,TilE OREGON ARGUS.
i 'nuiiriH ivtitr Mfumur houmixo,
BY WILLIAM L. ADAMS.
TKRHSThe Aaoue will be furniihti ut
Thret Dollare and fifty Venf prr annum.in
. uionnee. It eiotU uAri7.r7'r.. ;..,.
, . etch t dull fen at one oJReein ouWu-t
When thi miineo it nut paid in udeanr.e. four
'Dalian uill be charged if paid within lit
nonthe, tni Fire dolhre n't the end nf the ytnr.
tW Tito Dollnri for lit montheNu tvheerip-
i . Hone received fur leee period. .
Of No pnper dieeontinuid Hnlil ull arrmragel
are paid, unlmi at the option nf the puhliibrr.
1 j.D, u TblnV lie t Harriet 1'1
; . ' ' , " Jul"1 ,
i '. Mli'lam '.you nr very roan, .
''" "AiH I can't decline llie tak,
'AVith ihe i'ii(h!Ml dl.iiifjjiine'nir,
I r; J'ou would hardly neod loask 1 , , .
" Don 'I yon we a hint of marriage '
r. , In k'aaiibeMiilcd face t '
In Ilia ralher aU'p ng cartiaje,
' Aud t'XtrinK'ly rajud ia.et ;
i i If be'a no! eommiiteil Irraann,
Or aunie wicked action done, .
,i Can yu lee ihu f.iiulral rmmm
, ' Why a bachelor alioulJ ruu I
,t i T'liy ihoulj be be in flurry I
' ',' But a loving wife togrci:!,
In a circunintinie to hurry
The mart dignified of (vet!
" 'Wlipn afjr tlie man hurp'ed hvr,
1;" ' If the ffmteful hnppy flf
It lot unt limle ti bt Urtidit her,
1..,. lie inuat be bcaide binuelf 1
I"1 It it but a trifle, may ba
ft..') : Hut obnene hia (iroclicoj tone
, , ,V1jmi he rulnu your atonny ba'jy,
Juit aa if il ivvro Ilia uuu !
D you think a oiraiu mrcknew
Yon h ive mentioned in h.i li.okn,
a chronic opl c raki cM '
' ' 'fliat hat come o.' read u- book.
DiJ you evar aea liia vision
. I'li'Mix unJerm aili n h"ol,
Save nnu(th fof rrvocn'iinn,
V.I Ae civil K-rao.1 ihould! '
' Coull n Cipui'hin be coMir
"''V When he giniU'i-a, un he in'.mt, 1
1 1 At a Buely rounded shoulder -l't'i:
V'. proudly swelling bjat J
I.'! Madaniltliink of every feature, '
in " Thon deny il, if you cun
Jle'a a fun I, oouiiubial creuture, .
Aud iNy ma'rr.ed mm!
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r
"'" I , pr fa Argun.
' ""-The Melhsillsl C.tanrcU South.
It lius been fur some time a question in
ray niind whether tlirro in ut this day iu Am
erica a sincere, conscientious Christian who
iK-lievofi that slavery is right. Christianity,
so fur as I can judge of its nature, consists
in the practice of justice rind mercy; tlie
whole duty of. man is thus defined: " TIioii
Shalt love the Lord thv Go.l with nil thv
heart, with ull thy son), nud with ail thy
strength, nnd thy neighbor as thyself."
Itoiv, if the slave is admitted to bo a hu
man being, and I know of none that dis
putes it, I 'hold that it is perfectly Impossi
ble for a true Christian to be guilty of
keeping his fJlow-man in bondage, or of
countenancing such atrocity in others.
But, in the face of these facts, we have not
Wnfyafew instances, but atchole Jurch
defending; encouraging, and practic'ng this
itbominablo still ' Nay, they go even far
ther, and endeavor with sacrilegious hands
to transform the word of the God of truth,
hf justice, and of mercy, into a warrant for
their misdeeds: in effect charging tho Al
mighty with having created men iu his own
image to become beasts of burden to other
Inon, by nature-M'" ttuaU only. Who
cW, In Hie full glory of Gospel light, pro
fmci to be a Christian,' ami yet holds to
audi doctrines as these, is in liis cpnscicncc
convicted of being a hypocrite and a liar.
This may sccni rather' a wholesale con
demnation of a large class; but I utter it
b,oldly: .for if t'6 be a Christian means to be
tk follower of Christ, wh'teo mission was
peace and good will to nie'ri, without dis
tinction of nation or color; whose whole
life was characterized by acts of benevo
lence and mercy, then the inference is, no
man can be a follower of Christ who adVd
c'aies' injustice;' and, iu consequence, the
Methodist Church South is a hypocritical,
tleeaitfiil institution, blaspheming tho name
of Christ, and teaching men principle's ex
actly contrary to those of the Savior, whose
name they dishonor. t , '
' My attention was called to this subject
by seeing notices of J. C. Stewart, Esq.
traveling agent of the Pacific Methodist,
wlto'also claims ; to be a minister of the
gospel of peace, trudging through raid and
rand, on foot aud alone, to spread the word
of. God; as. he expresses it: as if the word
of God had never yet reached us, because
our Oregoa Bibles do not teach us to en
Urc antl degrade human beings. : Shame
ortsnch preachers! 'Shame on such Chris
tranityr 'l ' ' "
I will tell yon more truth in a few words
of Mr. J.C. Stewart and those' that sent
film than he will ever tell of himself. Their
sonfv motive is the pecum'arj aud political
. " -
tienefit of ;the sluveocracy, and the hope of
fillinf their own purses with filthy lucre, at
the cost of every manly, every Christian
principte. ,! ;, "Tin's." ;
-pjiPQi-i,' Jan. 25, 1859.". .
rt'.."..;;.7 .: , For the Argue.
'. .vltum Coaveaitaa.
.M.. Editori I notice in friend Hender
eon's call for a convention that his third
rewn for'such a eouvention ia that infidel
ity' and immorality are on the iacrease in
many places in Oregon.' ow this is a na
trffal eoasequence, growing out of certain
causes ( ist. A . large majority of the
'ehoreheV in Oregon are led and controlled
through the influences of party politics (in
etcad of the Gospel of Christ), and con
seqwaiJy are growing cold and falling to
pn4 all over" tlie vaIVy, and infidelity is
taking1' advantage of the times. 2J. There
seems to be a general lack on all bands in
giving U youth of oar land a moral train- j
ing;.- Now I know tins m laying a good
dear bat -will any one tt'iapute it I Now I
bare not slid anything for of agninst the
mi
A "Weekly Ncwn; taper, devoted to tlio rriueiples of Jeffowomnn Democracy, and advocating
Vol. IV.
convention hut this liringi me tg whnt I
huve wanted soineltodjr to sny to the read-
cm of the Argus Tor a good whilp, and
that Is, whjr not contribute your mites in
the way of Interesting stories and useful
knowledge to make the Argus on Interest-
ing and moral-instructing paper for our
children ami, if you do this, our children concede too much, or rutin r we do not car
will bo interested at home, mid will not bo ry out our prinilpl. j thoroughly. To il
under the necessity of reading vicious nov- ltwtratc: the tciitK ranco men arguo that
els, or going into bad company for amuse- we huve Jaws to puni.-li adultery, the pro
ment. Now I don't wish to be understood prietors of houses of ill-fume, Ac, 4c., und
as snying anything disparagingly of the these several offiitses, like thfl traffic in li-j
ctltiorial ability of the Argus at all, but
editors like help of the right kind, and I
am sure there Is a suHicient amount of the
right talent among the reudrrs of the An'
gus to make it (with the help of the Editor)
a first-class family paper, and that would
dry up one sourco of immorality nnd iguo-
ninie uireuuy anuueu to. on. f.Mannsii eretsc or umniiveness, then why not pro
Sunday Schools in every neighborhood In hibit the traffic in liquor, a business de
the land, and conduct them proH rly, and pending entirely upon the unnatural and de
our children and our neighbors' children ' proved exercise of the drinking instinct?
will attend them and receive moral and re- Is one i ltnieut of man's nature more sacred
Igiotts instruction, Instead of strolling over than another f Must the drinking appetite
the country on the Lord's P.ty with guns go uncontrolled in all excess, while other
und dogs (or something worse) for ninuso-' apH'titeg must be bound ! These are some
ineiit. Will some one n.k if Sunday Schools of the questions they nek ; anil I see no bet
nre not common ? No, there is not one tor way to meet the difficulty than to deny
throughout Marion and Linn counties, to the right of law to restrain any of man's
my kuowh dgc, outside of Sulem, and I am oppctitca whatever. AVe arc governed too
acquainted with tho greatest portion of, much; let the whole man. go free. .Let the
theso counties.
ow, readers, , what say
you?
M. 1 Owex
ifizr inc luiiowing article, witicli was
read In Salem ns a satire on free whisk v, Is '
worthy of publication, as showing the ulti
matum to which a consistent froc-whisky i
policy unavoidably leads: j
' Ilia Error or ProMMttoa.
It is wrong to prohibit the traffic In li
quors because such legislation amounts to a
restriction upon the appetite. True, it Is
argued that tho traffic in liquor is based
upon tno improper exercise ot tlie dr.nknig
faculty tluit laws made to repress broth
els, gambling-houses, &c, arc in like manner
based upon the principle that the abnormal
exercise of nny of our faculties may, when
the public welfare requires it, be restricted,
But it is all a mistake. It is high time
that the lovers of genuine liberty come to
the rescue. The liberties for which our
forefathers fought, bled, and died, uru in
danger. The only way to meet tho diffi
culty urged upon us by tho hitter-day pro
hibitory fanatics, is to get at the bottom of
tlie whole matter expound to the people
the philosophy of law, nnd explain the ten
dency of the prohibitory movement.
Where will such legislation stop? If
we prohibit the traffic in liquor, the next
step will be to prohibit the stile of tobacco,
coffee, ten, Ac., because many people hold
these things to be injurious; and then we
will not be allowed to cat hot biscuit with
salerutus in it. This will no doubt be the
course. Irue, some temperance men under
take to explain this anticipated difficulty
away niter tins fashion: that prohibitory
laws are generally applied to tlie greater
evils that laws restricting traffic in ten,
coffee, &c, would not be made until the
majority of the people became convinced
that tlie use of these articles is abuse, nnd
also a great public evil. It is further held
that if a majority of the people vote for
prohibiting a traffic of any kind, on con
viction of its evil tendency, it is in strict
accordance with the, Nebraska Hill to ac
knowledge the force of such vote. But
here is another great mistake, which com
mon persons not versed in politics dou't
understand. A principle must not be ap
plied ouly where it suits. Now tlie Ne
braska bill suited the Kansas question
when the proposition was made to repeal
the Missouri compromise, but to let the
majority rule When it came to voting for a
constitution for KanSas wm, nnd is to this
day, simply absurd, os James Buchanan
and Gen. Lane and other prominent men
will promptly tell us.. All the Temper
ance men ask now, it appears, ' is, that the
Legislature will pass a prohibitory law,
submitting it for adoption or rejection by a
vote of the people. The great trouble is
that the Temperance men don't compre
hend the glorious science of politics. What
a pity that the people generally will dabble
in matters they don't understand 1 How
much better it would be if preachers, me
chanics, and farmers, would follow their re
speetive callings, and let politicians manage
politics. Now there is not a more pluiu
rule in politics than the one already hinted
at, that a principle, for instance, the Ne
braska bill, must not be applied, only where
it suits. It would not suit os to submit the
liquor law, because it might be adopted.
The great engine, then, for carrying elec
tions, the liqnor traffic, would be destroyed,
and many of the bright hopes of many
bright young men, now just entering the
political arena, would be crushed forever.
There is no calculating the mischief a pro
hibitory la
onld work, when it is borne!
m mina inai every uiuiibiu
. 1.1 . J L . n.l, I
just as mrjeb ai tlie vote-of a sensible man,
tbatapdloo of whitky will boy more !
OREGON CITY, OREGON, FEBRUARY 12,
voti-n than a barrel of cold water,
But to return to another purt of the
gr.-ut snl.jict. Tiitiicranco nun ure wide
awake and tolerably shrewd. Indeed, they
manage an argument very well; so will, in
fact, that thty gemrully como off victors,
Tho only trouble Is Unit we litiiior men
qnor, are founded npon the exerciso of'
some of mini's propensities: adultery is the
iibnonnul exercise of the sexual passion,
and the business of the brothel is based
upon this nbiiormnl action. Now, say the
temperance men, if it is right to prohibit
nil business resting niton the improper cx-
liquor-seller pattdcr to tho appetite of tlie
drinker; let the sensualist establish his
brothel und minister to free umntivencss;
let the publisher scatter his obscene prints;
let houses bo maintained for secreting stol
en goods; let ull the appetites have their
liberty to exercise proierly or improperly;
nnd let ull business resting for support upon
the perversion of man's nature be allowed
to go ahead onward and upward! This is
tho only course to meet successfully the po
sition of the temperance fanatics.. It may
alarm, but it will succeed if boldly pushed
forward. At first,' all reforms are start-
ling.
We must also keep constantly before the
! people the great question, where will this
j legislation stop? If persisted in, it will
j take away our tobacco, our tea, our coffee.
The same reasoning applied to the law of
matrimony would follow the same course.
If the law has a right to say we shall have
but one wife, why has it not a right to say
we shall have none, or prohibit the exercise
of the domestic faculties entirely. All pro
hibitory laws are wrong. . Let us have one
wife or a dozen ; let us keep a brothel or a
whisky shop, as wo may prefer. These
wbuld be the liberties for which our fore
fathers fought, bled, and died. . Friend:
countrymen! gird on your armor, and let
us march to buttlo and to victory; und
when tho smoke of tho battle-field. shall
have cleured away, we will unite iu singing
a national hymn suited to the pidspefcts of
our future greatness: .
My nntive country I thee, :
Lund of the toper's glee, ,
' Thy rum I tug ;
,1 love thy ruby rills
That How from ull hy stills, , . j
And with a rupture fills
i My empty jug. '
Let munn swell the bn ee, 1
. And rine in inidiiicht sprees '
The drunkard's sung :
Good wh'tky, boys, awake!
Let all that b. eittlie partake;
Let niiiiglii'g cimea nuke
Ihe Found prolong!
RouANian in tub United States. Ac
cording to the Metropolitan Catholic Al
manac for 1850, it appears that there are
in the United States 7 provinces, 43 dio
ceses, two vicariates, 45 bishops, 2,108
priests, und 2,334 churches. In 1774
there were only 19 priests in tlie United
States. During the last thirty years the
nnntber of dioceses has Increased from 1 1
to 43; the number of bishops from 10 to
45; the milliner of priests from 232 to
2,108. The most rapid growth bus been
in the Western States: the diocese of Mil
waukee; for instance, hnviug 189 churches,
while New York has but 78, Philadelphia
153. Boston 85, New Orleans 73. The
diocese of Cincinnati, organized at a com
Darativclv recent date, compared with that
Of Baltimore, ha 123 churches, while Bal
timore has only 98. The diocese of Bufalo,
organized only some ten years ogo, has one
of the hnctt cathedrals on the continent,
and 102 churches. In tlie archbwhopric
of St. Loui.vcoiituining the dioceses of at
Lou's. Alton. Chicago, Dubuqe, Milwau
kee, Nashville, Santa Fc, St. Paul, and
Knns:iR, there 599 churches, while in the
archbishopric of New York, comprising
New York, Albany, Boston, Brooklyn,
Buffalo, Burlington Hartford, Newark, aod
Portland, there ore but 576. , ; .
t&- The Philadelphia Press says:
" Publicists and politicians affect to think
slightly of journalism as a profession, and
of journalists as a class. Yet these are the
persons who look to editors for support in
their trouble, aims, and ambitions, and are
made and often unmade by the pen. How
many leading men in this country and
abroad huve been writers for the press.
At this moment, Lord Palmerston aud M
Disraeli are journalists.''
tar The Ttev. Dr. McCrie, in his anti
nnnrian explorations Of London, ha dis-
A ,.. mr,.,,;r rtMiriW am
. . a . ' Tl
tlie whole pcrtoa 01 IM suungs. .meywere
found ia the pispaJ Library of Scion
CohVgf.
For the Argue.
Mt'lm U War. Viral la Peace, aaa Virol
I lite Hearts at lilt I'.ooalrymeul
To cherish his memory, of whom this
was truly said, is one object of the " Mount
' "
Vernon LaJiri Anociutivn of the Union."
Much has been said from titno to time
ubottt the purchuse of the Mount Vernon
estaU'but nothing done, until this Associa-i"""r'',rllI'e"h ","'ural- "H'ubio nrfit-, every
.. -ii . r .i i'a Ii Immiiis lo the lifiin.a. And then, when
tion was organized ly on actor the tr- Lp.,, Mm ovi-iwlieiminj temp-ut on, ihu b.y iw
ginia Legislature. I ts officers consist of a f "' ln I' l1""1''-' r vltl control, nnd r-
Itcgent, a Vice Regent for each State, and
a Secretary and Treasurer.
Its power extends to tlie purchasing and
holding of 200 irres of land, embracing the
Tomb of Washington, witli the munsion,
the gardens, and the grounds and landing
on the rotomtic river. For (lie purchase
of this property and ita Improvement in a
manner that may be creditable to the
American people, it is proposed to raise
$500,000 that being tho limit fixed as
the Ctlpitul Stock in the act of ilieorimrutiotl.
Tim rniilrnot foe Ilia i,ne.d.nc. nf fl.n Pun
acres of laud, with all tho buildings and im
provements uK)ii it, " as well us the Tomb
of Ocorgo Washington," was legally made
on the Ctli of April last, by the Ilegeut of
tho Association, with the present proprie
tor, John A. Washington. The terms of
purchaso are as follows:
Cash paid in hand to Mr. Washington,
$18,000 to be paid to him on tho 1st of
January, 1859, $57(000; with throe annual
iiistatlmetits bf $11,000 CO each, payable
oil tho 22d of February, 1SC0, 1801, and
18G2. On tho deferred payments Interest
is to be paid from tho date of tho contract,
aud the proprietor remains in possession
uutil full payment is made; with tho pro
two, however, that whenever the Associa
tion shall be prepared to pay the enlit'0
amount, it can by giving thirty days notice,
do so, aud obtain possession of the proper
ty. Tho $57,000 which became duo on
the 1st January, A. D. 1859, hag been
paid. The object now is to raise the bul
ancc. , - '
The Regent of the Association, Miss
Ann Pamela Cunningham, of South Caro
lina, whose zeal in this matter merits both
praise nnd success, In writing to the under
sigucJ says:
" Tlie constitution empowers the Regent
to appoint a Yice Regent for tho States
only, but as in the Territories nro to be
found hearts in which love and gratitude to
Washington aro us pure and fervent as Iu
tho States, will you not present this sill jeet
as ' Lady Malinger' to the citizens of Ore
gon, that by their contributions they may
become members of our Associat.on nud
hand down their names to posterity linked
with tins holy ftttcrpr.se r.
Believing thut the Regent correctly ap
preciates tho people of this Territory, the
undersigned uecedes to her request, and cor
dially invites ull, particularly tho ladies of
Oregon, to co-oprruto with her in this noble
undertaking. : '
Funds, with a list of tlie names and resi
dences, may bo forwarded to the under
signed, and by her will bo transmitted to
the Treasurer of tho Association,, at lite
city of Washington) i Persons in different
parts of tho Territory will bo appointed ns
soon us practicable to receive subscriptions.
Clubs of 10 or 20, or more, will, if desired,
be furnished with us many copies of " Stew
art's Gold Mounted Portrait" us there are
dollars remitted. The 'Mount Vernon
Record,' a monthly paper in which the
names of all sultseribers, with other inter
esting matter, uro published, will bo fur
nished upon request, for otto dollar per
your, paid in advance.
Associations, as well as indivirlu ils, nre
invited to contribute. Will not the Ma
sonic Fraternity in Oregon take a deep lit
terest iu this tribute of reSpect to tho mem-
ory or the most illuslr;otis or Masons ana
of men J AViil not Odd Fellows, Firemen,
Sons of Temperance; and ull public-spirited
and generous societies Cud a pleasure in
promoting the object of this Association?
Will not tho children of our schools be glud
to associate their names with this enduring
and national work ? IS not the approach
ing 22d of February an anniversary upon
which this subject may very property be
called to our minds
Any person; upon tlie payment of one
dollar or more, may become a member of
the ifnunt Vernon Lodiet' Atocialion of
Ihe Union, arid every subscriber's name and
residence, with the amount given, will be
recorded and published as above stuled, and
preserved in books at Mount Vernon, so
that it may be known and remembered in
futnre timea who liave contributed to pur
chase and consecrate The Grant o IVath
inito "Both graves as hia art p'trim shrine,
Hhr nee to no dode or ere d ' oiJioed,
Tlie IMph.an vales, Ihe Puleeunes,
Th Meccaa of the nuod."
, KiTE WlIXUKS. ,
Portlakd, February 1st, 1859.
There are ia France 1037 printing offices,
wlucb ampin 0SOV enmpooles, 30OM pressmea,
sod irUU oeeiaeers and correctors. The average
aanoal number of tints printed 8OU0, and the
prodaoe of tfc wbat eaiinuUH al
rjf la WnitatioB) of cable trtiik, the rope
wluea) fota-ie-t ba ti in h1i M'Tisejr art
H.eoaa fought ar proposal to be cut ap ana
mi4e Btto ornamrata, aa DoierUiU of the bittks.
the side of Truth iu every issue.-
1 859.
No. 41
A Bof's Tsuls. The Hpringfiold republican
lia a capital article uu this suukut. He are
to ne extracts:
llie Rtgu'vtioni vith the ' Old Mim.'W
j "M0"? .firrt. 11 l,ul '' "' nn-
rii nr. im la uilimit Ii.m uill ia m. iiiun urlumi
Iu- is taucht to coni li r l.ii. fu'licr. 'J'o b renin
ed In dr nil at night, to l firMiMi-n to qo in ttn-
MiiniV f!r !.!. At.v n I.. kM li'nU.l f. .....
' indiii.K the tent of tiu dnidr.-n ju.t tor fun, i un
a.-t-iirai luiiiiiui; nun p.viirii inJii m iiuuic'
b' h, rill rr i po.i the b ck i r liis bum f. el, it be
eomra really a very lenuua tunc We iicier
could no lliol the nn.irl of un o; emlioii I ke III a
nan ut all nMuage.l I y the aJloi li.iia'.e uniutuuue
Ilia' it as b"'o.ie(l out ofpurv love.
The t'iret hmg Toil d Coot. Wo do not be
ll ve ilmi any boy ever put on h e lint long I nlrj
coat witli'.m a eiife of hnne. llu fnt Iw sts
hia bii k h ilf uiriiKiLiniral it In the frlmw, mi l thru
nih il he epi out of doom it nurrm to him n if all
creat'on nus n a brood grin. The un luuhs in
the sky; the Cows turn to look At him; there are
fiees ut i'Vi rv win low i h very th.iduw ihiK.ks
h ni. When he a ka hy tho coliui-e nheru dunu
lives, he dnr not look up lor his l.,e. 1 hj vi rr
etude, mi l the old uir of puntloons thut slop
bmrils creak
, a liffhl in Ihe ffirret wlu low, no I with deii on. If
he is ub! Ki d lo a s a group of mrii an 1 buys, the
trial aHHiunes il nmt terrific stage, ; m Ii gi get all
mixed up with embirriuuineiit, nud llie II, ip of Ihe
appendage is fell upon them, moved by the w ind
of hi) agitation; ho eould nnl foil wor.-o w era it a
diehcloih, worn as- a badge of d rgrace. It is a
happy time for him when he gels lo church nnd
aits down with his emit luil un lor him; but hi; in
still oppreheue ve with thinking of the Sunday
school, und womloia U any of the chdiirou will tfk
him to swing his loMg-tuil blue." ,
Com tlnme with the Girl: The entrain
into society nuy be suit toluke pluce afier boyhood
hue pawe.1 awny, yd a multitude L.ko tho initia
tive before llie r uearns are pietaulnblo. It is a
gieal trial, ei.her to a tender or a tou.di !,-. l or
un overgrown boy In to a door, kuowini; tli.it
there are a dozen go Is inside, and lo knot k or r in;
l h absolute eeriuiuty thut in two iniuuns ull
their eves will be upon him, is a seveie lest of com
UO. To go bef ru ihew girls and inuko a sutis
fticlory tour of the room without stepping on their
ti es, und thrn to sit duun mid ilirpote of one's
hands, wilhi ut pu ling them into one's pocket, is
nn arhievmeiit wh ch frw b ya can burnt. If n
boy cun get m far r.s to monsuie off ten yarda of
tape W'lh ore of theso girls, and cut it short ut
i n h end, he tuny stund a i ham e la p a pleasant
ereiiingi but lei Ii in not flutter liiui.-u.-If thut all the
Iri .ls of the evening are over. Tht-ro conn a at
Inst the Imak tig up. The dear girls dim their
bonis, and put on their shawla, nud look on saucy,
nnd hi soli eniun, nn I munpres ble, ns if tin v d.d
not with any one to go finite with them, 'l'hcu
conies Ihe pinrh, and the boy that has the most
pluck mukes up to tlie pretticxt girl, li s heart in
lis throat, and Ira tongue clingii.g lo the roof of
his mouth, and crooking his e.ln.w, stammers out
the words, "Shull I tea you home" hlio loaches
her fingrrs to li s arm; nud Hidks hniu'e nhoitt a
f. ot apart, feeling ea awkward as u coiiplo of gra
I ugs. As soon us she is wife iiudde her own doors,
he stmts home, an 1 th nks he has really liron and
gone and dona it, H'eep cornea to Ii in at last,
wi.h dimiimof Curo'ineuud adieu, and heuwaket
in 11 e morning and Buds the doors of life op n to
h in, aud Ihe pigs up eaiing fu; bfcnkfaut.
Urnrrat rtumniary oC Mews.
Tho therttiotnt ter was ten degrees below
zero in New .York, January 10th the
coldest weathtr there in seventy years.
Tlie Kentucky, Democratic State Con
vention met at Frankfurt January 8th, nud
nominated 11. McUoflln fur Governor, und
Linn lloyd for L'eut. Governor.
Jix-lJovernor llingliam has been elected
to the L nited .States Scuttle by the Legis
lature of MicMgnn.
The Santa Fo mail of the 20th of Decem
ber arrived nt Independenco Jaii. 1th,
Tho Xuvnjo Indians appear to be willing
to luiike any terms to secure pence, .No
thing had yet been heard from the itittil
party which left Neosho for Albuquerque
on tho lfltli or Oct.
, The funds in tho Treasury were so low,
Jan. 7th. that tiio Treusurer wns obliged
to refuse lb pay it Treasury note of $100.
Tho Overland California Mail, or the
loth of Dec, arrived nt Memphis Jan.
"th, the first arrival in schedule time.
The Legislature of Maine, Jun. 1 1th, re
elected Willitini P. Fessetideii to the L'ni
ted States Semite.
Oen. Seott had arrived iu New Orleans,
and was received in tlie nto-t magnificent
manner by tho citiz-ns nnd military. '
The Overland tniil couches front Sun
Francisco continued to arrive regularly at
St. Louis.
The election or IT. R. Senator, for six
years from the 4th of March next, when
the term of Senator Wilson expires, is
H-uiili' in the MtiKSiiehiisetls Legislature,
The llotifC litis chosen Wilson (or re-
, i .. ,
A bill for a Territorial Government for
,'oloun is ta be introduced by Mr. Cblfux.
It ombrucis till tho recently discovered
gold regions near Pike's Peak, and part of
Kansas,-iNel.Mskn, I tali; ami .New Mexico
nearly ull being taken from Kansas, and
comprising about 122,000 square iiiilts.
Mr. Faulkner, from the Military Com
mittee, has ueurly completed the exnmiiiit
t'on of the war debts of Oregon und Wash
ington territoiics, and will soon call the t
tuntion of Congress to the subject, unless
some provis'on be made, to meet the lieuvv
demands these debts ittvolvci The bill will
liar Iv tiuss Coutrress.
- I " ,
Hodges, Democrat, wns, Jan. 4, elected
to Congress from the firth district, Illinois,
in the place of T. L. Harris, deceased.
The ehttioti for member of Congrena, in
the Fourth District of New York, to fill
the vacancy causi-d by t!i resignation of
Hheriff John Keily, puis -d oft very quietly.
Tin re was no organized opjKisiti'iti to the
Democratic nominee, Mr. Thos. J. Parr,
and he was of course elecUil. Mr. Ifarr
U member elect of the next Congress.
Mr. Mallory will press the bill he report
ed for builditig ten new steam sloops, and
to increase the pay of officers in the navy,
next week. An effort will I made to in
crease the numlx-r of vessels to twenty.
The Quarantine war is at an end, for the
present, at h'ast, and the good people of
Staten Island can rest in oarw, provide
t!k-y will behave themsi'lvps, and make no
more bonfire of Government or State
property. The troops have- been with
drawn. Tlie Georgia Iygidalure has adjourned.
Tlie bill to prohibit thff m.trriage of first
Ifoofins was lost.
ADVEKTISING HATES. . ,
Ona squire (IS lines or hi) vut insertion, (3,00
" " two insertions, 4,1 b
ilihu insertions, u,( b
Each suhueijuenl insertion, 1,(1)
Reasonable deduction! to those who advutiie i)
the jri ar.
JOB PRINTING. '
Tin raoraiRToa or Tim A LCI'S ta lurii
to inform the public that lie has Just rcceited a
lurge stock of JUH 'H 1'E and other ut w pnui
inii material, and will to iu the s tedy rei e pt o.
additions sui'ed to all the riqUi en.iiile of th e Ii -rulty.
1I.M)H1I.I.S, I'(..n11:!IH, II'.AXKK
('Alll)S, nilCt'I.AIIH, PAMI ill.UT-WOIiK
and other klu.ls, dune In older, ou flu 1 notice.
Tim St. Long Contested Ei.r(tiox.
Tho St. Louis Democrat of Dec,. 2 1st says
thnt the t"stiinony in the contested election
iuso of Llitir xn Barrett, hit:!i it 1ms
carefully examined, proves thut eight hun
dred and forty-six fraudulent vote wero
cast for Barrett in tho Angtt-t election.
The names of thf fraudulent voters ure given,
nud iu a largo number of instances their
nccs nre pointed out, and tho fact of
their having voted illegally, nnd that tiny
voted for Barrett, is brought Lome in a
manner so convincing as to leave no room
for dotibt. In many cases the proof is lli
admission of tho parties IIh'iufJvcs; in oil
ers the proof is made by persons who know
ho parties; nnd tho fact of their having
voted without having a right to vote.- A
census taken immediately after the diction;
afforded tho means for developing many
cases; , But the frauds were confined to a
comparatively small nrta. It was indeed
this fact that first attracted the public at-
tention. Mr. Bluii.'s gains Over his vote
at tho preceding election amounting in
the aggregate to about Jive hundred were
very equally distributed over the whole dis
trict. But, in regard to several precincts; -.
tho inttin fucts of which arc given by tho '
Democrat, that paper says:
"Theso Fcven precincts gate netnolds; ;
tho administration candidate iu ISMS, only -,
505 votes, and they givo Barrett 2,103 ,
votes in 185S, nnd of this 2,143 votes, Mr.
Blair has identified nnd proven more than
500 to be fraudulent, uiiil has shown such
fraudulent und corrupt conduct on the part
of several oT tho judges or election; nud
Barretls mo.-t conspicuous partisans (in
many instances proven to be fraudulent vo
ters themselves) ns leaves little dtmbt thnt
almost tho enttro ineretfto of vote for But
rett in those precincts was illegal und
fraudulent."
jar The Chicago Tribune urges upon -Western
Legislatures to provide for collect-
ing statistical information relative to the
nuiitial graill crops. In Ohio, the town
ship assessors nru required, when listing
property for taxation iu the (Spring, to ns:
certain from' cuch firmer tho ntimbcr of '
bushels of wheat nud corn he hatl raised
tho preceding year, und tho number of
acres or ground devoted to their culture:
Htlio sysU in could bo extended ovir ti c
West it would render a great service tt)
m;rc!:a:its nud farmers. ' .
tetV-A . Houston (Texas) let lit says
that the cotton crop of thnt Slate has titn.
ed out better thnn was anticipated; corn
is abundant aud cheap; tho wheat crop
was plentiful: a greatly increased tpiautity
of wheat will be, sown tho coming season;
tho Chinese sugar enno has proved a deci
ded Btiifcss; immigration, both foreign nnd
domestic, is pniaring into the Hlate; cue
hundred and liity miles of railroad will lie.
finished this year; gttat interest is taken in
common school .education, und tho ni !i!
uro determined tho Bible shull have u place
in the sehoiils: '
tsr Col: tirahain of Chicago stjlts
that, by a JiJiig und cttrcftdly-coiiductcd lo
ries of observations, lie hits discoycrd il
tiilul ware Itpou Lnko Michigan. It ij
Only tibservablu in culm wciitlnT, and when
llie, 11:0011 is either in conjiitH tion with or
opposition to tho sun. At Mich times its
mu.timu'.ii is about tnn tenths of uu inch,
TllB Mi::5K Tkstimuni.u..- Profissor
Mur.su has rcccivtd iu Paris the first iu.stul
inetit or the testimonial of the ten Kiiropeuti
powers. The amount received by Mr.
Moras is 100,0(10 francs, about 20,000
dollars.
l:2f' There nro now thirty-six foa.4 sur
vey parties in the field and afloat on tho
Atlantic const, eighteen; on (lie (Julfconsl,
twelve; und on the Pacific coast, six.
BrT Tin; Sons or Malta, t'f f'inciiinnti,
contracted for five thoie-nnd loaves Of bread,
which they distributed among the poor of
that city on Christinas tiny.
C.y- Payments r judgments r.t New
Orleans uro refused, if tendered iu silver;
coin being u drug in thut in irkct.
KSy Ex-Senator t 'lemons, of Alubnnia
hns become chief ed tor of tho Memphis,
(Teiin.) Fugle and Inquirer.
"3y"Tli I'utnwntHiiiic chief Ok.-nius, who tins
fur a Ion" lime luM le nr Luiliili, M elii.m, ilieil
lately, llu pec su ego wax nut kiiinu,but it is
siipuMil lo have b en over one bmnlieil years,
A farmer "o tlie Wubusli has mulo futir
huiiilrr'l Kullnns of miilara-a from the tuptf cum
(rrown on a nug'n acre of jrounrl the il season.
The niolnwes se:liu reielily nt fifty outs par kI
I m, gives Inn two humlred ilollarsos thcetuiu of
his eropun a single ocri". '
tff The lo!ef(riipli to Cuba is tu bo enliitnenoe.l
at Kavannuh immediately: It rnns to ki y est,
theiK-a by aulm a ine inb.e lo Cnl. It is intend
ed to complete the limi lo Key West by next .inn
rue r, when It will be connected with tula aa iu
as the cuiblccsn be laid.
rjfTliu ."tale of Texas has (rr,inl forty f -nr
chiin-rs to railriNid cumanies, ot svhlcli seventeen
lists been furfel:.!, leanriK twenty -sen n charters
si,! in force. tf titer, ekreu are is procas of
consirueiion. w':h an ayfgnto lenfth, hen eoni-fl-ite.l,
ot'JM miles.
t1yTlie sg.'r. ((.ile Diimerieal strenph ' f ill"
Society of Friends is estimated at about ." UUU
In Great Hi la n. During Ilia last tsrenly years
Ihe SiK-iety 10 thsisuuutry luis bote sightly but
gradually decreasing in nuiubera.
Thi I.osd's Tisi-a la Hloairalion af th eia
Irnrrrsy uV.il ua arWen concerning llmry Wan!
II eel era l.b rul ryle of inriutiou to the cvnimuu
loa, tit anei-iota m uer4 of sa Knlitb Judt, .
bo. ro btng refuaeJ Uie bread srcd Ihe cup, Ur
eause he w,ia not a member A 'he dijwiuinj
eliu eh, ,uieily nmsrk d, MUh ! I Vg your par
don, 1 thoiiglit Ui s the Ixd's ULla : 1 have aoOi
ing pwir lo sy if il is only a privat little i per
of jcairowa.'' ' '' ' -