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VOL. 8. NO. 34.
SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1858.
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Tha Sons; of Ike Camp.
r BT BAYARD TAVLOR.
"Give us a song ! " the soldier cried.
The outer trenches puardinjr.
When the heated pins of the camp allied.
Grew weary of bombarding.
The dark Redan, in silent scoff,
Lay, p-im and tbwateninsr under:
And the twany mound of the MalakofiT
No longer belched its thunder.
There was a (rnard. The pnardmen said :
"We storm the foris to-morrow ;
SiDfr while we mar. another day
Will bring enough of sorrow."
They lay along the battel y's side.
Below the smoking cannon
. BraTe hearts from Severn and from Clyde,
And from the hanks of Shannon.
They tangof. lore, and not of fame;.
Foryot was Briton's (rlory;
Each heart recalled a different came.
Bat all sang "Annie Lauri."
Voice after rolce caupht up the song-.
Until the tender passion
Rose like an anthem rich and strong
Their battle-eve confessing.
Dear girl her name he dared not speak.
Yet as the song- grew louder.
Something open the soldier's eheek
Washed on the stain of powder.
Beyerdthe darkening ocean burned
The bloody sunset's embers,
. While the Crimean valleys learned
How English lore remembers.
And once again a fire of hell
Rained on the Russian quarters
With screams of shot and burst of shell.
And bellowing of the mortars.
And Irish Nora's eyes are dim
For a singer, dumb and gory;
' An-! English Mary monrns for him
Who sang of "Annie Laurie."
Ah soldier ! to your honored rest.
Your trot's and valor DearTng; r .
The bravest are the tecdercst
The loving are the cane;.
' General Orde:
.la. 10.
"x JTae Department, Adjutant Ges.'s OrncE,
Washington, September 13, 1S58.
V The President directs that the Depart
j . nent of the Pacific be divided into two parts.
The Sonthern part will be called the Depart
ment of California; headquarters, Sail Fran
? cisco. The Northern part, to embrace the
'.' ' Territories of Washington and Oregon, ex
i - cepting the Rogne River and Umpqua dis-V-
triets, will be called the Department of Ore-
' tai beadqnarters, Fort Vancouver.
J Brevet Brigadier General N. S. Clarke,
. Colonel 6th.Infantry, is assigned to the com
''. stand of'tlte Department of California. In
, '""thus abridging the limits of his command, a
. . aieasure demanded by the length of time re-
quired for communication between its north
ern and southern portions, the Secretary of
.War specially comraeuds. the activity, zeal,
and judgment displayed by General Clarke
Via concentrating the troops of his depart
nect for energetic operations against the
hostile Indians of the north, as eooq as their
'- outbreak became known.
Brigadier General, W. S. Harney is as-
signed to the command of the Department
of Oregon, and will proceed to his post with
'-- stfl possible despatch. The President directs
that Captain P. Pieasonton, 2d Dragoons,
Accompany General Harney as Acting As-
'- cistant Adjatant General.
The Commandant of the Corps of Engin
eers will detail two officers and a detach
ment of not exceeding fifty engineer soldiers,
" arith the complement of non-commissioned
- t5cers, for service in the Department of
: Oregon. The Qoartermaster'a Department
will furnish transportation for this detach
; jaent to Fort Vanconver.
The several Staff Departments will make
"h necessary arrangements for the snpply of
the Department of Oregon from the Califor
. : jnia depots.
An Ancient Eill of Ladivg. A friend
." baa submitted for inspection a bill of lading
jbt oyer half a century since, we copy for
.tie benefit of oar readers. Com. Review.
- . Shipped by the Grace of God in good Or
der and condition by Murdoch, Fearns &
-Co., in and apon the good ship called the
' Jemsba, whereof is Master under God, for
;9te present Voyage, Gamaliel Bradford and
w riding at Anchor in the road of Fon
fcal and by God's Grace bound for West
Indies and Boston to say. One Pipe of Ma--deira
wine, Cased, and Two boxes of dry
preserved citron, being marked and num
bered at in the margin, an.-, are to be deliv
ered in tha like good order and well condi
tioned in the aforesaid Port of Boston, (the
Danger of the Seas only accepted) unto 01
4ver Smith. Esa.. or to his Ass'sns, he or
y Paying freight for the said goods as
oastomary, with Primage and Average ac
customed: In Witness hereof the Master or
. Porter of ye said Ship been affirmed to four
. Sills of Lading, all of this Tenor and Date,
.'the one of which four Bills brfng accom
plisked, the other three to stand void, and
ee God send the good ship to her desired
Port ia safety, Amen. Dated in Madeira
83d March, 1793.
Samtel Bradford, Jck.
B3 It is asserted that there is not a
county in the Union that produces from her
L vwn soil more wealth than Washington
ounty Pa., In ordinary years it-sells
4250,000 of wool, $300,000 wheat and
feur, $500,000 coal, $350,000 cattle sheep
. aid bogs, making the total of $1,400,000.
. xne latest siyie oi icmaie noops is
gtaranteed "to be of feminine lightness and
delcacy, and warranted not to cat the
limit of attendant gentlemen."
Latest States Stwi.
The steamer Panama arrived at Portland
on the 24th nit. From files of papers re
ceived, we have the following later intelli
gence: '
From the 1st of September no dispatch
had been received from Europe throngh the
Atlantic Telegraph cable. Professor Hughes
was to have had his machines in readiness
to work the ,cablc on or about the 8th or
lOlh of September, when the company in
tended dispatching a special steamer to Trin
ity Bay, with one of his assistants on board.
It was therefore hoped that the cable would
be in complete working order by the 28th or
30 th September.
The length of time that had elapsed with
out the receipt of any dispatches caused much
uneasiness, and many regarded it as a per
fect failure; however, Mr. Field states the
insulation is perfect, and that he has no
doubt whatever of its final end immediate
success.
It is positively stated that with instru
ments hastily constructed, and in many re
spects very imperfect, Frofessor Hughes has
transmitted intelligence reliably and contin
uously through 2,900 miles of the Atlantic
Telegraph cable. ' This was whilst the cable
was at Key sham. Since then about 2,200
miles has been submerged between Ireland
and Newfoundland, and with electrical re
sults nearly fifty percent, (so the Telegraph
Company's electricians assert) more favora
ble than whilst it was coiled at Keysham.
Another account states: We are at last
furnished with a reason why the Atlantic
cable is not working. The Company ap
pears to have been taken by surprise in the
successful laying of the long wire, and so
bare omitted provision for a stouter and
stronger strand required at either terminus,
to save the line from the dangers of shallow
water. This heavy cable was only shipped
from London, under the charge ot Mr. Clif
ford, at the first of this month. His instruc
tions were to make the substitution at the
Valentia end forthwith, and then to proceed
to Trinity Bay a task requiring at least
three or four weeks in the iulSlmeut. The
London morning papers of Sept. I, an
nounces accordingly, that at the cud of three
weeks the line would be ready for public rj?e,
and that the London celebration would be'
reserved for that occasion.
Cvrus W. Field, Hon. E. M. Archibald,
Baron Boyce and party, had arrived at
Montreal.
The Quarantine rebellion on Staten Island,
which at one time assumed a most serious
aspect, bad, at latest accounts, almost sub
sided. For several days last month, Parson
Brownlow, of Tennessee, was engaged in a
discussion with the Rev. Mr. Pryne, in Phil
adelphia, on the subject of slavery. On
neither side wa aumjingr mm UaiiimI.
Bom parties gave vent to their worst feel
ings, and proved themselves, whether inten
tionally or not few could tell, to be "fana
tics of the first water."
A convention of philosophers of both
sexes met at Utica on the 10th of Septem
ber, to consult upon matters that are ordina
rily regarded as somewhat of a private and
domestic character, such as maternity and
its consequence?, immediate and remote.
The speeches, without exception, assumed
the ground that evil was the.result.of physi
cally or mentally diseased prsgeny, and the
remedy was, of course, free love
An extensive conflagration occurred in
Ren wick 6treet, New York, on Saturday
night, September 18, by which .three six
story factory buildings were totally destroy
ed, and teu others, some of them teuerueut
bouses, damaged.
The Charleston Courier has learned from
a passenger by the steamship Catawba, that
the Dutch Coolie ship, which arrived at Ha
vana on the oth of Sept., brought informa
tion that the bri St. Andrew, formerly of
Charleston, was captured early in June on
the African coast, by a British steamer,
under the suspicion that she was to be em
ployed in the slave trade. She and her crew
were taken to St. Helena for trial. The
Courier is under the impression that the St.
Andrew was sold to parties in Cuba, and
that they were no doubt her owners on this
voyage.
Sir William Gore's mission, is, at length,
known. He is accredited by Great Britain
to all the States of Central America, but is
ordered specially to Nicaragua. He has left
Washington, aud was to proceed to Nicara
gaa as soon as the 6eas6n would admit, dur
ing, it is believed, the present month.
A duel was fought, on the I8th of Sept.,
between Wood, of the True Delta, aud Mr.
Brabazon. The weapons used were rifles,
of which three rounds were fired, neither
party being hurt. .
The New York Democratic State Nom
inating Convention assembled at Syracuse
on the 15tn September, as reported, in our
overland summary. The following is the
ticket nominated: For Governor, Amasa
J. Parker, of Albany; for Lieut. Governor,
John J. Taylor, of Tioga; for Canal Com
missioner, Sherburne B. Piper, of Niagara;
for State Prison Iuspector, Edw. L. Don
nelly, of New York.
The Massachusetts Republican State Con
vention, at Worcester, on the 7 tli of Sept.,
nominated for re-election, Gov. Banks, aud
all the present State officers.
Tto American party, of Massachusetts,
nominated, on the 15th of September, Hon.
Aui03 A. Lawrence, of Brooktine, for Gov
ernor, and Increase Somuer, of Great Bar
rington, for Lieut. Governor.
On the 15th September, at Pittsburg, Pa.,
the National Democratic Couuty Conven
tion nominated the ticket of the Anti-Tax
Convention, but passed resolutions approv
ing both the National and State Adminis
trations. Col Forney made a speech last month at
Tarry town, ia which be stated that he had
had a conversation with the President, who
informed him that be had changed his Kau-
J . 1 . I. kA. cba Kim
sas policy, anu ma uo
(Forney) to do the same, witn a great aeai
more apparently circumstantial detail to the
same effect. The President denies ever uav-
ine made such statements or requests, as
Forney charged mm wun making, u
surprised that party, or personal hostility,
or recklessness could carry him so far.
Forda-a Itcaas.
Ekclakd. The London Timet bad pub
lished two lengthy articles ridicnling the
Americans for becoming so excited abont
the successful laying of the -Atlantic Tele
graph Cable.
A mutiny had occurred on board tbo
American ship Conqueror, lying in the Mer
sey, and bound for Mobile. The colored
men on board, seventeen in number, all
arose and armed themselves, refusing to
work. Mr. Tucker, the U. S. Consul, pro
cceded on board, with a posse of police, and
the mutineers were speedily placed in irons.
The precise nature of the grievance is not
known. No bloodshed took place.
The British'Board of Trade returns for
July shows a decrease iu the exports of
over 1,300,000 as compared with July
last year. In the imports an increase had
taken place, particularly in breadstuff, the
arrivals of which were very large.
The prospectus of the Indian and Aus
tralian Telegraph Company, with a capital
of 500,000 has been issued. The propo- j
sal is to continue tbo Red Sea line from
Ceylon to Singapore, and eventually to car
ry farther sections to Hongkong and Aus
tralia. Application is to be made to the
government for a guarantee.
France. It was again reported that
Marshal Pelissier bad asked to be removed
from the English embassy, and that his re
quest would shortly be complied with. It
was also said that his marriage was to take
place on the 8th of September, the anniver
sary of the taking of the Malakotf, and
that the Emperor would give the bride,
1,000,000 'niies as a marriage portion.
Lord Palmerstone was received by the
Emperor at St. Cloud, on the 25th.
Count Persigny made a speech at the
opening of the Council General of the Loire
illustrative and defensive cf the alliance
with England. The speech had attracted
considerable attention.
In the course of November next, a gen
eral meeting is to be held in Paris for the
purpose of establishing a company for final
ly carrying out the project of the Isthmus
of Suiz canal. The 8,000,000 of capital
is said to be nearly all subscribed, and
400,000 cf it is set" down for the United
States.
Russia. The Emperor of Russia bad
emancipated 200,000 serfs belonging to the
imperial domain.
A powder magazine, at Astrakan, oa the
Caspian, containing it is said, 200,000
pounds, of gunpowder, bad exploded, de
stroying half the town, and killing half the
inhabitants. The loss cf shipping was also
fearful.
A small Russian squadron, consisting of
two fourteen gnn screw corvettes and a
screw dispatch gun vessel, bad arrived at
Spitheod, on route to the Pacific. They
were not allowed to enter the harbor of
Portsmouth, but their commanders met a
very courteous reception.
Tubket. Full details of the bombard
ment of Jiddah, by the British steamer
Cyclops, are published, bnt they contain
nettling uf Importance additional to the re
cent Telegraphic accounts. The small stea
mer Lady Canning, belonging to the East
India Company, assisted in the bombard
ment. Threats of death to the Christians bad
le.-n made at Tripoli; and the Consul cf
France, at Be j root, had proceeded there to
ii;:-t on measures cf precaution being taken.
fci-me ministerial charges had taken place,
and the retirement of the Grand Visier
was spoken of. Tha Paris correspondent
of the Tim a uadsiyt.irids that the Turkish
Government has complaicd to the English
Embassador at Constantinople of the bom
bardment of Jiddah, at the moment when
it was known that Ishbiael Pasha was on
the way thither with full power to punish
the guilty.
The Divan had issued a circular contra
dicting the rnraor of the approaching de
struction of Mecca by the Western Powers
which was occasioning great excitement.
Cape of Good Hope. Dr. Livingstone
has arrived safely in Zitnbesi river and was
ascending it in his 6team launch.
Ye Shoemaker. Ye shoemaker livelh
by ye exercyse of a most useful callynge.
He roakyth ye bootes, and ye shoes, and ye
other leathern garments with which men do
apparrell theyr feet. Ye devyl was ye
fyrst boss shoemaker, being ye father of
lyes, that being ye great trayt of ye craft
from time imniemoryalle. Ye customer
leaveth hys measure for ye bootes, for lo,
ye rayns have descended, and earth is full
of water, and hys feets are wet, and smell
lykcye stynking cheese that soe much de
lytes ye hearts of oor foreign friends, and
ye boss promyscth them by ye first of next
week. Ye time arryveth, but ye boots are
not fyni3hed. Ye customer rantetli and rip
peth and splurgeth and raveth and figura
tyvly reudeth his lyen, because his need of
ye bootes is greate, and he hath them not.
Ye boss sayeth that his hands are sick, that
hys chyld did dye, and makyth many bum
ble excuses, but lo, when ye customer is
gone, ye boss IanRbatb, floutctli, and jeer
eth, mid putteth hys thumb to hys nose.
Ye boss is always the onlie shoemaker in
ye town, ye others being mere botches, and
thys fact he makyth known in manie ways,
for be sayeth to hymself, "every man should
blow hys own horn, or if he bio wet h not
his own horn, verily the same shall
not be blown." Where ho goeth after
death hath never been satisfactorily ascer
tayned. Ye journeyman is ye the Eanie as ye
boss, onlie more so. He syngeth vulgar
songs, uttercth profane oaths, and iudulgeth
in loud and uncouth conversation. He im
bibcth malt liquors and spirituous liquors,
and all other kiud of liquors, wbych he ob
tayceth at ye doggerie of low repute. He
cheweth much tobacco, ye juice whereof he
spytteth upon the floor, lie lyveth a mer
ry lyfe.
Delicate Questioning. In one of the
larger country towns of Massachusetts, "a
few weeks since, a young gallant invited
some of bis lady friends to go with him on
the Sabbath to a small gathering of wor
shippers of . the Episcopal persuasion, and
while standing in tne entry with one of
them, one of the "pillars of the Church'-'
come along, and wauted to know if they
were. the couple that were going to have a chU4
baplisedV This was too much for human
nature, and the young spark left the church
and went into a Catholic chapel near by,
where no better fate awaited him ; for he
bad scarcely arrived, when the priest step
ped np and asked Mm if he was the young
man that was going to oe mameaf
These questions would certainly indicate
an extraordinary amount of "interesting"
business on hand at the churches alluded to.
Salem Gaz.
The Old Hoy mS OI I Girl.
A LEGEND OF NEW AMSTERDAM.
The time was in 1G90; the scene the
growing colony of New Amsterdam; the
place, a snug little dutch bouse; and the
subject of the following tale, David Staats
and his wife. And who was David Staats?
He was a little short built fellow, not very
rich aud not very smart. In former times
be bad been very comtortable; but owing
to circumstances all comforts had long de
Darted. He had accidentally became ac
quainted with Amelia Gull. She was near
ly six feet in height, with a face of brass
aud a voice like a cracked coffee-pot.
Nearly fifty years of age. yet in spite of all
her efforts she had never succeeded in be
coming a belle; she had never even received
au offer, and, as time wore en, 6be began
to be seriously alarmed, lest it should be
her fate to live and die and old maid.
Therefore, as a last resort she set her cap
for David Staats. Poor David was an un
suspecting soul. The tender, languishing
smiles of Amelia Gull deceived bun; aud
in an evil hour he made l er Mrs. Staats.
But, although he bad nn-Gulled her, be
soon found that she bad gulled him. The
pleasant glances of his wife vanished and in
their place came a look, partaking strongly
of the nature of Tiuegar. Every one said
he was a fool, and he began to believe it.
She ruled him with an iron hand. David
uever bad much courage, lie was never
able to face the wrath of man, aud how
then could be be expected to triumph over
the anger of woniau? Amelia's will was
law. Whatever she commauded was done,
for he knew the penalty of disobedience.
Under his accumulating tortures, bis flssh
fell off, long drawn sighs frequently buist
from his overcharged heart, aud it was very
evident to all that he was unhappy. Every
body pitied him, except bis wile, and she
exteuUed ber rule more and more every
day.
It was nn exceedingly Btormy night.
The rain swept down iu such torrents that
it seemed as it another deluge was coming
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to uevasiaie eartn. iue luuucer curst oa
high, as if the very heavens were splittiug
and many a falliug chimney gave evidence
of the violence ot the wind. David Staats
sat by his fireside alone, musing on bis trou
bles. The storm without was unheeded -there
was a secret tempest agitntin"- his
breast, which forbade him to think cfany
thing else. At last he made up a praise
worthy resolution, ilis thoughts became
words, and he muttered something like the
following: "Thunder aud lightning! just as
if I was going to mind ber! I'm her hus
band, aud she's my wife. Then she ought
to obey me. But instead of that sue or
ders nie around just as if I was that dog.
Come here Zeb, be down, you're my old
rriend," he couliuued, as the iuteUigeut an
iinal slowly raised himself, aud licked his
hand. "Now isn't it too bad that she
should try for to make a brute of me?
Well, we'll 6ee; the uext time she says any
thing to me I'll be duned if"
"You will, a ill you?" he heard in an an
gry tone, close to his ears. Gracious heav
ensl there she was, her eyes glowing with
anger, like two coals of Ore. She had en
tered the room unperoeived by him, and had
heard the whole of Lis muttered soliloquy.
"Take that for your paiusl" and he received
a blow on one ear, which nearly knocked
him over: "and that!" as he felt a similar
application on the other side of his bead,
which set him up again. "Now go and get
some wood; don't you see it is almost burnt
out, stupid?"
"But my dear it rains!" said David in a
supplicating tone, all bis courage evapora
ting out at the end of his fingers.
"And what of that?" replied the gentle
Amelia, "do you think I am to go? And
how dare you bring that dog into this room
with his muddy feet? Come, off with you,
and giving poor Zeb a kick that sent bim to
the other side of the room, and raising the
poker to pursue her euquirers, the crest-fallen
David aud dog skulked out together,
while the amiable wife, with asuicker, said,
''A pretty fellow to talk of ruling mel
we'll see iudeed," aud went off to bed.
David soon canie in, dripping with rain,
and with the wood in his arms; but although
his wife was asleep he did not dare to let iu
the dog, but with a heavy heart, left him
out to bowl in the storm. Sitting to dry
himself he continued his .thoughts this
time, however keeping them to himself.
"Every body laughs at me and they think
I'm a coward; but I only wish they try'd
it, that's all. I wish I had never married
her, or could get rid of her in some way.
I really believe I could give my soul to 'the
devil, if I could bring that about!"
He accidentally looked round just then.
He started in afright, for sitting at his side
was a littlo man, dressed in a full suit of
black. Could it be the devil himself? He
glanced down at the intruder's feet.
"So you arc looking fortheni.are you?''said
the stranger, lifting up his cloak and present
ing to view the prettiest pair of hoofs that
ever grew on man or beast. "Or.if you want
any further evidence, look here!" and un
buttoning his coat, be slowly nnwonnd
from his body a long, black, beautiful, shiny
tail, which he drew through bis fingers witli
all the ease and grace with which an exquis
ite handles his silver-topped cane.
"Now, isu't it a beauty? I particularly
delight in it. Just see bow soft and silky
it is," continued his Stotantic Majesty baud
ing the tail over to David, who recoiled in
affright. "Oh yon arc afraid of it, arc
you? Well, 6ome are, sometimes," be add
ed as he rewound it around bis body, bat
toned bis coat and smiled complacently.
David said nothing, but he looked as if
he would gladly have been away.
"It's a stormy night," said the devil start
ing a new theme.
"Yes, s-s-sir," gasped poor Staats.
"How's the crops?"
"Pretty well, thauk yon."
"Glad to hear it. Why, bow cold it is
here. Why don't yon pnt on some more
wood?
VThe w-w-wood is wet," David managed
to get out.
"Oh! is that all? I can easily fix that;
now see," replied the devil. He put his
foot on the pile; there was a sudden hiss
ing; a thick steam arose, it filled the room
so that no object- was visible. When
it cleared away, the wood was dry; his maj
esty piled it on the fire until it was so uu
snfferable hot that David conld hardly
breathe.
"Ah, well now it begins to be a little
comfortable. I thought as it was a raining
I would just stop in aud see you for a few
moments. I was going to get a small io-vot-3
(of souls tliat are waiting for me at
tbs next town. Besides that, I-intend to
thrash an artist, who painted me with a pair
of horns, which is an insult to my dignity,
that I cannot well pass over; for yon must
know continued the devil, "that I can whip j
any person alive."
"You don't believe me, I seej but 1 will
make yon a be It. will free yon from your
wife and give yon a bag of gold. If yon
can't f nd such a person. I can have your
sonl.j-Do you agree?" . . ,
sudden thought struck the host.-
"Ves," he cried eagerly. The devil'a eyes
sparkled. He felt sure of winning. They
shook hands nn it.
Suddenly, David Staats threw the poker
over to the other side of the room. Next
the shovel went the same way. Finally, he
threw down with a great crash the dresser,
full of plates. This bad the desired effect;
Mrs. Staats woke cpt
"What's that noise, David?" she screamed
"You go to grass," her husband answer
ed, as he imitated the bark of poor Zeb.
The lovely Amelia sprang np in a perfect
torrent of anger.
"How dare yon let that dog in again,"
said she, as she bounced into the room.
"And what are you doing here yon villain,"
as her eyes fell on the devil, who sat wonder
ing at';the scene, and whom she mistook for
some company which her husband was en
tertaining unbeknown to her. A smooth
ing iron was instantly raised; his majesty re
membered bis bet, he trembled; be turned
facing the vixen; the smoothing iron flew
through the air, the devil dodged it, anoth
er one was caught np, the terrified guest
made a precipitate retreat; she followed,
be gained the- door; she was close behind
him, she canght hold of bis coat-tail; he
stamped nn the ground, it opened; down he
went with incredible swiftuess, but she stiil
kept hold. The last he ever saw of his
wife, she bad bold of the shrieking devil
arith her left baud, while with her right she
pommelled him. That night David let his
dog in, and together they passed a more
pleasant evening than tbey bad passed for
many years before.
The next day he found at bis bedside a
large bag of gold with the following note:
"Dear Sir: I acknowledge that I have
lost. Yon took me fairly in. If yon had
told me that yon intended to bring forward
your wife, I should certainly bare backed
out. I send yon the ba of gold with this
letter. As for your wife, I would have had
hard work to carry her off according to the
agreement, if she bad not come voluntarily.
But she prefers to remain in my dominions,
as the place agrees with her temper better
than any other. Your faithful friend till
death, Belzebcb."
"P. S. Will yon take back yonr wife if
I give you another bag of gold? She kicks
up a terrible rumpus here. She has just
chopped off three inches of my tail."
- Bat as David Staats never did take back
bis wife, it is needless to say that be ever
afterwards was a happier man.
A Cat aw Heiress. One of the most
exquisite of musicians, in her time, was Mad
emoiselle Dupuy, of the French Opera.
Her playing upon the harp was the wonder
of Paris. She was convinced, however that
she owed her artistic excellence to her favor
ite cat ! And of this strange intimacy be
tween a charming woman and her quadruped
favorite, Moncrif, her biographer gives the
following interesting particulars:
Of course the lovely musician's practising,
at home, were assiduous and constant. But
as soon as she sat down and began to prelude
upon the instrument, sho noticed that her
cat assumed an attitude of intense attention.
At the point of the instrument's arriving at
any passage of peculiar beauty, the excited
gramalkin went into a feline ecstacy; and,
60 well measured was this sensibility, accor
ding to the excellence of the playing and
the pathos of the composition, that M'lle
Dupuy was able to judge of the quality of
music by the manifest emotion of ber cat I
She became a devout Pusseyite, in fact, be
lieving that the nervous creature was an ex
act prophet, foretelling precisely how music
would affect an audience. Aud she was
grateful according to the friend to whom she
thought she owed mainly her artistic success.
In ber last illness, at the approach of
death, M'lle Dupuy sent for the notary to
make ber will. She had accumulated a for
tune by her profession ; and the first clauss
of her testament was the giving of her town
house to ber cat ! She added to this annu
ity sufficient for the comfortable support of
tne tour-legged meic-sician daring its natural
life ; and, to make sure that this, ber last
will and testament, should be respected, she
gave several legacies to friends, on the ex
press condition that they should see to the
fulfilment of ber wishes. It was also a con
dition that they should severally take turns,
during the week, in going to see and keep
company with the orphan puss I
Moucrif adds that the relatives of M'lle
Dupuy disputed the validity of the will, and
a lawsuit was the consequence Gramalkin
r. Dupnys. But the cat gained the .cause,
and lived out ber days, with genteel alter
nation between her towu-house and her country-house.
. The particulars of the final cat
astrophe are not given. .
S& Old Mrs. Checkcrbnry 6ays she
thinks it very droll that the Fourth of July
comes so often on Sunday, or Sunday
comes so often on the Fourth of July she
isn't sure which and she says that Mr.
Buck Cannon or the Congresslature ought
to do something abont it. In her opiuion
it takes all the old fashioned sperit and pat
rickism out wf the Fourth of independence
to have them come so this mixing of holi
days and holy days; this looking at the
minister, when yonr mind is running on ma
licious officers with feathers in their caps;
and trying to sing psalms when one is alt
the time thinking of "Yankee Doodle."
Fearful Development. Recently the Al
bany Evening Journal published a list of all
the suddeu deaths, fatal accidents, suicides
aud murders, that could be found in its ex
changes for a single day. ; Although avera
ging in length only six or eight lines to each
case, they extended over almost three col:
omns, and numbered one hundred and six
fatalities. We presume that should all the
papers received at large offices be carefully
searched every day, they would present re
sults Try similar.
BY AUTHORITY.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
JOINT RESOLUTION to amend the Act
entitled "An Act to regulate the Compen
sation of Members of Congress," approv
ed August sixteenth, eighteen hundred
and fiftv-six.
Jlesolted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United Stales of Amer
ica inCongress assembled, That the compen
sation allowed to members of Congress by
an act entitled "An Act to regulate the
compensation of Members of Cougress," nr.
proved August sixteenth, eighteen hundred
and fifty-six, be paid in the following man
ner, to wit: on the first day of the first ses
sion of each Congress, or as soon thereof as
be may be in attendance and apply, each
scuator, representative and delegate shall
receive his mileage, as now provided by law,
and all his compensation from the begin
ning of his term , to be computed at the
rate of two hundred and fifty dollars per
month, aud during the session compensation
at the same rate.
Sec. 5. And be it further resolved, That
so much cf said act, approved August six-
teeuth, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, as i
conflicts with this joint resolution, and post
pones the payment of said compensation un
til the close of each session, be, and the
same is hereby repealed.
Approved, December 23, 1S58.
JOINT RESOLUTION to extend and de
fine the authority of the President under
the act, approved Junnary sixteen, eigh
teen hundred and fifty-seven, entitled "An
Act to amend an act entitled 'An act to
promote the EiEciency of the Navy,' " in
Respect to dropped and retired Naval
Officers. '
Resolved by the Senate and House of Rep-
restntatives of the United Stales of America, j
m flsmrrrm nnnhlfl Tlmt in rvi&pe irhprf
Uie records of the courts of inquiry appoint
ed under the act of January sixteenth, eigh
teen hundred and fifty seven, may render it
advisable, in the opinion of the President of
the United Stat?, to restore to the active
or reserved list of the navy, or to transfer
from furlough to leave of absence on the lat
ter list, any officer who may have been
dropped cr retired by the operation cf the
act of February twenty eighth, eighteen hun
dred and fifty-five, entitled "An Act to pro
mote the Efficiency of the Navy," he shall
have authority, any existing law to the con
trary notwithstanding, within six months
from the passage of this resolution, to nom
inate, and, by and with the advice and con
sent of the Senate, to appoint such officer
to the active or reserved list, and o facers
so nominated and concerned shall occupy
positions on the active and reserved lists,
respectively, according to rank and seniori
ty, when dropped or retired as aforesaid,
and be eutitledd to all the benefit conferred
by the act approved January sixteenth,
eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, on officers
restored, or transferred to the active or re
served list under that act.'
Approved, March 10, 1858..
JOINT RESOLUTION respecting the
Distribution of certain Pablic Docu
ments. Resolved by the Senate and House of Rep
sentatives of the United Slates of America
in Congress assembled, That the words "so
many"ln the third section of the joint reso
lution of the twenty -eighth January, eigh
teen hundred and fifty seven, "respecting
the distribution of eertain documents," be,
and the same are hereby, stricken out; and
the words two hundred and fifty be, and the
are hereby, inserted in their place: aud fur
ther, that the words at the end of the sec
tion "by him," be, and the same are hereby
stricken out; and the words "by him, by
the representative in Congress f rora each
congressional district, and by the delegate
from each Territory in the United States,"
be, and are hereby, inserted.
Approved, March 20, 1853.
A RESOLUTION authorizing Lieutenant
William N. Jeffers to accept a Sword of
Honor from her Majesty the Queen of
Spain.
liesnlved by the Seuate and House of Rep
resentatives. of the United Slates of America
in Congress assembled, That the assent of
Congress be, and the same is hereby, given,
to allow William N. Jeffers, of the navy of
the United States, to accept a sword of
bono presented to him, through the Depart
ment of State, by her Majesty the Queen
of Spain, "as an acknowledgment of the
very efficient assistance which he gave, with
the" vessel nnder his command, to the Span
ish schooner Catagenera, iu the waters of
the Parana," on the twenty-sixth, twenty
seventh, and twenty-eightU of October,
eighteen hundred and fifty-five.
ApproTed, April 1, 1858.
BT TBS FBESIDEKT OP TBB UNITES STAKES Or AMBKICA :
A PROCLAMATION
Whereas, a treaty between the United
States of America and his. Majesty the Shah
of Persia, was concluded and signed by their
respective plenipotentiaries at Constantino
ple, on the thirteenth day of December last,
which treaty, being in tne English and Per
sian languages, and is word for word, as fol
lows: .....
Iu the name of God, the Clement and the
Merciful
The President of the United States of
North America, and his Majesty, as exalt
ed as the planet Saturn; the sovereign to
whom the sun serves as a standard; whose
splendor aud magmiicence are equal to that
of skies; the sublime sovereign, the monarch
whose armies are as numorous as the stars:
whose greatness calls to mind that of Jein
shid; whose magnificence equals that of Da
rius; the ht-ir of the crown, and throne of
the Kayanians, the sublime Emperor of all
Pessia, being both equally and sincerely de
sirous of establishing relations of friendship
between the two governments, waicu tuey
wish to strengthen by a treaty of friendship
and commerce, reciprocally advantagous and
useful to the citizens and subjects of the
two high contracting parties, have for this
purpose uamed for their plenipotentiaries .
The President of the United States of
North America, Carrol Spence, minister
resident of the United Statees near the Sub
lime Forte; and his Majesty the Emperor
of all Persia, his excellency Emin ul Molk
Farrukh Khan, ambassador of his imperial
Majesty the Shah, decorated with the por-
trait of the Shah, with the great Cordon
blue, and bearer of the girdle of diamonds,
&c. &c. &c. &c.
And said plenipotentiaries, ' havifl-r ex
changed their full powers, which were found
to be in proper and due form, hare agreed
upon the following articles:
Article 1. There shall be hereafter a
i sincere and constant good understanding be
tween the government and citizens of the
United States of North America and the
Persian Empire and ail Persian enbjects.
Art- II. The ambassadors or diplomatic
agents whom it may please either of the two
high contracting parties to send and main
tain near the other, shall be received and
treated, tbey and all ihey composing their
missions, as the ambassadors and diplomatic
agents of the most favored nations are re
ceived and treated in the two respective
countries; and they shall enjoy there in all
respects the Same preroga:ives and i in ina
nities. .
Art. III. The citizens and subjects of
the two high contracting parties, travelers,
merchants, manufacturers, and others, who
may reside in the Territory of either coun
try, shall be respected and efficiently pro
tected by tne authorities of the country and
their agents, and treated in ail respects as
the Enbjects and citizens of the most favor
ed nation are treated.
They may reciprocally bring by land or
by eea into either conritry, and export from
it all kinds cf merchandise and products,
and sell, exchange, or buy, and transport
them to all places in the territories of ci
ther of the connecting parties. It being,
however, understood that the merchants of
either nation who shall engage in the inter
nal commerce of either country, shall be
governed in respect to such commerce, by
the laws of the country ia which said com
merce is carried on; and in case either of
the high contracting powers shall hereafter
grant other privileges concerning such in-
tprrtnl fnmmAf-rA t.i trip- fMfina rw c?iHij&ir
of other governments, the same snail be
equally granted to the merchants cf either
nation engaged in such internal commerce
within the Territories of the other.
Art. IV. The merchandise irrported or
exported by the respective citizens or sub
jects of the two high contracting1 parties
shall not pay in either country, on their ar- -rival
or departure, other duties than those
which are charged in either of the countries
on the merchandise or prodncts imported or
exported by the merchants and subjects of
the most favored nation, and no exceptional
tax, under any name or pretext whatever,
shall be collected on tiieiu ia either of the
two countries.
Art. V. All suits end disputes arising
in Persia between Persian subjects and citi
zens of the United States, shall be carried
before the Persian tribunal to which snch
matters are usually referred at the place
where a consul or agent of the United
States may reside, and shall be discussed
and decided according to euaity in the pres
ence of an employee of the consul or agent
of the United States.
All suits and disputes which msy arise in
the empire "of Persia between citizens of the
United States, shall be referred entirely for
trial and for adjudication to the consul or
agent of the Uuited States, residing in the
province wherein such suits and disputes
may have arisen, or ia the province nearest
to it, who shall decide them according to
the laws of the United States.
Ail suits and disputes occurring in Per
sia between the citizeus of the Uuited States
and the subjects of other foreign powers,
shall be tried and adjudicated by the inter
mediation of the respectivo consuls or
agents.
In the United States, Persian subjects,
in all disputes arising .between themselves,
or between them and citizens of the United
States or foreigners, shall be jed jed accord
ing to the rules adopted in the United
States respecting the subjects of the most
favored nation.
Persian subjects residing ia the United
States, and citizens rf the United States re
siding in Persia, shall, when charged with
criminal offences, be tried and judged in
Persia and the United States in the same
manner as are the subjects and citizens of
the most favored nation residing ia either
of the above-mentioned countries.
Art. TI. In case of a citizen or sub
ject of either of ths contracting parties dy
ing within the territories cf the other, his'
effects shall be delivered np integrally to
the family or partners in business of the de
ceased; and iu case he has no relations or
partners, his effects in either country shall
be de delivered up to the consul or agent of
the nation of wbiGh the deceased was a sub
ject or citizen, so that he may dispose of
them in accordance with the laws of Lis
country.
Art. "VII. For the protection of their
citizens or subjects and their commerce re
spectively, and in order to facilitate good
aud equitable relations between the citizens
and subjects of the two countries, "the two
high contracting parties reserve the right to
maintain a diplomatic agent at either seat
of government, and to name esa:h three con
suls in either country; those of the United
States shall reside at Teheran, Bender, Bna
hir, arid Tauris; those of Persia, at Wash
ington, New York and New Orleans.
The consuls of the Iiigh contracting par
ties shall reciprocally enjoy ia the Territo
ries of the other, where their residences
shall be established, the respect, privileges,
and immunities granted in either country to
the cousuls of the most favorable nation.
The diplomatic agent or consuls of the Uni
ted States shall uot protect, secretly or pub
licly, the subjects of the Persian government
aud they shall never suffer a departure from
the principles here laid down aud agreed o
by mutual consent.
And it is farther understood, that if any
of those consuls shall engage in trade, they
shall be subjected to the same laws and usa
ges to which private inpividuals of their na
tion engaged in commercial pursuits in tha
same place are subjected.
And it is also understood by the Ligk
contracting parties, that the diplomatic and
consular ageuts of the United States shall
not employ a greater number of domestics
than is allowed by treaty to those ef Russia
residing in Persia.
'Art. Till. And, the high contracting
agree that the treaty of friendship and com
merce, cemented by the sincere good feel
ing and the confidence which exists between
the governments of the United States aad
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