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uddiUous suited to all the requirement of lit s hi
caliry. ItAXnuiI.I.S, Posticus, IH.AXKS,
ISA It OS, I'lfiCl LAK.S, PAMl'ULET-WOUK
tin J 'Uicr kiiiila, douo to order, on fhurt notice
For the Argue.
L it lo 111 e liarnioniei above,
' Kinging llio choral hymn of love,
Bung erat by mighty cherubim
Who hung o'er Eden's portals dim,
M'bcn our first puieins, baud in hand,
1'acel alowrly in a glimmering laud,
Ur lingered neur the Eden bowers,
Frugranl with tho immortal (loners
Uf Paradise, and board the flow
Of the four riven, soft and low j
. Ere yet the haughty Cuiu drew breulh,
Or tuinb-liko Abel, sweet in death,
Or godly Sclb, when rigbteoua mru
To call ou Clod dread name began J
Ere roue tho first d.licious morn
O'er earthi of love and beauty born,
, Or ruso the firt mild glad murine,
O'or Adam reft of Taradije.
Emerging from the waters wild,
Earth's Holds and graves in beauty united ;
Tho ripened olive, oil distills,
The ripened grain the garner filli,
Leaded with grapes tho vine appear,
And goodness crowns the rolling year.
Lo, Jnphoih aeoka a distant clime,
Jupetus, famed in olden time
Fur lengih of daya, with Java came
To Creciu's shores. Ionia's name
Via henceforth trace; before thcnilay
The gulden isds, an bright as day.
Thou lovely land! in beauty's sheen,.
Willi pastoral hills and valleys greeii,
And ilellas, from Elisha's name,
Uuve rise to Stales of deathless fame.
IjO, Ebcr, bom in diataut lands,
Of Peleg sire, and Jokiun's ban,
: Surviving all the ancestral line,
Vlioao names have graced the p.-ijo divine.
Seven generations roue and set
Wit hilt bin life's loug lengthened state,
Till Abram's seed were spread abioad,
The righteous man, the friend of God;
Isaac was born, and Jacob's star
Shone o'er Cbaldea's wilds afur.
To theao the promise were mado
By God, in human form arrayed,
That all who share in Adam's full
Should be redeemed from stn and thrall,
' ' And In the l.oul, who came from Heav'n,
Should rise at last, renewed, forgiven,
; And saved from sin, through Jesus' blood,
Bhould bow before a sovereign God j
, . At Jesus' name, with angel mv, rs,
' " Subdued, forgiven, in Eden's bowers
'"' The angel host with man shall slug
' ' The praises of our God mid King.
-j-, YV.X.G.
, YoscAttA, January, 1BJS.
. J Our correspondent hen-after will pleaso to de
Vole mere particular attention to writing his proper
names, so that they tan be read. So you write
tamee plainly, we caro but little ubout the rest, if
you muko now and theu a tetter for ustoguessby.
.We intend to adopt the rule of catling all proper
names that we cannot read, Smith, Our corres
pondents cau easily tell lnw tiiis would suit them
by reading over their productions before they send
them to us, substituting "Smith" for every illegible
scrawl that stands for a proper name
For the Argue.
Alas! for Thirty-Thrce Per Cent.,
If the more he had tho more he lent,
" Tho more he got the more he craved :
The Scripturu saith, he can't be saved.
But by his side 's another fool,
Although ho works by a diff'rent rule ;
' tie borrows much, but never lends,
And what be guts he quiekly spends. '
. ' His honest debts he never pays j
. As a public nuisance spends bis days,
And dies, unwept by friend or foe, . . ,
As the Devil hurries his soul below.
Now you who 're skilled in jiugllug verso,
' Please tell us which is the grcutcr curse
To man and woman here below,
And which to the Devil will soonest goT
Aaron Payne.
, i Lafayette, Feb. 1, 1856.
bt the Wind's Eve. It is a curious fact, storms
'advance in a contrary direction from the wind.
By means of the telegraph, it has been noticed
that northeast storms make a regular progress from
some remote south-western quarter, their arrival
ntlhe different citica along the line being telegraph
ed at intervals as If Uy weie armies or railway
trains, until after sevoral hours they reach New
EaglanJ, and sweep wiulwerd towards Halifax
The subject of inctorology is now receiving close
attention from many of our strongest minds.
State of 3lie.
Dbess. Tha best dressed men wear tbe
least jewelry. Ofall things avoid showy
Uiains, large rings and flashy gewgaw pius
and broache. A!' these should be left to
ladi.ns and SjusIj S.n Islanders.
. I- AU.VMH,
F.ritinr an Proprietor.'
VOL. 1.
OttBOOPT
For the Argue.
A Vew r'acl.
Mr. Adami Previous to Inst June there
wus but one Juxtice of the l'ence in Abnquit
prucint. The precinct numbers seventy vo'
tors, (not inori,) and is about U n miles
long by four wide. The Justice's oflico it
situnto'l almost at llio mid length and a
mile from one side of the precinct. The
Justice beforo alluded to being a nonup-
porter of the Inudi-rs of the; majority party,
it was thought necessary to Ph tt another.
At the time appointed a candidate (hall I
not say a tuhject f ) wi s duly nominated m
cording to the common course of democrat
ic even's in Orvjoti. On election day, how
ever, the people voted for and elected anoth
er man, greatly to the surprise and chagrin
of some who could u"t help it; but the man
eleeto I refused to se'vi', nud there was still
a chance to give the place to the regular
nominee. So the County Commissioner'
Court "go to," and appoint the very man to
fill the vacancy whom the pcojile uid by
their vote they would not have. Now if
tho appointee had been partly qualified to
fill llio oQico in question, I Is - m-t toii of !h-
Court would not have teemed so surprising,
sinco thu appointee nlways votci right at
election ; but it is a fact ktiuno lo some ol
bis neighbors (among th.-m, one of Hie
Court,) that ho can scarcely write nn intel
ligiblo or decipherable notice of a public
meeting ; for proof of which it is only nec
cssary to refer to n notice of a school meet
ing, with hi signature official at the bottom(
and commencing thus :
tho above meeting wus hell on the tburteen
day ov, " iVc.
One fact more, and it is enough for the
present. Tho tamo appointee packed
around one of those petitions, of progress.
ivo notoriety, asking people to "makethar
name to it, cr ihar mark, one er tother,
whichever thry seen fit, t.-llin' them 'at it
was a purlUliun to tbe Guvuer for to turn
out'n offis nil No Nothins un Whigs as
mout hold offis under h im in the nrmv."
Tho foregoing is only an introduction to
the way they ! things up for the tiorth
east coi ner of Old Marion ; and if I see
this in The Argcs, you may hear again
from PLOW BOY.
Mabion Cooxtv, Jan. 12th, 18156.
For the Argue.
Fruit.
Mr. Admsl would call the attention
of tho people of Oregon to an important
subject, and one in which very many of our
people are much concerned. Our climate
and soil nre peculiarly adapted to tho cul
ture of the tame fruits, particularly apples,
pears, cherries, and plums. Several gen
tlemen, at great expense, have brought from
the States many good varieties of the stand
ard fruits ; and from them, by grafting and
budding, large numbers of trees have been
produced here. But it must be remembered
that our climate and soils are different here
from those of tho States ; certain varieties
there may b standard fruits, while the same
may ba worthless here, and t'e versa.
Fail varieties there, may become summer
varieties hern ; aud winter sorts there, may
bi-como of all sorts here. Our climate and
soil here may correspond much to those of
Ureal Britain and Ireland, tin I their stand
ard fruits mi'dit suit as well here. Yet
their fruits, acclimated in r lie St 'tes, mi"hi
not tlirivo well with u in Oieg 'ii. Many
standard varieties from the Stale Lave
borne fruit in die Willamette Valley ; some
of these are far lamer and bettrr tht'D their
originals in the States, and some again de
teriorate very much.
Wo Imye had no scientific pohlologist
with us as yet, and the elementary and con
stituent principles of our sous are but li'tle
known. We have four kind,, of fruit soils
here, namely, light sandy, deep vegetable
mould, clay, and gravelly soils. And we
have various degrees of t m: e attire, ac
cording to the alti'ude of the several loca
tions. Some of these Iocation are frosty,
some foggy, some very dry. and -ome sea
sonable. Some sorts of fruits an- peculiar
ly adapted to each of these soils and loca
tions in Oregon. Nothing but a thorough
aud practical knowledge of these matters
will enable our citizen to cultivate the
tamo fruits hero to good advanUgj. It is
true we have Downing, Elliott, Thomas,
and one or two other good publications ou
the subjct of American fruits and fruit
growing; but these worki do not full v meet
the experience of our orchardists in Ore
gon. We want a reliable and practical
guide, mado up from actunl data here, to
enable us to cultivate the tame f. uits to good
IT-, .. 1 1 1
IptirjOiC. lD?r3 are iuao uuwuvb ju
up n
AMKRIl'...knaws nansnlnf telse a nrasatM ( kins. I
Kiowa nnthl of Coronets, an MUrv tU Mlrtnt.' ( '
CITY, ORBOOW TSKKITOaY, IATUSDA7,
this valley, whose attention is particularly
turned to the nursery and orchard butuet,
and who have tested different toils and lo
citions here for fruit growing. I would
particularize Messrs. Lndd, Simmon, Iue.
line, (Jeer, Waldo, Cot, ParrUh, Stanton,
nnd Settl'tnire.
In view, then, of tho subject uuJer con
sideration, I would propose that a Fruit
Orowcr'i Convention be held in Sulein, sny
on the 4th of July, for the diffusion of all
the experience obtained in Oregon in rela
tion to these matters. I hope that this mo
tion will be seconded by others, nnd that
this incisure will receive due attention.
' W. X.
We cheerfully second the luoliou of W.X.
in reference to that Convention. Convene, gentle
uieu, and let us have the beuefil of ) our experi
ence. Fruit growing is bevoining an important
hiidueas In Oregon, but, as la Intimated by our cor
respondent, thi", like all other branches of agricul
ture, must be brought lo perfection by experimenti
W. X. has our thanks for his attention to this mat
ter. SEWS DIRECT FROM RlttSlA.
Interesting Information f.nnrernlnf tier
Financial ('.onaiiloaPatille Opinion
annul the War Uow mt Fan or Kebs
topol was Received la HI. Felcrsbnrg.
Col. Till. P. Shafltler, who was a passen
ger by tho Allai.t'e nud has traveled direct
from St. Petersburg, hn favored the N. Y.
7Vmtt with some interesting information
concerning the present condition of Russia,
her resources, and the spirit which animate
her people in this, the third year of the War.
Col. haffuor has spent much of his time in
Russia, and, naturally enough, his predilec
tions are strongly in favor of that power in
its contest with the Empires of the West.
His account, therefore, will bo considered
all the more valuable as coming from a
purely Russian source, and may be contrast
ed with tho views and reports that from
time to time appear in the Anglo-French
journals. Colonel ShafTuer has had every
facility to. investigate the condition of Rus
sin, and his business connection in St.
Petersburg has rendered him familiar with
the opinions of its inhabitants on the War
and its incidents. Nor is bis knowledge
confined to St. Petersburg ulune ; for he has
vrry recently traveled over a large portion
of the Empire.
FINANCIAL CONDITION OF RUSSIA MONEY
PLENTIFUL.
Perhaps there are not half a dozen per
sons in the Russian Empire who, at the
present moment, thoroughly understand its
6nancial condition ; nnd a temporary resi
dent, who wishes to discover what oflect the
war has had upon its resources, can only
form an opinion on this subject from what
he sees. In Moscow, St. Petersburg, and
oilier large cities, there is nothing to induce
the supposition that the life-blood of tho
country is being drained by an exhausting
war. (iold and silver coin continue plenti
ful, nnd are freely used in the ordinary
transactions of every-day life. A merchant
in his store will change 'a bank-note Into
roiii. with as much readiness as he would
in the City of New York. Rrokers charge
two per cent, to change notes of large amount
into gold, but even this is regarded as at)
lraejii.sh transaction. In the grand and
luxuriant extravagance of the tiobl, two
years' war has made no sensible difference ;
in the cottage of thf serf there is yet no ap
pearance of want, no mutterings of com-
pla nt. Merchandise and goods have not
increased iu value ; and champagne, to .il
lustrate by example, can be bought in St.
Petersburg cheaper than Jersey cider is sold
in New York. Copper is the only article
that has increased in value, aud this is at
tributable to another cause than that of the
war. The erection of public and private
buildings goes ou ; churches are built as
usual, and vast turns of money have within
af-w months been lavished on new additions
to the palace of Peterboff. It may be true
that shipping merchants and others con
nected with foreign trade have been ruined,
but it is also true that the resources of the
country are becoming mure rapidly devel
oped than could have been possible in time
of peace; manufactories are springing up
throughout tbe country ; and men find in
thetn an occupation, and a recompense for
what they have lost.
. The levies for the war do not iujure tbe
commercial and agricultural interests of the
country. Uf men there are plenty ; or void
there is abundance ; aud of wheat there is
more than enough for the wants of all.
The people feel themselves ecure within
tbeir Territory. Tbey do not fear that iu
resource will be easily exhausted, and,
therefore, they have mode p their rnind-i
tbat there is
A LONU, LONG WAR AHEAD.
The ilutsiunt teem to admit and believe
that France and England are Iwo pnwciful
nations, whose pride is thoroughly engaged
in this contest. They, too, are proud.
They would never submit to any dishonor
able treaty. They would never yield one
acre of land, or consent to pay the expanses
of the war for the sake of peace, and they
give their enemy credit for similar determi
nation. II nee, the imprest n prevail
that the war will be greatly prolonged
that years will i-hirse before it can be
brought to a sal it factory t rniinnlion. To
this the Russian people seem to luivo made
up their minds. They trust iu the gigantic
resources nf their country. Its Immense
oxteUt precludes the idea of a successful in
vasion ; and prtstiye goes far to confirm ib.it
prevailing impression. As in the caves of
Napoleon and Charles XII., whore irnn-d
tory triumphs at the commenc-m -nt only
insured destruction and disaster at the end
so uow, the Russians confidently expect,
that, if the Allies attempt to peuetratn their
empire, they will certainly meet with ruin
aud defeat. Pride will never allow them
to abandon the Crimea, though its conquest
by the Allies would enable the Czar to con
centrate his forces and multiply his (towers
of resistance. It is against men who believe
themselves invincible, and who, when beat
en, know it not, that the soldiers of France
and Englund are now fighting. The Rus
sian never yielilt ; in defeat he is more ter
rible than in success, for in the former case
he is trebly nerved by despair, and a thirst
fer revenge. Pride is the ruling national
trait, aud that pride calls loudly for a coun
tinunncn of the war. The religious feeling,
which first summoned the nation to arms,
burns fieicely still, and the principle thai
tho Czar has the right of protectorate over
the Greek subjects of the Porte will never be
voluntarily abaudoncd.
TBE FOUNDRIES OF ST. PETERSBCKO GREAT
STORES OF IRON.
Throughout the whole of the Rutdan
empire a traveler sees little else than vast
preparations going on for the continuance
of the war. Within a short distance of St. j
Petersburg thcro are three Cjundries for
cannon.' One, in the capital, turns out
sixty brass field pieces of different sizes per
week ; and thoy wero all considered com
plete jn every particular by tho American
officers who lately visited the place. ' The
Colpin works turn out eighty cannon, and
those of Petrozavodsk, (which are connect
ed by river navigation with St. Petuivburg,)
over a hundred every week. ThiB is ex
elusive of the immense foundries in Russia
south of Moscow. Thecountry around the
works of Petrozavodsk, it filled with iron,
and the Inbor of extracting it goes on un
ceasingly. And in this connection, ii may
be noticed how useless wns the order of the
British Government prohibiting the expor
tation Vf iron, when Russian mines can
yield it in greater quantities than is needed.
Within the city of St. Petersburg, at this
day, iron, belonging to private merchants,
Can be seen in vast quantities, rusting where
it stands,
With all the tithed material of wnr, Rus-
sto is euual'y well supplied bue does not
find it necessary to import a tingle article
which her own mines supply in such abun
dance. Saltpetre is not required, though
the impression bos gained ground hero that
the present high price of this article is oc
casioned by the great demand for it in the
Russian market. Such is not the case; for
it would cost more to bring saltpetre in
large quantities ft ora tho Prussian bounda
ries to any central point in the Russian Em
pire than tbe material could be' told for or
was worth.
CRONSTADT EXPECTATION OF ITS BOMBARD
MENT. The great amount of cannon the foun
dries in and about St. Petersburg turn out
weekly, are for the defence of 'lie Baltic
coat. Mr. ShafTuer visited Cronstadt last
summer, and witnessed iliose mighty for
tresses of which so much bas been said.
In 1854, otilvonesiileof Cronstadi was for
tified, but now it is entirely surrounded by
walls and forts. Five additional forts, built
of stone and iron, were erected last summer,
and the whole place baa been mounted with
new guns. The Russians fufly expected
an allack, not thinking thai the Allies wuld
allow another season to elajito without
making some demonstration. In conse
quence of this belief, there was no little ex
citement among the inhabitants of St. Pe
tersburg ; and the garrison rifCronstadt was
kept contihoally on the alert as long as the
allied fleet continued to ihrea'co tb' tn with
Ml UHt.UII I
Vivo Hollar a Hear.
9, 1150.
NO. 43.
i'l presence. At the comtnciicemeiitof thi
year, the allies might have attacked Cron
ttndt with tomo chance of success, but now
that chance lias slipped away for ever
Additions and improvement! have rendered
this fori rest completely impregnable, in
the opinion of the most eminent engineers,
foreign and unlive.
THE PALL OF SERASTOPOL.
Tht newt of the fall of Southern Sebas
topol wns received in St. Petersburg with
out any unusuul cint:on. It hud long Wen
expected as a crisis which must sooner or
later lake place. This, indeed, very clearly
appeared, by the decisive way in which
(lOrttcbakoff abandoned the city immedi
ately alter the cupture of the Muhikoff.
There are some Russian views in regard to
this great assault which are interesting, and
show that the peoplo are willing to esti
mate correctly and fairly the courage and
perseverance of their enemy. Among
them it tho
comparative l'r avert of the british and
French.
The Russian any that the British press,
and particularly tho London Timet, has
failed to do justice to the bravery of the
English soldiers at the Redan. Around
the Malakoffihu ground sins composed of
soft earth, and the approaches were easily
made to its very base." Tho French, there
fjrc, had no distanco to traverse, and, con
sequently, no fire to uudergo previous to
their hand to hand contest with thu Rus
sians. The space before tho Redan was, on
the contrary, composed of rock, and the
British were unablu to make their approach
es like the French. At the assault they
were, in consequence, exposed for somo time
to a heavy fire from three tiers of guns,
converging at each end of the Redan ; and
yet, in the face of this terrible cannonade,
they stood their ground for two hours.
Russian officers who witnessed the scene,
gite greater credit to the British on this oe
cadon than they do to the French, whose
success was chiefly owinc to tho suddenness
with which they effected their object.
CONTINUANCE OF RUSSIAN RULE IN THB
CRIMEA.
To have been ublu to retain the city of
Sebastopol would undoubtedly havo grati
fied the pride of the Russian people, but its
loss is nut regarded as a misfortuue, for it is
believed thut Gorttchnkoffcnn hold the
North Forts against any force that the At
lies can brinj; against him. Here, too, the
Russian Government has established a
foundry wh'ch formerly supplied tho Mala
koff with guns as fast nt they were required,
and recast the balls that fell in such showers
from the allied batteries. Thus, it will be
seen, tbat Gortschakoff is not more likely to
lack war materiel now than be was before
the fall of the City. As lo provisions and
supplies for his army, it is perfectly under
stood that he is already provided for the en
suing winter. It has been frequently asserted
by the British Press, and has generally been
believed, that the wagon communication
between the interior of Russia and the Cri
mea is no longer possible This is said to
be incorrect ; for, wagons in Summer and
sledges iu Winter, hden with provisions,
travel by thousands to Perekop, whence
they return laden with salt. Bui be the
actual Condition of affairs in the Crimea as
it may, the belief prevails among the masses
of the Russian peoplo that the peninsula
will not full into the bunds of the Allies.
The preparations going on now are on an
enormous scale. Uta cannon are being re
placed by new, and, through the exertions of
that distinguished Engineer, Gen.Todtleben,
the defences of N'icolaiuff (the great arsenal
of Soui hern Russia) have been rendered
Completely impregnable either against a
land or a tea attack.
The War In Europe.
Napoleon's speech, at the close of the
Pat it exhibition, in which ho expressed
himself iu favor of an honorable peace, had
produc-d a great sensation on tho continent-,
anl many politicians were of opinion that it
foreshadowed tho assembling of a peace
congress, in whiih the war difficulty with
Russia would be discussed with a view to
settlement.
The London Timet has an article ridicul
ing tho idea entertained by many in Eng
land that Russia will bo forced into a peace
because of her crippled condition. It con
tends although the trade of Russia may be
prostrated, her power for defence and injury
are not necessarily impaired, much less de
stroyed. It shows thai for purposes of in
ternal trade a paper currency may prove a
tolerably fair substitute for gold, and argue
that tbe destruction of 200,000 men, which
it the uumber of soldiers estimated to Lav
periahod iu lb Crimea, cannot havt ex
hausted tho military resources of so mpirw
containing sixty millions of inhabitant. It
goes to show, in fine, tbat however signal
tho achievements of the allied forces bare)
been, they have as yet don vry little, if
anything, towards destroying cither tbo
army or the material resources of the Rus
ian empire.
Is a rat-Mo EallraaA fosslUlel
It all tiiriit uin a question of warr.
Tho road can bo built, no doubt; but
w bother the iron horse can nnd drink enough
toau-min him on hit long journey, it the
unsettled question at Washington. For,
observe J
The road will have to traverse three dis
tinct kinds of country. The first three bun
Ired miles, after K-uving the Westsrn bor
lers of civilization, is rolling prairie, cov
ered with luxuriant grass, watered by own
siomd streams, and tolerably supplied with
timber. This region presents no obstacle to
tho construction of tho roud, uor to lb
running of locomo'ivei.
Next come six hundred milet of srid des
ert, waterless, treeless, as unproductive at II
bank of ashes, except that at long iutervals
small streams are found coursing narrow
valleys, and iriviiis life to a few stunted
trees and a little coarse gran. Tho timber
required for this part of tho road, tbe food
for the support of laborers, aud every arti
cle necessary for tbe passage of trains, will
have to be transported from regions tnor
highly favored by nature.
This desert extends to tbe bas of tba
Rocky Mountains. The rest of tbe distanco
to the Pacific is nn alternation of mountains,
deep valleys, table lands, and desert plains,
A small portion of this region, which it
more than a thousand milet wide, it well
wooded and sufficiently watered, but, th
greater part of it is as destitute of wood
and water us the desert itself. The govern
incut explorers sny that this mountain re
liion, rocky ami precipitous as it is, furnishes
facilities and opening for tho building of a
railroad, that teem almost providential.
The lack of wood and water is tho ouly
serious obstacle, and the only question is
whether this is insurmountable.
Timber, of course, can be bought and
transported, hut the expense will be some
thing prodigious. A cross-treo, vnlue hero
twenty-five cents, doubles its cost by being
transported a hundred and Gfly miles. Con
sequently there will be hundreds of miles of
the Pacifio Railroad every cross-tree of
hich will cost three or four dollars!
Then huge depots of fuel will have to b
established all along the route, overy cord
uf wood, every ton of coal, costing fivo or
six times its value on tbo Mississippi7
River.
Money can do all this, however. But
money cannot transport the enormous
quantities of water that will bo required
for the locomotives. That is totally out of
the question. It remains to be ascertained
whether by boring into those arid wastes
and into those rocky hills water can bo oh
tained, That is tho question to be sell led,
before it can bo known whether a railroad
to the Pacific is or is not a possibility. Af
ter that Ib settled, it will bo time to inquire
whether it is worth whilo to expend the al
most incalculable sura tbat tho road will
cost.
There, reader, yon have tho caio in a
nutehell ; you are saved the trouble of go
ing over heaps of reports aud narratives.
Ne to Yoric Life Illustrated.
Tub wav tub Elbctrio Telegraph
Works. "In sneaking of the electrio tele
graph, we suppose that tbo re is, in every
message transmitted by its agency, a sort of
journey accomplished by tho current, as far
as iho wires may reach J and to us it is
matter of astonishment that some element
al substance, set in motion at London, shall
travel in the brief space of one minute t
Glasgow. But tho reality is far more won
derful than this idea. Thcro is no actual
current or passage of power. There is al
ready provided by nature a connecting sub
stance between tho two lormini ; the elec
trici'y has not to travel, for it roaches all
the way ; and just as I could change tho po
sition of the hands of a clock, .without go
inx to the clock, supposing I bad a long,
light rod in my hand ; so, by touching and
guiding one end of the long, subtle chain
of flu ill, I can change the hands of the elec
trical dial at a i'it'anco of ten, a hundred, or
a thousand miles."
"Milita by." At Ahland, Pa., Dec. 1st,
an Irish and an American military compa
ny got into a collision, thu Irish firing on th
Americans, and the Americans charging
bayou. U upon the Iruli, killing to of
them. This shows the evil of foreign mil
itary companies.
fT The State of North Carolina has
distributed among the several counties of
the State, during thu past year, the sum of
8180.0'HJ for the support of Common
Schools.