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,, rVILWDRP SVSSV (ATVAT MPSNIftO, -. BY WILLIAM L. ADAMS. Office-Good's Building, Main st. Edito- ....,1 rial Room in tirst story, ( TEHMS-Tki A l o viU i, furniiktd at I"" uonart una rijty vtnti prr annum, ' ' Mf ( ellliff Irn ml Itmm alt tJT, JV Dollarefor tit month JV t.Ltcrip- tiom ttttiud for a li ixti'oJ. Of- JV paprr dii'ontmutd untU all errtaragti T"prr awonnnnm until all errtaragei are paid, unUt at thenptian of tht pabUtker. For tht Argue., A Hidry for Hoys. ,rr - , O Bt-AttsTAOXES.' f ' ', ' Thomas M - Iivej on a farm, but bis . father was a poor man, and Tommy could , not go to school vory much.' Fie was a 1 Very good' boy," and lie would work and l..t-i.i. ..i... .ii i ...j. IJGIV III. lUIHUr ml HO VUUIU, UIIU BUUIl'llllirS - r , ,. . lie. would assist Ins motlier, for bis sisters ' kmPA nff lasraa DnAiinrti Ia wnru mn,h . ''... t ' m- . .1... Vs. , , i - ".- v" T". ' .,' " .. -B .rZ-irVn. r,.r T .lhfliHrent clliiei! what ther wr .liidt.. i i.i. . , , . ' 111x1 mm " kuuu itauner mey una, .nLiUA La ir " -,,,e 01 i r,.o , . . ...... tllu ,y, ,oraniy .wv.,,, nucis llir lliuintsr was .... .i.i. , .. - Mother, I wish I could go to school all the .r, ' "T77Si "? KDW Kreal SlMkl mnrt limn T An all Kah,.!. t. I. older than I am." . Well, my son," said bis mother, 'lho' you cannot go to acbw 1 .11 ,ho .ne, ye. ,f you will try you can become a much bet tor scholar than you are." "How, mother t" "You can study nt borne." "I have no tune to study ; besides, I can not learn wiihont n teacher." i "V J'ou c,n ,carn (?rB 1 many things without a teacher; and then I will help you all I can, and your father will help you jf you ask him ; and as to your not having time, if the time which you spend in playing marbles was spent in atudy you would soon become a very good scholar." . Tommy was silent for a while. Present ly he looked up and said, "I never thought of that." "Well, my .son," said his mother, "I will tell you what to do. When your faih er comes in from his work toll him you wish to spend your spare time in study, - and ask him to help you." His father was both surprised and pleas. ed when Tommy told him of his new plan; . ao tho next day he wen. to town and bought snma via 11 rwtnlrsi artrl nnmn In! Mnn .ml I "" """ "' paper. Tommy was greatly pleased with bis ' new books. He began in good earnest. Every day his mo'ther would hear him spell and read and show him how to write, and in the evening his father would teach him Arithmetic, lie spent an hour in the fore noon and the same in the afternoon, and from one to two hours every svening, with - his books, and sometimes when he had not much to do he would study nearly all day. - Sometimes ho would go to school awhile, - nnd then he was sure to be the best boy there, and when he could not go any longer - ho would continue his studies at home, He was very diligent, and mado very rapid progress, so that by the time he was six teen he was farther advanced than most ' boys who go to school all the time up to that age He did not go to school any ...V.. ..... ...., .CUBU UU ,U """""V" wiMWjn Dp ins siuuics. xie .reqaenu, wok pains w iec.i ..1S younger oromer, ,,slers. . i.Hgui . u.i.i.rs w rau uewre she wont to school any. Ihomas isnowau intelligent man and enjoys the confidence and respect of who are acquainted with him. Now wWchof my young readers will follow bis example. Gather up your spare moments , wad spend them in studying, and I assure you that you will never regret it. jSalt Crf.ee, Juno 24, 1650. Tbe VabUe L.uas or tbe tailed HUtes. The subjoined table of the sales of public lands durintr the fiscal venr endinu June 30th, 1855, was prepared at the office of tbe Register of the Treasury, and may be- regarded as official : Aerei. 62,708 854,417 829,216 3,273,739 3,097,525 499,008 256,159 1.082,421 1,573,010 2,273,477 . 9(35,517 394,143 412,096 5,557 555 Purchase Monty. Ohio, Indiana, , ' Michigan, Jowa, ' Missouri, ' Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Wisconsin, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Minnesota, Oregon, ! Washington, . 830,048 ' 64,000 r 623,262 4,064,911 1,249,271 183,041 108,638 945,572 1,770,725 '534,047 283,621 181,081 513,450 6.918 . 694 The cash receipts for the quarter ending September 30, 1855, are less than for the I -tame period last year, but the aggregate lo- cations are larger, lhe reason is that tbe bounty land warrants were nearly exhaust- d before the beginning of the last fiscal year, while the market is now well supplied rrth them nndertha recent act. Ten thous-1 and patents have been issued nndpr the act of 1855. I In the meantime, the important fact be-1 gins to appear that the public lands are run-1 aing out. W have nominally 1,400,000 I square mile, that is some eight or tn Hub- It)! A Weekly Newspaper, devoted to the Principles of Jeffersouian Democracy, and advocating I r. . TT I ' 0J 11 dred millionsof acres; but perhaps five. Biithg or tho n'ir quantifj in uninhabita ble and valueless. Already tbe Govern roenl is unable to supply lands in Minneso ta to actual settlers at tbe roHximum price oi l 23 per acre. We aold and care away in 1853. '54, 23,000,000of acrot. We aold l ' m nnmln I.. ! .1 .. "a nominal sum, during the pest year, 15, nnn nnn ... . . ' '00,0(10 acres, and gave away to States and . .... .--. ., ,nd,Vdul PPrtJ enough to make good the enormous quantity of 30,000,000 of "res. At this rale how long will our two or three hundred millions of available pub i0'a"'''PPl7'edcmandforib9purposes I ... ' ' r of settlement, to say coining of the exison 1 ,1 . n Treasury in time of war or of , in Minowbich b.. 55,000 inhabitnnia, the lands to be offered hsve becn f I ,;ii;, t.i ii .. n" million of acres. : Tbe lands cannot be J Thi, aiJ q of reduction of the quantity ofTeredin Minne- I 1 o'a. In Uinh, already settled py some 30, nnn Mn,mnn. it, t..A i;. i,. 1 , . .. . . . . .nm . . bpfore lw Gor' manJ ,0 wholIy aUorbed is it in the work of gratuity, can furnish a legiil title to the lands occupied by its citi Inn. V V j.M Cmu'm J 1 ' I "traet " ' J. B. lJieis speech la vv. u""""' r.l. I -i i"u maw ii nc nem iu nillBHS, we should be allowed to maka r on laws, to "mould our own institutions," and we were particularly told that it wat the true intent and meaning of the Nebraska Bill, neither to introduce Slavery into Kan sas nor exclude It therefrom, but to leave lb, pcop,8 perfectIy freet0 makfl tLeirown institutions. This wns emphasized especi ally. They had gone to Kansas upon that Invitation from almost all tho States of tbe Union, but particularly Missouri, (laughter.) Next to Missouri, Iudiana had sent the greatest number, more than all New Eng land and New York together. He there fore spoke on behalf of the brethren of those who weru present. Of emigrants from Massachusetts, there wore not, in Kansas, . . . . ft mn frot New E nQt fi 9 Of tbe 69 members of (he Legislatu re, re cently in session in Kansas, 34 were from Indiana, nearly half of the whole body, and tho people of ibis State were not office seek ers particularly, either, (laughter.) And of this number, no one had ever held a leg islative office before. They were honest patriotic men, for whom no ono could have cause to blush. You. said Mr. Lano, mav hear of their dying, but when you do, you will hear that they have taken somebody along with them when they go, (applause.) "Old liners" talk as if Kansas was set tied by Yankees, nnd Emigrant Aid So cieties. Joe Wright talks so. Ho (Lane) had a right to speak of Joe Wright, for he had helped make him, (laughter.) It was not long ago since they had traveled this Stale together. But Joe Wright and the whole party had deserted and become trait or, , lheir IU 8fttigf h9 ha(J chaged bm lh apologists of the Missourians and Pierce, ,m(j betrayd par,yi They ,alkof Em Ajd Soolc,jCSi and ye, fort A sin . .mirran. h.d iMMn. from t,,a yM. societies were in existent .11 0rM;n,i forc. intA K- . . Lnd kill tht Fre. State men. There were SocietiM in Soulh CaroIinB in GpAP. M:m!bibdi now forWflr,iin!, em!ffrfln. k, tbeaa old had not . wor . (n , agains, XLey were ,akin2 into Kansas, and that was all right. It was only the free emigrants that abu?e was heaped upon. These Southern Societies sent emigrants, paid their expenses, gave them eighty acres of land, and equipped the(n hile nedefied Gv. Wright to show tbat lhe Eas,ern Socie,!e had ever Kiven any man pay w go io n.ansas. iney nau furnished them tickets at rather less than the usual rati1'., and had furnished equip ments, but they were all paid for by the eniKTMMs. Ho man in Kansas was under any obligation to a single society in Massa chusetts or the East. I bese societies aim ed only at building saw mills, hotels, tec., and developing the resources of tbe country, He had gone to Kansas a Democrat He went there to organize the Democratic party. He had desired to have the slavery question settled quietly, like any other af fair.' But the Missourians told him that the party must have a slavery plank in their platform, or they would not assist in organizing it. He said be would not con- sent tl,ai the party should be made a wag- 0n to carry slavery into tbe Territory. They called him ao abolition lecturer," ad his only effort and aim had been to or- ganize a Democratic parly. ' One evening, while discussing their affairs among them- selves, a couple of thousand Missourians came over, armed. The? were asked what they wanted. They said they had come to the Delegate the next day, and they d;d. They elected Whitfield. They Were rta- Ay to comnit "7 ootrtgs to Wrr their OREGON' CITY, point. , If any man will go into Platte, or any Western Missouri county, he will be told that the Missourians consider Kansas a part of Missouri. They don't ask any of the white-washing that Joe, Wright and the "old liners", make . for them. They speak plainly and claim the right to have slaves in Kansas ju as In Missouri. ' ' ' lie then spoke of the frauds committed in the election of the mob-legislature, and gave history of the outrages substan tially at hat been related many timet be fore, and took up the Statutes of Kansas, which he had wilh him, and discussed their iniquitous provisions at length. . He said, (showing , the yqlume,1 which was a very large one), that it would take an Indiana, or any common legislature, about a year to make such a mast of laws, but tho Mis souri men in Kansas did it in about three wr-oks, or a little over. i And ht would give them an illustration of the way they did it. Laws, he said, ought to be made with de liberation. Bui these bocus law eivert were so anxious to get the laws of Missouri in Kansas, that they had not time to change the phraseology to suit their circumstances, and so to avoid the difficulties of such a hasty borrowing, they made a law saying that whenever the word "State" occurred it should bo deemed and taken to mean "territory? Great Laughter. Ht then read on page 718 of Kansas statutes the act making the provision. He then discussed the law of suffrage, reading the sections of the act which made it necessary to pay a dollar to the Sheriff before voting, then to swenr to support the Fugitive Slave Law, and then to swear to support the Kansas Bill. That he said, he might do, for he had voted for that bill, but many good men would not. They re garded the repoal of the Missouri Compro mise as a great wrong, and for his part he would say that if that compromise were back as it stood before the repeal, he would cut his arm off before he would vote to dis turb it. (Tremendous applause.) When theso three things were dono a froe State roan could vote, if Missourians did not tar and feather him, or out him in pieces with hatchets ni the meanwhile. : Besides all these things, said lit) we are not allowed to vote for any officer. The Legislature appointed every officer for years ahead, and for fear they had overlooked any, they created a board of Supervisors to appoint such nt might be missed. (That's squatter sovereignty, cried a voice.) Yos, with the variations. . (Great laughter.) Here, ia Indiana, not content with electing all the other officers, we had made a Con stitution giving us the right to elect Judges, while the people of Kansas could not elect a Justice of the Peace under the laws which Joe Wright said ought to be obeyed. If they were proper to be obeyed in Kansas they were so here, what was good for one people was good for the other. And if Gov. Wright thought such laws should be obeyed in Kansas, he would want them obeyed here. Would you do it I (Cries of No, No.) . He then spoke of the law excluding all who did not believe in the legality of sla very, from juries in tho trial of cases involv ing life and liberty, and the laws making the opposition to slavery, by speech or writing, felony, and asked if such laws would be obeyed here. (No, no.) He then discuss ed at some length, the question of the ad mission of Kansas with her free Constitu tion, and exposed the absurdity of object ions to such admission. We have not room to report a sketch of this portion of his speech, but it was a forcible statement of the arguments which most persons have already seen on this point. He then mentioned some of the cruellies practiced upon the free State men by the Bcrder Ruffians. Tarring and feathering men, and especially preachers, he said seem ed to be a common amusement He saw the preacher who had been tarred and feathered and sent down the Missouri river. Of all disgusting exhibitions, a man with a coat of tar and feathers wat the worst. He had seen it once, and he never wanted lo see it again. A man wat deformed out of all human thape. To see a human being rolled into a mass devoid even of the ap pearance of humanity, was terrible. But to that odious, disgusting torture a preach er - of the gospel was subjecied because he had said that he was for making Kansas a free State. After this "coat" had been spread over him, he was placed upon a raft of two logs, held together by clap-boards, and with a piece of bacon and corn bread, was started down the Missouri tht most rapid and dangerous stream in the world. Such was the treatment of Free State preachers. - Coll to t wat murdered. Col lins had acted with bim on tbe committee on Platforms at the Convention in Kansas. He was a gallant and noble man. TLo had been murdered. It was said that Laugh- lio had shbt him in a street fight, but that was false. He was killed by a shot gun, and by another person. Dow had beet murdtred. Coleman killed him while It Pill 0;T., JULt 12, 1850. wat on the road home from a blacksmith shop.' Here Col. Lane narrated the story of Do w's death as it wit related by our correspondent at the time. Barber had been killed, cruelly and in cold blood. He wat an exoellent inoffen sive man, another had been killed, murdered by Clark tht Indian agent, during the troubies at Lawrence, and Clark bad gone to the Mistourian't camp and boasted that "he taw the dust fly out of the abolitionist's clothes when the ball hit." ' Brown had been most foully murdered! Ht was a brave man,' who could whip the ruffians, and had done it, two to one. . He wat going home with others, fn a wagon, one day, not long ago, when he wat met by tome eighteen Missourians ; they stop ped the way. . He told them lo let him past, and as they didn't feel strong enough to fight him with even two to one, thoy let him pass. 1 Later he met another company of seventy Missourians. They also stop ped him. He resisted, but that company wat strong enough lo take him. Tbey did it, but with the strongest assurances that ho should not be hurt. How were those prom ises kept 1 Worse than among barbarians. He was taken lo a cabin, through the cracks of whioh could be seen what was going on inside. He was told that he must die. He asked for "a chance for his life. He begged them to lot him fight any Iwo of them for his life, wii any weapon they pleased, pistols, knives, or guns. No, they would give him no chance. A halter was put round his nock, and he was led to the door. The limb waa ready. But when he had reached the door they set upon him, thus bound at he was, and thut assured that he should bo protected," and cut him all to pieces with hatchets. They kicked that mangled body to hit wagon, more than one hundred yards. Tbey threw it into the wagon, and kicked it after it was thrown in. They drove it to his house, and the first in timation that his wife had of his fitto, was teeing his mangled corpse pilclud into the house, so that bis blood spattered hor dress. She was an oxcellent and interesting wo man, one of as good women as ever lived. She wat made a maniac by that awful night. Such were the sufferings of the Freemen of Kansas. I ask, said he, if we did not need protection as much at did Arkansas or Michigan. You "old liners," I ask if we do not need it more than Texas did f Shall not Kansas be protected ? (Crios of yes, yes.) ' Then give beryour sympathy, and make that sympathy speak out at the election, and you can protect her. (Loud applause.) . i l , Extraordinary Beir-poneMoi lUroUm aai Courage In a Mother and Son.' We hare otlen bad occasion, since we have occupied the shores of the Pacific, to speak of remarkable incident!; but we rarely recollect to have read anywhere a more remarkable case than the one we are now about to relate. It will be recollected by our readers that during the Indian war in Oregon and Washington Territories, many valuable Uvea have been taken by the Indians. It is not our purpose here to discuss the events of the war, but as we have before noticed the fact that many persons were killed by tbe Indians, we propose now to give the events connected with one case where the father and mother were both killed by the Indians, and their children were saved by the self-possession of a boy seven years of 820..' V It appears that, on the 28th of October, 1935, about a dozen of hostile Indians sur rounded the house of Harry U. Jonet and hi wife, Eliza Jones, on White river, in Washington Territory, With tho view of. killing its inmates, and then rob and burn it down. Before Mr. and Mrs. Jonet were aware of the presence of the Indians, Mr. Jonet wat shot dead in his bed where he ww confined with plurisy. Mrs. Jones, as soon as she heard the report af the guns of tbe Indians and the shriek of her dying hus band, who wf s killed almost instantly by the first fire of the Indians, immediately arose, and, taking a navy revolver, boldly faced the Indians, and fired at one of them, whom she very dangerously wounded. This, of course, exasporated the Indians, and they then, discharged several bullets at her. One of tht balls took "effect in her breast, passing from one tide to the other, and the fell prostrate on the floor. Dur. ing this conflict, a man by the name of Cooper, who was inside, and a friend of tbe family, leaped from tbe window and at temped to make bis escape. He succeeded in getting but a short distance from the house before he wat shot dead by the In dians. After ht was killed, the Indians became bold, and immediattly charged on tbe bouse. As they approached the door, John J. King, tbe ton of Mrs. Jttoes by hr form er husband, opened wide the door, and af ter placing hit little sister and brother be hind bioi (tht former being four years of age, and tht latter tw years, while he him self wit only seven yean) be-fly defied the the side of Truth in every issue.- No. 13 Indians,. ' Iln called on Nelson, an inferior Chief of the Indians, to fire. ' The Chief replied, "I will, and kill you all,", and in compliance with hit purpose he drew hi gun four timet on this brave boy, who boldly faced him during tht time the rifle snapped but tht boy quailed not, nor did his dying mother. At last, said the Indian Chief Nelson, ."Young fellow, take your brother and sister over to Mr. Thomas' that they be cared for, aa I cannot kill you." At soon as thit gallant little boy found that he and bis little brother and sister might be saved, although tbey had lost their father and mother, he turned to his dying mother and said, "Mother, I tee you are dying ; whst thall I do with the child. ren " She said calmly to him, "My dear ton, if you can save your brother and sister, take them over to Mr. Thomas's, and tell them that it is my dying request that they will save my children." : Young King thus rephod to h is mother ; "Is it your wish that I should leave you before you are dead I" "Yes," said (he mother ; "if you lovo your mother, and would save your brother and sister, for I shall soon bo dead." After kissing hit mother, and making hit brother and sister bid her farewell in the same way, he boldly placed his little broth er on his back, and, taking his sister by the hand, left the house to make his way aome two miles for Thomas'. The Indians, over awed by his courage, waited until he was beyond reach, and then they entered the house and dragged the mother, Mrs. Jones, about one hundred yards from it, when they despatched hor by the tomahawk. After thit was done, they robbed the house of all that they desired, and then burned it to the ground. . In this fire the body of Mr. Jonet wat tntirely consumed. But to return to young King. He suc ceeded in reaching the house of Mr. Thomas, with his brother and sister, but he there found no one ; all of its inmates had fled. Nothing daunted, he again shouldered his little brother, and taking lhe hand of his little sister, walked one milo more, to an other houso. . On reaching thero, be was even more disappointed, for the inmates of that house had also fled. In a few moments, however, an Indian appeared, who happen ed to be friondly. Little King boldly faced him, and although only seven years of age, prepared to defend his little brother and sister. The Indian, however, made signs of peace and friendship. This encouraged the heart of the noble litije boy, and he proposed that he should take bim and his brother and sister down the river to Seattle, and he would guaranty that he should be paid for his trouble, on reaching that point. Fortunately, tbe Indian agreed to his proposal. In half an hour after that time, all were seated in the canoe of the Indian, and af ter traveling over thirty miles down the river, they reached Seattle on the next morning. As they came in tight, they were met by a boat with some of the officers and orow of the sloop-of-war Decatur, who, on learning who they were, carried them on board. By thit timo, the youngest child, only two years of age, wat nigh unto death, as the whole of them bad been without food for nearly twenty-fbur hours. Cspt. Ganaevoort and his officeia instantly pro vided means for their comfort and health, and paid tbe Indian for his trouble. The little girl, who was about four years of age, ate very heartily for some minutes. All at once, however, she sighed and said, "I have no father," and then laid back on her chair and fell asleep. They were all so much exhausted as to soon fall atlpep also. But the oldest brother, as soon at ht awaked, looked after hlsjoung brother and sister, and from that day to this he has never allowed himself to be absent from them ono moment. At toon as news could he tent to Mr. Jno. Small, the brother of Mrs. Jones, and only relative in tbe Territory, he was noti fied of tbe condition of his sister, brother- in-law and their children. After repair ing to the place where the parents of the children were murdered, and after paying the last sad tribute lo their remains, be left for Seattle, where he met his orphan nephews and niece with ihem. Ho came hero on the tloop-of-war Decatur, and he ia now "en route" for Wifconsin. They are all stopping at the Niantio Hotel, on the comer of Clay and Sansome streets, where tbey are not only an object of inter est but curiosity.' No one can look young King in tbe face without leering tbat he is a noble and gallant boy. If ever the Gov ernment of tbe United States had reason to educate at West Point the son of any par ent, it hat a good right to educate young King. He hat crowned himself with im perishable honor ; and what a nobis moth er had he, while in the agonies of death she calm! kissej her children and said to her oldest ton, "Protect, at tbe hazard of your life yobr little brother and sister." Will hot the mothers and women of our oily do something for thtst children before tbey leave f Thy trt in indigent eireum- ADVKKTWINO RATKH, One sfisrt (19 lints or kt) one Inwrtinn, tf,M " v " . IWii iAmrt.-.M, -4,n " " Hire hiM-nlims, ft,wt : Kiulf Mifmeqittm IrmMisn, ,ik) Reasnnsbl deductions to thme Who adrortks hf the year. Job Printing. 'Tut noraitTos or Tim AlWl'S If Mfrt to inform Ui publia that ho hu Jmt reeeivs4 a largo stork of JUli TYI'E and oilier now print ins; rnnk-riali and will b In the feoly roooipt of additions wiu-d to all the n-ouiimtat of this Uf oality. HAN Dill 1X8, POSTKItfl, KLANKrt, CAKDB, ClItCULAIW, PAMl'lILKT-WOItK snd other kind, dono to onler. on short notice. stanoet and need help. If they can hart ny respect for lheir own sex, they will not forget tbe mother of the little orphant, Would it not be well that some demon stration should h made for the children f Who it ready lo extend the hied of charity to these little desolate hearts I Iter it good cause for a benefit. They are in charge of Mr. Smail, and till leave lo tht noxt steamer far Wisconsin. ' ' ' It (a proper to say that Mrs. Jorttt, the mother of young King, was formerly mar ried to a Mr. John King, who died at Negro Bar in California, 1350. She and her last husband left Wisconsin for Wash-' Ington Territory in 1854, nnd lived there from October of that year until tht day of their murder by the Indians. Alia Calu furntd. t . . ' . .. Fisn with Four Lrus Qi'rs Fxr.i. or NiTfBE. We saw yesterday a queer creature for thit part of lhe country, viz, a sb, having four distinct and useful legs I Near Ft. Defiance, New Mexico, there ia a tream of water which comes down from a cavern in the mountains, and just before meeting tlie Fort, suddenly sinks, into the earth, and it entiroly lost to view. It doet not communicate with any other stream on the surface. In this brook these legged crratures abound. The only mention of these fish waa made by Capt. Howard Stan- field some years ago, but these tbat we taw, were the only specimen ever brought to this countrr. They were obtaihed by Dr. Lane- worthy of thia city, who had the m in hit possession but short time before Prof. Agassiz besame aware of it; and wrote to Dr. L. expressing hit great desire to ob tain them. He says I "I can hardly ttll -you how very important the tpecimtn would be to me, in the study of our natural history," etc. They were sent to him by express yesterdity. , For a sliert description of the fish I In the first place, thoy look almost exactly like a miniature codfish, about six or seven inches long. On the hack there is a mem braneous fin running from the shoulder to the tip of the tail, and a tike-fin underneath, except that it commenoea back of the hind lege. Projecting front tho gills on each side, are five or six pendulous bodies, some what resembling small branches of the fir tree, about an inch in length, appearing aa though they were intended to take the place of the gills while the fish was io the air, that the blood, in circulating through them, might be decarbonized. This is all that is striking about the fish, except the four legs, placed precisely as the legs of the aligntor, end very much re ' sembling them in form. They are not use less excrescences, hut real legs, that are used to advantage in procuring flies on the stream. Itochreict (V. lw.) Union. . (& Instructions have been issued by the Commissioner of the General Lend Office for the survey of the lands ceded to the United States by tht Chippewa Indians vn der the treaty of 30th September 1854, sit uated North of St. Louis river, and along the North shore of Lake Superior. ' The work is It be commenced early next month, with a view of accommodating settlers after the Indiana shall have been satisfied for the rights accruing to them under the above named treaty. 0" From a rocont communication of the Secretary of State to the House of Rep resentative we learn that the total num ber of passengers arrived in the United States for the year 1855 was Upwards cf 280,000. Over 160,000 of these arrived in New York. Germany furnished 66,000, Ireland 40,000, and England 30,000. in. round numbers. The total number of pas sengers arriAed in this country since the 30th of April 1813, is 3,400,000. (Kr The Mormons have established a paporat Copenhagen, called the Star of Scandinavia. In this it ia stated that the number of the "Latter Day Saints" in Den roaik, Norway, nnd Swaden amounts to 2,092 persons, among whom are 21 eldem 19 priests, 15 tetchere and 11 dtacona.- In Sweden there 240 Mormons. In Den mark, 2247, 1208 of whom a rein Coptnha gan. There are bat seven Mormons ill Ireland. Ghote of rhf. West. Contracts Lave already been made for the erection of new buildings in Burlington, Iowa, the present season, amounting in the aggregate to .")0t) 0001 A 40 foot square lot in Chicago told last spring for 9 18 000; and paying mean time t2,000 rent, has now lieen re sold for 924,000. 'Other real es'at'e sales there in dicate that prices are fill advancing. Dikss it mot Grntilitt. It was Steel we think, who said this: "When a person speaks coarsely, he drew e himself clean to no purjxxe. The cloth, jng of our minds is certainly to be regarded before that of our bodies. To betray in a man's talk a corrupt imagination, is a much greater offence against the conversation of gentlemen, than any negligence imaginable."