THE OREGON AKGUS, I Ml. i ' j ' . by d. w. cbaio. ; , TERMS The Aeous wi ht furniihed at . Thru DolUri and Fifty Ctnti per annum, in (sense, re linglt luiieriberi Three Dollari each to elubi of ten at tnt office in advance ' Wan thi money li not paid in adeance, Four ' Dollari Kill bo charged if paid within lix .mania, ana rmaoltariatthe indof the year, 0f" Tieo Dalian for lis monthiNo eubecrip tiom received for Ute period. ' No paper diltontinued until all arrearage! are patd, unleee attheopttonof the publiiher. .V i , i For tho Argui. AM U My Bay la Heaves. W mis thee, eh! my darting boy, JJow nuiiy, srery day, Standing her , The fireside near, Or in the yard at play. ( .(. Semtliine I torn end almost think That I eha'il eee thee near i , ; Ol how I long -Sr , To eee tlul form .XM Tbt used to be eo dear. ' I Me a row of little boards " ; u " Beneath my window yets Thy childish ear Had placed them tlier To guard my kit from wet , Oh! badsi thou lived, my preoious child, Thy rare might Hill have been Toabield my form , From every atorro, And lighten toils aud pain. But then perhapi in after year Thou hadit been ltd away " fly pleasure's wile - j Ana tempting smile, . r , from hums and truth to it ray. r But now thoa art O! selfish heart, ' r How can it mourn fur tlieef A spirit bright 'In heaven's light, ' From pain forever free. ' ' ' ' ' When last I talked of heaven, and asked If thou its joys would know, " Mamma, if you Would g there teo," Thou snidat, " I'd like to go." Ob! yti, my ion, when life is done, And none have need ol ine, ',, U God will bear My earnest prayer. , soon trill come to thee. Iats Hill, April 10, 1859. .It Viol. I Btbn Doaae em the Fair Sex. In his excellent address to the graduating clan of young ladies of St. Mary's Hull, at Burlington N. J., shortly before his death, Biihop Doane, af- ter a characteristically poetio exordium, and a brief leer, spoke as follows : ' Tho time ar out of joint.'1 Corruption talks in high places. Licentiousness ha well-nigh lost it shame. Inhdelity is bold and bruzen-raved, The ware of barbarism is railing back upon us. for these things your sex is greatly answerable, Women are not true to themselves. They wink vice. - i hoy make a compromise with worldli ess. They tolerate irreligion ; and they are the victims of their own uiifaiUifuhinM. - The stronger ex won up, in Dest wings, to the weaker. 1 bey bare all had mothers, i hey have all hail sisters. Tbey own them in the sex to which they owe k...i 1 nil if Uinm.n u ara hut trim t f ' 1 .,. ts their position, true to themselves, they would have strength from Him to held the world in check. Tin tt'Amall ttvttr ff hilt liv hi.r j.u-n MiiMnl 1, t the first, the woman is the tempter. There is Do man, that ha biased into a brut, to do as ti ger do, that can resist the matchless in,ijsty of a resolved woman. And stronger than all law, stronger than anything but Cod, when it is strong iA His strength, would be the power of woman, to put down rudeness, and to lay the bridle upon li vens. , But the age is self-indulgent. And self indulgence grows by what it feeds on. Women are occupied by fashion. Women are to dress. Wumeu are willing to be fluttered. Women are unscrupulous in their amusements Young women set up for themselves. They look pin their parents as old fashioned. They are itn -patient of domestic restraints. They are averse a domestic occupations. They vote their homes bore. They congregate away from its control. TJiey indulge in unseasonable hours to meet the tJllier sex more than half way. They make them elves debtors for their escorts to places of resort. They permit th approaches of familiarity. They tempt th hidden devil of their nature. They a . n i,u . ti.u r.. . ,1..:. . t .i ... - , . . ' veoA a uey r women 01 uie worm, n mil sibw they are, is rather shaped by opportunity than themselves. In this way home is stripped of it sanctity. In this way, the teniole air loses its freshness and it fragrance. The woman is no longer what she Was made to be, " a help meet" for the man. And a man ceases to be what Irod designed him for, her partner, her prop, and her Meteotor. I am well persuaded, by the report which comes to me from every quarter of the land, that women who have gone out from before this altar counted now by thousands are, for the meat part, women f another sort. I hear of them as faithful wives. ' Ihear of them aa devoted mother. , I hear of (hem as loving sisters. I hear of them as obedient slaughters. They are centers of good influence in aociety. They are stays and ornaments of ths ehurab. It may be said of them, " Many daugh ters have done virtuously, but these excel them all." To join this hopeful company, beloved ones, you ere to gooutnow. You are to go with the instruc tions by which their minds were moulded. You go with thot influences which God has sanctified the transformation of their hearts. You gu with the prayers which have been won down from heaven for them; the consolations of the Com- fsrter. You go with the Messing which ha eom ssnded them to the care and keeping of th Holy On. " Be strong in the Lord," dear children, at.-j ,i t u:. : 1. . n v . uu iu ill power ui. ills iiugufe nci jf juur Bible ever in your heart. Have your prayer book ever in your hands. Be true to your ch uruh. S true to your God. Follow after them who left ts cross lost, and found His grav U.e first. Fol lw after her whose sacred legend gleams upon yed now, it may be, for the last time: "Behold Ike handmaid of the Lord!" Remember, always, to be " holy women.'' Keep yonr hands ever on the eras. Fix your eyes ever on the crown. Be lambs of the Lamb, in meekness and loving Ms; be dovelinge of th Do, in peace, and pu rity, ed piety.; ; Deer daughters of my heart, tfii bless jou! . , i , Wht He MaaaiEo Ilia. How people wonder st the taste which many gifted and powerful men display in their selection of wives, says a sainted 'writer. One is forever hearing, " I wonder why he married herf Sh is a good, amiable, afiVc tioMte little woman! and I guess make a pleasant borne, but she ha not th intellect to be a com panion for him."- As if intellect could be the measure sf tjenrpanionship 1 " On could have the talellect of Gabriel, and b a disagreeable a com Aaniea as the dsviL When snch men are going to Shoo wife, they osusllysay: MI shall wish pr to bar sufficient intellect to appreoiat me ; ofieient test to praise my ' last effort' ; softioieat sitivatien te admire my favorite author ; indeed, Jbe more intellect tlte better, if first and above all 0tf oarrie in her hreast tree, gentle, and loving keen.' ' For it is tie pure in heart who see God, fad who teach others bow to lev Him. i. -- JroLmas avd Kauaie. eme ef the papers la agitating lb question whether polities sod rati fieoeaght to be ieuy way connected. It's ef no an to argue that point. A nan was ha aay re ligiea. will carry ri into all the relations of life ; and man who has none, will be pretty sura not to ex hibit any in hi poktir. - X3F Th inscription left by Jefferson to be placed fo hie tombstone waat '. . . ' . ) fHess am barird Tbeaas Jeflersoo, ant bar ef (it Declaration of Independence, of the Statates ef Virginia (sr ReUsrios Freedom, and Fa:nr of fjhe L'auversity ef V irginia. . gy Hard times ia lem ; potetoes f 1 per bush el ; perk 10 esat per peond, and no wheat te be attained at aay pnc. mm r nr A Weekly Newspaper, devoted to the Interests of the Laboring Classes, and advocating the side of Truth iu every issue. Vol. V. OREGON CITY, OREGON, JULY 9, 1859. No. 13, r The Now York Tribune, which b generally well informed on European affairs, thus speculates on what may be the result to A ustria of the present crisis : " All the spoils of ricdmout cannot fur nish means for currying on such a war as this is likely to prove. Besides, Austria has do fricDils. blie is as perfectly isolated to-day as Hussia was at the beginning of the Crimean struggle, hven Enirlund. the only one of tho great powers which has a natural and traditionary friendship for her. has protested against this menaced declara tion of war; and German sympathies must also lie uuuinislied by the fact that she ap pears us the aggressor in a contest replete wit It domestic peril to every Ucrman (Jov- erunient. The position Hussia has taken in tliia pregnant drama also seems full of danger for Austria. The ITouso of Roma' nod owes to tho House of Hapsburg a bit- tor Humiliation, whicu will not soon be forgotten or forgiven. Tho indications that it will now be puld arc striking. Take first the fact that iu tho western dependencies of Turkey, where Austria has hitherto Jeal ously guarded her influence, the hereditary policy ol Russia has been prodigiously ad vanced, and that, too, with the co-operation of France by the election of Couza as Uospodnr of both Moldavia and Wnllachia, while ' Obrcnovitch. politically a Russian, has supplanted Karogcorcvitch, the friend of Auxtria, as the reigning prince of the Suluvic province of Servia. Then consider that the proposal of a Congress, by which Louis Napoleon has gained time and put Austria in the wrong, proceeded from Rus sia, and was forced uxn the great powers in the place of tho English attempt to settle the quarrel through the agency of Lord Cowley, With these facts iu mind it seems difficult to avoid the conclusion that the present complications were set on foot by Louis Napoleon with the consent, at least, of the Russian Government; and that the purpose of the parties is simply to reduce Austria to a sccondury place in Kutono. And there is certainly a great possibility taut tney nitty succeed. Ci'Rioi's Historical Fact. The Erans ville, Iudiaua, Journal is informed by Judge Law, that in searching among the i -r t. i. t... . i . . .1.1 1 a.vmfvs vi sumnim, uu um iuuiiu sviuc vhs documeuts, stating that soon after the ac quisition of Louisiana, the Governor and Judges of Indiana, who then composed the Legislative Council, and were clothed with all the Legislative powers of the Territory, were, by a special act of Congress, author ized and directed to frame a code of laws for the then ' newly-acquired Territory of Louisiana; and, in obedience to this anoma lous act of Congress, the Legislative Coun cil of the Torritory of Louisiana went to work and drew up, passed, and the Govern or approved, a code of laws for the large and distant Territory of Louisiana, extend ing from the confines of Minnesota to the Gulf, and in those laws was embraced one of the most stringent slave codes that hus ever been enacted perhaps the very code, or the basis of the code now In force in Ar kansas, Mississippi and Louisiana. A copy of these laws, adopted by the Judges and approved by William Henry Harrison, Governor of the Territory of Indiana, and dated iu 1802 or 1803, will be furnished the State Historical Society." For Slavery, ad Only Tuat. Sena tor Brown, of Mississippi, has published a letter to Senator Douglas, protesting against the inference of the latter, drawn from some of Brown's speeches, that he en dorses popular sovereignty, lie does not believe the people of a Territory have a right to exclude slavery, and insists that the Federal Government is bound to pro tect slave7 in tho Territoriea, He concludes: ' " On this platform the South ought to stand in 1860. The Constitution gives it, and the Supreme Court has awarded it. If any party at the North can be rallied to this standard, the South should stand with that party. If none can be if no party at the North can be found to stand up for the equality of the States and the eaoal rights of the South then it best becomes the dignity and the independence of the South to fold her arms in silence, look com posedly on the conflicts between the sjioils- uiviiui mo ionu, ana inwaraiy ejaculate: '"Fight dog, fight bear, There is no dog of miue there.' " Hussia la the Background. Tho New York Evening Post lias an ar ticle written in view of the war in Europe, suggesting that Russia, which is well known to have a good understanding with France in the present complication, will, in the event of hostilities, tuke care of the " sick msn," Turkey: If Russia wishes to rcalizo the proud est dream of four generations of her sover eigns, and apply a most efficacious balsam to the great sore of the body olitic at this moment, the dissatisfaction of the nobility her opportunity the first real opportu- ity that she hus ever bad, and the last which may present itself for many a day at last has come. With France and Aus tria at war, the German Confederacy iu arms for the protection of Fuderlaud, Eng land seriously embarrassed in Iudia, and 111 doubt about the fortune of the struggle iu Italy, there is no reason on earth why the Czar should not tuko quiet possession of Constantinople, to have and to hold it for himself and Lis heirs forever, lie has, by the lust accounts, large armies concentrated in Poland and Bessarabia, the presence of Inch the impending events in Southern urope and Germany render most natural and justifiable. From Bessarabia to the Wullachian banks of the Danulio is one fortnight's undisputed march. From the Danube is but a week's march to Constan tinople, supposing the expedition to pass the Balkan up the whole way by land, which is quite unnecessary. At Constantinople there is no army, few fortifications capable of three days' resis tance, and half an hours' bombardment would make the most tortuous lanes of Stamboul as safe for Russian soldiers as the Xevskoi Prospects. Resistance in any part of European Turkey there would be none. The great mass of tho Bulgarians, Greeks, and Bosnians would receive the invaders with open arms. The Turkish ar my is but a name. Omar Pasha, the only General, is at Bagdad, barely able to hold his own against the Arabs. Even if he ar rived in time to fight a battle, he would have to oppose the ragged host he would find in Roumelia to the northern veterans. The Russians would not repeat the mistakes of 1828 and 1854, and waste a month be fore Silistria, Slmmla, or Varna. They might have St. Sophia's purified and re-dedicated before London aud Paris had recov ered from their surprise. ,We have suggested all this as a possibili ty. We think we may place it among the probablo incidents of the great struggle which is just commencing. Everything seems favorable to the cnterplise, and Rus sia is not Russia if she does not seize the occasion. Postmaster G kkeral Holt. Mr. Holt. the new Postmaster General, sets about his work like a man who is iu earnest. He may be seen at the Department before the usual hour for tho gathering of the clerks, and seems already to have inspired them with the policy of reforming their hab its or indolence and carelessness. Taciturn, observing, and industrious, he is not likely to be bamboozled as some of his predeces sors have been by the toadyism of subor dinates whose chief aim is to get possession of tho P. M. General, and then use I'iru for a selfish or doubtful purpose. He is diffi cult to approach and not at all given to fa miliarity, so that every man will be exnec ted to keep his place and perform his duty. in starting the retrenchment which has al ready been introduced he has exhibited a perfect indiffcrcnco to the clamor of politi cians, which may be considered a good sign. Extraordinary Discovery PiiotO' graphixo Sound. In another part of our columns will be found the details of a very singular discovery of M. L. Scott, by means or which sounds may be made to record themselves, whether these sounds are those of musical instruments, or emitted by the voice in singing or speaking. Professor Whcatstonc, during his recent visit to Par is, was invited by the Abbe Moigno to in spect the pajiers on which these sounds bad printed themselves, and is said to have been greatly surprised and pleased with what he saw. llie mark produced on the pnper by a particular note is invariably the same; to, also, if a person speaks, the tone of voice iu which he speaks is faithfully recorded. As yet no practical advantage has been obtain ed by this discovery; but M. Scott, is san guine that in course of time he will so far improve his apparatus that it will be capa ble of printing a speech, which may be writ ten off verbatim, to the great saving of the labor of Parliamentary reporters. The fholograplitc (brig.) lewi. 8& A writer in the New Orleans Delta of last week sayi it has been ascertained that a constant current of air is blowing from west to east clear around the globe, at a height of two or three miles above the level of the sea. It is the return current of the northeast trade winds, and is just as steady as the current of the Mississippi. He quotes Lieut. Mmiry in support of the theory. By means of this current he thinks it quite possible to travel to Europe in a balloon. Free Negroes in the Soirrn. The New Orleans True Delta, discussing the cruel legislation of some of the Southern States, and the disposition in Louisiana to imitate it, in regard to free negroes, says: " There is a large native rcsidcut popula tion, correct in their general deportment, honorable in their intercourse with society, and free from reproach 10 far aa the laws are concerned, not surpassed in the inofTen siveness of their lives by any equal number ber of persons in any place, North or South." 8QJ The New Orleans Picayune has ex amined a parcel of Mexican silk received from the Isthmus of Tehaantcpec, which it says is a curious product of southern Mexi co, and grows on one of the most beautiful and majestic trees of those inimitable forests. It is strong in fibre and firm in staple as the silk worm's thread, which in appearance it much resembles, and is wonderfully soft to the touch. JST The Japanese Islands contain a population of over thirty millions, with an area of only 260,000 square miles, showing them to be the most densely populated quarter of the globe. The Territory of New Mexico has within 2,306 square miles as much as the entire empire of Japan, and Texas falls 23,000 sduare miles behind. The Very Latest from Pike's Peak. The WinterKtt Madisonian is in receipt of the very latest from Pike s Peak (by pri vate letter, and perfectly reliable). It is to the effect that the miners are greatly dis couraged beeauti they are compelled to dig through four feet 0 tolid tilver before they can gel at the gold! To console the poor fellows in their trouble, the Madisonian re minds them that " riches are seldom obtain ed without undergoing difficulties." A StcaET roa Bii.no llxtri. Aa Italian Bish op, who had struggled through many difficult! without rapining, and been much apposed without manifesting impatitne, being askd by a friend I communicate the secret of bis always being so happy, replied, " It consist in a sing thing, and that is, te msk a right use at my eyes.'7 His friend, in surprise, bezged him to sxplain his mean ing. . Most willingly," rsplisd th Bishop. " In whateref state I am, I first of all look np to heaven, and remember that my first great boaines is te get lher. I then look down upon tb earth, and call to mind hr small a spac I shall soon fill in it. I then look abroad in th world, and se what multitude are, hi all respects, less happy than my self. And tho I learn wher trn happiness ' planed, where all my cares most end, and how El tie reason I srer hav to nrarmnr, or to be ether win than thankful. And to lira is this spirit, i to be 1wt hTJ." It is said that the Government is seriously prosecuting the enterprise of in troducing into the United States the cul ture of the tea plant. A ship is now on ber voyage from Canton to New York, with 60,000 plants, selected with great care by a special agent or the Patent Office. t&" Prentice acknowledges the receipt of a political letter as follows: " A gentle man who calls himself a Methodist preacher has sent ns a strange political letter. There teems to be some method in his mad ness, and a good deal of madness in his Methodism.'1 WST Mrs. Ansa Pope, of Spencer, Mas sachusetts, reached her one hundred and fifth year in December last. She retains ber faculties to a remarkable degree, nar rating to those who visit her, In the most vivid and animating manner, incident du ring the Revolution, and for several years prior to that period. $cg A correspondent of an English pa per affirms that he learned whilst in France among the best poultry breeders, that long, narrow eggs were set aside as male eggs, Imperial Fahiy Gossip. The Empress Engenie and her new cousin, the Princess Clotilde, do not " take tea together." A pleasant little " row'' has already occurred between them. The bride has such a taste for pink as a color that she wears continu ally bonnets of this hue; the Empress grew tired of this sameness, and scut a delicate hint, in the form of three " loves of hats," to Clotilde, who at once returned them; consequently the two ladies do not speak, and there is commotion atthoTuillcries and the Palais Royal. A Drunkard Eaten up by Battle snakes. The body of a vagrant Scotch man was found a few weeks since on Flat Rock, near West Chazy, Clinton county, New York. Near the spot where the re mains lay is a large chasm or ledge of rocks that has long been known as the den of a great number of rattlesnakes, and from the trails leading between the corpse and the rocks it is evident that the unfortunate man was killed by the serpents. Tho flesh was literally picked from the bones. It is supposed that the poor fellow wandered to the spot, and falling down in a state of un consciousness, became au cary prey to tbo reptiles. Extent or the Animal Creation. It is estimated that there are 20,000 species of vertebraled animals; there are probably 2, 000 species of mammals, 6,000 of birds, and 3,000 of reptiles. There are probably 8,000 or 10,000 species of fishes, and more than 15,000 of mollusks. It la difficult to estimate the number of species of articulat ed animals: it is supposed there are from 60,000 to 80,000 species of insects alone, and at least 160,000 of all the species be longing to this department, including mi croscopical animals, while some estimate it at (loumc mat number, ur the radiata. or fourth great division of the animal kingdom, there are about 10,000 species, making about 250,000 species of living animals, to say nothing of the fossil species. In the gallery of zoology of the Jardin del Plantei at Paris, it is estimated that there are more than 200,000 specimens of the animal kingdom, among which are 2,000 of the mammalia of 500 different species, and 6,000 of fishes of about 2,500 species. Increase or Longevity. It is a pre vailing impression among many that long life was more common in the times of our ancestors than at present. Facts would teem to prove otherwise. In the latter part of the sixteenth century one-half of all who were born died under five years of age, and the average proportion of the whole population was but eighteen years. In the seventeenth century one-half of the popula tion died under twelve years. But in the first sixty years of the eighteenth century one-half of the population lived over twenty seven yean; in the latter forty years one half exceeded thirty-two years of age. In the beginning of the present century one half exceed forty years. The average lon gevity of these successive periods has been increased from 18 years in the sixteenth century np to 43.1 by the last reports. This increase in the duration of life is be lieved to be the result of improved medical science, improvement in the construction of houses, drainage of streets, and superior clothing. K Newark Doily Adeertinr. kW A merchant in Winchester, Va., . ..a General Vrquiza and His Wealth. Gen. Vrquiza, President of the Argentine Confederation, having taken a prominent part in the peaceful settlement of our quar rel with Paraguay, the following in relation to him by the Buenos Ay res correspondent of the isew York Times will be read with interest; " General Urquiza is now 56 years old His profile is much that of Mr. Webster, He has the same dark, meteoric eve: and r..i...j i 1. 1 1 ' mu luicueau, tuougn icsn massive, aoet not lessen tho resemblance. His ettancia at ban Jose embraces 270 square miles. He has 30,000 head of cattle: 60.000 horses 80,000 merino sheep: aud 200.000 mixed breeds. He sold lost year 66,000 hides of hit own produce. Let the gentlemen of the bwamp' reckon their value. At for hit clip of wool I could form no estimate. Ho ia interested in ererr useful and nrofit. able enterprise in tho Confederation, and mentioned to mo that in the town of Rosa rio alone he bad $250,000 engaged in spe cial panuersmps. uo 10 uirq with a scheme that will bear the test of analysis, and he Is your man. He gives a lift to the indu triousaud aspiring, and reaches out hit hand to tave the honest aud unfortunate, Thus, there was a company who ran a line of American stages in the Confederation. which ramified to its remotest towns, such as lucnman and Snlta. The crisis cauirht them. What will carry you through?' ixoi less man one uuudred thousand dn . Inrs.' 'Call to-morrow.' They did and got the money. " At the town of Conception there ia Mate College founded by him. It occupies iuur am 01 a uiock xuu icet square, and educated Inst year four hundred and three boys, who are taught, lodged, and fed, gratis. The State devotes to its sunnort a small school fund Gen. Urquiza supplies uio remainucr. me rrotessors are all Eu ropean graduotes, and their philosophical apparatus, laboratory, library, etc., are the iruiu 01 his constant and inexhaustible bounty. He trave them lately an additional square for a hospital one was built there ior a nozen iieds. w lule we were there. he was told that it was too small. ' Double it,' said lie, and draw on nic.' " so, as mate etrtrs, " , . -., or those that would produc male chicken, , TJZSSZ. if batched out, aad that the round, dumpy ones would produce hen chickens. the business will be conducted under the film of J. Wyson k Daughter. Americans Presented to the Emperor Napoleon. The ceremony of presentation is described by a Paris corresponded of the National Intelligencer. Tho Emperor and Empress entered the room whore there was a large number of Americans, accompanied by Mr. Mason, the American Minister: His Majesty, prcscriptively impenetrable, inscrutable, as described and riitirtiil looked alt the impenetrability due to his reputation. For the rest, he is shorter than was stipjioscd by those who had only seen him on horseback. Like Tom Moore. he sits tall. He is much taller, however, than his prophetic uncle. He wore white small-clothes, a simply embroidered blue coat, and the grand cordon range. The fcinprcss walked at his side. Thev were unattended. No man of sixty could have read the poems of his youth without recall ing the Bride of tho East: " Fair a the first that fell of womankind, When on that dread yet lovely serpent smiling." A thousand such elowiiiir parallels miirht be applicable. A greater deirree of trace. more gentle, sweeter character of beauty in short, a more refined lookinir ladv. is probably inconceivable. Her toilet, also, bore all this character, except, possibly, for a somewhat over profusion of those myste rious substructures of expansion, seen, yet comprehended not. Her gown had the ap pearance of being woven of fleecy clouds, of the kiud known to meteorologists as cirri. There were about it ranges of dark green velvet lormations, clasped with sprays of di amonds. Her head the semblance of a kingly crown had on, glistening in brilliants, and fulling behind in a green velvet fold, from which depended a scoro or two of diu mond tags, or tassels, tumbling with every movement each a grace, be sure ami producing every charm and artistic triumph of which coiffure device is capable. Their Majesties bowed graciously ns Mr. Mason pronounced the name of every individual in turn. The Minister's memory struck me as being most extraordinary. Not a word was said by others; and, when the pair had walked along the entire line and re- approached the door through which they had appeared, the audience was ended by a general curtsey and general bow. They disappeared, and being gone, we were all men and women again, The Croup How to Prevent it. A correspondent of the N. Y. Mirror, a med ical practitioner, in an article on this sub ject says: " The premonitory symptom of croup is shrill, sonorous cough. The patient is not tick has no fever as often in a common cold is lively, perhaps even gayer than usual; hit hands are cold, his face flush. possibly a shade paler than usual. The solitary symptom may last for a few days with no material increase. Heretofore la tent, it bursts forth in all its fatal fury, and too often continues its ravages, unchecked, to the dreadful consummation. The reme dies for thit symptom of croup are simple, ana in most cases efficient. They are, a mustard poultice, or a strip of flannel dip ped in oil turpentine or spirits of harUhorn, applied to the throat, and nauseating doses of hive syrup to be continued as lornr as the cough remains. By this timely employ ment of mild agents, I unhesitatingly assert that a multitude of lives might be saved ev ery week, that are now lost through negli gence and delay." JJ- Catharine Ferguson, of New Loo don, aged 18 years, had been washing on Thursday last, when, feeling oncouforUbly warm, she immersed ber head several tiroes in a pail of cold water. She was immedi ately taken ill, and died of congestion of the brain. ADVERTISING RATK8. Oat aquar (19 line or leas, brsvirr msasnrs) on insertion, 13,00 - - two insertions, 4,00 Each subsequent insertion, J,00 Reonakls dsductious to thus who advertise 17 th year. . JOB PRINTING. Ths raoraitToa or th ARGUS i nsrrv to inform th publi that h has Just received a large stork of JOB TYl'K and ether new print ln mitterial, and will be ia th speedy receipt additions suited to all the requirements of this lo cality. 1IANDH1M.8, l'ONTKISH, W.ANKfl. CARDS, CIRCTLARU, P A M l'l I l.ET-AVORK and other kinds, don to order, on short nolle. The RirLEO Cannon. The new cannons which have just been substituted for the old material in the French army are all rifled. The calibers are but two; caliber of 12 for siege ; caliber of 4 for field guns. The solid ball Is suppressed; all projectiles are hollow. They strike at a solid ball, and bunt like shells. Their shape it couicul; they are provided with lead projections which enter the grooves inside tho cannon, and insure a great precision in firing. The cannon of 12 tells more against fortification than the enormous caliber tried in England. Tliry have beon tried as follows: Two similar heavy blocks of masonry having been cho sen, a battery of 25 (old plan) was mount ed before the first at SO yards, tho usual distance for making a breach. A battery of 12 (new plan) was placed before the other at about double that distance name ly, 77 yards. It required half the number of thot from the new cannon to make as wide a breach as was in ado by the old one. The balls entered the masonry 33 Inches deep, and then oxplodod, throw ing off large cones. The charge of. the new cannon was 2 lbs. 10 ounces of powder; the charge of the old ones was 18 lbs. The sujicriority of tho field-piece is still more marked; it weighs less than 600 lbs., and six men can carry it on their shoul ders through a difficult deGle. It requires only 1 lb. of powder, and tends a ball 4,- 400 yards with such exactness that it it ea sy to hit a single horseman at 3,300 yards. The explosive power of these balls is euor mous, as was lately exhibited by tho death . of Gen. Ardeut. This officer was watching the experiments through a horizontal long hole 1-1 6th of an inch high, at a distance of 66 yards from tho plnco where tho ball burst. A particle of iron extremely small struck him with sufficient force to break is skull and cause instant death. From tho above description wo are inclined to think that Orsini's experiments have not been lost on the French Government, and that they must charge their hollow balls ith something quicker than common pow der; they use cither fuliniuating or cotton powder. Color ok the Atmosphere. The gene ral blue color of the atmosphere, and tho brilliant and glowing tints of the morning and evening, arise from the different modifi cations which the different rays of light re ceive in passing through the air. When the sun is near the horizon the stratum of air through which the light must past be fore it reaches us is greatly thicker than when he is at a considerable latitude. The red rays possess a greater momentum than those of tho upper portion of the spectrum, hence they force their way in greater abundance through the resisting mass of air, and penetrate to the earth, while the violet aud bine are reflected or absorbed. Hence tho rudtly color of the morning and evening skies. The prevailing bluo color of tho at mosphere is to be ascribed to the greater fa- ility with which the bluo and violet rays are reflected, or from possessing less power to penetrate through the aerial strata. At great height iu the atmosphere the blue tinge disappears, and lue sky becomes a deep black. KaT Printers' errors are sometimes laughable A young clergyman printed a sermon, the subject of which was the neces sity for moderate aud rational recreation, in which occurred the passage, " Men should work aud play too." Tho want of a stroke ruined it, and the religious world was scandalized by reading: " Men should work and play loo." ka- Elder Munger, speaking of the time when he was a boy, ssys it was the custom of the school children, as you passed a school-house, to make a bow. But in these latter days as you pass a school-house you must keep your eye peeled, or you will get a snow-ball or a brick-bat at the side of your head. Couldn't UehisttiieTesi it ation. Mrs. Anderson, an accomplished lady of London, C. W., insured her lire for $5,000, for tho benefit of her son, who last week adminis tered strychnine to the mother, from tho ef fects of which she died. tjtj- The rust has made its appearance in the wheat fields of southern Georgia far earlier than last year. It is said to be very bad. 5T The Emperor Napoleon III., hay-, ing been born on the 20th Aprir, 1808, haa, completed hit 51st year. 19 The more a man accM0ppshe9 tho, more be may. An active to never grows, rusty. You always find tbwie nen tha most forward to, do good, or to improve the, timet and manners, always busy. NT Life haa for every one some bles sing some cup that ia net ouxed with bit terness. At every heart there is a fount of pure water, and all uin sojb or other taste its sweetness. Who is be that hath not found ia hit path of life tome fragrant) rote bosh, scenting all the air with, 'U ifM perfume?