as plain ns lan guage can make It, wo learn by our East ern news that, like the Constitution, tho llihlo, and the Republican plutforra, tho Iuuugural Is construed differently by differ ent sections. In our judgmcut, it meet the crisis just as It should, leaving out of sight for tho present such party issues as Union men may divide on, .Mr. Lincoln, after perhaps well enough denying tho charges hitherto inndo against tho party that elected him, by traitors in the South, mid their lying scavenger allies in the North, proceeds to quote tho platform upon which ho went Into power as express ly affirming tho very opposite of what his opponents Imvo persistently charged was the real design of Republicans in reference to Southern institutions. While recognis ing the constitutionality of a fugitive slavo law, ho asks, as no Northern tloughfuco would have dnrcd to ask, whether civiliza tion and humanity do not demand " nil the safeguards" incorporated in tho law iiccps sary to prcvont the kidnnppiug ol free citi zens of tho North. Ho also very pert! ncntly asks, as no Northern doughfuco ever has dared ask, whether Northern white men are not to bo protected In their prop erty 'and lives in tho Southern States by enforcing that cluuso In tho Constitution which guaranties tho citizens of each State " all tho privileges and immunities of citi zona in the several States." Ills proposed method of treating tho present rebellion, will recciro the npprovul of every Union man North and South. llo refuses to rocognizo tho authority of any Stato to secede, but prononnccs all their " resolves and ordinances to that effect ?oid," and characterizes their " nets of vio lence against tho authority of tho United States" ns " insurrectionary and revolution. ary." Ho views tho Union as ' unbroken,' aud declares that " to the extent of my ability, shall take care, as the t'omti tut ion itself expressly enjoins, that the lair of the Union bo faitiikl'M.v exectteo in ai.i. the States." Ho wishes them to re gard this as no ' menace,' but simply " a declared purposo of tho Union, that it will only defend and maintain the Constitution itself." This power, vested in him by tho Constitution, ho assures us, ho has " an oath recorded in Heaven" to ' use,' and that it " will be used to noi.n, omrv, and tosrsss tiik rnopKRTV aso places ukloko- 1NU TO TIIK UOVERNURST, AND TO COLLECT i.N mt ibi lauueuralloa. oii-n rulers." nud havo "practically res!n- Moxnos. Docrnixr. A Washlmlou New Discovkbv. Mr. J alterson, ouu f mi ii i'U ml In ed their Government into the hands of that letter titer Informs the X. V. Herald thut of tho editors of the Oquawkft (III.) Hpcc-1 (0 1(.rj t , tribunal," whenever they admit that " the facts have come to light showing contlu- Utor, who la milling at riko'il'cak, write greot dUta'nre. Ho delivered It with much Government, uK)iivlUl'uestloni affecting lively that the English and French govern- o the Spectator that a person is said to ,.ffl.ct( 8II( wal loudly applauded in tho in- the wholo people, is to be irrevocably fixed uients are about to esUblish protectorate have made an Important discovery, by j urvals. .,, ,.. m.,in by tho decisions of the Supreme Court," over Mexico aud crhapa Central America which be got $20,07 In gold from panful On y "JI'jJ,0 ySJJ VrS, which are only " binding In any case upon If this be so, the move has been suggested of the ' tailings' of a quart mill, hlch by j J!n rinp ,rnted at the Spring' the parties to a suit as to the object of the l,v tho disunion movements South. Knar- the common mctnou or crmming uau saven ... joliri..i ofiji ith Interlineations suit," oud of course "entitled to every re- land oud France will never allow filibuster- only f 200 from a cord. .Mr. 1 . says inui sjtect and consideration In parallel case," lug pirates from the Cotton Kingdom to men lu whom he has all confidence say they butwlllchltlsK)Mible"wayerrw1,,' plant the rattlesnake enslirn on foot of know that he extracted fifty-seven cents " t ma rrniipnniv sii'iici trii. iviiihiiim from .jmnful or tailings that was su.,K)eUlti8 f )eTimal nl tny, in order to have boon dcirived of every particle of I j0 m;glt vo eurly notice of any Out Tow s.-Tlie editor of luruur has lately been niuklu III and which may yet " overruled and never become a preeedenl for other eases," This was tho doctrine held by Jefferson sud Madisen, aud Is so obviously correct that it will be endorsed by every man who foreign territory, Invaded for slavery-extension purposes. If the South accedes per manently, the cotton confederacy will be left to enforco the " Monroe doctrine" In reference to territory down South, while I - u.!il. .1.ti.tliii,ii..iila muiie in accorumico mm ,- mhh-i after the first draft. General Scott was not In tho procession, as was generally believed, but renmiued at has good common sense. Tho ojjosite of I the North will annex Canada aud insist on it, in Jefferson's time, was tho essence of extending the same to the North Tola. " black cockade federalism," but among the disuiiionists of our day it is styled " the JJcmocratic touchstone." Mr. Lincoln is eminently sctuiblo when ho assures the rebel Slates thut, uuliko a married couple who can break olf scratch ing each other'! faces, and pulling hair, by " being divorced and going out of the rcs- cuce and beyond the reach of each other," tho resjicctive sections of the t nion cannot be put asunder, but they must always live in the Imiuediute prescuco of each other, and that the samo great question of " in tercourse" between tho two sections will still remain to bo settled a question In surmountable as between aliens and enemies Tho nigger confederacy would cut a pretty figure annexlug Mexico in the face of an Anglo-French fleet. It would be liko trying to west Cuba from Spain by sending Cornwall there in a Chinook conoc. No Cokbciom. The convicts ia the AL abama penitentiary Lave all petitioned the Governor for a dischargo since that State has left tho Union. Thry seem to think that their being put in tho enitcntiary is the result of " enforcing the laws," which of course Is ' coercion'; a doctrine not tol erated in the Cottoo Kingdom. The Gov ernor refuses to pardon the rascals who wish to ' secede,' but for tho life of him Clin iiiu viiiiiiiio .Al.lt . . I eniinnt mt rnunn ilinip nriyntnont An. but comparatively cosy as between friends ,t. .!... ' i i i n t (turning m tuu uuuiriuo ui tfu Dane anu IITIIl UIIULT lll BUIIIU UVIVI lllllvuk. The Inaugural throughout is as calm and conciliatory In langnngo as Seward's sjiecch itself, enough so to satisfy any " pcaco man," while at tho samo tinio it meets all tho responsibilities of tho mighty occa-sion, with firmness, clearness, and honesty worthy of the man, and worthy of WTiie Albany Democrat, which can the great Union masses which ho now rep-1 discover no difference between the singing resents, and whose servant ulono ho is. other traitors who hold that the "enforce ment of the laws" is . " coercion," and should not be resorted to, no horse-thief to poy, on his next nppcarnnca in towo. tailings, and it Is believed that ho adds ley and quicksilver whilo boiling. Will tome of our miners try it? Riorxa o Sihkwalks. We ero glad to see the ordinance enforced relative to riding on the sidewalks. On Saturday last young man from tho country, by the name of Leo. Kirk, was taken up before Mr. Hurford, Recorder, and fined five dol lars for violation of this ordinance, no was very abusive, but the Recorder was forbearing, and added neither costs nor lino for his contoniptoous behavior. Af terwards he rode up and dowc tho street with stono in his band, threatening the Recorder, and daring him out, using tho most profane languago at tho time. The offender rodo on the side-walk again for some distance, but observing Marshal Love approaching, he cleared the outskirts of the town lcforo he could be arrested. Kirk will have a little bill of fine and costs can ever bo Justly punished. Tho creed of this school of politicians is identical with that of land pirates. rSi.iKiiiNO. A Washington correspon dent of tho N. V. Herald says travelers who aro arriving in Washington City from tours through tho Cotton States, giro frightful pictures of tho exasjieratcd state of tho public mind. Tho correspondent says: "So inflamed Is tho Southern mind ngninst the Yankees that thero is no hojie for reconciliation until some of the bud and bitter blood hns been let out.'' Wo have seen several letters written by Northern men w ho had been mobbed at tho South nud narrowly escajicd with their lives all Ikmocrats. Wo onco heard of man who esciqied the maw of a pursuing of Jenny Llnd and tho braying of a jack ass, has recently published two or three stickfulls of rapid political rant from ono Drain, a Democratic squirt that happened to be In the lust legislature, and thinks Drain's article is a wonderful production, so iuijiortant that the Democrat expects it will " bo noticed by the entire opjiosi- tion press." Drain's articles, liko tho gold. Tho plau is secret, but Mr. I'at- duturbouee of the eaco and Issuo tho no- terson save it Is known that ho boils the ccssury orders, rwnimcis iuneu irom m ... I - . . .A All it. A (fill fj regular iroiimf nui.iri w mv i v. prominent buildings, with previously ar ranged signals to communicate with differ ent stations, in enso of an outbreak. Four butteries of artillery wcro drawn up in front of tho City Hall ull day, with men standing ready, nt a moment's notice, to repair to any scene of action. Durlnirthe delivery of tho inaugural, while at Willard's oiui In tho iroccssion, Mr. Lincoln maintained n raininess and dignity which was evidently not studied for tho occasion, but was so natural and D-raccful as to elicit csiicciul remark. He was escorted to tho President's house by the Senato Committee, and passing along the avenue, was surrounded by tho President's mounted guard a fine local company of horsemen. There were but few peoilc nt tiro Kxec- ntive mansion on tho President s arrival. The Committee remained o few moments, and then Uft tho President in retirement with his family. Up to tho time of h aving lor tho ball ho remained nuiet : anil tno White House to-night presented its usual dignified appearance to the ontsido behol der that it has on similar occasions du ring tho memory of " tho oldest Inhabi tant." Tho procession was delayed on account of Mr. Iiuchnnnn's absence. He remained at the Capitol signing bills tilt 10 minutes to 12 o'clock. It is understood that many foreign Ministers, who listened to tho Inau gural of Mr. Lincoln, aro much plensed, and expressed themselves to the effect that after all we have a Government. In taking tho nnth, Mr. Lincoln placed his hand on tho Rililc, and the usual form, put by the venerable Chief Justice, was re peated by him in a firm and derided tone. At the conclusion, he bowed rcvcrcnlly and kissed (ho book. HIUWIIJ (J Ihu river, and In tho last nun,!... ? pnjHT thus seiiks of our city: Oregon City is the oldest to, i Statu, h In,; a hi.lor of At It was the seat of gover,,,tllt was a provisional government Z iT" wards for time when t ' ' was onr.ii.lzed under the Oresuie i It hns lost some of Its charaeterlni t, possibly its pollution, by the i r r tho government olTices to Soltm li'.'..' still n pleasant ami iiniortant 1 firnt I'rolestont thurcl. erecte, i A Is Mill standing hero fl-ttiljjj seen from tho river, is on old strL much Inter, st. Dr, Mclaughlin ? " which will ever beconnectl ...l''T'',"s rrofOre),on,swllt hig Jshj" cityj oud hisgruvo and that ofL JJ" ore seen ntor Ihu entrance of th a. J1"' Oregon City, though t pnpulution ns sho shnuld do from tP n-- ------ 'iiiwii, vim mrmllt l evidences of the tasto and cnenrv rfi , f zens iu tlx. Im.irnr.m I,?' w stroel.-which is ui.doubtcdlv the can bo found in Oregon. There liT iiii Miiiimna hi 1119 SMI. general snaMf. nucc of tho towu, whiif, coufd lJttJ,' oilier towns to great adtrMi, JV' Ho certainly was drunk during his perfor mance on Saturdar, Died. A. E. Wilson, Esq., for many yean a resident of Oregon City, died on Friday, March 20, at the residence of Mr. Uirncy, at Cotiilamet, W. T. His disease was consumption, which had been gradual ly wasting his lifo away for a number of years. .Mr. Wilson was unmarried. Jic was about 40 years of age, and was high ly respected by those- who knew him. His remains were brought to this city for in terment, and on Sunday were buried by the Masonic Fraternity, of which body he was member. Quite ft number of Mn- cditorials of most Democratic editors, would attract mora ' notice,' if, instead of sons from Portland camo up on tho K. being published in a newspaper, they were I press Sunday to attend the funeral. De- chalked on a board with a pieco of char coal, and packed round the country by an ludiun. That Oath. Every disunion Senator, iiniitlipp liv ilrnniiimr a lniski't. nintjiiiiinrr n i itr i.i r every traitor in Congress, together with dead goose. o projioso instend of .,. , - , . ' bleeding' the disunion devils (which prob ubly means 'coercion'), to try to satisfy their appetites by first 1 compromising' in flinging to them two or three hundred such slinks ns edit the Lnuo organs here. When ever they roast one of theso Abolition dough-faces oil the gridiron of slave-breeding indignation, wo seldom think it a mat ter of sufficient Importance to bo niado a nolo of. No Northern whito man is fool enough now to place- himself in tho power fore proceeding to tho grave, an appropri ate address was made hi the Masonic Hall by Dishop Scott. The Mines. The reports from the Nex Pcrco mines npcar to bo very encourag ing, aud stato that from $5 to $10 per day to tho hand arc taken out. We have letter from Walla Wolln, dated March 24, which mentions the arrival there of a man, with $800 in dust, who is tho only one who has returned from there this winter with any reliable accounts. The weather "in the Constitution." The next thing they there was very cold, and tho Iudinns were will find In tho Constitution will be er- peaceable. Some of our citizens left town jonj. e shall soon expect to find Jo tms week for tho mines, and we hear Lnuo Democrats, when arraigned for per- of large numbers making preparations rioya nuu mo resi oi mo lories con nected with liuchannn's Administration, having Bwoni to siiiiort the Couslitution, stands before tho world as a cold-blooded, perjured villain. They try to crawl out of it by saying that disunion is a ' Constitu tional remedy." They have found treason of men who commit robbery, murder, and H'"7, 1'0 S,Cnli"5' nmin' rT lI,ro"S,,out tho country for tho samo trip. treason, In broad daylight, and glory in It, after having taken a solemn oath to sup port tho Constitution. JST Mr. Coon, tho founder of tho Ex press and originator of the Chronicle, has left tho editorial department of the latter paper. Tho F. F. V.s of Oregon and Washington will of courso hereafter feel an "aching void" in tho paunch where once they stowed away pure Democratic litera ture. Coon's writing abilities were of a high order. His proso abounded in soft scntimentidism and lender sentiment. His lucubrations on the 1 crisis' were touching. No man could rend them without feeling ns though something hud touched him, leaving him iu doubt ns to whether a 'blue boltlu' was buzzing iu his car, or a spider was getting up aud sitting down on the inside of ono ol his socks. Coon's ' noetrv' : ii.nt A i ... ... i .t '" ... vuui.ui, (lumsu uivse j n v.n ,,, , ... 4L. n L..II...I. "'V" " !"- vimim, na im'l UIV Ull lvlUUll.CU OV 1110 I i 1 . ... .' . ' ' 1 (imst and mairicmn. enve two entertain f '.tiiot;i.ti;nn i " - o- VVUOU.UUUII. I J !.: il.f I. ..nil.. , i im-iiis iu iuia eiij mis nccK, 10 mil nooses, A Sick. There nro a few gaps in tho I notwithstanding tho inclemency of the lulls iu this nud Umpqua valleys, through weather. Tho nndienco wcro highly do which the sea breezes blow very hard in I lighted at the exhibition of bis powers of tho after part of the day during the sum mer. A mnn who lives in ono of these "sucks," writes to tho Farmer that his i . .i.i .... appie-irees, wmcu wouldn't stnnd up straight hy nny staking he could give them, were kept nil right by cutting " all the limits on tho ojiposito sido of tho wind short off." Ho suggests that his " brother farmers" try it. It may do well enough for such orchurds as are located in a ' suck,' but if all our farmers servo their orchards so, they will find that they hnvo located themselves in a ' suck.' Goou MOVE. Tho Leirislalnrn nt Wis. was ahead of his proso-iudescnbablc.- cousin last winter, upon hearing of Toombs' Tho inspiration that produced it, never treason, altered the name of Toombs conn- moves on tnni cuss 01 -poets' but at ono ly j lhat State to one more .Dm,tln of 09 - period of life. Tho " full lido" always oc curs just about the time the down betins to cover the chin. ftoT Jo Lane's lackeys here say that he patriotism. It was a sensible act, and we hojto tho first thing our Legislature does after its next meeting, will be to change tho name of Lane county. Tho name is a will return to Oregon in April. Jo Lane foul ulot on tbo moP f """ State, and if dctixj on imports." Thero will bo no "co ercion" of States by invasion, no withhold ing the mails, " unless repelled," no forcing obnoxious omciuls upon nny of tho States, ... i I, .. . if. i i nuu - no oiooisnni or vwunce, I'Ni.kss it ns rORCKD ii-os- tiik natioxai. aitiioiuty. lie tells the rebels, " in your hands, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil ntr. The Government will not assail YOtr. Yon can have no confict witiioit rkixo roiRSKi.vts tiik Acnnr.ssons." lie trusts that after taking time coolly to con sider the wholo matter, they will conclude not to become tho "aggressors" if so, there will of courso be a " jtcaceful solution of the national troubles." Unlike his in judicious predecessor, who fomented rebell ion by slandering the North, he denies that " any right written in the Constitution has been denied" the South, and challenges tha world to " offer a single instance in trhick plainly vrittrn provision of the Constitution has ever been denied." With ft dash of the pen, he effectually demolishes tho wholo superstructure of partisan authority that sectionalism and centralism have been trying to build upon tho Supremo Court, by informing m that the "people trill hare eea:cd to be their j a trap. M'uiuised tho services of himself and sons to South Carolina. Ho cither intends to basely betray tho Nigger Confederacy, as ho betrayed white men here, or else he is coming back for the rest of his sons. It is said that ono of them (Ilibben) is now 'standing' iu Charleston. Lnno intends, we suppose, to divide the rest of his ' sons' among tho secession States. As Charles ton has had tho first choice, wo hope Mis sissippi, which has furnished tho 1 Presi dent,' will bo allowed the next pick. The nigger kingdom would need no other dip ping In Styx to mako it invulnerable, than placing Joseph nt tho head of its mob, post ing Ilibben at Charleston, and 'standing' Slutcr in " Natchez under the Hill." " No Party" rAKTT. We notice that a good many editors of tho Coon and Slater school of polities, aro calling npon the people to abjure all party lines. Their sympathies are with South Caroliua, and therefore they can go for nothing like a great Union party; but since the Novem ber election, they have something more than a vague idea that they are without any party hence their great desire to see every body else in the same fix. They have all no doubt been attentively study ing the fable of the fox that lost hu tail iu we mm any eincney in a name, every man, woman, aud child iu Lane county would have the itch. We are not sure but the patriotic citizens of that county would oe willing to have tho Governor call an extra session at their expense for this very purpose. T. tt v. uiiMin Mis j iK. v c nave looked in vain for Mr. Stout's name among either me yeas or nays on tho final passage of tne 1 acme Railroad bill ia the House When the vote was taken on sustaining the New Mexico slave code, that tolerated tho flogging of whito mon and women who worked for hire, it seems that Stout was in his seat and voted for the flogging ordi nance, but when the Pacific Railroad bill was put upon its final passage, it seems Stout wasn't on hand. Is it possible that Josejih made him "go out and stand," in order to pacify South Carolina? Tus Inaigiral. This document reach ed us on Friday last just as we were going iu press, un Saturday evening we pub- i me in an extra, tnmtW with the latest aews by the Pacific-whicb will be found on the first page. TuAstxs.-We are under obligations to Tracy A Co , for late papers by the Pa cific ventriloquism and his feats of magic, in both of which ho appears to be unrivaled. At the close of tho performance, a party of young ladies aud gentlemen niado up a dance, and continued the festivities until after midnight. Almost a Fire. Oh Thursdny night, between 10 and 11 o'clock, an alarm of fire was caused by a pipe burning out in Milwam's Tin Store. Tho rain, however, prevented tho cinders which lighted on tno roof from igniting the shingles. Tho fire was discovered by Mr. Curley, the city watchman, in time to have measures taken for protecting the inside of tho buiMinj Jo Lane, in his treasonable speech in tho U. S. Senate, instead of saying thut the Government in enforcing 'tho laws in South Carolina, would have "to walk over bis dead body," should have said that the Government woold have to walk under it as the traitor's legs will probably be about eight feet from the ground. W All persons now concede that Jo Lane is politically dead. The only ques tion now is, will ho go down to bis grave onwept, nnhonored, and nnhung? aT Delinquent Tax-payers of this couuty will find a communication addressed to them by Mr. Thomas, the Sheriff, in another column. Vwvthrr V'.trrm ttrmt. In the A'irginia Convention, the majori ty report of tho Committee on Federal Relations does not recommend secession, but recognizes the right of any Slate to withdraw from the Union lor just cause. It demands a fair proportion of tho Terri tories, and equal protection therein; advi ses amendments to tho Constitution, and, failing in securing the right of her sister States, declares that Virginia will nssninc her sovereign power, throw herself on her reserved rights, nud rpposo by force tho Federal Government, lor nny purpose. It mukes a pacific policy toward the seceding States an indispensable, condition, and re commends n liorder States Convention nt Frankfort, Kentucky, in May next. On tho 8th of March, tliu Massachusetts Personal Liberty bill passed to engross ment by n decisive vote. It modifies and explains the present law, making writs of hulieus corpus rcturnnblu only to the Su preme Court, uud prorides that tho juo ceedings and evidence shall be governed by the common law. Iho Overland Mud contractors have determined to rnn a Pony three times n week niter July next. They also (impose to run coaches on the Central route, in 1(1 days, nud carry passengers. the Dehiwuro Leirisluturo finullv ad journed on tho 9th; huving voted down an extra session on the stnto of tho Union. In tho Sonthern Congress, on Suturduv. (tho 9th of March, )the Army bill missed as reported, and 50,000 men will soon bo iu readiness to take the field. jtopulutlou of tho .lnee Is about 600 "r advantages fur education are food, u healthy tositioii undeniable; sad Z,'I ? is situulcd near the center of thecal. ,t son both sides of tho riverrS rmitly some two hundred fi..i. .? fur from being an unpleasant city On I ho oj.jtosito sido of the tha b U . City one of thoso town sites of iv ! much was said and written some tea xhh ngo. There a few pleasant retioVsai tho site but tho cxtcctotimis of l?, growth hnvo long since ceased Oregon City, is tho Cilyof,i,Flllu There ore nt these falls, three larKi. in estubhshments, known as Mills." " Oregon City Mills" and iJJ City Mills," and In connection witbowrf them, on extensive saw mill. Ti,e j,h J water is said to bo tweiity-six ft ft," is water power here, now nnoccnninj t2 easily used, siiflicient for all the tmriZ of mniiuruciories Tor Oregon and Csliforuk for a hundred years to come. The tint. tngeiof this water power, must in tiM build up a lurgo city at tho Kli. ond Rochester. v Judd, of III., is appointed Minister, nt Berlin. F. W. Scwnrd is Assistant Secretary of OllllV. SnitiTKn Lkttkr-TIio nwiffnedsriB. tired Army nud Navy officers who kin left the service and pay of U. S. Goren. ment, have been more than made up by lU nomination of n butch of officers rrcenlf; by the Senate. Some of tho former olt cers have made themselves ronspieuoi br writing nptcnls to other Southern mtsli quit tho service. In answer to one of these traitorous appeals, Commander W. D. Porter, of tho United States ship St Mary's stationed nt Panama, has vriltn a spirited nnd patriotic letter to J. If. Hamilton, Into Lieutenant iu the Jsry. Com. Porter, who is a native of I,ooisiM, says: " Yon, s!r, have culled upon your brolh crs, not only to becomo traitors le their country, but to betray their commatA This infamous appeal would, in ordinirr times, be (rent, d with tho contempt it de serves. Rut I firl it a duty I owo to my self and brother officers with whom I in associated to reply nud slate that all under my command are true nud loyid to the stars and stripes and to tho Constitution. Sir duty isjilain before me. The constitntioiu'l government of tho United States liss -trusted me with the command of this hesati fulship, nud before I will permit sny dlhcr (lag to fly nt her peak than the Han and stripes, 1 will fire a pislol in her nsjrizin and blow her up. This is my snsrtr t Joor infamous fetter." & The Senate bill for tha payment of the Oregon nnd Washington War Debt passed the House with an amendment or dering the accounts to be paid in accord ance with the Third Auditor's report, which cuts down the whole amount about $3,000,000, and pars some claimants onlv about ten cents on tbo dollar, whilo others are paid in full. The bill in its present shape gives some $2,650,000, and will be concurred in by the Senate. The repre sentatives of the claimants now here con sider it best to accept what is offered, and come back again in the future for the bal ance due them. Railroad. The railroad on the Ormn side at the Cascades, lacks only about 400 yards of fall completion to connect with the upper and lower steamboat landinirs. a onus iu men are now cmplovcd inon k Times. ' 1 A Thief. In the efass in 1858, was n bright-eyed, durk-complex-ionod youth from the South. Jnwvln knives, nnd at lust, sums of monev unac countably disappeared. Tho losers finally constituted themselves into a volunteer dn. tective force, bnited a trap with $35, and cimght the thief, and in his trunk found the missing property. They let him off In pity, but ordered him to clear off nt once. He went instantly to the President, got a certificate of honor able dischorgo nnd vanished. That littlo thief is now a Senator in Congress, advo cating and justifying nnd threatening the robbery or forts, and tho stealing of the military cutlery and hardware general ly of iho Federal Government, without any more color or shadow of pretext than ue nau ior nis like operations on i s fie nw. siuaents just thirty-three years ngo. A third of a century has not made, and can never mnKe, any change in such an original uuiu rubtui. This statement is made by Dr. Bucon4 i who was cognizant of tho facts at tho time. That little thief is Judtih 1 Benjamin, late senator in Congress from Louisiana. Coercio.v Properly Defined The question or coercion" is in dinger of be ing slightly misunderstood. We are quite positive that, so far from any coercion hav- oecu useu oy government against nny portion of the South, that section has thus far been allowed its own way in everything, but if the Government of the Uuitcd States has not been " coerced" by the South, we are mistaken in the definition of tho word. The Union has been " coerced" until it has no longer a hca habitation and a name. That" the whole sum and substance of this coercion business. S. F. Mirror. RiMARKAnLi Cask of IlTPRornonu. A private letter from Ottawa, Illinois, dated in February lost, to a gcntlemon in San Andreas, states that the wife of Mr. Eli Strawn, of La Salle co.. was recently attacked with and died in a fit of hydropho bia. The remarkable circumstance in this case is, that the bite which caused the dis ease was received thirty years ago, and in nil the intermediate time no symptoms U the fatal poison disturbed her system The Couwr.v Amendment to the Co 8TITITI0.V Was adopted in the House lif the constitutional majority, two thirds, k week before the adjournment, nud it passed the Senate on llic last day of its session by a vote of 2i to 12, exactly two Ikink The amendment is as follows: Ue it enacted by the Senate and titutt of Rejtrestntatives of the United SMttof America in Congress assembled, (I thirds erf both Houses concurring,) Tlwt tho following nrticlcs bo proposed to lbe Legislatures of the several States M u amendment to the Constitution of tlx United States, which, when ratified by three fourths of said Legislatures, ilmll be valid, to all intentsand purposes, as jtartef said Constitution, viz: Article XII. No amendment to tbii Constitution, having for its object sny interference within tho States with the rehv tiou between their citizens and those des cribed in section second of the first article of tho Constitution as " all other persoM," shall originate with any State that does not recognize that relation within lis own limits, or shall be valid without the assent of every one of the States composing th Union. No amendment shall bo made to the Con stitution which will nnthorize or giw ' Congress the power to abolish or interfere, within any State, with the domestic insti tutions thereof, including that of psrwfj held to labor or service by the laws of 9 State. W The editor of the Cincinnati Ef rrr (Democrat) was evidently struck wit Old Abe's phiz. He says: "We cooM not help thinking that there was an cxpre ion npon that dark countenance which spoke too plaiuly of a predetermined course, no matter bo it for good or evil." From Euro r. European dates to the HA February. The capture of Osf is confirmed. Eleven thousand prisoners, seven hundred cannon and muskets were taken. The King of Naples was in Rome, will shortly leave. Jndge John Robertson, commission from A'irginia to the Southern States, o ruturned to Richmond. He says w sion has been successful so fr as iDdecWo the Southern States not to initiate measures, lj.it they will never content Wi rr construction.