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For The Argue.
A Bream, that U not all a Arrant.
Thoro wan a time when dire robellion broko
The peaceful calm of Heaven, when lia awoke
Within lh' Angelic breast, and Satan, who before
llud shone arch-angel, fell to rue no more )
And they who once hod held fuir urate above
Were hurled to nether worlds, outcast to rove)
Doomed to be leaden of pefditiou'i crew,
And to regret for aye, the good they knew
Ere curs'd ambition, caused their anus to riso
'Caiusl him they kuew as Sov'reigu yf tho Skies.
How Ihrillingty tho guth of Spirit fire,
Pours throueh each vein, when Milton strikes tho
lyre,
Displaying Honvon, and all tho hosts thut dwell
Within its courts, and all the shades of Hell,
And when he shows the angels' path (if crime,
How oft we trace, even down to p-eseut lime
The self snme nature, thut iu Heuven once hurled
The bright robed Spirits down to nether world.
Onco when I mused upon these words sublimo,
My soul was sunk asleep, by seeming chime'
Of noblo language, mean of souring thought, that
seemed
To soothe my spirit, till my senses dreamed.
Melhoitght unhinged, unlinked, disfovercd ull from
clnv.
Tho mind' stretched win;;, and scared from self
awny,
I cannot tell I cannot dream to where,
Except that nil nmund the solemn air .
Seemed wrapped in stillness, whilst ft startling sound
Of uttered wurds seemed through it to resound.
"Aposta'.cs are tho vory omil of the earth,
Unhallowed at o their acts, and all their worth
Issuch as clings to those, who once wero driven
In headlong haute, dowu from the courts of Heave n
Whnto'er they touch, shall blast whatever tlicy
" profess,
Is false what they would nourish, grows the le."S ;
Ga?.o on them as they paw, and lot them be
A warning soul to all the hind mid thee.''
A shadowy crew seemed liov'ringon my sight,
And whilst "mid space" was shrouded as inn'ght,
Their features seemed reflected clear ns day,
An instant grouped jn life, then pawed away.
There was a Judge of properly and fame,
That for the Sonate fain would book his name,
Ho Into was Marshal, but resigned for ono
Who dirty work for Durham cause had done.
The present Marshal, retails liquor sliil
With license, paid for, out of "ci's" till,
And 'tis supposed "Ncs" takes his pay in drink
And lends his name, and also lends his chink.
So much for him. An Indian agent too,
But lute converted, joined lh' apostate crew,
A friend tin law) of little man, otico great,
Whose heod was chopped off by herd handed fate.
The Scnbo of State appeared. One sevee can
wonder,
Such weakly brethren long fur public plunder.
For offices they hold, as good ns they dure claim,
Who own themselves apostates withuut shame.
They'd turn again, no doubt, if better pay
Should soon be ottered them, the other wuy.
Two more there wero a new fledged Editor
With credit scarce, and many a creditor,
Who came to Oregon a ranting, tearing whig,
And soon became a turn-coat hugely big.
The other was a lawyer from the old Bay State,
Whose politics wo know have changed of late ;
'Tis said be changed about the timo that Pratt
Told him 'twould pay to bo a Democrat.
How grieved lib) father's heart, how sunk with
shame,
To hear that an apostate bore his name !
A renegade from all that ho held doar,
jim to all hope, and callous to all fear.
.Methinks the head grown grey to serve tho State,
, O'er whelmed, would bow before the stroke of fate.
And leave a curse, the only heritage,
.For him whoso sinful act could blight his age.
All these have flourished on the publio pay,
And words like these came, as they passed away
-'These are the men, apostates to their creed,
Who sold for lucre all their former faith,
And though their path has been victorious heed
The lightning stroke that soon their fame shall
scathe,
Mark well The people no more shall be led
By Ihoee who only lead the road to spoils,
Mark well the party that so long hath fed
Shall fall itself by these apostates toils.
It and its ;raven leaders shall be hurled
From highest power, down to nether world.
Or else the very thought brings on a shiver
The few that's left shall journey np Salt River.
They who may take apostates for their head
Will thrive awhile the sooner to be dead.
' To reign, is worth ambition, though in Hell ;
Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven. ' ,
This is the thought on which such spirits dwell,
And all the soke to their souls that's given."
I yawned awoke the book was in my hand,
The candle dimly burned upon the stand ;
I smiled to think how vivid visions seem,
And still I thought, this was not all a dream."
. '55.
V. 1- Ali&MH.
V.dttor eil Vmortrtor.
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VOL. 1.
For the Argue.
I.ano ana Hpaldtnc.
Kalapooya, LiNxCo.,Mnj' 19.
Editor of the Oregon Argus:
Deah Sih : Your pnrtcr last iffiil li'l not
arrive. Wo would liko to know tho reason.
We fonr tho ftnill is in tlio Tout oflieo de
partment somewhere. I linvo leen told
Hint tho V. M. General is a Catholic ; if so,
is oath or obligation to tho Popo and
Church of Rome will compel him to pre-
eut ull such pnpors as yours passing through
tho mail, wherover ho can do it without
dangering the good, that is tho Romish
church. You remember tho instructions
given to deputy P, M.'s somo 25 years ago,
to destroy oil abolition papers going by mail
into tho Southern States. A liko instruc
tion could bo given now throughout tho
tnd, wherever tho deputy V. M.'s arc pa
pists, or aro members of that order who ore
declaring themselves co-partners with the
foreign power in this country.
Tho first' throo Nob. nrrivod in duo time,
am well pleased with tho ground you take
on tho Sabbath, the cause of Temperance.,
the cause of tho oppressed, mid tho insidi
ous workings of tho foreign power in this
country.
My latter containing my objections to
Gen. Lane was shown to him. In his
pcoch hero on tho 12th he replied to it. If
understood him ho shouldered the re
ponsibility of that strange letter of Pres
ident Fillmore, denying that any treaty or
instructions had been mado or given to pre'
vent American missionaries from settling in
Middlo Oregon. It will be recollected that
in 1852 I published in several papers in the
States, a statement mado to mo by the Sup't
of Indian Affairs, Dr. Dart, to the effect that
iu his treaty with the Cuyuso and Ncz Tur
ces he had agreed that uo more missionaries
should be allowed to settle in their country
This ho said h,o was compelled to do, from
tho strong prejudice ho found in that conn
try against American missionaries, (which
I know to bo not true,) and that he could
not get a placo for an agency until ho did so.
lie further told mo that he hud boon inform.
ed that w;o had Oppressed the Indians, ond
extorted from them, until in self-defense
they had coinmittod the massacre. The
Inst scntcuce of the above shows clearly that
his informant was that infamous Blanchetto,
whoso cruel treatment of ono of tho captive
young women is given in her deposition.
lie used theabovo expression in his threat
ening letter to Geo. Abernethy.
I replied to Dr. Dart that inasmuch as he
lid not remove tho Catholic missionaries
fioii) Middle Oregon, his treaty amounted to
excluding Protestant missionaries. And so
I stated it, and gave Dr. Dart as my author
ity that such an article was in the tronty.
Now President Fillmorp, or Gen. Lane, as
the caso may be, in answer to the above, does
not refer W the Cuyuso treaty at all, but
jumps off upon treaties mado with the tribes
on the coast and lower Columbia, and says
no such article is in any of theso sixteen
treaties, to all of which, except tho last, Mr.
Spalding's nnme is affixed. Now mark the
dodging. I nover said that such nn article
was in any of the treaties made by Dr. Part,
Mr. r&rrish, and myself, but in the Cayuse
treaty, made by Dr. Dart alono, far away in
the interior, and six months beforo the oth
ers were made, and while I was upon a sick
bed. Now if thoro was no such article in
tho Cayuse treaty, why not say so ; why
dodgo the Cayuse treaty, and say that there
is no such article in some other treaties.
This is strango logic for a President or a
Delegate. To me it looks suspicious. It
reminds me of a witness culled by a prisoner
to prove that ho was innocent, as he could
prove by him that he was at home the night
tho murder wa3 committed. Witness testi
fied, I saw Mr. A., B., and C, at their homes
that night. Court We don't caro where
you saw Messrs. A., B., and C. ; did you see
the prisoner at his home that night I Wit
nessAh 1 that is another question ; I have
not answered that yet A nd so is the Cay-
use treaty quito another thing from the
treaties referred to by President Fillmore.
Dr. Dart, in his published account of his
doings in tho upper country, contained, I
believe, in ono of tho July Nos. of the
Statesman of '51, says treaties were made
with the Cayuse and Ncz Tcrces Indians.
Gen. Lane had this account of course ; why
did he or the President not face it 1
I will here state that I can prove that the
agent Wampool, the first agent located in
the Cayuse country, announced very soon
after taking his station, that be was com
pelled from hie instruction to refuse per
mission to Protestant missionaries to settle
A M t'. H I C V kiowt oulilC toldea BroutWrt of klim
Kinwt (nutttt of t'.oroBel, and HHw. aa HlrtasOl
OKIOOIf CXTV, ORBQOW TBaRlIO&V, SATURDAY, 3VNH a,
tit that country. And horo is tho proof:
Lax Co.,Oregon, May, 1855.
Mr. Spiltling,
Sir: To your Inquiry concerning my interview
with the Indian Agent in tho C'ayuso country
reply most cheerfully.
On mv way to Oregon in S.V.' I stopp. d a short
time wild the Agent on the L'l lis, mid to my in
quiring, "Uo you discover any good results from
the miss'on established among theso people V
A gent, "I do. From my i nlorconrse wan uiree
Indians I am well convinced that tho missiun es
tablished among them was of great benefit to
them."
I asked, "why may not the Frotestant miss.on
be renewed V
He answered, "I am sorry to soy that 1 have
iut refused a Protestant miwinnnry, who asked
J i. : I .1.:. 1 .
permission to estaoiun a niinwuu, uim im -
compelled to do from Instructions which requires
me to give the preference to tho religious touchers
first applying, and as tuo L-auionea appneu
I am compelled to roftiso permisxion to ull others.
He also told mo tlinl ho was satisfied In his own
mind that tho Cut holies wero the cause of tho
massucre.
THOMAS JUUKlS.
Hero, fellow-citizens, if I mistake not, is
work for "Sam," to put into ofiico only
those men who will show no partiality to
any religious scot, who will not, directly or
indirectly, co-oporato with tho foreign papal
priests in Middlo Oregon to keop out Prot
estant missionaries from thut field. It was
the privilege of your unworthy fellow citi
zen, tho writer of this, with n few cboico
spirits, to commenco a mission ju that coun
try ucorly twenty years ago, beforo llicro
was a Catholio priest on this sido of tho
Uocky Mountains. We pursued our work
successfully for eleven years, when wo wero
broken up by a most brutal and bloody mas
sacre. 1 express tlio sentiment of every
American when I say that that bloody trago-
dy was brought about by Catholio iufluenco.
liver since that day myself and others havo
held ourselves ready to return to our homes
and our fields of labor, whenever the ollicor
of government in that country and our
Board at homo should think it host, and
should co-opcrulo to sccuro our safety.
- I have other testimony in my possession
to show that other officers of tho govern
nicnt in that country havo used their iuflu
enco indirectly against our rclurn, and in a
way to encourago tho Indians to commit
another massacre, had we returned to our
missionary work. I can give it if asked for.
In the mean timo I must notico Gen.
Lano's review of my letter. IIo said in his
speech hero that he did not say in his speech
in Congress that all the murderers of Doct.
Whitman were executed ; therefore, I had
misrepresented him 1 Now, if Gen. Lane
isn't a "know nothing," ho is mighty near it.
I put that littlo word all in thoro to sco if
tho Gen., in trying to dodge the question,
wolild not snap at it, not that it adds any
thing to tho sense. The Gen. said in Con
gress that he got the murdorers of Doct.
Whitman and had them tried and executed.
Now tho plain meaning of this declaration,
and tho moaning that ho intended to convey,
is that all tho Waiilatpu murderers, or near
ly all, have been apprehended and executed,
whereas, Gen. Lano knew at tho timo ho
mado this declaration that it was not truo
IIo knew that they had not been executed
or takoti. Only five of tho 40 or 60 have
been executed, t number almost too small to
be noticed whilo so many arc1 left unpuimh
ed and at largo, and among them somo of
tho most brutal and bloody. By no possi
ble construction can those five bo considorcd
the murderers of Doct. Whitman. The
sureties iu a bond, does not mean one of
them and no more, but all of them. A
train of cars ran off a diaw-bridge, and
plunged into the river with the passengers,
means all the passengers. Tlie prisoners
who wero found guilty last court, wero to
day executed, mcaus all tho prisoners.
The manner in which Gen. Lane says
theso five Indians were -apprehended, dis
covers another strong symptom of know
nothingismintheGen; lie carries the idea
that he did it. lie imagines himself in tho
Cayuse country catching 40 Indians, Samp
son like, with his own hand, when, in fact,
he was, at the time the Indians wera caught,
in Umpqua, catching, not Indians, but sol
diers. He does not know the difference be
tween catching Indians and white men.
Now these soldiers had been sent, with oth
ers, to this country to protect our feeble set
tlements, and especially to bring to justice
the Waiilatpu murderers. But they wero
kept in Oregon City through tho summer
of '49 and the following winter, without
any attempt to go into the Cyuse country,
till many of them wero icattored, and
whilo Gen. Lane was in L mpqua looking
up some of these soldiers, some of the Ncz
rerccs and Cayuse Indians apprehended
these five and brought them to the Dalles,
and sent for Gov. Lane to come and re
ceive) them. -
I can not in justice to humanity dote
this letter without noticing the tiifling man.
ner in which Gov. Lane treated tho Waii
latpu innssncro. No outsidn report could
invo mado mn believe that such statement
were tit'ered, nothing but my own ears.
No foi lings but those of a. bruto or mi In
dian could thus trifle, as Gov. Lano did, with
tho human anguish and calamities which
catno" upon tho sufforort of tho Waiilatpu
massacre In noticing my letter he said
"that Spalding was scared, frightened to
death, frightoncd out of tho country by tho
Indian," A-c. Well said! Out at Inst.
Spidditig frightened out of tho country by
the Indians, and of courso his family and
the 52 otbur porsons, men, women, and chil
dren, who camo out with him. Ono step
moro, and whore do wo find ourselves, ful-
low-cit'wcns 1 what lies about us Dead
bodies, somo 12 or 14 men and women, hor;
ribly cut to pieces. Thoro licsloct. Whit
man with his person so mutilated as scarce
ly to ho recognized; thoro lies Mr. San
ders, with his head cut open, and near by,
Mr. Ilofl'inan, with his breast cut open.
Who has done this? 1 Frightened to
death, says Gen. Lane. Tho same thing
which frightened that Spulding out of tho
country, and into a " know nothing," has
scared theso people to death I Hero it is, at
last. Thoso who havo beforo drJfibtud, can
no longer doubt where tho sympathies of
Gov. Lano aro ; that they are decidodly
with tho Catholics in that bloody tragedy,
and against tho Protestant", who, by means
of tho Catholic influence in counccliou with
tho secret underhand iufluenco of such Gov
ernment officers ns Gov. Lnuo, havo been
kept out of Middlo Oregon since the bloody
massncro in 47.
But there is ono ovent connected with this
big fight that troubles mo about as much as
tho cow's tail did tho philosopher. I can
supposo that an imngiuation just abqut go
ing into a stato of frenzy from tho appro
bended dread of an enemy, might suppose
that 12 or 15 persons had becomo st fright'
cued at their own shadows as to destroy each
other lika tho Midianitcs, but whero Gov.
Lano is going to find tho bugbear of sufli
cient terror to havo frightened up the 400
enlightened, hardy Orcgouians, mid that in
mid-winter, into that country, whero " tho
ico frcozos four feet thick," to fight inuoceiit
Indians, I can. not imagiue. Neither can I
conceive how Gov. Lano could have the faco
to ask Congress for nn appropriation of
somo 2 or $300,000 for a set of April fools.
But I must say in just ico to the Gen. that
he did not appear to bo in his right mind
when at this placo, but moro especially ut
Albany. Ho seemed to bo going into tho
last stages of a shocking fright. Something
has about dono tho job for him. And as it
can not be tho Indians or Moxicans, I strong
ly suspect that littlo animal peculiar to
Amorica, called "Sam."
11. II. SPALDING
Let us excreiso Christian charity, 1'rother
Spalding, and liopo that tlio miiicarringe of theCal
npooia. miiil was a mutter of mistake, instead of
einti. AVe hono it will turn out to bo s . As to
your suspicion that eiime of our Tost Masters lire
under Josuitieal influence, we uro not able to any,
Imvinr,' never inquired into their religion. Some
of lln m wo aro sure aro not sueh characters an
could be influenced by 1'. M. O. C'nuibell, whilst
otiu rs of the in, who uro under the iufluenco of the
Statesman, wo could not vouch fur.
Tho religious (?) proclivities of that sheet have
long been a matter of doubt. ' We have goncrnllj-
looked upon them as decidedly of a halt 1 Jke char
acter, although a Democrat of Murion County, who
stopped that paper ond subscribed for ours, inform1
ed us that he belioved its editor to be a Jesuit, from
the fact that lie had ropeatodly shamefully abuxod
clergymen of l'rotostant denominations, whereas
he had never j ot slabbed the character of a Ro
man Cutholic. It is poesible, however, that the
package aforesaid may havo been stolen, as wo
have heard of quite a number of iustancos whore
the papers of our regular subscribers were taken
out of the post offico t which we sent tliem, bo
fore, the rightful owners culled fur them. Sueh is
the popularity of pur paper that some who ai e prob-
ably unwilling to subscribe and pay fur it, aro do
tennined to read it, even if they have to steal it.
The Argua is the very last articlo we should over
have thought a thief would have any use for, but
we just now happen to remember that we once
read of a lot of Teetamente being taken by a bur
glur. IIo probably took them in the night througli
mistake for I'aine's " Age ?f Reaeon," or else be
took them to etll. Our papers have, probably.
been taken to sell, or else have been mistuken iu
the dart for the Corvallis organ. -
A W Mo wit Haffrrta't la Orrftoa.
An Oregon widow thus writos her experience
during her sojourn on the Pacific coast :
"1 have indeed been most unfortunate, both my
arms arc slightly palsied, each of my legs have
been broken, my health is generally bod, I hare
had four hwbands in mv time, but they all up anil
died, poor things ; and I had four yoke of oxen,
aud the cussed Indians stole and eat them." Am-
triea' e Oven.
hi nm.Hir rio,
"Vivo l)ittr a Year.
1855.
wo. 7.
TUe Argus ana lis friend.
Duo. Adams Dear Sir il nm endeavoring to
Jo a little for you, or rather for the cause of justice,
truth, anil Temperance, each week I and I could
ilo more if I luul somo means of working throiigu
others, ns I might if you would send mo a few
moro of the "I'mHieetus." Beuil uie luiil a doien
and 1 think I cauput them to work. 1 can realize
somewhat of your fi-cliugs : you have vested much
of your proKrty, and you liavo a family dependant
on you fur a support, and if my feeble influence an.l
ciluris w.ll Help you lo stand iu your nou.e cnuris to
give to our Oregon families something bettor than
llioluw slang of former papers, I shall be thankful,
Thnso tfforls shall bo freely given. On the next
pngoyou will find the nninesof three new snlncri
iters. Next week I shall ml a fow inc.ro. 1 have
fivi n awny each pnperuftef reading it myself, and
think each yaK t thus given will make a subscri
ber. Uo on bro'.her. Ho of good courage, and I
brieve victory will crown your efforts wild snc
ces Vours truly, 1
Wo hopo tho author of the foregoing,
(a highly intelligent clergyman of the Con
gregational church,) will excuse us, for the
liberty wo take in publishing his friendly
letter, as a snmplo of a few which we have
received of the same kind, from men, whoso
exertions in behalf of the cause of righteous
ness, show them to bo mon who possess tho
"form of godliness," whilst by their works
they are not "denying tho power thereof."
Such cheering assurances of sympathy, from
the good, render our burthens of troubles,
anxieties, and embarrassments, much easier
to be borno. If the friends of roform would
all uso tho exertions in our hchulf, which
tCo writer of tho above, and a few kindred
spirits, have used, our subscription list
might soon be so increased, as to place our
pnpor upon such a footing, as would relieve
us of many of tho embarrctsments, which
weigh heavily upon us at present. No
man who is uot acquainted with tho business
of printing, has any correct idea of the tre
mendous cxponso connected with the pub-
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lication ot a newspaper. J ue acuis w men
wo nro contracting, must all he paid, and
wo are continually harassed, by the pre
sentation of bills, which, wo cannot pay
until our subscribers begin to make their
payments. Wo havo no reason to com
plain of disappointment, liewcrorj as -our
oucourngement up lo this date, has been
grontcr than wo looked for, but thcro yot re
mains much to bo done, which can be
speedily accomplished if our friends would
all uso a littlo oxertion m our bolialf.
Orogon is already supporting five news
papers, besides ours, aud it seems a pity that
pnper advocating the wholesome principles
of ours should finally bo compelled to yield
tho ghost ond leavo the fricuds of temper
ance and political reform, without an organ.
Lot each man who sympathizes with our
undertaking do his duty, and we shall soon
havo over two'thousand subscribers.
For the Argue.
Anll-HUvcvy Convention.
Glad indeed are we to notico thecal! for a meet-
in-r of tho friends of freedom in this territory. It Is
greatly feared by many that wo hnvu slumbered
too long already ovor this subject, but n lime is
now near at hand when wo should urouso every
energy to fortify UYs lovely laud against tho with
ering oui-so of slavery.
Thero is a strong probability that we will this
summer be callod to elect dclegatos to a convention
to frnmo a Btnlo constitution. Tho members of
this body should especially bo sound on Hie great
question of human liberty, that our legnl compact
may bo found in consonnnco with the rights of man,
With an eye to this nutter then, tho oall for n con
vention istiinous,and will doubtlossly do gjd
Tho party leaders of the Territory may sco
"treason, stt King' in hnd war" in this movement.
Tlio cry of funaUicism and pilitioal disturbers will
bo mined, but t ho friends of freedom havo the com
fort of knowing that they uro but followers in this
soone of slavery agitation. Ami-Slavery mm in
Oregon, havo been slow, porlm criminally , in
making themselves to bo known ami felt on in
great question. Slavery propagandist nave noi
exnosed themselves to this censuro. Our Territory
iss been flooded with pro-slavery, Nebraska, con
gressional speeches. Huve any of the opposito
kind found thoil way into Oregon ? Now if our
doloirate in Congrci has been employed as tho
colporteur ugculof tho slnvcocruey, suroly the
friends of frocdomand of man can not DO tnougni
out of their province, if they arise In their majesty
to counteract the leaven of despotism which is there
nuirht to be infused into our sociul system.
'I ho slavery agitation may introduce a new oic
... i
mnnt into the political contest of this Territory,
and why should we not have this element Hero 11
is the element of our national administration. The
hole influence of the U. 8. government in its
present possessors is wielded for the defense and
extension of slavery a though Uiat wera ita "mani
fest dostiny." and shall not Oregon be heord and
feltt
It it hoped fliat at Albany, on the last W ednes-
dav in June, from every county In Oregon, there
will be found strong and earnest men, ready to act.
A number of strong men and good speakem have
promised to be on hand. The meeting will no
doubt be interesting.
K1IIK.MAN.
I.t It be VaertoMl,
That Americanism is not Intolerance. There
are many bogus Americans in these days. Men
often steal the livery of Heaven to serve the devil
a, America' Oxen. .
Ha AccMeal. .
The following hot boon tent to us by
Gov. Guincs:
Oak Hilu, May 53, 1855.
Jtfy Dear lluelani Having to favorable an
opportunity of tending you t line dirtotly, by Mr.
Hall, I will Improve It, and relate to )ou the sad,
accident of Dauiel Jewett't death ts It occurred.
All thiugs seemed lo be pasting on at pleasantly
as usual we bad just risen from tho dinner table oa
Tuesday Abner and Daniel went to the cabin
in a moment I beard the report of a gun it being
nothing unusual 1 scarcely noticed It when Abnor
came running In, saying tho boy had shot himself.
Kachtland I ran up Immediately just In time to
scehlm breathe lilt last.' Th charge tntercd
hit chin and went straight through hit head. Ho
had the giint up, looking at Ihom, and In return
ing them to their placet tlio one shot-gun weut off.
We did every thing we could do and Mr. Hoyt,
Mr. 1 lines, and General Waid.taid evory thing
was done very properly.
Oh how much I wished yon bad been at home.
1 hope you may not hear of it, until you receivo
this. . . " . -I
Wo aro all well as usual-but the dayt will bo
very long until you return home. ,.
May God protect and keep yon safely.
Your wife, M. B. Gaikm. '
For the Argue. ,
A Word o Paremts.
I wish to say a word to thoso who havo
thochnrgo of children, on a subject which,
in my opinion, is of vast importance. I al
lude to iho practice, too common in somo
portions of community, of permitting chil
dren to grow up without a proper education.
Some parents permit the minds of their chil
dren to bo ovorrun with tho weeds and bri
ars of ignorance and vice, instead of fur
nishing them with tho means of obtaining
wholesome instruction.' Others seem t
employ all tho euergics of mind ond body
in tho acquisition of wealth, and thus do
not allow them cither timo or opportunity
for improving thoir minds. . There are those
within tho bounds of my acquaintance who
are accounted moderately wealthy, whose
children now almost grown can scarcely
read or writo. Go into some families and
you will hoar the business of tho dairy, tho
gardon, the farm, or tho particular business
in which they are engaged, frcoly discussed,
and then the conversation is at nn end. ' In
troduce nny of the general topics of tho day,
and they havo nothing to say. Look around,
and you wiil see neither books nor papers 5
converse with the children, and you will find
them ignorant of almost overy thing except
what they ace going on around them. Hut,
perhaps, somo ono will say, what can I do f
I am poor, aud controlled to labor to sup
port my family, and cannot dispense with
their aid. Now I behove thoro are few fam
ilies" too poor to send their children to
school, at least part of the timo ; and in giv
ing them only a common education you aro
giving them that which of itself is of moro
aluo than hoards of wealth would be with
out it. But, supposing that you are too
poor to send them to school, you can teacK
them to read and writo at homo. "But 1
have no timo for that." Let ns see. Do
you not spend timo enough almost every day
in doing nothing, which, if spent in tenon
ing your children, would provo to bo of
great benefit to them at tho end of tho year?
If so then the rainy days and tho long winter
evenings, (I speak now to fathers,) which
you spend lounging, or doing something
worse, might, nay, ought to, bo spent in im
proving tho minds of your littlo ones.
And then, again, tho way in which some
of you spend your Sabbaths is worse than
lost, yes, a thousand times worse, l'orhaps
you visit your neighbors, walk over tho
farm, look nftor tho Btock, or -break wild
colts, while your children aro wandering
ovor tho fields and woods, going you know
not whither, and getting into you know not
what kind of company, or whnt kind of mis-
ohicf. Oh 1 I fear that such parents will
havo an awful account to render. " Hut
thoro is neither church nor Sabbath school in
the neighborhood, nnd I cannot keep tho
children shut up in tho house all day."
Well, if you aro a professor, and thero is
material for a Sabbath school, it is yowc du
ty to see that there is one organized. Hut
rhethcr thero is or is not ft Sabbath school,
and whether you aro or are not a professor,
you ought by all means to collect your chil
dren around you at sot hours on theSabbath,
and teach them to read, writo, and sing; and
reluto instructive stories to them. Yon
would find it a most delightful and profita
ble employment for yourself, as well as '
source of pleasure and incalculable benefit to
your children. - .
One moro point, and I will dismiss tho
subject for the present. I deem, itessential
ly Important that every head of a family
should take at leatt two newspapers, and
more, if his circumstances will permit ; but
ho should by all means Uike one for himself
and one for lis children. It will generally
Im) admitted that families in which the pa
pers aro read are bettor informed, moro in
telligent, and moro refined in their manner,
than thoso in which they aro not read ; then.
I ,av. by all means let evey family tako tho
papers. CLARA:
Rural Con ape, May 15, 13.
Why it a young man without money like a steam
boat without wood t Became he can't go ahead,