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NciW will llir jfiilN-mmi AlanM, Uryr nn.
Ilaii Ij I'll u Imw "f l"li" H"' 1"
iive, or cl'-rlu torrnirJ, ni"et for ny niliT nr
or nlof't limn the Iwi nuintd in -tli (iirtcnmr'n
iro'.l.untiun, nfttrtiikiiilli:tl illi IStnlrmau.
Oh, )i-', wo will cin'crfully ln-lji you out
of your difllcultyi you have now gl
down on your marrow Uiich, wliurs you
oulit to hfivo Ufti lon' nji, to let'uUf in
iilructioii from un o,i lu ttio rinc-II. of Imic
iciiiocrncy. Wo fctl innily nll to in
utrucl you, biiJ tlill tli'-orfnlly io w
nlmncviir you uro willing to knu uu Uoii
tivo pur.
Wo will da io after tlio fiwhion of your
own countryman, lliu Yiiiikccn, wlu nmwur
ono rjuculion ly inking aintlior.
, Now (; tliut ill') "ju'lt"1 0d
clork".of tlio October election viw tliu
rolUin, void fiiiKitint-iit of ;tnt wint"r at
vnlid nni binding, ko far n llirir dulii un
der it uro concerned, and jMyixic tliat ttiutr
(outhi of the neoj.lo of Oregon comn to
tho pulls doirin to vola fr Corvullii, nud
lliejudg'! and clerki, m lluir njicinl rn
juicily, do not feel authorized to register
their votoa on the poll Looks, but yio
that tuid judges andelerki chouse, in their
jrhvlii tajMicilif, to nolo dow n the vote of
tho tieojilo and send il to the next L'iida
turo ; or supjiotc that the judge and clerks
are nuch locofocos that thfy refuso to ro
prct tho poojilo'i votf, nnd ihe .roj,i) up
jioint their own jndgn nnd clerks, nnd ei
ther (wear them or liuvo thuiu p'oininc
upon honor to koopa faiiliful record there
or, and iiippooQ that said voto it duly laid
boforo tho next Lrginlnluro, would it U ac
cording to the principle! of democracy or
Jo'cofiicoisrn for tho LogUaturo to regard
the voto t You perhaps can gr-t omo iu
atruclion on this mailer by reference to the
history of tho ndinivsion of Michigan into
tho Union. Tho rIJ. fashioned deinocraey
f Jifl'uriioii, Wunliingtoii, Ciihs, nnd inch
hiiau, (hufore the two latter full from grace,)
which we advocutr-, teaches thai thuaov
rrelgn people aro iml oiily superior to legis
lative enactment", but own to tho consli
tulion. Lo you catch thu Mm f
Whenever you need any tnoru instruc
tion we shall bo happy ti imparl it.
t'.Oiln (if llunor lu Urrjnii.
Wo wilncKRvd u siuullair.iir of honor in
'Salem latl Moinluy, w'hicli, ifconduiU'd hy
the txisiing ruloi niodo and provided by
ji'iitlomon of honor in this country, would
Mem lo prove that the "cudu" could ho ma
terially bettered by an "association cf gen
tlemen" convened a a "codo coiuinittee"
for tho purpose of "revising iho slatutes."
Tho alliiir camo olTU'lnuou n coil.iin
Oiigiidier, who got a new eword l.ut n inter
from Delusion's legislature, ami a correg
pondetit of the Otfjtmian. The c"rri'npon
dent, it aeem, fiom what wo could learn,
had written the Drigndier'n biography for
tho foregoing paper, which gave great of
funce to tho iirigadicr, who, utiliko uiokt
other great men, in unambitious, and pre
fora to have hit biography written after ho
is dead, to having the incident of his lift
paraded before the public while ho yet lives ;
conarijuuiilly ho rewarded hit hit.iori.in with
a hor.iowhip, instead of tilver and gold, of
which he is about as acarce as Peter was
when ho cured lit) lunio man. (Wub.g
pardon of Peter for even this cuinpniihon.)
Tho first intimation we had of the nll'.iir w as
tho tumid of the lash, which awakened ro
iniuiscencei of xiuiilnr occurrences wo have
uflen witnessed in tho cotton Held of Ten
nessee, Mississippi, and Arkunsus. On
looking in tho proper direction, wo t.iw tho
li'igndier bvluburinj his victim, who nieok
y bowed his head, covered his (aco with
lliu hands, and look about fifleeii or twenty
t'Uls, as near as wo could guess, and ihen
broke and ran fur a crowd of men aiamliug
nrotind the block of tlio government auc
tioneer. Tho Ilrigadirr kepi up with his
victim, repeating the blows till he wus
twnllowcd up in tlio crowd. 1 luring tho
whole all air, the biographer made no resist,
unco, lhat wo saw.
Nuw it struck ih, thai Iho nholo ufl'iir
was conducted by both patties in violation
of iho code ol houor governing "gfnllemtH''
in Slates whore we havo mostly lived,
In tho first plmv, if one "gtHtkman'
visiles to cowhide another, his nljietis to
Jiairttct his victim, instead of indicting
jmim J hctieo il is never proper to indict
more than one or two l.u-lies upnii him.
This done, nud his purpose ii accomplish.
cJ hit victim it disgraced and he stands
vindicated a "gemleni.in of honor" (?)
If he continues tho chastiHiiu iil from a
brutal desire of revenge, hit honor is im
luediutcly taruithed, and if his victim it
Ids inferior in musaular power, an J un
armed, his assailant subjects himself to tlie
charge of being su ungtutltmait!)), cvieurd-
The ''sect ion" dt fining theduth-aof the
gHitleman awaulied, U still shortrr, but
cipinlly ejplicit and imperative. At thr
lime of the atn.nuU, if he is armed, he is
Iretpiitcd to kill hit antagonist on the ground.
If unarmed, Is is required to make Ihe
very brst defence he can, and then prvd
forthwith to arm liimelf, hunt his assail.
mil and kill him at sie,M. This Udnj; ilotie,
ihero isn't a jury cut of Now HiLi: J tlmt
would fmd him puiliy of even a bnith of
ibe pvavr. Tlii i lite sum nud suUtnnee
",f tlie C-J" midfr whieli li:,re rilfrnyt
liveJ, 6U 1, if it is v, x.-ig, di iu't " avi
tlio law." Whoro this law is in forco we
tee liltlo of border rull'mnltm, for we have
tievtrjet seen the chap who lacked tho
magnanimity ti prevent Lim from nsiault
ing a weaker party when unannod, who
could I' dowu a pi4ol barrel without a
slight shaking of the knees. At least we
knew one fellow cut South, who couldn't
look into one when hunting with a lighted
c andle for a "tocn saddle"
CranJ lulls oarcrl.
We acknowledge thu receipt of a note
fioinMr.H.U. Mawet, nlian "Jccms Pipes,
of 1'ipn-ville," informing us that he will be
in thit ci:y on Monday and Tuesday next,
lo give us one or two of hit grand enter
tiiiiiineiit', consisting of songs, ballads,
and reading from the poets.
T.J. Dryer, hsi., informs ut in a note
that Mr. M. eointa highly recommended
from California. Of the character or mer
its of these performances, wo know but lit-
lit, but wo presume every body will go and
Sue for theiiis..'lvet.
tsanta.
We givo full reports this week of the
difliculiie in Kansas. Tho account are
generally laken from pro-slavery papers,
and for the greatest part aro gross exagger
ations, hut enough is given lo show the
sullering condition of the I'Veo State citizens
in that Territory, who have absolutely been
driven to tho necessity of taking up anus
in their own defence against their pro-slavery
aggressors. At lust accounts, how
ever, Col. Sumner had succeeded in dis.
pering armed parties on both sides, nnd
restoring order lo soino extent.
C.elUnt: In a Tli:lil riare.
Last week we charged tho editor of the
"medium of denominational correspond
enco" with having uttered six palpable
falsehoods in relation to us. Sinco lhat,
Prof. Newell informed us lhat tho state
mcnta of the Expositor in relation to his
coiirso in the Association ware utterly false.
We hear lhat tho stockholders who were
part owners of tho old Haulage bought of
Hush, who live noar Eola, are "clutriin'j
Mattooti with dishonorable and dishonest
conduct toward them. We also see by tho
following that his locofnco brethren at Sa
lem aro "charging" him with fnUehood,
through tho StateMnon :
8ai.sm, July a.Mli, 1S5C.
Mb Minion - I tee by Ilia Kiimsitor, nulilisli-
ril nl IVmrtim, daud July )0, lii.it tho cilitur
umkrs tlio mulnuriil Hist he reeeiveil Hie election
irlurns of Jiii kmin county fiom me, which I pro
nouiico utlrrli) faUe. He received no rnturus
fium ii jo of imy county south of the Calnpooin
inounluiiis. nnd lor Ilia very good rrswii that there
wrrs none rioiived at the Krcreury't ofliee,
which will n'priir by hit p.iK-r of the Mill) of June
lust, ut wliieli time lie iuhlishod all the returns
Ihcu received ufliciully, anil givul nie credit for
the niiine. Jackson county vole it not in hit pub
lished list. Ciimbtks N. Ttnsr.
00" We wcro frequently a kod whilo up
cotitttry, "wi:it sort of n mnu is this A. F.
Hedges, who aiiecoeds Pulmcrf'' Wo are
not able to givo his pedigree or wrilo his
biography. We know but little about him,
but we think ho is regnrdud as a very good
citizen, of practical sense, aud fair ability.
He approves of Pulinur's Indian policy and
intends to enrry it out as near as it hnr
iiiDiiiy.cs with his ow n view s, and his instruc
tions from tho department at Washington.
lie ia probably as suitable a person for tho
post ,is the party has in tho country, and
will, wo think, try to discharge his duty,
regardless of the wishes of the clique. At
least if he doesn't do so wo shall be suro to
lot it bo known whereas if ho docs well,
wo shall givo him his duo.
..ou V.Mm-SM'it Mm JVhove Hi nUmentt In
HubsVnncr.ll
Tint Mr. r.ns.kt tent Scnntnr Wilson a letter is
Very irolsib!e, hut none of tlu Wnidiii'iiton or New
Yolk upi mention whn the be.iii r was ns wo
oiiii lind.' 'I he A reus too notice wii czot
when llryer takes sniill', and p tehes into Lane ill
ii manner worthy of llreuk S.e,ir ol' the " VuIUt
Kivere.l l.itemtoor of ltij,'' known as the Melo
llrniun. 1 iteh in lirueties, you are a beautiful
pack: but bark loud and ktrp barking. t'ott
l.aiil 'l imes.
Wo ilid not suppose that thoro was a
man in tho remotest canyon in Oregon who
did not know that Jo Lane packed the chal
lenge from P.iuoks to Wilson. Kut we
find there is one. 'Puier' seems to doubt it,
and as he is the only man who is tliufTg
norant, we shall content ourself by sending
him quo or two Washington and few York
papeis which mention the fnut, instead of
filling our space by quoting front thorn.
lie is even undecided otto whelherlJrookt
sent Wiltoji a Irtter or not, but thinks from
what he has picked up in the saloons that
ho "prubMy'' did. Peter either gets no
rxchaugrs from the States, or he gets only
locofuco ones : in either :iso ho isonly able
to j;ive truth and lt(U as mero ''probabili
ty:' For tlio information of our readers, who
have a curiosity to know who this man is,
who doubts Jo Lane's having carried
Hrooks' challenge, and thinks it only "pro
liable" that Krivhs sent him a letter, by
thu I'. S. M ill "probably," we will inform
ihem'lia: ii it John Orvis Wuterman, judge
of tho Probata Court, of Wushinotou
county, O. T., and editor of tho Timet, the
orau of said court, since the conference
refused to tnko il up as iho Sunday Schovl
Joarmi." lie is a man of brilliant "parts,"
as everybody can seo by the extract aliove,
and although he ha pitched into us very
savngely in order to get us ta noiice him,
wo theei fully f-rgivo him, and tha'd let
him oil", becauw we feel too magnanimous
to tread on a worm.
iXSr We returned yesterday from a trip
up country in lime to write but little edi
torial, but wo presume wo Lave written
fliO'llu. .... "
03" We learned during our trip to Polk
county this week, that our mail has been a
week behind tima for the two lust weeks.
We suppose the reason Is, wo sent our mail
to Portland Saturday by the steamer Port
land, instead of the Jennie Clark. The
Portland always fails, wo bidiovo, to put
our muil in the P.O. at Portland in lime,
while the Jeunio never docs. We will try
to rectify I his miscarriage hereafter certain.
Bn.asa. The editor of the r.-(njkly orejoiiinn
hows his r-Uy spitu by refuting to eicbuiigo
with iw. VVnie.
V thought the ''Editor of the Oregon-
iau" hail tou much magnanimity to get
wrothy with you, and waa loo generous to
withhold his paper from you, even if he
didn't want yours. But if you will be a
good boy, Peter, and keep your nasal or
gans in trim, you shall have tho Orcgonian
on ymr longer. So call on tho "Editor
of the Oregoniim" for acopyaodwe will
pay him for it tho next time we see him.
You Aui have the Argus every weeK, anu
wo hope you will lake good care lo read it,
for it contains more truth, than is general
ly found in papers where the "important
matter is always "crowded out.
'Kalative to the minutes themselves, we notice
that by tomo Aocu orut arrun jement unknown
to ut, tlu-y dunol reu.1 quits a they did when the
nwltert wcro brought b. fore the Awoeistiun for
ucliou. Iu other words, thai for some reason or
other, or else by oversight, a pari of the action el
Ihe Association lint .been tupprctseo. s.
Muttoon'i ExikhUot.
The charge of altering ihe "minutes" we
leave wilh tho printing committee to dis
pose of, as wo set them up "according to
copy" nud hud ono of the members of the
committee correct tho proof sheet. By the
way. doesn't the charge of forgery come
with rather a bud graco from you ? n hat
about that constitution or covenant, be
tween tho stockholders of the old Ramage?
Did you lose tho original and has any
body "charged you wilh producing a false
copy 1
OCT Tho following is a list of officers elect
for the ensuing quarter, of Oregon DM
sion, No. 8. SensofTo'inporance:
Thos. Popo, Y. P. ; J. M. Bacon, AV. A.;
R. II. Bretighton, R. S. ; W. A. Van Reed,
A. R.S. ; J. A. Post, V. S.; W. I'artlow,
T. : W. P. Burns. C; K. V. Kelley, A
C. ; C. M. Roster, I. S. ; C. T. Locey, 0.
S.J t. CartwriglitjClinpl n.
HIT Why is it that there is still a "do
lay in issuing patents" ?
05" The weather has been uncommonly
warm this week.
Ehiiatux. la tho communication beaded
"Temperance at the ltullot-Jlox" in last week's
-)er, 3 It Ii line from the commencement, read "a
iw'soii to the consumer," instead of "to the con
science." Tcmnerunco nl the Hixllol Box.
Erf'ior of Ihe Argu Dear Sins In my lust
oemiiiiiiiicntien I jravo insiibstnnee the nnrumontof
Mr. Matlock against a nun's constitutional or na
tural 'iltlit to sell, or even drink liquors vvhieh do
no ood, but C.'.iich injure and tend to ruin himself,
his fumilv, and thu community in which he lives.
futeinii by the nrRimiPUt lor prohibition, from the
inercuscd pauperism nnd Bttffcru'., the incraaseu
crime nud Ions of productive labor iu coin.riU nco
of the triiftie, thereby ndiling yearly to our taxes j
paraiii! by the good results of tho law iu twelve
great jSuites in which it hot been enachxl; only
ri-inuikhifr that we eniiiiot gniusiiy thu action of
those Suites with credit cither to our good sense or
good feeling, Mr. Mullock proceeded to the ques
tion of the duty which eit zens owed lo each other.
It hail hern nrgued that wo ought to protect tho
rum si ller nud ruin" drinker in hit n'il.(.') Hut
havo not other cubriis rights in this matter to be
protected ( Will you shield one man, while you
expose ten to danger f Have you as a citizen no
duty to lisik after thu welfare of many helpless
iersoiis, wliotc condition is rendered miserable by
ihe incbiiato husband and father? nnd whose lives
are hardly better than death, so long us you up
hold men in pampering to the depraved appetite of
that husband ami father t The ruin seller is strong
because you siistuin him. Women mid children
are w eak, and they uro made more helpless because
you withdraw the support from them which one
cilizen ow es to number. Jieeauso it is a irorami
nil I n ciiM thai sutler from man's drunkenness,
you teem to think it benenlli your dignity to notice
them. You are chivalrous in defending a bar
lender, and n w holesale, denier, but you have no
elnvnlry for a pale nnd heart broken mother, or for
more than orphan children. Air. M. had not time
to illustrate hy the singlo or largo array of facts,
which nre always at hand on this subject Hut
wo need not step out of our own community to feel
the force of every one of these appeals. Women
and children among us have sullei ed, and they are
sulli ring now, more fi'oni tho inieui'nuiee of fa
thers nud brothers ihnu our rum tellers would miller
lo have their saloons and slon t burned to ashes,
and even all their property dostmyed. These fam
ilies sutler in .silence, not oulv los of properly, but
of peace, of comfort, and w hat is vastly more, of
ope. 1 Itry trill Auce no huj'i of a bctlrr future,
Hif tee piutect them from the curse which trs
noir protect the rum seller in iuflietiug upon them.
Yourt,
A..
Fruit.
EJitir of the Argus I herewith tend you spec
imens of three varieties of summer apples.
1st i'ury Harvest. Tree from Mr. I.add't
nursery in ISM, a thrifty grower; fruit sett early
and grows rap dly ; ripens ihe middle of .Inly and
attains Ihe average site of three inches) iu diameter
The npple is of perfect form, a rich light yellow,
and an orange, pulpy texture, tliglilly tour. It it
fine for a table dessert, and w hen abundant, it will
bo the first choice for pies and tana.
i.l Red Astracon,ttvt from Mr. Ladd't nurs
ery in ltv-i. A thrifty grower, leaf deep green
Fruit ts early nnd grout more rapidly than the
Harvest. It rijient the lost of July, aud attaint tho
nversge size of three and one-fourth inches in di
ameter. 1 lit skin often cracks near the stem ow
ing to uuick growth. Tho applet cling to the
branch, and often hide it. They are thickly striped
with deep red, forming almost a perfect blush.
Seine affirm that the blush of the Astracau is equal
to that of the lied June, but I have teen no such
variet en. The texiurv is delicate, dissolving in the
month when perfectly ripe. It it more tart than
the llsirest, but w ill be hardly leaf esteemed fr
the tab'e or tlie Urder. It ninket a fine show on
Uu tree, attracting the eye from afar.
Hoth tln-se var.eti. will be sought fir fruit stillt.
and they must a'.wayt be as profitable at they are
valiuMr. Both cook is a few minuSrt. .
3d Tht Sweet June. Tut tree from UwtUyn't
nur ry iu 1SU. N.4 larre but UlL Otcn called
in Vcrnkuit, High Tf. It bears every jear Tery
full. I have often counted -25, 30, and 57 amies
' on a limb of an ilk h in d:anu trr. Tht fruil ri ns
! in the U( d.sja of July, bnt is best during the first
' half ttj A igiitt. It it gissl in September.
! ii:i tht a rr;ij-e .satr'ex tt tw tud l hjj" itch-
. . r :.i. . Bii.ti n.il.len tint.
a, liaving a K-nfOi wrm, won ..v.. 6
The texture, soft and inciting, for a tweet appie.
I regard it as one of the most vuluuuie varicucs
for fjuii y uro, or for the merehant. Wbea abuu
dunt, It will be ued for etook. WiU fruit growers
inform us whether tho troe is thort lived 1 e
should fear this' from its gieat annual burden of
fruit. Yours respectful y,
U. II- Atkinson,
i ... .--"
AlUaOc News.
The political tmrties were employed, iu
tho various sections, in ratifying the Dem
ocratic and Republican nominations. Much
curnchtness was already manifested in the
canvass, and very little "bolting' had tak
en place in either party, though annoyance
had bocngiven to tho Republicans by tho
ex-Gov. Johnson men, of Pennsylvania,
who repudiated Mr. Dayton nnd nominat
ed the ex Governor for tho Vioo Presidency,
with Frcmoutnt tho head of the ticket.
Mr. Fillmoro arrived in New York on
the 1 1th of June, and was received with un
bounded enthusiasm by his friends. He
was escorted to tho St. Nicholas Hotel, aud
in tho course of a few days a grand pro
cession, banquet, Ac, wero arranged to
come off io his behalf on the 25th.
Iu roply to tho inquiry whether ho in
tended lo decline engaging in tho Presi
dential ceutest, Mr. Fillmore said :
"I have already written a letter accept-
inrr tho nomination tendered to me : but to
make assurance doubly suro I now tell you
that it is mv determination lo stand by the
party that has nominanted me ; and till
that party sees fit to withdraw my name
it shall not be withdrawn.
Tho ox President was waited upon by
the Mayor nud many Stale aiid United
States ofliciuls.
On tho 22d a terrible galo occurred at
New York, Hrooklin, Jersey City, and
places adjacent. Several buildings were
blown down, and a number of boats cap.
sized. Many person were injured and sev
eral killed, but the number was not known
During the prevalence of the storm, thun
der nnd lightning roared and flashed tor
rifiually, and the electrical fluid struck in a
number of places, kiilinga woman in Brook
lyn : and it was feared others had sutlered
from its awful effects.
Tho Rochester journals of tho 20 tb, re
port that Strang, tlie well known Mormon
leader of Reaver Island, Lake Michigan,
had been assassinated. They state that
"On Monday afternoon, between 0 and 7
o'clock, Capt. McBride, of the United States
iron steamer Michigan, (which was lying
ut tho pier at Denver Island,) sent his pilot,
Alexander St. Aubiu, a steerage hand, a
short distance off, with a request for Strang
to conic on board tho steamer, upon some
business. Strang returned with St. Aubin,
and when about halfway down tho dock,
two men stepped out from behind the
wood piles, with which both sides of the
duck aro lined thoro being only a passage
way between the wood and ono of the
men fired a revolver, the ball striking
Strang in the back" of the head, passed
around under the skin, coming out near the
temporal bono. He then fired n second
barrel, the ball of which struck Strang on
the head, about level with the nose, nod
passed into bis head ; the other man then
fired a siuglo pistol, the ball from which
struck Strang near the vertebral column,
at the small of his back, and passed into his
body. The men, whose names are Alex
ander Wentwoi th aud Thomas Bedford,
made no attempt to escape, but surrendered
themselves up to Capt. McBride. Strang
was pickod up and carried into a house
near by, apparently dead, but after a few
nioincnls he revived suflicicutly to ask the
surgoon of tho Michigan, who was in at
tendance, if tlie balls could bo extracted.
Neither tho hall in tho head nor that in the
loins were traced, and as either bf thorn
had created a mortal wound, it was not
strongly attempted. Tho opinion of the
surgeon is, that long ere this he is dead."
Gen. Smith has been sent to Kansas, to
supersode Col. Sunnier.
Judge Luther S. Gushing, of Boston, died
on tho 23d.
Mr. Fillmore has been over to Philadel
phia, and was grandly received. One hun
dred guns were fired.
XLicut. Gov. Willard, of Indiana, has
been nominated fur governor by the Dem
ocratic 'rarty. The nomination was made
on the condition that he refrain from in
toxicating liquors.
Kansas, According lo the latest ac
counts, Col. Sumner was very active in Kan
sas putting down all the armed borders
which have been committing outrages in
that tcriilory. He had incurred the re
sentment of the Miss-ourians, am they
threatened vengeance, but w ill probably not
carry their threats into execution. The
government, it is rumored, has ordered
more troops to Kansas, lo sustain the laws
and put a stop to further violence. Phila.
Ledger, June 19.
ReeubltcaB NoiBtaaltom tor President.
The Republican Convention assembled
in Philadelphia on tht 17th of June, the
anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill.
Col. Henry L Lauc, of Indiana, was chosen
President.
An informal ballot was taken, showirg
3o9 votes for Col. Fremont, and 190 for
Judge McLean, the latter gentleman's name
having previously been withdrawn. On
the next formal ballot Col. Fkemoxt was
nominated, receiving nearly all the otes
cast.
Ex Senator Wm. L. D.WTo.t wasnorai
nated on the first ballot for Vice President,
.rcccivinj all .the Tr:! p,t 8J which
pr scattered. The nominations were
thci) declared unanimous.
Uessocralle I'.tavealtoa.
The several balloting! wore as follows :
Virul ballot Buohntian, 133; Pierce,
122: Douglas, 83; Cass, 6.
Second ballot-Buchanan, 139; Piorce,
5 Uu.ueh3!,;! 1OT.iw
Tbiru uulloi iiuciiunmi, --,
119; Douglas, 32; Cast, 5,
Fourth ballot Buchanan, 141; 1 mrce,
119; Douglas, 32; Cuss, 0.
Fifth ballot Buchanan, 110; I iorco,
110 Douglas, 81; Cass, 5.
Sixth ballot Buchanan, lfi5; Tierce,
11)7 ; Douglas, 2H ; Cass, &.
K. vei.ili ballot Buchanan, 1 Id J I erce,
81); Douglat, 08; Casa.6.
Eighth ballot Bucnunaii, m , x ..
87 ; Douglas, 00 ; Cass, 0.
Ninth ballot Buchunan, 140; I lerce,
87 i Douglas, 0 ; Cass, 7.
Tenth ballot Buchanan, 100; Tierce,
80 ; Douglas, CO j Cass, 5.
Eleventh ballnt-Buchnnnn,147; Pierce
80 ; Douglas, 03 ; Cass, ft.
Twelfth ballot Buchanan, 148; Pierce,
79; Douglas, 03; Cass, 5.
Thirteenth ballot Buchannn, 140;
Pierce, 77 ; Douglas, 03 ; Cass, 5.
Fourteenth ballot Buchanan, lo2 ;
Pierce, 79 ; Douglus, 03 ; Cass, 5.
Fifteenth ballot Buchanan, 1 18; Pierce
3; Douglas 118; Cass, 4. Pierce was
here withdrawn by New Hampshire.
Sixteenth ballot-Buchnuan, 109 ; Doug
las, 121 ; Cass, nothing. Douglas was
hers withdrawn by Mr. Richardson.
Seventeenth ballot Buchanan, 290
being the unanimous vote of the conven
tion. Id the balloting for Vice President, re
sulted as follows :
First ballot Breckenridge, of Kentucky,
55 ; Quitman, 59 ; Boyd, 53 ; Fitzpalricft,
li; Brown. 29; Herschel Johnson, 31;
Rusk, 2; Bayard, 31; Polk of Maine, 5;
John C. Dobbin, 13.
. Second ballot Mr. John C. Brecken
ridge, of Ky was nominated, receiving the
unanimous vote of the Convention.
lttr from Uaasas.
Chicago, June 10. The Democrat has
a letter from Lecompton, dated 4th inst.
Several companies of Missouriansahd Car
olinians, and bands of Free State men, were
organizing'. i
The following are some details of the
affray between Pate a ad the Free State
men, not heretofore published : Thirty
Southerners from Westport, under oom
mand of II. C. Pate, proceeding to Bull
Creek, Kansas, suddenly encountered a
parly of Free Stale men of the same num
ber. Pate had a number of prisoners, who
were placed in front, unarmed, and then
hid behind trees and logs. The Free State
men dropped down in the grass of the
prairio. The firing continued for two hours,
when Pate surrenders!) unconditionally.
Three Missounans escaped, among them
Coleman the murderer of Dow, The free
State parly took 30 horses, and a number
of Sharp's rifles and U. S. muskets, besides
a quantity of goods stolen from Lawrence
Tlie U. S. dragoons knew of the battle dur
ing its occurrence, but did not interfere.
They wnt down on the 4th and released
tho prisoners, A party of pro-slavery mon,
including a son of Gov. Shannon, made a
night attack upon the house of Capt. Walk
er, five miles from Looompton. They were
fired upon and repulsed, and young Shan
non was laken prisoner, hut released the
next day Gov. Shannon took a company
of dragoons and searched the house of the
Free State men for two days, taking all
the arms and ammunition.
Col. Sumner passed through Lecompton
on the 4th, cn route for Topeka.
A man just arrived from Kansas City
reports a general rendezvous of the pro
slavery men is called at Bull Creek, under
the command of Whitfield. A new attack
upon Lawrence is contemplated. They ex
pect to concentrate 000 men generally
armed wilh U.S. muskets.
The F ree Slate mon aro determined to
settle the matter with the bayonet. They
are deficient in arms and provisions.
At the latest accounts they had formed a
plan for a night attack upon the luvaders.
The free soldiers had considerably in
creased in numbers, and yesterday were
destroying bouses and driving men, women
and children from their habitations near
Bull Creek.
A company of 140 under Capt. Reed
had left New Santa Fe in pursuit of the
murderers.
Report says that Franklin was not taken,
though attacked by a large party of free
soldiers.
Capt. Pate and company had been liber,
ated by Col. Sumner, who arrived at Black
Jack Point just in time to prevent a con
flict between those holding Pate and a parly
under Reed.
Gov. Shannon has issued a proclamation,
bearing date the 4th, which commands all
pet-sens belonging to military organizations
within the territory not authorized by law,
to disperse. That such organizations are
illegal, and should they re-assemble, will be
dispersed by U. S. troops. All civil officers
of the Government are required to be vigi
lant in enforcing the law against offenders,
and protecting citizens against all violence
and wrong, and further declaring that all
law-abiding citizens of the territory, with
out regard to party measures and designa
tions, must be protected in their personal
property, and all military organizations.
ei'Jier for the execution of the laws of ihe
Territory, or te disturb the peace thereof,
must be dispersed, and all aggressive par
tics from without the Territory must be
repelled ; that the military force placed un
der the control of the executive of this
Territory amply su;TVient lo enforce its
laws mid protect its citlwns' rights, and In
carrying out this proclamation no distlnc
lion is to he made as to party, but that all
parties nre to bo served alike circumstances,
and that obodiutice to ihe laws and the con
toquont socurity of the parson in Kansas
re its priruaty objects, and that all lawless
violence within the Territory, in whatovsr
firm manifested, must he supprossod. The
instructions of ihe President of the United
States, of tho 1 1th of February, will te
strictly enforced, and a requisition Las been
inado on Col. Sumner for a military force
sufficient to insure obedience to iho procla
mation. ' - r
Later from Kaasat.
til. Louts, Juno 23. A letter in the St,
Louis UcpMUuH from Westport, 17 JUD(
says :
"Sumner lias put the California, Santa
Fecund principal roads leading through
Kansas under blockade, and has driven the
families of Baford, Juuus, Shelby, and oth
ers, all leading emigrants, desirous of be
coining peaceable settlers, out of the tsrri
tory." Another lcltor from Kansas City, dated
10th, says : ''Sumner intends to arreil
every person under indictment in Kansas,
and has declared that neither Las nor
anybody else shall oome armed through
Iowa, er Nebraska, either way, except over
Lis dead body."
An attempt was made on th night f
the 13th to murder the new Deputy Sheriff
of Douglas county, who live at Franklin.
Three men camo te the house and firsd
throogh the window at the bed and then
broke in the door, when the Sheriff ihol
one of them dead, and the others fled.
Sumner received a dispatch from Fort
Kearny, stating that a band of Cheyeren
Indians had joined a parly of the Sioux,
and war had been proclaimed against the
whites. One white had been killed, Sum
ner immediately dispatched a company
from Ft. Kearny to the oamp near West'
port, '
Brlttstt fteattmeat oa America Affairs.
the tone of the British- press upon the
Crampton dismissal is much less belligerent
than it was a few month ago; - It is fretted,
but its irritation does net break out in such
flashes of anger. It is offended, but it
wounded pride consoles itself with the re
flection that, for the sake of peace, it is
bettor to avoid, as far as possible such in
tractable and uncivil relations as itsAmer--ienn
cousins across the Atlantic Ills
evident, from this change of tone, as well
as the speeches in- Parliament,, that the
American side of the correspondence upon'
the enlistment difficulty, the able letters of
Mr. Marey, have had their influence upon
the public mind of Great Britain. British'
stntesmen have publicly condomned the re
cruiting business as not only unwise, but?
as an infraction of the law of the United'
Slates antf an insalt lo its sovereignty.
The Ministry of courso, defends iter policy;:
but there is a strong party opposed to it'.
We seo official papers deprecating parly'
struggles at home on American affairs as
likely to encourage the people of the United'
States to a more imperious course; till the'
avoidance of war will be impossible.-
With such influences operating againsf
the Ministry, the adoption of any extreme
course, calculated to widen the breach be
tween the two countries, seem not very
probable. Thr first expression of wounded
feeling is generally the loudest and th
strongest, and the British press have in the
whole of this controversy labored under the
disadvantage of but a partial acquaintance'
with the fact when their first opinions were
formed. Even thehr judgement upon the
dismissal of Mr. Crampton is founded upon
rumor, Mr. Marcy's letter accepting the
disclaimer of Lord Clarendon of all inten
tion to infringe the neutralization laws of
he United Slates not having yet been re
ceived. When that letter is read and cool
ly digested in England, we think that pub.
lie opinion will be still more modified and
conciliatory towards the United States.
It will be seen that our intentions are pa
cific ; that we are not exaoting, unreason
able and insolent ; that we had the best
grounds for being displeased with Mr. .
Crampton, and that the best interest of
both countries required the removal of a
Minister whose conduct had involved th'
two countries in trouble, and whose influ
ence here waa entirely gone. The British
people are sensible and coolheaded. K
their sensibilities are quickoncd by their
overweening arrogance, they are eminently
a just people, and know the necessity of
having the right side of a quarrel. They
will, therefore, be cautious of doing any
thing hastily and foolishly, and we think
will hardly commit the error of retaliations
by dismissing Mr. Dallas, who ha given
them no causo of offence. Such an act,
which will do no harm, a far as we . are
concerned, will severely reflect "upon thai
own good sense, good temper, aad reputa
tion for justice rhilaMphia Ledger
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