The Oregon statesman., December 30, 1856, Page 2, Image 2

OREGON STATESMAN.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1856.
Ttkm Confirmation
TI:e last steamer brings confirmation of
the glad intelligence of the election of Bcch
axax and BitECKtxniPCE, aiul carries joy
to the heart of every lover of the Constitu
tion and the Union on the Pacific side
The mad fanaticisms which warred upon
the unioa of States, and threatened the dis
memberment of the Republic, are laid low.
The intolerant bigotry and narrow illiberal
ity, which essayed to destroy onr political
and religious equality, are humbled in the
dust. Th'e National and patriotic men of
the land bare achieved a gladdening triumph
over the enemies of onr country, and of
mankind.
Fire sturdy States of the North, with
the glorious Keystone of the Arch at their
head, have, spoken for the Compact as it is,
nd the Compromises upon which it was
formed, and upon which only can it stand.
It has been their high privilege to stay the
black tide of treason, and its angry wares
hare dashed against them in Tain. Nobly
bare they performed their duty, and proud
ly hare they rolled back the unholy flood.
May the time never come when such States,
North or South, shall be needed and not
found.
But the result of this election has one
source of regret. It is with chagrin and
disappointment that we scan the figures from
the South. In the whole fifteen slave States
we find a large minority vote agaiust the
only national ticket in the field with a show
of success; several of them are carried by
bare majorities, while one is lost by a deci
sive vote. To Fillmore, as a National man,
now, we make no objectiou; but he stood no
possible chance of carrying a northern State,
and could not be elected in the House, ex
cept by the aid of the entire Fremont, or
black republican vote. The Fillmore men
in the noose have but three or four States,
and their candidate if elected there, would
have been so by a nearly clean black repub
lican vote. And thus elected would have
been, or ought to have been under obliga
tions to them. Yet we find a Tcry large
party in the South Toting for him, with the
hope of carrying the election into the House
of Representatives, and forming or forcing
a successful alliance with black republicans.
And to do this, they voted against Buchanan
and Breckinridge, National men, on a Na
tional platform, who stood a reasonable
chance of carrying States enough in the
North to elect them with the aid of the un
divided Sonth.
Noble men in the North were breasting
the fell tide of hatred to the institutions of
the South, which was overwhelming them
were fighting the battles of the South on
Northern soil, and against fearful odds and
yet a large party in the South, would not
fight its own battles; at, best, have stood
aloof, if they were not indirectly playing
into the hands of their enemies. In no oth
er light can those figures be viewed. And
they must fill with pain the hearts of north
ern patriots, net a few of the truest and
best of whom have gone down before the
sectional storm. It was unmistakably the
duty of every true Southron, in this contest,
to have rallied around the flag of the only
candidates in the field who gave promise of
success over their embittered enemies.
Caxt a Remedy be Focnd. Almost eve
ry week we get letters stating that money
has been sent to U3 in the mails, which we
have never received. There is much steal
ing from the mails. In the States, the P.
O. department ferret oat the thieves. Cau't
something be done here?
Our patrons may still continue to send
money at onr risk, but they are requested in
every instance to have it enclosed and mailed
in the presence of a postmaster.
Robberies. The jewelry Etores in this
Tillage were broken open Friday night, or
rather panes of glass were broken out.
Nothing was found to steal at Wilson's: at
Pillow & Moses' they got parts of a few
watches in course of repair.
The same night the windows of the post
office were broken in, but nothing found but
a few old papers.
Our citizens would do well to take care of
their property, and be prepared to put holes
through nocturnal hombres who call for it.
We take our table of figures of the
Presidential election from the N. Y. Times,
black republican. Some of the States are
-official, and some estimated. They are not
all precisely correct, though not far out of
the way.
The foundation of the brick building
at Corvallis have so settled since the rains
commenced, that all its walls have cracked,
and are in imminent danger of falling down.
The carpenters w ho were engaged in finish
ing the building Lave left it, deeming it un
safe to remain there.
Sad Accident
Thomas Follis, a young man (grown) of
the Forks Sautiam, Linn county, was killed
on the 20th by the fall of a large tree.
When the tree was falling, he mistook its
direction, and in running from it fell, and
the tree came upon him, smashing his body,
and causing instant death. The tree sprang
up, and his body was taken from under it
Fair. rillow says he wants tho thief
that broke into his store, cither to bring
back the " movements" he got, or come and
get the cases, and pay for repairing !
J53T" A mistake was made in the price of
tickets for the Jackson J ubilee, in the notice
last week. It is corrected this week the
price is $3 00 instead of $2 00.
Salem a Crrr. A bill has been intro
duced to incorporate Salem. Though we do
not favor the measure, we Lave no wish to
oppose its being tried. We don't believe it
is called for, and are conSdent it will be
found both burdeusome and useless.
t&" " Wide Awake" alias Lcland, has a
beautiful article in the last Standard, rela
tive to the Democratic meeting in this place
on the 11th instant. .
The vampire author, " willing to wound
but afraid to strike," throws out his base
and false insinuations agaiust Smith, Wil
lis ms, Drew, and other speakers, and at
tempts to " poor pussy" Col. Kelly into the
belief that there were some designs upon him
at this meeting. Col. Kelly was enthtisias:
tically called as the second speaker, and en
thusiastically cheered during the delivery of
his speech. Nobody but Lcland ever dream
ed that there was auy wish to entrap him
into the declaration of auti-democratic sen
timents. Col. Kelley owes it to himself to
repudiate this font slanderer, for he as mnch
as says that there is danger if the Col.
speaks without preparation, that he will de
liver an auti-democratic speech. Doubtless
this creature measures other people's grain
in his own bushel. Democrats assemble to
rejoice, all with good and kind feelings, and
this " snake in the grass" slides in to sow
discord, and poison the minds of Democrat
ic brethren towards each other. Ldand is
a trail or and a spy in the camp of the De
mocracy. California's Debt. The Supreme Court
of California have decided that the debt of
California, amounting to over three millions,
is illegal, with the exception of three hun
dred thousand dollars. The constitution
provides that no greater debt than the last
sum shall be contracted by the Legislature,
without submission to the people. It was
never submitted, and the decisiou is doubt
less correct in law. But the court adds
that the debt can now be made legal by sub
mission to the people at an annual election,
and adoption by them, and they urge that
course to be pursued. The decision creates
much excitement in the State, and the pa
pers are unanimous in the opinion that the
people will nssume the debt, and vehemently
denounce repudiation. By a refusal to as
sume her debt, California would fasten eter
nal infamy upon herself, while the destruc
tion of her credit, which the act would bring,
would render it non-paying even in a pe
cuniary point of view.
Vrllrl on J rule.
Miss Sarah Pellet, who a year or two
ago, ptrambulated Oregon, lecturing on
Temperance, has been traveling over the
States during the late Presidential cam
paign, advocating the pretensions of John
and Jessie. The N. Y. Herald, after the
Pennsylvania State election, gave up the
race, whereupon Sarah wrote to Bcunett as
follows. We quote from the Herald :
FmonT ok thb Fkemostkrs. We have re-eivrd
several letters from several qnarter. Keverely reflet-tine
upon onr course in tellinjr the exact troth in relation v
the prervnt campaign, and which truth have, it stem,
created a trentem! . paiic in the Krvmoat camp.
Among others we have tne following :
" 1! M. Snnday, Oct, 19, 15S.
Mil. Editor : Po not, for Heaven's rake, allow the
idea that yon give np the election of Col. Fremont. 1
came List night fruui B xton ; his friend tht-re are
h'Teful, I went thereon Friday in rnrapany with I)r.
K M, f that city, who hu been in Pennsylvania four
I weeks, and who four week aso, organized the tu-t
Herman Kepmmcantliib. He wy the liermarfs could
n it a v-jte a Union ticket. lr. li'thb and veral more
German woikers not wire workers are to lie -nt
fnitn Boston to-morrow ; and other place in Masvachn
ertta seed men, with money, into l"ennylvaiio to
morrow, also. The whole work ha been left in rharce
of the American oirranization.and i defeated. I anjrur
yxM from it. There will now be three rtartie in New
York as well M l'ennylvania. and I still think we hall
win. Truly, S. l'KI.LET.
ThU missive fa from a female worker in the cause,
one of the m wt efflcient workers. She I itely retorned
from California, and t now devoting her enertrte to
politics in this section, with mach rigur and effect-"'
She was slightuonsly mistaken about that
' win.'
Poor gal !
Illinois State Election. Bissell, black
republican, wns elected Governor of IUinois
by about 7,000 majority over Richardson,
though the State went for Buchanan by
about the same majority. Bissell received
the knownothing vote mainly, which ac
counts for his election.
The Legislature is democratic by a small
majority, and a majority of Democrats arc
elected to Congress.
The Cabinet.
The Express, published at Lancaster,
Pennsylvania, Mr. Bachanan's place of resi
dence, states that the following named gen
tlemen will be tendered the places respec
tively assigned them, by Mr. Buchanan :
Hon. Lewis Cass, of Michigan, Secretary
of State.
Hon. R. M. T. Hunter, of Yirginia, Sec
retary of the Treasury.
Hon. John Appleton, of Maine, Secretary
of the Interior.
Hon. Howell Cobb, of Georgia, Secretary
of the Navy.
Hon. James A. Bayard, of Delaware,
Secretary of War.
Hon. Jesse D. Bright, of Indiana, Post
master General. -
Hon. Josiah Randall, of Pennsylvania,
Attorney General.
The New York Herald says : It seems to
be pretty well understood among friends
here, that Toucey, of Conn.; Jones, of Pa.;
Cobb, of Ga.; and Slidell, of La., will go
into the Cabinet. If Senator Bright desires
it, he too will be one of the Cabinet, hut it
is doubtful whether he will accept, as he is
certain of a re-election to the Senate. Cobb
will be tendered the Treasury Department,
hot his friends will claim for him the Pre
miership, which has been allotted to Senator
Toncey. Jones will be the Attorney Gene
ral. California Telecbaph Stock. In a San
Francisco paper we find the following sale
of California telegraph stock: " 118 shares
of State Telegraph Company stock, at
$20 50, and 18 at $20 23 per share." The
original cost of them was $100 per share.
Christmas was ushered in here by the
firing of cannon. The firing of cannon on
the occasion of the anniversary of the birth
of Christ ! is an original idea, we 'spect.
A Monster Arn.E. " Dea. Shannon"
sends ns a monster apple, which he calls
"James Buchanan."
If we can next fall obtain the largest
apple raised in Oregon, we will send it to
President Buchanan.
What Salem Wants. A first class hotel.
Will not some capitalist put np one a
brick the coming season. No investment
will pay better. Shall we have it ?
Soldiers Land Wabsajtts Wanted. See
our advertising columns. i
The Presidential Election Hncbaiian' ICIro
' . tlon Con filmed.
On Monday night, the fast man, Stuart,
supplied us with Atlautic and California pa
pers. ? The principal news is the result of
the Presidential election, of course. The
returns arc nearly all in, and are as follows:
VOTES OF THE FREE 8TATES.
Slate;
Connecticut,
California,
Uiniois,
Indiana,
Iowa, .
Maine, :
Masmchnsetta,
Mirhitmn
New Hampshire,
Am Jersey,
New York",
Ohio.
Pennsylvania,
Ithmle Island,
Vermont,
Wisconsin,
Total, ...1.1W0.217 , 542,715 1,168,174 1,547,130
TOTES OF THE SLAVE STATES.
State: .
Alabama,
Arkansas,
IVIawnre,
Florida,
(Icorgia,
Kentucky,
Loui-iana;
Man land,
Mi.i&siii.
Missouri,
North Carolina,
South Carolina,
Tennessee,
Texas,
Virginia,
Buchanan.
30.000
20,000
9.0O0
C.VOO
40.000
70.000
- 30.000
3.1.115
30.000
65,000
50,000 .
55,000
73. 000
20.000
80,000
ratmon.
20.000
10.000
7,000
5,000
2S.CO0
70.000
27,000
47.472
' 20.000
40.000
40,000
Fremont,
Total.
50.000
30,000
10.300
11,000
tw.ooo
40.000
57,000
86.577
50.000
95.000
90,000
55.000
143.000
30.000
140.300
305
4S1
"1
53
70.000
lo.iioo
60.000 300
Total, 613.113 451,402
Buchanan, Free SUtes 1.0::fl.;i7
Buchanan, lave States, 613,115
1,115 1,067,577
1,C49,3C2
797,177
1,103,17
Fillmore, Fpe States, 312,7!5
Fillmore, PUve Stales, 454,401
Fremont,
Free States, 1,168,174
Apprcjrste vote,
Rarhannn over Fremont,
Knchaiuin over Fillmore,
Fremont ovrr Kit more,
Fremont over Mm hanan Free Stite.
Fremont over Fillm Tc In Free states
Fremont and Filhiwre over Ilm hanan,
Buchanan and Filim re over Fremont,
The electoral vote will sntu up as
Buchanan, .
Fremo:it,
.Fillmore,
3 ,011.713
41.1$
R.'.2.i5
3 70 .!!
13U12T
82".4-V.
315,09
11278,363
follows:
114
114
&
Total vote of the Electoral College, 20C
Buchanau's plurality over Fremont, G2
" Fillmore, 165
" ' majority over both, ?
In estimating the popular vote it will be
borue in mind that Buchanan has in Cali
fornia about 30,000 plurality, not included
in the above table. '
in 1S52, 3,162,890.
The aggree-ate vote was
Tike ext CoiigtTM.
SENATE.
Democrats, - - - -Opposition,
- - - - -Uncertain,
-
33
22
o
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Democratic gain, in 1 T States in which
elections have been held this year, CO
Present Democratic majority in four
teen States, .... 4
It is probable that of the fonrteen States
where elections are yet to be held, Alabama,
Georgia, Ix)nisiana, Mississippi, North Car
olina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia, will
elect Democratic members ; that the Ken
tucky and Maryland delegations will be
largely Democratic, while Bhode Island,
New Hampshire and Connecticut, are likely
to elect opposition niemler3 With these
facts and probabilities in view, the next
House of Representatives will taud as fol
lows :
Democrats, - - - - 132
Opposition, - - - - 102
Buchanan's probable majority,
30
Latest from Kanaaa.
The latest news from Lawrence, by the
SI. Louis and Chicago papers, is to the 10th
November. Fifteen of the State prisoners
had been acquitted, but seven of them
were re-arrested on the charge of robbing
the Franklin post-office.
The plan for the coming election is that a
committee shall canvass the Territory with
a petition asking Cougress to give a seat to
Governor lteeder, and protesting against
the admission of Mr. Whitfield, he having
been re-elected.
A large quantity of clothing and provi
sions had arrived and was being distributed
among the destitute in the Territory.
Hays, the murJerer of Bnflfaue, has
been released by Judge Leconipte, oa his
giving bail in the sum of $10,000. Sheriff
Jones was his boadsman. Gov. Geary or
dered his re-arrest, but he had already es
caped to Missouri. Gov. Geary has threat
ened to hold Marshal Donaldson responsible
for the recapture of Hays.
Twenty of the prisoners taken at Hickory
Point were tried and found guilty of man
slaughter, and sentenced to five years im
prisonment at hard labor.
Cold. Snow is two feet deep at the
Dalles, and the Columbia is frozen over
above the Cascades. We have had no snow
or ice here yet, though we have had a long
(the longest we ever knew in the country,)
and severe rain storm.
Congressional Seat to be Contested.
Yallandiugham, democrat, will contest the
seat of Lew. Campbell, of Ohio. Campbell
had only 19 majority, and it has been ascer
tained that over 19 tiegrces voted for him.
Blacks are not voters in Ohio.
Our Roseburgh correspondent thinks
we take too much notice of the Standard
and its ncn-resislanl editor. As soon as the
designs of that venal and craven concern are
fully exposed to the Democracy, wc shall
give very little space to it.
Ineffably Mean. A low, piratical sheet,
published north of here,' our Reporter tells
us, weekly slails the Statesman's report of
Legislative proceedings, and gives no credit.
B6& " Citizen, of Lane county," would
have been published if the author had sent
his name.
Fletcher Webster, son of Daniel Web
ster, supported Buchanan. In a speech in
New Hampshire, he said :
' There were but two ideas in the Repub
can party, the broken head of Charles Sum
ner and bleeding Kansas. (Applause.)
With regard to that damaged gentleman, he
would not justify the assault, but if he had
made that speech, be should have taken care
to pnt an iron pot on his head. With regard
to Kansas, if Yankees could not maintain
their own rights there, who could ? For
himself he was a Yankee, and a white man."
Qceer Stock for Missionaries. Brig
bam Young, in one of his late addresses, remark-Mi
tht. he did'nt intend to send V-m
men on missions, for he wante"1
stay there and attend to th-"
he chose to 6end awi "
that were of no p-
Buchanan. Filmore. Fremont. Total.
34.K70 2.47J 42,492 79:14
Si.iHH) io.tMH) SO, (MX) .()
S3 .IKK) 13,000 T5.000 175,000
90.0(10 ?0,000 70.000 1?0.000
JO.OOtl 80,000 , SOAK)
1.U71 1.341. - 57.879 44,292
' S-i .53(1 19,734 107.S73 16o,37
20.000 40,000 tS0.00
, 32.1CO 301 3- .011 70,51.5
47.4 1 21.001 SSJ7 99.X10
104.758 124.275 275.13 604.21S
150.000 30,000 170.000 350.000
2J0.S00 82,229 147.447 400.175
i,fr0 1.675 11,404 19.819
6.1ii 1.306 25.313 32.7S5
S0,(X0 40,000 70,000
States Item.
Death of an Old Politician. The tele
graph announces the death yesterday, in
Washington City, of Maj. John H. Eaton,
late of Tennessee. Major Eaton . occupied
a very prominent position in the political
world a quarter of a century ago. He rep
resented his nntivc State in the U. S. Sen
ate, and was President Jackson's first Sec
retary of War. He married the widow of
Purser Timberlake, of the United States
Navy, and, in consequence of the wives of
the other members of the Cabinet refusing
to call npon her, the .Cabinet was dissol
ved. Mr. Yan Bnrcn who had been
Secretary of State, going as Minister to
England, and Major Eaton to Spain. It
is mauy years since Major Eaton took any
prominent part in political affairs.
Destructive Tornado. The village of
Littleton, situated about fifteen miles from
the Illinois river, in Schuler county, was
visited by a most destructive tornado, or
whirlwind, on the 23d October, by which
nearly every house in the place was entirely
destroyed, and several persons injured.
A despatch to the NewJYork Herald, dat
ed Washington, Nov. 18th, says : ' A dis
tinguished functionary of the Government
informed me to day that the report was
premature and without foundation that the
President had submitted to the Government
of Granada a proposition for the cession to
the United States of municipal Control over
the Panama Railroad route, the cities of
Aspinwall and Panama, and a strip of the
territory ; that there has been no formal
propositions of aar kind, and it is stilt open
and undecided" Wat course will be pursu
ed, the Adiuiinstratioa have not deter
mined."
On Thursday night, the 13th November,
a great drametic and railroad feat was per
formed by John Bronghan and his company
of the old Bowery, on the wager of $1,000.
Mr. Brougham performed at the Bowery in
" the Stage Struck Irishman," and as soon
as the piece was over the company took
carriages, drove down to the Jersey City
Ferry, crossed the North RiveraiiJ took
the cars for rhilidoipula, reaching that city
at alout tea o'clock, where they phiyed
" Pocnhont:isn at the Walnut street Thea
tre. The evening's entertainment cot. elud
ed with a supper at the Girard House, and
at half past two in the" morning, the New
Pork partv returned by the owl train.
The New York Herald sny : " The
knownothings are dead, at least for the
present. Their own folly and the fitness of
things, have laid them in the grave. The
moral of its story is very simple. In a few
years the accidents which helped to destroy
it the rise of the Republicans and the mis
management of the Know Nothing leaders
will have been forgolten, and the Ameri
can party will only be remembered as an or
ganization which wns based on a narrow,
mean prejudice, and which, therefore, broke
down."
Don Fermin Ferrer has arrived in New
York. He is accredited as Minister from
Gen. Walker to the United States Govern
ment.
Onr Government has received from Mr.
Dailas the treaty recently negotiated with
Eng'and for the settlement of the Central
American difft-rences.
Terrible Shipwreck at Sea. Another
terrible calamity has occurred at sea, which
has resulted in the loss of more than one
hundred lives. The French steamer Lvon
nais, which sailed from New York for Havre
on the 1st of November, was on the day
following run into by the bark Adriatic,
and so severelv damaged that by the nest
morning was deemed to be sinkincr. The
captain and some forty persons took to a
raft, which is believed to have gone to pieces
early, many lives being lost. On the 9th, a
boat with sixteen persons in it was picked
up, after six days' drifting at sea, and
bronsht safelv to New York bv the Bremen
brig Elise. The Lyounais left New York
with fortv passengers on board, and how
large a crew is not definitely known prob
ably some thirty-five. Of these only sixteen
are known to le saved, and it is probable
that all the others arc lost.
A storm hod occurred on Lake Ontario,
and it was estimated that about $150,000
worth of property wns destroyed. Twentv
or thirty vessels were lost or seriously dam
aged. The Hon. John M. Clayton died at his
residence in Dover, Delaware. Mr. Clay
ton has filled a larse place in the affairs of
the Nation. He wns three times elected U
S. benntor from Iielaware, in the years
1829, 1845 and 1853, and had three years
yet to serve in that capacity at the time of
his death. He was appointed Secretary of
State by Gen. laylor m 1849, and adminis
tered that office uutil July 9, 1850, when he
resigned, npon the decease of the President
Mr. Clayton was a Whig of the old school,
an ardeut admirer of Henry Clay, and emi
nently conservative in all his tendencies.
Gov. Henry A. Wise passed recently
through Washington, going North. It is
understood that he has gone to Wheatland,
whither he was invited by Mr. Buchanan,
for consultation in regard to public affairs,
and the formation of a new Administration.
The Democrats of Boston and vicinity
celebrated the Presidential victory, on Mon
day e veiling, by firing one thousand guns.
setting off fireworks, aud burning tar bar
rels.
The city of' Baltimore begins to need a
YigrhWce ' Commit le or something Hke it.
A remedy is wanted to counteract a very
bad complaint. The fashion of settling
people's affairs by the aid of a small piece of
lead and a few grains or powder, assisted
by a perenssiou cap, is becoming unpleasant
ly predominant in the City ot .Monuments
Presently there must be added to its monu
mental records one to the Genius of Mur
der. Our Baltimore exchanges report that
fottrtcen ttersons are now under indictment
for wilful murder, in every case by shooting
with gun or pistol. i. Y. limes.
John I oss and Gcorgo fc. dark were
killed at Dover. N. H.. on the evening of
the 19th November, while firing a salute in
honor of James Buchanan.
The celebration of the opening of the
Grand Trunk Railroad, extending from
Portlaud, Me., to Stratford, Canada West,
a distance of eight hundred and fifty-five
miles, has taken place at Montreal. There
was a grand procession, a banquet, and a
torchlight demonstration in tho evening.
Large delegations from all ports of the
United States and Canada, were present.
Everything went off with eclat. The festivi
ties wound up with a grand ball.
The steamer Goddess arrived at St. Louis,
on Nov. 12th, from Upper Missouri. Among
her passengers were Dr. Heydou, naturalist,
with five tons of curiosities, and Lieut.
Warren and his party, from the exploring
expedition at the head waters of the Mis
souri. At Yellowstone, Lieut. Warren met
Sir George Gove. Near North Yellow
stone the small pox was raging to a con
siderable extent among the Indians.
.The bark Resolute of the British Arctic
-'Hon, which was picked up in the At
'"Ied under the command of Capt.
VJbr Eugland, on the 13th of Nov.
has been thoroughly repaired
and refitted at Brooklyn Navy Yard, and
this delicate act of iuternatioual courtesy
will no doubt be appreciated.
Thursday, 10th November, was observed
as a day of Thanksgiving through the
Union. The day was being very generally
observed as a holiday throughout the States.
Governor Wise, of Yirginia, has appoint
ed fifty-two delegates from that State to the
Southern Commercial Convention, to meet
in Savannah, Ga., on the 8th of December.
These are divided in the proportion of four
from each of the thirteen Congressional
districts. The Hou. R. M. T. Hunter heads
the list.
A party of four Americans, consisting of
David Nichols, late merchant of New York;
Dr. P. B. Cabell, of Danville, Yirginia, and
Messrs. Colifer and Kennedy, of St. Louis,
were recently attacked by a party of sixteen
Catnanche India is, about one hundred and
fifty miles north of Zacatecas, Mexico. Dr.
Cabell was killed. The remainder of the
party escaped without injury.
Wrrck of a Steamer on Lake Superior Thirty,
five Uvea lot
The steamer Superior left Sunt Ste Marie
on the 29th October, and soon after enter
ing Lake Superior, the wind" commenced
blowing fresh from the northwest, raising a
heavy sea. The boat was weathering the
storm bravely, and making for Grand Is
land, where she could lie in safety. She had
nearly reached the Island when the rudder
parted, and she was left to the mercy of the
waves. The engine was kept at work, with
the hope they might reach the lee of the Is
land and t!i:is be saved. But she soon
swung round into the trough of the sea,
which rendered her still more unmanageable,
and racked her timbers so that she soon
sprung a leak. The engines were still kept
at work, until the water put the fires out.
Meantime, the boat drifted toward shore,
and, about 3 o'clock, she struck on the main
land, a little east of Green Island, off" Pic
lured Rocks," at the place !ii!0"a as the Big
Cave. The anchors were thrown over some
time before, with the hope that they would
touch bottq:n a::d !.o!d her; but the water is
very deep, and they did nt take hold until
jnst before she struck. The first sea that
came np after she struck, parted the anchor
chains, and carried her further on the roek;
the second sea swept her cabin off, and the
third one das'.ied her to pieces. AH this oc
cupied less time thau it has taken to relate.
By the aid of the bouts and fragments of the
wreek, a small portion of the passengers and
crew were saved. They attributed her loss
solely to the giving way of the rudder.
The uext uioruiug nothing was visible but
the wheels, which being strongly made and
anchored fast by the engine and heavy ma
chinery, had not been swept away. Upon
these were seen clinging the bodies of seven
men among them the two clerks and the first
saloon keeper. As they were but three or
four rods from shore their cries eou! J be heard
distinctly, calling to those on shore to come
with the boats and save them. But this
was impossible, as the surf beating on the
rocks would have swamped a good boat al
most instantly, and those th;it were washed
ashore were almost like the steamer, a wreck.
Oue by one they dropped off iuto the water
until all were gone. The scene is described
as painful beyond description, as the survi
vors were within speaking di.-tauce, yet with
out the power to render assistance. The
saved suffered extremely from cold and hun
ger; all of them were more or less bruised.
Three. days they were weather-bound, aud
not ouly this but rock-bound too, as the bluff
at this point rises nearly 300 feet,, and al
most perpendicular, presenting au Impassa
ble barrier. At this time the sea subsisded
sufficiently for them to reach Grand Island.
They patched up the boats and started, going
part of the way on land and part on water.
Two boys died on the way of exposure. The
saved were obliged to subsist during this
time npon such articles as chance threw on
shore, raw vegetables, raisins, and flour be
ing the principal articles.
The number of persons saved was sixteen;
the number lost was thirty-five.
Action of the U. S. Government in the
Panama Blsiness. The President has caus
ed to be submitted to the Government of
New Grenada a formal proposition for the
cession to the Uuited States of municipal
control of the Panama Railroad route, the
cities of Aspinwall and Panama, and a strip
of the territory throngh which the road
runs sufficiently wide to insure the! protec
tion of the route from future violence. The
precise form of the proposed cession has not
transpired. The desired object may be se
cured either by ftu nbsolute cession of
sovereignty and territorial domain, by a
lease of the territory to the United States
perpetually, or for a term cf years, with the
right to exercise nuilisputed municipal con
trol over it or by a simple treaty stipula
tion that the Uuited States shall have the
right to station a military force npon the
Isthmus sufficient to preserve order and pro
tect the transit roate. It is a mistake to
suppose that either of these propositions
conflict with the Claytou-Bulwer Treaty,
which applies to political and not to geo
graphical Central America; and therefore
has no reference to New Granada. It is
understood that the President's proposition
i3 not for au absolute cession of sovereignty
and territorial dominion upon the Isthmus,
but for a treaty concession to us of perfect
municipal power there, with such restric
tions upon the power of the Federal Gov
ernment of New Granada with reference to
the transit route as shall give ms in fact,
with respect thereto, free exercise of all the
powers of sovereignty for the protection and
development of American iuterests, without
yielding us the actual sovcreiguty by name.
In short, we are to have the substance of
the thing without the name. V. Y. Times.
A Hard Case. There was " once upon a
time" a rather " hard case" in a town which
shall be nameless, in the Slate of Georgia,
who had been " under discipline" in the Meth
odist Church, but into whose fold he had n
gain applied for admission. His appeal was
argued in the following language by an ardent
nud forgiving brother
" Let us try him once more, breothering.
We know he's fell from grace once-t or twice;
I know he's backslid-ah more times than he's
got fingers and toes-nh ; I know that he's been
a little incontinent-ah, and they do say that he
has ; bat it's no iijfc to dwell on these
p'ints io-ah; he's repented, and he wants to
come back-ah and to be and to do good-ah!
Let us try lilm, breethering, once niore-ah.
Sometimes the wust of men make the best
Christiuns-nh. Let ns remember the parable
of the barren fig tree-ah; let us spare him
oneyeannore; let us dig about him aud dung
him, and see if he don't co;ue out greener than
every-ah!"
This last argument settled his admission.
The Advantage of Advertising. Un
der the above head the Butte Record gives
sly advice to the Orovilleav.s. It says, "we
published yesterday an advertisement for a
dog, the proprietors of the St. Nicholas
being in want of a canine brute ' ever faith
ful' as a watcher, aud by ten o'clock in the
morning at least a dozen curs, of as many
descriptions and sizes, were paraded before
niiue host' for inspection.
TTmpqaa Correspondence of the Statesman.
Glorification at RoebarxlwA n naltc" at tle
Fnneral or Xlggertm.
Deer Creek, Dec. 16, 1856.
Friend Bush Last Saturday night wa
by far the jolliest time ever witnessed in the
village of Deer Creek. The occasion of our
glorification was the news brought by Col.
Ross, of the election of James Buchanan
to the Presidency. In less than fifteen
minutes after the reception of the soul
cheering news, every man living in ' onr
burgh had assembled in the store of R. II.
Dearborn & Co., and the question being ask
ed " shall we not burn some powder ?"
every man, with but a single exception,
reached his hand down into his breeches
and produced a " scad" or so, for the occa
sion. Mr. Bowen's two anvils were immedi
ately converted by some magic or legerde
main, into about a forty pound gun (I
should judge by the report it made) for it
seemed to reverberate from the top of the
highest mountains and then dart off and
split the clouds, sending down a shower of
rain to neutralize the effect of the whiskey
which was aboard. But the rain did not in
the least abate onr heart-felt enthusiasm.
One hundred and fifty rounds were fired,
and at every report a shout of exultation
was sent up that made the very hills shake;
and three times three were given for the
noble " Keys'onc of the Archp good old
Pennsylvania. The report of our gnu was
heard at the distance of seventeen miles.
Old line whigs seemed as exnltant over the
result as the Democrats. Capt. Samuel
Gordon who has always been a consistent
whig (if there is any consistency in being a
whig) was one of the foremost men in this
just and spontaneous jubilee over the great
est triumph that republicanism has ever
achieved I say the greatest triumph, be
cause the dangers that threatened were the
most imminent ; the Union has triumphed,
and the hydra headed demon of abolitiou
isni enti-Amerieanisra is crushed in the
dust, and lies so low, that the sound of the
angel Gabriel's trumpet can never reach him.
The new Arcade saloon came out nobly ;
and that old " brie." Ransom had the latch
string out. Speeches were made by Gordon
and Pyle; and "little Chadwick" God bless
his soul, w as on hand like a " thousand of
brick." It was really amusing the next day
to hear how hoarse all the boys were; scarce
ly a man could cpeak above hi? breath. That
night w:!l long be remember d in Jloseburg,
and with pleasure, although not unmixed
with regret by a few, (among whom is the
writer) who chanced to get, perhaps, one
too many bricks in their hat: but we think
a generous community, and esjecially the
ladies, should forgive the transgression of
these erring hombres.
The person mentioned in the first of this
communication, as a;i exception, is a man
who is slightly tinctured with free-negro-love,
and the only one, thank God, in
Roseburg. And by-the-by, there was a cir
cumstance occurred in which this gentleman
was one of the actors, which was so rich
that we cannot refrain from giving it pu!
licity in the columns of the " Statesman,"
although in doing so, we must ask your
pardon for obtruding into your columns any
thing of a personal nature. Well, the old
gentleman has a son who has been trained
up in the footsteps of his father. . The young
man is of that age commonly called " bab
ble de hay," which is neither man nor boy ;
and on this occasion, young " hopeful" got
slightly inebriated, so much so, that he got
dowu in the mud aud had to be carried
home : and to the amazement of all, he
hurrahed most vociferously for Buchanan.
Tiie old man stood aghast, thunderstruck S
You could have snared his eyes with a two
inch cable, and every time the young man
raised a cheer for Buchanan,, the old man
muttered in a low, guttural tone, such epi
thets as " D n fool, got no sense," ic.
And when he was taken home aud the wo
men and children were all crying, young
hopeful, barely able to raise his hand, turns
around and says, " Sisters don't cry, but all
get dowu on your knees and pray, for
Buchauan is elected and the country's
safe."
We see that Leland is still harping on
the subject of " capitol locomotion." If
our representative does as the people of
Douglas wish hmi, he will vote for it, (the
capital) remaining where it is. Leland has
been harping so mach on such local and tri
fiing matters, which the people care nothing
about, and has so filled his insipid sheet with
abuse of democrats, at the same time mak
ing it a receptacle for all the splenetic effer
vescence of the enemies of the party, that
he has forfeited all the respect and confi
dence of true democrats. But do not de
vote too much of yoar attention to him ;
for a man that will noi. resent an insult, is
not worthy of a true man's steel.
YOUNG AMERICA.
A Black Mail Affair. The San Fran
cisco News Lf tter, says :
" On Saturday, 6th inst., Mr. L. E. Rit
ter, banker, received throogh the Post
Office, a letter, signed the " Black Monk,"
making a modest request of 150, under pain
of the most appalling consequences to his
person and property, with instruction, in
the event of his feeling " prudent," to insert
in the Evening Bulletin, "I consent L. E.
R." Mr. Ritner put the whole affair in the
hands of the police, who iuserted in the
Bulletin, " I consent, on one condition
L. E. R." Anticipating an answer to this,
through the. Post Office, the officers made
arrangements to entrap the " Black Monk."
On a letter being dropped into the Post
Office, to Mr. Ritner's address, one of the
clerks gave a preconcerted signal, and the
" Black Monk" was immediately secured, to
his intense astonishment and disgust. He
proved to be Robert L. D'Anmailc, former
ly a clcrh of honest Henry Meiggs. Cap
tains Lees and Monka have the credit of
the " one condition," which proved such a
successful trap. This is the third attempt
to extort money from Mr. Ritter, but in
every instance they have proved more preju
dicial to the projectors than to their victim.
Emigrant Statistics. The number of emi
grants, that arrived in New York during the
year to Oct. 29, was 118,136 ; to Nov. 5th,
2,463. Total 120,599. To the same date
last year, 121,224. There were at Ward's
Island and in the Marine Hospital last week
1,364 persons ; at the same date last year,
1,849.
Mr. Biciianan's Yiews. A gentleman
of the highest character, whom we might
name, and who is well acquainted with Mr.
Buchanan's views, has assurance that it is to
be the special object of his administra
tion to harmonize conflicting interests, heal
sectional jealousies throughout the confede
racy, and allay the irritation arisicz from
the Presidential contest. jY. I Journal of
r J
vsitmmerce.
Amusing To notice the course of the
" Standard" editor, in his own correspond
ence, ana a pretended anonymous one from
Salem in bidding for the opposition sunport.
Is it on account of the Public Printing !
rortlan l Times.
A ITovel Bet.
The Boston Journal says:
" Last June, just after the nomination of
Fremont, Major Ben Perley Poore, of West
Newbnry made a bet of a barrel of apples
with Col. Robert I. Bnrbank, of this city,
that Mr. Fillmore would obtain more votes
than Col. Fremont in Massachusetts it be
ing agreed that the loser should propel the
apples in a wheelbarrow from his own resi
dence to that of thn winner."
As soon as .the Major was satisfied that
he had lost the wager, he made preparation?
to pay np like a man, although the Colonel
had written to release him from the obliga
tion. We give the correspondence below:
Trewont Hocse, Wednesday morn.
Dear Major: I am perfectly satisfied
with what you have already done, and am
willing to take the will for the apples.
Don't trouble yourself to wheel them any
further. I hereby release yoa from the toil
some condition of your wager.
Yours, for Fremont, Freedom, and the
rise of real estate in Kansas.
R. I. BURBANK.
Major Ben. Perlet Poore.
On the Road, Wednesday, p. m.
Dear Colonfl: When I entered the cam
paign I determined to give no quarter and;
take none. I shall proceed with the apples
and yoa may rest assured that they will be
wheeled into Boston as per agreement.
Yonrsr for Fillmore and the Constitution,
BEN. PERLEY POORE.
P. S. I 6hall be very dry when I get to
the Tremont House. B. P. P.
P. S. Kansas be d d. B. P. P.
It will be seen that the Major considered
himself bound in honor to fulfill the condi
tions of the wager, and accordingly, having
selected his apples, and picked out the easiest
running barrow he could find, be flung the
strap across his shoulders, manfully grappled
the handles of the vehicle, and started on
his travels- He left Newburyport on the
5th inst.
The Major, while making a temporary
halt, diverted himself by inditing a letter to
the editor of The Journal, which ruus as fol
lows: NEWBrRTPOirr Tirnpike, Nov. 4, 1856.
There is nothing like novel'y now-a-days,
Mr. Editors, and your readers may like to
receive a " waif," written oa a barrel of ap
ples, by one who is glad to rest, after hav
ing wheeled the barrow, with the apples
thereon, ten miles over a rough road. Tru
ly can I say that it is a load! I have tra
versed the Splugen Alpine pass, bending
nnder a knapsack full of minerals have car
ried five days' rations in a havresaek when
expecting every boar to be under fire and
once on the desert, when on my way from
Palestine to Egypt, I had to shoulder a
pack-saddle which (with my precious self)
had beeu thrown off by a viciocs dromedary,
angry at being kept a few miles iu the rear
of the caravan. But these loads were as
much lighter than this barrel of apples as an
officer's sword is lighter than a heavy mus
ket, " the butt well back," kept at theshonl
der by the hoar, waiting for some " heavy
bullion" to pass down the line. Let those
who think it an easy job to " propel" such a
loaded barrow over a decidedly " hard road
to travel," try it.
" Serves you right," says old Twopercent,
" for making such a foolish bet."
Gently, my friend, if you please. The
let which I am now paying, " like a major,"
was originally a pleasant banter, made in
reply to a proposition from an honorable
official of Suffolk County, that the loser
should wheel a hand-cart arocad Boston
Common. 3Iy idea of a barrel of apples,
. t. t . n . ,
me irar iu iieci mem io owier s aoor,
(some thirty-six miles or more,) rather
" knocked'' him, as it did a martial gentle
man oil whom I tried it soon afterward. I
thought no more about it, but printer's ink
did the work. My game of " bluff" found
its way into t'ae newspapers, and my " chal-leiigt'-'
was " accepted" in due form.
This old turnpike, as I have slowly plod
ded along, reminds me forcibly of the Mas
sachusetts Whigs in the late contest. It
used to be the route, but its glories have
long been eclipsed travelers pass over the
railroad on etiher hand, or "by the Demo
cratic county roads and nothing remains
but the old foundations, often sadly gullied
out. One old chap whom I met, a sort of
" central committee" man, expressed his de
light that I had taken the pike," and I
have i:o doubt that he would have been
charmed had I unloaded my apples and
worked for a few hours in wheeling gravel to
" mend his ways." Yet, was a toll-keeper
to be chosen to-morrow, I fear the old fos
sil wculd be sadly ungrateful, and turn from
me as not belonging to " his set."
But I must not moralize, and must wind
up this " waif," especially as the cool breeze
admonishes me to be np and off again. I
mean to ' put up" my equippage time
enough to go home to-night over the George
town railroad, a great public convenience in
these parts, which is fast getting a full share
of travel. To-morrow, I shall "put in
again, and hope to reach Charlestowu bridge
on Friday evening, having gone over "the
road fairly and quietly. "
At any rate, Mr. Editor, do not deem,
this hasty scrawl egotistical; the wager hav
ing been made public property, let rue have
the credit of fairly " wheeling np," and let
mv slow hilt snr rtrni-rrocs ho. o
j - j - - - v. (.viiovianuu
to others who have to suffer for having
" backed their opinions." Catch me ever
offering to bet again but " sercabo fidem n
BEN. P. POORE. "
On Nov. 7, Maj. Poore, the Knownoth
ing candidate for Congress in the Sixth Dis
trict of Mass., arrived in Boston, trundling -a
wheelbarrow and a barrel of apples from
Newburyport, in fultil'ment of a bet with
Col. Bnrbank, that Fillmore would get mora
votes than Fremont in Massachusetts. The.
Major was escorted up State street by the
Fillmore Clubs of Boston and Charlestown
and a military company. He delivered the
barrel to Col. Burbank, oa the steps of the
Tremout House, and the greatest interest
was taken in this novel feat.
Maj. Poore is a fat man, aud weighs over
200 pounds.
The feat was closed by a grand supper
given Maj. Toore, by Col. Burbank, at the
Tremont House.
XewApaprr ludeyeudeuce.
Under the above caption we find the fol
lowing remarks in the Alta California:
With all the professions of admiration for
the independence of the press, which are
made by nearly all newspaper readers, no.
sooner does a newspaper follow out a line f
conduct iu accordance with these professions,
than it necessarily comes in contact with
the opinions of parties, cliques and individ
uals, and the parties, cliques, and individual.-.,
whom its arguments 'affect, lose their
admiration for its " Independence," and en-
deavor to bring influences to bear to either
alter its course, or counteract its effect. .
With some people the " independence of tho
press" oidy extends so far as not to encroach
upon any of their peculiar ideas, sentiments
and iuterests, and no further.
- An Opening. There is no shoemaker ia
Salem,