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THE OREGON ARGUS, rviuiiUD iveev SA-ruaiur nuumxa, BY WILLIAM L. ADAMS. TERMS The A sou a wiJ is furniikei tt far 0Mrf and 'i'y Ci iir anaam, in , advaaet, tt tingle mbecriberil'hrrt Doliari tack tt elulit of tin tt one tjietin advance Wkta tkt monet it tut paid it tdtanct, Four ., Dollar! wilt It tkarged if paid within tit mtntkt, tnd Five doWirt at tkt end of tkt year. ty Tt Dollartfor lit montktNo eubeerip- titnt netned for a leu period, fjg Nt piper diecontinued until til arrtnrtget art paid, uoleee tt tkt option of the puMUker. K Wr4 U Ik Wise. Lava bailed a liltla mnid, Romping through lha meadow i IIdlss ia lha aun aha played. Scornful of Uia shadow. Coma with ma," whispered ba i " Listen, awect, to lova end reason." "fly and by," alia mocked reply " Lore's not In season." . 'Yaara went, ye art oama " Light mixed with shadow i Lna mat tha maid ng n, Drsamlng through ilia meadow. u Hot it coy," urged the bny ( u Liat in time la lova and reaiou." " By and by," alia mused reply u Love's till In season." Yaara want, yaara came Light changed lo shadow t Loo (net tlio maid again, Wailing in the meadow. " rose no more ; my dream ia o'er j I can liatan now to reason.'1 " Keep thee coy," mocked the buy " Low's out of season." ' The Fatal Oath. It was only six yearn ' fcgo that two distinguished citizens of Wash . ington county, Kentucky, whom wo will ' call Messrs. Borlaud and Ilarluud, both . running for a high political place, met at a barbecuo to nrguo their claims before the people. Between them as it had been between their families for generations be fore a bitter bate existed, dated back, we believe, to a quarrel about the time of the Revolution, or prior to it, when in Virginia . one family claimed and held uttuchmcut to the king, while the other clung to liberty, oven while it was a nun-ling in the hands of Patrick Henry, waiting strength to be placed under the guardian care of Wash ington. i, At this barbecue, both of theso men gray-haired they wcro, too appeared on the stump without arms upon their persons, so persuaded by their friends, who knew of their hatred each to the other, and had no wish to hare their different pnrty candidates cut off at least until they knew how the election would turn. , But where fresh fuel is heaped upon old embers a blaze is sure to rise. And so in this case. The speech of Mr. Borland bore . hard upon the party of Mr. Harland, yet harder still upon Harland himself. The latter, when it came to his turn to reply, ' spoke with a scathing bitterness and per sonality, which fairly maddened Borland. He bore it, though chafing like a chained tiger, for a timo ; but at lust he broke over . all restraining bounds, and pitched into his opponent, with an argument nioro to-fat- ieal than philosophical. The conscquenco Was a free fight, which, though it lasted but a few moments, gavo grounds for a thnllcngo between tho principals. ' . It passed, and a meeting with rides at twenty paces was the result. At the first fire Borland fell dead with a ball through his head, nnrlund also fell, mortally wonuded but lingered tlirongU the night, with his faculties so retained that he pre pared his will and other documents, and conversed with tho only living one or his family who was near him a son. then 4 twenty years of age about his affairs. Before dying, ho prepurcd a package, and had it scaled carefully, and then call ing for his son, said: 'William, my will is open and can be read as soon as I' pass away. But this package contains a private matter, and no one but you can attend to it, for you are the last male of my race.' I will attend to any request which you make, my dear father,' replied the unhappy son. . ' You must swear to me, my boy, to M fill this request! The seal must not bo broken until I have laid in my grave one week, when you will hove regained compos ure and strength for your work ! Swear to me to fulfill my wish!' ' I swear, my father!' replied the youth. Harland uttered a bitter curse against the Borlands, and fell back on his pillow dead. .'Young Harland had his father's remains carried home, aud on the same day two fu- ' nrocessions entered the graveyard at mT " Hierc both had resided. The Springfield, .. j,our were buried wo eaemies at the . th Yet, tboigh mourning family J past haired seemed to be bunco: wn- i " L- s At. Mneiarainoa VsTI." ' who bad fallen; ior mo oj"" young, and knew not yet the feelings of 'hatred which had strongly influenced their parents. Two were thcte, who, unknown to those toarents, had long cherished feelings most opposite to &atrea. uu w ........... Harland, and the dther Flora Borland, the joVely daughter of Col. Borland, who had Jrt entered her eighteenth year. Her brother whose age was the same as that of William Harland-and the two younger sisters, were all the near relative left by her parent to Mow td the grave, although he had by his will provided a guardian for those whom he knew his death would leave all too much unprotected; " William and Flora, knowing the family frnrl had concealed their love; yet, like Juliet and Romeo, they had often met, and made their tows that kit or kin should ever tear their heart asunder. And sad was tbis occasion thoagh th?y spoke not, mm. A Weekly Newspaper, devoted Vol. IV. yet their tearful eyes exchanged glances from which each read more than their lips could utter. A week passed by, and ulouo in his chamber William Harland opened the scaled package which his father had given him, and the instructions of which he had sworn to obey. Why did his face blanch to an ashen hue ns he gazed upon it ? Why did it full from his grasp as if his hands were stricken with a sudden palsy ? lJccnuso it was written thus: " William, my boy. I am the third of my family who havo fallen by tho accursed hand of the Borland. Of them, there is but one left, Elias; of my family, only you. Now, you are his suiicrior in skill, in strength, and courage. You havo sworn to fullill my direction! Keen your oath, or feel that a father's curse hangs over you! And oh! what on earth is more fearful than a father's curse ? It is my wish that at once you seek a quarrel with him, provoke linn to an attack, and leave not a malo or tho Borlands alive; for with him the last will perish! Remember, revenge is sweet! , lorn i ATHER." 'My God! why did I tuko that oath! Elias is not my foe, and Flora is my love. Were I to kill him, she is lost to me forever lost to the world for the blow which would kill him would break her heart!' groaned William. ' All that night, in wretchedness, young Harland walked up aud down his chamber in agony of mind, studying what to do. Ho would fain have fled the place; but his oath was, in his eyes, most sacred, and he dare not break it. He sought a comforter a comforter, I said! Qh, if the fiend is a counselor if ull the ills that e'er were clustered into one, could find a nnme, that name would be the comforter! He sought mm! , Maddened with its fumes, he left his homo at uu early hour, armed to the teeth, and determined to fulfill his pledge; and if he did not full himself in the conflict, to end the tragedy by self-destruction. Too soon, alas, at the village tavern, he met young Borland, and, in the frenzy of inebriation, insulted him so grossly that an instant combat was the result. And it was a fearful one. Revolvers and knives were tho weapons, and both were used with ter rible effect. Almost nt the same moment, clenched aud grappled in tho deadly struggle tliey expired. Aud a lady, young and lovely, who was passing, heard of tho affray, and rushing to the spot, fell senseless on the bodies of her love and her brother! Slio is now a maniac. They sleep as their fathers sleep iu bloody graves. Tis a sad tale, but a tni one, this of a Kentucky feud. Conservatism of Free Masonry. Tho New Orleans Bulletiu remarks con cerning the Masonic Fraternity of tho Uuited States: " Here is a body of men, composed of all classes and professions, entertaining ev ery kind of opinions upon religion and pol itics, and existing in every State of the Un ion, who come together and exhibit among themselves tho utmost harmony of feeling and action. No word of Opprobrium es capes from tho lips of any one to insult and wound the reelings Or another.. Jo ncrco anathema of sections is heard. No ex travagance is indulged in. Everything is done decently and in order. Everything is quiet, gentlemanly, respectful, dignified. The bitterest political enemies meet face to face, and you shall never know by their ac tions or words that they do not belong to the samo pnrty. Religionists the most op posito embrace each other in the arms of an exalted charity. Fanaticism finds.no entrance into the society of the Brother hood. Not a wave or discord disturbs tne waters of the inner temple, no plunge into the abyss of atheism, rant, or lawless ness shocks the moral sense of mankind. No revolutionary hydra comes up from be neath to break up the foundation of order and send the tornado over the fair face, of society." " But what is the secret of their una nimity, of their harmony, of their brother ly love, of the conservative front which, without a tremor, thpy maintain, amid the ircneral commotion, hatred, and fanaticism existing around them? It is found, it seems to strike us, in one word tolera tion." Those Bombs. The bombs thrown un- rW fl carriase of apolcon in Paris, were entered at the Calais custom house as a new machine for the generation of gas and the inspectors considereS tiiCH of so little value that they charged no duty oil wcm. Orsini cliarged them with fulminating pow der, which he carried rrom Lonuon m uis satchel in damp paper. He dried it in front of a stove, with a watch in one hand and a thermometer in the other, liable at any moment to be blown into eternity by its explosion. Five only of the bombs were used of eighteen made, ana me anxious innnirr at Paris is. where are the other ""I" i thirteen f p- The Uoston rosi sajs mc who threatened to write two columns a week about Kansas, unless his delinquent subscribers paid up, says that every one ha squared up his account, and three hundred and tnij paid for oc? JW io tdnnct. - A aL. rJK'kr to the Principles of Jeffersonian OREGON CITY, OREGON, OCTOBER 2, 1858. Numerical Relations in Nature. Ev- cry one bns observed that tho leaves of some plants stand in pairs opposito each other, on opposite sides of the stem. In other plunt the leaves arc scattered over the stem; but in these cases also we find them arranged in the most regular manner, Commencing with any given leaf, for In- stance, we shall find tho next leaf above this one third of the way around the stem; tlio next another third, and the next anoth- cr third, so as to stand exactly over the first, Tho scries is, therefore, arranged iu a spiral, which may bo designated by the fraction 1-3. Taking onothcr plaut, we shall find the next leaf above any given one, two fifths of the distunco around, the next will be four-fifths the next six-fifths, I and so ou each leaf moving two fifths of the circumference, further around the stem. Hero is a spiral, therefore, which may be expressed by the fraction two-fifths. In precisely the same way, we disscovcr in other plants, spirals which may be express ed by the fractions 3-8, 5-13, 8-21, etc. If, in the caso of opposito leaves, first men tioned, we consider each leaf as separated from tho preceding by one-hair the inter val around the stem, we shall obtain the series of fractions 1-2, 1-3, 2-5, 3-8, 5-13, 8-21, it must be kept iu mind that these fractions are ascertained by actual observa tion. But notice the relation which exists between them. Each numerator is equal to the sum of tho two preceding numera tors, and each denominator to the sum of the two preceding denominators. Know ing this law, we may continue tho series to any extent and it has been so continued, and fractions obtained, to which pluuts have subsequently been fouud to corres pond. Is nil this the result of chance ? Is it not rather mathematics? law? intelli gence ? But tho most wonderful coincidence is yet to he noticed. Neptune, the remotest planet, revolves about the sun in G0,000 days; Uranus the next, iu 30,000 days; which is one, half the preceding number; Saturn the next, in 10,000 days, which is one-third tho period of Uranus; Jupiter revolves in 4,000 days, which is two-fifths of the neriod of Saturn. And so we ao on through the system, and find a lawrcgnla- ting the revolutions of the planet?, Which is identical with that which determines the arrangement of leaves upon tho humble stem of a plant. This wonderful law is so exact and uniform in its application, that, before the discovery of the planet Neptune, tho botanist in his garden could have pre dicted its existence and its place in the heavens, with greater precision than the French astronomer in his observatory. Moreover, an examination of this series of fractions renders it impossible thnt any planets should exist exterior to Neptune, though moro may exist within tho orbit of Mercury. Astronomers will therefore please tako notice, and not be found plunct hunting iu the deserts of spaco beyond the orbit of Neptune. Prof A.. Winchell. SSF It is a fact well kuown to physiolo gists that the power of absorptiou of nutri tious matters depends upon the fact that tho blood in the capillury vessels which sur round the intestines is thicker than the fluid contained in the intestines. Water is ab sorbed in great quantity and rapidity into the blood from the intestinal canal. The blood would thus soon become so diluted as to be incapable of further absorption if it wcro not for certain arrangements for the rapid escape of this water from the body. A part of tho water passes off by the kidneys. Thus, if a man drinks five or six tumblers full of Ordinary well or spring water, the major part will bo excreted by the kidneys in loss than thirty minutes. But, besides this, the evaporating surface, including the cutaneous and respiratory, is immensely large as compared with the ab sorbing surface. According to Lindenau's calculation, the whole absorbing surface of the intestine is 24 square feet, while the evaporating surface of the lungs is 2,C42 snnare feet and that of the skin is 12 square feet. By this wonderful contri vance any undue increase of water in the blood is soon got rid of, and the due thick ness of the blood and of consequence its power of absorption are constantly main tained. Co. Charles Stewart. This veteran of our navy ba completed the 80th year of hi atre. and is said to be a active, blithe, .Wrfnl a a man of thirty-five. Be- lsll .a sides he is just a able to fulfill the physical duties' of bis position of captain in the navy of his country a he was the first day he received a commission of that rank. Com modore Stewart ha been under the fire of fifteen engagement with the enemies of our flag among the. number thai of the fa mous bombardment of Tripoli apart rrom Tarious skirmishes; in addition to this, the Commodore came off victorious in all. He ha been in the service for sixty-one years, and i now :tively discharging daily duty at tb fhilad-lphi navy yard. Democracy, and advocating the ar The Savannah News proclaims Judge Green, a professor in the law school at Lcbanou, Teuncssce, " a dangerous as well as untrue citizen In the South." Judge Green is a Virginian by birth and a slaveholder iu practice, but he holds "the damnable sentiment that slavery is an evil, morally, socially, and politically," and tho South, whose great men all once held that opinion, cannot tolerate him. The profes- sor, in his defuueo, says that he considers the evil greater to tho master than to the slave. But this docs not avail him. lie must say that slavery Is a good thing or he wdl be dismissed from the luw school, if not driven out of the South by the mob. This is all the liberty of opiuion that exists in the slave regions. JST The Charleston Courier announces that a process has been discovered by which cotton can be compressed into a solid form, harder than wood, impervious to the elcmcuts, fire-proof and ' water-proof, and capable of use for building purposes, at about one-third of the cost of brick. This process is the iuveutiou of a South Curoli- uian, named Legurc. ' ftt)olelia aver the Baceraa at ta AUa' tie Telrcrapb. New York, Aug. 10. Immediately on Iho an nouncement of Uia Queen'a nirauge being raoeived over the Atlantic cable, tho belli of old Trinity church itruck up a nu'rry peal. The public build ings were decorated with nuga, and aaiutea were fired According to previoua arrangement The ffreateat enllnuiaun everywhere prevail! at tha joyful intelligence of the telegraphic union of Eu rope and America. Washington, Aug. id. ma mayor recom mends that measures be tnkeu to celebrate the suc cess of tha Ocenn Telegraph. Lancaster, Fa., jlug. IB. Ilia Uneen amra- ange was received with general trjuicinga. A na tional saluto was nrcd, nnd also salutea m nonor 01 Field and Morse. The church bells were ruug for an hour, and bonfires wore kindled, in honor of the event. Louisvii.La, Aug. 10. Tha reception of tha Queen's message was announced by a grand dis play of fire-works. Great enthusiasm prevails. JS'ashvii.l, Aug. 16 The Queen's Message has caused a tremendous excitement. The people are parading through the afreets wnh inuso, bon fires are blazing-, aud the bells throughout the city were runir for half an hour. New OrI.ians, Aug. 16, Ths Queen's mes sage was received this evening, and ila public an nouncement created much excitement. Baltimosb, Aug. IU. The Mayor has issued a proclamation congratulating tha citizena on the success of the Atlautio Telegraph, recommending the firing of two hundred guns, the ringing of all the bells of tha city, and the displaying of flags from the public buildings and shipping, between 12 and 1 o'clock to-morrow. Kiw Yosk, Aug. 17. The celebration com menced at sunrise by the firing of salutes ; flags were ever) where displayed nliothcr saluto of a hundred guns at Boon, and ringing of bells ; busi ness suspended to somo extent. In the evening, all the public buildings in the city were illuminat ed, together with the hotels, theatres, and numer ous private buildinga. Uonfircs were distributed for miles along the river on both sides of the city. and in all the public squares; a splendid display of fireworks took place in front of tha City Hall ; to add to the effect of the scene, tha City Hall itself took fire, affording fireworks on a grander scale than had been anuouncod, which added greatly to Uie excitement. Ciiicaoo, j4ug. 17. Great excitement; a hun dred guns wero fired at 10 o'clock, the bells rang fur one hour, rockets were sent up, and bonfires blazed. A grand celcbralien comes off this eve ning. liEDKORD Springs, Aug. 17. Much enthusiasm among the visitors here, and three limes three cheers were given for the President, Queen Victo ria, Mr. Field, and the Cable. .The baud played Hail Columbia and uod save the Queen. PiTTsouaoii. A general illumination, hun dred suns fired, with other demonstrations of joy. Detroit. One hundred guns were tired, bells rung, rockets set oil, bouhres lit up, public and pri vate buildings illuminated, and a torch-light pro. cession headed by tha Mayor. Tha utmost enthu siasm prevails throughout the State. Lieut. Maurt and the Cable. Tha National Intelligencer euys the following extract, italics and all, ia taken from a letter written at the National Observatory on the 2Bm of March, Mil, to tne Atluntio Telegraph Company, upon the best time for laying the cable, and wuicu lias wippny proven to be the rrrv belt i 'Aevertlioless, lha enterprise upon wnicn you are engaged is an important one. uooa weainer fur it ia very desirable, nay, almost indispensable ; and meae oaromeinc anomalies nv uKizrauvv. Perhana it would be wise for tha steamers not to ioin cable nnUI after tho SOth of July. I think between that time and ins iuin 01 Auguei ine state of both sea and air ia usually in tha most favorable condition possible; and that it the time tekick tnv inteitittliont indicate as the moat favorable for laying down the wire. I reo ommend It, and wish you good liick. jours, m. i. iuaust. UK" A larae anantitv of rngs from the Crimea were recently received at a paper-mm in Massa chusetts, (tome of them were dot'ed with blood and among them were many of the labela which were unon the bundlea of linen aant out irom uia- land, stating the name of the person who sent them, and lha place of residence. Attached tn one of these labela waa found beautiful poetical Uibute to Florence Nightingale. Oaioiif or Brahov. Brandy began to ba die tilled ia France about A. D. 1313, but H waa ore pared only as a medicine, and waa considered as possessing such marvellous strengthening and san itary powers that tha physic ians named it 'the wa ter of life,' (eau de vie) a name it retains, though now rendered, by excessive potations, one of life's moat powerful and moat prevalent drstroyera Raymond Kully, a disciple of Arnold da Villa Nova, considered ihis admirable essence of w ne to h in emanation from tha divinity, and that it waa intended to reanimate and prolong lha life of man. He even thought that this discovery indi cated that tha timo bad arrived fur the corarom matka of all things the end of tha world. The Cincinnati Enquirer aaya Cap. Davia Embree, Supervising Inspector, has furnished a report of tha burning of tha steamer Pennsylvania. The total number of persona oa board at tha lima of tha explosion ia put down at auO, of whom 1C0 were lost. Fatal Dsissiso Match. Tha Lancaster CP. t Inland Dailv Timea save that Mr. Isaac Bear, of Warwick township, la that county, and mm Uarber. drank seven rations of whisky in 13 daya, whra Bear died of mania-t-potn, leaving Oarbar master of tha field. 2f Pride ia aa erod a beggar aa want, and a great deal more eaoey. When fom have boogbt eoa thing yoa must bay tea man, that yoar Ap pearance rosy ba all as a piece. It easier u oppress tha firat desire than ta mfj aC that fc Jew it frtnkhn. side of Truth iu every issue.- No. 25. Mextal Over-Exertion. Sever or lung-sustained thought ia injurious, both by lha direct Over-excitement of the brain, and by leaving leas nervous energy available for carrying on lha or dinary vital processes. Occasional strain oa the mind may ba Utile felt in health, when tha powers of nature ara quickly restored by food, rest, alerp, and variety of occupation. Iu lima, however, over exertion of thought will tell unfavorably on tho strongest constitution. literary men and oth ers who ara subject to constaut mental fatigue, are rarely healthy or long-lived, except through extra ordiuary cars and prudence, fur allien such per sons, with all their knowledge, are seldom remark able. It ia vary common to find hard students and luborioua thinkers, men of feeble or Irritable nerves, and general debility of system. The saltte wearing effect of the miud appears In those who have been precociously clever or studious. Life is generally short when the mental faculties ara early developed and Imprudently tasked In youth. If life is prolonged under intellectual straining, it ia almost always in weakness and discomfort. There are a'so dangers to health in the opposite extreme of indolence and inactivity of mind. It ia with the mind very much at with tho body, moderate exercise is Conducive lo health, while over-futigue or inactivity ara both unfavorable. BsistiLS Lace. The spinning of tha fin thread used fur lace making in the Netherlands, ia an operation demanding ao high a degree of ex quisite skill, minute manipulation, and vigilant at tention, Uiat it appears impossible that it can aver be taken from human hands by machinery. Nona but Belgian lingers ara skilled iu this art. The very fittest sort of this thread Is made iu Brus sels in damp underground cellars, for it ia ao ex tremely delicate that It is liable lo break by con tact with the dry air above ground ; and it ia ob tained In good condition only when made and kept in a humid, subterraneous atmosphere. There ara numbers of old Belgian thread makers, who, like spiders, have passed the beat part of their lives spinning iu oellara. This sort of occu pation naturally baa an Injurious effect on the health, and the eye-sight of the operatives la Im paired at an early age. Live without Love. We sometimes meet with men who seem to think that any indulgence in affectionate feeling is weakness. They will re turn from a journey and greet their families with a distant dignity, and move among their children with the cold and lofty splendor of an iceberg, surrounded by ila broken fragments. There ia hardly a more unnatural sight on earth than one of those familiee without a heart. A father had better extinguish a boy's eyra than take away hia heart Who that has experienced the joys of friendship, and values sympathy and affection, would not rather lose all that is beautiful iu na ture's scenery than be robbed of tho hiddeu treas ures of his heart t Cherish, then, your heart's best affections. Indulgo ia the warm and gushing emotions of filial and parental love. HeAt ron tiii Stars. It is a startling fact, that if the earth were dependent alone upon the aun for heat, it would not get enough to make the existence of animal and vegitable life passible upon its surface. It results from the researches of Pouillet, that the start furnish heat enough In the course of a year to melt a crust of lea eighty-five feet thick, almost as much at ia supplied by the sun. This may appear strange when we consider how immeasurably small must ba the amount of heat received from any one of theso distant bod ies. But Iho surprise vanishes, when we remem ber that the whole firmament ia ao thickly sown with stars, that In some place thousands are crowded together within a space no greater than that occupied by the full moon. Dr. Lardner. I.nterestino Discovkrv. At the last meeting of the Linntcan Society, Dr. Hooker read an ex tract from a letter, mentioning he discov ery, near the banks of the rivor Amaxon, of large equiietumt, the plant which abounds fuss'liied in coal formations. Theso plants were twenty feet high, and the stem was the thickness of a man's wrist. The writer of the letter slated thnt his surprlso on the discovery of these plants, which were believed to have been extinct, could scarcely have been exceeded had he aeon the Sauriane of former worlda revived, and rushing through the swamp. rjRT The food, water and air which a man re ceive amount, in tho aggregate, to more than three thousand pounds a year about a ton and a half, or twenty timea his own weight. This enor mous quantity shows the expenditure of material required for life. A living being ia the result of change on a great scVe. Ixexem. The number of distinct species of insects already known and described cannot ba estimated at lesa than two hundred thousand- there being nearly twenty thousand beetle a'one, now known, and every day la adding to the cata logue; rwr Miss KncM. the talented author if tha u History of the Tudors," was recently run over in London by a horse-cart, ana men soon aiier. TV. Have llAaftees. It laths hairy side of leath er that cracks ; and if harnwi ia made (if double) ma that the fleahv aide are outward, and (if single) so that the hairy side I next to the horse it will not crack. The moistur of the horse wlil sof en the hairy aids, and the bend being ao lhat the fleshy side ia on the ontswia ox uie segment oi me ciro e. nn nruvocation ia riven to the in da circle to crack Wsgoa barnesa has lasted twenty years unc racked simply by thai means. rtr Ton must travel throoh a despotic cram- try la fully understand what th inappreciable luxury of libertp means J in th same way, aa. iu order lo appreciate th real blessing of health there is nothing lik walking through a hospital '.Lord Join RuteeU. (9 Praise, though H may b our due, is like a bank-bill, to be paid apoa demand ; to be valuable, it moat be voluntary. HTMeanneae wiD mildew the brightest fiWer that ever opened it petals to th d of affec tion. (y- Ws do not de-e s!l those wh have not a aogl Vrrto. y Trust him fittl wh praiar all i him lesa whVeensore ell; and him least who ia iadiflVr rat a boat aJL f4 When thare't lor ia thai neart, there's a aiabaw ia the aya that f ii vary eiond. ADVKRTWINO RATES. On square (13 line or lea) on insertion, f.1i m it two insertions, 4,0(1 " three Insertions, S,( 9 Each subsequent insertion, 1,1'B Ktaeonabl dsd net ions lo Hkm who advertise hj tha year. JOB PRINTING. The rxorsiiToa or the ARGl'S is irmt to Inform the public that ha has just received a large nock of J Oil TY I'B aud other new print ing matt-rial, and will ba in ih crdy receipt o additions suited to all lha requirements of this k cnlity. llANDIlli.1.8, POhTliltH, HI.A.VKH. CAUDA, CIKCL'LAIIH, I'AMI'III.HT-WOItK and oilier kinds, dune te order, on short retire. A Dholl riiKniDKNT. Iii a luto num ber of the Albany Evening Joumul, Tliur low Weed tells us what a droll President we have got, Iu tho following concise words: " He eutea-d tho Whito House, with a promise of freedom to Kansas on hi and a scheme for enslaving it in his iockit Ho declared war against circulating notes, and In six weeks was Issuing thctn himself, Before the ink was dry with which ho pledged " Economy ho hail drained . tho treasury of its last dollur. Before thd printers Were done stereotyping his iuflexi' Lie determination nerer to borrow, lie was In Wall street soliciting a loan! " Ho congratulated tho country On tho Dual cad of slavery agitation, and be liM been agitating it ever since. He ordered Paulding to stop tho filKbustriw, and then recalled him for doing it. Walker of Nic aragua he pronounced an outlaw, and ten dered him tho hospitalities of the Whito House. Walker of Kansas ho furnished with written instructions, and turned him out for obeying thenh "He withheld the troops from null, where he proclaimed there was war, In or der to keep them in Kansas, where ho in sistcd all was peace. Ho sells Forts at tho West for a tithe of their cost, in order to buy sites nt the cast at ten times their value his subordinates in both cases pock eting the difference. Ho is continually asking for new steam frigutc but he will not use those he has, either on the coaxt of Africa or in the Uulf or Mexico. Ho sends out a steamer ostensibly to catch tho Styx, but with private orders in tho Cap tain's desk to do nothing of the sort.: Claiming to be tho mast frugal of Presi dents, he has spent moro than any ol his predecessors. Assuming to be ubovo party prejudices, he makes partisanship tho basis even of his invitations to dinner." Gold PnoniuTioH ron 1857. Tho pro duetiou of gold in Australia for tho past year is Set down by the best Eng lish authorities at one hundred millions of dollars. The production in other countries is estimated as follows: California $05,000,000; Iltissia and Sibe ria $20,000,000; other parts of the World $15,000,000. Total $100,000,000. We thus have two hundred millions as the gold crop of 1857, and tho actual amount ia likely to b rather moro than tho estimated aggregate. At this rate, two thousand millions of gold will bo thrown into tha monetary circulation of the world during the next ten years. West Toint Military Acaiikuy. Tho luto Board of Visitors to West Point have made a report to the War Department. Ono of their recommendations is that thd controlling object of tho Government should be to invito competition among the youth of each Congressional district for these posi' tions. When a vacancy occurs iu a Con" grcssional district, no boy ambitions of ob taining tho appointment of cadet should be denied the privilege of becoming a candi date for admission. Tho present "closo borough" method of nomination has no ref erence to the talents or merits of the'youth, who receives the appointment. The preju dices now existing against West Point in ninny sections of tho Republic would di8uj pcar if it should ccaso to bo an Institution where the power of nomination is entirely iu the hands of politicians. Tu.NSELi.iNO The Alps. Franco is de termined not to bo behind England in great enterprises. She attempts achievements upon tlte land as remarkublo as those of England upon the water, hilst the hit tor is makiug an experiment with the mon ster steamship, and tlio Atlantic lelegrapn, France is about to undertuko tho gignntio project of tunnelling the Alps. "This work," says tho New York Herald, " has occupied tho attention of scientific men fur mauy yenrs. It is demonstrated now that by tho force of compressed air the monarehs of European mountains may be ot( tucked and a gallery eight miles iu length drilled through their centers. This railway tunnel, tho greatest work of mod ern tunes, is to be completed in six y curst and as the French writers well say, when it is finished there will bo no Alps, 'flic idea is magnificent, and tho novel principle of the machines to be used for carrying it out affords a fine study for all who are inter ested in the exact sciences. In these prac tical days who is not so interested V t The mails per America, received July 23d, bring accounts of the commence ment somo months ago or the "Alpino Tunnel" connecting Modena and Darde-' niche on opposite sides or tho Alps, which there tower to a height of 4,800 English feet, nwry a milt high. IU length will be nearly 8 J English miles. From the great height of the mountains, it can only be worked from the ends. Uy the ordinary means hitherto employed, 30 years would be required to complete it. By the use of Perforator or drilling machies by com pressed air, the work, it is estimated, will be completed In six years. ty Francis Roueche, in New Orleans, has been senU-need to fifteen years hard la bor in the penitcut-ary, for tilling his slave. , by a long worse of Inhuman treatment.'