General Intelligence: Extent Of Oregon Territory

lt mny not be uninteres'in'g at t'lns particular time, lo refrcsh the recö'llectian of the reader, in regard !ió the extcnt óf Oregon. Outhceastis askirlèöÖ rhiies along the Roclcy Mountains, on the soiilh 300 iniles along the Snowy Mountains, oji the wfst 7ÜÜ miles along the Pacific Ocean, 6n the nörth 250 miles along the North A'thericn'h pcssessions of Russia anÖEngland. 'J'his orea or immense valley contains 36ö,'00O $í]unTe tíiílss--csípablc of forming seven SfÜtes Hke New Yok, or' forly of thedimeírsións qf rífassíichusetts. Some of the I.slnncta on the coast are very large - sufficient to form a State by themselves. These are situnted north of the parallel of 48. Yan Couyer's Island, 360 miles tn lengih Knd '50 in brcadih. contains 12,0.00 square miles-an area larger than Massnchusotts and Conneciicut. Queen Charloti's or rather Washington Island, 150 miles in length and 30 in breadth, contáins ÍOvó square miles.3n both of these immense islands, though, hey ]ie Wwe'en the high parallels of 18 and 54 logrees, 'the soil i;: said to be well adapted'to ngriculture. The slraits and circumjacent waters abound in fish af the finest qüalky. Coal of good quality, and öther veins of mirierals, have been found. - Sat. Cour. LOST CH1LÍ). The followrng is cut from a St. Louis paper, in which it hppears ás an advertisement: "JjosI Child. - Carne to the brick house, corner of Third and EIm streel, a.bout nine oTclock night before last, n blackmale CHILD, about 7 or 8 years of oge. That its anxious and humane owner may find it, I describe it - a good-looking child, marked and brandcd on its head, face, nose, ears, lips. chin, neck, breast, back, sides, sho'ülders, arms, hands a'p.d finge rs, liips, thighs, knées, legs, ankles,, feet, heels and toes - by w'frat ap'pe'a'rs "to have been the cowhide. or some other lioraane instrument. If not called for sooñ, it will be tCrrned over to the Court to be dealt witj s the law directa. S." June ÍB. We wonder how much the diiTerent churcheg of St. Louis have given during the past year for the support of missionary operations ia foreign heathen lands. The.Nev York Tribune haslhe folloving: The progressof refinement is slrikingly illustrnfsd by a butcher who keeps his shx)p in the upper part of I,n the rear of his shamtles two broad foldiñg doors open into a handsome and ratlier stylish retiring room, fashionably and luxunouslV cnrpetedand furnished for the accommodation of his custorners. The ceatre table is filled with newspapers, peüodicals, ócc. Thai man has a steak in good society. Batfhd.ary Line Survcy.The Rochrcster Democrnt suys: . ...At the !pt(Lt dates the Boundary Comrhissioners wereon ihe, Missisqupi frontier. Thev deur a track 80 fsot widc on ihe line, and every miie erect iron monumepta woighing 2,000 Ihs. with suilable inhcriptiom llierepi). It iiikos npnrty of sonie 700 laborers o do the chopping-, and the epace opened malves a good winter rcmd. This is done at the expense of the two UoverumcntF, ard the Agentsof both survey togpther. The running of the li.ne makes strange work vvilh 6time of ihe fnrnïs. ihrnwing the.occi.'panta, in .nitiny instancos, tinder the oposite Governirient frum wiiich tliey supposed they belonged to. Chrislianily in China. - Letters have been receivedfrom JSJaco, containing intelligence of ihe áboíítioh 'óf the , law whicji forikde the Clïippe Jo enpbrace 'Christift'nity .