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Q)t (Oregon CVrgus,
W. I.. lM"t SMTUB rr.''-
oitxaorx CITY I
SATL'IIDAV, MARCH HO, WO.
:.eitiii''evsii ointlictasciiU('9.i
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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
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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-
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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
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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:
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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
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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
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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.
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J" V , TJ-.j
f , ,,, tl. il ''V A
to
..rk. snd ! '
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""-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
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