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THE OKKGON AUG US, Br P. W. tliAIU. ).V. rtfM i yar, Four monlkt, -.Difv riP SVBSCRIPTIO, f .1' IS Ml I-'' ' "M firf .Lm.,4 far til JH.!ZLa,reettJju,.l...ftmd. J-Lt iitctxUo' until entaragti H,kllcaa aMa'"""' . u.1 Thai w. Ida dalagaied itprnt. utwitwa mmuiuUkI, iu Ilit diaclura; "j l " "" """"MUI alld Kill im " I lumitiuv dveiaialiouai "TUS fc!' "' ,u,"uB """"a" "' I;1ifuiiuiifiy1'i ui mum "J" wu xuUriM. lira Mrui4Uui iu ilialra.ad Ww uw iu wiur. u 0 .lul Mini eomllluUuual triumph. jTTLrt U liiiuliwiicn if Mid urmciulc 4U4 m Ui 1chiiiIkiii u( luji-cnaiHw, r 'jitdill la ran wuuaiiimiuu, ui a ' , ih, prarlia ul our icjiiiui,e,iu Male UK t'edewl CuvslilulioU, III .(lil -j!miI "f'1i "J ,UBl I! TVfiiluWlMWlf afMlvuL lliul ill iiivu r ujj luul iliey iu auuowt-d by lliair C'r . hiiu trum uiulieuubl riuliiai llml iI.m. r bie. libvriy, uuU Ui vuruiil of iZu- ItialWuei'U'ti lliea r'gllU, tfuveiu gn insUiaUid miMMUt uoniMijf ilirir tnliuui III guvemau. ' llijl lo III tuiwu wf ilia btau Ui umatiVMiU uupieocJculvJ liivrviuw m poyula JJJTh, lururuiug ilvi''"KUt ul iiuUtfuri ra J. ,u rybd augmeulaliuu of weuiili; iu Imp UJIirt bwiMiiUil ii uouof atiroud j and r liuu ' .(jntiic ill KUeuieaior umuiiiou, com Hum ilHlinr uic llwy "'yi u coujjrululiiUi kl (MUtry loll BU licpuuiiv 1MCIIIIHIUI UOII lua uik'inl or eouulciuucvd a llirr.it uf iii. mi ionrti nuil by tlciuocrauo Mrmbvi uf Urn) - . ... .1 u.,.,,' d Ufa ll, II1M1IWM II, .1 iletf limine! i n,utduun oD,iaeiuo a popular uverlliruw dUieir KuuUiiiC) , w (leii)ing Hi nlul pniiyiplr 4 l fro liOrUKBi ui ui cuu WnpUlrd luiuwui ""in ' " MMrH-fJliv duly a to iihligiMUl pnll UMiigiy i" rvuuna aud lor r ilflUi: ftvllu Tlut Ilia m.iinleiianca luviolata of ihengln' r Wo buim, hiiu wptcmiiy trie r ghl rftx ll o nr " owu UUUie' ,, nuiiiutimui. aci-ordiug Iu in om ii juilvuivui cx cluMtcly o"1"11' lu "'a' b.iluiic ol ki er uu ihito Ui ptriecuou aud rudurmic ol our polil jdl Uilh d"J, J wo deiiouu a tliu Iuwicm Kiuitcr andtr uai pretext, in auiuiig tliu ruv ntuTcriuiM. !(. 'llit 111 Paenl Democratic AJinln inuliun rut Ur excaudvd uur wuml aiprthvii.oiiii i,iu inrmurolum ulwerfiriii')' lo Io cxucimn Jnct.uui iiiliiMl, aiiciilly evijciiliii iu llVKri Morlioua iu loria llie iiilamoua La roiuptiin Coinitiiuuoii uwn Ilia proimiiiiK prople W hnKi io cuiiMruiliK III hji aoiml re U'kiu 1i- orca nuMe' "ud oorvuiil lu involve un umuull Mwoavrty in iwrnou in il kUcimitrd eii;un e D.fiit cir)Mlit-M, oil luml and aou, UiiuiikIi Hi inlrrTilition uf i'ongi rw and llio hi Uvr.il Cuiin, ol' lb riimna BMi ittioim of a purely l.icul inteit-at, tul ius'iie"' "d uuvuiy ug bue of Hie power iMniuwl lo il uy a ooiiii.iuij prxp.o. Salh; Tliau Ih people ju-ily view willi alarm im rreklfM Ulruv.iguuce wli.eli pervaile every d p,innnnt "I the l eaerul Uuveriiiiieiil; lli.il rc;rn ionl'Ih p ouomy and aecuuniiiliinty ta . mliat- ffiuub:e lo arieai llix ) stem of plun.ler uf llio fj!il,c ireatury uy lavnriM iru.-oii; uinie llieie vrni lUrlimg devriiipiiieiilaof Iraiid ui,l norrup:ion i! !li rVd, r.il niirnpulia ahiiw lliul an emir c'i nofjilinn idr.iliun I imper.ilively ileiuamleil Snntk: Th.U llie new doginn tliui ih Oni tWul oo ol il own lurce ciinw Slavery into any r all llie Terntorii of (lie Unite,! bl,itra, in a diniftroiii pnlit.cu! heresy, at vnrrjiice with the ripf cil pnmaiiiiis of lliul iii-tlruiueul ilselft with eo tri'inuraiii fXHilion, mid Willi Ir-gialutivo ami itlwtl prrnedenit if revolutionary in it tendency ribveruve of the teuco mid harmony of the f'VS.'Tlint the normal cnn.tai.in of nil the lor- ri wy i,l the Unit, d States ia that of Free.lnin; lll.it uour irpubixan In: hers when Iliey had Hbnlishvd livery in all our liulionul territory, ord i neil lhat no rrrwii iliould be deprived if life, liberty, or prop nij, aahout due prueeaa of law, it lieeoinea our diy, ly lef nliili.ni, wlienever Mich I, gelation it t cnury, to maintain tin pmviMon of the Con tiiuiiou 1(41111 all allempia to vinlule it; mid we Crny tint authority of Ciingreaii, nf a 'i'erritnriul l(ili!ure, ur of any imlividoals, lo give lejrul uaienco lo Sihivery iu any Territory ul the Unit' A'itU; That we brand the recent te-ope niuj of me AtrK'in ilave-lrnde, under the cover ol our na tional Hug, aided by perveraion of judicial power, ui er.me agiiini humauily, a buruiiifr, ahaine lo Mrcuoiurt' an I ag, ami we call upon Congress to lalu prompt nud ellicimit meiiMire for (ho total iftl filial mipprewion of lhat execrable Irairio. Tflk: 'I'liat in the renciil vetoea bv their Fed- ml Uuvemora of the acta of the Leg alature of nuaaiani pifuraska, prohiUitingSI -ery in Ihnse Terhiorn, we find a practical illtwtratoii af the iite4 Drmncralic principle of non-inlerventinn and pnpnlarauvereinly, emliod.e.l in the Kansas nNebruka bill, and a denunciation of the do npjio anl fraud involved therein. .'fwnl: That Kuuaaa ahuuld of right be im "Wiately tdinitled aa a Stale under the Tonalilu fcaoMcenlly furmed nnrl adopted by her people, M aetepted ,ie n01t. uf Kepreaintalivea TWi: Tltut while providing revenue for the "Pfrt of the Uf tie ral Government by dutiea np " poota,)und policy requires euch an adjiiat- of theie iniHKta as to encourage the devel 'fntent of lite industrial interest of the who! ""ntrj, and wo commend that policy of national '"Jianjea wliicl, aeeurea to the workiug men lib- er' weel, to airricultlirn rnimiemtintr nricAa. to "fiiiieiand intnufacturera an adequate reward '. I ,..iu viiicipriBo, atiu iw mo iia- wlhetriki'l. l-k. ...j !- 1j .- .l . i turn emcrprise, anu lo ine Mmmri..j, prosperity and independence. " lhat we proteat againat any a!e "alienation to other, of the public landa held by j, "uler, nd againat any view of the free m,ed Hiey which regard the aettlera u """Pplicanta for public bounty, and we tarf i paaeaire by Congrea of the enmp'ete f' u,rMlry Homestead measure which hat Vylypa-ed the House. ''((: That the Republican party is ep " "tivchinje in our KatQraliutiuu laws, or ' "iNation by which the rights of citi-aip-laitheito accorded to immigrant from lor 5TlaU shall K. . h,-,A-.j : ...j 1. . . WI llllBIIVU, ,IU III the ve or rsK,.",8' I"'" fuM and efficient protection to W"! an e au. r ....... L VllfrftJ i i l,ll:,IBi wnciner nai.vc 'Fifi i t "nd "0os,, "itr a'nJ ir ' PProPria,i"' b)' Congrcs for ra ' atbor improvement of a uatinnal fi rtqnired for the accommodatinn and so aCl! fXl"i"! commerce, re anlhurixed by eGoT "0n na i fod by an obligation af htow 10 P""" " I'" and prp.ily T"' raUroaul to ibe Taclfic Ocean kafcT-"7 demildl by the intereata of the ":4ttT!!!j ' ,hal ,he eral Gowrnm.ut Hor """nadiate and efficient aid in its Wl.T'm "'""Preliminary thereto a dai- 't.h,'d PPy ortabliahed. 'aah, Z :.t."aah having tbua aet forth our n m J'T'P ""1 '' we in''i, ,he e .j otiiena, however differing oa oth- 5rw, .,?h""U:,'l3r 8reth in "mice and upiort. ort.T?ae first jmptoins of lore in ftiJ-T rf th WOrld's Philowph JJL'"7 ren",rkb'e- ."Lning," 5ocmei " my gj10aMer to her slionlder, tbHu lto,e",. ewer rending book, I felt, it h . hex, . rf.TJ ; Thonlder, Ilk th. biting WV:Tl,I"iUf'lthote fire day m " Continual itching crept into my .1 -A Weekly Kewgpaper, devoted to the Interests of the Laboring Classes, and advocating" the side' of Truth iu every isibe.- Vor vr. OK BOON CITY, OREGON, SEPTEMBER 8, 1860. No. 22 Detatta Dtiaataa. Eo. Argi-i: In tiii medium' of the Slit of July, Delation ronela enrnrallv tlm T rrralaratlal Cmala-Tk PatlU claat Drf(fr4The f.analry Mar. The perfect ttnut of security in the its. btatviman'l chorire of Disunion, and ' bilitT of the Union which t " I af "I I" gaswi tloqucntly on old Jo'i notrlotiwri pcrvudo til interest!, ranki end classes of and purity. Dm in his lender in which ho the American people, notwithstanding the proclaims his adhesion to Breckinridge and destructioa of the Democratic party, is one of the most remarkable things of the day. Whilo the snows of tho last winter still covered the Gelds wo were admonished by our agitating' Democratic politicians that we were walking npu the crust of a grumb ling volcano, that an early explosion was inevitable, that the Uuion would be destroy ed, and that thelsndinf men of the Southern Stiites, nttiriug themselves in domestic were preparing for the Lane, he betrays the fact that their plut- forra Is so leoky that tho truth will out. "The fifteen Southern States not sec tionol, eh?l huve proclaimed their ultima tum.". ."The Uue is presented; the con. trovcrxy has been urouuli t to a head llio crisis is upon u, and urn be met." Well, what is this ' ultimatum' and 'is sue' thus brought to a head' by Delu sion's taskmasters? Is It not aimnlr lliia that slaveholding shall bo held as lawful l'7-wlsey, on every foot of sea nud nd under the I W)U'mnltcrntivc f Southern confederacy exclusive jurisdiction of the General Gov ernment the acqtiisitiou of Cuba and a slave code by and by? or tee will tevtdt ? This is the 1 issiV of the wholo matter. And this is Delusion's own deliberate judg ment. Hoar Liia. On the success of his party " depends, in our judgment, in a very great degree, the peace, stubility, and per petuity of this Union." In plain English, wowillncLt or mis. The cloven foot will stick out. Who propose to harm the tnioi.r Uy whom is it imperiled? It is well known that the Republican partv snvs it can't and shan't bo dissolved. The Union party snys the same. The Douglas party professes to view tho matter in the same light. And even fools know that Gerrit Smith's abolition faction could not gft up a respcctnblo John Brown affair. Then who intend to dissolve the Union? " The fifteen Southern States" have issued their Cat. The General Government must! There was general alurm. Cuuld we of tho North save the Union? Our Demo cratic oracles were dumb, or they answered us only in repeated warnings of danger. Our only hope was in the Democratic party. Thus admonished, all eyes were turned to the Charleston Conveution. It was an ominous failure. The quack doc tors thereof assembled again at Baltimore and doctored the party, their patient, to death; but from that moment all fears con cerning the Union, all dangers, threats and elements of disunion disappeared. Never has there been a more general confidence in the Union than since tho destruction of this corrupt old party, which many good and honest peoplo ad been taught to believo indispensable to the very existence of the Union. The truth is at last discovered thnt the Union nud tiie gaunt nnd ghastly spectre of disunion have been the charlatan tricks become the defender nnd propagandist of! wl'ieh our Democratic politicians have slavery, or they will withdraw from tho l,,nr "Ulu ur"" r""" tnion. Let Delusion disguise nnd cover up the mutter us he will, this is ' the issue.' But, in flaming capitals, Delusion says this issue " must bis mrt." So sny we. So says tho Republican party. We meet you boldly f.icc to face. And proclaim our in flcxibfc, ' irrepressible' determination that there is always to bo a free public do main. And if we fail this time, -,wo will renew our hope nnd try again. We prefer to finish this conflict' in the Union. We m-et slarery-pmpagandism squaro on the Constitution. Let no blot of despotism ever mar that noblu instrument. Lit its utterances ever be in the language of free dom. Such nre our disires and nsnirn- tions. But hnw does Delusion propose to 'meet tho issue? " It urn be met." How? See Dulusion, old Jo, and Northern dough faces generally get down on their marrow bones to Yancy, Jeff. Davis & Co., nnd hear them plead, " Now, please, don't dis solve tho Union. Wo will cive ud the General Government to you; you may go where you please with your niggers; yon mny have Cuba; we will give you a slave code, nnd any and everything else you mny emnnd only stay in the Union with us. Wc will wheedle and hoodwink all the Northern numskulls we can to get votes for the South. Let the free States go to Davy Jones. Who cares for the North ?" Stripped of its sophistry, this is just the way Delusion ' meets' tho issue. Cringing ptinicl-like nt the feet of Southern dicta tors, he would hurl freedom from her throne nd install slavery as the ruling monarch of the day. "I'd rather be a dog nnd bay the moon," than be caught making a slave of myself at the behest of such mas ters. Delusion cannot, like a true-hearted Republican, come out and say,' " Fellow- citizens, the candidates areTbcfore yon; let us discuss freely the principles ir. issue be tween them; nnd then let every man freely cast his vote for the candidate of his choice, and heaven's lightning scathe and scorch the traitor and the wretch who shall dare say aught against the Union." No. Such not the spirit of Southern Democracy. Our p-a-r t-y mnst succeed, or this glorious Republic shall be broken ap, and cast to the four winds. Ah! yes, that's it. Rn.e or Knx. mis tnc essence 01 uciusion Democracy. : Linnite. tST According to the Louisville Courier's statistics, the list of disasters on the Western waters since tho incoming of the present year has already assumed terrible pmpor- Wo all perceive now that the Democratic party hns perished because, as a mere spoils party, it could not "keep step to the music of the Uuion," and that neither this party, nor any other party of managing spoilsmen, adventurers nnd vagabonds, is of any high' er importance to the Union than are wolves and carrion crows to tho army which they follow. The disruption of tlie Democratic party has reduced our managing politicians of the school of sectional agitators of all parties to a very low figure in tho market They plead not guilty. They never counsel ed a dissolution of the Union, an " irrepress ible conflict," nn exterminating crusade against slavery, or a Southern confederacy, or anything of the kind. Both factions of tho Democracy are for the Union; all the parties and all the can didates in the field are for it: Yancey aban dons his Southern confederacy for it; and Governor Wise, who threatened to break up tho Union if Fremont were elected, is now ready to fight to stay in the Union. On all sides, with the terrible crash among the crockery of oar Democratic politicians, we find our party leaders, organs, orators and camp followers wonderfully devoted to tho great objects of sectional peace and harmony. The Union hns proved itself stronger than our disunion agitators. They have been broken to pieces against it as tiio waves of the sea are broken by the Giant's Canseway. The alarm is over, the peoplo feel easy, and the country is gradu ally recovering from the Into financial re vulsion and our late disunion excitements. Confidence in trade is extending, and in the Union it is restored. New York Her. aid. The Sinking Ship. Another prominent Democrat is announced as having forsaken his old love. Mr. Frank II. Firmin, Chairman of tho Democratic Committee of Dane County, Wisconsin, publishes a card to soy that he shall support Mr. Lincoln; and that in no event could be vote for Breckinridge or Douglas, for reasons which he assigns aa follows:" . , " I cannot vote for Mr. Breckinridge, because he stands. upon the Pro-Slavery platform. 1 do not deem it advisable to Tote for Douglas, for the following reasons: 1st. He cannot be elected. . 2d. Voting for him only increases tho chances of the election of a I'ro-Slavcry ticket. .. - ... 3d. The resolution adopted at Baltimore, which is endorsed by Mr. Donglsa, in his letter accepting the nomination, snostan- . .a I i J,. -a tTiai aa axff ittini IB fAri. tions. During the time, only five montns, tinny rawi, ; vy"r - t" , . , , . ,. L..rwrned. a tnat tnesecpssioiiisiiueiiiaiiucu. pwardsofone hundred lives have en, . , the Democratic lost, one million and half dollars lost; three p . mi not onr ,1,1,1, j,. theDred serious explosions occurred, forty-fohr boats gcott decision, but will also favor Congress)- have been 6nagged, seventeen burnt, five ional Hrnlation -to enforce ana carry ii and one hundred ' enrctwuicn ium ,if it means anytning. i Thp.' nltraisU of the South, bv their action in the National Conventioa and else- t&" Parson Browulow launches this cutting retort at the columns of tho Breck inridge Democracy: " Mr. Breckinridge la known to be a duelist, although he never killed his man, nor did any man ever kill him. Wc don't object to him on account of his fighting propensities, and we think the Southern chivalry and Union-dissolving Democracy who put him forth ought to bo represented by fighting men. It will lose Mr. Breck inridge, however, all the contcienlioui and pioii Democrats who were horror-stricken in 1844 because Clay was a duelist, and had set at defiance the laws of God and man, and shown a willingness to make or phans and widows and spill blood. That numerous class of the Democratic party nr too cor,i!ttent to turn about now and vote for a Kentucky duelist." NaWsTEAn Abbey. Newstead Abbey, the home of Lord Byron, has been offered for sale. There was a lurge attendance. Tho estate comprises 3,220 acres, and its total estimated rautul is 4,185, but it is stated that this was capable of being in creased by 1,000 a year. It was also asserted tliatathre was ion I under the es tate, and that the Portland collieries, three miles distant, were in full work. The first bid, exclusive of the timber, which was valued at 28,619, was 80,000. This was gradually increased to 121,000. The auctioneer then unnounced the reserve bid nt 180,000, including the timber. It was stated that the late Colonel Wild man, its Inst owner, has spent 200,000 npou the property. The Rev. T. Starr King in recent ly preaching his first sermon in San Fran cisco, to the Uuitorinn congregation ol that city, remarked that Christianity was n great orchard, and the various sects the fruit which it bears giving his Baptist brethren the honor of representing the watermelon variety. The wit of this mny be very fine, albeit its theological philosophy will hardly bear scrutinizing. Instead of sects being the fruit of Christianity, it. is generally, and ought universally to be conceded that they are tho fruit of error, seeing thnt all sects havo their foundation in differences, proving that all cannot be right, and leav ing room for suspicion that each is more or less wrong. Instead therefore of sec tarianism (speaking, of couno merely of its own simple schismatic merits) being the legitimate fruit of Christianity, it looks, to quota the htngungo of nn eminent divine, much more like " the work of the devil." The Chicago Press and Tribune, in referring to Hickman's charge that Dou glas had at one time determined to roto for the English bill, when ho was deterred by Senntor Broderick, says; " The circumstances, aa related to us, on good authority, were these: On the Sabbath before the final vote on that bill, a meeting of Anti-Ix-eoinpton Democrats of both Houses was held at the rooms of Senator Broderick, to consult niiou what course it was advisable for them to take in the emerguncy. A number of the weaker brethren, includinc Senator Douglas, advised conciliating the South by accepting tlie hnglish lull. Unly four or five held out against it. Anion? these wero Broderick of California and Harris of Illinois. Mr. Hickman says that when Douglas manifested a willingness to yield, tho gallant Harris 'shed tears of anguish and gave utterance to his despair.' Mr. Broderick arose solemnly to his feet, and pointing his finger directly toward Mr. Douglas, and fastening his keen, flushing ere upon him, suit): ' 1 ou can vote for the English substitute, if you will; but, should you do so, as sure as thero is a God of truth and justice in Heaven, I will de nounce you upon the floor of the Sennte for having traitorously deserted principle and sold yourself to tho Administration. This, we arc informed, was the language, to which Mr. llukmnn makes nlliis:on, and the nso of which, 'by Broderick, saved Douglas from following his own craveu de sire to surrender. ' lost or crippled in storms, and nineteen barges, coal boat, and other j flat boats lost by storm.- Jbi nnmber of serions accidents sums up to two hundred and twenty-one. ; .' ' , The following is a list of the Chi nes Baotist Church,; recently organized in where, have forced npon the Union men of the North the necessity or taKing one extreme for Freedom, rather than the ex treme for Slavery. I intend, therefore, to vote for Abraham California, .11 of whom were cbooen VtJMHt that h. , r- c ti..a. 'ran ana w w ci-ini, .uu - Hot: "fsstor, Mioca own onuS, --- and will be elected. mi i..nk k Pm.Sljtf mm of the t lion win tend. a " -" - j Tsuy Fook; Clerk, Fong Fo; Treasurer, fia,)e mfV)ni wkile it the same mm - ' . I. r. . .V ..n-t, . . .. . . L . Wong L hong, inis me uia t..uiv.. time ,t WI1 jrjrtuer tne dcsi micn-iu w mc composed entiralj of former doiUrs, in . whole coontry. Fba ii-1 the United Statea." ' ' 1- Mamw, July 18, 1M0. 6SrTh Marysvillo Appeal (Republi can paper) says: We take the trouble to inquire of every persnu whom wo meet from the country, no matter what his po litical opinions mny be, whnt is the politic al condition ot tne uistrict in wiucu lie re sides whether voters are changing sides, nud how the talking ones appear to be going. Tho result of our inquiries in every single, instance has been this: tho Republicans are gaining. tOT A Douglas Democrat the other day was endeavoring to make fun of the Republicans, for calling Mr. Lincoln " Honest Old Abe;" and for the purpose of showing the absurdity of the expression, said, " now how ridiculous it would sound for us to say " Honest Old Steve!" The crowd acknowledged that " Honest Old Steve" would sound very " ridiculous." Gen. Lane on Rkgular Nominations. In 1852 Joe Lane was a sort of strug gling, availability candidate before tlie Baltimore Convention for the Presidential nomination, and when Pierce was nomina ted, among others serenaded at Washington was the General. A Virginian, a friend of ours, who happened to be in Washington at the time, tells us that when the Genernl was called out, he made the following short and nnique speech: " t ellow citizens: 1 on all know that the nomination which hns jnst been made wits not my first choice, but all I can say, is that the nomination hasi on as good n man as it could have fell on, and I will support it just as cheerfully as if it had 0 fell on me." Daily Call. 86T A correspondent of the St. Louis Democrat, who had listened to one of Senator Green's speeches in behalf of the Breckinridge cause, says: " In the course of bis remarks, Senator Green declared thai he would like to tee slavery lenoliud in every St ile n the Uuion! and honed the day would yet come when the slaveholder could take his proper ty and hold it in every Northern htate without being molested." - 10" The Hon. Garret Davis, in a letter to George D. Prtntice, exensing himself from attending a Bell ratification meeting in Louisville, has the following four-line personal sketch of the Democratic candidate: " Brcckinridgs is gentleman of good talents, of Cue manners, andofea?yand graceful elocution. His habits are indo lent, and his attainments and thonghts soperficial. He is cool, cautions, and sel fish, and yet a fino boon companion." Seasonable Queries. The self exam ining society has proposed the following queries to all peoplo about this financial period: , 1. Does it cost anything to print a newspaper. 2. .How -long can printer afford to furnish a paper without pay. 3 Do printers eat, drink and wear cloth ing. 4. If so, how do they get it? 5. Do I owe for my paper. 0. Is not this particular period a first rate time t pay op. BQuRev. C. II. Spurgeon, the cele brated Baptist divine of England, is now making n recreation tour through Switzer land, intending also to meet severul en gagements in Germany before his return. It is stated that Mr. Spurgeon has preach ed, during tho Inst seven years, nn average of ten sermons n week, addressing, in some instances, as many as thirty thousand souls at n time. He recently preached iu a largo open field at Aberdeen, when a large number of the nobility attended iu attended in their carriages. On suggest ing to the prencher, before commencing his sermon, thnt it would be advisable for the peoplo to move aside, In order to allow the carriages nnd four to approach nearer the platform, he replied that I e did not come there to preach to horses, but to men; nnd that, as every one of those establish ments would occupy the ground of fifty people, tho horses and carriages with their precious burden must remain where they were. Spurgeon evidently thinks more of the souls of men than ho does their dol lars and social position. Intebebtino R kuc There is now in the library at West Point, folded around the likeness of Gen. Scott, the identical flag which was first hoisted on the Rio Grande, during the interview of Generals Worth ond La Vega, on the 28th of March, 1840, and which was again float ing from the Nutionul Palace in the city of Mexico on the day when Gen Worth turned over the city to Gen. La Vega, and United Stutes forces finally evacuntcd the place Tho coincidence is quite note worthy that the snmo flag nnd the same general officers wero thus conspicuous in both the opening and the closing of the war. Tliis relic is therefore of three-fold interest, and it is extremely gratifying that it is thus preserved. . The National Intemjokkcer. An Incident. The death of Mr. Gales re vives a reminiscence of the only time his pnper.the Intelligencer, ever suspended pub lication. It was a warm and abla advo cate of the Madison war policy, seconding the efforts of Clay snd his compeers, and so powerful was its influence that when Gen. Ross, m command of the British troors, entered the capital after tho un fortunate affair of Blndensbiirgh, his first Inquiry was not for tho Capitol, the President's house, or the departments, but for the National Intelligencer office, and it was the first establishment demolished, causing a short cessation iu its regular publication. With this exception, the In telligencer hns been published regularly for sixty years. Albany Evening Journal, The contributions in Great Britain, during the year 1859, to thirty evangelic al and benevolent organizations including Bible societies, etc., amount to $4,248,535. These thirty societies, however, represent but a portion of amount subscribed by the Christian public of Great Britian for evan gelical snd benevolent purposes. But even this portion averages upwards of $80,000 per day, and nearly $500 an honr, through out the year both day and night. Mice ano Rats. Mr. Glenny ssys: Mice and rats are very easily destroyed, If we set about it in earnest. Get live plnster of Paris and floor, mix them dry in equal qnnntities, lay it in dry places, and sprinkle a little sugar amongst it. Both rats and mice eat it ravenously, the plaster seta firm directly after it is moist ened, becomes a lump inside them, and kills to a certainty. ttt. Tho Presbyterian Chnrch in Ire land now consists of 5 synods, 37 pres byteries and 514 congregations. The Irish Assembly supports at present six European misaionariea, besides native agent in India, and Bra for tho Conversion of tho Jews. RATES OK AllVKHTIKI.NUi Oa aquar (twelve lie, or I, brvir nvawr) n inaarlioa $ S "J Kai'li aniMHhjuant itMrrtlvO I "0 JtualnMseariuiwwyrar SUUU A hbaral daducliou will U Iliad to thoa who adtraritec by tb jar, (7 Tli uumbst f laMrtiwM aliauU b nalnl a lb margia of aa advniawnMnl, oiiwrwiaa it will b puklilid till (Mbi.lJu, ami cliargta' so tordirtfty. ttT Ubilnary aotlere will U eliargxl half ilia abut ratr of advartiaint;. t3T Js I'aiamo fitouud aiih aratnraa and diawatcll. I'tymmt far Juk Printing mutt le made en irlirtrif f l work. Iu.isois. A letter from Chicago dated July 81, thus speaks of politic and of our candidate: " Wo are perfectly confident of currying the Northwest Illinois by a deciaivt ma jority. We shall have no aid from the Ureikinriilgites. Iliey are few and feeble, and their present policy, although they hare ticket in tho field, seems to be to give tho State to Douglas, thnt tho contest may be carried to tho House. But our gains from the enemy aro many and im portant. We have absorbed tho Fillmore element to such an extent that a vote for Bill will be a vote lost to Douglas. So you see w have a elinr field, nud though DongloK s friends will fight with great ties pemtion for the control of the State, wo shnll drub them soundly. Wo also regard Indiana as safe. Lincoln la at home attending to tho reading of letters, which he has neither tnno nor inclination to answer. Their number is u eek a duv; and though noun of them contain downright applications fur office, he is astonished to rend of the great uuniber of men to whom he is indebted for the position that he occupies. The 'origi nal Lincoln man' is ubiquitous; he lives in every Northern Stute, and has ucar rela tives over tho border." A Jewish REPriii.kA.v Candidate. An expression having been made in a Republican meeting nt St. Louis, that " even the Jews" were represented on the Republican legislative ticket of Missouri, Mr. Isidor V. Bush takes tho remarks as tho text of a communication to the Demo crat. Mr. Bush is a Jew nnd a Republi can candidate fur the Legislature, lie contends that neither he nor his people have any personal or scllUi ends lo servo politics, but that the Jews nnilo their interests with those of the State. He adds the following suggestive observations: ' At the snmo time voti will find tho Jews, with few exceptions, in favor of our party, nnd naturally so first, Irom tho impressions received in early youth by tho teachings of the Bible, (Kxodus xxi., Deuteronomy xv., Leviiicns xxv.) " And ye shnll proclaim liberty throughout all the land, unto all the uinubilanlt therrof'' secondly, from his own historic recollections. His daily prayers remind him that Ins fore fathers were slaves in the land of 1'irvpt. freed and brought forth bv tho Lord; tint I almost liko slaves, worse than freo negroes here, burdened with excetitionul laws, dis franchised, were our fat hers are to this very day millions of Jews in some other countries. From sympathy, therefore, tho ew cannot and will not vote for thoso who enact such cruel, inhuman laws as thn selling of freo negroes into Shivery again." MlRCctlnay, The spaces of tho Solnr System, or Bonis of them at least, appear to bo thickly iieopled with small planets or nsteroids, nvtstlilo to tho nuked eye or by tho ordi nary telescope, bo less than forty-seven of theso young planets nre now known to exist between Mars and Jupiter, nnd every few months we hear or a new tltscorery. The largest of them is said to be only forty miles in diameter, nnd thn Binnlkst only four. The Galveston Civiliuu miblinhes a letter from tho Postinuster at Buchanan, Texas, giving an unqualified contradiction to the story of the burning of a colporteur at thnt place. The writer says it " is fulrtcation from beginning to end, with no foundutiou in truth whatever. No ' circum stance upon which it can bu supposed to bo based' has ever happened hero or in hearing of here," A correspondent of the Cincinnati Price Current, writing from Titusville, Pa., says 7000 barrels of oil have been obtained from tho wells in thnt region, nud sold in New York, at 115 per barrel of 40 gallons. Some thirty wells have proved successful, yielding together about 400 barrels per day. A few days since n lady died In Phil adelphia, 107 years of oge and on tho day of her funeral there were present flro bro thers and sisters, the youngest being over ninety years of age, nnd the oldest being 111 years. A sight like this lias seldom if ever been witnessed in this or any other couutry. Tho commissoners sent out by Ohio to examine the cuttle disease in Massachu setts, report that the disease, although contagious, is easily managed, and that it is not likely ever to obtain any serions hold upon the herds in tho Western Stutes. Miss Cornelia Barbour, a daughter of James Barbour of Virginia, a member of John Quiney Adams' Cabinet, has resolved to emancipate her numerous slaves and locale them in a freo Stute. The English astronomer estimate tho length of the tail of the comet lately visible at about twenty-two million miles. A Palermo letter of the 24 th tilt, says the plun ordered Garibaldi, of melting down the church bells to make cannon, continues in active operation. Every one of the churches is to supply at lest one bell and those edifices in Palermo are very nu merons. Madame Emcbme Zulavasky, a sister of Kossuth, who has been in this country since, the memorable visit of the ilistin grjished Hungarian exile, died in Brooklyn, N. Y., on Friday in th 43d yenr of her age. Over fonr hundred clergymen of th Episcopal Church of England are said to be in great pecouiary distress. Tho devout Roman Catholics of tho diocese of Pittshnrg have collected anrl " tent three thousand two hundred and fifty ' dollars to th Pop.