dljc rcjou ftrgu
Sditor.
OUOOXV OZTTt
SATURDAV, MARCH 30, 1801.
tut nut Dn(i,
Tlx demoralized proUvery and treason
Infected Democracy ii dead, and oil sensible
men hitherto In that part know It. Tho
disunion scoundrel of the Cotton Stutes
put their book In tlio now of that parly In
1851, In ordor to muko ft itowerful ally
In overturning tho Government. They
hare led the party hither and thither, wak
ing all sort of crook i and tiirm In the
winding and devious path that led to down
right overt treason. The disunion leaders,
wishing to ace what kind of atuflT tho party
wu eiade of, and how pliablo and unprin
cipled iU Northern leaden were, put the
party through a regular course of turning
and twisting tactics. In 1851, they con
sequently ordered tlio party to repudiate
it old doctrine that " slavery h mtrtly a
trtuturt of local law, and only lo In hi.
eralrd in the States vhert it trltli, as an
trit,n and swallow " my gur-reat jwr-rin-tilth,"
or the " right of the jxujde uf the
Territories I reyulate their own domettie
institutions in their own tray." No sooner
was the order given than tho great iiiom of
tho party (luffed their huts and hurruhed
for " squatter tov-renily " oa the corner
atone of all true government the principle
oar futhcra fought and Lied for a divine
fledgeling hatched out of an egg luid on
l)oard tho '.May flower ' hy tho Goddess of
Liberty herself. Tho young cay let hud,
somehow or other, hid Itself iu tho clefts of
riymonth Rock uon the landing of tho
rilgrim, and was thought no more of till
Douglas ono morning (in reaching down
for plug of tobacco) drew tho ceh-atinl
bird from his breeches pocket, Into which
Atchison had thrust It, and, at tho bidding
of Yancey and Toombs, held It up ns an
object of worship to the astonished gazo of
nil the unwashed. Democrats everywhere
dashed their former Idol lo tho ground,
spit on them, nud, with grins of Intense
satisfaction, rushed around tho bird, ad
mired its plumage, and Lcprgvil tho privi
lego of stroking it. From lSiichniian down
to Dolf and Kelly, they Imagined ils melo
dious voice was sweeter than thut of tlio
lira, nmi nun nun loiuinuia " never wus
piied so sweetly ns by this bird as it sqiint-
tod ou tho pulm of Douglas. It wns
vain thnt wo told them it was nn obscene
bird, hatched from a "bad egg." Th
Democrats all averred that the ' conception
of it wns tho very intensity of ' happiness,'
known only of courso to the gods. They
even " wondered how any man could think
otherwise.'' Tho Democrats nil begged
Douglas for even a sinull feather from its
toil for n plume.
In 1850, tho salamanders wishing lo
mako another experiment in order to still
further test tlio plinbility of Northern
doughfacclsin, called a halt, and ordered
tho party to mnko n right-about-fiico move
ment. Round went tho purly so quickly
that tho hind sido of their breeches stuck
straight out before " Now," said tho sal
amanders, " tako those feathers out of your
caps." No sooner said than obeyed. The
nc.t order was to swallow Lccompton, not
ns contradictory really of " my great prin
ciple," but rather ns explanatory of it or
rather ns a new development ol squatter
sovereignty progressing under difficulties.
This wns rather a tough dose, but the pur
ty generally got it down. Those who re
fused to tnko it were kicked out us " Ulnck
Republicans." Up to thin timo nil Demo
crats wcro permitted to hnrruh for tho Un
ion. They wcro ullowcd to go for tho
UbIou under all cimimnhmcet. Tho mo
Bent Lecompton wns down their throats,
they wcro ordered to cense saying that sla
very was nn " evil," nud begin to swear
that it was a " blessing." They wero also
required In all their Union harunirues to
eay they wero " for tho Union under cer
tain contingencies." Their organs in nil
tho Northern States wero required, on pain
of losing the clinnee of pocketing no ocoa
sional contribution of live or ten dollars, to
pralso everything Southern, and benienn
everything Northern. Rotten abolition
npostntcs, liko poor Slater, wero required
to lay it on a little thicker than tho rest of i
the scribes. During all this time, Northern
doughfaces woro required to dwell loud and
long on " Southern rights," and to bo pa
ticularly careful never to let their renders
know that tho North hnd any rights.
Tho Republican party said, we desire to
Infringo upon no constitutional rights be
longing to tho South. If wo control tho
Government, we will guaranty to the South
all its constitutional rights. Tho donh
faces wcro now in a quandary. As usual,
tney asked their disunion masters what to
any. " Tell them," said Vnnccy, " they
must enforce the Constitution as under
Btood by us." " Vnss, yass," echoed the
donglifuccs from llrown down to Slater
"you must enforce the Constitution us
understood by them" Well, said tho Re
publicans, what 'rights' do you discover
iu mo Constitution that Washington, Jef
ferson, Clay, nud Webster never saw there,
and which even Iiuchanuu, Yancey, and
none of you saw there .ten years "ago?
The'salninntiders who want no more free
States, and who know vuy well that there
never will be any more if slavery is allowed
to go into all the Territories, and is there
protected by a congressional slave code
cry out, " Tell them that they mnst give ui
a slave code, or we wil! dUsolv tho Union.' I
" Vau give 'em their righti give 'em
protection for their frorty, or they'll dis
solve the ulou," snivel the organ-grinders,
while their readers say amen.
The Southern disunlonlsts knew very
well, after all these exrimcnU with North
ern doughfaces, that nothing would balk
them, even to Justifying treason, if they
were too cowardly to engage In It them
selves. In 1861, we find lew Democrats,
who still call themselves such, but what
tayvu Htawfc,
Ad anonymous writer In Ihe Farmer
charges Mr. Rockwell with having Import
ed scabby sheep into this valley. Mr.
Rockwell resjiouds through the is mo me
dium, and proffers to dcjoit $2000 with
the Farmer, to be handed over to the plain
tiff whenever proof is in ado that Rockwell's
sheep had the scab when ho sold them.
We know nothing about this matter, tut
we prcsunio that when the subject Is en
quired into, it will bo found that the disease
arm nitl-liltf mill lltilitll Jilfi'fltf Min ..,.1 had been Imparted to the " merino buck.'' rlctits the South nlrcndr possessd. Duker
alallinir treason, or Bnoloclzliiff for It.- 1 mlxltsjr with wmebody' scabby scrubs, urged tho submitting of the question to the
The Lane orgnns In this State are all die- There Is n great a diversity of opinion in
union sheets. They aplngta fur treason, ' country, on the merits of " Imported
thli.klng it will plesso Joseph should be stock," as there Is on any other ono sub
ever return, and that ho muy bo ablo lo J- We believe thut less than one third
give each of them ten or Dftecn dollars. ot the citizens of Oregon possess much
practical Information on the aubjclt of
LATEST NKWS FROM Til K KAST.
TktUaagaralUaef Mr. I.larala.
Ykkka, March 18, 1851.
Tho Pony Express arrived at Fort
Churchil at 8 a. m.
Sr. Loi is, March 2, 1801.
Several Ineffectual attempt wcro made
to take up the report of the Pcoee Con
ference by the Homo.
In tho Seunte the samo mutter was dis
cussed yesterday. Crittenden was will
ing to mnko ony nud many sacrifices of
private views, for pence. Mason ue
nonnced the plan ns subversive of what
All men who have hitherto belonged to
the Democratic party, under tho delusion
that it was not a pro-slavery disunion pnrty,
havo now got their eyes open, and will
support It no more They ore Union men,
and will supwrt Lincoln's administration
so long as it is faithful and Impartial to all
sections. Tho history of politic since
18&1 show that tho lenders of tho Do
mocmcy oro generally as devoid of princi
ple and pal riot ism as Jo Lnue. In the
scccKtinii movement they havo finally
thrown off tho mak, and revealed their
truo colors. They stand up before a dis
gusted civilization tho samo enemies of
everything coed which wo havo all the
timo said they wcro.
" fine stock." The most of us cume from
the Western frontiers, and left before stock
raisers had begun to Improve the common
breeds much. As a general thing, thoy
hadn't yet found out tho difference botweon
a " pruirio pointer" aud a " Suffolk" a
stallion whose pedigree could be traced
back through half a dozen generations of
scrub mothers to his grca great graudsiro,
" tho celebrated Levl-a-than," was thought
to be tho crfcction of borso flesh better
of courso than a full-blood " Morgan." It
took somo of us several years, after we
came to this coast, to learn that tlirro was
really any dilfercnco between a " seedling"
opplo and the choicest grafted fruit.
Southern Illinois, Arkansas, and Missouri,
wo believe, wcro noted localities fifteen
years ago for producing (he most worthless
scrubby slock Iu almost tho entire
Union yet twelve years sinco wo remem
ber well that in Oregon th highest en
comium that could bo pronounced upon a
horso was, with many, that " he was fooled
by a full-bloeded Missouri mar." If the
" World's Fair" had offered n premium of
a bnlf million dollars for tho best plow,
there would unquestionably havo been
several of our wooden tnold-bvnrd structures
scraped off and scut Kust on pnek animals,
to compete for tho prize. Rut tho laws of
Tho tirotm-tinn nf tlm progress, liko nil oilier laws, work remark-
nccessurily remain ns n able changes on this conit In a very short
timo. Tho gold mines brought on Fastcru
merchants, whoso imported steel plows
took tho field and tho 1 1'iko' structures
wcro thrown into tho corners of the fences.
Ladd and Luclling' havo driven seedling
orchards out of tho State and other ben
efactors of tho raco arc rapidly depreciating
the prico ol scrubby stock, by imitorting
better breeds.
Although the general fueling is In favor
of improved stock ( especially in sheep),
wo very frequently hear sensiblo men in
diff rent parts of the country speaking ns
though this " improved stock" which has
been offered for sale iu this valley was nil
a " humbug," and thut the " importers"
were actually damaging us by " importing"
diseases Into tho country. Tho notices ol
" Iiul Jones," nud " Rockwell's bucks,"
which havo been published In tlio Farmer,
hove probably been somewhat colored, ns
they wero written by men who oro inter
ested In the sale or profits of tho animals
they themselves havo brought hero nt n
heavy expense. All men nre liable to
ovcrrato what they wish to sell, when ad
vertising it, and do it honestly too. How
tunny men nro there who represent their
scrubs as tlio " very best stock in the coun
try," and really brfkv: what they say?
As to tho sheep b ;sincss, we have taken
considerable pains to investigate tho pres
ent nnd prospective interests of Oregon in
that matter. Wo havo made our figures,
and nro fully satisfied that shecp-ruising
will always bo n sure sourco of profit hero.
Horses, cattle, hogs, and grain raising
may bo overdone but sheep-raising never
will be, as long ns our sheep havo proper
attention. Whether these imported bucks
arc all that is cluinted for them, we care
not to enquire. Wo have seen some of
t'ram Woblasloa.
From a privuto letter written by Col. Ra
ker, Jan. 13, we extract a few sentences
that may bo of public interest:
" In regard to tho great meas
ures now pending before Congress, in which
Oregon has a deep Interest, to wit, the
war debt bill, tho Pacific Railroad, and
protection to tho frontiers, I can only say
that for each and all, I am doing my very
best ; but you must remember thut to-day
wo seem to be upon tho very brink of war;
and I need not tell you thnt war Is tho
great enemy of all tho arts of peace aud
progress. It is tho subject thut absorbs
the entire attention of Congress, and hard
ly any thing else can bo talked of or
thought or.
frontier must
measure of tho new ndiuiuistruticn: and 1
shull remain here to press it upon them
after the ndjnurnuiwiit of Congress. I nm
perplexed and grieved that nil our great
measures arc delayed, If not defeated, by
tho insanity of secession. ' All tho
lending Democrats of tho North, nay, I
may sny tho pnrty, nro offering ull possiblo
aid lo tho administration of Mr. Lincoln in
men, money, nnd sentiment thnt it is possi
blo for men to givo. Unless there
should be n called session, I shnll bo home
very early in the spring."
Mr. Pcngra writes us under date of Jan,
18, four days after his arrival at Washing
Ion. Mr. Pcngra thinks thut tlicro will
bo uo permanent disunion, and thut it will
not bo tho policy of Mr. Lincoln's adminis
tration to Invade tho rebellious States.
Tho North is almost n unit for tho Union,
while, tho Cotton Stales arc utmost equal
ly unanimous for secession.
WaugiiraUou f Prrlum l.tarnla.
Tho 4th of March was a bright and
beautiful day, nnd there was nn immense
coneourso of people.
Tho inauguration commenced according
lo established usage. The President nnd
President elect were received iu the Sennto
chamber. After oath to tho Vico Prcsl-
if l . . ...
uciii, nicy rcpnircu 10 tlio iront Ot tlio
Capitol.
Senator linker introduced the President
lo tho crowd. After tho delivery of tho
Inaugural, ' Duchnnnn accompanied tho
President to tho Whito House. Tho pro
cession wus an Imposing one. Rut one
company of United States troops wns in
ine; others were stationed about tho city.
1'ho Republican Association, of Mnrvhuid,
was next after tho President.
Not a single unpleasant or menacing in
cident occurred.
iieopk He was willing to give up a great
deal to tho border States, but nothing
lo secession. (Jrcen pronounced the plan
os mere twoddlo, but said (hero was
something in the Crittenden Compromise.
No action was had uon the subject.
.Yesterday the qncMoin pending was the
motion of Hunter to substitute (ho Crit
tenden Compromise for tho Peace Confer
ence plan.
Thorcpoitnf (ho Committee of Thirty-
three was made tho special order for to
morrow nt 11 o'clock.
Tho dc'jalo in tho Virginia Convention
yestcrua ludicntcd that the pcaco propo
sitions wcro acceptable to tho people gene
rally, but obnoxious to secessionists.
WigMlnnd Hemphill,' guvo notice yes
terday or their intention to withdraw irom
tho Senate, satisfied that the secession or
dinance was adopted, by tho people of
Texas.
Returns of tho North Carolina Conven
tion, leuvo tho result In great doubt.
Sr. Locis. March 5th.
All tlio forco bills, and tho bill r 'press
ing muils in seceding States, have failed.
The Nevada Territory bill has been ap
proved. Crittcndin's proposition was lost In tho
llnnso by a voto of 109 to 20.
Corwin's resolution has been adopted by
a constitutional majority of 21 to 12.
Tho Senalo was In sessiou all annuny
night, and tho House adjourned till Mon
day morning.
No important business wns transacted.
Lincoln was inaugurated without ony
difficulty. In his inaugural addrcs ho de
clares in favor 6f preserving tho rights ot
each State to control its domestic institu
tions; fugitivo slaves should bo delivered;
not materiul whether by National or blato
authorities; but a law for their delivery
miirht provide nirninst kidnapping, mid
seizing citizens of each State. Tho immu
nities of tho citizens of tho several States
suggest it would bo safer to obey laws
than resist them; nnd also said the Union
is perpetual, nnd ennnot iiossibly be dis
solved except hy all tho States. The Un
ion is older than the Constitution. No
Statu of itself could leave tho Union. Se
cession ordinances nro void ocls, are insur
rectionary or revolutionary, according to
circumstances. He considered tho Union
unbroken, nnd will execute the laws with
out bloodshed, unless tlm Government is
forced to shed blood. Tho power of tho
Government will bo used to hold or keep
in possession Government property, nnd
collect duties, nothing mora. Obnoxious
officers will not bo forced npon States
nor mails cut off. No constitutional right
will bo denied them; but whilo tho Gov
ernment lasts, the majority must rule. Tho
Supremo Court ennnot fix the policy of
Government irrevocably, lie t lieu dis
cussed tho disadvantages of separating Jf
nnd closed by invoking calmness nnd y'ms
tiencc, mill love ol the L mon, couyRent
that no wrong will result therefrom
Item if ttll
On Saturday, Feb. 23.1, (leu Scott re
turned Mr. Lincohr cull nt 3 r. v i. and
was warmly greeted. I uo jiunuii na
tion without respect to pnrty, headed by
Senator Douglas, paid Ihelr resK-cls lo Mr.
Lincoln. Tho meeting was less funnnl per
Imps (han would bo (ho caso ot nn Inter
view with any other delegation, from tho
fact that they were all friends and aequo n
ted beforo. Tho Interview between Lin
coln and Douglas was peculiarly pleasant.
Among tho cullers on J.incom urn mur
noon wero tho vcncrablo Frunk Rhur oud
his son, Montgomery Rlnir.
Preparations are Lcing made upon an
extensive scale for tho Inauguration of Mr.
Lincoln, and uo thought ol a disturbance Is
at present entortnlued. In the Senate, tho
chief post of honor on thnt day has been
assigned to Col. Ruker, as tho old friend of
the r President elect, and who will upon
that occasion, to uso a homely phrase, bo
his right-hand man.
Dispatche from Europe announce the
determination of the Kuropean rower to
abide by tho fixed policy of recognizing no
new Government beloro us rccogiuuun
tho Government Irom which it has sei
oruteil.
Mr. Rrown, luto editor of tho Comtitu
lion, has Ih-cii deputized by tho seceding
States to inform the rcilernl iioveriuucni
nt Hid flpi'timi of Jelfersou Davis. IIu will
mil 1 1( rpcO"iiizeil.
It is iin-Hiiined in nnnv circles that Col
E. V. Sumner will bo promoted to the
commission dishonored nud iiiniiuloneii uy
Gen. Twiggs.
St. Lorn. March 2d.
Tho lfouso Coiimiittco on Ways and
Means, rcicelcd tho Scnuto amendment lo
tho Post Oflico Rill. IrausfcrinL' (ho llultcr-
field mail to tho Central route; yet the
joint rules of tho Hoiiko were suspended,
nnd tho amendment wns made the spewinl
order for to-day, when the House ndjourn
ed. Rtforo tho adjournment, there wns re
ported by the Comniitleo of Thirty-three
an Amendatory Fugitivo Sluvo Law,
which rwiuires Stato Courts to return fngi'
tives to the Marshal, who shall deliver
them to tho United States Courts in Ihe
Stntes from which they escaped, where they
shall have a Jury trial. This amendment
law was passed by n voto of !2 lo t'2.
There was erent rejo'ciii'' nt the result
Gen. Scott ordered a salute of 100 guns,
nnd tho hopes of pence were greatly raised.
l estcruiiy, however, when tin' proposi
tion of the i'enct Concr.-ss wns presented
to tho Senate, Mr. Seward offered nn
nmciidment by substituting a call for n
National Convention, and Tyler nnd others
of the delegates on their return to Rii h
mond, stated in speeches thut ull efforts to
obtain justieo from tho North were unsuc
cessful, nnd thnt the Conference was a fail
ure. 'I hese things were n great damper.
No disposition manifested by Congress
to pnss tho Pence Conference proposition,
which requires n two thirds vote.
A (lairs at tho South remain unchanged.
Gen. Twiggs hns been stricken from the
Army Roll, ns n coward nud n traitor,
nnd mi-uniformed. There was a report that
ho bud been shot. It wus also said that
Gov. Houston hnd been privy lo tho sur
render of tho United Slates properly to
tho Texiins.
Jeff. Davis, the President of ihe South
ern Confederacy, had an interview with
MaJ. Anderson, nud it wus given out that
there would lio no liirlit
Tiik DimniiNcK.Tho M..itu r . f
copal Church Wlrrra.lawJiT4
nnd hence sciks its cxiiri.i,;. i
Jul om ehrUtian means. ImuoL ii
limn one of tho prcachtrs of th Tvi
conference having become ll o,
slaves, by Inheritance, emaiK-i,WT
and Hint then to Liberia, Ulieil,,, J
lawful nnd christian so to do 0
The Methodist Chnreh Houib LiL
s avcry to bo riyht. Mtm
their preacher broueht a slav
coast, nnd kept her as lon-r ni U,. r i7 '
b fugitive Have h,w w.s" &
shipped her buck lo the sunny iuuihi
her boMdngo would only (-, t)
One preacher or their coi.ferellct JZ.
ly left his human dial lels nnd. r II W"
at Inline, u biln lut mim ... 1.1. . .
mercy to his coast. Another Jm v
,V:;7nft,M,ncim,,l,,w,,i'i'pi
with him. He Is now on Pir,i. J7
country, proclaiming " clad ti.li J "
Joy".,, the benighted pcopl. 0f tkkE2
wiwu iiik poor illness nre Ufi ia .1.7
i,..: ..i. .. i... ...... . . . w vuiui
k rouon ncldi ,i
south. "Comment Is iiiineecii,lry i?
leave good citizens (o judge U., M "
Culiiirnin Christian Adrotute, ' """
Tiik Lat Siuukki'l AisTerTsi-r
A closo examination of all tho cireomiu,;
ces connected with Ihe distraction of Jll(j.
on bonds Is still In pr.igressat Washing
Among new developments, It spr,,
Mr. Floyd has given acccptancei (o
amount of nearly roren million of dotlin
or between two and thrco million
limn Majors, Russol & Co. ever ttnd
while tluso contractor received ill fa
money that was over duo them, ICrej)lM.
ccs were given on tho strength of il
tracts. From thirty to forty wltn,
examined, Including ex Secreluriri n0Jj
and Thompson. Tho luller is exontnuil
from any complicity in the theft, bnthf(M
well as tho former Secretaries of the w
rlor, is censured for the inefficient mo inn is
which the bonds havo been held lo fat
department, there being no adenuata n
sponsibility attached to the custodian.
A gentleman of Indianapolis ii-
forms us that on Inst Sunday in (bat city,
nt tho closing exercises of n meelinest mm
of tho MclhodUt Episcopal churches, RLsk
op Ames astonished nnd thrilltd llie con
gregation by the following prayer;
" o thank theo, O! God, that while
treason stalks nbroad in high pi,.,
Is one man ho loves his country! one nut
who will defend his country's flag! &A
Mots and jirolirl the iallant Mnjvr Auitr
mm and his ;A.V liaiid!"
Tho "aniens" whiclLcamo up from tie
irclhrcn n round, wero loud and mllion-
astir-, nnd when tho congregation arow
from their knees, smiles and tears rra (
seen struggling iu many a couutciiaacf.
iY. 1 . Tribune.
Fur Iht A
HOT The friends of Dr. Weed nnd lady
in this State will be pleased to lenrn
from tho following notice, of their where
abouts. Wo copy from the Red Bluff
(Cul.) Independent:
Dr. Weed's HvoEo-MEniCAi. Isstitite.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Weed, M. D.s, have loca
ted in Sacramento, on M street, bctwen 7 th
nnd 8th, where they nro prepared to receive
patients, and euro them, if euro is among
tlin possibilities. Their treatment is npon
tlio hygenic principles, lionrd nud treat
ment per week, $15. M re. Weed has lec
tured in the principal towns in tho Stnto,
thus forming an oxtensive acquaintance,
nnd would bo happy to meet any of her
niliug friends nt their Institution.
Tho Inaugural is telegraphed in full,
. . . -.i . .. . i .1 1 1 .i -
r.ouviinstantiiiig mo immenso dillicuities of umn nm Know arc rcry "' a very
crossing tho Plalto river, grcot improvement on our old stock nud
f A synopsis of tho address will bo found whatover prices may havo been paid for
in another column. Wo will publish it in t,icm' wo assured that every dollar
full next week.
Lnv FnANKUN.-This distinguished lady,
widow of tho renowned Sir John Frank
lin, paid our office a visit on Tuesday hist.
Sho is on her return from Yictoria, whith
er sho went a few weeks since. Lmlv
Franklin (liko most other travelers) ex
pressed surprise nt tho smnllness of our
city, its sizo nut being commensurate with
its reputation nbroad. Lady F. is accom
panied by her ueice, Miss Crnycroft, and
while In town was tho guest of Dr.
Barclay.
Tiik Coi Wbicht. The traveling pub
lic will bo pleased to learn that this steam
er is about to resumo hor trips between
me Des Chutes and Wnlla Walla. We
presume she will be under the charge of
v-upi. l.en. White, her former popular
commander.
Those who voted for Hreckinridze
and Lano In Oregon arc not alldisunionists.
A good many of them have had their eyes
openeu by Lane s treason, and are now
Swearing that he ought to be hung.
paid out for them will prove a better in
vestment than it would at a hundred per
cent, interest.
In tho mean time, wo advise all who
can to improve their sheep as fast ns possi
blo. If you cannot procure full blood, get
the best you can. Somo nro for South
Downs, on account of their mutton, but ire
are for Merinos on nccount of their wool.
Mutton markets may fail, wool ennnot.
Oregon. We received our Orecon pa
pers last Saturday night, the latest of
winch bears the date of Dec. 8. There
nothing new not heretofore communicated
by telegraph. The 'Oregon Argus comes
to us full of spirit and life, and altogether
is an interesting paper. We like its spunk,
and want to see what it will snv about
traitors. Surely they will get no words of
comiori irom that quarter. Portland
Maine) Journal.
The ' comfort' thnt 'traitors' get from
us will be liko your winters down in Maine,
rather cold.
Void. Tho Commissioner of tho Gcuc
nil Laud Office has decided that tho net
passed nt tho last session of the Legislature
of this State, entitled " An net to provide
for tho possessory nnd pro-cmptory rights
of .100,000 ncrcs of land donated to tho
State," is in conflict with the laws of Con
gress, and consequently void. This " fiOO,-
000 acres of land" was ono of the humbugs
held out to induce our people to voto for
a Stato government, nnd probably did
more than any thing clso in carrying that
measure.
Observing ft slightly formed elderly look
The Times charges that the Cor
vallis Uniou has censed to deal in " fun-
uimental ideas." We don't think Slater
could oricinato anv other thnn a fiin.U.
T.,.V, TV. J . . ..
..ems uuuci uuiiKsuons to I nieni-ai lejea.
Messrs. LaT, Latham, and Harlan, of
the Sennte, and Winter Davis, of the
House, for valuable public documents.
Rsmovau W. C. Dement it Co. arc
Baxb or Uors. We have been re
quested to stato that the Band of Hope
will meet on next Fridav afternoon t April
j) nt Temperance Hall, at 3 o'clock All
removing their Grocery and Hardware the members arc requited to La tr. .-.,t
store to tho new building next the Arms
I Ml 'H kv lo be prunrd cnirht.
Fai.se Retort. The reported seizure
of the Ovcrlund Mail, by tho Texons, hns
turned out to bo untrue. Tho mail coach
was stopped by the Indians, nnd the dri
ver killed; nnd it was this probably that
gave rise to tho report. We auticipnted
a contradiction of the report, as wo were
not prepared to believe the Tcxans insane
enough to stop the Overland Mail, when
they could receive no practical benefit by
so doing.
ing lady passing slowly down our street on
Tuesday of this week, fIio suddenly be
came invested with a strange interest,
when somo ono remarked. "That is Lady
Frnnkliu." A lady whose nnnio and fame
have gone out through all tho earth. A
visitor from far off Albion. The accompany
ing lines, written by an American, Eliza
beth II. Whitticr, nud dedicated to Lady
F., will doubtless bo read with interest now
that the distinguished stronger has been
here. j. n. i..
TO LADY FIUNKMX.
Fi-M III)' h unt, tliy work is over!
Cool ll,y wulcliing even Willi Uur,
Let lliy poor heart, ovi nvwirieil,
liist alike from Iiom ami fears.
IIoie, that bw n-illi slecp.li'W! vision,
Une mil picture fa(liii! alow;
Fcan. that followed, v-hrho and namclent
l.il'.iiy buuk the vails oI'miow.
For thy brava ono, for thy lost one,
Triimit heart of woman, weep!
Owning st ill the love that grinned
Unto lli y beloved sleep.
CST A correspondent of an eastern pa
per gives somo nccount of tho ancestry of
Haitiiihnl Hamlin, tho Vico President.
t seems that the report thnt Mr. Hamlin
uid negro blood in his veins, .sprang from
-l the tact that Ins n. liter was nnmcd Africa
TWandin. His grandfather, a
patriot of
the Revolution, took a fancy lo namo t
art of his nine ch'hlren alter tho sevenl
nntiiictits, nud Europo Ilamlin, ilia
Hamlin, American Hamlin, nnd Africa
Hamlin, wero designations which four of
his sons wcro obliged to carry to tho
grave.
Not for him thnt hour of terror,
When the long ice-buttle o'er
Iu tho ruiilew day Ii ia comrade,
Dealhward trod the I'olar nhuro.
Spared llie eriiol cold nnd famine,
Spared tlm fainting heari'n denpair
What but that could mercy grunt him?
Wlint but that has Wen thy prayoit
Pear to thee that Inst memorial,
Front the cuirn betide the tea:
Evermore the mouth of roues,
Shall bo sacred time to theo!
Snd it ii tho mournful yew-lrea
0er his alumbnrs may not wave;
Sad-it ia the Knglish daisy
May uot bluwom on his grave.
But his tomb shall storm and winter
Shape and fashion year by year
Tile his mighty mausoleum
Block by block, and tier on tier.
Guardian of its gleaming portal
Shall bisrtaiiilrn honor be,
While thy love, a aweet immortal,
Hovers o er tho winter sea!
Waces is Sax Francisco According
to the census, the average wages of tlsy la
borers in San Francisco is $2 with hoard;
or $2 60 without board; of carpenters, $4
n day with out bourd; of female domestics,
$7 50 to $8 n week, with board. By tli
samo nuijioi ily, tho average price of board
for laboring men is $5 per week.
Extorts. Tho Sartta Cruz last week
took out the following cargo for Victoria:
55 tons of flour, 10 tons bacon, 50 boxes
apples, 54ons bran, some 1000 doz. eggs,
a lot of poultry, and 130 head of sheep.
Tho brig Mary Ellen has sailed for
Honolulu with a cargo as follows:
"0,000 feet lumber, 200,000 shingles,
1,200 quarter sacks floor. 4.500 nounda
Navy bread, 2,000 pounds bacon, nnd
500 pounds lard.
TlIE Orecox War Dedt. Conoresa
ha agreed to make the Oregon war debt
$2,400,000, and give claimant further
time to GIc evidence.
A
jfps:
(TrTicld
Col. Ujliazy, the companion of
Koiul'a in all his exile, has been elected
a mcmlier of the new board of adminis
tration io Hunjarv.
Indications Matrimonial. Ed.
OnTTbature of tho late Bantist Fi
in this city, was an cmbroidcrccuavhite
vest, which was strongly recommended to
all yoang men having intentions matrimo
nial, either near or remote. None of the
young men appearing willing to lay them
selves liable to immediate suspicion, by ap
propriating it, tho matter was finally set
tled after this wiso. A club, composed of
u. i. itiompson, J. b. liyncarson, John
T. Appcrson, W. C. Johnson, J. D. Locey,
and John Dock, purchased the vest as a
joiiit-stoek concern, with the understand
ing that whoever of these sis first made
demand for the vest, professing readiness
to apply it to its duo and pronor use.
should have possession civen: and. so
using it, the title should immediately vest
in the fortunato individual. Meantime,
the possession was intrnsted to Miss Sarah
Meldram, to be held for safe keeping until
called for. It is perhaps needless to add
that tb vest has not yet been called for,
and some fears are entertained that it will
never bo nctdid by any of t!.e stock hold
ers. Uul time will tell. Si'tcTAToB.
Miscellany.
A Quebec paper says, "While the
North nud tlio South aro on the tve of
civil war, it is interesting to learn, w
do on iiii(Ucstionablo authority, that the
lending men of tho Stato of Maine are pre
paring tho way for annexation to the
liritish American Union. It is the most
hopeful movement of the hour."
A distinguished citizen of South Cir
oliim writes thnt four-fifths of the people
of Hint Stato will listen to any arrange
ments that shall guarantee their rights and
bo acceptable to the other Southern State-
Tho rncific Railroad is completed to
Sedalia, Pettis county, 189 miles from St.
Louis, and trains run' through to that plsce.
Tho stage lines for Independence and Lex
ington connect with the road at Sedan-
Tho white-livered Dr. Foster whe
pulled down nnd trampled npon the iif
icon Hag, nt Covington, Kentucky,
days since, hns been fined $20 for theact.
Ho ought to have been smothered io tw
folds of the banner that ho outraged.
A srood old Methodist preacher, long
ince removed from this scene of tempUUoo
in relating-his " experience,'' said womws
eye was once so powerful as to draw rum
tliirtfrtn niltrc rnrnp n rnmrh POtintrV rOlU
in winter, simply for her to tell bin that
sho wouldn't marry him.
" What is the matter, Joe, yoa
so nervous." . ....
Oh, I havo had to endnre a trial
my leeliugs."
" What on earth wos itr . fc
" Whr T had n tin OD B Drctty "
"J t ' a, )
bonnet while her ma was looking c.
One of our exchanges advertises (
two compositors " who don't get drona.
and adds that "the editor does"""
' getting drunk' necessary to support tne
dignity of the establishment."
rlack-eycd ladies are most apt t
passionate nnd jcaloas; bluc-eyeo ""
truthful, affectionate, and confiding; fJ'
eyed philosophical, literary, reflate,
neartcd; hazl-eycU qmcE-iempn
fickle.
Hona Hokiantrer. or Job, a Sooth
Sea Island Priiicr, died a month or !
ago, nt lite age of about 100. H rtaw
bcred Captain Cook very well.