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g)c (Oregon SVtgitg. W. L. ADAM, KDITO ASO MoralSToa. OREOON CITYt SATURDAY, MAKCII 29, 1857. Judge Uice, writing fiom Rogue River Feb. 7ib,ayS b P. S I open tliii to ask you of the truth of Lovejoy's remarks on th " ne gro bill." Ha ) when ilii Territory win being taken under lie wing of llie Uuiied States. Webster anil Calhoun voted against the clause prohibiting slave, ry, on constitutional grounds poe-ibly such wni tlii case, ; no doubt Calhoun did i but as to Webster I have my doubts." H will be recollected thai in Th Argus of Jan'y 31st we culled tlio statement made by Lovejoy in question. We did o tipon the authority or our niomory, not having reud the S-nsto debate upon the Oregon question for many years. Since that tim we have examined our file of the Spectator and in the issue of that pn per for September 8th 1817, we find mine light upon thi matter which we have no doubt other of our reader besides Judge R. would like to have. Mr. Lovejey was entirely at fault in the matter, though we have no doubt he horeily b-ll veil what be naitl. Hi mistake i eaiily account d for from the following fact: The bill or ganizing the Territory of Oregon, which panned tho House Jan'y lOih 1817, was very different from the one which wn re ported by the Judiciary committee of the Senate Feb. 10th, against which -Mr. Wb iter voi d. The House bill contained the following ulause prohibiting alavery, by extending! the Ordinance of 1787 over this Territo ry: 'Sec. 12. And bt it further tnact-d, Thnt tho inhuhitenla of said territory ahull be entitled to enjoy all and singular the lights, privileges, and advantage grunted and secured to the people of the territory of the United S'ntcs northwest of the river Ohio, by tho article of com pact contained in tho ordinance for the government of said territory on tho thir teenth day of July, seventeen hundred and eighty-seven ; and shall be subject to all the condition, and rcstiictiona, mid pro hibition in aid article of compact im- nosed upon the people of aid territory i andl The existing law in force in the territory of Oregon, under the authority ot the provisional government esiuniisu ed lv the people thereof, shall common to bo valid and operative therein, so far ns the anine bo not incofiipuliblo with the principle! ami provisions or thisncl, which litwg shall be subject, ne ortlicslees, to he altered, modified, or repealed, ny me gov ernor and legislative assembly of auid territory or t'regon.J The Judiciary committee itruck out the whole of tho foregoing that is inclu dud in brackets, and among other amend ments substituted tho following : "Provided, however, Thnt no provis don of such laws or any act hereafter imss ed by tlio legislative n-semlj'y of said tor. rilory shall bo so construed ns to restrict citizens of any of the United States, or of any territory thereof, from eniigruting with their property to and settling and resid. ingin said territory, and holding nnd poss. essing their properly therein, and fully participating in all the benefits, advanta ges, privilege, nnd immunities thereof os territory of the Uu'ned Suites, wiih mich oronertv. on equal footinir wi'h citizens ol anv of' the United Slides ; nnd all laws and parts of laws which shall operuto in restraint of or detriment to the full en joyment of such rights arc hereby declar ed to be null and void." This of co u r so removed the restriction clause, nnd fully endorsed whut i now called the Southern construction ot the Nebraska Dill. Upon a motion to lay the bill a reported to the Sennlo bylheju dioiary committee on the tuble, Webster voted aye. Consequently ho did not, as Lovejoy suid, vote against the restriction clauso ; as there w as no such chute in the bill, it having been already expunged by the Judiciary committee, ami a "squatter sovereign" clause substituted in its place, LETTER OF COL. BRNTO.t. Iu tho same number or the Spectator we find a letter from Col. Denton, written to the people of Oregon, in which ho dc nounces tho Seuote amendments, remov ing theslavury restriction as the olT-piinji of Calhoun' " fire-brand resolutions," mid promised us that tho restriction c bin so should be restored to tho bill. The letter is of much interest and we shall publish it entire : Washington Citv, March, 1347. My Fkibmps (For such 1 may call many of you from personal acquaintance, and nil of you from my thirty years devo tion to the interest of your country) I think it 'iflbl to make this communication to you at tho present moment when I lie ad journrneiit of Congress, without passing the bill ror your government and protec tion, st ems to have It ft you in a state of abandonment by your mother country. Hut such is not tho esse. You are not abandoned ! nor will you be deuied protec tion unless you a;rco to admit slavery. I, man or the South, and slaveholder, tell you this. The House or Representative, as early ts the middle of January, bail passed the bill to give you a Terriio'ial Government ; nd in that bill had sanctioned and legal ized v"r Provisional Organic Act, onu of the clause or which lorever prohibited the existence or slavery in Oregon. An amendment from the Senate's eoinmi'tee, to which this bill was referred, proposed to abrogate that prohibition; anil in the de lay and venations to which that amend ment gave rise, the whole bill was laid np on the table, and lost for the session. This will be a great disappoioment to you and a real calamity, already five years with out law, or legal institutions lor the pro. i ..... ...I ... ... I taction oi Hie, tiuenj "uu aw stooii.ed tJ wan a year longer, This is a strange and cnomolou condition! al. most incredible to contemplate, and most critical to endure I a colony of free men, 401)6 mile from the Metropolitan gtvern. ment, and without law or government lo preserve iliem I But do not be alarmed, or dusperato. Yott will not be out U'd for not admitting ilavery. Your fundamen tal act against thai Institution, copied from the Ordinance of l787-(tbe work cTHie creat men of the south, In the great day or th. 8'jUtii, prohibiting slavery in a TERR. Tour for less northern than your.) will not be abr'-gated ! nor is that the intention or i he rim mover of i he amendment. Upon the record of the Judiciary committee of ihr Senate is the author of ihavt amend, mem : hut not o the fact I It i only mid wife to it. It author is the same mind that generated the "Firb Hraho Resold--tions," or which I send you a copy, and or which the amendment is the legiiimalM o rivaiion. Oregon i not the object. The most rabid propagandist of slavery cannot epct to plant it on the shores of the Pa cific, iu the latitude of Wicoiiin and the U!;e of the Woods. A home agnation, for election and disunion purposes, is all thai is intended by thrusting this hre brand question into vour bill! nnd, al the next Ftiion. when it is thrust in ayaw, scourge it out I and pasi your bill aa it ought to be. I promise you tbi In the name or the south as wen a ine hobth , and the even: will n"t deceive me. In the mean lime, the President will give you all the protection which existing laws, and de tachments or the army ami navy, con ena ble him to ex'end lo you ; and, umil Con. gress ha lime to net, your fricndu must rely upon you lo continue lo uovern yourselves, us you have heretofore done, under the pro visiunk orvotir own volun'ury compaot, and with the juMico, harmony and moder ation which is due to your on character and to the honor of the American name. I send you, by Mr. Shively, a copy of the bill or the late session, both nt it passed the House or Representatives and a proposed to be amended in the Senate, with this Sen atn'a vote upon levin it on the table, and a copy of Mr. Culhoun's Resolutions f posterior in date to the amendment, but, neverthelesss, its father) also a copy or vour own Provisional Organic Act, printed r . . a . . . i i. :n by orilcr ol the beuate; an wincu "in pm you completely in possession of the proceed ings of Congress on your Petition for a Teiieitorial Government, and for ihe protection and security of your rights. In conclusion, I have lo assure you that the same spirit which lias made me the friend of Oregon for thirty years which led me lo denounce Ihe joint occupation treaty the day it wns made, and to oppose its renewal in 1928, and to labor for its ab rogation until it was terminated : theame spirit which led me to reveal Ihe grand destiny of Oregon in articles written in 1AI8. and to support every measure for her hem fit since this same spirit still an. imntes me, and will continue to do so while I live which, I hope, will be long enough to see an emporium of Ablatio commerce at the mouth of vur river, and a st red in of Asiatic trade pouring into tlio Valley of the Mississippi through the channel ot Oregon. lour friend and tellow citizen, Thomas H. Henton. caliioc.n's " fire brand resolutions." Rclovr we publish the resolutions refer rid lo in Benton's letter. It will he seen by these thnt Calhoun was really the au thor of modern democracy, instead of Douglas. There is enough of specious nuss and plausibility in thorn to catch the simple and unwary : Ucsolved. Thnt the territories f the United States belong lo the several States composing this Union, and are held by tliem as their joint and common property. Resolved, That Congress, as tho joint agent and representative of tho States of this Union, has no right to make any law, or do any act whatever, that shall directly, or by iu edi cts, niako any discrimination between the States or this Union by which nnv of them shall he deprived of Hs full and equal right in any territory of the United States, acquired or to be acquired, Kesolvod, J hat the enact mom ot nny law w hich should directJv, or by its effects, dt privo the citizens of nny of the Slates of ibis Union from emigrating with th ir property into any of the territories of the United Mates, would make such uiscnmi natron ; and would therefore be a viola linn of tho constitution, nnd the rights of the States from which such citizens emigra led, nnd in derogation of that perfect equality which belongs to them as members of this Union, and would teud directly to subvert tho Lnton Itself. R.solved, That it is a fundaimntal principle in our political creed that a peo iilo. in forming a constitution, have the unconditional riuht to form and adopt the government which they may think best calculated to secure their liberty, prosper! ly, and happiness ; and thnt, iu conformity thereto, no other condition, is imposed by tlio federal constitution on a Stale in order to Ve nilrnitted into its Union, except that its constitution shall be republican; and thut the imposition of any other oy (Jon cress would not only be a violation of the constitution, but in diiect conflict with the principle on which our political system rests. tV We notice in the last Standard I call for a meeting of tho citizens of Port land, irrespective of party, to take meas ures for securing a ticket or six good names for city officers. The oall sets forth that the signers believe that a better city ad ministration can be procured by choosing men from " the various political parties," and they propose to divide the office equal ly, between them. "This would be giving each party one representative, vis : Re publican one, Whig one, Know nothing one, bushito one, Algerine one, and Inde pendent one, as "cheermsn of the coa ssrn," perhaps. The call is aignej by Waterman and Lei and. We would like to a-k these gentlemen if a city adininis trution consisting of representatives of all the parties is a good thing, why may not a County or Territorial one be ? By the way, we nominate Judge Water man as Ihe A'aoir nothing candidate. CCT Correspondents will be atlendcJ to . next wk. rraactsc Prices. Flour 911,60 to 9 13 ; Oats 81,10; But tr 28 to 30 e; Potatoes 11,27 Pork, mess, 130 to 39j Bacon 17 lo 17Jc In the llulleliu reports we find the follow ing: ' The receipt of Oregon meats thu far this lesson have not coma up lo ihe es timates which had previously been made, and we have the best authority for ser. ing lht the curing process for the Uam and Shoulder has been in many cae loo .... I ...I!.,. htily perlormedj some parcels wniun have undergone careful examination here, have been pronounced by competent judges as nut sufficiently lo keep in warm weath er, and the country trade gives the pre ference to Eastern packed gooiis.' This i what we expected. The market in California for Oregon bacon has been badly damscod by the conduot of some of our kblppeis. We knew an instance or two in this county, where hog wre slaughtered, suited, smoked with fir chips, and delivered in this maiket In just three weeks from the day the hog wre ilaugh tered. The meat ought to have been cured at least six weeks, and been well smoked with bsrd wood. A few more such exports as that, and Oregon bacon will b at fifty per cent discount. Bachsisa's Cs blast. It is tt last generally understood in Washington that Mr. Buchanan's Cabinel is to be made up at follow ; Department tf State, Lewis Cass. Mhh. ; Treasury, Howell Cobb, (la.; Interior, Jacob Thompson, Miss.; Navy, Aaron V. Bhotvn, Tenn. ; War, Johm Floyd. Va.; Post-Office, J. Clancy Jones, Pa.; Attorney-General, Isaac ToucEY.Ct. Four oul or tho seven are Southern mec, but we believe of rather a conserva tive character. We would always prefer to risk the government in the hand of sue!, men a Cobb nnd Floyd, to those of such unmiti gated dough faces as Toucey, who, a a Senator from Connecticut, trampled on the will of hi constituents in helping poor Tierco engineer the Nebraska bum- bug through Congress. t3T Coroner Connerv ho closed hi fourteen days' investigation into the tnur dor of Dr. Burdell. The result has fast ened suspicion by strong circumstantial evidence upon Mrs Cunningham and young Snedgrass as having been parties to the transaction. Eckel, w ho lived in the house with them, is also implicated by something more than circumstantial cti dence. A witness testified that he sat on Burdell's door steps fixing his shoe string when Burdell went np ihe steps into his room, lie snon aner pearu a cry oi mur r-w . , . A der, and something fell heavily upon the floor. In a miuuie or two, a man came to the door in his shirt sleeves, and angrily ordered him off. The witnoss was taken into a room containing some thirty persons and picked out Eckel as the man who or dered him off tho door steps. A woman who koepsa hardware store, picked youn! Snodgriiss out of a company, a tho per son to whom she sold the dagscr wiih which Burdell was supposed lo have been killed. Eckel, Snndgrnss, nnd Mis Cun ningham are in prison, where they appear to be ch.'erfol and happy, nnd entirely con fident that they shall be honorably ac quitted. Tho conduct of tho prisoners seems to be a puzzle to every ouo of ihe thousands who visit them. (KrThe Atlanlio Telegraph bill lias passed both bouses of Congress. This Government and that of Great Britain are each to furnish a man of war ship to nssi-t iu laying down the wires, besides wo have lo pay seventy thousand dollars a year for the use of tlio telegraph. It is justified ns a " cmtribulion to commerce," nnd it is argued that it will save our Oovornmcnt two millions a year in expenditures now made to increase the expedition of mail steamers. OCr " The Corruption Investigating Committee" of Congress have made their report, implicating Francis S. Edwards, 0. B. Matteson, and Win, A. Gilbert of New York, as also Win. W. Welch or Connecticut, as having been guilty or be ing bribed to vote for certain rail-road and pension bills. The committee offered res olutions expelling these members from the House, as also Mr. Simmiton, reporter for the N. Y. Times, with whom the commit tee had a good deal of trouble as a wit ness. Mr. Matteson went before the com- mil tee aud made oath thai he was innocent of the charges. The House had not acted upon the committee's report up to the time of the steamer's sailing, but it is to be hoped that examples will be made of every scoundrel whose guilt is clearly established OCT A mong the correspondence sent to the Senate by the President in relation to Indian difficulties in Oregon and Washing' ton, we find a letter of Wm. L Mercy's to Gov. Stevens, informing him that the Presi dent can find no excuse for his unwarrant able assumption or power in proclaiming martial law in Washington, and ibat the President is not pleased w ith his conduct in that particular. tf On last Wednesday we had a par tial eclipse of the Sun and a new moon. The weather up to that time was truly horrible. The cold rains came don in such torrents on the "evil and en the good," lhal the oldest inhabitants begun to con clude that Ihe "rainy season had fairly set iu." Since Wednesday ibe weather has been baffling, bnl w ibiuk the omens are J al present eplcicss. arTbe eastern pspere contain ac counts of experiments with the Chines Sugar Cane which has been Introduced in to the country, and cultivated with suo- test In the MiJdle and Western States. The molatse made from it Is said to be qual to the product of the maple. We notice a correspondent of the Prairie Farm er say lhal ho cut up and split with hi knife about a bushel of stalks, and steeped them an hour In boiling water, getting oul about half of the juice, from which he made a quart of molasses equal lo the best maple molasse. The) Patent Office ha been engaged in distributing Ihe seed, and we should be glad lo have some of it find Its way lo Oregon, as we believe H would do well enough here lo enable every man to make bis own sugar. Who will send for the seed ? P. S. The foregoing was crowded out of our last week's psper for which it had been prepared. Since that lime, tLe arrival of ibe steam er has filled us with exceeding great joy, by bringing u a fine lot of seeds, sent by ihe Hon. Charles Mason, Commissioner of Patents, among which we find the seed ef lbs Chinese Sugar Cane. We shall plant sfw of these seeds ourself, and distribute ihe rest among settlers in different por tions of the Teriitory.sothat they may be come as widely diffused next year as poss ible. The seeds (excepting the bugnr Cane) are all from England and Japan. The following is a list : Chinese Sugar Cane, Sea Kail, Sweet Scented vernal Grass, Crimson Clover, Pure Early York Cabbage, Marcollin Savay Cabbage, Win- ningstadt Cabbage, Snowball Turnip, Yellow Six weeks Turnip, Yellow Alt ringhom Turnip, and some five varieties of peas. (r The democratic members of the Indiana Legislature have perpetrated a gross fraud by the election of Jesse D, Bright and G. N. Filch, as U. S. Senators. In the Senaloriul convention there was less than a quorum of the House nnd less than a majority of the Senate. Th) Senate re fused to go into joint convention, and was in regular session during the whole lime or the election faro. Fitch has mude his appearance and been sworn in ns a member of the U. S. Senate, and, as is customary in such cases, the papers have been refer red to the Judiciary committee. Tho Sen- ate will probably purposely defer the mat ter till tho Indiana Legislature shall have adjourned bofore they declare the seats vacant, when it will devolve upon Gov. WillurJ to appoint, in which case the lo cofoco'g will have arrived at their object by fraud and villainy as is very common 03" Congress has passed a bill by a vote of 03 lo 79, repealing the bogus law of Kansas, and providing for an election of a Legislature by the people. The Senate will most lik-ly kill the bill. Upon th vote in the House, the 9H who voted yea are- all from the free States, making the bill of course a " Sectional" measure. Of the 79 nays, 14 were from free States, nnd the rest from slave States ; making tho policy of crushing the Kansas people under the iron heel of border ruffian des potism as " national" as pure black de mocracy itself. Wonderful Discovery. We find more than four columns of the IS. Y- Tribune occupied with en article from the pr n of Dr. Hardingo of New York city, disclosing tho greatest discovery of this aje, or perhaps any other. The Dr. de dares, and proves bis statement by certifi cates of well-known chemists, thnt ho is able by simple machinery he uses at present to convert fifteen to:is per day of quartz rock into a pure liquid, as transparent as spring water, and then turn il back again to solid rock. While in the fluid state, by letting it stand a short time, every particle of gold that tho quartz contained settles to ihe bottom and is saved, whereas by the common process of extracting the gold from quartz, in California, Central Amer ica, and Australia, nnd even in Virginia, North and South Carolina, aud Georgia, the gold-bearing quartz contains from $')0 to $3000 per ton of pure gold, yet hitherto the machinery for saving it has been so imperfect that a per centum of the precious metal barely sufficient to pay expenses on the whole has been saved. By the Dr.'s process or course erery particle is saved. The process of liquefaction is carried on by means of calcining kilns, whore the rock is made friable by means of great heat, from whence il passes into grinding mills, where it is reduced to a powder, in which state it is incorporated with a few simple solvents, preparatory to a passage into a huge iron boiler, where the whole process is completed, and to all appear ances the rock becomes pure water. The Dr. is then able lo solidify the li quid, and produce from this silicia in solu tion, artificial granite, porphyry or con glomerate, and in fact all the precious stones except the diamond. But what seems ju?t here most lo enhance Ihe value or this discovery, the liquid in its Irsnsi. tion state assumes the solid form so grad ually that it may be moulded into any desired shape. By ibis means the most beautiful and permanent building material may be produced at a cost not exceeding that of brick. Just here we let the Dr. speak for him self: "As an illustration of the architectaral and ornamental uses to which my iuven tiers may t profitably turned, bv usinj the liquid rock after separating the gold, I bave salil tua( i iwnu, public locality, to erect model edifice, of moderate sixe.of material the most besu. liful Slid durable which imagination can conceive equaling in luilliancy any and all of Ihe precious ione rxcepi m m mond, and yet el cost for material not exceeding the price of common biitk. The chief object of t his structure will be lo how al a iflance the practicability of molding and coloring cheaply all ihe ma terials requi-ed for architectural purposes of utility and ornament, so a lo produce edifices of ll.e mo. enduring character, rivaling ihe splendors of oriental romance, and yet al a cost not exceeding the price of common brick." If this is reslly as Dr. Hardingo repre sents, (snd we see no reason to doubt il.) he has come noar unraveling the myste. ry which alchemists have scratched their heads over in vain for ages. Il W decidedly tlio greatest discovery of the nge, and we are filled with astonishment al th narra ion. The idea of those beautiful pal aces of precious slones at the present cost of our poor dingy brick, is certainly re. freshing. Truly, the march of improve ment is carrying us onward and upward. 0- We learn from the California Chronicle that Sheriff Jackson, w ho went down with Jack Hurley as a prisoner on the schooner J. R. Whiting, was drowned on his pssssge down lo Sun Francisco. The Captain staled lhal when within ten miles of the Heads, he was tubing an ob servation, and noticed Jackson and Hur. ley silling together near the edge of the vessel, on a pile of lumber, engaged in conversation. lie turned his head a mo ment to give some order, when, upon look ing again, hs discovered the Sheriff over board and floating on the water. A boat was lowered but too late to save him. The Free Masons and other citizens hsd of. fered a reward of 93000 for the arrest or Hurley, and Jackson had been in Oregon hunting him for nearly a year. fUr Capt. Crosby, formerly of Portland, died at Hongkong on the 17th of Decern ber last. Notice has been been given in the U.S. Senate of bills for constructing Nort h etn, Central, and Southern Railroads to the Pacific, nlo for a Telegraph line. 0 iT Leschi, who was arraigned at 01) in pin for the murder or Col. Moses, lias been tried and convictod. We hear repented complaints from our sulwcriber in Washington Territory that our paper seldom reaches thorn. The postmasters will do us a favor ifthey will mend their ways in distiibuiing the mail for that Territory. tlT The Columbia reached Portlan last Tuesday, W are under obligations to the immortal Sullivan for bundles of ex changes. 05- II m. Wm. II. S.:vnrd und Hon. L I). Campbell have our thanks lor public documents. OO" By. reference io advertisement it will be seen that Mr. A Cook has opened a l ar.iits maker's s'op in Butteville. 07"In answer to our inquiry some time ao, Rev, Neil 1 Johnson wrius us that he has both Black Walnut and Butternut trees growing in his nursery. Tncairt. Thornnn's Theatrical Troupe have been ploying for three nights this week in this ci'y with deserved success. The Troupe has lately received additions from Cnlifor nia, which add considerably to its attract ions. Fur lite Argus, Mr. Editor In your last issue I ob serve that some person over ih" signature of A Piker lukes me to task for connecting Tikery and slavery together, and, as 1 was partially convinced or the justice of his complaint, I would make publio apology, and offer such explanation as I trust will be satisfactory. Though quite young when I parsed through the State of Pike, I can distinctly recollect having seen whi'e peoplo within its border who were considerably advanced in civilization, having at that early period introduced many of the refinements of life, (such as drinking whisky, chewing to bacoo, and swearing, which latter art they had acquiied in great proficiency,) and, judging from the nature of the article which calls this out, I am willing to admit the possibility of its having once possessed a gentleman who, though now absent, still honors his native land by acknowledging it. The course of the Pikes in regard lo Kansas led me to imagine that the tribe in general were so fully satisfied of the bless ings resulting from slavery, that they con ceived it to be thoir duty to enlighten their neighbors, and even to convince them by force that the laws of Tike were the most proper ones to be adopted, and should at all hazards be enforced in Kansas. But I am willing to receive my friend's theory, and absolve the masses, attributing the wrong to their leaders, whosailed onHer the ban ner of a once noble but now corrupt political party, and through iu name and influence led the Pikes astray. j. D. l. 6 The composition of the British Par liamentnow on the eve of reasembling, is said to be as follows : Liberal Minis terialists 323 : Derbyite Opposition. 237 : Tories leaninir to LorJ P,lmer,nn in.,..,! of to Lord Derby, 37 ; Peelite. and liberal j Had I the power, I d (orthwiih sex! Liawheie Conservative, 28 ; and Radical and Irish ' Od hi ewa bock be d boot tor puilt er-men-Vers eppesrd te the Gove'DT.it, 17. , I -ss-r H:-r.t Muca HV- Th Ortal w Hlorss-OkssrvSiUat. Lieutenant Maury, ef the National Ob. servstnry al Washington, has addressed a htier in the press, staling lhal he wishes la study the rise and progress of the recent great snow storm, and requesting such in. formation as will eiiubls him lo do so. U says i I do not confine this request exclutivel to tho-e who are provided with instrument and who keep meteorological journal; bat 1 make it to those also who have no meteor. ological Instrument. Iti'irumenialobserv. aiion are to be pref.-red j but when nona of them are to be had, then those that are mudii with the eye alone Will be very ao. veptaoi. ror convenience I submit pro forma set of question to be answered lor eacii day irom tlio I4iu tu the 2 2d Jsn. inclusive i ' Name or Place, Jan. 1 1, 1857, 1st. What wm the appearance of ih( skyt 2d. The force ana direction of the wind I 3d. When did it change, freshen, or go down I 4th. When did it commence to snow or rain I Ath. When did H step f 0th. How much fell I , Let those who keep meteorological teg latere give, in addition le the above, exirsoie from their journals for each day, sutio the reading of their instruments. Person at sea, anywhere within Ire hundred miles of the Atlantic coast or in the Gulf of Mexico, aud person in all parte of the country, from Cuba to Canada aadf the Brilish possessions, are requested to answer this call. From the citizens of the United State I hope to receive in in swer st least ono report fioin every coanty in every State and Territory., Grgat National Trial or MAcmm and Implements. Tim Committee of tit United Statos Agricultural Society, apv pointed nt tho Fifth Annual Meeting, held at the Smithsonian Institution, in Ihe city of Washington, on the 14th of January, "to designate the time and te make all ne cessary arrangement for t national trial in the fidd of agricultural implements and machinery" have invited the inventors and1 manufacturers of all such ariicies in the United Slate and foreign eonntrios, to par. tic'patein a public triafio be made in Lov isville, Kentucky) under the auspices of the S ie'y. during the fall of 19-' 7. Ths Atlantic TeuwiArit A very strong feeling prevails in London against the exclusive manner in which the AlW tic Telegraph Company has been :ot up, and tho xi lusive machinery with which il is clowned. Another company is being organized, with the intention of going ifi. red to l he shores or the United Stales in. stead or passim.' through English Colonial possessions. This will place Knland sad America on an equal fiotin, in a poliricaV point of view, ami it is hoped that both the government and people of the Unitfd' States will giro the new company their best support. 03" We bam Irom ilm liufula (Va) Nitive, that a a'nvn mm was burned sf A'lbi-villn, in that State by a mob of peo. plo numbering ovi-r four thousand. He was taken from jail, -the Sheriff oTering no , resistance, and ned to a, stake, around whi.-h was fai-pine wood, so as to make a pile six feel ii'i diameter and four fed Lil' l'V was then Hpp'ied. and ihe poor wreieh was burned to ashes. The crim;- of which he was ruil'y wus the murder of li'w master. Ths Piigss in Ukkmany It was stated" nt the General Asaernbly of the Roman. Catholic Associati'in, that of the four hun. died and fifty six large papers or Germany, "four hundred are decidedly hostile to ths Kutni'h church, nnd that even tho remain ing fifty six, one-liiiif are bm half Catholicf which is just as much as uncatholic." Many of the Roman Ca tholic papers are not sell suppirti tg, but are with difficulty kept alive. 051" A Constitutional Convention met si Iowa City onthe 1 0 h Jan. It consists of ihirty-foiir memoes, twenty-one of whom are Republicans and thirteen Democrats. Death opMiis. Wm. Wirt. The wid ow of the late Wm. Wirt died at Annpoli, M '., on Sunday. Dtlasloa. sr a saoTiiea rut. Once mors I tuns my harp for Posey song, A fool's my (heme, let satire be my song. Ye lofty peaks that lower toward ths sky, Ye hills and dales that plesso the poet's eya, Ye creeks llml Row from out your muuntsin sourcs. Your voices joia and help to chant my vers. Unlike all mea whe sprung from Adam'srsc Is great Delusiou, branded in the face, Xo streuk of honor o'er his feature pus, But every member is a lump of brass. He has been known to take a preaeher's place, But not to preach of everlasting grace. For 'twould be bard for such as he to show Where, after death, Ihe righteous tre te go Like some sky-rocket that is tossed on high. Whose scintillations 'lumiusle the sky. He for a time went sparkling, hissing forth, The wonderment of natives Sooth and Nerth i No office from the people could he gst, So Tyler took him for his darling pet, Aud sent him down among the southern bog" To make "reports'' of crocodiles and frogs, Aud show us through Ihe Patent Cffic book Just how these vanuiul live and how theyawk.' I'm said he was iuslrueted to mske haste And bring home samples of osch Soother re Of flying sod of ere t ping things, to shuW That be bad been to where Iheee vermis grew, And to the government had made amende For cash paid out to on of Tyler's frisada. His stay was long, so loug that doubl ana With Polk sod Buck, ('tis thus lb story goj Concerning the result of Tyier's plaa To cage such varmints with a single ma Munchausen sirs ght was sent le buat kiss V Aud bring bim home forthwith to fc-Ul op. When from the treasury he drew bis pay. ! W Buck, was heard is- dreadful writh lo ST.