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THIS OKEGON AlltiUS. rcsi.isiisn tvsar satisdav xoaxiso, BY WILLIAM ADAMS. Office-Good's Building, Main st. Edito rinl Room in lirsl story. TERMS Tie Aaoos rill lie (urnhhtd at t'ltt Vullart per A.mumar Him M'litthi fur Three Dullart. ty JVo Suhecriptiono received for leu than Sit Monlhi. tf No paper diteontinued until all arrrm.igci art yii'l, untrit at the option of the pulilieher, ADVERTISING KATK& Ouo square (12 lines or leas) one ini.crti.in, t.1,00 " two insertions, 4 l,no. " three insortiitiw, .i,(m. Each subsequent insertion, $1,(10. Reasonable deductions to iIiom w!io advertise by the year. Job Printing. Tub rnoriiirrnn op this A HOI'S is lurrr to inform the public that he bu just received i largo ttock of JUH TVl'Eand other new print In? material, uml will be in tho speedy receipt of nd lilioiis suiird to nil the requirement! of th's lo cality. HANDIIILLS, 1'o.sTKIH, BLANKS, CAKDS, ClltCL'I.AISS, l'AM I'll LET-WOItK and other kin In, done to or.ler, on ihort notice. Ol ft I-.OVMTIIY. 11 J. W. MAHOUT. Our Country ! 'tin a glorious land Willi broad nruu stretched from shore to ahorc, The proti Pacific chafes her strand, She hear the durk Atlantic roar And nurtured on In r ample breast, How many a goodly prospect lie, In naturc'a wildest grandeur ilrrst, Enameled in her loveliest dyes. Rich prairies, decked with firftrcra of gold, Like tuulit oceans, roll afar j Broad lakes her azure heavens behold, Reflecting clear each trembling star And mighty river, mountain born, Go sweeping onward, dark and deep, Through forest where the bounding fawn, Beneath their sheltering branehes leap. And ciadled midst her clustering hill, Sweet vales in dreaiii-llke b.auty hide, Where lore the air with mimic fills, And calm content and peace abide j For plenty here her fullness pours, In rich profusion o'or the laud And sent to seine her generous stores, There prowl no tyrant's hireling band. Great God ! we thank thee for this home This bounteous b'rlhlund of the free, Where wanderers from ufar may come, And breathe the air of liberty Still may her flower uiitrnmpled spring, Here harvests wave, her cities riic, And yet till time shall fold li's w'ngs, Remain earth's loveliet-t piradlse. From Putn im's M.uraine for Juno. M10N ASO MtmNllG. Br It. II. 8TOOIIAII1). There are gains for all our losses, There are balms for all our pain ; But when youth, the d; cu u, departs, It takes something from our hearts, And it never comes aaln ! We are stronger, and uro better, Under manhood's sterner reign ; Slill we feel that something swoet, Followed youth with flying feet, And will uever come naiu ! Something beautiful is vanished, And wo sigh for it in va ut We behold it everywhere, On the earth and in the air But it never comes aitiu ! 'New Dome of the t.aoUol at Washington. Tlio workmen have commenced frutning 'the scaffolding for tho construction of this novel and magnificent structure. About twenty men are now employed in preparing the timbers ; the work of building the scaf folding will be commenced in tho rotunda tho first week in August, and a mouth at least will bo occupied in putting it up. Af ter this is accomplished, tho old domo will be taken down and tho construction of the mew one commenced. The old dome is lo !bo taken down entirely to the roof of tho 'Capitol, and a base constructed of 25 feet in 'bight and 132 feet in diameter, somewhat if an octagonal plan. On this stands a 'noble colonnade of 123 feet in diameter, consisting of 30 columns, with appropriate 'entablatures, balustrades, etc., from which irises iuv enriched attic of 38 feet in hight Bw U (Cifet. in diameter. This attic forms the) base df the cupola, tho diameter of which is 88 feet and the Inglit 5U teet. llie Wie -is 'Crowned by a gracefully propor tional lantern, supporting a colossal statue of thetSedlless of Liberty. . The cntiro cl- evation front the ground on tho eastern front of the buildinar is 300 feet. The in terior is exceedingly rich, and tho ornn nients are of a bold and striking character. The present rotunda is preserved as high as the top of tho cornice ; above this will be a gallery over which a bilt of sculpture 0 feet high and nearly 300 feet long, extends nrouud tho entire domo. Above this there is a succession of galleries, colonnades, en tablatures, attics, and balustrades, surround ed by a hemispherical ceiling, crowned with a lantern at tho hight of 213 feet from the floor. . The highest point of lookout is 275 feet above the ground on the eastern front, and the highest point from which tho inte rior may be seen is 213 feet above the floor. The whole work is to be of iron, from bot tom to top, inside and outside. It will be the first structure of the kind ever built en tirely of this material. Tho design, as well ns the working drawings, is by Mr. Walter, architect of the Capitol extension, and the fcxetution of the work is under the direction jCspt. Meigs of tho topographical bu reau. (KT A friend may be often- found and . lost, but an old friend can never be found ; and nature bas r-f ver provided that he can easily be lost, V. 1.. AU.VHH. V.attnr utl I'ntprlelor." VOL. 1. OREGON The Kusprnslon tirluiie al Niagara V'alW. Tho Dull'.ilo Democracy gives a very in teres ti tig description of that magnificent triumph of art, tho suspension bridgo which carries the Great Western Uailroad across tho Niagara liivcr, and to cotinecU the United StaKi with Canada. It speaks of it as tho proud and enduring monument of tho engineer, Mr. J. A. Itoebliiig. Wo were awnre that the bridgo had the tremendous span of upwards of 600 feet, and that it stands 245 feet nlove a flood that no man has been able to ferry ; but we were scarcely prepared to find that the struc ture is of such ninjostic strength as it ap pnHin to be. Tho deflection in the middle, when fully loaded with a freight train is only 10 inches. "Delicalo as laco work and seemingly light mid airy, it linngs there hif:h belweeti Heaven mid tho boiling flood below, more solid thnn tho oarthlied of tho adjacent rail ways. Tho concussions of fast-moving trains are sensibly f. It miles ofl'through solid rocky foil. In cities locomotive shako en lire blocks of stone dwellings. Tho waters of the Cavuga Lake tremble under tho wheel of tho 12 x press Trains a milo away from tho lnltfo. Hut a rroiglit I rain traversing John A. Uuebling's Monument ut the speed of live tniles an hour, communicates no jar to passengers walking on tho carriage way below. Tho land cables of tho bridgo do not tremble under it the slight concussions of the superstructure do not go over the summits of tho towers. This last fact in tho stillness of tho groat work is of much importance. It furnishes a guaranty of tho durability of the masonry. Fast anchored with stouo and grouted in solid rock cut down to tho depth of 25 feet, tho great cables are immovable, by any mechanical force incidental to the use of the riiitlge or the natural influences it will bo subject to. The ultimate strength of theso cables is 12,000 tons. Tho total weight of tho ma terial of the Hridge, tuid of tho traffic lo which it will ordinarily bo subjected, is 2,202 tons, to sustain which tho engineer has provided, in his beautiful mid scientific struct urc, a strength of 12,000 tons. IIn demonstrates, too, that while the strength of the cables is nearly six times ns great as their ordinary tension, that strength will mverbe) impaired by vibration. There are in tho Uridge 024 'suspenders,' each capable of su-taining 30 tons mid all of su-taiiiiii!.' 18.720 tons. The weight they have ordinarily to support is only 1000 tons. Dot the Engineer has skillfully dis tributed the weight of tho burdens hv the mean f 'girders' and 'trusses.' These spread the 34 tons weight of a locomotive and tende r over a length of 200 feet. How ample is tln provision made for defective iron or sodden strains ! Tho anchor chain are composed of 9 links, each 7 feet long save the l ist which is 10 feet, Tho lowest link is mado of 7 bars of iron, 7 inch by 1 . It is secured to a cast-iron nnehor-plate 3 J inches thick, and 0 feet C inches square. Tho other links arc equally strong. The iron used was all made from Pennsylvania charcoal, Ulster County, N. V., and Salisbury pig, andean bo depended upon for a strength of 04.000 pounds to the square inch. Tho central portion of the anchor-plates through w hich the links pass is 12 indies thick. The exca vations in tho solid rock wcro not vertical. They inclined from tho river. Tho rock upon which the work mny rely on tho New York side of tho chasm is 100 feet long, 70 feet wide and 20 feet deep. It weighs 100 pounds to tho cubic foot, and presents a re sistance of 14,000 tons, exclusive of the weight of the superincumbent masonry and embaukmellt. , Tho Towers are each 15 foot square at the bae, CO feet high above the arch, and eight feet square at tho top. The limestone of which they are built will support a pres sure of 500 Ions on each square foot without crushing. "Wliilo the greatest weight that can fall upon tho tower will rarely exceed 000 tons, a prossureof 32,000 tons would be required to crush to crush the top course. There aro 4,000 tons weight in each of tho towers on tho New oik side. Tho cables are 4 in number, 10 inches in diameter, and composed each of 3,040 small No. 0 wires. Sixty wire form one square inch of solid section, making tho solid sec tion of the entire cable 60.40 square inches, wraiinins not included. Theso immrnso masses of wiro nro put together so that each individual wire performs its duty, and in a strain' nil work toifetlier. Among tho interesting characteristics of this splendid architecture is its elasticity. Tho depression under a load commences at the end. of course, anil coes raiiidiy across After tho passage of a train the equilibrium is perfectly restored. The elasticity of the cables is fully equal to this task, and will never be lost. The equilibrium of ihc Bridge is less af fected in cold weather than in warm. If a change of temperature of 100 deg. should take place, the diflerence in the level of the floor w ould be 2 feet 3 inches. So solid is this L'ridge in its weight, its stillness ami its staying, that not the slight est motion is communicated to it by the se verest gale of wind that blow up through tho narrow gorge which it spans. Next to violent winds, suspension-bridge builders dread tho trotting of cattle across their structures. Mr. Itoebiing says that a heavy train running 20 mil an hour across if 1U.UIU ..Unow nnuiilil of snlilen promises of Ktnu. I Wniiwt uouuUt of t'.nrouel. anA Hunt, nml Mtrlnsn." CITV, OKBOON THaUITORV, 3ATUttDaY, SBVTSBI2BBB. 22, 185S. his Bridge would do less injury to it than would 20 steers passing on a trot. It is the severest test, next to that of troops marching in time, to which bridges, iron or wooden, suspension or tubular, can bo subjected. Strict regulations nro enforced for the pass age of hogs, horses and oxen, in small bodies and always on a wulk. This great work cost only 8400,000 Tho same structuro in England (if it could possibly have been built there) would have cost $4,000,000. It is unquestionably the most admirablo work of art on this continent and will niako nn iniperisliahlo monument to the memory of it Engineer, John A. Roibling. Tho tubular bridgo built by Robert Stephenson over tho Mcnai Straits for tho Chester und Holyhead railroad, in England, cost tho company a million sterling Return of the Jews. Among the most remarkable and signifi cant occurrences of the day is tho pro-pect that a largo number of the Jews aro about to return lo their nativo land, nfter being widely scattered for n long scries of years. "Vo see it slated that Sir Moses Montofi ore, who lately passed through Vienna on hi way to Palestine, goes there to purchase a large district in tho country, to settle upon it tho Jewish pauper of Jerusalem' Even tually his purpose is to settle there also all those Jews who feel inclined to return to the country of their ancestors. This is per haps the first prnctical effort to procure tho return of this scattered race." In thisefTut, there is much meaning, much scope for the speculation of the philosopher and tho mor alist. Certainly nn dibit could not bo mado to call them back lo their ancient shrines, unless they had manifested some desire or disposition to return ; and such being tho case, it argues that an epoch is dawning which has been the subject of in spired prophecy, nnd which has long claim ed the nlt"ntion of the scholars of the world. It may be that this initiatory move on the part of a few, is the prelude to a universal relurn, nnd there is no absurdity in prophe sy ing or rather expecting, that it is the pre cursor of a happy ro-orgnnization of th Jew ish race, and a restoration of their ancient grandeur and greatness. A 11 this may come to pass. Timo works its wonders, and nge make developments w hich arc but the ful filling of super-human commands J and amiilst tho mysterious revolutions in society, and the innumerable wonders which swell the event of history, this movement of the Jews may result in tho resurrection of their pristine glory, and givo to this persecuted race an important position nun ciinractcr among the nations. Maisrille Eayle. l-'ilgalo Congress. The N. Y. Journal of Commerce, gives an interesting account of tho friguto Con gress. Sho was built nt tho Portsmouth Navy Yard, and ha been pronounced by eminent judges ono of the best models of u ship in tho U. S. Navy. She is called a 44 gun ship though sho carries over 00 guns. The I'aixhan guns are ranged along the centre of the frigate, and the other guns on cither side of the Puixhnn gtina, from stem to stern, and crowding tho two decks the quarter deck and the gun deck pre sent a formidable array. The 'moral power' of a well governed line of battle ship is generally overlooked. The captain of a man-of-war and the subordinate executive officers of a ship, it is well remarked, should bo regarded as wo regard the Governor of a State, the Judge on tho Bench, or the Sheriff of a Court. They are connected with the Government as closely and legitimately as any class of officers and their authorized acts are the acts of tho Government. Immaculate Couccnllon. This humbug dogma of tho Romish Church seems to liavo been supported by a lurgo majority of the dignitaries of tho Church, the world over. Full returns hav ing been received by the Pope, Germany makes the biggest protest. "There, dis sent," wo are told, "is very emphatic." Tho Aich bishop of Ureslou opposes the d"gma "with some show of will." France, too, is not a unit. Archbishop Sibour of Paris, is a non-content. It was anticipated that the hierarchy there would bo delighted at tho dosma; but the dignitarw named above likes not the dogma, and opposes it. Tho United States is a unit on thi mooted question. Not one Catholic in tho Union has firmness enough to dissent from what the consciences of nine out of ten of them must repudiate as non essential if not an arrant humbug. Milwaukee Wiscon sin, Morb Mormons. A correspondent of the Dcscret News, writing from Liverpool, says that eighteen hundred persons have left that port for Salt Lake this season. At the date of his letter, there were thirteen hundred more on the books fir pasage. Tlio emigration from Europo to tho Mor mon settlements promises to bo very large this year. Litf.rature. In the second ward of New York, there are publications having an aggregate circulation of over 2,01(0,000 of eaeh number of the diilerent papers and periodicals. The largest is 300.0UO that ofthe'Child'a Paper.' fy The Halifax papers assert that Ihe money has been subcri!d in London to construct a line of submarine telegraph between some part of the BrKieh po Atsions in America and IreUu. Defense of tula. A pnper has lately been started at Brus sels, in Belgium, under the patronage of the Emperor of Russiajiho allows tUo editor a salary of fcjJOO per annum, and appropria ted a fund of 40,000 for its support. The object of tho publication i to give a truth ful account of the war, and to counteract tho false statements in regard to everything Russian in the English and French newspa pers. It fs published in French. The San Francisco Herald translates a part of the editor's salutatory, which no publish: l't' to the present time,, in this great polilieal contest, a defense of Russia bus nut been attempted except by some of the AmeiieananJ German jour nals. That defense is not intended fur that iiun e ouscluss of readers who have recourse u'onc to the French journals for information ; we will plead before them this cause, whieh has been so badly set forth, so rinieli misunderstood, and so badly ap preciated. "Such ore our reasons, and this why we have chosen the title inscribed at tho head of our col umns. We any pluinly and above board : we are tho voice ef the North a frank, sincere voice, In terpreted by a loyal conscience. We usk that hon est people of all countries and all parlies shull judge us by tlio sume hnpurtiul conscienee. That is our right nnd our only ambition. They will say (for the whole world will not judge us as we ask to be judged) that wa aro the organ of the Muscovite Government They have said so already. That Is not true. Our enterprise was conceived and car ried into execution independently of uflieial aelion or inlluence. We feel it to be our duly to make this declaration at the commencement, leaving to the experience of each day the task of proving that the truthful character of our publication is that which we indicate to-day. Further, we will add that Russian names figure in a majority on the list of our patrons. That is without doubt rational and normal ; we have not learned that a journal to be impartial and not to be the ofliciul organ of the Russian Government must necessarily be establish ed by English or French. "The French journals, and most of the English journals, have, up to the preseut time, labored hard to demonstrate that a critical examination of the ac tual state of European politics, and the facts which they have themselves created, prove conclusively that Russia is in the wrong. We pretend to be able to demonstrate the errors into which theso journals have fallen. This demonstration wo should not desire to give in Russia, because in eon sequence of tho distance by which wo are separa ted from England and France, we would not be able lo reply In time lo tho arguments which we Would have to coufute, or to rectify the facts, the truth of which wo would have to establish. Cer tainly no person would read our replies to forgotten articles. We have therefore come to the conclu- sion to establish our journal at Brussels, in the ereat , , .. ' . , . , center of popululion, and near the junction of Ihe principal avenues of communication of the West Tlio capital of a neutral country the capital of a people whoso honesty and frankness are universal. ly esteemed will suit belter than any other placo for our work of truth and justice. "They will attempt, perhaps, with an apparent wcll-meaningncss, (they have dune so already,) lo any that We aro compromising our hosts, and that the Belgians ought, to a certain degree, be flatter ed, by our attempting to speak in their midst, a lunguage which, worthy and suitable though it be, may not always bo entirely to the taste of the Gov ernments which are to the West and South, Ihe nearest neighbors of Belgium. As such will we not be. With the manner of conducting a pub lie journal which will be ours, not only will we not give any person a legitimate right lo complain of us, but we will respect those who contradict. "If there be any lovers of scandal, who, in con sequence of the appearance of a paper with such a heading as ours, at a time when England and France are engaged in a war againrt Russia, should Ik induced to read our sheet, great will be Iheir mistake. We do not write for such people. We will address ourselves to the intelligent, sober, aud loyal men of all countries to all those men who know how to restrain their passion and listen to reason who have not olislinately takon nn ir revocable stand on this question, and who deplore this war, notwithstanding the recollections of glory that it will leave behind, as a dreadful calamity to them wo will vpeak. ISetwecu a portion of Europe on the one side, and Russia on the other, there exists an evident misunderstanding. They do not know Russ'a in Europe. This Ignorance is not the fault of ltu:ia. It is too little known. Living by itself, its influ ence and weight have not been much felt abroad. The travelers who hare vieiled it, and Iho writers who in the journals and books have de scanted up on it without having seen it, were ignorant of the language of the country, and reasoned altogether upon false premises, (raisonnaicnt sur des donness entieremcnt fuusses ou incompletes.) They always forget that op to the time of Peter the Great, Rus sia, though it was not a barbarous country, lived apart from Europe, and that it is only within the lust one hundred and fifty years thai it has entered into the European movement. "Wo will not take the trouble of demonstrating (it is so, and we don't know thai it has ever been denied,) that Russia, during the last century and a half has made immense progress, and has overta ken the nations which had precedence of it in Ihe march of human progress. It i, therefore wrong, in descanting upon tne men ana tilings ot Kussia, to impute that to a crime which Is simply the re sult of the difference of their social state, aud that of the rest of Europe. "This Empire, full of youth, heart, and strength, should not be considered as an idle and rebellious I school boy who relusea to submit lo llie restraint 1 imp oavd upon him by hit roaster. No ; for Russia WlUM.HIl'llMlS. Vto liiillnr a Year. NO. 33. has learned much in Europe, but she has learned Willi's judis'oiis diicernmeul, and by no means wishes to bo o thoughtless and servile copywt. "Russia ha a history, a rvligiou, and a nation ality Tory distinct from that of the rest of Euro) e, which lias a common history a common feudal Carbolic otig'u. It necessarily follsws, then, tiiat (he constituent clrmcuts of social order iu Ituwi.i must be different, and will develop themselves ac cording to thoir proper nature. Otherwise, what lias Russia doue that she alone should be singled out In this connection, the rest of Europe has de voted its attention exclusively to the discussion of two questions, vi: Does the natural development of tho progressive elements of social order iu Rus sia threaten danger to Europe! Aie these ele ments in direct opposition to the social slute and civilization of the rest of Europe! "Our tusk shall be to prove the negative to il lustrate it, and to remove these groundless appre hensions. If we uttiiin our object, we will do much for the re-estalilisluneiit of peace, which is truly the wish and cena:uly tho intent! of nil- Wo will argue but little we will seek lo prove much. We will prefer facts to theories, and we will en deavor (ogive tho West some idea of the nflairs of Rusxin from the organitution, social, politicul, judi cial and ndminiittrative, lo the true tendencies of an empire, which occupies a large proportion of llie surface of Europe, and which numbe rs among its inhabitants a fourth of tho population of lb s part of the world. At the same timo wa will also carry into Russia the notions aud examples which its geographical situation at tho extremity of the continent sf Europe has not always permitted it lo seek out, find aud apply. Wc will thus render a service not only lo the political relations aud moral till of the nations among (hoinselrcs, but will also lender a service to the commerce and industry ef the North and tho West. We subseribo to the principle that each nation ought to have, according to its peculiar manners and wants, peculiur institu tions and social establishments, aud that it Would be as absurd to wish to-day to extol in England or in France the form of government which is suita ble to Russia, as to wish to introduce Into Russia the form of government which is the pride of Eng land. We profess an unultorublo respect for all governments legally established, whether Ihey hiive for a chief a sovereign placed on the throne by the law of hereditary ricjit, or a sovereign elected by the nation, or a chief magistrate installed in pur suance of the laws." The sentiments herein expressed may bo regarded as the sentiments of the Czar him self. Tho article is moderate in its tone, but the conscious superiority which it breathes through every lino must bo particularly galling to tho Allies. The Czar of all the Russia the absolute ruler of one of the most powerful nations in tho world by the establishment of this paper, admits that he ia ntivmns to idonil his rnllSA liefttrA llin rum- , -p. , . , , ,, . plo of Europo, and that ho values their , , , , goou opinion, i lira pupei , uuriug cue e"ii- tinunuce of the war, will be of great ser vice, for we will receive both accounts of any events that may tako placo at one and the same time, and mny thus bo enabled to arrive at nn approximation to tho truth. S. F. Herald. The Steam Whistle. Miiny persons who nro constantly in the way of listening to tho horrid howl of the steam whistle, aro unacquainted with the mechanical means by which tho effects nro produced. The whistle is formed of two cups, placed ono above tho other, and open ing towards ono another. Tho lower cup is nearly filled by a ball or gland, so as to leave a narrow annular opening 1-32 inch in width around tho edgo of tho cup. The upper cup is hollow, ami its lower dge is about one inch or 1 J inches from tho lower cup. Ry admitting steam through a valve to tho lower cup, it escapes through nn an nular opening and impinges ngainst the edge of tlio inverted cup. This produces tho sound. The heaviest whistles for locomo tives arc six inches in diameter. Tho hol low upper cup is mado of sheet brass or cop per. Postages. From a card published in the Kan Francisco papers by Post MoMcr C. L. Weller, we extracl the following rates of postage : Letters of less than half an ounce weight loany portion of this Slate, or Oregon and W aslungton Territories, three cents ; prepayment required. T .etlers of less than half nn ounce, to Iho Allan- lie Stales, ten cents, and mnst also be pro-paid. Letters of above named weight to Franco, twenty-six cent, pre-paymcnt required. Same to Great Britain twenty-nine cents, and to Germany, thirty cents. To Canada, fiflecn cents, -may or may not be pre-paid Samo to Mexico, ton cent j to ranarnn, twenty cents: to Pern, thirty-two cents, andlo Chili, for ty-eight cents pre-payment required. Creicent City llnald. fiT If you have got anything to do, go and do it. There is nothing so ubominatitig as a loafer; nn idle drone, who has no busi ness of his own, but lo go from storo to tavern, and oflices, lounging aroun l on counters and chairs, dealing out scandal, and talking about tho women. If you have anything to do, go at it ; ami if you haven't an v thin? to d". hud Honieihiiii!. looms our sentiments. KamrallMlloa Papers. The U.S. Circuit Court in California has decided that declarations, or first papers, issued by county courts to foreigners are valid, and sufficient to predicate a second ap plication and admission upon. TU I'lliulole of I'lnlillilllim. At tho Into New Jersey State Temper4 anco Convention, tho Hon. Theodore Fro linghtiyson delivered nn address, in which ho strongly combated tho opinions advanc ed of tho unconstitutionality of a prohibito ry liquor law. I lo Ik Id that whatever im pairs tho public health, or corrupts the pub lie morals, is a nuisance, and as Midi ma', by tho sovereign atithotily of tho State, bo lawfully forbidden and abulcd. Mutters nod pursuits rightful in themselves, become uuisalices ns they injuriously allccl health or mornl-i. And this feat uro of legislative power mny bo sceu iu our olJc4 codes of law, applied also to other kindred cases. Thus u butcher's shop, or a soap boiling es tablishment iu a crowded iieiohboihoo'd, lorse-rncing, gambling, und lotteries, which were all held as matters for legal prohibi tion. "The clause of forfeiture of lltt liquor seems to have alarmed some minds besides counselor who have spoken through Iho press. A moment's thought will relieve the fear. Thero is no mngic terror iu the won). For w hat is a lino but a forfeiture of so much of a mau's property to tho State. Supposo that in thu law ngainst horse-racing tho law-milkers had assessed the fine according to the worth of tho horses say, for instance, $(1000 or $2000 would it not be taking tho propel ty of the transgressor quite us really anil subitantially ns by for feiting the horses. It is 'taking my proper ty,' says the objector ; and is not every lino taking away your property I Yds, and if that docs not arrest tho foi biddvu raco or prohibited side, tho law may tako your per son next, nnd that, together with your prop erty, put tho one in tho Public Treasury and die other in the l'ublio 1'iisou and this, until the authority of tho law is main tained nnd vindicated. "Tho truo nature and just aims of all sound government is to guard the rights, interests, and morals of tho wholo people." Coast anil Mhnre Line of Hie Vnttctl States. Tho Coast Survey, now progressing, de velops very mauy interesting facts in rela tion to harbors, shores aud coasts. That portion of tho report of Coast Survey issued ou tho'12tli of July, 1854, gives us our ex tent of scacaust ou tho Atluutio nud Pacific Oceans, as follows ', Tho shore lino of tho state of Maine, in cluding bays, islands and all irregularities, 2,40 miles ; of New Hampshire, 40 ; Massachusetts, 880 ; Khodo Island, 320; Connecticut, 202; New York, 080; New Jersey, 040; Delaware, 118; Marylaud, COO ; Yirgiuis, C.4 ; North Carolina, 1,011 ; South Carolina, 750 ; Georgia, 084 ; Flori da, cast coast, 2,174, west coast, 1,502; Alabama, 815; Mississippi, 287 ! Louisi ana, 2,2!i0 ; Texas, 1,330. Tho above figures givo tho northorn At lantic coast, including that of Maryland, at 0,150 miles ; southern Atlantic, from Mary land to tho Capes of Floridu, 0,2fl0 miles J tho Gulf coast, 5,74-1 total souih Atluutio and Gulf, 1 1,053 ; total I'acitic from bound ary of San Diego to tho mouth of l'razcr's river, 3,251. Of tho 1'acific coast, 1,343 miles are im mediately contiguous to tho ocean ; 483 miles of "shoro line of bays; 707 miles of shore lino from Cupo Flattery to Frazor's river: 414 miles of shore line of islands from Capo Flattery to Frazor's river. I no area ot tho slopes of tlio continent towards the oceans, tho lakes and the Gulf, is as follows : Tho Pacific slope, 700,OU2 square miles ; Atlantic slopo proper, 014,- 41(1 ; .Northern umo region, 112,U4U; Gulf region, 325,537 ; Atlantic, Luko and Gulf, cast nud west of tho Mississippi, 052, 002; Mississippi valley, drained by tho Mississippi and its tributaries, l,217,5o2; Atlantic, including Northern Lake, 027,- 005; Mississippi alley and Gulf, or mid- ,llo region, 1,543,000. Over two-fifths of tho national territory is drained by tho Mississippi nnd its tributa ries, and nioro than one-half is embraced m what may bo culled its middle region. One-fourth of this total urea belongs to tho I'lieifie. onn-sixth to the Atlantic Proner. one twentv-sixlh to tho Lakes, one ninth to the Gulf, or oiio lhird to tho Atlantic, in cluding tho Lukes und Gulf, I'tlUburn Journal, July 2. Anccilftle f Hie IVetolullfln. Col. William Williams, a delegate in Congress from Connecticut, alter huving signed tlio Declaration of Independence, said to ono of his companions : '"If wo nro de feated in" our struggle for independence, this lav s work will make had work for rue. 1 have helil a commission in thu rebel army, I have written for the rebel uewspnpcr, I uui the son-in-law of a rebel governor, and now I nflix my nnmo lo this rebel Declaration. My sins nro too great to be pardoned by our royal master : I must then bo hanged. Tho other gentleman answerc 1 : "I beiievo that my case is not so desperate, tor 1 have hail no connection with tho army ; nor can it bo proved that heretofore I have written or dotio anything obnoxious to the mother country." Tho immediats and prompt re ply was, "1 lien, sir, you deserve to be aanj- cd !" Anerdotr of the Kenditlion. XV Every man carries a world within himself, by knowing which, he may know all tho ret of mankind. Jt-iTTho superfluities of professed Chris tians would send tho Oof pel to tho whole V man that hordes riches and enjoys hem not. is like an a.s that carries gold and eats tliHll' GwTThe loquacity of fools is a lecture to the wisest. CtT There coin-s forever something lw twecn us atiJ what we deem our happiness, I