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OREGON-CITY, OREGON, FtlBHUARY 20, 1 858. , No., 45 and oilier kinds, dune to onlrr, on short noiict. mm ; I-,-, vi A l4laa B-rawblic, , ,-, Away upon ihu head waters of the Min f nesotn, komo f(jy miles above Fori Ridge. ly, in a corner of the miserly strip uf terri. ; , lory of which ( lie usufruct wa reserved fur ' the Dakota, timi remain lo ilium now ,, of llio magnificent lioritngn lo which they l Veto born, in tlic wilderness-home of wvon tllOUSAIld S.'ivnge, tbe hde of Indian t barbarism, yrl dim with c hn ly sung mill ...legends, the liilu-iilerii nf France and ., tbo poet of European rL'fsiif rntioii hate beeu oultiiM'J by the Da kola I. inner, : and a veritable republic, organized, repre. ; (CIHllltVC, fill', Uilll H Hriltl'll COII-lilllliull - flnd a code (if laws, but been established on ,' iLu bank of the Yellow Medicine. .... A coiimiiiiiily uf Dakota Indians, inc'ud . .ing soma 2") laniilie, renouncing I lie tribal ., system . and hubita, lite superstition ami '- coiliim of I ho: r race, leaping' hi a single, 'vault across cenliirirB of buibarim,' have ' ' adijituj at, once, by unanimous consent, the customs, lio dress, und at least I lie elementary idea of civilized s'icieiy. ' " Thu traditional principlo of the comma- Inty of property Inn been abandoned, the wholo Iribal fibrin dissolved, and sochly b re constructed mi tliu b "i "f justice- lo llie i individual, ami i's relations adjusted on the principle uf individual responsibility. For " tliit li w order (if t bin !, a methodical nr. i, gauiii 1 1 ton hits heeu circled, in which all ' main ailu'u uru reiri'viik-d, and in which "'till diroi-lly piifiioipiitn. A prrsidciil and ac'crnliiry vivre ri'ul jily (.dieted. A cmi. iililution mid code of by laws wcro wrilirn, , (in J I In-' liiiia of properly rucugnized mid -. dilinud. 'ibis in an abrupt IrunMlion, ccr. tuinly, and prosvuirt l!i plicnoinciia not ol jjrowtli but of linifui'ni.iHtiu . ' ' ' ' 0n fiudt tbn navnyn hunter of A yar , (.iiici1, diuKacd 10 day in tliu t'u.siuinu nf a k whim man, llio hair cut ahnrt mid ilia ' paint end orn.inii.ntii discarded,' living in ' ncal hunt's, of tli" siuiplo but comfortable architecture usual in tiuuiinr acttlciiienlK, .with mi inclosed (iulii uf four or live acres ' around liiui tiili'd uilh llio iuiplvinrtiU' of inudcni busbaiidry. Tliu Indiuil wnniaii, rcitiiscil from ihn. ilespolisiii of tribal pre- ,, auriptiuiis, i o lunger a.boa-t nf bunlen, . 1 Jnl allfiiila'lu tb'" (jifiillrf duties uf llii f hoiueliold, 'ni!f (lie bilbuiid nucepis with ''"piiJt! 'B 'oil I''4 ri cent prido diilaini'J. ' I'lic intcior of these lililo lioaes usu. ally built of bijj.s, reminds one of the hi tit -. phi and iiiiioccnt collate I lilt uf I lie exiled Arcadian. 'i'h? rude filr'iiitiirc, fasliionrd by their uneducated skill, is in everything an iiiiita'ion of civilization. Tliu idea of ' conif.il t precedes llio idi a of elegutice in ''thd jrowili of iniiid, and o dinaiy co'niloiis ' aiu sli' I liuvoiili's in Indian , bl'u, lo liich . tbo nuuliineiit of propuriy, itelf , novel''. i gives a nou- charm. T'lie loiiyli Uucli or ' chair, tlie bed or bunk, cunaiued with mos quito ganze, Hip iron -tuw, tli Various UldisilsjjLojoli"ryiie. Set. .of 'lable-nare upon tbo binli, clean shelf, I he lock and trunk, ihcMnpeiinVd picture, the well-filled .' Iurilur, and tliu cultivated garden outside, iiicljscil with neat fences, all attest tlii gradual duvelojiinuul of the principle of ac (piiiilioii, and tliu renunciation of the luxy doctrines of tliu community. .To one fa miliar with l!ie bleak, comfortless, entirely uuiinal life,' and reckless improvidence nf tiia Uakwlas, this simplo, douieslio picture, sketched on that liar.lt and desolate buck ground,' appeals i:h the lorce nf rirauiaiic conlrust, while it lias for tliu student tliu interval uf a new phase of historical devel opment, of which the condition" are new, and the cauuei not apparent. ,: , A:tJ wbdi powor wrought lliis radical revolution in the midst nf the Dukmas? AVas'iuiio sponuiicous developuiBiil of a Intenhrndeiiey accelerated by the rxitien- nCics of the new inode of lilj'j foiic.'d on ihem by the policy of tlie" Government ! Wa it the reflex infliieiicn of the civilization which surrounds them ? - Perhaps Ihes' bud the effect of sngt'e'tioiiK or ofargti ,' inViiti. '. . But the Ilazlewoud Republic ' the fruit, iu fact, ol'lun year of ihanklfss toiUl)d of licroic.jplf-saurificetbe.iarjiy result of l ho despised .labors of i lie Dakota mission a ne.' ' Two excellent mr, Jbe iIUv. Dr-VVilliaiiiol),'aud the. ReV- S. R. Jiiggs, bo have devoted ibeir live o lliP Wvang.' lization dC the Sioux, find in ibis the tfrst fci-enf of the luirveal which i springing ' from ibeir joint labors. Mr. Rigs is a cultivated scholar, and the editor of a val uable pkota grammar and dictionary. 1 jt it around lbs mission house of ibis gentleman, that lha Flazlewood Republic ba established it settlement ; and its " rrternbers many of whom can read and , ' write Dakota, oiiie of them even" KiiglUh, are composed chiefly of hi pupil and con- verts, tl wa.i under hi au-pice ibat ilii" Har-lewood Republic we organized oni' two. ye aja 'nce. The membeis, the male aJoll o(irj, fcsve Vlect'd . Paul'' their president, and " Hennuck" aecretary. To latter wu c iimteJ oinnwhere a' tbe Cast. TLe (lirifl uf these peuple ia ibeir new mode of life, may be inferred from tbe fact that M;or Flandran, the a;Bt of ihe 81011X1 to who 11 we are indebted for lha principal ileails of the aliovo narraiive, re cently bought 4UU bushel of polaiaes, Mi,J SOU bushel of uorn from them.. , Th Major informs u that their areount against lha Gotuniueiil arc usually a' test ed by voucher in their own handwiiiing. It is hi design lo encourage by every pot slblu.iiieiiiis ibis forward movement anion": ilie Sioux.': No portion of I he school fund provided by ihetrealy, bad b'l'ii app'opri ated until a stnull portion of the sum due, $ 1,01)0 in all, was received by biiu. A pari of lids wua jitdicioiis.'y expended in I lie eslnbli-.lliueut of a I hiko'a school iiilbe Re public, laiight for the present by a nnlKu Indian. . : i ,' At the ll"d Wood agency, we should not furgel to oieii'ion a similar aetllemenl of Indians has comilfiiced, und-now numlie's sunie cluven or twelve families. St. Paul Adverlktr, . ' Tit?. Sslt Tiiadb. Tbe UritUi Gov ernin. tit is indefatigable iu llio mutter nf comniercial statistics, and it is lo tlirir at tention in this subj-'cl, to the cara which they cxercisu iii obtaining and spreading before their people all the iuforniatiou in regard lo I he "ontsand the resources nf llio peojde in every part of the world, as well u to the elfoils which lliey imike to open new markets, exte'id old ones, and pro tect iu every way the merchant and the manufacturer that ihe Ing1iih nation owes Ms gieul wealth and lia widely extended pouer and influence. The most comprehensive ond authentic account of the consumption and supply of Suit iu the United States', bus been publish ed lately. Ii was prepared by an eminent Salt merchant al New Yoik, for the usu of a cnniiiiiliee of llm Ltiiiish Pailiametil. From ibis it n.f en's thai the quantity nf Salt iiiaKiifuctured iu llio United Slates is about 4'2, 37B.OOO bushels, of which 0,000, OIHI bushels is at I he Salt Springs iu Onon daga county, New Yoik ; 3,500,0.0 bush el iu Virginia, al the Kanawha and King' uoiks; 1,500,1100 hmhcls iu Ohio; 900, ODO in leiiiis)vania; 2"I),00U in Kelt. i uck y. and 100,000 in Floida. The amount of coarse ami fine Sail im ported into the United States, from foreign countries, for the year ending June 30, 15(3, was I5,'ior),804 bushels, and tho amount re-exported during the year was I2U, 127 bushels. The amount of domes tic Salt exported (luting llio year wus 693,. iii bilsheli,' , , Of. the S.illinuJu iu Onoiidaaa, N. Y., 8, i")7,440 bushel uasuiada by boiling, and 700,391 bushels at the Jiolur woiks. The col uf both kinds is uboiu the same, say 20 cents per bushel offlU pounds. When tlie Onondaga woiks are generally running lliey require 8,11110,000 gallons of b'iliu daily, und he supply is not less than t!, 1)00,000 galluns a day fur six mouths. Tliu wells iu the Virginia Sail Springs are OOOfeUi deep; thoiii in Ohio 1,000 to 1, 00 fiinl. - ': . The iioioiint of Salt aunnully consumed iu ihu United Slate is about Oil pounds to each inhabitant. . The consumption of Kiuiice is esiiuiated at 211 pounds, and of Uieut I'l itaiu at 2j pound for each inhab itant. . ...... ' ' The Speaker of the Uouse. Tbo correspondent of the) New York Journal of Commerce iiiy of him; "Col. Orris a nifin of ahottt thirty-six, of large f 1 nine, uf a rotund stomach, and w iih a set of lungs of immense power. When lia rise to catch tbo Speaker' at tention, Ins sin ill voice soar above the tumult of the House like he whistle of a locomotive. Ilu it siogulaily prompt, quick willed iu hit argument und retort, and pays the closest attention lo every de tail of tlou-a bu-iness. -, The dullest and prosiest declaimer can boasl of an aitemive lisieiier in 0r, and it is rather omiiiiou to a new comer iu debate, when that flat haired Souih Carolinian, with a thread-bare faded black Coat, leans forward, puis one band iu his ear, cocks his eye toward the new member, like a contemplative rooster looking for clear weather, and aska wheth er he righily understood Ihe last remaik of the honorable geiiileiiiau, and if ho, would like to inquiie, ifcc. It is quite an ordeal logo through. Orr i a man of ihe world, uf pleasant social feelings, and is ihus enabled input through the panisun Wl;rk htf assume more effectually than a person of more austerity and ostentation." Am EiTKNsi ve Farmer. Col. Jacob Carroll ol Texa i said to be the largest farmer in the United Slate. He owu two hundred and fifty ilioiisaud acres of land (neaily four hundred square miles). Ui borne plantation coiuaiu 8000 acre near, ly all valuable boHoin laud, along the GuadaUpe river. On thi farm be ha over 600 acre iu cultivation, wn which he raise annually ahoiil 300 bales of coitoii. worth at lha pleiiuiinn from 875 to 8100 r bale, and 20,000 bushels of euro won It about 50 ceata per bushel, lie bat (brce ..I Mhmii AO firhl hand, and b work about 60 mule and tor., ad IS juke of oxen. Col. Carroll has, on hi imoieuto ranees j ihe coo'erti n, not ihe b; and witj 0 You may glean knowledge by read of pasture land, about 1000 horses and jibe ornament of the tniud, sot tbe furni- ing, but you must separate lb. chaff from m-jle, sronh W,000; 1000 ha of cat-itor. tbe wbeal by tbinkiog. lie, worth (7,000; 000 hog, worth 62,. 00.1 ; 300 SpanUb mam, worth $13,000 ; 50 jennie, worth 82000 ; 13 jacks, worth 89000 j and 0 stallions, worth $200(1 Col. Carroll' pmprriy iii stoik and n-1 L'roc. it worth at leasi 8150.000. and tliol value of hi landed ustat. will awell the 1 e'I,l"ai'"1rrl1 10 ,","H" '"j'l'f"''. llw carwr , ,, , , ,, 'l Washington from childhood, llirnugh amouni loover half a million of ,lollrs.- hi Mry ,'w-m el(P(,Jilion, in , fli annual income from the sale of ioek; deriies, bit Jiplomaiio mission lo thr ainoiiiils In from SoOOO to $10,0 0, and : French pntte on llm f onlier, hi campaigns from bo sale of cotton to from 813,000 to'm rrncli war, hi ardnout IriaU as 820,000. , Usf ,i Aksknic M. Montlgny, a French Consul in China, in reference lo the u-e of arsenic by the northern Chines, ;ivt lliut they mingle it with their smoking to bacco. Accord iu' to the miisionane who lived n Ioi.l' lima there, tobacco free fiom',l, Revolution, even where Washington araenic it not sold. , The san.o wi.ues. a, j ttB, ',re'r"!. in i" ' f"r , ,,! f ' . I pervadeil and directed l lie whom, and a aurea the consul that lb arsenic unokers, .,,,1 ,Iirm.rtg, f t, w,l9 j, nfcw. are tiout fellows, with Jungt like a black-, sary lo appreciale tha sagacity, forecast, amitli' bellow, and rosy a cheiubs." enduring f irliiude, and comprehensive wis The publication of Moi.tigny'i .mtpmeiil d?'" "iIth 'a conducted it. He n , , , I himself has signified lo one who aspired lo has cu cdnut a Iu crfroni Dr. Londe, win' . , ,. B , ... ' - , ! ' i write his biography, that an v memoir of announces that some yearn ago, in ihe; (u Ufa distinct and unconnecteU uilll ihf course of a discussion at the Academy of. Idstory of ilia war, would be unsatisfactory. Medicine, on'ilio agent to bo employed lo I" Seating of the Revolution, we have en- euro tubercular consumption, ho told ihe 1"HV0,,mJ 10 ('!0 j"lice 10 "t0""' ,, , , .... , . It most atriktng characierislic tliegrenl- assembled doctor that he had found but I one successful mean of combating this dreadful disease ; thai was the smoking of arsenio, . The doctor re-utlirms hi com mendation of this remedy. Uses of the Potato- in Franco tbe r. 1. 1. i. , c, it.. .,,..,. , 7 i , I he famed gravies, sauce and toupt of r ranee are largely iiiueoteil lor llieir exo-l-leiico lo that source, and its bread and pastry equally so ; while ugreut deal of the so-called Cognac imported Into England from France is the product of the potato Throughout Germany tho sumo uses are common ; and iu Poland the manufacture of spirit from tho potato is a most extensive trade. "Stettin brandy," well known in commerce, is largely imported into Eng. land, and i sent from thence, to many of our foreign possession as the produce of the grape, and i placed on many a table of England a the same; while fair ladies of our general country perfume themselves with the spirit of potato under the designa tion of Eau dpi Colugnn. ' But there are other uses which this esculent is turned lo abroad. After exiricitling the farina, the pulp is manufactured into ornamental arti cle, such as picture frames, tnufl-hoXus, uud several descriptions of to'; and tliu water that runs from it in the process of manufacture is a inn.st valuable scourer. For perfectly cleansing woolens, and such like a nicies, it ia ihe housewife's panacea ; and if the washerwoman happeiia lo have chilblains, she becomes CU led by the ope ration. Paper read befort the British As tociiition. 1 ... Pure Am. Whatever renders the blood impure, lends lo originate consumption. Wlintcver makes the air impure, makes blood impure. It is ihe air wo, breathe which purifies the blood. And as, if the wnier we use to wash our cloihinj ia dirty, it ia impossible lo wash clulhing clean, si) if llio air we bivnthe is impure, it is impos sible for it to abstract the impurities from the blood. , , ,,( , , , , . What then are tnroe of the more promi nent things which render the air impure! It is the nature, of still water lo become im pure. Ituiiiitng water purines itself. Air in mo'ion, draft of air, aro self purifiers. Thus it i iliat the air of a close room be. comes impure invariably. .Thus it is thai close rooms bring consumption lo countless thousands. Hence all rooms should bo so constructed asm have a constant draft of air passing through them. Tho neglect of it murders myriads, A man of ordinary size renders a hogshead of air unfit for breathing, consumes its blood purifying qualities, every hour, so perfectly, that if man could re-breathe a full breath of his d'vii llip next mutant alter its expiration. ; wilhout any intermixture wilhll.rouler air, he would be instantly suffocated. , Ilenca, sleeping in close rooms, even though alone, or silting for a very short time iu a crowd ed vehicle, or among a large assembly, is perfectly corrupting to the blood. ' Close bed -rooms make the grave of mulliludes. Hall's Book of 'Consumption. t Volca.mc Action o Fish. The Mpx'i- call F.xtrirdiuary slates, .lhat on the 13th i'o. the shores of ihe harW of Vera Cruzj were covered with dead fish. We believe liiis i the day following lha one no which iherartbquske was felt al Minatillan. The fish were doubile killed by a Marine i vnloauo. (r Commodore Jones crges an appro. prietbin of 82,000,000, to provide arma ment and munitions for a volunteer navy and prirateen, to be ready in lbs emerg ency of war. ' &CT Mirth bould be ihe embroidery of Imo .ttaraelr at ahUla. ' The closing chapter of lha fourth vol ume of Irving' Life of Washington con- lain 'he annexed fino portrait uf llio rater ure 'n lha volume here concluded hava oominaniler-tu-cliiel througlioiil Hie ilnvo- luti.in, the nohlu limplici'y of bis life in retirement, until we hava shown him ele vated to the Presidential chair, by no rflbrl of hi own, in a manner against his wishr , by tho unanimous vote of a grateful country. . T'lin plan of our work baa necesinily earned us widely into llio campaign! of ness of the object and the scantiness of the means. We havo endeavored to keep in vbiw the prevailing poverty of resources, tho scandalous neglects, the squalid mis eries nf all kinds, with which its cham pions had lo contend in their expedition through trackless wildernesses or thinly- peopled regions; beneath scorching suns or liicleineni skies j llieir wintry , )tl lrBC(;( by lU,y foot..,rill marches prints on snow and ice; their desolate wintry encamp- infills rendered su'li more desolate by na kedness and famine. - It was iu the patietico and fortitude with which these ill were sustained by a half disciplined yeomanry, voluntary exile from their homes, destitute of nil the "pomp and circumstance" of war to ex cite I hem, and animated solely by their patriotism, that wa read the noblest and mnjt affecting characteristics of that great struggle for human rights. They do wrong to its moral grandeur who seek by commonplace exaggeration to givo a melo dramatic effect and false glure lo its mili tary operations, and lo placn its greatest triumph in tho conflict of tho field. Lafayette showed n Irtio sense of the na ture of the struggle, when Napoleon, ac customed to ellccl ambitious purposes by hundreds of thousands of troops and lens of thousands of slain, sneered al the scanty armies nf the American Revolution and it "boasted buttles." "Site," was the ad. mirable and comprehensive reply, " it was tha grandest of cause woii by skirmishes of sentinels and outposts," In regard to the character and conduct of Washington, wo have endeavored to place bis deeds in the clearest light, and left them to speak for themselves, generally avoiding comment or uiilogium. We hate quoted his own words and writings largely, lo explain his feeling and motive, and give the true key lo his policy ; for never did man leave a inure truthful minor of his heart and mind, and a morn thorough exponent of hi conduct, than be has left in his copious correspondence. There his character is to be found in all its ninjestiu simplicity, it massive grandeur, and quiel, iiolussul strength. He wus no hero of ro mance; llieifl was nothing of romantic heroism in hi nature. A a warrior ho was incapable of fear, hut made no merit of defying danger, lie fought for a cause, liol for personal renown. Gladly, when he had won the cause, he hung up bis sword, never again to lake it down. Glory, i lint hlatnul word which haunts some niiudslike the bray nf the trumpet, formed no part of bis aspirations. To not justly was bit in sliuul, lo promote ihe puUio weal his con stant effort, to descrvo the "affections of good men" his ambition. Willi such qual ifications for the pure exercise of round judgment and comprehensive wisdom, he ascended the Presidential chuir. There, for the present, we leave him. So far our wmlt is complete, comprehend ing the whole military life of Washington and bis agency in public affair up to ihe formation of our Constitution, flow well we have executed it, we leave to the public lo determine; hoping to find it, as hereto fore, far more easily satisfied with the re sult of our labors than we are ourselves. Siiouiu me measure ol lieaiin and good ' , , , aW( ba tj e0lilmeili we nmy ,o oll) and in another volume give the Presiden lial career ami closing life of Washington. In the mean time, having found a resting place in our ta.-k, we slay our hands, lay by our pen, and seek that relaxation and repose w hich gathering years require. ' OCT Prof. Agassiz has been favored with a compliment from the Emperor Napoleon, of which he may well be proud, although he decline the proffered honor. The di. mi'uished na'uralist has been tendered the chair of Paleontology at the Museum of Natural History at Paris, made vacant by 'be dealh of lha miinenl OPan M. d'Or. bigny. In hi reply, our , Americanized Profeisor ssyt that ho find himself under the painful necessity of refusing a position which, in every circumstance, he shall al ways regard as lha most brilliant lo which a naturalist may aspire, but he cannot sever the ties which for many years past he has considered a binding him lo tbe Uni- ted State fur the remainder of his life, Tim Mukmon Rcbkluom- The Wash ington correspondent of llit St. Louis Ro publican sayi that the Secretary of War will nut ak for volunteers lo go t Utah, but for an iucreate of the Army, lie says ; . . 'It Is settled that Ihe troops ire to march into TJ'iih in thispiing in three col umns one across the plaint one from Oregon, and one from California. The Government will thus cut of every avenue of escape, and protect the frontiers at all points Iroui lUormon murder and robberies. Thi i the great object lo be looked lo. If nrigham Young bus determined lo burn Salt Lake City and lay wasio Utah, he will evidently aim ta collect comnoud In. teresi, a well as lh princlptl, ofTlhe peo ple wiihiu striking uisiauce ol la lanatical follower. California, it is apprehended hero, will suffer, and should Young succeed in enlisting Indian allies, we may have on hand protracted bloody war, which hiay cost ihe Government more money limn the Honda war of Air. Van Uuren a. .. ' i CorrRB and Suoan. Brazil produce 320,000,000 pouud of coffee annually, being more than one entire half that it grown in Ihe world. Java produces 120, 000,000 pounds, Ceylon 50,000,000, San Domingo 35,000,00(1, Cuba and Purlo Rico '20,000,000,. Sumatra 13,000,000, Costa Rica 0 000,000, Mooha 5,000,000, find Ihe British West Indies 8,000,000. 1 ' Of the two thousand eight hundred mill ion pounds of sugar produced in 1830, Bra zil furnished 200,000,000 pounds," Cuba 800,000,000, llritisli West Indies 330,000, 000, and Louisiana and other of the Gulf Stales 250,000,000. ' About" ihirty-four million pounds of maple sugnr arn made in the Northern States iu a' year, and France, Uelgium, Germany, Austria, and Russia make about three hundred and forty million pounds of beet sugar iii a year. In con sumption, Great Britain requires annually for her coffee, lea, and sweetmeats, about eight hundred and thirty-six million pounds and the United Stutcs without quite at sweet a tool li as John Hull demands some seven hundred and sixty mil'ion pouud. Statistics ok tnlt Rime. The Scrip tures havo been translated into MS lan guages and dialects, of which 121 had, prior to the formation of ihe "British and Foreign Biblo Society," never appeared. And 25 of these languages existed without an alphabet, In en oral form.1 The first division of the diviue oracles into chapters and verses is attributed to Stephen Long- ton, Archbishop of Canterbury in the reign of King John, in the latter part of the 12th century or beginning, of the 13th. Car dinal Hugo, iu ihe middle of the 13th cen tury, divided the Old Testament into chap, lers, as they stand in our translation. Af terward, A thins, a Jew of Amsterdam, divided tho sections ol Hugo into verses, as we now have llietn. Robert Stephens, a French printer, had previously (1331) di vided the New Testament into verse ns they now are. . . : . . ! The Old Testament contains 89 books, 920. chapters, 23,214 verses, 502,439 word, 2,729,100 letters. . The New Tea- lament contains 27 books, 200 chapters, 7,050 verse, 182,233 words, 848,380 lei. lers. The entire Bible contains 00 books. 1,180 chapters, 31,173 verses, 774,082 word, 8,670,480 loiter.." '. ' ; ' Tbe name Jehovah, or Lord, occur 0,855 limes iii' lbs Old Testament. The word ''Selnh" occur 70 time in Psalms, in Ilabakkuk 3 limes. The word "and" occurs in the Old Testament .13,543 times, in the New Testament 10,081 limes, in llto Bible 40,227 times. The middle book of the Old Testament is Proverbs. The middlo chapter i the 29ih of Job tho middlo verse, 2d Chron icles, xx: 17. The middle book of tho New Testanienl i 2d Thessalonians. Tho middle chapters are Romant 13 and 14 ihe middlo verse is Acts xvii, 17. Tho middle chapter, and the least, in tho Bible, it Psalms cxvil. ' Tbo least verse in tbo Old Testament is 1st Chronicles, 1, 1.' The least verse in the Bibte it John xi, 33. The 19th chap ter of 2d Kings and tbe 37ib of Isaiah are Ihe same, 'In 1 he 21st verse of the 7ih chapter of Ezra are all the letter of tbe alphabet, I and J being considered as one. Tbe preceding fuels were ascertained by a gentleman in 1718$ also by an English gentleman residing at Amsterdam, 1772; and it is inid to havo laken each nearly three year iu tb inveiigntion. Duties or Uailt Li b. Life is nnten tirely made op of great evils or heavy tri als; but the perpetual recurrence of petty evils and small trials, is the ordinary and appointed exercise of the Christian graces. To bear with ihe failings of those about us with their infirmities, their bad judg ment, Ibeir ill breeding, their perverse tempers lo endure neglect when we feel we deserved attention, and ingratitude when we expected thanks lo bear with the company of disagreeable people whom Providence bat placed in our way, and whom He has provided or purposed for tbe trial of eur virtue these are the best tier- else of patienca and self-denial, and th better because not chosen Ly ourselves. To bear with roatiens iu business, with disappointment io our expectations, with interruptions of our rctiremeal, with folly, Intrusion, disturbance In short, with what ever opposes our will, contradict our hu mor this habitual acquiescence appear lo be more of the essence of self-denial limn any little rigors or affliction of eur imposing. 1 uese consiAtit, inevitable, but Inferior evil, properly improved, furnish a good moral discipline, and might, io llio days of ignorance, have superseded pit. grimago and penance Jfanuah More. jtLsT One of the Pennsylvania democratic correspondents of Forney' Press, express, es his fear that our enemy England ha united with the dituuionial of lha North aud South, and is now al the bottom of thi move for forcing the constitution on Kan- sa for the purpose of destroying the Union. Oh, how cruel to charge the "conservative Mr. Cew-kauan" with having been bugbt by British gold to destroy the Union, when he claim to be the great Uuion surer. " . i i i i . m i . ' A Curious CoMmstusi ruon Costa Rica. -Preidobt Morn, of Costa Rioa, confirms the position laken by Gen. Walks er, that ho was uot driven out of Nicaragua, by the enemy, but through ihe capitulation forced upon him by Capl. Davis, U. S. N., In hi assumed character of representative of lite policy of President Pierce's Admin istration. President Mora frankly stales, in his speech of October 29, that Wulker't position at liivas was " leally superior ta tbatoftho Central Americana!" In explaining thn position of the 'allies' in this crisis, the President of Cotn Rica ays, " Tho ravages of the cholera, which was daily increasing, and tho near approach nf tho terriblo season of rains, made tlla dissolution of the allied army inevitable, iu twenty days; while Walker Lad still 000 able men, and resources which would have enabled hiui to have sustained him self for a much longer time than ha been supposed. In tho last resort he might have) at any lime forced our weak lines." . ., , j Tun Pkess. The press is ihb ruling power of the limn. Tho age of ttutesmcn U over, and tho age of tho printing press U como. What the invention of gunpowder was lu tho art of war, making any man who could pull a trigger equal to thu most pow. erful warrior, thn press it in a reading age. Men aometiiiiu thiuk that the grat browa al Wusbingiuu control the nation. So tbe man who lirst sees n steamboat thinks that the wnlking-licain is I ho propelling power, but below there ia a "f inulic" fucdiug tho fires. Wendell Phillip. CfT Faneuil Hall contains standing room fur 5,320 persons. Including the space afforded by window recesses and the porch of the hull, when pushed to i:s UU most, may hold an audienco of 5,703.' 4 . - . . . t I'i;nsio.i;e3. Thu Pension OlHco has adJed to its roll during llio year past 043 pensioner, 02 of whom wore Revolutionary soldier. There have died during tho year 171 Revolutionary soldiers, and 738 wid 0W8 of Revolutionary soldiers. , 03" On thu 17th day of last December, a decree was to go Into effect abolishing serfdom in tbe Russian Empiro. It will bo a day of jubilee, nnd will become tho most marked in the calendar of that mighty government . ' Thuisms. There are many truuins in tho world. Take the following as a sample in every day life : One new bonnet will make a young lady feci hnppy very. , Ono 'funny man' will bother a whole neighborhood. , C'tie goose hiss will disturb wholo s sombly. " ' One bad novel will wasto wholo reams of good paper. s i One drop of oil will stop a hideous noite. Ouo 'jolly row' will turn all the inhab itants of a street out of doors. ' . One pretty flirt will make a dozen plain giil unhappy for an entire evening. One song will set thirty people talking. CO". The dearer on' s become, the more horses gel licked. Dobson tay a shilling raw bide will give as much power lo hi gray maroas twenty. five cents worth of corn. Dobson is becoming a philosopher. Ah Old Diium. The Southern Record er, (Milledgoville, Ga.,) in describing a hue military demonstration at Milledge. ville, says! . ' " We cannot omit to mention tbe pleas, ing emotions we fell upon taking iu our handi a drum that was beaten in the bailies of Saratoga, Cow pens, ondEulaw Springs, The Savannah Volunteer Guards ore tha fortunate possessors cf ibis revo'ullonsry relic, rendered more sacred and dear to tha American soldier, fiora ihe fact that in each bailie, victory perched upon th American standard. To giv vent to oar patriotic feelings at the pleating incident, we drank lo Ihe memory of tha old patriot, who beat lhat drum io lb 'lime that tried' men's souls!'" ., . ' J A flocsEHOLO Ticth. A motbf r is-law. in in establishment i a rare good, servant, bat practoui bad mistr.