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OKsaoiv ozty:
SATURDAY, JUXE 13, 1857.
13" V. W. Csaiu Is oiillioriiej to da any bus
loess connrcle w'lli Hi Arjm Office durinj my
slueoce. W.L.ADAMH,
07" Quito a number of correspondents
will be attended to noxt week. We muil
oo the conclusion of X. Y. befuro we be
gin to publish.
Trouble ItTi Venire Caklaet.
Tbo Jacksonville Sentinel seems jut
tiow lo be in hot water. I' editor seems
to havo Lie great iniml harassed with
load of uncommon curve end perplexities,
which socm olighily lo have disturbed hie
mental equilibrium. One trouble is, that
certain friends of Judgo Deady aro about
lo start a new piper in Jacksonville to ad
vocate Deady's claims to the U.S. Senate,
as against Jo Lane. Tin's move it is
thought will have the doublo edict not
only to Lrenk down Lane, but to causo
the Sviilin'l to wink out, thus endanger
ing the Union, fur which Te Vault has
often well nigh bled to death. In speaking
of the daring adventurers from Douglas
county, who propose to start a Deady or
gan under the very nose of tho Sentinel,
which bns already sworn eternal fealty to
Lane, tho Sentinel anys :
"The managers in this grand under
taking, oil, or nearly all, bail from Scotts
burg, in Unipqua county. Jt is well
known that the peoplu of tlinl county love
Gen. Lano about like a cat loves water,
(will nover touch it unless compelled)."
Tbo logicut argument seems to run
about this wise, that, as the citizens of
Umprjtia county " lovo Ccn Lane about
like n cat loves water," and as To Vnult
" loves Lnne about like a cat loves salmon
t-kins," therefore it is entirely unconstitu
tional for Lono pbobiuites to start a Den
dy organ. Hut, dear Te Vault, it docs seem
to us that if tho Uinpqua pcoplo are to be
ostracised, bicnuso, like the poor eat
that was chukod up to water, they swallow.
d liim beciiuso tbey woro "compelled" to
do it, then a largo majority of the democ
racy in Oregon must be similarly dealt
with, for many democrats in this section,
writhing under the parly lash, (lectured
thnt they wouldn't havo " touched him un
less they had been compelled" lo.
" That it is the secret ohi.ct (Tor thev
daro not openly avow it,) of ihn managers
i mis now paper to promote tho political
views nnd interests of Judge Deady over
Gen. Lane, there can bp no doubt. Those
who have undertaken to manage the whole
nfl'air may deny it ; they may attempt to
conceal it ; but a short lime will develop
to the people tho facta in relution to thoao
dark and Jeep plots that have been for some
time maturing."
So you think that tho " plot" which is
on foot to send Deady to tho U.S. Senate,
is a "dark and doep" one, while your 'plot'
for sending Lane is to bo taken, wo si:p.
pose ns a "shallow" one, with just enough
of opacity to be seen through by moat
any body up a troe, especially nftrr you
yourself have lot tho cat out of the bag.
Permit us, dear To Vault, to suggest to
you, and your rival organ-grinding, that
both " plots" for sending either Lnno or
Deady, ore both shallow oud dirtv, and
wo can hardly believe, with all allowance
for tho ignornnco nnd serfdom of tho co
horts of black democracy in Oregon, that
lliey will bo willing to bo represented in
the U. S. Senate by any such men as Lane
and Deady, unless they aro "compelled
to."
Tho Sentinel is also in hot water about
the democratic candidates in Jackson cnuu
ly which, although it hoists their names
lit its mast-head, devotes much of its space
to denouncing and ridiculing some of tliein
for no other reason, that we can discover,
than that they have declared themselves
opposed lo Slavery in Oregon. On the
27th ult., Duncan, Trim nnd Reed, thrc of
the four candidates for constitutional cou
vention, some of whom aro from slave
Lulling Stnten, dochired themselves iu
spocchos at Jacksonville as opposed lo
slavery in Oregon. Drown, a candidate
for the Legislature, took the same side.
Whether nny of iho other candidates
were for slavery, the Sentiuel doos not
inform us. J udgo Deady, the apostate from
free principles, made a speech which tho
Sentinel thought was tho "best turned and
argumentative declamation" for slavery it
Lad heard. Wo presume that by "best
turned" wo are to understand thnt it was
1 I ...
jouu, sonorous, and frothy, and what the
ored immigration to Oregon, examine tht
past and they will bo satisfied of the im
possibility to carry out tuch a law, and
mat tr we are compelled to have the col
red race araontrst us, they should be
slavei." '
Well, there yeu Lave it, lo all the stun
ning force with wbicb it struck the noggin
of poor Te Vault, and came well nigh up
setting his apple cart, besides sensibly
changing the specifio gravity of the learn
ed I'M Judire br its reflex influence. His
r a -
position is just this, that he shall oppose
a free constitution because free negroes are
found in free States, with the implication
of course, that they are not found in slave
Slates. Now if (his learned Judge had
taken the pains to examine the census re
turns of I860, he would havo found
that in the sixteen free States, there were
106,043 free negroes, or about one free
negro to every seventeen votes cant at the
last rrcsidaritiul election ; while la lbs fif
teen slave States tbero were 205,711 free
negroes or about ono to every four voters
nt tho election of 1850. This gives In
fifteen slavo States, almost doublo the
number of free negroes that are contained
in tho sixteen free States, or, taken ret
lively to tbo actual white voters, about
four to one. This, of course, knocks tho
underpinning from Deady's calculations,
and annihilates tho fortress behind which
Te Vault Laa taken refuge. It nay Is
surprising to some thnt Deady should show
himself so far inferior to most of our
schoolboys in point of a knowledge of
the statistics of our country. It is howev
er matter of little astonishment to us,
knowing him as we do, and Laving known
him ever sirce be slid down the western
hlopo of the Cascades and pulled up in
lamlull, a mere adventurer, with a small
bundle of otd clothes, and a smaller stock
of legal or Listorical tore, until, from a
sniveling pettifogger, he Las worked his
wny up, by dint of hard work for the lo
cofoco party, to a position ho would now
disgrace, if the day Lad not long since gone
by when otbor qualifications, aside from
those that render a man acceptable to tho
clique, were requisite to fit a man for high
places of trust. Besides, he makes an ex
cellent satellite to the Supreme court,
which, like Lim, based their dociaioa in the
Drcd Scott case upon a false assumption
an assumption that negroes were not reo
ognized ns citizens in any of the colonies
nt the time of the adoption of the consti
tution, when in fact they were recognized
ns such in eleven out of the thirteen colonies:
Judges who, forpaity purposes, took it up
on themselves to declare the ordinance of
'87 unconstitutional, when same of the
very men who made the constitution draf
ted and enacted this ordinance thus plain
ly dcolaring that the men who made tho
ordinanco were incapable of drawing up
an act in conformity with tbe constitution
they had mado themselves.
When the Sentinel hears Deady or any
otLcr negro-worshiper make an argument
for slavory, we will tbauk it to report it to
us entire.
2T Some writer from Amity has a let
ter in the last Standard, coming down
rather foolishly upon flro. Fearn for bis
(roam's) very harmless opposition to
slavery in Oregon. This correspondent
whines snd snivels through hslf a column,
which we Lave carefully read In the vain
hope to find one argument in favor of
slavery. Tbe only thing we nnd Is an as.
sertion that slavery would increase the
price of land in Oregon. This of course
is all guess work, and directly In tbe face
and eyes of the fact that land in slave
Slates bordering on froo States is generally
worth about ono half as much in tho form
er as in the latter. Take Missouri, for
instance, where the Missouri papers tell us
that land immediately on the Iowa lino is
worth fifty por cent less in Missouri than
in lews, and where hundreds of farmers
own farms in Missouri just over the line,
and live themselves en small tracts of land
on the Iowa side.
We asked a negro-worshiper tho other
day, wLo took the position of the Slaud
ard correspondent, why it was that land
was worth so much more in Iowa than in
Missouri. TIo said it was " became it was
skill in Missouri"
We eomraend this important discovery
to Judge Deady nnd Te Vault. Tbey will
find it another "poser" among greasers,
and just as weighty a ono as they have
ever used.
Judgo failed to convey in word, he sent
liotue by a Motions " lurn" of (he head
nnd an occasional wink wiih the eyes,
which, being " turned" upon Col. Te Vault
ccucentraled the whole power of their
peculiar " cold boiled" expression upon
a face radiant with rum, and flushing wiih
a momentary hope that the poor dvil
would some day be able lo own a 8300
nigger."
The "argumentative" part of ihe speech
wo are not allowed to guess at, as the Sen
tinel has LinJIy furnished the subaUnce
of it, unJer tho full conviction that it was
a "poser." For fear of detracting an
iota from its knock-down power, we give it
bodaciously" as reported in the Sentiuel :
' llo said heshoulJ rote for slaverv in
Oregon, and assumed the position, that all
legislative action lo prerent fire negroes
from immigrntinj and settling in "non-slave-holding
StnlM, hare proved to be a
dead letter en tho statue book, Said he,
"Jet those who hope la prohibit free col-!
It will bo seen by the returns from
this county, that Col. Kelley ran the high
est of any man on tho African ticket, while
Collnrd ran tho highest for tho Legisla
ture. The reason of this was that many
" black republicans" voted for thorn. The
strongest objection Cznpkay's organ ever
mado lo Kelley was that Lo was just the
kiwd of a man " black republicans" would
be willing to support. "Wo expect Czap's
organ will now proceed lo read Kelley
and Collard out of the parly, because they
are becoming too popular to be sound lo-cofocos.
t" The last Times contains the start
ling announcement thnt Judge John Orvis
Waterman has ceased to work at the Times
crnuk, and that Hibben of Indiana takes
hold of the handle this woek. Tho an
noiiiicement has caused some distress
among the readers of that paper, but ihe
ngony is somewhat alleviated by the an.
nouncement that the " Times will still con
tinue to contain occasional contributions"
from Peter's pen.
Peter also announces that the Times
will still continue to bo the tail of Bush's
kite.
CO" There is some stir in this section
about the gold mines on Santiam, about 70
miles south-east of this city. It is said
thnt diggings have been found there that
promise from four to five dollars a day to
the liaud.
03 The Advocate says that Mr. Hilton,
a cooper, living in Salem, was assaulted
by five Frenchmen on the French Prairie
last week. His assailants knocked him
oil his horse and beat him soundly with
clubs, when he got away from them and
regaining Lis horse made good his escape.
The reason far the assault is not stated.
fcr We received a letter from Wash
ington City by the last mail from some
person who forgot to sign Lis name
Among other strange things, he says Gen.
McCarver is negotiating for tho purchase
of negroes to be brought to Oregon.
We think his niggers will be bought on
" tick."
OCT Those wishing flowers for the dec
oration of rooms for pirties, balls, etc.,
will do well to call at Mr. Xewell's, near
this city.
CO" It will be seen by the official vote
that Lane got but 11 majority instead of
1 J as we published lost week.
t3T Those who aro yet doubting as to
the designs of the Kansas bogus officials to
make a slave State of it at all hazards,
are requested to read the following extract
from tho Leavenworth (Kansas) Times of
April 11th. The Times contaius a list of
ihe legal voters of Leavenworth county,
certified to be correct by S. W. Tunnel,
bogus sheriff" of tho county, who claimed
to have discharged his duty as set forth in
the following act :
"Section 1. That, for the purpose of
making an enumeration of tbe inhabitants
entitled to vote under the provisions of this
act, an apportionment and an election of
members of a Convention, it shall bo tbe
duty of the Sherifisof the several counties
in Kansas Territory, and they are hereby
required, between the 1st day of March
and the 1st day of April, 1857, to make
an enumeration of all the free male inhabit
ants, citizens of the United States, over
twenty one years of age. and all other white
persons actually residing within their res
pective counties, and for this purpose shall
nave power to appoint ono or more depu
ties to assist in such duties, not to exceed
one in each municipal township, each of
whom, beiore entering upon other-, shall
lako and subscribe an oath or affirmation
to support Ihe Constitution of the United
States, and faithfully and impartially dis
charge the duties imposed on him by this
act, according to ihe best of bis skill and
judgment, which oath or affirmation shall
be administered to them severally, and bo
duly certified by a Judgo or Clerk o( the
District Court of tho United States r
Judgo or Clerk of the Trobato Court for
the several Counties, or by a Justice of the
Peace, and filed and recorded in tho oflice
of the Secretary of the Territory."
Tho census list bas been confined to
voters only, in defiance of the above net
which provides for an " enumeration of all
Ihe free male inhabitants," &c, for the os
tensible purpose of covering up (bo intend
ed fraud of omitting the names of perhaps
half the frco State rolcrs from tho votinj
list. Tho Times says :
" Instead of reporting to tho "Probata
Judgo the names of 'nil tho legal voters of
tho county,' he bas omitted by fraud, no-
oiuent or mistake, at least one hundred
Free-State voters in this town alone, man v
of whom were among tho first settlers of
mo i erritory, and are now among the most
prominent men of tho county. C. F. Cur
rier, M. J. Parott, II. J. Adams fainco
chosen Mayor of Leavenworth by a large
majority, II. Miles Moore, E. lloss, II. P.
Johnson, Jared Phillips, and many others
wno might bo named, are men well known
to the officer who took the census, and
nave a bona tide residence in this town
and have lived hare longer than one-half o
tho persons whoso names have been recis.
tored. We have before us now tho names
of near one hundred Free-Stato men of
tho county who have been omitted men
who are engaged in public business in the
town, and men who are among the most
prosperous and influential of those living
in ino country.
"It might have been reasonably ex
peeled l hat the officer taking tho census
would have known that Sherd were three
printing-offices in tho town : but, strange
as it may seem, ho is utterly oblivious of
the existence of any other than tho two
Pro-Slavery offices. TI.eso he seems to
have visited, as we see in the list tho names
of the gentlemen who conduct them
But neither tho name of the editor of this
paper, nor the name of a single employe of
I no othce, appears on the list. These omis
sions, it niay be said, are unintentional ;
out we win entortain our opinion upon
mo suojeci.
" 1 hero would seem to be, from this
list, about 1,700 voters in this county,
when the fact is that thero cannot be less
than 8,000 ; and a close examination of
tbo list will show that a majority of those
registered are Pro-Slavery men. Should
an attempt be made to correct the list be
fore the Probate Court, no man doubts but
that the relative number of Pro-Slavery
and Free-State men would remain about
the same notwithstanding the latter great
ly outnumber I lie former.
"It is to be Loped that those facts will
be a sufficient answer to those who think
tree-State men should vote at the June
election. All who think they should vote
do not understand the situation of things
oere; om law more such demonstrations as
tbia registering process, will convince them
that the Free-Stale men here understand
Kansas afairs about as terll at than -A
hate not visited the Territory."
EL K CT It H tBTim
475
33S
406
350
806
344
805
344
410
313
381
Ctaekaaat Ceaaty OBclaU
For Delegate to Congress,
Lawion, Dam Slid Lane, (Ulack Dem. 309
Constitutional Convention,
REPUBLICAN. LOCOVOCO.
G. Abernelhy, 303 J.K. Kelley,
O. Reynolds, 180 A.L. Lovejoy,
Starkweather,
II. Campbell,
Nat. Itobbins,
Amory Holbrook, Ind., 281.
Legislature,
W.C.Johnson, 184 Geo. Reese,
C.W.Dryanl, 181 F.A. Collard,
S.P.Gilliland,
Councilman,
No opposition. A. C. Wait,
Sheriff,
J. M. Bacon, 254 A. Ilulcomb,
Co. Commissioner,
No opp. J. D. Breuts,
Co. Treasurer,
No opp. Tbos. Johnson, 407
Assessor,
W.r. Burns, 248 J. E. Taylor, 283
For Convention, 500 Against Con., 121
Lane's majority, 1
" " in 1855, . 138
amhlll Ceualy-omcUl.
SLACK DEMOCRATS. IND. OKU. StKISUCAN
Delegate to Congrtti,
Lane, 253 Lawion, 427
Deltaatei to Cmvtntitn,
Bnrbank, 315 Olds, 427
Watt, 175 Short, 405
Stone, 179 Kinuty, 377
Kichaidion, 178 McDride, 393
Councilman,
Morrison, 188 Scott, 49
Representatives,
June, 193 Shuck, 376
Westerfield, 190 Allen, 409
County Commiitinnert.
Munroo, 158 Sawyer, 373 Bean, 404
Culbertson, 302
Auditor,
G.H. Steward, 282 Cowlet, 330
Sheriff.
Ayen, 213 Hibler, 74 Warren, 268
School Superintendent,
Onthoose, 208 Kobortaou,148 Eliner,
Attttmr,
HanJey, 281 Peters, 311
7Viirer,
Dreyman, 273 Wolfe, 308
Lawson'a majority over Lane,
Lauo's majority in 1655,
247
174
38
(XT Isbam G. Herri, of West Tennes-
see, bas been nominated for Governor, by
the "Democracy" of Tennessee.
Douglas Coaaly Official.
BLACX DEMOCRATS. OPPOSITION.
For Delegate to Congress,
Lane, 331 Lnwson, 134
Delegates lo Convention,
M. P. Deady, 270 Jesse M. Day, 221
S.F.Chadwick, 203 T. B.Sanderson, 213
Thos. Whitted, 3-10
Fitzbugh, 307
Representative,
A. A. Mathews, 4.'0
School Superintendent,
Saml Gordon, 429 T. B. Sanderson, 81
From the above returns of the election
in Douglas, as reported in Czapkay's or
gan, it will be seen that Judge Deady is
pretty well appreciated ai home. He runs
the lowest of any man on Lis ticket, and
ono hundred and fifty men who voted for
Gordon scratched off the name of this
renegade from free principles, who has
been stumping tho country for slavery, just
because TeVault has seized the same top
tuft that Fratt braided up for a handle, and
has been leading Lim around to snuff tho
track of sorao $300 nigger, undei tho do
lusion that it would prove acceptable to
tho voters of Oregon. His rote of 270
out of some 600 votes in Douglas county,
the homo of Lnne nnd Uncle Ned, and the
reputed strong-hold of niggerisra in Or
egon, look rftfh.Gr ominous, and will prob.
ably produce a slight Jcclino in the price of
McCarvcr's darkies. As Deady is noou1 10
fail in his U. S. Senate enterprise, we wi
give him a recommendation to Gov. Wise
of Virginia, as a first-rato "overseer,1
judging from his strong aspirations, and
cot from any working qualities we have
ever seen developed in an unaccountably
lazy man.
Marlon Couaty Official.
BLACK DEMOCRATS. OPPOSITION.
For Delegate to Congress,
Lane 698 Lawson 322
Delegates to Convention,
The following aro the majorities fur
Lane and Lawson, official and reported, as
far as wo are able to give them this week :
La nr.
Clackamas,
Marion,
Folk,
Linn,
Lane,
lieuton,
Douglas,
Wasco,
Total,
11
876
248
300
150
25
247
62
1400
Lawson.
Waxhington,
Yamhill,
Multnomah,
Columbia,
Clatsop,
130
174
13
13
10
340
flora's Festival.
Professor Newell is preparing Lis pupils
lo give a grand entertainment in this city
on the coming 4th of July. The prospect
is lhat lliere will be a throng of visitors
from abroad to witness it.
113
123
Williams 735 Crawford
Grover 742 Denny
Cox 005
Peebles 650
Shannon 607
Shrum 637
Miller 625
Councilman.
Sheil 627 Macone
licvresenlativcs.
Weodsides 525 Patten
Abell 606 Snracue
Cooley 605
Treasurer.
Purdy 545
Co. Commissioner,
Kays 636 Rector
Assessor,
Darst 741
School Superintendent.
Bonham 659
Coroner.
Johnson 653
forU)nvention784 Acrainst Conv. 271
There was no regular Opposition ticket
in Marion Magone, Patton and Sprague
running as independent candidates. Mr,
Denny was not a candidate, though voted
tor by some of bis friends ; and, we pro
sume, this was also the case with Messrs.
Crawford and Rector.
269
337
279
83
Wasco Cemwty.
We hear that at the Dalles the vote was
as follows for Delegate to Congress :
DlaOCSAT. LOroFOCU. lUci Clanni.
LawMM, 6 Stock Whilly, 13 Laoe. 75
Lane has 82 majority in tho county.
The locofoco candidates, Gates for Repre.
sentative, and Meiggs for Convention, were
elected without opposition. JJumason,
locofoco, received 105 votes for Joint Coun
cilman. The vote on Convention ,t
i 47 for to AS e;nst.
(T A borse belonging lo Win. Holmes,
near this city, was stolon from his pasture
last Friday night. The thief went to the
barn and rigged himself out with saddle
and bridle, and left for parts unknown,
with a very comfortable outfit.
OTWe Lave Lad refreshing rains the
past week. Crops look well, and we shall
probably mako enough grain to do us and
have a good deal to spare, though the
wheat crop will fall considerably short of
what it was last year.
North Fork Yamhill, )
June 0, 1657. ( .
Dear Argus I Lave the pleasure of
sending you the election returns from (Lis
county complete they can bo found in
another column they speak for them
selves, and clearly show that (hough Yum
hill was apparently in tho coils of the viper
Oregon Democracy, and had almost yielded
to its fascination, the people saw tLeir dan
ger in time to avert it. Such another
Waterloo defeat the bushites never before
suffered. For several years lliey havo
been perfecting this diabolical plan to placo
the people at tho feet of a few lender, and
just at the time when they supposed their
scheme was ripe for practical announce
ment and acceptance by the masses, they
find when loo late to alter their plans thnt
ihcy had presumed too much and gono loo
far. Their ticket gets less than one third
of tho vote of the county.
The Salom platform and niggers were
he issues, and, much as they w ished lo
avoid it when they found they Lad the
bull by the horns, and as vehemently as
they protested their innocence of nny in
tcntion to forco those issues over the peo
ple's heads by a miserable pieco of chicane,
they could not deceive them. The Repub.
icans rallied bravely to tho charge, nnd,
supported by the true-hearted democracy
who have hitherto held on lo the party be.
cause its hideous ami accursed principles
are hidden from their view, and because
they fondly hope thnt tho old doctrines of
the purty are still cherished by those who
avo assumed the name, we have won a
ictory over the Black Democracy which
shows us the strength nnd deep root which
the principles of the Republican party have
taken in Yamhill. We boldly nominated
ticket, expecting a defeat, still willing to
suffer it for the sake of principle ; but our
old trne Democratic friends said that they
referred on honest, open Republican to n
deceitful, treacherous Nigger Democrat;
and the resolt was we lost rot a single
nomination all aro triumphantly elected,
nd some of them, loo, such as Warren
ftr Sheriff and Elmer for School Supcrin-
tendent, in iho f'ice of a JufiMo opposition.
The delegates elect aro all in favor of a
free constitution no wishy-washy, non
committal go-betweenity, but a plain, open,
manly declaration in favor of freedom.
They do not wish to insult tho intelligence
of the people of Oregon by treating tho
idea of making this a nigger State with j
the respect which a separate vote would
imply. So much for Yamhill county.
Let the philosophers of the nigger stripe
cool and meditate.
Office Pacific Teleoraph Co.,
Juno 10, 1857.
Pursuant to notice, tho stoekhold
ihe Pacific Telegraph Company met at
Lafayette, Orejron. for the ourno. r
ciccuug uve directors, and 1'resident, Sec-
reiary, i roasurer, nnd Superintendent,
which resulted as follows :
President Jamea A. Camnb.il r.
I? ... - r"t "
i uyeuc.
Directors Dr. Newell. A. Mr-lfinlo,
Champoeg; S. K. Williams, Dayton : W.
J. newby, McMinville.
Secretary Jackson Lippincolt, Dayton.
usurer a. it. Bnrbank, i,a Payette,
Supt. of Line C. II. Moses.
On motion, it was voied that a mai,'nn
ef the board of directors be called, to meet
at Dayton, Yamhill county, on the 22d
inst., at 10 o'clock a. m.
On motion it was ordered that tha nr.
i;. r .l: .... .r"-
cu...B3ui mi raeeiing no published.
vumoiion me meeting adjourned.
JAMES A. CAMPBELL,
n tt c Pres't pro tern.
uboege n. Steward, Secy.
03" By the adoption of tho North and
South line of Minnesota, as uronosed bv
Congress, the new State will measure 840
miles in length and 280 in width ; area of
tbe fetate, 75,000 square miles.
(XT Maj. James S. Rollins, of Columbia.
Boone county, is the American candidate
for Governor of Missouri, to fill the va
cancy occasioned by tha resignation of
Gov. Polk. Maj. Rollins is a popular man.
of acknowledged ability, and one of the
most eloquent speakers in the West. lie
was the WLig candidate for Governor in
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planets, are materially drawn aside from
their courses, and in some coses have their
orbits entirely changed. This is remarks,
bly true in regard to Jupiter, which seems
by torno strange fatality to bo constantly D
their wny, and to servo as a porpeiU8
stumbling-block to them. The remarks
ble comet of 1770 actuully got entangled
among the satellites of Jupiter, and was
thrown out of its orbit by tho attractions of
thut planet, and Las not been heard of
since. By this extraordinary rencounter
the motions of Jupiter's satellites suffered
not tho least perceptible derangement j
a sufficient proof of the aeriform nature of
the comet's mass.
According lo the testimony of eirly
writors, a comet which could bo seen in
day light wiih iho naked oye, made itsap
pcarance 43 years before tho birth of our
Savior. This was just nfler tho assassina
tion of Ctt'sar, and by the Romans this
comet was believed to bo hie molaniorphos.
ed soul, armed with fire and vengeance
This comet is ngnin mentioned as appear,
ing in 1100, and then resembling the Sun
in brightness, being of a great size, and
having an immense tail.
In Ihe year 1402, a comet was seen, so,
brilliant as lo be discerned at noon day.
in I4o0 a large comet mado its annesr-
ance.and spread wider terror than was ever
known before. Tbo belief was vory gln.
oral, among all classes, that the cornel
would destroy tho Earth, and that the
Day of Judgment was at hand I At lLi
period, tho Turks had extended their vie
torious arms neroas iho Hellespont, and
seemed destined to overrun all Europe.
This added not a litilo'lo tho general
gloom. Under all theso impressions, the
people seemed totally regardless of tho
present, nnd anxious ouly for the future.
Tho Romish Church held at this time un
bounded sway over the lives, and fortunes,
and consciences of men. To prepare tho '
world for its expected doom, Pope Calixtu
IU. ordered tho Avo Maria to be repented
ihree limes a day, instead of two. He
ordered tho church bells to be rung at
noon, which was the origin of that prac
tice, souuivercal in Christian churches.
To tho Ave Maria, tho prayer was added,
"Lord, save ns from iho Devil, the Turk,
nnd the Comet:" and once, each day,
the;o ihreo obnoxious personages suffered
a regular excommunication. .
Tho popo and clergy exhibiting such
fenr, it is not a matter of wonder that it
became the ruling passion of the mulii
tude. The churches snd convents were
crowded for confession of sins ; and trens.
ii res uncounted ws-e" poured into the Apos
lolio chamber. The comet, nfcer ssflerinn;
some months of daily cursing nnd excom
munication, began to show signs of re
treat, bmiI soon disappeared from those eye
in which it found no favor. Joy and tran
quillity soon returned to tbe faithful sub
jects of iho Pope, but not po their money
nnd lands. The people, however, became'
satisfied that their lives, and tlie safely of
the world, had been, cheaply purchased.
This comcl appeared again in 1531,
1C07, lfi02, 175, 1835, and will return to
our vicinity in 1011, and every 751 year
thereafter. Ji is known as llalluy's eomeU
The comet of 1G90 would have bem still
more alaimin tlmn tht of 1456, had no
science rohhed it of its terrors, and history
pointed to the signal failure of its proces
sor. 1 his comet was of the largest size,
nnd h.id a tail whose enormous length was
more than ninety-six millions of miles.
The beautiful comet of 1811, tbe most
splendid o.''fi pf modern limes, bad a nacro
us of 2,iC7 miles in diameter, very nearly
tho size of tha Moon. It shone witn i
brilliancy equal lo one ttSth f that of tha
Moon. Its tail was very luminous, and
was one hundred millions of miles in length
The Comet and Cold Weather. A
writer in a St. Louis paper attributes the
recent cold weather to the approach of
tho Comet ; which is daily increasing in
size, showing that it is coming down o us
with fearful rapidity. Tho writer says J
" Thero can be little doubt that the
traordinary phenomena witnessed in tho
weather during the month is attributed to
this cause. Similar changes of the cli
mate have been observed bforetduring
tho passage of comets near the earth.
The comet of 1556, is said to have brought
with it a dense and unpleasant fog, which
lasted for twenty-one days ; that of 1826
was accompanied by heavy rains and con
sequently inundations, and every one must
remember the unusually cold and severe
weather prevalent at the time of the ap
pearance of the brilliant comet of March
1843. Tho comet now ADnroachine tbfl
earth, is that of Charles V., which first
appeared in perihelion, in 1264. It ay
be seen in a clear evening near B Sagitta
ri, and is evidentally nearing the earth with
great rapidity. Its passage across our
orbit, or its possible collision, may produce
very important and extraordinary geo
cranhical chanwa. There can Ve
doubt that its meteorological effects are al
ready hpramini avi.IaiiI Tliil Comet OX
cited great alarm on its fimt and scood
appearances and was the subject of ranch
attention amonjr the astronomers of that
day.
ffr "Ivt!ni.h." now the name for
whisky toddies throughout New EpgUnd-
Th annsbina of life is made OP of very
1843. The election takes place the 3d of' I!ule Pyt"t " bright all the lime.
August CoL Robert Stewart, of St. Jo-
I h, is his Pem:ralic opponent.
To-morrow is ih day on which iJl
! work, and fools reform.
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