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A Weekly Newspaper, devoted to the Interest? of the Laboring Classes, and advocating the side of Truth iu every issue. fT Dalian far lit mantht No mOierlp In, m received for leu period. Nv p"pf iitcontinuei until all arrearage! Vol. V. OREGON CITY, OREGON, APRIL 10, 1859. No. 1. re punt in"- in nptiunnj tne psuiienrr. iljje -'V Fur the Aram. Oar Vaaslly. r aes. Spirits fourteen pura and lovely liorroweil from the spirll-land T our parents were Intruded, As 4 earthly, oibpring kind. Bodies miirliil ihno were given, Kmtliers, listers, children we, llnlf.l by parunis wit anJ leader II. in was our destiny, 11 y t' tr conduct wisely teaching I j lifv'i diltiei to eel well, Y.i fc-ason 'iwas our province '. h lte precious guidve to dwell. unlesen'd was our nuinlier, Happy then thus by-gone days lioviug til and each llie mhrr, Mweeten'd much our childish p'aye. Winter p'eas'd us alegliinir, skating Wetland ramble in llie spring) Summers went we b-rry-hunllng Aiiiumn parties ware llie tiling. Went to kIiooI for good instruction, and etudy d.d we llifro ; Wmring, playing epont our even'ngs, 1'linn a little lime Tor pray'r. Chmil, !! those scene an 1 pleasure Cares nn I sorrow supersede j lie iih and d stance have as snverM tu li balb OoJ or Fata drcreed. Of our liounoludd, ten Iiito left us, Kor llie spirit-world, wo trust, T'u- In gravea Ibeir bodies muldrr, " Jvirtu to earth, and duil to J ml." It ino;nM now, they labor fur ua, t'oiiwienee mint their teaelilng be, tSoftiy. sweetly, they do wh'spvr, " Uiod be ye, O good he ye." I in. Emrni, Reuben, Itufui, William M , and Caroline, Are III remnant of our cinde Short llie time since we wrre n'ue. Tin- departed we'll aoon follow, J, .in ere long tlusw gem nb-ive, I'miiiig God with none forever, Krr happy iu Ilia love. Sjlsiir oi CoLvstaee. A cathedral in Havana urn the honor of sheltering the remaiuaof tho . Mi ijjalor. The plncu ia thus deacribed : i" A miir.d tablet in the choir, on which ia a bust if the illmtrloiis deiioete in alto-relief, inform Ilia ' fthlio tli.it all that hi mortal of him reposes there ; jpt whiUt tie has left the country be discovered, to ; the Imiiie nf prosperous millions, be haa inailu a tav.ige to a still mora distant laud from which no . aiveter r'l'inu. Una of the ufli.iials who bad un nlre to business duiinir the services, presented me Willi a pru'Dil card talhiig the story of the begin of thrie iili't'iout bourn. I'hoiuh I'oiunibiu died at Valladobd. Spiln, Ilia rvnmius were not purmitted M rnt tliTe. Tiny were first trumporud tu a taitbus an inonaetery, nt Seville ; next they were neiiiiivc I n -roie llie raa to ai. iimni''o, aiiu miai y thry w-re diaintt-rred and brought to Havana. Heir, in !li" Antillea, with wlrch tbodiarotery haa an jered li aumne immortal, and has so lutiinnle (Wniirciion. it is fitting that h s dust should n pose. Tin- Uii'i liii-h hia hcMisin revejleil to an iwlon- Micd an i shining world, may well aifurd him yi.iii''li wlntreiu tu sleep Ins long sleep." iy'XMmi or Calikonia. The Union, of ) JJSili I ' mber, puhtiHhuil an elub.ir.ite biaiory of sill the newituiners and periodicals lint Have exist' : d in thia Sute. It waa un intereaing subject to he nrnl.wi in. and. doub'leiw, soinewhal entertain. in to the nuliliu. It nnprnre by lliut, thnt thrre jiave b-n .14 iiesiajiers and other perodicalaof all km. Is started in the Male, at 4N uilterent locau. aj. a. ( f t liia number Ihcre are now existing 8'J, ktiblished at 44 ililRTeiit localities. Of the num. fcrr. Ill are nublislied elmlv. Jt woekly, 1 aomi- tnoiitlilv. I monlhlv, und I unnimlly. Oftlicdui linsniid weeklies, 31 are democratic, 2 republicnn, and Ai in.li priiilent, or neutral in polities. tr the V iio:r iiumuer, there aro u lennmiia w.tmt, o m erary piililiciitious, and olio pru.essionul (medical). .W. ISct. V What thv wo.h't own to. A witty writor J'sjsva : " Tiiere are aeveral Dune which vou nev. ';r can, by rny accident, gut a ludy be she young vr oM iu runfess to. ' S llrre are some of them: 'j That she Incea tigbL That her shoes are too small for bar. s Tint she ii tired at n ball. 3 That ah' paints. ' Tlut she ia old aa she looks. That stie has been more than five minutes in alres.iii". f That sbr has kept you waiting. 7 That ilie blushed uMn bearing a certain pcrsou'a tiame niriil'ned. 'J lint she never says a thing she doesn't mean. ' That she is fond of scundal. ' That the cannot keep a secret. That slit: sho of all persons in'the wide world ts in love. . That'she doesn't want a new bonnet. ; ' That she docs not know everything. ' That she can do with one single thing less when lie is aboul to travel. ' Thai she has not the disposition of nn angel, or ihe tnmpci of saint, or how else could she go through one-half of what she dues. - That he doesn't know better than any one else I what Is best for her. v. 1 liat hc is a flirt or coquette. That alio is ever in the wrong. Matkhial roa a Mouern Drama. Scene I. Jlry (r.ojs Store. Enter Jinks. Views majuifi eent shawl. i Jinks Ah, Jerks, give you $ 100 for that shawl. f .Urks fnn't An it. .linltrt. tmtrhefl s.1 LriO0 -'l;e lo. est we can take. Exit jinks. j Scene 11. Enter Mrs. Jinks. Jerks Ah, i firs. Jinks, you came very nigh having a splendid Jtyii'! this morning. Mr. J. offered $100 for it, .bow ahawl,) but we could not take less than ..'4500. . Mrs. J. (with mueli feeling) Mr. Jerks, yeu j let Mr. Jinks have it for $100, and send around to v I the house and I will piy the odd Exit.) Scent III. Enter Jinks. Jerks Jinks, after i uulting with my partner, and times being hard, t 1 lava ooncludsd to let you hare that shawl at .00. Money paid, abawl rolled up, and exit i.liiika.1 , 1 Scene IV. Time, evening. Mrs. Jiuks watch f Inu anxiously for Jinks and shawl. Knter Jinks, I miaua ahawj.--Grand Ubleau Jinka dea es J sluvrl. Mrs. Jinka explains abont $100 extra. J Jiakaaoknowledgea the corn-did ot intend Jt for 1 JU J.. but for another lady. Terrifio explosion. I Diveroe. Sobs. Sepr-rution, &.a., Slb. f Pxssokai. President Buchanan nsea ao tobae Ice: Gen. Cass dnnka no " Boorbmi ;" Senator J) ..jglaa uses no prppper, and the PoetmasUr-Gen-i eral eat but two meals a day. N. P. Willis cats his f own hair; Caleb Cashing shave himself and j wsra 00 beard ; Rufus Choate and Henry Ward I JH)hr ra dear lovera of ooflbe ; E. P. Whipple ,f rarely breakfaaU before Un. though ba begins ba- I sii'ss at lgbl Edward Everett writes his tx- f Urrparneoy addresses; Ralph Waldo Emerson j o(:eii dines at Parkr'a but rarely takes wine; I Vi . Cullin Bryant finds inspiration in two or f three cups of green tea, and Longfellow smokes t t me. rschanm. The anullrst sixed KWt in America j K llolmasfthe beat looking one, Fields, and the I i L'jaetooe. Pike, of Arkansst Ces !.- J y-tlllll Skip. Till Coast Scavxr. Toe coat of the Cosurt Uir-ny tor tbineea yrmra, eading with ltsS, was ' il,TlO,00O; aadfar oa-balfof the 5 ear 1857. it t ,u '-ri-MiO mAinr a lotsJ.added to the acib its f.-L -bed bj the navy, of f 44703. Far Ike Argm. Wanaa's Rights. Mk. Editor. : I Imve been tliiiikinir I would ray nothing on this subject, but just bo quiet and licar what others hat to Buy, but your correspondent from ITmpqna lias orouded me, and I can't keep still any lon ger. In it not strange tlint persons cannot tako mde upon any subject without going to such extremes as they almost invariably do? Tcrhaps I shall be guilty of the same, but I will endeavor not to. Xow I have full as much to say against Xenittie's pieces as I have against your Uiupqua correspond ent, for she has really greatly magnified real evils and grown extremely eloquent over imaginary ones. But one could hard ly infer from what sho has written that sho was a ' spoiled daughter of prosperity,' for sho tells us in her first article that her ' own txptrknee hud tunght' her ' that man has reduced woman to the condition of a slave.' Now, If this is the case, sho is certainly ex cusable for fretting under tho yoke. Among other things in the first of her ar ticle, your Umpqua correspondent (whom for convenience I shnll designate by her signature 'Ac.') takes occasion to express her contempt for tho corner in tho Argus devoted to ' original poetry.' Now I have seen much that was both sensible nnd inter esting In that corner, and I thiuk it wrong to discourage our young writers by con demning indiscriminately tho original po etry. I havo been disposed to doubt that 'Ac' bciongs to our sex, for I cannot con ceive how a woman with a true womanly heart and possessing kind feelings can speak so contemptuously of the young 'sweet crcuturcs' of her sex. As for Mr. Owen's making them their own arbiters, I do not think ho docs. Ho says girls should have a good education, and for what? Iu order that they may make good tci'tw and mo ther; and mothers that will know how and bo ublo to govern their children, lie says they should be in school, and if they are there they will be pretty strictly gov erned, if the school is what it should be. As for the girls' deciding iu favor of a hus band ut sixteen, rather than a good educa tion and wait till they arc twenty-six, I presume tho mujority of Oregon girls woultl prefer the former; but I think if their edu oution and homo training previous to t'uit t'nio hnd been whnt it should havo been, and if their mothers had becu what Mey should have been, they would in most cases prefer to gut a good education, and marry afterward, let that tims come when it would. Yet' I thiuk Mr. Owen puts the time further oft than is nccessarv. A young girf that has commenced going to school ut tiix or eight years of age, and con tinued to go, with the occasional and need' ful intermissions, may have a very good ed' ucittion by the timo she is eighteen, if the schools sho has attended have been good. nd she may have had plenty of time to learn to do house-work during the time. As for tho management of household af fairs and domestic economy, sho will not learn thut till all drpenJ on her, and she is obliged to practice it; still she will profit by the example of a prudent mother if she has one. I will uow conic to a point where I think all sensible and reasonable persons will agree that 'Ac' has advanced a very erro neous idea. She says, "Where is the young lady that is foolish enough to give up all hope of a happy and useful life for the sake of an educatiou which is not likely to profit them in any degree?" How can an intelligent woman advance such a senti ment? To think that an education would prevent any one from having even a hope of a hojipy and useful life! Why, it is un questionably the surest means to insure such a life. Happy and useful ! How can ignorance be happy or useful? The idea is absurd. ' An educatiou that is not likely to profit them in any degree.' Just as though any sensible; intelligent man would not prefer a well-educated girl of twenty to an ignoramus of sixteen, provided he could get the former. ' "o likely to profit them iu any degree' In what situation in life could oue be placed where an education would not benefit them? If they marry, it will procure them nobler, more intelligent husbands, and make them better wives and mothers, and consequently happier. If they don't marry, it will qualify them to be ichool marmt,' than which there is bnt one higher station a woman can fill. That one is that of a tnotlier. I am a wife and mother myself, and believe married life to be the happiest sphere of woman, but Or egon has given tad proof that too early marriages with uneducated girls do not al ways end in happy married life. Ai for the imaginary picture 'Ac' has portrayed of ' single ladies,' she should have reflected that she was herself writing on the subject of ' woman's rights,' and her own face was consequently liable to get ' ink-besmeared,' and I will assert that so far as my observa tion extends I have seen far more ' wild, haggard looks' aud ' uncombed hair among the married women of Oregon than I ever d!d among ' ang'e ladies' in all kj life. 'Enough said on a tmall subject.' Which part of the subject is tho smaller, ' woman,' or ' rights'? Tho part must bo small if the whole is. Now it is my opin ion (and tho opiuion of women iu general, I believe) that woman's rights is a great subject fully as great and momentous in all its bearings as that of ' politics,' for I believe the mothers mitko the nttiou in a great measure Uut I will now say a few words about what has been written by Xcuittio and M. P. Owen. They both seem to thiuk that women have an exceedingly hnrd time of it. Mr. Owen thinks the girls aro getting no education. Now, as far as I have seen, I believe there are more girls now tent to school by their parents, than boys boys, who have their own time, are many of them going, and suporting themselves. But I believe tho girls are getting the most attcn tion. There are places in tho country no doubt where the girls as well us boys have poor opportunities. But society is improv. ing, the State is progressing, education is flourishing, and I believe that women, and girli too, have generally more right and opportunities than they improve. If they would perform their duties and fill tho place God hits assigned them, I think they would not be found complultiing so much about what man has denied them. They were created inferior in phyticnl strength to man, and such they nw t ever rtutuiu. I will not admit but that their minds ore capable of as high cultivation as man's, but they are differently organized, because their sta tion and avocations in life are widely dif ferent, gay what you will, there is in ny estimation no character greater, more noble, more soul-elevating, and calling out higher powers of mind, or greater depths of feel ing, than thnt of a mother, aud this char aeter I am happy to say belongs exclusively to woman and with this pre-eminence of riyht I am content. s. Salem, March 30, 1859. Goverameit Cerrnpttoa. Out of a long list of similar dcvelopc- ments niado by the Congressional investi gating committee, to which wc referred last week, we clip the following from the report as a fuir sample of the whole. The committee, after publishing a list of the bids for the steam-vessels, say : At this Htage of tho proceedings, before the Secretary had paused on any of the bids, the following letter was seut by Col. W. C. Patterson, of Philadelphia, to the President: Fmi,.tnEi.rHiA, Sept. 18, 1858. Pear Sir : I venture to suggest to you the importance or awarding tuo contracts for tho machinery of tho sloop now building at the navy yard at this time, and, if it can be done without prejudice to the public service, to Merrick A Sons. Their's is the only establishment in tite first district which employs a largo number of mechanics ; at tins tune 3 (J0 ; wncn m tull work 4oU. The manoirina nartners tMr. M.. Sr.. being absent, in bad health) are full of en ergy, straining etiery nerve to keep their force during this depression, and, iu so far as I know, the only old Whigs of any in fluence in that district who are in favor of the re election of tot. Florence. I know, from former experience, the val ue of thnt influence, and feel persuaded that it is the interest of the Democratic par ty to increase it. The first district will, I hope, be carried in any event, but with that shop at work, full handed, two week prior to the election, the remit would, I think, be placed beyond all doubt. Wuh much re.pect, VV. (J. i irrtBsoN. The President. This letter was sent to the Secretary of the Navy by the President, with this en dorsement : "Sept. 15, 1858. " The enclosed lelUr from Colonel Pat terton, of Philadelphia, it submitted to the attention of the Secretary of the Aravy. J. B. The nndersighed regard this as a serious offence. It is the duty of the Secretary to determine which of the bidders was the " lowest responsible bidder," and to award to Mm the coutract. The rights of parties under tho law, and the rights of the Gov ernment, were involved in the award. Any suggestions of fact or motive, except those which would enable the secretary to ad judge which of the two competing bidders was the lowest responsible one, y im proper, ine decretory was me snoonun- atc of tuo rrcfiueut, holding office at his pleasure, naturally controlled by bis will ; and by law he is frequently required to award and adjudge without regard to the President. (Decatur w. rauldmg, 14 Pet., 515; 6 How., 101-2) Under these circumstances the President suggested to the Secretary, and in wr"" calM his at tention to the iirpct. :, -e of uv.i.ra.!itf one of the contracts for machinery to Merrick A Sons, in order to secure that firm in fa vor of the re-election of the potent political influence of Colonel vrence, and thut place the result of the election in his dis trict beyond doubt, and generally to increase the influence of that firm, that it might be exercised in favor of the Democratic party. If the President bad suggested to a judge of the United States conrU that b; render a judgment u favor of one of the parties litigwit in a caoe pendeng be' re him. because that judgment would aid in the election of a party favorite, or would con tribute to the success of the Demoatic i party, the general voice of the peopl would demand kU impeachment. Is it a less seri ous offene when tin's suggestion is made by the President to the Secretary of the 'avy? The judge it beyood tba power cf the Prcs-, ident ; the Secretary is within his power. Kuch is required to jicrform his jiuliriil functions. The suggestion by the President of corrupt motives to either is equally dan gerous, and is more likely to succeed with an officer whoso tenure of oflice is the will of the President. The terms of the note of the President could not be misunderstood by a subordin ate. No one can read tho letter and notn without a collection that the inducement in the letter was regarded by the President as a proper ono to bo submitted, and to re quire the attention of the Secretary, thus cudorscd, the corrupt motive suirgcstcd would decide the awurd without regard to cost, unless the secretary evinced a higher sense of public duty than his superior. Should it be said that the letter did not influence tho award, tho reply is, that the offence is in submitting a currupt motive to the Secretary. But the award was made to Merrick A Sons. How fur it influenced the award can only be inferred from the subsequent proceedings. The board of engineers unanimously re ported in favor of Merrick A Sons, for the riiilndclphia ship at f 102,00. This was the house descrilicd in the letter of Colonel Patterson. The lowest bid wns by the Novelty Works, "ow York, perhns the most extensive work of tho kind iu the United States, nt $98,500. For the Portsmouth or Kittcrv sloonthc board was unanimously in favor of Woodruff H-Ucach, ,or Hartford, at $125,000. The lp'VLt lid was tht of the Xovclty Iron Works, nt $98,500. It h proper to sn) that Mr. Beach is remotely connect d by marriage with the Secretary. But the committed see nothing in tho evidence to show that he was favored on that nccount. Tho aggregate difference between the lowest bids and the accepted bids for the machinery in tho sloops is $82,000. Anorr Gold Couxtriks. Arizona is about as heartily deprecated jutt now, as it was exalted a short time since, iu regard to its mineral and other resources, as witness tho following paragraph frii au exchange: "A writer in tho Galveston Civilian, dating from El Paso, asserts that Arizona is a humbug that there is not over twenty thousand acres of good land in till tho Me- silla alley thnt the gold mines ore now supposed to be worthless, and that the sil ver mines have yot to be tested that the whole Gadsden purchase is worthless to the United States, except for a railroad to the racihc, and that tho only pructicablo route is still further south, so that it is cvm worth less for that purpose ; and tho editor of the Civilian adds thnt tho statcmcut of tho wri ter may bo depended on." A letter in tho Missouri Democrat con tradicts some of the glowing stories which have been circulated relative to Piko's Peak gold region. The writer, who is on the ground, says digging pays poorly, tho most successful not averaging three dollars per day, and some have not made thnt. The gold is very fine ; it takes tw..ity to twenty- five particles to make th : value of a cent. All the large lumps sent Kast were obtained in California. All tho accounts of gold findings of a remarkable character are the fabrications of speculators, who are erecting cabins by the hundred, building a big hotel, and laying off cities aud towns. It is not probable, however, that simulators would invest much money in building houses if the gold was so scarce at Pike's Peak as the writer represents. ZBaT Kossuth is said to be in straight ened circumstances, living on the proceeds of his lectures and contributions to news papers, eked out by the remnant of his wife's $20,000, most of which wus lost in railroad investments in tho United States. The $100,00 collected by him in this coun try lias all been expended on politieul ob jects, not a cent being appropriated 17 Kossnth for his own use. The great Mag yar is said to look twenty years older than he did when iu this couutry, seven yean ago. Ou tho 20th. Feb., in the United States Senate, Mr. Slidcll formally with drew the bill for the acquisition of Culn, and in doing so made a statement in which he accused the opponents of the bill of suc cessfully mancuvring to prevent a vote being taken on it. . This charge was denied by several of the Scuutors opposed to the bill, and the subject was uropped ; Mr. Slidell, however, giving notice that he would again present the bill on the first day of the next session. 55 louis 'epoleoi. recently refused to rece',6 Lord Miltoun, an English noblemtn, because his lordship has do legs, tl a . ...1 have to remain seated, while the Knipcror stood ; whereat Lord Cowly, the English Minister, was much vexed. taf Queen Victoria has in a single ring a gallery of family portraits, each a mere photographic speck, but, under the magni fying glass, displaying the finish and all the delicacy of a large portrait. ' Sale or HoxEr Bees. Sixty-three hives t)f Long Island honey bees were sold, by De Ro A Eldridge, ti.is m.ntinr. They arrived by the last steamer, but were not' iu as good condition as could have been ex-j p'cted. The sale attracted quite a number of purchasers from the country. The best hives brought 1J.0O, and they ranged from 1 that down to $1. S. F. I vile tin. , I A Rkmaukable Man. Mr. Josiuh Goodwin, whose death occurred on Sunday 'lust, nt the are of 17, may well be called u rcumrkublo man. In his youth he was con sidered the strongest man in Joppa. Many feats of strength are related of him, such as swinging a barrel of flour by each arm, jumping a distance of twelve feet, nnd ninny similar feats of strength. Ho hud a most singular attachment for home.. It may be said that he never lost sight of the smoko that curled from his own chimney. He n 'ver wus out of this county, and but once out of this town, when ho visited a training ut Boxford, a disUr.ee t.r ttmnVs, whi. h wos the greatest jottnipy ho ever uudcriuok. From his residenco to our market is about a mile, but ho seldom caine more than once a ycur, and then preferred to row his boat up the river rather than to walk. Believ ing with Peter Pindur, " Wedlock'! a saucy, sad, familiar itatr, Wlmra folks are vary apt tu scold ami hate," ho never ventured to enter tbo el'iucf Hymen, aud lived a life of single blcsseuness. he never had a sick day until his Inst sick ness. Ho was never heard to utter a pro fane word, or one unbecoming to a gentle man. He never used intoxicating drinks, or played a gnmo of cards. Ho never had a ease in four', and was never in one, either as a juror, witness, or sjieetator. He never rode upon a steamboat or rail cur, and notwithstanding for scveitty-scvcu years he lived in the same locality, he wus scarce ly known out of his own ward., . Being conscientiously honest from principle, he was governed in his intercourse with man kind by motives of justice aud a purpose to dn right. Ho wns strict of Integrity, linn in hi convictions of truth, and ftiithful to all trusts committed to his charge. In his social relations he was good-natured, urbane and kind gaining, therefore, in connection with a just consideration of hi;: exemplar) character in other respectv, tiio cjtcem of all with whom he came in contact. He never made a public profession of religion, but ho lived nnd died a Christiun. Aew buryport Herald. Pikk'8 I'kak a Hi'unra. A man rail ing himself Mr. Boss, appointed a Friday evening in Davenport, Iowa, to deliver a lecture on Pike's Peak. The News soys : " At the appointed hour tl:u people com menced flocking In to hear all about the gold mines at Pike's Peak, from ono who had Imhmi there. A man with a false mous tache, ' and hat over his eyes took in the qitui'tcrs at the door. How many ho took iu is not known. At any r.?e, h." Mlv hi the audience; for after waiting patiently for Mr. Ross and his eloquence for some time, some inquisitive persons went out to too tho cause of the delay, when, lo 1 the door-keeper, having made his haul, had ' scooted,' and neither he nor Ross was any where to be found. Ross must have con vinced his audience that either himself or Pike's Peak was a humbug. Thk Xew Fillibl'stfk Movumknt. A letter from San Antonio, signed by Boone G. Brady, and published in tho Louisville Journal, says that tho old party of filibus ters Wulkcr, Ilcnuingsen, Col. Frauk Anderson, and the rest of them are ren dezvousing at that point for a raid on So norn. Tho writer saves s " Gen. Ilcnuingson, Col. John Mnrkham, Major Walters, Capt. F. White, and Lieut. Ed-nr Hewitt, of tho Nicarnug'iun army, have arrived hero to lead a lariro party 01 emigrants v. no aro rendezvousing nt this point, together with a pnrty headed by Col. Kinney, from Corpus Christi. Uen. H illuim Wulker, Lieut. Mnury, Capt. Fossane, and Col. Frank Anderson, of the Nicoraguan army, are ut Galveston, en route via Vera Cruz, and will precede the whole party tor 1' ort 1 uma nnd Ilenna- eillo, in Sonora, where Gen. Walker first fHircd in a revolutionary movement iu Souora." The Texas Cknsis. The An. !r. Shti Gazette publishes a summary of the State census, giving a total population of 458,- 620, of whom 138,205 arc slave and 290 free negroes. Of the whites, 67,350 are voters. The Gazette thinks that over 40,- 000 persons have come nto tho State aud settled since the rolls closed. In 1 S C 0 the population wns 212,492. lacLAND half I'aoTrsTANT. A Dublin corras- ponikiH of tha New V'urk KvsiiHist assrrts that fully one-half the pcoplo of Iieland ara Protestants. This be inf. rs from tlia number nt marringrs of i'roteatanls of all sects ; which, assuming I'ml llicy lt t the tame .ror 'ion to the ininilst on aa those of England and V alss, indicate dial there are up warda of thes millions of I'rotestatils; and the whole ptiu!atin Ho. ml rxceed six millions. The increase of die I'roleslants and lliedtcreiee of the Kiunna Catholics which hue brought thrm to an equality, is tlins jwrouiited for. The (real muss of those who perished in tha famine, ami of Ihore who have since emigrated, and are still emi grating were, and are Human ('siliolio. 'J'h ae who m-cupy the land thus vacated ara mij .ly y oslants . .14 WU.ie, tsptciaU ' in the Wist, whoi.- jrejatio-.a r' r.axnf' Uonviiis:-, are scattered ovrr tha oiicuy, there ara no eonv.r sons from Proteetiiiii' ... Tlis controtcrcial lec tures and discastions and tract circulation have prevented thia. In consequence af Ihia i 00 re as of Protestantism, tha character aud I bits ot .In Caihoiio population ara changing r, 1.1 y for lit bcUar, from the powerful louuence 1 f eianij le. t&" A bookseller says that the poets rank according to the trade-sale as follows: First Shakespeare,' then Byron, Moore comes third, aud after him Wordsworth and Burns. The Origix or Ctrrrr. A friend of mine was aked to give the derivation o." Cuffee, a word collonuiully "mplnved to designate the sous and daughter of h.mo pia. "Our community," said the legal gentleman, " is divided into two great class es; the whites, who are the Outers, and the black, who are the Cuffees."' 1 Tiik Kind or a Womax rod 1 Wirr. Pembc rton liiost truly and wisely inyB : I know timt men naturally shrink from the attempt to obtain compntiioiis who arc their superiors ; but they will find that really Intelligent women, who possess the most desirable qualities, ere uuifonnly modest, ; and hold their charms in modest estimation. . What women most admire in men is gal-7 lnntry ; not the gallantry of courts and fojis, ' but boldness, courage, devotkn, decision, and refined civility. A man's bearing wins ton superior women, where his boots wiu one. If a mun stvids bcf tc a won uu with respect for himself, uiiJ fenrletanc.s of her, his snit is half won. The rest i.tny suteiy be lef to tho parlit : most inhrestcd. Therefore, cover be niraid of a voman. Women arc tho most ha"nk and ojreca bio creatures in tho world, to a man who 'ows that be has got a mau's soul in him. If you have net get the spirit iu you to come up t i n test like this, you have not got thut in you which most pleases a high soulcd woman, and you will be obliged to content yourself with the simple girl who, -in a quiet way, is n.W.-oring to attP'-t . and fasten you. Bui don't L in a hurry 1 aliout the mutter. Don't git i.ito a fever ; ih longing ufter marring". 1 1 ii-u'i crod-. itublo to you. Especially ilou't imagine , thnt any dinappciutimut iu love which , takes place before you nro twenty-one yeors eld will be of any Liaterial damage to you. The truth if, that before a'muu is twenty five years old ho docs not know, what ho , wants himself. So don't bo in a hurry. The more of a man you become, and the , more mnnliticrs you become capable of ex hibiting in your associations with womeu, tho better wife will you be able to ob 1 tain and oue year's possession of tho heart and hand of a really noble specimen of her sex is worth nino hundred aud iiiiiety-niuo year's possession of u iwcet creature with two ideas iu her hetul, and nothing new to . sny about either of them. So don't be in a , hurry, I say again. You don't want a wife now, and you havo not the slightest idea of tho kind of a wifo you will want by and by. Go into fvmule society, if you can find that which will improve you, not oth- . r,v,e. You can spend your time better. Seek tho society of good men. , Thnt Is .. often more accessible to you than the other, , aud it is through that you will find your way to good femnlo society. ! .1 . Faili iik. The attempt to deepen the channel of tho Mississippi at the mouth by closing some of the outlets, at an cxpenso ' of hundreds of thousands of dollars, is a foilure. Tho bar was never worso than now. A considerable fleet of vessels lie at that point, unublc to get In or out of tho river, and many of litem are hard aground. DoT Tho ofllclul despatches from the Paraguay expedition to our government do not warrant tho conclusion that war be tween the United States and l'araguuy i , inevitable : Jtap A few days ago a lawyer gave an insult to tho judge of the Court of Common Pleas, at Lognnsport, Ohio, whilo on the bench, whereupon tho jutlgo got at once from his seat, and, going Into tho bar, gave the chap a sound drubbiivr. s JOT The editor of the Portland Trans cript has been on a tour, with other Main editors, to the Aroostook region. The following brief conversation with 0110 of tho aborigines, woul,!cem to indicate that tho Indians of that region arc making great advances in riviliation ; " You English men?" "No." ' You Comh.iiibiiers T" " No editors.'' " UHi ! you r.iukc n-v -pr.pers ! Lcnrncdui! n ; hovegreutminds!" Tub TuitKisn Citrsi nwr. The Crsccnt wns the ancient symbol of Byzantium, iir.y Constantinople. Philip, tho father of Al exander the Great, in besciging that city, set his workmen to tindunniue the walls by ; night, tkt his troops might tako it by stirpriso ; b it tho moon suddenly appearing, , discotvicd li.o design to tho besieged, who 1 succeeded in frustrating it. Grateful for their deliverance, tho Byzantines erected a statuo to Diana, tho moon, aud took the crescent for their syr.'':!. trif A clergyman was end avrrhigto In struct one of his Sunday i -'iolr. :a, a plow lwy, on tlie nature of a T; . i-aiv . "on, my boy," said he, "suppose yr.i fj .he sun rising in tri li.Mlle '" tl": night, "hat should yn ull that?" ' The moon, pa ",o, bnt," said the eiirgyman, ' ipose you knew it wis not the moor, bat the son, aud thn. you saw it aeluully rise in the middle of tho night, what should yon think?" " Please, sir, 1 should thiuk itvas time to get up!" What is the difference between a good soldier and a !.. ''Vr...' '. 'vM An. One face tho powder, and tho other powders the face. 1ST " I'd have you to know, Mrs. Sto ker, that my uncle was a liamiistcr of tho law. " A iig for your btri.U... !'' atorled Mrs. PoW him1 p her nose. " HVi m I a cousin as is a country corridor?' fctf" The triennial assessment of rhihu delphia, for 1859, shows a total of $156,, 967.669, on one hundred and three -thou jond eight hundred and t"f taxable,