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XT rs - - f ') v.:! VOLUME 7; SALEM, OREGON TERRlTOltY, MARCH 31, 1857. , a . I , NUMBER 3. i '! - . 1A A IV J - J. I U z7 .Ay vyyi . . ..I -. , -; ; ' ' - T as i Cl)e Oregon Statesman. ? - A9.MUBL tWRIa, PraprltruMl Kitttar. Tkuw-PaUHMI Wfrktv.at Bra dollars per aanam if ant paid witbio MX months ; four dollar per annnra If nal4 wrthlo Mx month;, thrre dollar prr nnam N pa prr wiH be ili-coetiooed.nnlw. thropUoo of Mw pmi!!!"iiT-i , Mil ill Mil iiiruini 1 ' I , - InrrtioM. OJnfor rvery sdJitli InvrtKWi, II IW. A lRwrsl drdnrtkm will be nwi to yearly, half awl oartvr vrarly advrTttsci. . , . , . . -Aaaiaeat Jteittnin " r" PiJ to "axSuTto naHtr liRnt. fceK f JJTl cli raetit. and all lejral a ire. U n pre-faM . wfllte caarj- .v. nnlerin the Ame anMhued. - i tM ner are Dllihrtl the Law.lt-ii4titioii and Treatlr of the I'nitrd Statr. an-t the Lairs aod feaaolnt ton of tha Territory l Orrm. by aalhoritr. , - ' ErJxa lHaaV XTk do not love t lattgli t timea f Wrier tfca mn r woman tlwt Joen"t find it a relief to m!lo and bo hf py T And w ho ia ao dull but V Mit neraiMMtlr mior. rijht hi-artilr. w4l r a Well relnted jeat T t'eroarn we Dave . - - m-if k an At tTMnlmuT Dleasant mieMM cumL mm1up rti rtle, we can . tHr;lro4 enjoy It, tio. . It fa Imw aoae year since the old styled hymn, j torieiaallr m? in tha puritan church, wera laid aid for the unprored and beautiful poeua of lr. Watu and others. lint we can recollect a ! ftioi roanr itanx.ts that ned to be ' d-aconed ott." Iin ftr line, and aunjr hy the congregation, which were aapbatically amnsins;. Imagine, dear reader, a meeting full of people drawling out tha following, for instance: ..... . .4 . " The race ia not forwver got By him who fastest runs ; . '" ' t "Xor'the battle bT those people vho shoot with the longest gtin.' Now isnl that poetical T At least, there ia a strong tincture of trnth in these homely lines, which mar be commended ro onr " fast" young nenj The following lines aJdrossed to the son, chtma rery well with the preceding, although of modern origin? All hail thoa glorious Sun, Bright as a new tin pan, " I Thoa roundest, fairest, purest source , Of ferasui and cheese to man." Then w dare a toorbimj allusnm to the po--raatnra, or Macassar, which Aaron awahbvd his whisker with, on a certain occasion, rioVtho fol lowing: . ,.j . t tJ . T5j the preeions ointment ..-, ,,! llewn Aaron a beard did go: . Pown Aaron 'a btrd it dowu ward went, ' Ilia garment skirts nnto." . . The next couplet is a thrilling and masterly ad tlrcs to whales, vsmpirrs, sharks, torn -cod, hali but, sceppoy, eel.arpii-. ft H amaegrsiB really a beantlfai renti to sing in church : Ye monsters of the bubbling deep. Your Maker's praises spout ; ' Vp from the stra. ye codlings peep. And wag your tails about." The quotations made above are very well known, and have been chanted scores of times. A Mm.miI. . , A moment is a mighty thing. Beyond the soul's imagining. For in it, though we trace it not, Ifow mnch there crowds of varied lot ! - -. Hew much of life, life cannot see, I fcarta onward to eternity ! While vacant hours of beauty roll Their magic o'er some yi-ldfd soul, ' 1' Asf little do the happy imess TlMtssisf sisms irnsthnlsmt - - Itr dream, amid the soft iisrewcll That time of tt esn is taking. How frequent monrns the funeral knell, " ' What noble heart is breaking. While myriads to their tombs di-scend , , Without a mourner, creed, or friend ! K. Mvmlgomtrg. ".Time sprds away away away . Like torrent ia a stormy day; . lie anderuunes the stately tower. Uproots the tree, and snaps the flower ; And sweeps from our distracted breast .The friends that loved the frienda that blest: . And leaves as weeping o the store. To which thry e.nn return no more. "Time speeds away away away, V eagle through the skies of day,' ' ' Ko wind along the hills can flee . v - So swiftly or so smooth as he, "Like fiery steed front stage to stage, - lie bears ns on from youth to age ; Then planges in the fearful sea Of falhtMaloss eternity. . . Knox. ' aThe Pittsburg Union has the follow ing in reference to the " three Pennsylvania Democrats who voted for fcamero instead of Forney:"' '. ; .' ' Be what shall we say of the three Judastt who have so foully betrayed their nartv for their mis erable pieces of silver T Their ignominious perfidy purely can find no apologists, even aaioog the rab idiat f our political em-mie. Hen may be pleas ant at the iwult of treachery, bnt they will in variably , and iiistint-tivly scorn the traitor. .Hu manity, with ail its depravity, will not look with Favor cpon the contemptible creatures who lend themselves to treason. Oh ! for a tongue to curse the slave, Whose treason, like a deadly blight. 1 Comes o'er the counsels of the brave, . . To blast them in their hoar of might. Mar life's unblessed cup for him ,. ( , 'Bs drngg'd with tmacberies to the brim; '' '" ' t ith hopes that but allnrc to fly, ' ' With joys that vanish while he sips, .Like Duad Sea fruits that tempt the eye, . . But turn' to ashes on his Hp. . . H is country's curse, his children's shame, 4)uteastof virtue, peace ami fame .May he at last with lips of flame. On the parch d dosc-rt tlkirstiug die; . . While lakes that shone in niockry nigh. Are fading off, nntonched, nntat4l, Iike the once glorious hopes be blasted." A Gambler. Among the innumerable anec dotes related of the ruin of persons at play, there is one worth relating, which refers to a Mr. Porter, . a gentleman who, in tlie reign of Queen Anne, " possessed one of the best estates in North umber Jaod, the whole ofwhichhe loet at hazard in twelve months. According to the story told of this mad tnanfor we will call him nothing else when he hnd just completed the loss of his Ut ., . jranwiing-nouse in London, and waa nnwM)inff ! the stairs to throw himself into a carriaireto i convey bim borne to his house in town, he resolved L ft..n.A ,A I. - 1 - , . . upon having one more throw to try to retrieve his ' loMes, and immediately returned to the room 1 where the play was goingon. Nerved for the worst ' that might happen, he insisted that the person he I bad been playin; with shonld give hint one chance m recovery or ngnt nim. itis proposition was tins : That his carriaire and horses, the trinkets and I.kc ! money ia hu pockets, his town houo, plate, and f omit ana in short, all he had left in the world. should be valued in a lump at a certain sum, and be thrown at a single east. Xo persuasions could prevail on him to depart from his purpose. He threw and lost; then conducting the winner to the . door, he toM the coachman there was his master; ano marched forth into the dark and dismal streets ; without honse or home, or any creditable means of j support. Thns beggared he retired to an obscure ' lodging in a cheap part of town, subsisting partly ' irm uuii,.t, wmcomes acting as tne marker at biUiard-tablc, and occasionally as a helper in a ; livery stable. In this miserable condition, with i aaaean ana tamine staring him in the face, ex-; w Liiose wnom ne bad once supported, he was recognised by an old friend, who cave him ton guineas to purchase ne cessaries. He expended live in procuring decent apparel ; with the remaining five he repaired to a common gaming-house, and increased them to fifty , ha then adiourned to one of the hiirhf-r nnl... ..e houses, sat down with former associates, and won ' twenty thousand pounds. Itetoniug the next ! - -.- , , , , . , night, he lost it all, was once more penniless, and ' . on maJ 6eaa knowledge by read after subsisting many years inabjett penury, died j 1Dg JOU most Separate the chaff from ragged beggar in Kaiat Giles. I the wheat by thinking. B.rir t. or mntbrnla. We copy the following interestinirreniinrs ence of tlie early trade of Califoruia from the Tacific ?iitfnct., , It is from the pen Jlr. layioror Momery i . From 1820 to 1835, or dating from the beginning of the century,' a tnrions . trade was carried on front Monterey ,1n the shells of the A atone. ' The traders tn Monterey, or those wlio resorted there In whale ships, used to nny tne.ee shells ami take ttiem down to the Sandwiuh Isiauds for sale to the iner chants there. They were then shipped to ureffon, Vancouver, and Kasstan America, to exchange for peltries and articles with the const Indians. The Indiaua would tiUe one Ncr'west sca-otter's taji Tor one aulone shell. ' These tails sold iu China from t' to $10. ' Higher up norlUAi Russian America, the Indiana would iriVe one Xor'west elk skin, which are ' Terr large, and prcserrcl by the Indians with smoke, would sell to the coast people still further on to the Xorth. for one NorVest Sea-otter's skht 'of the largest kind, worth In V"'" wmi one hnnrlretl to rjirc' hnndrcd and fitty dobars. Almost the entirety or the trade was ou Iloston and Salem account, and immense fortunes were made by the down-east mer chants In the'rarious Ins' ana" onts of the trade in furs' and pL-ltrics, by their own cap- tunngv or by exchanging gewgaws or riim with the simple savaars or the eoast from Cnpe Snn Lucas to Behrins Straits l'rior to 1830, these coasts and theneiirh boring islands teemed with the sea otter, the ekins of which since 1 To, had born an nu mensc prit-e in .China. In old times prior to I 1800, a sunle caro or Lalirornla and Ore ! iron furs li.ts bven known to purchase a vnl i able cargo of teas, worth three hundred i inousami or o.ore uoiiars. - jina coasiiiur nra . trade has founded some of the richest, mer cantile houses of New York and llostou. Of late years it has nearly died out from the scarcity of the oiter aud the more limited demand for their skins. Some time between 180S and 1616, the Russians kept vescls-of-war ranging on the northwest coasts to pre vent the Uoston ships from trading with the Indians, and correspondence of an animated character was carried on between Washing ton and St. Petersburg to prevent it. Some of the Russian American Indians were and are still a brisht, fcinart, active people, and often made voyages ai sailors in the Rostoii ship. One of these men of the Clygnmy tribe, called by the traders Hasten Jack, had made a trip to the New Kngland orU in an American vessel, and returned to his own jtcoplc again, where he lived, built a stone hoase and was as friendly to the American traders as he was hostile to the Russians.' One of the Iloston captains pre sented him with a full military suit after he had liecome the chief of a petty clan of his nation strongly in the interests of the Amer icans. Jack hnd a boat and used to do a great deal of snmjreling.nird was very cunning and rigilnnt in eluding the Kussinn uunrda CmUa, for be was an excellent sailor, and a blubber-banting whaler. ' Ax KxCLTSnMAXS DlttMTV OlTB.tOKD. An English merchant of our acquaintance tells the following good thing at his own expense. Ue had come out, as he expressed it, to wind np the affairs or a concern which owed hint considerable money, and having never been in this country before, acted precisely as. if he had been at home. He got along pretty well nntil he hnd occaxion to take a journey into Maine. Tliere he managed, during . a stage ride, to get on the box alongside or the driver. He states, that be was greatly surprised, after the coach had proceeded a mile or so, to hear the driver familiarly ad dress bim, thus : "Captain, I guess we'll have rain" , fore long." Our KuglUh friend pulled up his shirt collar and looked away without deigning any reply, Shortly after, the d.-iver made another on the state of the roads wherenpou the gentleman said, " My man, I'll tbaiik you not to address, yonrself to me," and ancoflscionly pulled at his dickey again ; but the good natnred loquac ity of the driver was not to be so easily re pressed, for when again it bad been rchik ed with another pull a tire dickey, it broke out In this overwhelming ' manner : Look here, captain, if "yon pull iip your collar much more yon'H . jirk up , your shirt tail." The Euglifbmaa confesses that it was impos sible for him to maintain his habitual re serve from that instant, so, passing from oue extreme to the other, he indulged in relat ed outbursts of merriment, iu which the dri ver heartily joined,' and they parted at' the journey's end upon the best of tcrnis.r-Z?s-ton Id-iger., f ,', r " ' ' ' ...The "Olo GL'b" Story-t I was once j enptaiu of a packet schooner plying between j Boston and Baltimore, and was blessed with i a first mate of the " rale old Yankee kind." Going op the Chespeakc one dark and stormy night, the wind blowing a steady gale, my mate lecanie a little nervous, and not being acquainted with the gronud, supposed the old girl was going' it a few knots too strong. Tramp tramp tramp on deck. It was my mate. " Captain, hadn't we better shorten sail ? It's blowing like thunder V " No keep her going." A few ininntes after, tramp tramp tramp on deck. " Captain," said my mate again, " it fresh ens, and already blows big guns. Jltidn'l We belter 6horten sail ?' .w . - . A . JNOt a snorien," x repneu, conuueni in my craft aud knowledge of my whereabouts ; "not a shorten keep her to it." " Well," said the mate, closing the door of the companion way with an amiable slam, so be ;t fPt her riii we're all so M " ! ,el Hcr nP were ". bound to go to h 11 before moruing, and I've got as many friends there as you have." I took a glass of grog, aud concluded to lower the foresail, take a reef in mainsail, aid ask the mate if he hud a desire to be come acquainted with one Bourbon, whose surname is Whisky. J6gy Three women met at a fashionable dressmaker's shop, in Jfew York, to order . - t t n wedding dreSSCS lor inemscives, ailU upou consultation, found they were all engaged to the same man. and bad formed his ac- quaintaoce through bis advertisemeuis ior a wife. The elegant fellow has gone to Australia, leaviog a list of maids, widows, Ac, whom he courted and borrowed money and jewels of, nearly as long as a list of letters I Rathkii Odutious. At reTiTnl excite- - 1 meut. hi Connecticut, a resoectable old lady I was struck with contiction. became a con- of I rert, aud was proposed for membership of I the church. Tliere was a meeting bekJ ror I examininjr the candidates, of whom were several in attendance. " Well, toy dear sister' Roirers" said the Iter, examiner, addressina: our tenerable friend, "pleas I relate yourr experience." The old lady, on I hem? thus addressed, lifted up her voice, - 1 " Well." said she. " I doa't know what to I ar. as I told mr husband. Mr. Itogers. be- fore I came here t but I believe 1 hare ex f pcrieiiced a change, as I told Mr. llogers. my husband, after I came home from meet- in er. when 1 became courluceu thai i was ine most siuiui crenture in me worm, as i told my husband.. Mr. Rogers, and says be, " I think so." Then I told Mr. Roirers. mr husband, that I was jrointr to lead a differ ent life. I was goiiiT to trim my lamp, and have it burning . agiu tlie Zt:Jegroom coaie.! Then Mr. Roirers. mv husband, "said he didn't know what I waiited of another, Jnt ne maue no oujectiou. iuea l toia -Mr, ara, Kogers, my uusuanu, mat l woum joiu ine church, and prepare myself for the place where the worm diet u not and the fire is not quenched ; and my husband, Mr. Rog- ers, tout me he thought l d better. Xne good old lady stopp.'d, and the minister, turning to Mr, Rogers, her husband, said, ill. tny brother, this seems to be as it should be, well considered anions? yourselves ; you have given it full thought, aud now I siioiuu like lor yon to ten us wuai you please In regard to your wife's change.".' I ve been hearing it nil, sir, but it s news to me Her evideuce, however, was ad mitted without tlio endorser, and she was taken in :,.,: . A JtbiciAt. asd Jfwriocs IliJfr. Oen. I was more distinguished for gallantry in the field than for the care he lavished upon persdnal cleanliness. Complaining on a ccr taiu occasion to (he Chief Justice 11 - of the suffering he endured from rheumatism, that learned aud humorous Judge undertook to prescribe a remedy. i ou must desire your servant, he 6aid to the Ueueral, to place every morning by your bed-side a tub tiiree parts filled with warm water. Yon will then get into the tub, and having provided yourself with a pound of yellow soap, you must rub your whole body with it, immersing yourself occasionally in the water, the unarter of an hour the pro cess concludes by wipiug yourself dry with towels and scrubbing vour person with a flesh brush. ".Why, said the Ueueral, after a few minutes reflection upou what he had just heard. " this seems to me to be neither more nor less thau washing yourself V . " Well." rejrtinoJ the Juoza, ' open to that objection." Qi-ef.r Axkcixvtk. At Helfast, Maine, there was recently held a church meeting, when one of the members who had not spo ken for Py years on 6uch occasions, rose, and to fw'surprise of all went on to say that be wSs moved t confess himself a very jrreflt sinner, and so great did his sius ap pear that he very much feared the brethren would not be willing to forgive bim ; and he hoped they would and he would try and lead a better life in time to come. . Where upon one of his neighbors rose and said he felt it his duty and privilege to testify to all that Mr. .Siuuuons had said about being a great sinner : " Ever since I have known him, be has been the biggest scoundrel in this town, and I will just relate only one of his acts, aud you may judge of the rest by that one. - Mv sheep, got into his lot., the other day, aud he cornered them all up, cut the gambril of one hind leg and stuck the other through it, of the whole flock : and now you may do as you please about for' giving such a man, but I tell you, I never will." " . . ... Ccstom IIocsc OnsTETitics. Madame An- gnstme K , apparently. In very interest ing condition, was a passenger reventlv . on board the steamer from Calais ' to Dover. Un her arrival at the latter place she was placed iu arm-chair, and begged in plain tive tones, to be forthwith carried to a ho tel ; but a Custom House oflicer, who n tr pearcd to feel a warm interest in her condi tion. had her rnri-iad to an annrtinont -of the Custom House, where,, having procured! the services of a female searcher, the ioor lady was speedily and safely delivered of two pellcrines, 15 scarfs, 17 pieces of lace, 12 (utirs of silk stockings, 88 pieces of ' cotton, 6 reticulos, a j 43 Lyoiw handkerchiefs. - " A Daxdy tryixc it ox. "My dear Ame lia," said the dandy, on bended knee before his adorable, " I have long wished for this opportunity, but hardly dare speak uow for fear yon will reject mc ; but I love you will you be mine? You will be to 1110 every thing desirable everything my heart could wish. Your smiles would shed"' Here the daudy stuck for some big pootic expression to help him out. " Your smiles would shed" " Never mind the woml shrd," said she ; " pass it, aud try something else V. Roy Babies. A humorous old friend of ours, full of iunoccnt ways and quaint con ceits, whose misfortune it has almost bceu to be oue on the losing side iu politics, pro voked a smile from ns the other day as he tat meditating the prospects of still another defeat. His soliloquy ran thus ; " Well, they always did beat us, and they always will. They have the ignorant rab ble. The rabble always have the most chil dren, and I notice they always have boy baiiies." The Act of Dyixg is Seldom Paixftl. Sir Henry Halfonrd, the eminent London physician, says : " Of the great number to whom it has been my painful professional duty to have administered in the last days of their lives, I have sometimes felt surpris ed that so few have appeared rtlu.da.nt to go to ' the undiscovered country from whose bourne uo traveler returns.' " A Yankee proposes to build an es tablishment which may drive a sheep iu at one end, and have it come out at the other as four quarters of mutton, a felt hat, a pair of drawers, a leathern apron, and a quarto dictionary. i&r It is a singular fact, that when the Indian ' swears be swears in English. There are uo oaths in the Indian vernacular. Yamhux Count, March T, I85L Ma. Editor I am not ambitions to tn gage In a wrangle witn any person in a new paper, and only because silence might be in terpreted, that I feel myself In a perfect state of used-apishneM, that I reply at all to Antl-Nlgger-pbobia. After this, if his breast still rankles with Anti-Nigger-phobia writing itch, he Aajr pour Uxn my devoted k.l -II I.a nf 1,1b arrotk ' nuliuu1ul . be may rest slanted, however, that neither black renablicus tior men affected, like him self, with Anefw pliobiaisn can scare me from i ttk t U) propriety, nor turn . me ! sick" 04 the K:iier question." In his present feebie Itate W health, however,' I offer bin ray taoat profound comuiissera- ,,0o. tr Ids wnuaew ming as a rev lew - r of tnr commnnication, and feel under a perfect, indlscribablo, and never to be ex J.k t.l!,...-:l..l.l ....I ..a. 4 1. pressed weight of tfblhtatfeh, which I here by aeknowlodgo .toiAamtdlftei putirnT' 1 do not like, to be fa deu, tHvrBjfr, l pay him back b returning the fever. I Lone ) he will pass through his many trials uubariu- ea. and come out, a ikmhi democrat, iu xne I . nna I f i .i ' l mot s I ; poscssion oi an ms usual lacunies, aua u i i hare been the unconscious cause of "ekecr- uttn him luto liia present state of phrenzied j excitement, thus apparently destroying his ! reason, sooner tbau uelp destroy a powerful ' mind. I would willingly, (ootid it be done,) ! shed tears drawn from the fovtitaiii of ever- lastitiir foriretfnluess, and let theiu fall on that communication, blot it ott forever ; as ; it is, however, using his classic language, I must stand lernenst ' conseoieuccs. He says "I am thinking d doing ic.," and " nothin? gratifies tbemto much as to j see Iemocrats ero for nipirer,' which siinplv means that blnek renuMieant wish to have j Oregon a slave State. Then is no escaping this conclusion; if Democrats rote as n mass for niggers, every person wbowill reason at ail can tell the result. No sate man, it ap icars to mr, would make such a ridiculous assertion t sometimes bowere even some men, badly " skeered," will speak as though they were insane. ' Again ; suppose, he says, tley had passed a resolution against polygamy : must Dem ocrats favor it t As we havenothicg to do with this question in Oregon, while we must deal with the question of slavey, the com parison docs not and eaniot apply any other supposition would bare applied as well. Suppose they had resulted that even the brute creation felt interested in , Fre mont's election and that all the dogs in Kamschatkn, on the morning cf the presi dential election, hnd given a howl, for Free dom, Weeding Kansas; ScheijaraBcnapps, ami Fremont ; must lraocrats deny .it? Certainly hot, and yet tliis resolution would have been as sensible s the ether. I will tiot review bra reference to me any rartlier ; what I have given ft a specimen of the whole. If reckless assertions, and Jug handled, weak comparison, are essential to the critic, then he is well qualified to mount the critic stool ami Mate away. ' " " Poor fellow, he npjiears to be In trouble ; he Is sick of this noise about niggers" Id the papers," among hi friends, at tse church, or the grocery, he hear nothing bnt nig gers, niggers. This can all be easily ac cconnted for if a man reads the AirgKse, associates with abolitionists, goes to hear lllack Republican clergymen, and frequents a behind the door Maine liqnoi law grocery, he Will lie likely to hear aieb staff as be complains of, aud if he, is fcaJlr desirous or getting convalescent again, he must form different associations. If he will read the Statesman, and Rainier , of Liberty con stantly, he will soou be well, solitically ; as "bolting food" is injurious to health, he should,, by no means, read tin Standard un til his stomach gels strong einugh to digest an j thing. In conclusion, I hope be will take to himself the advice le bas given to others -"be wide awake, ant keep cool." . - O. T. J. Yamhill Cocxth March; tb.; Mn. Ik sit There is to b a Mass Meet ing tliis county ou Apri . 4th, to elect delegates to attend the Cmveutioo ct Sa lem ; why thi U, I canna devise. It ap pears to mc it would have Weu better, more satisfactory, and more denocratic to have had a convention-called at they hsVe been in other comities. ,1 fear here is a kink in this thing, which ts not jot right t at pres- tied P "V rn. j Hlt ' '' lf there is any thiug wronr, yua may rest assured : the Democracy o. this county will Set it right ; for they are dl right ou the new t doctrine of bolting tie nominations, made in accordance with . the democratic usage.' i 1 T.' I Ax Awri L Stohy Lokxzo . R. Siiek- ard bcried Auve. The X:w Yokk corres pondent of the riiilndelphialnquirer, says : It will be remembered tint the late Cor Itoration Attorney,' Lorcnjo ' D. Sbepard, vq., was some three montht Ago found dead in bin room, after retiring the night previ ous in good health. . The physicians report ed the cause of his death to be congestion of the heart, and the coroner's jury render cd a verdict in accordance therewith. The body of Mr. Sbepard was placed in a re ceiving vault, preparatory to its final inter ment in the family burial ground. A few days ago Mrs. Sbepard ordered the remains of her deceased husband to be taken from the vault, but those employed for the pur pose were horror struck on finding the body removed several feet from tlie cofliin, the shroud torn into shreds, and soverud with blood, giving the impression tint Mr. Sbep ard had only been lying in 1 trance, aud had recovered after being laced in the vault. This seems almost to horrible for belief, - and I understand that a relation of of Mr. Sbepard denies the tMth of the re port, and asserts that such eould not have been the case, from the fact that the body was packed iu ice for over tw days previous to its being placed in the fault. On the other hand, there are those wlo contend that Mr. Sbepard was not dead at the time of placing his body in the vaut, and that cer tain facts are in possessiot of the family which go to show the truti of their asser tions. t& "Neighbor Jones,' said a rigid church member, " I have ben informed that you often drive your team, and even go a fishing or hunting on the Salbath. " Truej" replied Jones, " bdt then onthose occasions I always whistle psalm tuna. Defer not nntil tt-inorrow, . what ought to be done to-day. v 'r ACTHOBrrr. M TREATIES OPTriEUNiTKb STAtts! TUIKTV-rOLKTM 0RXa3 riRST SBSSlOJt. ' sr raa racsiDKirr or tb sitrm si-atcs or tituti. A PROCLAMATION, v 1 f Whereas a eeneral convention of friead- ship, reciprocal establishments, commerce. ana ror tlie enrrettder or fngitive criminals, Itetween the United States of America and the Swiss Confederation, was concluded and signed by their respective plenipotentiaries, in the cily of Berne, on the twcntjr-(fth !ay of November, eighteen hundred aud Cfty; which convention, as, subsequently aeieudad by competent authorities of the respective ; Rovernmente, ami betas; in the Eirglbh and UntK.h nmClr u wm-,1 for wor.t . rl. I . ---a a- r lows The United , State. U Aaaerkaaad tk Swiss Confederation, equally animated by the desire tfl preserve and to draw . more closely: the bonds : of. friendship which so happily exist between the two republics, as well as to augment, by all the means at their disposal, the commercial intercourse of their respective citizens, have mutually re solved to couchide a general convention .of friendship, reciprocal . establishments,- com merce, and for the surrender of fugitive crim inals. . ' .. : . ' . For this purpose thev have' aiiDointed as' their plenipotentiaries, to-wit: .... ; ,. , The President of the United States, A. Dudley Mann, special agent of the United States on a mission to the Swiss Confedera tion; and the Swiss Federal Conucil, Henry Druey, President af the Swiss Confedera tion, Director of the Political Drtiartuierir, and Frederick Frey-Herosee, member or the Federal Council, 'Director of the Depart ment of Commerce and of Tolls; who, after a commnnication of tueir ' respective full powers, have, agreed to the following arti cles: . ... . . .. , . .... , . ; , i ARTICLK I. ' Tlie citizens of the United States of America aud the citizens of Switzerland shall be admitted aud treated upon - a footing of reciprocal equality in the: two countries, where such admission and treat meut shall not conflict with the constitutional or fegal provisions, as well federal as Stale aud can tonal, of the contracting parties. ; The citizens of the United States and the citizens of Switzerland, as well as the mem bers of their families, subject to the consti tutional and legal provisions aforesaid, and yielding obedience to the laws, regulations, and usages of the country wherein they re side, shall be at liberty to come, go, sojourn temporarily, domiciliate or establish them selves permanently, the former in the can tons of the Swisa Confederation, the Swiss in the States of the American Union, to ac quire, possess and alienate therein property, (as ia explained in V;) to manage their af fairs; to exercise their profession, their in dustry and their commerce; to have estab lishments; to pokaess warehouses; to consign their products ami their merchandise, and to sell them by wholesale or retail, either by themselves or by such brokers or other agents as tbey may think proper; they shall have free access to the tribunals, ttni shall be at lilierty to prosecute and defend their rights before courts of justice in the same manner as native citizens,, cither by them selves or by such advocates, attorneys, or other agents as they may thiuk proper to se lect. '.'',' ' . No pecuniary or other more ' burdcrsouie condition shall be imposed upon their rest-' deuce or establishment, or upon the enjoy- meut of the above-mentioned rights, than 6hall be imposed upon citizens of the , conn try where they reside, ! nor . any Condition whatever to which the latter shall not be subject. ' ' ; ' 1 -' : ' ' ' v; The foregoing privileges, however; shall not extend to tlio extend to the exen io of po litical rights, nor to a particijiation in the property of commnnities, corjKratious, or institutions of which the citizens of one par ty, established in the other, shall not have become members or co-proprietors. ARTICLE II. . , . , The citizens of one of the two, couutries, residing or established in the other, shall be Tree from personal military service; but they shall be liable to . the pecuniary or material Contributions Which may be required, by way of comteosation. from citizens of the comp try where they reside who are exempt fromto enter the country by which iha anhl service .: ' ' ''" '."'! Itat AnHS '' lirtAsxl.' -iU:'i'. no suiu evmtv. ... . . , ,r., ( v ! No hlgticr impost, under who! ever name, shall be exacted from the citizens bf one of the two countries, Teslding or established In the Other, than shall be levied njiOu citizens of the country in which they reside, nor any contribution whatsoever to which the latter kaall not be liable. -' " r, ' .' ' ' '. i In' case of war. Tor of expropriation for purioscs of public utility, the citizens of one of the two countries, residing or established in the other, shall be placed upon an equal footing with the citizens of the country in which they reside wiih respect to indemni ties for damages they may have sustained. i ARTICLE III. - ! The citizens of one of the two republics, residing or established iu the other, who shall desire to retnrn to their country, or who shall be sent thither by a judicial deci sion, by an not of police, or in conformity to the laws aud regulations on morals aud men dicity, shall be received at all times aud un der all circumstances, they, their wives, and their legitimate issue, in the country to which they belong, and in which they shall have preserved their rights iu .conformity with the Iawst hereof. v ARTICLE IV. In order to establish their character as citizens of the United States of America or as citizens of Switzerland, persons belong ing to the two contracting countries shall be bearers of passports, or of other papers in due form, certifying their nationality, as well as that of their family, furnished ot au thenticated by a diplomatic or consular agent of their nation, resididing in the oue of the two couutries which they wish to in habit. ARTICLE V. ; The citizens of each one of the contract ing parties 6hall have power to dispose of their personal property within the jurisdic tion of the other, by sole, testament, dona tion, or iu any other manner; and their heirs whether by testameuti or ao tntestaio, or their successors; being citizens of the other party, shall succeed to the said property, or j ment for trial if the crime bad been commit inherit it, and they may take possession j ted in the er ntry where tha pesons so ac tbcreof, either by themselves or by others ' cased shall be found. acting for them ; they may dispose of the same as they may think proper, paying tip other charges than those to which the 'in habitants of the- country wherein the said property is situated shall be liable to pay in a similar case, tr.Ia the absence of such heir, hairs, or ether successors, the same care shall 1 be ' taken '- by the authorities for the preservation of the property that would be taken for the preservation . of the property of a native of tire same country, until the lawful proprietor shall hare bad ' time to take measures for possessing himself of the .same. . . .. - .f f The foregoing provisions shall be applica ble to real estate situated within the States of the American Union, or within the. can tons of the Swiss Confederation1, in' which foreigners shall be entitled to bold or inherit real estate. . .,J. ..i Rut in case real estate situated within the territories of one of thi mintrnrtinfr unrtiro snoniu lau to- a Citizen or tne other party, who, on aceoonf Of-his being an alien, eould not be permitted t bold' soch .property ia tne state or .in Ute canton in which it niny , l. ? At ' ..,! jc simaieu, vuere suau ue aceorucu. ,10 me said heir of other successor,, such term as the laws of tlie State or canton will permit to seH such' property; he shall be at liberty at all times to withdraw: and export tha pro ceeds thereof without diiDcuIty, and without paying to the government any other charges than those which,' in a similar case, would be paid by an inhabitant of the1 eonhtry in Which the real estate mar lie situated. I r ' Ta .AIVriCLK VI. ,ylt I.--i ; Any controversy that may . arise, auiong the claimants to tiie same . succession, ns to Whom the propeftv s!ia!l beIoi!r." shall be- decided nceorfling to ' the laws nnd Lj e indges of the country iu which the'projKTty situated, j , "1 ..- . . ii i. . , ARTICLE VII. I Tlie eoutrnctim- parties tive to ni:h other Ihe privilege of having, each. In the large cities and important comuieicial plari of their respective States, consuls and rice-consuls of their own appointment, , who shall enjoy the same privileges and powers; in the discharge of their Tduties as those of the most javored nations.' Rot before anv con sul or rice consul shall act as sneh, he shalM ia the ordinary form be approved of by the government, to which, he is commissioned. , f In their private and business transactions consuls and vice-consul shall be submitted to the same laws nnd usages as private indi viduals, citizens of the place in which they reside. . ,-.' !--. j , It is hereby understood that ip cose of offence against the laws by a consul or vice- consul, the government to which he is com- j missioned maY 'accordinff to circumstances, f - - . w h withdraw Lis exequatur, seud , Imur, awav from the country, or have bim punished in conformity with the laws, assigning to the other government its reasons for so doing. ' , The archives and papers belonging to the consulates shall be respected inviolably, nnd nnder uo pretext whatever shall any magis trate, or other functionary, yisif, seize, or in any way Interfere with them. ' ! -. ; ARTICLE VIII. : In all that relates to the importation, ex portion nod transit of their respective pro ducts, the Uuited States of America and the Swiss Confederation shall treat each other reciprocally, as the most favored na tion, union of nations, State, or society, as is explained in tlie following articles: ij , ARTICLE IX. . Neither of the contracting parties shall im pose any higher or other duties vpon the importation, exportation, or transit of the natural or industrial products of the other, than are or shall be payable upon the like articles,. . being . the produce of any jollier country, not embraced within its present limits. ' . , j ,. . 7 ARTICLE X. ' ; I In order the more more effectually to at tain the object contemplated in article VIII each of the contracting parlies hereby eu gages not to grant any favor, in commerce to any nation, anion of nations, State, or so ciety which shall not immediately be enjoyed by the other party.' ' : "' 1 : ' ' j ARTICLE XL I ' ! Should one of the contracting parties im pose differential duties npon the products of any nation, the ether party shall bo at lib-, erty to determine the manner of establish- ing the origin ot its own products, uesimea the aiiieren- ::i uwv r-- - , '' .m-i 'ARTICLE Tire tiwU' territory- shall remain: open to j & .J.!t.....n a ...tJ.i. M,Mt!ni f,Am flint. the admission of articles arriving from .the ) United States o7A-mefica: iu mko. manner, ho port of the said States shall be closed to articles af riving from Switzerland, 'provided they arc conveyed in vessels of the United States, or in vessels, of any conntry having free access to the ports of said States. , Swiss merchaudise arriving under the flag of the United States, or under that of one of the uations most favored bj tlicm, shall pay the same duties as the merchandise of such nation ; uudcr any other flag it shall be treated as the merchandise of the couutry to which the vessel belongs. In case of shipwreck and of salvage on the coasts of the United Stales, Swiss mer chandise shall be respected and treated as that belonging to citizens of the said States.! 1 1 ue uuiicu ouiu tviKvni w exienu to Swiss products, arriving or shipped uudcr their flag, the ad vaatages which arc or shall be enjoyed by the products of the most fa vored nation arriving or shipped under the same flag. ; . It is hereby understood that - no stipula tion of the present article shall iu auy man ner interfere with those of the four afore going articles, nor with the measures which have been or shall be adopted by either of the contracting countries in the interest af public morality, security or order. ARTICLE XI IL - The United States of America aud the Swiss Confederation,' on requisitions made in their name through the medium of their respective diplomatic or consular agent shall deliver up tt) justice persons who. be-1 ing charged with the crimes enumerated in j the following article, committed within the jurisdiction of the requiriug party, shall seek asylum or shall be found withiu the territories of the other: Provided, That this shall be done only when the fact of the com mission of the crime shall be so established as to justify their apprehension and comuiit- --r j!5ii; i. i'J tntlf'l.l' YIY ' saiaiij a. a v . ,. Persons shall be delivered up, according to the provisions, of this convention, who shall be charged with any of the following crimes, to-wit: Murder (including assassination, parri cide, infanticide, and poisoning) attempt; to commit murder; rape; forgery, or the emis sion of forced papers; arsou, robbery with violence. Intimidation, or forcible entry of an inhabited house: oiracv: ernbezzleiu'j tit ;by public officers, or by persons hired or sal aried to lue- detriment of their emnlover. when these crimes ard subject td infarnoas punishment. , -.. , ARTICLE XV. i On tlie part of the United States the sur render shall lie made only bv the authoritr of the Executive thereof; and or the part of the Swiss Confederation by that of tbg I ederal Council. .. . i , ARTICLE XVI. , t The expenses of detention and delivery, effected in virt'ie of the preceding articl-, -shall be at the cost of the party making tba ; demand. . .,--. .. ; , t . ARTICLE XVII. j j The provisions of the aforegoing art'en 3, relating to the1 "surrender.' of fugitive crimi nals shall not apply to offences committed ' before the date. hereof, nor to those of a po? Jitiea! character. , r ., ARTICLE XVIII The present convention is concluded for the period of ten tears, counting from the day of the exchange of ratifications; and if. j one year before: the expiration of that pe riod, neither of the contracting parties shall Lave aunounced, by an official notification, '. It intention to the other to arrest the ope rations 01 said convention, it flifll continu? binding fur twelve months longer,' niid so 611 from year to year,, until tha expi-talion of the twelra nionflis -which will follow a simi lar declaration, wbafever the t"n.e at which. "t war take place. J - ; ARTICLE XIX. ' ; This conveulion shall be submitted, on both sides, to the t yrovnl aud ratification ; of the respective competent authorities of each of the cotitjacting parties, aud the rat ifications shall be exchanged at t?;e city of Washington as soon as circunibtauc-.s shall admit. . , ' t In faith whereof, tiro respective plenipo tentiaries have signed the above articles, un der reserve of the iibo-ve-mentioned ratifica tions,: both in the English and French lan guages, '. and they have thereunto aSxcd their seals. ; " , Done, in. fiuadrnnlicate. at the city of 1 Rerne, this .twenty-fifth day of November, ,u tUe Teftt o'.'our Lord one tbcusp.nd e;gl.t ncrourea cuti hin-. j . A. DUDLEY MANX. l. s. : .j ,. 11. DliUEY. ju s.l . FREI-HEROSEE. Jl 34 Aud whereas the convention has been duly ratified on both parts, and the respective ratifications of the same were exchanged in tho city of Washington on the 8th instant, by William L. Marcy, Secretary of State f the United States and John llitj, Con snl fJeneral of the Swiss coufei'eraton, on the part of their respective governments: Now, therefore, be it known that I, Faaxfux Pierce, President of the Uuited States of America, have caused the said convention to be made public, to the er.d that the same, and every clause and article thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the cit izens thereof. ! In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the UtiteJ States to be affixed. - ; - Dot iu . the city of Washington, r . . this 9lh day of November, iu the i Year of onr Tiord nni thonin.l j " eight hundred and fif.y-fire. and ' of the Independence of the Urtt- ed States of America, the 0.h. FKAXKLIN PIERCE . Ry the President: W. L. Marct, Secretary of State. v rnr rBCsumr op the Cviteb frrarss or iiujuca r . A PROCLAMATION. ! 'Whereas information bas been received by me tliat sundry persons,, citizens of the Uni ted States and others, residents therein, are preparing, within the jurisdiction of tie same, to enlist, or enter themselves, or to hire or retain others to participate in mili tary operations . witbia the State of Xicar- It! true : j i "owVj tnerelorc, J, Iraxkux Pieece, ''President of the Uuited States .in ma n ersons agaluSt connecting them; el res with . . - . . any sucn enterprise or iiuuena.vir.g, as be ing contrary to their doty as good citizeta and to the laws of their conntry, and threat ening to the peace of the Uuited States, i I do further admon:aii ali persons wLo may depart from the.Un"ted States, either" singly or in number.', organized or or.orm- izetl, for -any such pnrpose, that thvy will thereby cease to be entitled to the protec tion of this government. I exhort all good citiz?ns to discounte nance and prevent auy such disreputable and criminal undertaking as aforesaid, charg ing all officers, civil and military, having lawful power iu the premises, to exercise the samc for the purpose of maintain' the ar tuonty and enforcing the laws of the L m- tt States In testimoiiV whereof, I haTe hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Un ited States to be affixed to thee presents. , . . Done at the city of Was iii gt J L. S. j- . the cigth day of December, ton. one thousand eisht hnndrcd and m- ty-fire, and of the Independence of the Uni ted States the eightieth. FRAN KLIN FIERCE. 'By tne President : W. L. Marcy, Secretary of State. g- As a public speaker it is well known that Horace Greeley's attractions are rather personal than oratorical. "Is it best to go and hear him?"' asked a gentleman of his nei"hbor. " Yes. go by all means," was the response: "It is woim O ' I I . . worm a quarter to see the man. and a dollar to hear him bnt then Greeley ought to pay the dollar at the door."' Rather flattering, that. SeitATciiES. -To cure scratches on a horse, wash the legs with warm soap-suds, and then with beef brine. Tw6 applications will cure in the worst case. IgIt was a maxim of Gen. Jackson's "Take time to deliberate; but when tha time for action arrives, stop thinking." V