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TJIE OKEGON A KG US. Ill' D. W. CIMUJ. , flftis OF SUBSCRIPTION. ,ret, utiUbt Jarniahtd at Thru Dalian njjjrt w " mm"" "t DU" ' "'fif ' ,Kf rtetifJor f nee j' ifcontinaei until all arrearage! JftiZunlf ' ' "" ". Far f Argus. Oar l'.aimtryi VU. 'ruf'cMHiry'i Flag, thai eiandaid ehiet, ' The iiare end leather, Mi I.I Northern "!' ur ullierii beat, yr m dy. where ni,l"i in cvary weather j lliih Am'! " K"""'1 eti , n pfMe .? lofty elaliou. Triumph ,'"r l'lc f' ,n, ' fl, mailer wh-nM" how b.et, Tiw i,,ry at 01" "'uu". 'An l intt be "", in lw,,i"' Th Sure ' dlripee be parted? . . . . .. .1.. ih....t.t tm hiltpr liaili. IW I"" """ i i yur n-ulclwou weari a somber alein, ' lit glory hath depirted ., Oii"o CiTt. Feb. 23, 1861. J. D. L. i rroal. - Tii' vi.M " ,un"y lmiil,i Th hwI p k.vee Ihe lee, , The ecaiW creeper lovee the elm j llul I luvo tliee. Tbe euneliiue kieee mount ind vale, Thf eiere liny k.a the m, ' Tlir wh.de clover bloom J Hut I km thea. ' Tlia oriole w.de hie mottled mute, The lily' .bridu e' Ihe tx e; Heaven's marriage-ring ii round (lie firth : Shall I wed lliee J Bayard Taylor. Paitin Sokb Thboat. Ice ttlono snlTiccs fur the treatment of putrid sore tliroat, and whatever might be the progress of the dis ease, ft never fails in twenty-four Lours to place the putk'iit out of danger. Smull iitce of ice used oh tbe outside of the taroat, and tucked or swallowed by the patient, is the only treatment I would re commend to my brethren of the medical faculty. So says an eminent physician. It is said that good, fresh yeast, taken iokmally, ii a sovereign remedy. It is claimed that it will give almost instantane ous relief. In the earlier st iges, which is always accompanied by soreness and swelling in the throat, tha p;ti 'lit sliuuld use simply a solution of suit und water as a gargle, eve ry nTteon minutes. At the same time a jri'ece of fl.innel s'tould be moistened with sim'l.ir solution, m uIj as hut as the pa tient can bear it, which should ba bound around the throat, renewing it us often as the gnrglu n administered, and in the mean time sprinkle fine suit between the. flunuc l and the neck. ' Also uso inwardly some touic or stimulant, either separately, or if the prostration bo great, use both together. It is claimed fur this treatment, if used In llic earlier stages, it will rfTct a com Ant cure' Tub Paw.v of Lovk. If a grape vine be laati'd in the neighborhood of a well its mots running silently under ground, wreath themselves in a network around the cold, clear wuters, and the vine's putting on out ward greenness aud unwonted (-lusters and fruit Is all thnt tells where every root and fiber of its being has been silently fieuliii;:.So those lows ore most fatal, most ahsurliing, in whicli, with unheeding quiet-ne- every thought and fiber of our life twines gradually around some human soul, lo the unsuspecting well-spring of our being. Fearful it is, hecau.su so often the vine must be uprooted uud all its fibers wrenched away; but till the hour of discov ery comes, how is it transfigured by a new anil beautiful life! There is nothing in life more beautiful than the trunce-like, quiet (In w n which precedes the rising of lore in the foul. When the whole being is pervaded imperceptibly and tranquilly by another being, and wn are happy, we know not and ask not why, the soul is then receiving all and asking nothing. At a Inter day the becomes Relf-contteious, and then come craving exactions, endless questions; the whole world of the material conies in with its hard counsels and consultations, and the beautiful trance fades foreverl 99" At Gloucester, Mass., thera arcre ported to be 377 amiable, angelic, accom plished, marriageable maidens, and to hus band this harvest of churms, there are but .78 singlo men, including widowers, and on ly 25 of the latter are good matches. There are two hundred und eleven mar riageable girls in La Crosse, Wis., and about one hundred , and thirty beaux to mate them. . Of these, 42 don't care for tlie girls, 37 tho girls don't enre for, 15 are m busy making money they can't stop to marry, and the balance are engaged. , 1 The steamer Dugout is about start ing for Salt river, and the cabin boy has just returned after spending $25 for small tores, when the following conversation oc curs: Boy" Well, Captain, I've come on board with the small stores." Capt. ""What hare you nonght?" Boy " I lent $24 for whisky, and $1 for bread." Capt. " Thunder! what era you going to do with so much bread?" : . I The qnantity or rice consumed in the rice-eating of Eastern nations, has wen estimated at three ounces per day, or letfnty ponnds per year. The popula tion of these countries is estimated at 671, 343,916 souls, . and the rice crops at 62, 76,902,000 ponnds, 50 per cent, greater than the Indian corn crop of the United States. ' Five thousand slaves were sent from Richmond, Va., over tbe Petersburg Road, 5,000 by the Tennessee Rood, aad 2,000 by other chaanels, during "jerl860. Vabied at $1,000 each, I 2.900,000 ia cash hare been rvceired by Sute. ' A eotemporary describing a dance ' a conntry village in his neighborhood, aid: The gorgeous strings of glass d glistened on the bearing bosoms of ilUg belles, like rubies resting on the fixate surface of a vara apple dampling." W jea ever? mm AWeeklyNewsrmj)(.r, devottnl to the Interests of tho LuWing Cliuwe, an.l advocating the Vol. Vf. Freadler Marbal. li.i : . . luonniountoi truuds that have Ihii! Oen. Wool Ima written a letter to a I If the poet who declared that "pe' Hi'Hri o There la a feature in the migra committed by Floyd and others, sines this friend in Washington City, on Ihe present h"1" I""" victories no lit rwiowned than lory i-karart-r of Ihe buir.ilo not generally administration went into power, almost ' crisis. .It Is the most manly and pointed M bfii C"l-niiori ous with MaJ. known, except to hunters, and that is, thnt tnf.riTs belief lit.i.,,,1. .Ii i ... Anderson, ono might be nliniwt persuaded lit vast body of the herd Is never found 7"'" ,, ltf' A" ' " doeoinent that has to our knowledge been mt jH(J , (i , , Mm tri,.t 0rcom,rj two WM)B, mentot the exposition hag ben made.-penned by a Deaioerut. We endorse eve- mind when writinir. 80 far it is rannifest in succession. The UufTalo of North An eastern writer says that when a new ry word of it, uud cannot forbear giving thai the hero of Fort Sumter has achieved j America forms an Immense army inarching administration comes into power to sweep 'an extract. There Is no snivel ia tlila ' lscitie victory, its importune being j in one continuous circuit, but perhaps three- .way the present incumbent, of office, when I ahout ' grievances concession.,' com-'. ''1, ? t T7, T" T 1 iN ! ffJl-I'Vatwi'lT rln of" 'tJ'nS ih ,.... , .... . . , , I ... , . ... 'On naht to donbt that MaJ. Anderson I niun I within a range or rrom two to three accounts are to bo made op aud balances promises,' or amendment to the Coiiati-, - rully aware that he occupied the only , h Ired miles. Thus, where buffaloes are paid over, there can bo no reasonable Jlutiou': position in which, by a single blow courage-! a1 ondant one year, they are fewer the uouit unit a disc losure of fraudulent olu- cial baiikrniitcv will be made uuiiarulMed In the annuls of any government that has , . , . ll ill I a written lusli.rr llnr.. I ui ..I " ' I .. ' " - I'"' 1 list of these transactions: Samt of Swmdl: Am't. Sunt Cab. Miniiltr. 1 run turning, g. $tiiu,0fiu rlyd,8.cof War., nIC : : I: v illeire fi N. Ilrdiurd Ulahtlourconlrect, IfiO.Onfl Ulaheorueoiilrect, 97U.0IH) km 11 t.'luh mule ele, 84ll,(ha) " " ElPaiiowaKiiiiroiid,9K).UU0 " ' " Kowl.r Ut-I'alceiioa, I75.HHO Dnwn, P. M. Gen. Bailey's Itobbery, bTU.WHJ Ihompwn, 8eo. ef lateriur. Total, $2,54j,0ti0 Two million five hundred and rVirtv-flre1 thousand dollars is certainly a snug sum to1?"1'1 8t,,1",' """"'f1 T1" ,,,e U"iM . . , . . , 1 for no other reason thau that they consti- bo abstracted from the hutionnl Treasury : tu,i0lll)y ex.-rfisd the most precious right during a single administration of four years, conferred 011 them of voting for the per Recent developemeiits, however, show that''10" hom they considered the most worthy '.ho swindling, operations of Floyd alone V"1 "".""'IM to fill the office of Pn-si-A.nnnn . dent. Fort Sumter, therefore, ought not, amount to near $4,000,000, even .f tlu'yiaiid, I presume, will not, be delivered over do not exceed that sum. Floyd himself , to South Carolina. has been indicted by the grand Jury of the District of Columbia. Hear wiut Urnry Ci.at 8aio. Those Demot-ruts who follow the lead of Dulf Hannah, in this county ond State, cannot , , . ' , of cours- be expected to pay much utteu- j tion to what opinions Henry Clay ever held. Ho was hut as a tallow candle com- pared to the brilliant light which they look! . 1 r i ai. 1 ti ,.r 1. up to. On ihe 24th of July, 1850, Mr. Clay said in the Semite: "Von r.amwt put your finger on the part of the Constitution which conveys the! right or tho power In rang tlavetfmm en, of the Sintei of the Uuiaa to any Territory of the United States. Nor can I admit: for a 8iuglo moment that there is any sep arate or several right upon the part of the Stales or individual mcmkrs of a State, or any portion of the people of the United States, to carry slaves into the Territories, under Ihe idea that those Tcrr.teries ore held in common between the several States. It is 0 joint properly, held by a common ! trustee for the general good, and to be ud ministered by the General Government ac cording to its deliheruto judgment of what will best promote tho common happiness and prosperity, uud do justice to all." This is the very doctrine on which Abra ham Lincoln und the Republican party stand to-dav. En. Awn's: I send yon, for publication, a copy of the following resolutions which were nnniiimnusiy adopted at a meeting or the students of Bethel College on Feb. 4th, 18C1. j.a.w. Whereas, We, the students of Bethel College, have been deprived ol 'the .care and instruction of our -'""'V'T'"1.. U,,(1 able teachc Trof. John II. Hull; there- fore. Resolved, That we deem it not only our privilege, but also our duty, to thus ex press our deep regret at his departure. Resolved, I hat in his labors among ns us a teacher, Prof. Hall has always been a . mm ever discharging his duties with firmness and with credit to himself nnd profit to those with whom he ; sociatnd Resolved, That we will ever cherish his memory with cratitude and respect. Resolved, That a copy of these resolu tions be sent to Prof. Hall, and also a copy each-to the Ladies' Gem, the Litera ry Star, the Oregon Statesman, and the Oregon Argus. A hasa Mann, Pres't. J. A. Waymiri!, Sec'y. . fc Great Britain. The British press con tinue the discussion of the secession movc- mine ine discussion 01 uie sccewwn move- . . 1 .. merit, and nil agree in deprecating Ihe rash ... 1 , 1 . . t . haste and criminal recklessness which have brought the Union to the verge of dissolu tion. Instead of the general joy which many expected to see exhibited in that quarter, we encounter nothing bnt regrets for the dilemma into which the eonntry has been plunged, and reprehension of the dem agogues who have imperiled its existence. Mr. Buchanan is in very bad odor with all parties, including bis former fricuds and odmirers. . m- Letters received from Paris state that on New Year's Day the EmKror Nanoleonat the official presentation of - - r the diplomatic Faulkner, States had from Ihe ted States, ine r.mperor expressra vne; . . .,1 wish that the United States might long continue nmted and prosprons people. ; ..nmi.il f III" live B"B IB" uummic m uic , , . - ,. ' ' corps, expressed to ir. ............. ...... the roads in Oregon. This expr"d.iiireLern,.d ,neM KXWtl,,Ult i the insult , our Minister, the hope that no or more u, , ,lu,. . property belongs lo the pef.pl- of Oregon, ' , tie ,d fujth. separated, or would separate, " " snd at least, we nope tne srmers mong ; ty dl(.aU , the North, are not General Government of the Uni- Fom,te m l90V" xn' rom'' "" wp of the alwhtesl conqur,,et. Few or none tar A nmmine.it Democrat of Ken- Palmer, formerly an editor, has just been was t-kuig leave of her sot. on his depsr- stolen and carried off-not by tl . agen ter A pr.mine.i ,..,. . twl SnMBer of lbe Sut-Senate and tnr- for England, and giving him some' cy of these personal liberty laws-but by ky said not long s.nce: If we of the akeroftbe State uat ,d dear Sandy, my ,i the combination of individuals iu the Nor- Jth were to read Henry Clay', last Russell Everett, of tbe P.ttsborg Joomal, 'M Jd , pj tber buttt(. turky sa Sodth i . t . : .;il.Ani knnriiia t Ua .tW it would be generally ascribed to author it woo d be gencr-.iy ascr, J Seward or W.Uen. : I A Cincinnati pajw-rsays: "Iflhey wish slavery a nousn-a in . : 1.. .1 . tl.a Rt.t into IH JMIMUUri, ICV UTCiM tbe secession movement " OREGON CITY, OREGON, MARCH 2, 1801. I ..... .. ... vr,. r..me. rt Sumter commands the entrance, ""d, in a few hours, could demolish Fort '""'"" 00 vm umira otate keep jtoKsessiiiu or this fort, the ndeiiend - r ' . .. ' .. .' . ftl ...I.-: o . . rt. . emu or South Caroluiii will only lie in luime, and not iii fact. If. however, it should be surreinltred to South Carolina, which I do not apprehend, the smothered i"nio of the Fn-e Sta... would Ih, rviisra orvuini cuuiroi. it wniiiu noi lie iii the power of any oue to restrain it. In twenty days two humlrvd thousand men woulil be in readiness t tnke vengeance on .11 who would betray the Union into the lianils or lis enemies. JJu as.su red that I do not exaggerate the feelinirs of the Pm- They are aln-udy sufBcieutly ex- I am not, however, pleading for the Free States, for they are not in danger, but for the Union and the preservation of the Cotton States. Those who sow the wi"'' must xl,crl ,0 r,,,P whirlwind! ?'l,fl le,u!,:rl,I South Crolii could not have noticed lhat we live in an age of pro pf(.M n(1 lhlit Christendom is making rapid strides in the march of civilization "'id freedom. If they bad, they would ,mre rtovercd that the announcement of every victory obtaim-d hy the Hero of the ;al..fL.t.ntH cN.tnry, Garibaldi, in Tavor ol ,he oppressed of Italy, did not fail to elcc- tnfy every American heart with joy and gladness. " Where liberty dwells there is my country,'' was the declaration of the illustrious Frniikiin. Th s principle is too strongly implanted in Ihe heart and mind of every man in the Free States lo be sur rendered because South Carolina desires it in order to extend the area of Slavery. With all Christianized Europe and ucur ly all the civilized world opposed to Shive ry, are the Southern States prepared to set aside the Inirr ers which shield and pro tcct their institutes nnoVr the United States Government? Would the separa tion of the South from the North, give greater secnrily to Slavery than it has now under tho Const. tution of the Union? What security would they have for the re turn of runaway slaves? I apprehend none, whilst the number of runaways would he greatly ungmeuled, and the d Qiculties of which slaveholders complain would be increased ten-fold. However much indi- iili.uld .ni.rtit n.iHi.ni.i iluvlv Ilia W.f States are prepared to sustain and defend it, ss guaranteed by the Constitution. In conclusion, I would avoid the bloody and desolating example of tho Mexican States. I am now, mid lorever, in favor of the Union, if preservation and the rigid !,., f ..g .nd interest of tlie StaUs. ii.dividu.ilh as well as collect- ively. Interesting to Editors. If anybody wants to edit the Vieksborg Sentinel, he may be edified by the following brief his- try f omo of t!, men who have figured in lhat position: Dr. James Hagan took 10j jn 1837, had a nuiulier of street fi?u,. fou,,i,t a duel with his brother editor of the Whig, and was killed in 1842, in a street fight, by D. W. Adams. His assist ant, Isaac C. Partridge, died of yellow fever in 1839. Dr. J. S. Fall, another assistant, hud a number ef fights, in one r 01 which he was badly wounded. Ja"" Ryan, next editor, was killed by R. E. I Hainmett of the Whig. Next came Wal.Jed for us may yet be round lo have heuling terllickey, who had several rows, and, iu wings.-JV. Y Tribune. was repeatedly wounded; he killed Dr. Thb Expkrirxci or the Wintpr. - ,it.. 1,,., ,,,11 .i,. r..lirnr..! Si. Cnm Mac n, and was soon after himself killed Late lo-t tall the l.alitornia Stage Lorn- . , . pany commenced their operat ons in Oro- m Texas. John Lav ins, another editor, r ' , , .! , , , , . . .. ,,. . goo. 1 hey had no practical knowledge of was impr.soneu tor me violence 01 nis am-, cles. Mr. Jenkins, his successor, was kill-i ed in the street by H. A. Crabbe; Crabbe was murdered in Sonoro. F. C. Jones , . T , . , , succeeded Jenkins, and soon ofterwurds drowned himself. m t :n.. .-t r n.. not- inr uuuietiiio wuui.i.i, ui 24th, in alluding to the debate between j jjr Donglas. and Mr. Mason of Virginia, respecting the fugitive slave law, says:- 1 , ., i . t Mr Clay said to us, at the house of a relation of his iu this city, that, in hisopiu- Mr. Mason purposely made the fugi- p,:,. ind editors rise in Pen n- THli, Both h(.r Senators in the U. 8. grt)llte nK t0 t,e craft. Robert M itm Clerk I . . . . . ,j Mr A writer iu tbe Loni.rdle Journal J . ., ,,,,, nf th. c,m,u t , ,,.4 to .ur, jn t,e border Sutea .. . . ,nn" w"' mvlt wnJ ,e" " Is this a slur at lbe North rendering ap tbe niggx? .: i i... ..(...:.. i. ik. Vitfh m innnsanu iiiniiipi ni uirir iikii iiiiiih t iiihui inruu. ti.u i'..n.... s:iui.. p. nnn. " " " ' Z . "' aiuir SBHmi, ' ouly struck at the propter moment, he couhl ''7 bare and remhr hnrmless the whole 1 A I..M ..I f. ! ' ' ; ' cer- that nil orders to sir ke this blow had . ... ...... . . .. . been carefully withheld from him, and that ke had received no official warning of the contemplated treason. If the Government were in collusion with the traitors, he had not been let into the secret. It was known that he could be trusted to defend the Un ion, but not to betray it. Yet he hud suf ficient sagacity lo detect the plot, even without the convincing evidence afforded by the refusal of the Sccrctarv of War to strengthen his little command in their most perilous position. Thus left with a hand ful of men to his own resources, without enough ammunition to hatter down the wooden houses on his front, wherein a thousand riflemen could be advantageously posted, his subsequent netion has shown him to be possessed of the highest order ol mili tary genius. The treasonable compact between ihe Secretary of War nnd South Carolina, under which hostilities were to b suspended until the result of the Com ni ssion to Washington was known, was purposely concealed from hint. But his good sense satisfied him that those. Com missioners would fail In their object, ami ho had the best pnss ble evidence that so soon ns that failure could be telegraphed to Charleston, ho would be attacked and massicrcd. Armed steamboats were ply ing round him every night to intercept any movement he might be contemplating Sumter was to be seized, and he was to be humiliated hy being compelled to surrender Moultrie. The emergency wnt exactly such as to test the military capacity of the man thus forced to encounter it. Muj. Anderson had not the least hesitation in knowing what lo do, but thnt lie instinct ively accomplished it by a movement so masterly as to electrify the country. He shifted his command from a defenseless po sition to an impregnable one, doing so on Phis own responsibility. The whole glory of this decf-ivc movement is his own. 1 he consequences belong to the nation, nnd the mil ion has been prompt to recogaizu them as nf incalculable value. The occupation of Fort Sumter broke up Ihe well-cnnceivcd plans of the conspi rotors, nnd scattered them to the winds. It rendered an entire change of their pro gramme necessary. All that thoy have undertaken since has been a cosily and meaningless abortion. It drove ignomini ously from the Cubinet I ho powerful con spirator who, nnder cover of his official po sition, had long been secretly giving mo mentum to the black scheme of treason nncovered a treaty he had secretly made with the trnitors emancipated the Presi dent from the fatal influences which were fast precipitating even him into Ihe com mon infamy and introduced him to the direct counsel und control nf men in whom the country has abiding confidence. What wholesome results have quickly followed from Ihis change, the people see and cheer fully acknowledge. New confidence invig orates nil the channels of business. The advancing treason has found its insolent progress suddenly checked, its councils dis organized, its objects foiled. It stands hesitating and confounded. During this fortunate pause, the half disorganized Gov ernment is fast recovering its ancient equilibrium. It bridges over the noxious interval between the expiration of a long doubtful Administration, and Ihe advent of another nt whose inauguration all doubt will vanish. These important advantages are legitimate fruits of the masterly move ment of Maj. Anderson. He probably foresaw them all. But whether foreseeing ., i.i l -irm-..l Intimate the value of bis services to the taem or nor, 11 wnuui on uiiiicuii uj hvit- Union. The extension of time he has an'm- tn d d mir,icngr. 0f tIOHI Por tions which are liable to become very bad in the rainy winter season, and hencu they could not intelligently guard against the delays which have been experienced hy ' . . . . , nllt if th, v had known, they had not the time to im- nrnre them as thev would have done at an 1 . . ' t,irlier period o the yeiir. Their extierience of the present winter has enabled lo understand tbe peculiarities f " "';. "! Jhrj can cause the proper repairs before another winter, so that n0 imM.dim-nt need be sofTered in the tran- ri 0f the mails next winter. The company have already expended npH ofto Plwl anH nmuulih) at all seasons of the H'i"i.i)C .1, year. Time: An anx;ous mother in Scotland r. l. cn.l..H. i.L. 1. ' - em; bnt the English are a brave hoxin' n. tl(k, fare . ,h,mi Sllndr nrJ ... . . M mun Ur ' .... 'h him hy the hair." Cover a fool with gold, sod he will yu ear rout lit ll'llll'n Jl (V lUONO t"" 'wn side of Truth iu every issue. No. 47. " " jHt MmsAToRr ClUOTItli or MB nest, until me greui nouy, nuving cnmjiui' ted its circuit, again make its nppnrancc, Its western limit Is the eastern base of the Rocky Mountains, and its eastern Is bound ed by a marginal outline of civilization, ex tending from the British settlements on the north to Northern Texas on the south. The range of latitude traversed has for many years been about twenty-three de gree, extending from the Cross Timbers of Texas to the tributaries of Luko Winne peg on Ihe north. The band travel south ward on the eastern line, and northward on the western, never crossing Iba Rocky Mountains. Tho comparative proximity of these lines, being at some points not over fire hundred miles, accounts for the presence of buffaloes, in relatively small niimliers, throughout the entire area em braced within the lines of travel. St. Paul Pioneer. WhatGfn. Wmi. Thinks or It. It is reported that some one asked the veter an, Gen. Wool, the other duy, if tho army would be likely lo divide in case of seces sion, and fail to obey orders from tho new President? The gullunt old man drew himself up, proudly, and replied: " Do you think, sir, the army is going to fail the country nt the moment it is needed? No, sir. Furthermore, I allow no officer or man under my command to admit the pos sibility of disunion; and il I hear that any one has spoken iu favor of it, I will court inurtiul him with all possible expedition; und Gen. Scott feels as I do, sir." I&" The New Orleans Delta tells a sto ry of a man iu thut city, who being about to enter upon a doubtful sjx-culution, dis posed of all his real estate, nnd deposited the proceeds thereof in the bunk, In tho name of his wife, that the money might be beyond the reach of creditors should his speculation prove unprofitable. The wife, finding herself the sudden possessor of wealth, iu her own right, run away to Ha vana with a good-looking masculine friend, leaving her loving sjiouse to consider ut his leisure the truth of an old adugo. tQT Hon. Richard W. Thompson, of Indiana, one of the founders of the Con stitutional Union party, in a speech made prior to the Presidential election, said: " Mr Liucolu's strength consists iu his conservatism. His own principles are con servative. I know him well. I served in Congress with him. The slavery question wus then up. Iwas.upou very iutimutu terms with him, and I knew just now he felt about this question of sluvcry. I must say that I feel sometimes a good deul in diguunt when I hear his votes complained of votes whicli he gave along with me nnd others in support of Whig principles.' 4r Henry Ward Beecher, on n recent occasion, suid: "The urticles of the Press go father thau sermons, and entry with them really more weight, ccrtuinly where one hears thru, which is an abomination before God und man. No preacher, who is fit to preach a sermon, is fit to preach more than one a day, nud ho mun is lit to huur more; if ho does, hu is not fit for much else, sermons ure uko uoys pop guns however many wads you put in, it's the lust wud that drives the others cut." PAssroRTS in France. The official journal of Franco lately announced thut hereafter uo passports would bo demanded of Eugbshiiieii traveling in France. There upon Mr. Faulkner, the Ainericun Minister, demanded thut American citizens should be placed upon un equality " with the most fa vored nations," iu accordance with the terms of the treaty. This demaud will doubtless be granted, and as Belgium, Prussia, Holland, Germany and Italy only await the action of France iu such mutters, travelers may congratulute themselves upon the abolishment of the passport nui sance. fSr While the doughfaces of the North are howling about Personal Liberty Laws, the Charleston Mercury says of them: ol our slaves arc lost by being carried away and protected from recapture in the North tru Stairs. A'r to the frontier State are th of much conaeqiietice. Their slaves B' , . ,TZ'.h man conricted of bigamy was mntJ to live will, both wives in tbe aame house; I the vfiuie was ia consequence very rare. To be angry, if te rerenge the faults of other, upou ourseirea. ' RATK8 OR ADVERTlHlNOi One wiiere (twelve lioee, or lew, brevier meoeure) one Iiwrllou $ 3 DO Keh wlwqefiit inernii 1 Of' IliiMneweanU ene year 20 CU A liberal tleiluriioa will be made le those who ailrerliae by tbe year. Of" Tbe number of inwriione eliouhl be noted en Die niarfin ol an ailverliaement, eiherwlae il will be published till fofbiddeo, aad charged aa- cordinfly. tfT Obituary notices will be charged half the above mlfsof adveriiniiif. PfJ.ia paiNTiKo eiccuted with neatntas and dwpneh. i'eymrat far Jab Printing mutt la madt d'Urera nf Ihe trotk. far the Argua, Bew Khatt the Vatea be Pretervtai ' This is the question which exercises ev ery troe patriot? It Is a fact that fivu States have passed what they call ' the or dinance of secession,' It ia a fuct that they mean to secido entirely from Ihe Un ion nt least the active majority mean to breuk up the United Stutts into (heir sep arate parts, and then reunite soma of ths States, forming a new nation, and exclud ing a few of tho Northeastern States. It is evident, from the address of Got'. II icks, of Maryland, and others, that s plan has beau formed, by a large combina tion of secessionists, to take sudden posses sion of Washington City, overturn tho Government, get tho public archives, do"- clsro themselves the Government In fact, aud demand a recognition by foreign pow ers. Jliry expect that tha uisutTcrttd Stntes will yield to this new government rather than cngnge in war, nnd that they will thus be able to dictate, terms to all the States. Slavery will thus be In the as cendant. Tho whole thing is to be accom plished by a coup d'etat, like thnt by which Louis Napoleon becamo Emperor of France. Tho basis of this plan lies in this single, supposed fact, that tho people of the North love money so much thnt they will submit lo any degradation rather than engage In wur for their rights. The North is craveu, cowardly, say those men. They fear trou ble, and we can comjiel them to do what we waul. We'll show them that we will break up this nation, if they do not coma to our terms. We will seize upon tho Governmuut, nud offer a plausible plun for a new Uuion, and wo know that they will not dura to fight. How many of the Army and how many of the Government officials ore in this secret leajue, no one can tell. If we may judge from the letter of tho South Carolina commissioners so styled and the Presi dent's reply, and also from the resignation of so many civil and military officers, the league is a very extensivo one. Multitudes of men, nud those of high position, nnd in many States, hiivo banded together that they will not rest till they have destroyed this nation. One of their objects is to miiku slavery controlling. Tha other is to retain their own power, or to cnthrouo themselves in power iu their several States. It would seem that the result of all at tempted Southern Conventions, is this secret combination, which plans nud guides all the secession movements, but docs it through tho action of individuals in tho secession conventions. The extent of tho secession movement; Its unanimity; its sen timent, ns expressed by resolutions, and by a common action, in tukiug possession of U. S. property, forts, arsenals, and revenue cutters; its almost simultaneous outburst iu five States, with corresponding signs ia others; tho prediction of it in the Presi dent's Mrssnge all these facts can bo ac counted for only by the supposition, which sumo of our leading journalists have made, that this vast conspiracy against the Union exists, nnd strives to overthrow the nation. If il be not so, why did Mr. Muson of Va., in his pluco iu tho Senate, answer for all the aggressive States, and ossuro the Sen ate thut " tvety dollar of the public prop erty would be restored, provided the de mand of the South were met" ? How does hu know this, without knowing the secret springs of tho whole movement? Even Lord Pulnierston fears that onr Union will be broken up. Certainly, there is a vnr.t power at work to destroy 1 The question is then pertinent, How shall tho Union bo preserved ? The President and many oilier distinguished men deny the right of secession, and thus th. possi bility of it, by any ordinances or resolu tions that conventions may pass. Ia this view, no Slutes ore out of the Union; no States can get out of the Union. This was virtually Mr. Jefferson's doctrine. Such are the bonds between all our people thut they never will give even o majority vols to dissolve the Union. Bnt as the Union was formed hy a two-thirds vote of the people, and as, by every just view, the same power must dissolve it, if it is to be dissolved, we see thut disunion is on im possibility. The people never con be in duced to vote a dissolution. The secession of single States is as illegitimate as it is an irrutionul way to accomplish the result. It is taking the matter by tbe wrong end. It is as if a child, a minor, should say to his father, " I will no longer be a member of your family." . If the father permit, this, he permits simply a runaway, but he is held In law responsible for that child, until he publicly disowns him. The Union is our national parent. It was formed legally, and righteously. It wss composed of thirteen children. It baa received twenty more. This family rela tion is recognized tbe world over. It ia one and indivisible, dhIcm by its own anit rd act,' it permit, th. dep.rtora of en. or more members. Bot thi. th. parent Union never ri,7 do. If there be a family