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?.