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OREGON ARGUS. BV Dt W. CltAIO. If -" Ai ' urnhhtd ' Tkru DM" M V"" "".' lit aiMI II '"' iiMM, fm "U n,. tilt 1 frf i7i- i- ..(. a K" . year. p.r iir JVa subterif tu' ttrtindjor a leu per itd. e,V. miurdiieH'd "'" irrnrttgtt After th tlall. TWast it"1 ""iU J llieir beautiful hair, T1ir iMtf. brigln ." " one, ;,i.,..uid end talked in ilw ehamUar lli ire, A uvr lln f - ' UlT uVv l!lJ f ' "J quadrille, Idly thy Ian1'''. I'1"""''" fl'h Wb ft 'h f,r, " U 1 Comb out llirir braid siitl cur!. k,Vi of ,la l,r,,",N', Kiwis of wr and ribbons, loo, gcsllered pbout In cry plat-, For ilif revel it through. Arul Maud i'id Mu le". I" r"b "f wh'te, TV pre"4 n'jlil-Bo n under Iho run, gloekioL-lt". slipper:.. BiShi Fur llw rvl is don gi ndeonil t1lr hmitiful hair, ThM wonderful wnrx of brawn and gulJ, tU ib I' " itt "'" ',,l,IDcr AuJ llio little b.ir fret ar oolj. Then out of enlierli'J winter n;H. All oal of tli ttitirr 8L A (rue wealher, IMc lb "' " n"u"0 " "'"i Valid and Mail),") toellirr. II, ih) and Minis in " "f ,liu'1 T'i I"'1'"1 ieli''f"wn ,uni fan-lard away f'om ih ?' ;y !. Alter (lie revel U done nmt alonr 'n splendid dn am, To a r'1,1"1 l;,"'rn' l'"linS ,un While a lliuiiaiiid luslree, shimmering, elmam la a palaee't rand anluon. Flhin( ut jeweU, and duller of lacf, Trep't-al lon weed? Ihwn miik, V.ttt and woniril with Ix-amtiful (net. An I eyea of tropical duk. Al one fr l'trM out like a alar. One fare hauiil'iie llie ilreanm of earh, Aal one (nice, mveetiT than ollieninra, Uiiukiiin into ailve ry fn-ri, Teliiuir. lli'O'Ulli I'l ut beardoJ Uoom, An oM.oM irtiirr o er aain, A) Jon lh ro.vil bannered rornn, To ilia (olden jlillpni't strain, T n I Mi ibey dreamily walk, While an mneen firit Hiilka bew'dr, Aad, all uiil ard In ih loven' talk, lie cluiiiie.il ono for a bride. Oh. Maud nnd MaU'r, dn-am en together, Willi never a winir "f jealoiw fear! Kor ere the lilr sl. Arum wentlur f-liull wliiltu another ) eur, R-iSfd f Ttlie hi i In! nnd roliel fur the toinli, IIiiiL-'l lironM h i'r nu t illei trr. There'll be on'y oue f you K ft fur Ilia b'ooin Of ih'. bear.leJ I'pa to re Onlv one fur I lie lir'dal ru'itrle, The rl.e f mil n mi l UnoHiU Inre, Only vite to h uli Ih Oi.gli her curia At the if'ii of a lont'a fuce. Oh, rx-.iiitirul M.i.U'r, in vmir brMal white, Fur you the revel lum jul heun ; Dul fur her who !e.-M in )our amu m-night, The ro.cl of Life ia ilu.ie! Dul, mbed nn ! orowrued n'lh your aainlly bliaa, y.irrn of hnivrn and bride of the nun, Oil, Ihaiitifnl Mau l, you'll hewr tn ia Tko UUoj uiiotl.cr hath nun! tlk'tlonary or l.ove. ApKNcn. AliSL'tn'o is fonstik'rcd tlic emit liuii'.' uinl torinitiit ol lovers. Every lover wrltis lo his beloved tlmt hen ub ant from If r, t!ic time l;ijr. oti lendea wings niitijttca tire turturcd in Lours, hours into (lays, dnys it.to wciks, weeks into montlis, montlis into wire, nnd years into mtcrniin-nlilcrg-K. )!.!'.'tiec lies Vwoms a bur den, nn I lit is k. t ullvc only by tlic sweet liojic of nieitiit!; Ilm denr obj.ct ngnin. Attack. A bri.-l: nlt.n k is a favorite )hasc cxit rk'iipcd at tho bttsint'FS of lovo nink'ii. They hnvo probably ttiken n hint from tlic piny, " Faint Hw.rt Never Won Fair Lady."" MueliiuYrl gives the lover a cue, in his lesson to politicians: " It is bet trr,"snyi lie, "to sin tliroitgh too much rivticity than too much tiiubliiy. Fortune is a woman, and reitiircs a bri.-k ottnek. Site grants victory olicner to rash, impetu ous diameters, titan to the cold and circum- li'Ct. Mf.aity. Inauty has been called " the poivt'r and arms of womun." Diogenes tailed it " woman's most forcible letter of recommendation." Carncndcs represented It its "a queen without soldiers," and The oeritns says it is a serpent covered with flowers," while a moro modern author hu morously dt finis it " a bait tlntt ns often eatehes the fisher ns tho fish." Nearly all tlio old philosophers denounced and ridi culed baauty as evanescent, worthless and mischievous. Utitalus! while they preached "Saiii.it it they were none the less its slaves. None of them were able lo withstand " the dj smooth witchcraft of a fair young face." " Fail Irenes mail's imperial raoe ensnnre, Aud beauty liratvn us by a single hair." A truly beautiful woman is a natural flueen in tho universe of love, where all pay a glad tribute to her reign. Dut it is nev ertheless true that the geographical stand ard of beauty is various aud unstable As Cowley sings: ''Beauty, thou wild fantastic ape, Jj ho dort iu eviry country change thy shape : Hers black, there brown, here tuwny, and there hhe." (To be Continued.) AV.vt.no Hills, March 23, '60. Hr. Editor: As I have not seen any thing in the Argus for some time in relation to our Division, I did not know but that ome of our brothers in different parts of the country might come to the conclusion that it, like a good many others, had ' gone "' But I shall be most happy to inform them through vour columns that Washing ton Division No. 23, S. of. T., is in exist ncc yet, aud in a very prosperous condi tion. The following is a list of the officers 'for the ensuing quarter: Wm. R. Dunbar, P; T. R. Hubbard, W Aj M. Small, RS; F. J. F.innon, A R S; T. W. Da jenport, F S; F. Wilbur, T; II. C. Small, i M. Fitzs-rald, A C; W. Crnnston, hap.; N. D. I'ltuumer, I S; T. J. Wil- 0 S. Yours, etc., s. b. w. Some of the liquor-sellers out TVest are getting alarmed at the extent to nich the wholesale liqnor merchants adul terate their beverages, and are about peti tjioning for a more limited nse of strychnine. Tmj say so much strychnine is now iufused to their spirits that it don't give on KOT time to pay for bis drinks. . f Why are tem-cata so musical? Leea use 7 a.- iU tid.Vsuin' inside. -A Weekly NcwKpapcr, devoted to the Interest, of the laboring Classes, and locating ' VV, OREGON CITY, OltKGOX, APRIL 7, 18 GO. Xo. 52, En. Aruis: I am sometimes amused with tho observations of farmers in regard to the quulilics of stock. In looking ut s drove of stock hogs it wus remarked: " We must get a better kind of how Tho stock is very Inferior to that we used to Lave iu tho Slutcs." " There must be fault somewhere. Some l.i.tv utt ui v iwg yearn ow, aim tnev will not weigh a huudred jionnds." "Iho fuult is in the stock, I think. I hare known hogs in Ohio inako three hun drcd weight of pork ut n year old." V oil, how do you treat 5Tur hojrs? I ml tlioui well. 1 HiihDOHf " " We don't feed them at all until we fat ten litem, una tlmt is done about two montlis before we kill them." " Dou't feed them! How do they live?" " Oh, they go ubout rooting up fern, camns, and eat grass, when they euiiuot do better. Sometimes iu winter, when they can't supply themselves with food, thcr die by dozens," " And do you think tlmt an improved breed of hogs would be of any advantage to you? Full-blooded Derkshire, Essex, or Irish Grazier hogs could not bo raised utall by such trcutuient. Your stock would die out iu two months. If you want good bogs, you must furnish them with good food, and plenty of it. You must feed your pigs as soon as they will cat. You must never let them full off. You must keep them in thriving order; and if you do so, your hogs at one year old will make more ork than they now do ut two. Tho reason you have not good hogs is that you sturvo them; or comu so near to it that they scarcely live." " Uut we can't afford to feed our bogs. They would cat their heads off." " You must full upon some plan to feed your hogs, keep them ulways thriving, and fatten them nt a year old. You must se lect your best sows, your best boars, for breeding, and thus improve your stock. If your hogs are pastured, also feed them. It will pay. l'otatocs, brail, wheat, bar ley, squashes, pumpkins, ail properly pre pared, will be good for hugs. This plan of half starving stock, and then expecting fine pork or beef, is sheer folly. Berkshire hogs or Durham cattle would die under such treatment. An old Pennsylvania farmer was called npon by a farmer who had practiced tho starving system. He wanted some of tho fine hogs of the afore said fanner. He bought son:c. They did i.o better On the starving system than his old fto.k. lie made his complaints. ' Sir,' sa'd the old farmer, ' I sold you my hogs, but I did not sell you my full hog-troughs.' That is the great secret. The best kind of hogs is made by the best feeding." Tnt l'.ITcet of C.u.ivoal on V lower. About a year ago (says a correspondent of tho Horticultural Review) I made a bar gain for a rosebush of magnificent growth and full of buds. I waited for them to bloum, and expected roses worthy of such a noble plant, and of the praises bestowed upon it by llio vender. At length, when it bloomed, all my hopes were blasted. The flowes were of a faded color, and I discovered that I had only a middling mtiltijlurti, stale color enough. I therefore resolved to sacrifice it to some experiments which I had iu view. My attention had been captivated with the effects of charcoal, as stated in somo English publications. I then covered the earth in the pot in which my rosebush was, about half an inch deep with pulverized charcoal. Some days af ter, I was astonished to see the roses, which bloomed, of as fine a lively rose color as I could wish. I determined to repeat the experiment, nnd therefore, when the rosebush had done flowering, I took off the charcoal and put fresh earth about the pots. Yon may conceive that I waited for the next spring impatiently to see the icsult of this experiment. When it bloomed, the roses were, at first, pale and discolored, but by applying the charcoal as before, the roses soon re sumed their rosy, red color. I tried the powdered charcoal likewise iu large quanti ties, Upon my petunias, and found that both the white and violet colors of the flowers were eqnally sensible to its action. It al ways gave great vigor to tho red or violet colors of the flowers, and the white petu nias became covered with irregular spots of bluish or almost black tiut. Many per sons who admired them thought that they won? new varieties from the seed. Yellow flowers are, as I have proved, insensible to the influence of charcoal. 1 Trassplastixo. Repeated transplant- .' . .i .1. -e i ...a n.t,i.! in retards uie jrxowiu ui auujw--1 llln J I ces premature maturity in the plant " j converts, for want of abundant nourishment,. wood buds into fruit buds. It is calcula- ted to produce early bearing. requent. . ... i .i . transnlantins is often resorted io uy me florists, in order to induce plants to pr t (rmt . erjict 0r cindemnation trom 3d and 4th, not applicable io Oregon, duce flowers, or to produce an abundance ti,e tt, which they know they deserve, 5th Fections or fractions of section", in of flowers and it is found highly efficacious ' d which they (ear awaits tbcai. Albiny jcladcd within the limits of any incorror--in the ballsm, coxcomb, etc. Journal, ' , ted town. iMcldeat Im th Life of lleary Clay. About tho year 184j, Henry Clay be came embarrassed to such on extent that ho had to niortgago Ashland. In tho mean time, a movenriit had been started In New Orleans by some of Mr. Clay's friends, to pay his debts and relievo him from his embarrassments, and Mr. A H. Trotter, the agent of tho Northern Dunk in New Orleans, wus sent Ent to pnnfi.p with Mr. Clay's friends. Tho consequence was that about $50,000 were subscribed, and tho Hon. Wm. PeniiiiiL'tou was sent to Kentucky with tho money, and reached Lexington known to scarcely any person. IIo walked Into tho Northern Bank, and asked for Mr. Scott, tho Cashier of the Dank, aud ujiou being shown that geutlfr man, jasked if there not several notes of Mr. Clay's tlmt were duo in a few days, and was answered tht there were. Mr. Scott was requested to givo tho whole amount of Jlr. Clay's indebtedness, which was done, aud a draft on oue of tho New York banks was handed him, aud Mr. Feu nington left the Dank with all Mr. Clny's notes paid. In a few days, Mr. Clay enmo to town to arrange for a renewal of the notes, if possiblo, aud was shown in the side room of the bunk. After sitting j few tninntes, he asked Mr. Scott if there could be any arrangement to rim the notes for a longer time. Mr. Scott looked nt Mr. Clay to see if he was uot jesting, and finding tlmt he was not, told him that a gentleman from New Jersey had called yesterday and paid all his indebtedness. Mr. Clay started when Mr. Scott spoke, looked at him a few seconds, burst into tears, and left the bank overwhelmed. No mu u ever had such friends as Mr. Cluy. Where Mr. Clay lived, his pcrsonnl friends arc rejoiced that William Penningtou has been honored with the Speakership. Don't Know Beaxs. A correspondent of tho Chicago Times relates the following juke nt the expense of an editor of an ag ricultural paper: " I was in the cars going to the Stnto Fair at Freeport some time ago, nnd unin tentionally overheard a conversation. Tho parties to tho conversation wero a farmer from Lake county, and nn agricultural cor respondent. When near Nevada, the mem berofthe 'stuff' was in the hight of an animated explanation of how 'wo' had benefited the farming interests by having agents always traveling, reporting the pros pect of crops, Ac.; just at that moment a field of buckwheat in bloom attracted his attention. ' What a fine field of" white beans that is,' exclaimed the traveling editor. ' Deans!' suid the farmer; ' that is buck wheat.' ' 0! what a beautiful white grain it lias! I must make a note of it, and write a letter from Freeport about it. Duekwhr-nt like that is uot to be found at the East! The specimens I have been accustomed to see produced a very dark flour.' 'Why, of course; thin buckwheat will produce a dark flour,' rejoined the fanner; 'what you saw was not the grain that was the blossom!' 'Oh! nh!' said tho editor, who quickly closed his ' notes on buckwheat,' and short ly after went into the smoking car. NEWSrAI'EK.S IX THE U.MTHD STATES. There nro threo thousand three hundred and sixty-four newspapers in the United States and Territories, of which six hundred and thirteen are in New York, four hundred nnd nineteen in Pennsylvania, three hun dred and eighty-two iu Ohio, two hundred nnd twenty-one in Illinois, and two hun dred and nineteen in Massachusetts, leav ing one thousand five hundred and ten for the rest of the States. It would be a cu rious piece of statistical information if we could discover how many persons read each one of thope three thousand three hundred nnd sixty-four newspapers; also what amount of reliable matter is publish ed, say in miles; how many editors, sub editors, reporters, and penny-a-liners, con tribute to them; the opinions expressod about them; and, as a climax to informa tion, how many subscribers to each news paper pay their subscriptions promptly in advance. The Way to Masaoe Horses. Never attempt to clean or otherwise disturb your i horse while eating Ins meal, unless you want him to bite and kick. But when yon clean, take him out of the stall, and mnkc a business of it. Tie your horse iu the center of the stall, unless you want your horse to do as most horses do, drive more on oue rein than on the other. Horses that arc liable to cast themselves in their stalls, should be tied with a neck halter, siviiiz them much more freedom of the j head than the nose halter. Oirtlcnrss, firmness, and moderation will subdue the ost obdurate. N. E. Farmer. . ., Usiox-Saviso. While Southern Dem- ocrats threaten to JJitsolce, Northern Democrats call meetings to Preserve the - - , . T .. IrtK hoc- a .AmmAn nttioor lint j , II I . Ml. will uV l"".vp. J - - - ncitjer My .hat tflcT It is a piimc for t)e 'resi(i.n(7i jn which the Union, a ball, is thrown from one to the other, it is in tnis see-saw way uei.iu.n --n at tho nnth and alnrmimr timid ones "-Vr" . n ,. hn, ... i. Vn-fl. l.ut d.am ripmnrrnrv hones ..vermis, LixDOmvi, Orrgon Viiy, March 84, 1800. Mu. KinroR Dy giving publicity to the, following extracts of law and instructions in relation to the entering of lands and tho. lucnuou oi taut) warrants, would ue a source of valuable information to settlers on iml lie lauds, and would uuiteriully relieve this oflico from the heavy tusk of answering nu merous letters touching the subject. Newspapers Iu the W illuuiette land dis trict please copy. Very resxctfnlly, yours, B. Jexmxhs, Register. Act4tii ok Sept., 1841. "The indi viduals claiming tho benefits of said act must bo First, A citizen of the United States, or havo filed his declaration of intention to be come a citizen. Second, Either the head of a family, or a widow, or a single man, over tho ago of twenty-one years. Third, An inhabitant of the tract sought to be entered, upon which, in Mrson, ho has made a settlement and erected a dwell ing houso, since tho first of June, 1840, and prior to the time when tho land is applied for; which land must, at the dale of trttle ment .have had the Indian title xlinguihel, and been mrveyed by the United States. A person failing in any of these requis ites can have no claim by virtue of this act. Where the settler is desirous of sccurini; the same under this act, ho must give no tico of his Iutention to purchase the same under its provisions, within three months from tho date of his settlement; and where tho lands are subject to private entry, prool, affidavit, and payment must be niudo with in licelve monllts after tho date of settle ment. The tracts liable to entry under this act are some one of the following designations: First, A regular quarter section, not withstanding its quantity, may be a few acres moro or less titan ono hundred anil sixty; or a quarter of a section, which, though fractional in quantity, by a passage of a navigable, stream through the snmo, is still bounded by regular sectional and quar ter sectional lines. Second, A fractional section, containing not over one hundred nnd sixty acres, or nny tract being a detached or anomalous survey, made pursuant to law, and not ex ceeding said quantity. Third, Two adjoining half quarter sec tions (in ull cases to be separated by a North and South line, except on the North side of Townships, whvre tho surveys are so nindo as to throw the excess or delicicn cv on tho North and West sides of Town ships,) of the regular quarters mentioned in the first designation, or two eighty -acre sub divisions of the irregular quarters found on the North and West sides of Townships. Where moro than two such subdivisions ex ist, or tho excess may render them ncccssn ry, provided in tho luttcr case the aggre gate quantity does not exceed one hundred and sixty acres. Fourth, Two half-quarter, or eighty-acre subdivisions of a fractional or broken sec tion, adjoining each other, the uggregate quantity, not exceeding ono hundred and sixty acres. Fifth, A regular half-quarter, and nn adjoining fractional section, or nn adjoining half-qnnrter subdivision of a fractional sec tion, the aggregate quantify not exceeding oue hundred and sixty acres. Sixth, If the pre-emptorshoiild not wish to enter the quantity of one hundred nnd sixty ncrcs, he may enter a single half-quarter section, (made by a North and South line,) or nn eighty-acre subdivision of a fractional section. Seventh, Ono or more adjoining residu ary forty aero lots mny be entered, the ag gregate not exceeding one hundred aud sixty acres. Eighth, A regular half-quarter subdivis ion, or a fractional section, may be taken, with one or more residuary forty aero sub divisions lying adjoining, the aggregate not exceeding oue hundred and sixty acres. These lots enn only be called 'residuary' after the sale of other portions of the same quarter-section, pursuant to tho act ap proved April 5th, 1832, authorizing such minor subdivision. It is evident, therefore, that forty-acre subdivisions can, in no case, be permitted of land not yet proclaimed and offered nt pnblic sale. Only one person on a quarter-section is protected by this law and that is the one that mndo the first settlement, provided he shall have conformed to the other provis ions of the law. A person who has once availed himsrlfl of the provisions of this act, cannot, at any future period, or at any other Land Office, acquire another right to it. No person who is the proprietor of three hundred and twenty aeres of land in any fetato or lemtory of the United States, is entitled to the benefits of this act. No person who shall quit or abandon hi residence on hit own land to reside on the public land in the tame Stale or Territory, is entitled to the benefits of this act. No pre-emption right exists, by reason of a settlement on and inhabitancy of a tract, unless at the date of such settlement, the Indian title thereto had been extin guished, and the land survpyed by the Uni ted States. No assignments or transfers of pre-emption rights can be recognized. The patents mast Issue to the claimants, in whose names alone all entries must be made." Si'Voby Descriptions or Land wnicn are Exempted from the Operation or toij Arr " 1st. I.fllliU ineliuliH in anv j reservation by any treaty, law, or prodnm- lation of the President of the United States, j and lands reserved for salines and other , vr- 2d. Land reserved for the support of . Schools. the side of Truth in every Wue J , Evory portion of the public lands which has been selected as a site for a city or towu. 1th. Kvcry parcel or lot of land actually settled nnd occupied for tho purposo ol mine, ami not agriculture. 8th. All lauds on which are situated anv known salines or mines. Persons claiininv' tho benefit of this act are required to file duplicate affidavits, such as the law requires, and to furnish proof by ono or moro disinterested witnesses, to your suti.sfaction, of tho facts necessary to estab- lish the threo requisites pointed out in the commencement of these instructions. When by rOftSOI. of (listlini'O. Sll'k newt, or infirmity tho witnesses! cuuno coiuo before you, you arc authorized lo receive their de. to be governed by tho following regula iKMition, which must be, in ull other respects tions- conformable to tho within regulation. The witnessrs must state, if the prc-emp- ter be tho " head of tho family,' tho facts of the Receiver, who will givo the oppli-whic-Ii constitute liiia such; whether a hus- cant a receipt fur tho amount paid, which band having a wife and children; or a wid- rcceint. ns evidence that the ft en have beeu owcr, or an unmarried person; under twin- duly paid, will be shown by him to the Reg-ty-ono years of age, having a family, either inter, who will then issuo a certilieut of lev of relatives or othors, depending npon him, or hired person, or slaves. 'All the facts respecting tho settlement In person, Inhab itancy, or personal residence, M time of commencement, the manner and extent of continuance, as well as those showing the apparent object, should be stated.' It must be stated that the claimant made the settlement on the laud iu person; that lie hus erected a dwelling upon the laud ; that the claimant lives iu it, and makes it his home, etc. By this means, you will be enabled to determine whether or not tho requisites of tho law have been complied with in nny given case. Should you decide against a claimant, who, feeling dissatisfied with such decision, inuy request, in writing, tho opinion of this oiiico t hereon, you will forthwith send to tho department ull tho orifjinul papers, touching said claim, and a brief rejiort of your reasons for rejecting it; nnd, iu the meantime, will not permit the land claimed to be entered or sold, without an order from the department." ClltCl'l.AR. Sept. 28lh, 1842. Arr. OfiTii op Am 184-2. You will re- quiro of every chnniant satisfactory proof nun no nun not icn ins own mnu in tne ...... t'l.i., . T...;in,. ii i ,.,!, .1... ... pi.iiiu uit.li; vi Aei.itvi i, iu i.ii.ao mu nut- tloment bv virtue of which he elniim r. rMit o under the act of 4th September, 1841. A claimant is bound to prove his right to, and enter ull the land embraced by his declaratory statement, if liable to the oper ation ol the net. The prool filed by fivry claimant must show the lime of the commencement of the settlement, as required, by the 1st pur. 5th page of the instructions of 15lh September, 1841. The affidavit of the claimant required by the 13th section of the act, must bo taken " before tho Register or Receiver of the land district, iu which the lund is situated" before an entry is permitted, nnd must be of tho sumo ditto with the certificate of en try. An affidavit before any other person will not justify you permitting the entry of the land claimed. Ciiicui.AR Letter, Nov. 21, 1850. Do not enjoin upon tho Register nnd Receiver tho making out or the preparation of papers for claimants that bciiijf a matter to be attended to by tho pru-empters themselves. Tho 12th section of tho pre-emption net of 12th Sept. 1841, which declares that officer is entitled to reccivo fifty cents for his services in acting npon each case of pre emption. Tho above paragraph has refcrenco to declaratory statements. General Land Office Bounty Lnnd cir cular of May 3d, 1855, contains the tariff in cneh case allowed for locution of such warrants; which, of course, embraces the locations of pre-emptors. The following fees are chnrgnnblc by the land officers, and tho several fees must be paid at tho time of locution: For a 40 acre warrant, 50 cents cneh to the Regis ter and Receiver $i. For a 00-ncro war rant, 75 cents to Register and Receiver $150. For an 80-acre warrant $1 enell to Register and Receiver $2. For n 1 20 aere warrant, $1 50 each to Register and Receiver $3. For a IfiO-acre warrant, $2 each to Register nnd Receiver $4. All these fees to be placed to the credit of the Government. circular. Dec 3, 1850. PRE-EMtTio! Acts 1841 nnd 1843 By the 4th section of the act of the 3d March, 1843, it is declared that when an individual has filed, under tho late pre emption law, (1841) his declaration of in tention to claim the bencfitsofsiiid law, for ono tract of land, it shall not be lawful for the same individual, nt nny future timo, to file a second declaration for another tract. This prohibition is held by the Depart ment to extend to both classes of lands Miioffercd, and such as are tuhject lo pri vate entry. Where a claimant, however, of either class of hinds, files a declaration, which may prove to be invalid in conse quence of the land applied for not being orien to pre-emption; or by the det'rmiiia tioti against, as a conflicting claimant, or from any other similar cause which would have prevented lum from consumntinga pre emption under such declaration, such ille gal riling will be treated as a nullity, and as no inhibition to his subsequently filing a legal and proper declaration for the same tract, should it become liable to pre-emption; or for any other land, it being the pur pose of the law to allow a claimant a pre emption upon one tract, and nothing more; and also to prevent declaration from being nresenti'd or filed where the intention of establishing a pre-emption is not bona fide. Ktatites at Larue, Page 305. Act 11, July. 1854. And a!l settlers on ADVfcrtTlSINO ItATKH. On square (12 lines or less, brevier aisuurej ofi insertion, WJM " two insertimis, 4,00 Each auhsenuent InserL'sn. I III) (teasoaabl deductions lu IhuM who advertii ly 111 year. JOB PlTrNTilfo. Tiia raoraiaroa or thi ARGl'8 is narrt lo inform Ilia nihlic that ha I... ( ...-.i.i . llT ad litimis mnxl to sll t,e riqnlremenis of th a k . oaniy. 1IA.MIIIII.IJ4, I'tlM FItH. Itl.ANKS. I, t'IKCl I.AIW. I'AMI'III .VT.uiiiia auil other kind., dune to order, im short notice. unsurveym! laud iu said Tcnitories shall give notice to the Snrveyordeiieml. or other duly nutlnir zed ofhVcr, of the panic ular tract claimed under this ncci inn, within six months ufter t!ie survey of such lands is made and returned. Statutes at Isr m. naire 385. act 18 Feb.. 185D. Settlers tiimit section 10 nnd 80 mnv I're-cmnt their st Itlemeut when made before survey, aud with u view to pre-emption, " nuiTun. "a'i'uii. 21 1850 i u;..s'in ii JiN wiam ,. ;. i- lml,i , ,, f, nii I teea rm'L'ivi'il liv llm !i,riut,.e ii ivi.ll na those retviviM. liv tlun.iiiliiw nml fn avnlil embarrassment hereafter ton li tl st. Wherever ai.i.lication is made toio- Cato a Land Warrant tlio IJi.irisli.r'a nml Receiver's fees are to be imid into the, hnml cation, and muke an entry. CIIICl'l.AR. Nor. 21, 1850. After the word pre-emption; (insert) but as iu many instances, the people do nothing moro tiiaii li lu the notice ' required by luw, this oflico has long since determined that there is no objection to tho lleeintrr't receiving his fee (50 cents) ut the time of It ling sucu notice, making subsequently no further ehnnje, but thut, as the Receiver has no labor in the case until tho proof is lileU and suiim.tted Tor Ins acttou, the latter officer lias no l ight to tho lee until he shall be culled upon to perform the duty for wine It payment Is provided, Items froiu Ibe Aliunde Hlalea. A proposition is before tho Seuuto Post Office Commit too authorizing a con tract with Zclitis Barnum and others for the use by Government of a lino of telegraph from Missouri to San Francisco, for ten years, at an annual compensation of $50,000 from the time the line is completed, which is to be in two years, at au estimated cost 0f $1,000,000. T, ii;h i,.,,.,,,!,,,,.,! i, f. wi.rfi.ll f .... - .-..v... .... .......,-. . ., n . . . . 1 -'xus. 111 lhc Solmtc. Io""ll, ' panics, the Southern Pacific and tho North ern Central Railroad, equal amounts of money and land, seems to meet with gen" end favor. Mr. Scott, of California, will introduce tho snmo bill iu the Houso, and it will be referred to a special committee of thirteen. Tho opiuiou prevails that thfl bill will be adopted by Congress without much delay, probably before tho meeting of the Charleston Convention, Judge Smulley, Chairman of tho Dein ocrntic National Committee, has been tu Charleston to mako arrangements for tho meeting of the Convention, He secured the Charleston Institute, which will accom modate nearly three thousand persons. A movement of troops hus beeu or derod on tho Plains to protect tho mails and emigrants traveling those routes. Tho troops In Utah will be withdrawn with the exception of ono regiment. CoXflKKssioxAi.. It is uncertain what course the. Senate will tnku relative to the admission of Kansas. Tho action of the Republicans on tho Mexican treaty, it is said, will havo somo influence on tho action of tho Democrats concerning Kansas. Bills will bo reported In the Sennto for territorial governments for Nevada, Pike's Peak, mid Dacotali. Nothing turther is oiitemnlated for Ari.oua ut present than a Surveyor Gunerul and a Judicial district. The Committeo on Agriculture has do cided to report a Homestead bill, which will pass tho House, hut us success iu tuo Senute is uncertain, The friends of protection are confident that tlio Committee of Ways and Means will soon report a bill imposing specific in steud of odvalorem duties, wherever tho sumo arc practicable, Senator Brown, of Mississippi, hns pre pared a bill, which ho will soon offer, pro- I . .. - , t p .l ..... -.! : .... iding lor a slave coue ior ine icrnioricn. B-fi- It is a singular fact that two of tlio most vigorous writers in the Eiifflisli lan guage appear to be in total Ignorance of all the leelittirs which taxe inuir rise iroin in puss'ion of love. We know of no singlo me Unit lias luiiun iroin tun pen ot owut, or that of Macaulay, which indicates nay sympathy with that passion which, in the greatest number of minds, affords the most powerful ol all motives. Scandalous. The following libelous toast was swallowed nt a recent miners' festival. It is awful to think of the loud. of sin these type-stickers hove to carry for their vile slanders or the ladies: " Woman Second only to tho Press in, the dissemination of tho news." j? A coteiiiponiry wunts to know la whnt age women Imve been held iu th highest esteem. We don't know. But certainly fashionable Indies till a lirgi r space iu the world now than they ever did before. jk?Two men, Joseph Sparks nnd Os car Flint, wero assailed in the suburbs of Baltimore a few ui(?lits ago by a gang o( houlder-hittcrs. Flint was knocked down but his companion ecaedby flight. When, the scoundrel hit Flint, Sparkt fitu) Har,Fashionable circles wero never so numerous as they are row. Almost every lady that appears in the streets is the ceu. ter of one