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THE OREGON A11CUS. rUSLISIISD MTUSOSV MOSSIka, bt. William l. adams. TKRMSTkt A sees wu7 t furniekti it Tkrte Dttlart ind fiftf Ctnle ftr nnum.ln advenes, It tin fit euhuribtreTknt Dalian tack It tlubt if It it till affietii advinet Whin Iht mntj it nil paid t idtanrt, Ftut Ptlliri wilt It tkirgtd if fud Wilkin til 'munlkt, tod t'itt datlirtlltkt tndtf Ikt ftir. Tilt utuart priii mmtitnt niitrtp i " tint rtnntd ftr i ' ptrltd. Hf AT ftiftr dimmllnutd Until ill irrtmigm in pill, ( it tht tptitn of tit puwuitr. 'bnitmt Wise' Msslfesi Atelest lbs Lccssteiea UeettHwttoe. 0 A letierof narly four titlumn from Gov, Wine, in response to no iiiviiaiion'10 attend tlx antl-Lecompton nfitnjr '""I'1 lit evening, It published iu the Pluladel phi Press.. ! , , , Governor Wins say lhat careful re. i of lb President's message constrains him to differ, wiib Ilia President of hi choice. ' II protests against the mode id Which tht Lecompton Constitution was pretended lo be submitted, as smi repub licsn and ojprcii , and offensive to the tlf. respect and moral sense of a free people. After expressing tlio ojiintun llmt I lit Kansas-Nebraska act whi an "enabling lot'' of itself, he adniiti that the oanduct oflheToptkaites was violent and unlawful, and that their opponent acted under law ful authority up to the aubnil.siun of the Constitution to the people. Hut that has nothing lo do with the issue. It Iht Con filiation tin act and dttd of the people, and ft the ichtitult republican t The rong of lheTopekaile will not justify the wrung of the Lecompton Convention, per cur the defect of (ho Lecompton schedule, which, though providing fur lit ratification or re. Jection, was submitted for approval alone, 'without allowing a vole npuii it ejection. After a n-ftthing review of the Lecomp ton Cunvcniion'ii elcciiun jugglery, Gov. Wio proceeds la give a Southerners view of the quritlnn. i tlm Democratic peri y had ju-l coin 6utfl'a severe nnd doubtful conlliui with the Kuw Nothing secret society, the nit odious Centura of which wn a " tut oath." Now, behold an hunest, peaceful, law-abiding citizen approach thu poll in Kunsa hndor this schedule ; I imagine mysr-tCan ulira Southern slaveholder, put to the or deal of chillengn undi-r a It ix clause of the schedule ; I am anxious, very anxious, to record my vote for my right to hold the chief pari of the litlle properly I own ; I am told that I have ihe right, bv ihe (tram nf the high Lecompton Convention, 10 vote fur or ugninst property in slave ; I up proach ll'u pull to rjerei thi rife li I J I am challenged ; the llilile U hrld out fi im, to mrtr first to "tupjtnrt the Conilitutiou of the United Siuto;" I ak why impo mi me that oath; I u'je tllilt the ob Ration U binding on tun wiihotlt tho oath thai I Ion- nd ubey '.he Cuii-tiiiiiion of the United Slateo, and that il ll mml- lh iuprenie law nf :he land, binding in itself I)UI, D' lHJJ Willing IUlipMri IIIUI llixiru- nieni, and nnviuiu to vole for my properly, I asvent to ewcar lo support it. But I am luld 1 muui in tlio MCond place, wrar also tonuppnrt the Lecompton " Cunstituiion, if adopt-H, uudur the pcualiict of perjury tinder the Territorial law." ' I redder) into wrath under the ioault nf auBh an dallt; tendered to a freeman a: the polls tu pttppnri a Conmitution, if ajopled, before na H'lflpiloul I Ueno'inoe I ho obstacle tt nlV free mil nf election. It ii in vuiu ; t mnt take it, or leave my property unprotected. I inppuM) tlie uppmiiioii i almost ielolerable I dike the oath J I am thetl, rind unly then, grant ed the privilege of vO'in. I Vote for slavery, but against tile Consihiltioh. I am then told thai my vote cannot be l ount edfyet I am sworn tovupport, if adopted, wliat I have voted against! S'ltliK by in lull, and then di.fiancliiK-d. I j:o v, .-niiddeued to violence by injuntioe, inequal ity, ami insult added to injury! Is tint my act and deed) In that republican t If Caligula wun a tyrant for posting law 'loo high to bo read by the (toman people, 'what I'uea thi de-rve to be cnllrd, which :puia the whole and n part together, no that minority for the whole may prevail ove' n majority for or against the part? I it hot the very hncu pocu ana legerdemain nf keeping tli prumite to (he fit of the Ocnple, and breaking it lo their liopei I 1 tell you that no proud, free people, will etand insult and outrage like thu; and inch dttuputimn i enough to drive peaceful nd good citizuni to violence, for a redri rgii-'vanoei Dut the question i. not win liter the Leomnpioii Omsiitution has been opposed .unlawfully, but ia it the act and deed of the sovereign people, whose i! purMpt to be and is i' republican in its nubmission by the tubediile of the Lecompton Constitu tion! And mark, loo, thai thi te oa'h it applied when the Const it mion ie to Ba ji n' to Consree from a Territory for ap proval. ' After taking thi oath, the canuisi may determine whether he could, if the iCwjs'itutlon be adopted, oppwe it bfiiw !Cjngres, though ho luted again! il at the ,poH." . lie contend that there waaobtiouely a stwMstor and anti-republican purpoae in thu giving an unfair election ai In part of the 'Coniiitution, with no election a to the h6le. r ; i fte denieathe asaertion of the Preident, Vwt no people could have proceeded wjih more regularity in 'h formaiion of a Con stitution than the people of Kana have dons. The p'ople were not allowed a fair fclecjion at all. A fir election could not , b held un Jcr the schedule, a appean from la faci lie rtl'fdic's lli President's idea, that )h adrnwioo of Kantaa would speedily ead Ue aittlo In Congrrtt, and localize II "In Kaiuas. He decUrrt that II aever can ibe local aaia. It i ail efllial that the aattlement ihall be jut, right and equals aod, if not to, ilia aura to bo mithi-vou to that pary tunaiairig power witbo'H right,- and d'!i'J TWJ h- go my fie A Weekly Newspaper, devoted to the Principles of Jefferionian Democracy, and advocating Vol. IN. . The lullcr conclude aith I lie following warning appeal to the friend of the Pre Idvnl. ' We have proudly, heretofore, contonj ed only fur equality and justice; but if thi he wantonly done, without winning aviak the owr of a lev State thereby it will be worse than vain. Il will be match lMgpoerHT fat out ntfat, lo be loi "tieedily," with the lc of something of far morn worth thau political vo:e our moral prtiUgt. It we are not willing lo do j mi ico, wet-an'l ak for justice ; if we can't agree In equality, we must expect to be drilled it. It it our bull goring the ami- slavery ox. Suppose we had had a ma jority of slaveholder! in that Territory; suppose a minority of aiMilittoiiut ha'l got ten the cenr.it and regittiy into their hand, nnil Imd kept niteen out of thirty- four counties out of the Convention ; sup. noe they had formed a Coinliluiiun, wiih a clause prohibiting slavery, and had eeut it to Congress, without submitting il In a majority if iho legal voters ; or suppose they Imd tubmiitud all pails of the Cmitti- union to the popular vote, exvepl throne clauso pruhikiling slavery, kiiowing it would be voted down if submitted to a ma jority of the people ; aupte eucb a ''boot un the other leu" had been subnulleil 10 Cou'jresi, and we had tbeu heard Ihe ab soluteness of a Convention coniet.ded for bv lliack Republicans, demanding of Congress to iilslsiii the doctrine nf " legiti macy, I tell you llial every Southern man would have been in arms, and woultl be roused lo the shedding of blood, rather than to submit lo Congress fastening upon a majority of I'ro-Slavery people, an aibi trary rescript nf a mere Convention, unau thorizod to proclaim it Constitution, with out an express grant I his it the tame principle, accompanied by trickery and fraud. ' We are willing to do unt others at we would liuvo them do unlu u.' The Souiltern people ask fur no injustice, no inequality." Wo tiro compelled, fur the prr a-nt, by want of rootti, to omit ihe remainder of Gov. Wise's remarkabl- letter. CO" Titos L. Anderson, elected to Con I! rets from Missouri, by Ronw Nothings, and who, In a speech dri the Lecompton t iudle, declan d that he would support the Admin istration, taid t " By so dning. 1 am satisfied ihnt I shall faithfully represent the will nf the A uteri- van puty of my district and Stale, who have no athuHy or y math y with tne prin ciphs of the II. -publican party." We learn from the St. Louis Ne"t that the Alexandria Delta, the I'almvrn Whig, the Lagrange American, and peihapt oili er papers published in Mr. Anderson's (lis. trict) have contained article emphaiicelly condemtithg and denouncing Mr. Ander ton's coursci The Lagrange American denounce An derson in severe terms, and tays: "It is true that the American party 1 have noiiftiui'y orsvmnathy with the pr!u. uiples nf the Republican party,' and il is also true that the American party 'Have no affinity or sympathy with the princi ples' or policy of the Uuchauan Administra tion and the disunion fire-eaters of the Sou h but il is not true lhat tlu-y have tie sympathy with a people who are sought to be tyrannized over by a foul and corrupt Administration, in ihe attempt to force upon the expressed will of ten thousand majority of the freemrn of Ksnsa a Con sljiiition which they despise and rrj-c'. No! never mill the Amcricsu pariy give their consent to any sUch Outrage upon the rights of American fieeitiett, but they will resist all sltch ncn of tyranny nttd op pression even unto death." " We know not of a single American in this district that endorse or approves of the Lecompton swindle. If there lire any, we desire them to make themselves known through our columns they ar op-n to them lor tlm discus-ion of the question in all it bearings. We have denounced it from ihe firs', because we believed it was a wrong." The Si. Louis News y: " We have not a particle of doubt thai an overwhelm injTnajority of the Americans of Missouri sympathise with Donglns, and nol with Bu chanan, in the present position of Kansas affaire." Socinmtx Allegiance. The follow, ing we lake from the Na-hville (Tentl.) Banner, on of tho oldest and ablest papers at the South. We commend it to the con sideration of those who call all " Abolition ists" and " Freesoilers," who do nol join with them in cursing the Northern Half of the Union : St. Louie Newt. ' What W the test of Soulherrt allegi ance 1 Who is Ihe true friend or the South I Is jt he who hates and curses ihe people of the Nonh, and refuses lo recog nire them as brothers? I it he who iu Cmig'eM, is cuniiuoally indulging in crim inal on and recriminanon ; giving and la king abuse; talking of inva'ted rights and threatening fierce resentment, and iiouting upon every Northern man whodarea tx press an opiuinn hostile to s'avery, ihe hot venom of vindictive hate and the holier ven om of physical cast igai ion T I he the Vue friend of the South who goes among the people with denunciation and curses upon his lip; telling them of the bitter wrmgs which hav been perpetrated upon them by ibeir Northern brethren J asd rgintf them wrtb all the persuasive poster (4 abuse, argument and eloquence lo re. sent their imaginary ieu,lt! Are tin' the ts friend of the South these fierce and relentless are-eaters, these treason, plowing agitators, these earrioa bird of the see, Hn 5b tfcf wbirJw5oi end (Mgd OREGON CITY, OREGON, APRIL 10, 1858. among the wavef Nn dder mistake was ever made than that of ihe Sonthvrn people who place their reliance on Ihe fire-eating, disunion ululiing dema gxgim. No more ten ible calamity could Itufsll the South than a rupture with Ihe Xorlh. I he Uui"u and our present Con siiiuiiun are ihe South's true reliance, and, therefore, who ever would dissolve the Union, and overthrow our present form of government, it Hie worst enemy ihuoouib Could have. This spurious test ofSiuthnrn allegiance, of devotion lo Southern rights, hut done the South more real damage than all llin aggression of Northern lunatics have ev. er been able to accomplish, ll ha divi ded her pvople into factions, emasculated her statesman-hip, weakened her moral power in the National Councils, nuil rirr- oireteii Com Hint calm and consotoits uig. rnty in which she appeared beforu the na tion in the early limes, chalen;lng ihe respect of tho North and the. admiration of the world. We have nothing to Bsin by quarreling with tho North. We have bleu following after abstractions long enough. We have been led long enough by unprincipled and reckless umigogiir. It is lime now that we should givo ear to the voice of a Isdutn, and of enlightend pa triotism. The fire rater is not the true friend of the South. The lesi of Southern devotion is nol hatred f the North. Our true frieiul is tho Unionist he who would preserve ibis fabriu oTour father, and per petuato il la all time." OCT In the U. S. Senate, IVj. 33d, "Senator Bell of Tennessee presented the resolution of the Legislature of that State, intimating that he ought lo resign for his' vole on the Nebraska bill, lie intimated, thut taatmiicti a thi action was tuktn f.ur years after thu vote tvat given, he should not com :ily with tlio withe of the Legislature. Following Mr. Dell, Mr, Johnson, also nf Tennessee, made a speech, in which ho drew a parallel between his own course and lhat of the former gentle, man. Mr. Boll look exceptions to hi re marks, characterising them as the biltorcsl, most iu?ulting, and most personal ever concocted by premeditated malice, and ex pressed hi readiness to meet Mr. Johnson at any time, or any ono who should back him. Soma confusion of course ensued, in the midst nf which Mr. Bell gave way to a motion for adjournment." An amica ble personal explanation afterwards took place between Messers ISell and Johnson, Fe'-m Washing-ton Tho Washington correspondent of the New York Post writct to thut paper as follow : Mr. Prentice, of ihe Louisville Journal, i here trying to divert the South Ameri cans from voting for Lecompton, This balat.ce-of power party have had several caucuses for the consideration of the ques tion lieil er they will leap into the golf opened for litem by tlio blunder of Huch anan't Administration, and precipitin t citll War Upon the country, or whether they will lake ills' responsibility of avert ing the pending calami'), saving the coun try from a bloody ihlernnl Miil'e, and ad ministering a just rebuke lo the seciionul powers thai be." 3T It would seem from rexi is received that ihe Kansas election frauds were not confined lo Delaware Crossings. The Comiriittoe of Investigation appointed by he Territorial Legislature, has ascertained thai the poll-book of Shawnee, also, was taken over into Wos'port, and 300 name added to tilt) list in that place. Genera! CulhoUn, if he uai sincere in the declara tion of hi purpose lo act fairly and hon estly iu tho matter, will be obliged to revise the returns from nearly every part of thu Territory. This investigoting Committee was appointed by the Territorial Legiela- lure, in which the rejection of the Oxford County returns by Messrs. Wulkrr nnd Stanton gave the Free Slate men a major ity. It ha no legal authority to decide uho are and who are hot legal members of tho State Legislature, but il can and does expose to the pubilu the fraud by which the elrdloii in neatly every part of the Territory teem lo have been distinguished. "(& Senator Dixon, of Connecticut, gave Mr. Bachanan a sharp puke in the ribs, In hi speech in the Senate on the Dili. Touching iho Army Bill, he introduced without any violent eflorl, the memorial of the New England Clergymen, which ihe President replied lo iu such hot basis sod with such vigorous Southern inspiratiou last summer. The Senator defended the memorial, as lo its manner and matter, and maintained ihe rxalied character and motives of ihe memorialists, paying a trib ute to the ability, mural worth and fame of Prof. S.lliuian, venturing the unkind suggestion thai hi name would be held in remembrance when the President's would be foigotten. The allus:on to the Hartford Convention, in the President's reply lo the memorialists, the Senator thought, wss unfartunale, and should not have been made without tears of peiiitrnc thed in remembrance that James Buchanan, him self, tvasoneofthe blue light Federalitls bo supported that measure. Cits. Com. 03 The highest speed ever made on the ooean was by the clipper tbip Flying Seud, 40 mile in 54 bier. " Republican State Convention. The Convention of the Republican par ly of Oregon met at the Court-House in Salem on Friday, April 21, 1318, and was called lo order by Pr. Warren, when, on motion of J. R. McBride, T. S. Kendall was culled to iho Chair. On inotiin of W. C. Johnson, J. R. Mc Bridk wachnen Secretary. On motion of Mr, Uilluti, a committee of litres was chosen on credential. The Chairman appointed P. W. Gillett, W. L Adams, and J. R. McClure said committee. The committee re polled ihe following person entitled lo tentt in the Convention ; Clatinp CWlty-P. W. Gillell. Tillamook C. 11. David.on. Clackamae-V. L. Adams, W.T.Mat, lock, Maxwell Rauisly, C. W. Bryant, and Win. Barlow, rmJW-W.B. Daniels, 0. L. Woods, Oliver Moore, J. R. McBride, and David Smith. Polk J. L. Ltdd, J. B. Bell, W. W. Boon, and E.Y. H illock. Marion Dr. Warren, Bei.j. Cleaver, K. W. Crandall, T. W. Davenport, W. Cranston, John Denny, and H. Illworlb. Linn T. S. Kendall, John Conner, Win. Cell, ll.ickenstall, Dr. Byco, and J. R. McClure. ' Zone CJ. H. Curry, M. M. Crow, B.J. Pingra, J. D. Foster, A. A. Ilcmcnway, and Wm. Gale. Jackson John Davenport. UmpiiaL. L. Applego'n. Tlio report was accepted, and iho com mittee eniiinued. On motion, a committee or. platform was appointed, consisting of W. L. Adams, P. W. Gill.-U, C. II. Davidson, J. R. Mc Bride, T. W. Davenport, J. It. McClure, O. B. Curry, E. L. Applegate, and Wilbcr. On motion, a committee on business wat then appointed, consisting of Matlock, Wurrrn, Woods, Crandull, and Crow. On motion, the Convention adjourned until 3 o'clock l'. n. Afternoon Seuion The Convention met pmsunnt to adjournment. On motion, W. C. JoHnson wa elected Assistant Secretary. The committee on business reported. The report was adopted. On motion, Joseph Mugone and William Greenwood were admitted as substitute! in place of Messrs. Cleaver and Ellsworth, bf Marion, w ho were absent. The committee on platforms reported the following resolution : . - Resolved, 1st, That the Republican parte, true to :ha principles that form the basis of our free and democratic system of government, reaffirms lo them vi unalterable- devotion, as laid down in the blood bought churlernf American liberie, iho Declaration of Independence, nnd devel oped in tho Constitution of the United States, and that the prosperity and perpe tuity of our Union depend upon a strict adheranco lo the doctrines taught, and the right guarantied in those honored repos itories of republican faith. Resolved, 2nd, That in relation lo tha institution of dometlio slavery, we remain where tlm patriot who formed our insii tutions planted themselves, end whore the leading statesmen of all parlies, until with in a recent period, have harmoniously ttood that it is a purely local, not gener al, State, and not huiiotial, institution determinable by the Stipes, each for itself over which the other Slate have no control and for Which no responsibility. Ri-volved, 3n, I bat with VV uslnngior, Jeff-rson, Madison, Franklin, and their compeers and cotemporaries, who in the framing of the Constitution made etleciual prevision for thn annihilation of the traffic in slaves, and who Were especially anxiou that that instrument shou'd contain no ad mission nf ihe right of ono mftn to hold property in another, we bnlievo slavery to be a political, social, und moral evil; and. while we disclaim all right and inclination to interfere with it as a municipal regula tion of any nf the sovereign Stales of the Union, w believe that thn organic act of 1797 for the government of all Ihe territo ry then belonging to the Republic, penned bv the sazacioui Jefferson, approved by the immortal Washington, and strictly adhered to iu thu formation of every territorial Uovernment from lhat lime down lo 1?84, embodies the duly of Congress in framing government for tho Territories that is, Ihe non-ex'ention of slavery. Resolved, 4th, That the unfortunate departure from that principle in the late acl organizing ihe Territory of Kansas, to which we directly trace the. bitter agita tion which has destroyed ihe peace, and reddened w ith the bio -d of brothers the virgin suit, of that fair land, baa proved by ii bitter froit the wisdom of the ancient po'lcy which it has supplanted. Resolved, Rth, That we s-and by and maintain, as did our forefathers, true pop ular sovereignty, and lha insliennlde right of the people to govern themselves ; nut we deny that a man is deprived of these unless be enjoy the privilege nf enslaving others, and affirm that the result of such a docirina would be 10 found ibe liberty of tho ci'iten npon basis oi despotism. Resolved. Sib, Thai the attempt npon the pari of the present Democratic admin. traiion in fuice npon the people of Kan sas constitution abhorrent to a large majority of its citizens, and lo sustain in power a usurping and tyrannical minority egiet tb Wi will o'jba froaM:', the side of Truth in every issue. No. 52. is an outrage not to ho borne by a free people, and we hope that, planting tuem selves (irmly npon tho Immortal truth first enunciated by the Declaration of Independ ence, "that all government derive ihiir just power from the consent of the gov erned, they will bo able lo wrest I rum their oppressors that which is inestimable tu n free people and formidable lo tyrants only the right lo compel the rulers to con form lo the withes f thu ruled. Resolved, 7 1 h, Tlmt we insist that the ri'lit lo govern necessarily follows the right to acquire and hold (armory, and lhat in providing n government for a Territory under lint right it should be bused upon tbn iittliennbbj rights of the people, and we arraign the modern system as practically carried out in Kansas fur i'.s utter nnd gross violation of these principle, and uflirm that llin dark catalogue of w rungs and crimes committed by the lure and existing Ad ministrations agninsi popular rights in lhat Territory deserve ihe execration of every lover of freedom of ihe present day, and, as their just reward in history, an immor tality of infamy. Resolved, Slli, Thut ihe la to partisan decision of I he Supreme Court in the case of Dred Scon, which makes the Constitu tion a grand title instrument to every holder of slaves, is a disgrace to iho Ju diciary of (lie nation, and attain upon the chnracter of our count ry, w hose proudest tioast it lis love ot liberty in its largest sense nnd iis haired of tyranny in tvery lunn. Resolved, Oih, Tlmt we congratulate ourselves and the people of Oregon upon the remit ot the hue election upon the question of slavery ne a triumph of the Kepuhlicun doctrine of non-extension, and wo only insist that e ought to use our iiifliieure wherever it can be legitimately lono lo secure lo other I crriionrstbeiame pi iceluks blessings of freedom which by such a gr.U -tying majority wo teem to fully to appreciate for ourselves. Reiolverl, lOih, That the recklets prndi gality of national treasure which ha char. acterized the late and present Democratic Administrations, bringing to bankruptcy a iteasury whose vaults have received $S0, 000,000 per annum, and necessitating a loan in time of peace, is a olear and de monstrative proof of that wasteful extrav agance which has plundered the nation und turned its treasury into a shinplaster machine, with nothing but its credit to sustain lis finances. Resolved, Ulh, That Ihe Pacific Rail road is no longer an enterprise of doubtful expediency, but has become one of imper ntive commercial and notionnt necessity; and we favor its construction on any cen tral and practicable route by tho aid of the General Government given in such a man her n may bo best calculated tu effect it early ooinplclion. Resolved, 12ih, That wo favor appro priationtbs Congress for the improvement of rivers and harbors of a national char acter. Resolved, l3th, That the political dog. mas sought recently to be established by U party styling themselves Democrats in thi Territory, which assert the duty of a representative or delegate in some in stance! to be to obey the instruction ef his constituents while in uihors specilled he is bound lo disregard ihem and bow to the will of others, is dangerous and snli repub lican in its tendency, and worthy to ba sustained only by a party that everywhere is known as the ally of personal vnttalag and the advocate of partisan despotism. Resolved, 14th, I hat we believe in the unirainmeled rigid of llin citizen lo think and vote as hn pleuso, nnd we utterly do- ny thu right ol any representative under any circumsinnc's lo vtoluto tho Inst mo tions or known will of the people bo rep rrsent. Resolved, 15th, That the present system of voting vita voce, introduced by that party to subject the sufliageof theciiizen to the surveillance of partisan inspectors, und awn him, under the penalty ol being branded as a traiior, into nbpet submission, is a relict of harbarisiil, which finds fit friends In a party whose whole organization i devoted to tho extinguishment of eve ry spaik of personal freedom, and subject it member lo the entire control of an aris tocracy of leaders; and lhat with such a party wn are proud to have neither sym pathy nor communion. , The report was read, section by section, nnd approved, when ihe whole report was unanimously adopted. Ou motion of Dr. Warren, the Conven. lion proceeded lo ballot for candidates for the Ststa offices, beginning with Represen tative to Congress: First Ballot J. R. McBride, 14 Jesse Applrgate, 9 ; T. J. Dryer, 0; scattering 13. No candidate having received majority of all the votes cast, a second ballot was taken, wiih the following result: Second Ballot McBride, 10 ; Dryer, H ; II. N. George, 8. No candidate having received a majority, the Convention proceeded to a third ballot: Third Ballot- McBride, 31 II. V. George, 0 ; Dryer, 1. J. R. McBride a as then unanimously declared the nominee for Representative to Congress. For Gove rnor--First ballot, O. Jacobs, 4 John Denny, 13; Carry, of Lane county, 10; Kendall, 0 ; scattering, 4. No choice having been rai.de, the Con vention proceeded to ; Second ballot Denny, ii; Curry, 1) ; scattering, 3. John Dzusr was then ontnimously de clared ihe aominee for Governor. For Secretary of Slats "iret ballot : II. N. George, 19 ; L. Holmes, 15; G. L ,We.-'J2; E L Applegl;ftttr;1. !'.'.'.' '.f.'.'-l.'-JJ.'.'! '..,..iijM1 ADVKUTIHINO RATKH. Out squnis (13 lb.es vr k) as iiiMfUMi, :V0 - -- two iMtrlicaa, aKj - " three tssrwhaa, iJM Each autswqueal iastrbtw, JuQ lieatoaable JeJuciions lo these who aevtrtiss Is tlis yesr. JOB PRINTING. Tus raoraiKtoa or ths AltOl'0 is srsrtt lo tulWtu lbs publlo diet he lit jus) Ntk4 a large stwk of Jolt TYI'K and etlier uew pria inif runurisband will be in die sjeedy reieifS w ddiliona ssiitrd 10 1(11 lbs -iJhntritS ot this k. eahty. JIANWMJA I'OKTKIiH, PLANK. CAUV6, CIKCLLAl'.S, I'AMrilf.UT-WpltK nnd other kiuds. dune te order, a short notice. No choice having been made, (he Cob venliuD proceeded lo at aecad ballot, as follows: , . i Second ballot d org, 23; llulinet 18; Apphgate, S. II. N. Gsoitfli wts then unanlniotisly d clnred lo bo the nomine fr Secretary or State, For State Treasurer First ballot I L. Applugale, 33 ) Holmes, .1 ; Abcr- nethy, I. 12. L- Ari'LKUiTr. was then unanimously declared Iho thole of (he Convention for Treasurer of Slate. For Statu Piinicr !. W. Caaio was nomluulrd by acclamation. On motion, the following gentlemen wore chosen as a Territorial Republican Executive Committee I W. I.. Adam, W. T. Ma'Ioek, W. C. Johnson, L. Uoliuvf, and L U. Wsliefield of Portland. On motion, the Secretary was requested to fitriiirh copies of ihe proceedings of this Convention to the papers of tho Territory for publication. On motion, the Convention adjournsd till evening. .. . . Evening Session. Mr. Holmes suggest. , ed the impropriety of nominating Mr. George as Secretary of Stale, a George was absent, nnd, from the best iulormatieu, ho would not accept the nomination. On motion of W, W, Boon, the nomiua. lion of Oeorgo w as reconsidered, and, on motion of same person, Lka.ndkr Holmf.i was nominated in his stead by acclamation. E. L. Applegata was then called out, and made a speech much lo the edification and Nimisr ment f tho audi'-ncu. , After speeches from McUriJe, Penny, and several othr-rt, the Convention juu mod line die. T. S. KENDALL, Prca't. , J. R. McBiiok, Src'y. Tne Pso.'osr.u Branch or mi WxtT Point Acadhmv. W learn that Mr. Zol. lit-offer is preparing to urga with all poi-, bio zeal, the proposition thut the Government shall establish a branch of the West Point Military Academy at the Hermitage ncaf Nashville, a considerable portion of which the State of Tennessee proposed lo donatu to I lie United Slates to that end. The court of studies at West Point embrace Ave yrara there, and Mr, Z. in bis bill desires te pro. vide thut the Cut two of litem shall Us spent by the cadets at the proposed West, em Academy. His theory is that gentle-, men, lo be in all rrtpcett qualified fur high und responsible positions in the army ( tho United SiaUjs, should not be entirely . sectional in their education. That is, that those entering the United Butos military service from tho North should learn soms thing by intercourse of the people of lb South and West, wherein they differ from , those of Ilia North in ch ruder, habits, tone of thought, elo. : The idea is a good one, and will doubt. , less have due weight with CoHgretl. The ' Old Soldiers' National Convention," not long since in session at Philadelphia, by , the by, urged this tlcrmitoga Military, school proj'-cl earnestly on tin attention ol, Congress in tlleir resolutions. IfuiAtn Ion Star. . , , star ll has been rumored that e Gov ernor Widker of Kansas has gone over to the l.rc'flriiptoiiite, but ha has sent a belief to an ami Lecompton meeting at Indiunap. olis, which disputes of this rnrtiitr. (la says mctioci t and proscription have no tar. ror for him, and asks whether this Is "the cigb'y-secoud year of our independence, or the ffrst year of American monarchy t" 03" A curious development (and impor tant if true reaches ut from New Orleans. Thn Delta, of that city, in an editorial ar- ticl:, asserts that the African slave Irade hat already been re-opened by the South, and lhat a regular depot lint loeu estab lished on Peail River, in Mississippi, where cargoes of negroe have been received and told iuto slavery. Thn vessels engaged in the business carry hc French (lag, because the British cruisers on tho African coast wilt not trouble it. CO" " II Segretario," a well known writ. er, is publishing letters in lie Si. Lout Leader addrewod to Horaoe Greely. II tome month agoproposeda controversy with Mr. (J. which was declined in terera at follows : New Yoiti, May 3, US l)tkt Si : Time was when, . I should, hsve relUhed such a controversy asyoif nt ite, but troubles and bereavement are idling upoa mh, and I have a horror ol be ing made an object of personal intereit or public attention. If I were at liberty t do so, I would sell out ray pe'Jt)iar.y intrrs( in the Tribune, and devote the residue or, ny life to my books, my friends and my little ones. As il it, I am trying to get off to Europe, as soon as may be at least witkia n months tor a year ol ttuay ana ri. I am, therefore, in no mood for controversy. 7 If prudence canaot always pre.' vent misfortune, il may do inneb ll dt!"JJ pmoting it eflie's.