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A Weekly Newspaper, devoted to the Interests of tho Laboring Classes, and advocating the side of Truth iu every issue. f"T" Tieo Dalian for tit montktNt tubterip- tiont rtethtd for a Itti period. 27 No paptr ditcantinutd until all arrtarngu Vol. V. OREGON CITY, OREGON, JULY 30, 1850. aOffpaul, umtlt at tin option oj tin pubuitr, No. 16. m be hoc. t What timt wo hold the ontrird trick, Into tho future preeiii( fmt, I'll Up from th eeurni of the put a JTbere comei i lingering echo beck BoieeleM echo of the deye , That ware to ui, yet are no mow, if- Of many frienda we knew before j, JF(thin our ancient dwelling-place. Aad muilled anunde, without our will, Pome up to ua ae from the grave, ,0 Or ae the murmur of the wive ,, AAr off when the night ia alill i y-OU voice! long forgotten quite, . Or aeeniing unto ue rgol, 91 ''Like mueio from tome diitnnt grot, ..,,Tal Ucmblee on the breeze of night. i iere ia a change eome over ill j Decay upon the npen leavve, "' And blight upon the autumn heavto ; ) Eternal ailcnee like a pall: d'JM when the dumb dark earth ia laid ,.; Jo aailnna o'er the beautiful, And blinded oyee with tvara are dull I"Uteo th karoo death hu made. TjCke happy emile, theolanped hand, ib T g'euoni laugh, ehall be no more j The tpirita calm we lorcd before "'Bare pawed into another land. They are a portion of the Tart, J Yet ooinea a noieeleee echo back, ' . What time we hold the onward track, Into the future presaing fast jny.i'j .. ' ' Chambtrt't Journal ljmBv . i j -The Property of Married Womea. ' the lute session of the Legislature the following bill, entitled "An act to provide ir fat regibtrution of the separate property f married women, and declare the effect jhereof," was passed: i Miction 1. Be it enacted by tho Legisla tive ' Assembly of the State of Oregon, tKa'ti tho property and pecuniary rights of ery married woman acquired by gift, de Tiltj or inheritance, shall be deemed to bo ifct, separate property of such married wo rrah, and not snbject to be taken in execu tion1, or in any way churged on account ol debts or contracts of her husband, from and after the time said property or pecunia ry fights shall be recorded as hereinafter rrOTided. The debts or contracts of the Kruband, above mentioned, shall be con tinied to mean such debts and contracts as ' ttf tasband may become liable for or have CttUractcd after the declaration of tho wife to, bold Beparuto property shall have been redded; Provided that the property and pecuniary rights of the married woman shall lh DxJcasc be liable for the debts and con ttaeHof the husband for which ho may hart! become liable or contracted before rnarrjage, from and after tho time the dec laration of such married woman to hold niparate property shall have been recorded. "'Rc. 2. That when the written declara tion of any married woman, ever executed i the presence of two witnesses, and ac knowledged beforo any ofliccr having au thority to tuko acknowledgement of deeds, containing a description of said property, or tteciniary rights, according to the nature of h iubjeet, with the same certainty and particularity as would be required in a deed, ad.declaring it to bo the intention of such married woman to hold such property or pecuniary right as her separute property, shall be presented to the recorder of deeds, ifcttiall be the duty of such recorder to re cord the same in a book, to be called " The Register of married women's separate prop erty," and note therein the date of such en- try:,''' 'Sio. 3. That such declaration when made with reference to any interests in lands, ot;, the rents and profits thereof, shall be re corded where such lands lie; but when such declaration shall be made with reference to uy0 other property or pecuniary right, it hall be recorded in the county where such married woman resides at the time; provid ed that when such married woman shall remove to any other county such declnra- 3" n shall be recorded again in the county wltich she has removed. ,'5c. 4. Certified copies of tho record of gofe declaration may be read in evidence in jrjjcourt where the original would be ad missible; provided, that such declaration or ay ' copy thereof, shall not be evidence of any fact except that such married woman hu elected to hold the property or pecunia ry, rights described in such declaration as ljecaeparate property. The Recorder shall lit, .n titled to the same fees for recording toy inch declaration or making a certified oapjuof the same, as be may be entitled to in case of deeds. . .,8ff. Any married woman may at any time revoke such declaration, by making a written revocation of her intention to hold fie property or pecuuiary right therein de cribedasher separate property; such re location shall be executed in the same man rfJr'M the declaration, and recorded in the rkrgin of the page and book where the deration may have been recorded. From XJl after the time of recording such revoca fZinhe property and pecuniary rights de rlbed in the declaration shall cease to be l&o aeparate property of the married wo mo, aad be held, owned, and treated as Utaagh Ait- act bad not been passed. "Approved June 4, 1859. gS Galignaai says: "The Empress Eu gicJe, accompanied by the Princess Clotilde -I.the Princess Matilda, visited the flower taow ia the; Exhibition Palace the day be lter jesterday, One of the exhibitors hav fcjuaew species of rose, remarkably fine, wented it to her Majesty with the request i'fe the would give it a name. ' Well,' tt3 the Empress, 'call it the Montebello!' aJi designation was considered a most fcjpy one, both on account of the recent fibat at that place and because the flow car as handed to her Majesty by the Doch f'' of Montebello." I'-H ' , CS- The iron temple, ordered by the f jot of Virginia, to be erected over the I M of President Monroe, has been com- L ted by a Philadelphia manufacturer. It J Gothic structure, 21 feet high, II feet , and 8 feet wide. .trv 'Ax Unfounded Statekent. For seve ral days post we have seen it durkly hinted in various papers that, through the intcrkr ance of third purlieu, a meetintr had been arranged, and had actually taken place, be tween tho 1'resKlcnt and beuntor Douglas, at which "their political differences were satisiuctorily adjusted." So long as these assertions were confined to the mere conjectures of newspaper cor respondents, we did not think it at all nec essary to notice them. But we now see it positively auirmcu in tne uuuricsion .Mer cury, by a correspondent of that journal from this city, whom the editors describe as "n person of established character and ex tensive acnnaintaiice, whose statements are entirely reliable," thut "Judge Douglas and Mr. litichanan have had a meeting and a full explanation of their political differ ences," and thot " the result of their inter view was a coalition between the two. To this positive assertion we deem it to be our duty to give the lullcst and most un equivocal denial. No such interview has tuken place; nor has anything been said or done by the President which could give the least foundation for the report. Tho " reli able" correspondent of tho Mercury most have been grossly deceived by some of " the public men of the day," with whom he pro fesses such close intimacy; and in his "inci dental gathering of mutters of grave impor tance to the pcoplo of the South, to the precise knowledge of which few have access," be has evidently been egregiously hoaxed by some unscrupulous forger of " sensation news." Washington Constitution. French and Austria Influence in Italy. The following, from the Florence correspondence of the Providence Journal, throws some light on a question which be gins to be agitated: "If foreign domination is still to be maintained in Italy, wc have no doubt the Italians would prefer subjection to French rather than Austrian masters, as there would be more hope, at least, of some ad vantage to come through future French revolutions. The people are so much like the French, also, in raco and language. Not ono Italian in a thousand Icarus Ger man, while every one with any pretensions to education is acquainted with French. They call the French the sister language, which it is, but every sound or tho Ucrmnn is repulsive to their ears. Their fashions aud customs come from France, and their tastes, their habits of thinking, and their aspirations, are inspired by the same coun try; while everything Austrian they hate. German influence in Ituly for two or three hundred years has not succeeded in chang ing, in the slightest degree, the language or the feelings of the people. What stron ger proof could there bo that Austrian rule in Italy is unnatural, and must come to an end?" , Isimicratiu.n to Canada. The Toronto Leader complains thnt the immigration from Europe into Canada this season will be very small, smaller probably than it has been in any year for a quarter of a century. It thinks the whole number of Canada emi grants will not exceed 5,000, although the number of persons emigrating from Europe will be greater than lust year. The chief cause of the falling off in tho immigration to Canada is attributed to the fact that the English holders of American ruilwuy stock and bonds have a direct personal motive for recommending British and Irish emi grants to go to tho TJuited States, and to the further fact that members of tho English House of Commons are olten heard to ex press a prcferenco for the United States over Canada. The accounts sent back by the emigrant settled in the United Stntcs and in Canada doubtless hare much to do in directing tho western tide. Discovering of the Tomb or Pharaoh Amosis. A letter from Cuiro, in the Con. slitulionel, says that the general subject of conversation in that city is tho discovery which has just been made by the well known archieologist, M. Murietto. He has found at Thebes, after long and difficult research es, the tomb, still intact, of Pharaoh Amo sis. The King is lying in a coffin, com pletely covered with gold leaf, ornamented with large wings puinted on it. Thirty jewels, of great value, were found !b the same coffin by the side of the King, as was also a hatchet of gold, ornamented with figures in lapis lazule. Some years ago M. Marietta had a similar piece of good fortune, in finding in the tomb of Apis the jewels which now form the principal ornament of the Egyptian Museum of the Louvre. The jewels of Amosis are still more valuable, from their number and quality. The dis covery of a royal tomb intact is the most important one that M. Marietta has yet made in Egypt. The Fame or Washington Irving in Spain. James Brooks, of the N. Y. Ex press, writing from the Alhambra, says: 1 write now under the shadow of the walk nf the Alhambra. I mount but a few steps, and the glories of the Vega, made almost American c-y me spirit oi me pen of our countryman, Irving, are before me. Washington Irving, quoting quaintly c. :..!, r.;,ot'i clnrv has rwnnlffl almost mvm hill nd vallev here and hereabout in all Granada, from Malaga to Cordova, even, and bence it is to Aadalusian aad Granadian scene7 what Walter Scott and his poems and romances are to Higland life and story. The Spaniards are as proud of him as we are. They show the room in the Alhambra where he rUytd and itndied, the balcony out of which lie lookod upon the city, the walks he took, Ac, while they add on, as usiinl, incny romances. Wash ington Irving thus has become tho hand book, the guide-book, of old Moorish Granada. JinoE Tanev on Slavery. Iu the case of the slave Amy, decided a few days since, Chief Justice Taney has furnished a written decision, in which ho asserts tho following great legal principles touching tho institution of slavery in tho United States: 1. That slaves are recognized by the Constitution of tho United Stutcs in the character of persons. 2. That slaves nro represented in Congress ns persons. 3. Thut, as person, they arc, in many instan ces, at least, subject to certain liabilities, and invested with rights corresponding to those liabilities, in the same way thut other persons are. 4. 1 hat umong these iiudiii- tics are those which render them amcnablo to trial and punibbiueut for crimes and mis demeanors; and among these rights is the right or legal protection against personal injury. 5. That tho Constitution of the United States also recognizes slaves as property. 6. "As property, the rights of owners are entitled to the protection or the law," I. c., the laws of the United States, enacted by Congress. 157 James W. Lynd, lute editor of the Henderson (Minnesota) Democrat, an nounces, in a late nuiuberof that paper, his retirement from the editorial chair, and his renunciation of Democracy. Here are bib reasons for tho step: " I have, ulso, to acknowledge a change of sentiment, which is an additionul reason for my retiring from tins paper. I have tried the Democratic party of Minnesota, and found it wanting. Its leaders I have found cornipt and unscrupulous, and its enunciated principles things made to rend, but not to follow. 1' roin conversation this spring with many of the leaders of the par ty, both hero and in other portions ot the State, I becaino convinced that their hopes of success in the coming full campaign were based upon anticipated bogus returns lroiii Reuvillc, Murray, Cottonwood, ripestone, Pembina, and other out-of-the-way counties! and I was not, therefore, surprised on a lato visit to St. Paul, to hear this broached to me, and unblushingly anticipated, by Democrats high in State offices. The pollution of tho ballot-box seems, in their opinion, to bo a legitimate road to success." Irving on the Character of Washing ton. With the following just tribute Mr. Irving concludes tho fifth and final volume of his life of Washington: "Tho character of Washington may want some of those poetical clemcuts which dazzle and delight the multitude, but it possessed fewer inequalities, and a rarer union of virtues than perhaps ever fell to the lot of one man. Prudence, firmueRs, sagac ity, moderation, an overruling judgment, nn immovable justice, courage that never fal tered, patience that never wearied, truth that disclaimed nil artifice, magnanimity without alloy. It seems as if Providence had endowed him in a pre-eminent degree with tho qualities requisite to fit him for the luirn destiny hu was culled on to lulhii to conduct a momentous revolution which was to form nn era in the history of the world, and inaugurate a new and untried government, which, to use his own words, was to lay the foundation ' lor the enjoy ment of a much purer civil liberty, aud greater public happiness, than have hither to been the portion of munkiud.' " Curious Historical Fact. During the troubles in the reign of Churles II. a coun try girl came to London in search of a place as a servant-maid, but not succeeding, she hired herself to carry out beer from a brew- house, and was ono of thoso called tnb-wo-mcn. Tho brewer observing a good-look-iug girl in this low occupation, took her into his family as a servant, und, uftcr a short time, married her, but died whilo sho was a young woman, nnd left her the bulk of his fortune. The business of the brewery was dropped, and the young woman was recommended to Mr. Hyde, as a skilfull lawyer to arrange her husband,s uffairs. nyde, who was afterwards tho Earl of Clarendon, finding tho widow's fortune very considerable, married her. Of this mar riage there was no other issue than a daugh ter, who was afterwards the wife of James II., and mother of Mary and Ann, Queens of England. A Wouan Worth Loving. There is a most affecting and thrilling story told, in illustration of our theme (says an exchange), of Captain Barclay, who fought the battle of Lake Eirie against Perry. He was en gaged to be married to a fine English girl. At Trafalgar, with Nelson, he had lost an arm; at Lake Erie he lost a leg. On re turning to England, feeling his condition very acutely, be sent a friend to his betroth ed to tell her that, under the circumstances in which he found himself, he considered ber as released from all engagements to him. The lady beard the message, then said to the friend r " Edward thinks I may wish our engage ment to be broken, because of his misfor tunes, docs he? Tell him that if he only briogs back to England body enough to hold the soul be carried away with him, I'll marry him." Lllile ana Perfect. " la pereoo until, io form Grace i A writ breathing ia ber face i The little whole, ell ml"- Cmlty. LATE FROM EUROPE. MORE FIGHTING t Battles of Palcstro, Magenta, and ZKtalognano I THE AUSTRIANS RETREATING! THE ALLIES AT MILAN I Victor Kmanucl Proclaimed Wing of Lom bard) 1 Our Intest dates from Europe como down to the 11th of June. Below will bo found full accounts of the operations of the Allied and Austrian armies in Italy: CONFLICTS ON Til F SF.SIA BATTLE OF PA I.FiiTRO. , A Sardinian dispatch dated Turin, May 21, snys: " To-dny the extreme left of our army, under Gcu. Cialdiui, forced a passage over theSesin, near Yercclli, in an admirable manner. The enemy was put to flight, leaving officers nnd privates ns prisoners, together with urms, wagons and horses, in our hands. The next day the enemy ap peared in great force nt Palestro, with the object of obstructing the march of the rc conuoitering party, which had taken the direction of the Scsin, by order of tho King of Sardinia. The enemy's artillery was, however, silcncfll in every part." ' The Austrian account says: "At noon, on the 21st, about 15,000 of the Franco Sardinian army attacked our troops, num bering 3,000, at. Yercclli. Our men re treated fighting to Orfengo. At this place, two other Austrian brigades hurried to tho rescue, and threatened the enemy's flank, which retreated across the Scsin to tho western side of the river." On the 30th of May, the Sardinian army, under the command of tho King, passed the Sesia in the fnco of the Anstriuns, who wero fortified at Palestro. After a severe conflict, the Sardinians took tho village, and made many prisoners. ; The next morn ing at 1 o'clock, the Austrinns endeavored to retnko Palestro. The King of Sardinia commanding tho 4th division in person, and Gen. Cialdiui at the head "of the 3d regi ment of Zouaves, resisted tho attack for some time, nnd then assuming the offensive, pursued the Austrinns, taking 1000 priso ners nnd capturing eight cannon, five of which were taken by tho Zouaves. Four hundred Austrinns were drowned in a canal during tho combat at Palcstro. At 6 in the evening, the Austrinns en deavored to retnko Palestro, but they were again repulsed by the division of Gen. Ci aldiui, composed of Zouaves and Picrimont cse cavalry. King Ylctor Emanuel press ed forward wherp tho fight was most furi ous, the Zouaves trying to reslrniu him. Dispatches from Turin, Juiio 4, suy thut the Anstriuns in full retreat were recrossing the Ticino; that Garibaldi was gaining fresh victories over the Austrinns in the north of Lombardy, and that the insurrec tion was spreading. All the steamers on tho lakes were in the hands of the patriots. The Emperor of Austria quitted Vienna on the 29lh, and arrived at Ycronn on the 31st May, accompanied by his brother, the Archduke Charles, Gen. Hess, and others. Additional details of tho battle of Pa lestro, report .the Sardinians to have been terribly cut up, but their loss is not men tioned. Nnpoleon subsequently visited the battle-field, and congratulated the Sardin ians on the result, BATTLE AT MAGENTA. The French crossed the Ticino at BuiTa lora and Turbigo. There was considerable Cghing at both places. On the 4 th of June a great battle took place ut Magenta, 12 miles from Milan.. Napoleon's dispatches claim a decisive victory, nnd Paris was il luminated, ne says they took 7,000 Aus trian prisoners, und placed 12,000 more hort du combat, besides capturing three cannon and two standards. The French loss is stated by the Emperor at 8,000 men. The Austrians took one cannon. The French General Espinasso was kill ed, and Marshal Cnnrobert was mortally wounded.' Later reports show that Can robert was uninjured, and -was still at the bcud of his division. Gen. McMahon was made on the battle-field a Marshal of France and Duke of Magenta. Marshal Baragnay d'Hilliers had been superseded in his command by Gen. Forey, aud Marshal Yaillant by Marshal Piandon. Rumors prevalent ut Pun's represent the French loss at Magenta at from 9,000 to 12,000 men. The forces engaged are re ported as 130,000 to 150,000 Austrians, and from 100,000 to 120,000 French. The Auslriun accounts speak of a "se ries of battles, with varying success on both sides, but still undecided up to the Cth, with great losses on both sides." The Austrians admit that they had four generals and five staff officers wounded. Napoleon is reported to have been in the midst of the Imperial Guard during the two hours stand against the Austrians at Magenta, the latter being aware of his po sition. AH accounts agree that the glory of Magenta is wholly to be ascriled to Gen McMahon. It appears that he had no orders to proceed to Magenta, but hear ing the roar of battle, be rushed on with his corpe. tnd gained the day. It it said that he lost 1 500 men, killed and wounded 10,000 Anstriuns, nnd took 5000 prisoners. Tho Taris Monitcnr states that tho con centration of the allied armies on the river Po deceived the Anstriuns Into the belief that tho Allies intended to march across that river on the morning of the 4th June. The London Daily News, in speaking of the crossing of tho Ticino by tho Allies, snys that in less than two hours Nnpoleon and Yictor Eninnncl had deployed 00,000 men ngninst 80,000 Austrians'on tho oppo site bank. In spite of a most disadvan tageous ground, they compelled the Aus trinns to move back. Their left wing was soon turned by Canrobcrt, when the Ans- rinns were obliged to fall on their center at Abbiate Grasso, and the center, thus swell ed by the routed columns of their left wing, were throwu into great confusion and dis order, und thousands fell, crushed by the destructive fire of tho French artillery. At this juncture, McMahon made a terrible charge, and succeeded in breaking the dis ordered center, and completely routing them. Tho bulletiu further states that the Emperor Napoleon and King Yictor Em anuel wcro always in tho thickest of the fight. ' , . . ... . BATTLE OF UALF.ONANO. ; Turin, June 8. During the retreat from Magenta, tho Austrians wcro pursued by tho Allies, nnd at Mnlcgnano an engage ment took place, in which the Austrians lost 1500 killed and 1200 prisoners. , Tho buttle lasted nine hours, when both armies ceased operations. Paris, June 11. Particulars have been received in regard to the action at Malrir- nano. Nnpoleon has received unanimous praise from all military men for his strate gical combinations nt this fight. Tho Aus- tnans wero stroimly intrenched, when Mar shal llilliers was sent by the Emperor to dislodjro them. Ho succeeded in takine- tho village with slight loss. THE ALLIES IN MILAN. Paris, June 11. After tho entrance of the Allies into the capital of Lombardy. a grand mass with 71s Veutn was sung at the Cathedral on the imi of June, which Na poleon and Victor Emanuel attended. Af ter tho church services, they rodo through the principal streets of Milan, which were thronged with the people. All tho houses wero decorated, and the cren test enthusi asm prevailed, and shouts of ' Viva Tmptr atore." 'V ivu Itiilia!' Viva JLibcrlatcf rent the air. ; PROCLAMATION TO LOUBAnDY. ' Milan. June 10. Victor EmnnnM is- sued yesterday, ns tho new King of Lom- nnruy, a proclamation to the people. Iu the proclamation he states that their inde pendence has nt last been gained, and that it will be secured. He also promises that a liberal and durable regime will be inaugu rated. He then eulogizes Napoleon for his heroic initiative. Victor Emanuel then calls on all the people of Lombardy to join them on the bnttlc-field, and assist in driv ing the Austrians forever out of tho coun try. London, June 11. An official Austrian bulletin from Verona- by the way of Vienna, ctatcs that tho Austrian army has with drawn beyond the Adda, in excellent or der, and aro continually receiving strong reinforcements from the reserve corps. Tho army, far from feeling discouraged at tho result of tho lato battlen, enjoy excellent spirits, and ore longing for a decisive battle. Tho Vienna correspondent of tho Lon dou Times says that tho announcement of tho battle of Magenta stunned the whole population at tho capital. Old soldiers are indignant, that the finest army Austria ever possessed should have been entrusted to such a bungler us Gyuhii. movements in rnrsfc-iA, bavahia, saxony. Dresden, June 10. Commissioners from Berlin have arrived here, for the purpose of negotiating with the Boards of tho State Railways for the transit of considerable bodies of Prussian troops. The same com missioners will leave for Munich, in order to conclude similar arrangements with the government of Bavaria. London, June 11. The army of Prussia is mobilized, and it is reported that Prussia is soon to take part in the conflict. It is said that she is negotiating for tho passage of troops through Germany. A dispatch from Darmstadt, Germany, says that nt the opening of the Chambers there the Presidents of both branches of the Legislature declared in favor of war against Louis Napoleon. RUSSIA. An important circular from Prince Gort schakoff, to the envoys of Russia at the several Courts of Germany, declares that if Germany goes to the aid of Austria, the political equilibrium, resulting from the treaties by which the German Confedera tion is constituted, will be destroyed. CREAT BRITAIN. The London Timei docs not allude to the Emperor Napoleon's viewa rcspectin" the indejteudence of Italy, but accuses nim of having sold himself to the demon of mil itary conquest. Parliament met on the 31st of May Speaker Denison was unajjiirjously re-elected. After debate ou motioo by the op position, expressing a want of confidence in the Government, a division took place, when the Ministry wh defeated br a nav jority of thirteen. It was expected that tho Ministry would resign. Kossuth had addressed another large meeting In favor of tho neutrality of Eng land, at Manchester. He intimated that ho should probably soon bo in his native country. : It was reported that Kossuth was President of an Hungarian Committee just established at Genoa the object of tho Committee being to enconrage desertion from tho Austrian ranks. A later report snys ho was about to leave England on the 1th of June, for Italy. He had had an' interview with tho French Ambassador in London. Soino 300 Hungarians who had returned from America wcro to follow him to Italy. ' i i ."( Kossuth. The Paris correspondent of the New York Tost says: " Kossuth is now laboring ns earnestly fur Napoleon's success ns ho ever labored for his ruin, and I do not know how I could put the caso any stronger. AVho could have supposed it possible five years ago that Kossuth and Garibaldi would both so soon be tho champions of Nnpolcouism? It was remarked by one of tho wise men of Greece, that in our intcrcourao with our friends wo should net as if we expected ' them ono day to bo our enemies. How' much more truly and wisely might ho have said, that wo should always treat our ene mies as if wo expected thcra somo day to ' be our friends." ' : Mexican Affaius in Enolano. Tho London Times, in nn oditorinl on the af-1 fairs of Mexico, gives the decided opinion ' that the sympathies of England arc due to the sumo party which has secured tho , friendship of the United States, and says it , makes the avowal with nioro emphasis be cause its correspondence apparently inti-1 mates that tho British representatives have ' inclined to tho opposite sido. It regards with great satisfaction tho alleged proceed ings of tho Americans. Nai'OI.eon his own Commander. When the seige of Sebnstopol flagged tho Empo- ' ror of the French, we aro told, was with ' difficulty restrained from donning his gene ral's uniform, and leaving his restless em-'' pire to take the command of tho siege. What wns merely an idea then is now the fixed principle of the campaign. The 1 French Emperor, though never in action, ' never, indeed, a professional soldier, has all : his life been a student of military science. He has written on artillery invonted can non given additional security to a flouting buttery. For teu years he has been at the head of tho most warlike, nation in tho . world, and if a man with such advantages . cannot, between tho ages of 40 and 50, ob tain a competent knowledge of tho art of . war, ho must be a very dillerent caliber from Louis Napoleon Bonaparte. The Em- peror probably says to himself, " I have seen Austrian Reviews, I know what tho . men ore like. I have guaged tho cupacity of their chief men, and I find myself at least the equal of any I may meet." Ac cordingly, the first news of nn Austrian movement causes him to publish his long- . matured resolution. The Emperor will bo ; his own Connnnndcr-in-Chief. Every oth er notubiliry. receives a Division or a sepa rato command of some Corps of Observa tion or Reserve. Nnpoleon II L, though about tho age nt which his undo died, is not ohler than Marlborough was when he began his great career of victory, and he is u youth compared to the Generals to whom Austria intrusted her destinies, London , Timet. Toleration in Tuscany. Ono of tho ; first acts of the Provisional Government of Tuscany has been tho issuing of a decree that will carry hopo and joy into many an humble home. Its language is: " All Tus-. cans, whatever religious belief they may . profess, are equal iu the face of the law; contribute without distinction to the bur thens of the State in proportion to their property, and are all equally admissible to civil and military employments." Republicanism in Virginia. A Wash-'1 ington correspondent of the N. Y. Evening Post says: I " It may seem Romcwhat singular with ! you, but 1 believe the Republicans in Vir- ; ginia hold tho balance of power between the two greut parties to-day. This is the . opinion of a shrewd Virginia politician. There are thousands of Northern freemen nlrendy in Virginia. In a town not a doz en miles from Washington there are over i fifty voters who come from the North, and ; are Republicans iu sentiment. They pro- . posed a month ogo voting lor Goggin, but his abuse of the Republicans lately disgust ed th m, and they agreed in a body to stay from the polls. By another gubernatorial -election in Virginia the Republicans in the State will make themselves tell as a power." In the city of Wheeling alono thfj four hundred Republicans wh tuid away from tho polls; and in Wrn Virginia euough to have given Goggin the majority . for which he fough., w hurj, but their self respect and sc ,lSe of decency forbade their Toting at nil. Had he been less extreme on thi slavery question, he would be Gorcr. no.f elect to-day. ter The oldest man in the United Statei died lately in Covington, Kentucky. He was a negro, and was known by the sou briquet of " Father Ca;sar," beinj at the , time of his death between 130 aud 140 years of ag. He used to boast that ono hundred years ago he was a king in Africa. He was, for a negro, a remarkably inUlli gent man. For the last twenty-five years be was bed-ridden, though in the full pos ition of all his mentrd faculties.