interfere to exclude 8!vry but thai the
people of the Territory lave tit powor
and Ik right, and, Stealer BIglar believes
ihe Jitpoiitio to do m and that they
abould be ProUcled io the xrcise or trial
right from all Interference whatsoever.
I la alto espresso tb opinion that the out)
trol of l ha South io tba Federal Govern
meat bat passed away fbrevr, and deolarea
Lis utter diaoent from, and aversion to, all
Iho acheoMt and prajrcta of Southern
ultra Pro-SIvry jnurnali, for rt-oiwriing
iho elave trade, or for i tending the power
ad influeoca of Slavery. Willi reference
Io tba question of Slavery In the Territo
rial, he asterti, that all the power of Con
crete over lb luhjecl, ia confrrvd upon
the people of tba Territory t and lhat if
Coagres aver had powr to exclu: b.ave
ry, tho people bava it no.
Souther Seeator tooled aghast when
auob expression a these fell from the lip
of the speaker ; and iba mora they think
of it, Iba more I hey don't like it, and the
mora ihey suspect that in fleeting Mr.
Buchanan ihey have caught Tartar.
Mr. Diglor we dumb when the present de
bate commenced; but the Ehctoral Col
lege bava mad up their record now, and
lb Seoator't tongue can wag fearleaaly
and free. Depend upon it, It will not be
year ere we witneta as fierce a right up.
pon this question, between the Noithern
end Southern wing of ihe Democracy, a
w bav bad at any lime io the pant.
KAMA! MATTIIIS.
The contest in the eaaa of Whitfield, Del
egate elect from Kansas, has been settled
upon iba preliminary question and he ad
mitted to his seat upon the prima fatit ev
idence of bis election presented in the
certificate of Gov. Geary. This, how.
ever, doea not settle tb question perma
nently, and w shall probably Lave a e.
oewal of the contest toon in a new shape.
A Special Messenger from Kansas has ar
rived here, with a memorial numerously
signed, remonstrating against the admis
sion of Whitfield. Additional memorials
of the saute character are daily expected,
end, when received, th effort will be made
to refer them all to the Committee on Elec
tions. It turns out upon int estimation lhat
th election under which Whitfield claims
4o have been chosen Delegate, and by vir
tue of which Governor Geary gave him
the certificate, was held without authority ei
form of law, either valid or invalid j in
other words, that there waa no law, either
Federal r Territorial, under which the
Governor waa authorized Io call the special
election. Under these circumstances lha
.proclamation for (he election was a mere
voluntary act, of no vitality, and th elec
tion itself ia claimed Io have no more au
lharity than would have been possessed ly
en ordinary town meeting.
While upon th subject of Kansas let me
say lhat th President has removed Chief
Justice Lecontpte, in consequence of Oca
ry'a complaints against him, and appointed
ia bis atead James 0. Harrison, a distin
guished lawyer of Lexington, Kentucky.
William Spencer baa likewise been nom
inated as Marshal of Kansas, vicn Donel
son ; and Thos. Cunningham, of rennsyl
vauia, Associate Justice, in place of Burril
deceased. John II. W. Underwood of
-Georgia la also nominated Associate Jus
ties in Nebraska, vice Iladcn, resigned.
HUDSON B BAY AND NJGIT SOUND COMPANIES.
The Committee on Foreign Affairs iu
the House ere prepared to report a bill to
purchase the possessory rights of the Hud
son's Day and Pugel'a Sound Agricultural
Company, fur which the Commiitco will
ask an appropriation of two huudred and
fifty thousand dollars, which amount, it is
said will he sufficient to antisfy tho Com.
tpany. Th aame Committee have also
Matured another French Spoliation bill,
-which they are ready lo report, and which
in substance is the same as that passed two
jears ago,
MODIFICATION OF TI1K TARIFF.
The question of the modification of the
Uriffof 1846 conies up in the House of
Representatives on the first Tuesday in
January. Tho ahancos are pretty fair for
4h reduction of the revenue by addition of
varioua articles lo the frre list, including
coarse wool, salt, sugar, and raw materials
generally which enter into American man
ufactures. MINNESOTA AND ARIZONA.
Th Committee on Territories have
agreed lo report a bill to aulhorixo Ihe pto.
pi of Minnesota to form a Constitution and
Stat Government, with a view lo their ad
mission into lha Uuiun. A memorial has
been roceived from the people residing up
on the Gadsdsn purchase, asking that their
county may he erected into the Territory
of Ariaona. They represent that they are
out ofTby natural barriers fiom lit benefit
of the law of New Mexico being nomi
nal ly only in the county of Donna Ana,
without any of lii privileges of cilizunship,
and exposed to savages. They ask their
delegate now her to be admitted. Tim
case is before the Committee on Territories,
but I fear the prayer of ihe petitioners w ill
not be granted.
I-OFENINQ 0F THI SLAVI TRADI DISCUSSED.
Mr, Etberidg of Tennessee introduced
into the House the other day a resolution
against the re-opening of iho African slave
trade, open the ground lhat it is inhuman,
at war with Christiaaity, civilization, 4c.
Alar ineffectual efforts by southern men
losaoure a modification of ihe resolution, so
as simply to declare it imjiolUie lo re.opeo
Ihe slave trad (ihua waiving th que ion
fits humanity) th original resolution waa
adopted with some fifty odd negatives.
Then Mr. Orr, of South Carolina, Intro
duced a resolution against lha impolicy of
iU revival, which was adopted with only
eight dissenting votes, to wit.: Messrs.
w m
Brooks, Keitt, Bsrksdalo, Bennett of Miss.,
Quitman, Shorter, Walker and Wright.
TUK FACIPIC RAILROAD QUESTION.
Various parties are scheming bore with
reference to the Pacific Ruilrosd, but noth
ing definite csn he done until after the hol
idays J and, indeed, there Is eome reason
o fear that the conflict of scheme tnny
again defeat th consummation of any.
Whatever hill is passed will provide for
three different roaJs, one North, another
Central, and a third SuUib. It is the gen
eral beliuf that only one road will be buill ;
but three mutt he provided for, io order to
allay sectional prejudices and srcur,o the
authorization of one. When that has been
elected under the bill, and it becomes ap
parent that it will be constructed, the others
will probably he abandoned, and the lands
appropriated in their aid will revert to tho
United States Government. This general
policy will douhtloss ho maintained in' any
bill which is pressed to a vote, but there is
no other detail which ia at all settled upou
thus fur. .
The two wagon road bills passed by the
Sena' lost session, stand very well in the
House, and are likely lo pass.
TUK PANAMA ISTHMUS TRANSIT.
There is no truth in the statement that
Mr. Marcy has evor considered the proposi
tion to purchase any portion of th territory
of New Granada. The Secretary denies
also lhat Mr. Uoadley, President of the
Panama Railroad, ever made any such
proposition or suggesliuu lo him. Neither
of those gentlemen bavo had tho least idea
of Ihe procurement of exclusive control
over Ihe Isthmus. Mr, Msrcy's aim is sim
ply to make the transit perfectly safe at all
time as th free highway of all nations,
and when tho documenta connected with
Ihe pending negotiations with New Gra
nada come to bo published, this will ho fully
apparent. These facts are important, be
cause they repel tho anticipation of any fu
ture antagonism between the United States
and Great Britain with reference lo the
Isthmus of Panama. There is and can
bo no good ground fur such apprehen
sions. CONSTITUTIONALITY OF TUB MISSOURI COM
rsO.MISE, ice, QUESTIONED.
The Supreme Court has just had argued
before' it a very important case, involving
tho question of the constitutionality of the
Missouri Compromise, and also the ques
tion whether a slave takon by his master
into a free State and subsequently return
ing lo a slavo State, has acquired lillo to
freedom by the temporary sojourn in such
free Stato. The plaintiff ia a negro. He
claims having been emanoipnted, by his
master having taken him lo reside in Illi
nois, which act, it is declared by the Con
stitution of that Slnte, oporaled to emanci
pate him. The Circuit Court decided
against the plaintiff, on the ground that by
his rtturn to Missouri, his master's right,
dormant whilst in Illinois, had revived, and
that tho Constitution of Illinois was a pe
nal law which tho Courts of other States
were not bound to indorso. No decision
has been rendorrd. Tho case was argued
for tho plaintiff by Montgomery Blair and
x-Comniis.sioner Curtis of Boston, and for
the defendant by Senator Geycr of Mo., and
Hon. Rovcrdy Johnson.
THE TREATY WITH ENGLAND.
In foreign all'uirs llicrs is nothing start
ling. Tho new treaty with England in
regard to Central America hns been com
municated to the Scuato, confidentially,
for ratification. Its stipulations mo such
a I have staled in a former communica
tion, and the chief opposition to it will bo
based upon the ground lhat it further com.
in its the United States to England in be
half of the self restrictive policy of the
Clayton treaty of 1850. Still, I think it
will ho ratified.
Miscellaneous.
It ia reported from Washington that iho
territory of Minnesota, through the dele
gate, Mr, Rice, will lake- steps during tho
present session of Congress for admission
into the Union.
Fires were very destructive in tho United
States in the month of December. There
were 22 in which the loss exceeded $10,.
000; Ihe total amounting to $2,445,000.
The principal were as follows : in Syracuse
1,000,000 . St Louis $400,000; Now
lork city 9550,000.
It is statod that there are now twenty
ludian treaties before the Senate, involving
the cession of 122,000,000 acres of hind
for a consideration of about 11,000,000.
The Indians wiihin our limits are cstima
ted at about 300,000 souls.
HsrvllelaawrrecUoala Ihtftoalh.
The Southern Sta'c have been un
pleasantly agitated by the discovery of
insurrectionary plots among the slave in
certain localities, and rumor, gaining cred
it from far, has spread abroad th idea
that there was a general or wide spread
conspiracy extending through most of tho
Slav States. Slav society is always ex
posed lo tho danger of insurrection, but it
is still more liable to unfounded panic.
Plota, or supposed plots, hav been discov
ered in Louisiana, South Carolina, Ken
tucky and Virginia. In Tennessee there
was undoubtedly an insurrectionary more,
ment, extending through the region from
Memphis, through Clarkaville and Dover,
on the Cumberland River. At the iron
work owned by Senator Bull of Tennessee,
somes'ave were accused of participation
in this movement, and nine of them were
han"d fuur by the sentence of a Court
and five by a mob. A white man, said to
hav been disguised as a negro, was sen.
tenetd to receive nine hundred lathet, and
died under the infliction. Nineteen slaves
hav been hanged at Dover, not for any
overt act, but for supposed insurrectionary
design. A great many slaves have been
imprisoned on suspicion. In Virginia, the
county of Montgomery, and the neighbor
hood of Williumsburgh have bete alarm
ed with expectations of an outbreak.
The authorities of Alexandria telegraphed
on Sunday last, lo Governor Wise, fur arms
to suppress an expected Insurrection. In
this case, as in many others, there appear
to have been a groundless panic.
It hns been stated lhat the negroes were
undur tho impression that " Fremont with
a Northern army," was coming to liberate
them, and many of the Sou thorn paper
attribute the rising entirely to the agita
tion against the extension of slavery,
which prevailed at the North. It is more
likely that the cause may be found in the
exaggerated misrepresentations of the do
signs of the Republican party, with which
the columns of these very papers teemed,
and which naturally bucamo the subject
of conversation among the white people
within hearing ef the negroes. Every
Southern Buchanan newspaper during the
whole Presidential contest, did its utmost
to persuado its readers that ihe Republi
cans intended lo abolish slavery by force,
if they had the power, and could not suc
ceed any other way. N. Y. Cor, S. F.
Bulletin.
ILaasas quieted Judge Lecompte removed.
There is reason to hope that the Kansas
troubles are done. and overenco for all.
We hear of no moro battles and sieges,
marchings and counter-marchings, in that
Territory, and Gov. Geary is receiving
credit for his administrative ability and
fairness from both Freesoilers and Border
Kufluns. Property in Lawrence is said
to be worth fifty per cent more than it
would bring bo fore his administration of
affairs. It is expected to improve another
fifty aftor the removal of Judge Lecompte,
who has been turned out at length by
Frunklin Pierce, and replaced by a respect
able man named Harrison. Twenty-one
of the prisoners nt Lecompte had escaped
by digging unJer tho foundation of the
building in which thoy woro confined.
Abeut fifly of tho remaining prisoners,
says the St. Louis Democrat, are being tried
by Judge Cato st Tecumsch. Governor
Geary woulJ not permit the ball and chain
lo bo fastened on the limbs of tho persons
convicted of offences within the Territory.
Judge Lecompte had threatened to have
the Governor errcstud for contempt, but
had thought belter of it. Ills Excellency
ills ox-Mayor of San Francisco is consid
ered quite a good looking man in Kansas.
The following from the pen of a suscepti
ble Frecroiler appeared iu the N. Y. Trib
uno recently :
"I saw Geary this morning, and am
quite charmed with him. lie is the best
talking man 1 have met, and I cannot but
think him sincere. At all events, it seems
to me ungenerous to condemn him in ad.
vsnco. " Give the devil his due." If tho
Governor is a "devil," he is quite an cle.
gant gentleman. I don't know why I
thought him a gray. headed old man.
Perhaps his name conveys that idea. But,
lo my surprise, 1 found him quito an Ap
ollo six feet high at least, faultlessly
formed, a very handsome face, jet bluck
eyes, straight hair, fine whiskers and mus
tache in short, just the sort of man to win
the love of the ladies. No wonder the
Lawrence girls hnvo invited him to a
Thanksgiving dinner next Thursday. My
dear friend, depend upon it Geory is do.
ingwcll. lie has not, it is true, dona all
we can wish ; but he has dona a deal mora
than tho other side have wished, 1 can as
sure you."
No offort has been made to recover the
fice Slate prisoners, that escaped.
Tho bogus Territorial Legislature, re
cently elected, meets in Lecompton early
next month. Governor Gcory is expected
to do all he can to have iho most obnox
ious enactments repealed.
The free State Legislature, etectnJ by
the people, Ajiects about tho same time at
Topi-ka. Iutorfurenco by federal troops,
or his Excellency, Gov. Grary, is not ex
pected by many of our people. Governor
Robinson and Lieutenant-Governor Rob.
erts are both uow in Kunsa, and early in
January they will be nt Topeka, ready to
act inslhcir official capacity. iT. V. Cor
S. F. Bulletin.
Later from Mcaraiaa.
By the steamer on this side we have
nows from Gen. Walker a few days later,
to the 8th December. Nothing further
had been heard from Gen. Henningsen and
his men who were besieged at Granada.
Walker had attacked Rivss, but failed
to drivo the enemy out, after three days'
fighting. He had concentrated his troops
to the number of 500 to GOO men nt St.
George, on the lake, two miles and a half
from Kivas, and nine from Virgin Bay.
The enemy had attacked Walker twice,
but were repulsed in both instances.
On the 23d November, a roost brilliant
naval engagement took place between the
Nicaraguan schooner of-war Granada, of
seventy tons, carrying I wo six-pound can
non aud tweoty-eiht men, under C. J.
1-ayssoux, Lt. Commanding, and lha Costa
Rican brig of. war "llth April," 114 Ions,
carrying six 9 pounder cannon, with 114
men, all well armed with Minia rifles.
Ac
The engsgemeat lasted over two hours
when a shot struck the brig io the stern,
carrying il away and causing her magazine
let Knli.Ud.
Lieut. Fayssoui Immediately sent off
hi boats to rescue the sufferers, and sue
ceeded in taking from ihe water and off
Ihe brig, before she eunK, lorty-iour per.
on., whom he brought into S.m Juan del
Sud the following morning.
Thirteen of ihem were horribly burnt,
among whom were the captain, second
mate, Padre, second lieutenant, and not
more than four of them will live.
The balauce of the prisoners were sent by
order of General Walker lo Virgin Day,
where, ith a few exceptions, they were
liberated.
Too much praise cannot be awarded to
l-ayssoux for his gallant achievement, and
the humanity di.played in his endeavors to
save life, regardless of securing the prize
ere she sunk. Fayssoux lost two men and
has three wounded.
The Cusia Rieao brig had ninety rifle
men on hoard, wiih a large amount of cloth
ing fr her army, provisions, and 825,000
iu specie.
Vatl Election ncleras.
Fullolociion returns, officially canvassed,
are now at hand, from all the States, and
the result is as follows :
Buchanan, in Free Statos, 1,203,000
in Slave States, 639,330
Total,
1,004,325
1,353,000
1,247
Electoral votes, 174.
Fremont, in Free States,
" in Slave Mates,
Total,
Electoral votes, 114.
Fillmore, in Free Slates,
" io Slave States,
1,353,340
421,008
409,117
Total,
022,125
Electoral vote, 8.
Fremont over Buchanan in F. S., 89,033
Fremont and Fillmore over Buch
anan in the Union,
373,046
Buchanan and Fillmore over Fre
mont in the Union, 1,471,204
Wholo No. votes polled in 1850, 4,191,000
" u 44 u in 1852, 3,150,507
Increase in four years, 1,031,000
This is exclusive of about 12,000 scat
tering votes in 1852, aud about the same
number in 1850.
Denton's Plan for a Pacific Rail,
road. His road goes by the most difficult
route, will cost more lands and more mon
ey ilmn any other road by any other route,
involving, among other splendid works of
an, a luuuei tu an eievnuon oi nine inou
saud feet above tho level of the sea, which
... . i .1 .f . e .i
is a thousand feet or so higher than the
summit of Mount St. Bernard, which peo
ple make so much fuss about in climbing lo
tho top on the back of a jackass. Pacific
Railroad tunnel through the clouds lN.
Y. Herald.
GTIjc rcgott Slrgus.
W. L. ADAMS, EDITOR AND rSorSIETOR.
OJUQCION CZTT:
SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 1857.
Mistake.
Mr. Lovejoy s'atcd in his speech in the
Legislature upon the negro bill that Web-
ster and Cnlhoun voted against the organic
act for Oregon, on the ground thnt the sla
very prohibition was unconstitutional.
This is certainly a mistake. Webster and
Culhoun always occupied antipodal ground
on tho question of slavery prohibition in
tho Territories. Tho modern doctrino of
the rights of slavery in the Territories was
first introduced by Calhonn, and was called
by Denton "n now dogma.". Webster
took the ground that slavery could not ex
1st anywhere but by special legislative
enactment, and his views have been con
curred in by the great mass of statesmen of
all parties, up to a very recent period.
e have not the Globe at hand containing
tho debates on the organic act of Oregon,
but we recollect well tho antagonistic po.
sitions of Webster and Calhoun on the
slavery question.
I3T Ihe Legialature adjourned lost
Thursday morning, and many of tho mem
hers come down on the Enterprise lh
same day. The repeal of the viva voce
bill was lost, so was the bill submitting
the seat of Government question to the
pcoplo again. Smith's resolutions passed
the house aficrsonio. pruning. The Coun
cil struck out " Munchausen's trumpet,"
and carved them up in various ways, dock
ing some, and followed our suggestion bv
giving more tail toothers. We lenrn that
several amendments were made in Chin
nook and other classics.
After the members had their own fun
out of them, the Council killed the whole
butch. The House afterwards took them
up and passed tl.em as House resolutions,
The Legislature adjourned before any thing
was done in reference to the liquor ques.
tion. borne of the members are ashamed
of their vote on the Clatsop contested seat,
al least Avery said it was the only vote Ae
had given that he was sorry for. We
think that vote will stick to a few of the
members for some time.
The resolutions reading the Standard out
of the party failed to pass. The vote stood
fifteen for, to twelve against, io the caucus,
but absent members came in afterwards
and recorded their votes against the resolu
tions, and, the vote stands fifteen for, to
fifteen against. The fifteen who voted
against the resolutions are, we hear, in
favor of voting Czapkay'a organ out of
ihe party. There is a very general semi
mekt prevailing among the democracy
that this sheet ought to confine itself n
terely to advertising for the Doctor, and
quit dabbling in politics. They are sat.
iafied that Leland has the more brain of
the two, not going brhinj the ears.
tTThe Republicans of Clackamas
county held a mas meeting in this city
last Saturday, and cho 'e five delegate to
lh Territorial Convention lo he held in Al
bany February 1 lilt.
The following named Individual ware
selected : W. L Adams, Capt. J. S. Ri
nea'rwn, Hon. W.T.Matlock, W. C. John
son, and Lesndcr Holmes, Esqn,
Kr Wo learn lhat Delusion wa o
drunk for several days after the Jackson
Jubilee, he wa scarcely able to attend to
business. On on occasion iu making I
speech, he tickled the audience by oo
casionally breaking out In a big laugh, ai
be saw ihe idea he waa after looming up
in the distance.
CO" Judge Deady, we learn, 1 figuring
around after a nomination for the Delegate
hip. lie avow himself as a proslavery
man, and if he should get tb nomination,
ho would run as the proslavery candidate,
being supported by ihe nigger driving lo
oo aud the proslavery men of the eld line
Whigs.
CO" The bill which wa up before the
Legislature requiring bond of the Com
missary and Quartermaster to the amount
of 30,000, was defeated by a tie vote in
the House.
These officer are aaid lo have a great
amount of money in their hands belonging
lo ihe Territory, but these pretended
democrat are not willing to male ihem re
sponsible to the people. So much fur
clique democracy.
OO" When the bill wa uador discussion
requiring the Commissary and Quarter
muster to give bonds, we learn that the
Quartermaster was present, and look ihe
liberty of contradicting some of the speak
ers. The Governor also sat a a spectator
frowning upon every effort to bring ihe
officials to an account of ihe'rr stewardship.
03" One of the member of the Legis
lature, on hi way home this week, told us
he bad become convinced that the distill
ery furnished tho alimeut on which the
black democrat io parly lived. Take this
away, said he, and it would die fur want
of stimulus.
We have long said that
03" Broderick aud Gwin hove been
elected to the U. S. Senate from California.
They left fur Washington on the last
steamer, brim full of the Pacific Railroad
project, and hacked up by the united press
of that State.
W shall be apt lo heor more of this
Railroad project betbre the adjournment of
Congress. '
tW Tho election of Brodcrick to the
U. S. Senate for six years from California
hns thrown quito a damper over the exu
berant joy lately manifested by the black
democracy of the Douglas and Pierce
school. Tho Weekly Time (Republican)
of Sacramento seems pleased at bis elec
tion, and seems to think Brodcrick ns good
a Republican as many who voted for Fre
mont. Tho Times ssvs that thoasnnds of
republicans voted tho democratic tickd
last year hoping toscenro the election of
Broderick to tho U. S. Senate. He is said
to bo a democrat of the old school, such
a democracy was before it was budded
with S uth Carolina nullification.
UZT 1 ho Standard bus temporarily or
eternally winked out. Some say that it is
for want of paper, others sny that the cau
cus resolutions killed it.
. W'e think however it will lo out ajaii
in
with a fresh head of steam.
Ualrtmoay.
In today' paper will be found a matri
monial advertisement. Ladies answering
tho description calle d for, will take due no
tice. All letters addressed to Box 25, w ill
be attended to, and the names of the wri
tcrs will be kept a profound secret, by him
lor wnom they are intended a man who
really wants a wife, and who, we have no
doubt, will make a good husband.
Lire Insurance.
By reference to adveriisemont it will be
seen that The New England Mutual Life
Insurance Company will hereafter take
risks in Oregon. For further particulars,
see advertisement.
Temtcraaee Paacr.
wo nav received the first number of
the Temperance Mirror, a monthly paper,
published in Sacramento California, and
edited by Wm. B. Taylor.
T ho typographical appearance of the
paper is neat, very neat, and the mailer
that fills its column is fully equal lo its
general appearance.
It is a good temperance paper, and we
predict that it will be well upn0rled.
When Is Bel
The postmaster at Winchester writes
that J. W. Miller has left the country and
no longer takes The Argus from that of
fice. J. W. Miller owes nil ft ft
W VW
03" Rev. W. Blain has our thanka for
that club of new subscribers.
03" The recent constant rains have
raised the river again, to lhat the Jenn!.
Clark ia laid up.
03Teter H. Burnett has been anDoint-
ed Supreme Judg in California,
Gen. "Wool ha requested to be re-
called from bis post on the Pacific coast.
03" Quite a number of communications
are crowded out this week,
0REO0N LEOISLATDBE
CoiiiiW frmn Iho Iff porta la t, Bltadsfd.Oi.
gouisu, 'llnws, sud Cupkay's Organ.
Januait 0, 1857.
Council. Kelley Introduced a bill to
amend the Oregon City chatter.
' A bill lo establish Mont v ill Institute
passed.
Housr. Shuck presensed a fvtltloii for
a prohibitory liquor law.
Th following bill passed :
A bill toprovida for building and re
pairing bridges ; a bill amending an sot to
organize Curry county ; a bill to chang a
territorial road in Marion county bj t
establish Montville Institute.
Motlilt presented th report of commit.
sionur lo' audit war claim; 100 ccpiti
ordered printed.
Juhuson introduced a bill to Incorporate
lb Porilaud aud Dayton plank road com
pany.
House went into committee of th whole
on the hill lo prevent negroes and inula.,
toe from coining to resid in Oregon
Censor in lh chair.
Smith of Linn mad a lengthy speech
against ihe bill, staling that il wa nneallsd
for. There were no negroes of conseqosnc
here, and none coming. If a few did com,
we wanted them a laborer. The pa,
sage of the bill would excite ihe abofj.
livnist and proslavery men, and forestall
th question of slavery or no slarery that
would toon be submitted (o the people. H
wa not a proslavery man ; he should favor
a free State for a hundred reasons, and en
was that slavery could not exist here.
Smith of Jackson said ho was willing to
show hi hand ; h was a proslavery ma,
and he was opposed lo the bill bceras ft
prohibited all nigger bond a well as frt
from coming her. He wanted slavthohf.
era fioin tho South to bav the privilege of
bringing their slavea here.
Rogers opposed lha kil rmrrrily on ac
count of the five hundred dollars fine it
imposed upon master of vessel who
should bring negroes or mulaitoes here oj
ship board, if the same should happen to
run away and remain iir the Territory
over forty day. Ho thought il wovld act
against our commerce. He aaid thnt th
organic act debarred slavery from Oregon,
and ho could see no necessity for a negro
bill to exclude slaves.
Lovejoy said he believed the organic act
so fur as slavery prohibition was concerned
was repealed by tho Nebraska hill. lie
knew that when the bill organizing lh
Territory of Oregn was wp in Congrf
Webster declared the provision in it was
unconstitutional, and both ho and Calhoun
refused to vote fur it on that account ; and
he had understood of la'e that Attorney
General dishing had given it as his opin
ion lhat slavery can as readily exist ia '
Oregon as Kansas, sinco the passage of
Ihe Nebraska bill. Ho would sny lhat if
slavery could bo made profitable his con
science would not forbid him from allow
ing slavery to come hero. But he thongHf
il would be nn injury to the country, pre
venting tho Immigration of whito laborers;
besides he thought with tho British Pes.
sessions on the north, the Indians on the
east, and a free Stale on the south, sUvery
timid not exist here.
Allen said he was in faver of the bit',
and proposed to amend by inserting u fre"
before negroes. He was in favor of a
free State, and wautcd no negroes to black
his boots.
Allen's amendment was Tost.
Shuck offered an amendment excluding;
Chinamen.
Lovejoy offered another embracing "Ka
nnkas and so forth," which Shuck accepted.
The amendment was lost.
Committee roso and reported against
the passage of ihe bill.
Report adopted by the following vote
Ayes, Allen, Avery, Barr. Berry, Benuetr,
Brown of Linn, Brown of Multnomah,
Collard, Cochran, Gates, Johnson, Lovejoy,
Mnihews, Miller, Monroe, Moffitt, Ray, .
Smith of Jackson, Starkweather, Under
wood, Walker and Welch 22.
Nays, Censor, Rogers, Uarpole, and
Grovcr. Absent or not voting, Dryer,
and Smith of Linn,
Joint raomorlal fo Congress for addition
al appropriations of land for University
purposes taken up and referred to com
mittee on education.
Stnrkweatacr gave notice of a bill lo test
the sense of the people as to the adoption)
or prohibition of slavery in the Constitu
tion.
Janpait 10.
Council Bill to provide for building
and repairing bridges, a bill lo incorpo
rate the Adelphisophical society, and
bililo amend the act organizing CurrJ
county, passed.
Bay ley introduced a bill to take the
sense of the people on the location of. lha
seat of Government.
Ross introduced a bill repea&g; tfci
viva voce law.
House. Dryer presented, aesiiios of
Hiram Smith relative toaaineaae pauses.
Committee on counties repotted bii to
define the line between Washington, ana
Multnomah counties. ' '
Bill passed incorporating Sale an, also ft
bill to repeal ihe charter of Marioa Free
Ferry Company.
Bill to allow certain half breeds to be
come citizen taken a p. It was advoca
ted at length by Moffiu and Johnson, aae
opposed by Smith of Linn, and Collard,
Vote oe final passage Ayes, Avery, Barr,