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Thou fl f"r-,ver llet. rr, ltinrt-twJ lliou III fc-lil.il lute been, I'll pec ii etorina em uuw iiiolrfL Ye niournrn, weep no ler fr her, Nor linger willy 'ound Ilia tml Join aucf il poruli anlarrd, II prracuc Mill diaib I lie loom. TIikI ftnn '!" t" " lf' Tlwiill I' ' 11 '''P in iIckiIi, n riJintco with lliafpiril erowiicd, Ikowii purr elbrrml lirialli. While ir. rilr"jouriiiii( hrre, ifu uch m li llie tv.or blent, Si)Hiif, llim iniol their apiril br, Wiio wuuld with Him in glory riL Kur chrru'i omt arc n'lina now To welcome you Uufnre ill 'I'lirone ; A r brier yeam lifi 'i lalxin done Ana tin y 'II grot-l ynu iu Ihat limn. Jiu nrMw reach Ihat peaceful alinre, Hut all i holy, culm, and bnlit ; Willi rjinomtil p ril pur aa llirin Anji'lw boaledothcra uti le. There you will join llie n mph llirmiir, All cUil in rubtii of tpulltaa wli.le ; fair ia lluit t-ity without ami, The Lumb ia the eternal light. Triierrfure, your dmojiiuj he,ida lift up, And comfuit yv youralricken he.irta; Know Ihal yur Kr.lceimr livetli. And grace uud lory alill imparta. OcL 30, 1860. Zaluona. 'All ulliie'on la the ad 'P'ed balie, of whom ene nil. "I knew no leaa atrecl.on fur it lluu 1 kiJfiltfor my own." Keugio. Itrpg'o, which the OuriUulilinin look on 2 1st of August, is un ancient jilncc, twins oldr than authentic profiiuc ImkIo rjr. It whs louuded by Z ineliotis nmrc than twentj-fivt? ceuttiricH Ago, Ziinclu bein I he or'g'nul nuiue of Messinu. It was one ul the niont fumous pliiccs iu Murim Onccin, midyivc birth to muny persons of emi neucein literature and the arts. Destroy ed by the first Dionysiux, it was rebuilt by the younger Sicilian tyrant of that name, who culled it PliiEbin. An earthquake af terwards ruined it, but it was restored by Augustus,' wheueo its latter classic name of Jtilium. In modern times it In s be longed to the Goths, the Xorninns nnd the Xeniolilnii8. It was twice destroyed by the Turks in tho sixteenth century. It was vhnost totally destroyed by an earth quake iu 1783, but has since been beauti fully rebuilt. The population is about 20, 000, who do a good business ns manufac turers, merchants nnd fishermen. It is the capital of Calubriu-Ultro, and its legul name is Suutu-Agntlia-dvlIu Gallina. Ocsax Tki.kcraphy. The London Times, alluding to successive failures in the attempts lo transmit telegraphic messages . ly wires laid on the bottom of the Medi terranean, English Channel, and other seas, expresses n belief that oil attempts of the kind will continue to fail. It says that admitting every enre is taken nnd every imaginable appliance of any snpposablo value is used, and supposing n practically unlimited outlay, and the exercise of the highest scientific skill, tho construction of deep sea telegraph is, in our prcscut tate of knowledge, out of tho range of possibility. Texas Nabobs. The editor of the Dem ocrat who litis been engaged in taking the tenses in Brazoria county, says that be found six planters whose landed interest 'n the State of Texas amounts to 360,668 ! of land; they together own 27,981 ead of cattle, and last year raised 74,500 oashels of corn; the aggregute wealth of the six amounts to two million two thousand Ihree hundred and twenty-three dollars. The capital invested in the coal lands rpennsy Irani is said to be nearly $324, 04,000. The canals and slack water con Med with the anthracite conl trade mea "815 miles in length, nnd cost $50, 000,000. S. E. Flannijxnn, Esq., Dodglas 'Hlidate for State Attorney, in Illinois, "sued a curd declaring for Lincoln and Hamlin. Although Mr. Douglas is his choice, he s-s no chance whatever for election. Hence he goes for Mr. Lin t'"i to put down disunieiiusm. ? r,y in 'ife M'- Douglas began to """be the true spirit of Xew England. VrgMi Democrat. "ell he might, for it cost him only cents a gallon. CUteland WTh word "Boh," still used t frtfitea children, was the name of a fierce "-ruanan general, son of Odin, who was j terror of all bis eneta lie -A Weekly Newspaper, devoted to tlie Interests of the LaWing Classes," and advocating Vol. VI. Th Nri fere UU Mlaet. Dun Ciimi, Oft. 28,1800. Eti. Amis; Ciijit. Pierce nnd purtr, who atarti-d out more tlmn two months go to procpect for gold in the N Perec countrj, liuve returned. They report fine prosjKcln and an extensive guid ri-Rion ly ng on tlio lnndwuttri of Clear Wnttr bo yoiid the IWre, about 170 milts E.X.E. of Fort Wullu Walla. Mr. IluMct, of Portlund, lie wn one of the pnrly, came down on the ,tcumcr rrom Wullu Wulla yestcrduy. He hud about $25 of the gnld with h'm. The gold la found in dry diggings, a well as on the creeks. There ore nlso abundance of gold- bearing quartz in tliut country . lie SnVS there is room fur thousands of people to work that there are paying diggings all over tliut section. They propoctcd near two months, and the average yield was about 1 cents to tho pan ranging from 2 cents to 15 cents. It is very Cue gold, but of the placer kind rough and craggy wiien closely viewed very heavy Mr. Basset intends going buck there to winter. He is on his way down after sup plies and tools, and also to form a small compnny of a half dozen or more to winter there. Ho is confident he cau make it pay nil winter. L;ke all new mines, many man will go up there and get disappointed becausu lie cannot pick up gold by iho spoonful. I I. . ... . . m iiiitc no iioiiiii nun ii a man should go there and wotk as dpt. Hatch did, he would make money. He will have to work fur $5 to $10 a day, and take chances for any more. Look out for a great excite ment in the spring. To those who go there to work, it will be no humbug but a great humbug it will be to others. Len. fur tin Argut. A hUrlrk. With wenry eyes and an aching head, 1 commenced my ramble. The breeze gently fuhiit d the-rippling sen, and its murmurs soothed me. Tho fragrant air, tuneful birds, and soft southern breeze wooed me onward. My footsteps sought "Ocean Glen," the city of the dead, tliut com manded a view of tho broad Atlantic. An nged man was seated beside a newly made grave; at his feet sat a young golde n haired girl. Beautiful tho contrast per fect the picture. With reverenco I drew near. The patriarch's voice was broken uud tremulous the blue eyes of the girl were rea witii weeping. Tim okl man's words show me his heart. " Yes, child, it was a long journey I came lo attend your grandmother's funeral. The telegraph brought news she was dying. Iu my young days" (ho said musingly) "such things as telegraphs and steamboats were not thought of. 'Twos many a lung day since we met; how strange wo should meet at the grave, I the living, she the dead! " How well I remember the day cousin Hannah was married. How beautiful I thought her then (you are nothing like your grandmother, child), with her large dark eyes and bands of raven hair. I swam tho lake that morning to gather lilies for her bridul. A strange passion was iu my heart; I wanted to wreathe the pure white lilies iu Hannah's rich hair; 1 wanted the long cold stems to turn tu wa ter snakes, that I might strangle the proud man beside her. " I wns a boy and only sixteen, Hannah a girl and eighteen. She never knew how I worshiped her, how tho pnssion of man hood was in the heart of tho boy. We used to stand beneath the pomegranate trees in her father's orchard, and guther the ripened fruit. It is all over now, and my turn will soon come." And he repeat ed slowly, " In my father's house arc many mansions." Again lie said, " I go to pre pare a place for yotii" His voice grew indistinct, and then ceased altogether. The silence became painful the child's face was full of aWe. " Give me your hand,'' said the aged man; " my eyes are getting blind." He attempted lo rise, but his strength failed, and he sank back. One frightened cry, and littlo Hannah gathered the white-crowned head to her bosom. A few sighs, and the freed spirit was prepared for the crown immortal. Tho next day another grave was made, and the cousins slept side ly side. Lin Lebish. PiBKEBsvii.i.r, Sept., 1860. AX ACT to set off a part of Yamhill couuty and annex the same to the coon tr of Clackamas. Becnox 1. Be it enacted by the Legis- lative Assembly of the State of Orejon, the Chatham and the Jrany wrijrhed an That so much of the comity of Yamhill as chor, and sailed in company for the bay of is embraced within township 3 sontD fofl ranze Xo. 1 west of the Willamette meridian, as described on the Government surveys, is hereby net off from said county of Yamhill and annexed to and made a part of the connty of Clackamas. Approved, Oct 17, I860- A roan pacing through a gateway in (he dark, hit his nose against a post --- -- , , - - ... . 1 sh that post was in n i, m -! 1 Better ' . a a. ..a a ter wisn u miwwiit bystander, again." 'Yon might run sgainst il ; OUEGON CITY, OREGON, NOVEMBER 1 7, DUcevrry f the t.olumbl lUver. jtdoi Thornton's MKMoniAL. The following memorial, detailing in teresting events in the curly history of uregon, was submitted to the Legislature ut its lute session: Gtnlltmrn of the Legltlutliit. Autmbly: J. Quinn Thornton would respectfully represent that in the yenr 1848, while in Washington Citv. Hull J. Kellv. A. M of the Stale ol Massachusetts, confided to ins trust a silver medal which hud been struck lor the purpose of commemoratim? the great historical fact of tho discovery of ute iiioiiiii oi ine Loinmwu river, liy Cap tain Gray, on the 11th of May, 1792. Your memornlist received it in trust, that nf n filftiiff t riu L.. M.....I.I If .... . i ...... .iu TI.JUIU ifiMau u aiiiiii l.lu Hiunnellinn nl it 'I ... - f-. ..... ..-j,UniMu,i ui ,1.. j uiir mi'iiiiiriiiisi knows not how, in executing the sacred trust confided to him, he could mnke a more ' appropriate disposition of it' than by presenting it to the State, one of the most prominent geographical features of which is the river, the discovery of which It was designed to commemorate. He therefore prnys your honorable body, as the repre sentatives of the people of the Stute of Oregon, to accept it in their name. Your metnorulist hopes thut It will not be deemed inappropriate, if ut this time and iu this pivscucr, ho present in a con densed form the principal historical facts which stand more or less nearly connected with this medul. In the yenr 1787, a company of mer chants in the ciiy of Boston, consisting of J. Barrel, S. Brown, C. Bulfench, J. Darby, C. Hatch, and J. M. Pintnrd, with a sagiic ous liberality uud enlightened enterpriser, fitted cut lite Cnl-mbia nnd IVatliinplou for trade nnu exploration en tne iNoriii-west const or America. Tho former vrss.l wns under command of Capt. Kendrick. and the hitter under that of Cant. Gray. Theie gentlemen suited from Bos ton on the 80th of September, of the same year, with letters from the Government of the United States, and passports from that of Massachusetts. Both vissrls arrived at Xontkii Sound in September 1788 the Washingiim a few days before tho Coliim- hht where they spent the winter, taking furs of the nulives in exchange for com modities brought out for that purpose. in the lollowing spring, tnpt. Gray took command of the Columlna and sailed for Canton, from which place he sailed in the autumn of 1789, and returned to Boston harbor iu 1790. In 1791, Cnpt. Gray in common; of tho Columbia, and Joseph Inirrakam in command of the brijr Ilnpe, sailed for the North Pacific. In llie spring of 1792,Cnpt. Gray arrived on the North west eon's, and while siiilinjr Northward, discovered an open place iu latitude 46 deg. IC niin., from which n current flowed with a force sufficient to prevent him from en tering, though he spent uiuo days in his efforts to do it. In April, 1792, he hailed the British ship Discovery, and informed her commander, Capt. Vancouver, that between tho 46th and 47th degrees of north lat tilde, he had discovered the month of ii river which ho was unablo to enter in consequence of the force of the current setting out to sen. . Capt. Vancouver, in his journal, speaks of this latitude as hav ing been passed by him two days before.- He says, "the wholo const formed one compact, solid, nnd nearly straight harrier to the sen." lie also further added that he was " thoroughly convinced that he could not possibly have passed any safe navigable opening, harbor, or place of se curity for shipping, on the const, from Cape Mendocino to tape t lattery in 48 deg., nor httd he any reason to alter his opinion, notwithstanding theoretical geog raphers had thought proper to assert the existence ol large inlets, communicating with a mediterranean sen, and extensive rivers with safe nnd convenient ports." Capt. Gray feeling sure that he had dis covered the month of n largo river, on the llthofMay, 1792, renewed his efforts to enter it w ith his vessel. With some difficulty he succeeded, and sailed up to the place now known as 'longue roiut, where I e dropped his anchor, took in a supply of fresh water, and remained until t ie 20th, trading with the natives. Upon leaving the river, Capt. Gray gave to it the name of his ship Columbia. The land Immediatily at the north side of the en'rance of the river, he culled Cape Han cock; that on the south side, Point Adams. . Ilecetn, in 1775, had seen this opening in the coast. Menres had seen it in 1788, but left it, believing that no river flowed into what he regarded as only a bay; and the strength of his convictions npou this subject he testified by naming this opening Deception Bay, and by bestowing the name of Cane Disappointment upon the high point nf land on the northern side. Iu October, 1792, Vancouver having learned from Quadra, the Spanish officer in command at Xootka, the discovery Which Capt. Gray reported that he had made, sent the Chatham, in command of Capt. Bronjrhton, to explore it. On the arrival of this officer at the month of the river, he fntl id the brig J'iny, from Boston, lying at anchor. The Jenny had sailed from Xeotkn a few days previoui. dipt. Bronghton left his vessel nt the month of the fivt-r, proceeded op in his cnttef to a point somewhere near the month of the Willamette. On the 1 0th of November, San iranewco. It is worthy of observation that Capt. Vancouver in remarking in his journal up on C8pt. Gray's statement that he had been " off the mouth of a fieer where the outset or reflnx was ro strong as to pre vent his entering for nine days," adds; " This was probably the opening passed by us on the 27th, and Was apparently Inac cessible, not from the enrrent, lull from the 'oMaih ; . .... . , . ;, n r u f rw j i i rivuimi .1 i rm ... Cupt Vancouver admits mat wpv Gray discovered the river. After leaving Xootka, in October 1792, ho says tho serenity of the weather encouraged bun lo hope thut ho inilit be enubled on hit way south, to " rc-cxnuiine the const of Xew Albion, and particularly a river and har bor discovered by Mr. Gruv. of the CWui- Liu, between the 4Cth and 47th degrees of nortli latitude." Cnpt. Gray's pretensions to tho honor and right of the discovery have been dis puted with much warmth by some English writers, who claimed that distinction for Alexander Mackenzie, a British subject, who, it wns Affirmed, discovered tho north em branch of the river. That this claim is not well founded, we have the testimony of Mackenzie himself, who admits that he did not touch the river until June, 1793. Upon tlio linul return or the expcd tion, which, ns your memorialist has already stated, was fitted out by tie sagacious liberality and enlightened enterprise of the gentlemen already named, a few silver medals were struck fur the purpose of commemorating cnpt. Urny s discovery. it was ut once seen that tins would become an important fact as constituting ouo of the great elements of title to the country drained by the river, because priority of discovery, ruiiowed within a reasonable time by occupancy, gives, under the law of nations, the domain, in virtue of which the nation nlouc muy use the country for the supply of its ncccssitii s, nnd the premier, or right of sovereign command. Uuo of these medals was deposited in the State Department at Washington, nnd is now in the Library of Congress. One wns retained by Cupt. Gray. It is believ ed that these arc the only ones now in ex istence. Upon Capt. Gray's having end ed the voyage of life, and gone " where all the ship's compnny meet," his widow here- came the possessor ofthe one he bad taincd. After keeping it several years, she gave it to Hull J. Kelly, A. M., iu trust that he would make " some appro priate disposition of it." She confided it to this gentleman because be had long been known to be luliy impressed with n sense of tho value and importance of the country west of the Rocky Mountains, and because she regarded him us having conceived of the plan of colonizing the territory, having lor tho object and end of such labor the founding of a new republic of civil and re ligious freedom on the shorts of the Pacific. Your nii-nioriilist, le'ng nt tho Rent of General Government in 1848, laboring ns best he could to promote the common in tcrests of nn infant community which had already planted under a rrovis:onul Gov. eminent, the vine of christiuuity nnd the iterm or civil freedom, ho received tho nc- compnliying' medal, promising to make "some appropriate dtspos t:on or it." ' He therefore usks your ucccptnnca of it, and he prays Unit you may be niailo tho honor i-d instruments, at the hands of the Great Ruh r of Nations, for establishing on broad and comprehensive principles, thj instita tions of civilization and liberty, in " The coiitjnuona wnoda whorn Mile llie Oregon And hears uoaound aave h a own tlaahaigit." J. Quinn Thornton. lUpnrt of the i'.jnmlttee Cnmmrrr.e. Thi standing committee on commerce, to whom tire nccampanying memorial of linn J. Q. Thornton, presenting to the Stnto of Oregon a medal, the history of which is therein set forth, was referred, respectful ly report: Thut the facts narrated in the memorial of Judge Thornton, are and always will be full of historical interest to the people of Oregon ond of tho United Stales. They constitute in pert the muniments of title to a great nnd valuable portion nf our nationnl domain, by virtue of which the American people to claim and hold the same when doubted end denied wns justly declared to be " clear and unquestionable." In this view, the medal possesses great value nside from the interest attached to it as a reminiscence of the days of early enter prise, when in the infancy of our nation the sagacious and energetic merchants of Bos ton were seeking on tho fur distant nnd then unknown shores of the Xorth Pacific srn, new fields for commercial exploration anil trade. The medal is made of silver, nnd bears the following inscriptions: On one side, in the centre, two vessels under sail, the circle surrounding them the words, Columbia and Washington commanded by I. Ken drick. On tho reverse Fitted at Boston, N. America, for the Pacific ocean, by J. Barrell, S. Brown, C. Bulfench, J. Durby C. Hatch, and J. M. Pintnrd 1787. The committee recommend that the memorial be printed, nnd also that the fol lowing joint resolution be adopted: Resolved, That the Legislative Assem bly of Oregon accept with thanks to Hon. J. Q. Thornton, the medal presented by him to the State of Oregon, and thut it be deposited with the archives of State in the hands of the Secretary, to be kpt as a perpetual memorial of the first discovery and early history of the State. j S. E. Morton, Ch'n. Costi.t Sxokic-Pipe. A farmer, in Scott Vulley, recently lost $4,000 worth of train, in consequence of some one having knocked the sshes from his pipe in the. straw-yard. The farmer " cossed the pipe" and said no rrtpre about it. Orestes A. flrownscm, originally a - . i t . r t ' radical Democrat, and always a profound thinker and ah writer, has given in his adhesion to the Republican party. In a speech at Elizabeth, Xew Jersey, lust Week, he came out ia favor of Lincoln and Ham lin. bst- wasnmgion vuy contains oi.euu "rT' Sich LTilTnT1.8 of 21,399. The whole of the District ef , Colombia contains a population of 75,365. j against 51.681 in 1850 The number of 1 slave, is 3231, against 3687 iu 1850-a decrease of 456. J the side "of Truth iu every issue. 1 800. No. 32. Titr. Con a i, I nskct. Sometimes God accomplishes the mightiest ends by the fei blest instruments. For example, many of the lovely islands of tho Pacific are formed entirely of coral, while others are protected from llie violence of the waves by a circular rampart of the mime material Founded in the depths of ocean, this coral wall rises to the surface, where it Indicates its presence by a long white line of break ers. The giant rollers that come in from the sea, and threaten with their foaming crests to sweep thut island from Its base, spend their strength and dash their waters into snowy fount against this protection wull; and thus, as within a charmed circle, while all without is a tumbling ocean, the narrow strip of water that lies between this bulwark and the slioro is ns calm ns peace, reflecting as a liquid mirror the boats that sleep upon, its surface, and the stately palms t! ut fringe the beach. These stupendous breakwaters, that so greutly surpass In stubility and strength any which our art nnd science hare erected, are the work of what? They are the masonry of an insect nn insect so small that the hu man eye can hardly detect it, and so feeble that an iufuut's Anger would crush It. tST Monsieur Dumont, the celebrated jurisconsult of Geneva, has left an interest ing sketch of Puino, the author of " The Ago of Reason," etc. " His egregious conceit nnd prtisumptnous self-sufficiency quite disgusted nic. He was drunk with vanity. If you believed him, it wns he who had done everything iu America. He was nn ubsolute caricature of the vain est of Frenchmen. Ho fancied that his book upon the ' Rights of Man ought to replace every other book in the world; and he told me, roundly, thut if it were In his power to exterminate every library in e.vlilcnce, he would do so without lusita tiou, in order lo eradicate the errors they contained, and begin with the ' Rights of Man' a new chain of ideas and principles. Ho knew nil his own writing by heart, but he knew nothing else" Bachelors, Attention I The attention of bachelors is invited to the following 1 wuiP from the Springfield Republican: " There are some sad sights iu this world n city sacked and burned a buttle field nf.er a great slaughter a London in the midst of a great pluguc a ship burning nt sea a family pining in slnrvution a jug of molasses wrecked npon the pavement but to ns the saddest sight of all is an old bachelor walking towards his end, his great duties undone, his shirt buttons off, his stockings out nt the toes, and nobody to leave his money to. Were we such n man, the mild, reproving eye of a widow or maiden lady would drive us mad. But there is still hope. Uglier and older men than any of our friends havo married beau tiful wives, who trained them admirably, nnd spent their money elegantly." China. The lust census, in 1858, made the population over four hundred millions. In 1 757, the census gave ouly 190,348,828; in 1780, it guvo 277,548,431; iu 1812, 331,693,179; and iu 1841, the second last cennis accessible, 413,457.311. If any reliance can bo placed upon the accuracy of tin so returns, tho population of that empire has rapidly increased during the Inst century. It is not easy to reconcile these facts with the notion so often ex pressed, that China is in a state of deca dence, nnd requires to have its life renowed by an infusion of foreign elements. A Deformed Bonv bit a SofNO Intel lect. In Lexington, Ky., there lives a singularly deformed negro, tweiiiy-one years of age, three feet six inches high, who drags himself on crutches, but whoso majesty of intellect is really marvclotis. A litter from an intelligent neighbor says ho is a living miracle of intelligence; hits tanght himself to read, Write and cypher, and bus thoroughly learned algebra by him self. A kind friend assisted hitn in trigono metry nnd calculation of eclipses, and now he thirsts after knowledge. He now desires to study Brewster's Optics, to make h'mseif a telescope, and know how to grind his own glasses, and no doubt Will succeed, if perseverance will accomplish anything, tar Humboldt, in his " Aspects of Xa ture, ' states that the highest peak of this earth's surface is DaWulaglra. It is 26, flOO feit above the level of the sea. A higher one has since been disco; ered, to the Annuirt fur I860. It is Kcnichio trinza. on tho western ranze of the Hvma- j,,., J, reoehes the enonnotjs altitude of 28,200 feet. 0 Miss ltirriet O. Itosner has been selected by a committee appointed by the Missouri Legislature to superintend the erection of a bronze monument to Tbos. 11. Bei.too, to execute the work. This is a tribute to genius well deaerved. fliniJM Bo-tree," in the . , . . mmt . ,,Hfl ni rf Cfn- Unt4d ,f8 B. C, and is tow 2148 yaars old. RATES OK ADVERTISING t One Miliar (Iwelv line, r la, brevier meuure) en inaerlian 9 S 00 Kiit-h ubaiuent inoi-rtion I (if Jjuaiiiixta earda ene ytar SO liU A liberal deduction will be liia.de lo tliM who adienia by tlx ytar. IW Th number of iueartien ehould be nokd en Hi ntaryln of an adveriiaement, eiherwio il will b publiahed till Unbidden, and charged ac cordingly. , IT Ubiluary notice till be charged half lb Bitot rate nt dvrliein. IV Jos I'hintiso tiecuttd whh neatness and duelled. I'aymint for Juh Printing mutt ii mailt s irlirtrt, tf ikt trorlr. Tub ' Niooer' in tiic Xorth. Alluding lo the lute seizure of a sluve at Victori the Port Townsend Itegisler sots, ironical ly: "Dr. Kane, hating got bevond the reach of the question during his Arctic c.V pedition, we had hoped thut we alo might be a little too far ' north' for tho ' infernal nigger to Interfere in our local politics. But we are mistaken, and perhaps, il we had a superior lorce in these wutcrs, wu might have ' a bit of a row.' Tho appro priation of San Juan Island by a monopo ly, protected by a greut nation, is Irivul in its nature, because it is northern territo ry, and tho musters of our Government did not want to injure tho foreign cotton In terests. The protection of the murderers of a dozen Americans, and pirates of two or tuoro vessels on our waters, Is aut a cause of very serious disturbance. But qow the 4 rights of the South' are invaded: the child of a white father and slave mother has been taken from an American vessel nnd restored to liberty in a foreign eon u try, T.'U miles nortli ol the Hue or the .Missouri Compromise, and it is high time we had a fight." Moral condition or Ireland. An Irish journal states that the assizes, now nearly over throughout Ireland, had been remarkable for the number of prisoners td be tried. In the county of Antrim, one of tho largest in Ireland, there were only three persons In custody. In .Monaghaii there were but two prisoners, and these were charged with petty lurceny. At Ros common there wero seven cases, the most serious being a case of manslaughter, aris ing out or a drunken fray. In Clare there wns one serious case, but only lour.prison- ers. In Meath, no cases. In Limerick, seven. In the city of Limerick, no pris oners for trial. In Wexford, two man slaughter cases. In Down, three cases, nnd Wiektow and Lcitrim only furnished four prisoners between them. The Globe says thut this good state of things points the moral that the great body of the Irish . people is engaged iu peaceful industry, Rome and Sardinia. A summary of Pope's allocution of the Consistory, of tho 28th, is published. He reproves and con demns iu stringent lerms the detestublu attack on the Church and Government by Piedmont. He protests and would not ceuse to protest against their acts, which he declared null and of no effect ; eulogiz ed and blessed his defenders, nnd called on the European powers for assistance. Ho deplored the disastrous policy of non-Inter-veution, nnd called on the powers to ex amine seriously into the dangerous effects, and concluded by expressing his conviction that tlio Catholic Princes and people would yet come to tho assistance of the faithful, who is attacked by the parricidul arms of a degenerate son. It is reported that Napoleon in reply to th Pope, maintains the non-intervention principle, and while promising to maintain order in the Holy See, his desire was to consign Romo to the protection of a genu ine Italian power. Burning Glass Extraoruinarv. Ah Islington artisan has contrived a burning glass of such extraordinary power thut it has not only served to concentrate the rays of the sun, but tho attention of Iho lenrned societies in England, Its diameter is three feet, and the hardest nnd most solid sub stances, sach ss steel, flint, nnd even pin tine, are melted by it in a few seconds. Nor is the diamond able to resist it. Ono weighing ten grains, after being exposed to the lens for half an hour, was reduced to six grains. During this time it opened and foliated like the leaves of a flower, and emitted whitish fumes. When closed 02uin, it retained its form nnd polish. Independent American CatholIcs. The Richmond Whig says there has recent ly been organized in thut city a religions society or congregation styled as above, the object ol which is to dissever all con nection with tho Pope of Rome and his Bishops) and, in tact, to repudiate and protest against the Rome Hierarchy in every form. It is composed chiefly of F rehcli and German citizens, litis is the first, move to establish nn Independent Catholic Church in America, and bids fair to increase in strength and importance, us a large number of adopted and native citi zens in every State of the Union aro expect ed to organize s'milur congregations. The Negroes (loifio. The grain, liemn. lend, hay, and other products of our State. are not the only things raised on or taken rrom the soil of Missouri, Which find n ready market in the South. It is well known that a steady stresm of slaves is flowing straight to the marts of New Orleans and the plantations of the South. pearly every steamboat from Missouri has more or less or the darkies on board. The Chambers, on Wednesday, brought down thirty or forty. By the V est Wind, yesterday, arrived Col. Adams with thirty- five, and the Planet starts for the bonih this morninar. with about fiftf. The exo dus ii setting in early. St. Joseph Demo crat. 10 On the Fotlrth of July, at Buenos Ayres, the U. S. brig Dolphin tired a m Lite in honor of the day, (he shore batteries replied, and the vessels of the state squad ron in port hoisted the Stars and stripes at the main. At Montevideo H. M. S. O her on "dressed ship" during the day, and the merchant ships in port hoisted their flags. Dirr. A Douglas paper ia Xew York returns thanks for a copy ef " Covode's Life and Tiroes of James Buchanan" alias the report of the faraons investigating com mittee. It says that there are very few public men so fortunate as to have their biographies compiled from offldal reports and sworn ita tementa,