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OBXOOIf CITY I
SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1830.
' (T A bu nco from lioioe during tli
w iH of this work is our excuse fur lick of
eilitotisl, if indeed mi apology is necessary.
We hav filled up I lie paper with other
inullr, w liii.li w pictumu nill prove more
ucrfitulilu than any tiling "a would have
written. .
OtT We r i- HJ to notice an awe
kened Intercut in ill" country generally
upon iho subject of education. Thesthouls
in every dirocn'on, to far as we ire advised,
ore in n flourishing condition. Tho citi
zin of Oregon City, Portland, Forest
(rov, McMiniivill.', Bethel, and Moo
rootiih, ero nil exerting- themselves in Iki
Imlf of the rising generation. We noticed
in i.a.ing through McMinnvill thit week
llmi the icoplo in lhat vicinity have erect
ed A very Urge seminary building, and
have a thriving school in ojicralion, nud,
like Bethel, the beautiful prairie ii eel oil'
to fino advantage by a building that would
do honor to a thriving village in one of ike
Kastern Slate. A number of house are
already erected in the iuimodiato vicinity
of both tliee institution for the accommo
dation of thn who have st'tilcd there to
Jthool I heir children.
' There are yet many firmrr in the coun
try who lire remote from school, who are
amply nolo to cither lenve ilmir claim and
reinovo to aomo suitable placo to educate
tlii.'lr children, or to hire ilum bun nlcd and
cho'iled away from homo. Hut iu Oregon,
like (omo other eounlrivs, the people are
generally nltogclher too worldly, Toamaw
more propurty, by toil and wearing aniluty,
aceint to be the great businen of life with
loo many. They have not yet got quite
rfiongh,' nor got fixed just a they would
like to he, and they never will. We hope
nil will begin to look around ihcm, and
make up their minds whether il is not now
time to devote a little more attention to
this matter, and spend a litilo more meant
iu behalf of that which add infinitely
more to human liappincsa than all tho ac
cumulated trcnturet lhat they enn hope to
gidhvr around them.
OtT During a visit to I'ulk county this
week wo noticed that tho spring gruin looks
remarkably well, what linle there is. The
winter wheal w'nt nearly all killed out last
winter, and wo shall havo to depend upon
the spring crop. There will probably not
bo-half the wheat to hui vcst this season
thpro was lut year.
, VitctOc Ttli'Ktnli.
,.; The energies of tho Pacific Telegraph
Company, which havo been ralhur flagging
for, a fw mouths past, are beginning to
relive, and they are di'teriniued to -pu:,li
1 Iki work rapidly forward to completion.
We lenm from Mr. (Iiuiiam, the Superii:.
ti'udtilit, ill lit a KuOicirnt iUntity of wire
in already cuiilnioied for, lo extend tho liue
1o Kugeno City, besides connecting Sulein
fiiul Albany with the main lino. The oflico
in this city payt well, and it in thought thai
when the lino in completed lo Kugeno City
tho Company will got a fair dividend upon
the whole enpi'al slock.
CT Sonio unkuowu person hits been in
the habit of cutting tho Telegraph wire ev
ery few dys tinco it was put up a few miles
west of this city. There have been proba
bly not less than a thousand feot of wire
luken out of otio pui titular part since last
winter. The operator iu this city has beeu
j. ul to much trouble and rxpcnuo in repair
ing llio damage ; and not unfreiieuily,
upon his return from mending it, he has
Ken obliged to rolurn inmiudiaiely lo ro
jiair a similar injury perpetrated while com
ing back. Although (he mixcreant is not
'yet fully Implicated, from circumstantial
evidence suspicion rents strongly upou n
eertnin character, who it ia hoped will yot
'be brought to justice.
' ' Such an act of villainy ought lo he pun
hhed with ten years' imprisonment iu the
"penitentiary. Tho man who would do tho
like is mean enough to rob a neighbor's
'orchard. ' ' ' '
We rcgrt to leant that the fine steamer
EttttrprUt rati on a rock just shove Fair-
field, in coming down the river last Wuduet
, duy, and stove a bole in her liottom which
. suuk her. She lies in shallow wator, to
, close lo the shore that a perion cua step
rom hor guards upon tho hank, and with
, her outer guards about six inches under
water. She had on aliout fifty tout of
; freight, mlly flour, which hat been re
. moved and deposited on iho bank. Capt.
i. Wygant iufoinn ua lhat the will be rainl
, iind reaired without much difficulty. AVe
are glad to Irarn the lout watnol so grat
u first reiorled.
f Mr. AlilUr, oppoite Caneimili, has
laid upon our table several hones of the
Mastodon Maximu which he found on the
bank of tha Willamette m ar his rosideuce.
'. Il must hv been the muU of the one, tin
looth of wbih was found iuCam-mah last
ummer by Samuel lv. Harlow. -The knee
, bone h.it to. ti mueh oru by eiponura for
. ;: , but vlill inuasiiies about two feet in
, urtruiiifirciuys
IF The wiwtihvr has auttlvd at lt, and
' u hi.e uiuiiii-r upon ua all at alio, af-
t. r in.". I. of cool ruir-T weather, with oe-
Pttttte Rllroa.
Thf re seems to bo considerahla interest
being awakened in tLt Statei in ref
erence to iho 1'acific Railroad. Texai has
not only granted charter to the Western
Texat Railroad, but ba given 10,400 acre
of laud, for every mile of the road construct
d, enough, il it said, to complete tha road
through that State. W leirn from the
N. . San that the company hut already
made and aigned an agreement with rei
poutible men in Ohio and Texas for tho
construction of the first lection of the road,
between Trinity and Red Riven, which ia
to be ready fur the rail' by the first of Au
gust. '
Tha construction of a Railroad to the
Pacific w e look ujmmi as the grand enter
prise of the ago, a consummation more de
voutly to be wished for than the success of
any other enturprite that now agitates tho
mind of the nation, l'rukident making and
parly triumph fade into insignificance when
compared with the untold benefits thit road
would bo lo this coast. Wo shall look in
vain for capitalists and iho heavy immigra
tion of the bone and tinew of the States that
we must have to build up Oregon, and do
vclope ber rcaourcet, till this road it made.
The day that the road it completed every
laud holder in Oregou will be worth tun
timet what ho now it.
OCT Loe anybody recognize the follow
ing extract t
"God knowa I've done all I could for you
sinco I reached Washington. There ia no
man iu Oregon in whom 1 have mora con
fidence, as a true friend, and a tried demo
crat, (Jod knowa. You thall have an oflico
of some kind before long if I can prevail on
the President to iojutlicc lo one of Ore
gon's best democrats, nnd a man in
whoso judgment and qualification I place
the most unbounded confidence. I think I
shall succeed iu your behalf, though I shall
have to uvrk for it, fur you mutt know,
all the Whig, Know Nothings, and Black
Republicans, are against me, and if I am
finally overpowered it will be wholly owing
to such opposition.
"Keep wriiinsr lo mo: your letter aro
truly refreshing, and help to star up rm
band, if all my friend were like you1 1
could do a good deal mora in Washington.
I fuel a though I wo willing to work my
self to death io pasting law and getting
appropriation for my friend, and God
know I would dot little more for you than
for any other living man. Lie low and
watch for black duck."
. Baptist Atsoelattoa,
The eighth anniversary of the Willam
ette Raptist Association held it session in
Linn county on the 20th ult. Wo have no
full rcor( of proceedings, but (lie minute
w ill soon be published.
Wo learn that there wa protty strong
open opposition to adopting the Expositor
as a Baptist organ ; hence the commilteo
recommended it merely as "a medium of
dawntimitioiial eonetpomkuet," nnd not as
nu organ of the church. There are many
liap'itta in this section who are iucliuod to
question it orthodoxy ou more matters than
one. Dut here are tho resolutions adopt
ed by tho Association '.
Whereas, C. II. Mat loon and others hav
ing invested their funds very liberally in on
giuutini! a nowtnnpor do
cacv of Baptist doctrine
or devoted to the advo-
rinet and polity, callod
ositor,"ntl2ohi,0. T.J
"The Religious Expositor,
llicrelore,
Resolved, That the Expositor be recqan
mended to tho Baptist denomination of Ore
gon Territory, a a medium of denomina
tional rorrosKiideiice.
W. F.BOYAKIN.Ch'nofCoiu.
OiT The grasshopera aro committing
fearful ravngca in some pans of the valley.
Not only the grass but much of the small
grain will bo completely ruined on Baker's
l'rairio and other sections further south.
jt iT We have beon frequunlly interro
gated as to the real advantage to be derived
from using washing powders in cleaning
clothe. Tor the benefit of all our renders
of the fair sex, wo would sny that tlieso
washing powder which are sold by noarly
nil the merchants in this city who adver
tise, are no humbug. No woman ought to
bo without them, who think it of any ad
vantage io save half the labor on that worst
of all days, "washing day." Direction for
using always accompany tho powder.
For Iki Argut.
Onset, r.Uj am Keats.
Mr. i.lilor The improvement of tho
oountry by running roada to different point
it a praitoworthy matter, and the writer
of this is glad to behold an Increased and
growing interest in this rospect in various
localities. But it appears to mo that this
kind of spirit doe not cuter as largely inta
the minus of tha people of Oregon City as
it should. Tortland, our titter city below,
i making commendable efforts in thia re
gard J iu enterprising citizens are pushing
out roads, making cut-oils, and in other
ways making that poiut more and more
accessible all the while, thereby diverting
and securing the trade of a large tcope of
country, and in this way nionopoliaingand
in a great degree diverting from the Falls
a large portion that naturally belongs to
this locality. 1 do not w ish to censure the
people of l'ortland for acquiring iu much
of the trade as they can j but if there is
any such thing, I would like to wake up
tha businesa men of your Iowa from their
doxing inditC-rence in the matter. '
I have no immediate or remote interest
that I know of In adverting to this subject,
but a good feeling for your locality, its
prosperity, dc-, induces me "oeall attention
to jour much neglected interesla as ro-
ecit the trada of the country. A new
road hat laioly been opened out (and is now
much travrW between '.Isb- sa.
letn, which crosses the Willamette River
tome four miles below Buttoulla. This
route shortens the distance about four or
five miles, even between l'ortland and
Bulteville, and it comparatively level
road, with no streams lo cross except the
Tualatin. Over that stream arrangements
are being made to erect aWe bridye, the
tubtcriptiona for which amount to nearly
enough to completo the structure.
By going this route, Pudding river, Mo;
lalla, aud tho Clackamas are avoided.
There is not only a saving of distuned, bul
there is great saving of tax iu tho way of
ferriage, which is no small consideration in
our present state of finances. I he Juul
ntin river can bo forded at severnl points
the summer through. It will bo aeon from
this that there is no ferriage t" pay between
Salvia and Portland excepting on the Wil
Iniuelte. The distance betwecu tho rivers,
Willumetto and Tunlalin, is only six miles
from Rooue's ferry, where the road crosses
the Willamette, to Bulteville, four miles
Now what I wish to show by this is.
that it behooves the pcoplo of your city to
bostir ihemsolves to run out roads make
bridges, and repair the thoroughfares lead
ing into your city, or the trade ia bound to
leave you. It will not do to rely upon you
natural advantages alone to keep the trade
that of rizht belongs to rou. You must
spond a little of your energy, aud cash too
Unless something of tho kind Is dono, and
that quickly, your fate is sealed.
Yours, Radius.
l'r l!ti Argut.
Nrgro Hale la Orrgoa.
Editor Arg us Thero is a rumor afloat
in the upper part of this valley that there
was a negro girl sold at, or near, Eugene
city Litis ipriug for the sum of $1)00. Tho
girl is said to have been brought from Mis
souri by a widow woman now residing in
Marion. The man who tcok her to Eu
gene is also said to havo had a bill of tale
from the widow aforesaid.
Designedly no names are given, tho
writer bavins nolhint? authentic. This
nolo is written with the view of calling pub
lic attontion, hoping that aome ono nbout
Eugene will give the public some more
definite information en the subject. In
these days of slavery aggression freomen
can not be too vigilant. If treating negroes
as chattels is w inked at for a year or two,
the fell destroyer of penco and prosperity.
will grnpple the vitals of Oregon, and to
shako the monster off will be no easy mat
ter. Xo niau lias any legal right to traflio in
a human being iu Oregon. If tho girl in
qucstiou was a minor neither her person
nor her guaidiansbip is a matter of traffic.
Her lime until her majority can not be
bought nnd sold. It is the imperative
duty of the Probate Judge of Lane county
lo look into tho matter. It is tho duty of
the District Attorney and of the grand jury
lo inquire into it. Whero is the correspon
dent of tho "National Era" from Lane
county t why don't ho report!
Tho public are eu tit led to the truth about
this matter. Your truly,
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Free Oregon
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MnnmoulU Vnlvcrsliy.
uCoutm, 0. T., Juno 21
According to previous appointment,
meeting was held at this placo for tho pro
motion of education.
Mr. Samuel Simmons was elected presi
dent, aud conducted to tho chair by Rev. J.
E. Murphy. Jesse Slump was elected sec
retary. The meeting was called to order by tho
president, and opened with prayer by Rev.
J. E. Murphy.
Rev. A. V. McCarty was then called
upon to address tho nudienco. Tho lecture
was ablo, interesting and impressive.
Rev. J. E. Murphy was called upon to
follow with some remarks ; he spoke chiefly
of the design, position and future prospects
of ihe Institute which are quite flattering.
A number of interesting toasts wore read;
after which tho following resolutions were
unsnimously adopted, viz :
Eutolvett, That A. V. McCarty merits
our thanks for the very interesting and in
structive lecture just delivered by him.
lletohtd, That our thanks are due to
Samuel Simmons, Esq., of Marion Co, for
the able manner in which he has presided
over this meeting.
Jiegolivd, That feeling deeply impressed
with the great necessity of schools of the
higher order in our midst we will try bv
our united effort to promoto the cause of
education.
Resolved, That a copy of Our proceedings
bo forwarded to the Expositor, Argus and
Statesman, with tho request to publish.
JESSE STUMP, Sec'y.
Wo copy the above from the Expositor,
as since our return home we have not got
not got
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hold of the original manuscript.
1&l It is set forth iu the geological'
vey of Missouri, "that the coal bedf that
State can furnish 100,000,000 tons per an
num for the noxt 1,300 years; and with
regard to iron that there is ore enough of
the very best quality within few miles
of Pilot Knob and Iron Mountains above the
surface of ibe valleys, to furnish 100,000,
000 tons per annum of manufactured iron
for the next 200 years."
tW Florence Nightingale, the woman
beloved of all men and all natious for her
noble humanity, has been gazetted official
ly as Direct ress-Gsneral of all hospital in
tiie Uritisb dominions. No nurses can for
the future be appointed ia any public bos-1
pita!s without her sanction. She las been
'.'! f.cm a f.! Irt i u!e rtcewfil
tat touriu,
Tho celebration of the Fouitii yestor
day went off to the satisfaction of all pres
ent. The Cold Water Army must have
consisted of some two hundred or more,
embracing both sexos, of all ages, from the
child of six years to the grey-heuded vet'
eran. The table under the bower were
loaded with ihe bot the country affords
an ample repast for all. Tho speeches were
excellent, nud well suited lo the occasion i
the songs wero admirable aud well execu
ted ; the order thai pervaded the asir-mbled
throng was remarkable, and spoke well for
tho character of our citizens. I pon the
whole, wo prnnoituce it tho best celebration
we have seen in thirlv-fivo years. It was
ono which not oi.ly nuimaled our patriot
ism, but cnlishtcned the intellect and
warmed the heart.
The Aetaaera dear or .tarrlraa C.lvU-
lattou.
Below wffl bo found the address of Gen
Wai.kf.e to his troops after the surprise and
defeat of ihe forward detachment of his
army at Sauta Rosa. It is, as tho N. Y
Jlcruld says, "a most remarkable efl'usion,
and gives a clearer insight into the charac
ter and motives of the man than anything,
perhaps, that he baa before either said or
done":
"Soldibhs! We are engaged in no or
dinary war. A powerful combination aur
rounds us on every side. A hatred loour
race has united adverse States aud recon
ciled the most hostile and repugnant fuc
lions. The object of this league ia to ex
pel' us from the land with which we have
identified our lives; but through your for
lilude nnd courage the effort is destined to
defeat. Invited lo this country when it
was torn by civil strife, nnd so exhausted by
long dissension that it had no vigor oh to
re-cotistituta itself, we undertook the task
of its redemption and protection from the
encroaching grasp of servilism. In defi
ance of all obstacles, ia despite of armed
opposition, and regardleas of every discour
agement in the way of odds, we ateadily
pursued our purpose ; and it is known to
vou at what sacrifices we have succeeded.
The forces of the aristocratio party, which
threatened lo ovorwhelm the liberties of
the State, were checked and overthrown;
the constitutional guaranties of free gov
ernment were established, and a system of
order put in operation, so vigorous and
comprehensive that not even the most da
ring treachery or extendod conspiracies
have been ablo to disturb it. For six
months a profound peace has been main
tained ; prosperity lias blessed the coun
try ; private rights, whether of friend or
foe, have been respected, nnd tho laws so
justly and equally administered that no
man can lift his voice and charge against
us a single act of injustice.
Notwithstanding this notwithstanding
all the sacrifices we have made, all the dan
gers we have encountered, all the sufl'er-
ings wo have cudured sacrifices not only
of our blood in battle, but of our lives to
the pestilence bear witness the graveyard
at Granada! are wo to be driven from
this country, merely becauso we wero no!
born upon the soil .
"No, soldiers I The deslmy of this re
gion aud ihe interests of humanity aro con
fided to our care. We have come here as
the advanced guard of American civiliza
tion, and 1 know your hearts respond to
mino, when I declare that sooner than ra
ti ro before accomplishing our dutv. we will
spill the last drop of our blood, and porish
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lo the 1
Sold
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last man !
iers 1 The task that Is confided to ns
arduous one. It is full of self-denial,
and suffering, but it is-at the same time
promise. It spreads beyond the
limits of ordinary vision, and comprehends
the fate not only of Nicaragua, but perhaps
the redumption and proper civilization of
an spamsn America.
Soldiers! This task, as I have said, is an
arduous ono. Obstacles are yet to be en
countered, and difficulties overcome, that
may try our fortitude and courage by
sterner tests than any we have yet expe
rienced. AVe must content ourselves, too,
in performing it alone. Though we should
have been encouraged by those who claim
to be enlisted in the cause of progress, we
have not thus far had one voice to cheer us
from the surrounding nations, while that
to which we turned at the outset, with an
almost filial yearning, stands coldly br.
But the nobler for us if we win unaided.
The consciousness of our mission is all the
encouragement we require, and there is uo
man here so base as to wish to retire from
iho task and leave his share of it undone.
Soldiers! In view of the great trusta con
fided to you, I need not impress upon you
the importance of vigilance and order. To
the officers and men alike I look for that
obedience and discipline which are the chief
requisites of soldiers ; and with these qual
ities, and the help of that Power who never
deserts the brave and just, "victory and
honor will be our sure reward."
Col. Frvmeat la Sew nampsblre.
The Portsmouth (New Hampshire) Bah
lot states that in all parts of the State the
opponents of the administration are almost
unanimously in favor of Col. Fremont as
the candidate for the Presidency. At the
Slate Council at Plymouth, all the speakers
xp
opi
rooi
M,
pressed their preference for him, and the
mon that his nomination would be the
roost popular with the people, of any that
could be made. All the delegates to the
New York Convention elected by the Coun
cil, will give their influence and votes in
kit behalf. , .
rATKSTS The British and American
Commissioners of Patents have shaken
bands over two hundred volumes of speci
fication and drawing, presented by the
former to the latter, aa evidence of the
good feeling that binds the countries in
friendly bonds. A year ago last January,
our Commissioner forwarded to the British
Office copies of all the Tatent publications
issued here up to lhat time, and Prof. Wood-
returns the compliment this spring.
Ninety-three volumes of the sett are filled
I with drtsnect tf DritMi Patera.
lt nolle Herwea.
Tho following interesting document was
found sovoral years ago among the papers of
Maj. John Shaefuiyer, a decoased patriot
of the Revolution. It la a discourso dcliv
.rod ou tho eve of iho battle of Brandy wiue,
bv Rev. JocobTroute, to a large portion of
' ' . .. . . n
the Ainoricau soldiers, in prcscuco ui vuu,
Washington, Gen. Wayne, and other of
fleers of the army :
"limy that Uk Hut sword thsll perish by lbs
sword."
Soldiers and Coi-mtbyme.v ! We havo
met this evoning perhaps for tho lust time.
We hnve shared iho toil of the mnrih, peril
of tho fight, and the dismay of tho retreat,
aliko; we hnvo endured the cold and hun
ger, the contumely of the intornal foe, nnd
courage of the foreign oppressor. We hare
sat night after night by the camp-fire, we
havo together heard the roll of tho roveillo
which alls us to duly, or the boat of the
tattoo which gives ihe signal for tho hardy
sleep of the soldier, with ihe earth for bis
bed and th knapsack for hit pillow.
And now, toldiors and brethren, we have
met iu this peaceful valley ou the eve of
battle, in the sunlight lhatlo-morrow morn
will glimmor on scenes of blood. We have
mot amid the whitening tents of our en
campment ; in ihe lime of (error and gloom
have gathored logciher. God grant that
it may not be for the last time I
It is a solemn moment. Brethren, does
not the solemn voice of nature seem to
echo Ihe sympathies of tho hour! Tho
flag of our country droops heavily from yon
der staff; the breeze has died away along
tho green pluin of Chudd's Ford ; the plain
that spreads before us glitters in the sun
light ; the heights of Brnndywine arise,
gloomy and grand, beyond tho waters of
yonder stream ; all nature holds a pauso
of solemn silence on tho eve of tho uproar
and bloodshed strife of tomorrow.
'They that take the sword shall perish by Iho
sword."
And havo they not taken tho sword t
Let tho desolate plain, the blood-sodden
valley, the burned farm-house, blackening
in tho sun, the sacked village and the rav
aged town, answer ; let tho withered bones
of the butchered farmer, strewn along the
fields of his homestead, answer ; let the
starving mother, with her babe clinging to
tbo withered breast that can afford no sus
tenance, let her answer with the death
rattle mingling with murmuring tones lhat
marked tho last moment of her life ; let the
mother and the babe answer.
It was but a day past, and our land slept
in the quiet of peace. War was not here.
Fraud and woe and want dwelt not ninonir
us. From the eternal solitude of tho green
woods arose the blue smoke of the sottler's
cabin, and golden fields of corn looked from
amid tho waste wilderness, and tho glad
music of human voices awoke the silence
of the forest.
Now, God of mercy, behold the change !
Under the shadow of a pretext, under the
sancily of the name of God, invoking the
Redeemer to their aid, do those foreign
hirelings slay our people. They throng
our towns ; they darken our plains, and
now they encompass our posts on the lovely
plain of Chadd's Ford.
"Thcj that takothe sword, sliull perish by the
sword."
Brethren, think mo not unworthy of be
lief when I tell you that tho doom of the
British is scaled. Think me not vain when
I toll you that, beyond the clcud that now
enshrouds us, I oe gathering thick and
fast the darker cloud and thicker storm of
Divine retribution.
They may conquer to-morrow. Might
and wrong may prevail, and we may he
driven from the field, but the hour of God's
own vengeance will come 1
Aye, if in the vast solitudes of eternal
space there throbs the being of an awful God,
quick to avenge aud sure lo punish guilt,
then the man George Brunswick, called
king, will feel in his brain and hear the
vengeance of etornal Jehovah ? A blight
will light upon Lis life a withered brain
and an accursed intellect ; a blight will be
upon his children, and on his people.
Great God, how dread the punishment ! A
crowded populace, peopling the dense towns
where-the men of money thrive, while the
laborer starve ; want striding among the
people in all forms of terror ; an ignorant
and God-defying priesthood chuckling over
the miseries of millions ; a proud and mer
ciless nobility adding wrong to wrong, and
heaping insult upon robbery and fraud ;
royalty corrupt to the very heart, aud aris
tocracy rotten to the core ; crime and want
linked band in hand, and tempting men to
deeds of wee and death ; these are a part
of the doom and retribution that shall come
upon the English throne and English peo
ple. Soldiers, I look around upon yonr fa
miliar faces with a strange interest ! To
morrow morning we go forth to the battle
for need I tell you that your unworthy
minister will march with you, invoking
God'e aid in the fight I we will march
forth to battle ! Ncd I exhort you to fight
the good fight lo fight for your home
steads; for your wives and children! .
My friends, I might urge yon to fight by
galling memorjes of British wrong. Wal
ton, 1 might tell you of your father, butch
ered in the silence of the nigbt,on the
plains of Trenton ; I might picture his gray
hairs dabbled in blood ; I might ring his
death shrieks in your ears. Sbelmire, 1
might tell you of a butchered mother and
sister outraged, the lonely farm-honse, the
ai.-Jit assault, the rof in f am, th v..'f
of tho troops at they dispatched tber v0.
tint, the cries for inorcy, and pleading! 0f
fnnocenco for pity. I might paint this all
again, In the vivid color of tha terrible ro
nlity, If I thought courage Deeded uch wild
exoitomeut.
But I know you are strong ia the might
of the Lord. ' You will march forth to bat
tie on the morrow with light hearts and de
termined (pirils, (hough the solemn duty
the duty of avenging the dead may rest
beavy on youraouls.
' And in tho hour of uatUe'whenTail
around is darkness, lit by the lurid cannon
glare and the piercing musket, flash, when
the wounded strew the ground, and the dead
litter your path, then remember, soldiers,
lhat Cod is with you. The eternal GoJ
fights for you ; ho rides on the battle cloud;
ho sweep onward with tho march of tha
hurricane charge. ; ."' '
God, tho awful and infinite, fights for
you, and you will triumph. ' ' ' ' 1 ,.'
"They that tuke the sword, shall perish by the
sword."
You havo taken tho iword, hut not io the
spirit of wrong or rovenge. 1 You have tak
en the sword foryour homes, for jour wires',
for your little ones. You have taken the
sword for truth, justice and right, and to
you the promise is, be of good cheer, for
your foes have taken the sword in defiance
of all that men hold dear, in blasphemy of
God they shall porish by thetwerd. '
And now, brethren and soldiers, I bid
you all farowell. Many of us will fall in
the battle of to-morrow. God rest the souls
of the fullen I Many of us may lire to tell
ihe story of the fight to-morrow, and io the
memory of all will ever rest and linger the
quiet scene of this autumnal eve. -
Solemn twilight advances oer the valley,
tho woods on the opposite hoighta fling
their long shadows over the green ef the
meadow, around us are the tent of the con
tinental host, the suppressed buttle of the
cninp, the hurried tramp of the soldiers to
and fro, among the tonts, the stillness aad
awe that mark the eve of battle. -
When we meet again, may the shadows
of twilight beflungover the peaceful land I
God in Heaven grant it! Let ut pray.
Maritime Law.
Declaration respecting maritime law,
signed by the Plenipotentiaries of Great
Britain, Austria, France, Prussia, Russia,
Sardinia, nnd Turkey, assembled iu Con
gross at Paris, April 16, 1856 :
The Plenipotentiaries who signed the
treaty of Paris, of the 30th of March, 1850,
asseinbled'in conferenco
Considering ,
.Th'at Maritime law, in time of war, ha
long beon the subject of deplorable dis
putes ;
That the uncertainty of the law and of
the duties in such matter, give rise to dif
ferences of opinion between neutrals and
belligeronls which may occasion serious
difficulties, and even conflicts ;
That it is consequently advantageous lo
establish a uniform doctrine on so import
ant a point ; - t
That the Plenipotentiaries assembled in
Congress at Paris cannot better respond to
the intention by which their governments
are animated, than by seeking to introduce
into international relations fixed principles
in this respect ,,,!..
The above mentioned Plenipotentiaries,
being duly authorized, resolved to concert
among themselves as to the means ef at
taining this object j nnd, having comedo
an agreement, have adopted iho following
solemn declaration : . ,
1. Privateering is, and remains, abolish-
.
2. The neutral flag . covera enemies'
goods, with the exceptiou of contraband pf
war. , . , j .
3. Neutral goods, with the exception of
contraband of war, are not liable to capture
under enemies' flag.
4. Blockades, in order to.be binding,
must be effective that is to say, maintain'
ed by a force sufficient really to prevent ac
cess to the coast of the enemy-
The Governments of the undersigned
Plenipotentiaries engage to bring the pit"
ent declaration to the knowledge of .th
Slates which have not taken part in the
Congresa of Paris, and to invite them to ac
cede to it. ' . , ',,'", "
Convinced that the maxims which they
now proclaim cannot hut be received with
gratitude by the whole world, the' ander
signed Plenipotentiaries doubt not that the
efforts of their governroontt tt obtain tha
general adoption thereof wifl ha erre1
with full success. .
The present declaration is not and shall
not be binding, except between those Pow
era who have acceeded, or shall accede to
it. - ' 1 r
Done at Paris, the 16h of April, 185.
Ought Pbitateerino to be Abolished!
Americans do not object ta the abolish
ing of privateering, but do object to the
maintaining of a nary on a war footing ia
time of peace. They are ready to mak
to meet a proposition for the neutralisation
of the high seas. This spirit is fully shown
in the restrictions voluntarily aausnedbr
our government with regard to. the naval
force that can be maintained on the North
ern lakes. And it is more strongly exem
plified by the small force which it keeps in
commission on the high sess. di d
. We are bold enough to make for .'
countrymen and government the empbalio
proposition that the Atlantic, the .Pacini
and all other ocean sens, shall henceforth
bercto!!ir-d, if a'l erJ evfj cue of-fl1