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STATE RIGHTS DEMOCRAT. ! fjTANKA I'Olt TIIK T1JIKN. Hy llenrrn, 1 half beHovo that Time ?1 linked and teagot'it with lowest J lull; The Ifcprous soul t Wrong and Crime, ' r-rfn It woih so well. By Heaven, tn bitter bodiug dreams, 1 think my lift; ft hutlow lis, l a til to my hot heart it teem I A wishful boon to die. Wa snvlts, and sting, and howl, ami hiss Each hand agrip on other' Buul i Each bartering vuch with Jmlai kiss, ' - 1 For Judas' mrsed dole Our breath a breathed hypocrisy, Makes homeless lovo weep pilous tears While even the damned eome ftrth to see Our slinw upon the spheres. A goVleu pasrport nirt UvH, ' Wm the full sketch ef our desire To ehpnt, and hoard, and buy aud tell, i : And prove htjjh Heaven a liar Ay ! fw the uioekci y of creed) Until fed upon nut Life like rust $ TW writing Faith wenrs widow's woods, And there U no more troiit. Na FalA Hope no Charity. No molting lore that yearni to blcae Bat blood, and tear, and agony, ' And foul-eyed (Selflshness No grand resolves for Saerlflr, From men who aim are with the Ptars, , fio only Lust, and Shame, and Vice, , - And Mammon's Skvag Ware. ., Just God t ta thin onr Lire t Mutt alt Onr high thought that once burned withiu, Bo cra.-hed In this vast Carnival Or pomp, and painted Bin f I this the Canaan we hero won Is this the food our Bonis mut take T Idea bo oatia further on? 0 Friend ! Phall we not wake t TIIE tiU VTEKl I. rilEAClIEn. A traveling preacher " once upon a time, Adressed a Congregation rather slim la numbers yet bit subject was sublime, ( Xwe " Charity") sonorous was the hrnm t Fervent the prayer; and tho' the home was (mall, He poueaeU lustily the Peered Word. And preached as hour as load as he could bawl, A one who meant the fiospel should be beard. And now, behold, the preacher's hat it rent Among the pews fur customary pence. Bat soon returned as emit as it went ! - " Thank God," he erics, with such an andienee. Aii my prMwhlng has boon quite in tain, Taendt tlod, I've got toy bearer back again 1" From the Daily Onrgouian, Nor. 2ft.) A arvrritflre r rrlhtfnl NnflVi Tlirlllinsr Chapter la lite ,Tr6i Mr. Jamo U rant, w ho left IrtlarnJ Thursday evening on the steamer Active for Victoria, wcoldtun the following facts. Thcv ecrtnmij constitute a lustory or the nwwt rathful suffering we have ever beewt called upon to record, and which will ciutt to the mind of the reader a gloomy reatiiation of ino trials, sunennp;!, ana danger watch be- et tne pain or tbe prospecstor whoa penctrat ing ana exiuormg uu Known regions, in eearch bf fitld. , On tho 10th day of Janua ry lal Joscnh De SUelds. Jorinh (W Jxcph Wooda, Alexander IXwrell and our intormant startea Trvm the town of Cotton wood the Connty Scat of Deer Lodge coun ty.. Montana Territory, arid after riroRrwvt. , ingCarponter'a Bar tliey crowed the ltocky .Mountains to Helena, where they procured the nervices of an old Frenchman to act a cuide, and rtroceeded to explore tho country about the headwaters of the Mariah one of he tributaries of the Missouri river. The oimpany wore provisioned with nix mouths' auppaeg ana carried with them ail the nec essary arras, tools, and utensils tho miner'e camp and vocation require. On the 12th Uiey reached the lase of tho mountains, and not expecting Indians in aoection of country o remote, they tufhed their animals loose t& rme, and after the usual repast, and resting and pmok'n around their camp fire feeling crery wuritv they lay down to rfsyrr that niuMd and refreshing" elen vouchsafed only to the hardy miner and KMmataincer. On tho following morning their horses were not to be found: presum ing they had atTarcd, the party aucr break fikt startod to find them, and after hours of fcaitieM) search they returned from their everfel directions to find their camp strip ped of everything they had possessed save their buffalo robes, llealising their situa lioA, that Uieir horses and supplies htd been fitolen by some wandering band of hostile Indians, they started on the morning of the Slat to retrace their step. They were then 80 sailes above the Mariah anion z its tribu taries. Weary, hungry, and stripped of bwto miu prv ismiin, taey uegno uicir reh through a drissling snow, back to fbe Big Bend of the Mariah. The storm be came more severe and violent as the desti tute men plodded on their war. On the 25th they reached tho Big Bend, wlsere they found wood and built a re by which they thawed t&aii.f rosea feet, and became ooncious of taeir deplorable and helpless situation the wll&U Mlrtv traM, ffVWAn svn OT,l V.,ft wore not awara of the fact until they found wood and built a fire. Thought of home crowded upon the mind of Ross, and as the prospect ot deatn at sucn a place, and under such a place, and nndcr such circumstances appeared inevitable, Ire wept aloud. Do bhieida observed that they were " all in the came fix," that there was " no use in crying aooui it, tnat tney would all die togeth- er" and find an " nA trt thrar tivMiKlWj." The whoJe company, with the exception of wrant, wore helpless. 1 Erected by the old Frenchman, Grant though badly frozen startod from tiieir camp, determined to find aocor and assistance for the party or perish alone in the attempt. lie drasrsed his fro- ea feet over a distance of 35 miles in four days and reached an Indian tradinc post on the Mariah. One Mexican, accompanied by eleven Indians with horses and supplies started from the post the following day after Grant's arrival there, to relieve the frozen and starving men. Nine days elapsed from the time the Indians stole their horses and sjopplies 9 'the. tiuit, of tlio sui 1 1 al of the 105 cueing party, "and during the interim one prairio f hicken, shot by lo Shields, was all iha food partaken of by the party; None of them were able to walk step, and had it not leen for the unconquerable resolution and perseverance of Ross they must all have perished. He would crawl upon his hands and knees, and break and gather twigs and sticks, which he would tie together, take the withes by his teeth, and drag them to the camp fire to keep np warmth and life in his Lei-Jess companions. V ' " : -? r -- Stormy weather continued from January 25th to April Sib. Exposed to the severity of the weather the party wen compelled to remain ia camp on the Big Bend. Oa April 6th the fro ten men were pot rron trivora and hauled to St Peters, orBlackfoot 3isivn, ea the MUsearr- river, where' Ikey were received by Father Jordey aad Fattier Amends js&iiaa masts mho extended to thea more Jtiaa. fco7ital:ty, ad more than humanity. Sums gro ceries, bnfiiio meat, and flour, enngtitated the sop plies at the Mksion, and tka Priests were on an allowaaeeof bread; but they dented themselves and gare their portion to the snffernig party. Cross, Woods, Dorrell, the French guide, and De Shields all lost their fcet. Oe Shields sharpened his batcher knife on a stona and cut off his own fcti T The feat of tie remainder of the party were amputated by the Mexican and the Indians. The rvf traBt wera badly frown, and althoaga some of tie boe came out, b expectJi ia time to b fcuie to wowr boots again. His feet look as if they beefa woonded, harned and crisped with a hot iron. Pe Eliieida and tir&nt were pioneers in the Canooo eosmtry, aad are well known to British WniM. - rue good PnesU refused all remuner ation, bat the auiurtanata odyen turere liberal as tlwsy were feark and brave compelled them to eeept the earn of $506, and long as any of tic party WraBt -say) tkey will-sever tcoas toforf thankful and grateful to the Priests of St, Peter's eVea'iic? thCTtt th hospitality preserved taeu lives, wUo ikiWted such ltt?u,T all men are brothers, hadt? fUr Graat the same Indiaa. who f . MtI8.U!d massacred a nartr of nine 1B. STATU SOVIUIUIUXTY. G'cu. Jnrkaon on N(ttf ItiirltfN.-IIIftj 1'roelHiunttou AKHluiit Mouth Cur oliiin. Tho rroclnniation Issued by rreidciit Jackpou against the nullification of South Carolina ia 1832, has always beou lwiked upon by t ho lovers of National power, as a sort of brutitmfulmen against Htute liiyhtt well aa a moat triumphant assertion oftho powers of the General Government over them, whenever tho two should chance to cfush. This, it well looked to, will bo found by no means true ; nay, more, that Gen. Jaeksou'B yiews of State Right were $t!lf unchantfj, and in per fect keeping with what they had been seen to be on all other occasions. lib? principles were of " sterner stuff" than to bo disconcerted and dashed at their first encounter. As regards tho South Carolina Procla mation, it is well kuown its solo object was to enforce the United States revenue laws at Charleston, in opposition to an uprising of the people against tho consti tuted authorities. No power, however, was claimed against State Rights beyond the simple execution of the laws Admit ted to bo constitutional uj, of course, paramount to all Stato authority what ever. In other words, the great weight of tho Proclamation was directed against what was called "nullification," which was hold to he at onco odious and uncon stitutional; without the slightest aim to subvert admittod State Rights, or to en trench upon any of their principles. To bring fairly to light tho scope auj purpose of the Proclamation, Gen. Jack son shall apeak for himself. Ho says : I consider, then, the power to annul a law ot the United Mates assumed by one State, incompatible teitk (he tjcittrnce o ine emeu, conrrmuciea ejrjrtttjf inc Utter of the Constitution, unauthorised lu its tpirit, inconsutent tcith every principle on tchieh it wtw foHndetl, and dr$tntctite of the great object for tchich it wa formed. Here is a law of the I nitod States, not even pretended to be unconstitutional repealed by the author ity of tho small majority of tho yotcrs of a single State. Ilere is a provision of the Constitution which is solemnly abro gated by the same authority. This, then, ia the position in which we stand. A small majority of the citisens ot one btate m tho Union have elected delegates to a State Convention; that Convention has ordained that all the rev enue laws of tho United States must be repealed, or, that they are no members of the Union. longer In the next plice, in the tame Procla mation, we arc distinctly advised of his indestructible regard for Stale Right, when not clashing with the Constitution. He proceeds : No one, fellow citisTjs, has a higher reverence for tho reserved riirbts of the State, than the Magistrate who now ad dresses you. No one would make greater sacrinces or oracial exertions to defend them from yiolation ; but cual care must be taken to prevent orf their part an im proper interference with, or resumption of. the ri?ht thev have vested in the na. 9 f C ----- tion. The line has not been so distinctly drawn as to avoid doubts, in somo cases, of the exercise of power. Men of the best intontions and soundest views, may differ in their construction of some parts of the Constitution: but there are others on which dispassionate reflection can leave no doubt. In his next Inaugural Address after the Proclamation he says: Deeply impressed with the obligations of that solemn oath I am now about to take, I shall continue to exert all my fac ulties to maintain tho just powers of the r 1 t - . . r 1 ionsuiuuon, ana 10 transmit unimpaired to posterity, the blessings of our Federal Union. At the same time it will be my aim to inculcate by my official acts the necessity of exercising, by the General Government, those powers only which are clearly delegated. In bis sixth Annual Message, Decern ber 2, 1834, President Jackson says: The claims of power for the General Government troon each of theso points. certainly present matter of the deepest interest. That tho most inju rious conflicts would unavoidably arise between the respectivo jurisdictions of the State and General Governments, m tne absence 01 constitutional provisions marking out their respective boundaries, cannot be doubted. The local advanta ges to be obtained would induco the States to overlook in the beginning the dangers and difijcultifti to whjuch-they miijhPbe ultimately exposed. Tho powers exer cised by the Federal Government would soon, be regarded with jealousy by the State authorities, and originating as they must, from implication or assumption, it would be impossible to affix to them cer tain and safe limits. Opportunities and temptations to tne assumption ot power incompatible with State Sovereignty, would bo increased, and those barriers which resist the tendency of our system towards consolidation, creatSy weakened The officers nd agents of the General Government might not always have the discretion to abstain from intermeddling with State concerns: and if they did. they would not always escape the suspi cion of having done so. Collisions ana consequent irritations would spring up that barmony whicb should exist between the General Government anil each mem ber of the Confederacy would be fre quently interrupted ; and a spirit of con tention would be cngeadered; and the dangers of division greatly multiplied. In bis seventh Annual Message of De cember 2. 1835, President Jackson des cants largely on the dangers of Execu tive power, and with that magnanimity and forecast so graceful and becoming in hi high station, insists ob the wisdom and policyjof having . that power clearly marked and well defined by Jaw; so as to guard against iall possible encroachments on any co-ordinate branch of government, on the one "hand, or of the: naJits of 9 1 Mates on tho oHhhf, Ho Dretscnta h'm -. ... ucwa 111 tuu louowing language i No 0110 can bo mora dieilv iuiiresfltl than I niti with the soundness uf tho doc trine which rcfttrniiiH and limits, bv int. ific provisions, Kxeeutlvo discretion, a iar na it can be done consistently with the preservation of its coustitutiojal charac ter. Tho duty of tho Lee'isla, turo to define, bv clear and positive en. actuicnt, tho naturoand extent of the ac tion which it belougs to tho Exocutivo to superintend, springs out of a policy atiitl agous to that which enjoins upou all the branches of the Federal Government an abstinence from the exercise of powers not iloarly granted. In such a Government, posaewtinsr onlv limited and specific powers, the spirit of its general ndmiuistratiou caunot be wise or just, when itoppows tho reference of all doubtful points to the great source of authority, the btalca and the people, whoso number and diversified relations. securing them against the influences and excitements' which may mislead their agents, makes them tho safest depository of power. In his eighth and last Annual Message he says : , All will admit tho simplicity and econo my of the States. Governments mainly depend on tho faet that money .has to be supplied to support them by the same men or their agents, who vote it away in appropriations. But if the no- ecfeity of levring taxes be taken from moee wuq make tne appropriations, and thrown upon a moro distant and less re- ponsible set of public agents, who have power to approach the people by an indi rect and stealthy taxation, there is reason to tear that prodignhty will soon super cede thopc characteristics which have thus fur made us look with so much pride and confidence to tho State Governments as the mainstay of our Uuion and liber ties. Practically, there would soon be but one taxing power, and that vested in a body ot men fur removed I from tho people, in which the farming and mechanic interests would scarcely be represented. The States would gradually j lose their purity as well as tuoir inde pendence; they would no doubt murmur at the proceedings of the General Gov ernment, loht they should lose their sup plies ; all would be merged in a practical consolidation, cemented by a wide-spread j corruption, which would only be eradicat ed by one of those bloody revolutions which occasionally overthrow tho despotic systems of the Old World. We come now to the closing scenes of Jackson's public life. He there, like Washington, leaves behind him his best counsels and admonitions. In calm and solemn review of tho past, and of anxious thought for the unknown future, he pro ceeds to say : It is well known that there always have been those among ns who wish to enlarge the powers or the ucnerai Government; and experience would seem to indicate that there is a tendency on the part of this Government to overstep the bounda ries marked out for it by the Constitu tion. Its legitimate authority is abun dantly sufficient for all tho purposes for which it was created ; and its powers be ing expressly enumerated, there can be no justification for claiming anything be yond them. Every attempt to exercise power beyond these limits should bo promptly and firmly opposed. For one evil example will lead to other measures still more mischievous ; and if the prin ciple of constructive powers, or supposed advantages, or temporary circumstances shall ever be permitted to justify the as sumption of a power not given by the Constitution, tho General Government will before long absorb all the powers of 1 legislation, ana you will have, in ellect, but one consolidated Government. From tho extent of our country, its diversified interests, different pursuits and different habits, it is too obvious for argument, that a singlo consolidated Government would bo wholly inadequate to watch over and protect its ' interests j and every friend of our free institutions should be always prepared to maintain unimpaired and in full vigor the Eights and Sover eignty of the States, and to confine the action of the General Government to the sphere of its appropriate duties. Tho foregoing selections from the pa pers of General Jackson (running through the whole period of his public career), show beyond question his position as a Stato Rights man, and a true lover of his country.. It will not bo, going too far to say, that readers will find their time not thrown away, if they should read these extracts with studious attention and can well remember tho wise lessons they in culcate. It has been the practice of many to catch at certain expressions in the South Carolina Proclamation 03 au thority to justify the bold assumption of unwarranted powers m tho General Gov crnmenlat the expense of State Rights. Those who think or presume thus, will find by careful reconsideration, that their xeal has not been "according to knowl edge;" and that if a precedent for ar bitrary doctrines is sought for with any prospect of success, it must be elsewhere than in the official acts and declarations of Andrew Jackson. . . Love of Married Lirx. The affection that links together man and wife is a far holier and more enduring passion than young love. It may want its gorgeousness, it may want its imaginative character, but it is far richer in holy and trusting attributes. Talk not to us of the absence of love in wedded lifel What, because a man has ceased to " sigh like a furnace," we are to believe that the fire is extinct ; it burns with a steady name, shedding a benign influence upon ex istence a million times more precious and delightful than the cold dreams 01 philosophy. A gentleman r who had iha"curloslty '"to spend a dime in answering an advertisement which promised valuable advice for that amount, received by mail the following an swer: "Friend, for. your ten cents, please find enclosed advice which may be of great value to you. As many persona are injured for weeks, months, and years by the careless use of the knife, therefore, my advice is, when yon use a knife, always whittle from you.'-' ' ,-; :, ,-..V- : Nevada Election. The Abolitionists car- ried tho loto -election in Nevada by about 1.200 majority. A I "v - Prom the Pan FnmeUco I'minlni-r. WHO I ltl:NPO:YNIH!.KT Tho llnlletin of Sattirtlnv contain n leader which was intended to bo a very irofound exponitiou of tho causes of tho ate wur between the North and tho Houth. Wo my between the North and the South, Wt it was in fuct a wur of soc Uorw and not a war between the Govern ment and rebellious States. The key note to the article in qml'ton nwiy be fouud in tho assertion " that tho actual physical conflict wad but the legitimate result of a conflict of ideas, uiado cverv day more apparent by the rapid growth and spread of tho country." It then, an- uuoeiuua as luuows 1 Tho war was vtimululed in the North by tuauy and diverse considerations, as are all wars under popular governments, But WQong these the most enduring ami the most worthy whs tho necessity and right of na tional BUprcniuey the direct oppositoof that which inspired the rebellion. In this re pact, tho war was the culmination of 4 rev olution of ideas in the North. Experience, the fact of th rebellion itself, taught the public mind, that while the States were rap idlv multiplying in uumberttond population, and thereby increasing the natural tenden cies to iuternnl disoord and separation, the national existence demanded that the power and authority of tho National Government, instead of being slackened by non-use and corroded by strict construction, should be upheld and maintained to the uttermost. According to this, tho North, which seems identified with the Government, like a brawncd athlete, stripped itself for a regular knock down with its weaker noighbor, tho South, in order to show the superiority of its bone, muscle and endurance. In the conflict, the South, after many hard knocks given and re ceived, failed to come to tune, and left tho North master of the ring. The con flict proved thcu tkat the North is enti tled to wear 11 the belt" and nothing moro. This ia tho Hu1li t!i' v!fir nf case. ! Now we propose to take a view of the causes of the war. It is true it grew out of a conflict of ideas, fcut who produced that confliot f Who are responsible for its terrible results f lid the South ever invade one right or privilege, or franchise of the North f Can one instance be pointed to, prior to the culiuinattou of the conflict, where it ever infracted or attempted to violate the Constitution of the tmted States 7 Its whole history shows on the part of its statesmen, one continuous struggle for its conservation aud integrity. In this contest they were co-operated with by the great Democratic statesmen of the North, and for sixty years were enabled to ward off the fatal assaults that were being made upon it in that section. Tho despoilcrs, however, finally triumphed, and war ensued as a coneeqncncc. It was what they had been striving for from the beginning, and hate and plunder stimulated them to action. In producing this drendful issue, there were two classes of men in opposition to the Democracy at work in the North those who were fanatics and those who were not. We speak now or the lenders the masses were controlled by one or tho other, or both. Most prominent among the latter was William II. Seward, an able, cold, calculating politician, who really did moro to create an " irrepressi ble conflict" between tho North and the South than all tho others combined. Se ward was no fanatic. He had an end in view pclf-cxaltation and advancement. To accomplish that ho went systemati cally to work. He pandered to the worst prejudices of the Northern masses, and did not hesitate at cultivating the most violent radicalism. Uo eagerly availed himself of tho slavery agitation and added fuel to the rapidly spreading flames. Years ago ho declared " there It a higher law than tho Constitution'' that " there n 1 1 jl. . is an irrepressible connicc ociwccn me North and the South" that "slavery has no constitutional guarantee that may not bo released" in short, that " it must be overthrown, either peacefully under the Constitution, or it will work the sub version of tho Constitution together with its overthrow." Those are but a fow of his ultraisms -we might add many When such a man as Seward could sys tematically and laboriously set to work to propagate eucu heresies, what couiu De expected of the masses? He lives to see the triumph of his teachings, and we be lieve to regret in profound anguish of mind the fearful consequences they have wrought, Oftho fanatics or Abolitionists proper it ia not necessary to Bay mueh. They made no disjruises of their treasonable in tent Lccitiniate descendants of Puri tanism and disciples of its bloody teach ings, they avotfed an open purpose of de stroying the Constitution and breaking up the Union. In 1856 they had swal lowed up tho old Whig party and Know Nothings, and become a power in the land. The truckling, trading politicians fell naturally in with them. They adopt ed their platform and principles. And what were they ? We give a few items space will not allow of more. . No Union with slaveholders ; the nul lification of the Fugitive Slav law ; no further admission of slave States into the Union ; the murdering of owners in pur suit of their servants ; a system of " un derground railroads" to run off the South ern Blaves; the arming "of lawless incen diaries to stir up insurrection among the negroes, and to murder Southern people; the burninjr, of towns and poisoninsr of cattle, as occurred in Northern Texas ; proclaiming to tho slaves tho horrid motto : " Alarm to the sleep, fire to the dwellings, poison to. tho food and water" of slave holders ; a repudiation of tho decisions of the bupreme Court;., in. snort, an unmis takable and avowed purpose or abolishing slavery everywhere, not only in the Ter ritories but the States. This was in ef fect the platform of 4he party which elected Mr. Lincoln. He, himself, had subscribed to the whole of it, when he announced that a house divided against itself could not stand, and slavery must be abolished or the Union would ; tall. The entire Abolition party rallied to his support and by tneir votes was he eiectea His triumph was their triumph. ; We say, therefore, the North is wholly and entirely responsible for the war. The South stood on tho . defensive, and not until the fight was brought home to her doors did she take up arms. Her soil had been invaded by ; armed men, the blood of her citizens had been shed upon her soil, and the man whom President Johnson denounced as " a murderer, thief, and an assassin, God of by the North. almost made Tho election -of Mr. Lincoln under tho t-iraumstanccs. was nothing more or lens thun the initia tion of a John Urown raid on a larce scale a raid not only against tho eonsti- ttitioiiHi right of tho South, but agninst all that is worth coiitendinu for bv a free jicoplo. Tho South, therefore, was forced into hostility, and obliged to accept a war not of her own seeking or her own pro voking. Sho never sought to invade tho rights of her neighbors. Sho hever at tempted to interfere- either with their busiuoss or their prejudices. Sho nskcTl for uothiug but the Constitution nud its guarantees. 'Jo those sho had a right, and failing to obtain them, it was Iter privilege to withdraw from a brokeu com pact and a violated league. Tho fortunes of war were ngainst her, but although prostrate and bleeding, pho is not de graded. An awakening public Reuse is becoming each day moro conscious of this, and despite the machinations of the destructives, who would keep her front th Union, she will soon put on new strength and be prepared as ever, under the Constitution, to battle for those great Dcuioor&tio principles by which the Ship of State was ho successfully guided until the despoilcrs seized the helm. Scoaisa its BaxTuaaM. The Nevn-U Un ion, an Abolition organ, npplic-s the follow ing language to its party eoteiiipnriirie in that State, and its remarks might he ap plied with equal truth to one or two of the Abolition organs of Oregon : Wo deelore that in tho history of newspa er, never has there been exhibited so much slavtshness, so much sordid craving fur pelf, so niut'ti falsehood, backbiting, malice ami uncharituhletH?, so uiui-h profanity and li centiousness, in fine, suoh bald, lying cant, and such ahuuieless and indecent pandering to tho worst passions uf the vilest dregs of humanity, as has been exhibited by the press of this State for the last two years. No depth of degradation they hare not been ttt nfi mpfnrnnn? tutuntiaca ll.nw 1w.a not practiced, no Bliutuelesa falsehood they have net rolled as a sweet morselj under their tongue. No epithet too gross to be applied to their political enemies, 110 adula tion too boso ami revolting to be served up to any of those in power. We appeal to the experience of -uur readers if the pruriency and olsacenity of tho press of this btate has not, 01 lute, exceeded even that of the flash papers of New York, Jlostuu and San Fran cisco. The Next Hocse. According to the Chicago Republican tho next Houso of Representatives will stand as follows: Representatives from the twenty-four Northern StatesAbolition, 143; Demo cratic, 41 -an Abolition majority 01102. In case Representatives from the eleven Southern States are admitted, there will be from them Abolition, 7; Democratic, 51. Total Abolition, 150; Democratic, U2 an Abolition majority of 52 in a full House of 212 members. Present appear auccs indicate that tho Radicals will pre vent the admission of Southern members, or until negro suffrage is forced upon the Southern States. California Mixing UiREA.tr. An Asso ciation has been incorporated in San Fran cisco, for the purpose of collecting and cir culating Information In regard to every kind of mining on this coast 5 to furnish means to persons who aro unable themselves to pro pcrly work mines which they have discover ed, and for other useful and beneficial pur poses, llio officers of the Association are President, A. J. Snyder ; Vice President, Joseph W. Low ; Recording Secretary, J. B Whitcoinb ; Corresponding Secretary, J. F. Lmthicum 5 Treasurer, Cyrus Palmer. A pamphlet copy of tho constitution and by laws forwarded to us from the Association, by the Corresponding Secretary, has not yet come to hanu. vva wish the Association success. Liquid Dixt. -A literary toody, in the course of some extravagantly fuhiome sketch es of Gen. Jo. Hooker, endeavors to dissi pate tho general impression that that nota ble is a heavy drinker, and remarks : " Gen, Hooker never has anything but rare old sherry on his table." The follow came near er the truth in this than anything elso he wrote, although, no doubt, nothing was farther from his intention. If Hooker hadn t anything but eherru for dinner at Chancellorville, we neither wonder at his defeat there, nor at the very many times he crossed the river afterwards when he didu't. ... Promoted.- Dr. J. K. Barnes, formerly Chief Surgeon of the Military Department of Oregon, and present Surgeon General of the U. S. Army; and Gen. A. J. Smith, the Captain Smitli of the regulars in the Uoguo River Indian war of 1855-0, are now brevet Major Generals in the regular service, and Alfred Pleosanton, who was a Captain of dragoons, and Gen. Ilarney's Chief of Staff in tho Military Department of Oregon, in 1859-00, is now a Brigadier General by brevet. Query? Is it because Superintendent untington who is an owner of thqi Statesman fears decapitation, that thattpreaecution of Claim Ariaing in Oresroa paper is more zealous in tho support ot President Johnson than any other Aboli tion orsan in this State ? If the fate of ex-Collector James of San Francisco is to be the fate of the Radicals in Federal of fice in Oregon, the Statesman is certain ly hedging most industriously for the In dian Superintendent. ; - Pardoned. -Robert Waddinghom, sen tonced to the penitentiary, from Walla Wal la, for life, for highway robbery, has been pardoned bv Actina Governor Evans of Washington Territory. Attempt at Scicide. A man named Wheelock attempted suicide by laudanum in Walla Walla, a few days ago. A physician was t jmely called in, who saved the poor fellow from death. Flour. Reese's flouring mill in. Walla Walla is constantly running, and turns out an average of sixty barrels per day of first quality flour. Blackfoot Mixes. Late reports from tho Blackfoot country represent the mines there to be richer and moro extensive than the mines of Idaho and Owyhee. tiik 1,0 vi; it si. Thi-y linger In tho garden wttllc, Tiilklnfj only natforers talk, Hwwt, foolish trifled, hirt'n ArWuht I With Joy and faith thuir luecs liright. PoniftiniM she stop sml plnehs a rosa To hl'l the truth Lt-r swi-ol l.luuli nhowt J 8et!?rlnj the rows leaves In th air, A dainty shower o'er Tne and hair. With laughing looks sha seas them fly. Then mi'ldnn ts and hrnathes a sigh J Fur lore and youth as soon are gouo, And dnsth and age are hastening ou. " He gathers from the gnrdem plot A tuft of pale forget-me-not tfbe ink tlii-m with a careless jest, '1 bi n hides thorn in her snowy breast He lays rose-hud in her hair, Whispering she Is wond'rous fair j While tenderly his loving bands Linger o'er the rippling hand. They pause to watch the evening sky And see the golden sunlight die A s'luirrul startled from lu lair llro&ks the calm tjuiut of the air. She trifles with her flowing earls, Till 4U svtiicbt searf the wind safaris And blows tress across his faea Touching bis lips with soft embrace. They rmu-h the maid's hall door at last- He holds her slender Angers fast. Then k ia them -as well he may While she, all blushing, speeds away. '"" -l-il-l- -L ICMO It ATIC' COHVENTIOX. The Democracy of Wasco and Grant wmn ties met in Conventhm at the Court House in Dalles City, on Saturday, the llth day of November, 1W5, pursuant to notice t the (convention was called to ordor, and, on motion, John Williams, Esq.. was chosen tliairman and F. 8. Holland, Soeretary.' v On motion, the credential from the differ ent precincts were handed into the Secret tnrv. 'I'h credontral presented by I. Hare, em powering him to rr-present the delegation from Orant county, were road and on mo tion accepted, and Mr. Hare was admitted and took his scat in the Convention. Hardin Cirum and (lcorg; Cornm being present, were, on motion, admitted as dele gates from Hood Uiver precinct. Also, Mr, Ctttin was, on motion, udinittcd as a delegate from Ues Chutes precinct. On motion, tho Chairman appointed J. T. Jeffreys, N, H. dates, E, E. Haft, George Loruin ami I. Jlarct os a C5tnimitte to draft resolution expressive of this Convention. who retired, and after a short absence re turned and reported the following resolutions, which were read and accepted aud unani mously adojttod, to-wlt t Jtciolced. That the Federal Government was formed by the States, and all its pow ers are conferred by the Constitution, and the residue of the jsjwers were reserved to tho States and tho people and we intist up on an entire vninUrferrnre hy Congress in tne domestic relations or the several states. lletoleed. That wo are unalterably 00- wised to the extravagant expenditures of our oiaie Trnuieiit, anu can upon our pemo crnuo inonus mrouji-noat our elate for a strenuous effort to return to the policy de f , .t . " parted irom wiuun tne last tnree years. jicmiicfi, lnat the vunstitution 01 our State fixes the status of voter theroin, and that any law of the Legislature changing the rights thus secured, or embarrassing the free exercise thereof, should be resisted by all supporters of free election. Uemtieed, that the militia poll tax is op pressive and unnecessary, and should be re peal oil nt once. Jtetolretl, That we explicitly oondeinn the nolicv of the tartv in nower in our State. and the legislature thereof, in prescribing test oaths to our citizen. i?eomf, That our State Constitutions was made by white men, and tor them, and that we are unalterably opposed to any change thereof, with a view ot entrancms- ins tne nee:r and interior races. itejK'Irei. That tho rrcsent Sunday law is oppressive, and should, with others of alike character, he mouined or rcpeald. listolred. That we disnpprove of the call ed session of the Legislative Assembly, and believe the same to he a needless expense to our already overburdened tax-payers. Kttoitea, that we will extend a mendly trreetinsr to the neonle of Walla Walla who are desirous of becoming annexed to our btate and will gladly aid in the annexa tion. - The Convention then proceeded to nomi nate a candidate&r Joint Kepresentativa. , Col. N. II. Gates was put in nomiration, and waa unanimously nominated by accla mation. On motion, the Daily Mountaineer waa re quested to publish the proceedings of this Convention. On motion, tho Convention adjourned. Jon Williams, Chairman. F. S. Holland, Secretary. Anxious. We learn that the Radi cals in Oregon are most anxiously awaiting information as to what course their Sena tor Williams will take at the coming ses sion whether he will stay with the Had icals, or go over to Johnson. Tho Radi. cals in Federal offices are shaking through fear that, with his accustomed agility in leaping from one party or one faction of a party to another, he will in this trying hour desert them. At one time at Gibraltar there was a great scarcity of water. An Irish officer said " he was very easy about the matter, for he had notnin to do witn water ; it ne only got me tea in the morning, and punch at night, it was all tuat ne wanted." "All morning bitters have a heating tendency or effect," said a doctor to a young lad v. " You will except a bitter cold morn ing, won't yo7 jhxtUir ' ' J i mi roil tlu tody. jomv FEUGUSOIV, (OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA,) tTill attend in person to the and California, And to the Settlement of Accounts with the STATE. TREASURY. WAR. NAVY AND POST OFFICE DEPARTMENTS. ;. IN THE INDIAN BUREAU. LAND OR PATENT OFFICE. Persons having business can hare it promptly attended to, and obtain information from time to time, if desired. Address If o. 476 SEVENTH STREET, WASHINGTON CITY, D, C. an28 NOTICE. AND AFTER THIS DATE X. I will not pay any debts contracted by my Wifa, Lironia Prewett, or be responsible for any of her business transactions. Linn county, Nov. 11, 18C5. . JOHN PREWETT, WAIVTEB! 1000 POUNDS exchange tor. OF WOOL, in Furniture, Bedding, Chairs, Ac, by aug'iltf j. 11. tptox. CAL.li AT UPTOJVS THE FIRST OF THE ?Q3flNC3 week and see some nice, ehcap, Cane-seat, Armed Rdckors, cheap, ligtt Stands, and Child's High Chairs. WANTED. VHE-T, 417, J U J 15,000 btishelaof Oats, by auiS J. FUSISCU-NER 4 CO. ALBANY FOUNDRY ACHirJG GHOP ! OHEBRr fe rELA-ST. W mrm Prrfd u Fnrnlnfe WROUGHT AND CAST RON WOHIC Of every description, ea tnri notice. AI BJIASH CASTINGS. Ail 0-4en tut MILXsTOllK T Willi filled lthdisiaB(aAiafMlor . ., .. msnntr. HORSE POtVJEKS Agricultural Implement Manufatored to wler, lrparUeular attwiUo PW t Refairw All Iliads pt - ,V PATTfiitf t 23 t order ea short aotleo v A. Fi CITERRty Albany, September it, lUi. NOTICE TO VAX PAI'Ena NOTICK IN 1IES1EBV fcJIVEM that I wdl meet tk It payers of Linn rottnty, Oregon, at their retpeetlre p!aes of votiar. lor inn jinrpiw I cvnucilBg (OC ISXe TOT IM Tear- 1SS, or an f"wr f, tii folloiriBs; &tea Uuaed days vt the preset, t jw (1854), to-wtt 1 Wats 1.00 --.MoiWAr. Kov. J7 Sra's fiiooL Hocsi!.....Tri4T, Nor. 1 Burs Carra knoi. If rsa,YsVsMV, Ner. it Bbowsstili.k ....Ta-i;aBAr. Nat. xa llAMRisscao .-FsiAVt Ire. 1 Pa ...n iAT, le. I Am phik's School iloi'r..Moi,4T. r. 11 'io.,. ,......... ...i,TresiAr. I)e. 12 Fn4. vKi.it ilurrs n.. ia RsVs Khop. ."...TarisAr, Deis. 14 ..yimAT, bte. IS Pasd Rinoe fATt!RrAr, Iec. It Mi nnr K hool Hot SB.......MrB4T. Ilee. Is AlAV -...-.TeesoAT. Dee. 19 I will be prompt at tie alters nsm1,l. . tlia liour of 10 o'clock, A. and remain ami! 4 o'clock, r. u., of said day. Taose not usrine their taxes as alore liiTite.1, will be allowed thirty days after bit iit at their Freriaet. to mt the same. at my office in Albany, after which time the law allows the Collector milcnjre tat trarellinr to eoU Uxt the same. O. W, KIC11ARDSOX. Tax Collector of Una county. Albany, Oct 27, 165. H. H. BANCROFT & CO, BOOKSELLERS t STATIOriEBS, nan rancie, cl.. OFFER AT THE LOWESTMABKETRATEa one f the Ureect a act belt assorted stocks of liooks io every drbartaient ef Lltentare, and aim- pit and fancy Stationery, to be fosind anywhere ia ' I'll Jt 1 1. J WOBJJ H VKWIV VUUIUtli 4A VJ 86 feet, three stories, o MerehaBt street, wbiebi eoanocts in the rear with the store on Montgomery street. 1 here are nine departments, each arrange. aauer many sutnlirutons, as rouewst 9IlcellancoiBS Btrok. ' 1, History: 2, Biorrapl y ; S.Korelf a 4. tiorera ment and Polities ; 6, ltc'twllion Literature f. iu. eial and Ettiteal 3 7, Mental and Moral Seieneej - tMgmaga hhi vnuory ; J, lie itcs bettrea and the flaigs j 10, Poetry and ths I'raintj 11, Wit an Humor j 12. Fiction ; 13, Works collected Into vol umes; 14, Freemasonry spd Odd Feliowshin: t, Misoellaneons snits t IS, Bibles, Prayer Book. and Hymn liooks j 17, lllostratad Works Jnt Jmj. enUo liouts. ,i " Kclrntlfie Book. . 1. Sniitarr and XstbI Science ; 2. 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IT- Works, School Apparatus, School Stationery. Among onr own publications are tM following Educational Works - M . CLARK'S KEW SCK00L GEOGRAPHY nearly ready. OUTLINE MAP OP THE PACIFIC STATES. preparing. - CLAUD'S SEW PRIMARY GEOGRAPHY, to. be followed by CLARK'S HISTORY, preparing". BURUESS PENMANSHIP. BANCROFT'S MAP of tj PACIFIC STATES? Religions Bootes. Commentaries, Conoordaiee. Dictioeariea. Eccle- slasticat liistorr Prayers, Ueraons, Theology and. Doctrines. : . . . m SnbscrUon Bcpttrtsaent. - In this department acres Is and canTassera can. always find a xariety of Both, Maps, Engravings, Ac., vhih are not sold out of any bk-tom, excIusixelT by subseripticB. Fall information prompUygivea upon appUsatioa by letter' or. in person. - ' ' vv" Affidavit, Agreement or Cin t -. AninmiL Bill of Exchange, Bill of Sale. 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