ADVKRTWIHa RATES. Oa squsrs (13 Una ar teas) one insertion, $.1,09 " - two insertions, 4JX i ". M . Uir4 Insertions, 6,00 F-ach subssqusot iosenian, 1,00 RsssoaaMe deductions to those who sdvartiae by Iks Tear. TERMS Tk4 As si wU s farnukei at . Tkm UiUari ni Fiti Cmii r aaaam.ia ' mi f ti '' saia-Tiisr 7'r Dittori JOB PRINTING. Tss rsorsiSToa or to ARGL'S is mot I inform the pubis that be baa just rscslvad a large staek of JOli TVl'K aud other nsw print ing maUral, and will be in Ihs sjieody receipt of sddiHM S suited la all the requirements af this le m t if ai jk ia arfMM. trees ias w mi paid in idoaite, Fur '' Ptllari teill M charged if pud ui it kin lit r weal, and Fin dollar e Hike n4 of Ike year. -A Weekly Newspaper, devoted to the Principles of Jeffersoniim Democracy, and advocating the side of Truth iu every issue. ey I wi iMitijar its mutHeNo iniicrif- " Hint teemed fur a lett period. fHJN fOftf ditcintinatd until ill irrtirngei eality. 1JA.ND1IILL8. IWl'KfuS, HLANK8, CAhUa, CTKCLLAllS. PAMriiLUT-WOIUC Vol. 111. OUEGON CITY, OREGON, SEPTEMBER 19, 1857. No. 23, err patn. until ii ini iptui ii iiMi.r. snd other kinds, dona te order, oa short not'eo. 'THE OREGON ARGUS. . A , rva.lUSO VIII SATUSD4V MOIXIXO, , 8Y WILLIAM I ADAMS. BUSINESS CARDS. W. t. SMTUICE. W. 0. JOHKfciN, XxXatlocs tk Johnson, ATTORNEYS & COlWSELOlta AT LAW, nf Solicitors jn Chancery, WILL pronipily alien I to any luiaiiiess which . inny be enniitted la llieir pnifeesieiial barge b 'low tli District and 8upi me Courts. Office iu II gliAVId'a building, immediately 0i poena Ilia ilium Mreel Houra. I , Org C'ljf. March 7, 1657. i n. -. 47y - IX. O. Sarnett, ATTORKKT A COUNSELOR AT LAW, ' '"' " And Solicitor in Chnncny, " V-'" bktitel, Voir coo.m, otiitoo. k , . JOHN R. MBRLDB, TTIIIir ADD COCNIIIOS T taw ' Lafayette, Ytmkill County, 0. T., ttriU- faithfully attend la all business an ., W , lruted In his professional rare. : Wm. 0. Dement & Co., .TXrilULESALKaud retail Dealers in GroeT V T ie. Prov nous, Paints, Oils, llama and 8hof, Crockery, tee. Opposite ilia Land Office Main Sl.Oivgo.i city. ' June I, 1855. CHARLES POPS, JR, TE.LER in Hardware, Croceri -a, Dry Goods, JLf llouutig, Uoots at Shoes, Medicines, Uookr i and aleliouery. . 1 ''Main.., Oregon City. April 21, 1857-Itf GEO. AUICHtCTIIV cV Ca., MERCHANTS, OREGON CITY, O. T. , Abernethy, Clark sit Co., COMMISSION AND FOKWARUINO MKIICHANTS, San Franclico, Cnl., Will attend to aellinff Oreo-nn nm.lue. anil All ap. dera for Cuoda, tirm-eries, ate., ill the lowest ralee. ; , I be patronuge ol ma people af Oregon U re pecifully anliciied. Aug. 3. .1,,,. XL BXilvain, Mmufacturtr, WholntiU aid Rttiil Vnlir in u COOK AXD PARLOR STOVES, TrN ii corrr.a wahi, luaDWAai, ac MaidSt., oppoaita Main Streut'ilolal, OREGON CITY, O. T. , Rteamboat and jobbing work attended to with Op ill h. ' Urdrra from the country promptly filled, jf 7 Time WF. II I G II K I ELD, a WATCH-MAKER. , Peraona deairoua of gelling (fond work done will lo well to give me a call, aa my whole lima ia de voted to ilia repairing of Chroiio naier, Lenvr, .iluukj, and llonnnial watuliee. An awnrlnieiit of Jewelry on han.l. Jewelry nitt'le tuonl r, and repaired. '. , I'rioea lo anil llie timea. I am thankful for peal (aTnra, and hope to give aatiiifai'tiiiii in future. '" ID locatrd at I lie old alailil, opwa.lo IhoTel graph OlBw, OREGON CITY. , Feb. 3. Sine's, lYZedielnes, Palnti, Oils, end D;e-$tdfa, althe Oki-I.ON tli V li(UCJ STORE, aeplS ' ' Ma n rilrvel. Oregon Chy.D.T. JOHN P. BROOZS, Wlrtlnale if Retail Dealer in Grwrivt, Produce i , I'rotiniout, ft. Main Street. .A General Aaortmenl kipl up of Selected Gooda !; Oinemah, March 2H, 18.17. ., , " 1 GUN-SMITHITrGV '"TlKIG permniifiiily lociiud in Oregon City. J) I am p"eiared 10 curry on the bumueaa ol OU.NSMITIIING . V IN ALL ITS BRANCHES. ThiH who luvor me with their patronage, m iy pi ct to have their work done right. ' i -Tlovttlio Iratf GlNSal my Shnpor rep lira, and do not call for them wlihiu nimr Months of llie lime art fur llie wink In be d-mu, niiiy exiiect to hiivo lliein .Jd m piv cliarge. i - ii . FKRDUCANU WJLDE. ,,Jur.a27, 1857. limit) I7ells, Fargo 4 Go 's Express, BtttcrfH Or'gm, California, tin Atlanlir - S'itrs nni Eurlt), ' HAVING made advaulageoue arrangemenu wilh the Umted .Slatea and Pacific Mail Steam- ahipCompaniea fortiainpurUliou. wa are now pre pared to forward Geld Duet, Bulliin, Specie. Packagei, Parceli, and Freight, to and from N. 'York, N. Orleane, San Franc aco, Portland, aud jinncipal tovrua of Cal fornia an I Oregon. Our regular Kcmi-monthly Expreaa between Portland and oo Francinco, ia diepatehed hy the Pacific Mail Steamnhip Cc'a ateeowhip Columb a connecting at San Francinco wilh our aenii-inniiih-Jy Expreaa to AVie York and New Orleani, which it dwputched regularly on the let aud lbih of each maiith, by the mail sie.imert and in charge of our own meaMiigera. through to destination. , 'Our Kapn-se from &vm York leave regularly en the Alii and SOth ol'euvb month, alao iu charge 'of mraaengera. ii Treaaura inaured ia the beat New York com paniea, or at Lloyd'e in Loudon, at tlie option of ahippera.' ' ' ' " ' Orrrcea-New Yoik, No. 16, Wall at; New Orleane, No. II, Exchange place ; San Francieco, No.' 1 1 4, Montgomery ilreet. i .') , j .' A.H. STEELE, Agent Oregon City, April 2'. 18i7-ltf, , Heading lof tip Million.1 in: ro . g j StcCOKXlCK 1 aa caneTANiar on tuao at thi raANXLiU lev ;, . oroai, ramT-ar, ronTLaao, oaaooM, A' Choice eelection of Pepid.ir Buka, Newa papei, Magatiaea and Fancy Slaltanery. r - Amoug the baukaoa band will be lauad warkt on Temperance, Agriculture, IiortwalWre, Ilia tnry, Poetry, Biography, Medieiaea, Keligioo, o ence, School Book, Komauc, tec, c, lie. Uhubeoriptiooa icceited for Harper, Graham, Sodey, Lcahe'a, of Putnam, at f 4 a year, oeft- g ! tT Subecriptiona receired for any aaerapapei ubliehed in any part of the Caior, . Bemember the Franklin Book Store aad Naarc faper Agency, Front atreet, rortlaud Oregoa. JJA priced eaulogoa will be publiehed early ia April, and will be aeal lo any part of the terri tory free on application. Ort-son l.oJ;e H. 3, I. O. O.F MEETS at their fla.ll oeer the Ofegea City Drug glare erery Wediniay etrebing at 7 clock. BreUiren ia gJl aUnding are ineited . . -...-... r. a. UU e, V W d GiotM Tim, bec'y. 31 TEMPLE OF HONOR. Toalatia Temple of lienor, No. 1, meeta an tba let wu) 94 ?' . day aeeaiagaof eaoh mooih at tj o'clock, at Tem perinea Hail, Foreat Uroee, Utctua. Memberi of the Order ia good ataadiog art iav ; rated la east ikaiTaaipta. W. DIXON, W.C.T. ' M-Terru, W. H ft V bat tba Dre4 Mcatt Caaa DetUet aad what It U bit Decide. The IJu.ion Law JL porter fur Juna eon Uina A vef alitfi an'l ihorough review of the 'DrtJ Stun Decikiun," which will en nb'e the renter lo know what the Supreme Court hm gVcidcd in lliet iinertaiil eaar, far murn readily mid certainly than he can learn from the official report iitlf. In f.ict, ill" review lit donejuat what the repur'ar, Mr, lluward, in lonj and con fuwd head noiei, alleinpted, but failed lu acconiplih. , Thjae, alto, who deaire to iinderrtand not merely the point which tba to called ili ci.iuii really rlecldnl, but alio what it did nut dc-cide, will do well lo cumuli the Lv Ri'purtor'a article, ihgaulhurahipof whicl it ascribed lo Horace Gray, Jr., and John Lv.., two well known legal gentleman uf Itottnn. The remit of their invetiif a. tiun if the declaiaioo i briefly at a led, a follow: "First A to the qtieation, 'Can i re gro be oiiixen of the United Staled" It haa been commonly upraMil that the Court drciilrd thia queaiton in the negative. lliU ia a mialuke. rrom the form in which it was prrar-nt'd it waa vry doubt. ful whether it waa before the ooU't fur a decision. Four of the nine Judge thought that it waa; th.ua were the Chief Jumice, and Jumioee Wayne and Daniel, wan an ewer I he question in the iiega'We, and Justice Curiia, who anawora it in Ilia amr ntive. Of the Judura who gave no opin ion on the point, one (Judge) McLean) declare that 11 he answered the niltioi at all it would be In the affirmative J Judge Catron, when Chief Juatice of the Supreme Court of 1 ennresee, gave an opiuiun direct ly involving an allirrpative answer to the oueaiiuii ; the three other Judge cave no clue lo iheir opinion. On thin question. then, llie Court aland thus: three In the affirmative, three in the negative, and three silent. "Secondly Waa the Mitwnri Comprn mi e consiiluiiouai I it ia a periecuy wen seitlcd principle wfilie Supreme Court, anil one that hat often been laid down from ila bench, that no part of an opinion of the Court ia to be regarded a of authority a a precedent which waa not necessary to the 'iiiuon ol l he nueslion be lore it. Any thing heyond ill i ia merely the expiation of the individual opinion of the Judge; and it hua ben well suiil 'if general dicta are to h conaidered ai eatabhshing the law, no thing is- yt nettled or can long be aetlled.' ItiMtrine- ilim in mind, lot us look at the fin-la uf the case. Scott was slave in Misotiri ; was lakn by hie master to I Hi iiois,. nml thence into a I erntory of the United Siaten, where Slavery way prohib- lint hy tlitt Mmaouri Uinipmuiis.-; anil ilifno back to Miaiuri. Th opinion of ihu Conn h placed on the ground that the Ihwh of Misaouri are to decide whether S:o'tis or it not a slave, now tbat ha hav returned thither. If this be o, what mal lei it whether the Compromise waa valid or invalid f lnoth"r ortls. whether Soot I wmfree when in Illinois, or in the Terri torv.or whether he conliuued to bea alave II the tint"! And if the Court goes out of it way to give an opinion on I his point. could a plainer instance be found of an opinion on a point not iiecetmary lo the de termination of the rigli's ol ihepariKal The Court, then, ha not decided that the Mieaoini Compromise was unconstitu tional. ' Thi'dly This case i often spoken of deciding that a mnter may take hi slave to a fiee Suite and there hold him aa a slae. This is n simple mistake : there nu u''h point decided. Rut "Fourthly The doctrine i here ettab. lished that, if a slave be teken by bia mau ler to a free Si ate, and doe not there claim hi liber y, but consents to return with hi mauler to a slave Siate, he may be held aa a slave there, if the higher court of that State consider him to be slill a slave. In other words, the Dred Sett casi d s not decide that a negro is a slave in a Iree State, because he teas a slave in he Stale from which he was brought ; nor, that slave carried from a slave to afiee State anil brought back, is free because he might have claimed hi freedom iu the free Siate ; nor thai he is necesaarily a slave sfier hi return ; but leave hi freedom or slavery to be settled by the slave State to which he relumed with ins master. England and thi United Statm. Aug. 1. Lord Nspier hat had several pro longed interviews with Gen. Cass relative to subject of correspondence between the two governments, during this week. To day the confi-ret ce was unusally protract ed. , T''" IH)W 1m0,t p1 rer ment between d Stales and Great Ilritatn. Their policy in rssp'Ct to China, Central America, and Mexico, is identical. Lord Napier has sixnified Its Gen. II r. ran that New Granada could not expect British sympathy or support, ia refusing ihe reparation demanded by the Untied Slates for the massacre of April, J 856. . Gen. Case haa reciprocated bj assuring Lord Nspier that, although we have no cause of war against China, we deaire to see that empire opened to the commerce of ihe world. The general outbreak of the 3eys will no doubt cause a suspension of the war against the Chiuese, as it will pro duce a diversion of the army and nsy employed, la this case, the duty of pro. letting foreign intrrests in Chinese ports ill devolve upon ht American and the French fleets.- ITcsAiaglMi corrfpondtna mf Us Jf- T. Trihunt, tT W cannot recall the pee. Utah. Washington, Aug, 3. The iiu struciiona to Gov. Cuinming were com pl'led to-day. Tbey are brief and sped. fied. lie I to see that the laws of the United Stales are faithfully executed. No man in Utah is to be affected for bis polit ical or religious opinions, but held respon sible for his conduct. Should the civil authorities be enable to enforce the laws, military forces era then to be employed. While Gov. C.'e powers arc ample for all practical purposes, much is confided to his discretion. Cor. jV. Y. Timet. The Mormon Standard of San Fran cisco holds the fallowing language in ref erence to the new appointments: , "No man caa be governor of the Mor mons but Brigham Young. lie haa no need to commit any overt act vf treason, nor lo, in the least, oppose the rula of an other manfor ha is firmly seated in the enaction ol tbe people aa their prupbst and t-tr as an honest man, and one whoe interests and welfare are theirs. As such they will aek him for counsel and guidance. Whoever may bo the Wash ington appointee, the actsof iba Territorial Legislature will be but the reflex of the mind of Drlgham Young. " . ' We predict that the new Governor and other oflic'aN will be received at the Utah capital with duo courtesy, and that no ob stacle will be thrown in their way to pre vent them entering upon their official du ties. The Saints will act upon the principle that it is better to be friends than enemies. lint there will be no civil ease for Gentile courts ft adjudicate. The Mormons possess the Constitutional right to a'bitralR their difficulties and settle them among themselves, and they will doll." New MonthlT. Several leading litera ry and scientific gentlemen in Boston have in contemplation tba starling of a new momhly to be called ihe Ko'thrrn Map a line, to be altogether original, and to aim at the highest literary and political char acter. 1 ha best of our American writers have been secured for its pages, and an agent of the publisher ia sow in England to secure aid in that quarter. Such men a Emerson, Longfellow, Lowell, Haw thorne, Iluniington, Felton and Agassix, are to be its master spirits. It will, like the first class Bn'tih reviews, discuss af fairs of Slate the highest grade of politic and seek to give food for strong men, hot milk for babies, on all ihe greater themes of practical life, as well as to separate ihe false from ihe true, the low from the high, in our struggles after an American litera ti re. The advent of this importsnt en terprise will bo awaited wilh Interest, and its pi ogress watched with eager and hope ful curiosity and favor. '.;. ' Spain in I8!7. The progress of Span ish civilization wilhin the Inst few years has been very considerable. Roads are becoming better, more plentiful and more secure. &pnih snips multiply In spsmali hipyarde, universities are reviving, free ehools and institutes are established by government and an agricultural Prcs finds an ample field. Lines of railway reach ing France through Catalonin and Navar re, Portugal, through Estrenmdura, and ihe Atlantic at Cadiz, nre in process of con struction. I he line rrom Madrid to Valen. ciaon the Mediterranean, as well as several short lines in Catalonia, Andnlusia and Castile, are completed. A noble aqueduct leads Ihe waters of the Loyola to Madrid, a distance of fifty miles. A telegraph across the Pyrennees gives instantaneous communication with the rest of Europe, and will, we may hope, soon pla Mad rid within a few seconds of New York. Hospitals and alms-houses and public primary schools, are to be found through out the country, ministering to the necessi ties of twenty millions of people. Rainy Dats In general, Johnson tells us, the number of rainy days is greatest near the sea, and decreases in proportion the further wa penetrate Into the Interior. On the eastern tide of Ireland, it rains 200 days of the year ; in the Netherlands en 170 j in England,' France, aid the North of Germany, and in the Gulf of Finland, on ftom 1-VJ to ISA days ; and the plateau of Germany on 131 ; and in Poland on 191 days; while en the plains of the Vol ga, at Kasan.ii Tains on 00, and in the in terior of Siberia, only en CO days of the year. Ia Western Europe it raini on twice as many days ss in Etro Europe ; in Ireland on throe timea aa many days as in Italy and south of Spain. Ait AtatMKNT Khocmo r ITiad. Th. National Intrllireaetr sss: "A paragraph is going the iwond of the pub lie pms ihat the U.n. R.J. Walker, after handling hundreds of mlllioneof dollar aa Secretary of the Treaeary, retired from that office aa poor a a priinauve Wa are induced lo notice this paragraph toUIr with a view to correct the very svnaral belief thai nravail that the Secre- ur of ihe Treasury has the handling of the public money ; when be never toachec a dollar of h. aad cannot even diaw hie sal- ery without the previous consent end si, nature of (bar other officers of ibe Tress s'y. via: the fJompWlar, Audit, Trsas- irsriM Kaatef.; , Washington An Indian Lioind, The following Indiaa legend lelatlve le ihe spirit home ef Washington it front Mor gan's Lssgue of the Iroquois. It Is eu riou, as showing the estimation in which Ihe father of hit country was held by this singular people, and their idea ef future felicity :" Among the modern belied ea grafted upon the ancient talth at the Iro- quis, there it one which is worthy of par. ticolar notice. It relates le Waaklngtea. According to their present belief, ae white maa ever reached the Indian heavea. Net being created by the Great Spirit, a pro vision was made for him ia their schemes ef theology. lie was excladed both front beaea aad the place of punishment Rut aa exoeption was made ia favor ef Washington. Because ef bis justice and benevolence to the Indian, he lived preem inent above all ether white men. When, in the year 1783, ihe Indians were aban doned by their British allies, and left le mske their own terms with ihe American government, the Iroquois were more ex. posed ia sever measure tbaa the ether tribes in their alliance. At this eriiioal moment, Washington interfered ia their behalf, aa the protector ef Indiaa righto and the advocate ef a policy then of ike most enlightened justice aad hamanity. After his dssih, he was mourned by the Iroquois at a benefactor of their race, and his memory was cherished with reverence and aflection. A belief was spread among them that the Great Spirit had received, in a celestial residence anon the plsioa ef heaven, the only white man whose deed had entitled him to the heavenly favor. Just at the entrance of heaven, is a wall escloaed, the ample grounds ef which are laid with avenue and shaded walka. Within is a spacious mamioa, constructed in the shape of a fort. Every object that could please a cultivated taste renders it a hsppy dwelling-place for ih immortal Washington. The faithful Indian, aa he enters heaven, passes the eaclcsure. . He sees the illustrious inmate a ha walks le and fro in quiet meditation. Bui no word passes hi lips. Dressed in his uniform, and in a perfect state of felicity, h Is des tined to remain through eternity in the solitary enjoyment of the celestial resi dence prepared for him by the Great Spirit.", A Nrw Tiiiort. A writer in the Na tional Intelligencer ia advocating the the ory that the moon is simply the iadicator of the earth's electric changes and that the moon itself haa no appreciable effect upon this planet that the moon is a frag ment of the earth, is negative, to It, and re. voire upon its own axis, within the earth's atmosphere; that the earth is enveloped in art ocean of electric vapor,1 dense and compound upon its solid surfsce, whose gasse aeparate, however, si they deepen outward, the rare always emanating from and resting on llie more dense, until we reach in outward order flourine, electricity end magnetism, that subtle elsment per vading all space ; nnd thst, observing the various atmospheric strata above and the solid below ut, ii it not difficult to perceive that men, animal, and vegetable formt are existing in the ctnttr of the earth's strati fication. The electric lines of no varia tions are those extending from the north to the south pole ; the dia-magnelio or dia- electric lines are those extending around the earth from west lo east, and ever vari able. It is the variahltaest of these dia. electric currents, say this writer, thst pro duces all Ihe phenomena attributed to the influence ef the moon upon the earth. rcLriT Services Th Latent Im- rnovENt.1T. Deacon Robert Sheriff, of Greenock, Scotland, has resignsd his con nection with the Free West Church of tbat city, for the reason that ha does act like to have sermons preached, prayers ottered, dec, but thinks the entire service ought to be devoted to reading toe lliule. Hi lan guage is: "It is my Impression that net a word of man's wisdom should mingle In the service, not even in prayer, lest it should leave an open door lor it, or perhaps for what is worse, hi pride. I think ih Lord's Prayer, or some other portion ef scripture, such as the 61st Paalin, amply sufficient, and to be repeated by the congregation along with the minister or leader. Public prayer, a it is at present, is tedious, mors especially in Scotland. The minds of the people wander le other subjects, from not being allowed to lake part ia it. Extern, pore prayer might be used ia private, and as full and minute aa the suppliant might choose : but not at all ia public, for the afoiesaid reason. Lauds Sacsaxo it Teeatt. The pri. fate claims of individuals te lead ceded to the United Slate by treaties with Great Rri'ain, France, Spain and Mexico, are e cured to them by treaty obligaiiena, and they do not go into what may be called the public domain,'' aad are set surveyed and sectionixed a ether lands; bat ia granting patents for eh private claim the General Land Uf&oe require that, after adjodicalioa by law, their precise connect- i with the pH U4s shall he issSeeted. 00N8TITUT10NAL C0W7IIJTI0W. MoNDir, Sept. 7. Mr. McUrid offered a preamble aad resolution expressive of :hr high regard in which we hold the memory of Gto. La Fayette, and resolving that in honor of the centennial anniverssry of his blnh-dsy the bouse will adjourn at IS o'clock N. The resolution ware lost. The committee oa M corporations" re ported the article od corporations truly en grossed. Elkln moved to recommit lo the com mittee with list ructions. McBride opposed the motion; Smith and Olnty favored the motion. The mo tion was withdrawn, aad the article laid on the table. The convention then went to'e committee of the whole oa Ihe Legislative Depart ment, taking tip lb amendment of Mr. Williams offered en Saturday last. ' The debate occupied the whole fore- nooa, and the committee rose without de ciding the question, Afternoon. The vote on the amend ment was taken and decided la the nega tiveYeas 10, aayt 20. Kslley moved that a part of ths section 20 which entitle a member of Ihe general assembly te enter hi pretest against the peerage of any law together with hi res. son oa the jonrnal, be stricken out.' IT wa opposed to encumbering the journal with the windy effusions of som dissatis fisd member, and wss in favor of striking it out lost. : : i - Logan moved aa amendment lo Ihe SOth section, which makes the law of the leg islator go into effeot at a particular lime. Deady moved an amendment to the amendment, making law go into effect 00 days after their passage lost . , Williams moved 00 day ; carried. Farm moved to amend section SO so that number of the legislature receive 92 per dism for their services ; lost. . Logtn moved to limit special sessions of the legislature lo 16 days; lost.,1 Smith moved 20 days carried. Wsymirs moved to limit the session of the legislature to forty -fiv dsys ; lost. ( Deady moved to limit to 40 days. Kelley opposed, and Smith advocated iheamewemeTit ( carried. Starkweather moved to amend the lect ion so that lbs spssksr should receive no additional psy fir his services ; lost. Deady moved that he receive double the per dism of a member ; lost. Smith moved an amendment to tht el feet that the president of ihs Scnnt re ceive the isms pay si the speaker of tho house. The amendment wa adopted. Meigs moved to strike out the 32d sect ion.' He thought thst it conflicted with the constitution of Ih Uuited States, and as members were sworn lo support thst as well at the constitution they might find themselves in a bobble ; lost. Peebles moved to amend so at to make the presiding officer ef the Senat the pre siding officer of the joint convention for the election of United States Senators ; lost."' Williams moved the committee rise- lost. Farrar moved an amendment to the ef. feet that United Siatct Senators be elected by a majority of all th votes of the legis lature ; lost. Boise moved to amend the 2d section so that the enumeration of the inhabitants of the Siale taken by the United States might supersede the necessity of the State doing the sam thing ; carrisd. Tuesday, Sept. 8. Olney movsd to amend the rules no as to restrict the mem bers to fiv minutes in dubate ; 80 to 11. Bristew offered a resolution that the leg islature create no new county unless the territory embraced in said county consists of at least five hundred iquare miles laid on the table. Want into committee of the whole on the legislative article. Grovtr moved te recensidsr the vote which made the 1st Mondsy ef November ibe time for the assembling of the legis lature; carried. Grvr moved to insert the 2d Monday in September a lb time. Smith and other gentlemen gsve in their adhesiea to the new proposition and an nounced that they had repented of their action on thi aubjecl the other day and should yield to th demands of the ' South' on this question. ' Th motion was carried, S3 members voting ia affirmative. Marplo proposed an amendment to the apportionment section, lie advocated the amendment aad drew some striking r0. menu from the Declaration of Independ ence in favor of bis amendment ; lost. William introduced a section thai the appropriation bill lo pay the current ex pense should contain nothing else car ried. Wftllsms Introduced a section compel ling a publicstioa of tb receipts and ex peaditaratby & legislative fsscmalj ; earrsfd. Starkweather moved 1 that th pullio printing and other legislative expenses be let to tb lowest responsible bidder. Dryer opposed the proposition wei la favor of leaving tits metier to the legisla ture with ibeir responsibility to tlsircon. stituents to hold theai to thtir duty. Other gentlemen favored th propoii Hon. i Dcsdy moved an amendment making the Slats Printer elective, and 11 th legis. lalur fix bi fees; adopted. Th original resolution as amended was carried. . Afternoon. On motion the convention went into committee of the whole on the "Bill of rights." i The 1st, Sd, 3J, 4ih, and (th sections wr adopted without amendment. ' Campbell moved to amend thtOlbsecU Ion so thst compensstlon may be rosd for religious services rendered th Slat ; Yets 29, nay 10. ; Marplo oTereJ a section. ' excluding preachers from office. lie advocated hi amendment lost. , i ' U Deady moved to amend the 7lh section so that witnesses may be questioned in re gard to their roligieus belief loeffeot ihe redibility of their testimony ; lost , Wxnrtr.sDAr. Coovsntion took the re port ef the committee of the whole on the legislative department, and the amend msnts reported were agreed to. i- Y Convention then went Into committee of th whole on report No. 10, on education and school lands. ' Olney moved the committee rise and re port against tho passage of the article- carried, yeas 19, nsys 10.' i . : i Lovejoy moved that tho report b ad opted ( decided out ef order, Convention then went Into committee of the whole, taking up the article on hill of rightt. ; . ; ': , ,'. , .. Deady moved to rceontider tho veto adopting section 8 lost. . Marple offered an arneedmont to the 10th section, so that the truth in cases ef libel might be given ia mitigation instead of "justification' at in the original rv port; lost, ' ! ' . i , v; t .. t": . ' Various amendments were offered, hot ibe section was, after considerable dubate, stricken out. ' . Deady moved to strike out that part of section 10 giving juries the right to decide law and fact In crimiual case. ; ' , Smith opposed Ihe motion vehemently. Keltay favored it, , ( p,.. The question was dobatod at great length, and was finally decided in the neg ative.' . : ! .- .. ! Smith introduced an amendment to the eud of tho tection providing that the jury. be the gudgooni of the lawyers, under th instructions of the court; carried. .': Olney moved so to amend that the word " hereafter" in sec 2'J be atrlckeo out, and "thereafter" be inserted; lost. The section stood : ' , ' "There shall b no imprisonment for debt. exceDt in cases of fraud but Ihs privilege of the debtor lo onjny the neces sary comforts of life shall bo secured by wholesome laws exempting a rsnsoasblo amount of property from seizure or sale tor the payment of nny debt or liability hereafter contracted." Deady moved to striho out all after th word "fraud"; carried. Farrar moved to add "or absoonding debtor"; carried. Wsymire moved to strike out the tec- tioa ; lost. Drislow moved to strike out all after th word " dubt" lost. . , The section was then adopted. Williams moved to amend section 24, so that laws might b submitted to th people ; carried, t , . Waymiro moved to strike out tht ieo lion; decided out of order. , Williami offered an amendment allow ing the legislature to submit law to the people, provided that not more than two lawi be submitted at any one election. . Committee rose pending th question, and tht convention adjourned. TnuttBDAT, Sept. 10. Th president an nounced the committees en "miscellaneous provisions" and en " finance." Bristow offered a resolution discharging th committee ef the whole from the fur thir consideration ef tho business of this body ; lost. . . Th convention then went into commit tee of the whole en tho bill of right, Mr, Lovejoy in th chair. . Williams introduced a modification of bis sriisndment, restricting th legislatnre from submitting the ssme question more iban one in aix years ; lost. Ids 20th sec. was adopted. The 2tth was slightly amended and then adopted. The 39lh, 20th, 30lb, and 31st sections were then adopted, . Logtn moved to strike out seo. 32, and insert the following: " No man or set of men shall be entitled lo any emolument or title from the com munity, except such as they rosy earn ly public service." Logan said he had desirsd to get some