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tions; and if any such citizen so dying, shall 17 uny lawful testamentary disposition, hare appointed any other person" or persons that such officer to take charge of and manage such property, it shall be the doty of Such officer, whencrer rcqnircd by snob, person or persons so appointed, to giro hiofficia! aid in whatever way may bs necessary to facili tate the proceeding!! rf snch person or persons in the lawful execution of such trust, and, 80 fnr a the laws of the country permit, to protect the authorities of tin country where ranch citizen- shall die; nnd to this end it shall be the duty of snch consular officer to iiiaea his official seal uno all or any of the personal property or effects of the deceased, and to break and remove snch seal as nay be required by snch person or persons, ind hot otherwise. ' " ': 1 , l i - Sec. 30. And be it further enacted. That "all fees collected for and in behalf of tKe JnUed States, of this act, shall be collected In the coin of tbe: United States, or at its representative Talue in exchange. ; Sec. Rl; And be it farther enacted. That in the construction, ard for the purposes, of all other acts and parts of acts which shall remain in force after this act shall take ef fect, defining any of the powers, declaring any of the rights, prescribing any of the du ties, or imposing any penalty or punishment for any act of omission or commission of any consnl, commercial agent, vice-consul, or nce-commemal asrent, or ailowimr of en joining the performance of any act, matter, or thing, with or before any snch officer, all snch acts and parts of acts shall in all these several respects, so far as may be consistent with the subject-matter and context of the same and with this act and the treaties of the United States, be deemed and taken to ucinoe ana apiy io nil consnir pincers s fflonn ail s-uniTUillLTis a pi e "snrnaur - ta med therein ; and the said official designa tion in contemplation of all snch acts and parts of acts, and of this act, shall be deem ed and taken to hare the respective mean lngs hcTvinartcr assigned to them that is to say, "consul general," "consnl," and "commercial ' agent," shall "be deemed and taken to denote full, principal, and perma nent "consular "officers," as distinguished from subordinates and substitute: "deputy consnl' and consular agent" shall le deemed and taken to denote "consular officers," as subordinate to such principals, exercising the powers ana performing the duties with in the limits of their consulates or commer eial agencies respectively, the former at the same ports or places different from those at which such principals are located respect ivelyj and "vice-consuls" and "vicc-commcr-ciat agents" shall be deemed and taken to denote " consular officers" who shall be sub stitutedtemporarily, to fill the places of "consul general," "consuls," or "commer cial agents." whea the v. shall br temporar:!r absent or releived from dnty; and the term "consular x)fficer," as used in this act, ' shall be deemed and taken to include all such officers as are mentioned iu this section, and none others: and the term " diplomatic offi cer " as used in this act, shall be deemed and taken to include all such officers ..men tioned in the first section of . this act aud none others,' " .. , , V,",. ','..',' Sec. 32. And be it further enacted. That if any consular officer shall willfully neglect or omit .to perforin seasonably any duty ici posed upon hira by this ar any other act, or )j any order or instruction made or given in pursuance ol tins or anv other act. or shall be guilty of any wilful malfeasance or abuse cf power, or any corrupt conduct, for his office, he shall be liable to all persons in jured by any such neglect, or omission, mal feasance, abuse, or corrupt conduct, for all damages, occasioned thereby; and for all -such damages by any such officer, he, and his sureties upon his official bond, shall be responsible thereon to the full amount of he penalty thereof, to be sued in the name of the United States for the use of the per son or persons so injured; Provided, That uch suit shall in no case prejudice, but shall be held in entire subordination to the interests, claims, and demands of the Unit ed States, as agaiust such officer, under fuch bond, for every wilfnl act of malfeasance or corrupt conduct in his office; and if any such officer shall refuse to pay any draft, order, or warrant which may be drawn uion him by the proper officer of the Treasury Depart ment for any public moneys of the United States in his hands, or for any amount due from him to the United States, whatever the capacity in which he may have received or may hold the same, or to transfer or dis burse any such moneys promptly upon the legal requirement of any authorized officer of the United States, he shall be deemed nnd taken to be guilty of a misdemeanor, And oa conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment not to exceed ten years nor less than one year, or by fine not to ex ceed two thousand dollars nor less than two hundred dollars, or both, at the discretion of the court ; and any such officer so offend ing may be charged, proceeded against, tried, convicted, and dealt with in any district in which he may be arrested or iu custody. . Svc. 33. And be it further enacted, That the fifth, sixth, and seventh sections of the act herciubefore mentioned, approved July twentieth, eighteen bnndred and forty, and all of the act entitled "An act to remodel the diplomatic and consular systems of the United States," approved . March first, eighteen hundred aud fifty-five, and all act and parts of seventeenth section of this act are fixed or allowed, ai1 any usage of law whereby any attache is or nay be allowed to any legation other than such as are pro rided in this act, or requiring any secretary of legation to be employed otherwise than as provided by this act, and all other acts and parts-of acts, so far as the same are in consistent with this act, be and the same are hereby annulled and repealed; aud no attache shall be allowed in any case, nor any secretary of legation, otherwise tbau as provided by this act. Sec. 34. And be it further enacted, That this act shall, take effect on the first day of January next and not befcire. Approved August, 18th I85G. AX ACT to fix the times of holding in the State of Delaware the election of a re rescntative in the Congress of the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the first Tuesday after the first Monday in No vember in every second year hereafter, shall le and the same is hereby appointed and es tablished for holding elections iu the State of Deleware for a representative of said State ia the Congress of the United States of America : Provided, That the said elec tions shall be conducted in snch manner and held at such places as are or may be prescri bed by the laws of the said State of Dela ware. Approved August 29, 1856. The first grist-mill ever erected in Pennsylvania is yet ia existence. It is a .quaint old stone bedding, and bears the date about 1 CSO. It is located oa a small stream war Gerraantown, and some of the original machinery imported from England Js till nlaiacd iu the mill, . . OREGON STATESMAN. TUESDAY. JANUARY 6, 1851. - The Rrfetine C DlrtKnuliloii. , - 1 "Week before' last we exposed the plan of he handful of uneasy and sore-headed poli ticians who arc represented by the Standard, to disorganize and defeat the Democratic party ; we stated that their plan was to go into Democratic Caucuses aud Conventions, if they could control them, or if they could not defeat their action by going with the opposition. But, that if by uniting with the opposition, they could defeat the Demo; crats, they "would do jC, 4 . . , In the Standard of , the 18th iustant, just come td hand, we find ' tie following : "The turn matters have taken In the Council have aroused much feeling in cer tain quarters. Kelly is censured by a cer tain few, who envy him because he has been made I'resident of the Conned over Peebles. I learned that he was handled without gloves the other night by a few who had as sembled to counsel. They dare not assail him openly. They know his Democracy is unquestioned by the people ; and they know too that the iieople do not consider his strict adhesiuii to their caucus system essential to his I'emocracy. I'ecbies was the nominee of the Democratic cauens for President, aiid yet Kelly was eleeted over him by two Democrats who stayed away from the canens. me Matttarrr views or the cauens system as given Inst Spring, are the only views that can be sustained by anr fairness. unless Democrats are disposed that there time Biiunia w " m wind wtrnm a wncer in the Democratic, party. The tendency of tne system as is said to have been practiced last winter, forces the representative to violate the specific Instructions of his con stituents. It is now generally conceded bv all consistent Democrats that any man who does not go into a caucus of his party, may oppose the measures adopted by tnnt canens, and yet not jeopardize his political iutegrity by repudiating those measures." ' It will be seen that what we charged is here openly defended. - We said that bad the especial friends of Lei and in the House, (to the extent of three, at least, in number) been able to control that body, united with the opposition, they would have remained out of the Democratic caucus, and goue with the opposition. Above such a course is justified, and it is averred that by so doing their "political integrity is not jeopardised. It would be hard to affect the "political in tegrityn of smth. Democrats by any course. ; Let lis see how this beautiful doctrine will work : A. and B. are candidates, we will say, for the nomination of Representa tive before some County Democratic Con vention. The Democratic majority in the county is small, but yet sufficient to carry it if all are united. "A. finds before the Con vention meets, that only one-tcuth of the Democracy of the couuty desire him to be a candidate, while the other nine-tenths prefer and intend in the mass convention, or precinct meeting, to vote for B. A. cannot be nominated, but his one-tenth are sufficient, united with the opposition, to carry the couuty. So they remain out of the Demo cratic Convention, and join with the enemy and defeat the Democratic candidates. This the Standard says is all right, and would not jeopardise A.'s " political integrity." How long would yoa keep up the Demo cratic organization Under this systetn think? How long would H be desirable to keep it up for the benefit of such political guerillas and pirates ? . 'i - . - Every nan who claims to belong to the Democratic organization, is bound by the nominations of the Conventions and Cau cuses of that party, whether be is present at them or. not jast as much if he is not as if he is. .. It is his right to attend the primary meetings, and his duty to do so if practicable ; but it is his duty to support the nominations in either eveut, if fairly aud regularly made, and if they consist of Dem ocrats who do not set at nought the usages of the party. . All . Democrats cannot, and never do attend the primary meetings of their party, and under this interesting doc trine of the Standard, there would seldom, if ever, be a Democrat elected to office. We want Democrats to note these things. Malta t ne Malt! I The Malls x tt "Onr sufferings is intolerable !" The last States mail, which arrived at Portland on the 21st nit., lay over at Oregon City from that date to the 1st, and was not re ceived here nctil New Year's night. Thus the States and Territorial mail for all the country south of Oregon City (and it com prises uearly all of Oregon, ) lay for eleven days at one point, and within twelve miles of Portland, while boats Were rnnning np the river constantly. They were willing to carry it free, as they have often , done, but they were not willing to pay for the haul ing from the post office to the boat, as they have too often done. No body can blame them for. this. As the time for departure npou the routes supplied at this office had past before its arrival here, the mail for a large portion of the Territory must lie over here several days longer. During this time there have been no obstacles in the way o( transporting the mails ; indeed there has been no attempt made to carry it. AdU it has been this way most of the time since the rainy sea sou commenced, and during the winter for three years past. The contract has been forfeited hundreds of times. We understand that Mr. Thompson, the special Agent, has now done what onght to have been done full two months ago, and what his predecessor ought to have done two years ago let the contract to another man A Mr. Booth, now has the contract' on this route, we are told, having received it from the Special Agent. We trust we shall get the mails sometime, and that they will leave sometime, hereafter.. As it is we place no dependence whatever on the mails, and are sending the States man both np and down the river by the boats.. The best Bridge ts the Territory, we expect. An excellent bridge has jnst been completed across the creek at the north end of Salem. It is a free bridge, t&- Mr, J- W. Bell, of tyuri county, 1 Oregon, writes to a paper published in the States, aud called the " Western Methodist Protestant," as follows : ..-" "1st. If a minister comes to' !Saim,' he must calculate to Support himself and family. if a, married man for I jndgo the future by the past. "The ministers that are now on fields of labor, receive but a small pittance: and if this was their only support, it would Ims a scanty -living indeed. Most of our ministers work" for their" living, and preach without pay. $d Salem is said to lc Oio'mbst immoral and wicked place in Oregon : and, If I mis take not, there are now eight preachers in Salem. , 3d. If a preacher comes from the States, Icau tell yen what sort of a one will suit best : one that , won't preach against slave holding, one that won't preach against drunkenness, one, that won't preach against any of the lending and popular sins ot the dav. or of Orceoii at least : for. just as sure as a minister of the Gospel will stand np for the Temperance cause in Oregon, just so sure the Oregon Statesman, with some of its contributors, will be down on him. Every minister of the Gospel in Oregon, that has stood np boldly in the great Temperance cause, has been more less abused by that journal." ... . ,- This J. W. Bell, if we mistake not, lives, or in 1853 or 1853 did live, at Washington Butte, Linn county. 'If he is the man we think he is, we have been told that in one of the years above named, he avowed himself a Whig, but upon being promised and elected Justice of the Peace of that precinct, he be- eirmt 17 SyrmntTwr; and colter lltin.-T.lf on Tor awhile.' ' We thiuk we are not mistaken in this being the same man who found covinc ing reasons for a change of olitics in the proffered office of precinct '"Squire." If we are mistaken, and he is not the man, we will promptly make the correction, oil being informed of the fact. It is not nnlikely Mr. Bell's Temperance principles, of which he makes proclamation, hang as loosely about him as his politics Mr. Bell's first statement, we presume, was based upon the experience at Salem of the minister of the denomination' of the paper to which he writes. He came here, in 1852 we think, commenced raising funds and building a church.. He got up the walls of the same, and in all respects was meeting with all the success which could have been expected. But he "oncned out", as a Re formes, pitched into politics aud legislation, joiued a kno nothing wigwam, and mounted the Maiue law fanaticism. He, with the Congregational clergyman, (from the same causes without very much prosperity or in crease of numbers) made a transcript of the Maine liquor statute, and asked its passage without change by the Oregon Legislature. The law was no mote adapted to Oregon than are those of Patagonia. The propo sition was . ridiculous, and, besides being laughed at by the Assembly, but exhibited the inexcusable ignorance of the would-be tinkertrs in legislation. The couscqucuce Of all this was naturally and very properly, a. tutting off of the sup plies of this clergyman by the people, who had understood him to be a religious teacher, ajd didn't wish to employ him as a political one. The walls of the church to this day remain unfinished, a resort of owls nnd bats, and a monument of the Tolly of a minister of the gosjel leaving " the Calling of his ma?ter, and entering the political arena, or endeavoring to uuite the two., : " 2d," we thiuk Salcin is quite as moral as aay other place, and about as much so as the age will permit. At any rate, we are confident it will never be improved by po litical parsons. t , ... . " 3d." The Oregon Statesman has never " been dowu on," or " abused" any clergy man for "standing np for the Temperance cause" in a legitimate and proper way, and never will. , . But when , they turn law makers and politicians in the' name of min isters of the gospel, their acts are not ex empt from criticism, and we claim and shall exercise the right of breaking down the stupid barrier which their assumed sanctity would erect, stripping the mask from them and exhibiting them in their true character of quacks and mountebanks. Our past readers will bear us witness that we have never done more than this. Our future oues shall testify that we do not do less. This letter w it-pnMihed ia the " PnriOn Chris tian Advocate." m'hvre we And iu The publication ot that Krtiun relating to the Statesman Menu to hare been wholly gratuitous. Rejoicing. Upon the receipt at Astoria of the . intelligence of Moffitt's success iu obtaining his seat, they fired cannons, and Imd a time of general rejoicing. . We learn, also, that after his arrival there, Taylor, the man who got three votes in the House, got up an iudiguatioo meet ing, consisting of eight or ten persons, at which Moffitt was akcd to resign 1 A very modest meeting ! It is a wonder they did not ask the Assembly to adjourn. Van Dnsen's name appears npon the com mittee on resolutions. Why didn't they put on Moffitt's ? He sympathised with them quite as much as " I oh" did, or ever will. He don't train iu that company. Van Duscn was not there, but tas in at the firing of cannon over the election of Moffitt. Several others, we understand, were not present, whose names arc made to ffgure in the proceedings. 4 rery weak affair. Taylor gave notice that he should intro duce a bill to repeal the law relating to Public Printer. Why don't he do it ? WmiocT Shame. Leland congratulates himself npon having a face to go among gentlemen, after being cuffed, kicked, and spit njon, without resentment, by Secretary Harding, and about a half dozen others. Of course ; there is not a creature in the Territory so utterly devoid of shame. He is like a cur dog, the nature and instincts of which he resembles. Kick him from as yon will, he will come running back to yon as soon as he gets over the smarting. Laxd Warrants. A considerable num ber of bounty land warrants were received for persons iu Oregon, by the last moil. - Auditor Ilrport. Tha present Territorial Auditor, B. F. Bonhnm, Esq., has made a most excellent report for the fiscal year ending Dec. 6, 1856. From it we coudense some facts of interest. , .! r- The amount of revenue id the treasury'at the close of the previous fiscal year, and re ceived during the last, is $12,173 42 Amount paid out during said time,- ' 12,167 36 heaving In treasury. V,"; V i' ' 96 , dbf ' The amount of Territorial debt is stated as follows : "- "' Balance of Territorial Auditor's warrants . issued during fiscal year ending Dee. 6th, 1855, remaining unpaid, '. - $1,433 2i Balance of Territorial Auditor's : - t warrauts issued during fiscal , year ending Dec. 6th, 1856, ; : , r , rcmaiuiug uipaid, ;) 5,377. 00 , . ' i '. Total, -( $6,815 22 The estimate of revenue for the fiscal year npon which we have just entered, is : Benton county. - i -. -. tl.lKS Si I'lackama -, - 1,33 50 Clatwn - jno 1? Columbia " -1G8 6i Curry ." , , . . i . t .., .,43 05 Cma " - , - 6 3H 0-MtRlaa ' - '"5RJJS Jackmn 44 ' - - . ; - i. 9J9 S2 Jocihiue ' " - Lane - ' . . Lis js Linn ; . . i .- - 1.975 50 Marion , . . . ., - I.lfij 67 Multnomah "(t - .- - ;- ' l,iui 03 V. Ik " I - - - ... 1,764 97 Tillamook ":; - - ; ,-.,.! Umpqiia 'H - ' - - . - 410 73 Washington - - ' - ' I4S 75 Wanco . - - . : TamblU - . . . 1,355 81 Total, ". ... -' - flS.OSS 56 The Auditor adds : " The total amniint of taxaMe property In the Terri tory Tor the year IS.ii!, as far aa return have ten re ceived at thi omVe. j - . S3 The conntint of Josephine, Wawo and Tillamook, have made no return or their iwevmeiib for the past lixcal year ; aud the county of Waacu hart never tuude any, nor paid any revenue into the Territorial Trra- nry. me ronniy or iiiiamonc m in a aiorpnuiren tnte no much no that no atvesMnent of property (ran lad for lsj6." , . . But a partial estimate for the present year is made, the Auditor deeming that he ould not ascertain the expense with any d'grce of accuracy. The Auditor concludes tins : . ', TUc cour.ty of J.Hk-n luu never filed in t!iU oHa c!urlieatrs of her arwwroent rolls for lo" and ls.i4, in onet rnence of which I have not been atle to ancer tail the amount of rcvenne due the Territory for said yeax, but have authorized one of tlie prosecuting attor- vs of te 3d judicial district to commence snit for the reco-ery of the revenue due the Territ-wy from said coun y. Ia my communication to the prosecuting attor ney tbore mentioned, I have authorized him to com menct suit for one and a half milts on the dollar of the aaaesment of amid county for IHSS, thereby wixbtne: to tc.-t tie validity of an act of the leirislatnre, which anthorKed the comir is-ioner of Jackson county to k-ry bit one mill on the dollar, while at the same time the other counties of the Territory were required to lev? one and a half mills. ' The cxinty of Wasco has never paid any revenue into the Territorial Treasurv; and. as before stated, lias never returned ! this oftice duplicates of her assess ment rolls, in continence of which I am. of course, nnaLle to ascertain the anionnt of Territorial revenue due from said county. The law requires the County Au di tors to transmit to this office a certified copy ot the assessment rcJU of their respective counties", within thirty days frun the approval thereof by the Board of Commissioner, but for failure of com fiance with said raw, there Is no penalty: which probably acewnts for the delinquency of no many Anditurs in this respect. 1 wool i, in conclusion, currently recommend to your favorable consideration, flte nei"ej-ity of enactine a law. by authority of which the keeper of the peniten tiary miHit work the convicts therein; and secure a more effective onrauixation of the penitentiary depart ment: thereby rendering the same an important sotin-e of revenue, instead of taxing the hoowt citizens of the Territory about three thousand dollars annually for the support of tbrir convicts in idleness. - The amount appropriated bv the legislative Assem bly (r,MK) annually for the "support of the peniten tiary department, is wholly inadequate for that pur pose, and must be increased, unless a reorganisation can be (fleeted that will uiersrde that necessity.'' Common School Fand. The Treasurer's report for 1856, makes the following exhibit under the above head: Keceived from D. M. Risdon, Superintendent of Common Schools, in and for Lane co., Oregon Territory ' In notes for Common School lands, - . - -Interest on said notes, iu cash, Also iu cash, ' Received from T. B. Sanderson, Siipertutendent of Common . Schools, in and for Douglas county- " In notes for Common School lands,' ' ' - ' - Interest on said notes, in cash, Also in cash, - - -Received from Silas Newcomb, Superintendent of Common Schools, in and for Benton . county 1 In notes for Common School i. lands, - - - -' Interest on said notes, in cash, Also in cash, - Received from 11. P. Boise, Superintendent of Common Schools, in and for Polk county In uotes for Common School lauds, . - Interest on said notes, in cash, Also in cash, - ' - Received from Chester L. Har rinjrton & Co., of Polk county, for School lands on which the Nesmith mills are situated, as per act of last Legislature, r Received from Mr. Spencer, Snperiutendent of ' Common Schools, in and for Urojiqua couuty j - In notes for Common School lauds, - . Interest on said notes, in cash, Also received in cash from same. Also to this amount, received as interest ou funds by me loan ed, - - $1,253 49 '62 63 419 50 1 I v' 2.61T 65 19 S5 758 25 4,064 203 1,75 314 15 59 200 00 1,500 75 00 00 439 00 296 40 Whole amount received, $14,193 23 Paid Treasurer's per centage for receiving $14,198 43, at ten perceut., - - $283 96 Paid Treasurer's per ct. for loaning $3,501, at one per cent., - 35 06 Paid for book, - 5 00 Whole amount paid out. 323 96 Balance remaining in Treasury, $13,875 27 Vnlvei-altjr Fund. From the report of the Territorial Trea surer, Judge Boon, we extract the follow ing, showing the condition of the University Fuud : Received from X. II. Lane, the former Treasurer of this Ter ritory, iu cash, - - - $2,935 20 Also, in notes for University lands, - - - - 1,604 76 Received from N. lluber, iu cash,. - . - - 170 00 Received from N. Uuber, . - 5 00 Received from N. lluber, in : . cash, - - - . - - 152 00 Received from N. lluber, inter est on Aaron Richardson's note, ?ash, - - - i 13 35 I also have received interest on University funds, by mo loan ed to different persons, iu cash 325 00 Also, I have received interest i on some of the notes which I ; receipted to N. II. Lane, for ; - 108 34 Received from Ahio S. Watt, ?' ; interest on Johnson Mhlkey's . - note, iu cash, - ; - 24 42 totals - - - $5,338 07 I also have received $796 37 for notes that I receipted to Nr II. Lane for; and the same money I have loaned out as the law directs, Those', notes .are charged to me in my receipt above, bf $1,604 76. Amount of Unicersitif Funds paid out as per :' vouchers filed. Paid N. Ilnbcr; per order, No. ' : 31, ii .; -( - - ; 80 00 Paid N. Briber, on order, No. 38, 75 00 Paid N- Hulicr, en order, i - 1 65 00 Paid Treasurer for receiving !!: ' ' $791 at 2 per Cent., . ' : - : - 15 82 Paid Treasurer for paying out " " " ' ; $225 at 2 per cent., - - - 4 50 Paid Treasurer for taking eleven - " mortgages and acknowledg- mcnts thereon, - -; 11 00 Paid loss on five slugs, . - : - " 5 00 $356 32 fug out $4,057 50, secured by ' notes and mortgages, - " : - SI 14 Total paid out, - - $137 46 Whole nnrt received, $5,338 07 ' Whole ain't pnid out, 437 46 ; Due, - ' $4,901 61 On this 6th day of December, 1856,; there is remaining in 'the Treusftry of the Univer ; sity Funds, in notes secured .' by mortgages on real estate, $4,901 61 ' & Remember the . Democratic Jubilee on the Sth iirst. Let "all friends of the Constitution and Union nttend. Shipper at 6 o'clock at " Boon Hall." Tickets Tor sale at Boon's and .Moorcs' stores. .. . ' Sxow. Snow is about two feet deep at Portland. ' The roof of socio houses have fallen in. ;Mr Dohiud, formerly , of , Mil waukie; Went r upon the -shed over" CtCin wharf, whereupon it fell, and ' injnred him severely, it is feared mortally, "" : ' B- The call of the Central Committee for a Democratic Territorial Convention, was received just as we were closing np our pages, aud too late to permit a further refer ence to it. " ' . ., t& The letter purporting to come from Secretary Marcy to Gov.' Grimes, of Iowa, on Katisas matters, proves to be a forgery. A uote from Mr. Marcy states tnat no such letter ever enauated from that office. : Ftr tke Slalnwum. Mb. Editor : I regretted to notice in the Christian Advocate's report of the Sons of Temperance festival, Christmas Lve, the evident intended omission of Mr. Couwell's name among the sjieakers. ' All others who made speeches were mentioned,, but not a word "was said about the able, witty and most eloquent off-hand remarks ; of ..Mr. Colwcll. I can account for this only in this wise: that the Editor of the Advocate is envious of Mr. C.'s powers as a popular orator, and fears a rival in him, as both are members of the same church, and both pub lic exhorters. - ; , A Spectator. ' Extra eta from a Private letter. " I see by the Statesman that Risley was elected Sergrant-at-Arnis. "Good! And Thomas McFaddleton Pattleton has at last stole in.- What will not impudence" aud perseverance accomplish. '' "' Douglas made six unavailing efforts ; for" the crown of Scotland, but the seventh ' was attended with complete success." lt no one despair. I am very sorry that MK Phelps was beaten because a more worthy man never offered himsalf for a position in Oregon. ' 1 hope the explanation that "Ben" gave that querulous Leland was sufficiently strilc ivg to be understood by the latter. Will he lice to the "family circfe" for sympathy and protection this time, and ' again prove him self a degenerate dunghill ? : ' - ' " .. "' I sutosc if Buchanan Ts elected, we will be cursed with a brood or 'new democrats, pth lit icul adventurers from all the defeated camps in the country, '' They are demonsf discord and fountains of corruption wherever they 'go, and tare ready to swear by any name that wins. Old Isaiah wheii he was prophesying upon his inspired Jews-Harp seems to have had them iu view wheu ' he said of some broken down" representatives who wnuted to borrow the name"1 of some righteous old "Hard" to set themselves up with. - "And in that day seven women shall take hold of one ' man,' saying, we will eat onr own bread and wear our own apparel, only let us be called by thy name to take away our reproach. '' ' '' I see by the extract of Col. ' letter which you published in the Statesman that he has been in some bloody war. " I was surprised when I read it as I had supposed that he was engaged in making out reports, writiiig letters for tho "tother" Col. Ac. I must "see his face" on that." The Western Democrat has a " Pome" in live parts npon the " union between Sam Know Nothing and the beautiful maiden Black" Republicanism' at the Xortb. The concluding part is as follows: THET KM BRACK. Fly around bnb-tail. Tangle np feather beds, Canter up r.ig-tajr. " Sail in woolly heads ; Walk in Fremont, fin the 1'nion trample. Take a hand at free-love. Your mamma's jrood example ; Pass around the btrf steak That Jessie's husliand stole, to to thunder with your pork ! Without the hojr Is whole ; Fitch in Iitfsty TriRKers'' With Frederick in the corner, . Fly round free nipRers, Old Buck's a goner." Mrs. Pi-rdy, residing at Spencer, Tioga county, New York, is now 105 years old ; is in good health, and apparently has as strong hold npou life as she had many years since. Her husband was killed in the Rev olution, and she was left "a widow at the age of twenty-two years ; she never mar ried again, and now, at this great age, her mind is clear, and she relates scenes and an ecdotes of the Revolution with all the ardor of youth. , An elephant once nearly killed an Irishman for an iusnlt offered to his trunk. The act was rash in the extreme: "but it was impossible," the Hiberian said, "to re sist a nose you conld pull with both hands." John n. Berry, a member of the Arkan sas benate, oiea a lew days ago, from the bite of a spider. Matters at the Indian Itcserwa. Grand Konde Acescy, Dec. 23, '56."' ' MB.Ci.sn Sir: Since my letter of Dec. 3d, nothing of particular interest has trans pired at this ajrency. There has been no more Indians killed, and I believe the diffi culty among them that has resulted Jn the killing of four or Eve of them, has been settled. . ' ;. On Friday last a soldier was killed at the fort. I have not learned the particulars of the fray, further than that a qnarrel took place among" them; which resulted fn the stabbing of one of the party, causing his instant death. If Polk county is compelled to foot the bills of these criminal prosecutions, her . . . ....... , . . - . . treasury win very soon oecome oanurupi, and her people have abundant" cause for adopting, the opinion' ' expressed by Gen' Lane .on the .floor of Congress, ''that the standing arlnjr had become a great nuisance to onr country," ' No ' man familiar with the influence exerted by, the; soldiery upon the Indians on 'this .rest rvatiori; can qnes tlbrTtheir being a ver great nuisance. So long as the Government persisi iu the policy of quartering in' their very midst bodies of men, the tendency of whose ' iiiflnenee is, to corrupt their .men1 and debauch their women, ' all effort to improve their moral and physical condition will prove a failure. Gen.- Wool says " he has established a fort here to protect the Indians against our citizens." - This is a" most gross slander npon the' citizens' of onr valley. " The In dians nre in no danger of molestation -from our peopled , On' the contrary their condi tion would be gre.nly improved, and the security of our citizen! greatly increased, if there was not an officer or private within two thousand miles of ns. . What would old Thomas Jefferson have thought of the drin-icrnry of taxing the people to the tone of fonrtpcn millions a year, for the support of a standing army in time of peace? I am very snre the iK-ople of Oregon have no sympathy with this kind of Democracy. They hold the iloctrine that the people are not only capable "of gr.rernivg themselves, but of protecting themselves. ' ' The schooner owned by Col. Jennings & Co., loaded with -provisions for the Indians on the coast, was ran ujio'n the beach at the mouth'-of the Salatt.fc' not being' able to cross the bar," or get to sea again with nf.-ty. The cargo was landed and received by the Government agent, after which a terriMe storm -from the Southwest afose, and although the provisions were piled above the. highest known water mark, the sea rolled in with such fury as to sweep away almost the entire cargo. The vessel was rolled over and over again, and so in jnred as to be worthless, it is thonght. The Indians at the mouth of Salmon are in a bad condition, withont provisions, and many of them without shelter, the storms having swept away their temporary houses., It is said a portion of them will be brought over here, and the balatce of them taken to the Equena Bay, if they can be got there. There is some thousand of them iu all.' It will.be recollected that the same vessel landed a cargo in the Eqaeua Bay some weeks ago. It was a roost dariug under taking to attempt the eutrance of the Sa latts at this season of the year, aud no man but Capt. Tichnor would have risked it. The road from here to the coast had be come impassable even for pack trains, and it was next to impossible to get snpplies from the Equena to the mouth of Salmon or Salatts, hence the hazard incurred by Col. Jennings to comply with his contract, which has resulted so disastrously to him self and the Government. , , The next six months will be t!;e crisis in the fate of the Southern, Indians. They will make up their minds to submit to the destiny marked out for them by the Govern ment, and settle down here permanently, or they will prefer a" few months or years free dom in roaming over their native hills, with the certainty of ultimate extermination be fore them.' Should they "choose the latte alternative, (which I regard as by ho ineans improbable,) there will be no peace, and se curity 'for Southern,' Oregon for the.next ten years. , ' I was, hot aware until recently that the ' Southern Indians bare a large number of guns aiid .revolvers' in their pos session, with plenty of ammunition.' .It. is believed by those 'who : have had the. best opportunity for forming a correct' Opinion, that they have arras enough on hand, and hid away in the mountains -South, to arm every warrior among them. ' Old Sam and his band ' are known to have all now'they ever had. Why it is, that the Indians from this valley are deprived of their arms en tirely, while the Rogue rivers kje permitted to retaiu' theirs,. I am unable. to 'say, but such is the fact. " There would not be the slightest cause to apprehend danger in al lowing the Indians from the Willamette to retain their arms, while, it is equally certafn that there is danger to ; be 'apprehended from the Southern Indians. ' It is under stood here that the'. Superintendent (Capti Hedges) has requested Capt. Smith to take their arms from ..them, which he declines doins G. U. - - . , Miocnlx. his Lat. t, . ' This clever, wit, in the following squib, amusingly takes 'off the prevalent custom of giving testimonials to everybody, npon all sorts of occasions; aud for all sorts of things: . Os board the Steamship Califorxia, ) . ' Pajcama. " j To Capt. R. M. Whiting : Dear Sir I, the undersigned, cabin pas senger on board the' steamship California, during her late trip to San Francisco, beg to tender you, on behalf of myself," my heavy aud sincere acknowledgment of your skill as a seaman and varied courtesy as a gentle man. To your skill and foresight I attribute entirely the favorable weather that we have enjoyed, and your polite attention in inva riably giving me the second joint at dinner, your liberality in helping me to pie a second time, nnd the noble-hearted generosity with which you have at times presented me with one, and even two cigars, can never be for gotten whilst Memory holds her seat. I beg you will accept, as a slight token of my esteem and giatitude, a large silver mouthed gutta percha ear-trumpet, which I shall procure for you, with a suitable in scription to grace it, (as soon as I can bor row money enough for the purpose,) and that you may long live to enjoy it, iu the the noble sh p which you command, is my earnest, constant and daily prayer. I cannot conclude better than by a quo tation from those beautiful line in. Pone's " Paradise Lost :" " The star-spangled banner Oh, long mav it wave O'er the land of the fee,. And the huiue of tig tinjx'" With the highest seuiimeu cf gratitude and esteem, 1 reataia your sincere friend and most obsequious and veiy hamble ser vant, Geo. II. Dxas-Vj alias Johv PTKExn, or, Sqojbob. ' S. There has heeu an nou-Tar large number of resignations among army officers in consequence, as alleged, of the inadequacy of their salaries for their support. The War Department is constantly re'eivinr thsm". " pRiKST-RmnEK New Engijiwd. The - result of the Presidential election in New- England proves that a majority of her people have bowed their necks to the dominion of religious fanaticism. While their hearts are bleeding over the condition of Slavery In which the negroes at the South are placed, they ajpcm" to -lie wholly unconscious that they are the victims of a far worse servility themselves. They are the slaves of passion, or prejudice, or religions tyranny aud yet they hug their own chains of absolute sub jection to puritanical fanaticism, and think they are doing God service in shedding tears over the servility of Southern slaves, who neither desire 'not are' in need of their sym pathies. New England is to-day groaning under a despotism which challenges a paral lel iff ; any ; part, of the ?worId.- f They labor "under the delusion that they are free men, and they boast loudly of tlroir devotioB to ,Free dom. But there is, no ... freedom in -.New-England. The Church is supreme over tb minds . of - the' priest-ridden -people.; They do not think for themselves, but the politi cal oracles of the pulpit do their thinking. itie worst species or despotism is that, in which the mind is fettered and enslaved. That is the despotism which' broods" river Aew Kiigland. .The slave of the South i happy and contented with his allotment and . condition. lie . knows that he is not fitted by nature for freedom,- and he is contented with the 'guardian protection winch he enjoys from humane and kind mas ters. The New England men are , deluded with the idea that they are free, and yet they are wearing the chains of enslaved in tellectual beings. " They look to their re ligious teaehers for their thoughts, and they follow the dictates ' of bigotry and fanati cism with slavish submission -They accept whatever falsehood, whether of doctrine or of fact, that their religious guides choose to impose upon them. Church and State are virtually one in New England. Tho power of the pulpit is supreme, and it has just been exerted in dictating the vote cast for i remoot. W ashington TJnwn. '. The Church. Journal (Episcopal) favors its readers with : . - " Three Words. Some time ago, the Rev. Dudley A. Tyng, Rector of the Church of the Epiphany, preached very strong poli tics one Sunday morning.- He refused, un less the action of the vestry was sustained by the legal voters of the Parish. These have now spoken, and they sustain the Ves try by a vote of 53 to 44, and 1 blank. Mr. Tyng, therefore, it is said immediately re signs. ..'.. I ... , ! . As . to. the particular . result the being summarily driven out of a parish for "preach ing politics" we have but three words to" say: Screed Aim right 11 P .... .... ... , Most sensible " three words' they are, honorable alike to the bead and the heart of the editor of The Journal, for there i a meaning iu them. We speak thus, not from auy partisan, feeling we have in the matter,, but out of real : respect we feel for thr Church and elergy of the country, so long" as the latter confine themselves to their le gitimate sphere of action. In reference to the effect npon parties of clergymen turning brawling politicians, we have for the party we are attached to no fears" or apprehen sion. We. candidly and honestly believe that their course will give to the Democratic party thousands - of votes, and if their po litical aetion is persevered ki, the mass of the people will become, we greatly fear, hostile to the Church and all Church digna taries. But for the sake cf all, we do" hope the intemperate political zeal of theso Klitical clergymen will be checked, not alone for their own good, but fcr the cause aud the advancement of pure undefined reli gious seutimentj iVj Y. -DTeirs. "Rev. Dudley A. Ttng. At the eleetionr held by the congregation of the Church of the Epiphany,. last night, .the vote was as follows: For the Vestry, 57 ; against the Vestry, 44 ; blank one.. This : result in volves the immediate resignation of the lec tor. Rev. Dudley' A.: Tyng., the previous action of the Vestry having been sustained by. a majority of the legal voters of the con gregation. " ". . " J V ' ;', The difficulty between, the reverend gen tleman and his congregation,' it will be re membered, .results from a' political sermon preached in hi church in the early part of the present political canvass, Mr, Tyng feed ing it incumbent on- him '.to denounce slave ry and to ' commend the candidates of the party opposing it.- Without venturing any expression of opinion on the subject of slave-: ry as a political question., we can' but be- congregation has given , to the .pernicious practice of introducing politics into the pul pit. IhUq. Ledger. ';'",'. ''.'. . ' v i Ora'CJorsTKT and its Prospect! Some interesting : faets -are recapitulated in" the -United States MHitary Argus : It is stated that the population of the eleven infant colonies in 1701, was 262,000 souls. Geor gia - and Delaware were added to the num ber about 1149, and the census reports ejive ns 1,046,000: In the year 1775", the thir teen colonies had 2,303,000 whites and 500,- 000 slaves. ' After the adoption of the pres ent Constitution,' in 1 1790, there were thir teen States, with 3,172,564 white, 50,455 free colored, and 698,807 slaves. In 1850 the States had Increased to thirty-one, and the population to 19, 550.C0O whites, 434, 000 free colored, and 3,204,000 slaves. Tho total population at this time is approaching thirty mixioxs.' The number of electoral votes is 296, requiring 149 to elect a Presi dent by the people. - The Free States hares 176, and the slave 120. . . , Reijgiox axd Politics. We never yet supported or opposed any candidate for a, civil office because of his religions be&lf and we never shall do so while otw TO9Gpti is spared. And, though we aX3 iipa times been counseled that tha uoijotion of this or that aspirant wouUisecufe Uie Meth odist, Baptist or some saeh xoteK vro never hearkened to the voice of the charmer. Our general idea is t a if . man, hertil; assents, to the political wed, for whvel w.e ajce con-k tending, he ill vote with us if he ejects that, ue- wJU 'ee pretty eertain, to. vote, against os (as fee. s.lwild,J aJihoogh he an onr endhiat happen to adhere to, the same. Cbapclk-3--V". ;TirKjtA " The republican party is an excess andj outbreak, of; virtues oy which, more surely than, by vices a eountfj may be undone,," . Chmte. True true to the ltr. Choare never uttered; a better thought. We mast take, things as they are, and aiocs as they ex-, hibit themselves to the orld. Theorists, are never practical statesmen With in ridttah. an excess of virtus aproximates to, perfection and is. coaameucrable. ut.witb nn tints such excess is heis fanaticism, a bun dle o good ideas gone mad. LomeUi Adi-.' ' . Ho. J axes Bccha.xax, the Democratic, candidatefbr Presjden,t is by trade a, printer the first one of the craft who has been nonk inated for the highest office of the people, aK though many of them have become famous in, other ways. Bbtton' Iieesiign tor. '-' : "'