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Then 1 P"'' S""1"1 iu "" flaws of bi atruiigtb, and bound in koudi of OK I, Who may, M,ns K,iin rn" ,m"d Aud Wiuho tho uillare of tliii Common wiul, Till ili to Tenilo of our liberties A iliaptU niaae of wreck and rublilali lira. Longfellow. For the Argus. Life's LoiIbu. Sluwty down lifo'e curreut drifting, Herne upon iU rvallea tide, Uwr nauluuff, rnching vainly, Yet soma llower Uou iu a ide ' forooraeahell of rarer beauty, Ker tonio gem of richer dye, Reaching atill, but ever vainly, A! our barlu are hurried by. Through the cloud-wreathe banging o'er ua, Surry gliine oft aro given, Late and beauty abiue before ua, Making earth aeem almoat heaven. Often atraiua of wheat music Our aud, drfanuig irits mine, Mrlodiea alinwl furgiilteu, Si.nga we heard iu other day, On, and on aduwu life 'a river, Knowing not whut J ot ahull bo, la Ihe boundlen far forever, , On eternity's dim aea. Cituox Citv, April !.pi, 1801. j. o. u. SltscelUuy. An act was introduced in tlio English parliament, in 1070, " that ull women, of whatever ago, rank, profession, or degree, whether virgins", maids, or widows, tlmt shall, from and after Riich act, impose upon, Kcdiice, and betray into matrimony, nny of lim tnnjestjr'g initio snlijcctti, liy R'culs, paint);, cosmetic washes, artificial tueth, falsu Imir, Spitn'sh wool, iron stnys, hoops, liigh-licclcd shoe.1), or bolstered hips, shall incur tho penalty of tho laws now in foreo against witchcraft, sorcery, and nidi like misdemeanors, and tlmt tho tnar ria;, upon conviction, stand null and void." Tho New York Legislature havo patted an enactment, recognizing Washing ton's birthday as a public holiday hereaf ter. The bill which inaugurates tho new holiday, amends the provisions of tho for uijr law respecting the payment of promis sory notes that fall duo on h;g tl holid tys, making them puyablo on tho day subse- .... .... I ..t ,... ,1 ... i; . Tliii gives a benefit to debtors. Among the numerous designs for a flay oi the confederate States submitted to the flag committee of Congress, wo under stand, was ono representing seven rattle Makes, tied together by their tails, witlt n hale of cotton on one side, and a jug or whisky on tho other. A Montgomery paper thinks tho author of the design is n genius, and ought to hare an office. Tho great western plains of America form a longitudinal parallelogram, nearly 1,000 miles wide, extending from the Tex an to tho Atlantic const mid from the Rocky Mountains to tho Western border of Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, and Iowa, equal to tho surface of 24 States between tho Mississippi and tho Atlantic, without a single abrupt mountain, timbered place, desert or lake. Tho National Inlellitcncer nrgncs that one of tho most irreparable evils growing out of tho ptrtinl dismemberment of our Union is found in tho fuct that Secession, as accomplished, for the reasons assigned, mid in the way actually pursued, has des troyed ull popular conlidcnco in any human arrangement under the head of civil gov ernment. -Tho Red Bluff Beacon, being some what in a region of fever and ague, recom mends the culture of tho sunflower plant around the ranches, and says that the chills cannot exist where this plant grows, for the sunflower consumes and lives upon tbcmiasrnp which produces the "shakes." Tho Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate recommended the reference of the dispute between Great Britain and tho United States, respecting tho occupation of the island of San Juan, to Switzerland, for arbitration. . Tho La Grange (Tex.) Democrat ays that Judge Hancock stated, in a spwh in that place tho other day, that " there was a surveillanco of the mails by hich all news from the Peace Congress, looking to an adjustment, was suppressed." The total value of the annual pro 'ducts of American industry was estimated r the census of 1840 at about $1,000, 000,000; by the census of 1850 at about $2,000,000,000; and the estimate made by the census of 18C0 will probably be about $4,000,000,000. The Charleston Mercury boasts that nearly all the U. S. forts in the South ave faflen. Yes, and we ore sorry to say, like the poor man in the Bible, they have fallen among thieves. Louisville Journal. Autobiography. Tho famous Farsoo Brownlow favors a curious world with the following tcr'ap of autobiography: " As it reirarrlit rav nativity. I was born & raised iu Wythe conuty, Virginia, and oy parents were both natives of the same State. I have lived in East Tennessee for thirty years; and, although I am now fifty years of age, I walk erect, have but few gray hairs, aud look to be younger than y whisky-drinking, tobacco chewing, profane-swearing Secessionist in any of the Cotton States, of forty years!" We may venture ths assertion that the TveOa will do to travel. A Weekly Newnpaper, devoted to tho Interest of tlio Luljoring Clows, Vol. VII. For the Argus. !. t.tailtallaa. Mr. Editor: To be correctly understood in tho request mndo a few weeks atro re specting Land Reform, and to answer sev erul Inquirers at once, I explain that land limitation may bo mndo two ways: I. By a correct or natural laud system. 2. Under the present system. Tho land system of uaturo limits tho amount held by each individual, in that, it recognizes tho right of every man, woman and child to an Interest iu the soil; to as much of tlio land as they can use to supply their natural wants. By it occupancy and use aro tho only proper titlo to land. Tho justice of this doctrino is Indicated in a re mark of Mr. Mill: "Xoman made the laud; it Is tho original inheritance of the whole sjccies. It is no hardship to be do' prived of the products of another's lubor; it is soino hardship to bo born Into the world and to And all nature's bounties previously engrossed and no placo left for the new comer." Tht present system recognises the right of one person to buy the whole world if ho havo money enough; so that were ho to refuse to rcut tho land, ho could starvo the whole human family drive the people off his plantation, Into tho ocean, or ship them to tho moon. The difference between the two methods of limiting laud is this: in the first, the fun dnmcntul principles of the natural system necessarily limit tho land each person may hold limitation is an essential part of the system or is in perfect accordance with it. Under our present tyraunical method of distributing land, limitation can only bo mado iu violation of tho leading principle of tho system. For how can it bo other wise, if the soil is a proper subject of traffic? II I have a right to buy ono thousand acres hare I not tho snmo natural right to buy fifty thousand acres? Now tho practical questions arc: Shall we say, under our present rule of buying and selling land, that hereafter every per son snail oe restricted to a certain amount of land, or shall nothing be done till we uro prepared to practice the perfect system? My notion is, tlio pi opto should educate themselves in the fundamental principles of human rights; and at the same titno work wiicrcver there is nn opening. Tho homestead doctrine, donating land to actual settlers, exempting tho homestead from execution for debts, is in violation of the present laud system; but it is good in practice so fur as it goes and so long as it lasts. If the people of Oregon wore to vote upon restricting tho amount of land a per son should acquire, being permitted to do so from their own convictions, uninfluenced by avaricious speculators, precedent bound lawyers, and ignorant, unprincipled politi cians, they would sny, let no mau hereafter bo allowed to acquire mora than one quar ter or one-half section of html. This is my opinion, judging from tlio sentiments of those with whom I have communicated. If this be a correct prognosis of tlio case, here, then, (limitation under tho present system) seems to bo a very good place to begin operation. C. llor.i,. Salem, April 25, 1801. Si'iitiTUAU.sM. The Brighton (England) Herald says that spiritualism, instead of losing ground in England, " is flourishing und vigorous, not only among the ignorant and insane, but among men of reptile, who might fairly bo looked on as superior to any system of trickery so barefaced and wicked. At this moment there aro several literary circles in London who arc lending their aid to the spread of the delusion, and wo could name more than one eminent man who is a decided victim to it. Sittings are frequent iu the best circles; mediums aro tol erated in tho highest quarters; and even the Church docs uot fail to add its qnota to the herd of the misguided and the delud ed." Among the recent converts arc Lord Lyndhurst, SirE. Bulwcr Lytton, Robert Chambers, Mrs. Browning, sod many other literary and scientific celebrities. Good for ths Sons or Malta. The Sons of Malta in New Orleans have given evidence that althoogh they may like the treason that their section profits by, they despise the traitor. Witness the following communication which has been received by tho Minne-ha-ha Lodge of Philadelphia: Ciuainr Lodoc, L O. S. M, ) New Orluss, February 2o, 1801. ) Grand Commander Minne-ha-bi Lodge, I. O. S. J., Philadelphia: I beg leave to notifv yonr Lodge that, at a meeting held last evening at tht Grand Comroandery in this city. Gen. Twiggs, of the U. S. A., was expelled from the Order unanimously. His name is now inscribed with " O. S. A." Notify all the brethren in your circle to shnu him. yis "Hunter, of Virginia, corrected a remark of Doolitlles, saying, " I admit tliat the extract is true; but what I meant to say before was, that I had never assert ed that anybody iu the South thought it was a sin to hold slaves. .Many aia oeueve j it was a wOfal and political "UP OREGON CITY, OKKGOX, MAY 11, 1801. LATE ATLANTIC JVA'irS. Fort Ciilrciiiu., April 29. The Pony Express has arrived with dates and dispatches from St. Louis to the 18th Inst. St. Loii", April 18. Tho war department at Washington, April 15th, Issued a en 1 1 on State govern ments for troops. Sovcuty-five thousand mcu were required. The Northern Slates rospouded, but tho border States refused. There Is great excitement In the Northern cities; companies ore forming and offer lug tiielr services to tlio government, Philadelphia, Boston, Baltimore Chicago and other cities otter the federal Govern ment money. Danger is apprehended of nn attack on Washington. Militia havo been called out. The militia of Maryland offer their ser vice. Tlio public buildings and avenues are guarded at the capital. Lincoln declares ho will rnforco the laws, and repel the attack of tho Confed erate States, forco by force. All new regiments aro required to take the oath to support tho goverunicut. The excitement still Increases at the North. Meetings are held in the largo towns aud cities, and mcu of all parties de clare that the government shall bo sus tained. Douglas reiterates fealty to tho Union, and advises tho people to remain truo to their country s ling. secessionists ware driven out or Bum re or compelled to hoist tho sturs and stripes. In Philadelphia, tho secessionists were threatened with hanging. Tho New York Herald office was threatened and compelled to run up tho American Hag, Tho war spirit at tho South is increasing. Jeff Davis declares that seventy-fivo times scventy-fivo thousand of Lincoln's troops can t subdue tho South. Lincoln's proclamation is lauuhed at, and Davis says he will march to Washing ton aud tako it in thirty days. Southern bunks offer loans, and compa nies aro forming in nil tho seceding States. Border States offer troops and money to tho Confederate Government. Gen. How offers to raiso ten thousand men for tho Southern army. The news o( tho surrender of Fort Sumter was received with excitement at the South. The people say they nro ready for the war. Jeff Davis will tako the com mand at Pensncola. The steamer Baltic from Charleston ar rived at N. Y., on tho 18th of April. The Hurr'ct Line, Pitwnoo, and Poca hontas, with Anderson's party, hnvo ar rived at New York. The Powhatan had not been at Charles ton. The Pawnco did not arrive at Charleston until after the surrender of Sum ter. During the wholo timo of tho bom bardment it was blowing a gnlo. Mai. Anderson lauded nt tho Buttery nd was received by au immense crowd. The enrriago was surrounded by people who followed him to his house, where An derson joined his wife. (apt. Doublcdny gn vo n statement of the surrender of tho Fort, and says tho demand was mndo on tho 11th, and was refused, not only by Anderson, but by his command. On Friday morning at three o clock, the rebels sent word that the lira would be pened in ono hour. At four o'clock the re opened in every direction, including hidden batteries. Anderson's men took breakfast on suit pork and biscuits. His command was di aled into thrco watches, niul then went to ork and opened fire on Moultrie, dim ming Point and Morris Island. Andersons linrrncks caught lire and ere extinguished by tho efforts of Hart, of New York, and Lyman, of the Balti more volunteers. Ou Saturday the officers' quarters caught fire from a shell at the main gate, mid were burned. Tho mnsrazlnc was surrounded by firC. Ninety barrels of powder wcro taken out and thrown into the sea. When tho magazine was encircled by fire, nil tho ma terial was cut off, and they had eaten their last biscuit two days litfore. They had to lay on tho ground with wet handkerchiefs over our faces, to prevent smothering. A favorablo steady wind was all that saved our lives. The cartridge bags gave out, nnd five men were engaged in tho manufacture of them out of their shirts, blankets, and shoes. It will take a half million dollars to re pair Fort Snmter. Most of tht shots wcro aimed at the United States flag. Wigfall demanded a surrender without authority. A nderson pulled down the flag, and afterwards finding he had been sold, raised the flag again. Hart, of New York, nailed the flag to the mast amid the deadly fire of tho enemy, and cheers of the U. S. troops. Anderson's men at New York indignant ly repel the charge that he was unfaithful. Tho Virginia Convention was still in secret session. Reports to the New York papers say the secession ordinance has passed, and the State is mustering troops to defend itself from a Northern Army. Gov. Letcher replied to Secretary Cam eron's demand for troops, savagely, ami says Virginia will fight with the South, if at all. Troops are still pouring into Washington, and an attack is apprehended. Every hour, accounts from New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Maine, say that regiments are already on their way to Washington. Xof Newspapers. Judge Lord, of St Louis, has decided that a religious journal : belonging to a sect, is not a " newspaper"! contemplated by the statute requiring the publication of legal notices. I ge mid advocating ' Kroin our Kiira of Mua lay morning tat I Later Zfewi from tho Sast Catsox Citv. May 1. Tho Pony has jin.t arrived with news to Atril 2'.M from St. Louis: The President honied his proclamation on tho 18th Inst., statin- tnnt there wasliimtr- rcction airuiust the Government in sevi rul States; that laws for tho colhclion of rev - enuo cannot bo executed, conforming to in- Ktructions which rvmiiro duties throughout I the country to bo uniform; that Slates hud! thrcuteued to grant pretended letters or tho President deemed It which will be nwted to. i.revent tho ..n. trunco or exit of vessels from port of tho seceding States, War feclinir in Canada is nrousrd. and six hundred men from Ojicbcc and Mou - trenl are coming to Boston, to enlist In the United States service. Lieut. Jones, commandant at ILir)cr s Ferry, hearing that fifteen hundred Vlr- ginia troowt wcro mnrchiiig against him, set firo to tho arms and buildings, which were all burned up. At Richmond, several Northern men wcro threatened, and Itad a narrow csenpc from hanging. Sherrnrd Ch'ineus member of tho Convention from Wheeling was held as a prisoner. Commodore I'uuldmg says tho Uosiwrt Navy Yard can be held against ten thou sand men. There has ba'ii a great riot at Balti more; tho .Massachusetts regiments, on at tempting to pass through Biilliiuure, on their way to Washington, wcro attacked by a mob, which threw stones nnd dis charged pistols at them. Soldiers fired ou tho mob, killing several. Thrco soldiers were killed, and several wounded. The mob increased, and the mayor tried tostop tho riot. After several hours of fighting, tho mob was dispersed; martini luw was itriv'liiiiiipil 'I'Iip I'itiy.rHiR nf linltiiiiore niul vicinity destroyed tho bridges and railroad .4 - - . tracks. The dead bodies of the Mussa chtisctts soldiers were sent homo for buriul. Gov. Hicks informs tlio President that no more troops enn pass through Mary laud, except only for tho defense of the capital. Tlio N. Y. Evening Post learns that Jeff Davis, at the head of tho Confederate nrmy, was marching toward Washington, nnd there was great excitement North, iu consequence More new companies nro being raised. Washington is filling with soldiers. Regiments nro being raised in Tennessee for the Southern army. Tho feeling is in tense for secession. Philadelphia dispatches sny tho Presi dent will call for udditionul troops from Northern States to mnko up tho deficiency caused by tho refusal of border slave States to furnish their quota. A party of tinned workmen left Balti more to-day, to repair bridges on tlio Bal timore and Ohio Railroad. It is reported that Trimble, tlio former President of the road, was shot by a man when attempting to defend tlio properly of tlio road. . Tho police seized a quantity of contra band goods for tho South. Ptirties will be arrested and tried for treason. It is reported tlmt Bnltimorcnns had de manded tlio surrenderor Fort Melleury, and threatened nn attack on it. The com mander replied that hu would bo compelled to defend it, nnd would lire on the city. There was a great Union meeting in New York, on Saturday. Tho wholo city wns out with great enthusiasm. Maj. An derson attended. Speeches were made by John A. Dix, Hamilton rish, Havens, Giiunell and others. At Wilmington, Delaware, tho enlist ment goes on nt the rate of 70 lo 100 per day. Delaware will send her full quota of troops. Tho secession paper of Wilming ton, Delaware, was compelled to hoist Ihe American (lug. Tho New York (Saturday's) Tribune! says orders were rceived from tiov. heieher to seizo the custom house at Wheeling, but the Wheeling Union men nro strong. It was cuarded Inst night by tlio Mayor. 'Citizens were greatly excited by tho news, and they declare that tliey will stand by tho stars and stripes. Tho same dispatch says Harper's Ferry is occupied by thrco hundred men. The wildest enthusiasm prevails. Gov. Morgan, of New York, has order ed the fith, 12th ond fist regiments to go to Woshiiigton by steamer, unless railroad communication is opened. Privato dispatches from Baltimore say that tho Union men there had no hopo un less government occupies tho city with over whelming rorco. The Pacific Mail Steamship Company hns supplied their vessels with cannon, mnskets, cutlasses and ammunition to se cure tho protection of passengers nnd treasure. Orders went out sotno timo since to sheath their boats with iron, so ns to ena ble them to run down tho privutecrs or pirates, which may attack them. The Washington Star says nn ultack on Washington with such means ns assailants can have, would bo a simple sacrifice of their lives. Advices from Norfolk report that the frigate ifcrrimac is getting Iter armament aboard with all possible dispatch. A sword from tho citizens or Taunton, Mass., was presented to Maj. Anderson. Great excitement, prevails throughout the towns of Missouri; secession flags are hoisted end the agents of Government are threatened with hanging. The Union men of Delaware aro in a bad fix; tho population is largely Union, but tho State arms arc in the possession of the secessionists. The Governor of Missouri had called tKe IiCgislature to assemble on tho second . c State troops arc to be mustered ! i0 service, The Governor of Kentucky is trying to j t the bauks to loau half a million of d"l-l WrftiM (PL tlio side of Iiuth lit every instil'. No. . I ur4 to nrni the SlatO for di'fiiiM). The 'Slate will nuiniu muiral. It U whl tlmt the ordinance of amnion prodiiiini'd at Ilirhniiiiul on Friday. I All tho Coufnhrute luniis were taken nt I'lmrloton and New Orleans, The news of m-wmIoii taiix-d ifnnt ex citi-mml nt thurhntnn. Tho vcm ruble j Edward Uufllii fltvtl an old s nwiiun gun. 1 I'l-.u Talk. Iu Ihe Missouri Cunvtn tion, Judgo Onit, of Greene county, rx ir,wj ,mo .,tuj trutliit iu very plain t. i i r ,.r .i... . . ! ho said: " .itwitlituiMliiij i may be railed a Black Republican, I believe that the limit' tntion of fluvcry lint set this country buck ! fify years. It is w( II enough in the Soul h, but in tho North, where they luck lubor, I tlu y Invent lubor saving muchiucs. In I I1....M W.V,.Ai:l tu.lll ntltllM JM.l.tdll, (ill II imuiiuii .I'm fi hiwii vvii iiuiiii, but tlio tgitalioti produced by this limtilu tion is a curso to both seeu'tius. It would bo the hlght of folly fur Missouri to secede. Where u negro wentx now to Illinois, a dozen would cscnj, and instead of recov ering liuir or them, wo would recover hone." Mr Time changes all things even the Richmond Enquirer. It is within the memory of some of lis readers that It once used tho following language lit rugnrd to tho disruption of tho Union: " No man, no estneiatiou of men, no Stntc or set of Slates hns a right to with draw itself from this Union of its own ac cord. Tho snmu (tower that knit us to gether can link nit ; tho snmo formality which formed tho links of tho Union is necessary to dissolve it; tho majority of Mates wiiicti lormed tho I iiton must con sent to tho withdrawal of any ono branch of it; until that consent has lieeu obtained any attempt to dissolvo the Union, or ob- I1""' .,l,u nicitMP' of tlio constitutional II t.. IM ..... ... ..I, I......... laws, is treason treason to till intents und purposes.'' CSJ-Tho Brandon (Miss.) Republican, in speukiug of the success of Mnj. Hawkins, who went to initio's to get corn for er sons t ho were likely to starve, holds tho following language: " I-'roin his letter it will bo seen that tho citizens of Springfield, tho home of Lincoln, have contributed ono thousand bushels of corn, nnd tlmt much more will bo contribu ted to relievo tho distress of the poor in this section. How humiliating to every Mis sissippian, to know that nfler cursing and denouncing them, we lire compelled to turn around and beg bread from them, nnd they in turn are trying to kill us with kindness, by t renting our agent with tho grculest re spect, and not only giving hint more than he nuked for, but paying for tho sacks to put it in.'' Vkrv ComtKiT. TheSuenimcnto Union observes: " Peace nnd quiet would bo re stored lo tho country iu twonly-four hours if the Secession Slates and tho Slavo Re public would order their troops to disband nnd return to their homes. Tho Federal Government has never threatened lo in vade tho rights of any Southern Slate; il has never violated any rignt of n citizen of the South; it hns expended millions iu de fense of tho people of the Southern Slutes, millions more in the purcluiso of slavo ter ritory; it hns never given tlio least justi fication for the military preparations which have been made to pl.iiider its properly and rcsiat its laws. C3Tho Richmond Whig soys that "It is n uielaiii'holy fact that it larger amount of mob violence has been developed iu Vir ginia, since the Secession movement began, limit in the whole previous life-time of the Stntc. There has been manifested nn In tolerance of spirit never before known; nnd what is more, such intolerance is nt the present lime evidently on tho increase, ami bodes no good lo law and order, lo the peace nnd prosperity of the citizens of iho State; and if not checked nnd repressed, nnd that without delay, it will lend to riot, revolution nnd fraternal bloodshed." tttj- Tho London Daily News thus pointedly describes tho aspect of tho Pro Slavery Rebellion in the Gulf Stairs us il was jusl before the inauguration of Mr. Lincoln: " We sco the Southern Democracy, bar barized by Slavery and its influences, coerc ing their own leaders. We see a corrupt and traitorous Federal Government iu close proximity with the rebels. Wc sco n Con gress nt its wit's end at finding itself living in revolutionary times. Wc see tho tory element of tho North playing into the hands of the lory society of the South." As Oi.n Okfickii. Sir Frederick Mait lund, now iu command of Her Rrittiinnic .Majesty's North Pacific Squadron, is the snmo who commanded tho " Bellerophou'' when Napoleon Bonaparte surrendered him self to that vessel, in July, 1815. Bona parte, to his dying day, accused Captuin Maitlund of a breach of honor, by holding out inducements for him to come aboard his ship. It has nlways been considered that the odium of that transaction rested on Maitland and Admiral Keith. Diiowir.!. A young man named Bukcr, was accidentally drowned iu Birch Creek, i near the land cluiin of Green Arnold, on or about the 20th ult. Deceased was a a single man, aged 30 years, and crossed Ihe plains last summer in company with a gentleman from Ohio -Mount'iinerr, ItATKS OK ADVKItTIKIXQi One Miuarn itaolte i, or haw, mnim stfaaaro) ne iMMrnaa $ IOO Kat-b uriunul iinii. ......... ...... I Wt HuMimtraiJ. one year VtUO A liberal dvdiK'tMMi will bo wiada It ifcoaa who adteiiue by Ibeyear, ttT The aumtwr of inwrtiemi alieold bo aotril a ilia maigiu of an advrriirmutt ihorwUa II ill be .ubli.lii-d till forbhldeii, sad charged eordniKly. IIT Obituary naiitre (ill be eliargej liatf tht aUiia ru.ai.f adierliing, ttf J" I'aiknaii rtrculrd a lift neali.raa ai.J d.Miili. t'mymenl fat Jul, I'rUling most Is a ads d'lirrii, ( Ike temh. Tn PmsritM or Hkixu a Wirxrss Il is not a phtitiiut Ihinir lo he a wilm w upon an Imjiorlaiit trial. If we knew tlmt a murder was about lo be committed aero Iho wny, wo are Inclined lo the nt iniini that we should put rur boots through a rapid course of locomotion round Ihe cor bit, beyond Iho range of sighUind hisrimr, lo avoid iho consequences of being a wit' neks, lielug a witness, you art cuiieii ir tho stand, and place your hand on a t op of tho Scriptures, iu slieepfkin binding, a till a cross on oi e s'dc and none on tin' other, to accommodate either variety of lliriiitian faith, i ou are then arraigned before two Icgnl gentlemen, one of whom kiuihn at you bluudly, because you are on his side, the other eyeing yon savagely for" the nptHwlto reason. The gentleman w ho tinilrs proceeds to pump you of nil yoif know, nnd having squeezed all ho wants or you, relentlessly hands you over to tlio other, who proceeds lo show yon that yoir nro entirely mistaken in all your supposi tion"; that you never saw anything xmt have sworn to; tlmt you never saw Iho'dc fendunt In yonr life; in short, that you havo committed direct perjury. Ha wants to know if you hnvo ever been In State prison and tukes your denial with the air of man who thinks that you ought to have ' beta there. Asks you all tho questions over again in different ways, and tells you with nn a wo inspiring severity, to lie cu re fill wljit you say. Ho wants to know whether you meant something else. Hav ing bullied aud scared you out or your wits, nnd convicted yon or prevarication In Iho ryes of tho jury, ho lets Jon go. By-nnd-by, everybody you havo fallen out with are put on tho stand, to swear you are the big gest scoundrel they ever knew, ond not to bo believed under oath. Then tho oppos ing counsel in mimmlng up, points your' moral photograph to tho jury, ns a charac ter fit to Ikj handed down to all time is tyM) of infuiny; as a man who had conspir ed ogninst innocence and virtue aud stood convicted of tho nttempt. The judge in his charge, tells the jury if they believe yonf testimony, kt., Ac., indicating that there Is even n judicial doubt or your veracity, anil you go home lo your wire and family, neigh bors and ncquuiiitunc.es, a suspected man, nil becauro of your uecidciilnl frrcsrnco oil nn uufortunnlo occasien. Who would bo a witness? lirookhn Standard. T vni iv A vrriirvrr Yenrn acn wlirrf the copper Taced natives had mingled with he whites just long enough to contuse their leu of iirniiprtv. when Juihre Johnson held I I 4 . n his court on Iho banks of the Mohawk, Big ohn, n 1 mice oi the isoyui tuniiiv oi run- knock, was arraigned, tried, and convict it nf I tin Inreenv of a Imr of New MnL'luml fire-wiitcr. According lo tho Inws iu oper ation nt that remote period, Big John was sentenced lo pay n lino of fi vo dollars, Inch was duly Torhcd over, when tho uii- rii'innl Kniril wns informed Ibht ho Wns nt liberty to go. John gatherer! his Man t around him, and approaching the Judgo 'innnded n receipt for his five dollars, " There's nn ncrnsinn for n rpcclnl John," said tlio Judge, " yon will never bo illed upon to pay It again." i "Ul'Ii! biir 1 ntrin stral whiskey- (in fiv o dollars want tint receipt." " Wo don t givo roceipis nere, ionn, said the Judge. Bui Ihe son of tho forest was not to be cheated, lie bored the clerk, tho sheriff, and every ono connected with tho court, until the Jiulgn concluded lo give him n re ceipt to get rid of him, and said: "John, if you will tell mo what you want of n re ceipt, I'll give you one." Upon which tho red man delivered himself ns fallows: " Big John tlio ono in" llioso days. Ho jo tip lo Heaven knock nt the gnle. -Peter sny who knock nt tho psfn of Heaven? Big John. John, did yon pny for tho whisky you stole? Yes. Sliovo ihe receipt umler iho gnle. Then Big John havo to limit ull through hell to find Judgo Johnson to get his receipt." John got his recent! Foi.i.k.v. Dzierzon, the Gcrmuii Apia rian, observed his bees, in early spring, en gaged iu carrying lo the hive, from a neigh boring mill, n quantity of rye meal. It occiircd lo him thai tho only uso lo which the meal could bo applied, was as (I Mib stitnlo for pollen. Following out tho Idea, ho placed in front of his npiary, n shallow trough of tho nienl, very finely ground, un bolted and dry. Ho soon found (tint (his wns speedily appropriated, on n lino day, tho bees nppnriintly preferring tho Iheul to Ihcstido pollen, ni.d tho breeding In tho hive proceeding at nu ncccWntod rate; The n eding continued until tho blossoms furnished on abundant and material supply of farina. This experiment hits beeft lest cd, nnd proved successful by other npinri ans. Wiiikai.i.. The Philadelphia Bulletin publishes a sketch of tho lalo Texas Kelt ulor, Wigfall. Tho Nimhvillo I'nlrivt gives this uddeiiduifl: "The Bulletin Iclls ns ' how Uipfnll talks nnd looks.' If you want lo know how Wigfull fe ls, you'll have logcf drunk, and stay so for a month. He hasn't Keen a moment since ho has been ill Washington that he could hit the ground with his hat." Tiik OitKuoy Mail. The California, Stage Company have begun making the trip from Sacramento lo Portland, "tbO miles, in seven days. Wo now receive Oregon exchanges every day, only ouu week old. No mail contract Ins bee more faithfully complied with, in spilt of such great difficulties as beset such a long route on this coast at this season. Apptal. An irritable man is somewhat like a hedgehog rolled tip I In? wrong way, ami j'ierd by hie own priikles.