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tf ,1 1 l)c rcgou CVrps. W. I,. IUil, SIIITOS AMD rsnrmiiTot. onxaoN CXTJT: SATL'IIDAV, JJlJCKMBEJl 12, 1837. mxm I). IV. Cnu li authorized lo do anv bus- kj - - - inca couucoted (villi Tlio Argus OflKo Jurin;' my tbKuce. W. L. ADAMS. ' Death of llov. C.slncs, We r truly pninoj lo learn tliut Ex Got. John P. Gai.nt.j died at his reildcnco in Marion oounty, lust Wednesday, from an attack of pneumonia, tlwv. C-aikes was one of eur noblrst and best citizens. jt3T Wo havt? pljceil (ho communicv tion of" An OIJ Orc-oniuu" n the outside of ibis week's piper. It will pay perusal by those wlioaro interested in a supply of labor for Orj on. JTW' have but little editorial thia week, but we bopt the matter in the paper will be more interesting to our readers than anything ire could Lave written. We have jnst returned from a six days' tramp after our horses, wtiicli had taken it into their heads to attend tho tension of the Legisla ture, probably. We visited Silverton, rarttrsvillc, SjIcui, and nearly all the country adjacent to our circuit, nnd got acquainted with several of our best citizens in that direction. Our tings had halted be tween Abicaw and rudJing river, and of course failed to reach the Seat of Govern ment. (ttr The Legislature has organized and gone to work. We have no news from it further than that Hugh O'Bryant is chosen President of tho Council, and Ira Cutler, cf Pelk, Speaker of the House. Loth ol these men we believe adhere to the caucus, sovereignly clique. We learn that A. C. Wait of this county meekly took upon his neck the yoke ef the clique, nnd is now smarting under the ." bushito braud. ' OCT It has rained almost constantly the last week, and tho streams are generally high. The Willamette- is so high that it is with difficulty that tho boots gel into the basin ot the Linn City Mills. The Express had a hole knocked into her in at tempting to go in this week. The hole was stopped with blankets, nnd she was run down to Portland for repairs. . A3" The Surprise ca mo near going over ihe falls one day this week. It seems tluit the engineer misunderstood the pilot, and .kept backing (be bout when he should have gone forward. . We should suppose after the Portland misfortune that every precnu 'lloa would be taken by boatmen above tbe falls to prevent similar accidents. ' ' JUT la passing through tho country this veek, we notico that few of our farmers have got in any considerable crops of grain. We neticed several plows running in the rain.' The heavy rains have of coursa Stopped all plowing now, and farmers are wailing for February, when they expect to finish seeding. The rains had not soften ed the ground so as to make plowing easy in many places up to three weeks ngo. (T Mr. Sowell was killed last week nt Morrison's mill on Abicaw, Marion county, in falling a tree. He was engaged in pro curing saw logs for the mill. As he failed to return to the houo nt nightfall, search was mndo for him without nvoil. The next morning he was found dead near a fir tree he had cut dawn. His bkull had been dreadfully shattered by tho falling of a limb. We learn that ho was poor, and had a large family dependent en him fur support. We hopo tho citizons of that section will dischargo their duties as Chris tians and philanthropists by seeing to it that the poor man's family is provided for. We also learn iluit a young man had a leg broken by a falling limb, in chopping down a tree, a few miles south of Abicnw, at about the same time Sewell was killed. Another nape on O, A. Itrown. The Inst issue of Czapkny's organ has a letter directed to '" one hurst billy the driver of that obscure manure cart," tt'o., eVo, Tho article is signed James Brown, but gives unmistakable evidence of its au thorship. It ouht to bnvo boon put in as an editorial. Wo have no idea that tho poor iuotTonsivo Brown ever heard the ar ticle read correctly by the creatures who required him to let his signature be put ta it as a condition of his remaining in the service of the department. Such villain ous outrages upon friend Brown are as in famtus as tho libel on Lelnnd's wife. The -editor of that sheet shows true democratic bravery by forcing poor cripples tesign his smutty effusions regarding us. The next thing we shall look for will be his forcing some woman to sign. While that batch ef " white hairs" remains in his system, ho will bo tolerably careful about requiring us Input anothor wad down A is throat. fc We hear several inquiring for Dr. Hulchins's medicines. They can be had at Lafayette at present, but we learn that tho Dr. intends to deposit a quantity in ibis city at tbe Oregon City Drug Store, before long. Hit medicines are purely vegeta ble, and we hear the best accounts ef them in all our travels. (T Oats are scarce and high. Tber re worth about one dollar per bushel in all the upper counties. A gentleman frera the South informs us that in all the coun ties seuth of Benton nol one fourth of the farmers have a bushel even for seed. 'I' he Itcolb ef f ru-p-iox-wo. " When in Oregon City 1 was informed of the following fact : A chief by tho name of Puo-Maux-Muux, a man of influence, and whs bad been the friend ef Fremont, came uudi-r a lias of truce to lb mus tering volunteers, for the purpose, if pos sible, of preventing hostilities. Hut lu. stead of an honorable treatment, he was shot; his acalp, fingers nnd toes even, were cut oil, and soul as mementoes io friends in the Territory. The remains of hit body were then hitched to a hersc, nnd dragged ever rocks and stumps un til worn to pieces." The f irrgoing wo clip frnm a communi cation lu (he Spiritual Telegraph, of Aug. 6th, signed "John Beeon." How it is that Mr. Bteson could make such a stole uienl as that, to the Injury of Oregon, is mere than we can conceive. Wo believe , him to be an honest man at heart, and dc j sirous of Muting the truth, bul his memory is exceedingly treacherous, as wo have often observed, probably from his grostnge, nnd a softening of tho bruin by a Crahamilo diet. . Theuri in rcferenco to tho death of Pen peii-mox-mo.x aro these : lie cunio into tho volunteers' camp, bear ing a white (lag, a nd allured to conduct oar forces to his awn camp, where ho proposed to make a trenty. . Ho was treated with every respect, nnd Col. Kolley followed this chjef in the direction of tho Indian camp, till, finding himself entering a narrow Canyon, ho had renon to suspect him of treachery in trying to lead him into an ambuscade, when a halt was ordered, nnd the chief was told he must take him by some olhor route. Tha Indians son appeared in large numbers and attacked Col. ICcllcy's command. During the fight, I Ptu peu mox mox drew a knife and made nnasiault upon the guard who bad him ia charge, in trying ta make his escapo, when one of the guard struck him with his gun, breaking his skull. Semo rude hoys afterwards treated his body scandalously, without tho approval of the eiliceri in command There is nnd has been a great for good steel plows. In fact they ai to be had in tbe country. Mr. Low I1U9 however opened a shop in tins city manufacturing tho best Illinois' Plaws. lie says lid will be ready to supply tht farmers in a short timo. ' , ,Z ' . i JT Mr. Cury we understand is to Ice- . !.!.!.. nt W.shin.v.on Ull. no,t Fiidtiy and Saturday nights, on Astrono my. Ho has a hih stand Orery nnd phan tnsrangorin lantern, by which ho is nblo to bring astronomical science within range of. (he dullest compre he nsion. This is ene of the exhibitions which enlightens tho heao , andofcourso improves tho heart, thus ren- doting an amplo oquivalent for the money and lime expended by (he auditors. Our citizens aro generally liberal in patronizing nitukcy shows cud stiolling oddities, and wehavenodoubttbal they will exhibit a I commendable zeal in patronising a seien tificexbibitien. , , Qtr l'ork is selling in Ihe district through which wo passed this week at about $0,00. Wo heard of one snlo at 10,25. TunnicLE Dcatii. A correspondent of tha . Manchester (England) Guardian give nn account of tho ascent of Mont Blanc by a large parly, among whom were several Americans, ouo of w hom, a young lady named Trnluway, slipped over nn ice precipice and full hundreds of feet into a ussure, wiiere sue must liavo been dashed I to pieces. Living or dead, no assistance could bo rendered her, and there her ro- mains must lie until the last trump shall sound. , ; . A recent assessment of ihu population, valuation of property, taxe; oVc' of the city ol Chicago,' for ike year 1357, disclos ed tho following : ' Valuation of real estate $'.'0,010,010 Valuation of personal prop, 7,213,053 Incronso in one year 4,5i0,383 1 Taxes . - - 423,000 . Population- ... - 120,000 i . Tho Attorney Gonerul has decided that there can be no vested right ia a pension claim, .' The Star says : -' ' "lis is said to hold that there is no law of Congress which would enable iho child ren or grandohildren of a revolutionary to sustain a claim against ihe Government, based on tho more fact that '.heir ancestors performed services for which a pension might have been allowed him." ' It is said that this decision interferes with the practice of previous Administrations and a decision of tbe Supreme Court. ' Hanpsomb Pbesent from Pkesident Buchanan, The Norfolk Day Book 'says a magnificent gold pocket chronometer and and chain have been forwarded to Samuel T. Sawyer, Esq., collector for that port, by James Buchanan, President of the United Slates, to be be presented to that noble vet eran ef Old Ocean, Captain A. Johnson, of the Norwegian bark Ellen, who so gallant ly went to iho rescue of the passeagers of the Central America. This magnificent watch and chain are said to be of tbe best the world can produce; and, coming as a present from such a source as tbt President of ihe United States must make an indelible impression upon the minds ef future generations ef the hero io behavieref Capt. Johnson on that peril, ous occasion. It is supposed that tbe cost ceuld not have been less than $350. W'ushinton (futon. ' IW" Tears art like the dew that belongs io earth ; - smiles are the sunshine that comet from htavtn. cl. rnol r lor 6- Col. Ifnnler, the Domocrutio candi date fur Stato Treasurer of Louisiana, con tends that ceriala free negroes in Rupidet have the right to vote. These sumo no groes have repeatedly voted, and, ns tbey liavo voted lo suit the slave-twnors, it is now claimed that they may do again. It is a little singular that Domtoralt are found in a slave State ready to oppose the Died Scott decision. Mr. IkLrEii'a book, "Tho Impending Crisis,'! bas already hud a line success. Tho publishers, we learn, Lnro issued thir teen thousand copies. Orders have been received from several slave Stutes, and one gentleman in Pennsylvania ulona or dered fi(J copies for distribution. Macau lay a Baho.i. Thomas Bablng ton Mucaulay, the biilliant English essay ist and historian, has been raised lo tho Peerage, nud will henceforth have a sent in tho House ef Lords. His title is that of " Baron Macaulay, of RothUv, in ihe county of Leicester." Itothley Temple was for somo years tho residence of his maternal uncle, the lato Thomas Babing ton, nftor whom tho historian was named. It was Mr. Mncaulay's birthplace. Tub Waltiiam Eoiibim Boy and Ma chinist. N. P. Banks enco worked in No. 3 mill, on tho Merrimack corporation, us a bobbin boy. Capt. Shepherd of Som erville, who, by tho way, is a printer, stat ed in n recent Ftceeb. that when he was an apprentice ho was sent to a machine shop to get a press repaired. Said Capt. S, ' " On making my business kaswo ! ihe foreman, he pointed to a yeung man in his shirt sleeves, and said, Take it lo him, he will fix it, Oeiitlcmen, who do yeu sup j p0se ,Bnt jung man wtst I will tell you, gentlemen : It was the Inst Speaker of the National Houso cf Representatives, and our nominee lor Governor er this Commonwealth N. P. Banksof Waltham. OCT The Pennsylvania!! has compiled io statistics which serve in. part to ex luin tho extraordinarily high prices of all kinds ef provisions which have ruled tho past year or two,. In IS 10, for ins'nnce, the United States produced 81,820,000 bushels of wheat, 109,000,000 bushels of Irish and sweet potatoes, 14,070,000 head of cattle. , Htd agriculture remained eimply sta . ., . , . J ,WBnr "k'r"l3 tin increase of popu lation, it ought It hnvo produced in 1820 113,240,000 bushels of wheat, 140,000,000 bushels of polo toes, Xl,3 10,000 heaJ or cattle. Instead of whien, it yielded only 100,130,00 bushels of wheat, 104,000,000 bushels of potatoes, 18,d( 8,000 head of cattle, Thus the diminution of lbeo articles during a period of ten years amounted to about ' ' ,,-.,. lJ000,000 bushels or wheat, which is " Sfl,. .r-..,..,' is a fulling oft of, 1-3 2,000,000 head ol entile, Which is a falling ofT 1-10 of ihe production io 1840 duly Inking into calculation the increase ef population. Politics and Ri'.ligio.h. The' Journal of Commerce is responsible for tho follow ing paragraph : " Vermont, in proportion to its popula tion, is, if wo mistake nol, the most thor oughly Black Republican of any Slate in the Union. . 'Ouly about ono fifth of the people on tho average ottenu upou evun- gPiic;,i worship on the Sabbath Aboli- tionisrn is rampant. Thisrulo ought to woik both ways, and j wo suppose the Journal will nbide by its results whenever tried. The vote of the Five Points of New York ot tho last Presidential election steod as follows ; . Buchanan, 574 Fremont, 10 Fillmore, ' ' ' 0 Sham Democracy is rampant at the Five Points, and ihe people there don't go to meeting at nil 1 Will it nor do to ofTset Vermont with iho Five Points ? iYT. Era. Race between War Steamers. On returning to England, from laying the sub marine telegraph cable, a trial of speed took place betwecu Her Britannic Majes. ty's ship iho Agamemnon and the United States steam frigates Niagara and Susque hanna. The Niagara soon evinced her superior speed. This circumstance is very gratifying, as the Agamemnon is said to be the crack vesstl of the English navy, ea sily making eleven or twelve knots per hour. The circumstances attending the race are described in a letter to the Nnvy Department, as follows : "This morning, Aug. 13th, at nine o' clock, the Susquehanna was about two miles ahead ; we were just abeam of the Agamemnon. Capt.. Sands signalized, ' I'm going to Plymouth,' as much as to say, .' Can't wait for such slow conches.' We concluded to go to Plymouth also. Each ship's smoke-pipe at once told the tale of hard firing-up. Tht sea was smooth, and the wiud light. " At five o'clock ia the afternoon, the positions of the vessels were nearly as fol lows : The Agamemnon was far astern we could just see her smoke ; the Susque hanna was about seven or eight miles astern." As Capt. Hudson, however, wished to keep ctmpany with tho Agamemnon, the Niagara stopped, and waited for her to come ap. During the race, '.he Niagara's speed was l'! knots. Tht London Times, in commenting on Ihe race, admits that the Niagara "can steam faster, throw heavier metal, and at a greater distance than the Agamemnon, and if moored off a large town in an undis seal turbed posiiiou would do great damage wiihoul receiving injury, if lit opposing ships wcro near ; bul at tea, with the chan ces of fug and misli, iho recurrence of night, and the possible derangement of her machinery, il is questionable whether she would bo able to maintain such a long range as would secure her advnntngit over such a ship at the Agamemnon." Tho broadside of tho Agnmnmnon con sists of 64 gnus, those on the lower deck boing 04 -pounders, and there is no doubt that, in close quarters, ono concentrated dis charge would tell most efilciivcly. The Niagara, on the other hand, has a bread sido of seven guns, each gun throwing a shell of 170 pounds weight to a ilistunco of two miles and moro. We lliink, with the New Orleans Truo Delta, that if the Britibh frigate is built lo fight in " fogs and mists, recurrence of night, and possi bio derangement in machinery," and not in clear wcaiher and in perfect order, that it would bo wise under such circumstances lo give John Bull's best efl'url a wide berth. From tho peaceful relations that have ex isted between our country and England during the past year, nnd which bid fuirlo continue uninterrupted, it is not probable, however, that these two noble vessels will ever be engaged in any severer contest with each other than in a (rial of speed. - Tub Strength of Di.lhi. Delhi, at the breaking out of the insurrection, contained in depot the products of tho cannon fouu dcriet ef Kassifouro, and tho gua enrriuges and artillery material manufactured al Falliuhghar, and these of the celebrated powder mills tf Icbopourt. Independent of tht heavy ordtance on the ramparts, it had in store 010 heavy guns, of tht cali ber of from 18 tt 24, intended tt supply the different parts of tht Calcutta presi- j i.. -j.. ion j i.i :n ucucy, uesioco toj pieces Oi dwiu ami nrr ,"",., ' ... ' ei me cuiioer ot 7 lo 0, auu Co elmsses and 70 moiiars. Tho store of projectiles and munitions 1 . was also very considerable. The Indian artillery hnsa well.meriled reputation, and all theso guns were in excelleul condition. At the lime of the insurrection there was not a single regiment at Delhi. , The native regiment tf artillery aud engineers did garrison duty, and this explains how it happens that tbe defense of the place is orgnuizod in such a regular manner. ' Gen. Barnard wrete, a few days before' his death: "I cannot disguise from myself tha' I am before a new Sevastopol." , Weeding out Weak Children. Do meslio dosing, and the adiiiinistiatiou of medicine for every ailment, is another pro I'fie sou rco o( tho diseases of childhood. Tho first thing placed in the mouth of a new born babe is a doso of raedicino, as if God had made it wrong made it lo require medicine, immediately upon its ndvcnl in. to this world. Afterward every colio re quires paregoric, or .some other anodyne remedy, white catnip ten, castor oil, senna tea, lavendar nud peppermint fill up the intervals. I am pursuaded that catnip ten is tho most frequent cause of " sprue," and it is to mo a standing wonder that so many children survive,and sometimes even thrive despito all this dosing.. I am inclined to think only the healthy , do survive, as a general rule, while the feeble a re destroyed. Children in health should be accustomed lo considerable light, except in the cases of iho nowly-born ; and after recovery from irruptive diseases, children should be kept in a well-lighted apartment. It is a bad practice to have tho breakfast-room dark, but belter to permit tho eye to.be como sradunlly accustomed to tho in- tenso light of tht noon-duy Like ulants children require the open nir and sunlight in order lo accomplish their fullest devel opment and lo sceuro immunity from dis ease. No organ of the body so soon as the eyes exhibits lack of attention to tho precautions or the consequences abovo alluded to. Dr. Clark. Gkowth of the United States is Farming Improvements Increase of Wealth. At tht annual meeting of the United States Agricultural Society, held at Washington in January, 1857, a committee of fivo members was appointed to memo rialize Congress on the subject tf estab lishing an Agricultural Department, with a Secretary at its head, who should be one ef the advisors of the President and a member of bis Cabinet, and receive the same pay as tbe other Secretaries receive. The necessity fer creating such a De partment is readily seen when the magni tude of the capital invested, and the im portance and availability of ihe products arising therefrom, are considtred. Tho statistics of the United Stales show the quantity of land, under the head of improved farms, to be 113,031,014 acres, and unimproved at 180,528,000 acres which land is divided into 1,440,075 farms, averaging 203 acres to each farm, tbe val ue of which land is $3,271,575,426, em. ploying agricultural implements to tbe value of 8151,537,633, producing agricul tural products of the value of $056,924, 640, as shown by the cetsus ef 1850; which annual agricultural products have increased so as, in 1857, to be of the value of $2,202,902,090, or near 140 per cent., while the advance in products will shew a like advance ia land, equal in 1857 U tbt value of $7,633,679,827, and of asricul- tural implements lo the value of $363,- 04.4S8 together, $8,007,573,815 all of which land, farming implements, and annual value of products, might have been increased in a duplicated value, under ihe manngHineiil of nn agricultural depart ment, with a judicious and experienced Secretary at its head, as can easily be made manifetl. Tkt Oriel ef Ike Hsvotutlon ta l4ta. A correspondent of tho Aug-burg Al. legpiueine Zultung writes ns follows, fioin Calcutta, uud. r duie of July 4th : ' - " It Is now beyond a doubt that we have to contend not meruly with an insurrection of iho native ennv. but with a revolution oflha entiro Mohammedan population of India, having fur its end the extermination of all Europeans and Christians, and the restoration tf the ancient Moilem Empire. The pint waa wull luid, ami would have mot with complete suuuum bul for the pre cipitation of iho lOili (native) regiment, Tho revolution was to commence In Calcut ta, in-teail ef Delhi.' Tho 2d Grenadiers were to obtain possession of tht forts ol Calcutta, while the 3 lilt (native) infunliy were lo massacre nil the Europeans nt Bar. raekporo, and then march upon Calcutta. The artillery nt Dum-Diim were likewise lo murder all the Europeans and then march to the assistance of ihe 3d (irena diers. By means of the gum in iho forts it was Imped to sink all tho vessuls at Iluo gley, and thus prevent Ihe escape of the European. The body-guard of the Oov ernor General, which cemprmet the veter ans of all tho cavalry regiments, was io slaughter the eutiro pmumui of govern ment, nnd the Mohiimmeduns in thn Baz aar were to destroy ihe rnilroud nud tele, graph. Tho 40lh regiment were to nuiri-h hiiher, and nfier oompletinK our destruction, nroi-oid northward on their mission of death. "But through tho impetuosity of ihe 19th regiment tho plot was discovered. Six ttion belonging to tho 2l Grenadiers were arresie I, but instead of being bunir, they were banished fur forty years in plain lerms, tbey were allowed t depart ia pence. The plot being thus frustrated in CaW tutta, the rising look place ia tha nerllv- i wesicrn provinces, al . Meernt and Uuiui, i . , ,, . , ..til. i: . from whence the insurrection over all India. ..rorai .!.! povernmcnt ulno is to blame. Last November ihe aged Goleb I Sing, well knowu Iron his participation in I o:t.,. ... . t i n ,i.. me oimi wurH, wrutu ii tvi u Galium); mm the overthrow of llie Brili.h Government by tho Mohammedans "as conle mpliiled, and that he had been invited to place him self at thn head of tho rebellion, but bad declined doing so and -would remain in peace at Cashmere. ..Tho government, in l heir fancied security, made light of his revelations, and did not even deign to an swer his leilor." -' ' 1 One of tub Processions. Tho Demo cratic procession in Cleveland, in honor of the nominee for Governor, is thus describ ed : ,. .-, . . As tbe corteijt passed up the hill in faint star-light, it presented a striking oppcar ance. The order maintained as follows: Two of Greer i0 Co's Horses, Two more Horses, The Driver, ' ' Fore wheels ef Ihe Carriage, THE CARRIAGE, . .. Hind wheels of the Carriage, . Immense cloiul of Dust, . Covering everything, and beautifully lypi- '' cal ofthe Democratic party ' - ef Ohioj which is nt : present " under r ;-i . a cloud." ......... ' Awful Incidents. Some of the incidents describe! ns oc curring before or ubout the time of the sinking of the Central America w ere truly thrilling. One man, flouting in solitude, nnd terrified at his loneliness ; niter shout ing himself hoarse to find a companion, saw ot length a man with I wo life-preservers fastened nbul bis body, drifting" to wards him. His heart leapt with joy at tho welcome sight, (or the fueling of tleso. lation which hud overcome him was terrible to endure. ; He called to the other to join i '''m na' ""V" 1'Ixere was no reply, but the other kept drifting nearer and nearer, A wave threw them together. They touched. The living man shrieked in the face of n corpse. ' The other had been drowned by the dash ofthe billows, or had perished from exhaustion.' " 1 Wheir rising nnd falling with the swell of Ihe waves, the lights of the bark Ellen were first discerned by the survivors in iho water, the thrill of hopo that at once filled every breast amounted,' It mRy well be believed, lo a perfect ecstney. " Lei Mr. Georjo speak for all, he says: "I never felt so thankful in all my life. I never knew what gratitude was before. I do not know whether I cried er nol, but I know I was astonished lo hear my own laughter ringing in my ears.' I do not know why I laughed, That verse, "God moves in a myaterieus way," kept passing in and out of me through me, rather, as if I had.been the pipe ef an organ. It did not come to me by my own volition, but somehow made me remember it. ' When tbe lights approached nearer, a tctrt of voices sprang up around roe, saying, ' Ship ahoy,' 1 Boat ahoy,' and then I began to shout too And I had never any doubt that I would be saved, till I saw (be lights pass by, about a half a mile from where I was, and recede it the distance. Then I began to give myself np for lost indeed. But I slowly drifted toward her again, till I could make out htr hull, and one their tales. Another wished lo live that he might enjoy the treas ure be had stowed away on hit person, and which would be saved if he was. A third, who had lost everything, wanted to begin life anew, and make his fortune over a gain. A species of fatalism consoled some, if their time was come it was come, and tbey saw their comrades in missfurtutt fall io their last struggle and sink, with scarcely a pang. One man told us he went tt sleep in tbe water. . , , . . Of the hundreds who rose to the surface Bfierlht kU'Ninrr sunk, only tlait, l. were rescued by tht Ell,..'-foriy.Mjn't 7 number seem to have survived ,H ' rors of ihul awf.,1 ni;;ht. Many who',!!' agined Ihey had securely fMltnti ft life-prcscrvert about them, f0UnJ( ft having been nicked down by lb, wbirlpolj created by the tlnklug .lp, t,H, m JJJ the lif.prBrrvort bul their own eloiu were torn from tlwni. And wii,out nupport there was no living In ib.-,t fe,rfll ten Tho ablest swimmer could sot hu, breasted ihoic, wave, lollgl.r ,mn , uto. 'And those who retained lhelrif' preservers, and tho.e who clung og flj. and other portions ofthe Wreck, were n,i it mu.t bo iuppo-ed, in more tl,M hundred Instances, able losurvlvt i w' few hours, amid the surging 0f tu, w Ihe driving ol the wind, and thoelij'0f the water. On Tuesday morning, oei daylight broko, very few could bt tw, who of course were Immediately rcU.' but, Ihough Iho Ellen cruhed aboot h several hours, no more were to bt feuad A few wore saved tho aeaclaunidalliU rest." , Our Martyred MUloirle it i,di' The lusl lay of hepe hat beH dispel by the lalo arrival of nets from India, mf wo must now record, with feelings of tha profuundest sorrow, tliut ibero it overy son tobelievo the four missionary furnilie nflhe rreshyteriaii Board at Futcugh have perished in I ho niassnore. Tliey hitg been traced to tho vicini'y of Cannpere and it was hoped w hen Gru.' tlavelock tr- ' rived there he would liud Ihem alivej and rescue Ilium from the insurgents, but h, report bul ono white person at saved, M4 her name is given ; so that the painful fict is pvessed upon our hoar It thai our breth ren and sisters, our dear friendt Freeman, and Campbell, and Johnron, and McMul ten, and their wives, and t wa uliilJrea of Mr. Campbell, have fallen victims to the awful insurrections in India. ... ltev. John E. Freeman went out in 1838, and has been faiihful missionary, fcr about nine teen years, lie married Mist Bench, in Newark, N. J., who died about ten years ago. Mr. F, afiern-anla niarmi n valued friend of ours, Miss VerJcaburg, a lady of great accomplishments an J worth, with a large, circle of fiienda in lliii city ' and New Jersey. 1 . Rev. David A. Campbell was from Wfj. consin, and his wife fioin Ohio. Rev. Albert Ot Johnson and wife are both from Western Pennsylvania! (f Rev. Robert E. Mc.Mullen was fmw j'hjl ndelphiu,and his wi&j was Miss Piemen, from Pntorson, N. J. , All of them were among rliu most able nnd useful misswot lies of the Board, and llleir loss is n blew tt the work, compared with which the At slruclion of 8100,000 worth of property India is not lo bo mentioned. These hous es, and presses and churches can be rebuilt, but who will be baptised for tho ded.Y. Y. Observer. - :- r ' -i A Blunt Conclusion. The New York Suu declares clearly, but with great calm- , . o A ncss : , . , " We nre becoming a nation of vain, but extravagant fool.-!. ; Fieni January hi l this data we have imported foreign mereh undise to the vuluo of one hundred M , seventy-livo millions of dollars about four teen millions m6rcihun uitr :. imports a mounted to for iho same- time last TW The vulue of our exporls siaee January III is about fifty millions of dollars, or four millions of dollars less limn our exporter the snine time Inst year. We liavo ran into debt ibis year aione about one hen drctl nnd twenty-five millions of dollars, aad1 by tho end of iho year our foreign debt lor" imported goods will l much larger;." 03" It should bo moro generally knots that the simplest method of sharpening a razor or olhor edge tod, is to put It 'fcr half ah hour in water to which Has been added one twentieth of its weight of muri atic or sulphuric acid, then lightly wipe.' it ofT, and after a few hours set it on aliosa. The acid hero supplies the place of, whelBlono by corroding the whoje surfacs uniformly, so that nothing further than smooth polish is necessary. . Tbs proM never injures good blades, while badly h dened ones are often improved by.it... 03" Judge Turner, a Vermont lsJri who deceased a few years ago at an 'J vanced age, was as famous for his u readiness at repartee as he was for a pen. manship considerably less legible than tkat of a distinguished Boston barrister. It happened at a term I of the Franklin countj ceurt, that Turner, then a practicing tt ney, had a cause on the docket of soma ' gal abstruseness but of no grest P'W' importance.. '" Why," said the presiK judge, who wished to get rid of Vh " ' why don't you refer this matter to "' trators? Why rot leave it to a ceople of i. . nonoo tourhon- tr," replied Turner, "we don I trouble honest men with it. v uunesi oeiviiDorsi ucv. , - till In Sprint Valley. Polk eounly, Oregmv i, 1857, Gasuil Walluw, aged 69 J r 25, 10 month. FEATHER BEDS. ' FEATHER BEDS, complete-jutt rc 6 and for sale by Dee. l i ffj. X DEMEXT . sramm-nr coixes mr. milton wright; Tt, WILL enter upon his rrt ' V on Monday 'llie 23d dV of November. Tmlion per term oj . winorT, Vor ch .dditional branch utove tho r"am" fifty cents more. ' . . . .. , ' By order of tho Trooleeo. Dec.5. ALLEN J. DAMESC'