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W. U. ADAMS, MITOS AND HO-UETOH.
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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1858.
liT Alsxakbm Uukhiru, of Mw IIuniloa,
New Yurk, in our uuthurlwi agent in tht PUm.
It seems that the Oregonian lias at
, length concluded to abandon tho ' National'
whip, aud 'strike out' for a new 'shore.'
Its Issue of lust Suturday contains a leader
pleading for the organisation of a new po
litical party, based npon a single idea.
The article opens thus:
"The time lias now fully come when that
portion of the people of Oregon who love
their country licttcr than party who are
not yet content to have the shackles of ab
ject servitude to a corrupt and voluptuous
party riveted upon their consciences, and
themselves chained to tho oliticul and par
tr car, built at Salem to strike out for a
shore, where the imago of God is recognized
as a maul''
There is certainly a great deal of ambi
guity about this. ' The time bus now fully
'como,' looks as though some new light bad
broken In upon tho Oregonian; but, in
looking buck a few years, we believe the
Orcgoiiinu has started off much lu the same
manner whenever It lias moved In behalf of
the vurious organizations that ' rose, reign
ed (only they didn't), and fell' in Oregon.
When it first went in for a Whig organiza
tion, wo bclicvo It did so because ' the time
has now fully come.' The old Whig party
was soon ubundoac-d, aud up rose, at the
instance of the Oregoniun, the ' No-pnrty
party,' because 'the time bad now fully
come' for tho ' people who loved their coun
try better than party' to organize. In
spite of all the warming and nursing of the
Oregonian, the ' No-party party' soon caved
In, aud up rose the 1 Law-und-ordcr or peo
ple's party because 'tlio time had now
fully come, Sic. Tho ' Law-and-ordcr or
people's party soon wcut down, for the sim
ple reason that on election days tho ' peo
ple' wore not thero to support it. Next
camo tho Know Nothing party, warmly
defended by the Oregonian for little or no
other reason than ' the time had now fully
come,' ie. All these parties wero alike
evanescent aud perishable, from the fact that
the Issues presented were either of a local
nature or such as failed to take hold of the
great public heart. Xext camo tho Re
publican party, a party based npon no local
or sectional issues ; but a party which, with
the great Republican party Kant, which is
now growing up into a gigantic importance
that makes despotism tremble, is based
upon living issues, that rouso a manj patri
otism, stir up tho depth of his heart, and
appeal to his love of order nnd economy in
the administration of tho government.
This party tho Oregonian editor said he
Tvould support if he liked tho platform.
"When the platform came out the Oregonian
never found any objection to a single prin
ciple it contuiucd, but ridiculed the party
as an individual concern, and abused the
men who were active in getting it up with
out 'consulting with flush aud blood' suffi
cicntly and opposed it every way, for the
reason that the ' tiiuo hadn't fully come,'
tut nt the same time urged the policy of
tho 'national democratic organization,'
which presented no issue but that of ' anti
Rush ' for the reason that the ' time had
now fully come.'
This single issue of ' anti-Bush,' upon
which tho ' national' party, which swallowed
u'tl the corruptions and heresies or the Ad
ministration East, was founded, is iu fact
the sumo bisue which- the Oregonian has
ever pivsouted as the main article of the
creed of all tho parties it has ever headed,
from the Whig party (which was ' nnti
Tlmrston' us Rush wasn't here) dowu
through tho ' Xo Party Party' ' Law and
Order or People's Party' ' Kuow Nothing
Party' and ' National Democratic Party.'
What tho name of tho new party which
the Oregonian thinks must be organized as
4 tho tinio lias now fully come,' is to be, we
are not apprised, but presume it will be
called cither the ' No-party party' or the
' Auti-Bush party.' Tho following bird's
eye view of tho platform given by tho Or
egonian shows conclusively that it is essen
tially tho same as that of all the parties
that have gono before the same old isolat
ed idea of 'anti-clique,' or 'anti-Bash':.
" The only remedy we can suggest for the
existing evils, is for the pkopi.e of Oheoon
to oornnizo a political party upon some
tangible, permanent, nnd correct doctrine,
predicated solely and entirely npon the
ground that the jxople are the lovneigm in
all republican governments, and that ollice
holders, olllce hunters, and politicians are
all responsible to tho masses of the people,
and not to a clique of half score of political
adventurers who may happen to conspire
together to usurp tho political birthright of
freemen."
Xo latitude is given to tho convention
assembled to make a platform to embrace
any of tho great national issues that arc
now rocking this Government to its center,
In order to organize a party with a view to
taking port in a Presidential contest after
Oregon is admitted into the Union, for we
re told that the party must lie organized
npon toine torrect doctrine, predicated
solely ad entirely npou the ground that
tho people are the sovereigns." Nothing
must be said about the gre it national rail
road, the tariff, the ulicy of the Govern
ment upoa the subject of internal improve
ments, a proposed reform in thj present ru-
iaou financial management of affairs, or up-1
o.) the right a-id expcoiewy o, Africanizing 1
lu'g roatlnoiit by a revival of tho slave
trade, and a destruction by the Judiciary
of all State and Tentorial barriers, to the
uulimited spread of slavery unless inch is.
sues could be 'predicated solely and en
tirely upon the ground tbat the people are
sovereigns,' ic.
Xow any man of the least political sa
gacity knows that a party based upon suoh
a 'doctrine' alono -can never succeed, for
the obvious reason that no iuut it made
with anybody. It is basing party upon
what with every American citizen is an ax
iomatic truth, and what is denied by no
party In existence. To bo sure, the Sulem
clique have adopted a caucus-sovereignty
resolution which virtually strips their blind
adherents of sovereignty, but, so far from
contending that they really believe in this
doctrine, they have time and again denied
that the resolution meant any such thing,
and the great mass of the so-called democ
racy ia Oregon have no idea that by being
democrats they are deprived of sovereign
ty and the Oregonian will continue to
fuil, as it has heretofore dune, to convinco
them of it. Neither can the Oregonian
make any particular headway in breaking
up the rotten clique by continued and per
sistent assaults npon Bush as a 'pensioned
hireling,' ' paid libclcr,' ' political scullion,'
' party thimbleriggcr,' &c, 4c, as long as-
the party holds to its present positions.
Probably two thirds of tho voters for Bush
last spring fully appreciate his character as
a low-flung, sneaking, cowardly blockhead,
but they voted for him under the conscious
ness that they were bound as democrats to
'vote for principles and not for men.'
Hence, the only way to break down the
party is by attacking their principles. The
people must be slowly and surely educated
Into a knowledge of their errors. This is
tho way the party has been broken op East,
Instead of by personal attacks upon Buch
anan as a ' paid libeller,' ' party thimble
riggcr' &c. and the advocacy of Republican
principle in this country has made greater
inroads upon the party hero in the last
twelve months than all the assaults of the
Oregouian for the lost eight years. Again,
what hope is there for the success f an
anti-clique party when the people in won
dcrraeut constantly seo their anti-clique
leader, after pouring upon them a perfect
volley of such epithets as ' knaves,' ' scoun
drel:,' 'swindlers,' 'robbers of the treasury,'
ic, drinking and sleeping-with these same
' scoundrels' as 'halo fellows well met'?
We say it in no spirit of tinkin Iness to
wards the editor of the Oregonian, but from
a deep sense of duty, that we arc fully sat
isfied that the feeling is almost universal
among the opposition in Oregon that the
best way to settle this Bush and Dryer
quarrel would be for them to meet in a ring
and fight it out, Tom Hycr and Yankee
Sullivan fashion, without getting the peo
ple by tho cars in ft political quarrel over
so small a matter.
The people will never bo persuaded to
turn aside from the great national questions
that arc now absorbing the public mind, to
form parties on personal issues or minor
political ones. Tho slave-breeding democ
racy and the Republicans havclocked horns
upon matters of vital importance matters
that deeply interest the masses, as tho re
sults of the late elections show. These
small parties, based upon secondary issues
serve no purpose but to divide the opposi
tion and elect the sham dcinocrncv. Such,
and such alone is tho object of tho Scott
ticket for the Presidency in 1800, which is
recommended by the Infamous James Gor
don Bennett ; it is designed to divide the
opposition so as to give the election to the
infamous democracy. It Is a proposition
that is received with infinite- delight at
Washington, and no doubt black mail levies
have furnished tho funds to set the project
on foot. The more intelligent the people,
the less hnrmwill such undermining projects
effect ; and although we, and every intelli
gent man, will regard the new position of
tho Oregonian as more deadly hostilo to
the Republican party than it would have
been had it joined the clique faction, we have
not the least idea that there are one hun
dred men iu Oregon who are green enough
to respond to a call for a third party, which
can have no earthly object but the perpet
ual rule of the democracy. The clique will
of course hail this blunder on the part of
the Oregonian with delight, while now and
then an unprincipled man, calling himself
perhaps a Know Nothing or old line Whig,
who isn't honest enough to unite with the
Republicans, and whoso sympathies are
such that ho onght to have joined the d riven-nigger
party long ago, will favor the
project of the Oregonian, for the reason
that it is the most effectual way to injure
the Republicans and strengthen the Salem
dynasty. Does the Oregonian wish to
break down the Snlem clique ? so does the
Republican party. Docs it wish for a
wholesome and economical government T
so does tho Republican party. ' Then why
should not all tho opposition unito with a
party that is seeking principally what they
profess to desire? We shall probably
elect our President in 1S60, aud it behoves
us to be then found rallied nnder the Re
publican banner.
i
We have said this much from a sense of
duty to the cause we advocate, and eholl
continue to advocate by pen aud tongue
t II Oregon is redeemed. We have long
since been importuned by many of the Ore
gouian s old incnus, who nave forsaken it
on account of its tergiversations and blun
ders, to warn the people agate t its evil
1 ifluenee, bat we fort-bore, liopii g agaiust
h-p that it would yet come out right.
But now that it has o'iciily avowed Its
hostility Ja the only organized permanent
opposition party In the Territory, wo feel
bound, in all candor, to warn honest Repub
licans of tho rocks upon which they will
surely drift if they take pussago on any
temporary political raft. The Oregonian
structure won't contain over a baker's dozen
of broken-down politicians, when it ' strikes
out' for that ' shore' of Salt River which it
is chartered for. ;
Thi Reason Oreuon Was Not Ad
mitted. Lane's Portland Times of Satur
day, November 27, has fresh advices from
Jo Lane fully explaining why Oregon was
not admitted lust session. Of course, the
information was derived from tho 1 Mary
Ann of the Mexican War himself. . Hero
is the wholo thing iu a nutshell:
" Our advices from Washington attribute
the non-admission of Oregon at the last
session to the fuct that the State organiza
tion at that time was incomplete and Imper
fect; and states that hud our Senators and
Representative been on the ground, our ad
mission would have been a thing of case
aud of unquestionable certainty."
The abovo contains more truth than Jo
Lane Intended should be conveyed " had
our Senators been on the ground." Ex
actly. If Jo Lane, who was then on the
ground, had known that his election as
Senator was certain, he would havo used
his influence with the sectional democracy
for the admission of Oregon. In order to
throw a little light upon Jo Lane's real
course in relation to our admission, we
quote a paragraph from a speech of Hon.
Lucius Case in Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 31,
as reported in the Ohio State Journal of
September 8:
" In a debate between S. S. Cox nnd my
self on last Saturday evening at Newark,
the question was put directly to Mr. Cox
whether he would vote for the admission of
Kansas Into the Union (he having voted
for her admission as a slave State with 85,
000 inhabitants) provided she presented
herself for admission with a free constitu
tion fairly ratified by the people of that
Territory, if she should possess a popula
tion of less than 93,420, say 1)0,000, or
80,000, or 90,000 f His answer was clear,
direct, and specific that he would vote to
reject her unlets she had a population of
93,420. He then asked Mr. Cox what
was the population of Oregon, and he re
plied 43,000. He then inquired of Mr.
Cox whether he would vote for the admis
sion of Oregon with a population less than
92,420, and Mr. Cox replied that he would
vote for her ndnisum with her present
population, and that he would have voted
fur the admission of Oregon at the fast trt-
tion of Congret), but that her Delegate,
Gen. Low, had earnestly requested that
men admission- he postponed."
Let the Jo Lane men put that in their
pipe and smoko it. It seems as though
this dough-face Lccomptonite, true to the
general policy of the leaders of modern de
mocracy, was willing to use his influence to
keep Oregon out of the Union a year or
twenty years, if he could, provied he saw a
chance of promoting bis own personal in
terest thereby, notwithstanding a large ma
jority of tho people were desirous of imme
diate admission. This, of course, will be no
d'scrcdit to him In his own party even in
Oregon. It can easily be explained to the
unwashed that it is another evidence of his
"great statesmanship," "ardent attachincnt
for tho Uuion," " disinterested patriotism,"
and "sound nnd rclinblo democracy."
Ux appreciated. The Times of last Sat
urday contains tho valedictory of Mr. Hib
ben, whose short and brilliant career as ed
itor of tbat journal has closed. Wo hear
ho is going back to Indiana to take charge
of a diiven-nigger organ there. While the
Oregon barbers will probably testify their
grief at thus having the chords of friendship
ruthlessly broken, by hanging crape on
their door-handles, we would desire to say
in behalf of the whites that as much as
Hibbcn'8 'coarse' has been spoken against,
we think he has done good during his resi
dence here. His editoriuls have opened
tho eyes of a goodly number of the democ
racy to the real moral animus of the party.
We hope ho may meet with the same suc
cess in Indinna that he lias here.
Dulazon. The Central Methodist Ad
vocate, in the exuberance of its joy over the
fact that one of its brethren has got into
the Senate, says of Delusion that " he is an
honorable man and a Christian gentleman,''
besides being a " worthy local minister of
the Methodist Episcopal Church." Dela
zon Smith, D. D. (Doctor of Democracy),
is a local (sectional) minister (tool) of the
M. E. C. (Mud Eating Congregation) of
the D. N. 0. (Driven-Nigger Order). So
the Advocate, will see that " bro. Smith"
is a " gentleman" of titles, if not of ' honor
while hell is full of such Christianity as
he possesses.
Masonic. At the last regular meeting
of Multnomah Lodge No. 1, Free and Ac
cepted Masons, held in this city, the fol
lowing officers were elected for the ensu
ing year:
W. W. Bcck, W. M.; A. L. Lovejoy,
S. W.; J. Mr rick, J. W.j F. Barclay,
Treas.; D. W. Cbaio, Sec'y ; J. M. Bacon,
S. D.; D. P. Thompson, J. D.; C. M. Kes
ter, Tyler.
The officers elect will be publicly iustalled
at the Methodist Chnrch in this city, on
Monday, December 27th the anniversary
of St. John the Evangelist at one o'clock
r. m., when there will also be delivered an
address by A. Holbrook, Deputy Grand
Master. .
We are requested to mention that the
time has been changed to one o'clock r. a.
by order of the W. M. of the Lodge.
Salem. No news from the Legislature
at S ilctiL
and
SECTIONALISM BURIED
IN NEW YORK I
Drtvta-!lrr Drlvra Oal ( lk WM
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FANATICISM REBUKED IN
MICHIGAN It
Nir-Brtctr Vfctt li Itiw lim;l
ILLINOIS ALMOST RIGHT I
The news brought by the Panama,
which reached St. Helens lost Wednesday,
Is again of tho most cheering character.
Illinois nas given Lincoln and the
Republican State Ticket from five to ten
thousand popular majority, but Douglas
will have from five to eight majority in the
Legislature on joint ballot, and will be elect
ed U. S. Senator for six years from the fourth
of March, 1859. This result is attained of
course by the present anjust apportionment
of Legislators among the thickly settled
and strong Republican districts. The
State Senate has 25 members and the
House 75, making 100 on joint ballot. So
far as heard from, the Republicans have 10
In the Senate aud 34 In the House, while
one Senator and three members of the
House are in doubt. The democrats hare
14 in the Senato and 38 in the House
which will of course elect Douglas. The
Republicans have elected Wasbburne,
Fumsworth, Lovejoy, and Kellogg, from
the four first districts by an aggregate ma
jority of about 24,000, while tho Douglas
democrats havo elected Morris, Harris,
Robinson, Foukc, and Logan, from the
other five districts by about 16,000 popular
majority. The Administration rote
amounted to about 2,500 out of the 240,
000 cast in tho State.
New York Has elected Morgan as
Governor aud the whole Republican State
ticket by about twenty thousand majority
The sectional democracy succeeded iu elect
ing four out of tho thirty-three members of
Congress, and these were all elected from
New York City, probably by the free negro
votes at the democratic ' Points.' Gcrrit
Smith, the Abolition candidate for Gov
ernor, got almost no vote at nil. The ne
groes who stood pledged to him seem to
have gone over to the democracy on dec
tion day as usual. Whisky no doubt did
the job. In most of tho Congressional dis
tricts the Americans and Republicans unit
ed. The Administration elected 29 mem
bers of the Assembly to 99 opposition.
Massachusetts has elected her entire
Republican State ticket, nnd every one of
the eleven Republican candidates for Con
gress, by some thirty thousand majority.
Bauks got some seven thousand more votes
this year than last, while Burlingume,
who was elected by only a few Totes two
years ago, now has over 400 majority.
The Republicans have elected mainly all the
Legislature. The Senate stands 37 Re
publican to 3 scctionalists, and the House
pretty much the same.
WiscoNstx. The Republicans have
carried the two Congressional districts heard
from, with littlo doubt of the third. Pot
ter has 3,000 majority and Washburne 2,
260, so far as heard from.
Michigan Has elected her whole Re
publican Stato ticket by from C to 10
thousand majority. It is feared that How
ard, the Republican candidute for Congress
in the first district, is defeated by Cooper,
the Sectional candidate.
New Jersey. The opposition have
elected all of the five Congressmen, and a
majority in the Legislature. The aggre
gate majority is about 12,000.
Delaware. This littlo dark spot still
goes with the scctionalists by a small ma
jority.
Underrated. It will be recollected that
we put the anti-Buchanan majority in Penn
sylvania two weeks ago at 60,000, while
the papers of the Territory generally aver-
airca it nt 35.000 or 40.000. we now
learn from Forney's Press of Nov. 5, that
the total anti-Lecompton majority was 73,
572, being just 13,572 more than our first
estimate.
b light Mistake. iue urcgonian in
speaking of the conduct of President Buch
anan in appointing J. Glancjt Jones as
Minister to Austria, after his defeat at
home, says Jones was beaten by " five thou
sand majority." He was beaten only nine
teen votes.
Correction. Mr. Woodcock informs
us that our informant in relation to the dis
appearance of Wagoner a few weeks since
made several mistakes regarding the con
duct of Beatio. Beatie left his house about
eight o'clock at night. The horse he trad
ed for was a poor nag, unfit for a hasty
elopement, one he had been on a trade for
for some time. Mr. W. thinks that there
are no c rcurastances that would go to show
that Wagoner was murdered, bnt as he
was a drinking man and left town with a
jug of whisky, he must have fallen from
his horse in crossing Molalla, and is now
probably nnder the drift
Good Choice. J. M. Bacon, Esq., has
been employed as Clerk on the Relief. No
more -efficient or popular clerk could have
been employed. His alacrity, probity,
promptness, and accommodating disposition,
will render any establishment popular with
wljicli he is connected.
Why are women like bwta 1 Bc-
raiiv the younger tivy are tii werter.
Republicanism Now
Forever!
Raised. The owners of the old monop
oly lino of boats between here and Portland
have bough't controlling interest In the
Relief, and bare raised the prleo of freight
to $2,50 down and 13,00 np. Passage we
bclicvo is ono dollar both ways. Tbcso are
certainly tcry fair prices, If tho company
will stick to them. Anything over that Is
entirely too high. We hear it proposed
by some ta build another steamer for this
trade, should tho tariff of prices be In
creased, Obligations. Wo received bountiful
files of eastern and California exchanges
by lust steamer from Dr. Steele, agent of
Wells, Fargo it Co., and Mr. Iloyt, the
accommodating clerk of the Steamer Ex
press. The Wiatiikr. We had a change In
the weather last Friday night. It snow
ed an inch deep and then froze the ground
so as to bear a horse. The freezing weath
er lasted till yesterday, when it moderated
and set in to raining. The ice froze about
three inches thick during the cold spell, and
Gibson filled his Ice house. . '
Ftr the Argue.
ChrUU.a ('.aavcBlUa.
Mr.' Editor : I noticed in tho Oregon
Argus of the 20th. Nov. a call for a chris
tian convention, made by Mr. J. n. D. Hen
derson. I have not the pleasure of an ac
quaintance with him, nor do I care to
Inquire what are his denominational sympa
thies. With the sentiment and desire which
ho expresses I have a hearty sympathy ;
not that I feci at all alarmed as I suppose
ho does not for the cause of Christ in
Oregon, though infidelity seems to triumph,
but because such a convocation of those
who love Christ is precisely the testimony
which the skeptic needs to disprove his
main positions. The defect uow, and here,
in Christianity is not in historical testimony
to its authenticity and credibility. It is
not in its moral truths. It is not in its
general extension nnd power for good.
It is in tho living testimony of Christ's pro
fessed disciples. Their light is often durk
ncss. If they belong to Him, they belong
to each other, but no man can easily dis
cover their real union. Ilcnco their pro
fessions are denied.
I would as soon expect the stars to come
together and form one, and it would be as
desirable, as that Christian sects should
ever unite nnd form one; but I would soon
er expect division in fie light and heat of
the sun, than division of spirit among those
who have found "Christ precious.'' The
nearer we come to Him, the nearer we
come to each other, aud when our uuion to
Him is complete, we are all one.
Such an assembly is then a meeting of
individual disciples of Christ, drawn to
gether os we aro drawn to Him, and for
His sake.
We cannot anticipate its duties or its re
sults any more than the disciples could their
gatherings of "one accord In one place,"
but the Divine Spirit, who guided them
nnd gave them power, Is in the world now
to guide and give power to all waiting fol
lowers of Jesus.
Should such a convention fuil, by reason
of our inconvenient positions, still the
thought and consultation may educe good
things for Zion.
There have been a few small meetings of
this nature in this part of the Territory and
a suggestion has been made and repeated at
those meetings for daily union in prayer for
a revival in Oregon and on this coast
Would it agree with the general feeling to
have such a union iu prayer every day at
noon, throughout tho Territory ?
Every disciple of Jesus, at his work, or
in his family, or on a journey, or in his store,
or office, might then offer to God this
prayer, " U Lord revive thy work." Such
united offerings of the heart would be heard
in heaven and answered on earth.
The appeal is to God, who is the author
of every true revival. There is no dictation
as to tho way. It is His work.
It is Hit revival, not limited and narrow,
according to our views, but boundless as
his own wisdom and love.
Finally, could there ,be accommodations
for such a Christian Assembly in any con
venient place ? Some of our towns have
been liberally taxed by public meetings, yet
the families may still be able to bear the
burden.
Hoping that many will respond to the
call of Mr. H. and thanking you for its in
sertion in the Argus,
I remain yours respectfully,
G. H. Atkinson. .
Gov. Denver and Kansas. The St.
Louis papers contain an address of Got.
Denver to the people of Kansas on retiring
from office, lie says that henceforth the
continuance of peace in that Territory de
pends more on the people themselves than
on the governor; that they have an abun
dance of local civil officers elected by them
selves without disturbance or interference;
that they had just accomplished the peace
able election of a legislature, and it makes
no material difference who may ba gov
ernor. He does not think the Territory
yet prepared for a State organization.
Kansas Emigration. From all ac
counts Kansas must be steadily filling op
with emigrants. The Journal of Com
merce, of Oct. 1st, published at Kansas
City, Missouri, states that over fifty wagons
left that town the day before, for different
sections of south Kansas. Amonir them
were nineteen families from the States of
Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois and Ohio. It
states also, tbat the land emigration lor the j
pa4 two week- ha lw larger tban at any ;
othor time this ycur, and adds: , Owjf.
Is every day crowded with detachmenu'of
this Immense eihlgrutlon, and there Is out
lenture about this moving mnltltade-tW
wo cannot fail to admiro-Mt ia su tmrr.
tion of fathers, mothers, sons and daughters
with all their household effects, sod tl)r
stock and Implement! of agriculture, to pro.
vide for their niutiitchanco throagli (lie nj.
tlvatlon and bounties of the soil." , . .
MORPHY AND HARRWin. Tsaiiliri,,
or the Match, " The mutch has beenZ
tk.il, and Mr. Morphy declared lit??
all U.,s being paPdheyTeretJK
played until one or the other had won iV.
en games - but when they stood MorZ
five and Harrwitz two, the latter
up, laying the blame of his defeat unrm M.
ill-health; but the fact Is, MorthTft
far the lint player. When the tUi&ff
or the match was announced at the CT '
la Reyenee, tho rendezvous of the krl
players, the Americans assembk'd tlx?
were quite uproarous in their exultotuT
wlnlo tho Germans and Prussians, who U
bet upon Harrwitz, immediately suffcM .
ternuio elongation of counton. o.Z
they continue to havo how, for .Jl.:
person ins min scut for to try his hand Wt
1,it,forn,idu,,le gAm
Vitheirs.
nfc'"' ., ... ,,w ua couiitrvman nf
irs. Part Corretponient Ho.U.
ST A Cincinnati paper notices the but
solitary banquet of 'hist man's' club ia
that city. In the cholera season of 1811
seven men agreed to meet annually and
dine once together as long as they Jived, a
bottle of wine to be scaled and drunk ia'
mcmnrinm fir fli f. . '
' umior. lie first
re-union was held on the 6th October, 1833
and on the 6th OefoW, 1858, Dr. YallWt'
solo survivor of the drsnh front the'
bottle and pledged (be six dead friends,
whose empty chairs and empty plates were
bis only society at the last melancholy fcait.-
THE PoPl LATION r PniUDEUHA.-t
is computed by the North American that
Philadelphia has a population of betfteta
610,00 and 625, WO, and that it In
creases and has increased since 1850 at
about the rate of five per cent, per annum,
cnlcukitcd upon the actual number at the
coiwat'iicement of each year.
PIASTERS ON THE WESTERN WATERS.
TIki Steamboat Iiisprctors of St. Loufo
have just made their annual report f the
steamboat disasters of tltat district, frost
which wo learn that the valae of the boat
destroyed in the year which closed In Sep
tember last, was $411,600; aud the vsliw
ol the several cargoes destroyed aud lost,
was $635,300.
Eugi.vtwn. Tlio immberof emigrants
arrived at New York during the week end
ing tlie 2t)th Oct. was 1,324, makings U
tal of 65,530 since tho commencement of
the year. The arrivals for a eorrmpondinj
period In 1857 numbered 154,0431
tar The artesian well, at Louisville Ky!,
is now 2030 feet deep, and throws out wa
ter at the rate of 225 galleus per minutr,
or 325,000 per day. Witl an iueh nozzle,
the water is throwu to the height of sixty
feet above the surfuce of the earth.
J& During the year 1856, upwards f
eleven thousand males and six huadied fe
males were imprisoned for debt m England,
A few weeks since, two Men, who bad been
occupants of debtor's prisons for eleven siml
six years respectively, were discharged
from custody. The fonuer was eighty-four
years of age. .-
s Turned to a uetter Use. It is sid
thut the powder nsed in firing the cttam
in Sandwich, Massachusetts, at the byuif
of the Atlantic telegraph cable, was par
chased in the war of 1812 to fight the En
glish, who were then our enemies.
Contract for Breech-Loadino Asm.
The Secretary of War has coacluded a
contract with the Bristol Fire Anns Con
pnny for breech-loading carbines, of the
Burnside patent, to the amount of $25,000.
This arm was recommended for sdoptioa
by the Board of Examiners, which met st
West Point in July last.
. WThe London Atheneum says the
ceremony of divine worship at tbeTnifleries
is one of the pleasant bits of dissipation of
the Parisian week. The congregatioa is a
scented, polished, well-behaved one in full
dress and bearing opera glasses. Flirta
tions are carried on, opera matters discs
ed, acquaintances and strangers lorgnetted,
4c, until their Imperial Majesties arrive,
when there is a greater demonstration rf
respect mven to the Emperor of Frawe
than at any time to the Lord tbey cone to
worship. - . '
JW Mr. Walsh, in one of his late letter
to the Journal of Commerce, says:
the Moslem mlarust-
ami to Mecca aud Medina to be a proa
gions physical os well as moral nuisance.--
rt 4l i... l,nn.ll thnnunil devotee! Of
Vl mc tnu nullum ... -
the present year, a third, at least, have per
ished by maladies, not epidemic, but wnW
incident to their observances and mcsor
living Hnrinn- ttipir sniouni in the holYCItKf.
The appearance of such of the wrviTori
returned by Egypt is described in
from Alexandria as wretched W
treme."
i nt Fnrinpn have beta
making experiments for the last six VOW
with the Mississippi water at a ppipt oppoww
t i l- -.-Jo. in aarfrtaui tDS
loiuniuus, jvj., m . .i
amount of sediment carried down "J
river during any given period. One res
of tho calculations was that tie seoawj
which passes Columbus in one UJ www,
if the waters could be held entire ly wr
able, be sufficient to form quite a respr
ble dam across the river at that place.
The number
of
n .1 . k Smlh DV 10
cord of the different ehnwlR MW.w
The fore nrcHxrrtion belong to the ?V
odist and the Hard-Pbell Itoptw on -