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5!l)c(Drc(0nClrgu W. I.. A OA US, KMTOR, oksooiy CITY SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 100. Tkry 'Ivy tl 1 We hnro already shown Hint tlio only j,voed uiUii;ouIfcU there- uro in this Gov ernment belong to tidier the motional dc inoLTury or their natural allies the Guni toninn abolitionists. We hove shown that of ull Iho Voters in the slave State hut little more than one hulf of them vot-d tli s.'Ctioniil tii Id-t in 18.10. Sines that time, the deiiini-rulic party, by it extravagances In sepiniiderlng the public 1110111, It gro-i frauds in trying to curry c!o t idiih, mid it ni'n'iwiMljmiMuB in f.imif if.'uiii fn u-i.ll fll ifi hollow hypocr'py iii feigning great lovo for t!in South, when it every net shows tlmt it cherishes no nrt of sympathy for anything Southern null es it weur the 1I1 mocrutic brand has fallen oft until it in now doubt ful whether more than linlf of the nctu:il voters in the slave Stuteg vote tin Demo- cr.it'c tic ki t. Tlmt would in round mini litr.i put the vote of the Kootionnlists mid of tlie opposition, or Whigs, nt about live hundred thousand each. Now every niun of intelligence known tlmt of those who votij the dcinoerntie: ticket in the South not oim hulf could be curried with the parly upon the l.'.'ie, " Shall the South so culo from the Union upon the election of n Stcpiiblican IVisiiluiit?" IJul, lupposo (hut Hires fifth of them could then the disiwionists would have only three l undrid thousand voters orniyed in dendly hostility against seven hundred thoiHninl Union iu::ii, who would despise tho dibiiuiouists us lieiirtily ns the whigs in South Curolinu dc- 'm.'(I the C'ulhouii disuuioiiists in I HI! J nnd the love tlmt existed between these two parties tli'-it in suid to have been much tins mime us tlmt which existed between the whig and lories of the Revolution, Upon tlio issue of disunion, then, we find the demoe-rutm pnrty would dwindle down to less tlmn one third of the whole popula tion and th.it third comprising the most . ignorant, poverty-stricken, nnd cowardly of the wliolo Southern population, headed by such demagogues us Curry, Cluy, Ivcr (ion, Singleton, I5rown, uudJcfT Davis, who rodn into office by appealing to the preju dices of the "poor whites" who in uil the Southern States ore democrats, nnd in neurly nil of them are but little uhciid, in ,po!ut of Intelligence or social stunding, of the plantation uiggers. These "poor wliiti-8" arc, ,ko lunny of tlio Northern democrats, kepi voting the dunocrat; ticket by the howl of lying demagogue, who tell them 11 The whigs nud blink re- publieiius uro nerg.-r njuul.li men und ub olitionists. Jf they nra elected, the Union will bo busted ull to uiuisli!" Now these poor whites uru the most cordiul irggcr- hater there arc liko ull democrats, the nearer uiij npproxiniuie 10 Hie level of a nigger, the stronger their aversion to him 'They uru very willing to vote tlio "Jimmy- trutic briil to keep tlio ' nccgciV under .nnd "save the Uuion," but when the dis union issue is tried on, they will very quick Jdrap" tho Miinmycrutic tcckit' when it means a "fmit," As to the democratic allies in the North, who iiiv counted on by elisuiron fcilanmn cuts to luriiicr their unholy schemes, who ond what tiro they? A few toad-cutiii" -editor hkc Delusion, who, in hopes of 1111 olllce, justify treuMin in their inust.-r.s ns "lueeNsaiT coiisiqucnces of Northern n, grcss.on." They urc nil the most iibiect eluvcs nnd cowunlly slinks tlmt history guvs uny ucixjinit or, and, hko the lories ol me ui-vo 111 .on iiml the IwiW ruffians of Kansas, their prowess during the progress ol a civil war would only show itself in such iiels of cowardly utcoctv us sei-rcilv burning tliu burns of patriots and abusing ihiK'int less women. Three Union loving patriots could put n score of Iheiu to Ipght, mm cuuse tlicni to crawl so fur into u hol low log that it would luke a very huigole to hook them out by the boot-stra. lie tides, to save our barns from lieing burned, any of tlif 111 could be hired for twenty live dollars to turn truifcrs to tlve-ir Southern masters, rruwl out of the hollow logs, and 'take tho slump' for h Union. Wc speak thul we do know, when wo state tlmt the brawling, red-mouthed, disunion, democratic demugogues in Congress are not representing the heavy cnpitul interest or Hie South. Tl0 wealth und intelligence of the South is embraced by what is term ed the Opiiosition. Southern wealth, k.; wealth eviry where c'g, is conservative. I A dissolm'oM of the Union would bo nu ntter i Tilke of ull earthly possessions und a surrender of life iulf on the part or those who brought it ubuut. This every InteH'gcnt Southern man knows. Coo spqueutly the howl ubout dissolving the Union on such a paltry und niisernbl.i )re. te.xt as the ekction of u Jlcpublican IWi dent, receives about us much favor from tho really we.tlthy and intelligent men or the South as a proposition from the low democratic bruisers of New York city to turu down the city provided Wood lud been defeated for Mavor would have re ceived from the capitalist! on Broadwav. Such a proposition might have suited tlie ragamuffin democracy of the Fire Points, who had nothing to lose, and whose desire for plunder might have led them to look oj)Oii the proposed cenflagration as t really coble democratic measure, jost u the poor cJncocTatic Jevili ?n 1 Baacoajbe,' North Cnrol 11 1, und the ' I'.nn H.irrt-iis eating dcimicriiU of (Jcorgiai i-ro tkkl'd when Itrooks iiroiioxed to I' id them to Washington City to rob the U. 8. Treas ury in case of tho election of Fn Oiont. The eoiijcrvntive men of the South know Very Wt II that in cuso th"y permit the dem ocratic di'insgogm s to dissolve tha Union, it will tuke a constant stuuding army nil ulong the Southern frontier to keep their i.iggers from running uwsy and to keep out such men as Old ISrown. They know that tiio sectional hostility that will hv engen dered by the mern net of separation will be constantly suglii'-iit'-d by acts of bu char ity towurd Northern citizens by Sonlliern democratic mobs, ami by 'unfriendly legis lation' in both sections adopted as a means of self prottvtion, tlmt it would lc but a short lime till the whole Union would be lurid witli the fires of on internecine war, the most dreadful and bloody tlmt the world ever saw. They know thut this standing army would bo made up of poor whites such as composed the lute Virginia biittnlious at Charleston, that these, soldiers must be supported by u Jimlltix, that the unny being raised solely for protecting nig ger property, that kind of properly alone will soon be made to figure in the tax INt und that after the vuiuo of eviryniggr nearly lias been extorted from him to suji- port a Democratic urmy, (lie army itself will besivejit away by " Northe rn hordes, every nigger will be sent to Centrul Amer ica, und every lending llcinocrut hung hi.'ln r Ilia 11 Old John Drown. The South cm conservative Whigs wouldn't min i to give 11 nigger or two apiece to bring about the hitter consummation, but thry have 110 idea ofgiv.ng up their ull, und then run the risk of being shot tit for " Dmioeratic to- ries" merely to uct rid of these arrant humbugs by meuim of " Northern interven tion." As to uniting with t.'ie disunion Democracy, tlie Southern conservutiV Whigs urver mill. They will engage these traitors in a hand-to-hand confl ct first. Wu liuvo unuibtukablu evidence of their intentions in a hundred Southern Whig organs. We quote a jmragr.ipli from the Lynchburg Virginian us indicative of So.ilhcrn Whig feeling and purpose everywhere: " A Moid more, thut Die posit'on of the irg.iimii may lie lull v known. Liider its present management, it can iii 110 way nllil iate witli the Democrat ic pnrty. Arnici! neutrality, rather than uu alliance that would demand the sacrifice of every princi pie ror winch it bus contended; and, if the worst fate that can overtake this nation is reserved for us, and the Union is to be de stroyed, Iii iti rhi'f murtlerern, ihr Jliiw rucii, an ir-lh il; and out of the shivered fragments may be rc countructcl 11 party with which every Southern man can nlly himself. Hut, us at present organized, wo support it never; und neither threats nor blandishments can shako our purpose." Here we find tho determination fully ex pressed to see tho lesser lights of iremoa among the abolitionists and tho "chief murJrrtra of the Union" in tho Democratic party ull buried under the smoldering ruins together, before the Southern Whigs will unite Willi eiilier wing of funaticisin. We will epiote from two Whig papers in (Jeorgiti to show that even in that hotbed of red inoiithed democracy tlio Whigs un sound patriots. In Rpeaking of the resolu tions lately passed by tho State Semite rccoinmen ling the Governor to cull u con- tioii to tukn measures to cro out of the I iron 111 case of tho election of u R. pub lican President, the Atluntn (Ga.) Amcr- cun s.iys: 1 lio simiilo meammr of tlie i.rran.bb, and resolution passed by tl, Alalia mu Sen ute is lli!i sumo us that of Democratic rMo lutions gem rally, viz: As lomr us uur lead ers can retain power und govern the coun try, no mutter what they do, we consider t'.u Union a great blessing, nnd the 'puru niouut public good'; but ju-t i s soon us uur leader lo puwrr, or wl.e.icver they have so misgoverned tie country, mid be come so corrupt that the piople tlireat.-n nuJ imhj thrcitttn to eject them, tln-n. in our judgment, the time has come to dis solve the Union! Thut is tlio ga-t of the wl.olo Of their rcfolvm. ill Inriuls nml perches.'' In noticing the speech of Crawford of eorgiu, iiiado in Congress Jan. l.V in which he said ho spoke the sentiments of the Georgia democracy, when he suid they never would submit to the inauguration of Kcpulil.can Presiekut, tho Aujjusta (Gil.) . uroiiiciu savs; "This is a sort of Idle briwndo n till (Plica. connde, in which de:nni;o"ues and small Mimieiuiis seem to have a imrl cnlne r.mm- r. 1.. 1..:.... .... 1 .. '. ' J miiuiKiiiK, ami, us it is us iierlcctlv ll.ll-llll. .J II ..II - '. ' m uneiei-s uro I u uotcnt. is very generally permitted to pais without note or comment. For cverv it lliwi.t unei weii-iuMrineel man iii the State knows that .Mr. I rawlord dues not speak the sen- mucins 01 n corporal s gtiarU. It is a mis represent ton a gross misrepres. ntaton of the conservative masse l(f Sonlliern men to say that they nre rcaelv to revo lutionize! the government and elssolve the , '". 8il"pl.v I'ecanse a Itl.uk Republican mould be clecltd Pivs:d,nt-or, more proiierlr. be-cause a Deinoerat-for that is me mil iruili, whatever his free-soil cbvities or affinities lw defeated masses at the South ent.rtin vie ws. They have as much confidence in Mack KeiHihhenn as in V.ti,.,... r. sod Democrat and tk u ar, all fatoH anu w. ae-,ui,-ce in the election of one as cheerfully as the othr ,iii,. .1 ...IUub iiiv rriue- est lelea of overturning the government Ixrunse a Democrat lie not ele-eteel. Thia is the position of masses or Southern men, and it ia well that the country, North. East. South, and West, should now it and know also that the sentiments uttered by .Mr. Crawford are nib-ruined by a mere faction of small politicians and iniriiuini South, as al tlie North, Last d West, the aitation of the .lavi-ry eim-Miou lias been made by the D mocratie leaders and their lute ucouisitinus, the tiiiiiig-ston to powrr and place: und now, w in-nlhey find that the South Is about to n ap the whirlwind winch their own want of fidelity lo her hus cuused, the iniscrublc. trickster of the party hope Ktill to rido on the k 11I.tr current, by the utterance of such idle and harmless uaseomido as is ascribed to Mr. Crawford. It is time the South should rie in her majesty and rid herself of these political iiiouutelniiik.-l." These Southern Whigs know, or ought to know, that Republicans have no quarrel with the South. We uro uationul in our views und feelings, and we have ten limn the reason to dissolve the Union in case a sectional fanatic is ele cted who like Jiuch unuii would inaugurate a de-potism, tlmt the demagogues of the South have for threatening to overthrow the Government provided a majority of the people, elect a Reiiiiblicuu President. Our Southern friends will not listen to a disunion cry from umj quarter, and we lire glud to see it. We have now shown that the uliolitioii ists mid disunion democrats will have a good time of it whenever they lay polluted hands on tho ink of the Union. Jf they think otherwise lkt tiiku tuy it on!! Jo Lank on Disinion. When this wondcr.'il Senator introduced some pollti cut resolutions, adopted nt a meeting in New Y'oik, into the Scnute of the United States, suppo.diig (list he would have them pasneel into a law, he mndu the solemn re mark tlmt he experienced great pleasure in receiving these Union resolutions from the North! Has this simple man seen any other than Union resolutions from the North? Has ho heard uny other tlmn sen timciits of di vot ou to the Union from Sen utors und Reirescutulives from the North? While this uslute Senator thus commends Union sentiments from tho North, hus he ever uttered u lisp of disapprobation against tlio disunion speeches thut bare occupicel the time of the Senate from Southern Senators, during the present session in cluding the speeches of the distinguished man from .Mississ'ppi, who acted as mid wife lor Lane on tho lust occusiou of his delivering a speech? DkMOCRACY IN ITS HlMIKST Pt ltlTV. Mr. Senator llrown, of Mississippi, snys that slavery is necessary to the highest nud purest state ol Democracy. He thinks that a Democrat who can whip hulf a doz en slaves on a frosty morning enjoys the beatitudes of Democracy in the highest de gree, lie is cJctcrm.iicil to subvert the government if uny man who does not be- evo exactly its he does shall be elected Prcsid-nt. ISrown pioneered Jo Lane's last sp-ech through the Semite, und said, nfier he had made n speech for Lime for hev wouldn't let Lane inakii it himself that it was the best speech of the session! Ala. McCu.nNANP.- This elouirhtv Ren- 1 i 1 rseiitut:ve, from Illinois, denounces Mr. ikman, of Pennsylvania, us "a traitor V-bMnka Torrtiorjf "The true Intent ond meaning of this act not to legMutu slavery in or out of tho Territories, but to leave tho people tho Territory to 11 their wn domestic Ktiiiiiious us shall best I 'lease tin 111." Not tho exact words, but the sense of the Kau sun-Nebraska bill Well, the Legislature of Nebraska, by deckled majority In both Houses, passed bill excliidinir hlavery from Nebraska They sent it to the Gove-rnor for his t proval, and the Governor returned It with his veto. The Governor savs that the Council and House of Representative are soft if tin suppose they can pass such a bill; that the people of Kuiisiis cannot touch the question of slavery until thev form a Constitution for a State government, nnd that Coustitu tioii lias no force until sanctioned by Con- H.I .1.1.. At .1. ,1... gross. The uovcruor cvinenuy mums me Legislature green in attempting to carry out " the truo intent und meuiiing of the Kansns-Nebraskn bill." The Governor knows that the bill was intended as a cheat; and he knows that the importation of tdnves into that Territo ry, from the present time till that Territory becomes a State, will so change the views of the people- that they will then be in favor of sustaining tlmt richly Democratic insti tution. II to D micracy: his insolence was mibe-nru- ble." This Di mocratie corporal w hen lected wus nn niiti-Lrroinpton Democrat, nnd n few months before tlmt was mnkiivj pceches ubout the State denouncing Doug las in tlie severest language. It is hoped that Mc. will get right after a while. If some men could be bought at the price the public set on them, nnd then sold nt their own estimation, some vast specula lions would be iiml". pro-The no such ia p ree-- demagogue, who have for years been using the alavery elocution for Dolitical tad yxwonul fTand!remnt it tk Srii:iriA:.i.-si IN TIIK L'. S. Acfoflli'llg io tlie Spiritual Register, there nro In the L nitcd Sutcs 1,537,0110 believers in Spir itualism, and 611,(100 in the Canmlas, Cuba, und South America. Oregon is set clown at 2,000 believers. It is claimed that during (lie year there has been nu increase of 160,000. Besides this great number, there arc claimed 5,000,000 nominal be liever. No nutliority is given for the.-o ociimalcs, und it is probable they nre found ed chiefly on conjecture. IYgkt Sot-so UxivEiisiTV. At the last scwiou of the Legislature of Washington Territory, a charter was grautid for tiie Puget Sound University. At a meeting of tho Board of Trustees, Rev. II. C. Lippin- cott was chosen President nnd General Agent, nud Geo. A. Barnes, Secretary. A coiuuiitte-e was appointed to receive pro posals lor tho location of the institution, consisting of A. C. Hall, I. N. Ay res, T, I'. Berry, D. R. Bigelow, and William right. teS K. L. Bradhy, Ksq., writes to the Advertiser correcting the statement of the Tunes that the mail service between here nud Corvullis " has been most irregularly nml unsatisfuctorully performed." lie savs that with 0110 exception (when tho Molul lu was so high as to be impossible to ferry it) there was never a fuilure while he, D. P. Thompson, nud B. B. Hayward had the contract in all twenty mouths. Ir will Pnovs Tine The Portland Advertiser says that Gen. Lune will not curry a measure of importance throuch ress, at the present session, of any special interest to his constituents. Really and truly, has not Jo Lane always been and is he not now, as a Senator, a perfect humbug? Answer ye that choose to sjeeuk. Jeff Davis oh Dismn.v. Mr. Fessen den, of Maine, put Jeff Davis through a "coursD of sprouU" on this subject. J has been full of the disunion mania an ar ticle very (lush in market about tho time of the Presidential election half or the stock in trade held by Democracy. Well, J hus some idea of being n Presidential can ilidnte, und just at this timo desires to be in favor of ull parties north and south. Mr. Fcsscnelcn, understanding the case, thought to ventilate the gentleman n little, ami with that view asked him a few questions. These questions nr.d Jeffs answers will be found in this paper. Jeff cume pretty mur uil- mitting, in answer to the first question, the gassy character of the disunion threats, but recollecting that there were voters south, as well as north, tosntisfy, he backed down from his original position the best wuy he could and not to tumble hcudwnv. Jeff has been fighting H publicans most savagely, though not very elf. dually, for the past four years, nnd now has the sim plicity to divulge tlu- fact thut he does not understand Republii-un principles bavin; never read the platform! Soitiii:iin Dfvochats. In the contest for Speaker, ull tho Southern Democrats could not be made to go for a Northern Democrat. They had little confidence in Northern Democrats They uro willing to use " clough-fae;es," but linvo n cont nipt (or them. So the Southern Di mocrats de termined to support a Know Nothing for Speaker; and with very few exceptions the Northern "dough-faces" voted for a Know Nothing. The Democrats everywhere pro fess a horror for Know Nothing principles, but, ns far as they could, they merged the whole Democratic pnrty into Know Noth- ingism on the lust day of the election for Speaker. Ri iions. The country is full of rumors. It is said that a committee of Lane men from Linn county have been to Salem, d s poseel to kill off Smith, provided Bush will forget nml forgive. And it ia further said tlmt Bush requires the knife u'so lo be op plied to Lano and several of the little Jo Lanes scattered in the public offices ubout the country. There is trouble in the Lane Di-moer.ie'j Noeouiiteimiicewill be given to the Lane predict of electing Senators give one and take one. Commitkd. Hie sentence of Geo. M bowen, convicted of killing a Cliinnman soino time since, has been commuted from death to imprisonment for life in the peni tentiary. The Governor acted thus in an swer to the petition of over GOO citizens The provisions of the commutation arc that if the prisoner escapes, or is found at large within the limits of the State, then he is subject to arrest ns an outlaw, and the original sentence of death will be executed upon him. Fonrus Atlantic-MiIiou FJIiott, Esq., of our city, leaves ou the first out-going steamer ou visit to hit old home iu Vir ginia, which he left thirteen years ago for Oregon. We wish Mr. Elliott a pleasant jouruey, and hope that when he returns, he will not com t.'ent. tay.V call at the ofiico of the News at 8 a. si. on Wedcsduy morning found the editor absent. It wus suid that he left at ten o'clock the night before, us an ex press, on foot, for St. Helens, to gather lurther particulars of the late eruption there. It is anticipated tlmt he will re turn in time to publish some very interest ing details. Jlrs. Partington is very anx ious for his return. -Mass.ure of Indians. In Humboldt county, California, late-Iv, some Indians stole a few head of cattle from the whites. The latter revenged themsclvc? terribly. A party turned out and slaughtered some two hundred Indians. It is said that the citizens generally denounced the barbarous net, and menus were being taken to punish tnc perpetrators. WTThe Portland News says that some weeks since a purty of miners started from Portland to ascend the Columbia as near as possible to the Simalk.'mcen mines, ia several light batteaux or very small boats. These boats have not been heard from since they left, and it is feared that they were swamped ic the Columbia. Thanki. We are under obligations to Hon. Lansing Stout, Schuyler Colfax, and Israel Washburn, Jr., of the House, and to Senator Pooliulr, for public doenmenta. Hrawior Iwvi oa llaia. The following colloepiy took plnce In the Senate on Jnu, '.'u Mr. Fesscnileii Will the Senator ollow me to fli-k Mm a question, iu order to inuke this m liter eb lin.tc r Mr. Davis Certainly. Mr. Fisscndeii I do not exuetly under stand the Senator. Are we to unilt-Muiid him (us hus certainly been avowed by mem bers of the other Houso, If not by memlicrs of this body, to bo their position,) tlmt he would consider the election of a Rcpublie an Pn s clent by the people, upon the Republi can platform, as it siaiuN, a sufficient avow al of a determiniit'on to infringe on South ern rights to authorize a dissolution of the Union? Mr. Davis If I hod rend the platform recently, I should be better prepared lo An swer, 'ido not recollect what ia in your platform with thut distinctm to enable me lo answer with certainty. If the Semi tor hud stopped In-fore he mentioned that, he would have lelt me in n position that would have given me power to answer It; for. os far us I have conviction nnd in 'or- mution, I have nolhimr to conceal; mid if hn who now sits presiding on r this Senate f Mr Knot ocennvinir the chair"! were elect ed President of ifin United States, I should in it no ground for the dissolution ol the Union. So fur as I uiidiTstaml Ins opin ionsrespecting him ns a gentleman nud conservative mini believing that h would not take nn nnth to which he would not ml here, I should s ir that there was no ground to break up the Government in that event. Mr. Fi-ssend-n Ihen, if I uud rstiiml the Senator, that matter depends on the individual entirely. Mr. D ivis It clennds on the opinions of the individual und those who elect him, who put him iu position, deelariim a pur pose In which, by accepting the nomination, lie plcd-re himself, Now, in that connec tion, I should say that my respect 'or the reiitNiian to whom I referred, because of tlie sent he now happens to occupy, will not allow inn to belu-vc tlmt he would ac cept a nomination which imposed upon li'm the condition, while swearing to support tlio Constitution nnd silting in the chair of the Executive, to invadu the rights of the Southern States. Mr. F'-ssenden Tho Senator will excuse m 1 do not exactly understand Mini now. Ho replies that his cause consists of the opinions of the individual and those who et him. Mr. Davis Conjointly. Opinions ex pressed at the time of the nomination,-nnd of which he is tin refnre made iiware. Mr. Fi-sseiiclen Then it depends on the platform Mr. Davis Jointlv, I say nirnin Mr. Fissendeii Willi bis own npiircvi. Mr. Davis If the individual accept a nonrnut'on on a platform which pn!s him in the ntritiid-i of lost'lity tons. I wotil I onsidcr him not fit lo be tinsti-d, and would not be willing to submit to him. Mr. 1-es senden I understand the Sen ator further to say that hn is not sufficiently familiar with the liepubl can platform of lSri(j to say now wli-lher that is n siiffl- fient declaration to uuthoii.c If in to say that in that eontiinreney .Mi1. Uavis 1 have not rend It lately, id I do not know, indeed, Ihtl I have ever read it. Of course, then-fore, I cnold not expre ss an opiuiou on all that is in that platform. Mr. I'ess 'iidcn ery well, St. Mr. Davis I will sny furth r to the Senator that it is a part of my linhit to forget, ns soon ns I can, disagreeable thinirs: nud if I ever reiid the platform of n parry assembled for such nn odious purpose ns I I I! .1. . I , , neve nun one mm, i endeavor to dismiss from mv mind ns soon as I read it. 1 do not treasure (I sagreenblo things. I nm not like thoso who cull nnd gather and ft ck nto little scrap-books passages nnd senten ces, in order that some day or ether thev ly be woven together nnd presented to ie Senate, nud sent forth to their e-onstit- nents to excite a sentiment of hostility, of which we have too much. Whenever, however, the Senator from Maine cb-sires my opinion of his platform, nnd will snbmit to me, will read if. nnd (rive him mv opinion ns elee-idedly as he ran desire it. Mr. I-esse-iiden It is before the country. the Senator can find it. Mr. Davis If it is ns bad ns I expect is, I have an idea that that oartv will cither never attempt to rc-ndopt it, or that u -ui u- 1 V.-H u 1 j ut-u iiy men 01 me liorn snn school .""J t'"se who follow him. I know it rather by u'iO manner in which I have heard it discussed tin otherwise. I will proceed, however, w ith m rply to the Senator from Massachusetts. 'unless Senator from Maine has another question. Mr. FcssemleH Nothiiiif further. Uorrrrlli.il. Eu. A mils: I notice tlmt tuku the udverb not j Wantini In utmico in the concluding v-m,,,,, letter a publishe-d in the Arum f , Ud. The se,pc..c should reail- "But arier ae-riously conrl,,- tnrcr,fiil blow which the Pr.-kidr,, ?. " ready aimed ut the slave trnilcii, root of Anuricun slavery who wouMi7 ord his reputation as divine so niuch nubliclv declare that .1 lllllM I. ' ,. - " uueiisiu. t recoiiimcmling the purchase of Cuba .,1 only spot 01. curl h wln-re the slv, tjjf 0M-nly tolernU-d,' bus not in view 7 hilatiot. of tho sluvo trade throukiaf world," y0lin( A W IU Yoncam.a, March 13, isiio, ' miss iuier or the General Lund OflW h Just made two iiiiKirtaiit d-cWoiw ff.rt?J2 the land I ,t rc-sta in C..l,f ,rniu n,l 1 and Washington. By the law of CoZ any one owuingland under nimi.i I ' ran havo the lines or the same run off 1 hitrequett, by the Public Surveyor !,.! his own expense. 1 he Dcpartiami l anxious to proceed with the ,m.j, I' v --"I -rjinruie CIUUUn(fc iline requiting to have their boumU, surveyed hoping tlmt the GovenuJ, wdl do it for theni in determining ,, ! public property. The lc-purtiit. ut detides and wdl issue instruction, thut thnurrtt' ors proceed with their woik, und wlied,L" they cuter a neighborhood where tlirre are private grants, notice shall be publicly ,n to all parties claiming hind to come rornH and show their boundaries; or otlierwim the wliolo will he included with tliepul,):, surve-ys and returned to the office of public lauds. Such has I n the ch cision of Cm. eminent, 011 this point. Another qtien,M" of great interest to laud holders on tlieP cific slojie, ig that touching tlio boumljr on wati r ionises. The office deckles that when the water course) is n ivhfuhle, it , iiu-iiHiiy iy iaw, ami cannot ocmt-mptid-but win n the stream is not navigable u is gen. rally the case with the Urtuiuiol Oiegnn nud California, then the bttliof the si renins nre to be tmttcd us dry land and surve-yed accordingly. ' PoccLAsi's Sr-FEcii. The Wushingtoa correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette snys: " The dog gocth buck to Ms vomit nnd the sow to her wullowmg " Douglu hu done both to day. He stood up before 1 vast concourse of people who hud ussrm blc I to lint u to him. Every available inch of room wus occupied, expecting hiut re pel the assault that have been marie doo In 111 by the Di inocruts. But ne! he stood there for two mortal hours ami ate dirt Tor the iiinii.-ieiiient o! Soothe rn masters. Per haps iuth.s way he may win t&eCliarlt&loa iioiiiiuutioii, but those who ! stencil to liim were sorely disappointed, and he uttered not 11 single new idea. It wacsttump speech, and was pi oaiptly, ubly, and quick ly nnswiTed by Mr Fessi n b u, of iMaine. Douglas has now done what ull along liui kicii expected of him." UQuUinp'rc (Kansas) News says that Land warrant for lfil) acres, issn'-d t '' Susan Di.cnlnr, widow of Cornmoilere Stc-jihen D'-i-atiir," was located a ft w days 00 by n citizen of that county at the Laud Office at Lecomptmi. Pacific Univehsitv. Uev. Mr. Msrfb, President of this institution, is yet in tlie Atlantic States endeavoring to secure aid for the college. The. Independent MJJ to has succeeded in raising $",000 or $8,000, most of it conditional on his raisin; is til the sum of $20,000. Atlantic Items. The news by Overland is up to Feb. 11th: The trial of Hazlilt, the Hurpcr's Ferry minium, niis sun jieuillllg, John D. De-fives, of Indiana. hn selected by the Republicans for Congress- luticii juillltT. Instructions nre soon to be sent to V. S Marshals throimhont the Union to t.'ikn the census of 1S00. A. J. Clomsron. of Marvlnneb h as nv. ceived the n)poiutmcntof Chief of the A"- nrminriii liiircau. Tho Se nate has failed to Olliee appropriation b.II in consenuencn of some of its provisions. In the feennte nn amendment to Hbnllsh the franking privilege after Aoril Ifitli passed by n vote of 36 to 13. Senator Seward was called home to New York by death in his family on the 8th of February. Seuator Hann was to announce tliAfWK of Senator ISroderick in the U. S. Senate- Jlr. Lurch iu the House. In the thirteen States which liar in. structcd their delegates to the Charleston Convention, the vote aggregated stands as follows: Lane. 3: Domrlas mo- rinih.;. I 1., tloilllMin. li: UaVI. IB: t'n.h 111. Scittinrl. ' CiRiorg Sentence. A forriim i-t. change irives an account of a curious sen tence which has been passed at Unterwal ken, Switzerland: A prisoner was pot to the bnr. charred with disturbing the public order. Th nf. fence being proved, he was sentenced to a month's imprisonment, and a regnlar at tendance at the morning and afternoon re ligions services for two Tears. Which ha considers the worst, the paper does not in- orm 01. tQr The Lcviathon, ocean stonier, ar rived nt Portland on Monday. The Xewi editor delivered to the captain the freedom ot the city and a copy of bis paper, ss an evidence of bis appreciation of the import ant results likely to follow the snccesful accomplishment of his enterprise. Wa s 1 1 1 x ej ttk Tkrritory. The popola fon of Wns-hington i about 6r80O, nnd the nssessed valua of proprrty $3,293,6W. There arc thirty lumber mil's and fin flouring mifU; 10 cUrc'ics; 31 schools; 12 vessels, nnd seven steamboats owned ia the Tirrilory. & Tlie Li-gislutwe of Florida hS passed a stringent luw for the baiiiiltfMnt of free negroes from that Stole, Governor Ferry promptly vetoed it. Thus far, Ar kansas und Louisiana nre tho only State in which the measure bus been enacted into ft luff. t We havo some fine specimens o " Smith's Cider" apple, from the fana of M. Cruwrorel, Es.p, of Yamhill C0PV--" Tins npplo mnkes cider nearly eqoat to champagne, nnd is a valuable eating apple- jerMiners from all quarters oregatner' ing at Portland, with the view of taking: their departure from thence to the S mil knraeen. Boats running to tho Cascad from Portland, carry henry freight- KS-Rev. Carlton P. Maples, late Rcc tor of St. James' Church, Smithtown, l&f Island, has arrived in Oregon, having cepted a call to the Rectorsliip of the tbwb in Portland. -The Salem Woolen Mills cost abort t'0,000. It has 480 spindles and 15 looa consumes 500 lbs. of wool per dy, JJ4 employs 28 hands at an expense of per week. S"Acoal deposit has been fonndj Linn connter Tlift n-in ia eiirht feet tht - , j . rl , Some snppose it to be cnnnel coal and cow ers anthracite. It is said to bnrn well. t&- The Post Office Department b ordered the Utah mail service back to original time making a weekly inst semi-monthly meiL Focsd. A lady's scarf, which the cr can have by calling at this office. "The total population of S i.oe?.