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THE OREGON ARGUS. . ! " rvsLieiiso avuev ivrviDAr Muixitia, : fir WILLIAM L. ADAMS. Office-Good's Building, Main st. Edito . , rial Room in lirst story. .XF.ttMSTKt A toot v"i i furnlihed at Thru VuUar (tin riiy I erne per annum, ... '"'f' sokvriuiroTkrt Dolhri tack to ct of ten at um allies. , rf Tub Dalian far six monthsNo lubterip tionl rtctitrd fur a lets prrlod. ' fg" Kt ptipn ditronlinued until nil arrrtnngri art pmu, untftt m mt npitun iij tut puutimnrt, Editor of tht Argut Dltcoverins ilium linoe in . fragment ef sb ol.l Weelern Clirlniiin Advocate, I I was (truck with llulr mournful beauty, and 1 would be plraard tu k them appear in Ihe col . to dim of your journal. ' i.d.l. .The Farewell ( the bout to Ilia Italy. CoiiipM.iva dear! the hour draws nigh, The eeutonce eiwetl, ditta dit Bo long In myetlo union lielJ, 6 oJiaM In strong embrace compcll'd, . How eaoat llioa baa r tlia dread decree Tbal atrikea thy olutp'ng nervei from nit I , To lliin wlioou lliia morlul abore - The lame encircling vcttiiienl wore, . To liim I look, to him 1 bond, ' To him thy shuddering frame commend. tf I have caused thee paiu ; , The throbbing brraat, the burning brain, With Carre and vigile turn'd thee pule, Or ocorn'd thee when thy etrength did fail j Forgive I Kurgiro ! thy taak dothoeaav, . FrieuJ, lover, tot ua part in pence. That thou diJat aomeliinea cl my court, . Or with thy trilling check Diy force, Or lure from heaven my wavering tnul, Or bw my druoninj wing to dual, I Maine thee not ; our etrife ia done, I knew thou wert the weaker one, The viae of eailh, the trembling clod, ' . , Constraint to bold tin breath of (jo.1. 1 i Well boat thou in my eenrico wrought, ' , iThy brow halh niirrpr'd forth my thought. To wear my emile thy lip bath glow'd, Tby tear to ajieuk my aorrowt tlow'd ; Tbine ear bath brought me rich aupplici Of varyinj-liaeued melodic; " Thy handa my prompted dee. In brve done, Thy feet upon mine errunda run, ' Yea, thou boat marked my bidding well, , F ailbful and true ! farewell ! farewell. ! , Go to thy teat A quiet bed ' . Meek mother earth with flowers ahull apread, Where I no more Ihy eleep may break With fevered dreania, nor rudely wae . Thy weary eye. Ah ! quit thy hold, , , For thou art faint, and chill, and co'd ; And (till thy graxp and groan of puin " Do bind me, pitying in thy chain, 1 , Though angela warn um hence t toar ' Where I can ihare thy woca no more. Yctahall we meet Toaoothe thy pain, Jlemembcr, net shall meet again. Quell witli thia bojie tho vietur'a aling, Aud keepilaa'aaignal ringj When thu cold worm ahull pierce thy breait, And naught but aahea mark thy rest, . Wlienalarsahallrellaiidakicebeduik, , And proud auna quench their glow-worm spark, , Cuard thou thia hopu to light thy gloom, Till the last trumpet rends tho tomb. ' ., , Thun ahalt thou glorious rie aud fair, Nor spot, uorahade, nor wrinkle boar J And t, wild hovering wing elule, The bunting of thy bunds will wait, I'll hail theo "welcome to the sky, Reatored to life no more to die." , , . , Prohtblllon. Editor of the Argus Dear Sir: I havo been looking anxiously in every number of your paper eitic Juno last to see what would .become of tho prohibitory liquor Jaw question, nnd in Uaveling through Ihc Willamette- Valley I found that quite a , number of your readers were also quite anxious to hear from you on this subject. . Tho Legislature of the Territory will soon ,. be in session, and I hope the friends of prohibition nro not to be discouraged by our defeat if tho shameful manner in which tho ladies', petition was treated by the last Legislature may be called a defeat. Tell us Low many of ihosa blackguards of r xirtue and humanity will have scats iu the .', present Legislative Assembly of Oregon. The question of prohibition has a deep and a permanent hold of many of the eiti- , zens of the Territory. . They a'e watching . the result of the New York' liquor law. That Stale has had tho question in all its ., forms ; lb rice have tho people voted to re jnovo it from among "hem, and as often . 'have they been defeated. , Still tho friends of prohibition aro not discouraged. In vAIaine also I lie people have repeatedly de cided against this monster evil. The ro- - !)'t of the i present presidential election will no douni teabh I ha democratic party ' that King Alcohol does not quite comrol tho ballot-box in that State, aiid that if'the I parly expects to gein its original strength and purity, it must abandon its liquor plank - in that State.' The repeal of the Maine I liquor law was most unquestionably to se cure the aid of the liquor influence in the present presidential canvass. Had the dem ocratic party sustained the Maine liquor 'law,' instead of repealing it, they, in the opinion of some of her strongest temper o ace democrats, would have carried the .Stale the other way. Vermont do. When :ny party adopts a loathsome, drunken, ' .and 'rotten plank as a principle of the party, they must expect every candid and thinking man to leave them. The cry of ' liberty, constitution, and private right to -drink and get drunk, and make as many others drunk as they can, will not win. The sober man knows his rights and his v privileges, and he knows when he ia in ; suited and abused by a man under the in ' flaface of liquor, however much be may ' desire to see democratic principles prevail in a national point, he cannot forget that to oe a member or a nation of drunkards u Be honor to bim, and no security to his children. Democrat and drunkenness lare become too nearly synonymous to al- mm A Weekly Newspaper, devoted to tho I'riiifii!os of Jefftwmiim Democracy, anil advocating V'or.. II. low the reul friend of hie country to idt-ii-lify hlnuelf with a j arty that will oppose ogal prohibition. Am Old Ijkmoviat. XtT The foregoing communicntioii has boon on hand a wok or two, lut crowded nut till now. Wo congratulate our 'o!d democrat" friend in having made up his mind at lint to part comp'any w ith a party which possesses nothing of 'democracy" but tho name. We hear of other coining over constantly, nnd if moro who are get. ling quite ''soft' and fuel a strong desire to bo emancipated from I ho fetters of parly slavery. Wo nro not yet able to tell you how many "blackguard of virtue and human ity" are holding a.'ali in the present Legit lature. They will all probably make up a history for ihcmsulvr during the usion, and we shall try to give an iiiipnriial da liuerrvotype, putting, an we did last winter, the most chat 'liable construction poible upti their acts, aud throwing the nianjlu of oblivion over some things that were loo hideous to be laid entirely naked. Tbe M. I'- Church and lUe Vatlea Breth- rea ea Ktavcry. Editor of lit Argus Myself and other ministers of tho church of the United Brethren iu Christ have been charged with "dealing in wholesale slander," by a minister in high standing in the M. . Church; nnd when asked "Wherein I" it was replied that it consisted in saying that the Methodist Episcopal Church tol erated American thictry. Now to give them a chance to disabuse themselves aud the publ'c, and to make money while they nro at it, I would request you to give the enclosed scrnp a place in your paper. It will speak for itst If. If they cannot prove these uhargps to bu false, what will kcome of all tho hooting that we find iu the r port of the cnminhtce on slavery at tho late General Confoience I And how can any conscientious nnti-slnvcty man reconcile it to liis feelings to maintain a connection wiihthemi And what becomes ef the charge of Blander mado against those that simply state facts as thry appear in the public prints? J. Ke.xovek. Is this True, acatn t The following article appeared in alatn number of tho Southern Methodist Itin erant, a paper published in Virginia: "is this trui:." ' Tne Dayton Telescope, nfier quoting an extract from our recent notice of the ex traordinary doings nf tho Gcnrrul Confer ence of the Church, North, in which it is affirmed that there are hundreds nnd thou sands of mercenary slaveholders in the M. li. Church in Alurjlaud and Virginia, asks ''Is it true i" The editor of tho Tel eseope knows, if he read our articje at all, which ho alludes, that wn made the state mriit upon our petsonul knowledge and responsibility. The question he proposes implies a doubt assails our veracity. We again affirm that there are hundreds of slaveholders in Virginia, some in this very communi'y, who are acceptable mem bers of the M. li. Church, North. Mr. Collins afiirmod before the general confer ence, that there was only one slaveholder in tho Bttliiiriere City station. And yet the fact is, the preachar in charge of that very station w as a slaveholder, made so by the death of his wife's father in Virginia. And there are others of his brethren in tho same category, legal owners of human flesh, bone and mtccle 1 Does Mr. John A. Collins, or any of his friends, know the fact,' that a preacher in good standing in the Rullimnro Conference, before he mar ried tho ladv who is now It is wife, trot a friend to persuade her to sell several ne groes that hail been left her by a relative, which friend ii is said was this same John A. Collins, that she vielded, sold her slaves, am! cave to her husband the price of the blood, tne bone; ami muscle of these poorl slaves ! ! ! Dnl Ut U. ever tell Inm that he might thank him for the value of ihoc negroes ! This is a specimen of Mr. Col liiis'H plan of emancipation ! ' But lo put this matter to rest, we oiler five hundred dollars to any one that will diaiirovo our statement that there are hun dreds of slaveholders in tho M. E. Church. Also t!.'e same amount to any one who will furnish ail authentic case of refusal on the part of Northern preacher in . r , t 1.1 Virginia to receive 8 siaveftoiuer mio church fellowship. , Also the same amount for a well authen ticated instance in Virginia, of ihe eman cipation of a single slave by means of Methodist Church Discipline. Now here is a chance for Yankee specu lation. Who will undertake the task, or bear off the prizes . ., , Does the Dayton editor demand names and dates I Let him say so, and we are ready to give them to any amount or ex - tent that may bo desired. We can give the names, and then any who desire can appeal to Commissioners of the Revenue, Sheriffs, ccc, whose books will amply and ! officially aitestour statements. If this j will not satisfv tbero, will they begnodl . . f. . , i . r ; nminh la fell u aihat aort of evidence will be satisfactory f Cramp. Those who may be subject in the night-time lo the excruciating pain ( and idle. " With the morals of the peo calued cramp, will be doubtless dad to pie their industry also is destroyed. For l.om Uthr tvinre anv kind of bandace i- j v"' j o very tight around the lejr, immediately above tbe knee, this unpleasant sensation will be instantaneously removed. tTgi011 OUEGQX CITY, O.T., PKCEMliKll 13, 1850. A. Frco Voice from North Carolina- UorUralto far freedom an VreinoaU THE AVVHOR TO BKVVyiSUV.D. From the North Carolina bt'.andard, Oct. 3. I'ltOF. lltDBICK OF TUK r.MVEHIIV. Asa matter of jumice to l'rof. liedriek, we publish to day what ho styles his" Do feme" against the charge nf being a Black Republican. Th?re is not a point made or presented iu this "Defense" which could not triumphantly met and expod; but surely it cannot be 'expected of us, or of our C'trreipmileni, "An Alumnus," or of any en lien or this fctato, to aryus with' a lilatk Republican. Thn 1'ioicvxir closes his "Defense" with the opinion that ' those who prefer to denounce" him " should at least support their charges by their name." The author of " An Alumnus" is a gentleman of high character, and entirely responsible for w haiever he has miiil, or may say. lie is a resident of this pluce, and his name can le known, if at all necessary. We adhere to eur opinion, recently ex pressed in Tho Standard i " TUt txirets iun of Black li publican upinioM in our midst it iitcomjHilible Kith our honnr and nnftlij as a people. That man is ntithcr ft ttor a safe instructor oj our young men who evfn inclines to fmnout and Jilack Re publicanism." ' This ia a matter,- however, for the Trus tees of the University. We tako it fur granted that l'rof. liedriek will be promp tly removed. " ,. Professor QedrlckH Defease. 1 Mitirs.L'Jitvrs : Iu the last Standard, I see a communication, signed " Alumnus." Although my name is not mentioned (hero in, si ill I suppose there is little doubt that it was all intended for me. . Now, politics not being niy trade, 1 feel some hesitation in appearing before the public, especially at a time like this, when there seems to be a greater desiro on the part ef those who give direction to public opinion to stir up strife and hatred, than to cultivate feelings of respect and kindness. Cut, lest my silence might bo misinterpreted, I will reply, as briefly as possible, to this, as it appears to me, uncalled-for attack on my politics. . Firtl: Decauso I like tho maB. lie was born and educated at the South, tie haa lived at tho North nnd the West, and thoreforo has had an opportunity of becoming acquainted with our own people an advantage not possessed by his compe titors. Ha is known nnd honored both at home and abroad, lie has shown his love of his country by unwavering devotion to its intorests. And whether teaching school for tho Btipport of his widowed mother, or exploring the wilds ef ' the great West; whether enlarging the boundaries of sci ence or acquiring for our country the " Coldcn State;" whether establishing a Constitution for this youngest daughter of tho Union, or occupy irjg a scat in the Sen ate of tho Nation in every position, and under all circumstances, whether demand ing heroic daring or prudent council, he has always possessed the courage to un- dertakc, and ihe wisdom to carry through. In reference to the value of bis services in California, Mr. Buchanan says ; "He bore a conspicuous part in the conquest of California, and in my opinion is bettor en- tilled to he called the conqueror of Cali fornia than any other man." For such services and such ability, I love to do him honor. k Platforms" and principles are good enough in their places ; but for tho Presidential chair, the first requisite is a man. Second: Because Fremont is on the light side of the great question which now disturbs tho public peace. Opposi tion to Slavery Extension ia neither a Northern nor a sectional ism. It origina ted with the great Southern statesmen ef the Revolutionary. Washington, Jeffer son, Patrick Henry, Madison, and Ran dolph were all opposed 10 Slavery in the abstract, and were all opposed to admitting it into a new territory. One of the early acts of the patriots of the Revolution was to pass the Ordinance of '87, by which Slavery was excluded from all the territo ries we then possessed. This was going .farther than the Republicans of the pres ent day claim. Many of these great men were slaveholders ; but thry did not let self-intcrett blind thcra to the evils of the svstetn. Jefferfon says that Slavery ex erts an evil influence bith upon the whites and blacks ; but he was opposed to the ab olition policy, by which the slaves would . u. lurn.,i te nruonz the whites. In his 1 , u . NolL; i ' ; ' . . , . . mr certainly written in the book of fate than that these people are to be free ; nor j, jt cgs certain that the two races, equal- . ffe( nol ,ive ;n the same govern- ' ' , ... ment. Nature, habit, opinion, have drawn Hiuic,ir" indelible lines between them.". Among tbeevils which he says Slave7 brings up- 'on the whites is to make them tyrannical in a warm climate no roan will labor for ; j himself who can make another labor for i him. This is so true, that of the propri- I elors of slaves a ve7 small proportion i; deed am overseen n l.ibir." What was true in JvuVrjon's lime is true now. I might go on and givo "Alumnus," every ' week from now till tho election, a column of good " Ulack Ropubliirau" documents' all written by tho' most eminent Southern 1 statesmen, beginning with Washington,! and including nearly all of eminence for 1 ability, virtuo and patriotism, and coming' down to our own times. No longer ago than 1950, Henry Clay declared in tho Senate" I m.ver can. and never will vole, and no earthly power ever will niako mo ; look upon again. They were going to seek vote to spread Slavery over territory where home in tho free West, knowing, as they it doosnotexiiu" Al the samo time that j did.that free and slave labor could not Clay wa opposed to Slavery, he was like both exist and prosper in thu same coinmu Fremont, opposed to the least interforence, ui'y- thinks that I speak by the Cenernl Government with Slavery without knowledge, let him refer lo the last in the Sisle whera it ikla. Should there 'census. Ho will there find that ill 1831) bo any interference with the subjects be longing to the State policy, either by oili er Stairs or by the Federal Government, noone will be more ready than myself to defend the "good old North," my native Slate. Hut, with Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, Henry, lUndolph, Clay, and Webster for political teachers, I wnnof be. lievo that Slavery is preferable to Free dom, or that Slavery Extension is one of the constitutional rights of tho South. II "Alumnus" thinks that Calhoun, or any J other, was a w iser statesman or bet er Southerner than either Washington or' Jefferson, lie is welcome to his opinion. 1 1 shall not attempt to abridge his liberty in tlli least. But my own opinions I will havo whether ho is willing to grant moitaininga supply, except fmm the natural .that right of ovory freeman or not. Ibo- lievd that I have had quite as good an op portunity as ho has to form an opinion on the questions now to bo settled. And when" Alumnus" talks of "driving me out" for sentiments once held by these great men, I cannot help thinking ho is be coming rather fanatical. ' . Forjhe information of " Alumnus" I will state that hef bus put himself to un necessary trouble in blazoning this matter before tho public. The whole subject be longs exclusively to tho jurisdiction of the Trustees of the University. They are men of integrity and influence, and have at heart the best interests vf the Univer sity. There is nc difficulty in bringing this, or any ether question relating to the Faculty or students, before them. "Al. umnus" has also made another mis'.ake, in supposing that the Faculty taKo upon themselves to influence the political opin ions of the students. The students come lo college, generally, with their party poli tic!) already fixed j nnd it is exceedingly rare for the in to change while here. It has, however, been often remarked that a very violent partisan, at college is pretty sure lo "turn over" beforo he has loft college long. I have been ' connected with our University, as student aud Prof essor, for six years, and am free to say that I know no institution, North or South, from which partisan polotics and sectarian religion are so entirely excluded. And yet wo are too often attacked by the bigots of both. For my own part, I do not know the polotics of more than one in a hundred of tho students,' except as I might infir lo which parly they belonged from n knowl edge of ihe politics of their fathers. And they would not have known my own pr dilections in the present contest, hnJ not one of their number asked me which of the candidates I preferred. Rut, if "Alumnus" would' understand the state of things here correctly, ho had better make a visit to the University. He would find each member of the Faculty busy teaching in his own department wheth er of science or literature ; and that party politics is one of the branches which we leave the student to study at some other place and time. If " Alumnus" does con clude visit us, there is another matter to to which I might direct his attention. The two societies here, to the one or the other of which all the students belong, have each a very good lihrary, and in those libraries are lobe found the " complute works' of many of our great statesmen. Now, for fear that the minds of the students may be " poisoned" by read'ng some of these stanch old patriots, would it not be well for "Al umnus" lo exert himself, through the Legislature or otherwise to " drive" them out of the libraries f It is true the works of Calhoun are in the tame case with those of Jefferson, but from appearances the Virgiuinn seems to be read pretty often, while the South Carolinian maintains a posture of "masterly inactivity." When I was a student in college, a few" years ago, the young politicians ase to debate in the "Halls" of the Societies the same ques tions which tbe old politicians were debat ing in the Halls of Congress. Tho sides which opposed Slavery in the abstract, generally had the books in their favor, and ihe records of the Societies will show, ibey had quite often " the best of the ar gument." So that wLen Col , Fremont " opposed to Slavery in aaid that ha was the abstract, and upon principle, sustained tie - side of Truth in every vmc No. 3.. and made habitual by long setiled convio tions," ho but uttered the sentiments of four-fifths of the beat Southern patriots from the Revolution down to the present iJ i and I may add, of the majority of the pcoplo among whom I was born anJ educated. Of my neighbors, friends and kindred, m nrly one half have left the Stale ice I was old euough lo remember. ! Mtiy is the time I have stood by tho load led emigrant wagon, and given the parting hand 10 those whois face I was never to there were fifty-eight thousand native North Carolinians living in the FreeStates of tho West, lhirty-three tliautand iu Indiana alone. There were at the same lime, enc-huiidred and eighty thousaud Virginians living in the Free Stales. Now, if these people w-ere so much in love with tho ," institution," why did not they remain wbera they could enjoy its blessings I It is not, however, my object to attack the Institution of Slavory. But even the mast zealous defender of the patthirchial institution cannot shut his eyes against a few prominent facts. One is, that in near. ly all the Slave States there is a deficiency of labor. Since the abolition of Ihe Afri can slave trade there is no source for ob- increae. ' For this reason, among others, a gentleman nf South Carolina, in an ar ticle published in Dt Bote's Review for August, 1850, advocates a dissolution of the Union in order that the African slave trade may be revived. From North Caro lina and Virginia nearly tho entire increase of the slave population during the last twenty years, has been sent off to tho new States of the South-west. In my boy hood I lived on ene of the grrat thorough, fares of travel, (near Lock's li ridge on the Yadkin River,) nnd havo seen as many as two thousand in a single day, going South, mostly in the hands of speculators. Now the loss of these two thousand did the Stato a greater injury than would the ship ping off of a million of dollars. I think I may ask any sensible man bow we aro to grow rich and prosper, while "driving out" a million of dollars per day. I am glad, however, to say that the ruinous policy is not now carried 'on to such an extent as it! has been. ' But tbero is still too much of It.' 1 have very little doubt that if tho slaves which aro now scattered thinly over Tennessee, Kentucky, nnd Missouri, were back in Virginia and North Carolina, it would bo better for all concerned. These old States could then go on and develop the immense wealth which must remain locked up for many years to come. While the new States, free from tho system which degrades while labor, would be come a land of common schools, thrift and industry equal, if not superior, to any in the Union. But letting that be as it may, still no one san deny that here in North Carolina we neod moro men rather than more land. Then why go to war to make more Slave Slates, when wo have too much territory already for tho force we have to work ill Our fathers fought for freedom, and one of the tyrannical nets which they threw into the teeth of Great Britain was that she forced Sluvory upon the colonies against their will. Now the secessionists are trying to dissolve the Union because ihey aro not permitted to establish Slavery in the Territory of Kan sas.' If ihe institution .of Slavery is a good thing and desirable in itself, it is tbe easiest thing in the world for the people to vole for iu introduction at any time after they have formed a Constitution and been admitted as a State. If it is not a thing good or desirable, it would be ah act of great oppression to force it upon them. Fer, however, nny ono may lament the evils of Slavery, it is almost impossible to get rid of the system when once introduced. Nullify it by law if you will, still the evil remains, perhaps aggravated. But in a new Slate a few words in the Constitution may prevent tbe entire evil from entering. Frem my knowledge of the people of North Carolina,! believe that the majority of them will go to Kansas guring the next five years, would prefer that it should bo a Free State. I am sure that if I were to go there I should vote to exclude slave ry, tn doing so I believe that I should advance tho best interest of Kansas, and at the same time benefit North Caroliua and Virginia, by preventing the carrying away of slaves who may be more profitably employed at home, Born in the " rood old North State," I cherish a love for her and her people that 1 bear to no olkr State or people. It will ever be my sincere wish to advance her interests. I love also the L nion ot lh States, secured as it was by the blood ap.i 1 toil of my aneeston ; and wh.a.,y,er in - ADVKRTIHIXO IiATUS. . Ono square (13 lines or lew) one inwrttV.s, $3,0ft ' " twhiaeriitiv --ayiM) - - tbrie inaertiuiia, i,(J( , . Kaeb auWuout uiwtiwi, ,ni UeaauDabl JeJuclioi.a lu llke whu adeem by the year. Job Printing. Tne rsoratrroa or ni AIMil'H re nsrrr to inform (lie public llml be baa jiwt received a large aloek of JOH TVi'K and other new print inn mster'nl, and will be In the eedy reir'jit of ndditione euitrd in nil the n qtiiien.eula of li a i tnlity. )l.M)llll.l, l'U.Vi l-l, lll.A.NKS, CAims, flliCl'I.AHH. rAMniUXWOKK and other kind, done to order, on hon notice, , fluciite I nsiss, though small it may be, shall bo exerted for its preservation. I do t.ot claim Infallibility fur my opinions. Wiser and. better men have been miaittkvn. But holding as I do the doctrines once ad vocated by Washington and JeflVrson, I think 1 should be met by argument nnd not by denunciation. At any rale, tboe who prrfcr to denounce me should at least support their charge by their own mam. B. a. Hut'RiL'a,'. Chnptl Hill, October 1, 1830. . , Wealth or British Aristocracy. Tho Puke of Bedford includes, orihclude's, a mild square in tho heart of London, where the British Museum, onto the Mon tague House, now stands and the land ou. copied by Woburn square, Bcdfotd Square, Russell Square. The Marquis of West minster built, within a few yean, the series of Squares called Rclgravia.'" Stafford House is the noblest palace in London. Northumberland House holJs In place by Charing Cms- Chesterfield House re mains in Andley-strect. Sion IIoiiso and Holland House aro in tho suburbs. But most of the historical houses are inaskrd or Inst in the modern uses to which trade or charity has converted them. ' A mul titude of town palaces contain inestimable galleries of art. In the country tho sizo of private, estate is more impressive. From Beruard Castla 1 rode on ilia high way tweuty-three mllos from High Force, towards Darlington, past Ruby Castle, through tho estate of the Duke of Cleve land. The Marquis of Breadalbano ride out of his house in a hundred miles, in a straight lino, to the sea, en his own prop erty. Tho Duke of Sutherland owns tlia country of Sutherland, strcatching across Scotland from sea to sea, Tho Duke of Devonshire, besides' his -other estates, owns niuely-six thousand acres in ihe county of Derby. Tho Duke of Richmond has forty thousand (ores at Goodwood, and three hundred thousand at Gordeii Castle. The Duke of Nor folk's park in Sussex is fifloen miles in cir- , cuit. An agricultural bought lately ihe Island of Lewis, in Hebrides, containing fivo hundred thousand acres. Tho pos sessions of Ihe Earl of Lonsdale gave him eight seats in tho Parliament. This is the Heptarchy agarn j nnd before the reform of 1932, ono hundred aud fifty-four per. sons sent three hundred and seven mem bers to Parliament. The borough-mongers govern England. These large dominions are growing larger. The great estates aro absorbing the small freeholds.' In ' 1780, the bo'iI of England was owned by two hundred thousand corporations and proprietors; and in 1822, by thirty-two thousand. Theso broad estates find room on this narrow Island. All over England scattered at short intervals among spip yards, mines and forges, are the paradises of the noblos, whero nro life long reposo and refinement, heightened by the contrast with the roar of industry and necessity, out of which you have stepped aside -R. W. Emerson's English Travels. Fame. President Monroe diod at the residence of his son-in-law In New York, in 1831, and was buried in a comet ry in Second street. Thcro is not oven a head stone erected to his memory. But upon A simple slub of marble, that lios flat, aoitis two feel square, on the earth, and is almost covered with grass, is tbe following in scription : " James Monroe. Robert Til loison. Vault No. 147." This ia all there is to indicate the resting placo of an ex President of tho United States 1 Scibncb Arainst Superstition, Pro fessor Nichol,' a distinguished astronomer in Scotland, having recently beon reques ted lo give his opinion regarding the sup posed influence of the changes of tho moon on the weather, says very decidedly : " No relation exists between these twe clas ses of phenomena. Tho question has been tested and decided over and again by the discussion of long and reliable mete orological tables ; nor do I know any other positivo way of testing any such point." Artesian Discoveuiks. In au artesian well, now in course of excavatiou in New Orleans, La., the auger recently brought up, from a deplh of five hundred and eighty feet, sand interspersed with fibers of wood, fi abluents of bark, shell.', kc. It was thought wonderful not long since to fmd shells and vegrtable remains at a depth of sixty feet, but here we have them at nearly six hundred feet. E.iglish St'itMAMES. The Rgis!er General estimates that there are nearly 40,. 000 surnames in England. Among them there are 61,000 families bearing tho name of Smith, nnrl 51.00Q that of Jones. The Smith's ao1 Jonc'a, alone are supposed to include avjout a million cf the popular lion. ' OCT Tbi spoiled children of the presenl I age rarely turn out the great men of tha ' next.