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Th. Individual Christian. i too often entirely forgotten, the mn lose himself in the mass, the Christian it but a part of the church, injvir.g shh it, asd swayed by it, as if lie had no independent lift of his own, no special duties devolving upon him, whichhe alone can discharge. In telf r.nnaecraiion to God. the man must not withhold his personal influence, the power of exemple and precept within the circle in which he particularly moves, and to which especially he may Impart light and life. . ThU'power cannot be transferred to another, it lives and acts in the man himself, goes with him in all bis pathway, and abides with him wherever he pitt ed his tent.- It is as, the shadow ac companying the man if he walks in the light, and lost only when he puts himself into the shade. In the family, in the world, in the church, his light shines be cause there is really light within him. He himself is a city, set on a bill, that can not be hid. His personal influence Birenmi ens u e oouv.ui vniisi. lur no is not indebted to the record of the church membership for all his Christian char acter, but a living epistle, know and read of all men ; the helper of his brethren in every good word and work. the joj and crown of his pastor, and ever polished as a jewel, for the diadem of Hi in on whose head are many crowns. He is not always a babe, to be dandled and fed, " but by tiro daily exercise of Christian grace and labor, grows into tho stature and strength of manhood, and brings his helping arm and sustaining hand 10 bear the burdens of the household. He in known of himselt not merely as . ine of the mass. Though but a stone in the temple, he is a lively stono, fills his place in the wall, and helps perfect 'the beauty and symmetry of the whole buil-! -ding. : i ' ' ' ; . ; One star differed! from another star in gloryi but each star thines by itself and radiates its own reflected beam. So Christians may differin talents and sphere of influence, but each must kindle- his own taper in the snn, and enlighten his I ne things. ' I am not going to bother own circle. The beauty of the firmament my nrain with them ; I'll do as I please ; lies in its myriad stars, all ranged in their know enough to take care of number own constellations, and all catching from one ; ftj s,, the fop and lool strut and one central sun the illumining beam, j swet brag and blunder, till they both How fat less of beauty and glory would come t0 one end infamy ! there be, were the rays of the stars so j .. Tj9Q't wrlj, saving." says ihe heart blended and intermingled, as to present j ess fl;,. i),at young man' good oin .only a radiant light, while the countless j jon ,;s regard or love what care I for gems, that now beslud the sky, were an hidden. We should lose the old familiar , lights, Orion, Arclurns and the pleiadcs, and bave only, as before the arch of the Armament was framed, the glare of light, j but no glimpse ol tne glorious woims , that gave it bitlh. 1st il not so in the j .church ! Are not the names of Paul, John, aud manv others in the olden time of Martyn and Payson, and men of kin "dred spirit in later days, dear and precious as the names of individual men, standing out on the records of the church glor ious stars iu ihe firmanent of God not Inst, nor blended in the mass but each uliming with clear, distinct light, reflec ting the beauty of God and the Lamb ? To many, are there not bright, particular 6tai of humbler name, -the devoted pas tor who led them to Jesus the praying father the faithful Christian friend whose light, to their eye, is not lost Jin the commingling rays of the multitude of stars, but draws eye andheart to them ;x orbs ,of peculiar- glory ? Must not every Christian sohineas to bo a star in ihe firmanent lending his beam even if it be faint and feeble yet distinct from all pthlo make up the glory, which, from a thousand points, reflect the light of the cross .!. . ) ii. it is a bcanurui scene um meelthe cyo of the traveler, who, at eventide, passes llife drotit' of the hill, which ovei looks the quiet village in the valley below. There, dimly seen amid the gathering shadows, are 'vcatlere'd the cottages and houses, which are' the homes of the households ; Jli'tf lights nreiapidly kindling from win dow 'to window ; they gleam and sparkle from a hundred points like the stars of early evening, each diffusing light and cheerfulness around its own hearthstone. It is a constellation of household lamps, j ai'h uwiirict and shining to give light es ff. dally . within- its own sphere.' So let vach Christian's light shine. Amid Ihe darkness, let each ,' habitation, where a disciple dwells, be a Goshen, its taper never extinct, its lite ever burning. yVnerevef Hie Christian comes, let there hi light, the light of Christian influence and example. In tho household, by the ;wiae counsel of a father's lips, by the 4ioly breathings of a mother's prayer, by 4keV, referential devotion of filial love, nd by the nweet sympathies of frater nal. affection, let each honor God, and Adess the earthly home. .If a man's re ligion does not gild with Leaven's own jadiance each path' of home, ami wall it about with love and praise, sti.ely it is .iit tain, for there, if anywhere, will the JulifUtiaii graces be as clusters of fruit on he bough, yielding grateful food to the pilgrim on hi way, -and maturing in the sunlight of the home of the earth for the sweeter I Frort Ids household the Christian goes . --en it mil rtito the world, and there, by in egrity in business,' by sincerity in word, by re-mmibrfiuce-of God amid all earthly pur iuiisand" by 'i spirit of charity under all ftfovocalions, let each show that he has le wiA Jesus'; and is not of the world. 'JMufcl ill '4li)0i nrtltfll'lVU btl t' til lvliili hall lifa join. to lift., and light blend with ! A "uisklhSarout the Am of lloif liiht, and Zion shine as the brightness nf S SKS'T'V ,oW, A?1 ,we met a ' RHn.ll - - t he firmament, all radiant-will, constella- mfft.n rfrom ,ab?ll? wh? n P'ece lions und stars, and stand up -teTribld as ",f t""'l"' " gwd : to ascert.un.ng a:nrtrwhh banners, -en liost of men,! lho f a I")e, alter. he: or she' ha -n:,-' ...,1,4.' 1 I pxsseil tlie ninth, whn;h- w new t n ' rut- Tallinn it 1 in ..t nni unit .no, tii-nii tfMe among themat that , lay, shall l . . " . . . . as v.m i ana uw.twns'Oi uaviu snail M-i.. n 1 t..l,. ...y , lit. t .,l l.f,... rmarOod, as the angel of ihe Ixird before , , n ft,., ; i i -Tins la, whal the-diurch greaOj' needs, -. the' nlore full and perfect 'development of incm. ;ji...-i . i w.. j i; . i? tlie'.indiyiduat irmtiari. ' Union indeed) wrinkles', l,e is twelve ; if four, lie is Mi is tTrrgih, but rtiferS imist be'.soOielhirig tpen; An( lll6 m,mi,er of wrinkles to ft'jtnjfe. A tiio'und of sand' it but fBond riiiie.'and you will always get it. ' So slilL ' Heap it w.Tygh as Bashan, it will, .., thu gentldmnt'i ; and h is confident flMcY ror,rt ndtirtrfg' rock(, egin then " j "'" j -- - kindred, heart all alive with love to ilirist ftr)d there fsv' double power. 'bus 1qt he!trt t;m to heart-eatli' afive aiid liqt'niiig, sinl (lie flame kidles and the ffie '.never gdes ;'out,bu(;;iri'3Tain,v' by leiiguing I thousand 'cold li(rarts in' he iiinimutiiorl.'do you i Herri pf1 to' (extract j Iiut.-CS.:Jrv T;T:': From Life Illustrated. Tisn't Worth Saving. v How often do we hear this saving act ed out in practical life ! " Tisa't worth saving." says the young housekeeper who is too ignorwl or too indolent to lake j the proper care o! what her husband pro vides, and so very much from the pantry and wardrobe is wasted, and the mrr chant or mechanic toils on, why he can not live on his income. Tisa't wnith saving," says the fast young man " only a few cents or dollars ! Wouldn't they call me niggardly if I didn't treat, eat -ovster suppers, see tho shows, smoke as dear cigars as the best of them, and drive as fast a horse 1" and thus hundreds and thousands of the hard earned dollars of an industrious economi cal father, are annually squandered. - Tisn't worth saving, these few mo ments of time what cm I learn in them" and the apprentice 'loafs' it away, and grows up to manhood in com parative ignorance. If he would have a book at hand and improve the moments he often has while waiting for a meal, or in the morning before the shop is oponed, and after the day's work is done, we should have many more learned black smiths than we now have. We do not mean that apprentices should have no time for amusement or relaxation : but nil this they may have in sufficient quan tity.and then get an hour everv day for B . J mental culture, litis, in one year, would amount to a fraction more than twelve weeks of schooling, reckoning six hours per day, and five days for a week. Will not vnung men who are obliged to I labor think of this, and improve all the little snatches of time ? Examine your self, and add up the amount of your knowledge to-day, begin tomorrow to improve vour time, nnu at the end ot a vear you will be surprised at the prog ress yoq have made. " I isn t wonh saving.' 1 lint idea in tho sermon, that thought in 'the newspa per, that remark from the child, that bit! of advice from an old man, that sugges tion from a business man theso are all ti,. j jje ls oniy a p0or fellow, depen jent on 'nj3 own exertions for success in ! lIie world, aml he Un., worlh saving. I j iaj jlIst as eavc trifle with him as no:, especially while I can command the atten j Um Qr ti,e SqUlre'g son-, Ins father is ! r;c, jind of coarse 7ie is worlh saving.' So the coquette marries the squires son, ! and ere long he has learned the saving of, y3 wife : ; "Tisn't worth saving." 'No she is faded now, looks old, has grown peevish, never loved me, only my daddy's money, more, I shall take no pains to save her." j aml. ''"ntiousiicss, of almost every de So the coquet learns mo late the meaning j scription, have followed in its train, of her favorite phrase. We fear many Every friend of morality, and every husbands who pass for good ones, yet lover of good order, should raise his voice live only for self gratification, have prac- d esm . fl , discourage tically adopted tliu motto in regard lo their wives- Let them beware, le.sl there j mcnt tI,e ""'sancc. If there-is a hu come a time when they will not be worth man being who deserves to be held in saving. 'universal execration, it is a man, formed "Tisn't worlh saving-this ragged, j originally in the image of his Creator, 2St&!2 """"s" co"""!' -" What good to support a city missionary j " e e "ot ignorant of the fact, that among such people ? they will be ragged i this species of vice has had its advocates still '." Do not draw too hasty conclu- j in the person of men of talent, in this sions. God never works in a hurry.- and other countries. Amongst the last Our duly is lo sow the seed, to take care . , , , . , .. . of tl is humanity, and risk the harvest. biu not ,he lt-wc notice the all co.i- Those who hold that nny hu- quonng and overpowering Andy Stuart, manily is not worth saving, are vt ify likc-j What the effect will be upon the public ly in the end to consider themselves not; mind, bv the overwhelming inllucnco of worth saving ; and judging from tiie ben- ir " i . c. , . r. ,, i i , ?, n ; such an advocate for . Ihe theatre, is yet efit they have been to the world, we . ' should not differ very widely from them t0 "c Uslci1, ., in this opinion ; yet lo speak seriously, ! Report says that they piy tbe printers they are worth saving nnd would to God quite liberally. That is one excellent they could believe and act accordingly ! ... topsy. -4Q Care of Implements. All kinds of' farm iinDlements and machinery are ex 1 pensjve, and they must often be replaced 1 8,,ni a lliichanan member from Louisiana, by new ones. But their durability ' de- made a speech in the United States House pends greatly upon the manner in which 0f representative s, in defsnse of slavery, they are used and kept. If neverr she)-1 ..., . i.i -i .V , i , i ' i squatter sovereignty, and the President s tered or painted, they, will soon warp and j 1 6 ; rot. The wood work of all tools, if kept j n,ess,,Se- "o'nphrey Marshall, of Ken well painted and carefully used, and j tucky, is the leader of the Fillmore party housed when not in use. will out-last in the House, and a most expert and rea- mucn ot tlie iron-work. Whenever the sun opens cracks in the timber, they should be filled with a good coat of thick paint. Manufacturers declare that not half the farmers know how to use ma chines. It is true that farmers have not paid that attention to mechanical science which their own interest would dictate. Certain general mechanical principles all larmers stiouia understand and especi ally those upon which the constitution , aiiu operation 01 maci. nes cnieiiy uepena. Everv Dart of a machine which is sub ject to friction, should be kept Well 'oiled. This will lender it much less liable to breakage, will reduce the draft upon the team, aud will make a machine last four times as long as if not property attended 16 in this respect. Shelter, oil, paint, and careful usage are the chief requisites in nse of impHments and machines. Pea me trrmtr.v ..,, ,1.- . . ,(vi if , i n 0 Hml, w, 1P we , Bro l0. n,,";, hf "V ..readers. It is this : after, film horjfl it It is this : after vihn horse hi . , , .., ,. . . ... 1 nine Jti" mui iiiiku comes on vie . . fi ., ti;nLnnf th,- Hi tr' r, .. .j 1 ' .1 ' a 1 ' i -,i ft-.. l : iiu, nnu every year inureauer lie nas one i well jeflIie(J Wrinkle for each year ovet u (,, :1,ol.i.- l.,,- i,. i,,. ( jt n'ev(?r fail. "As tt good many peo ijio uuve iu-rsc over nine, it is easy tried. If true, the horse dentist must give rip his trade'. Southern Planter. y ." X'J ', ' J'6orrt.T oB 'A;'RE'Aii'sp PEdpLE'.The aggregate of the iatalogups of the fall sales of books in New xotk -afid Philadelphia, : 1 I'".l- l t. .L l if , jli j .l.r... raaches 'thesurh of fine niilli6n' lJ 'bun. w - f, C nit Jlincrirflit. Z. EAQ15, Editor STaX3rr2333S0"VrXXjXjX3. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1857. THE TRUE AMERICAN. Tbe Tunc Americas is nuhlinlied every Wednesday, in Steuhen ville, Jefferson county, Ohio, and edited by '& Raoan, on tht following terms : One dollar and fifty cents in advance. -Two dollars within nix months. Two dollars and fifty cents at the close of the year. No paper discontinued until all srronrsfre are paid, except at tho option of the Editor. TERMS OF ' ADVERTISING. Onosqunre 12 lines or less, 3 weeks or less $1 .25 Every subsequent Insertion 31 W One square three months 2,50 One square six months .5,00 One square one year 8,00 One fourth column per year 15,00 One third column per year, 20,00 One half column per year, 30,00 One column per year 50,00 rrotessionai anil business cards per year,. .a,UU When there is no contract made and the num ber of insertions is not marked on the curds or advertisements at the time they sre handed in for publication, they will be con'inned in until they are ordered out. and charged by the square. principles of the American Council, tit StanhatitrillA Willi. Of Steubenville, Ohio. We, whose names are hereunto subscribed, do hereby adopt, and agree to be trnvemed in our political action, by the following; princi ples': 1st. None but Americans to rule-America. 2d. The Union must he preserved, 3d. No Foreign interference in American affairs. ' 4th. No union of Clwrcli and State. 6th. Inviolability of National Treaties. Cth. Personal morality indispensable to office. 7th. An open Bible, without note or com ment, in nil our Public Schools. 8th. Thorough reform of the Naturalization Laws. Dili. A cnpilatinn tax that will exclude j foreicn pnupers and convicts. ititn. iso appointment ot foreigners on diplomatic posts. 1 1 tlx. Strict economy in tho administration of the Government. 12th. No interference with the right, of citi zenship already acquired by foreigners, and the protection of law to all who immigrate from love of liberty, but uncompminisin; opposition to Political CatholocNm, whether in the person of an Ami'ricun demagogue, or a foreign Ecclesiastical Despot. IMMORALITY. Drukenncss, gambling and buiglaiies, i. . i. .i i ' r ., .... iet!n " ' 'gi, ' our c"' for 1,19 lasl lw0 or lhree week5 and it is proposed to unite with these elements of vice and immorality the establishment ,v . . . . , ,U ,'a "ot l,,t l,,e5e v,ccs ?'e all equally degrading to our city, but we do say that history establishes the fact, that, in every country where the theatre hag been ,iber, p.ltronizej drunkenne ss I quality. Congressionnl Wit. un tne loui ot uecemuer. .Mr. lMvid- i ,1 an. J r w a dy debater, had previously made a speech Bhosring up the inconsistency of the Democratic party in regard to squatter sovereignty most of the party in the South repudiating the doctrine, while in the North it was held as a fundamental part of the Democratic creed. It was in reference to this subject, and the speech made by Mr. Marshall, that Mr. David- 90lv loij lie f0owinsr glorv . -. , - The gentleman, sir, reminds me a pood O 4 deal of the . story of the negro and the priest. I mean no offense to the gentle man. This negro wa? fond of his neigh bor's pig, tin keys, and geese. ' The priest told him that il he took' any more without paying for them, lib would send him to the devil. Sometime afterwards1 . . , m - 10115 the priest asked him, Have yon Hueuany more geese ( ixo massa. v J , nnv-inoro pips .".'j Herryman, who has been sounding the No. " Have you taken any more j Atanlic preparatory to laying the inter turkeys No." ' Well, yo can ' n!ll:0lial ULrx. has reached ' Ireland. l"',in w m iiidiw uw loader an right . is.... ai.'i.'. k j ii i . lor you. As he was'' going away, he ; congratulated himself 10 his brother Sam. as lollows : lie didn t ask me dnck ary I timn. nr I wh..l,l t,.i Wrf : - -w.. ni. , ri' devil." ' fGreat lautrhter.1 Now. it ilia .tnriniiAni e( .nfA..:.u. searrhjnqp things, I am (old, and 1 would advise Democrats nevef to say squatter sovereignty Id ihe hearing of the honora ble gentleman from' Kentucky. "' "' We thihk the Dein'ocrats bad belter take Mr. Payiilsoolf advice, .fir the honorabla. gentleman from .Kentucky!' makes sad havoc with them when they cross his pa'h.' In ihe very debate JJuded to,' wlijle Mr. Keitt, of 8. C, was' de- '; ' i : . ' 'i - v , ... T -nouncm the" doctrine of Squatter Sov ereignty Mr, Cass, and George E, Pugh making' speeches iti the 'Senate in iHcd Mr. Keitt if he was not " a National Democrat," and if so, how could he as sume a position to diametrically opposed to that assumed by General Cass, who also chimed to be "a National Demo crat!" Mr. Keitt replied that he called himself a Constitutional Democrat." "Ah! then," said Mr. Marshall, "you probably regard Mr. Cass as an n-Con- slituiional Democrat T" This capital hit convulsed the House with laughter, and the fire-eater from South -Carolina retired from the conflict badly damaged from the rencounter with " tho honorable gentle man from Kentucky." The Slave Tradb. A correspondent oT the Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle and Sentinel, reviews the positions of the Democratic parly for several years past nn the slavery question and concludes as follows : ; - ' I therefore prophecy that within four years the opening of the African slave trade will be a plank in the Democratic platform ; that every man who does not subscribe to it will be brnnded as faint hearted and an enemy to the South ; that it will elect a Northern man for President opposed to the Democracy ; that it will be charged that the whole North has be come abolitionized, and a dissolution of the Union moved on account of it ; tbal a certain sassy slump orator in Georgia will swear he has been in favor of it all his life, and that one hundred lick-spittles will stand ready and offer to swear they heard him so swear, and will give the time and the occasion." Apprehf.ndf.d Conflict of Authori ty. The Boston correspondent of the New York Post writes : Our Supreme Court i? much exercis ed by the fear that it will, at no remote day, be brought into direct collision with the Supreme Court of the United States. The latter tribunal i3 pretty sure lo de cido that owners of t-laves have the right to take their property just where they please in the Union ; and if they should bring them here, our Supreme Court will moEt assuredly set them free, if called upon to act, and the whole power nf the Siate will be used to maintain this ruling Weliave no idea of submitting to the centralizing decisions of a court that is now dominated by small lawyers. 1 shouldn't wonder if our next election were made to turn entirely upon this very point. ' We shall want able, inde pendent, strong minded, backboned men in office when the hour of trial comes." Paper from Hop Stalks. Tho use of the hop plant in the manufacture of p.iper is now proposed. Immediately af ter being cut, the stalk or vine is lo be tied up in bundles, if possible the whole length of the plant, end these bundles are immersed in water pits, similar lo thos employed in operating on flax and hemp, or in a Miming stream, and are kept there until a slight fermentation ensues, and which will bo sufficient to partially detach the fibre from the pithy and woody portions of ihe stalk. The separation may be effected by hand, or by passing the stalk- between rollers with or without teeth, the woody or pithy matter being picked or irashed out afterwards. Afier separation, the fibre may be again steam ed, and rolled, if required to be ,ery fine, but care is necessary to keep the fibre wet until it is cleaned from gummy and resinous mailers, by repeated seaming and washing. The fibre will now he in oondiiion of half stuff and fit, after fur ther bleaching, for the manufacture of pa per, pasteboard, &c. Is tub Sun Inhaihted. Sir David lirewster states, that so strong has been the belief that the sun cannot be a habita ble world, that a scientific gentleman was pronounced by Ins medical attendant iu sane, because he had sent a paper to the Royal Society, in which ho maintained that the light of the sun proceeded from a dense nnd universal aura," which may ahord ample light to the inhabitants le- .i, ,i , i,a , .i, ,i;,Q ..ir, irnn . mill ( . k uc ui duoii f& u in Lri i n .11 n 11 ji 1 as not to be among them ; that there may be water and dry land there, hills and dales, rain and fair weather, and that as the light nnd the season must be eternal the sun may easily be conceived to be far the most blissful habitation of the whole system. In less than ten years after this apparent extravagant notion was consider ed as a proof of his insanity, it was main tained by Sir William Herschell as a ra tional and probable opinion, which might he deducible from Tiis own observation on tbe structure of the sun. A Curiosity. A few weeks ago, Charles Schoch, of thi town, was cut ting into a large log, when his axe struck a cannon leaden slug, weighing 3 J pounds which was embedded in solid wood, about five or six inches from the. surface. The tree from which this slug was taken, grew in the river bottom about two miles from this town, near where Gen. Wayne ami his army enenmpeu uuring tne sum mer of 1704, when he marched ; to ihe Northwest Territory to attack ihe Miama Indians. The probability is, that it was fired from one of his cannons, and lay 1 uiiiur;uu:il l"l nunc bimil 11, : . r: - , cnineaucd tor more man hall a century. T.iS4 Atlantic TLeoBAP.i,-Lieul, i a r i ; Ti.n ffre,fiHf ,innli. i.tub.od w-A "2 070 ! fitlioins, abotil two and a third miles. A i perfect confirmation is' given- by the soundings of Lieut. Maurrs opinion ' of aurv S OOllllOn Ol the existence ofa irre.-it' flat or level at ihe bottom of the ocean : f.it 'mnri than 1 .330 miles an almost unbroken1 level plain was found. Not a single rock was met with, nola particle 6f gravel or sand war bro'i up, but it appeared as if nature had pro vided a bed soft as it snowy bank', for the express purpose of. receiving the tele graph cable. ' " '' ! ", : ' ' 1 ;;" r i ' ;J,;t,-i i.i-.' ' .. ' Look out for Pibb The1 New York fire marshal slates that H"; recent fire IN that city originated in a drawer knder the couptsr, Into wbieU,m1ce.lradfoiind their way altrscted by wafc'm'alcHes'.' .' 'Rfatch es should be' kept in metal bbxes.1'' Ano ther fire'was occssWned 6f 'tW' comVui lion of larnisTi soranincs and cotieri tries fbroWn tdgeihcViiri a keg,1" 1.. jj Li .1.-J.I, I IT . .'.;fj .i;l . ! Eeal and Perianal Wealth of the .' United States 1858. Stales. Alabama Arkansas California Connecticut Delaware Florida ' Georgia Illinois , Indiana' Iowa Kentucky Louisiana Maine' Maryland Massach'ls Population Val of Prop 835,193 f279,233,027 253,117 335,000 401,223 97 295 110 725 935,090 1,242.017 1,149,606 325.014 j;086,587 600.397 623,802 639,580 1,123.123 64,240,726 165,000,000 203,759,831 ; 30,463,924 49,461,461 500.000,000 333 235,474 301,858,474 110,000,000 411,000,198 270 425,000 131,128.186 261,243,660 697.936.935 116,593,580 251 525,000 223 948J3I 103,804 326 179 750.000 .1.301,154,025 239,603,372 860.877,351 1,031,731.304 91,699,850 303,434,240 321,776,810 240,000,000 01.165,680 530,994,897 87,500,000 25,500,703 20.000.000 7,250,000 7,775,090 1,650,000 4,250,000 2,350,000 1,235,644 Michigan 509,374 Mississippi,: 671,619 Missouri 831,215 New llamp. 324,701 New Jersey 569,499 New York 3,470.059 . N. Carolina 921,853 Ohio , 2,215,750 Penn'vania 2,542 960 R. Island 166 927 S. Carolina 705,661 Tennessee 1,092,470, Texas 500,000 Vermont 325,266 Virginia .1.512,593 Wisconsin 552,109 D. Columbia 59,000 Minnesota 65,000 New Mexico , 83,500 Oregon 36.000: Washington : 5,500 Utah " ' 39,000 Kansas 11,000 Nebraska 4,500 Total: 26,964,312 $9,817,611,072 Add for property not val- -tied, for under valua tions, and for the rite in the value of property since 1850, the sum of $1,500,000,000 Total wealth of United States 1856, $11,317,011,072 CUPPINGS FE0M EXCHANGES.. Boston. The assessors' valuation of Boston this vear amounts tu $248,000.- 000, or one hundred millions of dollars more than in 1846, which sum, it is sta ted, is more than the entire valuation ot either Maine, New Hampshire, or Ver mont. A Long Rasuk. Some Soldiers who were firing a Minnie rifl!e at a target at Magdeburg, at a distance of one thousand paces, hit and mortally wounded a labor er nt work seven hundred beyond. A sheep was accidentally killed in Kngland with the Enfield rille, from a distance of 2.500 yards. The Book trade at tiie West. It u said that, in proportion lo its population, Chicago is tho best book market in the country. A single order of one house this fall for school-books published in New York, embraced 57J500 volumes. Such a fact speaks well for the future welfare of the West. ' A Generous Gift. David Hunt, Esq., of Mississippi, has recently present ted to Oakland college, in that state, the munificent donation of $50,000. The Drrsidunt savs of the libiral demur. llf seems never to forget that lie is a bankif of Ihe Lord, and always holiU himself ready to honor the Lord's drafts." , Science of the Bible. Lient. Maury of the National Observatory at Washing Ion, iu a lectute iu New York, said. " I have always found in my scientific slud ies, that when I could get ihe Bible to say anything on the subject, it afforded me a linn platform to stand upon, nnd another round in the ladder by which 1 could safely ascend." Remarkable Tenacity of Life. A gentleman iiear Newbury port, cutting a white oak tree, found a tree toad, over which haJ 6rown 8'xtyrseven grains or riot's of the oak. On beiii- turned out in to the world again, he was at first toipid, but after lying in the sun a few minutes, he hopped off fresh and ' vigorous as ever. ' " fron LinKKU r vessel will soon sail from Boston, and another from Baltimore, with .emigrants for Liberia. The Balti more vessel is chartered by Ihe Massa chusetts Society to carry out the material for a College to be erected at Monrovia, on a site donated by ihe , Government., The bricks are to be made in Africa; the wood work! iron work, &c, have been made in Boston. Sometime ago materials for two recep tacles for the use of emigrants were sent oui. The Brewster Keceplacle". is be ing erected at Monrovia; the "Tracy Receptacle" at Cape Mount. Schools will be established in each. ,' , , . 3T From the official statistics of Ohio; j for the year 1850, we learn that (he State contains, 62T443 horses, 1,080,710 cat tle, 5,750 mules, 3 513,083 hcep', l,831 124 swine, and 367,595 carriages; 1 ( , tS" A poor, woman recently applied to a charitable institution in Philadelphia for assistance, giving as a reason why she needed relief that her husband had fol lowed politics for a living, and it did not . I r -f ' ,,. support uis iaiuiiyv (,, jC3T Col. Benton was born in North Car -olina ; studied law in Virginia ; .entered the army for: a year; practised flaw in Tennessee ; edited a paper in Missouri, a-'Ct served us her Senator Irom 18'l to 1651. Col. Benton is in the 74lh year of his age, and is probably, take him all in all,. the most remarkable man in the nation. .J eui.ur i un omiuuanv uvg I leler, lately,, callnd at the , house ol the 1 It'irl he is after,' where he had the fol lowing conversation .with ihe Irish ser vantgirr -- i v q m I ; ' .-t-.!-7 I Editor In i Miss W at home t (With a sweet smile, such as edit6rs al Wave hate "! . -.' . ' -. ,; ! , - Biddy Sbo is,' sir. ' (Scratchinu her iiend.'l '.o .i, ;' ..Kditot-t-Is 'she : engagodf (Twirling lu hat and trying to look :t. killing w i,; i Biddy Engaged n il '.Faithj 'an I ean't say, iir ; :but. she , kissed : Misther V last avenin' as if she had 'hi ver ged lhat 1 1 Ine they, are sir. ,.,,, .,.!, ,-,: l ' The last seen of the .editor he Was i tftv-; Kagingft passage; .'toTpledo;iyJigro,lhe ai the cholera. tit art's Celeuraufnt. y r o I FOREIGN NEWS. Arrival of tho North American,: Portland, January 8 -The steamer North American arrived this . morning, with Liverpool dates to the twenty-fifth,, inclusive. i v Liverpool Breadstuff Market Messrs Richardson, Spence & Co. report a gen erally rteady marketf.tr Breadstuffs ; for middling qualities of wheat there has been un improved demand at an advance of 3d per bushel. . Flour quiet prices unclian ged ; corn is in better request and quota tions 6d higher. ) , ..... There has beon considerable , arrivals of Breadstuffs but owing to the preval unc of low tides in the Mersey, ships could not he docked until the following week. While wheat quoted at 9s a 9s 9d ; western canal flour 31s 6d a 32; Baltimore and Philadelphia 3lsa32s 6d ; Ohio 3 lsa35s ; yellow mixed common corn 33sa33s 0.1, white 34sa34s 6d. , Provisions. Richardson, Spence, dc Co,, quote beef very dull, holders are pressing on the market. Nothing doing in pork. Bacon dull and quotations nominal. Lard in retail demand at 80sa 82s. Nothing about the meeting of the Paris Conference. The accounts are conlradio lorv. . .. . Vienna letters stale that Count Bunl has roceived from Count Walcwski, of ficial notification that France cannot ac cept the interpretation of Belgrade and the Isle of Serpent as seperate questions, in the absolute sense of the interpretation by Austria, Turkey and England, Count Bnol has sent this unexpected announce ment to the Emperor in Italy. The London , Globe, Government organ, denies that there is any dttiiculty between France and England. Diplomatic relations are suspended be tween Switzerland and Prussia, and matters are becoming exceedingly compli cated. No reply had been received to ihe note addressed by Prussi i to the great powers un the Keulchatel affair. In the mean time Prussia persist- in forcing measures, nnd has notified the Garm in Diet that their own troops are sufficient for the in surgeuts. The, troops wi'l assemhlo at Berlin by January and March undrr Gen. Vongroken upon Switzerland. Tho lat ter power is behaving with great gallan try. The population is called to arm, and responded with enthusiasm Twenty five thousand will he armed immediately, of which 10 003 under Gen. Vourgoi.-e will defend Talse, and the remainder under Gen. Zecirler wjll garrison Schof hausen. The vanguard reserve .if the army will operate in the field. Unlimi ted credit for military purposes has : been voted. .The federal diet is convoked for the 27th u!t. Great Britain. Ti e war. with Per sta is very unpopular. The Loudon Times and London Press, the Derby, or gan, both denounce it. The English and French presses think it will cause war between England and Russia. , Indiana Legislature. IspiANAPoLts, Jan, 8, The lndian i Legislature met this morning at ten o' clock. ',' .. .. ; The Senate was called to order by Lieut. Gov. Willard. A motion was made to appoint Mr. Burk, President pro tern , nnd carried. ". Gov. Willard ru fused to yield the chair. '. ,- . .' Mr. Burk then look his seat alongside of Willard. . The Republican munhers were sworn in by Judge Goidins; and the Democrats by Lieutenant Governor Wil lard. ;...- The members are now debating the right of Willard to hold his seal. I 1 hey will probably organize litis alter- n.on. f Hovse. The House was orijanizud by the election of Ballard Smith, Dem., or Speaker, and W. S. B wers, Dem.. for chief Clerk. ' The Governor's mes sage will be delivered to morrow at ten o'clock, if the Senate is fully organized. ' SECOND .DISPATCH.' " The Senate organized : this afternoon by iIih election of the following officers : For principal Secretary, J. $ Harvey, (Uep.) of Indianapolis ; assistant Secretary James II. Tyner, (Rep.); Door Keeper, Simon Chaney, (Itep.J ; Sergeant at arms, Joshua S. McDowell, (Uep ) I he Governor s message will be deliv ered to morrow morning. 1 Gov. Gardiner's Message. ' Boston, Jan. 9.-Governor Gardiner's message was delivered this afternoon. lie refers to the result of the Presidential lection. The people cheerfully acquies ces, but he charged in strong language the result lo the influence of foreign born votes. Although the Governor indulges in bright hopes lor free Kansas, yet spea king of the result of the election he say! so lar a step has been taKen which may require a generation ' to retrace. Utir citizens have the belter' assurance, know ing that decision has been made ; thai ac tion fixes; that slity taken bj the'' ciisiiiVg votes of aliens bnpt nlien ' unnaturalized and alien entirely ignorant of Our ' insti tuTions.'and Callous to ' the' Vast' interest involved iti this stupendous1 1smie.'; Tiie educational, 'industrial and financial' 'eon ditioit of this C'ohimoh wealth is satisfac faclonK' ' The expenditures of tlie State are 56, 100,000 ;,; the'1 surplus receipts 117,000V i -;' ii- .:lrv -i Railroad Accident." ' ! 1Iaiii:Wx, C. W:;' January :8.-The niglit express train',' going -east, on the Great Woslerft Railroad came in collis-' irtn vflth " a ' freight train" this morning near the junction; M. L. Kecler, over seer of the, water department, and Mr. Eversdn, express messenger, were killed, One of the eneineers was dangeroiulv scalded.'' None of the passengers' were , .i..l, j '"'' i. ''U. S. Senators Elected. i Boston, Jan. 9. Mr.' oumner was elected Senator bri the part of the House, The vole st6od 333 to 12 scattering 5tt Simmons euaior- in congress. , , The Senate will Meet oq'Mdnday: ' " ics'of' the" General Atsemblv, elected Jas. Ohio legislature. Thvrsdat, Janusry 8. S,ut-1- joint resolution from the Hou8e, asking ...v u.,g ... bumiDiiiee to pro vide for reporting the proceedings of (he two Houses for the newspapers, was sdop. ted, and Messrs Bnndy and iVhthews were named by the SenateV " The committee on the actiou. of Ihe-'-lJoard of, Public Works, which liaebeeirat work during the recess, made a partial report, which was ordered lo be printed. The Senate agreed to joint resolution of the House fixing to morrow for a joint convention to canvass the votes for Attorney General On ino'ion of Mr. Brazee, tne committee on Agtucnlture was instructed to inquire info tho expediency! of a law to prevent stock from miming at htW-W ' House. -Mr Slcnigli offered a preamble and resolution, asking the opinion of the Attoiney General whether the member of the legislature are not' legally entitled to per diem, from the day of the adjourn- " mcnt of the last session until the assem bling of the present one, and also mileage in going to- ami from Columbus U tfcer respective places of abode. They were laid on the table for consideration. Various petitions were presented ask in? an increase of the salaries of the judges. The House went into a commt teeof whole, and when live ' committee rose, the following bills were reported.' ' House bill 134, to prevent domestic an imals from running at large. Refferred to tho committeo on Agruculinre, II.J B. 129.'; To amend a aet'making certain instruments of writing negotiable, passed March 13, 183ft. Reffered to Mr. Mycatt. u , ,; V II. B. No. 121; A biB to- amend the act entitled "an act to- amend the act regulating the election of State officers'' passed April II, 1853. Referred to Air. Gatch. H. B No li)l ; To aroeml; the act en titled an act relating lo wills. Are. - A. B. No. 154; for the protection of buildings. , II. B. No 155 ; A bilf to provitle for the punishment of the killing of horses. Sec, the pioperty of other Referred lo Judiciary committee. II. B. No. 47 ; A bill pnohibning tke several courts organized by this Slate from exercising powers of naturalization. It was proposed to refer to the select com mittee on the subject appointed last win ter. Tho question was taken, and it was refrrred ayes 51, nays 3 II. B. No: 173 A bill to amend th act entitled nn act lo enable holders of lan-1 to perpetuate testimony of their ti tloi Referred to tho committee on Ag riculture. Adjourned. ; . FromSt. touia. St. Louis Jan. 9. The Benton an! national Democracy held separate meet ings krit nisjht, iu commemoratioiiiof th hat'lo of New Orleani. ! ; The case ' of Lieut.. G'overntir, which has occupied the Legislative Joint Ses sion for severnl days, was decided pn (he 7,h, in favor of Hancock Jackson, Dem ocrat. The Kansas Committee.., Cuic.Vdo, January 8. The National Kansas Committee liavo called a. general meeting nt the Atnr Houe, New York,, on tho 22nd instant, lo report the doings dnce their organization,, . " ,,, ! ('incisxati, January 8. The ice form ed acwss the river here' yesterday e ve iling. The people crossed the liver on it last night and this morning. ' ' How to Keep Vegetables. v , Some twen'y or thirty years ago, when but little ihat wan favorable, in the char acter ol tl.c inhabitants of the Pacific was known, and it was considered dangerous for whaling veesuls to recruit, at any of, them except the umnhaiuted, very great;, pains were taken in provisioning and fit ting out the vessels which sailed on thece long and dangerous vova.es. Now. how, ever,. that our missionaries have visited so many of these islands and labored among the ;eop!e, recruiting stations have been formed, where these vessels may euttr and,. obtain fresh provisions and vegetables without incurring danger thereby. Tbe consequence is, that less pains are now taken to provide whale, ships with vegetables, and, the means for merly resorted to to pieserve them during the voyage are not now in, use. A veteran old wbaling captain who sailed for many years out of New Bed ford, mentioned to us the other day that in those tdd fogy limes it was a common thing to preserve potatoes and onions oa board of whaleships in a sound and health ful state for several years, and that, too, , by a very ejmpie process, as follows : The, try-pots amidships were first thoroughly cieansed, aud .were half filled with resit water, which was biought to a boil. The. potatoes were then put into the pots and; allowed , to remain in, the boiling water for abqut about, five minute? ; they were taken out nnd thoroughly' dried on deck., which completed the process. ..The boil-, ingdestioys the gi-rminating power, and the surface of tho. potato, to the. depth of nbout an eighth partof,in inch,. becomes when dry a soidr. hard, paste,) which is impervious to,i,lie air, and ia. a sure pro-, leciiou against .decay,, t, ; ., ,1, I ,,To kcep ..ojo'ns. , from , decaying, the ; roots w,er scorched with a red hot jron,; sufficient to destroy the germ, without in teifering with the (eaves. 0t inibrmauti assures us that he has eaten potatoes and' onions preset ved. it this manner, thtee or. four years alter they had bceu, tjms pre-, pared, and that they wore in , every xe--speut as palatable and healthful as when, fresh dug from the ground,.,, It is proba-; hie that this simple process for the pres-. ervatiou of , the potato might be as profi tably, employed on, land pqw, as ijt. waa. formerly! at sea J especially as . ttyere so much danger pf, its being affco;tJ with,, dis'easq.. We are not .aware whither: the; coating of paste farmed on, the ;potato by i ooiiiiig woum ob a, suuicieni.preventivs against, frost;, if j.tj , should. roye effica-.r cioits in this respect, it woutd bo of greatt benefit. v Last , winlerrt it fwaf ..estimated, that at least pne-thiid of the entire . crop, of tbe.qountry,.;wa. destroyed from this cause alone'; and if to'this be ad Jed-, the , Quantity lost from the disease, there must at hjas have, been nnwards .qne half of, ; thp crop destroyed, Lersomepne, make the cjpenment, and rublisu the result. , oKia?y, t out. 4,.,n,,n:A Ui ar.r.iU t i - it v ' - ; i . : - . i " i i i