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l)c rcflon Cirgus. oar oozt city: SATUUDAY, SKi'fKMiSKU 2S, 1835. Agents for tbe Areas. J. 1!. M UlIIDK, hifiirllc. '. A. I!r.f.f, S nli in. Mom; in Ilirbof.ru, SaMimlg. VM, J.AKI.OW, M'lltlll'l. II. C. Kavmonii, G'wr. IK. Davis, I'lnnmiii'jton. I-'llANK W. liltoiw, CurrnUit. Amok Habvev, ' !. Solomon Allkn. Ainihj. J. K. lux, Jul'". John M.Ki.nm-.v, ('"""'" ItiiV. Wilson Plain, f ' W. I. . A. I!l' K, Jnrl. -iiiinile. II. JflHIIIS, CilK-'niUllli. JuixiK .Snki.i.inh, Yriku, Cut. Jno. H. Phksto, Will Co. I!. A. X. PltKl.l's, (.'.ilmhuriJll. Sew froM lb VUlus. Mr.'Ruville Drunettc, a French nioun taiu trader, and one of tbe partners iu tho loUxe of Rrunelte St Co., says the Missouri Democrnt, arrived in St. Louis rcctntJy, in ihirtvlo (lav from Fort Laramie. Ho t'n I ha AilfUM. Il will bo recollected lUt wwetiin.iBc. Tho Oregon Aaoci.uion of Congregation.. .!.. Ki.iM,n.n ..ubIM.cd a report of tho and pf.by tcrinn tl.urcl.ri, combed of llw..uro of ovcrH.v,i.ty..intr.byl!.oIn-:,1,t0r. n..d lay delegates, held iu annual I .:...,. .',.n Culi ill. At (ho whole' ni,.t.tifii fur 163ft l Orniid Prnme, near " " . f, I c... ' ..... I .... .1. .... tn.na. Ill ...minf ru-lfl" (ill ll.urtuuv, ' I ' .. . . .. T ! story was laWicaicu up - nw;' v" ' 'states tl.ut tliO trouble Wltn i8 inuiuiis r- I whcro, wo actor heard of it in this region tn.U-r ilh. j , j ol)y ,l.e imagination of ll.u IV I until .bo ariital of the mail that trou-l.ll Tl.c session, after holding through 1 bur : W,,inirtoii nnd .ho officer ,1(J Su.cMi.an'. I. order to excuse tbr day, Friday, and t.rdv, ' " " "e i,,,, .oMic,. of tho now regimen... The blui.d.r the Statesman parade Ufur it.! oUriancc of tho Lord . S if'r and lU aj. I ll(il(, ttrn extremely kind, and very mix rcadcr. a highly i.itcrctingcr.rriH,,oi.di-..cO I,ropiiatoa(CUM.rany..1g religious cxerci.es . (i(r)pJ between Sain. 1'arKcr, A. Hush, anu one on the snbbum. i punishment which tiny learn is in j'yj )(,, Grove r, who all had a hand in producing the Among tho ifmt of business transacted , Mr. P. met tho variou, Mybrolhtw! Largo winfireemcnta . iIia fullowinif rc'lu.ion i ' ' . . , . .. .,i,,. liinir fioin all I'arU of cur BUcrou li fffj. uvcr nuii;ii ijiaioim." - -iui $ . w Law Coaccrning Wcwnpapors. Vrti l.or.rUkolf Tho following iilioiM'ol"'" nddrc"8 to tho grri.on of Sobustol tho day after the auirofthol8ib Juno: UioirrsfF Inkerman, Juno 19. Comb auks ! The bloody combat of terday.nndtbodifi'utof onreiwniy, baa a.mlii croiincd our orm. with immo.ta UunU. linwin one. you her ihm.k. nnd will not r.-fuo .ho..., Many of our com (.an ions in arm. have nealed nitli thoir blood the oath which they o..k,nnd bo hayo kj't .acred (ho promine which I gave to the fcm neror. our futher Comrade, I thanh you uch a furioui rute. were unaminouIy aw'i . For tho iurjioe of hhowing lit kind ofi 0i edicatiom. a mill tin v have up. hero fur manufacturing fl-wW, Tbil il.it Ai.iion hu no wi.l. or J . i vi it I.i.,l r.v,m. to hunrow to mUUuIi or iipirl euucaiwnai nwmu- "j - i. . ' f.f urlariaa uurixara. ! IIIOD, 1 quote th corrwponuenct tDlW. Jieremv . .p,,,, in our ,),., .rcy .u.h in- wnons. TI.eV woro delayed one day at tituiion, Iu Mfiil high '"' of Trull, au.l la-1 j,yrt jcnrt)f.y ,y 0 droVc of buffalor-a which kllipaeo, .houM b. frr. from eel,.ilieal c.n-1 , tLoound. Maj. P.o, cx-Sub Indian Agent, Dr. Didell, Kldcn ! ' II .!. -l.i W ... .,,! ml, am linil nrril'iill nl Iiidi,, lmur.h:redfo, m ' tliO duty, ol Irit' tneinuen mm court urmw mw . iiift umu-imviui' train, that have Marled from our lMT T) goo'n bo . 0..oo, uoovo H.iu iii "" " ' ' ; as you liino niincrio uom-, uu. L'.'ttina uloii'' wdl, and the men in io i breast to tho lire of onr iinpious cncniie., " B . I n li..rl U llli puiiViitlod ol tell , mid die as volir comraoen u'"" Hit coniiany fro.'ii tho corrciondonce, liowevrr, that Mr. Talker told Mr. Orover that Mm. Par. L... i. .1.1 Mr PnrLi-r liniL Miss rainier told ,,i ki il.nl ihpv nlmuld b controlled by relilom Mr. I'arker "that it vat rfjKirttd tliat the and einfhcal iiusnuoi inui ... rr K Wrii r-r tl.. d..i south, ma sevnny or soicii.y.i.o ish. i 1B.iM.id i,iiiuiiiW.co..irollcJ r;. r, nf Mav. and ronort that acriktoutof, I.' ... , . tlmr m" -P"'''"1'" J1""1" ,0 , Shades of WiL'L'iu. !! what ....til .ill mtrmnrititnM ttim Intnl. I n n r If nuWiljermii'i'trelor rrrnw. loliika Hi. ir which, when lhroB into llio Statrsnian pH.n.frni.iili.Hloir. -, oroili.r.l.ieto w .ith barring " bran and shorts,'' lliry are wnl, tlmy ari- liM r.ill inili. Il.fy w?llln all Hrirur.iii.ii, iIioiiiu iiif.d i u.iy. tl.r If ii.lMer.brr P'Hiuve l oilk-r iluce, willi out iiifri..:..( lli p .l;ifliT, and llie .nK-r u wnt to the fornii-r dirp.'li.m, lli'y are Ixld rrnrmiiblc. 07" It aul ti.lliciriil fur a i.lnialer, kIh h t uiwr is ....I token mil of lii elli.w, lo retiirti one w.ll. "not lull, ll out" r. 1 1 r-il i. Ihe ii.mi.., hut lie mull write s Inter lo llio piilil.alier, ivinf tbe liume and mt-i,f1i.:(, ami ntulini! lb it llio .urr is noi taken fn.in the ullke. Ililicrwise ll.u pt muter is In 1.1 rr'ouible. lfj '11k I'Vlitnr wrnt lo Yornliill tli first of lliis week, liilemli.iK In return on Wnlmwlny lat, butss be bus n..t m.vlu bii a.ie;iriinre yet, (Kri duy niorii'r.) e cnelu.le lie bus broken down ano'lier wa'on, mnl is out in mine eanjon in.-n I inj it. Ho bn.ko d'.wn two w.ii.mi la-t week it. ytiinp; oar Imid of iiruvliiiont i.ilotl.ecily, n.i.l ne eljuct I..' i out mmrwlioru "I uk. riiiy" liie (bird, 1'liis will sec iiii.t fr ll.o K'areily of editorial tbis nak. V.i-l lir.lrri uul of li'uilr. I'.ie of our lubmiribe. s I'ro.ii .Marion county call ed i..oii us nut long ninco oiul iufornicil u Ibut I lie i.flli-e to wlii, ll bis pni r w.m will nan dreadfully out of order, lie snys llie letters and iacm are kept in a b'.x in one corner of lbs bonne by Ibe chimney aide, nnd lliut tb i hildren sre pennilli d lo b.'i.idln Ibe in lil llmller until llio pn rs aro of ten so defiteed utid (reieeit over nn lo be war. ely reo liil.ln when bo irete Ibeni. We will wait nubile fur ll.il poit mailer to re ent of bit sine, Hut if we beur any mure coii.pluint fiorn flint iiiartrr ue abull be cuiiiK'l!e I to pay the olliee our c.iinp'iinei.u. Wo nro ol o continually bearing complaint of lite l.iifuette poet ofiieo. 1 1, reufy r n ben conipluintsiire nu.de lo ns by in diiidiials we sbull toko iui nolico of ibeni, iiuleHS tbe pem.Mii entering lbs complaints are willing tli.it wc sliould lino llicir names iu cciii.eetiun lvitli ll.o statement of llie uriev.inco. Ileliiniluu Miners. Sercrnl er'in from Ibe mines bare passed Ibrougli llio city within a day or two ra routs for bouic. We l.'urn by tbe.n llint tbe mines are nearly abandoned fur llio present. A number talk of returning in tbe tpring. We aro told tbut C. L.. (ioodricb pawed tlin ne;U I'orllund Inlely, on bis way lo California, haling left his "cluiin" on Ten d'Dreillc lo tbe mercy uf Ibe dlgi;en. We iiippone that it did not "pan out" ipiito as lir rxvelcil. i.New hi lieme of IMMinlun.'i Ijider tl.ia head llio Curvallis Sta.i'siiian re.ubiiahes, with n great ll.iurih, mi nrlielo which some modern "(iulliver" foisted upon nn odilor down in ''Pike," ns containing the pretended developments of u grand plot which was said lo liavo been brewing some lime lint year in C'filil'ortiia, for severing that State, Oregon, Washington, and Utah, from tho Union, mid organizing somo ten Stales, to bo made of tho territory embraced in tho above, into a separate republic. The whole article contained stub ghuiug evi dence of being a humbug that nobody ever thought of noticing it, . .uvpt tho yoiiiic mail ut C'oriailis, who now exullinely clips It from Ins "cxehango ' and parades il be I .... I.:- I . ., w.u in leaoers ni soineiuilig lilglily ns- luUllding, I curies such a "turn-out" as tho mibsacrc of seventy odd men at Fort Colvillo. With sin I. a mill, nnd such exchanges ns tho one from Pilo from which to dip "firiuid fclieriies of liunion." Ac. what a dish the Statesman is able to serve up to his sub-'cri-bars on tho brad waters of "Long Tom." Tchlstih, Kepi. 1(5, 1R5.". Ms. Adams: The scoundrel who palmed him If off on you as AVi;i;ins, p.ied through lies country s few days sgo. He si ll afliruw that In (old vou "the truth, the wh'du truth, and nothing but the truth." .inileretoiid thai oin. Innly, a few miles up country, had n horse sto len on after ho left here. Would il not he we! l g've a lull denription of him in your faper, so thai people may he on the lookout for him as be panes around begging ad!rnl'ng? Yoiim, 4 c , M Wo have already done so, under the head of "One Cent Reward" which we pub lished two weeks since. If any body wishes to pursue tho rascal, they ought to have, in addition to our advertisement, ndat.'iierreo type likeness, which can be bought cluap of Mr. Huchlell, of this city. Although it is a likeness of tho editor of the Statesman, the resemblance) lo Wiggins is so striking that no difliculty would bo found iu detect ing Wiggins by it. In fact, ns wo had near ly forgotten how Wiggins looked, when wo wrote the advertisement, we were guided al most entirely by the likeness which Mr. Uuchtcll had tl.c kindness to show us. and Mtu'.li.he.l. I i,v ..,w no Indians on tho road except a lM.r,d, Thai while webeliev. tbe present and , rf j,, pro-peetire w..... of our pnpul.tio.. req.nr. more I - instiliitioni of hgbaud permaue.it cnoracier, Tor '"" u ' '"" I - o i.uilet and female.! and thai while w heliere our were nil getting along well. .No outrages brethren limy properly seek lo rstablnh such ,ve been committed by the Indians, nnd no schools or seiiiinaiies in their everal fields of laWj 1 prubability of any. yel, we oe-ieve u.ai int yrtavmti y . . . . . , n ......i men, .wo I e, two children, and eight .nn. n your ,.nds lliuii w " ' ' i v ,,w- - ----- than violate the oath which you have sworn to your country to preserve Sebastopol. Soldiers ! the enemy is beaten driven back wiili.cnormoiis losses. Your comman der again thanks you in tho name of the Emperor and of holy Kusiii. Tho time is nour nt hand when the pride of tho enemy shall be overthrown when his nrmy shall be swept from our K-rritoiy like straw before tho wind. Until then have faith in God, utid fight for your Kmperor and country. (Signed) UDBTSCHAKOUr. Kansas and Missouri. Tho Kansas Herald ol tho 14th announ ces that a project hn" been formed to pur chase the whole of rititle county, .Missouri, Hlavcry In Xrliraska. A correspondent of the X. Y. Tribune nnd nimex it to Kansas Territory, and that wriliV' from Omaha, N. T, of date July 'tho Missouri Legislature, which meets in I .'Novemoer next, is e.xpccieu io give u c"- nnd pailoml titiling have the first anJ lujitrior claims upon our time and energies. ox TKMfr.SA.NCK. P.l;..,:.. ll., n n a l-everaire. at all. or 14. SaVS ! any iuloiirniinz liquors tends to the destruction of "There nre now undoubtedly sonic slaves ,r; , e T.-ans. nrn fiveil bv mucliorib.hnp.ii.e-.,niidlhcimpiiiingofnllll1e1,, Uin tho southern part of the Territory, j jelr..ia w nml c,mot be chaiu-ecl best iier..isofKielyiand that tin. bcin ll , ,md many have strong hopes of mnking a , j 1Cion'of Congres8. That Coll faet, legal action upon this subject is leg.limul. J slave Sl.ite from tlei SoUt hem part of e-1 ,, '( r,ot,c count braska. I tlinik llio prevniling sentiment of t , .,. ,.;llllltlnlw,.,. tlienforo . ...... .. . I, el I .1.... .1... i -it-" --" i - - ". . : : verv miifobuble. even it it k 11.1 ain any ju-t ii.ea.nur. lo ecure the puwugo of pi a law piohihilin' Ibe sule or gift uf iutuAiealing lii uors as a be venire. on Tr. S.IOOAT.L Ilillevi.ig thai ll.u Sabbath is n day appointed by (iixl fur speciul service and worship among all in. ii, and that its observance in ll.o strictest reuse of the Divine Law and our Saviour's instructions men to oppose the permanent establishment of ll.o peculiar institution in XeVrnska. The river iillbr.ls nn easy mode of convey ance for emigrants from Virginia, Kentucky, and other slave States, while tho far greater portion of those from (ho Free Statos settle in Wisconsin, Iown, and Minnesota. !ul it u'lll .n s.t-i.i-til vniiet Tipfnru ..hrn.Ln f.iti thereon, ,. m .11 respects conduc.v. to the highest , n T)p M (if ;n wclfsr. of every ...dividual, family, .ndpooplo, and t() Nurlh ,, Easl fl0uM , , ir bene, of universal obligation i Iberifor. of uUim.lU,, m.- wh Kansaa and xe- fr.oceJ, J'l.at while w. regard all laws com- j nm v ColUtllill!,tion9 j viecs 0f is lling men to uuwrvelhe hubuatii, in any on . j.)., . but there is danger 1" mode, an bull, inexpedient aud contrary lo Ihe sp rit ; of C'hrit's iiitrueti.ii, we do, on Ihe oilier hand,) ? Mexican Relations, approve, and will smtuin, in all proper wuys, all i A Washington Correspondent of tho X. laws that shall tend tu keep it sucrcd from ordinary Y. Courier writes thus under dato of Au busiuess, and protect the rights and privileges of j rr,s Juvenile Concert. Our citizens will nil bo ghid to learn that Prof. Xeivell contem.lalcs Hivoring thorn with another concert by his class of youth ful choristers, in n few weeks. As every ono who was present nt tho exhibition on llio Fourth went a way delighted with the performance of tho bentitiful singers, the mere announcement of another will bo suf tic'unt to draw a crowded house. itfrWo noticed somo fruit last week which werec'ived of Mr. Samuel Simmons, nad should have been morn pailicuhir in specifying llio varieties, tut wc never re ceived the names. The benrer, Mr. Harlow, informed us that tho names would lie sent dowu by until, but wc never got them. We should be pleased to have the mimes nccom pany fruit which is forwarded by our nur serymen. PeilcUei. Rev. Mr. Atkinson has laid some thirteen specimens of seedling peaches on our table, which will compare faioul.ly with tunny grafts which wo have seen in the Stales. The largest one measured ten inches in cir cumference, nnJ possessed nn excellent flavor. When wo gel a farm wo intend to call on Mr. A. for a few slips, with which to grail a low of our own sUl. Tiione kind friends who remember the printer will tm tloubti .My lo b raisin '. I.ruhaiu's Manolne. fc.J. McCorimc, l.sn., of tho Frnnklin Rcok Store, Portland, has laid upon our table the second number (August) of the fi.ity-seventh volume of (rithuiii's Monthly Magazine. Mr. McConnic is ngent for the work. Price 8 1 00 per year. Those who have a tato for tho marvelous will bo do- lighted with the work, as it contains more of legendary romance than imv other inn.'- nzine now published, besides a great deal of valuable literary composition. sjed in th, ir efforts at fruit Ohltallons. A e received this week a lot of exchange papers by tho Pacific Express Company, for which we return thanks, alihough they came to hand a week after tho arrival of the mail. I' A ..-Toe Wewiocralic HUmhud. N tl-LJ- Has fuiled to come to us for somo time , past, gmiig us no incoiiMileral.le degree of disappoinlmcnt. How, friend Lelaxp, can you thus treat one of the "Triumvirs" "OtaHIUf. C I I . . , v o. u.,mo;hu, at ti,o commencement of tho siege, was defended by 'MW cannon, of which !H)i have been rendered unfit for serine bv constant linn . . "B ..." ie. I ,.l 1 ... ,, ... , llio defense or the. citv. Cannon of lar-v I ' saver:.., ,e. , .. VI . "'',r, i other olumn, and then co lo hi, then for il,. cal.kr, it is ut generally known. ,hh,i.. 1 ii,l. u..v -.i i.. .... P. ' " .... -. - i .... , , ruiiiiirv- ......i. rT.. Those Hople who are not in povewon of that ' 1 10O foe 1 '"a U'M' "Mv " SM,i tsJJK'- oM do utisato ror use alter eight bundled or a ihou sand discharge, mi l are thrown aside. At this rate SeKi-tojvl will stand a y.aror twtf longer vi-t, ail.niing ,o guns f the Allies to b' n'pl.uv d as they wear out, by new ones. Twenutrlet , ,( t.urksmi lo, now in sevsiuii tn ourcitv, li s lb JudgO II.I.IVMS, IVesiil;, pe n.i to inn, n lime sn horwbaek, good MJde i, de, iilrdly an illdi.eiisl,e. We know Mr. Ileuderson lo Ue an excellent workman, and able I,, make a saddle to suit ,ny. .'sly. Ii ,ou h.,te a pew ddl. tlm.wit away sad ..o l.eu.lem.u'sshep.nd buy , MdJ!e ,),,", a ,..,l.lle," a,a j. , w pii,, fof ytuf even ,f i. a havelor.de fifty m,r,,0 tUm stand that llio baslm-si il...n ..... .1 :. k . I ....... m.-u.U H U ' iV'ic i! (Van t!,i, (, f!n. s I lonor, I (fj"lt was favorile svi,,.f .,f s;. u-... Mo under-' t,r S.i'.V lb.it ..full J. j , ""'i " "imerims was (ho niM incmpatiMo y,- truegrclt. n.ks. WuR-bip. S. That we reconuinnd to Ihe churches in our connection Ihe disciplinary, as Weil as moral en forcement of ablialh obligation ou all their mein- be.s, aud that wo dejins-ate any attempt un the part of any of the people uf Ibis Territoiy , acting in any cap icily, to abolish its sacrcdiiets,.and make it as any oilier day. ON SLAVERY. Relieving slavery to be entirely contrary, both lo the spirit of tbe (Joh-I, and lo our republican in stitutions, and hence teuding directly lo their sub version ; therefore limited, That we view will, regret and alarm all eMails lo extend the bounds, and perpetuate the evils ol slaver)-, like that of tbe passngo in Cou grow of the Nebraska nnd Kansas bill, and that we will resist w ill, all our iulluence and ability, in all ways peuceful aud Chrislion, every such at tempt; and that we will labor by word and action, legal and peuceful, lo abolish slavery iu tho way most conducive to the welfare of bulb the sluva aud his master. o DIVORCE. Believing that Ihe laws of Christ on Ihe subjects of marriage and divorce should control, not ouly Christian churches, but also Cbristiun co luui- lies, in Iheir practice iu tbis respect j therefore JiVorrd, That we recommend to both ministers and churches, (hat in their action as such they make our Savior's instructions on this subject their rule of action ; and that wo w ill hail, with peculiar pleasure, the passage of laws which shall, iu this respect, have for their basis the law of Christ. Kttohrd, That considering on the one hand, the bold.icss of the ndvocatis of llie immoralities refer red to iu the above resolutions, and on the other, Ihe instruction, and prayer of Christ, "that all his people might be one," we earnestly recommend tho united efforts of all evangelical Christians, to pre- ''Mr. Marry has required his translator to attend bun nt Old Point, from which it is inferred that important despatches have been received troin ten. (alsden on IWexi can aii.iirs, not mat trio Ueneral writes iu Spanish, but that his English, sometimes, as in tho Mcsilla Valley negotiation, re quires interpretation. Santa Anna has na med his brother-in law to succeed lien. Al monto as Minister to tho United States. Thisehnngo has niven occasion to tho in ference that Santa Anna contemplates a sale of the disturbed Rio Grande provinces to tins government, and that Almonte bas re. fusedto be a party to the scheme." Uem of Oratory. Tho following gem, which in its way is equal to any thing wo ever read, occurs in tho great oration of the Hon. Edward Ev erett, at Dorchester, Massachusetts, on the 4th of July : " In this pleasant retreat woro collected the remnants of the friendly tribe, w ho gave us this venerable name of Massachusetts, and who ruled tho shores of tho noble Pay, which in years past added another epithet to this time honored designation. Tho fair domain of this, our nninc snke tribe, ex tended from the broad, smooth floor of ISatitaskot, whero the ripple, as it runs up ine oeaeli, scarcely ounces tlio toot-pnuts of the smart little sand piper, nil round the cold, gray ledges of Xahant, on which the mountain waves of the t'antic, broken and tired with their tempestuous, weltering march through seventy degrees of longi tude, conflicting with all the winds of heav en, like weary Titans nt'ter battling with the g-xls, sink down upon their adamantine bed, and lulled by tiio moaning dirges of their vcn. mese immoralities ifthey do not yet exist, and .votceful caves, roll and rock themselves . ..uck aim suppress sueli or lliem as do exist i Heavily to sleep." among us. Rtnhtd, That we regard ourselves, in all (he above resolutions, as acting legitimately iu the field of morals ; whilo as ministers we claim a perfect right to act as citizens ou any civil question. After passing a resolution of thanks to iho District for (ho uso of their School House, and to the Congregational Church of Grand Prairie and llio citizens of the neighlwhood for their cordial and liberal entertainment, tho Association adjourned to meet at Oregon City on the first Thnrsdav of September, 1S50. THOMAS COXIiOX, Clerk. 0-J Squirrels were lately brought from tho woods, and let Iooso on the trees on Bos ton Com.mon, tut thoy aro dying. They can not stand the air, tho food, or the noise of Boston, and particularly object to the brickbats. Some of them left as soon ns ibey were put on the trees. jtVGov. Seymour, of Connecticut, our Minister to Russia, says that he saw no troops in either Franco or England equal to the army of two hundred thousand Ru-sians at bt. Petersburg nnd its vicinity. The Russians me superior iu size i,J disci) line, though not equal to the Allies in spirit. OCT Tho Czar of CT"1' ment of u . -. '. ... .iiip.i.-iiii.- Mill. ...nil tn ..-, ' .w i lie hould be do. sired both bv Kansas and Missouri. ' Platte county has an nren of 410 squnro miles, and its population in 1."0 was JO 845, of whom U,798 were slaves. iVT. 1'. Journal of Commerce. The l.eususof New York State. We have mo o Ihau o..ce nf Int.- ullnded to the remarkable developments which tho forthcoming census of the Stuto is mulling. The Aibany Eve ning Journal publishes a list of sixty-tight differ, nt towns an I villag. s in the Statu which have actual ly l ist in population during the past fire years, and uf tixty-ti (owns, i.e., which have gained. Thesi! figures show a tendency (o centruliation in New York city, I hat city having gained 23",0( 0, or about 45 per cent, during the ust five yea s. now miniberiuB' 750,001.1. They show also an in crease ill oilier commercial towns, though propor tiona'.ly a less increase ; and finully, Ibey show that the agricultural sections of the State are diminish iug in population ho very reverse nf what should be. true in order lo tbe best progress of Ihe State. The Mens of the Times. The N. Y. Herald, which has never been known to boon the losing si,a in a canvass for the Presidency, has the following onin. ion in n-irard to the Amer;-,i, . i ment of "'l'ion.,bl "We verily believe that by the "droll re-'!Ti '""'' bj' caui, 10 b" el:ih- ult or split of the Council io l,i,il ..i..ll.i., , &t Brussels, a new journal, to Pvn!.iin both the Seward party and the Frank , aml t,tfo'' Kussian policy. The paper i liereo party aro completely caught in a called "Zc .W," (The No.tl 1 Th. trap. 1 he severa Know. Xothinrr State or lVI,;.n r , . llle Cani,ations over (ho Union wi.i - fc'r ? C"" bidden M. abandoned until after the Presidential .-U-i 'aU -r' lhccJ'r, to remain in the tionof iv.tt, nnd for that siuyle conw col,,llr.v. -d he has been obliged to cross they can brms already nearly 1.500.000 ab-, f'ontier. In consequence of tlrs the Arrival via the Plains Varal lmllan At tack. Three brother Gibson, of Suistin Valley, arnvetl m fneraii.cnto last nlondar, from St. Joseph county, Missouri, with about 000 head of cattle, with which they crossed the Washington terry cn route to tho Val ley. They started from Missouri on the 12th of May, with 700 toad of cattle, of winch about 100 lica.l were lost on the trip n large number on the lliimbolt fiom the disease peculiar to that locality, but the greater part previously from tho murrain' Ihe cattle suffered more fiom the dust of alkali soil than from the water. The water is reported by them as having been lower than they ever know it to be before. They wcro troubled considerably by the Sioux and other Indians on the route, al though by excessive vigilance they were enabled lo prevent their stealing cattle. They broke up camp about ten o'clock on the morning of tho 20th June, near the "Bridge," and after proceeding a short dis tance, observed a party of Sioux, from fif teen to twenty in number fine looking fel lows, well armed with guns nnd bows, and mounted on splendid horses crossing the river. The Indians turned, rode ranidlr un to the train; shook hands in a friendly man- u.-r ivuu inoso in me advance, inquired for me "captain, una rode Bioiis to l he rear of the train where there were two wagons, wiin which was Hubert Gibson, a brother of the above. Presently those in the ad vance heard shots in the renr, and hurrving thither as soon ns possible found that Rob" ert Gibson had received a char of buck shot in tho back, causing bis death almost immediately. As soon ns they had dis charged their pieces the Indians fled, but beiti!; much better mounted than the attach es of the train, who were on mule-back, they were not pursued. Tbe body of Mr. Gibson was inlerred at the bridge, and di rections given to packers to bear it to Mis souri. The Indians, on arriving at the rear of the train, talked considerably and pre tended to b? very friendlv before" ther menccd the attack. As"th.-re were tivonrr. ono m. n in the train, armed with rprnK-n the Indians would have been severely dealt ...... ..mi me loriner oecn equally mounted. Sacrpmento Union. tiOOil Thin. Tho Nntionul Intelligencer says J Ths celebrated Mr. Wesley gave out a hymn, onco which-. ho leader of tho choir led off with the beautiful tuno of "Life let vi eher. tsA." A friend nftcr service expressed hit surprise at tho introduction of "worldly" tunes into religious worship ; when Mr, Wcshy replied thut ho saw no reason why tho devil sliould have all tho good music. Without milking any special application of this anecdote, wo will only sny that we ic no good reason why the Intelligencer should . . :.1. !l. t.,11.. ..ilnisliArnnniin ... arc noisnaro wuu .njou; w.v.r .v. ... w ... . . . If .1 .1 e. Jus- casiotuil "good thing, anu wo mcrciore copy tho following, although the insertion may tread on somo unseen toes : (From a Boston Taper.! There was a "ratification mooting" a. Co chituato Hall last evening, and Mullen was endorsed ns the people's candidate fur the Presidency- His fiicnds also gave him n new suit of clothes, and encouraged him to be of good cheer. Among tho resolutions adopted was the following? Rcsoh'id, That our platform is free as tho heavens above us, and that in tho de calogue of our political faith, recognizing the law of ausoluto niiiopeiuience ana pout, ical irresponsibility, tho following nre fixed facts! Amcricansshall role America ; Mid kn shall be President. Wc oppose all parties and all candidates; and while we inform our sister State of Ten' nessce that wo are all right on tho goosa question, we admit to our friends in Maine, that we favor the Maine Liquor Law "bo tween drinks." We join with our Ivew York brethren in advocating "stated preaching" at reasonable intertills, and in believing John Van Burcft tob: a taller man than his father. Wo would rescue Pennsylvania from the demoralizing influences of sour kront nnd cabbage, nnd adopt the Virginia construc tion i f that nrlielo of vegetable diet, the mint julep. We sympathize with California in her fondness for gold dust, a). prove of tho bluster ' f tho Administration iu the Cuba and Grey town wars, bat disapprove of its backing down. Wc believe that Governor Marcy has patched his breeches to somo purpose and! that Jack Halo is a Senator of the United States. We believe tho squirrel qffostion to bo a new i sue, and wo sanction no man who not in favor of it. Wo believe that filibustering is ft nnttcr of taste often sanctioned by tho higher law 'll.u gallows." We believe that the new naval retiring beard ought to dismiss all the post captains, throw the commodores overboard, promote the midshipman, and ijiake the marines the light arm of national defence Tho meeting broko up in excitement, oc casioned by nn impression that tho floor of tho hull was giving away, CotriiT of Claims. It is slated that claims against Government to the ami) tint of over $.'i00,0()0,000 will come before tho Court nt Washington, prominent among which are remnants of the old continental money and tho Provincial Scrip, issMod to support the country through the revolution ary struggle ; nnd also private advances to llio Government during the war, afterwards repudiated. The French Spoliation men havo dccitled not fo petition the Court, rely ing upon the next House of Representa tives, despite the Presidential veto. 0O The Washington Union states that, the Secretary of State and Hon. VVm. L. Lee, his Hawaiian Majesty's Minister to our Government, havo sip-ned a treaty of commercial reciprocity between tho United States nnd the Sandwich Islands. OCT Horace Mann remarks of the rum- traffic, that "licensing for tho 'public good' has proved to he licensing for both public and privato evil." And again, "The ex cellence of tho Maine Law is, that it is pre vention instead of cure j that it kills the fiend before it gets into tho man, instead of waiting till wo have to kill tho man to ex pel the fiend." OCT Tho greatest bar to happiness is tho bar of Ihe grog-shop. TIe who frequents it, will very likely soon find himself befbro the bar of justice Let us all, then, place a bar against all evils arising from intem perance the tar on which many young men have teen wrecked. OCT The Sardinian ministers and mem bers of Pailiament who voted for the sup pression of the monkish orders, have teen pronounced excommunicated and cut ofT from the sacraments. But as tho church is the chief loser by the operation, il is thought the Pope will modify tha ban. Tatse Recommendation or a Douse. At a Court in New York a case came up on appeal, where a tenant having leased a house, found that, contrary to the rccom- ...e ...auons, it was damp, infested with cockroaches, A-c. The plaintiff sought to recover one quarter's rent, on the ground, that tbe defendant had all of that lime and then moved out. The Xapolfonic Tt i a anm ut . umi nine ana men moved out, Tbe .... in. .i sur. ;aine. Jio can afford to be liable for nn, ti. c n re- danger nt home bv i.Linr, e k 'anoiords take Coi-tant-noM an , hU u! ;!?. '0" of I 2"lh' m4 their tenement he ...... - - " "uiii;. ne:ier. building permanent f .rtificatWa. and . near Constantinople, and niakinj every Kr Th. i . i nece-5.vy preparation for ,aijI18 c;,o 0f tbe ' aoKn r"1 "m"' 'h lLat 13'- 'sickmen.' Thi,i.wofhis PX.ycon Is n'f ?ef0f PUl',ic land have firmed l,,.n:atiuns feoin ouVLe":: lJ0,tnj,f9 S the 30th of t-on at Constantinople. Ho wi! rehil! ' tk ,kre hM Con-t,.,tino,,!e , . f'" Msh. "d nV, the sum of S10.- encroachm ns of Ru-sia, and this he relies bountlJ heMl",ar9 "elusive 0f the u.r.n .-.,amodesa,i,faotorT to the FrcS r, rf, I , I?ationa- Thc tranr, r or !, of terminating the w. ' , ha'U ,0 1'.rivate individual, wM never r n ... " L o a s:ngi tar,