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THE OREGON ARGUS. . ,1 , , , . fUSLISUSD IHIf tmatMV HOSSISa, BY WILLIAM L. ADAMS a rr-? -m - RKHULtTIOMH Aasslce by lk rpubllc Male Caevta Warn, tr a, tela. 'Resolved, 1st, That tlia Republican party, true to the principles I)nI form the btin of our free and democrutio system of government, reainrui 10 tnem i'a unaiier able devotion, a laid down in ilia blood bought charier of American liberty, the 'Declaration or Independence, miiI devl oped in the Cun il ii linn or ill" United States, and that the prosperity miiI perpe tuity or our Union dnd upon a atrict adherence to tlio doctrine tniigw, mid ihe righi guarantied in those honored repo ilorim of republican Txiih. Resolved. 2nd, That in mint ion lo I h Institution nf domestio alnvery, we rfuiNin where thn pairmi who funned our insii tuliuua planted iheinelve, anil where the leading statesmen of nil parties, until mill' in rocent period, have harmoniously stood that it i a purely local, ikiI getter- ill, State, and nut iiui iouul, institution determinable by ilia States, each for itself over winch the other btule have nu control and lor which no responsibility, , Kiaulved, 3-i, Tlmt with Washington, ,Jc(Fron, Madison, Franklin, and their compeer and cntemporaries, who in the framing, of the Consiitui ion made ftT'Oonl prevision for the annihilation of llin lralfiu in slave, end who were especially anxious thai thai instrument sheu'd contain no ad mission nf l lio right of one man to hold property in nnother, we believe alavery lo be a pilmcul, 'cuil, and niuriil evil; and. whila we disclaim all righl ai.il inclination In interfere with il a a mnniuipal regtila lion of any of the aovereimi Sl.iti'n of tin Union, uu bi'lii've tlint the oruniu not f 1747 I'or'lLe jiovprinnnit uf nil die territo ry I lieu belonuiiiu' toihe It'puliliu. peiiiiid by thiijjicinll Jeir'raoii. iipprnvi-il by the imiuori nl Wiiahiiifiion, inj -triclly ndhered to in the forinoiioii of every terriiuri tl povcrnineiil from ilmt lime ilon in 1 54. embxlie thu dmy of Co.ir. in frMiiiiiis poveriini.-iiU for ihu Ti-rntorira Ihat in, the lion-ex'eiiiioii of hlavvry, Reaolved, 4ll), Tlint the uilrtunnn drprtr'urn from thxi ptinuiil in tlm lute ui orL'aniziii the Territory of K iii-hk, lo which wm directly tr:ic ilie hitler ajita lion which ' Iiuh ilestmyeil thn pnce, and reddened with llio I l)"d uf hrui hern the virgin Hwil, of thut f iir hind, Iihs proud hv jt bitter frnita the win loin of th ancient policy which it Iinn Moppliinted. H'wtvJ, ftlh, Thut we n'onrl by and m.iinliiio, as did our forefather, tine pop tilar novereigniy, and thu iiiHlieniili rihl of tlio people to govern thoiiwlit ; but we deny tlmt a man i deprived of iIipmi unleta he enjuy the privil.'e ofenvlnvinn Other, nnd allirin tlmt the result ofhiiuha doctrine would be to found the liberty of the ci'izen upon a Imnin of deapoiiam, Itolvrd, C ill , That tlio attempt upon the pari ofl!le. present Deinouratiu iidiniii. iira'ion lo foicn upnn the pi-oplu of Kan Int l . cortfliiulion ahhorrrui lo a large majority of i' citizens, and lo niKlain in power a usurping mid tyrannical minority againxt th" known will of tlio remainder, iv an outrage nut to be borne by a free people, and we hope that, planiin thein aelvea lirmly upon the immortal truth first enunciated by the Declaration of Independ ence, " ihiit all government derive their just power from the consent of the gov erned," they will bo nble to wrest from their oppressors tlmt which is iuektiinahle to a free people and formidable to 1)' ranis only tbo riht o compel the rulura lo con form lo the wUlie "f the ruled. ll.esulvud, 7h. That we insist that the ribi to govern necessarily follow the right lo'acq'iire an J hold terriiory, and ihat in providing a government for a Terriiory under this right it should be banud upon the inalienable right of the people, and w ttrraign the modern system as practically carried uul in Kansas for it ultei and aros violation of these priiicides, and altirin that the dark catalogue of wrongs ami crime committed by the lare and existing Ad ministrations ngnitlsl popular rights in that Territory deserve the execration of every lover of freedom wf the present ily, and, at their jut reward iu history, nu i lur- tality of infamy Resolved, 8lh, That thn late partisan decision of the Supreme Court in 'he case ofDred ScO't, which make th Constitu tion a grand lillo instrument lo every bolder of slaves, is a disgrace to the Ju dietary of the nation, nnd a stain upon the character of our country, whose proudest bomt i it lyvaof liberty In I" largest tense and it hftircd yf tyranny in tffry form. ' Revolver), &th, That we congratulate . . .u. .., nf 0re"ili upon the ceault of the lale election upon the Qiicrtion of alavery e a triumph of the Republican doctrine of non-extenion, ami wo only insist that e O'ljjhi use our iiiiauenee wherever it cjii bt- J.-gitioiately done to secure loniher Terri'uriesihosaine priceless blessings of freed mi which by euch a gratifying In4,'il' 'e'n " ally to appreciate for imr ve. ReaoTveij, Id" h. That th" r-ckl-s prodi. gality of national treasure which has char, cterizwl the la'e and pre-nl ! niocratic Aduiinistrali-ns, br'ingiiig to bnkrui,try a tieasury whose vaults have received (JD, WhO.UOl) per annum, and mce-siiaiing a loan in a lime of peace, is a clear and de 'moiilralive proof of ihat wa-leful extrav. kgance which ha plundered I he nation and inrned it treasury into a shmplaster machine, with no.hing bill it credit lo fustaio :t finance- , R-lve,!, llth, That ili P'!n R' road is no longr an enterprise of doubtful expediency, but has become one of imper tiacwnmrci"l and national necessity; and we favor its construction on any cen tral and practicable route by th" aid of the ienral Government given in ucli a man ner a may b bet c;i!culated to effect it early completion. RetoWcd, 12th, That we favor appro T.rialion by Congo's fr tb? improvement of river and barbori of a national character. Resolved, 13tb, That tlia political dog. ma (ought recently lo be established by a narlv Wvlinir themselves Denwuraia in ' I 4 - ... this Territory, which aiseri the duly of a representative or delegate in tome in stance lo be lo obey the instructions of hit constituents wlnlo in other vpeuhed he it bound to disregard them nnd bow to tlrj will of ether, is dangerous and anti-repub. lican in ila tendency, and worthy to be sustained only by a party that everywhere i known aa trio all v or personal vassalage and 'h advocate of partisan despotism. Resolved, 14th. I hat we believe in the unirainmeled right of the citizen to think and vole aa he please, and we utterly de ny the riubl of any representative under any circumstance lo violate l lie instruc tion or known will of I lie people be rep resent. Resolved, 18th, Thai the present r;em of voting viva voce, introduced by that party to subject the suffrage of tlieci'izen to the urveillance of partisan inspectors, and awe him, under the penally of being branded a a traitor, Into nbject submission, a relio of barbarism, winch finds fit friends in a party whose whole organization is devoted to the extinguishment of eve ry park of personal freedom, and subject its member to the entire control of an aris tocracy of leader; and that with such a party we are proud lo have neither sym pathy nor communion. THE 01110 DEMOC.flMW. Ureal A. alt- leaatalaa t'.savrallai at V-eteauas, Okie Myrccti by Boa. F. P, Hiantoa, of TcaatsM. A mas convention of the anti-L'Cooip Ion Democrats nf Ohio was held al Co lumbiis in March, nt which the following resolutions, among oiheis, Were passed: Resolved, That the Lec-unpton Consti tution is the olT-pring of usurpation and trauds, and l not the act and deed of the lieople. of Kansas, but, on the contrary, it has been repudia'vd end renounced by an otnrwhelmiug majority of the lawful voters of said Territory, and lo imo it on an unwilling and protesting people would be an acl of gross injustice and tyranny, iu coul raveiilion of the platlnrm and pligbleii faith of the Democialic party, subversive of the principle of self government ami promotive, nf ilislriist nnd alienation be tweeu the different sections of the Union. Resolved, That the enforcement of ibis rejected instrument on tlio people of Kan aas against their known ami expressed will, merits our unqualified disapprobation, and will, unless arreah d and (It f ated, lead to the most unfortunate and disah'mus re suit to the Democratic party and the Union. Speeches were made by Hon. Ilunry ft. Payne, late Democratic candidate for Gov ernor of Ohio, Cu. Manypenny, Cotnmis sinner of Indian Affairs under President Pierce, and Hon. F. P. Stanton, of Tenn., late Acting Governor of Kansns. We give portions of Mr. Stanton's speech. Ot iheLecompton Constitution lie said : "At the time of I he passu go of the Kansas Nebraska act, I did not dream that something such a we have seen was to be Niibs'iiuted for tins principle. ioSouilie.rn man dreamed it, and I should then have blushed with limine to have believed what has Occurred. " I, as a Southern man, proclaim ihnt the people nf Kansas had a right lo settle the question of slavery for themselves not to be defrauded and cheated bv the manner in which it was presented lo them. " Now, this is not all. It Kansas I ad mitted tinder litis instrument she will be a lave State. Moreover, the apportionment Kansas under the Lecompton cnusiitu lion is not only unfair and unjust il is corrupt. Jus! look al il. Nut only a idge of Ihe Oxford precinct n delegate in the convention, a man who was a clerk in that election elected cleik of that cnnvt-l) lion, but this vvry constitution apportions representatives to thai very count) where the frauds were committed-, nliogeiher in IWpropurtion to Us rights. As a man hav ing a conscience, i cannot receive that in atrument. Ihe corrupt apportionment nin s and vitiates the wh"le instrument. I would as loon take by the hmul a m-w who had murdered my own father, at to take the hand of a man who would accept tht Conttt'tHt'on, knowing thm fraud And J cannot think that that man who would thut accept them can be an honest man." Mr. Stnnlon bluntly asserted that the friend of Mr- Douglas have been removed from office for no other reason man ue cause they refused lo sanction ihe fraud in Kansas. Afier expatiating upon ih position nf the Locompton constitution in Congress. Mr. S. said if tin instrument is adopted, Kanss will be orgamZ'd as a slae State, but organized only to dissolve again. The people will not live under it. " Hut should il pass, a day of retribution will arsuredl; visit the authors and advocate of ihe foul wrong. The people, the democracy of the country, will repudiate and acorn it with deri.i"H and hate. Il u like a poisonous reptile. It wi!l be like the i-r which geolo"i.U eometime find petrilieJ in gran ite. It will be imbedded iu the granite rock of history, a poionou and vicious reptile which will be handed down for the perpetual eX'cration "t luture g'neranons. "The wrongs of Kansas have excited the t.e...le to deed of violence. They have threatened the destruction of all the author of the fraud and wrongs that have betn heaped upon tbem. It i natural .u-. .. bnl I resort to violence. If the I II f ' 'v pro-slavery party had been treated a they have treated ihe free Slate men, I don't believe a mm of the free State parly would have been l A. They would all have been slaughtered. The people of Kama are outraged almost beyond endu ranee. Thera have been people who for much lighter wrong have resorted in much harsher measure than the people of Kan sas liuveyel adopted." Mr. Stanton said lie lirmly believed that civil war will follow the adoption of h Lecompton constitution. And Mr. Uuch- anau hai precipitated what he attempts to prevent by the perpetration of this great, t'li monslruus wrong. Pursue this wrong io the end proposed, and this Union of Slalea will disappear forever. 'We ure told that we shall be read oul nf ihe Pom ocratiu party. Mr. Buchanan has no right In call upon ihe Democracy lo destroy it self, lie has no right to hazard llin pvace and welfare of ibis Union. If we respect ourselves, if we regard our homes, if we love our honor, we can not and will not follow hi in.' Mr. Stanton alluded lo his Southern birth and education, ami aaid that his sympa thies have always been with Southern peo ple, and with their interests and principles, bul as a Southern man he derided atM con temned the slave trade, which some of the Southern members of Cuiigross propose lo revive for the purposg of preserving the equilibiium nf the Siutes. Doii'l you see something else in this Lecompton matter in Congress lie-idos a mere desire for a barren triumph f Do you not know that the ablest mil most active of them design lo make Kansas a slave Stale, and keep il solo all eterni'y, and I lint they will urge thn 0Mning nf the slave trade ! Yet I Itll ton, aa a Southern man, that although I have always thought it desirable thut the equilibrium of the. Slates should be pre served, sunru, and all honorable Southern men would scorn, to establish thut princi ple by f'aud and villainy. And I tell ytu thai ili impie-sible, w iihool a very great increase of tile Af'ican population, to peo ple the Territories with siutes. Theie are but .'1, 5110,011(1 slates in ihe Union, and e know that even Textis alone i sufficient to ahsO'h double ihe number nf slaves now in the Union. The equilibrium of the S'ates cannot be preserved except by the slave trade. "I don't know hut that in a few years l tie Democracy may he called upon to ad vocate the slave trade ; and it may be made a test of Democracy. Strange things have happened lately. Who, a year ago, would hat e believed ihat a Democratic President and Cabinet would have advocated and de fended the foul ft and, that have been visited upon unhappy Kansas f 1 tell you it will be nothing strange to sen even some of you before me advocating this very princi ple of lbs slave trade. Tlio Administra tion will distribute among you a liitlu pat ronage, a custom-bouse collectorship here, and a post office there, and the people, be cause ihey will be persuaded that by ihe increase of the slave populutian by impor tation ihey can buy sugar for three or fmii cents per pound, instead of six or seven, a now, will be induced to swallow this black bill, and help to make it the Democratic lest of orthodoxy. I have lio doubt thai some of the ablest and most wily of the Southern members of Congress aro looking to the passage nf the Lecompton instru merit u a wedge to open Kit slave trade, llml the "equilibrium" may be lints pre served. This would he no diflereuce to you, would it. if you could thereby get a few of our staple -i little bit cheaper than now They'll offer ou thai bait, and von may bite. We'll wait and see. As a Southern man, I always have opposed, and always will oppose, llin opei'ing of the slave trade, and I believe, if the question were submitted lo lite people of the nouih, they would reject il with scorn and con lempl." Hi denunciation of the Administration, of Calhoun and hi fellow-scoundrel in Kansas, was wiihcringly bitter. During his remarks, Mr. S. was frequently inter rupted with vehement applause. 07" The Washington correspondent of the St. Louis Democrat speak of some of he leading points in Mr. Millsnn'a speech nn ihe Kansas qtiePtion. Mr. Mill-on is a Dcmoci:', frn,n N"rul Di't'icl, Vir- ... II .Iu ginia, and bt spercu its me uous .... nouncing ihe repeal of ihe M'tsoun wotn- promise attracted considerable atteniioD. The Democrat's correspondent says ! " taid llie civil war in Kaiissa, wot the Kansas Nebraska bill put in action He made a pnw'avey argument against ihe repeal of the Missouri Compromise, which, siriin-je enough, bad been overlooked. If ihe bill had never passed, slavery would have existed iu the Tenimry under llie Dred Scott Decision, pronouncing the Ad of 1920 unconstitutional. The Kansas-Xebra-ka bill is another compromise, and a worse on for the South lhan iho com promise of 1820. for if slavery wasever nbol i.hed in ih Territory North oT th- Mis souri C-'inproinise line, il was alili.h"d by iht bill. The memb rs crowded around Mill-on whi he wa speakin?, manifet in:.' great interest in hi remarks. When he'had finished, be warmly eonirram l.irl bv iVfa. mid other Republican. No National Deue-cral, I observed, prof fered him greeitng. lie , ri n a mai-er cooj-cture whether lie will sreefor the Le eoinplon Constitution. I onde'slsnd he i a brother-in-law of Rhchi. nf ih Rich roond Enquirer, and devoled to Oor. WUe." Ifyoo do evil, remember end repent of it. Mexico. Another revolution haslaken plsco in (hit unhappy country, and Co- monfort, late Dictator, Las taken refuge in the United Stales. Mexico is sinking low er and lower into the pit of national deg radation and helplessness, and every suc cessive revolutionary attempt to extricate herself ends only in a further subsidence into the slough of despair. In view of il.ls undoubted fact, it is cot impossible that ihe United Status Government may feel itself called on to take Mexico under ils own pro lection, to prevent interference by Euro. pean powers. Ou this subject, the London Times says : Mexico has now arrived at a point nt which any convulsion may improve the prospect of her foreign creditors. In the present slate of things ihey can have no hope, and their great drend, therefore, niusl be lesl il should be perpetuated. J f some new military dictator were lo arise, or I he country were to be absorbed, without more dulay, by the United States, their treat ment could not be worse, and it intelit, especially in ihe latter case, be much bet ter. Let the United States. when they are finally prepared fur it, enjoy all ihe advantages and responsibility of ownership, and our merchants al Liverpool end elsewhere will be quite content with the trade Ihat may spring oul of it. The capacity of the Mexican population for ap preciating a constitutional rule is not so remarkable that wa should volunteer to administer it." The article in the Times from which this extract is taken was written previous to ihe late revolution In Mexico. Of course the conclusions ot the writer are strengthened by wlmt has transpired since they were first propounded. (E The Capitol is a miniature world, and a world of wonder, loo. It length is 740 feci, and its width 270, and covers, in cluding its terraces, which inclose a series f rooms, some fits or six acres of laud. The new dome, now in process of construc tion, will surpass in grandeur, iu beauty of conception, in style and magnificence, any thing of the kind on this continent, and perhaps not excelled by any similar struo Hire in ihe world. It will rise 300 feet from the base nnd 230 feet from the top of the building, and will be surmounted by a colossal figure, representing the Genius of America, designed by Craw ford. The ped iments in the extensions are also to be fill ed with colossal statuary, much of which is already cut, nnd ready to occupy ils place. 03" The Legislature of Texas lias not responded lo Gov. Runnels' message pro posing to make (he rejection of the Lecomp ton Constitution by Cnngrers the cause for immediate preparation for disunion. The joint committee to whom the subject was referred reported a series of resolutions, which were debated, opposed, and refurred, and returned back amended, and finally passed Iho Senate. A Doo and Cat DiFFicutTr iUprav Co.mi'Romiskd. Miss Julia Dinsmore, an unmarried lady of about thirty. I wo, has been for some lime boarding at a very gen teel establishment in Eighth street, her chief solace being in Ihe society of her pet tom-cat, " Lord Mortimer," the only male thing she could ever tolerate. Dul a few weeks ago, Abraham Siubley, a single man of forty, doing business a a merchant in Market street, came to take up his quar ters at the sntno boarding house, bringing with him a terrier dog named General Bol ivar. An instantaneous antipathy seemed to spring up between Miss Dinsmore and Mr. Siubley. The latter informed a fel low. boarder that he was sorry that he had come to a place where there wat such " a sour old maid," and Julia (old the landlady that if "thai nasty old bachelor" did no: soon go a ay, she would be obliged to seek another boarding-hoUi-e. Hostilities were quickly commenced be tween ihe tom cat and terrier; the aristo cratic title borne by the former seeming to disagree with the republican proclivities of "I!oivar." Yesterday, as "Lord Morti. mer was going np stairs, hi canine t ner,-; came behind him and feloniously bit off about ih ret inches of his tail ; at which his lordship, with a loud yell, turned around and gave the General a dangerous scra'cli in the left eye. Miss Dinsmore, on discov. ering the injury done to her pet, roolved lo endure it no longer, snd pulling on her bon net and cloak, she started ofTto the Mayor's to complain of Slubley's dog a a nuisance. Abraham, by a strange coincidence, firmed the tame plan with reference to Mis Dins more' cat. It appears to be a common error with some of our fellow citiz-nt to suppose ihat a Mayor can rectify everything. Thus the off-tided bachelor and obi maid started out on similar errand about the same time, and perceiving that they were both rnn-i the same way, the intention of each was communicated to the other. Mr. Siubley indicated his fondness for ihe ter. rier by declaring thai he haJ nothing else apoo earth on which lo latuh his affec tion. This touched the feeling of Mi Julia, who admitted that her own case wa 'very mecb ih rae, A long snd inter- siting conversation ensued, and both par ties at length agreed to visit the Mayor, but with a design vary different from the one which brought them out. Mr. Stub' ley purchased a gold ring on the way, and the ouple were united in matrimony soon after their arrival at lite police court Abraham agiecd to discard bis dog and Julia her cat, both having found excellent substitutes, and neither, therefore, was like ly to feel the want ef a quitdruped pel. Philadelphia Prett, Frtac. It is well known that an attempt was made not long since to assassinate the Cm peror of France. He was about leaving hia carriage lo enter the Opera-house, when three ahells filled with fulminating powder were thrown from an opposite house, one of which killed one of bi horses, wounded the footman, and tore the Emperor' bat and the collar ef hit cloak. He carried the Rmpreti in hit arms to the step of the Opera-house, when another shell burst midcr his carriage, shattering it to piece; the other burst among the crowd, killing five persoss and wounding near a hundred. About thirty persons were arrested, mostly Italians, of whom the chief seemed In he a man named Orslul. The Government has become severely stringent in il measures sinco this attack, and errn went so far as to demand tli ex pulsion of political refugees from the toil of England alleging that ihey there con spired against the Emperor's lift). This amused ihe indignation nf the British peo ple, and led 10 the resignation of llie Paltn- ersion Ministry, which had introduced a bill into Parliament favoriug the demands of the French Government. Remarking upon the stale of affairs in France, the Philadelphia Ledger has the follow ing article J "Dkspotism i Fiance. If the Em peror Louis Napoleon know where to stop and how to be magnanimous now, he inighi enthrone liitnsolf in iho hearts nf the French nation and of all Europe forever. Republicanism has just disgraced itself in Paris, and the abhorrence of such villain as J'ierri, Osini, and their associates, from the diabolical nature of their plans, would have commanded any amount of respect for Louis Napoleon, as the grand opponent snd object of such attacks, if ho would only allow it. Uut if the republicans are mad on the one hand, the Emperor is mad on ihe other, and the plan of shutting up the freedom of the press in Mo, increasing espionage, in fuel, destroying all liberty in France, has roused against him all inde pendent thinkers, and done nothing to put down assassins. A reign of terror may be said almost to have begun already in France. Foreigners will do well to avoid the country, and the best thing for every peace loving Frenchman, who Las the slightest acl f-respect, would be lo leave F ranee for A ustrnliu or fur America, or any placo where ha could get out of the reach of these two litnriblo antagonisms, despot ism personified in Louis Napoleon and as sassination in Orsini Si Co. " Never has France had such a Minister of thn Interior ns now. M. Hillault, a con. siitutionalist friend of Napoleon and a ci vilian, is cashiered. Wu have no fault lo find with ihat, for he was or seems lo have been remiss, but the appointment of such a militnry man ns General Espinasse, better known for his mad freak as a Colonel, or an aid-de camp to the Emperor, to this po I, with extraordinary powers and titles, is putting down all liberty in France, lie i a man of courage and daring, but oho of no experience in the Cabinet ; in fact, no thing but a desperato dragoon, who will slick at nothing lo servo his master, and have the eniirn control of the Police, with all their secrets, entering into every family, hacked by any amount of troops. Il seems like proclaiming martial law throughout France, and ihe hope renounced of ever governing France by civil law. It was not until two other militnry men had declined, that ha was nominated. " Perhaps ihe best that can be expected is that Napoleon nominates him because he intends, in be the real dome Minister him self, but he could have found such tools among (he civilians, lie has clearly made every arrangement, however, for the Home Office in he under his own more im mediate supervision. It is about to bo transferred to one of ihe now wings of the Palace of ihe Louvre. So perfect a ma chinery of despotism ha never before been completed, or even conceived, in the histo ry of the world. That office will be the center of France and uf Europe. Here coni ergelelegra'pb wire extending through all France and all Europe, toon to exieuu ihioiigh all lb" wotld. Secret passage underground communicate with all the va rious fiirts and military rendezvous by which Paris is surrounded. Accom'moda. tion for two emir" regiment of horse are contained in one of the wing of the Palace it. If. This, with an army of fifty thou sand soldiers around Paris, with innumei ble cannon ready lo poor gi.'Pe on the peo ple in a momen', and, above all, with a countless body uf police, who know what is going on in every bouse, constitutes lb strength of this center of despotism, which yet is afraid to unmuzzle the press. What chance is there for resistance 1 A ravolu luiion would seem impossible. There u General K itiate. like a spider in the cen ter oMii web, and he the mere cal'a paw of another bigser, blacker spider, crouched back behind him in the interior of a cell like tlihs. Th idea of it i tenible. Brtfer sWell la th miast at alarm, Thaa rip in thi horr.W plsee." W ko 'ht ifspo'1" I1' every- thing to provoke and to alarm liira. Hut ' we cannot forget that he airuck th first blew of this conlest, and this is, wa will not say the natural, but tb uanatural re coil from the unnatural deed h lliencotn. milted. Wa believe Napoleon now wish, es io govern France for the bes. II firmly belive himself the physician nf France, that be Is lb only possible "In. stituilon" that can tav the nation, aod these are (be only means. Were let Iw throw up lb reins suddenly, there would be a general scramble for ihcm, but it is doubtful if France Could gel any thing much better. " So far, be would say, hs has nieeeedu keeping peace and quashing rebellion." ftut we dread ihi centralization of iower. It i ihe moat desperate ofetpedicntt, lia ble nt any moment lo be overthrown, temps ting men to become assassin by the ama zing premium it offer for this vilest of crime. II is alike horlbl lor all parties. Na mnn em snenk aleud or write. Ha can hardly think in Paris, but hal the po. lice have hold of him. This cannot last," Facts in Human Lira. The number of men Is about equal to the nnwiber of women. The average of human li to I SI ...... y yean. Une quarter die tieiore the age ot 7 nne half before lha age of 17. Of ev ery 1,000 persons, ens culy reaches 100 years. C.'siery 100 only 0 roach Go, and not more that one in !i()0 reaches the sge of 80 years. There Is oa earth 1.J00.000,-" 000 of iuhubitnnls. Of tbee 33,333,333 die every yar,0l,8S4 di every dsy, 1,'iBO every Lour, and 00 every minute, or ona fur every seconJ. These Injtes are about balanced by an equal number of births. The married art longer lived than Ihe m gte, and shove all, those who observe a to bor ai.d industrious conduct. Woman have mure chances of life previous to the (ge of 00 year than men, bul fewer after. The number of marriages is in proportion of 73 to 100. CO" Always auead or Tim. The pa purs uniformly announce tho reception of foreign newa at New Orleans hy telegraph fifteen or twenty minutes bffort Iht (lock time of its leaving New York a feat which, notwithstanding ils frequency, is ever wonderful in its illustration of lha al most incredible rapidity of this mod of transmitting inlulligenco. JOT The Secretary of War tliinks he uun send into the fluid against the Mor mona about 0,000 men, without any tddi tion to tlio army. W hare no doubt this would prove enough for the purpose. Uut the Administration will press again their demand for new regimentsi OCT The death of Freeman Hunt, of ihe , Merchants' Mngtzinct is a national lost. . For nearly twenty yeart, he has laborious, ly and unremittingly devottd himself to the duties of a work which hat established itt fame on both sides of the Atlantic, as , the ablest nnd best of all statistical and Commercial publications, The Alexandria (Mo.) Dulta says in regard to emancipation t " Let a bounty be offered to every owner who shall per manenily remove bis slaves to a morn southern field of labor; and this course will make Missouri free." - stT Tho New Hampshire Democrats know what has killed them, and throw the responsibility of their defeat upon the Ad ministration. Th New Hampshire Pa triot says ! " The Ivansas question has again crushed ut with i's ponderous, blind, unreasoning, power, Pefor the Lecompton Constitu tion question wat brutight before ih coun try, our prospects for success were highly Haltering ; our triumph seemed in be cer tain ; that matter, with the course of Ihe Administration upen it, fell liko a wet blanket upon the rising ennrago and ear nest zeal of our friends, and from that day we were doomed ; our defeat wa certain, and apparent to all well-informed persons." Movement or tiie EAani. The mild nest of the present season bat drawn forth many curious speculation as to the cause. A change of ihe currents of the ocean, and liie approach of the Gulf at ream, by fifty miles or more, toward our costt, hav been announced ns reiherkible facts, which may have some relation to the subject. We will now aJJ another s'lll mora curi o'is fact to ihe consideration of our readers : "The Dr'uish Astronomer Royal, in hit las', annual report, rafurs Id oeriain myste rious change of level and direction in ona nf the instruments, one occurring with , change nf temperature, the oilier at the equinoxes, and he imagines some mnv. uient - f the esrth itself lo be Ihe csuse of ihese temarkabl" phenomena." Those who are acquainted with tbt per. fection of the instrument used in great nbservaiorie. the permaneney of the dirre, tion of the transit and equatorial instru ment!, snd llie accuracy of the measure, ments, depending on their accuracy, will understand that these mysterious changes alluded to are in the highest degree impor tant and astounding. Is the earth clang ing the inclination of its axis I GO" There are three modes pouiblt tf the development of the intellect of an in-, te'leetutl being: to know, lwil(anl tod.