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f THE OREGON AHGUS. . ! BY d, w. CHAW. . ' ' . ftYftttf Tike Atoui Kill kt famitktd at Tkrtt DMart and Fifty Ctnti pet annum, in aieaaet, It tingle Kibecriktri Tkrtt Dollari tack it tlakt tf it at tat affietia adtaatt Vfkt tkt mat it ntt paid i advance, Faar Vallara will at charge J paid itukin tit meat, net atuart at the tni of tkt a tar. ty Tmt Dollari fat tit mantktNt taktetif titat received for a Utt ptritd. fjf Na paper iiectntinutd audi all trrtaraget art pant, anlttt at tktnptionof tkt publisher. beUt Wart. A young roe, In lummer t'm, le beautiful to me, And glorious, llio miny etsrs That glimmer on the tea ) Bui fontlo words toil loving hearts, AnJ hands toclusp my own, An bolter tin the brightosojiluwere, Or tun that ever ibuue! Tho ran may worm the grot to life, Tbo dew llio drooping flower,' Anil eyVgrow bright tod walch llnjliglit Of nutuinn'i opening hour ; But words tint breath of tunderuese, And smilt wo know lire true, Art warmer than the tummor time, A ad brighter than the dow. It h not much tho world can give, With all lie oubtle art, And gold or genu are not tho thing To satisfy tho heart. But O, if Ihuoe who filuiler round Tbo altar and the hearth, Hare gentle wurda and loving f.til!e, How beauiiful ia earth 1 ? ' Far tkt Argut. Weaaaa't 1Un. Mr. Editor: I hud thought of having - 1ot little more to my on the subject of - girl1 or womcu's rights, as I expected that ' what hod already been said would call out Ruffle-lent amount of talent to exenso me, and no It has, but for one thing. 1 see in the Ittnt two article, written by S. and Ab ' Igail, that they have both conceded all that even ' Lear would contend Tor. S., after ' writing a first-rato article on the subject, irivea it up in this wise " Say what you ' will, there is in my estimation no character jrreater, more noble, more soul-elevating, nnd calling out higher powers of mind, or greater depths of feeling, than that of a mother, and this character, I am happy to tmj, belongs exclusively to woman; and with this prc-cminenco of right I am con ;' tent." Abigail says " But what I want, is to sec ladies content to use cradles for ballot-boxes, in which they have a right to plant, not votes, but voters." Now, ladies, '" this right has never yet been denied to wo ' man not even to the slaves of the South (save that their offspring should not be vo ' tors). Hut war is declared, and hostilities ' commenced; and it is necessary that we fchow the issue, show our colors, and stand to our ground. ' We will therefore declare that all ' womitu'-kind are born with the name inalienable rights that 1 mau'-kind are, And have a right to be represented in the government under which they live, and therefore have a right to vote, and a right to hold office n right to be a judge, or ju ror, or counsel. &c. Now let us establish the r-ght, and talk about the propriety af- - terwurd. I hold, then, that man and wo : innu are just ul.ke, so far as mind is con- eerned their mental faculties arc just the name. When I look at my little girl, I see : that she is flesh of my flesh, and bone of luy bone, and needs just the same nourisli ' incut and care to sustain life tliut my little : boys do, und they seem to hare the same faculties of mind and when they ore nt iilar I can see no difference in them. If : the boys get straddle of sticks, for horses, the little girl does too; if they want to chop wood, or hoe the garden, like pa does, the girl does too; if they are delighted to see the lambs, calves, or pigs playing about, so is she; if she wants a play-house, and a doll to set in it, so do they; and whatever delights one, delights all; and, if they were Hot taught differently, they would grow to tie men and women with the same habit and dispositions. Then why should woman be a dependent being on the will of man? ;j why should she not have a voice in the gov- ernment under which she lives, and by a which she is taxed and governed. Is she lacking in virtue, honesty, morality, integ rity, stability, or talent? I answer no; - with an equal chance, she Is a full match for her brother, man. Then, ladies, estab lish your rights, and then we will show that ' many of tho honorable and lucrative sta ' tioni that are now monopolized by your ' brothers, may be creditably filled by your ' selves. Now, with the amount of talent ' evinced by the above-mentioned ladies, I 'am. lure they can win the victory, if they will stand to the ground; and J am sure, Mr. Editor, that your Interesting paper ; jriJJ Jose nothing by giving room for such ' productions as theirs. 31. P. Owex . ' ' . U :,. . r : ? 1 Far tkt Argaa. ...a Affair aboat fUbtlalty. ; . Mr. Editor: Thinking that some of your ' j readers would be pleased to hear something i in regard to the progress of this little town, J submit the following. Sublimity is an inland town situated four- teen miles southeast of Salem, on the Terri torial road, in Marion county. About five yean ago this town was composed of one , istall dry goods store, one blacksmith shop, and peruapa one or Iwo dwelling houses, From that time it has been increasing rap- idly both in size and interest, and at pres ent it numbers four dry goods stores, one large school building, one church building, , (jq mechanic shops, and several dwelling hooaet. r Tmdging the future by the part, I see no reason why this little town may not at tome future day compare with the most i flourishing inland town in oar State, Sur rounded aa it is with an intelligent and . leajoos community, it will withoat doubt be plae of cowidcrabrt importance. There A Weekly Newspaper, devoted to the Interest of tlio LuWing Clrwses, and advocating the Vol, V. Is a largo slid interesting school in progress In thcplaeo, conducted by Her. Mr. Wright, very able and efficient teacher. The school numbers at presout about fifty stu dents, and It will doubtless be one of the noilltn to w h e I t ho vmitie nf nne hmil u-ivv (mvii bicih ru avuiiu an vuu miuii. There is olo a Division of the Sons of Tem perance in this place, which I contend sjieakg well fur it. It numbers at present about thirty contributing members and Is in a prosperous condition. MIT tliAiP Piano ia n,....m A.1..,.-olA. There is one other establishment which I had forgotten to mention, and every veusi- ble man will acknowledge it to be a disgrace ' to the owner. Some soulless monster has erected a drinking saloon just in front of the church door, as if in defiance of God him self. But it is to be hoped that tho citizens of the place and the surrounding commu nity will so discountenance him that he will soon take the shame to himself, and have off such a low and degrading practice, one which is calculated to destroy the happiness of families and communities and scud thou sands, yea, millions to a premature grave, Yours Slc, . - k. l. h. Orrtoa Vratt Trade. Some friend has sent us a copy of the California Farmer, of April 29th, 1859, which contains the subjoined letter on the fruit trade of Oregon for the pnst year, from B. Kunpp, Esq., a gentleman connected with the large mercantile house of Hull, Knnpp, & Co., of Portland. We copy the letter into our columns for the benefit of our readers: San Francisco, April 28, 1859. Editor Fakmrr Dear Sir: Iu reply to your request to furnish you for publication some statistics relative to the Oregon fruit crop, 1 Have to state that there has never liceu any record kept m regard to it until tho piwt season. feeling the ncccss.ty of such information, In the successful prosecution of our business, I have the past year kept a record of the amount of fruit received each steamer, to whom consigned, the price for which it was sold, etc. This information I have invaria bly obtained personally, of the consignees themselves, at the time of each arrival, aud it is lielieved to be very accurate, particu larly in regard to the amount received. Tiio fruit consisted almost entirely of apples and pears, and the proportion of the latter was so small that I did not keep a scpnrnto account of it. Tho first arrival was on J uly iJOth, of eighty boxes of apples, winert sow irom 12 to 18 cents a pound. The following table shows the total amount that hit. veil hero and the prices sold at, in each month of the season, from July, 1858, to April. 1859, inclusive. Moutk arrived. Bazet. Prieet told at. July, 1858 80 J2iot8o August 1105 Identic Seneiuber .213!) Tea 1 8c Oct b,-r 13117 lcl9o November 8214 .-.lUcaSiie December... 7232 lUc28e .lanuary, 18."i! S5il 7oo24o February lb?l lOcaliOc March 1411 Ince3.'ic April SOU 13ca24e 100 boxes of the lust shipment in March were bought by George Hughes, at 35 cents a pound. The total amount received at this port for the whole season is 29,190 boxes, which contain from 40 pounds to 75 or 80 pounds each. They will generally average about GO pounds a box, or about 1 bushels, which amounts to over 36,000 bushels. It would be a difficult matter to make an exact average of the sales. The figures named arc the extremes, very few sold at the highest figures; nor would the difference between the two extremes be always correct, for at some seasons the average sales ranged but little above the lowest figure, while atother times the majority of sales ranged nearly to the highest figure. Probably 14c or 15c a pound would be a fair average for the whole season. Taking GO pounds as tho average to a box, we have a total of 1,751, 400 pounds, which at 15 cents amounts to $262,710. There was considerable fruit th'pped from Portland to Victoria, and other ports on the Puget Sound, to what amount I have uo means of ascertaining, nor have I any idea what amount was retained for home consumption. Probably the entire crop of last season would not fall much short of 50,000 bushels, which, at the prices it brought, is a very pretty item among the productions of the youngest State of our great Republic. Respectfully yours, ' i J. 15. KNAPr. The River. The Columbia is rapidly swelling in volume, and has already attained an unusual height for this season of the year. Tne snows, too, are known to nave fallen to a great depth in the mountains drained by its affluents on all sides, and there is promise of the highest food which has been seen for some years. Dalit t Jour, nal. Gold Dcst from Colvilli. Mr. Hugh- son's train came to town on Saturday last from Colville with some 60 oz. of gold. The miners at work are said to be doinz well; aa much aa $20 in one claim had recently been made per day to the band. Pallet journal, may o, . , Poroocs Crnrs. Lieut. Habersham, United States steamer Powhattan, writes the Philadelphia, Ledger that Lord Elgia ; has just returned from a visit op the Yang- teze-kiang, six hundred and fifty miles from 8hanghae, to Han-kow and We-chang, where, as Hoc says, three cities lace eacn , other, and eight million, of inhabitant! re-. ., ' . , ... de-a degree of popnlonsnos which aeems .. , incredible to our notions of comfort O' j means of mpport. A. A Ja, X . raws 11 otw OREGON CITY, OREGON, MAY 21, 1850. tUtraett from tho Harem at Boa. Kit Thayer, (Kroakllraa Member of tea tre) of MaMarhaett. Dttittrtd in tkt lluuff Rrprtarntatirta, Fik. 3Uk, MS, ia Ctmmitttt tf tkt Wkalt. " Fairneaa and itjualiiy between freedom and elavery iu the cunduot of Iheadin autraiiunand in I mo leg elation at aelnngton : " mum, Hir, le ...... . .It meat, either fur freedom or elavery in the Terrilo reef What iot litis but a niilurnl pl.ilform UKti which all the element) uf 0ioailion to the present ailiniiiietrnt on ten fairly etand I 1 aubwribo to that doctrine, and advix-ate a Oiir play party, and a fnir play 1'renident, uu a fair play platform ; I am fur fair play between eeiiin and section, be tween Statu ami Hule; for fair play fur our foreign (xil.cy, and fir fair play lor our duniretio polii'y ; Tor fair piny Willi hiiglanU, rrnnve, andBpani) fur fiir play wilh I'll at and Africa ; fur the acou.- eiiion of Cuba, Central America, and Mexico by fair play, and by that unly. Hero, then, ie the pe,tiou wh oh the oppuwiioii eau fairly awume, and the platform lino the higheat Kepoldicao au thority. Hriwib'o and practical mrn wdl harmuni- ously endono it, and be proud to Maud upn it and doli iid It dunuit the uril iialiunal caiiia irii. la relation to elavery in the Terrilurira, aud the rooncotioo of tho fidural pxeninvnt therewith, I here are three noalioul peutione, and only three. Firat, there le inlcrventiun fur elavery i eecond, there ii intervention for freedom ; aud third, there ia ao intervention whatever. What ia lha preceiil policy of the Drmocratio party in relation to this queeiwnl and what haa been IU poet poetron. 1 eey that party hoe been, ae it le now, iu favor of intervention fur elavery. 1 eay that while that party haa advocated pipular eurerelgiiiy, and hae elected one President by that advocacy, it baa nlwaya pereetently voted sgainat popular sover eignty. It voted against it iu the spring of I8.VI, upon Senator Chase's amendment to the Kansas bill, giving to the people of Kansae aud Nbrako tho right to chuuee their own officers. It was voted against wUu the Tuonibe b II was voted for by the Uemocratio party, inioeiiig a oousiituuun upon the people of Kanaas Without their approba tion. It was voted against by the Democratic party when they voted fur tho Leoumpion bill, which s-iutflil to impote upon the people of Kansas constitution, not only withont their approbation, but in defiance of their solemn protest. It was spin vo:ed against in rejecting the Criltendeu Montgomery amendment, which gave to the peo ple of Kansas the opportunity of framing their own cnnsiituton of choosing undor what organic law they would I ro o o So much for the post position of tho Democratic party In relation to intervention in the Territories. Now what is its present position ? Is that pany n.W on the pipular sovereignty platform I Did the debate in thu Seuale yeaterday show that I Are tin y not infavo-uf intervention, aud that uf the fiercest kind, against fieedoin and fur slavery iu lha Territories f Aud wh.it does that notice mean upon your journal of a bill lo be introduced which shall provide for the protection of slavery in tho Territories 1 What mean those Southern journals when they demand that a federal law shall be mailo by I ongress for the protect on or slavery in the Territories t I refer, Sir, to the C'liai If s:on (S. C.) News, which says : '' If the Constitution confers upon slavery the right lo go to Territories, ae. according lo the Knn- sns-Nebiasiia bill and Uio Dred Scott decision, it does, then it a'so imposes the duty of proiecting tliat right, and thie cannot be done without positive pro-sluvry h g slalion and a federal slave code for tlio 1 errilorics.' In the s unc spirit ;s the foi!oin2 ixlract fiom t lie IN i w York Vf Hook: " Of course, the ptoole of a Terrilory, when they fr inie the r St-ile constitution, may adopt or exclude elavery ; but while they are a Territory, if they fall to protect preperty Invested in the person or industrial enpacity of n negro, they grossly vio lute equal r gilts and therefore are uot uuthoried to to ader themselves Democrats. The whole question is resolved into this simple right, or no right to prelect on to slave properly in the Federal 'territories, and, as the Charleston News suggests, it must commute the issue In lebU. ' We find such opinions becoming prevalent in the Demoemtic party and it ia demanded that they shall be made the lestnf party fealty. Then we must come to the conclusion that the Democrat to parly is to-day against popular sovsreignly ; that it is in favor of Federal intervention, of Execu tive intervention, as well as judicial intervention for elavery in the Territories of the Union. If, then, as I have shown, there can be no Fed oral intervention for freedom in the Territories, we can only choose between intervention for slavery and no interveu: ion ut all. Th, o, St, without hesitation, w title 1 deny no principle of the ltepub I cuu party, 1 advocate the adoption of the policy of no more Federal intervention with respect to slavery in the Territories. i lint what really it tkt potition of the Republi can party upon this question ? Can you show an instance in our history in which we have gone against honest popular sovereignty in the Territo ries? Whnt act in this House, or in the Senate, will show t the Republican party haa been against popular sovereignly I During the coutcst in KniuMs all we asked w,u that the peoplo should be let alone, und that they should have the right to do as they pleased. We voted for the Chiue amendment in 1854. And bow did we vote lost session upon the Crittenden-Montgomery bill? Every msu upon this side of the House eustained it Are we not then the party not only in favor, but in possession of popular sovereignty t The Fugitive Slave Law Declared Constitutional. An important decision was delivered on the 7th February, in the United States Supreme Court by the Chief Justice, in the case of tho United States vs. Sherman II. Booth, the Supreme Court vt error to the Supreme Court of Wisconsin. The case involved the right of State Courts to release on habtai corpus parties In cus tody under process of the United States. This was done by the court below In the instance of an arrest under judgment by the district court of the United States for a violation of the fugitive slave law. The whole conduct of the court below was held to be totally illegal and virtually revolu tionary; that the marshal had a right, and it was his duty, to resist by force any such Interference on the part of the State powers ; and that the fugitive slave act was clearly constitutional. Whiat and Cobs. An interesting fact was developed at the lute meeting of the Agricultural Society. Dr. Elwin called the attention of the members to the fact that the wheat crops of this country were fast diminishing, so far as the number of bushels to the acre was concerned. He stated that in Ohio, a State but little over . . .11 t l.j if am? r $"7 J 0,u; ?. CT0P "f1 ,a',e" D rom while in the best portions of ew 1 ork, where thirty bushels used to be considered - - i a fair crop, onlv twelve are now raised. The a n: r tr : ,...,. Cintu !.,! 1..n MnM '"'b uu um u. r.r,v marked ; but while this was th , fact with the wheat crops, he was glad to know that the mQmX J t(yn prodoced to Uie icre largely iocreased, and waa U1I locreaumj ' cnonnowly. rA'Va. Pro. kw A. ,V. I Til . Tin Ahdor Rivkr and KinKitu. The Providence Joitrnnl says: Among the pa- per lately transmitted to the Senate by Mr. Cuss is the memorial of Mr. I. McD. Lollins, pritymg compensation for his scr- vices at comtuerciul agent of the Uuitcd SUtes while employed on a tour through ' ' Biwria to me Amoor river. Mr. Collins was sent out to collect infor- mntion relative to the Interior Siberian trade, which Is said to umount to fifty mill- enco bt,tween Kntlm nml t-'umbrulgc obser ions annually; "to see the country from'0''' '? "'T'1 1 art . . . . wnrni,.r iii wmter and cooler in sumniei oi. l eunttnirg 10 tne I'ac.iic Ucean, Dy way of the Amoor: to look at it In a com- mcrcial point of view, and onen It to com - merccby way of the river: to present to'"1'". t,.,0"8l'ucu P? "JV be in close i .i . proximity, flteso viirit'ties between urban the knowledge of our ,coplo the nature J,nd mJ MWm m Wl. 10sn ,,eUv,.en nuu extent oi mis country, its wauts, ro-i!gi, and low places in thinly populated re sources, and productions; what it lias for gions, appeur to be largely duo to radiution exort and what it will Import, and such ' n,l(,l'r different hydromctric conditions, mid other further iuformati ....!.. ti,'ro inosiiy conuneii to me niiruis. tne niniiiiii us no uiiltiiv IU w u luuniijr bu iiiijiurinui, auunivu as it is over against our growing and com mercc-seeking people on the Tacific shore California, Oregon, and Washington." Mr. Collins was absent on his mission more than two years, having returned In March, 1858. He traversed Siberia its entire breadth, from its western border to the Pa cific, and collected information of great value. The Amoor river ho ascertained by personal examination to be navigable for steamboats for more than two thousand miles. The Russians aro already flocking to Its borders iu great numbers, where towns arc rapidly growing up and a new commerce Is rising with Culuortiia and other countries on the Pacific. The tribu taries of tho Amoor penetrate the Chinese and Siberian provinces to a great extent. We hope before long to sec Mr. Collins's report in print. By tho last arrival from Europe, we learn that tho Emperor of Rus sia has just made arrangements for a tel egraph line from Moscow to some point on the Pacific nenr the Amoor river, which it is expected will bo completed in four yeurs. This will be by fur the longest line iu tho world, indeed we thiuk twice or more than that of the Atlantic telegraph. Ot'R National Stars. The Act of Co:t- K188 Ci'taWitlli"K t'ie fon" and character or our national uag, passed April 4, 1818, declares that on the admission of every utw State into the Amcricau Union, one star shall bo added to the cluster already group ed on tlio "Union" of the flag, and that such addition shall take placo on tho 4th of Ju ly next succeeding such admission. Let our flag-makers take notice, says the Sacra memo Union, iliirty-three stars must adorn the national banner from and after the 4th of July next. Till then thirty-two. Ci'Rioi's Scientific Discovkrv. Mr. Moser, of Konigsberg, Prussia, it is suid, has shown that light constantly emanates from all bodies, even in complete darkness, and that when placed near each other they receive upon their surfaces reciprocally pic turcsofcach other. Theso photographic pictures, however, are invisible, and contin ue to be so until they arc developed by the application of certain vapors, such as that of water, mercury, iodine, &c. These mnr velous discoveries of Mr. Moser have been fully conGrmcd by more recent inquirers. French Freedom. Crime is increasing so rapidly throughout France, that the government has forbidden tho newspapers publishing the docket of the criminal courts, on the ground that the publication needless ly alarms public opinion as to tho true state of the country. Another decree of the week forbids school mistresses making ad dresses to their school girls, and provides that no school master shnll make a speech to his boys uuless it is rend and approved by the police. Henry Ward Beechkr on Newspapers. Consider how universal are newspapers in America, luey penetrate every nook and corner of society. No other clement of power has such a sphere. The pulpit, the court, the lecture, compared with the newspaiicr, touch society in but few places. The newspaper in America is universal. It reaches within and without, from surface to core; it travels everywhere, Is bought by everybody, read by all classe?, and Is wholly or uearly the only reading of more than half our population. Its service to good morals, and to intelligence among the peo ple, is incalculable. All the libraries of Europe are not of as much rv ce to the nations of Europe as the newspaper is to the American nation. Its power is grow ing. Who would, twenty years ogo, have dreamed of such a growth and power as have been developed? But the next twen. ty years will witness a greater. The editor is to os the schoolmai-ter. The best talent will find its highest sphere in the editorial room. Already the chair is more influen tial than the bench or the platform, No brain can act ntion so many as that which sjieaks by the printing press of the daily paper. Ink beats like blood in the veins of the nation. Tlia Louisville Journal eonta'ns a str'ng of vara., fiom a lady, addressed "To George D. P-etire.,, The conclodirig one inqoireej whether be wul not eoms to ber "when balmy sleep has wrapped ber spirit "la a dream of buss," and beiy angola ass wab-hisg ber, and preae upon bar lips "aswfet bee?" Preatica says, " W en pluticaliy anr, we will fy Brav act m are tbe aubataace of lib, :pT fd ravinjs the ornament of (t .aw .Jw side of Truth iu every iiwuc. No. 0. Mktf.ordlo(iical Facts. These extracts from a rejiort mndo to tho Massachusetts Legihlatnre, by high scientific authority, will be new to most of our readers "It seems to bo a universal law, true u'i''0 m American and European countnea, '-' " w-.i. ' ib , er than that of adjacent country districts, This is made more manifest bv fueta that have accumulated s'neo the Introduction of the telegraph. The average nnnnal clflc-r- ti,nn vmmtry ,,ft,.0. There is also orten n great difTer'tite of t mp nturc Ixtween : low nd elevated positions in the country, i . . i i i . l uiiruinuier risen mgiicr in jxision uuu its vicinity than, perhaps, In any other portion of tho globe. On February 12, lS.rJ, it rose to 31.13 inches reduced to the level of the sea at 50 F., and on several other oc casions above 31 inches. The highest read ing ever recorded nt the Royal Obscrvutory, Greenwich, was 30.04 inches, and we have not been able to find thnt 31 inches hns ever been rend at any place out of New England." Deifying the Female Sex. Rev. Dr. Alexander, in his recent volume of sermons, utters the following solemn warning: "What a horrid fraud Satan Is practic ing on the Church in regnrd to the daugh ters of the covenant! In fuuliionnUo cir cles dare I nnmo them Christian? the years where girlhood merges into maturity arc frequently sold to the adversary. The young American woman is taught to deem herself a goddess. If there be wealth, if there be accomplishments, if tliero bo beau ty, almost a miracle seems nicessjiry to prevent the loss of tho soul. Heboid her pass from the pedestal to the nltur. The charming vict'm is decked for the sacrifice. Every breath that comes to her is incense. Her very studi.s aro to fit her for admira tion. Day and night, the gny but wretched maiden is taught to think of self mid selfish jilcnsurcs. Till some Lc utc n fashion of so lemnity interrupt tho whirl, the season is too short for tho engagements. Grave pa rents shako their heads at magnificent np pnrel, costly gems, night turned into dny, dnncrs nt which the Romans would have blushed, pule cheeks, bending frames, threatened decay; and yet they allow and submit. And thus that sex, which ought to show tho sweet, unselfish innocency of n holy youth, is carried to the overheated teniphs of pleasure. Thus tho so-cttlled Christian verifies tho Apostle's maxim: " She that liveth iu pleasure is dead while she liveth," Ethan Allen and the Rini.E, Tho celebrated Gen. Ethan Allen possessed a vigorous but partially-cultivated intellect, and his natural independence of thought ofteu led his mind faraway from the beaten tracks of human investigation. In religion ho beenmo a free-thinker; nud in 1182 ho gave expression to his opinions in a little book entitled " Reason the only Oracle of Mun ; or a Compendious System of Natu ral Religion." It was published at Ben nington, Vermont, two years Inter, und at tracted much attention, especially among the orthodox divines of New England, who severely condemned it. While it pos sesses many striking and original thoughts, it exhibits remarkable crudity in their de velopment; and the whole work limy be regarded as a melancholy picture uf the gropings of a benighted ytt gifted spirit iu the dark vulley of human reason, unaided by tho light of Divine revelation, and fol lowing tho will-o'-the-wisp of crrunt fancy. That his religious opinions were not ground ed in absolute conviction, the scene at the death-bed of his beloved daughter by his fii-bt wife, as related by tradition, fully at tests. She was a lovely, pious young wo man, whose mother, then long in the spirit land, had instructed hr in the truths of the Bible. When she was about to die, shu culled her father to her bed-side, and, turn ing upon him her pale face, lighted by lus trous blue eyes, she suitl, with a street voice, " Dear father, I am about to cross the cold, dark river. Shall I trust to your opinions, or to the teachings of dear mo ther?" " These words, like a keen arrow, pierced the recesses of his most truthful emotions. " Trust to your mother! " said the cham pion of infidelity; and, covering his face with his hands, he wept like a child. Tims it is ever. There Is a cell In the human soul in which lodges the germ of perennial fitith In God and his revelations. When touched by the electric sjiark of con viction, it springs forth into bloom and fruitfitliKSf, defiant alike of .the frost of cold, unbelieving reason, aud the scorching beat of human philosophy. f&- In Kentucky a man's life Is by fur the cheapest and most precarious piece of prqicrty he carries about him. Men who wouldn't steal a mackerel will take anoth er's life withont the slightest compunction of conscience. Greek. Prof, lladlry bow adopted the continental method of pron nidation, and that is hereafter tq be the standard at Yale College. ADVKKTIMINO KATKS. On square (13 hues or less, brevier measure) oi. insertion, d,0D two Insertloiis, 4,tH Each subsequent insertion, 1,1 Is Reasonable deductions to those who advtltise I J . the year. .T"i i aw nTjr-Tav ragtaTTTjvac AyKTt tt9-"X- t J uvrwx JOB PRINTING. Tin raoraiiToa or Tin AKGl'H ia rurrT to Inform the Hihlio that he baa just roreived a large at ork of doll T 1'li and other new print iiii( nmterliil, nnd will he in the si erdy receipt o additiona suited to nil the rinuimi ems of id s Ir. oiility. IIANDIIIMS, WTKilS, H ANKS, C AltDH, tIKCUI.AKH, PAMi'fll.Ki-YMlfi and other kinda, done to order, on short nolle, t Oi.n Boxes Thavf.i.ino Tuuomi the Air. Our spirituit! friends are entitled to. tho credit of getting up the mot marvelous stories thnt arc nflout in this ttgc of wonders. Tho biggest draft yet on the public fitith is in tho Spiritual Telegraph, which aver thnt two doctors, one of them u medium, dissat-. ed a subject iu Hartford some time ngo, and then drew lots mr the ossileiotis re mains. The bones fell, by direction of the spirit of tho din-cased, to Dr. Rodman, who shortly after went to New York, taking with him a portion of his treasure only. Tho spirit wasn't satisfied with such a di vision of the frame und timber of its former tenement, and notified the doctor, accor dingly, that it would forthwith transport thu rest of the bum s from Hartford. Sura enough, the tluy after tho tiunoiiiicemetit, , ait old bone dropped out of thu skies before the two doctors, us they were walking In Broadway. Tho shower has continued ever since, bone by bone, though the trans portation is not yet quite finished. All this Is corroborated by witnesses, nnd is credit ed by numerous renders of the Telegraph. On the strength of such facts, we propose to subscribo to the New York Ledger, and believe every word of it, dens, daggers. guns, robbers, blood, love, thunder, and all. Clinton Courunl. Fall of the Mississippi. The rnte of descent necessary to produce a rapid cur rent in a river is very slight. A full of ton inches to tho mile is sullicient to obstruct navigation. It is owing to tho very slight descent in the Mississippi River that it is nnviguble to so great an extent. We learu from an article in the Journal of tho Geo graphical und Stutistieitl Society, that the rato of descent iu thnt river, below its junc tion with the Ohio, is but 2.0 inches to tho mile, and ti'om tho mouth of tho Minnesota to tho Ohio 5.7(1 inches. Tho total rail, from tho mouth of tho Minnesota to tho : Gulf, 2,192 miles, is 7 11 feet, or at the rato of 4.07 inches to the mile, Tho greatest full is between tho Rock Island Rupids aud the Ohio G.l inches to the mile. Hint m Wasiiino Clotii::s. Tho .Vmercan Agriculturist asserts that the great secret of tho success of nine out of ten of the washing fluids, mixtures and machines which Imve been sold over the country for many years past, is uot so much owing to tho inherent qu;.liiie3 of thu arti cles themselves as to thu process of soaking which they invariably recommend. If peo plo pursuing tho old system of washing, would simply lake the precaution to throw II tho clothes to bo washed into water ten or fifteen hours before beginning operations,, they would find half tho labor of rubbing and pounding saved in most eases. Water is of itself a great solvent, even of thu oily materials that collect on clothing worn in contact with the body, but timo is required to effect tho solution. Every one is nwaro of thu effect of keeping tho huuds or feet moist for a few hours thu entire cxternul coating of secretion is dissolved. The samo effect is produced by soaking for a few hours clothes soiled by tho excretory matter of tho skin. Bijjr A Havana correspondent of tin Hartford Times writes; " A Spnish friend asked me yesterday, 'What if thu Spanish licet should go und bombard New York?' I could not imagine such on absurdity, und told him so. Ho said to a Creole With me, what would they do in New York, if 10, 000 Spanish soldiers should land there? A Yankco Ciiptuin sitting by, says, 'Jftho soldiers behuved themselves they would not he troubled, but if they tnudu any disturb ance, they would bo put into the station houses.' Spaniard says, ' Quirn Suit.' OrjT The Philadelphia I'ress says: "Pub licists and politicians u fleet to think slight ly of journalism ns a profession, and of jotir uulists ns u class. Ytt these uro the per sons who look to editors for support iu their troubles, aims, ambitions, und arc iimdcand o.'ten unmade by the pen. How many leading men iu this country ond abroad have been writers for the press. At this moment, Lord Palinerston and M. Disraeli are journalists." No Old Maids i.v Japax. No singlo women ore allowed in Japan. Every mun is allowed one legal wifu and as many sec ond wivts as his means will ullow him to support. Tho second wives arc selected by law from the poorer classes of society, and the children are adopted by the legal wife, who is the only acknowledged mother. jay The wife of Gen. Mirumon, who has lately become President of Mexico, no tifled her husband, a young mun of 27 years, that he must fight his way to the presiden tial chair, or she would not live with him. frjf" BusoM r'aiasn Ia it ponable that she told you that she never loved any ou before she did y' Oman Uoeoai Fair.KD Ye she ewore it wilh her li. her eyes, and-and-a bin pressed rap turously on my mouth the rmmory of wbub haunts m now a a delicious dn am I boeoii Kairso Hid the same thing by n.e kisaea, ewears, and all. lid the .ma tlxng by JJob-who introduced dm to hir. yuit on that aeuount better qu I aa 1 did. Eiit Other Ut.m Friend, looking awiveleaeroaa a bawlkiTihief eiclaimiiigi ' Vou'U hoar flora nl0 " ' . t& To cut a slice or butter from a larga roll in cold weather, Cr.t dip the knife iu hot wat.-r, and all trouble of breaking the, butter will be avoided. ' '