AJjVEUTISINO It AT1C8. Oat square (IS Hum or Itw) oi liumion, M " two iiiwtuina, 4. 1;', " lliK-s Insertions, !,;': Each suUiniit liurtlen, I.I. nnnsk! de'.ue:lo;; to iIiom who sdvrrtiu y Ihs ytor. Office-Good's Building, Main st. Edito rial Kooin in lirst story. TERMS Tli Ainui will bt fumUhtd al Thru Dollars and t'ifly llrnta per annum, la tinqlt aukterilimThrta Dutlura laeh la elutit nf ten at one office, 3T Twa Hollars far m moiilhitio tubtcrijt- liana rrrtired fur a hit period, fjf Na paper diirtintinued unlit nil arrenragei JOD PRINTING. Tin ranraistoa or ths Aft'il'M is lurry tn inform (lis Hib'lo tlmt lie has just rtcelvt-.l t Urge stork iifjoll 'J'VJ'limiJ other nrw f.rlir. -inn innti-r.ul, and will l.e In tli sjeerly receipt il'litl'ii iiiii-d to nil the n 1'iirf iirn: nf ih I'1 entity. IIANDHII.IA I'Oh'IKIIH, Hl.ANKf, HAKIM, t;ll:t:l'l..lifi, I'AMI'III.KT.Wl'I'.K ninl n'.lier kliiils, 'lune 10 urler, oil sliorl rot'rr. -A Weekly Ni'vr;pnjK'r, devoted lo the Principles of Jcftersonian Democracy, and advocating tlio side of Truth in every issue- Vol. III. OREGON CITY, OREGON, APRIL 18, 1857. No. 1. rrwiu, uiurmi Ol int opium OJ lae puuiltlier. THE OHKMN AKGUS. mMsiiso avssr uTi'tmr morsjino, BY WILLIAM L. ADAM 3. Far Iht Argus. V'rull (trowluff.. Mr. Editor I am d uly film' to tee n much imprest manifested by our farmers in tint branch of business nt lha bead of this article. When I hoar tome of our would la knowing men croaking ahuul l lie Overdoing of fruit growing, 1 am rcininilcj of ibis tamo class of men who in iho days of Franklin could not believe that more than one newspoper could ho sustained in nil iho Colonies for many year to come! nd who nflirmcd there was nothing to jus. tify tho high prico thut tola wero selling Tor then in Philadelphia, and thut they would not bo worth more than tlioy were then selling for in fifty year ! ! Ii will bo hard lo cunvitico such people of tho fuel thai iho more good fruil is raided in Or egon, the grower will bo thn demand for it. Suppose that every quarter section in tht Willamette valley bud now a br:u ing orchard 01 f'vn hundred trees of such np jdes ns can be h "n'1 I'PI1 ny time from October l -"ty 5 what would Lo tho consequence ! fot thai "he world would bo over-stocked with fruit and lh market all glutted. No; but lh coima quencfl would l' that il'ey would betaken from our orchard nt prices highly remu nerative, end told not only in California, but in the ciiiee of Central America, China, Japan. Australia, and tho thousand islands of the Pacific. l!ut suppose they only sell for two bit per bushel : the farmer can better afford lo sell them at two bits pur bushel when bin trees b'Hi from ten to fitrty bushels, ibun he can now at ten dol. lira when they aro muall and only b"iir from a doznii to oo bushel. Aid he will Itave another advantage ho can thus uf rfoid toeiil apple himself. .1 aw half inclined to second tny friend "Rcwsom's motion lor a fruit-grower' con . volition; uoverlheless I think nothing would be loat by wailing another year or two, nnd in the moan lime let all who have any experience in fruit growing in Oregon -coinii) u nic e it tn snne one of our public journal, and let our newspaper fdilors who fuel an interest in the mutter (and I hope they all do) lay down their party bickering') so far as lo allow them to copy from each other the several articles on this subject, in which nil parlies and creeds are equally interested. There are from eighty to one hundred of the different varieiieg known in the frtii) bjokn thut have fruited in Oregon, but as we have many varieties of both climate nnd soil, and that too in the same neighbor hood, let no one bo loo busty in pronounc ing any one "worthless," but, where it lias proved so with him, let him state what kind of soil, whether our level rich prairie, or high rolling red hill land. Would it be strango if a certain variety, say Northern Spy, should prove a failure with friend Newsoin on his level prairie land, and yel bo number ono w ith Itulph (iter or sumo one else in the hills I Let him state what age his trees were when set out, nnd whether thry wern taken fmn a nursery of 'the same kind of land of that which he planted them in ; what ns the manner of his transplanting, cultivating, Ac, Ac. I will hero state that my experience and .iltantit at inn UMtli rnna ril lit I 1 in I. Mot n i.C trees for setting out, greatly preponderates in favor of one-year old. Let thrifty -eurliigs bo selected from a nursery ol the name kind of land of that in which you Te going to plant them, Good yearling in Oregon will average four feet high. If your land is rich euough to raise a good pumpkin vine, you need not manure it. If your tree has a tap root, cut it off; but let all the other roots be ns little cut or in juied in removing at possible. If your land be level, dig no hole, but set your tree on the surface and pile the loose soil on the roots till it is as deep its it stood in iho nursery. Let your mound extend a foot beyond the longest roois of your tree. If the land be rolling, I throw out the earth one spade dncp, and wide enough lo admit die roots to be fully extended without twist iing or doubling them ; then filj in till your tree -will stand just as deep as it stood in : the-nursery ; then cut oil the top of your tree just above where you wish it lo throw out its primary limbs. Topping has a ten dency to cause vigorous limbs lo shoot out that otherwise would not start at all. 'Then by pinching or cutting back you can keep up a proper balance among your pri. mary limbs, and nut allow an undue por. lion of sap to flow to one limb to the iin- noverishin'r of another. Never allow a ,r a - tree to fork; if you do, sooner or later jour tree will split, and one or both forks fall. Always -cut anJ pinch in such a man fier as will cause yonr largest limbs lo grow aearest lie root of your tree, and as nearly equal on all sides as possible, leaving a leader as nigh the center as you can gel it, so as to be from one to Iwo feel higher than the surrounding branches. In this way your tree will form a beautiful pyra mid, somewhat resembling a sugar loaf. I wiEeV.e thi3 art'ele ilh s f- brf reasons for prefoning year old tiecs. First, they will only cost about half what two or three year olds will cost. Second, they can be removed without cutting or mutila ting their roots, nnd consequently will not be stunted or put hack like older tree. Last year I tried the experiment ; I put out some, very thrifty two-year olds re moved them with as mtich care as I could ; pul out other yearlings, not half so large now hoM'ovor they are larger than the for mer and much tiioru thrifty ; ground nnd cultivation the same. Some of each w ill bloom and probably bear the present ypnr. Next year I look for a good crop from each, more from tho latter than tho former. Fi. nully, I enn train n ypnr.old tree to a beau tiful hhiipc, which cannot be dono with older trees. In my next I will (jive my experience with the several varieties that I have seen fruited in Oregon, N, J. Walnut Grove Nursery, March 10, 'o7. P. S. My orchard ottd nursery are on the trench Prairie, thn hind level prairie, with very gradual siopo. I stale this from the fact that the success of trees here may be different, at least with some vari eties, from what it would be in the hills or river bottom. n. j. Lai-rei. Hill, Jan. 30, 1657. Editor of the Argus In a recent jour, ney through a portion of the Willamette valley, I discovered to my astonishment that there ninny persons even h're who are adiocales of that curse of America, Slavery. But I have not yet sren a single instance of a proslavery man who coiilil render a valid reason for desiring lo intro duce sluery into Oregon. Nw it seems to me that any man, or set of men, in this enlightened age of the world, who is so deaf to Ihe voice of con science, so utterly regardless of Christian duty nnd moral obligation, ns lo advocate an institution which violates the most ines timablfl right of every human being, is entirely beyond the reach of any argu ment based upon jusiice and equity, and can only bo reached through the medium of his srlfgoverni.ig prlnolplo srlfuitercst. I therefore propose briefly to examine how the introduction of slavery into Or egon would affect the pecuniary interests of its inhabitants, Let us then suppose thnt Oregon is a slave State, and that some capitalist goes to Missouri or Louisiana to purchase a stock of slaves. lie has to pay from eight bundled to a thousand dol lars each fr adults ; then lh cost of trans portation to Oregon will add two hundred dollars to thut ; then the dealer must make twenty or iwenty-five per cent, for his lime and lisks; makins tho price of a slave in Oregon about fifteen hundred dol lars!! And how is the purchanertomake up this expenditure out of t lie labor of the slave? Can he do it by raising wheat at one dollar per bushel? Is there any spe cies of labor thnt n slave can perform in Oregon that would justify a man in feeding and clothing him from one year's end to another? If so, what is it? There aro some perhaps who think that this would be a great country for raising negroes for other markets. What will it cost to raise them? Where is the market, and what can they be sold for? These questions are worthy the consideration of the would be slavelwhinrs of Oregon, and, perhaps, when tho subject is examined, it may turn out a losing speculation after nil. There is another question which I think extremely pertinent: How are you pro- slavery men lo buy slaves, when you can scarcely raise the tin to pay your taxes ? I have heard of some bachelors in Or egon who aro in favor nf shivery because they wish to purchase slaves for house keepers. Gentlemen, I con save you a thousand dollars! ' Just go to Yamhill Re serve, take a few blankets nnd an Indian poney, and you can get a better bargain. There are probably some proslavery men in Oregon whose true motives, if known, would doubtless be admired : the said motives being a laudable desire to see their kindred around them, and a natural and very pardonable longing for the kind of society lo which they have besn accus tomed, and for which they are so eminently adapted. But these gentlemen perhaps would be generous enough to forego their private giatification to promote the public good. This great Republic, like the camel in the fable, is already heavily laden with the burden nf slavery; beware, Oreponians, lest you add the feather which sbaP break the camel's back. I am yours, truly, SsGITTAtll'S. To Maie Whitewash that Will Not Res Orr. Mix up half pailful of lime and water ready to pnt on the wall ; then take one gill of flour and mix it with the water; then poor on it boiling water uffi- I cicnt lo thicken it ; poor it while-hot into the whitewash ; stir all well together and ; it is r Vy for n?. Vrm Kurojit- GuBvrHniTAtN. Parliament has pub i.t.j. i . . 1 1' i i sources of rcvenuo wa, X7l,S18,HIIO, and! tho tolul expenditure 88.307,000, being an excess of 10,UoO,(l(0 sterling of ex penditure over income. The Kail of Clarendon Im expressed his full approval of all the acls of Admiral Keymour, Minister llowring, and Consul 1'itrkos, al Canton. l'ttt'sMA and Switzerland. Tho Pari papers state that the news relating lo the affair of Neufchalel is decidedly not o good ns nt fust seemed. The King ol I'russia, it is thought, evinces a desire to throw impediment in ihe way of tho fu' fiilmenl of bis pnn nf the compact. 1 II K 1 EitMA.N War. llierrrsion war n.i.ea an account oi me puuu . income anu ,,inl ,,,ev , u di j ,f eff(.CIUB exi.endilure for lha year ending oepi. 13, , , , 1950. Tho total income from all '!ltrl before ihe dsy of inauguration. Accord. is the moi important matter of fact which' l"n u,eo' w"ltr "lu ""PS" now engages intention. The Intelligence j "a,ed '" P"o,1 Mf- Buchanan from the East shows that llm taking of, left suddenly for Wheatland, where hear Uuchiro by the Kngli.h troops has pio-1 rived sulIVriiig severely from diarrhavt. duced some alarm, nnd disposed Iho .Shah! u ... t... . i crr...,,i to has'eu iho settlement of his dilliculties with Knglatid. although preparing for war, as a matter of course. lie has sent fur ther instructions to his embassador, now in Paris, w ho is about lo cotno to London, and personally with Lord Clarendon ar rant! terms of peace, for which he lias full powers. T he war will soon terminate. In fac', orders have been given counter manding the transport of four thousand troops to India to replace ihoe sent to Per sia. The Persian Govornmenl has issued a manifesto upon the aggression of Eng land, and accuses her of the very thing she charges Persia with doing. An ably written pamphlet hus also been isued on the same subject, which shows considerable ability on the part of ihe writer, a Persian uf ability. ltrssiA. Russia has concluded a treaty with China to enable her to trado with the five Chinese ports open to foreign com merce. The Panama Star and Herald contains the following in its foreign correspondence: With respect to China, we may here mention an important statement given in the French newspapers. It is that the rep resentatives of all tho foreign powers at Canton, with the sole except'on of Unrep resentative of the United States, persist in maintaining their neutrality. They be lieve thai F.nglutid has only resorted to a measure thut has struck it fatal blow at European commerce, and they are deter niitted not to Mtpporl j(, Rkcepton of tub Russian Minister by the President. The Washington Union of EOth February says: We are inform ed that at noon on Saturday last Mr. Ed ward de Stockl, who for a considerable pe riod has been secretary of the legation, and charge d'a flairs of his imperial mj esty, the Emperor of Russia, in ttiis city, had an official interview with the President for the purpose of delivering his creden tials, and was received in his new charac ter as envoy extraordinary nnd minister plenipotentiary of his sovereign to this Government. He addressed the following remarks to the President on the occasion : "Mr. Phesidknt: It has pleased his Imperial Majesty, my nugust master, to confer upon me ihtf honor of represent ing him as Envoy Extraordinary and Min ister Plenipotentiary near the Government of the United Stales. I am directed by lie Emperor, upon the occasion of deliv ering my credentials, to express to you his Majesty's earnest wish that Ihe friend ly relations which have so happily and un interruptedly existed between the govern ments and the people of ihe two countries may continue to be preserved and strength ened. The increased and increasing inter course between the two countries, and the additional facilities of trade nnd commerce w hich it is plainly ihe interest of both to cherish and promote, furnish, I trust, in creased guaranties for an unbroken contin uance and still Btronyer consolidation of th'se relations of amity and good will. As fur myself, personally, Mr. President, I cannot allow this occasion to p:is without the. acknowledgment of my profound sense of the uniform kindness and consideration which has been manifested towards mo by the government and citizens nf this coun try during my connection with, and while 1 have been in c'iare of, the imperial le jralion here ; nnd I will not allow myself to doubt lhat, in my now capacity my of ficial and social relations will continue to be of Ihe same gratifying end friendly character. To this the President replied in suitable terms. Narrow Escape or the Prrstaeat Uleet from a V lolewl Dealk. About the time Mr. Buchanan returned I from his late visit lo Washington, we heard whispers of a singular and mysterious na ture, in regard to his illness and sudden return limne. In prosecuting our inquiries, we ascertained lhat Mr. Humes Porter, of: this city, came home from Washington with Mr. Buchanan, also stcK, ana as obliged lo take to his bed, wheie he has been ever since. At Ihe same time we were satisfied of the truth of the statements which we give below, but as extraordinary efforts wsre made here as well, at at Washington, U keep the matter hushed up, we yielded lo the solicitations of friends, and withheld ihe facts in onr possession. When Mr. Buchanan went to Washing ton, he put up at the National House, here J. G'ancy Jones, John L Dawson ,r! ntW men. itonoinff. It appears 'ibatt'a'.j hat-! has been terribly inf'ttel with rats of lute, and one of the board ers as tho story gos conceived iho idea - '"n'y. '' procured extra large doses of arsenic, which he disposed of in the most templing manner about the house. The rata ata ihe poison. Ii is well know n that when rats partake of arsenic they pul di rectly for water. There is a large tank of water in the upper part of iho hotel re ferred lo, and into this the bust nf rats plunged, drank, burstod and died. From this tank lha house is supplied with water for drinking and cooking purposes. Twenty or thirty of the guests were suddenly and sotno of thorn seriously af- f.. .1. .1 ! than the others, nnd in n shott time re. covered sufficiently to receive visitors but tho fjtiguo incident to entertain two or three hundred persons, mnda it absolutely necessary for him to husband bis strength by refusing to see any but his most iuti mate personal friends n rule which was rigidly observed up to the hour of his de parture. Mr. Jones, of Ilorks, was mors severely affected and hits been lying in a most crit ical condition ever since and doubt about his recovery has left his appointment to a place in the Cabinet an open question up to tho present lime. Among the oth ers most severely effected was Hon. John L. Dawson, end it was rumored this morn ing that he has since died. Tho report, however, needs confirmation. Mr. Porter, of this city, was alono severely affected, and though confined to his room ever since, we believe be is out of danger. Lancas ter Express. Wonderful Juggling. We extract the following from an article in the Cray on, descriptivo of travels in British India. Tho scene of the occurrence is laid in Madras : But tho most wonderful performance that we saw this morning, was a feat of pure juggling, of which I have never been alio to find any solution. One of the men came forward upon tho gravelled and hard trodden avenue, lending with him a wo man, lie made her kneel down, tied her arms behind her, and blindfolded her eyes. Then bringing a greotbag net mado with open meshes of rope, he put it over the woman, and laced uji the mouth, fastening it with knotted intertwining curds in such a way that it seemed an impossibility for her to extricate herself from it. Tho man then took a closely-woven wickct-baskct that narrowed toward ihe top, lifted the woman in the net from the ground, though it was not without the exertion of some force that he could crowd her through the narrow mouth. Having sueceeded in get ting her into Ihe basket, in which, from its small size sho was necessarily in A most cramped position, he put tho cover upon it, and threw over it a wide strip of cotton cloth, hiding it completely. In a moment, placing his hand under the cloth, he drew out his net quite untied and disentangled. He then took a long, straight sharp sword, muttering some words to himself while he sprinkled the dust upon the cloth, and put some upon his forehead, then pulling off and threw aside ihe covering, und plung ed the sword suddenly into the basket. Prepared, ns in somo degree wo wero for this, nnd knowing it was only n decep tion, it was impossible to see it without a cold creeping of horror. The quiet and energy with which he repeated his strokes, driving the sword through and through the basket, while the other jugglers looked on, apparently as much interested ss ourselves, were very dramatic ond effective. Stop ping after he had riddled the basket, he agoin scattered dust upon its top, lifted the lid, took up the basket from the ground ; showed it to us empty, and threw it away. At the same moment we saw the woman approaching us from a clump of trees ata distance of al least sixty feet. Throughout the whole of this inexpli cable feat, the old man and woman wero quite removed from the rest of the party. The basket stood by itself on the hard earth, and so much beneath the verandah on wj1ich we were sitting, that we could eftsjtf tee all around it. By what trick our watchful eyes were closed, or by what meani tbe woman invisibly escaped, was an entire mystery, and remains to be solv ed. The fat is not a very uncommon one, but no one who bat seen it ever gave me a clue to the manner in which it was performed. A Trcly Bbave Man Nearly all brave men have been of a finely-organized and therefore nervous temperament. Ju bus Ca-sar was nervous, so was Bonaparte, in wu Nelson. The Duke of Wellington . taw a man Urn pale u be marched op to a ; baiteir. "That," be said, "is a brave ; man; he knowi his danj-r, and fc it.' Newscai'khs in tub Would. The X. V. Times has an elaborate article in re to the number Ac, of newspapers In the world. The whole number of new spspers published in the United States is 3,0.14. Of these there aro published in Alabama S3, Arkansas S3, California 67, Connect), cut 42, Delaware 0, District of Columbia l", Florida IP, Georgia I, Illinois 221, Indiana 242, Indian Territory 1, Kansas 6, Kentucky 193, Maino C", Maryland 05,! Massachusetts 210, Michigan 178, No. I broska 0, New Hampshire 43, New Jer sey 77, New York 013, North Carolina 85, Ohio 3S2, Oregon fi, lVmisylvsnia 410, Rhodo Island 20, South Carolina OH, Tenn essee 149, Utah J, Vermont 33, Virginia 137, Wtscon-in H8. The number in Mis sissippi, Louisiana, Texas, Missouri find Iowa is not stated. Probably since these figuiet were made up, the number of news papers in the Union has considerably in creased, as journals are frequently being started in nearly every section of the country, iho north-west especially. Large numbers die out ereiy year, but tho births are in excess of the deaths. Them are 50 newspapers published in Canada, fi in the Sandwich Inlands, and two in Nw Brunswick. In England and Wales (here ! are 272 newspapers, in Scotland 00, in Ire land 113, and in the British Isles and Jer sey 17 tolul, 408. There are about 1, 000 papers published in Germany about two-thirds of them mere advertising sheets. In France, out of Paris, very little is known of the statistics of journalism. The wholo number of newspapers docs not exceed G00. There are not more than 30 or 40 newspapers published in Spain. In Italy, the number of new spapers is very small ; Piedmont has 2. Constantinople has 13 newspapers. In Russia, there are about 100 newspapers, ond nearly as many magazines. Small Pox. Hall's Jouauat of Health has the following : From an extended and close observation (he following general deductions seem to be warranted. 1, Infant He vaccination Is an nlmo.-t perfect safeguard, until the fourteenth year. 2. At the begining of 14, the system grndualy loses its capability of resistance, until about 21, when mnny persons become almost aa liable to small pox, as if they had not been vaccinated. 3. This liability remains in full force until about 42, when tho susceptibility be gins to decline, nnd continues for seven ycurs lo grow less and )esi becoming ex tinct at about fifty, the period of life whan tho general revolution of the body begins to take plsoe, during which tho system yields to decay, or takes a new lease of life for two or three terms, of seven years each, 4. Tho great practical uso to be msd of these statements is : Let every youth be re-vaccinated on entering 14. Let several attempts be made, so as to be ccr tain of safety. As the malady is more liable lo prevail in cities during w inter, special nttcntion is invited to tho subject at that time. Kansas. The Jefferson City correspon dent of the St Louis Democrat learns from the passengers from Kansas lhat "a seri ous difficulty had arisen between Governor Geary nnd Judge Sherrod, growing out of the refusal of the former to appoint ihe latter Sheriff1, as desired by the Lgisla lure. Sherrod had avowed his intention to kill tho Governor, and meeting him short ly nfterwnrds in tho street spat in his face. Geary did not rosont this, but his friends got tip an.indignatinn meeting, which Sher iff Jones, Judge Sherrod nnd others at tempted to breuk up, when a conflict ensued in which Sherrod shot Mr. Shepperd, one of Gov. Geary's friends, four times, killing him and wounding iwo others. Mr, Jones, the Governor's secretary, then shot Sher rod, the ball passing through his head and killing him instantly. Very great excite ment existed at Lecomplon, and a general fight was anticipated lhat night. Gov. Geary's residence was guarded by United States troops. Mr. Sherrod or Sherrard is the man who had been appointed by the Court to fill the vacancy occasioned by Sheriff Jones' resignation, and to whom Gov. Geary refused to grant a commission, on the ground of his 'habitual drunkenness.' The Wostport correspondent of ibe Re publican says that " Sherrod did not spit in the Governor's face, but called him a liar, coward and scoundrel.' The Kansas Legislature has adjourned Gov. Geary bas Vetoed the bill calling a Convention to form a Constitution prepara tory to admission into lbs Union. Materia Medica. Credit is given cler gymen in notices of marriages. Why should not notices of deaths bo equally civil with physicians I Kr The vue of the import of coffee is 910,000,000 annually, or one sevntb of a'.l the imports of the wnotry. Fatal Arraav. Daring th iinmani-o pressure nt the President's leree on the 27th February, Col. Lee, a member of thr Ci'y Council and a clerk i the lYuidor. Otllee, seized a gMitlenian by tho collar, ard charged him with picking his pocket. The gentleman tbarged was Mr. Hume of Alexnndiiu, a highly rpectulle merchant. The next morning Mr, Hume, accompani ed by Col. Jamas C. Walker, reading clerk in the House of Ilepresentalives, pro ceeded to thn Pemion Office to explain nnd satisfy Col. Leo that he was mistake i. in supposing him a pick-pocket. Lee, however, was fixed in his opinion tlu.t Hume hud Btli'inpled to str-sl his pocket book, whereupon Hume strut k him w ith a stick, ond in return was sVt dead by Lee The whole uffiir transpired in a nioinei.t, and before any one bad suppocd there would be a serious Hilllcul'y. Musiu in biiiooLs. At the recent meeting of the Hoard of Education of New York chy, William Culleii Bryant, of ihe Now York' Evening Post, made a capital speech on lha subject of " Music in schools," from which we make the fol lowing extract: " In making n.ie a branch of com mon education, we givs a new attraction to our common schools. Musiu is not merely a study ; ii is an entertainment ; wherever there jx mnsie there is a crowd -of listeners. We complain that our com mon schools a ro not attended as they ought to be. What is to bo done I Shall wc compel the attendance of children t leath er let us, if we can, so order things lha' children shall attend voluntarily shall be eager to crowd lo the schools ; and for ibis purpose nothing can be more effectual, it seems to me, than the ail lo which tho an cients ascribed such power that, according to the fables of their poets, it drew thn very stones of the earth from their beds, and piled them in a wall around the city of Thibcs. "It should be considered, moreover, that music in schools is useful as an iticent ive to study. After a weary hour of por ing over books, with perhaps somo discour agement on the part of the learner, if not despair at iho hardness of his tusk, a song puts him into a moro cheerful and hope ful mood ; the play of ihe lungs fresher tho circulation of tho blond; and ho sets down again to his lak in better spirits ai d (Pith an invigorated mind. Altno.t nli occupations aro cheered nnd lightened by inu-ic. I remember once being in a to bacco manufactory in Virginia, where tho work was performed by slaves, who en livened their tasks with outbursts of psal mody. " We encourage their singing." said' one of tho proprietors, "they work tho boiler for it." Sailors pull more vig orously st the ropo for their "Yo heave hoP I have heard ihe vine-dressers in Tuscany, on tho hill side, responding to each odior in songs with which tho whole region resounded, and which turned their hard day's work into pUHtims." Artificial Fi:ei.. Tho English jour nals speak in terms of warm commenda tion of a now kind of fuel, the ingrod: ents of which are siutplo coal dust nnc; cosl tar pitch, in certain proportion';, amalgamated by chemical means peculiar to iho inventor. It is stated lhat 200 tons of this fuel will perform the same work, in generating steam, ns 300 tons of coa;, such as is generally uaed ; it also producr i but a very small proportion of clinkers, a 'id is consequently less liable to choke nnd destroy the furnace, bars and boiUrs thar. coul; and the ignition Is so complute tin' comparatively litlto smoke ntid only a small quantity of ashes are produced by it. Imports. The total imports of foreign Iry foods al New York for 18.')0 were 903,ana,S!)3, of which 27,257,237 were woollen manufactures, 8 17,020.S'.)3 cotton, i.10,938,HC5 silk, $0,434,401 (lux, 87, 7,r)fl,0!(7 miscellaneous. The imports for 1850 worn $04,07 1,002 ; for 18."i4, 9B0,. 842,03(1; ieM,!)3,704,2ll; 18.VJ,8dl, 054,1 14 ; 1931, 802,840,731 j 1950,100, 100,373. AniiiVALS at Nkw Yohk. The whole number of vesssls thai arrived nt the port of New York in 1830 was 3,800, bring ing 150,281 passengers, bssides 11,02? passengers from California. Of the whole number of vessels 221 ware steamers, S frigates, 770 ships, 803 barks, 1,230 brigs, and 079 schooners; 2,702 wero American vessels, 710 British, and 32 French. Farm bus. oura are tho Irve sources nf wealth; yours are the fountains from whence flow th peaceful streams of con tenlment and of real enjoyment; yours, though a life of toil and industry, is a life free from the thousand temptations which surround tho indolent, Ihe vrcious. and the votaries of plessiiro. C4r Liulo more than one hundred years ago, the quantity of iron made in th Kingdom of Great Britain, was about, twenty-five thousand tons, and atihe begin ning of this century, one hundred and seventy thousand tons. Fifteen yeara agr this quantity had inoreased lo one and i. half millions of tons, and at present tb' production reaches, or exceeds, two an : a half millions of tons. frtT Man creates more discontent n himself '.hsn b sectioned by o'ar