THE OREGON AKGUS,
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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.
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Viol.
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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.
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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.
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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.,
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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
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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.
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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?