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THE OREGON AlfCUS, t :!. rVULIMIKD SVIIV 4TOHD1T MOlNINd, x BY WILLIAM L. ADAMS. Office-Good's Building, Main st. Edito- i JXi tvoow n lirst story. an j n . rati ..... jbb,ti.im Atom tff s furmihtd at Unuai! ana r,Jiy V,nti fft annum, . h.j .? "llt mbtaribtriTirti Dollar! laeh la clulil of ten at out aMs tlf Two Dollar! for tlx month! No lubierip. lion! rteeittd fur a Utt n.nJ W. N pafir dlMMmutd until all arrearage, ore paia, unmu at llu option of thi puldinhrr. 4 Hr, . L.rniv as ii Kit uuiruge em t. tor Mutunrr. nr TKLCURAru w tub new -tori tiisuxi Boston, Monday, June 2, 1850. i the Hun. ISdward Eve re It dolivered kit address on .Washington, in Taunton, on F riday evening lnt, on whicli occasion, after alluding to the distinguished favor with which 1 1)0 address had h'en received In various purl of the country, and futin;1 that the character of Washington wan tm only subject which had. the power to call L i in out from hit retirement to address pub iio i audiences rrioro frequently than is con sistent wiih his Lcullh or iho purpose ol liislife, ho said : "But, with the satisfaction whidi 1M fh adJressingyou at ibis time, are mingled feelings of tho ' profbundest anxiety and sgritf. A sadness, which I drive in vain to repress, ; overwhelms mo at the thought of the .occurjvuuces of the pant week, and a ji-vlou apprehension forces itself upon my jnmd that 'Cents are oven now in train, with ah Impulse too .'chty to bo resisted, wbbJh will cause our beloved country to abed tears f blood through all her boru'.?rs for generations yot to come. The civil war, w.ih Us horrid train or fire and slaughter, carried on without the slightest provocation Sfininsl lite infunt settlements of our breth ran on iho frontier of the Union llu worse than civil , war which, ufter raj-inn for .months unrebuked at the Capitol of the Umoa, nas at lentil), with a lawless vio lence of which I know no example in the nunaW of , Constitutional Uovernment, stained the floor of tho Senate Chamber with the blood of a defenseless man, and he a Senator from Massachusetts. Ohl my good friends, these are events which, for the good name, the peace, the safety of the country, it were well worth all the gold of - Oatilornia to lilot ironi t lie record of the pant week. ' They sicken the heart of the jgood citizen, of the Christian ; they awaken gloomy doubt whether the toils, the sacri fices and tlm sM(leiin"our fathers endured for the sake of founding a higher, a purer and a freer civilization on this Western Continent than the world had yet seen, have not been endured in vain. For my .self, my friends, they 611 me with sorrow too dufp for tears.' am not ashamed of 'the weakness, for I sorrow not for myself. My few remaining years aro running too rapidly ton close to allow mo to afach much Importance to anything this sidH of the grave which cticerns me imliviiliially : lul sorrow beyond the power of words to express for the nbj'cls of affection w hich I eikall leave behind : for mv children, for mv country; and God is my witness that, if by laying down mv life at this hour, I could ....t .. i.... i....." i .1 .i... i ... . ... . .years,, beginning with the disastrous r peal if tho Missouri Compromise, to embitter tho didl-rent sections of the country against ach other, and Weaken the lies which bind .them, 1 would, willingly and .cheer fully . make the sacrifice. JJmI I not think -there is a healing charm in lint name of . Washington, that attachment and venera tion for his character is almost the only kindly seutimuiH that, pervades the whole country, and that in the contemplation of that character there is a spirit of wisdom to guide nnd of love to soothe anil unite, I would even now throw myself upon your indulgence to excuse me from the duties of the evening." ' i tVrpitrt of the lloune I'.ommlUee. tin. Majority und minority report! from the .Special Committee on the Sumner Assault .were presented, and laid on the table to .print..; The following is tho majority report: -ii The .Select Cominitteo appointed under 4he resolution of the House, passed on the 23d .day of May, 1830, to investigate the .subject of the assault alludged to have been .made jn the Senate Chamber by the lion. , Preston S. Brooks .and oi her Members of ;he loose, upon the Hon. Chailes Sumner, Senator from th,e Slate of Massachusetts; and to whom the House refered the pro jCeedings of the S-.-natn, announcing that .ihut coordinate branch of Congress "makes complaint to the House of Representatives of the assault committed by one of its 'Members the Hon. Preston S.Brooks upon the Hon. Charles Sumner, a Senator from the State of Massachusetts," Iteport : That upon a full investigation of thp, 'subject thoy concur in the following con ''elusions,' which the Senate seem unani 'mously to have declared : I. "That the Hon. Prpston S. Brooks, a 'tnemberof the House of Representatives 'from tho State of South Carolina, did, on - the 23d day of the present month, after 'adjournment of the Senate, and while Mr. Sumner was writing at his desk in the Sen ate chamber, assault with considerable vi olence, striking him numerous blows on and about the head with a walking slick, wUiaI aiiI li!a ha aH rift i-iiaa lt.11 liim fn . 'WIMCU V sw uiiiHuii u mill VI lbs tirao being from attending to his duties . in the Senate.,, II. "That this assault w as a breach of . the privileges of the Senate." 111. I list It is noi wnnin me j'insaic lion f the Senate, and can only be punish ed by the House of Representatives of ' vhich Mr. Brooks is a member." " IV. That the Senate "for a brpach of its friviliges cannot arrest a member of the louse of Representatives," and, a fortiori, '""cannot try and punish him," and that "ilat certainly devolves upon '.he House of hifb he is a member." " The Committee therefore report back the '. wmplaint of the Senate, wiih the journal of '. their proceedings and the les'imony laken in the premises, pursuant to the resolution 1 of the House. The testimony discloses the following . n- IJ .j -P.....l, loth ' and 20th days of May, 1S59, Mr. Sumner .i i. j - 1 l : it.. Q....... .nnir to the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Bailer) and other Senaiors, as authorised copy of which is appended to tbc testimony and forms a part of this report. . It arrears tha; n ear!ya Tcefia, te- -A Weekly Newspaper, devoted to the Principles of Jefliirsoi Vol. H. fore the speech was concluded. Mr. llrook look exceptions to the remarks of iho Sen ator, ami that on Wednesday morning, af ter the delivery of the speech, lis declared to Mr. Edmundson of the Home, whom be casually met in the Capitol grounds a short lime beforo the meeting of tho two houses, that he intended to inflict violence upon the person of Mr. Sumner, ns a pun islnneiit for language utiored in his speech, lie therefore requested Mr. Edmundson to walk with him, and nftor taking a seal near the walk leading fiom I'ennsvlvania ...luuv wiw v'liMiiui, ne rs nresseu a ue ........ .A t. -'... I I l siro that Mr. Hdiuun!son should be pres ent a a witness to the transaction ; that they remained some fifteen minutes await ing tho approach of Mr. Sumner, and then procoed.-d to the Capitol. On Thursday morning he aunin cau. ally met Mr. Edmundson at the western entrance to tho Capitol grounds on 1'enn sylvania avenue, a point which command ed a view of all the aniircachei to the Capitol from that portion of the city in which Mr. utntnir results.' Here ho a cram informed Mr. Edmundson that he was on the lookout for Mr. Sumner for the purpose of making the attack, and, after remaining for a short period, tha two proceeded to .1.. rs,-, After the reading of the Journal of the House, on Thursday, the death of the Hon. Mr. Miller, of Missouri, was announced, addresses delivered, the customary resolu tions adopted, and, thereupon, the House adjourned. When the Message was received by the Senato from the House announcing the death of Mr. Miller, a tribute of respect was paid to the deceased by Senator Gey cr in an address, and that body thereupon also adjourned. Most of the Senators left the S.-iiKie, a few only remaining. Mr. Sumner continued in his sent engaged in writing. Mr. Brooks approached, and ad dressing a few words to him, immediately commenced the attack by inflicting blows upon his bare head, while in hia scat, with a ctwie, said lobe ofgutta percha. Mr. Sumner made nn effort to n'ee and ward off the blows of his assailant, but they were repeated with great rapidity and violence, until he fell to the floor under the attack, bleeding and powerless. The wounds wero severe, and calculated to endanger the life of the Senator, who remained for several days in a critical con dition. It appears that tho blows were in flicted with a cane, the material of which was about the specific gravity of hickory or whalebone, one inch in diameter at the largor end, and tapering to iho diameter of about five-eighths of nn inch at tho smaller end. J I is not too much to say that the weapon used, was of a deadly character, and that iho blows were indiscriminate! v dealt, at the huzard of tho lifo of the as sailed. ' The Committee have extended to all par. lit a implicated the full ist facilities for ta king exculpatory testimony. There is no proi f to show, nor has it been in any way intimated that Mr. Brooks, at any time, in any mariner, directly or indirectly, notified Mr. iMimner of Ins inten'ion to make the assault. There is no rvidnnco that Mr. Sumner ever carried wpnpons eithrr for the iurpoc of attack or defense. On the contrary, it appears that Mr. Sumner did no) anticipiite personal violence until at the instant he received the first blow, and that he was not armed or otherwise pre pared, in any respect, for self-defense. 'I'll ore is no evidence, beyond the charac ter of ihe attack, tending to show an inten tion on the part of Mr. Brooks to kill the Senator ; his expressions being that he did not intend to kill him, but to punish him ; but tho Committee cannot but regard the assault as a most flagrant violation, not only of tho privileges of iho Senate and of tho House, as coordinate branches of tuo Legislative Department of the Govern. menl, and the personal rights and privil eges of the Senator, but of the rights of his constituents, and of our character as a nation. It was premeditated, during a period of at least two days, without any other provocation than words lawfully spo ken in debate in the Senate Chamber, not ruled out of order by the President of the S.nate, nor ohjected to by any Senator as violative of the rules established for the government and order of that body. I he act cannot thcruloro i,e regarded oy the Committee otherwise than as an agra- vatcd assault upon the inestimable right of freedom of speech, guaranteed by the Constitution. It asserts for physical force a prerogative over governments, constitu tions and laws, and, if carried to its ulti mate consequences, must result in anarchy, and bring into its train all the evils of a "Reign of Terror." Ihe Committee therefore, in conformity to ihe spirit of the resolution of the House and their sense of public duty, are con strained to recommend to the House the passage of surb a resolution as wilf vindi cate i:a own character and rebuke the member who has so unhappily for himself nnd ihe country perpetrated this great wrong. The Committee do not discuss the powers of the House 10 punish its disorderly mem bers, nor do they uudeitake to argue the general question as to what constitutes a breach 01 privilege. Tho passage of the resolution raising the Committee is regard ed as a declaraiion on the part of the House of its power to call its members to account for such acts as violate the privil eges of the Senate. This assault'having been committed by a member upon a Sen ator, "while remaining iit hia seat in the Senate Chamber in the performance of the dutirs pertaining to his official station," and for words there spokin in debate, the Committee have no doubt of the rights or power of the House to adopt the resolutions which they recommend. No trstimony has been taken, nor are the Committee aware of any, which shows that any other member of the House was either actively engaged in tbe assault or dergned to commit aty rioJeace uj-on Mr. t OREGON CITY, Sumner, nor that any oilier knew the -'precise limeHhcu" or "the place where" Mr. Brooks would aiai him. It does appear, however, thai the lion. Henry A. Ed mundson of Virginia, and tho Hon. Law. renee M. Keitt of Soiilh Carolina, Members of the House, had boon previously inform ed of the purpose of Mr. Brocks to commit an assault upon Mr. Sumner, and that they anticipated that the atnault would lake place in or nenr the Senate Chamber about we iime me occurrence did taKo place Mr. Keitt was In the Senate Chamber. and Mr. lidmundson in a room adjoining it, at tho time the attack was made ; and it is proved that Mr. Keitt rushed up with a cane in a threatnlng manner when the by standers attemted to protect Mr. Sumner from Ihe blows of Mr. Brooks, and that Mr. bdmundxon entered the Senate Chain ber soon after Mr. Sumner fell. The Committee do not feel themselves justified in expressing the opinion upon the testimony, that cither of these me in tiers was a principle or accessory in the assault; but regard their conduct in the transaction and particularly in not taking steps to prevent the perpetration of tbe wrong, or to iuform the Senator of lilt danger as reprehensible. Tbe Committee therefore recommend tho Adoption of the following resolutions: II hereas, I ha benate of Ihe Lnittd Slates have transmitted to this House a message complaining that Preston S. Brooks, a Representative from the Slate of South Carolina, com milted npon the person of Charles Sumner, a Senator from the Stale af Massachusetts, while seated at his desk in tbe Senate Chamber after the ad journment of that body, on tbe 23d of May last, a violent assault winch disabled linn from attending to his duties in the Senate, and declaring that said assault was a breach of tho privileges of that body: And tchcrtas, upnn full investigation, it appean) to this House thut the said rrcstoruS. n i. t i f .l .r urooas nas oeeo guiuy 01 lue assauncom plained of by the Senate, with tbe most aggravated circumstances of violence ; that the same was a breach of the privileges, nol only of the senate, but of tho senator as sailed and of this House as a coordinate branch of the Legislative Department of tbe Uovernment, in direct violation or the Constitution of the United States, which declares that Senators ami Representatives, for any speech or debate in either House, shall not bo questioned in any other place;' . .. . fT .1 Ana whereas, tuts liouse is or me opinion that it has the power and ought to punish the said Preston S. Brooks, fur the said as sault, not only as a breach of the privilege of tho Senator assailed, and of the Senate and House as declared by the Constitution, but as an act of disorderly behavior; And trhereas, it further appears from such inves tigation that Henry A. Edmundson, a Rep resentative from the State of Virginia, nnd Lawrence M. Keitt, a Representative from the State of South Carolina, sometime pre vious to the said assault, wero informed that it was the purpose of iho said Preston S. Brooks to commit violence upon the per son of the said Charles Sumner, for words used by him in debate as a Senator in the Senate of the United States, and took no measures to discourage or prevent the same; but, on the contrary, anticipating the commission of such violence, were present on one or more occasions to wit ness the same as friends of the' assailant; therefore, ' , Retained, That Preston S. Brooks be and he is forthwith. expelled from this House as a Representative from tho State of South Carolina. Rtiohed, That this House hereby clures its disaprobation of the said act o Henry A. bdmundson and L.awronce M. Keitt in regard to ssid assault." LEWIS I). CAMPBELL. FRANCIS E. SPINNER. ALEX. C. M. PENNINGTON. Mr. Howell Cobb, representing the mi nority of the Committee, presented a mi nority report, arguing that no breach of privilege, under the Constitution, had been committed, and that tbe House bad no power to go beyond the Constitution iu de ciding that a breach of privilege had been committed' The Outrage la the tstaal. Tbe Louisville Journal, which is intense in its hatred of Mr. Sumner, has a well con sidered article upon the subject. It calls for the prompl expulsion of Mr. Brooks, adding that "if such things are tol erated, Massachusetts should send rowdies instead of men of intellect to Washington, as she might find many a bully within her borders who could make as short work with Mr. Brooks as he made with Mr, Sumner and thnt too without taking him at a simi lar disadvantage." The Journal continues ! "It seems that Brooks attacked Sumner because the latter bad in debate abused South Carolina and Mr. Brooks' rather aged relative, Senator Butler. The idea of using a bludgeon upon a Senator for making a speech against a State is monstrous. A score of South Carolina members of Con gress within tbe last few years have used their whole power of abuse and vitupera tion against Massachusetts, and as many Massachusetts members have exercised themselves upon South Carolina. A pitch ed battle has long been raging between tbe champions of those two Slates, and genei ally the harshest and most offensive lan guage has come from the South Carolinisns, who don't like to be outdone in anything. What Sumner may have said about Sena tor Butler we know not, but we think that tbe old Senator, who isquile as hVry-heart edtls he is while beaded, would scorn the thought of letting any younger man take a quarrel with an abolitionist off his bands. ''We happened to be in the Senate Cham- . . . ... . s be, neartne c.owe ot n. last session o grtss during one of the night d.scuwon. of a::acctr6fi!are7;r,wtiocs. JadS-Pt O.T., JULY 19, 185G. ler, who is really a gentleman of many fine aim generous personal qualities, liml bo- come exceedingly elated from frequent visits to the Senatorial U-stnurant. Sum ner was making a severe speech thnt evi deiitly had relercnce to the forcible ex pulsion of Mr. Hoar, a venerable citizen of MastiHchusct:, from tho limits of South LuroliuA, hut he did not mention S.,i Carolina' mime. . Mr. Butler interrupted him by asking in a flerco tone "does he mean bouih Curolina I" Sumner proceed ed without noticing the interruption. "1 demand, ' exclaimed Butler, stalling again to his feet "whether he means South Caro lina ; for, if be does, let him say so, and I wilt give hi in something to make bun re moinbor me and South Carolina aa long as lie lives. Mimner ttlll proceeded otiite imperiurnaiiiv, ucsluwing no attention up on bis excited opponent just in front of him. "I'oes lie mean ooulh Carolina I ' ejaculat ed Uuller for the third time. "Yes, I do mean South Carolina," thundered Sumner wiih more spirit than we had thought an ab olitionist could possess. He finished hit speech without further interruption, and Butler rose to reply, but tho tine old South Carolina gentleman was loo far gone to be half equal to the tremendous occasion. "We repeat the expression of the hope, that, however obnoxious Sumner may justly bo to the patriotic portion of the people of tne united states, the House of Keprescn tallvea will promptly expel Brooks if the account of his assault upon the Massachu setts Senator shall prove correct. - Indeed the House of Representatives, it seems to us, would be guilty of the grossed and most shameful dereliction of duly to the Senate if it were to refuse to punish one of its own members for knocking down a Sen ator upon the floor of the Senate for words sanj in Senatorial debate." iCorresponAence between Senator Wilson . auA nr. Brooks. KB. BROOKS TO SENATOR WILSON. Flint's Uotkl, May 27, 1850, Sir : In the Senate to-day, when refer ring to tbe collision with Mr. Sumner, vou spoke of my conduct as "cowardly," thus making yourselt an arbitrator of truocour In debate in the Senate heretofore, you declared yourself responsible for what you might say there and eletwhcre. I, therefore, hold myself at liberty, by this note, to request that you will inlorm me, without delay, mere and when, out side of this District, a further note will find you. Respecifully, &c. P. S. Brooks. The Hon. IInNity Wilson. SENATOR WILSON TO MR. DROpKS. Washington, May 29101 o'clock. Hon. P. S. Bkooks. Sir: Your note of tbe 27th inst., was placed in my hands by your friend Oen. Lane, at 10:20 this morning. I characterized en the floor of the Sen- ate tho nosault upon my colleague as ''brutal, murderous and cowardly." I thought so then I think so now. I have no nunlifications whatever to make in re gard to those words. , 1 have never eiitelamad or expressed in the Senate or elsewhere the idea of person- alj-esponsibility in the sense of the duelist. 1 have always regarded dueling as the lingering relic of a barbarous civilization, which the law of the country has branded ns a crime, vv imp, tnereloro, I religiously believe in tho right of self defense, in its broadest sense, the law of my country and matured convictions of my whole life, alike forbid mo to meet you lor the purpose In dicated in your letter. Your obedient ser vant, Henry Wilson. Tkot .tamsalssloa ana the I" react ' thai. V'ulllnal. ' Special Dispatch to the X. T. Daily Times. . Washington, May 14. The statement that the United States Military Commission, which recently re turned from Europe, was treated with marked incivility and rudeness by French Government officials is fully confirmed. The Commission, it will be remembered, was composed of Majors Dclafield and Mor- decai, and Col. McCIellan.all officers of the United States Army, worthy and accom plished gentlemen, who , wero sent abroad by the President to acquire information of value to the military service of the United States. Wherever they met British officers, the members of the Commission were re ceived with great cordiality and kindness. While in the Crimea they were handsome ly received by tho British commanders, but Pelissier refused them an audience. On their return by the way of Paris, they called upon Marshal Vaillant, Minister of War, who met them with a "Well i what do you want!" The answer was, "We have called according to an arrangement made when we were last in Paris, to get some books then promised us." Vaillant rejoined, in substance, and in a manner as offensive aa his words, "We have nothing to give I There are misunderstandings be tween our Governments, and our relations are such as not to justify any such civili ties !" Maj. Mordccai, who was spokesman of the party, wisely forbore to retort the in solence, and, as they bid the Marshal fare well, be expressed the hope that they might meet again oon where their salute would be the hostile cannon shot. " All the correspondence in relation to this disgraceful affair has been laid before the President. What will he do about it f Our Government is perfectly well satisfied that this conduct is only one of the modes by which Louis Napoleon and his subordin- d . . j. d lteirM " ti, . J , I 'Il'T novumy i na nsie tie" side of Truth in every wsue.- No.-14. the United Slates. They knew that this sentiment is fully ahured by M. Surliges the French Minister at this poin', who has been visited by not a single Senator in two years, nnd w hose social position hereia very low. Indeed, Saritges ooasts of his know'l edge that this sentiment of halo of the United States is indulged by tho Emperor, his master. President Pierce knows full well that the insult to our Military Com mission was intended as' an insult to the United States. Under these circumstances, enn he pass over it without instituting some measures of redress I Sarliges, entirely un acceptable as he notoriously is to our pco pla nnd our Government, continues to be crammed down our throats. As our (Jov ernirtfnt has a perfect right to request hia recall and persist in it, why is not the pros ent a favorable- opportunity to accomplish it? I itT The first company of tho overland imigranta has reached California. Tho company wintered at Salt Lake. We are indebted to the Placerville (Cal.) American of June 21st for the following information i Imposition and ExrosmoN.-Mr. Barnes complains grievously, as wll as he may, of tbe gross imposition forced upon him in the way of taxation, resulting from the ne cessity of wintering among the Mormons. ' He has the receipts with him to show that he paid a tax levied by the authorities, of twenty-two per cent., or twenty-two on every hundred dollars valuation, or nearly one-fourth of all he had, and he was com pelled to submit to it or fare worse. His receipts show a one per cent, county nnd territorial tax, one per cent, school tax, and twenty per cent. "Fort or City Wall" tax I a work now in progress by the people of Brigham City. The question might very properly be asked, should the National Gov ernment longer permit emigrants from the Slates who are merely passing through this Mormon territory, or stopping to winter there only from the merest necessity, to be thus unwarrantably and wantonly imposed upon, and for what! to build a useless wall around a city ; useless, because if not need ed now, w'hen the population is sparse, it nover will be. Facts adopt the Famine. That the "Latter Day Saints" in the immediate vi- ciniij of Salt Lake, have suffered to an un usual degree from famine, or if not actual famine, a want of the common necessaries of life, facta attested to by Mr Barnes and those accompanying him, are conclusive. They say thnt some of the more destitute of Suit Lake City, actuully caina up to Brig-, ham, a distance of sixty miles, and greedily consumed or carried away to be eaten by their families, every animnl that died, no matter from what cause, "hollow-horned" or disease of any or every form ; and that every animal they lost, and quito a number died of disease, was consumed. lie reports a large number of families on the road, the greater part Mormons, and ir places of destination, tho mighty vnl- cys bordering the bierra Nevada on the east. Troubles op a Balloon Man. Tho Placerville American, of Saturday, June 21st, gives rather a ludicrous description of the trials and perploxities of Prof. Wilson, who has been trying to make An ascension at that place for some time past in his bal loon, ltsavs: "We were requested from time to time to give notice that an ascension would bo made at accrtain tirao, limes and divers timos. Well tho lime and times enmo but when tho Professor would go, he eouldn I, be cause his "sausage burstcd" before starling. And the next time when he could have gone (!) ho wouldn't, because the spectators I.I..1. n.. !n nrl.rnn.tA In1 tlll.tl AfTltiri WOIHUII b 'nJ 111 ltJ,UIILI1. ' " vi e.cii hm.m when he would, he couldn't because just as his "high old boss" was ready to start, he made a surge and a plunge to one side nnd alighted upon the top of a hih post to which he had been lastened, knocked in Iiin ribs, and fell to the ground totally exhaust ed. "But "ves sir'ree,"! the Professor, nothing daunted, proposes making another ascension to-morrow, (Sunday, lhe22d.)at which time no compensation will uu asked, as he is desirous fcf furlur satisfying all "that there is no humbug about it !" We therefore cive notice to the ciuzensof this city and surrounding country, that, on to-morrow. Prof. Wilson or nobody, will or will not ascend with tomebody or nobody, somewhere or nowhere for nothing, as you "know on," don't you? "and she thinks she does 1" This is as definite as we dure to be this time." &2r An article in the Loudon Times has lately told tbe truth about Inland, with a terrible emphasis. We learn from it, that in March, 1951, the number of men and women in Ireland was reduced to 0,530,000 from 8,175,000, their number in June, 1851. So that the Irish population in ten years, has decreased by more than 1,501, 000. This, the Times observe", with a sonerb complacency, was of course, lh ft- feci of Ihe famine and its concomitant pest. (Krlt is for the unfortunate alone to . . . (be ur,riui.aU.. The puff-d tip - f j.jiy cannot onders-.and the ' LI . ,..,. sennit ,...,-. AUVqiTISlNfi liATOt, One Mjuare (li Iii.m or lew) n, inf !lli, JIIH) " " tw hi.wt'i inr, , " " liir. v niiitw, l.M. Kltull nlMS"t'ill llMCi'tioil, I , H Ileaniib! Jejucliuim lit l)i wiio ixlvcriia Ly tl yer. Job Printing:. ; Tim ritorsiKTuR or tiik A lt 1 1 ft is nmr to iufu.-ui the (miIi io il.st l.e lius jiwl raeivel n, litrgp $o urjulS 'J'VI'i: uml other new (ir.ul Inar innli riul, niel will he in Ih r ro.!v rreini of aU'liliuiii rmili .l In all llie n ijni'Mrirti's of ill's Im ftility. IIAM1HII.I.S. I'os'l :i;,M, m.ANKH, CA1i!H. Cl!Jl'I.AI!;s, I'AMi'lll.l'T.WOlti: ' ami mlmr kimla, limr to r!rr, on "liurt notice. Piumm on Fiitu.Tlid following is on extract foiti an interesting letter of thecal ft or of the St. Louis' Advocate, wiitteu wliou j on a journey of pleasure : 'Hid yon ever see n prairie on fire ? Ter-, hops you have, but many of fur leaders never did. Iiis a grand, u suhlime, ami to . us it was a terrific sight. Wo were in the midst of a laryo prairie, covered with grass at least tlx fuet high, as thick upon tho , ground as it could wull stand, and much of it dry n lindi i. For several hour wo bad . noticed iu our front and on onr left th!t columns of smoke- curling in the distance, and on reaching tho top of a hill, wesuJ-, deuly beheld the fire luiloa ahead, roaring and crashing, shooting up its flames at least twenty feet high, like tun thousand furies . bent on the destruction of every thing ho fore them 1 Tho winds blow a perfect gale, and on tho firo came. Tho roar was nioro. like that of 'Ocean into tempest wrought ihnn any thing I evor heard. One or two , of our company had witnessed such scenes, before. To mo it was new, and one of the most sublime I had ever beheld. On our right and left tho flames extended for ' miles , sweeping over tho wido prnirie, 'as wiih tho besom of destruction,' nor leaving a stick or straw behind. Our condition1 would have been anything but safo but for , tho fact that one of our company . was a sinokur, and being n smoker, he happened, to have a supply of inuti lies which bow, . iustcad of lighting his pipe, were found very convenient to light tho grass of the prairie, and thus meet fire with firo. So while the flames were miles ahead, we drove to ono side, of the road and fired tho grass on the other side, , Away sprang tho flumes before the wind liko an uncaged cnglo, nnd the winds fa . voring us, we easily prevented . them cros sing tho road, until a spneo was burnt in whicli we drove tho horses and carriage,' and in safety stood (o witness the terrible sco no iho two fires produced. Tha smoko nnd hunt were sovcre, but we escaped un- hurt. Others may do ns they chooso, tut will certainly nevor venture far into ono of these large prairies when tho grass is , dry, without having with mo tho means to . mnko firo in velf-dufouso. It is the only, way by which, under the circumstances, a man can save his life. I havo often heard and read of fire on iho prnirie, but certainly hud uo adequate idea of it until I witnessed it lost Saturday. No tongue or pen could ' describe il ns I then saw it. While look-, ing on, I was forcibly reminded of an ex pression Bonaparte is said to havo used iu reference to the burning bf Moscow: ."It appears as a vast sea of firo ;" and I thought ifLongimis had only witnessed that scene,'-' ha might still havo improved his excellent work on sublimity. No language can ad equately portray tho wonderfully sublimo effect of these imnieiiso billows of firo, as ' ihey rago and surgo with terrible roar, tha forked flames, meanwhile, flying on with a power nnd Velocity that sornis utterly in conceivable to uiio who, has not witnessed it." IlYPocnisy. It is a noticeuble fact that, many of tha prominent speakers at the re cent celebration of the anniversary of tho birth of Henry Clay wero Democrats. There would bo more propriety iu their celebrating the ontiiversary of his death.. After pursuing that grcnt man, all his lifo long with the vilest slanders; denouncing him fts a gnniblur, a libertine, a murderer,' and everything else thut was false, mean and vile, they now havo the unblushing ef frontery to stand up in the fao of men whoso indignation at their ferocious false hoods has scarcely subsided, and contend that they nlways admired Mr. Clav, they, always had implicit faith in his purity and. patriotism, and that they considered his death a (,'reut calamity to the country. We know of nothing more shamef ul and disgusting than this hypocrisy, and evtry truefiieiid of the patriot of Ashland must turn with loathing mid contempt from tb politicians who are trying to make apoliti. cal speculation out of the fame of Henry Clay. These fellows evidently think that Imperious Cir , de.id and turned to clay, ftitglil slops hole to keep Ihe wind away and to such bane use are- they now putting tho revered memory of tho great American Orator, Statesman and Patriot. Cincinna ti Gazette. 03" On the l,t ol Juno, out of ihe Tica sury of the Uni'e 1 States, the Texas credi tor are to be paid $7,730,000, at least those who havo fil'-'d their legal claims prior to tho first of May. About one million of these claims were sold by the late Bank of the United States at 15 cenU on tbe'dol. lur, and aro now held by a citizen of Phila delphia, who gets the face of them. PiTCi Islsnb. It i' staled that lh Pit cairn's Island p-ople are about to remove to Nor folk Iolai.il, silmtcd in Int. S'J South, sod Ion?, tfiri. Id Uavins; increaard to Iin.they find 1'itcairn I -I a el I'm will fr 111"", its area be ing i suaie milea. Nerfotk Miml compii-a ?l square ini ee, ni is well watered, fmila ai haalihy. I'" g!"iu Kfumi on iiim (stand on" "I'd at only 17 pewrw. tu, 9, mull uerrs of the Breish li p Boon'., ! Tiheitsn ta?a sad 12 Tii:taj VTmca. . i .