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THE OREGON AHGUS.
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ftYftttf Tike Atoui Kill kt famitktd at
Tkrtt DMart and Fifty Ctnti pet annum, in
aieaaet, It tingle Kibecriktri Tkrtt Dollari
tack it tlakt tf it at tat affietia adtaatt
Vfkt tkt mat it ntt paid i advance, Faar
Vallara will at charge J paid itukin tit
meat, net atuart at the tni of tkt a tar.
ty Tmt Dollari fat tit mantktNt taktetif
titat received for a Utt ptritd.
fjf Na paper iiectntinutd audi all trrtaraget
art pant, anlttt at tktnptionof tkt publisher.
beUt Wart.
A young roe, In lummer t'm,
le beautiful to me,
And glorious, llio miny etsrs
That glimmer on the tea )
Bui fontlo words toil loving hearts,
AnJ hands toclusp my own,
An bolter tin the brightosojiluwere,
Or tun that ever ibuue!
Tho ran may worm the grot to life,
Tbo dew llio drooping flower,'
Anil eyVgrow bright tod walch llnjliglit
Of nutuinn'i opening hour ;
But words tint breath of tunderuese,
And smilt wo know lire true,
Art warmer than the tummor time,
A ad brighter than the dow.
It h not much tho world can give,
With all lie oubtle art,
And gold or genu are not tho thing
To satisfy tho heart.
But O, if Ihuoe who filuiler round
Tbo altar and the hearth,
Hare gentle wurda and loving f.til!e,
How beauiiful ia earth 1
? ' Far tkt Argut.
Weaaaa't 1Un.
Mr. Editor: I hud thought of having
- 1ot little more to my on the subject of
- girl1 or womcu's rights, as I expected that
' what hod already been said would call out
Ruffle-lent amount of talent to exenso me,
and no It has, but for one thing. 1 see in
the Ittnt two article, written by S. and Ab
' Igail, that they have both conceded all that
even ' Lear would contend Tor. S., after
' writing a first-rato article on the subject,
irivea it up in this wise " Say what you
' will, there is in my estimation no character
jrreater, more noble, more soul-elevating,
nnd calling out higher powers of mind, or
greater depths of feeling, than that of a
mother, and this character, I am happy to
tmj, belongs exclusively to woman; and
with this prc-cminenco of right I am con
;' tent." Abigail says " But what I want,
is to sec ladies content to use cradles for
ballot-boxes, in which they have a right to
plant, not votes, but voters." Now, ladies,
'" this right has never yet been denied to wo
' man not even to the slaves of the South
(save that their offspring should not be vo
' tors). Hut war is declared, and hostilities
' commenced; and it is necessary that we
fchow the issue, show our colors, and stand
to our ground. ' We will therefore declare
that all ' womitu'-kind are born with the
name inalienable rights that 1 mau'-kind are,
And have a right to be represented in the
government under which they live, and
therefore have a right to vote, and a right
to hold office n right to be a judge, or ju
ror, or counsel. &c. Now let us establish
the r-ght, and talk about the propriety af-
- terwurd. I hold, then, that man and wo
: innu are just ul.ke, so far as mind is con-
eerned their mental faculties arc just the
name. When I look at my little girl, I see
: that she is flesh of my flesh, and bone of
luy bone, and needs just the same nourisli
' incut and care to sustain life tliut my little
: boys do, und they seem to hare the same
faculties of mind and when they ore nt
iilar I can see no difference in them. If
: the boys get straddle of sticks, for horses,
the little girl does too; if they want to
chop wood, or hoe the garden, like pa does,
the girl does too; if they are delighted to
see the lambs, calves, or pigs playing about,
so is she; if she wants a play-house, and a
doll to set in it, so do they; and whatever
delights one, delights all; and, if they were
Hot taught differently, they would grow to
tie men and women with the same habit
and dispositions. Then why should woman
be a dependent being on the will of man?
;j why should she not have a voice in the gov-
ernment under which she lives, and by
a which she is taxed and governed. Is she
lacking in virtue, honesty, morality, integ
rity, stability, or talent? I answer no;
- with an equal chance, she Is a full match
for her brother, man. Then, ladies, estab
lish your rights, and then we will show that
' many of tho honorable and lucrative sta
' tioni that are now monopolized by your
' brothers, may be creditably filled by your
' selves. Now, with the amount of talent
' evinced by the above-mentioned ladies, I
'am. lure they can win the victory, if they
will stand to the ground; and J am sure,
Mr. Editor, that your Interesting paper
; jriJJ Jose nothing by giving room for such
' productions as theirs. 31. P. Owex .
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r : ? 1 Far tkt Argaa.
...a Affair aboat fUbtlalty.
; . Mr. Editor: Thinking that some of your
' j readers would be pleased to hear something
i in regard to the progress of this little town,
J submit the following.
Sublimity is an inland town situated four-
teen miles southeast of Salem, on the Terri
torial road, in Marion county. About five
yean ago this town was composed of one
, istall dry goods store, one blacksmith shop,
and peruapa one or Iwo dwelling houses,
From that time it has been increasing rap-
idly both in size and interest, and at pres
ent it numbers four dry goods stores, one
large school building, one church building,
, (jq mechanic shops, and several dwelling
hooaet. r Tmdging the future by the part, I
see no reason why this little town may not
at tome future day compare with the most
i flourishing inland town in oar State, Sur
rounded aa it is with an intelligent and
. leajoos community, it will withoat doubt be
plae of cowidcrabrt importance. There
A Weekly Newspaper, devoted to the Interest of tlio LuWing Clrwses, and advocating the
Vol, V.
Is a largo slid interesting school in progress
In thcplaeo, conducted by Her. Mr. Wright,
very able and efficient teacher. The
school numbers at presout about fifty stu
dents, and It will doubtless be one of the
noilltn to w h e I t ho vmitie nf nne hmil
u-ivv (mvii bicih ru avuiiu an vuu miuii.
There is olo a Division of the Sons of Tem
perance in this place, which I contend
sjieakg well fur it. It numbers at present
about thirty contributing members and Is
in a prosperous condition.
MIT tliAiP Piano ia n,....m A.1..,.-olA.
There is one other establishment which I
had forgotten to mention, and every veusi-
ble man will acknowledge it to be a disgrace '
to the owner. Some soulless monster has
erected a drinking saloon just in front of the
church door, as if in defiance of God him
self. But it is to be hoped that tho citizens
of the place and the surrounding commu
nity will so discountenance him that he will
soon take the shame to himself, and have
off such a low and degrading practice, one
which is calculated to destroy the happiness
of families and communities and scud thou
sands, yea, millions to a premature grave,
Yours Slc, . - k. l. h.
Orrtoa Vratt Trade.
Some friend has sent us a copy of the
California Farmer, of April 29th, 1859,
which contains the subjoined letter on the
fruit trade of Oregon for the pnst year, from
B. Kunpp, Esq., a gentleman connected
with the large mercantile house of Hull,
Knnpp, & Co., of Portland. We copy the
letter into our columns for the benefit of
our readers:
San Francisco, April 28, 1859.
Editor Fakmrr Dear Sir: Iu reply to
your request to furnish you for publication
some statistics relative to the Oregon fruit
crop, 1 Have to state that there has never
liceu any record kept m regard to it until
tho piwt season.
feeling the ncccss.ty of such information,
In the successful prosecution of our business,
I have the past year kept a record of the
amount of fruit received each steamer, to
whom consigned, the price for which it was
sold, etc. This information I have invaria
bly obtained personally, of the consignees
themselves, at the time of each arrival, aud
it is lielieved to be very accurate, particu
larly in regard to the amount received.
Tiio fruit consisted almost entirely of
apples and pears, and the proportion of the
latter was so small that I did not keep a
scpnrnto account of it. Tho first arrival
was on J uly iJOth, of eighty boxes of apples,
winert sow irom 12 to 18 cents a pound.
The following table shows the total
amount that hit. veil hero and the prices
sold at, in each month of the season, from
July, 1858, to April. 1859, inclusive.
Moutk arrived. Bazet. Prieet told at.
July, 1858 80 J2iot8o
August 1105 Identic
Seneiuber .213!) Tea 1 8c
Oct b,-r 13117 lcl9o
November 8214 .-.lUcaSiie
December... 7232 lUc28e
.lanuary, 18."i! S5il 7oo24o
February lb?l lOcaliOc
March 1411 Ince3.'ic
April SOU 13ca24e
100 boxes of the lust shipment in March
were bought by George Hughes, at 35
cents a pound.
The total amount received at this port
for the whole season is 29,190 boxes, which
contain from 40 pounds to 75 or 80 pounds
each. They will generally average about
GO pounds a box, or about 1 bushels,
which amounts to over 36,000 bushels. It
would be a difficult matter to make an exact
average of the sales. The figures named
arc the extremes, very few sold at the highest
figures; nor would the difference between
the two extremes be always correct, for
at some seasons the average sales ranged but
little above the lowest figure, while atother
times the majority of sales ranged nearly to
the highest figure. Probably 14c or 15c a
pound would be a fair average for the
whole season. Taking GO pounds as tho
average to a box, we have a total of 1,751,
400 pounds, which at 15 cents amounts to
$262,710.
There was considerable fruit th'pped
from Portland to Victoria, and other ports
on the Puget Sound, to what amount I
have uo means of ascertaining, nor have I
any idea what amount was retained for home
consumption. Probably the entire crop of
last season would not fall much short of
50,000 bushels, which, at the prices it
brought, is a very pretty item among the
productions of the youngest State of our
great Republic. Respectfully yours, ' i
J. 15. KNAPr.
The River. The Columbia is rapidly
swelling in volume, and has already attained
an unusual height for this season of the
year. Tne snows, too, are known to nave
fallen to a great depth in the mountains
drained by its affluents on all sides, and
there is promise of the highest food which
has been seen for some years. Dalit t Jour,
nal.
Gold Dcst from Colvilli. Mr. Hugh-
son's train came to town on Saturday last
from Colville with some 60 oz. of gold.
The miners at work are said to be doinz
well; aa much aa $20 in one claim had
recently been made per day to the band.
Pallet journal, may o, . ,
Poroocs Crnrs. Lieut. Habersham,
United States steamer Powhattan, writes
the Philadelphia, Ledger that Lord Elgia ;
has just returned from a visit op the Yang-
teze-kiang, six hundred and fifty miles from
8hanghae, to Han-kow and We-chang,
where, as Hoc says, three cities lace eacn ,
other, and eight million, of inhabitant! re-.
., ' . , ...
de-a degree of popnlonsnos which aeems
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incredible to our notions of comfort
O' j
means of mpport.
A. A Ja, X .
raws 11 otw
OREGON CITY, OREGON, MAY 21, 1850.
tUtraett from tho Harem at Boa. Kit
Thayer, (Kroakllraa Member of tea
tre) of MaMarhaett.
Dttittrtd in tkt lluuff Rrprtarntatirta, Fik.
3Uk, MS, ia Ctmmitttt tf tkt Wkalt.
" Fairneaa and itjualiiy between freedom and
elavery iu the cunduot of Iheadin autraiiunand in
I mo leg elation at aelnngton : " mum, Hir, le
...... . .It
meat, either fur freedom or elavery in the Terrilo
reef What iot litis but a niilurnl pl.ilform UKti
which all the element) uf 0ioailion to the present
ailiniiiietrnt on ten fairly etand I 1 aubwribo to
that doctrine, and advix-ate a Oiir play party, and
a fnir play 1'renident, uu a fair play platform ; I
am fur fair play between eeiiin and section, be
tween Statu ami Hule; for fair play fur our foreign
(xil.cy, and fir fair play lor our duniretio polii'y ;
Tor fair piny Willi hiiglanU, rrnnve, andBpani)
fur fiir play wilh I'll at and Africa ; fur the acou.-
eiiion of Cuba, Central America, and Mexico by
fair play, and by that unly. Hero, then, ie the
pe,tiou wh oh the oppuwiioii eau fairly awume,
and the platform lino the higheat Kepoldicao au
thority. Hriwib'o and practical mrn wdl harmuni-
ously endono it, and be proud to Maud upn it and
doli iid It dunuit the uril iialiunal caiiia irii.
la relation to elavery in the Terrilurira, aud the
rooncotioo of tho fidural pxeninvnt therewith,
I here are three noalioul peutione, and only three.
Firat, there le inlcrventiun fur elavery i eecond,
there ii intervention for freedom ; aud third, there
ia ao intervention whatever. What ia lha preceiil
policy of the Drmocratio party in relation to this
queeiwnl and what haa been IU poet poetron. 1
eey that party hoe been, ae it le now, iu favor of
intervention fur elavery. 1 eay that while that
party haa advocated pipular eurerelgiiiy, and hae
elected one President by that advocacy, it baa
nlwaya pereetently voted sgainat popular sover
eignty. It voted against it iu the spring of I8.VI,
upon Senator Chase's amendment to the Kansas
bill, giving to the people of Kansae aud Nbrako
tho right to chuuee their own officers. It was
voted against wUu the Tuonibe b II was voted for
by the Uemocratio party, inioeiiig a oousiituuun
upon the people of Kanaas Without their approba
tion. It was voted against by the Democratic
party when they voted fur tho Leoumpion bill,
which s-iutflil to impote upon the people of Kansas
constitution, not only withont their approbation,
but in defiance of their solemn protest. It was
spin vo:ed against in rejecting the Criltendeu
Montgomery amendment, which gave to the peo
ple of Kansas the opportunity of framing their own
cnnsiituton of choosing undor what organic law
they would I ro o o
So much for the post position of tho Democratic
party In relation to intervention in the Territories.
Now what is its present position ? Is that pany
n.W on the pipular sovereignty platform I Did
the debate in thu Seuale yeaterday show that I
Are tin y not infavo-uf intervention, aud that uf
the fiercest kind, against fieedoin and fur slavery
iu lha Territories f Aud wh.it does that notice
mean upon your journal of a bill lo be introduced
which shall provide for the protection of slavery
in tho Territories 1 What mean those Southern
journals when they demand that a federal law
shall be mailo by I ongress for the protect on or
slavery in the Territories t I refer, Sir, to the
C'liai If s:on (S. C.) News, which says :
'' If the Constitution confers upon slavery the
right lo go to Territories, ae. according lo the Knn-
sns-Nebiasiia bill and Uio Dred Scott decision, it
does, then it a'so imposes the duty of proiecting
tliat right, and thie cannot be done without positive
pro-sluvry h g slalion and a federal slave code for
tlio 1 errilorics.'
In the s unc spirit ;s the foi!oin2 ixlract fiom
t lie IN i w York Vf Hook:
" Of course, the ptoole of a Terrilory, when
they fr inie the r St-ile constitution, may adopt or
exclude elavery ; but while they are a Territory, if
they fall to protect preperty Invested in the person
or industrial enpacity of n negro, they grossly vio
lute equal r gilts and therefore are uot uuthoried
to to ader themselves Democrats. The whole
question is resolved into this simple right, or no
right to prelect on to slave properly in the Federal
'territories, and, as the Charleston News suggests,
it must commute the issue In lebU. '
We find such opinions becoming prevalent in
the Demoemtic party and it ia demanded that
they shall be made the lestnf party fealty. Then
we must come to the conclusion that the Democrat
to parly is to-day against popular sovsreignly ;
that it is in favor of Federal intervention, of Execu
tive intervention, as well as judicial intervention
for elavery in the Territories of the Union.
If, then, as I have shown, there can be no Fed
oral intervention for freedom in the Territories, we
can only choose between intervention for slavery
and no interveu: ion ut all. Th, o, St, without
hesitation, w title 1 deny no principle of the ltepub
I cuu party, 1 advocate the adoption of the policy
of no more Federal intervention with respect to
slavery in the Territories. i
lint what really it tkt potition of the Republi
can party upon this question ? Can you show an
instance in our history in which we have gone
against honest popular sovereignty in the Territo
ries? Whnt act in this House, or in the Senate,
will show t the Republican party haa been
against popular sovereignly I During the coutcst
in KniuMs all we asked w,u that the peoplo should
be let alone, und that they should have the right
to do as they pleased. We voted for the Chiue
amendment in 1854. And bow did we vote lost
session upon the Crittenden-Montgomery bill?
Every msu upon this side of the House eustained
it Are we not then the party not only in favor,
but in possession of popular sovereignty t
The Fugitive Slave Law Declared
Constitutional. An important decision
was delivered on the 7th February, in the
United States Supreme Court by the Chief
Justice, in the case of tho United States vs.
Sherman II. Booth, the Supreme Court vt
error to the Supreme Court of Wisconsin.
The case involved the right of State Courts
to release on habtai corpus parties In cus
tody under process of the United States.
This was done by the court below In the
instance of an arrest under judgment by
the district court of the United States for a
violation of the fugitive slave law. The
whole conduct of the court below was held
to be totally illegal and virtually revolu
tionary; that the marshal had a right, and
it was his duty, to resist by force any such
Interference on the part of the State powers ;
and that the fugitive slave act was clearly
constitutional.
Whiat and Cobs. An interesting fact
was developed at the lute meeting of the
Agricultural Society. Dr. Elwin called
the attention of the members to the fact
that the wheat crops of this country were
fast diminishing, so far as the number of
bushels to the acre was concerned. He
stated that in Ohio, a State but little over
. . .11 t l.j if am? r
$"7 J 0,u; ?. CT0P "f1 ,a',e" D rom
while in the best portions of ew 1 ork,
where thirty bushels used to be considered
- - i
a fair crop, onlv twelve are now raised. The
a n: r tr : ,...,. Cintu !.,! 1..n MnM
'"'b uu um u. r.r,v
marked ; but while this was th , fact with the
wheat crops, he was glad to know that the
mQmX J t(yn prodoced to Uie icre
largely iocreased, and waa U1I locreaumj
' cnonnowly. rA'Va. Pro.
kw A. ,V. I Til .
Tin Ahdor Rivkr and KinKitu. The
Providence Joitrnnl says: Among the pa-
per lately transmitted to the Senate by
Mr. Cuss is the memorial of Mr. I. McD.
Lollins, pritymg compensation for his scr-
vices at comtuerciul agent of the Uuitcd
SUtes while employed on a tour through
' '
Biwria to me Amoor river.
Mr. Collins was sent out to collect infor-
mntion relative to the Interior Siberian
trade, which Is said to umount to fifty mill- enco bt,tween Kntlm nml t-'umbrulgc obser
ions annually; "to see the country from'0''' '? "'T'1 1 art
. . . . wnrni,.r iii wmter and cooler in sumniei
oi. l eunttnirg 10 tne I'ac.iic Ucean, Dy
way of the Amoor: to look at it In a com-
mcrcial point of view, and onen It to com -
merccby way of the river: to present to'"1'". t,.,0"8l'ucu P? "JV be in close
i .i . proximity, flteso viirit'ties between urban
the knowledge of our ,coplo the nature J,nd mJ MWm m Wl. 10sn ,,eUv,.en
nuu extent oi mis country, its wauts, ro-i!gi, and low places in thinly populated re
sources, and productions; what it lias for gions, appeur to be largely duo to radiution
exort and what it will Import, and such ' n,l(,l'r different hydromctric conditions, mid
other further iuformati
....!.. ti,'ro inosiiy conuneii to me niiruis. tne
niniiiiii us no uiiltiiv IU
w u luuniijr bu iiiijiurinui, auunivu
as it is over against our growing and com
mercc-seeking people on the Tacific shore
California, Oregon, and Washington."
Mr. Collins was absent on his mission more
than two years, having returned In March,
1858. He traversed Siberia its entire
breadth, from its western border to the Pa
cific, and collected information of great
value. The Amoor river ho ascertained
by personal examination to be navigable
for steamboats for more than two thousand
miles. The Russians aro already flocking
to Its borders iu great numbers, where
towns arc rapidly growing up and a new
commerce Is rising with Culuortiia and
other countries on the Pacific. The tribu
taries of tho Amoor penetrate the Chinese
and Siberian provinces to a great extent.
We hope before long to sec Mr. Collins's
report in print. By tho last arrival from
Europe, we learn that tho Emperor of Rus
sia has just made arrangements for a tel
egraph line from Moscow to some point on
the Pacific nenr the Amoor river, which it
is expected will bo completed in four yeurs.
This will be by fur the longest line iu tho
world, indeed we thiuk twice or more than
that of the Atlantic telegraph.
Ot'R National Stars. The Act of Co:t-
K188 Ci'taWitlli"K t'ie fon" and character
or our national uag, passed April 4, 1818,
declares that on the admission of every utw
State into the Amcricau Union, one star
shall bo added to the cluster already group
ed on tlio "Union" of the flag, and that such
addition shall take placo on tho 4th of Ju
ly next succeeding such admission. Let
our flag-makers take notice, says the Sacra
memo Union, iliirty-three stars must
adorn the national banner from and after
the 4th of July next. Till then thirty-two.
Ci'Rioi's Scientific Discovkrv. Mr.
Moser, of Konigsberg, Prussia, it is suid,
has shown that light constantly emanates
from all bodies, even in complete darkness,
and that when placed near each other they
receive upon their surfaces reciprocally pic
turcsofcach other. Theso photographic
pictures, however, are invisible, and contin
ue to be so until they arc developed by the
application of certain vapors, such as that
of water, mercury, iodine, &c. These mnr
velous discoveries of Mr. Moser have been
fully conGrmcd by more recent inquirers.
French Freedom. Crime is increasing
so rapidly throughout France, that the
government has forbidden tho newspapers
publishing the docket of the criminal courts,
on the ground that the publication needless
ly alarms public opinion as to tho true state
of the country. Another decree of the
week forbids school mistresses making ad
dresses to their school girls, and provides
that no school master shnll make a speech
to his boys uuless it is rend and approved
by the police.
Henry Ward Beechkr on Newspapers.
Consider how universal are newspapers
in America, luey penetrate every nook
and corner of society. No other clement
of power has such a sphere. The pulpit,
the court, the lecture, compared with the
newspaiicr, touch society in but few places.
The newspaper in America is universal.
It reaches within and without, from surface
to core; it travels everywhere, Is bought by
everybody, read by all classe?, and Is wholly
or uearly the only reading of more than
half our population. Its service to good
morals, and to intelligence among the peo
ple, is incalculable. All the libraries of
Europe are not of as much rv ce to the
nations of Europe as the newspaper is to
the American nation. Its power is grow
ing. Who would, twenty years ogo, have
dreamed of such a growth and power as
have been developed? But the next twen.
ty years will witness a greater. The editor
is to os the schoolmai-ter. The best talent
will find its highest sphere in the editorial
room. Already the chair is more influen
tial than the bench or the platform, No
brain can act ntion so many as that which
sjieaks by the printing press of the daily
paper. Ink beats like blood in the veins of
the nation.
Tlia Louisville Journal eonta'ns a str'ng of
vara., fiom a lady, addressed "To George D.
P-etire.,, The conclodirig one inqoireej whether
be wul not eoms to ber "when balmy sleep has
wrapped ber spirit "la a dream of buss," and
beiy angola ass wab-hisg ber, and preae upon bar
lips "aswfet bee?" Preatica says, " W en
pluticaliy anr, we will
fy Brav act m are tbe aubataace of lib,
:pT fd ravinjs the ornament of (t
.aw .Jw
side of Truth iu every iiwuc.
No. 0.
Mktf.ordlo(iical Facts. These extracts
from a rejiort mndo to tho Massachusetts
Legihlatnre, by high scientific authority,
will be new to most of our readers
"It seems to bo a universal law, true
u'i''0 m American and European countnea,
'-' " w-.i. ' ib
, er than that of adjacent country districts,
This is made more manifest bv fueta that
have accumulated s'neo the Introduction of
the telegraph. The average nnnnal clflc-r-
ti,nn vmmtry ,,ft,.0. There is also orten n
great difTer'tite of t mp nturc Ixtween
: low nd elevated positions in the country,
i . . i i i . l
uiiruinuier risen mgiicr in jxision uuu its
vicinity than, perhaps, In any other portion
of tho globe. On February 12, lS.rJ, it
rose to 31.13 inches reduced to the level of
the sea at 50 F., and on several other oc
casions above 31 inches. The highest read
ing ever recorded nt the Royal Obscrvutory,
Greenwich, was 30.04 inches, and we have
not been able to find thnt 31 inches hns
ever been rend at any place out of New
England."
Deifying the Female Sex. Rev. Dr.
Alexander, in his recent volume of sermons,
utters the following solemn warning:
"What a horrid fraud Satan Is practic
ing on the Church in regnrd to the daugh
ters of the covenant! In fuuliionnUo cir
cles dare I nnmo them Christian? the
years where girlhood merges into maturity
arc frequently sold to the adversary. The
young American woman is taught to deem
herself a goddess. If there be wealth, if
there be accomplishments, if tliero bo beau
ty, almost a miracle seems nicessjiry to
prevent the loss of tho soul. Heboid her
pass from the pedestal to the nltur. The
charming vict'm is decked for the sacrifice.
Every breath that comes to her is incense.
Her very studi.s aro to fit her for admira
tion. Day and night, the gny but wretched
maiden is taught to think of self mid selfish
jilcnsurcs. Till some Lc utc n fashion of so
lemnity interrupt tho whirl, the season is
too short for tho engagements. Grave pa
rents shako their heads at magnificent np
pnrel, costly gems, night turned into dny,
dnncrs nt which the Romans would have
blushed, pule cheeks, bending frames,
threatened decay; and yet they allow and
submit. And thus that sex, which ought
to show tho sweet, unselfish innocency of n
holy youth, is carried to the overheated
teniphs of pleasure. Thus tho so-cttlled
Christian verifies tho Apostle's maxim:
" She that liveth iu pleasure is dead while
she liveth,"
Ethan Allen and the Rini.E, Tho
celebrated Gen. Ethan Allen possessed a
vigorous but partially-cultivated intellect,
and his natural independence of thought
ofteu led his mind faraway from the beaten
tracks of human investigation. In religion
ho beenmo a free-thinker; nud in 1182 ho
gave expression to his opinions in a little
book entitled " Reason the only Oracle of
Mun ; or a Compendious System of Natu
ral Religion." It was published at Ben
nington, Vermont, two years Inter, und at
tracted much attention, especially among
the orthodox divines of New England,
who severely condemned it. While it pos
sesses many striking and original thoughts,
it exhibits remarkable crudity in their de
velopment; and the whole work limy be
regarded as a melancholy picture uf the
gropings of a benighted ytt gifted spirit iu
the dark vulley of human reason, unaided
by tho light of Divine revelation, and fol
lowing tho will-o'-the-wisp of crrunt fancy.
That his religious opinions were not ground
ed in absolute conviction, the scene at the
death-bed of his beloved daughter by his
fii-bt wife, as related by tradition, fully at
tests. She was a lovely, pious young wo
man, whose mother, then long in the spirit
land, had instructed hr in the truths of the
Bible. When she was about to die, shu
culled her father to her bed-side, and, turn
ing upon him her pale face, lighted by lus
trous blue eyes, she suitl, with a street voice,
" Dear father, I am about to cross the
cold, dark river. Shall I trust to your
opinions, or to the teachings of dear mo
ther?" " These words, like a keen arrow, pierced
the recesses of his most truthful emotions.
" Trust to your mother! " said the cham
pion of infidelity; and, covering his face
with his hands, he wept like a child.
Tims it is ever. There Is a cell In the
human soul in which lodges the germ of
perennial fitith In God and his revelations.
When touched by the electric sjiark of con
viction, it springs forth into bloom and
fruitfitliKSf, defiant alike of .the frost of
cold, unbelieving reason, aud the scorching
beat of human philosophy.
f&- In Kentucky a man's life Is by fur
the cheapest and most precarious piece of
prqicrty he carries about him. Men who
wouldn't steal a mackerel will take anoth
er's life withont the slightest compunction
of conscience.
Greek. Prof, lladlry bow adopted the
continental method of pron nidation, and
that is hereafter tq be the standard at Yale
College.
ADVKKTIMINO KATKS.
On square (13 hues or less, brevier measure) oi.
insertion, d,0D
two Insertloiis, 4,tH
Each subsequent insertion, 1,1 Is
Reasonable deductions to those who advtltise I J
. the year.
.T"i i aw nTjr-Tav ragtaTTTjvac AyKTt tt9-"X- t J uvrwx
JOB PRINTING.
Tin raoraiiToa or Tin AKGl'H ia rurrT
to Inform the Hihlio that he baa just roreived a
large at ork of doll T 1'li and other new print
iiii( nmterliil, nnd will he in the si erdy receipt o
additiona suited to nil the rinuimi ems of id s Ir.
oiility. IIANDIIIMS, WTKilS, H ANKS,
C AltDH, tIKCUI.AKH, PAMi'fll.Ki-YMlfi
and other kinda, done to order, on short nolle, t
Oi.n Boxes Thavf.i.ino Tuuomi the
Air. Our spirituit! friends are entitled to.
tho credit of getting up the mot marvelous
stories thnt arc nflout in this ttgc of wonders.
Tho biggest draft yet on the public fitith is
in tho Spiritual Telegraph, which aver thnt
two doctors, one of them u medium, dissat-.
ed a subject iu Hartford some time ngo,
and then drew lots mr the ossileiotis re
mains. The bones fell, by direction of the
spirit of tho din-cased, to Dr. Rodman, who
shortly after went to New York, taking
with him a portion of his treasure only.
Tho spirit wasn't satisfied with such a di
vision of the frame und timber of its former
tenement, and notified the doctor, accor
dingly, that it would forthwith transport
thu rest of the bum s from Hartford. Sura
enough, the tluy after tho tiunoiiiicemetit, ,
ait old bone dropped out of thu skies before
the two doctors, us they were walking In
Broadway. Tho shower has continued
ever since, bone by bone, though the trans
portation is not yet quite finished. All this
Is corroborated by witnesses, nnd is credit
ed by numerous renders of the Telegraph.
On the strength of such facts, we propose
to subscribo to the New York Ledger, and
believe every word of it, dens, daggers.
guns, robbers, blood, love, thunder, and all.
Clinton Courunl.
Fall of the Mississippi. The rnte of
descent necessary to produce a rapid cur
rent in a river is very slight. A full of ton
inches to tho mile is sullicient to obstruct
navigation. It is owing to tho very slight
descent in the Mississippi River that it is
nnviguble to so great an extent. We learu
from an article in the Journal of tho Geo
graphical und Stutistieitl Society, that the
rato of descent iu thnt river, below its junc
tion with the Ohio, is but 2.0 inches to tho
mile, and ti'om tho mouth of tho Minnesota
to tho Ohio 5.7(1 inches. Tho total rail,
from tho mouth of tho Minnesota to tho :
Gulf, 2,192 miles, is 7 11 feet, or at the rato
of 4.07 inches to the mile, Tho greatest
full is between tho Rock Island Rupids aud
the Ohio G.l inches to the mile.
Hint m Wasiiino Clotii::s. Tho
.Vmercan Agriculturist asserts that the
great secret of tho success of nine out of
ten of the washing fluids, mixtures and
machines which Imve been sold over the
country for many years past, is uot so much
owing to tho inherent qu;.liiie3 of thu arti
cles themselves as to thu process of soaking
which they invariably recommend. If peo
plo pursuing tho old system of washing,
would simply lake the precaution to throw
II tho clothes to bo washed into water ten
or fifteen hours before beginning operations,,
they would find half tho labor of rubbing
and pounding saved in most eases. Water
is of itself a great solvent, even of thu oily
materials that collect on clothing worn in
contact with the body, but timo is required
to effect tho solution. Every one is nwaro
of thu effect of keeping tho huuds or feet
moist for a few hours thu entire cxternul
coating of secretion is dissolved. The samo
effect is produced by soaking for a few
hours clothes soiled by tho excretory matter
of tho skin.
Bijjr A Havana correspondent of tin
Hartford Times writes; " A Spnish friend
asked me yesterday, 'What if thu Spanish
licet should go und bombard New York?'
I could not imagine such on absurdity, und
told him so. Ho said to a Creole With me,
what would they do in New York, if 10,
000 Spanish soldiers should land there? A
Yankco Ciiptuin sitting by, says, 'Jftho
soldiers behuved themselves they would not
he troubled, but if they tnudu any disturb
ance, they would bo put into the station
houses.' Spaniard says, ' Quirn Suit.'
OrjT The Philadelphia I'ress says: "Pub
licists and politicians u fleet to think slight
ly of journalism ns a profession, and of jotir
uulists ns u class. Ytt these uro the per
sons who look to editors for support iu their
troubles, aims, ambitions, und arc iimdcand
o.'ten unmade by the pen. How many
leading men iu this country ond abroad
have been writers for the press. At this
moment, Lord Palinerston and M. Disraeli
are journalists."
No Old Maids i.v Japax. No singlo
women ore allowed in Japan. Every mun
is allowed one legal wifu and as many sec
ond wivts as his means will ullow him to
support. Tho second wives arc selected by
law from the poorer classes of society, and
the children are adopted by the legal wife,
who is the only acknowledged mother.
jay The wife of Gen. Mirumon, who
has lately become President of Mexico, no
tifled her husband, a young mun of 27 years,
that he must fight his way to the presiden
tial chair, or she would not live with him.
frjf" BusoM r'aiasn Ia it ponable that she told
you that she never loved any ou before she did
y' Oman Uoeoai Fair.KD Ye she ewore it wilh
her li. her eyes, and-and-a bin pressed rap
turously on my mouth the rmmory of wbub
haunts m now a a delicious dn am I
boeoii Kairso Hid the same thing by n.e
kisaea, ewears, and all. lid the .ma tlxng by
JJob-who introduced dm to hir. yuit on that
aeuount better qu I aa 1 did.
Eiit Other Ut.m Friend, looking awiveleaeroaa
a bawlkiTihief eiclaimiiigi ' Vou'U hoar flora
nl0 " ' .
t& To cut a slice or butter from a larga
roll in cold weather, Cr.t dip the knife iu
hot wat.-r, and all trouble of breaking the,
butter will be avoided. ' '