Stl)c (Oregon CVrgus.
w. I., num, (uitok nuiiori.To.
OMttOW PITT I
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1857.
JtiT We have been absent nearly two
weeks, and liuva just rem r no J from t1i
Albany convention. This of court, ac
count! for lack of editorial this week and
last. The convention wot well attended,
considering the almost unprecedented
stormy weather we have experienced fur
the last fifteen duy. Tlie proceedings
were characterized by Larinony and g"od
fueling, while all seemed to lie actuated by
a oneness of parpoe. The platform
which we puhlih to day Is pliiin and p.
cific, and we .-! every man to read it, and
then say whether there is a sentiment con
tained in it that any true patriot cannot
endorse. We nro satisfied that no lionet
tnan who really loves his country, who is
not blinded by party prejudice, and who
knows what it is that makes a people pros
perous and happy, can refuse to stand
tipon such a political platform. Each res
olution was unanimously passed l-y the
members, excepting tho second, which was
dissented from by two delegates from
Multnomah, and this was objected to only
as a matter of policy.
Wh !iull havo more to say about Ibis
platform al a future time.
To i'.orrespoailtal.
12. Cox, Sandy. Yes, send on tho
names.
We have several communications on
hand which wo have nut been able to look
over since our return homo. We shall
publish such as are of interest. Some
who write for us may nover see their pro
ductions in print, for the reason that we
differ in opinion with them as to the expe
diency of publishing. Like "bro. Mat.
toon," (peace to Lis ashesl) we alwnys
"reserve to ourself the right of judging of
tho naturo of publication." We some
times publish articles, however, that, like
Jake Fullwidcr, go in with a "tight
squeeze."
CSrThe present month has so far been
the most unsullerably stormy one fur Feb
ruary that we have ever seen in Oregon.
We have looked in vuin thus fur fur those
beautiful sunny days that hnvo hitherto al
most invariably gladdened tho heart du
ring tho month of February. Wepielict
a change of weather in a day or two.
(rWe have scarcely ever seen as
many poor cattlo in the Valley at cue
time as we saw during our recent ride of a
hund rod and forty miles up country. The
atock in tho prnirio country Is much thinner
than in tho timbered regions. The cold
felling storms to which cattle on tho prai
ries are constantly exposed, added to a
great scarcity of fued, have already killed
hundreds of cattle, and thousands more
look as though the ravens were about to
furccloso a mortgage on them. Tho fuel
is, tnoro attention must be paid hereafter
to providing food and shelter for stock.
iWVi't hear complaints that our pa
per seldom reaches Lafayette till a week
behind the Portland pnpeis. We send our
innil to Portland on Saturday hy the Jen
nie Claik.and, if it does not reach Lafay.
cllo with tho Portland mail, it is owing to
tho shameful negligence, miserahlo ig
norance, or wilful dereliction on tho part
of some contemptible postmaster, wlio do
servos to bo put to grabbling potatoes un
der the fir logs in Jones' tield at tho head
f the Portland Canyon.
03" Tho Sentinel complains that tl.o
mail is " toted" to and from Jacksonville- on
horseback, in "old rotten sacks, without
locks, and lid up with tow strings."
Well, that is all in very good keeping
with the " rotten" matter scut off by tho
rotten" organs of " rotten" official-, ap
pointed by a " rotten" administration.
CO" A mulatto barber mitnud John Col
lina was lynched in Jacksonville a few
weeks since, nud, after receiving forty
lashes, was shot by snmo person with a
pistol in the cheek. The mulullo bids fair
to rocover. The crime he was guiliy of
wo have not learned.
A man uamed Driscoll, formerly from
Illinois, was shot in the streets of Jackson
ville by a person named II. L. Williams.
Driscoll is dead, mid Williams is at large.
tT Bro. IVarne congratulates himself
upon the fact that some circuit rider has
been euflioirntly successful to pick up ten
new subscribers to the Advocate during his
peregrinations. Why, bro. P, more than
three limes that number of men have vol
untarily cmne forward and subscribed for
The Argus within the last few days, and
we have not thought of making any fuss
about it.
Tror4 f.
C. D. R. 1'oyd, of penitentiary and
Scottsburg notoriety, has turned up in
Iowa, where he has started a dingy, dirly
little blaek democratic shei-t called the
"Poweshiek (Jmette." From the name
we should judge it was published at soma
Indian village. Alas for the poor Indians,
if Boyd has gone among them as a loco
foco missionary. His paper certainly
won't re fine them much.
OZr L. I. Kent was drowned iu Suli
Uoip-juaonth 20th of January. Mr. K.
leave a faniitv.
F roe re lags et the t-'rrs Hlilt RrsubUrta
toaveatloa al Albaey, Ycb. ttlk, 151.
Convention mot al the Court House on
tho llth, and was called to order by L.
Holmes of Clackamas, On motion, Hon.
W. T. Matlock of Clackamas was chosen
President c-f the Convention, and L.
Holmes secretary. On taking tho chair
the President niado a few appropriate rc.
marks.
On motion, the sec'y called a list of the
ciunlien, and the fallowing delegates pre.
tented their rredentials and look scats In
the Convention,
Multnomah S. Coffin, Chas. Carter,
mid Mr. Liineriek.
Clackamas W. T. Matlock, W. L.
Adams, and L. Holmes.
Washington-II. H. Ilicklin.
Yamhill Joint McHride, Gillmore,
Brooks, Daniels, and Udell.
Linn T. S. Kendall, J. Connor, J. P.
Tstc, John Smith, James Gray, William
Marks, and David Lambert.
Uu"ua F.li.ha L. Applcgate,
I'olk-John B. Dell.
Iiutitou Wm. Miller, and I. Young.
On motion, each county represented was
entitled to a voto in the convention equal
to double its representation in tho Territo
rial Legislature.
On motion, all persons not delegates
weie requested to participate iu the debates
of the Convention.
On niMion, L. Holmes, S. Coffin, Mc
Bride, T. S. Kendall, Win. Miller, E. L
Applrgalc, Ilicklin, and Hell of their re
spective counties, were selected as a Com
niilteo on Platform and Resolutions, to
report to Convention at 3 f. i., to which
liuio Convention adjourned.
Afternoon tetsion. Convention met
pursuant to adjournment. On motion,
Committee on Platform and Resolutious
was asked if they were ready to report.
tho aecictary read the report of the com
mittee which was accepted. On motion
of Mr. Holmes tho Convention took up
the report to Oct upon it seriatim.
Which occupied the attention of the Con
vention during the afternoon and evening
sessions, which nfter thorough and much
interesting discussion resulted in the ad
option of tho following platform of politi
cal principles:
PLATFOItM OF THE FRCP. STATE REPUIIL1CAN
l'AKTY.
1. Resolved, That wo aro in favor of
tho perpetuity of the American Union, of
the principles of I lie Declaration of Inde
pendence and of tho Constitution of tho
I'tiited States, and that we recognise- these
three as tiie basis of our political creed.
2. Resolved, That while wo deny the
Constitutional power of Congress to inter
fere with Ihn question of Slavery in the
Statos whero it exists, yet, believing tho
institution is only evil in its effects nnd
consequences, therefore, wo deprecate its
extension over any territory of tlio United
States now free ; and we believe it the im
perative duty of Congress lo prohibit by
positive law the existence of p.dygamy iu
all her territories.
3. Resoved, That this Convention is in
favor of tho admission of Oregon into the
Union, onv a a free Stule.
4. Resolved, That we are in favor of
appropriations either in money or Innds by
Congress for tho immediute construct!!)
of a C-utrul Pacific Railroad across our
Continent.
5. Resolved, That we are in favor of
appropriations by Congress for the improve
ment o( rivers and harbors of a national
ehornoler, which are necessary for the pro
tection of the commerce, lives, and prop
erty of our fellow-citizins.
0. Resolved, That wo nro in favor of
Misapplication of the Bounty Land law to
ihu vnlun'eers engaged in tho lust Indian
war of Oregon.
7. Resolved, That there is no real dif
ference of policy as to the true interests
of Oregon dividing hnnist Whigs, Demo
crats, Republicans, and Americans, who
have had the manly independence to resist
the political errors of the powers that bo ;
and therefore most cordially invito all such
independent citizens to unite with us in re.
moving fiom the bands of the present
ru'uipjaciitm Ilia political power they
have usurped and abused, and restore it to
tho "tiwereitin people," iu whom rests all
trno political power.
8. Resolved, That wo believe ihe union
of a.l fi-eo inr I independent citizens of Or
egon of all parties is necessary to secure
the adoption of a free Sinto constitution
for Oregon. We, therefore, whether here
tofore known as Democrats, Whigs, Re
publicans, or Amcricnns, do announce our
selves as tho " Free Slate Republican parti
of Oreioii," and as such will fight tho po
liiical battle of freedom.
Upon which, tho Convention adjourned
lo meet at 0 o'clock Thursday morning.
Thursday. Convention met at 9 a. k.
On motion by Mr. Holmes, a "Free
S:ato Republican Fxecutive Committoo"
of five were el. cted for the Territory of
Oregon; that they should hnve the power
to call Territorial meetings, appoint the
ratio of representation to said meetings
from the various counties, and do all ether
matters and things necessary lo the well
being ami success of the Frco State Re
publican party of Oregon.
On mo: ion by L. Holmes, this Conven
tion earnest recommend lo each county
of t!i Territory the immediate organiza
tion by electing nn "Fxecutive county
committee," Miuliary to tlio "Territoiial
F.x.cutive committee," to further the ob
jects and carry out more perfectly the
principles of our organization.
On motion, Convention electej J. D.
Condon, John Connor, T. S. Kendall, E. L.
Applegate, an J Thos. Pope, as the Territo
iial Executive committee.
On motion, V. L. Adams, Thos. Pope,
and S. Coffin, wero selected topre; ;irs an
address lo the people of Oregon.
, , . , .
Aner l..e tlai.li u( the t oovcotion
wrr tendered lo the oflieers, and j the
cilixens of Albany for ihtir ho itsli'y, ihe
Convention adjourned tint die, I
W.T. MATLOCK, Pic.'l.
L. Holmes, Sec'y.
for Ih Argut.
Ta Court tr f.tsyka)' rtll-rciMWr, s4
UrtBloa eat UlUuv c.
Friend AJamtMw ihe winter we
have had at Salem, I feel like jotting down
a few thoughts, as we will probably never
see its like again. Such a winter! Such
scenes! Such political leaders! Amaz
ing!! Humiliating!'.! How men will
humble themselves for political purpoics!
Witness Ihe unhappy fall t-f Jmlgi Will,
iams. Two years ago tho Judge, had the
confidence of the eniiro peoplo of Oregon,
as no other man ever Lad. Ho was regard
ed as pure in morals and able on the bench.
But how fallen now! Catapkny'a organ
says he performed all the drudgery of gel
ling up the supper for (he indecent row
of the 8th January. And, lest Delusion
Smith should outdo him in going all lengths
for the faction, the judge stuck to the
spree, and made speeches, to the last.
And he even showed that ho was willing
to become a prescriptive tyrant by attempt
ing to ruin the business of nn honest citi
zen becauso be is not w illing to take his
paper on his back, nnd get down on his
marrow bones in the, mud like Ju'ge
Williams, and shout lustily, " (Jrcat is
hushocracy of Oregon !" Time was when
judges of courts were considered sacred lo
justice, and they were regarded ns officially
excluded from ordinary politics. And,
truly, if Judge Deady mado tho remark
attributed to him, that that placo was no
place for a Judge, ho betrayed a correct
conception of his dignified official po.siiion.
But Judge Williams is a fallen man. He
has gone down to Delusion's level, and
henceforth he stands beforo tho peoplo of
Oregon not in t lie dignified character of
chief justice, but in that of a low politician,
seeking political preferment, in association
with Ihe lowest of political gamblers.
Again, how humiliating the conduct of
the Legislative Assembly! Who ever
heard of Legislator of a free country
coming down from their exalted position,
lo blackball an unlucky printer, who chose
Ids own editorial course of conduct 1 After
this, if Lehuid continues to claim fellow
ship with Cznpkay's mrdocino agent, Smith
St Co., ho will cor tii inly bo entitled lo a
gold medal as a reward for superior meek
ness. And even tho nud.icity of the attempt
to run dow n Col. Kulley, so as to keep him
out of tho way of Smith and Williams, is
humiliating. It would appear that a man
must pocket conscience and independence,
or bo proscribed. May a kind Providence
s:ive Oregon from the mortification of such
debauchery and despotism I
Cato.
evs.
"We may say perhaps, without egotism,
that we are making a good newspaper."
Advocate,
It is refreshing lo know there is one
man of that opinion.
Tho Standard is having a dreadful
time of it with DJusion Smith. Smith is
trying to stop the paper, and can't, be
causo he still owes 3,00.
If at first you don't succeed,
Try, try again Delusion.
itiT The Seiitinol says that a piece of
gold weighing twenty-four pounds avoir
dupois was recently taki n out on Sucker
Creek in lioguo River, by McDonald and
company.
The mines are said lo be doing pretty
well gencrnlly.
C'anemah, Feb. 17,1857.
IP. L. Adam, Enq. Diurt Sir : Wm.
Fonts (alias "Undo Billy") has today
butchered two hogs of his own raising and
fattening, tho largest weighing Ml) ls.
net, and the smallest weighing 325 Mis. net;
whole ninoiint 8J5 lbs. Canemuh can't
be beat readily in rai.-ing A No. 1 stock.
Yours, A-c., John P. Brooks.
P. S. Tliero were four citizons of Cn-
nemah that attended to tho weighing, n.
We hope "Undo Billy" w ill j,-ive us an
invitation to the ' hog killing," the next
time ho slaughters such gruntcr. Such
.specimens are certainly rare in Oregon.
05" In Louisiana, it appears t lint there
na precinct in Alexandria, known as 'the
ten niilo precinct' controlled entirely by a
colony of free negroes, who at the lust
election voted unanimously fur Buchanan,
Fillnnre gelling tho vote of the only
white man in the place. The Alexandria
American considers it an outrage that
these persons should be allowed to vote,
but is glad they voted as they did.
Newspaper K.ntkrprise. Mr. J. W,
Sullivan has established a newspaper agen
cy in California, in the management of
which he has displayed the most unex
ampled enersrv and entertirisn. II- nm-
no attention to mail failures but hires his i
1 i .-i
own expresses whenever necesary nnd
rushes the news through with wonderful
speeo. uis mails comprise fullr one-half i
of the semi-monthly mails to California.
In every iown and mining camp ho has
agents, through whom he distributes the
enormous amount of reading matter he
receives from the Atlantic and Europe.
He has also established an individual ex
press via Nicaragua. As an evidence of
his untiring energy, a few weeks ago the
nun steamer h.n-m arrived iusi si
the
Ml . a m t .
4
nuiiooaiMi lorttie interior and iI.a
., -.
.ma. waj d- livered, Mr. SulK.an ma-Je p .
nails and chartered a steamer fur Sac-
.sme.uo. which at mldnh-ht on Fat-
urday, and arrived at noon on Sunday.
The interior stages having left, wagons
. ... ..
were Immediately chartered, and in half
an Lour the Western, Southern, and Marys
till packages were en route fur llieir des
tinations. This enterprise involved a
col of over 6t"lK). This is a very large
outlay fur a newspaper agency upon i tU, j,;,., unduUbtedly bo entitled lo
.inula delivery J but such is the entcrptise ! n, h,M i.,.prtlu.n,a,iVM i Congress.
..f ibis agent that he will not allow even WiconsIii voted for ihe Northern can
Uncle Sam to out strip him i. Ki. ( ,.i0 hy ,3 00 maj0ri!y. She will have
Nf.w Kaxsas Hill. The following is !ub!o tho voto in the next electoral col
tho bill introduced in tlio Senate on Tu.s. I lego that she bad iu tho late election,
day, by Mr. Wilson, aim tidntory f an act i But it must bn remembered dint nt the
pa' .td May 30, 1 95 1, entitled " An act lo Presidential clec'.ion iu 1900 each Stato
organize tl.o Territory of Nebra-ka nnd will havo tho snmo vote in the electoral
Kansas:" ' College as at present, as tho census will
lie It enacted by theSenuto and Houso not la comph ted in timo to chango the np
of Representatives of the United States of porlionmenl for die election in that year.
Anu-rica in Cong re-i.inMed, Thai the popular vote of New York ot the
onehundredcnd fifty-first chapter of the choosing 33
alleged Laws of tho lerritory of Kansas, , .
entitled, ' Kn act to punish ollCi.ce. against I t President and ico President,
slave property,' with all such other provis. Tho aggregate popular vote of North Car
ious of that code as recogniso end protect ; 0uif Alabama, Vermont, Mississippi, Cal
Slavery iu said Territory, and all provis-1 Arkan!tilSf Louisiana, Maryland,
ions which establish oli'icM oa'hs other .. ., , . ,r, . ni..... i
i .i ' c i i .i . . . . i New Hampshire, Icxas, Delaware, an t
than those specified in the organic act, or ! 1 ' '
which require any test in regard to Slav. ; Honda, was J'J3J8; they choose OA
ry or the Fugitive Sluvo Law, to bo ap- : Electors.
plied te attorneys, jurors, voters, or which ffcw Yoik gave her vrl. for Northern,
suspend the writ of habea eortrnt, or which 1 0f B1., fcav0 Sute by 73,000
allows any other than actual residents ot , . . , , .. ...
...id 'IVrrimrv to voto. or whiel, allow, ill. majoiuy. And NeW o,k casts more
rors to be selected in any other manner
than by lot, or which punih citizens of
said Territory by chaining them together,
una expo:,n mem 10 .aoor oi wie - uu,
works, with iron chains nnd balls attached
to them, be, and the same aro hereby de
clared inoperative and void."
Aiieoma Briefly Dksciiiiikd. A
want of wa'er, a scarcity of soil, an excess
of gravel, a superfluity of serpen's, nnd a
paucity of population, are the dUtinguish
ing characteristics of that portion of tho
Gud-den Purchase, proposed lo bo erected
1 ' ,,
lino a territory now, iiiiu miu n oiuiu nt'uu
after, under the name of Arczonia. V, A.
Cook is the amateur delegate about the
Houso of Representatives of theso ser
pents in excess nnd people in deficiency.
Behind him are the engineers of n new
scheme for n new States, and two not new
United Slates Senators friends of the
South. The "Compromise" dodge will
probably bo tried on this wretched "fier of
litis wretched region, to enter the republi
can household. A portion of California
will ho chopped elf, and added to it, to
make its claim to be regarded ns a State
less absurd than it now is.
The " whopper" that Arezonia has ten
thousand pooplu in it, U equalled only by
the pretence that it bus mines of gold nnd
hills of gems. It has only thirst, gravel,
snake, centipides, cactus plants and mis
ery. Appurtenant to theso nre at tho out
side one thousand Indians, Mexicans and
half breeds. A stato full of them would
fester in any political atmosphere. Such
ns they now are, Jack Ketch w ould be their i
fittest Governor, nnd the callows their
.,, -r .1
mosi saving institution. Muany journal, '
Dec. lii.
s.C.owi'.a; I'.ve-nts f.l turlc Stenlows Bc
Jore.11 Tho ultimate priiolliinnncc of Noniierri
jJeas nnd Northern institutions iu this
Ninth American Republic is incvitullc
Instead of blinking the fact, the Southern
States might os well look nt it ns a certain
futuro rvetit, and prepare their minds to
ubide by such consequences as may follow
from the fact. The South Carolina politi
cians have long foreseen the impending
result, and havo been devising their rem
edy for the evils they suppose it will entail.
Their remedy is disunion nnd tho forma
tion of n Southern confederacy of entirely
homogeneous elements. The remedy is
revolting to all national minds ; but it
'must bo admitted that in certain contin
gencies disunion would uot only be a po
litical necessity, but on acceptable di!tv.
The wisdom of Solomon spoke ihe proper
ru.o of hie: "Hetter is a dinner of herbs
where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred
therewith." And again : ''Better is a dry
moisel nud quietness therewith, than a
houso full of sacrifices, with strife."
Tho Northern mind, wo assume, is set
upon one thing that African slavery shall
never be extended into any territory of the
Union that w as once free. Perhaps the
Northern platform in 1900 will be "No
more slave States to be admitted into the
Union, no matter of what territory formed."
The Southern platform will be '-The right
of the South to the national expansion of
the slave system, along with iho expansion
of Southern population into any of the
Territories of the Union ."
At the lato election the South was able
to check tho Northern party ; but it was
owing in great part to the unequal repre
sentation of tho different Stales in the
Electoral Cellege. The electoral vote of
each S'ate is fixed by the representation of
that State in the Congress of the United
States, and the ratio of Conffressionl ren
resentation changes with every decennial
apportionment bill. It is quite evident
that nfler the next national
census and
apportionment, the political power of the
Oovtrnmeut will be wholly at the North.
Even Pennsylvania, if she remains true to
the South and to national principles, could
not save the country from the predomi
nance of Northern sentiments. A ftw
facts which we find well condensed in a
Boston paper will establish ih: fa,-t fully.
Jlie largest Concressional T)iri.t ;n
i',.. iv;..i :- .i
"v .-tan-is, is me sreona utsr.net in
Wi-ci,,. Tli a-j.,1 aver.-.g-j kr Con-
gre.lo..al di.trlcts U from eight lo fifteen
thousand voles, but this district at the late
( election voted thus for Representative:
C. I5i!linghurt, Republican, S3.8!.
ii i' II l .-i dull, mm. 1M.I
,8!J0
::i,ll8
Total vote, 40,219
This is enormous, and well illustrates llw
prodigious growth of Wisconsin within
tho lust five rears. By the next census,
vo'ca already than ihe combined voto of
ten of the fn'teen slave Sta'es.
j jj,,, t , , , , nro C0ln,,rua.,,sive view,
, ,el UJ - ,l0 . v m j;,,
p-iper :
Cine of tho mo.t rcm.it kah'u features iu
the Presidential election just past, is the
large increase, of votes in the new Stales,
especially in tho Northwestern Slates of
Wisconsin, Iown, lllinni, Michigan, Indi
ona, nn.l Ohio. These indicato an iin-
en nr ran. i in t It ft nntinliili.iii rtC nil
, t
i thoso States, and show that tlio balance of
power, so fur as numerical strength can
givo it, ufa-t tending North and Wct.
Tho oWcial voio of Iowa, just received, is
as follows :
Fremont, 41,127
Biichuniui,
Fillmore, 0,141
Total,
Iu 1S')2 it voted as follows:
S.-ott,
Pierce,
Halo,
89,812
17,702
1,003
Total, 35,222
This shows an iucreaso sinco November,
1932, of 37,393, or about one hundred and
fifiy-live per cent.
Thu following table will exhibit tho ag
gregate vote cast in five of tho Northwest-
j cm States in 1832, compared with that
.thrown in tho mime States in 1350, and
i . '
the net increase :
1832. IFoO. Nelino
W
lacnnstn,
f.3.0J liy.l)7 03,r0!)
33,'."J2 89,812 . a 1,-100
M.OttO 125,338 4-2,(519
133,407 233,073 83,473
163,131 233,434 52,300
I")v
. -
I'linoH,
iiiciiigan,
i,diaai
Total, 512,000 800,183 280,490
Percentage of increase Wisconsin 114,
Iown 155, Michigan 51, Illinois 53, Indi
ana 10 J total GO.
Assuming tho votes cast In tlio uUt
Stu'.ca to have been about one to every six
person?, and wo havo in theso States alono
a population of nearly five millions, and a
representative population entitling them,
at the present ratio, to fifty. five represen
tatives, where they now have only twenty
nine. If the present rate of increase in
these Suites proceeds four years longer, ns
there is no good reason to doubt that it
will continue, these five Slates will con
tain a population of more than eight mill
ions, nnd bo entitled to n representation in
Congress of inoro than twico their present
number, even w ith a largely increased ra
tio of representation. A rutio of 130,000
would entitle these Slates to a reprcsentn
j lio of ahoul sivlV or moro lhnl) 0M foUrtll
Lf ll0 vh0tf House. In this connccion
wo must remcinb.''r also, that Minnesota is
entitled by her population, now estimated
at 200,000, to be admitted as .a State. Py
the lime of the next census, fliinncsotSy at
her present rate of increase, will possess a
population of half a million, and be enti
tled to at least four Representatives.
As the number of theUouso of Repre
sentatives is limited by the law of Con
gress to 234 members, it is obvious that a
large increase in the representation of the
new State s will necessarily be at the ex.
pense of the older ones. It will be inter
esting, therefore, to see where these losses
will full. Until the next census shall de
termine the exact population of the several
States, this will remain, to somo exteut, a
matter f conjecture. It is, however, easy
to sec that no small portion of it will fall
upon the central slave States of Maryland,
Virginia, North and South Carolina, Ken
tucky, and Tennessee, all of which States
j are very nearly stationary, and portions of
which are even retrograde. South Caro
lina is now allowed ono' Representative
moro than she is entitled to, and an in
crease iu the ratio proportionate to the in
crease of the population, of the Union will
hardly fail to reduce the Palmetto State to
one half of her present representation.
Virginia has now thirteen Representatives.
Its ratio of increase during the past thirty
years Las at no time exceeded fifteen rer
centum in any one decade, and between
1S30 and 1840 it was nearly stationarv.
An increase of 35 per centum to the ratie
cf representation would, at this rate of in
cp.ase, reduce her to ten Rr'p'e'entatives.
Maryland would bo reduced finui six lo
fur; North Carolina from eight to fivo,
and so on. One or (wo of tho Southern
Slate, such as Texas and Arkansas, may
gain In representation, but nearly every
other sluveholding State, except of course
Florida and Delaware, which have nothing
lo lose, will hardly be able to hold their
own, nnd many will sustain positive Wet,
Ti e relative position of tho frco and slave
Slates in die Houso, after 1800, can of
cotirso only bo loosely estimated, but no
calculation based upon tho laws of change,
as indicated by the several enumerations of
increase, enu make the proportion less than
very nearly two to one iu favor of tho
f.O) Sta'os. The pr sent Congrott con
tains 03 Representatives from the slave
Staler, nud 14 t from thu free Slates. At
tirl?00 it will be, as nearly as can U
guessed, 73 to 100.
Now, what will bo the prevailing puliij
cul sentiments of the Northern Slates after
1900 I Whatever llu y mny be, the same
will define nud control the policy of the
Federal Union. If tho Republican plat,
form of the lato canvass, which avow
inn interfi rancn w ith slavery where it is,
but its non extension into new Tcrri'orics,
ahull be tho futuro nnd final policy of the
North, the Union may stand. Rut it will
be will n struggle ; for South Carolina will
in llmt event, inevitably move fir a South,
cm Cuiifcderaey, and tin hi-uo of that
movement will fix tho future dstiny tf
this I! -public. St. Louit Intilliyencer.
IllllD'Jl.NO TUB OlttO AT CINCINNATI.
Tho construction nf ihn towers fur tho sus
pension hriilgj over the Ohio at Cincinnati
is progressing. The lowers, of which both
foundations are now luid, eighty-six by fif.
ty-iwo fed al the bise, will bo'twi hun
dred and thirty feet high and ono thou
sand and six fi'vt Hpnrt. The cables wilt
be anchored three hundred C-et bnclt on
each ride nf ihe river, pass over the tops of
the towers, and thus bo mado to sustain tlm
weight of ihn bridgn. The entire span
will therefore bo sixteen bundled and six
feet, a little short of nun-third of a uiiltv
Tho elevation of tho door nt theinidl'o
ab ivc low-water mark will be ene hundred
anil twenty-two ftet. Tho great fiood of
132 tho highest on record rose sixty
two feet above low-water j nud, nnkingal
Iwwunre even for ibis, there will remi.in
six'y feet, which is considerably imre than
will bo required for the highest stetimbiat
pipes on the river.
jf IT Florida barks n loudly as tho big
gest of thein. Her Governor is out of
patience with the free States; ho cannot
tolerate them ; ihey aregraping, usurping,
must bo resisted. The ( lection of Ilucli
nnan is n mere truce in peace prepare
for war the crisis will come. FIH-'a
will yet be tho radiating center of tho
mighty Southern Coiill deracy, which is lo
en, brace Cuba and tho West T'idies gi n
ernlly, Mexieo, and Cilitral America!
Wondciful Stato! Prophetic Governor I
Would it be believed that this future ra
diating center c;:st a total vote at the last
Presidential election of 11,211 not so
Inrjie as the majority in cne of the nine
districts of Illinois for a Republican nvnv
b rto Congress. The editor of the West
"'iila Times, puMMicd at Pensacola rid
iculing' ll.c nitirJj'jMPlice of H'jo Governor
says, ilia whole revenue of the Stale scarce
ly exceeds the private incomo Ot" an Ala
bumr. gentleman ; but it is refilling lo
know that for the hist eight years it has
been rapidly increasing, n! the into of
tied oe Itundnd dollars a year I A'utionul
Era,
The Ship of tub Link Pennsylvania.
The splendid linu of battle ship Penn
sylvania, now lying al Norfolk, and used as
a receiving vessel, was a wonder of naval
architecture when sho w-ns launched nt our
Navy Yard in 1837. Our many Iriumpln
iu the building of steam vessels since that
period have caused us to lose sight of
specious craft, then the pride of our marine
Tho Pennsylvania nover had an opportuni
ty of displaying her qualities in sailing or
iu dcliveiir.g a broad. side into an enemy.
The superiority of steam vessels will not
dinit of a doubt ; but there is no sufficient
reason for allowing such a monarch of the
seas to rot a! No:f"H w'len it might be
Sited up to add creatly to strength of
a navy never very powerful, considering
the extent of our ceast and our comrneJ
cial marine. We are triad to learn that
there is some piobability that the Navy
Department will soon take propel action
in the matter. It is proposed to cut off
the upper deck of tho ship, lengthen her,
and convert her into a propeller. The capac
ity of the Pennsylvania at present may le
judged from the statement that she can
carry six months' provisions and water for
twelve hundred men, and a heavier arma
ment than any other vessel in tho service
Philadelphia Journal, Dec. 11.
OCT Near Edith, (S. C ) says the Mobilo
Advertiser, a crop is about to be gathered
of four acres of suullowers. The seed will
be used for oil nnd to feed cattle and poul
try, as in the South of France; but the
chief object is to obtain the fibres of the
stalks for paper making. If the cultiva
tion succeeds it is expected to supply
abundant materials for fine writ;ng and
printing paper, as well as fine and coarse
for paper hanging.
fe?" Virtue is no securitv in this world.
Whnt can bo more upright tlinn pumplops
and editors! Yet both are rfesvued to be
bored.