the law, or in any way countenanced by
the Government, it is one of the most
successful devices in times of peace- or
war, to accomplish the transfer of all the
precious mctai3 from the great mass of
the people into the hands of a few, when
they are hoarded in secret places, or de
posited under bolts and bars, while the
pcot le are kft to caduro all the incon
veniences, sacrifices and demoralization
resulting from the uso of depreciated and
worthless paper.
FOREIGN RELATIONS.
No important question has occurred
during the last year to mar our accus
tomed cordial and friendly intercourse
with Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honolulu,
San Salvador, France, Austria, Belgium,
Switzerland, Portugal. The Netherlands,
Denmark, Swcedcn and Norway, Greece
Turkey, Persia, Egypt, Liberia, Morocco,
Tripoli, Tunis, Muscat, Siam, Borneo and
Madagascar. Cordial relations have
been maintained with tho Argentine and
the Oriental Republics. The expressed
wish of Congress that our national good
offices might bo tendered to theso Repub
lics and also to rsiil and Paraguay for
bringing to an end tho war which has so
Jong been raging fa the volloy of the La
PlatUhas been assiduously complied with
and kindly acknowlegcd by all the bellig
erents. These importat negotiations
have been thus far without result
Charles A. Washburne, late U. S. Minis
ter to Paraguay, having resigned, and
being desirous to return to the United
States, the Roar Admiral commanding
the South Atlantic Squadron, was ordered
to setd a ship of war to tho Capital of
Paraguay to receive Washburne and his
family and remove them from a situation
which was represented to be dangerous
from the factions and foreign war.
Tin Brazilian commander of the allied
invading forces refused permission to the
Wasp to pass through the blockading
fleet, and that vessel returned to its ac
customed anchorage. Remonstrance hav
ing been made against this refusal, it was
promptly overruled, and the Wasp there
"upon resumed her errand, receiving
Washburne, and conveyed him and his
family to a safe and convenient portl In
the meantime an excited controversy hd
arisen between the President of Para
guay and the late U. S. Minister, which,
it is understood, grew out of his proceed
ings ia giving asylum in the U. S. Lega
tion to olledged enemies of that Repub
lic. The question of the right to give
a&ylum is one always difficult to deter
mine, and often productive of great em
barrassment. In States well organised
and established, foreign powers refuse
either to concede or exercise that right,
-except to persons actually belonging to
the diplomatic service. On the other
hand, all such persons insist upon exer
cising the right of as y lam in States where
the law of nations is not fully acknowl
edged, respected and obeyed. The Pres
ident cf Paraguay is understood to have
been opposed to Woshburne's proceed
ings. The injurious and very improbable
charge is made of personal complicity in
insurrection and treason.' The corres
pondence, however, has not yet reached
the United States. Washburne, in con
nection with this controversy, represents
that United States citizens, attached to
the Legation, were arbitrarily seized at
his side, when leaving the capital of
Paraguay, committed to prison and there
subjected to torture for the purpose of
procuring a confession of their own crim
inality and testimony to support the pres
ent allegation against the United States
3Iinisttr. Mr. Memahen, the newly ap
pointed Minister to Paraguay, having
reached the La plot ta, has been instructed
to proceed without delay to Ascunsion to
investigate the whole subject The Rear
Admiral commanding the United States
South Atlantic squadron has been direct
ed to attend the new Minister with a
proper naval force to sustain just such
demands as the , occasion may require,
and to vindicate the rights of the United
States citizens referred to, and of any
others who may be exposed to danger at
the theatre of war. With these excep
tions, friendly relations have been main
tained between the United States and
Brazil and Paraguay. Our relations dur
ing the past year with Bolivia, Ecuador,
Peru and Chile, have been especially
friendly and cordial. Spain and the Re
publics of Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador,
have expressed their willingness to ac
cept the mediation of the United States,
for terminating the war upon the South
Pacific coast Chile has not finally de
clared upon the qacstions., In the mean
time, the conflict has practically exhaust
ed itself, since no belligerent or hostile
movement has been made by either party
during the last two years, and there are
no indications of a present purpose to re
sume hostilities on either side. Great
Britain and France have cordially sec
onded our proposition of mediation, and
I do not forego the hope that it may soon
be accepted by all the belligerents, and
lead to a secure establishment of peace
and friendly relations between the Spanish-American
Republics of the Pacific
and Spain, a result which would be at
tended with common benefits to the bel
ligerents and much advantage to all com
mercial nations.
I communicate for the consideration of
Congress, a correspondence which shows
that the Bolivian Rcpublio has establish
ed the extremely liberal principle of re
ceiving into its citizenship any citizen of
the United States or of any other of the
America? Republics, upon the simple
condition ot . voluntary registry. The
correspondence submitted will be found
painfully replete with accounts of the
Tuin and wretchedness produced by the
rrecent earthquake of unparalleled severity
in the Republics of Peru, Ecuador and
Bolivia. The diplomatic agents and
naval officers pf , the United States, who
-were present in these countries at the
time of the disasters, furnished all the
relief in their power to the sufferers, and
were promptly rewarded with grateful
and touching acknowledgments by 'the
CoDgress of Peru. An appeal to the
-charity of our fellow-citizens has been
answered by much liberality. In this
-connection,! submit an appeal which has
been made by the Republic, whose Gov
ernment is kindred to our owa, in behalf
of its inhabitants, who are suffering ex
tremely, produced by recent devastations
and inundations. Our relations with
Mexico during the year have been mark
ed by an increasing growth of commerce.
The Meiican Government has noticed
the thre3 treaties negotiated here last
cummer for establishing the rights of
naturalized citizens upon a liberal knd
just basis, for regulating consular powers
and for the adjustment of mutual claims.
All commercial nations, as well as friends
of Republican institutions, have reason to
regret the froqucnt local disturbances
which occur in some of the States of Co
lumbia. Nothing has occurred, however,
to affect tho harmony and cordial friend
ship which has, for soveral years, existed
between that youthful and vigorous Ro
publio and our own.
Negotiations aro pending with a view
to the survey and construction oi a ship
canal across tho Isthmus of Daricn, under
the auspices of the United States. I
hope to be able to submit tho result of
theso negotiations to the Sonata during
tho present session. The very liberal
treaty which was entered into last yoar
by the United States with Nicaragua has
been ratified by tho latter Republic
Costa Rica, with tho earnestness of a
friendly neighbor, solicits a reciprocity of
trado which I commend to the considera
tion of Congress. Tho convention caused
by the treaty between tho Unitod States
and Vcnxuela, in July, 18G5, for the mu
tual adjustment of claims, has been held
and communications have been received
at tho Department of State that the here
tofore recognized law having been impart
ed under circumstances which promise
durability, it has been recognised. I
have been reluctantly obliged to ask ex
planation and satisfaction for injuries
committed by the lrcsident of the Re
public of Ilayti. Tho political condition
of Ilayti ana St. Domingo is very unsat
isfactory and painful Tho abolition of
slavery which has been carried into effect
throughout the Inland and the entire
West Indies, excopt the Spanish islands
of Cuba and Porto Rico, has been fol
lowed by a profound popular conviction
of the rightfulness of republican institu
tions, and an intense desire to secure
them. The attempt to establish republics
there encounters many obstacles, mcxt of
which may result from a long indulgence
of colonial supineness and dependence
upon European monarchical powers.
While the United States has on all occa
sions professed -a decided unwillingness
that any part of this continent or of its
adjacent islands shall bo made a theater
for a new establishment of monarchical
power, little has been done by the United
States on the other hand to attach the
communities by which we are surrounded
to our own country, or to lend even a
moral support to the efforts they are so
resolutely and constantly making to secure
republican institutions for themselves.
It is indeed a question of grave conside
ration whether our recent and present
example is not calculated to check the
growth and expansion of these principles
and make these communities distrust if
not dread a Government' which at will
consigns to military domination States
that are part of ou,r Federal Union, and
while ready to resist any attempt by other
nations to bring to this hemisphere the
monarchical institutions of Europe, as
sume to establish over a large portion of
its people a rule more absolute, harsh and
tyrannical than any known to civilized
Powers.
The acquisition of Alaska was made
with a view to extend national jurisdic
tion and republican principles on the
American hemisphere. Believing that a
further step could be taken in the same
direction, I last year entered into a treaty
with the King of Denmark for the pur
chase of the islands of St Thomas and
St John on the be?t terms then attaina
ble, and with the express coent of the
people of these islands. This treaty is
still under consideration in the Senate, a
new covenant having been entered into
with Denmark, enlarging the time fixed
for the final ratification of the original
treaty. A comprehensive national policy
would seem to sanction the acquisition
and incorporation into our Federal Union
of the several adjacent continental and
insular communities as speedily as it can
be done peacofully, lawfully and without
any violation of national justice, faith or
honor. Foreign possessions or control of
these communities has hitherto hindered
their growth and impaired the influence
of the United States. Chronio revolution
and anarchy there would be equally inju
rious. Each of them, when firmly estab
lished as an independent Republio, or
when incorporated in the United States,
would be a sew source of strength and
power. Shaping mv Administration to
these principles, I have on no occasion
lent support to the plea of republican
propagandism or national extension or
aggrandizement The necessity, how
ever, of suppressing such unlawful move
ments, clearly indicates a duty which
rests upon us of adapting our legislative
action to the new circumstances of the
decline of European monarchial power or
influence and the increase of American
ideas and interests and sympathies. - It
cannot be long before it will become nec
essary for this Government to lend some
effective aid to the solution of ihe po
litical and social problems which are con
tinually kept before the world by the Re
publicans of the island of St Domingo,
and which are now disclosing themselves
more distinctly than heretofore in the
island of Cuba. The subject is com
mended to your consideration with all
the more earnestness because I am satisfied-
the time has arrived when even so
great a proceeding as a proposition for
annexation of the two Republics of the
island of St Domingo would not only re
ceive the consent of the people interested,
but, would also give satisfaction to all
foreign nations. I am aware that upon
the question of extending our possessions,
it is argued by some that our political
system eannot successfully be applied to
an acre more extended than our conti
nent, but the conviction is rapidly gain
ing ground in the American mind that
with increased facilities for communica
tion between all portions of the earth,
the principles of free government, em
braced in our Constitution, if faithfully
maintained and carried out, would prove
of sufficient strength and breadth to com
prehend, with their sphere and influence,
the civilized nations of the world.
The attention of the Senate and Con
gress is again respectfully called to the
treaty for the establishment of commer
cial reciprocity with the Hawaiian King
dom, entered into last year and already
ratified .by that government. 5 JThe atti
tude of the United States towards these
Islands is not very different from that in
which it stands towards the West Indies.
It is known and felt by the Hawaiian gov
ernment and people that their government
and institutions are feeble and precarious,
and that 'tho United States being so near
a neighbor, would bo unwilling to see tho
Islands pass under foreign ol ntrol. Their
prosperity is continually disturbed by ex
pectations and alarms of unfriendly polit
ical proceedings as well from tho Unitod
States as from other foreign powers. A
reciprocity treaty, whilo it would not na
tionally diminish tho rovenucs of tho
United States, would bo a guaranty of
good will and forbcaranco of all nations
until tho pcoplo of tho Islands shall of
tcmsolvcs, at no distant dajr, voluntarily
apply for admission inio tho Union.
The Emperor of Russia has acceded
to tho treaty negotiated here in January
last for socurity of trademarks and in
tho interests of manufacturers and com
merce havo invited his attention to tho
importanco of establishing now, whiloit
scoma easy and profitable, a fair and equal
regulation of tho Islands bolonging to the
Nations in tho waters of tho Pactfio ocean.
Tho two treaties between tho United
States and Italy, for tho regulation of
Consul powers and the extradition of
criminals, negotiated and ratified here
during the lost session of Congress, have
been accepted and confirmed by tho Ital
ian Government A liberal Consular
treaty which hat been negotiated with
Belgium, will be submitted to the Senate.
The very important treaties which were
negotiated between the United States and
North Germany and Bavaria, for guard
ing the rights of naturalised citizens
here, have been duly ratified and con
firmed. Similar treaties have been en
tered into with tho Kingdoms of Bel
gium, Wurtemburg and tho Grand Duchy
of Baden and of llesse, and I hop soon
to be able to submit equally satisfactory
conventions of the same character, now
in course of negotiation with the Govern
ments of Spain, Italy and tho Ottoman
Empire
The examinations of claims against the
United States by the Hudson Bay Com
pany and tho Puget Sound Agrioltural
Company, on accoount of certain ponies
6ry rights in the Suts of Oregon and
tho Territory of Washington, alleged by
these companies in virtue of the provision
of tho treaty between tho United States
and Great Britain, of June 15th, 1818,
has been diligently proaeculed under the
direction of a joint international commis
sion, to which they were submitted for
adjudication by the treaty between the
governments of July 1st, 1SG3, and will,
it is expected, be oonoluded at au early
day.
No practical regulation of controversy,
relative to the Colonial trade and fisher
ies, can bo accomplished by a treaty be
tween the United States and Great Brit
ain until Congress shall have expressed
its judgment concerning tho principles
involved.
Three other questions, however, be
tween the United States and Great Brit
ain remain open for adjudication. Thee
are the mutual rights of naturalized citi
zens; the boundary question, involving
the title to the bland of San Juan, on
the Pacific coast, and the mutual claims
arising since the year 1854, of the citi
zens and subjects of the two countries for
injuries and depredations committed un
der the authority of the respective gov
ernments. Negotiation upon these sub
jects are pending, and I am not without
hope of being able to lay before the Sen
ate for its consideration, during the pres
ent session a protocol calculated to bring
to an end these justly exciting and long
controversies.
We are advised of the action of the
Chinese government upon the liberal and
auspicious treaty which was recently cele
brated with its plenipotentiaries at this
Capital.
Japan remains a theatre of civil war,
marked by religious incidents and politi
cal severities peculiar to that long isolated
place. The Executive has hitherto main
tained strict neutrality among the belli
gerents, and acknowledges with pleasure
that it has been frankly and fully sustain
ed in that course by the enlightened con
currence and co-operation of the other
treaty powers, namely: Great Britain,
France, The Netherlands, North Germany
and Italy.
Spain having recently undergone a
revolution 'marked by extraordinary
unanimity and preservation of order, the
provisional government established at
Madrid has been recognized. The
friendly intercourse which has so long
and happily existed between tho two
countries, remains unchanged.
AUZNDMKNTS TO TUB COXgTITUTIOIf.
I renew the recommendation contained
in my communication to Congress, dated
July last, a copy of which accompanies
this message, that the judgment of the
people should be taken on the propriety
of so amending the Federal Constitution
that it should provide for an election of
President and Vice President by the di
rect vote of the people instead of through
tho agency of Electors, and of making
them ineligible for a re-election to a seo
ond term: for distinct designation of the
person who shall discharge the duties of
President in the event of a vacancy in
the event of a vacancy in that office by
death resignation or removal of both
President and Vice; for the election of
Senator to the U. S. Senate directly by
the people of the several States instead
of by Legislatures, and for the limitation
to a period of years of torms of the Fed
eral Judges. Profoundly impressed with
the propriety of making these important
modifications in the Constitution, I re
spectfully submit them for the early and
mature consideration of Congress. We
should, as far as possible, remove all pre
texts for a violation of the organic law
by remedying such imperfectness as time
and experience may develop, ever remem
bering that the Constitution which at any
time exists until changed in an explicit
and authentic way, is tho Constitution of
the whole people is sacredly obligatory
upon all.-
In the performance of the duty imposed
upon me by the Constitution, I have thus
communicated to Congress information of
the state of the Union and recommended
for their consideration such measures as
have seemed to be necessary and expedi
ent If carried into effect it will be the
accomplishment of the great purpose - by
which the Constitution was ordained,
which it comprehensively states, was to
form a more perfect Union, establish
justice, insure domestic tranquility, pro
vide for tho common good and the general
welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty
to ourselves and our posterity. In Con
gress are vested all legislative powers,
and upon them devolves the responsibility
as well for framing unwise and excessive
laws 83 for neglecting to devise and adopt
measures absolutely demanded by the I
wants of the coutitry. Let us earnestly
nopo vnai DCioro mo expiration oi our
terms of service now rapidly drawing to
a close, an All-wiso Providence will so
guido our counsels as to strengthen and
prcsorvo tho Federal Union, insure
rovorenco for tho Constitution, restore
prosperity and happiness to our wholo
pcoplo and promote on earth poaco and
good will towards men.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
Washington, Dco. 9, 1803.
tconrn.es raoivBi eaceoa Bits
Wasiiirotox, Dco. 8. In tho Senate,
tho President presented a communication
from the Secretary of tho Interior setting
forth tho destitute condition of the Indi
ans on the Upper Missouri, and their
urgent need i alio a communication from
tho Commissioner of Patents, transmit
ting account of the rccoipts and expend!
tures of the ofSoo.
A bill was introduced abolishing the
franking prmleg e ordered printed.
Mr. bummer offered a resolution tail
ing for information ai to tho alleged out
rages by Lopes, President of Paraguay.
Mr. Drake called up the roeolutioa of
fered last July, to amend the rules of the
Senate so as to require Indian treaties to
i. 1 1 . .
i oousiuerea ia opes aeuaoa. iu
over.
Several other bill and resolutions
were introduced, whon tho Senate ad
journed.
In tho Iloise the bill to Increase the
duty on imported copper, passsed 167
to M.
The Speaker presented the report of
the Secretary of tut Iressury; also
statement of judgment rendered by the
Court of Claim; alo a coiuiuuakatioo
enclosing the resolution of the Oregon
Legislature. The Clerk read todors
tueot on the paper as follow : Resolution
of the Legislative Assembly of Oregon
instructing their Senator iu Congress to
resign, having voted for measure plainly
unconstitutional, which have overthrown
liberty and free governmeot, and consign
iog the citizen of eleven States to an odi
ous and decpotio dictatorship.
Washburne of Illinois said, "the title
is enough ; I move the paper be returned
to the source whence it came.
After tome diciuion the paper was
read in fall, after which a resolution wo
adopted directing that the document be
returned to the proper officer of both
bracohc cf the Oregon Legislature
the same betas scandalous and imperti
nent; and a resolution wo adopted esti
mation relative to the coat of suppressing
logon the Secretary of War for infer-
Indian hostilities for the last three years
Mr. Battler, of Masschtttti, intro
duced a bill to repeal the Tenure of Of-
fico Act. Referred.
Mr. Garfield from the Military Com.
ruittee, reported a bill for transfer of the
Indian Bureau to the War Department
after the first of January next. lie
moved the previous question on it pas
sage.
Mr. Windom hoped a bill cf such im
pcrtance would not bo passed under the
privioui question. Tho JIoum teoonded
the previous questioa.
Mr. (Jr field distributed the hour al
lowed him for closing the debate afhong
the member desiring to diecus the bill
Mr. Window styled the War, depart
ment the maelstorn of the Treasury. lie
said to take ear of the 7,000 Indian in
Arizona, under the ar Department
would co 81,009,000, while the 300,000
other Indian would only cost $400,000
Clark, of Kansas styled the Indiao
Bureau another standing disgrace.
Scheock apoke of the Indian Agent
as corrupt civilians, entrusted iirprovok-
ing ioaian war in wmcn tney encountered
no peril. He said the War Department
would bo much more likely to avoid than
provoke war. Other discussed the que-
uon ana mo mu passed iw to jj.
Till: rilE.SIDENT'W M A LA It Y.
By a paragraph from a leading Aboli
tion paper, reproduced elsewhere, it wil
bo aeea that step have already been ta
ken to increase the salary of Presidcu
Grant to $100,000 per annum, so that he
should not be compelled to liro in "cheap
boarding-bouse style. I hi suggestion
originate in the unwonted degree of syc
ophancy to power engrafted upon the
loyal mind, and the necessity of employ
ing some new means to secure the favor
of the incoming President Nearly cv
ery loud-mouthed loyalist in the llepubli
can party is a candidate for office, and
each ono thinks he can promote his own
interests by rendering himself conspicu
ous as an advocate for the increase of
Grant's pay. Each office-seeker would
be willing to give Grant a million a year
provided he would, in return, give him
an office wherein ho could steal a few
thousands. Gen. Grant, from hauling
wood at the rate ot per cord, has
within eicht years, risen to a position
that commands a salary of $20,000 per
annum, with perquisites innumerable.
lie has been given, and accepted, all sorts
of presents, from a terrier pup and a box
of cigar, up to a brown-stone front in
tho second city on the continent The
flunkies, never tired of bestowing, Grant
was never known to refuse. - When An
dy Johnson' was offered a magnificent
span of horses and a regal carriage, by
an Association of New York capitalists
he refused it because it was unbecoming
his position to accept a gift which would
have placed him under obligations to cit
izens who might have had occasion to ask
him for favors incompatible with the pub
lie good. Who ever heard of Grant refusing
a gift upon such, or any other grounds ?
Yet servile sycophants of the Abolition
party would vote this fortunate soldier a
salary three times greater than any ever
received by. a President out of the swea
of the over-burdened and famishing la
bor of tho country. . The depletion o
the Treasury is not yet sufficiently rapid
to gratify the insatiable loyal cormorants
who have fastened upon it The salaries
of public officers were raised when green
backs were worth but thirty cents on the
dollar; it is now proposed to again in
crease them, vhen the value of the cur
rency has appreciated. These facts, dis
graceful as they certainly ore, aro but in
cidents in the grand march towards repu-
uiauuu anu imperialism.- voiumow uri
sis. - -
BLANK. DEEDS, of the latest and raos
approved form, for sale at tais office. Warranty
and Mortgage, .
IX XX. ABBOTT,
Cdltor.
SATURDAY DECEMBER 15, 1808.
TUB CONSTITUTION.
BT 110. 0I0II0E fl. rSSDlPSTO.
Tho republican party bollove they can amend It;
they caa change it and make il abetter eonititution
than out fathers made It in the days of old.
"iVercr, nerer," and boat of afiplanee. I
obarge poa yom, democrat that are here to-day ,
never to eonacnt to it amcnduieat or U degrada
tion. Do not teek te amend it ; do not aeek to
change it f do not aeek to evade It Obey it. It
wu good enonga for your fatten. It la good
enongh for yon. If ye ohey H, it will be good
enough for yr children for one hundred year to
eoute. f InmiN appleiue 1 Btady It. understand
It. , Carry It about with yon, ae a living preecnee
In all the walks of your daily life. Take it to your
noaae i read it te year wife i teaea it to your ebu-
drea f put it upon your family altar, that when
you bow your bead ia sutblieatlna Mayer, It may
I there next to the Image of (Jod himself. Im
mense api'leuse.j tbls, aaa tbea Ut His own
gved time you wilt he able te raise it p to that
place and fewer to walea tbe braien serbeal La
the wilderness was raised In order thai the legat
might U stayed. lo this, and yon wilt he able to
raise U up to that high place of honor te which
the irk the Covenant was raised, round wkieh
tbe unseen legions a tbe Almighty httt watch
aad guard, thai he whe toutked U with impious
bauds should at. Remember, fi!ew-e4tini,
that the eonitliution eoamitis wiiMn iuelf all that
waa good in the esprkace of tbe past, and all
that Is hopeful a the ioteet of the future. It
ie the ark of safety in .the nidt (the food whieh
ie upon us. It may be tossed ia the blaekness of
darkness upon tbe weary waters of many days,
but it wiU rest upon the mountain top at lart f tbe
sun will shine, tbe dove wiU kav U never te re
turn, aad now, as then, emblem of puritv, and
liberty, aad peaee, she will seek U build her hab
itations nmidat tbe soenes of her former life.-
Cheers. I de not de4air. I have hope in the
aspirations of men, I have faiik In the provi
dence or U04. I know Ue4 tbe pathway of His
tory is atrwn wkb the wreke of euipires, and
pwepies, aad eeuttioes, and ltbcrty. It may
may he in tbe providooee of (id that this eountry
of rs wilt follow in ihe wake of nil nattoas tkat
bave gone before. If U shall be so, let it not be
owing to the belts or misfortune f the Icmo
rratie party. 2rrat ehceriag.l If it mutt be ;
let It be kaown that it was the party of our lore
that stood to the Un, with herole virtue, to the
principles of cirtl liberty.
rKE.HIDET'N JIEMSAGE.
This document will be found in our
columns, in full and wo advinc every
body to give it thorough and care
ful perusal. In many respects it it
ono of the bent state papers that has
emanated from tho White House for
many a long day. The Ortgtmian
thinks "Congress should have refused
to receive It ; and claims that
it
i-t on insult to Congre.f and the na
tion. The great io of which John
on is guilty, in the message is, tha
he recommends the rejcal of the He
construction Acts, and states facts
and preaents arguments relative to
the national debt aud finances gener
ally, that are clear, and logieal, and
unanswerable. That is his sin. That
ia why "Congress should have refused
to receive his message.
Hy the way, this viperous remark o
the Qrtgonian and other Iladical pa
pcra, relative to the message, shown
the animus of the Uadical leaders so
unmistakably, that wc deem further
comment necensary. It exhibits
very prescriptive and intolerant pir
it. Ine message is not objected to
on the ground of its style ; but aim
ply on account of the sentiments it ex
e s ie
presses, mat is to any, n a man
dares to express opinions adverse to
those held by the Iladical leaders, he
is to be tabooed, and anathematised
and imprisoned just as ho was dur
ing the war; and wo have no doubt
that some of them are secretly hoping
that when Gen. Grant shall occupy
the l'rcsidcntial chair; when tho Had
icals shall have unrestrained and un
limited sway, that military power
will again bo employed to silence free
dom of speech and of tho press. We
know it is in tho hearts of somo
them; and wo expect to see an at.
tempt again mado to compass their
object.
Tho last Legislature of ( Oregon
passed a law exempting from execu
tion certain nrearms owned oy any
male person over sixteen years of age,
viz : one revolver, one shot-gun, (sin
gle or double-barrelled,) and ono rifle
or yager. Wo hope every person in
favor of free speech and a free press.
will procure theso weapons aforesaid
for they arc good property anyway
they are handy to have in the house
to shoot game with, and to fire off on
Christmas and other holidays. Yes
buy 'cm, by all means. They aro
" miffhty handy " to have about the
houso -you bet.
Poor Gen. Grant will not be sub
jeeted to the horrible outrage of bo
ing compelled to serve as Prcsiden
for $25,000 per annum. The loya
sympathisers will raise his pay to
$100,000. He is so much better, big
ger and greater man than Washing
ton and his successors 1 Tho people
havo a debt of only three billions to
pay, why can they not work half an
hour more every day to save Grant
the mortification of living in cheap
boarding house style ? Echoan
swer. All the loyal public officials of
Rockland, Maine, aro running away.
The city marshal, city clerk, city
physician, and one of tho assessors
aro all missing. Should President
Grant conclnde to have a new shuffle
and deal, and supercede the present
loyal office-holders, who have been
kept m position since the death of
Lincoln by-the " tcnure-of-civii-office "
law, look out for the gi-eatest stampede
on record.
OltEUOX VS. li. W. rOMEROY.
At the end of the last October term
of tho Circuit Court of Linn county
ho Grand Jury indicted L. W. Pomc-
roy, a citizen of this county, for the
murder of his first wife ; which crime
was alledged to have been committed
about nine years ago. He was arres-
ed by the Sheriff, and would have
)rocccded to trial at once, but the
Judge had just adjourned Court and
gone to hold Court elsewhere. , A po-
ition was immediately circulated, and
numerously signed, praying J udgo
Iloise that ho hold a special term ;
and in accordance with this request
ono was commenced last Tuesday
Judgo IJoise presiding. From the
time that the trial of Pomeroy began
o its conclusion, which was on lart
Thursday, there was more or less in
terest manifested. Albany was full
of witnesses and tho friends and ene
mies vf Porneroy; and tho virions
ndttts involved In his trial were
warmly and freely discussed by' the
ublio generally, Tho peculiar cir
cumstances by which the alledged
crtm was surrounded tho lencth of
time that had intervened since tho
homicide, if any, was perpetrated all
served to invest the trial with unusu
al interest. Tho following is a list of
he names of tho jury: K. 3. Knoxs
John Isotn, James A. Porter, M. A.
lodgers, I). 31. Bond, Thomas Iliggs,
Alfred SU-lton, James Iledpath, IL
A. 3IcCartney, W. IL Vaulanding
ham, IC 31. Elder, and Nimrod Price.
The prisoner, w supposo to bo
about thirty-fivo years of age ; rather
fiparo built ; keen black eye and pre-
Kssesing appearance. His first wife
was a daughter of John Beeler, now
ik'ceasi-d. Ho was and is a member,
in good and regular standing, of the
IJaptut church in fact a sort of ea
hortcr; and save this charge of homi
cido las character is xair and unex
ceptionable.
We have not time nor room now to
go much into detail, borne oi the
main facts elicited on the trial were
an follows : That Pomeroys wife died
very suddenly ; that all at once she
was taken violently sick and soon at
ter died ; that Pomeroy, the same eve
ning on which she died, went to her
father house and procured some
strychnine, alledging that he intended
to kill squirrels with it; that when he
found that his wife was dead, he
swooned away, or went into spasms,
and that he said something about
hot siinjr he had made and given to
his wife and drank of himself ; and
that at the time of her death she was
encUnte, and hourly expecting to need
the services of an accoucher.
The theory of the prosecution was
that Pomeroy gave his wife strych
nine one of the most powerful and
subtle poisons in tho materia medica
in a hot sling; that that produced
her sudden death, and that the motive
by which he was impelled was an in
ordinate affection for her sister, whom
he subsequently married, and with
whom he is now living.
Of course all this was scouted by
the counsel for the prisoner, and many
facts and arguments were adduced
showing that it must be false.
An attempt was made by the defence
to impeach a main witness for the
State, and the general impression
among the by-standera was that it was
successful Another equally genera
impression is that the whole thing
was a malicious prosecution. If it be
a malicious prosecution it proves that
a revengeful and malicious spirit may
aftect injuriously many besido those
whose ruin it seeks to accomplish. To
say nothing of tho personal inconve
nience to which scores of our citizens
have been subjected, we suppose that
this trial has cost tho tax-payers o
Linn county some two to three thou
e
sand dollars.
The prisoner was vigorously and
ably prosecuted by Judgo Hayden, o
Polk county, and the State's Attorney
and he was at least as vigorously and
ably defended by Mr. Cranor and Mr.
Russell.
Tho charcro of Judce Boise to the
Jury was clear, full and impartial.
Tho Jury retired, and in about thirty
minutes returned a verdict of "Not
Guilty." As soon as the verdict was
announced, tho prisonor gave vent to
to his feelings in a hearty cry, and tho
crowd in attendance, breaking over
all restraint, gave a loud hurrah; and
almost placing Pomeroy on their
shoulders, marched Out of tho Court
House, and went to their several homes
in the valleys and hills of tho Forks
of tho Santiara.
Here's somethi: g to mako you laugh
and cry too the brag story of a fireman:
Ono of the "Big Sixes" men had rushed
into a burning bnilding to re3cuo a child.
The flames had cut off his egress and drove
him to the fourth story. All means of es
cape seemed to be gone, ho opened one of
tho windows and called out: "I say,
Jakey jus' you bring the old squirt down
to tho kerb, put on a three-inch .nozzel,
tho boys manned the brakes, up comes a
strem as big as a bolony, and as stiff asa
poker. I jus' wrapped tho little 'un in
tho old coat, put my legs and arms tight
around the stream, and slid down to the
pavement without hurtin me or the child 1
If you don't believe it you can jnst come
down to the houso and sco tbo baby r
WHY THEY KESIGKED.
Tho Republican organ of this city seem
wiling tosubinit, in palliation of the courso
of the seceding members, the fact that
they remained three days after tho "nay.
welcome to all that can be made out of
vmu, suuwnuge, ky WM a mean and
WKMBEBSoftho Legislature, to ahandoo
their post of duty just' for a few nai-
try dollars, and when the facts are full
before the people, upon a strict business
basis, those deserters Iiave drawn more pav
than thv wpra in .i?.t .
j jwmw cuuuea to. 1 -It
must bo remembered that w
first week there was little or nothing
done-thc members "had notgot tho hanf
ot tbe school house." and
never wil . The second week was Fair
week, and it was well understood by tho
members that they would only meetfas a
matter of forn. from
r. and that they would pro
esslon beyond the fortT W
now nat experienced book-keeper who
gate Cook a certificate for honrnlghl
in a very shcrt tima.
i?d '"I0" aberf waatsi to
' . . w Bt.i&o m DinnM
ut-i juany wuu ,M Bute, they would
dollars. Yet they are all honorable
men I
Tbe cry of swd thief h
by the deserters and their crm ,,. rw
gonian, and it is alleged that the Repub
licans endeavored for three days to brine-
wJWpriaiion bill, but were foiled
by the Democracy. Now the truthful and
honest statement of the matter is as foU
tuws
The Legislature had nmviAtA .
election of several new officers, the bills
for tho ereatiogof whichhad been siened
by the Governor. The bill for tho estab
hshment of a Bureau of Statistics, wo be
heve, was lost in the Senate, but we havo
pmw uowieugo that it was to have
been reconsidered and passed. The Pen.
itenuary Bill had pased,and various oth
er offices wert to be filled by the Lecisla.
turn atrlArl ' ... rb144
, ..v .u .swruanw wun law and
numerous precedents. Tbe Legislature
was Democratic, and of courso DemocraU
wuuiu iv vtttx elected. Had the ap.
propriation bill been passed, the members
who seceded and resigned their trust,
wrnnlri hit. 'oft I -
.7 ,v u y, in accordance
with a preconcerted- ian ! fk
object on the part of Wood
the appointing power in every instance,
and when he found the Joint r.nnniZ
was to be held before th nnrnnnttM
bill was passed, he immediately held a
caucus with the Republican members, in
the Supreme Court Room, and then and
there received the resignations of a suffi
cient number to destroy a quorum in tha
lower House. Tho Democracy, however
determined that the election should take'
place first. They were in the majority,
and bad the perfect right so to act, and
the Republicans, having no other way to
prevent the election of democrats, to 11
the various offices provided for by the law,
left their scats, and reduced the number of
members so that no business, save ad
journnig from day to day, could be trans,
acted. "This is the truth, the whole
truth, and nothing but the truth."
Portland Commercial.
A Ladt and Four CniLDBwt.
Bukxed io Death. The Memphis .
(Tcnn.) Avalanche ot Nov. 14, says: :
The Hotel at 3IeKensie station, tho
junction of the 3Iemphis and Louis--
vine and Nashville and Northwestern
Kailroads, was consumed by fire about .
three o'clock yesterday morning. Thw
building was composed of wood, and
the flames spread with great rapidity. .
The sleeping inmates were aroused by
the hissing of the flames and volumes
of smoke that poured into their rooms. .
They were compelled to leave the -house
with whatever of clothing that .
could be obtained in their hurried I
flight. AH emerged safely but a ldy
from North Carolina, who, with fojar -children,
occupied a room in thenppr
story. The smoke so blinded tbea
that they lost their way, were driven
back, and before assistance could reach
them burned to death.
DIED:
6XODGRASS In Harmbnrgh, Linn cms?,.,
ob tH 14th b.st., of effusion on tha braia, Csa
Esthkb, eldeit daughter of J. C. and E. E. Sii--.
grass, aged S years, 4 months and 8 daj.
NEW ADVERTISEMENT'S-.
NOTICE.
ALL PERSONS INDEBTED TO THE LATE?
firm of Scttlemier A Co., Albany, will pitas .
coma forward and settle tip immediately. AU
open accounts on the 1st of J an nary, 1S69, vfilba
placed in the hands of the proper officers for eol '
lection. So pay np and sare costs. The Books,
will be found at the drujr store of R. C. U3LI A
Son. R. C. II ILL,
G. P. SETTLEMIEJL
Deo. 18, 1S68 TtelStf
TIIE UNDERSIGNED. ASSIGNEE OF TUB
estate of A. Cohn, a Bankrupt, will, on
Wednesday, ihe ZOth day of December,' 1868,
at the late place of business of J. Levy, la tha
city of Albany, sell at pnblio auction, . the aa-tir-stock
of goods of A. pohn. The stock of Goodr
is large, well seleotad, and will be told without
reservation. , R. S. STRAHAN,
4nl8w2 , Assignee .
SPECIAL NOTICES.
HtmEXSE INCREASE 0? EUXE3
ALLCOCk'S POROUS PLASTERS $
Where ono was sold tow years aav
thousax.d are aoinow.
They strengthen, warm and invigorate the put
upon which they are applied, aad reliere nerrous
affections of tbe bowels lumbago, pains of Jk.
side, and usually all local pains. k In affections e
the kidneys tkey ar) of great serrioo,
Zriiixio Back. : a
Naw York, Not. ,
T. Alicock Jt Co. -7uf I lately suffer-.,
ed severely fron a ne&kncss in mybaok. ' Having '
v j i i ' v j ,1 :
uearu , yoar piasters iqucu rtwiuiucuuou ur cu,
ot this kind, I procured one, and the result wa
all 1 Qould desire. A single Piaster cured ma in a .
wlc, Yours respectfully, . ,
,' J. G. BRIGGS, "
v Proprietor of (Ae JSrandretb JTonse. ,
Principal effiee, Brandreth House, New Yerk.-n
Sold by all drugg volialow. , '