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to A -1 f '1 ,w 4f J! r ? ' W. L. iDlMJ, IOITO SSD fturilCTOk. ' SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1855. ' Afentt for Vu Argua. J, R. McUuiD, Lafuyittt, . C. A. Rmo, AVcm. ' Moboan Ri'DOtciii Sublimity, Win. Bmow, Molalla. II. C. Raymomo, brrif Grwf. Da. Davis, Bloominytm. -1 F!K W. Bnow, Corvallit. Aio ID. am, fu Fafey. Solomon Allrn, Amity. 1. E. Lvu, i?aa. ' JoHfi McKiNNEr, Calapnoia, Rv. Wilson Blain, fn'oi Vint. L. A. Rick, Jmktonvillt. , H. lUsnis, 6'nai. Jodor S.nkuiko, Yreka.Cal. Jan. B. Preston, Will Co. JU. " It A. N. PlIEU'S, Oulnburg, III. Law Concerning IX ewipapors. JT If eulxoribera order Ihe ducntiuu iiv of tbair papers, (lit pubUlior may continue to send Ihem until til arrmrngel mi jmid, IT If aulitcrlbers neglect or refuse to take their papers frotn lha unalofn.'e, or other pi .c, to which Ihey are Mill, lliey ire hrlJ mponM unl.l llicj' icllls ill erraaruirrs, aliould there l a any. '-IT If Mibwribnra remoru lu oilier placet, with out luorining the pib iiher, and lha pop. r if M to Ilia former dircoiion, i hy are lii'ld t cxin-ible. ' (EX It ia nm sufficient for a pwiiuaater, whi n paper ia not liikco out of Ilia office, to return one wilh "not taken out" writen on the magin, but ha muat wrila a leiter to lha pulilnher, givu.g the nam and put-office, and elating that ihe paper is sot taken from I lie ofTi e. Oilierw.ao the puei maater ia held reeponib'e. 139" The imdlor Ihe South failed In leavv hair on laat Mondjy, and ia now lying iu our I'oatofiice. W do not knew wliera ilia fault liea, but llie 'ot- matter and contractor, we umlttrnlanil, lay it upon each other 'a houMero. Tlie Fottinaater rays he woain the o(ue at G cud 7 o'clock, and iheci.n tractor eaye that be oallrd at lbs offioe at C end 7, and found nobody there to deliver Ilia mail 111 mail from the a uiili ii now at Champoeg, and wailing the niotione of llie contractor, who, wo art informed, boa not called for it lliii week. Friend Avery, what do you think aboul hand Orel your oommiasioo lo u for a few niontlia t ' Our leitilalore. The Legislature of Oregon meet on next Monday. As we judgn men by tin ir nets we ahull overlook the politics, qualifications, and thb nvnni by which the people have been induced lo send onr present lawmakers to the aent of government for lhi present session, ami awuit flu action of the body, before we either praise or Hump. It is lo bo hoped thai the member- will prove them aolvea to bo what a majority of them pro Jen to be, democratic. ' If tin y fink nil party considerations behind 'tho true Inter ests of the ptnple they represent, 'and lay hold of uch incnsurea of iniblie iililily ns mo calculated to advance' tho interests of the Territory nt largo, determined to lion estly diachargo their duMei to tho best of their ability, tve shall ever he forward to award to them nil iho credit they doaprvo. We shall neither condemn nor fnultasui);lr member, unless by his own conduct he ron dera himself obnoxious to the public eood. We earnestly hope thnt the cinititr session wifl bo an impfovemrnt npun amno sessions that are past. Thetu nro several matters of serious Import to this Territory, hieji will probably tngng their attention at an early flay. Upon the vexed qicsti.n of the Iocji linn of tho seat of government, we have not a word to say. Wo have already given om opinion of the law mid the facts. Indeed, we do not suppose that our august IcgMa tive body would bo materially influenced by our "opinion." on matters of this kind. We sincerely hope, however, that such action will be taken upon the matter Its' will be just,' and harmoniiu with the wishes of the psoplo of all Oregon. 1 ' If this m a dmncralie legislature it will repeal tlio nttri roct bill of last session, for , the very reason that it is an unjust, fyranni. cat, and .onfi democratic measure. It ( flttri.ffmi.HAf,'. I.. - .1 ' ,.,.,,,, ui eniiMo me great mass of no people nro sentimentally oywW to it. It is a loenfoco kandcuf, ihn't demairni.ii... and tyrants have loekerfupon the wrists of, ins sovereign 0f this Territory, durinrr paee of brief authority, simply been .'illlsd luey naa me power to do so, and they thought it would advance the intta of tha party. They nrr thought the fnph wantod it, but it whs forced upon then, ron trargtotkcirvitl. An overwhelming ma oi uurciitteMaw tins day in favur of . ropeai-eowequeuily, M it j, to tht pnph, it i. unqu.s.tionublv antiJem xrat,c. Dariwjww.d.'i.yiM.I Ifour Legislature think, ihi. bill ha, .he approval of tho jvople, we dan (fa to (0,H,i thr inatur to M rokrs If ou, Uw Jiivera are in fNVyr of j.onming measurw down the throat, of the peoplo, tthithtUv ar. artrst to, then away war, ,uch a ini.no'. mor as that of "democracy," and ol ,hem U "branded" with the more nppr,,,,, one of "U)ry,r ami republican fo, 0oco. , The peoplo demand the repeal of ih ;., tavs Uw : Jhf fiutvtion is, hav w latura that m enough fi ,1,, lto. mociacy hanging to ,( ,e ;,tn ,0 lh ttlaroic. If , hsv9 not, Jet us admit 0IC "at we :re under a dvntutv mo,, tyranuical than that of Austria or Ku.sia, and that we are not a free people. The 'Cliqua" last wialir resolved that we should wear this chain) and a the question was not raised at.the elctiou last June, w ara una ble lo say whether our present members will be sufficiently influenced by tho "clique' m condemn us to wear this old wreck of barbarism still longer. VV shall await the action pf the body upon this and all other matters wilb all the patience imaginable. - . :m' I . . . the Laws. i ' ' When the Igislaturo adjourned last win ter au act was passed authorizing the read ing in our Courts of lha enactments of lost winter from tha Corvallis Statesman for six months after the adjournment ef the Leg islature. ' Nearly a year has now elapsed since that adjournment, and as the laws are not yet printed, we have now been ab mt four mouths without any certified copy of the acts of last winter. The timn has long stiicu expired when, by the grace of our au gust Legixlaturc, wu have been permitted to quote their acts as law from the Corvallis Statesman. 1 ' ' In a suit in nny of our Courts depending in any manner ii on the enactments of lait winter, we. nro wholly without luw, unless we go to the trouble and expense of getting a certified copy of the needed act from the Secretary of tho Territory. ' Thp people can do very well without having the laws J printed, so that the young man of the Cor vallis Sialinnmn is enabled to pocket the peoplo's cash, and democracy !) is juxiih'ed of her children. We would recommend to the Cluing Legislature to dispense entirely with the. printing of the laws, except in the filthy sheet at Corvallis, and authorize the Coiirls to send our sheriffs or constables to Corvullis whenever they need any particular statute, for a synopsis of which they shall pay Bush five dollars, the mileage and ex penses of the sheriff or constable to be reck oned in with the costs of suit. This would be about as "democraticn as sonio othei things we have to submit o, and would be gladly put up with by the faithful. Conldn't our Legislature make nn nrrangn metitby which the young man could send tho-'estray notices" lo the States, and have them inserted in the "Banner of Libertin ism," or some other cheap paper, that would publish thoin for about twenty-five cents eacht This would give more room in the Corvallis Statesman for publishing the laws, and would be much to tho advantage nf our citinens, who would prefer to pay fifty cents a year on the Banner, in order to get the stray notices, than jo pay live dolhna for the Corvallis Statesman, which is a poorer pa per. Thia would y aid the Territorial Prim er a clear profit of from f J 15 lo 90 75 on each advertisement. Lay the tax on till the people squeal J they'll grin and bear it, if you only tell them it's democracy. . Vrom lha Dalles We have no very imporiant news. We received a letter from B. F. Cooper, Eq., of tho Wasco volunteers, hut have no room for it this week, ' It contains but little news Maj. Chinn had reached the agency on the Utilla and commenced forling. A few scut- uig parties bad been sent out scouring th country and finding but few Indiana. Mc Kay's house md been burnt and all his stock driven off. Col. Nesmith has dis charged all the volunteers at tho. Dalles who wished to return home. . t& Maj. Fitzgerald's company' of dra goons passed through this city yesterday, on their way from Ft Lane to Ft. Vancouver. We understand that Gen. Wool mado the order, before he was aware of the extent of d.fliculties in the south, ' ' Pork House. We understand that a pork house will be opened in Oregon City next week by Char man ii W in ner and Due. . They have al ready bought up some five bandied hogs which will be delivered killed and dressed They are willing to buy all that comes into thia market, after their house is ready for cutting up and packing. Wa learn from i hem that ihey intend to pay 6 cents fur lioik delivered here. This is something new for Oregon City, and we believe the business will pay well. fhiccesato llieentrrprse. , The N. Y. Timet give a lencthv account of a roc nt outrage perpetrated by Robt.S. Kelley, P. M. m Atchison. Kan.,. It seems that Kelley besides being postmas. ter for; the , town was an assistant editor .,f Siringfellow's tyiiatttr Sovereign, and felt himself pretty well posted up as to the lights ami privileges of officials whose-duty it is to rule over the sovcmitiis of Kn.- Ho thought it t.i be his duty, iu order tow rj out the pripciples of his party, to set hitu-s- If up a, a censor, whose privilege it was lo pass sentence on all documents pa,,i though hi. ofiW He accordingly , , a bundle containing six iopies oUM IL rald f Freedom, a free ,oil p.pe, published in Kansas, directed to one subscriber at At ehiwa, and after diverinc th. ,uk.cP;k... one copy, h4 wrote on iachoftha remaining fivo, "Sent back from AuhUon, K. T- Kefud:' and on ona of the copies ne penned the following squatting wvcreign effusion "Neceeeity nay bring roe to erimo, but while I draw breaih 1 tai.mH be induced lo lend a hand to Of85o gui,t Kic, yet, by miserable mail a meaaure which I know lo be suicidal lo tlio in- " ' tereata of llie Souih. i eaouol, and ajiunoi cirou- uitoibia libel!' 10 then bundled up the five papers and sent them back to the editor of ilm Herald of Freedom, accompanied with the follow ing note: ; . . 'I return you five eopiea of your paper, without any iiwcriptien thereon. Aa there ia a law now in force iu this Territory, prohibiliug (lie cireuluiiou of incend.ary publiealioiw, I moal reap. ctfull do- eline giving in. m crcui. on. -'-"' favor by atnpping your roiian ano ourropi uui from tainting the pure air of ibis poilion of Territory !" 'I'lie mso has been sent UD to the P. M. General, and we shall probably learn, from his decision, whether this appointee of his was legitimately carrying out the principles of "Squatter Sovereignty," alias modern do' mocacy, or not. nclura of Dr. kilt, Dr. Kane, who, it v ill be recollected, start ed out on the 31st of May, 1853, in search of Sir John Franklin, has returned safe and ound, with ihe los of only threo of his men. He reuehed N. Y. city on tho 19th of Oct. The N. Y. Times says lhat "for more than a year back hs Tthe brig Advance, iu a. which Kane's expedition h it, fair was es teemed very doubtful i and when lat Spring it wus proposed to a -nd ouf a party to search for it, the proposition met wiih far e favor than its friends desired, because it was thought almost a settled fact thnt Dr. Kane and his pnrty were past all hope of recovery. Congress, however, favored the proposition, and to v ssels weru dispatched on the nenrch nn the 4th of June, 1855. They have found tho lost searchers for Franklin, and restored them to thousands of surprised and rejoicing friends." We shall probably publish mo e particu lars of the, expedition next week. From the South Wo have nothing new of importance, ainco lost Saturday, when lion. I.N. Smith informed us dial Maj. Iiruce had sent in an express to Maj. Martiu, requesting help to attack the Indiana, who were in force between Jump-off Jo and Evaus' Ferry, and burning the eeltlere' houeee. u( ! .: ARRIVAL OF THE BAIL. Tho Steamer Columbia, Capi. Leroy reached Portland on last Tuesday eveninj! We are indebted to J. W. Sullivan, and Wells, Fargo fc Co- for exclimigps. Our N. Y. dates are up to Oct. 24, and California to Nov. 22. " i ,' California. The miners are. still suffering for want of water; there has been just enough rain to raise the springs a little, but the rivers are remarkably low. The flour, market was rather quiet at the time the steamer left, but was firm, with a fair prospect of no ad vance. It is quoted at from $4 60 to $7 50 per hundred. Oats ar in good demand at 90 cts. Butter is worth from 43 to 00 eta. The States. Ohio lias eh cted the whole Republican ticket, Chase is elected Gov. by a majority of 17,034 over Medill, Dem.; five or six counties which have not been heard from, will probably increase Chase's majority. I he Senate will probably stund 80 Repub. to 0 ami. The House perhaps three to one. Pennsylvania lias elected Arnold Hummer, nn Administration man, Canal Commissioner. This result was brought about by the indiscretion of tho opposition Thero were four candidates in the field, who ran as fellows : Canal Com, , Arnold Plummer, Dem. 6779 Tlmmas Nicholson, Fusion, 5780 Tn-aniore Williamson, Repubi 2357 Martin and Cleaver, K. N.'s., 361 t Total anti-Administration vote, 8,508 Giviug a majority of 1823, against Pierce and Douglass, but at the same time electing Hummer. -1 We wonder that somebody didn't run a 'colored ticket and add to the confusion already existim.' '-worea v.nf.,,!-.i ' However. Pennsylvania can be carried at the Presidential election next fall, a-rainst "rioce 4 t o, if th nL's that the popular voice can bo heard in uuly two directions. Georgia Returns from 93 counties in Oeorgia show 13,750 in majorities for John son, dem., for governor, and 5,237 for An drew, K. N. The delegation, from Georgia, in tb- nevt Uouse of Representatives will stand as f. lows; ;..!.'. District I. J. L. Seward. . II- M.J. Crawford. HI R. P.Trippe. IV. Hiram Waruer. ' V. J. II. Lumpkin. VI. Howell Cobb. VII. N.G.FW. : VIII A. H. Stephens. . . . Know-JCotbings- MtxriiisrvTA This Territory has alu had a variety of candidates in the 6eld. j We have but partial return, of lh r.; Kicu, eiecu-nui - e V.h-;sLn,.m.. irot 2.800, votes! Ulni Stead, Auti-Nebrasbu Dein. 1,450 j Mar- a ivwi io- - rs - ' shall, Fusiouia', 1,7(10 giving a majority ageineni, en "g Kansas. The full returns of the flec tions in Kansas fordel'-gate foot up as fol- lHs: , Pro-Slavery, Oct. I. Whitfield.. ! 2,604 Reeder, - . ... 80 Free Soil, Oct 8. lU-der, 2,101 Whitfield, 17 Ti will lw reenllecled that Oct. 1st WUS the day fixed by tho Legislature of Kansiw i , ,,,fl bu. lh, ..pU ul recog , . . - , tiizwi ' authority nf the Legislature, pro- churned the 8th as the day of ihcir choice, Tho Lexington (Mo.) Express publishes a report that Gov. Reeder had been mur dered at St. Joseph. The report was not credited, but it was thought that Reeder had a fight with some Missouriaus who went over to the election line ttening to kill Reeder after ihey had voted. lltble talon. Mr. Charles 11. Mattooii, Oregon Agent for the Bible. Union Association has favored us with specimen copies of tho new tians lution of l ho scriptures. Tho specimens sent us comprise the first two chapters of Matthew, and Home detached portions of Job, which contain nothing of a con troversial character, and consequently serve but a poor index of what disposition will be made of such passages, over which theolo gians have fought so violently. We con sider the translation before us a decided im provementover not only thai of King James, hut over those) of all others we have yet seen. It very properly lollows the common version more closely than is generally done by new translations, and only varies from it when clearness of expression or a more correct rendering seem to require it. In looking over the list of the officers and managers of the Association, we lake them all to be Baptists of some school or other, and the community will of course expect a rendering of baptUn as understood by them. Save perhaps a translation of this one word all denominations of christians will be ready to acknowledge the translation to be less faulty than that of any one extant. We should like to see more of the translations. The above works can be had at fifteen cents for Alaithew, and thirty cents for Job, at the book store of A. R. Shipley, Esq., Portland.' If ordered they will be sent by mail postage free. . .. ' tST Wells, Fargo & Co. 8 express mes senger, who has hitherto been on hand, "rain or shine," in a few houra after the' steamer reached Portland, was unavoidably tamed this week in consequence of the "Portland" having run into the Ferry boat at the city of Portland, and injuring it so that a horse could not be cot across the river on the night tho steamer came in. U"S.J. McCormick, Esq, of Portland, hua aeut lis two numbers uf li s Oregon uud Washington Almanac. It ueema lo have beeu carefully got up, and contains valuable information, besides a short plenty long biogmphy of Jo Lane, wliicS adds much indeed to its interest, LATE FROM EUROPE. Russia Making Tremendous Exertions to carry on the War. t No Prospect of Peace. The leading events in connection with the war are the quartering of detachments of French and English troops in Sebastopol, and the fact that the allied armies of ope ration threatened the Russian army both from Eupatoria and Baidar. The French cavalry under Gen. d'Allonvillo defeated the Russians near Eupa'oria on the 29ih. Russians loss, fifty killed and one hundred and five prisoners ; French, Rix killed and twenty-seven wounded. A touh cam paign is expected, as the Russians are mak ing tremendous preparations, and the Em peror himself is at Odessa. The fleet has sailed from Sebastopol on a secret expedition it is supposed either to Nicolaieffor Odessa. Kars still held out, according to last accounts, though the pro visions were nearly exhausted. It was ex pected, however, that the snow would com pel the Russians soon to retire. In France the Government has interfered to regulate the prices of butchers' meat. Corn has reached its maximum price. Fosllloa, Movements and Prospects of the nrnietiameCrlara, The last ollicial dispatches announce the south side of Sebastopol lo be occupied by ueiactimeiits ol trench and English tr-ops who have had distinct quarters assigned ;0 luem. . The Russians are , coneentratinre force, in the northern ferts. and .1 , sionally firing upon llje town( (J allies replied rn,m il- t , , " v iori wnk'Q re mained intact. fNL-lml.. .oJ v. -.-.... s'iaiMlumej I from the ruins of utht-r fortn. r.; Gorchakoff, in hi report. leerirw ih fire of the allies as beavf. PrrT,rti90a were making by the British r : .r ,. k .i.- t..kh.u of ,,t and 1-rei.tii u.gi..-.-, .-. . un,m,,.e m e. w s.., . ..!. .J ih an enUlU (lOCKS, arscuuia, " o Sevastopol, and thu upmot lo p'w naval stronghold. Though there is no of fldal iuformationon the auhject, tlu- allied generals for obvious reasons b. ing silent ns to their fnture iH-rations, there are various premonition ofa vigorous campaign in the open field.' Prince Gorohakoff on tho 23d ulL retri ed thai 20,000 men had been landed at Eupatoria, and that on the. Stfth this force wa increased to 33,000 men. He has since reported that "imposing masses" of tho al lied troops continue to threaten the left wing of the Russian army from the alley of Baidar, while a force amouuting to betweeii 30,000 mid 40,000 men threatens tho right wing of tho Russians from Eupatoria. It is uncertain, and will remain so for some little time, which of these threatened attacks is the reul one, but thero is quite ouough in Princ GorclmkofTi dispatches to show that he considers himself seriously threatened in front and cyi both flanks. Another significant fact is that the English land transport corps are in full activity ; that tho field haUeriesof the urtillery are in marchine order ; that largo numbers of the French cavalry have embarked for Eupato ria : and by the telegraphic accounts (from Vienna) it is stated that the allied fleets had left Sebastopol on some secret cxpcdi tion. It is again asserted from Vienna that tho Russian army is retreating The Tnnei correspondent, writing on the 21st, is not at all -anguine that the Kus siuns will be forced to abandon their , posi tion on ihe approach of Winter. The correspondent of The Daily Newt taki a a dilT nut view. He says : "The belief gains ground that the Rus sians arc iireparinr to evacuate the north side of tho harbor of Sebastopol. The ex tensive earthworks which have been lately constructed, and others in course of construe tion. are regarded as simply intended to cover the retreat and prntccl the rear-guard of the Russian army. Carts have gone in empty from the direction of tho Mackenzie h'g'its, and have gone away laden, il is sup posed with pioisions. 'These arrangements are supposed to iu I'icate mi intention to re lire. Il is still un derstood that a combined uiovtment is to take place against the enemy's position on the Mackenzie bights. A direct attack from LSakshiserai is spoken of, the. approach from the south being mado by. a route which is kepi secret and which will nave the eltect of avoiding the enemy's fortified intrench meiits." Le Nord of Brussels takes a hopeful view of Russian affairs iu the Crimea. ' A wiitcr in that journal says : "The situation is not entirely to our dis advantage, and the honor of our arms has been in no way compromised. Our men will no longer be obliged to oiler themselves upas a holocaust, but will now b? able o defend themselves in a close tight, and sell their lives ut a high cost." The same paper states that nut of the ten thousand seamen who' had undertaken, with their officers, the defense if Sebastopol, only a fourth survive, and some six or sevi ti officers. In an order which Prince Gnrohukoff has addressed to his soldiers, the Prince admiis lossof from five bundled to one thousand men per day, during thu lai thirty days of the siege. To continue to defend the south side, he says, would have been to expose the triKips to bo uselessly murdered. He concludes by saying : "It is not Sebastopol we have left in the enemy's bauds, but binning ruins, that we uave set tire to ourselves. Sebastopol en chained us to iu walls with its fall we ac quire freedom of action, and a new war com mences." War Movements In Asia. Letters from Kars describe the thorough devastation of the surrounding district by ihe Kusians. The provisions of the gar rison could not last longer than the 15th of Sept., and if reinforcements did not arrive, Gen, Williams would be compelled to sub mit. : The Russians, however, were themselves hard pressed by the snow, which had al ready set in, and which, if tho garrison could only hold out a little longer, would compel the besiegers to retreat.. Another letter from Kars says: "Oiner Pasha has arrived at Batoura, and was received with great enthusiasm by the half-stttrverl rrjirt-iK..n nf ,!... ..I 'l'- strength of the corpt darmee, VCU j8 ; e mat uuiee. , ha reseuieu as sixteen llioUM'-.,, n.o.. ..n armj,, does not exceed -lt, presenter tW sand sabres." , ' The ee;,j.ufli(.ja Austrian correspondent Pu".he news from Coiwianiinople, uf the -th nit., to the ehVut that the Russians be fore Kars had captured a Turkish convoy of provisions, deg'ined for the garrison, togeth er with one thousand bUp and three hun dred men. Prince Garchahor Dispatch, UaJIBI HQ, UVL-lutelligeuw ha, been received at Sl Petersburg. from Prince Gor chakotT, which brings news from the Crimea op to the 3d inst. The prince report that on the previous day the enemy made an ineffectual flank moromem, ' fvmzxmtmf , .,.. --, v ;'mntfn ; .ai . Va vuvmj H"111" - ' flm(k Md 9UMm9 Our ad- Tanced pott (till occupy lber feruisr Ud. Nothing has yet been uudurtaken against ( the northern torlti.' , , : i. Bombarameal of Us North U of ftehat. - , , . - ii " ' The Allies are reported to have establiah ad ono hundred and Iwcuty nmrlars at So bastopol, with which it was expeoted they' would soon render the north tida unten. able. ' 1 ' " AbollltOB of th KesvrlelloBt th la. parlalloa of Hall late EmsU. , , , On the 2d iust. government notices wert published at Warsaw under the signature of the civil governor, Lcszezyoski, announ cing tho abolition of restriction on the sale of salt, and that purchaser would be per mitted lo import any quantity, as might suit their convenience. The Ciar's Visit to lh Crlase. Ko.niosbkko, Oct. 4. The St. Peters burg journal announce the return of the Empress from Moscow, and of tho Grand-, Duchess and their children. Vienna, Oct. 4. A letter from Odessa of tho 30th ult. says the Czar i expected thero on the 7th October. Thero is now no more talk of pace ne gotiations. . , , Tub elections stii.l to comb in 1855. Louisiana, Monday, Nov. 8, Stnte officer and fivo Representatives to Congress. Mississippi, Monday, Nov. 5, Stnte officers and five Representatives to Congress. New York, Tuesday, Nov. 6, State officer, but no Governor or Lieutenant-Governor. Wisconsin, Tuesday, Nov. 0, Slate officer. Maryland, Wednesday, Nov. 7, ix Repre sentatives to Congress. Mussnchusetts, Monday, Nov. 12, State officers. In Ten nessee, A labama, California, W isconsin, and ' Pennsylvania, the Legislatures in each StnU elect onn United Status Senator. JV. Y. Courier & Enquirer. . Makion, Nov. 2Uth, 1855. iSiMor of the ArgutDzMi Sig : My aitent'on has been called to nn article in the ninth number of the Muihodist Advocate over the signature of "K. S. Hoyt," calling in question the propriety of the passage of the following resolutions by the Oregon At social ion of Congregational and Presbyte rian Churches held on tho Gth of Sept., ult.: "Rcea'.red, Tint this Association has no Wish I establ ah or support educational institutions for aev luiiun piupoM-a. "Hemlted, That, in our judgment, every luck institution, lo fulfill iliehieji ends of truth and in telligence, should be Iree from eecleaiaalical con trol but ihey should be controlled by religious and evangelical Uoardaol Trust." a Although I was not a member of the "As sociation which passed tho above resolu tions, I am far from believing that the mo tives which prompted that respectable body to thus plainly and honestly define their in tvniions upon the subject of education ia Oregon, mid clearly set forth their rial con nection as a religious body wiih those in-, stitutions to tho support of which they have largely contributed, and under whose fos tering care they Imve been principally kept alive, was such as to have called forth the n buko they have received from fricud Iloyt through the Advocate. Whether theilMOr cialion had the Methodist institutions in view, with the policy of their charter privi- , leges, 1 am not able to say ; but certain it is, that nothing of the sort appear upon' the face of the resolutions themselves, and I am left totally at a loss in conceiving the spirit that actuated the correspondent of the Methodist organ in taking it up, un-' less he thought, in glancing at the garment, ho saw a ucoat that would fit" tomebody. Friend H. seems to bo puzzled to know why the resolution was passed j as "no religious . body that we are aware of has taken the position to 'establish and support educa tional institutions for sectarian purpose." Ho thinks that somebody may have lutpi owned that tho " Association" designed to establish such institutions, and the resolu tions were very properly passed in order to set ihe matter right before the community. In the very next sentence ho inform ui that "from the language of that resolution the inference would be generally drawn that an adverse position had been taken by , somo ofAcr ecclesiastical body,'! and that, such an inference would be very erroneous nnd uniM.it, if applied to tho Mcthpdist Epun copal uiurca, " . That the "Association" 0f Con cremation- al and Presbyterian bodies are not chargca- n o vviln. founding "sectarian instilutfewSr we prove, first, by their disclaimer contain ed In the resolution aforesaid s and. tth , by Mr.NIoyt himself when he in. forms us that ".jo religions, body 'bs twken ' thi petition", ..Taking tho evidence then of their denial, contained in their resold ' lions, together with the assertion of Mr. wo consider rtie matter tufficiently settled; without enquiring into the chartered imrnu- nities which this body has asked and receiv; ed in establishing the Pacific University, and wo hope the public" will exonerate bf "Association" from the charge of wiskipy to establish institutions for sectarian, jRh poscs. .Bit is pnb!; opinion as" r:a,y?