THE OREGON-ARGUS.-
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fcY WILLIAM L. ADAMS.
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Lafayette, O.T., Jan. 11, 1850.
Editor AnjHt Sir : Having read your
paper from its beginning with an expecta
tion of finding fnull, mid with some inten
tion (no to exposo thoe faults, 1 take great
jiloasiiro in Announcing tluit I have been
much deceived for tho better, and nm now
resolved to continue your paper so long n
you continue to advocate iWo consistent
nud conservative principles, which alone c-nn
be relied on to sustain the general and local
governments, in all their freshness, pnriiy,
nnd integrity. '
Sir, I had expected tint yon would pilch
into abolitionism hcud mid shouhlcis, from
hnving heard you called uti 'Vjoi.iWsf.''
tlul I uni indeed gratified to learn that you
are only anli-slavc that in, j ou prefer hav
ing Oregon a free State when it conies into
the Union and ynu do not wish to meddh
with the instil utiou of slavery in the Suite
where it now exists ; lent ing them lo con
tin na or uboliah it as scemeth "nod to tlcm-
eelves.
Then, n!o I had expected that you
would skin the public men of our parly,
(democratic,) right or wrong j but 1 find
"that you award justice lo all, regardless of
tho party to which they may elianco to be
long which is so extraordinary in Oregon,
it is'cooling, encouraging, refreshing, and
Animating ,' it is like an oasis in a desert.
Indeed, -sir, there-have been so little magna
nimity and self-respect displayed by the
newspaper journalists ' In this far western
land, that I had despaired of anything from
that quarter to revive tho spirits uf i he
good, dr.'reiiivigorato the moral, sentiment
ivhwli, 1 am informed, to the praiso of. the,
fir, -settlers, once and for-ntanyf years pro:
vailed hero. ' And some with whom I have
conversed,' (being older settlers,) have in
formed me that there was no depreciation,
no shrinking, dilapidation, flagging, or dim
inution in tho apparent moral tone of soci
ety, until the political war became so rife
nor immediately after it began j but in ihe
course of one or two years many had fallen
fifty per cent, from their moral sensibility
and high self-respect, which had previously
characterized them. Aboutjhut. time, too,
whisky became a common beverage, having
li:en unchained to "go put into the' four
quarters". of this. Palestinian land,, "to de
ceive, and. spread a vitiating moral 'ptesti
lence, to the great injury of the country in
many .respects. And to these two causes
may be attributed the present state of soci-'
ety among us.
Here is ample scope for tho moralist, the
jdiilosoplior, and the ciivino. ' And but fir
my unofficial nnd humble position in socie
ty, I would indulge in a few reflections, cn
' ' ;.-,,', the time bein"i
fisttMl' Hut I forbear, wi ,
Hurt .promise to preve i some future number
of rotiT VUirtble paper that the use of ar-
dent spirits as a beverage is a great peeuma;
ylcVto''ar,y community ; and that itu
lis discreditable to the moral ano .....
phases of community.as it is blasting, with
ering, and destructive in a physical and pe
'cuniary point of view.
X)ne more thing, and I shall be at the
'bottom of the page.
I was pleased with your manly course to
wards Cen Wool, although many of us who
belon" to his own party are not at all pleas-
cd with the conduct of Wool; and I must
say that I fear he is noi the genuine merino.
I am told that the same stiecp win noi
produce the same kiud of wool in different
latitudes.' He produced a fine coat in the
. touth, for which you gave him full ciedit ;
tut evidently he has withholds the wry
iJ wLich it h dtwiS" of ,he Snvcrn'
merit he should give to the citizens of Or-gon-on
Ihe ground or ft mililarf technic
ality, as I suppose. What would Gen.
Jackson have done bad he been governed by
each principles down south.
Tho : best miliary "technicalities" be
tween heaven and earth, the most scientific,
tihiLwonhic. aad sensible, are a tonqust
cthcrl
r .
K..tlUor.nt fj2 thonch some
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V.ilUuranA rraprlctnr.
VOL. 1.
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ollicer should secure lo liiin-elf n siniill
lice of applaud by it. l would In- to ev
ery patriot a rich and sumptuous feot ; and
us a lory jnculur relative about three sheet
in tho wind one" said to m of tehitkg, ''It
i meat, and drink, and pn t'y good elothes "
So of a coiniin.t in war: ""'' it, regard
less of Ntaiched nnd prinied "U-chuicali-lies,"
iin l it will let inililnry enough, legal,
scientilic, end sendble.
Hut, sir, I believe ho will yet redeem hi
standing; and fl uit and wave gloriously,
liih up in the breezo of popular favor.
Your paper is becoming popularwln-rever
il is read in this county ; mid inuny will
soon brcoine subscribers who had not any
idea of taking it tint'.l tl'ey had an opportu
nity of seeing their neighbor's paper, (yours)
which fully sulifie many of its entire supe
riority in the most important characteristics
of a newspaper. " A. H.
Injury ta tne Cause of Prohibition by
lauAU'tous Attocatrs. .
Lafavettb, Jan. 12,160.
Editor of lh Aryim DeasSiu: I have
bu n much interested fiom time to lime
with the discussions ujkjii a variety of top
ics connected with the weal and advance
ment of the public interests, which have
made so conspicuous a feature both in the
di'pnrtiiKini of your correspondence nnd the
editorial chair in the career of The Ahgus.
Discussion between persons of mind and in
t' llig'ince is calculated to effect untold good ;
il winnows out the dmlT wli'uli an ingeni
ous s iphift may seek lo impose upon the
woil I fur the "prime and gulden grain," and
aiKout; honest minds is every way adapted
to the detection und exposure of error as it
is to tho strengthening and confirming of
the principles of Irtith. -
And like every thing else that possesses
power for good, it may be so conducted as
to be potent for evil only. A good thing
may bo very injudiciously advocated, upon
improper ground, and suppoited by foolish
and flimsy reasons, such us its friends can
ueiiher' acknowledge nor approbate. In
such a ca e thn advocate does: harm instead
of good, fur its friends have then lo labor as
much perhaps to correct tho misapprehen
sion arising from the indiscretion of the im
prudent advocate, as would bo necessary to
convince mankind of the truth and eouiid-
ness of the cause thty plead. i 'nil ' if ;t '
I am induced to make those reflections at
this time particularly on account of the in
jurious tendency of eortuini!opinions. pro-
mulKcd by one who calls himself "Prohib'h
iinuiil," and the author of several articles
which havo lately appeared iu The Argus,
1 do not appear at this time, a la Mclvean
to dub "Prohibitionist" a fanatic and a w ild
advocate of an .l;objcclioiiabkimn ; on the
contrary I have entire sympathy with his
main argument, and his ostensible object,
the passage 'of. a prohibitory law, Audit
is only one or two errors, , begotten by a
sincere wish to promote his .principal aimi
no doubt, that I purpose exposing, Wnuse
of their especial tendency to weaken the
cause of prohibition. IIu sets out in his
article. of lc 2!)th wiih a "flourish and
then a strike with his mallet" at the system
of licence laws. Now 1 am bold to say that
I am, havo been, and, till we can get a pro
hibitory law, intend to continue, an advo
cate of the license system. And I advocate
the license system for piecisi ly the same
reason that 1 favor pndiibition-because it
rivuiniseribes and restricts the evils of in-
tetnpcrance. WI'o nul bulluve Ulut
wmi it not for Ihe tax of $200, as formerly,
and of 50,- as it is at the present, there
would be three W'g' i"ur ''.&
-.1, now exists, dispensing misery
and death! No one, I believe, who has
ever s. en the effects of the nominal li
cense or ' free whUky" system. U takes
tho traffic out of the hands of a largo class
of low rutliaim who would never engage in
any thing else, if it were only without re-
. . .. . - :. :r ..rt.i nti ua.- lo n
strictioti. Itcotinnes u, u k- '
hi-lier and more honorable (lor tlif're are
degrees of respectability even in tho lowest
employment) set of men. 1 ,
But. says "Prohibitionist," H'""
lowest and most degwiea. oi mi ea.M.lr.
...rti.ni of the law. and makes it honor-
ible." If that were ihe effect and object of
the license law, the objection would be just;
but it is neither, livery uiau has the rigid
i,. so our Courts have long since dect-
A..A where some local or municipal refiula-
C.n doe not interfere and prevent the ex
CrCie of the right; aud we cannot be
rouble with i.rotecting the traffic which
n ,l.n to all who do not first furnish the
mnitv with an indemity in advance
for the wrong which anybo and without
I .MUntV. kanw niiUBltt
' know anuulil of I'.oronMH.
cxtt, oucoon TnnaiTOiXjf, ieatuaoa-2, jaivakv
it they would have the rigid lo commit. I
License Imsleivetheiii, so farapriit. ciiiin
is concerned, just whero tln-y were, and
simply im'S - on the dealer the addiliiiind
burthen of the license tax. Thn l;eene
system was eigiuated by wi-o and tfood
limn, for the purjioseof restricting and mil
igaling the evils of Iih vice of intemperance,
when thn stale of public opinion would not
sustain anything nmro rigid, and its gen
eral adoption and beneficent influence suffi
ciently attest that it is not entirely without
merit. To be sure, I wiidi it may b-super
seded by provisions suited to the entire ex
t:i pillion of thn traffic; but until that can
be don -, I shall advocate the law ; much
lets would I ih-tract from its iin-rils that I
might hoist another favorite plan into its
pl.ic.
We w'uh to lenr lip (he deadly Upas of
tholiiUnr traffic by the roots, and entirely
to eradicate it, with all its consequent ;
but we find upon trial thai it will not yi- ld
to our efforts, i taut time und perseverance
ulotie can give us the victory. Should we
then pivo up indesimir? No. We try
tho I'c- use system, and by its aid we i;ni le
the sturdy moll-ler, we lop off Us linib aud
boughs, and trim il fiom stump lo top, ave
now nnd then un uncutupierable branch that
stoutly resists our efforts; wes'rip it of its
prido, contract its dreaded shade, and mess
urably destroy its influence ; and when
with busy hands and faithful hearts wo have
accomplished this, nnd pausing for n mo
ment, gaze upon the disfigured plumago
and decaying trunk of this once flourishing
tree, nnd console ourselves for nil our toil
with the hope that soon we will be able to
rive it asunder and annihilate it forever,
"Prohibitionist" steps up and coolly tells us
that all our work is but as the pruning of
the orchardist, only adding to the beauty,
attractiveness, and power, of the monster,
and exhorts us to renew an effort to frmli
cute il at once, w hich we know can only re
sult in fuii'css disappointment. 'We should
reply, as I have been endeavoring lo do in
this article, "Trust the evidence of your
senses, and see how much we have already
accomplished by our plan of attack ; oon
wo will have so reduced his power that e
can-uproot him wholly, but we cannot aban
don the plan we havo been operating upon,
and which ia doing so much, for if wo d
ho will soon recover his former strength,
and be entirety invincible. ,-
'The license is tho stepping-stone to the
prohibitory system, nnd, unless in very ex
traordinary cases, must precede it. No
great roform can be nj.ido in the simple time
thai it taken to conceive the system. All
such things must betiraduah 1'ublic opin
ion cannot be m.'icfe by law ; it must be
followed. : And although the sooner license
laws are repealed, and a prohibitory one
passed, if public opinion will sustain it. the
butler, yet, as one who ardently hopes for
the change, I would us soon W heard slan
dering the pigmy pretensions of the bark
that had boruo ino safely across the miirhty
ocean, impelled only by sails, now that such
magnificent steamers as the present age has
launched buve consigned tho old packets to
tho dock, as detract from the license system
the merit of having circumscribed intem
perance, nnd hastened its ultimate and final
overthrow. And upon thn same principle
on which all license laws are based rests the
cause of prohibition. If yu want to
transfix, the "personal liberty" doctrine,
and drive a nail to the heart of the liquor
traffic, show your opponent that the license
system to which he submits prohibits every
man utterly from dealing in the article, who
d..e. not first Day for the naht; an I show
him that he niust-necessnrily admit that if
four-fifihs are prohibited the risiht, yes,
forty nine-fil'ieths, that we c r'inty have
tii right to prohibit the remaining portion
for the same r aoii that we do the first. .
One more idea on this poini, and I leave
it. '-Prohibitionist" impresses me with. the.
belief that he belongs to that class of ultra
reformers of which Lloyd Garrison, though
on a OIUi rent suuj'-w, m me aj.
When once told lliel his demands were too
extravagant, his reply was, that "he must
ask for a whole loaf in order lo get half
decry every other means except the one,
that he may get tomethiny done." In oth
er words, applying it to our case, he would j
down with all license laws, hoit the flag of
-free whi-ky" and the floodgate of intem
perance, and let it devastate and desolate
with its burning tide the budding prosperi
ij of our Und-for what! That the people
might see jts evils and apply the proper
remedy. lie and the opposers of prohibi
tion icroind mof the fnblcof the men who
f ouf utnmUi'o of Uluu,
Hlttt. nn l Mlvl5.M (
haM e:it-li uile-r s.i mneli tlmt ihey st t'teil
to travel in oppositu directions, till they
might get so fr apart Ony never- iihcv
would meet, and ignorant of one important
truth, 'lie rotundity of tho earth, foil n I
ihrin-M In M-.'iiin face lo face. So "l'rohi
liili.niir.1," in ndocaling the doctrine of pio
hibition, runs so fur in uti- dircc'ioti f oin
tl'e liquot I indie that he is found almn-t in
contact with it in uiinilior. CVrmiuly he and
'free whi-ky" nu n !iarmoui.e b'-aulifiilly.
lam eolitirmed in this view of his opin
ion by hi nb'i j'lesneer at tlio idea of ex
cepting wine fur sacralii'-lilal pltrpfe-cr, out
of a prohibitory statute. Such doctrines,
or rather truth carried to such extreme,
serve to disgust in-tcad of ennviin in;' ; and
it is to counteract tho effect which they
might b supposed to have, if uncoiitradii-t
cd, Upon those w ho are fiivdrahle to prohi
bition, but are tint firmly anchored to it"
support, thai I hate Is'eii induced lo claim
your indiilg-iic for so long an leti !.
Wr U-spielfid'.y. J II. M.
Mc-araauik.
Walker, the fillihuster, seems to b -on the
high road to ri'iiown as the founder of a new
Stt. 11 is control of Nicaragua is repre
sented by the latest intelligence ns more
solid ami secure than ever. Corral, the
last man who might havo headed a move
ment ngainst his au'horily, has been con
victed of treasonable correspondence with
some rolics of the opposite party, and shot.
I5y every arrival from California reinforce
ments swell thn army of the chieftain, and
if he continues to manngo bis affairs with
the same discretion which he has hitherto
exhibited, bo power can expel him from his
position.
We must admit that since his triumph
the conqueror lias exhibited a preat degree
of political sagacity! The Presidency was
in his grasp, but ho preferred that Don
Pal riclo hivas, u prominent native Nicara
gunn, should be put into that office, at least
for tho piesent. ry this means Walker
saved the government from that revolution
ary nnd alien air which in his own hands it
would havo worn. The Nicaraguans would
certainty h 'very iiiigreiilfu' ton-fuse their
nlleulniict: loan adiniuistiati..ii with one of
thi-irowii iiiiiniieritt iishead. lJcfdd.-s, had
he b 'come Predt-ut! foreign' fcovermiicnts
would have been "slow to form 'relations
with'1 the' hew regime; but there could be
no reiis-in why th'-y should not" n' cogt ue
Rivas. who had b'en id high bfliee b fore,
and had b"rn a decent ' character as tin
world g'oi'S. ' The shrewdness of this plan
is iustiuYd by thu result.' 'I'h ' minister of.
the United States has' already exchanged
congratulations wiih the new chief niagis
tmte, and Ihe others are lilci ly to follow.
When the revolution' is thoroughly legiti
i . ., ..' t ...
mated uv Hie recognition or several jiowers,
VV Hiker will b.' ready to make himself nom
inally dic'aio'-, as be aln ndy is in reality,
and to carry his great project' step toward
iis consummation. iVtw York Tribune
The N. . Sun ivrs th- following: ''
Walkhr's Plan in Ckntrai! America.
A plan has already been started for the
ruival of the old Central American confed
eration, which is likely to bo successful.
Honduras and San Salvador have, on the
invitation of (Jen, Walki r, s. nt commission
ers to Nicaragua inviting propodi ions to
that eff cymd Walker has accepted them.
This invitation 'is to be extended to Costa
Rii and Guatemala, and. unless they ac
cept it, the fores of ihe three other com
bi nd States,' is said, will bo used to comp-1
lll' iii. It is to bis regarded as un act ol'hos
ti'iity if i In y r I'u-e. ' Walker's, plan id
p-ady extends t.j Cetitud America.
A WonAfrful Invralton.
We hat seen in several papers a notice
of tin- new Fdo-etric Magnetic Printing Tel"-
urph. invented by David E. Hughes of
Kentucky. In the testing ol one of these
machines in New York,' its powers were
found of so wonderful n character as almost
to create a doubt in tho claims set up for
it. The Herald, on tho testimony of per
sons known to bo competent to form a cor
rc-ct judgment of what they saw and tested,
gives the following account of it-- capacity :
"It will print, as we are told, from three
to five hundred letters, or from fifty to one
hundred words in a minute, without the
possibility oferror. It wi I send two mes
sages simultaneously, in opjiosite directions,
over the same wire. It works with the
most perfect secresy that is, it will send a
communication from point of departure di
rect to ilsdestiuation, without the possibility
of any way -office on the route receiving a co
py, excepting at the wi 1 f the senden This
"vt ottur a Vfar.
ss, isso.
r:o. 41.
i-a feat which no other instrument now iu
use can perform ; nnd one, tho advantages
of which inu-t benppn'ent to every individ
ual who is at all conversant with telegraphic
matters. It is very simple in its operation.
Any prrson who knows a letter of the al
phal'ct when he sees it can write ns correctly
w ith this instrument ns ihe most experieti-
c d operator ; all tint is r 'ttt's!te to iiiun'
absolute correctness b iie; that the cmv
shall iu the first instance be written plaint.
and correctly. The machine verities itself
that is, at each revolution the operator
can ti ll by nini.s of an uin-rt ing test in his
instrument, whether it is iu nnVoii or not
with the in-truiiietit with which it is coin
iniinicating iu n distant city. Hut its uios'
woi:deiful f at, and that which will lest the
reader's credulity the i-eveiest, is its power
lo start into opeiatioti a similar machine in
a distant ofiice, uMmtit the help or even
prc' nee of an operator, an I cmp' I it to
write out whatever message it chooses to
send in the same perfect manner in which
they first B'nitcd on their transit. Thus,
for instance, un operator at' Washington
may, at any time, lock up his office and go
to his meals, or his bed if l.e chooses, nnd
on his return ho may find on his dok a
message perhaps f uin New York or Ne v
Orleans nil fairly printed out, and ready lo
be enveloped and sent to its nddress. These
are sotno of the inost prominent character
istics of Mr. Hughes' instrument."
If the powers here set forth nro not exag
gerated, th:s invention casts in i ho shade
all previous inventions in scientific progress.
With these machines, the company that is
suid to be forming for their use on tho lend
ing lines throughout the country, may claim
a monopoly of tclegra hing and si t compe
titir.n at defiance. Spiritualism will have
to rotiro from tho field.
The New, Telegraph Machine. This
new machiuosays the Buffalo Republic, the
invention of Mr.'David Iv Hughes, of Ken
tucky, and the announcement of which has
inter, sted all who are in the habit of tele
graphing or being telegraphed, is a fixed
fact. It does, all it has claimed to do, an1
must, theicf ire, be regarded ns me tuuw
inveii ioii ill the W' rl I. .Oneofthes - ma
chine has lcn scut lo Troy a a model, by
.which, tdr0.,.,M-. rh)ifl. ..vhn celebiaied
mathematical instrument inacr, is, to con
struct mac-bines for the Un ted.; States.-
The Troy Budget, speak nr.: of the new m
cliiniyMjs,iv,"M...tv:o. M. Thelps math
ematical and telegraph instrument maker,
No. 41 Kerry St., who has acquired an en
viable reputation in the manufacture of the
most perfect instruments for the Morse and
House lines, has received the contract for
constructing the new instruments for Ibis
country. No mi, Mr. Phelps says, con M
have been' more surprised thun himself,
when he was first informed what the n
machine could accomplish, and it was with
much doubt that he could entertain any
favorable opinion of it until he saw its powers
tested, and ma to an examination of its plan
of construction. ,,'iiding the w. rk'ng of
the instrument simpl", and entirely differ
ent from anything ever before thought of,
all doubts' immediately vanished, and he
was thoi ughly satisfied it could accomplish
all. that was claimed for it by its inventor.
The Rate of Insurance on Oolo.
Thn N. Y. Mirror my The shippers of
mild from California to New York hnve
paid b 'tween thii o and four millions of dol
la's to tho New York Insurance Companies
in the last five years ; while tluv aggi e '" t
losses of thn Insu er' havo ndtexcedftd two
hundred 'hoUnud dollars. Messrs. P. Sath-
er&Co., ofthise'ry, have paid for insurance
over !200.'00.' We understand there is
a combined effort making among the Bank
ers to get tho rate reducod from 1 J to 1 per
cent., the latter figure bung iho rate at
which the English companies olfei t' in
sure.
. Important neyarSlns Wallpetre.
Boston, Nov. 2 1. By advices per Can
aila, we learn that, by order of the Govern
or General of India, saltpetre car. only be
shipped from territories of ' the East India
Compmy to London and L.in p ol direct
Tlio British Government have also orucrcil
all vessels that where loading in Lngland
with saltp.i. and nitrate of soda for the
United States to be discharged. The ship
Catherine, Capt. Edwards, which was load
ing at London for Boston, had been order
ed by Government to discharge the salt
petre on board. -
Ifr Sever emidov vourself to 'isce-n
the faults of others, but be cSreful to mend
I aad prevent your own,
News from tho SUtoa.
J)uU from A'? Ywk to Jj wiiluf 'li.
Tub SpKAKitRWir. I he llouo of ltep
rrsel.laliveshlld not elected il Spe:.k r Up U
the 22d of I I .C Thero bad U n I4 ballots,
liai.ks having about 101 vole on m-wly'
every ballot since our previous d.ili. A
W isl ing on correspond. nl if ll.o N. Y.
IletutJ. tin ier di.ln of Iec. Ill, wiiics:
'To day's proceed Hs have changed lh-1
whole in-ill cl of ihiligs, and it is omedel
on all sides that D.mks will bu elected n
mav b- to-morrow, but surely this week.
Cof. Richard -on informed him to day L)
coiisi leied it settled."
TboOI S FOR OlIK'iON AMuCALtrnUMl.
Wei. am that the U. . Mail stenniliii
5. I.nuit saileil from Hamploti Roads mi
Dc 13, fr Panama, wi ll ubut 8'
1 1 Dots attaclud o the Ninth l.'.S Infantry,
who have for somii tinm b.-eii stationed at
. Monroe, under tho command of Co'.
Wright. On their ni rival at Panaitia lh-y
will embark on one of the Paclitc si aniM
for Sun Fmiicisco, and ou reaching thai sv i
will proceed to the scene of the Indian dis
turbances on the frontiers of California and
Origin. The officers and men lefl in good
health and fine trim for active and ciiici' i l
operations in tho "disturbed district." W o
shall, no doub', iu duo season, receive favo
able accounts of their va'or in the distant
field lo wh'ch ihey have Ueii a-signed. ,
TheS. .o in' also took out a largn ' extr i
mail for California and Oregon.' Hull. Sun.
Important News ruo. the Plains
Tun Indians' Seeking Peace. The St. (
Louis Democrat publishes the following (
extract from a private letter, dated above .
Ft. Pierre, 10th Nov., 183": - i
"A f w days ago, thir'y or forty Sioux In
dians c; lo Ft. l':e.rotopay a visit to
(i n. Ilaruey. lb' lu l l a council, and had '
Ciinpbell. the interpieler, to tell iheill that
he wanl-d ten of the principal men of each
hand of the Sioux to come and see him with
in one hundred days; and should they list
ti to his words, and do as he wants (hem to
do, it would b" fi.r their good, lie would .
make peace with thetn. Hut if any of (ho ,
bands should not come tit the aluivc tim.', ;
he would then know thai they wish to fight,
lie told tin-in that it was immaterial to him
how they acted, as ho would just us soon
light as lo have peace; that he was sent
by tln ir (in at Father to fight them, but '
since he had killed tho brutes ho had pity : !
on them. All tho In liana that have c aim .
lo see him, say ihey don't want to fiyjlit.
They want to live. He told them that "ho '
could not- fight men that didn't want to.
licjht." ; ' . :.
The : Kansas TRounr.Ks A despatch
f .mil Independence, M'., states that tho niis
uiid.'istandiug between the free Mate men
and the pro slavery men in Kansas has been
II.. nttl.el . 'I'll. tlP-l. lilllAMfl fltTMI'll
,lltiaoij iM-im-.i. i. w ...-.- -
io 'tConizHi'lhe (iuvernor, deliver up of- ''
i'iiili-rs, obey tliu laws, and conduct thum-M
elves with propriety hencelortn., H ulso
tales that '(in volunteers fiom Missouri
havo been' disbanded .and gone to their tj
h'anes. All this is very probable, but we
il.iol il rpmnrns eonti Ntiatiol). NtW York
" ' " - . I V ,. .1., ;.,,.
Herald- ' , -,
The Question ok Slavert. The whole
subject of slavery will probably be brought
before tho Supremo Court of Iho tinted
Stales this winter, in the case of Mr. Rooth,
the free soil 'editor in Wisconsin who was'
convicted in the U. S. District Court of aid- '
ing in tho escape of a fugitive alave, and
was subsequently libernled by the Stnto
Court on a habeas corpus. Ihis is otio of
ihe most inter' sling and important eases
ever brought before the Supreme Com t.
Lkjiit House on the Coast of CAi.imii-
MA. Wu learn dial instructions nru iioont
to bu issued by thn Comiiiisaiiiner of tho
General band I Hike, in conformity with un,
I. .i i,.. ... i
oroer n"in i" . ihh.,.., v.
of land at Cresent. City for the erection
th'-reon of a lighthouse. II ash. I wow.
The SimT of Mrs. Caines. The, Su
preme Court at New Orleans on the 17th
ii'u. in mi' y in" v-m i
versing the decision of the S.'c.md Districti
, . . ..i.i I (. .'.'1 ('
n.. .1. ii.a ua rtt m ra. iinini'S. rn-
alio decreeing inai I'mie i i.uniii nm
1 til I) bo probated, and that Mrs. (.tdines bil
put in possession of the, property.
rSKfinENTIAIi iMoVRMKN I'S Cuss Ullli" PoUgluS
have pabliely exiriie(l their d sires ii'il lo ho coa
sideri'il as euiiili'lalfS for the Preii ldiey.
A Washington correspoinlent of tho lticlnnonJ
Enquirer saysi
Letters have been reeeivi-d linre frain iov.
Wlw, K ving as his op iiion in III.' i esenl sluts nf
i nrties and ultituile of Hie ciiini'n, lbs' tlv S'U' li
hotil l iiresenl no caieliilntii fur Ihe PreMileiicy ill
I si 6. e thinks (il is suiil anil Ulicvf J.'i ihut
Iheiesli ait lhn a cmilial union of the pur y mi
Hiiehauiin. Never have I wen Ihe Demo ;ra(s in
finer i-p rils, or more confi teal of iin-ei-se in iu 1,
., .1 il.e iililiieile ami iienielusl Iriii iilili of soinel
p: iiiiip'e. The limns of iHiher lien. Cess nor
Jii.lce l .aB:as will lie p es. a eJ to Hie Citir.ui.uli
Cenveiil mi. Of ihis you mi.y rest a.uieil. I
up, ak kuowingly n Hie subjeol.'
The N. Y. Ihra.i n inarku :
"Mr. Wise wuikinu for Hiiihansn, eh ? Per
haisi, in reinrii .or lhi eslruonlinary eiiiTo-iiv,
Mr liuelwiiiii wili insist thai Mr W ise elull al
least be the m-x- V ee Present. V. I ke!)-, loo,
Uuclianan and Wise wil. be the I cfcet."
RlirrtSclim'lrr, tlwijrv-Jl New York former,
d ed la ety 111 Paris.
Viie b I to e ve the choice u. rrw I'n'iai iJ
' . . I .1. . II ..f II
j tiM of ,, taroliiw oo the l lih Vcc , by a
,.rilo .lie p-np e pm-ea un- iibc. y --
irotcot
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