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Tbt following- very brilliant passage Is from Blackwood's Msgaiine : ' " Such ire frirmeiitarr facta of their social ei iatenee. as we cUrh ffliiupses of It in the ancient hymns ond prayers of the Vedaa, iiut what of tarir religion at mat enny umei A tneciesorsuu worship rather, we should any, a worship of light, alias in Its orbs and lis pneuomsna caina with them from their home-land beyond the mountains, arterwardi to be spiritualized in a far nobler wor ship by the Brahmin on the Ganges. Can we welder it the worship of light by those early na tions f Carry our thoughts back to their remote times, tnd our only wonder would be if they did not ao adore it The aun u life as well as light to II that if on the earth as we or tht present day , knsw area better than they of old. Moving in daiiling radiance or brilliant-hued pageantry through the sky scanning in calm royalty oil that passes below, it seems the very god of this fnir world, which lues and blooms but in bis smile. The seasons nra ths ebbing and flawing of earth's lifs beneath the variance of his presence. All day kt fills tht eye and gladdens the heart, but when ho withdraws, and night comes, all droops, ens tsacs stops, the world disappears. A mysterious power then goes forth over tht earth, causiug all things to sink into a trance a suspension of be.ug. Sleep does nut come upon man at night merely because bis body is woaried, or because he can no Men tat to work, but because drowsy sp rit is Visa abroad, the very opposite of Hit exulting inllu sues of the solar rays! Chemists cannot catch od analyse that Influence, but it is there. Flow ers fold up their petals plants droop their leaves tnd the liru-spint of man, folding in upon itself, Withdraws from the surface, and centers in the brain and ganglia to rest and dream. Tho world, tot, sinks out of sight; in the darkness it almost ceases to be. Fancy those primitive Ariaus in their upland homes, whore they counted time by winters, or joumeyiug under tents in their new found Indian clime. Theirs art none of those ap pliances by which modern science enables us to turn night into day ; fire smouldering lightless iu its ashes is all that lingers with one through the eWkness. lfhewukt up restless from his couch during the night, or riso before the dawn, what are the feelings and thoughts which fill his mind t The World is gone from him. Instead of the many-colored earth and brilliant sky, blank darkness Alls his eye, and from out tho blackness things knock against him objects which he cannot t, perhas cannot comprehend very ghosts of a dead world which once smiled around him. The natural or accidental sounds of night come upjn him with weirdlike influence. Perhaps, too, ho is coid, and shivers in ths night wind as he stands at tho door of hit hut. Iiut lo! in the far east a bcamiug ra diance streams up from behind tho black circuit of the horizon; sky reappears; and earth begins to tremble into renewed being beneath tho quivering light A few minutes more, and the sun, bis god and benefactor of yesterday ay, nnd of nil the yesterdays of his life shoots up grandly and in danliug splendor into the sky. The upluuds first Isap into view, like islets of light abovo a sen of night; and down, down the heights comes the sunny tide uf reluming day, till it overspreads the whole plain below till woods nnd mreiims and rocks aud verdant mends start into perceived ex istence; and one by one the long shadows shrink up and disappear, till the world slan ts clear and shadowless beneath the tropid noon. lay sun. River and cascade Hash and sparkle the green musses of the woods wave like leafy seus b.rds uwake nud sing the bounding deer nnd the bleating herds are again in motion ; man's world is back again, and elate with the sunny joy he resumes the tabors of life. No wonder, then, thatSabaism, thu worship of light, prevailed nmongst all the lead ing nations of tho early world, liy the rivers of India, on tho mountains of IVrsia, in the plains of Assyria, early mankind thus mlored ; the h'glier spirits in such country rising in spiritual thought from the solar orb up to 1 lim whine vicegerent it seems te the Sun of all being, whoso divine light irradiates and purilies tint world of soul as the solar radiance does tho world of sense. Egypt, too, though its faith be but dimly known to us, joined in this worship ; Syria raised her grand temples to the sua; the joyous Greeks sported with the thought while feeling it, almost hiding it under the mythic individuality which their lively fancy super imposed upon it. Even prosaic China makes of ferings to the yellow nib uf day ; the wandering Celts and Teutons held feasts to it am'dst the pri meval taenia of uorihern Europe; aud, with a aavagery characteristic of the American aborigi nes, the sun-temples of Mexico streamed with human blood in honor of the beneficent orb '" Steadiness or PcarosK. It overcomes difficul ties nut with a rush and a shout, but ont by one. They melt away before its incessant pressure, as icebergs before the steady radiance of tho aun. It gives one the strength of a happy conscience. A weathercock of a man, whittling about with ev ery brtexe, cannot have truo steadiness of mind. Self-dissatisfactlou worries mid annoys him ; but a cheerful vigor nnd energy grows out of an iutelli gent, undeviating purpose. It gives dignity and honor to character. Men cannot but admire the mind that marches steadily through sunshine and shade, calm and storm, smiles and frowns; glad of favor, but pressing on without it; thankful for aid, but fixed on advano ing at all events, bueh men establish for t hi elves a character which cannot but bo teen au honored. It gives success. In any enterprise which it not downright madness, such a man must succeed, lit hat tht chief element of triumph over every difficulty, and, if he is not an idiot, he will do tome thing ia the world. lie will not reach his ends at leap, but he will reach them. He moves not rapidly, but surely. When yvu want to find him bf and by, jeu will know where to look. Tea will look at tht topmost rounds of tht ladder of sue taa, mi you will find him about there somewhere, Drwf . 9- F. Taylor, of tht Chicago Journal, drawithefoUew'inglieaiilW pieturt iu reference te the certain departure for that '' undiscovered ceuatry": , . . " Thtre is a dignity about that going away alone, whioh we call dying that wrapping of the mantle of immortality about us ; that putting aside with a pale head the axure curtains that are drawn around thia cradle of the world, that venturing away from home for the first time iu our lives, for we are dead ; then it nothing dead to speak of, and teeing for eign tountriet not laid down on any mapa that we know about. - Than mutt be lovely lands some where starward, for note ever return that go thith k ; and we very much doubt if any would if they could." tJJ An ancient, impertinent fellow divide re ntals beaaty into four orders, at follows ; ' Long and laiy, little and loud, Fair and foolish, dark and proud. Arrant rascal ! tht following is tht trut reading : Tall and splendid, little and nsat, Fait and pleasant, dark and aweet. Or, the exact translation ahould be: . : H'gh and beauteous. little sad witty, Fair and lovely, dork and pretty. The first version ia tht least complimentary, but it reads ths best. ' tW Act sprightly and fcarkasly, sad yea may defy the devil and all his works. OitioiH or tux Pkaihikd-. Professor Wither, State Geologist of Illiuois, lias re cently delivered a scries of admirable lec tures od his fuvorito science, We copy from tho Gcnucssce Republic the following abstract of liis theory on the origin and for mation of the prairies: Professor Wither adopted the theory that atone time very fur back In its histo ry -this vast country formed a portion of the bottom of the ocean that through the eruptions caused by the Internal heat, to gether with tho labor and activity of those master-masons, tho coral Insects, our conti nent was raised to Its present position above the water. To prove this bold proposition he refers to the many indicia of salt wuter presence, the frequent occurrence of shells which legitimately otily belong to animals of the sea the evidence furnished by the rocks or the labors of zooplutes, unmistak able in its development; the frequent discov ery or the remains or monsters or the sea, deeply imbedded in our limestone system; the existence upon our system or huge bowlders, the former appenages of irolur shores, drifted fur away to the south-west imbedded iu huge frames of ice, and dropped down at length upon tho ocean's bod, whence they arose with our continent. The arguments, if nut quite conclusive, are emi nently suggestive, and should open the eyes of thinking men to the wondrous mysteries buried deep in the earth upon which we so lamiltarly tread. 1 lie existence of our prairies is accounted for in this wise. Tho result of the ' drift sys tem' was to give to this part uf the country soil or unparalleled fertility: and, arising from this were the very large grasses, which are peculiar to this soil alone; luxuriating and undisturbed, they grew to a great height, and fairly wore the surface of the earth with a thick, almost impenetrable covering. In the autumn, when this mass of combustible material was dry, how easy for a sliart of lightning to send a confliigra tion from ono boundary of the country to tho other. The sprouting twigs of sturdier growth would perish by the frequent occur rence or these Ores, and henco the treeless appcarunce of the West. To aid tho idea, it is claimed that the Indians, when they did arrive, which is supposed to bare been long subsequent to the first prriud mention ed, regularly burned the prairie grasses, for the purpose of driving the game into more circumscribed quarters, so that it might full an carier prey to thetr arrows, nnd to lessen the difficulty of traveling. A Manly Speech. Gen. Shields, for merly a Senator of initio's, aud recently a Senator also from Minnesota, was greeted on his return home with a public reception, ou which occasion he replied to a compli mentary address. In the course of his re ply he mudo tho remarks which wo subjoin. We confess, snys the National Intelligencer, we have seldom read a speech of equal length, or rather of equal brevity, with more pleasure. It is in keeping with the character of the galluut gentleman who de livered it, aud we copy it for the gratifica tion of our readers, who, wo are sure, are ull capable of appreciating the independent sentiments of tho address and the frankness of their avowal: There is one incident of my life of which I am disposed to feel a iittlc proud, and that is my immigration to this Stute. You ull know tliat defeat is sooner or Inter the or dinary futo of politicians; that every party is bound to be, or outrht to be, defeated somo time or other. Well, I met my fato in Illinois; but while I had to submit to the ordinary fate, I think I did not cringe un der it like an ordinary politician. I never stopped to solicit any kind of office from the Executive, nor suffered any friend or mine to solicit one for me. I suppose, if I had sought it, I might have obtained some mod erate office of Commissioner to the Sand wich Islands, or to the Cannibal Islands, or some other illuminated island. But, no; I preferred to do what every man with an independent mind would approve under similar circumstauccs I put all my goods and chattels in a trunk and emigrated to Minnesota; and here I am, and here is my home, aud hero I mean to spend the rest of my days. lmade my pre-emption, as you an Know, on the Fairbault prairie. I paid for it with my own warrant, the warrant which I re ceived for my services in Mexico, the only bounty which I ever received from the Gov ernment of the United States for these ser vices. And I will venture to say that I am the first General of the United States army who ever made his own pre-emption with his own warrant. Now this, I think, is a home to be proud of; a home which I hold sacred because I purchased it with my own blood. Theu why should I not be true to that home and the fair young State in which that home is situated? When Independence Beix was Rind. A correspondent, who styles himself " Ver itas," inquires of us as to the correctness of the story that as soon as Congress had de clared the independence of the colonies, on the Fourth of July, 1776, what is known as Independence Bell was rung. He also wishes to know whether " a blue-eyed boy" stood at the door of the Hall and cried out, "Tit rlnnrj! 'tis done! rin. trravbeard. ring!" as a signal for the enthusiastic old gentleman up in the steeple to proclaim " Liberty throughout all the land," 4c, by ringing the bell. In reply to our correspondent we will state that this very pretty story originated with the ingenious Mr. George Lippard, wlio cot it out of whole cloth along with nthw fantastical embellisbmeuU, which he got up in the name of history. The fact . is, that independence was declared in secret j session, and the important fact of the con- summation of th measure was not made - known npou the Fourth to any person out- side of Congress. Toe r&uaaeipnia paper published on tho fifth were silent upou the subject, and tho celebration of the event with the ringing of Independence Bell, Ac, 4c., did not tako place until the eighth of the same montli. J'hilaJephia JJuUtltn. TriE Father or tub Fokkst. Wo had in our possession, a few days ago, a piece of wood tuken from the largest, uud prob ably the oldest, tree Iu the known world, the Father of tho Forest, of Culuverus county,' California. This old giant, now fullen, measured 110 feet In circumference at the bottom, was 400 feet high, and, by couuting the rings of a cross section, is as certained to hare been at least 3000 years old. What a view of the dead past does this old tree give! In its younger days It saw the same sun thut had a few hours before looked down on burning Troy and the white tents of the victorious Greeks. When King David was leading his warriors against the Philistines, this tree had already passed the usual period allotted to the life of man. When our ancestors, scarcely less savage tliun tho wolves with which they contended for the subsistence which the wild forests afforded, lived like them, in deus, and caves, and holes in the earth, this old tree hud already passed its prime.- Une hundred generations or men are barely sufficient to outlive the sturdy old Red wood. ISelott Journal. M&- John Tettit (d. d.), Chief Justice of Kansas, seems to be at his old tricks.- The White Cloud Chief gives an account of "a recent visit uiade by him to the town of Hiawatha, in thut Territory. His room at the hotel is described as coutaiuing the following judiciul documents: " One keg of brandy, four revolvers, four bowie-knives, three tlasks or whisky, and a quantity of cigars and tobucco! When the Judge started away, ho took ull these things with linn m his buggy. " He cursed the landlord, pouring forth the oaths as if he were doing it by rote, raving loud enough to be head over the whole town, and giving vent to blasphemies horrible enough to make the hair stand on the head of a heathen!" The Red River CouatryAnatiatton Agitated A correspondent of the Toronto Globe gives an interesting sketch of the Red River country, now thrown open by the facilities of travel: " Our great drawback has always been this that we are fur inlaud, and have no means of easy and speedy communication with the civilized world. This is the real secret of the slow progress which the Red xtiver country has made, borne attribute it to the influence of the Hudson's Bay Company's monopoly, others to the soil uud climate, others to tho downright indolence of the people; but I believe the great under-lying cause has been the want of a good route into, and out of, the country. This would have helped immigration, helped the exporting of produce, nnd helped the im porting of supplies. A second remark I wish to make Is this; this steamboat enter prise has done more to Americanize us than anything that has yet taken place. Seve ral circuinstai.oes have turned our sympa thies towards Minnesota, but this most of any. Wc are beginning to feel that if we are ever to get on, it must bo through con nection with the United States. The route by Hudson's Bay in its present condition is perfectly unendurable; that by Fort William and Rainy Lake, though a very natural aud desirable route, cannot be serviceable except at a considerable outlay. We are, then, driven from sheer necessity to seek an outlet by the lied River and Mississippi. 1 nave no sympathies with American insti tutions per se, at least so far as they are dis tinctively American; but if by so joining the btales we can best advance our own country, you can easily sec how strong the temptation is. I don't say, nor do I sup pose, that our joining the States depends upon our own wishes. Still, it should be the desiro of the Imperial Government to receive a willing obedience and allegiance rather than a compulsory one. Apart from the spontaneous feeling which is springing up in favor of the United States, you must take into account the influence exerted at St. Faul. Territorial aggrandizement oc curs to the minds of some in the West as well as the South of the Union, and if the Oregon boundary dispute assumes any mag nitude, it may prove to be part of a wider scheme." A Delicate Rebi'ke. Mr. Webster wrote, after continued provocation, to the editor of a newspaper which referred to his private affairs, and especially to his not pay ing his debts. He said substantially: " It is truo that I hare not always paid my debts punctually, and that I owe money. One cause of this is, that I have not pressed those who owed me for payment. As an instance of this, I inclose your father's note, made to me thirty years ago, for money lent to him to educate his boys." tSf The frozen well at Brandon, Vt., has attracUd crowds of savans to that place this season. Scientific persons in that cinity ascribe the phenomenon to an iceberg, and that originally, or at some remote peri- od m the long past, that part of America was the Lead or the sea. This hypothesis is sustained by the fact that several years ago, in building a railroad between Clar- montand White River Junction, theter- . ., . , . minus of the Sullivan Railroad, the bones of an arctic whale were found on one of the highest points or land. All the land near the well is frozen at a depth of a few feet . , , , , . . .. . ... below the surface. An interesting scientific report on the subject is understood to te forthcoming. Late from Europe. By way of Tehuuntepec we have news from Europo to July 80. The Government of Denmark has ceded the island of St. Thomas to the United States. The proposed conference at Zurich, be tween the representatives or trance and Austria, to settle tho details of the treaty of Villufranca, has not yet been held. The Invulido Rus.se says that Austria and France may niuke whatever treuties they please, but that iu fixing the lot of Italy they are bound to ask the concur rence of the rest of Europe. It appears thut one of the results of the meeting of the two Emperors at Villa- irnnca, was a stipulation proviiliuir lor the removal of the remains of Napoleon II. from Vienna to Paris. A deputation head ed by Prince Nopoleon will soon proceed to Vienna to take the remains or the Duke de Rciclistadt (Napoleon II.) which are deposited in the Augustine Monastery, nt V lenna, and convey them to France, where they will be placed by the side of those of his hither, apoleon I. Italy. Advices from Turin represent that the excitement which was at first cre ated by the announcement of the terms of the peace, lias considerably subsided, and that comparative trauquillity has been re stored iu most or the JUihan provinces. It is reported that Count Walewski, the French Foreign Minister, has submitted to the neutral powers a plan for the Italian Confederation, which proposes to divide It aly into seven States, and gives the nomi nal Presidency to the Pope, although really the King of Sardinia and the King of Na ples are to be the actual heads of the Con federation, ond to exercise their functions as exccntive Presidents alternately. The Venetian Kingdom is to form part of the Confederation, but to remain under the crown of Austria. It is said the Pope will accept, on cer tain conditions, the title of Honorary Pres ident of the Italian Confederation. The Diet would assemble at Rome. Garibaldi had had an interview with the Sardinian commander-in-chief, Gcu. Mar mora, at Brescia, and expressed his (Gari baldis) confidence in the Jving of Sardinia. France. The tenor of tho news from Paris is indicative of a general feeling or distrust toward and dislike or England. The French steam navy is to bo increased to 150 line-of-battle ships, besides 12 trans ports of large size. The Paris correspondent of the London Morning Herald writes that the Lauding together of France, Austria, and Russia, together with the immense naval prepara tions of France, render it difficult to disbe lieve the universal impression tlint a great blow is contemplated ngninst Enghind, nnd that at an early day. This letter was written, Jiowevcr, before the peaceful inten tions of the Emperor Napoleon were geu erally known. Tho Emperor Napoleon is to make his grand entry into Paris on the 14th of Au gust, nt the head of a part of tho army of Italy. It is reported that 200,000 men of the French army are to be discharged on re newable furlough, for the purpose of reduc ing the army expenditures. Enhi.and. The Ministry have announc ed iu Parliament that they will not act on any invitation that they may receive to take part in a European Congress, until the re sult of the proposed conference ut Zurich shall be known. In the Houso of Commons, Lord John Russell, in making a statement in relation to foreign affairs, said that Englnnd could never be a party to any compact for forcing the G rand Dukes of Tuscany and Modena on the people without their consent. He stated that lie believed tho Emperor of Austria was desirous that tho people of It aly should have a self-government. In the House of Lords, Lord Lyndhurst asked if the Admiralty were aware that the French Government was arming its fleets with rifled cannon, Lord Somerset replied that they were aware of the fact. In the House of Commons Dc Lacy Ev ans moved the appointment or a commission to inquire into the state or the national de fenses. The motion was negatived. The London Times urges the immediate arming of the British Navy with the Arm strong gun. The debates in Parliament indicate that vigorous measures will be adopted in the prosecution of the plans projiosed for the national defenses. The London papers state that the At lantic Telegraph Company has determined to make the conductor of the new cable to consist of wire twisted about six times the size of the old cable. Henry G rattan, the younger, is dead. He was once member of Parliament for Meath, in Ireland, and was the only surviv ing son or the great Henry Urnttun. Hpeerh of l.outs Mapeteea. Paris, July 20. The Mouitcur contains the following: " Yesterday evening the Emperor receiv ed the great bodies of State, the Presidents of which, M. Tropling, Count de Morncy, and M. Borocher, addressed congratulatory lapecdn-g to his Majesty. The Emperor vi-phanked them for their devotion, and then explained the reasons for his conduct during - of j the gtraggie WM juevitably about to change iu nature as well in a military as a political ' aspect. Obliged to attack the enemy in front, who was entrenched behind great for- '"J 0". hJ neutrality of the surrounding territory, and jalj0Ut t0 a jong and bftrren ww j j foud 'myself in the face of Europe in arms : redy to dispute our successes or aggravate our . Newthcl the difficulty of the en ten .rise would not have shaken my ( rMoIatio)i A the mm h(M, ot oot ; proportion to the result! to be expected, i It wu necessary to crush boldly the ob- I stacles opposed, and then to accept a con diet on tho Rhino as well as on the Adigr. It was necessary to fortify ourselves opeuly ' with the occurrence or revolution. It was necessary to go on shedding precious blood, ' and at lust risk that which a sovereign should only stake fur the independence or his country. If 1 have stopped, It was net' ther through weariness nor exhaustion, nor '.I L. l 1....: 1 - tiirouirn ruhiiuuiiiuk mc uuuic i-uum; wuicu I desired to save, but the interests or France. 1 felt great reluctance to put reins upon the ardor of our soldiers, to retrench from my programme the territory from the Min cio to the Adriatic, nnd to see vanish from honest hearts noble delusions and patriotic hopes. In order to serve the Independence of Italy, I mado war against the mind of Europe, and as soon as the destiny of my country miclit be endangered, l made peace. Our efforts and our sacrifices, havo they been merely losses? No, we have a right to be proud or this campaign. We have vanquished an army numerous, brave, and well organized. Piedmont has been delivered from invasion; her frontiers havo been extended to the Mincio. The idea of an Italian nationality has been ad mitted by thoso who comhatted it most. All the sovereigns of the Peuinsula com- ?rchend the ' wants of salutary reforms, 'has after having given a new proof of the military power of France, the peace con cluded will be prolific of happy results. The future will every day reveal additional cause for the happiness of Italy, the influ ence of France, aud tho tranquility of Eu tope.' " The Revenges of Napoleon III. An editorial signed " C," and we suppose from Caleb Cushing, In the Boston Traveler, con cludes: "Napoleon, by the actual aid of Great Britain, has baluuced the Russian success of Moscow by tho reduction of Sevastopol. He has, with the passive countenance of Great Britain, balanced the Austrian occu pation or Paris by the victory of Solferiuo. Tho debt to Prussia remains to be paid off; but above all that to Great Britain. Traf algar aud Waterloo aro memories of rage andshamo in the hearts of all Frenchmen, and especially of all Bonapartes. And if, in this respect, the turn of Great Britain is to come, she will only havo herself to thank, for the prescut powerful and proud position of Louis Nntwlcon is her work quito as much as that of his own genius. Certain we may bo, that or this great drama or the second Empire, tho fourth and fifth and greatest of its acts are yet to come." Mb. Buchanan's Letter or Declina tion. The following letter from President Buchanan, declining a renomlnation for the Presidency, we find in the St. Louis Re publican of the 31st ult., to which paper It was telegraphed from Pittsburg: Bedford, Pa., July .25, 1859. My Dear Sir: I have received your kind note of the 19th inst., with a leader from the Post, and, whilst I appreciate as it deserves the ability and friendship dis played in the cditoriul, I yet regret that it has been published. My determination not to, under any cir cumstances, become a. candidate for re-election is final and conclusive. My best judg ment and strong inclinations unite In favor of this course. To cast doubts upon my predetermined purpose is calculated to im pair my influence in carrying out important measures, and afford a pretext for saying that they have been dictated by a desire to be renominated. With the kindest regnrds, Ac, I remain, sinceroly and respectfully, your friend, (Signed) James Buchanan. New Style Envelopes. The Postmas ter General has under consideration the propriety of adopting in the preparation or stamped envelopes a new stylo, just coming into use. These envelopes aro so prepared that black lines on the inside or the back or the envelope, and invisible from without, become patent on the front whon the envel ope is pressed, and serve as ruled lines to guido the superscription. Tho udditionul expense of these envelopes, which aro got ten up in superior style, is trifling, and their convenience has commended them to the at tention or tho Department. Conititution. tSf A most extraordinary affair occurr ed iu Jasper county, Indiana, lately. An old man named William Haskins, aged kv enty, married an old lady or almost the same age, named Anna Mead. Tieenly teven year before they were man and wife, with a family of five children. Becoming dissatisfied at the time, they separated, and hearing nothing of each other for years, both married again. But both being left alone, after the deaths of their partners, and coming together thus late in life, they concluded to travel the little journey that was left, together. So extraordinary a case wc do not remember eVcr to have heard before. Cire Fon Felons. Impure Carbonate Potassa a specific remedy. Directions Dissolve in boiling hot water in a teacup, a tablespoonful ; when cold, wet a cloth and apply it to part affected; let it be kept wet with the solution till pain and soreness are gone, which will be sooner or later as regards the progress the disease has mado when applied. A pure article of Haleralui is a good substitute, if ' Impure Carbon ate Potoswe' cannot lie obtained. W " We learn," says the National In telligencer, " that Mr. Joseph C. G. Ken nedy, Superintendent of the Seventh Cen sus, has been appointed under the act of March 3, 1850, making ao appropriation preliminary to taking the eighth census, to bar the directioo of the work. Hltteltaay. . Miss Florence Nightingolo is to ex tremely ill that the worst results are appre hended. Her strength Is diminished sadly. She hat been removed from Highgato to London, but is now confined to her room. ; The London Athcnaiura it very sav age upon a recently published American book. It says: " The preface is the revo lution of a phantasmagoric Christmas holi day wheel. The book is written as if with a bowie-knife; It it all revolver, firing, and brandy-smash." Brlghnra Young lately tendered the use of the Tabernacle at Suit Lake City to Rev. Mr. aux, Chaplain in the Army. and the lutter gentleman held Episcopal services, Dr. Forney saying the response. Tho Mormons did the singing, selecting tho, psalm, "My God, tho Spring o "Vy Joy." " It is stntcd that there aroiioTty-siit persons in England who have incomes of two and a quarter millions of dollart a yenr, while four hundred and forty-four per-. sons have incomes ranging from fifty thou-. sand to two hundred and fifty thousand ' dollars a year, and eight hundred and elev- en from tweuty-five thousand to fifty thou sand a year. . , The Imperial Police Department of ' Austria publishes au official statement of ill . doings during three months. According to thut report, the number of persons arrested and imprisoned for various crimes amount ed, iu that one quarter of a year, to 218,- 000, while, during the same period, 11,247 , houses wcro subjected to domiciliary search and visitation. .' 'I " A Washington correspondent of the N. V. Tribune snys: "There is positive in formation here thut Mr. Hunter will carry all the Virginia delegates, and will probably be the noniinco at Charleston." M. Thiers is now staying at the coun try-house of a friend near Churleroi, for the purposo of collecting materials tor an account of the buttle of Waterloo In his next number of the " Cousuluto uud Em- . pire." A " Hoosicr girl" has been rcccutly ,' discovered in Knox county, Indiana, who ' is under 20, weighs 110 pounds, who fol- ; lowed and kept up with a cradle one day, . neatly binding 1GU dozen largo bundles or oats. She said she could easily have bound 200 if the cradle could hare cut them. The Cincinnati Israelite, the organ of ! the Jewish people in the West and South, -mokes tho following strange declaration: "As regards the Messiah, we In the tut ted States aro satisfied with the Messiah-,, ship or Washington,' just as tho prophet . Isaiah was satisfied with tho Messiulisliiu of ' Cyrus." Mrs. Anna Pope, of Spencer, Mass., died July 14, at the great age of one Aun- dred and Jive years. She remembered dis tinctly many of the events ot the Involu tion, which were history to all who sur- 1 rounded her; could describe the counte nances of Whitfield and Wesley: saw Burgoyne's captured army march by her door with the triumphant American troops, ' and was accustomed to relate from her . recollection many other incidents. Mr. Buchanan compliments North Carolina by saying that during his recent visit to that Stato no man mentioned the subject of office-holding to him, or asked an appointment for himself or friends. George Leith died near Montreal on the 20th July, nt the great age or 100 yeurs unci 7 months. Ho served forty years in 1 the British navy, and was in the battle of Copenhagen. On the 5th he walked to Montreal, three miles and a hulf, in ono . hour, to draw his pension, and ou the day , lio died he was hoeing iu his garden, nppar antly in perfect health. Ho died while sit ting in his chair. Since tho commencement of the late war iu Italy, great numbers of Protestant Bibles have been distributed to the soldiers, ; even at Homo. A wide field for missionary effort wos opened, and was well improved by the Waldcnsian Christians and their co adjutors iu other countries. With the French ladies, " Fashions'' say, the "Chapeau Pietnontala" ia very successful. It is of Italian straw, small aud round, and the turucd-up sides are surround ed by a black feather, which is fixed by a bunch or roses without leaves. Black lace is occasionally put round the edge, but a youthful smile, it it thought, can dispense with this addition. There arc 511 lodges of Odd Fellowt in Pennsylvania, with 42,542 contributing members. The receipts of the order for tho ' year ending Juno 30 were $225,066 and the amoutit paid for relief $110,076. Nature seldom lavishes many of her gifts upoujone subject: the Peacock has no voice; tho beautiful Camelia Japonica has no odor, and belles, generally speaking, have no great share of iutcllect. An Arizona letter stn'.cj thCoJ, Bonneville, in his late vis'.', (a that region, took the census of the American population, west of the Mesilla. Valley, aud by includ ing overland njail stations, made out a total of one hundred and eighty The Mexican population at the extremity of the Territory is vry small and poor, iguoraut and rasca(, ty, as a general thing. The first case of sun stroke of which we have any record it related in the Bible, The victim was the little son of the Mm, nammite, who, " being in the field with the reapers, said unto his father, 'My head! my head'.' And when he bad taken him to his mother he ut onber knees till ooonj then he died." Hartford pejrs state that 10,000 ra, volving rifles are now being manufactured at Col. Colt'i armory, for tht tyitiab. qo e,rauwit. 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