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STATE RIGHTS t)EMObRAT. SATURDAY, OCTOBEIt SI, 1835. JVGF.I AM) COSDEnSED MIS J 11 at-uw"" 1 e the la a recent issue bune said : It is a deadly assault upon the funda mental requirements of political morality for a party when in power, not to lie governed by the - principles it professed and pro claimed when seeking power . Now then, let us apply this Very rule to the present party in power, and see what the'resutt will show: . This party came into power in 1861 upon the principles and doctrines enunci ated in the Chicago platform adopted by the Convention which nominated Abra ham Lincoln for President That plat form says : ' The Federal Constitution, the Rights of:, the States , and the Union of the States, must and shall be preserved. The Constitution of the United States declares that to the States respectively Bhall be reserved the appointment of offi cers in the State militia j that no bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed j that the trial of all crimes, ex cept in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury, in the State where the crime was committed; that no person shall be con tacted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same evert act, or on confession in open court ; that no at tainder of treason shall work corruption of blood, or forfeiture except during the life of the person attainted ; that citizens of each State shall be entitled to all the privileges and immunities of citizens of j the several States; that no new State - 1 M T t ' - . 1 . " - euiut ihj iwruiuu sumu me jurisuicuon 01 any other State, without the consent of that State ; that the United States shall guarantee to every State in the Union a republican form of government ; that no law shall prohibit the free exercise of re ligion, abridge the freedom of speech, or of the press ; that the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be in fringed; that the people shall be sceQfe in their persons, hoiscs, papers, and ef fects; that no persaa shall be deprived of life, liberty or property, without due pro- tions the accused shall have a speedy and jpublic trial by an impartial jury of the State and district where the crime wa-j committed, with the privilege ot counsel and witnesses in his defence : that cruel and unusual punishments shall not be' inflicted: and that the powers not dele gated to the United Statgs by the Consti tution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, j It is an incontrovertible fact that the party tn power have violated each and' all F these express provisions of the Consti tution. Therefore, they stand convicted npon this first eount,. and of the trans- .gression of each -o the specifications in cluded in it. Not only is this the feet, fcoi they now turn npon their own plat form avowal of the State Rights doctrine And repudiate it, thus adding treachery to their crime of violation of the Constitu- . . - - j . iL.J uait, IIUU-CU LUC Constitution, trampled on the Rights of the States, and perverted the Union of i fhe States from the spirit and intention of its founders, to a Union in which twenty-four States are made m -ennne doctrines and sentiments, given to the world at that time, during their lease of Federal control. I - And in order that their exeusists or champions shall not have any chance to escape by declaring that the war necessi tated the numerous violations of their own set rules, we will show that they have been equally, falae to the doctriues and sentiments proclaimed in their last Na tional platform, adopted at Baltimore in 1804. That says: Resolved, That the national faith pledged for the redemption of the public debt, must be kept inviolate ; and that for this purpose we recommend economy and rigid responsi bility in the public expenditures; and a rigorous and just system of taxation; that it is the duty of every loyal state to sustain the credit and promote the use of the national currency. Already has Horace Greeley, the greatest popular leader of the party, pro posed to keep Punic faith in the redemp tion of the public debt, by reducing the pledged rates of interest seven and three-tenths, and five and two-tenths per cent, per annum, respectively, to four per cent, per annum and this proposi tion will of itself shake and impair the faith of the moneyed world in the re demption of the debt, and further, it car riea with it the recognition of the right to wholly repudiate the debt, for if part can be rightfully repudiated, the whole THE PKESIDEXT'S POL1SV. From all that we can gather it appears that President Johnson intends to rid his bauds almost entirely of the actual work of " 'reconstruction " in the South, and let it devolve upon Congress. He has con tented himself with putting in motion the machinery by which the rebellious " States shall re-form their local govern ments under the Union, elect their Rep resentatives, and choose their Senators ii Congress. The question of the admission of these Congress must, in either House, determine. This is. at least, in somcthhicr like conformity to the Constitution, which declares that " each House shall be the judge of the elections, returns and quali fications of its own members." We opine, however, that it is not any sacred regard for the Constitution which actuates the President to this course. He is well aware that upon this question of the admission of Representa tives and Senators from the Southern States, the party in power is almost cer tain to divide, and become, against each other, the most malignant of warring fac tions. To avoid actual responsibility and escape the maledictions of both factions, whatever may be the final reiult, he holds aloof from any inter firence in the matter. In this he may be cunning, but certainly can be with equal right." The last sen-pot frank. "Were his motives good, the tence of the resolution hits with crush-'people would approve the man as they may ing force the Abolitionists of Oregon and California, who have passed Specific Con tract Acts which, instead of sustaining the credii and promoting the use of the national currency, have the effect to im pair ;is credit and retard its usefulness. The Baltimore platform again says : Resolved, That the foreign "emigration which, in the past, ha added so much to the wealth and development of resources, and increase of power to this nation, the asylum of the oppressed of all nations, should be fostered and encouraged bv a liberal and just policy. In violent antagonism to this, the Abo litionists of nearly all the New England States have set upon foot a scheme by which the negro is to be elevated above the foreign born resident or citizen, in the political as well as social sphere, aild their views are reflected by a larste ma jority of Abolitionists scattered through other States. , And lastly, we copy the following from the Baltimore platform : That we approve the position taken bv hhe Government, that the people of theT'ni ted States ean never regard with indifference the attempt of any European power to over throw by torce or to supplant by fraud, the institutions of any republican Government on the Western continent ; and that they will view with extreme jealousv, as men acing to the peace and independence of this our country, the efforts of any such power to obtain new footholds far monarchical gov ernments sustained by a foreign military force in near proximity to the Lnited states. This is intended as an emphatic ac knowledgement and approval of the Mon roe Doctrine. What is the position of the party m power, and of the Adminis tration itself, upon this very Doctrine now? lint recently the telegraph in formed us that President Johnson and Secretary Seward had concluded to recog nire the Imperial Government of Maxi milian, and they asserted that to do so. instead of being an infraction or repudi ation of the Monroe Doctrine, would be actually in strict conformity with it! Thus they added insult to injury, and de clared virtually because then asserted that black was white, the people must here after recognize it to be so. But we need not extend these remarks any further. We have tried the partv "i power by the very rule announced by f:s chief organ and leader, and incontestibly hewn that its members, its State authori ties, and its Federal Administration, are ;ach and alt alike and equally guilty ""non the counts and specifications prc ented. The Tribune dared enly to put orth the rule as if it were in earnest in ts expression, and in the trust that the aeopltf would be gulled into the belief Bat its party observed that rule. But it tared not essay to show that in a single itance," except in the interest of the CTO.its party has ever clung to its own proclaimed principles, policy, or senti- nents; that it has not, on the contrary, n turn, violated, spurned, and repudi ted, every doctrine or pledge it ever ut fered to the people, by medium of its platforms or Conventions. r It is stated that Maximilian wrote a letter F condolence npon tho death of President of Mexico, which President Johnson re .'used to receive, on the ground that he knew ao such personage as the Lmperor of Mexi "o. Eastern paper. The event related above must have oc arred some months aso. saooountaouuy is indispensable to arrestrthe systematic plunder of thepublie treasury by; favored partisans while the recent startling .developments of f mud -and corruptions at the 'Federal Metropolis, show that an entire change of administration is imperatively de manded. ' ' "-V ; ;':':- - J. '- - The party whieh solemnly declared this as the party which has been in power finoe March 4, 1801. ' From that time to this, it is admittfidby their.wn lead ers and organs that, in no country' and in no age has there been so much fraud and corruption as at the Federal -IetrepcD;a jisd throughout the whole Norti, xd that never in any age . or country has there been a parallel to the " sy&teiatic plunder of the public treasury. In our present limited space, this is all we can give from the Chicago platform of ""1800. But we. have quoted enough to exhibit to readers the almost total iiband niiacnt and repudiation by fhie party in jwwer of their own expressed principles Things have Ranged Binee then. Now, President ohnson recognizes " suoh a personage as he Emperor of Mexico," and further eeognizes Maximilian as that Emperor He was elected on a platform pledged to the maintenance of the Monroe Doctrine but what of that ? It is just as easy for President Johnson to violate that Doctrine Is it is for him to violate the Constitution and ilea ?en knows he has done that very many tames. - : Even if the tales of suffering among the blacks wheh the advocates of human bond age tell of, be true, the negro is still better oa than he was before. Oregonian. Then, of course, the Oregonian thinks the poor wretches spoken of in the following much better off now,: with "freedom," than when honost, virtuous servants ; It h estimated by old policemen of Rich Eiond, Ta., that not less than 2,000 colored prosiimtes have taken to street-walking since forces. These poor wretches were once re spectable house sen-ants, but with freedom came licentiousness, and they now fill the streets at night, polluting the air with the vilest language. . lpLr'Bi3fCprxTT. Valuable discoveries of iron ore and coal have been recently made near St. Helens and in other parts of this lower river county. Columbia is rising into increaseu imiuriajn:e. - his course ; but when they are satisfied lat it is as an aspiring politician and not as an honest public servant and virtuous tatcsman he adopts this policy, while they may accept the act they will not applaud be actor. If it is to replace himself in the aflcc- ions and confidence of the Democratic party that President Johnson is pursuing his present policy towards the Southern tatcs, he will most siernallv fail. The great mass of Democrats all over the Union will not again receive and repose faith in the man who sought to make himself foremost and most notorious in the days of wildest icence, among the many odious and infa mous public men who bent all their cner- ies to the destruction of the . republican form of government the Revolutionary fathers founded, and who alike violated nd trampled upon the Constitution and aws, and outraged every impulse of hu manity, tight and justice, both towards their countrymen in the South and their brethren in the North. Whether lie ean succeed in his appareut purpose of gathering to his support and building up a formidable party devoted to his own political fortunes, from the fac tions into which his policy will undoubted ly split the present Abolition party, re mains for the future to decide. We think lie will fail as signally as John Tyler fail ed in a similar effort. He may have at his heels those who still class themselves ; War Democrats," and the "conserva tive Republicans. But these two are simply organizations of office-seekers and political charlatans neither birds nor beasts, but bats ready at any moment to abandon any sinking cause and rush to the ranks of any victorious one. Mr. Johnson can depend upon the adherence of such factions to himself just so long as he ean dispense favors to them, or have the almost certain promise of being able to do so, but not one moment Ionsrer. There can never be but two really great opposing party organizations in the coun try. One of these will be the Democratic party. It alone, of all the other parties, has withstood the test of time, the dissen sions of the designing, selfish demagogues within itself, and the most terrible assaults of its implacable foes. It is the only party which has risen from the prostration of repeated defeats, accomplished by frauds or treachery, and again bore itself erect. united, firm in its faith, and confronted and triumphed over its enemies. The de feats of other parties have proved their death knell. This is the certain fate which awaits the Abolition party But the Hy dra will appear with another head, and it is under that the opposing hosts of De mocracy will mainly gather. If Mr. J ohn- son can manage to create himself the new head-piece of the Hydra, he may find be- hiud hiin a formidable army of adherents. But this is his only chance. He can never again be the accepted, recognized leader of the Democracy. We have diliecntlv searched the last num ber of Mr, O'Meara's Confederate Democrat, and fail to find a word of revilement about Secretary Stanton. We must be permitted to express Sn unfeigned surprise at this, no doubt, unintentional omission. Oregoni an, Oct. 18th. It is not because there was any lack of material, anxious man '. But we concluded to rest awhile and introduce the testimony of Abolition witnesses to prove the infamy, atrocity and treachery of the distinguished butcher who presides in tho War Depart ment. Therefore, if the Oregonian will look upon the outside of this issue of our " Con federate" Democrat, he will find what the Hon. Montgomery Blair, and Mr. J. II. Browne of the New-York Tribune, say of Mr. Stanton, : They are eminent and noted mem bers of the Oregonian'a qwn party. Does it propose to impeach their testimony? They simply corroborate what we have, charged against tho brutal Secretary. Sexatqr Wilm as. This individual made a speech at a meeting of Abolitionists in Iowa some weeks ago. As the party in that State have adopted a Negro Suffrage platform, it is fair to assume that the senator's speech was in accordance therewith. Here, his nnrtv declare .flffainst Neffro Suffrage. Do 1 1 " they think their Senator represented or mis represented them ? NEGRO SUFFRAGE. Some weeks ago the telegraph reported the following views of the late Abraham Lincoln on the question of Negro Suffrage, communicated by him in a private letter to the late Gen. Wadsworth, who was kill ed iu the battle of the Wilderness. In that letter Mr. Lincoln said : You desire to know, in the event of our complete success in the field, and the mime being followed by a loyal and cheerful sub-1 mission on the part of the South, if universal ! amnesty should not be accompanied with universal suffrage? Now, since you know my private views a to what terms should be granted to the South inthccontingencylucn tioned, I will here add, if our success should thus be realized, and followed by such desir ed results, I cannot see if a universal amnesty is granted, how, under the circumstances, we can avoid exacting in return universal suffrage, or at least suffrage on the basis of intelligence and military service. How to better the condition of the colored race has long been a study which has attracted iav serious and careful attention. I am clear and decided as, to whnt course I shall pursue in the premises, regarding it as a relisious duty that the nation shall be the guardian of these people, who have so heroically vindi cated their manhood ..n the battle field, where, in assisting to uave the republic, they have demonstrated in blood their right to tfie bal lot, which is but a humane protection of the flag they have so fearlessly defended. Since the publication of this letter in this State we have watched for some ex pression on the part of the Abolition press of Oregon in reference to the sentiments therein contained. But we have watched in vain. They have not paid it the poor compliment of even an editorial notice Has a " change come over the spirit of their dreams?" It used to be denounced as treason by them for any person or paper to disapprove or fail to accept as final whatever Mr. Lincoln declared. Have tiny become traitors f Or, has their re gard for Lincoln become as cold and dead as his own mortal remains ? Is his coun sel no longer respected ; are his precepts and sentiments contemned ? Do they re fuse his memory the poor reverence of even an allusion to his living words on the main issue now agitating the couutry? It is for our Abolition cotemporaries to answer these questions. In action, we grant, they have answer ed them. In the Wadsworth letter gi above, Abraham Lincoln advocated the right of the negro to vote. The Aboli tion organs of Oregon, without exception we believe, say that the negro ought not to be invested with this freeman's right. In this, they repudiate the sentiments of the man they have politically canonized as a " martyr to freedom," but whom they now virtually contemn. They were most clamorous and eager in demonstrating their unqualified approval of everything he said or did whilst living. He is dead and they now contemptuously pass in si lence or insultingly reject the politica views he uttered. And vet these very men demanded and shrieked for the bloo of Democrats who refused to bow to the baneful and odious enunciations and de erees of the same Abraham Lincoln, whose memory is so derided by themselves. Nay, more, they howled for the sacrifice of Dem oeratie lives to atone for the assassination of their now derided idol, as human sac rifices are required in Dahomey and the Feejee Islands to appease the manes of their dead black monarehs. Abraham Lincoln advocated and favor ed Negro Suffrage ; Ihe Abolition organs of Oregon repudiate and denounce Their party brethren in all of tho New England States, in Iowa, in Minnesota, by their State Utforms, and in mass conven tions in several other States, have pro claimed their devotion to Negro Suffrage. It is the paramount measure which they contend for. It is the Aet they are de termined to enforce if they acquire the power to do so.. And yet, in order to blind the people to their real iutentions, to deceive and lure voters to their sup port, the AhtUtiou organs and leaders of Oregon assert that they do not favor Ne gro Suffrage, and protest against its being made an issue in the approaching cam paign. The mass of their party are in favor of it, here in Oregon, as well as in the States East. But they dare not avow the fact here" because the popular senti ment of the whole State is against it, and they want first to triumph, after which they will be bold and open. TAenafter triumph-they will prove their present falsity, and demonstrate their real devotion to Negro Suffrage, by enacting in the Leg islature, and by the approval of their Ex ecutive, a law which shall seek to override tho Constitution, and give to negroes the right to vote. They have acted thus in the Test Oath law ; they purpose to act so in regard to the Emigrant voters who have lately come in. to the State. Dare they let the people know, these Abolition organs, what they think of Mr. Lincolu'a letter ? The people will see. THE SUPER-tOYAL CHURCH. The General Conference of the Metho dist Church of California recently closed its labors for the year. A report of the proceedings i'h given in the San Francisco Flug, the Abolition organ of that city, from which we make some extracts. We regret that we have not the space in this number to comment as fully as we wish on the action of the Conference, but in a subsequent issue we may do so. From the proceedings it is "difficult to etcrmine whether it was a Church Con ference or an Abolition Convention. The hief distinguishing feature is the mention of more " Reverends" than are usually to e found in Conventions on this coast ? u most instances this prefix of Rev. seems burlesque, for the individuals them- clves displayed no Christian attributes or virtues, such as devotion to the Gospel, the love of truth, justice or mercy, or the desire to spread peace anil goodwill among the people ; but, on the contrary, they copied more the custom and style of poli ticians who seek to disscminate their own peculiar doctrines and act as propagan dists of them. But to show our readers ust what they did, we quote from the re port. Their second of a string of resolu tions is as follows : Jtesolced, That we hold as sacredly inio ible these cardinal elements of personal liberty, free thought, a free toiigue, and a tree pen Now, who needs to be told that the very same canting hypocrites and sancti monious demagogues who resolved thns have, for from four to five years, advocat ed and clamored for, with almost savage zeal, the suppression of these very " car dinal elements" as against Democrats par ticularly, and all who did not bow and worship before the shrine of Abolitionism ! They applauded the act of the military authorities when Bishop Kavanaugh of the Methodist Church was seized and im prisoned in Fort Alcatraz; they endorsed the act of the Government when 3IcKay Kewen, Gillis, and other Democrats, were thrown into the same dungeon for simply denouncing the course of Lincoln's Ad ministration; and they approved most heartily the fiendish work of the San Fran cisco mob when in April last the cowardly ruffians, destroyed the Press, the Catholic Monitor, and three other journals, for no cause whatever save that Booth had as sassinated Mr. Lincoln in Washington. We could multiply instances, but these will answer here, l lie nun resolution rcaus Resohed, That we will steadily maintain the right of colored citizens, and all other citizens, to that inestimable franchise of free men the ballot power. Is this Gospel and Christianity, or is it political and fanatical? Readers will de termine for themselves. But all must ad- j mit that it is strange matter to find place in a Church Conference. Pertinent enough in an Abolition Convention, or in a Negro mass meeting, it is altogether impertinent, improper, and very censura ble in an ecclesiastical council. They were kind enough, we are glad ta notice., to add " ail other citizens" after "colored citizens " a piece of condescension for whieh they deserve the thanks of the add ed classes obviously the adopted citizens, the Irish particularly and no doubt they will receive them. ' This resolution is worthy of especial consideration when we reflect that if is the Methodist Church which thus ;-ially and officiously, we ought to add-.-; eaks, for it is that Church which governs the Abolition party, here in Oregon as well as in California. To show wore clearly just what they think on the suffrage question, however, it is necessary to refer to their adopted preamble, which says the negroes are enti tied to the elective franchise "because their average intelligence and thrift are equal to some classes who already enjoy the right of voting." The : some classes " here in sultingly struck at are undoubtedly adopt ed eitizenst-the Germans and Irish. "All men are created equal " say our Puritan demagogues and pulpit howlers, but they m effect add nevertheless " us Puritans are superior to the men of the South, and negroes are superior ta the Dutch and Irish. That s 1 ankee or Puritan Equal ity logic, and the Methodist Conference of California receives the ritual, and to it shouts Amen ! The preamble further says that " We, as publio teachers, will enforce the obligations of Christian integrity upon the consciences of all men in their political and commercial as well as their social and reli gious relations," Faith if some of their "public teachers' would but take the trouble to come to Oregon, they could apply themselves in raded the Bible for ostentation,, or from usage, upon their pulpits, but it has been from Abolitiou texts they have harangued and expounded. For a Conference of ' reverends to thus noitt their own pe culiar sanctity and excellcnfi the faces of the people, is in tliejf J.irit ot tne Pharisee who thankcH4-wJt he was not ike other men. The Dally ? H Contract. The Statesman is in favor of subdivid ing the long route from Lincoln to Port land into five or six contracts for carry ing the mail. Has the Statesman really given reflection to this subject ? It is one on which every person and every journalist in the State ought to exercise his judgment or influence entirely free from political or paOsan considerations. The President of the California Stage Company is a member of the party in power, but we think no less or no more of the Company for thireason. It is only as faithful mail contractors we care' to consider any of the Company; their political sentiments have nothing to do in the premises. We trust this is also the position of the Statesman and its fellow organs in the State. And now we a.k, does it believe the service can possibly performed as well by five or six differ ent contractors, as by one Contractor Experience and common sense alike an swer, no.1 Out of the five or six, one or more might fail in a faithful performance of duty, and the failure of a single one would for greater or less time interfere with and obstruct the performance of the others. Then there would frequently occur difficulties, perhaps wranglings or combinations among some of the con tractors, to retard the mails, to slight their duties, or to break down an objec tionable co-contractor. And it would not be easy always to speedily enough trace out the delinquencies or wrongs. Justice might at last be done as between the parties but nothing could ever com pensate the thousands who depend upon the mails for the injury or loss sustained by their temporary obstruction or stop page. There are other potent reasons why the contract ought not to be let in IT 1.1..? suoaivisions, out let these sutnee now. In the case of a single route, if any ob struction or failure of the mails occur. there is no difficulty in at once ascertain ing where and upon whom the responsi bility rests- It cannot be shirked off upon some other contractor.. And better means can be taken to assure dispatch and faithful service over a route entirely under the control of one head, than can be expected where there are several heads, with separate and perhaps con flicting rival interests, to control. Manv are better than one to counsel, but one is much better to execute than many ean be. This principle governs in this very matter. What we all waat is a ssfe, quick, faithful mail serviee. This the Califor nia Coni.pa.3y Ixas for over five years given us,, ,1s not better to continue in serv ice the faithful one than to esay the ex periment of trusting to half-a-dozen trange hands, the failure or nou-per- fornianee of any one of whom may cause delay or temporary stoppage to all the rest, and inflict serious annoyance or real oss upon those who depend upon the mails for their business correspondence, remittances, and valuable papers, to say nothing of ordinary letters and printed matter: e think it is, and hence we favor the single contract plan, and speak in favor of the California tage Company as the best contractors for the service. OVERIjANDJDISPATCHES; DATES TO OCTOESft 13. Election in Pennsylvania. Pittsl.nrz, Oct. 13. The Xw aj the Honm will ftan.l h follow ; 65 Ksul.Kcn and 34 Ie raocratn. Of the 1 1 Fcnafors elect. 8 sire Repub licans nl 3 iJcmccraU. The Senate will etaad,' 20"'Kcpub!:caBsf V2 Democrat. General Newa. Xcw Yorlt, Oi-t. 13. Geo. Oram bad ordered ft distribution of troops. All the hintecr cavalry cast if the MUs-ks'l'l'' 0 ke sf ce mistered out of service ; all & fort f ouih of Forties Mtmroe, ex cept Forts Taylor and Jefferson, to 1, garrisoned In- colored troops all other colored troop to t mustered out; the M Artilh rj- will garriaon tha forts in Maine, New Hampshire and itaachnettjif the 1st Artillery to garrison Xew York harbor j the 4th Artillery at Fort Delaware, iranbington and Foote; tlie ''.ith Artillery at Fortres.Mc0roc, Fort Taylor and Jefferyon ; the 2d Artillery to u,e P. die eoast; the 2d and fith Cavalry to report to- " Gen. Sheridan ; the 4th Iiifaotry to the Cunadiaa frontier. . ' ' . Marshal Goodloc, just from A or;h Carolina, de e'ares two-thirds of the report of cruelty to tho ncgroea in tbat Mate w oe iaiw. Advices from Richmond indicat: that two of tho Congressmen eleet will not take the oath. The Secretary of the Treasury is considering plan to permit bonded good to be transferred from Atlantic to PaeiEc ports. r (Jen. Thorna. commanding in Tenoe?eo, ayr no black troops there will be disbanded nntil their time is nearly oot; 'they will be retained on tho same footing" with white troops. Quarters are King prepared in Forrre? Monroe for Clay and Mitchel, preparatory to their removal: from casemate prison. The Fenian. Xew York. O.-t. 1?,. A nnmber of dctcctire frora London arrived on ffto Iat i-teatnet to wateh the Fenians and report to the British Government. One or more will go to Chieago, where it is thought the Fenians are ia greater foree tian eUCK here out of Xcw York. ' Pacific Coast Dispatches. . Steamboat Explosion. Sacranicuto. Oct. 13. The large new steamboat Yoseinite exploded her boilcre last evening, jurt a she was leaving Eio wta, on her down trip from here to San Franeifeo. The following it a lit of the killed and missing : ffn. Ftevenwm. J. M. Fallon, John E. Myers, T. Majr, V, g. Suther land, Louiss LHlie, H. Konnber?-er, D. Barrett. M- Champion, Henry Kefhcl, C. C. Jacks, C. L. Smith; II. M. Dakin, Isaac liam. Minor Jloore, 1 strict Crowell, J. 11. Barnes, M. M. Mccreary, Jo Butler, G. AY. Beaton. Sccator of Amador county, George h. Smith, and a number of Chinnmen. A number of passenger were fcvcrvly or slightly scalded and injured by being 'knocked away by the ehoek Wells. Fargo 4 Co.'s messenger wa blown across the rirer nninjured. The we nnded and suffering were taken on board the Chrysopclis and brongt to this city. The steamer was damsged $2d,W0s. Election Rc turns. San Franei?o, Oet. IS. Terr few refcrna in as yet : total vote ab iut 11.000. StEdersoa'snjajo-x ity will ajif-roximate 1500. General II etc. Ths Overland line down beyond Laramie. The Golden Ci?y took away 801 passengers and" $1,661,565 treasure. Jte-elerk of the Yosemite reports 16S cabin, 45 steerage aswengers. and do ( fSeers and crew on board at the time of the cxplosicn. A telcgran from New York says the Hambleton iaa hore IX'X'er trotted a m ileTfaf 2 :1 S l-o, Oct. 10th, beating Flora Temple's besAitme 1 1-20. It was a match against time, $5,W'0l to f 10,000, to beat the fastest on record. Tire horse won. Legal tenders 71 1 a decline. Trimming Their Sails. We hear of one or two prominent ABolitioniets in in thia county one of them ar llepre- sentatiye who have lately changed base on the Negro Suffrage question. A few months ago they were very strongly in favor of that measure. Now they pro fess to bo opposed to it. These gentle men will really deceive no one. Although the foolish oBtrich may think it has sue cessfully concealed itself by poking its head out of sight, any spectator would know the bird had merely deluded itself. People hereabout generally ape aware that the " nigger ts in the woodpile" of these gentlemen. Columbia Bar Pilots. The Board of Pilot Commissioners have revoked license to all pilots, except Paul Corno, Moses Rogers and An drew Belmont, the owners and navi gators of the Bar steam tug. Postponed. The Washington county Ags- ricultural Fair is postponed to Wednesday next, the 25th inst., and will continue until triday alterooon. studious labor for a year or more iu the single work of enforcing " the obligations of Christian integrity upon the conscien ces" of very many of their own reverend calling in their own Church with good ef fect, in the matter of their ' commercial " and " social " relations particularly, And mere is not an oia rcsiaon' or me otaio, who will tell the truth, who will not cor roborate what we say. To recur again to their resolutions : the sixth says : Resolved,- That we rpcogn.izo special ur srencv in the present calls of Divine Provi dence for a tireless, fearless, unencumbered ministry in this chastened and redeemed land." With all our heart we say Amen to this There ts a special urgency tor such a mm istrv, and we can think of no religious de nomination in which there is so much of it as in this same Methodist Church. For vears the so-called ministry of that Church have so entirely devoted themselves to nnlitics and fanaticism in manv ways, that they have quite utterly failed to serve (Jocf s holy cause, or be ot the least bene fit to their congregations in Gospel teach incr. They responded not to the calls o Divine Providence, but to the appeals of A Dilemma Presented. In the next Congress, soon to convene, a curious dilemma will be presented in the ease of Western Virginia. Early in the war that portion of the State of Vir ginia was, in defiance of the express dec- aration of the Constitution, erected into a separate State, and Senators and Kepfe sentatives from it were admitted to seat: in Congress. The Administration now maintains that the "rebellious" States have never been out of the Union. Agreea bly to this, the State of Virginia has all the time preserved her place in the Union Therefore, when she sends np her two Senators to the ensuing Congress there is no reason why they shall not be admitted to seats in the Senate of the United States. Are the two Senators from Western Vir ginia also to retain their seats? If so, the State of.Virginia will have four Senators in Congress-two more than the Federal Constitution permits. The Administra tion party must either perpetrate a great wrong in refusing to admit the regularly chosen Senators from Virginia, or violate the Constitution by admitting four Sena tors from that State, or repudiate their own act of creating the State ot V estern Virginia. Which will they do X t is not a twQ horned but a three prongod dilem ma. In its solution the question mus.t also occurrr-wheth,er Congress can, by an Act, wipe a State out of existence. There is in fact, agreeably to constitutional provis ion, no such State as Wester n Virginia; but the party in, powpr created and do recog- .11 CI. V. .1 nize inai ntaie- iow iney must continue to recognise it and thus give the actua State of Virginia four Senators, or do viq lence to their own past act, and declare the State of Western Virginia entirely out oi existence. Ipej have a very snar ly subject before them--a gordian knot that cannot be untied. Let us see if they will out it. FROM ffALLA WALL.I, The following synopsis of news Is extracts ed from the Walla Walla Statesman of Oct. 13th. A meeting of the Bar of that Judicial Dis-i triet met in Walla Y'alla on the lfth inpt. pas! resolutions condemning the eocducfc of Judge Wyche in refusing to hold the rcf jruiar term I court this rail ; cliarjrine frfc- mient delinquenc-v of csficial duty against him ; proposin; tnat that part of Washings ton Terntorv tieunded on the north and eat v Cohir.il.: and Scake rivers lie embraced n the StateVf Oregon ; and. if it shall not a. pctmcnitit tne President to remove Judjra Wyehe and appoint " some competent lavr ver in his stead." A mass meeting was called to assemble in Walla Walla, on the 8th inst. , to adopt meas-- ures in fatherance of the petition of the nar. The Statesman argues that it cannot he- true that Senator Ncsmith is the originator of the scheme to annex Walla Walla to Ore-. gon, because that event would in no wav in-. ure to the benefit of the Senator in view of his attempt to secure a re-election. It fSjs the movement originated -with the citizens there. mf .. Lard is selling at farty cents per pound n Walla Walla, and scarce at that. Verv little pork is raised iu that Valley. Two pack trains, laden with 'provisions lately left WaUa Walla for the Blackfoot country. Freights to Boise and Owvhee have ad vanced from one to two cents per pound. A new public house has leen onened on the summit of the Blue mountains, on ? the Boise road. j " Gold Creek. A company has been incor porated in Portland, with a capital stock of $500,000, of 5,000 shares, representing 34, 000 feet of gold and silver quartz claims on Gold Creek. Inis new mining region ia in the Cascade range, seventy -five miles from John Mitchel's son has been denied "an in. terview with his father in hi prison at Fort ress Monroe. Exchange. Certainly the poor lad was refused. What else could have been expected ? It would have been humanity, decency, propriety, to. have granted his request and when has hu manity, decency, or propriety, been prae tieed by Stanton or his human bloodliounds ? Did not the wolf slay the lamb on the ground that its dam, the poor sheep, had injured the ravenous beast? It is the rapacious wolf and tiger that Stanton emulates, not the mastiff or lion. Young. Mitchel ought to thspifc his, stars his visit to the grim fortress was not seized upon as thee occasion for his own in- earceration. To be sure, he i3 charged with no offence, guilty of no crime : but this is jiist the reason why Stanton imprisons his victims. The Latest Ritual. Col. Thomas Assistant Commissioner ef Freedmen" in Mississippi, has instructed clergymen that hereafter, in marrying'" " colored persons," they must add o the usual ritual these words, viz : " In accordance with the ordinance of God, and by au thority of the United States of America, I pronounce you man and wife." Wo presume that God's ordinance is good for nothing, in Col. Thomas' eyes, without the addition. The "United States of America" had better open a marriage brokerage shop. Jefferson Davis. It is now report ed that this gentleman will never be -brought to trial ; that the Government"1 will not attempt to arraign him ; but that,-after ome further imprisonment, he. will be set free. It is likely, however, that in the meantime Stanton will con tinue his efforts to cause the death of his. distinguished victim by severe prison dis cipline and reg;.men. 1 Portland. Quartz from it has assayed from Abolition leaders, and to the temptations $40 to $150 per ton. mostly silver. About of political fortune. They may have pa-j twenty lodes have been developed. Struck lLE."The borers have struck petroleum in Humboldt county, California. The deepest well ia 150 feet.
