THE OREGON ARGUS,
1 rUlLWIID IVItr SATUSDA- IIORNINO, '
BY WILLIAM L. ADAMS.
'ifrP' . vUl it furnithed "at
Tkrn Dollar, and Fiftd Cent, per annum, in
doane,, t, ting I, ,ub,criber,-Thre, Dollar,
tteh to club, of fan at on, office in advance
JVkentke mont i, not p,id in advance, four
Dtllari will I, charged if paid within ,ix
month,, and Five dollar, at the end of the year.
tWT Dollar, for ,ix month, No tubtcrin-
' """m ',,",' rw"Mrf M Period.
PT fypor di$ntin,d until all arrearage,
y r,ptd,unlei,mheaptionoftht paldi.ktr.,
nil; . I v ,-' - . : For Ik, Argu,.
' M. Editor Sir: It win a mntter of
consultation and agreement by .'our little
' band, on our retura from a projecting tour
I'on the east fork of Dcs Chutes River, thut
' I should make out a brief report of our
rough and tumble backwoods adventures,
and forward it to you for publication.
' And as the other members of our compa
ny and tho public generally may, and I
presume will, be In eager expectation of
- something of the kind, I proposo now to
cribble hastily a few , Hems, to meet, tljut
i demand notwithstanding you have stolen
a small viul of my thunder (without mncli
lightning, however), purporting to be elic
ited from a Mr. Reese, said tobeonoof
three who had Been in our company
brawi; 1 should think, from the implica-
.turn, wno reared neither "Indians nor
snakes"! By the way, there was uo man
of that name in our company, first, last, or
ny portion of the time, or whoso nnmo
sounded like it, ;,' , v ' '"'
' The prime object of the expedition on
'toy part, aud upon the part of others also,
-was health to rcinvigoratc, if possible,
our Taletudinarian frames. I would uot
disguise the fact, however, that we were in
confident' expectation "of finding gold
enough to reimburse our pockets and pay
Kw liberally and bountifully for our time and
trouble.' . Relative to the former, health,
we more than realized our most sanguino
expectations; but in reference to the latter,
th.o, 'liscoveryOf .rich.; gold mines our
etfort was a complete abortion a splendid
failure a fat, full-grown humbug! Our
. failure is tq more .to be 'resetted at this
particular nick of time, as 'eaccess-would
nave turned the' hundreds andlhdus'ahds'of
floating wealth' and men : from Queen Tic's
dominions to our own State, to aid in bear-
ing the burdens of a State government,
and populate and develop" the agricultural
and mineral .resources of middle ,Oregonj
, or more properly now, since the eastern
boundary of our' State is located as
-it ia, ,', eastern . Oregon" a very des'ra
1 bio and interesting portion of our Palestin
ian State. , We felt, therefore, that the en
( terprise was generously patriotic, ., .,, i , !
We regretted ,'the failure also from the
consideration that there was so much confi
dence in the success of the enterprise in
certain localities, that in the prosecution of
. business some had made " a pause, a sol-
eran pause, as thongh the general pulse of
lift! stood still," in curious aud anxious ex-
pectancy of a luxurious batch of goldcu
news to dissipate all their cares; whereas
- the road to wealth and fame is paved nil
'.the way with daily labor, industry, applicn-i
-tion, study, energy, perseverance and nci
tther science, wealth," nor fame can tolerate
inattention or suspended effort. '
i Doubtless, if we had discovered rich gold
' mines on tho east fork, they would hnye
. been tho means . of -doubling, perhaps even
trebling, out population and wealth within
he limits of a 'single year.'. But,' nbtwith-
i standing we found a little fine gold, we did
not find it in paying quantities; dud yet
our company generally believed there- were
rich, deposites of gold in several places in
- that country.
J fou'may be prompted, from 'these' state
ments, to ask why we did not find it.
There are several reasons of the same cat-
egory which miners and experienced trav
elers will very readily perceivo and appro
" elate. '",', First w6 went in search of gold
at certain places, and took a new route,
"from very indefinite and vague' directions,
- without either guide or way-bill; and in
consequence were in a state of suspense as
- to our particular locality our relative lo
.cality to those specified places. Suspeusc
' is always, unpleasant - and: anpoying to. a
traveler. 'And we traveled' through im
imense clouds of dust daily; and travel! a
'igreat deal more than was necessary to the
1 trip, had we procured a way-bill or guide,
'jor had even known, the geography, of the
places songht.t In short, we did so much
' more traveling, in so much more dust and
in so much more suspense, than we had an-
fjeipated, that we were of consequence fa
tigted anu ffopMtcd ere we arrived at the
' long looked for' places.' These specified
places had absorbed aU om confidence ?nd
expectations, so that we could not stop and
prospect to effect at any point short , or'
them. , AndVwnei weartivedand found no
goi at them, there was a complete expka
jon, evaporation, or dissipation of the last
I flickering ray of hope in our little " Spar
tan band." . And hope of success is just as
' essential to finding gold (unless by chance)
' as it is to the perseverance of the saintsr
Mo befriende us here ( . i - e
.,,;, Pseeioos of aouder Bam .,.. ..
v..,..i."jij"Bfia4 a km : ,
As it k a compound of desire and expecta
tion, and as we retained only one half of
this poetic gem--desire it alone was; and
always will be, as ineffectual and ospIpks as
Me half of a pair of scissors. ' . We could
do nothing before arriving at those places,
. and failing there, we could do nothing prof-
iUbly at any other place afterward', j to it
AVeekly Newspaper, devoted to the Principles'of Jcfl'ersonian ' Democracy, and advocating
Vol.: IV.
, .
is no difficult problem to seo which way the
cat jumped. . ( ,. .'; ." ". .' V .
. Thero is . a general sprinklo of quartz
of yaricus hues all over Unit country. Yet
not a' great deal of that kind of q'unrtz
which geologists' denominate chulccdony
or uncrystalized white quartz. , It is gen
erally crystalized quartz jiur'c'silcx am
ethyst, .cornelian, roso, and jasiKT. But
some of all sorts exists thero that I ever
SaWili fulirnrnln i Thn ro,in .'. n rnt.
cunic region. x There Is a great want of wa
ter for gold-washing throughout that coun
try at this season of the year, r In iny
judgment, February, March, 'April, May,
and June would embrace tlio most favora
ble time in tho year. The coior and other
clearances of the earth are indicative of
gold. The Very noted and far-famed 'Can
yon' is about one hundred miles from the
mouth, of the Tio-I Indian Creek-eonse-quently
one' hundred and thirty miles from
the Dalles',' and 6ome seventy or eighty
inllcs from the 'Three Sisters' very near
duo east of them,' 'perchance-a little south
of east;1' ""' " ' ' :l" .''
'' We started out from MuMinnVille in this
county (Yamhill), and went by Engene
City, w here we had the pleasure of an in
troduction to the Very gentlemanly and ur
bane editor of tho Pacific Journal, J. II.
Rogers, who placed us under many obliga
tions to himself by ministering to our in
tellectual and moral enjoyments, through
me insirumeniai.iy 01 so many numocrs 01
bis very chaste and excelkut paper. -Twas
like an oasis iu a desert. May ho and it
long live to bless the county of .Lunel
, , From Eugene City wc, took, the, new em
igrant road up tho south fork of the Wil
lamette .to the summit of the Cascade
mountain, south south-east about 100 miles;
thence east about 10 milts to Des Chutes
River, only a small branch at this place;
thence north north-east about 100 miles,
down Dcs 'Chutes River;' thence east by
south-east to the long looked for ' canyon,'
00 miles, more or 1 ss;" thence south-east
across the ' Dig Beud' to tho cast fork
ogn!n,:30 miles.' 'And this' is' the farthest
from home we went.' '- In returning home
again; wc came down the cast fork to with
in twenty of ' thirty miles of its junction
with the' main river (guessing at the dis
tance); then left It to" our left, and traveled
north' north-West' over nndulating' table
land until we struck tho inuin ' river about
40 miles from where1 we left the cast fork ;
thence down the main river to the mouth
of the Tie Indian Creek ; thence by the
Barlow road across the mouutain Foster's,
Oregon Citjlipme.
"'Irt'ffflcTus'.on, permit me to say that I
yet beliove with' undiminished confidence
that the emigrants' of!'4S.did see1 the gold
dn; Mcek's Cr.t ofT jnst :ns reported by
them and, further, that that country is
rjfch W gold, which;' aV.no distant period
will astound eren Mexicans and Culiforni
anS. " Onr effort should not be regarded nH
any part of a test of tho golden treasures
of. that country, I would also give, it as
my opinion that twelve or fifteen men!
ivould be perfectly safe there, as .there are
ut a few scattered, families of Diggers in
that cduntrr; 'l
" "iX&riy tliiiigs Cafflo,'Utltft'f,.brnTobservation
which,' I doubt not, would deeply interest
many of your readers; but us two of our
company, Mr. McClure, merchant at Eu
gone City, and 1 Mr. Woods, attorney at
law, residing at McMinnville, both kept a
journal of tho wiy, incidents, observations,
&c, I am disposed to yield the ground to
cither or both of Ihcin, ' should it', be their
pleasure to' give the public a journalized
analysis of things and incidents as noted
down by thom.. Should they foil and I
hope they will notA-I may, if time permit,
give to your readers another communica
tion! " , '' ' , J. McBbide..
Sept. 23, 1858.
: Ship CAKAL.-Captain Paulding, who
was sent out by our government to examine
into thefensibility of ji cjnaljicrossthc
Isthmus of Darien, . has recently, made a
rcDort to the Navy Department, which ap
pears highly favorable to the enterprise.
The only ser;ous d.uicuiiy m mo way 01 iih
ccompliemenfr i th.Umate, as it effects
labor. SoTarssCielStaDiusitsclfisconcern-
fd, no serious obstacle to engineering skill
finems to present itself: The whole extent
fru-utbe Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean is
v H r.Luiia on,!
made ni of swai2ps hills, ana puius, ana
the highest point or ."
road passes is uo more that! two hundred
and eighty-six feet above the level of the
sea. On the whole
le route, mm t, if not an ,
which the canal would,
the hills -through
n wniiin ue renuiira ior -nniwikw-uu
... j 1 1
over the plains and swamp.- The lencrth
from shore to shore is 43J miles. ' The
the botto.il, 270 wide at the snr.'aee. and 31 Reform ik IUsia-A rehcous reform
IS deep; he lock, to be 400 feet In clear has AA t b lU. , The
kn-th of chamlr. and 90 feet i. clear, meat Las lumted thepowenof he ortho
wid'th The summit level wiU be 150 feet dox Greek clergy in cjrtaui matters, and
above mean tide of the Atlantic and Pacific ' has surressed, so.rre ndiculons ceremon.es
aoove meau ui i.it rnrtl,irh had beeB introdocd int public wor-
1 :VT . tk. cnttirHro. this level
ill h 12ft feet nd tue avers ge utwn 01
the cut will be 49 feet.
The river Chagres
,r,!e tnpnlT-of atf for the, of thennitd Greek clergy, so .
4ons of the year; The sum-fone pope (priest) for every. 1,000
vieldi an am
abont!
ORE GO N, C I T Y, OREGON, OCTOBER 1 C, . 1 8
24' miles lonjr, which will tap the river Oha
gres nbout 21 mihs above tiie towu of Crn-ei-rt,
w here the level of the river is about
185 feet nbovo mean tide,1 and about 85
feet above summit level. The cost of this
canal,' including the reqnislto harbor im
provements, tit each end. will not exceed
$80,000,000. The bays on each sido of
the cunal will afford nmplo room tor the
commerce or America aud Europe. bcun
tifit American. w v
" TllE DkUOCHACV A Unit." The Rich
mond Kmpiirer, which has long been the
lending organ of the more moderate portion
of the Southern Democracy, sny.11, j
I " On the Lccompton question, the Demo
cratic, party is Uivideu so equally, that nei
ther section of the party can stand without
the ttfcs:Btiiuco of the other. Euch section
believes its own to bo the right opinion, and
neither is willing to renounce Its own judg
ment and submit to the arbitrary dictation
of the other." ' ' ' - - - '
- And ' again: "The Anti-Lccompton
Democrats do not constitute a " $mall mt
nnrity" of the purty. On the contrary, it
is yet to bo ascertained whether they do
not constitute a majority. It seems tolera
bly evident, thnt they command a very
large 'majority in all tho Northwestern
Stules. ;ln a majority of Districts now
represented by Democrats from the North
ern and Middle States, it is very dmibiful
whether a tingle J.ecomplon man can be re
tinned to1 Confirm. In Kentucky and
irginia, unot in orth Carolina nndTen'
nessee, the balance hanye dmbtul betueen
Lrrompton and Antt-Lreoinpton. And ui
though the advocates of Leeompton doubt
a atrong hody of tlw De.noera(!y thero urc
: hivctcratt-ly. opposed to tho English Com-
promise. . , . ,
. Tub President and the Newspapers.
A' correspondent -writing from Bedford
Springs, says that the President refuses to
converse on the subject 'of Kansas since he
heard of the defeat of the English Compro
mise bill, and that while he' purchases all
the papers offered by the newsboys, he re
fuses Forney's Press. We tliink .His Ex
cellency is very ungrateful, as he, and every
leading politician throughout the laud,
knows thnt he is chiefly iutlebled to Forney
for the position which he now occupies.
Baltimore American. ' ' ' -
1 ' The Ckremonv op Landino toe Atj.an
tic 'Cable. Tho ! Halifax papers of Aug.
14th contain.tlo following additional dis
patch from Newfoundland in regard to tho
ceremonies which there attended, the laud
ing of the fable;
J v.
The' cable' was carried from the boat to
its final destination by the officers' and sea
men oE the Telegraph Squadron, headed by
its: originator, C. W. Field; Esq.i They
alone were x:rformers and spectators. No
shouts of triumph, a short prayer, and the
simple but impressive ' words addressed by
the veteran American Chief, Cupt. 'Hudson
of. tho Niagara, to those who had shared
his lubors, ' Not unto us, O Lord, but unto
Thee be all the glory,' , alone marked the
event. At J p. u. a salute or one huudred
guns' was fired from' Her "Majesty's, ship
Gorgon .''', "','"'': , '"" ' ,'"""
' 'A' PRSDicnox' pt" Sciekce. A 'letter
written by Prof. Morse' to llon.j'John C.
Spencer, dated August 10 1843, while the
latter was Secretary pf tfie U, S. Treasury,
and before nriy telcgrn)hic line was actu
ally at work in this country, contains the
following remarkable prediction: ' . .' ,
, The practical inference; from this law
is, that a telegraphic communication on the
electro-magnetic plan may,; with certainty,
be established across , the Atlantic ocean!
Startling ns this may now seem, I am con
fident the time will come when this project
will be realized." '
' Fifteen years, to a month, realizes the
prediction; ''i '- . .1
,,.r i'f 1. . 1 1. ...
ST" John II., W.' Hawkins, the celebra
ted temperance lecturer, died of cholera at
Parksburg, Pa", on' tho 20th of August
last, at the age of 58 years. ' Mr. Hawk
ins was one of the founders and most active
members of the Washingtoninn Society,
which had its origin in Baltimore in 1841.
Mr. Hawkins and five other inebriates held
the first meeting in a blacksmith shop, and
from their resolves that night proceeded
the great Washingtoniau Temperance
movement .which spread over the country.
Todacco; Producing Paralysis. The
Detroit Tribune of a late date says that
Police Justice Bagg of that city has suffer
ed an attack of paralysis, confined to his
1 x 1 - 1 : . . . . . ;i .. . . I .
j k free of tobacco t Jn
tin foil.
t
' t&r A,.correspondent of the Trovidence
r-i 1 1 ( 1 T
Journal says inai 111 u.iiciy-ui iu casvs vui
, . i-j ,
. vv j . . ,
poultice will effectually cure the erysipelas,
! TltTg jg n(jt aa instance known "where it
mM effoct a wJ)en fahfaj
. , . , .. ...-.. :-' ,
d before the sufferer was In a dying
, 1 i 1
arDi:1
state,
do the'
Two or three applications generally
work. ". ' .' '
; shin in order to Itnte the imainnatiofis of
me - r r
', It has ako reolvei to reduce me nonirjer
souls, in-
A of 0 for every
mm
Crouweli.; Napoleon, axd the Wai
iiexses. Tho fact is, perhaps, not gener
ally known thnt when, in Oliver Cromwell's
time, tho Wnldenses, or Vaudois ncopli?,
were so cruelly persecuted by the Church j
of Rome, he culled for a collection to re
lieve their necessities iu ull.the churches of.
the Puritans aud Covenanters in Greet
Britain. So hrnrtily was this responded j
to, that a considerable surplus was left af
ter their wants wero met, which remained
In tho British treasury; nnd this fact hav
ing at length been brought to tho knowl
edge of the government, it was agreed that
the Amds, being no longer needed for their
original purpose, should ho set. apart for
tho support of tho YnudoU pastors Ac
cordingly, each 0110 of them, ' sixteen in
number, received annually JC40 from the
Bank of Knglnnd. ; Tho source of another
part of their support Is even more singular.
When Nupok-ou conquered Italy, he .con
fiscated certuiu properties belonging to the
Church of Rome,' and mndo them over to
the Vaudois. By the treaty of Vienna,
after Napoleon's overthrow this arrnngo
nicut wus permitted to rcmuiu undisturlwd;
11 ml, iu conscqucuco of it, each of tho Vuu
dois pastors received X20 sterling a year.
Tuking into view the simplicity of their
manners, and the circumstances of tho coun
try, the C0 or $300, thus provided for
them, affurd an amplo support.. It is cer
tainly a remarkable fact iu history, to. find
Cromwell and Bonuiinrte united in produc
ing such a result. Banner of the Crost. '
1, - 1
LONGWOOD, AND THK.TolID OP XaPO-
leox. The St. Helena Herald of the 4th
of March contains an ordinance of the
governor, granting to the Emperor of the
French, and his heirs in perpetuity, the
lauds forming tho sites of Longwood and
tho tomb of Napoleon I. Tho lands iu
Napoleon's Yale, where the tomb is situ
ated, comprise about twenty-threo acres,
while those of Longwood comprise about
three, IVy recently belonged to prjvatc
owners, and have been purchased by the
Crown for the purposo of the present trans
fer, at a costof 1,000 for the tomb, and
3,500 for the house. , , ..);;,,
Literature op the Chinese. No Eu
ropean nation' (according to the French
Journal do l'Imprimerie et de la LIbraire)
possesses so many books, as cheap, 'well
made, and convenient for reference, ' as
China. : On the manuscript catalogne of a
library at Canton, tho four books of Con
tucius,' comprising' the' commentaries; are
pnt down at a price equivalent to about
scventy-fivo: cents.' Dictionaries, encyclo
pedias, artistic ' descriptions, treatises on
technology, codes, philosophic works,' iii
one word, all those books which render in
struction easy, are widely circulated In
China, and the government itself favors In
every' way such publications. Thus, in
1173, tho Emperor Kien-Long ordered the
printing of a general library composed of
tho works most esteemed by the Chinese,
a library- which, according to the imperial
decree should' forni n ' hundred and sixty
thousand volumes! ,'. This vast and gignutic
collection will form four libraries, culled
See-Koro. or the Fonr Treasures. ' The
printing of this collection Is not yet finished.
A few years since, according to an offie:ul
document, it had reached the number of
seventy-eight . thousand six hundred and
twehty-scven volumes. This, beyond ques
tion, is the greatest wonder in bibliography
known. No groat collection of, Europe
can rival thnt of the Four Treasures.j ,
Several Americans from Massachu
setts, who arc now in Sebastopol, are think
ing seriously, ( it Beems, of settling there.
Every encouragement is offered by the
Governor of the placo and the Russian
Goverment., In fact, it would sccra that
tho Russians are well aware of the valuo of
foreigners in building up a town on tho bor
der of their vast dominions.1' ' '" ' ;
JK&vThe Boston Atlas says: "It is
generally supposed that the Atlantic cable
was made entirely in England'. Such is
not the case. Very many miles of the wiro
were manufactured in Providence, at a fac
tory in the tapper portion of the city.; One
thousand tons of iron per day were con
sumed in the work. ' , .' ''. ;" '"' ' ,'.
$ST The British and Foreign Bible So-
cietyj by means of colporteurs, distributed
in. France, last year, 80,000 copies of the
Scriptures. The French and Foreign Bi
ble Socicty.'by a similar Agency, distributed
17,371 Bibles and 5T,82D Testaments.
The Protestant Biblo Society,, which con
fines its labors to Protcstanta only, disposed
of 3,330 Bibles and 7,650 Testaments.
I.-- - " ' ' in-i'i
I New Brasch or Commerce.- The New
Orleans Picayune notices' a hunter of alli
gators, w ho has captured four hundred in
the swamps near tliat city since ..May. , lie
goes into the 'swamps at night with a pan
of fire, and shoots them as they; crowd
aroqnd the light.". The skins 'are sold at
75 cents, each, and make the very best
boots. The oil, tasks, and bides of these
four hundred captured animals have netted
the captor $560 in three "months, i ;
Ladies' Hats. The new botmet is s
unique affair, and resembles a cabbage leaf
trimmed with tomatoes. ' Tba price is
cheap-only thirty dollare. ;
the side of Truth iu every wue.
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' No! 27.
' The Jews Prkparino to Acknowledge
Christ. Tho Rev. Mr. Buns, a converted
Jew, and assistant secretary of tho society
for ameliorating the condition of the Jews,
has been lecturing iu Button, , In one of
his letters he stated that iu his official ca
pacity he bad recently received a letter
from Engluud, giving an account of a
meeting of Rabbis In that country, to dis
cuss die question whether Christ wus the
true Messiuh. ." They had agreed if tho
Mcssiuh did not come in fifteen years, to
accept Christ as tho true Mcssiuh."
! I :
' br Tho Charleston Mercury couvicts
Jeff. Davis out of his own mouth of being
a email politician. Iu his recent Fourth
of July speech ut sea, tho Senator eulo
gized the Vuion, and rcmurked that noue
but small politicians would Seek to divide
it. The Mercury quotes from Davis's se
cession speech hi Mississippi to show that
ho was uiuiiug at himself.,
Peach Leaves for Yeast. Mrs. Dan
iej 11. Mitchell, of Rome, G a., says the
Rome Courier, has discovered that peach
leaves are (iqicrior to hojis ' for making
yeast,' Tho bread made from it Is quite ns
light and equally well fluvored. ' We un
derstand that the yeast is made in the
sumo way, except that dried peach leaves
are used Instead of hops. . ' ' ; .
4 Memphis, Tennessee, is a fust place,
and no mistake.' The' other duy, Judge
E. W. M. King was arraigned, before the
Recorder for currying couceuled weapons.
Uo pleaded in defeusa thnt ho hud no con
cealed weapons, they being all outside his
clothes. The Recorder then fined him $10
for disorderly' conduct in appearing on, tho
streets with weapons exposed nbout his
pcrSOn:- ' ''; !' " Vi"
How TO MAKC 'BWO-A.l DO BaKI. W't
find tho following wimble rrmarka in an exchange
paper. V e commcud Uieiu to our dMlmil subscri
ber!! - : 1 : i"f .- ;
We would like to bare all our liiicto pneka
get doub'ed, Ircblcil, quuilruplod, or mine, if might
be. It in too Iroub'Moiuc in pioporlion t tlio gaim,
We can put up two or ihrte pnpt-n for the inuil
nearly aa non ua wo can one. Ilraidci, Wu alwaya
realiie a tet'Aag of r.nx cty in rrgnrd to there Utile
pni'ltute, in aciidiiig one uiipcr away by itself so ttr.
U'o feci, fo;- ibeni iu ih ir lonely and uncertain
journey.- Ai to the W'ge nukajea, the r very
bulk wi. command lame rraicol for limn hotn tlie
poat-nflice cleika. Jiut llieae aoliwiy Ii tie fellows,
in Uit'ir Mtining iunijjn ticaiico. iii iy probably be
kicked into some comer, or miss tlisir way, und be
lost umunpr the hills and hollows.' A ihiull piickngo
doea not arrive so certuiuly nt its dctlinulion ns a
lurjjo one. Wo have a remedy to prnpuse lor ill
stale of lliiiiRS. Lot aach subscriber who (T- ts a
" iii(le packi'Sei' b'ain another subscriber or two
whose pnpor nmy go along with his for oninpany.
II is a pity lo have a paper tuke such Ioiik journeys
lissome of Ihrin do, "solitary and alone." Uiv
them conipnuy and they Will tnivol more iwlltly,
and reach their destination more surely."
. Rlssia SiiKET-lno.v.pIt is a pupn'ar no-.ion
thut tio proc.-sa of iiunurjcluriin' llio buacious
and glossy " Ruttia ihtcl-iioii' Is a profouud se
cret, and that the vigilant rxoiciscd by the Hus
sion Gorermileiit, an l the Russian m.-innfuclurrs,
Jiarc hiihcrio successfully prevenied all fo. signers
from Oblnining )is slighlest iiiflinuutitn on the
subject. The present .C'ommisuioucr of, I'uWnls,
in his lust report, alw alludes to the inunufucture
of this artlete, aa one of Ilia giojit; unsolved prob
lems in science, which1 the Industrial lulerosisof the
country require should be explained. ' '
Kir.. Wells, hi his recent woi k," IYlictplos und
Applications of Chemistry ."slates thnt this current
belief hits no foundation In fact, ' and that tho me
thod of preparing the iron in question Is perfectly
well known.- According to the authority quoted,
" Uussia shest-irou is, in the first inslunce, u very
puro article, rendered exccolinly tough and flox
iblo by refining and annealing, lis bright, glossy
surface la partially a silicate, and partially an
oxyde of iron, nnd if produced by passing the hot
sheet, moistened with a solution of wood-ashes,
through polished steel rollers.''
Another mythical bubble is thus puuclureJ, aud
tho Wonderful story of guarded foundcries and
ever-watchful officials, ns connected with ltnasiu
sheet-iron, will take rank with tho account of
Syinmes Hole," and the barnucloi which 4urn
toSo'.ao geese.; ; ,: ,.,.,,.. .,,:
How C11r.w1.10 and Puokino A met Tin
Moorii.j-Both amokinj 1 end chewing' produco
marked alterations in the most expressive features
of the face. Tho lips are' cWd by a circular
muscle, which completely surrounds Ibem and
firms tlic'r ptiljiy fullness. Now, every muscle of
the body Is developed in precise ratio with its use,
as most young men know they endeavor to de
velop and increase their muscle in the gymnasium.
In spitting and holding the cigar in the mouth
this muscle ia iu eoimtaut use Jience tho coarae
appearance and irregular development of the lips,
when compared to the rest f tho features, in
cbuwera and smokers. Tlie eye loses its natural
lire, and becomes dull and lurid j it ia uuupccula
tivc and unappreeiative it answers nut before the
world i it owner gazes vacantly, and oftea repels
conversation by his stupidity. ".SVay. ,
, . ( Vaccixatiun with a JIau.tmzk.o Nkdli.
Frof. lioca slates that since 1850, hundreds of chil
dren hare been thus rncoinattd, wilb scarcely any
failerrs occurring. The point of the needla la
well saturated with the magnetic fluid before prac
tictag tho vaccinations, which are then purfotmed
in the usual manner, a single ingnetitaiivn serv
ing for many vaccinations. It is quite surprising
to observe the rapidity with which the vaccine
virus ia absorbed whea the needle la thus prepared.
London Snct. ' ., r'
" VtT Julius, wtwt part ob de serrnonlea do de
radii moat aslioira whea dey ge to de etuireb
' Well, i'ompey, I cao" tell what dat ia can
yen HIT '
n hr, yea, mgga uoo 1 70a see aej oceenre
da kirn,.
Many people drop a tear at the
sight of distress, who would do ouch bct
t to drop triiTWCe. ' '
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Reaaooabl deiluutions lo lliote who advertis hy
. - - , the year. - ,
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Txa raeniirrea or tub ARGUS "rrr
to inform the public that Le has just received
large stork of JOI1 TVl'Eand other new print
fnar material, and will be lo the areedy receipt p
additions xit'ed to ell the rrqnireinrnia of (hie If.
enliiy. IIANDIIII.IH, POKIUtH. UrANKM,
CAUD8, WKCl'URH, I'AMI'JJIXMVOltK
and other kinds, done to order, i n slmn 1 ni ce.
- A Dvtsa Ttnurv. Vivo yeurs ne-o (hi
Iron llinperor of Russia discovered that
his brother, tho Kultan of Turkey, was af
flitted with a sickness that threatened to
end iu deuth, pint, like a slewd stute.imau.
uiidcrtotik to seen re a position which would
emiMu hitn to ndinlufster on tho dylnp;
man's effects, as soon os the breath should
he out of his body.' Rut England and
Fr.iiK'0 protested against this interference,
and wnerd a bloody wnr to wliiii the rav
enous Russian Rear awny from tho pros
p'Hrtlve enrenssor tho Turkey. They wero
successful, Tho R 11 urn was drirrn back
to his rueyed fuHtnesses Ju the IN'orth, and
the dyinir Sultnn was kept alive by tlio ad
ministration of such artificial stimulants ns
an exciting struggle- within his doinin!o:,$
furnished. : . 1 1 . 1
Dut Turkey is op-tun s'ek, and sick unto
death. It is a moribund nation, with rot
tinir vitals, falliui into decay by the natural
operation of causes which no ntcdicatiou
ctm'nrrest. It hns passed through its ar
dent childhood, nnd its dazzling manhood,
and Is now siukinir hoiielessly into the
grave, which it bus diiff for itself on soil
slolen from Chrirttendom centuries ago. -Tho
bhut of brent h which its officious al
lies, Knplnnd nnd France, breathed into its
nostrils ditriiijf the Crimean war, Is nearly
cxhaibted, and tho nation whose existence
in Kurojie litis ever bceu an anomaly, and
whoso bfo has been snstumeU by cruelty.
injustice, blpotcd fanaticism, rnpinc, and
lust, is wnninjr 'lieforo the ht of that
Chrisliaiutv of wu:eh it bus ever been the
relentless enemy. ;, , ;. i - 1 '
Turkey is torn nnd harassed by revolu
tions anil insurrections, n.oro frightful than
those which hro destroying (he vital forces
of Mexico. ' Tho weak and inibeeilo Sul
tan, debauched by enervating Indnlgrnuri
in his seruurlio at Constantinople, hns. n6
power to ndminVter his (Joverninent, and
punish the rnpoeity nnd violence of his sub-
onlinates. Ino tiinsiiniiB oii.yprusanu
Syria aro in open inMirrcctiou against bit
V tceroys, anu thero is no torco to compel
them to obedience. . The fuuitticul llohuni"
mcdnns of Jiddnh havo risen and mns.sn
cred a hnndrcd Christian subjects, includ
ing tho English and French Consuls, - and
tho tiultun is impotent lo punish the out
rtige. The barbarous Arabs of Syria mur
der the' nnofTiiiiliitg missionaries at Jnffa,
and there is no power ut Constantinople to
avenge tho atrocity. '
. Even England und France acknowledge
that the nation which they havo been so
assiduously nursing for so many yeurg, at
such an enormous cxpenso, is on tho eve of
dissolution and England and France are
now plntitiing the partition between them
selves of the soil froin which, three yenra
qgo, they drove tho Russian. Tho Crim
ean wor only deferred tho full of Mohan:
medunistn in Europe. Not long Will, Tur
key be numbered among the nations of the
earth. - Christian urmies will soon take
possession of its soil to preserve tho order
which its own government cannot sustain,
and then will Turkey bo blotted out for
ever. St. Louii -Vmm. .. )
Keiicciiaonezzar's- Hunting Diaky.
It is to be hoped that the following remnvk
ablo corroboration of Scripture tnny not
meet with the fate of Prof. Maury's defence
of It, based on tho words "roiind world.f
which unhappily were not used by Job, or
any inspired writer! 1 '' 1 " '' ' '!
"A correspondent of the Northern' En
sign snys it book is shortly to be published
by Col. Rtiwllnson upon further discoveries
he has inude. 'lie found Nebuchadnezzar's
hunting diary, with notes, tnd here und
there a portrait of his dus, sketched by
himself, with his mtmu under it. , lie met
tious in it huving been ill, and whilst he wad
delirious ho thought ho hud been out to
gruzo liko tho beasts of the field. Is not
this a wonderful corroboration of Scrip
ture ? IUwliuson also found a pot of pro
serves, in an excellent stale, and gave sumo
to tho Queen to taste. How little Nebu
ehadiiezzar'B cook dreamed, when making
them, Unit, twenty-five centuries alter, the
Queen of England would eat somo of tho
identical preserves which figured ut her
master's table.!'
Martin Kosta. Tho Helton (Texus)
Independent pays thut Martin Kosta, in
stead of having recently, died In indigent
circumstances in Guatemala, Is now living
In Mcdino county, and well off. ' f "
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t&" Wo learn from tho Tine Bluff, Ar
kansas, Independent, thnt the gentleman
just elected to tho Legislature of that State
from Calhoun county,, died , tho liny after
tho election. It is suid that he was in tlio
habit of , remarking In all of his speeches,
that if ho could just lie elected to the Leg
islature of Arkansas, he was ready to die.
Singular.''' ;.
SST A Dutchman being advised to rub
his limbs well with brandy for the rheuma
tism, said he had heard of tho remedy,-but
wldcd, I dosh petter as dut I drinks do
prandy, and den I rubs my leg mit do
bottle 1' .... -. . , - - , ,
jjfjy If you want -a favor of a man,
laugh nt his jokes. If thfre be anything
(hut the whole human family have a weak
ness for, it is to pa for wits. '
tsr Whea does mortification ensue
When you pop the question and are an
swered no,. . . .. , . . ,i
ttST Dr. Adam Clarke says tiia bog
was cursed under tlie old law, and never
received a Llcssiug under the new. .1 1
tST A lady who was a strict observer
of ctiqnet tc, being onablo to go to church
one Sunday, sent her card. . - ..- t
Vaf Ilopelest love is like a name too
duply cut ia a tree, which makes the t(Q
itself to perkb.