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ADVKKTIHINU ItATKf. Ono sqnar (li! lines or Itss, hrevier measure) ti insertion, " two insertions, 4,00 Kach subsequent Inwrtion, I,t'(l Reasonable deductions lo those who advtrtiae ly the year. JOB PRINTING. -. Tn raoraiETna or ths ARfll'S ia WriY to inform the public that ha bus just retriveil :i large stock of Jolt TVl'IC and other new print intr material, ami will be In the eedy rcvrlrit o nd'litions suited to all lhe ro)uireii,rnta of this-1'-cality. IIANDIUI.I H. lWIT.HK, HI AN'k'n, CAKIW, riWTLAlis, I'AMHII.V.T-WOriv and nt her kinda. done to order, u short notire. HY D. W. CBAIO. am CXRVSTht Aaoua will hi furniehed at ..l.Tkrtt Dollar t and Fifty Centt per annum. in advance, to lingli euberriliere Thru Dalian tack fa club i of tin at on office in advance When the money ii not paid in adtanee, Four .Dollari mill la charted if paid vithin six r' aonthi, and Five dollari at the ind of the year. ''ET Tao Dalian for fix montheNo eubecrip- 'i . tioni received for a Icee period. 7 No paper ditcontinued until all arrtaraget A Weekly Newspaper, devoted to the Interests of the Ln1orin ClusHCrt, and advocating the sido of Truth in every issne. Vol. V. OREGON CITY, OltKGON, AUGUST C, 1850. No. 17. JbiflTf paia, unlatt at t lie option oj the puoluner. OKEGON AltGUS. mm ( pit For the Argue, Reflection Im Be, roHTI.AND, .TuLV 4tH. 1 8.10. :t;'ii ' "'Whit jingllngi and janglings, what ratlteaaad rout, " Wlul silence in houses, but noiso out 01 ooors i I lamble and turn, and try to rett easy, , Bit ill dsviliahdin ii driving meorazy. ' .' Caafound all the noises! I wish tliay would atop, 'For, minuta by miiiult, aa faat aa drop "' In a bit Of a auooxe, there cornea auch a roar, I dream that " Old Nick" ia banging my door, l laritinr me out on a bit of a lark, ., Whib I cover my head, and try to keep dark. It mat be that old Hieliobub's Iooh, , Aad ia ' kiting' around on a bit of a cruiss ; ' Fsthaps he ie after aome Chriatian or Jew If I am aure there are plenty of either would do) To dwell in hie ' boarJiug-bouoe' way down below, V'here tho climate ia warm, and tliey never have enow. "'Tie demon of noises ia aurely around, , ' Xad haa frightened ' dull silence' away with tho i,.: aound .Vt popguna, and crackera, the banging of gum, JVbile I with devoutly that all ef theae "sna Of thundor'' were dropped aomewhero out at sea, TDr anywhere !eo,an that they might be vCantent to keep ailent, and not bother me. At liut, out of patience, 1 jump up and cry, ,"T'Jit the deuce ia the uiatter J" Ihoy aay "tllfl "Fourth of July:'1 x. For the Argue. At:. ' ' Temperance Lecture. e '"0W'nS '8 t"kcn from the writings , f Goethe, and is no doubt a correct copy i!f- the peroration or closing part of a scr Tlvon on drunkenness, by one of the Bishops of St. llochus, near Bingcn, on the Rhine, .n, Germany. While the language is really ( porret't and eiiitnMe, and tho composition smooth and graceful, tho sentiments would 'n6t well hurmouize with those of the tern- 'Iperanco reformers of the present duy. Let i,be remembered that a " measure" of wiue M herein expressed is two bottles. "'t After having represented drunkenness, "mod tho drunkenness of his flock iu partial ""lor, iu the strongest and most vivid colors, y i,be good Bishop winds up in the following (train, which will doubtless astound our ;, Worthy Patriarchs" of Oregon who uiny ' j chance to read it: I " And hence, my pious, and to confession "khd repentauco already disposed, hearers, r'jou'must be convinced that ho perpetrates Ue greatest sin who in such a manner tuscs the noble gifts of God. Tho abuse, ., however, excludes not the use. It stands written,, " Wine rejoices the heart of man." 1 By this it is clearly made manifest that to "ejoioc ourselves and others, we may and 'hould enjoy our wine. But now there is i probttbly no one among my male hearers , who cannot take to himself two measures of wine (four bottles) witlrout finding the lightest trace of confusion in his senses but he who on tho third, or fourth measure falls so fur into forgetfulness of himself that ,te does not recognize his own wife and chil dren, btrt abnses them with scolding, strik ing, and kicking, and treats his best friends ! w his worst enemies, let him retreat into himself, and meddle no more with this over opiantity which renders him displeasing to tJod and man, and ascorner of his fellows, "to .-"But he who in tho enjoyment of four I Measures, aye, of five and six, only feels "himself in such a mood that he can take ; his fellow Cbristian'under the arm, can rule ,-Ws own household, yes, is in a condition to 'follow out the commands of his temporal 1nd spiritual rulers J let him enjoy his mod est portion, and take it with thankfulness kway. But let him take heed that, with- out sufficient protection, he goes no farther, "inco hero tho goal is generally set to weak iAen. For the case is rare, in the extreme, lh which tho fiindamcntally-munificeut God ' has bestowed on any one tho especial grace Xto be able to drink eight measures (sixteen cbottles), as ho has vouchsafed to me, his servant. As, hewever, it cannot be charg ed to me that I have fallen iuto unjust wrath against any one, that I have mista- ken my relatives or inmates of my house, or that I have neglected or put off the (Spiritual duties and business which are in cumbent on me: but rather, that you are "'all become my witnesses, how I am ever in 'readiness to the praise and honor of God, i.nd how active I show myself for the good ynd beneGt of my neighbor so may I yet farther rejoice myself with ft good con science, and with gratitude for this gift which has been conferred upon me." J, , Tna CaowN or Loauv. " Malakoff," the pfaria correspondent of the New York Times, gives an interesting history of tbia celebrated dia. clem, used at the coronation of the Lombard kings. ?Jt baa been used at the coronation of 34 different monarch!. This curious relic of antiquity is pre ;aorved in a cathedral at Monza, a place in the taorth of Italy, a few miles from Milan.' ' , 'Twelve hundred years ago a Queen of Lam jjiardy, of the poetical name of Theodelinda, wid jow of a certain Antaria, waa begged by her people to re-marry. Turin was then governed by a val Ijanl Duke, of tho savage name of Agilulphas, evaotn she chose for her intended in petto. TJn the pretext of discussing with him aome a Hairs at state, ahe invited him to meet her half way, at ! (the frontier of the two States, at a place named on .certain modern Baps Abbiato Grasso, and on oth tt Abbato Graaso, which means in the first case, .'Be ya fat,' and in the second, ' Fat Abba.' It was exactly by this point, aome weeki ago, that the Austrian! passed the Ticino into Piedmonteso ter- ritary J but this time it waa neither for a marriage av o offer to the Sovereign of Sardinia the Iron doma at the old Lombard Kings. On the eon- , . . At tbia point in the history of the Iron Crown, Ihe legend of the sixth century ia abrupt bat charming. When the two monarchs met, the Jeeng Queen Theodelinda ordered a drinking bowl, and filling it with a liquor of what kind history . torn ant inform us drank half ita eoatenta, and r aSarcd to the Duke of Turn the other half. Af ter draining the liquor, the Duke offered respeet- fully to kiss the Queen's hand. H Go straight to tho face, my Lord !" aaid the Qurea " for when my people pray ma to take a new kaabaad, it is yoe that I choose, and my per. aea aa well aa my kingdom belongs la jaa here- j after r Ths Len.bard Kingdom beirg tbe la-g-r of the two, it waa for the Queen to crown the new King of tho united kingdoms, and she placed on his brow the Iron Crown, which, since this event, has become so celebrated. In 771, the Poe, Adrian I., placed this crown upon the head of Charle magne. In 14."iS, It mads the ?oyoge to Itome to crwn Frederick IV., and In l.'iiO the voyage to Bologna to the coronation of Charles the Fifth. tn 1805, Napoleon I. placed it en his own bead, repeating the exclamation which tradition attrib utes to Agilulphus, Iwelre centuries before t ' Di'U mt It donne, gore a qui la louche." (God gives It to me, bewaro who touches It.) Tbia historical and religious treasure, which the Austrians have lately transferred from Alonxa lo Mantua for greater safely, waa kept in the top of a largo gilded melol cross, and was exhibited on cer tain daya of the year in tho Cathedral of Monia- The crown, however, ia not to strictly of Iron as ita name Indicatea. It seems, indeed, a mere crown of gold that is to aay, a golden band, about two itichea wide, inorusted with variously-colored pre cious stones. The veritable Iron Crown la inclosed In the Interior of this gold casing, and la aaid to have been made from one of the nails used In the Crucifixion. The publie are never allowed to an proach nearer than the iron grating which aur rounda it, and It la thus seen but indifferently. To see it closely, removed from Its place in the top of tho crucifix, a special order from the Military Gov ernor of Milan was necessary. To aatisfy the ourioaity of the crowds of travel era who annually visit Monza which ia a sort of Milanese Versailles to see the famous Iron Crown of the Lombard Kings, the people of tho Church have had constructed an iron crown very like the crown of Agilulphus, which they show aa the orig inal, and which they even allow extraordinarily curious people lo place on their heads for a small consideration. It woa Napoleon I. who, a few daya after having assumed this sacred relio of Mount Calvary, cre ated the Order of the Iron Crown, an order which passed into the possession of Austria, and remains to t his duy end of the Imperiul Ordera of that country. It is easy to conceive, therefore, the val ue Austria attaches to the treasure of Monia, and her anxiety that the illustrious and venerable crown which claims so sacred an origin, and which encircled the brows of Charlemagne, Charles the Fifth, and Nnpoleon, should not be left to fal' into the hands of the conquerors. It will be placed, no doubt, in the terrible Cage-Tower of Muntua, celebrated for its famous or infamous in struments of torture of the Middle Ages, which disappeared in 1 TUG, and were replaced In 1814. But will it bo fo here 7 Bonaparte captured the Tower in 1797 Louis Napoleon hopes to accom plish the same feat in 18j9. But lo return to the ancient legend. The prop er crown of Agilulphus, aa Duke of Turin, when he married Theodelinda, became useless, and was placed among the treasures of the fortress of Mon za, where it remained during many long centuries. It waa at lifct brought to Paris, by Bonaparte's or ders, in 1797, and waa placed in the medal de partment of the National Library, from which it was stolen in 1804 by one of the cunning thieves that then abounded in the capital. It bad a strange destiny, this crown of Agilulphus. Forged in the sixth century for tho heads of the Kings of Sar dinia, and melted up in the nineteenth century by the thieves of Paris 1" Blrvino Alive Popular Ehrobs A Mr. Hovey, a noted anti-slavery man of Boston, who died recently in that city, left a direction to his friends that they should not bury him until three daya after death was duly announced by his medi cal attendants. Being a reformer, progressive, and philosopher of the Garrison-Parker school, of course he had no apprehensions in regard to death or the things beyond, but he expressed the utmost dread of being buried alive, and therefore expe riencing in his own ease that horrible suffering which he had doubtless often read about and heard of as having Bomctimca happened to unfor tunates under such circumstances. It is, indeed, a fr'ghtful thought, for it ia difficult to conceive of any condition or contingency so appalling aa that of being ' buried alive,' nnd a great many nervous and timid people, and in fact multitudes that are not nervous or timid, have doubtless been dis tressed by it. It is quite probable, moreover, that some have had or thought they had eatue to entertain this dire apprehension, and that a beloved wife or child may have been tho viotim of a fate so fearful. Every now and then the newspapers publish ap palling accounts of it how aome unfortunate creature has been found, on opening the coffin, to have turned clear over, and with other evidences of terrible struggles to escape the appalling fate which by a too hasty interment they bad been doomed to, and the particulars have been ao mi nutely given that they are doubtless extensively believed in. But like many other notions deeply imbedded in the popular mind, it baa no founda tion in fact, and never could have happened at any rate, never could happen in the form or man ner of the popular apprehension of it. Animal life ia impossible without atmospherio air, and while persons deposited in vaults, where there is an atmosphere, might be subjected to this horrible chance, it is of course impossible to those placed at once tinder ground. A person might, It ia true, bo alive when buried, but, with the exclusion of the atmosphere, death, except perhaps slight and irregular muscular contraction, would be simulta neous with such exclusion. At all events, con sciousnessand that is all that makes ft appalling, is utterly impossible, and never could have hap pened under any possible or conceivable circum stances, whatever might be the mere spasmodic action of the muscular forces. The Gerxa Reptbucavs or Isduxa. The German Republicans of Indiana held a meeting; at Iodiaoapolii the other day, and Resolved, "That we are opposed to tbe ( principle contained in the Cincinnati platr form no interference with slavery cmr principle, no interference with liberty by the President, by Congress, by the Federal Conrt." That covers the ground of the" irrepressi- ble conflict.'' DirriCTLt to Conrtr With. A cotem-( Dorarr contains the followintr: " Wanted, at this printing-office, devil of good mvr-' ii cciracter. Ctmtptndenct of tht St. Louie Democrat tae Doty uty. Jkiu-ai.f.ii, January 20, 1859. The topography of tlio llolv City Is so Tunilliar to everybody that It will not lie nec essary for mo to fro Into tny pitrticulura in describing it. Within hulf an hour after reaching our hotel wo were waited on by u American missionary In Jerusalem, who, after congratulating us upon our sufo arri val, took us to hiat hoiiso to give u birds eye view of tho city. Thin gentlenmii'v residence occupies one of the highest points within the walls. From tho roof every part of the cily can be seen except a small por tion to the extreme south, on the ridge of .Mount Zion. It is well understood that tho present city of Jerusalem occupies but asniull space of that Jerusalem which was the theater of so many events of sacred history, and which was completely destroyed by tho Ilomuns under Titus, A. V. 70. liut tho shape, size, and configuration of the undent city is a matter of great contention among schol ars and arclioeologistg. Ilie present walls, which are built of stone, are comparatively modern, and embrace a surfuce of not more than one hundred and ten acres, quite irreg ular in shape, but resembling a parallelo gram more than any other common figure, lying north and south, but having its north ern end considerably wider than tho south ern. From the top of the missionary's house we had a magnificent view both of the city and the surrounding hills', with the missionun at our elbow to point out the different localities. The general appearance of the city, as well as tho configuration of the hills and Tallies around correspond quite accurately with tho numerous descriptions which are so common, ami within tho reach of every Sunday School scholar. The city is wholly built of stono, general ly covered outside with plaster. Walls, floors, stair-cases, ceilings, roofs, and every thing ubout tho premises, except doors and windows, are of stone. Every room, large or small, has a vaulted ceiling, and the roofs aro generally Hat, with occasional domes, having tho appearance of ovens ull over tho city. These domes aro erected over rooms which are larger than the ordi nary size, and give to the city a very quaint appearance. The houses aro generally two stories high, but iu tho poorer quarters degenerate into dwellings of a single story, often resembling liuts. From our elevated positiou the cyo wandered over a wilderness of stone, to which there was no regularity, nor could the position or course ot a single street be made out. Tull, slender towers, called " minarets," rise gracefully from eve ry quarter, while a largo dome here and there above the house tops, marks tho po sition of a church or a mosque. A large oblong encloscure in tho south-cast corner of the city, containing between thirty and forty acres, with the mosqtio of Omar near its center, and another mosque of smaller size close to the southern wall, with a varie ty of beautiful trees filling a largo part of the intervening vpace, embraces tho site of the ancient Jewish temple. Iuto this en closure none but Moslems are permitted to enter, and, of course, wo could only look at it from a distance. This area, moro inter esting to the Biblical studeut in some re spects than any other part of these sacred localities, is the Mount Moriith of scripture. I was at urst somewhat disappointed m ob serving that instead of being a mountain, it was much lower than many other pnrts of the city, while the Mount of Olives, less than a hulf a milo directly east, rises at least two hundred feet above this interest ing plateau, and Mount Zion on the west, to nearly half of tliut elevation. Descending from tho house-top of our friend, we inudo our way back to our hotel through intricate aud narrow lanes and crowded bazaars. The streets of Jerusalem, if indeed they are worthy of that uame, arc not over eight or nine feet wide, and are paved with stones of every conceivable shape and size, some tufnel tip edgwisc, others fiat, and presenting on the Whole the most uneven and disagreeable pavement I ever saw. Just in tho center of this pavement there is a port of depression about two feet wide, but whether designed as a gutter to carry off tho Water, or as a path for donkeys and camels, I am not able to ascertain. ; These narrow streets are fre quently arched over for twenty or thirty rods in a place, with dwelling houses on tbe top, which gives them the appearance of tunnels under ground, so dark in some points that it is difficult to recognize tbe face of a familiar friend. Several of the best and widest streets are appropriated to various retail shops, and are culled bazaars. These shops are generally only holes in the wall, often not more than six or eight feet square, and sometimes they consist of a httlo space in the narrow street itself, like an apple stand in one of our large cities. Instead of coun ters for displaying his goods, the merchant has generally only a little form or bench a foot or two high, and four or five feet square, on which he sits all day long, " squat like a toad," and waits on his cus tomers without leaving his seat. These ba zaars being the principal thoroughfares are constantly thronged with people. Loaded camels and donkeys so completely block up the narrow space that the goods of the merchant will be scraped off their shelves by the passing burden, and the unfortunate promenadir must creep along between the animals' legs, or retreat from the throng. Around these bazaars are hundreds of peo ple who seem to have nothing to do, some lounging within the merchant's shop, some Bittin on the ground outside, and others leizarelj- sauntering along as if for no special pnrp0se but to pass away the time. Five j x 0f Bu tbe8e people have in thier hands or at tbejr mouth a long pipe, and the lazy Way jn which they puff tbe smoke corres- ponds exactly with their lazy general ap- (P",nce - . . . . ' ' . ine population or jeruaiem w pronamy not far from 13,000, of whom 4,000 ouly are Moslems. The Jews are the most na- mercras clasa, and compose at least one half j oi me wooie population, a mixture ot Greeks, Italians, Syrians, Armenians, Copts, Abysinians, &c, with about onoi hundred rrotentantu, chiefly from England and uermuuy, comiiose the bulunce of this largo and long cMiitiliKiieil nntsioii here, at motley crowd. Besides tho regular popu the head of which is IU. Rev. Hishop (Jo lution, there aro ot cerlain teutons of the but, ono of the most pious nnd learned di year vat crowds of pilgrims from all parts viurs I ever met. This mission, from U of the East, and from Spain, France, Italy, large resources and more commanding influ Germany, aud Russia. It Is said that cm-e, has been somewhat more successful, there ore 3,000 pilgrims, chiefly of tho and yet its yearly progress, i-sN-ciully iu the Greek t'hnrch, at this time iu the city. j work of converting the Jews, is very slow. There is no commerce, or manufacturing, There is also a tnot excellent Geriunu di or any branch of productive industry cur-! vine, Hcv. Dr. Vulcntiiicr, who nets as ried on here which is worth mentioning. ' Chaplain of the Prussian Consulate, but de To determlno how this vast Idle crowd ob- votes himself with great real to missionary tains tho means of living, is a problem en-' labors hero. The two lust named mission tircly beyond my reach. Most of the pi!-' haro extensive schools and hospitals under grims who annually congregate in the Holy City are poor, and leavo but little money beliind them when they depart. I am told that it is indeed necessary for the vari ous convents in the city to provide board and lodging for o large part of the pilgrims ' , mf 0oTcrnmellt t0 obsmc miit0ry op wlnle they are here, to prevent them from I , starving. A large majority of the ret itleut , er,lll0,,s dun"S 1,10 Crlmcan wnr- RPcllksM population do not earn, and liavo not tho .follows ol theso noted soldiers, In his report: means of earning their own livelihood, nndj "Tho Zouaves are oil French; they arc hundreds would starve were they not aided selected from among tho old campaigners from abroad. The Jews in particular are, I for their lino physique aud tried courage, as a whole, in tho most abject poverty. I and have certainly proven that they ore, Large sums of money arc annually contrib- j wliut their apjiearauee would indicate, the tited by their richer and more fortunate : most rccklcM, self-reliant, ond complete in brethren in various parts of Europe for funtry that Europe can produce, their relief, and wero it not for this thero With his graceful dress, soldierly bearing, would bo great suffering among them, ! and vigilunt attitude, the Zouavo at nn out- Notwithstanding the inability of persons ' without means of obtaining a living here, j Inrgo numbers especially of Jews aro coming hero every yeur, In the mnnticiu hope that the promised day of their uelive-; w suro to bo umply supplied with fishing ranee and restoration to their own beloved ' rods, Ac: if unythiiig is to be lnul, the Zion is at hand. Resides these crowds of Jews, who seem to be thronging in such uumbcrs to a spot where their proverbial shrewdness and skill iu business is of littlo avail, there aro here congregated monomaniacs aud funutics from ' all puru of the world, Christians as well as j Jews. One from some part of Germany i goes about the streets daily proclaiming lumself to be commissioiieu, like John tuojuueo or these two corps is very dillereiit; Baptist of old, to preparo tho way for the, the rilles look like activo, cnergptic little coming of tho Lord. Another funcies thut follows, who would find their best field as the blowing of tho trumpet, which is an , skirmishers; but the Zounvrs have, combin cvent daily to bo expected, will devolve j ed with all tho activity and energy of the upon himself, nnd he has accordingly pro-, others, that solid ensemble and rookies, vided himself with nn enormous tin trumpet, ' dure-devil individuality, which would reu about eight feet long, which he keeps by der them alike formidable when attneking him night and day, ready to sound the final in mass or in defending a position in the blast at a moment's notice. Among these, most desperuto hand-to-hnud encounter. strungo fanatics is one lady from the Unit-1 Of all tho troops that I have ever seen, I cd States, who, though understanding no should esteem it the greatest honor to assist other language but English, is here, unup- in defeating tho Zouaves. Tho Grenadiers ported by any society at home, in the vain of the Guard ore all large men, ami a fine hope of converting some of this crowd of nil J looking, soldierly set," tongues' and races tosomo strange views which she has adopted. Sho goes pcl-mcl into a crowd of Arabs and Jews, and pn pounding to them some of her favorite schcnieR, which, of course, they do not un derstand, she asks them to reply in English, .The kindness of an English gentleman resid ing here keeps tins singular woman Irom starvation, though he docs not sympathize with her at all in her schemes. The costume of the different tribes and nations congregated in the city is as various as the forms of religious opinion which has brought them here. As a general fact, tho oriental garb is in tho ascendant. Nearly everybody, including most of the European residents, wear tho red ja or turboucn. This is a round, red cap, made of felt, and fitting closely to the head, und having an enormous blue silk tassel hanging down on one side. It has, of course, no brim, but the Turks aud some of the Jews and Chris tians wrap around it several thicknesses of white or colored cloth, but sometimes only a handkerchief, and this protects the faco somewhat from tho fierce rays of the sun. But the red tarbouch terminates alfcsim- ilnrity of costume among tho nations and tribes which throng the crowded thorough fares of the Holy City. First are the Eu ropeans, or as they ore here called, Franks, who retain tho coat and pantaloons, nnd once in a while the limnci lint, liio sol diers of the Sultan, of whom there ore hero about eleven hundred, have also the occi dental coat and pantaloon?, hnt beyond these two cluescs tho oriental stylo of dress everywhere predominates. Bag breechos, and no breeches nt nil, cloaks, tunics, wrap pers, of every conceivable shnpo and color, rich Russian pilgrims with lur caps, and their cloaks lined with sable; pilgrims from Persia and Mesopotamia, distinguwhcd by tall, conical bats and brown tunics; Greek monks, with bell-top cloth caps and long robes coming down to their heels; Italian monks bareheaded, and their coarse snuff colored garments gathered and held around their middle with robes; children of both sexes, wilh nothing on but a shirt; Turk ish women, with their faces covered with colored silk handkerchiefs, and white sticets hanging from the top of their heads to their feet, giving them tho appearance of walking ghosts waddling slowly from the grave yards; dirty peasants from the country, whose carb consists of a sinclo piece of coarse cloth, and sometimes or only a goat skin around the middle; dragomen and jan izaries belonging to the various consulates and Turkish offices, with wands of official dignity in their hands, and their belts stuck thick witlt knives and pistols all these, and a hundred other strange forms of dress, are moving like an endless kaleidoscope be fore the eye. There are two American Protestant mis sionary establishments here, which have been in operation several years, one nnder the management of the Rev. Dr. Barclay, of the " Reformers," author of the book called "City of the Great King," and one in charge of Rev. Mr. Jone, of the order of Seventh Day Baptists. These two mis sionaries with their families ore, as far as I can ascertain, the only American families residing in tire city. From what I can learn by conversing with these gentlemen I judge the results of their labora are very discouraging. Mr. Jones preaches in Ara bic once a week to three or four bearers, and Dr. Barclay holds an English service iu m owu uwio ?"i; Lin own family arc the principal nttfiidiuit, il'ho "London Pot-let r for promoting Christiuuity among the Jews" has also a their charge. Yours Ac, i'. n. t. What ta a Zonavet Maj. Mordccai, of the Army, who, to gether with Cant. McClcllnnd. was sent out post is the beau ideal of a soldier, They neglect no opportunity of adding to their personal comforts; if there is n stream in tho vicinity, the party marching on picket Zouaves are quite suro to obtain it. Their movements are the most light and grncchil 1 have ever seen; tho strido is , long, but tho foot seems scarcely to touch the ground, aud tho march is apparently mndo without effort or fatigue, The step of tho foot riilcs is shorter and quicker, aud not so easy nnd graceful, Tho impression produced by the npprar- Cas't uk an Old Maid.'- I can bear misfortune and ull other ills of life, but to bo an old maid, to droop uml wither, ulld wilt aud die, like a single pink, 1 can't en dure it, and, whut's more, I won't!" Now there's nn appcul that ought to touch some bachelor's heart. There is a poor, lone spinster! iu a nicely furnished room, sofa big enough fur two; two arm chairs, two bureaus, two luokingglusscs, everything hunting in couples except her self. I don't wonder she's frantic, She raid iu her childhood that " matches were made in heaven," and ulthoiijji she's Well awaro there are somo lucifcr mulches, yet she has never had a chance of trying cither sort. She has heard thut thero never was a soul created, but its twin was made some. where, and she's a melancholy proof thut 'tis a mocking lie. She soon gets tired of sewing, she can't knit forever on that eter nal (1 was going to say internal) stocking, (besides, that has a fellow to it, ami it is only nn aggravation to her feelings V She lias read until her eyes nrc hall' lilindcd, there's nobody to agree with her if she likes the book, or argue the point with her if she don't. If she goes out to walk, every wo man she meets has her husband's arm. To be sure there are half of 'cm ready to scratch each other's eyes out, but that is u little business matter between themselves. Sup posing she feels very devotional and goes to evening lectures, some rulliaiily cowurd is suro to scaro her to death ou the way. If she tukes a journey, she gets hustled and boxed around among cab-drivers ami por ters and baggage-masters: lici' band-box gets knocked in, her trunk gets knocked open, and she's landed at the wrong stop ping place. If she wants a load of wood sho has to pay twice as much as a man would, and then she gets cheated by the man who saws and splits it. Sho bus to put her own money in bunk and to get it out, hiro her own pew, and wait upon her self into it. People tell her thut " husbands aro often great plagues," but she knows that there are times when they ar indispen sable. She is very good looking, has black huir and eyes, fine figure, sings and plays beautifully, but she "can't be an old maid, and, what's more, she won't. Fanny Fern. The Okcso.v Seal or State. An es cutcheon supported by thirty-three stars and divided by an ordinary, with the in scription, "The Union." In chief moun tains an elk with branching autlers a wagon and the Pacific oceun, ou which a British man-of-war departing, an American steamer arriving. The second quartering with a sheaf, plough, and pick-axe. Crest the American eagle. Legend State of Oregon. A Mormon Bishop's IlAr.if. In search ing the house of Bishop Johnson, charged with murder, at Salt Lake, Utah, the Unit ed States officials were not able to discover the Bishop, but found therein bis ten wives. Four of these wives are sisters, and the Bishop's own nieces, and he has besides these, two listeas out of one family, and also a mother and her daughter. This is polyg amy with a vengeance. tST Honor, innocence, happinei, tins, and mon'v los are never rgaind. MWceltany. Gen. Jeff. Dav's, who has been in Washington, expresses freely the opinion that Congressional action ii necessary to as sure Spain of our views relative to Cn'm, no respect being paid to expressions of Ex ecutive policy through our foreign Minis ters. It is understood that ho will bring forward a bill next winter, directing tho immediate acquisition of tho Island by pur chuso or otherwise; also, a bill defining by legislation tho rights of neutrals in time of war. He denies that tho right of search Is a belligerent right, nud thinks that tho United States should take the initiatory in correcting the error. Tho Washington correspondent of tho Baltimore Sun says: "Tho Administration are, it is believed, fully ulive to the chances uow afforded for tho acquisition of Cuba, and our Europium diplomacy will be at onco directed to that end, and not without some hopo that it will bo effective before tho termination of the next session of Con- Recently received information from Madrid, of an altogether reliable character, shows that, however desirable it tuny be for tho United Stntes to acquire Cuba, there is no prospect whatever of such a consum mation, uor is thero any probability of the negotiation of n commercial treaty between Spain and this country. , v j'.; Bishop Purcell lias iasu'.d a cireulur letter to tho Roman Catholic clergy, of Ohio, calling attention to the encyclical let ter of the Pope, ordering prayers through out the Catholic world " to avert, tho scan dal of three Catholic nations, armed with all the murderous appliances o modern war fare for mutual destruction.". The Bishop says " there is no foundation in history, rea son, or Scripture, for the predictions that the Pope will have to lly to Western isles or continent for safety. His tenure of his peaceful throne wc consider more seeuro than that of any of the crowned head.! whose enmity to one another he deplores." Lord and Lady Xttpici; tiro now iit London. His lordship writes that the im pression iu London is that Germany will soon be involved in tho war, nn;l with Ger many, all Europe. . Tho German Govern ment are opposed to interference, but the excitement among the pcoplo ia so wild that they cannot bo checked. An army will march to the Rhine, he thinks, at nn early day. This necessarily involves Eng land iu the fight. . i The General Land Office lately gave a decision in a case presented from Kansas, to tho eO'ect thut if it should be found after the survey of tho publie lund, thut the claim of an individual who had settled upon such land prior to tho survey should partly lay In a school district, such claimant would bu entitled to three months' timo from the re ceipt of the plat embracing the purt of the school section iu which to filo for the wholo claim. Tlio Washington National Monument Society having applied to the Secretary of War for an engineer officer to take charge of Uio monument tinder direction of tho So ciety as engineer and architect, the Secreta ry has detailed Lieutenant Ives, of tho To pographical UnginecM, for tho service,' iu addition to his duties uudcr tho War IM pnrtmeut. In addition to the twelve Army offi cers whose names have heretofore been pub lished, Col. Cooke, of tlio Dragoons, and Col. Thnyer, of the Kngineers, have obtain ed permission from the Wur Department to go boyotid the United States. They will visit Kurope to observe military opera tions. The official report of the ordnance offi cer of the Paraguay Expedition discloses the astonishing fact that our squadron as cended the River Asuncion with only vr. hours' ammunition on board! Had Lopez resisted the whole fleet would havo been at his mercy. ' The State of Texas is preparing to prosecute before tho next Congress charges against Judge Watrous. It now appears from Government records hero that Judge Watrous was appointed to office by Presi dent Polk, through the influence of parties implicated in the Texas land frauds. Gen. Twiggs is very ill at Sau Anto nio, Texas. Tho Galveston News, May 20, says ho is fast sinking, has been gitsr, up by his physicians, has made his will, and gvien directions as to his funeral. The News adds: " San Antonio is noted for the fatality attending Commanding Generals of this Department, and yet no local cause ex ists thcrtftr. Gen. Worlh died of Cholc ra; Gen. Brooke of an old disease, and now Gen. Twiggs is likely to follow, of a disease whirh has troubled him at times for years past." The Constitution Mums to its attack upon the overland mail service. It syn: " The account littweon this Overland Mail Company and the IWoflice Department will stand thus at the close of the contract: Expenditures by the Department, $3,000, 000; receipts, 90,000 knowing a rhr m from tbe rente of ?3,M9,0on.