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i 1 I : .7'! s.t i Q)t (Oregon CVrgus, W. I.. lM"t SMTUB rr.''- oitxaorx CITY I SATL'IIDAV, MARCH HO, WO. :.eitiii''evsii ointlictasciiU('9.i ... Ts b4. -rwr.ijf Wbiu. tli-parlr I be kllltr It Our cit!iis have been considerably . i . .. .1.. . .t rVr.in retifirtd that (ho Indians had taken the Cascades ind Imrnt tlio liomn. I From mi lu'rn Occgnnlun in.u.iu ytrr 1y nnmiiijr w pitlior tlio following pur t!culrf I On lkt Tuesday night party of (.'licUtoU m.KMtd t' inimlr H00 attack ed Iho tWailoe hell Cupt. KiHwrn nnd nome other men nucu'e.M in eicnpin with tho wnmfti and cbitdian dovrn the Colum bia in an open boat. Upon tho receipt of the newi nt 1'urtlnnd, jine 40 nu-n volun Wred t"gi to the r'tcu on tho Ftuhiou hu:hl' fl l'.rtlnnd lt Thumdiiy.niorn in(. The llrllctAo look up iihoni 40 r g tiara and a frw volun W from Vancouver rn tjio tame day. The l ite rraciied the ('uicadoi on Ttiuindiiy, nt 10 A. M., and Inn lid her furc iinh-rcovi r of a howitzer. Tha Indiam are aaid to have resisted their landing in largo niiiiih' m. Mr. Sl.il.ir, Turner of iho loon Icfl in a canoe fir nsi'niic. The block house Htlbo Cascad.-i wan Mill di fi iulcdby abnut 2" men. Thoa who went up on the ltdle muld render ns asvUtnnco to those in the block bouws. They found the steamer Mary had been captured and burned. Th forc;a that went up fiom Vancouver landaJ on tho Oregin aide, nnd could are the lioiiset Mill burning across ihn river. Lieut, Shei iilen wan srut acroa I ho Columbia who aonn returned rrporling that they were atilldghling at tho block house, and thai nboul twenty woro already killed, Capt. Wells went over with a company to render nNtMiico to lliu fort, when they were nt. tucked bv tlio Indium, from the lruli. About I0hot wcru fired, when tho whites withdrew to open ground, Ono U. S, fol.licr w:n killed, nnd two Imliaui were auppo'i'dto bo killed. At thia juncture, Mr. Slalar took a L .at and came down villi sonic fu'eiidly Indiana to Vancouver for reinforcement. A letter fiom Vancouver sialea thai the Indians nro wil Liu mix mil. a of that placu. They ' have taken possession of tho liaiU and cuti)H'ull c')iiiiniinicalion between I lie Cascades anil tho Dallui. The regulars nru nearly all at lhelalles. Anoihorcom jinny of volunteers aai boingrnrolled yes terday at Portland to proceed to tlio scene of dilliculliri. Anlt of lb Mtt, Tho Columbia, Capt, Dull, reached Port lauj on Inul Thursday tuoruiiig. Through AVulls, Fargo k Co. wo received our uhuu! file of papers. Tho news is of sjiiio import anco. fttT A few days sinco a man by the name of Torrence Qniun was dangerously it not mortally cut Willi a kuilv, hv a man immod Whitaker, livins five or six mileK cast of Portland. It seems that in pacing tho houso of Whilaker, Quiun was met by Mrs. "W'liil ii k o r, who begged him to como in tho fiouso and stay awhihi, as her husband had severely beaten her aud In a drunken fit was thrralnning to tako hrr life and thui of her child. Quiun readily complied with her request and went in, where aft r ulay- ing several bourn, and thinking all danger panned proceeded on his way, when Whit iikur followed him and stabbed him in tin sido. Whitaker is in custody. If an In tluin under the inllimiccof rum had cmi milted iheso outrages, our ciiiz-us would havo hung tho rascal on the highest tree, and Mowed vfTa tremendous amount of in dignation at tho man who told him the liquor. Lionbcrgcr, Quinn, and thn fami ly of Durris have, within a short time, all had tlio fatal steel diivrn lo their vitals by arms nerved with rum and that within a few mites of Portland where the liquor probably came from and who thinks of blaming tho liipior dialer? OCT In Washington Territory (lit reg ulars and volunteer sorni to be making a business of ferreting out anil cutting oil" the Indian. As many as one or two Indian are slain every work. The whites propose to starve them out by erecting wire nets on the rivers," so as to prevent the salmon from running up. XrUrtiokn, ThoJIon. W. W. (lurk h is laid ns un. der obligations for a sample of the Jerusa lem Artichoke. Mr. Duck we belii-ve ha ihe only root now in the Territory, lie has been at c.m.ide ruble expense and Iroub-' le, in sending to the Slates for the root,1 and bo will have quantity to sdl next! Ml. C- We are under obl Jojixso:t,Kq ,for favois. it ions to W. C. Tb. W.r U W..Wi T.rr.i.ry. From lH written by Cor. Swr.ns, to Capt. J. W. Pcrdval, and dated Marob 0, lHSfl, we learn the following fac'i: ' 'Jbe Washington volunteers number about 700, nn.J are mlisted for si month, , ilf.jr tire acting m injunction vilh tin , . i.il ii Vancouver and ttlllilllr ITU!! IMll""' - ' ,Jt yp bo compelled to atliu,n lLo (iolJ iu Ibrce menths, nnlew supplies ore obtained Irom uwiornta nut fiiur companies of rcuular troooi are tutiune'l l one poini on . ugm , . fl U. ...... I In Ji fend the sctilemcn's from wine 7000 In ,iun. The mails l.ave to w guan.eo .r.u the C lumbia Iliver to ihe Sound by armed ... i j e ettleis. No man is safa one mile from fort or ' block bouse, and ene half of the citiz-i t hast are now under arms .Late Acting Cov. Mann and present secretary of the Territory, is now in Wash inton city and Co. Stevens has assuran cs from many members of Congress thai the General Government will not fail to make speedy appropriations for the further nro,ut;nn of ihe war. It is admitted in Washin-'lon citv, that sufficient reasons exist for employing the volunteer force to defend tho immense territory where there aro only 1700 whito men to oppose 20,000 Indians. Ex Gov. Mason has been sent to Wuhiii''ou on a special mission, to bring before the O- nernl Government all the facts in the case, and tho authorities at Wash ing'on fully approve the action of the U. Federal Olliccrs of the Territory, lour ing tho first three months, the expenses of Ibo war, amounted lo 100,000 per monin, but is now costing 1130,000. It seen,s that Gov. Stevens if on good terms with the regulars, and everything is moving on harmoniously townrds a suc cessful termination of the war, and a final payment of the dobi by the General Gov ernment. We wish our Oregon omcers were as uncmbnrrased as those of Wash in 'ton, but as we havo a Delegate who in tsnds "to pitas a law" eiprewly lo meet all Iha dillicultiea of the case, we of coure ought to feel as independent as a hog on ice. Assault. A caso camo up be'bre Mayor Johnson yesterday, in which Michael O'Laughlin w.is charged with having made an assault upon S. K. Remiek, with intent to maim or kill. Mr. Pvemick states that on last Wednesday he crossed tho ferry at ibis city, and paid tho ferryman O'Laughlin tho amount of his ferriage. O Lauhlin told him he must pay two dollars more, (which it seems was an old debt,) or leave his coat, l; inick replisd that he had already paid him all the money he had with him, but if ho would corns up to tho store of Dement, ho would pay the whole charge. Upon Unnick's refusing to leave his coat, Michael drew a polo and succeeded im in flicting ccveral blows upon him, before Remiek wrested the stick from his assail aui's hnnds. Remick's baud and arm were considerably injured. Mayor Johnson de cided that as it was an aggravated case, he shouhl require him to euter into a rccog nizance of 6500 fur his appenrauce at the District Court; HUtes Hancrtbrr. We have now a large list of names in the Slates on our bouka to whom wa are sending Tub Arous per order of their friendt in Oiej;on. Many of these are ma.ked paid, nnd wo aro not now able to recolh vt v ho ordered ihcm vent. All such we shall erase from our book at tho expira tion ef tlio timo they are paid for, unless the subscriptions aro renewed. All thoso who with lo tend a paper to the States can have it ilono for $3 00 in advance. Iff Hit following is part of a private letter wo have received from Fowler Si Wells, Editors of Life llluntruttd and the ihriHohgiatl and Water Cure Journals : "We believe giftt good to your Terrilory would retaill fronts mure general eirc.ilatoii of uewspapers iIuoiikIuuiI (lie oU Suits. Through Uieiu ihe uoi!e wuuM uliluiit suck inrormstioo as they in glil need before emigrating, and we have no oVuM thousands would thereby b InJuord logo lo your liTi ilory lo teltle. hy not suggest lo your Legislature the propriety of adopling some an mi by which a few iniilioiis of copiMof Oregon NrMni'ttiK rs be circulated thruughuut Uie Kasura Slalce I" Alasl Alas! How little do our friends know of the character of our Oregon Leg islature! If it was left ta our Legislature to circulate "Oregon papers," every body here knows exactly what paper would be circulated. There is already large quan tity of those papers taken at the ''Points." Whether they are ordered by residents of that plure, or whethor they are sent by our LcgMatois to their former rAm and sweethearts, wa are unable to say. Dul il'tAnf paper is to be circulated throughout th States in order to induce emigrants : I while the States would be benefited by the 01 "le ""'grants," what would be. of Pr Urwgon I Tl' ""?'"" of Fowiia A Wim nm" t)re-on pipers shouhl be sent to I the Slates in ord. r lo induce aa emigration, J which wo very much oeed, it a good ene. Our citizens are already sending some to - r ,o,nd ibeir friends, an I tbi v are ablo manv more esiwially w hen an Ore rw rcsa be bad for W i u. w u- ' . i .... i lately, that we received I' Uir from i Imaiions iu the Triiiory, I rouni lalrin York Stale, who ..xpred.o.n.nenc.d onthe lOdiof y.ung W, ta York State who M-- herself bcgionlntf to UK tu..e ... . .. est in Oregon affairs, since olio had bud th" nrivilcireof reading TliK A MM which Lme nerton senda into her neighborhood ' the "western fever." J or the benefit oi , , , our Eastern rdeJ, wo intend to take more ( pains during the coming year, iopoiiri...tJul llUl,,n(l m,, i.e saw csm. '8 .1.. tiiirttsV (sll I lids 1Ili..tiltnnsl. 'll.o Trustee and fileinls H " - globe. .fr A new papir called The O'IdA: has been started in San Fiauciseo. Il i dem ocratic in politics, and advocates the nomi nation of James Bucbaiian h'r ihe Presi dency. The following is a list of tho officers of thn-Orecon, Division No. 8, of the Sons of Temperance, recently organized in this city: .... .ft i A. Ilolbrook, W. 1'. ; T. i'"pp, . i W. L. Adams, K.S.; R. II. nmughton, A. R.S.; P. II. Hatch. T. ; W. Whit lock, F. S- ; W. P. Ilurns,. ; K. Cart, right, A, C. ; J. D. Locey, I S. ; M. K. Ilines, Chaplain ; L. Homes, P. W. P. Mutlest. I hall endeavor to pu a law for pay'ng Vu. unleers and penes f ur war wilh Hie Indium aa miD a potsibls." Jo lnt, in kit teller la Ike Time:- If wo have a !) legate w ho bus power lo "pass laws," what need have wo for two Senators and a Representative in Congress, as urged by tho advocates of a Stale Gov ernment I They certainly couldn't do that much for us. Is it possible that the Ad ministration has become so much absorbed in pipe-laying for tho next Presidency, ihut Pierce has "tapped Lane on the shoulder and empowered him lo co ahead with thf legislation, and make all the lu .vs ! V.st ray Laws. "We noticed in a calalogun of acts pn?ed by our lalo LegWaturo one concerning es- travs. Wo presume that tho old oct i amended so as not ti require an inseition of estray notices in the CorvaUit SiutVu. man. as furniorlv. The "uriut.-r" however will piobably wuit till tho lasl hour before ho publishes the law, in hopes ho can steal little more qftho hard earnings, of the people, by legalized villainy. The Claims of l.naiuiuh. . It will be seen by a card w publish to day that Canemah is in the ring as a can didate for iho suflragoB of thn people iu "moro permanently locating the Scut of Government." Iler claims we havo not time or space to present just now, but ,wc hope there will be an "open field and fair fight" between this crescent city und "Skinner s Landiu "A friend vrilca us tliut he has "a decrepit neighbor, a democrat who. w oold I ke to take Ihe Staleeiuan,butwhe lun no nieaiiH,audcan scarcely even hope to pay," eud asks what em bo done fur bun I 6l(i(rin. Webster defines "decrepit" as in the lasl stane of decay" Jltst the sort of a man wc should have supposed would have want ed your sheet. If ho Un'l loo fur gone in ''decay, we presume that in answer to "what can bo done for him 1" you referred him to Dr. Czapkuy'a advcitiscmcut in your columns. I MoumonlU Vnlverslly. X. IT. L. Adams Deak Sir: 1 sit down to post you up a liltlo in reference to our Literary Institution, a mailer I intended long since to bavo attended to but which from the pressing nature of my business I nave neglectuJ Monmouth University is situated four miles Wi st of Independence, (w hich lies on ihe Willamette river.) in a neighborhood composed mostly ot high-nmuled, energetic, moral ciiizens, who feel a deep interest not only iu education, but in morality, temper ance, anu virtue, uur iiooie-miuucd citi zens have donated 400 acres of land lo the Institution. I. It. Smith, T. II. Lucas, and h. Davidson, 80 acres each, A. W. Lucas 20 acres, aud S. S. Whitman gave 200 acres, tho largest donation made to any insiiiuliou by one man, to my know! ed)P, in Oregon. The body of iho land donated Is hijrh, rolling prairie, and for beauty and fenility is not excelled in Ore gon. The land is ulready laid off in lots, containing from a quarter of an aere, to 20 acres each, with a public S(pir.re iu the cen tro. Twenty acres uear the centre are ro ... t. T . - ., .. niTi- Uio irusiees ns uie uollctn Urovnd which, in addition to the buildings, w ill be decorated with fruit and ornamental trees, and shrubbery. The money raised from tho sale of lots, will be put out nt in tcrtst and the per cent, applied to tho sup port of teachers. ( Wo expect to make it a free school.) The Kvat'on is in the Centre of the, dis trict, Hence the uVtnct and hieji .schools, will be easily umtei Lots have alrea.li- been sold 10 about 15' persons, tho i.nr- . I - chaser, binding th. ms.dves to huild upon thrm within one year from date of .ur-l.... cnase. ater is easily obtained anywhere on the premises by digging. The bxt.i'ion is free from the strong chilling sta brecrs, so objectionable iu some portions of the valley. About one mile we1 yf the l.va- lien, sets tn an extensive rantra ol" bills covered with tho best of oak for Gre-voo .- i - H, r,,r abouml . . "hh !. a.h I aider. mple, b'l" in Cilend. &e. All .iLi,..riion to beoueoftha very Ul .i ... , ,rr ... , last num- con.; - - 48 T)(, ,,,. - .fcbly au".mcnt- r) jf bll,,(, t.o.. I have been obtanK d. w , l0 U. Uc t" accmin.olaie all ap ,klMH Bft, a f..w momli. " .1 r . 0H(. n, IUIS IM IWWl ' . . I f (.nl,.niill , ,.j,ien.iv. ly known of .Monmouth Unvirsity are iu..K....io the belief that they shall be able 10 offer i. ;..,t,...iiini to ihn public, as will .. ui.ii iii-'mv- - . i ... ....ka ii in tho Interest of the community to render to our iulltuiirn a large snare oi patronage. Joi. r-. i.n-r.... 1 ...... i,a l a'.n t L' Rl.i.utlV I'olk UoUlity, aiorcii iu, io-'v. We are much obliged to our excellent fri. ltd for the information lie has kindly furnished us. W wish wo might buve more such reports of schools acaliercd all over Oregon. Amid all Uie Uaiknees anu j-loom that hangs over our Territory, we look upon our schools as ro tiuny siara of hope, shedding a holy, ailvery light, along the pathway of our country's future great nts. We never picture to our mind a group of aprighily, happy, school children. aud we never pass a neat, tidy, well ulleu school house, without slopping to. pay the hallowed spot a tribute of homage, ihut in voluntaiily swells up from a heart moved by the alTcCting associations, of liberty, purity, aud true religion, that cluster around ihesu bulw arks of our frco institutions We are always glad lo hear of an interest bring taken among the people in bche'f of education, and all mf r.nation upon this subject, will be gladly rcc.eiv-.-d from any itiarier. Monmouth diversity beein its career under flattering auspice. It res ponsibilities rest upon the shoulders of the right sort of men nspations. We knew iho niotof them in the states, and wc have known them buio euouuh in Oregon to know that, unlike many olh 'M,lhey brought tlicir virtues along with . them, instead of leaving tht in on tho Plains. Our space will not permit of many things which wc want just now to say but w'e will say, that iu beiniiinv their village, we'hnpe every man will put up a neat per manent building, aud paiut it will after it is up. Every poor mun can afford to paint bi buildings j nobody but a rich mun can afford o loose money by letting the storm of heaven blacken them a'l over, and ruin lliein us they will be iu a few years when lliey are not painted. jJ . i &tT The old contractor on tho Pcniten- liaty has ''gone in," and the Commissioners advertise for n new contractor. If we don't have that poniicntiary finished dur ing l lie next ten years we hopo to hear that tho whole cliquu havo "gono in," aud that iis walls aro sufficiently high to prevent their climbing out. Republican Coavculloa. Ihe K' publican Convention met at Pittsburg, Feb. VI. Every Northern State and eight of the Southern States were rep resented including Missouri, Kentucky, Virginia, Maryland, South Carolina, eVc. F. I'. lilair, of Maryland, was chosen Presi dent, .The general enmcntion for noniina ling a candidate for President takes place at Philadelphia on Tuesday, Juno 17th the 31st anniversary of the battle of Duuker Hill. H'iT The Democratic State Convention of California have appointed delegatcB to the National Convention, to meet in Cin cinnati in June, and instructed them iu fa vorof Duchanan for President. California Prices. Flour $4 2"m4 75 por bund.; Oats $1 33 per bush. ; Onions H 80 per bush,; Potatoes $3 00 ; Sugar (iV. O.) 1 1J cls.j CofToe H3.1I2J ct. ; Butter 39 cts. To C.orresiondvBU. There are several reasons why we do not publish aH tho communications we re. ceive. One reason is, some of them are so long on the way in the mail bags, thai thry are too old w hen lliey get here. We have lately received one from Jacksonville dated 14lh of April, 1855. Another reason is, that many of those we receive are not worth publishing. Some, however, that might be worth it, are crowded oal. Others arc written on both sides of the sheet, and gen. erally poorly written, at that ; these we have not lime even lo read, and barely lime to cast ihem to the rats. Oihers are loo long whilst others, though short, are '00 Personal. We hnve now a brisUi. full nf .,,,: ( " vvmiiiiiui- cation, laid aside, some of which we shall 11: l e jvi iuuiimi. 11 we can. XiTThe commerc:nl tonnage of this country has increased 410,000 tonsdurine the p.vt year. This increase is larger than the whole lonnaee of Snain . P.,.,...i . 1 combined. ... ..i.t.. Hut h" J" V , TJ-.j f , ,,, tl. il ''V A to ..rk. snd ! ' . ..... ... - - . ""-uTl'Tu",-. W. U Adm.. hi- H ..My-la."!"' I" 'T" 7, "' V i h,rt,.iiv-.iMil t-y si" '"'! '? m'" ' l of .ilea.. ...J r,U,y. im i cMtemarr ..f o-cy. II- '"' fTT a,-. ..Ill bw IwlHlsssss N-rv.rJ.,M uf J.ath sad ae- h u. u pow er to bar,., As great a hypoenl pes. Ada..-' apprarane. ind eaP .- ! " r...riiy nZvri d...Mk;..d,o...who sadly .1 ... t. .rts...a. mrm ull cirn" needs n foini. ' irri Wo bavoneveryel known tho Stattunan to pulf a decent man. On one or two oc casions we have known il to speak in rath or flattering terms of ono or two persons whom we had never known lo commit any preai evil. The puff of the Statenan, however, immediately put us on our guard as to how we trusted thorn, as we knew that there must I an odor of latent mural cor ruption, about them, which, by a kind of magnetic sympathy, had been snulF d by l ......It it... Ii'ln na f.ir .! one who can aiwuys much ui - - Wolf can scent a certain kind of bait, with which our wolf ca'chera aro familiar. Our suspicions have always been realized by a few months of obervaimn. Hence the rule thai the in elligcnt people of Or. egon have adopted in order lo get the truth of any statement made by that sheet, is to read it bickirnrdn. In other w ords, to 'ako it'exactly oppo-iic to what it says. Take a few samples : "At the same lime Ihe Arjua sustains t'letn, (Avery and ti.ir.ltnrr.) and rcmomli ales annual Uit-ir removal." Statttman. We have never said a w'ord in justifica tion of either of these nun, and have not 'reinous'ratcd against ibeir removal." "We knew that AJanu cluiued to rrprewnl theut," (iho 'C'anijibeihUa.') Statesman. Iu order to gel the truth, read " kia-w that Adams tlid not claim," Ac. -Tho last, Hun. Aaron lv Payne. we under stand, without a single i xcepiioit, vuled the 0 iiioii liekel umler ull Us ehunirlroii heeds ol "hople'," "law and order,'' " Whif."aiid "Know Nothini;,H from Ihe spring of 'S$tiilrtman. Ileud this, "he has not Voted," itc. "If we n.islnke not, he (Ad mis) lias iu Oregon rated fur tkt kabilual drunkard and tictim of the delirium Iremen. Nuli'Muuu. Read, "has weerr voted fur," ifcc. It is a favorable omen that the ynuns man begins lo use an "'," aud by the lima he becomes a Hutu better acquainted with us he will probably h um to use il a little of toiler than he has done. "The Sln'ninnn, uhi.h i'muld reach Orei'on C'ily Tuesday unrht," io Staleeinnn. Rend, Wednesday ho itMrad of "Tues day Uieht." Hut we shall slop here, instead of fj!linj up our space with a long string of sped mens by way of illustrating the "rule" we have spoken of. Indeed, to take up any oue copy of the "Points" organ and select all the falsehoods from it, would be a tak eiiual to silting down and extracting ull the skippers from a "crawling cheese." By the "rule" for reading 1 1 1 i s sheet we consider onrself hijzhly complimented by these notices of us. Take one example. which, by the rule of reading backwards, runs thus "His (Adams') face, marked even to an angelic sweetness with tho redo lent lines of seraphic beauty, stamped by Nature with the indelible seal of purity and probity," ic, Lc. We proceed no further, for wo feel oil r cheaks sull'used w ith blushes at such compliments. Really, heaping flattery upon us But our readers in tLe States may won der at the class of people that support sue! a sheet. For their information we wil state, 1 hal they aro in the main corrupt of fice seekers, ignoram men, and those who carry the mo?t of their heads behind their ears; wiili now and then a respectabl man, who'akes it to sluJy human nature in its lowest phases. The great mass of its present subscribers, (growing beautifully less every day,) is composed of such men as a certain ono near Albany, to whom a friend referred- us last summer, who was a warm trirnd ot the Madman, aud vy'.iom, for the sake of convenience, we will call I Itinket. Plunket it seems went reularlv to the office for his paper, alth-ngh neither no nor any of his family could read even the name of the ediine Pl.mbr,! k . , ,v, Vj auuit means nau heard of the wreck of tlio SoarAtTiifr, and as he. held an inverted copy of tho Statesman in his hand, Mb eye fell upon the cut of a steamboat, which be he took to be a representation of the ship wreck, and made the following explanation 10 a tnend about as learned as himself: 1,! ' Auuy, Jtst look here! I'll be (trot rr here am t the picter uv the South erner capsized in a harrycaue ! I never know'd before how the Statesman pres.s got overboard, but it must uv spilled oat a., the el untr was turnin' over." 13- We understattd that Huh says the reason we have so much to faV about the advertisement of Dr. Capkay i his psper is only envy on our par', because ve can't gn such long advertisement. The Dr would williaj-lrhave M pill),ish fop h; ' provided we took onr tav .. R,, 1 in the Pr.U medicine, ' - IT. 1 1. I flnBnMtUa rillmore Womlnated for TnnUinU Tb American National Conveniion met at Philadelphia oil the 201b of Fb., and was in sexton until ilia evening of the 25th. i. . ..u.l lima i,f tnrnir diseunsinn .1.. I !nnvemiou niKaled iho plaif.rm adoi.u , . c 4mVvMwu held ill June, 1 865. TheV then nd...U-J a ub,i II ute platform, of ((J , 77 nott, T1,g oL.tiime platform is very Ions. The fol. lowing is tho seventh plank, and il con. tains the only expression of the Convention 011 ihe question of slavery, which was ihe caiho ( all ilieir dispute i . Sfteitth : The reeoguition of the rigli, nf ihenmivo b rn and natural 'ted citizens of ihe 1'iiited .Suite, permanently residing in any Territory thereof, to frame their Constitution and laws, and to regulate their domestic and social affairs iu ibeir own mode, subject only lo tho provision of the Federal Constitution, with the right of admission into the Ll.ion whenever tliey havo ihe reuuisito population for one Rcp rcsellMtive ill Congress; provided, always, that none but those who aro citizens of ihe United States, under iho Constitution and laws thereof, and who bavo a fixed resi dence in any such Territory, ought to par. ticipate ii. the formation of ihe Constitu tion, or in the enactment of laws for said Territory or Stuto. The pussuge of this resolution, and the implied refusal to tako any decided ground in retard to the question of the Nebraska bill, led lo great dissatisfaction among tint southern lich gates. Uov. Call, of Florida, said iho party in th South would be pow. erlos under that platform. A reuliiiion declaring that the National Council has nn righl t" prescribe a platform iu opposition to the nomination or any can- UUIllie noi III tavi.r ... l.iu n-swiauvnui viea Missouri Compromise-, was lost by a large majority. Ju-t b-f.re the balloting commenced, the delegates from Connrc'icul, Massachusetts, Itliod" Maud, Ohio, and Paris of Ihe Illu noi, lows, mid Pennsylvania delegations, withdrew. ' The Convention ihen proceeded to bal lot for a candidato for President Millahd Eii.lmorb was nominated on the second bdl .t, the vote standing as follows : Pill, nor.-1 To, Law 21, Ray tier 14, McLean 13. Anihikw Jackson Donklson, of Tenn., was nominaied for Vice President. ' The nominations were made unanimous, ind the Convention adjourned. e? LATE FROM EUROPE. GOOD PROSPECT OF PEACE. An Armistice Agreed Upon. V.tiKland aud lUe VnlleA Htales. The news from Kuropo is to Feb. 0h. Tin Peace C .nijresa was to meet in Tafia on the 201 h of Feb. An armistice between tho belligerent Powers, to last till March 31, had lieen areed upon. 1 lie d thculiics between Englnnd and the railed Sutra attracted good deal of at. tou'ion. nnd ha 1 caused considerable ex- 0 lenient both in political and commercial circles. It is the opinion of Lord fainter ston ihut the troubles can be amicably set tled. Tho following curious story is sent by tho correspondent of the Associated Press at Liverpool : ' We learn, on tho authority of the Lon don Horning Advertiser, tliut Sir Henry Dulwer had intimated tho gratification it would afford him to act as a sort of official mediator between the British government and thn American ambassador in London. It further states that ho was to come from Hriphton on the flth of Feb., with the view of seeing what could be done toward bringing about a more friendly feeling be tween the two governments. The same' paper again asserts that Sir Henry Bulwer, in concert wilh a member of Parliament of ureal diplomatic experience, was endeavor- . iug to arrive at a solution which may be more acceptable to both countries than the plnn of arbitration. This interference in. a mm -official capacity, it is said, takes place at the instigation of Lord Palmerston. An interview was to take placo at the embassy, when Sir Henry Bulwer would explain at Icnmh to Mr Buchanan the compromise which he is prepared to recommeflu1. The Northern Bm, of Jan. 20, (publish ed at St. Petersburg, 'contains the following; passage.: "May God grant us peace; but, oboiild it not Q?, concluded, Russia still has, Rt her disposal sufficient means, of resist unco to repel her enemies with energy. Russia desires peaoe, but she does not fear war., Iu the same numberof iheiWArm Bee it is said ; "As regards France, it may bo positively affnmed that the French na lion loves and respects Russia. The French prisoners, on their part have been treated like brothers." Couut V. Esterhaay, the Austrian Am bassador, has become very popular at St. Petersburg. The prospects of peace are, generally regarded with great satisfaction. Prince Paskiewitch is dead. The peace negotiations will be conducted by representatives of Great Britain, Francf, Austria, Russia, Sardinia, and Turkey.. It appears that Prussia will be alio wed Ms part in the Conferences. Russia is said lo have made it a cond&en previous to her acceptance of the Moposi lions offered to her, that no indeimJSoation, shall be demanded, and no ceic,oRierrir. tcjry exactrd, except that re' ,mt fur aatiir. fioaiion, which being concrjdeA she agresw not lo fortify the Aland Tjalaiak, Iron coaled floating similar to, those of the Allies, are being constructed" bv the Russia,,, for lho of CoBrta(u Military student. mitad' i enter tU army of RU5Sia as offiwa. GebmasvTIj. peaceful aspect of a- ia.rs is hailed thr c,hottt the States of Gor many w,ih unb.-j, sajiskaivo. An American mmaaw t ! 1 le