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JIAXDMLLS, POSTICUS, HLAXHS, CARDS, CiUUL'LAIW, PAMPHLET-WOltK and other Liu Jh, done to order, on abort notice. r. j ,i Wh are tka Hmrdrrertt 1 . ,' ills t Astoria, Nov. 3, 1855., . Mr. AdamiDKKi Siu: On Sunday luot, S8lb of Oct., Cajit. Julnison, furmurly of t lie 1L 0. Co., Mr, Duwaun, and Mr. Cum. firon, caiu to Astoria.1 , V aru told Unit Cameron ngrccd to treat four time, mid give a buttlo of liquor to Julnison Ou Lis re turn. . mIiiIq ut Astoria Jnjuor was drunk freely by tho pnrtie, ut dnces w hich Cam cron flinl other etui identify. When the party wero ready tootiirt Imck for Johnsoii'a residence below Chinook, Janius lilnir, one of the Columbia River Bur pilots, who tome month since joined the Sons of Turn pcranco, liaving'ouce broken Ih'k pledge and nigned over, being induced ly his mvu ap petite ntid the dispdsiiioti of unprincipled bo - ings in human hhnpe, and in n state of in toxication, entered tho boat with Julnison and Dawson Johnson-falling into tho wa ter as ho attempted to get into his bout. liutsix bottles of liquor, throe of wine and three of brnudy, sonio say fifteen, weft) put into the boat ntul the bout shoved from iho wharf by Cameron, who said, "th'-y had come over lo drink him di link, but they Were more drunk than ho w as." I i.Jolinson, Dawson, ami lilair pnssi'd down the river at half ebb tide, about 4 o'clock Sabbath afternoon. They were wavhed for some lime by snvornl citizens, w ho snw'ilicni pull first in ono directi on and ilicn iti the oj Jjosite, till they were out of si'ht. . it On Tuesday, Mr. li. C. Kindrod's boy me to Astoria, and reported tlnit his falh r had found a boat, or pin ts f n boat, that looked 4ike Johnson's. lint little tir was mado tiH tho last of the week. ' The bout lias been foo'nd to be that of Johnson's, und nothing is known of what has become of the men w ho wee vn it. I Mr. Edi'or, I havo brcn thus particular iu tating circumstance, from tho fact that the-ro nre now over fitly men enrolled for for self-defense ngnixst tho Iuuiuns, and liad any one of tho three men been murder ed or injured by the snvnges, we would hnt them down liko wolves,' and stop not short of tho blood of the- murderers. Either of the three men Sober could and would easily liavo saved tho lives of alt. ;1 - There nre but two establishments in this place at which liquor can bo had, ono whole sale, and tho other retail. ' ' The three men, without liquor, were among our most useful citizens tJlair was a Columbia iinr pilot, Johnson a good liar or lliver pilot, Dawson Clerk of tho Pacific County Court, W. T. I lnakVthe unqualified assertion that li quor 1ms directly' caused the death of more men in Oregon than have tho Indians; yet there is a disposition to drive the Indian to perdition for even attempting to defend his natural rights, while wo cherish, respect) and mpport a class of beings that consnme ur property and the lives of our follow-citi-.zeus without remorso. They curse the vic tims of thdir trade,'tho men ivho attempt to save these sarao victim: from tbjoir influence, us well as the land in which they dwell -and, with 'a sneer upon their lips, tell the honeatinan that to prohibit their murderous (business will bo depriving them of a consti tutional right of their liberty to murdor whoever will take of their poison. If their Arfde i a good ono, in the name of all that is goo4 let us have the benefit of it without a license. , Jf it i not a good and useful business, let it be stopped, and let us be re lieved from lbjurM which is worse than all our Indian wars, and which, has cost the United States already half a million of dol-. !ara. 1 ast where are Dick Williams, Jim Conner, Dick Johnson, (pilot,) Lattie, of ihe H. B. Co, Sturgis, McCarty, Dawson, Blair, Johnson, Bill Burris and family, with several others whoso names do not at this moment occur to me f ' All of these men, without liquor, were at ono time In our midst, and useful men. Soriie of them have left families to suffer rvi and be cared for.br strangers ; oao ofjjusof tnaa. These brilliant auucipatiou are sot ., , .. 27 V , ' ,. - MSaJy 'ii ft1 IV.""" VtVlV lM lvlr U . w. l.. iniuu r . .".!.:'.J.hJ";::' ' ' . .. r ' " . 1 ' . ! '- - jo ..... . .u. .-mi...; ...?i..i 1 fr.niv.. oow mongui oi tinmen promises or mug, l TO;'l?L?J.Iri't''r Know ButtUt of Cnonrl.. aaHtr. aaa Htrlvus." j ' VOL. 1. , em murdered his family mid burned his housc over then Will not tho cry go up to our Illative Assetnblv, soon to con - ri .1 ' , ', , ... , i, veno. futher.4, brothers, husband, friends - ' . . . . . in your legislative capacity, ill tho naino of all you hold dear on earth, in '.he naniii of alyourfuturoprospectsofhappiliess,in the iinmnnf r.i, iti,n !,, il,. ,,. ,.f,.. n,..n. ........ VB j',iMiuiu kiiVflJKIIIV W WUI Will' j mon county and of humanity,' relieve us from this withering curse! Say not a pro hibitory law will bo broken your Sunday law, your liienso law, and every law you have made, is broken with impunity, und will be, till you jive us an equal chano in this contest. A discriminating law, favora ble to any vice, or evil, or injurious trade, is nu inducement tu violate nil law. The li quor law at present leads tho van. lVohib- it the trudu in that article, and the rc."pon nihility of enforcing tho law will rest on tho philanthropist, the temperate man, the Christian, and the moral part of community. Under the present license system, you com pel thein to .susluin the trafiic that murders ur citizens, blasts all their ell'irts at reform, saps the foundation of Christianity itself. You compel fathers to sustain this licenced villain that destroys their sous, as a respect able man in community. . You compel their sons, their daughters, their wives, to respect he vile form that deals out to the father, the husband, and brother,- the nrticlo that lays him senseless in. his boat, and sends him swift to certain death. They, may weep, mid mourn, but what does it nvail 1 ii is tt wifQi business I vvero we to como to you with half the reason nnd argument for redress of wrongs, for relief from any other nuisance, your justice would grant it, your sympathies would relieve us. : A sitijiln citizen murdered bv the poor In dian in self-defense, or in a fit of iiitoMcution, his blood must atone for the crime, there is no pity, no mercy. If three men inado drunk in violation of your respectable license law, sent to perish n the breakers at the mouth of the Colum bia, dobs not gel a repeal of those laws, ihen may ou reap the fruit of nil such legisla tion, and be held responsible for every liitir- iler committed in consequence of such n law. What say you, fi How-citizens of Oregon? Answer in Juno '6(5, if the legislature of fir. ). . An Old rnoiiriiTinNisTOF '44. ' . For the Argur. Ovcjnn as U Is Ccisti.udkii. Baleu, Oct. 2!), 1S53. Mr. Editor Sm: How itrauge and aiiumalous baa been the policy pursued by tbe' cop!e-of Or (roll fiuin the lime of its first settlement up to the present hour. Other Territories huve produced nearly nil they consumed, but Oregon hns produ ced comparatively nothing, whilst her trade baa been enormous and extnivugaut. A m'uor, she baa had a fortune in her hand, but like other mi nors she hat scattered it without reference to con. srqiiencos, determined on Ihe enjoyment of the profusion of an hour. She felt herself unable to manfacturo her own cloth, yet she was able net only to send her ogents oVer two thousand miles away to make purchases fur her, but this cloth must be made into gar ments ready for use tho moment it arrived in the Territory. She was fully able not only to pay these agents, and all intermediate, but the freights on suid articles for over four thousand miles ! 1 What a scarcity of needle and uoedle operatives hns there ever been in this Territory I What a horror foruilors, the redoubtable champions of the shears aud goose ! Wouldn't it be a good plan to ship our flour to the city of New York, have it baked on shares, cut into lublal divisions, and then re shipped for our use? Again, It hnvinj been ascer tained by a sort of chemical alchemy that bark in this country possessed no tauuing properties hence that leather could not be made it followed as a very natural and logical conclusion that boots and shoes must be made wlierc the leather teat. Wo Wanted none of the sons of Crispin here. It was well known that we were descendants of Au- jg o-Saxau ancestors, generally of medium size. with a few giant among ua lienco by making due allowance for expansion on tbc pluibs, it was an easy matter to come to an approximate intimate of the dimensions of our pidal foundations. . But let lis forgot the past and look forward to the future. ' Every Oregouian anticipates a proud future for bis adopted country. He look forward with pleasinj bone to tho lime when her great val leys shall teem with an enterprising and intelligent population, when her mountain slopes shall be dotted with white cottages, the homes of comfort and happiness; when her mountain culminations shall be memorable with historic ajeocalions aa thrilling as III memories of the Alps ( when the iron horse, wilblunjs of fire, shall rush through her mountuiu gorge, and ouward speed in his ca reer of omnipotence and glory ; when the tele graph, the anmhilator of time and space, shall en able Oregon to lit down in social chit-chat with her neighbor oa th other aide of Ihe globe j when hex irosj bed, richer in the elements of national wealth than the gold field of California, shall be opened; and when the spire of ber churches, her eminarie, and colleges, shall glitter in the right of the god of day, as he rise on a land beautiful by nature, but made more so by the industry and rs th oaaoonoigy, oaaoonr TuaaiToav, satprtjay, jrovnaiiBBii it, issa. tlio g ngeuux fititllluttoiia of a mind fiVrd'wi-.h en- - 'b"iaim, but their fulfillment II within the range ! '"iu,y-: Tl'if wmpleiU Is only a quention of tune. , Shall it be iKwtpturd to an in- , ,,, , , . . , , , . detiiule future ? or ahull Iboae pruiciplea be adopt- cd, lh.e work commenced, and ibone iwtitutiunt planud, whiih will ncure a upeedy reuliiution of , lll0' bopenJ W muit uhune Our policy s we ! must eommince in earned tha work of internal im- provement, rear niauufaeturiee on our neglected water powers, develop our internal reaourcee, and live on our Income until the balance of trade shall have been established and our currency placed on a iure bunis. Let us aeek a position of indepen dence ami honor, and we (bull oon find that al though the greut PaciEe heart beat but feebly now, Its pulmitiona w ill aoon be felt throughout the civilized woild. O. Fhenoim-na ot a UnnpowAer Explosion. Professor 01 instead presented to tho Scientific Asocintion, upon tho second day of its session, nn interesting narration of eomo curious phenomena connected with Iho Wilmington gunpowder explosion of Way, 18o1. o copy tho following ab stract from iho New York Tribune: On the 31st of May, 1854, three wagons from Dupoiil's mills were passing through Wilmington.' each with 150 bhls. gunpow der, which all exploded, demolishing build ings nnd destroying- life. Such wnjions were accustomed to pass that route daily for 50 year. . . , The regulations prescribed had fallen in to disuse. They bad left the mill at dis tance of half an hour, but hud got within 25 feet of ench other. Wishing to trace out analogies between this explosion and some phenomena of tornadoes, Prof. Oltn stead wrote to Bishop Lee, whose house w us destroyed, and received answer frotn his sonsomo intercstin' racls. ihe cause of the explosion does not appear, but it is know-n that two of the men were smoking by the sido of their teams. Some of the phenomena were surprising. A splinter from n Veuitinn blind was blown through nn inch hoard, making as smooth a holoas if pointed with steel. Metals were often displaced. Shoes wero torn off the horses feet, castors from furniture, and hinges from doors ; the wagon tire was torn oil and straightened, und one piece left on a hill a quarter of a mile off. Windows were destroyed for the distance of more than a milo. Those near tho spot were b;nst in, those farther off had the near est w indows burst in, the others cut ; those farther oil' were till burst nut. A piano open near the spot was littlo injured, pno closed, farther oil", was burst open nnd nearly ruined. The effect on tho animal system was lo pro luce a sense of sufibention. nt first, nnd nftcrwards soreness of throat, or even he tnopiysij. Many wero carried sonio feet nnd dropped erect. A man on horseback was lifted out of the saddle und dropped into it ngain. But the most Wondrous ef fect was exhibited by three depressions where the wagons had stood. The ono un der tho middle wagon wns ten feet by five, and three feet deep. It appeared that tho earth (macadamized) had not been removed but condensed. : 1 Professor Olmstead knew of no instance of greater power, even in the great explosion of lirescin, where two niilliJIi of pounds of powder exploded, that equaled tins, iron water pipes were broken four or fivo feel under ground. In the Now Ilavcu tornado of 1831), a piece of bureau was carried half a mile, and was found sticking into n barn, having penetrated through a thick ti'ank. Feathers have been stripped off of fowls, and a woinau washing, fouud herself and tub, with its wator, in the cellar; while some of the clothes she was washing were found beyond West Rock, a distance of two miles. Our Pbllo-Unsslan Cousins. To ths Editor of Punch Sir: Your countrymen ftiiDear to be astonished at the circumstance that few of mine sympathize with them in their present contest with Russia, and that not a few Americans arc ra: her disposed to wish that your, enemies may whin you. ISccause we aroafreo and enlightened nation, Britishers think that we have L'ot to range ourselves alongside of civilization nnd liberty against despotic gov ernment and barbarism. But this is a no ways logical expectation ; ' and just let me iudicato to you, in a few words, the reason why it don't fuller. The Czar of Russia is no slave, ho isn't. Ho m iy bo the only freeman in his own dominions, but a free man he is. ' Flo does whatever hfe pleases ; that is erenuino freedom. Tho Czar is mon arch of nil he surveys, and considerable more. Now in all these here particulars, each individual American citizen stands' on the same platform with the Czar. Alexan der is the ceuter of a more extensive circle than the American citizen; but that is all. He rules over serfs; we govern niggers. The knout is almost idem ical with the cow hide ; so there ain't much to choose between our scepters. And 1 tell you what, we don't nohow, like lo hear serfs and-, knouts and irresponsible volition cried down. It is in directly abusing our own glorious institu tions. It is flogging us A mericans over the Emperor of liussia'a shoulders. Opposition to lhe Crar'a attempt on Turkey would, with a change of circumstances, be resistance to our annexation of Cuba. It is do more nor less than a special assertion of the im moral principle of trying to prevent a pow erful nation from carrying out it destiny. It is a line which we noways approbate. We ain't afeard that Russia will subju gate the v hole world. Wo do not opinion- ato that she will enslave any more than thui Easurn hemisphere. We hiu'oyot to po- cs ourselves of the Western. Inn planet will then be dividorl between o.,r...lv,!a nn,l llussiu. In' iho mean time wo Iw a no vc cation to interfere with cncIi other. Russia win purjuo iieriiiaepemient course, mid wo ourn. y im i means .v bua.i puriii.ou uio niuue in n inenniy way. ., i , , i i.- ..I i. ... i Wu cannot forget that wo are the descen dants of Englishmen ; yet there exists a good many reasons why there should be no love lost between us and England. Our pilgrim forefathers left tho old country be cause they couldn't conform toils insiitu lions ; aud many of them were sent hereon the same account. Not only that, but some of your authors have ridiculed our manners and customs. e nre a 'serious people. It riles us to make fun of us. Wo can't tolernto it. But what is wust of all is the languago and sentiment of nil English writers respecting our institution of slavery. Their impious abolitionist doctriues and dis gusting ncgroisms, have given mortal of fenco to a considerable some of our popula tion. '' " ' ' ' It is not a fact that we nre Indifferent to iho prospects and the danger of European Arls, Liberty, and Learning. Our innards yearn towards our Anglo-Saxon kindred. But suppose our affection for you was ever so ardent : suppose the Cossacks were ten thousand times more barbarous than they are, and were a desolating of your hearths ami nomes witti rapine, bre, aud sword. Still we should he unable to break with Rus sia. She is very valuublo. We are tied up to her by an everlasting strong knot. I mean our trade. That is our business. Your miseries would be no business of ottrn. You are firing tive-iiounde'rs sterling shells against Sevastopol. How could we be such gonits as to pitch dollars at Kussia in stead of continuing to subdueliotinte ihein out of her I Wo couldn't afford to give her ofiense if we wished. So just abandon all hopes of our allowing our loafers and row dies to list in Victoria's service, or loaning you n helping hand in nny way against our Russian customers. Wo can't fix it nohow ; that's a fact, which you may credit, I tell you ; although 1 am a Know Notiiino, Blackburn, Va., August, 1855. From the Arkansas Slate Guxelte and Democrat jobx ivesl,ey on non.vsisM. ' So far as we kuow, tho Ministers of Pro kslunt Churches, in this State, of whatever denomination, or whatever may be tliuir opinions as citizens, have never carried poli tics into the Pulpit, nor interfered improper ly in elections. ' We believe this ' hi true of those Ministers, in every portion of the State; nnd we hwu it to bo so, of those who, with in our time, have resided in and about Lit tle Rock. We nro fmrticulai- St applying this re mark to every Protestant donominalion, not ouly becuuso it is true, but because we d not intend, nnd would not be understood to make, nny distinction, which were undue, on this account, in favor of 1 the particular de nomination wo make mention of, to-day. Wo speak particularly of the ministers of the Afcthodhl Church, because, without provocation, they have been made the sub jects of an unjust, wanton, nnd brutal 1 ns sault, by a newspaper in this citythe ''7Ywe Democrat1" by name, mid well known to be, of late, the joint organ, aud pel linns the joint property, of Gov. Comcay, Senator Johnson, and Roman Catholic Church. Aud as this ' holy alliance" havo seen fit, for party purposes and their own gratifica tion, to give to this assault a jjolilical char acter and direction, we have, from a sense of publio duty, us well as private right, taken part, so fur as to undertake lo see justice done ; and, to this end, as truth enables and requires to hurl back upon their vindictive authors, the imputations which they have falsely made against a body of Christian ministers, whose Church neither ha nur seeks any connection with politics or public affairs, whose faith is purely evangelical, and w u use lives aro Olaineless. 1 ins we are able to do, with a point which cannot be avoided, and a force which can uot bo resist ed, by simply reminding our readers of these facts, which are prominent in history, nnd known to every well-informed man : 1. That the Pope of Home, w ho is the temporal, a well a the spiritual head of the Catholic Church, , wherever it exists (for unity is her boast), is not only a temporal Prince, seated on an earthly throne, aud ex ercising despotic power, like any other Em peror or King, within the limit of his own doruiuious, but has ever been the most Mo tive politician iu all other countries ; claim ing the divine right, a the head of Utc Church, and the Vicegerent of God, on earth, not only to govern hi own country, but to control the rulers of every other and even to regulate and direct the con science as well a the conduct of every citi zen or subject of any aud every other gov ernment the world. And evcrv orthodox MtuMumrriov Viva Dollar a er. : If O, 31. member of the Catholie Church acknoul 0 m U,;, divine right of power in the Pope, i t i i . i fl".(1 P'W.IO obey It; - ., . ,'. . . 2-i ','u'',t evc7 CulltoUc Bilup or Print, ' high or low, wherever ho may bo, in Europe or mertca, receivo his nppointmont from , lhe pv. ...j .t.tnoM.ull,.t l,!m , i,;. supreme Lord, spiritual and temporal, in this world ; and never dures do or say any thing, in matter ecclesiastical or political, unless assured beforehand that it is in strict accordance with tho wishes aud decree of . 1 - the Pope himsolf j 3. And that, in every ago of the world, inco Popery was established, and in every country whero it ha bad a foothold, even where It ha not been able, directly and ab solutely, to control the government, it bane ful influence ha been felt, not only Jn the social relations of tho people, but in the public councils of Iho nation. For, as we before remarked, tho Pope being, by hi very position, the great Politician of Chris tendom the head of a greut hierarchy, ae luitcd by a unity of purpose, and directed by n tingle uillt, overy whore and iu all things, obeyed with such unquestioning fidelity, even of slavish subserviency, by horde of Priest, and of "lay Irolliers," whose Iruo characters and purpose nre rarely known or even suspected, that his schemes acquire an importance, aud hi will an amouut of power, which far wiser coun cils would fail to attain au importance and a power which have overturned ninny a gov ernment in Europe, nnd which have been many times felt in our own country. If any oue should be disposed to doubt this las', let him explain otherwise, if he can, the high value, in tho political mnrketv which wns placed upon the "rich Irish brogue," nnd the "sweet German accent," in our last Presidential election. . Who held those l'o potential Roman Catholic elements iu the hollow of his hand t .And who disposed of them f . i ,...r Aud yet, the organ of a Church, whose character and antecedent are such ns we have, here, briefly and faintly sketched them, in alliance with the Governor and one . of tho Senators of this State, lias the vindictive malice and effrontery to nrrqjgn the ministers of a Protestant church, und hold them up for denunciation, .upon the charge of interfering with politics -a charge which is utterly falsi in fact ; but even if well founded, could attnch ho censuro iu the estimation of a Roman Catholic Priest or layman, whoso whole Church is essentially political, in it organisation, and whose trade hns been politics in every stage of its existence.. But n wiser man has spoken, on this sub jecthas spoken in words which, though uttered mdre than three quarter of a ecu tury ngo, have, yet, and will retain in ull time to come, ull the freshness, vitality, and power, which truth, nlono, is able, and all sufficient, to impart. It is John Wesley of whom we speak. We have nothing to add to, nor take from, w hat he has said, In the language of a cotcmpornry, from whom we copy tho letter, " ' ' ' "Let him speuk for liinwc If, with hi accustomed Words of wIbcIow, to hi followers, slid to all men who think in thla country. The subjoined letter was written by Mr. Wesley, addressed to the editor of lhe Diiblai Freeman Journal, and Originated in a controversy that sprung up oi) Hit Kugldi Tole ration Act. It may be fouud in the'iiiiuellaneoiw works of Wesley, volume 5, page 817. Read it, aud to borrow the words of the great author , an swer It If yon can." ' LtTTES or JOHN WCfLEV. "Sir Somo time ago pamphlet wa tent me, entitled ''An Appeal from the I'roleslaut Associa tion, to the People of Great Urituiii.H. A day or two since a kind of answer to this was put into my hand, which pronounce its stylo contemptible, Its reasoning futile, and its object malicious. On the contrary, I think the style of it I clear, easy and natural ; Ihe reasoning, in general, strong and conclusive the objector design, kind and benevo lent. And in purauanoe of Ihe same kind and benevolent design, namely, lo preserve our happy constitution, I endeavor to confirm the eubstanoo of that tract, by a few plain argument. "With persecuh'on I have nothing to do I per- ccute no man for hi religious principle. Let there be a boundles freedom ' in religion a an) matt enn conceiv. But this ' doc nt touch the point. I will aet religion, true or lalse, utterly out of the question. Suppose lhe Bible, if yon please, to be a fuble, aud the Keren lo be the word of God, I consider not whether the Romish religion ia true or false ; I build nothing ou the one or the otheraupposition. Therefore away with all your commonplace declamation about intolerance and lersecut)oo for religion Suppose every word of Pope Piua' creed lo be true ! Suppose tha Council of Trent to have been Infallible j yet I insist upo it that no government, not Roman Catholic, ought lo tolerate men of tlie Reman Catholic persuasion. "I prove tbi by plain argument (let him aa- ,w'r il can) that tut Roc an CalhoLc docs or cat fiveiecurily fur bit alii-uiaviet or pracsbl behavior. 1 provu It lliusi It is a Ito'muif Cultiol 4 maxim, eetnl.llahed not by private men, but by pub lie cuuucil, that "No fuhh i to be kept with beret ic.' This hn bwn, openly avowed hy lb Coun cil of Con.liinre but ll ha never been opeuly dis claimed. Whether private person avow or dW Vow lt,1t Is find maxim of the Church of Heine. JJul a long a It Is to, nothing can be wore ptaiu, than that th members of that Chuich can give no reanonab' tecurily lo any government for their alleglanos ai d peaceebl bvbaitror. Therefore, they ou'lit not lo bo toleralod by any ovenitiinl, 1'rotealuot, .M'.homedaaor l'sgen. YouMy,"ur, but they lake ail oath of illeglarMv." 1 Tro, lit bun Ire d i.aihi) but Ilia maxim, "nMlh b lo bo kej.t v. lib hero ic," aweep them all away a spider' eb. So that, dill, no Uorernen thai aro not llo:i an Cuihulic can have ' any accuiity of llieir ttl.'egiunce. ' "Again, those who acknowledge Hi puituu' power of the Pope can give no security of their l- leg'auceto any government J but alt Roman Cain olic acknowledge llu'i therefore they ean git uo avonrhy fur their allegiance. The' power of granting pardons for all aius, past, present aud tu eomo is and lis been for many centuries, on branch of hisspiritusl power.' Hut lhe who ac knowledge blin to have Ihia spiritual power can giv no eecurity for their alligiauee, inc lhy ba leive Ilia Pope can peidon rebellion, high Ireanou and all other sine, wbataocrer. The power of dia penalng with any promise, oath or vow, is tuothaf branch of lb spiritual power of lb Vope j all who aoknowledge bis spiritual power must acknowledge hi. Out whoever acknowledge th dispensing power of the Pope, can give no security for bi alle giance lo any government. Oath and pmmie are none ; Ihey are a light a air dlpoarlea take them null aud void. Nay, not ouly Iho fope, but even a pricul, ho power lo pardou aiu ! Tbi I an eannlial doctrine of the Church vf It omo. Out Ihey that acknowledge this cannot poasibly give any security for their allegiaue to ny government Oath are no security at all forth priest can pardon bath perjury and high treason. Setting their religion aside; It la plain that upon priociples of reason, no government ought lo tolerate men who cannot giv any security to thai government lor their allegiance aud peaceuble behavior. Out this, no Romanist van do, nol euly while be holds that ''no faith i to be kept wills herelice," but so lung aa he acknowledge eitbsr nricstly absolution, or the spiritual power of tb Pope. .; .!'-.:.; "If auyouc pleases to answer this, and sl hi nume, 1 ahull probsb'y reply. , Hut the production of aiiuny mom writer I do not pniimso to lake any notice of. ' 1 ' "I km, sir, your humble servant, ' . "JOHN WESLK1. City Road, January "1760." . J3JT Preserve proportion in your readily, keep your view of men and tiling extensive, and do peud upon it, mixed knowledge is uot a suporli eial one, and as far aa il goea, th view that it give are true ; but lie who rend deeply Iu oue cbias ( writer only, get view which are almost sure t be perverted, and which are uot o ily narrow but false. Arnold. ; . I ' ' ' " Economy in tuvixa a small Wikr. A Pari writer on futhionssay ; "Small women are alone to be admired and loved." " The reason that be a signs i lliut a small woman cannot possibly cover her little person with oa many yards of a lk, aud other coatly fnbilcs, ai a large woman. As worn, n dirplay a luxury In toilette Which duily iucroiisw in extravagance, we do not wonder that uufurtunutu bachelors ek a diminutive wife. VARIOUS ITEMS. A private letter giving an account of tha recent bombardment of Sweulxirg says that the men employed ou the gun boats had, a is usual, thoi rears padded with cotton, 'and few cases of deafness nre reported, but all employed experienced tovoro pniu in the) chest, nnd in two days some of the men had not recovered their voices. Tho mortar bouts threw 1,000 tons of shells t -, r The monument which is iir process of erection on Quecnstown I lights, to, the memory of Con. Brock, has risen lo the Light of 140 feet. The workmen aro now busy upon the Catinthiiin shaft, and prob ably this will be finished next summer. Upon the top of the shall is to bo placed a colossal stattio of Uen. Brock, seventeen feet iu Li" lit. 'Tis the property of ull true knowledge, especially spiritual, to elilurge the soul by tug it ; to enlarge tt without swelling il ; lo make it more capable, and more earnest to know, tho more it know's. , Tbo Sacramento Yulley Rail Road Com pany have gut into a snarl, aud the contrac tors have attached the property of the com any, upon a suit to recover H,!)00,000. 1'he progress of the work is impeded by this proceeding. ' A conflict of power exists hi the capital ef California. The Sec. of State, Oen. J. VT. Denver, member elect to Congress, having left tho State lo assume the duties of the last named office, the Gov. appoiuted Cha. II. Hempstead to the vacant office. Den ver' deputy, howevor refuses to give up the seals, and so there nre in fuct two nominal Secretaries. Cousidurabht confusion may result. , . , j. From tho Tlacer, California, Herald wo learn that i. R. Nickerson, whose farm is situated on Doyt's Flat Ravine, near tb edge of the plains, has peach trees on his plnco Hint nave growu eight feet in higut. tuwaeaaon. c I Large numbers of Chinese have recent! left California. ( The increase of foreign uits ners' license from It to $6 per month ha no doubt led to this. Sacramento is about to be lighted with gas. " v The Navy Department lately received a box of piratical Hsu., captured by Lieut. Preble from piratical junks, sunk by him iu theE'ist Indies.' '' ' There are four thousand five hundred lan guages In the world, besides the languago of iho i-ye. A good girl always rekpeet herself, and there fore alwaya noweraes the respect of others,