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THE OREGON ARGUS. ; . rvlMMIfD Vfr MTUKOAT MUSNIXg, BY WILLIAM L. ADAMS. ' Oflicc-Good's Building, Miiin at. Edito rial Room in lirst story. ' TERMS Thi A sou irirt hi fumithed at f ana rijiy i r per annum, la lingU lubteriker. Three Pullurt ' mmrk fa rluUm at tmm - ' .. rfl... . t3T Twa Dollars for tii mouths No subscrip tions rtrettutl fur i lmm n; W No paper discontinued Until all arrmragis mimfmtu, ! l option OJ ins pulllutr Japan. Jnpnn !t ao extensive group of islands in tie West Paeifio Ocean, off tlio coast cf China. Tlio climato of tie northern por. lion U cold llmt of iho southern, tropical, There it a population of 34,000,003 of yh low people, who aro very induttrioui, and lira chiefly on rico. They abominate flesh . but eat eggs and fish. They aUo drink Ua abundantly. The Jesuit niisxioniirics ' firt introduced Christianity and tobacco two hundred years ago. Tlio Japanese soon rootud out tha religion, but liked the tobacco better, and have smoked it over vine. They have two emperor, one of whom is the head of the church, llio other the bend of the stale. Each has his own , capital, and both spiritual and tomporul af ' fairs are well cared for. One of the emperors has twelve wives which one we clo not remember. Polyga my Is alio prnci iced by the upper classes as it is in all countries, inoro or less openly, according to circumstances. Literature in iu high repute, and the Japanese lim e fe male writers of great reputation, both his torians and poets. Tlio ladies of Japan Lave also a tasto for music, such as it is, and are dextrous instrumental performers. In Japan, every man's relations aro re aponiihlv for his good conduct. The small ' est oflensos are punished with death, and not only la the criminal killed, but all his relations are put to death in the sumo hour. In light offenses, the female relations are only sold ; but when tho crime is high trea ' ten, the whole tribe is exterminated. The Japniieso believe in suicide. They hill themselves upon the slightest provoc lion. If you injure or insult a Japanese, he walks up before you, and coolly opens ' himself with a sharp knife. As in China, the women of Japan are of remarkable delicacy, modesty, and puri ty. Tlicy are also said to be very fusuina- ' ting. The Japanese aro great on cotton and silk. Those form their whole dress, and are produced andmanufiiclured of the best quality, and in great abundance. They are also strong iu the varuish business, and are very fond of radishes ; hut their straw- ' berries aro not good, mid they do not cat ' milk, butter, or cheese. They use honey ' for medicine, and beeswax to make poor man s plasters. They are strong allopaths, ' and buy drugs of the Chinese and Dutch. The large cities aro admirably policed. ''Tho streets are short, mid each one is regis- - . J i 4 ... f 'i .. icrea. a captain 01 cnon street is ap ' jiointod, who is responsible for its cleanli " iiess and order; and r.o man can move in ' until his character has been investigated. If the people already living in the street ' have no objections, he can move in on the ' first of May. : The Frigate Slerrtmac. The new steam frigate Mcrrimac, Capt. PendarL'raaL has sailed from Boston. Her armament is a terrific one. On the main deck she will carry twentv-four nino inch guns, each weighing 0000 pounds. On her spar deck she has fourteen eight-inch tjuas, each weighing 9000 pounds, and two tea-inch guns, one forward and the other aft, each weighing 12,000 pounds ta all forty shell guus. She carries about cevea tiaudred tons, of coal. Her ieagth over all w 300 feet, her breadth 51 feet 6 inches, and her measurement about 4000 tons. , She lias her full complement of offi cers and men on board in all 560. The ''boat-guns" of the Merrimac, three in number, were cast at tho Washington Jla-' vy Yard, and can either be used in boats, or mounted as field-pieces, to use on shore. 1 One is a twelve-peunderof 760 lbs. ; and the third a twenty-four-pounder, weighing ASIA 1 j.vv pounus. Room for Another male. 'There ia a large extent of country lying to the east of the Sierra Nevada, and north of the Carton Valley route through Utah tU California, of which little is known. Orson Hyde, the Mormon Judge of the newly -created county of Carson, has re cently made a expedition into- this terra incognita. His report is interesting so far s it settles the question of tho existence of Urge tract af beautiful and fertile land, saeceplibls of culture, and capable of sus taining a large population. That a belt rAk.tlta nnA a.1mirahtv adunfffd frt arrri. VI ..I M'V . M H U -) J j Q . cultural purposes, and of sufficient extent to form a Stale of respectable size exists, bounded on the west by the Sierras, on the ast by the desert country of Utah, and ex tending more than four hundred miles north and south, is no longer problematical, but an established fact ; and unless Congress should alter the present boundaries and at tach this narrow belt of fertile country to California, anew Territory, distinct from tha Salt Lako or Utah Territory, will be reouired. before a nroner irovemroent can be administered over this highly valuable and now rapidly populating portion of our national domain. It is too far from the Salt Lake settlement to be conveniently at tached for ;ud;ciJ prracj, azJ f-r half 1 A "Weekly NewsjmiKT, devoted to tie Principles of Jeflersoniuu Democracy, and advocating Vol. II. the year almost totally cut oil" from any direct communication with it, by a boll of desert country hundreds of miht in width, And now that tha people of Utah aro mov ing in tho matter of admission as a State, proper steps should bo taken to secure the annexation of this extensive valley country to California, or its erection Into a uew Tur ritory. S. r JItrald. I.NDUX OlITIIHEAIC IS SlIASTA CotNTT TwKNTir Indians Suim. The Union Karn, from Mr. Skillman, of tho Shasta Courier, arrived lust Friduy evening at Sacramento, somo important iutclligeoco ns to an Indian outbreak in tho countv named : Last Tuesday evening, tho In di.ius living on Cow Creek, seino eighteen miles from Shasta, to the number of over throe hundred, made a descent on Hurrold'i Mill, but after a severe skirmish, were repulsed, with tho lost of twenty of their number. It appears that, ubout a mouth sinco, a partner of one Dr. Juskepp, for tome cause unknown to the informant, kill cd an Indian Chief. This act to incensed tho savages that they immediately com mencod collecting their forces, preparatory to tlio attack, lortunntely, thoir move mcnts and intentions were disclosed in time ta the proprietors of tho Mill, by a squaw, and instantly tho Whites iu tho neighbor hood, numbering somo forty men, armed themselves, and repaired to the Mill, and wero fully prepared to receive tho savagct at tho moment of attack. The Indians were srmed only with bows and arrows Alter tne contiict whs over, word was immediately dispatched to Shasta City, and on the following morniug, about thirty ol tho citizens armed themselves, and hasten ed to the scene of action, to assist thoir fel lows, in the event of another attack. But two of tho Whites were wounded in the buttle ; one, named John Hunt, was shot in the hand, and another person, namo un known, injured in tho head. Tho Indians were only detorredfrom continuing the fight by the darkness, and it was expected that they would certainly renew the attack an tho ucxt day. .Mormon Immigration. Tho Mormons, who arrived in the ship John J. Boyd, at this port on Saturday, aro mostly Danes , but among them are several Norwegians, Italians from tho Protestant valley of Pied mont, and two Icelanders. They aro stout, hearty looking people, with an expression of Intelligence above that of the average European immigrants. The greater num ber are agriculturists, though the trades arc well represented. This ship load is said to be oi ly tho forerunner of an immense Mor mon immigration which we may look for next spring. The cmniissaries from Groat Salt Lake are reported to have been very successful in making proselytes in Norway, Denmark and Switzerland. In Denmark alone they havo fifty-six traveling ministers, and several hundred local elders. They meet with occasional opposition from the municipal authorities in soma places; hut this, as is usually the case, has only served to excite the sympathy of the lower classes in their favor. One member of the company by the John J.Boyd, was imprisoned eight months, and subjected to many privations, in a town of Denmark. It is estimated that about 10,000 converts will be landed here this season, mostly from the sou rces above named. It is satisfactory to know that tbey are all able to pay their passage here; that they gen erally bring a little money into tho country, and do not become a charge to our already burdened city. iVr. Y. Jour. Com. Lire la a Powder Hill. Dickena thus describes a visit to the powder mill of Ilounslow, near London : ''In this silent region, ami J whoso ninety- seven work places no human voice ever breaks upon the car, and where indeed no human form is seen except in tho isolated house in which his alloted task is perform ed. There are upward of 250 workmen employed. They are a peculiar race, not of course by uature, in most cases, but by tho habit of years. The circumstances of momcntory destruction in which they live, added to tho most stringent and necessary regulations, have subdued their minds and feeling to the condition of their hire. There is seldom any need to enforce these regula tions. Some terrific explosion hero, or in Works of a similar kind elsewhere, leaves a fixed ftar iu their memories, and acts as a constant warning. "Here no shadows of a practical joke or caper of animal spirits ever transpires no witticism, no chaffing or slang. A laugh is never beard ; a smile seldom seen. Even the work is carried on by the men with as few words aa possible, and these uttered in a low tone. Not that anybody fancies that mere sound will awaken the spirit of combustion or cause an explosion to take place, but that their fbelings are al ways kept subdued. If one man wishes to communicate anything to another, or ask fur anything from somebody at a shrt d;s- OREGON CITY, tancc, he must go there ho i never per mil ted to shout or call out.' There it particular reaton fur this last regulation, Amid all this silence, whenever a shout duct occur ever) bo ly know that tome em inent danger Is expected the next moment, all rush away headlong from tha direction of tho shout. At to running toward it to offer any awisluncF, at common in all H her eaves, it it thoroughly understood that neno can bo afforded. "Au accident here is immediate and be yond remedy. If tho shouting be continu ed for tome time (for a man might be drowuing iu a river.) that might cause ono or two ef tho boldest to return : but this woulJ be a very raro occurrence. It is by no means lobe inferred that tho men are telfith and insensible to tho perils of each other ; on the contrary they liavo tho great est consideration for each other, as well as far their employers, and thiuk of the dan ger of the lives of others, and of property at slake at all times, and more especially In the moro dangerous houses. The proprie tor of the vaiiout gunpowder mills all dis play Iho time consideration for each other, nud whenever any improvement tendering to lesson dsngcr is niudo by one, it is imme diately communicated to all other. The wage of the men are good, and tho hours very short ; no artificial lights are ever used in the work. They leave the mills at half past threo in the afternoon, Winter and sum mer." A Ua sua nous Duel. Tha Reme, Ga., Courier has an account of a duel lately foncht near Dallas, Pauldinz county. Tha parties were 'Wiley Jones and William Bane, relatives. They fought with rifles and fired three times. At the first shot a part of Jones's left enr was shot off. The parties not being satisfied, they reloaded and fired, a part of Jones's right car lock being cut off by the ball of his antagonist They were still not satisfied loaded agaiu nd firod, B.ino's ball passing through Jones's hat, just above his head. Jones then made at his antagonist with the rifle, and attempted to knock him down with it, hat Bane got the advantage, knocked him down and boat his brains out, and fled un hurt. Jouas died immediately, and up ta the latest accounts Buna had not been ar rested. ' Col. Benton and Slavery in Missouri. Col. Benton, In a letter to the National utelligencer, denies the statement made by Mr. Greeley at tho rittsburg Conven lion, that he was iu favor ef abolishing sla- ery in the State of Missouri. Iloaavs: It so happens that there is a clause in the Constitution of the State of Missouri which forbids the Legislature to emancipate laves without the consent of their owners; nd it further so happens that I was much nstrumentnl (though not a memborof the Convention) iu getting that clause put in, nd for the express purpose of keeping 7r- very agitation out of the State." The Fall or Barnum. The author of that book glorifying himself as a millionai re from the arts and npplianccs of obtain- g money under false pretence, is, accord ing to his own statements in court, com pletely crushed out. All the profits of all is Feejee mermaids, all his wooly horses, Greenland whales, Joyco lleths, negroes turning white, Tom Thumbs, and monsters and impostures of all kinds, including the reported $70,000 received by the copyright of that book, are oil swept away, Hindoo alace, elephants and all, by the lata invin iblo showman's remorseless assignees. It is a case eminently adapted to ' "point a moral or adorn a tale." ' But if the world has heretofore loaked on with admiration and astonishment at Bar num't shrowdness, talents and success, it ill now learn with equal surprise the as tounding fact that all his splendid enter prises and their golden returns of twenty years, have been swallowed up in a single confidence speculation in Yankee- clocks Yankee clock speculation in which the great financier ha fully eclipsed the folly, carelessness and credulity of any confidence case we have ever heard of. The history of the great showman is thus, however, con- istently wound up. The poison of that demoralizing book is thus effectively ren dered innocuous. It can do no further arm. The forfeit is paid. lie has made clear atonement, and sacrificed all- He ... t ... .. mt it is entitled to cretin :or u. l no puouc, lercfore, may now freely sympalhse with Barnum a the victim of misplaced confi dence in lankee ciocks ; ana me wnoie community will bo pleaded to learn that in spirit he is not broken down, but that he has yet the will and the activity required to start with the world again in a less os tentatious, but more honorable business career than that which has made him a Jeremy Diddle r, a mountebank, a roillioo.-. aire and a bankrupt. V. Y. II'. raid. OCT No tT tilings differ more than bur. ry and dkpatcb. Hurry is the mark of a weak mlsi difpaich of a ttronj cc, O.T., MAY 3, 185C. ' , Hulctdct tn Vrance. Thbre have been 900,000 suicides in France since 1800, and tho number i in creasing with appalling rapidity. Thcro were Iu Faanco iu 1813, 151 suicide mere thnu Iu 194'VSOO more than in 1941,208 more than In 18 10, 273 mora than in 1830, 431 more than in 183d, 577 more than iu 1837, 090 more than in 1830, 715 more than io 1910, 042 more than in 1834, thut is to toy, there ha been an increase of 32 per cent in ten year, without any re lution to the increase of the population, and the total number from 1843 to 1853, will present a still more rapid Incrcnse. Suicide is mare common among men than ameng women ; three times more common In Taris than in tho Provinces ; rare among children, it i now iprraJing among them ; it occurs moro frequently in old age than at any other peiiod of life; bachelors nud widower are most given to suicide ; out of 4,693 suicides, 282 are attiiVv " Pev' erty, 607 wire committed by persons of largo fortune,' 2,000 wero committed by persons who worked fur their livelihood, and tho others by-persons more or less poor, suicides Increase most rnpidly, and most common in the best educated departments; the number of suicides, crime and iusauity augmented invariably from January to July, and decrease progressively from August ta December; they aro more common on the first and second day of tho mouth than at any other period ; the uumber of suicides increase in the ratio of their vicinity to far is ; charcoal is the fuvorite means of death; out of 4.DU5 cases 1,42(1 were com milted by this meat ; 089 sought death by drowning, 700 by hanging, 878 by fire arms, 424 by leaping from windows, &so., 207 by daggers, 153 by poison, 10 by throwing themselves under locomotives, Ac., and ono by starvation. Wa(ion Uoad Meeting. A meeting of signers of tho Wagon Road Memoriul. was held on Saturday evening in the auction room of Jones and Middleton. Col. Crocket presided aud A. G. Randull acted as Seeretary. The books containing the Memoriul and tha signatures were presented. There ore- two books, each twonty inches long, four teen wide and six thick. Tho names, sixty thousand in number, are pasted in on tho loaves. , Maj. P. B. Reading, Dr. C. M. Hitch cock, Mnj. Caporton, and Dr. Hill, were in structed to take the memorial to Congress and present it to the California delegation. Cut. Chronicle. What becomes of tub Pins ! Ik ap pears by the Report of the Secretary of the Treasury that the number ef pins made per annum in the United States is two bill ions six hundred and seven millions three hundred and sixty thousand ; and it isscn tentiously remarked, "Pins have the Amer ican market." If so, it cannot be denied that tho market has tha pins. : And the question is suggosted by the New York Times "What becomes of these pins? The pnpulution ef the country is twenty- six millions. I'oes eacu inamuual con sume over one hundred pins a year I for that is tho average supply. ' But it is well known that it is only one sex who consume pins at all. Does each American example of the feminine gender suppress two hun dred pins a year I From babyhood to ma ternity, aud from that to the grave) the passion for pins, it is admitted, is a part of woman's nature ; but wa submit that this fact affords no satisfactory explanation of the disappearance of twenty-six hundred and seven millions of pins per annum." Cauout in a Trip or their own Set ting. Some of our readors will remember the case of Fylcr, of Syracuse, N. Y., who was tried, some little time since, for the murder of his wife. Tho agreement, as is asserted, between tho prisoner and his counsel, was, that in case- Fyler was saved from hanging, his counsel were to have $4,000. Of this amount $1,000 wore paid in cash, and the remainder aecured by a mortgage on his farm.' Tho counsel put in a plea of in sanity, and Fylcr was sent to the Lunatic Asylum. The mortgage Is now about due, and tho holders, on proposing to foreclose it, met with tho defense, that if tho maker of it was insane when the murder was com mitted, could he have been sane at the time of giving tho mortgage f It looks as though tha lawyers were caught this time, j Is it a Subs Thing I The California Farmer of April 18th says "We have conversed with several who know the mar ket, and they know that within out w' flour will be sold at 18 and 97 50 per 111. Wc repeat what we il,d W week there are ffly lhoiUn4 oarreh to spare in Cali fr"'a lad Oregon for outside trade before the crops come in over and above thirty two thousand and five hundred barrels per month for tha State." CO" Indian depredations continue with- Jout ata!!T.sit 03 the frontier of Texas. tlio side of Truth in every wsue. No. 3 LATE FROM EUROPE. Peaci Conferences. The plenipoten tinriel hold thoir first nieoling at the Hotel of I oreigu Affair, Paris, Monday, Feb. 23. Present, Buul, Ilubnor, Wulowki, Clarendon, Cowley, Orloff, Iirunow, Ca- voiir, Villainarina, Ali Mehomct Count Walcwski prodding. .( Tho session lasted threo hours and half. Walcwski opened the conference bv an introductory speech. Credential were exchanged, and a written guaranty not to a it divulge the proceedings until the whole be concluded. Discussion on an armistice then ensued. An armistice w'atsettled un til the end of March, but not affecting the blockade of Russian poits. It is nsscrlcd that Russia, while assent ing to tho dismantling of Subastopol, Bo inarsund, and even Nicolaiellj refuses to do protectorate over the Greek Christians. Thus far the indications aro favorable to the supposition that Russia really desires poucc. Vienna letters assert that CortschakofT, the diplomatist, had stated thut the Rus sian government considers the convocation of a geueral European Congress, Imino diatoly after a treaty of peace is signed, the best means of settling all questions. France and Austria favor tho idea, Eng land does not. The ovideut cordiality existing between Franco and Austria begius to excite uneasi ness in England, and a triple league of France, Austria, and Russia, against Eng land, is surmised as not an Imprtbableinci- dent of tho future. The Crimea. Order have been for warded to the allied generuls In tha Crimea respecting tho armistice, and it is said that Napoleon has intimated to the generals and admirals now in Paris that probably they need not return to their commands. Leave of absence is now freely given to officers in the Cnmea. . Tho heulth of tho armies continues good. The allies were about to destroy the sunk en ships in Sebastopol harbor, by dropping upon them heavy shells to explode under wnter. Turkey. It is stated, via Vienna, that Ismail Pacha supersedes Omcr Pacha in the Asiatic command. Omcr recently demanded from tho Porte appointment as Minister of War, with the poworof commander-in chief of all Turk ish forces. J On being refuted,' be sent io hia resignation, which was accepted. Pii vate advices do not confirm this. j Tho Sultan's decree in favor of the Christians has been read iu presence of Turkish dignitaries at Constantinople. -Russia. Throe thousand Russians are employed day and night in constructing a triple row of piles right across the Gulf of Finland, twelve miles across, and six miles from Crenstadt, with a few openings, be hind which is a steam fleet of 18 ships, 14 corvettes, and 70 gun-boats. A Russian uktse orders immediate issue of treasury notes In seven series, amount ing in the aggregate to 21,000,000 roubles. . Within the past fow weeks large amounts of specie hare been forwarded across the Russian frontier to the address of Stieylctz tic Co., St. Petersburg, the Russian Court bankers. Great energy is manifested in Russia in advancing railways. Relations between Russia and Persia in crease in cordiality. Great Britain. There is some talk, but it is merely talk, of an early dissolution of Parliament or change of government. Tho rumor, however, had affected the funds. Wednesday, Feb. 27, the Lord Mayor of London assembled a distinguished party at the mansion house to meet Minister Buch anan previous to his return home. Unfor tunately, Mr. Buchanan was on the same day invited to dine with the Queen, and etiquette required him to give Victoria's dinner tho preference. The Mayor's company consisted of mem bers of Parliament, representing leading commercial constituencies ; alto American and colonial merchants. Tho Lord Mayor made' speech regretting the absence of Mr. Buchanan, because tho reception he would have met from representatives of leading interest would have proved to him the absence of all unfriendly feeling in Bri tain as regarded America, and shewn that though big words might arise on. either side, the interests of commorco, ;,s.ce, civiliza tion and hunvanity Were too powerful to permit collision between England and tha UniieJ Stales. , . Similar feeling were expressed by other speakers, among them Mr.Cobden and Larl Elgin. , On the 27th Feb. Ibe Qieen held a levee. Mr. Buchanan, and also the Brazil inn, Peruvian, Mexican, and Hayticn Minis ter attended. The Parliamentary proceeding are In tre:t;.".g. It is rtrosit i that gorcremtat ADVEUTWINU UATK. Due naare (lit Mum or It-w) une hufriLm, 13,00 " " iw.i inrl in, 4, IK) " " llifi-v InwriMn, SMl Ksch snlwqurnl iiiMMim, 1,00 lUtacmable dejiicllon hi thM wlut aJvcrlke by Hit yi-ar. Job Printing. Tua rsoriiKTot or tii fUil H m surrr hi Inform the wiblio flmt he -Vu jiut rfivi a large slock of JOII TYl'K other sew prim. Inir inuUriul, and will be In 'he si-eoily receipt of adililimis auHri to all lli rwiuli menia al this Io- onliiy. 1IANUIIII.IX, 1U8TKKH, III.AXKH, CAR 1)8, ClllCUlJVItfJ, l A M I'l I l.KT-WOKK and other kiiul, doue to order, on short notice. succumbs iii the Wensleydule peerage mat. icr, and will issue a now hereditary patent. In the House of Commons, Dulacy Evan gave notice of a resolution disapproving of the govern mini' course iu having refused direct ofCrs of troops from Cuuuda, while at the same time abortive attempt wera made to enlist in adjoining neutral territory (United State,) contrary to International law. A military court of inquiry Into the Cri mean commissioners' report is to be an opsn court. The liberal electors of Ixndon liv un- er consideration whether again to contest the question of Jewish enfranchisement in iho person of Baron Rothschild, or to elect more serviceable representative. 03 Tho following is a forcible illustra tion of the way we supply the uatural aste of the body : Let it bo remembered that to take food, is to make man. Eating is the process by hich tho noblest of terrestrial fabric is constantly rcpairad. All our limb and organ have been picked np from our plates. We have been served up at tho table many times aver. Every individual is literally a mass of vivified viand; he ia an epitoiu f innumerable meuls ; be has dined apnn imself, supped upon himself, and in fact- paradoxical aa it may appear baa again and again leaped down his own throat. Liebig state that an adult pig weighing 20 pounds, will consume 5,110 pounds ef potatoes in the course of a year, and yet at the expiration of that period its weight may not have increased a single ounce. Vegetaule diet. Herbivorous animal nro certaiuly more affected with tuberoular isoase than carnivorous. It ia a (act, also, that butcher who use much animal food, are seldom consumptive J and truth com pels mo to say, that in a fow oases I could distinctly connect the development of a consumption with a prolonged experiment of vegetarian diet. Unless managed, and in very robust constitutions, vegetarianism tends to produce an excess of the albumin ous element of blood and a deficiency of it fibrin, iron and red particles, imparling a paleness and flabbiness to the tissues, a del icacy of look, and a want of stamina and power of energetio endurance. This is a stuto of matters assuredly verging on tho pathological condition of the fluids charac terizing tho scrofulous constitution. There is much good in it ; but it is capable of as great abuses, quite, as an. unmixed diet. Having experimented carefully upon myself for two years with vegetarian diet, I consid er myself qualified Io give council on tho subject. It will not do for all healthy people, nor as indiscriminate recommenda tion to invalid). In tha bands of a physi cian, it is a potent auxiliary of his art. But there is a timo to eat animal food. The grand questions are, the measure and pro portions of it ; wheu to atop aud when to commence, and hew fur to go. A MfW Traanlalloa or Ike Psalms. Dr, Cumminq, a clergyman of London, England, i not satisfied with King James' version of the Scriptures. He has been trying his baud at a version of the Psalms of David, nore ia the way he "oversets," as tho Germans say, the exquisitely siinplo, touching, and beautiful 23d Psalm, (which, in tho ordinary version, begins "Tha Lord is my shepherd, I shall not waut," Ac.) "Deity is my pastor ; I shall not be in digent. He maketh me to recumb on tho verduut lawns ; he leadtith me hesido the unrippled liquidities ; he reinstalloth my spirits, and conducted! me in the avenues of recliludu fur the celebrity of his appol lations. Unquestionably, though I peram bulate the elon of the umbrages of the so. pulchral dormitories, I will not be perturb ed by appalling catastrophes ; for thou art present. Thy wand and thy crook insinu ate delectation. Thou spreadest a refec tion before mo in the midst of inimical scrutations. 1 hou pertumest my looka with odoriferous unguents, my chalice exu berates. Indubitably, benignity and com. roiserntion shall oontinus all the diuturmty of my vitality, and I will eternalize ray habitance within the metropolis of nature. TlJll would please Mrs. Malaprop great- (XT M. do Trobriand, in the Courrier des Jilalt Unit, speaks of a lady, now in Paris, who wears upon one dress fourteen hundred motor (a meter i a littlo over threo feet and a quarter) of fringe trim ming. Fourteen hundred metre ! near ly a milei If it were not for tomething to attach the fringe to, the roU itself might be omitted without inconvenience. He says also that a young lady io the same city ha adorned a single dress with t'n hun dred and fifty yard of ribbon I 03r Of the six hundred and six convict in tho Ohio Peniteutiary, there are : Sec ond conviuiTons, 58 ; third, 0 ; fourth, 3 ; fifth, 1. 423 are intemperate; 61 ar married ; 60 aro blacks or mulattoes ; 29 are over fifty years of age; 244 cannot read or write and 400, or nearly 6 per cect. of the ho!s number Lat no irsrics