, 1856-02-29

which the writer recites the indignities
which are put upon our ambassadors to
China, and alludes to the quibbling Of the
Japanese in regard to the recent treaty
made with the United States through Com
Perry. lie attributes all these difficulties
to the neglect Of the American govern
ment to keep a strong naval force CON
stantly in those waters, and urges the nc
spcct. ~ '' o.' -
PAINTING IN RussIA.--The first printing
Office in Russia was established in 1860,
but.war destroyed by the people from a SUI
persiitious fear that it would cause some
confusion or change in their religion. L hrs
ROT Rev. Mr. Balm of Chicago, M
inserts prayer in the Olive Bfaneh Of that
city, which runs thus: OiLordl have
mercy on our special reViyalst preachers;
mercy. and goodness we humbly beseech
theei keep them from taking ladies who
become converts, on their Knees, and hoId.D
ing them in their arms, and kissing them.s9
leS- A letter from the pope, addressed
to the archbishop and bishops Of New York,
recommends the friends of the church in
that state TO cooperate in establishing atl
Rome college for the education of Amer,
lean clergymen. The letter is nearly a
year old, but is for the first time published
in the Frecnaa's Journal this week. The
Journal admits that not more than one in
ten Of those inhabitants of New York who
are Romanisls by baptism are in the, habit
OF listening to the Romish priesthood; and
the proportion is perhaps greater among
the Romanists by baptism in other parts Of
the Union. 7' lt i1 s4alT ODD nj siiinsi
pS- During the last half year there ,haye,
been over eleven thousand arrests in New
Orleans, About one-fourth Of the persons
arrested were females. -,
D6n Saltpetre is becoming very scarceg
in our eastern lmarketSad ThesWar iniFu.i
rope and the tremendous quantity com
sumed in the manufacture Of gnnpoWder,
have drawn all 1.-THE surplus stock to then
markets of France and Englande9 Iaisoqas
p6~ According to the Vienna Journals.
it is in contemplation to have d universal
exhibition ID that city ii 1859. II is even
said that the plan OF the b1ilding has AL
ready received tho appreciation of the Em-ls
poror Francis Joseph. ,ros49omob sEr es
D0- Jacob Lormam, soldier Of thsl
revolution, died atlthe residence of his sou,i
near Barnsyllle, Montgomery county Md
on the 18th inst, in the 10th year Of his
age. He' entered the army in the wear ar
l775 as one Of the Pehnsyivaffa line. and1
served through the whole or the war 81 NIL
dependeaceTvas at the capture of York
town and the battles Of White Plains and
Trenton, besides, several other engage
nients. He possessed remarkably good
health, and was able TO 20 about IntiI
within aday or two Of his death. 30 ~ spE1
pa- a correspondent Of the ST Louis
Democrat states that be believes tbe bonu-
lation Of Kansas to lie from tbirty.svo toi
thlrty-iye1 1sthopsapd. as Large numbers Of,
emlgrants are now pouring into tue territo-
ry IRON S11a all quarters, and these figures will
soon be far below the marx. '',H t'H
2Nf S1olgb .ffeN 9lsas 9ii p .pNAg19ugQ
nA- Clark Mills has finished the eques,a
TRAN statue Of Gen, Jackson (,similar to-,
that which adorns Lafayette square, in
Washington, for the city Of New ORLEANS Y
whereitwas uaugureted ION sthe Sth ofT
January last with much pomp and ceremoii
ny. ovs,, ,il'iu,
WhNrwoRrH's Posrr,or .Pbeqa Eso,,.s,,,
IIiaoisiam defines ono ,Iohn,s,. ..i, nos;.io".
exactly It saws I;s s,,Ssys y, ~ S,sa &C.,
ranks IS to do hid iopartissLar l,nS * 49,
,ohicha nobodv ase & ag0m SsSggS y 30 ~
form.a sd, hfgo9 ~ oaGcT ~ h sfSg'g
.1o s,;.s,i.4g.,.,, ,.,,,,s j +, ,.,g.,sas 4, A.
easr India rubber sausages, for the use
OF the Crimean army, are among the ioH
mestlc articles Just sent from London.-24I
They tend to linkp, memory to1hcmesf ios