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THE OREGON ARGUS. , rususnao svsav mtcsuav nosnino, BY WILLIAM L. ADAMS. Office-Good's Building, Main st. rial Room in lirst story, Edito TERMS T hi A sous trill ti urnuhej al J AM vulture aim rijiy Venn per annum, to linglt luberrilirre Three Dollari . i each to clubi of tin al am aKm. fcff" Tat Dalian for lix monlhtNo lubierip- ion receive J for a leu period. UJT A'e pifper diiconliiiutd until all arrearagu an paia, uiiieu at llie option oj thi pubtiihtr. ' ' '' " ' ' " For thi Argm. i -. o lien of OreoHlavery. ' Sow tliut there in a probability, amount ing almost to corlainty, that Oregon will within a twylvo month have a Stole or ganization effected, it i a question of llie most vital importance tliut it slioulJ be loads a free Stato. We appeal lo the young men of Oregon, because iliey tun decide the quosltoii, and tln-y aro the per sona moat iulf-rested in the result. There are very fuw young men in thin Territory who do not expect to earn their livelihood by thoir labor. As mechanics and fann er and a laborers they must toil for com fort and prosperity. Let this whole class cf persons cxamino this question of free or slave Slnto fully and enrnrs'ly. . In tho. first place r you willing that the nave ongnrcny snail drive yo'j from tuts glorious i land of your choice i No; you lire resolved tliut Oregon shall be your iioine. ' , Wh.it then shall bo your condition here. Jf slavery is admitted you will in a few years bo compelled to compete with sieve labor, nnd aro you willing to earn your living by laboring along si Jo of slaves! And that you may fully realize what would be your condition in that case, look at the nonslaveholder of the slave States, and contrast their condition with that of the laborers of tho free States. The one are poor nnd kept under, while the other are free, independent, and pros perous. As soon as slaves could bo intro duced, the price of labor would be cut tlown to a low figure, .forbidding forever tho hope of realizing cither wealth or competence. Look, young men, at this fact. : , i But the evil ends not here. Those who are settled in life nnd have families to ed ucnlf, may secure u competence and llie education of their children before slavery could bo fully inaugu rated ; but the next generation must -become- poor and -illiterate, and of course be li: tie butler than' the serfs of tho slave aristocracy around them.. -Young men have more interest in this question tliaii the iiinro pgod who will soon pass from the arena of life. Young men havo their nctive life before .tbcm, nnd should guard with jealousy their rights nnd hopos. , Do nil permit a few wealthy men who Imve their section of land to make you their poor depen. dents, i In view of tho great interests at stake. wo would expect to sea every In. boring young man promptly at tho With his ballot for a free Stntff. poll , ., j For the Argui. Slavery In Oitfun. Mr. Editor It seems that tho question of shivery in or out of Oregon will be reduced to tho question of help or no help in and out of doors at fuir prices. Doubt less there are other issues, which interested persons will make, and which they will "urgo with nioro or less zeal and force. Hut suppose ut this moment that luborors lor tho farm nnd the shop, the forests and the rivers, could bo obtained when wauled, iind at reasonable prices, and that nil the help which families need could be likewise secured, very many persons in town and country would not even entertain tho idea of voting for slavery. No person in his senses will vote for it as an economical sys tem, unless it be so temporarily, and in an anomalous condition of society-, such as is formed bp the immigration of men without families, or those with young families. This kind of immigration has created a demand in Oregon for help in doors first, which cannot be supplied, and by the un -settled condition of men without families it has left a demand for farm and shop help 'unsupplied. Besides this, immigration lias been cut off, and we left as a people with "mora work to do than wo can do, and with out the power of making that advance or Improvement which a just enterprise re quires. '"' '.''..' In this exigency men have been looking lo slavery as a relief. But without stop, sping to show as can easily be done that laves can only in a very small part satisfy our demand unless you enslave white .mechanics, and lumbermen, and fisher, men let us turn attention to another mar ket for our supply. The whole North and Northwest, and tome portions of the South, have been de manding and securing the same classes of laborers from Europe.' They have made Vnown their wants, and Scotland has sent forth thousands of her hardy sons to till their soil and swell enormously their agri cultural productions, while the emigrants kave themselves been enriched. England ha furnished ns her tens of thousands of skillful mechanics and artisans to conduct our. manufactories and dig out our coal( iron, lead, and copper, and lo quarry our granite marble. Germany has furnished us hundred of thousand of laborers with their families for all kinds of service which our natural war.ts and restless enterprise demand. Ireland has drawn largely upon ' mm -A "Weekly Newspaper, devoted to tlio Principles of Jeflcrsoniuu Democracy, and advocating Vol. 'II. the principal of her population lo meet our demands for Internal Improvements. The North and the West would this day have been infants Instead of giants as they nre, out lor mis lie I p. it, Him, we want help, if we wanl development and manly strongth, let us turn lo the same lands of supply. The differeneo of distance is but a trillu. The abundance and variuiy of help will meet all our wauls speedily and cheaply, and give a vigor to our Territory which slavery can never do. , Yours, truly, A. ' fur the Argue. . To mv Frlrnds la Orrtoa. . . NovE.Miir.ii, 10, 1930. As many of you requested to hoar from me from lime to lime, and as I find it difli- cult to unsiver so many letters, I avail my- selr of Hits kindness of Tho Argus lo address you all nt once. I am now slaying, and intend to conti nue for llio winter, al the Hydropathic In stitute in (his city. Thero is a large class of ladies and gentlemen preparing for practico, besides a great number of pa ticnta under Itcalnienl. The winter term commenced yesterday, w hen ihe following professors gave their opening addresses : Dr. May on Medical Jurisprudence, Dr. Mrs. L. N. Fowler nnd L. N. Fowler, each on their respective professional depart men!, Dr. Hays, Dc. Briggs, and Dr. Trail.. ' Each address was full of interest, nnd seemed lo open to view iho means bv which lo relieve the world of more than half its misery. We shall have several courses of lectures, besides access to the hospitals, where disease in all its forms and in every phnao appears. We shall also havo every facility for anatomical nnd ch einical demonstrative instructive oswi-ll as every branch pertaining lo medical prac tice. 1 Mtlo thought a few months ago of having access lo thoo founts of knowl edge, nnd thus ho qualified for tho largest good lo a suffering world, but it accords with Iny feelings, and, if life is spared, I trust others will bo benefited. For when I return lo Oregon, it will be my highest pleasure to share with nil who desire the good I get. .... , Meantime, permit me, dear friends, to recommend to your attention those pub!i cations, particularly the WutrrCuro Jour, mil, w hich treat on subjects relating to the laws of life and health'. Untold suffering and thousands of prematura deaths might be avoided by a little attention to simple laws nud r.'gular observance of- Nu lure's dictates. Not only might mifTeiiiig be Ihns avoided, but positively the sum of huppi ness vasily enhanced. ' How very few realize tho delights of a truo life, compared with w hat they would do if ccch nnd all their organisms were in ri-jht adjustment, and every function in full activity, result ing in an exuberance of lit') aud.a fullness of joy. Who of us have not stood upon some favored spot on a bright, summer's day, and beheld ihe calm satisfaction, the passive bliss, commingled with the hum of lifo, and ccstalic delight beaming from ev ery point of animated Nature, nnd have almost felt the wish 10 bo a beast or bird that we might rest in peace or danco with joy. INow, as compared with man, these are greatly his inferiors, being limited within narrow spheres. Whilst he has all elements nt command, is lord of the lower world, created but "a little loner than the angels," and is alike heir to heaven and earth, it follows then ibat whenever man lives up to his truo condition his enjoy ments will he as much above that of brutes as his nature and his destiny aro superior to theirs. And instead of being a poor, sinstricken, careworn, sorrowing sojourner on earth, actuated by the passions charac teristic of brutes, destroying nnd being de stroyed by his fellow humans, he will real ize his high origin and feel his affinity to his Father which is in Ueaveu, and, as a son of ihe Supreme, will move and radi ate in dignity, and truth. And this, is undoubtedly the "will of God" concerning us; it is ihe true millennium, the "good time coming," ' of which the Prophets spoke and all the good on earth desire lo see.' But I apprehend the great difficulty to the achievement of this coii'ists in blind fai'b of the masses and the sad mistake of the two professional orders whose functions are to instruct and guide mankind.- The clergyman and ihe doctor have each as sumed a specialty irrespective of the other; hence ihe one may be a devout saint, at ihe same lime living in physiological vice, and the other may be skilled in all the niceliea of hi art, but at the same lime be morally a vicious sinner. Now as the in terrelations of man's compound nature are always reciprocal, any treatment of the one without without regard to the other must be defective, and those who do ii must necessarily be as the "blind leading the blind." Hence the Savior commis sioned lo ''heal the sick" as well as to "preach the gospel." The true teacher should understand human needs, and ad- OREGON CITY, O.T., J A X U A 11 Y 31, lfrfif. dress himself to mini's whole nature ; xok to restore him lo hoalihauJ virtue; make him lovenble and loving; then his life would be a praise lo Hint, "in whom we live, nnd move, ami have our being." Respectfully, Yours, Join Ukksox. For thi Argui. Tho Dndtmoaa. It is now about seven days since this vessel went upon the middle sand above sand Iidand at tho month of ihe Columbia liver. Judging from appearances, and from surrounding circumstances and in fluences, this is one of the most demoral izing, and unfoi(uunte wrecks that bos yet occurred at tho mouth of this river. The vessel came safely in ovi-r the bar, and with a fair fresh wind from ihe West, ran s'raii upon the nJJdlo sands, with prompt action on tho part of the commander, and each assistance as could have been se cured, iho cargo nud vessel nodoubl could naxtly all been saved, but, unfortunately, a large part of this cargo was liquors, any one who has observed the influence of, liquor, can rea l ihe whole history of this matter. The influence upon tho commu nity is manifest. Tho owners of the liquor deserves no sympathy. The traffic In any shape is a curse. The commerce in it, is evil and only evil. Ouo man. a pass enger on llie vessel, and.tatd lo bo an owner of a .portion of the Cirgo, was drowned by the swamping and upsetting of a lighter load of goods, his body has not been found. X. Jan. 7th, H57. P. S. Since w tiling the ahove I have learned from an eye witness, that tho per- sons having charge of tho wreck, offered nnd urged the men to drink, and that un der the influence of the liquor, all appear ed to become devoid of all natural restraint, and liquor boxes were opened nnd iho con- ten's drank without restraint. One of the men engaged in securing the goods of tho wrick tco't suddenly sick supposed lo have a fit, and died before he could be carried to the main land on shorn. Wm. MuGunignl a noted dealer in liounrs lo Indians "half tight" as is said, fell out of ihe boat in crossing to Chinook and was drowned soon after tho wreck. X. Nicaraguan News. " The lato steamer brings very important and exciting news from Nicaragua. Tho report of Gen. Walker's critical situation is confirmed. Gen. Henniugscn and three or four hundred of Walker's troops aro beiegcd by the allies in a suburban church of Granada. The sick and wounded, with tho women nud children who wero in Gra nada before its destruction by order of Walker, lo iho number of ihrcc hundred and fifty, were conveyed to tho island of Ometepe, in the lako, whore they suffered dreadful privations for some days, nnd wero then surprised and attacked by the natives, borne twenty escaped, but tliero arc fearful apprehensions ns to the fato of tho remainder. The following brief account of Gen. Walker's movements is taken from the New York papers of the latest dates : Tho Costa Kican army under Gen. Canns, numbering nbout 500 men, entered San Juan del Sud at 3 p. m., Nov. Til), nnd look possession of tho town. They en- camped about four miles out, on tho moun tain, where they erected strong barricades in well selected positions. On tho 8th they were reinforced by nbout 300 Guntama- luns. On iho 10;h Gen. Ilornsby, who w'as stationed nt Virgin Bay, attacked iho first barricade, from w hich he drove the enemy by a flank movement. lie had about two hundred and fifty men with him, and had he followed up his success he could havo driven them before him like sheep ; bin his orders to keep Virgin Bay were imperative, and he had to return to that place, fearing an attack in his absenco from other por tions of the enemy stationed in that vicin ity. The Americans had two killed and eight er ten wounded. The loss of the enemy was about fifty. . On the Gen. Walker arrived at Virgin Bay from Granada, and with two hundred and fifty men drove the enemy from their barricade to San Jnan del Sud, from whence they fled to Itivas. Few ol the enemy were killed in this fight, the battle of two days previous having so com. pletely intimidated I hem that they fled on Walker's spproach with but little resist ance. Walker had two men killed and several wounded. Oo the morning of the 18th Gen. Walk er returned to Virgin Bsy, leaving 175 men to garrison San Juan. On ihe 15th he marched from Granada to M assay a. When in the vicinity of Massaja, he re ceived intelligence that Gen. Jerez had left for B.iras at lbs head of 700 men. Col Jacques, with 250 men, was immediately despatched to protect the isthmus, which was deemed lo be in danger. Thi left Walker' force about 300 strong. 1 With bis reduced force Walker met a di tJclinii iit of the allies, sums eight bun. dad In number, and a battle en.ued. The allies were driven back into M i.saya. After two and a half Jays' fighting Gun. Walker ahjodoncd Miutuya, his force not being sufficient to take ihe place, which wasdvfeuded by 1700 allies. lIee!T Cted a lodgment in the town, but was unable to drive the enemy from ihe main plaza, lis retired upon Granada. I J is loss was about CO killed and 40 woundcJ. It was Ukiii his return lo the capital that Wuiker riculvtd ujon its destruction and evacuation, lor that en J Lo left thero some 400 nun, under the command of Gen. I Icuiiingscn, whose instruction were to lake charge of the n'lilhry, ammunition, public archives, and all the appurtenances of ihe at my, and comey ihetn to Virgin Bay the design being to make thai a base of operations fir (he capture of the city of Uivu, where " alkitr intended lo establish his government. Granada was given to tho flumes, and property to an enormous extent was consumed. Before any of the munition of war could be transported fiom Granada lo Virgin Bay, Ilenningsen and his tro"ps wero attacked and surround ed by 2500 of the combined Central Amer icana. Nothing has been hemd from them since I hoy were surrounded ; they are on lirely cut off from Walkor and hi remain ing lioojis, and aro hemmed in, in every direction, by greatly superior and con stantly increasing forces. Seven cannon, being all Walker's artillery, is with them, and at least half of his ammunition. Dr. Dorickson, now in New York, for merly a surgeon in G.;n. Walker' army, nud an rye witness of tho sttack on Gra nada, gives iho following account to ihe Herald " A straight road leads from Granada to Lnko Nicariigun, from which it is not far distant, and a wharf and an old fort wero situated on the shore of ihe lake nt the end of said road. At iho time ihe Central Americans n'tneked Granada, Walker was in a steamboat on llio lake, and Iwpnty-nino men, called policemen, were on Ilia wharf, having been left lo guard some things placed thero for shipment. The Central Americans attacked Granada by advancing hot woe n the luko and said city, thereby cut ling oil' the retreat of iho besieged, and preventing Walker from succoring or com municating wiih them from (lie lako. The twenty-nine policemen on the wharf were thus cut olF and sulli-red the first attack. Five hundred men advanced upon tlx in, and wero driven buck, time after time, with terrihln loss. I was cn the steam boat w'ith Walker at tho time, nnd could see il all, though we could not communicate with or aid them. For Iwo days did these twenty-nine men hold their own against such ilespcratn odds, a id wou'd not have yielded then if there had n it been a traitor among them. On the second day, a Cuban, I think, deserted nnd went over to the en emy, informing them of the number and condition of (he twenty-eight, and showing how an energetic and continued assault would take llie place. The plan proved hut two successful ; the bold fellows were taken and every one of llicm massacred, except five, who threw themselves into the lake and attempted to swim lo General Walker on tho boat; four of them were shot or drowned; one only succeeded in reaching the steamboat. " On the 21ih Nov., I ho day Gen. lien- nintrson and his 350 men were surrounded in Granada by tho allied troops, llio former ileslroye.il the buildings around tho main iilaza, nno: muglit their way clown halt a mtlo to a stone church in the direction of the lako and about four hundred yards from it. Thero they barricaded them selves and fortified the church, and were still holding out when I left. They had then been lighting eight days, surrounded by two thousand five hundred of the en emy, whieti number was constantly in creased by reinforcements. Tho sixth day of llio siegn the allies made n grand assault, which lifted Iwo hours, llie Americans uppeared lo fight with great activity and courage, nnd, after repulsing "he enemr they mounted iho barricades and wavid the Nioaragunn flag tu Gen. Walker. It is supposed llm loss of the enemy must have been very great. The exact con dition of ihe Americans cannot be told ; they must be 8' tiering to some extent from cholera. The atmosphere is fearfully con taminating llie dead bodies can bo sfnell ed on board of Walk'-r's steamboat. The only hope of the beseiged is in their coin-. niander, Gen. Ilcnnincsen, who is consid ered ihe ablest military officer in Central America; no is perfectly cool under every circumstance, in the holiest fmhl and in the most ciitical conditions he is occasionally slow, hut always sure; hence it is sup posed he will ultimately succeed in saving the men, Ammunition, and artillery. But he is in a desperate strait. If he suc ceeds in retreating to Ihe wharf, there are no boats ; the enemy prevent the approach of Walker; there are na means of em barking the artillery or men ; if boats could he brought lo the shore, the Amrri cans could not embark their artillery first, as nothing would be left to defend them selves, nor could they first embark them selves, as nothing would be left to defend the artillery willi, which by all means should he prevented from falling into the hands of theenemv. Gen. Walker leaves Granada and steams down to his head quarters al Virgin Bay, almost every day Af'er remaining there an hour or two, he returns to watch the operation at Granada. Walker appears In be in gnod spirits, or rather you cannot tell any thing about him, for he is always as cold as ice, not feeling the om of his darnt tho side of Truth in every ifwue. No. 42 fiiend.; but from what I havit sees of him I don't think ho really is in good spir it. Ilia officers are enthusiastic al least some of them are. His men are not en lhuiulio, but generally in good fighting spirits, some are li ieiidly nnd some bos. til.i to him ; but tluy all fight wtdl, for they know it is a matter of life and death with t hem lu succeed. Want of health is the greatest drawback to their efficiency " Walker says ha will hold iho Transit route if lis cannot linld another Toot of Ihe soil. It is on'y twelve miles in length and lie is determined to guard it. ' News from tho Atlantio States, We copy the following summary fiom llio San Frnnci'c Bulletin of Jan. 15lh. New Yoait, Dec.20, 1850. The steam er Texas, from Nicaragua, arrived nt New Orleans on ihe 12th, with the California mails and passengers of tho 20th ult., and the Tennessee, also from Nicaragua, nr. rived at this port on tho 15th. These steamer brought ihe news of tho critical position of alker. A mats mooting of j hit friends is lo be held to-night at the Broadway Tabernacle. A regiment of five hundred men has, it is said, already enlisted in this city for Nicaragua. Col. Titus, of Kansas notoriety, arrived at St. Louis on Tuesday, with one hundred re cruit tn roult for ihe same destination. Walker's friends in New Orleans are re doubling their efforts to send him relief. Jacob Little, the great Bear operator iu Wall street, has failed for an immense amount. He ofTurs a compromise lo his creditors, several of whom have accepted it. Mr. Whitfield, the pro-slavery delegate to Congress from Kansas, has been ad mitted to a scat in the House after a pro tracted struggle The jury in the case of Baker, the prin ciple in tho Toole tragedy, have disagreed. They stood six for manslaughter in the third degree, nnd six for acquittal,'' ' Great excitement exists in Tennessee Kentucky nnd Virginia, on account of a meditated insurrection of the slaves, which was fixed for Christmas Eve. Numrous arrests havo been made, and several no- grocs nnd ono or two whito men have been hung, and others whipped. A railroad collision occurred on the 6th, at Alliance, Ohio. Fight persons were killed, and severul others badly injured. Earnest measures have been adopted for the opening of llie Tehuantepec route to ihe Tacifio. A carriage across llie Isth mus will be finished, it is said, by the first of February. Conches nnd other material are already contracted for, and are ex pected to bo shipped from this port by tho first of January. Commodore Vander bill, it is said, is going to New Orleans with one of his steamers, to make further ar rangements. Our latest advices from Mexico announce (he unconditional surrender of Puebln to the Government forces. Alvarez hail taken the field in behalf of the Govern ment. Tho Sotilhorn Commercial Convention held a five days' session last week at Sa vannah. Resolutions in favor of Pacific Railroad wero adopted, as was also ono reccommending tho transportation of the mails between Now Orleans and Califor nia by the proposed Tehuantopeo routo. The subject of tho re opening of the Af. rienn slave Ira Jo was voted down by a large majority. Not much business of importance has been dono in Congress as yot. In the House on tha 12th December Mr. Brown, from the Post office Committee, reported a bill in favor of contracting with Coin mo doro Vunderbilt to carry the mail between New York and Liverpool Ihe round'trip. A fuw days afterwards, tho proprietors of the Collins line asked to he released from their contract. A resolution was introduced by Mr. Etheridge, of Tennessee, denounoing in tho severest terms all attempts lo re-open the African slave trade. This resolution was adopted ayes 152, nays 57, including the two California members. . In the Senate Mr. Uoustoa has given notice of a bill providing fur a semi-weekly overland mail between the Mississippi and Sun Francisco. Mr. Welter gave notice on Wednesday last that ho should call up the Pacific Railroad bill immediately after tbo boli- day. Affairs in Kansas remain quiet, Gov ernor Geary's course begins to elicit gen eral commendation in the Territory. Judge Lecempte and Marshal Donaldson have been removed, and James O. Har rison, of Kentucky, appointed in the plaee of ihe former, and William Spenoer in place of the latter. The land sales were proceeding with great activity. Thomas F. Mesgher, the Irish exile, sent a challenge last week to Henry J. Ray mood, editor of the New York Daily Times. The affair grew out of aa articU in tha Times, in which Mr. Mesgher was charged by imnlicatioa with breaking Lis AUVKUTIHINO RATI. One squar (13 lints or kt.) on b.Mrtlon, $310 " M Iwu inaortinus, 4,dO " tlm-o lii niiit, 6,00 Eeh subwquenl llwert.oii, I fit) IUiiab! deduction ki tin wliu sUverUs by lit year. JOB PRINTING. Tits rsorsiKTo or tiis AI'.Gl'H is nsrrr to Inform ths public that lis has just re tlvcd lru si k afJuU TVI'KsiJ o:lir now pr at iiiir mm. ml, nd will k is (lit m tnly rcct M of uM lions willed lo nil lli rifiiiiinrst of this k oality. HAMMHM. l't.Ml r.lW, I.LANKS, UAItDS, CIIXl lr.S, rA.MJ'llLti'l.WUIlK and "i tier kinds, dune lo nnlrr, un short not re. parolu in Australia. The matter wa soU t'e J without a resort lo arms. Our foreign advices received during tho fortnight, do not present sny very marked feature. The Hnglish Parliament is io meet fur tha " dispatch of business" en' ihe 3d of February. The London Money market was quite cay, with a propcot of reduction of tho bank rates to six por cent. ' . : i Franco is quiet. . l-tfr. . Inconsequence of tho storm whiob pre. vailed at New York on December 3ih the California steamer,' George Lwv aa etsiued over night, and did not tail till tho 1st. She bring the Nw York Herald of that day, in which we find the follow1 ng important new i i , c . MttBTINO Of WALKER 8 SYMPATHIZERS llf nkw roai. Notwithstanding tho heavy continuous' rain of yesterJay jOlli Dccembtir the meeting called in the Broadway Tabernac leto nvmiiHiliizsi with, and send material d to Walker and his army, was a very' large and enthusiastic on. Gen. Ward u. liurnett, Colonel of the Now York resist mem of Voluuioers in llie Mexican war. presided. Speeches were mado by him j , Mr. Oaksmiih formerly commissioned by ( Walker as Minister to 111 United States;' General Duff Green who formerly '. fig. ' u red in conneotinn with filibusierism ia Dominica ; General Wheat a distinguish.' I officer of our army in the Mexican war; Geimral Green, of Texas, who acquired lebrily in connection with the acquaition ' f that territory, and our two New York'' friends. Captain Rynders and Mr. Thomas . Muncly. Letters or sympathy were ra Ceived and read from General Quitman, , of Mississippi ; Senator Jones, of Tenn. ; Uoiier.il Wiiitnicige, er Hew nor; and Thus. Francis Meagher. A series of: resolutions pledging aid to Walker, calling n the government to send national vessels to San Juan del Norte and San Juan del, Sur, ami endorsing Minister Wheeler' course in Nicaragua; Were adopted. ' A: collection was afterwards made ; and it appears that there was received, in checks, Sl.ldO; from the guest of the Mansion , House, $60; from iho guests of the Washington Hotel, f 30 ; and In small col lections, $07 making in all 1,307. ; The csminlltee was also notified that 1,000 rifles were ready lo be placed at their, service; that the St. Nicholas Hotel would t send by tho steamer oh Wednesday 100 barrels of broad, and tho Metropolitan 1 ll'i'el fi.000 lbs. of bacon, for the use of the army. . It was also announced by Gen-. er.il Wheat that 2.0011 voluntrers wero;, ready to start from New Orlrnns, nnd that hundred Would leave New York '. on ' Wednesday next. ' " " 1 " ' '' '"' ' ' . We copy tho following from the Wash- Inglon correspondence of the San Frnns oisco Bulletin: " Both houses of Congress have bcea chiefly occupied In the discus-ton of iho '' President's annuul 'niesBHKO, nnd llie lato ' .. .. . ' ennvasi; nnu notwithstanding the. asser tion of that document that the whole que. ' tioti of slavery has been definitely settled by the election, llio dcluilo upon the ques tion of slavery t.vtonslun la still marked by much acrimony and bitterness. THE QUESTION OP SQUATTER SO VEHK!ONTY Tho chief point iu issue now, is tho vex ed question of popular sovereignty as pie scnied in llio Nebraska bill and the do' bata clearly establishes that the Dcmocra-' cy in Ihe North claimed that the' bill ad-' mitb and guarantees the reght of the peo plo of a Territory to exclude sluvery if it chooses, prior lo thn formation of a State Constitution, while they maintained in the South that it did not endorse Squntlor Sov ereignly, but merely guaranteed tho right of the people of a Territory to admit or, exclude shivery whenever I hey form a Con-, stilulion, and not before. Now that the' elc-ciion is over, and the members lake their positions upon the question of (Squatter Sovereignty, with reference to their local interests, thewidu difference between Dem-' ocrals is painfully apparent, and already b'owt have bech stricken upon thi wedge which is to divide and distract the Dem ocratic party. Orr, U rooks, and other' Southern men have admitted that there is' wide difference of opinion between Democrat upoli this subject, and of course,1 therefore, the question of slavery in tho Territories it not ttlftei. Tha Issue is still open as to whether Congress has any' power over slavery In the Territories, which it can ihcrefore delegate lo ihe' Territories themselves the Norlh main' taintng that it has, and the South (hat it has not. sorrosEb bpciiaxam manifesto through SENATOR BIGLER. Probably the most Important speech of ihe last fortnight, was made by Senator lliglur, of Peiinselvania not that he ia possessed of any evtraordinary ability, for he il rather a dull and heavy man; but his position as ihe intiinst friend of Mr. Buchanan, gives to what he may say at this time, more than ordinary significance. Hi speech, evidently prepared with great care, wa written out before its delivery, and read to the Senate. The Senator maintained that Mr. Buchanan would pre fer thai Kansas shonld be a Free Territory that bo docs aot believe Cong'" shonH