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OREGON CITY, O.T., JUNE 14, I860,
No. 9.
THE OREGON ANGUS,
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Editor of the ArguiDeim Sir : Pub'
lio speeches aw 'pubtio properly. When
the candidates for office canvass the county
or the Territory, they design to put the
whole community in possession of their
own opinions, their deliberate and most
'mature judgments, upon the questions at
issue and they moreover convey a prom
Ue, by fair inference, that they will act, if
elected, in llrht accordance wit those opin
ions. Vfi, the peoplo, aro at liberty to
criticlso those opinions, examine the nrgu
mints adduced in their support, detect the
fallacies and expose tho sophistries, which
insy have been practiced, as well as notice
the excellencies of the speaker. Thus we
may come to a deliberate judgment on the
same questions and upon others that are
fairly involved. Tho candidates, for the
lime, bike the placa of teachers, and wo, of
learners. It would be fairer for us if we
could examine their principles and discuss
them as deliberately as they have formed
nnd stated them. We need time to review
the discussions of the campaign, before so
looting our men and electing them to of
fice. But we are hurried from iho forum
.of debate to the ballot box of decision
Since it is so, we hqvo the alternative to
review the opinions of every candidate after
he is elected or defeated. And this is the
more important to be dono speedily, be.
cause tho successful party aro expected to
( carry their principles into practice. Those
t who have ulcctod them aro held responsible
tor wiiat tney Uo, and also tor what they
, Lave promised to leave undone. .
., A review now may enable some men to
tee rcsullt of their own action, which they
did w foresee. Having won tho day, lh
victors can afford to examine the field of
. their triumph, and the vanquished, that of
' their defeat.' It may bo found, as it has
often been in ' history, that victory was
r ga'uicd at the loss of all that is valuable,
vhilo the defeated, having lost nothing,
i were the real victors. An eminent exam-
pie of this kind, you are aware, sir, oc-
' curred in the early history 6f tho Kansas-
Nebraska bill. While it was under dis-
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. cussion, pennons adverse to its passage
- were sent from all sections of the North.
lis friends hurried its passage, and il be
' tamo a law. , Some xtrnng petition failed
. to reach the Senate in season, and among
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, bUUIII VIIV HV'll VVVU 1111 II 1 9. . U'J
' were in the defeated party, but their pc-ti-'
tiou was entertained long enough lobe dk-
cusstii, although it was caricatured, and its
. authors villified by grave Senators. Liy
that discutsion the Senate lost the prestige
' uf a dignified indifference upon the subject
of slavery. They have felt obliged to en
tertain the question at every session since ;
. and now it is the qucsuon upon which the
.il-. e . l . , . j . i
; auicsi men or mui ooay are expenuing
' their noblest efforts of talent and of elo
quence. The friends of the Kansas-Nebraska
hill gaiued the field, but they gain-
.il it in a fliA mrKf. nrli'nnfatvoniia hnltL.
ground which their foes could have desired
Out more than this, the discussion of that
potilion from ministers, ignorant of politics,
who had unwisely forsaken their vocation,
so represented has aroused tho people
North and South to discuss the slavery
' question as the greatest issue in our pres
ent uationu! politics. . The whole nation Is
moved. Tho question cannot be put to
rest again 'until it is decided by the whole
people,' whether we as a nation aro to be
lilt) jjiuj,aanuisba vi liecuuui ur but? J'iuji-
agandists of slavery. The eternal quietus
which Mri Douglas and others promised io
jive to this subject by ono bill, has by that
very bill raised an eternal clamor. , j
.-. Even so it may bo found io the smaller
sphere of our Territorial politics on the
subject of Temperance. ' The design has
been to keep this question out of politics,
and to keep the people quie,t upon the sub
ject. Politicians have not dared to speak
their sentiments on the question, except by
innuendoes, ' and suggestions, and infer
znees, all of which had two faces, ono for
the frjends, and another for the foes of the
cause. Candidates for office have avoided
it as much as possible. For two years pre
vious to tho present the Temperance can
didates talked upon the question without
hardly eliciting a reply. But this year,
air, the same tried candidate, and one
more, have fairly discussed this question
Wore listening audieucea. Opposing can
didates have replied as best they could
We have been surprised at the interest
. which this subject has awakened. All oth
er subjects, except the Nebraska bill, have
been dropped, to give this one place. Here
tofore every other one, however unimpor
tant, was introduced to crowd this out
We have elected but one of our candi
dates, yet we have actually won the field
for a more advantageous trial again. We
luvo gained the public ear. This is what
the truth always seeks first Our conquer
ors have lost their most valuable argu
ment, the prestige of dignified neglect with
wliivl they treated our puny efforts. W
have also gained knowledge of our true
friends, 'and they have also lost the assu
ranee with which they counted upon some
friends, who, although they voted for tho
licensing of saloons, and the increase of
pauperism, and sufferings and death ly
means of drunkenness, this lime, did so
with unusual hesitation. Long established
prejudices wero shaken. It required much
drilling and many "wrong ttorict" to keep
men from, voting nccording to tho convic
tions of their own consciences.
We rejoice therefore that the subject
has had a week and more of discussion in
our count v. We thank the candidates for
their faithfulness in presenting it. We
thank tho opposition for cntortaining the
subject, and answering as best they could
the arguments for prohibition,
i Wo shall endeavor, with your permis
sion, in subsequent numbers of The Abgur,
to treat both classes of candidates honora
bly, while we givo to every one a separate
notice. That wo may do so without mis
take, we sulicil from them, if they please,
any ro-stntementof their positions through
The Aug us. If none such appears, we
shall feel at liberty to use our notes of what
they said, with tho notes of others as con
firmatory. Yours truly, A.
News from the States.
Our despatch from Washington informs
us that Gen. Sam Houston will run as an
independent candidate for tho Presidency,
trusting for his election to the great body
of the peoplo, and repudiating all caucuses
and conventions. Hit platform is : Op
position to the domestic and foreign policy
of tho present administration, restoration
of the retired naval officers, and condemna
tion of no citizen without a bearing. It is
said that fifteen delegates from Ohio to the
Cincinnati Convention are in favor of the
nomination of Mr. Buchanan. A despatch
received in Washington reported that the
disturbances had ngniu broken out In Kan
sas, and that soma of tho authorities had
been shot.
Our special despatch from Washington
furnishes us with the position and platform
of Gen. Sam Houston. It is definitely set-
tied that he will he an independent candi
late, and we may expect a general scrub
race. A tierce war is said lobe going on
between the Uuchanan and Pierce parti
ans, and thnt the President, if he cannot
obtain the nomination himself, will use his
ufluenco in favor of a Southern candidate.
Mr. liuchannn is expected in Washington
shortly- A bill is to be presented to the
House of Representatives to introduce the
apprentice system into the Merchant Marine
service. In case the promotions occasion
ed by tho Nnval Retiring Board are con
firmed bytho Senate, an effort will be made
to reduce the number of captains in the
Navy to thirty, commanders to thirty, and
lieutenants to two hundred. Several dele
gates from Texas to the Cincinnati Con-
cntion are in Washington, who will give
their first vote to Pierce, and then go for
Douglas.
The news from Central America has
reatrd a great excitement at Washington.
The following prompt and decided reply
from the Secretary of the Navy to a tele
graphic despatch of Mr. W. H. Aspinwall,
shows that he is determined to afford pro
tection when needed to American persons
nnd property. It was written on his being
advised of the riots of the natives of Pana
ma :
Washington, April 30, 1850.
"Telegraphic orders will be sent to the
Fulton, at Pensacola, to touch at Aspin
wall in her cruise, so soon as she can.
J. C. DOBBIN."
The new steam frigate Merrimac will, it
is said, be ordered to proceed to the Pacific
without delay. We find also, that the
sloop of war St. Mary's was at Guayaquil on
tho 31st ult, and would leave for Panama
on the 15th inst. She was daily looked for
at last accounts. In addition to these de
monstrations, Mr. Herbert, of California of
fered in the House of Representatives
Wednesday a resolution instructing the
Committoo of Foreign Affairs to inquire into
the facts ot the case, with the view of pro
tecting hereafter onr citizens while cross
ing. The interference of France and Eng
land in the quarrel between Nicaragua and
Costa Rica will be brought up in Congress
probably to-day, by Mr. Humphrey Mar
shall, of Kentucky ; and we are informed
by our Washington correspondent that the
Know Nothings held a caucus in that city
last night to consider the propriety of
adopting some specific action, as a political
party, with regard to tho Central Ameri
can question. ,..;'
Our telegraphio despatch from Washing
ton, published this morning, it full of mat
ter. - It is stated upon good authority that
the administration is prepared to recognize
the Rivas-Walker government and receive
the new Minister from Nicaragua, Padre
Vigily, who baa probably ere this reached
the capital.
Mr. Buchanan reached his home in Lan- J
caster, Ta., Saturday. He left Philadelphia
in the morning, and all along the route he
was met by deputations of tho peopla of all
parties, who manifested their respect and
admiration. At his homo there was a gen
eral turn out, and "all sorts of people"
teemed pleased and gratified ot his return.
y. Y. Herald.
A Kansas loiter, dated tho 2-ltli Inst.,
says, that while Sheriff Jones was sitting in
tho tent of the soldiers he was shot at by a
party outside and dangerously wounded.
Jones had made twelve arrests during the
day, assisted by a company of dragoons tin
der Lieut. Armstrong. Much rxcltemeut
prevailed In regard to the affair. The per
petrator of the deed Is unknown. The
situation of Jones at present is very criti
cat, his life being despaired of. Tho In
vestignting Committeo commenced holding
sessions at Lawrence on the morning of the
23d inst.
Official advices have been received from
Commodore Salter, of the Brazil Squadron,
stating that he had returned lo Rio from
escorting out to sea tho steamer America,
which it was supposed was fitted out at
New York as a Russian privateer, and that
she had not been molested by the British
Admiral, as previously threatened.
i tW The following from the Nsw York
Herald looks at though Bennett waa a lit
tle out of humor at the way the cards aro
being managed by the party wire pullers,
in Washington:
The Jugglers of tb Cincinnati Convention
Tn Plot Thickens.
According to our special despatch from
Washington, which we lay before our read
ers this morning, the plot is thickening
among the democratic jugglers for the
dainty prize of the Cincinnati Convention
The working of the complex machinery
of these swindling gatherings is vory ex
traordinary. In 1844 Martin Van Buren
had a clear majority ef the Convention J
but they fastened the two-thirds rule about
his neck and sunk him. In 1843 Gen.
Cass was nominated ; but Van Buren had
his revenge ; for Cass waa defeatod by that
purely revengeful Buffalo ticket. In 1852
all tho great democratic guns were spiked
once more, nnd the compromise at last
agreed upon was decidedly smaller than the
calibre of Col. Polk. The same materials,
the same causes, the same rivalries aud jeal
ousies, the same cliques and the same out
standing candidates will come up heforo the
same tribunal at Cincinnati. What, then,
can wo expect but the same results ? first
the guillotining of the most dangerous can
didate to all the rest, nnd then their mutual
destruction, till they make tho astounding
discovery that tho right man has been over
looked for a whole week I
That two-thirds rule, in fact, has given
heretofore lo a smalt and faclicious minority
in these packed conventions, the destinies
of this great country and its masses of in
dependent, liberty -loving and intelligent
people ; and from the same source we can
expect nothing but thesamo consequences
again. Think of ninoty-nine men at Cin
cinnati cross-road politicians and tricky
spoilsmen, elected as delegates, some of
them, perhaps, by half a dozen boon com
panions, others chosen by themselves, de
ciding upon tho suffrages, the rights, tho
world-wide interests of this vast republic.of
twenty-seven millions of people, supposed
to possess, themselves, the sovereign power
in the government, and in the elections to
its offices! What mockery it makes of
democracy, personal independence and pop
ular sovereignty 1 What a farce I
The Columbus (Ala.) Times girct the
only plausible plea for this two-thirds rule
at these "extraordinary assemblies." It
says "Tho democratic candidates chosen
under it will compare favorably with those
selected under tho majority rule by the
whig party. In point of ability, Van Bu
ren, Polk, Cass and Pierce are fully equal
to Harrison, Clay, Taylor and Scott. We
therefore protest most solemnly against the
abrogation of the two-thirds rule by the
Cincinnati Convention. Il is the only check
held by the South, in these extraordinary
assemblies, upon tho overwhelming North
ern majorities. Until quiet is restored to
the country ; until the rights of the South
are recognized and respected by the North,
and tho slavery agitation is settled, w
should regard that Southern man as either
knave or fool who should propose or vote
for the abrogation of the two-thirds rule.
Is not the North now vastly in the majority
in these conventions! Why increase their
power, until at least they have shown them
selves capable of using it with discretion J"
" There is something in that argument, if
we admit that the Northern democracy are
in the slightest degree tainted with the nig
rer worshipping mania. But that caaaol
be. A short time since we modestly sug
gested that a 'free soilieh" type of the de
mocracy did exist io the North, and that it
had ita antipathies to such Nebraska can
didates as Pierce, Douzlat, Bright and Atch-
ton ; bat we were Instantly pounced upon J
by the Cabinet organ at Washington aud
by its echoes, as a malicious slanderer of
the unspotted democratic party. No nev
er! Thero is nothing "free soilish'' among
its material in the North. The Van Buren
Pierce democrats had passed through the
fire, and bad come out without at much as
the smell of free soil or niggeritm on their
garments. Such being the case, then, why
should the democracy of the South be so
suspicious of their Northern brethren in
these national love feasts f The plain truth
is, that the managers of those conventions
are simply spoilsmen, and they meet to ap
propriate the spoils with the samo feelings
ef fraternity at those which govern a gang
of robbers in ono of their ''extraordinary
assemblies" for the division of a large haul
of plunder.
"Extraordinary assemblies," indeed!
Tho plot thickens, and we "shall see, anon,
thnt It Is a knavish piece of work."
The MlMtulpnl River Crsnea by tnr
Iron Uonte Iowa and lUliolt connect
ti by lUllroaeUrral lr)oleln(.
A correspondent of the Chicago Prett,
writing from Davenport, Iowa, says that
on lhe22d of April the first locomotive
and train crossed the Mississippi River at
Rock Island. Hesnyt: '
That such an event should have occurred
without an assemblage of spectators from
all quarters of the globe to witness it, is
only another instanco of the mighty prog.
rest which lias been made within the last
fifty years in the science of bridge building.
As we approached Rock Island there were
rumors afloat that we would cross to Iowa
on the bridge. "Cross the Mississippi on
a bridge 1" cried an intelligent looking gen
tleman. "On a bridse f " simpered a femi
nine voice from a young lady to her pa
rents, bound for Council Bluffs ; "why, Pa,
I thought tho Mississippi was a great river,
larger than the Hudson."
So silently has this work progressed that,
while half the world has been asleep, ge
nius has been spanning tho mightiest riter
on the globe, and connecting two at mag
nificent sections of territory as the sun
ever shone upon. '
Swiftly we sped along the iron track-
Rock Island appeared in tight the whistle
sounded, and the conductor cried out
"Passengers for lowa keep their seals."
There was a pause a hush, as it wore,
preparatory to the fierceness of a tornado.
The cars moved on the bridge was reach
ed "We're on the bridge see the tnlghty
Mississippi rolling on beneath" and all
eyes were fastened on tho mighty parapets
of the magnificent bridge, over which we
glided in solemn silence. A -few minutes
and the suspended breath let loose "We
are over I" was the cry ; "we have crossed
the Mississippi in a railroad car." "This is
glory enough for one day," said a passen
ger, as ho hustled his carpet-bag and him
self out of the cars. We followed, to view
the mighty structure.
The bridge was built for the Railroad
Bridge Company. Henry Farnam, Esq.,
is President and Chief Engineer, and N.
B. Judd, Esq., Secretary.
The bridge connects the Chicago and
Rock bland and the Mississippi and Mis
souri Railroads, of which Mr. Farnam and
Gen. John A. Dix are the respective Presi
dents, and John F. Tracy, Esq., and John
E. Henry, Esq., are the respective Secre
taries. ' ' . .
There are two bridges, tho "Slough
Bridge," which crosses from Illinois to the
island, over a channel which tho Mississippi
has mado on the cast sldo of the island, and
the "Main Bridge," which extends from
the Island to the Iowa shore
The following is a description of
The Main Bridge. The main bridge
extends from the island to the Iowa shore
of the Mississippi, and consists of five spans
besides the draw. Three of theso spans
aro on the west side of the draw, and two
on the east side. The entire length of tho
bridge from tho island to the Iowa shore,
is 1,581 feet.
The piers are seven feet wide at the top,
and thirty-five feet long. They are thirty
eight feet high from the bed of the river,
and they rest on solid rock. There are four
arch beams to each span of the bridge.
The length of the draw is 290 feet the
largest in the United States. . '
The Slough Bridge, as it is called, i. t.,
the bridge from Illinois across the channel
of the Mississippi that runs between the
island and the main land, consists of three
spans 150 feet each in the clear. ,
The appearance of the bridge, from the
river, is most magnificent, while the im
menseness of the structure strikes the be
holder with wonder, and to witness the
irou horse raahing over this mighty river,
where but a few years ago Black Hawk and
his savage tribes were the sole possessors.
Truly it is a great, a magnificent work.
It is indeed "glory enough for one day."
OCT It is the opinion of a western editor
that wood goes further when loft out of
doors than when well housed. He sayt
oxue of hit went half a mile.
NICARAGUA.
Mcbtnlaacrls Dvfealilrcat Battle at l
vaValk.ar Victorious eoo Coula
means unite. ' '
From the papors received by last mail
from tho States we have full accounts of
Nicaraguan affairs. The steamers have
been withdrawn from the lino on the Pa
cific side, owing to which we are ifmily de
pendent upon the New York nnd New Or
leans papers for reliable accounts of events
transpiring in Nicaragua. .
sciilrsinger's defeat. ' '
In regard to the defeat of rkhleslttger,
who had invaded Costa Rica with the van
guard of Gen. Wulkcr's army, numbering
about 280 men, it appears that it was ow
ing to the gross nrgligcnco and cowardice
of Schlesinger. His men wero encamped
npon an cminencd near the hacienda of
Santa Rosa, turroundrd bv -dense shrub.
bcry; no sufficient guards wero stationed
to provide against surprise ; parlies, from
five to fifteen were out foraging ; and ev
erything in camp displayed tho most culpa
ble aud criminal carelessness. ' It was un
der such circumstances that the onslaught
of the Costa Ricans was made. . Confusion
prevailed, and Schlesinger showed tho
white feather from the start. The attack,
ing force was 1000, although, it is suppos
ed, not more than 500 were engaged at
Tirst. One account says the assailants were
up within fifty yards before they wore dis
covered. ' Of Schlesinger's men only about
175 came into action ; the ' French and
Dutch companies not forming at all. Of
the 175 men that remained at their poet
about 60 were killed. ,' On the homeward
march to Virgin Bay the dangers and fa
tigues were dreadful. With bleeding feet
and hungered stomachs, they plodded on
their weary way. Their sufferings paral
leled tho sufferings of our forefathers du
ring the Revolution. Their return trail
was closely followed by the enemy, and the
escape of the little band from capture was
almost miraculous. The defeat at Santa
Rosa took place on tho afternoon of the
20th of March. : .-. u .,:i :
From the Nicaragua correspondence of
tha N. Y. Tribune we take the following:
On the 15th of April the steamer Chas.
Morgan arrived at San Juan del Norto
from New Orleans with 250 mou fur Gen.
Walker, and on the day following the Ori
zaba arrived from New York, w'nh 50 re
cruits. A suiting vessel from New Orleans
about the same time landed 12 men for
Walker. ' !
' BATTLE AT RERAFIQUI. ' ' '
On the 10th of April a company of six
teen men, belonging to Walker'a army, sur
prised a detachment of Costa Ricans 200
strong, a few miles back of Serapaqtii.
Tha fight lasted about an hour. Twenty
Costa Ricans wero killed. The Americans
were beaded by Capt. Baldwin, who had
two men wounded, one mortally, Serapa
qui is a villagoon the San Juan river about
40 miles from its mouth. ,
APPEARANCE OF TUB FUMtfUSTERS.
During the few moments we remained
at this place wo wore informed that an at
tack, by a forco of some 200 or 300 Costa
Ricans, was momentarily expected. When
asked wholhor they did not dread to have
their email forco (not quite forty) attacked
by such a largo number, they laughed and
replied that they were good for double tho
number. They informed u however,
that a reinforcement from Gen. llornsby's
force at Castillo was hourly expected.
We passed Serapiqui in the night. The
morning proved the truth of all that had
been told us. About 10 o'clock tome
bungo boats, filled with soldiers, passed us.
In reply to our questions they said that
they were "going down to Sornpiqui to
shoot off some Greasers'' a name given to
the Costa Ricans from their greasy appear
ance. , Presently a largo flat-boat swept by
us for the same destination, in which was
a brass 18-poundcr cannon. As we passed
the Machucha rapids we met a small de
tachment of VValker's men, who were also
walking, to lighten their bungos, and thus
facilitate descent. Every one of them was
armed with either a Sharpe'a, or a Mii
sippi rifle, a bayonet, and two revolvers.
They must have boen picked men, as every
one of them was tall, muscular, and well
made. Th?y had an earnestness in their
faces which was almost terrifying. They
were in no especial uniform, bat each wore
a red ribbon, either about his hat or on his
breast. This is the badge of "no quarter."
Sine, the Costa Ricans murdered thoje
under Schlesinger whom they took prison
ers a general order has been issued in Gen.
Walker'a army that no prisoners shall be
made. Every male capable of bearing
arms is to be put to death. This order is
justified by the fact that the Costa Ricans
set the initiatory.
BATTLE OF RIVAS.
On the 6th of April the Costa Rican ar
my numbering 1,600 or 2,000 men enter
ed and took possession of the city of Rivas,
about 55 milea from Granada. By day
light on tha 8th, a force of 000 men, of
whom 100 were nativu troops, were on the
march fiom Granada to engage the enemy.
Con. Walker in person was at the head of
the army. . U encamped on thotrght of
the 10:h within nine milts of Rivas, and
early on the morning of the 1 l'.h of April
the march was resumed, with the prosprct
ahead of a lively engagement,, I With his
usual promptitude, Walker lost no lime in
commencing the attack. The conflict waa
fiorce and bloody. The Costa Ricans dis
putcd every inch; but the Americans broke
through their barricades, and with great
slaughter drove thcin from their defenses.
The Costa Ricans had with them a heavy
piece uf cannon, to obtain which tha'Amer.
leans made a desporate attack, and sue
cecded. Tho Costa Ricans made two or
three very courageous efforts to recover
their lost arm ; finding this impracticable, a
body of three hundred of them wero bV
served to fall back. . This was construed by
Walker's officers into a retreat, and re
doubling their efforts they put the orcm
to n total rout. Almost simultaneously
with this about 250 fresh Costa Ricans were
observed to approach the scene of conflict,
They wero promptly met by tho Americans,
now flushed w'ub the prospects of a com
plete and brilliant victory, and after a terri
ble struggle they were routed with much
loss. " .' ',
The conflict raged from 8 in the morn
ing till the middle of the afternoon. Gen.
Walker acted during the entire action with
the greatest coolness exhibiting no feara
as to the result. Six hundred Costa Ricans
were killed, while the Americans had only
thirty killed and about an equal number
wounded. The native soldiers under Gen.
Walker fought with obstinate bravery
their commander, Col. Machado, being
stain in the engagement. , ,
Since the beginning of the war it has
boen known that tha Costa Ricans have
fought with Minie rifles, furnished them by
the British Government, and mnny English
and Germans are said to be lighting on
their side.
vi.! I' '
, AYtsUra tesas a tint Htnti-i '
, Some months since we alluded to the
probability that Western Texas might be-
cotno a free State, and based our suggestions
on the fact (hat it was populated to a con
siderable extent by . immigrants from the
Old World. It is strange that those who
have such fear for the integrity of the rights
of the South, should not perctdvo that the
IltlieSl UilllC, tO 111 I1I.HIUHUI1. IVIUf.
from this quarter.' ' Immigrants are mostly
. I ... I .1 n .. ... I.a- ..i,tt)i, .mni.V
freesoil men abolitionists by instinct, and
wherever they settle tber is Immediately n
conflict botweert them and the South. 1
Tho Snn Antonio Texan has the follow
ing rcmnrks upon this subject: ' ' ' ''
'Some may look upon such an event as
a Free State of Western Texas, as improb
able, particularly at a time wh'n such stren
uous efforts nre being made to carry slsvery
into Kansas, where slavery dos not now
cx:sl by positive law. ' Yet ihoroisastrong
probability that such an event will occur
within the next ton years. : Our opinion is
based upon the fact, that foeign immigra
tion Is greater than domestic, by ' at least
ton to one ; and upon the well-known fact,
that all foreign immigration is opposed to
vlnvcry, from principle, prejudice, and edu
cation. ! And thoro aro many of the immi
grants from the older (State opposed to sla
very, who quietly tolcrato i' so long as il is
an institution of the Stale, but' who will
rote no slavery, when tho question comes
up, n bother Western Texaa shall be a Free
or Slave Stnlo. This fact, is not generally
known ; if so, it Is uot duly considered.-
The vote of the adopted citizens of Texas
now numbers at least twelve thousand. In
less than ten years it will be increased to
three times that number, unless the nat
uralization laws arc changed. .. The increase
will be in a much grcalor ratio than that
of the native-born vote." -Vete Orleans
Creole.'-' 1 ' '' M ' ''
Tketii Extracted Without Pai.
Chambers's Journal alluded to a discovery
of Mr. Blundcll, dentist, of London, of a
rocrss for extracting teeth without pain,
nd to another process described by Dr.
Roberts before the Scottish S ciuty of Arts,
for cauterizing the dental nerve, and stop
ping tho teeth without pain independent of
the ordinary intimidating mode of holding a
red-hot iron before the patient face. Mr.
Blundell's process is the application of ice
tothe jaw, which so deadens the sensibility
that the tooth is extracted without piuii.
The process of Dr. RobrU is lo cauterize
by means of a wire at'achcd to the patient'
tooth, perfectly cold, and aP.erwaru in
stantaneously heated to the required extent
by a small electric battery.
OCT The East India trade of the Uuitcd
States, including the African and Pacific
trade, employs at the present time four hun
dred ships one hundred and fifty bark, the
greater proportion of which are Owned in
Boston and ew York. Fifty years ago a
few two hundred too ships and brizs con-
i trolled the East India busiuew. . .