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THE OHKCON AKCUS. I'. rVIMKIIKU SVKBV MTVUDAt MOINIKrl, .BY WILLIAM L. ADAMS. 4"J?.V.-7'a A sous villi k, furniihi at , Thru Dollar! and Fifty Cento utr annum, in tdtanci, to iw git luktrrilteri Three Ihliuri inch to tlulil of Itn at one Jictiii uJrnnrt. WAss Ike money it tint paid in udenme. Tour V lilt it will In charged if yn,d within lix wonlhi, and Fire dnllnri at tin md uf the y;r. fjg' if uo Doliurtfur til muntho An tulncrip tiom 1 1 ccic id far a let i period, fJ0 No paper ditcmitinucd until ull arrentagei are paid, unlen at Hit niiun of the puhlithir. ADVKRTIBINO RATES. On square U'J lines or les.) utis Insertion, f.1,00 " " two lnorl oi.a, 4,110 " three his.r!. 1:1, i.no ' Tech sitliM-qucni lliueitioii, 1,1 0 Reasonable dedcc;i"i s to ilnm wla udvcrtlte ly the year. - JoO PRINTING. T11 raormitma or th AV.Gl'3 is lurrv ' Ui Inform the pi h'lo that I e has jiii! rririveu a largs 'o..k of Jul) TVI'K and o l.ir sew pr nt liter matt rir.t, 0:. l mil he in ll.e a; eeily int. pt uf . additions stiitrd to all llit u..i. cu.i u;s of ll. a !c. ciilny. 1IANUIII1.1.S, lUi 'iLl.S, M.AMiC. cakdS) niicn.Ai t, PAMn.n-wa.k , and other kind, dune lo order, on short rotice. A Weekly Ncvtfiii)L'r, devoted to tho Principles of Jellcrsonian Democracy, nnd advocating tho eido of Truth in every issue- Vol. Ilf. OREGON CITY, OREGON, SEPTEMBER 12, 1 857. No. 22. UUSINJiSS CAKDS. W. T. SMTLlirE. W.C. JOHNSON, Katie ck dt Jobsson, ATTORNEYS it COUNSELOR! AT I AW, And Solicituri in Chancery, WILL promptly nilru I lo any Imsiiiraswh'Lli limy he corinuiltt-d to their pmf,.,joual charge B.'fore tin Diatricl and Supreme Courts. Olll. in II gliliehl'a hii.lilinj, immediately op posite the Mlu Street 1 1 '.!!. Oregon cay, M ir.;,, 7, ijj57. 47y XI. Q. Surnett, ATTORNKY ii COUNSELOR AT LAW, And Sulieitor in Chancery, bethcl, VlX cou.ntv, oiiegon. JOHN R. M'BRIO ItTOMIT AND COVNiKLOR T LAW, Lafayette, Yamhill County, 0. T., WILL faithfully attend to all business en trusted lu hit professional cure. Wa 0. Dement & Co., WHOLESALE mill Mail Dealers in Groc-r-les, Piuv'mous, l'uiuu, Oil, Hoots and Klioes, Crockery, &o. Opposite (lie Loud Ullica, Maiu St. Oregon Cily. June I, 1853. CHARLES POPE, JR., D E ALER In Hardware, Groceri. a, Dry Good, llolliiug, Uuola ot Shoes, AlvJiciiiea, Books antl Mnlionery. Main-at., Orn.'on Lily, April' -Jl, 1857-Itf lo. AUi:i'i:riiY fc Co., 1 MERCHANTS, OREGON CITY, 0. T. Abcrnctty, Clark tk Co., COMMISSION AND FORWARDING MKItCIt A.NT5, San Francisco, Oil., Will attend to wllins Oregw produce, and 611 or ders for Goods, Gnieerics, Sus., at the lowest rules. Tlia patronage of llio people of Oregon, ii re puctfully aulu-iicd. Aug. 3, 23. RXilwain, Manufacturer, Whole tale and Retail Dealer in COOK AM I'.tKLOIl STOVLS, Tra II correa wakk, iiasdwaik, ac, MaiuSt. oppoiito Main Street Hotel, OREGON CITY, O. T. Steamboat an J jibing work attculcd to with dii'p.ilih. Ordfrt frm III cnuntry promptly filled. jr7 IIIGHKIEf.D, WA TCll-MAK ER. MX 1'erknni d.'n'rouK of gi'lling K""d work done ul a well to dire me u cull, u my whole lime in dv Tott-d lo Ilia repairing of (,'hroiiomeler, Lever, Duplet, and llun.iuiul nulehre. An nwortiurnl of Jewelry on hail 1. Jewelry ma le to ord r, uml repaired. " t'rieni In enil the tiinea. I am lliankful for pait farar, aud liov to g ve iiut:fuetiun in future. U Loeuti d ut Ihe old :u.l, ntiH!te the Tel rgnipb OlHee, OREJON CITY, Jcb.'J. ? Drujs, ESedisinoa, 3?rit3, Oil3, V? and 3y?o-3ta!fj, Jj at the OUI-.tiUiN U t'V UilC'G STOKE, epl. Ma n filreel, Oifm Cily, O.T. JOHN P. EZIOOKS, Yholcta!c f- Retail Dealer in G'o-eriv; Produce, i l'rotitiant, J ;., Main Street. A General Awortincnl kt upuf Selected Cooda Ctiiiemuli, March 2H, ! 8."7. ' ' GUN SMITHING. T)'',INti peininnently lucnlid in Oregon City. l 1 am p"r par'l to carry ou Ihe busiucu ol UUN-S.MITHING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES. Thotc who luvor me with their patronage, miy ipeot lo laiu their work d nie rij;ljt. Those wlio leave. CUNSat my Sit" for repaira, mid do not call fur them wiihin sur Hoxnia of 111 u time act fur the woik lu lie dnie, may expect lu lu.vo lliem Jd In p.iv cliai-jfea. riJKII.N'A.U UlLUU. June 7, IS:". llmld Wells, Fargo i Co.'s Ex?ros3, Between Ongnn, California, thu Atlantic S'nti-3 tin t Europe. . HAVING inudeudvuiitttieous (KUlTi arrtinj;eiiieii1a W illi wo L it. leu SaEuiL Stales und I'acilic Mail Steam- ship t'oinpuniea fur liunsnurtuiion. wc ure wx pre j ared to forwurd Gold Dust, Bullion, Specie, I'ackw'ct, Parcclf, and freight, to uud fium N. Yoik, Orleans, Sail Franc'sai, Purtlund, and pnncipxl towns of I'ul furniu au 1 Oregon. . Our regulur Semi monthly Express bolweon Purtlund and Sun Fruneisco, is dinpatched by the Vucilic Mull SleamflitpCo.' etitnship Oalumb'a. connecting ut Sun Fruncisco with o.ir aemi-iiiuiiili-Jv Espreas lo A'rie York and Not Orleant, wliioh iiadiepulnhed regularly on the lt nnd lGihof euch jiioiilli, by ihe mail iieuniers aud in charge of our ,own incsfjigcis, lluourjli lo den.inution. Our r'.xitua from New York leuvea regularly ,ou tiie 5ih uud 2utli ol cit.il iiioulh, also in charge .of measeuscra. Treasure Insured in the beat New York com- .panics, or at Lloyd's iu LouJon, at the option of . abippera. Orrrcr.8 Now Yuik. No. 10. Wall at.; New lOrleuiiK, No. II, Exchange place; Sail PruucUco, .No. 114, Montgomery street. A. H. STEELE, Aent. Oregon City, April 81, 18i7.-!if Beading for the Million. S.J. HLCOR.VWK Mi CONSTANTLY OM IIANU IT T1IK FaNILIM IOOK aroaa, raoxT-sT, ror.TLAXD, oaaooN, tk Choice selection of Popular Books, News papers, Magaiinea and Fancy Stationery. Among the books on hand will be found works oa Tempooiuce, Agriculture, Horticulture, llia 'tory, I'oelry, JJiography, Medicines, Keligion, Se ence, School Books, Uomaiicia, ic, &c, See. CTSubaeripiiooa received for Harper. Graham, Godey, Leslie's, er Putnam, at 4 a year, post age free. D Subscriptions received for any newspaper published iu any part of the Union. Uemember the Fiankhu Book Store and Newa ,poper Ageucy, Front street, I'ortUad Oregon. 1ST A priced caulogue will be published early in April, and frill be sent to any part of the terri tory free on application. , Oregoia Lodge Ho. 3, I. O. O. MEETS at tlieir Hall over the Oregon Cily Drug Store every Wednesday evening at J o'clock. Brethren ia good standing; are invited i vwl FKED. I'UAKMAN, N. G. Gaoacc Pcask, Sec'y. ' TEMPLE OF HONOR. Tualatin Temple of Honor, No. 1, meets au lite 1st aod 3d Fri day evening of each month at oj ecioei.ai icm Benoee Hail. Forest Gro-e. Oreroo. Members ef the Order in good standing are in- . Ue4 te visit thaiTemrxe. E. W. DIXOX.W.C.T X.Titti,W.R. 23 ,47 Tim wriiitr uf llie follow ia a) in ii piivaio noic I linve to write tt'nh our f.Mt ttpuit I lie cruille-rocker; I lite tip'Mi a firm, cuuk fir Hnrkimn, make grcntdcwl 1' buiier, on J tetnl two bulira." A wo n'.im who enn do nil tit ix, omi bo inMciiMitly uontvnteil and Imppy to drnw podiy from t ho aurroundinaof a Iiomio in the timber, ntut Lb wifu woilli having. Ili-r article Iiiin merit, but we cunnoi dcpni t fruiu our rule e'iiii by pt:bliliing for lirr wiibout knowing her rcul nnrne. For tii Argm. TUa ttnrnlnj Vomt Tree. 'Til Itijht j ihmly the orb of day ued llirough Ilia roid-liiie-d curluini, grand, and faded from Our view. The rjimenly uiouu, Willi pata, calm face, Now rwrtin: her ailrer charot, and aoaif In majeniy ItinniKli canop ra on liih. No anuud heard, anre now ami llien the tong Of aoiiia awi et night-bird, or the emmnou auutid Of irea-frnga unte, aa happy uuw he vliauli II. evening mvludy. One interelin; light Preaenla llaelf to my view, aa with An rarneat gaza I look upou iu glories t'att departing. 'Tie au aged tree ; perliapa twe centuries have pawed Since firxt hia tiny bronchia bunt All glail'y Into life. I diru'y acan The dialunt Jeara, lout, kiny aiiice fled, When ttkiu, mnjeatie giuiil, didtt almol forth Thy Under limba lo caich the gentle dewa Of heaven, buy, who inhabited Ihia Inud, When firat the wild dove oooed ainoiuj thy leafletat Who, what race of men did wander round ihee, Guiiug w.lh proud foudneaa ou tliy well I'repot ttoue J limba? Methlnki I bear thy aiuwer ; 'Twaa a race of men who, when Ihy life waa young, Were noble, (en'roua, brave. Prrcliance thou liaat, lu duya long aiuce goue by, been wilneea of lleroic deeiia; deeda of thuaa men who l.ke thyaelf Aie dwindling into duit. Muyluip a crown Of thy green twtga haa been plaeed ou tho brow Of euiiiu dark in.iideii, who haa plighted vowa Of love and honor lo her heurt'a beat choice. Ab! thou boat aloud, thro' long and weary years, Tho wear of tcmpeala nnd the chilling bluata Of dreary wiuteia. Two Jean ago, aud 1 beheld titer, Thu tullial f.reat tree wilhiu my scale Of vtaion ; thin thou wait in Ihy glory; hut very toon a imtji.ty wliirlwma lore away Thy top, uud apuilrd thy muichleia graudvur. tjiuce then Till now thou bant not bean molested, Hut haat laiu, one hull stretched out iu death, L'pou thy mother earth, while yet thy trunk Kemuiued upright, lo apeak departed honor. Hul, alas! the hand of mini, not yet coiueut With nil thy former wrongs, hua laid Ihee ! With tint last cruel touch, the burning brand Of lire. Yea. thou arl going now to joiu Thy kiudred dead, back uulo Ihy mother earth, hero aoou all, ull mutt follow ; bravely hast III oil atood The Wreck of agea auJ die tempeat'a blow Uut when the hand or man, who will not live Out half thy yeuia, ia litid iu nklll upon Ihvo, Thou doal lull nor root, nor brunch of Ihy (J i eat frame, ahull atay lo murk thy grave. Adieu, old tree ; I Ihauk Ihee no.v that in Thv flviui! hour thou bust been Ilia nourca O.' culm, deep thought to ouu who sings tby last, Long ut.-ge. Soon, toon thai 1 1 go with Ihee, But my reft, unlike Ihe bleep that wraps Thv hie. will last but for u I. me. Theu in Ihe glury of a ransomed soul 1 11 r.ac Is taks my tugltl, Whilst thou wilt sleep forever. TltsNr Clin. Cottage Home, 0. T., August, 1857. 'V the Arguo, Keif-Defense. A certain Writer, " Veto," whose pro. ducii'ina I ailmiro inlho mail), says, "Self Dul't-nse is a law uf our being; it ia the exorcise of the principle which looks after tho iiiterssis of number one." Tliul anyone li.ti tho right to exercise this principle of aelf-dcfvnso wo will not pri'lettJ to deny. Uut M il good pltiluso. phy und ood morality I Mriiiul philosn phy teaches, thai while man po.seases many Itili und noble 1'uCullics, nnJ ia Milject lo ninny laws of " our hciti" which are nee- eary to ba obeyeJ, yet he ia often prninted lo nvlioii from iiiipiilsd itiiltatl ol uclin in accordance with ihose laws. It will ? c ncudud by ull good moinliaia tliul wo should always endeavor to restrain ull our evil passions and improper impulses, such ns linger, malice, lut, iiiteinperimce, int. Now, whence arises this disposition to leturti Mow fur blow lo return rebuff for insult w hich ia no hin' more tlntti self-dvfenset Wlien a man ia attacked by an animal of ferocious propensities, the felling which prompta !o resistance is feur. Dut when lie is attacked by his fl-l low-man, il U not to much hia fear which is called into exercise, and which prompts him to resist, as his passion of anger. Every blow he strikes in aelfdifense lea sens self-control and decreases reason iu both assailant and defendant. It is true lbat the feeling of ielf-defeno it very strong in man. V. aeems aimosi inierwn- i . . . ven in his very nature; yet, if it is, it mutt be in his selfish nature ; for observe, it ia ttlf that is to be defended. However hard it may teem, however unjust it may appear, is il not always better to bear in tall and injury, than to retaliate and give way to those feeling which dethrone rea sou and inflame the passions Dot says one, "What! stand and lake itl Let man beat me over the head, kick and cuff me about and make no resistance." Cases rarely occur in which an individual is as saulted without having previously given some canse or provocation for it. But suppose a case for the take of argument. And it not the man who can take it bear it all ho can with calmr.esa and forti. tudteontrol all hia feelings of resentment, saying to all the wares T passion and air--er-peiie, be still, the mil who e!ieit our 1'ive, our honor, ami our reverence ! Where U nur model of morality I llt-huhl dim I Uulft-tnil, tpil upon, crowned with thorns, oust out from aotii-iy, uud deemed tinwoithy of the civiliiie and courleire of life, yet beating it all with ni'-ckncm. Ah, hut there was divinity." I answer. He ye perf-ei, even aa your Fulhrr which it in Heaven It perfect." D. B. 0. Li.nnCo, Aug. 52. 1857. for Iht Argut. Notes rrnm a Traveler Diary. Pursuing our course, our way became more and more obstructed, and our trail, which in thu beginning waa plainly mark ed, now teemed lo hate vanished into air, or (mora properly speaking) into the woods, nnd we were comielled lo halt al most constantly to reconuuiier nnd seek some ouilrt by which we might escape front tho labyrinth of fallen limber in which we were entangled. The meun. taint began to assume a mora broken and precipitous appearance, and nature teemed to have lost Ihe bright entiling look ahe woara where man ha made hit home. Discovered mountain shubvery eommou in the gold minctof California, in appear ance somewhat resembling laurel. There t goes by the name of nancinneta, and I had never teen it or heard it tpoken ef at existing here. Il bears clusters of yellow, ish red berries, which are tweet and rather pleasant to the tasie, though they are aa dry as powder inside nnd may be crum bled to dust in the hand, ami blown away by the breath. We also found abundance of lallulberrirs and led huckleberries, both f an unusual ma and fino flavor. We alto found a tmall nut couiiiined in a rough husk or burr, resembling chestnut in ap pearance and somewhat in tate, and by our guide called chincapin or dwarf cheat. nut. Straggling along in Indian file, we wore seldom all together, unless the leader wnt checked by soma obstacle, or, as tome' times happened, old Packy lost hit balance endeavoring to leap over some unusually large log, and lying prone upon the ground wailed patiently till one should coma and loosen his burden, when he would rise and stand submissively till it was replaced. The general air of silence and solitud which seemed to pervade all things arotitid ut brought to my mind ihe words of the poet, " Uh, for a lodge in somo vast wil durness" and having repealed ihe scnli men), how was r astonished when brother , one of our most 8obpr nnd steady going young men, remarked (hat the vast wilderness was no doubt very good in its place, but if he were wishing for a com fortable residence heslmulj long after this manner: "Oh, for a Imlga in sotno nice witloW's nest." After that I had no more lo any, at you may well believe. Halted for noon in a dry upland valley. Two of us made our wny down a neighboring can yon, finding a clear cold strnm in ilu bod. Our pntli this morning led us near the verge of a cliff, which seemed to be com posed entirely of conglomerate, but I had not leisure to examine il closely. Aft.jr noon, wo again essayed to proceed, but dif ficulties seemed lo grow upon each other, and we were finally brought to a complete Mand. Before us lay a district over which the 6ro had recently passed. Thrro we lost the Inst trace ef our trail, and, after a lenrriheued but vain search, we concluded lo turn our horses' heads homeward, leav ing Suit Lake to be discovered by some more successful adventurer. 1. D. L. For the Argut. Tbe Use et Tobacco. Mr. Editor I lake it fur granted, that you are illing to give bih sides of a tub- ect ft Lea tin'' ; tolthall tend you a short article, If you seo fit to publish it, I shall be glad ; but if you do not, I assure you, I shall not tend it to two oilier papers, for I am too easily Huffed off. In The Argut of Aug. 15, it an article aver the signature of " Reform," which hot thoroughly con vinced me that there are other things, be tides tobacco, which "not unfrequently cause the big-head." It i perhapt im possible to ascertain now the " first cause'' of that terrible disease in " Reform," but that he has it, and that bad, I think no one will deny who reads the first column, first page, Vol. 3, No. 18, of The Argut. I think, Mr. Editor, you ought to preserve that No. at a kind of literary curiosity at a aample of how much kialutin non sense can be crowded into one column of a newspaper. I wa a good deal surprised, end a little mortified, at seeing it 111 your paper, for I consider Th Argus loo good a sheet to be mad the medium for bring ing auch stuff before ihe public ; and I am fur.d to the conclusion that you gave " Reform" room, for the tame reason that you published, some) month ago, tbe lei ter of on John Brson, vix . that all should have the libertv of th press. But s I mast notice on or I we things, and stop at thia article hat already xceeded its proposed length. a'ft.'nrm" aaes Wt find aom few who indulg ia iu use, who tu- wnieHtly! ashamed," etc. I have no idea that any- oily bul " Reform'' ever nind any such di-covery. I presume, Mr. Editor, I'm about the " tamo on the "gnoso"ni yon are. judging by your remarks, and I have, been for twenty years an observer, lo tome extent, of men, and to considerable extent of women, nnd I have never tern a man who wet " ashamed," or " shunned good company," or "sneaked off Iv himself," to tmoke. 1 havo known gentlemen, llioae who were considered moduli of gen. lilily in good tocicty, who both smoked and chewed tobacco, and who never 'sneak ed off by themselves' on account of cith er. I nave known i;eni!einen to 111:111 their cigars, and politely excuit themselves for a fjw mirules, lust ihe amoka might be lii agreeable to some of the company, but were nut 14 en the look-nut," &o. Stnnk ing, of itself, does not show a luck of gen tility, but smoking without permission, lu the pretence of Mies, docs. I have known Indies, who could bear neither the smell nor the taste of oytteri. Does the gentleman who eats them, show a want of good man nera I It certainly would not be proper to set them before a lady, to whom they were known to be oflentivo ; but if the gentleman took hit dish of oyster soup, and politely withdrew to another room, lie would, according to " Reform," be "sneak ing off by himself," or " on the look. out' wc. I am glad lo believe, with " Reform,'' that the number of ladies, who use tobac co, ia small ; but " Reform" Lopes the number will "become more and more less," dec. Beautiful! is'ut itl What would Murray say to that f And now, Mr. Editor, lo conclude, I will tay, that if any sensible man will rend thai pnrtof " Reform's" article beginning at the words, " And now, when about draw, ing to a c'ose," and read to the next peri od, and not pronounce the author von compot mtntit, I will confess myself do ceived. Thai ihe us of tobacco i an un necessary, filthy habit, no one who uses it will deny. I would not bo understood at countenancing the use of il, in any thope or under any circumstances. But it does seem to ma that a roan must be exoeed iogly verdant to charge it with all the Crimea enumerated in " Reform's" article. I hope ha will write again, aud tell us how the use of tobacco leads to inquisitiveness, to tattling, to lying, to perjury, to theft, arson, murder and suicide. How it fills prisons, poor-houses, and asylums, or how it manufactures demons and peoples Hell 1 suppose ' Reform" would argue that be cause some man is guilty of using tobac co and idling falsehoods, therefore tobac co lends to lyi:i"! Or because the Devil got some poor fellow that chewed or tmuk ed. trso tobacco peonies Ilrll ! This bents (ledge. In looking over the whole article we must conclude that "lieforni" fell like the young lady who wanted to do aome tliiug to get her name iu (ho papers. John. Umfqua Co., Aug. 28, 1857. C0NSTI1UT10NAL CONVENTION. Monday, Aug. 31. The president be ing ill, Mr. Grovcr was chosen president pro tern. No quorum was obtuined for tome time, aud the sorgeanl-at-nrma wns directed to bring in absent members. A quorum was finally obtained. McCormick odercd a resolution declar ing that il ia ihe sense of the convention that it would adjourn on tho 21sl of Sep tember passed. The Convention then went into com mittee of tho whole, and look up report of the standing comniillee on the judiciary. Pack wood moved lo adopt tho 10t.lt section. Meigs moved lo amend by striking out " may" and inserting " shall." Several gentlemeu thought that the terms in legal parlance meant the tame thing were synonymous. Pack wood moved to amend by striking out all after the word attorney lost, Yeas 14, nays 10. Mr. Olney offered to so amend that no judgeor attorney ahould be twice removed for Ihe tarn kind of offense. Kelsay opposed ihe amendment, and said 1 hat it proceeded upon th presump tion that the legislature would act corrupt y he was in favor of man being im peached as often as he was guilty. A member explained. Kelsay proceeded and said " I don't like the amendment no how, and will vole against it." Kelley moved to apecify tha causes for which th judge and protecutingsttornejs were to be removed carried. Kelley moved to adopt section 10 ; carrier!. Tb 12th s-ction was then read aad Farrar moved to amend o aa to prevent members of lb Supreme and Circuit courts from accepting a seat ia Congress- lost. Peebles moved to strike oat all after th word ability in th section, so a to allow Judge to tsooept offiaawjort Committee rote, and tho convention took a rfcr-s. Afternoon. The corivcmion resolved iiself into committee of the whole, Mr. Peebles in the chair. The report of ihe standing committer on the Executive department was then taken up. Aficr slight amendments the 1st section was adopted. Starkweather moved to amend the 2d section so aa lo dispense with the three years' residence in order to eligibility lo the office of Governor. Marpte t'ffered an amendment that lie should linve thequtiliGcations of an elect or and thought the peoplo capable of judg ing of a man's fitness for oflice. Way mire was opposed lo both of the amendments. If thia three years' resi dence ia dispensed with, we will have half iho office-seeker of California up here. Strangers came here tomotimet arid mar ried our girls, when at the same time they had wives in the States, and he was op. posed lo giving our tubstauc into tbe hands of strangers. Starkweather responded to Wny mi re that it had been charged that lliero was a disposition to keep all th ofiieea in the hands of a few aad he thought the op position to this amendment rather squint. ed that way. Ho hoped and was disposed lo believe, however, that no auch unwor thy motive prompted opposition to the amendment Lost. rack wood moved to adopt section 3d. Matzgar moved lo amend by striking out the words " this Slate," so as to allow persons holding offices under tL law of the State lo be elected Governor. Farrar moved to add to the aet-lion, the words, "or any other peraon," alleging that other Slates sometimes appointed citi zens of other Stales as coramUsioncri ; prevailed. Williams moved to strike out " legisla ture" in the 4 th t eel ion and insert " Gen eral assembly" lost 4th section was then adopted. Applegnto moved so lo amond section S as to require a majority of all th voles cast to elect a Governor lost. The sect ion was then adopted. Section 6 was like wise adopted. Kelley moved lo postpone the consideration of section 7 prevailed. Tho 8th, Oth, 10th, Uth, 12th, and 13th sections were then adopted. Williams moved to strike o"t of the Uth section that part providing for ihe employment of a council for the Governor, and dispense with the same. 1 The motion prevailed, and the section was adopted. The article as amended wns recommit ted to the executive commiltco with in structions to report tho same to the con vention with tho amendments. Thu com mil too 1 lion rose and ihu convention ad journed. Thursday1, Sept. 1. The report of tho committee on tho administration depart ment was tuken up. Wny mire moved to strike out the Treas urer from the list of State oP.icenj. Boise proposed that the Governor te ex officio treasurer; lost, Yeas 10, nays 29. Kelley moved that the Semite and House of Representatives be denominated the " Legislature" of Oregon. The term " Legislative assembly" was finally adopt ed. Bimkweather offered a resolution fixin" the salaries of the different Stat o of ficers ; laid on the table. Grover presented a resolution calling for the priming of 300 copies of tho jour nnl of ihe convention ; lost. On motion took u rccss till 2 o'clock, Afternoon. ConvTiiiioii went into com. mitteo of the whole ou the rrport of tho committee on " incorporations and internal improvements." The 1st aeclion was adopted. Olney moved to amend the 2d section by giving to the legislature the liberty to dissolve any corporation whenever they saw proper. Marpl opposed the amendment, and thought lb legislature ought not lo havo the privilego'of depriving corporations of the rights which they may acquire in good faith under a law of that body. Dcady, Kelley, and blhei opposed the amendment. Olney advocated briefly hit amendment The amendment was rejected. Kellev moved t ttrike out all after the word " purposes" to wit ' all lawt pats. ed pursuuni to this section way be altered amended or repealed" lost. Wednesday, Sept. 2. The minority re port on education was taken op and re ferred to th committee of th whole. Ou motion, th convention resolved it self into committee of th whole on th un finished business. The eommitieo took up report No. 7,ea corporations. Marpla moved an amendment making the stock liable as a lien for labor done for th corporation. Kelsay opposed tho amendment. Joint slock companies fought tha Cm aoaitj ftr mtrcb Kite tho terrapin fought the snukt! Ilia terrapin struck ftrt and . llien cluing Ms shell ci i- J out to llio snake lo Urikc. So t.itli corpoiaiiuni th r look all ihry could gel, and then closed . down on the unsU'pating. Variout nmerdmeiilt were prrniei, bul decided oul of order. 1 be amend. niont wns lost. Pm.kwood nioved to amend so at to make the corporaiiou in JK iJuall rerpoo- iblo to the extent of their iudividual stock and no more. Williams and Kelsay opposed it.' Mar- pie nnd others advocated it. The eommitieo rose without urciulng the question, reported progreat, and asked leave to sit again. Jflenoon Contention went Into com ! mittue of th whole and adopted the pend ' ing amendment. Deadv offered an amendment malting individual stockholders liable for all th debts of III corporation. The goiiUeman , advocated hit amendment in a neat and forcible speech. He thought wa were in a happier condition no than If w were a manufacturing community. He owned that he did it to discourig corporations, and the Improvemetta which they might bo disposed to make and believed that wo ' would be happier without than with them. The general tendency of Lit argument waa to show that civiliat'iou wat a very bad thing aud that barbarism Is the niosl d. lighiful state of existence. Kelsay followed on the tarn tide. Waikins replied that ihe coat, the boots, and the buttons llio gentleman wore wer Ihe result of corporation capital and he thought that if wo could instead of import ing those things, product them at home, it would be a tav'tuj of which w ought to , avail ounelves. Th geutleman from Douglas thought we wer very happy well he thanked God that the gentleman had a contented heart 1 The amendment was lost, 18 to 30. Olney moved to amend by inserting a provision that no contract whoreby a cor poration incurred a debt could b enforced lost. The comnii to roe, and the cooventiou adjourned. Long- Trips. TL Government slcam' cr D. II. Morton recently relumed lo St. Louis from a fV) montht (rip lo Fort I'ierre, on the Upper Musouri. On tho Oth December, lSoO, the steamer was fro xoti up at Yankton village, twelve huudred and fifty miles above St. LouU, where the crew had quite an Aretio region experi ence, tho cold being terrible, nt d tho storm so severe that It was only by means of many ropes fastened to llio shore that tho cabin wns enabled lo resist the nrc'io tor nadoes. The snow drifiod level whh tho guards of tho boat clear across tho river, nnd the men had to tuaj in snow waist deep to i hop down trees for fuel. Once n parly of the crew was lost iu tho snow, and would havo pciithed had il not been for the services of a frivbdly Indian. The Government steamer Twilight aluo reached St. Louis on the 21st July, nfier au iibsenca of fifiy-ono days, having been up the Missouri us far ns tho mouth of tho river Aua Trnnible, a distanuo of tuto thouiai.d fee hundred and twenty miles. . Canada and its Emigrants. It ap pears that tho Invest portion of the emi grants who land in llio llr'uish provinces, make their way speedily to the Llntcd States, instead of seUling in the provinces, yet it is said ihe population of Cunad:t is increasing as largely as thutof the Lulled States. Iho returns ol the emigration ngent, at Hamilton, Canada West, for llio six inonlhs fioni Jan. 1 lo July 1, 13'7, stato that of S1J32 emigrants arrived there, 10,434 had left for tho United States, leaving only 4,50 remaining In Canada. A National Disunion Convention. A call hat been issued by Garrison and hit party for a ' national disunion convention.' Of courto (say th PhiladilphU Journal) the body will be composed of those fiuihy elements which are percep'iblc in the ami slavery convocations of Mutttchusetls. There will be hoi speaking a great deal of fun phonographic reports of which will le read with ihe same imercst with which we peruse tho pages of Punch and then the members will go home nnd en joy the blessings of peace teoured to I hern lv that Union thev seek lo deslroy. Ia it not a rare and racy parly I 03-We tee that lh British Revi-w re discussing lb slow progress of popula tioa in France, with hinla at lh deleriorA lion of th race of Frenchmen. After tlo campaign in the Crim-a, the French can afford to read such comments. They roy deteriorate a good deal, and still bo a ma'tL for any two or three powers on the eoutt. nent, including the on on an adjacent island. Whoa we read the exploits of France at the beginning of thi century, we tee that tbe ha room to fall off a good deal, nJ iil be above par. It).