The Columbian fountain., 1846-02-03


10 anru and abrogate The Convention oil ths
9th OF Angus. is27 between the United
States and Great, Britain respecting Oregon,
and authorizing snosice 10 le gissn To thst.et
feet. Il was read twice and ref rred 10 lhs
Commiuee ut The Whoie House on the State
Of the Union. ,g 1ggggsf4g
The. b 1, sller specify Inc that The cTonSen-
lion shall hs annu'lad ~ months aGter the Gais
OF The delivery Of The notice. au'hnrl1es the
President. in such respectful mode as be may
deem proper, 10 cause the said notice 1, be
agirens in ,t,s nan,e OF ihs u.Dtted cistes, and
thar tUr lile purpose of nnrry ncY ths b,l) into
effect, the sun OF ~ dollars be appropriated,
10 he used Al neeessa1ts but nothing in this
act is intended 10 interfere with, the right and
discretion Of THE proper huthories Of the iva
contracting parties to4reneW or pursue negot-
ations for an nmeable seissuienf oisthe Ore
gon controversy MI ~ @e1s1 q
Mr., James Al. Black also presented long
preaMble, Sc. relative TO authorizing The
President 10 give the notice. II was referred
70 The same Committee,
The regularly established Oregon debate was
resumed, and Messrs Leake, Slrol,g and Saw,
yer gave their views Al length on the matter,
Nothing new leaked out from Mir Leake's re-
marks. Mr.. Strong was remarkably weak in
his arguments. and Mr.. Sawyer sawed away
until he saw that the stream Of bis eloquenee
had given out. when the committee rose and
reported progress TO the House
! Mr.. Collamer, III Vermont, moved call on
The President for information as 10 what JipIo.
tna,ic correspondence had occurred on the Or
4gon dispute since the Annual Message ;ss
Mr. Holmes presented the memorial Of the
Memphis Convention, with similar views and
pbjecis, expre ssed BY Mr.. Calhoun in tho Sen
ale this morning. and the House adjourned.
+ sJ- We are informed by our agent IN Alex
Fapdria that our subscription list is rapidly i'll
creasing ii thatplace. l.As% ~ .#eN@.
4 We are, happy to state that the Steam
boat Company Of the Phpnix have abol-
Fished the bar Son that boat, and posi-
lively .forbidlen that any intoxicating IT,
squor whatever be hereafter ysnded in her
H Foukp DEAp.77 On Saturday night. man
by the name Of Gordon wandered from the
Almsl.ouse as far as the Capitol Hill There
he goiinliquor. On Sunday morning he was
found dead in afmud hole II. .rat.,,,a f.
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|, AsorHEs. The same day (Sunda,) 4 col
ored woman by the name Of Jane Day was
found dead ma mud hole. She was taken 10
the house OF Pompey Jackson. where The cor.
oner held an inquest, The yerdicl was that
she came to her death from lniosicaton, and
exposure tothe wet and cold. a E,s
Z What an awful thing to deal in. and enoonr
age, in any way the use Of INTOXICATING liquor
as, a beverage, X e'. rsa 'G
tfsi @5.i tEtes Forthc Columbian Fountain
~. AN ELEGANT EXTRACT ir
When modesty ceases to be the chief orn4-
nent OF the one sex. and integrity Of the other.
society is upon the wrong basis. and ne shall
be ever after without rules to guide our iujs
ment in what is really becoming and ornamen-
tai. Nature and reason direct one thing, pas
sion and humor another. To follow The die
tates Of the two latter is going into road that
is both endless and intricate. When we pur
sue the other, ouri passage is delightful. and
what we aim at easily at,ainable ..aaa-
t.fat# ,.-G.#4 tOFEGIATCF.
"'la1HE lSHABITAnTs OF. THE DIsFR,cr
--TAKE NorIcH.-t-We feel bound to intro
ducc for vonr eonsi.le' alton The propretv
OF having the Charters II each city so framed
that the voters i'll .eacl Ward shall determine
With regard to the sale of intexioating
liquors within their hounds. To this we
should think no friend Of liberty or Irepub.
licanism can object. We<shaI be pleased
TO receive the opn,i M for and against such
a measure. and will insert in our paper anv
commu icatirn. It's light and
truth we wish TO follow after, and be gov.
ep,ed by. '
lHE WEEKLY FOUNTAIN On Saturday
next we shall commence the publication of
. eeekly Temperance newspaper, under the
above head, containing all the reading mat
ter OF thc daily, as far as its limits will al
low, and other articles adapted for clrcu
latlon in the country. Price,, one dollar
per year Persons remitting five dollars, III
current money. postage. paid, viii receive
six copies, Payment always in advance.
0J- The District Assembly OF Uni ed Broth
ers will meet, at DR.. Howard's room, corner
Of In and streets, on Thursday next, the
9Th inst, at 3 clock. .5I .tsy .f. '.st.,
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