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nn PCBSCIlIPTICy, FIVE DOLLARS A TEAR. , W. L ADAMS, EDITOR AMD PKOPIUBTOR. Vi7 fo) m frO ffflWf A To) (? ! '." ' it .;C Oregon 5Ugu$. rl'' 'HBO SVIST UTl'BUjtx WOtHIMO, T WILLIAM. L. ADAMS. .....g- ,c- Co. Building, Main st. ' Edilo ' rial lom ia basement story. ' RMSf A a us vill furnuhed at & Mian art Annum tr Sim Month " for Thru Dollar: l 1 ' -'ADVKRTISINd RATES, i, square (12 line ot less) one insertion, $3,00. two insertions, ?I,K). ' llife insertions, $.,Ufl. 'Kach suluequent Insertion, $l,U0. soneb'.e deductions to those who advertise by . th year. lob Printing ! ! il norURTot or ynn AUG US is lurrr uforni the pul!in lhal be ha just received a Mark of JOB TYPKand other new print- nattl, ui be in the speedy receipt of itioiis suited to nil the tequireine ins oi in s iih . HANUIlll.tX. POSTEIW, BLANKS, WW, ClttCULAIW. PAMPIlLKT-WiMK other Hats, done to order, oo short nt.ce. e clip 111 fallowing bcuutiful lines from !'Cvtig Chief.". We km. not (he lor, Lntour fancy conjures upsome fairy tie tripping Hph'ly over the rgg"d r patches of cartb, lingering long among flowery fluids of ambrosial sweets, sip 'r nectar from Hwm'i cup. of ptiret ',and artfully dodging thorny roiues, I most of the ill of life to which llesu u f the "Standard" lad rejected tbii as tiiajthy of hi paper," we should have illiim duo asonc of Sbakspear's charaer ir .possessing it heart 'Fit only for treason, ttrntagemt and .!' . - - " , , . THE WORLD. io will of the wurl.l M deter of thral1, (till tliere i a b'oom i lit lM ; ' ehv'c.-. .if Vh lisih lu cia and gall, him. tiiMps-tot) tat thVste. in ! .'t v .V'' w " -!o'' irny, U C?.!.tnl j( O'.r !'! ' , ' vi:if,jtiuiw ii;t .'glitni (rnrw iy, c b.nHrd m enji'veA and f.irgo:. . ; h vio ieoV on niortuliiy'a oenn wight, "V i not mooU o'er each b l.lmv tlint rolla j Hoi dell on ihe glurku, the beuuCon, liio niiijlit, Asiich ua the aliipwreclu a thon'.t. V i be who rriiifnibcn alone (er. ihe dreiirenl tbedark ; faveo may ware with ita -woe bo ling time, tlo U iiuVr lin.it the aon'g of the lurk, t V niiiy niter farewell whvit 'tin torture to pjrt , lint in meeting the dear one again, . w never r-iio.eoU with that w.lducw of 1 limit ' H lii.li otit-baluncce agee of pain I t li. iM'i not b. mouirn'if n laden uilb bliao . , T)uX the aoul io it fullnca of love, . V o!ild wmer if b dden to ehonae betweet tliia ., And the Pardiee pronme.l above f , Tuoiigh the' eye. may be dimmed with ita grief- diop awhile, . And the while.ied lip i"gh forth lu feiir j let i eule Indeed ie tl.t face where tbe m!le lttolk aeeu than the tear. 'J"' P.iera m titti- when thn auu-m-guaU may rattle . atoiwid ', . , , (. Thi rc wk sjiota where the poianu ahrub grows, "at u re therit not houta when naught elte cau bj found . liut the mth wifcd, the tunehine, and rose I jb, liuplfiaiy rare i the portion thaft oure ! J,! AnJ Uranjre ia tl path that we take, li there eprifcg not b?ide us a few precious flow- .'..( r'e,,; . . " - To xofteii the tboro ia Uie brake. , X!ie wall of rr gret ' rude clashing of strife, - ".'!'tt w v-.' ' 4rtn hut nrf Tet nhink we m ' omiin the dtsoords of life " .' ..'Tis 6oiselfUvr .100ft Vaken the jar. ' .' ' XsrJi i net all t yet it is sot all gloom And (hi Tcice of the gmwful will tell .Tlmt n who olio' t.d pain, death, and the tomb, la' hoxi, health, and the bridal as well. , Sliiuli fate do its wont, and my spirit eppreswe A, . r O'V own saattenxl happiness pisw, aW tfcese thi joy lu another's glad breast, '' ' Jii some pWaBtue must kindle in mine. Bf Sea lay net the voild is a deswrt of thiall ; There is blot " tere is llghf on the waste ( 5fhqh the-cbl ' if life hath its acid and gall, J Taw aw U ' gtops toe for the taste. , i Thn Maine Law baa passed the Hmwetn Delaware by a ote of 11 to 10. Kp earthly power can stay the onward pro res prohibition. ' lu destiny right n! iTha Temperauce party nw receive U flatteriuif attention of the political par i feaiiri" 1 hb" IJold upon the Bcarts Ue people , Voe to e pomiciOj aspi rant iio u- pi rL EWE? .Veiballtriu P cetheal 'J in tp the" law W filed botb 1 J. rceetred the aanction KeGo-rn .ad U now U,. law of tbe ..OKKGON SALTfjAKF. I'OLYOAMY. A VIEW BE HIND THE CURTAIN. BEAUTIES OF SQUATTER SOVEREIGNTY Some of our renders tnuy b.'tve seen the following extract from a private letter to a crrojiondi-nt of the New York Tribune, written by a lady. To an individual pos raaod of the leait sensibility, nnd not whol ly blotted by a brutal coarseness 6f organ ization, this simple, narrative from an unso phisticated "Latter day detnou"will more cffottunlly cxpo.'O tho rottenness of the pe culiar "domestic institution" of Salt Luke than a voluino of arguments. The great wonder to ua is that a nation professing to bo civilized, to say the least, nnd claiming so'iiio sort of superiority over such pontiles as .iro represented to be "without natural affection," such nbomtuations as this modern Salt Lake Sudom reveal?, are not only lolerat'id, but even viewed with a sort of complaceut simile by many of our politi cal demagogues, who disgrnco llio Councils of the nation. Utah will soon be knocking for admission into tho Union, clothed ns she is in ths ha biliments of a harlot. We shall then see whether she will be able to show any . im perative constitutional provisions for intru ding ber lonthesome carcass into o social compact upon an equal footing with her sis ter states. We hope to see ' no dodging among the Douglas Nebrajkaites, but ex pect tliem to walk up liko men and extend the right hand of fellowship to their sister, who conies bearing in her right hand her credentials, as being sound to the core ou the Piorco doctrino of "squatter soveruign tv" in "domestic institutions." Oregoninns ! shall wo support 'a delegate to Congress who will not use what little legitimate- influ ence he may possess in remonstrating, at least, in our behalf, against the admission of Utuh into tho Union I . You as me to give a little mure in detail the in cident In the ears that occurred as wo were oros ing ;'.e Alleghanies, of which I briefly spoke vlii-a we mt L I could not half tell you the story new after the vividness with which it impressed me fVts ft? ncorty passed away ; and if I could, it wnu A not produce the effect it did upon me. I heard it after weeks ef anxiety had' weakened iny iymeni, whtn my long; and wearisome journey bad let me but tlie strvngth-of a child, and my restlem and i ncilrd mind senrd upon it lu all its reality without the melioration always lent to a subject by our own indifference to and personal disconnection with t. A wrong dons to onother becomes an out rage v.hen practised upon ourselvee. I had, thro' wmehing and fasting, become 84 cllierealiied as to lore sight of this sclfisli difference, and to see my neighbor 'as' myself. I felt thst all womankind had been insulted and sacrificed in Ihe perron of MuraareU'' It was my duty to aveiigo it. could have sent the aggressor tumbling into the gorge of one of those mountain torrents and con sidered it but retributive justice. . Tuu Mormon Elderoame into our car, near the foot of the mountains, and sot nour us. He would have beeu good-locking if he had looked good. He had a peculiar manner it indicated such, per fect satisfaction with himself and the world. 1 heard him say he had gone to Salt Lake City be fore the first furrow had beon turned in the ground I listened, for who is not curious concerning that wonderful esodus, 1 heard him tell of their great temple, and bow it wont on stone by stoue, and with each the power of tho devil grew loss and ten.' How new nroeelvtee came pouring ih to awell the host that was waiting ,'to receive the Christ when be should come to reign a thousand years upon the earth.' . ' He was a ntnn of no reading. His knowledge was (like Mr. Orailjriiid's) ronfiii'id to 'fuels,' but he had a natural gift for conversation, and gave a rapid nnd skillfu' outline of bis subject in a way that iuterested you at once. When the n'ght grew dark he came and sat be- hind us. He had fallen into the lianas ot a genus. man whose dexterity in nuertinning led hint on to speak freely of himself, and so gradually they came to tbe 'peculiar ini titution.'. j He said the women seldom carod to marry men of their own age that their alfentions inclined towards the priests and ciders. This convinced mo. that if the men are all hypocrites the women are not wholly so, but that they do this for the exaltation of their souls. My lawyer (for so I shall call the question er) asked whether the women were not jealous of ,rh other. aiDcciallv the vjuneer ones. The saint answertd, 'No.' 'Some few,' be continued were a liule difficult, but it was mostly confined to the young. To be sure, his wife felt it when he married a second timet the rost had never cared.' . ? Did she care so very much" eouliuutd the lswver. '0 yes; I thought at first it wonld have killed beri You see when I became a convert, I did not raderstaad that part of it, because my wife and had been so happy together. We married early and bad scarcely been a day apart When wanted to to to Salt Lake abe did not incline to go, became she did not see so clearly as I the truth of oar great religion bat the idea of my marriage was no hindrance ; it did not occur to ber as pos sible, and it was not Cor a long lime after.) got there that I thought ef it myself , ''. 'Margaret did not mix with the people. Sue re tained her old Eastern ways, and was si ways at boom. 1 never let her do much work her bands CITY, ORKGON TJ5U1UTOBY, SATURDAY, APRIL were too small for that. She was stately in her firm, and she had a queer way of twisting her long hair round her bead, su ft looked liko a crown. Tito fulkssaid she was proud, and and one or two who had daughters asked n e why I did not take a wife, and if I were not afraid. So' It came npon me gradually, while upon her, you seo'it fell like a st oke 'You must have found it difficult to break sucb thing to ber' 'Yes, it was hard todo. But at lust I said I will doit on Thursday, and on Thursday evening when cume home, she wua standing In ths garden, and when I went and put my arn around her, and told her how. It had been revealed to me that I must inurry again What did she say?' 'Nothing. Not ene word. . She just gave one scream. 1 declare l ahull never pet mat scream out of my tan. I believe I should hear it If I were on the Andes. I thought I heard it a mimita ago.' The sleet rattled against Ihe windows of our ear, and the bleak midnight wind swept down the mountains. I thought I beard it too. The Mormon proceeded 'And then she fell ke one deed. I thought she wiu dead, but she come to after a while", and, would you believo It, she never meutioned the subject to me. I could not fiud It in my heart to say a thing about it again for more than five months Meantime she had taken a cold.imd did not get strong again. I saw that she was wearing the thought of It about her like a mourning weed, and so, when she seemed a little better, I talked to her about the gn-at princi ples of our Faith, and how those to whom the Spir it revealed itself must follow Its dictates, or be for ever cast into Hell. And I toW her she need cot fear my ntle.ctioii.for her forever, and that we should never die, but live together and see the thousand ears of Christ's reign upon tho earth, and bo by Him rewarded for our obedience and willingness, now to cast aside our selfish humawill and sacri fice to Him.' 'Margaret was always a true believer. But I had always been wandering in searoh of a rock of Faith until I anchored here. 1 hod heardjiom pulpit after pulpit, such conflicting doctrine, could lay my hand on nothing that seemed secure, and I think ahe was unwilling io set me aurm sgniii, .j ... .h. rniueitted.- Mv oartuii from her was a dreadful one, for she moaned nnd wept like one In dcsDuir, and: I was fool enough to cry, too.' 'I don't wonder," said his intorlocutorv 'It is jard wholly to subdue nature, even at the call of duty t' and be cavo a low laugh. Wheiit came oaek eoounnen-ine jwormcu, it had leen been jnst o all the lime. She had never eut'n and never slept, but only walked up and down always hour after hour.' 'Well, how did she get used to it r . 'She retained tho home I had first built, of , . j . i.! .... i.:nM course. It was large, ana wo nu .uuuu-u, and she was vary lonely, for I was necessarily much away from her. I went as oftou-as I could, but I married in quick anccessioa two others, and so we were much soporulcd, and she fretted on my ab- .., .1. . ic.llu j.F Hence. At losi ii was nils, or mo w,w mc i.n.j restating her fate ; she got iitiel in her mind used to It. In fuct. People do get used to anything on know. - When the iron foroe of circumstances, irssFOj them on every side, and they do uot know where or how to resist, they at least grow 'quiet.' She took it into hor head after a while, that sho would not live very long, ami she said it -vas not worth whilo to be separated so much ths little time she was hero, and it I pleased the families might sll come and live together. . I told her she was sensible, and getting used to things. Uut she only said something to heielf about the collapsing sides of an iron shroud, press ng out her life. It sounded like poetry, She always had a way of picking up odd things out of books. ". 'Did the get well ?' . 'No, not vet. . Indeed her cough b rathor worse, and she is more feeble, but she seems happy eu6ugh. Sho is very kind to every one, especially the two children, and she 'will' get better wnen the spring comes, I know she will, because it has been revealed to me that she is to live and dwell with me a thousand years when Christ shall reigu and judge the world.'" LOUIS NAPOLEON GOING TO THE CRIMEA. .The Now Orleans Picayune gives the following extraordinary" intelligence to its readers, and says : "We are. not permitted to name our au thority, It will suffice to say that by the last mails a lottor was recetveo trom i uris, by an individual in this city. We have been permitted to publish a translation of a portion of this correspondence." "Ihe iwiperor nas icrseeu mi vuo calami ties, aud reverses of Sevastopol, evor since the Allied army sat down before the city. SLArnaud was a trooper (panaW) he ani'eht have taken the place by a charge of cavalry, at me nrst. onsei, um iuhiuj: m.,.., . step-e became necessary. Neither Raglan nor Canrob'tt were enual to their position, and Louis Nupolcon loew it.. He did not want .Sevastopol to be taken thi 't inter, no knew that, short of a butchery, of which the history of war affords no parallel, the place coald not be carried." He determined that Sevastopol should subserve a mighty political purpose. For thi he has been delaying supplier, while he has concentrated bis forces in France. Ab overwhelming army is gather ing on the Prussian frontier. At Marseilles, Toulon ana Algiers, iiou'us, u uo hjiu forced by English vessels, will be ready, to sail witb"70,000 men on March 15th. On the arrival of tbis armada inthe Crimen, the Emperor will leave Pariv and appear in person before Sevastopol. A eoup dt truun, upon a gigantic scale, will: be attempted. Sevastopol will ' falL Tbe JaM army, flushed with tlto ( 'Al, will sweep oviw the Crimea and occupy the Ithmaa of rerokop. After a campaigu which will endure a fort night, Louis Xapplvan will return to Paris, where the atiddtiinnsa o.' his departure and the promptness of his return will find all conspiracies unprepared fur duvclopomeiit, oud whore tho glory of his vtelory will scatter all further treaton to tho winds. "Such is the campaign contemplated by Louis Napoleon. Do assured that if Provt donee does not 'interfere, it will take' place as I have said. 'Collaterally with the de parture of tbe Emperor for tho Enit, the French army on tho Russian frontier will operate upon Rhenish Prussia. A note will be emit to the fving ot 1 russia, nomnnu ing frco passage for the French troops through his dominions, which, if refused, will advance to tho Rhine." If tho above proves to bo correct, Louis Napoleon has out phred the wholfl world. We hnve ouly been creating a monster in Sevastopol, we have been endowing it with terror, so as to appreciate the feat in con templation by tho astute Emperor of achiev ing agroatTkUssian victory whore his nncle encountered his most disastcrous defeat. "We will venture to suggest to the rumsellers of this city, the formation of an exclusively moral suasion tcmpersuce society. They have so much faith in moral suaaon and so sinoere a love or the temperance cause, that they cannot but take some active measures to try moral suoson to its utmost, aud remove intemperance entirely! Should like to attend some of the meetings." Tho foregoing hint to vhe 'moral suasion' gentry of Auburn, by the fair edit ress of the Cayuga Chief we think eq 'tally applicable to the gentle advocates of the moral suasion fraternity in Oregon. We presume quite a numerous society could bo organized at short notice, of warm advocates of such tru ly pious and gentle means in rolling back the darkelouds of iutemptrnnco in Oregon, by posting notices fur a grand rally, in the dillerent grogshops of tho country. Wo are quite sure that grog-selleri themselves would bo found flocking into such an asso ciation like "doves to' their windows. niHt.illrrs nnd svirituaHv minded parsons, i as par nubile fnitrum might sit down in svvee'. e'";ir:""" nd -discuss the mighty superiority of "gentlo suasiuu" over the harsbor method of prohibition. . Jf tbesn gentlemen will call a convention aud organize, we will chcirfu!!y,pub!ish every plunk iu their platform, provided they will inform ua by a mathematical computa t!on, just nboul how many thousand years ahead, according to tho doctrine ot progres sion, by "moral suasion,'' wo niay look for their temperance millennium. THE IMMACULATE CQXCEPTIONJN , FRANCE. Thoro ure somo signs of opposition in France to the new ducma of the Immacu late ' Conception- Tho Council of State, whoso approbation is necessary nt tho pro mulgation of any bull from tbe Pope, is said to show symptoms of a revolt. A Judge of the Court of Cessution.is writing a pamphlet against it, nnd oue of tho mem bers of tho Council will pronounce an elab orate oration against granting tho vita: The above which wt. clip from the "Register and Citizen'1 would seenr to in dicate that th( 'thrillingly interesting qure tion of tbe immaculate conception of the Virgin Mary has not lieen wholly put to rest as yet among the Pope's spiritual chil- drotsf Whether tho "Council of Stats" and "Judge of tho Court of Cecession"in France will join issue-with this new born dogma, upon the ground of a doubt as to its having issued from the true and veritable oracle of infallibility, tho only mouth divinely au thorized to speak "greatswelling things," or whether it will lie based upon the im perfection of tbe decision in mt having traced back tho lineal chain' of Mary's an cestry, to seo that no intervening link from hor to Adam, (if, indeed, she were descend ed from him) was touched with the rust of "original sin," remains yet to bo seen. We fear, however, that these presumptu ous dissenters will soon be tossed in middle air upon the horns of the Pope's bull, and reach the earth with their, spiritual carcass es dreadfully mangled if not mortally woun ded. :. THE NEW TARIFF BILL. The House of Representatiyes on Satur day adopted an auiendmont or postscript to the Ueuerai Appropriation jiu, Dy which tl, rataa ti( Italics on Import navable under the subsisting Tariff (of 1846) are to be reduced, from and after tbe 1st of July neat, as follows: - '". Schedule A (comprising brandy and all other distilled liquors, including cordial) from 100 por cent, to 800 per cent, ad valorem. Schedule B. fincludinir all wines, cigars. snufTand other forms of manufactured to bacco', cut glass, meats, rasint and other preserved fruits, game, spices, manufacture of mahogany and other fancy woods, with a ftr more articles of no importance,) from 21, - 18:S 40 per Cent, to 8i! nor cent, ad rahrem, S;hedul.i C, including iron in all shapes, cotton fabrics, woolen do. (with exceptions), carpets, arms, ale and beer, clothing, bon net, boxe coal, crockery, chinavcutlory, furniture, fur manufactures, glues Tumblers, cVc,, not cut, hats lump, jewelry, laces, linen manufactures, molasses, paper, pepper, plated ware, silk manufactures, soup, sugar, raw tobacco, umbrellas, wood (common) and manufactures of do., willow do., wares of bn,s, iron, copper, tin, Ac , which have bitheiU) paid 30 per Cent, shall hereafter pay 24 per cent, ad valorem. yool, unmanufactured, hitherto paying 30 per cent., wjll, after July next, pay but por cent. . .. , lilaiikoU, fall kinds) Jiitherlo paying 20 por cent., ana flannels, hitherto paying 23, will both pav 20 per cent, hereafl ir, w hile the imported wool used in their manufacture will pay but 8 per cent,, instead of 30. Flax manufactures will continue to pay 20 per ceut, ns nt pro'nt. Silk manufacture' hitherto paying 25 per cent., are horenftcr to pay 24 per cent. Flax raw, silk raw, with or without the gum, hitherto paying 15 per cent., Manila, sisnl grass, brimstone, India rubber, indigo, cochineal, acids, Ac, bithoito paying 10 per cent, or over, shall hereafter bo charged but 4 per cent. Books, engravings, flaxseed, furs, (dressed or undressed) periodica.! Ac, hitborto pay ing 10, will horcailcr pay but 8 per cent. Salt, Brazil woed, madder nnd dyestntf, unmanufactured except as before enume rated, burr stones, bnltinj cloth, seeds ice and aniimtls of all kinds, to bo henceforth freo. . ' . Articles not nnnud above will nearly all pay 20 per ceut, h'a thnu they have hitherto dono. WIIATIS A Ml NIK RIFLE? Every account received from the war in the Crimea is loud in praise of tho "Miuie Rille." ' ' These fire arms in the hands of good marksmen deal certain destruction nt an im mense distune, and the wholesale simili ter of the Russian gunners at tho batteries of Sovastopol, has won for this weapon of death ' the soubriqueut of "King ot Fire Arms." Su dreaded is this fatal ball that a Russian gunner gne to his station at an em brasure as to certain death. ., The barrel of "V ihs. nmn'r. 'be Iongut otw ltraor".. Cb."p'"-" ki'x.v.t, w channels banco li-j..jtii'-'vT nrlo, which ... a wk..J..4 f--n Tli..nii.l mcniia iihvu ui m -. ..... - - -v ject of a rifle barrel- iV in gi"o greater pre cision W tho ball, by co'nn'.uicating to ita rotary motion. This mo'ion it receives on its passage out of tho gn.i, provided tho ball is so crowded into tin); barrel as to fill up partially or entiroly tha grooves ; and the more perfectly tho ball fits into tbo barrel the truer its course, and tho less windage there is '. that is. tuo less space there is bo weouthe ball and tho barrel fur tho strength of the powdot to oseapo, . It is estimated that when the windago is only ono-twoutieth of tho calibre of tho gun one-third of the powder escapes and of eourso its strength Is nist. Tho urent object therefore to beobUmod, is a perfect fit to tho barrel by tho ball, thus to give tho rotary motion, nnu to save tuo powder. 1 . . .... .!! A trench guti-simm invemea a rinc which bad its brooch pin project wedge- shaped, nbott. two inches into tho barrel. Tho ball, a conical shaped one, win then dropped into' the burrol. and a few heavy blows by tho rammer, nrove mo weago or pin into the ball so as to till tho grooves in tno onrrei... - Tho Minio ball, now so famous, is nn im provement upon nil bulls, inasmuch as it makes the powder slug or spread tho ball, instead of the rammer doing tlint worn The ball is oblong with a conical point In its base it has a conical hollow running half or two-thirds the length of the ball. A cun made of sheet iron is placed in the orifice of this hollow, which at the instant of firing is driven by the powder with great force into the ball. Thus spreading it open, so ns in its course out, to perfectly slug or fill tho grooved barrel. Ibis accomplishes the whole obiocl : it saves time in ramming it destroys windage, thus economizing in powder, and makes tho ball perfectly fit the barrel so as to civo the ball a complete rotary motion, and certaintity of direction. Thus the Miuie improvements taking its name from a I'rench orhrer named Minni . The conical shape of tbe bullet gives it greater weight of uv:tul than a round one, affords lea resistance to tho air, and greatly increases the distance it can be thrown. This shaped bull, however, has been used for a long time bv sportsmen. A I'aris correspondent of the Tribune, some months siiico, was witness, to experi ments made by Major Minis himself with his ball, and taw tbatomcer plant three balls in succession iB a target the size of a man's hat at the distande of three-fourt'i i f a mile. And this officer said he could do it all doy long and teach any other man to do so. . V .. It is not to be wondered at that the Rus sians have a horror of tho French chass i rs and their Minio bsll. The present popularity of the rifle owes iU origin to the skill nf Amfricau sharp shooters, bred and trained in our new sct iJemenU, have shown tho efficacy of the rifle ball in nickirz off officers, gunners and prominent objects ; but its perfection, we imagine, has been accomplished ny the hands ff the French. CVsvfiW UtraH. 1 NUMHEU ONE. NOT SO. Tho ClmoUud Herald gets eloquent on tho Miuie ritloand lakes up a position that shows he it not posted up in projectiles. We clip a, paragraph : "There is probably no riflo in existence that is Io deadly iu its evcu io J a the Miuie, nn invention of a recent date. It has been extensively used in Crimea Af tho Allies, and with terrible oiled. The Enslish officers state that a shot from a Miuie Rifle w II kill four nun in file and disnb'e the fifb, whilo th best shot from an ordinary musket will kill but one." The Mitiie rillo is a very good instrument for a European production, but it does not begin with the rifle invented by Col. Co!-- Tho opinion entertained by the CleveUm. Herald, was once vory popular in LoP1' To do away with that popularity, Col. O1 in November last, invited the officers ot the Ordnance Department to make a trial with him. Several of them did so. They , fired a Minio rifle and ball, aud Col. Colt fired one of bis repeating rifl 'S -each being loaded with an ordinury charge. Colt's beat tho Minie, driving a ball through six teen inch boards, while the Minie penetrated only thirteen. They then loaded Colt's rillo with a Minio ball, ami it bent by great odds the gnu orJinarily used with . thoso balls, loaded iu the same way, with precisely tho same amount of powder. The ex periments were varied, by loading each gun with its own charge of powder and ball, and then tach with the Minie cartridge and ball ; and in oiery ci.se Colt's arm proved itself to be decidedly superior to tbe Minie. American editors should make a tote of , these things. In the manufacture of tho rifle, the citizen of tho United States have 'ever uikcu precedence of tho world. This precedence is still maintained ami wo im agine always will bo. Tho Cleveland Her ald should back down on tbe Minie and acknowledge tho corn. . Will it do so? Knickerbocker. WHISKEY AND NEWSPAPERS. A glass of whiskey is manufactured from per haps s down grains of mashed oorn, the value of which is to small too be estimated. A pint ef this mixture sells at retail at one shilling, aud if of s brand, It is considered by lit consumers well worth the money. It is drank off in a minute or two it tires the brain rouves the passions sharpens the . i, j-,1 ile deranges and weakens ths the physical system: it is gone and swolea ;. pa.ohsd tip tolling 1 rid a. its f.-ltosn.. .Ou Ihe same sideboard iipn wh.ch this it served lies u, vpaper, the MW WL.ui paper ot wnion cosi threefourihs of a cent iho compoiitien for the whole edition costing from leu to fifteen dellars per day. It is covered with half a million of types; it brings intelligence fiom the four quarurrs of the globe it lias iu its clenrly printed columns all that is orange or new at home it tells you the stale of the mukets gives accounts of the last develop iiniiit, the execution of the last murderer and the InU-st slenniboat explosion or railroad disaster and yet for all this, Ihe newspaper coats Ices than tb glass of grog the juice of a few grains of com. It it ns less strange than true, that there are a large portion oflhe community who think the corn juice ", chenp and the newspaper dear J aud tbe printer has hard woik to collect his dimes, where .the liquor ilenlers lire pnt(cheerlully. -How is this f Is the biiy a better paymaster than the bead, and things of the momejil more priwd than ihirgs of eternity 1 lathe transient tickling of the slomach of more consequence thaa the improvement of the Jful, and tho Information that is essential Io a rutioiial being ? If this had its real value, would not the newspaper be worth many pints of whii-ky 7 forest Ci'y. OR WIN OF -OVER THE LEFT." The following extracts from the old court records of Counocticut are sufficiently pWu, without tho opinion of any of our modern theolugiuus : "At a county court hoi 1 at Hartford, Sep tember 4, 1700. "Wherens, Jarnes Steel did commence an action against Bevel Waters, (both of Hart ford,) iu this conrl, upon hearing nnd trial whereof the Court gave judgment againt tho said Waters, (as in justice they think thoy ought,) upon the declaring the said judgment the said Waters did review to the Couitiu March next, that beitiggrantcd and. entered- tho said' Watew, ns he departed from the table, he said, 'God bless you over the left shoulder.' "Tbe Court ordered a record thureof to lie uiadefiirthwith. VA truo cpie :,Tet. ' Clkb Stanley, Clerk." At the next court Waters was tried for Contempt, for saying the words recited, "so cursinff tho Court," and on verdict fined 6. lie asked a review at the court following, which was granted ; and ponding trial, the Court usked counsel of the Rev. Messrs, Woodbridge and Btickingnam, the minintor of the Hartford churches, as "to the common acceptation" of the offensive phrase. Their reply constitutes a part of ths record, and is as follows: ' . "We arc of opinion fnatth wr'da, said on the other side to be spekea by lictV Waters, iucludo 1 profaucness, bv usin the name of God, that is holy, with such ill words whereto it weVjoiticd ; 2 that they carry great contempt in them, arising to the degree of an imprecation or a curse, the words of a curse being the moat con temptible that ordinarily can bo used. "T. WooDaiDot, ''March 7, 1705-6. "T. Bi'ckingium." The former judgment js affirmed on re view. This, it is believed, is the earliest iottwce of then of thi phrase to be rntl with. ., i 4 s 1