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fully. 1 And Ihe first effect of Hit Introduction of
the dlocuiMoti will be la relievo Tut Aaovt to
some extent from lliu charge of undue coldue oa
this grunt question.
Ia favor of ths agitation yeo, iniTATioii of
till aubjrct, II ia urg.d that if the people can U
' '" w eawrw. ny Ht ,0 inki ud Dve.(;iFt,. eluillu rf Jn.
i. ,;. t .,. ma year. ., '. , . .. .
-. , r- very their minds wilL be enlightened and Milled
''JI- TaIi VitntliiK preparatory Ui the sdnptiuu of a Slate ooiutilution.
6 ' I Tliia in iiiin itlniil Tl, I. n-.l...... ....... r
1 . . . (V iwinnia U.ir-.H.IU VI
TiiH raoraiKToa or tub AItGL'8 ia nAm, "' PHli'i in faror of ulavery. Circuiustances
jiiiuforiii tho public that lie luw jimt rcooiveil a ' tnilit ariae tliroiigh which the dominant -ty of
JV" if'i'1' U.f o:,,t'r,,lew I!'1"';1 Territory by a "fusion" will, the friend, of.!.,
lug inater.nl, and trill be in the anc-ei y recc p! of . ...... . . .
addition, muted to U.e r,uii em, of .1, , j "hl ",em "Y- "
tidily. Jl.M)ltlt.I,S, 11JSTKKS, Itl.AN'KS, ! l'ull, mmdeanbe Ihoroiyhly nwnknitd, the do
CAUD.t, ClUCUr.AliS, l'AMI'lll.KT.WOltK efw:il beavfiled. .Tlwre are ii.any p.T-o. ia
..... mmr ,, uu.io ,o oruer, ou anon nouce. OreBm who hnve never thought much .bunt ia
' On lowland mart, and marble dum.e,
Ktill oruvcu vamula gave ;
..lint iievor yet on iiiouutuiiMop
Wa. bornur divcit n .luvo.
On moiiiitiiin ..p (lie roihet Tint
Oud'a awful uuindatia bore j
On Miouutaiu ptuk the dove did lent,
That flow the delugo o'er.
Then ye, whose heart dolh weary bent,
' With care or son-ow riven, '
vCoruu, climb with me Hlieve Cnllau'. brow i
? And let your Ui.iughti, liku Tilnu'., now,
...AKeud from Ihouce to lleuvcn!
'riieacholarhathaquletlook :'. i
. ,. Within hi. cloistered coll, ' I . t
lie poreth o'er nine goodly book, ,
Till peal tho veKjier bill. ,
I)ut Iho' hi. lifo uiirufl'.i'd flow., " ' ' '
' "' L'ke gentle ctrcnni. Hint glide '
'I All tmooth and .till, thrnngh level pluins,
With .miHhiue on their tide, '
That .tu.lcnt pule, I envy not v ''
Such guise ill w.itvth m,
Oil, better, far, Ihe wave towed luke,
'"he pine crowned crag, Ihe forest brake,
"'' ; And tep o'er heather, free ! '
' 'The trickling r that cool your
' Soft (lowing throngh the gleu ;
1 Or 'elan trie pring that buret from rocks, ;
c Uko team from nigged men
, .llalb Cyprua wine audi fluvor awcet,
, ..pratoia) from Malnaaiut ;.
Preached ever ab'jott l.ko llnao hills,
. ..'So iruv alioiuilie? ,' . .
Vhen in their SuLbath aolitvdc,
. ' (Jo, often mediate ; ' 1
""And when their leavon right U read, '
JThe yulley elope iheu boldly IrcaJ,
A wiser uiou in heart and head,
.i..U'o Wreatle ilh your fate , i ,' ,
nlni-ji - .DubUn Univtrsily Magazine.
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lor Hie Argue.
'!' .'J.;! oiegon am.l Slavery.
;f?rbn Aiu'iiiiDo uot be atai tled by the cap.
'W uf this article. ' Tho great questions brought to
iiiud by the uwaiciutiuu of those Iwo w.irda should
Te'eeive jirnfouiid anj atrioin attention. You may,
-Howeveri feel soinc little eurpriw when you learn
that froK! Aiuius hae not breathed ijnite audi a
'spirit to til tlnvcry q jcatioii ns some of your rend
er had anticipated. . And you muy .with an invol.
njry itu.i t uslc, "have wo not declared uursolf
inpt .lavery propugaudism ?' Uuess jou have
But will you point us lo the paragraph ill Tin All
ot where you have presented an argument in any
ahnpe to show : that Amoricivn alavery is wrong ;
Uiu( it ia not politically or ccoliotiil'cully wisej and
iiecully jhat it would bo auicidal lo all that is aa
vrcd and valuable in tho future destiny of Oregon
to admit (hat institution iulo out borders. . Per
tontra vrt ' can point to more than one number of
Tut Aaauathataavored very much of pro-slavery
iam. For example, an extract ie made, and Btroug
lyrrecominended, from au address of the late Hon
Silas Wright, of New York, iknouncing severely
sectional agitutors. The anti slaverj' men of tin
Xoi th wore ll.e olijecti of Mr. Wright's denuik-ia-utioii'.
''Don't know that yon meant that; but the'
extract was generally understood in that nay.'
I that your view of the extract? Are Ihe free
lueu, of the north to be, "branded'1 with eidi ep-
'itiiiui while they are making tho ballot box ring
with their condemnation , of the present corrupt
po.s!i!very',administrutioiit? Are not the slave
ihdsters of the south the real scctionul agitators who
Wtdisturbing the peace of the Union by their sleep
lesflbrUte 5ATioNAt.ni their "peculiar iuatilu-V00"-peculiar
lo their owp section and therefore
etrietly and uvowedly aeotioual ! . Again we arc fa
vored with an extract from Dr. Brcckenrdge'a
letter to the Hon. Charlea Sumner, which waasub
tahltaHy in the same atrain. Well, you havo giv
en the taewa from Kausaa, informing your readera
pret'ty fully of tho outrageoui proceedings of the
Du.,ier ruffiaua" Alchisou, Stringfellow, & Co.
Iliut evea here die "hundred eyes'1 have not nli
ien had in requisition. An odd ono might have
'discovered that there arj two version, of nearly all
the occurrences which transpire in Kansas. Your
tXtrecta here are just such aa appear iu the K. Y.
Ierald aud paper, of that ilk, and by no means in
all untabces do justice lo the free aeltiera of tliut
Territory. TUt-ro is au aalislavery plure to the
'events there trauspiring, which if prenuted would
'cita'c far oilier feelings with regard to the aboini
fi Alona of despotisui in ifcat m'oTi-ridoVn land.
" AViA rti., perhaps what you would call fault
lisding mtroduetiou', the principal object f tbi.
:49)manitli ma be suggested. It thesghl by
manv dtizeui ef tiiii Jenilory that re ought lo
agitate the question of elavcry here, so To antic
ipate aiiy attempt tliat Blight do made to foist the
giecdiar institution Into Ortgon. If it would be
tMiceptsble to youreolf, and prewmed to b so to
soar readers, vs wo old be gralrfol for apaee in
t our coiutfeii kit a few artiete on uie mDject f
very, a no anuw nine 01 in evils. These perams
can easily through party hitiiguri and parly f.-vl-
iugs be induced to fuvoj iu introduction, rsjiecially
iu a season of great party excitement. But when
neauuh excitement prevail, these perams may be
ret righ', und so s.ived to freed iu. biuse.
Agjiu,it maybe urged iu f.ivor of ttiis discus
sion that in the course of some half a dozen years
Oreg n muy become one of the Stales of the
Union, audit is all-iiiipotlaut that we be prepared
then to send meu lo Washington whs will not join
hand, with oppress-.rs, and become slavery propa
gandists.
But ouee again till. i. the question, the great
political iteue now before the American people.
Old partie. are tearing up and r. planking their
ilulform preparatory to the Presidential contest in
'60, but amid all other jarring element, this one
overrides every thing else, and elands out in bold
relief as tiik question. There is no t-vadiug it
Theu why .hull not the people of Oregon keep up
with llie spirit of tliest.nies, and labor to have in
telligent view, of thi., the leading question of the
age in whi-h we live? You perhaps may differ
from us on these matter.; if so, "etrike, but hear."
My sheet is about full, and aa I wage no Indian
warfare, and intend to skulk behind no cowardly
incog-., I will Ueg lo subscr be myself very sincerely,
. lour friend, ,. . WILSON BIjAIN.
aT2T Tliu foregoing It-tier was received
some two weeks ago, but for want of time
lo attend to the diUicultin prr sentcd by Mr,
lllaiii we bnvo laid it by till this moment :
not tbt wo exprctcd to enter into a lengthy
tscussidp exculpntory of ouraclf, for onr
time and space are too precious for a long
article in Rclf-dcfense, especially when nine-
y-inne out of a humlrod of our readers will
bo n a ly to exonerate us from the charge
before they read our reply. We have been
posed to slavery extension and the iniquitous
.XuUro.Nkii bill, toethor with the practical
workings of squatter sovereignty iu Kansns,
Mr. B. citn b , tliat our course in refer
ence! to this matter has been satisfactory,
and in their view politic and Bnfu. Indeed,
wo do not suppose that ten of our readers
could be found who would be willing to en
dorse tits views of our course. Wo ao not,
towover, profess to bo infallible, and always
right, in cither principle or policy. Truth
is our riches, and the more we have, the
icher we are, and shall altvnys tuke it kind
ly in Mr. B., or any of our friends, for ei
ther information or advice which we prom
ise to weigh in all candor, and then, after
comparing it with our own opinion, we shall
lake the course our own judgment recom
mends. ; ; .. :.
That our paper "Ims not breathed quite
such a spirit on the lavery question ns
some of our readers had cnticipated" we bo
came aware of some months, sinco, by care
fully perusing sundry letters from Bro.
McKenn. , He. torjether with a Inrce class
of his admirers and political brethren,
thought us nn abolitionist of tho Garrison
school, arid fairly shuddered at the idea of
boint? called upon ere long to shoulder the
responsibilities of an underground rail.'nad.
This the poor fellows thought was a horri
ble "objectionallehm,,' and only the precur
sor of a Ktill niore dreadful ono which they
thought Tub Ahgos would soon "let out of
the bacr." by advocating amalgamation.
Some of them have already shed rivers of
tears over the danger of our soon pitching
head first into such dreadful "objectionable,
if ins," ns amalgamation, voting a colored
ticket, and advocating a dissolution of the
Union. , Whilst we have taken strong
ground against the Nebraska bill, which we
consider to be the wooden horse by which
Douglas Co. have endeavored to intro
duce the peculi.tr institution into every part
of the Territory belonging to the General
Government, and whilst we Lave exposed
the iniquity of border ruffianism, 'as exhibit
ed in the conduct of Strirujfellow and his
! brother mobocrais, we hnve not been at all
surprised that such weak brethren as we
have already spoken of, shnnM infer that we
weal for every thing liorrill that their
leaders are wont to uHI them makes up the
sum of AbolitionUro. '
.urcaiu.to.Wt, lew arue.e. on u Jf Batwe mnsl nfifM llwt wfl bsve
lueiiitroducuouof slavery imo vregon, me wjjeei , . . t
of which shall be to show that I. eM.blisb slavery 1 a" somewhat by SHrpr.se hy the fcregc-
opour ro3 would be Uie vey in.duea. of political , ing letter from tritnd Blaio. If he hs any
assured by many men who are as much op- Pisaet' during our absence. But upon look-
just cause of complaint we Lave not been
able to see it Iu fact, we are left to infer
just how far he would havo ui go In disclos
ing the quuMion. We Lave certainly gono
as fir as wo promised lo go in our first issue,
and we think as far as any person Lad any
reason to expect us to go. nut we shall at
tend to tho complaints made in Lis letter
presuming that they embrace the sum of
his difficulties. Take fur example the fol
lowing:
"Will yon point n. to the pnrnsranh. in Tim Aa
au. where you have presented -au argument in any
.'iiipe tokhowlhat American slavery i wrong, that
it is uot politically or economically wise, dee.
Now we have not taken the lime to look
over our filo to s-.-e whether a "paragraph"
can be found taking up those precise prop
oiiiiotis and urguing them at length, neither
do we recollect to have seen a paragraph
jut of that sort in a single one of our ex
chunge papers for the lust seven months, al
though wo have large number of strong
anti-alavory papers among our exchanges.
As to writing articles in proof of these par
licular propositions, wn have never yet had
time, neither have we yet thought it imper
atively necessary to do so. All know our
position to be positively and decidedly op.
posed lo the introduction of the curse into
our Territory. Whether we have always
taken tho wisest course to prevent this we
are not able to say.'
The next difficulty is, tliat We published
an extract from Silas W right's speech, de
nouncing sectional agitators, &c Now it
so happens that we took the extract, togeth
er with the "recommendation," from mr
ica't Own, one of the strongest anti-slavery
papers in the Union, and America1 Own
used it as a club to rap Southern fire-eaters
and South Carolina States Bights disunion,
istsovcr the head with ; and if in drawing
his weapen in order lo belabor them well, he
gavo Garrisoniau fanatics a back lick, what
barm was there in that I The whole speech
we never read, and are not able to say
whether Wright aimed at Northern or
Southern disunionists, but we do know that
the extract was mainly aimed at Southorn
firc-cat 'rs.
Tho letter of Dr. Brcckonridgo was pub-
ing it over carefully, wo see nothing objec
tionable in it. It seems to havo been writ-'
ten in a kiud and conciliatory mnuner, and
wo are in the habit of publishing produc
tions from tho pens of all parties and all
creeds occasionally, without taking the trou
ble to point out every tlnug in them that
we do not endorse. We always supposed
that our renders wero nil aware of tho fact
that I he appearanco of a selection or a com
munication in our paper was no certain evi
denco that we endorsed a particle of it.
e sometimes publish clippings and corres
pondence which wo do not endorse, simply
to let our readers havo a glimpse at the
workings of a variety of minds, and choose
lo let ihcin exorcise their own judgments in
sifting the wheat from thechatr. in prefer
ence to winnowing it out oursclf.
Mr. B. thinks that our news from Kansas
is such as is contained in the A7, Y, Iferahl,
ami is unlutr. We hardly ever read the
Herald, aud aro unable to say. . But if the
Herald gives pretty much such a version of
matters in Kansas ns we have given, it must
havo improved a great deal of luto. . Wo
have not been in the habit of considering
the Herald more than second rate authori
ty, and have therefore) depended upon such
papers as tbe N. Y. Tribune, St. Louis In-
telligeucer Chicago Democrat, and Indiana
Stale Journal, for Kansas news, with now
and then an interesting article from String
fellow's Squatter Sovereign, jusl for variety.
The news we have published from that quar
ter we believe to be correct ; at all events it
places the Atchison and Stringfellow gang
in a very unenviable position, and entirely
exonerates the free state men in Kansas
from any blame excepting that of being a
little chicken hearted in letting armed ruff
ians from Missouri drive them from the
polls. It may be christian to run, but
somehow or o'her it never aeertH to us ex
actly human. For an American Arifdo-
Saxon to be driven from his privileges and
his duty, by an Indian, an African, a canni
bal, or a greater, without fighting a little,
always seems to us humiliating in the ex
treme.' It may be a weakness of ours, but
w have always thought that thise border
ruffians, who threaten peaceable citizens with
bludgeon and bemp, ought to be made to
taste blood, and we incline to tbe opinion
that they arc hastening on the day when
they will drink the cup they are now pre
paring to iu very dregs. But as we have
got to the extreme boundary of our
j present limits, we close right here, by say
ing, our prper is open to discussion, We
will always "hear" before w strike
.tallati Barbarities Oa WalU Rtver.
We ask our readers to peruse the follow-
ing account of Indian barbarities on Whit"
River, in Washington Territory, as contain
cd iu a letter written by Capt. Hewitt to the
Pioneer it Democrat, and then road the com
munication below signed "IIunteb," which
we take from the Corvallis Statesman, aud
which was undoubtedly written by the edi
tor of that sheet; It seems to contain a
very full synopsis of tho editor's positions,
views, sympathies, and feelings, as hereto
fore set forth in editorials, forming a history
of his "coarie" in reference to this Indian
war since its commencement. We ask the
citizens of liogue Kiver, whoso Lcnrts are
now bleeding over the lotsos of friends bru
tally murdered, of wives atid'children who
are now probably held captive by the sav
ages, and suffering abuses and tortures a
thousand times worse thau death, and
of property destroyed by tho flames ;
we say we ask these citizens how they relish
the rebuke for not having "vigifanc(e?)ized"
Ihe men who have been "constantly abusing
tho Indians" f
Who ought to Lave been "vigilnnc(e)
ized" for provoking the Iudians to commit
tho White River barbaritirsf Who ought
to have been tied to a whipping post aud
tigilane(e)ized for instigating the fiendish
deeds that were perpetrated last fall on
Sunko River! And will the Corvallis
Statesman inform us whom his vigilnoc(e)
izing committee should have sacrificed in
order to appcaso the wrath of the Cay uses
before they, imbrued their hands in the
blood of Whitman and his family I
Reader, look upon tho two pictures as
presented in tbe two 'pieces we publish bo
low, and then say fthethor the torici are all
dead yet. -
i ... i . , ;t
Aftor two day's hard work, reached tho
bouse of Mr, Cox, which we found robbed
confirming our suspicions that greater
mischief bad been done to the settlements
farther up the river. Wo then proceeded
to Mr. Jones' place, whore we found our
worst fears more than realized. The bouse
was burnt to ashes, aud Mr. Jones (who was
sick at the, time) was burned in it. Mrs.
Jones we found lying about thirty yards
from the house, shot through the lower part
of tbe lungs face and jaws horribly broken
nnd mutilated, apparently with the head of
T...I r i, t .. f. i
uu ha. , i uu oi'iics oi air. ooues wo luunu
tho roasted flesh having been eaten off by
the hogs. W (bund Mr. Cooper (who was
living with Mr- Jones at the time) about
150 yards from the house, shot through the
lungs, tho ball entering the left breast. We
buried tho bodies and proceeded to the
house of W. It. Urowr), a mile distant.
Mrs. B. and child wo found in tho well, her
head downwards the mother was stabbed
to the heart tho knife entering the lower
pnrt of the led breast, and also in the back
and back part oi the head. ' Hue had ap
parently started torun with her child (an
infant about ten months old) iu her arms-
was overtaken and pitched into the well.
The child was below Ler and had no marks
of violence on it. It was not dressed show
ing that tho mother had taken it from the
bed and attempted to (lee. ..
: Mr. IS, was found in tho house, literally
cut to pieces. The left hand hnd two cuts,
ns though ho had grasped a kuifu, and had
it nulled out. cuttintr the hand to the bone.
There were also two stabs in the palm of tho
same band, as though be had attempted to
ward ofl the fatal weapon. . Ill's arms and
legs, were badly cut, und . I should think
there were as many as ten or fifteen stabs
in his back, mostly a little below the left
shoulder, hvery thing seemed to show
that he bad fought desperately, and I think
he must hat'e killed some of the devils, tVora
tbe fact the fence where they went out from
the house, had the , appearance of having
had something dragged over it, and the rails
below all srhearcd with blood. ' "
After burying them as well as circum
stances would permit, we proceeded to the
house of Mr. king, of rather where his house
was, w hich wo found burned lo, ashes, and
where tlie most horrible spectacle .of all
awaited us. ' Mr.! Jones anil the two little
children were burnt in the liolise, and the
body of Mr. Kin(f, after being roasted, was
eaten almost entirely up by the lioj.'s. Mrs
King was lying about thirty yards from
the ruins, " almost entirely in . a' state of
nudity. She was shot apparently through
the heart the ball enterin; the leftside
tile left breas) was cut entirely off she was
cut open from the pit of the stomacn to
about the centre of the abdomen, and the
intestines pulled out on either side. We
performed tbe last sad rites and proceeded
back to our encampment, and the next
morning started for Seattle, ',' I
From tho CorvaUui Statesman. j
Ma.EoiToi: I have just looked over your
last paper, and if ever a man deserved ered-
It for so tuny exposing tne weakness oi ma
ny of our citizens, you are certainly the one.
It it a fact that toanr Oregon City and
Portland people Lava lost lesh for beinc ob
liged to stay where they are so exposed to
i...i: a ..... ' i ' ... i
uiu.'.ii ui-pnuuiiuiia. i hid periecuy OatonikU
ud that men will talk so foolishly and sim
ple about a few worthless Indians as those
are in this valley. The Methodist Pacific
Advocate at Salem, even, is afraid Ihe sin
ncrs will not shed enough blook, or appear
excited enough, but Las to put in a little for
ouncome. in lualatin 1'lains the saints
are pulling pickets around a church, and
calculate to make a fort of it i a cellar nn
dejneath is to be dug for a mngazino.
unmn and ApnulUing are Ibe principal In
ginoers, and if their plant are carried out,
Subastopol will be a small willow thicket in
comparison. . -
I have been 25 rears In and near Oreiron
and for my life I cannot yet bcliuve but tbe
neon e are tokins?. ther almenr In nut anMi
confidence in overv examreratcd stor? tho?
near, i reel sorry lor the poor women who
nave been frightened by their cowardly bus
bands. Manv simidetons talk of tuiernii
nating the Indians south; pohl that is
nonsense. Land claims will sell on Rogue
Jdvcr tor Vi first. Ihe whites havo made
a great mistake in murdering those women
and children, old men, tc, out south; had
they taken thorn prisoners, nary hut in my
opinion would havo beon burned not tho
life of an inmate taken. Had tho farmers
and citizens turned out and viiiilanceiztd
the blacklegs, loafers, and idlers who hang
aootii ana are constantly abusing tbe In
dians, nnd making all kinds of trouble, thev
would have done themselves honor nnd a
worthy service to our country; but it isoth
erwise, and I would nol now live in Rogue
tuver tor ull the land there, for no family
will be Kafe for years, in my opinion.
There is a treat spirit for extermination.
but after you kill and kill until all aro cone.
as you ininn, men the Indian will return
from his exile, with his knife more sharp.
uuu nguiu arouse tne lunocent, and say I
have come to avenge the death of mv moth
er and father whom you killed ton years ago.
nowever, our uovornor has been wise in
recalhnjj tho ftlhbusters : now if he will con
vince the Indians that what hat been done
was done without authority then wa mav
Lave peace, but not without.
Mr. Bush, one thinsr more I wish to sav
about the northern volunteer snap ; I believe
it to Do unnecessary. Gov. Curry. I am
sure, will be sorry ho ever went up there.
The regulars, with a few scouts, are all that
was necessary to subdue the Indians who
wished to war with the Americans. But
seeing tho whites so excited, they run for
life, not to war. Gor. Curry should come
home with nearly all hm army, and lot the
men go to work ) he wilt starve in before
he will effect anything, I fear, only to stop
the communication to the States ; Lo can
not keep as good order as Le wishes over
the volunteers, and a general war will be on
our hands, which throw back our
country, and prevent emigration over the
Plains, ' , ,, ' . ,
' My opinion is that 400 good mon will
whip and put to rout all the Indians within
200 miles of. the Dulles to-day; time will
correct mo if wrong ; and good management
is required, to make us as well off as when
wo chose this war.
Parkinson is just such a man as you say
he is, only he will steal. -. . . . i
The man who will take your course to ,
put down the present excitement, deserves
much credit, etc., etc. . 1( .,
' Ferguson has got back all safe. I expect
when tho truth is found but, Maj. Ilallar's
five men will come up some day driving the
forty lost mules. A IIUNTEB.
November , 1855.
idislu" 1'bo following Is .tho auUtujlc of
the recommendations W.iho wwii'wrW t
Church, onderthe watch jure of lVsbjtCry,
which- wero appended to ihla ra-purl
1. To extend thoir sj tiipMihiwa to all tlm
victims of this syittein of ielvuilo enmity
and oppression. - -
2. To pray for the oppressed and ulso,
for their inlatuatfd oppressors. 'I l
3. To diruct.all their influences in prlvute
intercourse with their ' fellow-niuli, to the
suppression of this evil. ,
4. To improve, in public, every opportu
nity when mingling in the primary assem
blies, as citizens, by word, or act and hcii
called upon, to exercise the elective frunehiso
to elevate, if powible, to office, nun, ho
will not only opposo slavery extension but
Slavery's very existance. .
rrebyterla MeellaR.
The Trashy tcry of tho United Presbyteri
an Church of Oregon, held its Pall Mooting
at Union Point, on the 3 j and 4th days of
October. ' f
Tbe meeting was full and the members
manifested ah net ho interest iu tlie great
Work in which they are engaged.
' This Presovtorv is wholly an Oregon or-
4it,,,.. "i .
anization having no ecclesiastical connec
tion with any other body of Christians. It
adopts as1 the exhibition at large of its doc
trinal sentiments the Westminster Stand
ards, but embraces only , a "Summary" of
those doctrines in Its "Manual of Doctrino
and Discipline."
The following will give a tolerably cor-
ceot idea of the present strength of this
body :. . . . ....
Congregations, 8 ; Ministers, 0 ; Mem
bers, 20q ; one .Minister without chargo
and another, David Thompson, is Principal
of Union Academy, at Union Point.
.The several Ministers are laboring, iu
connection with the Churches and Congre
gations as follows, viz : Willamette, Linn
county, Samuel G. Irvine ; Albany, do., John
E. Hannon; Kendalls Bridge, do., Tbos.
S. Kendall ; Union Point, do., Wilson Blain;
Camp Creek, Lane county, James Worth ;
Mohawk, do, J. M. Dick.
Among the subjects of discussion before
Prebyte7, Slavery came in for a liberal
hare. On the subject, a paper was adopt
ed, with entire unanimity, the argumenta
tive part of which concluded with the strong
declaration, that "the whole system pro-
claims ltseu to pc eariuiy tensuai, ana aev
L,ll. Manry tho
Mr. Maury, having tcliiovcd a success so
signal upon the sea, hna left thut unstable
element, and turned the rays of his lllumi.
nating genius upon the land. As Le ' Las
enlisted a strong corps of salt-w utcr people
to do Lis bidding, to watch the flying of the
spray, and eye tbe set of tho undcr-currenta,
aud, as it were, to scizo old Neptune by the
foretop and mako Lim tell all Le does, and,
by these littlo acts of violence, doing much
for tho world, so he now proposes to set on
the agricultural population, so thut new
ideas may be developed through its agency
from the skies that water and tho earth that
yields. In short, if is a system of Meteoro
logy for Farmers which tho gallant Lieut
enant intends to innguralo. , We wish him
joy of the experiment no'hitig doubling
that in this ho will succeed as well ns ho has
in everything else, though uot, perhaps, iu
equal measure.
l is proposod that the charges of tem
perature, tho occurrence of storms, the pro
valence of raius, the extremity of drouth,
shall bo closely observed by a corps of vol
unteer Moterologists, whose plau of ora
tions shall bo a system of thorough coopera
tion. Tho idea is very similar to that pur-
ued in the investigation of the phenomena
of winds and currcuts. The parties who
may undertake the task aro invited to report
to tho Government, and for payment's sake,
will each be furnished with a copy of the
results after results ahull hare been calcu.
latod. Tho discovery of now truths, tho
development of secrets thai yet remain se
curely locked up, tho wisdom which the farms
ing population will be in a way to acquire,
the safeguards that the tiller of tbe laud
ill place about linn and his, are the in
ducements held out to enterprising men to
undertake this work. Head quarters for
those land observations, as well as those
Lieh are made upon the sea, will bo fixed
at Washington.
The theory of such a plan of operating is
Very plausible. But does it promiso practi
cal results t If we are to accept Mr. Maury's
xpo&ition, it does. Hu cites tho well-es
tablished law of the progression of storms
shows that every storm that occurs Las a
bogining, and necessarily an end a: fact
hich nobody will disputo and goes furthr
er, to demonstrate that tho laws which ef
fect the changes of the atmosphere are uui-
form and certaiu that we may by dint of
study, unravel tho mysteries of Atmospheric
Currents as well as those . of Gulf Streams
and bulls of heated wutcrs, and thut the
farmers, when onco apprised of tho ralo of
progress of a storm, may reasonably expect
to bo au unvarying alumnae in himself,
and so predict tho period of the advent of
the floods. Hence, the benefits to the ero,
and through thorn to the farmer's pocket.
An office of tho reception of Meteorologi
cal observations ia in cxlstnnco tit Waaliitig.
ton having been established y Mr. Cal
houn, during his Secretary-ship in lho,War
Department. It now recoivi-8 the relurus
from the military stations of the Govern
ment. Upon tho basis of this organization,
Mr. Maury proposes to erect lib superstruc
ture. I lis plan is lit the market for an air
ing. Farmers are respectfully invited ,to
coinmuiiicnto freely, work, cheerfully, and so
muko us and themselves wiser and bottitr
men. Ex. ,.
How Members ark "Got Up" port ink
Newusia I.F.GisLiTiiK. A Mr. Purple',
a member of the Nebraska Legislature, t'tr
foruied a gentleman at Chicago a abort
time since, something Low membors nrn
gotten vp in Nebraska. Ho said : "Cnnt-
mings, tho Secretary, said to me one morti-
ing, 'Purple, we want a memdorfrom Burt
County.' So I harnessed up and took nine
fellows with mo,' nnd we started for the
woods, and when we thought we hnd got far
enough for Burt County, we unpacked our
ballot-box and h"UI an election, canvassed
the vote, and it was astonishing to obeervo.
bow great was the unanimity at tho list
election ever held in Burt County. J'uir
ple had every vote ! So Purple waa dvvlat
td duly elected, and here I am 1" Ex.
XW Hon. Thomas 0. Pratt, U, 3.
ator, Las written a letter in favor of Uew
Union party, to be composeJof conservative.
wLigs and democrats!