THE OREGON A KG US,
BY I). w. CttAIO.
TKRMS-Thi Aeoos is fnrnUhid at
Thnt Dalian and fifty Vmli r , i
adeanet, It tinglt lubtcribenTkru Dalian
itch la clulu 0 ten at em tfficiin adtanet
Wkta Ihi maneu it aat paid in adaantt. Fear
Dalian will it charged if paid within tit
mantkt, and Fivt dallan at Iht tad a (As year.
If T Dalian far iim maalhtNa tulitcrlp-
ions rictivtu jar a ittt period.
JJf" Na piper tliicontinutd until all arrearage!
art rum, unless ai option I He puuiiaarr.
j Dully Dylaf.
; Not In i moment drops the rose,
i That in summer inr.len grows;
; A roliin sing beneath tlx trat
A twilight ton; of rcsiacy,
1 And tht riil, red leaves it iu frejrrant heart,
; Trembling so in delicious pain,
: Fall to tho ground with a Miiidtn lrt.
, And the Krtiss is guy with a crimson stain
And a honey-bee out of the fields of clover,
Heavily llyini; tin garden our,
Brushes tliu item it p w by.
And ol hem fall where the heart-leaves lit ;
... And air and dew, em the nhjht k done,
llav slolin the petals (very one.
The msplo does not alieil III leave
In oho lemptiluiiua scarlet rain,
"llut ooftly, when tho ooulli wind grieves,
Slow-wondering over wood and plain,
Ono by one ihey waver through
Tho Indian Summer! hazy blue,
And drop at lait nn tho (ureal mould,
Coral and ruby and burning gold.
'And annuel a gleam nf gorgeous dyea
Ne'er wild one shadow fadi away,
But slowly o'er those radiant kle
' There eteale the evening cold and gray,
' And amber and violet linger still
; Whan atara are oier the eastern bill.
par dentil ia gradual, like to these ;
We die with every waninjr day,
There la nn waft of sorrow's brecxo
r But heara aome heart-leaf alow away !
V I'p and on to the vnat To He,
- Our tile ia going eternally !
Ls of earth than we had lait year
V Throbs in ymir veins nnd throtw in mine,
Cut the way to heaven ia growing clear,
While the galea of the city fairer shine,
tnd the day that our laleat treasure flee,
iJe they will open for yog and me !
1 Ednah Dean Pracltr.
'I' Correspondence of the Aran.
v Sam Francisco, Sopt. 19, 1859.
'' Tlie Bay of San Froncisco lien at right
nglcstotho Golden Gate, extending for
horo than sixty utiles north and southeast
erly parallel to tho coast. Its average
ultii is, perhaps, ten miles. San Fran
cisco Buy proper, however, comprise but
little more than hair the entire body of wa
ter, ami lies south of certain narrows and
wall island near the eastern end of the
Entrance. North of theso the waters arc
know n by the name of San Pablo Bay.
At the eastern extremity of San Pablo Buy
H the strait of Corquinez; which widens
Mill further cust iuto Suisuit Bay, Into
rhich the Sun Joaquin and Sacramento
nvers enter. Boniciu, the highest point of
navigation for largo vessels, is situated on
the north side of Corquinez Strait. Above
this point tho channels are variable aud in-
' tricntr, owing to the disturbances of the
yiver floods, which cuter through a soft
tjilla or slough.
. On tho eastern shore of San Francisco
JLy proper lies a mountainous district call
ed Contra Costa. Those ports which lie
pearost the water alone are productive, the
rest boing sterile and valueless. A loner
VVa' or bar, r.'r;l'n with a rank growth of
coarse grass where the surface is so high as
escape perpetual inundation, rises against
tie shore, rendering navigation precarious,
'tod, at low tide, dangerous. It is in con
templation to remedy this by dredging.
jfontra Costa is the paradiso of San Fran
ciscans. Protected by a fringe of oak
ecs from the disagreeable winds that rage
ioily over the city throughout the greater
t Jart of the year, it is fast becoming the
fju'denco of business men. Several little
tJwns the principal of which are Oak
land nnd San Antonio have sprung up,
?id attract cowds of recreation-seekers.
JCesides this oasis of trees, which are them,
aorres too dark to bo wholly agreeable,
there is really nothing in all the vast ex
tent of countty immediately surrounding
the Bay to relieve the eye from the monot
ony of on endless succession of scorched
.ihd red mountains. There is, indeed,' a
dUtrict, embracing the city of San Fran
eteo, more than three hundred square miles
fn area, plentifully intersected by little riv
tileU and glens, affording a nestling place
for many a little garden. But such places
roof course concealed from the general
VieW and, indeed, bear but an insignificant
proportion to the wildernesses of sand by
jwMch they are enclosed.
" It Is not easy to distinguish how far the
iietail limits of San Francisco extend land
Ward. The first building that the ap
proaching traveler sees is a telegraph sta
fsn perched on the highest hilt overlooking
j ocean. On the appearance of any
r'Teuncr the intelligence is immediately lent
fTthe expectant news-boys and baggage
I "Jl Turning the corner of the southern
I xe at the entrance of the Bay, and rnn
i;g along ita entire length, is an aqueduct
I supplying fresh water to the city. Mid
frsf between the coast and city commences
exterior line of defenses projected by
( U. S. Government. The strongest and
f 1y finished works are at Fort Point, on
I i southern side of the strait. They pre
f. Jt one hundred and fifteen guna of eight
ten-inch caliber, in four tiers. Irame
tely opposite is Lime Point, a naked
r-k not worth two cents, which will ba
( TtiGed with one hundred guns, so aa to
f "Tiplete the outer defenses, as soon as that
V quint-eyed old bachelor of a President"
I 1 consent to pay two hundred and fifty
' Bnsand dollars for it The inner line of
lification consisU of a battery of fifty
Jts on Alcatraz Island. Other points are
t to be selected and supplied with bat
. jies. Officers of high rank express doubt
' to the efficiency of these defenses, be
. Tirj that inrad'ng forces may be laaded
me
A Weekly Newspaper, devoted to the Interests of the Laboring Classes, and advocating the
Vol. V.
anywhere between Monterey and Son Fran
cisco. From Fort Point the city assumes
a more definite appearance. In the very
midst arises a semi-circular line of hills
thrco hundred feet, terminating on each
side only at the water's edge. Ai you
stand on this high ground, the land breeze,
like that from " Aruby the blessed," is filled
with sweet odors. The hills which riso to
the south and west are covered with a very
sparso growth of mint, from which the
Spaniards derived the original name of San
Francisco Yerba Buena, good herb.
This, a mere village, was situated within
the line ot hills of which I sneak, the
ground constituting a pleasant cone. Here
stand, at present, all the great business
houses, although by grading and wharfing
the character of the place has been entirely
changed, more than fifty blocks of lota
having been reclaimed from the water. The
rest of the city consists almost entirely of
residences, scattered in all directions thro'
the valley which succeeds the bills of Verba
Buena cone.
There are no pleasure grounds iu San
Francisco. The original proprietors, by
some oversight, or actuated by a parsimo
niousness almost inconceivable, have appro
priated every inch of ground for building
purposes. The Pluzn, about which we read
so much, is a single square, on which a fee
ble attempt at Improvement has been made,
leaving it more ragged than ever. Some
of the more wealthy citizens have adorned
their yards with shrubbery and flowers, but
besides these there is not a green spot to be
found.
The city is much more active this year
than it was last when I was here. Crowds
of people pour through the streets, the
churches are well filled, and business ap
pears to be quite brisk. r. J.
A Wirt in TaoiBLS. " Pray, tell me, my
dear, what ia the eauae of thoae team?" " Oh '.
uch diagraee ! I have opened one of your letter",
euppoiing it to be addrcetcd to myeeif. Certainly
it looked more like Mr. Ili.m Mr." " Ia that all!
What harm van there be in a wife'e opening her
huaband'a lettenr" " Out the contenta ! Such a
digmce!" ''What! Iia any one dared to write
me a letter unfit for my wife to readr" " Oh, no.
It if couohed in the moat oluute language ; but ilie
dingraee!" The liuaband eagerly caught op the
letter, and commenced reading the rplatle that bad
been the menna of nearly breaking hi wife'e
heart. Reader, you couldn't curia the eaute in
an nga. It waa no other than a bill from the
printer, for nine yeara' utcr p ion ! A most aen
aible woman ! She ought to be admitted a mem
ber of the craft.
WiTKEHP.a Tiirkk. Shortly before he died.
Patrick lleury, Inying hie hand mi the B;b, ea d:
' Here ia a bonk wurlh more Hum nil olher. vet
it in my and miafnrtune never In have rend it, until
lately, with proper attention."
;th voice ami ceturu pcrtnnt, and all Ina
own, John Ilundnlph aaiil :
" A terrible proof of our deep depravity ia, that
wo cm relish and renumber anything better than
tiik Hook."
When the thudea of death were ealherini
around Sir Va!ter Scult, he eiiid to the watcher,
linng (lie i;noK. '
'" Whnt bonk!" naked Lnekhart, Ilia aou-in-latv.
" There ia but onk book," anid the dying man.
With aueh tenl mnnv na to the value of the Sa
cred Scripltirea, reiteraled by the great and good,
in allngea, it ia a eealed book to many ; it ia voted
Ui bu axiduiled from our public aehonla, end mulii
ludea of children nre growing up ignorant of in
li'Morieii, ignomntor ita iininorial truiha. and pro
foundly uueoiiacioiia that M it and to ila teaching
they owe all that ia of solid worth in racial life, in
civil liberty, in hum ill elevation, and in the hope of
an immortal existence. Firetide Monthly.
The brnve only know how to forgive : it
a the moat refined and generous pitch of virtue
human nature can arrive at. Coward have done
good and kind actions ; eowurd have fought, nay,
aometimea conquered ; but a coward never for
gave; it ia not in hia nature; the power of doing
it flow only from a atrenglb and greatnes of aoul
consciouj of ita force and security, above all the
little temptation of resenting every fruition at
tempt to interrupt ita happine.
Soaaow. Sorrow connect the soul with the
invisible and the everlasting; and therefore all
th;ngs- prophesy it before it come to na. The
babe weep at the wail of music, though he I a
tranger to gr'ef, and joyful young hearts are sad
dened by the aoieniu brightness of the mood.
TairLS Lose! A Rino, a FiNoca, and a Wire..
A Zouave lost one of hia fingers at the battle of
Solferine. u Bon !" he reclaimed ; juat my luck
to lose the finger upon which I wore my wedding
ring. Now my wife will iiuist upon it that I gave
it to another woman:"
tW What ia called the keeping up of appear
ance ia oftentimes a moral, or, rather, immoral ut
tering of counterfeit coin. It ia astouithinf hew
much human bad money ia current in society,
bearing the fair impress of ladies and gentlemen.
If If you wish to offer your band to a lady,
choose yonr opportunity. The beat time to do it i
when ah is getting out of an amnion.
To Git Ur a Roar CoMrLtxioN. If a woman
will rub virtu ia her heart, it will paint her check
with blushes.
Great Cities. The population of Lon
don is about 2,800,000. The entire popu
lation of Paris, including that of all its
metropolitan suburbs, is about 1,500,000.
That of New York, estimated in the same
way, is 1,000,000. That of Philadelphia
approximately would amount to 900,000.
Iiaixois'. The Springfield Journal conv
olains of the number of bouses " to let" in
that city, which, it says, is greater now Confederacy, promises to secure a Rcpub
thanat'any former period. Hard times' "can victory in I860. Unwilling however,
" ,. , ... ..w .!t0 encourage hopes which may be disap
have dnven people nd f011 "pointed, place their appeals for aid and co
duced business operations. The Journal 0ptratjon n,, tj,e assurance of snccess in
thinks the same effects nave oeen proaucea
throoj'xnt Illinois generally.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, OCTOBER 15, 1859.
I'.trcalar at Ike Reaakltraa National t'.esa
sal tie.
Tho Republican National Committee at
their meeting recently held in Albany, X.
V., Ismied the following circular to their
Republican friends throughout the Union
In the judgment of the undersigned mem
bers or tho llepublicun Natiouul Committee,
the time has arrived for consultation and
preliminary action in regard to the ap
proaching struggle tor tho rrr.ndenev, and
they beg therefore to rail your attention to
the suggestions wlucu follow. 'J ho Ilcpuu
lican party had its origin in the obrious ne
cessity for resistance to the aggressions of tho
sluve power and maintaining for the States
respectively, their reserved rights and sov.
ereignties. In the contest of IS5G, by the
presentation and advocacy or the true see
euro of government, it laid the foundation
of a permanent pohticul organization, al
thongh It did not get possession of the pow
er to enforce Its principles. When the re
sult, adverse to its efforts nnd its hoes,
was declared, it unaffectedly acquiesced,
giving to the victor, for the sake of the
country, its best wishes for an honest and
lair administration of the government.
How far Mr. Iluchanan'g administration
has realized these wishes, is now patent to
the world. With the executive jwwer of
the government iu his hands, Ins admimstra
tion has failed in crcry respect to meet the
expectations of the people, and has pre
sented the most humiliating sectoc!c of cor
rnption, extravagance, imbecility, reckless
ness and broken fuith. So apparent is this,
even to our opponent, that the so-culled
Democratic organization, always distin
guished for its disc'pliue and party fidelity,
is utterly demoralized and distracted, with
out any recognized or accepted party prin
ciple, nnd threatened with disruption by
the rival aspirations and struggles of its
leading partisans. While the Administra
tion has been thus faithless to the interests
of the country, and has thus disorganized
the party which placed it in power, the Re
publican party has been constantly mindful
of the great public necessity which called
it into existence, and futthrul to the funda
mental principle upon which it was erected.
Experience has only served to strengthen
the conviction of its absolute necessity, in
the rvformutiou of the National Govern
ment, and of the wisdom and justice of its
pttriMise and aims,
Although some of the exciting incidents
of the election of 1 850 have been partially
disposed of by the energy, enterprise and
valor ol n free people, the duty of Uepubh
cans to adhere to their principles, ns enacted
at I'luludclphin, and to labor Tor their es
tablishment, was never more pressing than
at this moment. The attitudo of the slave
power is persistently Insolent and aggress
ive. It demands of tho country much more
than it hns demanded hitherto. It is not
content with tho absolute control of the
national Government; not content with
the dispensation of tho honors and emolu
ments of the national Administration; not
content with its well known influence al
ways pernicious over the legislation at the
National Capital but it demands fresh
concessions from a free people, for the pur
pose of extending and strengthening an in
stitution, local in its character, the creature
of State legislation, which tho federal gov
ernment is not authorized to establish or ex
tend by any grant of delegated powers.
It demands by an unauthorized assumption
of power, after having, ns occasion required,
adopted and repudiated oil the crude theo
ries for the extension of slavery, of the am
bitious politicians who sought its favor
the establishment and protection of slavery
in tho Territories by uct of Congress, and
the revival of the African slave trade.
Upon no organization except thnt of the
Republican party can the country rely for
successful resistance to theso monstrous
propositions, and for the correction of the
gross abuses which have characterized the
present National Administration. It is the
duty, then, of all patriotic men, who wish
for the establishment of llormhlicnn nrinci-
pies and measures in the administration 6
the nationul government to aid in periect
ing and strengthening this organization for
the coming struggle. There is much to be
done involving earnest labor nnd the ex
penditure of time and money. There should
A thorough understanding and
Interchange of sentiments and views be
tween the Republicans of crory section of
the country.
Second An effective organization of the
Republican voters of each state, county nnd
town, so that our party may know its
strength and its deficiencies, its power and
its needs, before we engage in the Presiden
tial struggle.
Third The circulation of well considered
documents, making clear the position of the
Republican party, and exposing the danger
ous character of the principles and policy
of the Administration.
Fourth Public addresses in localities
where they nre desired and needed, by able
champions of the Republican cause.
Fifth A large and general increase of
the Republican journals throughout the
country.
To give practical effect to these sugges
tions, an adequate amount of money will be
required, for the legal and faithful expendi
tures of which the undersigned will hold
themselves responsible. The vast patron
age of the federal government will be wieled
against ns, to which we can oppose nothing
but earnest and efficient devotion to the Re
publican cause, and the voluntary pecunia
ry offerings of our Republican friends.
In conclusion, the undersigned may be
permitted to express their opinion that the
signs of the times are auspicious for the Re
publican party, and that in their judgment
' discreet and patriotic action thronghoitt the
the contest that is approaching, ine nnaer-
'rlgned tn constrained to ay that they rely
p HI
most confidently upon the potriotistn and
zeal or their Republican brethren for such
at 111 fis-l nAiMupatitn iHAatiMrlitl 1 .
hj
dicnt servants.
(Signed.) E. D. Morgan, X. Y.s Win
M. Cliuse, R. I.; Jos. Uartlett, Maine ; G.
G. Fogg, II.; Jno. C.Goodrich, Muss.;
Lawrence Rreinnrd, Vt.s Gideon Wells.
Conn.; Jas. N. Sherman, X. J.; Thos. Wil
liams, Pa.; K. D. Williams, Del.; Geo.
Harris, Aid.; Airred Caldwell, Va.; Cussius
M. I'lay, fcy.; U. N. Sehoollicld, Tenn.;
Thos. Spoo-icr, Ohio; Norman B. Judd,
III.; Jus. Ritchie, Intl.; Zach. Chandler,
Mich.; J. Stevens, Iowa; Jno. N. Tweedy,
Wis.; Cornelius Cole, Cal.; M. F. Conway,
Kansas; iwis I'lcphuue, V. L'.j Asa S,
Jones, Mo.; Alex. Ramsey, Minn.
Republican National Committee.
99 A party of American engiueers are
about to proceed, under the instructions
from the Navy Department, to the Isthmus
of Daricn to search for a practical route for
a ship canal. Explorations are to be made
to test the accuracy of tho statements of
Gisbome and Cullen, English engineers, as
to the existence of a depression of the east
ern Cordilcra so as to admit of the construc
tion of the canal. Should these reports
prove untrue, the party are to seek prac
tical route along the line traversed by Sur
geon Caldwell, U. S. X., In 1857. Among
tho many facilities for making the explora
tion, they are to be furnished with a bal
loon, from which observations of the coun
try may be taken through the use of whnt
is called an " instantertype.''
Work for the Next Congress. The
National Legislature, at its next session,
will have considerable service to perform in
the way of creating new governments, State
and Territoriul. No less than four Terri
tories and two States will ask recognition.
The people of Southern Nebraska, disap
pointed in gaining annexation to Kansas,
are moving for a State government. The
Governor is about to call an extra session
of the Legislature that the work may be
regularly commenced. They intend to ap
ply for admission In company with Kausas.
In addition, the people of Jefferson, Arizo
na, Dacotah, and Nevada, are also anxious
for Territoriul governments.
Relief of Neuralgia. As this dread
ful disease, soys an exchange, is becoming
more prevalent than formerly, and as doc
tors have discovered no method or medicine
that will permanently cure it, we simply
state that for some time past a member of
our family has suffered most intensely from
it, and could find no sure relief from any
remedy applied, until we saw nn article
that recommended the application of horse
radish to the face for toothache. As neu
ralgia and the toothache are both nervous
diseases, we thought the remedy for one
would likely give relief to tho other; so
we made the application of horseradish,
bruised, applied to the side of the body
where tho disease was seated. It gave al
most instant relief to the severe attack of
neuralgia. Since then, we hnvo applied it
several times, and with the same gratifying
result. The remedy is simple, cheap, and
may be within the reach of every one. So
says the Detroit Advertiser.
tOT A comparison in size of tho British
aud American coal-fields shows a vast dif
ference in favor of the latter. The produc
tion of the English mines is sixty-five mil
lions of tons annually, which amount could
bo mined in Ohio for five hundred years
without exhausting mora than one team,
while it is well ascertained thut in a thous
and feet In depth there are four or five
seams. The 12,000 square miles of coal in
Ohio are scarcely one-fourth part of the
coal basin of which it is a part, extending
through large portions of Western Pennsyl
vania, Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee.
Consumption and its Treatment. The
French physiciaus are at present much in
terested, it is said, in a new treatment for
consumption, introduced by Dr. Churchill,
an American physician in Paris. Dr. C.'s
theory of consumption is that it is owing to
unduo waste or an insufficient supply of
phosphorus in the system. To supply this
want ho administers the hypophospbates of
of lime and soda, in doses of from five to
to twenty grains daily, in a small qnautity
of sweetened water. In a paper read by
him before the Academy of Medicine at
Paris, he gave an account of forty-one cas-f
treated in this way with snccess. He in
sists that the cure of consumption, in the
second and third stages, can be obtained in
cases by this treatment, except when the
existing lesion of the lungs is of itself suffi
cient to produce death. He says that these
substances Lave not only a curative effect,
bnt will, if used where there is a suspicion
of the disease, prevent its development, and
thus act aa a preservative with regard to
consumption, just aa vaccination does with
regard to small-pox. This new system of
practice is said to be already extensively
used throughout the whole of the continent,
and favorable results have already been ob
tained in France, Germany, Italy and
Spain, as well u at St, Petersburg and
Coostintinopla.
side of Truth iu every issue.
No. 27
Presuytkriam Statistics. The follow-
mg statistics of the last ecclesiastical year
i
i;1 tta u.lnutc of the New
fSchooI Presbyterian General Assembly.
A comparison with the preceding year
shows that there has been a nctt gain of
ten presbyteries, forty-one licentiates, twea
ty-five candidates, one hundred and nine
ministers, one hundred nnd sixty-three
churches, and 20,295 commuuicauts. The
increase in contributions for the Hoards is
$811,090, whilst the total increase of con
tributions exceeds those of 1858 by $312,
22G. The number of communicants re
ceived on examination is greater thun in
any previous year except 1832, when, as
the results of the extensive revivals, the
number was 84,100. In 1833 the acces
sions reported were 23,540. The number
reported for 1859 is 23,945. For 1858
there were 20,792; tho number in that and
the present year being largely increased by
the revival.
The following will show the comparative
statistics of the New and Old School:
X. S. O. S.
Synods 83 28
Presbyteries 108 108
Ministers 2,578 1,545
Churches 3,487 1,542
Licentiates 297 134
Candidates 493 370
Members added on ex'n. 23.945 10.705
Total communicants 279,030 137.990
Singular. Death. The Vonkcrs Her
ald states thut some weeks since a Mr. Stal-
ter, of Sloatsburgh, Rockland county, killed
a large rattlesnake, which he carefully skin
ned. Some days afterward he accidentally
cut his thumb with the knife he had used
for this purpose, and his hand and arm be
gan to swell. The family sent for a physi
cian, who not being informed of tho facts of
the case, prescribed for the swelling and
left. Mr. Shaker became worse, and the
physician was again sent for, but he found
him past all medical aid. Before he died
his body was covered with livid spots re
sembling tho snake be had killed. Tho
case is one of the most singular in the annals
of medicine.
Significant Change of Xame. The
Boston Traveller, in speaking of Admin
istration organs, says: " At first it was the
Globe, and concerned itself with the welfare
of universal humanity. Then it became the
Union, and devoted itself to tho United
States. Xow it is the Constitution, which is
so interpreted as to lcavo more than liulf
the .country out of the consideration of tho
Government. ' Its next name will probably
the Administration, when it will huve to
moke but one more change to become ex
tinct, like its namesake."
SST The following ludicrous scene, wit
nessed In Clark street, Chicago, not long
since, rivals in reality anything ever painted
by novelist or playwright in tho works of
fiction: A young gutter-rat was passing by
a fruit stand, and seeing a fine watermelon
appropriated it and (led. The owner of the
shop gnve chase and rapidly overhauled
him. Tho youth dropped the melon and
put on additional speed. The owner, find
ing it impossible to catch him, threw the
melon at him, hitting him on the head and
breaking it (not the head) into numerous
fragments. Apparently satisfied, ho re
turned to his shop, and the boy, seeing the
coast clear, returned to the melon, aud sit
ing on the sidewalk, commenced devouring
the pieecs as coolly as Marius among the
ruius of Carthage.
Brave Girls. Two little children Alice
add Mnry Welsh, aged respectively nine
and twelve years, arrived at Hannibal a day
or two ago, having accomplished the whole
long journey from Ireland, without any oth
er protection than their helplessness and
their own brave hearts. Their father had
preceded them a year or more, and having
acquired a home here, wrote to the old
country for his family. On the eve of their
departure, the mother fell sick and died,
aud the little girls nothing disheartened, set
out aloneon their long and perilous journey
half around the world. All honor to the
little heroines)
A Xewly Invented Steam Boiler.
Mr. Joseph Hanison, of Philadelphia, has
recently invented a steam boiler, which, it is
claimed, cannot explode, or at least to such
an extent as to be feared. It is thus de
scribed: " This boiler, though shaped like
most others, is entirely different in ita con
struction being composed altogether of cast
iron globes to the number of about 300.
These globes are about six inches in diame
ter, and have at each end tubes about two
or three inches long, which connect one
globe with another."
Sak Juan. Our Government has been
advised by Gen. Harney of his proceedings
in taking possession of the Island of San
Juan, and from what has transpired it is
reasonable to infer that the position of the
Administration admits of no compromise,
it being folly satisfied that the island be
longs to the United States.
aT The best way to see divine !;ght, is
to pat out thine o3 candle.
AOVKIITI8INO NATKS.
On square (12 line or lr, brevier measure) on
insertion, (3,Qf)
" two Insertions, 4,VO
Each subsequent insertion, l.HO
Reaaouabla deductione to thos who advertise by
the year.
JOD PRINTING.
Tub raomirroa or th ARGl'S is iMfrr
to iuform the public that lie has juat received a
large stock of JUU TYI'K and other new print
ing mate riul, and will be in the si erdy receipt o
addition suited to all the requirements of ill's lc
cality. IIANDHIMX, FOKTKItH, HUNKS,
CARDS, CIRCULARS, I'AMI'IILKT-Wouk
and other kinds, done to order, on short notire.
Mlaeeltaay.
Exrresident Pierce nnd wife reached
Boston on tho 27th of August, after nearly
two years' absence in Europe. In the eve
ning Mr. Pierce received the compliment of
a serenade, and mado a speech, In which ho
declared thnt he returned with a stronger
love for the institutions of his own country.
The Boston Traveler publishes a letter
in which the King of Holland is requested
to contribute toward tho monument about
to be erected to tho Pilgrim Fathers at
Plymouth. The history of thoso distin
guished emigrants, as narrated iu the letter.
will doubtlohS interest his Majesty.
Chief Justice Taney, of tho United
States Supreme Court, Is in the eighty-third
year of hit age. His eight associates in
the Court, with oue single exception, are all
three score years and ten, and some of them
considerably exceed that age.
On tho 10th of September, the corner
stone of the monument to be erected to
commemorate the Buttle of Luko Erie, will
be laid by the Masons of the G rand Lodgo
of the Stuto of Ohio, assisted by their
brethren from other States, on Gibraltar
Island, Tut-iii-Bay, Lake Erie.
Tho Hartford Cottrant says tho num
ber of acres of tobacco under cultivation in
Connecticut is large, having trebled within
a few years. The crop has generally got a
good start, and promises to be a fair oue.
Mrs. Nancy Heath, who is still living
in oue of the interior towns of Illinois, wus
the first whito child born in Cincinnati.
When she was born, gnns were Died, drums
beat, and tho whole town rejoiced.
-Commodore Charles Stewart, the se
nior coptuin of the American Xnvy, and
one of the most illustrious of its coninmii-.
ders, bus returned from his European tour.
It is stated that the vencrublo captain, with
all the weight of eighty yeurs upon his
brow, looks as active and as bravo as when .
he trod tho decks of tho Old Constitution
nearly fifty yeurs ago.
An announcement is made at New Or
leans that from the first of September all
the frco persons of color arriving In that
city must immediately bo lodged in jail, and
there remain until the departure of the boat
or vessel on which they came. This is in
virtue of a law passed by the last Legis
lature.
-Tho Icariun community nt Xauvoo
sold all their property a few weeks since, it
mving been previously assigned for a debt
of $18,000. They realized about $10,000
more than was necessary to meet the debt.
The old Mormon temple lot and what re
mains of the temple, sold for $1,350.
Tho diminution of tho Pennsylvania
Stato debt progresses quietly nnd steadily
at the rate of about $1,000,000 per milium.
The interest is paid regularly, without bor
rowing, or the slightest financial difficulty.
The people of tho United States show
a strong predilection for a light nnd ficti
tious literature. Of two thousand old and
new volumes issued iu this country in a re
cent year, about ono liulf were works of
fiction or imagination. In France only
about oue ninth are works of tho same
class, and in England works of fancy con
stitute one seventh of the wholo number
published.
An American lady is living in Jerusa
lem under the impression that she is ono of
the two witnesses spokeu of In Revelations
who nre to suffer death in the streets of Je
rusalem. This is her fourth visit to the
" Holy City," which sho styles "Sodom iu
Kfe'ypt."
It is predicted by tho New Orleans
Delta that the Speaker of the next House
of Representatives will be either Thomas
Corwin or Emerson Etheridge.
Mrs. Harrison, the venerable widow of
ex-President Harrison, was very ill at her
residence at North Bend at lugt account".
Robert Wickliffe, aged 85, the wealth
iest man in Kentucky, and father-in-law of
Mr. Preston, Minister to Spnin, died lately.
The Democratic majority in tho Ken
tucky State Senate is ten, and in the House
eighteen; on joint bullot, twenty-eight.
A Rare Man. The following is an ex
tract from a speech made by the late Sen
ator Broderick at Plaeerville, Cal., last
summer. How mnny public men are there
who can say as much?
" I have lived among you for more than
ten years. From the commencement aud
during the period when the gross vices ot
public men were winked at or forgotten, on
account of the general laxity of morals that
prevailed in society, unleavened by the
presence of virtuous women, no man, living
or dead, ever saw me at a gaming table, or
in a brothel, or under the influence of li
quor, or ever knew me to refuse to pay an
honest debt. No one ever dared to churge
me with being influenced by tccuniary con
siderations iu any vote which I gave. Can
my traducers My as much!"
Benevolent impulses, where we
would not expect them, in modest privacy,
enact many a scene of beautiful wonder
amidst th pUndita of argls.