THE OREGON AHGUS,
WILIIIIKD IVKRT SATUSDAV UOSNINO,
BY WILLIAM L. ADAMS.
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.. TUB VWJt OV UHEAUH.
' i ' IT WILLIAM C. 1HKANT. .
A mighty realm u the land of dreamt,
" Wilb atepeihat hang lu Ihe twil'ght aky,
And weltering ooean and tmiling Kiiemna,
Tliat gleam where thrdtuky val.ryi iie.
Hut over llarhiidnwy boidrra flow
Rwei t rnya from the world of e ndlen morn,
' And llie lieureiit nionnlu n ea cli the (low,
' And flowcrnin llie ut-a: et fi. Ua ure. burn.
The aouui of the happy dea l repuir, luml,
, From their bowera of li Jit In Hint boidrng
, And walk iu the fainter g!ir' lliere,
, Willi the louia of the liv ng li. n 1 lo bund.
One calm, awcel smile in lli.it huilow) cpliere,
' Fnini eyes llmt open ouenilh n i more
One warniiiK word train n voce nuceilr.ir
How I hey I H iu llie in. inury oVr!
Fur ufrfmrn those hillillut liine with day,
And field llmt bloo.u li the heavenl) ga en,
The land of draiuna gncs ulrelehing .iwuy
To diniiner niouiilniiiii an I tljiker vulra,
There lie the cliamben of Kiiilly delhl,
. There walk the apvclres of guilty feur,
: And suit, low vuicen, that Heat llirough the nlghl.
r Aro whieperiiig sin in the helpUwear.
Dear muld, In thy gii llioo.l'i opening flower,
Scarce weane.l from llie love of childish p'ny !
Tlie lean on whoso cliieU are but the thowir
'' ' That freshens the earl) bleonu of Muy !
Thine eyrs aro closed, an. I over thy brow
'' Pan llimi;hlfulsliai!owiiuiiJ joy ug!eun,
' And I know, by the moving I ps that no.v
i . 'Thy spirit atrnya in the lund of dreams.
Light hearted nia'den, oh, heed thy feel !
. ' ' Oh, keep where ihatliebmof Paruilise Oillnl
And only wander where thou inuy'nl meet
. , , The blessed ones from if sliiuini; nulls.
I Bo Khali thou eome from the lund uf ilrennis,
With love and peace lo this world of ,ri ;
And the light thul over tliut border rtreume,
, Shall Iio on the pulh ofthy daily life.
" ' South Yamhill, l'olk Co., O.T , )
Jan. 14, 183H. S
Friend Adams Dear Sib: It seems
tlintl am compelled to n.k perini.-i"ii to
speak through tho column of Thk Argus
concerning tho grunt exjil ision and crack
ing of revolvers, which took place iu Mr.
VValkcr's yard some time in the latter pan
of Oct. Inst. Iu short, I have no doubt 'hat
I he oppingof I hose small revol vers sou uded
nqnally as powerfully in tha ears of Mr.
Hall as the bombardment of S bntopol did
in the cars of the Russian, at the downfall
of that great city, as he and all he family
warn taken with a leaving in time of lb'
great Indian fight in Mr. Walker's yard.
It also appears' that no one Imppem-d lo be
btirtoi1 wounded in the least, excepting Mr.
Uall slightly feathered. He preteiida to
know the hour the shooting took place; be
that as it may I never charge my mind
with so small matters, unless I had been
very badly scared at the time,
-i But to the facts m they are. Myself, in
company with Mr. Bohanuoii, mi old play
mate from Missouri, on our way from Port
land, called to stay all night with Mr Walk
er, also an old acquaintance from Mi-souri,
and after talking some time on the affiiirx of
Oregon, &C-, it was suggested that we should
fire off our revolvers for the purpose of re-
0 wo stepp?"" '"lo 1,10 )'afJi nnd
JoAnuift, - ; , -Snutas regu-
(fired them off shooting Juki, . .
ilarly astlnei motions of a clock pendulum;
t(that rep'rese-nted a ereat Indian fight, in
'deed.) I then proposed firing aj-a'n In-fore
we loaded with lead, as tho echo fell must
'melodiously upon our ears as it rang thro'
'the tall firs that surrounded Mr. Walker'
beautiful little farm ; accordingly the shont
'ing took place agaiu, in regular order as sta
ted above. As the sound of one would die
away, another would come, 4c, and lha
sound, were so nearly alike that any man
-would hnve suppled they all came fioin the
same gtm ; in short, the whole matter was
"to conducted that no man of common sense,
would have taken it to be an Indian fight
"We then lar down, Mr. Bohannon and
myself in an adjoining room. In an hour
Trbao after lying down tome gentlemen
called at the gate-, the ladies of the lioue
went to the door, and one of 'he gentlemen
came no to the Loae, I suppose to leam
XV. I MIAHH.
Ivllior n t Proprietor.
VOL. 1.
or so on
ii'ld linn thecau-e, an I wry politely npolo-
IC Xi'd, lit llie KHm.i tillin iii'in.r all.. vur
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" 1 near mat the neighbors were so
inucn i l.irmed I did i.ul understand a
1
tin ITcMtl. niail said. I wnn after,
ward- ci "diblv informed lie amteil 1 1. .t il.n
liriidrf. uuH in... ,!...! ...! t 1... .t i
- u. i-nun 11011, lit- wool"
Ih iglboiiioud wa aroused,
I wan also in-
formed bv t'ood authority that there wa an
0,1 '''J in "!'.' hbo.hoo I who wasnf-
( ,
c U '" ollt' "'"'nld-r hy llie slightest expo-
hur . 1 he m xl niorniiii I . f for limit",
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'H" '"W IMUIhiioii h I In aid a nup. clnble i
jouil III ill uy t'lifllie piople werr. all
. ,, . , . , - ,, ...
i mi mi uj'iwur iu un neiii iioriiiiu I ki liiin H
Inst nijlit. caiwd -imply by Home permiim
di-rliar'iii; a ret lv r or two."
I have ju-t mated llie factH as limy were
t 'ld to in- coiio.-riiiiij.' the biidijo b"ingl
"iiar leil, tlie nfllrti-l old lady, and lb
iroii-i'd Mad- of ih.- i- .tinlry, and I firmly
beli e them lobe true. In coui'luniun I
Will ju ts y t' at I have 'acconuud to thai
ill-nil d cuii.iniinily wh eli ha- done me no
hann." R'-pcil'ii!ly.
II. D. BUTLER.
1'oK tland. O.T, Jan. 20,1831.
Mr. Ad ims Isik : "A Citlliolic Citizeu'
d d noi loniply with your very reasonable
n ipi' l to unlock his iinNie and give ii to
the public, nikl lurnish llir doetiin. nls oh
which li" n lied lo piove you in error,
which, had In-doiie o, would have justified
him iu his demoniac or jesuit hke cursinj.'s
and i-aliiiiiuies mid deiiiiuiiiilioiiH hurled
ujaiiist you ao libf'iilly, for slating and
brii Hy cuihiii. tiling on a few official facts
oi facts O lie ally reported.
This idolatiuu-, and wilu-d, and withered
slip of apo-tate and degraded humanity,
liiivin: committed the keeping of his con
science mid the eternal destiny of his soul
to the most corrup'ing class of all thr
i-iusses of erring and depraved humain'iy,
seem- to be well qualified, in a moral point
ol view, for the sli ny tn-k iinpo-id on him
by those to uhoiii he yields an unqualified
obedi nee. Indeed, we mi lit Well suppose
hat (In- h a-t coii-eieirious mrl mo-t J bas
ed iuMiumeiit of the party would b ' used
is a "L-a -8 paw," io d leniiice and c.ilumui
a!i the iiiiiiih and standing of the good if
perchance, they shout I be iu the way of
carrying out some nefarious and unholy
-clli'llle.
And you, Mr. Editor, hnve had the cour
age an I manliness to stale and comment on
t few facts the same as written byoflicers,
and by the. "boys" also, while encamped at
or HeHr Pjii'lusy's sanctuary. This ba-h-f
d "Citizeu" knows that it is ull faNe, an I
consign" you o a terrible "gulf," (said to
be prepared for apostates and unbelievers.)
for telling tlie truTi. Ah! indeed! this is
the hint. Truth, like fire on living flesh,
i pn:nful, aud gondini! to those exposed by
li. I his evil he irted "cai s paw is evi
dnil lilinded by iniciuity, na snake in
August hy its su erahundant poison ; and
the lain -uess and inefficiency of his d-f ns
is proof enough that he can't see one inch
before his nose. The book from which he
purported to make extracts was against
him, if tln-y were in any wise applicable.
But then ihev gave a reeis'er of some only
of hi- transaciiniis w'th the Indians, (not in
'55 ) in I8.V4-3. Suppose I accuse a man
of k l ing my hors" yeslerlai, and his advo
cate attempts to prove that the man wa
not in the coun'y tico years agot with no
elort to prove that he was not there on ye
Irrtlay. would no! such e'Vori b" scorin d b
the court, the jury, nn I every man of sen
am! reflection) Woul I ii not be prima
Jnc'e evidence of his gniti f This is pre
ciely the ca-e berore us, Parmosy is ac
cused iu '."", and his advocate uttempts to
irove him innoc nt in '."2 and '.r3 1
' Well' li' l,r0in 5"' proofs in Ids second
letter are jii-t his o n 0,,re unsuppoi t.-i'
-tat. -men's, and which, if true, would nl
he a thin veil, too traiisimri n' to relieve
him, w hen his own h n '-wri ing, and othei
facts I'1"'". o',iv- B" ' w"'Kn 7- ar'
acainst him. The pre its wanU-d middl.
Orepon to th' mselTi-s, as in ihe winter of
1H7. Aud the plana laid this time wer-
too large and too systematic for the uncul
tivated savage, unadvised.
The Indians all over this valley, and th"
coast, and Umpqua, an I Shasta and Rogue
River, say that runners have been sent from
ea-t of the Ca-cades, to engaje them in
this war ; and those ii. the f 'l ev, and on
the coa:, and down south, were to begin at
a time suzzested by the In 'ians eat
d .ul.tl'-ss to wenken the defense there.
The scheme was a mam-noth one, requiring
AUV.KU'. ,.kiv auusUl
kanw atiuskt or Coronet,
city, oz.na on Tim. ax tor., iaiuhoav, mBRVAnv a, isso.
See tlie "American and Uiiinit. pub-
li. !...! h R.. Mr. firiflin In Iftifl ii.
... - I ... w-w,
winch bo prove by the highest evidence
known to the law that I lie iiriet and then
m'elliti had nn umdl M.reiiev in the nia-m
ur-.f Dr. Wliilmyii mxl honilt. nil mi
-.1 .1 ... 1 .1. . ..1 1: 1
uui'-ra. ornr iu uuio puooc aim ill mury.
I am far frnin coiideinuiuu and accusing ev-
vrv ('ailw.lie. No Con forbid I Ami
ninny of them cannot b- mode to believe
. .
t'mt th-ir priesis. or any of litem, are cap
lite of uch d. ed.
But ill- guilty ' mild
he exj 0- d. mid 'he public warned,
w.
Rkvolitionarv Testim i.NY to tiis
Justness op Amkkica.n l'KiMriri.KS. In
an oration d- liveied at the request ol C"ii
grew, by Gen. lii-nry Lee, on tbn death of
Washinoio.n, Dee. SO 1700, that Revolu
I lion try patriot ui.-d 'lie following cloqu-nl
lalig iage !
uM"'hinks I see bin nugu-l image, and
hear fallmu' from his vein-ruble lips these
deep-sinking words; 'Cease, sons of Amer
ica, laiiieiiliiig on separation ! ' (Jo on, and
confirm by oiir wi-doin the fruits of our
j 'iul elTirts, and common dangers 1 Rev
erence religion, ililUl-e kuowleilge through
out your land, patronize ihe arts and sci
ences. Let liberiy and order be insepara
ble coiupuiiou. Cuilrol parly spirit, ihe
bin- of free government!.. Observe (food
faith to, aud ciiltitaie peace with all na
tions. Shut up etery aenue to foreign in
fill nee ; contract rt her ihan extend na
lioiial coiimciion; r ly on you self only.
Be Americans in tlmughl, word, and deed.
Thus will you give iniiHuHaliiy to that
Union wh'i h was die con-tant object of my
terrest'ial labors; thus 'will you pr.-serve
,,.!. I ... I..,. .... . i... i-..i,
i,v ofa heo.de to -,, .st ,Uri ...id .1....
will you aiipi.lv (if my happiness is now
augni iu you) inn only vacancy in llie
round of pure bliss high Heaven bestows.' "
Such were thesentiinenLsof(icneal Lee,
f Virginia, attributed lo the Father of his
Coun'ry, and which perfectly coincided wilt
those he expressed during his life. Such
are the principles against which Ihe admin
is' ration of Franklin IVrce and (he whole
foreign party are wniring war, and for the
avowal of which they proscribe patriotic
Americans.
Thk Last of Marion's Men. A cor
respondent of the Kentucky Statesman
gives the following sketch of an old citizen
in Tula-ki county, named Elijah Denny,
w'ho is perhaps the oldest man in Ken
tucky. He was 118 years of age on the
10th of September, and is ns active as
many men of forty. Me works daily iiion
a farm, and throughout his whole life he has
been an early riser. II" informed the wri
ter that he had never drank but one cup of
coffee, and that was in 1818. He served
seven years in tho war of the Revolution,
and was wounded at the siege of Charles
ton ; he was also at 'he siege, of Savannah,
and at the tattle of Eutaw Springs ; he
'as also present at the battles of Camden.
King's Mountain, and Monk's Corner,
Ho served under Col. Horry and fcien. Ma
rion, and was an eye.wiiness 0f the suffer,
ings and dea'h of Col, Isaac Hayne, of
South Carolina, nn early victim of the Rev
olution. He is siiriirhtly and active, and
would be taken at any time in be a man "f
middle ae. H is a slriel. member of ihe
Baptist church, and rides six miles to every
meeting of his chinch. He has four sons
and five daiiglile'S, the eldest being now in
his snventy-eivhth year. Such is a brief
sketch of this aged soldier and Republican,
who is perhaps the only survivinc soldier of
Francis Marion, Su npter. and llrry.
07" Th" Democratic in ijori'y in the Sen
ate is having trouble about ilwPrintership.
The Administration wants the Union eo'i-
om Nicholson and Fo'nny to receive
this spoil, toenabl" them to keep up the or-
ran. But l' is wing of the Deinocrncv mini
b rs only eighteen in caui-us. Others op-
jio-e the nmnin ithm b- cau-e they doiM
liku the general i our-e of the Union and
still others, b' cause they are opposed io
Pierce' administration which tin Union ad
locales A a consequence, the Democracy
are sadly divided, an I the result is iu the
hands of the twel - e 'Republican' Senators
on the fl .or. The probability is that lliey
will unite with the anti- Union democrat".
and elect some new man not y-t nam- d.
The blow will be a severe one to ih" Admin
istration. S. F. Herald.
Matrimonial A wman in Memphis
Tennessee, lately married In r ninth hus
band. A n excha- ge paper says "she beat
all the women we ever heard of." Her hus
band, probably car fery little how many
women she beats, provided ehe doesn't b-at
Jjim.
at tatara promises af Klags, ,
it HUr. a I HlrlwcOi
Hkarf fitl.
Mr. Shnrp, the Inventor of the wonderful
fire-arm, knowa as "Sharp's Rifle" I now
establishing a la'gn factory in West Phila
li-lphia, near ihe wire bi'nlge over the
Scliulkill rivt-r I visited tho esiublisli
uieiil the other day, and found Mr. Sharp
hard at work, eroding his machinery and
preparing tools Win ll thorougiily organ
ized, llie in-w work will employ about 800
men, and fiui-li off from ISO to 200 rifles
per week, be-idi-s moulds and other equip
in. nls. The concern imw in operation at
I lariford, Conn Mr. Sharp has no connec
tion with. It i owned hy a company, and
they are every way infringing upon the
patent riuht of Mr. 8., beside producing
an inferior description f rifle. They have
been prosecuted for infringement, and will
soon be woundup by an order 'from the
tourt.
Sharp's rifle is the mt efficacious nnd
terrible fire arm in existence. The small
carbine now ux-d by U. 3. mounted nu n,
throw a ball with deadly aecuricy one
quarter of a mile, and can be fired ten limes
n-r minute. )t is not complicated instruc
lure, is easily cleansed, and Miners no inju
ry from wet weather. M'. Sharp is imw
preparing model-for four new species of his
weapon, lianu-ly : A small pocket ii ol,
calculated lo throw a Millie ball one hun
dred yards; a cavalry pistol, iih a range
of five hundred yauls ; a rifle suitable for
footmen, with a range uf one mile ; and a
la-ge gun to throw a two-ounce ball, or a
small shell, one mil aud a half, or a- far as
n,H H"'1 l,uw" CH U;t'rn to (l"lage
With this lulter weaion, Mr. S. declares be
can set on Hre a house or a ship at a distance
of nearly two miles and prevent the use of
field artillery by killing the ho'ses befu'e
the guus are brought within g"od rail' e.
When completed, the piece will weigh about
srveutecn pounds, which for a strong man
is not embarra-sing. The service rifle for
footmen will be a most serviceable and effi
cac'oiis weapon, of about nine pounds weight
throwing an ounce ball. Sporting rifles
will al-o be made, of much smaller caliber,
bill the same range. These weapons should
be the American arms and none but Ameri
can citizens should be supplied with them.
Sharp's rifle, in the hands of a good
marksman, who can load and fire rapidly,
is fully equal to ten muskets, for short range,
w hile for a medium or long distance a mus
ket can no more compete with Sharp's car
bine or rifle, than can a shilling p.i gun.
Bayoiielsaru obviated, fir place a man six
rods distant, with a musket and bayon t.
and before lie can bring it unto use, the rifle
can be loaded and discharged at least ten
limes. A column of infan'ry advancing
upon a body of riflemen, would be almost
annihilated before they came within musket
range,
Mr. Sharp showed me cerlifictt'S from
sco m s of men, civilians and so'diers, who
have used this rifle, and they all testify 'o
its wonderful qiiali'ies. One officer now on
the frontier, writes that two men with
Sharp's rifle, on one occasion held thirty In
dian warriors at bay ; they were not able
to appr'-ach sufficiently near to use tin ir
common rifles with any effect.
As the talented nnd ingenious inventor
dedan s, these rill- s are destined to become
the national weapon, aud I hope ConuT' Ss
will purchase the patent and ho d it secure
from any other government or country
It will be about ten month before th" new
weapon I have referred to, w II be ready for
sale ; after that time lie y can be had wilh
oilt much delay. Mr Sharp is always ready
!ii exhibit his weapons to strangers or per
sons desiring information concerning fire
arms, and hisestabli-hm lit is well worth a
tisit. I am told that Col. Colt has invent
ed a new pistol, much snpe'ii.r to his pres.
ent revolver, and that it w ill soon be offered
utile public. I predict, 'owever, that
Sharp's pilo will be pi.f -rred o any d.-s-criptioii
of revolver. After firing the six
barrels of a revolver, it require at l"ast five
minutes to load again, while Sharp's pistol
may l- fir. d twelve time per minute, all
day if necessary. The cavalry pistol carries
an ounce, and ihe pocket-pistol a half-ounce
ball. They will be ready and for sale in a
few months Cina'ntiati Times
t3T The fir-t National Thank-giving
day was aplioinled by President Wa-bing
ton, by proclamation, in January, 1705,
who design-tied the 13lh of January
y During the year 18'4, one hundred
and sixty-five men were bung in tbeUniu-d
States for murder. Of the number only
seven could read and write.
HI IIHCUIFTlO,
Ftv Hollar a Year.
no. 4a.
CatAwaitore Breeieat t'aattaatlanple Ter
rltola V with tke bailtsa Heel.
Contaiiliupl (Nov. S3) ('orr-poudenc( of Ihe
Loudon Time.
A United Slate steam corvette, whose
complicated name, borrowed fmin some
transatlantic stream, escapes my memory,
rived here the other day, b-i ring the flsg
of the. ri ti'iwnrd Commodore Breeze. Sin
did not salute, but on coming to anchor sent
it board the Admiral's ship to know why
he had not saluted. It was politely intima
tedso the story runs to Brother Jona
than that it was his place to have tir-t salu
ted the officer of higher rank. "By no
means," retorted this gentle Breeze from
across the wuter, "a Commodore being the
highest officer in the American service, is of
equal rank with an English Admiral.'
The consequence was that nobody saluted,
and the powder was saved. But then arose
another difficulty. ' Who wo first to call
upon the ni her the Commodore on the
Admiral, or ihe Admiral on the Commo
dore who esteemed himself his equal ? a
point, di niauding grave de1ib.-naii'in. If I
am rightly informed but I make every re
servation when speaking on so grave a sub
ject the difficulty was at last settled thu:
Tlie Engli-h flag lieutenant paid his res
pects on board the American steamer; the
American flag cap'ain cal'ed on the Engli-h
flag cap' sin. who retum d his visit; the
Commodore then called on the Admiral, and
the Admiral called on the Commodore.
Thus were nil conflicting interests and points
of etiquette satisfactorily reconciled, nnd
there is no danger, I am happy to say, of a
war between Great Britain and the United
States arising out of the susceptibilities of
Commodore Breeze.
From Ih Albany Piohibitioniat.
Property la Ram.
Under this head, we are glad to put our
readers in possession of the following well
reasoned remarks by the venerable Dr
Humphrey, ex-Presidrnt of Amherst Col
lege, who bus written at our request :
"You ask my opinion on the point ' Can
there be properly in Rum, when off- red for
sale asa boverage lo be protected by law I"
"I am afraid my opin on will be worth
but very liltlu ; but I cannot refuse to throw
out a few such thoughts ns I have. You
know, lha1 I am no lawyer, and I cannot
tell whe' her your State Constitution per
mits you to make n law forfeiting intoxicat
ing drinks when offered for sale as a bevr r
age. for I never read it. But if it does stand
in tho wrfy of your cutting off the head of
the hydra, it is high time that it was amend
ed. I shall base wha' I hae to say up-mi
the great law of self-jirotec'ion, which under
lies every written law, whether organic or
statutory. Can any property claim the pro.
lection of law, in a use of it, which to a cer
tainty, not only endangers, but actually tie
stroys the health, morals and lives of thou
sands upon thousands every year? 'Are
we lo sit down in despair, aud see rutin r
the wholesale slaughter go on forever, be
cause tho destroying agent is bou hi wi h
money, and thousands grow rich upon the
traffic I Intoxicating drinks are no more
property than the keys and files and saws of
the midnight house-breaker are than the
implements of counterfeiting aro ; but no
body claims, that they should be protected
against seizure, because they cost money
and m n get their living hy the use of them.
The question is not, how much was paid
for item, nor how muny have made house
breaking and counterfeiting a lucrative busi
ness. It is enough that the. public interest
and safety require the seizure and confisca
tin. No doubt, keys und tips and sas
nn I drinV.j are necessary and lawful articles
of traffic when "old for legitimate purposes:
but should this authorize the sale aud pro
li ct them from seizure, when il is known lo
a moral certainly, that lliey will be put to
a bad use, as is the case, wle ro intoxicating
drinks are sold as a beerge I
"Why not let apotln caries keep poison
ous drugs to le soli as a beverage, if any
body wants lliein; and why not protici
ihcm fr 'in i.ure, if anybody houl I choosi
to di al them out for such a use t Why for
bid gun-Hiwder to be stored in the den-e
parts of a city, and why seize it and fine the
owner he-ieily, as soon as it i found ?
Drugs are private p-oprrlij, powder is pri
vate property, as much asrumnr brandy.
They are very useful for certain pU'pw.
Why interfere, lb' n, with the sale and itor
at;e I ll is to pioti ct the prop, r y and
live which they might destroy. And mat
n t the Slate protect itself against infinitely
greater dangers and wholesale (low mnr
der bv a law which shall fo'bid ihe sale of
alcoholic dtink as a beverage, aud sett
them when ill defiauci of the law they ur
sold to make and kill drunkards by score;
and hundreds) Alcohol is property, is. It I
a d so sacred that nobody miy touch it,
when thnre is no ether nay to savo the com
m.iui y f om its fiery ravug"! ll U ro.
pcrty ! It cost money and to bo retailed for-
a great ileal more than it cost, and so let
the di iimn and hi imps go on, poUoiiing
all h-.in they can tempt aud to haunt their
s' a iddes, and kick them out of doors, and
i . i.i . .i. j i p..
.l WHO Will sliovei litem IIIIO llie ui uunmu m
gravel God of mercy, deliver us, ohdeliv
era-!!
"Pittsfikld, Mas., Sept. 18th, 1833."
Uaasa UUlorlcal Retrospect.
Whatever fears others may entertain willi
respect to ihe peaceable settlement, ulti
mately of the brawls which now sgilate the
Territory of Kansas, i ourselves feel satis
fied that tlr y will terminate in tho rocognf
lion of law and order ; and llmt whether'
the State be admitted as a slave or frecsoii
niemb-r of he confederacy, its citizens af
ler passing through the rough ordent not
uncommon to the frontier, will be adequate,
ly protected, both in person and property.
The history of ihe United S'ate offers sev
eral instances of a similar condition of
things, although the causes were various
which lud to such tU'bulent demonstration'.
During the Revolutionary War tha Ver'
moii ten, under Ethan Allen, openly repu
diated ihe jurisdiction of New York ; form-'
ed an independent government; issued
graudtloquetit manifestoes; coquetted with
the Rritish authorities, and outwitted them;
d fi d lha law processes issued by tho
Knickei Dockers, and indulged iu a variety
of mad and whimsical freaks, even while
exhibiting their devo'ion to the cause of
liberty, by crushing Baum at Bennington,
as ihe Ten n sseeans, three year later,
crushed Ferguson at King' Mountain ; nnd
yet a compromise was finally effected with
New York, the spirit of insubordination
was rebuked, and Vermont, iu 1701, waa
admitted into ihe Union.
The earlier settlers of Tennessee bore, al
so, a few years later notwithstanding their
memorable achievement at King's Moun
tain a character far from reputable in the
ejesof the more orderly colonists dwelling
on the sea board; yet John Sevier, their
leader "Nollichucky Jack," as he was fa
milial ly called displayed subsequently, iu
the National Councils, as much ability ns
he had previously exhibited energy and de
termination in partisan warfare against Eu-
gli h mid Indian foes. But the Mountain
men on the Ilols on and Watauga, like ma
ny of those who now inhabit Kansas, were
oiigh nnd intractable, while the large num
ber of lawless ruffians who subsequently
sought refii'.'e in those Cumberland fastness
es, by no means tended to improve tbo gou
end lone of society, or to bring the origin
al border population into better odor abroad.
1 heir subsequent disputes with the moth
er St iie of North Carolina ; their bold erec
tion of ihe territory they occupied into tho
independent Slate uf Franklin ; ahd the
petty civil war which ensued, created con
siderable commotion nt Ihe time, and really
threatened serious consequences. But wi
ser counsels prevailed. North Carolina ce
ded her piild c territory to the Generul Gov-
i" umeiit ; a continuous stream of iinmigr.
tioii followed ; committees of safety execu
ted summary ju-tice upon the most daring
offenders ; the State of Tennessee- was or
ganized, and, from that time, the law of
the land were faithfully nnd effectually ad
ministered. . , r
Texas ami California nre still more roccnt
instance of a similarly lawless condition of
society, while the Missouri disturbances ill
1820, presented complications certainly
quite as serious, in a nationul point of view,
as any that are likely to arise out of the
pns -m state of affairs in Kansas. Haiti
more Patriot.
Gov. IiEKDER. The Washington cerro'
poin'ontof tin- N. Y. Courier and Enquirer,
un 'er date uf Dec. 1, writes as follows l "1
had an interview last evening with Gov,
Reed- r. His views are exceedingly moder
ate; there is nothing extreme, fanatical, or
p'o-criptive about him, Tho reul cause of
ihedi- urbance, he thinks, is the active and
Ciiminal interference, of the Administration
and its salaried agents to defeat tho will of
the people. This intervention he hope
will be counteracted by tbo decisivo action
of CoiiorcK. He admits that the duty
thrown upon the House requires great firm
ness and nerve, but ns the exercise of those
qualities is needi d, he relies upon finding
them."
Population of St. Louis. The Intelli
gencer says, "a year since, tho census of
Si. Louis within the city limits as fixed about
ten year ago, Was about 04,000. The city
hasoiitjrown these limits about 20 per cent
Our p filiation is now not less than 120 00
The L- gudalure is, at last, extoi"',,
limit o as to take in past ten Jcar
growth ofthe coy. When the a0. i. passed,
we shall hnve ,cen,n, takentndcWoth(
MdVue cxa fiynrev
r.f the b6otiii'. Mrs. Walker
a enhivat1 intellect.