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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
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-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