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'I THE OREGON AUGUST WSUNISO RVSSV MTV III r MOSXIS0, . XT WILLIAM L ADAMS. LU-LUUJU. i-J-U.-J -.l.iil.SJILsJ ADVEKTbSINU KATES. . ' "; On square (12 lines or lea) on inaortiua, 3jM " M two huwrtinn, 4,04 H three hiaertion, 5,00 Each subsequent iuanrtion, 1,00 Reasonable deductions lo thus who sdrtis by the year. JOD PRINTING. Tn raotsiEToa of the ARC I'M is air-rr lo inform the publie that ha ho just received a large tork of JOII TYPE and other new print ing material, and will bo in Ihe speedy reee:pt el addition sailed to sll the rrmiirrmrnt of ih e lo. cnlitv. IIANDIIILI.S POMERS, lil.ANKf. CARDS, CIRCULARS, PAMI'llLUT-WORK tiKMS-Tk$ A a vi vill it farnithii al Tkrtt Dollar and fifty Cent pr mrnim, ia WmMi te if ikbicriktrt Tkrtt Dalian tatk te Wait l ( ajiciia adcanet Wktu tkt mat it atl (aid i adeanet, AW Dollar will M tkargtd if paid teilkin sis ' Mr, fas' A 'lev daiira f M tnd of Ike year, fg" Tb Dollar for ii mf A tutitcrip- flea rert iced fur t hit period. A fiftt ducanlinatd until all arrtaragti art paid, animal Ik option of tin paUukt t. A Weekly Newspaper, devoted to the Principles of Jefli'rsoiiiiui Dumocrucy, and advocating the side of Truth in every issue. Vol. III. OREGON CITY, OREGON, JANUARY 9, 1858. No. 30, snd other kind, dime to order, on thorl notice. ' Stag BUSINESS CARDS. W. T. MATLOCK. w. a joiimo BXatlock 4k Johnson, ATTORNEYS & COUNSELOR AT LAW, And Solicitor In Chancery, WILL promptly allrnit lo my huainea which may bo committed to llielr professional barga bcloro III Uutrici M Supreme Court. Office in HgtinVId balMing, humdiak-ly op mmia ma rnaiu nntl iioum. , Ongua City, March 7, 1817.' 47y JOHN R MBRIDB, ' Lafayette, Yamkill County, O. T., "VVTILL faillifnriy attend lo all business to ' V V trusted lo hn profeMinnal can. Wo, 0. Dement sfc Co.. tT HOLE ALK aud rvl.il Dealer in Gnxwr- If iei, Provision, paint, Oik Hoot and Wmoo, Cracksry, ate. OpBo.le the Land Uflie Main Bi. urcgou uiy. June I, I 55, . CHARLES POPS, JR., TEALEH in Hardware, Groceri.. Dry Gooda, JJ Clotfaiug, Bool It Shoe, MrJiciuea, Uooki and Stationery. Main-it., Oregon City. April 21, 1857-Ilf GEO. ABEItftirrilY dk Co., M KUCHA NTS, OREGON CITY, 0. T. Abernetay, Clark fc Co., COMMISSION AND FOUWARUINO MERCHANTS, San Francisco, Cul., Will attend to aelllnsr Oregon produce, and fill or ator for Goodi, Uroeerlc, ic, at llie lowest rale. The paironnge of llio people of Oregon is re- Sfectiuliy oulii'iiod. Aug. 3. A. Milwain, Manufacturer, W'kolttule and Retail Dealer in . COOKAXDIMHLOK STOVES, ttm teems wu, iiaibwars, c, Main St, oppoaite Main Street Ho to I, OREGON CITY, 0. T. Steamboat aud jobbing work attended lo with itpatch. Order from the country promptly filled. jc7 Time. XT F. HIGH Kl ELD, M . WATCH-MAKER Frreoii dfnirou of gelling noui work don hmI o well to give m a call, a my whole lime n de moted to the repairing of Chronometer, Lever, Duplex, and lioriniiilal wutulie. - An aiaortniriil of Jewelry on haml. Jewelry mail loord. r, and repaired. Price to mil the lime. I am thunkful for punt IiTora, and liOw lo give (utmrai'tinn in future. . VT IM-atrd at the old luml, nppmlte the Tel' graph Office, OREGON CITY. Feb.S. rt Bran, BrZodicincs, Paints, Oils, fy and Ujro-staffs, " l"e OHKUUN CITY UHVG STOUE, mylS Main Street, OrcpiuCily.O.'r. JOHIt P. BROOKS, Y hole tale f Retail Denier in Groeriti, Product, , rroeineM, (fc. Main street. Ji Ceneml Aanirtmriit kept up of Selected Good " Cauemah, March 58, 1857. GUN SMITHING. ."TOEING pernuiuenlly located in Oregon City JL) I am prepared lo curry on llie buaiueM ol -. IN ALL ITS BRANCHES. Thiioo who lavor me wilh their patrouage, may ipucl to have their work uoiie right. Those who leave GUN Sal my Shnp for repair, and do not call for thrm within kink month of the lime del fur Ihe work lu be d'Hie, way expect to have them n-'ld to p.iv chnrgra. ' . FKKUlXANli WILDE, JubS7, 1857. Ilmlrj ' ' Wells, Fargo & Co 's Express, Between Orrgmt, Cali'oniia, tin A'Linli S'rtfr an I Europe. HAVING made advautageoua . erramrenienu with the United I State and Pacific .Mail Steam- hiu Companies fortiumnnrtatiun, we are now pre pared to forward Gold Putt, Bullion, Specie, Package; Parcel; and Freight, to ami from N .York, N.Orlcena, Sun Fruuc.ao, Cortland, aud principal town of I al. form an I Uregon. Our regular Semi-monthly Exprea between Portlaud aud San Fraiieiaco, ii diaiiatched by the Pacilio Muil Steanuhip Co.' iteuinsliip Columbia, mnecting at sail r ranciaco Willi our eim-inontli-ly Expren lo Neut York and Nca Orteun; which i diipatclied regularly on the 1st uud liiih of each mouth, by the mail ateumere and in charge of our wn meawnger, through to deHliiiation. Our Kxpres from New York leave regularly n the 5th and SUlh of ench month, also iu charge f meaaenger. Treasure imured in the beat New York coin- paniua,or at Lloyd'i in Loudou, at Urn option of ahippere. Urncii-New Ymk, No. lfi, Wall al New Orlean, No. 1 1, Exchange place; San Frauciaco, No. 114, Montgomery uieeu A. 11. STEELE, Agent. Oregon City, April SI, 13j7.-ltf ' Reading for the Million. 'i.i . . 8. J. McCOUMICK ' a CONSTANTLY OW HAND AT THI PXANKLIN IO0K itobb, raoxT-iT, ronTUND, oaeoon, AChoico (election of Popular Buuka, New, Danen, Magazine! and Fancy Stationery. Amtng Iho bouka on hand will be found worka rea Temperance, Agriculture, Horticulture, Hii tery, Poetry, Biography, Med.eine, Religion, Aohhico, School Bouka, Kouiaiice, etc., Sc, otc. ' CTSubwnptioM received for Harper, Graham, dy, Lealio'i, or Putnam, al 4 a year, pott mga fret. IT Subooriptioul received for any newspaper puklahed in any pari of the L'nion. Bemember the Frankliu Book Store and New, par Agency, Front treet, Portland Oregon. " fJfA priced catalogue will be publialied early ia April, and will be aeul to auy pari of lira lerri lory free on application. Oregou Lodze Io. 3, I. O. O. F MEETS at Uieir Hall over the Oregon City Drug Store every Wdnlay evening at f o'clock, lirathrea in gool auudiug are iuviled vUML FKED. CUAKMAN, N. G. -" Gioasi Pcac, Sec'y. 31 TEMPLE OF HONOR. Tualatin Temple of llouor. No. 1, meet on the M and 3d Fri. day virninpef each mooih al 6i o'clock, at Tera erance Hall, Foreet Grove, Oregon. Member of the Order in good Handing an ia ted lo viait ihi Temple. E. W DIXON, W.C.T. Mr Ttrm., W. R. 3J 100 GALS, petm oil (wperior onality) for aalo by WM.C.DEMENT4C0. IPOYS, at dtffiM.n kind, fcr ale by X ..: CBARMASe W.R.fE. THI Mro Rrbilttoa. Soma inlrreatinsf docuiiiciila luva been receive J liy the W'ur Depsrlinviil frnin tir cunmiaiidof of llie Ul.ili rxieilition, anumg them Ifttvrsti'l iroclnnittiluii frutn Orig bain Yntin. Col. Alr-xanJrr WMlt!iin tliirlj milei of Fort Briilr, wlildi ulnc i occupied liy Murmon troojia, when lie received llie fuj lowing niHgimniinou Iclterfrom rtriham Voting, ihrouli the commander of llm "Nsuvoo Legion:'' Coventor. 's Orricr, Unn TKixiToitr, ) (JukatSai.t LAKiCiTr,8.-pt. !20. 1657. To Ihe Officer CminnanJiiiff . Ihe Force now In vailing Utah Territory: Sir : Hy rcfeienca lo tlie set o C'onj;rem pawail S. pi. 9, 1950, orsitiizinrr thn Trr- rttory orutiili, vnii will hml thn follow ; "See. 2. And id it farther enacted, Tlmt llie executive. puer ami uuiliuriiy in ami over euid Territory of Ululi almll dc vi alcil in (I'overnoi, who alinil bold hi office) for fuur yer, ami umil die aucceSt tor ahull b appuininl nml iinlificl, unlet oonrr renmveil by llio J'rpaiileht of thn United Suite. The Governor kIihII reiile wiiliin said Torritory, hnll bo Cotnitmnd. erin-Cliief of llie militia lliereof," Sio. I am tat ill the Governor an J Supcrin lenrletil of Indian Affair for the Territory, no tiiccKvor having been appointed and qualified according lo law, nor linee I been removed by t lie I'reiidenl of (he United Siatra. By virtue of ihe authority lima vented in me, 1 lm iued and forwarded lo you a copy of my proclumaiion forbid dinjf the ciilrancCof armed fo'ce into the Territory. Tlli 'oii have diaregarded. I now further direct tlmt you retire forth with fiom ill Territory, by llie Mine route, you rnleied. Should you deem thin im practicable, and prefer to remain uutil Siting in the vicinity of your present encaiiiptneiii lilack Fork on Green ltiver you can do ao in pence and unmolested, on condition that yu deposit your arm and nmninniiioti with l.rwi Itobinaon, QiiHrU'riniKter-lieneral of the Territory, and leave in the Spring! iivOii e thu con dition of tiie loiuli will permit you to inarch ; amlihoiiU you fall aliort of provia ion, they tan bo furnialieilynti on making the proper application therefor. Gun. 1). (I. Well will forward thiiand receivn any communication you niny have to inuke. Very respect fully, Dkigium Young, . Governor and Supcriiili'iidenl of Indian Aflair. From tht St. Louit Republican, Nov. 16. Mr. I. nude' who i unnneo'ed a Chief Hnineer with Mnjrriiw' Wnjion Road Survey, pa.Mi"d tlirniih thta city on hi way to vVualiiniriuu, on utiiidny lt. Tin ircnlleiiiiiii, wliniaa well known civil enuineor and explorer, (litfiingnMivil him. :( bv very il.irin; nip acroaa the Culili- neut diii'inrr the ftuininer of llie. bioiix war, with a p irty nf lour men, only one of w hum arrived with bint at tin' Mmwuuii Uiver. Hit i al.o nientioni'd til author of ev"al hb'e repmta lo Coherent on thu ubj 'it of a Pacitic Itnilro.nl. Ihta gentleman I'tix pi-rhirmed, ttnee tho lib day of June Inat, the itnprece'lent ed feat t,f riding 4,40:1 milex, nun b of tile d,-t inue in uuexpluied iiiouutaill paae, uud all in rouuh fid I aeivice, wiiliuul a ten', or ordiiiury bngir:ii!e. in the hhnrt apuceot'4 munllis, iticluding 18 rnmp lay, lie commenced u itli a pirty nl )!) men, lour ot li'm reiurnen nn nun io the htariinjj potu', luilepoiiiluiice, M . Many of llie iiriiiiu party were ili.nliled by illness, and noine remain in thu moun tains, or am on their way lu the nettle, men'a. Win. II. U iii'ner, J.ilin II. Iiii'le. Calvin J.Crocker und Alexander Mitchtll urn the naniea of thnao who arrived wilh Mr. Lauder. Thi evore labor wk performed for the purpura of delecting the ahnru-ai practica ble route for the new wngnn road, prior to the nrrival of the working train in charge nf Siiperintettilcnt Magraw, From auarci- V of graK, and other obstacle not foreseen by inexperienced partiea, the main work- ig train only arrived at Ihe ooulli J s iu aea-on to go into winter quarlera, where it nw i. The Mormon having burned all the grs on ihe aoiitliern wintering gruttndi, the wagon road expedition liaa relected a canip on Wind Uiver. Ii ia Mirroiinded by herd of bnllalo nnd elk, with which, iu vent of failure of oilier mean of aub-tt ence, llie tram may tie auppne'i. u. r. Ficklin, one of llie nMlanl engineers of the advance party, who had nisliuguialied hi time If in Utftacliuil nervtcp, had been de tailed by Mr. Lander at ibe request of Su perintendent Magraw, lo purchata flour nnd other provision for the train. In per forming thii duty, ha wa aurrounded, near Green Kivr, by sixty well-armed mounted Mormons. He tave them evasive an iwert as to the nature of his business, and was at leniflh allowed lo depart. He rode al once lo the command of Cul. Alexan. der. many miles diataut, and informed that gentleman of tho advance of the moulded armed men, and of the rumors that live hundred had croaaed Green River, going in the direction of unprotected Government fains ; but ixdure any escort was sent, three train, embracing seveniy.ix wag. ona, were reached and completely deatrny ed bv the party of sixty men firat seen. From Ihe destruction ol these trains or nrovi.ions, the eaalern mountaineers were diapoaed lo hold articles of subia!ence al a high price- Flour was thirty dollar a hundred at PUtte Dridge, one hundred and twenty five male beyond Fort Laramie, and rising ; and a general belief prevailed in lb country Hint hrellliiies were com menced. The military force were in high spirit, and ihougb traveling, with every proaped of enduring great hardibips, ea thosiastia to a manr and prrd for the worst Tke exploration f the 6Snee party i of ihe Wagon Hoad Kxpedition bad prov- I of great aeri ice to the coinnianil. The eiiliio region between Ilia Salt Lake and Snake Kiter, ihe South Pa and Thou and Spiing Valley, connecting' the work of Stanbiiry and Fremonl, and bilherlo unexplored, had been surveyed and mapp ed j sixteen mountain paaaea examined ; all llie tributaries of the Upper Green Ri ver defined to lli' ir aourcrs J tho Greul Waliaalch chain found to conil of four diaiincl rangea. Nuinerons supplies of grsaa, wood, and water have been discov ered, and va'ioit wagon route, Iwo of w hich avoid llio Grand Desert of the San dy, and one seven days' shorter travel in a distance of five hundred miles than any previously known. These may bo men tiontd as some of the resul'.s ol the explo rations. Tl a military force had, therefore, abandoned the old lion of approach, and were advancing upon the valley of the Luke by lite open plain of Iho western de scent of llie liear nnd Muladu River. Our iiilormutil, who was a former mem ber of Mr. Lander's pnrty, atMire us that much important intelligence, to which he can have no access until it resches the In terior Department, will shortly be laid be fore the country. We forgot to slate that Gov. Cutntning nnd lady, with the Secretary of the Terri tory, were met about two days' march east of Frl Laramie with Col. Cooke and the Utah mail train. When Mr. L. informed Gov. Cumming of lite commencement nf Mormon dis iurbances by the destruction of Govern ment train, Gov. C. quietly remarked "'Fell all my friends, sir, tlmt I darted lo obey inxirticiion aud lo go into Salt Lake City, and am yoing." Urighsui Young had already disclaimed any pariicipnlion in or knowledge of the overt act of burning the supply trains, and Ihe 11 judge of tha Mormon character believe thai the leaders of this singular so. ciety will continue to endeavor lo blind lie eyes of the General Government and putolF the day of a staud-up light to the IhI moment. On tho other hund, old mountaineers are predicting the most dis astrous consequences il the troop are not able to fight their way into thu city. Tho graas burned, ihe forage well-nigh eaten up, winter selling in with several deep snows, much of the command far in the rear, nnd a great range of mountain shut ting it out from the northern wintering ground, all seem to give weight lo the supposition I hut the expedi'inn will not be a succeiful one. Cncho Valley, which ia an open, well-grassed plain, in which arc several Mormon farms, and over winch roam great herd of entile and borne, the property of llie Church, will soon, how ever, U within stiiking distance of the command, , , Foreign Emigration. In view nf the large number of paasetigers crowding back to their old homes in Europe by every packet ship, most persons suppose thai the the foreign emigration to the United Stntes will be g'eatly diminished by tho new of hard times here. As ihe financial and mercantile difficulties are begitinit.g to be quite n extensive in the old world as here, and the almnst tolal cessation of payment and orders for goods for the American trade will bring the manufacturers in Great Britain, Ireland and the Continent to a stand, limes ate likely to be no belter there than here, so far as llie operatives are concerned. In fact, ihe hard times may augment the emigration instead of diminishing it, for Ihe news of prosperity in the United States has been so long con tiuued, and tin received auch aitbstantial confirmation in ihe millions of hard cash sent ever to parents and friend by poor, but industrious and thrifty Irish, English and Germans, that when employment cease in the old world it will be difficult to restrain thu peasantry and factory ' peo ple from emigrating across the ocean. The Irish exodus continued at the latest dates in an extraordinary manner, as was stated in the Limerick Reporter, which pa per remark, in view of the flight of the laborers, "prosperous limes and high prices are not keeping ihetn at home." It was impossible to get farm laborers in that region, while ihe people were emigrating in swarms, which the Reporter speaks of ss " myriads." The case in Germany is similar. For some time past the Hamburg emigrant houses have been overflowing, and all the packets bound for America sailed wilh full cargoes. Nearly a thou sand arrived al New York from that port io three ships, and two recent arrivals at this port brought nearly seven hundred. Tha majority of these emigrants are from Mecklenburg aud Pomraeu, aud are farm ers, bound for the West, with money to buy land. Baltimore American. SoCIETT TOR THB PROMOTION OF WT- EB.t Colleges. The fourteenib anniver sary of ihe Society for ibe Promotion of Western Colleges look place at the Pres byterian church, corner of Fourteenth street and Second avenue, New York. The annual report of the proceedings of the past year was read, and we gleao from it the following facts : Io the fourteen jean that tb society has been in exis ence it baa rendered aid to fourteen) institutions, in the States of Ohio, Indians, Illinois, Wisconsin, Mis souri, Ioa, California, and Oregon and Minnesota Territories. Out of these the following has etevd to apply for aid: The Western Ruaerve College, Lune The ological Seminary, Knox College, Whit lenburg College. There has been contri buted to this cause in New England, New York, New Jersey and I'ennnylvania, since the organization of the society, not less than 3311,000 ; nnd if there bo added an equal amount of contributions al the Weal, the aggregate will reach three-fourths of a million. Colleges still on ihe list in State east of the Mississippi: Marietta College, Wabash College, Illinois College, Heloil College, Hide! burg College. A mount yet needed to bring them all to a point where they could dispense with fur liter aid, 9353,529 03. Receipts of the last year, 818.085 45 Thr Jimnkns Familt. The immense estate of the Jcnnens family was formally lakea possession of, on Tuesday last, by Mr. Joseph Munin, heir at Isw. Mr. Martin, accompanied by his uncle, Mr. James Mar tin, and ono of bis agents, Mr. George Pratt, proceeded by train to Sambury, and from thence to Aclon place, Suffolk, ibe residence of the late Witt, Jennens, "ihe rich." This portion of the property was purchased from the Daniels family by Rob ert Jennens, the father of William "the rich," and as the latter died intestate, it descends to Mr, Joseph Martin, as an heir, loom. The other portions of the estate ar strictly entailed, and pass lo Mr. Mar tin under wills which have been duly prov ed. Liverpool paper. English View of Cm. Her.ndon's Conduct. The Liverpool Post has the following: " When the heart swells with pride at the recital of deeds of heroism done by our countrymen in India it is no less grateful to see equally high qualities manifested by our kindred men beyond the Atlantic. The wreck of the Central America, fatal and painful a it was, presents instances of composure, coolness, consideration and re al heroism which dignify humanity. The captain of the ill-fated vessel was truly a nobleman of nature; He died in the dis charge of a duty which he might in part hnve neglected with impunity; but in bim the finest part of ancient chivalry appeared. In the presence of peril, the women and children were his first care. lie prepared lo enforce this intention, but it was unnec essary. The passengers and crew were as resolute, determined, and humane as himself, they seconded bim in everything, and even the women were ready to do the work of men in aiding him. Some litno ago, Capl. Hall, we think it was, wrote the account of two wrecks an English and a French vessel. The conducl of the Eng lishmen contrasted finely with the French men ; ihey were obedient and fearless. Capt. Herndon and his men behaved not lss nobly, and their conduct, and the con duct of the passengers, speak irresistibly of the high lone of the American mind. The country ought to be proud of thero ; all Christendom will praise thorn." Corrrction. 'Hi statement in several journals (hat Gen, Cass had decided that the five years' residence required by the Naturalization Laws need am be continu ous, is totally unfounded. The Secretary of Stale has made no decision on ihe sub ject, which is one thai belongs to the Courts to pass upon. An acl of Congress passed in 1848 declares that the five years' resi dence need not be continuous. OCT Do not assume that, because you have something important to communicate, it is necessary to write a long article. A tremendous thought may be packed into a small compass made as solid as a cannon ball, and like It, cut down all before il. Short articles are generally more effective, find more readers, and are more widely copied than long ones. Pack your thoughts closely together, and, though your article may be brief, it will have weight, and will be more likely to make an impression, and also to secure you the good opinion of ed itors and printers. G3 No man could be severer (ban John Randolph of Roanoke, upon occasion. He was once in a tavern, lying on a sofa in Ihe parlor, wailing for the atage to come to the door. A dandied chap slepjied into the room, with a whip in his band, just come from a drive, and, standing before a mirror, arranged bis hair aud collar, quite unconscious of ibe presence of the gentle man on the sofa. After attitudinizing awhile, be turned to go out, when Mr. Randolph asked him, 'Has the stage corns I' 'Stsge, sir! stage T said the fop ; I've nothing to do wilh it, sir T ' 0, I beg your pardon,' aaid Randolph, quietly ; ' thought you sters (As driver P Ose of "Poor Richard's" Maxixs. "If a man empty his purse into hi bead nobody can take it from him. An invest ment in knowledge always pay the best interest. A man without modesty b lost to all sense of booof and virtue. . lsstorual frees jlrxltePrnldtnl t'.oatoa fan Dictator I We have news from tho city of Mexico to the Oih of November. On the 4th, the Mexican Congress formally suspended the political guarantees of the no Constitu tion, and clothed President Comonfort with diclaloiial powers. ' Martial law had been proclaimed in the district uf Coernavaca, in consequence of serious difficulties between the Spanish and Mexican citizens. There were serious disturbance also in Yucatan. Ignscio Comonfort.- The Heraldo, published in the city of Mexico, furnishes interesting fact concerning the life, char acter, and habits of this remarkable man, who for Iwo years past has been the actual President of the Republio of Mexico, was re elected io ihe same office under the new Constitution, and has lately been invested with power as Dictator by Congress. Ignscio Comonfort was born at the city ofPtiebla, the 12lh of Match, 1812, and is, therefore, a little over forty-five years of age. His family was among tho most respsotable of his native Stale. His father, Mariano Comonfort, held a Colonel's com mission in the regular army ; hi mother, Maria Guadalupe de los Rios, belonging lo the large and influential family of that name. Young Comonfort was early designed for the quiet profession of letters. With ibis object in view, he was placed, at the age of thirteen, in the college of his native city, then under the charge of the Jesuits, where he soon discovered the superior tal ents which have distinguished bis whole career. (lis collegiate ceurse, however, was dcstiticd soon to be cut short by the death of his father, upon which event he retired, with his mother, to a country es tate in the district oflzucardo Mutamoras. Here he remained till 1832, tho year of Santa Ana's pronunciamento, when we find him, at the early age of twenty, at the bend of a company of cavalry, participating in the principal engagements of that revolu tionary campaign. It would be long and Jedious here to fol low the Mexican soldier and statesman step by step through all the changes of the re. public for the prriod of a quarter of a cen tury. Suffice it, that Comonfort is fouud connected and identified with almost every movement of a liberal character, and that in all cases he seems lo have acted with prudence nnd firmness ; in the revolution of Aytttla, so called, playing so Important a part that the Government ad interim was entrusted, wilh almost dictatorial powers, lo his bunds, wilh what result is well known. The reader will bo more interest ed in the following account of bis personul character and habjts of life. In all the legislative assemblies in which Comonfort has figured, he has been distin guished fur the gentleness and amiability of his personal character; his friends have always commanded his best services for the asking. But this complacency in mat ters of personal friendship, which might be at limes considered extreme, forms a striking contrast with ibe independence and firmness wilh which be maintained bis opinions. When, after the examination ef the matter, he had made up his mind, nei thcr personal persuasion nor influence of any kind could induce him to vote against his own convictions ; ami, in matters ef weight and importanoe, it was often seen with surprise that he voted against iho opinions of his most intimate friends. Comonfort has the faculty of command in a remarkable degree. Though without pretension of any kind, and extremely sim ple in his manner, be makes himself respect ed by all who surround bim, and bis is always the ruling spirit of the parly. This character is so natural to him, tlmt in mo ments of thn greatest freedom and relaxa tion, none will forget that the friend present is the Chief Magiatrate of the Republic. In spirit he is bold and fearless; hi ctlm nest and self-possession in the fsce of dan ger are most remarkable. On a visit to his family be takes no escort with bim, and at night be traverses ihe streets alone. So also be goes to the theatre and returns thence, like any private ciliten, unaccom panied even by an adjutant. Many limes, even, he bas visited bis villa at Tacubaya, in like manner, alone and unattended. A Steamboat Newspafer. Among other features which the mammoth steamer Great Eastern will possess, will be the publication of a daily paper on board for the benefit of the travelling public the regular "public" of travelers whom she msy be bearing across the ocean. But this idea is anticipated on the west ern water ofthe New World, for the New Orlesr.s and Si. Louis packet steamer, James E. Woodruff, bow sails eqnipped with tbe force aud material for ibe publica tion of a regular daily paper on board da ring lb trip op and down the river, with a job office a f ached for tbe printing of bill f fare rd o'her work. Daguerrkotyfes bt LionT.iiNO. A country woman Las recently arrived ia Pa ris from the department of Suine.et Marnt, who should bs presented at ihe Academy of Science. This woman was short lime since watching a cow in an open field when a violent storm arose. Slit look fof- ug under a tree, which, al the instant was struck by lightning ; ihe cow was killed and ahe was felled lo the earth senselcs, where she was sooa after found, Ih atom having ceased with the flash which felled her. Upon removing her clothing, the e act image of the cow killed by her side was found distinctly impressed upon her bosom. i Tbis curious phenomenon is not with out precedent. Dr. Franklin mention lb case of a man who was standing ia lb door nf a bouse in a thunder storm, and waa looking at a Ire directly before him ; wbea it was struck by lightning. On tha man' breast was left a perfect, daguerreotype ef th tree. In 1841 a rungistrate and a miller' bey were struck by lightning near a poplar tree, in en of the provinces of Fraaat ) and on the breast of each were buns' (post exactly resembling tb leaves of lk pep. lar. At a meeting of ihe French Academy of Sciences, January 25th, 1847, it wss stated that a woman of Lugano, seated at a wia- ew during a storm, was suddenly shaken by some invisible power, Shu experienced no inconvenience from ibis, but afterwarda discovered that a blossom, apparently lorn from a tree by a lightning stroke, waa completely imaged upon one of her limbs, and il remained there till bur death. In September, 1825, the brigantine U Buono Servo was anchored in the Armir) Bay at the entrance of the Adriatic See, where she wa struck by lightning. Ia obedience to superstition, the Ionian sailora had attached a horse shoe to tb rnizxsa mast, as a charm against evil. . Wba tha vessel was struck, a sailor whe was seated by this mast was instantly killed. Taere as no mark or bruise upon hi person ; but Ihe horse shot was perfectly pictured upon his back. A Spanish brigantine was one struck ia the Rade de Zanto. Five sailors were at the prow three of them awake and tw of them sleeping. One of tbe latter waa Hied, and upon undressing bim, the fig res 44, plain and woll formed, wrt found under his left breast. Ilia comrades de clared that they were net there before bia eath, but their original was found in tha ricsiuo of the vessel. But the most sin gular fads connected with this affair, ar set forth in the report of tbe physician, Dicapulo, who says: " After undressing the young sailor we found a band of linen lied about his body, in which were two gold pieces and two parcels done up in paper. The one oo the right side contained a .let ter from Spain, three guineas, and Iwo half guineas ; the other, a letter, four guineas, a half guinea and two smaller pieces. Nei ther the pieces, the paper, nsr the linen, presenisd the leostappearance of fire. But upon his right shoulder were three distinct s circles, which preserved tbn natural color, and appeared as though traced upon the black skin. These circles which all tsuch ed at on point, were of three different sizes, and exactly corresponded with Ih gold piece in lli right tide of hit 6." N. Y. Eve. Post. Twins. Mr. John Davis, of Slaughter Neck, Del., bas twin daughters, five years old, tnat cannot be told apart by stranger, and the nearest neighbors w ho see them daily cannot distinguish on from the lhr. Even their own father meeting on of then alone can scarcely tell whether it is Mary or Sarah, without asking ih child ita name 1 A genllomaii recently had lb chil dren brought bef ire him, placed side by ' side, when be scanned every featurt, de termined, if possible, te show the fritada preasnt that they could b disiiagaisbtd. They were then removed from the rom a abort time only, and en their rsturn he waa completely foiled, and conld only gutts. A lady relative of the family, (who waa always a nsar neighbor and frequent visit or,) who wa present, declared that she could not learn to tell one from the other. though she labored constantly to do so. Tbe only method of determining with cer tainty which is which, is by a small mark on the ear of one of them, that i only visible oa close inspection. Dr. Hayes, of Philadelphia, pre- poses another expedition to tbe Polar r-" gioo, and offers lo lead or give the aid of bis experience in filling out a party, e proceed to the north pole by way of Kane' Sea. He regards the chai.ces as very fa. vorsble of finding aa open water passagf through Smith's Strait and Kennedy Chae nel, by wuitW accos may be had te iko pole wilh a vessel. tW fa 153, bra Gov. Cbese, ef Ohio wss elected the first lime, his vote was 146, 700. At the late election, hi vote wa IflfUfW. Aa increase of 18,76. :!,' i ; :s 1 1 1 i V. 5 i !4 ha, u1: ('15