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nTHE't)REGOx'ARGUS: 1 'OSUSIUO BTSSV BTCSlMV MOIMtao, 1 ' ' 1 at WILLIAM IV ADAMS ' - . TMtMSTki Atous .U it JwnUM l .Tkrtt DtlUrt tad fifty Cn( r saeesi, ht Jmm lit tit., rim ... 4. ..-.J. !. n ll -..... j nrH uimri is ciuAs , f n -Jui-4h oJcanct YThin las moms it not m timtntt, fter DtlUrt mill 1 tWrll (f ea.u1 uiAi , net aoiiart at tht indtftkiftar. fW fete litllart far tit MlA A' inkier if ,.liti rtttiviiw iui piritd, ,j UT!," pnpir 4iicnti4ti until all srrtangit mrm jwa, t-i-ii tl iiu apian a tat puliluktr, ' ,' TBe Crlat W lineal a Parallel. ior. or a mthkr and mothkb by . . DIIUMKKN 80.1. ,, , . ',., From tat Vtitt Jlirtld.Jta. 13 !, TliU our .renlon might be fully potied in all tbe particular of iho recent horrible parricide at Pool villa, Madison County, one ei ine editor oi the Herald yetieruay vis llqj (be scene of ilis murder for tba purpose f giving an authentic account of lha aw iwl affair. - Ii . crime without a prece. dent In ititnormity,atid without a parallel in He terrible and unnatural detail. His tory: furnishes no iustuncr of a limilaraot of inhumanity, and no conception of horror hai,'prhapi, ever reached tlio standard of tbi dread ' reality. ' A on murdering hit awn father and inoilier, with nwsi remorse lest frenzy and crurhy, then cutlinuout their heart, and roaming and eating lli-ir nVeh',"1'Ttn instance of depravity never before recorded, hot evert in cannibal coun, trie., , What adds to its dread horror ieihr full eonvielion of lit reality.; i'j'here i no dotiot a to tbn truthfulness of the piolure. It can scarcely be draw n accurate enough. Word will hardly suit themselves to such a recital ai tho , feci justify. But to (lit incident themselves aa we found ilirm. '' T .u1'i.IBB COJUTOCa FAMIir. ' , ifared Comstock and Clarissa Comstock, the", iwo , vtciiinti were arrtnitg lite oldeal resident of Hamilton. For nearly half a century they havered in Midinon Coun ty, and, although in inoderate circumstan ce,' were much , respVc'ed. They have four children, two vmt and two daughter. The oldest of iho'c?iildren i William, by whoia hand liny received thir doath wound. ; Tbi'ir ercmul son it manid and lives near the lioim'iteadt and otiuofiln daughtera ii mrriuJ 10 it 'genilemnn in IJait , Ilainiltoii, and i n lady of marled reaped and, evteem. The old people bad attained the aye of, nearly three aenre year and ten, and were liin in a - littlu cottage with .ihcir olJcst son. The house ii about 2J miles aou'li of Pool vi lie, and fifty' rods east of Thorn pxnn's MilU It is a story and a half buildini bnarded up with rutih boards.' Here M'. Cuuivtock and hi wift) have liv.d fur the pnul four yar3.'"Thcr ' is but une romn ' on the ground floor, , and hero the horrid dfd was cntniniifd. . The room is about 16x20 feet, and is not pluxtered. The walla are jwiferf with Hxptist Register ' ktitj Nuw York Ledgers. There; were five chairs, h Stand containing crockery, an old-fdsb ioned cluck, aud Oilier household utensils in Ibe room. ' . " '' ''''',". t ' . irkURANCB OF TUB ROOM. : The first person who tli -covered ' Ihe awful crime, was a neighburi who looked ihrougli the window of the bourn and saw tie bodii'S of M r. and Mr. Cotntock ly itivf Upon the' floor, and the parricide 'Kitting quietly outwent! them., Tim old hhiiImiiihu lay upon his back. On hi loft bremt wa tt wound 'over six inches in , length; hi heart had been torn from hi boily.' ' Mr. Comslpck lay a short distance f0'n,:h body of: her huxband, on her right tide, with a horrid woau'l over twelve liiulit)' fb length, on herluft breast, from which thn parpciJo iiaJ lorn Out tier iiuatt klo ; her clothes were much torn indicating a c;iffle. Tlialuokijn akilli.1, the knife with' which the hearts were cut out. and the bloody ax were all remaining -in i lie room. In ibe stovo were the two paternal hearts, partial, ly roasted, and porlloiis of each gnawed off, srh'cri bad, evidently , been eaten by , Uie miirsles er. l ' " ' - ' - W 'wounds ; !, upon '. bh " tha rleerssed vera of the most terrible docrip'ion. , The beads of both ware crushed and mutilated, aartha left kidney of Mrs Omistock whs Another terrible' gh, as if inflicted by the The floor was covered with blood, Before the person at ihe' window left tha spot, the aon , William left the ohair, - anJ laid down on the lounge on the opposite wdVof the room. ! ,An alarm was iinniedi. ately given, and the neighbors gathered ih foroe and secured bis arrest." The gen tleman who first went to the house was Au'ra'cted1 there ,ly a remarlc that the par-a-toide made to his brother that there were '.'Jot f fresh - meat In "the boase,"; and fo)her. ; expression which excited sue. p'ieion'.' The discovery . wae made about ,10 o'clock on 8uiiday evening. The aw. deed was committed at about 8 o'clock OB.Sabbatb evening. !"; ' ' ' ''"'i K.-.' :c IrWtMl. IctMisTOCI.'', j . The parricide Is man 37 years old, bout five feel seven inchet in hight. He had oo,' when arrested, a very coarse brown aoat, ,pIaiJ cassimere' paott and , au old BjjestrA hat. ' Hit pantt were betmea red Wab'iloodi He, has atwaya resiJed at Hamilton, and has msde hi bene at bi htieVi .lie ,i unmarried. He has worked for many of the farmer in the neighborhood, and when tuber, is univer aally repreaentej ' as a man of ' mild dHipoai sieo aod placid temper. lie -. hat been 'drinking bard for some week p, and h 1;.IhbiI laboriti? under the , efiecla ef e'" , . , " - mania pota. rje conversed coolly ic re. JtiB to the Bwfbl deed maoifestlnj pj ..' J ,:. ,'M '..'If 'I . ,. I I- "" ' - " f.v i i , .-1 , .; . Weekly Newspaper," devoted to the l'rlnciples of Jefferscmiau Democracy, and advocating, . .. . " i r l l: . ' youUl' " ' concern for hliiiaelf-lmakiiig of tba msu - ner in which be deprived bis poor old fa- iher ' and mother of life as If ha bad been butchering hoga. lie gsr 10 Mr. Jimea, E-liior of Ihe Hamilton Republican, tba followlnl ; ... i !, ', ! j. j ,7 CONrtSSIOM OF THB TRiOEOr. ' For about four or live day, aomahedy aeenied to tell m that be must have a autn. Iierof hart.v This w repeated to ma many time during the day. - He teamed to live in Sherburne, and a wire came over the ' bill connecting with' the aide of the room, which teemed to say, M I mntt bave lot of heart.".'' Soma one who lived in Sherburne teemed to telegraph for them I would place my ear to ibe aide of th room,' and then I would ba told 1 by this voice to get some heart, Throe or four days ago, I first attempted to kill my broth er to gel his heart. -Yeatetday I went again, and placed an as In the room, inteud ing ifl could find my bro'her and his wife sitting down, I would kill them both at once. It teenieJ at thotmh 1 must bave heir hearts, but I did not find them to situated. About dark I went ever lo my father's. , 1 found my mother sewing, walked round to tht stove( took a spider and struck her over the bead with it, and broke it. Sim reeled and full to tbe fleori My father then sprang toward me, and we had a scufflj. The old man for a time was enough for me, but after striking him three or four liutei over the head wiib the re maim of ihe broken spider, I got hold of the ax and killed him. He said he got the old man' heart nut before he had clone kicking.'' The old woman he said ha got along with pretty easily, but tha bid man' hide was a lough aa the d I. After knocking father down, I got the ax and cut oilt theiF Heart, slid put them in tba alove and burned them. This same voice seemed to tell tne that the hcartt must be burned. ' After the deed I washed my hands, and after remaining in the bouse a short time, left and went down o Alpheua Gulling When 1 arrived I found my brother there visiting. t I told liiin that 1 had some fre-h meal up to father's. After remaining there a tdiurt time,. I. went down , to the lio'ie of. Harmon Ousting, and told them to L'et . mil a quart of cider and bottle, and after obtaining it, Irfl. for my father's home without mentioning anything con oeriiing the d''ed ; upon, arriving, lay dowo upon the lotingn near my father and mother, and kh'pt for some time. , Ditriuj; tht night after the i rttiftl, I attempted to find a raxr lo end my own life, and thus cloe the tragedy ; afterward I went to my brother' ; house to kill my brother arid his wife. ' I kicked the panels of the doer in, but they hud .' gone, away. (I went and earchi-d foY him. Went home and slept until near morning. " On awaking,. I lift the Iioihh and met several person cniin toward the line. I do not recollect Who I had informed of the deed previoua to this. Aa they approached III" abide Said, " The re U Kill" this was about eight rod wrgi of my father's. They ttw& me what I h( bi'Ti lioing. 1 told them it was none of their busine- . Part of the company held me, wiiiiu a couple of ihem went to the I returned, aiid afterward they house and took me to Potter's, where I was arrested by iho constable. r . ', .' . A Division of Texas. A subdivision of Texaa into t wo or more States, is warmly advocated by some of the leading public journal. No Slate in the Union has in creased in population and wealth more rapidly wiihln the last few years, than Tex ts. : JIt estimated population at this. time! amounts to more than half a million, and when the next Census is taken, it will be fiiund 'sufficient to entitle the . Slate to six or seven Representatives in Congress. Several reasons are given for a diviHion. The great six of the State, ihe great dis similarity of its pans, and the difficulty of constant communication between all part, and one centre of government, are among Ihe cliief of them.' The general political reason is the importance of increasing the strength of the. South in the United States Senate, ly the addition of mora Senators, lo check the increasing predominance of the non-slaveboldins States, in lha North wast. The subdivision of Texas into not mora than four State is provided for by the nicies' of annexation, and the work will no doubt be consummated in tbe course of a few years.. . .. CO CInmes, one ol Walker's men, who committed suicide at Richmond, Va., last wtek, after being discharged iron tbo Sar atoga, left an explanatory lener, in which the following oecure : Whan man oom. mits suicide, the world wishes to know why be did iL ... The answer in my cae lie in a nutshell '1 am tired of living.', Life is a farce, happiness a humbug, and the cares, trial and tribulation which I ee before me, offer inducement for a prolongation of this earthly sorrow. Wiih good hesn and calm mind, 1 plunge in mediat rti a : 1 1 erld, j-,' Jii ' '.,l:l-A ,r..t !(. : iv! ; ryf 4 .OREGON CITY,, .QREOONr MARCH o, 1858. i A ThrUMae Av(turwtihiaMraieai . C. G. L ndon, formerly connected with tht United Stairs Surveyor's office In tilth, was engaged in hT official duties at the time the U. S. Court ws broken up, and witnessed ths stsmpede of Uncle Sara'i officers. Brigbam Youiig having declared that no United Stales official should again set foot in ihe ' Valley,' ( Langdon was prompted lo tail Salt Lake City, and seo wiial preparations lha Mormons were mak ing.' He saw ihnm casting cannon shot, and manufacturing grape and cannistcr in great aliunde ace, and tome fifty men mak ing toll a drngoon-sixe revolvers. He was detected, however, and " spotted", for de struction. He says: " . . " Accordingly, on the 25th day of July, when crossing the street, ( wus assailed by a party of ruffians, was knocked down, and most shatiietully beaten with club and stone. , I wa literally cut and bruised and mangled all over my head, face, breast, hands, and arms, I was taken home un conscious, and hud it not been fur tome em. igrantt there who interposed, 1 should havs been brutally murdered in the streets, and without the least possible chance lo defend myself. j ,:i to v imo . a ' '.. of i, u All was quiet until the night of Ibe '27tll of J 1 1 1 V . I wa dimurhfd ho Imiil nipi'llii! at the lack' door of the office f Hiv ed hext door), and also heard voices at the front door; I heard Mr. Wilson raise the window above, and ask what wa wanted. Ha wa oidered 10 come down and deliver hiinsi-lf up, under arrest, by the authority of Gov. Itrigham Young. He asked what charge they had ' against him. Ctrc down, and we'll d n toon show you,' was the rply. ,,.,., .. , t, .;, . , ;, .,,,. ,"The next heard, was the door being broken open, and the voico r!f Mr W. in expostulation with them. The entreaties of his wife, begging for them to spare her husband, mingled with their oaths and ob scene expositions, rendered tha Men per fectly heart sickening. 1 lay almost pow erless with the pain of my wounds and Conflicting thoughts ' and emotions, until suddenly I wbs thoroughly aroused by ht-aiiiiu them beneath my window and at the back door, J tuld my, wife not '.to make a noun, or even -ciy f-abe-UM not cry, but her last word were, :' tor Uod a sake, George, fly ! t Uo.'O, if you can I I cannot hee you murdered ! ' Oh, gul and I will do ihe best I can lo detain them.' : "" T hail time to put on a pnir of ptnta loons and una stocking,' when without any cer-'inony the door was burst open, and a four ol midnight assassins entered below, tnolinm-d to my wife to extinguish the light, Which she did. They immediately made a rti-h lor the stain, expecting no doiihl iihi I was preparing for fight, but I could nol li'ive killed a mouse then. ' I stopped and kissed my infant boy (pet haps lor the last Mine on earth), then tiurely had lime 16 leap from f om the window, and in doing so I cut my foot very badly. Il seemed Ihe fates were BL'ainst me. Hut -uddenly the Ihoiiiiht struck my mind, that if 1 could possibly llieke my escape. I might probably be themeunsof atii-intr WiUon thiriking tin y dare not execute their bloody purpose on one alone, as the other would be. too formidable a witness against Ihem.' For I thought of my wife and child yes, I iniyhl yet live to rescue 'them from the blighiinir influence of their teachings from a life 'of poverty, ' ignorance, and wretchedness, Vitus, with renewed ener- (fvi pursued my way through, the corn fields and thickets, barefooted and bare headed, tnd nearly nude; hut at last I found a friend who relieved me, all thai lay in bis power, by giving m a pair of mnccasins and au old hat.i Thanks, my IVienda; may you never want relief. 'I was hotly pursued several days. I he next morning after I started for Call furnia I had ilia satisfaction of seeing sev. en of my puratiers, mounted and armed lo ihu teeth, puss, me within twenty yards, while I was secreted behind asage bush. I could not' refrain from a smile, even then, in my critical position: to see their knives and pistols buny to tbeir belts, while I hsd not even a petiknife. mi, ; tK .... 7 I havtj not yet hesrd from Salt Lake, and know not the fate of Wilson. ' I en teriaiil but little fears for ihe safety of my wife and cluld. The Mormons seldom me lest or harm n woman, except to coerce ber into 'mensiirea that are sometimes very dis npreeable.'1 I rely entirely on the well known fortitude and firmness of my wife, and do not think I shall be disappointed." Thr Postmaster Urmrbal's Rrpoxt. Prom this document we leern that during the past year 1,725 new; offices havs beta established and 704 discontinued, leaving a net gain of 1,021. The number of post master appointed during the year was ".680. " --r,V a .The present number of offices is 27,148, of which 369 of tlio incumbents sre of the class denominated Presidential appoint ments. , At to the mode of ihe conveyance of mails, 22,530 miles are run by railroad, 15,245 by steamboat, 40,329 by "coaches, and 156,497 on horseback and by sulkies. Thr total transportation of the mails was 74,906,067, at cost of i6.6,rt46; '; Tha postage system has fulletj abort of sustaining itself during the pal fiscal year; In the sum of 9 1,469,173, which of ootnae will have lo be appropriated from the Trea sury by act of Congreee. , .,, , (T Ex-Oov.' Laxaril W. Powell has been elected to the U. S. Senate from Ken tucky, for six year from ihe 4tb of March, 1859. Oov. Towelf is tha frrt regolarly ipeclaciyforBrjttarterof OtBtory. ' rl': I l.'t !,,.).. -, Ii o. : . '; t:.t ARTBSI4.1 WBLLS.'-VarioutCbnJecturet havs been made as lb tbe seurct of tile wa ter which Comet from tbe ariesled wells. It was long believed that lha water of the sea mutt ttecettarlly penetrate by infiltra tions Into the tnlorior of the continent, aod at lorigih form large bodies ofsubterrauean waters, which, excepting from capillary in fluences, would not rise above tbt genersl level of the ocean. Another opluion was thst tha tubierrnheotit water, from which the sources of rivers and springs ire sup. plied,' is the produtt of tbe bnndensanVn of aqueous vapors ascending from the in terior parte of lha eanh, in consequence of Ibe central heal. But llittt hypotheses Bre purely visionary. , Tbe simplest Bnd most natural explanation it, that the water of ordinary wells, of artesian fountains and rivers, is supplied by the. rains which fall on the turlsce at s higher elevstion, and which penntrate through the pores and fis sures of the ground till they meet with tome impermeable stratum, or are collect ed in snbterranean reservoirs. ', It bat been objected thst springs are sometimes situat ed on or near the summits of mountains, which could not be supplied In ibit way ; but ott attentive examination of all the cir cumstancesthat ia lo aay, on measuring accurately the extent of surface at a greater elevation than the apring, and comparing it with tbe quantity of rain that falls an nually in the aame climate, It hat been found in every instance, that the tqueout deposition from the atmosphere greatly exceeds ihe supply from the spring. It is computed thst not more than a third part of Ibe rain w hich falls iu tbe valley of the Seine is conveyed to ths sea by the river-. TktUUas Aceeaat f the KcUct sf ljuckaow. '" 1 ' ' From tt Pays, tf Pari.' ' ; , CALCofTA, Thurtdsy, Oct. 8, 1857. ' I Pv0 'ou 'be following account of the relief of Lucknow, at described by t lady, one of tbe rescued party ; Ou every tide death ttared ut in the face : no human skill eould avert it any longer. Ws t.iw the moment approach when . we must bid firewall lo earth, yet without feeling that unutterable horror which must bavo been experienced - by the unhappy victimt ai Cswiiporc. We were ' resolved ratherto die than to yield, and were fully purtuadod that in ' twenty-foilr hours all would bo ever. Jue engineers hau said to, and all knew' the 'worst. We ' women strove to encourage each other, and to perform the light duties which bad been assigned lo us, such a conveying orders to the batteries, and Supplying the men with provisions, especially cups of coffee, hicti we prepared day find nighi. I had gone out lo try and make myself useful, in company with Jessie lirown, the wife of a corporal in my hus band' regiment. . Poor Jessie had been In a state of restless excitement all tliron-'li the siege, nnd had . fallrn away visibly within the last few days. A constant fever consumed - her, and her mind wandered occasionally, especially that day, when the recnllrctiuns of borne seemed powerfully present lo her. . At last, overcome with fatigue! she lay down on the ground, wrap, ped in her plaid. I sat testae her, promis ing to awaken liar when, at she taid, " ber fattier J ihould ' return from ibe plowing." . She fell at length Into a profound slumber, motionless "and, apparently, breathless, her head resting in my lap, I myself could no longer resist the inclination to sjcsp, in spite of ibe continual roar of the cannon. Suddenly. I was aroused by B . ild un earthly scream close to my fear my com panion stood ' upright beside me, her arms raised, and her head bent forward In the attitude of listening.' 'A look of intense delight broke over ber countenance, she grasped my hand, drew me lowaidt her, and exclaimed " Diuna ye hear it) din nn ye hear it? Ay, I'm no dreamin'.it't the slogan o' the Highlanders! ' We're stved, we're saved 1" . Tben7flinging her self on her knees, she thanked God with passionate fervor. I felt utlterly bewilder, ed ; my English ears hetrd otlly the roar of artillery, ard I thought my poor Jessie was still raving ; but she darted to the bat teries, and I beard her cry incessantly to ihe men, "Courage! courage! hark to the slogan to lha Macgregor, the grand, est of them a'. ' Here'a help at last !" To describe the effect of these words upon the soldiers would be impossible. ' For s mo ment they ceased firing, and every soul lit. lened with intense anxiety. Grtdaally however there arose a murmur of tiller disappointment, and ihe wailing of tbe wo men who bad flocked lo tha spot burst cul anew as the Colonel shook his hesd. Our dull lowland ears heard nothing hut the raille of the musketry. A' few minutes more of . this death-like suspense, of hit agon i ting hope, and Jessie, who bad ssnk on the ground, sprang to her feet, and cried, in a voice so clear and piercing that - was beard along the whole line - " Will ye Bo believe it nool The (lagan baa easated eW, hat ibe Campbells are ctfmip'l- D'ye hear, aTy hear !" -Aitbat .Mill the side of Truth ill every issue.- r .,, ,,, .... r No,, 47. moment we seemed indeed to hear lha voice of God in ihe disitnce, when the pi. kAk fif ill f f iu1ilan.lM hrjk..iakl . it. V" ' " B - no longer any doubt of the fact. Thai nflM rr nliirranM fii nniif lliA.a mm shrill, penttrating, ctastlets ssndt which rosa ahova all other sounds. eauM mm heithsr from the adVsnte of the enemy nor , , , , , trort tbe work of ihe Sappers. Xo,U was Indeed Uis blast of tba Scot tub bagpipes, now thrill and harsh, as threatening vn geance on the foe, tbta in softer tones teem ing 10 promise suocer to tbeir friends in need. : Never surely wts thera such sctoo it that which followed. Not heart in tha residency of Luikuow bul bowed it- self before God. AH, by one timullsntout i...t.. t it - .i..: l . . i ,i impulse, fell open the.r knees, .nd noth.ng wa heard but bursting sobs and the nw- mured voice of prayer. Then all arose, and there rang out from a thousand llpSB - . ... ... great shout or jay, which retounded far au . ii.. . .i ,ti . -uu .,uc,.u..cUi ne- if..j id met oiesseo pibroch. To our cheer of Ciod save tbe On..n l it... r.nli.J 1. il.. w,.H L... -.vv.., ( .Hrj , .vim, in me w eit-aiivwii ttrain that move every Scot 10 teart lowsd. Jessie was nrssedted 10 the Gen. eral on his entrance into the fort, and at the office,' b.no,ua, her b.a.th w.t drunk by .11 present, while the pipers marched round the table playing once more the fa. miliar air of "Auld lang syne." The necrology ofthe past year contains an unusual number ' or eminent ttaraet. .k. j...., a Among the departed men of science mav I be mentioned Uiigh Miltek-, Dr. Katie, Dr. Ure, Dr. Conybeare, and Redfietd.the me- teoraloglst. Inthelittofauthoriandschol- are are Beranger, Douglat Jerrold, Eugene a . n n- i n n n jt, . Sue, Dr. Dick, Dr. Oris wold, and Mr. Gl.d- don. Of sculptors there are Thomas Craw- ford and Christian Rtuch. ' Amoag thai statesmen are Gov. Marcy, Andrew Steven- son, James Hamilton, Louis McLane, Ex- ... ' . Secretary Dobbin, and Senator Rusk In the military department are Sir Hriiry Lawrence, General Wheeler, Neill, Nich- olson, Anson, and others,' in India, Gen. Cavaignaa ir, France, and Gen.Outdn at Constantinople. , ; , ,.:;T -k' ? -r i i'kkmi.nu,iKi ik :n ii. I tCul Lehmnowtki, the illustrious Pole, who served under Napoleb JilHHg the times of the Republic and the Eltljdre, I lied lately near Hamburg; Clark county, Indiana, aged elgbiy.eight years. ' Uo was among ths first to rally to the itatldBrd of the Little Corporal, end never betrayed I IliS trust or hit master, from the slece df Toulon lo the final overthrow arid exile. For his devo.ed.iess, he tuffered Imprison- ' I ment in the loathsome dungeons of Taris, end si last exile." ' He a is buried with Ma- sonic honors, and, while he lived, could boast of being one of the officers that in itiated the great Napoleon into the mys teries of that ancient and honorable order. Thr Grratrst Curiosity or fna Aqk. The Mobile Mercury ttyi, without ques tion, the greatest natural living curiosity of this or any other country, is now on exhi bition on Royal street, opposite Odd Fel low's Hall. ; It is a living' negro child, with two heads, four armi and four legs. It is ttx years old, very intelligent, speaks with both mouths,' tings well, wallzea and keeps time. Thl much tht bill says, but the beholder cannot dismiss from his hilbd thnt he hai before him two children, iho strictly speaking there it but One. Tbe connection is With the spine, shd Ine best physiologists of Europe and this country have prouounced it one individual child. ftjr Cincinnati, according lo an estimate of ths Gazette, has a population of 244,000 inhabitants, an inorease in ten years of over 87,000 The vslue of mnHu fact u res and industry is tet down at te'O.fiOO.OOO. ' 1 Commerce or Boston. The value of foreign goods imported at Boston in 1838 wat $49,836,004, and ia 1867, a2,03$,. 008, thiit showing an increase of $3,807, 874 for (he year jutt cloud over the pre ceding yesr. . , ..(-,-; ...:t v ,'-a Srtnr rba Ji'EwsrarEis. The turn of $15,000,000 it tapposed to be spent for newspaper! by the people ofthe Union. Boston issu's 113 pipers with an annual circulation of 51,000,000 1 New York 104 paper, circulation 78,000,000 ; Philadel phia 51 pipers; circulation 40,000,000. CO"TbSi.LouiaDemocrattayt: aTht free soil element in the South is mostly quiet Bnd tilent. tt is a latent heal per vading the frontier States and the commer cial cities, and awaiting bat tbe favorable morrieat to break forth lo light and glory. '' 3" The sole survivor of ibe Wyoming Massacre, is Mr. Asa A. Gore; torn living in the town Of Prseten, Coo 04 at the age of 70 years. " ' ' ' " ' . f ; I I ! I III , s Adversity brinm to light maBy a hiddea heauty. ilia like s haodsome leg revealed, h tbe Jrai time faiay dsy. ..Sh.uld.uld.cou.inl.nca befo.a liZm7Z ' Afierthau nothing elN m.d..ny irapres. Nel , ,, hMiprtag n her soil oil 1 tion on me. I scarcely rtroember what ful. whom ha hat not laid his lll.foiming hand; , ADVKRT181NO iUTtt. One.ataar (It iine tr fc.es) ana ktsstilf " " " two lunruuiH. out. MQ M M Uir lasfrtiuus, S,0tf " J " " " ' Kseti submraant InakHian. utn Kesjuusbls inductions to those who advrrtk t y - wis jmr. ' " Jod r!!i Ti a, L- Tn rsbrsiiToi or imi ARGl'S I nsrrf to ftiferm Ihe wbllo that aa has Just received a I iamaterial. end will be in ihe sj iedy reee'at o I aJilioa SUiisd teall tLs wouiremfai rf Ihia k &?J&. " To- ScHooLsttrtiH or our RsrrnLtc ' ft seems to be one of tbe Inat of Pfol-' dence that the founders of States thai!' - ... Ji!J. ,U.i. l. ,k .k... .1. I i . r. .. . . - come nlier ihcrrt. Motes, Holon, afed Ly. our.i: Roranlus Alfred, and Washing j ten, bare left none to dispute their feme, I So it is with the fathers of leamlnr. lha Mm Ctm ,,k V.'?" veneration thai was Ml far him ly Plato, yn j...iu .ni dream mt usurniiii the throne of Sbaksaeare no future Irdnorher1 will liy profane hand n The crown or Ualllee. Tbe world I vest Tor no other Iliad there will be no second Denla. Daniel Webster ha Interpreted the Conttl-1' lution. ahd Noah Vh.iur lafl Ua a stand.' ard of the English language whk;h wUI guide all ueolve tjet. The p, , ih only Btrnter which I never broken; Ihe only real master I he mU rf roik,r of word mt,ltT f ,h, linker who only Uiel Ihem. Ia this domain he I h rival. ' He Hands at the fountain.- I kmt.A f ittntiawtst siKfaaUstA alt u tllw! isw t f . '" V Vi V j ' . l7 Ti M it controller of all minds lo him, oil who ,alk. think, .ril. r Hflnl ha ..l. ' and ihvbldmBry tribute. la this teruoi I K'.k U'.k.l.. I. Ik. .11 .11 I hh ihki lllf al-Uf in, l, 'rolling miad of this hemisphere, ,, lid His principles ef labKUlIfe have tinned evi , ,r7 '"f w, er ever will w. ( SU1 iC ' Bi,oB i It uttiVertsl, omnlpouni, omul. - present; No rtiin can breathe ths air of i the contloebt) and escape it. M I- i ne scepier wnicn ine great lexicogra pher wield so Bnqttestiooably, was moat 1 worthily won. : tt was not inherited it WM CUWea- ooai. iiie-airuggieiursnt . bonestj bave, Ubfaltering heart a blearj ') . ' ' . . .J:.:.. u.... favored hia procret. The victory was won aHer a tteady tHil of sixty yean . CenUmplale the indices of his progress ; 1 for 'ik,?, 1mch'nry. rnf ssure hi i revolutions. When the wheels of out , ilMW,k. L,,. ,, , mii. ion tithes, lha dial hand marks one. It was . to with Galileo and. Dacon tbeir book ' mM"1 '""'r rrgres through the unev V, um"""' n" wiih ' Webster. , when our Republic rose, he , became its tchoolmtiler. There bad never been a gl-cat rtntion with a universal Ian- ' nS8 without dialect. The Yorkshire- " ,,n Mi,n U: , T" Apennina jriv,bi, gott homa 8ve. ( niair. over hills that look down on six prev: . irce, none of whose dialecti he cantpeak; .... lh...Bj miU. ..h.n. . 0un(J o( , motii . ArounQ- ve fifoddr, . and front every tribune, io every field of; "bor and every faoiory of toil, Is heard 1 L. ,,nw.,8nua' W ,WV "sir j m'i 1 EllrUlld. bh n-j-,-, Greftee. Ilia " bonkt have educated three generations. 1 1 tier Bre forever multiplying hia mourner- ,uI 'my thinkers, who will transmit , W 'ffi' U 7s I houii siI.umI in thai IV i VVAfl.I Uyhntsd laMB ' j 0 iurs t0 JaM-Columbu. it discovs rer, and Washington, its savior. Web. t star is. and will be. its arrest te.bber : and these three ttiake Our trinity of fame."; f Uldncts at tne Metropolis: , , Ths people of Kansas havo a queer 1 way of voting, it appears. Here is thtr-. turn of the trots on the Lecompton conili- : lutioa at Lealrerlwbrth city : - ,: : ; For the cntiiiution wiih slavery, ; Sid , For lha cunstiluliun without alaverv. 27 'To bell with ibe Lecompton contti-" tUtioh," ,' ' B OCT Dr. Strih'felloW, of Kansas, de- ; nouiicet the Ltcompton constii ution, and , condemn, the .(tempi to forts It eti the , people1; ., -..;.! !.,: . " : 1 North and South. Tbe present Crin: ' grs'ss, it I ssid, presents the fsct intt 1 among the Northern Demecrais there are ' bdt leH who1 haVe evet before tat Ih Con- grest. The South pursues a different prac-1 tics. Of the Virginia delegation, for tx 1 ample, the average term ef ssrvloe IB Con-' gress, it eight yeBrt. ' ! ' (ST Mr. Garlington of South Carbiiitat ', estimates the loss sast.ined by the Sotith , from ihe depression of the market for cot Ion, lb consequence of the late eotrinisreial crisis at more than 170,000,000. VT The New Orleans Pieayutt denies the statement now going lha rounds of the' press, thst tbe Btw Cottbsn House In that city his bssn greatly injured b the set tling ol iU foundation. It admita that tbe . building hat settled considerably, at all heavy structutes thihat city do; but the settling bat been so uniform that, in its wbela length of ovsr 80O fett, it is only k trifle out of line. ; Or Tbt CharlsstoB (S. C.) Courier thus, sllades 16 ihe eiritHicipatien of his slaves by Ihe late 0. W. P. Cuttis :-u It is kigi Urns Virginit Xdi sons law on Aeraaaiule bosk against Ihli itsiruclisn of proptrty." OCT The animal report ef the Registrar General of England discloses the iuterett. ing fact that the Smiiba and Jonetss ef that Island number over half million ; in fact every 73d person la a Smith, and every 78th a Jones. The Smiths are paramouat io Eagland and the. Jjeness In Wales. ' . (&" Mr. Picksns, of South Carelias, haa beet BDpeinted. tater to RomIb , ; . j, , I if rJi ft'1 i si: ft? 'il' . '. 1 (i . ii