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OREGON.

lhe isolated Independence of Oregon meets
with as little favor in England as in this country.
1 ne brush Ministry. mortified by the Texan
defeat, dread the word of .s independencen The
Throne. the Church. the Bank, the Mobility. the
Arlstocracy-all, all dread it. These rule Eng
'and and from them we receive too MANY false
notions OF public opinion in Europe But there is
another power, growing power in Eng land. Ire
land scotland, France, Germany, Sweden and
Italy, whose heart throbs in unison with our own
Our oppressed brethren, the millions who man
the navles, NIL the armies, and produce the wealth.
weld power whose giant voice occasionally
breaks through oppression and consequent igno-
rance. lhey, too, oppose the independence of
Oregon. They wish to see the vacant territories
nf our continent under the banner of American Lii
berty. there To remain as an inheritance and re-
inge tor the children of the down-trodden millions
ot Europe. An appeal to the arms on the Oreoop
question would he hailed by them as a signal for
their own emancipation, and the Immediate deliy-
eranre ct such of them might be despatched to
me land ot Washington to oppose principles they
have cherished from infancy
Onr tellow.citzens in Oregon will also oppose
Isolated independence, which to them would be
like the Independence enjoyed by Robinson Crusoe
on his fertile island: elements of trade and com
merce on every hand, without available avenues
To market. They have at their doors spices, silks,
porce'a'ns. teas, precious stones, SC. Sc, from
China. India, the Islands. and Japan They can
not consume all: nor they amass wealth nv an
exchange ot commodities with the United States
and Europe through any avenue equal to that sun
Piled by nature, The great south pass in the Rocky
mountains. which isolated Independence would
close against them Hence the imperative neces
slty OF union with their brethren of the American
Republican famllv-an union cherished by patriot.
ism and love OF liberty Oregon seeks the great
a-tn and, l..
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PANICS.

This is panic making age. The people love
to be astounded, there are benevolent spirits e.
nough to cater to their tastes. Every once in
while, the equanimlty of the community is dis
turbed, and anxiety is depicted on every counte-
nance. There are ominous gatherings at the cor
ners OF the streets. The frequenteTs of the Elk
change look gloomy. There is an unwon,ed
running TO and FRO" What is the matter ?
There is panic. Something, no matter what,
has taken place and men feel as uneasy as old sin
ners on death bed. Well, the ''crlss =" comes
and passes. the world ways on as before. and the
terrible alarm. which threw an exciahl. public
into lever heat. is forgotten. or only remembered
with a smile. We have had panics of all sorts,
bank. war. bread and potatue. The last steamer
thought famine in Uncle Sans nation would he
So % to Sc per bb al retail just before thanks
giving is grand time for opera,iun,'' for
everybody must have barrel &. before il is any
higher The wheat crop was never larger in this
country, and when the old stock of -four on hand
is worked off, we guess it will come Down to for
mer rates. Potatoe panic is now the order of
the day. Some " cute yankee purchases few
bushels tn ship to the eastward. and som we hear
That the crop IN Maine is total failure So we
go We don't doubt hut the rot drought. curl
and other causes, will diminish the crop in MANY
parts OF the country, but that the aggregate crop
VIII be materially smaller than last year remains
10 he prored. AT all events, if we had a thou
sand bushels on hand. and could sell them a, the
present prices, we would not keep them till Janu-
airy Tor an advance. We are very skeptical ON
the subject OF pancs.-Salem Observer
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From the Baltimore Sun.
A MYSTERIOUS BUT EFFECTUAL
EJECTMENT.

one of the most extraordinary proceedings oc-
Cured last week in the way of an ejeciment, that
In our pretty extensive experience ever introduce
ed itself to our special attention. II seems that
Nr. Thomas r.. Tilden, merchant tailor, has
been Tor some time past, a tenant Of Messrs Dix
& Fogg. the proprieors of the Fountain Inn.
Light street, occupying store adjoining the Inn
IN which he has carried on his business Latter
" the business OF the hotel having increased
Messrs. Dix & Fogg determined to increase their
building, and it seems proposed to resume possess
sion of the store occupied by Mr.. Tilden, but he
having yet some twelve fourteen months of his
lease in the future, declined to move without a
sufficient bonus for his Inconvenience He de-
manded. we understand, $3.50, he was offered,
S2OO, but refused to accept it, So far parties
seem to be known in their respective relations to
each other. On Thursday, some workmen ap-
peared on the premises of Mr.. rilden, and. forth
with, in the must summary manner Imaginable,
removed goodly portion of the walls and roof of
his workshop Immediately in the rear Of his store.
covering the men and their work with showers of
broken plaster and clouds of dust. and letting in
the day light more free than wecume This op-
Grafton was suddenly brought to pause by very
emphatic hint from Mr.. Tilden who suddenly an
peared beneath. that he would shoot the first man
that entered the building or further disturbed il.
During the ensuing night however. the fairies or
somebody else went 10 work, and the following
morning all his roof was off tie back building and
almost all off the front, large hole having been
made In the ceiling of the store, quite ex posed To
the sky. Legal action it seems having bsen
taken, and an inventory made of the goods,
which were left usual in the store, now omen
through the dilapidated walls to the world at
large On Friday distraint issued against Mr..
lilden, which he met by paying the bill for the
rent, and the costs. On that night or eary on
Saturday morning, the work of demolition was
| resumed and continued. that at daylight ON
Saturday, the whole building except the front
wall was torn down. and portion of the contents
OF the store removed. Such is the present stage
OF this affair, whcd has created no little talk.
and is likely TO more before it ia disposed
Of What TO day will bring forth will appear in
due time
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FROM TEXAS.

BY the schooner Lone Star, Captain Knaps. a,
New Orleans, from Galveston, dates to the llth
instant, have been received.
Hon. T. Pi'sbury is candidate for the office
of Governor of Texas
The President has designated Gen. A. H. OAR
nell, as special messenger, to carry the State
Constitution to Washington city
The Washington Register says A company
of w. S troops will shortly be stationed at Austin
The proper officers have already arrived there
The troops will occupy the arsenal buildings as
barracks.
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The number of persons landed at this port
alone must have exceeded four hundred, while the
pier was fairly Uttered up with boxes bales, chests
and merchandise of all sorts. One wonders a,
hrst where they all come from and whittier thew
are all going. But upon little reflection it be-
greater Certainly if people at the Eas, conld
see with their own eyes this Territory of Wis
consln, and satisfy themselves by their own expe
rlence, OF the fertility of the SOIL the salubrity of
the climate. the cheapness of living. the low price
of land, and the large returns which the teemnr
earth yields to It's industrious cultivators the tide
OF Immigration, though already swollen To such
degree would be doubled and trebled Wscon-
sin' 'ndeeo' Is Inc country for the man of mod
crate means and industrious b,bi,s I, is tho
land OF Promise and of Hope and as such will he
eagerly sought by all in the Old World or the
New, VIII" desire to mend their condition, or bet
ter their fortunes.-.Nil,caukie Sentinel.
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"ALL is FAIR IN POLITICS.

This remark is credited 10 Major Noah We
nope the major never gave uiterance To such n
false, absurd and wicked sentiment If he did
say SO. IL must have been at time when under
The drill and discipline of the Wings. In poli-
tics. as In every thing else, all experience proves
that . honesty is the best policy" When The
business OF politics is reduced TO a game of trick
cry, The greatest knave takes the lead and villanv
must necessarily he Predominant. This NAV be
the very thing for certain class of statesmen.
but 1t is sad thing for the country
Diplomacy is supposed 10 be game of fnesse
and when played by monarchists, it undoubtedly
Is So But we viii venture to say that if some
original genius. among the diplomatic corps of
Europe for example, should conceive the bold de.
sign of proceeding in the affairs of stale. OPENLY.
directly, without equvocation or dupciiy. he
would puzzle his diplomatic antagonists more than
Nick Machlavel ever dreamed Of
IL Is exactly on this princip pie that the Demo-
cratic party has puzzled the most of its opponents
IN this country. Among those opponents the re
ometrIca truth that straight line is the shortest
distance between two points, has seldom been re-
cognIzed. The iarthest way about they suppose,
is the shortest way home. If they were dIubbed
Tor their mistake every day in the week and twice
on Sunday, 1t seems they would never learn any
thing better Fair dealing with such opponents
being as lncomprehenslble as any feat ever per
formed by the Fakir of Ava. The surest wav to
Geieat said opponents is to adopt straight for
ward course. As Democracy is naturally and in
trnslcay honest, and honesty abhors arti6ce
and all sorts of crooked contrivances. Democracy
has been successful, and will be successful as lone
as it continues TO repulse every description of
knavery, and refuses to associate itself Herewith
May it always he vigIant to discover the an
Proach of such communicating influences, and re-
solue, when it has discovered them, TO treat
them as they Observation-Disclosures
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so IT WORKS

The federal leaders said that if Mr.. Polk was
elected President, business would languish, conf
dence be destroyed, capital unemployed, working
men of all classes thrown ont of employment and
the country would be ruined. But The people
TOLD these political prophets that they had hea rd
their croakings before; that their predicted evils
had never come, and that they would have Mr..
Polk for President. So they elected him. At
first the federal soothsayers tried hard to verify
their predictions but their efforts were unavailinG
And now what is the state of affairs? Business
was never more brisk, nor confidence more Gene.
raj, nor more capital employed, nor many build
ngs going up. nor workmen of all kinds more
busy, nor the currency better, nor exchanges more
easy, nor the whole country more prosperous
and Texas coming with her vast " home market. "
Other results are, that whiggeryiis routed and
waning. and democracy is going on conquering and
TO conquer.-.NeU Hauen Repister.
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AGAIN AND AGAIN.

" Many time and Oft" yes again and again
have we spread the great fact that every anli-re-
publican system is wrong and short lived, no mat
ter what it is called. If it has an anti republican
tendency it is inirinsically, organicaly, and DO
liticay defective, and never can flourish so LONG
as our civil, political, and religious institutions
continue to flourish Wings may prate about
their principles, (Which they never Jefne,) and
boast Of their vast plans but they will amount to
little or nothing so long as the great body of the
people retain their notions Of popular sovereignty
and self government. Herein consists The main
difference between democracy and its antics with
Their various names. The people love democracy
and Will have it. columbian Register
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Mr. E.. not only subscrbes for paper, but he
pays the printer! Therefore, | say he is the
man. give him my hand with the firm convic
ton that he is one who is every way calculated
TO make me happy"
Need we extend the narrative? The disap
pointed gentlemen disappeared quite suddenly
and the lucky sutton was united To the object Of
his devotion; and in few years by his honesty
and industry, became. not only distinguished, but
wealthy man, and was esteemed by all who
knew him. Young men. he paid the printer l..
Is there no moral in this?
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TRADE AND TRAVEL, ON THE LAKES

he increase in the number Of passengers in
the amount OF merchandise on the steamboats,.
proPe''ers ana sail craft navigating the Lakes has
thi' year exceeded all expectations. From the
very commencement Of the season the LARGER and
favorlle boats have had full loads of passengers
and freight. and now that the winter is approgcb-
ing apace, every craft that comes Nd the axes is
loaded down with men and merchandise seetin,,
home or a market in the free and fertile West
For the last three or four DAYS we have had snc,
cession Of crowded boats The Oregon came in
on Wednesday with some 600 passengers and
cralnned foil Of freight The Missouri followed
on Friday with an equally heavy load. AID on
Saturday the magnificent Empire came into port
bearing upon her ample decks and within her ca
pacious hold the largest number Of passengers and
the greatest amount of freight ever transported IN
one vessel on the Lakes.
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SNEEZlNG.

Like a dog and tin kettle,
Like bill a man can't settle,
Like hat without crown,
Like bottle upside down,
Like a coat that doesn't fit,
Like a piece Of would bc.wit,
Like a pot Of ale that's dead.
Or like pasteboard gingerbread.
Like the quccrest thing you please.
Is the checking Of sneeze
Like squirting lady's lcer,
Or a cross-eyed auciionecr;
Like hat blown off head,
When the hair is very red,
And the hat along the street
Runs a race tits hard to beat,
With the owner running after,
Amid roaring peal Of laughter
H1lf sncezc il Just like that
Like the man without the hat.
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had begun with capital of $25. but who had
grown enormously rich. and ore of Tho ,,r.,,
means depended on. was advertising freely. He
acknowledged that he was drawn to their store
by seeing their advertisements as well as hun
dreds of other strangers. In fact, STRANGERS al
most invariably go to houses they see freely adj
vertised
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DEsERTioN-Iwom men, Quartermaser Hill
and Marine Moore, deserted from the JT,i,eJ
States steamer Harvey. at Mobile, on the 7th,-
a plan was conc0cted between the two, that While
the former was on watch at night, the latter was
to throw himself overheard. and when about fifty
yards distant from the vessel was to call for help.
when i1ilI was to jump INTO boat to his assist
ance being both then clear from the steamer, in
one OF her boats, they were to proceed to shore.
The plan worked to charm Neither of the
men have since been heard Of.
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THE CONSUMMATION.

Twas twilight. Seated at the door of moss
covered cottage, was the pride Of the village
lovely Phoebe. Her finely moulded formSher
exquisite and volnptuous bust. her classic and
beautiful chselled feaures-her sweet lips
teeth ct pearly whieness-and such ewes! two
drops of liquid azure set in snow! all combined.
twas enough TO melt the heart of an anchoriie!
Beside this angel, knet youth, whose cheek,
pale as ashes, told the ale-he was in love-
" Tell me, said he, in trembling accents-"Tell
me this night my fate. Keep me in agony no
longer. Tell me what sacrifice shall undergo
for you-you. my SOULS idol Command me TO
perform pilgrimage around this earth on burn
ing coals-and it shall be DONE ANY thing-anv
thing-but cast me not off. Plant dagger in
my heart, but keep me in suspense no longeri
Say, lovely Phobe-will you-,cH you be mine2"
He trembled-his heart throbbed-she THOUGHT
he was'Teady to swoon-a crimson flush manted
her cheek
" Like the rich sunset meath Italics sky."
She took his hand in her tiny fingers-put her
smiling lips to his ear, and whipered--
Obed, shant be nothn' else :"
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DEATH OF A MEMBER OF CONGRESS-
FLOUR AT NEW YORK.

On Saturday afternoon, flour was very firm at
New York. Sales of Genesee, Ohio, Michigan,
&C.. were made to some extent at $3.50. The
receipts for the last week were 7S,204 barrels
Southern flour was in fair demand at SIS IS So.
37a; Georgetown and Brandywiue is generally
held at $3.50. 5000 bushels western wheat sold
at sl.l9.
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sons may aspire lucrative offices, only to be en-
joyed by some sixty Post Captains. already suffi-
GENTLY honored and paid, without in,ermission.
from youth to manhood, and from manhood to their
iaies& hour; and extended, after death, in many
Instances, TO their families
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CHEAP BREAKFAsr-A son of Erin at
Schenectady heard the breakfast bell ring on board
a canal boat just starting out for Buffalo The
fragrance of the viands induced him Ito 90 aboad
Sure, Captain, dear said he, am what'li va
ak poor man for travelling on yer Elegant swan
Ov boat ?'
Only cent and half mile and found re-
piled the Captain.
An is 1T the vItlles we mean to find sure2'
Yes And if you're going along go down to
breakfast
Pat didn't want TO be told second time. hut
having descended into the cabin and made hear
ty meal. he came again on deck and requested
that the boat might be stopped
What do you want To stop for 2 enquired The
Captain
How far have we come, just 2 asked Pat.
Only little over mile
Pat thereupon handed the captain two cents,
and coolly told him that he believed he would
not 90 any farther with hin, as Judy would wait
her breakfast, not knowing that he had breakfast
ed QUIT
The joke was so good that the captain took the
cents, ordered the boat stopped, helped Pat
ashore, and told him that should he ever have
occasion TO travel that way again he should be
most happy to carry him.
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BENEFITS OF ADVERTISING An eastern cor
respondent Of the Richmond Wing, in noticing
the unparalleled prosperity which has attended
certain Commercial and Manufacturing houses
which he says: g In order to secure customers
they advertise freely, which is all essential if a
merchant Or business man wishes to be successful.
For instance, one Of these clothing stores pay to
the Boston Atlas alone, six hundred dollars year
for advertising" lie mentions several men who
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The Locofocos, who, by ISLANDERS, lies, and de-
lusIons as stupendous and as daring as any ever
Pracuced on any people, succeeded, in an i'll faed
moment, in regaining the power from which they
were most righteously hurled four short years be
fore.-LOuisUille .JOurnnl
Well, what if they did They are not to
blame. The Wings told the lie. They told the
negro branding story and circulated it. They
'oio the gold lie and howled over it. all over the
country They forged the Birney letter and sent
1t to the four winds. Now if the who's will on
sure the success Of Democrats by telling lies on
them, are Democrats to blame ?-LouisviHe De-
DlOcrGt.
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CARRYING ALL BEFORE rHEM.-A New
York paper says that Mr.. and Mrs. Kean are
carrying all before them There are plenty in
Lowell who carry all behind them but perhaps
we had better stop here, or the ladies may think
we are trying To create hustle -Vor PoDuH.
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A NEW MECHANICAL PRINCIPLE

new invention has just appeared in England
called the "SateIliie" or " Iron Slave" which
1t is said will change the system of agricultural
labor, especially in warm climates and substitute
iron slaves for human slaves. The machine is
intended for agricultural purposes such as plough
ing, sowing, reaping also for making canals
roads and tunnels. 1t is frame OF iron, of feet
wide. and 20 feet long. with shaft Oft feet lono
in front, and shaft of 6 feet inches long behind
with Two broad wheels. and steering wheel on
the extreme end On the front shaft are fee,
similar to spOkes of wheels with buffers on their
eXtremiIes; these enter the ground by the revoIv-
ing of the shaft This is caused by a long lever of
~ feet swinging backwards aud forwards on
spindIes, ard pulling alternately two levers nj
three feet In box on two wheels. fixed to the
shalt, similar to the capstan the Great Britain
steam ship-with this difference, that the motion
can be reversed, the levers so placed, that thew
vIbrate, without touching the driving wheels
The power To work this machine is communicated
by ropes, pulling alternately on the large lever
these ropes, at a distance of 100 yards, were
wound around n double drum, and CORRESPONDING
ropes ran from the drum to distance of further
l2U yards, to two cTanks of steam engine By
this trial new mechanical principle was esab-
llshed-namely, the transmission OF power from
liked point 10 moving point, going in arbitrary
directions ut the will of one man at the steering
wheel. which was thought impossible by scientific
engineers. This machine is intended to work and
move at the rate Of three miles per hour, ALTHOUGH
the velocity with which it did 90 at this first trial
has hOt quite realized that speed
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-09-22
Eron NE Chnrlesion Courier.
LINES

/ Based upon the thrilling incident related by
! Mrs. CHiLD, of wife who pcremptorily re-
| fused 20 yield the apparently lileiess form
of Her husband TO those who demanded it,
| and finally succeeded i'm terminating it
This occurred during the prevalence OF yell
low fever i'm Boston.
BRING out your dead in melancholy round.
The callous Carman breathes that sullen sound;
And gallant youth. gny-hairs and gentle grace
i.0y Uii0t oft, will his rude bier embrace
Bring out your dead!" that tone solike knoll,
Has broken sorrows agoniling spell;
What tones are spread imploringly abroad,
Entrcatlng mercy both of man and God
Wife! Mother Sister one of these alone,
I'm others peril thus iorgets her own.
Devoted woman what but thy strong love,
Could cen DER pesiilenCe triumphant prove.
Bring out your dead. - oh, no no ! not my
dead.
Fatc's fearful sentence has not yet been read,
Your senses play YOU false--he only sleeps,
And soon will wake to laugh at hcrwho wecps.
Liie's florid element awhile has fled
Back to the urn whence all its currents sped.
The truent soon will mlly-and renew
The rose of health, unframed by this cold dew
Or N lnuecO ll0t awful lllne - Cpulc
That calls my husband to another home.
What mortal force shall bitter grief compel
I'm haste TO part from all il loves 30 well
No. itmy prayers may not avert his doom,
BE mine the privilege to share his tomb,
On with the death-Car--lcave me To my task,
One brief hali-hour more, is all l ask.
Lives there a soul in natures boundary wide,
BY whom 50 sad boon would be denied?
To other portals pass the grating wheels.
Fast BY the corpse the faithful consort meels.
Spuming contagion, she her breath applies
Between the livid lips-whose faintest signs
TO her stminedears would sweeter music bring
Than all the woodland warblers of the spring.
But all to her a wintry aspect bears,
From the hearts stem, Hopes last leaf disap-
pears.
a. Bring out your dead !" away, false tongue,
away
This chamber holds no victim to decay.
Glory to God without whose aid divine,
The widows desolation now Were mine.
He lives he lives with me fore'er To yield
Praise to the Lord-our refuge, rocka shield
Nj. p.