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VOL. 9. NO. 35.
SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1859.
WHOLE NO. 451.
THR MA.
From the Baltimore Mural Register.
The weed o'ermn the pardon,
IIm wrrJi nsnrped the lirM.
For nothing- bat wrrtU and briars
The hue huxl will yield :
Whew barlr na' nnvtepping,
AMu,Uy,AMMl
Cried aloud, "I will amend this,
' If a son of Adam ran."
To asy it was to do it.
- When he had vowed hm row,
Ho, faH of hearty action,
Hianelf ho tmsped the ploofrh.
TDsWanrhlKir flocked around hint.
And taxed wltb purblind eyes,
Or lilted ap their timid hands
In awrTrloa eni-prise.
Many there were who mocked him.
And a few there were who then
Went borne with hearts uplifted.
Wiser and better meu.
Bat the man wrought on undaunted
'or stint nor stay he knew.
Till where the wild weed nourished.
Fair grain and gtaaaca grew.
The Mnhbora glebe be tillrth,
Whh an iron, resolnte will.
And the bliworu. of the spring time.
The air with perfume fill.
The Autumn brouvht the fruitage.
The corn, oil, and the wine, '
And the man, be enid, ret humbly
4'1! these jrnod deeds are mine,
Thomth I hare read hut little,
Sure I have wrought the more.
And have male two blades of ft-rase grow,
Where one blade grew before."
Itv brave word, and Mont labor.
Ilia htvh succiaa be taujtht.
And though hi. phrase was homely,
'Twos manhood spake and wrought ;
And when his work waa ended,
lie liiid calmly down to nut.
Fnil of ycars'and reverent meekness.
With the sunshine on his breast.
And when flower bloomed above bim.
And time some year had won.
Men bevan to know and love him,
Thronzh the jrood deed, he had done.
TBI )IBTnDIT MlftSIO OHK.
VOX.
The organ of the M. E. Church published in
N. Y. City, give the following account of the
establish ment of the Oregon Mission by that
denomination. It will be fouud interesting to
oar readers :
On the 2?tb. of SeptemWr. IS-H. Her. Ja
on Lee, having left New York January tUHh.
1SS3. to ctom the Uocky Mountain, preached
j first ermon erer preached in that immense
region of country, Key. Daniel Lee accom
panied his brother Jason, and eo did Cyrus
Shepherd, a school teacher, who eorameneed a
school at Fort Vancouver, consisting of half
breeds and of the children of the Hudson's
Bar Company. Thirteen persons arrived out
in May, l&C", to increase and help the mission
ary force ; and ere an other year elapsed Da
vid Leslie, with wife and three children, llev.
II. K. W. Perkins, and a female school teach
er arrived, still further increasing the company
of laborers.
Rev. Jason Lee having visited the States in
1833-9 to advise the Church of the need of
more laborers, an addition wasnmde, who with
him went forward to Oregon iu October, 18&).
At about ttcentu year have elapsed, the pres
ent generation of Methodists may le pleased to
see tbe projrrnmme ol tne
Faretcell Meeting of the mission faniily for
Oregon, in the Methodist Episcopal tlinrch.
Greene street, on Thursday evening, October
44 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations,
baptising them in the name of the Father, and
of the Son, and of the Ilolv Ghost; teaching
them to observe all things whatsoever 1 have
commanded yon : and lo, I atn with you al
ways, even unto the end of the world. Amen."
Matt, xxviii. 19. 20. 1
The chair will be taken at seven o'clock by
the Rev. Dr. Hangs.
Francis llall and G. P. Disosway, Secreta
ries. 1. Reading- the 35th chapter of Isaiah, by
Rev. J. Lindsev : 44 The wilderness and the
solitary place shall be glad for them ; and the
desert'shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose,"
etc.
2. Prayer.
' 3. Uymn, by Bishop Heber :
Shall we whoee soul, are lighted
Br wisdom from on burn ;
Shaft we to men benighted
The lamp of life deny T
galvntion ! O salvation !
The jovfhJ sound proclaim,
"Till earth remotewt nntion
lias learned Messiah' name.
Waft, waft, ye winds, his story ;
And vou, ve wav rs, roll :
Till, lik'e a sea of glory.
It spreads from pole to pole ;
Till o er oar ransomed nature.
The Lamb tor sinners slain.
Redeemer, Kin?, Creator,
Returns in bliss to reitro.
4. The names of the mission family will be
read by the recording secretary, and the family
introduced to the meeting.
&. Address from the missionaries.
6. Address by the Kev. Robert Alder, D. D.,
of London.
7. Collection.
8. Charge to the missionaries, by the chair
man. The following constitute the mission family,
about to sail for the Oregon mission in the ship
Lausanne. Captain Josiah Spaulding :
Rev. Jason Lee and wife, of New England
Conference.
Rev. J. II. Frost, wife and one child. New
York Conference.
Rev. Gustavns Hincs, wife and one child,
Genesee Conference.
Rev. XV m. II. Kone and wife. North Caro
lina Conference.
Rev. Alvan F. Waller, wife and two chil
dren, Genesee Conference.
Rev. J. P. Richmond, M. D-, wife and four
children, Illinois Conference.
Mr. Ira I. Babcock, physician, wife and one
child. New York.
Mr. George Abernethy, missionary steward,
wife and two children. New York.
Mr. William W. Raymond, farmer, and wife,
Barlston S pa.
Mr. Henry B. Brewer, farmer, and wife.
Mr. Lewis H. Jodson, cabinet maker, wife
and three children.
Mr. Joaiah L. Parish, blacksmith, wife and
three children.
Mr. James Oily, carpenter.
Mr. Hamilton Camplicll, carpenter, wife and
child. Springfield.
Miss Maris T. Ware, teacher, Lowell.
Miss Chloe A. Clark, teacher, Springfield.
Miss Elmira Phillips, teacher, Springfield.
Miss Almira Phelps, teacher, Springfield.
Mis Orpha Lankton. stewardess, Hartford.
Thomas Adams, Indian boy.
Ckockert Store. Mr. Fish has establish
ed what has heretofore been sadly needed in
Salem a crockery store. It will be found a
great convenience to this commuuity. Read
his advertisement, and then if yon want any
thing in his line, call and see if he can't sell it
to yon.
Office Chasers. Gov. Chase, of Ohio, is
a candidate for the U. S. Senate, and ako for
President of the United States. Jo. Lane, of
Oregon, is in the same fix. At last accounts,
the black republican was ahead.
CP All free negroes are required to leave
tbe State of Arkansas before ld60. Many of
them will settle in Kansas.
Every kind of employment requires a
particular kind of genius.
lkttrr raen pslk tstitTf.
The following is from a Polk county subscri
ber, one of the staunchest democrats and citi
zens in the country :
Polk Coi-xtt, Oct. 27, 1359.
Mr. Bush: In tlio Corvallis I'mon of the
22i, I uotii-e a communication under the head
of 14 Sour Grapes for the .S'fufc.man," in which
the author of said enmmunicntion, in n labor
ious effort, nt tempts to call in question the cir
culation of the Statesman, by citing the fitet,
that a copy of that paper, hmi been sent to the
Franklin 1 0. uner a notice of discontin
uance. Astounding presumption in vou, Mr.
Itiihh, thus to traniplo tipon the feelings of a
Postmaster thereby causing him to have a pub
lie vendue quarterly. I hope the expenses at
tendant upon said sale will not be so heavy as
to cause hint to give notice of discontinuance
to the Catott. I will give my ideas in regard
to the circulation of the Statesman : I hnvc
traveled extensively, over the State, visited dif
ferent Postoflices, and soon, and I lind through
out a more) extended circulation of the States
man than any other paper; and in some locali
ties, the L'niom is not known to be in existence.
Also, in many Post-olliecs have I been present
when the nin.il arrived, and the eagerness with
which the Statrsma i is called for und perused,
is a certain indication of the high estimation in
which it is held. I have conversed with scores
of persons entertaining dilferent principles
from the editor of the Statesman, and have
heard them acknowledge tliut the Statesman
wns the ablest edited paper in the State ; also,
hriiigiu" to mind the fact that it hns never
changed hands since its first establishment, mid
ulwavs advocating its position in a feurW and
independent milliner. There is another fact
peculiar to the Statesman, wltirh is that it W es
tablished on a firm lutci. and is not dependent
upon a few subscribers, more or less, to insure
its weeklr visits, to it patrons, which is a fea
tnro in the publication of a pnper well worthy
of consideration. No fear of the Stalrsman,
whilst the other pnper are changing hand., and
eking out n miserable existence. 1 have no
doubt but thit the Statesman, confident of its
onward pntgtvss, wil pursue tho "even tenor
of its way," and weekly gratify its readers fur
manv vears to come.
LIFE SUBSCRIBER.
We presume that the Franklin P. M.,
whom we are nucouscious of haviug injured in
any way, except by continuing to send the
Statesman to a deliaqueut subscriber, after the
P. M-, had ordered it discontinued, must have
been urged through fear of removal by the
Lane family, to ventilate hi- absurd and gra
tuitous misrepresentations concerning our cir
culation, in the Betf-Kattr. Perhaps some of
the family have beeu threatening him w ith re
moval, if he didn't 1' '' and strike a little for
Uncle Joseph.
For the Statesman.
Ll iKlA VTE, Sept. 17. If51.
Editor Statesman Dear Sir: When a
mean man would rise, his first endeavor is
to bring all who might probably stand in the
way of his advancement, down to a level with
himself.
Mediocrity is ever jealous ; and jealousy is
ever ready to lay hold of the faintest shadow
of argument against its object.
1 uese principles are exemplified, to a great
extent, in the recent attacks of the Sentinel
upon certain prominent democrats of this State
especially, iu a low -flung, vindictive and un
granunatical article, animadverting upon the
conduct of the Hon. Fred. Way mire in the re
cent Senatorial struggle. As a constituent of
the Hon. gentlemnn assailed, I feel it n duty
thus publicly to express the general indigna
tion of the people of this countv, at such base,
wanton and unmerited abuse tf one of our rep
resentatives' in the Senate. Such unjust and
baseborn abuse of Mr. Waymire is an insult,
which the citizens of Polk county will not lie
readily induced to pardon.
Every one who knows the manly firmness,
dignity and self-reliance, which has'ever char
acterized Mr. Waymirv, in his unyielding sup
port of democratic principles, and the interests
of the people, nt large, will despise the con
temptible scribbler of the Sentinel, when he
says : " But to ;xxr old uncle Fred. The
Cr old critter has always been as bidable a
king bull-dog as eren the clique could de
sire." The note of Mr. Waymire to Gen. Lane,
calling for his testimony in regard to the con
duct of Delazon Smith, while at Washington,
is the pretext for this abusive attack.
When Delazon Smith was accused of dis
graceful conduct at the National Capitol, Mr.
Waymire, occupying the position he did, per
formed but his duty to the w hole people of Or
egon, by inquiring into the merits of those
charges." And, w ho w as better able, if willing,
than Gen. Latie, to give the desired informa
tion ? He presented a note of imjuiry to Gen.
Lane, entirely respectful and proper in its char
acter, which the (Jen. refused to answer in writ
ing. And this is the act for which he is vili
Bed by this self-sold, sole-hired scribbler of the
Sentinel. Gen. Lane is an aspirant for the
Vresidencv. and therefore mt not lie nn-
nroached W the rabble people, through such a
contemptible medium as one of their State Sen
ators ! He is too high to be reached by such
means ! To use a favorite and oft-repeated
quotation of Dryer's : "On what meat doth
tais our Cswar "feed, that he hath grown so
great ?" Mr. Waymire performed a simple act
of duty, iu which he will always stand more
than justified by the people of Oregon.
The Sentinel tloet not believe that Mr. Way
mire wrote the note to Gen. Lane ; and adds:
"Indeed, we know that he can't write three
consecutive sentences with sense, rhyme, or
reason in them, leaving out the spellin'. " In
the famous language of Mark Antony, "This
was the most n kindest at of all;" and, it
comes with a peculiar gra. - from one who, in
the same article, frightens e ghost of Lindley
Murray by saving, "He ha lieen the very per
sonification of obseqnions toadyism to 'friend
Bush, always doing what he "was bid (if he
knew how) by his masters." It is well known
that a writer's use of the participles in connec
tion with irregular vcrb, is one of the most
perfect indices to his scholarship. In remark
ing upon a letter of D. 8. Holton, (critically.)
in the same paper, the editor says, "Now the
Doctor Escnlapius M. D. done his best in this
epistle, no doubt." Yes ; and I have no doubt
the editor thought that he had "really, actually,
and absolutely been-and-gone-and-did-it ."'
when he penned his elegant comments. Any
one who is competent to judge, that will read
the writings of Mr. Waymire, and then read
the Sentinel, will, at once, pronounce Mr. Way
mire as competent to write a note of inquiry to
Gen. Lane, as Mr. T'Vanlt is to edit the Gen
eral's newspaper. Mr. Waymire does not pre
tend to be a fine scholar ; but the people of this
county do pretend to know that he is a man of
practical common sense, which is a property
not possessed by every editor of a "Catchpenny
Pickle" in this State.
At the proper time I shall have something to
say touching the political history and ofiicial
acts of the pet protege of the Sentinel, Gen.
Lane; but, meanwhile, let the people poise the
balance between this President, that would be,
and those whom his pensioned organ vilifies.
Respectfully yours, POLK.
rF At St. Louis, when a high pressure steam
er, crowded with passengers, bursts, it is called
"elevating the magees."
RKI.IUIOIS t'OKRRSPOKIDKNI'R,
Sastiam City. Marion Co., Oct. 29, '59.
Et. Statesman Thronirh your paper, Mr.
McKeiin, of Astoria, has questioned me thus:
'Would I, as a UniversHlist, who lielieve tlmt
God is Love, and that he loves all his creatures.
and who endeavor to imitate him as lar as hu
man frailty will permit, be permitted to join his
Cliurcn, ami lie tellowshtpcti as n ineiniier,
without acknow ledging nnr creed but the Bible,
and that without note or comment.'" And
further, "I am curious to know more altout it'
that is, our practice.
In reply, I would state that the Methodist
Protesting Church is a sect among the sects of
baptised believers in Christ, holding the doo-
triues of the Methodist families, and peculiar as
a sect from its Church polity. It is a secession
from the Methodist Episcopal Church, on the
ground of church government. Assuming an
equality among our ministry, we have no ltish-
ops; iiutl establishing the mutunl rights ol min
isters ami members, we adopt the rcpreseiitii
five form of government. We have it consti
tution ami discipline to guide us, and we have
articles of Religion published as giving the gen
eral sense of our belief as a Church ; but no
person is required to sulvscribe to that confe
sion of faith, and it is no heresy to discuss tin
merits of our church polity, 'lite Bible is our
only rule, w ithout note or comment, una Chris
tian character the test of inriiihf thi. I'ufet
tered bv creeds, 1 understand that a belief in
universal salvation, or the election of a pnrt to
lite, or tree salvation to nil eoiuiitioiiaiir, iio not
form grounds of rejection from our church; so
that persons Itelicvmg in universal salvation
have beeu received into our church both East
and in Oregon, when thev gave evidence to the
church of such a "christian characttr" as the
church judged would come up to the Kiblu
standard. L'niversalists, however, differ as
widely among themselves as other classes as to
Iltlile doctrines, hence; although friend Mc
Keau ha fouud it necessary, in asking his ques
tion, to define his position, makins n confession
of faith, as all persons most properly should do
in seeking admission into n religions commumi v,
yet it is so very brief, with no reference to
Christ, it seems fiardlv stiflicieut, without further
acquaintance with lino, to gain a home among
us; lint upon further acquaintance, some of our
churt lies might cordially receive null, it they
judged him in a christian manner to "imitate
God as t.ir n human Iriultr permit.
Thus far I can answer his question, lint our
tlitlerent churches might ililler. 1 hold that
each church should alone lie judge, and alone
responsible respecting the christian character of
those received as member. I hold lurtlier that
the church hns a right to exclude from its fel
lowship anr whose character is not iu nccord
a nee with their view s of the Bible standard ; or
w ho are so heretical in principle as to vitiate
their practice; or who loment "ilonbtlul dispu
tatious," as Paul terms it, to the injury of the
church.
I desire to see each church sovereign in its
ow n affairs, and each member sovereign in his
nlfnirs, tbe individual indeed under restraint to
God and his laws, but iu community as equal
with his fellows in creed, his judgment alone
responsible for the form it may assume in bap
tism, the mode left to the applicant's own con
science and in church organisation, the persou
should be free to net w here he dies not interfere
with the rights of others; in all things, where
community or individual rights were not mo
lested, as supreme ami unrestrained to follow
bis own thoughts.
The creed system in faith, and the hierarchi
cal svstem in government, has beeu the curse
of the church governments not emanating
from the will of the governed, but above it and
controlling it. I believe that the Roman Cath
olic Church, as a bodr, is the church of Jesus
Christ, but its hierarchy is the great Antichrist
of the KevcIatiiHis, against which I protest.
Modified and diluted, this hierarchical system
has found a lodgment among protectant organi
zations; although found in Oregon, 1 protest
against it. The apostles attempted to lay the
foundation of this hierarchical system, but were
defeated br our Lord. Finding one doing mir
acles, "ami he followeth not us." they forbade
him, because he did not follow them", the ap
pointed leaders in the new dispensation. Hut
power was not placed in the hands of the few.
No central government was formed, no com
pact system of organization wasinstilutcd above
the will of the governed, but w herever two or
three w ere gathered in Christ's name, he recog
nized them an his people; and the lenders were
to le unlike the princes of the Gentiles in au
thority. "But he that is greatest among you
shall "be your servant," the public servant,
"tine is your master, and all ye ure brethren."
Christ recognized that great principle of equal
ity. "All ye are brethren." Let us have this
principle in Church aud State. Let us have
something like, if you please, squatter sove
reignty Ifcmglas democracy. Disregarding
the superfluities of creeds and nicely adjusted
human church polities, let us recognize all
bodies of baptised ladievers, having general
christian character, as fraternal individualities
of the great Church of Jeans Christ.
T. M. RAMSDELL.
I.KTTF.R I'RIIII WASH O I OI TV.
Dalles, Oct. 23th, 185!).
Mr. Bust! : I notice what purports to be an
editorial in the last Times, in relation to ollicial
patronage. The general knowledge pretended
of the atiairs of Wasco county so plainly shows
the ear marks of that any one ac
quainted with the " individual " cannot fail to
discover its parentage.
The writer casts imputations upon the
staunch democracy of this county, which we
are certainly not guilty of.
I can assure you that the only Federal offi
cial in the county (outside of the army) is one
of the Indian department; nml in vindication
of this foul aspersion upon his character, I wish
to say that he is strictly a "Lane innn." There
has lice n no Federal appointment in this coun
ty since election, and none expected until the
land-oftice is established here, and then they
are all to be of the Lane kind.
A friend at my left suggests that the Times
must mean some drayman, mule or ox driver,
who sometimes hauls government freight. Per
haps this is the true version of it. 1 know of
but one man who could get down so low as lo
proscribe laborers for their honest opinions.
WASCO.
O'M eara ox the Beep Eater. The Jack
sonville Sentinel published recently a very
caustic columu on Slater, closing as follows :
He (the editor of the Beef Eater) iutimates
a flat falsehood, und we challenge him to the
proof. To his concluding sentence that ' the
people may look for some new phase in the po
litical world, lo be developed soon," we will ob
serve that if the people are anxious for new
phases, aye aud rapid, radical, inconsistent
phases, they need only direct their looks to a
newspaper not a thousand miles from Corvallis,
now professing to be Democratic. The wish
of " success " he is pleased to extend us, is
nbout as earnest, sincere and consistent ns any
thing he either wishes or utters, personally or
politically. If it wua to give greater puhheity
to his base iuuendocs against us, that he scut
extra copies of the Union here last week, we are
very certain that the wish of 44 success " from
him is equivalent to the "good night" of an
Italian assassin, and we receive it quite as
guardedly.
Slater quash 's under this correct delineation
of himself, and responds in tones as 44 mild as
a sucking dove."
From the Dulles Journal, O-t. 2".
aPmaTIOnKXT or Kt.KaA1,KN
TO TlflC STATU t OUl KtTIO.
Mn. Editor : There has been much said in
the Journal in relation to the apportionment of
delegates to the State Convention, to be held at
Eugene City, on the loth of November next.
Iu this matter, there is it questiou of policy
to be determined by the democratic party. The
motives that should govern us in determining
this policy-, should be bused upou justice and
fairness.
Party organizations are the voluntary associ
ation of liien professing the same principles.
To perpetuate it, there must lie fairness ami
justice towards ench. Men too often confound
principles with 44 party usage." The former is
us perpetual as truth, w hile the latter depends
entirely upon the voluntary acts of its mem
bers. flue class of democrats are contending for a
correct apportionment the others are sticklers
for"pnrty usage." Which do democrats of Wus
eo countv prefer a correct apportionment, or
a mis-called 44 party usage ?" The arguments
of these sticklers for 44 party usage," abound
copiously, w ith these set phrases--;" party
usage," 44 party discipline," time-honored ens-
toms." 44 ancient usages and customs of the
party," Ac. Arc. Hy pursuing this system or
censorship, democrats ure sought to be driven -to
support their views, without ever enquiring
iuto the justice of them.
All agree that the apportionment for the dif
ferent counties, should be in accordance w ith
the number of democrats in each. The only
questiou is to correctly ascertain this number.
The usual way is to take the votes nt the last
election, provided it be a full and fair vole.
This i said to be the 44 general party usage."
Hut when it is evident that the vote of the last
specinl election does not fully represent the
democratic votes in each mid evcrv county, some
other rule should be adopted. Every one ac
quainted with Oregon politics, will at once an
swer that I lie vote fir Mr. Stout is no test of
the number of democrat in every county if
this State. It is notorious that in many coun
ties, democrats refused to vole fur the nominee
some complained of his unfair nomination
many others of his Know-Nothing antecedents.
The rule w ill not work w ith fairness to all upon
this vote. It is said, that the vote for Govern
or nt the last general election, will not fairly
represent democrats of nil the counties. This
may be the case. Then let us compromise the
matter, ami adopt (ns has been suggested) the
fullest Stout ami WhiteuUer Vote that is let
no delegate lie excluded apportioned on either
vote. This course will give all parties whnt
they ask. aud all would lie satisfied. This
coii'inromise would sacrifice no principle, nor
would it le dishonorable to either. Concuss
ions are necessarv in nil voluntary organizations.
Democrats should make this concession now
for the good of the party.
I pon those who refuse all compromise and
concession, will rest the responsibility of dis
tracting and dividing the democratic party.
Let Wasco countv be free from this char?e.
O. HL'MASOX.
'If this basis is adopted, entmtir based upon tbe
WMteaker vote should be allowed an increase of rep
resentation be v olid that vole; to make allowances for
the ' national " vote in tltoee comities lust year nii-t
against YVhitcaker, and this year for Stout. Take
I'ulk Comity for illustration : In thut county w ere a
Kmd many ' nationals" who last year voted fur While
aber. This year, like the nationals of Ilentoti, Jack
son and Hou'las counties, they voted for Stoot. If
those voters are represented iu Jackson, IKxtglus and
Ilenton rouuiies, as they will be npou tlie Stout basis,
then they onht to be in Polk. That would give Polk
one or two delegates increase over the Whileaker ba
sis. And if ItenUm, Jurkson, &e., has theia. Polk
ouaht to. ioes sy on Jnii to see f So of Marion
ovting to the snme raiise to a alight extent (for there
were a few "-nationals" in Marion.) Hat. for an addi
tional reason, Marion's reprcsetitnliou ought to be in
creased, if this mixeJ basis is adopteJ. lHving to t'ie
fart lliat llarnnm, Wliiteakcr's opponent, resided in
Marion, he polled in that county more than the It iiiti
niale opHaition vote. Grnver's vote, at least, ouiit
to he taken for Marion.
The Two-TiuuiiB Hlle in N ational Con
ventions Hon. Isaac E. Mohhk. Hon.
Isaac K. Morse, late a member of Congress
from Ixmisana, bus written a letter to thv
Washington States denouncing that rule of
Democratic Xatiotinl Conventions which re
quires two-thirds of the whole number to nom
inate candidates for President and Vice Presi
dent. He states that he has always been op
posed to it ns anti-Democratic, iu not allow
ing the majority to rule, aud as almost necessa
rily leading to tho nomination of obscure and
third-rate men for President. In his letter he
alludes to Gov. Wise's New York letter, and
comments upon it thus :
44 It w ill open the eyes of the people, and
prevent the recurrence of a third repetition of
bringing in an ou'sider for the Presidenev, and
secures, beyond preadventure, the nomination
of the only man whom the Democracy have
ever seriously thought of for the nomination nt
Charleston."
1 Ie concludes his letter as follow s :
41 There is no important questiou before the
country which is likely to divide the Democra
cy ; and if the people will instruct their mem
bers to the Charleston Convention to vote- for
the man upon w hom the public eye is now fixed,
with or without the two-thirds rule, the pref
erence to-day is as certainly expressed and
sure ns any "possible future event. If that
Convention is composed, ns it ought to be. of
delegates scut to express the w ishes of the De
mocracy instead of trailing politicians, its labors
will be very simple, its duration short, its action
harmonious, and its results a fixed fact I trust
that no new planks will be put into the plat
form ; no more opening of the slave trade ; no
attempt to give to Congress jurisdiction of tho
slavery question. That is a double-edged
sword, and if put into the hands of the ma jori
ty, it may not be used for protection, but for
destruction. Give us pure Democracy, State
rights and non-intervcutioii in every thing that
docs not clearly belong to Congress, and give
the people of tho States und Territories the
liencrit of all doubtful questions, upon the
broad and equitable principles that every man
understands his own interest much better than
his neighbor hundreds and thousands of miles
off.
44 Whatever issues may be made np in the
North, East or West, and whatever mottoes
may be inscribed on their bauners, we, of the
South, will have to choose between Seward,
Abolitionist, w ith Congressional jurisdiction or
slavery w ith and Douglas, non-interventiou by
Congress, with the people to decide.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
" ISAAC E. MOUSE."
CAiiKtirnv PlIl'Ui'II iirumtn lir.a raajaa nt.
tached to the California Conference of the M.
E. Church South, under the name of Oregon
. . ri-t . a' 11 ; .1 . .
Uistrict. 1 no loitun uig ure tue appointments:
i .. it pl r i.' i...
John L. Burchard ; Portland, M. Clampit ; In
dependence circuit, John C. Koine; Corvallis,
supply; Eugene City, Jacob Gruwell; Ump
qua circuit, supply ; Jacksonville, supply ;
Harrisburg, supply ; Fairfield, supply ; X ant
hill, supply.
EF ''Well, Pat, Jim didn't quito kill you
with that brickbat, did he I"
"So, I wish he had."
"What fori"
"So I could see him hung."
UsT Riches increase iu proportion us you
give to the poor.
VOL. T. R. ri.OI'KKOV, OF ARKANSAS,
riiuK PHOPOsirioK.
We find In the Lexington (Ky.) Statesman,
in me Mill ."sept., a long ami able communica
tion on the subleet of slaverv in the Territories
It is from the pen of Col. T. It. Flonrnny, one
of the most prominent Democrats of the" State
ol Arknnstis. He was a delegate to the Cincin
nati Convention which nominated Mr. lluch-
anaii for President, and is widely known all
over the country as one of flie largest planters
and slaveholders in Arkansas. We make from
his communication the following interesting ex
tracts: l4ThingS rapidly grew from bnd to worse, un
der this Congressional intervention, until the pa
triots of lrifiOsaw that patch-work would do no
longer. The country must go to pieces or lie
saved bv returning to that once abandoned but
good nfj constitutional doctrine of iiou-inier-vent
ion. The history of these limes is too frifh
in I he memories of nil to require details. Suf
fice it to say the great Commoner headed the
movement, aud the Constitution was vindicated
and the country saved bv a return to first prin
ciples, iiou-iiitervciition not in pnrt, no half
way measure, only forbidding to Congress the
power to reject or establish slavery in a Terri
tory; hut it was non-intervention in its broad
est, must comprehensive sense, denying that
Congress had any further power over the insti
tution of slaverv in any respect aud in all re
spects. That its power over the w hide subject
was complete uinl exhausted, when they had
enacted the Fugitive slave-law and afiixe'd the
Federal basis of representation. These com
promises of l&iO, even if they were founded iu
policy only, aud not based on high constitution
al grounds ns they nre, ou'd still be entitled to
our highest legnrd, und In I I ns sacred almost
as the Constitution itself in the estimation of
patriots. The South having agreed to and ac
quiesced in the measures, the highest obligation
of good faith demand of Ic.-r not to abandon
them for slight and trivial causes, or bo led iuto
it by the idle clamor of the Opposition.
"Then where is the palliation or excuse for
this w anion uhiiiiilnumc nt of the old constitu
tional doctrine of mm intervention ? Where
the excuse for the bud faith implied iu the as
sertion of this monstrosity that would require
of Its to return to that Abolition intervention
doctrine of IHitl, which did rob ns of nil terri
tory north of ;i deg. 19) luin., aud will, if re
stored, take nil south of it ? 1 allude to this
lute doctrine of intervention by Congress for
protection in the Territories. First : Where is
the constitutional warrant for this intervention?
If it exists its advocates ought to be nble to
show it; and. if they can't produce it. it is a
fair presumption it is not ; and if the power is
not given it is withheld, audi challenge ant'
one lo produce it. The production of such au
thority would convict the Constitution with be
ing contradictory mil at war with itself. For
it restricts Congress, I repeat, to the two simple
propositions, the Fugitive-slave law and the
Federal bnsis. And the w hole spirit of the in
strument n fie r that treats the institution as lo
cal, and exclusively under the control of those
immediately interested.
44 Now, 1 usk. w here is tin great outrage com
mitted by the Territorial legislation, on the
rights of prtqierty iu sltves. that would justify
or excuse a tiolu'tion of good faith (even if the
Constitution was not iu the way) by calling on
Congress to intervene for the protection of
slavery ? None. It is nt best a mere abstrac
tion an Aindition bone thrown iuto a Demo
cratic camp by Senator Hah, of New Hamp
shire, over which it was honed the party would
divide and goto pieces, nml the whole Abolition
corps nre now ut this moment chuckling, re
joiced at our wrangling, and are most desirous
we shall settle the question in favor of interven
tion, so that in the future, when they desire to
intervene in tair adairs. they can give not only
Democratic, authority, but Southern Democrat
ic uuthority for the deed, which they intend to
plead in estoppel of our pica of noil interven
tion. 44 Hut we sometimes meet w ith smnll politi
cians who are in the habit of denouncing that
great chnmpion of Democracy and Southern
rights. Senator Douglas, of Illinois, ns a traitor
to both. Well, t oti nsk w hat he has done ?
Has he not been true to every single article of
the Cincinnati Platform ? That cannot be de
nied. Then he has been true both to the South
and the Democratic party. Hut he, in sub
stance, said that a Territorial legislature, bv
unfriendly laws, or by no legislation nt aii,
could so embarrass slavery that the tendency
would be to drive it out and prevent slavery
from going into the Territories.
"Well. I ask, is that nut the assertion simply
of an existing fact, existing independent of tho
niiiiiinciatioii of the fact by Judge Douglas,
and w ill exist in spite c.f alf the Congressional
intervention or black codes that can be written,
and why ? For the simple renson that laws
must coincide w ith and reflect the wishes of the
people, or they will never be executed. It is so
now. It has ever been so, mid it will ulways
be so, us long as man remains the creature of
passion nml prejudice that he is.
.
44 For, from the few days I have been iu the
State, I nm inclined to the belief that this Abo
lition doctrine of intervention has not been as
fearlessly and as boldly denounced as it ought
to have been. Well, I have traveled much of
late in the South, aud I think I understand
public sentiment. It is for the nominee of the
Charleston Convention, lie he who he may, and
while it would prefer Ili-eckenridgc, or Guthrie,
or the gallant Hob of Arkansas, or some South
ora man nut of compliment to the South, still
the- would as cheerfully go for a Douglas, a
Dickinson, a Toucey or liny Northern man who
may get tho nomination ; and of our Northern
Democrats, I think Douglas is regarded ns the
strongest. This territorial question then which
we have been discussing uurrows itself at last
down to this single point. If the inhabitants
of a Teritory ure pro-slavery iu sentiment,
they will guard and protect the institution by
sucli laws as will give to it a vigmons and
healthful growth. If public sentiment is the
other way, they will so embarrass the institu
tion by inilrieuuly legislation, or by no legisla
tion at all, ns to cause it to have a puny and
sickly existence, and all the Congressional in
tervention on earth will never remedy it. Then
what w ill be the practical result of this thing ?
44 All the territory iiow Lelongiug to tho Uni
ted States, and iu the future to be members of
the Confederacy, lies up in the north west, ex
cept the Indian Territory, lying west of the Ar
kansas. Circumstances so conspire us to snort
Iv make it the interest of those Indians to sell
and of tho Uuited States to buy. Slavery is
ulready established, und oil the elements neces
sary to its success combine to keep it there. It
is large enough for ono State or more, -and will
as cei taiuly be a slave State, if left to the peo
ple themselves to dctermiue when they come
into tho Union, us that they do come into the
Union, provided we can keep clear of all in
tervention on the part of Congress, and it will
be as certain to go the other way as that Con
gress intervenes.
44 With these facts before our eyes, with the
doctrine of Congressional intervention estab
lished, no man of ordinary intelligence can be
lieve the South has the remotest chance for oue
foot of all that immense territory, large enough
for five States, owned by the United States in
the northw est. Then the w hole thing narrows
itself down to the dimensions of a nut-shell,
and is embraced in this single proposition :
With Congressional non-intervention the South
will certaiuly retain all the territory west of
Arkansas, amounting to one or two States, and
have n chance for a State or more of the north
west; while, with Congressional intervention,
we niny, and I think the chances are. that the
South will lose all. How then is it possible
Southern men can hesitate between inter and
non-intervention ? for it is simply a question of
whether the South shall have a part certain,
with chances for the balance, or no chance at
all for any. 44 T. 11. FLOUKNOY,
Of Arkansas." ,
Diphtheria. The symptoms and treatment
of diphtheria are attracting the careful notice of
some of the more eminent of the medical pro
fession, mid without doubt before long any un
certainty which now exists on the matter will
be removed. Itcside the innnnerof treatment,
it is most necessary to determine to what ex
tent diphtheria depends ilium sanitary condi
tions, aud whether it can, like typhus fever, be
attributed fo bad drainage, want of cleanliness,
overcrowding, and other evil arrangements
prejudicial to health. Dr. Mallard, the medical
oflicer of health for the Islington District, has
inquired into between 00 and 70 district cases
which have occurred iu that neighborhood ;
und it appears that one-half of these took place
in the families of persons in good xti:ious. oc
cupying houses in which no imperfection of
drainage or other faults could be discovered by
the sanitary inspector. It must, however, be
noticed that nt the rate of 50 per cent, the
houses were iu ill condition. It is noticed of
this disorder that it has lieeii most serious in
the suburban and open neighborhoods; it does
not, however, iu this respect differ from plague
or cholera, which generally, like an invading
army, skirmishes about the outskirts before it
attacks the center. In the city district, aud in
other populous parts, the number of cases of
diphtheria has Wen very few. It is necessary
to mention this in order that we may judge
how much this complaint, in its present form,
depends on malarious influences, and how
much on sanitary derangements. In consider
ing the condition or those dwellings in which
deaths from this cause have occurred, in houses
seemingly of a good order, we should not lose
sight of the surrounding evils. Are there back
slums nnd fever nests close by, although hid
den from the view? Are there pestilential
ditches or nudrained lands near T Some of the
French writers on this subject attribute this
disease to malaria, arising from fens, stagnant
water. cespiMls and other similar canses.
The condition of Boulogne, where diphtheria
hns destroyed so much life, is suflicient to ac
count on sanitary principles for the outbreak
w Inch hns token place. We bope soon, by the
facts which will le laid before the public, to
know: Jst. If this dangerous disease depends,
to a large extent, on neglect of sanitary condi
tions. 2d. If it be infections, and can be
transmitted from place to place. 3d. If by its
progress in other countries, it is likely to be an
epidemic here ; and, 4th. What means would
ln-st pnt persons ont of danger of such an ene
my. We should also know the extent to which
diphtheria has raged in the provinces. Lon
don Jiuilder.
Terrible Denunciation. We find the
following fearful string of adjectives iu an ex
change, with nothing but the "internal evi
dence " to dcuotc w here it came from ; but the
style is evidently lnirrowed from onr neighbor
of the Oregonian. Hols:
44 Whereas I. Lord Timothy Dexter, having
been truly informed that several audacious,
atm.-imis, nefarious, infamous, intrepid, night
wnlkiug. garden violating, immature, phack
stealing ntsculs, all the spawns, and rogues and
cubs of Satan, do frequently, villainously, and
bcrgluriously assemble themselves together in
my garden, therein fighting, swearing, roguing,
duck e?g huntiug. with many other shameful
and illicit acts w licit the modesty of my pen
cannot express. This is to give you ail notice,
Deiicnrians. Capiuicarians, Salnmuiiariaus,
base-lorn scoundrels, and old rascals of w hat-
ever Nation yon may be, return me my fruit, or
hy the Gods, the Heathen Gods, I swear, I will
send my son Sam to Habrkm, for ISloodhonnds
fiercer than Tigers, aud fleeter than the winds ;
and mounted on my noted horse Lily, w ith my
cutting sabre in my baud, I will hunt you
through Europe, Asia, Africa aud America,
uutil I can enter yen in a great cavern under a
great tree iu Newfoundland, where Beelzebub
himself can never find you.
44 Hear! ye tatter jVmallions, vagnhomls,
latikjawed herring-gntted plebeians, that if ye,
or any of ye, dare set your fi-et in my bouse or
garden, I w ill deliver ye to Chamu, who will
ferry yon across the Styx, and deliver you to the
Koytil arch Fiend Lucifer, at the place of his
infernal cauldron, there to be drugged with the
Sulphur of Cnucassus, aud roasted forever be
fore the ever-burning crater of jEtna."
Newspapers. Consider how universal are
newspapers iu America. They penetrate eve
rt nook aud corner of society. No other ele
ment of pow er has such a sphere. The pulpit,
the court, the lecture, compared with the news
paper, touch society in but few places. Th
newspaper iu America is universal. It reaches
within nnd without, from surface to core; it
travel everywhere, is Imught by everybody,
and read by all classes, and is wholly, or nearly
the ouly reading of more than half our popula
tion. Its service to good morals and intclli
genco among the people is incalculable. All
the libraries of Europe are not of as much ser
vice to the nations of Europe as the newspaper
is to this American nation. Its power is grow
ing. Who would, twenty years ago, have
dreamed of such a growth aud power as have
been developed ? Hut the next twenty years
will witness a greater. The editor is to lie the
schoolmaster. The best talent will find its
highest sphere in the editorial room ; already
the chair is more influential than tbe bench or
the platform. No brain can act upon so many
as that which speaks by the printing press.
Ink beats like blood in the veins of the nation.
Men dislike to praise the Press or ocknowledge
its power. Many habitually deny its influence,
and as constantly court its favor and its encour
agement. Jt has made more reputations for
public men, more fortunes in business, and
more professional characters for individuals,
than have been made otherwise by ability, en
ergy aud skill. It is a great beneficiary for
politicians, their main reliance, and tneir chief
means of acquiring public notoriety. It is the
ordnance department for politics the arsenal
aud magazine Irotu which tbe greatest minus
draw their weapons aud ammunition for politi
cal warfare. It furnishes them with all their
data, analyzes their subject, draws their con
clusions, nnd confers upou them the distinction
of ostensible authorship. It is, with its thou
sands of editors, still an impersonality. Tho
1'ress speaks ; we listen to it, not aa the organ
of one, but the impersonal organ of many. It
is assailed by dwarfs and struts, who often effect
to treat it with disdain, to the infinite delight of
its laborers aud conductors.
EF Ignorance pars such a tax that we can't
imagine how anybody can afford to be a block
head. McCracken works for a dollar a day.
while Mr. Spring, his neighbor, commands &0
shillings. A wide difference, and caused br
Spring's knowing how to read write and cipher.
From these figures it will be seen that Mr. Mc
Cracken's want of knowledge costs him four
hundred dollars a year which shows that ig
norance costs more than his wife and children,
house rent inclusive.
LW Notlazouiahuitzteopixcatatzins. Pro
nounce this leetle word ; it is the original Mex
ican for country curates.
Fbiohtenino the Girls ! Away op in the
northern part of Vermont, says the Knicker
bocker, is a primitive sort of little village, called
44 The Centre." Here not long since, the rus
tic youth of tbe vicinity congregated for a
"dance," 44 and dance they did," said onr in
formant, 44 with an unction unknown to our city
belles and beauxs."
One interesting young man having 44 imbib
ed " rather too freely, became 44 fatigued " in
the course of the evening, and wisely concluded
to 44 retire " for a short rest.
A door njar near the dauce-ball revealed, in
vitingly, a glimpse of a comfortable bed, of
which lie look possession with a prospect of an
undisturbed 44 snooze."
It so happened, bowbeit, that this was the la
dies' withdrawing room, and no sooner had be
closed Lis eyes, than a pair of blooming dam
sels ciime in from the hail, and began adjusting
their disordered ringlets, the dim-light of a tal
low candle not disclosing the tenant of the bed.
The girls had tongues, like most of their sex,
which ran on this wise:
44 What a nice dance we're having! Have
yon beard anybody say anything about me,
Jane !'
"La, ves, Sallv! Jim Brown says be never
see you fook so handsome aa yon do to-night.
Have you heard anybody sav anything about
me!"
"About you! why, sartin; I heard Joe
Flint tell Sam Jones that you was the prettiest
dressed girl iu the room.
Whereupon tbe dear things chuckled, "fixed
up " a little more, and made off towards the
ball-room. They had hardly reached the door
w hen our half-conscious friend raised himself
umiii his cIImj-v, aud quite intelligibly, though
slowly inquired
44 lia you heard anybody say anything about
me, girl ?"
44 Phausy their pheelinks," at that juncture!
They fled with an explosive scream.
Death. The article on "Death," in tbe
Xew Cylopedia has the following :
As life approaches extinction, insensibility
supervenes a numbness and disposition to
rejKe, w hich does not admit of the idea of suf
fering. Even to those eases where the activity
of the mind reuinius to the last, and where ner
vous sensibility would seem to continue, it is
surprising bow olteu there has been observed a
state of happy feeling on the approach of death.
44 If I had strength enough to hold a pen, I
would write how easy and delightful it is to
die," were the last woriis of the celebrated Wra.
1 1 u n t er d ti ri ng his last moments.
Montaigne, in one of bis essays, describes an
accident which left him so senseless that he was
taken up for dead. On being restored, howev
er, he says: "Methonght my life only hnng
upon my lips; aud I shut my eyes to help
thrust it out, and took a pleasure in languishing
and letting myself go." A writer in the Quar
terly Rtview, "records that a gentleman who had
been rescued from drowning, declared that he
had not experienced the slightest feeling of suf
focation. 44 The stream was transparent, the
day brilliant, and as he stood upright be could
see the sun shining through the water, with a
dreamy consciousness that his eyes were about
to be closed on it forever. Yet he neither fear
ed his fate nor wished to avert it. A sleepy
sensation, which soothed aud gratified him,
made a luxurious bed of a watery grave."
- A Great Spread. Lewis, when a candi
date for the Legislature, published a circular
to his fellow citizens of eight columns ; where
upon he said :
It may lie asked why I wrote eo long a cir
cular. An anecdote will illustrate my answer.
Once upon a time an olJ lady sent her grand
son out to set a turkey. On his return the fol
lowing dialogue took place :
" Sammy, have you set her?"
44 Yes, grandma."
44 Fixed the nest all np nicely !"
44 Mighty fine, grandma."
44 How many eggs did you put under her V
44 One hundred and twenty, grandma."
44 Why, Sammy, what did you pat so many
under her for !"
44 Grandma, I wanted to see her spread her
self." My opponent will pitch into the circular,
and I hope they will have a good time in mak
ing a large per centage of it. A short one
would be as much as they con Id get over, but
I wanted to see them spread themselves.
The Opposition. The Orleans Messenger
places side by side the platform of the Repub
licans and of the Southern Opposition, aud in
quires how the united Opposition are so to ad
just the planks as to give place to both. Per
haps the reader can tell :
BMCK KFPCBLICAX RF.SO
IXTIOJ lIMirTCD AT
rmi.ADEt.ruu i
Hetolred, Tnat the Con
ciliation confers upon Con
jrress sovereijrn power
over the Territories of tbe
Cnited State, for their
eovemmer.t, and that in
the exercise of this power
it is both tbe right and
dnfvnf Const ref to PRO
HIBIT in the Territories
those twin relics of bar
barism, polygamy and SLa-
PLiTro or THE SOCTS
E!i orrosiTion. ADor-r-
ID AT RICRJIOSD. 1369.
Kevotvcd. "rbat the Con
stitution confers npon Con
grece aovereiirn power
over tbe Territories of tbe
United States for their
government, and that in
tbe exercise of this power
it is both tbe riskt mnd
dulfof Congee to pasa
law's for the PROTEC
TION or SLAVEKT IS THE
TERBTTOKIES.
Papers of so Use. The following letter is
said to have been Written to the editor of the
Rural IS'. Yi
44 Mr. Editor, I have soraethin to say about
your paper. No dout it is a good won but pa
pers aint no use, and if a buddy spens much
time in reeden them tha cant urn thare livin
and so i dont reed em and so save time and ex
pens, you sea it wood cum to too dollars A
yeer, and that wood bv euuf tobacker to last 6
"in nuts at leest. i think fokes doant ort to
spend thare monny on papers, my father never
did and evry bodily sed he was the smartest
man in the countre, and had got the intelligent
est family of bnoys that ever dugg taters. i
think fokes out to no ennf too bo corn and pik
stun without reedin the Buret and other farmin
papers, and if evrybody was ov mi mind, thare
wood be no such a thing cs a paper in our unit
ed states."
EF" A jolly fellow had an office next to a doc
tor's. One "day an elderly gentleman of the
old fogv school blundered into the wrong shop.
"Dr. X. in?"
44 Don't live here," says P. who was in fall
scribble over somo iroportantpapers, without
looking up.
" Oh ! thought this was bis office."
44 Next door."
44 Pray, ir, can you tell me has the doctor
many patients ?
44 Not living."
The old gentleman was never heard of in the
vicinity again, but the story was that Dr. X.
threatenetl to sne P. for libel. However, bo
came to think better of it.
A Perfect Mas. The man deserving tbe
name, is one whose thoughts and exertions are
for others, rather than for himself; whose high
purpose is adopted on just principles, and never
abandoned while heaven or earth afford means
of accomplishing it. He is one who will neither
seek an indirect advantage by a specious word,
nor take an evil path to secore a real good par
pose. Such a man were one for whom a wo
man's heart should beat constant while he
breathes, and break when he dies. Scott.
EP" Wisdom by impulse is to be trusted in
bv those only who have habitually nsed their
reason to the full extent of its powers in form
ing the heart and cultivating the judgment.
Heary Taylor. . , - , . .