The Stanstead journal, 1 octobre 1846, jeudi 1 octobre 1846

[" \\ \"mire ATA \u201ci Lobe SEE ate Chee even nn ile vor BL 2a 66 Be .BY L.A: ROBINSON.vou bon 51e + PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY, Offioe.in White's Building, Rock Island, TERMS.-\u2014-One Dollar per annum, if paid in advance; $1,25in three months; $1,50 in aix months; $1,75 at theénd of the year, exclusive of postage.EFr No paper discontinued until arrearages are paid, except al the aption of the publisher.Communications and letters, except from Agents must be post-paid to ensure attention.ADVERTISING RATES.-8ix lines or less, first insertion, 50 cents; cach subsequent insertion, 12 1-2¢.; \u2018Ten lines or over, G cents per line for first insertion, and 2¢.por line, for each subsequent insertion.À liberal discount to those who advertise by the year.Ad- vertisomients, unless otherwise ordered, will be inserted until forbid and charged accordingly.AGENTS.Hatley, Chase & Swecney; Charleston, J I.Poul; Sherbrooke, D Thompson, Esq.; Georgeville, 1.Bullock, Esq; Poiton, M E Knowlton, do.A Rankin & Co Compton, A'S Merrill ; Euton, Morey, Hurd & Co.Barnaton, J.Thiornton, do.Ira Kings Couticook, H, Cutting, P M; Froste Village, Capt À Wood; Pike River, À L Taylor, P M ; Shipton, W Carpenter ; Outlet, 8, Boswell ; St Armand West, Wm.S.Holsapple ; Bedford, Caleb Corey ; Bury, N Ebbs ; St Armand E.C Abboit ; Brome, Copt.J B Hunt, MISCELLANY.A SN \"A MYSTERIOUS LODGER.\u2018The upper apartment of our boarding- liouse, that is to say, a portion of the garret, was hired at an exceedingly low price of the landlady, by a young gentleman who gave his name as Barnabas Stoller.\u2018He was about twenty-five years of age, dressed in a rusty suit of black, and the unfortunate possessor of a countenance that would have secured his success as the poor apothecary in \u201cRomeo and Juliet.\u201d He seldom had any communication with the other boarders, and there was a certain air of mystery about him that puzzled every body in the house\u2014no one could tell the nature of bis business, nor give information of the slightest circumstance touching his general course of life.No onc ever inquired for him at the house ; excepting at meals, at which he was punctual, and which he devoured voracious- Iv, he remained within the walls, secluded in his apartment-\u2014the partitioned portion of the garret above mentioned.The landlady, who certainly possessed os much curiosity as any member of the fair sex with whom it has ever been my fortune to have any dealings, had sounded every body in order to gain some clue to the mystery which enveloped Mr.Stofler, but without satisfaction.She had even propounded many circuitous inquiries to the gentleman hiwm- self, but received only vague replies which Lut increased her excitement, He regularly paid his board every Saturday night, and al- \u2018ways in coin\u2019 of the enmal'e-t \u201cdescription, which he drew from a well worn leather purse.He had resided in the house but a single month, when the landlady discovered the following astounding and incomprehensible fact: Every Saturday afternoon, about the hour of four, Mr.Barnabas Stoller entered the house; and proceeded directly to his apari- ment, and having audibly wrned the key in the lock, would remain secluded for full three hours! This procecding occarred regularly every Saturday, and by divers means did Mrs.Jones, the landlady, endeavor to solve the mystery of this temporary retirement.\u2014 Once or twice she had been detected by one of the lodgers, peering though Mr.Strollers key-hole, but it being obstructed.on the inner side hy the key, it was somewliat difficult to obtain an accurate view of the premises.\u2014 Nevertheless, by dint of waiting with her car to the door for many minutes, the worthy dame had overheard strange indefinite sounds rising from within, which, although they convinced her that something was progressing, cast but little light upon the subject of her investigations.«Betty,\u201d she remarked to her maid of al a work, one day after one of these vists to the Nentry above, \u201cwhat ean he be doing every \"Ppturday at this particular time 1 # «I\u2019m sure I can\u2019t imagine, ma\u2019am,\u201d repli- # terfeiter.\u201d Je the gir! thus adjured, ¢unless he\u2019s a coun- «A counterleiter 1\" exclaimed Mrs.Jones ; \u201cvery likely, Betty, and most probably a counterfeiter of half dollars, for he pays me every Saturday in small change, for which he must have exchanged his spurious money\u2014 but then, Betty,\u201d added the landlady, \u201che could hardly make a living at counterfeiting if he works atit only three hours in the week.\u201d «No, ma'am, that\u2019s true,\u201d answered Betty, \u201cbut etill I am satisfied he must be doing something horrible, though.\u201d The landlady cogitaled some time deeply, and then shaking her head slowly from side to side, spoke again : «Well, Betty, he may be a conspirator\u2014 he may have some horrible plan in his head, and 1 really don\u2019t feel safe in the house with him, unless I can discover what he does so slyly every Saturday\u2014so to-night I'll ask him boldly at stifper, in what way he employs himself regularly once a week in his room.\u201d This resolution was warmly applauded by Batty, who being the only female in the house mmeXxcept her mietress, was of course her prip- Jaripporter and adviser.They both fin- dy ebggluded that Mrs.Jones* plan was n diy! the conference ended,, yr At the first sound of the bell the inmates of the house flocked to supper, and among the foremost was the unconscious Stoller, dressed in his only suit of black.He seated himself, and commenced with his usual voracity upon the provisions before bim ; the boarders were all scated and well enggged\u2014 Betty was standing behind her miatress\u2019s cheir, with a face upon which anxiety and curiosity were deeply blended; no sound was heard save the clattering of knives and forks, with now and then the rattle of a teaspoon in the cup.The landlady feeling that this was her time, made a strong effort and exclaimed\u2014 \u201cMr.Stoller I\u201d?Now, the mere mention of Mr.Stoller\u2019s name by Mrs.Jones at the tea-table, could not certainly attract extraordinary attention, but the manner and tone of the lady startled many of the boarders sitting around ; many dropped their knives and forks, and cast their eyes rapidly from Mrs.Jones to Mr.Stoller; the latter gentleman suspended his attacks on the supper, and gazed with an agitated countenance at the head personage of the house.\u201cMr.Stoller!\u201d said Mrs.Jones, speaking slowly, in order to give every word its due emphasis\u2014\u201cyou are probably aware that endeavor to carry on the affairs of my hogse as honestly and circumspectly as possible ;\u201d here was a pause, several lodgers nodded, and one, who was noted for being remiss in paying his board bill when due, intimated in an andible voice that the domestic economy of Mrs.Jones\u2019 house was not excelled by that of any similar establishment in the town.Mr.Stoller,\u201d continued Mrs.Jones, \u201cwill you be Kind enough to inform me if you can, what business detains you in your room every Saturday between the hours of four and seven in the afternoon 7\u201d All gazed on Mr.Stoller, anxious to have the important question settled; his agitation had been increasing to a fearful extent during Mrs.Jones\u2019 remarks, and upon hearing her inquiry, he started to his feet; his face deeply erimsoned, and he strove for some minutes in vain to speak.\u201c«Ma\u2019am,\u201d cried he at Jast\u2014You '\u2014You! \u2014I\u2014cannot\u2014now !\u2014\u201d he stopped sudden- ly\u2014kicked over us chair, and dashed out of the room, No pen can describe the astonishment of the spectators at this unprecedented exit; Mrs.Joues started to lier fect, and when she at length found her voice, addressed the com- pany\u2014 «Now.gentlemen,\u201d said she, I am satisfied that My.Stoller must be engaged in some horrible plotin his room regularly every Sat- nrdav\u2014some counterfeiting scrape or forgery \u2014at any rate some matter which will most likely destroy the eredit of my house.I'm «ure vou most all agree with me when 1 say, that this horrible secret must be drawn from lum hy some means or other.I know fron the fright which seized him when T asked him the question, that there is something going wrong.\u201d C Here Mrs.Jones hesitated, writing to Le assisted from her difficulty by some of the boarders present.\u201cSuppose,\u201d said one, \u201cthat the next time he shuts himself up in his room, we all go in a hody and break open the door.\u201d This brave proposition was immediately put down, as heing entirely too belligerent in its general features.\u201cCoulda\u2019t some one slide down the roof of the house and peep in the window 1\u201d asked another, doubtfully.«That might do,\u201d said Mrs.Jones, looking round upon the company in hopes to discover some one to undertake the task ; but no one moved, for the roof being a slate one and very steep, was consequently too hazardous to be trusted as a foothold.«I think,\u201d said one young gentleman at the table, \u201cif we should al! get together next Saturday afternoon and cry \u201c fire in the entries, we might bring him owt, and then discover his emplovment.\u201d \u201cAh!\u201d exclaimed Mrs.Jones, «that\u2019s a good plan, but it would be liable to raise the neighhorhood\u2014but T think well close all the doors and windows and try it\u2014at any rate, it can\u2019t do much harm.\u201d In fine, the last was considered by the company to be a most excellent plan for the detection of Mr.Stoller in his dreadful plot, and the requisite arrangements were made on the gpot.Nothing was said to Mr.Stoller during the weck, and when Saturday afiernoon at last arrived, the greater part of the boarders were in their rooms, waiting for his arrival.At the usual hour of four, the suspected lodger entered the house, and proceeded as was his custom, immediately to his room.His door\u2019 had been locked about hall an hour, when a large party of the boarders, headed by Mrs.Jones, was stealthily formed in the lower hall, and different detachments were then filed of to separate portions of the house, and two gentlemen, more courageous than the rest, stationed themselves close to Mr.Stoller\u2019s room, ready to glide in and examine the apartment as soon as he should open the door.\u2018All these preliminaries being arranged, Mrs.Jones and her servant Betty raised a heart-rending shrick in the kitchen, and them dashed up to the entry.The party in the lower hall slammed the doors, and at the top of their voices screamed \u201cfire |\u201d The united efforts were completely successful, for suddenly Mr.Stoller\u2019s door opened, and out rushed the gentleman himself.His coat was huitoned up about his neck, and his sleeves turned up, leaving the lower portion of his arms bare; in his hands he held a white article dripping with water.\u201cWhat is the matter, Mrs.Jones?\u201d cried be, looking with astonishment upon the crowd that had collected about his door.No answer was returned, and the two courageous gentlemen who had insinuated themselves into his room sneaked out again.No ery of \u201cfire\u201d was now heard, and a dim light broke over Mr.Stoller\u2019s mind\u2014he raw the trick.\u201cAh, gentlemen,\u201d said he, slowly, «I see how itis ; will a few of you have the kindness to step into the room with Mrs.Jones, and all the mystery shall be explained.\u201d They crowded in, the landlady taking the lead, and his room was completely filled.¢\u201cNow, gentlemen,\u201d said he, slowly, ¢\u201cyou have all taken sucii an interest in my affairs, that it is but just that you should all be indulged with the knowledge of the strange sceret which has so much harrassed your minds.\u2014 You see, gentlemen, that wash basin, and in the chimney corner you will perhaps observe a few burning embers, and in my hand you will notice an article concerning which I hope there can be no mistake ; and, gentlemen, by putting all these things together, you will ca- sily discover that at an appointed time every Saturday afternoon\u2014\u201d \u201cThat youdo what i\u201d cried several voices anxiously, as Mr.Stoller paused.\u201cWash and dry my only shirt, for Sun- duy I\u201d?The room was cleared in an instant, and that night the mysterious lodger paid bis hoard and left the house forever.ANOTHER PROPHET.Among the nine hundred and nincty-nine wise men who have arisen since the commencement of the Christian era, and been able with prophetic vision to discern the, time and place of Christ\u2019s second coming, ! we think the one so humorously described se , .! below, gave as much evidence of sincerity as | other \u201cknowing ones.\u201d Tt is truly a melancholy spectacle of poor deluded hinman nature ; but itis bot an exaggerated likeness of a numerous family at the present day who! are cise above what is written.\u201d i We may regret fanaticism and its fruits.but there is no; cure for it.The truth is, some men are\u2019 horn to be humbugeed, and if they are not misled by one {gagus fateus, they will be Ly! another.| The following was furnished the N.r.Mirror by Mr.Lester, U.S.Consul at Ge-\u2019 noa : Having to deal with all soits of characters | and Leing confined for many days to my: office in the duilest details of business, it is à | great velit to meet with an odd genius who breaks up the monstour of iif, and has his) own story to tell, Notlong age Tuas favored\u2019 with a call from two persons in one day, of a, singular description, and they were the last! two | ever expected to weet.\u2014The first was | a Yankee from Worrester, Mass.He was a long, lean, shabbily dressed fellow\u2014hui PI! stop and give you a more particular deserip- tion.Ahout three o\u2019clock in the morning, I heard a thundering knocking at the door, by which ITknew a stranger was there, for all T1alians ring a beil when there is one to ring.The servant opened the door, and ushered in the stranger.He scemed to he a yonng man, not more than eight and twenty\u2014tall, lean, most particularly lantern jawed, and what the Yankees call bony.He had on a pair of cow hide shoes of an cnormous size, into the soles of whieh not less than haif a pound of horse nails had been driven; if 1 coyld, judge by the clattering his feet made on the marble floor ashe came in.Between his shoes and the bottom of his pantaloons, (no small distace) were clearly visible a pair of Yankee knit, mixed wool socks, and still a little above the socks, which had fallen down a little over \u2018sorry to have you do that ; said shoes, was visible quite a piece of a lean and somewhat hairy leg.Since 1 have begun atthe bottom to describe my hero, 1 will go up, and end where cominon historians be- gin\u2014at the head.But really the feet were | some of the most conspicuous things about his; person.His pantaloons werc of home made | bottle green woollen, and cut by somebody | who was not particularly lavish of cloth, fori they set as tight to his skin as they could con- | veniently, His vest which did not come: down quite to his pantaloons, was a \u201clinsey, woolsey® fabric, with a standing collar, and large brass buttons, which had probably been used for a coat.He had on a cotton shirt! (unbleached), and around his neck a high unshaven fora month, of the most undescrib- black patent leather stock, and on his head churches, a hair seal skin cap.Ifyou will in adition to given them to repent, to this description, picture to yonreelf a face Christ wil destroy them all.able eclemnity and sterness, you bave tue man.As he entered, he came up to me with his cap still on his head, and pulled down over his ears, he said, «Be you the United States Counsel 1\u201d \u201cYes, sir.\u201d «Well, I'm a prophet of God, and my worldly name is *%] was born in Worcester, in old Massachusetts, twenty-eight years ago, or thereabouts.I lived in sin and iniquity, like all the rest of the folks in Worcester, till nigh three years ago, when the < Almighty!\u2019 revealed to me his son as hedid to Paul; I was struck dumb, and, like Paul, after bis dark season, I had revealed to me wonderful signs, sights, and visions, when I was brought out into great light.\u2014 Right off I see that everybody else was wrong ; that the priests was leading \u2019em all to perdition.So I lifted up my full voice, and like Noah, 1 warned *em of approaching wrath ; but like the Ante-Deluvians, they stopped up their cars and kept on sinning.About six weeks ago it was revealed to me that I was the prophet of God, spoken of in Malachi, and the rest of the prophets, that were to prepare the way for the second coming of Christ ; and thatas he would appear at Jerusalem at such a time, I must go there and prepare things for his coming ; so I am here \u2018in the spirit and power of Elijah,\u2019 and l am bound for the holy city.If you wish to escape the last vial of wrath that i just a going to be poured out, help me on my journey.\u201d «Well, sir,\u201d I replied, somewhat \u2018used up,\u2019 I confess, by the prophet\u2019s communications, \u201cIam glad tosee you.Won\u2019tyou take a seat friend ?You are off for Jerusalem, then, by the first boat ?\u201d\u201d \u201cO yes, sir.I must go quick, too.\u201d «All right.We can take you there by steam, and that\u2019s faster than the old prophets used to travel, I expect, except now and then, some of them, who took, like Jonah, the belly of a whalefora cabin.But! hope you are not in such great haste but you can passa day or two with us here ; we have a fine city, filled with palaces ard works of art.\u201d \u201cOh?I care no more forthesc \u2019ere things than Paul did when he stood on Mars Hill, and see the whole people given to idolatry.\u2014 must be on my way, for I have yet to get to Jerusalem and keep a holy fast forty days before Clirist can come, and I dont want to de- any of his numerous brethren, and perhaps ay the Lord\u2019s coming you see.\u2019 with as good gibunds fir \"his fifth as many | «Oh no of course not; Î.should Le very I don\u2019t think we ought to do such things.But tell us a word about the way you got bere.I have a great interest in your mission.1 have not seen such a man for many a day.\u201d \u201cWell, just as soon as this revelrilon come I sold cut my earthly goods to get a liule money, and left my friends and home, for you know whatour Lord said, that if a man didnt hate his father and mother.\u201d &e.I got to Boston, and found a steamship a- goîng to leave the next day for England, -and T took passage ; we was thirteen days at sca.Tie same day we got to Liverpool I went to London in the cars, and the day after I got there J went aboard an English vessel, and we sailed here to Genoa tn 18 days.So you see it's oniy 36 dayssince I left my father\u2019s Louse in Worcester: I\u2019ve gone so fast, because God was ony side, and every thing was overruled for me his servant and chosen prophet.\u201d \u201cYes, I sce; well now which way do you go 1m «] want togo the quickest way lo get to Jerusalem, I must go by the way of Rose, for it has been revealed to me, as it was to Paul, That I must be persecuted and suffer at Rome; she is the mother of harlots, the beast, the false prophet, Satan\u2019s scat, and no prophet of God ean go there without persecution ; I shall be there in prison twenty days as has\u2019 been revealed to me, and suller great torments and tortures for which I am prepared, and then God will come to deliver me from prison, as he did Peter and Silas, and I shall go on my way to Jerusalem.\u201d «Why, my friend, it scems to me that if they are to handle you so roughly in Rome, I should give them the slip and go some others way.\u201d «Oh no, Iam commanded to go to.Rome and proclaim to the Pope that the day of God\u2019s judgement is come, and that in a few weeks he will be cast into the bottomless pit.}?, «And what do you think his holipess will say to this interesting picce of intelljgence 1% «He will order me to great torments\u2014but God will deliver me.\u201d : «Well, ny friend, tell us something about the state of things in Jerusalem after you get there.\u201d «Well as T was saying, I don\u2019t want to detain the Lord Jesus, nor keep him waiting for me, sol shall get on the ground as quick as possible.Then I shall keep a holy fast of forty days.: When this is done, the Lord Jesus will be revealed from heaven, and set up his kingdom inJerusalem.Then the day of reckoning will come forall the world.All creeds will be burnt up, and judgment taken on all priests and wicked men, and a litle while and if they don\u2019t do it The Jews will to which they have been driven, and holy dead shall be raised to live and with Christ; I shall be his prime minister, and great prophat, $65,000 years, and then the world will be burnt up'or êsrné over, and anew world made out of the old one, and shall live on it for ever and ever, even to eternity.Hell will be in the center of the earth, which is nothing but fire snd melted.lava, and there they will bs burned for sver and ever, even to all eternity\u201d.9% U \u201cBut do you really believe all this my friend 1° nat \u201cBelieve it 1 Why I know it, for it's ail been revealed tome, and I can't bo whims: ken.\" ST «Buf what if Jesus Christ don\u2019t come when you have finished your fast?= \"0° «Why he will come.\u201d Ce \u201cWell, but if so strange \u201ca thing seul happen as that he should fot come; what would you doi\u201d - \u201cWhy, you may just as well ask me what if thereis no Jesus Christ?But'I have stayed here too long already ; | way going right away, but the captain told me 1 must have a passport, or the earthly powers wouldstap me; I want to go; make it out as quick ae you can.\u201d Me Toa «You shall have it in an hour fHend.\"\u201d - «And Ill pay for it now ; what will it cost ; I\u2019ve got a little money left.\u201d 20° \u201cOh ! don°t charge prophets any for paseports, and will get the goverhor, and po fice, and papal consul to give you passports gratis, and you can go on board the sieéwar Virgil this evening, and be off for Rome witli out delay.\u201d c «Well then, I'll stay here (ill it comes.\u201d So the prophet took off his cap, and put it on the floor by his side, and \u2018taking out a pocket Bible, turned to the prophecies to read by himself.Co All this scene, thus far, seemed to me at the time the most ridiculous I ever beheld but when the first novelty -tiad paseed, and I saw the poor deluded man turn to his Bible, the blessed revelation of God, and con its sacred page with that intense gase, \u2018with which no man looks but an honest mrén, it was by far the saddest sight Tever witnessed.1 thought of his friends, and their entreaties that he would stay at hishome; in the beau- tifa] town of his birth and pass his days peacefully: I thoughtof the care that\" had worn him thinner \u2018han à-shadews, in pursuit of a shade, and of the disapptintiment that-u- Yoaited: him when he deacheil the spot; whefe the Savior of men died, find: on which I doubt no more than he, that he \u2018will staml again at his second coming, while 1 sat gazing at the poor victim of delusion before me, and heard the involuntary sigh that now \u2018dnd then came from his restless spirit, I felt a sadness which I cannot describe ; I could have wept over the man, but I could not smilé st him again.I made out his passport, sent it tobe signed by the proper authoritiesand then- went with him to the steamboat office, saw*histion hoard the steamer, which was just\u2019 weighing anchor for old Rome.1 have heard nothing from him since.He had money enough to take him to Jerusalem, as he was willing to un- ed with the consumption; his life was burnt out of his heart by a slow fire.now he has probably reached Je not unlikely he has died of hn pointment, without the gate gf the Holy City, where the dogs have eatejf his flèsh and\u201d the vultures of heaven hog picked bis bones.\u2018 Jem, and and disap- Mi TR Goop THiNgmewT OF PLACE.\u2014A correspondent of thé New York Observer, in descanting uponthe irreverence of church chairs, says that théie are some preity goings on sometim y where choirs are surrounded.by good (hy curtains, and the choristers are concealed from the congregation.\u2018Some resd, some fleep, and others converse, doubtless most lovingly on loveable subjects, \u2018and are kindly affectionate.one toward another, But he mentions a particular case, as coming un- his own observation, which-is altogether refreshing a story notto be circulated this \u2018neaeon.The singers, in warm weather, took care fo be provided with refreshments, and thus they roplenished: their outer map, while the congregation fed the inner man en less substantial but more appropriate foode\u2014 One very warm afternoon, the singers had water-melons and lemonade: wherewith to console themselves, and it happened that one of the gentlemenyidifisloing the agreeable to his lady vis a vésyafset the lemunade jug.\u2014 The floor of the singing loft not being quite water-tight, the lemonade trickled through, and the congregation sat under the \u201cdroppings of the sactuary\u201d more literally than they ever expected or even desired, \u2018 How to get a Husband ~21¥Mte a nice young man to tea\u2014set him a laughing every five minutes during the evening\u2014let hifm have six kisses, and you'll be his.wife afie twifity similar operations.A widow's recipi: _ WF An itinerant preachet his sermons, when; text, 1eplied, all be gathered to Jerusalem out of all nations the most birds.\u201d _ ra 23 °° + dergo any privation\u2014His health was declining | evidently ; he was wasting away like a mang, tat \u201calue of Cob Meul.It has been the opin- lage and sent out of town every day, would a ue of farmory, that corn cobs wor.of exceed the belief of those who de not witness little or novalue, and they have gonerally|it.The railroad, as if by magie, scems to tarown them avide as of no use except for| move and give employment to every saw-mill manure.The experience of vome who have| {ar and near; machinery moves in the man- formerly fed corn and meal, ond the antici- ufacture of the wood of all kinds of trees pated scurcjty of hay, bave led nearly all of|into eome material or implement for use.\u2014 our corn growersto turn their cobs into food The building of cities below, swallows up for their stock, To show eomething of the every thing that can be used; the kinds of extent to whichit has been used here, the forest growth thought to be of no value, are following will give you some data to judgeall brought into use, and the remnant that from, .One mill in this town has, within the| cannot be conveniently uscd direct for tim- last threo.months, ground more: than 5000) her or fuel, is turned into coal, which is ea.bushels of cobs, besides a large quantity of gerly contracted for and used in the, machine corn in the ear.This fuet, I think, proves shops, Ay, these railroads, which were thot quite conclusively that ceb meal is valuable [to ruin every body, will be the making of asan_ article of food for stock.Indced the|every body.\u201d opimion which is expressed by those who have used it, is altogether in its favour.When they.get out their corn, it is not threshed entirely clean ; some three to fifteen bushels are left qp tho cobs.They arc Lept clean as possible till ground into meal.Cattle, horses, sheep, and hogy, eat it readily without adding anyother grain.When fed to cattle, in addition to hay, a marked difference in their condition and appearance is seen from those fed on hay without the meal.Some feeders mix it with other grain, roots, &c., with marked profit and success.When fed with oil-cake it is found to answer an excellent purpose, and it takes up all oil without waste \u2014Âlbany Cultivator.OnreGox.\u2014-A etter, dated ¢ Willamette Valley, Oregon, February 16, 1846, has the following : The country pleases me to a \u201cserile.\u201d\u2019\u2014 We have none of the chilling blast of a New England winter\u2014no barns erected to save our stock from starvation, and withering frosts to extinguish the last hope of the industrious farmer.Vegetation, with the exception of the larger class of it, assumes the same appearance in winter as in summer.A slow drizzling rain commences in November, and continues till March, with intervals of weeks of pleasant sunshine.Wheat grows bountifully, yielding from fifty to sixty bushels to the acre.Corn has not been tried to any extent, Oats are about the same as in New York.\u2014 Clover is found growing here spontaneously, and at this time of the scason, it is a foot in height.Potatoes, peas, and garden vegetables flourish finely.We use fir timber mostly for farming purposes, and \u2018what do you think when Î tell you that trees measure 300 feet in height, and one on the bank of the Columbia river accurately measured, is 25 feet in diameter ! It is a ¢ buster,\u2019 ain't it?But these things are go, and it puts me in mind of a buffalo, which I killed on the road to this place; it was judged by several by-standers to weigh 3000 pounds, and this you will believe too, when you come to this country, and sce on your way thousands in a ban, running over the plains, and making patent thunder, As things are at present, I could not advise families to emigrate to this country.But | must say, there is the best opening for a single man, without capital, of any place in North America.i [From the Montreal Herald, 23d ult.) The Hon.Mr.Cayley was a passenger on beard the Cambria, and arrived in town yesterday.The Hon.gentleman, we are happy to learn, has been perfectly successful in effecting the financial arrangements, which were the object of his hasty visit to London, and has obtained, upon very favorable terms, all the meany required for the completion of our public works\u2014the Imperial Government baving consented to waive, for the years 1845 and 6, the appropriation, of £64,000 per an- pum, towards the sinking fund on our debt\u2014 which will produce, for present purposes, £128,000 currency\u2014and having consented to guarantee the balance, of £140,000 sterling, on the loan of £1,500,000, which they had declined doing, on the ground that, they were entitled to be credited with the premium of Exchange on the sum for which debentures had been issued, (£1,360,000,) which would have made up the million and a half to be guaranteed\u2014this last item will, with the difference of currency and exchange, give us £190,000 currency.The debentures for this amount, not having been prepared, and the money being required for immediate purposes, we understand Mr.Cayley effected an arrangement with the Bank of England, to advance the amount of 4 per cent.on the security of debentures bearing the same rate Mexico : of interest, to bc immediately prepared and | Caicos Lo Se sent home for sale.Mr.Cayley has thus, MEDIATION.\u2014 As to British mediation in secured £298,000 of the estimaied sum of tho gar with Mexico, there can be no doubt, £500,000, required for the completion of our We va as to the almost ait see publio works ; and has made an arrangement ment of this coun T5 En Dre à Aor with a London banking firm, by which, the all along, and in every form, proifered to Mex- balance required\u2014not now, in consequence ICO Negotiation in an amicable spirit.On our of the realization of Provincial assets, excee- Part, theretore, no mediation > called fording £100,000\u2014will be at our command, on If the British government can, y Vs counsels, our issuing Provincial Debentures, bearing 5 persuade Mexico to awake to her true inter per cent.interest\u2014the house in question, a- \u20actS, and to meet usin a spirit of justice in greeing toadvance, when called upon, 75 per such he negotiation, there Gn je mo Pls cent.of the amount, in anticipation of the sale) >'¢ ohjecton ono B English interferer of the debentures when issued.This last) should be given, ve nglish wter one sum, it may still be hoped, will not be requir- |\u201d Any form, to fiz the ho es \u20ac ve ed, but if so, Mr.Caylcy\u2019s arrangement will Conditions of peace, oh 0 be sant 0 , opte die posslilty of any delay in como our own rights, and out gan wrong ; ie work S, s; pleting our public work.England can tel! us nothing of either; we shall redress the one, and we shall vindicate the other; and we must be left to ourselves to judge of the sufficiency and the seasonable- ness of that vindication and that redress.Much less can we be expected to suspend for one moment the vigorous employment of all the means which we may possess for such a vindication of our rights and our honor.\u2014 Such a suspension of ourarms is forbidden by all the military aspects of the case.It would demoralize and paralize our army of volunteers.In the very midst of such an armistice, while all the expenses of our army were still accruing, the terms of enlistment might expire, and our volunteer army be virtually disbanded.Ina word, such a s\u201d article contains other misrepresentations of the Show and its \u201cmanagers\u201d which we do not feel particularly called upon to pointout.It is not the first time the \u201cGo-By\u201d has had his delicate and poetical sensibilities shocked by Agricultural Societies; or that his \u201cvirtuous indignation\u201d has found vent through the columns of the Gazette, without annihilating said Societies, or otherwise materially deranging the workings of nature and art; and we have heard it shrewdly surmised that if a certain high- blooded charger (not particularly distinguished for \u201caction\u201d) had received a premium, the \u201cabsurd decisions at this exhibition\u201d would have passed unnoticed by the conscientious \u201cGo-By.\u201d The editor of the Gazette is requested :0 correct the injurious statement contained in his last issue, in regard to the award of pre- tiums upon Agricultural Implements.{We learn from the Montreal Herald that the work of deepening the proposed new channel through Lake St.Peter, of 150 feetin width, is tn be immediately resumed, Capt.Bayfic:d having reported in its favor, thereby confirming the course ofthe Board of Works.&# Mexican News.\u2014It is stated that dispatches have been received at Washington from Mexico, in reply to the offer made by the American Government of negotiating a peace with Mexico.The nature of this reply, in substance, is said to be a refusal to enter into negotiations until the American land and naval ivrces have been withdrawn from the territory and harbors of Mexico 1\u2014 À new Ministry has been formed in Mexico.Almonte is Secretary of War, and Rejon of Foreign Affairs.Santa Ana\u2019s administration has begun auspiciously.No news of importance from the American forces.Loss of THE STEAMER NEw YoRK\u201417 Persons DrownNep.\u2014The Tribune Telegraphic dispatch of the 16th inst, contains an account of the loss of the steumboat N.York on the 7th, with 17 of her passengers and crew.The New York left Galveston, Texas, on the 5th for New Orleans, and was swamped during a violent gale of wind, going down in ten fathoms water.The captain and eighteen of the crew saved themselves barn and shed of Mr.Giles Houston, au resident of the south-east part of Hardwick, were entirely consumed by fire, together with | most ol his produce and household effects.| The fire issupposed to have commenced in! the barn, nnd when discovered, was under, such héadway that the inmates of the house | had barely time to escape with their lives.\u2014 Star.amount to the market, than the cntire consumption of its inhabitants brought from the market, The same benefits will extend to tis Connecticut river valley and the northern hult'of Vermont, go soon as the railroads under swift progress shall be completed in the whole distance to Burlington and Montreal.As a general thing we may mention the amount of merchandize transportation on the Contord railroad, embracing the distance from this place of thirty miles and more to its connexion with the Nashua and Lowell railroad below.In round numbersthe freight receipts were increased from $40,000 the first year, to $100,000 the second, and from that to $140,000 the third year.The quantity of various kinds of lumber, coming to this vil- Rospberries.\u2014Itis a singular fact that fresh ripe raspberries may now be gathered on many of our hills, They are found on the bushes of this year\u2019s growth, such as ordinarily produce fruit the second year.This premature bearing may indicate a short crop next senson.Woodstock Mercury.by clinging to spars, &e.until they were picked up by the steamship Galveston and carried to New Orleans.ee 8% The Belknap Gazette, after a suspension of a few weeks, caused by the recent fire at Meredith Bridge, has again made its appearance, and battles as warmly as ever for the \u201cConcord and Montreal Railroad.\u201d Niblo\u2019s Theatre destroyed \u2014The New York papers contain accounts of the total destruction by fire, of Niblo\u2019s Theatre and other buildings adjacent.Loss estimated at $15,000.The Sccond Advent of Christ ~ Miller, the somewbat noted founder of a sect | which has sprung up within the last few years, who teach and profess to bolieve that the time of the winding up of sll sublunary affairs may be learned from the Scriptures, and that the «end is at hand, even at the very, door,\u201d closed a short course of lectures ot; St.John\u2019s Church, Derby Lins, on Sunday last.The old gentleman is still firm in the\u2019 faith in which he commenced sounding the midnight cry\u2019 years 1:0, and appears not at all daunted by the fact that his former predictions have signally failed ; but now sets it down as a truth as \u201cimmutable as evidence of Holy Writ,\u201d that Time will end in 1847.He usesthe rame tran of reasoning, and places the same construction upon the prophetical writings as forme:ly, we believe, which ' is familiar to all where * Milleriem\u201d is known \u2014butmakes an alteration of some 3 or 4 years in his chronology, which fills up the period between 43 and *47.His lectures excited very little curiosity, and very few besides those who profess the faith he teaches, attended them regularly.Mr.Miller\u2019s personal appearance and address would not lead any one unacquainted with the extent to which his doctrines have been received, to suppose that he would be the popular leader of a sect whose system of faith prevails toa considerable extent throughout the United States and Canadas, and even some parts of Eyrope.His appearance is plain and his that the Maemons will maintain possession of the city.Another account seys: \u201cA description ef the scones of distress and alarm ope wat nossed in the city is truly appalling, Women and children frantically running in tho streets, with their husbands the field, 20d ther without home or refuge the storm.many casos, the balls by the Antics sre {3 hered up by the women, and carried to the Tormon camp to be used again.Such of the women and children as can, have érosseÿ the river to Montrose.Many of the now citizens have also gone over.Those wip remain, it is thought, will sell their lives desr.PA It is stated by some of the Mormon leg.ots, that they have a mine laid in the by which they hope to effect great destruction of the Anties, if they gain an entrance inp\" the city.The affair has but commenced, and our knowledge of those engaged on the side of the Anties, whatever may be said of the correctness of their proceedings, warrants us in the expression of the belief, that it will not cease till the Mormons are expelled.\u2019 == EIT tee me Army or tre West The St, Louis Republican publishes an article on the prospects of the American army under Gen.Keorney, the facts of which that paper says are gathered from most reliable sources; and from which it would secm that their soldiers will be likely to meet some of the hardships of war, whether they meet a Mexican enemy or not.Gen.K.is raid to have reached Ben's Fort with 1800 men, nearly ull of whom were mounted when they left Fort Leavenworth.He had been followed by 500 Monon in.specch homely and uogrammatical ; but he addresses his audience with an earnestness and apparent conviction of the truth of the | interpretation he places upon certain parts of the Scriptures, which hasan effect to produce just the kind of excitement which has resulted from the promulgation of his views.Mormon War\u2014 Battle at Nauvoo.\u2014In- telligence reached St.Louis, on the 13th ult., i that a battle had ken place about 3 o\u2019clock on the afternoon of Friday previous, near Nauvoo, which lasted two hours, and in which from 12 to 15 men were killed and wounded.: The particulars, as faras could be ascertained, arc, that on Friday, the Nauvooites, hearing that the Anti-Mormons were on the march for their city, marched out to the num- \u2018ber of from 300 to 300, and posted them- I selves at the distance of about one mile east | of the Temple, having an open plain in front, aud an extensive corn-field in the rear, their line being formed near and parallel with ihe fence.Here they waited the approach of the An- i ies, who arrived about 3 o\u2019clock in the afternoon, said to be about 800 in number, with five or six pieces of cannon.The latter were posted on an eminence, and opened their fire on the Monmons, but at too great a distance to be effective.Soon after, the action was cotinued with small arius, and lasted until 5 o'clock, when the Antivs either retreated or withdrew.Their loss is stated to be from 8 to 15 killed, but that is unceriain, and the Nauvooites had one man killed and two wounded ; the latter had no cannon.It was expected that the battle would be resumed the same evening or the following morning.Another Battle ut Nauvoo.\u2014By a magnetic telegraph report to New York from Baltimore, on the evening of the 21st ult, the following news was received : Another battle has been fought at Nauvoo.Th: Mormons were again victorious,fthe Antics being compelled to retreat.The Nauvoo- ites built breastworks for their defence, which they mounted with six pieces of cannon.\u2014 The Anties scemed quite satisfied with their present disgrace, and after having thrown 2 shots into the Nauvoo camp, solicited a parley.This the Nauvooites refused them, returning for an answer that they had done talking.The action then began on hoth sides with desperation.The firing of artillery soon closed, and the battle was changed to musketry.Anderson, the brave leader of the Nauvoo Spartans, and his son, fell fighting, both being shot\u2014two others of the Nauvoo party were killed and several were wounded.Among the Anties six are reported as wounded, Capt.Smith, it 1s thr-sht, mortally.Another battle is hou.ected.Great distress exists at Nauvoo.There is a grievious scarcity of provisions.Ammunition is also scarce.The St.Louis New Era of the 15th, says : Nauvoo is represented as bearing all the features of a citadel: every man within its limits is under arms, and many of the boys are hearing huge pistols and knives upon their persons\u2014numbers of the women, it 18 said, are keen for the fight, and express themselves ready to bear arms should it become necessary for the protection of the temple and the city.There Appears to be but one feeling among the Jack Mornions, and that is, to die before they will suffer the force, which threatens fangy, Col.Price\u2019s regiment of mounted njon 1000 strong, Maj.Willok\u2019s battalion of 500 mounted men, and in the course of the present month another regiment of infantry 1000 strong will be on the march, making 4,800 men.The tcamsters and attendants on the camp, all of whom must be subsisted at the expense of the United States, will swell the number to about 6,000 Gen.Kearney arrived at Fort Bent on the 30th of July, and left on the 2d of August.He had a limited supply of rations, and these were extenuated, by reducing the men to half rations.But he was not permitted, by circumstances, to stop there and await supplies, for he was in absolute want of forage for his horses.He was compelled to take up the line of march, in order to find food for them on the prairies.This isthe true cause of his brief stay at Fort Bent, and denotes the difficulties in his way and in that of the mounted men who were to follow him.To all our inquiries as to the prospect of forage for his animals at Santa Fe, we bave received the sume uniform answer: it was not to be had except in very limited quantities\u2014at the ren- cheros from ten to twenty and more miles from Santa Fe.In the whole Department, the highest estimate of the surplus wheat is 7000 to 8000 bushels, and corn is so scarce as to muke it worth, when it could be obtained at all, $3 50 per bushel.Such is the prospect presented for the support of the horses, mules and cattle, which accompany the Expedition.Now, av to the supplies from the United States.Our inquiries up to the present moment have satisfied us that nothing is exaggerated in the report of the condition of the baggage wagons on the route to Fort Bent, as published by us last week Strange as it may seem, the several detachments of wagons upon which alone the troops could rely for provisions, were despatched without a military escort, and with no other means of defence than a few muskets, and a very limited supply of ammunition, placed in the hands of the teamsters.Indians suddenly, and very unexpectedly to all, made their appearance on the road, with the evident intention of robbing the trains, and taking such things as they wanted.The teamsters were notin a condition to resist them, an as this became evident, there can be no doubt that the Ti ons hecame more daring in their encroachments, & was taken.It is known, that from onc tcam 15 oxen were run off in a night ; there was gether, or lessen the number employed i haufing other teams, to get it along.These difficulties were, itis feared, only commenc ing, and unless Col.Price, who was in he rear with his regiment, undertook to give Indians a sound drubbing, all the provision wagons were in danger of being delayed, i not cut off, and the army left to starve.do not know enough of ormy matters to say where the blame belongs, but it seems to us that there has been gross neglect in not sending a proper military guard to protect the va- vious detachments of provision wagons.\u2014 Certainly great inconvenience has been experienced from the neglect, if no more serious result follows.all the provisions on the way will reach Santa Fe before the winter commences, even if no unusual delay isinterposed.The grass is eaten down along the road, and difficulty wilt be presented in obtaining forage for the subsistence of the animals cmployed in hauling the wagons.As to the regiment of infantry yet toleave Fort Leavenworth, and the whole of which will not get off before the last of the present month, we have still greater fears of its abili- their city, to invade it: having repulsed their focs twice, they begin to increase in the confidence of their ability to protect themselves, and twice have they refused offers of peace.Should the Anties receive no reinforcements, they will have to cxercise more skill and bravery before they can succeed in bringing ty to get to Santa Fe before next spring.\u2014 hen Connolly and Glasgow and others left Indopendence about thistime in September two years ago for Santa Fe, they suflered in- overtook them, and in one night they Jig mules, killed by the sicet and yatlislotk the Mormons to terms.The fight will be renewed, no doubt, but it ie more than probable They were familiar with all th A | fore them.and were rf Le = = GB credible hardships.Rain and sleet and agg k until, itis probable, life as well as property {ad no other alternative than to stop with it alto- # We 3 Withal, we doubt whether \u2018M py À Wa, cad - + 54 RV cls 2 the om vill of or Us re th.00 8 00 he he he st.se aif ire 1c abo FREeRersdRalEr fda - yoriginal + fore feet?Mais the pretty girls\u2014don\u2019t rob your neighbor\u2019s Not so will it be with this vegiment of infantry, and we fear that sad tidings will > heard from them before they resch Santa ©.From the facts which wo have stated, some Gow, au ho prospects tog Army of ho tion, and the of the \u201cArmy e West,\u201d on i arrival at Santa Fe.Unless provisions reach there before winter sets in, the main reliance of the men for subsistence must be upon the sheep to be found, and the limited quantity of wheat and corn to be purchased in that region.This, it must be con- fesscd, is not a very flattering prospect for an army, but no other presents itself to us as in store for them.Where such difficulties are HicH-PRizsr.\u2014À priest seven feet high ; or one a little toddied.-Talleyraad ever made it a rule to forget his past misfortunes.\u201cProvidence,\u201d he was accustored to observé, \u201chas given us our eyes front in order that we look defore and not 0y>When a steamboat arrives at Iowa with young ladies on board, the Lachelors crowd on the wharf, as the cabmen do in our cities, and sing out, \u201cHave a husband, Mims?Will you have a husband 7\u2019 0 At one o'clock P.M.precisely, Sept.9, 1846, the line of the Magnetic Telegraph obviously to be encountered, all intelligence | from that quarter, for months to come, will\u2019 be lnoked for with great interest, | We feel authorised to state, as the result of : our inquiries, that all reports of dissensions \u2018 and troubles in the \u201cArmy of the West,\u201d some of which have found their way into our | newspapers, are entirely without foundation.Whatever may be the sufferings of the troops, they bear themselves well as soldiers should do, and this character we hope they may con- wus connected through, the whole distance from New-York to Buffalo, passing through the following stations, viz: Troy, Albany, Utica, Syracuse, Auburn, Rochester and Buffalo, being a total distance of 507 miles.Upon turning the adjusting screw of the magnet by professor Morse, all things were found right, whercupon he sent his compliments to | all the operators on the line.£5 On a recent occasion the Pope is said to have remarked\u2014\u201cMy people may expect tinue to maintain.justice and mercy from me, for my only guide CHIPS AND SPLINTERS.\u201cThe melancholy time has come, the saddest of the year.\u201d The foliage falls with the thermometer, and universal nature is adopting her fall fashions of variagated colors.A nice mun to send for Oysters.\u2014The Boston Bee tells a story of a countryman sent to Boston to buy haddock and oysters, who told the fishmonger that he \u201cmight as well gut them all, while he was about it.\u2019 {ZA gentleman who delivered an address before a Phi Beta Kappa society, wrote to a friend that \u201ceverything went off well, especially the audience !* 0% A girl in one ofthe counties of N.Y., who has a swivle or serew eye, looked so long and affectionately nn a gin bottle that she actually drew out the cork,says an exchaoge.| An apt instance of the power of true love.05 A singing-master, while teaching his pupils, was visited by a brother of the tuneful art.\u2014The visitor observing that the chorister pitched the tune vocally, said : \u201cSir, do you use a pipe ?\u201d \u201cNo, sir,\u201d replied Semibrzve, with admirable gravity, «I chew !*\u201d Give Now.\u2014Defer not thy good deeds till the mantle of death has covered thy form.\u2014 Ten dollars given to-day are better than fifty left in thy will.It is not benevolence to give away what thou hast no further need of ; and no legacies will purchase future felicity for the mean and avaricious heart.&7 Very Gcod \u2014The True American says that when John C.Calhoun takes suuff, every man in South Carolina sneezes.77 Fashionable female education is said to be teaching a young lady to éa/k French, walk Spanish, faint gracefully, and dance the Polka Billious Cholie\u2014The following receipt has never been known to fail in a single instance: \u201cTake, say a fourth ofa pound plug or common chewing tobacco, tear it well to pieces and put it into a vessel and pour on to it a sufficiency of boiling water to moisten and swell the leaves, lay it on a cloth and apply it to the seat of pain.\u201d \"tr The Odd Fellow celebration at Philadelphia, at the dedication of their Hall, according to the Philadelphia papers, was a very magnificent affair.The procession was very large, taking one hour and three quarters to pass a given point.The dress and banners, particularly of the Patriarchs, were rich beyond comparison.The dedicatory ceremo- nics of the occasion went off pleasantly.{