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THE OREGON AHGUS, rVILIIIIRO VIT SATVSDAV XORHI.10, BY WILLIAM L. ADAMS. Ofllcc-Good' Building, Main st. EJito- rial Room in first story. TERMS Tkt A sous trill bt furnukei at fit Dvllart per Annum or Sit Months for Thru Dollar. No Subtrriptiemt rtetittd for ten tkan Si Month: IJf No paper diumtinuti until all omaragtt art paid, unlet at thi option of tkt publitktr. ADVERTISING ItATKS. One square (13 line or It) one Insertion, .1,00 u h two Insertions, 4,00. ii u three insertion, 5,00. Each subsequent Insertion, $1,00. lleasnnable dediwtione to thuM who advertise by the year. Job Printing! Tn ranraiKToa or Tiii ARC 18 n lurrr In inform the publio that he ho jiut received a large stock of JUU TYTK and other new print in material, and will be in the ody receipt of ad'litiom roiled to all the requirement of tire lo Mlity. HANDHILLN, 1'OSTKIIS, ULAXKS, CARDS, CIRCULARS, PAMI'IILET-WORK and oihor kinds, done to orJer, on nhort notice. For the Argut. A Few Word in ine ooag ldlea of Oregon. ar k oim. or iixtksn. It Ii a truth which I presume no intelligent per ni will deny, lliut iu order to aocuru to ouraelrei perfect happiness in life, we must atriclly obey the laws of mature ss revealed in the animalv and iu- animate creation that composes the universe, of which we ourselves form an important part. Hap piness, in the order of 1 leaven'i arrungi ment, flowe only from conduct in harmony with the law that govern tu as moral, physical and intrllcctuiil be ings. Disease and tuUVring, on the other hand, are the sure attendant of an infraction of the law which a kind Provi.lenco lias made exclusively for the happiness of those who ans governed by Iheni. Huve you ever thought, gentle redder, whilst you may have biro pioetrutcd up-ai a bed of iekuem, raekid by the pain of noma waiting d seurfe, ami very near the border of the grave, and p.rlmpi having your misery augineiiU'd by l!.o re morse of a guilty conscience, b.rcft of those com- furl ui d coiiKolutiun which are known only to the virtuous aud good, Ui it all thi may have been the result of your own improper conduct, an inatten tion to the monition if some positive law of your nature, either r.vealed iu the volume of nature, or of revelation ? If the observance of the law of nature be of uch iri out importance to our oeial Well being, why Jots it not plainly follow that we ought noi only to nvoid an infraction of them ourselves, but that a uncial betii, we onjjhl to ue our influence ill cn iltMYoriii;; to induce other, with whom we have intercourse, tu set. k their own hupplnew, by also treuding in the path of virtue and peace ? Young lailie of Oregou, permit one of your Hex, and ono who, I trust, reulies the importance of our mission into the world, to suggest to you that' our posiliton in society is one of more responsibility than many of us are perhaps aware of. Wo have au iufluence, if wo choose to wield it, which may go very fur iu bringing about the aociul reform for which o many of the gotd are now laboring. How ofteu have we been inude to blush with ehamo at the moral degradation of many of the young gentlemen (?) with whom we are sometime associated ! How lunuy of them in Oregon, are iu t'.e habit of tampering with that destroyer of per aonal happiness aud domestic bliss, which is retail ed by the glass upon almost every corner af our atrects, and considered a lawful article of "mer chandite" by too many of our tradesmen 1 Now if we are possessed of pure intentions, and prize virtue, chastity and temperance as we should, wo of course will use our influence upon those with whom wo associate, to produce the same senti ments and feelings iu them. Someone has said that "Woman governs the world." If this be true, (and I partly believe it) J fear that some of us are rather poor governesses. And let mo toll you, sisters, that iu our social inter course with thoso of the other sex, unless ice clear ly indicate that we set a greater value upou iulelli geuce aud moral worth, than upon wealth, by ma king temperance aud chastity among young gen tlemen an inditpentablt to our favor, or even our aocietv, we shall not only indicate a very morbid feeling upon the subject of purity ourselves, but we .shall entirely fail of producing the influence upon tthose who seek our society, that we may aud ought to exert. We, in the exerciso of our sovereign fight, ought to frown upon the habitual violation of those lews, the observance of which can alone ee cure peace of miud, personal happiness, and domes Vic bliss. By such a course we shall not only have the satisfaction of witnessing the results of a salutary influence upon those with whom we associate, but we shall be likely to avoid plunging ourselves into those untold domestic miseries, that have dragged mo many of our own ex into the gloomy shade of irretrievable wretchedness. With these few suggestions for the present, Adieu! FLORA J Portland, Aug. ? 8. 1855. ' , ' '-d one of Flora's If we have uot vion... , aovf "'laws of nature" by publishing tn ' we have certainly broken (or sadly bent) xneof our own rules, which precludes the publication of any thing that is not acconi- panied with the real name of the author. As she informs us, however, in a private let ter that it is her "first eflbrt at writing for the press," aud that she has "no idea what conclusion" we may come to in regard to the merits of her production, we have con eluded to insert it with the express under standing that her real name must accompa ny her next article. The sentiments con hercontribution are certainly very excellent, and we 'hope for the honor of Portland that it is blessed with more than .one Floba J. OCT Better bend the flje forehead. neck than bruise mm V. I ADiMH, Katur ana Prosrletar. VOL. 1. HIT DOW, MAO MOI L, ar Ai.rnKD tinxmon. Sit down, sad soul, aud couut The moment flying ( Cine tell the sweet amount Thai's lost by sighing. How many sinilei t a score T Then laugh, and count no more, For day it dying t Lie down, sad soul, and sleep. And no more measure The fl glil of Time, nor weep The loss of leisure J But here, by this lone stream, Lie down with us and dream Of starry treasure ! We dream ; do thou the tame, We love forever j We laugh, yet few wethnme, The gentle, never Stay, then till sorrow die Then hoie and happy skies Are thine forever ! Vroare or the Vntlca Mlatrt. An address on the 'Trogress of the Re public," wits receutly delivered before the Young M"n' Association, of Washington City, by Mr. J. B. D. Do Bow. We make a few interesting extracts: Wo have 113.000,01)0 acres of laud in cultivation, or 100,000,000 in occupancy, or about ono six'h part of the area of llio Re public. TIipso aro carved out into nbout 1,448,000 farms, or distinct ngricultuml in lurols, with $3,500,000 invested in funning imi'leiiieiiU, Ac., an average extont to each farm of 282 acres. Wiut other coun try in the world cat) show result like these? If four-fifths of the slaves of the Sotilh be added, the amount of capital invested in the Bcricullurul interests of America will he 3,.i00,000,000. Tho physical wvll-bi ins of a people lias much to do with their social advancement. In the United States f itirtecntli-fifici-nthsof he free families have houses to themselves, whilst in Great Britain only six sevenths are so favored, or nbout half tho proportion. Comparing tho different sections ot the Union, it would appear inni me icrnwncs have most houses in proportion to tne pop ulation ; the South comes next ; the South west next : then New England : and Insi the North. Tho number of persons to a family is smallest in tho Territories, next in New Ene-Iand. and lartresl in the Aorth. .... " . ri i . . r Wuen wo come to me eaucnuon oi um nconle. we 6nd that 2,150,000 boys, aud nearly 1,900,000 girls, are at schools and colleges being about one-fifth of the free population. The proportion in I'.nglund and Wales is 1 in 8 ; in Spain, 1 in 17 ; in Russia, in 77. Ihe number of white per sons over twenty years of aps in tho United Slates who can not read and write is 1,053, 000, about one-twelfth of the persons of that age. In England and Wales, in three years, half the persons who registered their marriages wcro mcapauio oi reuuu.g nuu wr,'ting- . ... . .. In comparing ditturent sections oi me Union with regard to education, we find that whilst in New England only ono adult in about 375 can not read and writo, in tho Middle Slates, 2 iu 100 can not; Southern States, 0 in 100 can not J South-western, 8 ; Northern, 6 ; North-western, 17 -growing out of the great proportion of foreign born, fourteen out ol every nunuroa mere oe ing incapable of reading and writing, which is the same proportion of the foreign-born in Now England. In the whole Union 1 in 25 can not road and wriieof the native born, and 1 in 12 of the foreign born. These are trratifvinff results, ana tney should incite us to still further efforts in the cause of oducation. Shall a great and wealthy country pause to consider the diffi culties or enumerate the cost of distributing light and instruction throughout all its ex tent, and to brine: home to each embryo citi- zen even the veriest oflsprinc of beggary and want the means of becoming r noble man in the only sense in which our institu tinna admit of nobility, and in which the niiohtof intellect can make us all noble! I know of no patriot servico more exalted than of that man who will come forward in our legislative halls to produce and carry out, from an enlightened appreciation of the subject in all its bearings, such educational movements as tue exigencies ui mo wum.; ilemnnd. Lot us diffuso knowledge throughout the entire lcntrtli and breadth of this great country; multiply the means of information; send the school-master into every hovel ; every hill with the school-house and col- .1 il ..A .lASinlsclnn lege; lcl me press, cviuiuui. niw uiirht and day, pour torm i -oniht; let the civilizing and Godlike in fluenees of machinery uninterruptedly II; then will the future of our country OUCH uvui.'.i--"- 0-- , f . ..I rwl .nnnllm HfeS lU.oi " a r.U hnrnnO Oil COniPiirt:, ni.u -o . j.re, u- j ; - . hlaa its mission, and ac knowledge iteglori- ous dominion. The area of the Western v auey nas ucc calculated as follows : Sq. miles. " ... .-,ii Ohio Valley, Mississippi proper, Missouri, - ' Lower Mississippi, - 200,000 . 180,000 - , 500,000 . 330,000 Total, 1,210,000 Its outline U 6,100 miles, and this portion of the Union included, embraces Western jNe York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia; up AMKRIUJl .Unw nous.nl at aoUen aromWe ut Kins, j , Itaaws nans hi at t.oroael, ana Htara. ana Hlrtas." ( oaaoowoiTT. o&noow territory, iatpedat, auouh Kentucky, Tennonsoe, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri; Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio ; Michigan, Iowa, and' Wisconsin ; whose total population may bo ostimntcd at 10,000,000 or 12.000,000. From 1800 lo 1810, tho population or tue Valley doubled. In half a century , its pop ulation has increased twenty fold an av crago duplication every twelve years. Tho avcrago density to the suaro mile is now but 10 to 12. If as densely populated as Great Britain, thero is spneo enough in our interior empiro for throe hundred millions of people Mr. Calhoun, in his great report on tho Memphis Convention, (184S,) kindled with the magnificent theme which was presented before him a population pressing upon the limits of tho liocky Mountains a tonnage augmented thirty fold in thirty years a trade already equaling the whole foreign exports and imports of the United States together three hundred millions of dollars and this but in the beginning, rays : "Looking beyond, to a not very distant future, when this immense vitlley, contain ing within its limits ono million two bun drcd thousand squaro miles, lying in its whole extent iu the temperate zone, and oc cupying a position midway between tho A t lantic and the Pacific Off ans, uncqtinled in fertility and the diversity of its productions, intersected in every direction by the mighty stream, including lU tributaries, by which it is drained, and which supply a continuous navigation of upward of ten thousand miles, with a coast, including both banks, of twice tho length, shall bo crowded with population, and iu resources fully develop ed, imagination itself is taxed iu the attempt to realize the magitudo of its commerce." After those tedious details, let us rise to somo calculation which must become of cx eitinsr interest. What may we reasonably ealculato as the increase of the population of the United States in the next hundred yenrst If its increase bo as great as in the last sixty years, wo shall have 407,000,000 ; if as great as between 1S40 and 1850, deducting foreigners that have como in and formed a part of the population, it would be 252,000 000 : if it were no moro than the increase of Dcdnware, which has increased the least of all tho States, it would bo 48,000,000. At a mean of this ratio, and that of the Union in sixty yenrs, we shall have in 1900, 75,000,000, and in 1950, 125,000,000. This calculation will no doubt be nearer the truth than any other. A nrobnble distribution of "he population of the United States in 1950 would be, tho Atlantic Stntes, 30,000,000, tho Mississippi Valley, 75,000,000, tho Pacific coast 20, 000,000. The Right of Schoolmaster aad Parents. A case of considerable interest wa tried before Justice Ladd, of Cambridge, on Saturday. A citi aen of Newton waa complained of for an assault upou the master of a school in that placo. It ap pears that the master was in Ihe habit, as is now the general custom, of keeping the child ol ueiena ant, with other scholars, after school hours, to learn her lesson, which had been imperfectly reci ted during school hours. The parent believing that the detention was illegal, went to the school- house and demanded his child. This was after tegular school hours. The master said that tho child should go as soon as sho had recited tier les son. The parent attempted to enter the school room to take hischild, but his entrance was resist ed by the master, and the assault upon the master was the result. The Court ruled that the keeping of a child until the lessons of the day had neon per fected, was legal: that the parent in attempting to enter the school room, in opposition to the will of the master, was iu the wrong ; that a child placed at school by the parents, is under Uie control of tho master, until regularly dismissed ) and that a par ent cannot withdraw the child from school duiing the doy agninst the master' will, except through the intervention of an officer and the school com mittee. The defendant was fined $30 and costs. Boiton Trareller. Foreigner Arming to Resist Uw. The'Ilerald sr.ys that, in one of the Freuch pa pers of New York city, there is a call for a meet ing at the Red Republican reiideivous in Leonard street, which is part of a movement gotten up Dy various foreign societies to rei'f, hyan armed foret a "Foreign Brigade" any attempt to execute the Prohibitory Liquor Law, which goeiuto effect ou next Tuesday evening weok. We have already stated that tho Germans are organized for the same purpose, but hope they will take the advice of the Herald : "Let tho Prohibitory Law aloue. You will only hurt your own cause by being too hasty in its defence. A foreign armed mob, iu the streets of New York, would be shot down like dogs in a very short space of time, and at exceedingly short notice. Let the Freuch and Germans remember this." MT The difference between rising every mor uing at six instead of eight o'clock. In Ihe course of frty years, amounts to 292U0 hours, or three years, 121 days, and sixteen hours, which is eight hours a day for exactly nineteen years i so that rising at six will be the same as if ten year of lifo weru ad ded, wherein we may command eight hour every day for the cultivation of our mind and dispatch of business. J3- Judge Hall, of the United States Circuit Court for the Northern District of New York, al the preseut lerru siiung at Cauandaigua, charged the Grand Jury, Uiat there was but a single cse where letters might be opened by any pi nion in the department, and that was under Ihe direction of the Postmaster General, after they had been re turned as dftiiUtteri. APleloreof War. A correspondent of tho London Herald, writing from tho camp before Sebontopol on the 23d of May, thus describes In graphic colors tho desperate contest between the French and Hussiittison the night of the 22d : A few niL'hts sinco. tho French sprang two or three small mines, not only for tho purpose of injuring tho Flagstaff, but to aid in the formation of a new parallel, which was intended to take part of the battciy in flunk. Tho mines were perfectly successful and on the night following this explosion, tho French proceeded to construct thi flank work. To the progress or tue latter, How ever, llio enemy oiiereu mo most, oi-u-r- mined resistance. On tho night of the 21st, the French working parlies, strongly sup ported, made an attempt to continue their parallel, but without success. Two or three times, in the course of tho snmo night, ihe French repeated their efforts, but wcro ulways compelled to retire. During tho whole of this time thocnemy's 'fatigues" never ahickctied for an iustnnt, and by the morning of yesterday, the 22d, they had entirely completed a new advanced tr.m.li. which, at a distance of only twenty yards, crossed at right angles tho intended new rreiieh parallel, me lurtner progress of which was by this maneuver completely hindred. The formation of this trench was instantly reported to Gen. Pelissior, who came nnd inspected it himself, when a cluso survey discovered that not only had the cross trench itself been completed, but that two flanking covering trenches, placed so as to completely enfilade ihe most advanced one, had likewise been thrown up, though ap parently they seemed incomplete and barely tit for service. The reult of tho recon noissanco of the whole position was that it was considered of such importance to the progress of the siege works of our allies and soon likely to become of such strength that not a moment was to be lost in capturing it at any cost. Yesterday eveiiing.ut 9 o'clock, was fixed upon for the attempt; GOO Chas seurs, 200 of the Imperial Guard, with about 1,200 Zouaves, were told off as the assault ing party, with a reserve of 2,r0O' men of the Guard and Zouaves. Every thing was arranged with the utmost secrecy, only the night, which was fine? clear, and calm, seemed slightly against the success of the attack, at least as a surprise The force quitted the French trenches In two strong columns, about two hundred yards apart. The plan of the attack was to enter tho trench at its two angles, so as not .only to secure the advanced trench itself, but to enfilade and command the flanking wavs which led to it. Unfortunately tho plan docs not appear to have been well car ried out. From ignorance of the ground, which was still further disfigured by the springing of the mines, ono column went too much to tno lull, wnue mai on wiu right mistook its way altogether, and did not como into action until some time after the left column had been deeply in want of iu assistance. The attacking party on tho ieft proceeded somo distance without seeing any indications of the advanced trench. A halt was called and doubts were expressed as to having deviated from their proper track. In the midst of the conversation which this led to, the Russians appeared to have completed their defensive preparations, and now from the trench on the left fired a tremendous volley into tho French. At this attack tho doubU of tho latter wcro im-tantlv solved, and, mistaking the flanking trench for the advanced trench, they commenced their attack on it, st riving to close with the bayonet ; but tho natural difficulties of tho ground with which our allies had to con tend wero almost unsurtnountablo. Broken masses of stones, pits, mounds, gabions and fascines cumbered the earth in all directions. Amidst these obsttuctions tho French Guard and Zouaves got involved for a con siderable time, exposed to a murderous fire from the enemy, which they were almost entirely unablu to return. Our allies fell in all directions, yet still gallantly pressing on they reached the breastwork. At this point a srries of most desperate encounteis took place. Four or fivfi times the French crossed tho breasi- work and gota sinng footin" in tho trench, but the heavy filo tire which, from under tho cover of the different breastworks, the Russians wero able to kocp up, prevented their retaining their conquest. I o add still further to their disadvantages, the Russian batteries had now got their prcciso ran?c, uuA rhr,.w ron-iikr vollcvs of crape and shell tl.nir rm.ka. Nevertheless, the assail- nuts did not abandon the attack, but, des r,ni.hin(r messetiL'nrs for reinforcements, continued their onset with determined cour age. Suddenly, in tho midst of the melee, the column which had departed to the right, pitrnrtpri bv the firinr. now returned, mid ioiniti" with the reserve column of upwards of two thousand men, which had advanced to support the attack, poured in upon the mlvanced trench. Had this onset been ma,l with the left column un hour or so sooner, there is no doubt it would have been ,.....,..iiol r.ccaful. hut as it was the ..,tin.ieil tiohlimr had thoroughly alarmed i.. oomv nnd strum.' columns of their troops lined every part of the work. Nevertheless, the attack was so impetuous that the French succeeded, uftcr a close and bloody contest, in rreltini a footins! in several parU of the irench, and then commenced a fioht for its possession such as has not, for ferocity and bloodshed, been equaled during HI MMt.tt'TI, "I'tu Italian a tar. a, na. no. 19. the siego. By inero dint of bayoneting ami stubbing, the r reiicli managed 10 ciear llio advanced trench of the enemy, and effect a junction with tho left column, which had maintained a footing iu ono of tho covering trenches. From the latter point, however, ther wero compelled to retire. Tint two covering Ircnchcs remained in tho hand of Ihe enemy, but tho advanced cross irencu the Frence held completely. The hand to hand stnigglo then ceased. The French strove to throw up a breast work so a to cover them from llio firo of tho enemy. In this ihey were unsuccessful. From every point of tho Ittissinn batteries commanding the trench, a fire of artillery was poured upon them with such density nnd c fleet, that whole companies were swept away bo fore it. Still they held their ground, though under the fire of tho batteries they fell by score. Strong parties of tho enemy oc cupied tho covering trenches, and from their position wero enabled lo enfilade the ad vanced trench w ith a murderous fire of in fantry. It was a moro slaughter of tho Freuch. Twice driven to desparation by tho crops fire from the treuches, they sallied out aud at tempted lo carry them at tho point of tho bayonet ; but these ebullitions of valor were of no avail against the strong works and well organized resisltinco of tho enemy. Iu both case tho French woro driven back with loss, and retired to the cross trench, where they still continued to melt away under the devastating Ore of artillery and musketry. It was close on dawn when a mebsago was sent to the Flench general, in forming him that nearly half tho column had fallen in Ihe attempt to hold the placo ; that it was n mere useloss w asto of life, as by daylight it would bo utterly untennble. Tho uuswer was returned thnt they wore to gather their dead and wounded and retire. This they accordingly did at about four in tho mortiing, after having maintained tho sanguinary and unequal contest for more than six hours, aud lost, it is said, tho awful number of 1,300 men, killed, wounded, nnd niissinir. The Russian loss must also have been most severe, but from the fact of their men fighting entirely under cover, it is not supposed to no as heavy as mai oi uio r reucii. The latter failed, not from waut of courage or discipline, as ono half of the courage and constancy displayed would have been suffi cient to have captured any of tho Russian batteries, but Bimply from mistaking tho route and attacking the trench at a wrong point where tho work, if carried, was un tenable. Tho affair has cast rather a gloom over the French. No less than thirty-one of their officers are said to bo killed or wound ed. It is said that if it costs 10,000 men, tho place must be taken, and that nnothor attempt will be made this evening. The assault was agaiu made on the night of the 23d, with 9000 men, and was suc cessful. The Paris correspondent of the Natioual Intelligencer, in speaking of tho conflicts of the nights of the 22d and 23d May, which resulted in the capture of the liussian ad- lanced works, and referring to tho anticipa tions in Franco and England of the full of Sebastopol being near at hand, says : 'lf this little episode in tho siege, the attack of an incidental out-post, built in one night and requiring two to conquer, nas cost a loss ot llio thai Hie conquerors rcuou from announcing, what may 1k expectod f.nm rim rpnital of tho trnitid poem, the siorming of Sebastopol itself, in face of ite Iwolve hundred pieces of artillery, its tinny thousand bayonets, its barricaded Btrccts, and its system of internal defense, convort- m every House into a tori I imagnmnuii sickens over the picture." Vneaslness In France. The interior condition of France i, according to the best accounts, by no means culm aud tranquil. The ultra-republicans are watchful and impatient, and are ready to eieze the first opportunity for a clinnc. The war, too, is allocling prices very un favorably, and the necessaries of life are becoming cxlravauaiitly dear. Provisions nre beyond any thing known in former years Bo are vegetables and fruit The masses cannot reuliie the blessings of Louis Napoleon's government under these cir cumstances. Wine, loo, one of Ihe necessaries of life in France, is at two and threefold rates in con sequence of the disease in the vino. AH over the country murmurs and compluints aro nearu. on in average the prices are 50 per cent, more than before the war. The Emperor is alarmed at this condition of anUirs, and is doing his best, but thus far he ha failed to hit upon a remedy. rar Edmund Lafayette, grandson of the Mar- qui de Lafayette, so distinguished as the brave and generous champion or Ainencan nio. "' enee. ho been spending a few day at uinington Del., with the Duiont, who were Ihe early friends of the General. In company with a few menus, he has visited all the places of interest iu the vi cinity; one of his earliest viits being to the scene of the buttle atChadd's Ford, in which his ances tor first shed his blood in our cause. The very soot ui.n which the General was standing when he was wounded, was pointed out by some of the old resident Mr. Lafayette is about twenty-eight veers of see, of fine countenance and engaging ....,. It bear soma resemblance to hi grandfather, though nmuch handsomer man. is certain that either wise bearing or ignorant carriage is caught as men take ilwMo.es. one of another : therefore let men take heed of their company. Shahpwc, Tne Men-Monkey af WratlU The Cantainof tho French schoooer Ad. rirnne, who lust summer was slationod at Pernambuco, Hraz.il, gives us tlm following sketch of a tame monkey ; A short timu ago, I dined at a Rrailiaii merchant'. The conversation Inrned ujoii tho woll-lutored chimpanzee of Mr. an neck, a Creole gentleman, whose slave had brought him the inoiikey, which he bad cnught in tho woods. Lvcry one prnied tho accomplished animal, giving account of ita talents so wonderful, that I could not help expressing somo incredulity. My host smiled, saying that I was not the first who would not believe iu these results of animal education until he had seen it with his own eyes- lie, iiiuremrr, prnposcu w mu i call with him on Mr. Vutincck. I gladly consented, and on tho fyllowing morning we sot out. The house of llio crooio lies on tho road to Olindn, about an hour rido from town. V proceeded along splendid hedges of cactus, aha led by bananas and palm-trees, and at lengt h observed the charm ing villa. A negro received us at the en trance nnd took us to tho parlor, hastening to ti ll bis master of our visit. Tho first ob ject which caught our attention was tho Monkey, seated on a stool, ami sowing wmi great industry. Much struck, I watched him attentively, while ho, not paying any attention to us, proceeded with his work. The door opened, and Mr. Vaimcck, recliu- ' 1 I I ! ing ou an easy-chair, was wneoieu in. ThoUL'h his lees aro purnlyzcd. he soemed bright and cheerful j ho welcomed us most kindly. The monkey went on sewing with great zeal. I could not refrain from ex claiming : 'How wonderful ! for the man ner and processes of tho animal were those of a Practised tailor. He was sewing a pai r of stri tied pantaloons, the uarrow shaM of which shewed that they were intended far himself. A nesrro now appeared, announcing Wad- amo Jasmin, whom Mr. Vnnneck introduced as his neighbor. Madame Jasmin was ac companied by her little daughter, a girl of twelve years $ who immediately ran io iuh monkey, greeting him as au otu iricuu, nuu begining to prattle with him. Jack fur tivoly peeped at his master ; but as Mr. Van neck's clunce was stern, i he tailor went on i .1 li I... sowing, suddenly, ins inreau uroao , nu ho put tho end to his mouth, suiootliod it with his lire, twisted it with his left paw, and threaded tho needle again. Mr. Van neck then turned to him, nnd speaking in the sumo calm tone in which ho.had con- versed with us: ".lack, put jour work aside, nnd sweep the floor." Jack hurried to tho wljoiuing room, and came back without delay, a broom in his paw, and swept and dusted like a clever housemaid. I could now perfectly mako out his sizo, as ho always walked upwright, uot ou his four hands. IIo was about threo feet in height, but stooped a little, lie was clad in linen pantaloons, a colored shirt, a jacket and a red ncckhnnkerchlef. At an- other hint from his master, juck weui uim brought several glasses of lemonade on a trny. He first presented tho tray to Mad ame Jasmin and her daughter, then to us, precisely like a well-bred footman. When I hud emptied my glass, he hastened to re lieve me from it, putting It back on the trav. Mr. Vanneck took out his watch, and showed it to the monkey ! it was just throo. Jack wctit and brought a cup of broth to his master, who remarked that tho monkey did not know tho movements of tho watch, but ho knew exactly the position of tho hnnds when they pointed to three, aud kept it in mind that it was men uis 1 ..... o.i.. master required Ins luueiieon. ii uw - was shown to him at any oiner uuur, n ' not go to fetch the broth ; while if threo o'clock was past without tho luncheon being called for, ho got fidgety, and at last ran aud brought it: in this case, lie wasuiwajs ru warded with some sugar-plums. You have no notion, said Mr. i anneck, how much time and troublo, and especially how much pntionce I have bestowed on the this animal. Confined to my chair, however, I continued my task metho dically. Nothing was moro difticult than to accustom Jack to his clothes : ho used to takoofl his pantaloons again and again, until at last I had them sewed to his shirt. VV linn bii walks out with mo, ho wears a straw hut, but never without making fear ful grimaces, lie takes a imm every uny, and is, on the whole, very cleanly. "Juck, exclaimed Mr. vnnnecu, poimmg to mo, "this goiitlemun wants his handker chief." The monkey drew it from my pocket and handed it to mo. w "Now, show your room to my guests, continued his master ; and Jack opened a door, at which ho stopped lo let us pass, and then followod himself. Everything was extremely tidy in tho small room. There was a bed with a mnttrcss, a table, somo chairs, drawers, and various toys; a gun hung on the wall. Tho hell was rung; Jack went and re-appeared with his master, wheeling in the chair. Meanwhile, 1 had taken the gun from tho wall ; Mr. Vanneck handed it to the monkey, who fetched the powder-flask and tho shot bag, and in the whole process of loading acquitted himself like a rifleman. 1 had ulreadv seen so much that was astonishing, that I hardly folt sur prised al this feat. Jack now placed him self at the open window, took aim, and dis charged tho gun without being in the least startled by tho report. He then went through sword-excrciscs with tho same skiii. It would lie too long to jot dowis all Mr. Vanneck lold us abont feis method of cduca- lion and training ; the above facts, witnessed by myself, bear sufficient evidence of tho . .V. '-. 1 ,..,.1 ita muster's talcllt aullliieaoi mo nullum, - , for tuition. We stayed till supper, to which thero came some more lajies and geiiuenitii. Jack again exhibited his cleverness ill waiting, at which ho acquitted himself a well as any man-servant. ioin' home, my companion missed a small box of sweets, out of whieh he had regaled the nio.ikey wilh almonds. Jack had manned to steal . from the pocket ; and on being afterTard convicted of the theft, Vs was severely pun- ibhrd bv his maste''' i