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Tjjj5 OKKGON AKCiUS. . tf J1' ivuu' tutaktlcaa tt!ra. nli . V-uiblk-an fcllr f lb L n muxl "JT,i w, w 10 Wir CaMlillMIII en4 uur tZn, .pit. In Ik MbiK( -eolaratiouai Jfatf'nM " fully ..ublttlwd lli prupridr Uicwyf Oiawganiitlien "! Prlu- r ItM IC. puklicii prty, suJ that III ciium T,. eM i " are piiMiieii to i ..... " . iu I-'"'! ""J ""a'luUuul mumph. V Thai lh mniuleiiaiie of III pntnriln l,i,l4 I Ik lliliou of In4lpiidiie, JT.JIimI'' k VoiumwUm, b Vi M prwrrxlioo of our republican inili- uuk lM r,,),rul -''t'""l", ' JaTbhw,"' "' L'uionof Hi tfute, iiiutt J aaall V"" " ,hMt ;TL,WilhlliKlfilinl, llml ill mB r mMi miiI; tUl llity ulwed by lli.r Cre Otwf '" eerlaia "liinll ngliir, lhat uo Ui. f. ''. ""J Hww'of !lp 5m. Thai I aw" '1K,i astJi iDtilu(ml biikmik , Urr.vuijr iheir ,l powtra from lb " "f RunJ., Tair'; Tb w,b UBioaof "' "" ' alio) ' miprcdnlMl liKwaa i popula ui lu wrpraing dlipmnt of maltrial r mh iu rapid ujnieuluth.o of wealth; iu hap- . .1 home nud lit honor abroad j and w hold walibomiK all onlwiiw for disunion, cam from woitarar aourc they may; nud w euuraiuUte ua otuairy llial no Kepublicno Mnibvruf Con mm baa uiurad or eouutf nancrd a llirtnl of ctia atM,iurwu mad by Urmocratio Mnnbera uf VMttm without rcbuli and Willi npplaur from ttnr pulil.cnl aMnrialn; and we di-nuuc llion lirnuorduuo oa.iu ct of popular uveilliniw d ilir aLiidicy, aa drnyiiif Hi vilal principle f frav UorrriiUK at, and a au aowal of con 1rapUlcJ Iffuou, winch il in III imprnlir duly f aa ioJitfnunl projil atrungly lo robuk and for tin iilruc. t'nrlk: That III liwiiilennnc Inviolnte of Um rif,'hia of the Sluim, and wprcially the r'chl fwh Hlata to rJir ami vonlrul ila own dumr Ik iwliiuliona, acnirdiiiir to ila awn judgimiil ex cliwraly, a cax-ulial lo lhat b.ilanve of power a Imb llir perfrclion aud endiiram- ofmir Klil- .icalbilh dqirnda, an.l w denouii'.- Ill lawiraa larwiva by aimed force of any Slala or Termoryi at nuilrr under what pretext, oa among the tri of crime. fifth That the prcaent Democratic Admin iuniwo hn far excevded our worm apprehciia om ia iu raruureliiM aubarmrncy to the eclicn of a wlioual iulereal, alia expeciilly viYul in in ileural exertieia lo force the infauioua Le complun Cooililiilion upon III prulraling people of Kanio" in coiulruiii llie pcraonal reU'ioobe twn nuulrr ami aervant lo involve an unquali fied property in p'raou in ila atlempted enl'or.-e-mrnl rreryvvhere, on laud and aeu, llircmgli the ielrmutlou f Congre and llio Kudcnil Couruj. of tbt riirrnw preli -nriuua of a purely lal iniereat, aaJ in ;cnrral and unvarying ahuw of the p-iwvr inlnwrd lo it by a confi hn pep!s. Sixlk: Thau the iwiplc jully view with alann llie ircklfia rxlravnguiii'e wh'nh iervadea ( Very i a,imn. at of the r'cdcrul Goveriiiiuiil; 111 il a rrium toriglit r.'Oiiouiy aud aociunlatiility ia India ptiMib Iu arreat ill" ayntrm of plunder "f the piblie lirmiirr by farured partiaana; while the re mliUrlling'ilrvelopiiun:af fraud an-l corruption at lh Knh r.d iiKiropolia, almw lhat an eutir b .' of admiitiMr.itioii la iiriM mliv. ly drinaiidi-d. Smnlk: 'I'lml the new ilojum that llio Cmi otiiut en of iu own force carriee Slavery into any r ill the Trrritoiira of the United Stntea, i n jhnpimM politicul hereiy, at vnnanee wiih the i-ipl.cit proriaioui of that iiimrunienl itielf, with ro lrniioruiieoiM elxition, nnd with legiilutive ami julkial precedent, ia riTolutiouiiry in iu tendrncy and MiliVerMVe of the peuco aud huraiony of III ewintn. Eifktk; Tliat the nonnal conrlition of nil the ter li'.aiy of the Uniu d Sbilea ii llml of Freedom; that aaur rrpub ican father, whrn they hull nboluhrd Urery in all our iiiilionul territory, ordained lhat no prrwn uliould be deprived of life, lib. rty, or prop erly, w lhoul due pruccm of hiw, it hei'omra our duty, hy Irg'nlatiou, whenever aucdi l nidation ia mceaary, to maintain thii proviiion of the Cm Miluliau ;niiit all attetnpia to riolute it ; nud we deny tha autlmrily of Conjj rri, nf a Territorial Lefialature, or of nny iudividunln, to give legal uiiieuce to Sluvary iu any Territory uf the Uu.l rd Stttea. Winla: Thai we brand the recent rc-openiu j of llie Afrk'iu ilare-lrade, under the cover of our na tional tiaj;, aidt-d by rxyversion nf judicial piwvrf u a crime ajaiiwl humanity, a burning ahame lo u w.untiy an I age. aud wu call upon 1'onn.Mi to take pnnnpt nnd efficient ineiixure far the total ami final mppreiwien of lhat execrahlo Iraffic. Ttntk: Tliat in the recent vetoea by their Fed eral Coventor of the acta of tho tag'tlaturra of KiMuand Nebraakii, prohibiting SI 'cry in those Territoriea, we find a practical illuntral ou f the bound Democratic principle of non-intervention and popular lovereiguty, ein'jod ej in the Kauaii and Nebrnka bill, and a denunciation of the de ception ami fraud involved therein. Elmnlk: That Kaiiaaa ahould of right be im nn,lniely admitted aa a Stat under the Ooualilu lion recently forim d nnd adopted by her people, and accepted by the Houae of Representative. Tvtlftk: That while providing revenue for the "pport af the General Government by dutiei up ao impoata, (oiind policy require auch an adjuat eient of these imMrU aa to encourage the devel pinantoflh iudualrial intereeta of the who! ewutry, and we commend lhat policy of national exchange which eecurea lo llie wrking-men lib ril wajii, to agricul:uro remunerating price, to neeliauicaand manufactureraun adequate reward fertkeiraki'l, labor, nnd enterprise, and to the na tion commercial prosperity and independence. Tiirleenfa; That we protest against any ealo r alienation to other of the public lands held by actaal aeltlera, and agaiuit any view of the fret liomeatead policy which regard the aetilera oa pioperi or auiplicnnta for public bounty, and wa demand the paienige by Congrea of the complete and ealisfaetory Homestead measure which ha already paaecd the House. Fourleeaia: Thai the Republican party ia op Pduiiiuyclingu in our Natumlizntion law, or ay Sute legislation by which tho rghuof citi "aahip hitheito aocorded to immigrauta from for Ian la alull be abridged or impaired; and in farorof giving fu ,0(j eflicient protttio to th n?huo( all clam of citixeqa, whether native or natnnlibd. bath at hm and abroad. riftttntk: That appropriation! by Cengrea for ni'erand Harbor Improvctnenta of a national "racter, required for the accommodation and a, eoiity of an exiatiug commerce, ar anthoriied by tbeCoaatitation and juatified by an obligation of Goremraeut to protect the live and propel ty ol eilixeui. . Sue: That a railroad to tho Pacific Ocn '"iperaiitely demanded by the intereU of th ! country t that tha Federal Government tbt to render immediate and efficient aid in it "Wroetien, and that II preliminary thereto a dai ly everlaad mail should be promptly established. 'len!a: Finally, having ihu -t forth our "'active principle and viewa, w iuvil th eo perat oo (f ,j eij,eIUt however differing on eth "1tKHia, who aubaiaulially ogre with u in ' nffirmance and (upport A Vnr.Rx RscRrrr. Edward Colw, a mi a of advanced jears, o was private secrctarj to Jefferson and "lion, aent word to the Ropublicau ficatiraj meeting that he should gnpport Ahralan Lincola He said ho imbibed to Democracy directly from Jefferson, and .ld be true to its principles by gnpport Is? the CLicago rrogjiaatioo. ' A Weekly Newspaper, devoted to the Interests of the Laboring Classes, and advocating the Vol. VI. terac Meettai at Hatra. Kr. AroU: Tito monthljr tfrnperance concert cam off agulu lust iilght in this I mi . place. There was aa Improvement upon the former one In tbo number nnd kind present, and also in the proceedings. Iter, stances that nro new. Sir. Dickinson led off In an earnest speech Dickinson's second won the choice of SfolnKt the license system, followed by Rtr position, and Jackson's the office of giving Mr. Arnold, Trof. of Elocution. Uj this1 the word. The astute Overton considered time danger was apprehended (and no 'the giving of tho word a matter of great wonder), when Joseph Smith, Esq., gave Importance, and he had already determined speech in his usually clear style, dechtr- how he would give it if the lot fell to him. Ing for prohibition when tho people m The eight paces were measured off, and ready for it, nnd for rctniuing the license 1 the men placed: both were nerfectlv col- Bjsicwim men, as It was producing so . i . . some sleepy eyes. By this time, Teacher Hull of Portland was up, congtatulutitig Mr. Roland, and declaring for license till prohibition could be obtained, aud did not believe In waiting till the people were ready neither. By this time, Mr. Bagley, who moves somewhat tardily, was ready for a spucuh, which ho gave with as much noise and humor as sense, shamiug the li c.'iiso advocates, and dec-luring for prohibi tion unqiial fiedly. There were some ran- dom Miots made, when Col. Shcil was culled, out, who made a powerfully moving speech with great (justo. It was not exactly to the point, it is tru", but he gave Messrs. Dickinson and Bagley a thorough personal basting, which they deserved for being such temperance advocates. You might hnvo supposed them used nil up, but Bro. Dickinson, whose " righteous soul was vexed by the filthy communications," sat growling iu his seat, and ns sunn ns possi ble got the floor und took tlio Representa tive elect down a notch or two iu dead ennicst, after which the concert soon closed. Tuken nil iu nil, it was a sulilime affair, almost equal to a sight of Mitdnmc Slter- woo l und the snake, or a tiigger biirbacne.! One that was thf.rk. P. S. For the benefit of those who do not keep posted, I give the resolution: " Resolved, That tho license system is nn outrage upon good sense nnd good gov ernment; tltut if selling liquor is proper, ill almiilj I. tnrmif tmi tfi anil urit.A.. I b.,yinf! the privilege; if imror, it should bo prohibited; that honest liquor advo- cntes and Temperance men ahould unite to !iutc fret liquor or prohibition. Dcalh-BeA Scene. The rich Cardinal Beaufort said" And must I die? Will not all my riches save me? I could purchase the kingdom if that would prolong my life. Alas! there is no bribing death." An English nobleman said" I havo a splendid passage to the grave; I die iu ilnln ami Itinmiiok liniliP t rt li till"! nnXAhf i I atnexniritironsoft and downv nillows. I and am respectfully attended by my servants and physicians; my dependents sigh; my siRtcrs weep; my father bends beneath a load of grief end years; my lovely wife, pale and silent, conceals her inmost anguish; mv friend, who was as mv own soul, sun-1 nressMi hia siirhs ami leaves me to hide his secret grief. But 01 which or them will bail me from the arrest of death? Who can descend into the dark prison of the grave with me? Here they all leave me, after having paid a few idlo ceremonies to the breathless clay which may lie reposed iu state, while my soul, my only conscious part.may stand trembling before my Judge." The celebrated Talleyrand, on his death bed was visited by Louis l'lmippc, King of the French. " How do yon fed," said the King; the answer was "Stre, lam suffering the pangs of the damned. Sir Thomas Scott said "Until this moment I believed there was neither a God nor a hell. Now I know and feel there are both, and I am doomed to perdi tion by the just judgment of the Almighty. A rich man when dying, was informed by his physician that he should prepare for the worst. " Cannot I live for a week?" " No," said the doctor, " you will probably contiune but a little while." " Say not so," said the dying man; " I will give yoa a hundred thousand dollars if you will pro long my life;" but in less than an hour be was dead. Rklioioci Liberty isr Italt. Perfect religious liberty for all Protestants has been J proclaimed by the legislative assemblies of Parma, Modena, Tuscany and the Lega- tions-XapIes, Venetia and the p.p.1 . States being now the only remaining States! or Italy in which the free organization of tw..t rrrr.tioBs is still forbidden, niutngoou or preventing so much evil. was strictly and elegantly performed. Uro. Dickiusou soon took the starch out of Jackson was dressed iu a loose frock, but liiiu, anil he wanted to cxpluin. Bro. Ar-j toned carelessly over his chest, aud conceal nold again discharged telling shot into ' ing in some degree the extreme slcndcrness the ranks of license advocates. Mr. Ro-' of his figure. Dickinson was tho younger land by this time took alarm, and fired and handsomer man of the two. Rut wiih intense real nnd bluster at tempera nee Jackson's tall, erect figure and the still in men who so strangely wanted to unchaiu tensity of his demeanor, it is said, gave him the tiger by removing the powerful re- most superior and commanding air as he straints of the license system, and sut down stood under the tall poplars on this bright amidst tremendous cheering, which opened! May morning, silently awaiting the mo- There it Presbytery or we aorui oi , sue - i Italy, embracing Nice, Genoa, Leghorn, j buttermilk and gave it to him. He drank Florence, Malta, Gibraltar, Pan, and Can- it off at a draught, then be went in, took ! off his coat and had bit wonnds carefully M" j examined and dressed. That dene, be dis- -It is said that in 1856, when Bach- patched one of his retiaoe to Dr. Celta to anan was Informed that Breckinridge wu inqaire respecting the eonditon of Dick put npon the ticket with bira, he got Into , irwon. and to ty that the surgeon attend atowcrinj parion.d be was only . j- himself .odd Ibe jUd to "btrte ... boy-and considered the owti of , .id toward. Mr. Dick .onV rehef Pol.te Breckinridge', n.m. with bit . blt. replj waa fcW ttut Mr. Dick. . . . . OREGON CITY, OREGON, AUGUST 18, 1800. Tk JackDlcklMa Duel. The famous duel between Jackson and Dickiusou is generally known, but Parton's recent life of the former gives ao cxcelleut 1 account nf tin nfiulr with mine dri-nm. Icctcd, All the noliteness of such occasions incnt of doom. " Are you ready?" said Overton. " I am ready," said Dickinson. " I am ready," said Juckson. The worJs were no sooner pronounced than Overton, with a sudden shout, cried, using his old country pronunciation, " Fearc!" Dickinson raised his pistol quickly and fired. Overton, who was looking with anxiety and dread at Jackson, saw a puff of dust fly from the breast of his coat, and saw him raise bis arm and place it tightly across his chest. "He is sarely hit,' thought Overton, "and in a bad place, too, but he docs not full." Erect and grim as Fate he stood, his teeth clenched, raising his pistol. Overton glanced at Dickinson, Amazed ut the unwonted failure of his aim, and appalled ut the awfu! figure and face before him, Dickinson had unconsciously rccoilcd a step or two. "Great God!" ho faltered, "have I missed him?" " Back to the mark, sir!" thundered Overton, with his hand upon his pistol. Dickiuson recovered his composure, step- fed forward to tho peg, and stood with eyes averted from his antagonist. All this was but the work of a moment, though it requires many words to tell it. General Jackson took deliberate aim and pulled the trigger. The pistol neither snapped nor went off. Die looked at tbo triS2cr "nd M' that it had stopped ttt l'lf-cock. lie drew it back to its place and took aim a second time. Ho fired; Dickinson's face blanched; he reeled; his friends rushed forward, caught him in tlieirnruj, aud gently laid him on thc gruss, leaning against a bush. II is trowscrs red dened. Tbey stripped off his clothes. The blood was gushing from his side in a torrent. And alas! litre is the ball, not near the wound, but above the opposite hip, just under thc skin. The ball had passed tl,r0l,8h the body. below thc rib' Such wound c'!d not but be fatal, Overton went forward and lenrned the condition of tho wounded man. Rejoining ,.g , fc fM n, won,t want ' , , . anything more of you, General," and con- ducted him from the irround. They had gone a hundred yards, Overton walking on one side of Jackson, the surgeon on tho other, and neither speaking a word, when the surgeon observed that one of Jackson's shoes was full of blood. " Oh! 1 believe," replied Jackson, " that ho hat piukid me a little. Let's look at it. But say nothing about it there," pointing to the house. He opened his coat Dickinson's aim had been perfect. He had sent the ball precisely where he supposed Jackson's heart was beating. But the thinness of hit body and the looseness of his coat com bined to deceive Dickinson; the ball had only broken a rib or two and raked the breast-bone. It was a somewhat painful, bad-looking wound, but neither severe nor dangerous, and he was able to ride to the tavern without much inconvenience. Upon approaching the house he went np to one of the negro women, who was churning, and asked her if the butter had come. She said it was jnst coming. He asked for some buttermilk. Wb.le she was getting it for him, she taw h.m furtively open hia coat and look within it. She saw that bis shirt was saturated with blood. and stood gazing in blank horror at the sight, dipr in hat,d. He caught her eye, and hastily buttoned up his coat again. CL J nM.l nt a nnmn mo anr full fit case was beyond surgery. In the course of the day Jackson sent a bottle of wine to Dr. Collet for the use of his patient. But there was one gratification which Jackson could not, even under such circum stances, grant him. A very old friend of Gen. Jacks-oii's writes me thus: " Although the General bad been wounded, be did not wish It to be known until he had left the neighborhood and therefore had concealed it at first from bis owu friends. His rea son for this was, as be once stated to me, that at Dickinson considered himself the best shot in the world, and was certain of killing him at the first fire, he did not waut him to have the gratification even of know ing that he had touched him." Dally Mall Irani MaeramtBU la Prllaa4. The following it a copy oftheluwfur the establishment of a duily nmil from Sacramento to Portland, and thence to Olympia six times a week: An Act to establish a mail six times a week from Sacramento, in California, to Olym pia, in the Territory of Washington: Be il enacted by the Senate and Houte of Representative of the United Stalci of America, m Longrett auembled, That thc Postmaster General be, aud is hereby au thorized and directed to so modify the con tract with the contractors uow performing services on routes twelve thousand five hundred and forty-throe and twelve tliotis and five hundred and fifty five so ut to provide for the conveyance of the entire United States mail, in four-horse stages, daily, at a schedule of seven days, from April first to December first, and twelve days the remainder of the year, from Sac ramento, via Yrcka, Jacksonville, Rose burg, Oakland, and Salem to, Portland,' Oregon, for aocompensat'on of uincty thous and dollars per year, the contract to ex pire September fifteen, eighteen hundred and sixty-four; and that the Postmaster General be, aud is hereby, authorized and directed to establish a service six times a week, at a schedule of thirtr-s'x hours throughout the year, from Portland, Ore gon, via Vancouver, baint Helen s, and Monticcllo, to Olympia, in Washington Territory, by a contract, at a rato of compensation not to exceed the rute per mile allowed from Sacramento to I'ortluud, with steamer service from Portland to Cow litz,, and from Cowlitz to Olympia by four-horso stages; and tho Postmaster is directed to discontinue thc ocean service from San Francisco to Olympia, via Port land and Astoria, Oregon, so soon as the service contemplated by this act Is estab lished. Approved, 21 June, I860. Paying Security Debt. Alout the most uncomfortable debts that a man is ever required to discharge, are those incurred by endorsing for other. Such experiences are very better but often salutary. Parson Brownlow, of thc Knox ville (Tenn.) Whig, recmtly furnished on epitome of his experience on the snlijcct, as follows: "I have the honor to be a poor man, hare enjoyed that distinction in life ever since I was twenty-oue years of ago. Eleven years ago I gavo up the lust rem nant of property I had, which was a printing office, to pay a security debt. Since that time I havo paid three tnousund dollars, more of the same sort of debts, without any hope or prospect of getting any portion of it refunded. Within the last fuw weuk, judgments have been tuken against me, in court and beloro a magistrate, tor hiteun hnndred more, purely security debts. I shall los every little, if anything, Iu these lost cases. I therefore being of lawful age, and sound in mind, and without desiring to parade my personal affairs before the public, take this method of saying to ' all the world and the rest of mankind,' that from the day and date of this writing, I will cease to sign any man s papor as a security. And as I nay my debts, and claim to be good lor any debt I may contract, if I can't be trusted without giving security, 1 will make no trades." Antipathy or Like to Like. Wher ever two natures have a great deal in common, the conditions of a first-rate quarrel are furnished ready made. Relations are very apt to hate each other just because they are too much alike. It is frightful to be in an atmosphere of family idiosyncrasies ; to see tne Hereditary unceineliness or infirmity of body, all the defects of speech, all the failings of temper, intensified by concentration, so that every fault of our own finds itself multiplied by reflections, like our Images in a saloon lined with mir rors; nature knows what she is about. The centrifugal principle which grows out of antipathy of like for like is only the repetition in character of an arrangement we see expressed materially in certain seed capsules which burst and throw the seed to all points of the conpsss; house is a large pod with a human germ or two in each of its cells or chambers; it opens by de hiscence of tlie front doer by and by and projects one of its germs to Kansas, an other to San Francisco, another ro Chica go, and soon: and this that Smith may not be Smithed to death, and Brown, be Browned into a mad house, bnt mix in the world again and .truggle back to average bomanity. The Catth Disease. The cattle dis ease bat extended to Illinois, and moeb alarm exist, araenfst the stock raiser. ide of Truth iu every ifsue. No. 19- rea af tka belli Plata. Just about a year tgo, there wot an Im portation of neat cuttlo from Holland to Massachusetts, and with these, according to the best of authorities, there was Intro duced a mysterious and destructive diseuse, before uuknown in the State, which lint since extended itt ravages In nn alarming manner. The compluint is called by the veterinary surgeons pleuro-pneumonia, an inflammation of the lining membrane of the lungs. There are some disputes among the learned about the proper name of the disease In question, and alto as to lit na ture. Some represent it as highly conta gious, while others maintain that it is not so. In the districts which it has ravaged it is held to have been introduced with the herd from Holland, nnd to havo been spread by enntugion; und this is the opinion of the Commissioners appointed by the State Government of Massachusetts to col. Icct Information regarding it, endeavor to check itt progress, and filially to eradicate it. The meant te these desirable ends adopted by the Commissioners were the complete isolation, or better still, the de struction of the herds of cattle in which the disease had got a footing. Emjiowcr ed by Act of tho Legislature to kill and bury all diseased cattle, nnd all brlotiging to diseased herds, and to appraise the value of those apparently unaffected so killed, the Commission proceeded to business. Tho Legislative appropriation of $10,000 was soon exhausted, nnd private individuals guaranteed $20,000 more. The Cotn m'fuioncrs made awards of $20,432 for 842 head of cattlo killed not apparently diseased. They found, however, that tho diseaso had spread much more extensively than was ut first supposed, and being una ble to cope with it, they recommended the Governor to call nn extra Rtssion of the Legislature, In order that thorough nnd energetic efforts might be made to check the rnvoges of this olnrming disorder. The Governor called tho extra session, and the two houses having met, Gov. Banks addressed them upon the subject. Tho action of the Legislature will be looked for with great interest. The interests at stake are of such magnitude In the United States, that property to tho amount of above $500,000,000 will be jeopardized if this malady should pass the boundaries of Massachusetts nnd extend its ravages through tho country at large. The exter mination of till the cattlo affected, and the complete Solution of all suspected herds, would seem to be the means whereby the diseaso may bo arrested. If they shall be adopted, and the complaint should spread in spite of these vigorous mcasurat, it will rui.-e a rtrong presumption thut tho disor der is epidemic, but not contagious In Its character. Tho greatest core and vigilance should be used by the owners of the cattle in tho regions round about tho disensrd districts, to preserve their herds from con tact with strango animals. Tho interests at stake are so vast, that the funning community and the Slate and municipal governments should stick at nothing to extirpate this fell disease. WilM Spirit of the Timet. Blosiiin's Foixy. Tho Niagara News thnt sketches Blondin's performonco on the Fourth: Having secured his balancing polo, and fastened the two ends of a rope some fifty feet apart to his main cable, the ropo hanging some twenty or thirty feet below, ho descended to the center of this Black rope, where, upon a mero thread, ho per formed with as much apparent unconcern as though In a theatre. With strops around his ankles hi suspended himself, thus bang ing two or three feet below even the slack rope. He olro stood up, as boys some times venture to do in a swing this lat ter feat being to all appearances really the most dangerous, for the rope was a mere swing and very unsteady. He also whirl ed himself heels over head some fifteon or twenty times, about as fast as a spinner would turu her quill wheel. People held their breath in utter amazement at such recklessness. He ran up band over hand to the main cable, where bo swung by one leg, etc. He then proceeded to the Canada side, occupying altogether in ttiu insane exhibition only twenty-one minutes. A Beactifil Sentiment. The late eminent Judge, Sir Alleu Park once said at a meeting in London:" We live in the midst of blessings till we are insensible of the greatness ami of the source from whence they flow. We speuk of our civilization, our arts, our freedom, our laws, and forget entirely how large a share ia due to Christianity. Put Christianity out of the pages of man's history, and wbet would his laws have been? what hit civilizuton? Christianity it mixed up with our very being and our duilr life; there it not a fa miliar object around us that does not wear a different aspect, because the light of christian love is on it not a law which does not owe ita truth and gentleness to Christianity not eoatorn which cannot be traced in all its holy, healthful parts of the gospel." ST The author of "5am Slick" Judge Halliburton died a few weeks ago. KATDi Ol'" AJiVEKTlril.MJi Una Mur (tl Sac, M I, brir aaMir) ht luaeiuon 9 I Kaih Mibaautut iitfrrtion I (HI HiniiiMscarilian )frr ., i S0 0C A libaral attxluetioM will b made te tha b 4irtibylliyar, tJT Th numbar of lnrtiM theuld be Bet a is mariia of aa a4vrtimal, U)ris il will b publiah4 till fMbidiUa, ana ebsrf! t- eordinflr. 1ST Obilnarr notion will b ebarg4 half lU abut rule of kdvertiainf. (9 Js raiamo ceut4 altb Main aa4 disiwU'h. I'tymtnl far Job I'rimling mutt bt mJt t4 afrirr ( ikt irirri. Mritri Varfar-bHtli We have now full aud accurate details of one of the most remarkable blMorle which has ever been presented to the world: The complaint that the ago of sitrring adventures wot pasted, and that increasllir commerce and tfllcivnt police would bnuiab romance from both national and private liri wns often heard in the quiet timet which came to an end tome twelve years ago. Hut the period In which We actually live U exciting enough for the moot theatrical taste. Indeed, we cannot fancy that a dramatist of century hence will have better subjects than those afforded by the events of 184 K, the discovery of the gold regions, the resurrection of the French hmpire, the wars of the Levant and lit India, and present mirisinir of the Italian for freedom. Event follow each Other1 with such rapidity that the hero f tii mouths since begins to be autiqbuted. A rciissier or an Umar f usht seems burled in tho depths of agrt. It may be that new events will bring forward some name when Garibaldi shall have attained hi emit aud retired into liouorablo privacy, but we think that it will be hard for the new hero to surpass the reputation which the Italian Gcuoral has acquired. The more bit plana are examined and his movement followed, the more clearly does it appear that he U not only a brave and devoted soldier, but t mnn of genius, whom hi countrymen nny trust and obey, as well ns admire. Jt it one ot the peculiarities ol the modern wsf- rnro, that from the rapidity or traveling, and tha perfect intercourse which exists nmontr nations, a campaign hat somewhat the chnrncter of au exhibition. A leader can not now penetrate into a country, win or lose grcut bat (let iu obscurity, remain nn' heard or by tlie world Tor months, and then In consettU'M.ci of some crowing; victory or disaster, conclude a peace, leaving it to some historiographer years later to describe for the first time iu detail events which have changed the face of Europe. Battles are" now rought in an ampmiheutre, with the eager public of a hundred nation, in liignrntive sense, lookimr on, while thrf curious and enterprising of the most distant routines are orten bodily present. The duel between Garibaldi and the Neapolitan iccroy is being rouglil out under the evet of newspaper correspondents, tourists, art ists, nnd English anil American vympatlil' zrrs, as well as tho? more official titrcta tors, the Cousuls and navnl officer of the chief Kuropeau nations. ImihIoh Time, Th V.( pilau HKktatu And near the Pyramids, more w6h drous nnd awful thou all else in the land of Egypt, there sits the lonely Sphinx. Comely the creature It; but the comet!' ness is not of this world ; the once wof shipped beast Is a doformity and mon ster to this generation; and yet you ran see that thoRo lijw, so thick and heavy, wcro fashioned according to some ancient mold of beauty, now forgotten forgot' ten because that Ureeco drew forth Cyth era from the flashing f ruin of the Cgeon, and In her image created new forms of beauty, and mndu it a law among men that the short nnd proudly wreathed Hp should stand for the sign and main con dition of loveliness through all generation to come. Yet still live on the race ef those who were beautiful in the fashion of tho elder world j nnd Christian girls of Coptic blood will luok on you with the sad, serious gaze, nnd kirn your charitable hand with the big, pouting lips, of the very Sphinx. Lough and mock, if yon will nt the wof; ship of stone idols, but mark yo this, ye breakers of images, that in Ngard the stono idol bear awful semblance of Deity nnchangeful in the midst fo change the same seeming will and intent, forever inexorable, Upon ancient dynasties of Ethiopian and Egyptian kings, upon Grnek aud Roman, upon Arab and Ottoman conqnerors, npon Nupolen dreaming of an Easterm, empire npon battle and pestilence upon the ceaseless misery of the Egyptyaa race, npon keen-eyed travelers, Uerodotnt yesterday, Worburton to-day npon all, and more this unwordly Sphinx ba watch ed and wotched like a Providence, with the same earnest eyes, and the same tad, trnnqucl mien. And we we shall wither away, and Islam will wither away; aad the Englishmen, loaning far over to hold his loved India, will plant ft firm foot on the banks of the Nile, and tit in the seat of the Faithful, and .till that sleepless rock will lie watching and watching the works of the new, busy race with those samo sad, earnest eyes, and that same tranquil raein, everlasting. You dare not mock at the Sphinx. Political. It is reported that Senator Bright admits frankly that Lincoln will carry Indiana by a very large majority and docs not anticipate any change of the Democratic programme by which that re suit can be affected, The Washington correspondent of tho New York Tribuue says that the Douglas leaders there oienly ind defiantly proclaim that they will consent to no coalition, or combination, or fusion of State tickets, such as las been proposed by Mr. Bigkr and other managers for Mr. Brrdsjaridge. They are determined to fight the battle out squarely and separately, aotfthey (ail, to insure the tame fate for Mr. Brck 'oridge.