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f 1 f' T VOL. 9. NO. 9. SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 10, 1859. WHOLE NO. 425. I- 1 4 r, , i i ZUt regon tattaan TOE OFFICIAL PATER OF THE 8TATE. One tnr.tn advance.. ; ..3 oo ihm.. 1 1 00 lion of mx month,. .....f 3 00 If mud within six month n. If Mid after lb eimmlioa , Six month, in advance,. $2 00 One dollar additional will be-charged for each year - paxraem is aemvri. iio paper mill be discontraned until all arrearages - UT fUUU- Lr tml sdvertiseroents will he chnnred at the follow. . for rates: Twelve line or less, one Insertion, t'l 00: ' each nhwfacnt imiertinn, f 1 00. lcirtil and all tran sient advertisements mast be prepaid to insnre inser tion. Administrators' notices, ana alt advertisements relating to the esbitea of riiTnwJ persons, nittat be ' firepnid. anlee ordered published hr the comitv iu.lire. and guaranteed to be paid bv him. Kiovrapliiral no- dees, resolution . or societies, orders, get., will ne charged at half advertising rates, and payment must be nade befitre pnhlM-ation. l"ommnnintin of only individual intercut ntnst be prepaid, at the same rate. Adrertimna bills not paid within one Tear from the time when contracted, will be increased twentv-five OCT rent, each Tear mvment ts neiriected thereafter. Every rtfin-t will be ntade by the prtprirtur and ed - hots to'ntnke Thb Osioos Statcs the best news paper is Oregon. Remittance mar be made bv mail at the risk of the koblisher, if mailed in the presence of a postmaster. ASA It EL BUSH. A UCRELOB'S COMPLAINT. st w. ctijsronD bell. They're stepping off, the friends I knew, Tney"re truing one by o:j s They're takins- wires, to tame their lives, Toeir jovud dav are done ; I can't kcI one old crony now To join me in a spree"; - They've all Rrosm a-rave, domestic men, Tuey look askance on me. - I hate to see ihern sobered down, Tne merry boys and true, . I hate to hear litem sneering now At pictures fancy drew : I care not for their married cheer. Their pudding and their soups. And middle avd relations round, In formidable gronps. And though their wile perchance may bars A comely sort of filer. And at the table's npper end Conduct hcrst-lf with grace, I hate the prim receive that reigns, Tne caution and the suite ; I bate to see my friend grow rain Of furniture and plate. Oh. rive me back the days acain, YVbeo we bar wandered tree. And sloarn the dew from every nowsr. The fruit from every tree : The friends I loved, tbey will not com. They've all deserted me : Tbey sit at home and toast their toes, Look stnpid and sip tea. Alas ! alas ! for years rone by. And for the friends I've lost; When no warm feeling of the heart Was chill d by early frost. If feea be Hymen's vaunted joys, I i have him shun my door, Cr -ass he quench bi torch, and Bv liencefortit bachelor. COMPKlATIOV. Katnre, impartial ia her ends. When she made man the strongest. In justice, then, to make amends, , lude woman's tona-ue the longest ! . nABRVIU AT LABGB. ' A Jostice of the Peace rras called one after Boas, on a recent occasion, at Buffalo, to go to a German noose in the cur and marry a eunp- le. Putting- on a clean collar, and stuffing a niarriace certificate in his pocket, he started for the lest ire scene. Arrived at the hone. nn der the direction of a Wue-hpjed boy who nointed out the place, he knockt-d and went in In the middle of the floor stootl a stout German prl, torry and plump, Lit blue eyes rolling out tean as iarxe as batter Data. ' " What' the matter 1 ' said the sympathetic Justice. "Matter enoneh." replied the rirU "dat Gotlvib wend ott, and wouldn't nittrry me ain't it r The Justice said he supposed it was, and in timated that he bad conte to marry some one, and requested the old lady to bring on the lambs U the saennce. The old ladr said, " Dare ros no lambs Godrib tsh run off, and Till not marry my Kat- anna. WeD," said the Justice, "Gotleib isn't the only man there k send fur some other man to aiiy a r." At this Katarina brightened up, and she ejac- wj&ted : u 1 ah ilat ih good send mit Hans. liana was sent for, but couldn't come. When her neesenrr returned, Katarina, determined act to five it np. said. " Send mit Showph." Shoseph was sent for but couldn't be found Katarina's hr-art fell at this news, and the Jus- ice was crowing impatient. Jnst then Kata rina looked ont of the window and saw a short and thick young German going by, when she m.hed to the door and hallooed, " Fritz, Fritz!" Fritx thortlr made his appearance at the door, when Katarina'a iboUrt said: "Fritz, yon lofs mine Katarina !" Fritz allowed he did. " Then stand np here," thundered the Jus tice; and before Fritz conkl realize his posi tion, they were man and wife, and Katarina's arms were around his neck, anef her lips press- ed to his she crying between the calisthenics, mein husband mein Fritz I" Our dnty as a correct historian compels us to tay tint rntz hngjod back as well as he knew how. The Justice, with head erect, stepped smilingly oot, leaving the lovers to themselves, and walked away meditatively, a holy calm spreading all over his massive proportions, the consciousness of having done hisdutr gleaming in his eye, anil honor, honesty and rectitude marked in every footstep. Mahomet. Slightly above the middle size, his figure, though spare, was handsome and commanding, the chest broad and open, the bones and framework large, the joints well knit together. His neck was long and finely mould ed. The head, unnsnally large, gave space for a broad ami nooie nrow. i ne nair, iuick, j-i black and slightly carlirr. fell down over his ars. The eye-brows were arched and joined ; 'the countenance thin, bat ruddy. His large Vyes, intensely black and piercing, received ad ditional lustre from their long dark eye-lashes. The noee was high and slightly acqniline, bnt fine, and at the end attenuated. The teeth far apart. A long, black, bushy beard, reach ing to the breast, added manliness and pres ence. His expression was pensive and con templative. The face beamed with intelli gence, though something of the sensuous also might be there discerned. The skin of his body was clear and soft ; the only hair that met the eye was a fine thin line wliich ran down from 'the neck toward the navel. His broad back leaned slightly forward as they walked ; and his step was hatv, vet sharp and decided, like that of one rapidly descending a declivity. There was something unsettled in his blood-shot eye, which refused to rest upon its object. When he turned toward yon, it was never par tially but with the whole body. Muir't Life of Mohamet. Old Tisres. An act was introduced in the English Parliament, in 1670, "that all women of whatever age, rank, profession or degree, whether virgins, maids or widows, that shall from and after snch an act, impose upon, seduce or betray into matrimony, any of his Majesty's male subjects, by scents, paints, coemetic wash es artificial teeth, faUe har, t panih wool, iron Mays, hoops, high -heeled shoes, or bolstered nips, shall incar the penalty of the laws now in force against witchcraft, sorcery, and such like misdomcanors, and that the marriage, cron con viction, stand null and void." VST Mr. PuDup coming home late, "pretty full," find the walking slippery, and exclaims : V-ver-very sing' lax; wh-whenever water freezes it alius fr-freezes with "the sl-dippery aide up ; dero'd siDt'lar.' JACKftaXw BSl'KE WITH sIC'KII""f. A newspaper correspondent who has reeenlv been traveling at the Son t hi and has vinited the dueling ground where Gen. Jackson killed his 14 dead snot" antagonist, Dickinson, more than fifty years ago, gives some interesting reminiscences concerning that remarkable af fair. This duel took place on the 29th of April, IcW, near where the rond from Itmsellvllle to Nashville crosses the State line between Ken tucky and Tennessee. The following is said to have been the origin of the affair, according to the most reliable authority : Jackson and Dickinson had staked (ire hun dred dollars on a horse-race, and Jackson proved w inner. He took Dickinson's note for the amount, and was satisfied with the indorse ment. Jackson had many enemies, w ho fear ed as well as hated him. "Titer were men des titute of honor, and generally objects of his overbearing disposition to persecute itnustice. Dickinson was a lender of that class of sport ing men about Nashville, while Jackson was the champion of those who considered that there was honor in irambliiiir. Jackson's ene mies naturally crowded around Dickinson, and laid in watt for the first oiiportnnttv that nnirht Jiresent itself to bring hint in collision with the alter. This was the first occasion, and they made nse ot it, tn violation ot all truth and mercy, for they forced Dickinson who it seems was. in some res nee ts. of nn amiable and credulous disposition beyond his own niiiinos itv and suspicions, to believe that Jackson had disparaged the character of his note in some way or other ; and hence the challenge. Jack son denied the charge entirely, but it failed to conciliate Dickinson, or even to be Itelieved ly him against the representations of those who were inns nsng nun to get tnetr enemy ont 01 the way ; and the challenge was accepted ! . i . . . - . . 1 here is an important moral contained in this storv. which mar be ncottired to the ailvantaire of all voung men, viz : that want of skill in the nse of weapons is an honorable safeguard to a person's lite. Had Dickinson been no marks man he would never have fought the duel with Jackson. The two principals were accompanied to the fatal spot by ten or twelve friends each, conse quently the'eombat was witnessed by more than twenty persons. After dismounting from their horses the preparations commenced by the mingling of surgeons and seconds to lay off the ground this latter with an eve to sharing the sun equally ; measuring the distance and driv ing the pegs ; and, lastly, the significant task of loading the pistols. Each charge of powder must be measured fairly and conspicuously to all: and then, br a forced union of honor "and barbarity, the balls are successively held up to view between thumb and forefinger, inserted in the muzzles and pushed home, to await their dreadful mission. Meanwhile the principals, standing aloof, are engaged in divesting them selves of unsuitable garments, or donning more convenient ones, and, as is sometimes the case striving tn che.it death of its terrors by a fastid ious arrangement or drcs. J cneral J acksou is said to have worn a very large full overcoat on the occasion. Lots then being drawn for ehuiee of position, and who shall give the word, the principals are placed, and prcnarnrons are completed with ironical eourtcsv of paine the the fatal salver. This likewise is a matter of lot, for the weapons caunot be disUngni-hcd. Mxteen feet was the distance nt which the dul l was fought, which will be better apprecia ted bv retieetir.fr that it is onlv t.ve paces and one foot. Now couple this with the fact that Dickinson, the day Itefore, w hen his pnrtv stop ped for dinner at Springfield practicing at the image ot a mm. hrcd tour baas, instantane ously alter the command each time, into a space capable of being covered by a silver dol lar, and sotne idea can lie toruied ol the bar bantr ol duels in those days, it is sai l, nlso. on the same good authoritr, that Dickinson was so confident of killing Jackson that he was induced to authorize bets to the amount of three thousand dollars that such would be the eae. William Dutl!--v and Jacob Smith were at work in an a-1 acent field with a patty of ne groes, not beiu ullowcd to accompany the par ty to the fight. Dudley says: ""Suddenly h'eavy reports of fire-amis resounding through the forest warned ns that the die was cast, t-o very rapid watiie succession of reports that the negroes thought it a single shot, but from the prolonged duration of the sound, like that of a hanging fire from a single gun, I know it to indicate a quick snccession of tw o." So much for the ground tliev have to go upon who gratily party spleen by tfic base culumny that Jack son reserved Ins urc, ntul attorn ards delibe rately walked up to a defenseless man, and, with "an oath of exulting revenge, savagely blew out his brains. All that now remained was for attendants to retire to a safe position and rive the word of command, liiev tired, but no one tell: and for the instant it miclit be inferred that it was either to be made up, or the whole to be gone over with, lint an instant revealed the real state of alTairs, and Dickinsou's friends ran for ward to sustain hitn. A dark stream of blood spirted from his side, and an ominons indica tion was afforded in the fruitless endeavor to staunch it. A bending pawpaw bush, standing hard by, afforded a convenient place to recline him w hile undergoing the process of examina tion. It was found that the ball had entered the side above the point of the hip-bone, and be low the ribs, and, passing entirely through the body, was retarded by the opposite hip-bone, and lodjred just withiu the skin. The small difficulty of extraction but showed the great danger of the wound; and all hope was soon destroyed by the discovery of mingled hemmor rhage and purging. Large quantities of biood streamed from the wound, my informant affirming that it was pillca over a iengtn ot six teet ; and so deep that it was of very perceptible depth at the hour of his visit, though the ground was so soft as to yield easily to pressure from the feet. He noticed the pegs at which they planted their feet while they fonght, and distinctly saw the prints of their right heels deep down in the mellow earth. lie was much struck at seeing the shortness of the distance the more remark able, he said, when it was considered how grer.t was the skill of the duelists. The first thing, on discovering the nature of the wound, was to dispatch a courier to Dickinson's wife with the intelligence tnat ne was " nangerousiv wound ed." He was then conveyed back to his lodg-infT- . , , . , Here he was piacea in a room, ana on two feather-beds, underlaid by two mattresses. He ritbed in unremitting torture until he was too tar cone to exhibit his sunevuigs, and gave ent all the while to his ajrony in the most aw ful blasphemy. Ho was remarkable for his reckless profanity. ro p rot use was the now lrom his wound tnat it passed through all his bedding, and required to be cleaned up every few hours. Thus he progressed until nine in the evening. The bed stood in the middle of the floor, and a brilliant light illuminated the room, when th clock struck nine. Just then he asked, complaining ly. why they had blown out the candle and left him in the dark. The surgeon shook his head, for he knew the nnfailiblc omen. He had cone completely blind. The last spark of light went out to him on earth. Again he commenced cursing, repeating, God damn the ball that entered my body !" and within five minutes from the time of his blindness his spirit had ueu iruui uiu eunenng do I v. Dickinson was a man of" great wealth, and was the husband of a blooming wife of twentv five. He lived in Nashville, now, as then, the capital ol I enneeee. He arose several hours J before dawn on the day he left home. His wife was ignorant of the duel ; and being aroused by his restless pacing tn and fro, asked what was the matter. He told her that he whs to shirt that morning, on business, across Hod River, in Kentucky ; but that he would be sure to be back " bv to-morrow night." Then approaching the bed, and taking her cheeks be tween his hands, he kissed her lor the last time, remarking tenderly, "Good-by, darling !" and immediately set off with his party. AVith what soul-crushing ell'ect the drendhil tidings fell upou her heart we may endeavor at least to im agine. Suffice it to say that her carriage had accomplished the long day's ride while it was yet earlr in the evening of the day following his death, and she arrived in the m'ighliorliood before the news had spread more than a ew miles on the road along which she came. She first heard of his death about three miles from where he was; and her road led by the residences of both my informants. Titer, are unanimous in declaring it the most overwhelm ing pit lure of grief they ever witnessed. She appeared to rave with mental agony, and nt everr breath uttered a piercing shriek, until she reached the object ot her deep distress. Her youth ntid beauty added much to the great sym pathy all felt for" her sad bereavement. AV'hen she reached his lift less form she rushed npon it in a frenzy of grief, and gave vent fo her feelings in kisses, embraces, and wild lamenta tions. His coffin soon arrived from n neighbor ing village, and after passing the lonely vigils of "the night in holding an ntit'etiouate guardi anship over his mortal remain, she set olf, next morning, to conduct the mournful cortege. The wagon which brought the aforementioned emi grant family out to the West was that which Inire the body of Dickinson back to Nashville. Gen. Jackson was nlso wounded. Dickinson's ball having plowed across his breast to the depth of one-half its thickness. Hotel Life is Pavia. t ine suite of rooms on the corner of the Culle tit Commerrio and the Plaza (at Lima) were reullv quite clcennt fitted up by a French upholsterer in the latest French style, with handsome mirrors, and lit bv eas, and iu them I was domiciliated on subsequent occasion with my family, much to onr comfort. Shortly before our "occupancy, quite an iiiterestiuc scene was enacted in them On board of cue of the steamers coming down from Panama, happened to le pussengeis the English envor to lVru and the American Min ister to Chili, and his wife; on the arrival of the vessel nt Call no, both diplomatists sent their servants up to Lima to Monti s hotel to engage rooms, but neither of them sneaking Spanish, the major domo by some mistake or other, tho't that thev both represented one master, and con- sequemly assigned them the sntue suite of rooms. In an hour or two, up drives the Ame rican and his wife, and he is bowed into his apartments. Well pleased at being so smiirlv housed, he n frcf lies himself, makes his toilet, and goes out to call on the resident minister. leaving his wife to rosd from her futtgue, Scarcely has he left the house lM-fore nr. drives the English minister, and blusteritigly demands to be led to his apartment, and the st rvnnt conducts him to the floor of the room occupied by the American. Meanwhile the landlord, smelling a rat, and instantly discovering his blunder, bowinglr approaches her Majesty's Minister, begs that monsieur will forgive his error, and that he shall sir) have rooms a thou sand tunes more comfortable, and all that sort of thine- ftut it's no eo : the F.ne-iislinmu swears he w ill have the rooms, and commences knocking nt the door. The American Indv throw ing on a wrapper, opens the door, and on learning the cause of the disturbance, begs "his majesty" to desist until her husbaud re turns, when all will be arranged. l!ut his ma jesty is not to be appeased, insists upon the woman s leaving at nuee, and uses most iiistilt ing language the lady seeking protection in another room. Meanwhile the l nnkce minu ter returns, and on learning the cause of the row, and that his w ife has been insulted, seizes the unlucky Union bv the neck, and frives him a most tremendous hiding, breaking his cane over his head. He then walks to his writing desk and pens a challenge, which a friend liours Hut his majesty is not a fighting man, and so the altair cud. lJust and toam. BoRitovTED Franks. Of the vuauy frauds constantly practiced npon the revenue of the Post Oflice Department, there is none, perhaps, deserving of more pointed condemnation than the custom of late years so prevalent in this city of using borrowed franks to cover private correspondence. Many persons in Washington whose business connections ore at a distance, are in the habit of procuring from persons en titled to the franking privilege, regular supplies of franked envelopes, under which their w hole correspondence is conducted. It is true that, in some instances, the postage thus saved dur ing the year amounts to no inconsiderable fuiii. Bnt the loss of character through which this saving is accomplished, ought certainly to in spire some doubt as to its economy; for surely it cannot be pretended that the confession, made upon every letter illegally franked, that its writer has defrauded the Government of the petty stun of three cents, tends to inspire con fidence in a man of business, or res;icct for a correspondent. 1 his matter lias nttcn been brought to the notice of the Poi-t Oflice Department; but the difficulty of procuring the ncccsary proof has in most cases, prevented action on the part of the authorities, u e have been mlormed, now ever, that hereafter stringent measures will be taken in all cases where such offenses can, by any possibility, be traced to the guilty parties. hash. Ciion. r?Mr. Bangtip defines a gentleman : He doesn't swear, and never dresses in woman's clothes. lie doesn't drink when he hasn't got "the tin," and has nary friend to treat, lie never wears poor clothes when he can get good ones, and never kisses the maid when he can kiss the mistress. He always has clean linen if his washerwoman is punctual enonjrh in fixinjr up that other shirt. He gets into good society if lie can, ana u not, tie is conicni 10 remain nn outsider provided he can make nothing by going into bad society. lie is a firm believer iu the Press as a permanent institution and a ijreat one, and' takes it and pays for it if he can raise the money as well as not, lie never gets angry at an editor unless indeed the editor is much smaller than he and not regarded scientific. He is a man of sense oc nonsense, ns occasion re quires, and generally lives till he dies rarely longer. If his friends can afford it, a big tomb stone grows from his head shortly after his death, and thereon are enumerated virtues and praises w hich would bring blushes to his cheeks, if the dead were in the habit of blushing. A Veteran Federalist. The Boston Transcript tells the following etory of an old federalist : A short time since, an elderly gentleman, whose movements indicated that he was not an experienced traveler, was in the day train be tween Boston and New York. After passing Springfield, and crossing the Connecticut river, he made the inquiry, whenever the cars stop ped, "Is this Hartford?" At length that pleas ai.t city was reached, and the neighbors of the gentleman informed him of the tact, presum ing, from the interest he had evinced about Hartford, that he intended to stop at that place. Qnietly removing his hat, he said, "he was an old fasluoned federalist, and wished to remain with his head uncovered while passing through Hartford, out of respect to the uoble men and the glorious political principles connected with the memornble convention held in that place, December 15th, 1814." " (ATTI.B. Salem, May 1st, laiO. Ep-Statesmak Some three or four yean ago, I was requested by some friend through the the columns of P. C. Adrnraie to give sntue information an to the best modes of fattening cattle, as nlso by some others ns to selecting and treating milch cows. I never gave mv views; one reason, I did not consider myself capable; secondly, the views I entertained, I was well aware, would not meet the views of Oregon farmers, and conseqently would not be noticed. But the time has arrived that we must keep our cattle or they will not keep ns, and 1 am tired of riding through the mud and storm, and actually feel ashamed to ride up to a man's house mid halloo 1dm out, nnd nsk him if he can tell me where 1 can find a few steers that w ill do for beef; and I sometimes nsk them w ill they make hot broth. We can remedy this, nnd now is the time; and I will only mnk'e n few practical remarks, such ns all may under stand. I will forbear mentioning good breeds until I see the people take care ot such as they nave got. In the first place, keep your cows in good or tier; as a calf needs support before as well as after it is calved. And give him a goodthiire of milk; it is important until be is nt least two months old. Then give him a good pasture and wliat milk voti can conveniently spare linn. you neetl the milk, feed him a little hay if the pasture is short. One tiling bear in mind, he must gain a little every day, or time is lost And give vour calves a good shelter from the storm the first winter, and feed them well. prefer timothy hay cut up, and give them all they will ent; they might run out in the day time, but give them their shelter nt night, with a good clean bed of ftraw. I-t their pasture lie snch as will improve tliein every dav. Muc is lost by overstocking our pastures, if a stec is kept erowins even day, he will eo into mar ket at two veins old and bring rimre money than n four or five years old at this time. I am now killing steers at four and five, not as good two years old were in '53-'5-l. and the fault is in the farmer, not in the cattle, nor in the coun try. We are diseracing- our fair famed Ore gon. I will now oiler uy views ns to our best mode of rniinr cattle niter this time. But few will agree with me, I am aware; but I will give mv views as they are, as it has been a mat terof Uecp consideration with me, and it has made no change in my mind since I came among you in the w inter of 'H-i. It is this : Keep on your pastures what stock will fatte in the summer. If ou your farm vou have Iwith low and hi"h laud, divide in two pultun s give your high land pasture to your stin k when you turn out iu the spring, ns it will dry first. aim grass on your low lands will keep green longer; consequently turn in them last, and ns soon as our mius commence to lie steady, shel ter your ftock at night, and when land becomes very soft as to tramp, take all stock olf and put it in the bnrnvnrd, and feed it good timothy hay or straw, until spring, wntd the rrouud settles, Prepnre vour feed in the summer according to your cattle; prepare n plenty ; it will pay you more to feed one sleer well, than to feed two in such a war as to kt them get poor. I n.-k, what do you keep a steer for I answer, for beef; then outriit not lie to enm every dav f Now, snnoos ing your steer gains through the summer three hundred pounds and lures two of that in the winter, ou keep him one year for gain of one hundred. Now if yon put him up in the fall nnd feed him well, and niflke him gain sar two hundred iu four month, rou then gaiu and save lour Hundred pountls ol beet, at He. per pound $: for wintering your steer, and he ready for market, and will "lie readily sought after for years to come. I have offered to contract for the last two years at 8 cU. per pound for cattle wen i-t on iimoiiiy nay. ami lor the iiilorma tion of those doubting their fattrninsr on it. will give an account of an experiment in the east, whu.li I saw m tue N. 1. 1 nbune, and other papers. Two lots of steers of three each were fed for thirteen months on hay, one lot al lowed salt, the other not ; the average weight per head of the salted lot was !.V lbs.; at the end of 13 mouths 2,IUH) lbs.; increase 1,135 ios. iney consumed, it.o.i ins. ol nay ncr head, or oue ton of hav produced 137 lbs. of in crease of animal. l"ho?c salted produced lbs. more of increase per Ion of hay above the lot not salted. Now some may doubt this, and say it took a great quantity of" hay. and it will not pay. But if a farmer tells "me his cattle fell away, and lost two hundred pounds of beef, I would not doubt that. There is un doubt in my mind that steers from two years old up have lost luiiy '-iiu lbs. on an avcraee this winter. and that is not all; a steer iu that condition w hen grass comes w ill nut eaiu near ns much the first month as one in good condition, and wintered on hay. In fact, I have seen them scour nnd waste the first thirty days or even six w eeks, and in some instances have scoured to death. - ' Another fact, our stock is seriously degener ating. I here is a marked t ifTerciice in cattle in the lat four 3'oars. I have noticed in par ticular the same bands of cattle, nnd they are much smaller and more scrubby, seriously so, I o remedy this, you ought to select your best heifer calves, and not Tot them come in until they are three years old. And be very partic ular in the selection of a bull ; all are not fit to breed from, even of the same blood ; all his ponds must be well developed, nnd he ought not to run, and keep him in jrond order. would be glad to sec the samo spirit manifested in raisin? timothy as there is in raisins: fruit trees. Timothy grows well in Oregon, and a little hay every day and a shelter will keep cat tle tiotu tailing away; and it will pay, and I think nothing more sure, for it is a mutter that cannot he overdone, ns we want a large quan tity for our own consumption. And I t hink this valley ought to supply San Francisco market w it h stall led cattle. Had we a surplus of good lat cattle at this tune, stecmcrs would soon be fitted Air carrying them to that market. There is more money in stall feeding cattle in the w in ter thun summering them. Those having small farms, try it. Will not 40 acres of timothy hay properly fed out, mnke more beef than the bal ance ot your titlu ncrcs I Mr. Editor, 1 atu in favor of every farmer raising a little good pork for export.. In a short time, I w ill write a brief article upon that, as it w very unpopular. 1 HUM AS CUUbS. ITF" The love of fun is not unknown among the serious-looking Chinamen, who are thickly collected in sonic parts of the Australian colo nies. A storekeeper, wishing to advertise his articles iu the Chinese language, engaged a ce lestial to paint linn a sign, expecting, ot course, it would be an enticing one. It did not an swer his expectations, however, for the onfy perccptible effect it had on the relations of tlfe sun and moon was to excite a grin of the broad est dimensions. By a considerable bribe, he obtained a translation in English -of the adver tisement, and found it to be as follow s : " Don't buy anything here storekeeper trogue .'" Two Juvenile Compositions. On Danc ing. Some people think dancing is right, but I do not. I think dancing is wrong. People who go to balls lose their night's res-t, and get up in the morning feeling very bad and cross. My advice to all is not to dance on no occasion whaUomevcr. On the Elephant. The Elephant is the largest animal in the world.' - He eats hay and cakes. You must not give the elephant tobac co, for if you do, he will stamp his great big foot on you, and kill yon dead. Some people think the elephant is the most noble animal in the world, but as for me, give me the American Eagle! . "IjAIVD FOR THK IAIVDK.BeiS. Messrs. editors: i hat Uen. Inne was remiss or lukn enrin in respect to our admission ns a State, is generally admitted by the people; but it does not damage him so much iu their esteem as yon seem to suppose. They know they are few in numbers to support a State gov eminent, iney nave Buttered irom a severe win ter, and being disnppoiuted in the parment the war debt, which they were assured th "State could command," they do not regard our admission as nn occurrence over w Inch thev have much reason to rejoice. In fact, so much more sensible are we to the present ills than to future advantages, many now take the opposite view 01 mat measure who w ere once its warm advocates, m many, indeed, that were it still matter of choice, 1 think it quite likely the peo ple would defer coming In a State a few years longer, nut we nre a Mate nnd must reman one, and as men let us at once set about a rem cdy for the evils we cannot escape. Had wc actually half the population a:i wealth our Senators in Congress have thought proper to represent us as possessing, we might hope soon to see an end to our dttticuitics, but their exag rerations in this resnect have done us more in. Jury than they will, in my opinion, ever be able to atone for. If, instead of falsely asserting that "Oregon contained 100,000 of the richest ptniplc upon earth, ' ther had truly mfonnei Congress onr population was less than half that number that from being continually harrassed br Indian hostilities, enterprise and industry were discouraged, nnd our surplus absorbed in waging wars iu self-defense, they might have enlisted the sympathy as well ns justice of that liody in behalf ol the payment of our war debt; wliich debt, iu part, emftodies the largest share of the meaus of the country. Knowing that we had broad lauds without people, and our num bers and our wealth must increase together, and both needed increasing, the course these gentlemen took to accomplish that object, ij thei desired it accomplishment, is a paradox Perhaps no single measure would more advance these objects than the homestead bill, lost in the Senate by the casting vote of the Vice President, uenr the close of the late Congress. This meas ure, which gives to every man a home on the public lands who wants it, has long been a fa vorite measure with the wwkingmun's friends, nnd the mentis oi tue . settlement ol the new States nnd Territories. It passed the House and came up in the Senate n short time after the Senators from Orccou took their seats. It is said to be unfortunate to be a great man w ith little mentis; it seems to be equally unfor tunate for a little people to be represented bj a great statesman this fact is illustrated by the manner in which our Senators voted upon this bill (on a test to lay on the table.) At that time ueither were absent, as both were after wards. One of them sustained Oregon's inter ests, and voted for the bill the other, bavin the occupation of a large w hite tenement cloud ing his vision, forgot Tittle Oregon and voted against her, n3 by his rote the bill tras laid on the table in effect lost. This measure, which consecrates our vast domain to the laboring man which more than any other will encourage popnlution in the new States and Territories, is in tfi'ect similar to that which Oregon owes her 4 J.(X or 9-'UKJ0 (as authorities diner) of inhab itants, and its passage through the Senate would have continued to Oregon the benefits o her land law forever. . 'And if iu honor of the delegate, who through a favoring Congress pro cured the passage of the land law. Oregon erects monuments of mathle, in what way should she express her feelinir towards him w ho bv single vote deprived her of its benefits? It would seem no one "loving every foot of Ore gon," or ready to "lay down his life at any time to serve her, ' would have done an net so de structive of her interests, inflicted such a Vital wound to the country which he knew "nine tenths" of her people favored. Yet it was from her o n petted, cherished and spoiled represcn tative that Oregon received this stunning blow, But the Senator aims higher lie bus set his heart on the white house, which he hopes to reach by courting the favor of nn interest which he is vain enough to think, seriously, intend making him the nominee ol the I liar lest on con veution! What Nonsense. ".CAB" MM Err. Editor Statesman Boil tobacco in water ami make it very strong liquid, mid if your sheep have had it Ion;;, put in a little mercury it is onlv necessary to put it on from their neck to a lime Helmut their shoulders; also put on after using the liquid, a little warm lard, and it w ill cure them ; a small portion is suthcient. THOMAS CUOSS. A Fighting Parson. Col. Richard M Johnson, the slaver of Tecnniseh, used to nar rate an anecdote about a parson by the name of Sncket, who was chaplain of Ins regiment, dor intr the Indian wars in wliich be w as cnsaired The chaplain was a firm believer in the doctrine of predestination, nud in his sermons to th troops he was in the habit ol enlorcing this tenet. and dwelling ou it very stromrly. He urged upon the soldiers to go into battle with perfect confidence that no harm would befall them, for ther could not die liefore their time come, let them be exposed ever so much. J' his kind of preaching made pood soldiers, and Col. Johnson. always found his men ready to do whatever he ordered, how ever desperate it might be. But the chaplain could fight as well ns preach, being a stalwart man of great muscle, nud of indomit able spirit. On oue ocensiou, when the battle waxed furious, aud the chances looked desper ate, the parson armed himself for the fight, and took Ins place in the lore-tront ol tin: iray There he mowed down the enemy, piling np their bodies around him, in a perfect hecatomb, hen the held was won. it was tound that 'SJ of the enemy were heaped np in death around the snot where the chaplain stood. Col. John son accosted the valiant preacher with words of hearty thanks for his galiant and timely service, nnd asked him how it happened that he, a man f pence, had killed so many ot tlie loe I lo this very natural question of the commander, Sacket replied : "Why, colonel, I don't know how it was, unless their time had come." The Prescription of the Emperor of Japan for a Convalescing Fever Patient. Mr. Townseud Harris has written a letter to a friend in Washiiiston. describimr his Visit to Jeddo, w hich is published m the Union. Mr. Harris suffered f rom a terrible attack of fever, and the Japanese Emperor was extremely solicit ous that he should speedily and perfectly recov er, and frequently sent him some very nice af- liur that had been prepared in the palace. At last, Mr. H. writes : "His Majesty sent the prince of Taniba to me to nrge the use of a certain remedy, which the Prinoe described. If you are curious to know what the nature of the ' remedy was, you can turn to the second verse of the first chapter of the first book of Kingsy "commonly called the third book of Kings." In justice to myself, permit me to add that my health has so rapidly improved that I have not used the imperial prescription." : , - No Plating Fast jlsd Loose with Mar ital Bonds. Miss Caroline Ellis and Norman Barber were nt a donation party in Brandon, N. Y.. and "for tho fun of the thing," went through the ceremony of being married. Mr. Wm. Spicer officiated. As Mr. Spicer had had no especial license to pronounce the decree of man and wife, it was supposed that the ceremo nv would not hold : but the lawyers sav to the contrary, and there is a nice prospect of a peti tion to the legislature for a dissolution of the bonds. A H Ol'CS II COCTTRT. The present session of the Missouri State Legislature has been remarkable for the wittj speeches of its members. Ou Monday evening again, Mr. White, of the House, delivered him self as follows, in reference to the project of forming a new couuty s I predicate mv objections to this new county on different grounds, one of the main and most important of which is that, I am confident, it would not be entitled to a representative in the next fifty years. Mr. Speaker, did you ever visit the territory sought to be created into the county of Carter t Did yon ever have an op portunity of beholding its multifarious beauties, and of examining its boundless resources? Well, sir, I have. I have been all over it, and all around it, and I do say here openly, and de fiantly, that there is not'lerel ground enough within its entire limits to build a pig-pen on. (Laughter.) The soil is so poor it would not grow "penny-rojal." Sir, you might mow the county with a raxor, and raka it with a fine tooth comb, nud rou wouldn't get enough fod der to keep a sick grasshopper through the win ter. (Renewed laughter.) Sir, they plant corn with crow-bars, and hold their sheep by the hind legs while they nibble the grass in the cracks of the cliffs. (Increased laughter.) Sir, the frrnte natura of that sec tion are principally ticks, and I must in justice say, that variety of insects attain a splendid size in this new county of Carter, the smallest that ever fell under my observation being at least as big as saddie-bag locks. (Laughter.) As to internal improvements in that section, this House can form some idea when I assure it that the only thing resembling a road that I ever saw there was when one of the ban-footed na tives dragged a wild boy seven miles throngh the snow. (Laughter and cheers.) With such a country as this, Mr. Speaker, they propose to make a new county, and the reason given for so doing ii, that the convenience of the inhabi tants will be promoted thereby Sir, if it were possible to hold their courts under a shade of post-oak and blackjack saplings, to keep Clerk's office aud the records of the cuKJity in the recesses of a hoilow sycamore, and to make a jail out of some of the dark and. slimy caves beneath the crasrgy hills of that rotigh country if it were possible to establish the machinery foi doing county business out of snch materials, we might entertain the project as feasible and plan siide. Hut, alas, eveu such advantages as these are denied br nature to this county. (Great laughter.) It ia true there would be no diffi cully about the caverns for a jail, but the neccs sary post -oak and black-jack saplings, to suppl w ith their foliage a canopy for the angnst tribu nals of justice could not be found. They are not in the county. And as for a sycamore tree suitable for a depository of the archives of tlte county, it woald be sought in vain. , I he w rnl even refuse to blow sycamore pods in that !i rection. (Cheers aud laughter. I And the idea of the people ever being able to build houses. in which to transact business, is deeply, darkly, 3 : T l . i-t.--.ij pruuigtousi, anu preposterously Hut-uru. Unparalleled Meanness. An individual in tlitd riit fitdjl fin I vrwutimi nnfiinct anntliiw which was placed in the hands of the Sheriff fur the purpose of collecting the claim, but tiiat officer finding no property, it was returned un satisfied. A short time since, the creditor dis covered a small monument at oue of the marble yards in the city which had been ordered by the debtor to be placed over the grave of a little child he had recently buried. Forthwith this worthy exemplar of Shvlock waited upon the Sheriff and instructed him to levy upon the stone. That ofiieer very property remonstrated against an act so barbarous and unchristian, but without avail. He was threatened with pros ecution unless he performed this unpleasant duty, and the stone was accordingly seized and in due time sold. 1 here was no oue mean enough to bid upon it but the creditor, and it was knocked down to him. A little monument of a little child, w ith the names of the parents and their onspnnir upon it tne hsrnre ot a dog-. the emblem of fidelity, in an attitude of repose surmounting it was bought in by this tiling in human form. As we looked upon the stone. and listened to this little history connected with it, we could not help thinking that he who had done so base a thing against Ins fellow, deserv ed no repose in this world or the next. Buffalo Uvuricr. lorNtAiUE8 of Oregon.- The error no pears to be current that the boundaries of the new btate of Oregon are comciuent with those of the former Territorr. Even the Philade hia Inquirer, noted for its accuracy, gives the imits as reaching from the Pacific to the Kockv Mountains, and from the 4Gth to the 42d paral lel of North latitude, an area of 227,000 square miles, only a fraction less than that of 1 exas. The error is material. The act of admission defines the boundaries of the State to be the ocean ou the west, the Columbia river to its in tcrsection with the 46th parallel, and that par allel on the north ; the fc-nake river to the atnu- once of the Owyhee, and a lin due south from tnat point on tue east, anu tne 4tl parallel on the south. The area thus designated covers a trifle more than a half of Oregon 1 erntory ; m square miles about 115,000; a surface far ex ceeding that of any of the older States vet fall- mr very much snort ol tne extent either ol California or of Texas. Kansas, if admitted. would bring w ith it an area greater by 21,000 square nines man mat oi vregon. im. x. J imes. It Had Hjm We saw a very large cigar smokimr a rerr little nov Saturday. It had got itself into its victim's mouth and was fumi gating him viciously. It was getting the better of him fast, and the little fellow was good pluck and stuck to his antagonist l.ke a hero, follow ing after it for several squares. Finally it dragged the little fellow into Lafayette Square and got him down npon a seat, choking him furiously all the while, and the last we saw of the two it had succeeded in nearly gutincatmg him, and had made him very sick indeed of the scrimmage, having tairly laid him out hors du combat, upon the bench. Little boys having no school to attend on Saturday, stray about the city and are very apt to be attacked by large cigars. Their "parents" shouldn't let them run into danger thus, for we have known several that were done for, cigars getting hold of them and smoking them within an inch of their young lives, tue enemy smoking themselves, at the same time, within an inch of the butt, in the endeavor to make inquest cases of the little boys. Aew Orleans True Delta. , A Noble Sentiment. Some true heart has sriven expression of its generous nature in the following beautiful, noble sentiment :"Never desert a friend when enemies gather round him; hen sickness falls on the heart when the world is dark and cheerless, is the time to try a friend. They who turn from the scene of disr tress betray their hypocrisy, and prove that interest only moves them. , If you have a friend who loves vou and studies youf interests and happiness, W sure to sustain him in adversity. Let him feel that his former kindness is annre- ciated, and that his love is notthrown away. Benl fidelity may be rare, bnt it exists in the heart. Who baa not seen and -felt its power. They deny its worth who never loved a friend, or labored to make a friend happy." ijT A citizen, who was an inveterate drinker. was besonirht by a temperance acent to affix his signature to an abstinence pledge. -, He de clined, giving various reasons ; at last, however, he finished by observing, "Well, I'm willing to feubeoribe a little to belp you along; pnt me down for six months." I "Wash One Another's Feet." Tba floating-joke" correspondent of the Montgom ery Mail, perhaps "Jofh" himself, furnisbet that paper the following illustration of "Hard Shelf" discipline i ; In one of the lower counties of tho State-,, ia a section of country too poor and too far from market for wealthy slave-owners to settle, there was quite a flourishing church of the Primitives, as they call themselves, or Hard Shells, as they are most generally denominated by rival sects, and "the rest of mankind." Old brother Bar ker, the shepherd of this flock, was no adept in theology, yet he was well versed in the Scrip tures, and a rigid disciplinarian in the manage ment of his members. One of their commun ions, or "feet washings" came on, and after a long tirade of doctrine from the old parson, the brethren and sisters prepared to carry out their belief in the Scriptures, viz : "Wash one an-: other's feet." All went on very smoothly until all had washed, except brother Hogdeu. and a colored brother. The "colored" brother wash ed brother H.'s feet, but brother II. atterly re fused to return the compliment. The old pas tor admonished him severely, read to him the 13th chapter of St. John, laying stress upon the 14th verse. "That's all right," replied brother IL "I know the Bible says for us to- wash one anoth er's feet, but yon can't find anything in that blessed book "(pointing to the Bible) whar it says I must wash a nigger'' $ foot." This re mark, together with the laughter it produced in the congregation, completely upset the placidity of the Minister, and he rebuked brother U. se verely yet the brother was incorrigible, and, at the next meeting, was read out of the church for disobeying the discipline. VW Edward Everett is now writing a sketch of the History of Louts Napoleon in his Mount Vernon Papers,-. We give nelow his opinion of the Emperor: . "He has given to Frnnce the strongest gov ernmentequivalent, I fear, in that country to . i . . , , , , me oest government, wnicn sne nas naa since the downfall of his uncle. He has completed public works, beneath which the magnificent profusion of Louis the Fourteenth staggered, lie has decorated and improved Paris beyond all his predecessors on the throne, and projected and accomplished the most gigantic undertak ings throughout the interior and along the coasts of France.- Abroad he has consolidated the conquest of Algeria, maintained an un doubted superiority Jot France OTer the armies of England associated with her in the Crimea ; formed a firm alliance with Great Britain, against whom his ancle waged an internecine war for twenty years; and has restored his . country to her Yornier rank in the politics f Europe. Ia accomplishing these objects, the press has been fettered and the tribune silenced, and those liberties, which the Anglo-Saxon ntind regards as the final cause of the political societies of men, have been grievously abridged. But France has yet to show that she is capable of enjoying them in peace." ." " Jest Kind o Went Awat. Good morn ing. Iteuben." " Morning, Squire -very fine day for the crops."; ' - " Yes, but what's the matter with yoar face, Beuben T -You have had a fight, I fancy." " Why, yes.. Squire me and Jim Hoekins, we had an old grudge, and last night we fit it out." - . - .- "And which whipped, Kenben?" Well, Squire, we fit considerable." " "Yes, yes, I know, but which whipped I" " Well, Squire, we fit considerable, and thea - see that cow, Squire." " Keuben, I suppose you ran." " Run ! I'd rather die." " Well, what was the result ?" " " Well, Squire, Jim he fit strong, and I was down good morning, Squire, there's that cow ' Well, what did you do, you unexpTaining, Joseph's coat faced individual, what did you do?" "Well, I did'nt run. Squire," said Reuben, sulkily, .' I jest kind o' went away." Scaeletina and Measles. Mr. Witt, a member of the Royal College of Surgeons, has published a pamphlet in which he states that carbonate of ammonia is a specific for the cure or scarlet fever and measles. He cites Dr. Pearl, f Liverpool, and other practitioners. who have never lost a case, ont of hundreds, since adopting this remedy. Two drachms of the bicarbonate of ammonia are dissolved in five ounces of water, and two table-spoonsfull of the solution given every two, three or four hours, according to the urgency of the symp toms. No acid drink must be taken, but only water, or toast and water. The system is to be moved by a dose of calomel, if necessary. The room must be well ventilated, but the patient . protected from the slightest cold or draft. Gar gles should also be employed for cleaning the throat. ' The ammonia, it is said, counteracts the poison which causes scarletina, and also acts on the system by diminishing the frequency and at the same time increasing the strength of the pulse. As so many children die from these diseases in this country, this remedy ought to receive a fair trial from the profession. Tobacco Chewtng. "There is no human ' creature so much to be pitied as the cleanly v woman who is tied to a tobacco eating husband. ' It must take a great amount of love to over come the repugnance that every pure woman feels in the presence of a thing so disgusting to all the senses. We should think the women thus unfortunately connected would be driven to some sort of dirt in self-defense and to blunt the edge of their rebellious senses. And then, what work with dickies and bosoms, and car pets and the store, and everything about the house enough to create a condition of permit- nent nausea in all but the niari who revels in ' his own fetor." ; G We find the following in the San Diego Herald: ,, 8100 Eiward ! I wOl day the above sum . to any person giving me information of the das- tardly wretch who mutilated the monument on my dead wife's grave. San DiEGXr March 1st, 1359. "Judge J. Judson Ames" is the editor of the San Diego Herald. ' -' - Debt of Mexico. The debt of Mexico is summed up thus : British Bondholders' Debt, $60,621,843 OO Spanish Convention,. . - 7,270,600 75 English Spanish Convention,.. ": 5,000.000 00 LFrench Convention....- 262,690 00 American Claims (at least) 10,000,000 00 Total of Foreign Debt, .J... $83, 156, 133 75 Fokks Saxtiam Democratic 3fEETrNG. Pursuant to notice, the democratic, voters of" the Forks of the Santiam. met at Scjo,,on Fri day, April 29th, 1859, for the purpose of nom inating a candidate for State Representative, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of , T. T. Thomaa., The meeting, being called to order, James Curl was chosen chairman, and A- C. Jones, secretary ,-, The object of the roeetmj .being stated by th ehnir it nrnceeded to cbooee ft candidate. James Williams, having received majority of . the votes cast, was, declared -ourr nominated, and instructed to use all honorabla and reasoo- able means for toe election ot Hon. iwun Smith to the United States Senate. JAS. CUKI Cil B- A- C. Jokt.8, Sec"y- -