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l)c regon Cirgus. W, L. A DAM. If KMTOR. OBJ0017 CITY I SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 25, 1860. Ii on article on the Harper's Ferry fo ray, tho North American and United Stutt Oaietto oss the following language: " 1 In aUniH to make pxlliical eij.ii.il nut of iKD mi i vfiii u Mtlie iiiurt of tl.e oU.iim lUwIf, and th m h liva m'.aike. m eajerly in tl.n t ia jraieful w.tk, ilito rn equal rrproblii,il Willi Ihe cri, inn) eoilcleiatee l IIiiihii. he fur u lit luv mi. n, iIk li ilu 1!ciiiU can .r,.a, wiih on 'Mrl, llMrliliaiae)'! the art Willi hiuoll em haa ill" prrm of euyo'lier irly ill llm X irlli r Huutli. It miller bit li .ilmii of no .In i I "f op iiiuu uio. rif hl-tliiiikiiig ii, ml lliow li lure l t i.p.f, khIi nil tit lioua leil, la kI thi Mart li nuii.g a pt.wn cry, ar ullef.y La worlliy of lo.lllenu or rrii el." Tho Ci uiJ5-t(', lii expressing tle opinion that tlio dtniniK'iie who has "raised (lie partisan cry" over Old Ibown's filibuster project ' "utterly unworthy of confi icnre or mp'cl," txpresiie the opinion of all candid ami right thinking men. The iffitrt of skulking demagogues to Implicate (be Republican parly In lirown'i guilt, vhen tin y Imvc not Icon able to product) b particlu of evidence to km lain their cliurgcs, a also the niHuti attempt to show f hut Rijiulilicitn Journals ympntliio with Urown, l.y quoting garbled extracts from artifice in Republican papers, lion recoiled upon tlm heads of tho mad fanatics who lievo embarked In thin enterprise, mid in stead of weakening tho Republican party, it Lax strengthened it till over tho Union. Tho elTuct of such t mean, reckless, and in judicious system of parlhan tactics has been jtut what ony HciihiMo might have known It would he tnong reading, thinking, and in telligent people. While it hasn't converted a single JlcjiuMivuii, it hits ho disgusted thinking men in all pnrtii s opposed to us thnt ninny have either boldly come out and Toted our ticket, or else Iiutu become so lukewarm thut they luko no Interest in pol itic and nfuse to vote, us a correspondent of tho Richmond (Vo.) Enquirer my thousands did nt the recent election in New York. The Harper's Ferry placer has been worked " to tho bed rock" worked thoroughly two or three times over, by ' kioluing,' ' tunneling,' 1 wadiing' ' surface -dirt' through Ih tuorralic ' rockers,' 'sluices' .mid 'long torn,' and then, to muko doubly mire thut t!o ' new diggings' would ' pay,' Democratic cditum have been made to run tho dill through their vilu euri':,--cs by rat in if, yt thero husn't been onu of them who Iiiia been able to approach hin South em drivers with his hat under his arm, from bim of tho New York News do u to De lusion, and my, 'Muuva, Jit ram J the tutor." 'ow the reason that these ' new S:,;' havo lurind out n liuuibutr, while it iiwy be a matter of wonder to smli ns Cruuks, is quite apparent to in. The wholo lliinghns been most bungl'ii-ly iiiannged by n si l of tluughfiieo blocklieiuN, who.'e tactic in thin, m in most everything; else. ahow that we uro very much indebted to driveu-n'ggcr editnm for help in breaking down tlio liugtM Deiuoeruey. A member of Congress recently stilted thut the " New otk Herald supplied tho Democratic par ty wit.i brains." Now, iilien, in addition to this, wo statu that the Herald has al.so been looked lo by the suiall liy doughface cditurH for a ciiinpaign ji(t;rriiniiit, wo get nt tlio whole dillieiilly. The policy of tho Jlerukl is destined lor one latitude, while that of tho small-fry organs lie Delusion 'medium of silfikfcn.se' uinl Slater's f ingle- atruigfU li.ldle ,"' to be d s't'iud for an oilier. Tho Herald is gollni tip entirely Jr int Southern market where Uepubli can papers arc seldom read, being generally destroyed by Democratic postumstirs when Bent there, instead of being handed oviir to subscribers. The great business of tho Heruld is to build up a great Southern sec tional party to keep the Smith it unit, and .persistently Democratic. Tills it uttempts 'to do, by so m'srcpiescntiiig Northern sen timent, by so falsifying facts, mid by so ca lumniating Northern men ns to constantly keep fanning (he llnniu of Soulhern preju dice and hato toward the Northern States Consequently the Herald is swift to mis represent r.cpulilicau journals, by making garbled extracts ft out them, so culling and arranging Ih. in as to m d;o them say the very opposite of what they do say. This view of tho matter umd it obvious to its why the Herald recently so arranged gar- uieu paragraphs nam tho New York Trib uno as to make thnt paper justify Brown's foray, when the article quoted from iu the Tribune pmitively condemned thr whole thing as tiiijiistiriabl,-, lawless, nnd insurrec tionary. 1 he Hi raid knew very well that tho Ti.bune would never to seen by its i--.ii i oouuieru reader, its repr, vnlat:.nof that papers sent itnenls would to taken as true, and its uau villa'iiy 0:tlJ never be detect Mil t . l. ill s i.s a sample of tho Herald's tac tics for bniMinj up the Democratic party m ut . Mtn. .-Vow every onecan Methat if the Somliern rradcrs of the Herald could seo tlic il publ.Van jujicrs, so grossly niiuipresi-iitwl, the effect would be that the Herald's policy would, by disgusting its re auers, trenk tip the party it is now ce menting together by a bitter conijiomtd of eectiomdista. Hence it U obv.omt that while the Herald's poli.j may Ivo w.-ll suit- 1 I. ,1. . C .1 , iu mi- ooh'i, ni-re i-m vatic post masters allow the rnople tosn- but one aide, it would be perfectly suicidal at the North,' where tl.e light of IJejmbliean'sm cannot U excluded by Di:;iatic nT.ij even from Ffc7pt. Wbca, tlK-rrfore, k.c! one-1 cyod, blutntit demagogues as Dilution and oilier small fry of the driven-nigger force, ho look up to leaden for policy, to Presi dents for ' higher law,' and to conventions for principle who can't walk slrulght on the political Idghwuy unless they ste pinned to the coat-tail of inani'ni, who ore always afraid of being kept away from their mas ter's crib unless they ore constantly geared to his cart when such fellows, we say, go round through the Xorih grinding an or gan that is designed for another lutitud", the effect Is to disgust and drive swny from their support tho men they thought to charm by what nppcurcd to them as de lightful music. 'ow the fact Is, as stated by tho Ga zelle, thut so fur as we know not a single Republican paper has jutifld the Harper's terry outrage, nnd every intelligent North ern man knows it. Tlio garbled extracts Hist have been paraded before us by some of the sectionnl organs lure, nro all made up to their hand by some nn-li memlueious journal as the Herald, expressly for South ern consumption. These editors In On-gon never saw the papers, and if they had seen them, they would Imve been too lazy lo sift them, clip them, and distort them, even if they have the disposition. We might, by a similar system of garbling, show that tho sectionul organs approve of Drotvu's foruy. But what would be the effect if we should? Would it convert a single Black? or strengthen a singlu Republican? Would it not mthcr render us unworthy of confi dence or respect with Republicans, who never toltrutc uny thing in their journals but the naked, omtiijiotrnt, unaniiwcruble, ur. Mailable TltCTII ? To show just how the mean and falsifying Denioe: aey get up their extracts to impli cit to Republican journals, we will make n quotation or two from sectional or-'iiiw here to prove thnt the Blacks sympathize witli Obi Brown. Wo first ouote from Delusions ' medium of Bt-ll-defense': " Ilurruli for (J, J JJruwu. Aliolit .mi.m ..! Now thut luoks a good deal as though this fanatic had gono in, body nnd boots, for Brown, nud wus delivering himself of u little of his Oberlin Miigh-fulutin as the New lork Herald culls it. I he next extract wo make iu from the I'ortland Times: 'It llruwa'e execution in he tiuctrthj it I'lored Uy all brnre and nuiiily tjnritH, uhu honor a vouraijmiM and olnvalrii- m.ul. w0 ilui.bt il lniory r,iriii,li..-a a nii.ro mlmwilile in iltiuct of iniltiiiutiihlc euumgt in ilrijinatt tn trrpntr, or a wore i...m am, uAi.LA.vr okahinu III Ilia f.un nf im iiiubp ilcilh, lle.n ,a breu mimtu by Lu.t. ll.i.wu ilir..iijlioiii lii lale uilvi-n tuio. Aa lor liruwn Ii iiuhiII'. we jahs eTLT Horn am. tKLiava that llztcutice clcmtn, v l:- i.e. .. . . ' . n njr, in virw 01 lilt) l-VliK-lll fuel Hut lie i. tu ay the Vf ty leu.i, a inoi.oin.uiiae." Well, if that doesn't look like embracing Old Brown, hugging him, mid Squeezing him, uud then tiik.ng him tip on the shoul ders, packing him uroiiud before the public. extolling his virtues, uud pulling him us one of tho 'Lrurtsl,' ' most cAiWWc' souls," of ' lofty (thJ gallant biariny,' that even his tory mentions, nnd then pueking him tip before Gov. Wise, nnd getting down on li s marrow bones, shedding tears as big us walnuts, to exeito ' executive clemency,' it must certainly look that way to a Democrat. Well, as we have now given n bird's-eye view of Democratic tactics uud their re sults, we shall stop right here, by suggest ing that tho Black Central Committee ut ashingtou be empowered by the Charles ton Convent'on to write out a pocket edi tion of Democratic tactics for the use of the driven-nigger whippers in at tho North. tiit a I'.oiUIW-aic Delusion says: "The ulinlitii.n bl.'ick-rii ir.l ..r ,1,. l he win n he .ij wv are a k mm u" of Umii Nii'th.' " We are sorry to sec an ' Oberlin clergy- man Using such language. Wo had what with us wus good authority for stating that Delusion was u kinsman of the other Smith fanatic. We are, however, disposed to be entirely fair iu the mutter, and il Delusion will write on to Uerrit and get a 'certifi cate' denying tlio correctness of the report, we will cheerfully niuko the correction Delus'on's experience with 'certificates' from Gwin, Cox, and others, however, has taught us not to trust the writing of them to the ' Gentleman from Linn.' We shall write the certificate otnself, and it shall run tiller this wist:: "I, Gem't Smith, beinur dulv aw-nrn .l.i certify thnt the statement muiio in thn'tlr. egon Argus tlmt ' the lreutlcinau from Mun is a regular descendant of Jmhis J sen riot, and n kinsman of mine, is, according- to my liest knowledge mid belief, incorrect, as my family has never traced its ancestry- to Ju das. am also satisfied that my grand father Jonathan, who wus in the war of the Revolution ton the '1 Jonathan that Delusion speaks' of iu his Swackhnmcr biography." Noiv, Deluaion, if your kinsman will sign the above under Oath, without screaming out " I protest," we will l.tcn to make an 1 liuiuule apology to Gerrit Smith for hnvinir stated that lie was in any manner connect ed M your ' hiMtiia it.i- V nia AballtlBataa. We frequently hear Dciuocruts express ing their firm conviction that Delusion was an abolitionist while III Oberlin. ' There Isn't the least doubt in our mind but whut thut Is the fuct. Now we happened to be iu the Western Reserve country when this Institution was Murted. It was ulways known to be an ubolition hole, and its whole social system wus bused upon the iiftrro-equalily system. It was never pat ronized by any but extreme ubolitioiiists. The Western Reserve wus full of manual labor Institutions w here young men could educate themselves, but it seems according to Delusion's " biography" thut be passed them ull by and went directly to Oberlin, where none but ubolitioiiists ever went In making a trip through Ohio in 181 1, our curiosity led us some five miles out of our route to sec a place which bad become so noted for linving introduced a purti- colored social system, as nu experiment. We usked and obtained the privilege of vis iting the classic walls of the sumo college where Delusion was educated. The first room we vinitcd wus a small one some nine feet by twelve, with ono window in front. It was occupied by three students, one of whom was n negro. The negro Sat ut the window, which was tip, with big feet on the easing, reading Xenop'.iou with nn nir of great self-couipbtceuey. Tho. two white students who roomed with him were sitting immediately behind him, and took till the nir uiul light thut entered through the win dow second-handed. We were so disgusted with the spectacle that wo left without vis iting another room. Wo told them thut, while we were decidedly opposed to any thing liLe un oppression of tho humblest of God's creatures, wo wc.ro decidedly uverse to a negro-equality system, nud would leave them to manage and enjoy their own domes tic institutions in their own way. We learned thut it was no uncommon thing to sto a white " ludy" (?) promenading tiie b! reels with a burly Afr.cun. Now does any man believe thut Delusion would liuve educated himself for " three months" (the only schooling we believe ho bus ever had) at such u place as this while there were other superior institutions, so fur as scien tific advantages ure concerned, if he wasn't u red mouthed ubolitiouist? Ho tells us in Swuekhuuicr that ho left the place in dis gust. Thut may ull bo true, but his " dis gust" was treated no doubt by the cheek thut tho more judicious managers held over his usiiully indiscreet disposition to lead. They feared hi projects for perfecting n parti-colored social system wus too black even for tho most ultra negro-worshipers. It was probably cither this, or thut he be came "disgusted" by being "sacked" by some strapping wench who preferred tho company oi somo White "geinmeir not qu.tu so timorous as Delusion. Thers is no doubt whatever with us tlmt Delusion was nu ultra ubolitiouist ut Ober lin, and tho display be now makes in his paper of Gerrit Smith's insane, ravings nt Republicans is the fruit of his " first love" ut Oberlin. Horrible tutantroube-aoo rraa kit tea One of the most terrible catastrophes on record occurred In I.uwrencc, Mass., Jan, 10, about 5 o'clock In the evening, by the falling of the IYmhcrton Mills, while some COO ojierutives were at work, instantly kill ing over 200, mostly girls. The building was five stories hlh, 280 feet long by 70 wide, with an L 45 feet square on tho west side. It run 2,700 spindles, und OliO 0m ratives were employed. At tho time of the disaster a portion of them had gone to supper. To add to the horror of the scene, ubout 9 o'clock a lire broke out in the ruins, resisting all attempts to quench it, uud driving awny those who w.-ro laboring lo extricate the sufferers from btneath the ruins, many of whom were still uninjured but the flames cousuiu"d them. The following shows tho number of the killed and wounded: Dead 117 Missing 8!) Total. 20(1 Badly wounded 1 1 'J Slightly wonuded 200 Total killed and wounded. . . . IiJi Hute Airlroltwral Kaclrty. The delegates from tho vnrious county agricultural societies met at Salem on the 22 1 lust., and organized by the election of J. Q. Thornton, of Benton, as temporary president, and A. G. Wulling, of Multno mah, as scca-tury. After tho adoption of a Constitution, the following officers were elected: President W. II. Rector, of Marion. Vice Presidenis Win. Mellree, of Linn county; J. . 'Iliornton, of Benton; John Y hiteuker, of Lane; T. 1. Kvre. of Mari on; Dr. Lunacy Hall, of Umpqua; L.K.V. Coon, of Dunging; John E. Ross, of Jack- sou; M. Crawford, of Yamhill; Win. Bar low, i i laekamas; llios. Frazar, ot Mult nomah; W. H. Bennett, of Washington; Pres't of Co. Society, of Wasco; Thomas Smith, of Columbia; Win. Tichcnor, of Curry; T. I). Winchester, of Coss; C. H. DiivicUoii, of Tillamook; J. D. Wullimr, of Polk. Cor. Scc'y Samuel E. May, of Marion Kec. I.ueien Ilea tu, " Trcns. J. II. Moorcs, " A committee wus appointed to draw nr. a petition to bo presented to tho Legisla ture asking an appropriation of money for the benefit of the Society. The Slate Fair is to be held nt the Fair Grounds of the Linn County Agricultural Society, on tho 2d Tuesday iu October of the present year. SoiTiiKtix Mail. We learn from Post- master Fleming that the proposal of dipt. V. 1-. II edges lor carrying the mail from Oregon City to Corvulbs and back, once u week, has hern accepted by the Depart ment. The service is to be performed one year Tor f 1,000. Tito semi-weekly mail w.th w hich we have been favored for some mouths past will, of course, be immediately discontinued. This is the most important mail route in Oregon, imj t,e discontinu ance of the semi-weekly mail will be a great inconvenience to our citizens. This our readers will sec is another instance of Jo Lanes great infliutoe. at Washington iu be nailol the interests of Oregon. The peo ple of this valley are now to be deprived of nan tiieir mail lucd.ties, uud go back to what was allowed eight years ago. If Jo Lime keeps on Inlping Oregon, wo shall probably soon have a monthly mail by iiie iuor oi this pro-slavery administra tion, carried on loot or iu a canoe. Arrival of tail, tukt-r. V 1 1 .I , ... r si -uaner, into OI Cal lorn a ..... t. ... mine on tuo j-uiiunm this week, and went on up to Salem, whither his family had gone before him, and whero he designs to make his residence. We congratulate the people of Oregon, and more especially the Kepuoiicans of our State, upon the coining of this gentleman in our midst. His abili ties ns un ndvocato ure of the very highest order, und ns a stump orator he is surpassed ny none m tho I tiiou. His reuown in this respect iiad preceded him here, ns there are hundreds in Oregon who knew him in Illi nois years ngo, and who will heartily wcl- conio Ins presence among ns. In the campaign last year in California, toi. li.iker made the canvass for Conress and received a larger vote than was ever before thrown for any Republican in that State. i-i r..uir.,i a n. i p io me 'jii Jan. the House had not organized. An attempt was being made to have a vote on a reso lution that tho plurality elect a Speaker, but the attempt was unsuccessful nt the la test dates. On the 19tlt the fact was elic ited indebato that an ngreenient md been signed by forty or fifty Democrats, consti tuting one tilth of tho members of the House, that they would prevent a vote be ing taken on the pltmil.ty rule. This fact was brought to light through the ingenuity of Hon. Schuyler Colfax of Indiana. The Herald's correspondent says the dcvelope meiits of the l'Jih, it is lu liovcd, will elect I -Mr. Sherman by a majority vote within a WtHK. ancestry. Gaxhos. The Portland correi.non.le,, ui me cum, nnn Mvl a rumor is current i UK mmii .kamkex On the outside of this wills Argus will bo found some very vuiuaoie iniornmtion to those going to the new imnrs taken from the Mountaineer. VI e see that Dr. J. N. Bell, who lately re- turueu to me lilies, from the Siuiilkameen, as again departed for the new diggings. that a Democratic paper is to be publish.,) " ' l'"r,J of so"", - w;i!l d at Orcirou City with the tvi .,,1 ,.., r R0:i,!t l'' ' Since and the We- mo Argus, ilu U all a mistake. W suppose the report obtained currency from tlio fact that a few days since a l."...ll,. uutche. The Daily News has information from a miner who believe that w.tli the best mi. n... .... i nil aiMiiiAn.s.o fr... . """"i around looking np the old . u"c ,u "o ounces per materials ou which the Free Presa was 1 CU" B,aJtf b' bar,lJ. ent,riris.ng at one time printed. Whether he found I '" them or not, we don't know paper started it would Were such air We are wider ol,l Vt;. tt ... rrolmllr advo- Snvler P,,K,.r i... i . . rule Dolfs.u. for U. ft. Senior. Ife Z, f"' --Jr., tW expect to tee Northern funmics w-Mnnij Dre:,.,p,in ,e farm of a fallows." So you seem to think that whilo South era ' fanatics,' or disunion Democrats, will probably yet be hung, their doughface ni nes, or northern faliutics,' will bo let off on condition or their doing penance by wearing only tho ' form of n gallows' iu the shape, or a ' breastpin.' Don't be fooled, Delusion! vou will all together probably have to wear something in the 'form of a gallows,' several sizes laryer than a breast pin, when the Republicans have the Gov ernment, and you ntten.pt to curry out dis union or democratic principles. Tho lead ing disunion abolitionists will also all be seen iu a row with you wearing the same ' form' put on a little higher up than a 1 breastpin.' SiiniTEn. We learn thnt a shoot'ii" affair took place in Portland last Wednes day evening, under the following circum stances: It seems that a vountr ln.lv orphan, of very respectable character, felt her honor insulted by the conduct of n cer tain young man, and meeting ,im on the street, on the day above mentioned, de manded a retraction of the insult, which being refused, she drew a revolver and fired couple of shots at him, one of which i. rr. smmg m fire (00 not tor linn, the vounir in,n tnnt I.:.. heels, and made good time in getting of tlu, n-.ii VV- . " venture me opinion mat, no young man will ever "fool" with that girl. Ft- -''Ot'XTAlXEKR. This is the title of Taper winch has taken the place of the fanes journal, nnd is published and edited by Wm. IL Newell. It is sometl: II. . ., ... .1 . o -...,.cr man me journal was, bnt the pub- LakA. L ........ . i,i op pi io nuu it law enonh tn employ Lis attention. It is independent in pol.tics. HummAVV of rvv. Hon. Charles raulkm-r, of Virginia, now Minister to France, Is iu W aliiiigion. Judire Cradlelmni'li, of tho United St.it i',..i..r..l r'nnrt of L'tuh. who Is In that city l,a addressed a letter to Mr. Hooper, el. J egate to t'ongn-M rrom that Territory, and a Mormon iu full communion, In which he challenges him to a pubi c dicu on on he nructicis and tendencies of .llormoii.nn In view of the prouiiuenee lately given lo riu i una m. sue i a t bsciiss.oii wouiu in- lra.-t thi- ult.-lilioil of the whole country It Is not believed that Mr. Hooper will accept the proposition. The New York H-rald's Wnh'nc,loii correspondent says tlmt Renlf, old Brown's .S -,-r, t,irv of Siuti'. has arrived, and will totily before tile S'-imte luvesligiitiiis Com lii'ttee Jim. 21. It is staled that he de elares the net of Brown was separate, from all political ortui.zatious ami poliliem-is, und Ihut he did nothing lo impl cute any meiutier of the Republican parly, lie will testify to n correspondence between Brown and Senator ilaon, but lie ass. lis nun Mr. Wilson denounced the propodtion of Brown to run slaves out of the slave Mat. ns an uet of madness. This will prol ably induce tho Commiitee to call Wilson as a witness. Joshua R. Giddiie.'s and John Brown. Jr.. A. M. & A. Lawrence, mi l Mr. Saiifbrd of Massachusetts, will be sub- pumacd ns well. Rculf is looked upon ns u most important witness, as he has unheal I'd thut he will make A clear breast of the affair, und it is understood he will implicate prominent persons in New York uud New Liigimul. Tlio immigration to Pike's Peak, it would seem has nlremlv eoniineneid. The St. Joseph Gazette of Jan. 10, uunouuecs the arrival iu thut city of onu huuilred unit twenty gold seekers Irom Ohio, who were ou their w ay to the land of gold, n promise. Mr. liretrorv, the iliscovin r of the Grego ry diggings, was to have left St. Jos -ph for the mines on 17 u!t. A report had prevailed several dars that Postmaster-Gem rul Holt contemplated re mug Ins pos.t.oil. 1 lus oi'lguuiled in nu understood difference between himself uud the other members of the Cabinet, respect. lug un interpretation of the law relnt.ve to the curtailment of the mail service, but it is now umlcrstiMxl thut the coiillictm views have been reconciled. The Treasury balance is tinder $8,000, 000, including tin amount sul ji-ct lo dral'l and reserved lor mint service, upon which advances uro nuulo i,y ovpos tsol gold dust torco.nage. Jkall tins sum is intended lo meet the Po-tollicc d licieucy, due hist July, whenever Collar ss ahull puss the np ropri ation b.ll. The rot is requ red for the six months ending Deccinbir Rich.-! id H'lilf, who reached Washington with door-keeper Jones, of the Senate, was examined January 21, by the Harpci's Ferry Committee. Ho is reported us being hiirldr educated. Dead. Literature has suffered an irren- arablo loss in the death ot Lord Macaulay, Utter known as T. Babimrton Maeaulav' the brilliant essayist and great historian of hngUud. who expired at London on the 28th of DeccnrfH'r, agtd 59. fc3N. B. I,ii;allH l,a bern Tracy Cos Exprwj for thi, city. The Wash'n;;lon correspondent of the New York Hi raid savs that ou Salurd.iv. January 21, Reulf, who w.is exam ned by the Semite Committee, testified tin t Sena tor WiNon wrote a I tier to Dr. Howe i i '57 or '5-S, stilting that he learned fiooi Forbes that Brown was about to make n rn d into some Soul hern Slutcs for the nur- poso of t.heratiiig slaves, and would have money luricshed iu Massnchusi tts to aid him; thut lie, Wilson, regarded the project as a mail cii", nud that Howe ought to w.lhdruw all aid intended for Kansas. Ri.'af testified that Howe sent a conv of Wilson's letter to Brown; that Brown be came enraged and abandoned the work, but subsequently pursued pro-sl ivery men into Missouri, and curried oil' some slims. Senator .Mason notified Senator Wilson of the above, uud that he should be present on Monday, January 23, and rend the tes timony una make such explanations us he pleased. the Knino correspondent, on Monde v. siys thnt on that day Reul's testimony was eoiieludul. He detailed tho organization ..f "!.. T l ft oi urow ii s i tov.s onai uoverniumt. a conv HI.. - . . ' I oi winch was sent to Eiis and in ls.",s He knew nothing of Brown's oiicr.ili ms nfierwards : could ideiiii v no I tiers ot browns in the carpet-bag. Senator ilsou oflered to maka a state tiient lit some future tune, nnd would rro- ., i.-.i..... i . . . . i once ins icuer to im nmve. lie nn sent to Natick for it. Tliis was considered sat- IslactoiT. Renlf testified that what Brown said was known to but few persons, us Brown kept his own counsels. No one but Kngie was informed 'of the plan, which did not contemplate running off negroes that brown was n radical abol.tionist. and ! ways denounced Republicans; that when Senator Wilson made his sp ech in Lmv- ence, they assailed him for failimr to nn prouch their standard of duty. bhiT, of tollinsville. testified tUi the ikes he innnufaetured were ordered duriir ic ivausas troui.ie, and for protection. Ullandcr, Cashier of the Hanlnr.l lt.,,,l- tcstified that Brown had funds there which' he had drawn to furnish Rlllil.lies t,r k" o..c knew nothing of the ormiiiynti.-,,, nf n,J ..... - o -. . v. . . ,4 iigmiii movemeut till it was published. The President has ordered fifteen, thou sand muskets from the Spriugfield (Mass.) Armory to Charleston, S. C, Augusta Gn., Baton Rouge, Ln.; and nine thousand rifles troin other Northern armories for Southern use. B.ll nppropriatin, Armorr passed ih. January 21. By the arrival of an official express nt Acnpulco, nn hour previous to the depar ture of the Champion, inteH gence was re reived of tho defeat of Jl rnmon before era Cruz, with a loss of 5000 men. Latfr from Mpti.-o T!,o .!..; . . ai.liua ooiu .uexieo, received nt Washington, fa vor the idea or the recognition of the Jimr- government by England, with Bneh minus riH-oiuin'tidafon. Th alias bright--ned up the hones of tl, T. h...t.. r, i ----- M "uiim iu a.uiii' p,ete success, and deortsseil thi. l.n.u.. nr : ' lfVrlurt of CaI. akftUr or7i Thut gallant defender of hi. honor uud fame, E. D. Baker, will tj' leave on the steamer Pacific, for q'J He (toes there with the most eurneit iC' wishes of every true Republican nntVT iu California, but throughout the UaiS States. It is not too much to predict ln will not bo long there before his ever .1 quent voice will be heard rniiuciatint L greut principles that distingui.l, t,e n?? beun puity from the shivery-cxteiwW iT iuoiraey4 That he will have great liill enee upon tho election there to com off it June, iioiih can doubt, for there are tlioiil kiiiiiIs or people iu Oregon who knew iZ iu Illinois long years ugo, ami who renitul b,T him us one of the most eloquent Mj patriotic men that ever wus sciittoGn! cress from the West. The fame of hi , q'icnrewill have preceded him, and ifu shall chooso to enter tho campaign, the tt noiiuceliient that ho is to speak will call Hie people by thousands to hear him, nndluert' will be u degree of enthusiusin never before wiliicMcd iu Oregon. We confidently looktosco Oregon rf deemed to see tt Legislature clec?ed tay posed lo the present corrupt adiiiiuwtratk!) at Washington that shall send to the $ S. Senate two men of different characUr nnd principles rrom Jo Lane and Delusion Siniili. Wo hope to see Oregon reiireiMi ed by men opposed to tho extension of slavery ut the point of tho bayonet, when me pnjuiiar voice is ng'illist it Iiy nxy who are free white men nnd white luuorit opposed to the rulu of Ethiopia. We will miss Col. Baker in the comW campaign in this State. But we beKerelw hits done well m going to Oregon. He can' t fleet more there. California, is given on to the slave Democracy. Oregon has mora' sell-respect. Go, then, gallant cliunipiou iu a giorinus cause. Raiso your veice in favor of liberty, justice, und the eternal right, among ihe hills nnd valleys of Or-- gon. ion leave inuiiy fr.euils behind too. whose pro vers for the successor voursclfaiid the ennse which you so eloipiently advocita will be wafted hence: Go forth nnd Aght' the good light. Our In arts are with yoo,. " In m.iti'nf rik knn.l len pcal nir, In -pileiif lih'a i a ilmi.ln.re, n, n ir fear to k east tlie tea ! Our li. ui la, nur li .'es, am all wilh ihre, Cur lic irls. hit li.iiea, nur piuyen, our lain'. Our fa III ll iui.. hnlil o'er our frara, Are u'l u iih ihuo -,iru all with lime I" S.l Tine.' SlSKIXU OK Tllii SrKAMKIt Ei.K. Orf Sunday evening last, nbuut seven o'clock (he steamer Elk struck u snag a short dis tance above Corvallis, nnd in three minutes sunk in ten feet of water. There wersoa o.i nl several hundred bushels of wheat, and a quantity of other produce. Till wheat wus principally saved, butt ii l damage 1 condition. The E k will be raised, and towed to some place where the can be beached until tho wsiUr fulls, when pairs will be made. Ami:ricax Stock Jont.v.u.. W knre' the first Number for 1800. Its content on inr-nd it lo the tittentiun of every runner" nnd stock-grower, ns it is devoted to tfao mproveinent of I'oiueslic animals. It it published monthly nt 25 Purk Row, Ktw York, nt one dollar per year;, and each number contains 2 largo octavo pagei, Imndsomefv illustrated. The engruviiics ot he Improved Kentucky Sheep nnd other nuiiniils, in the number before us,, nro tell worth the subscription price. Arrival oj the Mail. Tho steamer' 'uii.ima, with the mails, and dates from lbs East to Jan. 23, arrived ut Portland Tues day, Feb. 21. We ure under obligation to Tracy k Co. for late papers. The new will bo found elsewhere in our columns.. r SoOO.OOO Tor a State Virginia Legislature, the Reactionists. The Mex :t'Iin Pllliinrt Anna t.:l. inilt tilt atlj SUL"ntP.. l.e Ttnnlm.a.n -ril I - J """"""'I will le necessary. Xo official authority sus tains the report that Tnlnntwr n;,i I aceepti-d without Ihe conuurr. nee of the I mted States Government Armed mm proposing to co South mar l,ar an other schema. As McLane's protest against the Tjcntv vii massacre has received no resi.ons. fmm M rauion, the prot,,t of M.rauion w.ll r. ce-ve no notice from onr Government. tO-Ti.o Republican -Central Comrail t;e nu t iu Porihmd on tho 22J instant, and appointed Messers Joel Burlingaimy II. W. Corbet t, and Frank Johnson del egates to the National Convention. Thanks. Frank llollistcr, Esq., tins laid tqioa our table a plentiful supply of late Eastern papers. Mr. II. receives, at the Drug Store, every mail, a large quantU ty of newspapers nud magazines, for sale., Oumced. O. II. Adams, Esq., of Yam hill, has placed upon our table a fine fat turkey a very acceptable contribution. Oliver raises fine turkeys, and makes ft most scusiblo distribution of them. For the Mixes. We sec it stated that three-fourths of tlio fanning population ("I Marion, Polk, nnd Linn counties ate pr. paring to start for the S'milkamccn dig. gmgs iu the Spring. Pen. Doc We are under obligations to Hon. Lansing Stout for a copy of the Geih ernl Report upon the Zoology of the sever al Pacific Railroad Routes. It is ft large volume, splendidly illustrated. Portland Gas Works. The iron pipe and apparatus for the Portland Gas Works, lately arrived on the bark Samuel Mcrritt Divorces. At ihe lute session of tb Legislature of Washington Territory four teen divorces were granted. 6S-Cris Taylor, Agent of Tracy Co. iu this city, has our thanks for fevon shown the office. MAHaiBD: At the ret deuce of ihebride'a fathar, Fta. 1. by P. U. arhart. Vjx., Mr. J. L. Stonl, of Claeka-m.-ia couury, to M. Anna E. Gearhart, of ClaUaf PUina. At Fort Walla Walla. W.T, Jan. !. 1860. by Rv. IJ. II Spjlding, Mr. Juhq Mineiop lo Mr. A. lUhop On the I Old lnant, by Rev. Vf. 9. Lewia.'!' John Wiikinaon Iu M m Adaliue Xeevra, bot I Wan I. In Cortland, on the 2Cd inalant ! At rrf Pima. Mr Marce Meyerto Mua Adata Msf ' tr, boil, of ihtt p ace. SXS9: Near l-'oraat (imre. on the 4ih iataat. Lane i e of Orua Rron. a.'l 4J yean. In PurtUn-t, on the I l:h irrant. M-tth era, agej b-ot 1?. . , "