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V THE OJIEGON AllGUS. Y D. vr. trtAio. TERMS-Thi Aaous villi, furniihed at Thru DMuri and fifty Ctnti per annum, in aJranee, It tingle lukicribtriikm Dullart itck It eluki uf ten at one ojjiciin adtunet When tki money ii not paid in adtianet, four J)i)lluri will In thnrged if paid uiilhin its month; and five Julian at the end uf the year. ffl" Titi D'lllari fur lix monlhtSn tuiierip oii received fur a leu period. IJf So piper ditcontinutd until all arrearage! an paid, unlett at the option of the puhlieher. Vortaat aia Iter Wkeel. Turn, Fortune, turn llivwlival and lower lite imud; Turn thy wild wheel tLruuli euusliiuc, aUirin, mil cloud ; Thy wheel on 1 thee we neither love nor hale. Turn, Fortune, turn lliy wheel with smile or fiown; Willi that wiM wh we jpi not up or ilown j Our hoard is Utile, but our hearts are crreut. fvnile and We a nile, the lord of many lauds; Frown ami wa einile, the Ionia of our own bands ; Fur niau ! man anil master of hi" fate. Turn, turn tliy wheel abovu the during crowd ; Thy wheel and thou are shadow in I lie elouil Thy wheel and thee we neither love uor hate. Tcnmjwn. f.orresnondrare of the Argue. Sax Fiiaxcisco, Sept. 14, '59. Kn. Anuts: I left you September 8th. That night I watched tlio limits of Port laud gleaming and fading in the distance', and, when they could no longer he Been, I hade good-bye to my Oregon, for tlio rest was he-low my habitat. The next morning aro.se gray, clump, and chilly. We were in the Columbia. It won pleasant, after having been pent up in our canyon for six mouths, to look at its broad flood, and its broad bottoms on ci ther baud. The mist Ininz in razeed patches on the hill tops, or crept lazily tip J their sides. Tho hills for the most part lie t back from the river, eiulte a stretch of marsh or low willow hind, nearly useless for agricultural purposes, Intervening. Hut sometimes they rise from tho water's edge ; in successive terraces of columnar basalt. Sometimes, if my eyes did not deceive me, ; between the strata of basalt occurs a coarse ! sand-stone, very common in tho Willamette valley. A.i we approached the mouth, the contortion of tho rocks appeared to in f crease, exhibiting surer signs of volcanic ac S tion than I have seen nearer the mountains. , I have never been able to account for this. Indeed, what I have seen of the Cascade I mountains is rather a hard nut for my lim- Hod geological knowledge to crack. If j they are tho result of volcanic upheaval, why should not tho strata be broken, ns in the Itocky Mountains? If the sand-stone, which is intermixed with and underlies tlio whole Imp formation, is a deposition from water, why, in the successive depressions and elevations that must have taken place, were not the strata at least a little broken? Yet 1 have never seen any evidence of gen- I cral disturbance. t .'.Wo passed by Astoria and Pacific City, (the hitter consisting of one house,) both ; of which appear to have obtained their J growth into the north channel, for tho j southern o:ic is not tpiite safe except in calm weather. L' we may believe some, its depth s is gradually diminishing, and is changeable. j Wc were scarcely yet across the bar, when I was overtaken by that !j ' sea change Into somelliinj aiek an I strange," j the detestation of all land-lubber, nnd was ': compelled to retire from my post of obser i vntion. 'i During the night wo went into Umpqna harbor. I could not see very distinctly, ? but to the left stretched a sandy beach pur- tially covered by stunted shrubbery, scat- itered among which, near the water, were a few low huts. This was terminated within night by a well-timbered mountain. The j right shore, ascending, rises more abruptly, j and sustains a dense growth of fir. A few ' farms lio on both sides, apparently small and in poor condition. Port Orlbrd, our next stopping place, is ; a small collection of old houses, mostlv un painted. I could see no indications of till- f able land anywhere even the trees which j commence their growth a little distance 4 back look stunted and dwarfed for want of proper nourishment. Tlio Corpiille lies ; about thirty miles in the interior, but I think affords no support to Port Orford. tj On Saturday night at 10 o'clock we rtood off Crescent City. It is perhaps ; half as large as Oregon City, situated at the northern end of the harbor, and must do a thriving business, as it is the point of cappi fur fl lar2 mm'no district. To the othcast streiJ'cs a sandy plain, through i whieh iriud. the paci:- trail to the interior. i'Tbeerestoit of the shore (n?m which the i town takes its name) is continued la." into j the ocean by a long line of peaks that rise in succession from the water white the resting-place of all sea-birds for oges. These are all that remain of the rocky walls ' that once sheltered the harbor on either side, j. The ship's boats were scut ashore, and di- rectly returned with a crowd of passengers : of all classes and conditions. Babies t squalled and men swore. One woman was sick, even to fainting, and another one I drunk. Disgusted with the confusion, I ; left, and addressed myself to slumber. AVIufo I came on deck the next morning I , found that the wind, which had been here jtofore strong and favorable, had, as our avails swelled to leave Crescent City, chang ed within five minutes from north to south, J reducing our speed to a very low figure. j AH that day it continued to baffle us, but "CAl " a" Hu l- r 1 I Jiumoo Mt, liav is a Luce pocwei 01 water . . t , I formed by a long stretch of rand 4 . 1 . from north to south alinoit parol! tb shore. At the north, tiis sand-bank A Weekly iVewspnper, devoted to tlio Interests of tlio LnWing Classes, and advocating Vol. V. high, and piled iu hills by tho wind, but to the south it graduully descends, nnd is cot- ..P...1 u-Illi lltlt.. ...u. ..!.. p!...:t..M WI " ""nii'io, niiiiimi iu uiose on n.i-f ...!.. i .. .... i.io umtuntm prairies oilil Hie .Molina ITai tim, uasmiigiou lerritory lonnca l.y the waves as they recede after liich tide. Here stands a light-house, overlooking the wild breakers. Humboldt Point, on which are L"". i T i'T", 1 7", W.f . . , . ... Wltl1 Jui'r Elites, tliat it would elicit the perched a few houses, cxtcuds from the requisition you have made on me. shore, so as to leavo only a narrow but safe Happening recently at St. Louin, a friend entrance for vessels. I think this is one oflR1,rglt(;il drive out to Judge Hates' rest- tho most picturesqiio places that I t seen on the Pacific coast. It is valuable chiefly as a lumbering place tho very streets of tiie towns of which there arc no less than four, well painted nnd thrift v. tl. I. n.,M nntt,.,,i ..in. ci, 1.1 ' n - 4 urc paved with saw-dust. The water is as smooth us glass, reflecting a lino of hills clothed with tho greenest and densest of lorcsts. wartns of birds, small and great, fill tho air, or sit iu groups by the water side. Here we received another crowd of passengers, mostly Democratic politicians returning to San Francisco after their late campaign. Deliver me from a ship crowd ed with Democratic politicians! There is nothing offensive in language that is not heard, nothing disgusting in the dirtiest comers of the earth that is not seen! The stinks that Coleridge found in Cologne arc excelled here. At Humboldt Day wo saw the last ver. dure. Tho coast for the rest of the way is brown and barren. " Tho Golden Gate! Looking through a . could see the light-house above it, nnd the lugged point of rock, white and red. which ngiii. iujj uii tuu uiuiiinij; oi iiiu 1 marks the entrance. Py noon we had en- 4A.. 1 1. .4 ...I.! 1.l.4 1 e tered tho gate winch lias stood open for ten years to tlic hopes of its countless victims, but stands closed forever ou how much of. despair! r. j. tlcv. J.itin T.vlv, r Ucnlueky. A yoimj ptcaclicr of cotifcideriihle lalcnla ,,, hi;i'iiiii.y Liiig iipp hiieil io pre.uh nt the etand on mi nwoi-iuiion.il urcnMoii, took fur his text the v Von of wnicn., in Kn-kiei : And he troupht e . ihrouRl. . .. w.ter, , the w.lm were lo the iik'e. Apain lie iiio.ihcc.I a tliouaauil, mid mo auk broaiilit m th ought the walers wrre to iie kin en. Apuiil he measured a thousand, mid brought na- lliroiiyli ; the waters were to Ihe loins. A jtiia Iu- ii.cu.h ired, uud the waters were ri&cn lo r.m ill. The young prpuclier divide 1 It's auhjrct inio four parts, iici-or ling to the depth of the water. Anklc-dei-p W.18 the doctrine of repen anco. Kneo dcop. of nssimiiice. llo had spiiilualizod and ninkh d nlnnjr under II. Pie tivodivio niiH until near ly an hour hud been consumed. 'I'uy'or wa sit ting h hind him on I lie aland, with his head b wed. and rest in.' on his hand. Ilia utiei- dis! kj to ail spei'iiiaiive pic.iehiti( win well known, and hie posture l-i -vealvd h s ili..'ipirihulion of the a rnnm. I lie preacher e oseU rp Ins "oeund division " up to the knees." "Thirdly," said tho preacher, " wo fjou little deeper where Ihe waters reneh the Iii'ih.'' Taylor ruisej up. pointed out his finger, and, its though Ihe pri iielu r had ulmust gone be yond iK-ai ing, called oat, " Young man. come a-liore! you are deep enniipih, deep enough!" The p eachors on ihu stand bowed the;r heads on their hands to hide the smiies lliey could nut restrain. The preicher turned round, completely confounded, and met tin- ealin look of Tsylor, sol emn ns the gruve. " May the Lord bless truth, and pardon error," said the young mun, and eat down in confusion. It wus a good lesfou, but ra th. rn severe 0110. On another o eusi m, a young mun, who was an assistunt traehcr in Col. Johnson's Indian chol, was appointed lo till the stand, 011 Sabbath, lit the Klkliorn Association. It occurred nt Stamping Ground. His text was, " What is man" llo an nounced three divisions. Ills first division wus, mm physically considered, which gave h 111 an opportunity of showing all the knowledge he had of anatomy. 'Taylor never preached over three quar ters of un hour, lie uln ays preached the gospel. It was evident that ha wus disgusted with the wordy display the young orator wus making, and many eyes were upon him to cce how he would bear up under the ulllielion. The preacher passed from hii first division, nn t announced, " We shall consider, secondly, what is nun, morally!'' Taylor ruse from his scut, delib erately drew out Ins watuli, moved toward the fnuii of tho stand, and exclaimed, loud enoush to 4) harlior improvements, Pacific Railroad, dis heard by the vast concourse, "One hour gone, criminations in Tavor of American industry, und Jotio forever, and nothing said , , t 1 1 1 1 1 1 There wus u painful pause, n, he deliberately &c- he declared, as he a ways has, his op took his seat again. The preucher mumbled out position to continual mill persistent aglta- a few confused words of npology for prcuching so , long, nnd tooK nn coat, ami .101111 urice, nuoso turn it usu to follow, arose, nui continued the cx- Why SUoutd a Man Swear 1 We can conceive of no reason why he should, but of ten reasons why he should not: 1. It is meau. A man of high moral standing w ould almost as soon steal a sheep nssweur. 2. It ia vulgar. Altogether too mean for a uccem 111.111. eitremely unlit for human ears. 6. It is foolish. " Wane of decency is the want1 3. It is cowardly. Implying a fear either of not jeci, us .ur. minium omieu iu ins ineMuge, j o uuge iaies reiiiui huiiic personal popuiur being believed or obeyed. to such amendments os time and experience j ity, and with State pride in favor of the first 4. It is ungentlemnniy. A gentleman, accord- njay prove the necessity of but with the candidate ever presented by Missouri for lu(f co V.'cL'rr. gonieel mmi, well bred. Such yi anderstanding, to which he supposed ! the Presidency, who could doubt there a one will no more swear than go into the street th( Dl.u)0cruta were also bound, by tho siilt? And with such a canvass as would ' 5. n?ulrDt. 'oSTS delicacy, and ! pledges of their statesmen, and the platform j be making in Missouri, Illinois and Indiana of sense." fope. 'any more legislation on that exciting ques 7. h is abusive ta the mind that conceives the i .. J . , ...... r i,t..:. oath, to th. consue that utter, it, and to the person at w hom it is aimed. 8. It is venomous showing aman'i heart to be a nest of vinera : and every lime he swears, one of i mem sticks out tin head 9 It is contemptible- forfeiting tha respect of Cbe wise ami good 10. Ic is wicked-violating the divino law, and provoking the dirp'easute of Him who will not holJ h"n C"""' """ ' Ta,n' An interestins ene i. deribed by a cor-; ..r.t.. .mi.. Aih.r cv.ni .inmi h. ing occurred at the recent commencement of Un-; iou io.iege. ... " lThb uV .enTlrmen, calling themlves .. ,h. Doctor-, boy..- who had graduated coder i him f fiu yean agi, most of thrm bearing the weigtit of seventy e.rs. On ch. behalf f th. - boys," n. Van W-tcliin, of Albany, j rlv''co ha. "S? h , ene i. enooeh t. twunt u memory for a life-! ..-.. . , ..,. .tut fifiv vears 1III1C. I UWii. VI ; , j - o. ii ,,1(i .,rf. ar.rt in diehard wavsof the world,' - 1 - . runnintr i thus com ng back ana meeting arouna mwis' Lacked by the whole power Of tin el witli " . ' J V V '.l ... istration, Dis ry n again ponrayea w .i. .n...k m.,v if nvlhiniraA ilioRe C:ia OS . . , . j ii 1 ar:r topi to poise ' nouacea its m V ealie.l eiitovmeui, a icem.g inai mi ic- , .. : . ... .v- xtm it OREGON CITY, OIIEOOX, 0CT015EK 1, 1859. E3Y7AH.D BATES. uu iMunn ta slavery an. niurr Vatu oency ' - - - Corrt.punienttofth, Springfield Republican Ciiicaoo, III., July 30, ln5l) I accede to your renuest with pleasure nltil0lgh I did not suppose when informing ucnee, wlucli is just beyond the city limits, iBim uooiii tour nines irom inctoun-jiousc. there being a vacation in most of the courts, ho wus enjoying a few days reluxa- tion from the drudgery of his very large practice, to which, during term time, he In lioriously devotes himself; and wo had a most deli'dilfiii visit of several hours. loot iug through his fine garden, examining his extensive granary and discussing the poli tics of the day iu the most free uud uurc serveil manner. I had not seen Mr. Hates sitiec tho great harbor and river Convention in this city twelve years ago, over which ho presided. His umgiiilieeut speech at its adjournment, which so entranced the stenographers, as well as the audience, that no full report of it wus ever written out, lingers on my mem ory yet as a very masterpiece of eloquence, and justifies tho eulogy of that veteran of the press, lliurlow eed, tliat it deserves n place iu the highest class of American or atory, lie has changed iu personal appear ance less than I expected to find, and his irou constitution seems entirely unimpaired. The grey hairs of ago are seen on his head, but they by no menus predominate; and nllhoiigh just (i.'i, his step is linn, his eye clear, being able to read without spectacles, rttul li!a li!ii.L.l tnnn na ctnlinli na mrwf i-irn. 1 hie, 8 tit 40 , - - -- ...... p,. j his mother not dying till DO, and a maiden i 'sister still living iu his house at 82. Ho, 1 1 .A lii in : 1 v ik n lnn--liVf'fl nnr n,tr'llmtfS "'s vigorous heulth to con- wv.l.Hvivi. yutliiwupu i niivuitl kl ' u ,is tl,ll)t,ralo ul,jits tt share of the credit ) lor, not being blessed with a super- Unity of tho world's goods, vnd having been blessed, ns usual in such cases, with a large family, having had sixteen children, he has civeu a lanorious cue, ana scnooieu uunseii lo.enioy me ions ot ins proiession. lie- i '''hnliiig you, as he does, of tho statesmen of the olden time, he has illustrated their exaniiile by his own uncoiictrn for tho hon- , ,ui , I;r 0U d 5 .1 1 111 1 r 11 I nuuii nuiuu unvu ni-'t-u luiuiiiii iuhiuuuii 11 uu iiuu uri-11 muing iu ui-uepi them, he felt it a duty to his family to re turn to President Fillmore, unaccepted, the Cabinet appointment with which he was honored in 1850; nnd although by no means uu indifferent spectator of public affairs, he has steadily through life regarded the pri vate station as tho post of honor and inde pendence. Awiiro too, us he is, that his iiiiino is on many lips iu connection with the Presidency, he never alluded to it iu our whole conversation, although he spoke sev eral times of the sad results which the coun try might expect if the present Administra tion was succeeded by one kindred to it in sentiment, and of the auspicious future to which a union of the Opposition might lead. Mr. Hates converses freely and frankly witlt his neighbors mid friends, ns ho always has done, in regard to tho political condi tion of the country. And I do not feel, therefore, that I betray nny confidence in giving you some points of our conversation which limy be of interest in your section; es pecially us I find his views urc well known by leading men in St. Louis of all parties with whom I conversed. And first, let mo say that the paragraph in his letter to the New York Whigs, dep recating the agitation of " the negro ques tion," has been by many misunderstood. As the Whig party is tho only oue with which he has been connected, he consented, at the request of a Whig Committee, to write the letter winch was published; and. while stcrnlv condemn'm? the nlots for Cu- ban annexation, Mexican protectorates, means bounded by party lines, would swell j t't'l,t1' (',;n- I'r0(;t01'. wlo played so itn-L-c., nnd defining his views as requested by it to 10.000. In the interior, his popular-' portant a part in tho lust war with Great them on other questions, such as river and ity is equally eminent; and when you count J P.ritain, and who rendered himself so odious tion on the slavery question. IJut Ins plan for stopping that, agitation is to crush out politically tiie Democratic party, which, ns lie shows in the same letter, is continually opening new lountains of discord on tliut very tiiiestion. His own life is the best ex-! cmplilicutiou of his position. A Ithongh 'years ago, lost the State by only 300, mid not entirely satisfied with ail the details or! his majority in St. Louis wus but one or 4l.n nAi.mi'm..u h1iuil.lll.ns lW'.fl I.A.na f,..n4l,m.i......l 11i.L ..iu t . .1 .l bliu luiiiji umioG iucuouiv.1 ui xuuv, ue n tiij . willing to accept and abide by them, sub- . . - t.-:ii ... .....l :.. l.: 1 I 01 llicir party in ir-., urni unuer no c,r- curnstances should Congress be Ofkcd for 10 'TOr niuer klhoii ui v. u.ub. ; l"lll'""-i ward. Mr. Douglas and the Democratic Administration, elected on these solemn rt,rlvr.a rf nt.n.rr't:ii'nn nnd rionPf rirn. i . Cnn,'.vK , of the time-honored Missouri Compromise, ! 'which prohibited slavery in Kansas and Ne- braska, J udge Bates openly resisted it, not ; j.vn4 - "J 'u u!. .'l"u.'' "ut " , -i i :". ,.,.,1 ......!. I...4 I.. .1. .!..' ate nrttc es in the St. 1.0ms paners. overnis own well known signature, deprecating this1 fecKiess reopenin oi an eauiiins uueauun : -e - . - tlt'rcll"IS'1a3 Uf , hs hM au"e. l" constitationahty of that co.nprom..se-a..d . appealing to the .outb to btund, in gwd i faith, by its provisions. : during the exntmg scenes in Kans.cs, which followed for several years sternly .po the perntin Klu.-y of rierces Auiutu,m "";, - irnmntni was nresentcd totonzress. ani - , - 1 tAdtnin-l andde- of his city; I'aml the swindling and disgraceful Knglishl - bill lie similarly rebuked. In a word, while niiii't iriv ueniiiuir ncuec u iu u it.nmil uu ui the slaury .gi.atfon, and protesting that tho negro cpiestion ought not to be the gov- erning, dominant question of the country, lie bus neither preached nor practiced sub- moral lirrnkwuter against tlio fanatueisin mission, and his letter, therefore, was uo f Southern extremists, for no party in that more Intended to rrproaeh Republicans us State has been bold enough to favor the a party, than himself as a num. He be- disunion sentiment which havo found toler lieves that by exiling the Democratic party nth'n elsewhere. This fact tuny lie greatly and its reckless plotters and ngitittors from attributed to the conservative, national and power, nnd by inntulling in their place an patriotic course pursued by Joint Hell, and Administration looking to the development ot'l,,r lnfn '10 have willingly followed his of our present territory rather than ait ex- noble lend. During the progress of this pnnsion in either a northern or southern di- j canvass, tho Opposition in Tennessee huvc rection, setting its face liko a flint against not sought to court popularity by conceding filibustering, and all other wild schemes of anything real or supposed expediency. territorial aggrandizement, and fostering, as far as possible, good feeling among all which any northern State might accept, and sections of the Union, the government enn, which is quite ns liberul uud iuir and toltr in n few years, bo restored to the policv. at that of PctinsUvunia. They have and tho paths of its founders. opposod any policy of a sluvo code for the It is ulreudy well kuown that he regards. Territories, ns they havo resolutely and tho existence of slavery in Missouri as a unitedly resisted and denounced any scheme misfortune, crippling its prosperity and re- looking lo the reopening of the sluve trade, tnrding its growth; und he believes her des-j They agree with us upon tho Tariff, being tincd by her position and her true Interests ; fur protection lor the sake of protection; to become ultimately a free-labor State, I they desire retrenchment in the public ox gradually, but none "the less surely. Ho penditurcs, In the abuses which have grown did his part toward it a dozen years ago, "do tho administration of the government, by educating tlio hist slave ho ever held, i There is no particle of principle which Rect learning him the shoemaker's trade, emanei- pating him ami sending him to Liberia. And the aged sister, ot whom I before spoke, living iu his house, and who once owned 32 in nil, has been gradually for ninny yeurs emancipating hers; till u" few weeks ago, in the court of St. Louis, ns the press of tliat city lias ulready shown, she manumitted the few tluit were left, und thus severed her connection uUo with tlio institution. As to tho sovereign power of Congress nrer rlin 'I Vri'itnrii.ii flu. .Tmlr.n i..mr...L..1 ... .....(..wail,., ii.k.jik.v IIIIIHI BUI that he had learned it from tho greut men of the past, Mr. Calhoun ulouo excepted. and was too old to unlearn it now. Habit- 1 ll'HIT l.tllvllllllllUli 11 I'iUlvfllllU 1 L. H LI III I IIIU 'judiciary, he ncqui.U'l in the lint of the' United States Supremo Court, dismissing tho case of Deed Scott for want of jurisdic-i tion, though his judgment did not concur! with theirs. Hut tho long essays which, i witnout any case Delore tlietn, -tlio Judges I lion went on CO deliver, lit regnni to the' constitutionality of tlio Missouri Coinpro- tnise, nnd tho Constitution currying sluvery into tiie Territories tx piojjria viporr, he re- garded as extra judicial, and political, and entitled to no more weight or authority than the same number of speeches by emi nent Senators iu the Lccotnpton debate, lint I have not time for more extended reinnikson our conversation, except to s:iy extravagance of this Administration should I fllc,s rt,,"tio" (o 1,10 Jews '" t,ic U,,ito11 bo rebuked that tho "nationality" 0f i Stattg. The Jews iu this country,' the slavery is a new invention, not over ten speaker said, now numbered about two years old and that tlio slave-trade, now j hundred thousand. Tho attention of the soshatmjessly reopcnetl; without even n JcW8 , Eliropo , turncd to Amt ou Presidential proclamation against It, should, . , . . ... . bo stopped by tho promptest and most en- of persecution to which they ergetic execution of tlio luw. nre subjected in some countries on the ronti- It is generally conceded by tho Ilcpuh-1 nciir, ttud a rapid increase of their numbers licaiis in the North, that they do not expect' u.rc imly bo expected by immigration. to curry any of the slave States in lSlitl. Ur . . r.i. i .1 . I!ut this is not conceded in Missouri. The MuMy f the JcffH "! !'"" co".",rjr ""i 0W'!'- hn TiniiL'Q fliA n-nrpriitnintr-tl inritintiMi nn. Frcc-Stato party iu Missouri, ns the St. Louis Democrat, their uble nnd pow - cifid organ, has repeatedly stated of late, imeitiioi. man, mm j.rn,, nprnchf, on whom till i t,U! N",io,,nl Ho,IS0 ofli'T'-esentativcs, nre opposed to the misrule and tho iniquities of, "'hercd iiniong the children of Abraham, the Democracy can honorably unite; and j Instead of reading tiie Scriptures In the lle they intend to pledge the electoral vote of : t,rew tongue, understood only as tho Itubbi Missouri for hint if noniiii.-ited. Nor will'i. , ,-, ,, ,. , ,, , .,,.,. .. , : .' 1 interprets it, many now use the Lug is 1 this be an idle pledge. Conversing with .' '. , , . many of tho St. Louis Republicans, who ! xvrmn- lm class have introduced ninny nre all lor him (Frank Uhtir, their irtillmit J reforms into their mode of worship they champion and the St. Louis Democrat their j now have their choirs, their organs, nnd powerful organ, included) nnd with a cum- thcir Sul.ljtalli Schools. ber of Americana and Wings also, 1 found , none who put his majority in that single Death ok Gknkhai. Puoctoii. The county at less than fl.UUO, and some believed ,,,,.. ,, ... .1,... ....,, .... that his event nersnnal nniinlui-lti- lv nn ne ucpuu.ica.1 vote, t ie Americans wi.o, though he never joined the order, all venu- rate him for his spotless chnracter nnd his personal worth, tho Old-Line Whigs nnd j Anti-Leconiptoit Democrats, you have n phalanx which, with the Central Pacific i ittiuivaii mnuu iiinj rivur iiiiiiioveuieiiLS, would undoubtedly, with his nume, curry the State. Mni. Ilollins. tho Onuosition candidate for Governor of Missouri two i.nv iiiuun.iiiii, 11 uu t IU leu I IIUIISIIIKI majority iu St. Louis to start with, with r.'i ii... i. i , ' . n oum ou sum ueyouu all pcraiiveiuure, Vexmx The St. Louis people have given a qui-.- ,u, 1(J t,,e gu1(uy Li,lllor Xrajjc liy , ;,i.i ...:.:i- ivi.ii.. 4t. ..t :....4 vm'-'"""J""V- T'l'"U1'- der uiscu.-.sioii, the Hon. Ldward I5utcs ad- ilrf.ear.il CliA futlnviiifr li.fli.f in ta mat'mr. T " y Hl Ti.ry Riirry, Bays Mt. Jiaicr, 10 .ar ti,at tu.re js allV wl.ason for 8 j,0pti-. ar demonstration to uphold au institution ' m ttI1(.i(.nt( R0 6acredi M hwM) ond B0 Mc. i . '.. ' . . . tssary to the peace, the cotniort, and re- j .,-.ri,.i.;i;) fi.ru i.tv th. v ,.1.1.1.1 h it. r,dioii character as a holy dav oii"ht I . - ' ' ' one to be sun eictit for ts r,roti t on in n 1 Christian community, but that failing, I the laws of the land, rnado for its ae- j CIlri,y on;,lt to be as strictly enforced as t!,e iaWi for the protection of life and pro-1 pcrtr. yice 8tl,j -UM sre a,wa j,' We-,Ild cumuIlltive. ,f tlie iSlfn(J UW8 are aelected or devpid, the laws of per- .tons and protx-rtv will soon n inre the same , - - .... ----- ' fate, and Le enttti v dj,n-ran " I ft ,., t ,.,... n a-. i..,i : " mil., hum vc i.uuiij U.AI I en rutrlj. IZT B-gin hfe with little show von may increase it afterwards. fairs tho side of Truth iu every issue No. 2.r). Tub Oi'TOxition Party iv Tks.ntsski!. The Wushiii"lon corresnondi nt t" Indc- . . .. .i , m ' 1 ",muu,i",,a -wl" j American write: " Tenneweo msy be considered a tort of 1 ll(,y nilopteil a plallorm at the outset, j orates them from Northern men who desire ' 10 preserve our institutions miu to perpetn- , "to 'C 1 11:011." Ai'sTWAX Lossks. It is reported in the French army that during the negotiations for an armistice the Emperor of Austria told Gen. Fleury that his loss iu the recent battle wus enormous. Tho London Times correspondent writes ns follows; " There was certainly no secret mudu of t in rnwln timilui'i.il liv tl.n il..l,int 1.1 s., f.... " .,v'iu..u JJ ,v IVMb HI 4 Villi ; ino. It was more than the most saiigiiini ! people among us dared to suppose. The j Kmperor Francis .Tosejilt is reported to have lA'Hl A V ll. 1 Ulll J llllll. tllU UllllIU U rHUCI' ino cost the Austrian army 43,000 men, I write it in full forty-fivo thousand men. It would be almost incredible were there not 1,1150 officers in tho hospitals of Vero- ' uu. The Kmperor is further repotted to uuve fiaiu lo uen. r lenry 'A oui nepnuront e saiil to lien, f leitry A 0111 ue vnuvont lut'tr eoiure voire aritiime: Jt seems j that the greatest losses wero sustained j in the reserves, which, though placed fur- ther off, were eveu tnoro cut thuii the first line." Tick Jkws is Amkiiica. From a lecture delivered by Dr. Morris J. Franklin, iu Providence, lately, nnd reported in tho 01.0 j l'l I"""""1''" 'i iiuiiicimni positions in l politics and business. Messrs. Video and lleiijninin, of the U. S. Senate, nnd Messrs. 0vcr rm nm, ,r rt r to lho American people, especially of the , , ,. ,' ' , ' "or"Hvwl. by '"s cruelty. He commanded tho ft-J regiment at the bailie of Fort F.rie, and subsequently served in tlio campaign along the Niagara frontier, and fur a long time made Maiden the headquarters from which, iu conjunction with his savage allies, 110 sulhtd forth to perpetrate oil manner of outrages upon the Americttiis. lie 'died a fcw WOcks since at his residence in Wales ' suddenly, from disease of the heurt. Ho had been sixty ycais in the army. In July, 1814, ho commanded the 82d before Fort Erie; from September 2d, and throughout the successive operations of the campaign on the Niagara frontier. He received the brevet promotion of lieutenant colonel for his conduct in repelling the attack on tho batteries and positiou before Fort Frie, ou the lTth of September, IbU.JJuffulo Convehteo to SrmnTAUsM. The Bos ton Courier announces editoriully without contradiction, the fuct of the circu a report that Prof. Felton, or Co) .lietinuuished for his G ree rculation of Harvard b, ........,.,. , u,,.,n tviiioi- i. ...i . i .),: ,, i ,1 ,.,-,;, - " j " " tfr a-':'in,!t pirltualifm, has become a bc- l- ' . .1 . i . . . i er in inut oocirine. u not a niouum "having found in the course of his researches ,ml the evidence was irresistible " A, r . t. i ' ,. " f'pl'osed to know something of Prof. Felton's opinions-that paper Lav ljM the channel through which, during the last year or more, the able Professor l, ,.b.. ..f i i 1... .. .-i..y.. vui .11 iiiuuvici iuiii s, t'liiiuiiaiiy, . .. .. " against f-pir.tiial.nm th.i uticontradicU-d announcement by that journal is rather re- 'mf.rkable than otherwise. Prof. Felton'a . ADVERTISING KATK8. One ik) a a re (1'Jliiiee or Uh, I ri vier niraicii') "lie iimerllou, (.1,011 " " Iwu iunerlinlie, 4M Kaih ulwrijuent lliwrlikti, 1,1'tl Reaninutil JcJutlinin to tWr w ho uiluiliio ly the year. JOD PRINTING. Tn ritnrniKTna or tiis AI'.GI'S ii nrrr In inform die puh.ir llint lie hn jux rrrpiird it urge mock of .lull TYI'K and oilier mw print in if tiuili rial, and will he in the enly in rijit o nit'litinni miiril to nil the r. r)nli -rt'-n'e eif th e Ic inliiy. II AMI1II.1. lciMUIH, !.AMs, CAItlW. C llttfl.AISS, I'AMrill.hT.Wl'liK nnd oilier kimln, ilmie to oiitrr. on nhorl notice. previous investigations of this subject had been understood to hare been very full, and they led him to oppose it as he did. Tho Springfield Ilepublicnn, another violent op po.cr of that doctrine, seems also to have changed its opinion iu tho same way as the Harvard Professor. ninoitla at Maiiara Vatts t'.arrlri a Man Arvost na bis llai-k. The DnlTalo Courier of A ng. 18 gives tin account of the performances of Mons. Blon- din on the two inch ropo stretched across the Xingnru Itiver below tho Fulls, After proceeding about ono hundred feet on tho rope he stopped, swung one foot and then the other, and then walking along fifteen or twenty feet, stopped, and tUmd vprn hi htad! head resting on the balancing pol?, which lay nero?s the rope, the ends supported upon the guy ropes. lie then ran ulong the rope, stood upon his land sat down turned nomsrsrlt backwards and forwards, nnd proceeded to the middle of the river where there arc no guys. Ho hero laid down on the ropo on his buck nt full length, stood on his head, laid his bal ancing polo across the ropo and stood upoti it with one foot, and buhinced it with the other foot, his hands lying by his side. He then passed along the rope to where the guys ou the Canada sidu were fastened, and laid down his balancing pole, and returned with his body suspended beneath the rope, running along with his hands and feet its an tipe to the middle of tho rope, between tho guys, llo here went through with all tho feats attempted by tight rope performers, such as hanging by one foot, then the other, by oue hand, then chopping his body down full length below the rope, nnd whirling round, resting his breiist upon the rope, ami with arms and legs extended us if in the act of swimming, lie hung by both arms, and then passed his body between his arms und tho rope, und in fact performed nil feats ever accomplished by the most agile tight rope performers. Iteturning to where his balancing polo was, ho took it up, and crossed to the Canada bank, stopping sev eral times to turn somersets, stand upon his head, upon one foot, and to lay down upon the rope. On reaching ' tho shore, he was received with tremendous cheers from tho crowd, and the locomotives on the bridge und on both sides of the river responded with their whistles. M. Blondin occupied something over half ait hour in crossing, most of tho time being spent in his performances on the rope. llu remained on the Cuiiada side to rest nnd refresh himself somo fifteen or twenty min utes, nnd again nppenred upon the rope. This timo ho had his iigent, Mr. Henry Colcord, a man weighing about 130 pounds upon his back, uud his balancing polo in his hands, llo proceded down the rop't very slowly and cautiously, as if feeling every filep, until ho was about ono hundred feet from the Canada side, when Mr. Col cord dismounted nnd stood upon the ropo immediately behind iMr. Blondin. They here remained lo rest probably three or four minutes, when Mr. Colcord again mounted, and Mr. Blondin proceeded, still walking very slowly, und stopping occasionally to bidaiico himself. They stopped five limes in crossing, and each time Mr. Colcord dis mounted, and 'again resumed his position. Ho hud his arms around Mr. Biondin's neck and his legs rested on tho balancing pole, lie wus in hiH shirt sleeves, uud wore u straw hat. About twenty-two minutes' wiru occupied in accomplishing tho first halt of Ihu rope, and the balance; in I wcuty, making forty-two miuiiles from bunk to bank. For somo seconds before tho A inericnu slioro wus reached the crowd gathered around tho cud of the rope becaiuo very noisy, and a good deal of excitement pre vailed, and when lie reached the staging on this hide safely the vast crowd shouted with the greatest enthusiasm. On reaching tlio landing Mr. IJIonditi was much flushed and appeared very much futigued, while M r. Colcord was pale but did not betray any signs of fear. It was about half pn::t six o'clock when ho reuched this side, and the. Irtiini, which hud been detained nnd were ready, started immedi ately for their several destinations with probably five thousand persons. Compmit'nn of a Student at Olin Academy, Clar.lamai County, Oregon. X. Of all the expositors thut have extended their excellent expositive expositions, riotto have expounded the inexpoundaldc, Inex orable letter X. But in exercising their expositive exertions they have unexpectedly exploded in expecting lo expose or expound tho inexplainablo, examinable, exegc-'.ichl, exemplary, exquisite, explicative, excflleni letter X. So, to exonerate themselves from tbo excessive btirduu of expecting to explain the inexplicable, f,vt!ng, inex pressible, Inextricable, iuexpirable, expedi ent X, the exponents have ctcsc-d iu their txigeuue to exK.-ct to expound the itiex pluinablo X. So tho e-.veulputory e xpost tor arc excusable for exculpating them selves from farther extending explanatory expositions in expecting to explain inexpli cable X X.