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THE OREGON AMI'S. rutuiiiiKii gvKicr un amy houmxu, BY WILLIAM L. ADAMS. Edito- Oflicc-Guod's Huildino., Main st. rial Uoom in first story, , , - ttiiMSTln A sues trill be furnMrtl at Vr Vj'.krt per Annum or .V. Ninths i fur Tin 4t Dullui t. t3P flu Subscription! re.-eittil fur leu than Six Ahiilhi. 7" No toper dhroiitinurJ until utl atttarnges m h'h uiiI'u tt tin option oj Ihi publieher, g. III! 'JJll .U'H. 1IUIUJ ADVKIlTiSlNli ItATlX tne Mjiuiro (12 lines r lean) duo insertion, 5 n ,0 , " , " Iwu iiMsrliniw, $ 1,00. . " , , ' three liiwrtiotia, g.'i.iil). ,, : ' 1'ucli nilMt'iiiKiut inwrCoii, fcl.ill). lieujunubl doi!iic:ion lu thine wli advcriiso by' the y'-ar. Job Printing. Tru raoraiKTo or tiik AltGl'3 i lurrr In inform tlio uub'io llmt lie hu jiut receive I a iurge stork uf Jolt TYl'K and other new print hj( material, slid will Iki lu llio ;.cedy receipt of nddiliun niilcd lo nil the riqiiirfiuru'.it of lbs ln euliiy. IIANDIIILLS, IIWTKIIS, Itl.ANKH, CAIUW, CIUCI'LAIW, l'AMI'III.KT.Woltk mul oilier kill la. dune lo nrler. un (hurt notice. XMX& V. lii At.MS, t.AWiiraail proprietor. i .Vltlt'.llH'.A ..Uoiuv aought of iintAra promises of Wins, ) i Know nought f t'.oroaets, an HUr. and tjtrlaiis." Hiiis.Kipru. "Five notion Year. VOL. 1. oamaow city, ouboow tbzi&xto&y, Saturday, dbobmbbk 18,1888. WO. 38. for the Argtu. K Peter, lue Bachelor, of Uacbelor'a nut. I rogret I lmvo nut been nble lu givo niy answer to your defense of Bachelor's Hall lung ere this, but I presume m lien I offer my excuse for llio delay you will receive it at sufficient. I fear unless I answer your ar gument or suggestions you will iliiiik I consider tliutn cuiieluive, which I must say would bo a very erroneous eoiiclu-ion. l!ut I must fir.-t give ynu tho excuse lu wliieli 1 alluded, ll is lnrd!y C'lir lu uint oiil mi evil and put furtli no effort to lessen it, when it lay in your power to do so. There, fore I did not consider it just right to cen sure Bachelor's Hall and long remain inac tive in bringing nbnut a reform, limited ns of coursu it would be, yet great for me, for it was nil I could do, I gave' myself hart ulid ha ml to the. work, and what inure could one ask of mc 1 have now tlio consolation that I have succeeded in demolishing ill least one bachelor' hull, and converting it into n happy homo. In short I lutve, as Uncoil wiyx, "given n hostage tofortune," taken nu K'ii;ncdiiiunt (i.e., a husbaiid) to great enterprises, either of virtue or 'mis- thud.' Dout Vou in' v lii!"! But to ro- turn to your ''weak defense," or "apology , as you lerni it. You ask for pardon, ami lake it for granted, so it is useless for me to deny it, and unnecessary to grant it. You say that you find tlio ffinalesex "eminently extolled-' in all your books of poetry ; ihen why do you givo them in your imagination tho "scowl of a virago" ? ll seems strange that one so "unused to tho society of wo men" should think himself so.faiiiilinr with t!io way in which a wife greets her husband when ho returns at night fiom his labor. Oh ! friend Peter, I fear you have not much faith in your books of poetry, nor in worn an. You acknowledge that your home is a sceiioof confusion, without a single natural attraction. You know what the atiroc tioiis of home should be, or you cotild-iii'vcr lmvo to d t belli so well, rei haps Vou rc- thu will to bring it nbout I I lmvo no doubi that there are ninny men in tho world, how ever, who would prrfcr n wife who-o only virtue was to bntr all he chose lo intl'iel without a murmur. Such u on.- might probably liiul what ho nought in Turkey in China, whero wotm-n are considered of im more vnliio than pipes ; but in our land f enlightened minds, warm hearts, and pi a- ant homes, it is to be hoped stich men are few. 1 You say you find inucli pleasure in your books. Strange incongruity 1 Hooks m such a cabin ? Afier all, l'elor, you would lovo your wife most dearly, if you only had ono. Olio who loves lo converse with the ancients, to study human nature, who eppre- ciaies tho works of our great authors, can find work for his imagination wiihout go ing to his pipe for aid, and can also, I think, appreciate tho argument I wish to advanca. Havo ynu never learned in all studies an I researches, or from the prompt ings of your own heart in your reveries, that the happiness of ovrry noble mind is enhanc d bv sharing it with others ? Then, if ynti dfsireso much enjoyment from your wanderings in literature, how much more would those joys be lightened had you an illtelligelll (obrilicnl) wife with whom to share your knowledge, and with whom to convulse upoH tho. beauties of your dear Shakespeare. There is a homely old adage possessing more truth than poetry "Two heads are better than one,'' 4c, and is ii not passible your wife might sometimes dis cover now benuiies in your books you had never before noticed? Then, too, when your troubles come for I can't but ihiuk , they come sometimes in the shape of but touli'ss clothes, heelleM.and toeless sucks, blu;d and yellowed shirt bosoms, would yon not have some otift to console you I Leaving tin si; ns mcro suggestions, to be answered or not, as you please, I w ill an swer with a notation from your "dear Shakespeare" tho dull, prosy essays from Bacon, as 1 fear my own wisdom would not bo sufficient to copo with bo formidable- an antagonist. ' O Love, first learned in a lady's eyen, Lives nol alone immured in the bruin; Bui, Willi the molioii of ull elements, Course as swift o thought 'll every power, Anil gieea to terry power a douiilk fairer,. Above their function! and their office: From weniuu's eyes Ibis doctriue I derive: They rpaikle still tlio right Promethean fire-, They are the books, the urts, the academes, Tlntt show, contain, and nourish ull the world ; EUt, none at all in ouht protea excellent.'' VIOLA.- Hazkl Prix, Nov. 19, 1855. lency of this business, lot him apeak of a Hero the vessels separatod, appointing a Prohibitory law, orof stooping the traflic reudMvous, - and the propeller steered he will at once find lie has stirred uimiII tho off for Lancaster Sound ; but when ofTCnpn venom of Pandemonium itself. The von- Home she encountered ice in such quiiuli oin and opposition to a prohibitory luiuar ties as to compel ber to run to llio toutn oj law is scarcely checked at the Vlirilian Lancaster Souud, and finding the passage Mcraincntal board, behind which the milker to tho west obstructed, sho came out and aud vender of this seductive article dodges found the EeUam; and both vessels proceed to shield him from the just iiidigniiliou of ed to Possession Bay. They next explored nn' oulra.ril public. The probability is, tho coa.t closely to Pond's Day, and on the thai iu case our Legislature should passu 31st of August, having fouud no trace of prohibitory law, they will be compiled to Commander Kane, started with a strong M-erui for tncrammlul uses, as is tho case iu auu fair wind for Lperuivik. all the laws passed on the subject. Then At midnight on the 4th of Sept., during the medical profession will come in, and ask a heavy snow storm and a strong gale, tbe nn exception in their favor, and also the mc- Release suddenly found boratdf a-foul of an chnnic and the chemist. iinmenso iceberg. The collision We justly execute the professional man groat that the bows of the vessel were smash lhat betrays his trust, whatever that trust ed, and the front-work, notwithstanding it may bo. The laborer is doomed to failure wns double-plunked anil covered witu tnicK if he does not perform what ho promises, iron, was broken in. Tbe scene was a tcr The rum maker und seller promises to us a riblo one, and lor a time it secmeu as tuotign .i...ftil iiriielulien Imv nnd us., his nr. the vessel was (loomed. About longitudo tide ii creates a (license, which is slow and 65 and luiitude 73 ico was again met in certain death. If an over dose is taken, it large quantities, ami tney aiu not get clear mick iu pruflueitiir its unfailing results, of it until tho Uth Sept., in latitude 00 J - - . . , i Is his business honorable" J It can hardly f rom tins point llie vessels steeroa again tor bo expected of us to ito into specific cases to Lievcly, and on the thtrlventn oj bcpitmoer, show the low, vulgar, and indecent Inn. a tln-y approached tho anchorage of that .run and tricks resorted to induce men to place, tiicv werb gkhetud from tiik shoke II. , Tlmcii nro fumilmr In evprv BY CoMMANOEU K.ANE AND HIS COMPAN 1 ' man that has ever snont nn hour in a bar ions 1 room, or what is iu this land bv law termed A Danish vessel was-lying in the harbor, a "grocery." Our law makers not being and in it Commander Kane and his men satisfied to irivo it a license, thev must mis- would liavo sailed for Copenhnsen in three niimo the nrofessioti. and convcv tho idea Jay8 .... .. .. . mm.. i T c,. Hut Romelh nc usefu in the provision lino is "o veascm reinmuw nk w.j u.o to be had where such signs are exhibited days, coaling and repairing, and, all things hm instead of that we find nothine but being in reudiness, Left on the 19th of smirUins ruin nnd drunkenness in oilded SEPTEMBER FOR UoME ! DirititRiTifiVTST The homeward voyage was a nuick and pleasant otic. But few obstructions were Account of the Uavlsteln (Tnlrd Arctic) eDC0UIltl.reJ. T1J6, joy of the rescued and Exneamon. - - . . i t The Expedition in search of Dr. Kane the rescuers was equal as. it was unbounded. was fitted out by order of Congress, which lbe expedition was success.ui, anu i.au appropriated $l.r)0,000 for that iurpose. member your father's house, tho homo of It was composed of 'wo vessels the pro peller Arctic, and the clipper bark Release. Uoth vessels were fitted up with every thing invention suggested or experience dic- .. I..1 IV. tlm e.if.tlv nf lln vessel mid the comfort of those who had volunteered for fou.nJ tho on 8C"'' 8"rrolund8 tlie l'olo. tlio exislance ot wmcu nas oeeo reached a latitude higher than any other expedition, except the ono thoy rescued, had ever before reached. The Kane Ex' pedition reached ns high as 82 dcg. 30 mill, and the Ilartslein vessels succeeded in reach ini? 78 de. 30 min. 30 see. Commander . A t.Hlraace" Preacher. Hi name was Strange. Many will thiuk his conduct strange. He was a zeal ous preacher and sweet singer. Nothing gave him so much pleasure as to go about tho country preaching and singing. A be novolunt geullcman, well oil' in worldly gear, desiriug to mako him nnd his family comfortable! iu their declining years, gen erously presented hint a title deed for three hundred and twenty acres of land. Strange accepted the donation with thankfulness, and went his way, preaching end singing as ho went. But after a few months he re turned, and requested his generous friend to take back tho title deed. Surprised at Ibo request, the gentleman inquired : "Is thcro any flaw in it f " 'Not the slightest." "Is not the laud good I" "First rate." "Isn,i it healthy I" "None moro so." "Why then do you wish mo to take it back ! It will be a comfortable home for you when you grow old, and something for your wifoStnd children if you should bo ta ken awav." "Why, I'll tell you. Ever since I'vo had that deed, I've lost my enjoyment in sing ing. I can't sing my favorito hymn with a good conscience any longor." "What is that!". "This ' Xo foot of luud do I poncM, No cottage in the wilderness, A poor wayfaring man. I dwell awhile in tents below, Or gladly wander to and fro, Till I my Canaan gain. Yonder ' my house and portion fair, My treasure and my heart are thcro, And my abiding there.' '.'There 1" said Strange, "I'd rather sing that bymn than own America. I'll trust the Lord to take caro of my wifo and chil dren." lie continued singing and preaching, and preaching and singing, and the Lord did take caro of him aud his children after him. your childhood, with its velvet lawn, its fra. grant flowers, its singing birds, and its wido spreading shndo, wheie you gamboled .in your merry boy-days. So much the worso for you. Sirango that a man who . kjiows what are llio true beauties of home, should content himself in a pig-siy, nnd boast himself a monarch ! Monarch of what ? It seems to me, when you'are quo ting Alexander Selkirk you had better add two moro lines "Bolter dwell in the midst of alarms, Thuu reign in this hurrible place." , But perhaps you nro liko Ctcsar you "would rather bo tho first man iu a village thau the second in Home." I don't know but you are half right there, but I should think a man who has your opportunities for learning human naturo by reading Shake speare could select a woman you could gov ern, aud then couldn't you have a kingdom worth possessing! Only think of lhat 1 And then you could sit down to your frugal meal, prepared with exquisite care and neat ness by her obedient hands, and use your saUi 1 "a S00 BPPet'ta nm' 8 lieer''u' finiwi' ' ns wc" M j-ou cou''' w'ien ynu wer0 alone ; b-'1' perhaps the food would not need .so muck su.' co of That kind to mako it pal ii.u it does now. But I am wasting , UlilUlv mm mm - -words, for too ai.raly have a wifo worth all the loving. fair ones in the world, to hear jou tell it. Yet 'what would you say to Jiwo J 1 flare y you would not have to go i.Salt Lakoto fiuda woman who would i, ;,.lnii3 of vonr pipe. Still I, for 1 J I'll WW j w mnstsav I should greatly prefer a for a husband who did not require the stim ji'ui of a narcotic to people the wide realm of hi imagination with "clouds and cities, win-et ships, tall towers," ccc, ouv o Could bricg up the grand and magnificent in nature ly Hi own free will, without out ward aid. It i truo your pipe is very pa '.: ...I ftubearintr, but what virtue has pa- jenco or fwl-carswc irilhoul lie t:oa of! For the Argus. Who ore llie Honorable Menu "t L. Adams, Esq. Under tho ques tion proposed, I wish to call the attention of cvury citizen, male and femule, in Ore "on to on specific point, to wit the tnnn- ufnctuiiiiZisnlc, and use, of alcohol or whis ky, or intoxicating liquors of nny kind. It is now just twenty-three years since the" town of Utica, N. Y., was called togeth er by handbill and public notice, to pass resolutions as citizens of the world not to receivo a curtain physician there was in the placo belonging to the Baptist Church, who had iu bis professional capacity seduced two young ladies, and had improper intercourse with three married ones. Ihe cuurcu to which he bclonscd became first awaro on his conduct, und had proceeded with his trial, and as tho sentenco of expulsion was about to be declared, the citizens of the place rose iu mass and unanimously resolved not to receive him into the world again with man's attire upon him. Accordingly we procured a branding iron, rosin and tar. The question arose whether the clottiing of.tho feu there J tribe was not too honorable for bun. It was resolved lhat bo properly belonged to tho swine species, and tho cov ering of the male swine was accordingly sub stituted and applied as appropriate in his case. Shall I ask what is the legitimate busi ness of the manufacturer, tbe wholesale and retail dealers in intoxicating liquors ! How many innocent maidens, married ladies, sons, daughters, husbands, and fathers, has ibis busiuess seduced, in its professional em ployment ! There is not a man or woman who has reched thirty years but can name morehan five persona that have been ru ined by this business, and have sunk into the gutter or the swiue's bed. Virtue sinks before it, love turns to hate, and malice rains supreme, from the manufacturer of this article dowu to the bottle and dram ped dler. " any 008 U0Ul11 'e ui,ut'uu ltu the perilous, though noble expedition on which they were bound. Provisions for a tlnve years' cruise were made. The Com mander, Lieut. II. J. llartstein, had been captain of the steamship Illinois of the Ocean Mail Steam Company s Line. THE VOYAGE. The voyage was full of interesting inci dents, as tho preceding ones in the same latitudes. Uoth vessels arrived at Lievcly, on tho Isle of Discn. on the 5 th ofJuly.in a snow storm, nnd passed a few days there pie paring for their further voyage. They en countered much ice during this part of the nruise. which considerably impeded their progress, and just at the entfanco of Davis' Straits the vessel got foul, and did some damage to each other, but not of a serious nature. After leaving Lievely, proceeded through Davis' Straits to Waigatt. and stop d at Home Island, where they found coal mooted for many years by geogrnphors, and Commander llartstein weut in Bight of it. THE RETURNED. The homeward voyage from Lievely oc cupied only twenty-l wo days. All bancs are in goed health nnd look remarkably halo and hearty, notwithstanding the great privations which they have experienced. Several of the Kane Lxpedition sullerod terribly during their inland journeyings. Some of them have had their toes frozen off", nnd one. has lost his heel floin a similar cause. The remarks of the seamen wero really touching and characteristic. We beard one poor fellow, who had been on the first expedition, say, in answer to tho inquiry how ho folt "Oh, Bill, 1 feel as though I would like to go ashore, lie down, and die " ped ai iiome isiano, wuere uiv iou,.u w... jf-Mr. Prentice, of the Louisville Jour in great abundance along mu siuu oi ur . g,8 ft coterr,porary, mnny years ago bluff that overlooked tho Harbor. , ,i f ,js rj,,i,t hand, and, after the The vessels loft Lievcly on the lCth of ,ansaofft brief period, the left became par- July, and on the same after noon entered nizu( jje naw writes with his right arm, "The Pack," ns the immense fields and bergs ().g pe() mVKltA. by a united effort of the of ice are called. Slow progress was made nerm m)j ,nuacle9 ibo hand and fingers until the 10th, when they were favored with being useP9gi an "onen lead." when the vessels steamed : tho Relief bcin" in tow of the Arctic to (FT A Reverend gentleman in New York, the north of the Duck Islands, which was la few Sundays since, seeing a poor woman made on tho 22d of July. Progress very tottering up one of tho aisles of Ins cliurcti, si .i . . .1 l..n,l I .....itinsv in cturi fni- ftdinft fnft 111 the COnaTfi ft'nw. iJiitiio aiHL anuiut;r uuvu . o e i .. !.;..u i.i. .,i ti w..U in r.mrh I'litioii to oflrr ber a avat, paused m Uis IOUUUi inun tuinKn m- .-v.... r . ... nnrtl, 7s He. From ihe 1st to the sermon, descended from the pulpit, sriowea 13th of August the weather was very dia- her into his own pew, and quietly returned . . . . rt t grceable, and the sailing so dangerous that to Ins desk again. Dujfuio caress fears were entertained mat me vessels c.u.o g Vmoma cf U 1Mh not get through the Bay that season, ice o(r om forming rapidly every n.gtit, wnn irequem rf , whcre on thfl stoi ms of snow. ,,t,.rn hnrd-ra of Missouri, has been hun2 During the passage from Melville Bay. f .,. find the ,, both vessels were nipped several times On ono occasion, ibe Arctic was struck severely as to start her knees, split ncr car lius, disarrange her iuido wood-work, and break o!T about a fourth of tho propeller braids. On the 13th of August, a more open sea and clear water. Proceeded to examine the coast until stopped by the ice in latitude 78 deg. 30 min. Here natives were f und, and it was ascertained from them that Commatider Kane bad abaudoned his vessel and gone towards the South. The vessels then turned, with the inten. lion of visiting an Esquimaux village, in Bardine Bar, at tho entrance of Y.'hale Sound, and th-a cretin- to the next coast. Living on One's Wlls. Nine persons sailed from Balso down the Rhine. A Jew, who wished to go to ochn lampi, was allowed to conio on board and journey with thein, on coudition that he would conduct himself with propriety, and give the captain eighteen kreiitzers for his passage. Now, it is true, something jingled in the Jew's pocket when ho struck his hand against it ; but the only money therein was a twelvo-krcutzor piece, for the ether was a brass button. Notwithstanding this, he ac cepted the offer with gratitndej for ho thought to himself, "something may be earned even upon tho river. There Is many a man who has grown rich on tho Rhine." During tho first part of the voyngoi the passengers wero very talkative and merry, and the Jew, with wallet under his arm for he did not lay it aside was tho object of much mirth and mockery, as, alas ! Is of ten the caso with thosrj of his nation. But h the vessel sailed onward, and passed Thurington and St. Vert, tho pnsscugors, one ufter the other, grew silent, gazed down the river until ono spoko out i "Come Jew, do you know any pastime thrit will nmuso us! lour fathers must have contrived many a ono during their long stay in the wilderness." "Now is the lime," thought the Jew, "to shear my sheep 1" And ho proposed that they should sit round in a circle, and pro pound curious questions to each other, and he, with their permission, would sit down with them. Those who could not answer the questions, should pay the ono who pro poundod them a twelve kreutzer piece, and those who answerod thorn pertincutly, should receive a twc-lvc-kreutzcr piece The proposal pleased the company, and hoping to divert themselves with the Jew's wit or stupidity, each one asked at random whatever entered his head. Thus, for example, tbe first one asked . "How many soft-boiled eggs could the giant eat upou an empty stomach !" AH said lhat it was iinpossiblo to answer that question, and each paid over their twelve kreutzers. Buttbo Jew said, "One, for he who has eaten one til. caunot eat a second on an second cp'utle to tho Corinthians I" . Ths Jew said, 'Vcauso bo was nollfl Corinth, otherwiae he would have spoken Id them." So he won nnother twelve kreulzef piece. When the tbird found the Jew to well versed in the bible ho tried him lu 8 difCf cut way. "Who prolongs hi work lo as frvirt s length as possible, and yet completes it in time!" ( "Tho ropo-niaker, if ha is ladustriotu said tho Jew. . In thu meanwhile they drew near the village, and one said to tho other, "thai it B.iiiilach.' Then the fourth said, "iu what menth do the people of Hauihtch enl tht least!" Tho Jew said, "In February ; for thai has only twenty-eight days." The fifth said, "there nro two natural brothers, aud still only ono of them is in uncle." The Jew said, "the uncle is your father' brother, nnd your father is not your uncle." A fish now jumped out of tho water, and the sixth asked "what tish havo their rye uearest together i" The Jew said, "the srualUst," The uiuth was the last. This ono asked, "How can fiv persons divide five ffft s that each urnn shall receive one, aud ltil one remain in the dish i" Tho Jow suid, ''The last must luko the dish with his egg, aud let it lay there as long as ho pleases." But now it catuo to his turn, and ho le termined to make a good sweep. Aftef many preliminary compliments, he asked with an air of mischievous friendliness : "How can a man fry two trout iu three pans, so that a trout may lay iu each pan I" No ono could answer this, and ono after another gave him a twelve-krciiUor piece. But when the ninth desired thatheahouM answer it himself, he frankly acknowledged that the trout could uol be fried iu that way ! Then it was maintained that this was uu' fair in the Jew, but he stoutly ufliruied that there was no provision for it in tho agree ment save that ho who Could nol answer the question should pay tho kreutfcr J and ful filled tho agreement by paying thnt sum lo tho ninth of his comrades, who had asked him to solve it himself. But they all being: rich merchants, and grcatful for the amuse ment which had passed an hour or two very pleasantly for them, laughed heartily over their loss and at the Jew's cunning. t3T Sail River, whore it debouches into tho Ohio, Is hot moro than fifty or sixty yards ill breadth, but Very deep. It is nev er fordable, even in the dry est season j and being navigable for fourteen miles above its mouth i has not boon bridged at this point. We descended its steep nnd difficult banks, embarked our carriage upon a flat ferry beat, aud wero conveyed across. The view look ing up the river was vory beautiful. 1 nil elms and sycamores clothed tho banks, drc ping their boUghs almost to tho water, forming a vista of foliage through which tho stream curved out of sight between wooded hillsi I longed to be rowed up it. While on tho spot, I took occasion to inquire thfl derivation of tho slang political phrase, "Rowed up Salt River," and succeeded in discovering it. Formerly there wore ex tonsive salt-works on tho river, a short dis tance from iU mouth. The laborers cm' ployed in them wero a sot of athletic belli' gorcnt fellows, who soon became noted faf and wide for their achievements in the pu' gilistio lino. Hence it became a common thing among the boatman on the Ohio, when ono of their number was refractory, to say to him, " Wo'll row you up Suit River'1 whero of course tho bully salt-men would havo tho bundling ofhim. By natural fig' ure of speech, the expression was applied to political candidates, first I believe, In the Presidential campaign of '40. Bayard Taylor, I'oole's fate was decided by a vote of the peisons composing the expedition, and majority being in favor of hanging him, he was accordingly swung by the neck to a limb. (KT An iuiereating discovery has been made in France with regard to engrafting fruit trees. Instead of making uo of a graft, a slio is taken from an apple tree, for ex ample, and planted in a potato, so that a empty stomach," and the other paid him couple of inches of the slip remain visible, twelve kreutzers, It soon takes root, developes itself, and fin ally becomes a hand.ome tree, bearing fine fi uit. This method is due to a Lobemian gardener, The second thought, wait Jew, I will try you out of the New Testament and I think I shall win my piece. "Why did tbe Apostle Paul writothc Religion op the Japanese. In that country tho people approach as nearly lo atheism as in any that h;is yet been discover ed. The only Deity they professedly fe cognize is the visible heaven. In every other respect, the I'.mperw is their God, whom they .regard with the same mysterious awe as is known to exist among ihe Chinese, and whom also thev worship. The mis sionary found, however, that thonutivt) con- iction of a supremo invisible Being, tho ob server of human actions, at least in its cle mcnU, iu their minus. In theory, however, they ackiiow ledge no other existence than that which they can tost by means of llio scnues ! hence they profess neither lo lie lieve in nn invisible God, nor an Invisible human soul. A'wiiVf. One p tub Ueechehs w Illinois. The Free Democrat suites that Rev. Edward Beccheris to be settled us tho pastor of a now Congregational Society to be formed at Galcsburg, in this Stat". 0"5"Lovo is tho fever of the soul; passion ii the dcliiiutnof thai focr,