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ADViatTlHINli UATK". -
One iunro (1 2 lines or Uss) n lu-erii m, (;,04
" " two luserumw, 4111
' " three in niuiia, IS.wi
siiliseijiient liMitiuii, 1 ,1 g
ItoQwrnoWe di-ilucliuiis 10 lhuo wliu lehtrliee liy
Ui y sr.
, TBRSTht Aou. farnitktd at
Thru Dalian and Fifty Vint nn annum, in
aitaatt, to tinglt mltrr'Am Thret Dalian
., lath ta tlulii uj It a at am nfficiin air tact
Whta Ihi mnneu it nut paid tnaduimt, 1'itiir
' Dillon teill tu charged if pid vrithin in
J O u via N T I N . . .
Tin raoraiKrus ok tux. Alitil'S is lurrr
to inform llie pultlie thai l.e tins jiut received s
lurgn stock of Jul) 'H 1'IC mill oihi r new print
injf iicitcrul, ar.il will he III the ee.ly rv pt of
ad'lillons suited ta all he riiiiri-iiicini ef this lo
cality. iiANDiiii.ix. ro.vn:it.s ih.anks,
CAliVH, UIlCl LAits, I'A.Mrill.tl.WOliK
and oilier kiuds, dune tu order. n rl.ort unite.
, mama; ana r m ituwut ntthttnlJ Iht ymr,
A Wffkly NcwspniKT, devoted to the Principles of Jeftersouian Democracy, and advocating the side of Truth iu every ksue.
P- I tea vwut jar 'it wl'i .v luUicap
that rtnivrd fur a Iru neiia.1.
Of N' f,P'r ditnnlinurd anlil all arrtiritgtt
Vol. III.
OIIEGON CITY, OREGON, FEBRUARY 0, 1858.
No. 43
an paut, aunt at Hit upturn oj 'if nuwthrr.
u;Tl1br0REG0N AIIGUS,
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rUiLIHIIKU KVtHlf MTt'UU.tr mo:imu,
BY WILLIAM L. ADAMS,
-' Hckoot F.xblblUSB, Ac.
" ' Linn Co., Jan. 13, I9.'i8.
r Editok of Tub Aiuius Ii lm been dit
' puterf wlivthcr exhibition of schools have
good effect of not. Some ay iliut the
time spent in preparation might bo mure
profitably cmployi'd in pursuing tho regu
Y Ur studies, Mnl thai' lliero in always loo
' tnnch tendency on llio part of t lie school to
appear beiicr limn ii really In. Now,
' think thai too much liino may bo spent
' preparation, and in many cases ther.t in
" deception practiced, which is not jusiifia.
ble. Dm it need not bo 10; and we
1 might I Well lay llint trading, tbe ex.
Change 01 goods, &.O., is wrong, because
' titers I sometimes deception used, an to
say that exhibition arc wrong because the
stats of the school may, by the ingenuity
' of the teacher, bo made to appear bcltur
"than it really i. I fi,vor llio plan of hav
' Ing exhibition, provided ihey nro not too
frequent, and do not laks up too much
' time, for several reasons la!. They are
' well calculated to create nn Interest in the
' eue of education among the parents of
children and llio community at largo. 2d.
"They are an incentivo to stndy and eer-
tion on the part of the scholars. .1J. They
teach the young to appear before nn an.
'dience without cmb.irrussment j and this
I consider a onu Very important part in
' the training of youth, especially in the
'present day. For whilo u find many
' who have not brain enough to tell tliu dif
" fere n 00 between squatter sovereignty, the
' Dred Scott decision, or the Monnun rebel.
; lion, gifted wMi llio gift of gab and ihun
' dcr, exercising 11 great influence over the
public niin J, we ul-o find many who pus
'loss' llie ability, llio talonl, ihu power of
'mind, llio moral principle, capable of
wielding a greal and good influence, who,
'from natural timidity, which mibi have
' been worn ofT had the proper course been
taken id youth, Imvo been kept buck from
taking that pari ntld exerting thai influence
in the a Hair of I lie coimnun good which
they should do.
Speaking of exhibition, I had llio pleas
ure of being present at one n short lime
"aince, el the large Presbyterian church
building h Union Point, which certainly
''did grral credit to ilie 11 acher and school.
The Acid-my, I underamiid, hits, heretofore
J)een 'd'h'T ilnsiiotvsfdl in estahlMiiii'.' a
name, from th- LlI I1"" i''-' tnisiucs 1'iilnl
lo proem 0 suitablj uud c-'inprteiit tenth.
tr. Tin1 institution, it HOW under the care
"of liev. Wilson Dlain, wboo ubiiiiy 113 a
teaclmr is well enough, known to insure it
liberal share of public piil'onau'e. c
has been teaching but a sliuit time, anil
the ethool now mi'iibeis fifty-four schol
ar, I believe. Every 0110 admired tile
ordur and iieatni'sa nil h which iho exhibi
tion was coiiducled. Tho coinposjiioiis
Were good, and, tvlini is not alwuys llie
caso, most of them born tho stump of orig
inality. The di cl.iMiatiotis, loo, were line ;
some of-idem being spoken as well as any
I ever heard. Tho music was well .per
formed, of which wo hade pleasing vari
ety. In midst of llio declamation, ond a
ihort timo nfier the commencement of tho
exercises, a wedding party c-tuio In, tho
Mdrriitge ceremony, was performed, and
they took their seal. - Tim parties were
Mr. Thomas P. Dinwiildio and Miss Mar
tha M. Henderson. The attendance was
large, the evening pleasnnl, and all present
seemed to enjoy thomselvcs happily. ' .
OilSSSVER.
..i. 1 Tualatix Mills, Jan. 13, 1358.
Mtt. Adams In The Argus of the Oih
inst.
short article headed "Horses
Drowned" attracted my attention, in which
you state that a pair of hordes hitched to a
wagon, belonging to Georgo Pease, ' back
ed'' into the basin just above the Linn City
Jl',','1 last Tuesday. Now, sir, as to the
manner ln which the horses were precipi
tated into the basin, I feel interested in
having the public t large " posted."
The circumstances are ns .Allows : My
wife, myself, and driver, Aaron Vickers,
wete-oA our return from Linn City on !-he
evening of Tuesday, Jan. 5th, when about
two hundred yards above the Mills the
horses became ffestivo, owing to the preca
rious footing, and, at more than one place,
extreme narrowness of the road. When
we arrived at the plce of accident, I had
st strong idea I hat our situation was a per
ilous n. - Aeting on the impulse, I dis
mounted, at the same lime assisting my
wife ta follow my example, which we had
hardly accomplished before the off horse
being startled by some object become un
manageable, and. notwithstanding the al
most superhuman exertions of the driver
to avert the impending calnslrnphe, the off
bone succeeded in shoving the nigh hors"
0f the bank, at the same lime upsetting
the wagon, and precipitating tht driver
iaie the basin, who, partly by bis own ex
ertion and partly by my assistance, suc
ceeded in gaining tho bank. The Jiaalt
i already known : tlx horse were drowa
ed, tad had it not b?a for my cautious
pincei-ding, my inl'u mid myself would in
ctitably liuVe shared the ciinie fate.
I would cull tho aiU-mioii of the public
to tho fuel thul such accident are li.iblu to
occur with like or more appalling rotilu
Ml any moment while tiaveliug tho nforo
said read, I would ask, why is it not kept
in condition as I lie charter requires I To
my knowledge, in 16o(), tho citizens of
Linn City paid three thousand dollar to
ward tho establishment of a good road
along that basin, which they enj ycd un'.il
103, when the Falls Company, with as-
Inniidiing assurance, destroyed i, making
our then excellent roud ill adapted to any
inodo of conveyance, and wiili scarcely a
foot but what is fraught wiili danger the
most imminent. On what ground, I would
ask, has thy Company repeatedly refused
to repair thai road, which llie c'u'uens Inivo
caused to be made at such an expense, and
which they have so presumptuously de
stroyed! I remain your iruly,
James M.Moore..
K Illrsct tr Iks Hessoos.
We take llio following deeply Impressive
and beautiful passage from lien. Edward
Everett' Agricultural Address al Buffalo :
" A celebrated skeptical philosopher of
llio laal century lhn historian Hume
thought to demolish the credibility of the
Christian Revelation by I ho concise argu
ment, It i contrary in experience thai a
miravlo should be true, but r.ot contrary lo
xpem-tice that testimony should be false.'
llin last pari ot the proposition, especially
in a free country, on the eve ol n popular
ectiuii, is, unhappily, loo well founded ;
bul in what book uorm s diisly cell. Inn-
eslried with the tob-b of ages, where
llio liirrit ul real lite am nature never
forced its way in ll:il pwlanl's schno',
here ileiil ears hsien In iliiuilt hps, h Hi I
linil follower are led by b'.i id cuidea
diil lie team ilia, tl is contrary lo ex pen
lien 1I1.H a miracle should be true ! Most
certainly he tu-ver learned ii from sower or
reaper finin dumb animal or rational man
eonnro ed with husbandry poor ltrd
Jacket, oil here on ItulLlo Creek, if lie
could have comprehended tho terms of thr"
proposition, would liavu treated II wiili
corn. Uiiuirnry lo experience that phe
nomena should exist which we cannot
traco lo cuu-es petuepiiblu lo the human
sense, or conceivahle by liiiniiin thouuhl !
It would be much nearer the truth lo say
that wi liin the liu.-ljiiielnuu's experience
there are no phenomena which can bi ra
tionally tiuce'l lo anyihiug but the instant
ncry of cieaiive power.
" Ui'l this philoioplier cu r coiHemplute
tin; hind-ciiiif at llio tl ss ul llie yi'ar.
when seeds, und (trains, and frniis have ri-
in d, and ht.ilks . have withorrd, anil
leave iib"o 'it! It-ii, and winter has .forced
her icy cu'b own into the ro.iring juYa of
iu:aru, uud sheeted hall a continent in
her glittering shroud, and all this terming
veetution and organised life ara locked in
tolil ami nimble obstruction; und, after
week upon week, mid month upon month,
have swept with sleet, and chilly rain, ami
howling storm, over ilia earth, and riveted
iln-ir bolts upon the door of linlure'i sep
ulchre; when the sun at length begins to
u heel in higher circles thrmioli the sky,
and softer winds lo breallin over melting
snows ; dill he ever behold tho long hidden
earth at lentil appear, and sunn ih limi I
grass peep forth, and anon the autumnal
wheat begin to paint the field, nnd velvet
leaflets lo burst from purple buds, through
out the reviving forest . and then ihu mel
low soil lo open its fruitful b'.Mom lo every
grain and seed droped from tho planter's
hand, buried but lo spring up again, cloth
ed with a new mysterious being ; and then,
us mure fervid suns inflame tlm air, nnd
softer showers disiil Iroiu the clouds, ami
penile dews string their pearls on twig and
tendril ; did lie ever watch the ripening
grain and fruit,' pendant fiom aialk, nnd
vine, and tree ; the meadow, tho field, the
pasture, thn grove, each after its kind, ar
rayed in my riml.iiuted garment, instinct
with circulatirg life ; seven millions of
counted leaves on a single tree, each of
which is a system whose exquisite compli
calion puts l shame the shrewdest ctin
ninjx of the human hand ; every planted
seed and grain, which hai been loaned lo
the earth compounding iu pious usury
lhiny, sixty, a hundred fold all harmoni
ously adopted to i he sustenance of living
nature the bread of a hungry world; here
a tilled cornfiel I, whose yellow blades are
undiling with the food of man; there an
implanted wilderness the great Faiher's
farm where lie "who hears tbe raven's
cry" has cultivated with his own hand, his
merciful crop of berries, and nuts, and
scorns, and seeds, for llie humbler families
o animated nature the solemn elephant,
ilie browsing deer, the wild pigeon, whose
jittering caravan darkens she sky ; ihe
uirrel, who bounds from branch
merry
to branch, in "e M 01 '"l,e ",e
he seen all ihis-o he see it every year
and month, and day Joe he live, and
move, and breathe, and ihino, '" l"' ''"
inrxphere "f wonder himself the greatest
. I'.r . t - -
wonder or all, wtio.e smallest nurs am. , - nd, 0f ,Bt, nMIji ng a mass of three
lainiest piil-Mlion ia much a mystery is i . . . . .
the blazil.tr glories of Orion's Uel.-.ml hnndreo and five pounds, which evaporate.
does he s'ill maiiilain thai a miracle is con-1 j kneadiugsnd baking aboul forty pounds,
irsry to experience f , If h Jie. and if he eavjng j bread about two hundred and
does, then let him go, in ihe name of , poun,),; the bread thu exceed
Ueaven, and a v I hat ii is contrary lo ex- ' ' . . , ,
Terience that the Augusl Power which ing in weight ihe flour employed by about
turn ihe clod of Hie earth into the daily j thirty-three percent. Dumas informs us
bread of a thousand million souls could . ,jlt one hundred and thirty pounds of the
feed five thousand in the wilderness."
ftr Some one ears that does bark with
such zeal when one enters their master's !
yard, that " ene ouhl suppose they owned '
h. premises, and tL their master was
only a besrder."
Two I'ictuiies Now and Turn. Read
what I'rchideM Huchanau, in his letter to
Professor Silliinnn, dated August IS, I6j7
ssys of slavery extension and prohibition
"Slavery existed nt Hint period, (tho
time when the act organizing llie territory
siis passed) and still exists in Kansas,
under the Constitution of the United Stale.
This point lias been finally decided by the
highest tribunal known to our law. JIow
it could ever have been seriously doubled
is a mystery.
" If n confederacy of sovereign States
nciiire n new Territory at tho expeuso of
their common blood lino treasure, surely
(no set of partners havo no right to exclude
lbs oilier from it enjoyments, by prohibit'
tug ihem from taking into it whatsoever is
recognized as properly by n common Con
stitution."
Now read llie doctrine advanced by Gen
Cass, nnd supported by tho whole Demo
cratic party of the Nor ill, President Lu
chaonn included, during the Presidential
contest of 1 850:
"Slavery is the creature of local law,
and can claim neither protection, existence,
nor recocnilton in Ihe Constitution, blav
ery does not, and cannot exist in Kansas
while it remains a Territory. The Con
stitution neither protects nor recognizes
slavery in Ihe Territories.
Which is the Democratic doctrine I
Thk Washington and Oregon In
Dians We moke the following extract
from the report of the Hon. Jacob Thump
son, Secretary of the Interior:
"The Indians of the Territories of
Washington nnd Oregon are still restive
and belligerent. This disposition on their
part evidently springs from disbelief in the
strength nnd alnlny of this government o
punish tlieni for trespasses committed upon
our settlements. It. is ihe duty of the gov
ernment lo disabuse their minds. This
can best be done by peaceful means. Let
an appropriation be made to defray tho ex
penses of a delegation fiom each of the
large tribes in thon distant Territories, to
Washington anil oilier eastern cine. Lei
lllcm know, by personal observation, our
numbers, see our imprnveim ills, and est).
mule our strength. They would readily
conclude that further hostility would be
absurd ; and when they carried tho story
ofuur greatness nnd power to their people,
a change would come over their minds, and
we might then reasonably hope for the es
tablishment, by treaties, of good under
standing and perpetual peace between us.
Sue', an approbation would be, in my
judgment, an net of true economy." '
Forty Seven Statks. Would nny one
b-lievii without looking into it, asks the
Boston Journal, that wearo in a fair way
of carrying the number of sovereign States,
originally thirteen, and now thirty-one, up
to forty seven I Out so it is. In the first
place, there aro Oregon, Kansas, nnd Min
nesota, whoso Constitutions ara already
formed or forming. It is hoped that ihey
will bo admitied ihe coming winter, mak
ing the number of the Confederacy thirty,
four. Then New Mexico, Nebraska, and
Washington, nlready thriving Territories,
will swell tho aggregate to thirly-sovcn.
Four new Slates lo be carved out of Texas',
according lo provisions in tho treaty of an
nexation, will give us forty-one. Two ad.
ditional Slates demanded from the area now
included in California would make forty
three. Arizona, Neosho, Dacolah, nnd
Columbus Territories carry us up to forty,
six ; nnd Utah will bo the forty. seventh Id
" lend to that fair circlet tlm graco of her
form and the lightness of her step."
That Monster Uun. Tho monster gun
of the United Slates corvette Plymouth
weighs 10,0(10 pounds avoirdupois. ' It is
covered with a coating of Vermillion and
beeswox, ond therefore has a red instead
of the usual black appearance of a ship's
jguti. J no heavy uatgreen guns navo two
vents, which factltats their rapid and safe
firing. Tho weight of each shell ihey dis
charge is about 130 pounds, and that of
each solid shot 174 pounds. The sound
of the shell and shot, traversing the dis
tance of ihree miles, is lost in the enorm.
ous space which it traverses. One peculi
arity of the Dalgreen gun is lis enormous
strength and thickness where tbe greatest
force of the powder is expended, ln ex
periments made lo lest the stecng'h ofthee
guns, one of them had been fired oT nearly
two thousand limes, with a large propor
tion of shell shot, wilhout bursting.
Bread from a Barrel op Flour. Ac
cording to ihe statement mad by a Quar
termaster in the United States Army, one
bs r rel of flour (I OS pounds) when in dough,
contains about eleven gallons or nineiy
pounds of water, I wo gallons of yesst, and
common white bread of Paris are obtained
frem one hundred pounds of flour. f To ibis"
he add,, thht the flour contain. sevenU-.n
per cent, of water, ihe prod being iben
equivalent to one hundred and fifty pouads
'of bread to one hundred pounds of floor.
As the American when! flour seldom con
tains mere limn fourteen per cent., ihe
statement of tho Quartermaster corres
ponds very nearly wiili that of the French
chemist. The increase of weight in tbe
bread over thai of ihe flour ought lo afford
an ample remuneration for Its manufacture
A StNflt'LAH Fascination. An English
paper relate, tho following unaccountable
occurrence I One of the most singular in
stances in connection with material things
exists In the case of a young man who not
very long ago, visited a largo iron mnnu
fuclury. He stood opposite a large ham
iner and watched with great interest its
perfectly regular strokes. Al first it was
beating immense lumps of climson metal
into thin, black sheols; but the supply be
coming exhausted, nt length it only de
scended on tho polished anvil. Still the
young man gttzed Intently on its motion ;
then he followed its strokes with corres
ponding motion of his head ; then his left
arm moved to the same lime and tune;
and finally, he deliberately placed his fist
upon tho anvil, and in second it wa.
smitten to a jelly. The only explanation
he could afford was that he felt an impulse
to do it ; that he knew he should be dis
abled, that ho saw all ihe consequence in
a misty kind of in 'inner ; but that he at ill
fell the power within, above sense and rea
son a morbid impulse, in fuel, lo which
he succumbed, and by which he lost a
good right hand.
Vkraciti and Uonestt. The first
number of the Atlantic Monthly contains a
truly philosophical article entitled " lllu.
sions," from which we niuks the following
extract: "In this kingdom of illusions
wa grope eagerly for stays nod foundations.
riicro is none but a strict and faithful deal
ing at home, and a severe barring out of
nllduplicacy and illusions thero. What
ever games aro played with us, we must
play no games with ourselves, but deal iu
our privacy with tho lasl honesty and Iruth.
I look upon tho simple and childich virtues
of veracity and honesty ns ihe toot of nil
that is sublime in character, Speak as
you think, be what you are, pAy your debts
ofall kinds. I prefer to be owned as sound
and solvent, and my word as good ns my
bond, and lo be what cannot be skipped or
dissipated, or undo rmed, to nil the eclat in
the universe. A little integrity is beltt-r
than any career. This really is tho found
ation of friendship, religion, poetry and art.
At tho lop or al the bottom of all illusions,
I set the cheat which still leads us to work
and livo for appearances, in spite of our
conviction, in all sane hours, that it is
whnt wo really ore that avails with friends,
with strangers, and with fute or fortune."
m 1
A Tunnel to France. Tho Siecle stales
Unit the possibility of uniting England and
France, by means of a submarine tunnel,
has been "practicully and scientifically"
considered by a skillful engineer, M. A.
Thome de Gumond. This gentleman has
submitted Ids project iu llie first pluce to
tho Emperor, who was greatly struck with
it. Afterward the Minister of Public
Works, i i) accordance with tbe Minister of
Marine, named a special commission, com
posed of the most scientific notabilities.
The commission - lias decided that M.
Thome do Gatnond was no mero dreamer.
The English Government have also named,
on their side, n cornmissien, and " it is
probable that in the coming spring, F rench
und Englieh engineers will apply them
selves to ihe work of vigorously examining
the practicability of the project." .
The Owners or India. India is a
country that never has belonged to its na
tives.' Two thousand years ago Alexan
der and his Greeks led dusky captives in
golden fetter from there lo Athena. Af
ter him it became the prize of I'arihian
bows and Scylhian spears. Then came
Mahomed and his Persians from Ghuznce
to leach by scimetar the new theology.
''Allah Is Allah, and Mahomed is his
prophet." Then the Afghans drove out
the Persians ; thea the Tartars drove out
ihe Afghans. Then came Timour, the
terrible Tartar, and the long and princely
line of Oreat Moguls Baber and Akbar,
Jehangirs and Aurengzebe. Tbe Mogul
Empire gt tod big to ho'd together, Down
went the throne at Delhi, and up sprang a
crop of Viceroys, Nizam, King, Shuh,
Rsjaubs, Newaubs and Nabob all over
the province. About ibis time II. B. M.
East India Company came to trade and
stayed to rule. By ci.joling one prince,
threatening another, invading a third, and
" protecting" a fourth, ihey got the whole
concern in ihe hands of John Bull and tbe
Lion and the Unicora. If the Sepoy
succeed in iccuring a native Hindoo dy
nasty new, it will be the first they ever
bad.
Tea Tasting. Few of our reader
re aw re that tea tasting is reduced I a
regolar profession, and which Is a eeriain
death to man continued opium eating.
The soeees of tbe tea broker or taster
depends upon the trained accuracy of his
ooso nnd pa lute, his experience in the want
of American market, nnd a keen busiuess
tact. If h has these qualities in high
cultivation, he may make frem twenty to
forty thousand dollars per annum while be
lives, and die of ulceration of the lungs,
lie overhauls a, cargo of lea, classifies it,
and determines the valuo ef each sort.
In doing this, he first looks at the color ef
the leaf and the general cleanliness of it.
Ilo next takes a quantity of the herb in his
hand, nnd brothing his warm breath on ii
lie snuffs up the fragrance. In doing this,
he draws into his lungs quantity of irri
tating and stimulating dust, which is by no
means wholesome. Then silting down nt
the tnble In Lis office, on which thete is a
loag row of little porcelain cups and a pot
of hot water, he ' draws' the ten and tastes
ihe infusion. In this way he classifies tho
different sorts to tho minutest shade, matks
the different prices,' and is then ready to
compare his work with the invoice. The
skill of these tasters is fairly marvellous,
but the effect ol ibe business on their health
is ruinous. They grow lean, nervous and
coRtumplive. Al th end of a hard day's
work, they feel and act as fidgety and cross
as a hjsterio eld maidk
S3T The ColumbiA (S. C.) Times thus
records one of the melancholy results of
sending young men North to be educated :
'A wealthy planter in nn adjoining dis
trict sent ene of his sons, an intelligent
youth, to a Northern school, 10 be educated.
After remaining some years, he took a re
ligious lurn, studied divinity and was ad
mitted to orders In lite Episcopal Church.
At his farher's death, which look placo
some time nfter, so thoroughly hail the
young man's mind been fascinated by his
Northern preceptors and associates, that it
was with the utmost difficulty that ho could
be prevented from manumitting his negroes
thai full to him from his faiher's estate.
He now resides altogether at the North,
alienated from the society, if not tho affec
tions, of every member of his family."
American Engineers Abroad. A Pa
ris letter says : "The young American
engineer who was called from tho United
States, to Construct It difficult suspension
bridg across the Avon, nt Bristol, Eng
landa bridge commenced and given up
as imposcible, by tho great engineer Bru
nei is now in Paris, nnd expresses him
self as perfectly satisfied of his success in
the nndertukitijr. ilis men aro already nt
work."
Scandal. The liv. Dr. Backus, of
Bethlehem, Conn., was a man of power as
well as of eccentricity. Ho had a habit of
dropping the thread of his discourao, and
ielivcring himself of Any thought that snd.
denly struck him. Thus, throwing up his
pcctnclcs and leaning his elbows on the
Bible and his hands, he would break out ;
" Scandal ! I'll tell you what scandal is
Brother Smith has heard something about
Brother Jones, but it was tolJ tu him under
a pledge of greal secrecy ; and he finds it
so hard lo keep it alone, lliat ho tries to find
soma one to help him uiul impars to neigh
bor Jennings, and it proves too weighty for
their united capaciliur to bear, nnd they
soon manage lo share it with brother Era
ser; and so it sprcuds from one to n not her,
till at last Polly Downs hears it, and then,
whew! nway goes and then everybody
knows it. 'And that is scandal."
HvuRoi'uoiiiA. A man was cured of hy
drophobia in Italy lately; by swallowing
vinegar, iu mistake for a medicinal potion.
A physician nt Padua heard of this, and
tried the remedy on a patieul ; he gave
him a pint of vinegar in the morning, an
other at noon and a third at .unset, which
cured him.
fcT The Americans have become the
greatest book-producer in the world.
More volumes are sold in this country in
one year than in Great Britain, with much
the same populutioa, in five. Where a
London publisher issue an edition of 1000,
an American publisher would print 5000.
In fact, the number of reader with us is ss
twenty to one as compared with tho same
class iu England.
Popular Poison. When pure ardent
spirits are taken into llie stomach, they
cause irritation, which is evinced by warmth
and pain experienced in that organ $ and
and next, inflammation of the delicate coats
of this part, and sometimes gangrenes. They
act in the same manner a. poisons. Be
tide the local injury they produce, ihey
act on the nerve, of the stomach which
run to the brain, and, if taken in large qaan
tities, cause insensibility, stupor, irregular
convulsive action, difficulty of breathing,
profound aleep, and often audden death.
The habitual use of ardent spirits causes
a slow inflammstion of tbe stomach and
liver, which proceeds sleadily, but is oftea
undiscovered, till loo tale for relief.
CO-Tbe (rial of life aro the tests ah'ch
aieertaia bo much gold there h) la tt
neslgaatlon of Uuvrruor WalLvr.
JJ' low we give tho closo cf Gov. Walk-
or' teller of resignation fchichh sent in
10 Secretary Cuss, Dei. 15iB. Ourrx'ract
embrace about one-fourth of hi whole
teller, all of which is marked by ability.
Walker Ihiuks he could not carry out Hu
chanan'i policy without trampling on iho
Constitution of ihe United S'atrs.
His prayer that nn "Overriding IVovI.
dence" may avert the blow I hat the "con
servative Mr. Daw-kanuii" litis aimtd at
the lira rt of tbe Union, we hope will soon
bo answered in giving u a Republican
administration.
Now, by my oath ofoffice, I have sworn
to protect tho Constitution of the United
Stales, which I have shown, in my judg
ment, required tho submission ol llm Cum-
(dilution to tho vote of the. people. I was
tworn also lo " lake earn" iluil the Kansas
und Nebraska bill "should be faithfully
exeeuted, which bill, in my judgment, as
heretofore stated, required thai Ihe Consli
I u lie 11 should bo submitted to ilia people,
and I was thereforo only pei forming a sob
emn duty, when, as Governor of theTer
ritory, lo w hose peoplo my first obligations
were due, I endeavored lo secure to them
theso results. The idoa enlertainod by
some, that I should see tho Federal Con'
sliiution and the Kansas-Nebraska bill
verthrown and disregarded, and that,
playing the pari ol a mule in a paulomine
of ruin, I should acquiesce by my silence
in sucb a result, especially where such ac
quiescence involved, ns nn inmiodia'e con;
sequence, a disastrous and sanguinary civil
war, seoins lo me to be mo.-t preposterous.
Not a drop of blood has been shid by the
Federal troops in Kansas during my ad.
minislrniisn. But insurrection and civil
war, extending, I fear, throughout the
country, were alone prevented hy tho
course pursued by mo oil tho-o occasions,
and the whole peoplo, tih-nnl niing revolt!,
tionary violence, were induced by mo lo go,
for the first lime, into a general and peace
ful election. . i
These important results ' cousiitute d
sufficient consolation for till the unjust as
snulls inund upon me on this subject. I
do not understand that these assaults havd
ever received the slightost countcnuHRe
from ihe Puesidetil ; on the contrary, hia
message clearly indicates an approval of
my course up to the recent mast unforiu.
nuto difference about the so called Lreoinps
ton Constitution. Inasmuch, however, as
this difference is upon a vital question, in
volving practical results end now instruc
tions, it is certainly much more respectful
lo the President on my purl to resign the)
office of Govornnr, and givn him nn oppor
tunity ef filling it, as is his right tuwur tho
ConstiluMon, with one who concurs wiili
him in his present opinions, rather than gd
to Kansas and force him to remove me by
disobedience to his instructions. This laU
teroourse, in my judgmont, would bo in'
compatible with proper respect lor tho'
Chief Magistrate of the Union, inconsistent
with the rules of moral rectttuiln or pro
priety, and could be adopted with 110 other
view than to force llio President to reinovd
mo from office. Such a course, it is alleged,
would present mo to the public ns a politic
cul martyr in the defence of the great prin;'
ciiile of self-government ; certain knowl-'
edge that such a result must follow, uould
be blika unjust nnd improper. My only
alternative, then, is that of n respr-clful
resignation, in the hopo lh.it Kansas nnd
our beloved country may bo shicK'led front
Ihnt civil war with which 1 fear both ur
threatened, by nn attempt to force the so.
called Lecompson dins: itu'.ioii upon the
people-of Kansas. '
I state it ns a fact, nnd b.ied on n long
and intimate association with the people of
Kansas, that an overwhelming tnajariiy of
thul peoplo are opposed to dial instrument,
and my letlers stato that but one out of
twenty of tho press of Kansas sustains it.'
Some oppose it because so many counties
are di.-fruuehined nnd unrepresented in llio
Convention. Koine, who are opposed lo
paper monev, because it authorizes a bink
of enormous capital for Kansas, nearly un
limited in its issues, und 111 tho uYnoiuiun
lion of its notes, from onn dollar up and
down. Soma bec.tuso of what they con
sidcr a Know Nothing clause, by requiring
thai tho Governor shall have bee.:) twenty
years a citizen of tho United States. Soino
because- Ihe elective franchise- is hot free,
as they cannot voto against the Cnsliiu.
tion, but only on the single issue, whether
any more slaves may bs imported, and
then only on that issue by voting for llio
Constitution to which they are oppeted.
I hey regard this as but a mockery f Ihe
elective franchise, nnd a perilous sporting
with the sacred rlhts of the peoplo.
Sumo oppose it because the Constitution
distinctly recognises and adopts the Oxford
fraud in appropriating legislative member
for Johnson county, upon the fraudulent
and fictitious returns, .0 falsely called,
from thai precinct, which recognition of
lhat fraud in the Constitution is abhorrent
to the moral sense of ihe people. Other
because, alihough in other oases llie presi
dents of Conventions have been authorized
lo issue writs ef election lo the regulur
Territorial or State officers with usual
judges, with the established precincts and
adjudication of returns, iu this case Unpre
cedented and vice-regal powers are given
to the president of the Convention to tnnks
ihe precincts, ihe judges, and to dtcido
finally upon the returns. From lbs gratit,
of these unusual and enormous powers,
and from other reasons connected with tho
fraudulent returns of Oxford end Mcfiee,
an overwhelming majority of the people of
Kansas have no faith in the validity of these
returns, and therefore will not vole. In
deed, disguise it a. we may to ounelve.,
under the influence of the prerent excite
ment, tho facts will demonstrate lhat any
al'oinpt by Congress la force this Consli-
J lotion upon the people of Ksnsa will he an .