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?. . , "