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rUIMSIIKD SVISV SATIAUAV NOSMMI, BY WILLIAM, L. ADAMS. ; Office-Good's Building, Main st. Edito rial Rooms in basement story. TERMS-The A sail's will be urnlehed at '.' Five Dollar! fir Annumor Sit Months fur Three Vulluri. AnVKItTISlNO RATES. One quart (19 linra or lc) one Insertion, (.LOO. I " . two insertions, (4.00. " " three insertions, 95.011. Kuch subsequent inaortion, 81 .00, Ressnnsble deductions ft Ihoee who advertUe by the year. Job Printing ! ! Tmk rormrTo oir Tin AlK.US I lurrir to inform the public lliut be ha iiial received Wio stock of JUU TYi'E and oilier new prut na material, and will be In the soeeily receipt of sdditiona suited lo ull the requirements of this lo cality. HAXDUIUJ4, lUbTKItN, HLA.NhS, VAKDS, CI11CLLAH.S, PAMl'liLliT-WOUK and other kinds, done to order, on short notice. Waal the I.aillrt think or It. Tho following bits been sent to us Bt very late tlato, but it must be published. We want to havotbo world see tho names of that bright galaxy of beauty, wbich true to tbo intitict of woman's heart, basso no , bly breatfd the wavo of intemperance, ' misery and woe, which the Salem grocery ; keepers begged tho Commissioners of Marl on to permit them to pour over that county This brings to our mind a toast which on ! n Fourth of July occ.i'iou was drank in somu , town iu Oregon, whero Salem was com pi ineiitud with the palm of betiuly for th Territory. At tho limo we only thought it a puff from some love stricken Rwain, whose sweet ) heart happened to live there. The sent! 1 incut coutaincd in tho remonstrance below, signed by such an array . of names, has forced us to tho conclusion however, that tho action of these fair signers lately taken : in reference to temperance in their vicinity must have proceeded from just such kind and sympul bizing hearts, as invariably throw a lustre of beauty over the countenances of their fair possessors. Let the ladies of Oregon do their duty and all will ha well. They possess a mightier influence for good than the tallest orators and statesmen, and so long as we continue to receive their approving smiles, wo shall toil on, boldly facing all adversn circumstan ces, regardless of all opposition from mm. the"woiM, tho flesh and the Devil." By the blessing of God, and the influence of the ladies, victory will soouer or later perch upon . our flairs talf: "Oh woman ! lovely woninn ! nutnre made you To temper man : we had been brutes without you. Angela are painted fuir, to louk like you ; There's in you, ull thut we believe of Heaven Amazing brightness, purity tin J truth, : IOter11.il joy, and everluMiiig love," To the Hon. Hoard of Commissioners for ttie County of Marlon, Oregon. Whereas wo the ladies of Salem pre einct aro most essentially interested in the moral, intellectual, and social prosperity of this community, anil feel n deep anxiety that in no respect shall it bo in the least in fcrior to any other community, and being denied tho right to cxpivss our sentiments at the BulliH-Unx, except through the inllti- nco wo may exert over our husbands, bro' tilers anil sweet-hearts, which denial we cheerfully assent to, being left in possession .of a sweeter and holier influence, and ' 'Whereas, we hold that morals are not upheld by Whisky, Rum, Braudy, or any ardent spirits whatsoever ; and that intel lect stimulated by these unnatural aids be comes lethargic, dull, and more and more Jo need of this all-devouring stimulus, and thut social intercourse is destroyed j that our firesides are often deserted, Dot to speak of the awful scenes of desolation, despair, pov erty, disease and death produced by the monster intemperance, and Whereas, we cheerfully offer to our husbands, brothers, sweethearts and friends our,oordial efforts tomako tho domestic cir cle oae of attraction, where smiles and kind ness (hall ever welcome them, and where influence, as far as on us depends, shall ren 'derMj)' attractions of the "saloon" of no avail lastly, WiERiAS,weplaceson.'K!: .8n Mlimat, opa the reonrl worth and dignity of man, ' :tBjjjoj)lest work of the Creator of all good; tlicjur hearts aro pained when we behold liim to degraded as to pander to man's tract passions. C therefore most sincerely desire, and i i i i n foe f cherish the hope, that your Honora- Ma jpurt will hear our petition, made in .the mse of temperance, and abstain from tj naming of licenses to vend spirituous li I in any form whatsoever, and that mr pionstrnce may be granted. ( Jthia Strang, Leah M. Robb, Sarah F. 1 ght, Mary J. Durbin, Jane E Ritter t 'Paulina M. Caldwell, Sarah Strang, P. f Ttha Hoyt, Nancy Belt, AnnaC. Sto. Elizabeth Small, Julia Watson,' JJlLJfcth, Spook, Marv Ann Craine, Marv ' mm XV. I- AMH, .ttor and Vronetelor.' VOZk 1. McAlpin, Anna B. Watson, Rhoda Whito, Margaret E. Crnine, Klizo A Cross, Byrd WatsOD.CathannoODonnld, M. A. Crsuie, Mary Strang, Lucy P. Brown, M. J Ftrffu son, Lvelilie iSiiy.V Fannin L. Davidson rrntwx, fc. M. CampWI, Rebecca S. May Nancy Hunt, Sarah Emery Elexaeer Owens, Mary Ann Chapman, Martha Boon, Ell Lainoii, Varonica Wilson, Susannuh R. Bagly, C. A. Hunt, Hhoda Chapman, Alv na Wright, Jane West, Sarah J. Ellis, Sar ah Belt, Martha Wright, Paulina Phillips, Maria McMullen, Emily Belt.Lucinda Reed, Mary Clones, Mary J. Keudall, Hester A Clark, F. M. Barnum, C. II. Dickinson, Catharine Enty, Elizabotli Wilson, Malv naJ. Sitney, Melvina Roland, Mary Millar, Delilah Harrison, Armintha A. Starkcy Mary Ann Bonnet, Jane Harrison, Carroline M. Cross, Jane Sturkcy, Anu Harrison, Jane O. Griswold, Virginia Moores, AureliaA, Barker, June Moore, Pluma F. Cross, Host na A. Rickey, Mary Hunt, Lydia Strang, Sarah E. Stanton, Sally Hunt, E. F. Thurs ton, Marietta S. Gilbert, Mury Wallor, J, M. Bryant, Phebe Stanton, Ellen L. Waller, L. Mines, Susan Moore, . Mary P. Waldo, A. Millar, Bell Moore, Lilly A.Parker, Lu cy A. M. Lee, Eliza Mooro, Hannah Allen, Susan F. AVarrcn, Sarah J. Ramsay, Eleph Waller, Pherno Strong, Frances E. Ramsay, Sarah Watt, Kate Williams, Elizabeth Cranston, Sarah J. Kline, C. A. Willson Sarah Kenyon, Martha Wright. Mat Convention In Marlon Connty. The citizens of Marion county met at the Court Mouso in Salem, April 28, for the purpose of nominating a county ticket for the coming June election. Win. Rector, Esq., was chosen Chairman and M. Buckingham, Secretary. Tho following persons were chosen as candidates for their respective offices : Rcjresentutives John Denny, S. M Black, O. Jacobs. Judge of Probate Edwin N. Cooke. Treasurer Wm. C. Griswold. Assessor Mr. Keen, of Fairfield. Surretor John. B. Greor. Coroner Lucius Dunforth. Commissioners Wm Porter. Case. Tho committee on resolutions reported tho following, which were unanimously adopted : Resolved That the ticket nominated by this Convention, be called the Republican Reform Ticket. Resolved That we favor such legislation as shall effectually remedy the evils of in temperance. Resolved J hat, regardless of parties, wo aro opposed to the so-called democracy, now ruling in this Territory. Resolved That we will support tho nom ination of JOHN P. GAINES, for Dele gate to Congress. Resolved That we are opposed to tho resent corrupt administration of our af fairs, and pledge ourselves never to rest un- il we restoro to our Territory virtue in the government, and freedom from corruption. Resolved That all tho Editors of the Territory ber requested to publish the pro1 ceedings of this Convention. After several pertinent speeches from candidates, the Convention adjourned sine die. WM. RECTOR. Ch'n H. Buckingham, Sec'y. orelgn immigration. The number of emigrants who arrived at New York in 1854 was 248,923, of whom 168,723, were Germans altogether and 80,200 Irish. This is the largest im migration for eight years past. The num ber of Germans were more than double the Irish, and admit 50,000 more than in any previous year. Gorman immigration has been steadily increasing for several years whilo Irish has been falling off. Ex. A Deep Well. An artesian well has been bored in Charleston, South Carolina, in which water was reacneu": the depth of 1,220 feet, or nearly a quarter of a mi.. 8en(f r th a stream of water at tho rate of about gallons a minute. The water is quite warm, being at the temperature of 76 de- grew The work was commenced six years bv "(Mia vi many uaiiuunius " a.- co tiu the 16th of Decernb(;r Q fT"V an A in ..t ,11 OR 1 1 1 li'n the water rose it) the tubes to the heights of 25 feet above the surface of the earth. Ex. Wonderful Vitality. . Lord Linitay, on examining a mammy, which by his hieroglyphics was proved to be at least two thousand years of ge, found in one of its closed hands a tuberous or bulbous root. Desirous of seeing how long vegetable life could last, he planted it, and in the course of a few weeks, to bis joyful astonishment, the root burst forth and bloomed into a beautiful dahlia.. ttgp n AMt'.tUCV .taaawt nouihl of tnldea promise of klim ) "' hahl af Koreans, ana, mars, ana Htrlas." (" oaaoowciTT, oanaoNTiiaaiToiiT, iaiu&sat, mat From the N.V. Tribune VHMCii'M C1HL.H. Up early In the morning, Juit at the peep of day, Straining (he milk In the dairy, Turniiifr the cows away Sweeping the floor la the kitchen, Making the bede upataire, Waahiug the breakfaat dialiee, Diluting the parlor chain. Briuhing the crumb from the pantry. Hunting for eggs at the bam, Cleaning the turnipe for dinner, Spinning the stocking yam, , Spreading the whitening linen Down on the bushea below, Runna -king every meadow, Where the red itrawbeiriee grow. Starching the 'fixing" for Sunday, Churning the enowy eream, Rinsing the puili and utrnineri Down in tbe running stream, Feeding the geese and turkiea, Muking the pumpkin piei, Jogging the little one's cradle, Driving away Ihe fliee. . Grace in every motion, Music in every tone, Beauty of form and feature Thousands might covet to own, Cheeke that rival spring roses, Teeth the whitest of pearls One of these country maids are worth, A score of your city girls. We publish the following, as it coutaina somo very good stirring sentiment- The author is evidently not a graduate iu tho sci ence of prosody, although he seems to have tasted of the fabled spring. We shall always take the liberty of ma king such corrections in communications, as will improve them in diction or orthography without altering the sentiment. Those w'ho are not willing to have us take this liberty with their communications, and wish them to be published, "vorbatim et literatim et punctuatim," will please to say so, and we will cither publish them, or lay them under our table, just as we think best. We must always be our own judge, as to what we ought to publish, and our correspondents everywhere must not be dis appointed at many communications never coming to light : AW AU.E1 E BOSS, AW AlkB 1 For iA Argue. Awake ! ye Sons, the morn Is beaming, The star of day is brightly gleaming; Oh, 'tis a glorious, pleasing, light That's chasing fast the clouds of night. Awake, ye Sons ! the day is dawning, The night is past ; 'twill soon bo morning. Awuko, ye Sons, from dreamy slumber j Our foes have marehullcd all their number : Awake 1 and let our war-cry ring, And lei's our banner to the breezes fling. Awake' ye Suns 1 tho day is dawning, , The night is past, 'tis almost morning. Awake, ye Sons, both young and old, Oh, piove yourselves both U ue and bold J . Come, haste to put our foes to flight, ielying on the God of right. Awake, ye Sons ! the day is dawning, The night is past, 'twill soon be morning. Awake, ye Sons ! the time's at hand, To marshal all our glorious band ; Awake, arouse, prepare for strife ; ' We've 'lifted in the war for life. Awoke, yo Sous ! tlie day is dawning, The night is post, 'twill toon ba morning. Right oq, ye Sons ! and to victory rush 1 We'll anquish our foes, with their leador, Bush : They're calling for quarters on every hand, And they soon must strike to tho temperance band. Awake, ye Sons ! the day is dawning, Tbe night is past, 'twill soon be morning. Southern PsclAc Railroad vs. Northern. An appropriation of fifteen thousand dollar was made by Congress, on the 3st ult., to send Capt. 'ope, of the IT. S. Topographical Corps of Engin- rs, wtih a detachment, tn obtian information in regard to the best Southern route for a Railroad to the Pacific, through the Minaila ten million purchase. Capt. Pope goes out under orders from Jeff. Davis, Secretary of War. Ilia immediate destination is the region of the Pecos, and his ob ject to ascertain whether water can be found on the plains of Esiacado, by sinking Artesian wells. It will require about eight months to ascertain this fact, and the expedition will then, probably, proceed .explore the country for other purposes connected with the maiii enterprise. About a year sgo a company commenced build ing a bridge across the Mississippi, in latitude 41 degrees 40 minutes, or nt the city - of Rock Island, and between the free State of Illinois and Iowa, in order to further the purpose of reacbiug the Pacific by a Northern Railroad route, which is already known to be practicable. They proceeded quietly to work, like men knowing wiat they were about, and determined to succeed, asking no appropria tion from the Government, enraging and paying their own engineers and detachments of workmea, and doing business in the northern practical go ah'ad style, generally. They had already graded the r Railroad on the Illinois shore, including a mali nUad known as Rock Island in the jurisdic tion of the sam State, and bad gut to work cm- trueting piers In the bourn of the mighty stream beyond : But hark ! A voice from this same Jeff. Davis, Secretary of War, backed by all the lungs of the Government, reaches those busy sud In lependeut workmen, oryiug out, "Tou mint stop that work ! The Island upon which you are building your road, and from which your bridge extends, belongs to us, although we have never reserved it from Ihe State of Illinois, or paid her tea millions fur it, but have lung ago abandoned it as a military pout. Now, however, sine you are going to make such use of it, as to help along with Nostiiks.h Rail road loth Pacific, we are gol:.g lo c(,-.lm it and let it lie as it is. Then-fore stop that work foiUi with." A Marshall was sent on, not with $1 5,0lW to further the enterprise, but with orders to clear off the ''tresKusers." They made such demur, how ever, thut a suit In the Supreme Court, with il at, tendent tmls and the pumbility of defeat, is the only result '.Ex. The Prohibitory Law. The original law, culled Ihe Maino law, was en acted by the Slate of Maine in Juno, 1831, and went into operation on the 1st of August, 1851. Since then the State of Massachusetts, Vermont, Rnode Island, Connecticut, Michigan, Illinois and Indiuna, have pawed prohibitory law all resem bling the Maiue law in general, but some surpass ing it in stringency and efficiency. The principle bos been favored by the people of Now-York, New Jersey, Deleware and New Hampshire, but the machinery of legislation has failed to work iu har mony, so as to secure the passao of such a law as yet, though it is bcleivedthat in New York and New Jersey tho present winter will be the time of its enactment. In all the Suites of the Union the question of prohibition has been agitated to a con eideruble extent, and its firm friends are every where found to be the friends of good order and good morals. Lost year the people of Washington city endorsed, by a decisive vote, the principle of prohibition. Ohio has a prohibitory law, wh'ch for bids Ihe sale of distilled liquors as a beverago. The principle has a strong hold on the popular mind in Minnesota and Oregon. Alton Courier, Kentucky Indiana. Woman the Governor ot Some time ago, Joseph A. Wright, the able and distinguished Governor of Indiuna, waa invited to Kentucky by his bachelor friend, Gov. Powell of the hitter. Joseph had never, in all h s life before, got into a State so full of pretty women. They bloomed around him like roses-the whole land was radiaut and redolent with beauty, and overflowing with the affecu'ons of womanhood. Poor Joseph. His name was well chosen, but he couldn't stand tho trial ! He suocurabed and married to the great grief of maiden Indiana, and to the great up lifting of proud Kentucky. And now, natural as tho world, that Kentucky woman, with the instinct of her State for politics, is regulating Joseph, and giving law to the "Hoo- siers." In fact, Indiana is, at this moment, gov erned by a ''Kentucky clique." Let the Benton Democracy of St. Louis be reconciled. Keutucki ans generally rulo well, and the Indiuna pajiers arc glorying in tlrdr new luwgiver. Hour the jubilant Expreei, of Torre Hnute ! A M oman. We have a good Liquor Bill. We almost knew, as wo snid long ago, that tho Gov ernor never would veto that bill. But almost is not fuiVe; and our nerves did not fail of sympathising with those of the people, for fear Unit something might happen to upset the good tortunc of the Suite of Indiana. We glory in the bill; it is a workman like job; and we glory in our Governor, in this in stance anyhow. But what, re.der, do you think is the talk the common report outof doors? Why, that the Governor had actually gotten his veto mesoige written out with which to return the bill to the Senate ; when his good wife, who had been absent, arrived home 'twas his new Kentucky wife and she, g'iod lady, finding out the state of affaire, and true to the (tn) right, would listen to no such act. She was for staying the floods of tears daily wrung from woman by whUkey. She was for relaxing the grasp of hunger laid upon the vitals of children by. the nimsellcr; and she de manded, in a way not to be resisted, that the bill should be signed : and we have a Liquor Law. The British glory in their Queen ; but what has Victoria done to compare with this 1 What Gov ernor has such a Governess as Jureph A. Wright, or needs one mora, to steady his hand upon State papers ? Long life, say we, to the good Queen of Indiana. The Richest Melt we ever heard of. We find an account, in the East Brooklyn limes, o a new method ot ' raising tbe wind," as well as the dead, in that city, which takes down anything in the diddling line of the season, and indicates the extent and pressure of the hard times. A female called a few days since on a lady of some influence iu Brooklyn, and told a sad and plaintive story of suffering and privation, and moreover, that ber husband had just died, and that she lacked the means of a decent burial. Her talc of woe so wrought upon the lady that she proceeded to visit her immediately, to satisfy herself there was no imposture. On entering the apartment she beheld the coffin, aud was satisfied all was right, and not wishing to harrow the feelings of the bereaved woman, she left her a con siderable sum of money, and immediately departed. After pai ng two or three blocks from the dwelling, thinking all tbe way of the strange complexions to which we are liable, she missed her pocket hankerchief and returned to see if she bad dropped it in the bouse. The stairs were ascended hastily and tbe room entered without much ceremony, when what did she behold the woman's husband sitting up in the coffin counting oer tbe money ', MlHMl'.KtPTlOS, Vtve ntlar Vrar. 12, isss. WO. 4. (shields PrevUrd Vor. It is stated thai it is Ihe intention of ihe Presi dent to appoint Geo. Shields brigadier general, should the ainendmeut of Ihe anny bill fur raising four additional reg incnts bo adopted by the House, This is, no doubt, one of the Very objects fur which these troops are to be raised. The oommiioned ( ITkcs are to be distributed as rewards for services rendered the Adniiuislrstlon la the lufanviin set of repudiating the M isaouri coin promise. The mtronsgu already existing Is not sufficient to reward all the mnrtvrs in Hurt cause, - Shields is one of them. lie fell, like Dodge, I t tho foremost rank. But h cannot, like 'lodge, be compensated by a foreirn m'sston. St, Louie Intelligencer. Dow It Works. Tho Norwich, Conn., Examiner thus Illustrates the workings of the Maine Law in its action upon uAx Old Cvstonkb.'' There is, In s neighboring town, a colored man whose name we could give, who, until tho first of August, was accustomed to come to tlr's city for liquor. For years he had been a drunkard, and drunkenness had made him quarrel with his wife, and had reduced him to want, and compelled him iu the winter season, to go to his ue'guborn for help. But for the lost six luoulhs he has not been able to get liquor, and has been sober and industrious. lie has laid down a hog weighing two or three hun dred ponnds, and a quarter of beef; bos on band seven or eight bushels of grain and as much more of corn, and not lung since he came to Norwich and deposited fourteen dollars in a savings bank. Aud now, when he visits the city, he hires a horse and wagon, and conies "like othor folkn" The Maine Law has put him "above board." I'.hastlsrmenl. My mother will whip me, was the sobbing exclamation of a little boy yesterday after noon, when his companion bad the misfor tune to slip upon the ice and break a jug coutaimng vinegar, which had beou intrust ed to his custody. The circumstance had nothing remarkable about it, sinco the wulk was very slippery, causing adults much trouble lo travcrso it in safety, yet that piteous moan in consequence of a dreaded correction for what was purely a mishap, caused a warm feeling to flit through tho heart for that little boy. It raised tbo ques tion of parental government, and presented the injury which thut commonly exercised inflicts upon those whom it is designed to restrain, control and improve. The first idea of the little boy whou he saw the jug broken, and its contcuts streaming along the walk, was of personal chastisement, showing that this had been the mode of training adopted, aud to which ho was ac customed. Now, is this right 1 la it politic even, leaving outof question the matter of paron tal control t The very dread of tho child showed that it was not. He was conscious thut no blume ought to attach to him for the accident, since, even with tbe aid of the boy to whom be entrusted the jug, ho had as much other stuff to carry as was proper tor In m to manage. 1 Ins the utile tellow knew, and said so, yet ho was none the less certain that his mother would whip him. The injustice of the thing was palpable to the child, and we have related tbo incident, not because it is of rare occurence, but solely for the purpose of attracting the at tention of mothers to it, coupled with the suggestion whether a new system of paren tal government which should inspire confi dence in tho child, under mishaps, rather than dread, is not desirable. Rochester Re publican. UrystpeUH, TheNilos, (Michigan,) Republican says : "A lady visited our family a few days since and stated that her daughter had the erysi pelas quite bad. We called to mind tho remedy recommended by a Now Haven editor. On returuing home in the evcniug she found the diseano was spreading rapidly, and had assumed a frightful appearance She immeadiately applied a poultice made of cranberries, which seemed to arrest it at once, and tho second poultico effected a completo cure. If any person wishes to know the party they can inquire at our sanctum, The Administration. lion. Lewis D. Campbell, of Ohio, in a recent speech delivered in committee of the whole, in the House of Representatives, at Washington discharged a heavy broadside into the reigning dynasty. After a discus sion of tome length on the subjects of "Kaunas and .Nebraska, Georgia and Uhio, Free labor aud Slave labor," he coucluded as follows : A word, sir, in conclusion, in reference to the present Administration. I do not come here this session to make war upon it It is wrong to strike the fallen ! The Admin istration has fallen ! A year ago the fourth of last March, we witnessed in that broad an d beautiful avenue the most magnificent pageant ever displayed in the capital of the uation. The President was elected by an overwhelming majority of the peoples votes over the great "greatest Captain of the age" one who had served most gal lantly on many a battle field ! lie was borne triumphantly by the maw, ami'Jsi the joy ous shout of thousands, from the west-end of Pennsylvania avenue to the" eastern front of this capitol. There, apparently io manly style, bo delivered an inaugural address, which was scarcely excpptd to hy even thoe oiifonenU who sought causes of ob jection. He solmnly renewed the pledg j which two years before had been eigned by tho gentleman from Georgia, Mr. Step hens, to-wit, . "that slavery agitation in Congress and out of Congress should cease." Thence he was ushcrea into the White Houso with tho greetings of the people'! glad huczai! 1 Cougrcs again met and opened it last sossioii in harmony. The Administration threw this apple of discord among ns. Il pressed upon ui the consideration of the Nebraska bill ; and through ita organs, songht to influence the Representative of ihe people both, through fears of punish ment and hopes of reward. It vetoed the bill nassod br a Conor! of it own friends, irraiitiiig lands to the several States to support those stricken poor whose iutellccla have been taken from them by the Almighty. At the same time, under very neculiur circumstances, it approved the Minnesota bill.fgranting near a million of ncres of these lands to a New York Wall street company a bill, sir, which, after a base forgery had Leon made upon it, passed the Senate on the 2Jth of Jane. The President' signature, of immediate appro val, was necessary, in order to take from the pioneer people of Minnesota thai iinmiaae grant, and secure il to Wall street broken. On the 20th of June bo approved il. So speaks the record. , Thousands of voices broke upon our ear, from the luborrrs of tho interior, asking ap propriations to improve their river and lakes the mean which Ood bad given to bear from the arm of American industry it products to the place wero not sectional, but national. The appropriations were voted by tho President' friondt in Congres by wise constitutional lawyers, by stateemea of long experience in the Senate and Um solemnities of their oath. The Admin istration, whilst asserting the doctrine of "iiopular sovereignity" to be it prominent characteristics, responded to the public will, UI veto:" It cast from hiiih placet of trust and from low ones from the foroign court and from the villazo nost office men. "bonesL cnpablo, and faithful!," who dared, in defi ance of it dictation, to exercise, indepen dently, the sovereign right of American freemen ; and appointed, in their stead, those who wero neither fitted by birth, br educntion, nor by other high qualities of manhood, to till tho station : It repealed tho Missouri Compromise. Yes, sir, it toro from the record that great act of our fathers, rendered sacred, as it bad been, to the people of the North, and of the South, by the great cause of our National Union, iu which it originated, and tbe long acquiescence of all the States. It has re opened, in violation of it solemn vows, the "bleeding wounds" which the "healing measures" of 1600 wore designed to cure. It has thrown wide open the sluice of sectional strife, as the elections and this dis cussion fully prove. i I repeat it, sir, in no spirit of personal unkindticss to its members, this Adminia-. tralion has fa'len "fallen like Lucifer r The unerring pen of history will record, in mall space, an account or its works, ana its achievements I It rejmaled the Missouri Compromise if struck at tie KntmKoth' , iujs, no( knowing vhtre to strike tl tap- turel Oreytoum! and went down:-' "Like the snow-flake on th river, - A moment white then gone forever." Looking at its incoming, it condition, and its approaching inevitable outgoing, I repeat, "more in pity than anger," the word of the poet : " How are the mighty fallen ! And by the people's hand ! Low lie th proud! And smitten with Ihe weapons of th poor Their talk is told and for that they were rich, And robbed the poor j and for that they were , strong, And scourged the weak ', and for that they made laws Which turned th s-veat of labor's brow to Mood- Fot THCSS, THS IS SINS, Till NATION OAST THIN OUT." HOME PU.TVRK. SV MHS. L. S. OODWIN. One autumn niujit, when the wind was high ( And rain fell ia heavy splashes, .1 A little boy sat by the kitchen fire, A poppingcorn in tho ashes j , And his sisU-r, a curly haired child o Uirt, Sat looking on just close by bis knee. Tho blast went howling around the house, As If to get in 'twss tryiug j; It rattled Ihe latch of the outer door Then seemed it a baby orying Now and then a drop down the chimney came, And sputtered and hissed ia the bright red flame. Top ! pop ! the kernels, one by one, Cain out of the embers flying J Th boy held a long straight stick in his hand, And kept il busily plying ; He stirred the corn, and it snapped the mr And faster jumped to th clean swspt floor. A p Art of the kernels hopped out oae way, And a part hopped out the other, Home flew plump into Ihe sister's lop, Some under the stool of the brother j The little girl gathered thorn into a heap, And called them a lot of milk white sheep, : A II at once the boy sat still as a mouse, And into the fire kept gazing He quite forgot he was popping core, But looked where ihe fire was biasing He looked, and fancied he could se -A noun and a barn, a bird and a tree. a Still steadily gsed the boy at these, And pusay's back kept alrekiug, Till his little sorter crisd . "Why, bub, Only see how the corn is smokiug ! Sore enough, when the boy looked back, The corn ia th embers wss burnt quit black. "Never min4,"sid w,"we hllhv enough , ll's gu from Ihs fir and est it j I'll carry the aud you th corn !Ti aic nobody could best it." She took op the corn in ker pinafore, They ale it all u'; "iihtd (ot mors.