,TilE OREGON ARGUS. i 'nuiiriH ivtitr Mfumur houmixo, BY WILLIAM L. ADAMS. TKRHSThe Aaoue will be furniihti ut Thret Dollare and fifty Venf prr annum.in . uionnee. It eiotU uAri7.r7'r.. ;..,. , . etch t dull fen at one oJReein ouWu-t When thi miineo it nut paid in udeanr.e. four 'Dalian uill be charged if paid within lit nonthe, tni Fire dolhre n't the end nf the ytnr. tW Tito Dollnri for lit montheNu tvheerip- i . Hone received fur leee period. . Of No pnper dieeontinuid Hnlil ull arrmragel are paid, unlmi at the option nf the puhliibrr. 1 j.D, u TblnV lie t Harriet 1'1 ; . ' ' , " Jul"1 , i '. Mli'lam '.you nr very roan, . ''" "AiH I can't decline llie tak, 'AVith ihe i'ii(h!Ml dl.iiifjjiine'nir, I r; J'ou would hardly neod loask 1 , , . " Don 'I yon we a hint of marriage ' r. , In k'aaiibeMiilcd face t ' In Ilia ralher aU'p ng cartiaje, ' Aud t'XtrinK'ly rajud ia.et ; i i If be'a no! eommiiteil Irraann, Or aunie wicked action done, . ,i Can yu lee ihu f.iiulral rmmm , ' Why a bachelor alioulJ ruu I ,t i T'liy ihoulj be be in flurry I ' ',' But a loving wife togrci:!, In a circunintinie to hurry The mart dignified of (vet! " 'Wlipn afjr tlie man hurp'ed hvr, 1;" ' If the ffmteful hnppy flf It lot unt limle ti bt Urtidit her, 1..,. lie inuat be bcaide binuelf 1 I"1 It it but a trifle, may ba ft..') : Hut obnene hia (iroclicoj tone , , ,V1jmi he rulnu your atonny ba'jy, Juit aa if il ivvro Ilia uuu ! D you think a oiraiu mrcknew Yon h ive mentioned in h.i li.okn, a chronic opl c raki cM ' ' ' 'fliat hat come o.' read u- book. DiJ you evar aea liia vision . I'li'Mix unJerm aili n h"ol, Save nnu(th fof rrvocn'iinn, V.I Ae civil K-rao.1 ihould! ' ' Coull n Cipui'hin be coMir "''V When he giniU'i-a, un he in'.mt, 1 1 1 At a Buely rounded shoulder -l't'i: V'. proudly swelling bjat J I.'! Madaniltliink of every feature, ' in " Thon deny il, if you cun Jle'a a fun I, oouiiubial creuture, . Aud iNy ma'rr.ed mm! - 1 r "'" I , pr fa Argun. ' ""-The Melhsillsl C.tanrcU South. It lius been fur some time a question in ray niind whether tlirro in ut this day iu Am erica a sincere, conscientious Christian who iK-lievofi that slavery is right. Christianity, so fur as I can judge of its nature, consists in the practice of justice rind mercy; tlie whole duty of. man is thus defined: " TIioii Shalt love the Lord thv Go.l with nil thv heart, with ull thy son), nud with ail thy strength, nnd thy neighbor as thyself." Itoiv, if the slave is admitted to bo a hu man being, and I know of none that dis putes it, I 'hold that it is perfectly Impossi ble for a true Christian to be guilty of keeping his fJlow-man in bondage, or of countenancing such atrocity in others. But, in the face of these facts, we have not Wnfyafew instances, but atchole Jurch defending; encouraging, and practic'ng this itbominablo still ' Nay, they go even far ther, and endeavor with sacrilegious hands to transform the word of the God of truth, hf justice, and of mercy, into a warrant for their misdeeds: in effect charging tho Al mighty with having created men iu his own image to become beasts of burden to other Inon, by nature-M'" ttuaU only. Who cW, In Hie full glory of Gospel light, pro fmci to be a Christian,' ami yet holds to audi doctrines as these, is in liis cpnscicncc convicted of being a hypocrite and a liar. This may sccni rather' a wholesale con demnation of a large class; but I utter it b,oldly: .for if t'6 be a Christian means to be tk follower of Christ, wh'teo mission was peace and good will to nie'ri, without dis tinction of nation or color; whose whole life was characterized by acts of benevo lence and mercy, then the inference is, no man can be a follower of Christ who adVd c'aies' injustice;' and, iu consequence, the Methodist Church South is a hypocritical, tleeaitfiil institution, blaspheming tho name of Christ, and teaching men principle's ex actly contrary to those of the Savior, whose name they dishonor. t , ' ' My attention was called to this subject by seeing notices of J. C. Stewart, Esq. traveling agent of the Pacific Methodist, wlto'also claims ; to be a minister of the gospel of peace, trudging through raid and rand, on foot aud alone, to spread the word of. God; as. he expresses it: as if the word of God had never yet reached us, because our Oregoa Bibles do not teach us to en Urc antl degrade human beings. : Shame ortsnch preachers! 'Shame on such Chris tranityr 'l ' ' " I will tell yon more truth in a few words of Mr. J.C. Stewart and those' that sent film than he will ever tell of himself. Their sonfv motive is the pecum'arj aud political . " - tienefit of ;the sluveocracy, and the hope of fillinf their own purses with filthy lucre, at the cost of every manly, every Christian principte. ,! ;, "Tin's." ; -pjiPQi-i,' Jan. 25, 1859.". . rt'.."..;;.7 .: , For the Argue. '. .vltum Coaveaitaa. .M.. Editori I notice in friend Hender eon's call for a convention that his third rewn for'such a eouvention ia that infidel ity' and immorality are on the iacrease in many places in Oregon.' ow this is a na trffal eoasequence, growing out of certain causes ( ist. A . large majority of the 'ehoreheV in Oregon are led and controlled through the influences of party politics (in etcad of the Gospel of Christ), and con seqwaiJy are growing cold and falling to pn4 all over" tlie vaIVy, and infidelity is taking1' advantage of the times. 2J. There seems to be a general lack on all bands in giving U youth of oar land a moral train- j ing;.- Now I know tins m laying a good dear bat -will any one tt'iapute it I Now I bare not slid anything for of agninst the mi A "Weekly Ncwn; taper, devoted to tlio rriueiples of Jeffowomnn Democracy, and advocating Vol. IV. convention hut this liringi me tg whnt I huve wanted soineltodjr to sny to the read- cm of the Argus Tor a good whilp, and that Is, whjr not contribute your mites in the way of Interesting stories and useful knowledge to make the Argus on Interest- ing and moral-instructing paper for our children ami, if you do this, our children concede too much, or rutin r we do not car will bo interested at home, mid will not bo ry out our prinilpl. j thoroughly. To il under the necessity of reading vicious nov- ltwtratc: the tciitK ranco men arguo that els, or going into bad company for amuse- we huve Jaws to puni.-li adultery, the pro ment. Now I don't wish to be understood prietors of houses of ill-fume, Ac, 4c., und as snying anything disparagingly of the these several offiitses, like thfl traffic in li-j ctltiorial ability of the Argus at all, but editors like help of the right kind, and I am sure there Is a suHicient amount of the right talent among the reudrrs of the An' gus to make it (with the help of the Editor) a first-class family paper, and that would dry up one sourco of immorality nnd iguo- ninie uireuuy anuueu to. on. f.Mannsii eretsc or umniiveness, then why not pro Sunday Schools in every neighborhood In hibit the traffic in liquor, a business de the land, and conduct them proH rly, and pending entirely upon the unnatural and de our children and our neighbors' children ' proved exercise of the drinking instinct? will attend them and receive moral and re- Is one i ltnieut of man's nature more sacred Igiotts instruction, Instead of strolling over than another f Must the drinking appetite the country on the Lord's P.ty with guns go uncontrolled in all excess, while other und dogs (or something worse) for ninuso-' apH'titeg must be bound ! These are some ineiit. Will some one n.k if Sunday Schools of the questions they nek ; anil I see no bet nre not common ? No, there is not one tor way to meet the difficulty than to deny throughout Marion and Linn counties, to the right of law to restrain any of man's my kuowh dgc, outside of Sulem, and I am oppctitca whatever. AVe arc governed too acquainted with tho greatest portion of, much; let the whole man. go free. .Let the theso counties. ow, readers, , what say you? M. 1 Owex ifizr inc luiiowing article, witicli was read In Salem ns a satire on free whisk v, Is ' worthy of publication, as showing the ulti matum to which a consistent froc-whisky i policy unavoidably leads: j ' Ilia Error or ProMMttoa. It is wrong to prohibit the traffic In li quors because such legislation amounts to a restriction upon the appetite. True, it Is argued that tho traffic in liquor is based upon tno improper exercise ot tlie dr.nknig faculty tluit laws made to repress broth els, gambling-houses, &c, arc in like manner based upon the principle that the abnormal exercise of nny of our faculties may, when the public welfare requires it, be restricted, But it is all a mistake. It is high time that the lovers of genuine liberty come to the rescue. The liberties for which our forefathers fought, bled, and died, uru in danger. The only way to meet tho diffi culty urged upon us by tho hitter-day pro hibitory fanatics, is to get at the bottom of tlie whole matter expound to the people the philosophy of law, nnd explain the ten dency of the prohibitory movement. Where will such legislation stop? If we prohibit the traffic in liquor, the next step will be to prohibit the stile of tobacco, coffee, ten, Ac., because many people hold these things to be injurious; and then we will not be allowed to cat hot biscuit with salerutus in it. This will no doubt be the course. Irue, some temperance men under take to explain this anticipated difficulty away niter tins fashion: that prohibitory laws are generally applied to tlie greater evils that laws restricting traffic in ten, coffee, &c, would not be made until the majority of the people became convinced that tlie use of these articles is abuse, nnd also a great public evil. It is further held that if a majority of the people vote for prohibiting a traffic of any kind, on con viction of its evil tendency, it is in strict accordance with the, Nebraska Hill to ac knowledge the force of such vote. But here is another great mistake, which com mon persons not versed in politics dou't understand. A principle must not be ap plied ouly where it suits. Now tlie Ne braska bill suited the Kansas question when the proposition was made to repeal the Missouri compromise, but to let the majority rule When it came to voting for a constitution for KanSas wm, nnd is to this day, simply absurd, os James Buchanan and Gen. Lane and other prominent men will promptly tell us.. All the Temper ance men ask now, it appears, ' is, that the Legislature will pass a prohibitory law, submitting it for adoption or rejection by a vote of the people. The great trouble is that the Temperance men don't compre hend the glorious science of politics. What a pity that the people generally will dabble in matters they don't understand 1 How much better it would be if preachers, me chanics, and farmers, would follow their re speetive callings, and let politicians manage politics. Now there is not a more pluiu rule in politics than the one already hinted at, that a principle, for instance, the Ne braska bill, must not be applied, only where it suits. It would not suit os to submit the liquor law, because it might be adopted. The great engine, then, for carrying elec tions, the liqnor traffic, would be destroyed, and many of the bright hopes of many bright young men, now just entering the political arena, would be crushed forever. There is no calculating the mischief a pro hibitory la onld work, when it is borne! m mina inai every uiuiibiu . 1.1 . J L . n.l, I just as mrjeb ai tlie vote-of a sensible man, tbatapdloo of whitky will boy more ! OREGON CITY, OREGON, FEBRUARY 12, voti-n than a barrel of cold water, But to return to another purt of the gr.-ut snl.jict. Tiitiicranco nun ure wide awake and tolerably shrewd. Indeed, they manage an argument very well; so will, in fact, that thty gemrully como off victors, Tho only trouble Is Unit we litiiior men qnor, are founded npon the exerciso of' some of mini's propensities: adultery is the iibnonnul exercise of the sexual passion, and the business of the brothel is based upon this nbiiormnl action. Now, say the temperance men, if it is right to prohibit nil business resting niton the improper cx- liquor-seller pattdcr to tho appetite of tlie drinker; let the sensualist establish his brothel und minister to free umntivencss; let the publisher scatter his obscene prints; let houses bo maintained for secreting stol en goods; let ull the appetites have their liberty to exercise proierly or improperly; nnd let ull business resting for support upon the perversion of man's nature be allowed to go ahead onward and upward! This is tho only course to meet successfully the po sition of the temperance fanatics.. It may alarm, but it will succeed if boldly pushed forward. At first,' all reforms are start- ling. We must also keep constantly before the ! people the great question, where will this j legislation stop? If persisted in, it will j take away our tobacco, our tea, our coffee. The same reasoning applied to the law of matrimony would follow the same course. If the law has a right to say we shall have but one wife, why has it not a right to say we shall have none, or prohibit the exercise of the domestic faculties entirely. All pro hibitory laws are wrong. . Let us have one wife or a dozen ; let us keep a brothel or a whisky shop, as wo may prefer. These wbuld be the liberties for which our fore fathers fought, bled, and died. . Friend: countrymen! gird on your armor, and let us march to buttlo and to victory; und when tho smoke of tho battle-field. shall have cleured away, we will unite iu singing a national hymn suited to the pidspefcts of our future greatness: . My nntive country I thee, : Lund of the toper's glee, , ' Thy rum I tug ; ,1 love thy ruby rills That How from ull hy stills, , . j And with a rupture fills i My empty jug. ' Let munn swell the bn ee, 1 . And rine in inidiiicht sprees ' The drunkard's sung : Good wh'tky, boys, awake! Let all that b. eittlie partake; Let niiiiglii'g cimea nuke Ihe Found prolong! RouANian in tub United States. Ac cording to the Metropolitan Catholic Al manac for 1850, it appears that there are in the United States 7 provinces, 43 dio ceses, two vicariates, 45 bishops, 2,108 priests, und 2,334 churches. In 1774 there were only 19 priests in tlie United States. During the last thirty years the nnntber of dioceses has Increased from 1 1 to 43; the number of bishops from 10 to 45; the milliner of priests from 232 to 2,108. The most rapid growth bus been in the Western States: the diocese of Mil waukee; for instance, hnviug 189 churches, while New York has but 78, Philadelphia 153. Boston 85, New Orleans 73. The diocese of Cincinnati, organized at a com Darativclv recent date, compared with that Of Baltimore, ha 123 churches, while Bal timore has only 98. The diocese of Bufalo, organized only some ten years ogo, has one of the hnctt cathedrals on the continent, and 102 churches. In tlie archbwhopric of St. Loui.vcoiituining the dioceses of at Lou's. Alton. Chicago, Dubuqe, Milwau kee, Nashville, Santa Fc, St. Paul, and Knns:iR, there 599 churches, while in the archbishopric of New York, comprising New York, Albany, Boston, Brooklyn, Buffalo, Burlington Hartford, Newark, aod Portland, there ore but 576. , ; . t&- The Philadelphia Press says: " Publicists and politicians affect to think slightly of journalism as a profession, and of journalists as a class. Yet these are the persons who look to editors for support in their trouble, aims, and ambitions, and are made and often unmade by the pen. How many leading men in this country and abroad huve been writers for the press. At this moment, Lord Palmerston aud M Disraeli are journalists.'' tar The Ttev. Dr. McCrie, in his anti nnnrian explorations Of London, ha dis- A ,.. mr,.,,;r rtMiriW am . . a . ' Tl tlie whole pcrtoa 01 IM suungs. .meywere found ia the pispaJ Library of Scion CohVgf. For the Argue. Mt'lm U War. Viral la Peace, aaa Virol I lite Hearts at lilt I'.ooalrymeul To cherish his memory, of whom this was truly said, is one object of the " Mount ' " Vernon LaJiri Anociutivn of the Union." Much has been said from titno to time ubottt the purchuse of the Mount Vernon estaU'but nothing done, until this Associa-i"""r'',rllI'e"h ","'ural- "H'ubio nrfit-, every .. -ii . r .i i'a Ii Immiiis lo the lifiin.a. And then, when tion was organized ly on actor the tr- Lp.,, Mm ovi-iwlieiminj temp-ut on, ihu b.y iw ginia Legislature. I ts officers consist of a f "' ln I' l1""1''-' r vltl control, nnd r- Itcgent, a Vice Regent for each State, and a Secretary and Treasurer. Its power extends to tlie purchasing and holding of 200 irres of land, embracing the Tomb of Washington, witli the munsion, the gardens, and the grounds and landing on the rotomtic river. For (lie purchase of this property and ita Improvement in a manner that may be creditable to the American people, it is proposed to raise $500,000 that being tho limit fixed as the Ctlpitul Stock in the act of ilieorimrutiotl. Tim rniilrnot foe Ilia i,ne.d.nc. nf fl.n Pun acres of laud, with all tho buildings and im provements uK)ii it, " as well us the Tomb of Ocorgo Washington," was legally made on the Ctli of April last, by the Ilegeut of tho Association, with the present proprie tor, John A. Washington. The terms of purchaso are as follows: Cash paid in hand to Mr. Washington, $18,000 to be paid to him on tho 1st of January, 1859, $57(000; with throe annual iiistatlmetits bf $11,000 CO each, payable oil tho 22d of February, 1SC0, 1801, and 18G2. On tho deferred payments Interest is to be paid from tho date of tho contract, aud the proprietor remains in possession uutil full payment is made; with tho pro two, however, that whenever the Associa tion shall be prepared to pay the enlit'0 amount, it can by giving thirty days notice, do so, aud obtain possession of the proper ty. Tho $57,000 which became duo on the 1st January, A. D. 1859, hag been paid. The object now is to raise the bul ancc. , - ' The Regent of the Association, Miss Ann Pamela Cunningham, of South Caro lina, whose zeal in this matter merits both praise nnd success, In writing to the under sigucJ says: " Tlie constitution empowers the Regent to appoint a Yice Regent for tho States only, but as in the Territories nro to be found hearts in which love and gratitude to Washington aro us pure and fervent as Iu tho States, will you not present this sill jeet as ' Lady Malinger' to the citizens of Ore gon, that by their contributions they may become members of our Associat.on nud hand down their names to posterity linked with tins holy ftttcrpr.se r. Believing thut the Regent correctly ap preciates tho people of this Territory, the undersigned uecedes to her request, and cor dially invites ull, particularly tho ladies of Oregon, to co-oprruto with her in this noble undertaking. : ' Funds, with a list of tlie names and resi dences, may bo forwarded to the under signed, and by her will bo transmitted to the Treasurer of tho Association,, at lite city of Washington) i Persons in different parts of tho Territory will bo appointed ns soon us practicable to receive subscriptions. Clubs of 10 or 20, or more, will, if desired, be furnished with us many copies of " Stew art's Gold Mounted Portrait" us there are dollars remitted. The 'Mount Vernon Record,' a monthly paper in which the names of all sultseribers, with other inter esting matter, uro published, will bo fur nished upon request, for otto dollar per your, paid in advance. Associations, as well as indivirlu ils, nre invited to contribute. Will not the Ma sonic Fraternity in Oregon take a deep lit terest iu this tribute of reSpect to tho mem- ory or the most illuslr;otis or Masons ana of men J AViil not Odd Fellows, Firemen, Sons of Temperance; and ull public-spirited and generous societies Cud a pleasure in promoting the object of this Association? Will not tho children of our schools be glud to associate their names with this enduring and national work ? IS not the approach ing 22d of February an anniversary upon which this subject may very property be called to our minds Any person; upon tlie payment of one dollar or more, may become a member of the ifnunt Vernon Lodiet' Atocialion of Ihe Union, arid every subscriber's name and residence, with the amount given, will be recorded and published as above stuled, and preserved in books at Mount Vernon, so that it may be known and remembered in futnre timea who liave contributed to pur chase and consecrate The Grant o IVath inito "Both graves as hia art p'trim shrine, Hhr nee to no dode or ere d ' oiJioed, Tlie IMph.an vales, Ihe Puleeunes, Th Meccaa of the nuod." , KiTE WlIXUKS. , Portlakd, February 1st, 1859. There are ia France 1037 printing offices, wlucb ampin 0SOV enmpooles, 30OM pressmea, sod irUU oeeiaeers and correctors. The average aanoal number of tints printed 8OU0, and the prodaoe of tfc wbat eaiinuUH al rjf la WnitatioB) of cable trtiik, the rope wluea) fota-ie-t ba ti in h1i M'Tisejr art H.eoaa fought ar proposal to be cut ap ana mi4e Btto ornamrata, aa DoierUiU of the bittks. the side of Truth iu every issue.- 1 859. No. 41 A Bof's Tsuls. The Hpringfiold republican lia a capital article uu this suukut. He are to ne extracts: llie Rtgu'vtioni vith the ' Old Mim.'W j "M0"? .firrt. 11 l,ul '' "' nn- rii nr. im la uilimit Ii.m uill ia m. iiiun urlumi Iu- is taucht to coni li r l.ii. fu'licr. 'J'o b renin ed In dr nil at night, to l firMiMi-n to qo in ttn- MiiniV f!r !.!. At.v n I.. kM li'nU.l f. ..... ' indiii.K the tent of tiu dnidr.-n ju.t tor fun, i un a.-t-iirai luiiiiiui; nun p.viirii inJii m iiuuic' b' h, rill rr i po.i the b ck i r liis bum f. el, it be eomra really a very lenuua tunc We iicier could no lliol the nn.irl of un o; emlioii I ke III a nan ut all nMuage.l I y the aJloi li.iia'.e uniutuuue Ilia' it as b"'o.ie(l out ofpurv love. The t'iret hmg Toil d Coot. Wo do not be ll ve ilmi any boy ever put on h e lint long I nlrj coat witli'.m a eiife of hnne. llu fnt Iw sts hia bii k h ilf uiriiKiLiniral it In the frlmw, mi l thru nih il he epi out of doom it nurrm to him n if all creat'on nus n a brood grin. The un luuhs in the sky; the Cows turn to look At him; there are fiees ut i'Vi rv win low i h very th.iduw ihiK.ks h ni. When he a ka hy tho coliui-e nheru dunu lives, he dnr not look up lor his l.,e. 1 hj vi rr etude, mi l the old uir of puntloons thut slop bmrils creak , a liffhl in Ihe ffirret wlu low, no I with deii on. If he is ub! Ki d lo a s a group of mrii an 1 buys, the trial aHHiunes il nmt terrific stage, ; m Ii gi get all mixed up with embirriuuineiit, nud llie II, ip of Ihe appendage is fell upon them, moved by the w ind of hi) agitation; ho eould nnl foil wor.-o w era it a diehcloih, worn as- a badge of d rgrace. It is a happy time for him when he gels lo church nnd aits down with his emit luil un lor him; but hi; in still oppreheue ve with thinking of the Sunday school, und womloia U any of the chdiirou will tfk him to swing his loMg-tuil blue." , Com tlnme with the Girl: The entrain into society nuy be suit toluke pluce afier boyhood hue pawe.1 awny, yd a multitude L.ko tho initia tive before llie r uearns are pietaulnblo. It is a gieal trial, ei.her to a tender or a tou.di !,-. l or un overgrown boy In to a door, kuowini; tli.it there are a dozen go Is inside, and lo knot k or r in; l h absolute eeriuiuty thut in two iniuuns ull their eves will be upon him, is a seveie lest of com UO. To go bef ru ihew girls and inuko a sutis fticlory tour of the room without stepping on their ti es, und thrn to sit duun mid ilirpote of one's hands, wilhi ut pu ling them into one's pocket, is nn arhievmeiit wh ch frw b ya can burnt. If n boy cun get m far r.s to monsuie off ten yarda of tape W'lh ore of theso girls, and cut it short ut i n h end, he tuny stund a i ham e la p a pleasant ereiiingi but lei Ii in not flutter liiui.-u.-If thut all the Iri .ls of the evening are over. Tht-ro conn a at Inst the Imak tig up. The dear girls dim their bonis, and put on their shawla, nud look on saucy, nnd hi soli eniun, nn I munpres ble, ns if tin v d.d not with any one to go finite with them, 'l'hcu conies Ihe pinrh, and the boy that has the most pluck mukes up to tlie pretticxt girl, li s heart in lis throat, and Ira tongue clingii.g lo the roof of his mouth, and crooking his e.ln.w, stammers out the words, "Shull I tea you home" hlio loaches her fingrrs to li s arm; nud Hidks hniu'e nhoitt a f. ot apart, feeling ea awkward as u coiiplo of gra I ugs. As soon us she is wife iiudde her own doors, he stmts home, an 1 th nks he has really liron and gone and dona it, H'eep cornea to Ii in at last, wi.h dimiimof Curo'ineuud adieu, and heuwaket in 11 e morning and Buds the doors of life op n to h in, aud Ihe pigs up eaiing fu; bfcnkfaut. Urnrrat rtumniary oC Mews. Tho therttiotnt ter was ten degrees below zero in New .York, January 10th the coldest weathtr there in seventy years. Tlie Kentucky, Democratic State Con vention met at Frankfurt January 8th, nud nominated 11. McUoflln fur Governor, und Linn lloyd for L'eut. Governor. Jix-lJovernor llingliam has been elected to the L nited .States Scuttle by the Legis lature of MicMgnn. The Santa Fo mail of the 20th of Decem ber arrived nt Independenco Jaii. 1th, Tho Xuvnjo Indians appear to be willing to luiike any terms to secure pence, .No thing had yet been heard from the itittil party which left Neosho for Albuquerque on tho lfltli or Oct. , The funds in tho Treasury were so low, Jan. 7th. that tiio Treusurer wns obliged to refuse lb pay it Treasury note of $100. Tho Overland California Mail, or the loth of Dec, arrived nt Memphis Jan. "th, the first arrival in schedule time. The Legislature of Maine, Jun. 1 1th, re elected Willitini P. Fessetideii to the L'ni ted States Semite. Oen. Seott had arrived iu New Orleans, and was received in tlie nto-t magnificent manner by tho citiz-ns nnd military. ' The Overland tniil couches front Sun Francisco continued to arrive regularly at St. Louis. The election or IT. R. Senator, for six years from the 4th of March next, when the term of Senator Wilson expires, is H-uiili' in the MtiKSiiehiisetls Legislature, The llotifC litis chosen Wilson (or re- , i .. , A bill for a Territorial Government for ,'oloun is ta be introduced by Mr. Cblfux. It ombrucis till tho recently discovered gold regions near Pike's Peak, and part of Kansas,-iNel.Mskn, I tali; ami .New Mexico nearly ull being taken from Kansas, and comprising about 122,000 square iiiilts. Mr. Faulkner, from the Military Com mittee, has ueurly completed the exnmiiiit t'on of the war debts of Oregon und Wash ington territoiics, and will soon call the t tuntion of Congress to the subject, unless some provis'on be made, to meet the lieuvv demands these debts ittvolvci The bill will liar Iv tiuss Coutrress. - I " , Hodges, Democrat, wns, Jan. 4, elected to Congress from the firth district, Illinois, in the place of T. L. Harris, deceased. The ehttioti for member of Congrena, in the Fourth District of New York, to fill the vacancy causi-d by t!i resignation of Hheriff John Keily, puis -d oft very quietly. Tin re was no organized opjKisiti'iti to the Democratic nominee, Mr. Thos. J. Parr, and he was of course elecUil. Mr. Ifarr U member elect of the next Congress. Mr. Mallory will press the bill he report ed for builditig ten new steam sloops, and to increase the pay of officers in the navy, next week. An effort will I made to in crease the numlx-r of vessels to twenty. The Quarantine war is at an end, for the present, at h'ast, and the good people of Staten Island can rest in oarw, provide t!k-y will behave themsi'lvps, and make no more bonfire of Government or State property. The troops have- been with drawn. Tlie Georgia Iygidalure has adjourned. Tlie bill to prohibit thff m.trriage of first Ifoofins was lost. ADVEKTISING HATES. . , Ona squire (IS lines or hi) vut insertion, (3,00 " " two insertions, 4,1 b ilihu insertions, u,( b Each suhueijuenl insertion, 1,(1) Reasonable deduction! to those who advutiie i) the jri ar. JOB PRINTING. ' Tin raoraiRToa or Tim A LCI'S ta lurii to inform the public that lie has Just rcceited a lurge stock of JUH 'H 1'E and other ut w pnui inii material, and will to iu the s tedy rei e pt o. additions sui'ed to all the riqUi en.iiile of th e Ii -rulty. 1I.M)H1I.I.S, I'(..n11:!IH, II'.AXKK ('Alll)S, nilCt'I.AIIH, PAMI ill.UT-WOIiK and other klu.ls, dune In older, ou flu 1 notice. Tim St. Long Contested Ei.r(tiox. Tho St. Louis Democrat of Dec,. 2 1st says thnt the t"stiinony in the contested election iuso of Llitir xn Barrett, hit:!i it 1ms carefully examined, proves thut eight hun dred and forty-six fraudulent vote wero cast for Barrett in tho Angtt-t election. The names of thf fraudulent voters ure given, nud iu a largo number of instances their nccs nre pointed out, and tho fact of their having voted illegally, nnd that tiny voted for Barrett, is brought Lome in a manner so convincing as to leave no room for dotibt. In many cases the proof is lli admission of tho parties IIh'iufJvcs; in oil ers the proof is made by persons who know ho parties; nnd tho fact of their having voted without having a right to vote.- A census taken immediately after the diction; afforded tho means for developing many cases; , But the frauds were confined to a comparatively small nrta. It was indeed this fact that first attracted the public at- tention. Mr. Bluii.'s gains Over his vote at tho preceding election amounting in the aggregate to about Jive hundred were very equally distributed over the whole dis trict. But, in regard to several precincts; -. tho inttin fucts of which arc given by tho ' Democrat, that paper says: "Theso Fcven precincts gate netnolds; ; tho administration candidate iu ISMS, only -, 505 votes, and they givo Barrett 2,103 , votes in 185S, nnd of this 2,143 votes, Mr. Blair has identified nnd proven more than 500 to be fraudulent, uiiil has shown such fraudulent und corrupt conduct on the part of several oT tho judges or election; nud Barretls mo.-t conspicuous partisans (in many instances proven to be fraudulent vo ters themselves) ns leaves little dtmbt thnt almost tho enttro ineretfto of vote for But rett in those precincts was illegal und fraudulent." jar The Chicago Tribune urges upon -Western Legislatures to provide for collect- ing statistical information relative to the nuiitial graill crops. In Ohio, the town ship assessors nru required, when listing property for taxation iu the (Spring, to ns: certain from' cuch firmer tho ntimbcr of ' bushels of wheat nud corn he hatl raised tho preceding year, und tho number of acres or ground devoted to their culture: Htlio sysU in could bo extended ovir ti c West it would render a great service tt) m;rc!:a:its nud farmers. ' . tetV-A . Houston (Texas) let lit says that the cotton crop of thnt Slate has titn. ed out better thnn was anticipated; corn is abundant aud cheap; tho wheat crop was plentiful: a greatly increased tpiautity of wheat will be, sown tho coming season; tho Chinese sugar enno has proved a deci ded Btiifcss; immigration, both foreign nnd domestic, is pniaring into the Hlate; cue hundred and liity miles of railroad will lie. finished this year; gttat interest is taken in common school .education, und tho ni !i! uro determined tho Bible shull have u place in the sehoiils: ' tsr Col: tirahain of Chicago stjlts that, by a JiJiig und cttrcftdly-coiiductcd lo ries of observations, lie hits discoycrd il tiilul ware Itpou Lnko Michigan. It ij Only tibservablu in culm wciitlnT, and when llie, 11:0011 is either in conjiitH tion with or opposition to tho sun. At Mich times its mu.timu'.ii is about tnn tenths of uu inch, TllB Mi::5K Tkstimuni.u..- Profissor Mur.su has rcccivtd iu Paris the first iu.stul inetit or the testimonial of the ten Kiiropeuti powers. The amount received by Mr. Moras is 100,0(10 francs, about 20,000 dollars. l:2f' There nro now thirty-six foa.4 sur vey parties in the field and afloat on tho Atlantic const, eighteen; on (lie (Julfconsl, twelve; und on the Pacific coast, six. BrT Tin; Sons or Malta, t'f f'inciiinnti, contracted for five thoie-nnd loaves Of bread, which they distributed among the poor of that city on Christinas tiny. C.y- Payments r judgments r.t New Orleans uro refused, if tendered iu silver; coin being u drug in thut in irkct. KSy Ex-Senator t 'lemons, of Alubnnia hns become chief ed tor of tho Memphis, (Teiin.) Fugle and Inquirer. "3y"Tli I'utnwntHiiiic chief Ok.-nius, who tins fur a Ion" lime luM le nr Luiliili, M elii.m, ilieil lately, llu pec su ego wax nut kiiinu,but it is siipuMil lo have b en over one bmnlieil years, A farmer "o tlie Wubusli has mulo futir huiiilrr'l Kullnns of miilara-a from the tuptf cum (rrown on a nug'n acre of jrounrl the il season. The niolnwes se:liu reielily nt fifty outs par kI I m, gives Inn two humlred ilollarsos thcetuiu of his eropun a single ocri". ' tff The lo!ef(riipli to Cuba is tu bo enliitnenoe.l at Kavannuh immediately: It rnns to ki y est, theiK-a by aulm a ine inb.e lo Cnl. It is intend ed to complete the limi lo Key West by next .inn rue r, when It will be connected with tula aa iu as the cuiblccsn be laid. rjfTliu ."tale of Texas has (rr,inl forty f -nr chiin-rs to railriNid cumanies, ot svhlcli seventeen lists been furfel:.!, leanriK twenty -sen n charters si,! in force. tf titer, ekreu are is procas of consirueiion. w':h an ayfgnto lenfth, hen eoni-fl-ite.l, ot'JM miles. t1yTlie sg.'r. ((.ile Diimerieal strenph ' f ill" Society of Friends is estimated at about ." UUU In Great Hi la n. During Ilia last tsrenly years Ihe SiK-iety 10 thsisuuutry luis bote sightly but gradually decreasing in nuiubera. Thi I.osd's Tisi-a la Hloairalion af th eia Irnrrrsy uV.il ua arWen concerning llmry Wan! II eel era l.b rul ryle of inriutiou to the cvnimuu loa, tit anei-iota m uer4 of sa Knlitb Judt, . bo. ro btng refuaeJ Uie bread srcd Ihe cup, Ur eause he w,ia not a member A 'he dijwiuinj eliu eh, ,uieily nmsrk d, MUh ! I Vg your par don, 1 thoiiglit Ui s the Ixd's ULla : 1 have aoOi ing pwir lo sy if il is only a privat little i per of jcairowa.'' ' '' ' -