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, : . r.i, iViAMsvataVr1 THE OliEOON AltOUS. AUVKKTI8INO HATK8. On squnra (13 line or l, Iri-vier meamre) r,a insertion, $3,00 ' two Insertions, 4,0( Knch subsequent Insertion, 1,10 Reasonable deductions to llie aim advrrliae 1 7 th year. JOU PRINTING. Tim r6raiETna or tiir ARGUS I lurrf lu inform th publio that he baa just received a large stork of dull TYI'K and ether neW print ing mnteflnl, and will he In tht eedy receipt o additions suiter in nil the requirement of this lr cnlity. 1IANIIIII.!.H I'ONTKIlH, 111 ANKH, CAItDS, CIRCTLAR8, rAJirill.KT-Wt'llK nnd other kinds, done 10 order, on short nolle. BY D. VT. CRAIO. nS-ni Aaov Kill h, furnithtd ( lis Dillart and Fifty Ctnlt vtr annum, in tmUnet, tt tinflt lubicribtrtTkrit Dollar t tith it clubs tj ten ai tut ejne fa tdtanct trta tht msiwa i' paid in advance, Faur tUrt mil M char ft 1 paid wifAi u jatafe, ana fiataslfarf (( tht y tar, A Weekly Newspaper, devoted to the Interests of the Laboring Classes, and advocating the side of Truth in every issue. fT 7i Dalian far tit meaiA A' tubtcrip- , Ii'n rtctittdfar ptritd. f?.,Jft paptr discontinued until all arrtaraget Vol. V. OREGON CITY, OltEGON, AUGUST 20, 1859. No. 19 art paid, unir.il auntopnonoj tht putiinntr. y, ,, VoaUlep 0 th Oltfer Hide. i.'I.. Bitting in my humble door-way, j.,ln Gaxiiioul iulo III night, Listening to the flonny tumuli , '. Willi kind of siid delitfhl : Wait I fr tli loved who onii not, l . On whoa tep I long t hrj . u. On who, though h lingere frura oi, ' . , , Still ii darct of lb deer. ' j Soft li eoniM now. heart, quick 1 " ; leaping lit triumphant pride; Oh! it ii a trangr fo..Ulp i Uone by on th olhar aiJa I Alt lha night aecm filled with arraplng, Wind ara wailing m lurnluily, 'Aad tlia rain-tear together ' ' Journey to thu iet!e tea. I ean fancy, Sea, your murmur, . A they Willi ynur water flow, "'.Like the grief of ainglo baing, V. - Making up nation ' woo I Branches, b'd your guests be silsnt n IIuili a moment, fretful rain; Jt Breeze, atnp lighing let me lisienj ,.,, Cod grant nut again in rain , la my cheek the bioud i rusy, '"' Like the blushes of A bride ; ' Joy ! !! (lunger footstep "J i I Coe by on th olhar tide ! "" Ah! how many wait forever m . Kor the teps th.it do not come J i- Wait until the pitying angel .:!! Brar them to peaceful horns. Many in the still of midn:ght In the tree! h.ive lain and died, ' ""'While the sound of human footsteps Went by on the oilier aide. Vril.'f IS.J BWBiW .' The Inspiration at the Dlltlc. - "When D Toequeville hare, be askt d to ee Babbath-achool. He wa struck with aeving a UiM in tho han-U of almost every child. ' la thai common!'' aaid he to a friend. " What a nighty influence it mini h ive upon the nation. '. Think of the uniiumbervd iSubbiith-a.'liool pu nk, i all Chrisliun Intida, each wilh a book in hi Mad, More striking atill i the thought of all Carieu'ens in all hinds, silling in thrir private rooms, Tty mnruing before ihry go iulo the world, to real this olio book. What inuit the book be, to famish the mind and hrart of spiritual people with exhsustlini supplic of thought and emotion. Net wilh ShukKjieare j nor even Diinyiin, copy iogao elosi-ly from the ii.ble, can fill suih a place. Da not re.id Uuuyiin tu me any more," said a dis tiagaislied nrssionary lady, near hrr end, to her haskuid ; " llunynii tires me, but I can hear you Md the Bible without fatigue." ., Why has not Josephus' History of the Jew aual power with this book, whrn (reliitlng the very ume tiling' tecne inxplrutioii h is flowed bile lha very thought and language of the liiblv. YJ cannot dufino it nny more than you enn aunt naaraa a entile. A quotation, by a publio sie.iker, ha power upon hi audience which is beyond ex Jaaation, except from its ii)cninluniliuin. ' God, knowing that this book was to lie the only aaarea of spiritual thought nn I life, would not hav Mi tt a fallible guide. Jle who, hanging the earth fft Bjothing, endowed lha North with (lie mysto riau power of inagnetimn to gui !e the manner, baa not left the soul without a sure source of infor mation to reach hcarcn. ,Ht did a man have inspiration ill saying some f these very common thing 1 Certainly, to say tkni just then, and just so, aa a part of the great whole. See that ropu on the top of the cross, in Riikans' puliire. Was Ittilieus' genius requisite I pa nt tli.il roie? Ho ; Itubcns conceived the idea; an ordinary mm might have pu nted it. Yo might criticise little thing in any paiulin or atac, and fritter the who away. The priuoU Cof criticism which some thus apply lo the l)i if taken into Iho Athenaum gullery, would aaae a man to be despised. Keliemiuk A Jams. lYoUNO Mil) AMD YOUNO WoJI tN. TIlSTO is gd senso in the following advice to young men aid women, which we find in an article from the pea of Grunt Thorburn, a man of ripe year and largi experience : f There is nothing to be gained in dangling for twelvemonth after a sensible 'woman, bilking un meaning stuff words without w:s.oin. Tell her yo wish her like a man, and not like n blubbering (xrbaol-boy. She never will trifle with your aflee lioas; and if (here are three grain of common ens in your muckle carcass, she will bo your own before n month has passed. See the history of Itobekah, in Genesis, Slth chnpler, 50, h verse. When Abraham's servant had concluded Ihe pre liminary contract with Mrs. Lalian, on the part of bar daughter, to become the w.fe of Isaac, Ihe old ma was ani ous to gut hum, lo show his young master lha bonny last he had brought him ; the old mother wished him to rema n a few days, to Meruit himself and eaiuels. He persisting, it was fiaally referred lo ihe daughter. ' We will call ihe Jamie! and inquire at her moiiih," said the mother. When Rrbrkuh appeared, her mother akcd ' Wilt thou go with this man?' Rclirkah replied, 'twill go.' There was a uob'a girl for you. No tear starling from her black eyes ; no whining and impering make believe, or mock modesty; but what her heart wished, her lips uttered. Like an honest maiden, alio replied, 1 1 will go.' No v, yaaug ladies, go ye and da likewise. When the man whom you prefer above all others in the asartd, says, ' Wilt thou go with met' answer, 1 1 Hill go,'" ,'OALLAfiTav. The following Well-written and awaible article on 1 Gallantry,' is from a lady cor respondent of the Texian Advocate, published at VJktoria, Texas. It should be rend by every man it the land who i proud of being called a ' gal bat,' as be may then be able to e himself as ether see him' : f When w consider the carea and anxietie, tht torment and disappointments, which usually attend the pursuit of what the world call gallant ry, and how many untrodden way and thorny paths it lead it follower into, it is astonishing thai so many men should be so eager in its pursuit. Thare is a wide distinction fat least so it appeara tf me) between love and gallantry. Love exalte aid purifies man's nature ; gallantry clouds and debase it Love is imposed upon men by nature atoaoften Ihe rigidity of their temper, aisuatre the fioianoa of their passions, and sweeten the bitter aiaufkt of life. Gallantry ia what men impose ipon otiiara, with a view ta trifle away lime and gratify Wei own vanity at Hi expense of their ease and happiness. But in the pursuit of gallant fy, the ball fveu rebound upon the band which five it motion; nad whilei they are endeavoring to destroy the honor and peace of mind nf another, it frequaatly hapsec ibat tittj insensibly under mine their wa. . ' Lava ia thai paasiaa which ara feel (or a partic aato person, of whose perfeatiana wa ara more than jardinarily Mostb e; whese Igura sad tarn of mind strike aur Crncjr; who at oaca awamanda our es teem and excite aur taudernes ; and for whose flake wa s-onld aonieotedly give xup every other Crsuit, expecting ta (ad, in th enjoyment of lha laved object, the sompletion of aapp a. Such m paasiaa inspire a (af both eexee) with th moat reaaad (enlimeut aad suited notion; gives us eL ralioa of m ad and ba gnity of temper ; aitaiU latea avery vice; and improve and atrengthea very virtu." 1 Xo doubt tticre is room enoojh to the world for men and women, but it may be a a-rioo qneatloo wbctbfr the women re not taking op more than their tbare of it just now. -1& He tu a practical man who de cribed a Udj'i lips ai "the glowing gaie wj of betn, pork, sn4 potatoes." Lono Jonx IU'sr.t.LOX Wasminctox. The first volunio of the " Life and Times of diaries J. Fox," by Lord John Rtticll, lias just appeared in England. The follow ing! his Lordship's tribute to Washington: " Before taking learo of the American War, a few words . .... rds mojr lie allowed on 1 can be little difference of tonic where there opinion. George Washington, without the genius of Julius Ctcsur or Napoleon Uoua- pnrtc, hns a fur purer fume, as his ambition sens nf A lili.line nitil lintitir nfitnPA I n. strod of seeking to rniHehiRownnnine, or seize supreme power, he devoted his whole tul cuts, niiliturr and civil, to the establishment of the independence and perpetuity of the luicrtic. or Ins own country. In modern history no jimn has done so great things without the soil of ftclflshncfia or tlio stain of a groveling ambition. Ca'snr, Cromwell, ljoleon, attained a higher deration, but the lore of dominion was the spur that drove them on. John Hunijdn, William Rus sell, Algernon Sydney, may have had mo tives as pure and an ambition as unstained, but they fell. To George Washington, nearly ulone in modern times, has it been given to accomplish a wonderful revolution, and yet to rcninin to all future times the theme of a people's cratitude cud on exam ple of virtuous and beneficent power." Chemical Curiosities or ins Brain. Chemical and pathological research has es tablished that in certain depressed and de ficient conditions of cerebral and mental power there exists in the brain the minim um amount of phosphorus. The brains of idiots have been found entirely destitute of this chemical agent. A similar deficiency , . , , , , , is perceived in advanced age nnd in early periods of life, when the cncepliulon is sup posed to be entirely in an inactive condi tion, or not, as fur as the intellect is concern .. .1 . 11-.. ed, in a mnturo state of development. It is the duty of tlioso especially engaged in the investigation of idiocy, insanity, and other affections of the brain and mind, to ascertain by a series of carefully executed experiments whether tho alcophosphoric ucid and other essential and important brain elements do not in certain conditions of nervous ill health pass rapidly out of tho system in tho various excretions. Of the actuul deposition of nervous matter in the urine there can be no dobut. The micro scope at once detects it. Ivonv. Several years ago it was esti mated that the consumption of ivory in Sheffield, England, alone where it is used for knife-handles and the like was equal to the tusks o( twenty two thousand elephants, annually. The larger part of the supply of vory is said to come from the trunks of dead elcphauts found lying in marshes and jungles. The chief supply from the trunks of dead animals is, we believe, from the northern part eastern Siberia, where trunks of tho mammoth and other animals are found in largo quantities. This is called " fossil ivory," although it is not fossilzed. BitoniERS Stiix. That was a beautiful answer given to the traveling agent of a lifo insurance company, by a printer, whose tfo lie was making out nn application to in sure. N lien nsKeu, " it any, now many brothers and sisters have you?" ho replied, " I Imvo three brothers, who have departed for the land of tho living!" How many would Imvo answered, " I had three broth ers"! no moro attaching tho beautiful name of brother to them after death. Beautifully expressed! "I have three brothers, dead, departed for tho land of the living!" OS A woman, not young, having heard of tho success of Eflio Corstang, in St. Louis, in recovering $100,000 from her lover, for refusing to marry her according to promise, determined to proceed against a suitor of her own. She accordingly con sulted a lawyer in Richmond, submitting, as the main evidence of his attachment, the following billet-doux that accompanied a bouquet of flowers: Deer , I send u bi the boy a bow- kar of flours. They is like Hit love for u. The nite shaid menes kepe dark. The dog fcnil menes i am ure slaive. Kosis red and po'sis pail. My luv for u shall never fuile." A Datadly Oimuoi. Th Olnay (Illlnoi) Press of a Lit data ralatea tht circumstance of a most infamous outrage perpetrated in lha vicinity of thai town, upon a young man from Lawrence county, who was the accepted lover of a respecta ble young lady, who happened to have another ad mirer, whom her brothers desired her to wed. The Press say: " She wisely chose to act as she pleased, and cleave lo Ihe one sh lorad the best and promised her hand in marriage to th young; man of Law rence. The dlx-arded lover then commenced lo devise meana to defeat the ' match'; first, by tell ing scandaloua talea about her, and having the same to reach the ear of his triumphant rival. All he oonld do, however, failed to effect a change ia lha successful lover e dsterm.muion. Ihe wedJing- day waa fixed, and the guest invited. The young man came over en th train, and upon nut arrival the defeated lover, in company with fiv or six fiendish companion, proceeded to th boose, and. kidnapping him, took him In th woods, gagged him, placed a rope around his neck, and, with ve hement curies, told him if be did not promise to leave the vie aily and the presence of the girl, tbey woold swing him ap. By th pleading th yoaog lady, her mo: her f wbo a widow), aad the neighbor invited in aa guerts, h was finally , releaed,and permitted to marry her. Aft the wedding wa orer, the mfameeoirn- drela were arreated aad bald for trial in h avy, boo-5. A right amount of th hempen cravat remedy would da a barm to each villainoo die- reeea. s v r J ZZt fint titi J 1 ed . W ap Ewc.,IhakirryIdHB ' of the laalaa t'.onvratloa. War ttcrla Ei-orsg Cm, AiiRiitt 8, 1859. At a convention of the citizen- of Oregon 1 interested In the payment of t he Oregon; and WiiNinnglon Intl iin wurchnns, held o I .A t .il.ltA .it.A T'a,Ait. Ott I'""" l" r",'"u ' "; ,on the 8th of August, 1859, the following proceedings wcro had: Convention met at the court-house, Eu gene City, at 2 o'clock r. m., and was call- ,c'1 t0 orJcr s- J- IIorrcn- Fielding: McMurr.tr, of Lnno county, was chosen. rresideiit, and William X. Smith, of Linn1 county, was appointed Secretary. The meeting was addressed by sevcrul, ncrsons unon the oblc-ct of the convention. whereupon, on motion, n committee of Ave, - ' was appointed to report to the convention nn order of business. The following persons wcro appointed such committee: Messrs. Lines, of Albany; Spencer, of Portland; ' t b-i-J. n ' . r-.-., JIUI.I VI OttHlllj XS11T1, VI V INl(.ltl 1 UliU Teal, of Eugene City. On motion, convention adjourned until 10 o'clock to morrow. Elcene Ciiv, August 9, 1859; Convention met pursuant to adjournment, whereupon committee on Order of Business made the following nEPOHT. Your committee, appointed to report the order of business of tiiis convention, and to recommend a mode of future action in order to secure the curly payment of the claims ot J!'" VrT. TV g . ' I erowimr out of tho Into Indian war, beg ; f ...... .... fo,Iowin!r r,1)ort. . ...... . ? . lu consideriii'T their duties, in order to nddres themselves to the work before them, your committee have been culled to inquire, what are the difficulties in the way of an early adjustment of our war claims? It appears that at tho present time nil tho claims of Oregon nnd Washington above, referred to arc in the hands of the 1 Tl.:.l 4 ...litM rf .Iia TfiiA?iif 1,1. rln in. liiiiu auiiiiui vi vuo unit., in structions from the House of Representa tives to change the results arrived nt by tho Commission npjiointed by authority of Congress in tho following particulars: First, To allow to volunteers engaged in said war no higher pay than was given to soldiers of the regular army.' Second, To allow for supplies, transpor tation, and other services, " the prices cur rent,rt" cash, in the country at the time." Tliird, To audit all cluims for horses, arms, nnd other property, lost or destroyed in suid service, according to the provisions of the net of Conpress of March 8, 1849, which act limits the prices of horses in all cases to $200 each. As to the first and third points of duty devolved on the Third Auditor by the res olution of the House of Representatives, the rule for his action is laid down; and, however unjust and ignominious such action may bo, this convention con do nothing to qualify or affect it in the least, but must rely upon our delegation in Congress to defeat ony final adjustment of our claims upon such a basis, oud to secure the basis mlopt cd by the Commission as just nnd equitable. But as to the second point of duty nbovc referred to, it appears that the Third Audi tor, for the purpose of reducing tho rates allowed by tho Commission, has issued nu merous letters to officers nnd individuals re siding in Oregon nnd Washington, making inquiries relative to the cash rates of prop erty during the Into Indian war; asking whether scrip has not passed from hand to hand for a less rate than its face vnlur; whether on account of the reliance of the people on Congress to adjust these claims, a higher price or rato for property put into the public service did not obtain than would have been demanded hud cath been paid. Tho numerous questions of the above char acter filling these letters exhibit the fact that a great effort is being made to throw doubt and suspicion upon the claims, and to set aside if possible the action of the Com mission upou them. In this last and very important matter, this convention may do much to maintain the rights and character of the country. Some of the letters of the Tliird Auditor have been addressed to persons not resident in Oregon or Washington at the time of the war, nnd who consequently can make no proper answer. Many hnvc been ad dressed to persons who have not been ac quainted with the course of business in the country, nnd were not engaged in the war, nnd who, therefore, are not qualified and disposed to make nny detailed answer. And those who are qualified, nnd disposed to do full justice to the subject, are, in most instances, so much involved in Other press ing affairs, that they may not give atten tion to these letters. Your committee would therefore recom mend that local committees be appointed by this Convention at or near all the principal points of supply in Oregon during the late Indian war, who are informed and capable; and that said local committees be requested to co-operate at once with each other, and to correspond with some principal agent, to be appointed in the city or fortlana, who shall be authorized to receive and transmit , th Tliirrl Auditor all the liroofo and statements which may be forwarded to him by such local committees in support of the war claims. Your committee are of opinion further, that moch may be done to strengthen the hands of our delegation in Congress in their efforts to secure the payment of these claims hy memorials from leading business men of established integrity, setting forth the busi- n?Bg reatiorig 0f tiie country at the time of i jjjj war, and the general good faith of those . wn0 fniished supplies and services to the j jate authorities of the Territory; and your j committee recommend that such memorials be solicited from all reliable sources as! above. AD f wWcb ? rSPf tfan' "bml"1 J. H. Lrrrw, CHaTman. Proceeatagt Which after considerable' discussion was oilojited. fin mntlnn nf .TncAnli Tinl V T.nilil of ?mUknA mf , ( 0 not, Mowi committcc, -.it i t .- r .1 H orn nniinintml In vnrinns Ini'iilit i nr thn 1 't gUltc viz. ' , . Messrs. Thomas Trichord, Augnste IJfelt, ami Savu-r. SnlemJ. L. Sturkey, George II. Jones, and M. llirscli. Mlmny-i, II. Lines, W. G. Haley, and Tlios. Monteiih. CorvaUi. D. Barnard, A. J. Thay- or nnj jn, Kinney. Eugene City A. W. Tattcrson, B. J. Pcngra, and I'iiuI Brnttnin. Jln'rh"r!-S: F- Chadtvick, Aaron Rose, .H. T V U.n. F ' ' 'filuy n U'iiiehpster JncktonrilleH. T. Duvis, JainesGlenn, William Huffman, nnd Brnnner. KtrbyrilleD. S. Holton, R. B. Mop ,,J C-Tfe-n I Do"''-. H. Gates, 0. Ilumoson. On motion, Mr. Lndd was requested to furnish our delegation in Congress, as fur as practicable, with copies of tho evidence received by him. Ou motion, Joseph Teal was appointed a committee to obtain the publication ol the evidenco received by Mr. Lndd as far as may bo practicable or expedient. Ou motion, n committcc of three, con sisting of A. W. Patterson, II. C. Owens, and Joseph Teal, was appointed to forward to tho different individuals who liavo been appointed on committees in various locali ties in the State, copies of the proceedings of this convention. On motion, the officers of this convention were requested to furnish tho different newspapers in Oregon with the proceedings of this meeting, and request their publica tion. On motion, adjourned die. FIELDING McMURRAY, Trcs't. William X. Smith, Sec'y. The London Time nn the Alma of the Allies. We must believe that Knpolcon, when he lias driven the Austrians from Italy, will hand over Italy to the Italians will unite Lombnrdy with Piedmont will secularize the Government of the Roman Stutcs will give back to Naples its Constitution, and accord trnnruntcrs for its continuance. We must erivc our countenance to Russia that when she favors this chivalrous course she also has no hidden object in view; that she also has sympathy with Italy, and, if itti.y Other motive mingles with her pity, it is only n not unnatural iics:rc to pour some slight humiliation on the head of Austria, and to exalt Prussia at the expense of her rival. It is not to bo suggested that these stale papers should speak that which is not true. When two crcat sovereigns conic forward to protest before Europe that their policy is of a conservative nnd disinterested char acter, and that if they arc fighting battles and conquorinjr kinirdoms it is for the pro gress of civilization, for the advancement of moral influences, nnd not rrom selush mo tives, we are bound to believe them not, indeed, to throw ourselves off our guard, but still to believe. We cannot cease from our astonishment that these things should be so; we cannot even yet quite compre hend how the Emperor Napoleon should wish to build np in Italy a form of Govern ment which would bo inconvenient to him in France; still less can wo understand why Russia should seek to givo consistency nnd power and material form to those ideas which must always bo antagonistic to abso lute rule. But it is vain to urjrue against the probability of a fact when the fact itself stands boldly in evidence. Here arc the declarations voluntarily put forth to Europe, uncalled for by nny special scheme of policy, carrying with them no particular benefit to the persons who thereby commit their own honor and tho honor of tlic tuitions whom they represent to tho good faith of the pro fessions which they thus spontaneously make. Surely we shnll not lay ourselves open to the imputation of weak credulity if we Stifle the instinctive suspicions which arise while we read these papers, and accept tliem with at least the hope that they mean all they say; that the intentions of these two great Powers are those they profess, and no morei that when the Austrians have been driven from Italy the war will be stayed, the prize of contest will be won, and Italy will arise once more in Unity a nation of confederated constitutional btates. Beyond that unquestionable instinct of suspicion to which We have already alluded there is real ly no reason why these good tidings should not bo true, and why these professions should not ripen into er.ormauccs. It is the real interest both of France and Russia that Europe should be at peace. The glo ry of having resuscitated Italy would give a luster to the name of Napoleon that would throw a donbt over the possibility of some earlier details of his history. Military suc cess would have consolidated his popularity with his army, and peace would restore con fidence to his citizens and prosperity to the industry of his Empire. He boasts that he can commune with the spirit of his age. If he be wise enough and enlightened enough and thoughtful euough to compre hend the intelligence among which he lives, and to shape his acts in harmony with its tendencies, then this is precisely the policy which he would pursue. It is a high and chivalrous character, and has at the same time all the advantages of the most humble expediency. It would astonish all men into applause; it would give to his name the renown of a great historical revival; and it would at the same time considerably increase the influence of France in the south of Europe, and aid her comajsreial interests 00 the great inland sea. At to Roaria, bar mtarttte ir fiita ar dent, and are nt this moment all on the side of peace. Whatever may be her ulterior objects, her present duty is to develop her own Internal strength, hue knows that alio has wastes and wildernesses to win within her own frontier before sho can hopo to re peat with success Iter cllorts at distant con quest. Public decency' is another guaran tee upon which wo would place some, confi dence. In this nineteenth century even Emperor will be held to their public promises. Solemn declarations, miiiio vol imtarily to their brother sovereigns, cannot bo treated as idle word, uttered without meaning: and broken without hesitation. It is more pleasing to search the policy of powerful nations for tokens ol a rational and generous course of action than to point out how a policy, based upon meaner mo tives, would be certain to call millions of armed men into conflict, and lo loosen all tho foundations of civil order throughout Europe. If Russia nnd Franco honestly mean what they have so distinctly said, this Italian war will soon be at an end. Lon don Timet, June 1.1. YamcuttoB of nelhnAUl ta Texae. Our renders have been duly and fully ad vised of the alarming stuto of things in our south-western border. Tho terrible storm lias been brewing fur several months. The Central Advoeato has often been arrested and suppressed by officious postmasters nnd other hirelings of oppression, Ouf minis ters nnd members Imvo been narrowly watched by vigilance committees nnd pro slavery spies in general. At the lute ses sion of the Arkansas Conference, held in Texas, a mob was gathered and set upon Bishop Janes mid the worshiping congrega tion on the Sabbath day. Of this shameful affair nnd those who figured prominently in it a full account is in our paper. Since the adjournment the storm cloud has thickened. The most vio lent measures aro being adopted against our preachers nnd people, in conformity with the advice of the Texas Advocate, for their extirpation from the State. Our poor brethren are hunted down like bensts of the forest. They nro threatened with death if they daro to preach tho gospel of Jesus Christ under tho auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church. A niimbef of our preachers have been compelled to (lee for their lives. Others remain, endeavoring to keep the little flock together, but go oh with their very lives in their hands. Tho Rev. Win. Butt, presiding elder of Texas District, is en route for his field Of lubor, but a terrible reception seems to await him. A friend writing us says: " Father Rcwley has gone to his circuit, but it is doubtful whether ho ever returns to his family again; for as the bloodhounds howl for tho blood of tho fugitive slave, even so do these fiends of oppression thirst for his blood!" What a spectacle in here. An nged min ster of our Lord Jesus Christ, of un blamable life, who has served, for a number of years, ns presiding elder in Missouri, Ar kansas, and Texas, who served as repre sentative in the last General Conference, and who for many years has proclaimed the unsearchable riches of Christ upon the frontier, that ho is to be hunted down hitd murdered without the slightest provocation, except that of being a minister of the M. R. Church on slave territory. What the result of this dreadful onslaught is lb be; God alone enn foresee. That our friends, our Christian brothers and sisters there, are exposed hourly to the tortures of martyrdom; is now beyond dispute. When wie read the letter of our friend our soul was tilled with grief and sympathy. We usk tho Church the entire Church to join us ill earnest, importunate prayer for bur suffering broth ers nnd sisters nnd their bitter persecutors. Would it not be well for our Rishops to announce n day for fasting and prayer for our suffering brethren? Might wo not me morialize the Governor of Texas to protect our people? If this is not sufficient let us take some further steps to secure the recog nition of the rights of our proplo ns Ameri can citizens nnd as law-ubiiling Christians. We merely suggest these thoughts for the consideration of churches at large. Perhaps it would be better to address the Governors of tho several States, asking their official and fraternal interposition through the Governor of Texas for our pro tection. Surely wo shall not be denied the rights of American citizens. Central (St. Louis) Chrintian Adtneate. IIOK. RoBF.ftT J. WAI.KEtl. Within a few (lays we have observed that several pa pers have alluded to the reconciliation which lias recently taken place between the Pres ident and the Hon. Robert J. Walker, nnd have sought by inuendo to make it appear that the renewal of friendly iutercourso be tween theso gentlemen was the result of certain conditions nnd concessions. Wc know that such on inference is utterly un true: ntd that while the President is deeply gratified that amirablo relations with his valued friend and former colleague are re stored, no terms were made and no political concessions of any kind were proposed or agreed to cither by Mr. Walker or himself. Constitution. Marshal McMaho. McMahon, the new Duke of Magenta end Marshal of France, is descended from one of the Scotch refugees who came to Ffance with English James II. He distinguished himself for generalship and personal bravery in the Crimean war, and further distinguished himself for manliness and honesty by his sol itary opposition in the French Senate, Inst year, to the promulgation of the miscalled Law of Public Safety. Espinasse, who put the same unjust law so cruelly in force, met his death at Magenta. Regnand St. Jean d'Angely, who was made Marshal on the tame occasion, an older man, who took part ai a lieutenant in the wars of tht first FirpT, frmxi)dd tb Impri! Goar-I. Miscellany. P. T. Rurnum arrived by the Africa. "The London 1'Onstitutionnl Press says: " Mr. 1'arniim has siicreedeij in effacing a number of disagreeable prejudices, and eaves behind him iiothimr but plenaimr rec ollections audi good wishes, while the axso-, ciation henceforth of ' Rarniim' and ' hum bug' will be mado in a kindlier spirit, and with a moro just comprehension of tho sig nificance of both." 1 The New York Express afl'Ws tho Gothnmitcs to tako comfort from the com parison, and to congratulate themselves that the nvcrago number of murders there is only one in n week, or about fifty pef year, while in London, " the sent nnd ecu- jor or civilization, (. lirn-tinnity, good ninnic ipal government, nnd all that," with a pr?" ulatiou only komo three or four time creat or than that of New York, fire hundred and twenty fre deaths from violence wcro reported during the first quarter of the yeaf commencing January 1, 18j0. It is sorry : consolation to find that there is one city in the world wofse even than New York. From experiment recently made at G renoblc, it has been found pfncticable to ; inclose a dispatch of fifty-two word, in a hollow, conical ball, the orifice being filled with wax, and to nro it into thick planks, at a distance of 1 30 meters, without Injury to the writing. Thus n communication could be opened between one part (if an ar hiy and another,- where tho nsu of messen gers would be diingciou3 or impossible, Gen. Houston, who Is flow fairly in tho" field ns a candidate for Governor of Texas, . in a letter to a friend says that he will make no regular canvass, though he may deliver a few speeches, and when he does, he will be dawn upon all the modern ii iiih, ultraisms, reopening the African slave trade, secession movements, and artful dodges of the day. Tho death of Gen. Espinasse, who fig ures among the slain on the field of Mngeti , ta, will not occasion Very general mourning when it is recollected that ho was the chief executive in tho bloody coup d'etat of the 2d of December, which transferred Louis Napoleon from n President to an Emperor. Nathaniel Ray Greene, tho lust snr viving son of Major General Greene of the Revolution, died ut his residence in .Middle town, Conn., Juno 11. Ho wns 7i) yean of age. The only surviving child of Gen. Greene is Mm. Littleftcld, who now res'des in Mississippi. -Tho Pai ls rrrssc states that M. Perti!, a librarian at llerlin, has just discovered : the manuscript journals of two Genoese, navigators, Theodosio Dorio nnd Ugulino 1 ivnldi. who doubled tho (.ape of (joe-d Hope in 12D0, or two hundred and seven years before A'osco do Gama. A German 'ttuVant' has taker) the troublo to count the number of hairs exist ing in four human heads. Do found in a blonde 140,000 distinct hairs; in a brown, . 109,410; in a black, 102,iG0; in a red, 8S,- 740. A Utter received from Rev. Theodore Parker, on board a steamer at Santa CroiXi ' W. I bound for Southampton, Eng., states t that his hcatlh is improving, although ho is 1 still troubled with a cough. Tho report df the supervisor of the several fil'lils of Rothschilds, shows that they have ut their instant command twd hundred millions of dollars! A German writer observes thnt in tho United States there is such a scarcity of thieves that they aro obliged to offer a rc ward for their discovery. New.ii'afer!! North Asn Sort it. At . the South moro than bno half the papers aro political; nt tho North, less than duo-third. , The number of copies of neutral and iiulc pendent pnpers printed in a yenr ill tho slave Slates iK 8,000,000, and in the free ' States, "9,000,000; nf tho religious in the . slave States, 4,000,000, nnd iu tho freo States, 29,000,000. The number of copies of scientific papers printed in the fifteen Southern States is 372,000; the number in Massachusetts alono is 2,000,000. Tho ' religious papers in the slave States number 4,000,000 copies annually, in New York alone, 10,000,000. The neutral and inde pendent papers of the South nro 8,000,000, in Pennsylvania alone, 21,000,000. - t fcsT Rooks liavo multiplied to such nn extent in our country that it now takes 760 paper mills, with two thousand engines iu constant operation, to supply Die printers, who work night and day, endeavoring to keep their engagements with publishers. These tireless mills produced 270,000,000 pounds of paper the lust year, w hich im mense supply was sold for ubout $27,000, 000. A pound and a quarter of rags are required for a pound of paper, and 340, 000,000 pounds were therefore consumed in this way last year. The cost of nianufac-. turing a twelvemonths' supply of paper for the United Slates, aside from labor and rags,, is computed at $4,000,000. To Make Red Cibbant JriiT. Put your currants in a jar in the oven aad ki them remain till the juice is all out of them. To a pint of syrup add a pint of white sugar, pounded, and made quite hot.. Before tha sugar is added boil tho syrup my slowly for two minutes; then add the sugar and boil it ten minutes. SwF.Dr..saoG!A.v. The General Conven tion of the New Jerusalem Chnrch of tha United Slates, lately in session in Philadel phia, determined to bold Its next session ia Chicago, on the third Wednesday in Juna, in th yT HflO.