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A Weekly Newspaper, devoted to the Principles of Je.lt'raonhu Demoa'ticy, aud fttlvoctttuig tho ido of Truth in every issue. onlty. llANUIIIM, royi'l'IIH. HI.AXKrf. CAUUii. ClKiaLAlLS I'A.MrilUiT.WOKiv Vol; III. OREGON CITY, OREGON, JULY 13, 1857. No. H end other kinds, duueis orjcr, on tlion notice. Tlltl OREGON ARGUS, 4. .Ill, ' ' 1 -VBMSIIKU KVCKr TtKtlf BUSSING, , BT WILLIAM L. ADAMS. For tht Argut. Apostrophe to lbs He. Mourn oo, mourn on, 0 Military See I 1 lova to li-ar lliy niuan : . The world's laiiisul attuned Ut melody Iu tliy unifying lone. Lo! on the yinliliiiK wiul I lis ulono, And th while clills around me draw their screen, And part me from Uio world. Lot me diown For ouo short hour Us pleasure and iu apleeo, And, wrapt iu dreamy thought, sumo peaceful moments gleuu. , iio vole of any living thing ie near, (save the wild sea-bird's wail, That seems the cry of sorrow, deep and drear, That nothing eau avail. Now in the air with broad white wing they tall, And uuw descending dot the tawny eand, Now rut upon Ilia wavee, yet atill their wail T)f bitter mitow (loan toward the land, L.ke grief which change of acene ii powerless to Command. "The ki approaches, with its weary heart, r Moaning uuquietly, 'An earueet eriif, too tranquil to depart, Speaks iu that troubled ugh) Yet ita g'ud waves eeein dancing merrily. For hope conceals fromthem the warning tone. Gaily they rimli toward the shore to die : All their bright spray upon the bare oand thrown, While flill around them wail that sad uud cease lew niouii. And thue it ii in life when iu the breaet Guy -parkling hopes arise - Each one in turn juat shows ita glearniug creit, Then fulls awuy aud diva, , On life's bara lands each cherinhed vision lies, Numbered with those that will return uo moro : ' There early love, yuuth's dearly cherished lies Jtnglit dreams or luint lie perished on the shore, While the worn heart lulueuts what grief cau ue'er 1 . restore. Yet still the broken waves, retiriug, strive Agiiiu th-ir crests to rear j Seeking iu ipaikliug beauty to revive, As iu their tint cureer. They strive iu vain thvir lustre, bright and clear, Forsakes them now, with eurth all dimm'd uud , . slaiu'd. And tli in the heart would raise its visions dear, And simps them new from fragments that re mained, Hut finds their brightness goue, by earth's cold touch profaned. Long have I lingered herei the evening fair In robe of mist draws nigh ; The sinking tea sighs forth its sud -despair, More aud more dislaully. Ihisli'd is the sra-bird's melancholy cry, For night oppruuehes with the step of ago, Whin youth's thurp griefs uru suflen'd to u sigh, And when lliu dim eye afar beholds the pugu That holds the record sud of sorrow's former rage And nature answers my complaining wo Willi hor own quiet lore Bids nn observe tlio mist ascending, slow, From tlio dewrled shore, And leitiu that, scatlored and ik-filed no more, The fallen waves uro wuflod to lliu skies; That thus the Impes 1 bitterly deplore, Though fust they lull bnl'ore my aching eyes, Full but in tears on eunli, Id heaven unstained to rise ! PuRTLANn, July 13, 1857. u R. for tht Argut. The Grot Opportunity. We spoke week before of the great question. Every great question gives op portunity fur noble action. It is the strug gle fur tt)6 right, tlio high resolve, the couragoom expression, and in trepid aoiion, which yi ves birth to heroes. Many a noble name is ttiero, made so by the rights which Uio bearer proclaimed and defended with his pen, his tongue, or his sword. And every hero will be exulted according to the great ness of lhe theme which he advocates. As the ohject tines, so lie will rise. As its in fluence spreads ubroud, so will his fame extend tantil his very name becomes a household word among nil people, and his history a part of thu world's history. So has it been with an Alfred who gave to England freedom from her enemies, an improved government, the beginning of her literature and the foundation of her institutions of learning. So has it been with Gnstnvus Adolphus, who, with his 30,000 bravo Swedes, rushed forth and caved Middle Europe from religious op pression. So was it with John Hampden, and much more with Oliver Cromwell. Their op posers and oppressors passed away, and overy Iruo Englishman now honors them, because they were right and their enemies wrong. So was it with the rebels, John Hancock, James Otis, and Samuel Adams. They proved themselves ' right in their rebellion, and now it is justi fied ns a laudable revolution. The name of Drowm'st, Turi'.an, and Methodist were bestowed as a reproach, but they have all lived to reflect honor upon these epithets. ,. The right has always triumphed. At first it may have had few friends, but dis cussu,"n instruction, aud patient courage, have made ..' prominent and victorious. On the contrary, Ib9 name of those ?.bo hae opposed l.';e right are now mentioned as a 4hMe and reproach. Their memory bhall rot Wo bae alluded to these fact of his tory, because at thia moment an opportu nity offers not only to one, but to many persons, lo engrave their name among (hose of the benefactoraof mankind. The welfare not of two State r two nation merely is involved, but the welfare of two race depends upon the men of our time. The opportunity extend even lo us in tht distant land. According to our rela tive importance in the national scale are we necessarily involved now. We are .about to decide the question whether to admit negro slavery into Oregon. The question concern r present and fiUun interest as a people, az well as the welfare of the race to be euslaved. It affects our .higheti welfare a well a their. The ar furrwrit agaibst slavery begin with the ' qnev.iun of food and clothing, aad ends with thai of mind and sou!. , It aflccti first everything connected with labor, with trade, and with internal im provement Thore are 40,000 Cermnm in Texas, and they, though poor on their arrival a few year since, are living with more com fort, and they are amassing more wealth than their neighbors the planter and slaveholder. Some planter begin to hire freemen instead e employing slave to work their plantations. Free labor lit gaining upon slave labor in Missouri. The reason Is palpable. For just over lhe line in Iowa free labor Las tripled the price of the same kinds of land. From a late pa per we quote the following statement : " One of the most prominent citizens of Missouri tho owner of twenty-one grown up slaves, besides their progeny has of fered to emancipate them all, provided general emancipation could be sccurod. Me knows and suys that tho rise in real es tate, consequent upon lhe abolition of slavery in Missouri, would fourfold pay for the slaves." These are not single, isolated facts, but common, general, and almost universal ones. A glance at the border line be tween slave and free Stales indicates the same thing. The towns and cities that grow up in free Stales, compared with those which grow up in slave Slates, make it still moro evident. The census returns prove it beyond question or doubt. Free dom conserves the material welfare of a people ; slavery consumes or destroys their wealth. Freedom developes and multi plies the resources of the soil, the mines, the streams, and the seas; slavery eat, oat tho goodness of the soil, poorly works the mines, leaves the streams to run their idle course, and the seas untraverscd by merchant vessels, whaling fleets, or fishing schooners. . , The hired labor of a freeman makes him interested in his work, and, by the mov- ings of his interest, all his power to toil is brought out. The slave has only the lowest, if any, interest iu his labor. Freedom invites competition) so that Iu bur improves and cheapens at lhe snroe lime, while its products, being reduced iu price, make the poor as well ns the rich gainc-rs thereby. It is said by Englishmen hero now that their gains at our high priuos are hardly moro than they were in England at the known low rates there, while their comforts of life are less. The wotking man need no! fear that too many will compete with him iu the labor market. The present demand for work in all the free Slates, and the rapid prosperity of la borers in every town and city, prove that competition, if it diminishes his daily re ceipts, diminishes in equal proportion his daily outpaymrnts. But sluvery excludes him fioru the labor market. Uo does not wih to compete with the negro, nor is he desired to do il. The negro then Usurps the white man's place in the field, in the garden, and to some extent in the shop. Tho slave States require or support but few mechanics. Tlio planter will if pos sible have one of his own slaves a back smith, and another a carpenter, or "jack-at-all-trades," and thus supply his most obvious wants. Gov. Wise of Virginia lately remarked that they would be obliged to prohibit slaves from learning a trade in that Slate, for the mechanics were com plaining that the negro mechanics were taking the work out of their hands. Let slaves come, and their owners will, for the sake of economy, put all work possible into their hands, and leave white laborers to shift for themselves. Or, if there should be too few slaves to do litis, then white la bor would reduce the value of slave labor, and make the slave a burden upon his master's hands. As we are now situated in Oregon, I see not how a man can eco nomically hold slaves. Good ones in the Slates a re worth from $800 to $1,500 each. The interest of that money will hire a freeman most of the working part of the year, without any risk of sickness, escape, or death.. But the holder of a slave must take all these risks. And if he. boys a slave at a cheaper rate, it will be a "mean er" one, and the risks will be greater. Some persons may transfer slave property which they own in the States, and make the enterprise a little cheaper for them selves, but the number of this class is very small. Land-owners may in a few cases make it profitable for a short time, but in the end it will be to depress the price ef their land and also to depress the white laborer. The owner of a aection or two of land will buy three or four slaves, and then hire no more hel p. The young men w ho now 6nd good hornet and enongh work with our large farmers, will find them n longer. Io towns it will be hardly better. They will not grow much. There are no large towns in the interior of slave State, and no large ones in them at all, eseept a they have commercial or trade relations with free Sute. In view of these material interests, is it cot a string, uBaowtye fret that an; luboring limn, any mechanic, any land. lioUcr, or especially any young man, should vote for introducing or allowing slavery in Oregon. U'e do not expect men to vote way their own rights, or to al low thorn io be taken away if they know it. We do not expect them lo vole away, or throw away, their own money, or the chance of making il. . D ut the men who intend lo vote for slavery in Oregon, or who will not vote to prohibit bore, are do- siguicg to deprive themselves both of rights and of property. And if it is as astonishing that men will volo thus, it is more astonishing that intelligent political men, who claim to have some regard for the country and some statesmanship, will advocate slavery and urge this people to adopt tho system, or allow it to como in quietly. It seems lo be the present policy of some, who desire to avoid taking open ground on this question, to any nothing about slsvery in the proposed Constitution, If this pol icy obtains, slavery will come in and b recognized by the United States Courts. We shall be practically a slave Stato. As such we shall stand before the Union. This fact will deter lhe immigration which Oregon now needs. . If free State families will not settle in Missouri, the cheap lands and mineral wealth ot wiiicu are so invi ting, on account of its slavery, much less will they como to Oregon if we become n lave State. In this view, we regard the question of our prospective greatness or littleness, wealth or poverty, as one demanding every true friend of Oregon lo speak and act now. We Want men, or a man, with moral courage enough to plant himself firmly on the principle of prohibiting slavery in Or egon forever. Let him come out now. lie may be maligned, and his namo muy become a by-word. But let him write and speak with the well-known facts for free dom before him, and he will speak lo the heart of the people. lie will set fanners right. lie will turn back those young men who foolishly design to vote for slave ry. He will carry the hody of our me chanics with him. Let him come out re gardless of nil party ties, to be sustained by the principles which he sets forth and maintains. Doing this ho will so fur de serve the name of n 'putriot. , A. (To be couthiued.) Illinois Valley, Joskmmne Co., June ID, 1S07. Ed. of Argut As I have been taking a tramp through this section of the Territory, I have concluded to send you a a few notes taken by lhe way. I notice quite ft degrco of improvement in the valley within (ho last year. . Since the Indians have been taken a way from hero lhe settlers have gouu to work in good earnest. In many places I notice good crops of barley, oats, and vegetables. . In the valley there are three saw-mills, a tannery just starting, and a lime quarry just opened, at which they expect to Tarnish good lithe for fifty ceuts per bushel. .... There nre about 45 families here and in the mines immediately around. There is but a small proportion of the valley suita ble for cultivation ; jho greater partis very gravelly, and covered with pine and oak, though it furnishes some grass for stock. The country is depending entirely on the mines around it. If it had not been for the discovery of gold in these mountains, the Indian would have been left in unin terrupted possession of this country for many years to come. The mines on Canou, Josephine, Alt- house, and Sucker Creeks, all of which empty into the Illinois river, have been very rich, and are atill paying moderate wages, but miners must be content to work for less wages now than formerly. The fact is, the cream has been taken ofT, though there are hundreds of acres to be worked over yet that wil pay good wages, with improved facilities for working. The miners are making improvements in their operations every year. I he rocker is not used any more, except by John Chinaman. I took a trip over the Siskiyou moun tains to Indian Creek, It is about seven miles up to the summit from lb Illinois river, and seven miles down to Indian Town. In making the ascent, one will see vegetation in almost every state of devel opment. At the base the service-berry is ripe and nearly gnne ; further up it i quite green, and on the summit it and the goose berry are just in bloom, and around the snow banks the maple and willow are just putting forth their first delicate buds, and the earliest flowers are springing up, while in keeping with the scene the early spring birds are making the forest musical with their lively note. From the summit of the mountain we bad an extensive view of mountain scenery. With the snow-capped mountains all around us, we could look down upon the Illinois, Rogue River, and Scott' Valleys, and away into California where the Shala Butte could be seen rearing bis hpari head amongst the clouds, We arrived at Indian Town in ilia eve. ning. It consists of a few board houes, two stores, a saw mill, and a good hotel, at which I sat down to ut good a iimal a I have eaten on the Iicifio coast ; and then in their reading. room you find the latest newttmper and magazines from tho Allan. lio and tho Puciflo coakU ; and anothor happy reuelleulion, during my five days' slay here, I did not see a drunken or disor derly porson. The miners hero are doing well, generally making from $3 to QdO per day where they have their claim opeu. I returned to the Illinois valley on lhe 18th, and Hindu preparations to start for home. A shrewd, energetic, and Industrious family might make moro money here thnu in the Willamette Valley. But give me my quivl secluded home by tho purling brook among the green hills of the Wi. laiiktto Valley. The stock of tho plunk road from Cres cent City lo Illinois Valley is all taken, and the entire road will soon be put under contract. They expect to have it finished during lhe summer. When lhe road is put in good order there will he a groat amount of teaming done from Crescent City through this valley to all the North, em mines. Distance from Crescent City to Illinois Vail j, 4S miles, thence to Jack sonville about 60. The young folks here enjoy themselves in their social parlies finely, TLcy meet semi occasionally, and have a good social dance, and then retire to their homes, al ways feeling happier and better than when they went. How much belter it is for the young men lo spend an evening occasion ally with ladies, than lo mfot iu drunken revelry in the bar room, whero to often the cry of murder brenks np lhe party. The citizens of Josephine are wide awake on the great political Issue before tho peo plo. I hear it variously estimnted that '.his county will give from 000 to 800 majority for a Free Stato Constitution (his fall. Yours, ' Philip Ritz. The Purchase ot Cuba, Ve. , Wasiii.ngtos, May 21. Mr. Soulo is again here, and is of course on a footing of intimacy with Mr. Buch anan. It cannot bo doubted that they have talked over lhe Ostcud matter, now that they have considered tho inodo for the purchase of Cuba. In a fow days we shall know who is lo have charge, for the coin ing four years, of this important negotia tion in Spain. Some suppose it will bo Mr, Pickens of South Carolina, I do not think it will be Mr. Dclmont, though Cuba can never bo purchased except through the financial influence of the Kolhschilda mid other money-princes of Europe. No changes nre to be made in the missions to England and Franco at present. Bui, ul timately, as soon as anything is to he done, Mr. R. J. Wulkrr will be our representa tive iu England and Mr. Slidull in Franco. If Cuba is to bo bought by the Administra tion, it must be through remarkably skill ftil diplomacy in London and Paris. It is a matter as to which England and France will huvo something to Bay. Their consent and influence must bo obtained as a necessary preliminary to a successful ut tempt to ptiiclmsa Cuba from Spain. About one hundred and fifty or two hun dred millions is all thut the United States will consent to pay, or be bouud for. They do not expect to pay it from the Treasury of lhe United Slates. But the Cuban Creole planters and slaveholders will prom ise to pay the money, as well they might, considering that by the immediate rise in tho value of thuir properly, they will make about the clever sum of seven hundred and fifty millions. But the United States must assume tho payment the payment of this sum, in annual instalments of twenty-five millions a year. The next Congress is looked lo as being more likely to favor this scheme than any one that has preceded it, or may soon fol low it. . . But there is not much probability that the matter can be brought lo a head before the second session of the next Congress. Meanwhile it will be necessary lo over come the scruples and misgivings of the South in regard to the effect of this meas ure upon their interests. To ruin all lhe sugar interests is of no account, for that will soon be done by th cultivation of the Chi nese aud African sugar cane. To withdraw their capital and labor from the present employments and leave these lands worth ies", is a mailer of little concern to most of the old Southern Slates the life-blood of the old Atlantic slaveholding Stales being drawn off rapidly loward the newer Slate. It is a qaeslion, therefore, chiefly between Texas and Cuba. Shall the old slave. holding State back up Cuba or Texas t I think they incline to decide for Cuba, because Cuba will never form but one State, while Texas, should it once be divid ed, will afford two non-slsveholding States. Cer.aY. V. Timet Z3T Rise Eai.lt 1 if you would enjoy good health. , , , , , . . , The Lati Suootinu Case i Illinois. The Kockford, III., Republican gives tho following particular of the shooting ef two men by Wro. Bubb, formerly Cover, nor of Ohio, now residing in Illinois! " Our community wos startled yester day afternoon by tho announcement that ex-Governor Be lb, now a resident of Rew ard, in this county, but formerly of Ohio, of which Suite he was Governor, had been molested ly a mob of men, and had fired upon, and shot two of ihem killing one man instantly. The particulars, as near as wo havo been ablo to gather them up lo lhe time of going to press, aro as follows; It appears for soma lima past a good deal of coldness, and in many instances actual bad fueling, had been growing up among some of th Governor' neighbors, as against himself sud family, springing, it is said, more of jealousy of his pecuniary circumstances, and a belief that he was somewhat aristocratic in hit tastes and as sociations. The return of his son with his wile on Thursday uight from the East, whither ho had been lo get inariiod, was fixed upon by tho rowdy poriioa of tho young men of the neighborhood ns a prop er occasion to manifest their ill feelings. They accordingly prepared themselves with cow. bells, guns, tin-pan, and othor articlea ordinarily used oil such occasions. and repaired to the residence of the Gov ornor, at a late hour in tho night, and com menced making all manner of noises, clamors and outcries, assailing the house witn stones, ana iiring toward it with their guns. . After enduring this assault for some time iu silence, Gov. Bebb mado his np pcarauce at the front of his house, aud re monstrated with the mob, reoucstintr them to desist. This requost was received with hootincs and howlinxs, and an increase of clamor. After a little lime ho asaiii come forward and remarked that pntieuce had ceased lobe a virtue, and that if they did not ucsist a nil leave lhe premises, he would be compelled to use violence. This threat only seemed to exasperate the assailants, who replied thut they had come there to fight, aud were only waiting for him to commence, or words lo such import. lie then went into the house and brought out a double-barreled shot gun, firing one barrel at tho feet of the ringleaders of tho mob, which shot took cOecl upon one of the party, crippling him in tho leg. At ibis some of Ihem made a rush upon the Governor, who raised his cun and dischnrir. ed the other barrel at tho foremost man, hitting him in the head and killinir him in stantly, whereupon his assailants suddenly decamped." Gov. Bcbb wan, at his own request, ex amined by a court of Magistrates, for killing tho rowdy, and, after a thorough examination, was discharged. The Rock- ford Registor publishes at length the evi dence elicited, und remarks ns follows : " From tho testimony it will be seen the fact is established that Gov. Bubb did or der the riolers off beforo firing, (hough it would seem tlio order was not heard by them. The dufunso also testified to the guns being pointed Inward the houso, whilo ilia rioters uro pnsiiivo they were not. There altrnys will be a dilfi'rcnce of opin ion in the public mind as to how much provocation will justify ouo man in shoot ing down another, cvon whero tho law jus- tines tlio act, a ii u we hnve no desire to dis cuss the present case In thut aspect. It is an untortunato allmr In any point of view. Tho practice of charivaring newly married couples is one which ought not to bo toler ated in a civiliod community, and we re gret to learn has been much too frequent in this section for a year or two past. Al though in most instances intended for sport, they aro little better thnn mobs, and should be discountenanced by every righl-lhink-ing citizen. We hope the sad result of the one at Gov. Bcbh's may prove a salu tary warning. About n year siuoo an in dividual was shot at Eight, whilo engaged in a similar riot." BiitoitAM Younc, the MoitMo-T.- It ap pears from an article in tho Buffalo Com mercial tl-at President Fillmoro, in appoint ing Brighain Young to Governorship of Utah, did so after consulting many respect able persons in tho several States, among them Col. Thos. L. Kane, of l'hiladelphia, abroiher of tho late Dr. Kane the Arctic navigator. Col. Kane spent many months in Utah, and at that time formed a high opinion of Brighain, It seems, however, that at the time the appointment was made, the doctrine of polygamy was not avowed by ths Mormons, and that if they practiced it, they did so and concealed the fact from the world. They have since incorporated it in their creed as one of their leading ar ticles, and have openly defended it, and hence the just indignation w hich has every, where been expressed throughout the country. Il is furtherstated that Brigham's nomination was confirmed by the United Slates Senate without tho slightest opposi tion. ' Remakiablk Accident. The Bloom ington (III.,) Flag, says that on Wednesday of last week a very remarkable accident occurred on the farm of Mr. William C. Warlow, of that county. While Mr. John Baker was harrowing in a field, his two horses took fright and ran off; the barrow SoOn got thrown upon its back, with the teeth up, and the horses became entangled in the harness in such a manner as to cause them both to fall oo top of the bar. row, the teeth of which penetrated to their ritsls and killed thm almost instantly.-. We doubt very much whether there is an ptbtr similar circumstance oo rtcwd, Hamroarjr Uratu et t'.tdrr 1'valt. Seduction ff a Wife in Cal!fomiuthe itettrls her J Unhand, ilea It uutnj her childrtn, and ii Haled at the n nlh con. cubine lo her ddaucher. . It is with resret that we havo Ifi chron- iclo the homicide, committed in our vicini ty on Wednesday hist, by Mr. Hector II- McLean, Into of San Francisco, California, upon the person of a Mormon rrenchor. More than all do we deploro tho meluii. choly affair llint led to its commission. Tho deceased, whoso name was rarley Parker Pratt, was a mnu of noto among tho Mornious, and judging from his diary and his letter lo Mrs. McLean, he was a nun of moro than ordinary intulllgcuco and ability. Ho had bceu a preacher and missionary of the Mormons at San Fran cisco, Califoraia, nhi-ie he made the ac quaintance of Mrs. McLean, whom he in- luccd to otnbracP tho Mormon linth. blio was at thut lime living with her" husband, Hector II. MoLeon j they were happy and prosperous until alio mado the ncquuititnnce of Fratt, and embraced the Mormon faith, alio is lhe mother of Ihree children, by McLean, two boys aud one girl, and seeitwd lo be an intelligent and interesting ludy; converses fluently, and ith more grace and easo thau most of ladies. About two years ago, and soon fur she became a convert to Morniou- ism, sho made an attempt to abduct two of ic r children to Utah, but was detected and prevented by her brother, who was then in California, and residing with his brother-in-law, Mr. McLean. She soon after, however) found means to elope with said Trait to Salt Lake, whero it is said that she beenmo his ninth wife. After the elopement of Mrs. McLean, her parents, who reside near New Orleans wrote to Mr. McLean, in California, to send the children to them. Ho did so. Sever al months aftor this, Mr. McLean received nows that hts wife had been to her father iu New Orleans, and eloped with the two youngest children. He immediately left San Francisco for New Orleans, and on ar riving at tne house of his father-in-law, he learned from them that Mrs. McLean hud bocn there, aud after an Ineffectual attempt to convert hor father and mother to Mor. monism, sho pretended to abandon il hor s.-lf, and so far obtained tho confidence of her parents, as to induce thorn to entrust hor in ihs city ef Now Orleans with the children, but they soon found she had be trayed thuir confidence aud doped with the children; Thoy wroto to McLean in San Francisco, who, upon tho roceiptof their letter, went to New Orleans, and Warning from them tho above facts in relation to the uffair, immediately started in pursuit of his chil dren. He went to New York and thou to St. Louis. While in St. Louis ha learned that tho woman and children wore in Houston, Texas. On his arrival in Hous ton he found that his wifo hud left some time before, to join a large party of Mor moiis en routu for Utah. lio then return ed io Now Orleans, and from there to Fort Gibson, iu the Chorokee Nation, with the expectation of intorcopling his wife und children at that point. On arriving at Fort Gibson, and whilo there, he fouud letters in the Post Office to his wife, from Pratt, sumo of which wero mailed in St. Louis, and others ut Flint l'osl Office, Cherokee Nulioii. We are unable lo give the contents of these letters with partiuulurity, but they contained the fact that McLean was on the lookout for her and the children, and thut they were betrayed by the apostates and Gentiles, und advising her to be cuulious in her movements, uud uol to let herself be known only to a few of ths saints und elders. McLean then, upon affidavit mude by him self, obtained a writ from lhe United States Commissioner at that place for their arrest, and succeeded in (retting them ar rested by the United Stales Marshal.- Thoy were brought to this place for trial, and after an examination before the Com missiouer were discharged. l'ratt, as soon as released, mounted his horse and left the city. McLean soon af ter obtained a horse and started In pursuit and overlook l'ratt about eight miles from the city and shot him. Pratt died in about two hous after receiving the wound. This is a plain narrative of the facts as we heard them from the most reliable resources, which we give to our readers without com meat, as we feel thai we are unable to do) so iib justice ta all parties. But deeply do we sympathize with McLean in the un fortunate condition in which Mormon vil lainy and fanaticism lava placed him. Van Buren (Ark.) IntfUvjtnetr. tW Gov. Chase, of Ohio, has consent ed to be a candidate for re-election. lie ia pronounced the Lest and wiseat Governor Ohie ever Lad, Under hi prudent and economical adaainUtratioo, the taxes of Ohio have been reduced nearly two millions of dollar, so that financially, a wall a politically, be itapdi high with the rewpU,