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About The Oregon Argus. (Oregon City [Or.]) 1855-1863 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 10, 1857)
Elje rcgon CVrgitG. w, l. siuas, eniTo una rsorsisros. oamoojy cirrrt SATURDAY. JAXL'AKY 10. 1857. l'mUT-KIUUEM NbW ENGLAND. The ratult of ilia presidential election in New Kit'dand prove tli -it majority of the people have bowed llipir tuck lo lit" do minion of religious fanaticl-in, Wliil I heir Iwarts ire bleeding ovi-r the condition of mIh vary in which ilia negroes Hi lie Siutlt arc placed, ihey seem ui i wholly iiimciiMcinim that ihey are the victims of it far worse servility thenm-lve. There is no freedom in N'ew England, The church i supremo over llio minds "f ihe priest-ridden peopli?."-- WaMn-jlon Union. This poor black democrat, who edits the organ of the Administration, lie the most of hit brethren. as we notice, semis to be wonderfully exorcised whenever he roll up the white of hi eyes and lake n vu w of New England society, all disjointed iti with fice speech, ff o press, mi l free sellouts, ( " the worst of theso damnable ims.") The unclean bird of black de mocracy finds Iirre no nil for llm solo of her fuol. The lofiiesl peak of New Eng land's grntiilo hills 'mill submerged under llio "mighty water" of intelligence ami liberty, denominated by Muck democrat ui "prielcraft." How this Poor, pensioned editor groan, m he wipe hi watering eyes and paz- after ; ho tiuclcun bird in it luztly flaps it weary wjngs on iti return from its fruitless icnrch of somo "guano island, on Inch lo lit nnd scream, in the great ocean of freo thought tint cover all New England , Liulbarkl Do you lieur that chuckle ! Listen I It break out into an open shout, a yell of exultant joy. The editor of the Union first pitches llio key, howls, and claps hii hands for joy. The whisky-, moistened throat of a thousand end one iiudcrslrupper editors, from him of the N. Y. liy Hook down to the brainless bloukliuud of Czapkny'a organ, nil echo back tho shout. This unclean bird has found a resting place. She lias coirni lo a squal, on pto pilious soil. She has found n place where she cm gather hor bro id under lier wings, untarnished by priestly r moral influence. The precise spot is pointed out by the fol lowing extinct from nn exchange : "The voin in the precinct embracing the Kive Points, No Ymk city, stood JJuchanan 07(1, Fillmore 13, Fremont 17."' Hero, gen'lo reader, is a placs where, -wiih a black democrat editor, exists the Loan ideal of social perfection. They would reduce all New England to ''Points," if they could. ' gsT A black democrut recently inform ed us that tho society of the 'The Points" in New York city was entirely made, up of "niggers." Well, as we never linvn been there, we shall not dispute it ; but, if inch is the fact, wo should jwlgo from the returns of tho presidential election that must of tlio "niggers" there, liko those in the loco fooo procession at Indianapolis, are "Duck niggers." uTIic tii-nik-iiuu from l.lan.'i . Dulusion, tho great Mogul of black de mocracy in Oregon, bus in! induced a bill rciti ictiiig judges in their charges to juries. It is said that Jmlo Williams failed lo follow Delusion's piogruiiimn fur n jury charge in the recent l'o (rial at Albany, licuco llio I.e;islatui'u is tiskedjo enact l)elusion's ''prngrumniu," lo bo Hed by all judges hereafter, It will probably be printed in painphlnl form, and the judges will be compelled to carry it in their breeches pockets, till llu-y commit it lo .memory. We don't know how ho will succeed with this Legislature, but if he had the Legislature of last wind r, Wil liams could be made to smart for his temcr ity nt Albany, by an ex post facto law. .Who has forgotten how ho niiiilu tlir mem bersofthis nuguxt body tremble in their bouts last winter, as, with his hoarse, banjo voice, ho tliuniiercd (oi'th the "democratic precedents of (li'eeco ami I'onui" in justi fication of tho "party" fur causing linliun Au'ent Palmer's head lo "roll from tin block ' on suspicion of his having '-jined Ilia Know Nothings"! This democratic Mogul passed the uvn voco law to iiitiini' datu ' sufls" lo support his party, and ev. cry locofoeo, as he sits, kueils, or at amis fur hours in the. scalding sun round the polls, ailing his turn In vota viva voce, is expected to uncover his hesd and offer lip prayers 'o the great Moul, in whom his ' party lives, moves, and Ins its being. I:i ' passing round, stirring up the faithful, the unwashed, who may desire to offer up ob- Ulious to him, may know him by a whisky bottle protruding fmin one coat tail pocket and Czapkay's organ f om the other. SS Tim lucofocos have issued a call for convention lo nominate a caudidute for Delegate lo Congress, in be held at S; leni on tha J'.'ih of April nrt. The no tice is published in Czap's organ with a re quest that democratic papers copy. The Argus is a deiiiut-ratic pap-r, but it seldom publishes notice for black democrat with out the pewter in advance. For real dem ocrats we publish for nothing. Fur the "iioiuu niygrr-oiivers m ii nu svm- w i us sirn ritt-r a ,t iiiii iiism ii rn n last Tuesday ha not ariived. The 7ti.imf.iA river is irorKeu un vun icr. . . . ... . -.i I wrhicli lias cut oil ail communication wnu ijtA - f I Wars ahaai rslsiur. Tho following loiter, which was ad dressed by Judica McLean, when ha was Postmaster Ueneriil, lo an applicant for re appointment as postmaster in a small, one horsa town, we especially commend as an fXcelW-iil looking (la wherein toi of our Oregon postmasters can see their faces. If 10 the list of defaults mentioned by Mi Lean, was added that of lUali nemnnfj from (lie mulh, imof you would !iav0 a . s a a foil Iciijr.h orlrait or yourselves. lUet m, man put this emit on unless It fits him.) Judije HcLeau camo near getting the nomination fr the Preaid.ncy instead of Fremont. W eN-cially commend the (sdicy of McLean m aound ItrpuLllmn policy, while w are sorry fo say that the conduct of ihe postmaster lo whom he wrote is in excellent keeping with thn offi cial conduct of black democrat generally. While we are clad to bo compelled in jus lice t admit that there are some except ions, we attribute it lo early pHrenlulor religious training which n fuses lo yield to party in fluences. Poit Office Dkpartmkxt, Jum&, I -3 1. Sir: The allegation again-t you are numeiou and strong, and are thiclly these ; Thai you cannot write or read well eiiouuh ; are not a safe accountant ', hav" b. en irnilty of ihe groa-esl negligence in not delivering letters when called for a negligence always inconvenient, and often attended with injury ; deliver letters fre. rjili-ntly lo persons for whom they were not intended, and suili-r lle in lolie taken away: r..:i I 1. , . .... u..,l t,i.nM l.v ili.. 11111 IO S,t lUI'. IB PIIU a 'j mail in proper time, sometimes sending oil I lie mail wnnoiii poiunj imo n ny i- u or packages that had beea lodged at your office ; reverse thn destination of letters, and send I hem back to the places whence i hey came J have not sene enough to (lis cover the error, after the letters have been repeatedly returned ; make (reiient and gross mistakes in ihe bills forwarded to other nllii-es ; open packages addressed lo other post nflices, when a mail is called for bv a neighboring postmaster, handing out any one tight or wrong; disobey the rig illations respictintt dead newspapers'; np prnpriaiing half n doa-n of them to your ow n use for two or three years, and resort lo the miserable speculation of selling them fur wrapping pu per; fdl up n rircubt'ng library with periodical wmks obtained in this way ; nrc uncouth in jour U-havionr ; odious to the poputntiiin ; heap error upon error, and avail yourself of those i r ors in oiih-r to support your employer; have been tiied by ihe vicinage, and found want ing ; and, m sum up. they charge you with w aul of principle and capacity. ttesptcifully, your oln dient, John McLeak. Rrpnbllraa I'.oavtatlon. It will be seen by reference to nnother column, that n call hits been made for n Itepublican Territorial Convention to he held at Albany, on Wednesday, llm 1 lilt of Februaiy. Perhaps wo owo nn np ulogyiosuch as will not bo united with ihe time and place if any there should be. Wn havn rcceiod comiinnicatiuiis from various counties inliinaliui.' that any time and uny central placo would suit. Dele gates from the Republicans of Multno mah called upon us this week on their way to the Tcrriioiial convention Milled as they thought on the 8th i list . at Salem In finding out their mistake, consultation was had, nnd, from the best lights we had, the time mid placo ns above mentioned vvero fixed upon. An earlier tlay was considered impracticable on account of the weather and the ditliculty of sullicienlly extending the notice, Wo hope ihe friends of the Union and the Constitution w ill turn out. We hope every county will be represented. The Linn county Repub licans are said to have large hearts and w ill be (ilail to see as many national men as possible. Inrnrrooutfla AVaated. We lea in from the most rclinhle nil ihority that the "small upper room1' in Portland, which has herclifbre been used for transacting private Quartermaster's business, is now graced vviih all the para phernalia of a regular faro bank in full blast, Who is the proprietor we know not, but public curiosity is mi the 7111 n're to know whether it is owned by ihe (iovem men! or not, and whether or no the pro ceedsof those "cash sales" are deposited in the vaultsof this bank. If ao, and if its fina-ices belorg not to "secret diploma cy," we shall expect a full report of the condition of it finances when the Quarter muster complies w ith lha request of the Legislature in making llmt "report." Aaottetr ..Ortaw.'i Some person has sent us the "Trophi Iniical Star" psper printed at the 'Point," and devotrd exclusively to puflinif the medicines advertised and told by Cxa pkay'a agent at Salem. The'-S'ar" makes no bones of holding up a mirror befiio "d-'Crepit" humanity in its mot loathsome form, and pointing with a steady index to the remedy. It is the most filthy sheet wo have ever seen from the States, sod with a liulo tinkeiing by the "lend of ihe clique" would be fully as dirty as Cxapkay's organ. Siuee Czap's agent has refused to exchang" with us, we find the ' PnipliiUtticsl S'ar" answers very well a a substitute. The Almanac makers will unquestiona bly quote this as a sounJ "democraiic pa pur" in the Oregon Almanacs for 1S38. Nw Baal. The new boat Minnie Jfulmrs, Cspt- llsnnsh, has commencej her up river . . ci i l i i... . iriw. oinamuw oe k!,uu wH probably pt hsr share f lb Iraaa. MW. Trofessor Newell, in writing lo us from Corvallis, says ! " There are three persons hero who gave a conceit on Wednesday eveninff lasi,cu siatiugof Mr. Ilouloii. a Frenchmen, who is a professed violin player, hUliule ". a boy of seven years, and a young man by the nauw of Vuod. Tli fmher end sou play the violin, an 1 1 consider the boy tho .'realist wonder of llm age; for as long as I have been in the music profession I never eoold cmceivei.f a Imy "f his aur playing any iuliumeut, much less a violin, wiih sui h la-te and skill." Well arn from the same letter that llirse musicians will give a concert in this city before long. It will d ubile be a treat which most of our citizsn will avail them. Selves of. .1 With.. i t siniuK Li hind concrntu- htes himself iiihiii having a fice lotto . 1 .-. 1 ....rr.ii lining ieillem'-n, ailer oein .n-, kicked nnd spit upon, without re-en'ment. dy S cretary ILudintf. and almut a half dozen oihers. Of course; tin-re is not a , re..liire in the Territory no utterly devoid of shame." CtojJ.ay Onjan. So vou think it a great virtue m hide one's head, nnd moid the society of gen il.-mni. after beiti'' cufl'. d, caned, nnd spit upon. Well, Aloczo hahil'l these noble trait developed, lo the ex'ent you justly chim lo have. We have nu idea that he w'uul I be willinji to shut himself up fir three days and night and subsist on salmon .kins, fir fear of being culled, ns we lenm vou did whilst in ibis city. We suppose your meekiii-ss is owing to rnily training. Vrull. 0. W. Wullin-' Esq., has laid n under obli.'ationi for specimens of the Raml Hildwin, White Winter IV-armain, hue lb !h flt'ur, Jonaihan, American l'ippin, 1'iiest, nnd Uoxbury ltussett apples. These apples were not pulled from the tree till the first of January. Some of them are the finest specimens we have gren in ihe country, ami the result of thn experi ment has almost led us to adopt .Mr. at ling' theory " that most people gather ihrir apples before they are near maturity." Jo Lar.t. The last Times predicts that Jo Lano will be our next Deb-gate. Of course Lane has ordered him to make this pre- diction. The caucus will nominate him if he reou-sts it, without doubt, nnd his a election will bo considered suro under the viva voce law. Lost In (tie Woods. ' We lenm from 'he Standard that a son of Mr. Hamlin, twelve years of age, liv ing a few miles e.isl of Port hind, went out hunting several days a?o, mid has not bnen heard of since. The newly fallen snow rendered nil elforls to trick him tin available, and it is supposed that some accident 11111-1 havo befallen him which prevented Ids reaching home. He is of course sttppii?-d lo have perished ere ibis. 2T The proceeding of a public meet. ing at Atorin, in relation to Ul. Taylor's treatment by the Legislature, will be found on the ontsi le. of thn pupi-r today. Tho resiilu'ions must express the sentiments of every honest, impartial man who has ex amined the evidence upon w hich Col. Tay lor was ousted from his sent, J In another' column vvill be found n si-aichini; article in relation to Smith's party's position on Slavery, signed "An Old Fashi-ned Democrat." It was written by a farmer up country who belongs to the old-fashioned JefF'rsnninri democracy. tV The vvrather has been quite cool diirint! the whole of this week. Snow is lie on the ground In the depth of one foot, nnd every body seems to have a great penchant for sh i;h riding. ' This is a sport wo never fancied ; wo enn always get enough of that sort of pleasure by piling inj our b ps into 11 snow bank nn the north side of thn house, and silting ihero half an hour or so. jt-iT A sub-criber who is temporarily residing np country, wiites : ''1'leaao to s-nd mc nn occasional paper for I gel uo'hing bui black democracy up here," Dlack democrat papers! Well they are miserable liash to feed a mun on w ho has gut a soul. OCT We learn from Ihe Advocate that the typhoid fever is prevalent in Denton county. It has proved fatal in several in stances. fop Mr. Sturtevant has recently opened a furniture store in Portland, w hich he ad vvrtise in another clunin. Tlioso who visit Portland to do their trading would do well to go lo Siiirtevanl's 4ur their furni ture. Modsr.x IxvtiSTio.Ns. Voltaism was discovered in March, ISilfl ; the electro, m-g'iet in IM2t. Clcc'rutyping was dis. covered only a few years ao. Hoe's printing pres, cuthle of printing ten thousand copies an hour, is of very re cent discovery, but of the most important chstsctrr. U.i light whs unknown in 18. Ht; now every city and town of any considerable note ia lighted wiih it, and there is the announcement in Franca of a still greater discovery, by which light, heat, and motive power may all be pro decid from water with scri-1y any Oust. Dagurrre communicated lo the world his beautiful invention in 1S39. (iun cotton and chloroform were discov ered but f w year ago. The mag. netie trlsgraph first wmmenesi in IS 13. Krpubtlraa llsss Heeltei la ferllaaa. Tho friends of tho Republican move rnetil for Oregon met at the Portland Court House on the 3d of January, 1837, pur smtiil lo a tall for the organization of a Republican party for the Territory. The house being called lo order, II. J. iXms was chosen thttlrman, and Jon Teawn. 10 1 R secretary. After a few remarks from the chair sta ting the object of ihe meeting, on motion a committee of three was appointed to drufi resolutions exrrcs.iv e of the sentiments of the meeting. Matthew ration, Clnis. M Carter, and L- Lemrick were appointed on that committee. Their r-porl was read and adopted, which is a.i follows: Tho members if ibis rneeiiii',' a.'ix-mMed pursuant to a call fur 1 he organization of a Republican party for On-irou, "wiihimt re gard to past ioi;ienl diifi-'reiices or divis ions," who uie in favor of the reslorction of Ihe actions of the. Federal Government and of its territorial policy to the princi ples of Washington and Jelle'son, llm ad mission of Oregon into ihe I'nion ns 11 free Stute, of a central IVilic Railroad across the continent, nnd opposed lo ihe extension nf slavery into free territory, do 1, Resolve, That while we concur wiih oilier communities throughout llm Teiri tory in the propriety of organizing 11 Re publican parly for Oregon, we deem it cs seiilinl that the territorial policy of our (iovernmcnt should b immediately restor ed to lis former liliernl u nil enlightened standiiii!, unit will di-counieiiunce nil at tempi, come from vvhaiever quarter they may, to extend the iualiiuiimi of slavery into free territory and to force Oregon into the rnionasaslave Slate. 2. Resolved, Thiit we indorse the piicci pens laid dow n in the Philadelphia plat form of the 17th nf June, 18j!1. ns IhI calculated lo restore harmony loihe tuition. 2. Resolved, That wo re in favor of a central Pacific Railroad, nf ihe mlmi-siou of Orrgon into the Union as a f'ee Suite, of appropriaiioiis bv Congress fi.r the im provement of ihe rivers and harbors of a national character, which mo required for the protection of our commerce and the lives and property of our fellow-citizens, of the perpetuation of iIip principle of the Declaration of Independence, of the Fed eral Constitution, and of the Union of the Stales. The meeting was1 addressed by Clius. M. Carter, L. Leinrii k, Hull, Stephen Coffin , and Mr. Lawson, when upon mo tion Cha. M. Carter, Stephen Collin, and John Terwiigi-r were appointed ib legates to otterd tlio Territorial convention of ihe Republican party to be h Id nt Albany 011 lheecuiid Wedm-sday of February,! 1 1th) - On motion a committee of three were appointed as 'a corresponding commil'ee, with additional powers to act as nn execu tive and county committee. II. J. Davis, Matthew Pntton, and Thus. Carter weie appointed said committee. On further motion it was ordered that the proceedings of this ine-iing be fi warded for publication in all the papers throughout the Territory favorable eiihei to the Republican cause or lo a free State. Adjutuned. II. J. DAVIS, Cb'n. JoU.N TKRWILtriBH, Sef'v. for the Argtii, Delusion HittUU aaa Klavriy. Mr.EJilur The following paragraph I clip from Debiison Smith' address before the Legislative Assembly on Ihe subject nf a Stato organization; in reported iuCzup kay'a organ of Dec. 23 : " But there is a faction hern which ,de. sires to open this quest 'Oil (of slavery) to divide ami distract tho deniuura'io parly, and inuko capital out of ft. They are willing to stir tip strife nnd contention among our citizens to gain this end. Now if therein any. one thing that shall cause ibis to become a slave State, it vvill be the eliorl of this class of persons. I am 1101 a pro slavery man. If 1 lived w here ii existed I might own slaves, but I do not propose to introduce it into Oregon. If I should ever favor it introduction it would be owing to the course of these fann'ics." In another part of the speech he said ha "believed five sixths nf tho voters would vole against it." He further de clares that the agitation of the slavery question will como before the people vvMi the S nte question. Hut why f If Smith is not a pro-slavery man and the democrat ic party is not a pro slavery party, nnd it (he convention must be made up nf lea I. ing democrats how can slavery get hi fore the people? If they are not for slavery tln-y must be, nf course, against it. Will ihey then introduce an article into the con. slitmion to test the question wheihcr the people will vole it out I Will tln-y throw llus bone of " strife nnd contention" among the people lo "produce distraction" Will they do the very mischief which Smith charges on "certain fanatics"! The subject is in their power. They can present a plain free State constitution, and they and ihiir " fanatics" will harmoni ously vote for it. If the Republican party should elect a majority of delegates to the convention, the question of slavery will not I be submitted to the people. Rut if the I Democrats have the majoiiy- and submit the question to the people will they not In ressnible for the "strife and contention" which may ensue I Besides, if "fivvsixths of the voters w ill vote against" the intro duction of slavery, is not the matter Jem ocratialli settled and the convention bound nut of regard to so powerful public sentiment to frame a free Suite constitu tion I And should the question under these circumstances be submitted to the people will not the democratic leaders be justly- chargeable with intou raging the in troduction of slavery, or at least wiih fo menting excitement and il is true iun on the subject I Rut those who are anxiously and earnestly opposed to slavery, mith de - iiounce as fometiier 01 - lenlion." Why sol From deep and re-lij-ious conviction, and intelligeu' princl pie, they are nppol f,'Bl cunstrainf d U ue their best efforts to f n-li-hien their neighbors on the evils of I he b'.titution. Now so long a they make u-eof rea-onand fact for Ibis purpose why should Smith deiiorince ihem for dif fusing and defending principle enlerlained by 'five-sixthsof the vole" of Oregon I Hut ihe people must settle it f r themselv es, s not this fair Invitation to disunion! llowshall'Mhe people" act Intelligently if the advocates nn one side are to be pig gul and silenced, and essential fact with held! Perhaps Smith will d'auvow an intention of thi kind. What docs he mean then by the implied threat that the "course of these fanatics," in laboring earnestly lo exclude slavery, might influ ence him to vote for it. Does hn not mean to banter and if po-sible frighten them into silence ? We cun only regard this silly twaddle with acorn and contempt. It i the sheer driveling of party tyranny. Smith shows in the extinct at the head of this article that he is not a nmo of prin ciple. ' Hu is not pro slavery, and yet might hold slaves, lie tins no fixed prin ciple on the subject, lie would, in order to vent his spleen on "ihese fanatics," enliiil Ihe withering, blighting curse of Imery on the present and future genera tion of Oregon. Here is a degree of malice and political recklessness sufficient to secure their pus-essur the withering scoMi or till hom-st men. We notice another lliing in the above extract worthy of comment. Mr. Suiiih can see no motive in these families" but the sole desire of dividing and distract ing the democraiic party. No benevo lence, no patriotism, 110 philanthropy, no Immunity, 110 chn'stinnity, 110 desire to promote the Mil interests of posterity. Oh, no 1 The division of Smith's parly Is the one, and the only on obj ct ihey have in view. Hut how can their opposition lo slavery disturb that parly I It is 110', Smith says, a pro-slavery, that is, it is as u party opposed to slavery. And thn ef forts of zealous fieo State men to fortify them in thi opposition is in danger of di vidiug and distracting them- Strange! Wonderful indeed 1 Docs not ibis whole thing hear 011 the face of it the confession that every man w ho becomes decidedly an anti slavery man, is by that act lost to the democratic party ? Tho truth is Smith feels, iiulwilhsluiidiug all his palaver, thai his parly is firmly wedded 10 slavery, that their interests are perficlly amalga mated. And every intelligent and con scientious nuti-slavciy man feel that Smi'li's party is not Jo bo trusted where the interest of slavery ara concerned. Wb would tln-ri exhort all who desire that Oregon should be a free Siate, to watch with iderplesa jealousy, during the coming aiiuvgle nn the State question, the move ments of D la7.on Smith ii Co. 'An Old Fashioned Dkmocmt. CoMPLIMUNT TO pRINTKIIS. John C. Rives, publisher of the Washington Globe, iii a r.-ci nt published letter on the subject of public printing, has a word of suggestion to writers for the press, nnd a compliment to 1 he composiior, whose duty it not tin fre quently is to make sense out of ver, sense less chiiogiaphy. None hut a writer for the press can comprehend how much truth there is in the veteran printer's remarks. Many member of Congress and al-o not a few greater men must have been stir prised nt the respectable figure they cut in print, without thinking of the toil-unie labor and the exercise of the better talent than their own w hich had been expended by the journeyman printer in putting into good shape the message or report of a speech furnished them. Mr. Rivessays: "I have seen the manuscript writing of most great men of the country during the past twenty years, and I think I tuny say iIihC not twenty ofihem could stand ihe list of the scrutiny of one half the journey, men printers employed in my office. This fact vv ill be vouched by every editor in the Union. To a poor ''journeyman' printer many a 'great man' owes his reputation for scholarship; and were the humble compos itors lo resolve, by concert, to set up man uscript in their hands, even fur one little week, precisely as it is wrineti by the au thors, there would be more reputations latighleredjhan their de.vils could shake a slick at in twenty f ur hour. Stales men would become 'small by degree, and bi-Hiitfully less.' Many an ass would have he lion's hide loin from his limbs. Men, whom the world cull writers, would wake up mornings and find themselves famous as mere pretenders humbugs and cheats V Tug New I'kockss of CoNVF.BTt.ito Crude Iron into Steel. The essential feature of this process is that the inventot lakes crude iron directly from the blast, furnace, and in the incredibly short space of thiity minutes converts it into ingot of malleable iron or steel of any size, and fit fur ihe variuus manipulations ordinarily employed lo adapt them to all the matetial purposes 10 which they are now applied. He thus dispenses with all the intermediate processes to which recourse has been had to produce the same effect within the last seventy years, including the making iron into pigs and refining, puddling, and squeez ing stages, vith all their attendant labor and fuel This achievement i the result f the application to the iron, in its trans ition from the blast furnace to the condition of the ingot, of a heat inconceivably in tense, generated without furnace or fuel, 1 and simply hy Masts of Hd air. Hautwrra AtMtttlsaUts. The following anecdote related by Norfolk American is based on an incident which recently occurred in one -of iht car of lb North Carolina Railroad, and afford a timely and appropriate illustration of the tendency of Democraliu ultra South. ernisin just at thi time. The American ys! 'Two person of a highly respectable sp.j pearaiice.sud with every appearance of ha. ing gentlemen, commenced a coiive rsniion wiih him upon the political issue of the, day, in which they proceeded to stigmatize the complete agitation of the slavery quel, lion at the South a an arrnut humbug, got. ten up for party effect, ice. After a whihj they left their seal and went forward for tome pit 1 pose, when two gentlemen who had been listening in indignant silence' to 1 lie f thick Republican tirade efihe first named gen' lemeii, opened a conversation, in which they took occusion to castigate and denounce most severely the Abolition proclivities of tho gentlemen who had dared lo stigmatize the holy horror nf the Democrats over the slavery questiun as 10 much unmitigated humbug, and finally in. limnted that such men were dangerous, and that it would be bcltei for them lo leave ihe Slate. "Our friend tried first to induce a more charitable feeling toward the first rpenker, but the two Inst would not entertain it ; then suggested that perhaps they (the last speakers) were not capable of giving an un biassed opinion, a probably each ofihem owned an immense number of e'evri, which projterty they were fearful would be jeopardized by the liberal seiitiiueni of the two first speaker. They assured him that he was mistaken, that neither ofihem owned fl single slave, that their indigna tion at the loose and incen liury doctrine of the two first speakers, aroso solely from a pure devotion to the South unadulterated by a particle of personal interest. "After our friend who, hy the way, has the keenest possible relish for a quiet good thing had succeeded in (I rawing nut an immcn-n union nt of Runcorn he in dignation at lha vile and incendiary doe. trine nl ihe first speaker, he very naively inquired if they knew w ho the men were w hose abolition proclivities Ihey were d. iioiincing! No,' answered they. Then said he, I have the pleasure of informiur you that one was Mr. Pvttigrew, ol North Carolina, who owns several hundred slaves, and the other i James C. Johnson, who owns nearly two thousand! The effect can bo imagined.'' 1 ExfiLisii Love of Wealth. There is no country in which ao absolute an hem nge is paid to wealth. In America, there is a touch of shumo w hen a man exhibits' tho evidenco of large prosperity, as if, after all, it needed apn'ogy. Rut the Kuglishmun has pure pride in his wealth, and esteems it n final certificate. A coarse logic reigns throughout all English snuh; it you hav e merit you can show it by your good clothes, the coach and horse. - lluw can a man be a gentleman without a pipe of wine llaydon says: " there is a fierce resolution to make every ' man live according to thn means hn posesses." There is 11 mixture of religion in it. They are under the Jewish law, and read with amorous emphasis that their days shall bo long in the land, they shall have sons and d. lighters, flocks and herds, wine nnu oil. In exuel proportion is the reproach of pnv criy. They do not wish to bo represented except by opulent men. An Englishman w ho has lost ' his fortune, ia said to have died of a liroken heart. The last term of insult is"n beggar." Nelson snid, "the want nf fortune is a crime which I cm never get over." Sydney Siii.ii h said pov erty is infamous in England. Emrrtoni EnijVm Traiit. ' ' Micitoscofic Akt in Ancient Times. A glass has been discovered at Pompeii, about the size of a crown piece, with the convex ity, which lean one to suppose it to be n magnifying lens. Now it haa been aaiJ that the ancients wero not aware of line power, and the invention is given lo Ga lileo by some, 10 a Dutchman in 1021 by others, while a compound micooscope is at tributed lo one Fontana, in the seventeenth century. But without a magnifying gl how did the Greeks and Romans work those fine gems which the human eye 11 nn-' able to read without the assistance of a glass 1 There is one in the Naples royal collection, fur example, the legend of which it is impossible to make out unleu by applying a magnifying glns9. " New Galvanic Hattkry. M. Breton, of Paris, has coi.trived the following con struction of battery, which maintain! ihe same intensity of action always, on ac count of its constant humidity ami lha great number of iu element. ' One of the poles is made of a mixture of saw dust and copper filings, and the other pole i composed of sawdust mixed with zinc filings. The two polM re P,aced i0 one vessel, but are separated by a po rous petition. The exciting liquid i solution of the chloride of calcium, which salt ii a great attractor of moisture fro the atmosphere. This battery is uxi for medical purposes. X3T The Irish cetiaus tables, just po lished, report that in one year, there were 21,770 deaths from ilarvation! Th editor of the Medical Timee, commenting nf 00 this appalling statement, aays : "Th figure must be far short of the truth--- The harrowing details given in the bodye Ihe report leave no doubt thai ullitJ perished by the wayside, and in the cheer less Irish hovel, whom neither policenwa nor coroner's inquest ever took note ot . KT In 146 the population of Iowa was 73,033. The estimate of the present yar is 600,000. The increa.se last year 271,000. :