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'.&'? U - 0 y ffl 7Vi OREGON ea- -r'ate) a J.fekaahlr, ". " Wtrtwtri til Htm Bmfk lain Ut sto." atsr.Tfrxt?-, Vol, 0, Oregon City, (0. T.,) Tuesday, March 16, 1852. WJr WW5. J ftmfmmmjwf -. tiiwnn MKnni iik' wt-MnWfi.nMimfr- mmmai- w rswvt-t , we-.-.? tor jrrf"win"iMiP"W,T!f - 'SH SPECTATOR. -':n .,. .in j"j"11 ' 'i ii i, ii' i U - J . J i THK OBH4M1V HrBVTATOBi A WBKKbY NEWSPAPER, 1 PMeTlll TU T MVItt, MCIIL AMP UVBtiBV imum r mi mni taeeea. fcVJ. ftckaeftlr, Proprietor. TERM. INVAUIAItLY IN ADVANCE. Otteosfi MIMn Ml M nKiwllii ... 00 Oh msi (II lis at Us) tw laasltlsoa. Mck 00 rrnrydMamllaMlla $1 00 A liksisl aMaetiee ts realty 4vUss. Tfc asms of Isssrllsas MM Im UsHasdy saito4 n Ik BMffta, lUmaU Ussy win to OaaUBiMS IUI MUd, MM (MffW UMHWflJ Atreats lr tk apex-taler. Th Mtowlaf w (lkrlM4 Uulu linii far IbtHsMlal. Tfcy mill ie(f rak. sriyUeiM mm 4vnawat rv a. J I. Hui, Kn, Is fit nl afnt fw Ik Usee ta m IU 'rVillory, sud Is anlhvsiud to rrcmi u rtei i u inwuy raianaf i in mik. 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I'd kra like win froio llion w rlujhti !' hr Ml Will r)t' I'm .ii(Liik f"' I)' I' ('' T fll inc lirim lolliw-i Okt l( U 't) m of inpiMifi Hwrl KduM f.- fsr nw! 1U I nut br Ik, lk looft fraylpml Iwlllk, j! YliU I la llrivrn mj oIapji mis own, M; lort.kiM Ixlak (if.)! Tho dlh of Mr.hl Saull, l tlio J. vtaed ftofiJ hljr.wo,cluira wo boilers ill carter of Mapoletn'i gmt mllinry ohlfftiint; lie waa born la 17(10, ilia same jaar whiohgam birth lo hla own graal otptaln, and la lb great military opponent eftham both, I he Duke of Wellington, who leeks hearty enough to live through anoth- tins ration. Marshal Soull died on the 0th Ultimo, lie had lived retired elaoe 1849, at his seat at Si. Araiand, In.tbVen. joyatenl of boundless famo and ample far. luno, tr Al the last term or the Henry Cireoh Court, Ky., a jury rendered o terdlot.of ,10,000 aasjiul Mastroa Roberts, for lanaertng a young lady or Shelby ooun. I Heavy cenaiuiy out no oubt the verdlol waa a rlghtstus one, OtrTlie preepeot of feeding the Ohio river froaa Lf ke Erie, through: the Alle Jtkoly, baa again been broaohed but is Jahown l be Irapraotloable, from tho faot ha fVM at FltUburg ths rlvvr Is about ieVfeet abate 1ieUke. t' li Hpwtalor, DIMIatAVKFOL." Ma. Epiroai In the Orrnonlnt, of Feb. Ulli, Is an ar llele beaded aa above. If tho elatemenl ouatalned In lkn reinarke are true. It la certainly "disgraceful," and calls far the severest aualikmeat. Hut, sir, the editor that will publish auuh an article In hit payer, without the best of evident, Is raois la b dreaded than tba men and cem muoity he atleiapl lo slander. The editor eaya lie la fumlshtd with ths uanss of men who "cams near fighting over the dead tody of I). It. Luther, a bout the division of ihe money fouad up oo hleperaon." To aay that the man who furui.ked him tk namee or who wrote tha communication cuntalniag auoh a atatemrnt ie a liar, would be no satisfac tion, and probably would nit even cause him to blush for his dastarJIy conduct, - Ae truth oanuol be Injured by a lie, neith er can a plain utalmnent of (act Injure an honrit man, wr, of Clsl I'laiiu are ready for tho investigation, ami wo claim if the editor of the Oregonlau, and aak all olliors who havo been induced to give any credit to tho article above referred lo, lo ijhu uia fair hearing mtlila matter. The names of tlio pertotm concerned in the finding of the body of I). It. I.mlier, I shall give, together with llm ciroum Maine connected with thii "tmfullj kor rul IraiMtttof," m we wiril'jaiMihd verbatim. On Saturday morning, l-'eb 7, 0 o'c'k, Sylvanus Condit rod to the U'sch one mile west cf bin uncle Alvs Condit's Iiouip; hn iiOtieed llt persona 'had been atung on the Uracil at ln;li wUT. Oppu ite Ihe claim of Mr Julm irwit he fuuml a boJ) dfstiounted to examine It thought it would not be right for him to touch it as he ws alone, lie remounted and rtturnetta,! oiicclo hit uncle's house, told him lie had found' body upon the beach; Aiva Condll , "ho must have sumo person ltli us In take cire. of this body; sent hi boy to Cspt. Itobinson and to Kj. lioerheart, (nr their atnttance; sent his asphew directly back lo the beach lo sec that the body waa nut disturbed till assistance arrived, started himself with Ills n team lor the beach. Kylvanus Oeadit on arriving on Ihe beach found ths body had been turned over, ho tracked an Indiauasbe supposed, through ilia saud, and into the grass; his undo arrived with the wagon, lh waited a short time, Ktq. (Seerbeart arrived, tney waited still for It., who told the boy Its could not come; tha lids by this time begsn to flood. , The body was placed in tho wagon and carried lo Mr. Gondii's house, by tho three nam ed. Ttiey there laid out Ihe body, ejain. luru his clothes and person, and found up on the lowe'r part of the bosom of the shirt "lit It. l.uther," upon a leather belt abaft his body. "I. 11 l.uther," in tho belt eight California fifty dollar o1d pie ces, In hi pocl-et one dollar and twenty cents, riwj. (Jeerheart received tho tno. ney m charge in the presence or llio two Condit's. AUaCoudit vunt to his usual ds)s lsbor;S)ltsnusand l'.). Ueerhearl to making the colli n. In alxiut in min utes the son nf Ueerhearl, who had been totd by hla father in the. morning to go early Vnd look if any bodies came ashore, and if he found any menoy er watches on them tn lake it and brini it borne with him for If he did not Ihe Indians would strip them before he could take caro of them. This lad who Is about 14 years, told hla fajksr he had fnuud a body on lha beach, and had laknn from It a gold tcli, a live hooter niatol. a nocktt case, and a uurse 1 with money In It, he did not know hew (.muchfor he had not opened it, his moth er had opened the paper case and taken oul the papers lo dry. The father sent the boy Immedjs'.ely fur the purse, and found in it tnt) 00 In gold and silver: -a five dollar gold piece was found among Ihe papers, all ol which n-mained In thu hands of Ksq. (Jcerhoari. The body nf Mr. Luther waa carried to the I'resbyisriau meeting house on Sab bath mornin, l'eb, Oili. A funeral ser mon waa preached by He v. L. Thompson, assisted by Kcv. J. O. lUvncr or tho Mslhodisl Church. Mr. T. learning that Mr. Luther while lit lug Mas conuculcd with tho Kpiscnpal Church, reid the ser vices of that church ut Ihr grave. On ntonday morning, I accampanied Mr. i'owol lo see ihe persons who had sound the body of Mr. Luther and othtra. Mr. I'owel presented a paper from the comigneea authorizing him lu lake charge ol any proporty ho might find belonging to the wreck of tho den. Warren. This japor waa coniidored by those who bad round bodies and nronorty belonclna to the passsogsrs ol that vessel, aa of no a, ceunt, aad did not authorlaa Mr. Towel to administer upon the cstal of any ons. Mr. P. clalmtd that the property ahouU be givsn lo him as agent of Hewitt ie Co. aa per his paper. Ksq. Ossrbrart, it, W. Morrison, Hawkins and Wallace, ho had (bund property said by Mr. Finch to belong to tha estato of I). R. Lu liter, re fused o give it to tills agent unless he task out letters uf administration, wbioh Mr. I'iaoh waa advlssd to, and did take ut. The properly has all beta given up u Mr, rinon, aa administrator, eaon one reeeivlnc only what Mr. rowel aaid waa customary and lawful for them to receive. it inert u snyining "augrtcytu" in llili matter, when- does It come from' - Wlto are tha "Aavsxu" Ike "land plroUi," thai tha editor araejiltss to use all the) power he possesses te "brand with Infamy 1mm ma mJ ar,ti nn.l.a In I Si A Mlliav ' ., viav n v. t.n. wuuill v ,v M.aaa. . Aa a cillaen of Clateov, I dsmand of him la give Iho names, I am well aware that, a Jutland impartial euMlo wilt do right ia this matter, II they are alowed t Inow Ihe facu aa they reslly'-ssiit, I doubt not every cilltsn in Oregon except oorrespunle'n! of the editor ef the 0' tha 'J'aio- nian, aud possibly the editor will Jain with ine in eavinr, sham, aha me on tha eor- respondent and ediler who will publish so base a slander. Is ihere n law, by the enforclag of which these sgsnts and par sens claiming property from wrecks can recover M, without retort lag to this whole ealo newspaper slander upon a continual ly! Allow mo to aay, that 30 bodies bewa already -come on short. If lha dllseM of Clatsop are what they are represented In be can you Imagine their reeling, I can tell you mine, when I went a day or two since, and found two parts of bodies, or rather the bones of one, less the head, the tlio tody or tho other, lets the firth from tho face and skull, ths flesh in a pu trid stats, it was thst we are al this mo ment in a chi.rnel hutiso. Humanity calls upon Jslo give the minding sheet to the ileii, while avioer ia leattintf upon our character abroad. Eighteen of the 'JO bodies had scarcely any thing on them, ex cept fragments uf their garments, it it im possible to identify them. The skeleton had a strong ropt) am around the walsle, indicating that Iho person had while on tho wreck fattened Ida body to some apar or plank Itom which it had been dashed by lh action of tho aurf. Under any circumstances a wreck, en our bsrur along our cnast is dreadful. That of the tiuu. Warren is peculiarly so, tti lives, many of them our Icllow citizens and acquainlsntes, in a momenta wero wallowed up in the contending waves nf the ocean and Uolumli.a. audi ol tneir bodies as have come on shoro hate been committed to the cravo. The shock lias been more or lets felt all over our coun try; It It momentary vlaawhi-re, and will soon be fursnllen, Idjft with ua it ia not so. Fragments of the vessel, of property, aud bodies or men, keep Ibis drcsdlul judg. ment in mind. As to property, all that haa yet come on shore, would not give the 43 bodies a deoontburial. It Is eoldebartity to labor with all our might lo give lha dead a d earn burial and because -.: H our citi zens receivo what they are told by those who proress lo know, li their just right, thtn to V slsndered liausa some vile person it not fully satisfied with men, in doinc tho best tbsy can. I boldly affirm that there is not a man In Clatsop who will not give up every ilol. lar's worth of property no hss found, lo any person properly authorised to re;eive it, when he it asked lo do so. And the men who sfl'.rmt to tho contrary, will be prmpU a raltiher without an exception. This communication is unavoidably Ions, much mote could and perhaps ouuht to lie said in justification of tho people of Clatsop. We are well aware who nur ulandcrur it, and for the sake of those we know to bo innocent, with whom he Is connected we would say, "let his name be forgotten and let anothor take his place. ' Since writing the above. I hate learned from 12. tieerhcart, lh.at on the Alh of feu. one day iierore tlm body ol l,uthsr came ashore, Mr. Finch came to hit house and made oath thai Luther had requested him before he left the ship, that II he was saved and cuttier drowned, thai lie t,Mr. Finch,) -should lake care of hit property and send it back to hia friends. Mr. F. also requested Esq. Ueerhearl lo watch tha beach and take care of tha dead, and take the property that might coma ashore on the body ofNLiilhcr, aa ha knew he had considerable moncy This request of Mr. F. is Ihe reason why lha Dot- wss charged lo do as he did, on finding the body of Lu ther. There was no quarrsl, or "coming near a quarrel," over his dead bridy, nor about tho division of tho proporty, as is well knonn by all who know the persons who found It. With great respect, I subscribe myself, respectfully, a friend to truth. W. II. URAY. Cwisor Plains, U Feb. 54, 1S5 Mr. Everett, in lha courta nf hla re marks al the festival oa the Boston Com mon, on Friday, alluding tq, railroads, said with emphasle, " it la unnecessary to pursue the subject; ttitroaii tpeak or tnenutlMM.'" At this moment tho tttnta rian steam-whittle of the Providence oars, whloh wero then Just entering the depot, blew a blast so Una and loud aad thrill "At if the fiends from Heaven that fell, Had raited the bsnnsrory ef hell," which atartlad tha vast assemblage, and furnished a oonvloclag aad a stunning rroof of tha truth of lha orate'-': rrmarkl I la unasnoesary to aay tha Inoidsnt was greeted with litmtndueue ohetn I 03" A touotry editor thlnkt that Co lumbua ia ntl entitled lo much credit tor discovering Amorica, atlht country la eo large iie'vouia not won nsve mimciit. Cts tCoajltatttoate. thittof hies are akH allnst osstsss tlfsyssMsV Nusro la a mystery. I have avar boon pactled to Imagine bat tbtro could bo In tho asraping of catgut, tha elaafOrofa kallohMrutnet,'or tho thrauaaalaf of ivory ksys, that ahoutd move ovary tool. Ing ol iho aoul. Tho root ia iaextiloable; aad lata Inexplicable than oiagolar that roaaon, eaaeioa, kladsoet may all toll In eubduiag ruggod aaaa; aad yet a few bar moaloua teats eeotbc him to complete gea tlswaos. For how many purposes bat mutlo basn used. The rsllgisut aaatmbly tuns tbalr aoof s of araiao by Ita aid, aad sound loud Mlkoma tetamsMflod with the aote of tba pealing tyrgoo or tho gram base -viol JMsnw latiea of Ulltwsot 1aad 21aW3W3BOT IJUJ, . . . . .njliiaj( unspjirupriaiv lu u. iusiw perhaps Ihe most pleatant and refined fa vor conferred by an; now ought not the best things of tarth to bo made, servicea ble In rendering thanks la tho Creator? Tho general, marching to the battle field, takes music for ons of his chief ser vants. He applies tho notes of the fife lo drown all note ef the future in hit sol dier's minds tho tsp of the drum that they may nut dread having their blood tapped by the enemy and tho blast of the trumpet to blow away their fear and hesitation. Music is thus perverted to nerve up man o kill his fellow man, cool ly and without compunction. It ia "spirit-stirring," aud it literally gives ihe ovil ipirit of carnage a crimson pool lo stir in. Music In the social circle is lo mo lha most delightful. Thsre it drives dull care away, touches the too hilarious with soothing melody, and routes Iho sluggish mind. How pleasant lo the ohild tha first tune! How warm are tho rhothtr'i as she listens to well. remembered song ol her early home! How deep is the cur rent of the father's feelings aa somo gay air recalls his Ireakith days! It ia iu this place, mere particularly, thai it seemt to lulhll Us legitimate object. Hera II ele vates, polishes, and softens. Here it dis pels falisu-, auxiety, and (loom. Here it cheers, amuaes, and dslights. And, best of all earthly pleasures, it may be without the sting which follows excess or Improper uee. In lha ball roam the animation which aomo lively jig puta into the dancers' heals Is another of lha resultsof mutlo. There is truly a strange sympathy between the horse. hslrof the fiddler's bow and their limbs, for both keep tlmo exactly. Whe:h er It be owing to Mesmerism or not, doc ors disagree. Rut it is certain that the hair and strings pf the tioliu made into a whip and laid about their legs, could not produce qnicker motions. I think this might be a good punishment for those who keep up their revelt too late. If music is wrongly used, or ustd too much, let tho instrument by which it it produced be mado a weapon of chastisement. Release ol Iko Cstban Frlsosicr. Tho news from Spain is that the Queen has pardoned all the prisoners taken in the Cuban invasion. For this act nfetetn. ency they may thank the United States Uovernment, which has perseveringly in. lercedcd in tbcil behalf, notwithstanding they had forfeited, by their acts, all right to any such intercession. The clemenoy of the Queen, in this imilancc, is exercised more as an act of friendship towards Ihe United Slates than from any particular claim upon its mercy which the offenders could themselves present, and under all Ihe circumstances, the good-will exhibited is a remarkable instance of generosity. We see in connection with this subject, that Consul Owen has published a Jong defence of himself against the charges which Iht filllbutter press have at perti naciously urged against him. Ho insists that ho did all that was compellable with the clroumstsnccs under which the prison ers woio pltctd and the limited powers with nhich ho sa himself In vested. He publishes a copy cf tho letter he address, ed to the Captain.Ganoral, soliciting the lives ol the fifty pri-oncrn who were sen tenced to bo shot, or in the event that that could not be granted asking Ihat their ex ecution might bo deferred. To this the Captain. General replica that tho men cap. lured are not American citizens or citizens of any other nation, but pirates, and that he cannot permit any interference in re. card to their fate from Mr. Owen or any ather resident Couutul. la regard to tha prlsonsrt who 'wars subsequently cantur- ad Mr. Owea asserts that he did every. thing e tha utmost of hla ability to allevi ate their ooaditlon and administer U their wants, furnishing them with food, clothing ana otnsr necessaries out ot hit private funds. Ho alto publishes loiter from Mr. Thrasher, written oa tbo sve of hut departure far Spain, la whloh ho saya to Mr. Owen : I bavo to thank you, whloh I do most sincerely, aot only for your ox. ertiopa in my behalf, which wo can only regret having been uuavalllaa, but alao for many acta of klpdnaaa which you hava extended to me." Ptownto. Never plow wot lead ia wtt weather, muoh lata barrow tuch, not whoa It la wet la itself. Plow deep by dag root, aad manure aa you deeaon. And, instead eflheeipsuilvs horse, employ tho profltaM' bio ex, " risstun SastataJ latstagsssMt, laMk avtnaatlaig. LwiiisTfriu away dowm oast, Bute oT MaUe.'Sept. 39, 1B0O. ) Mi. Gaum dt Sutomi My doarotd friends, Ifyou are yet la Ike lavd of livla, I long to have Iktlo talk with you about the atsUra of tbo aatlon. Aad If you alot m tho laod of tha llvlo', but bora dropped etT oinoa I'to boon away at tbo golddlggiMofCaJlavoy, if yaoli ao Iriva to let mo know ii III go to eoe of tbo "sperU raMtrt" (cousin nabby knows oao of 'ow) and try to havo a chat with you that way. And mi eld friend Mr. Ritchie, too, l-warft to bavt a chat aloag with him. But I don't bnow where to find bim, for uncle Joshua telle mo bo Isn't la Jhc Washington TJnlaa paper now, aad iney v --earnoa am Met to old virgin St.?1 ff.wlk.i'. m ki. !. y - at! fiTfove I along try gel along through a Presidential cam- palgn without Mr. Kltchier I hey never have done it, and It can't ba done; it's Impossible. I don't know who they've got in bis place In tho Union, nor do I care; but I know they never will find ooo lhat can fight agin the Federalists Ilka Mr. Ritchie. How many times he's saved the country from beln' oat up by Federal ists: and. what's very 'remarkable, be could right agla 'am for years and years after they waa all dead, jest aa well as he could when they wera alive. Thore'a to be a treat battle for tho next President, and we can't gel along without Mr. Ritchie. Ha ought not to a gone off eo; ho owed hie services to the country, and lie ought to be kelchtd and brought back to Washington under tho "fugitive slave law." I hat law is carried out ev. ory where here to the North, and wo ex pect It to be carried out to the south. What is aass far goose Is ssss for gander. if the South wants lo keep the North in the Union, she must givo some good strong proof that she is willisg to carry out the fugitive slave law. And she could 'nt do It any better than to ketoh Mr. Ritchie and carryhim back lo Washington, and ahet hiov upin the Union paper office, and tie him down In the editorial chair, and put a ream of paper before him and a pen In his hand, aud set him to writing about the next Presidency. Then tba dark fog which now hangs evsr iho whole country would becin to be Mowed away, and par ties would begin lo aeo where ihey are a goin; and the knots and the aaarla of poli tics would begin lobe unravoled, to that we could tell where to lake hold and pun with a fair ohance of doing eome good. Then we might stand a good chance to gel a Preaident next year. But ae things now go the chance looks slim enough. Times isn't new aa Ihey used to bo, when we hadn't only two partita, and ev ery body ceuld tell who he was fightin a. ginst. Then a single blast from Major lien Kussel in the old Uosten Centinel would call out all lha Federalists in ths country, and make em draw up in a straight line; and the another blast from Mr. Ritchie, in Ike Richmond Fnquirer, would call out all iho Republicans Into another lino and when these two par ties were called out there wasn't nobody left but women aad children and then the fro f artiea had a dear fight, and Ihey alwaya knew which got whipt. But thinge Isn I so uow.a-dayt. There a nwro par lies aow than you oao shake a slick at. And they face in all manner ef ways, so that when you're fit htln for on party it would puzzle a Philadelpby lawyer to tell what partita you are fiightin against, or to tell who it whtpt when the battle a ever. I didn't know things was in quite eo bad a anarl till I got home tolher day from Cal iforny. aad aot down and had a long talk with Uncle Joshua, who told ma all about il. Uncle Joshua ia getting old, bul ht holdt lila age remarkable wen; I tiuoK iuii equal to Mr. Ritchie, and I don't toe but he keepa the run of politics aa well at ht uted to. 8aya 1, "Uncle Jeahua whit's tbo pros pect about Ihe Presideooyf " "Well," saya he, "Major" he alwaya calls me Major oavaht, "Major, thsre aint no pro"?', s. s2l." "How sol" says I, "hew oaa you make that out!" "Well," aayt he, "ibere'e ae many par. Ilea now, ana they are all eo mixed up, higgledy-piggledy, that you can't too thro' 'am with the Ungatt spyglass lhat ever was mads. That'a why there atal no prospect at all." "Well. new. Uaoui,JeahalM saya I, "jest name over all tbtee parties, so 1 oaa begin to have aeme idea of them." "Well." saya he Hwo'll oagln first Seuth-kNo of MaeoB aoJLDixon'a line. There's the eld Whitr party, end Ihe old Demooratie party, and tho party of Union Whi aad the party ef Secession Whigs, aad the party ot union Dtmoorata, and tbo party of iaotealoa Dtaoocrata, aad tbo party or Corporatlou Seeeoaienltte. And than If wo ootne to the North-tide ef Ma. eon and Dixoa'allne, wo And tba regular Oemooratio party, aad tno regular whig nart. and tha Union Whits, and tbo Ab. olitloa Whlge, andttha Ualea Democrats, aad the Silver-grey naiga, asm tno woi. Ivhead Whit, aad tba Hunker Demo- eraia. and tbo Baraburaar Democrats, and the Seward party, and tba Union Safely Committee, party, ami me regular creo Silo party, aad tbo rvfukr Tow twit. ' Hew Kefc Jooht psWa'titiiei'attsl Aant Ksatah laid dWa) bar IMla wasb. ami looked ever bar aoerau site; mad' tun abo te mo, ,"Yoar,Uaala Joaema attaa) bate a wonderful enemofy to beep fU tbaaa bard names in bit bead, for aay put,.! doat'l aeo bow badotolt.M TkM Ma)ee Nabby oho elappod bar btutaa aa htsejt. ed, aad eaya abo, "Now, ewaeht Jaaft, whloh party do yetj beleag let" , - aval. -Ill be baafoaTif I fasew. . JeT tbo old Olaaral tree allre-I ttmta eU Hickory I'd go wHiWeparty, letfe la wbioh it woVht; for thoa 1 ahamM btwvl waa going for tbo ooamry. TtMaaotMaV eral waa alwaya ready lo tgbt flat lha ceoatry agaiaat Bank asoaetera, aad Kaf liaeatlea meatier, aad all aorta of etsV Mere." . ' "WM-WW Vaa eiM,ref make afreelRntTwrla fllssstaTTalT! field, figktlng crow-beaded, aad catty-oof ners, and every which way!" " "I am euro I can't see," aayt I. "aalrdo we can get up a parly that will ourrasjad ihe whole of 'em, aa tbo Irish 0070! surrounded the half-dozsn aoldiera tbtt ha took prisoners." "What do you think of Mr. Celhere plan," said Unele Jeebaa, "that'a udamt In bis works jest published." "What's that,'1 eaya I. "I dsn't IbJak I've heard of h." fc "Well," says hr, "he reoemmende to choose tea Prssidsots, one for the North and one for the South, each aide of Maaoa and Dixon's line, and no law of Coogreae 10 become a law till it is signed by both Presidents. How do yoq think that would work?" "Well, I guess," says I, "If tba ex. try depended upon laws to lisaou, it we'd starve to death as sure as the am betoeaa two bjodlesof hay." ' At thai cousin Nabby spoke up, aa says she, "More like the country weald be like a bundle of hay between twoaaaoa and would gtteal up pretty quick." ,, . Uncle Joshua couldn't help eoail!nf,bat he looked around MoUrabecodd,ae)d saya he, "Come, come, Nabby, you bask up; what do you know about poutsaaf " . "Well, now," says I, "let ua look at this plau of Mr. Calhoun's little, aad , see what II amounts to. Ills notion rak that there was two parties, one North aaC one South of Mason and Dixoo'a llao, aad that under oao Prsseat they never oasjet agree, but wottVJ' alwaya bo oiarrelsf and fightin' and crowding; but If oaoai party would choose a Pretsdemvtboa they would get amng smooth and quiet, and live at peaceable as lambs. Now, if the doctrine is good for two parties, it ia goad for twenty. So, il Mr. Calhoun waa right, the bcal.way vyould be to 1st the twenty parties, that arc now quarreling liko cats and dogs, go to wera and each party choose a President for itself. Then what a happy, paaeeable time wo should hara of It." "Well, you've (airly run It iato the f round, now," says Uncle Joshua, "aad guess we may at well lot it stunt there. I'm mora troubled about electing oaa President than I am about two or tweeny and I'd like to get your idea bow It oaa be done. I know Ueueral Jacket eteed tothlnk a great deal of your spiaieav aad maybe you ean contrive eome plan te gat us all out of ibis hurly burly that wo are in, eo that we can make a President aext when the time comae round." "Well," says I, "Uacle Joshua, aaoor. ding to what you aay about tbo partita now-siisys, ell eplit up into flinders, aad cress-gvaiuad every way, I doa't thlak lliere'a much cbaooe for any ol them to elect a Prtsidsnt, especially if Mr. BJtebo doa't help. Out for all that, I think tha thing can be dene, aad I think there la Hr waya of doing it. Oaa way ie, te got p a new parly that shall aurround all tba other partlet I mean a raaloeastitutlea. al party that will ataad up to tbo rack, fodder or no fodder, and go for tba Uakto tha whole Union, aud aothiag but tha Ua-ioe,lic.-d!i. Thia party would hav lobe made up out or tbo twenty) partie yau have named, eo I gutea we might aa well call it tho party of 'National Com Outers.' " "Tha tether way would be to, to got t a sort of rav'elution-annaxatia-maaist-party, aud have a great baaaer palatad, with Cuba on one end aad Quiada' aa 'tother, aad what there ie left of MaaJoo in tho middle; and got up great tataev light prooeeaioafram oa and of tha ooay try to the othr, aad biro Komuth, whan ho gets over here to make atump spooah ee Tor our 'candidate through all tha Stataa. If wo dld'at elect Urn, I'd phi. te rtUraoy and settle oa the basks efialt River for life." Well, Major,".says Uaolo Joshua. 'l think a goad deal of your node, al I wish you would tblak tho maker avar, and draw up eome plan for at to gi by, far It It high time wo waa doing aom. thing." 7 Be, Mr.Galesd.8eo4a,IraasaJa, ,T Tour old frioad, MAJOR JACK DOWNING. r , -" , ' l CJr Mra. Siaata aava that "wlstt'ajtti can do woman oan do." ta atraaUstaW ' sddtd with tho siaUeaoeeUm of ataad- ; dling a fonoe jrtKfulIy. vtt&tf fcf -
