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VOL. 8. NO. 25.
SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1858.
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TM Wfclp-Pdor-Wlll.
" ' ' ' BT GEO. . MOKK1S.
"Tat plaint of the wailing- Whip-poor-Will ,
Who mourns unseen and ceaseless sings
Ever a note) of wail and woe.
Till Morning- spreads her rosy wings,
Aad earth and sky in her glances glow."
Jottfk Kosfasaa Drmk.
-' Why dost thon come at set of snn.
Those pensive words to sayt
Why whip poor WilIT What has ha donet
And who is Will, I prayf
' Way come from yon leaf-shaded hill,
A suppliant at my door?
Why ask me to whip poor WU1T
And is Will really poor
- If poverty's his crime, let mirth
From oat his heart be driren t
That is the deadliest sin on earth.
And never is forgiven !
Art Will himself f It most be so
I learnt it from thy moan,
- For none can feel another's woe
As deeply as his own.
Tec, wherefore strain thy tiny throat.
While other birds repose?
What means the melancholy noisef
The mystery disclose.
Still "Whip poor-Will? Art tho a sprite.
From unknown regions sent, , -
1 To wander in the glorm of night,
" -. And ask for punishment!
- Is thine a conscience sore beset
With gnileT or, what is worse.
East thou to meet writs, dans and debt
Ko money in thy pnrsef
If this be thy hard fate indeed.
Ah ! well niay'st thou repine;
The sympathy I give J need
The poet's doom is thine !
Art thon alorer, Win? Hast proved
The fairest can deceive T
Thine is the lot of all who've loved.
Since Adam wedded Ere.
Bast trusted in a friend, and seen
No friend was he in need?
A common error men still lean
. Upon as frail a reed.
Bast thon, in seeking wealth or fame,
A crown of brambles won?
O'er all the earth 'tis just the same
With every mother s son !
Hast fonnd the world a babel wide.
Where man to mammon stoops?
Where flourishes arrogance and pride.
While modest merit droops!
What, none of these! Then, whence thy paint
To guess it who's the skill?
Pray have the kindness to explain
Why I should whip poor Will?
Dost merely ask thy just desert?
What ! not another word?
Back to the woods again unhurt
I will not harm thee, bird !
But nse thee kindly for my nerves.
Lake thine', have penance done ;
Use every man as he deserves
Who ball 'scape whipping? None.
Farewell poor Will aot valveless
This lesion by thee given;
' '"Keep thine own counsel, and confess
Thyself alone to heaven!" .
Accident asd Loss or Life. About
naif-past 12 o'clock Snnday Morning the
steamer Oregon, bonnd into this port from
Victoria, ran against a rock on Point Reyes
. in fog. Great consternation took posses
sion of tbe minds of the passengers, and
any jumped overboard, some on the rock
ad some into the water. The steamer
backed off, as soon as possible, in a leaking
condition, and case iato port without at
tempting to rescue those who had jumped
overboard tbe dense fog which prevailed
rendering; nil attempts at succor unavailing.
Sunday afternoon tbe Colombia was dis
patched to the scene of disaster, bat after
neking search, returned without- any ti
dings of the) castaways. Meanwhile, the
teanter Petatama, from Petaluma, arrived
at the wharf, having on board some six
tee who jumped overboard from the Ore
gon. From those it was learned that forty
two persons landed from the Oregon on a
Miff rock. After ascertaining their posi
tion, tha party ascended the bluff, where
they remained till daybreak, suffering con
siderably from the inclemency of the weath
er, many of them being . without proper
lothing. At daylight the party found they
coald walk to the main Jand without diffi
culty, which they did. A portion of them
ataried across the country, and after travel
img aboat Eve miles, arrived at a farm some
thirty miles from Petaluma. Sixteen of the
party arrived at Petaluma in time to take
tha oat for this city yesterday, and tbe re
seat nder will probably arrive here by the
next boat. It is not and perhaps never will
be known how many or who are lost. Sev
eral were known to hare jumped into the
water, none of whom escaped; tbe exact
Bambcr of them are not known Some
think there were not more than four or
Ire, while others are positive there were at
least twelve or fifteen. oaa rancuco
CIL
How Shakes Shed their Skiks. At the
commencement f every spring all snakes
ost their skins, which operation is performed
as follows: Tha skin of the head at a cer
taia period when the new skin under it be
gins to enlarge, cracks open, and the reptile
thea going; to tbe month of a email bole in
the ground, forces its body down it, in doing
which the old skin or the slough, as it is
taea tanned, is stripped from the body, and
left on the surface of tbe ground.
W&m We lately beard a vulgar politician
beast apea the stomp, that he and Daniel
Webster once staid erer night at tbe same
mUm booae. It most have been a bouse of
' . . . m .
, JOT man una urost.
Rcwspaper Pickings.
It has been satisfactory ascertained that
dueks enter the water from divers reasons,
And come out for sundry motives. An In
dian seeing a belle dressed out in full
breadth of fashion pass by him in the street
was beard to exclaim, "Heap wigwam ugh!
When a man has a headache, and snys it's
the salmon, yon tony safely conclude he has
been drinking like a fish. Why must a roan
who hns lived all Ills life in llmdoston be
considered poor. Because ho is Iudy Gent
At a railway station an old lady said to
very pompous-Iookine gentleman, who was
talking about steam communication, "Pray,
sir, what is steam; ' 'to team, ma am. is
ah I steam is, eh! steam is steam I" "I
knew that chap couldn't, ah! tell ye," said
a rough looking fellow, standing by: "but
steam is a bucket of water in a treniendious
perspiration!" The war-hoop is very well
io ia way. but peace hoop (pea-soup lis bet
ter. There is a man In Massachusetts who
freds his geese with iron-filing, and gathers
steel pens from their win". That's one of
the notions. A sailor, looking serious in a
chapel in Boston, was asked bv a minister
if he felt any change? "Not a cent," said
Jack. "Shame, shame!'' cried a bumpkin
orator at a parish meeting in the country,
"our cleryman pays no rate." "Yes he
does." rejoined a wag. "What rate does he
fcay?" inquired the other. "Why, the cu
rait." The man who attempted to catch
the speakers eye with a steel trap was or
dered to take the floor by the sergeant nt
arms. When has a man a right to scold
his wife about bis coffee? When lie has
rleuty of grounds. Folly to think that
you can make poi k out of pig iron, or that
you can become a shoemaker by just drink
ing sherry cobblers. "My bark is on
troubled sea," as the old lady said, when
her puppy fell overboard. Visitor, (to con
vict) "Well, my mend, what are you in
for?" Prisoner; "Why I'm in for getting
out. if 1 can!" "1 m clad that tins couee
don't owe me anvthine." sald'Brown to a
boarder, at breakfast. "Why said Smith
'"Because, I don't believe it would ever set
tie." Xo roan living should say an ill word
against doctors. A farmer, very recently
having his butter seized by the clerk of the
market. Tor short weight, gave, as a reason,
that the cow from whxli the butter was
made, was subject to the cramp, and that
cued the butter to shrink in weight.
Why are seeds when sown like gate posts?
They are planted iu tbe earth to propagate
(prop a gate.)
The Governor of MissorRt Whipped
- Letter mo the Max who Whipped
Hut. The Fn!tontIo.)Ti:legra!li has pub
lished the following letter froit V andiver,
who is certified to be a man of honor and
veracity: "
Ecrfka, Boone county, June 12, 185S.
Having been requested to make a correct
statement of a difficulty which occurred be
tween myself and Governor Stewart, I do
so very reluctantly, believing that the mat
ter can possibly terminate ii no glory, ben
efit or profit to me, but is rather a source of
regret and annoyance. bile in Jefferson
City, some three weeks ago, I entered a
house known as Sraidt's bier saloon, and
there met Governor Stewart. In the
course of a conversation with him I spoke
of the pardon of O'Diennis, and charged
that lie (Stewart) had secured American
votes in St. Louis on a promise of pardon
to O Biennis, provided be was elected.
This Stewart pronounced a "damned lie,"
when I struck him, knocking him down,
and afterwards struck him several times un
til pulled off by the bystanders. We then
washed our faces and hands, made friends
and concluded to keep the difficulty a secret.
But it has been told by some (one not by
me,) and I feel at liberty, inasmuch as you
have been assailed to give the facts. Slew-
art was very dronk, and I was myself
drinkio-r. A. L. YAXDIVER.
Keep the Teeth Ci.eax. Microscopical
examinations have been made of the matter
dejrOMtcd on the teeth and gums of more than
forty individuals, selected from all classes oi
society, in every variety ot bodily condition
and in nearly every case animal and vegeta
ble parasites have been discovered. Of the
animal parasites, there were three or four
species, and of the vegetable one or two.
In fact, the only persons whose months were
found to be completely free from them
cleansed their teeth four times daily, using
soap once. One or two of these individuals
also passed a thread between the teeth, to
cleanse them more effectually. In all cases
the number of the parasites was greater in
proportion to the neglect of cleanliness.
The effects of the application of various
agents was also noticed. Tobacco juice and
smoke did not injure their vitality in the
least. The same was true of chlorine tooth
wash, of pulverized bark, of soda ammonia
and various popular detergents. : The appli
cation of soap, however, appeared to de
stroy them instantly. We way hence infer
that this is the best and most proper specif
ic for cleansing the teeth. In all cases
where it has been tried it receives unquali
fied commendation. It may also be proper
to add that none but the purest white soap,
free from discloration, should be used.
The National Outlay. From the Wash
ington Union, we learn that the appropria
tions made by Congress, at its late session,
amount to sixty-eight millions of dollars, di
vided thus: Pensions, $769,500; Indian, $2,
fi29,C56 85; consular and diplomatic, $912,
120; military academy, $182,804; naval,
$14,508,354 23; roiscellaueons civil; $5,
557,148 07; legislative, executive and judi
cial, $6,134,093 61; army, $17,147,806 46;
mail steamers, $900,750; post office, 3,-
500,000; revenue collection, $1,150,000;
being $53,458,123 33 of regular appropria
tions. Then there are $20,000 for the ex
cuses attending the issue of treasury notes;
$360,000 for the manufacture of nnus; $47,
000 for the excnses of investigating com
mittees; $408,731 44 under the treaty with
Denmaik; $10,015,399 47 for printing;
$3000 for the deaf, dumb and blind; $7000
for clerks in Oregon; $80,000 for miming
tbe Texas boundary line; $5000 for expen
ses iucident to tbe twenty millions loan, and
some $3,565, 635 87 appropriated by pri
vate and other bills.
The Three Powers. The following mod
ern sentiment is just now current:
The Press, Pulpit and the Petticoat the
first spreads the news, tbe second religion,
and tbe last spreads all over tbe pavement.
Eatiso and Sleeping. Hall' Journal of
Ileal lb snys: "For persons who eat three
times a day, it is amply sufficient to make
the last meal of cold bread-and-butter and
a cup of warm drink. Ko one can starve
on it, while a perseverance in the habit soon
begets a vigorous appetite for breakfast so
promising of a day of comfort."
Yes, yes; and by omitting the third meal
the individual, besides securing a night of
sound sleep, will not find on awaking in tbe
moruing a bad taste in the mouth so indica
tive of-general foulness.
If one would always have a sweet month
and a clean tongue, he can secure them both
by simply ceasing to overtax bis stomach.
This frequent eating is an idle, mischievous
habit, ruinous of both health and comfort;
and it prevents the individual from receiv-
nff tbe great amount or enjoyment which it
was intended be should receive from eating.
and which is necessary to perfect nutrition.
.nothing should be eaten between tbe rec
ular uicaW, whether these meals are taken
either two or three times a dnv; nor should
one eat so that tbe quantity lugested will in
duce heaviness or uucoiufortable feelings.
A lie cook tastes lue food she prepares;
and by this frequent tasting she destroys
both the relish for her meals and her health
There are many housekeepers who have the
same ernicious habits.
e kiiow tanners wno, at tue close of a
long summer day, during which tbey have
eaten heartily five times, and worked bard
from four o clock iu the morning to nine at
night, eat freely just before going to bed
1 he stomach already enfeebled by constant
working nuder disadvantageous circumstan
ces has now imposed on it aa impracticable
tak, and tbe tueu lav down to sleep! .Next
morning tbey are nerveless have sea reel v
h pt all night feel more wearied than tbey
did when they first lay down and, on the
whole, thiuk the farmer lives a dog's life.
So he does, so far as he 6iuks to mere ani
malism living to eat taxing bis digestive
apparatus at the expense of health, life, aud
life's enjoyment. So on from day today,
till nature makes a desperate effort to rid
tbe body of the superfluous food introduced
nto it, burning it up by fever, or expelling
t by some different remedial effort.
Jrarmers, being so much iu the open air.
with abnudtint exercise, skould be the health
iest people; but, like others who are cursed
with abundance of bread," they are rheum
atic, billions, dyspeptic. This is a shame
and a sin. Farmers! it is a sin. Your liv
er complaints, chill fevers, etc., are as un
necessary as is the plague. Health and
sweet sleep will come to you when you need.
unless by bad habits you drive them away.
Go, a. id 6iu no more.' Life Illustrated.
Moral Cor b age. Sydney Smith, in his
woik on moral philosophy, speaks in this
wise of what men lose for waut of a little
more courage or independence of mind:
A great deal of talent is lost in the
world for want of a little conresre. Ererv
day sends to the grave a number of obscure
men, who Lave only remained lit obscurity
because their timidity has prevented them
from making a first effort; and who, if they
could have been induced to begin, woulJ, in
all probability, have gone great lengths in
the career of tame. Hie fact is, that to do
anything iu this world worth doing, we must
not stand back, shivering, and thinking of
the cold and the dancer, but iumn in and
crambte through as well as we can. It
will uct do to be penctuallv calculating
asks, and adjusting nice chances; it did
very well before the flood, where a man
could consult his friends upon an intended
publication for a hundred and fifty years,
and then lire to see its success afterwards;
but at prcseut a man wait?, and doubts, aud
esitates, aud consults his brother, and his
ne'e, and particular friends, till one fine
day, be finds he is sixty years of age; that
e lias . lost so much time in consulting bis
rst cousin and particular friends, that he
as uo more time ta follow their advice."
The Power of Sorrow. There is some
thing overpowering in tbe presence of a
great sorrow, even when we are not our
selves directly touched by it. The sudden
death of a friend the center of a family
irele, and the object of much love and re-
pect, cut down suddenly, ierhaps, as by a
thunderbolt from a clear sky it is appall-
itg. lo the first surges of such a grief
there enn lie no resistance. The soul pros-
tralesjtself before it and the billows' flow
over it unbuffetted. Words of consolation,
ue sentiments that amuse as in prosperous
hours and theu seem eminently fitted to sus
tain the spirit even the hopes and. consola
tions of religion itself are all an empty
mockery at such an. hour. Only after time
has blunted the edge of the sorrow can any
of these things give comfort to those who
re stricken. In tbe first shock of grief
they are worse than in vain. There is no
resource then bat to weep in silence, unless
indeed it be a brief loo deep for tears."
And friends what can they do better than
to "weep with those that weep," offering.
"That highest homage at tha throne of grief,
Deep silence."
Rural Home. As every man's house is
the proper theater of his hospitality, the
seat of self fruition, the home of those most
dearly cherished by him and the place.where
its possessors enjoys the most of Ins true
comfort and happiness, it may well deerre
is most earnest consideration how he can
best apply the means he proposes to appro
priate to building a house, so as t j make it
not only a shelter from cold and heat from
storm and sunshine a habitation where him
self and family may be lodged and fed, but
that it may be so arranged, constructed and
adorned, as to make it as comfortable, con
venient, expressive, and beautiful as the
circumstances of the caso will admit. -
Cheerfulness. Keep a cheerful frame,
keep a happy heart; keep a contented spir
it: keen your eye op, and your heart aloft,
and you will prove Christianity better than
II the Butlers, ana an lue wise men mat
ever lived. ' Give them the analogy of a ho
ly life, nnd Iheu you prove religion to them:
give them tbe evidence of internal piety, de
veloped externally, and you will give the
best possible proof of Christianity.
SST" Never talk with a piu on your month.
Never walk through a gardeo, field, or wood,
chewing a splinter, or straw, or blade of
grass. Nerer go to church with dilapidated
shoes, they are very conspicuous to those
woo waig oenina.
A SrEEcu that Acquitted a Cuent.
"Thou shalt not kill." Now if you hang my
Client, you transgress tbe command as slick
as grease, and as plump as a goose egg in a
loaier s luce. Uentlemen. murder is murder.
whether committed by twelve jurymen or by
i i. ,, .. .
iiuuiuie inuiviuuai uae my client, uen
tlemen, I do not deny tbe fact of my client
having killed a man. JNo such a thing,
gentleman. Ye may bring the prisoner in
"guilty," the hangman may do his duty ;
out win tuat exonerate' your JSo such
thing. In that case you will be the mur
derers. Who amoag you is prepared for
tbe brand of Cain Co be -stamped upon Ins
brow to day! Who, freemen? Who in this
land of liberty and light? Gentlemen,
will pledge my word not ue of you has a
bowie knife, iso, gentlemen, your pockets
are odoriferous with the fumes of cigar cises
aud tobacco. You can smoke the tobacco
of rectitude In the pipe of a peaceful con
science ; but nang my unfortunate client and
tbe sea ley alligators of remorse will gallop
through the iuterual principles of your an
imal viscera, until tbe spinal vertebaof your
anatomical construction is turned into a rail
road for the grim and gory goblins of despair.
Geutlemen, beware of committing murder.
ifeware 1 say, of meddling with tbe eternal
prerogative! Gentlemen, I adjure you, by
the name of woman, the main sprioe of the
ticking time piece of time's theoretical trans
migration, to do ho murder. I adjure you,
by the love you hare for the esculent aud
conditional gusto of our native pumpkin, to
do do murder ! I adjure you. by the Amer
ican eagle who whipped tbe universal came
cock of creation and now is roosting on the
magnetic telegraph of tunes illustrious
transmigration, to do no warder ! And
lastly, if you expect to wear store made
coats ; if you erer ex nee t to wear boots
made of the free hide of Rocky mountain
buffdlo, and, to sum up all, if you evtr ex
pect to be anything but sucak'uig, lotrflung
rascally, braided small ends of humanity,
whittled down into indistinctibility, acquit
my client aud save your country.
lue prisouer was acquitted, of course.
Whit IIoops Conceal. At Battle Creek
Michigan, the other evenfiig, two gentlemen
and a lady one of the real skirt expanders
got aboard of the cars for Chicago. One
gentleman and his wife had through tickets,
wlnle the other paid his fare only to tbe
first station. From certain manifestations,
the conductor concluded it was the intention
of trio to dead head one of the Dartr
through. On arriving at Augusta, the gen
tleman did not get out, and on search being
made, he was fonnd secreted in the ladies sa
loon. He was brought forth and directed
to leave the train at the next station, but
on arriving there he was cot to be found.
After a long and diligent search, iu which
everybody had become Interested, it was
concluded he had leaped from the train
while in motion. Speculation was then rife
as to bi3 fate, when a gentlemnn sitting
near the lady of big dimensions, "Mil ted that
those boons might there 'a mystery unfold.'
On producing a light, four feet were seen
protruding from her petticoats, which it was
unreasonable to suppose belonged to one per
son, aud the ladv bein reouested to rise.
which she did after some hesitation, rereal-
ng the lost passenger.
IIaxdwritino or Sovereigns. Uow char
acteristic is the signature of Queen Eliza
beth I stately, tall and queen-like, command
ing and imperious, but defaced with ignoble
power and vauity; her baud varied remark
ably at different period, as her actions did.
Henry the Seventh wrote a cold nud formal
band; Henry the Eighth wrote a strong
and self-willed; Richard the Third wrote
a reckless and dashing; AnnaBolena wrote
a steady, composed" hand, uot without ele
gance; Catharine Parr's writing is pedan
tic, with much cold persevering energy;
Mary, Qaecn of Scots, a plain and elegant
hand, with much clearness and firmness;
Edward the Sixth wrote a band of labori
ous pedantry; Queen Anne wrote a moth
erly hand; James the First, a vulgar, ob
trusive baud. .
Broadest at the Base. Young man, one
of the first things you ought to consider is
h"w to build up a character. Allow ns to
tell you one fact flbout it, which wo have
learned from observation: It must be built
like a pyramid to be firm and lasting
broad at the bast. Then the foundation must
be good, or even a pyramid would crack
and fall to pieces. Get a reputation, from
early boyhood, for truth', honesty, industry,
obedience to parents and teachers, and
above all, piety. By-and-by yoor character
will be as a pyramid; a host of calumnia
tors could not overthrow it. But if youth
and early life is bad, to build a character on
such a beginning would be almost as diffi
cult as to build and poise a pyramid on its
apex. New York Iadtpendenl.
S Recent ud vices from the Atlantic
ports would Seem to justify the opinion that
our market will soon be overstocked with
all kinds of stnplejnerchandise. Whether
this will prove beneficial or otherwise, re
mains to be seen. Of one fact there can be
no reasonable doubt, that however large
may be the overstock of general merchan
dise, tbe Graefenberg Family Medicines can
never prove a drug in the market, as so
popular have those truly excellent medicines
beco me that it is ouly with difficulty that
the agents are able to keep pace with the
daily increasing demnnd.
Religion is not a perpetual moping
over good books. Religion is not eveu
prayer, praise, holy ordinances these are
necessary to religion no man can be reli
gions without them. But religion is mainly
and chiefly the glorifying God amid the du
ties and trials of tho world; the guiding
our course amid tho adverse winds nnd cur
rents of temptation, by the starlight of du
ty and the compass of divine truth; the
bearing as manfully, wisely, outrageously,
for the honor of Christ our great leader, iu
the conflict of life. Card.
Gooseberrt -Bushes. To prevent tbe
gooseberry from being attacked by mildew,
cover the soil around the roots with a stra
tum of salt hay,' two or three inches thick,
and allow it to remain through the season.
Irrigating once a week with soap suds, tak
ing care to sprinkle all the foliage with the
fluid, will also be beneficial. One thing,
however, should be observed iu the cultiva
tion of this fruit, and that is, never to plant
tbe bushes under a tree or in the 6bade.
1 he Trout Season. It is now in its
height, and the most , appropriate uniform
seems to be a fishing-rod, a pair of India
rubber boots, basket, "bait" flask or tehis
tety, &e. Several fine lots have been caught
by our local Iraak Walton.
Mr. Robert L. Pele recently offered some
remarks on the habits of the trout, which
are of such interest to the fancier of this
most game fish that we append them in this
place, as follows: ;
"The trout is the only fish that Comes in
and goes out of season with the deer; he
grows rapidly, and dies early after reaching
his full growth. The female spawns iff Oc
tober at a different time from nearly all
other fish; after -which both male and fe
male become lean, weak, and unwholsome
eating, and, if examined closely, will be
found covered with a species of clove-shaped
insects, - which appear to suck their sub
stance from them: and thev continue sick
until warm weather, when they rub the in
sects off on tbe gravel, and immediately
grow strong The female is the best for
tbe table. She may be known by her small
head and deep body. The trout is less oily
and rich than tbe salmon; the female is
much brighter and more beautiful than tbe
inales they swim rapidly, and often leap,
like the salnioo, to a great height, when as
cending streams. When I first stocked ray
trout poud, I placed 1,500 in it, aud a as
accustomed to feed them with angle-worms,
rose-bugs, crickets, grasshoppers, ic, which
they attacked with great voracity, to the
amusement of those looking on. ' They grow
much more rapidly in ponds than in their
native streams, from the fact tbat tbey are
better fed, and uot compelled to exercise.
Irout are the only fish known to me that
possess a voice, which is perceived by press
ing them, when they emit a murmuring
sound and tremble all over."
He Meant Dad. The Boston Times
says: "At a Justice Court in the ureen
Mountain State some Tears ago. the follow-
ug incident occurred. A very iil-natured,
quarrelsome person, was concerned in a
street brawl one night, and got a blow from
somebody, which resulted iu a 'black eye,'
aud a suit for assault aud battery. In the
course of the trial, a son of the plaintiff was
called to the witness stand a regular chip
of the old block, about fifteen Tears of oge.
The boy testified to some knowledge of the
affray, but couldn't give many particulars,
as the Light was an exceedinrlv dark one.
Now, sir,' said the cross-examining attor
ney, wui you venture to swear that your
father was there at all?' 'Yes, sir; I know
he was there.' 'But you say you did not
see hiiu nor hear biin speak; how then did
you know he was present?' 'Why I'll tell
you. Just as I came cut of the gate, I
heard Jos Smith (the defendant) holler out
'There goes tbe old devil!' and I kuew he
meant dad."
New Cent Piece. The government hav
ing very properly got disgusted with that
most atrocious of coinages, the 185T ceut
piece, has got another. The new coin, like
the other, is of trickle and of the same size;
it has the head of au Indian girl on one side
aud the words United States of America,
with the date. Upou the reverse is a wreath,
surmounted with a shield, with a bunch of
arrows entwined at the bottom, aud the
words One Cent in the middle of it. The
workmanship, as well as the design, is beau
tifully executed.
A Scese is Court. "You say, Mr. Skee
ly, that you don't like the witness. Do you
think such conduct worthy of a Methodist?
"I do, your honor; I have good reasons to
dislike Mr. Jones." "Oblige the Court by
stating that reason." "Because, your hou
or, he's always dealing in pretty inuendos.
No longer ago than lust night he said I was
a d d thief, ani vchafs more, said he
could prove if." The Court admitted that
such iuueudos were slightly out of charac
ter, and ruled out Mr. Jones' testimony.
Grass Around Fruit Trees. No one
who has the least knowledge of tbe cultiva
tion of fruit, will allow grass to grow around
his young trees. It is a great drawback
npon their growth and health. For several
years, at least and we would recommend
it at all times tbe soil should be kept pul
verized around the trunks of fruit trees.
Only give your trees as much attention as
yon give your cornfield, or your cabbag9
bed, and there will be no secret in the rais
ing cf 6upcrJor crops of good fruit.
Z$ A rather plain spoken clergyman
once took for his text, this passage in the
Psalms:
"I said in my haste, all men are liars."
Looking np, apparently, as if he saw the
Psalmist stand immediately before him,
said: "You said so in your haste, did you,
David ? Well, if you had been here, you
might have said it after mature reflection."
"That's so 1"
i35 Yah, yah, nigga, you talk so much
'bout your countifit dollars, jest succeed to
deform me why a countifit dollar is like an
apple-pie? Oil, I drops de snhject, and
doesn't know nothing 'bout it. Kasoit isn't
current.
A new design for thft cent is prepar
ed at the Philadelphia mint. It is of nick
el, like the new cent piece of 1857, and of
the same size, but has the head of an- In
dian girl with the words United States of
America, and the date on one side, and a
wreath surmounted with a shield, with a
buucb of arrows entwined at the bottom and
the words one ceut iu the middle it, oa the
other.
About Right. The New York Express
saysr .
"Dislike the administration as we may,
and condemn it as often as we feel called
upon to do, on other questions, we are
free to say that iu the management of this
British aggression business, it has acted iu
our humble judgement, about right."
A : Conneticut schoolmaster asked a
ad from Newport,. 'How many. Gods are
there." The boy, after scratching his head
some time, replied: "I don't know how many
you have in Conneticut, but we hare none
in Rhode Island." . . .
It is impossible, said one politician
to auother, to say where your party ends,
and the opposition party begins. "Well,
sir," replied the other, ''if yoa were riding a
jackass, it would bo impossible to say where
tbe man ended and thi ass began." -" 1
BY AUTHORITY.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
AN ACT making appropriations for the leg
islative, executive, and judicial expenses
of government for the year ending the
thirtieth of Jaae, eighteen hundred aud
fifty-nine.
Expenses of CoVtctina Revenvt from Lands.
To meet the expenses of collecting the reve
nue irom the sale or public lands in tbe
several States and Territories: -
For salaries and commissions of registers
of laud offices and receivers of public moneys,
one hundred and twenty thousand dollars.
J; or defraying the expenses of the Su
preme, circuit and district courts of the Uni
ted States, includiug tbe District of Colum
bia; also jurors and witnesses, in aid of the
funds arising from fines, penalties and for
feitures incurred in the fiscal vear endinc
June thirtieth eighteen hundred and ftv I
nine, and previous vears: and likewise for
defraying the expenses of suits in which the
United States are concerned, and of prose
cutions i.ir oueuces
committed a trains t the
United States, and for the safe -keeping of
prisoners, one million dollars.
-II- . t
PtnUenliary.
For compensation of the warden, clerk,
physician, chaplain, assistant keepers, guards
and matron of the penitentiary of the Dis
trict of Columbia, twelve thousand fire hun
dred and forty dollars.
For compensation of three insprctors of
saiu penitentiary, seven hundred and fifty
dollars.
For the support and maintenance of said
penitentiary, seven thousand nine hundred
and twenty dollars and twenty five cents.
For compensation of two additional zuards
hereby authorized, thirteen hundred aud
twenty dollars.
For compensation, in part, for the mes
senger in charge of the main furnace iu the
Capitol, four hundred and twenty dollars.
For stationery, blank books, plans, draw
ings and other contingent expenses of the
Commissioner of Public Buildings, two hun
dred and fifty dollars.
For compensation to the laborer in chanre
cf the water closets in the Capitol, four hun
dred and thirty eight dollars.
For compensation to the public gardener,
one thousand four hundred aud forty dollars.
For compensation of twenty-two laborers
employed in the public grounds and Presi
dent's garden, thirteen thousand two hun
dred dollars.
For compensation of the keeper of the
western gate, Capitol Square, eight hundred
and seventy six dollars.
For compensation of two day Watchmen
employed in the Capitol Square, one thou
sand two hundred dollars.
For compensation of two1 night wafehaien
employed at the President's House, one
thousand two hundred dollars.
For compensation of the doorkeeper at the
President's House, six Londred dollars.
For compensation of the assistant door
keeper at tLe President's House, six hundred
dollars.
For compensation of one night watchman
employed for the bettee protection of the
buildings Ijing south of the Capitol, and
used as public stables aud carpenters' shops,
six hundred dollars.
For compensation cf four draw Jceepers
at tbe Potomac bridge, and for fuel, oil and
lamps, fire thousand five hundred aud eighty
four dollars and forty cents.
For compensation of two draw keepers at
the two bridges across the eastern branch of
the Potomac, and for fuel, oil and lamps,
one thousand one hundred aud eighty dollars.
For compensation of tbe auxiliary guard,
and for fuel and oil for lamps, nineteen thou
sand four hundred dollars.
For furnace keeper at the President's
House, six hundred dollars.
Sec. 2. And be it further enaded. That
hereaiter the estimates for the various exec
utive departments shall designate not only
the amount required to be appropriated for
the next fiscal year, but also the amount of
the outstanding appropriation, if there be
any, which will probably be required to be
used for each particular item of expenditure.
Approved 2d June, 1858.
AN ACTmakingnppropriations for the Na
val service for tbe year ending the thirti
eth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty
nine.
Be it enacted by the Senate and jjoute ef
Jiepreseniativrs of the United tla!es of Amer
ica in Congrtss Assembled, That the follow
ing sums be, and they are hereby, appropri
ated, to be paid out of any money in the
treasury uot otherwise appropriated, for tbe
year ending tbe thirtieth of June, eighteen
hundred and fifty-nine.
For pny of commission, warrant, and pet
ty officers- and seamen, including the engin
eer corps of the navy, three million eight
hundred and five thousaud four hundred aud
five dollars. . -
For provisions for commission, warrant,
and petty officers and seamen, iucluding the
engineers and marines attached to vessels
for sea service, nine hundred and forty-one
thousand seven hundred dollars.
For surgeons' necessaries and appliances
for the sick aud hurt of anvy, including the
engineer aud marine corps, thirty-two thou
sand one hundred and fifty dollars.
For increase, repair, armament, and equip
ment of tho uavy, including the wear aud
tear of vessels in commission, fuel for steam
ers, aud purchase of hemp for navy, two
million eight hundred and fifty thousand
dollars: Provided, Tbat there shall not be
purchased any large quantity 'of hemp of
foreign growth for tbe use of the navy than
shall be required to meet the deficiency in
tbe supply of the American article, as re
ported to the Navy Department, from quar
ter to qnartxr, by the agents appointed to
procure tbe article of American growth:
Provided further, That hemp of American
growth aud like quality can lie purchased at
the same price aa hemp of foreign growth.
For ordinance and ordiuancc stores and
small arms including incideutal expenses,
five hundred and uiuety-eight thousaud dol
lars. For contingent, expenses tbat may accrue
for the following purposes, viz: freight
aud transportation, printing and stationery,
advertising ' aud, newspapers, books, and
maps, models, aud drawings, purchase and
repair of fire engineers and machinery, re
pairs of and attending to steam engineers
in th6 navy yards, purchase and maiteuaoce
of wheels, aud the purchase and repair of
workmens tools, postage of public letters,
f jel, oil, and candles for navy yards and
shore stations, pay of watchmen- and Inci
dental labor, cot chargeable to any other
appropriation, transions and stores on for
eign station?, wharfage, dockage, and rent, .
travelling expenses of officers and others,
under orders, funeral expenses, store and of
fice rent, stationery, fuel, commissions and
pay of clerks to nary agents and storkeep
ers, flags, aw niniugs, end packing boxes,
premiums and other expenses of recruiting,
apprehending deserters, per diem pay to
persons attending courts martial and courts
of inquiry, and ether servicss authorized by
law, pay to judges advocate, pilotage and
towage of vessels, and assistance to vessels
in distress, bills of health, and quarantine
expenses of vessels of the United States na
vy in foreign ports, eiirlit hundred and nine
ty-seven thourand six hundred dollars: pro
vided. That the expenditures under the for
rign appropriations shall be so accounted
for as to show the disbursements by each
bureau, under each respective appropriation.
Marine corps. -
For pay of tbe officers, non-commissioned '
officers, musicians and privates, clerks, mes-
I . . 1 1 . m .
senerers, steward., and servants, for rations
and clothing for servants, subsistence and
additional rations for five years service of
officers, for undrawn clothing and rations,
bounties for re-enlestments, and pay for no- -expired
terms of previous service, three hun
dred and ninety-five thousand five hundred
and seventy-eight dollars and twenty-six
cents.
For provisions for marines serving on
shore, sixty-four thousand three hundred and
thirteen dollars.
For clothing, sixty-six thousand fire bun
dred and twelve dollars.
For fuel, twenty thousand seven hundred
and and fifty-six dollars and - seventy-five
cents. "
, For military stores, viz: repair of arms, .
pay of amorers, purchase of accoutre
ments, ordinance stores, flags, drums, fifes,
and other instruments, and one thousand ri
fled muskets, twenty-fire thousand dollars.
For transportation of officers and troops,
and expenses of recruiting, twelve thousand
dollars.
For repairs of barracks and rent of offi
ces where there are no public buildings for
that purpose, eight thousand dollars.
To pay the contractors for building cis
terns, erecting porticos to commandant's
house, aud officers' quarters, to complete
porticos of men's quarters, pavements and
enrb to commandaut's house, and officers
quarters of the marine barracks at Fensa
cola, Florida, (so as fully to complete said
marine garrison,) sixteen thousand eight
huudred dollars.
For contingencies, viz: freight, ferriage,
toll, cartage, and wharfage, compensatioa
to judges adrocate, per diem for attending
courts martial, courts of inquiry, and for
constant labor, bouse rent iu lieu of quar
ters, burial cf deceased marines, printing,
stationary postage and telegraphing, appre
hension of deserters, oil, candles, gas, fo
rage, straw, faruitcre, bed, sack?, spades,
shovels, axes, picks aad carpenters' tools,
keep of a horse for the messenger, and pay
of mntron, washerwoman, and porter at hos
pital headquarters, and for the purchase of
a fire engine for tbe use of tbe marine bar
racks at headquarters, thirty-two thousand
fire hundred dollars.
JS'avy yards.
For the construction end completion of
works, and. for the current repairs of the
several navy yards, viz:
Portsmouth New Hampshire.
For mooring piers for dock, extending
tabled, completion of dock basin, repairs cf
floating dock, and repairs of all kinds, fifty
two thousand two huudred and fifteen dollars.
Boston.
For reservoirs, boiler-honse, chimney and
boilers at rope-walk, altering tar-kettles, ma
chinery and bobbins for rope-walk, to com
plete machine sho, and for machinery for
machine shop and fonndary, extension of
dry dock, and repairs of all kinds, two hun
dred and three thousand five hundred dollars.
New York.
For boiler house and setting boilers, wa
ter pipes, drains, quay wall, sewer extended
to quay wall, boiler to dredger, timber ba
sin, repairs of oakum shop, filling ponds ia
yard, dredging channel and scows, piling
site for marine barracks, machinery for ma
chine shop, boiler shop, srw mill, foundary,
and repairs of all kinds, two hundred and
sixty-nine thousand fire hundred and six
teen dollars; and the amount heretofore ap
propriated for coal-house may be applied to
the comDletion of the store-house.
Philadelph'a,
For extending gun-carriage shop, addi
tional story to plumber's shop, dredgiDg
channels aud repairs of dredger, repairs of
dry dock, and repairs of all kinds, ninety
seven thousand two hundred atd fourteen
dollars.
Washington.
. For x tension of navy store, for anchor
shop and coal bouses, pavements, drains and
gutters, machiuery aud tools and repairs of
all kinds, uiuety-nine thousaud one hundred
collars.
Norfolk. '
For continuation of quay wall, completing
victualing establishment, completing grading
aud drainage, dredging channels, continuing
ship house number forty-eight, to be built of
iron oe wood as may be deemed expedient,
machinery and tools, completing reservoir,
completing carpenters' shop, and repairs of
all kinds, two hundred and eighty-five thou
sand eight huudred and eighty dollars.
To enable the Secretary of the Navy to
purchase tools and furnis the machine shop
and foundry at Norfolk navy yard, twenty
thousaud dollars.
Pensacola.
For continuing granite wharf, repairing
and operating dock, filling and paving around
dock basin, dredging in front of basin, re
pairs of railways, completing water pipes to
permanent wharf, completing foundry, con
structors' workshop, cistern at machine shop,
trip hammer for smitbery, blast pipes and
repairs of all kinds, two hundred and forty
seven thoosand three hundred and sixty-five
dollars.
Mare Island, California.
For guard house cumber seventy-three,
tar aud pitch house number seventy-four,
two cisterns number forty.uine, grading, pav
ing, continuing wharf, foundry and boiler"
establishment, gas works, and Bishop's der?
rick, three hundred aad seventeen thousand
nine hundred and seventy-one dollars.