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SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1858.
WHOLE NO. 392.
VOL. 8. NO. 28.
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A Woman's Question.
BT MISS PROCTOR.
Before I trust my fate to thee.
Or place my hand in thine;
Before 1 let thy future give
Color and form to mine;
Before I peril all fur thee, question thy soul to
night for me.
I break all slighter bonds, nor feel
A shadow of regret;
Is there one link within the past
That holds thy spirit yett
Or is thy faith as clear and tree as that which 1
can pledge to th ret
Does there within thy dimmest dreams
A possible future shine.
Wherein thy life could henceforth breathe,
Untouched, unshared by mine?
If so. at any pain or cost, oh, tell me before all
is lost.
Look deeper still. If thou canst feel
Within thy inmost sonl
That thou hast kept a portion back,
While I have staked the whole,
Let do false pity spare the blow, but, in tree
mercy, teil me so.
Is there within thy heart a need
That mine cannot fultilT
One chord that any other hand
Could better wake or still?
Speak now lest at tome future day my whole
life wither and decay.
Lives there within thy nature hid
The demon-spirit Change,
Shedding a passing glory still
On aii things new and strange?
It may not be thy fault alone but shield ray
heart against thy own.
Conldst thou withdraw thy hand one day
And answer to my claim.
That Fate; and that to-day's mistake
Not thou had been to blame;
Borne soothe their conscience thus! but thon
oh, sorely thou wilt warn me now.
Kay, answer not I dare not hear
The words wonld come too late!
Tet I would spare tbee all remorse,
So comfort thee, my fate:
Whatever on my heart may fall remember, I
wonld risk it all.
The Republican Sam of Life.
Tell tne not, in mournful numbers,
Hnmbng is an empty dream;
Though awhile onr humbng slumbers.
Things are not just w hat they seem.
Humbug's real, humbug's earnest.
And the grave is not its goal;
Dust thon art, to dust retnrnest.
Was not spoken of its sonl.
Losing spoils is all our sorrow.
Office is onr end and way;
Hnmbngs dead, will rise to-morrow,
More deceptive than to-day!
Lives of hnmbngs all remind ns
We can make them most sublime,
And, departing, leave behind as
Big ones on the sands of time.
Ilnmbngs which, perhaps, another.
Crawling down the' solemn main.
Black Kayen'd and shipwrecked brother.
Seeing, may crawl np again.
Let ns then be r.p and batching
Humbugs fit for any fate
Kansas hnmbngs bravely matching.
Learn to hatch, and brood, and wait.
Old Hcxx ox a Beaitifix Maxtcamaker.
Beneath this mound of verdant sward,
Sleeps one whom Cambridge youths adored.
Sweet girl! she's gone to heaven; although
Mer life was only sew and sew. Boston Pott.
Old Hi'xx ox a Casi s Belli.
Prentice has tried how aptly and well he
Cenld rattle his jokes on poor Monsieur Bella!
Bat an older French gentlemnn seems the more fit
And natural butt of Prentice's wit.
"For" says old Hunx, whose tongue there's no
curb on
" Hasn't Prentice for years, been a butt of Old
Bonrhon T' lb.
A Fish Story. The 'ahville Union is
.responsible for the following: When over
:1a East Tennessee lately, George Harris
-.told as a story which we don't believe. It
ran thus: A man in Greene county wait
fond, of whiskey. He went to the still
boose in his neighborhood, and had his jug
.filled with the critter. Between his resi
dence and the still-house a mill pond "inter
Tened;" which, of coarse, he had to cross.
J Before retch i op the pond, he had exhaust' d
'the jug; and was, well, Fay, tight. lie
ibeld on to the jug, however. In crossing
'the pond he fell in, jag and all. He pot
oat, bat the jug sank in the pond. In
-coarse of time (he man Joined the temper
ance socity. One day he went to the same
pond to fish. Soon he found his hook fast.
After nnch effort, he drew the attachment
o -shore and it was hisyvg! Wonderful to
tell, -this hook was fast iu.,ide the jug! He
couldn't get it ont, and so broke the jnp.
Still more wonderful to tell, a cat fish filled
the jng. -George Harris thicks that the
-cat-fish had entered the jag and could not
get oat. Hebrew till he filled the jnp, and
.grew its exact shape, square stern and all!
We told Harris that we diJu't believe this
story and he offered to produce the broken
pieces of the jng, provided we would go with
him to Greeue county; which we declined.
A New Conqueror. couple of fools
got into a .fight ou one of the wharves in
Boston, bat before they had a chance to in
jure each other, a very sensible fellow. a
clerk in one of the lores elbowed his way
through the crowd and flung a handful of
flour into the face and eyes of the enraged
combatants. The battle ceased very sud
denly, and the parties, as soon as they re
covered their sight, showed some fine speci
mens of tall walking, amid roars of laugh
ter from the spectators. This is the best
Boston notion out yet. That clerk should
be created Lfeo tenant of the Police. They
quell mobs in Kusia by playing the fire en
gines upon tbem.
TBw Myat flows Stranger.
It was about ten years since the extensive
forgeries of one Ilasbrnok created a great
deal of excitement ia State Street, Bostou,
Mass.
' The fellow was an adroit rogue and when
the officers were sure they had him, he
quietly slipped awsy and could not be dis
covered. It was ascertained that a passsge had been
engaged in the British steamer for a person
about whom some mystery hung. A watch
Tor this individual was set, but several days
Iwfore the steamer was appointed to sail,
Hasbrook slipped away, so that he could
no; be the mysterious passenger, or he had
abandoned his flight to Europe.
About this time, tired of the dust and din
of the city, I started for a tour to the East.
I missed the steamer Admiral, which went
direct to East port, but determined not to be
balked, I took the cars for Portland. Pro
ceeding thence by the steamer Governor, ar
rived there ou Saturday morning.
I intended to stay in the city of pine
boards for a few days, but as it was hot, und
having made the acquaintance of a very
agreeable gentleman, who was going to take
the stage for Eastport that night, I deter
mined to accompany him.
We were roused from our beds at twelve
o'clock, midnight, to take the early stage.
It was no great hardship, for the nights were
cool and the days hot. In the stage we
found two passengers who had already ap
propriated the back seat, aud my friend aud
I bestowed ourselves on the forward seat.
It was so dark we could not make out our
fellow passenger, one of whom hud envelop
ed himself in a great cloak, aud seemed to
be asleep. The other was quite communica
tive, and we three were soon on excelleut
terms,.
We talked politics, lumber and crops, till
daylight began to appear, wheu the stage
was invaded by an army of musquitoes, who
threatened to suck all the blood out of our
veins.
"We roust fight or die, Bosty," said my
friend shipping vigorously about him.
"Xever wiud, Filly, 1 have a dozen cigars.
We will show them uo quarter."
My friend's name was Raymond, but we
got in the way of calling each other by the
name of the city from which we came. I
hud abreviated the name of Quaker City
into a very familiar and loving eoguomeu,
and Filly, in revenge called me Bosty.
Rayn,oud was a right down good fellow,
one of the beat couipnuious in the world lor
a journey. I hud casually made his acquain
tance on board the Governor, and we had
ever since hung together like brothers.
I passed the cigars to the party.
"No," said the man in the cloak, rather
groffly.
"Won't you smoke?"
"No."
Our lumber friend would smoke, and in
a niome:il we were all three in full blast.
The man in the cloak sneezed.
"Is f-moke offensive to you?" asked Filly.
"No."
- He seemed to Lave a supreme contempt
for musquitoes, for on his face aud hand we
could see them busily engaged at their bloody
work, which be had suffered to proceed
whilbout even taking the trouble to brush
them off. He was a strange being, whoev
er he wa. He would answer no questions.
Fdly took a malicious delight in annoying
liitu but he only answered yes or no, or by
a uod. He was certainly a very mysterious
passenger, and we would hare giveu all our
old boots to know about him. '
Our onslaught ou the musquitoes was suc
cessful. The smoke drove tbein out and we
were once more at peace.
The stage stopped lor breakfast, but our
mysterious coiupauiou was Lot to be templ
et! from his corner.
"Will you have breakfast?"
"No."
As the day advanced the mystery grew
more deep aud profound. The day was hot
but the stranger kept his cloak on, aud still
kept his face as much concealed as possible.
our arrival at Clterrjfield, where we were
to dine, he still remained in his comer.
"Thundering strange, isu't it, Bosty? Is
be crazy?"
"Perhaps so."
"He will starve to death."
"Very likely."
"Perhaps he has no moucy."
"Perhaps not."
"I will offer to poy for Lis dinner."
"Filly, I have au idea," I observed, after
he had tailed iu his attempt.
"Hold on to it, Bosty."
"About this uiau."
"What?'
"He is a rogne."
"I shouldn't be surprised."
"I'll bet five dollars it is Hasbrook, the
forger."
"Very likely."-
"I um almost certain.
"Ou the whole, 1 dou't think it is," said
Filly.
. ' I will bet five dollars on it."
"Done," said he, aud we shook hands on it.
After dinner, and while we were enjoying
the pleasant part of the journey, through 1
the woods of Maine, the mysterious passen
ger was still mysterious. We could get
uothing out of him. In vaiu jr my question
ed him.
"Do you know Hasbrook, the forger?"
asked he.
"No."
"Never saw Ltm?"
"Yes."
"Where?"
I was sure that he was Hasbrook, the
forger, and was sure of winning the bet
with Filly.
The stranger settled back ana maae no
reply.
It was about four o'clock in the morning
when wc reached Eusport, and then, for the
first time since leaving Bangor, I believe the
suspicious individual got out of the stage.
When the stage drove np to the hotel, we
noticed several persons iu the bar room, and
two men were staudiug on the steps where
we alighted.
The stranger to my astonishment, then
walked up to Filly, as he got out, aud slap
ped him on the shoulder. The stranger
spoko then.
"Mr. Hasbrook, I arrest yon," said be.
"Eh?" aud Filly started back.
The two men who were standing on the
steps, immediately laid bands on my jolly
frieud.
"Hasbrook, is itr
In a momeut more they had handcuffed
him.
"Fonnd a tongne at last," inquired Filly.
"My name is Eostbrook. I am a mem
ber of Boston police," said the man ia the
cloak.
"Yon are a shrewd fellow; but be that
holds his tongue tells no secrets."
"That's a fact."
"You have been snuffing me all .the way
then. Why did you not get out wheu we
did?" ;
"I did while you were at your!meal.
The driver knew me, so I did uot suffer."
"Bosty," said Hasbrook, turning to me,
"you have lost your bet."
I was confounded at his impudence and
handed him five dollars
Was it possible that I had been intimate
for several days with Hasbrook, the forger?
He was taken to Boston, per Admiral, by
the three officers, two of whom bad come by
boat, and the other had been our mysteri
ous passenger. It wa3 supposed he meunt
to take the steamer at Halifax, and was
proceeding this way. He was a pood fel
low, aud I was sorry for him. He served
out his time in the State Piisou.
Woman's Rights Male Attire. Tha
Democratic Advocate relates an incident
which occurred in Lewiston, Me., this week.
A younp mnn who had been boarding at
one of the first hotels in that town since the
middle of April, was discovered on Sunday
last to be a woman. She had occupied a
room with a Mr. Ward, who came to Lewis
ton with her. The landlord of the house
let the parties off, upon their promising to
separate from each other; but on Tuesday
it was fotMid that they were cohabiting to
topether in the town of Greene. An offi
cer was despatched to the place; the par
ties were arrested, tried before a justice,
bound over, and for want of bail committed
to the jail in Auburn. At the examination
it was proved that Ward was a married
man and the father of a family.
The New Haven News of the 2d inst.
says a yonng lady of this city, by the name
of Higgins, of respectable connections, who
had a desire to see the sights of New York,
had her hair cut and trimmed, and dressed
herself yesterday in male attire, and went to
West Haven to take the cars for Gotham,
where, in company with some of her com
panions, she hoped to enjoy the glorious
Fourth. He was informed, however, of
her intentions, and arrived at the depot just
as she was stepping on board of the train,
and prevented her from carrying out her
plans.
Ccriocs Well. We learn from several
reliable gentlmen that Mr. Bough, residing
near Strong river, in Smith county, about a
month ngo was boring for water in the pi
ney woods, and when he hnd bored about
forty feet, "a mighty rushing wind" came
out of the hole, which continued for several
days. He qnit boring and waited to see
what would come of it. He placed a bot
tle over the hole, and the wiud makes a
noise which can be heard a mile. It "blows"
about a week at a time, and then it begins
to "suck in," which continues for about the
same time and then blows again. So far,
no diminution of its force has been discov
ered. It has attracted many persons to
see it, and as yet none can tell "whence the
wind cometh, or whither it goetb." It is
truly stranpe, and we should be glad to hear
the opinions of the learned as to its cause.
Yicksburg Sun.
VQ- A woman about thirty-six years of
age, named Caroline Fredrica Fatrine Sche-
warlz, has been arrested in Chicapo, on a
charge, laid in Buffalo, of poisoning a man
with whom she was living as wife. She is
a woman of good education, and appears to
possess a history tinctured with romance.
She states that her father held the rank of
Major Generul under the Duke of Baden
Baden; that for four years she rode by his
side, arrayed iu the warlike habiliments of
the other sex, in which unwomanly charac
ter she visited Russia, Algiers, aud many
other places, and terminated her career of
soldier by getting married aud coming to
America, some ten years ago.
"Cocldx't Afford It." Some months
since, on the corner of Nassau and Spruce
streets, a beg;nr had taken his stand, and
day after day asked alms of all who passed.
A gentleman, who was engaged in superin
tending the construction of a new building,
thought the beggar looked like an able-bodied
mnn, and went over and asked him if he
would not like to work, and offered him a
dollar a day. To his surprise the beggar
replied "I couldn't afford to work for that
price." "Why not?" "Because, I average
a dollar and a half a day here, begging,
and I cau't afford to lose the half dollar." .
tty A romantic young lady fell the oth
er day into the river and came very near
drowuing, but succor being fortunately at
hand, she was drawn out senseless and car
ried home. On coming to she declared to
her family that she must marry him who
had saved her.
"Impossible," said her papa.
"Wasn't it that interesting yonng man
who lives here iu the ncighb jrhood?"
"Dear me, no it was the Newfoundland
dog."
Look orr for tub Nigger. The follow
ing story is current in Virginia: The Bap
tists were baptising some converts; they fin
ished by baptising ait old negro slave. The
parson, uot thinking as much of his soul as
the white portion of his converts let him
drop and made his owu way to the shore.
The negro, blowing aud puffing, reached the
shore, and sitting on a stump, remarked:
"That some gentleman's nigger would be
killed by sicli toolishuess yet."
It was Cobbett who said and he
told the truth, too that woman is never
so amiable as when she is useful; and, as
for beauty, though a man niuy fall in love
with girls at play, there is nothing to make
them stand in their love like 6eeiug tbem at
work, engaged iu the useful offices of the
home aud family.
ga- A wag who had beeu thrown from
his boat into the water in the Irlondequoit
bay, near Rochester, beseeched his rescuers
to be careful in hauling him in. He was so
earnest in his beseechiugs that he was ask
ed of what he was so anxious "to be care
ful." "Why," said he, "be careful about
wetting my shirt collar."
A Visit to the Heraaltac.
A correspondent who has recently visited
the Hermitage, the borne of Gen. Jacksin,
gives the following account of some of the
curiosities he saw: :"" '
Prominent among the curiosities M
woodca pitcher, both on account of the ar
tistic skill displayed and the celebrity of. tie
tree from which the wood was procured.
It was made of wood from the elm tree
der which William Penn made the cele
ted Indian: treaty. The pitcher was ranfle
and presented by the coopers of Philadel
phia; and, although it is not larger than a
common cream-jug, it contains seven hun
dred and fifty staves. The hoops, lid tVid
handle are of silver; the bottom is a mini
fying glass, by looking through which ine
is enabled to see the joints, which are invis
ible to the naked eye. We will next rce
VOId Hickory." This U abublecbp7lhat
is, two cups with one bottom, so that when
one is turned op, the other is turned down.
It is, as its name implies, of hickory; aud
what is most singular about,' has a natural
handle. It is simply a block about one foot
in length, with both ends hollowed, and was
cut on Long Island, from a hickory sprout,
the parent stem of which was severed by a
a cannon bull in the war of the Revolution.
The next things wc will mention are a calu
met of stone, presented by some Indian chief
whose name we have forgotten; a "bayonet
with a large root grown aronnd it, found
near the battle ground below New Orleans;
the cup and saucer out of which General
Washington drank his last tea, and a small
piece of candle found in the tent of Lord
Cornwallis when he surrended to General
Washington and closed the revolutionary
struggle. The last named article was giv
en to General JLackson with the request that
he would light it on each Fourth of July.
Mrs. Jackson remarked that they had failed
to do this for several years, owing to its
shortness. We will not forget to mention
that we saw the gold medal presented by
Congress to General Jackson, for his gal
lant and successful defence of New Orleans.
Also, the handsome silver rose preseuted by
the ladies of Charleston, South Carolina.
This is to be disposed of in the same way
that the golden snuff box was, according to!
the General's will. Besides these, aud many
other things, that we do not now remember,
were the portraits of several persons among
them, two of the General, one or bis wife,
aud oue of each of his adopted son and his
wife.
Dry Printing. The following fs from a
late number of the London Mining Journal:
"A new paper has been made with pre
pared albumen from the residue of the beet
root after distillation and the manufacture
of sugar, which has been patented by the
inventor, Dr. Collyer. The great peculiari
ty of this paper is, that it can be printed on
without "wetting." The impressions which
we have seen worked off by steam power of
one of the most extensively circulated illus
trated periodicals, exhibit a sharpness of
outline which was equal to' the impressions
that were being taken on the damped- pa
per. The same results took place with lith
ographic, steel and copper engraving. The
surface of the paper is smooth, compact, and
vrllumy. The prepared albumen can Le
used in the manufacture of paper in from
20 per cent, or as high ns 80, dispensing
with the use of the same amount of rags.
It has a great advantage over glycerine, as
it is less thau half the expense, and forms a
component part of the paper itself. The
prepared albumen carries its sizing proper
ties, which enables the manufacturer to dis
pense with the use of resin or animal size.
It has been adopted by her Majesty's Gov
ernment in the manufacture of cartridge ca
ses at the Royal Paper Factory, Woolwich.
We are of opinion that Dr. Col Iyer's pateut
material will become a most important fea
ture iu the future manufacture of paper. We
believe a company is in contemplation."
Pretty Women. A pretty woman is one
of the "institutions" of the couutry an an
gel in dry poods and glory. She makes
sunshine, blue sky aud happiness wherever
she goes. Her path is one of delicious ro
ses, perfume and beauty. She .is a poem
written in rare carls and choice calicc, aud
good principles. Her words flow round the
ear like music, birds of paradise, or the
chime of Sabbath be Us. Without her, so
ciety would lose her truest attractions, the
church its firmest reliance, aud young men
the very best or comforts aud company. Her
influence aud generosity restrain the vicious,
strengthen the weak, raise the lowly, flannel
shirt the heathen, and strengthen the faint
heart. Wherever you find tho virtuous wo
man, you also find fire side boquets, cleau
clothes, order, good living, geutle hearts,
music, light aud model institutions general
ly, bhe is the Bower of humanity, a very
Venus in divinity, aud her inspiration is the
breath of Heaven.
Tinkering with Coin. We are informed
by the Chief of Police, that for the past
year some shrewd scamp has been in the
habit of filing the edges of twenty-dollar
pieces, so as to lighten their weight about
two dollars each. I he work is admirably
well done, and would escape ordinary scru
tiny, too well done for a Chinaman, and the
conclusion is, that some dextrous artificer is
employed iu it. Every method has beeu
adopted to detect the operator that ingenui
ty could devise, but thus far without effect,
nor is it even guessed which part of the
state claims the honor of Ins prescuce.
Old Times in Boston. The Boston Ga
zette of July 18, 1758, coutaiued the fol
lowing:
"Just imported from Africa, and to be
sold ou board the bug Jonucy, Wm. Ellery
Commander, A Number of likely negro boys
and girls from 12 to 14 years of Age; In
quire or said JMlery, ou board said Brig
where constant attendance is given.
Note. The. abort Slaves have all had the
Small Fox. Treasurer's Notes, and New
England Rum will be taken as pay.
Facts ark Stubborn Things. It is not
denied that almost every American woman
is more or less troubled with these diseases
called uterine, aud the medical profession
have admitted their iuability to effect a
cure. 1 bey all, however, generally uuite in
admitting tbe complete success of Marshall's
uterine catholicon, in all such cases. These
facts being undoubted, every sufferer should
make a trial of this medicine, and secure
health. Tbe coat of five bottles is not aa
much as is charged by physicians for a
week 8 attendance. JV. Jr. 2 nbune.
Yamhill County- AgrlcnlUaral Fair. .
The Executive committee of the, Yamhill
Agricultural society, hereby announce that
the annual fair of said society will be be held
at Lafayette, in said county, on the Satur
day iu October next.
The committee announce the following
premiums for the year A. D., 1858.
Horses.
1st best stallion, bridle worth $5,00, ,
2d " " diploma,
1st best span geldings or mares, 1 pair
; check lines, $5,00,
2d best span geldings or mares, diploma,
1st best saddle horse, 1 halter worth $3,00,
2d " diploma,
1st best brood mare, 1 bridle worth $4,00,
3d ! i diploma, V
1st best 2 year old horse colt, 1 halter worth
$3,00. ; .
2J best 2 year old horse colt, diploma,
1st best yearling horse colt, 1 baiter worth
$3,00,
2d best yearling horse colt, diploma,
1st best sucking horse colt, 1 halter worth
$3,00,
2d best sucking horse colt, diploma,
1st best 2 year old mare colt, halter worth
$3,00,
2d best 2 year old mare colt, diploma,
1st best l year old mare colt, halter worth
$3,00.
2d best 1 year old mare colt, baiter worth
$3,00,
2d best 1 year old mare colt, diploma,
' Cuttle.
1st best bull, silver eup worth $5,00,
2d " " diploma,
1st best 2 year old bull, 1 set German silver
table spoons, $3,00,
2d best 2 year old bull, diploma,
1st best yearling bull, 1 set g. 8. table
spoons worth $3,00,
2d best sucking bull calf, (not over 8 months
old,) 1 set g. s. table spoons worth $3,00,
2d best Rucking bull calf, (uot over 8 mouths
old,) diploma,
1st best cow, silver enp worth $5,00,
2d " " diploma,
1st best 2 year old heifer, 1 set g. s. table
spoons worth $3,00,
2d best 2 year old heifer, diploma,
1st best yearling heifer, 1 set of g. s. table
spoons worth $3,00,
2d best yearling heifer, diploma,
1st best heifer calf, (uot over 8 months old)
1 set g. s. table spoons worth $3,00,
2d best heifer calf, (not over 8 mouths old,)
diploma,
Sheep.
1st best buck for wool, 1 set of g. s. tea
spoons, worth $3,00,
2d best buck for wool, diploma,
1st best buck for muttou, 1 set g. 8. tes
spoons worth 83,00,
2d best buck for mutton, diploma
1st best two ewes for wool, I pair of wool
sheers worth $2,00,
2d best two for wool, diploma,
1st best 2 ewes for mutton, 1 butcher knife
worth $2.00,
2d best 3 ewes for mutton, diploma,
Ladies Department.
1st best quilt, 1 set g. $. tea spoons worth
$1.50,
All other articles of best quality in this
department will receive a diploma.
The best nualttv of cram, fruit, and all
other products of tbe farm will receive a
diploma.
All entries must be made before tbe hour
of exhibition.
Fair to commence at one o'clock, P. M.
Judges on Horses W. G. Buffum, T. J.
Shaddeu, James Kelty.
Judges on Cattle S. Hussey, M. Craw
ford, F. B. Martiu.
Judges on Sheep Jo. Watt, B. E. Stew
ard, R. C. Kinney.
Judges on Laaies Department W. Brey-
man, II. II. Snow, Morris Wolfe.
By order of the Executive Committee.
MORRIS WOLFE, Sec'y.
Home, Sept. 11, 1858.
Mr. Bdsh I send you two ears of corn
of my raising; the seed of this corn I plant
ed lust year on the old farm in JS. x., that
I was raised on, the hist or June, llis
year I planted this corn here on the 20th
of May and it was ripe the first of this
month, the gram of this ear 1 think is
larger than it was crown in New York, but
the ear is considerably smaller. Perhaps it
will do better after it becomes acclimated to
this country. Y'ours truly,
P. O'REILLY.
Tbe specimens of corn sent us with the
above, note, arc as fine as auy we have seen
in Oregon. It is of the eight rows, early
species, common to New York aud New
England.
The Duke of Rispernun was a roan of
much eccentricity, aud remarkable for ab
sence of roiud. It was he who inquired
whether the king's dog went on foot to the
chase. Wheu he was told that Cicero spoke
with great eloquence, he inquired whether
he studied with the Jesuits. A lady having
informed him that she had no children, he
asked whether her mother ever had any, or
whether the defect ran in the family.
The Best Jiikse.--A lady said to her
husband iu Jerrold's presence:
"My dear, you certainly want some new
trouser.i."
"No. I think not," said" the husband.
"Well." Jerold interposed, "I think the
lady who always wears them ought to
know."
BSi- An Irishman in Jackson, Michigan,
was lately escorted home by the republicans
with a band of music for supporting the
know nothing ticket at an election. In
dianapolis Sentinel.
Several Irishmen were lately escorted
home with brickbats for not voting the plug
ogly ticket at Louisville.
The new Usury law of Pennsylvania
as passed by the last Legislature and ap
proved by the Governor, went into effect on
the 1st inst. " By this law, says the Inquir
er, money can be borrowed and loaned, ac
cording to the terms agreed upon by the
parties. There is uo restriction with regard
to the rate.
The papers say that there is on ex
hibition at Milwankie, Wis., a horse, eight
years old, well built and active, with a liv
ing snake, about three iuches long, constant
ly in motion, iu the pupil of his eye. Tbe
color of this ia somewhat whiter than tbe
the other, but the Eight of tbe eye, though
imperfect, is not destroyed.
A Word t Farm.
"There," said a friend of ours a few doys
since, while we were walEing over his iarm
together, you see that I am well situated
for a farm: there is my tillage land on that
mellow and fine ridge, the low land near the
woods is just what I want for a pasture, and
that level field across the road is my mowing;
everything is divided off just as I want it."
- Yes, yes, mowinir, tillage and pasturing
all divided out well, we are quite sorry for
it, and told our frieud so at the time, who
no doubt thought bs self conceited, or in ill
humor. Kind reader, you may depend upon
it, we were neither, as you shall see when we
explain. Our friend in selecting portions cf
bis farm lor certain purposes the raising or
different crops committed a very great
blunder, and tbe worst of it is, thpusauds do
the same. Now, the fact is, and we must all
learn its troth sooner or laler, or nerer arrive
at the perfection of good farmers, that every
rod of earth on a farm should in tarn be
tillage, mowing, and pasturing, and dnring
the change, treated as such. The idea of
dividing a farm off into mowing, etc., should
be doue away with, aud the quicker the bet
ter. We should commence a regular system
of rotation "in crops. ! In Scotland, the sys
tern of alternating crops has been fully test
ed, aud is universally practiced. ' No man
would be considered capable of conducting a
farm who should pursue any other method;
they have reduced it to a science, and can
inform you what rotation is necessary on the
different soils. Besides, the fact of its being
tested there by actnal experiment, every
farmer iu this country may easily satisfy
himself of its utilitv bv a little practice, and
every one may see the reasonableness of the
measure who will consent to examine it.
That tbe rains will penetrate more readily
grounds which have been loosened by the
plow and pulverized bv tillage, thau the
closely matted hard wiry sward, all can see;
and that erass will irrow better in clean,
well prepared ground, than flie hard trodden
pasture, is equally clear. The grass roots
aud vegetable matter are a snpport and as
sistance to tillage crops. Never, then, if
you believe a word we say, never divide your
larui permanently into tillage, etc., any more
thau you wonld divide your family, making
oue eat com, another wheat, another rye,
and another potatoes. Give all a fair chance,
aud they will give you in return uutil your
neart shall dance for iov. Southern Home
stead.
Deep Ccltivation. J2sop narrates the
following fable: a husbandman dying was
desirons that his two sons should continue
his business. He called them to his bedside
and thus addressed them: "My farm and
its treasures I bequeath to yoa as your only
patrimony. I charge you never to sell it,
for somewhere in the ground, wilhin a foot
of the surface, there are treasures buried."
The sons concluded that he talked of money
that was hidden there: so, after their fath
er's death, with unwearied dilligence they
carefully dug over every inch of the farm.
The treasare they expected to Bad was not
there, but the ground being well stirred and
loosened, brought forth so bountifully that
it proved a real treasure. Few farmers are
aware that underneath the visible acres lie
others equally valuable. The man who
does not improve his property to its utmost
capacity, is slothful in a moral sense, if not
in physical. That the products and profits
of tbe best American farms can be doubled
by deep cultivation, judicious rotation and
high manuring, is unquestionable. If the
best American farms can thus be increased
in profit, how much greater the proportion
on the thousands of poor acres. A little
farm well tilled is both more pleasant and
profitable than a great farm carelessly run
over. Labor and industry well applied to
agriculture seldom fail of a reward.
What can be Done on one Acre of
Grocnd. The editor of tho Maine Cultiva
tor published, a few days ago, bis manage
ment of one acre of ground, from which is
gathered the following result:
One third of an acre of corn usually pro
duced thirty bushels of sound corn for grind
ing, besides some refuse. This quantity was
sufficient for family use and for fattening one
large or two small bogs, from the same
ground he obtained two or three hundred
pumpkins, and bis family supply of beans.
From the same bed of six rods square he us
ually obtained about sixty bushels of onions;
these be sold at one dollar per bushel, and
with the amount purchased his flour, lbns
from oue-third of an acre and his onion bed,
he obtained bis bread stuffs. The rest of
tbe ground was appropriated to the use of
vegetables for summer and winter use po
tatoes, beets, parsnips, cabbage, green corn,
peas, beans, cucumbers, melons, squashes,
&c, with filty or sixty bushels of beets and
carrots for winter food for cow. Then he
had flower garden, also raspberries, currauts
and gooseberries, in great variety, and a few
choice apple, pear, plum, cherry, peach and
quince trees.
A Hint. It is well known by all hay
makers, that the soles of boots or shoes, in
the hot dry weather during baying, become
smooth as glass, and full as uncertain for a
foothold, as well as dangerous ou the top of
a load, or in ascending aud descending the
mows. Now, to remedy this evil, I take
the soles from a pair of cast off rubber shoes,
and tack them to tbe bottom of my boots.
Since this has been my practice, 1 have at
all times known where to find my feet wheu
1 put them down. A capital bint aud we
commend it to our readers. Maine farmer.
Cure for Founder. A farmer earnestly
recommends for the cure of founder in horses,
the administration, two or three times a
week, of a haudful of sunflower seed, mixed
with the feed of the horse. It is a relief to
a cold, or cough, and we should tear no
harm and expect some good from tbe trial
of this remedy for founders. Iowa Farmer.
Bottling Gooseberries and Ccrrants.
An approved successful method of prescrv
ing these troits for winter use, at Cincinnati,
is so simple that anybody caii avail himself
of it: Pick tbe fruit at midday when per
fectly dry, and put into glass bottles, with
out removing stems, and with no accompa
niment; cork and seal tight with wax; and
burr in dry 6and, top downwards, xual
all. Frait thas treated comes out in winter
sound acd unimpaired in. favor.
Cheese Mites. It is said that a cheese
painted over with melted suet, so aa to form
a tbio coat orar tbe outside, never has mites.
BY AUTHORITY.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
AN" ACT making appropriations for the snpf
port of the army for the year ending the
thirtieth Jane, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine.
Beit enacted b the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United Stales of Ameri
ca it Congress assembled, That the following
sums be, aud the same are hereby, appro
priated, out of any money ; in the treasury
not otherwise appropriated, for the SBpport
of the army for the year ending the thirti
eth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty
nine:
For expenses of recruiting, transportation
of recraits, three months' extra pay to non
commissioned officers, musicians, and pri
vates ou re-enlistment, one hundred and tea
thoosand dollars.
For pay of the army, three million five
hundred and ninety-one thousand seven hun
dred and eighty-four dollars.
For commutation of officers' subsistence,
nine hundred and uinety-eight thousand four
hundred and thirty-four dollars and fifty
cents: Provided, That the superintendent
of the military academy, while serving as
such by appointment of the President shall
have the local rank, the par and allowances
of a Colonel of Engineers: that the com
mandant of the corps of cadets at the mili
tary academy while serving as snch as by
appointment of tbe President shall have th
local rank, the pay and allowances of tt
Lteutenaut Colonel of Engiueers, and be
sides his other duties, shall be charged with
tbe duty of instructor in the tactics of the
three arms at said academy; and that the ,
senior assistant instructor iu each of the
arms of service, viz: of artillery, cavalry,
and iufantry, shall severally receive the pay
and allowances of the assistant professor of
mathematics.
For commutation of forage for officers'
horses, one hnudred and tweuty-four thou
sand oue hundred and twenty -eight dollars.
For payments to discharged soldiers for
clothing not drawn, fifty thousand dollars.
For payments in lieu of clothing for offi
cers' servants, thirty-nine thousand eight
hundred and ninety dollars.
For subsistence in kind, one million three
hundred aud eighty thousand six hundred
aud fifty-two dollars and sixty-five cents,
r or clothing for the armv, camp, ana gar
risou equipage, one million and sixty-two
thousand, seven hundred and two dollars
aud ninety-nine cents.
i or the regular supplies of the quarter
master's department, consisting of luel for
the officers, enlisted men, euards, hospitals.
storehouse, and offices; of forage in kind
for the horses, males, and oxen, of the quar-'
termaster s department at the several posts-
aud stations, and with tbe armies in the
field: for the horses of the two regiments
of dragoons, the two regiments of cavalry,
the regiment of mounted riflemen, the com
panies of light artiilery, and such companies
of infantry as mar be mounted, and for tber -
authorized Dumber of officers' horses when
serving in the field and at the outposts, in
cluding bedding for the animals; of straw
for soldiers' beddiug, aud of stationery, in
cluding company aud other blank books for
the army, certificates for discharged sold
iers, blauk forms for the pay and quarter
masters' department; and for the printing
of division aud department orders, army
regulations, and reports, one million sevei
hundred aud forty-hve thousand dollars. -
For the incidental expenses of the quar
termasters' department, consisting of post
age ou letters and packets received and sent
by the officers of the army on public service j
expeuses of courts martial and courts of in
quiry, including the additional compensation
of judge advocates, recorders, members, and
wituesses, while on that service, under the
act of March sixteenth, eighteen hundred
and two; extra pay to soldiers employed
under the direction of the quartermaster's
department, in the erection of barracks,
quarters, storehouses, aud hospitals; iu the
construction of roads, aud on other constant
labor, for periods of not less thau ten days,
under the acts of March second, eighteen;
hundred and nineteen, and August fourth,
eighteen hundred aud fifty-four, including
those employed as clerks at division and de
partment headquarters; expenses of express -es
to and from the frontier posts and armies
in the field; of escorts to paymasters and
other disbursing officers, aud to trains.
where military escorts caunot be furnished
expenses of the interment of .officers killed
iu action, or who die when on duty iu the
field, or at the posts on the frontiers, and
of non-commissioned officers and soldiers ,
authorizing office furniture; hire of laborers
in the quartermasters department; compen
sation of forage and wagonmasters, author- ,
ized by the act of Jaly fifth, eighteen hun
dred and thirty tight; for the apprehension
of deserter?, and the expenses incident to
their pnrsu t; the following expenditures
required for the two regiments of dragoons,
the two regiments of cavalry, ths regiment
of mounted riflemen, and such companies of
infantry as may Le mounted, viz: tbe pur
chase of portable forges, blacksmiths' and
shoeing tools, horse and mule shoes an d
nails, iron and steel for shoeing, hire of vet
erinary, and shoei'ig the horses of those
corps, five hundred thousand dollars.
tor constructing barracks and other
buildings at posts which it may be necessa
ry to occupy during the year; and for re
pairing, altering, and enlarging baildings at
the established posts, including hire or com
mutation of quarters for officers ou military
duty; hire of quarters for troops, of store
houses for the safe keeping of military
stores, and grounds for summer canton
ments; aud for temporary frontiers stations,
seven hundred and ninety thoosand dollars.
For the repairs of tbe barracks at Baton
Rogue, Louisiaua, the sum of twenty-five
thousand dollars, to be expended ander the
direction of the Secretary of War.
For mileage or the allowance made to of
ficers of the army for the transportation of
themselves and their baggage, when travel
ing on duty without troops, escorts, or sup
plies, one hundred aud thirty thousand dol
lars, .
For transportation of tbe army, includ
ing the baggage of tbe troops wheu moving
either by laud or water, of clothing, camp
and garrison equipage from the depot at
Philadelphia to the several posts and army
depots; of horse equipments 3d of subsis
tence from the places of purchase and from
the places of deliver j under contract, td
ISee fourth page.