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TliEOUKOON AKOUS. rEMS OF SVUSCHiniOS. imj c-win in lit month: Z i '"'' ""'' V . Jr iitrontinurd "r .' ;..imtnlufivtctnlt. KATES OV ADVEHTIHINtf 1 Ou. M)nir (lw.lv liaa, or laa, brevira.r en inMMion J Jjj' Kai-b uUiUnt ImtmIoB I " ltiiiiaerdtnyr..,.. 10 UO A Mxrul dailwelioa will t Iliad I tboM who advariuw by th ). ttf" Th number of liMrtitM liulJ b ntwl n lli mirfiu of in ailvarliMDivul, albarwi it will b publitheil till foibiJ.Uii, aad f hargd S0- eordin(ly. tV Obituary nailer will b Jii;J half lb but rntroif ailiariiilnf. taV" J"S 1'slkTIMI HMUltJ Wilb OtOlUM II1 dipilt'h. I'mjmeHt for Jul Printing mutt It mtdt it'lirrrw of llit ww k. UUfarUy la Marrtai. rep ti A Weekly Newspaper, devoted to the Interests of the laboring Classes, and advocating tlie side of Truth in every issue. Vol. VI. OILKfiOtf f!ITV OUF.P.nV nRnEMHEIl R. 18 GO. 85. gttf i For Ikt A gut. Te HalrllWitUl. No. I. While I M 1,1 XfW Vork '"sl f"" A' J' p,rU an MC'il Mm t IWf orth'i llaH for scries ol Sabbaths. I y grcaUdcsire to see and estimate for to,Rf the lending man of "'8 I1'"'"" (,u luiion sad, on one occasion ncccptcd tlio hfiuilon of K'iritimlit to ncco.npui.y tin to l"i morning service, though it KfBitd, o I PaMC(1 aP Broadway-all ,1,c ck so turbuleut with llio strcum of hu lu.n lilugs pouring through it, but to still BOiilmost a desecration to wusto Hie i, m iiuiit hoar tlmt tho world of money- tankers had loft mo in tho satisfaction of ttK'li curiosity. The hull U square. On one s!do is an wliestra; fucins it, on the other side, Ik a uVk for the minister or the fiddler, on oc tillion may require. It l united with tluit, which nmy at any time be removed ler dancing. It wan still crly when wo arrived, and I hud good opportunity to inspect the audience as they ciimo in. Most of them were elderly, staid, intelligent, well-to-do persons in appearance; but also, pcrlmps, ruher more eynieiil und self-confident thmi my other large eougrcgation I liud ever met. The rcrereiit etiquette of the church wm observed by nil; but for the announce ment to the contrary, I might huve su;- ixBcil mvsclf in a most devout circle of i worshiper. The appointed hour lntJ passed Rome time, and I was beginning to grow tuipii tirnt, when a little mini, whom 1 ut once knew by his rescmbliince to published por traits, came up the uisle and took the desk. fir. Davis is much more childish in ap pearance tlmn 1 lind supposed. There is h pinched, consumptive, nervous shade over hit face. The veins stand out from bis forehead in clear bluu lilies. II Is forehead isn.irrow, low, round, nud retreatinjr; but with a good development ' immediately shore the eyes, and up the middle through Comparison. A mass of hair, which bud liccii piled up against the side of his hat, overtopped it. The shoulders were held lurk primly. Altogether he is nil exceed ingly slight figure I almost think I could Iiuvo puffed him about the room ns I would a thistle-down. He was closely followed by h'.s wife, who took a seat near him. .Slie also is (mite slight and lady like. Her dress was verv plain. I was a little shucked by the introduc tory exercises. At a signal from her bus hand, Mrs. Davis arose, and, with the prettiest of dimples peeping slyly from ithcr check, as if conscious of some funny thins coming, announced, " .My friends, we will read from the Proverbs of Tapper in stead of Solomon." It was an unfortunate sentence ; without it the pious bathos of this dullest of Englishmen would have been merely a bore; but when placed in such a contrast, it was sickening. A lady in the orchestra sang to u nielodcou accom paniment a very familiar Spanish air, but with such tasto that tlio congregation seemed spell-bound, and scarcely breathed. I could fancy tho " voices from the spirit land" of which she sang. When this was concluded, without prayer, which, 1 be lieve, Mr. Davis deems unnecessary trouble, the lecturer arose. The subject was, " The Roynl lload to Knowledge." Intuition in science, iu busi ness, in society, in religion, whs the royal road. First impressions, contrary to com mon experience, were to be accepted on all occasion as infallible. Now, whatever way be Mr. Davis's theory, his business prosperity, and, ubovo nil, his address as a speaker, betray the most careful tuition. for nearly an hour I sat without uneasi ness under a gentle stream of figures dressed and extended in tho most classical tjle. Otherwise, there was no argument, no proof it was all illustration. Every word was weighed carefully, every gesture as proper, but mechanical and strained. DU voice was deep and heavy, entirely incongruous with the appearance of the Han. It was as if a boy were speaking in the deliberate, authoritative tones of niun Iwod. II is eyes have on insincere, glassy expression, that is not pleasant. His little ife sat all the time the most interested and proudest of his hearers. When, toward the conclusion of the address, he indulged ' some ily al'usions to " brimstone" as not doctrine ol intuition, I could see the dim ples again breuking out. I could not decide with reference to Mr. Davis's clairvoyance. I have said that bis lectnre betrayed most careful preparation; on the supposition of its intuitive ori Jpa, this might possibly have been so; but H should also have made no mistake in his tory. I noticed several mistakes in classic IMotw, which were altcrward apologized kr by my spiritualistic friend. I noticed, K that instead of looking through the kek of his liead at the clock, which was !aaid him, he paused and turned round. 1 Umik any one who ii acquainted with the tTcuniitancvs under which his Erst and greatest work wns composed must admit that thero was ample opportunity for de ception In its composition. Hut I do not know that it is necessary to suppose Mr. Davis dishonest In tho belief ol his own powers, nud it is equally unnecessary' for us to credit them. Since my residence in this State, I huve made clairvoyance a special subject of Investigation. I have seen chil dren under tho influence of such mental exultation lliat they eould deliver an ap propriate address from Washington lo his army, or at the will of an oporator they would personily Gough, or any other char ncter. Iu the ordinary state, they could not put ten words together accurately. I saw an Indian wur dance, and heard an In dian speech, from children who scarcely knew what an Indian is. Now, it is known that before his mesmerism Mr. Davis was almost nn imbecile. Why may we not suppose that lie is deluded by his own ex perience? Why may wo not account in this way for the phenomenon of his history? It is a fortunate tiling for tho world that the spiritualists have never had a competent leader. Confident in the convincing power of the manifestations to which they owe their origin, they seem to have neglected a permanent organization, without which no body can prrpctiiuto itself. Little par ties come together here and there wherever they can find a pluco secluded enough to indulge their peculiar marital practices; but a general organization has never been attempted. Mr. Davis did, indeed, enjoy the honors of on oracle for a time, but the tusk wns too much for his limited powers. He is not an organizer, imr an executor, nor a rensoiirr. He lias no personal force, no magnetism. He can illustrate' a thing: that is nil. Hence he has retired again to individuality. While many infidels huve found it convenient to use the spiritual manifestations against Christianity, it has been without concert, and spiritualism has now reached its culminating jioiut indeed, it is already declining. This is manifest in nothing more surely than in the suspension of its leading paper?. It may have a fee' ble resurrection if a second Jo Smith can be found to call it forth, but it is not prob able. It has no positive points of faith there is nothing to propagate except some silly experiment with tables, which can be mado by any one; and thero is no reward offered for propagation either in this world or tlio next. The greatest movement which has ever threatened the Christian hurcb iu America, has become the laugh ingstock of the world. r. J. New YonK, Oct., 1800. Arizona. The Portland Daily News has some interesting information about this territory, obtained from Mr. A. W. Clark, a young gentleman who has traveled ex tensively in Arizona and New Mexico. Mr. Clark says that the report made to Congress, about one year ago, by some one, and still insisted on, that ten thousand white inhabitants hud their homes in Ari zona, is false. He cannot conscientiously place the number over two thousand. Tak ing it altogether, he considers it a terribly desolate country, and very much overrated by all those who write from there. The soil requires irrigation in order to raise cereals, even, and not a one-thousandth part of the otherwise tillable land can ever be cultivated on account of the senrcity of wutcr. As a gcncrul thing the water found in canous in tho mountains of that country, sinks os soon as it reaches the plains. Timber for lire wood, even, is very scarce, except in the mountains. There are but a few streams, besides the Gila aud tho llio Grande, with sufficient water to sustain large settlements, probably none but the Mimbres, the San Pedro, and the Santa Cruz. The climate is good and well adapted to the raising of most kinds of fruit, and wherever water can be had for irrigation, all the crops, except potatoes, raised in the Westcru States, .can be successfully cultivated. t,,v A i.w p. Trade Week after week, wagons Irom the Willamette, heavily laden with apples, orrive in this Valley. Gene rally quick sales for ready cash are realized by tliose engngeo. in v u, -,v i.o h,i. liMn exnerienced some difliculty in the disposal of their fruit. The nmr-L-t is nrettv well stocked, and money is too scarce. The failure of fruit crops in .i.:. tvii.v tha nresent venr was a very fortunate matter for our Willamette Mlow- citizens, though a hard blow to our 0 people. I" another year or u. . of everv variety or liaray iruiw " u r . . J a .1.:- :tt L-AAt. raised in tins county, ana mis win ... rrood deal of money, which has heretofore every year been paid away to tlie fruitgrowers North. Jaektonnll Sentintl. I- Tlie most common error of men snd women is that of looking for happi ness somewhere ontside of useful work. It has never yet been found and never will be, while the world stands. Of all the 1.1. i,nm.n beinirs it has been our : ,0 know, they were the most retched who had retired from use.ui em ployments, in order to enjoy themselves. Itrpubllcaa tUUOcaMn Mttttaf. On (ho evening of the 20th ult., the Republicans of Helpassi, Marion county, Oregon, having previously received infor mal ion of the result of tho late Presidential election iu Oregon, California and the Atlantic States, assembled in Muss Meet ing in the Hall of the Uelpassi Institute, to express their gratification. The Hall was well filled. The following rseolutions were adopted with a free good will: llenfofd, 1st, That the recent triumph of the Republicans of Oregon, while it affords lo every urdeut ltepublicuu great cause for rejoicing, wiivu viewed as a present party triumph, is but the fore shadowing dawn of a noon-day success, that will finally liberate uown-irodden Oregon from the domineering tyruuuy of democratic misrule nud oppression. 2, That we return sincere thunks tor the propitious smiles of a beneficent Provi dence, and the firmness and discretion of those members of our Legislative Assembly, who, ut its late session, iu their concurrent wisdom, conferred on the people of Oregon the histiii;; favor of electing to tho Senate of tho United States, tbut worthy citizen, accomplished gentleman, renowned orator and talented statesman, Col. E. D. IIakf.R. And that if nny Republican number of that iisVembly hud, bom selfish motives, refused to vote fur Col. Uuker, we would forever have scorned and despised him, as entirely unworthy of tho confidence of any Republican voter. 'inl, That we ure happy to learn from llio late election returns, that the people of the Pacific coast have ceased to appreciate tho high constitutional bearing and chival rous gallantry of such political tricksters, humbugs, demagogues and impostors as Lane and Gwin. 4th, That our thunks arc due to the fleet pony, mid his master, for the glad tidings, which thry bring us from aur brethren in the Atlantic States. !th. That we regard the election of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin, ns a great triumph in behalf of Ireemcn, free labor, honesty industry and national prosperity; and that we have grcut con- ntlciice that tncy win nring to me admin istration of our national affairs, clean hands, hoir st hearts and great abilities. . CM, That we hope and expect that they will dve due consideration nud support to a liberal homestead law, the payment of our war debt, a Pacific railroad and other questions affecting the interests of this const. 7A, That we arc not unmindful of the efficient services and untiring zeal of the Renublienn Editors of Oregon. 8A, That copies of these resolutions be sent to tho Oregoninn, Oregon Argus, and Kngene City Press for publication. Qih, That we return our thanks to Gov. Whitaker, for appointing (if ho has done so n day of iniblic Thanksgiving for the many great and glorious good things that have or late alien to tlio lot oi uepuuic cans of Oregon. After which speeches wero made by Major Magone, Win. T. Ramsey, Samuel Brown, Jos. Engle, and several others. The Belpassi brass band, during the in tervals, discoursed sweet music. Our Dcm ncratic brethren also wero present and fa vored us with n number of speeches suid that we hud beaten them this time, but tliat they would be up and kicking in sixty-four. The evening passed away amid much manifestation of feeling, nud finally at a lute hour the meeting adjourned, amid the exultations of the Republicans and (as I suppose) the regrets of the fallen Democ racy. Saucel Bttows, Prcs t. E. M. Exoi.e, Secy. DST Baron Bunscn, in his great work, Egypt's Placo in Universal History," fixes the creation of tho world nt about the year B.C. 19,152. He determines, also, that the flood occurred about the year B. C. 9,252. He says that the Egyptians knew nothing of the Deluge, " the climate centre of which was in tlie tenth millenium B. C, but which was as suredly many hundreds in operation." The early history of the Bible ho considers as mere tradition, and the dates assigned to certain names " from Adam downward, and then from Seth, and se on, cannot be taken in a literal sense as signifying the ages of individual men, but as epochs of human development." He thinks tliat the old Chinese is the nearest approach which we have to the original language. j Garibaldi has the warm wishes of all true-hearted Americans. Come what will, the uamc and the heroic deeds of the Italian chief have passed into history. The man who can organize and conduct a Revolution in Italy without satisfying the lontf-hoarded vengeance of the Italians, - sUi,ung hi. owa - - -- - - ,unnu m ....- v - 0-- tt j - a .i.nil aini. p;good man. lie umun m " - by side with the illustrious Washington. j- Tlie Farmer's Advocate prescribes for colic in horses, a blanket wrapd ironnd the body and drenched with com It steams like a boiling pot and water. cures in Gfteen minutes. )&The Paris police, one or the dsi t effective bodies of its .... organized ana - 'character in the world, now number 4,500 lairenU: ibe pay is JSUU per annum f - j - s, man. lloimons or a Casniiiai, Camp. The faithful journalist is too often required to relato the horrible particulars ol massacres, which, under a better administration of Indian policy, had not been. Reading and writing of these bloody tragedies, we are incensed und shamed tlmt. the stout-hearted men and women who voluntarily move back tho frontiers, are abandoned by Govern ment to butcheries, mutilation, or ravish ment by suvuges. Wo have before related a recent massacre of immigrants on their way to Oregon. About the last of October an expeditioi went from Wall.i-'iValhi to collect the dead and wounded. They found twelve out of forty still living, but naked and nearly starved to death. The poor, emaciated wretches had taltn up all Ihr dead, tare on'! and upon that Inst putrify ing corpse they were about to commence their horrid currivnl. The dead had been torn up out of tho grave by their former companions, starving nud mad. The enn uibnls were lying down to their drcud feast, surrounded by bones und fragments of human flesh, nud would never hare risen from that feast of death. Great God! nre they American men and women the brave explorers of nntraverscd woods the out guards of civilization unil religion, who are thus left to the mercy of savages und toent one another, while millions lire dealt out with prodigal hands to lazy, loafing, loung ing officials, whose offices are almost sine cures, ami whose bodies and souls arc not worth the scalp-lock toru from the lion hearted subduer of tho wilderness? Shame to the country; curses for the driveling policy which will talk of war with power ful civilized nations, lint which is unequal to the gigantic enterprise of building a miserable stockudo fort here and there along tho emigrant's road, to protect ad venturous men from scalping, and feeble but brave hearted women from starvation and cannibalism S. F. Minor. Tiiosias Jeffkksox on SXESiI0X and Disunion'. Thomas Jefferson wrote to John Taylor, of Caroline, under dute Phil adelphia, June 1, 1718. Mr. Jefferson, after stating that in Republican govern ments "opposite praetico and violent" discussion must always exist, and that one opinion must prevail over another go.s On to say: " But if on a temporary siq criority of the oiio partv, the other is to resort to a secession from tho Union, no Fidcral Gov ernment can ever exist. If to rid our selves of the present rule of Mussm-bictts and Connecticut we breuk tho Union, will the cut stop there? Suppose the New England States alone cut off, will our natures be changed? Are we not still to the South of that, aud witli all tlie passions of men? Immediately we shall see u Penn sylvania and a Virginia party ariso in the residuary confederacy, nud the public mind will be distracted with the sumo party spirit! " What a game too will tho one party have iu their hands by eternally threaten ing tho others, that unless they do so and so, they will join their Northern neighbors. If wo reduce our Union to Virginia and North Carolina immediately, the conflict will be established between tho representa tives ol these two btitcs, and they w end by breaking into their simple uuits.- Seeing, therefore, that an association of men who will not quarrel with one another, is a thing which never existed from the greatest confederation of nations down to a town meeting or n vestry; seeing that we must have somebody to quarrel with, I hud rather keep our New Euglund associates for thot purpose, than to see our bickerings .iiiofrii.il In ntlicrs. " it is true that we nre suffering deeply in spirit, and incurring the horrors of war and long afflictions of enormous ' public debt.' But whe can say what would be the evils of secession, and where would they end?" Mi'Ttom as an Article of Food. We mean to repeat a thousand times, or at least till what we say has some effect upon our countrymen, that a pound of lean, tender, juicy mutton can be produced for half the cost ol the same quantity 01 porn; that it is infinitely healthier food, especially in tlie summer season, aud those who eat it, become more muscular, and can do more work with greater ease to themselves than those who eat fat pork. We know nothing more delicious than smoked mutton bams of the Southdown breed of sheep. Veni son itself is not moro delicious. Am. Agri culturist. A Great Triumvirate. Three of the greatest meu that now loom up before the view of mankind are Louis Napoleon, Vic tor Emmanuel, and Garibaldi. And what is somewhat singular is that there should be sympathy, friendship and confidence be tween them. The first two are kings, the other a plebeian insurrectionist, who oims t the dethronement of Kings and Popes, and the establishment of Italian independence. j- Mr. James Parker, conductor on the Western Kailroad, ottained his profes sional majority of 21 years, on Thursday, the 27th ult., having acted as conductor on the first trip made over that road, on the 2TthofSept. 1839, and continued unin terruptedly ever since. During that time he has run over 1,280,000 miles. Stone " Lincoln" is a eood name 1 jD American history. In 1781, at York towu, Corn wal li surrendered his sword to " Old Ben Lincoln," aud ended the war to extend British Tyranny over us. Eighty a . . ii year. . , u-r T lte U'i y-eld the keys to Old Abe Lincoln (a - ,,: , '-.a .. n..i, " and nd the ores . , Extension. S&" Folly and pride walk side by side. Two Noui.b Heroes. When tho Lady Elgin, shuttered aud sinking in the waters of Lake Michigan, was slowly beuring her three hnii'lrvd victims to their unmarked graves, It was the captain of the stvnuicr who sustained nud cheered the disheartened and frightened passengers. His voice calmed tl.e'r agitation; bis mind directed plans for rescue; his will controlled their panic and terminated their insubordina tion. Through the long and dreary night that was spent upon the raft, it wus he who ounselled and guided. And lu tlie gray morning, when the fragile craft struck the beetling cliffs upon tlie shore, the coptam still stood at his post of duty, and died seeking to save his charge, i'lm name of the hero was John ilson. hen the Coiiuuiight lay rolling helpless in the trough of the ocean waves, a mass of fire between decks, her passengers momentarily expect ing to be hurried Into eternity, a smuii nng loomed upon the horizon. Hours pnssed, and it lien red the burning ship, attracted bv the signal of distress. Cheerfully the captain of the little craft devoted himself to the rescue of the endangered hundreds. Every foot of bis deck wus covered with living beings. Fearful lest he might bo carried away from the wreck, he ninde him self fust witli a hawser. When asked if he could save all on board, his answer was, Aye, nve, I'll stand by as long as there s a soul 011 her." And he did. Not a life of tho two hundred, for whom ruscne seemed impossible, was tost. Tha name of this hero likewise was John Wilson. It is a singular coincidence, and one that will live m history. Irny Whiff. Early Days of the Teleurai-n. In the course of his address to tho Prince of Wales, at the University of New York, Professor Morse made tho following inter esting statement: "The infant telegraph, nursed under discouragement for a long time ufter its invention, struggled hard for u feeblo existence. In 1838 I curried it to Paris. It there attracted tho attention of many distinguished nud scientific men, both of France and England, among whom were the Marquis of Northampton, the Earl of Elgin and the Etrlof Lincoln; the latter gentleman received it with special favor, and consented to risk the reputation of bis sound judgment by declaring his belief iu ts ultimate success. He took it under his own roof at London, and thero invited a number of persons to witness tho experi ments. It is, th n, with no ordinary feel ings tlmt after a lapse of twenty years, I greet in such a presence and before such nn audience, the E.ul of Lincoln iu the pres ent Duke of Newcastle." A California Mink of Alum! In al luding to the richness of tho diggings 011 the 1 bluff' in the immediate vicinity of Lnncha Plana, Amador county, the Di patch says; It is perhaps not generully known that tho formation of this peak con sists mostly of 1 alum stone,' a substunce from which alum of tho greatest purity is obtuined. It is also found in large quanti ties in Tolfu and Piombino, in Italy, and is a great source of wealth to its owners. Tho ore is manufactured into uluin by cal cinotion und subsequent exposure to the air for three months; tho mineral being fee qucutly sprinkled with water in order that it nmy be brought to tha state of a soft mass. This is lixiviated, and the solution obtuined crystallized by evaporation. In our opinion, the manufacture of alum from this ore in this place, would be feasible, and very remunerative to those who em barked in the enterprise," Syria. Tho New York Journal of Commerce is anxious for foreign interven tion to stop tho Syrian massacres, and closes nn article on tho subject thus: " 0, if Oliver Cromwell were Protector of Eng and at this time, would there not be such a stir iu Constantinople as that city has not seen for three centuries! An English fleet would have pnssed the Dardanelles and entered the Golden Horn before now.' And Abdul Mcdjid would soon see the walls of his Scragl 0 knocked to atoms by British cannon, if he did not do better." A Model Boy with a Fotlre. The brightest boy of the whole class lately examined for admission to the Naval Aca demy of Annapolis, was a little fellow from Texas, fifteen years of age, who had been three years setting type in a newspaper office, and had studied mathematics and arithmetic with a dip candle, in tlie garrc of a log cabin at night. He was poorly clad, and had worked at typo setting iu New Orleans and other points to pay th expense of his journey. If not admitted he expected to work his way home again. Valuable Relic A Liverpool gentle man possesses a papyrus manuscript which Mr. Constantino Simouides says is written in Greek character, and which he pronoun ces a portion of St. Matthew's Gospel, bearing the date of the first century. The proprietor of tlie document proposes to I publish it immediately. tff A man in stopping his poper, re- centlv wrote: "I think folks doant on 1 10 'Ind th"re rau,mJ 0n W"' fo"'er , I wo, thee smartest mnnii in the kountree, and had gott the inU-llygentist fuuiely of buoys that ewer dugg balers." The marriage of a young lady with a gentleman somo twenty years her senior' W very frequent occurrence; yet, believer such a marriage docs tako place, there are Iways fifty people ready to talk about the sacrifice, and to aver that it Is impossible that she can lovo him and, In fact, llint it altogether shocking. Somo blame her, some pity her, somo cull Iter " poor, deur thing," and some designate her as a shame-' less creature," but iioiio ever give her redit for love, affection or respect towurd tlie person on whom she bus bestowed uvt hand. This stereotyped idea, tbut uoplo must be born iu tho same year to lovo each other properly, is all nonsense. It is on U pur with the cruel futher and designing- mother hallucination very well upou the stuge, but not applicable to real life. For mv part, I think it is just as possible for girl to full in love with a middle-nged ... i man as witn a young one. in iuci, i think they are twenty times more agreeable, aud often considerably handsomer. A boy is only a girl iu coat and cruvut. He thinks just as she docs, has the en mo inter est iu nothing, is just as delicate and pretty, nud about as reliable. A man is something greater. If idle has any sense, she Involun tarily feels it and admires him. As tho best things improve ns they grow older, a truly admirable man must become more so as he grows older; and if somo women dis cover this, it is ridiculous to overwhelm them with the same sweeping censure. Of course some women do marry for money; but there nre rich young men aa well us rich old men, and the mere fact of a differ ence In years does uot prove the assertion. Years alone do not mako the disparity1 between them; it Is the heart, the bruin the soul, which should be alike in marriage. Where these arc matched one with the other, a wedded pair ore happy other wise they aro niucrublc. In that beautiful passage in ' David Coppei I'k Id,' where, ufter long nud quiet suffering, Annie ut lust opens her hcurt to her kind old hus band, and unveils her own truth with Jack Million's teaching, sho utters the words, There can bu no disparity iu murriugn like unsuitably of mind and purpose;' and these words embody my meaning bet ter thun all I could mysell say. It is bet ter, certuinly, for young people to murry. Il generally is the case: it is well and nat ural. Yet love may be just ns strong with years of difference between the parties, ami the outer world has nothing to do with it. We know us much of ouch other's lives and purposes as we do of the man in the moon; and why wo should forever tako upon ourselves the right of ascribing a motive, which suits with our own idens, to nil our fellow creatures' actions, is to mo a mystery. I am willing, for my part, to permit even a young beauty to unite her sell 10 a luiuuie ugeii miniuimiro, milium stating for a positive fact that she cannot love him. Love's arrows aro aimed at random; and if at times ho pierces an old mid a young heart at tha same time, thero is little cause for wonder, and surmises and insinuations ore neither necessary not1 delicate. Try it on Olii Sam. Once upon a liihS on a plantation in Kentucky, while a litllo nigger baby was snoozing iu its cradle, a streak of lightning camo down the t'apu cious chimney of tho cabin and killed it. Old Sum, an aged negro, camo rushing ill from the storm, and ufter seeing What hud occurred, he let himself out as follows, gazing intently at the defunct smull darkey; " Now, Lord, you tiuk you bnb done great tings j(S gone an' killed a poor little nigger baby what ain't worf two dollars and a-half." And then jumping upon his feet, almost bursting witli indig nation, and with a defiant tone yelled out, "Sposo you try it on old Sum!" In hospitals, 1,000 cubic feet, equal to ten feet in length, breadth, and height, is allowed for each patient. This rule, which ought to be carefully observed, would require a bed room for a mini, wife, aud child not less that eighteen feet square und teu led high. ftST Several thousand Palish Jews hnvo recently passed through l'dsen on their way to the United States, via Berlin and Hamburg. The German papers say that Such an exodus of the Children of Isruel has not been witnessed since that out of Egypt- UST The complete census of New Hamp shire is now published, and exhibits u population of 320,175, being nn iiicreuscof only 8,211 iu kn years. tir In New Haven, Connecticut, a boy only twelve years of age, had been sent to tho poor-house, at the request of his father, for being a common drunkard. 19 The richest man Id Great Britain is the Marquis of Westminster, whose an nual incou is about $7,000,000. 9 The firmest friends oik the fewest furors.