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THE OREGON ARGUS. . PflUMI Iflir MTVlOAr UUMIHQ, BT WILLIAM L. ADAMS. TKKMS-Tki Aaaos will farnUhti at . Tkrat n.lUtl mml PiflM ... . l. mdoanat, It tingle enkicnbtreTkrtt Dalian wj urn mi ant eja.cs in tatanee Wktu lit mm It net fid in adtoaet, Four DtlUrt mill M tkargtd if paid mtkin tit riHKiwiiiiii tna is fear, fg" Tm DtUmn for tit montktNo lubtcrip. Idu rteeiud for Uti period, fjf No fper diteontinutd until all amataget twt paid, nolett at i if In of Mr publitker. T UUl t Mvi, 1 Glr m,' I Mid, 4 tint ring, Which m thy laptr nnjrer gleaui j Sweat thought lo dm 'iwill bring, Whe summer sunset's beams llav fsdsd o'er tho weilern wo, And loft mo dreaming, love, of the I' 'Ob! do!' tho maiden cried ' Thio shining ring Is bright, but cold f That bond io loosely tied Wbieh miHt bo clasped with fold t Tb ring would nn forgiitten bo i Bono bottor gift I'll giro to thoo !' 'Tho giro mo that rod rose,' Sold I, ' which oo Ihy bosom heave, la ostaiti repose, And droops it blushing leaves: . If iho wuuldst have mo think of the, Fair maiden, givo tho rooa lo mo !' 'Oh! no" ah ouftly ml J, ' I will not giro the any Mower Thio ros will auraly fad It puooa with tho hour I A tided rue cio n.-w bt Aa emblem of my ion fur the !' ' Thou giro mo but thy word A row of love 'twere b.-tler yet,' I erisd ' who onea ho heard ' 8och rows, can ao'er forget I If tbou will givo this pledge to mo. Mar ring Dor ros I'll ask of thtro l' ' Oh I no,' oho uid again ' For opoava towo arc empty breath, ' WIium memory it vaiu Whoa passion perishelh : If o'or I Iom my love for theo, My Yowa mutt all forgotteu be !' Then what,' I atke.l, wilt thou, Ob, dearett! to thy lover giref Mor ring, nor root, nor vow May I from theo receive And yet, tomt symbol ihoulj Uu-rv. bo To typify ihy love for mo 1' Theo dropped her ailvery voice Uulo a whiaptr toft and low : ' Hero, take tliia gift my clioice Tho sweetest love can know !' flhe raised her bead all loving'y, . Abd entiling, gave a kits to me I For tki Argui. Hydropathy aid Phooirbrly. There are two arts of rutlicr modern ori gin which tho writer is persuaded ore des tined to exert An' important influence on the Welfare of our race I refer to Hydropathy hnd Phonography. Ndt hating (seen their claims to the regard of the community pre sented in any of Cur Territorial papers, it , is thought that a brief recommendation of each might be of siJme use: and, by so do ing, tho writer has no pecuniary interest to be advanced, directly iir indirectly. Hydropathy, or water cure, is the appli cation of pure water, at different tempera tures and in different ways; according to the Condition of the patient. To practice to the best advantage, a person should be ao tpiainted with anatomy, or the structure of the human bddy; with phys.ology, or a knowledgo of the functions of the Various organs; with hygiene, br the various appli ances connected with the preservation Of health, as air, exercise, regulation of the passions, fodd, drink, and clothing) with pathology, or the causes and symptoms of disease; with bydro-thcrapcutics, or the va rious water-cure processes to be employed in the treatment bf different diseases; These topics are treated with great ability by Dr. Trail in his Hydropathic Encyclopedia, and also by tho late Dr. Shew in his ttydrc pnthic Family Physician; and I nm happy id inform tho readers bf the Argus that these invaluable works can be procured at hJddorate prices in several book-stores in the TcrriWry. I feci also pleased in rec ommending td the favorable consideration ttf my felldw citizens, Dr. Weed and his tady; both graduates of the Hydropathic Institute! New York city, but have recently arrived in this Territdry and localcd at Sa lem. I hope that the welcome and patron age which they will receive may induce Iherd to remain permanently in this Terri tory. Through him, and also Frank Hol land, Oregon City, the Water Cure Jour nal, published by Fowler &, Wells, can be Obtained, and this large monthly, which ban be Obtained in clubs of twenty at fifty cents per annum, will furnish much inform ation in rclatibn to hydropathy. Sickness is rapidly on the increase, and likely will continue so, unless something be done to arrest it, and hydropathy, with its prophy lactic appliances, is the thing for the times. - Bat the wants of the times loudly de mand an improved method of recording the thoughts of ourselves and others. This de mand is supplied with ease and elegance by the improved system of short-hand, to de Mote which the name Phonography has been given. The etymology of the name leads os to the meaning writing according to sound and the system has been defined by one of iU best expounders (B. Pitman, in his Manual of Phonography) : " The art of representing spoken sounds by written signs; also the style of writing in accordance with this art." The characters empioyea to rep resent the elementary sounds of our lan guage are the easiest to be formed of any that the ingenuity of man could devise, viz: straight lines and curves, and in no case is more than one of these needed to represent a timpU sound. Mr. B. Pitman informs us " that the art of phonography may be easi ly acquired. Experience has shown that two boars' daily practice in reading and writing, coo tinned for about a month, is geaenlly sufficient to give a perfect ac qaaintaaee with its principles, and the abil ity to writ it with the speed of long-band. Tn same practice continued for six months will enable the student to report a moder- A Weekly Newspaper, devoted to tho Principles of Jeffersonian Democracy, and advocating Vol. IV. ato speaker verbatim." While this art should be taught in all our schools to all tho youth in the laud, it is of special importance to those whose profession or position may call them to address assemblies great or siiinll of their fellow men. Those ' who would wish to see this elegant art, which is based on philosophical principles, expound ed and triumphantly vindicated against the prejudices of hoary error, arc referred to Ellis's Plea for Phonetics, and to the trea tises that have been published ou phonogra phy. The best treutises On it are Pitman's Manual of Phonography and Prosscr & Longley's American Manual of Phonogra phy. One of these, with a Reader and copy-book, double-ruled, can be got lor one dollar, by addressing tho authors, Cincin nati, Ohio, or at an advanced price from several booksellers in this Territory. Prof. Hoyt, of Willamette University at Salem, gives Instructions to tho students in phonog raphy, and from him I presume text books can bo obtained at a reasonable rate. Hoping that the foregoing remarks may call tho attention of others who have ability and leisuro to enlighten tho public on the reforms that are referred to in this commu nication, I tako leave of it for the present. Corvam.is, Jan. 25, 1SS9. D. t. Far tkt Argut. The Uoaao thai Jack Dultt. LAST EMTIO. The United States Treasury is the house that Jack built. Public Revenue that's tho malt that laid in the house that Jack built. Buchanan he's the rat that ate the malt that laid in the house that Jack built. The frco citizens of Kansas is the cat that caught tho rut that ato tho malt that laid in tho house that Jack built. Slave Oligarchy is tho dog that wbr ricd the cat that caught the rat that ate the malt that laid in the house that Jack built. The People that's tho cow with the crtunply horn that tossed the dog that wor ried the cat that caught the rat that ate the mult that laid in the house that Jack built. The Office-holders is tho maid all for lorn that milks the cow with the cruniply horn tlmt tossed tho dog that worried the cat that caught the rat that ate the malt that luid in the house that Jack built. Stephen A. Douglas is the man all tat tered and torn that married the maid all forlorn that milks the cow with the crump ly horn that tossed the dog thnt worried the cat that caught the rat that ate the malt that laid in the house that Jack built. Squatter Sovereignty is the priest all shaven and shorn that married tho man all tnttcfed and tbrn tb the maid all forlorn that milked the cow with the crumply horn thnt tossed the dog that worried the cat that caught the rat that ate the malt that laid in the bouse thnt Jack built. The Republican triumph in 1860 that's tho cock that'll crow in the mbrn and wake up tho priest all shaven and shorn that married the man all tattered and torn to the maid all forlorn that milked the cow with the crumply horn that tossed the dbg thnt worried the cat that taught tho rat that ate tho malt that laid in the hbiise that Jack built. Ci. Yamhill, Jan. 2T, 1859. Fir tkt Argua. At a meeting held at Lone Butte school house in Maridn county, 0. T., Dec. 29, 1858, for the purpbse of discussing the sub ject of the sales bf fruit, and also to con sult tho iuterests bf the fruit-growers bf Oregon by Ibrming a general unity Of all concerned, on motion, Mr. Samuel Welch was chosen president and Wt M. Cline sec retary. After hcuring spceclies from Messrs. D. Ncwsoui, Benj. Cleaver, J. Magonc, J. Etf gle, S. Welch, and various others, the meeting unanimously Resolved, That whereas fruit-growing is the occupatiou of the farmers of Oregon, and as apples are our staple commodity, we do hereby most respectfully request the editors of the various newspapers through out Oregon to publish the prices current of fruit weekly. Resolved farther, That we most earnestly solicit the co-operation of all others who may approve of the object of this meeting. Resolved. That the secretary furnish each of the newspapers of the Territory With a copy of the proceedings of this mectiug, with a request to publisn tne same. Samcel Welch, PresV W. M. Cline, Sec'y. IS- The Legislature of Indiana has de clared the seats of the U. S. Senators from that State vacant, and has elected Henry S. Lane, Republican, and W. Munroe Mc Cartr. anti-Leeomptoo Democrat, U. S. Senators, in place of Senators Bright and Fitch. US' Russia is slowly but (rraduariyj awaking to intellectual life. In the course j of last year sixteen new journals were start-1 ed, 1,425 original and 801 translated works , were published; in addition, 1,613,000 for eign books 330,000 more than in the preceding year were imported. tar Sam Medary, of Ohio, late Terri-) tonal Governor of Minnesota, has bcen) appointed Governor of Kansas. ' tern OREGON CITY, OREGON, FEBRUARY 5, Howard's Hpeech la tho Hanlk. The Louisville Journal, undoubtedly tho ablest pupcr iu the South, for years the staunch defender of Henry Clay, declares Mr. Seward's Rochester speech to be " one of the ablest and most graceful ever deliver ed on the American stump." It says: '' The doctrine of the incompatibility of the systems or slavery sua t rce Labor Is obviously just at present a favorite crotch' et with the Republicans. It is a crotchet, but nothing more. Nevertheless, it is a horrid bugbear to not a few Southern Democrats. Mr. Seward, In the course of his speech at Rochester, expressed it as follows: " 1 It wot tin anUroiritlr poliiic.J tenilcnciei of the two nynti-nn arhivta the bitt iio!eoii wat con templating wlien he predicted that turops would uhimuttly be tltlier all GwkicIi or all Rtpubllvao. Never diil human tagncily utter a more preRmmt truth. The twu tvttrmt are at unce perceived lo be inoonruoui. ilut they art more than iucon gniout, tliej art liieun.ptib't. They never h.ivo permanently ex ited together in one country, ami they ih ver ean. It would be euy lu deniuattnite bit iinib:liiy, from the ineeonciltb'e contrast between their ((feat prlucip'et an.l characteriitiua. Uut Hit exper enet of mankind baa conclusively etuibl:ahcd it.' " This is tho language which Southern democrats, who gape and stare at Mr. Seward ns the Prince of all the Goblins, have understood, or pretended to under stand, as a declaration on behalf of the Re publicans bf a Settled resolution to exter minate Slavery in the States. It is an an nunciation which the Ci'gnns of Southern Democratic Opinion are holding up and flourishing as the nvownl of a distinct de sign on the part of the Republicans to wage fierce and unrelenting and bloody war upon Slavery wherever it exists. Surely the men who perpetrate br circulate this pitiful misconstruction must know better. The whole, import of Mr. Seward's proposition, as expressed aimvc; is clear, it is unmis takable. But, if it isn't, unquestionably the following precautionary paragraph tenders it sb: " 1 It reiiuini to any on thia point only one word, to guard acainat misapprehena.on. It theae Stales Ire tu Spain become universally eluva-holding, I do not pretend to say with what violation! of tha CiJmtimt (.11 thnt end fhall be aecohipliahed. On the other hand, while I do confidently believe and hope thnt my country will ret become a lund of universal Freedom, I do not expect that it will be mad an otberwae than through the action of the eeveiul Slates co-operating wttu tne federal uov ernment, and all acting in strict conformity with their respective Coiiatitutiont.' " Thus the terrible hobgoblin vanishes before the first beam of caudor. The' prop osition is perfectly innocent. It is, in fact, but the reproduction, in somewhat sharper form, of a pet opinion of Mr. Clay's. Nothing could be further from the harrow ing import with which distempered or de signing fancies have invested it. The no tion belongs wholly to the realm of ideas. It does not contemplate a plan of action, but merely a scheme of natural develop ment. It is a speculation, not a project the outl.ne of a conviction, not of a cam paign. It is a mere forecast of events. It is Mr. Seward's theory of our national progress on. It is his judgment as to what will happen, in the ordinary course of tilings.". talercsUni from Turkey. Constantinople, Oct. 27. The Wa bash sailed last week for Beirut and Jaffa The Macedonian has also gone in the same direction; They go to secure the punish' ttlent of the miscreants who committed the outrage upon the American family near Jaffa, last year. Four but of the five are in prison; two of them having been proved guilty, and two of them having confessed their crime; but, without the show of force on bur part, It is doubtful whether any of thcnl would bo hung. Tho local govern- rhent is too weak to take so decisive a step, especially as one or two of tho culprits arc men of influence among tho wild tribes tif tho country. Two Anicriean ships-of-Wnr, however, lying in tho port, will greatly strengthen the Pasha, and aid him in doing his duty; and if he should still hesitate, no doubt our Commodore wiii take the law into his own hands. Indeed, we arc tbld, these arc his instructions. We hear tho most exaggerated accounts from Eurbpe and America respecting an excited state of the Mussulman mind in Tnrkey against the Christians. A late number bf tho Kew York Observer con tains extracts from a private letter, in which the writef gives the most alarming state ments in regard to Constantinople itself, and the dangers of a Mussulman insurrec tion here. We, who live upon the ground, happily are ignorant of any such state bf things. We may be in the greatest danger, although, we know it not; and this danger those at a distance may discover, when those who are near are blissfully ignorant of it. However, I think it will be bard to make any one of ns believe it, and I expect to sleep just as quietly since reading the letter of the Observer's correspondent, as before. In the same paper it is gravely announced that an uprising of Mussulmans had taken place in the city of Aleppo, and that the whole city was destroyed I We have heard of this for the first time by way of Ifew York, and I rather think that ev ery house in Aleppo is still standing just as it was a year ago. The fact is, that the true Turkish spirit is a spirit of fanaticism, and of hostility to men of every other creed; and in places remote from the capi tal, an occasion only is required to call this spirit into lively exercise. Soch an occa sion ras offered in Djidda; and every now and then it is offered in other parts of the empirs; bot that there is st prerent sny- thing like a general reviving of tho old Turkish hostility to the Christian races, foreboding a general uprising and massacre, I do not at all believe. And as to the cap ital, why, there is not a Turk here bat knows that in a single day a few foreign ships could destroy this whole city with the greatest ease. The fact is, the Turks are dispirited, and they have occasion to be. In European Turkey especially, including, of course, Constantinople, they stand on very preca rious ground. Out of fifteen or sixteen millions of inhabitants, not more than fonr and a half millions are even nominally Mus sulmans; and of these, not more than one aud a half millions are real Osmanli Turks, tho rest being of Christian origin. I can well believe that there may be, before many years, something like a general insurrection of tho Christian races against the Turks, but nothing of tho sort against the Chris tians. Cor. Boston Traveler. Sketches trota Mew Unlet. The Washington States has a correspondent lu New Mexico who writea very interesting lettere. We make tho following extracts from them : Tkt Country in tke Vicinity of Fort Defiance. The country in thit viciuity hat a number of deep and friidiliul chasms or cauona. Immediately at thit fort there it one of about a mile long, and ita wallt or solid rock are about nve hundred l et high. Canon do Chelley, from which Col. Milet but re cently returned ou a scout against the Indians, kill ing t.x or eight, and taking 5,000 sheep, it a won derful phenomenon. It it ubout forty in. lea North west of this place, it forty miles long and three hundred ynrdt wide, with walk offlinty rock rising up one thousand five huudred feel, in niajeaiic grandeur, at if to pillar the very heavens. Horses aud nicii standing upon these towering spires are represented as appearing like rata and pigmies. Stones thrown down at the troops by the Indians broke into pcicet by the resistance of the air, and arrows discharged cumo down horlxunully, ftvm the foice of gravitation. A pistol shot it echoed and re echoed by the ad amantine wu and rings in tha ear f r m'nutet afterward. The appearance of the oanon, as ona guiet up and about, thus tunk a llmusaud feet into the bosom of the earth and walled in by huge and rugged rocks, is said to be terribly grand and fright. ful. Iu these deep openings, the Indians plant grain, peaches, melons, etc., and in tunes or d cully, tnko their flocks and women and children. 1 hey teem how ever to hurt anticipated the march of the troops upon litis one, and consequently not a grant mnny Indians, no horses, and but 5,UU0 sheep, were found. I'ctrifactiont.Jhe officers of the scout re port having seen great quantities of silicified wood ; large trees completely transformed into a lox, and others in a putrescent slate were abundant. The silex wat quite sulphuric, and emitted firo freely by contact with iron or steel. A Ruet of People destroyed by Voleanie Erup tion. Numerous stones of rare quality and beauty were seen, and immense qiuintit es of broken pot tery were strewn iu every d.reetion. The latter fact fnvort the supposition that a race of people once inhabited thit country, who were e titer destroyed by volcanic, erup'.ioua and earthquakes, or have ceased to exist by gruduitl deterioration. All through tins territory are lo bo found Altec rums, and il it not uuieusunable to presume th it a tupe t or race to the present at one time were tpread over thia country. But thit it a aubject which I leave for the speculation of tho more lcuried and scientific " Volcanic Eruptiont and Crateri.n the val ley of tho Galluwan, creek which flows from a beautiful crystullinespr.ug giuh ng up from an im mense bed of rock there is a large deposit of lava, exhibiting evidence of having flowed down tho val ley in a stream of fearful force and volume from a distant mountain, where It wat erupted. Indeed, craters exist all through the country, Indicating that nt one tune this region must have men sha ken and torn to peicea by volcanoes and earth quakes. From the data furnished by scientific ex amination, the most receut volcanic discharge must have been ns late aa three centuries back. This ttrcum of boiling luva must have been fifty feet deep and its many wide. It seems to htve rushed on until it gradually cooled and hardened, and thus wnt formed all abrupt termination to its progress. I he forms or the waves can be teen plainly. The dark, iron-like-substance would ap pear tu the naked eve to have been erupted within the past century t but, as befoi e stated, it could not have beetl dischargeii short of three hundred vetirs niro. It is a sintrular sin-lit. indeed, and is a field for infinite wonder and spettihition. llelict of. a Former People. 1 hroughdut this Country relict of a former people and ruins of towns are to be found in great quantities. The deep chasm in the earth, the a ngular and terrific altitude of rocks and canons, too clearly indicate the swful upheaving and tearing asunder which at ouo time must have visited here, and point to a race of people buried beneath this chuoliu mass of disorganized nature. The few streams which now and then gladden the tight of the thirsty traveler through these barren hdls slid parched t alleys are yet strongly impregnated with sulphur. Ami, wh'le springs bubble up crystallite and beautiful, they not unfrequently serve to create rather than to allay thirst. Mount Vf.b.vo.v. We see by the report thus far made, concerning the purchase, that two hundred acres, containing the home, tomb, 4c, of Washington, are sold to the Association, for $200,000, and that $18,000 were paid at the signing of the contract. The first instalment of $57,000 due in January, has been paid, leaving $135,000 stilt to come, which the public spirit of the nation ought soon to raise: Bonner, Of the New York Ledger, has contributed $10,000 to the Association, for which the Hon. Edward Everett has agreed to write a series of articles (one each week) for the Ledger, relating to Washington, to be entitled 'Monnt Vernon Papers.' This act has no parallel in the annals of newspaper enterprise. a& Hon. Edward Everett, having re covered from a serious illness, has returned to South Carolina, to repeat, for the bene fit of the Mount Yernon Association, bis oration on Washington. On arriving at Charleston, be was presented with the free dom of all the railroads in the Stmts for one year. 19 Prince Metternich a few weeks ago, in company with his son, the Austrian Min ister at Dresden, visited the Marcolina Pal ace now a hospital in which, forty-five years ago, he attempted to negotiate a peace with the Enrperor 5spoleoo I. the side of Truth in every issue. 1859. ' No. 43. Tat Retcati Afvlciat ( tha Ecae, Dr. Ilaincy who accompanied the res cued negroes of the sluver Echo to Liberia, gives a very interesting account of the voy age. The sufferings of tho negroes from their diseases were terrible. Seventy-one of the two hundred and seventy-one died before the Niagara reached Monrovia. lie says: " It was the custom to turn a lurgo hose on them twice every week when in the warm latitudes, which became indispensa ble to the sanitary coudition of the ship. It was exceedingly difficult to induce the men to wear a vestige of clothing. The women were far more modest and decent. All wore strings of beads, or charms, and grrgrei ; some around the necks, and oth ers around the arm or ankle. Every one bore tho unmistakable brand of their for mer owner, which, is generally about an inch and a half square, and somewhat in the shape of a O. Nearly every soul was tat toed; some all over the chest, shoulders, cheeks, and forehead. Many had the flesh raised in half cords a quarter of an Inch high, a half inch wido, and, in tho various windings, probably a foot, and even two feet long. One, a remarkably modest, quiet, distant, and apparently Intelligent girl, whom they called tho " Princess," was marked all over the chest and abdomen, and from tho neck over the shoulders and back to the hips. It was one coutinucd figure of flowers, stars, clusters, 4c, such as would bo wrought on a lady's collar, If it presented a surface of three square feet. She was evidently conscious of some supe riority, aud conducted herself like a lady. " Singing was a daily end really delight ful amusement, especially when the sun shone out warm, and by some common consent their strifes about blaukcts, bread, pans, and pouches ceased for about an hour; which, however, was really very sel dom, not only whilo living, but actually while dying. Their leader was a little fel low about thirty inches high, with a big head, nearly blind, whom we knew only as "Maintop." lie lud the music with a grace and fervor that would have pleased Jullien. They sang in perfect timo many wild and highly awakeuing songs, and es pecially pleased us in their choruses, which at times wound up with a wild and really thrilling effect. They constantly got into fights, but never gave a blow. It was a senseless pull and tug for hours together, while the parties to tho fray would cry aud complain like children. They seemed by no means destructive in their propensities. " A most singular case, however, becur rcd on board. We hud just been reading Dr. Livingston's uccount of tho numerous ordeals for witchcraft, when at the break fast hour wc heard a scream and Bundle on deck. It proved to be the Only cbntest for life end death which caino utider our notice, and was between two wouieni One, the mother of a very sick and lingering babe, accused the other of having bewitched her child, and, determined to kill her, was ac tually choking her to death. The sailors found it difficult tb separate them. The mother wept frantically, and demanded the 'ordeal' test Of the witch, averring that both her babe and herself would have io die. Nearly all of them sympathized with tho mother, as, according to their theory, no One can die a natural death. The Cap tain had her immediately put into irons, and it was not until night came on that she begged to be relieved, and promised tlmt she would no further molest tho witch. As soon es the witch stepped on shore in Monrovia sho recognized in a large, tall black man her Congo brother, who had been stolen and shipped bn the Pons, and finally sent to Liberia in 1845. The meet ing was positively touchingly affecting." He states that Liberia Is in a prosperous condition, and says: " Liberia is evidently advancing, and if she can only be protected by Christendom from the outrages which France is practic ing on her, and which cause niue-teutlts of the interior wars that weaken her, she will rapidly assume a position of interest to us and to the world, in trade as well as in the progress of civilization. I have nowhere else seen a place on earth so well fitted (or the hoeftil developments of the colored man as Liberia. A general remark to mo by colouists was, 1 This sir, is a great coun try for darkies.' I was most forcibly im pressed with the fact, especially after leav ing the poverty-stricken and begging popu lation of the Cape Yerdes, that lot one single soul asked me for alms during the nine days that I was on shore." PitMoxmoN. At the nail fcetory, Sonth Troy, New York, not long since, a lad six years of age died of croup, having suffered terribly for several days. Two days before his death, he called bis father to his bedside, and told him he was not go ing to live, for be bad a beautiful dream when he wu asleep that told him so. He dreamed that he stood upon the earth, he taw God io heaven looking sweetly down spoa him; that Ea let down a golden chela, which reO vpoa tha pmni at his ADVEUTISINO RATES. 1 Oat aquart (IS lint or lues) cAe iiisertion, SfiJ - two irterliont, 4, tiff " thrv ihs-rtiona, 6,00 Each subsequent luseiuoo, 1,00 Reasonable deductions to thus who tuveniae If the year. JOB PRINTING. Taa raorairroa or tik ARC I' 8 it Utrrt to iuform the public that lit hat just received at largo stock of JOH TYl'R and other new print ing material, aud will be ia th a) eedy receipt V additions suited to all tht requirements of th t k' enlity. HANDHII.I.8, rosTKIIH, BLANKS, CAHD8, CIltClLAlW, I'A.Mrill.KT-WOItK and other kinds, done to older, on short notice. feet; and tlmt as he stooped to look at It God told him to tuke hold of the chain and he would draw him up to heaven and give him a crown of gold. Ou Sunday the little spirit was set free, and the promise! was fulfilled! Tm Last IIoiiis or Koukrt Owes. The following letter, describing the death of Robert Owen, was written by Robert Dale Owen, resident Minister from the United Stufci to tho Court of Naples, who' happened to be on a tlsit to his fttther at the time of the hitler's decease i "Newtown, Montuouksvsiiirs, ) Nov. 17, 1858. ) " My Dear Sir It Is all over. My dear father passed away this morning at a quar ter before seven, mid passed away as gently aud quietly as if he had been fulling asleep. There was not the least struggle, not a contraction of a limb or a muscle, not ait expression of pain On liis face; His breath ing gradually became slower and slower, until nt lost it censed so imperceptibly that even aa 1 held his hand I could scarcely tell the moment When ha no longer breath-, cd. His lust words, distinctly pronounced about twenty minutes before his dcuth, were, Relief has conic,' About half an hour before, ho said, 1 Yery easy and con"' fortuble."' OitoiNiTiojf or Dacotaii TumiiTnnv;' The peqdo of Dacotith have effected an Independent temporary organization of their Territory. State officers have been ap pointed; a legislature convened, and the Minnesota code of 1857 adopted. A let-, tcr from Sioux Falls, where tho legislature assembled Oct. 12, says: . " Before the members convened in their hall, the Stars and Stripes were unfurled from a flag-staff in front Of tho building used as a capitol, and saluted by tliirtceu volleys, fired by tho DucotuU Utiles, and cheef upon cheer by those who hud assem bled to witness the inauguration of their Territory." Tub Soith CaiiolLva Senator. the liultirnoro Sdu says: "The Hon. James Chesuut, who has just been chosen fulled Stutes Senator from South Caroliua, Is said to be a statesman bf ability and experience and to be a conservative in politics, of the Hammond school. His term will com mence in March, 1850, aud extend to 1805; Col. Chcsnut grnduuted at Princeton Col lege, over tweuty years ago, is about forty three yeurs of age, and a lawyer by profit siOn. He is opposed to secession and the agitation of tle slave trade question, and belongs to the States' Rights school of pol iticians: A Mastodon in Onto. Tho Cleveland , Leader; bn the authority of a party Of hun ters, states that the remains of a mastodon wero recently fouud near Clurksville, Defi ance Co., Ohio, iu Lite bed Of a pond that . had recently been drained off. They are of euOrmous proportions. Tho bones bt the leg below tho kneo measure six feet and a half In length, aud one of them weighs fifty-six pounds. One of the bones ubovo tho kneo is ten feet long, and Weighs about one hundred pounds. Tho ribs tango from twelve td sixtecu feet in length, and a tboth frOm the lower jaw weighs fourteen pounds. A Monster I'kintIno Office. Tho Paris Imperial printing establishment pos sesses the type bf fifty-six extern languages, being all that afo kudtvu of the characters of Asia, ancient or modern, Also the typo of sixteen European tongues which do'uot ttso the Ordinary Latin characters. As to (he latter, the CHlaUisluucut has the type of forty-six different forms uud slzeSi The number Of presses on the premises is such that 55 G reams of paper, equivalent to 9iC0 Octavo volumes of thirty eliuets, could bo struck off iu a single day. About 500 Workmen are employed by the establish ment throughout the year. CrInoune DkTiikonf.i) in pAhts. The Paris correspondent of tho Dostbn Traveler, writing Oct. 11, says 'Crinoline Is de throned,' and writes as follows of the new fashion of a train: " I almost like the new fashion, although I stiKfiect it may prove no gentler enemy to man's purse than its predecessor. It is ' long aud drnned and flowing, like a Muse's costume, Or like the attire in Which Milton rdbed tho 'pensive Nun, devout and pure.'" ST A child in Woodstock, Maine, re cently dislocated its neck at the second ver tebra; by fulling down stairs, so that the head was turned half around, and there re mained fixed. Chloroform was employed to relax the muscles, the head was replaced, and the child has recovered. Toicn Stobv. The London (C. W.) Free Press has a rather toti;'h story aliout a Mr. Qaston who runs a milt in that neigh borhood. He was standing beneath a trap door when a sack of wheat fell from an upper story directly upon his head, dis-. locating his neck ! Ho immediately raised up his hands, seized his head, and pulled it back into place 1 as a workman who, " heard the bones snap into their sockets," wuT swear. Mr. Gaston is snpixxed to be as. sound as ever. Sigh The email artillerr of coqnettei. "4 "it lif '." k '.lii i 1 f!5 h ft i ?!' i' irl .i ' i : fi ti'r , v;,: i v; ;' ' i'P V l