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.'Jl tleJeTT It ft. ADVEKTISING HATES. On aquar (IS liiira or liu.l.ftntr nirsaur) na liiMMion, (.1,0(1 two iiwcrtiuiia, 4,00 Each fubarquent iliHirtion, 1 .10 Rtaaonabl deduction to lhu who adtirlia I'jr tli year. x Ago n xa ipi l furniihti at prr annum, in ft n i t efuot - .1 it not paid i adtanee, Four fi?ntZui t clrg'd if p.d vitkin ... ill s-doflh.year. J2 T', Potters for monthNo .ub.crip. t ti.ni roc! fi fr '" P"""1- v. ..rr diicontinued until oil arrooragts lelk. 1 "nfoi tl- P-lhw.y lie t . Uiili "" t- ra like eiimiiirr flower". , . 'Tdta- W ,helr bMU'y, fr" ' . c,tf.7' e',r b4,1, b,i,f ,,' UHai1" pih cnda twm all ! rVaUaworla - '"' . lid Wh'"l tilr.(i-wlitttllirtt la 111! in tin etroug dn ! ill human lovo ut vtin, And human nrflit but n empty iuii.! I Puwir, Iwth of mm.l nd bo.iy, hmigeih pmu Dib is in bound ! Thii a rrll of Of he-"". "nd "f '"ty Why elii'C wo ieu "' '"l w" "n0" ' die old die i Vrfftlliip will' diwaw. Vin lamentation ocr deported yearej JiiMBforift arilli llieo f Jjealli drie our tear ! Tliii a world of pain I There. i a " '""d"' beyond ' i Aa humble .irit may Hint portion jaiu Ul Uio jiul die ! But let ill elirlnk wilh dreal, Whuae dtiya lime br-en of evil, lert lliey fiml, IVIieo all their enrtiily liui aro withered, Ueijuir behind; Let Ibem implore for aid, , A fitter rcord of their yearn to give ; And lean orf Hint who iiiircifully bada The (inner live ! Mill Par dot. I.anit P(eo. Survkvor-Genkrai.'h Office, ) Salem, Ott 8th, 159. )" Frequent inquiry is made at this office for liuul patents; and why settler whose claims have hecn surveyed four or five years Lavo not received their patent. The following extracts from letters of the Commissioner of the General Land Office to the Surveyor General of Oregon, may throw somo light tiion the subject. In one liearing date the 2d of Slay, 1859, he says: " It is necessary that plats showing the do nation claims under the Act of 1850, and the adjoining fractions nnd subdivisions of the public land, in the towuftliijoi caused by thoso claims, should lie furnished to this office as speedily as possible In order to exicd!te this business, yon are requested to inform the claimants, by special notice, of the necessity of perfecting their claims, Ac., as but a small number has been received at this office, thereby causing delay in tlio is" sue of patents and trouble to the claimants." Nor is this the first instance in which this matter has been made the subject of instruction from the Commissioner. As early as the 24th of Jannnry, 1854, he writes to this oflico that "The old settlers cannot be permitted by their laches, in the matter of their special surveys, to subject the community to all tho embarrassment consequent thereon. When the act of 27th September, 1S50, confers on the old set tlers, as a 'special privilege, the right to make his special surrey in cases where he cannot reduce his claims within the legal subdivision, it is by no mentis intended that that very privilege in his favor is to operate as a disadvantage to others of the commu nity. So far from such consequences, the law absolutely intends nothing dse than that the claim shall absolutely bo surveyed within a rcasonaHt time, and such is the construction which must govern your ac tion m such cases. You are therefore re vested to issue a printed notice, duly ex planatory, and couched in forcible terms, setting forth the iiitcjition of the act of Congress, and the construction put upon it at the department, and stating that their unreasonable delay in causing their special surveys to be made, will be at their owu peril," ic In pursuance of the latter in structions, notice was issued, nnd very many of the settlers availed themselves of the opportunity to submit their claims to sur vey, and who, together with thoso whose bairns had been surveyed previously, before this time should have received their patents. Iu his annual report of 185G, my pred ecessor says: " In order to expedite the wmpletion of claim-maps of townships, to to forwarded to the Commissioner of the Jneral Land Office, it would be well to umpowei V''8 "'ce BaJ authoritatively rto-sottlere that ,'Vj w""-' mttke their re" quests for surveys witiit.? a gcn number of days aftcrtbecxpiration of iir our years' residence and Cultivation, other to a dF otywill be commissioned to n.'ke fbe , necessary surveys without delay at.'d t their expense. And again, iu his report of 185 T, he says: " The completion of claim-maps, to be forwarded to the Com missioner of the General Land Office and the Registers, is retarded; snperintendents of schools cannot make sale of fractions of chool land contiguous td flnsnrveyed claims; nor can the Registers arrive it a knowledge of the areas of such tract to accommodate pre-etnptionists; and from the atne cause the recently advertised sales of the pnblic lands could not be made in this Territory." The Surveyor General of Washington Territory, in bis annual report of 1858, calls the attention of the Com missioner of the General Land Office to the necessity of some legislation by which to compel settlers to make a reqnest for the survey of their claims. Tbe great body of settlers bars had their A Weekly Kewgpaiicr, devoted to tlo Interest of the Laboring CW, and advocating the Vol. V. claims surveyed, and even amongst those remaining uusurveyed when 1 came into office, (from seven to ten hundred In the State) very few indeed have shown any Z liictunce to attend to this matter; but on the contrury, they havo beeu wuiting anx- Itmsly for a final survey, iu the completion of which, every claimant within townships where there nro claims remaning to be sur- veyed, are deeply interested. While t!te ruuws before mentioned have orated lii'-ldeiitally, there are other cause oerniing utrcclly to i.revcnt the issuo of, only iu the power of hi body, 1 i V . . . " . . . nT" ' hi memlKrs, in tho hair of fltlfl tl m Itlnta tint i.i-AAi.fl fnm tl.n aa....;.,a..u . 1 ' others, the field Ut lvn r..m.i..mi r..r ll'H ror?IcU, ears, eyebrows, yenrs without having been corrected ly'iimen nostrils, foreteeth and grinders; In deputy surveyors, though they have long 'lips, throat, shoulders, wrist, arms, hands, since received their pay fijr doing the work. ! veins, groins, thighs, hips, knees, legs, joints, In some rases, though the claims have been ' .-,1 ;i .' , .. . n J ' surveyed four or five years, the field notes n"d ,ai1'- l"ln J 1 V have remained in tho linn.lsof the cc imt j : ttaclie jcreat dcail of importance to nltitn, till the present time, and I havo jmt Ihtii from his pains to curse this poor fellow from Informed thnt a deputy who surveyed about j tho crown of his head to the solo of his fifty claims about live years since and w ho foot, Bml wt lis own nflucnrt ig not has fiiiled to com-ct his work ami return his ' .' . . . . . , . . . , 0. ... , , notes, is now about to leave for the Atlan-I C"0' S ' J St Mld,"c1, tic States. Tatent certificates cannot issue i St- Jo,,n St- 1clr St- Andrew, St. Taul, for those claims, much less patents, until a iiiiimj mi iiiijiii.u. k in Hume lliuil useinm io have claims surveyed and them permit the deputy to trifle with the business, for the completion of which, in most cases, he his received his pay iu hand. In the eon tracts I have let, bouds havo been taken in every instance for a complete return by the first tiny of DcccmW next; and those dep uties to which reference has been made as being in default, I have no doubt, vill find il taiireuirni 10 complete tlio liiiriincss III their hauds by tho tenth day of Xoveuibcr next. In my circular of the Cth of July last, ' know enough about it to enlighten their there is no intimation that claims taken by hearers upon the subject? but for our part, legal subdivisions must be surveyed. If, in wo lll0uU -reiltl .)rcf,r (o listcn t0 the rc progressing with this unfinished business, 1 1 , , .., ,. . , shall happen to have notified some who did j of M,,s,l)le rrntllcal ,furmcr w 10 not desire a survey or may not be cntitl.d , could dt,,ai1-in a tyle Iwwevcr homely, the to one, because having settled sinco the gen- result of his own observation and expe eral surveys, tin y should not I e offended, ! ricuee, rather than on essay on the history such notices can do them no harm. There of agr;c..ltt.re, or tho laudation of rural life, are some cases, however, wherein claimant , . . . . . , , , have supposed that a tract ten chains wide I,oweTtT e,0fluc,lt ,l n"Sht bp- ft,,d we ,,0I and Torty chain long would be a legal snl- the til1"' is not fur distant when our county division, and have so notified, lint the agricultural societies will make it a rule to Cotntussionerof the General Land Office ' scit for their speakers mea who know has unqualifiedly prohibited such being so, whww)f t, k T,icre aro fcw regarded, nnd declared that " the smallest .. . . , ., , leal subdivision which is susceptible of be- cou,,,r,cs wl,,ch cm,not furn,sl1 n,cn fro,n ing dtRTibed by its relative position in a among their own ranks, competent to ad township, and section, is 40 acres of twenty dress an assemblage of farmers intelligently acres siiimi'c," or the fraction of such 40 ! ua nmfitnUi- acres made by a surveyed claim. In looking over the abstracts of notifica tions and observing cases where the claim ant had snppisi d he could take a "40," ten chains wide nnd forty chains long, and had notified by such ns a legal subdivision, I havo caused such claimant to be notified, in order that if the date of his settlement would permit he might hnvo a survey, and save, perhaps, forty moro ocres of land by it. But if in such cases he should still chum by legal suVdivis'ons, or by any other rea son satisfactory to himself, decline to sur vey, I have nothing further to do with his case than to hasten the ndjoining surveys, so that he may be able to get a patent cer tificate. There arc ninnv claims the surveys of which have been returned to the Regis-j ter and Receiver, nt Oregon City, and have laid thero for years, without any certificate unviug iieen ihxueu. jii nucii iu.m-.-i, ui course, no patents can be expected to have issued; though for this delay it is certain that the present incumbents are not respon sible. They have only been in office a short time, and I am free to believe that in due time they will prove themselves worthy of their trust. Few persons, I apprehend, know the true condition of their claim mutters, except that a survey h:is been had a grcat while since, and think it time to receive their patents. Inasmuch, therefore, as one or two public journals have conceived it to be their duty, not only to nttrthuto to me unwortny mo tives in having taken prompt measures to bring up this unfinished business, but to dis suade claimants from a final survey, and all, too, in the face of tho continual effort, for feur or five years, on the part of the Com missioner to get the the Surveyor General's aud Register's offices into a condition for the Issue of patents, I have deemed it my duty, as a public officer, to place these mat ters before the claimant; and also, it is my duty to inform them, that I am at all times ready to give all the information they may desire, as to the condition or progress of their titles, whether at this or the Regis ter's office; and letters of enquiry addressed to this office upon that subject, will meet with immediate attention, while no time or pains will be spared in putting the business of the office in a condition to admit of the issue of patents. W. W. Chapmas, Surveyor General Houston's Triumph is Texas. Gen. Houston appears to have come out over the Texas course for Governor so far ahead as to distance his regular Democratic compet- . - i i ,i ...... rive him majorities in all but twenty-one, tftnrnn trom one nunureu muuuw and it w believed his total majority would r.cli 12.000. The victory docs not end - ... 1 ii .1.. t. here for ii i now seuiea vuai, iuc .1.--, ture' elect will restore the old veteran to the United States Senate. Such a personal triumph is seldom won at tne pons. r, v.v'i TIights. When " . wag Mb. Jir. lreciy nrmcu lielv received by the Printers' Association. " 11 J frtP During the evening, be was .called upon for, . few remarks npon tbe Woman a iwgiiw he would dispose of that ma few sentences. ,P He believed that the women had .. rujht to, hMjj. do what is right; that it was right to ' d v!olent . whici inLt th.l Iter W to tH. OREGON CITY, OREGON, OCTOBER 29, 1859. I Hiea.tva .rut. The I'opo has sent a large bundle of ' . ,',. , . ft 8 'CUrM after a workman, es- "l Wom oIui" """'"'"-tory, who rcvt'tt'1' ,onl8 ' "crct of tho art. The form of excommunicating curses tho poor mechanic " in his bnsket nnd in his ., ,,i i ,, ",orCL' not ol,,Jr "" drl,,klnfc'' B,,d be- j inof "'"OT an1 t,,in,t.r l,ut In i" ' walking, working, standing, resting; not but in all of his head, tern- checks, Jaw- nnd a wholo company of mortyrs and con- fessors, " from the beginning of the world to everlasting ages." The stringency of this bull savors of alum works. Aunici'LTtnAi. Addiieshes. Why do our agricultural societies employ lawyers to write and deliver the addresses at the an mini fairs? Aro there no farmers who are Laificd to write, and who know and can tell ns much about agricultural interest as lawyers or any other professional men, and A Curious Lettek Teli.ino Tales out of School. Col. John A vcrill writes to the Albany News tl at he has just been north through Ohio, New York nnd Indiana, held frequent conversations with northern Dem crats, and mixed with people of all occupa tions, holding much political conversation with them, and says that all shades of Dem ocrats, except here and there one, are be coming abolitioni.cd; they say that were they residents of slave States, they would be " opposed to the duration of slavery," and prefer tnat "all the Territories be free." Not one that ho conversed with held that slavery was right, while all held it to be "a grcat moril fllui political evil." He is as- tonished to find such feelings among north ern Democrats, after being told so often nt Washington that the only party in the North that is truo to the south is the Dcmo ocrntic party. He t!:nn denounces North ern Democratic Congressmen for misrepre senting tho principles of tluir constituents, says that they are traitors and uot fit asso ciates for Southern men; thiuk such triple deception first, getting elected ns aboli tionists, then denying their abolitionism at Washington and falsifying the opinions of their constituents, when talking with South ern men must sink the whole race of Northern Democratic leaders into unfath omable degradation. The Ncwscalls attention to Col. Averill's letter, nnd wonders if such is truo of North ern Democracy; if so, the News would pre fer a Republican to any northern Democrat for President. Use of Chlouofork is EunorE. It is officially reported to the Emperor of the French thnt chloroform was used in 30,000 surgical operations in the Crimea by skilled assistant surgeons without a single death. A similar success has followed its adminis tration at Solferino and Magenta; but in English hospitals tliere have been about 100 deaths in one-third this number of ope rations in the Crimea. The London deaths from chloroform begin to be so common that coroners' impicsts are rarely called for. Everything depends on the mode of admin- Nation. JOT A story has been circulating in the papers respecting a child in New Bedford I loft olcpniriir in a cradle, and was nuu o - - . , found by its mother nearly deprived of life by a cat, w en ..u - .. . ana was sucHmg me mia....o u.v-.u. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser, a semi- medical organ, advances the opinion that the story is all moonshine so far as the child's breath is concerned, as at such a CIII1U S UICHIU IO VUiivvi hv, e haye tLe woret of the o much stronger cat. The proba- lle s hich I" I". Fiiik Statb C'onvkntion i.f Missorm. I u our Inst issue we spoke of the neces sity of a thorough organization of the Free T.nflnr miptv fit tlila SCtntA mill imm fn ni'iti.i to bring about such an 'organization wo j ar resemblance to those worn by gentle would suggest the propriety of holding a i lnen except that they arc made of delicate, State Convention in order to begin that or- gnnizotion. We would call the attention most sincerely hope that it will be acted I . i 1 . . . upon. A call can he issued for such (.in vention, to be held in the most suitable place. Iit it be a Mass Convention nnd let tlicro be a good representation from every county iu the State. Then and there can be Started a most Ihnmneli system niv. pointing a State Central Committee, which j tommittee can correspond with the differ- eni counties, and urge them to immediate action by culling County Conventions, and those Conventions appointing County Cen tral Committees, thus having the whole ma chinery in good working order in a very short time. We do not feel disposed to stand with our fingers in our months, wait ing for somebody to do something, and wc hope to bo pardoned if wo seem presump tuous til thus advancing to the work, but we know somebody mnst doit, and we willuc(l I"" obtained a divorce, probnbly not hesitate to urge it, but continue to do ' so. HI Joseph Free Democrat. Death of as Out Hero. Mr. William Owens, of Southampton county, Ya., die at his residence, iu that county, on the 25th ult. lie had attained tho age of one hun dred yenrs, Gvo months, nnd ckvon days, having been born in the year 1758. South ampton was his native county. Ho was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and was in many of the most important engagements aguinst the British, among which was the bnttlo of Brandy wine. A most remarkable circumstance in the life of Mr. Owens was, to the day of his death, he had never known what sickness was, and having never tasted medicine, insisted, to the last upon dying a nntural ilralh. nnd refused even-thins in ' ' " the shape of physic which was offered him. The only physical pain of any consequence that he had ever endured was from the wound of a musket bul1, received at the battle of Brandy wine. Negro Sales is Missouri. The St Louis News learns from a gentleman of tho .1 liLrlmcl intuit!. rutin tl.of tl.n nlim if cl.iv,.o I in the Missouri River counties have been enormous this year, and that the receipts of money from that source have hud a ma terial effect on the money market, casing matters most palpably. Tho prices ol) tuined are high, and the slaves uretukm invariably to tho South to tho cotton States. Tho gross receipts of money to Missouri from this source, this year, it is thought will amount to millions of dollars. The drain on tlio slave populut'on com mences in Platte county, ai d follows tho Missouri River down, on both sides, to St. Louis. Is Gen. Houston a Democrat. The Canton (Mo.) Reporter don't liko Sam Houston, if he is elected Governor of Texas. The Reporter thus displays, iu a very com pendious form, the old veteran's sins: " What Democrats, or at least men who call themselves Democrats, c:in see iu Sum Houston to entitle him to the name of Dem ocrat, wo can't divinu. He opposed the Kansas-Nebraska Bill fought General Pierce's administration approved of fac tion in the Democratic party belongs to tho Know Nothings wars on Buchanan's administration bolted a Democratic nom ination, and docs not endorse the Demo cratic party or its platform. He's no Democrat for us. A friend at our elbow says 'thero are better Democrats in hell.' We don't know ccrtuinly tliere are no worse. Mortality Amo.vo Printers in New Orleans. Death has been very busy among the printers of New Orleans. Five of thoso connected with the Picayune alone, have been carried off sinco November last. In an editorial on thas subject that paper says: " But the noble sentiment of charity and brotherly feeling that ever cl1aractcri7.es the printers, in whatever part of the world they may be found, in some degree compensates for those losses; and although there is no rule that calls for such action on the part of printers, as a body, the widows' and or phans' griefs are often assuaged by the the practical kindness and benevolence or the friends and associates of the loved nnd lost." J6T The eccentric Englishman who join ed Garibaldi's corps, from pure love of shooting at such high game as Austrian, always took out his memorandum book, and made a note on't, every time he brought down one of the enemy. The results of his season of shooting counted up twenty-five killed certainly, and ten more under the head of " uncertain." Among other re cruit, Garibaldi had two Frenchmen, mem bers of the Taris Jockey Club, five Amer icans, a few Germans, and one Chinaman. 1 tjT A correspondent of the London Times, referring to a recent case of choke damn in a well, savs: " If an emntv bucket I. .'. . . . nau oeen lowered, drawn up ana inverted away from the mouth of the well, so as to empty it of its heavy carbonic gas, and this repeated again and .gain, the pit. tJl 1 l-la wouia nave oewi speaiij ireea irom iw. nosioas damp. side of Tmtb Tin 'emy issue. No. 29. A Xovki.tv ix Fashion. Among the novelties recently introduced In ladies' o pnrel, is a new article of suspenders. They white clastic rubric, with frilled edge about one iueh wide, and aro attached to the skirt b,y 1 ,Uon8 ,B l,ke nmuncr- Wc dou,jt not e: : : l r l n t . i . i this Invention will be generally adopted with view to relieve the waist of the unlimited burden, which such habiliments necessarily produce. Ilcasou and experience teach us that the old and absurd method, while fol ,0WC(J. impairs tho health, impedes loconio- tion, aud tends to ill-health. Kxtraoriunary Marriage. Nino years since, Mr. T. F. Wnlton, residing in Ham ilton, Butler county, Ohio, having been in fected with the gold fever, was carried oft" to California, leaving his wife nt home. Ho remained there mouth after month, his spouse expecting iu vain to hear from hiin, until two entire yours had elapsed. Sup posing him dead or herself deserted, she 0,1 11,0 ground oi proiracicu aoseuce, onu ot support A few months after the divorce was granted Mrs. W. was married again, and, after living with her second husband two yeurs, he died, leaving her nn actual, ns slits was before a legal, widow. She continued iu a state of single blessedness for several years, nnd had determined to wed no other lord, so unfortunate or fortunate was it? had shn proved with tvo already. A fortnight since, Mr. T. F. Walton, the couldift-be-hcard-fnim, gratified a mythical Micnwbcr, and ' turned up' most unexpect edly in this city. Ho immediately proceed ed to Hamilton, aud found his former con sort, mado explanations what they were etl satisfactory to her-nt.d obtained her consent again to bo a candidate for her hand. He begun his courtship anew, wooed ami won her in three days, and yesterday wo know not, hut sullieieiit that they prov At. ...i M.. r .1, .:.. . iiti. umi .ma. ii uiu ui iiiiui, mini: iu luc city, and were married tt tho Walnut-st. 1 louse. Cincinnati Enquirer. BQT A lute dispntch from Buffalo says: " A convention of self-styled Reformers has been sitting in this city for two days past, comprising tho leading abolitionists, spirit- ualists, free lovers, infidels, fanatics, and women's rights men and women of the conn- . try. They have been assiduously searching for the origin of evil nnd its cure, while their speeches for tho most part have been disgusting and blasphemous." Africa Cotton. President Benson writes thnt the Liberians have gone into the culture of cotton and sugar in earnest, nnd thnt more has been accomplished In way of agricultural pursuits within tho last year tl.au in the previous 40 years alto gether. 4,000 lbs of African cotton have been imported into Bostou by Mr. Edward Atkinson, by way of Liverpool, and is now being spun and wovo into cloth. Neoro Yotino in Kentuckv. The Winchester Chronicle says: " Of all the acts which have come under our notice, none has given us more contempt for Kentucky Democracy thun tho voting of negroes iu Buth county. We have learned, reliably, too, that four negroes voted tho locofoco ticket iu Bath county, nnd that some twenty-eight young men, who were under twen-ty-ono years of ago, exercised the right of suffrage. Such are the manner and course pursued by tho Democracy to defeat the people." To CiitK FEVKn and AuuE. Just be fore the chill comes on, havo a pot of very strong coffeo niadd hot, and when tho first chill is felt, pour out about a pint and squeeze tho juice of a couple of lemons into it. add a little stiirar to make ----- F -- O it palatable, drink it off, go to bed and cover up warm. One triul of this often cures, whilst two or three trials never fail. J6T A small, clean potato, with the end cut off, is a very convenient medium of ap plying brick dust toknives, keeping it about the right moisture, whilo the juice of the potato assists in removing stains from the surface. We can get a better polish by this method than by others we have tried, and with less labor. CSJ The editor of the Fredericksburg News, who is summering at the White Sul phur Springs, writes of a colored man whom j he has found there, who is an ex-Judge of the Superior Court of Liberia. At present he is superintendent of the bath-house. He was born free, had $1000, and conclti' ded to go to Liberia; went, and was ap pointed Judge by President Roberts. He remained, however, only six months. Phvsiologv. Punch, having beard good deal of the term "stony-hearted," determined upon making a few scientific investigations. His Grst experiment was upon the heart of an habitual drunkard, which he found changed entirely into quartz. t&" When we reflect that every mother has children or surprising genius, it is a mat ter of serious inquiry where all the ordinary men come (row who cross our path in every day life, 1ST The telegraph is now so extensively I iisiul fr.w rrrraTrmnnf I lint fha TfV Pnilf r tlft t oai'ce d,partra,,lt ig a million f . dollaa less, annually, than it would other I wise. Iy, JOB PRINTING. Tu raoraiRToa or tin Pkfit'8 la lurrr to inform tli iHililie that ha haa juat received a targe Block of JOB TVl'K and oilier new firint ini mutrriiil, ami will b in il i rrdy rnriiit o ndililimia auiird to nil llie riqiiimiim'e of ili a lr eality. HAN DHII.IX, rOKTEIIB, l!l ANKH, CAltrw, CIKCUI.AK8, I'AMlill.UT-WOllK und other Itinda. done to order, on eliori nolle. illaretlaa). Mr. Alon.o Hitchcock, of Chieseo. claims to be the inventor of the Armslrnng gun, for producing which an Kiiglinhmau was honored with a title of nobility. The Baton Rougo (Ls.) Gazette an nounces the death of Amos Adum, Ksii., so well kuowu throughout tho huigth and breadth of tha Union for bis r.eal and ac tivity as a Mason, and houored and re spected by all who knew him. Mr. Adams was, at onetime, Grand Master of the State. The citiens of Dallas county, Texas, hnvo notified a Methodist preacher, named .McKiuuer, to cease tho promulgation or anti-shivery sentiments in his discourse. 1 hey inform him that they Will expel all abolition preachers. Messrs. Hoe k Co. have recently manufactured and shipped a six-cylinder press for the Sydney Herald, Australia. This firm has now the exclusive right to manufacture the celebrated Adums press. The Sandusky (Ohio) Register notices as ntnong tho survivors of tho buttle of Lake Erie, who were on the stand at tho lute laying of the corner-stoue of a monu ment to be erected in commemoration of the victory, " Dr. W. T. Tuliafrrrd, of Cin. ciunuti, who was a Kcutuiky voluutcer on the Soiners." Tho resignation of Mr. Miller, tho Stutc Treasurer of Illinois, is attributed by his enemies to n deficit in his cash account of $-100,000. His friends ask a suspension of public opinion until Mr. Butler, the new ncumbeut, is heard from. The new suspension bridge now in course of erection over the Ohio, at Wheel ing, will have a span of over ouo thousand feet. I he estimated cost of the strueturo is $:n,ooo. dipt. John Everett, nged 84, formerly of Ipswich, N. H died at Templeton, Mass., Aug. 2.). He was ono of tho first engaged in tho manufacture of woollen goods in the town of New Ipswich, from 1H04 to ihs.i. lie was the youngest bro ther of David Everett, the author of thoso well-known lines, "You'd scarce expect otic of my age." , The profound quirt of New Haven, Conn., was ruthlessly disturbed on u late Saturday by one John Green, " a boy about fifteen years old," who was arrested for chasing bulterjlirs in nn open lot. the pnpers, in chronicling this unwonted in stance of uctivity, add that " he made some noise while engaged in this harmless amuse ment, it is true, but then ho did not mean anything by it." Alton (111.) lias, according to the Courier, n wonderful young muthcmaticiuii. Ho possesses the astonishing faculty of giv ing instantly and without calculation a correct answer to any arithmetical problem that may be put to him. Mrs. Harriet Porter, a well-known spir itual medium, died lately, at her residenco in New York, of consumption, which it is believed was brought on by her frequently going into the trance state. Oliver H. Morcan, of Louisiana, has presented to Bishop Polk the sum of forty thousand dollars, which makes up tho re quired sum of half a million of dollars raised for the purposo ol vsiauiisiiing a Southern University. It is understood that but $30,000 have to be paid to complete tlio purchase of Mount ernon. L mler tne superintend ence ol a competent gentieinnii mo oui- muses huve been repaired, the old paths, almost obliterated, aro being traced aud cleaned up, and other measures nre in pro gress to arrest tho ravages of decay. It is said in London that the recent article in tlio Loudon Quarterly Review, letnonstrntintr the feasibility of a f rench invasion of England, is from the pen of Sir Howard Douglas, the eminent military writer. The American people have now romo to regard prunes ns a luxury worth cultiva- tinir. lhe imports ol the fruit into mo country for the past year were 1,150,04:1 pounds, against 7I2,4X.J in 18b(. Firinin Didot, of Paris, has published letters from Mary Stuart to Bothwcll, which throw light upon the assassination ot Darnley, and upon tho events which pre ceded her execution. The Stnto Department has received information from our Minister at Berlin, Mr. Wriirht. that Christian Ernst, an American naturalized citizen, who bad been compelled by force to enter tho Hanoverian army, bos, upon the remonstrance of our Government, been dismissed from service. Amonx the nominations to different grades of the Legion of Honor, given on the occasion of the hmperors fete, are three crosses for the Puris press, and one for the press of the department. According to an official return of the Austrian government, just published, tho totul loss of the army in Italy in killed, wounded, and prisoners, was 1164 officers and 48,500 men. The Hartford Press, Sept. C, an nounces the death of Col. .Samuel Green, nt the age of 02 years. He is said to have been the oldest printer iu the United States. The returns of the late election show that Texas contains a voting population ot above seventy thousand. An Arkansas paper says that many of the girls in that StaU grow six feet high. They must be uncommonly well cultivated, It is estimated that the tobacco crop, of Connecticut this year will be- worth one million of dollars. The whole number of dog destroyed according to law, in New York city, du ring the present Mason, was 0,082 dogs aadS87 puppie', itacoftof H cents each