THE OHECO.N AIIUUS. , WI.IIIISI KIKnr MTIHP IIOK.VH.J, BY WILLIAM L. ADAMS. Office-Good's Buildin;!, M.iin st. Edito , rial llooiu in iir.it story. TRRXS-Tlu A sous Vilt uTJurnMrd at . tin Mlart ptr Annum or Su Months fur Thru Dultur: 13T Ai Suliierijitioni rtreirtdur less than Six Month. tar a' pnirr discontinued until all arrearages arrjHim, unless ut tin option uj the publisher, V. I. AIHH. I'.ailor and Proorlrtar." VOL. 1. , t AMl.HU'.A uknwi uaiibl r J ,r i"ron, Mer. and Mlrlas. (oldra vruuiUn of king. 1? ADVKimsiN'r: katvu. i One wjuar (I 'J line or Kiw) uu inwrilnn, I.1.0U ! " lw ltwrti.nu, J I.IKI. " tliri-o liifcrii.Miji, $5,1111. ' Knoll (ulMi'iuciil iiuertioii, (il.nu. llcaitoiiauto ileUiiellout to lliuw wliu adverhae by . , .i.i. ' Job Printing. I" rimiBTii or TDK Allw I n II lurrr to inform public llntt lis hu jiut received 1 Uriro Mock of JUH TVMUm.d !.., Intf iiwU'riul, and will be in the i;-ny reiptof uuiiuuii in id mi me rifHiireniriiti or III lo cality. IIANDIIIU.H, I'OSTKItM, UI.AXKS CAUD.i, CIltCL'LAIW, I'AMI'llLET-WOltK bod older Units, doue lo or.l. on ihort uotice. Fur tin Argus. Stale Government. Mr. Adams Deab Sin: I do not know what your opinions are upon this kuljcci, nor do I deem it important lo know, fur you Lava repeatedly avowed your willingness to publish articles on Im portant subjects, though tho writers of such articles might differ with you in opin ion as to what is good policy. J, as well as others, would bo glnd to hear an expression from you on this subject. Tho pooplo of tins Territory will soon Lo called upon to decide this question for the third time. Nine mouths ago the peo ple pronounced a decided verdict on this question. What powerful intervening con siderations have made it necessary to have unothor decision so soon, are all uuknowu to the writer. Wliut kind of political nec romancy has loeu at Work, silent, insidi ous, and powerful, to opcrato this wonder ful revolution iu public sentiineut, and to iproduce this urgent necessity which brooks 110 delay 7 What arrogant assumption of tyrannical power f What fearful invasion of constitutional rights! What inendu ciuus or what insidious foe threatens tho liberties, the rights, or interests of tlie poo pie, to essentially change the nature of this question iu tho brief space of nine months 1 Has there been an increaso of population t or of abilities on tho part of thu citizens of this Territory to support a Slate govern Fur ths Amu: t.f... a...... ,. ... .. " Ma. i;,To.:-Th0 following .licl. co,,,n Wamonl in ll.. I f A.I. 1 . .!.." .: 1 -!-, - ' v- "wrur, oui as 1110 purging any errors from the version we nave J but not to su hi llHt'.tlllTIO, five Itultsn a r. oditor dors not even notico it. will vou plcaso give it placo in your journal. lou win perceive from its reading that jut tico would demand it insertion in the Ad rotate, and with what show of consistency 11 cuuor can puuii.ii such egregious false hoods relutivo lo mutter of fat, and then refuse to permit ihcin to be corrected, whilst ho claims to bo a Christian nnd 1 Christian minister, Is indeed strange to mo Lan you exphuu how it is 1 Would moral honesty permit prejudice go so far in a Chrisiiun I Or must a particular cause be sustained at the sncrifico of both truth and justice I Facts, it seems, appear to squint mat way somowhat. 1. 1 . n. iimy ue proper wr mo 10 xtato Hint tho article in question was sent by private conveyance, and left at the Sulem post of fice. Hence, I have uo doubt of its bein received. Yours, A-e, C.1I. M. mentf We ouswer, No. Dkguiso the fact as tbey may, thero seems to be a dc termination on tho part of certain nmbi rtious men to force tho people of 1 his Torri- ory hceulcss of consoquences into tho as sumption of the attributes of State sov- creiguty. Thero ro many, however, lion est in their motives, aud siuccro iu the be Jief that it would Je for Iho best. To such wo remark, iu the tirst place, tint most of rthe counties in this Territory are already an debt, and that the pooplo have boon itaxed beyond all prccodcut to defray the necessary expenses of county organizations. Hut notwithstanding this burdensome and impoverishing taxation tho revenue has Ibeen deficient. How will industry groun under the burden of taxation when near double the 8cjoat i estjrleWrom the peo v; fie, and A-t ut sA lite tvtw 4imo when a pe cuniary pressure is Wttiirough tho length aiad breadth cf die Territory. Let us il lustrate. The friends of a State govern tncut tell us that tho amount of tax that tho peoplo would be called upou to pay in wddirion to what tliey now pay would be only 00,000 ! Now lot us supposo that the uumbcr of tax-payers is ten thousand, tind that Marion County possesses fourteen Lundrcd of these: then the additional amount that would be saddled un tho peo. 40 of Jiariou county would be over ci'Mil ttossnai dullurs. Gentlemen, aro you ready sad wiljiag to assume tho burthen ? Hut, gentlemen, yon will be told that Ore gon once a Stuto the amount A taxable properly will bo much greater, llow sol. dicing such an argument must bo to a peo plo essentially agricultural! Now your personal property and improvements arc nascd, then your personal property, im- MISHlateatenU, Mk. Tea 11 mb : In No. 20 of the P. C. Advocate I find the following language rel ative to the Am. Bible Union, taken from an exchange paper: "Read tho followincr lansuafa of Dp. Cone, found in tho annual rejiort pf the so cicty last year. Uo says : 'Our only bus iuoM is to uphold iinmertioimt versions, and give them as luree a circulation as wo can ; and this becomes our business, be. cause all tho rest of the Christian world have thrown them away. This simt ob ject is our rallying point.1 " Now, sir, the fact is Dr. Cone $ays no such thing. Nor does ho say any thing that cau directly or indirectly, remotely or approximately, be distorted into any such a meaning. So far from it, the word im. merse nor its cognates is not found in the address referred to. Further still, I lie w&ri does not occur, tilher iu the ad dresses of any of the speakers, in tho re ports of the committees, in tho minutes of tho anniversary, nor (savo in one para graph) in tho report of the board of man mihilit this version wuicli is most dear to us. As no other oouy Is engaged in this work, wo are will, ing to try the 'Diblo Union.' In which ho ial. j t ... I --iias 110 commence" J J We are sssu-ed that they have enlisted, at irreat nino. ablo men of six evangelical denominations, thore are niiu now, to perform the task, to work under 110 sort of restriction ; but aiiniuiiy to give the mind of tha II.. v Spirit. Their cmondatiou, we, and ail men, can examine for ourselves : for thev Kive in noies mo reason for any chan"o. mm now, 1 hkk, wny should nuy one ob ject to this 1 " And yet, Dr. F. "has no confidence" in on Institution which bo thus vindicates!! What ridiculous absurdity! Judacui Ajicllu crcdat, non ego ! ! I have thus noticed a 0f the mis statements mado In your paper. I would say more, but as you "cannot publish my articles," perhaps it is as well to forbear. send this merely to show how much con- fidenco can bo placed in tome at least of thoso who opposo the A. 13. U. And us ou appear forward to publish every thing you can find ayainit that Institution, and refuse to give place to any thing for it, unless "to prevent capital being mado" by the refusal,) I would remark that as soon as circumstances will permit I shall try to inform the public moro fully relative to the B. U. matters, that tbey may bo able to judge for themselves. If you doubt my statements relative to Drs. Cone and Fuller, 1 will agree to sen you full copies of Dr. C.'s address alluded to, and Dr. F.'s letters, if you will promise to publish them entire. Tliey are all short. Iam, Respectfully, A-c, -. .. C. II. MATTOOX, Ag't A. B. U. er to place mo in tho chair, I will serve them to the best of my ability. Humphry Marshall I have only to say thutMr. Aiken has addressed mo no letter whatever. (Applaus and cries of "Cull :uo roll," otc.) f ho oxc-itemcnt was fntenso during tbo linal ballot. Mr. A. K. Marshall of Ky., during tie call of tho roll, congratulated his Amorican friends by saying they had fought a good fight aud conquered. Thero was now no Dcmocra.ic candidate iu the field with an ofleusivo caucus platform. Performing his duty as a patriot and not as a partisau, Lo voted for Mr. Aiken. Mr. Wulkcrof Ala, voted tho same wny, esteeming Mr. Aikeu a man with no stains of mere pariisanism on his skirls a man who lias not sought office, but to whom of fice is tendered, aud is truo to tho Consti tution. continuance of i lie contest, or until we could obluiu command of theses. Assigning but a moderate limit to this poriod, the ex pense would yet bo enormous. The forti fications, depots, and store-Louses, would ncnessarily bo on the largest scalo, and the cost of placing supplies thero for fivo years would amount to nearly 8100,000,000. In many ropccts tho cost during peaco would bo equivulcnl to that during war. ihe pcriidiable character of many articles would render it perhaps Impracticable to put provisions iu depot for such a length of time, aud in many cases thero would be deterioration amounting lo somo millions of dollars a year. Thesa considerations and others of a strictly military character, cause tho De partment to examine with interest all pro jects promising the accomplishment of a rudroad communication between the navi gable waters of tho Mississippi and thoso FROM WASHINGTON. past my comprehension. Iu your last paper (No. 22) an extract from the iVr. Y. Indqicndcnt represents Dr. Fuller, of Baltimore, as saying of the A. U. U. that ho ''has no confidence iu it." This, like the quotations from Dr. Cone and A. Campbell, is entirely manufactured by the writer. I have the letter of Dr. Fuller declining the Vice Presidency in question, and ho docs not even hint at any such an idea. And to show that such au assertion is wholly unfounded, cither directly or in directly, I will quote an extract or two from a letter of Dr. F.'s published about a year ago in the Methodist Protestant. lie says: "Until within a few weeks I have refused to have any sort of connection wiih the Bible Union and its proceedings." It seems from this, that "within a few weeks" (and since, for all he has published to the contrary,) ho has had something to do with the Bible Union in which he Las no confidence ! Jfirabile diclu ! ! True, Dr. F. is not a member of the Am. B. U-, but he is the President of an aux- Sweet Sentiment. The best disiufect- j jjiary society, of which, in the same letter, ing fluid : the milk of human kin J:icss. he tLui sjeaks : , provcincnts, and lands will be taxed ! 'Will the taxing of your unimproved" lands -increase your abilities to meet the addu "tional draw on your pocket! Now you vbavo taxable property to the amount of 'livo thousand, then you will have taxable property to double that amount. And will you be worth one ceut more ? or will your -ability to pay ba once cent greater? I will close this article with the state- -rneut that tho ablity to pay a given assess went docs not depend necessarily on the amount of properly subject to taxation, but 'on the facilities offered for turning that property into cash, for taxes cannot be paid in kiud, but must be paid in ready nionev. O.J. agers. Tho paragraph referred to by me Is in an extact from nn address by Rev J-. G. Onckcu, of Germany, and refers to some facts (not theories) of his experience years ago, aud has nothing whatever to do with the plans or principles of the A. B. U, lou wv!l find it on paga 17 of tho linport I sent you. (I sent tho same lo The Ah ous.) I tTUoto again from your paper (No. 20) "Some months since we Published the declarations of Alexander Campbell lo the same effect, made before a meeting of tho Luion. lie said, 'none but immersiomsts can unito in this work, and none but tliey could do justice to the subjoct.' " I havo examined the B. U. documents from beginning to end since seeing this statement, 111 search of the above, but ean find nothing of the kind in their publica tions. And until it is shown lo me, I must say that I have very serious doubts as to its truth. I do not endorse A. Camn- bell's peculiar views on somo subjects, by any means, yet I scorn to put words into his mouth that he never uttered. I should consider it both unjust to him, anddishon orable in mo. Truth needs uo such means for her support. And how any man pro fessing to bo a Christian can utter such pul pable, wilful, deliberate, and unqualified falsehoods, nud how a Christian minister and editor can consistently publish such disputed assertions without being thor oughly satisfied of their truth, is indeed Proceedings In Congress Casks Elected Speaker. Washington, Feb. 2 House. Mr. Smith, of Tennessee, sui tn ut lie had heretofore voted against the plurality rule, but as yesterday's vote iudi catedsomo chance of an election of Speak er of sound national views, he now offered a resolution for (he adoption of that rule. The House, by ten majority, refused to lay the resolution on the table. Tho resolution wns then adopted, by vote of 113 against 104. Mr. Orr then unconditionally withdrew his name as tho democratic candidate, there being now a probability that greater strength can be concentrated upon his col league, Mr. Aiken. Mr. Boyce moved to rescind the motion This motion was tabled 117 to 101. Applause.) Mr. Jones of Tenn., referring to tho terms of the resolution that if there is no election by a majority in the next three trials, the candidate receiving the highest vote on the fourth be elected Speaker, remarked that tho Republicans were prepared for the con test, and moved an adjournment till Mon day, to givo tho other parties an opportunity to arrange their plans. Disagreed to 84 to 103. Impatient cries of "Call tho roll." Mr. Walker of Ala., moved to rescind the lurality resolution. Decided out of rule by 45 majority. Mr. Paine of N. C. moved an adjourn ment refu'ed. lie then made au ineffect ual motion to rescind the plurality rule. The Mouso proceeded to vote. Banks, 102 ; Aiken, 03 ; Fuller, 14. Barclay and Hickman of l'a., Democrats, voted for Wells of Wis. ; and Dunn of Indiana, Harrison, Moore nnd Scott of Ohio, for Campbell of Ohio. Necessary to a choice, 108. The second vote, except that Fuller lost one, was the same as the first. The third samo as second, except that Aiken lost one. Mr, Fuller of Pa., repeated what ho had said on two former occasions, viz : that he was not and did not desire to be a candidate. One hundred and thirty votes had satisfied Im he was not the choice of a majority of the House, and on no other terms would he consent to lake the position. Mr. Barclay, ol Pa., remarked that he had been averse to anything like a coalition with Know Nothingism, whether it came from the North or the South. He asked Mr. Aiken whether he stood on Democratic Caucus platform, or whether he Lad not written a letter to Humphrey Marshall, makiug pledges to the Southern wing of ihe K. N.'s. Mr. Aiken. I am not a candidate for the Speakership. If my friends think prop- Messrs. Puine of N. C, nnd Liudley of of the Pacific ocean. As military onora- Missouri, voted for Mr. Aiken, knowing lions depend in a great decrco upou rapidity him to be a national man. I and certainty of movement than unon anv Mr. Smith of Ala., voted for Mr. Aikeu other circumstance, the introduction of rail- under protost. Other gentleman vainly way transportation has greatly improved sought to mako explanations. the means of defending our Atlantic aud The greatest coufusion existing, several inland frontiers ; and to givo us n senso of members changed their vote, and were security from attack upou the most exposed greeteu with applauso lor so doing. Im- portion orour territory, it is requisite that patient cries, "Announce tho vote," "An- llc facility of railroad transportation should nounce the vote." bo extended to tho Pacific coast. Wnra Tho lobbies were crowded to suffocation, such a road completed, our Pacific coast, and tho excitement was increased by the instead of being further removed iu time, startling cry that a boy was being crushed and less accessiblo to us than an enomy to death by the pressure iu tho galleries. would be brougbt within a few days of easy He was extricated, and calls for the vote communication, and tho cost of supply iug were again made. an army there instead of being mau y times The clerk thou read tho voto as follows : greater to us lhan to him, would bo about 133d ballot Banks,103 : Aiken, 100 ; equal. Wo would be relieved of the no Fullor, 0; Campbell, of Ohio, 4; Wells, ccccssity of accumulating largo supplies ou l. Wr. Uenson, 0110 of tho tellers, then that coast, to wasto perhaps through lone declared that Air. Uanks was elected Speak- years of peace, and we could 'feel entire CT. confidence that let unr mmn. i Iiimi nnil with whom it may, beforo a hostile exno- Jefferson Davis and tUa VaclOe ttallroad. dition ennld rennl. ll,i rvnnc.l fmi;. : From the annual report of the Secretary amplo forco could bo placed ihero to remO of War wo extract the following laudable any attempt at invasion. remarks upon the necessity for tho con- From the results of the surveys nutbor- struction of tho Pacific Railroad : jzed bv Con.rross. w ,!..,!,. " .1.. Iu tho first years of a war with any great assurance that tho work is practicable, and maritime power, the communication by sea may dismiss tho apprehensions which pre- could not be relied upon for tho transporta- viously wc could not but entertain as to the tion of supplies from the Atlantic to the Pa- possibility of defending our Pacific territory cific States. Our naval peace establish- through a long war with a powerful inara- mcnt would not furnish adequate convoys timo enemy. for the number of storcslu'ps which it would The judgment which may bo formed ns be necessary to employ, and storeships to the prospect of its completion, must con alone, laden with supplies, could not un. trol our future plans for the military defence dortake a voyage of 20,000 miles, passing of that frontier, and any plan for the pur numerous neutral ports, whero an onomy's pose which should leave that consideration armed vessels, even of tho smallest size, out of view would bo as imperfect as if it might lie- in wait to intercept them. should disregard ull thoso other resources Tho only lino of communication, then, with which commerce and art aid tho ope- would ba ovorland, aud by this it would be ration of armies. mpracticablo with any means heretofore Whcthor wo shall depend on private used, to furnish tho amount of supplies re- capital and enterprise alone for the early quired for the dufenco of tho Pacific coast, establishment of railroad communication, At tho present prices over tho best part of or shall promote its construction by such ho route, thu expense of lend transporta- aid as tho General Government may con- lion alone for tho annual supplies of provi- slitulionully givo ; whether we shall rely sions, clothing, camp equipage, and ammu- upon tho contiuuanco of pence, until the niliou for such an army as it would be ne- increaso of tho population and resourcosof ccssnry to maintain there, would exceed tho Pacific States shall render them iudo- 820,000,000; tho land transportation of pendent of aid from thoso of tho Atlantic each field 12 pounder, with a due supply of slope and Mississippi valley; or whether we ammunition foroueyear, would cost f 2,500! ahull adopt tho extensive system of defciico of each 24 pounder and ammunition, $9000; abovo referred to, aro questions of public and of a sea-coast gun and ammunition, policy which belong to Congress to decide. LATE FROM EUROPE. Tho Austrian l'eiw-o PrujMMal Ac cepted by Kiwaiu. By tho arrival of ihe Arabia at Boston on Fob. 3d, wo havo dates from Liverpool to Jan. J0;b.oiie week later. The most important intelligence is tha alleged accopianco by Russia of the Aus trian proposals, and the prospects of tn early peace. We publish below all that pertains to this portion of the news. The latest Information upon the subject i given iu an article from the Loudon Timet, which says tho preliminaries of peace have UkiI signed between Count Valentine L!tcrhsy aud Count Nesulrodo Tho following telegraphic dwpntch ap peered In tho evening edition of tho Lou don 7Vmr, Jan. I7ihl "Vienna, Wednesday 10K Russirt has unconditionally accepted the prooi. tion of the Allies.' This ii authentic." Tho London Pott, third edition, of tho same day, publishes the following ! "Her Majesty's Government have re ceived the following telegraphic despatch from Sir Hamiltou Seymour I 'Tho Russian Government accepts tha Austrian proposals as a basis for m-golia tion.'" ' $12,000. Tho transportation of ammuni tion for a year for 1000 sea coast guns, would cost 8100,000. But the expenses of transportation would bo Vastly increased by war, and at tho rates that were paid on Beyond tho direct employment of such a road for military purposes, it has other re lations to all the great interests of our con federacy political commercial nnd social the prosperity of which cssentiully contri- the Northern frontier during the last war butes to the common defence. Of theso it with Great Britain, the above estimates is not my purpose to treat, further than to would be ta-blcd. The time required for point to tho additional resources which it the overland journey would be from four to would develope, and (he increaso of popu six months. In point of fact however, sun- lation which must attend upon civing such plies for such an army could not be trans. ported across the continent. On the arid and barren bells to be crossed, the limited quantities of water and grass would soon be exhausted by the numerous draught an imals required for heavy trains, and over such distances forage could not be carried for their subsistence. On the other hand, the enemy would send out Lis supplies at from one-seventh tho abevc rates, and in less time, perhaps in one. fourth the time, if he should obtain command of the Isthmus routes. Any reliance, therefore, upon finishing that part of our fronter with means of de fence from the Atlantic and interior States, after the commenccmentofhostililies, would be vain ; and the uext resource would be to accumulate there such an amount of stores I and supplies as wouM suffice during the facility of communication to a country so templing to en tei prise, much of which, hav ing most valuable products, is beyond reach of market. The Army. Our little army consists of 15,752 officers and men; thu authorized force is 17,867. Enlistments for tho yeur ending Sept. 30, amounted to 10,546. Upwards of 20,000 persons who offered to enlist wnre rcjetced in consequence of mi nority and other unfitness. The troops are distributed on the frontiers, and aro kept actively employed. The report recom mends a careful revision of the laws regu lating rank and command. An increase of the Medical corps Is recommended ; and five additional military storekeepers are needed. 0" Commodore Morris died lately. A telegraphic despatch from Paris, duted Jan. 17, says I 'It wns officially announced this day nt the Bourse that Russia had accepted the Austrian ultimatum, put ct limpte." Dispatcher have been received which confirm this statement. Tho Hamburg correspondent of tho Lon don Daily Neiei telegraphed on tho eve ning of Jan. 10th 1 "A dispatch received from Dresden aunounccs that an oxtra sup plement of the official journal of Dresden has Loon published, in which it states, on reliable authority, that Russia has accepted unconditionally tho Austrian proposals.'' The Berlin correspondent of tho Morn ing Chronicle telegraphed on the 17th of January : "The version currcut bore, and confirmed by accounts from tho whole of Germany, of the ltussian reply to tho Aus trian propositions, Is very different from that published In Loudon." Tho language of the Russfan reply is wonderfully conciliatory, and seems lo ren der impossible anything but a result iu successful negotiation. The Black Sua is to be exclusively com mercial, and Russia conschts to theorcctiou of tho Duuubian Principalities into on in dependent State, under the suzerainty of tho l'orto. Following the example of Moldavia, we learn by way of Vienna that the Hospodar of Wallachia has announced the intontioii of emancipating tho serfs in that Princi pality. The following are further telegraphic dispatches : Dresden, Thursday. Tho Dresden Journal has just published a Supplement announcing that the following information has been received from Vienna from an authentic sourco 1 "Russia has accepted tho Austrian prop osition of ponce." Brussels, Thursday. Prussia has used all her influence with the Cabinet of St. Pe tersburg to induce tho latter to accept peace It is impossible to conceive that Russia can close her cars to the advico of Prussia. BEni.iN, Thursday. It is known posi tively that tho terms employed in the ltus sian counter propositions on tho subject of the neutralization of the Black Sea, and the suppression of warlike arsenals on that sea, imply the preservation of NicolalefT. It is also said that the number of vessels to bo kept afloat in the Black Sen will be settled, not only with a view to their acU ing as the police of thoso waters, but also for the protection of the coasts aud tho pre vcnlion of the Circassian slnvo trade. The correspondent of the London Chron icle, Writing from Paris Jan. 17, says : "Even now, we must recollect that it is impossible that Russia can have contented to allow the Allies to dictate tho terms of peace. No man of sense or spirit but must feel that Russia is in uo way or meatiiug reduced to that point. Success, doubtless, has, to a Very considerable extent, crowned the arms of the Western Powers, but they aro a long way off having humbled Itussia to the extent come thoughtless vaporers conceive. Wellington and the Volunteer. Out of the many stories told of the Duke of Wellington, there is one which applies to those climbing heroes so aptly that we can' not forbear repeating it. A young gentleman of family appeared on the field of Waterloo as an amateur, and by dint of great perscrverance, and expos ing his life very recklessly, contrived to at tract the attention of Wellington. Some years after, this gentleman challenged tbo memory of the heroe with the fact, and ap peared to take to himself great credit for the reckless exploit. "True, true, said the Duke, I remember you perfectly well ; and I tho't at the time wluit a precious fool you iccre to be there at all !"