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Vol. VI.
OKKGON CITY, OREGON, SETTEMBEU 22, 18C0.
No. 24.
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STTiii.irt.iiid Ihe L'uionof III BUlee, must
VJli b7 pre.ered and itul we i-ee.rl
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mill "uia "Jl'w "a"'"'! """
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ZZm ere iwuiuled moni neii, der.v.ng their
Uvui it OMutf lvnd."
'riYrd; Thai W tli Union W '
uuaviresiui unprecedented increase- iu ioulu
fil, surprising dovel-pan-at of nuter.el rs--Trert-
iu nipd sugmruLiiu of wealih; iu hun
at bou ud in liiur aortud i aud we livid
Lmuci ill edieniesfuf duuuiuu, coin f.um
VMasoreoufcellu-ynieyteud we c..ngralul,.lU
ih. ewieiiy Uil no llublia Momb.rof Cou
m ui yiurad or eouniemiuced tlireiit uf dif
LMU.auvfieu nuJa by jAnwcnilio Membor uf
Cmm wiiliuuiwliulnmid rilh npplnuro from
4.U uuliucal -vrinU'.i mid dmouuc Uium
ikruu l dbuu oo, iu c ol p.pulur orllirow
M ilioir Keuduiiy, df iiymg Hi HI principle
4 rrwUmrauwal. mid w u ovowul of cou
l.mi.luieJ icemoii. wliiib il i llic iinkMtiv duty
rftu iaJitpwat ptpl ruugly to robuk uud Iw
,ief Mleuce. ,
t'uttlk: That III nuuiloimnce iuviuluto or
Ibi r.gln of the StutM. mid tfpeciiilly Hie r glit
afwcli tfwu) HrJi-r mid ouulrul iu owu dnu
ue iMUtotwtn, icrofJiuij to in owu judgiUL-m cx
4lwtaly, it ofcutitl lu Unit biluiit'o uf pun or on
t waicb (In perleelion ud endurmit ufuur polil-
itu Ulb drpf uil, nil.J wo aonouii'.'O iu nwim
utuiuu by miiwd fuico uf miy 8tul ur Tvrntory,
tauuiltr uuder wbut prclexl, us niuuiig llio gruv
l vTciiiiir.
filth: Tint the pr.tent Dfmocrullo Admin,
inniiuo hoi fr t xcevilrri nurHuml apprrhunuoiu
in iu innuureliiM lubMrvit iK y lu t exueluun
lift tocluiml mwrMt, iui rrpeuiilly eviji nl in iu
doyeral rtiona lo furco the iiifaiuoua Le
(iMiplim Coiulilutiuu Uwu Ilia irutiliug proulv
iifiunK1 iu ooiMlruiu the pei-miiul relu'ioii be
Kreii nuuler uud aervuul lo involve an uuquali
bJ property in writuii in in uluwpted euluri a
nrnl cvorywliere, ou Imid miJ k, tlironif Ii Ilia
jultrtiuliou of CoiigreM unit llio Fi-di-ml (Jourta. of
Ibt rxlrrma prrtriifiuus of purely lul inlerral,
aaJiugruraliid unvmy ii bu oflliepjwer
iuiwted to it by coiifi Unf people.
S.tlk: Tliau I he ie piv jwlly view with larm
tlx rrcklea extrav.if.uif0 wli cli p rvudta rvery
drpirinkiit of llie K'llernl ii.iveriini.'iit; lh.il a
rt.ura lorijjlit c.uo.ny and avouumuliility ia in li
pittAe lo arreat ill" aynlfin of plunder uf llie
liemnry by fa'urnl purlbana; while the re
alMartlnig (irvfiopin.n nof Iraud anil corruption
at the KeJirul meliopjlix, allow Ihut au eutire
thjar of a.lininiir.itiun la inijM-rativ-ly ilcinuii'Kit.
'(ct.'il: 'Chat III new ilogum tliul the Con
aiitul ou of ila own force c.irrie" Shivery into ny
tr all the Ternloiim of the United Statea. ia u
dangeruua political hereny, at variance with the
npl.cit )roviiiiia of that iiiiirunient itself, with vo
U.njuraiiroiu ej)iitioa, nnd w ill If gislutive and
jalk'ial precedent, ia revo'iilinnary ill ita tendency
ml ribvernve of the peace uud harmony of the
OHintri .
Eitklk: That the normal condition of all the ler
liiery ol the Uuit d Stolen ia that of Freeilum; thnl
atour irpubl.caii ruthera, wh-n they had abolirhed
Itiery iu all our imiionul territory, ordained Ihut no
prnwi aliould be deprived f life, libvrly, or prop
my, w.thoul Hue proceaa of law, il beeomee our
duly, hy leg lutiii, wlienever aueh l gi.-lution ia
HiCMiry, Ui maintain this prnvinion of the Con
ilitulion g:iint all attempia lo violate it: mid we
deny tlm authority of Conarew, f a Territnriul
Ufilnure, or of any individuals, lo give legal
tiutcnce to Slavery iu Any Territory of the Unit
ti imtt.
Ninth: That we brand the recent re-openinjof
llie Alrieaii blave-lrnde, under the cover of our im
.uotul rltg, aided hy perveriioua of judicial power,
ui crime against hum utity, a buriiiiig aliaine to
aur cimniry an I a;e. and wo call Uion Coiireaa lo
Ukturonipt nnd etlicient tneitsurra for the tutal
nil nuil suppression of that e.xeeruhle IrafHo.
Tiil; That in the recent vetoes by their Fed
eral Governors of llio acta of the Leg statures of
Kintal iin.1 Nebraska, prohibiting Slu ery in those
Ttrrituciee, we find a practical illustrat ou of the
'nailed Denvicratio principle of non-iiitervenlion
aad popular sovereignty, etn'md ed in the Kansas
inj Nebraska bill, and a denunciation of the de
ception and fraud involved therein.
Elmnth: That Kansas should of right bo im
mediaiely admitted aaa State undor the Constitu
tion recently firm d nnd adopted by her people,
anil accepted by the House uf Hepresenlalivee.
Tttljtk: That while providing revenue for the
"Ppsrt of the General Government by duties up
o imposts, sound policy requires such an adjust
ment of these iniHM as to encnurufre the devel
optMntsftli industrial interests of the w ho!
country, and we commend thut policy of national
uchuuras which secure lo the working-men lib
snl waj.a, to atjricul uro remunerating prieea, to
mechanics and manufacturers an adeqoato reward
fiKtheiraki'l, labor, and enlerprise, and to the M
aoa eemmeruial prosperity and independence,
Tkiritenth: That wo pmteal asainsl any eate
lieoaiiou to others of Ihe public lands held by
Ktual Millers, and against any view of Ihe free
Homestead policy which regards the settlers as
psnptnor supplicanta forpublio bounty, and wo
man.l the p iasaire by Congress of the comp ete
nd satisfactory Homestead measure which has
already parsed the House.
Psrfeei!A: Thut the Republican party is op
!; lanny change In our Nalumlitation laws, or
ySt'a lesrialation by which the rghtsof eiti
Mii kithetta accorded to immranta from for
"Ti htads shall be abridged or impaired; and in
fcwr ef ivtng a full and efficient protection to the
Jisrhtiof eltelasscsnf citiicns, whether native or
loralbd. both at heme and abroad.
fiftetntk: That appropriations by Congress for
ir and Harbor Improvementa of a oatioual
ratrlcter, required for tho accommodation and se
hy of an existing commerce, are anthoriied by
UKCodsiitotion and just ,fied by an obligation of
Cmtranient to protect the lives and pf"Pity
"a ritii(i..
. AutfeaiA.. That a railroad In the Pacific Ocean
"ipsraiively demanded by Ihe interests id the
eoontry; that the Federal Government
Pt lo reader immediate and efficient aid in in
wretion, and thai as preliminary thereto a dai
!?erUal mail should be promptly eUblihed.
, , Snftti: Finally, having thus set forth our
eethre pnociptrsaod views, we invite ihe eo
o af all citizens, however difiering on oth
"T"tHos, who anhaianiially dgre with us in
'!Srmarice and aupport.
Fu Despatcbis.-A French provincial
Ppw girei the following analysis of recent
despatcheti, and it believed not id
greatly exaggerated the case:
Of 172 tlfprain w hare recvired
lt fifteen dajs, 134 proved to
th acenracy of 14 i still donbt
i 10 ire no longer tlionjrht of; 8 have
kooor to pass at probable; and 8
PJire tda:ttcd to b? trae."
Clackaaaaa Canal y i'.lrcatl l.sarl,
Stpttmbrr Ttrm, ISfiU.
Hon. A. E. Wiit, JuJgn Js. Wikston, Cltrki
Julia 'liiuKAs, S for J.
State of Oregon , John 0. Oilmon.
The proKeciilinHttorncy having Died siute
mnit ihut the princiiiul witneu wur dead,
a nolle wi entiTeil hy order of the Court.
Douthit fur Slate, Hulhrook fordefciidmit.
C. Souclm vs. J. K. Cliem-tte. Din
miM(l at pluintiU'i cost, he Iniviiijr fniled
lo answrr Intcrroaloiin filed. Johusou
for nil if, Kelly (or deft.
W. C. Dctni iit et al. vs. Millon Elliott
et ol. Sellled mill diiiiiwcd at pltlT'i cunt.
Holbrook for plf, Kelly fr defi.
1). (J. Elierliuril vn. John Andersoii.
Replevin. Judgment for plf on verdict
rendered lt term, new triul hovitiR been
denied. Kelly for plf, Johnson for deft.
Bute v. Win. MvClemcitt. IndLtment
for lelliitu; liqoof without license. Deft
pleaded iruilty. Filled $50 and costs.
Douthit for Stnte.
Stute v. F. Helms. Certiorari from
Juxtiue. Judgment reversed. Douthit for
SLutf, JiiIiiikoii for deft.
Win. Wurren vs. L. Holmes. Coutin
ncd by voiisent. Kelly fur plff, ITalbjrook
fur deft. rJr
J. L. Parrish vs. Presley Welch. Com
plaint amended, and continued for service.
Kelly for plfl. .
Chiis. Swe'lo vs. 0. W. Jnikson et nl.
Judgment by default for $392,33. John
son for pi IT.
C. 0. Birrlseye vs. Z. C. Norton. Re
vival or judgment by default, for $008,85.
Kelly for plff.
Clin. Swrgle vs. J. L. Stout. Judg
ment by diTault fur $208,28. Johnson fur
pltft.
State vs. Miles X. Kirk ct ol. Judg
ment by default on recognizance for $400.
Douthit for State.
. H. Mail vs. Dnvid Findlcy. Appeal
from Justice. Settled and dismissed, encli
pnrty to pay his own costs. Johnson fur
plff. Kelly for deft.
Win. Annpricst vs. John Vil!io!t. Jnry
trial. Verdict for deft. Kelly for plff,
Holbrook and Johnson for deft.
City of l'urtltind vs. Leluud and Stout.
P1IT allowed to mnend complaint upon pay
ment of costs, and ikTts ulloived a coutiun
uner; nuk'tided conipluiitt fili'd, uud cause
continued, with costs to the city. Douthit
forcitv: dliuuis, iarrar, and Pago for
dcfls.
Conroy rt nl. vs. A. Rossi & Co. Judg
ment by default against Knssi, Ilurley, and
Smith for $1)008,72; coutiuui d fur service
agnint Bartels. Pago for iilffs.
L. Stewart vs. Geo. Cojrgnn. Appeal
from Prob.ite Court; dismissed by agree
ment of parties. Johnson nnd Hulbrnok
for plff, Kelly for deft. Plff pay nil the
co-its in tit's Court and County Court from
which the tippctd was taken, except witness
for defendant.
G. W. Bnker vs. A. M. Spicrr. Ap
peal from Justice court by deft. It not
appearing that notice of nppenl hnd been
tiled with the Justice within the time re
quired by law, appeal was dismissed.
Johnson for plff, Kelly for deft.
Luelling & Mick vs. S. S. White et al.
Revival of judgment by default for $3034,
80. Holbrook for plff.
J. II. Thessinjt vs. J. G. Gibson. Fore
closure of mortgage; judgment for plff
pro confesso for $3415,08, with int. ut 30
percent, per annum. Kelly for plff.
W, C. Dement vs. Win. Holmes and
M. A. L. C. Holtnrs. Foreclosure of mort
gage; judgment for plaintiff pro confesso for
(1480,41. Johnson for plff.
Barm y Briody vs. L. Al. Guff. Fore
closure of mortgage; judgment for plff for
$397. Johnson for plff.
LDC Latourette vs. Josiah Howell and
Mary V. Howell. Foreclosure or mort
gage; judgmeut for plff for $700,50, with
int. ut 18 per cent, per annum. Johusou
for plff, Kelly for deft.
Abel Eudey vs. John Evans. Fore
closure of mortgage; judgment lor plff lor
$822,00, with int. ot three per cent, per
month upon note and mort. first mentioned
in complainant's bill; and it is further or
dered that complainant recover the further
sum of $1274,52, with interest at the rnto
of 30 per cent, per annum upon second
note. Johnson for plff, Holbrook for deft.
LWKirkvs LDay. Tried by the
Court. Deft confirmed in posRess'on of the
property. Johnson for plff, Kelly for deft.
F Johnson vs L Johnson. B ll for di
vorce; divorce granted; also decreed that
plaintiff have custody and guardianship of
Aaron, son of the parties. Johnson for
ntff.
Wm Xeshit vs Emilv Ncsbit. Bill for
divorce; divorce granted as prayed in com
ilnint. Johnson for nlff.
Charlotte Crim vs James Crim. Bill for
divorce; divorce granted; it was further
ordered that plaintiff have custody oi me
vnnnrrest child, and she is also authorized
to take the next oldest until the further or
der of the Court, and deft have custody of
the three elder children until further order
of the Court. Kelly for plff, Johnson for
deft.
Zelie namon ts Pierre Hamon. Bill
for divorce; divorce granted. Kelly for
plaintiff.
n S Nile vs Emerit Xiles. Bill for di
vorce; same granted, and pltff confirmed
in ownership of property now in his pos
session, and deft lie confirmed in ownership
ol property now or heretofore since separa
tion in her possession. Kelly for plff.
P G Stewart vs L Behrens. Jury trial;
verdict for plff; right of jxMssession to prop
erty described iu complaint in plff. Kelly
for plff.
Margaret Jennings t Chas. Cnttir.g.
Appearfrom Justice's court. Plfs att'ys
moved for role on Justice for further re
Inrns; same allowed, and cause tinned.
Page, Gibbs, and Williams for plff, Kelly
ft"" deft- . , ri.
Sosaa E. Cook tn Lemuel LyJn. By
consent, caose continued. Williams for
nlff. KellT for deft.
t r Trftrrl ts H Ledford. Cans
continued upon applicutiou of Holbrook,
plff'i atty.
Bute vi W Williams. Larceny. Con
tinued. State vi W Williams. Arson. Coo
tinned. State vi D Vaogh and O Morsel. Con
tinued. State vs Jack McQuire. Continued.
State vs P Brxdv. Continued.
J K Kelly vs George Aberncthy and
L. Holmes. Continued for service ddoii
G. Aberncthy.
Henrietta 1'lumomlon vi Sjimon J'lumon-
don. Continurd. Holbrook for plff.
A F Hedges vi D McLoughlin. De
fendant nut being a resident of this State,
the cause was continued for service to be .
made upon deft. Kelly for plff.
City of Portland vi T J Holmei and
m r ii t t . ... . I
it u iiiccwun. jurv triui, jury oeiug
unable to agree were discharged, aud cause
continued until next term.
Mlscrttaay.
The Dukotnh Indians, a warlike, un
easy tribe, recently received their annuities
at I'ort Pierre, on the Upper Missouri.
In reply to a speech made by one of the
agents urging them lo desist from following
the war path, thry replied that " it was
their pastime, that their young men nerd'
iil tlmf. fli.ci.riittirtn nt viif imui,f mil tli,,t
they hud the example set them by the
whites, who frequently mnde war npon
their white neighbors. A reply that was
difficult to answer.
Tlmddciis Ilvittt offers In the columns
of the Scientific American a reward of
$1000 for the invention of a practical flying
machine, adapted to individual locomuttou,
expressing his confidence thut such a thing
is perlectly practicable.
Among tho curiosities discovered by
tho census taker, is a pretty little girl of
IU teen, in the southern part of .Missouri,
who lias
a nusuund lilty-sevcn years of.
. . - -
age.
The census man in New London found
a woman who gnvu her own nge 28 years,
and that of her oldest son as 231
The astronomer Hersche! 1ms predict
ed that England will be visited this year
by a storm of a violence unprecedented in
the annuls of the globe.
The Judge Iluliburton who died at
Halifax ou the lOlli July, was not the
author of Sam Slick. The latter is now
in England uud a member of the Imperial
rurlimeut.
A clown crossed the Mississippi river
at St. Louis ou the the 31st ult. in a tub
draw by four geese. The hero was accom
panied by a barge containing a band of
music, aud by numerous sk'ffs. Tho sub
lime pageant was witnessed by a great con
course of people.
Tho revenue of Great Britain has new
reached the highest amount thut it hits
ever attained. The year ending tho 30th
of June lust, presents a gross income to tho
State or JE7 1,4 10,587; which exceeds the
highi st amount on record previous to the
conclusion or the lust French and American
war.
The grand vizier or the sultan of Tur
key has been making a tour of the Turk
ish providers, and, for a novelty in orien
tal customs, making speeches to the peo
ple at all the principal places. What is
more, the speeches are senstiiie promise
equal justice to all, without regard to sect
or rank, and urge thepev 'to forget
their old animosities and live together as
brethren.
There is estimated to he rnnnir.fr upon
the railways ir, the United States not less
tluin 6,000 passenger cars, and some 80,-
000 freight cars; under the whole ot wbicu
some 088,000 wheels are running.
The Methodists in France connt at
present 152 chapels or places of worship; 29
ministers, 0 colporteurs; 72 local preachers;
1,440 members, 05 on triul, 1,801 pupils
in the Sunday school.
The Savannah Republican, nllnding
to the late reception in New York of the
" Blues" of that city, says: "If any other
corps in this city is troubled with fire-eaters
in its ranks, we recommend a similar ex
cursion, it being currently reported that
every case of the malady among the Blues,
some of which had become chronic Irom
long standing, has been effectuully cured!"
The meteor of August 2 was seen in
eight of the Sonthern and Western States
extending from Northern Pennsylvania
to Georgia,
The number of officers in the regular
ormy of the United States who have risen
from the ranks is 23. It is not generally
kuown that there ia a law providing for
the bestowal of commissions on deserving
soldiers.
t&" The Springfield Repablican, the
Massachusetts paper edited by Air. Bowles
and Dr. Holland, recently said:
" The Drmorrotie party it so dead htre,
and tvrrylhiny but Republicanism is so
dead, that, as a party, we really luck the
stimulus to a healthy excitement."
The Democrat! have garbled thii ex
tract, by leaving out the words in italics,
and then they qnote that paper as saying:
"Republicanism is so dead, that, as a par
ty, we really luck the stimulus to a healthy
excitement."
p&- The Washington States says that
" no remark is more common among per
sons who ate not mere partisans, thau that
Mr. Breckinridge will withdraw by the
first of September."
ter- .Tnl.li Forsvth of Mobile said in a
recent speech at New Orleans that Jo Lane ' zealously supports Breckinridge and Lane,
i .... .n.tt.i.utrirat bnt'Everr disunion peper and every disunion
lo't know whether tostIl sooatter with
I ti or one '
larlllea DUaaloa.
Mr. Lawrence M. Keitt uf South Caro
lina bn written a political letter in his
style. The burden of the epistle is cry
for secession, In consequence of the prospect
of the election of Lincoln, or, lo use his
own words, " thl lignt MlJ lh Ftdrrul
Gwtrnmrnt it about lo pan into thi hunds
of thi tnfljoritu irrtinn." Secession because
majority will hereafter ride, lecause
the minority cannot wield power fifty yean
i0nTBr. Wanna the nroniitrundism of Slave-
ry Is not henceforth lo bo the law of the
Republic! With such as his justifications
O i I I O
for the contemplated treason, the people
of the country can afford to give .Mr. Keitt
rii iln,rih f his tother sura thui ha
will stretch hemp at last. Thii bellowing
about disunion has lost tts fearful sound.
When the time comes In which tho mujrtTity
In this country shall be compelled to sub
mit to the minority; ia which the South
mny nominate a President and cull upon
men of the North to elect him, under a
threat that the Union will be broken up if
they fail to comply; and iu which such
fanatics as Keitt huvu the sole ordering of
PUUI,B ' vimm, is ..
comes, will not be worth preserving. If
Mr. Keitt wants to dissolve the Union and
destroy the government, let him try it.
The people or the free States are ready for
him anil all his confederates. Chicago
Press and Tribune.
A New View or tiieSvrmx Massacres.
The correspondence of the London Her
ald soys: As regards the massacres no
doubt the details received are very painful;
. . 1 t J . . I A .1 II.
but a great aeni oi sentimeniui iwnuuic
finds Its way into print about our " Chris-
tiun brethren." It is absurd to consider
the mongrel Greeks, Jews, Muronites, and
oi dimnt Catholics, as In any decree supe
rior to the Druses or Alussclinnus. In the
present instance, it is by no means proved
thut tho luttcr were the aggressors. On
the contrury, tho evidence is tho other way.
For the lust thirty years and more, I.eb-
onon bus been periodically the sceno of
such outbreaks as the present. In 1830
Beirut was plundered by the Greeks;
Dayer cl Kamur was six years luter plun
dered by the Druses; in 1840, the Alsro-
nites, whom Sir C. Napier took it into his
head to patronize, made various successful
forays on the Druse villages alter the affair
at Koraichovan.
The Turkish Government, however, con
trived to keep them pretty quiet after the
defeat of Ibrnhnra Pacha, but in 1846,
England foolishly allowed the Sultau's
authority, the only one which these moun
tain tribes respected, to be reduced to zero.
A conple of pachas have been kept up for
the sake of show, but without being allow
ed a sufficient force to muke the authority
of the Porto respected. Since then, the
infiuenco of England has declined, nnd that
of France and Russia increased. We now
6oe the results. But to mako the Sultun
responsible for these disturbances, after wo
have deprived him of the means of repress
ing them, by making tho tribo independent
of his rule, is the height of injustice, as well
as absurdity.
The Vaccination op Indians. We
lenrn from the National Intelligencer that
one of the Senate's amendments to the
Indian Appropriation bill provides to a
limited extent, for the continuation of vac
cination among the Indians, recently sus
pended in consequence of the appropriation
having run out. The small pox has carried
off thousands of the "red men or the forest."
By reference to the reports of the office of
Indian affairs .for; tM years 1837-8, we
learn that this -disease swept away whole
tribes of these ui.fortnnate people, and thut
of the Sioux olone 17,200 died of the dis
ease. More recently, in the year 1853,
nearly 12,000 of the confederated bauds or
the Sioux antl Omahas died with the same
tnrrible maladv. In 1857. 400 of the
Puwnees died from its effects.
More Rain. The climate of California
must surely be undergoing a change, says
the Plumas Standard. No more the long,
cloudless summer, hot showers to cheer the
thirsty earth. On Tuesday last we had in
this region two hard, pelting rains; one in
the morning, the other in the afternoon, and
both set to the " majestic music of the
spheres." It is at any rate a wonderful
change this summer from the summers of
'49 and '58 inclusive.
A Formidable Accession. The last
Iowa State Reporter, published at Iowa
City, decidedly the ablest and most influ
ential Democratic Journal In that State,
announces in its last issue that it will next
week drop the names of Donglat and
Johnson, and thereafter give an enthusias
tic snpport to Lincoln and Hamlin.
IV Every political paper in South
Carolina ii for disunion, and every one
electioneer in tht when. South are at
' work Mn,'rrt'7 for Breckinridge and Line.
Tin San Jca Question. Wo hope
" Ion," the Washington correspondent of
the Baltimore Sun, ii correct when be says
the administration of Mr. Buchanan will
not yield the points at Issue with Great
llrituin, but thut the crisis will be met
firmly. " Ion" recalls to mind thut on the
parliamentary explanations concerning the
occupation of Suu Juan by the orders of
Gen. Harney, It was stated that Immediate
difficulties did not follow from that event
bi'caiise of the great forbearance of the
British naval officer in command at the
timo upon thut station. Prior to Gen.
Scott's conciliatory Interposition, Gov.
Douglus had ordered tho British Com
mander of tho squadron ou that const to
blockade Sun Francisco, but the officer
refused to execute the order until it should
be repeated from the home governrocnt,
and time whs thus afforded for Gen. Scott's
mission. The gasconade of the London
Times and the bull dog growl of Earl Grey
must not deter our government from insist
ing on Its rights. Great Britain may think
that, os Air. Buchanan once hud a hand
iu the concession of "filty-fotir forty" dowu
to tho forty-ninth parallel iu the dispute
concerning the Oregon boundary, tho " old
public liiuctionnry" will be equally wcuk
kneed in reference to tho Sun Juan uff.iir.
Earl Grey says the British government
would concede nothing upon the next oc
cosiou of a dispute with the United States,
aud her Majesty's ministers are evideutly
looking for somo pretext to raise a urns.
If, ufter all the insolence of the British
cubinet uud press, Air. Buchunan should
recede one step, it would be the crowning
infamy of his administration, no have
deliberately taki n our stand en this ques
tion, and it is approved by the whole coun
try; anything looking towur.ls concession
would nflitt (IMionor. LouUviUe Jour.
Napoleon's letter to the French
Ambassador in England Is a manly pro
duction. It is worth a shipload of the
flimsy trash called political correspondence.
This new man is inaugurating o new era in
diplomacy. How tho old diplomats of the
Talleyrand and Alctternich school must
hate this Democratic Innovator! Ho de
sires peace and he tells England so; and In
what scathing language ho rebukes the
petty jealousies nnd suspicions of Enlinh
statesmen, when ho tells thorn in the hear
ing of the civiiizsd world " Let us uudcr-
r.tund one another in good faith, like honest
nun ns we arc, and not I ke thcivrs who
desire to cheat coch other." Tiie new sys
tem was to talk in courtly phrase, and
cheat "ono another" like thieves. The
new system will be to talk and act like
honest men. America has taken the lead
iu this matter, ns in ninny other things, and
it is wonderful how one of the most enlight
ened sovereigns in the world speaks and
acts on all great occasions as if ha had
learned his lessons in this Republic. One
thing is certain, that whether England go
with him or uot, he will save the Christians
of Syria from extermination. Son Fran
cisco Herald.
The Red ltivr.it of tub North. Tho
prevalent topic with the people of Minnesota
nt this time is the successful establishment
of a tri monthly communication, by stage
and stcambont, with the immense nnd fer
tile district of British America, extending
between Canada and the Rocky Mountains,
nnd from the International boundury on
utitude 49 to the parallel of 55. This
area, which may be termed Central British
America, includes the basin ol Luke Win
nipeg, or the districts drained by the Red
River or the North and the Saskatchewan,
and is estimated to contain 400,000 square
miles. It is a region capable or organizing
eight first class Mississippi States, nnd
possessing a soil and climate w favorable
to settlement as Wisconsin or Minnesota.
The route is as follows: From St. Paul,
daily coach, to St. Cloud, 70 miles. From
St. Cloud, tri-weckly coach, northwest lo
Georgetown, ou the Red River, four days,
or 200 miles. From Georgetown, every
ten days, by steomer Anson Northnp, to
Fort Garry, in the Selkirk settlement, a
voyage of three days, 350 miles.
Anotiif.r "Dred Scott" Case. The
Shelby (Ky.) Newi states that a suit has
been instituted iu the Shelby Ciru.t Court,
involving the question of slavery in the
northwestern territory, as affected by the
ordinance of 1787. The plaintiff ad Tts
that his master became a ermancnt resi.
dent of Illinois, and took the plaintiff to
thut State, and there kept him during the
period of his residence therein. The plaiotff
claims that by virtue of the ordinance of
1787 and the constitution and laws of I Hi
nois. this residence liberated him from
slavery.
J6T The Charleston Mercury, notorions
as the most intensely sectional paier in the
country, wyi that it thinks Breckinridge
and Lane "jnt aUnt sectional enough
ltd fierce and bitter feeling of sectionalism
w.i never perfect! graced by any aom.
initios before.
CaT The following from the Cumberland
(Maryland) Telegraph, a Constitutional
Uuion organ, is what we call decidedly
significant at the present time:
" Wa have said that llistiicioiis feeling
have been waked up in the minds of mony
of the Union men that nn effort ii being
mmle In eoniA sections of tho ctuintrv ta
sell out to the Democracy for the avowed
purpose of defeating the Republicans. If
suiU luspicioni uecotuo general in?y iir
rhrinC beyond expression the c.iuse of the
Union candidates, lor tho opposition cannot
be they will not bo turned over to their
ancient and bitter encinis; no never, while
the sun aud moon endure. Thry want a
chanrw In th nol rv of the government
they feel keenly the effects of tho mlsman-
agemrnt of our national affairs, nnd thry
ore dctcrnilnrd to havo a change. They
wish to secure it by the election of Johu
Bell to the Presidency, mid if they fail
in that, we speuk that which we know,
to far ai ihit irelion nf the country is con
cerned, they desin the election of Mr. Lin
coln.
With a conviction of this fact, we SQV.
if any of our friends In the free St.itcs, after
a fair enndid and iiimnrtiiil examination of
the mutter, should deem it uuwisc, impoli
tic or useless to run n inn anu jvercii
ticket, our advico is to unite with tho
friends of Mr Lincoln, ns far preferable
and much moro honorable tluin a uniou
with either division of tho Democracy."
KB- The editor of the Baltimore Patri
ot has received a copy of tho testimony
before tho Covodo Committee, and he says
of tho book:
" It is a wonderful book wonderful not
only for its bulk, containing 838 octavo
pages or closely printed matter, in a clear,
sharp bourgeois letter, upon white thick
paper, but still more wonderful for its con
tents, which Mr. Covode and his ossoci
nti.4 Messrs )lin nnd Train, extracted
from unwilling and tergiversating witnesses;
In proof of the corruptions ol tne most cor
rupt Administration that ever bubbled cp
to the political surface or any country on
earth, and of the complicity or most or tho
witnesses in those corruptions. Such n
record or shame is without a parallel. The
nearest to it is the report oi j-iiniKoushi,
the Russian Alexander's commissioner, ap
pointed to investigate the corruption of
the civil aumtiiistruiion oi ti:e auiocruix-
empire."
ft-jT Tho London Critic, iu the course
or a long review of tho speeches of Hon.
Abraham Lincoln, tho Republican candi
date for tho Presidency of tho American
Union, thus refers to his mentnl powers:
" It is from the speeches which Mr. Lin
coln has from time to time del. vi red in
opposition to Mr. Douglus that we gather
some idea of his mcntul qualifications.
We collect from the speeches of Mr. Lin
coln that ho hns a mind ruther of the
straightforward than of the subtle order;
that ho ruther seizes upon great ana promi
nent focts and argues them to plain conclu
sions, than builds np elegant but fragile
theories npon the treacherous linsis Ot tan-
cil'ul speculation; that he is enrnest moro
thun passionate, antl coniinnnuiiig more
thnn persuasive. Indeed, every ono or his
speeches which wo have rend bears upon
tho Inco or it evidence tuut no is jionctsi
Old Abe.'"
JST Tho New York World, in present
ing a detailed estimnto of the Presidential
election, gives Lincoln 105 electoral votes,
er 13 more than is necessary to a choice.
It thinks that Breckinridgo will havo 48
and Bell 47 votes. Among tho doubtful
States it reckons Texas as between Hous
ton or Breckinridgo; Georgia und Louis
iana between Bell or Breckinridge; Oregoit
between Breckinridge or Lincoln; Illinois
between Lincoln and Douglus; and Missouri
as probably for Douglus;
Eitracti from the Louinille Journal.
The two Democratic, noncrs at Rich
mond talk obout " the greut issno now be
r..r ti.A nnnntr " Those twoortrinis man
age to get up issues oftciirr thau ony other
couplj wn ever Itcuru oi, except me mar-
I ...... i' 1.1 't.i
ied couple that Uao twenty-iour cuiiurcn
in twelve years.
TTi.dntibtedlv the Democratic party h
dead, but it is the worst-behaTcd corpse wu
ever saw in our lives.
If the names of all the voters in tho
United State were put into a lottery
wheel, the miin whose name should first be
drawn out would probably be as well qual
ified for the V ice I'resiuciicy as jo Loue.
Tim theories of the Disunionists mny
have a plausible look, but their adoption
would be ruin. The apples of Sodom aro
beautiful to the eye, but would make bad
dumplings.
If at any timo Jo Lane finds his
whisky punch too hot, ho cou cool ii by r.
process very common with him blowmj
his own horn.
The Bibic speaks ol a man clothing
h'iDMtr with curses ss with a garment.
We guess the Disunionists will all appeor
in bran new suits alter the election.
The broad crack through the center
of the Democratic party is to that patty
the crack of doom.
We rsn now put down Disunion by
votes. If we neglect the opportunity, ws
may have to pot it down hereafter by fiio
and steel.
Our opinion ii that the result of tl
election will make the Disunionists ft ;
very ticklish about the neck.
Jo Lane says that be wai nursed st
the breast of the Democracy. He trust
tin K'.M the old thing! tbflg4 dry.