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VOL. 9. NO. 36.
SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15. 1859.
WHOLE NO. 452.
t i cuiromu roar.
Toes Darita u darling Tom,
(Kxcase all vulgar pons i)
A tvps of California's bright
ttiaing nd setting mn
His Sutter u an austere ma
. An oyster man was he.
Who opened life bv opening
Shell fish of theses.
Bet huailus; of a richer clime.
Bo took bis only son. - -
And came where golden minds are loot.
While goU'e l nunca are won.
Ther hoped to (111 their pockets from
Rich pockets in the ground.
And 'midst the bonMcrs of the hills,
Kooe bolder coold be fonnd.
For thoagh a saining minor, Tom
Was never known to shirk ;
And while with seal be worked hi claim.
His father claimed his work.
Time's record on his brow now showed
A fair and spotless pass ;
And. as his sste became him well.
He soon became his age,
Thinkhur that he was op to all
The California tricks.
He now resolved to pick his war
Without the aid of picks.
In less than eighteen circling moons
Two fortunes he had made ;
One bv good lock at trade in stock,
Antf one by stock in trade.
With heahh and wealth he now could live
Cpoa the easv plan ;
While every body said of course,
Ha was a fine young man.
Bttt Thomas fell, and sadly too.
Who of bis friends wonld thought itt
He ran for office, and alas !
. For him and bis be caught it.
Mixing no more with sober men,
. He fonnd his moral fleeing ;
And being of a jovial tarn.
- He turned a Jovial being.
With Governor and Constable
His cash he freely spends :
From Constable to "Governor,
lie had a hut I of friends.
But soon be fonnd he eonld not take.
As his old father wonld,
A little spirits, jnst enough
- To do bis spirits good.
. In council with the patriots
Upon asfairs of State,
Setting no bars to drinking, he
Soon lost his npriirhl guit.
His brandy straightway made him walk
la rerv crooked ways ;
While lager beer brought to his view
A bier and spaa of grays.
The nips kept nipping at his purse
jTTwo bits at every dram. I
While clear champaign produced in him
A pain that was no sham.
His cups of wine were followed by
The doctor's painful cup ;
Each morning found him getting low.
As be was getting up.
Thus uselessly, and freely did
His short existence nit"
Till in a drunken fight he fell
Into a drunken tit.
Tbe doctors came, but here their skill
They found of no avail :
Ther all agreed, what ailed poor Tom
Was politics and ale.
DELAZOX TO MB. GEEK, AND OTHERS.
Ye will allow me to ear that I hare better
mmrtaBiites of learning ami judging; of the
facts, here in Washington than you hare in
Oregon, t rem thts stand-point, where 1 ought
to be presumed to know the troth, yon take is
sue with my statements and persevere in an op
posite direction.
jfll. geeb to PELAZOTt perhaps).
"Oft has it been my lot to mark
A proud, conceited", talking spark.
oh eyes that hardly served at me-.
To guard their master 'gainst a post ;
Yet round tbe world the blade has been
To see wha'ever eonld be seen.
Bssaraing from his finished tour.
Grown tea time perter than before.
Wham ci i word m chance to drop.
The traveled foot your mouth will stop :
' Sir, if my judgment you'll allow
I've sees and sure I otiirlil to I tar'
ro begs you'd puy a doe snbmission,
And si a, assart m his decision."
A'cc. Jmwtes Merrick.
(L.4E cerTY.
A Lane county correspondent writes as fo!
Iowa, under date of Xor. 1, 1839 :
I am positively certain that nine-tenths
and amicably settle an disputes, nut am not
certain this sentiment will find expression in
oar convention. An effort will be made to
pack it. Already the Eugene Junta have
made themselves quite odious with the manage
ment of the .Surveyor General's Office. Chap
man gave his son a contract, the son carried
the chain and If aft the compass. Block gets
big rent for his house rat of town, while
Heatherly and Owen offered buildings in town
at a far leas rent, (but they are anti-Iane.) and
Dr. Patterson does all the traveling, and
missionary bnsiness; such as inspecting sur
reys, telling alMMit the Col.'s exalted character,
ice-. Are. Tbe Col. still keeps his eye npon
the gilded dome of the Senate. Alas ! how
soon that vision will fade. Wonder if he rec
ollects West Point, Iowa, w here he once tar
ried a short time ?
tire gL 1 1 Jt jivni UAica a vm hkuu iiwi
coo tents, while tlte ex-Senator occasionally a as i
to be carried.
"DEMIJOX."
Obitvart. Mrs. Sarah Rees, wife of Geo.
Rees, of Molalla Prairie, Clackamas county.
company has exploded, and it was ascertained, wliK,' ""-'J. indulged in ircouont libations oi
after the saow vanished in the souimer. that the M" ' "greed that .whoever of their
it would take an enormous capital to build the number should first secure the coveted hnor
road npon the summit of the tiwontains, as that fort' ParJ should receive the unanimous
wart of the route was so thrown np br volcanic ! recommendation tor Secretary of State under
action, as to make it the next thing to an ! tLe dinner President. During the week, sure
impottbilitr for a road to be constructed in i gh "pipc-kiyin,?" by a certain
that place. ' Alabama brick; they all received an invito to
Several bands of ctttle that had started in dinner from the victim, who turned out to lie
that war to cross, backed ont and went up the oi Mr- I-ic-. of Oregon. During the repast,
middle fork road (built iu 1853) withoat any iu- tnc rumd nd Preidential prospects of oar
convenience. Many other bands have crossed I heTO were ,ike vigorously discussed, and termi
ia the last named route, numbering in all about j natoJ ith the enthusiastic resolve to keep lay
1500 head. t the pipe. After the party returned to
j their regular quarters, the meeting was called
tsf A very large lump of mortality residing j to order that they might ratify the dinner-table
ia Polk county, officiously informs the public, plans ; only a portion of the proceedings of this
through the medium of the Statesman that he ' meeting, however, have transpired, and w ill
knew as ia Iowa, has known us here, and thinks 1 probably not until developed by the proceed
m a demagogue. We think that if he had a 1 nigs of the Charleston Convention. It is uti
few wisps of straw around him, he would make derstood, however, to have been resolved, unan
a first rate demijon. Delazonian- imously, that the prospects of our hero were like
Polk Co.. Xor. 10th. 1839. : bis wine, "sparkling and bright." The old
Ma. Editor : The above reference to my ! gentleman is represented to be quite good ua
rotandity of person is nnkind on the part of j tared and confiding, and I fear it causes him to
Delazon, particularly when for the two years be imposed upon. If the inhabitants of Ore
that I knew him in Keosauqna,Van-Burencoun- 1 gon are content to have him do what he can to
?; Iowa, if he had been furnished with a handle, j represent them, of course it is their privilege to
could have picked him out of the gutter any ! do so, but he should be careful about Wing
day, without the addition of "wisps of straw;" j made game of ou their account, if not on his
aad if reports are to be credited, I might have j own.
picked him oat of worse places in Washington Hut I have wandered from the subject, con
Citr. I have always been able to carry my cerning which 1 feel mnch interest, as every
Oregon, died of consumption, October jumi, vt nai a pity, men, to allow tins mynau ot more
1350, in the 31st year of her age. j than silly demagogues, for tho sake of killing
Sister Reese experienced a change of heart , off their comuiou rival, to so load down the
about two years ago. She manifested to the party that it must be crushed beneath its weight,
last a satisfactory evidence that all was well. ! Are there any who uphold Congressional inter
When the time of her dissolution drew nigh, 1 ference in the Territories? or, who deny the
she realized that death would soon sever her ! people of such the right to exercise their choice?
from her companion and children; but with j If so, they stand where abolitionists have always
true christian resignation she gave them up to ! stood, and ought to be ranked with them. The
God. and waited for the solemn change which ! democratic party iu each State now owes to it
wmU relieve ber from pain and death, to en- i self an important duty to stand strictly by its
joy that Best which remains for the people of principles. If men are within its ranks who
Qi. 11. C. IillODES. j uphold the personal interest of any man or set
' of men, consider them as so many leeches fecd-
Bejttos Co. Mr. Spillman, w ho was thrown ; ing upon the very life-blood of the party, and
from a horse alout a mouth ago and had his ! at the same time fostering and instilling a poi
leg broken, suffered amputation this week, and ' son that ouly uecds time to destroy,
is now lying in a very critical state. Union.. ' TICIXO.
i-ia.
St. Louis. Sept. 30, 1859.
Epitor Statesman The fall elections
hare taken place in some Stales, and nomina
ting convention are held and being held in
others, selecting; candidates and erecting, plat
forms to set Me times. The democratic party
stands upon the brink of a precipice a theo
retical wall not strong enough to sustain its
weight, bat against which the party mar dash
out its own vitality. The question of slavery
in the Territories the right of the people
thereof to control it also the power of the Fed
eral government to interfere, are questions that
must be met and decided in the next canvass.
The theory that the Constitution carries slavery
with it the Congressional slave code for Ter
ritories, which Jolloic as a eon sequence, are po
litical straws with which foolish southern politi
cians tickle each other and their constituents,
and equally foolish northern men try to gulp
down. Hut note the fact, not one man, nnh,
has attempted to staud upon the doctrine, that
hasn't been hurled from place in a manner that
should teach observers that there is a cause
I lie constitution ol the U. . does not es
tablish or prohibit slavery in the Territories,
beyond tue power of the people to control it.
But in theory, suppose it docs, and that the
cderal government with U. S. troops. Su
preme, Court and all, attempt to protect and
maintain the institution ia a Territory where
the people are averse to it. Is there a man so
sillr as not to know, at a glance, that these
powers are as nothing against the moral force
of an honest people, who know their choice and
dare find exitedients to maintain it ? None
can be so blind as not to know that the people
must and will prarticallu control the nuestion
as well in Territories as States ; that however
much their choicw mitv differ front "the trne
theory of the government" tnntters not, theirs
is the trtt7 that must control.
This sillr abstraction of the U. R. Constitu
tktn earryiug slavery with it the slave code
and their concomitants, are a political mael
strom nit hunt Itciictiting ar section practic
ally, it, iu tho north, takes down hotter at
tempts to approach the dccdlv circle.
The Itelici is becoming more and more prev
alent, tlailr, that the whole departure bra nor-
tion of the democracy within the last two Tears
from the Kansas-Nebraska principle, has been
the work of ambitions, but tceak politicians
men who saw that all eyes were being turned
towards Mr. Douglas as the able and faithful
champion of popular rights, a principle which
should endure and make him President, by its
ova power, unless something was done to crush
It out. Hence, some holding Cabinet place,
undertook to kill him by undermining a princi
ple that he was identified with, and which the
people have sustained, and were becoming more
pleased i ith in proportion as they comprehend
ed the principle.
There was, as is always the ease, a set of vain,
weak, silly demagogues about Washington,
a ho, by ilattery. are led to calculate their chan
ces for the Presidt ncy, aud such, without ex
ception, joined in the effort to kill the Nebraska
Kansas principle so as to injure him. Though
without ability to sustain a principle, mnch less
to originate one. they instinctively feel that to
tear some one eke down increases their own
prospects, and nence all such, out ot very
' envy, join in the effort to sustain the abstraction
! and thus kill Mr. Douglas, no matter how dam
aging it might lie to the party. To such, the
astonishment was without li.iiit wL -n they saw
Mr. Douglas come out triumphant n the "strug
gle last year. They did not cor.prehend the
form of the principle, but vieweu it as a per
sonal struggle between Judge Douglas on the
one hand, aud Cabinet patronage, to the extent
of millions, and bis natural political foes, on the
other. It was not his perso lal strength, but
the principle he stood steadfastly to, that sus
tained him.
The conviction that this whole departure
from the Kansas-Nebraska principle, ns laid
down in the Cincinnati platform, is the work of
those w ho consider the destruction of the dem
ocratic party as nothing when considered by the
side of their 'residential prospects, is liecoming
more fixed daily, and among northern demo
crats there is a tiisgutt that will make itself felt
at Charleston. The number of Presidential
j aspirant is astonishing to behold, and it a?t.n
nf ; islics still more to see who thev nre. Some thst
1 . 3 . I " . I - .
cau i reau or write me aing s cngiin correctly,
but chance to hold public place, are flattered.
puffed np," calculate their chances, and all
such, to a man, are having some theory that is
calculated to injure popular rights and thus
damage a sepposed rival.
It was formerly considered honorable to seek
a nomination as candidate for President, and.
of course, is so now, but the thing is undeniably
being turned into ridicule ou account of the
numerous ridiculous pretensions that are daily
developed, and I fear that some innocent old
gentlemen are made game of ou accouut of
this very laudable ambition. I know of several
iiiftances, but will only name one.
On a certain night, at Washington, a party
of gentlemen were having a good time over the
social glass, wkeu it was observed thnt they
ought to have a grand dinner given them by
some genuine Presidential aspirant. Alter a
merry consultation npon the subject during
. . t , . n
democrat ougut, ana about wnicu l commenced
to write. Tbe Nebraska-Kansas principle, as
defined by the Cincinnati platform, with a ft
standard-bearer, will be triumphantly sustained
in leuu, it the people only have the chance
ratetM vat a: Atlantic srAtBs.
The P. M. S. S. Northerner arrived at Port
land on Sunday, the 6th init. We are indebted
to the Company's attentive agent, J. Steinber
ger, Esq., for the following memoranda and
list of passengers :
MKMORAN'UA I
The P. M. 8. S. Co." steamer Xortherner, Wui.
Dull. Commander, left San Francisco on Wednesday,
Nov. ad, at 4 1. M. Crossed Columbia Kiver Bur,
Sntnrdav, Nov. 5th at 1 1 I. M. Keached Vancouver
at 3 A. it., on the6ih.
PASSEXGKR9 :
K. P. Meade. Mr. Ilcrkninn, Miss Wright, Miss Lee.
Mr. ltccord wife and three children; Mrs. Moill and
two children : Miss Morebind, Mr Stone, Miss Collins,
Mr. Iteeves, Mr. Slonne, Mr. TMernmu, Mr. tlritlin,
Hr. Hugat, Miss Collins, Mr. Slark, Miss litiron, Mr.
LhHh;e, Mr. White, Mrs. l'ontius and child, Mr. Her
gnu, m. Taylor, V. F. 4c Co.), Mr. Meade, (F. ot
Co.), and nineteen iu the steeragr.
. F. BOWMAN, rumor.
SEWS ITEStS.
The Kansas elee.tiou, ou the 4th of Octolier,
on the question of the acceptance or rejection
of the Wyandotte Constitution, passed oil"
quietly. The adoption of the Constitution is
generally conceded ns Certain. Leavenworth
City gives &il majority for the Constitution.
Other precincts in the country to hear from iu
crease the majority.
The Itutl'alo (X. V.) Post, a pnper favorable
to Daniel f. Dickinson lor the Presidency
states that the delegation lately appointed to
cast t lie vote of New lork in the Cliaulcston
Convention, stands divided as follows :
Stephen A. Douglas, 13
Daniel S. Dickinson, 17
A majority of the delegation under tho in
struct ion of the Convention will cast the who!
vote as a unit. Douglas is, therefore certain
of the thirtv-five votes of new York at Charles
ton.
II. M. McfJill. Actititr Private Secrctair of
the President has been appointed Jm crctarv of
ushingtou Territory. AVin. A. Shannon
clerk in the Treasury Department has been
designated to supply the place vacated by
Mclilll.
The bark Hazard, Capt. Ooodridge. nrrivetl
at llostou Oct. 4, savs the Keening Courier,
from the West Coast of Afriea, mid from the
owners we learn that she was fired into by
II. 11. M. steam sloop-of-war Pinto. On the
eth of Mnv. at S P. M.. as the Hazard was
running north, with studding sails ou both
sides, she made a two-masted stentuer some 13
miles ahead, on the starboard Imiw, and steer
ing for her. and showing Englih colors. The
Hazard rau up the American flag to tbe peak
and it blew out well. The steamer continued
to bear down for ber, until within aliout a mile,
when, being forward of the bark's starboard
beam, she tired a run. The shot came w hi
rimr over the Hazard's deck, between the fore
and main masts, and struck the water within
SOU feet of her side to larboard, and she hove
to.
The steamer sent a boat alongside with two
otbeers, who ashed tbe name of the vessel aud
that of the matter. Thev stated the name of
the steamer to be tbe British steam sloop-of-
war nnto.
Tbe captain of the Hazard declined to per
mit them to come ou board, telling them they
had exceeded their orders. Thev replied,
We do not get our orders from Vou. I .el us
see your papers, and thev were shown. Cant
Ooodridge asked them how thev came to tire
into them, as her flag was up. Thev replied.
u n your nog. vt e wanted to see your pa
pers."
hen about to leave, they asked, " Do you
want us to enter any complaint in your log ?"
and the reply was "No." They then asked,
"Can we do anything for you V' and a nega
tive answer was returned, aud bidding the
Hazard good-day. pulled oil.
A dispatch was received at aslungton. Oc
tober 4, bv the Attorney (ieiieml. from the
District Attorney at New Orleans, stating that
the ship r ashion had cleared Innu Mobile, nom
inaliy lor (ialveston. but that her real d'f filia
tion was New Orleans, where she intetidcd to
take on board a large number of men, ammu
nition, etc., for Central Ann nca, headed bv
General Walker and other notorioti filibusters.
Additional dispatches were received br the
c-eeretary ot the i reaurv to-day trorn tue C ol
lectors nt Charleston. Mobile, and other orts.
stating that quite a large force of filibusters hud
cUtcted tlieir escape through lalse papers and
various other means, from the above mentioned
ports.
Ukoroia Election. The Third Congres
sional District is conceded to the opiMwilion
The balance of the districts are regarded as
democratic, though the vote in the Seventh aud
Eighth Districts is close. Gov. Ilrotvu is re
elected by a heavy majority.
A disnatch. dated Washington. Oct. 4. savs
A month ago information was received iu this
city of filibustering movements against Nica
ragua. Although the statement was not fullv
credited, it was deemed of sufficient mportuiicc to
justify the issuance of instructions to the proper
leiierul oiticers to exercise more than ordinary
vigilance, the President himself superintending
these precautionary measures.
ki itoPK.- xt:ws.
The overland mail from China had arrived at
Loudon, brine iiLr I he important intelligence
that hostilities had Ix-cn renewed between the
Chinese and the English and French forces be
fore Canton.
A most bloody conflict had taken place at
tlte mouth ot the lvkiii nvi r, in wiiicu the Al
lied squadron were repulsed with great slaugh
ter, and obliged to almndon their attempt to
land a force and capture the torts.
Tbe Chinese fought with great bravery and
sustained but little loss, ns they were protected
by fortifications, while the English alone lost
nearly 500 men killed and a large number
wounded.
It is reported that the American Ambassador
to the Celestial Empire had arrived at Pckiu
aud was received in a most friendly manner.
terrible accident occurred ou board tue
steamship Great Eastern during her trial trip.
1 lie leed-pipe casing to one ot Iter tunnels
exploded, and five of her firemen were instant
ly killed, while a number ot others were badly
wounded.
The furniture and cabin of the steamer were
considerably injured. The damage thus sus
tained is estimated at 5000. Otherwise the
ship and machinery sustained no serious :.ujury.
Portlasi). A fatal casualty occurred in
this city, resulting in the death of Mr. George
Allen, one of the Engineers of the steamer
Belle. Mr. Allen had occasion to go into the
paddle-box of the steamer, and while in there,
was thrown into the water. A short time after,
the body of Mr. Allen was recovered, and con
veyed to his late residence. Wo are informed
that Mr. Allen leaves a wife and two children.
Times.
Clackamas. We learn that Jacob Avery,
of this county, was drowned in Big Sandy, on
Thursday of last week. He was trying to cross
on a foot-log, when he fell in and was lost.
The body of Mr. Avery was found ou Monday
last, aliout two miles below where the accident
took place, and was buried. Argus.
Stealixg Oregon Apples. The San
Francisco Herald says the first officer of the
steamship Columbia, charged James Dcuipsy
with breaking open and stealing part of a box
of Oregon apples. Defendant was caught in
the act, and some of the fruit found on his per
son. He was convicted and ordered to appear
for sentence.
Pkrsosal. For a year or so, ever since we found
fiiult with Lane's " playing- fast and loose " with the
admission bill until be could asrertaiu whether or not
he had been elected to the Petiate, tbrre has been
handed around amona: the members of the society a
story that we had an nnjitst or fraudulent claim that
we wanted Ijtne to a;et through Congress. Both Hib
ben and Onrret have had It In their letters, and several
of the penny -whistles have produced it editorially. We
have taken no notice of it, and are strongly inclined
not to uow. "P
The facts nre these : The bill for prinrlnK the second
edition of the Orcson Statutes, lfiliS, was disallowed
by Secretary Onthrie on the rround that "Conjrress
did not order the work executed." The objection was
unsound, for Conirress never ordered any printing for
Oregon. It was not the province of Congress to do
it : the local legislature ordered the printing of the
saiil Statutes, as they ordered all printing- The other
was allowed, and that disallowed, for a reason which
should have cat otf all. Mr. Whittlesey, the Comp
troller was of the opinion tliat the claim should be
paid, bat said it would roqnire a resolution of Con
gress. Gen. Lone said ''the claim was a jnst one and
should be paid," and ho would fret the resolution pass
ed. He introduced one and it passed the 1 louse, with
out objection, but died in the Senate, tien. I-uiie said
it was Donvlas' fault that it did not fro through that
bixly. We early became impressed with the belief
that Hen. Itne did not desire the passage of the reso
lution that he prvfirred to keep it hanging by the
Brills," thinking that by keeping it in hi power to de
feat the claim, he would furnish an inducement to ns
to continue' in his snpHrt. Of coarse, each session
closed without the passage of the resolution, and each
fitilnre was followed by one pretence or another we
censed to keep the ran of t'icm. Itclow is a specimen:
1 was headed olT in your case bj the Hark rrpubli
, but it is not lost it is only a mutter of time. I
will have it, and you can met it down that the irov't.
owes you the am'!, of your bill far the vtduine of
ti e Statutes, and don't gie any credit tiH you get the
niorey."
Tlte Siatiitrs (jM copies) were pnblishcd in lti5,
delivered to the Secretary of the Territory, mid by.
him distributed to the comities. Tiiry have hud and
used, have got and are usin them. We buvc not '4et
it down that the government owes nstho bill," (neither
an unjust or a fraudulent one) and have no more ex
pectation now of ever reeeiviug a return of our out
lay than we have that Joseph will be elected to the
presidency. We never expect again to prefer the
claim.
The above fact onght not to indocr.ee our journal
in respect to Oen. Lane, o.it tray or tke other. And
we think they bave not. If sntivned that Urn. Lane
bad been faithful as a public tenant, it would be the
duty of our journal to support hitn; if satisfied that,
as such, he had been derelict, it would be its duty to
withhold its suport, without reference to the forego
ing matter, in one case or the other.
Kit. 1. inc. A Mexican numed Vincieiite
was shot dend by a mau whose uamwe are uu
nhle to learn, at Applegate Creek, near Hugh
Henps' house, on last Thursday evening. Both
parties were employed in ChttBiu's pack train.
The man savs that the Mexican drew a knife
and threatened to use it upon him ; that then
he presented his revolver, and told the Mexi
can that if he advanced further, he would
shoot. The deceased disregarded this warn
ing, and approached. At this the man fired
twice. The first shot passed through the body
of the deceased from side to sids ; the other
penetrated in the region of the heart. The
Mexican lived about a half an hour, Jackson
ville Sentinel.
For the Pexitemtiart. .Tames Wilson
aud George McShan were convicted of larccnv,
in robbing the house of Davis Evans of cloth
ing, nt the present session of t ie Circuit Court
here.and on Thursday were sentenced by Judge
Ih-im to two years each in the Penitentiary.
The fellows afterwards remarked that thev cot
off vetr easy, all things considered. One of
them ninused himself in prison, by sketching
his comrade in rascality iMn a gallows, await
ing execution, in the act of making a farewell
address to the crowd below. Ib.
Lahof. Pale or Lakd. Mr. James Pool
sold his claim on the borders of the town (Jack
sonville) during the week, to Mr. Johu Hig
liaiu, for f 18,0(10. The tract hs somewhat
over 500 acres of fine roll in? aud meadow land.
with iHtrtions ol it well tiiniiered. There are
but few improvements upon the claim. Both
gentlemen are old residents. lb.
SiiriiE. A butcher named Muck hung
himself in his own room, on Monday morning
last, at Kerbvville. The cause for this rash
act is not known. Deceased was supposed to
be in rather comfortable circumstances. lb.
t"? George Smith (our devil ') has laid as
under obligations for a liberal contribution of
apples. Argus.
The " devil " probably laid stancbody'a or
Uard nndcr contribution.
A Loxrt Dkive with a Patr or Elk.
The CUrelanJ Leader atmotinees the arrival
in that city of Mr. George Raymond, all the
way from " Salt Lake City, via" Cherry Creek
mines and Kansas, having come the cutire dis
tance, driving a span of elk before a wagon.
The elk in question are only three years old,
an n;e at w Inch horses arc not at all fit for use,
vet Mr. Itavmoud asserts that he actually trav-
led as fast as one hundred miles In a single
day. Mr. li. is on his war to Vermont with his
novel team. The elk have now upon their
heads horns three feet in length, which have
Im'cii only six weeks in growing, j
Cheap Fame. Iu Kansas it only costs a
man fiilr dollars to have a town named after
i. Positively throwimr it awar. A friend
savs he bad some IkkIv else's child named after
dm, alHNit two vents ago, and it has cost him
three dozen bottles anodyne cordial eighteen
ards merino six rattle boxes four "Jiihny-
tinin-itps," and a dozen india-rubber rings, to
say nothing of a willow itosset-bowl with spoon
on tbe occasion of the christening, and an in-
iiiite quantity ol the iicst linen uinls-eye."
He is inclined to the opinion that it costs con
siderably more than it conies to.
Ixtere8TISq to the Beardeo. A writer
in the Boston Post has the following pithy com
munication :
I have seen it slated somewhere that there is
an intimate connection between tho nerves and
muscles of the face and eyes, and allowing the
heard to grow strengthens the eye. It is said
that surgeons in the French army have proved
by experiment in Africa that soldiers wearing
the beard are much less liable to disease of the
eye, and it is generally conceded that it is a
protection from disease oi tne tnront and lungs.
is asserted that in countries where it is the
custom to wear tho beard, the eye retains its
lustre and brilliancy much longer. It may be
argued that females do not suffer more than
the males trom disease oi ine eyes, sc., nuc
it must be admitted they are much less exposed
to the elements. What did the Creator give
the lords of creation a beard for ? Certainly
not to support barbers. There is just as much :
sense in shaving the head as the chin.
CF Lotteries arc among the many monster
humbugs of the da-. Great flaming advertise
ments are published, the successful drawing of
some poor man who was saved from utter hank-
ruptcv and ruin v tne purcnase oi a ricaet,
. . ;.r .1: 1 1 l.r.
and oilier tcuipnug matters uispiujcu ueiore
the public to draw in rue lazy, tue vulgar, ana
the adventurous. Young men, dont expect to
get. rich by purchasing lottery - tickets von-
might as well expect to live happily after mar
I lying a fashionable wife.
PHRIIK.KNO W.LOOICA I. I.KfJTURK
BY HR. O. W. HOLMES.
I shall begin my friends, with the' definition
oi n Pseudo-science. A Pseudo-tcience con
ststs of a nomenclature, with a self adjusting
... a ii . i.; . r i
ui niiut-iiiuiiv ii nmcii uii punitive evidence,
or such ns favors its doctrines, is admitted, and
all negative evidence, or such as tells against it
is excluded. It is invariably connected with
sonic lucrative practical application. Its pro
fessors and practitioners are usually shrewd
people ; they are very Serious with the public,
but wink and laugh a good deal among them
selves. The believing multitude consists of wo
men of not It sexes, rceble-mimled inquirers,
poetical optimists, people who always get cheat
ed iu buying horses, philanthropists who insist
on hurrying np the millennium, and others of
tins class, with here and there a clergyman, less
irenuenuy a lawyer, very rarely a physician.
and almost never a horse-jockey or a member
of the detective police. I did not say that
Phrenology was one of the Pseudo-sciences.
A Pseudo-science does not necessarily con
sist wholly ol lies, it mar contain many
truths, and even valuable ones. The rottenest
bank starts with a little specie. It puts out
thousand nroinises to liar ou the strength of
single dollar, but the tlnl'ar is very commonly a
good one. The practitioners of the Pseudo-
sciences know that common minds, after thev
have been baited with a real fact or two, will
jump at the merest rag of a lie, or even at the
bare hook. hen we have one fact found us.
we are ver)- apt to supply the next of our own
imagination. (How many persons cau read
Judges xv. 1G correctly the first time?) The
Pseudo-sciences take advantage of this. I did
uot say that it was so with Phrenology.
1 have rarely met a Sensible man ho would
not nllow that there was something iu Phrenolo
gy. A broad, high forehead, it is commonly
agreed, promises intellect ; one that is villain
ouslylow" and hits a huge hind head back of
it, is wont to mark au animal nature. I have
as rarely met an unbiassed and sensible man
who really believed iu the bumps. It is ob
served, however, that persous with what the
Phrenologists call good heads" are more
prone than others toward plenary lielief in the
doctrine.
It is so hard to prove a negative, that, if
man should assert that the moon was in truth a
green cheese, formed by the congulable sub
stance of the Milky Way. and challenge me to
prove the contrary, I might be puzzled. If he
oder to sell me a tou of this lunar cheese, I call
on him to prove the truth of the caseous nature
of our satellite, before 1 purchase.
It is not uecessary to prove the falsity of the
phrenological statement. It is only necessary
to show that Its truth la not proved," and cannot
be, bv the common course of argument. The
walls of the head nre double, with a great air
chamber between them, over the smallest and
most closely crowded organs." Can vou tell
how much money there is in a safe, which also
has thick double walls, by kneading its knobs
with your fingers ? So when a man fumbles
about my forehead, and talks about the organs
ol Individuality, Size, etc., 1 trust htm as much
as I should if lie felt the outside of my strong-
oox ana toia me mat lucre was a nve-doilar. or
a teu-dollar-bill tinder this or that particular
rivet. Perhaps there is; only he doesn't know
anything about it. Hut this is a poiut that I,
the prolessor, understand, my friends, or onght
to. certainly, letter than you do. The next ar
gument you will all appreciate.
I proceed, therefore, to explain the self ad
justing mechanism of Phrcimhigy, which is
very similar to that ol the I'seuuo-scieuces.
Au example will show it most conveniently.
A. is a notorious thief. Messrs. Bumpus
and Crane examine him and 'find a good-sized
organ of Acquisitiveness. Positive, fact for
Phn-tioloey. Casts and drawings of A. are
multiplied, aud the liuion does not lose in the
act of copying. I did not say il gained. What
do you look so for ? (to the boarders).
Presently B. turns up, a bigger thief than
A. But B. has no bump at ell over Acquisi
tiveness. Negative fact ; goes against Phre
nology. Not a bit of it. Don't you see bow
small Conscientiousness ia ! That's the reason
B. stole.
And then comes C. ten times as much a thief
as either A. or B. used to steal before be was
wenned. and would pick one of his own pockets
and put its contents in another, if he could. find
no other way of committing petty larceny.
Unfortunately, (.'.has a kolloic, instead of a
bump, over Acquisitiveness. Ah, but just look
aud see what a bump of .Alimentiveness ! Did
U4it C. buy nuts and ginger-bread, when a boy,
with the money be stole ! Of course yon see
why be is a thief, aud how his example con
firms our ntdde science.
At Inst comes along a case which is apparent
ly a settler, for there is a little brain with vast
aud varied powers, a case like that of By
ron, for instance. Then comes ont the grand
reserve-reason, which covers everything aud
renders it simply impossible ever to corner a
Phrenologist. " It is not the size alone, but
the quality of an organ, which determines its
degree of power."
t Mi : oil ! 1 see. 1 he argument may Ie
iricflv stated thus bv the Phrenologist : "Heads
I win, tails vou hse." Well, that's. convenient.
It must Ik confessed that Phrenology has a
certain resemblance to the Pseudo-sciences.
I have often met persons who have been al
together struck np and amazed at the accuracy
with which some wandering Professor f Phre
nology had read their characters written upon
their skulls. Of course the Professor acquires
his information through his cranial inspections
and manipulations. What are you laughing
at f (to the boarders). But let us just suppose.
for a moment, that a tolerably cunning lei low.
who did not know or care anything about Phre
nology, should open a shop aud undertake to
read otf people's characters nt fifty cents or a
dollar apiece. Let us sec hew well he could
get along without the " organs."
1 will suppose my set I to set np sucu a shop,
would invest one hundred dollars, more or
less, iu casts of brains, skulls, charts, and utfsrr
matters that would make the most show for the
money. 1 hat would do to begin witb.-'I
would then advertise myself as' the celebrated
Professor Brainey, or whatever name I might
choose, and wait for my. first customer. My
first customer is a middle-aged man. I look
nt him. ask him a question or two, bo as to hear
linn talk. hen 1 have got the liing ot bun,
I ask him to sit dowa, aud proceed to fumble
his skull, dictating as follows :
SCALE FROM 1 TO 10.
Phivatk Xotes for Peru.:
JCark to he accompanied
hjf a wink.
Most men love the con
flicting sex, and all men
love to be told of it.
Don't yon see that he has
burst olThislowest waist
coat button with feeding
hey 1
Of course. A middle-aged
Yankee.
Hat well brushed. Hair
ditto.
His face shows that.
That'll please him.
"That fraction looks first
rate. Has laughed twice since
he came in.
That sounds well.
List orKcc yis roa j
CCSTOWtt.
Amaticeness, 7.
Alimentierness, 8.
Acquisitiveness, 8.
Approbativenets, 7.
Self Esteem, 6.
Benevolence, SI.
Vonsctentiousness, 9S
Mirthfulnets,
Idealitu. 9.
Form, alize. Color, )
IVri.sraf, Locah tg, 4 to 6
F.TcntHali'ir. etc.. 3
Average every thing
can't be guessed.
that
Aua so ot tne oiner incuiuea.
Of course, 'yon know, that isn't the way the
, . 1 . 1 r i . -
Phrenologists do. Tbey go only by the bumps.
What do vou keep laughing so tor i (to the
boarders). I ouly said that is the way should
practise " 1'lirenoiogy " lor a living.
PArLJOKES.
Tbe Virginia Index is publishing a series of
interesting sketches, by Mr. Thomas Chase, of
Chesterfield, on "The Life. Character, and
Times of Paul Jones." We consider these
sketches a valuable addition to the naval history
of our country. They throw much light on the
character of Paul Jones, and give, we doubt not,
a most faithful account of the famous battle of
his ship, "Bon Homme Richard," with the
" Serapis." After stating that the ships were
locked together, which was effected by Jones,
because he saw that to keep off at fair gun-shot,
with a new and strong frigate like the the Ser
apis, would never do Tor such a crazy old hulk
as the Bon Homme Richard, Mr. Chase pro
ceeds :
" The working of the big guns had been sus
pended during the time of lashing the sh'jw to
gether, but was now resumed. Of course neither
ship could nse her guns but on one side, and
these were nearly muzzle to muzzle so near
that those who handled the ramrods sometimes
hit each other.
" The firing was not rapid, particularly on
Jones' part, for it could do the ships no hurt,
except to knock tlieir guns about a little, and
knock off the gunwales, and occasionally raise
a cloud of spliuters from each other's decks.
Jones and his men kept a very sharp look out,
that Pearson and his men did not cut the lash
ings and sever the ships. Neither of these
ships were damaged 'between wind and water,
nor could they now be by any use of the big
guns. Both had men in the rigging doing ail
the mischief they could. In this kind of play.
Jones had the best of it; for his men were
more terrible, and his spars and yards were
longer, still Pearson would not surrender, insist
ing that Jones ought to.
"Captain Landais. of the Alliance, eame np
to help Jones, and fired a broadside ; but of
necessity it hnrt Jones as mnch as it did Pearson.
Jones immediately cried out, 'Captain Laudais,
let us alone, 1 can handle hitn.' Both ships
were often on fire, aud often was the fire ex
tinguished. Had it not been for the men in the
rigging, this was one of tbe safest sea-fights.
as lar as those on deck were concerned, that al
most ever happened I mean after the ships
were lashed together. The flash of the guus
would go clear across each deck, and the men
by keeping a good look-out, could avoid being
hurt, only by stepping a little aside.
Had the Bon Homme liichard been a new.
strong ship, as was the Serapis, both might
have lain there and burned powder and thrown
shot until they rotted, as to sinking either with
the guns of the other. But tbe Bon Homme
liichard was old and rotten, and was leaking
badly before Jones made her fast to the Sera
pis ; and thus last, the strain npon her against
the other ship, and from the explosion of the
guns, made her leak worse, and it was evident
she must ere long go down.
" home of Jones men, and one of bis offi
cers, told him she most soon go down, and sug
gested a surrender. Yon never miud that ;
yoti shall have a better ship to go home in,
said Junes, pleasantly. Jones and all his men,
and Pearson and his crew, very well knew that
if the Bon Homme Richard was aliout to sink.
she wonld capsize the Serapis. and both must
go down together. It was, tlierefore, likely to
be a test between Jones and rearson ; which,
for the sake of saving himself and men from a
watery grave, would strike first.
But Jones had recourse to a stratagem.
which was completely successful. He secretly
sent his men below, one by one, with the strict
est possible orders to be fully prepared for
hoarding, and at a given signal to rush on
deck, aud he would lead them on the deck of
the Serapis, and clear it. So Jones men
seemed to diminish, though not very fast, rmtil
only about thirty were left ou his deck. Pear
son, supposiug that they were killed, or badly
wounded, ami that Jones must soon strike, was
thrown completely tiff his guard. This was
Jones' time. Giving his signal, his men were
ready in an instant, and with Jones ahead, with
his deadly Sword, rushed like ' bell-hounds
npon the deek of the Seraitis, killing every
thing be could reach, and in a short time would
have killed everything on lioard ; but Captain "
Pearson, seeing his time bad come, cried with
a loud voice, Captain Jones. I surrender,'
at the same moment taking bis sword by the
blnde. and presenting the handle to Jones, and
with the next breath ordered bis colors taken
down.
This was in the night. The next day
evening, the Bon Homme liichard went down
head foremost. I bus terminated the strangest
naval fight ou record. Paul Jones took the
Serapis, but Captain Pearson sunk the Bon
Homme Richard.
How a Soliier Keels is Battle. A
young t re IK-Ii oil ice r thus writes of bis first ex
perience in battle :
Our officers kept ns back, for we we were not
numerous enongli to charge upon the enemy.
This was, moreover, more prudent, for this
murderous fire so fatal to the white coats
did us but little barm. Our conical balls pene
trated their dense masses, w hile those of the
Austrians whistled past our cars and respected
our persons. It was the first time I had ever
faced fire, nor was I the ouly one. Well, I am
satisfied with myself. True. I dodged the first
bulls, but Henry IV., they say, did the same at
the beginning of every battle. It is, in fact, a
physical effect, independent of the will.
But, this tribute paid, if you could only feel
how each shot electrifies yon. It is like a whip
on a racer's legs. The balls whistle past you.
turn up the earth around yon, kill one, wound
another, and you hardly notice them. You
grow intoxicated, the smell of gunpowder
mounts to your brain. The eye becomes blood
shot, and the look is fixed upon the enemy.
There is something of all the passions in that
terrible passion excited in a soldier by the sight
of blood and the tumult of battle.
Everybody who has tried it, testifies to the
peculiar intoxication which is produced by being
in a battle. There is an infatuating influence
about the smell of powder, the shrill whistle of
the bullet, and the sight of human blood, that
instantly transforms men from cowards to he
roes from women sometimes to monsters.
None can tell of tbe nature or mystery of that
influence but those who have been in the fray
themselves.
Dismiss that Hog Judge Dooley, of
Georgia, was remarkable for his wit. as for
other talents. At oue place where he attended
court, he was not pleased with his entertain
ment at the tavern. On the first of his arrival
a hog under the name of pig had been cooked
whole and laid on tho table. No person at
tacked it. It was brought the next day, and
the next, and treated with the same re pec t, and
it was ou the table on the day on which the
court adjourned. As the party finished dinner.
Judge Dooley rose from the table and in a sol
emn manner thus addressed the clerk :
Mr. Clerk, dismiss that hog npon his recog
nizance nntil the first day of the next court.
He has attended so faithfully during the pres
ent term that I don't think it will be necessary
to take any security."
A Cover for the Flocb Barrel. House
keepers generally cover their barrel of flour
with a cloth loosely thrown over the top for
protection from dust, &c, consequently it is al
ways coming off, aud the mice are not kept ont
of the barrel. To prevent this annoyance take
the ton hoop, after the head of the barrel is re
moved, and sew in white cloth ; it makes a
nice, convenient and firm cover, thus protect
ing the flour from dirt and vermin. Rural JVeic
Yorker.
nvwm rea the nECBePHii.isrs.
Fred. Cozzens, in his recently published
pleasant volume of Novia Scotia travels, call
ed " Acadia, or a month with Blue Noses," re
lates the following as among bis experiences :
Terminus op as UnDERoaotrxo Bail
road. We are now approaching a negro
settlement," said my eompagnon de voyage, af
ter we had passed the Acadians. In a few
minutes we saw a loghouse perched on a bare
bone of granite that stood out on a ragged hill
side, and presently another cabin of the same
kind eame in view. Then other scare-crow
edifices wheeled in sight as we drove along ;
all forlorn, all patched with mud, all perched
on knolls, or gigantic barn of granite, high up,
like ragged redoubts - of poverty, armed at
every window with a formidable artillery of
old hats, rolls of rags, quilts, and indescribable
bundles, or barricaded with boards to keep out
the air and sunshine.
You do not mean to say those WTetched
hovels are occupied by living beings !" said I
to my companion.
Oh yes," be replied with a quiet smile,
" these are your people, yonr fugitives."
But surely," said I, " tbey do not live in
those airy nests during your cold winters 7"
" Yes," replied my companion, " and they
have a pretty hard time of it." " Between
you and I," he continued, " they are a miser
able set of devils ; they won't work, and they
shiver it out here as we'll as they can. During
the most of tbe year they are in a state of ab
ject want, and then they are very humble.
But in the strawberry season they make a lit
tle money, and while it lasts are fat and saner
enough. We can't do any thing with them
they won't work, lher are iu their cabins
just as yon see them, a poor, woe-begone set of
vagabonds ; a bnrden upon toe conmanirr ; or
no use to themselves, or to anybody else."
White Slaves of so Accocxt. "Do
you know," said I, " Pic-ton, what we would
do" (we had jnst emerged from a coal pit) "if
we had such a devil's pit as that in the States?"
" Well," auswered the traveller, interroga
tively. We wonld make niggers work init ."
" I dare say," replied Pieton, dryly and sa
tirically, but, sir, 1 am proud to say that oar
Government does not tolerate barbarity ; to
consign an inoffensive fellow creature to such
horrible labor, merely because he is black, is
at variance with tbe well-known humanity of
the whole British nation, sir."
" Rut those miners, Picton, were black as
the devil himself."
" The miners," replied Picton, with impress
ive gravity, are black, but not negroes."
Nothing but mere white people, Pieton T"
" Eh ?" said tbe traveller.
" Only white people, and therefore we need
not waste one grain of sympathy over a whole
pit full of them."
"Why not?"
" Because ther are not niggers ; what is tbe
use of wasting sympathy npon a rat-hole full
of white British subjects" I"
' I tell yon what it is," said Picton, " yon
are getting personal."
A Thrilltxq Romance. She stood beside
the altar, with a wreath of orange buds upon
her head upon ber back the richest kind of
duds her lover stood beside her with white
kids and dicky clean the last was twenty-one
years old, tbe first was seventeen.
The parson's job was over every ue bad
kissed the bride, and wished the young folks
happiness, and danced and laughed and cried.
The last kiss had been given, the last word had
been said, and tbe happy pair had simmered
down, and songht the bridal bed.
Chapter II. Phe stood beside the washtuh,
with her red bands hi tbe sods, and at ber slip
shod feet there laid a pile of dirty dads ; her
husband stood beside her tbe crosseet man
alive the lastVas twenty-nine years okL the
first one twenty-five.
The heavy "wash was over, and tbe clothes
hnng ont to dry and Tom had stock his fin
ger in the dirty baby's eye. Tom had bea
spanked, and snpper made upon a crc-3 of
bread, and then the bride and bridegroom went
grumbling off to bed.
E7" Deacon Soes had always been remarka
ble for his meekness and uniform propriety of
conduct. On tbe occasion of a " militia mas
ter " the spirit " of the day produced such an
influence on the worthy Deacon that it attract
ed tbe attention of the pastor and some of the
brethren. The dominie expressed his autontsh
inent. and asked tbe cause.
" Why, Dominie," replied the Deacon, "yon
see I've been 'instant, in season ami out of aea-
j son, serving the Lord for the last twenty
1 years, and I thovght tbau just for once, I'd
take a day to myself.
Logic. As a specimen of past utility of tho
Logic Class in the University of Edinburgh,
the following anecdote was recorded :
A lad was called np by tbe Professor of the
time, and asked tbe question, Can a man see
withont eyes ?"
" Yes sir," was the prompt answer.
" How, sir ?" cried the amazed Professor,
" can a man see without eyes ?"
"He can see with one, sir." replied the
ready-witted youth; and the whole class shout
ed with delight at bis triumph over BMrtaphysios.
EF One of the best reasons yet heard for
disunion ia related by a fellow who went to call
on the President. He said he waited for hours,
and could not get to see him. " And I con
cluded." said he, " that if he was so busy as
that, one President was not enough to attend
the affairs of this Republic, and we had better
have another."
EF " I wish I was a ghost, blamed if I
don't," said a poor covey, tbe other night, as
he was soliloquising in the cold. " They goes)
wherever tbey please, toll free ; they don't owe
nobody notion', and that is comfort. Whoever
heard tell of a man who had a bill against a
ghost ? Nobody. They never buy hats and
witalls, nor has to saw wood nor ran of erranta,
as I do."
JJrevitt is Correspondence. There is a
story told of a gallant wbu wrote to a noted
Uenerai MOv 'lowing onei episue :
L" To General Simpson :
i as accapted me. Can I have her ?
" Yours, Patersox."
To which the General replied:
"Go ahead. Yours,
Simpson."
fry We once heard a Vermonter express his
opinion of a person in the following style of the
classics : " I could take," said hei " the little
end of nothing and whittle it down to a point,
nnnch out the pith of a horse hair, put in forty
such souls as his, shake them ap and they'd
rattle " iV. 1'. Atlas.
Verisimilitudes. A skull without a
tongue often preaches better tkh& 4 skull that
has one.
There are iuaiv people whose whole wisdom
consists in hiding their want of it..
A witty man can make a jeat, a wise maa
take oue.
Tbe most sensible people ara generally the
least sensitive.
God is like the air acver seen, yet always
about as. .
A wit and a fool in company at like a crao
and an oyster the oue watches till the other
opens hit mouth, that he waytjaieh Mm ap. .
Tnere are more men uc n omen man women.
like men.