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Lriw' Tliif moit common line torn P"
p MpnoM. A man who eontraeli debt with
out food praoet of piylng It whin du, I I lit
A man who girt hi vol to t rv psrty, of to
tnreMhor parson in ditfsgtrd of nubile good, it
n liar. ' Aa tditor, who soks in sny way to
i,iki ftk Impression, I a litr of thouaand
c On jne. "'-.
r Tin foregoing furnishes a text eupgeslive
if many thing that might be said upon the
subject of lying. Tbe writer might beve
added, tliot lis who fails to narrate facts
jtioi at heiaw or heard them Im liar. This
kind, of lying 1ma become cbrouio ton
plaint with many old inner, in churchei
Ml well at out, NineUnthtof the mischief
lobe iowcitiiy, by talkers mid talebearers
is dune by telling things with "slight
nations'' from the truth. Tbisie uftoner
unintentionally done Ibm from design. Il
growl out of loose habits and in undisci
plined nioraory.; Tbe habit of relating
conversation! and incldmts just pi I hoy
transpired, iione which need cultivating.
Ii rtquirut it much labor on the pirt of
most piople to form this habit thoroughly,
as It would to mike a good mathiniaticien.
If all would enter upon this work deter
mined novor to rotate any thing that tbey
had teen, beard or road, without giving il
correctly, vith no varialioh, it would at
once rid neighborhoods and nation of tho
eatue of much strife and commotion. All
of our rcadere will at once tec tho full force
of thil reniirk without our amplifying.
They have all teen trouble in the fli lit on
account of thli hurtful practice by tome of
their fellowi ; if they havn'l, we have. It
is generally thought that a ncwspiper
ought to contain nothing but tho pure gold
of truth.' Tlili U entirely correct. It never
ought ; but it ii just as necessary that
every body ipeak the truth, ai for typo to
impress it. Indued much that ii published
cornel to ui orally, and we are sometime s
victimized by relying on statements made
by what we think to be good men and true,
nd who perhaps are, but from the habit of
etarelessly tolling things with "slight va
riation)." Thil ovil abounds to a much
greater extent In Oregon and perhaps all
over tho world, than many are aware of.
In fact, we do not believe that there Ii one
liorson In a hundred who hai yet sufficient
Jy schooled himself in thia great science of
tolling things exactly at they are. I'eop e
tell thingi exactly ai they think they are,
(honest people we iunn,) but they are scl-
Hum sullkienlly caution), ncrutini.in, and
critical in finding out exactly what1 the
truth in, before thvy attempt to tell it. A,
heart something about noighbor II, and
goes off with his head full of thin and a
hundred and one other matters. Jly and
.by ho recall the itory, and rein tot it to
hii wifo, with "variation.'' She tvllt it
to Xfri. C. with another "variation," and
t!iu it goet from mouth to mouth till it in
o patched up, with variations, that tt would
puzzle Uiom acquainted with the original
facts to tell what the itory grew out of.
Our text, in aflirming that "an editor
who sec k in any way to make a false im
pression is a liar of a thousand tongues,"
basei its Rtntometit, we prrsume, upon the
supposition that the editor iwues a thou
land copies of the paper containing tho lie.
In thit view of the esse the statement is en
tirely correct. It will bo recollected that
over throe month ago we proved by a nice
mathematical calculation that the SUitef
man had told not Iohs thuu 8,1 13 fulschooja
up to llat time. Multiplying that by 1300
ita avoraga circulation till then, and we
)iave0,7a 1,400. Add this to 130,000 false
hoods told since that lime, which we get by
multiplying 1.1 (the mtn.bor in oach Uvue,)
by 15 weeks, and that multiplied by 700,
(itt present circulation,) and we linvo 0,
fc70,000 nine mil linn tight hundred and
jrcoify thousand and nine hundred tho
amount told since that sheet was itarted.
Startling is it may appear, we assure our
readers that taking our data, we aro cer
tainly within bounds. If the yuung man
was to stand up oil a stool aud repeat all
these falsehoods, allowing him ene minuto
to each lie, and eight hours a day woik
ing time, it would take him i03 years and
1 18 days to get through with the job ;
whereat by means of the Press he has done
it all up in something over "sixty moons."
if every falsehood had been no larger thau
grain of oorn, aud could have been ormn
rued into each one of his readers, by stretch
ing their hides, each one of the poor crea
tures would hnva been bloated to the size
of Mount Hood.
We have made this calculation to show
the wonderful powur of the Press for multi
plying good or evil, and t!o to ahow how
much filth a lovof.K can devour in "ixty
moons" without killing him and with no
other perceptible elFcct than a dreadfully
jaundiced, green looking hide.
jT Why U it that no effort is madu to
provide the people of this county with mail
facilities I Tlioit it a largetrclioD of coun
try boumlod on the north by Clackainat,
east by tit Cexadut, onJ tuuih by the W'ul
tlu llill country, where the people are coni
pelluJ to go fioni ten to twenty five miles
fc their mail malU r. They lav been
begging for the lat five veare for a mail
ronte from thit city, supplyiug all this coun
' try, an J connect hg with toiue of the routes
, u lher south, l,u' they have prayed in vain,
and wa preun will, till a grt o Ad
tniui'rtli'i U suflkijitv 'I. m-X'ra'ic
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i. , t. i toasw, sorron i rsorurroi.
oaxaoit oiTVi
to devote at least half of iu time to the
winliof tht people, instead of Inventing
keys to get into tbe U. 8. Treasury. The
Administration hat most shamefully neg
lected thit coast, but mort especially Ore
gon, in the wiy of furnishing mail facilititi.
If the govtreroent Is too poor to pty
contractor! ea routes the people are wf.
fering to have established, and too locofecc
ith to appoint qualified apd efficient agenU
and potlmiiteri, they would taveexpeoiei
and not worst the people much, by buying
up fw jaokawet, and after packing tbetn
with (he mail, tend them eutgrazipg whith
er they will, with permit for every man to
lake out Ms own mail matter wherever he
can find one of theee "government ageoli."
, Dili ef Utverastcal.
: The vote fat 8eat of Government stands
for Saltm 2029, Eugene City 2s24, Cor.
vallit 2322, Portland 1133.
It it rarnorsd that tome of the officlils
at Salem pretend to have received advlcei
from Washington to the effeot that ti Con
gress has located the Seat of Goreromenl
our Legislature Lai no right to meddle with
it. If any such opinion hat been given by
Cuihing or any body else at Washington,
it It merely an off hind opinion, based
opon a one tided representation of tbe fads
and the law, by eome lot bolder, or tome of
the clique interested in a certain locality.
The Organic act gave to our Legislature
the privilege of locating it, and Congress
has done nothing more nor lost, thin to de
clare the action of the Legislature valid.
All control of the Seat of Government for
Oregon ii placed wholly and entiely in the
haudi of the people of Oregon, just where
it ought to be. Congress caret no more
about our Seat of Government than it doet
about our public printer both are very
small potatoes,' out ef tbe bounds of our
jurisdiction. If our Legislature should re
locate the Seat of Government at every
session, the law would be valid, binding,
aud in fill force till Congress declared
otherwise, and this it would never do, to
lung as the people of Oregon were satisfied,
These locofocot, who compote the clique,
are constantly bawling about the right of
the people to legislate slavery and polyga
my into Oregon in spite of Congress, by
virtue of their squatter sovereignty, but we
have no doubt they would gladly make us
believe that we have no rights when It come
to saying where we want our publio build
ings. Whit a reasonable, consistent thing
a locofoco is! An old-fashioned democrat
is a fool to oue.
New Payer.
We have received the July number of
the Franklin Advertiser, a monthly sheet,
printed and edited by S. J. McCormick,
I'oi tlnnd. It is woll filled with a catalogue
of books, for salo at tbe Franklin Book
Store, aud short off-hand notices of many
of the works for sale, showing that the edi
tor has taken a bird's-oye view of what he
oilers to tell. On the whole it is a very
readuble sheet to a man in quest of knowl
edge. If the paper doesn't furnish the in
formation wa all need, it docs what many
other papers do not do ; it tells us where
we can got it. It comes at fifty cents a
year, payable at the end of the year, thit
time, we presume. Mr. McCormick is de
serving a good deal of credit for his efforts
in establishing a book store and newspaper
depot in Oregon, and as he is now telling
at reduced rates those who want books will
do well to call on him.
Fire.
The yellow-colored building adjoining
Carteu't on the south, and occupied by Mr.
Warner, was burned to the ground last
Monday night. The fire originated in a
bod mom, in the rear part of the building,
occupied by a hired girl, who is supposed
to have let her bed on fire with a candle
soon after retiring. The flames spread to
rapidly that nothing was saved from the
buildin;, although numbers were on the
ground in a few minutes after the alarm was
given. Mr. Warner's household effects
were all consumed by the raging elements.
The L-lngiue was on the grouud in due
time, but too late to stay tho destruction.
Mr. Warner's lose is probably not less
than two thousand dollars, but he will
soon rise superior to it. This accident will
impress upou the minds of our citizens the
importance of guarding against such ca
lamatios more closely for the future.
We hear that the paragraph ia the letter
of J, B. last week, stating that some of Dr.
Ciapkay'i "prophilacticutn" has been dis
posed of in this latitude, caused quite a
sensation among the purchasers. Their
pure,(!) virtuous aouls were of course dread
fully shocked, to think that a newspaper
article should incidentally mention the fact
that tht standing ndvertiseinrnt of a whole
column of the Point's organ was beginning
to pay. It is iio offcuse with these young
bloods for a newspaper, week after week,
and month after month, te be spread before
families all over the land, pulling a quack
medicine, for the vilest of diseases, and by
aaying that "no young man who appreciates
health ought to be without it," basely in
timating that our w hole community it liter
allycrawiingwitn lecheroas debauchees. In
that advertisement, there ta no lick of
worsts that are to be found in the dictionary,
to pruJeat a full length portrait of one of
theae characters, in all the different stage
ofhis dowaaard progress, from the time
he first steps aside from the path of recti
tude, till bt standi a debated, filthy, God
fjrtjlten, moral hper, knocking at the door
of tbe Statttman office at midnight, and
calling upon the editor to "divide" with
him the "prepldlaoticuDi" panacea. Tit
do offense to be told where they can buy
It, and that every one of tbemoie4l to buy
it; butfora msn, deploring the existence
of vice, and speaking against it, to intimate
that tbey do buy it it indeed shocking.
There it kind of prudery, or false rood,
esty, that too often bridleethe toogueofthe
press end tbe pulpit, end imolhen down
many pliirtj manly rebuke to iucb Juices
at undermine the foundation of all tocitl
virtue. See it ' when you will, and
where you will, thit false modesty argues
something wrong in tue possessor. We
have teen churches in this country, where
tome of the members wore in the habit of
wallowing Id grog ehops, and where the
preachera of the word seldom mentioned lbs
subject ef lempersnce,' eicept. in general
terms, white hastily commenting on some
passage that pronounced an awful wo upon
the drunkard, .There are however many
hnuerable exceptions. A teacher of the
word, in advising his flock to ibiuk on
whatsoever things are pure, lovely, and of
good report, ought to point out to tbe joung
members what are, end what an nor, such.
If tbe liability of our free institutions
resli upon the virtue tod intelligence of
he people, as was often laid by our wise
and tirtuoui statesmen, why ought it not
to be the great business of the pulpit and
the press to make men better, is well as
wiser? The editor who neglects these
weightier waiters, and devotes his whole
time to building up bis party, aid lashing
his readers to support Tom, Dick, and Judas
the '"regular nominees," drunkards, de
bauchees, and defaulters, though they may
be, pursues a calling the most unspeakably
contemptible of all callings, unless it be
that of a narrow toulcd. sectarian bigot,
who aeesthe Millennium approaching only
through the triumphs of his creed, and
who winks at sin 1n high places, because
forsooth he is dependent in some measure
upon the "world, the flesh, and the devil"
for his support, and in order to secure it
tries to cover "grounds" enough to induce
the devil to dance and help pay the fiddler,
while he plays on bis "harp of a thousand
strings."
But the responsibility of correcting these
abuses mnst not all be thrown upon editors
tnd divines. Every member of society
hot something to do. It was Milton who
said,
''I halt when vice can bolt her srgnmcnts,
A nd virtu haa no tongue to check her pride." '
Every body, who lores virtue and purity
ought to have a tongue to speak in their de
fense. We don't mean public speaking,
but speaking by the way tide, in all our in
tercourse with our fellowa. Virtue and
truth need to be praised, extolled, and al
ways spoken well of, whilst vice ought to
be deuounced. Tbe eld patriarchs and
prophets praised and magnified even the
name of the Lord; not that it really exalted
Him or added to His dignity, but it did so
in their esteem, and in the esteem of those
who beard them. If we are even dumb,
and have no "tongue to check the pride"
of vice, we can do it by our actions. Wo
men have it iu their power to do more in
this matter than all the presses aid orators
in the nation. Let them cease to smile up
on, or even associate with, "men of evil
report" in this respect. If they have no
tongue to plead for virtue, and denounce its
opposite, tbey have eye to smile upon
purity, and look daggers upon the sleek
and villainous debauchee, that will cause
him to slink away to the "foul crowd" where
he rightly belongs.
Temteraace at the Ballot Box.
Editor ttht Argut Dear Sis: I promised iu
on of your lata numbers to review tha ditviuaiont
of our candidates in the lata campaign. ' Two
issues' wers presented to the peopl.. First, shall
we sustain tht Kanaai.Nobraika Hill? Second,
shall nt adopt for ourtelret a Prohibitory Liquor
LawT On tht first, the so called Democratic can
didate! look Uit affirmative and the Temperance
candidates th negativ. On Uit second the
Ttmptranct men took the affirmative and the
Democrats th uegativ.
Tht diacuasioa was so conducted, that on sub'
jeot wat used to Uluttimtt tht othsr. In a rtview
wt mutt therefore notic both. Aud w may here
properly remark tlirt the friends of th Kansas-Ni
braeka Bill, failed to state Itt connection and ita
provisions, contenting themselves with ttating what
they called its great principle. It it charitable to
tuppott that they had uot ixamiucd it proviaiona,
Tht "rial principU" for which they contend
td was, that tho paopleahoald rult, trmtk their
awn laws. There wit no need of to mucn decla
mation upon this point, whieh no one in their eight
audienc denied, and whieh their opponent,
affirmed at strongly as thtnutW tt. It ! niera
(mum to 111 ta Amerionn audieact that tht peo
ple ought to make their owu laws. ' -
Tht legitimatt queiUoiu which tliat Bill involve
art whtther tht power t introduce Slvary into
Kanaat and Nebraska wat rightfully tnd fully
eonlerrad upon the peeple. bat then de th
Bill say? After describing the limiia of tht Terri
toriil declare that, 'hn admitted neSuia
or Bute, th taid territory, or any portion of the
tame thall be received iuto th I'nion with or
without alar7, is their constitution may pretcrib
at th tun of their admission.
Was thit power of Introducing Slavery rightly
contend!
Th eighth ttctioD of tht Act f Congress 1S20,
admitting Miaaouxi into tilt Union, deduct; "That
ia all that territory ceded by France to th Uni
ted Slate, Under Ui name of Louisiana, which
hV north trthirty-iU degree and thirty minute
artl latitude, not included withia the limit of th
Slat (Maui) ctotemp'.atod by this tct, Sktery
and mr;lry ttUV, ttherwia that it th
puiwhineut of en tue, wvrcot lh parti ahall bar
bn duly cVMUMi,iU k, mat it ktrtljfvmn
Tot thirty fmt yn, by tht content of lh J
whole Mtioa, who at a natoa dreltrt that atl
at S-n Kh a. rmia awlWoie.) rights, nth
it lib, liberty aud lh pursuit of btppinett," lbs
Tirrittritt btvt ateridly and tolemly dvtfd to
Frtttkcn. Frttmta have btta ptmtiited le go
and dwell there far all Ujt high urpotetof freedom,
but atvtr for purposes of tUvtry. Thit Bill lias
away Frwdocn thirty frar yar' posttestry lillt
td itumpu to give 8la.ry aa squally good till.
Ptniom lot v7 thing, Slavery total nothing
tnd bopttlogsiatnry thing. , Buta worts ftatuit
tf tht bill it, liitt lh -nation laate up tha qutttiup,
tnd soltmly tadorttt 8livry, at qual to Frttdoas.
In fact Congrats givtSlavi7, which wat (
l, aud which bad do claim upon Kaawi or Nt
bruit, th advanUgt ovtr freedom by illowing
Us elaiio Uit'n.' "A litighbor has no elatiu upoa
vtur tttito. but yoa Wave a codioit, which is found
uYrty ytart in you are dead, providing that hit
bitu tad yours mty ootnt logethtr and veto upon
tht question, and if a majority vote that bit btirt
thill htvt tht stlatt, Ihsa you will that thy shall
hsrt H all.' Is thW Mr te your htlniT But tbt
Nahnaka bill it such t eodioll. Il oms Imftor
thirty yttrs sod gives Fretdomi proptrty to Sltvt
ry by a majority vote. . Added to thit it tin psou
liar fact, that tbt Dtmaerallc Party which bad
been nitionil, ecdorw tbiiieclioutl thin g, slavery,
thereby making Itself eeotlonaL It tndortei a
manifest wrong ind degrade! itself. Ia tht face of
that soltmn national compromise, it doclart tht
Kanaat bill constitutional, democratic, and right
Mr. Starkweather rung the tbang on this
words awhilt, and then with tf uai fortt denied
lb people lh right to prohibit th sals hi btvtr
tgt of liquors, which allurt tht ritb to make them
poor, the Industrious to mtkt Ihtm Idle, Iht vlrtuout
tomke Ihtm vicious, tnd tht healthy to poison
and dettruy. - lit says, pntuadt the vtndtr lo
ceast soiling, persuade Iht people toceatt drinking
liquors, tnd ytt "lei every oue eat and drink what
they pltast." "Il It no harm lo drink a lit tit.''
"Be temperate." Thit it, drink until you icquirt
Uit taste, and form tho hibit, tnd then bt persuad
ed to lean off. Now apply this principl toother
kinds of business. Bring your mtrcbanditt ind
sell provisions and hardware ell tht plate and
stamps for counterfeiters, only exhort tht buytn
not to mtkt bad use of them. 811 good and ob
sctntbookt, warning persons of tho ovilsof lh
Utter. According to Mr. 8. and th party, yonr
merchant is not responsible, lit neither counter
feits, nor rtidsobscsne books. Yet he sustains
tht law which prohibit ths salt of eounttrfeitera'
tools ind btd books, while ht endorsee the law
which legaliset the tali of hit fellow men. II
will noi prohibit Iht sal of liquid poison to my un
suspecting children, but be will grant m power to
ell a father or a nwtlier or a child at auction, at
ta ox or a horse it sold and lo bt uttd a thty sr.
To prohibit men from poisoning their neighbors
he styt is to takt away Iheir righto, but to it! I
human beings It democratic!
Mr. 8. it elected lo carry out these principle! in
Oregon. Hi it expected to do all in hit power to
Irgaliie here the trade iu human flesh, and to li
cense the sals of thsl which demoralizes and mint.
Three hundred men in Clackamas Co. have pledg
ed themselves lo sustain him in carrying out these
principles. You art bound to do all thit, or lo ad
mit that you did not fully examine tht subject
You are bound, and hi it bound to rivet chains upon
Iht negro, and to hold open the gates of intemper
ance, or you are bound to recede and tako a posi
tion which reason ind hnmanity dictate.
Sooner thtn rote for such principles, let my right
arm bt paltitd: let my tongue ceast to speak.
Sooner than I will do ought to make my fellow
man as a beast, lo bt bought tnd told In tht sham
bles, let my own neck pass under tbt yokt ind let
me bt drivta lotht field in tht manacles of the
alsT. Sooner thin I will vote for th privelege
to poison my neighber or bit child, let him btvt
license to slay mi and mine.
Yours, A.
For tht Argut.
bemmem Schools.
Tantheb Ceek, July 4.
. The safeguard of a despotism is the mus
ket, that of a republic, the intelligence and
virtue of ita people. But virtue it the na
tural result of intelligence, while vice more
frequently accompanies ignorance; there
fore every true patriot must regard the
diffusion of knowledge among the masses
as of paramount and vital importance.
It ia common to hear American citizens
boast that they live in a land of light and
liberty, yet it is a startling and humiliating
fact that many thousand of the voters of
thit Union are unable from want of intelli
gence to judge for themselves concerning
the great questions which affect the welfare
of their country, and are completely at the
beck of partizan leaders, implicitly, blindly
following the dictates of their own servants.
It is a thraldom more abject, more odious
than European serfdom, because voluntary,
it is a bondage not of the body, but of the
soul, and it needs no logic to prove that
such a state of things is fraught with dan
ger to free Institutions. The histories of
our sister republics (to called) of the Amer
ican continent furnished a sad proof of tho
truth ef this. .
There ii but one remedy, common schools
are the beacons whose light must pierce the
gloom far out over tbe ocean of moral dark
nesswhose influeuce must elevate, re
generate man, must make him a thinking,
reasoning, intelligent, independent being.
'Stand up erect ! Ihon hast th form
And likeness of thy God."
Education in all newly settled countries
must of necessity be backward. Owing to
the land monopoly and the consequent
sparseness of settlements, this it especially
the case in Oregon. Like Tarneia of old
we have been crushed under the weight of
gills. IS umbers of our children are rapidly
approaching manhood and womanheod-who
cannot read. Few possess even a tolerable
knowledge of the common Engliah branch
es. But our enterprising leading men are
now laboring with energy in behalf of the
rising generation, and high schoola, college
nd universities loom up in prospective
throughout the land, particularly on the
siiea of future would-be towns. Large and
costly buildings are in course of erection
and their founders, doubtless actuated by
seal in the cause of education, deserve great
credit for enterprise and liberlitj. Suc
cess to all such inititutions, but fint of a'l
and above all, succers to the common
schools, for il is in them that the gnat
widet-pread majority, the vecmtD7 oftbt
land, mutt be Instructed. Let us begin at
the foundalion,let us have first what we
need most, good common school tys
Urn, and acadamiet and colleges will fol
low quite naturally. H ie in the common
ichool house that tbe foundation it laid for
many a noble superstructure' of future
greatness. Our honored ttatetmeo recall
with heartfelt pleaiure the time "in child,
hood't roiy morn" when they lisped their
A, B,C, within its walls, or patted with
their tiny bare feet the smooth beaten
ground around it. 1
The common school house Is essentislly
a dstnocra'tio institution. In blessings and
its polished slab benches may be shared
alike by rich and poor, for in it the false
distinctions of caste aro unknown. In very
atmosphere is fatal lo aristocracy; for where
common schools flourish roost, pride of
wealth and of birth flourish least., 1
Common schools are indispensable to the
cause of truth, morality, and freedom.
Ignorance and bigotry go band In hand, and
it is only the light of knowledge radiating
far and wide that can dispel the old time
prejudices which are the main obstacles to
the great reforms of the day.
Our school system in Oregon is in its
infancy defective it neede the zcaloue
regards of tbe people, the fostering care of
government and above all the attention of
the public press. Here is a broad and much
noglccted field for the work of tho philan
thropista noble theme for the pen
of the writer; and he who labon in
tuch a cause will be remembered and hon
ored long after the petty demagoguoi and
factional b'rawli of the present hour are for
gotten.
A. D.
Rbd Ridge Farm, July 5.
Mr Editor Dik Sir: According to
notice the examination of the pupils of
Bethel Institute, came off on the 3d Inst.,
and gave more than usual satisfaction to the
friends and patrons of the place. Thero
was a large and respectable audience in at
tendance, who expressed their interest in
tho exercises of the day, by their orderly
deportment and good attention. The ex
ercises commenoed by the examination of
the Primary School under charga of Miss
Boise. It must have been indeed flattering
to the parents to see the marked improve
ment of their "little ones." The examin
ation of the larger scholars, under charge
of Mr. Harrison, was listened to with pleas
ure. It did great credit to scholars and teach
er. Having attended the examination at tho
close of the winter term, I was pleased and
surprised to see such a decided improvement
in all tbe scholars.
At the close of the examination the au
dience were invited to partake of an excel
lent dinner, prepared by the citizens of the
neighborhood, Tbe dinner was gotten up
in good stile, and amply sufficient to supply
the wants of all, end none had cause to
tay that they "went empty away." After
dinner the Hon. Judge Williams addressed
the audience upon the subject of Female
Education. As the address will no doubt
be given to the public, it will be unneces
sary to speak of it, further than to say, that
the subject was handled in a masterly man
ner, was easily understood, and every sen
tence was full of meaning. A vote of
thanks was given to the speaker and a com
mittee appointed to request ita full publi
cation. We were now called upon to listen
to reading exercises by the young ladies,
and declamations by the young men. The
ladies read well, and did credit to themselves
and to their teachers. Many of the young
men showed plainly that nature designed
them to be orators, and no one who heard
them, would say that Oregon could not
furnish the foundation for future orators,
and with tuch schools as Bethel we will be
enabled to rear up men in our midst whose
voicct will at no distant day be heard in the
council chambers of our nation, and stand
'shoulder to shoulder with the great men of
the East in urging on tho cause of humani
ty and the rights of man. The congrega
tion no doubt felt that they bad been prof
ited, and went to their homes satisfied both
mentally and physically. Money spent in
building up tuch institutions in and around
which we spent tbe day, is a "bread cast
upon the waters," the fruits of which are
already teen in the rapid advancement of
scholars, and the lhely interest taken by
the whole neighborhood in the cause of
education. The influence of tuch school
exhibitions extends beyond tbeir immediate
neighborhood. They stimulate others to
action; their ambition is aroused by witness
ing what others have done, and are doing
In the cause of education, and they go home
determined to assist in the cause of "human
progression" by securing for our youth the
meant of obtaining a good education. ' I
have occupied more apace than first intend
ed, and hoping that you may continue
steadfast in the cause of truth, justice, and
hnmanity, and that The Argus may ever be
found battling on the side of right, until
every system of error haa been overcome,
and until man shall learn to love his "fellow
man,"
I am your Friend, J. B. B.
Ixpobt and Export of Specie. The
total amount of specie received at the port
of New York durinir 1854 wu 5i sni
0S7, of which there was exported 937,197,
-o; in isoa, recievcd 39,622,459; du
ring the present vear to March 92J r.
ceived, $9,677,002, exported 13,582,573.
Tbe export thit year has or kept pace with
the movement ef 1635, owing probably to
the liberal exceta in the export of domestic
produce, which now reaehea. linca Ju!l
1 1,050,242 from that port alone, and about
ir,wv,uw irons tbe cotton pons.
FROM THE STATES.'
Dttsttttat of tat Brtllsk ntatsur, m(
btt Diparlmrs UeeleBall Coeveett..
liaasas DtfflealMtt, awe.
- . .
Tbe U. 8. Mail steamer reacbid Port,
land lost Thursday.- From Weill, Fr8
A Co. we received files of States and Call,
fornia papere. ' Tbe newt it certainly ttir.
ring If not startling from Kansas and the
Union generally. t ' -
Wa have dates' from Nsw York to the
5th of June, and from New Or leant to tha
7th; . .7
Tbe British Minister, Mr. Crampton,
and tbe three Consuls implicated with him
have at last been dismissed by President
Pierce, and have taken their departure for'
Europe. Thia event, so long expected,
hat created no very great excitement, though
there are various ipeoulationi as to the ef.
feci, the movement may have on future
intercourse between the two countries..
It seems, however, very doubtful whether
hostilities will accrue.
Mr. Marcy in hit communication to the
British Government accepts their . apology
in regard to the enlistment diffieujtiei, but
tayt Mr. Crampton is dismissed because
he it persounlly unacceptable to the Presi
dent. - , ; i. :
Tk Kanjas Trodbles. A flairs in
Kanas are growing more serious. Th,
origin of the difficulties is well known, and
late acts, on the part of both parties, are
leading to dangeroua results. It appears
that I Lie) Free State hotel at Lawrence
was drstroyed, and, also, the materials ef
a printing odico. This caused a disturb
ance between the parties and the loss of
several lives. The very latest from the
scenes of riot is up to 7th of June, but there
are no important details.
Wm. B. Archer bat declined being the
American candidate for Governor of Illi
noi. Thii leaves the field open to Col.
Bissell and Richardson, both democrats, the
former, a Compromise or Jefforsonian dem
ocrat, and the latter a Nebraska Douglas
democrat, or locofoco. ,
The Abolitionists held their Convention at
Syracuse, N. Y., May 28, and nominated
Gerrit Smith for President and Samuel Mc-
Farland for Vice President. These fanat
ics ouuht to have run the negro Douglas,
and tbe Cincinnati loco convention would
match him well by running Stephen A.
Douglas, who is as great a fanatic on the
other extreme.
James Dixon, American, has been elect
ed Senator from Connecticut, over Toucey,
loco, by a vote of 115 to 101. '
Tbe Cincinnati Convention was in session.
The Missouri Benton delegation knocked
down tho door-keeper aud forced its way
into the ball, but politely retired when in
formed they were not wanted. The great
controversy on the subject of choosing be
tween the hard and soft delegation from K,
Y. has not been settled. , r .,
A great excitement has becq produced
in the Eastern States, by an outrage com
mitted on Charles Sumner, Senator from
Mass., while silting at his desk, by Preston
S. Brooks, Member of Congress from South
Carolina. Sumner bad used language the
day before, in a debate upon Kansas mat
ters, which gave ofTence to Brooks, conse
quently he repaired to the Senate chamber
during a recess of the Senate, and approach
ing Sumner while be was sitting at his desk
writing, dealt him a blow on the bead with
a gutta percba cane an inch in diameter, '
which knocked him senseless, and then re
peated the blows a number of timet, break
ing hit cane into fragments, and. inflicting
deep gashes upon the head of hit victim.
Mr. Sumner wat confined to hit bed for
several days in tuch a precariout condition
that hit physician allowed no person to
visit him. A committee was appointed by
the House of Representatives, to inquire'
into the outrage, which reported in favor of
expelling Brooks from his seat in Congress.
Tub Cincinnati Convention. Thit
body has been in session, but up to the de
parture of the mails no nominations had
been made. Sam Medarr was temporary
chairman, and General Ward was chosen
permanent President of the convention.
Much feeling was manifested, and consider
able confusion and hard dispute occured.
The Benton delegates insisted on being ad
mitted, and when they entered the Hall a
fight took place, during which the door
keeper was knocked down. Tbe Benton
delegation was subsequently exoluded from
the Convention. A platform was adopted.
It reaffirms the one adopted at Baltimore in
1352; denounces the Know Nothings; de
clares in favor of tbe principles of the Kansas-Nebraska
act, the construction of tha
railroad to the Pacific, State rights and the
Union, free trade throughout the world, the
Monroe doctrine, the transit across the Isth
mus of Panama, sympathy with tbe regen
erators of Central America, and securing aa
ascendency in the Gulf of Mexico. Res
olutions respecting internal affairs were
adopted with unanimity. On those that
refer to external objects some difference of
opinion arose, and the convention adjourned
to allow meiubert an opportunity to inter
change sentiments with one another on the
subiect. 1 he oroceedinirs before tbe cre
dential Committee with reference to the
quarrel between the New York factions,
caused great excitement. After a protract
ed session the committee resolved to recom
mend the Convention to admit portions of
the soft and hard delegations, tbe proportion
of each to be based upon the vote for Con
gressmen in 1853 and in 1855. The Com
mittee also declared the soft section to be
the regu'ar organization of the party in that
State. Tbe friends ef Judge Douglas have,
ft it taid, withdrawn him from the field.
SaaTraaelsce trice.
Flourfrom$9to15.00 per bbl.; Oata
$1.2'): Potatoes 81.50. Bacon, Butter,
and Syrup, not quoted. . , ,
Ntwtrtrn Stocks Thn thoaaual fir haa-
dred dollira wera trTered neoatly fnron than f
the Nw Trk TrUmtu. Tha woo Id saak tho
huadred than, into which that MtakJfcMal
rs divided a tew ytan a fa, worth f 350,000
The par nlto f hrt it l,000.