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OT Tat Dollars far tit months No subserip , lions rscsttsd for kst psriad. fhf No fafsr discontinued until all arrsaragss srsfaidtnlessat A Weekly Newspaper, devoted to the Interests of the Laboring Classes, and advocating the side of Truth iu every issue. Vor V. OREGON CITY, OREGON, MAY 28, 1859. No. 7. mht From tks Alta California. y Ikt Leal meeker. J, If MM. I.I, Cui. " The Rev. Mr. Itreoke periehsd in the mow on eWlmoa Mountain yaw ago last February. A hw imp ago, his bones, watch, a twenty Hollar fold piece, aud package of tracta wcra found MM bouat on the north aid of tha mountain, tolling tut aad etorjr of lha food nian'a death, lie ui perished almost in eight of shelter." , Well dooe, thou good and faithful aonranl : en la thou luto die joy of thy Lord." Matt. 25. tlaj, wherefore, Christian aoldier, did thy faithful - footsteps etrey fafcr from ' busy haunts of men,' on that lone, toileome way! ffaraa not to eeek the much-loved gold, not to add ., ' laod tu land,' ttow e'en to die for science, In Uie martyr-heroes' bead ; Cat fur the wealth that holy Churoh hath en br Taieala pound, tSm tat the fame that Eloquence hath In her tern- plealnrcdt fiai to the lonely dweller on the mountain dreary height, fW bear the blessed Word at God, the Cuepel 'a gleam of light ; To eay to thoee who live afar from book, or ipira, or bell, 'Glad lidlags of great joy, to man, 'tie my proud tek ! tell ! lladat tbea no mother watching, praying for her much-loved aunt HaJet thou no wife itill Loping to behold the ab- aent one f Had it tliou no ohild atill craving thy fond blessing ' ' la implore f We friende who pined to greet thee in thine old borne ouce more t The winter aky ehone on thee with lla melancholy light i Jho crisp enow 'neatb thy footsteps eparkled falsely eleer and bright i The storm-cloud eame around tliee, Uie driftiug ,., enow fell fast, But, cheer thee, lonely traveler! Thy goal ia ipied -I at but! Tea! with thin eyea atill gating, by the early break of day, Xt thy eheller unattainable, thy life-warmth passed f away ! Thy cnurac of uerfulneai cut off which eo brarely bad b f uu H Could I have died hereafter! But, no! God'a n will be done!" And though thy dying struggle no human eye could aeo, Who knows what unseen angels were miuist'ring to thee! Alas ! all search was fruitless till eighteen months ,. had paaevd ( Bat brothers' love hath found thee thy fate ia - known at last. The melted enow hud formed a grave nruuud the sheltered so-1 ; Beside it lay the precious words of prayer and lore Xt; of God : Mi Tims stood still beside thee, as it will on that -1 Great Day, When, in the Judge's presence, world'a are mar shaled in array : The rust was on the dial tho rust of death en thee, But the immortal gem within, decay ahull never see! The gold still lay upon the earth, unchanged by frost or dew, The earth, the gold, will perish, but thy soul will rise anew! Thy bones, all b ire and whitened, though lifeless, hare a vo c. Which wliiiera to Uie mourners, lament not, but rejoice! I For thou hast died a soldier, in battle for thy Lord, Thy guerdon everlasting proclaimed! thus His ... Word i Thy ' dried bones' shall be covered with righteous ness en High, for than who serve God truly have only once lo die! ' Then waken to salvation, and hear those words so blest: M Well done, thou fuilhfu! servant, outer now into 1 thy rest!" ' Sin Fsancihco, Sept. 3, IS'iS. For Iks Argus. V Woman' nights. Mr. Editor: 'Ac.' had just beguu lo flatter herself that site wits victor of the $eld, when your paper of the 16th and 23d f April convinced ber of her error. A new battery opens upon this already well foughten field, and its shot come flying down upon the heads of the reeling comba tauU without mercy or discrimination. 'Ac.' felt for a time like joining the retreat ing columns of Xenittie and Miss Moll, and yielding the field to these new Amazons. But she at last screwed her courage up to give a parting shot before surrendering the f lories of a field where no doubt euch com batant entered it, like herself, flashed with the hope of an easy victory. V Truly, the last warriors are 'spunky': they . strike right and left ' Xanttppe,' Miss Moll,' ' Lear,' as well as ' &c.,' re ceive alike their chastisements ' Mrs. S.,' charging full upon 'Ac, leaves but a few bits of whalebone and shreds of padding to attest that bustle and crinoline once were nder that mystic appellation which Madam Puniway seems to think means pants. 'Ac' forgives Mrs. S. became of the com pleteness of the chastisement and pertness of the rebuke; and; In thus yielding to Mrs. 8., she hopes she will afford some evidence to Mrs. Duniway that she is not only a wo man, but, true to her instincts, yields obedi ence as well as admiration when she finds a : superior. Mrs. Duniway, in Insinuating that 'Ac' is one of the grosser sex, passes a compliment where she intended a sarcasm: ; M much does 'Ac' value real sense over nock modesty. While 'Ac.' is much pleased to perceive that there are writing as well as reading women in Oregon, she suggests that they should be careful to suppress that feminine ' failing, vanity, which tempts them to excite ; admiration or envy by an exhibition before I the public of those things sacred to the , family circle. From a certain insight Mrs. i Puniway has allowed us ia ber domestic af ; fairs, 'Ac' cannot help but suspect that Mr. ' Puniway is what is vulgarly styled a ' ben ' pecked husband,' She even goes so far as ' to boast of making a nurse of bim, and ! sayi that be agrees with her that Lear's article (which had the fortunate effect of stopping Xante's mouth) was a "dis- graceful attempt to be witty and sarcastic." Now, from the opinion sho has drawn of the character and sentiments of man generally, 'Ac' is led to think that Mrs. Duniway may bo mistaken. 'Ac' thinks that anybody with the least discernment Imaginable might see at ouce thnt Mrs. Duniway is complete ly 'sold,' or else has stated what she knows to bo untrue for It is not natural for men to favor or countcuanco this wrangling among women and 'Ac' bos no doubt but that Mr. Duniway laughs in his sleeve over Xenlttie's discomfiture, and secretly wishes that his paragon of a wife may meet with the same kind of a defeat should she at tempt to lay iu complaints to a like extent. But, poor man! he dare not lay anything, but very complacently sits In his corner nursing the baby, while she expatiates on poor(l) woman's ' wrongs,' and he saying ' Certainly, my dear,' to anything and every thing sho may propose. If 'Ac's supposi tion is correct, here we find a man that has not his ' rights' and she thinks that the spouses of those other pugnacious ladies might also be luboring under the same diffi culties; for it is ouly those women who in getting a husband fail to find a master that complain. It is 'Ac's opinion that the husband should always be 'master': Qod created him as such: and it is a dishonor to him to allow any woman to Impose on his 'rights.' And 'Ac' here proclaims that she will enlist on tho side of these ' hen pecked husbands,' although it will be fight ing against her own sex. For sho thinks it but generous to lend a helping hand where a great deal of the honor and glory of the male portion of humanity is at stake and to a party, too, that seem incapable of maintaining it alone. Uoping, Mr. Editor, that these poor, afflicted pieces of humauity, for whose sake 'Ac' is about to ruin her reputation among her own sex forever, will not prove ungrateful to her, but show their gratitude by coming forth to the coutcst like men, she takes leave of you for tho present. Ac. Uiii-Qiu, May 15, 1859. A NawarariEa Editor A newspaper editor must, like the poet, be born to his calling, aa, in the majority of instances, no amount of training will fit a person for such a post, miles' he have a natural taste and aptitude for that description of literary labor) for, allliough many persons are able to write " leaders,' or ' literary articles,'' for a newspaper, few can be entrusted with its editorial control, few eau scent out the libel wh cli lurks in almost every communication, fcw can distinguish between the reort intended to p!enw the speaker instead of informing the nation, and the letters written to serve private interests instead of publ'c ends; still fewer who can tell at a glance the kind of literary or political material h cli will promote the circulation of the journal in fact, a p. Kid edit or's great difficulty is not us to what he should put iu, but what he should keep out of its columus. Successful editors have not been great authors, but men of good common sense, and their (rood com Hum senile hus taught them to write but little them selves, but to read, se!eot, dictate, alter, and com bine, the writings of others. Chambers' Journal. Ykst a Plant House-keepers will be inter ested iu knowiiifr that yeast is a plant. When examined under the microscope, says the London Quarterly Review, it is found to consist of globular " vesicles, about l-2"0(lth of an inch iu diameter, when full grown. They are multiplied by little vesicles budding out from the side of the parent. These soon acquire an equal eizo, and repeat the reproduction, cither while attached to the parent vlobule ur after seunratintr from it. The multipli cation gore on to an indefinite eaten!, with a tilting supply of food, and at a moderately warm temper ature (70 to UU3 Fahrenheit). The vesicles are uourished by suck ng iu a portion of the organ ic liquid in which they exiat, decomposing tins chemically, and either actually giving off" or causing the separation at their surface, of cuibouio acid in the form of g.is, which appears aa bubbles in the liquid. This, however, is not all. Some phenom ena accompany the growth of yeast, which Involve one of the most atxtruse, and, at present obscure questions of modern chemistry. The yeast is a wastetul feeder, fiot only does it decompose so much of the liquid as it needs for its own nutrition, but it produces a similar decomposition in the liquid around it, which is referred by chemists to the same unexplained force by which many inorganio substances cause the combination, or separation, of substances without themselves undergoing altera tion. An example is furnished by the action or txugy platiuum upon a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen gases, causiug them to unite and produce water. This contact-action is at present a stum bliug block to natural philosophers, many of whom are earnestly endeavoring to surmount it, and when this ia accomplished, they will probably secure a point of vantage,' whence they will gain an inaght into a multitude of unexptainea paenomcoa oi vegetable and animal chemistry." Vouth PussviNO Tuna Studies. The number of studeuts now attending the Unitarian aud L'ni- ve realist colleges in the United States isab4. ; in the Episcopal, 722 ; in the Roman Catholic, 1,075 ; in the Methodist, 1,379 ; in the Baptist, 1,528 ; in the Congregational, 1358 ; in the Presbyterian, 5,482 ; making a total of 12,608 in the various stages of their collegiate course in 122 colleges of tho coun try. Iu Uie various high schools, free aeadamiea, and polytechnic institutions, there are probably aa manv more, making about 25,000 in the higher classical institutions. About 30,(100 young ladies are supposed to be connected with the female seminaries. In the seventeen law schools ihere are 937 students; iu the forty medical Schools there are 4,765 students; in forty-nine theological ecnools there are 1,504 students. AaUTiua Killino. On the 18tb of March, a stranger named Joseph K. Butts, while riding through the streets of Natchex, accosted an acquain tance, Alexander Bain, on the street, with " Hallo Aleck, bow are you." To this inoffensive saluta tion, Aleck responded by firing three shot at Butts, all of which look effect, one in the right breast, one in the hand, aud one in the groin. The wounded nun died the same evening. It would seem that it ia aa much as a man's life is worth to speak to aa acquaintance in Natchex. r I'm A nuinii man nnr nicked no a anr- iawk vr ' j r ere;gn lying in the road. Ever afterward as he walk ed along, Be Kept m eye sieauia-uj ground in hopes of Coding another. And in the course of long life he did pick up at different limes a good amount of gold and si'ver. But all those data, as he was look og for tbe.ro, be saw not .i . i '. k.. -I.i Kim II atf-vae UlBl nrT wmm ipi -- one allowed hie eyee to look op from the mud and filth ia which he sought the treasure ; end when be d ed. a rich old man, he only knew this fair earth of oars as a orrrr jvaa lopura up mme j walk along. A DoLonous bit Graphic View ok Hu man Affairs. A correspondent of the Wisconsin Chief thus sums up the charac teristics of human existence: " All confidence is lost between man and man. The bottom has fallen out of every thing. Shrewd business managers are cheating God In their professions, and the devil In their barguius. Ginger is made out of mustard, and coffee of chicory. Young Hyson is raised in the cow pasture, and Young America in the dram shop. Pure wines are made of poor whisky, and Havanas of herbs. Rascality has become a virtue, and rot-gut turned to vinegar. Legislatures are marked as merchants mark goods, and the people's funds absorbed by 'charitable purposes.' Governors are knocked off at $50,000; legislatures from $5,000 to $20,000. ltuil roud stock is down below zero. Caucuses are ' packed,' and young men electioneer on the Sabbath. Fuirlmnk's scales have taken to swindling, and old rats selling their tails to spike cannon. Jewsharps are palmed off as harps of a thousand strings, and Democrats are 'genuine Republicans' sperrits of just men made perfeck. Sausa ges are adulterated, and tempting links seem to wag in the most dogged manner. Our territory, as well as our crinoline, Is indefinitely expanding. In fine, there are none truthful save horse-jockeys, none patriotic save politicians; none talent ed but those who make 'on change' of a grocery comer and cheat out of the needy what they give to the Lord." fiST The Missouri Democrat declares that the German citizens of St. Louis are entitled to a large share of tho glory of the recent splendid victory of free labor in that city. Tho Democrat truly remarks: " Wherever the contest has come up be tween freedom and slavery, between hones ty and corruption, between principle and plunder, tho citizens of German nativity nave uever failed iu exercising their suffrage to give solid expression to a seutiment un equivocally approving tho former. Constitutionally inclined to an exactness of dealing and fulfillment that insures integrity to their private business, they cannot tole rate any departure from tho straightest course iu public matters. Need we add, therefore, as a further compliment to na tional traits that have showu forth so large ly wherever German citizens have planted themselves in this country, that in tho strug gle which hus just ended in tho overthrow of the most corrupt clique of plunder poli ticians that ever victimized any community, they have been found en masse on the right side. The Great River ok China Explored Deploraui.b Picture of the Rebels. Wo have just returned from our interesting expedition up the Yang-tsc-Kiang. I doubt not you will bo surprised to hear how utterly devoid the waters of tho Ynng-tse-Kiang arc of all junk trade. There was not a single trading junk at the point nt which it is entered by the Grand Canal, nor nutil we pass the l'oyang Lake arc there any signs ot river life, and then ouly a very scanty allowance. The low estimates some of us formed of the rebels turned out quite correct. I had an opportunity of visiting some of their chiefs. I was quite disgusted with their disreputable and disorderly appearance. Their pretensions to Christianity arc of the shallowest description. They are polyga mists, opium smokers, and the only Riblc example they seem to follow is that of the Israelites in the conquest of Canaan. The whole country has been laid in ruins, the women carried off, the men pressed into ser vice, and fire and bloodshed mark their track everywhere. They seem, however, to be on their Inst legs. The apathetic Imperialists are gradually closing in upon them, aud any other government but the Chinese would crush tho wholo thing In a week. They asked us to sell them arms, and we had secret applications for opium. They live on the peasantry, whom they squeeze, and are blood-suckers who must be got rid of if we intend to establish a healthy circu lation so essential to trade. The scenery is very fine in part, and the river presents no great difficulties of navi gation. In its present condition, 1 do not recommend people to indulge in a too Ran- guine estimato of its capabilities for com merce. Hankow, and the cities above Gankinp, the lust rebel port, are recovering. Cor. London Times. Ctsniis Anicuote. The following remarkable anecdote ia extracted from " Ao Essay on the Sci ence of Acting" In the town of North Waltliam, Norfolk, 1788, I lie Fair I'enitent was performed. In the last act, where Calista lays her hand on the skull, a Mrs. Berry, who played the part, woe seized with an in voluntary shuddering and fell on thestsge ; during the n gilt her illness continued, but on the follow ing day, when sufficiently recovered to converse, she sent to the stage-keeper and anxiously inquired whence he procured the skull. He replied, from the sexton, who informed him " it was the skull of one Norris, a player, who twelve years before was buried in the church-yard." That same Norris was her first husband. ha died in six weeks. Protestant Missionsies. The number of Protestant missionaries ia the world is 1 .3611, who are distributed as follows: North America, 125; South A men's, II i the Aniillesind Guiana, 218 : Northern Africa, 6 ; vt est Africa, 1U7 1 South Af rica,159; Western Asia, 74 1 India and Ceylon, 419 ; Burrmh end Siam, 39 ; China, 72 ; Oceani- ea, MB. To the above must be added 934 assist ant miss onaries, and 2.737 native helpers. II is a singular fact that the watch which was carried hy Mr. Thurston, the unfortunate b-il-loonitt, when be fell from the balloeo near Adrian, Michigan, ob the Ifitb of September, was not bro ken by the fall of more than half a mile to the earth. Both the crystal and tha works were unin jured. It contiooed to go until il ran down twenty-four hours after. I Commerce or 9 Fmcisco. The city of San ! Fnacisco etaado in relative pno tien to our "ther grvst eunvnere al waters as tullews, in round fig ores: Value of impr-ns New Yoik. $i:0.fX"0. 0U0 ; Boston. W,(MI,000 ; Philadelphia. 9 19.000, , UOtl; Baltimore, $y,0KI,0"0; Charleston. 13,000,- 000: New Orleans, f I2.00JHiO ; San Francisco, '!.0.V0. (summary of Kaalrra. News. Sir Willum Gore Ouselcy has offered to make a treaty with Nicaragua, which is now pending, for tho relinquishment of tho Mosquito Protectorate on terms satisfacto ry to tho United States. The delay has been occasioned thus fur by Nicaragua; but as soon as Sir Gore Ousely returns from Costa Rica there is no doubt the treaty will be negotiated. Mr. Dallas, IT. S. Minister at London, has again written to tho President, that iu the highest official circles in England a war In Europe Is considered unavoidable. Letters from tho Paraguay expedition state that President Lopez first offered the American Navigation Company, represent ed by ex-Consul Hopkins, an iudemnity of $520,000 to settle their claim against his government; but finally Lopez and the American Commissioner agreed to refer this question to arbitrators at Washington. The U. S. war-steamer Water Witch, on arriving at Fort Itapora, was saluted by the battery, iu compliance with the terms of settlement between tho Commissioner and President Lopez. The regular New Orleans and St. Louis packet St. Nicholas, Capt. McMullon, on her trip from St. Louis to New Orleans, when passing St. Francis Island, ninety miles below Memphis, April 24, exploded her boilers, then caught Gro, and was total ly destroyed. From forty to sixty persons were killed or drowned, and about thirty scalded or otherwise wounded. Hon. George M. Bibb died at his resi dence In Georgetown, D. C, about the middle of April. He was a long time IT. S. Senator from Kentucky, and Chancellor of that State, and subsequently filled the office of Secretary of tho Treasury In the administration of President Tyler. He died of pneumonia. His age was between eighty aud ninety years. On Tuesday, April 12, Lord Lyons pre sented to the President his credentials as Minister from Great Britain. Iu doing so, he gave utterance to tho most profound feelings of friendship of his government for that of the United States, and expressed tin hope that the ties of amity would be drawn still closer. The President warmly reciprocated the sentiments announced. The Interview was of a moro than usually cordiul character. The correspondent of the associated press writes from Washington that there is such information in that city as leaves no doubt of a deep-laid scheme for tho revolution of Cuba. It is not known that our Govern ment has been officially informed of tho fact. Elections. Tho Republican majority in Wisconsin for Judge of the Supremo Court will reach nearly 8,000. Seventeen months ago the vote was nicely balanced between the two parties. The officinl vote iu St. Louis for Mayor stands thus: O. D. Filley, Repub., 8,277; L. V. Bogy, Dem., 5,362; E. AVyman, Am., 3,629. Tho Republican majority in Michigan at the lute Judicial election was about 12,000. At least five sixths of the counties went Republican, usually by increased majorities. At the late municipal election in Spriug field, III., the entire Republican ticket was elected by an average majority of 300. Jayne was elected Mayor. Europe. The news from Europe is to the 2d April, and is of unusual Importance. In the House of Commons on the 31st of March the debate upon the Reform bill was closed, the division both upon Lord John Russell's resolutions and ujion the Second Reading resulting adversely to tho Ministry. It was not known what course Lord Derby would take. He announced, April 1st, iu the House of Lords that on the 4th he would make known his resolution definitely ; and in the meantime both Hous es adjourned. The impression seemed cur rent that he would not rosign, and possibly might endeavor to proceed without a disso lution. The five Powers have agreed to a Con gress, but the basis and the extent of the discussions are not decided upon. It will be held in a neutral city. The War question had assumed a less encouraging aspect. There seemed to be a general distrust of the efficacy of a Congress to close the Italian Issue; and indeed, such were the preliminary demands of Austria, and such the attitude of Russia, that it appeared questionable whether any Congress would assemble. The impression had gained ground everywhere, except in England, that the action of Russia and of France in proposing and accepting the idea of a Congress, had been the result of a shrewd understanding, by which Austria was to be lorced into a false position; and the responsibility of a war transferred from Louis Najioleon to Francis Joseph. In the meantime, the armaments were urged indcfatigably; and the excitement in Italy was approaching a crisis w hich war alone can relieve. A dispatch from Paris states that, accor ding to reliable intelligence, the A ustrian uovcrument had refused the proposition that linden should bo the pluce of meeting for the proposed Congress. Tho French ( Government Is said tohavo consequently left the choice of the town to Austria, ro- I serving ouly the condition that It must be . In communication with Paris by railway aud telegraph. Tho geueral news from the continent Is of secondary moment. The well-informed and accurate Paris correspondent of the Loudon Globe says, in his letter of March 27: " Whatever may bo the amount of delu sion In London as to the hope of peace from the ltmlcn Baden Congress, such hallucina tion does not exist at Vienna, nor at Turin, nor at Paris. The wholo object of Russia, in perfect understanding with Fiance, is here believed to be to put Austria in the wrong, by eliciting a formal exhibition of the obstinncy which hitherto was only felt in the subdued intercourse of hidden diplo macy. So littlo does the Emperor here count on obtaining the slightest concession from Count Buol, that the French Ambas sador accredited to tho Court of Vienna, M. do Bourqueney, does not think it worth while resuming his post, and Is cone to en joy perfect leisure at his chateau near Blois, tho business or the Embassy being left to an attache, M. do Bauncville. The arro gant tone of the Court organs (Gazelle d'Autriche and Ost Deutsche rost) is such a flagrant olrstncle to any chnnco of agree ment that Le Memorial Diplomatique, the Puris organ of Austria, Is instructed to re buke its Vienna collaborators, and to de nounce the insulting language used against Franco as well as Piedmont." The correstwmdent of tho London News writes on tho 29th: "The general feeling to-day is one of great uneasiness. 7 1 openly said in the antechambers of the Tuileries that war is inevitable. The hangers onof Government boiist in an insolent lone of the alliance be tween France and Rtusia, and threaten all Enrojie. A few Russian regiments in eche lon ou the Prussian frontier, would, they say, bo quite sufficient to keep all Germany in awe, while Franco was pursuing her vic torious career iu Ituly." Five Days Later. Wo find in the New Orleans Delta of April 27, received via Tchuantepcc, five days Inter news from Eu rope: The political aspect of affairs on tho con tinent has undergone but littlo change. The report that France aud Sardinia had consented to discontinue and reduce their armaments, In compliance with the demand of Austria, that all the belligerent powers should simultaneously disarm, is not con firmcd. Tho advices from tho coutincnt continue to be of a thrcatuing character. Negotiations for the purposo of arrang ing a basis mid a place for the meeting of a Peace Congress are progressing slowly. Austria positively refuses to take any part in the proposed Congress of the five powers except on the conditions before re ported, the simultaneous disarming of tho belligerent powers. The Paris Pays announcos thut all diffi culties in the way of the assembling of the proposed Congress of tho great powers are definitely removed, and especially thnt Aus tria is willing that Sardinia should tuke a part In the Congress without insisting, as sho hnd heretofore done, thnt tho Sardiniun army should be reduced to Its ordinary pence standard, These negotiations for the Congress are not yet terminated, and the Congress is not yt reached, by a good dcul. The city of Washington reports that nt the latest advices from the continent the military armaments continued as actively and on as vast a scale as ever. Orders had been issued by the French Naval Department for tho immediate pre paration of a large number of vessels of war in the Mediterranean. On tho fith of April 50,000 Austrian troops left Vienna for Italy. Another corps, of 60,000 more, was about being assembled at Vienna. Another corps, of 70,000 men, will also he placed on the frontiers of Moravia aud Bohemia. The Russian soldiers on leave of absence are all reported to have been recalled. A second division of the army of Algeria was shortly expected to arrivo at Mar seilles. t&"We get the following intelligence from the Panama Star & Herald of 30th of April: We learn that the U. S. steam frigate Merrimac, flag-officer Long, will leave shortly for Caliao, to investigate the recent outrages perpetrated on American shipping thero. We understand that if no more satisfac tory arrangement can be made, Brother Jonathan has his eye on tne Guauo Islands, out of which he would be sure to secure the full amount of any ciuiuis he may hold against Peru. MOf The Washington Union rebukes Senator Brown for saying at the Tammany meeting, "we want the Island of Cnba for the purpose of extending slavery," and de clares that " his ardor has got the better of his judgment." It is strange, certainly, that Mr. Brown should let the cat out of the bag in this way. kW Curious evidence has lately been brought to light in England, showing that Napoleon the Great, in early life, offered his services to the commander of the Eng lihh nary in the Mediterranean. His ser vice were declined, as he was only an or dinary sort of youth, and soon afterward he entered the French army, and began his great career. VaU'i or a Like. Mr. Churles M. Willich, of London, has published a simple rule for computing the probable value of property In Jife, nt any nge from five to six ty. His formula stands thus: EJ(80 a;) or iupluin words, the expectation of life is equal to two-thirbs of the differenco between tho ago of the party aud eiglity. Thus, say a man Is now twenty years old. Between that age and eighty thero are sixty yearn. Two-thirds of sixty arc forty; and this Is tho sum of his expectation of life. If a man be now sixty he will have an expect ation of nearly fourteen years more. By the same rule a child of fire hus a contin gent lien on life for fifty years. Every ono can apply tho rule to his own nge. Mr. Wiilich's hypothesis may bo as easily re membered as that by Dr. Moivre tu the lust century, which has now becomo obso lete from tho greater accuracy of mortality tables. Tho results obtuined by tho new law corrcsjrond very closely with those from Dr. Farr's English Lifo tablo, constructed with great care from an immense mass or returns. S6T In tho fall of 1857, a series of reso lutions wus adopted at a Democratic meet ing in Rockingham county, Virginia, In whicli tho doctrine of popular sovereignty in Kansas was made tho " administration test," and all men denounced who did not come forward and support Govcror Walker in his glorious course. The Washington correspondent of the Philadelphia Press now asserts that these resolutions were drawn by the President himself, and that they are now In the possession of a Virgin ia Democrat, in the handwriting of the President. Death most Seiiu.itz Powueiis. Miss Riley, of Indiana, who was visiting in tho family of Hon. W. E. Niblaek, of tho same State, met her death in a singular manner. Sho mixed a Scidlitz powder in two differ ent glasses, and insteud of pouring them together before drinking, drank them off separately, when tho effervescence occurred in the stomach, partiully strangling her. Iu tho excitement a dose of mustard was given to muko her vomit what sho had ta ken, and a physician sent for, but before ho arrived she was a corpse. toy Many people are under tho impres sion that flogging had been abolished in the British navy. A Purlianientury paper which has just appeared dissipates the idea. It appears that in 1857 thero wore 1,081 persons flogged, aud that tho number of lushes inflicted on them wus 35,847. In the fivo years ending iu 1857, 5,823 men aud boys were flogged iu her Majesty's ser vice, aud 182,779 lashes wero Inflicted. Most of these punishments wero inflicted at tho discretion of tho commanding officers, and the most frequent offences arc described as Insubordination, disobedience, neglect of duty, and drunkenness insubordination being anything which an officer dislikes a bluck look, a sharp reply, a contemptuous expression or gesture. London Bookstores. Snys a corres pondent of the Philadelphia Inquirer: Tho bookstores of London are generally not to be compared with ours. Puternos ter Row is no wider thun Carter's ullcy in Philadelphia, aud tho show rooms of the trade iu thut famous locality arc necessarily contracted. Tho real business is all done above tho ground floor. I was several days engaged in hunting up John Murray, Lord Byron's publisher, mid ut Inst discov ered the name of ' Mr. Murray' on an inner door of whut appeared to be a prirato house. Such establishments as those of the IIariers, the Applctons, or Peterson il Brothers, would set Loudon booksellers crazy. LimiT and Love. Hull's Journal of Health says: "A finger-nail is renewed in one hundred and thirty-two days iu winter, but requires only one hundred and sixteen in warm weather. And as light hastens vegetation, so it is known that the hair grows faster in tho day titno thun in the night; and tho beautiful principlo holds good as to our moral being. We all ex pand and grow into the likeness of our great Father in proportion as charity keeps up tho warm summer time in our hearts while the sunlight of a life that is pure and true, dispels tho clouds and darkness of wrong-doing, and creates an atmosphere fit for the breath of angels. A Larue Stock Farm General Ur quizo, the President of the Argcii.tin? Con federation, has an estate about ono hundred, miles above Buenos Ayres, on which he hag, 70,000 sheep, 40,000 cattle, and 2,00ft horses. jtaT It is affirmed that in the last tea yesrs four millions of immigrants have reach ed our shores, each bringing with him aa, average of $100 ia gold, making an aggre gate of $400,000,000 in currency. sW Baltimore is enjoying almost unpre cedented quiet, owing to the suppression of rowdyism in the fire department, the en forcement of the Sunday liquor law, the conviction of offenders, and the activity of the Christian associations among the de praved classes.