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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,